* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:21:22] ALL [00:21:22] RIGHT. [00:21:22] GOOD [00:21:23] AFTERNOON [00:21:24] EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE HARLINGEN CITY COMMISSION. THE TIME IS NOW 5:36 PM AND WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT HAS BEEN DULY POSTED AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION AS EVERYONE IS PRESENT. UM, I WOULD ASK FOR EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND WHILE COMMISSIONER LOPEZ LEADS US INTO OUR INVOCATION. BOW OUR HEADS AS WE GATHER HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM. LORD, GRANT US THE STRENGTH TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT BENEFIT ALL RESIDENTS AND UPHOLD THE VALUES THAT BIND US TOGETHER. MERIT DISCUSSIONS, BE THOUGHTFUL. OUR ACTIONS BE JUST, AND OUR COMMITMENT TO THE WELLBEING OF THE CITY BEYOND UNWAVERING. AMEN. AMEN. NOW, THE PLEDGE PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TWO, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH ARE S ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN LIBERTY, LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL. WE ARE MISSING OUR, UH, CITY, CITY ATTORNEY TODAY, BUT I'LL ASK MELINDA, IF YOU COULD READ THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. WILL DO. CONFLICT OF INTEREST UNDER STATE LAW, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IF A CO A COMMISSION MEMBER OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFY, A QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INTEREST IN AN AGENDA ITEM, MEMBERS WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS DISCUSSION NOR VOTE ON THE AGENDA ITEM. ARE THERE ANY KNOWN CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO DISCLOSE AT THE AT THIS TIME? NONE. NONE. NONE. NOPE. NONE. NONE. ALRIGHT. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE, CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION AND SPEAK ON ANY MATTER NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED FOR PUBLIC HEARING ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGENDA. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY NOT RESPOND TO COMMENTS OR DELIBERATE ON TOPICS ADDRESSED. MAYOR, WE DO. YOU HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGN UP FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. UM, THAT WOULD BE MR. RON DELANO. MR. LOZANO, UH, THANK YOU. DISTRICT THREE, HARLAN'S CONSTITUTION IS TERMED OUR CHARTER. ONE OF YOU, DESPITE WHAT ASSURANCES I COULD GIVE, AND PARENTHETICALLY THEY DID PAN OUT WAS FEARFUL THAT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE WOULD BE A VEHICLE FOR WHOLESALE CHANGE IN SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS. PEOPLE GET POWER HUNGRY, AND OUR EXPERIENCES IN LITERATURE IS REPLETE WITH COUNTLESS ANTIDOTES, BUT OUR CHARTER SHOULD HAVE SYNCHRONICITY. NOW, AT THE LAST GATHERING YOU HAD, YOU WERE TERMED YOU FIVE MEN. N AND AFTER THAT, I, I SAY THAT NUMERICALLY IT'S AN ODD NUMBER. BUT ON NOVEMBER 5TH, AFTER THAT, IF THE VOTER SO CHOOSE TO FOLLOW YOUR DICTATES, IT COULD BE SIX. AN EVEN NUMBER REGULARLY VOTING STATE LAW MANDATES ONLY ONE THING OF YOU, ONLY ONE SOLE THING. THAT IS THAT YOU PASS A BUDGET BY THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR, ALMOST ALWAYS OCTOBER 1ST. YET [00:25:01] A STALE IMPASSE WOULD RESULT NEXT YEAR. IF THE VOTERS DO EXCEED TO YOUR DESIRE AND A BUDGET VOTE ENDS UP IN A TIE. YOU EITHER HAVE TO BE HONEST, NO, YOU, YOU HAVE NO HONEST RESPONSE RIGHT NOW. EVEN WITH MARK HERE. MARK, NOT HERE. WHATEVER. YOU HAVE NO REASONABLE RESPONSE TO THE COMMENT I JUST MADE SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS NONE OH, UNTHOUGHTFUL LAWS OF MATH, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF UNTHOUGHT IN THOSE SECRET STAR CHAMBER TYPE MEETINGS. TOTALLY UN-AMERICAN. BUT THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL HAVE SHOWN OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ANO. OKAY, MARY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON. OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR, DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED CITY OF HARDING AND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. 2025. THANK YOU, . GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. CITY COMMISSIONERS. UM, TODAY WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF, OF THE, UH, PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET, UH, RESULTING FROM THE, THE LAST, UH, WORKSHOP. SO I'VE LEFT THE, THE DATES IN THERE JUST TO KIND OF, UH, KEEP US ON TRACK AS FAR AS LIKE THE, THE BUDGET AND TAX DEADLINES. UH, HERE ARE SOME OF THE, THE BUDGET GOALS. SO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, WE DID RECEIVE OUR CERTIFIED TOTALS AS OF, UH, THE JULY 25TH. AND THIS IS THE RESULT OF OUR, UM, UH, CERTIFIED TOTALS. THE FIRST COLUMN, UH, IS THE ADOPTED, UH, AMOUNTS FROM 2324. THE THIRD COLUMN. THE THIRD COLUMN IS OUR NO NEW REVENUE RATE. THE FOURTH COLUMN IS OUR VOTER APPROVAL RATE. AND THE, UH, FIFTH COLUMN IS THE SAME RATE AS WE HAVE CURRENTLY WITH THE NEW, UH, CERTIFIED VALUES. FOR, FOR THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE USING THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, UH, THAT WOULD CALL FOR A 2.4, 2.5, UH, CENT REDUCTION IN THE CURRENT TAX RATE. UH, IF, IF, COULD YOU GO ON THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? SURE. IF, IF WE DO THAT ON THIS SLIDE, IT SHOWS THAT IT WILL BE THE LOWEST TAX RATE THAT WE'VE HELD SINCE 2004. AND SO ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT FROM THE FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD TO THIS ONE IS THAT BECAUSE WE GOT THE, UH, THE CERTIFIED TOTALS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE, AND WE WERE USING PROJECTIONS, THE ACTUAL TAX REVENUE WAS DECREASED BY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO THIS ONE. THAT IS CORRECT. YES, SIR. OKAY. EXCUSE ME. WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN? HALF A MILLION WHAT? THE, THE TAX REVENUE DECREASED BY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, UH, VOTER APPROVAL. RIGHT. THE FINAL NUMBERS AND THE FINAL NUMBERS THAT WE HAD. RIGHT. GO AHEAD, ROB. THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS BRINGS US TO THE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, BUDGET AND FUND BALANCE. SO AS, AS THIS IS THE, REMAINED THE SAME 34,000,079, BEGINNING FROM PROJECTED 9 30, 20 24 AT THE END OF THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO NOW OUR PROPOSED REVENUES ARE 66,909,000 COMPARED TO OUR, UM, OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES OF 64,765,056 PLUS OUR ONE TIME FUND BALANCE, UH, EXPENDITURES OF 3 MILLION 162 441 WOULD BRING OUR, UH, TOTAL REVENUES, UM, UNDER EXPENDITURES TO 1,018,411. SO WE LOOKED AT, WE ANALYZED OUR FUND BALANCE. WE BEGIN WITH OUR 34 MILLION 79 882. AND IF WE, UH, SUBTRACT OUR NET EXPENDITURES OVER REVENUES OF 1,000,018, EXCUSE ME, AND WE SUBTRACT OUR 120 DAYS MINIMUM DAYS REQUIRED OF 21,000,292. UM, WE'RE ALSO SUBTRACTING, UH, THE SPECIAL PROJECT OF 3,000,013 AND OUR ENCUMBRANCES OF FIVE, 500,000. WE HAVE A PROJECTED FUND BALANCE AVAILABLE AT 9 30 20 25 AT THE END OF THIS YEAR OF 8 MILLION 255, 644. NOW, UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, UM, WE TOOK THE $1,018,000 FROM THE FUND BALANCE TO COVER THE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES OF CAPITAL ASSETS. UM, THE ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T DO, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT LATER IS THAT, UH, HAD WE TAKEN THE FULL THREE POINT, UH, 1 MILLION, UH, FROM THE FUND BALANCE, THAT WOULD'VE GIVEN US AN EXCESS REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES OF ABOUT $2.1 MILLION. [00:30:01] SO, UH, THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF, OF ROOM IN THE BUDGET FOR ANY TYPE OF OF CHANGE, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW, I WANTED TO SHOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE, WHAT THE BUDGET WOULD LOOK LIKE. HAVE WE JUST TAKEN THE MINIMUM TO BALANCE THE BUDGET? UH, I KNOW THAT THE COMMISSIONER TALKED ABOUT TAKING THE ENTIRE, UH, ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. AND WE, WE, WE DID DO THAT. WE JUST DIDN'T SHOW IT IN THIS, IN THIS, IN THIS, UH, PARTICULAR SIDE. BUT THAT NUMBER WOULD GIVE US AN EXCESS REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURE OF $2.1 MILLION. CORRECT. SO JUST JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET. MAY I ASK, IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME TO ASK THE QUESTION? WHAT IS THE 1,018,000 FOR? THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. WHAT WOULD BRING THE, UH, THE BUDGET BALANCED BECAUSE OF THE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES FOR CAPITAL ITEMS. OKAY. SO WE'RE TAKING IT OUT OF FUND BALANCE, THE FUND BALANCE TO BA TO BALANCE THE BUDGET ONLY FOR THE YES, BUT ONLY FOR THE CAPITAL ITEMS THAT WE MADE. CORRECT. RIGHT. AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW LATER WHAT THOSE NO, WHAT THOSE ITEMS WERE CORRECT. SO THAT IS CORRECT. THE 1,000,018 INCLUDES THOSE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. SO THE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES TOTAL 3 MILLION 162 4 41. ON THE NEXT SLIDES, I'LL GO IN DETAIL, UH, OF WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE. AND, AND JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY AGAIN, TOTAL REVENUES WHEN WE STARTED WERE HUNDRED $114 MILLION. TOTAL EXPENDITURES WERE 115 MILLION. UM, WHICH GIVES US THAT, UH, THE $1,018,000 THAT WE TOOK OUT OF THE, THE FUND BALANCE. SO THIS IS A LARGE BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. RIGHT. SO, UM, THE IN GEN, THE GENERAL FUND, UH, THE 3 MILLION 1 62 441 ARE DETAILED, UM, BELOW. SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE, UH, HAVE ONE TIME CAPITAL EXPENDITURES OF 600. ROBERT, IF I COULD JUST INTERJECT REAL QUICK. SURE. UM, THAT NUMBER, THE 3.1 MILLION ARE THE ONE-TIME CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT WE FACTORED INTO THE BUDGET. NOW, UM, THAT NUMBER WE CAN EASILY TAKE ENTIRELY OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE TO COVER THAT. UH, WHAT WE SHOWED YOU IN THE, THE SLIDE BEFORE WAS JUST THAT WE ONLY TOOK $1,018,000. SO WE CAN STILL TAKE THE FULL AMOUNT. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DO. SO THE, UH, GENERAL FUND, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS 689,238 AND ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. AND THOSE ARE DETAILED HERE. TRAFFIC SIGNALS, UH, BUCKET TRUCK FOR 160,000, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL, 30,000 TO REPLACE A, A UNIT TRUCK AND STREET MAINTENANCE, 2.2 MILLION, 2,283,000. UH, AND THESE ARE DETAILED WITH ASPHALT ZIPPER. ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE, UM, TOPICS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING WAS ACTUALLY CREATING A STREET CREW. THIS ACTUALLY WOULD FUND ALL THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR THAT STREET CREW. OKAY. AND IT TAKES TIME TO ORDER THE EQUIPMENT AND FOR THE EQUIPMENT TO BE DELIVERED. WELL, YES AND NO. UM, IT DOES, BUT, UH, WE'VE SPOKEN, OSCAR'S SPOKEN TO A, A SUPPLIER THAT HAS THE, SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT, MOST OF IT IN STOCK. AND SO IF AFTER THE COMMISSION CHOOSES TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES THE STREET CREW, WE CAN SEND HIM A LETTER STATING THAT THE COMMISSION'S APPROVED THE FUNDING FOR THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS, AND HE CAN HOLD THEM FOR US TILL THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR WHEN WE CAN CUT THE CHECK AND GET 'EM DELIVERED SOONER. WHAT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE EXACT DELIVERY DATE MIGHT BE? UH, FOR MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE IT BY THE END OF OCTOBER. WELL, AND THIS 2.2 WOULD COME OUT OF THAT EIGHT FROM THE PREVIOUS LIFE, CORRECT? UH, YES, BUT NOT ALL OF IT. WE WOULD, IF YOU WANNA FUND THE 3.1 MILLION, WE JUST NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER 2.14 MILLION OUT. MM-HMM. . UH, BUT THAT WOULD BE EXCESS REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES. RIGHT NOW, THE, THE, THE RIGHT NOW THE BUDGET IS BALANCED BY ONLY TAKING OUT $1 MILLION. AND SO IF YOU WANNA FUND OTHER POSITIONS, UH, WE FUNDED 16 IN THE BUDGET ALREADY. UH, BUT IF YOU WANNA FUND MORE 16, LIKE THE, OF THE NEW ONES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE YES. THAT ONE, AND WE'RE GONNA COVER THOSE JUST A MINUTE. OKAY. BUT YES, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, OSCAR. YES, SIR. ARE YOU FOLLOWING, UH, THE CORRECT PROCEDURES IN, IN, IN PROCUREMENT OF THIS EQUIPMENT WE GO THROUGH BY BOARD? YES, SIR. HOW MUCH OF A REBATE ARE WE GONNA GET? WELL, NO, ONCE WE INPUT ALL THOSE NUMBERS AND WE GET AN ACTUAL PO FOR IT COMMISSIONER, THE, UH, THE REFUND, THE REBATE, IT'S ONLY DONE ONCE A YEAR. YEAH. IT'S ONLY DONE ONCE A YEAR. AND WHEN YOU ENTER A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, THEY DON'T GIVE YOU A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET FOR THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. THEY WAIT TILL THE END OF THE YEAR AND SEE WHAT YOU'VE ORDERED, AND THEN YOU [00:35:01] GET A REBATE. BUT IT'S NOT AT THE TIME OF ORDER, IT'S AT THE END OF THE YEAR. BECAUSE IF I'M A MISTAKEN, LAST TIME AROUND, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH, WE DO GET CHECKS AND NO, WE DON'T. THEN IT TURNS OUT WE DO GET CHECKS. SO THERE IN, IN THE BUYBOARD. SO WHAT, WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WERE THE, UM, FIRE FIRE TRUCKS. YEAH. AND SO IF YOU ORDER A FIRETRUCK, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT IN ADVANCE IN ORDER TO GET THE DEEP DISCOUNT. BUT THAT DEEP DISCOUNT COMES FROM THE MANUFACTURER, NOT FROM, FROM BUYBOARD. SO THEN AFTER YOU MAKE THOSE PURCHASES, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WHATEVER YOU, ALL THE PURCHASES YOU MADE MAY INCLUDE THAT FIRE TRUCK THEN BECAUSE IT'S A COOPERATIVE, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH THE COOPERATIVE MAKES THAT YEAR. AND THEN WHATEVER THEY MAKE BASED ON YOUR PURCHASES IS DISTRIBUTED OUT IN A REBATE CHECK. SO, SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT LAST WEEK, THERE WAS, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN LAST WEEK, THAT THERE WAS TWO THINGS. THERE WAS A REBATE THAT WE GET FROM THE COOPERATIVE AND THERE'S A DISCOUNT THAT WE GET FROM THE MANUFACTURER. SO WE SAVE MONEY BOTH WAYS, RIGHT? YES. OKAY, PERFECT. YEAH, THE ONLY THING IS THAT WE CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GONNA SAVE FROM THE BUYBOARD FOR EACH OF THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS UNTIL THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN THEY GET THE CHECK ACTIVATE ALL YOUR PURCHASES. THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. OKAY. AND WHEN YOU SAY END OF THE YEAR, YOU MEAN DECEMBER 31, I GUESS THE COOPERATIVES YEAR END AND THEN WHATEVER MONEY THEY MAKE, IS THAT, IS THAT DECEMBER OR OCTOBER? UH, I COULD CHECK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR YEAR END, BUT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT. YEAH. IT ACTUALLY COMES DOWN TO FLU, RIGHT? IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHERE CHIMNEY IS SANTA CLA JUST A CHECK SITTING AROUND CHECK. BUT, BUT THERE'S A BILL AND I HEAR IT, SO I GO GET IT BEFORE SHE SEES IT. , , UM, ROBERT, FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE WATCHING FROM HOME, CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY, IN LIKE ONE SENTENCE, EXPLAIN WHAT THE BY BOARD IS AND, AND WHY? UM, CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES USED BY BOARD, THE BY BOARD AND OTHER SIMILAR ENTITIES ARE WHAT WE CALL A COOPERATIVE. AND SO THE STATE, UH, PURCHASING PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT METHODS OF PURCHASING. AND SO A COOPERATIVE IS ONE METHOD. THERE'S ALSO BIDDING OUT, UH, UH, A PURCHASE THROUGH THE CITY WHERE YOU CAN GIVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL VENDORS TO, UH, BID ON SOMETHING. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A, UH, A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE. BUT WHAT THE COOPERATIVE DOES IS THAT IT RELIEVES SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FROM THE CITY, UH, BECAUSE THE STATE, THESE ARE LIKE STATE COOPERATIVES, AND SO THEY GO OUT AND DO ALL THE BIDDING FOR, FOR MULTIPLE CITIES. IT, IT'S LIKE A COOPERATIVE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE STATE. SO THEY GO OUT AND DO ALL OF THE ADVERTISING, ALL OF THE BIDDING, AND IT RELIEVES SOME OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FROM CITIES. SO IT MAKES, AND, AND THEY, THEY GET IT AT LOWER PRICES BECAUSE THEY DO IT ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THEY GET LARGE QUANTITIES OF, OF BIDDING. SO I LIKE TO THINK OF IT LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO ONE OF THE BIG CHAINS AND THEY TELL YOU, WE WILL MATCH ANYBODY'S PRICE. RIGHT? RIGHT. YES. AND SO YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN GO THERE AND GET GOOD, GOOD PRICES AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER MONEY, RIGHT? SO THEY DO PROVIDE GOOD PRICES, COMPETITIVE PRICING, AND THERE'S MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE COOPERATIVES BY BOARD IS JUST ONE OF THEM. THERE'S TIPS. UH, THERE'S, THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT ONES. AND SO SOMETIMES THEY REQUIRE A NOMINAL, UH, FEE TO BE IN THE COOPERATIVE. SOME DON'T REQUIRE A FEE, BUT THEY, THEY DO ALLOW FOR VARIETY AND, AND, UM, THEY JUST RELIEVE SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN. LIKE OUR, OUR, OUR CITY HAS, UH, TWO MEMBERS IN PURCHASING. AND SO MM-HMM, , IT, IT COULD BE BURDENSOME TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE DOING ALL THE BIDDING FOR, FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. SO IT MAKES IT QUICKER AND, UM, AND EFFICIENT. EFFICIENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND SO WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL OF THE THREE, UH, UH, BIDS BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU. SO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE ALSO DO THE FUND BALANCE ANALYSIS SIMILAR TO THE, TO THE GENERAL FUND. SO WE HAVE, UH, IN THE SANITATION FUND, 14 MILLION 687, 8 0 2, AND THE, THE SANITATION FUND DOES NOT HAVE A POLICY OF 120 DAYS, BUT AT, AT OUR LAST MEETING, YOU ALL ASKED TO SEE WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO, UH, FOR THE GENERAL FUNDING, WE TOOK 120 DAYS RESERVE, IT WOULD BE 3 MILLION. REAL QUICK, THE COMMISSION ASKED US TO COME UP WITH A POLICY TO KEEP THE FUND BALANCED. AND THEN SO WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND CHOSE TO MATCH THE CITY'S ONE 20 DAYS. THAT'S HOW THAT NUMBER CAME UP. OKAY. SO THAT, THAT IS THE 120 DAYS IN THE SANITATION FUND. AND BECAUSE, UH, THE SANITATION FUND IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, IT, IT DOES HAVE CAPITAL ASSETS THAT ARE RECORDED IN THE, UH, FUND. SO THOSE CAPITAL ASSETS ARE IN THE FUND BALANCE, BUT THEY'RE NOT LIQUID. SO, UH, THE NET INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL ASSETS TOTALS 8,650,000. SO IF YOU, IF YOU BEGIN THE YEAR WITH 14,687,000 IN FUND BALANCE WITH A $3.4 MILLION RESERVE NET INVESTMENT OF 8,650,000, UH, THAT LEAVES YOU WITH, UH, [00:40:01] 2,556,833 NET OF THAT 120 DAYS. UH, SO THEN IF WE, UH, HAVE PROJECTED REVENUES, UH, UNDER EXPENDITURES OF 2,000,529, AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, A ONE TIME, UH, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT WERE PROPOSED IN THE SANITATION FUND, YOU WOULD BE LEFT WITH, UH, FUND BALANCE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF 9 30, 20 25 OF 26,889. SO JUST, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. SO JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND, THIS IS THE 26,899. THAT IS AFTER THE STUFF THAT WE WANTED SENT AFTER, AFTER THE ONE TIME. AND, AND I, I HAVE THOSE DETAILED OUT OF WHAT WE ARE TAKING OUT AS ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GONNA ASK THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER IS THAT, UH, JUST FOR THIS BUDGET, THAT WE PERHAPS GO TO 119 DAYS, MAYBE 118, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS THAT WERE NOT FUNDED IN THE BUDGET. UH, TWO MECHANICS. AND I THINK WE NEED THEM, UH, FOR THE SANITATION FUND BECAUSE THEY'VE WE'RE ADDING A LOT OF EQUIPMENT, UH, INTO THE CITY'S, UH, INVENTORY. AND SO THEY'RE RUNNING SHORT. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO GET THOSE. UM, AND, AND, UH, ANOTHER THING THAT THE, UH, THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT THAT ROBERT TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S SIX PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. THEY ARE ALREADY IN THE BUDGET. SO WE WOULD TAKE THE 2.5 MILLION FROM THE, UM, UH, FROM THE FUND BALANCE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH THE, THE VALUE OF THAT EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE BUYING IS ABOUT TWO POINT 0.8 MILLION. 'CAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE BUILT IN, UH, REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES. SO THIS IS ALL WE NEED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. CORRECT. AND, AND IN REFERENCE TO, UH, INSTEAD OF 120 DAYS TO 118 OR 119, YOU'RE REFERRING SPECIFICALLY TO THE SANITATION. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. EXACTLY. AND JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT 2.8 MILLION OF THAT IS IN ONETIME EXPENDITURES, NOT INCURRENT OPERATING. SO THAT WILL START BUILDING UP AGAIN AFTER THAT'S FINE. AFTER WE MAKE THESE EXPENDITURES. AND, AND THEIR, THEIR REVENUE, ANNUAL REVENUE IS ABOUT 10 MILLION. THAT IS CORRECT, YES. YEAH. SO, OKAY. SO THESE ARE THE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES IN THE SANITATION FUND THAT TOTALED 2,864,000. UH, WE HAVE A, A HYUNDAI KONA FOR ADMIN TO HAVE 30,002 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, 800,000, UH, TWO SIDE LOAD UNITS, 824,002 COMMERCIAL FRONT LOAD UNITS, 836,002 DUMP TRUCKS AT 331,000, UM, F-150 SUPER CAB FOR MAINTENANCE 42, 742. AND SO THAT, THAT, THAT INCLUDES THE SANITATION, UM, EXPENDITURES. USUALLY. I, I ALWAYS SEE THE VEHICLES. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SEEN IT IN MY, MY YEARS. IT'S USUALLY A DODGE, CHEVY OR FORD. HOW DID WE END UP WITH A HYUNDAI ? I'M JUST, THE HYUNDAI JUST THREW ME FOR A LOOP, RIGHT? LIKE NO, I DIDN'T EVEN BRING, YEAH, HYUNDAI, I, I'M ASSUMING , EVEN MY, EVEN SIRI DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THIS, REMEMBER? BUT THE THING IS THAT I GUESS THE PRICES ON THE VEHICLES, LIKE I WENT OUT TO A LOT ONE TIME AND THE PRICES OF THE VEHICLES WERE LIKE, HOLY COW. SO I THINK POSSIBLY BECAUSE THE HYUNDAIS ARE, ARE SO REASONABLY PRICED, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD CARS. I HAD TWO FOR MY SONS AND THEY WENT THROUGH THE RINGER AND THEY LASTED A LOT. OKAY, GOOD. YEAH. THE LAST TIME I WENT TO A ALBERT ETT, I WAS LIKE, STICKER SHOCK . UH, SO THIS, THIS SLIDE IS JUST THE MUNICIPAL COURT, AND THEY ARE, UH, MUNICIPAL GOLF, I MEAN A MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, UH, A MOWER, A TRIPLEX MOWER FOR THE, FOR THE TEE BOXES. AND THAT, THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE, THE PURCHASES. SO AT THE BOTTOM, THIS INCLUDES ALL FUNDS, THE SANITATION FUND, THE GENERAL FUND, THE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, THAT 6 MILLION IS ALL FUNDS AND ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE, UH, PIECES OF EQUIPMENT HAVE BEEN FUNDED. UH, WE TOOK JUST A REMINDER, 2.3 MILLION OUT OF, UM, SANITATION AND ONE, A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE FOR GENERAL FUND TO DO THAT. AND, AND AGAIN, WE WON'T HAVE THOSE EXPENDITURES NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THESE ARE JUST ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES. CORRECT. SO THE NEXT SLIDE ARE THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS FROM WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE HAD 69,144,000. AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY, 67 MILLION 9 27. UM, SO THAT, THAT'S, UH, UNFUNDED OR THAT'S AN INCREASE, IT'S A DECREASE OF 1,000,002 16, 8 25 FROM THE, FROM THE INITIAL REQUEST. THESE ARE THE NON-FUNDED, UM, ITEMS THAT WERE NOT FUNDED IN THE BUDGET. SO WE HAVE BY DEPARTMENT. SO IT'S A TOTAL OF 6 MILLION 9 39. LET'S JUST BREEZE THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK. YEAH. . SO THESE ARE ALL THE NON-FUNDED REQUESTS, AND THESE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED AND WERE FUNDED. IT'S 16 [00:45:01] POSITIONS THAT WERE FUNDED FOR A TOTAL OF COST, INCLUDING SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF 869,967. AND THEY VARY FROM THREE GROUNDSKEEPERS. UH, THAT'S FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, A BUILDING INSPECTIONS PERMIT TECHNICIAN, A BUILDING INSPECTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, A PAVING SUPERINTENDENT, PAVING MANAGER, UH, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. THEY'RE 10 POSITIONS FOR, UH, EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, WHICH ARE ALL FOR THE STREET MAINTENANCE AND ONE CONVERSION OF A PART-TIME TO A FULL-TIME TENNIS CENTER CLERK. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. UM, ON THE PAGE BEFORE THAT, IT, IT HAS, UH, PROPOSED NON-FUNDED AND THERE IT SAYS THE FLEET SHOP GARAGE DOORS REPLACEMENT. ARE THOSE NEEDING REPLACEMENT? LIKE THEY'RE NOT WORKING OR WE WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE THEM? CHRIS, IS YOUR QUESTION LIKE NEED VERSUS WANT? YES. OKAY. YEAH. LIKE ARE THEY, YOU NEED TO REPLACE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NON-FUNCTIONING? THAT IS CORRECT, MA'AM. OKAY. YES. SO THEN THEY DON'T CLOSE, THEY, WELL, THEY DO CLOSE MANUALLY, BUT THERE ARE DAYS THAT WE JUST CAN'T GET 'EM TO CLOSE. OKAY. SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO, IT SEEMS, SEEMS LIKE, WHICH LIKE ISSUE INSURANCE ISSUE. RIGHT? I'M, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THOSE, THOSE ISSUES. YEAH. SAFETY ISSUE, INSURANCE ISSUE, PROPERTY ISSUE, MAKING GABE BRING A SWEAT. I KNOW. WELL, WELL, I MEAN IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT, WHAT LIABILITY ISSUE, WHAT WE NEED TO, TO GET, GET FUNDED. AND SO IT'S 25,000. UM, I WOULD THINK IF, I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO, TO GET THOSE REPLACED. IF THEY CAN'T, IF THEY DON'T CLOSE OR IF THEY'RE HAVING TO MANUALLY DO IT AND THAT DOESN'T WORK BACK OUT. UM, CHRIS, WHAT, WHAT DOES ONE OF THOSE AUTOMATIC SANDBAGGERS COST? WE, THE LAST ONE WE BOUGHT WAS FOR 42,000, SIR. 40. 42,000? YES. OKAY. THE AUTOMATIC SANDBAGGERS. OH, OKAY. OKAY. BUT YOU HAVE SOME, WE WE HAVE ONE. OH, YOU PROBABLY NEED ANOTHER. YES, SIR. I, IT WOULD HELP. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIKE WORKING OUT IN THE CITY. MAYBE WE CAN JUST GET EVERYBODY TO COME AND FILL THEIR BAGS. . I AGREE. THE MAYOR SHOULD LEAD THE WAY. I'LL DO IT. LET'S DO IT. SO, SO GABE, WOULD YOU BE, I'LL SAY YOU, HOW COMFORTABLE TAKING 25,000? SURE. THE BUDGET CAN HANDLE THAT. THE BUDGET. I THINK THAT THAT'S, BECAUSE REALLY THERE'S SO MANY ISSUES HERE AND YOU DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THROW THEIR BACK OUT FIGHTING A GARAGE DOOR. UM, DOES THAT INCLUDE INSTALLATION? IT DOES. OKAY. SO YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, GABE? YES, SIR. OKAY, GREAT. THERE'S A COUPLE OF MORE THAT I'D LIKE TO BACKTRACK ON THIS, UH, PROPOSED NON-FUNDED REQUEST. AND I'LL JUST PREFACE IT WITH WHAT WANTS AND, AND NOT, NOT NEEDS. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID OVER THERE? NEEDS VERSUS WANTS? YES. YES. I LIKED HOW YOU SAID IT LAST YEAR. I THINK IT'S A NEED THAT WE FINALLY, UH, CLOSE UP THE, UH, THE WAREHOUSE AND PUT A DOOR OUT THERE AND HAVE SOME TYPE OF CAMERAS. IS THAT THERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO? PICTURE KITCHEN ROOM? YES. OKAY. ON THAT RECORD ROOM. OKAY, SURE. WE PROVIDED THE QUOTE. AND SO, I MEAN, IF Y'ALL, UH, GIVE US A FUNDING, WE CAN DO THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S A NEED, NOT A WANT. ALSO, UH, I BELIEVE THIS IS A NEED. YOU'RE ASKING FOR, UH, TWO, UH, STREET SWEEPERS. CAN YOU DEAL WITH ONE AND WE CAN GET THAT DONE? YOU OKAY? YEAH. OKAY. AND YOU LIVE WITH ONE AND WE CAN GET IT DONE. I I'LL TAKE HALF A SWEEPER RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. I'M JUST JOKING ABOUT THAT. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN DO WITH ONE SWEEPER FOR NOW. HOW MANY SWEEPERS DO YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW? THREE. THREE, SIR? THREE. THREE. THAT COULDN'T COME FROM THE SANITATION FUND, GABE TO NO, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THE I ASKED. YEAH. YEAH. WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION. SO NOW ARE YOU, ARE YOU GONNA NEED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE FOR THAT SWEEPER? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. YES. YEAH, SO WITH THAT, OKAY, SO MAYBE THOSE ARE SOME THINGS, I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AT THE NEXT, AT THE NEXT BUDGET. 'CAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS, UM, NEW CREW AND, AND, AND PULL OUT THE EQUIPMENT THAT YOU NEED FOR, FOR THAT. UNLESS IT'S AN ABSOLUTE, LIKE YOU CAN'T, WE CAN'T DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO UNLESS WE HAVE IT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WELL, WE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT, RIGHT? IF WE HAD, UH, AT LEAST ONE MORE SWEEPER. RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY, IT, IT TAKES ALMOST CLOSE TO 412 DAYS FOR US TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO SWEEPING. AND SO IF WE WOULD HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SWEEPERS, WE WOULD DESIGNATE ONE SWEEPER PER DISTRICT AND WE COULD ACTUALLY RUN THAT DISTRICT IN LESS THAN 200 DAYS. MM-HMM. [00:50:01] . AND SO, UM, WE WOULD BE A LOT MORE EFFICIENT TO, CAN WE DO IT WITH THREE? YEAH. WE, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT AND WE CAN CONTINUE DOING THAT FOR SURE. WHAT, WHAT WOULD THE COST OF A OPERATOR BE? THAT IS FOR AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TOO? AND I BELIEVE WE DO, WE DO HAVE, IT WOULD BE THE SAME COST FOR THE ONES THAT WE INCLUDED ON THE, ON THE PAVING CREW. THE 39,000? YES. THAT, THAT, THAT WAS THAT, UH, THAT OPERATOR NEEDS A CDO. SO 39. OKAY. YES. THAT WAS LOOKING AT THESE DOWN HERE. SO IS IT IS A TOTAL WITH THE BENEFIT, WOULD THAT BE, WHAT IS THAT 50 58 THEN? I'M NOT SURE. NOW WHERE IS THESE MAINTENANCE WORKER? THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER CLASSIFICATION. WOULDN'T IT BE LIKE OPERATOR? YOU'RE LOOKING AT OPERATOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TWO. YES. RIGHT THERE. EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TWO, WHICH IS 58. IT'S 58,000 FOR THAT. TOTAL'S MORE LIKE IT. OKAY. SO THAT PLUS 58, 9 7. OKAY. WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE LEAD TIME FOR THE SWEEPER FOR A SUPER RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT, UH, THREE TO SIX MONTHS, THOUGH. THEY, THEY'RE IN HIGH DEMAND, BUT I, I KNOW THAT I, I WAS BRAGGING ABOUT ONE OF OUR REPS THAT WAS HERE LAST TIME. UH, WE DO HOLD A, A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP ALSO WITH THE, WITH THE REP THAT DOES THE SWEEPERS. AND SO, I MEAN, IF WE PUT ONE IN ORDER AND HE CAN GET US ONE IN THREE TO SIX MONTHS FOR US, WHAT WAS THE COST? WHERE IS THAT 350,000 FOR, FOR ONE PLUS ABOUT 15 9,000 FOR THE MM-HMM. OPERATOR TO ME, I DON'T KNOW. TO ME THIS IS A, A WANT RATHER THAN A NEED. LIKE TO ME, I WOULD RATHER, INSTEAD OF BUYING TWO STREET SWEEPERS, BUY ONE VECTOR TRUCK, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN RUTH CAME UP HERE, SHE, IT WAS LIKE RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF TIME. IT TAKES US TO CLEAN OUT ALL THE, THE DRAIN LINES OF SEWAGE LINES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY. BOTH OF US NEED THAT. DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT TWO NEED A VECTOR TRUCK MORE THAN WE NEED A STREET. WHAT WAS THE COST OF THAT ALTERNATIVE TO A VECTOR TRUCK THAT YOU PRESENTED LAST? THE BACK CON TRAILER THAT, UH, ALONG WITH THE TRUCK? IT WAS, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, $283, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND HOW MUCH IS A VECTOR TRUCK? I'M SORRY. AND HOW MUCH IS A VECTOR TRUCK? THE VECTOR TRUCK IS A LITTLE BIT OVER 500,000. IT'S LIKE CLOSE TO 700. I REMEMBER BEING YES. STICKER PER STICKER SHOCK ON THAT ONE. MM-HMM. . RIGHT. UH, SO TO ME, BUT, BUT KEEP IN MIND NOW, THE SWEEPER AND THE VECTOR TRUCK, AND LET'S CALL IT THE SEMI VECTOR TRUCK. THE MAIN THING THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF IS THE FLOODING OUT THERE IN THE STREETS AND ON PEOPLE'S YARDS. MM-HMM. . AND IF WE DON'T CLEAN UP THE STREETS, ALL OF THAT DEBRIS IS GONNA GO INTO THE DRAINS AND IT'S, AND SO IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER. I AGREE. AND SO IF YOU WERE TO SAY, FOR ME, PRIORITY WISE FACTOR TRUCK IS THE PRIORITY OVER A STREET SWEEPER, AND I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT GONNA GO AT THE STREET SWEEPER. I WOULD JUST SAY WHEN I CAME ON BOARD MM-HMM. , WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD TWO, ACTUALLY, WE ONLY HAD HALF OF ONE THAT WEREN'T. THE OTHER ONE WAS ON BLOCKS. OKAY. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE MORE NOW THAN WE DID BEFORE, WHICH I'M HAPPY FOR. SECONDLY, BEFORE THAT DEBRIS GETS INTO THOSE LINES, WE CLEAN IT UP, WE MIGHT HAVE SUCCESS. CHRIS, WHAT WAS THAT TOWED THING YOU SHOWED US THE LAST TIME? THAT THAT IS A VAC TRAILER COMMISSIONER? YES. THAT'S 289 YOU SAID? I I ROUGHLY, YES. THAT'S WITH THE PICKUP TRUCK TOO, RIGHT? UH, I BELIEVE SO, YES. OKAY. BUT THAT WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE YOU WOULD USE? NO, WE, WE, WE WOULD REQUIRE AN EMPLOYEE, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A, AN EQUIPMENT OPERATOR THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A CDL. OKAY. I JUST THINK WE, WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR, WITH OUR SPENDING HERE. WE'RE DOING A LOT, UH, THIS TIME AROUND FUNDING. I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE GOALS WAS TO FUND THIS NEW CREW AND TO PUT ALL OUR EFFORTS, UM, INTO GETTING THE EQUIPMENT. AND SO LUCKILY THERE'S ALL THAT, UM, AVAILABLE FUNDS IN THE SANITATION FUND, AND THEN THE REST THAT'S COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND. AND SO AS MUCH AS I, I'D LIKE TO FUND ALL EQUIPMENT, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO PRIORITIZE. AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE SOME, AND IT'S SOMETHING IN ADDITION, MAYBE IT'S FOCUSING ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMISSION AND LIMITING IT TO ONE MORE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OR, AND, AND, AND THAT'S IT. BECAUSE YOU ALSO ARE HAVING TO CARRY ON MORE PAYROLL, WHICH IS REOCCURRING. AND SO I, GIVEN THAT IT'S THREE TO SIX MONTHS, [00:55:01] UM, ON THE SWEEPER, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REVISIT MID-YEAR, SEE WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF, UH, REVENUES. AND, AND, AND THERE'S A LOT COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY WHERE I THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, WE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING ADDITIONAL SALES TAX REVENUE, RIGHT. TO INCREASE IN THE COMING YEAR BY 5%. IS THAT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT? AND SO MAYBE POTENTIALLY THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT AND WE CAN DO AN AMENDMENT. UM, I, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A SOUND IDEA, BUT THAT'S JUST MY, MY VIEW. I'M REALLY SATISFIED AND, UH, WITH THE PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF THE, THE NEW CREW, AND I KNOW THAT'S GONNA DO A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THAT WE GOT THIS RECENT RAIN, UH, AND EVERYBODY WAS KIND OF, UH, CONCERNED RIGHT. WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. UH, BUT I KNOW OSCAR SENT ME A TON OF PICTURES, I THINK, AND YOU WERE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT WE WERE REALLY WELL PREPARED AND, AND, AND READY. AND THAT GOES TO YOUR TEAM'S WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BEING READY AND PREPARED FOR IT. SO COULD WE DO MORE? YES. BUT I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. AND I FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT, THAT WE CAN WITHSTAND WHATEVER WEATHER COMES OUR, COMES OUR WAY. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL WANNA DO. ARE WE GREEN ON THE MECHANICS THAT WE DO NEED? THE MECHANICS? WE THAT YES. PLUS WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. OKAY. UH, 'CAUSE IT'S IN, IT'S LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT YES, I, I AM GONNA ASK FOR TWO MECHANICS FROM SANITATION, AND IT'S IN THE SANITATION FUNDING. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. AND I WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT'S NOT IN THE PAPER, BUT LIKE, I KNOW DANIEL'S AWARE THAT, UH, AT THE LIBRARY THERE, WHAT? IN OCTOBER, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW. DONNA, IS SHE HERE? SHE'S HERE, RIGHT? I'M SORRY. MM-HMM. . WHEN IS THE WHOLE, BECAUSE I, WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO? THE JUNIOR LEAGUE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING AT THE LIBRARY? THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE RENOVATING THE CHILDREN'S AREA, BUT IT ONLY INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE FURNITURE. AND ONE OF THE BIG NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IS NEW SHELVING, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE PULLING ALL THE SHELVING OUT, REPLACING ALL THE CARPET. AND THEN THE SHELVING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LIBRARY. SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO AS FAR AS PROGRAMMING, FAMILY SEATING. THERE'S NO PLACE FOR TWEENS. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, UPDATE SOME OF THE FURNITURE AND, AND MAKE THE, THE SPACE MORE FLEXIBLE AND MORE USABLE, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT BECAUSE WE'RE PULLING ALL THE SHELVING OUT ANYWAYS. YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE LIBRARY. I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING IT LOOK REALLY NICE. APPARENTLY I SAW ONE OF THE MOCKUPS OF THE, WHAT THE JUNIOR LEAGUE IS DOING, AND IT'S GONNA LOOK REALLY, REALLY NICE. BUT THEN WE'RE JUST GONNA MOVE IN WITH THE OLD UGLY BOOKSHELVES AND VINTAGE, SIR. VINTAGE. YES. VINTAGE. VINTAGE. WE'RE ON WITH GOLDEN LAND CHARM. YEAH. THERE'S NO PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO SIT TOGETHER. WE HAVE LITTLE TINY TODDLER CHAIRS. UM, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR TWEENS, WHICH TWEENS ARE THE AGE OF LIKE EIGHT TO 12, WHERE THEY'RE NOT QUITE OLD ENOUGH TO GO TO THE TEEN ROOM, BUT THEY'RE NOT BABIES ANYMORE. AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM IN OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARY RIGHT NOW. WHAT'S THE COST ON IT? UM, 150,000 IS, IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. LIKE, IS THAT JUST, WE REALLY NEED 170,000 FOR FURNITURE, FOR THE FURNITURE, THE SHELVING, EVERYTHING. IT WOULD BE ABOUT 170,000. BUT WE ASKED FOR I THINK 150. AND WHERE AND WHERE DOES THAT, UM, WHAT DOES THAT QUOTE COME FROM? IS THAT SOMEONE BUILDING THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S FROM DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT WE PRICED OUT. GOT IT. AND HOW ABOUT JUST FOR THE SHELVING? JUST FOR THE SHELVING? PROBABLY ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND. AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT. JUST DO IT. RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING, BECAUSE I WANTED TO LOOK NICE. I MEAN, I KNOW WHEN, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE FINISHED, WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH THE PROJECT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE NEED TO PUSH BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE INVESTMENT THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE JUNIOR LEAGUE AND YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY HAS WORKED HARD FOR IT, AND I WANT IT TO LOOK NICE, AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO WALK IN THERE AND LIKE, OH YEAH, LOOK NICE. BUT LOOK AT THE VINTAGE FURNITURE THEY HAVE , . BUT IT, IT DEFINITELY, IT NEEDS, THE LAYOUT NEEDS TO BE FIXED SO THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR MULTI-PURPOSES AND BE MORE ACCOMMODATING FOR FAMILIES. AND THE PLUG FOR THE JUNIOR LEAGUE, UH, THEY'RE BUILDING A TREE WITH BRASS LEAVES ON IT. AND YOU COULD PUT ANY, ANY NAME ON IT YOU WANT FOR A HUNDRED BUCKS UP TO $500 OR A THOUSAND DOLLARS A LEAF. THAT'S HOW THEY'RE RAISING MONEY. OH, NO JOKE. REALLY? OKAY. YEAH. GET MY BOY ONE. YOU HAVE TWO BOYS. NO JOKE. I CALM DOWN. YOU HAVE TWO BOYS. YOU HAVE TO GET 2, 2, 1 FOR EACH. OKAY. NO, I, I THINK, AND SO A HUNDRED, WHAT, WHAT DID YOU SAY? I, I'M SORRY. ONE 70 WOULD GIVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED IS FOR THE FAMILY FURNITURE, THE, THE TEEN OR TWEENS AND THE SHELVING. AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS WOULD NOT BE A REOCCURRING EXPENSE. IT'S JUST A ONE TIME, RIGHT. JUST A ONE-TIME EXPENSE. YEAH. [01:00:01] JUST WOULD BE ELIGIBLE OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE. BUT THEY'RE GETTING US HALFWAY THERE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST WOULD BE GREAT IF THE CITY COULD GET US THE REST OF THE WAY AND HAVE IT LOOKING AMAZING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MM-HMM. . YEAH. WE'RE VERY, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE, FOR THEM DESIGNATING THIS PROJECT. AND, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO DO WONDERS FOR THE, FOR THE KIDS. AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL DO GREAT WORK OUT THERE. MM-HMM. . AND SO I'M SURE THAT THE, THAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS INVESTMENT, THAT IT'S DONE, THAT IT'S DONE. RIGHT. AND YOU CAN FEEL PROUD OF THE SPACE THAT, THAT, THAT YOU'RE IN. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS, THERE WAS A UM, NO SPACE FOR THE LITTLE ONES. YEAH. WELL, WE HAVE TODDLER SPACE. WE DON'T HAVE THE TWEENS, THE IN THE MIDDLE. RIGHT. SO ARE TWEENS JUST GIRLS? NO, IT'S JUST A, A NAME FOR, THEY'RE NOT BABIES, BUT THEY'RE NOT TWIN. SO I HAVE A TWEEN. I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE BEEN, EVAN IS A TWEEN. THAT'S JUST, I KNOW. I GUESS I JUST NEVER CALLED HIM A TWEEN, BUT THAT'S HOW, LIKE, THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL HIM IN LIBRARY LAND. I GUESS THEY'RE ANOTHER ACRONYM YOU CAN USE DOESN'T WORK , I THINK THAT WORKS. YEAH. THEY'RE NOT TEENS. SO WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT? MIDDLE? RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. NO, NO. PRETEENS. A PRE-TEEN. THERE YOU GO. PRETEEN. RIGHT. THAT I DO. I I PRE THAT SOUNDS BETTER FOR A BOY, RIGHT? I WAS LIKE, SO I HAVE A TWEEN. I NEVER THOUGHT I HAD A TWE A PRETEEN, BUT YEAH. SORRY, I DIGRESS. . UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, FOR DONNA? THANK YOU, MA'AM. OKAY, THANKS. SO MOVING ON WITH THE SLIDE NUMBER 23, THAT'S THE FUNDED POSITION. 869, I THINK. I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONER MORALES HAD ANOTHER, OH, I'M SORRY. UM, I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT, WE, WE CANNOT AFFORD THAT. THE, UM, UH, AN INTERNAL AUDITOR, UM, ASSISTANT, CAN WE MAKE SURE WE GET, UM, AN INTERNSHIP INTERNAL AUDITOR? WELL, I'VE ALREADY TOLD HER SHE COULD DO THAT. I JUST NEED A, SHE JUST NEEDS TO FIND ONE AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH THEY CHARGE. THERE ARE SOME THAT DON'T CHARGE ANYTHING AND OTHERS WILL HAVE TO HAVE A, A FEE. SO I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER'S GONNA BE. SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT. UM, I THINK THAT WHAT WE SHOULD DO, AND MAYBE WE CAN PRIORITIZE FOR THE NEXT YEAR, IS MAYBE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND H-C-I-S-D. AND I KNOW SOME OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE RGV ARE DOING MUNICIPAL, UM, INTERNSHIPS ACROSS ALL AREAS OF, OF CITY HALL. AND SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL BECAUSE THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW AND THEY MAY WANNA WORK IN CITY GOVERNMENT. AND SO THAT MEANS THAT THEY WOULD HELP IN PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ADMINISTRATION IN, UM, THE INTERNAL AUDITOR'S OFFICE, UH, THE HUMANE SOCIETY, THE LIBRARY, AND THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO. AND I KNOW I WANNA SAY IT'S EDENBERG THAT THAT DOES THAT. UM, OR MAYBE MACALLAN, I CAN'T REMEMBER. BUT I'M SURE WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE HOW THEY GOT STARTED. AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO, TO NOT JUST ASSIST, BUT ALSO TO, TO HELP, UM, BRINGING, BRINGING IN NEW TALENT INTO THE CITY OF ARLINGTON. MM-HMM. , ESPECIALLY THE ONES IN THOSE LIKE, UH, TEAM SKILL USAS. MM-HMM. . OH MAN, WE COULD HIRE THEM ALL. MAN, THESE KIDS ARE FANTASTIC. YEAH, NO, DEFINITELY. I THINK THERE'S, WE, WE WE'RE MISSING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. SO IF WE CAN MAKE THAT AS A, AS A FOCUS, AND HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME WHEN WE'RE HERE NEXT YEAR, WE CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT, THAT SUCCESS OR WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT. MM-HMM. , WAS THAT ALL COMMISSIONER? YEAH, WE'RE READY. OKAY. PROCEED. OKAY. UH, THE NEXT SLIDES, UH, LIST OUT THE NON-FUNDED POSITIONS, AND THAT WAS 21 POSITIONS, TOTALING 989,768. WE HAVE A LIST OF THE POSITIONS HERE. SO THAT BRINGS US TO OUR PROPOSED REVENUES, OUR PROPOSED REVENUES WITH ROBERT. IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO SLIDE 26, UM, THOSE ARE THE TWO MECHANICS POSITIONS THAT ARE OUT OF THE, UH, SANITATION. THE SANITATION FUND. YES. THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER FUNDING. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE LEFT THOSE OUT, BUT YEAH. TWO FOR, UM, TWO FOR $90,000 BUDGET INCREASE. AND AGAIN, WE ARE TAKING ABOUT TWO LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION, TWO POINT, A LITTLE OVER 2.5 MILLION FROM THE SANITATION. SO FOR ONE TIME CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. SO WE SHOULD BE FINE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WITH THIS, WITH THIS PARTICULAR ADDITION. ROBERT, UH, I KNOW THIS IS A BRAND NEW POLICY OF THE 120 DAYS FOR SANITATION, BUT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NOW CREATED THE 120 DAYS AND NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE 1 18 1 19 JUST FOR THIS ONE YEAR, THAT'S NOT GONNA AFFECT OUR BOND RATING OR [01:05:01] ANYTHING LIKE THAT, CORRECT? UM, NO. THAT USUALLY THEY USUALLY LOOK AT OUR GENERAL FUND. OKAY. BASICALLY INTERNAL POLICY. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO HAVE THAT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE. THAT'S RIGHT. AS LONG AS WE DON'T GO LIKE NEGATIVE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, CORRECT. JUST MAKING SURE. COMMISSIONER, I THINK THERE'S STILL A RESERVE. I THINK THE REASON THEY DON'T LOOK AT THE, UH, SANITATION FUND BALANCE IS BECAUSE THE INS COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. SO THE BIGGER THE FUND BALANCE, UH, UH, SAFER YOU ARE IS AN INVESTMENT FOR OUTSIDE INVESTORS ON THIS SAME SHEET. UM, THANK YOU. LAST TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT, UM, PLANNING WAS, WAS MM-HMM. WAS GOOD TO GO. AND ALSO PARKS, UM, WAS A BIG ISSUE. AND, AND I SEE HERE WE HAVE A PARKS AND BRECK PART-TIME ADMIN, UH, POSITION. WHAT'S THIS FOR? HAVE YOU HAD MENDEZ? SO THIS IS FOR THE OFFICE. UH, SO RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE ONE, UH, EMPLOYEE THERE. IT'S A FULL-TIME, UH, CLERK. AND SO, UH, SO WE GENERALLY CLOSE DOWN FOR THE, FOR LUNCH. MM-HMM. . UH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, ANOTHER PERSON THERE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN FOR LUNCH. UM, BUT ALSO WHEN THE EMPLOYEE'S SICK OR WHATEVER, THEN WE HAVE SOMEBODY TO, TO FALL BACK ON. RIGHT. AND SO, MM-HMM. . UM, BUT THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE, THE OTHER POSITION. AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT FIELD THE CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO CAN WE DO THAT, GABE? THIS IS A, WITH BENEFITS, IT'S 19TH, IT'S A PART-TIME POSITION, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY RELIEF ON PERSON. SO IF THEY'RE SICK AND, UM, YEAH, WE CAN, UH, YES MA'AM, WE CAN COVER THEM. SORRY, THAT'S 19. SO JUST SO I HAVE IT FROM MY NOTES, THE ADDITIONS WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT SEEM TO HAVE THE TRACTION IS THE ONE 70 FOR THE LIBRARY RENO AND THEN THE 19 3 8 2 FOR THE PARKS REC PART-TIME. ALL RIGHT. MM-HMM, AND, AND THE 90 FOR THE TWO MECHANICS. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK FOR, FOR THE CITATION. AND THEN, UM, THE, UH, THE 25,000 FOR THE TWO FLEE, UH, FLEET, UH, SHOP DOORS REPLACEMENT. ONE THING I DID WANT TO BRING UP, I KNOW I BROUGHT IT UP IN THE LAST MEETING WAS J MENDEZ. YES. MENDEZ. I'M SORRY. WAS THAT, UM, ONE, ONE THING I WAS HOPING TO ALSO GET FUNDED WAS THE, UM, DISC GOLF. THE DISC GOLF THERE AT DIXIE LINE. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WHEN WE HAD THE UH, PARK MEETING YOU'RE WELCOME. HUH? . . WE HAD THE DISCUS GOLF THING. UM, WE HAD A, A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY COME AND TALK TO US AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S LOW HANGING FRUIT. AND I THINK WITH ALL THE, UM, UPGRADES THAT WE'RE DOING TO DIXIELAND PARK, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CDBG FUNDING THEN PLUS THAT, UM, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN THAT WE'RE DOING TO CONNECT IT TO THE TRAIL. I THINK THIS IS LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WE CAN JUST ADD. HOW MUCH WAS IT? YOU SAID 22,000 I THINK. I THINK SO. AND IT WOULD BE JUST A ONE TIME THING FOR US TO REDESIGN THE, THE DISC OFFICE DISC, I DUNNO, I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THE WORD DISC GOLF COURSE. 22,000 9 0 8, YEAH. 22,000 9 0 8. AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY EASY THAT WE CAN GET AND IT WOULD TOTALLY TRANSFORM THE PARK. AND THEN WE COULD START HAVING TOURNAMENTS THERE AT THE DIXIELAND PARK AND THEN BRINGING IN MORE REVENUE INTO THE CITY AND SALES TAX AS PEOPLE STAY AT HOTELS OR EAT AT THE RESTAURANTS. I'LL BRING POLITICS INTO IT. THE THREE OF US ARE UP FOR ELECTION. AND IF WE PUT 22,000 INTO YOUR PARK, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE FAVORING YOU. YOU MEAN THE COMMUNITIES PARK? IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MY PARK. IT'S A COMMUNITIES PARK. CORRECT. AND WE ALSO HAD PEOPLE FROM, IF YOU WANTED TO DO ANOTHER ONE, THESE PEOPLE AREN'T UP FOR ELECTION, YOU WOULD PUT IT IN A, WANNA PUT IT IN PARK. SO THERE'S OF THEIR TERRITORY, THEIR, THEIR DISTRICTS, SO AS NOT TO INVOLVE ANY POLITICS. WELL, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT POLITICS. THIS IS THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY COMING TO ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS. AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WHEN THAT WE HAD THE COMMUNITY HERE SPEAKING ABOUT THAT YOU WERE IN FAVOR OF THAT, YOU WERE EVEN LIKE, OH, I THINK IT'S TOTALLY COOL, THEN WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO DO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS BECAUSE OF POLITICS? IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS. THIS IS JUST FUNDING THE UPGRADE TO THE PARK SO YOU'RE NOT UP FOR ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. OKAY, GENTLEMEN. UM, SO LET'S LIKE STAY ON TASK. I THINK THAT, UM, THE, THE FACT THAT THE PARK, IT, IT'S ALREADY EXISTING. UM, THE PARK, THE DISC GOLF IS ALREADY, UH, BEING UTILIZED BY THE COMMUNITY AND WE SAW THAT THERE WAS FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THE REGION THAT COME TO, TO HARLINGEN. [01:10:01] WE SAW THE FANCY APP WHERE WE'RE ON THE APP ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND OUR LOCATION IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THAT, UM, THAT HAS THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND, AND PLAY. AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS A YOUNG BOY THAT WAS GOING TO BE COMPETING LIKE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND CAME FROM CAR MATTER. MATTER FACT, I JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM HIS DAD. EXACTLY. JOAQUIN MCFARLAND. HE'S AT THE 2024 JUNIOR WORLDS RIGHT NOW. YEAH. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN FOSTER THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT TO CON CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS TO, TO JUST TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND SO I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT THING AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR ISSUE, BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT'S NEEDED, AND I DO AGREE THAT IT'S A LOW, LOW HANGING FRUIT, UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, YOU, YOU AND I IN TERMS OF WALKING THE PARK AND, AND, UM, AND YOU WERE THERE TOO. AND, AND MAKING AND TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT, THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME THAT NEED SOME HELP BECAUSE, LIKE ME, THAT I'M AWFUL AT ALL SPORTS AND I DON'T NEED ANY, UH, ANYBODY TO AGREE WITH THAT. BUT, UM, PICKLE ABOUT, UNLESS YOU'RE DISAGREEING , THAT'S WHY I'M JUST SAYING. OKAY. I I, I AM ACKNOWLEDGING IT. SO I I AM. OKAY. UM, BUT THERE'S ONE WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU WOULD POTENTIALLY THROW IT AND IT COULD END UP IN THE STREET AND IT MOVING THAT BASKET, UM, WOULD PROBABLY BE IDEAL FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME. SO WE'RE NOT CAUSING ACCIDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I DO THINK THAT THE, THAT IT PROBABLY NEEDS, UM, SOME SPRUCING UP AND, AND YOU'RE ALREADY DOING THAT WITH NO BUDGET, RIGHT? I THINK YOU TOOK A COUPLE OF THE BASKETS. RIGHT? SO ONE OTHER THING THAT I, I WANNA BRING UP IS WITH THE CDBG UH, FUNDING, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GONNA, IT WAS GONNA FUND THE BASKETBALL COURT. AND SO WE WANT, WE WANNA PUT THAT BASKETBALL BALL COURT AT ONE OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOTS OFF OF DIXIELAND MM-HMM. . BY DOING THAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO READJUST SOME OF THE, UM, OR REALIGN SOME OF THE HOLES. SO IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME OF THAT, UM, OF, UM, ADJUSTMENT. OKAY. UM, BUT UH, THE, THE COM THE GROUP DID TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, MAKING IT MORE CHALLENGING MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, PUTTING MORE TREES. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE INCLUDING IN THIS BUDGET. AND I WOULD ASK THAT IF THE COMMISSION IS ON BOARD WITH PROVIDING THIS FUNDING, THAT YOU REACH OUT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY OFFERED FREE LABOR AND FREE ASSISTANCE DESIGNING IT. YEAH. UM, THEY WANNA BE PART OF IT AND IT COULD BE A GOOD COMMUNITY PROJECT. RIGHT. SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING, GENTLEMEN? I'M IN FAVOR OF IT. I'M UP FOR IT. YEAH. UH, ALL OF OUR PARTS HAVE BEEN GAINING SOME SUGAR, WHICH I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT LON HILL, UH, PARK. 'CAUSE WE GOT THAT TRAIL. MM-HMM. YOU GUYS HAVE HELPED ME WITH VESTO. WE'RE WORKING ON THE SOCCER FIELDS AND UH, PENDLETON PARK, WE JUST GOT WHAT, A MILLION DOLLARS OR 750,000 FOR VICTOR? VICTOR, UH, FOR VICTOR. WE'RE DOING THAT MASSIVE EXTENSION BY, UM, BY HUGH RAMSEY GOING WEST OR EAST. UM, NO, WE'RE NOT THE, THE ONE, NOT THE ONE GOING BEHIND THE HOUSES. THE ONE THAT YOU HAD EVEN SUGGESTED, THE ONE FURTHER EAST. RIGHT. SO I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PARKS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICTS AND THE CITY GET A LITTLE LOVE EVERY YEAR TO KEEP BRINGING THEM ALL UP TO PAR. MM-HMM. . I AGREE. AND I, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY CAME TO ME FOR ABOUT, AND THAT'S WHY, AND THE DISTINCTION ALSO IS YOURS IS THE ONLY PART WITH, WITH THAT AMENITY. RIGHT? RIGHT. ALL OF ALL OF US HAVE BASKETBALL COURTS OR WHATEVER, BUT YEAH. ALRIGHT. THE, THE, UH, THE COST TO ADJUST THOSE TWO, UH, COURT OR HOLDS, I GUESS, UM, IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE 22, 9 0 8 OR DO ANY WELL, YEAH, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY COSTS BECAUSE, UM, WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL, I FORGET WHAT HIS LAST NAME IS, BUT HE'S, UH, WORKS FOR A SURVEYING COMPANY AND SO HE DID THE DESIGN FOR US AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO SPLIT 'EM UP SO WE'D BE ABLE TO FIT THE BASKETBALL COURT THERE. SO IT WON'T BE ANY ADDITIONAL COST. ALRIGHT. YEAH. LET'S SEE. THAT'S PART OF THE, THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT BECAUSE LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER WAS THAT THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE PUTTING ALL THIS, THEY'RE DONATING ALL THEIR TIME AND WORK AND ALL THAT INTO IT BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANT THIS. I THINK ONCE YOU GET IT DONE, MAYBE COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND JUST GIVE US A UPDATE ON, ON, ON THE INVOLVEMENT THAT YOU GOT FROM THESE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND I WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO KEEP TRACK OF, YOU KNOW, UH, FOOT TRAFFIC IN, IN TERMS OF THE PARKS. MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T KNOW. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO, TO KIND OF GAUGE THAT. AND I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU GUYS RECEIVED THIS EMAIL, BUT DID YOU GUYS RECEIVE THE EMAIL THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO A THEY ALSO WANT TO DO A, A DISC OFF CLINIC AND THEY'RE INVITING US TO GO AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. COMMISSION. WE GOT NO, I'M JUST SAYING . YEAH. YEAH. GOOD. I THINK SO, YES. BUT [01:15:01] DON'T, DON'T FORGET THIS WHEN, UH, GET THIS PART COMES UP. ALL RIGHT GUYS, IT'S ALL GOOD. ALL I'M JUST GONNA NEED SOME MONEY FOR THAT PART. OKAY, WELL I'M ALL ABOUT IT. YEAH. WELL WAIT, WAIT UNTIL YOUR ELECTION YEAR TO GET THAT MONEY , BABE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. 'CAUSE YOU SPEND MORE THAN 10 HOURS A MONTH ON YOUR DISTRICT. OH YEAH. OH MY GOODNESS, GENTLEMEN. OKAY, LET'S FOUR SEVEN, ROBERT. SO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL GO INTO OUR PROPOSED REVENUES. AND THIS DOES INCLUDE OUR, UM, OUR, OUR NEW CERTIFIED TOTALS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. SO, UH, THAT GENERAL FUND REVENUE WILL COMES TO 66 MILLION 909 0 86. SO AS YOU SEE IN THE, IN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, SALES TAX IS 26 MILLION 1 54, PROPERTY TAXES, 23 MILLION 9 47. AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THAT REVENUE. AND AS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PIE CHART, THE MAJORITY OF THAT PIE IS THE SALES TAX, THE PROPERTY TAX, UM, AND SOME FRANCHISE TAX. AND JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS IS, AGAIN, ANOTHER YEAR WHERE SALES TAX EXCEEDS PROPERTY TAX SINCE THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN HERE. CORRECT? RIGHT, RIGHT. AND POINT OUT THAT OUR NUMBER ONE REVENUE IS SALES TAX AND SO PEOPLE NEED TO KEEP SHOPPING HARLINGEN. MM-HMM. , YES, ABSOLUTELY. YOU'RE RIGHT. THE NEXT SLIDE IS A DETAIL OF, UH, A BUDGET COMPARISON BETWEEN 20 24, 20 25. UH, SO YOU'LL SEE THE COMPARISON. SO WE'RE 4,000,069 OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. PROPOSED EXPENDITURES, UH, WE DO HAVE 67 MILLION 927, 4 97. AND THIS DOES INCLUDE, UH, ALL THE ONE TIME CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THIS NUMBER. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BULK OF THE PIE IS PERSONNEL SERVICES TOTALING 63% OR 42 THOU 42,829,322. UM, AND WE HAVE SERVICES AND CHARGES AND CAPITAL OUTLAY AS THE, THE NEXT TWO COMPONENTS AND CAPITAL OUTLAY ARE ALWAYS ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. AND I WILL POINT OUT THAT OUR PERSONNEL SERVICES IS 63% OF THE BUDGET. MOST CORPORATIONS IN THE COUNTRY ARE 70, 72%. THAT IS CORRECT. SO WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL WITH THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY. THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE PERSONNEL SERVICES EXPENSE. UH, SO AS YOU SEE, UH, BROKE IT DOWN IN THREE COMPONENTS. SO, UH, POLICE ACCOUNTS FOR 39% OF THAT PERSONAL EXPENSE. FIRE ACCOUNTS FOR 27% AND ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNT FOR 34%. SO OUR TOTAL PERSONAL EXPENDITURES ARE 42 MILLION OH ONE TWO FAR THERE, 42 MILLION 829 3 22. AND I'VE BROKEN OUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS LISTED OUT THERE. SO FOR THIS YEAR, WE HAD OUR SALARY INCREASES AND THIS, UM, ACCOUNTS FOR THAT ARE KNOWN SALARY INCREASES BECAUSE THEY'RE BY CBA OR OUR EVERGREEN STUDY. SO I'VE BROKEN OUT THOSE COMPONENTS BY POLICE, FIRE, AND THE EVERGREEN STUDY. SO, SO FAR THAT EXPEND SALARY EXPENDITURES THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET ARE 1 MILLION 517 442. OUR EXPENDITURE BUDGET COMPARISON BETWEEN 2024 AND 2025. UM, WE HAVE, UH, 67 MILLION 9 27 PROPOSED FOR 2025 COMPARED TO 57,000,219 FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THAT'S 10 MILLION 7 0 7. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ABOUT ALMOST 8 MILLION OF THAT IS IN CAPITAL OUTLAY, ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, GENERAL FUND AND HOTEL MOTEL, UH, PAYABLES. THESE ARE, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE PAY. THE TOP PART IS FROM THE GENERAL FUND. THE BOTTOM PART IS FUNDED FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL. UH, SO THAT'S FOUR 10 IN THE GENERAL FUND. 931 FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL. SO OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE SPECIAL REVENUES, UH, TOTAL, UH, OUR FUND BALANCE FOR ALL THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, UH, TOTAL 12 MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY. UH, REVENUES, UH, THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THE BUDGET YEAR ARE 23 MILLION 494 3 84, THE LARGEST ONE BEING THE AWARDS PROGRAM WHERE WE RECEIVE OUR GRANTS. SO WE TO ALMOST 13 MILLION OF THAT IS THROUGH OUR GRANTS PROGRAM. UH, WE ALSO TRANSFER BETWEEN FUNDS 1,968,063. SO OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE 22 MILLION 923 3 79. SO THAT'S, UH, EXCESS REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES OF 25,939, BRINGING OUR BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF 12 7 76 TO 15,315 AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. THIS LISTS OUT THE ENTERPRISE FUND, THE, THE MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM, SANITATION ARTS [01:20:01] AND HERITAGE MUNICIPAL GOLF. UH, WE HAVE THE FUND BALANCE HERE AT 9 30 20 25. SO WE BEGAN, WE BEGAN THE YEAR WITH 14,000,422 REVENUES OF 12,000,245 BUDGETED PROPOSED BUDGET TRANSFERS OF 148,311 COMPARED TO EXPENDITURES OF 15 MILLION 185 735. SO THAT IS EXPENDITURES OVER REVENUES, UH, OF 2,000,792. THE MAJORITY OF THAT, UH, BEING IN THE SANITATION FUND BECAUSE OF THE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. SO THAT WOULD ESTIMATE OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 11 MILLION 600 3337. UH, WE ALSO BROKE OUT THE, UH, THE PORTIONS THAT ARE LESS INVESTMENT CAPITAL AND, AND INVEST ESTIMATED CASH FUND BALANCE. SO, UH, FOR ALL FUNDS, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 10 MILLION 1 77 IN RESTRICTIONS FOR CAPITAL ASSETS. AND SO FOR ALL FUNDS, WE HAVE 1,000,400 52 515. THE SANITATION WE SAW EARLIER, WE BROKE IT A LITTLE BIT, UH, IN MORE DETAIL WITH 120 DAYS IN, IN A PREVIOUS SLIDE. THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR, UH, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. WE HAVE OUR MOTOR VEHICLE WAREHOUSE AND OUR HEALTH INSURANCE, WHICH ARE KEPT IN A SEPARATE PROPRIETARY FUND. UH, WE BEGIN OUR FUND BALANCE OF 8,000,538, UH, REVENUES, UH, OF 9,282,000 AND EXPENDITURES OF 9,004,000, UH, BRINGING THE TOTAL REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES OF 2 78, 2 77, UH, INCREASING OUR FUND BALANCE FROM 8.5 MILLION TO 8 MILLION 8 16, 3 10. UH, THE MOTOR VEHICLE WAREHOUSE, WHICH IS OUR FLEET MANAGEMENT AND PURCHASING A WAREHOUSE, THEY DO HAVE, UH, AN INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL OF 1,000,698. UM, THE HEALTH INSURANCE DOES NOT. SO THAT BRINGS OUR ESTIMATED CASH BALANCE, UH, IN, IN THE, UH, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS OF 7 MILLION 1 17 9 2 8. AND THIS, THIS SLIDE IS A SUMMARY OF ALL FUNDS, UH, OF THE CITY. SO YOU HAVE THE GENERAL FUND, SPECIAL REVENUE, ALL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. SO ALL FUNDS, UH, COMBINED, WE HAVE TOTAL FUND BALANCE OF 69,817,000, UM, TOTAL REVENUES FOR ALL FUNDS. 114 MILLION, 47,000 EXPENDITURES OF 115 MILLION, 41,000. UH, SO THAT WOULD BRING OVERALL ALL FUNDS, A EXPENDITURES OVER REVENUE OF 990 3085, REDUCING OUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE FROM 69,000,817 TO 68 823. AND REMEMBER, THIS DOES INCLUDE, UH, ONE TIME, UH, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND AND SPECIAL LENDING FUNDS. I MEAN, UM, UH, GENERAL FUND AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS. SO WITH THIS PROPOSED BUDGET, WHAT, HOW MANY DAYS WILL WE HAVE ON OUR FUND BALANCE, GENERAL FUND? 120? YEAH, IT'LL COME OUT TOO MINIMUM. ACTUALLY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE BECAUSE YEAH, I THINK IT, IT WAS LIKE, UH, DIDN'T WE HAVE LIKE TWO 20 SOMETHING? YEAH, I THINK IT, IT STARTED BECAUSE WE DID THOSE EXP, THE EXP ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. BUT I CAN DO THAT CALCULATION REAL QUICK. WE DID HAVE TWO 20 WHEN WE HAD THE CAPPER PRESENTATION. THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS CARLOS COSTCO'S MENTIONED WITH THAT. YEAH, WE HAD TWO 20, SO 220 DAYS. YES. AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE 20. AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, UM, MR. COSTCO SAID THAT THAT WAS, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HE SHOULD BE PROUD OF, THAT IT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE STRIVE STRIVING TO, TO MAINTAIN, NOT TO HAVE JUST THE MINIMUM. RIGHT. YOU, YOU DON'T WANT TO LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. CORRECT. RIGHT. YEAH, BECAUSE WHEN THAT RAINY DAY COMES, IT COMES . . THAT'S RIGHT. YES. LET ME DO THAT CALCULATION REAL QUICK. SO, UH, JUST, I'M SORRY, KEEP GOING. UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, UH, THAT LIST THAT WE TALKED, THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT RIGHT HERE. YEAH. THAT ONE, UM, THAT IS GOING TO COME OUT. UM, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS GONNA COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE. 90,000 WILL COME OUT OF THE, UM, UH, SANITATION. YES, SIR. SANITATION. SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD THAT WE OVERLOOKED. UM, SO I I, IT'S A MINOR ADDITION, BUT I THINK THAT I WAS TALKING TO THE CHIEF AND I KNOW HE'S HERE AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH, UM, SECURITY AT THE, UH, OR JUST MONITORING AND PATROLLING THE TRAILS. AND, UM, COMMISSIONER PEREZ HAD MENTIONED THAT, UM, I THINK THEY, YOU SAW THEM OUT THERE. YEAH, I'VE SEEN 'EM TWICE. I SAW THEM ABOUT A WEEK AGO, AND THEN THIS MORNING I SAW THEM IN, THE FIRST TIME I SAW 'EM WAS IN THE EVENING. I SAW AN OFFICER IN HIS UTILITY CART. AND THEN THIS MORNING I SAW 'EM AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE. WELL, I DIDN'T TAKE A PICTURE. MY DAUGHTER TOOK A PICTURE OF THEM AND STUFF. [01:25:01] IT WAS COOL. SO ANYHOW, UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING THEM SOME BIKES, BICYCLES. YES. AND SO I'D LIKE TO PUT AT LEAST TWO BIKES FOR THE OFFICERS SO THAT THEY CAN BE OUT ON THE TRAIL. I BE YOU. THEY'RE PREFER TO STAY ON THAT UTILITY VEHICLE. WELL, THEY'LL HAVE BOTH. I HAVE. THOSE ARE SOME BIG HILLS OF YOUR, YOU KNOW. YEAH. SOME BIG HILLS. WELL, YES, BUT I, AND I KNOW THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY HAS REALLY, OR MAYBE THEY CAN GET SOME SCOOTERS. I DON'T KNOW. UM, BUT THE, THE COMMUNITY HAS REALLY EMBRACED THE IDEA OF HAVING THEM OUT THERE AND WE'RE PUTTING ALL THIS WORK INTO CONNECTING THE TRAILS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. SO I WANT THEM TO, TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT. I THINK YOU SAID CHIEF, YOU WERE ALREADY DOING TWO FROM LAST YEAR. RIGHT. AND SO THEY'D HAVE FOUR IF WE ADDED TWO INTO THE TWO BIKES. BUDGET. TWO. TWO BIKES OR TWO BICYCLES. BICYCLES. BICYCLES. TWO BICYCLES. THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR'S ASKING. SO, SO, SO THEY'D HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR. CORRECT. BECAUSE YOU ALREADY GOT TWO FROM THE PRIOR PRIOR BUDGET. IS THAT RIGHT, CHIEF? WE HAVEN'T GOT THEM YET, BUT WE'RE WORKING. OR, WELL, YOU'RE, YOU'VE GOT, GOT THE MONEY FOR IT IS IS BASICALLY CORRECT. RIGHT. WHAT, WHAT IS THE COST FOR EACH ONE OF THEM WITH ALL THE, ABOUT $1,200. 1200 FOR EACH. ALRIGHT. OH, THAT WENT DOWN. I THOUGHT THEY WERE A LOT MORE. WHAT ARE THESE CANON DEALS? ? I HAVEN'T SEEN THE ACTUAL QUOTE. SO THEY HAVE SIRENS COME FROM THEY DO, THEY DO. THEY'RE, THEY'RE FOR POLICE WITH LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING, LIKE A ICE CREAM TRUCK. REALLY? OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE KIDDING. NO. WOW. YEAH, THEY'RE POLICE BIKES. WHERE CAN I BUY ONE? NOT A NOVEL IDEA. ? YES. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS. I MEAN, UNLESS YOU'D PREFER THEM TO HAVE HORSES, WOULD YOU? HORSE WELL, THE HORSE IS PRETTY COOL, BUT YOU KNOW, NO, NO, NOT NO HORSE DOWN THERE . NO. THERE'S ENOUGH STUFF ON THE TRAIL FROM THE ANIMALS. THAT'S, YEAH. UM, OKAY. SO IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD DO THAT. I THOUGHT THEY WERE 1200 EACH, OR 1200 TOTAL. 1200 EACH AND THEN, UM, THEY WERE TAKING THAT CERTIFICATION OR, RIGHT. OKAY. I'LL GET THAT. UH, GABE, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING HERE, BUT WE'RE STILL DOING THE BOOTS FOR THE, UH, OUR NUMBER ONE ASSETS, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S EVERY YEAR WE DO THAT. OKAY. YEAH. THE PD AND FIRE BUDGET FOR THEIR OWN, UH, WE BUDGETED, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT WE PAID $200 PER PAIR FOR THE EMPLOYEES. AND THAT'S, THAT'S ROBERT, THAT'S EVERY YEAR RIGHT? THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO BUY THOSE BOOTS? YEAH. EVERY YEAR. AND ARE THEY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT? OH YES. WONDERFUL. OKAY. SO JUST THERE'S, I'M SORRY, MAYOR. THERE'S ONLY TWO PLACES IN TOWN THAT ACTUALLY HAVE RED WING AND, AND BULL RIDER AND BOOT JACK. I'M SORRY? BULL RIDER. BULL RIDER. ONE OF THEM. BULL RIDER. OKAY. BULL. ONE OF THE BULLS. YEAH. HAS THEM , I THINK. CHRIS, GO AHEAD CHRIS. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REQUEST, RIGHT, IF Y'ALL ARE GONNA CONSIDER THE TWO MECHANICS. MM-HMM. , WE DID, UH, ALSO REQUEST A FLEET SERVICE ADVISOR. THIS PERSON WOULD, UH, ASSIST ALL THE MECHANICS WITH QUOTES, UH, MAKING SURE TO OBTAIN PARTS, MAKING SURE TO, UH, ORDER OTHER PARTS, MAKING SURE TO RECEIVE THOSE PARTS AND ASSIGN 'EM TO THE MECHANICS SO IT, IT'LL FACILITATE THAT, THAT PROCESS. RIGHT. SO IF Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING THE MECHANICS, I WOULD, UM, ASK THAT Y'ALL CONSIDER THIS ONE PERSON AND THAT WOULD COME FROM THE SANITATION FRONT TOO. UH, YES. HOW DO YOU DO IT RIGHT NOW? CHRIS? UM, OUR FLEET MANAGER DOES ALL THAT. AND SO HE DOES ALL THE RECORD KEEPING FOR, UH, IN OUR SOFTWARE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T HAVE THE TIME TO WALK THE FLOOR AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S WALKING OR, UM, ANYBODY IS ON TASK, UH, WITH WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. AND SO THERE'S REALLY NO EYES OUT ON THE FLOOR. HE'S BASICALLY JUST STUCK INSIDE THE OFFICE JUST TAKING CARE OF ALL THAT. I, I DON'T SEE THAT ON THE, UH, ON THE POSITION. IT'S NOT FUNDED. IT, IT IS ON THE NON-FUNDED SIDE, SIR. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IT. I DON'T, YES. DO YOU KNOW WHAT PAGE THAT'S ON HERE? WHICH POSITION? IT STARTS WITH, UH, FLEET SERVICE ADVISOR. GO TO PAGE 24. THAT'S WHERE THEY START. IT'S, IT'S THERE. FLEET SERVICE ADVISOR. FLEET SERVICE ADVISOR. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S RIGHT DOWN PAGE 24. YEAH. YES. ONE, TWO, MAINTENANCE WORKER 24. OH, OKAY. IT DOESN'T SAY, UH, SO THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE ENTERPRISE FUND I WAS LOOKING FOR SANITATION FLEET SERVICE ADVISOR. OKAY. I, I WOULD SAY GO FOR IT. SINCE IT'S COMING FROM THE SANITATION FUND AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED, IS THAT, UH, THIS ONE FLEET SERVICE? FLEET SERVICE ADVISOR. ADVISOR. THAT'S OUT OF SANITATION. WE'LL, WE'LL GET THIS LIST TO EVERYONE FOR EVERYONE TO REVIEW AT THE END, BUT I'M JUST GONNA COMPILE EVERYTHING THAT, WHAT IS IT? I'M FLEET SERVICE ADVISOR. FLEET FREIGHT? YEAH. FLEET SERVICE ADVISOR. 44 5. OH, IT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. [01:30:01] SERVICE ADVISOR FOUR. CHRIS, I APOLOGIZE, YOU DID MENTION THAT TO ME. I JUST, I JUST FORGOT TO MENTION. THANK YOU, SIR. AND THEN AGAIN, IT JUST COMES OUTTA SANITATION. YES, SIR. YOU WANNA GIVE US, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. SO WHO'S, WHO'S KEEPING TRACK OF THIS? IS THAT YOU DANIEL? YEAH. CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE RECAP? YEAH, I'LL GO OVER IT ALL. . I WAS LOOKING TO SEE, I SEE NOTE TAKING. THAT ONE . SO DO WE FEEL COMFORTABLE AFTER THE, THE HACKING INCIDENT THAT WE HAD THAT UH, THE CYBER I WAS LOOKING AT THAT SECURITY GUY HERE. WE DON'T NEED, I MEAN, WELL, I KNOW THAT GABE HAD MENTIONED THAT, UM, THEY SAID WE WERE IN GOOD SHAPE AND DIDN'T STAY AS MUCH, AS LONG AS THEY WERE ANTICIPATING. RIGHT? THEY WERE HERE ABOUT TWO DAYS. IS THAT RIGHT? OR? UH, NO, THEY WERE HERE JUST ONE DAY. HALF HALF A MORNING. HALF A MORNING. YEAH. JUST A FEW HOURS. AND THEN THEY LEFT. UH, THEY HAD PLANNED TO BE HERE THE ENTIRE WEEK, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT MIS WAS DOING, UM, THAT SAT HERE IN THE HIDING IN THE BACK OVER THERE. THERE HE IS. UH, THEY LEFT. THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. UM, I MEAN, IF WE'RE SOLID, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. RIGHT? UM, COULD I ASK GIO A QUESTION? SO LIKE, YOU GUYS ARE GOOD, LIKE YOU'RE STAFF. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE GOOD. . WELL, THERE'S A STAFF ISN'T THAT IS NOT FUNDED. A SECURITY OFFICER. AND THERE GOES THE OPENING . THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING BECAUSE NO, I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW. YOU KNOW, WE DID GO THROUGH THAT LAST YEAR, LIKE FORD MENTIONED. THAT'S, THAT'S WORRISOME. THAT'S WORRISOME WHEN THAT HAPPENS. AND ALSO, I KNOW, LIKE SINCE WE SWITCHED OVER TO THE NEW WEBSITE, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD TO DO. MM-HMM. . AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME, AND I, THERE'S SOMETHING I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA BE MEANING TO REACH OUT TO YOU. 'CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT, LIKE, I TRY TO LOOK UP OLD STUFF, LIKE OLD MINUTES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND I'M NOT ABLE TO ACCESS IT ANYMORE. IT TELLS ME IF I'M GOING TO A WRONG WEBSITE, I'M LIKE, WHERE AM I GOING? BUT, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY, IT'S CALLED A WEBMASTER. WE NEED ONE OF THOSE TOO. YEAH. SO, SO, SO WHAT IS, WHAT IS THAT, I'M SORRY. WEBMASTER. YEAH. TO REDIRECT. IT'S SOMEBODY THAT DOES NOTHING BUT, UH, OVERSIZE OVERSEES THE WEBSITE, MAKE SURE CONTENT IS UP TO DATE. AND SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS. AND I'VE BEEN, AND, AND THANKS FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I THOUGHT THAT PART OF THE, UH, PACKAGE WHEN WE WENT TO THE NEW WEBSITE IS THAT WE WOULD RETAIN ALL OF THE INFORMATION FROM PREVIOUS, UM, SEARCHES IN THE SEARCH ENGINES WHERE IT WOULD BE REDIRECTED TO THE NEW, UM, WEBSITE IN THE PROPER LOCATION. IS THAT NO, THERE WAS A REDUCTION OF THE CONTENT THAT WAS LEFT. SO THERE WAS MIGRATION OF, OF DOCUMENTS. BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WHEN YOU GO ONLINE AND YOU DO A SEARCH, UM, FOR MM-HMM. , ANY CITY RELATED DOCUMENTS, IT, IT LIKE LIVES ON THE WEB ON, ON THE OLD DOMAIN. AND IT SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY, UM, INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE OLD DOMAIN THAT IT WOULD BE REDIRECTED. AND I, I THAT DIDN'T WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS? ACTUALLY WE DID WEBSITE. OH, AHEAD. WEBSITES ARE NOT LIKE, UH, STORAGE DEVICES TO STORE DATA. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. BUT NO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PICTURE. NO, YOU'RE CORRECT. BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH CHRISTINA. MM-HMM. CHRISTINA WAS THE ONE THAT WAS HELPING DO THE MI. EXACTLY. THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED THE TERM MIGRATION OF ALL THAT STUFF. MM-HMM. . BUT IT WAS STAFF THAT WAS DOING IT. AND WE WERE THEN IN TURN, AS I REMEMBER IT, GIVING THE INFORMATION TO THE COMPANY AND THEN THE COMPANY WAS, I GUESS MAKING THE FINAL, SEWING IT IN OR WHATNOT. YEAH. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU DO SEARCHES AND IF IT DIRECTS TO THE MY HARLINGEN US, LIKE BEFORE IT AUTOMATICALLY, LIKE YOU CAN'T FIND IT. THERE'S NOTHING. YEAH. IF IT DOESN'T DIRECT TO THE NEW, THE NEW THING WHERE IT SAYS HARLINGEN TEXT.GOV, THEN YOU'RE KIND OF SCREWED. YOU TOLD ME. YEAH. I DIDN'T, I'M WORKING ON ADDING, UH, A NEW FEATURE TO THE WEBSITE. UH, AI UH, COMPONENT WOULD BE LIKE A LITTLE CHAT BOX ON, ON THE BOTTOM WHERE, UH, CITIZENS WOULD ASK FOR QUESTIONS AND AI WOULD DIRECT THEM TO, TO THE RIGHT PLACE. MM-HMM. , I'M WORKING ON THAT. IT WAS THERE, BUT IT'S NOT FUNDED . SO, SO IT'S CITY BAR. AND, AND I, I GET THAT. AND I, AND I SAW THAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY NEAT AT THE, UM, I'VE GONE TO, UM, TM L TM L AND, AND THEY'RE THERE. BUT I THINK THAT THAT HONESTLY IS MORE OF A, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT DON KNOW THAT WE NECESSARILY NEED IT. MM-HMM. . UH, BUT WE DO NEED FOR THE INFORMATION TO BE ACCESSIBLE. MM-HMM. . SO WHAT DO YOU NEED TO, IS IS THAT, UM, A STAFF ISSUE? BECAUSE IT, BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS JUST GOING TO, WE WERE GONNA PAY A PRICE AND THAT IT WAS GONNA GET DONE. UM, BUT SO AGAIN, I'M, I'M JUST REFERRING TO, UH, HISTORICAL DATA THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH AND THEY COULD COME UP WITH, UM, THOSE, THOSE DOCUMENTS. CITY RELATED DOCUMENTS THAT ARE PUBLIC RECORD. [01:35:01] YEAH. THAT'S NOT A BAILOR ENOUGH. IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT. YEAH. BUT WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR THAT? A STAFF? YEAH. WEBMASTER. A WEBMASTER. MM-HMM. LORD. WHAT'S, SO THE CYBERSECURITY OFFICER, WHAT STRENGTH WOULD THAT GIVE YOU THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW? UH, OVER OVERSEE AND ENFORCE SECURITY POLICY ON THE NETWORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PACKERS ARE NOT GETTING TO THE SYSTEM. WE, WE HAVE THE SOFTWARE AND THE HARDWARE, BUT WE NEED THE HUMAN COMPONENT TO, TO REVISE THOSE SECURITY LOGS AND, AND, AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, ACTUALLY. AND THESE THREATS BECOME MORE AND MORE MM-HMM. PROMINENT AND COMPLICATED AND LIKELY EVERY DAY. MM-HMM. . MM-HMM. . YEAH. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT WAS A VERY VULNERABLE EVENT. ME KNOWING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT. I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS WORTH MENTIONING. YEAH. I, I ECHO, I MEAN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SECURE. MM-HMM. , SOMEBODY'S PAYCHECK'S PROBABLY INVOLVED IN THERE THAT THEY MIGHT NOT GET. YEAH. ACCOUNT ON MY $92. WE DID A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS DUE TO THE SECURITY BRIDGE. UH, BUT, UH, THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. UH, I THINK IF THE COMMISSION'S GONNA CONSIDER EITHER THE WEBMASTER OR THE SECURITY OFFICER, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE SECURITY OFFICER. OH, I, I GAVE HER FOR SURE. YES. IS THERE A HYBRID THAT DOES BOTH ? YEAH. YEAH. THEY CAN BE MULTITASK, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. BECAUSE I, I KNOW YOU GUYS OVERSTRETCHED BECAUSE I, I'VE BEEN TOLD HOW YOU GUYS NOT ONLY DO THIS, THE, BUT YOU ALSO HELP OUT THE LIBRARY ALL, YOU ALSO HELP OUT SOME OTHER AREAS. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE LIKE, STRETCHED REALLY, REALLY THIN. YEAH. 'CAUSE THERE'S ONLY THREE OF YOU, RIGHT? FOUR. UH, FOUR. FOUR. FOUR FOUR. WHEN I STARTED HERE, THE MIS DEPARTMENT WAS 4, 3 30 YEARS AGO WE WE'RE FOUR. RIGHT NOW I'M DOWN. I HAVE A QUESTION. CHANGE THE PIVOT IN A LITTLE BIT. UM, ARE WE EVER GONNA GET THE STREET GANG, UH, UNIT JUMPSTARTED AGAIN? TELL, ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? , . WHAT? I'M SORRY. CHIEF OVER. THAT'S A PD QUESTION. THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SETI. NO MORE QUESTIONS ARE SO ARE WE GONNA DO THE, UH, RIGHT, LET'S, LET'S, UM, FINISH, FINISH THE CYBERSECURITY OFFICER. FINISH THIS. I, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A, I THINK IT'S, UM, SOMETHING IMPORTANT. IF, IF WE ARE NOT SECURE, THEN WE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE HAVING A DISCUSSION. WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY, UM, BE FUNDING IT. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT, 'CAUSE EVERYTHING CAN, CAN, NEEDS IMPROVEMENT. RIGHT. ANY MM-HMM. , ALL THINGS CAN BE IMPROVED. BUT IF IT'S A NECESSITY, THEN WE REALLY NEED TO CONSIDER IT. SO IS IS THAT WHAT THIS IS? YES. MM-HMM? . OKAY. I'M GOOD. I'M DOWN. OKAY. SORRY GABE. SORRY GABE. NO, HE YOU SAID YOU WERE GOOD WITH IT, RIGHT? YEAH, I'M GOOD WITH IT. YEAH, I'M GOOD. YOU SAID HE WAS GOING TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF HIS PAYCHECK. YEAH. UH, NORMA'S GONNA LET ME SOME MONEY FROM HER FOR HER MAYOR PAYCHECK , I'M AT THE TEACHER'S SALARY. NO. SO THAT WAS A NO FOR THE, YES. THEY WANNA DO THE, UH, BECAUSE FROM WHAT WE ARE, WE ARE GOING BY YOUR REPRESENTATION THAT IT'S NEEDED IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE HUMAN YEAH. COMPONENT TO MONITORING AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE SECURE AND TO TOWARDS POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE, UH, WAYS OF PEOPLE, UH, OR NOT EVEN PEOPLE ANYMORE, JUST LIKE AI AND ALL THIS, IT JUST CHANGES BY THE DAY AND TO BE ABLE TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT RIGHT. OF THESE CHANGES AND, AND HAVING A HUMAN BEING TO, TO HELP US WITH THAT INSTEAD OF JUST THE SOFTWARE. IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. YES. AND YOU CAN'T BE PARANOID ENOUGH PROTECTING THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. ALRIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO THAT COMES AT A PRICE TAG OF 73,482. AND THAT WAS A NO FOR THAT, RIGHT? THAT WAS A YES. OH, THAT WAS A YES. CITATION FUND, RIGHT? NO, NO. I WISH I COULD, BUT NO. OKAY. SO SINCE IT'S AN ENTERPRISE FUND, I'M TRYING TO TAG EVERYTHING I CAN. THERE YOU GO AGAIN. WITH DIRTY JUGS. YEAH. DIRTY JUGS. OKAY. SO THAT'S A YES. I'M SORRY. YEAH. YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A NEED NOT A, NOT A WANT IS WHAT WE'RE HEARING. YEAH. YEAH. YOU'RE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. . CHIEF PLEASE. SORRY. . THE OTHER CHIEF, THE GRANT WE APPLIED FOR, WE DID NOT GET, WAS A $635,000 GRANT. BUT I HAVE CREATED A UNIT OUT OF THE CURRENT OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATORS THAT ARE THERE NOW. THAT PART-TIME UNIT, WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES. SO YOU ARE ADDRESSING IT ON A PART-TIME BASIS. YES. HOW MUCH WOULD YOU NEED? I'M REFERRING TO NOT THIS BUDGET, BUT THE NEXT ONE, [01:40:01] I BELIEVE THIS THE THIRD YEAR THAT I ASKED FOR, FOR THIS. UM, HOW MUCH WOULD IT TAKE TO GET A GOOD STRONGHOLD ON THIS? WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. WE, WE HAVE A COPS GRANT FOR 10 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS. RIGHT? WE DO. COULD THAT HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS? ULTIMATELY? YES. THAT WOULD HELP SUPPLEMENT THAT. I HAVE THE 10. YEAH. MM-HMM. . YEAH. GOOD. GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF. YEAH. SAD. I'M SORRY. I TOTALLY FORGOT SOMETHING. COME BACK UP. YEAH. JUST, JUST STAY OVER HERE. SADEL. YEAH. THIS IS PART OF YOUR EXERCISE PROGRAM. DO YOU SIT SO FAR? TELL, TELL HIM. NOT TOO. NOBODY LISTENS. WE DON'T BITE. YES. UH, SAD. AT ONE POINT WE TALKED, AND I BELIEVE WE BROUGHT IT UP TO THE COMMISSION LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO, ABOUT THE STREET CAMERAS FOR DOWNTOWN JACKSON. THAT WHOLE AREA. HAVE WE GOTTEN THAT BID DOLLAR AMOUNT YET? YES. 186,000. OKAY. UH, AND HAVE YOU GONE OVER THAT WITH THE CHIEF AND HAS THE POLICE CHIEF LOOKED OVER THAT, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY AND IS GONNA HELP THEM? YEAH, I THINK THEY WERE IN THE MEETING WHEN WE THE CHIEF, YOU WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE CAMERAS FOR DOWNTOWN THE CAMERA SYSTEM. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE FINAL PROJECT, BUT I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON IT. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE THE, THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER FUNDING THAT BECAUSE WE JUST HAD A RASH OF BREAK-INS. AND I, AGAIN, LIKE THE, THE CHIEF STAFF DID A PHENOMENAL PRESENTATION. UH, AND IT WAS CAMERAS WERE THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO WAS DOING THE BREAK-INS WHERE, AND, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT WE LOOK AT FUNDING THAT, WHETHER THROUGH A GRANT, IF THERE'S GRANT MONEY FOR THAT OR THROUGH THE BUDGET. BUT I AGREE WITH THAT. 'CAUSE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHATTER ONLINE ABOUT THAT FROM THE COMMUNITY. UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS WHEN THEY GO OUT THE SHOPS DOWNTOWN. SO, AND SO I'D WANT THANK YOU. UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE THAT THE CAMERA SYSTEM TO COVER IS ALSO YOUTH THAT IS PARK AREA. SO WHERE DOES IT COVER COMPLETELY? WE HAVE A LAYOUT ALREADY OF, UH, I THINK IT'S LIKE, UH, IT WILL GIVE US 56 DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE DOWNTOWN, THE WHOLE TOWN AREA, THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN, INCLUDING GUTIERREZ INCLUDE, UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO TAKE, BUT THIS, IT CAN BE REARRANGED. I IT CAN BE, IT CAN BE WORKED OUT. THEN YOU WANT GUTIERREZ PARK? YEAH, WE CAN, YEAH. 'CAUSE WE HAD THAT YOUNG LADY I REMEMBER THAT CAME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. YEAH. AND SHE'S MENTIONING WHAT SHE SEES ALL THE TIME AT GUTIERREZ PARK. YEAH, YEAH. IS IS IS THAT STREET WHERE HER SHOP IS PART OF DOWNTOWN? TO ME, DOWN IN MY MIND, THE WAY I VIEW DOWNTOWN IS, YOU KNOW WHERE THAT LITTLE CAESAR'S IS OVER THERE BY MM-HMM. , UH, FROM THAT TIP WHERE JACKSON MEETS, UM, HARRISON. HARRISON ALL THE WAY, IF YOU'RE TO GO EAST COVER UP, THERE'S LIKE BLOCKS WHERE LIKE THE OLD OLYMPUS GYM IS ON JACKSON TI PARK, ON AND ON VAN BUREN ALL THE WAY TO WHERE IT SAYS THAT JACKSON, WELCOME TO JACKSON SIGN. MM-HMM. . WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN, WHATEVER STREET THAT IS, I FORGET, I THINK IT'S SIXTH STREET MAYBE. WHATEVER, SIXTH STREET. THAT TO ME THAT'S ALL OF DOWNTOWN TO THE FIFTH OR FOURTH. YEAH. WHERE THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION BUILDING USED TO BE FARTHER THAN NOW. ALMOST DOWN THE BAPTIST CHURCH THERE. I MEAN, TO ME IT IS DOWNTOWN. THAT'S WHAT THAT COVERS THAT AREA. YEAH. OH, THE NEXT, THE NEXT BLOCK OVER. THE NEXT BLOCK. YEAH. THAT'S WHERE I'M THINKING THE ONE THAT TAKES YOU DOWN TO THE LIBRARY. YEAH. WHATEVER. EXACTLY. THAT'S STREET COMES OUT. YEAH. SO SIXTH STREET WEST, ALL THE WAY TO THAT CORNER WHERE THE, THE LITTLE CAESARS IS. AND THEN I WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO JEFF, NOT, MAYBE NOT JEFFERSON, BUT THE ONE BEFORE JEFFERSON. OKAY. SO WE, WE HAVE A, A MAP THAT SHOWS THE DOWNTOWN AND, AND, UH, THE LAPITA AND THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, WE MADE THEM CONGRUENT. IT'S, IT'S NOT QUITE THAT BIG. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS TALKING TO, TO HER, UM, I THINK SOMEONE TOLD HER THAT SHE WAS NOT PART OF YEAH, NO, THAT'S JUST INCORRECT. AND THAT'S HOW I SEE IT. I MEAN, I FEEL THAT THAT IS THE HEART OF, I MEAN IS IS IN THE, UH, NO, THERE'S NO FORMAL DISTINCTION. LIKE THERE'S NO FORMAL BOUNDARY LINE. SO THERE'S THE DID BOUNDARY LINE WELL OVER, IN MY MIND OVERLAY AND THERE'S THE OVERLAY THAT MATCHES A-A-D-I-D BOUNDARY. YEAH. BUT YEAH, THERE IS, THERE IS AN OFFICIAL YES. AND THEY GET SUPPORT IN TERMS OF THE DOWNTOWN. AND SO FOR THE ASSESSMENT, HER CONCERN WAS THAT SHE WAS, THAT SHE WASN'T PART OF IT OR WAS TOLD THAT SHE WASN'T PART OF IT. AND I THOUGHT THAT'S PRETTY ODD GIVEN HER LOCATION. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOT A, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S SOMETHING CAN BE AMENDED. OH YEAH. WE NEED, YEAH, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. YEAH. THE, THE, THE DID BOARD WOULD'VE TO VOTE ON IT AND THEN THE COMMISSION WOULD'VE TO OKAY. UH, SO YEAH. SIXTH AND JEFFERSON. 'CAUSE YEAH, IT WOULD BE THE BACK OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THAT AREA. SO IF WE CAN LOOK IN THAT, I CAN DRAW IT OUT FOR YOU. YEAH. YEAH. THE, THE SYSTEM CAN GROW. I MEAN, IT HAS POTENTIAL TO, TO GROW. I MEAN, UH, UH, IF WE NEED TO ACT ONE OR TWO MORE CAMERAS OR EXPAND UP THE, THE SECURITY OVER TO OTHERS IN THE CITY, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S A [01:45:01] PRIORITY. AND MAYBE WHAT WE DO IS WE, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL, UM, DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND I THINK THE CHIEF AND, AND, AND IT NEED TO KIND OF GET TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT'S BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S COVERED. BUT WE JUST PRIORITIZE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO AN AMENDMENT TO, TO GET IT, TO GET IT DONE. AND MAYBE WE CAN GET IT AS SOON, I MEAN, UNLESS WE CAN DO IT BEFORE WE FINALIZE, BUT IT PROBABLY IS GONNA PUT YOU IN A TIME CRUNCH. BUT I WOULD PREFER FOR IT TO COVER ALL THE AREA. I'M TALKING ALL THE AREA. MM-HMM. AND THEN BECAUSE WHAT, WHATEVER THAT COST IS, I THINK WE DO NEED TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT. RIGHT. OKAY. BUT LET'S, LET'S REVIEW THE PLAN AND, AND COME UP WITH THE NEW FIGURES. YEAH. AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE CHIEF IS, IS, IS GOOD WITH IT AND, AND HAS ACCESS. AND THAT WAS THE, THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT BETWEEN THE AND THE PARKS IS IN HERE, RIGHT? PARKS, CAMERAS ARE IN HERE. UH, IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS UNFUNDED. THE THE PARKS? NO, THE, THE, NO, THE, THE CAMERAS FOR THE DOWNTOWN A HILL PARK. NO PARKS WERE NOT FUNDED. I THOUGHT I SAW 'EM. I THOUGHT WE FUNDED THEM AND THEY WERE MUCH CHEAPER. AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF, IF WHY THEY WERE MUCH. AND THEN YOU GAVE US THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. SEE, THIS IS MAP. YEAH. YES. THAT, THAT MAYBE RIGHT THERE. SHE'S RIGHT UP HERE. OH, SORRY. SHE'S RIGHT. I THINK RIGHT THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE. YEAH, SHE'S RIGHT. SHE'S OFFICE ON OVER THERE. OFFICE. BUT, BUT I WANNA SAY SHE'S RIGHT THERE. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT SHE TOLD ME. SHE IS. THAT'S, THAT'S HOW TIED OF DID AND THE OVERLAY DISTRICT. THEY NEED TO, YOU NEED TO INCLUDE THAT. I CAN WORK ON THAT WHOLE AREA. YEAH. OR THAT PLAZA, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT. YEAH, I CAN WORK ON THAT. ALRIGHT. DO YOU WANT ME TO SEND YOU THIS TOO? YEAH, YEAH, PLEASE. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER, MAYBE NOT NOW, BUT FOR IT TO BE A PRIORITY IN BUDGET IS, UM, AND I SENT THIS PICTURE TO THESE GUYS, IS LIGHTING. I THINK SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS BETTER LIGHTING SPECIFICALLY UNDER THE UNDERPASSES. RIGHT? IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE UNDERPASS ON HARRISON AND TYLER, RIGHT THERE, WHERE WE, YOU GUYS DID THAT PROJECT, THE WAY IT WAS LIT UP IS GORGEOUS. AND I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT, AND I HAD OSCAR START DOING THE WORK ON IT FOR EVERY, EVERY UNDERPASS FROM COMING IN FROM CORPUS MM-HMM. ALL THE WAY TO PASO RIO AND THEN ALL THE WAY TO BASS. 'CAUSE IMAGINE THIS, IMAGINE OUR KIDS GOING ONE THAT JUST MAKES THE CITY LOOK SO MUCH NICER. LIKE THE ONES I'VE SEEN IN MACALLAN, I'VE SEEN 'EM IN HOUSTON, JUST LOOKS WAY NICER. THE ONE WE HAVE IS JUST DROP DEAD GORGEOUS. BUT IMAGINE IF THE LADY HAWKS ARE COMING BACK FROM STATE AND WE CAN LIGHT UP EVERY UNDERPASS GREEN AND ORANGE OR EVERYONE BLACK AND UH, RED AND WHITE OR ANYTHING. WE CAN JUST KEEP 'EM PERMANENTLY GREEN AND ORANGE. THAT . BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, CAN YOU EVEN SEE THAT? I MEAN, CHRIS, HEY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT. CHRIS. CHRIS, YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED AND THE OTHER ONE AND MY, THE CROWN JEWEL I HAVE IN MY MIND, IF WE CAN DO IT, IS I WOULD LIKE TO LIGHT UP THE TRAIN OVERPASS OVER THE, UH, THE WALKING TRAIL TO SEE IF WE CAN DO IT AND WORK WITH UNION PACIFIC. AGAIN, THAT MAY NOT BE AT THIS YEAR. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS YEAR. BUT IF WE CAN START LOOKING AT GETTING THE NUMBERS TOGETHER AND MAKING IT A PRIORITY, TAKE US A YEAR TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE RAILROAD AND GET THEM ON BOARD. SO, BUT, BUT I THINK IT'S A PHENOMENAL IDEA. IS IT SOMETHING PETE HARLING AND BEAUTIFUL CAN DEDICATE SOME FUNDS TO? MAYBE WHETHER WE CAN DO THAT OR THE FOUR B BOARD BOTH. RIGHT. IS TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY. OSCAR'S BEEN LOOKING AT IT AND CHRIS, RIGHT? CHRIS? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. YES. I I SHOULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN TO 10 DAYS. AWESOME. IS THAT, IS ANY OF THAT STATE PROPERTY? NO, IT'S NOT. OKAY. SO IT'S THE OVERPASSES. WELL THE OVERPASSES, BUT WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM. THEY'VE DONE IT IN OTHER CITIES. WE'VE DONE IT IN OUR CITY. BUT FOR US TO CONSIDER THAT. AND THEN THE LAST, THE OTHER THING WITH THE LIGHTING AND FOUNTAINS IS, UH, LIGHTING FOUNTAINS AT EACH OF Y'ALL'S WATER FEATURES AT YOUR PARKS. SO LIKE AT YOUR SOCCER COMPLEX. MM-HMM. , YOU HAVE TWO PONDS THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO PUT FOUNTAINS AND LIGHTS ON THEM. UH, THE ONE AT PENDLETON DO THE SAME THING. THE ONE AT WILSON. YOU HAVE A POND THERE. UH, THE WILL THAT SCARE AWAY THE WILDLIFE, THE BIRDS. I'M NOT TOO SURE THAT'S BECAUSE, 'CAUSE THERE'S, THAT'S FEDERAL STUFF, MIGRATORY BIRDS AND ALL THAT. I DON'T SEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN THEM IN LIKE SAKA AND SANTO. I'VE SEEN 'EM, UH, JUST ASKING. NO, GOOD POINT. POLITICS IS A QUESTION. YEAH. ASK. YEAH. WE CAN ASK THAT QUESTION. THEY KNOW THAT. MM-HMM. . AND FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT, MAKING THAT A PRIORITY. AND THEN THE LAST THING, 'CAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE SUPER AWESOME IF YOU DRIVE BY ANY OF THE PARK OR ANY OF Y'ALL'S PARKS, PENDLETON, WHATNOT, AND HAVING THAT WATER FEATURE LIT UP AT NIGHT. JUST A GORGEOUS THING. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS CASA THE SOUL. I KNOW WE ALL GOT THAT EMAIL, I BELIEVE TODAY ON THE ROOF. UM, NEXT ON OUR AUGUST 7TH MEETING, I'M HAVING AN ARCHITECT COME AND GIVE YOU GUYS, UM, A PRESENTATION ON THE HISTORY OF CASAL THE SOUL, WHICH I DID NOT KNOW. AND IT WAS DESIGNED BY AN ARCHITECT BY THE NAME OF ALAN UCCI, WHO EVENTUALLY FAMOUS. FAMOUS. AND IT'S VERY FAMOUS. YEAH. PEOPLE COME [01:50:01] HERE JUST TO LOOK AT HIS BUILDINGS IN THIS HOUSES. HE SAID YELLOW GLASS. RIGHT. IT WOULD BE ALL GLASS ON THE EXTERIOR. IT. UM, AND SO I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO, I'M GETTING WE'RE TALKING BUDGET. I'M ONLY BRINGING IT Y'ALL'S, UH, ATTENTION NOW SO THAT WHEN I ASK FOR IT LATER, BRING IT UP LATER. NO ONE'S SHOCKED THAT I DIDN'T BRING IT UP DURING THE BUDGET TIME. SO THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE BRINGING UP. THE CHIEF'S NEW FIRE TRUCK AS WELL. FIRE TRUCK. SORRY. SO WERE WE GONNA GET CAMERAS FOR THE PARKS AFTER ALL, OR NOT? I, I WOULD SAY I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD ALL AGREED THAT THE PARKS NEEDED, UM, CAMERAS AND WE HAD SAID YES, BUT I DON'T SEE THEM LINE ITEM ITEM DOWN HERE SET HILL OR BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T AS EXPENSIVE. UM, I DON'T SEE 'EM IN THE BUDGET. AND I WAS TALKING TO, UH, DID I HAVE A QUOTE FOR THOSE SCANDALS? 18 I 18,000, I WANNA SAY. THEY WERE. AND THAT WAS FOR LON HILL. HILL AND ONE MORE PARK, WASN'T IT? NO, JUST HILL. WAS IT JUST L HILL? YEAH. LON HILL PARK. THIS ONE SAYS HILL. PENDLETON AND VICTOR. YEAH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF, SO MAYBE VICTOR IS WHEN YOU'RE GONNA DO THE RE YOU KNOW, REDO THE WHOLE PARK. AND WHERE WOULD THESE CAMERAS BE MAINLY? NO. WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW . WELL, THAT'S TRUE. YOU KNOW. NO, I'M, I'M, I'M ASKING 'CAUSE I KNOW LAST WEEK I HAD A, A MEETING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH HISD AND THEN WE'RE ABOUT TO DO A COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. VET KNOWS ABOUT IT. UM, WHERE, WHERE THE, THE STUDENTS AT HISD ARE GOING TO PAINT MURALS ON THE, ON THE RESTROOMS. UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA DO, THEY'RE GONNA START OFF WITH D WITH, UH, PENDLETON ONE. AND THEY'RE ALSO GONNA START OFF ON DIXIELAND PENDLETON AND DIXIELAND. AND LIKE, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE CAMERAS THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA DO SOME, I'M, I'M EXPECTING 'EM. 'CAUSE I'VE SEEN WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE CAPABLE OF GRAFFITI THE NEXT NIGHT. YES. AND THEN I'M WORRIED ABOUT IT BECAUSE LIKE, THE ONE ON PENDLETON SINCE I WANTED, I I, I WAS SPEAKING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, I WAS TELLING 'EM THAT THAT ONE SHOULD BE GO IN WITH THE MOTIF OF THAT PARK BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR VETERANS MEMORIAL IS. MM-HMM. . SO THAT RESTROOM SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THEME SHOULD BE SOMETHING WITH THE VETERANS AND ALL THAT. AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT VANDALIZED. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK BY THE KIDS DOING IT, IT'S GONNA GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE OWNERSHIP. AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT HAPPENING IS LESS, NOT THE SAME KIDS HERE, BUT YEAH. BUT I WOULD STILL WANT CAMERAS THERE. UM, BECAUSE YEAH, I, I WANT, I ENVISION THE, THE, THE CITY KINDA LIKE DANIEL. 'CAUSE I LOVE DANIEL'S IDEA OF HAVING ALL THE DIFFERENT LIGHTS EVERYWHERE. 'CAUSE WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CITY. MM-HMM. . AND WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CITY AND WE NEED TO SHOW IT OFF. AND BY HAVING THESE LIGHTS, LIKE DANIEL SAID, BY HAVING THESE MURALS PAINTED BY THE KIDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT SHOWS OUR CITY, IT SHOWS IT OFF. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO PROTECT THAT. AND WE CAN DO THAT WITH THE CAMERAS. YOU KNOW, WHAT WE MAY WANT TO DO THERE IS, I THINK WE DO IT FOR THE, FOR THE VETERANS ONE IS HAVE IT VERY WELL LIT SO THAT EVEN IF YOU'RE DRIVING BY, YOU'LL SEE SOMEONE GETTING CLOSE TO THOSE MURALS. 'CAUSE I WOULD'VE HATE IT IF WE GET THESE BEAUTIFUL, GORGEOUS MURALS AND THEN THE NEXT DAY SOMEONE PAINTS IT. MAN, THAT REALLY MM-HMM. , I THINK THAT LIGHTING IS, IS GONNA BE LIGHTING AND THE CAMERAS ON TOP OF IT. EVERY AND ALL OVER THE CITY AND ALL OF THE PARKS. AND I THINK GUTIERREZ AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IS, I THINK PEOPLE TEND TO KIND OF JUST STAY AWAY FROM THE LIGHTED AREAS. MM-HMM. IT BECOMES A DETERRENT FOR, FOR VANDALISM. 'CAUSE I KNOW WE, UM, WENT TO GO LOOK OR WHEN THE, THE LADY HAWKS WERE PLAYING, I, I WAS REAL IMPRESSED WITH THEIR FACILITIES. YEAH. AND YOU COULD REALLY, I MEAN, YES, THEY LOCK 'EM UP, BUT THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE. PEOPLE COULD REALLY GO IN AND, AND DO, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHATEVER AND TAG THE RESTROOMS OR DO, BUT THEY'RE LOCKED FROM THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T GO IN THE INSIDE, BUT THE FENCES WHERE THEY CAN CLIMB OVER THERE. YEAH. EASILY. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY EASILY ACCESSIBLE, BUT IT'S PRISTINE. MM-HMM. , LIKE, IT'S NICE AND CLEAN. THAT'S THE WAY THAT THE CITY SHOULD, OUR FACILITY SHOULD, SHOULD BE THE SAME. SO I I I'M GUESSING MAYBE IT'S LIGHTING OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. I THINK ITS A COMBINATION OF THE LIGHTING AND ALSO THE OWNERSHIP. DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT? THE ONE OFF TO THE YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. WHERE THE, THOSE HAWKS WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR PRACTICE. BASEBALL FIELDS. YEAH, THE BASEBALL FIELDS. YEAH. MM-HMM. . BUT IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE HITTING ON, IS THAT THEY'RE COMPLETELY FENCED IN. ARE YOU GONNA WANNA DO THAT FOR OUR PARKS? WELL, WHAT MY POINT IS THAT THEY'RE FENCED IN, BUT THEY'RE LIKE, YOU CAN CLIMB. RIGHT. LIKE, EVEN ME, LIKE THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY ACCESSIBLE. . YOU'RE NOT AN OLYMPIAN. I'VE SEEN HER PLAY PICKLEBALL. TRUST ME. . OH MY GOODNESS. WHAT IS THIS AGAIN? WHAT IS THIS? THIS? UM, SO MY POINT IS THAT THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING AND IT MAY BE THE LIGHTING THAT THAT YEAH. AGREED. SERVES AS A DETERRENT. UM, AND AND THEY DO HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PROUD OF THEIR, OF THEIR FACILITIES. MM-HMM. , THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. SO THE THREE PARKS THAT WE HAVE ARE THE, THE BIGGER PARKS, RIGHT? MM-HMM. , WHICH IS VICTOR, UH, LON HILL AND, UM, PENDLETON. MM-HMM. . AND THAT'S STILL 18,000 FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE? NO, NO. 54. 54,000. 54,000 FOR ALL THREE. IT'S 18 EACH, CORRECT? I BELIEVE SO. WASN'T IT 18? JUST FOR THE LON HILL? I DON'T HAVE THE OH, SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE IF NOT, MAYBE CAMERAS, UM, IF WE DON'T WANNA FUND THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT AT LEAST LIGHTS THERE ON DIXIELAND BECAUSE OF THE MURAL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO [01:55:01] DO. SO LIKE, EVEN IF IT'S LITTLE FLOODLIGHTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA SHOW YOU DID THAT AT GUTIERREZ PARK FOR THE LITTLE CORRECT. YOUR GUYS WENT OUT THERE. MM-HMM. . I SAW THEM INSTALLING IT AND IT SEEMED PRETTY FAIRLY EASY AND ECONOMICAL RIGHT. TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. RIGHT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS ON DIXIELAND, SO WE REACHED OUT TO A EP AND SO WE ASKED THEM IF THEY CAN GIVE US A PRICE TO PUT SECURITY LIGHT ON THE SERVICE DRIVE LEADING TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. HMM. AND THEN IN THE PARKING LOT. UH, SO THEY'RE WORKING ON A QUOTE FOR US FOR THAT. OKAY. IS THERE LIGHTING ON THE TRAIL? THE NEW TRAIL THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU GUYS DID, UM, AT, AT, YES, AT LON HILL. LON? YES MA'AM. THE WALKING TRAIL? YES. OH, NICE. RIGHT. AND THERE'S GONNA BE SHOULDER LIGHTS. YOU'RE GONNA GONNA HAVE AN ITEM AT THE NEXT MEETING TO ACTUALLY DO THAT FOR THE TRAIL FROM MCKELVY TO DIXIELAND, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. SO LET'S GET THE PARK, UH, CAMERAS. GABE, RIGHT? 54,054. 54. AND YOU, APPROXIMATELY WHILE YOU'RE HERE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 'CAUSE I KNOW I MENTIONED THOSE POTHOLES THAT WERE ON THE TRAIL AND I, I WENT, I'VE BEEN GOING ON THE TRAIL EVERY DAY AND I NOTICED THAT THEY FIXED 'EM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW THE COMMUNITY DOES TOO. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GONNA ADD THE 54,000 TO THE LIGHTS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. LAST THING ON UH, CAMERAS. OH, IS THAT LIGHTS OR CAMERAS? I'M SORRY. IT'S CAMERAS. ALRIGHT, LAST THING ON CAMERAS. I KNOW YOU AND I HAD DISCUSSED AT ONE POINT HAVING DUMPING CAMERAS, REMEMBER, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF RIGHT. ILLEGAL DUMPING AND SO WE GET LIKE GAME CAMERAS, PUBLIC WORKS, HAS A HOW, HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE NOW? AND YOU MIGHT, NOW WE WANNA BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I'M SORRY. JUST BEFORE I LOSE MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT, WE PROBABLY NEED THE LIGHTS TO GO WITH THE CAMERAS AT THE PARK BECAUSE ARE THE CAMERAS GONNA WORK WITHOUT THE LIGHT? ARE THEY GONNA WORK WITHOUT ANY LIGHT? IF YOU HAVE INFRARED, IT'LL WORK. WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF CAMERAS. YEAH, THEY NEED THE ELECTRICITY. YEAH, THEY NEED LIGHT. YEAH, NO, NO. WHAT YOU MEANT LIKE LIGHT? NOT THE POWER BUT THE LIGHT. NO. LIKE, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE IMAGES? THE IDEA IS TO CAPTURE GOOD FOOTAGE RIGHT. IN AT NIGHT. AND SO, UM RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT. SO THAT'S MY, WE DON'T WANNA PUT CAMERAS AND THEN IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU CAN ONLY SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING DURING THE DAY. THEY HAVE INFRARED THAT YOU CAN STILL SEE IT, BUT IT'S NOT, NOT CLEAR. IT'S FUZZY AND IT'S, IT'S LIGHTER. IT IS BETTER. RIGHT. SO YOU NEED LIGHTS. HOW MUCH ARE THE LIGHTS? WE HAVE TO COME BACK WITH A NUMBER PROBABLY FOR THAT. YEAH. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU CAN'T ASK FOR THINGS HAVE YET AND NOT KNOW . NO, I KNOW. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE GONNA PLACE 'EM RIGHT. TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A LIGHT. I KNOW AT LON HILL WE HAVE PLENTY OF LIGHTING, UM, AND I KNOW THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S BEEN TAGGED A LOT. I KNOW. UM, AND IT JUST HAPPENED, I THINK THIS PAST WEEKEND, UH, WE HAD A COMPLAINT AT THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY PUT ON THESE BUILDINGS. AND SO I ASKED OUR GUYS JUST TO GO AND TRY TO WIPE IT OFF OR, OR PAINT OVER IT FOR NOW. SO IS IS THERE ANY TYPE OF PAINT THAT WE CAN GET THAT WOULD, I DON'T KNOW, PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING? OR? THERE IS, UM, THERE IS SOME PAINT THAT, THAT YOU CAN WIPE DOWN. UM, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK ALL THE TIME. RIGHT. SO IF IT'S POROUS RIGHT, IT'LL SEEP THROUGH. SO WE JUST DO IS WE JUST PAINT 'EM OVER, PAINT OVER 'EM, I SHOULD SAY. DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE ALARMS BACK IN THE DAY WHEN YOU WOULD GO NEAR A CAR AND IT'D BE LIKE, DON'T GET NEAR ME. OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. WE NEED ONE OF THOSE. SO IT COULD BE REALLY LOUD. AS SOON AS SOMEBODY IS, WE DID GET A QUOTE FROM, UM, A GROUP THAT HAD THAT, RIGHT. SO IT HAD A SIREN AND SO LIKE AFTERMARKET, IT'LL EVEN ALERT YOU THAT THE PARK IS CLOSING. UM, AND IT WOULD BE CONNECTED TO THE PD. UM, IT WAS VERY SOPHISTICATED BUT IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. OH, THEY HAVE THOSE ONES THAT IT'S JUST LIKE A, THEY DO IT FOR DEERS SO THAT THEY DON'T GET INTO A GARDEN. HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? THEY WANT A DEER WITH SUN SMOKE. IT JUST STARTS SPRAYING YOU WITH WATER . I BET YOU THAT'S A LOT CHEAPER. THEY SELL IT ON LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER. BUT YOU SEE KIDS RUNNING HALLWAY . GOTCHA. IT'LL BE EASY TO SPOT CHIEF . UM, SO MAYBE, UH, PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE TO GABE, UM, WHAT YOU APPROXIMATE WHAT THE LIGHTING WOULD BE TO GO ALONG WITH THE CAMERAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REPLACED. SO THAT WAY WE HAVE A, AN IDEA DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC, BUT JUST A, A ROUNDABOUT FIGURE SO WE CAN FACTOR IN LIKE TO DO MORE CAMERAS. WE'LL DO THAT. SO GOING BACK TO AK CHRIS, THOSE, UH, DUMP ILLEGAL DUMPING CAMERAS. YES. COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE FIVE RIGHT NOW. WE ROTATE THOSE CAMERAS. UH, WE PLACE ONE IN EACH, UH, DISTRICT AND WE ARE REQUESTING THREE ADDITIONAL THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS AND WE PLACE FIVE MORE FOR THE NEW BUDGET. AND THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. OH, THE AMENDMENT'S COMING UP. UH, WHEN ROBERT? AUGUST. YEAH. AUGUST NEXT MONTH. THAT'S FOR THE THREE, BUT THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER FIVE. THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST SAID FOR THE NEW BUDGET. YES. SO IN TOTAL WE ALL HAVE 13. THEY'RE NOT INSTALLED YET. WE HAVE FIVE INSTALLED RIGHT NOW AND THERE'S [02:00:01] ONE EACH. ARE YOU GETTING ANY RESULTS? I'M SORRY? ARE YOU GETTING ANY RESULTS? YES SIR. ACTUALLY WE, WE NOTICED THAT WHEN WE PLACE THESE CAMERAS, WE ALSO, I, I ASKED THE STAFF TO PUT A UH, A SIGN THAT SAYS YOU ARE BEING RECORDED AND, UH, ILLEGAL DUMPING STOPS . WELL THE SIGN DOES THAT. RIGHT. BUT IF THE SIGN'S GONE WELL THEN PEOPLE ARE GONNA DUMP THERE AGAIN. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO MAYBE NOT PUT THE SIGN RIGHT AND WE JUST START PICKING UP THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ILLEGAL DUMPING. 'CAUSE UH, OVER IN MY AREA, IN THE PALM, THE PALM AREA, RINA, YOU GAVE IT TO ME. IT'S A PALM. UM, THE SABLE PALM SABLE PALMS. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. SABLE PALMS. WE HAD A LOT OF DUMPING, SIR. THE COMMISSION GAVE IT TO YOU SIR. HUH? THE COMMISSION? YES, SIR. UH, NEAR, UM, VEST THERE. THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF DUMPING AND SO ALRIGHT. THEY'RE LOOKED AT A PLACE FOR ME TODAY. OH REALLY? SO YES, IT'S EVERYWHERE. AGREED. YEAH. SO MAYBE NOT PUT THAT SIGN UP SO THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THE CAMERA'S THERE OR NOT AND WE CAN CATCH THEM AND THEN PROSECUTE AS NECESSARY. OKAY. JUST A THOUGHT. SURE. I APPRECIATE IT. YES. GOODNESS. YEAH. SO YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITHIN ALICE'S RESTAURANT, THE SONG'S? NO. ALICE'S RESTAURANT, THE SONG GUTHRIE ARLO GUTHRIE. NO. . DID HE THE SHOW OR SOMETHING? NO, NO. IT'S A 19 MINUTE AND SIX SECOND SONG. SIX SECOND SONG ABOUT GETTING CAUGHT DUMPING TRASH. IT'S HILARIOUS. OKAY. PLEASE SOUND TO ME. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. . SO THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE SLIDES. ARE YOU FOLLOWING UP EVERYTHING? SO THIS IS WHAT I HAVE GUYS. PLEASE, UM, TELL ME IF I MISSED ANYTHING FOR EACH OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS. AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST THE PROPOSALS. UH, WE CAN TYPE IT UP AND SEND IT TO EVERYONE FOR THE NEXT, THE NEXT ROUND. UH, 170,000 FOR LIBRARY RENOVATION, LIKE ALL THAT STUFF, RIGHT? YEP. $19,382 FOR PARKS AND REC PART-TIMER. $90,000 COMING OUTTA SANITATION FOR THE TWO MECHANICS. 90,000, 90,009 ZERO. YES. AND THE SERVICE WRITER, RIGHT? WELL, I HAVEN'T GONE THERE YET, BUT OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S FOR THE EMPLOYEE. UH, THEN THE $25,000 FOR THE DOORS. $22,000 FOR THE DISC GOLF. 2,400 FOR THE BIKES. 22. 9 0 5. 9 0 8. I JUST PUT 20 2K. YEAH. OKAY. YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THE GOLF, RIGHT? OKAY. DISC GOLF, UM, HAD A SHORTHANDED AFTER A WHILE. UH, FLEET SERVICE ADVISOR $44,544 OUTTA SANITATION CYBERSECURITY OFFICER, WHICH IS THE $73,482. AND THEN THE PARKED CAMERAS, I PUT 54 UH, THOUSAND PLUS LIGHTS AND WE WILL KNOW WHAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS SOON ENOUGH. DID I MISS ANYTHING? DID THAT, EXCUSE ME. THAT, THAT 24, UH, 25,000 FOR DOORS, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ONE FOR, FOR THE RECORDS? NO, THAT DID NOT THAT THIS IS THE 25,000 THAT THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP. UH, BUT IF WE HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THAT, I CAN, I THINK IT'S 3000 AS WELL. WAS THAT, I'D SAY GO FOR IT. OKAY. YOU, YOU MISSED THE 2,400 FOR THE BICYCLES. FOR PD? YEAH, I, I HAD THAT. OH, YOU HAD IT. OKAY. I'M, YEAH, 2,400. I MISSED THAT SOMEWHERE. UM, AND THEN THE 3000, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID FOR THE DOOR FOR RECORDS. THE RECORDS. I'LL PARK NUMBER. YEAH, WELL THAT'S, OH, TOTAL. I DIDN'T, I'M YOU COUNTED. THAT'S, THAT'S TRUE. BUT THAT'S FOR YOU NUMBERS GUYS. YEAH, I, I CAN, I CAN COMMISSIONER IF I MAY. UM, SO THE QUOTE THAT WE PROVIDED FOR THE RECORDS RETENTION ROOM, IT WAS FOR THE DOOR, AN AC UNIT AND, UM, CAMERA 3000? NO, NO, IT, IT WAS A TOTAL OF 19,000 FOR THE DOOR, THE AC UNIT AND THE CAMERA. OKAY, THAT'S NOT THREE. OKAY. 19,000 I UPDATED. YEAH, LET'S DO THAT. OKAY. WHERE THE HECK DID I GET? THREE? ABOUT 504,000 PLUS 16. CHRIS, IF YOU CAN, WHILE, WHILE YOU'RE THERE, GOING BACK TO THE, THE, THE PONDS, OSCAR HAD A PHENOMENAL IDEA TO WORK WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE TO STOCK OUR PONDS WITH TROUT AND, AND, UH, SO WE CAN TOURNAMENTS HAD FISHING TOURNAMENTS FOR KIDS, BUT THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE, THAT WAS OSCAR'S GREAT IDEA. JUST MADE. SO IF YOU CAN, UH, CHRIS, I'M SORRY, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK ON YOU, BUT IF YOU CAN ALSO GET ME THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE LIGHTING AND FOUNTAINS. SURE. ALRIGHT. UM, CHRIS, THE NUMBER THAT YOU JUST GAVE FOR A DOOR AND THE OTHER, HOW MUCH WAS THAT 19,000 SIR, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S FOR THE DOOR, THE AC UNIT AND THE CAMERA. THAT'S 19 EVEN. 19 EVEN. YES SIR. YEAH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE 50 THEN ALL YOUR NUMBERS JUST RUNNING IT IN MY HEAD. YEAH. [02:05:04] AND THEN I'LL WORK WITH THE STAFF TO GET COST ESTIMATES, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE BUDGET, BUT FOR THE, UH, THE LIGHTS FOR THE UNDERPASS AND THEN THE, UH, THE, THE BRIDGES. SO GABE, DO WE NEED TO MEET AGAIN? I, I WAS HOPING NOT TO. UH, AS FAR AS ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOP, UM, WE CAN PREPARE ALL THESE CHANGES AND THEN GET AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO ACTUALLY START ADOPTING THE BUDGET. UH, UNLESS THE COMMISSION WANTS TO CONSIDER ONE MORE TIME FOR ANY OTHER PROJECT. I THINK AUGUST 7TH WE CAN, IT'LL ONLY GET WORSE. YEAH. . I THINK THAT'S WHY GABE, US WANTED ANOTHER MEETING ACTUALLY GOING FORWARD. THE, THE DEADLINES START GETTING RIGHT. NO, I THINK, I THINK WE'VE KIND OF FLESHED IT OUT. YEAH. EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE INPUT. UM, STAFF IS, IS HERE. THERE'S NO OTHER, UH, SAY THAT AGAIN. NEEDS, NEEDS. UM, OR THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS, BUT NO, NO NEEDS VERSUS WANTS. RIGHT. A LOT OF WANTS. RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS GOOD AND WE CAN KIND OF, GABE CAN INCORPORATE THAT AND THEN WE, WE CAN, AND IT'LL STILL BE A BALANCED BUDGET WITH, WITH ALL THESE ADDITIONS. SO ONE LAST, I THINK NEED, JUST ONE LAST THING IS IF WE CAN OSCAR, LOOK AT GETTING, UH, IN THIS BUDGET TO REHAB THE TRAILS, UH, THOSE, UH, THOSE, UM, CRASH GRANITE TRAILS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO REHAB WITH, UH, ETTE BACK THERE. IF WE CAN PUT THAT IN THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S MULTIPLE PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT NEED THOSE TRAILS REHABBED AND MM-HMM. . LET'S SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS WELL. SIR, I HAD A QUESTION. UH, HOW, HOW QUICK COULD WE GET, UH, OR COULD WE SEND OUT THOSE, UH, COMMITMENT LETTERS? 'CAUSE THE SOONER, THE SOONER, UH, WE ORDER THE EQUIPMENT, THE BETTER. AND SAME THING FOR, FOR CHRIS AND SANITATION AS WELL. I, I WOULD WAIT TILL AT LEAST WE HAVE THE FIRST READING BEFORE WE SEND OUT ANY LETTER OKAY. OF THE, OF THE BUDGET. SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT BOGO DEALS ON ANY OF THEM. BOGGO DEALS. YEAH. ALRIGHT. OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. I WAS, I WAS WRITING NOTES, BUT, UH, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE STREET SWEEPER AND THE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TOO. THOSE WERE NOT IN, I, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS AT THIS POINT. RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S A NEXT YEAR. THAT, EXCUSE ME. WASN'T THAT GOING TO BE A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT? I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT IT AFTER, YOU KNOW, ONCE, ONCE WE'RE MIDYEAR. MIDYEAR. AND WE, WE'VE DONE A FEW AMENDMENTS SO FAR. I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, AND I THINK YOU SAID THREE TO SIX MONTHS. SO LEAD TIME IN, IN PURCHASING. SO I DON'T, I THINK THAT'S NOT, NOT TOO BAD. TOO BAD. GOT IT. WELL, THANK YOU. YEAH. NO, ROBERT, I, AGAIN, I WANNA JUST, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND OF COURSE CITY THANK YOU. CITY MANAGEMENT AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN, IN PROVIDING THIS TO US AND GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SEE WHAT'S REALLY NEEDED WITHIN THE CITY. AND, AND SO GREAT PRESENT, GREAT PRESENTATION. EXCITED THAT THE CITY IS GROWING, MOVING FORWARD. UM, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS CREW THAT, THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO HAVE. I THINK IT'S GONNA DO, GONNA WORK WONDERS FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN DO YOU THINK IT COULD BE UP AND RUNNING, OSCAR? I MEAN, OUR, OUR GOAL IF EVERYTHING GETS APPROVED IS TO HIRE THE FIRST PERSON, RIGHT. SO HE CAN BE PART OF THE INTERVIEW PANEL. MM-HMM. TO HIRE THE REST OF THE STAFF. WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A CERTAIN, UH, SPECIAL SKILL SET. AND BETWEEN THE, THE INTERVIEW PANEL THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT TOGETHER, I THINK WE CAN, UH, WE CAN FIND SOME GOOD PEOPLE. SO HOPEFULLY IF WE CAN GET ALL THE PEOPLE IN BY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD LOVE TO START PAVING BY JANUARY. THAT'D BE AMAZING. YEAH, I AGREE. ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. GREAT JOB, ROBERT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU ROBERT. APPRECIATE IT. AND EVERYONE, EVERYBODY THANK YOU. WE ARE DONE. THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.