Apr 08, 2021 Town Council

[1. Call to Order]

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THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING IN THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE. IT IS. 5:33 P.M. ON THURSDAY, APRIL 8TH AND WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED TONIGHT WE HAVE AH, FULL AGENDA, BUT WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUR TIME GETTING THROUGH IT AND ENJOY IT. WE GOT A FULL HOUSE TONIGHT IS CERTAINLY GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING OUT. I HOPE WE CAN GET TOULON TRIST AREAS AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. SO AS WE TYPICALLY DO, WE'RE GONNA OPEN TONIGHT WITH A WORD OF PRAYER AND I'M GOING TO START US OUT TONIGHT. SO LET'S LET'S HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER AND WE'LL GET STARTED. HEAVENLY FATHER. COME BEFORE YOU'RE THROWN TONIGHT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CHANCE TO MEET TOGETHER IS A CITY AND TO DETERMINE OUR FUTURE FATHER AND DISCUSSED THINGS ABOUT THE FUTURE AND LORD LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING OUT OF THIS SEASON OF DIFFICULTY WE'VE BEEN IN FOR THE LAST YEAR AND LORD, I JUST PRAYED. KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, WHERE YOU JUST HEAL THOSE THAT ARE SICK. AND WE ASK YOU TONIGHT THAT YOU JUST BLESS HER MEETING.

GIVE US WISDOM. GIVE US GRACE AS WE DISCUSSED THE THINGS OF OUR CITY AND BLESSES. WE GO FORWARD. WE PRAY AND ASK THAT YOU JUST GIVE ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS AND PRESENTERS AND COMMENTATOR ZORDON COUNCIL MEMBERS OR JUST THE WISDOM TONIGHT HAVE GOOD, PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION. WE PRAY ALL THESE THINGS NOW AND HIS NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, IF YOU JUST STAND WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGES.

[2.B. Employee Recognitions]

AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND WE'VE HAD SOME SOME RECENT WINS IN THAT AREA IN TERMS OF KEEPING THINGS SAFE. AND SO WE GIVE GIVE YOU A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT. SO THANK YOU. KYLE HOLD SEVERAL LICENSES WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AND HE'S CONTINUING TOL WORK ON HIS TECHNICAL TRAINING, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE HIM IS PART OF THE NORTH LIKE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THANK YOU FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE. SO I'LL DO EMILY AS WELL AT THIS TIME. SO EMILY STARTED HER CAREER ON THE SAME DAY IN APRIL. 2016 IS AN ACCOUNTING CLERK AND, AS IS TYPICALLY THE CASE, AND, UH, SMALL TOWNS. YOU MOVE AROUND A LOT OF DIFFERENT ROLES IN THE EARLY YEARS. ASKEW START GETTING GROWTH GOING. AND IN JANUARY 2018 EMILY TRANSITION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS OUR FIRST CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND SHE HAS BEEN SERVING AS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT RECORDS COORDINATOR. AND SO OBVIOUSLY SHE DOES JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING OVER THERE THAT ISN'T RELATED TO POLICING, AT LEAST IN THE FIELD. AND HER DUTIES INCLUDE THE PAYROLL, OPEN RECORDS ASSISTING CITIZENS AT IN THE LOBBY, WHICH IS ALWAYS FUN AND FILING CASES THAT THE D A AUDIO AND VIDEO, REDACTION AND MANY OTHER THINGS. SO SHE WEARS A LOT OF HATS, AND SHE KEEPS PACE WITH ALL THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT SHE HAS TO DO FOR A GROWING TOWN. AND SO WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. SHE ALSO RECEIVED THE FIRST CHIEF STAR AWARD IN 2019 FOR HER HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO OUR TOWN. AND SHE'S KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT AS THE GO TO PERSON AS YOU CAN EXPECT IN THAT ROLE ON BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSE WORK SHE DOES IN THE GREAT ATTITUDE SHE DISPLAYS EVERY DAY, AND SO EMILY AND STILL IS THE DEPARTMENT'S CORE VALUES OF RESPECT. INTEGRITY SERVICE AND EXCELLENCE IN EVERY PART OF HER JOB, AND WE ARE ESPECIALLY THANKFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR FIVE YEARS AS WELL IN SERVICE TO THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE, SO THANK YOU BOTH. BUT YOU BOTH. COME ON. LET'S GET SOME FAMILY GONNA

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NO WAY. YOU CAN'T SEE TRULY HONESTLY. YEAH. YEAH, JUST MARK. BOXING HERE. ST. BUT THEN IN THE PICTURE. EFFORT INTO THIS, OKAY? YEAH. IT'S ON. YEAH.

OH YEAH. TAKE A LETTER WITH HER. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WELL, THAT WAS FUN. THANK YOU FOR INDULGING US FOR TAKING SOME TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR EMPLOYEES WHO DO A LOT FOR US, AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THEM. SO LET'S GET BACK. TORUN NOW WE'LL GO BACK TORUN OF OUR

[2.A. Denton County Commissioner Dianne Edmondson, Precinct 4 'County Government Month']

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NOT THIS ONE. BUT AT ANY RATE I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING IN MY FIRST GROUP. I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH NORTH LAKE FOR JUST THE SECOND PRESENTATION AND I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT TO THE TIME WHEN WE DISCUSSED IF YOU'LL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. GLAD TO TAKE HIM. IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS? I'M GLAD TO DO THOSE AS WELL. SO LET'S START WITH THIS FIRST SLIDE THAT SHOWS THAT HERE IN DENTON COUNTY WE HAVE FOUR COMMISSIONER PRECINCTS AND WE HAVE ONE COUNTY JUDGE. THEY'RE ALL THESE COMPOSED. THE UM, COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND AS YOU CAN SEE, PRECINCT FOR INCREASING ONE ARE THE TWO LARGEST COMMISSION FREE SINGS BY AREA. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT 500 LANE MILES, INCREASING FOUR, AND THAT'S OUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE COUNTY ROADS, NOT CITY ROADS, NOT STATE ROAD, NOT FEDERAL ROAD. COUNTY ROADS, STATUTORILY AND BY THE STATE CONSTITUTION. HOWEVER WE DO PARTNER WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. FROM TIME TO TIME WE PARTNERED WITH NORTH LAKE AND WERE PLANNING TO AGAIN. WE'VE GOT SOME BIG PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. THE MAYOR AND I ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH LOTS OF PROJECTS, SO I'M SURE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE GOOD PARTNERSHIPS ON THERE. NOW, UM, I AM. KIND OF A NEW COMMISSIONER. I'M NOT THE NEWEST ANYMORE. WE HAVEN'T EVEN THAT CAME ON JUST THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR, BUT I HAVE BEEN IN SINCE JANUARY. 2019 TRYING A LITTLE MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH MY FIRST TERM. I WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE. I INITIATED WHAT IS CALLED THE QUARTERLY ROAD UPDATES THAT WE HOLD IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM OVER IN THE SOUTHWEST COURTHOUSE, AND I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THOSE. WE HAD TO STOP AFTER THE SECOND ONE BECAUSE OF COVERT. AND ONCE WE'RE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE AGAIN FOR US TO HAVE UP 250 PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY ROOM WILL BEGIN DOING THIS AGAIN, AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO COME AS WELL. NOT JUST THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THEM. AND THAT WAY THEY'LL HAVE MAYBE FEWER QUESTIONS WHEN THEY SEE ONE OF THOSE BIG ROAD GRADERS OUT THERE DOING SOMETHING. WE ALSO, UH, MAKE SURE YOU INTERACT WITH ALL OF OUR PERSON FOR MUNICIPALITIES. AS I SAID, THEY'RE ABOUT 18 OF THOSE. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS. WE HAVE LOWERED THE RESIDENTS TAXES TWO WAYS. ONE WAS WITH OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. WHICH WAS PASSED LAST YEAR, AND THEN MY FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, I PASSED A SENIOR TAX FREEZE, WHICH MEANS FOR ANY OF YOU WHO ARE SEASONED ENOUGH TO BE AT LEAST 65 YEARS OLD OR IF YOU MEET THE STATE REQUIREMENT FOR DISABILITY. ATTACKS THAT YOU HAVE NOW FROM THE COUNTY WILL NEVER GO OUT. THAT RIGHT CAN CHANGE. BUT THE TAX CANNOT GO ANYWHERE. BUT DOWN IT. I SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE VERY BLESSED IN DIDN'T COUNTY TO HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF SENIORS, AND THEN I THINK A VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. IF YOU'RE NOT YET SENIOR, YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. IT'S SUCH A GREAT DEAL BEING A SENIOR. HE ALSO COMPLETED MORE THAN 16 MILES OF ROAD AND BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION AND PAVING PROJECTS SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE. NOW LET'S TALK JUST FOR A MINUTE ABOUT COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL. FIRST OF ALL COUNTY GOVERNMENT REALLY IS JUST ABOUT THE OLDEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVE BACK DATING TO 16 34 IN VIRGINIA, SOME, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST COAST REFERRED TO THEIR COUNTIES THOSE SHARES. WE CALL HIM COUNTIES HERE IN TEXAS? I DON'T THINK WE KNOW WHAT TO DO THIS SHIRE, BUT WE WERE ESTABLISHED AND DIDN'T TELL YOU IN 18 46 1 OF 254. TEXAS COUNTIES AND ALL 254 ARE ORGANIZED JUST THE SAME WAY THAT THEN COUNTY IS THEY ALL HAVE FOUR ROAD COMMISSIONERS AND ONE COUNTY JUDGE. THEY MAY HAVE. NO THEY HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT BUDGET THAN WE DO, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEY MAY HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS BECAUSE EACH COUNTY KIND OF IS BUILT TO 15 NEEDS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STATE AND THE LOCAL AREAS. SO, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES DECLARED APRIL AS NATIONAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT, SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND ABOUT COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND I GOT TO LEARN ALL THAT MYSELF. AS I WAS DOING THIS, AND IT'S THE PERFECT TIME FOR US TO CELEBRATE DENTON COUNTY AND OUR AWARD WINNING DEPARTMENTS.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE AWARDS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN, AND THEY REALLY ARE SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL DEDICATED COUNTY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. THEY'RE PAID WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS IN MY TAX DOLLARS, MAYBE JUST AN AWESOME JOB. FIRST OF ALL OUR BUDGET

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SO THIS IS THE PURCHASING DIRECTOR WHO'S IN THE PICTURE WITH US, BUT LET'S START WITH THE BUDGET. THINGS HAD A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE. IT WAS GIVEN BY THE NATIONAL FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. THEY'VE RECEIVED THIS AWARD EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 28 YEARS. I THINK THAT'S JUST OUTSTANDING. NOT FAR BEHIND IS OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, AND THEY RECEIVED ACHIEVEMENT IN EXCELLENT AND PROCUREMENT AWARD FOR THE 25TH CONSECUTIVE USE, SO OUR PEOPLE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB FOR ALL OF US, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THIS YEAR. OUR VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE HEADED BY PAUL BASS JUST RECEIVED 2020 CONGRESSIONAL VETERAN COMMENDATION. HE HAS TAKEN A DEPARTMENT THAT WAS FUNCTIONING BUT NOT REALLY DOING AS MUCH AS IT COULD. HAS PULLED IT TOGETHER INTO A DISTANT OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF HOW DENTON COUNTY CAN SAY THANK YOU. THEN HOW CAN WE HELP TO OUR VETERANS AND THE FAMILIES OF OUR VETERANS? I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS HE STAND. BUT IF ANY OF YOU KNOW A VETERAN WHO NEEDS SOME HELP, WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY WHO CAN DEFINITELY STILL THAT VETERAN IN THE WORK ON THE RIGHT PATH. AND LASTLY, DIDN'T COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IT HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL ACCREDITATION ACCREDITATION FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH BOARD AND DIDN'T COUNTY IS ONE OF ONLY FIVE AGENCIES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. IT HAS RECEIVED THIS AWARD. SO IS IT ANY WONDER? THAT OUR VACCINATION CLINICS ARE AS AWESOME AS THEY ARE. I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY HAD A PLAN THAT DATES BACK FRANKLY, BACK TO THE EIGHTIES, I'M TOLD WHEN THERE WAS AN ANTHRAX SQUARE SCARE HERE IN THE COUNTY, I GUESS IN THIS PART OF THE STATE. AND SO THEY GOT A PLAN TOGETHER IN CASE IT WAS NEEDED, AND IT WASN'T NEEDED, BUT THEY PUT IT ON THE SHELF AND SO WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT. SOME PEOPLE REMEMBERED IT. THEY BROUGHT IT BACK OUT. THEY UPDATED AND EXPANDED IT AND IT TURNED INTO WHAT YOU SEE TODAY OVER TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. IT'S JUST AN AMAZING THING THAT WE HAVE DONE AND I'M SO. ROUND OF THEM. WE ACTUALLY ARE THE MODEL. FOR AN EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE DRIVE THROUGH VACCINATION CLINIC. AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD LITERALLY TO STUDY HOW WE DID IT. WE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE COME FROM FRANCE. WE EVEN HAD SOME PEOPLE COME FROM DALLAS COUNTY. AND ABOUT TIME I'M ON HIMSELF. WE HAVE VACCINATED LAST WEEK MORE THAN 250,000 INDIVIDUALS, MOST OF THEM AT TMS. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER. LEGS BEFORE THAT, BUT THE TEAM S ONE HAS BEEN JUST SUCH A STAR AND SO OUTSTANDING THAT WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO THAT. THEY'RE VACCINATING THEIR TOMORROW AND THAT WILL BE IN THE FOURTH VACCINATION CLINIC THIS WEEK. NEXT WEEK. WE PLAN TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR MORE.

WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE YET, BUT WE WILL PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT. THESE CLINICS. REALLY STAFFED BY THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS AND HUNDREDS OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING A PART OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT. BECAUSE THEY HAD THE EQUIPMENT OF 10 DAYS WITH THE VOLUNTEERS COME AND HELP OUT A CHEMIST. AND IF THERE'S ANYONE WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE A VOLUNTEER TO HELP FLAG? CHECK PEOPLE IN LOTS OF THINGS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE. JUST LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE ALWAYS ALWAYS CONFUSE MORE VOLUNTEERS RIGHT NOW. EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A TOTAL OF ALMOST. 500,000 PEOPLE REGISTER ON OUR VACCINE PORTAL. WE NOW HAVE ONLY ABOUT 60,000 WHO ARE WAITING TO BE SCHEDULED. ALL THE REST OF YOU HAVE BEEN VACCINATED BY US OR BY SOME OTHER INTERVIEW, AND I THINK THAT'S A MARVELOUS RECORD. BECAUSE WHEN YOU WOULDN'T REGISTER YOU ARE SENT. ON INVITATION AND A THING THAT TELLS YOU WHAT TIME YOU SHOULD BE THERE AND WHERE AND WHAT NUMBER YOU ARE IN LINE. I HAVE TO TELL YOU. I GOT A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO SAID MY WORD TOUCHING. I AM NUMBER 327,000. I WILL DIE OF OLD AGE BEFORE THAT NUMBER WILL COME UP. BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY TRUE. WE HAVE BEEN WHIPPING THROUGH THAT THAT LIST IN A VERY, VERY RAPID AND VERY EFFICIENT WAY. AND I WANT TO GIVE OUR I T DEPARTMENT A REAL SHOUT OUT FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY DESIGNED THIS PORTAL. MADE IT SO THAT YOU WERE AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFIED. WHEN IT WAS YOUR TURN. THEY HAVE HELPED ASKED THAT IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT PARTICULAR APPOINTMENT, YOU JUST CALL ENOUGH TO KNOW THEY WERE RESCHEDULED. YOU. AND THE VERY NEXT CLINIC, BUT THEY CAN SO YOU DON'T LOSE YOUR PLACE IN LINE. IT'S BEEN A TEAM EFFORT ALL THE WAY AROUND, AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF PRAISE FOR IT.

AND I JUST SAY IT ALL REALLY GOES FOR THESE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS AND HUNDREDS OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES. WHILE WE WERE DEALING WITH ALL THIS WAY FOUND, AS HAS YOUR COMMISSIONERS. THAT COMMUNICATION WAS ABSOLUTELY KEY IN THIS PANDEMIC, SO WEEKLY MEETINGS WERE BEING HELD VIRTUALLY. MORE THAN 80 STATE MUNICIPAL CHAMBER AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO KEEP EVERYONE

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WHAT WE DID WAS CREATE A PORTAL FOR THEM TO COME IN AND TELL US WHAT THEY NEEDED. WHAT THEY NEEDED FOUR AND THEN WAY HAD DAWN COBB WAS THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR HERE FOR DENTON COUNTY, ALONG WITH THE HEAD OF UNITED WAY WOULD EVALUATE THESE REQUESTS BECAUSE WE CAN'T GIVE EVERYBODY EVERYTHING THEY WANT. NO, IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT CAN ONLY GO SO FAR. THE THINGS THAT WE HELPED WITH WERE STAFFING PERSONNEL PROTECTION, EQUIPMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THESE VARIOUS NONPROFITS. ONE THING WE DID THAT WAS REALLY NEAT. AT CHRISTMAS TIME. WE PUT OUT 1500 BAGS FOR LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES. AND IT WAS JUST A CHRISTMAS CHEER TYPE BAG. THERE WAS A TEDDY BEAR IN THERE. THERE WAS A THROW THE BAG SAID DENTON COUNTY CARES, AND IT JUST WAS A GOOD. MORAL AND MENTAL UP LEFT FOR THESE PEOPLE, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW THESE LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES WERE HARD HIT. I TOLD HIM.

LOOKING AT WHO WE WANTED TO HELP WAY AND UNITED. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE WANTED TO DEAL WITH THE THREE BASIC HUMAN NEEDS. NOW THE FIRST OF THOSE IS FOOD. AND SO BEGINNING IN 2020. WE USED THESE FEDERAL CARES FRIENDS AND WE PROVIDE WHAT YOU SEE HERE. 20,000 TURKEYS AND HANDS FOR THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS MORE THAN 35,000 BOXES OF FRESH FOOD AND VEGETABLE TO FOOD PANTRIES. CHURCHES. ONLY SPENT NEARLY $4 MILLION FOR FOOD INSECURITY TO KEEP LOCAL FAMILIES FROM GOING HUNGRY. AND WE DID THAT, BECAUSE THERE WAS A 500% GROWTH IN NEED. 500% SO WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT, SECOND BASIC NEED THAT WE ALL HAVE IS THAT FOR SHELTER? SO AGAIN, PARTNERING WITH THE UNITED WAY WE PROVIDED $6.5 MILLION FOR HOUSING RELIEF. NOW WHAT THIS WASP WAS FOR PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T PAY THEIR RENT. MOST OF THE TIME. BECAUSE THEY HAD LOST THEIR JOB. UM. BUT AT ANY RATE WE RECOGNIZED THAT MIGHT BE TEMPTING IF WE GAVE THIS MONEY DIRECTLY TO THESE PEOPLE. THEM TO PERHAPS SPEND IT ON OTHER THINGS, SO WE DECIDED TO PAY DIRECTLY TO THE LANDLORDS. WE ALSO WERE UNDER THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES THAT SAID NO LATE FEES COULD BE CHARGED TO THESE PEOPLE. SO WE HELP KEEP THEM FROM BECOMING HOMELESS IS WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO, AND WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE ACTUALLY ASSISTED FAMILIES AND 32 MUNICIPALITIES AND GETTING PROGRAM AND DIDN'T COUNTY. AND A NEW PROGRAM THAT'S COMING UP UNDER THE BODY ADMINISTRATION. WE'RE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL WASTE TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE PEOPLE FROM BECOMING HOMELESS. MM. WE TALKED ABOUT THE THIRD BASIC NEED, AND THAT WOULD BE A JOB EMPLOYMENT. WE FELT REALLY BADLY. AZIZ, THE ENTIRE. STEADY. TEXAS WAS SHUT DOWN.

OUR BUSINESSES WERE AND WE HAD TO DO THAT SAME THING HERE IN SOME OF THE. LOCAL BUSINESSES

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AND WE DID AGAIN. WE SET UP A PORTAL AND WE BEGAN ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS IN MAY. AND WE GAVE A TOTAL OF ALMOST $39 MILLION. TO LOCAL BUSINESSES. ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WAS THEY HAD TO BE A DENTON COUNTY BUSINESS. IT COULDN'T JUST BE. LIKE A BANK FROM ANOTHER STATE, AND THEY HAD AH BRANCH AND DIDN'T NEED TO BE A REAL DIDN'T COUNTY BUSINESS. IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE WE GOT ALL KINDS OF BUSINESSES. SENT ME YOU DON'T HAVE A LITTLE ONE. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW I DIDN'T IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THESE THESE BUSINESS GRANTS. WE'RE DONE IN TWO PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE WE HELPED 673 BUSINESSES. THE 2ND 1781, AND THE AWARD COULD GO UP TO $50,000 TO A BUSINESS. HARBOR. THE AVERAGE GROWTH AWARD WAS JUST A LITTLE OVER 25,000 AND THESE COULD BE USED TO KEEP YOUR EMPLOYEES TO BOTHER PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, THE THINGS THAT SOMETIMES WERE NEEDED FOR THIS BUSINESS OWNER TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN. WE ALSO WERE TOLD BY THE FEDS THAT AS WE GOT THESE FRIENDS, THEY WANTED US TO SHARE THEM WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES IN OUR COUNTY, AND WE WERE GLAD TO DO THAT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE DISPERSED ALMOST $40 MILLION TO 36 DENTON COUNTY COMMUNITIES.

14 OF THEM WERE HERE IN PRECINCT FOR AND I BELIEVE NORTH GOT $227,000. AND OF COURSE, THEN WHAT YOU DID WAS TO JUST HAVE THAT TRICKLE ON DOWN TO YOUR PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP IN YOUR COMMUNITY, SO IT REALLY BEGAN TO TRICKLE DOWN FROM THE TOP. SO HERE'S UNCLE SAM WITH MONEYBAGS. I HAVE TO TELL YOU. I AM A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE, BUT WHEN HE COMES AROUND, OFFERING ME MONEY THAT IF I DON'T TAKE IT, HE'S GONNA GIVE IT TODAY THAT I AM GOING TO TAKE IT. AND THAT WAY WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR CITIZENS THAT ALL OF US REALLY WORK FOR. THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT THE 319 ALMOST $320 MILLION MR FUNDS TOGETHER. IT'S AN INTERESTING NUMBER BECAUSE OUR DIDN'T COUNTY. BUDGET FOR LAST YEAR'S AND THIS YEAR'S 319 MILLION, SO IT'S ALMOST THE EQUIVALENT OF A FULL BUDGET YEAR. HOWEVER, WE COULDN'T SPEND IT. BUT IN CERTAIN WAYS WE COULDN'T SPEND IT ON ROADS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE STILL NEED MONEY FOR THAT, THAT JUST DID NOT DO NOT FIT INTO THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES.

AND IF YOU DON'T DO IT WAY THEY TELL YOU TO AND THEY WILL AUDIT. THEY'VE ALREADY MADE THAT VERY CLEAR. THEY'LL COME TAKE IT BACK. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DID IT BY THE BOOK, AND WE HAVE. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT DIDN'T COUNTY BUDGET AND HERE'S JUST AN OVERVIEW OF OUR ADOPTED BUDGET THAT WE'RE WORKING UNDER RIGHT NOW. $319 MILLION FOR THE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST EACH YEAR. THAT WAS A REDUCTION OF EIGHT MILLION FROM THE INITIAL REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, AND IT ACTUALLY WAS A DECREASE OF $2.7 MILLION FROM THE FISCAL. REJECTED WOULD HAVE BEEN ADOPTED OTHERWISE, SO OUR TAX RIGHT. WHICH WAS ADOPTED THAT 0.2 TO 4 95 WOZ. WELL BELOW THE CURRENT ADOPTED RAPE WHEN WE WHEN WE ADOPTED THAT, AND IT WAS WELL BELOW TO KNOW NEW REVENUE RATE, I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. NO NEW REVENUE THINK. WHAT IT MEANS IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO RAISE TAXES ABOVE THAT, RIGHT, YOU MUST GO TO THE PEOPLE AND ASK THEIR PERMISSION TO RAISE THEIR TAXES. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT Z. CERTAINLY A CITIZEN'S RIGHT WAY FEEL WE'RE RUNNING A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE COUNTY, BUT IT MAKES IT EASIER ON EVERYBODY. IF YOU COULD JUST KEEP YOUR RIGHT BELOW THE NO NEW REVENUE TEST, RIGHT? INTO THE 19. WE ADOPTED THE SENIOR TAX CEILING AND THEN 2020 THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AND THAT WAS A $5000 MINIMUM ON EVERY PROPERTY THAT. SOUND BY AN INDIVIDUAL AND DIDN'T CAN. I KNOW IT'S NOT A MATCH? THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL DID HERE IN NORTH LIKE FOR YOUR PEOPLE, BUT IT WAS WHAT WE FELT LIKE WE COULD DO AND THE NEAT THING ABOUT EITHER OF THOSE TEXTS. REDUCTIONS IS I CAN NEVER GO AWAY. YOU CAN ONLY GO HIGHER AS FAR AS HOW MUCH YOUR EXEMPTING. IN CASE OF THE SENIOR TAX CEILING, YOU CAN LOWER THEIR RIGHT BUT THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE RIGHT THERE ACTUAL TAX, BUT YOU CAN NEVER RAISE IT. I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL AS FAR AS TEXAS GUY. NOW WE GET OUR MONEY FROM EIGHT MAJOR FUNNY SOURCES, AND I THINK IT BECOMES PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT THE MOST. MOST VALUABLE SOURCE FOR US IS PROPERTY TAXES. AS YOU SEE, IT'S ABOUT 70 ALMOST 77% OF OUR INCOME IS FROM PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THOSE TAX RATES. REASONABLE. AND THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES TO NOT NOT VERY MANY. WHEN I WAS

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THE TOP 15 COUNTIES IN THE STATE AS FAR AS THEIR COUNTYWIDE TAX RATE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK. DAGO COUNTY WAY DOWN IN THE VALLEY HAS THE HIGHEST TAX RATE OF ANY COUNTY IN THE STATE. AND THEN ON THE OTHER END IS DENTON COUNTY, WHICH HAS THE LOWEST COUNTYWIDE TAX RATE OF ANY OF THESE COUNTIES THAT THAT ARE THE LARGE TOWNS AND HAVE HIGH. FAIRLY TIME TAX RATES. NOW SOME COUNTIES HAVE MORE BECAUSE IF THEY'RE DOING A HOSPITAL DISTRICT OFF, THEY'RE DOING A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF FLOOD CONTROL PORT AUTHORITY. THEY CAN HAVE A SPECIAL. TAX WRITE FOR THAT WE HAVE NONE OF IT. GET IN COUNTY AND THAT HELPS KEEP OUR CASH RIGHT NOW, BUT SOME OF THE OTHERS DO HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE PAYING TAXES FOR THAT. THEY'RE THEY'RE CITIZENS HAVE A CLUE. NOW TAKE REALLY QUICKLY AND LOOK AT HOW WE SPEND THE MONEY.

THIS IS MY FUNCTION. HOW YOUR MONEY IS SPENT. EXCITEDLY OBVIOUSLY IS THE BIGGEST ONE IN FRONT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT ALSO FIRE PROTECTION AND ROAD SAFETY. IT'S WHERE MOST OF THE MONEY GOES. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE OTHER AREAS TO THAT. WE HAVE TO STAND MONEY AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK AGAIN.

PEOPLE DON'T DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY THINGS WE REALLY HAVE TO YOU LOSE YOUR NUMBER FOUR. THIS NEXT ONE. TALKS ABOUT ALL THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY GETTING KAREN. I WON'T READ ALL THOSE, BUT I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S JUST EVERY KIND OF SERVICE YOU CAN POSSIBLY NEED. IT'S INCLUDED ON HERE. ON SO IT DOES TAKE MONEY TO RUN THOSE WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN DIDN'T FAMILY, NOT JUST ON DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT BY DOING IT EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AND IN A FRIENDLY MANNER IS AT ALL POSSIBLE. WE WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY THAT YOU'VE HAD DEALINGS OR IN INTERACTION WITH OUR GOVERNMENT. THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE WITH SOME LAYERS OF GOVERNMENT, BUT WE TRY TO MAKE IT THAT WAY AND DIDN'T TELL YOU. THE LAST THINGS THAT WE HAVE UNDER HERE ON THE MISCELLANEOUS THAT WE DO IS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND WE DO A POINT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THIS IS THIS IS THE LIST OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HERE AND DIDN'T COUNTY RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY SPECIFIC OPENINGS. BUT IF ANY OF YOU IS IN THE COUNCIL IN THE AUDIENCE. INTERESTED IN SERVING ON ONE OF THOSE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. GET ME YOUR RESUME AND. AND ANOTHER THING COMES UP. WE'LL SEE IF IT MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT FOR YOU.

THESE AIR ALL CITIZEN BOARDS. THEY'RE NOT PAID, BUT THEY'RE VITAL TO KEEP THESE SERVICES GOING THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD. NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. THAT WOULD BE GROWTH. AS YOU KNOW, DIDN'T COUNTY IS IN A GROWTH SPURT REALLY UNHEARD OF BEFORE AND WE'RE ONE OF THE TOP GOING COUNTIES IN THE ENTIRE. NATION I UNDERSTAND THAT PECAN SQUARE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD IS THE FASTEST GROWING DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENTIRE NATION. SO YOU KNOW,

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AND THAT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST 140,000 NEW RESIDENTS RIGHT HERE IN PRECINCT FOR HIM AGAIN. MAYOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM WILL BE HERE IN NORTHWEST, BUT I SUSPECT A GOOD NUMBER OF BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SOME BIG DEVELOPMENTS COMING TOO. WE COULD MAKE SOME RECENT CHANGES HERE IN THE COUNTY. ONE THING THAT WE DID WAS TO CREATE A DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. THIS PERSON REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. HE OVERSEES TRANSPORTATION AND ENGINEERING. EMERGENCY SERVICES, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS, AND NOW HE IS ONE DEPARTMENT HEAD FOR ALL COUNTY ROAD PROJECTS, AND THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT USED TO BE THAT EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAD SOME COUNTY ROAD PROJECTS WITHIN THEIR PRECINCT. WE DECIDED IT WAS MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT TO HAVE ONE COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT THAT CAN GO ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY AND DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. HOWEVER THE COMMISSIONER STILL HAVE BOND PROJECTS AND. WHAT LITTLE IS LEFT OF THAT WAS JUST ALMOST OUT OF BOND MONEY, BUT WE WOULD ADVOCATE FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN OUR PRECINCT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE. MORE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH TECH START WITH OTHER REGIONAL INTERVIEWS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THIS REALLY RAPID GROWTH OF THEM HERE. AND AS I SAID, COUNTY IS BASICALLY OUT OF MONEY FOR ROADS. WE HAD THE LAST BOND ISSUE IN 2008.

IT'S ALL BUT GONE. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND CONTINUE TO GIVE THE KIND OF SERVICES THESE PEOPLE NEED. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT ANOTHER BOND ISSUE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT NOW. NOTHING DEFINITE HAS BEEN DECIDED. BUT I HAVE MADE THE MAYOR AWARE THAT WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS NORTH LIKE MIGHT LIKE TO SEE. A WAY TO HAVE A BOND ISSUE, FRANKLY, IF WE DO ABOUT ISSUE WE'LL NEED YOUR HELP. WE HAVE TO EDUCATE THE CITIZENS AS TO WHY THIS FINAL BE NEEDED. WE HOPE TO BE ABLE DO IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WILL NOT AFFECT. DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THEIR TAXES. BUT UNTIL WE GET OUR PROJECT, LISTEN AND GET MORE INTO IT, WE CAN'T CAN'T PROMISE THAT FOR SURE. SO. AS I SAID, BEGINNING PARTNERSHIP IS KEY FOR US. IF THEY CAME MUNICIPALITIES INCREASING FEAR THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT IN THEIR CHALLENGES. THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR GOVERNING BODIES. AS I SAID, THERE'S ONE THERE THAT WON'T EVEN. GIVE US HIS EMAIL OR PHONE NUMBER, SO I THINK HE DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR FROM US. HOWEVER WE BELIEVE THAT BY WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE OUR PART OF THE COUNTY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY AND I'M EAGER TO CONTINUE BEING YOUR PARTNER AS WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND IF SHE'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. I'LL OPEN INTO THE COUNCIL HERE IN A SECOND, SINCE WE'VE HAD MOST OF OUR TIME TO TALK OF GOTTEN A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM YOU, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR MENTIONING THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE SHARE. LAST YEAR WITH THE TAX REDUCTIONS THAT YOU ENACTED AT THE COUNTY DURING A DIFFICULT TIME WE DID THE SAME COMBINATION PARTNERSHIP FOR OUR REGION WAS PARTICULARLY POWERFUL. JUST LETTING FOLKS KNOW WHAT THE COUNTY AND. CITY WE'RE DOING TOGETHER IN THAT COMBINATION WAS VERY APPRECIATED. SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHARE THAT VISION OF LOW TAX SOCIETY WITH MINIMUM SATISFACTORY SERVICES. INSTEAD EVERYBODY'S WAY, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THERE AT THE COUNTY AND WRITE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOVE BEING HERE. IT'S A GREAT PLACE. IT REALLY IS AND MAYOR. I'M SURE YOU KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY WANT TO ASK ABOUT THIS, BUT THE CLEVELAND GIBBS PROJECT. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH YOU ON THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET SOME SOME OTHER FUNDS IN THERE, TOO. BUT WE HAVE JUST BEEN THROUGH THE COURT PROCESS ON THAT, AND WE ARE NOW FREE TO BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, WHICH MEANS WE CAN BEGIN.

HAVING THE ENGINEERING DONE ON THAT WE'RE STILL A LONG WAY FROM HAVING THAT COMPLETED, BUT ONCE IT'S DONE, THEN WE CAN PERHAPS PUT A ROAD THROUGH THE 35 W WHERE ALL THE GROWTH IS TAKING PLACE FOR BUSINESSES. YOU SHOULD BE SET TO BRING A LOT MORE BUSINESSES AND BRING UP PERSONAL PROPERTY. TEXAS DANIELS, AGREED. THANK YOU, SO I'LL GIVE YOU A BREATH FOR A

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THEY DO, BUT THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO OUR ZONING ONLY TO OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.

CAN YOU STRENGTHEN THOSE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS? I MEAN, I KNOW WHERE TO. WE'RE DOING SOME CHANGES IN HOURS FOR THAT VERY SAME REASON. AND SO SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE IT. YOU WANTED TO BE. AND THEN IF THEY ARE JUST VIOLATED, I WROTE DREAMS. YOU WILL HAVE SOME LEGAL ACTIONS THAT CAN BE TAUGHT. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. BECAUSE I TALKED A LOT. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND I DO HAVE ANOTHER PLACE. I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ANOTHER MEETING IT TONIGHT. SO WHAT'S YOUR PERMISSION? UNLESS THAT THING THANK YOU FOR COMING. APPRECIATE VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. I HAD A REQUEST TO MOVE OUR PUBLIC IN BUT UP

[3. Public Input]

[2.C. FY 2020 Annual Financial Report presented by BrooksWatson & Co CPAs]

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AND SO I'M VERY PLEASED BY WHAT THEY FOUND. I'M USED TO DEALING WITH AUDITORS AS I WAS. JOKING UM, UM GENTLEMEN, HERE TONIGHT IN THE BACK FOR A LITTLE BIT EYES A PART OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER, BUT I THINK THEY'VE DONE A NATURAL JOB AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR KIND OF SUMMARY POINTS ON THE PROCESS. SO IN TURN OVER TO YOU, SO YOU GET STARTED. INTRODUCE YOURSELF, YOUR FIRM AND YOUR PROCESS. SURE MY NAME'S LOUIS FREE LOVE THEM WITH BROOKS WATSON. WE'RE C P, A FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN AUDITS AND IS SPECIFICALLY WITH MUNICIPAL POWER. MISS VALDES ON MANY CITIES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO TIMELESS LAKE. UM FOR YOU TONIGHT, I HAVE. YOU SHOULD HAVE ABOUT OF REPORTERS. WELL, I THINK YOU HAVE A DIGITAL COPY OF THAT REPORT THAT YOU HAVE A POWER POINT PRESENTATION. BUT THERE IS A PRINTED COPY AS WELL. IF THAT'S HELPFUL FOR YOU, AS WELL AS TWO LETTERS, THAT COMPANY THAT REPORT UM. AND AS MAYOR SAID THAT THE REPORT IS 150 PLUS PAGES. SO RATHER THAN GOING PAGE BY PAGE AND BORING YOU TO DEATH. I DO LIKE PREPARING SUMMARIZED VERSION OF THE RESULT OF THE AUDIT. SO FIRST WHAT I DO YOU LIKE TO DO, UH, NEXT SLIDER IS THAT. GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE OTHER PROCESSES. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF. AH TASTE OF WHAT? WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING SO FIRST THOUGHT IT IS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS. AND WE BREAK THE OTHER DOWN TO ESSENTIALLY FIVE PHASES. ONE OUR ASSESSMENT PHASE. WELL, THAT TELLS US COMING INTO THE TOWN. EVALUATING EACH ASPECT OF. OF THE OPERATIONS PRETTY MUCH WHERE ANYWHERE WHERE MONEY IS COMING IN OR GOING OUT. WE'RE EVALUATING THE CONTROLS IN THAT AREA, THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE IN PLACE POLICIES THAT ARE IN PLACE AND DOING SOME DETAILED SAMPLE TESTING OVER THOSE AREAS TO ENSURE THAT. THOSE PROCEDURES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN PLACE FOR ACTUALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED. AND DURING THAT PROCESS, WE'RE VALUING VALUE WAITING, WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE AREAS OF WEAKNESS, AND WE IF WE IDENTIFY ANY WILL PROVIDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THOSE AREAS COULD BE.

STRENGTHENED NEXT THERE A RISK BASED APPROACH SO. WE EVALUATE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHERE DETERMINING WHAT THE RISK LEVEL OF THAT AREA SO THE BALANCE SHEET REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND HOW WE WILL TEST THOSE AREAS SO. DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF RISK ALL OF THE FINANCIAL AREA WILL DICTATE WHAT TYPE OF TESTING WE'RE GOING TO DO. WHAT LEVEL OF TESTING WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE OF THE MATERIAL ACCURACY OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. NEXT THE COMPLIANCE TESTING. WE'RE TESTING THE COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, REGULATIONS, THINGS LIKE THE PUBLIC FUND INVESTMENT ACT GRANTS. REQUIREMENTS THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND ENSURING THAT THE TOWN IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE NEXT WE MOVE INTO OUR FILLED WORK. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TYING DOWN THE NUMBERS AND TESTING ACCURACY OF THOSE NUMBERS. CONFIRMING WITH THIRD PARTY WHEREVER POSSIBLE, AND AS WE'RE TESTING THE BALANCE SHEET AND TYING THAT DOWN TO YOUR SHIRT CUT OFF IS APPROPRIATE AND EVERYTHING IS BUT SURELY ACCURATE. THERE WERE DETAILED TESTING AND ENSURING THAT THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE MATERIALLY ACTED AS WELL. ONCE WE'VE COMPLETED THAT FACE THE AUDIT WE MOVE INTO OUR CONCLUSION REPORTING PHASE GOES THROUGH SEVERAL LAYERS OF REVIEW TO ENSURE THAT TESTING PERFORMED IN THE CONCLUSIONS I REACHED ARE ARE ACCURATE AND COMPLETE. AND THEN WE PREPARE THE REPORT HELP PREPARE THE REPORT AND THE LETTERS THAT ACCOMPANY THE REPORT AS WELL WITH THAT. WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT. NEXT JUST TO GIVE YOU THE COMPONENTS OF WHAT'S IN THIS REPORT, SO THERE'S AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION.

FOLLOWED BY THE FINANCIAL SECTION. I THINK THAT INCLUDES YOUR DAUGHTER'S OPINION, THE MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION ANALYSIS, WHICH GIVES YOU SOME SUMMARY OTHER FINANCIALS, AS WELL AS SOME COMMENTARY ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE YEAR. ALL BY THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THAT CONTAINS BOTH YOUR GOVERNMENT WIDE FULL OF COOL STATEMENTS AS WELL AS YOUR FUN LEVEL STATEMENTS. FIND THAT IN THE NOTES THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS GIVING A LOT MORE DETAILED TO THE NUMBERS THAT ARE IN THOSE FINANCIALS AND A LOT OF THE REQUIRED DISCLOSURES. THAT COMPANY THAT. AND THAT IS A SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. AND THEN THIS FISCAL SECTION THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINISH REPORT RATHER THAN JUST AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT S O. IT CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AND WE'LL BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE TOWN SUBMITS AND. RECEIVES THE CERTIFICATE OF AWARD FROM THE G F AWAY ON WHAT THAT DOES IT PROMOTES THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY AND FULL

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THAT'S UNDERWAY, AND SO EACH OF THE FUNDS HERE. WERE IN LINE WITH WHAT WAS BUDGETED OR IN BETTER SHAPE THAN WHAT WAS BUDGETED. SO NO CONCERNS HERE AND EVERY FUN LOOK GOODS. NEXT WEEK. AN HONEST SLIDE SIX THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, SO THE TOWN POLICY DOES HAVE A GOAL TO MAINTAIN. 25% OF EXPENDITURES WHEN COMPARED TO UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF YOU WILL GET YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AND COMPARE THAT TO YOUR GOVERNMENTAL EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR. HOW IF YOU WERE COMPARING THE EXPENDITURES TO THAT AND DETERMINE HOW FAR OUT COULD WE GO, WHO RECEIVED NO MORE DOLLARS FROM THAT POINT ON INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR? THE GOAL IS TO HAVE AT LEAST 25% AND THE TOWN HAD 67% FOR THE YEAR THAT THAT ARE THAT AMOUNT OVER THE MINIMUM IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE DEVELOPER FEES THAT HAPPENED RIGHT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. PUSHING CASH UP A LITTLE AND RESULTING IN HIGHER NUMBERS THERE. LATE TO THE BUDGET. WHICH THE DETAILED BUDGET COULD BE FOUND ON PAGE 89. OTHER REPORT. REVENUES EXCEEDED THE BUDGET AMOUNT BY 229,000 SO POSITIVE BUT BUDGET VARIANCE THEY'RE YOUR EXPENDITURES WERE UNDER BUDGET. 271,000 POSITIVE BUDGET, BUT BUDGET VARIANCE THERE. YOUR FINANCE SOURCES MET THE BUDGET OF THEM OUT THERE AND THEN SEW YOUR OVERALL BUDGET WAS ULTIMATE IN THAT POSITIVE BUDGET, VARIOUS OF 500,000 SO ASSUMING THE TOWN WHERE THEY WOULD ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING YOU WERE SEEKING TO ACCOMPLISH DURING THE YEAR.

SIGN OF A VERY HEALTHY FISCAL BUDGET FOR THE YEAR. NEXT LOOKING AT YOU PROPRIETARY FUNDS. THESE WERE YOUR BUSINESS TYPE FUNDS OR OPERATING MORE LIKE A BUSINESS. WHAT WE LOOK AT HERE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE SELF SUSTAINING. IF YOU SEE THERE, THE WATER SUPERFUND.

WHICH IS THE ONE I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE, THE OPERATING HAD OPERATING LOSS OF 333,000.

MEANING IT WAS NOT SELF SUSTAINING FOR THE YEAR DID HAVE A POSITIVE CASH FLOW AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT. THIS IS, UH, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE RATES, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE TOWN DID ADOPT HIGHER RATES RIGHT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AND SO WE FULLY EXPECTED THIS NEXT YEAR THAT THAT FINAL TURN STUFF AROUND. BE SELF SUSTAINING. NEXT. SLIDE EIGHT.

SO WITH THE REPORT ARE TWO OTHER LETTERS, THE COMMUNICATION OF THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE AS WELL AS COMMUNICATION REGARDING INTERNAL CONTROLS. THERE'S A FEW KEY POINTS I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT FROM THE LETTERS. THE 1ST 11. THE AUDIT WAS CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL ETHICS REQUIREMENTS REGARDING INDEPENDENCE. WE CAN'T HAVE NO DIFFICULTY WHEN DEALING WITH MANAGEMENT AND THEY WERE AUDITED ADJUSTMENTS IDENTIFIED AND THOSE HAVE BEEN CORRECTED BY MANAGEMENT AND REGARDING THIS AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS. THOSE WERE COMMON TIMING ADJUSTMENTS, OR THERE'S A FEW SPECIFIC RELATES THAT OPENING PENSION, WHICH WERE COMMON FOR ALL CITIES THAT HAVE AN ADJUSTMENT FOR S O. NOTHING UNUSUAL OR CONCERNING THERE. RELATED TO THE COMMUNICATION REGARDING INTERN CONTROLS. THERE WERE A FEW INTERNAL INTERPERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS MADE NONE THAT WE'RE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED, BUT RATHER THEY WERE PRIMARILY ADDRESSING BEST PRACTICES. WASTING CHRIS INCREASED

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AND THEY'RE JUST DOING EXCELLENT JOB. WITH THAT I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. FOR THAT UPDATE APPRECIATE IT APPRECIATE THAT HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY COUNSELORS. YOU'VE HAD SOME TIME TO DIG INTO THE FULL REPORT. SO WHEN I OPEN UP TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE HIGH LEVEL OR ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, BUT THE FLOORS YEARS TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS. I WANT THE THINK. JOHN FOR SOME OF THE CLARIFICATIONS THEY SENT IN THE MAIL THIS WEEK BECAUSE I HAD TWO OR THREE QUESTIONS THAT ACTUALLY TOOK CARE OF ALL OF MINE. SO OKAY, THAT WAS VERY TIMELY. THANK YOU, JOHN. AND I COULD ADD. I DID TAKE ALL OF THOSE BACK TO JOHN AND HAD A MEETING WITH THEM, AND WE WENT INTO THOSE IN DETAIL AND I GOT AN OPINION FROM HIM AS TOE. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? AND SO WE KIND OF BUILT IN ACTION PLAYING OFF ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ASSED FAR AS I UNDERSTAND. WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT ALL OF THEM. WE ACCEPT ALL OF THEM. WE HAVE NO NO DISAGREEMENT WITH ANY OF THEM. THERE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT RELATE TO GROWING INTO A LARGER TOWN MUNICIPALITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WHEN YOU'RE A SMALL TOWN WORK WELL WITH THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, BUT AS YOU GROW, YOU WANT TO START TO SEPARATE A LITTLE MORE LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL. AND THESE AIR IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, VERY, VERY HEALTHY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US TO ADOPT AND SO I APPRECIATE THESE IS A GOOD WORKING LESS FOR US THIS COMING YEAR. I DO APPRECIATE YOU KNOW, THE NOTES ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE COMMENTARY ABOUT OUR STAFF WORKING WELL WITH YOU. IT'S A GOOD CHECKPOINT FOR ME. MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING WORKING WITH OUR AUDITORS. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. AND, UM. SCORN IS THERE ANY COMMENTS YOU WANNA MAKE TONIGHT? JOHN? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WANNA MAKE TONIGHT? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO DISPERSE ISSA'S FAR AS A TIMING? I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE LATER THAN YOU EXPECT TO GET THIS AUDIT AND AS MR BREEDLOVE MENTIONED HAVING A NEW AUDITOR. ON GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY WELL WORTH IT. THEY'VE SHARED WITH US THAT IN THE FUTURE ONCE WE'VE KIND OF SET THE FRAMEWORK, THESE ARTISTS SHOULD GO MUCH QUICKER. SO. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE, AND WE THINK THE TIME SPENT WAS DEFINITELY WELL WORTH IT AND APPRECIATE. UM, YOU KNOW OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK MAYBE A THIRD OF THEM WERE. ALREADY DONE A THIRD. BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE FISCAL YEAR WORKS, HE HAS TO LOOK AT. THE FINANCIALS FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH BACK ABOUT A THIRD OR IN PROCESS AND THEN A THIRD. WE HAVE A PLAN TO THESE, AND THEY'RE EXACTLY RIGHT IT THESE AIR GROWING PAINS AND JUST SOME THINGS WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE. THE RESOURCE IS OF THE STAFF TO DO THAT. SO. THESE ARE THINGS WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO OR INTENDED TO DO, AND SO WE APPRECIATE THE AUDITORS COMING BESIDE US AND HELPING WITH US AND CONFIRMING WHAT WE THINK ARE SOME AREAS WE NEED TO ADDRESS. ONE OF THE AREAS THAT MIGHT BE OF NOTE IN TERMS OF APPLICABILITY AND SORT OF THE RELATIONSHIP AND STARTED THE TREND OF THE STRATEGY THAT WAS EMPLOYED. THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM OUR AUDITORS IS RELATED TO, UM JUST DIFFERENTIATING THE UTILITY FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND. THERE'S A LOT OF BACK OFFICE ACCOUNTING THAT HAPPENS TO MAKE THOSE REPRESENT WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT.

AND THEY GAVE US A LOT OF ADVICE. COUNSEL ON HOW TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS OF SEPARATING THE TWO SO THAT WE CAN MOST CLEARLY SAY AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT THEY OPERATE AS NOT SEPARATE ENTITIES. SEPARATE FUNDS, AND WE CAN WE CAN ATTRIBUTE ALL THE CORRECT EXPENSES TEACH ONE SO THEY GAVE US SOME. SOME DEFINITELY GAVE SOME SOME GOOD ADVICE AND COUNSEL ON THAT ON DEACON FIRMS, THE DIRECTION WE WERE HEADED WITH JOHN. AND THE WORK HE WAS DOING, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE IN THERE THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THAT THAT I THOUGHT WERE JUST REALLY, REALLY GOOD POINTS. SO APPRECIATE THAT WE WILL TAKE THOSE DARK AND GET IT DONE. COUNCIL. I MEAN, ANYTHING FURTHER FROM ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR SENDING THE UPDATE WE

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AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER ONE WE HAD WAS THE CORE TECHNOLOGY FUNDS AND THE ONLY REASON THAT WE SAW A DEFICIT FROM BOUNCE, IT WOULD HAVE GONE POSITIVE BUT COVERT HIT RIGHT ABOUT MID YEAR AND TICKET REVENUE BASICALLY WENT DOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE LEFT PEOPLE WERE DRIVING AND SO THAT WOULD HAVE COMPLETELY CLIMBED OUT ON THE POSITIVE SO NEXT YEAR. IT WILL. IT WILL FULLY BE BACK THERE. WE REDUCE EXPENDITURES SO THAT WE CAN PROBABLY GET THAT INTO A POSITIVE FROM BOUND SO ALL THAT WILL BE GONE BY NEXT YEAR. WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AS WELL AND GOOD, GOOD ANSWER THINKING. ANYTHING ELSE. COUNSELORS. IF ANYBODY'S NEEDING SOME LATE NIGHT READING OR SOMETHING TO PUT YOU TO SLEEP, IT TELLS YOU THE FINANCIALS FROM. EVERY POSSIBLE ANGLE, AND IT'S FUN TO TRY TOE FIGURE OUT HOW THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER, BUT IT'S ALL IT'S ALL GOOD STORY, AND I APPRECIATE THE SUMMARY LEVEL THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. FOR LAY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN ACCOUNTING ON DON'T MASTER THIS BUT YOU KNOW THE KEY. KEYS TO TAKE AWAYS WERE OPERATING EFFECTIVELY RUNNING WITHIN OUR BUDGETS, AND WE'RE GROWING AS WE SHOULD. THEY WERE BEING CAUTIOUS IN OUR EXPENDITURES, AND I'M VERY PLEASED BY THE OUTCOME. SO THANK YOU FOR WORK THIS YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. SCENE AGAIN SOON.

THANK YOU. RIGHT? MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THAT LAST SLIDE. SO AFTER THIS MEETING, YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I SHOULD ASK THIS QUESTION. I'M AVAILABLE ANY TIME FROM CALL. EMAIL.

EVERYONE TO COMMUNICATE. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU NEED ME. YOU ALL THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR

[2.D. Home Rule Charter Transition - Council Changes]

THIS THIS IS WILL BE OUR LAST SECTION ON THE HOMEWORLD CHARTER AND HOW ITS EFFECTS AND THIS IS PRIMARILY HOW TO FIX COUNCIL. AND SO WE'LL JUST WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THESE.

YOU PROBABLY MOST OF YOU ARE WELL AWARE OF THESE, BUT. LOOK AT THE COUNCIL MAKEUP AND VOTING, THE TERMS OF OFFICE IN TERM LIMITS. THE MOTOR COME OF COMPENSATION. HOW VACANCIES AIR FILLED THE WHAT'S CALLED GROUP DOES THE DIRECT DEMOCRACY MEASURES REFERENDUM INITIATIVE RECALL? ALSO THE CHARTER REQUIREMENT TO UPDATE OUR. YOUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND ALSO ADOPT A CODE OF ETHICS COUNSEL APPOINTED POSITIONS AND THE TOWN BUDGET SUBMISSION. SO WE'LL GO FROM FIVE COUNSELORS TO SIX. THE MAYOR CURRENTLY ONLY VOTES IN THE TIME BUT WILL THROUGH THE HOMEWORLD CHARTER HAVE A VOTE, SO THAT WILL BE A TOTAL OF SEVEN VOTES, WHICH WILL INCREASE THE CORAM FROM 3 TO 4, AND WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A LITTLE SHUFFLING OF PEOPLE. THE DIETS ON LEASE, IT'S SEVEN. AND IT'S ALREADY PRETTY TIGHT AS IT IS.

WHEN OF COURSE WE'RE IN OUR SPREAD FORMATION DUE TO COVE IT BUT ONCE WE GET BACK TO NORMAL, IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY TIGHT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME FURNITURE A SIMILAR DIETS BUT DOWN FOR STAFF DOWN HERE. AND WILL GET US WELL. GET THIS PLUGGED IN DOWN THERE. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT. THE FORMATION WILL BE, BUT I WILL. PORTMORE LIKE A KIND OF A TYPICAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING, ALTHOUGH THERE'S REALLY NOT A TYPICAL ONE OUT THE LAND MORE THAN ATTORNEY SITS UP THERE. SOMETIMES A MANAGER SITS UP THERE. SOMETIMES A SECRETARY SO.

NO WAY THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE. SO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. AND WE HAVE WE HAVE AN INTERIOR DESIGNER WORKING WORKING ON THAT WITH US, AND WE'LL PROBABLY USE A SIMILAR COMPANY OF NOT THE SAME AND THE SAME SET OF THIS SO THAT IT LOOKS IT LOOKS SIMILAR. QUICK QUESTION

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SO WE DID THINK ABOUT THAT. IF COUNSEL HAS A VERY STRONG FEELING THAT THEY WANT US. DOWN HERE FACING THEM VERSUS TO THE SIDE ARE ONE OF THE THOUGHT PROCESSES IS YOU'RE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC, AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT REALLY ANYTHING BETWEEN YOU AND THE PUBLIC. SO YOU.

VISUALLY AND SPIRITUALLY, YOU'D BE CONNECTED TO THE PUBLIC, AND SO WE'RE A RESOURCE FOR YOU.

THE STAFF IS AND SO WE WOULD. WE WOULD TAKE A ROLL TO THE SIDE SO BUT IF THERE'S A STRONG CONSENSUS, WE CAN REDESIGN THIS AND DEFINITELY PUT THE BUT THE TABLES UP FRONT. THAT THAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS, MAN, ANDREW THEN WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE SIDE WOULD ALSO FUNCTION AS A JURY BOX FOR COURT AS WELL WHEN IT WAS OFF TO THE SIDE. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. COUNSELORS CURRENTLY SERVE. TO YOUR TERMS. THEY WILL. CONTINUE TO SERVE TO YOUR TERMS, BUT NOW THEY'LL BE TERM LIMITS. THEY'LL BE THREE CONSECUTIVE TERM MAXIMUM. THE MAYOR SERVES THREE YEAR TERM AND THEY'LL BE FOUR CONSECUTIVE TERMS SO COUNSELORS TOTAL OF SIX YEARS WITHOUT. COMING OFF THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR TOTAL 12 YEARS WITHOUT HOW THE MAYOR SEAT SO THE WE EVEN TALK ABOUT THE TRANSITION OF THAT. I KNOW THIS IS A VERY BUSY TABLE. BUT PLACE ONE THROUGH THREE ALREADY ENCUMBRANCE. THEIR NEXT ELECTION WILL BE MADE 2022 YOU SEE THEIR CYCLE, THE 2026 WILL BE THEIR LAST. TERM. IF IT'S THE SAME EYES, THE SAME COUNSELOR IN THIS POSITION, OBVIOUSLY PLACES 45 AND POTENTIALLY PLACE SIX. AND ALL OF THIS RELIES ON. THE CHARTER PASSING. IF IT DOESN'T PASS. WE GO BACK TO WHERE WE STAY WHERE WE ARE. SO YOU SEE THAT IN THOSE OF THE TERM LIMITS AND THE ASTERISK DESIGNATES THE NEW COUNSEL. MEMBER. THERE IS A SMALL COMPENSATION. THERE WAS MUCH DISCUSSION IN THE COMMISSION OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM CAN MENTION THIS IS WELL. THIS IS VERY, VERY MINOR AMOUNT. BUT WHAT IT ALLOWS THAT THE TOWN TO DO IS TO TREAT THE COUNCIL AS A COMPENSATED OFFICIAL, AND IT HELPS PROTECT THEM. AS QUOTE UNQUOTE EMPLOYEES UNDER UNDER TORT CLAIMS ACT, SO THIS F. YOU KNOW THE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE YEAH. YOU KNOW UP HERE IN GIVING THEM JUST A LITTLE BIT ADDITIONAL PROTECTION FOR THESE PAYMENTS, BUT THIS IS WHAT THIS IS WHAT THE RESIDENT, UM COMMISSION DECIDED. AND LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS MUCH BACK AND FORTH. I DON'T KNOW, BRIAN AND THE EBONY THING TO ADD, I KIND OF REMOVE MYSELF FROM THE CONVERSATION, I TOLD SAYS SINCE TO GO AHEAD AND WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING BUT ACTUALLY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS THIS TORT CLAIMS ACT THAT NEEDED TO BE. COVERED HERE, AND THERE WERE SOME RESIDENTS THAT KIND OF LED THE DISCUSSION, AND IT WAS. MORE THAN WE CARED FOR, BUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANTED SO. AND AS FOR QUICK EXPLANATION OF THAT REAL QUICK FROM ASHLEY. YEAH. NO.

ONE WHEN I WAS SIX OF THAT ACT THAT ALLOWS EMPLOYEES TO BE IMMEDIATELY DISMISSED FROM THE LAWSUIT. IF THEY'RE IF SO, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEONE SUED THE TOWN AND SUED EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY. WE COULD THEN FOLLOW WHAT'S CALLED A ONE ON 11 OF SIX MOTION AND CLAIM THAT YOU ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWN BECAUSE YOU RECEIVED THIS COMPENSATION AND GET YOU OUT IMMEDIATELY. THE STATUTE SAYS THEY SHALL BE DISMISSED ON FILING THAT MOTION. SO IT'S A QUICK WAY TO GET YOU OUT, AND IT'S A GUARANTEED WAY TO GET YOU OUT. AND OF COURSE, THE ARGUMENT IS, WE HAVE TO PROVE SOMEHOW THAT YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE, AND THIS ALLOWS US TO

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NO. IT IT REALLY ONLY ALLOWS US TO CALL YOU A QUOTE UNQUOTE EMPLOYEES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THAT ONE SECTION OF THIS TORT CLAIMS ACT. IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU AN EMPLOYEE FOR SAY, YOUR TAX PURPOSES OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER HR PERSONNEL REASONS. IT'S REALLY SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS. LITIGATION TORT CLAIMS ACT TO GET YOU OUT QUICKLY. THE WAY IT EXISTS RIGHT NOW, IS THAT EACH ONE OF US COULD BE SUED INDIVIDUALLY AND THE TOWN WOULD PAY FOR THAT. DEFENSE FOR NOT CORRECT, CORRECT? YEAH I MEAN, THAT'S AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION, BUT YES, BUT REALLY, ULTIMATELY WHAT IT MEANS IS YOU PROBABLY STILL GET OUT. NOW YOU'LL GET YOUR GOING TO GET OUT MUCH QUICKER ONCE ONCE THIS IS IN PLACE IN PAST. AND WE ALSO IN THE COMMISSION ALSO LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF CITIES SURROUNDING CITIES AND THIS IS THIS IS A VERY COMMON AND ACTUALLY, THESE NUMBERS ARE LOWER THAN MOST COMPARABLE CITIES. IT WAS ALSO A VERY STRICT LIMIT SET ON THESE THINGS, SO THAT. IN THE PAST AND VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY COUNCILS OF CALLED MULTIPLE MEETINGS SO THAT THEY CAN GET PAID. OH YEAH. THE MOST FAMOUS CASES BELL CALIFORNIA CITY, CALIFORNIA THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD MEET EVERY DAY FOR 15 MINUTES, AND IT WAS JUST ONE OF THE WORST. FRAUD CASES. SO I MENTIONED THAT TO THE COMMISSION. AND OF COURSE, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THOSE MAXIMUMS PER MONTH AS WELL. YES SO IF THERE'S NO SECOND MEETING, NOBODY GETS PAID FOR THAT MEETING. IF YOU DON'T ATTEND, YOU DON'T GET PAID FOR THAT MEETING. MY OTHER SELF. AND THERE CAN'T BE 15 MINUTE MEETINGS IN A MONTH OR YOU COULD, BUT YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO GET PAID. THE MAX.

THIS IS PRETTY DENSE. THIS IS THE FEELING OF THE VACANCIES. SO TRYING TO GO THROUGH THAT.

THAT THE OVERALL ARCHING PHILOSOPHY HERE IS THAT IF THERE'S QUITE A BIT LEFT IN THE TERM, THE COMMISSION WANTED THAT POSITION TO BE ELECTED NOW. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT SPECIAL ELECTIONS COST MONEY AND YOU JUST HAD AN ELECTION. BUT IF THERE'S FOR THE MAYOR OF THIS MORE THAN 12 MONTHS LEFT AND THEIR FOUR YEAR TERM UM. THAT'S THREE YEARS, THREE YEAR PLUS YEARS, SO THEY WANTED AN ELECTION. HOWEVER IF THERE'S JUST 12 MONTHS LEFT, AND THE COUNCIL COULD APPOINT THAT, BUT REGARDLESS, THE WHOEVER THE INCUMBENT IS HAD TO STAND FOR THE NEXT ELECTION. SO EVEN IF THEY WERE. APPOINTED THREE MONTHS OUT, THEY'D STILL HAVE TO STAND FOR ELECTION AND SIMILAR TO THE COUNCIL. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS AND REMEMBER THE COUNSELOR TERM IS TWO YEARS, SO THERE'S SIX MONTHS LEFT, IT COULD BE APPOINTED. UM. OR THE COUNCIL COULD DECIDE THAT. NO, THIS WE'VE DECIDED THAT WE WANT A SPECIAL ELECTION. AND THEN IF THERE'S ONLY SIX MONTHS LEFT IN A TWO YEAR TERM AND IT WOULD JUST BE BY COUNSEL APPOINTMENT. RECALL IS THE ABILITY TO RECALL AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. THIS'LL IS VERY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY STRONG POWER GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE IT BUT IT HAS SOME THRESHOLDS, AND SO. FOR A PARTICULAR IF IT WAS AN ELECTED COUNCILOR, IT HAS TO BE 30% SIGNATURE 30% THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES HAS TO BE 30% OF THE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST. AT THAT COUNSELORS OF THAT SPECIFIC COUNCILOR'S ELECTION. HOWEVER THEY APPOINTED. IT'S JUST 30% OF WHATEVER THE NUMBER OF VOTES WERE. SO THE COMMISSION FELT THAT WAS A PRETTY HIGH THRESHOLD. THEORY RECALLED OFFICIAL HAS THE ABILITY TO DEFEND THEMSELVES IN A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ELECTION. AND THEN IF THERE IF THE OFFICIALS RECALL, THEN YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE ON HOW TO FILL A VACANCY. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM INITIATIVE IS IF THE. POPULACE OF THE PUBLIC WANTS COUNCIL TO DO SOMETHING, AND THEY HAVE NOT. THEY CAN DO AN INITIATIVE TO PROPOSE IN ORDNANCE FOR COUNCIL ACTION. A REFERENDUM IS IF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T AGREE WITH AN ADOPTED ORDNANCE. THEY CAN HAVE. THEY CAN ASK COUNSEL

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ASKED THE COUNCIL TO IT OR REQUIRE THE COUNSEL TO ADOPT A CODE OF ETHICS. UH THE APPOINTMENT REMOVAL OF TOWN MANAGER REQUIRES TWO THIRDS VOTE OR FIVE OF SEVEN APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNT'S SECRETARY. AND ACTUALLY, THE POLICE CHIEF IS APPOINTED BY THE ACCOUNT MANAGER BUT SUBJECT TO THE COUNCIL APPROVAL. THIS. THE CURRENT INCUMBENTS OF THESE POSITIONS ARE COVERED BY THE TRANCE TRANSITION CLAUSE IN THE UH, IN THE CHARTER, SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY INCUMBENTS WILL REMAIN IN THOSE POSITIONS AND THE TOWN MANAGER IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUDGET SUBMISSION. SO. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS WILL REMODEL. WE MAY NOT HAVE THAT ON MAY 13TH. UM WELL, WILL START DISCUSSING CODE OF ETHICS ON AND POSSIBLY GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OR SAMPLES OR BEST PRACTICES. ALSO THE COUNCIL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, THE RE TITLING THE RENAMING AND THEN THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TOWN MANAGER. A REAL QUICK QUESTION. IF YOU DON'T MIND IS THAT OKAY? ON THE MEMO. UNDER COUNCIL MAKEUP IN VOTING, IT SAYS MAYOR MAY VOTE ON ANY ADAM FOR TOTAL SEVEN VOTES, BUT IN THE CHARTER SAYS THE MAYOR SHALL BOAT SO IT SHALL, RIGHT. YES I WAS TRYING TO DESCRIBE THE TRANSITION AND I MAY NOT HAVE DONE THAT ACCURATELY THAT, YES, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT THE MAYOR'S CHOICE, RIGHT? WELL YES, THEY WERE STANDING, BUT YES, IT'S GONNA BE ACCOUNTED BOAT TOWARD, UM SUPERMAJORITIES OR CORNS AND ALL THOSE MEASURES? YES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. HERE'S AN AWFUL LOT THAT IF THE CHARTER PASSES, THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON DSA. IT'S GOOD TO BE AHEAD OF ALL THIS, SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE IN FOR.

[2.E. Dangerous Buildings Ordinance Overview]

MAYOR PRETEND YOU CAN PUT ANY CONTEXT ON THIS. YOU LIKE, UM, BUT I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU, MAYOR.

PRETEND IF YOU WANT INTRODUCE HIS FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GIVE IT TO MR CORN FOR THE DETAILS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. ONE OF OUR CITIZENS. MR MCGREGOR HAD. CONCERNED BROUGHT UP AT THE COMMISSION AT THE CHARTER COMMISSION, AND INSTEAD OF THE CHARTER COMMITTEE CHARTERED COMMITTEE. DID NOT WANT GET IN THE WEEDS OF BUILDING CODES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT THE TIME, SO I ASSURED HIM THAT WE GET THIS ON THE AGENDA. LOOK AT THERE'S SOME VERY SELECT LANGUAGE IN THE BUILDING CODES THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED BACK IN 99. THAT WE'RE RAISING CONCERN TOE. MR MCGREGOR, AND I JUST TOLD THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT IT AND THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THOSE HIS COUNSEL AND DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE SO. WE PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR BRIEFING AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. GIVE ME A REPROACH HIM THEIR COUNSEL. UH, CODE IN IN. IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES IS DANGEROUS BUILDINGS IT WAS ADOPTED IN 1999. DANGEROUS BUILDINGS IS SYNONYMOUS IS SUBSTANDARD BUILDING IN THIS CONTEXT. THE PURPOSE WAS TO FIND A WAY A FAIRWAY. UM AND REASONABLE WAY TO RESOLVE ISSUES WHEN BUILDINGS BECOME DANGEROUS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR TO THE OCCUPANTS IN AND IN THESE OCCUPANTS COULD BE THE OWNERS

[01:20:02]

OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE UNFIT. FOR HABITATION THEIR HAZARDOUS THEREON SECURED. YOU COULD HAVE VAGRANTS, UNINVITED PERSONS, EVEN INCLUDING CHILDREN. IT ZONE SAFE. THERE'S NOT FIRE EXITS OR OTHER TYPES OF PANICS. THIS IS COMING STRAIGHT FROM. OUR ORDNANCE IS. THERE'S STRESS FACTORS IN HERE, THERE'S MATERIALS STABILITY FOR CATASTROPHES. WIND MORE FALL FROM WIND. FAULTY CONSTRUCTION JUST. STRUCTURES THAT ARE DECAYED, DILAPIDATED DETERIORATED. AND CAUSE DANGER. ONE PROCESS IS FOR MM. KIND OF STUFF'S THAT'S BROUGHT UP THAT'S NOTICED POTENTIALLY BY STAFF OR BY THE PUBLIC COMPLAINTS WERE MADE. THERE'S A CONCERN. THIS IS MORE ABOUT. ONE OF THE STAFF GENERATED AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE TOWN AND LOOKING AT STRUCTURES. THERE IS DUE PROCESS IN THIS. THE NOTICE IS GIVEN TO THE OWNER. AH PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED. THE COUNCIL IS INVOLVED. A COUNCIL HOLDS THE HEARING. THE COUNCIL MAKES THE DETERMINATION BY MAJORITY VOTE OF IT'S IN VIOLATION OF THE MINIMAL STANDARDS. THERE'S A. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE OWNER TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE.

UM, THERE'S. IF THERE IS AN ORDER, IT'S MALE THAT'S FILED. IT'S PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER.

EVERY EFFORTS MADE TO CONTACT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. AND THEN FINALLY, IF NOTHING IS DONE, THE TOWN CAN GRANT ITSELF THE POWER TO UM. TO MAKE THAT REMOVAL REPAIR DEMOLITION. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE NORMAL PROCESS. AND AS YOU SEE, THERE'S PLENTY OF NOTIFICATION.

THERE'S PLENTY OF INVOLVEMENT BY THE COUNCIL. THE SECOND ONE AND THEN POSSIBLY. COULD BE A LITTLE CONCERNING TO SOME, BUT IN CASES OF IMMEDIATE DANGER, THE COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE MORE DIRECT ACTION. AND SO THIS IS UM. UNOCCUPIED BUILDINGS OR UNLAWFULLY OCCUPIED, SUCH AS SQUATTERS, VAGRANTS, ILLEGAL OCCUPANTS. AND, UM. YOU KNOW IF THE COUNCIL FEELS AND THIS IS THIS IS MAURA OF A COUNCIL ACTION IF THEY THEY ARE GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM THE PUBLIC IF THERE IS A KNOWN COMMUNITY. DANGER THEY ORDERED THE OWNER TOE. TO FIX IT AND GIVE HIM A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD AND OR IF THEY FAILED TO DO THAT. THE TOWN IN DEPENDING ON THE IMMINENCE OF THE DANGER IF IT'S. IF IT'S IMMEDIATE, THERE MAY NOT EVEN BE THE TIME TO CATCH THE OWNER THAT THE TOWN COULD GO IN THERE. THIS IS, UH. THIS IS MAURA RETROACTIVE, BUT THE TOWN COUNCIL WILL WILL GIVE NOTICE TO THE OWNER AFTER THE REPAIRS OR THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS WERE MADE. AND THE OWNER IS ENTITLED TO A HEARING AFTER THE FACT TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUANCE OF THE ORDER, SO. AGAIN THIS IS IN ORDER. IT'S MORE OF AN INSURANCE POLICY IF THERE IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, LIKE I SAID, WE TOWN SINCE SINCE WE ADOPTED THIS IN 1999 I'VE NEVER USES. WE'VE NEVER AMENDED THIS. BUT IT IS PART OF THE WAY THAT. COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY AND THE POWER TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. SO, UM.

NEXT STEPS IF YOU'D LIKE. FOR STAFF TO BRING THIS BACK AND WE WAIT GO THROUGH IT IN DETAIL AS A COUNCIL IF YOU WANT TO SET UP A ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IF YOU IF YOU THINK. WE'RE DOING OKAY, THEN WANT TO REVISIT THIS SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, SO LISTEN WELL, I'LL BE QUIET,

[01:25:04]

YEAH, I THINK OUR CITIZENS CONCERN WAS THAT THERE WAS SOME. INFERENCES I DON'T READ IT THE SAME WAY THAT HE DID. BUT THERE'S SOME INFERENCES THAT A SIMPLE BUILDING INSPECTOR COULD SAY ALL THIS HOUSE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH LIGHT AND WE'RE GOING TO DEMOLISH IT. WHICH IS NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE, BY ANY MEANS. S SO JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE FULLY AWARE OF WHY THIS WAS BROUGHT UP. UM. AGREE OR DISAGREE. WE'RE HERE REPRESENTS PEOPLE SO. WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT BARNES ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T HAVE A DOOR ON THEIR BARN. WELL, YOU KNOW, FIRST, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME TYPE OF ILLICIT ACTIVITY OR VAGRANTS OR SOMEBODY OCCUPYING THE BUILDING. IF THE. PROPERTY IS, YOU KNOW PROPERLY, UH, SIGNED WITH NO PRO TRESPASSING AND THE FENCES OR. UP TO DIFFERENTLY. NO. THERE'S NO PROVOCATION. THERE'S NO REASON TO START THIS PROCESS AND WE'VE HAD. ARMS WITH OPEN DOORS FOR LIKE YOU SAID. 22 YEARS. THIS IS FOR THIS IS JUST FOR DANGEROUS BUILDINGS JUST FOR DANGEROUS SITUATIONS THAT THAT THAT HURT THE PUBLIC OR OR COULD UM. IN DANGER. PEOPLE IT'S LIKE A FIRE HAZARD. FUEL SPILLS. I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE CLEAR? YES TYPICALLY THIS YOU SEE THIS IN AN OLDER COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE. OLDER HOMES THAT OWNERS OR OR LANDLORDS HAVE LET THEIR PROPERTIES JUST. DILAPIDATED TO THE POINT THAT THEY'RE LEANING OR IN DANGER OF FALLING DOWN. THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE INTENT OF THIS UNDER CHAPTER 2 14 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND ALSO YOUR ORDINANCE. THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR. AND THAT'S IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT YOU HAVEN'T NEEDED IT OR USED IT IN 22 YEARS. BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT.

YOU'RE NOT AN OLDER COMMUNITY LIKE THAT. UM SO YOU'RE RIGHT MAYOR. IT'S NOT AIMED TOWARDS EMPTY EMPTY BUILDINGS SO MUCH AS. EMPTY BUILDINGS THAT ARE FALLING DOWN AND GOING HURT HURT. PEOPLE LITERALLY PHYSICALLY HURT PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT IT'S INTENDED. YOU MAY BE AWARE OF RECENTLY. IT WAS AN EXAMPLE IN BEDFORD. YOU KNOW, UH. SUBURBAN BEDROOM COMMUNITY LANDLORD HAD BEEN. ADDING DOMICILES IN THEIR BACKYARD. THEY HAD BUILT A GAZEBO. THEY HAD THAT PERMITTED, BUT THEN THEY CAME IN AT NIGHT AND. DRYWALL DAD AND RAN EXTENSION CORDS AND RENTED THAT OUT. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FIRE HAZARD, NOTHING WAS PERMITTED AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD. THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LAWRENCE'S, BUT ONE OF THEM WAS THE SUBSTANDARD HOUSING WAS ABLE TO DO IT, BUT IT WAS MORE OR LESS A SLUMLORD THAT WAS CREATING UNHAPPY DOBLE DANGEROUS DWELLINGS FOR PEOPLE. SO ACTUALLY THAT BARN WITHOUT

[01:30:10]

[2.F. Digital Utility Service Application]

BUT WITH EVERYTHING THERE IS ALWAYS A COST. THIS IS CALLED TO TURN IT UP OR TO TURN IT ON.

AND IT IS FREE TO PUBLIC ENTITIES. NOW THIS IS FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICES, SO WILL INCLUDE OUR TRASH SERVICE. IT'LL BE OUR WATER AND SEWER SERVICE, BUT IT'LL ALSO BE. GO SERVE YOUR ELECTRIC SERVICE. YOUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SO THE PROFIT. UM. SERVICES PAY A COMMISSION FOR THIS, AND SO THAT'S HOW THIS ENTITY IS COMPENSATED SO BUT IT Z. IT'S INVISIBLE TO THE RESIDENT. THERE'S NOT AN EXTRA FEE TO THEM. THERE'S A FEAT TO THE FOR

[01:35:02]

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE SERVICE OR IS THEIR REQUIREMENTS ON THE LEGALITY? I MEAN, IT IS A FLY BY NIGHT, OR IS IT IS IT SATISFACTORY? IS THE SIGNATURES? YES YES. FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, YES. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH TO TURN IT ON SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH JOHN ON THE APPLICATION AND USING IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE AND CONSOLIDATE THE APPLICATION FOR THIS PLATFORM. BUT NO, I'M NOT FAMILIAR SPECIFICALLY WITH TO TURN IT ON, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS FROM ILLEGALS PERSPECTIVE. FROM FOR THE SIGNATURE. JOHN THERE'S MANY OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN THE AREA OR IN THE NATION THAT USED TO TURN IT ON. YES CITY A GRAPEVINE IS A BIG CITY THAT USES THEM ON, SO THEY. THEY HAVE GOT A INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS WITH S T W, WHICH IS OUR THERAPY, AND SO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO LINK THAT SOFTWARE DATA SO THAT THERE'S NO ENTRY IN THESE MUTILATE THINGS WE TAKE IN.

ANYWHERE BETWEEN 600,000 NEW UTILITY APPLICATIONS A YEAR AND SO ALL OF THAT'S MANUALLY ENTERED BY TWO CLERKS RIGHT NOW, THIS IS WOULD TAKE OFF ALL OF THAT. SHARE IT AND MAKE IT ME LEADER. YOUR AUTOMATED TRANSFERRING OVER AND SO THE BIG BENEFIT TO US IS THAT AUTOMATES THE PROCESS. WE CAN'T GO WITH OTHER THINGS LIKE DOCTORS SAYING, BUT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR LARGE IMPLEMENTATION COST AND GETTING THE SOFTWARE COMPANY TOE. RIGHT. A INTERFACE A P I FOR IT. HE'S GOOD AS LONG AS IT WORKS. YES AND IT DOES. THERE IS QUITE A FEW CITIES THAT USE THIS. THEY'RE USED ON THE STATE OF TEXAS. ANDREANI IN CONJUNCTION BEST INTERVIEW, BUT A LOT OF OTHER PLACES ARE NOW USING IT OUTSIDE OF STD BEAUTY BECAUSE THEY LIKE IT SO THEY RUN OFF A LEAN SYSTEM, AND IT DOESN'T. YEAH, THERE MAJOR BENEFITS FOR US FOR BEING ON THERE. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE A NO BRAINER. BUT WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FROM THE COUNCIL TONIGHT? AND WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE, AND WHEN WILL THEY GET TO SEE MORE OF WHAT? THIS IS ABOUT THE AMBULANCE? I'M ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, SINCE IT'S A NO COST AGREEMENT. THERE'S REALLY NO AUTHORIZATION BUT WAY WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE IDEA THAT OTHER UTILITY PROVIDERS SUCH A SNAKE FRONTIER AND ALL OF THESE GUYS IN 18 T THEY WOULD BE MARKETING IN.

THIS IS WELL AND SO MAKING YOU AWARE IF WE DID MOVE FORWARD THIS THAT THERE IS A WAY THAT THE SERVICES PAID FOR BY THESE OTHER PROVIDERS, BUT. IT'S NOT DIRECTLY IMPACTING US. AND SO WE. WE NEED YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BECAUSE I THINK WE. YOU NEED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD SOMETHING EVEN IF IT DOESN'T COST US MONEY, BUT IT HAS IMPLICATIONS TO OTHER SERVICES THAT MIGHT TIE INTO THIS SYSTEM. WHAT'S YOUR DEVELOPMENT TIME AND EFFORT ON THIS. SO THE BIG PUSH ON THIS ONE IS MAKING SURE WE TIME THIS WHEN WE TAKE OVER THE BILLION FOR TRASH SERVICE, SO THAT ANY NEW PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP WILL SIGN UP FOR TRASH SEWER END. WATER ALL AT THE SAME TIME, SO IT'S MID MAY THAT'S RIGHT. NO, NOT AT ALL. CORRECT. SO CO SERVE WILL PAY A FEE RIGHT FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN HERE AND SIGN UP FOR COAST OF ELECTRICITY. RIGHT, SO THERE'S THOSE AIR SEMI STILL PUBLIC PROVIDERS SO THEY WOULDN'T PAY IT. IT WOULD BE RISING OR FRONTIER OR. IF WE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF CO SERVICE, THERE ARE A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THEY CAN ACTUALLY SIGNED UP FOR T C U R P F C OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER ONES THOSE WOULD BE PROVIDED. BUT ANY OF THE CO OPS THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY INTO THIS SIZE. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE DOING. ALL FUNDS THAT DON'T PAY FOR THIS WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR MONEY FROM THEIR GOD BE GETTING IT FROM SOMEONE DIRECTING THAT SERVICE IS ACTUALLY THE BIGGER PROVIDER INTERNET TELEVISION SERVICE, SO YOU GO UP AND SIGN IT FOR THEIR SERVICES. WELL, IF YOU'RE THERE SETTING UP UTILITIES AND YOU SEE THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR YOUR TV SERVICE FOR YOUR CABLE SERVICE, YOU COULD DO IT THROUGH THERE, TOO. SO THE CONVENIENCE OF IT. LEADS PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR THEIR SERVICES WHILE THEY'RE ON THERE IS WELL THEN THEY MAKE MONEY. OKAY OKAY, VERY GOOD THING, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP. THEY DON'T KNOW THEY COULD JUST SIGN UP FOR OUR SERVICES AND GO ON THEIR MERRY WAY AND. WE GET, THEY USE IT AND DIRECTLY INTERFACE WITH OUR ENTERPRISE SYSTEM. DO THOSE SERVICES CARRY AN INCREASING COST TO THE PERSON SIGNING UP FOR THEM? IS IT JUST BASICALLY A LOSS. YEAH, IT'S KINDA LIKE A SALES COMMISSION S O. IT'S NOT

[01:40:04]

REDIRECTION INTO OUR ONLINE BILLING ACCOUNTS SO THEY CAN MAKE THEIR FIRST PAYMENT, SO I'M NOT EVEN WANTING TO MOVE MONEY THROUGH THE SITE. I'M JUST WANTING TO COLLECT THEIR INFORMATION SO THAT WE DON'T TYPE IT IN WRONG OR WE DON'T INTEREST IN ALL THAT STUFF COMES IN WHEN WE'RE SETTING UP THE ACCOUNT, SO. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET THEM INTO SMITH MONEY THROUGH ITS SIGNING UP FOR SERVICES WILL COST THEM NOTHING WITH THREE BAGS. AND YOU'LL SAVE US HALF OF POSITION NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF THIS IF WE KEEP GROWING LIKE WE'RE GOING IN CHANGING LIKE THIS, WE WERE GONNA HAVE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ASK FOR MAYBE TWO OR THREE.

BECAUSE THIS IS WE'RE GETTING MARRIED IN PAPER. THAT'S THE NICEST WAY I CAN PUT IT IS BRINGING ON THIS MANY PEOPLE IN LINE. YOU JUST THINK PEOPLE TO ANSWER THE PHONE. AND TO ENTER IN NEW ACCOUNT INFORMATION. THIS TAKES AWAY A LOT OF THAT SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS MORE ON THE INTERNAL CONTROLS LIKE YOU HEARD FOR THE AUDIT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING CUSTOMER AND WORK WITH THOSE CUSTOMERS MORE BUT YOU AND THEN IT'S A CHALLENGE, KEEPING UP WITH THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT WE HAVE. SEEING SOME NODS. I'M JUST WEARING THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB, JOHN. THEY SOLD IT. ANYTHING THAT SAVES THE STAFF. PROBABLY JUMP AT IT.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WELL, I PROMISED WE WOULD GET BACK TO PUBLIC INPUT, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY BACK TO PUBLIC INPUT AGAIN. IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE NOW, HAVING HEARD THEM WE'LL HEAR FROM ANYBODY JUST WAVE AT ME. 7:15 P.M. ALL RIGHT. CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE SECOND TIME. 7:15 P.M. AND WE'LL GET ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS THIS

[4. Consent Items]

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON SO WE NEED TO ACT ON THAT TONIGHT SO WE CAN DO SO, UM, IF YOU SO CHOOSE COUNSELORS ARE YOU WILLING? CONSIDER THIS TWO ITEMS ON CONSENT TONIGHT? HAVE TO APPROVE. SECOND THAT ALL RIGHT? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

UH, ANY OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TO NORTH LIKE FOX ROAD. JUST DON'T SPEED. NOW WE CAN ENFORCE IT. YES. ALL RIGHT, UH, NUMBER FIVE THIS EVENING THAT I NEED TO MENTION THE ORDINANCE NUMBER, ACTUALLY. SORRY, BUT I NEED TO MENTION THE ORDINANCE NUMBER. ARE WE OKAY? NO, YOU'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. I TO MY ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT ENDING

[5.I. Acceptance of the Annual Financial Report ending September 30, 2020]

[5.J. Appointment to the Upper Trinity Regional Water District Board of Directors]

[01:45:05]

SO COUNSEL YOUR FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS APPOINTMENT. MOVED TO REAPPOINT. I HAVE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT FROM MAYOR PRETEND MONTINI DO HAVE A SECOND. ONE SECOND, ALL RIGHT, HAVE A SECOND FROM DR SESSIONS. ANY OTHER COMMENTARY QUESTIONS CONCERNS HOW DOES OUR STAFF FEEL ABOUT ABOUT ARE POINTY. UM, WHILE HIS IS A FORMER TOWN MANAGER OF ARGEL, HE'S BEEN IN THIS AREA FOR IT'S PROBABLY 20 YEARS. NOW ON VERY DILIGENT. BEEN A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE FOR NORTH LINK. DOESN'T LIVE IN A TOWN IN NORTH LIKE THE NO, MA'AM, HE DOES NOT. HE DOES LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. CORRECT? YES TO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. YES, HE MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARD MEMBERSHIP. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION IN SECONDS ON THE TABLE WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. I'LL TAKE THE VOTE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

WELCOME BACK, MR DRESCHER. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE VITAMIN K AND ITEM L. BOTH THE DISASTER

[Items 5.K. & 5.L.]

[6. Executive Session]

APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND ENJOY. ENJOY YOUR EVENING. GOOD3 PM AND WE'VE RETURNED FROM

[7. Reconvene into Open Session]