May 25, 2023 Town Council

[00:00:06]

TO THE TOWN OF NORTH LAKE COUNCIL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING . ALL COUNSELORS ARE PRESENT.

THE MAYOR SHALL BE HERE SHORTLY. AH WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH OUR INVOCATION. COLE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WILL, WELL OUR HANDS AND WE'LL TALK TO GOD. FATHER YOU ARE GOOD, AND WE JUST THANK YOU, UM, FOR WHO YOU ARE. WE JUST THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE HOLY INSTEAD APART. AND SO WE LEFT YOUR NAME UP HERE TONIGHT AND IN YOUR PRESENCE, FATHER, I JUST PRAY FOR LEADERSHIP. I PRAY FOR WISDOM IN DISCERNMENT, UM, TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS, FATHER , NOT NOT FOR OURSELVES, NOT SELFISHLY, BUT FURTHER TO GLORIFY YOU INTO. TO BETTER NORTHLAKE. IT'S SO FAR THAT PRAY FOR UNSELFISH LEADERSHIP FATHER THAT THEY'RE UNDER YOUR WILL THAT THEY'RE SUBMITTED TO YOUR PLAN AND FATHER. LONGEVITY FOR LEADERSHIP IS AS WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY. SO, FATHER, I PRAY FOR LONGEVITY FOR THEM. MM PEACE AND COMFORT. IF I HAVE PRAYED FOR THE PEOPLE OF NORTH LAKE THAT THEY ARE OPEN TO GROWTH AND CHANGE IT, FATHER, I PRAY THAT THE PEOPLE OF NORTH LAKE ARE BLESSED BY YOUR FATHER, BUT NOT JUST SO THAT THEY CAN BE BLESSED IN IT STOPS THERE, BUT SO THAT THEY CAN BE A BLESSING FOR OTHERS. FATHER AND I JUST ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING. ON BUSINESSES HERE IN NORTHLAKE GOD THAT THAT THEY PROSPER AGAIN. NOT NOT SELFISHLY, BUT TO BE A BLESSING FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE JOBS AND JUST TO BE A BLESSING FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND FATHER FOR SPECIAL REQUESTS WITH MEMORIAL DAY COMING UP, FATHER, I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP OUR HEROES. BOTH FALLEN AND STILL STANDING AND THEIR FAMILIES FATHER THAT WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL, SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR THEIR SACRIFICE FOR THEIR SERVICE. UM, IT'S THINGS THAT SOME OF US HAVEN'T DONE.

BUT, UM, IT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED. AND WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT FOR THIS TIME, THAT MIGHT BE CELEBRATION. FOR SOME, IT MIGHT BE HURT FOR OTHERS. SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE HURTING, I JUST PRAY THAT YOU GIVE PEACE AND COMFORT. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE CELEBRATING A PRAY THAT, UM YOU JUST GIVE THEM ALL WISDOM. ENCOURAGE FATHER FAMILIES THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE THEY ARE JUST IN THE VALLEY AND IN SOME TOUGH SHIPS, FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU REMIND THEM THAT YOU ARE THE GOD OF THE MOUNTAIN TOPS AND THE GOD OF THE VALLEYS AND SOMEONE 39 YOU TELL US THAT YOU'RE WITH US WHEREVER WE GO SO , FATHER, WE LIFT UP THE FAMILIES THAT ARE HURTING AND STRUGGLING AND TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY, FATHER. I PRAY THAT THEY FIND THEIR WAY BACK TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN LEAD THEM AND GUIDE THEM. AND FATHER. MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE PRAYED FOR THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR THAT. WE ASK IF YOU GUYS WE ASK THAT YOUR WILL BE DONE AND THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. THANK YOU. LET'S STAND FOR A PLEDGE, PLEASE.

UNITED STATES. IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. JUSTICE STRONG . CITY TAXES. WHY INDIVISIBLE? ALRIGHT FOR OUR FIRST ITEM TONIGHT I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO THE MAYOR. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. SORRY FOR MY TARDINESS. ALL RIGHT. SO I BELIEVE WE'RE

[1.B. Issue the following to newly Elected Councilmembers for Places 4, 5,and 6]

PEOPLE TO MR. SESSIONS YOU'RE GONNA DO FIRST, SIR. OKAY. ALRIGHT SO THIS IS A CERTIFICATE . YOU CAN DO THAT TO HER, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS CERTIFIED. THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD ON MAY 6TH MERRILL LORENZ WAS DULY ELECTED TO COUNCIL MEMBER. PLACE NUMBER FIVE. NORTHLAKE CONGRATULATIONS CERTIFICATE. ALRIGHT YOU CAN CALL HER FAMILY SHE WAS, LET'S DO A PICTURE REAL QUICK.

[00:05:27]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE UNITED STATES, THE STATES, SO HELP ME GOD HELP ME. GOD. CONGRATULATIONS YES, MA'AM KITCHEN. THANK YOU. WE'LL JUST HAVE YOU TAKE THIS WITH YOU AND JUST SIGN IT, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, DR. SESSIONS YOU'VE DONE THIS A FEW TIMES. I BELIEVE. ALL RIGHT. LET'S HEAR CERTIFICATE THAT IT MAY 6TH GENERAL GENERAL ELECTION DOCTOR SESSIONS DO THEY LIKE TO COUNCIL MEMBER PLACED NUMBER FOUR. THANK YOU, SIR. FOR YOUR SERVICE. WELCOME BACK. IS YOUR ARM.

MAYOR WE GET STARTED. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE JAMES DONOVAN. HE'S WITH THE LAW FIRM OF TAYLOR OATS AND CONTROL AND ALARM. HE'S FILLING IN FOR ASHLEIGH, DARKER OR NORMALLY ASSIGNED ATTORNEY.

SHE'S IN ITALY. I BELIEVE FLORENCE OR MAYBE SHE ISN'T NEAR LAKE COMO. I'M NOT SURE, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. DREW WELCOME. ALRIGHT BEFORE WE, UH WE FOLLOW ON. I KNOW THAT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS WE'VE HAD A SITUATION DEVELOPED HERE IN THE TOWN AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THAT. I'VE MADE A STATEMENT ONLINE ABOUT IT. WE'RE NOT GONNA GET INTO DETAILS HERE. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S NOT WITH US AND HAS RESIGNED DUE TO THE SITUATION THAT HE FACES. UM, WE'RE AS SINCE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SORT OF OUTLAY. THE SCHEDULE ON THIS HAS HAPPENED QUICKLY. WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT TONIGHT OR TAKE ANY ACTION ON ANYTHING TONIGHT. BUT I WANTED TO LAY OUT TO YOU SOME EXPECTATIONS ABOUT HOW WE'LL DISCUSS HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT OPENING ON JUNE 8TH. WE WILL FORMALLY ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF COUNSEL NUMBER BOYER. AND AT THAT TIME WE'LL LAY OUT WITH OUR ATTORNEYS. THE POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL TO FILL THAT SEAT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL START WITH. UM I'D LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC IS ONE THAT IS BOTH SENSITIVE AND IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO REFRAIN FROM WEIGHING IN ON WHERE WE WOULD GO WITH THIS AND DISCUSSING IT IN PUBLIC, SO I APPRECIATE THAT ALL OF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT SO WHEN JUNE 8TH COMES AND WERE PRESENTED WITH THE OPTIONS AT THAT TIME, WE CAN EXPRESS OUR INTEREST IN WHATEVER DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO AS A TOWN. BUT UNTIL THAT TIME WE WON'T BE DISCUSSING ANY DIRECTION ON THAT, AND WE'LL PICK IT UP AT THAT TIME. AND THEN FROM THERE ON JUNE, 8TH WILL DISCUSS AND LAY OUT A SCHEDULE IN WHICH DECISIONS WILL BE MADE, DEPENDING ON WHICH DIRECTION THE COUNSEL WANTS TO GO. SO THIS WILL NOT BE SOMETHING DONE IN A HURRY. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'LL TAKE SOME TIME ON AND CONSIDERING OTHER TOWNS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS. THIS DOES TAKE SOME TIME AND IT SHOULD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS RIGHT? SO I WANTED TO

[00:10:02]

[2.A. Briefing-FiscalYear 2022 Audit Presentation byTown Auditor]

ALL RIGHT. SO I WAS HERE WITH YOU ALL LAST YEAR. MY NAME IS AUSTIN HENDERSON WORK HERE IN FORT WORTH FOR BROOKS WATSON. UM MAIN PEOPLE ARE DOWN IN HOUSTON . ACTUALLY THE SENIOR MANAGER ON THIS JOB, LEWIS, I WAS GOING TO SAY HE'S NOT IN LAKE COMO. HE'S JUST IN HOUSTON. SO NOT NOT EXACTLY A COMPARISON. THERE IS THIS CLICKER JUST WORK. GOOD ALRIGHT. UH AS ALWAYS, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH JOHN PARR VICE AND THE REST OF THE TOWN MANAGEMENT. EVERYONE'S EYES VERY AMENABLE TO ANY OF OUR REQUESTS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AT EVERY CITY IF YOU CAN IMAGINE SO WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT HERE. I ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT RIGHT OFF THE BAT. SO GOING THROUGH THE AUDIT PROCESS KIND OF LIKE TO JUST GO OVER THIS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT'S JUST THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO. RIGHT SO THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE COME AND LOOK AT THE PROCESSES. I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR IN THE ENGAGEMENT, SO IT DOES BECOME EASIER. YOU KNOW EACH YEAR TO KNOW, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT THE TOWN DOES IN EACH EACH OF THEIR PROCESSES WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING WHEN IT COMES TO A P, YOU KNOW, MAKE PAYING INVOICES ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS SO IT GIVES US A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE CONTROLS ARE, HOW THEY CAN BE IMPROVED AND ACTUALLY, I'LL GO THROUGH IT LATER WITH THE LETTERS, BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE THAT NUMBER OF FINDINGS COME DOWN IN THIS YEAR IS VERY, VERY MINIMAL. SO IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE THE SECOND PART OF THE AUDIT IS WE? WE ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IT'S A RISK BASED APPROACH. WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE TRANSACTION. NOT LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE INVOICE. THERE'S DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE LOOK AT AND SAY, WHERE COULD THERE BE PROBLEMS? LET'S LOOK INTO THIS. MAYBE THERE'S A CONTROL AREA THAT, UM, ISN'T AS STRONG AS IT COULD BE. SO WE KIND OF LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

UM, SO WITH THAT OUR JOB IS TO MATION BASICALLY, MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS WITHIN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE LOOK AT IS COMPLIANCE TESTING, SO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ANY UM, AREAS THAT INVESTMENTS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. YOU HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT, SO WE DO SEVERAL THINGS THERE AS FAR AS TESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE THERE. UM AND THERE'S JUST GENERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS FINANCIALLY BEING ACCOUNTED FOR THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD. FIELD WORK IS THE ACTUAL YOU KNOW, NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT WE DO WE COME OUT. WE LOOK AT INVOICES. WE PULL SAMPLES FOR LIKE UTILITY BILLS. STUFF LIKE THAT. ACTUALLY, LOOK AT SOME KIND OF HARD, HARDER NUMBERS. UM LOOK AT JOURNAL ENTRIES, THINGS LIKE THAT. TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW EVERYTHING IS UP TO SNUFF. AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S OFF AND IN THAT PROCESS IS USUALLY WHERE MAYBE WE'LL COME WITH, LIKE AN ADJUSTMENT. MAYBE IT'S JUST A GOVERNMENTAL ACCRUAL THAT , UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CHANGES WITHIN THE REPORT. THAT NEED TO BE MADE. SO THAT'S WHERE KIND OF THE HARD HITTING IS DONE. AND THEN THE FINAL PIECES CONCLUDING REPORTING, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE DOING TONIGHT, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PIECES TO IT. SO THERE'S THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION, WHICH IS KIND OF GOES THROUGH. UM YOU KNOW WHAT THE TOWN IS. AND THEN YOU GO THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION ANALYSIS, WHICH KIND OF POINTS OUT WHAT'S COMING UP WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE LAST YEAR. PLUS I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FISCAL YEAR 22 RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE HERE IN MAY 23, SO WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING LOOKING AT THE PAST A LITTLE BIT. BUT IT DOES MENTION STUFF THAT'S UPCOMING AND 23 AND 24. SO UM, IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD, YOU KNOW, PICTURE OF THE FUTURE WHILE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST. I LIKE TO POINT OUT HERE TOO. WE IN OUR FINANCIAL SECTION THAT'S AFTER INTRODUCTORY AND ALL THAT.

THAT'S GOT OUR OPINION. THAT'S WHERE WE BASICALLY SAY. EVERYTHING IS GOOD. THAT'S WHERE

[00:15:01]

YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY OF THE OTHERS BECAUSE THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS SO WE HAD AN UNMODIFIED OPINION THIS YEAR, WHICH IS GREAT. THEN YOU HAVE YOUR BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOLLOWED BY YOUR FUND LEVEL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THEN THE NOTES, WHICH GO INTO DETAIL ON SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE CAPITAL ASSETS. MENTION OPEN, UM VARIOUS AREAS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON LASTLY, YOU HAVE THE SUPPLEMENTARY IMPLEMENT INFORMATION, WHICH IS JUST A LOT OF THAT STATUTORILY REQUIRED INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT OUT. THAT KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH THE DIFFERENT NOTES THAT FINANCIALS OR WHERE DIFFERENT BALANCES ARE COMING FROM LAST PIECE BEING THE STATISTICAL SECTION, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION AND THAT THERE'S VARIOUS, YOU KNOW, STATS THAT WHEN YOU PUT OUT AN ANNUAL REPORT, PEOPLE WANT TO SEE TO COMPARE CITY TO CITY TOWN TO TOWN, SO THOSE ARE THE PIECES OF THE REPORT. SO GOING INTO ACTUALLY YELLS NUMBERS AND YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A LITTLE, UM , PAGE NUMBERS HERE AT THE BOTTOM THAT REFERS TO THE ACTUAL PAGE WITHIN THE REPORT THAT THESE ARE COMING FROM, UM OVERALL GOVERNMENTAL FUND BALANCE INCREASED BY 100,000, WHICH IS GREAT. I WANTED TO POINT OUT THERE'S A COUPLE THAT DECREASED, AND THERE'S REASONS FOR THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND DECREASED. ABOUT 400,000, AND THAT WAS MOSTLY RELATED TO TRANSFERS OUT FOR OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS LIKE SPENDING ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE BUDGETED THINGS THAT HAPPENED SO YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT TO KIND OF FLUCTUATE AS MONEY MOVES IN AND OUT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. UM AND THEN THE LAST ONE, THE NON MAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS THAT DECREASES ACTUALLY, SO THERE'S 1 MILLION DECREASE THEIR ABOUT 2.2 MILLION OF THAT WAS A TRANSFER OUT OF THE COST RECOVERY FEE ACCOUNT OR FUND. AND SO THOSE ARE PLANNED TO GO TOWARDS OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO IF YOU TAKE THAT 2.2 AWAY IS ACTUALLY ONE POINT TO INCREASE SO OVERALL, UM EVERYTHING'S IN GOOD SHAPE AS FAR AS THE GOVERNMENTAL FUND BALANCES AGO. UM TO BREAK IT DOWN TO JUST THE GENERAL FUND AND NOT THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL TYPE FUNDS. YOU CAN SEE. WE THROW THE POLICY IN THERE. YOU'LL HAVE A POLICY THAT'S ACTUALLY MORE STRINGENT THAN WHAT THE GFO RECOMMENDS. SO YOUR POLICY THERE IS TO HAVE UNDERSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 33% OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. UM, AND THIS FISCAL YEAR. YOU'RE UNDERSTAND FUND BALANCES, ACTUALLY 63% WHEREAS IT'S ACTUALLY IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS IN A REALLY GOOD SHAPE ANYWAY. SO AS WE LIKE TO SEE THAT THAT'S BEING MET, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE MEETING YOUR OWN POLICY, BUT, UM, OBVIOUSLY HERE YOU'RE CLEARLY EXCEEDING YOUR POLICY. SO THAT IS KIND OF YOUR RAINY DAY FUND WHEN IT COMES TO GENERAL FUND THERE. UM NEXT, WE'LL TALK TO YOUR BUDGET RESULTS JUST SPECIFICALLY TO GENERAL FUND AND THIS IS AGAIN THERE. YOU CAN SEE A PAGE 83 IS WHERE YOU CAN LOOK AT THESE ACTUAL VARIANCES. SO LOOK LIKE BUDGETED REVENUES. UM EXCEEDED ACTUAL SO THAT'S REVENUE CAME UP SHORT BY 360,000. IT LOOKED LIKE THAT WAS MOSTLY RELATED TO LICENSES PERMITS THAT GROUPING. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE REASON THERE, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BUDGETED THERE THAT UM , DIDN'T QUITE MEET REVENUE ALL THE WAY. BUT THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE FLIP SIDE ON EXPENDITURES, YOU'RE ACTUALLY UNDER BUDGET BY 2.2 MILLION THAT WAS LOOKED LIKE IT WAS MOSTLY RELATED TO KIND OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, SOME PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE AS WELL. SO ALL OF THOSE BEING UNDER BUDGET GREATLY OFFSET THAT REVENUE SHORTFALL OF 300,000. AND THEN, LASTLY JUST POINTED OUT THE OTHER FINANCING SOURCE, WHICH IS JUST THE TRUE TRANSFER. THERE WAS ACTUALLY OVER BY 24,000, SO THAT'S ALSO POSITIVE VARIANCE. OVERALL NET POSITIVE OF 1.8 MILLION SO BASICALLY YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF BUDGETING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT OVERSPENDING. WHAT? YOU KNOW YOU'RE MEETING ALL OF YOUR PLANS AND EXPECTATIONS AS I LIKE TO LOOK AT BUDGET NOW, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE AFTER THIS. WE'RE GOING INTO FY 24 BUDGET, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE LOOKING AT THESE RESULTS IS A GOOD WAY TO SAY OKAY, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHERE WE HITTING THE MARK, YOU KNOW THERE'S OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN THAT CAN THROW YOU OFF. YOU MIGHT GET A NEW, YOU KNOW, BIG COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE AND YOU SUDDENLY HAVE A TON MORE SALES TAX OR PROPERTY TAX. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO PROJECT THESE THINGS. BUT IT'S GOOD TO LOOK AT THE PAST AND SEE. WHERE DID WE COME IN. SO THIS IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. UM JUST REAL QUICKLY ON THE WATER AND SEWER FUND AND OVERALL , UM, PROPRIETARY FUNDS. YOUR OPERATING INCOME IN THE WATER AND SEWER FUND WAS 1.7 MILLION, WHICH, LIKE THE NOTE SAYS THERE IT'S SELF SUSTAINING. WHICH IS GREAT. YOU DON'T WANT YOUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS TO BE KIND OF SUBSIDIZING YOUR WATER AND SEWER OPERATIONS, AND THAT'S NOT HAPPENING HERE. SO THAT'S GREAT. IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE WATER AND SEWERS PAYING FOR ITSELF. UM THE CHANGE IN THAT POSITION THERE. THE 3 $3 MILLION DECREASE THAT IS RELATED TO TRANSFERS OUT OF THE WATER SUPERFUND THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE WATER CAPITAL

[00:20:02]

[00:25:04]

[00:30:01]

WE'RE DOING WHERE, LIKE TWO OF THE 10 WERE OFF. WE'LL HAVE TWO OF THE TENOR OFF. THAT'S PROBABLY THERE IS A PERVASIVE ISSUE RIGHT LIKE THERE'S THAT'S GOING TO BE OFTEN OTHER AREAS.

UM SO WHEN IT COMES TO SAMPLE CONTROL TESTS LIKE THAT, PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND 10 TO 15 WHEN IT COMES TO THE YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE CAPITAL ASSETS . UM ARE RIGHT. I WOULD SAY I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN AT THREE DIFFERENT AUDIT FIRMS AND THIS FIRM BROOKS WATSON. WE DO PROBABLY THE BEST JOB THAT I'VE SEEN OF MAKING SURE THAT ALL YOUR CAPITALS GETTING ON THE BOOKS AND SOME SOME CITIES. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE NUMBER HERE BUT WE CAN TEST UP TO 152 100 TRANSACTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE CAPITAL IS GETTING ON THE BOOKS BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GETS MISSED A LOT OF PLACES. UM EITHER PEOPLE AREN'T CAPITALIZING OR THEY'RE CAPITALIZING THINGS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE. AND SO THAT CAN BE A VERY MUDDY AREA, AND THAT'S A BIG NUMBER ON YOUR BALANCE SHEET. SO WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS RIGHT, UM A P R JUST DEPENDS ON AFTER YEAR END HOW MANY TRANSACTIONS THERE ARE, UM USUALLY THAT'S BETWEEN 30 TO 50 IN THAT, SO WE LOOK AT QUITE A BIT. YEAH. WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS IN TERMS OF HANDLING SIGN OFFS. MONEY'S GOING WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO. UM WHAT'S YOU KNOW? WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE IN LOOKING AT THOSE WAS THERE PRACTICES BEING FOLLOWED. ARE THEY GOOD PRACTICES SOLID, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DEFINITELY IMPROVED IN THE LAST YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY THE FIRST YEAR UM REMEMBER, JOHN, WHEN DID YOU START? OKAY SO IT WAS. IT WAS LIKE RIGHT AT RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME, AND THERE WAS SOME KIND OF, UM, ANTIQUATED PROCESSES. I'LL CALL THEM THAT WERE EITHER THE PROCESS WAS IN PLACE, AND IT JUST WASN'T GETTING DONE RIGHT OR THE PROCESS WASN'T QUITE HAVING ALL THE CONTROLS AROUND THAT IT SHOULD. AND I WOULD SAY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT WE'VE DONE THE AUDIT THAT'S DRASTICALLY IMPROVED. UM, THE SEPARATING KIND OF WHO'S GOT ACCESS TO THE BANK ACCOUNTS. WHO'S GOT ACCESS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REVIEW CERTAIN THINGS LIKE, HEY, SAY, UTILITY BUILDING ALWAYS USE. THAT EXAMPLE IS THE UTILITY BILLS ARE GOING OUT THE CLERK OR WHOEVER IS JUST PRINTING OUT THE BILL IF SOMEONE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE EAST TO MAKE SURE, UM IN TOTAL OF THERE'S SOME, LIKE, HEY, THIS PERSON GOT CHARGED $98,000 LIKE, IS THAT RIGHT? OR DO WE NEED TO YOU KNOW, TWEAK THAT A LITTLE LIKE SAID SOMETHING GO WRONG IN OUR PROCESS THERE, I WOULD SAY MOST DEFINITELY OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. WE'VE SEEN DRASTIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THESE CONTROL AREAS THAT WE'RE HAVING SOME QUESTIONS ON WHEN WE FIRST HIT THE AUDIT, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE F 20 YEAR, SO ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE HANDLING PROCEDURES? AS FAR AS CASH CHECKS? UM DEPOSITS? I MEAN, ARE THEY TIMELY? WAS THERE ANY RED FLAGS OR ORANGE FLAGS OR YELLOW FLAG? YEAH NO, DEFINITELY. TIMELINESS IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF LOOK AT. WHEN IT COMES TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, COURT TRANSACTIONS, UM, UTILITY BILLS PAYING INVOICES.

ALL THAT OBVIOUSLY, YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST PAY EVERYTHING. AS SOON AS IT COMES IN THE DOOR.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT CASH AND ALL THAT. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO TIMELINESS, YEAH, EVERYTHING WAS EVERYTHING MET HOW WE WOULD EXPECT IT TO. UM I DON'T WANT TO SAY I APPROVE BECAUSE THAT'S KINDA DON'T WANT TO GIVE AN OPINION ON, UM CONTROLS BUT AS FAR AS WHEN IT CAME TO UNDERSTANDING HOW THE CONTROLS WORK, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT JUMPED OUT AT US FROM OUR CONTROL TESTING THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN US PAUSE OR IF IT DID. WE ALWAYS PUT IT IN THE LETTERS HERE, SO RECONCILIATIONS. THIS IS MY SPACE, SO I'M VERY CURIOUS. HOW ARE YOU LOOKING AT RECONCILIATIONS? ARE THEY TYING OUT? ARE THEY BEING REINSTATED ANY CONCERNS AND YEAH, MISSING ADJUSTMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SPECIFICALLY JUST LIKE CASH RECONCILIATIONS OR JUST KIND OF LIKE, OH, PRIMARILY CASH BECAUSE CAPITAL AS WE SAID, I MEAN CAPITAL CAN BE RESTATED MANY TIMES FOR THE BALANCE SHEET. BUT THAT'S NOT A YOU CAN. IT'S PRETTY HARD TO LOSE A BACKHOE. YEAH I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY CASH IS CASH, RIGHT? OKAY, YOU YOU KNOW WHAT CASH IS? YOU KNOW YOU CAN LOOK AT THE BANK ACCOUNTS. SEE HOW MUCH CASH

[00:35:04]

[2.B. Briefing-FiscalYear 2024 Budget Workshop #1: Departmental Budget Requests]

THEIR GOALS WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. AT THE END OF THE SLIDE SHOW OR THE SLIDE DECK.

I'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE REQUEST THAT YOU'VE SENT US THAT WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE COSTS AND THE IMPACT OF THAT. SOME OF THESE ARE PRETTY LARGE TICKET ITEMS. AND SO THESE ARE JUST UM, GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF THE IMPACT AND THE STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN HELP YOU IN YOUR PRIORITIZATION OF THE BUDGET. SO WE'RE CALLING THIS DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET REQUEST, BUT AT THE END WE HAVE THOSE OTHER REQUESTS. I DON'T NECESSARILY CALL MAYOR AND COUNCIL REQUESTS BUT THINGS YOU BEST JUST TO LOOK AT AND FLUSH OUT. AND THOSE AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM. WE'VE WE HAVEN'T TAKEN A DEEP DIVE, BUT WE TRY TO GIVE YOU A RANGE AND GIVE YOU A BALLPARK OF WHAT THOSE AMOUNTS, AREN'T IT AND I AND OUR TEAM CHANCE AND MISTY AND JOHN AND JOHN HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB VETTING THESE NUMBERS. AT THE END OF JUNE. WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP WILL GO INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE TAX RATE. WILL DELIVER THE BUDGET BY CHARTER TO YOU. JULY 31ST AND IT'LL BE IT'LL BE THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO YOU. YOU'LL HAVE THAT TIME PERIOD TO REVIEW THAT. THE PUBLIC AS WELL. BUT THE BUDGET HEARING AUGUST 10TH AND IF YOU'RE AMENABLE WILL HAVE THE HEARINGS AND YOU CAN SCHEDULE ADOPTION FOR THE LATE AUGUST AUGUST 20/4 OUR SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE FOLLOW YOUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES. YOU CAN SEE THIS. BILL A STRAIGHT ID THROUGH OUR BUDGET FOCUS. I THINK DR SESSIONS AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS OVER THE YEARS. I GUESS HE'S OUR MOST SENIOR TENURED COUNCIL MEMBER. WE'VE REALLY BEEN DOING THIS ALL ALONG. AT FIRST BY NECESSITY. BUT IT JUST BECAME PART OF OUR CULTURE AND PART OF THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL AND UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR READING. WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE MADE THAT MADE THIS A POLICY AND MADE THIS A MORE FORMALIZED PROCESS. SO WE MAINTAIN OUR LOW PROPERTY TAX RATE. BY UM BY ALLOWING US THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THOSE OTHER THREE THINGS. SO WE DIVERSIFY THE TAX BASE. THAT MEANS BUILDING THE COMMERCIAL TAX BASE, WHICH REQUIRES INFRASTRUCTURE. AND AS THE AUDITOR SAID, THERE WAS A LOT OF THOSE PAYMENTS WERE GOING OUT AND WE STILL HAVE A LOT MORE TO MAKE. OPERATE OFFICIALLY AND EFFECTIVELY. UM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL'S GAVE US THAT DIRECTION TOO. UM PAY OUR EMPLOYEES AT 50% THE MARKET. WHAT'S CHALLENGING IS THE MARKET CONTINUALLY CHANGES AS WE GROW. WE HAVE TO COMPARE OURSELVES TO DIFFERENT ENTITIES, SO WE BELIEVE WE'VE DONE A FAIR JOB. WE'VE WE'VE HAD SOME ON THE LOW END SOMEONE HIGH END BUT WE

[00:40:05]

AND THEN, UH, RESPONSIBLY MANAGED GROWTH WE ARE GROWING AND TO PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE MEANS ADDING ADDING POSITIONS AND SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE, UM, PRIMARILY IN PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE. WE BELIEVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE IS WE'VE WE'VE GOT ENOUGH STAFF. I WILL MAKE A COMMENT QUICK TO THE AUDITOR, THE YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I DID PART OF THE FINANCE. WE HAD A PART TIME ACCOUNTING CLERK AND SHIRLEY DID SOME OF IT TOO. SO THERE WERE THREE HALF, SO MAYBE 1.5 PEOPLE IN TRYING TO GET HISPANIC CONTROL AND ALL THE PROCESS IS DONE. BUT JOHNSON AN EXCELLENT JOB, HIS STAFF IS NOW UP TO SIX. WE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE LOOKING AT THINGS AND SO, UM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT IMPROVEMENT. UM SO, JOHN, IS THIS YOU? AND WE'LL HAVE ALL THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS COME UP BRIEFLY TO TALK ABOUT THEIR BUDGET. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, SO I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH A REVENUE OVERVIEW UPFRONT, SO WE'RE STILL PRELIMINARY EARLY IN THE SEASON TO GIVE YOU HARD AND FAST REVENUE NUMBERS, BUT I WANT TO HIT YOU UP FRONT WITH SOME OF THE BIGGER THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. WE'RE ESTIMATING IN THE GENERAL FUND, ROUGHLY A 33% INCREASE. THIS IS NOT ON EXISTING HOME OWNERS. A LOT OF THIS IS JUST NEW VALUE THAT'S TRICKLING ON. AND SO WE HAVE SEEN A KIND OF AN EXPLOSION WITHIN OUR COMMERCIAL BASE. THAT'S KIND OF SOMETHING MORE THAN WE'VE SEEN THAT'S BEEN BALANCED IN THE PAST YEARS. THIS HAS BEEN HEAVY COMMERCIAL THIS YEAR. AND SO THESE ARE STILL PLURAL NUMBERS. PEOPLE ARE STILL PROTESTING. THIS NUMBER CAN GO UP OR DOWN AND FLUCTUATE AS THE THING IS ALSO THE LEGISLATURE STILL IN SESSION, SO THIS NUMBER MAY CHANGE ANYWAY. SALES TAX REVENUE TO PROBABLY MY FIRST TIME HERE THAT I'VE EVER SHOWN YOU AS EURO GROWTH MODEL FOR SALES TAX. WHAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS THAT WE'VE HAD RIDICULOUS SALES TAX GROWTH NUMBERS. SOME OF THE DRIVERS OF THAT IS WE HAD A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION, WHICH BRINGS IN ONE TIME REVENUE. SO ONE TIME DEVELOPMENT SALES WE ALSO HAD DURING COVID 19. WE HAD A LOT OF IN HOME PURCHASING. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF ONE TIME PURCHASING FROM THE HOME, SO WE'VE SEEN THAT COME UP AND IT'S FILLING IN SOME OF THIS, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME OF THESE REALLY, REALLY HIGH SALES TAX. SO RIGHT NOW, I'M LOOKING ON TARGET WITH MY REVENUE PROJECTIONS FOR THIS YEAR UNTIL I GET LATER IN THE YEAR. I'M NOT GOING TO SHOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SALES TAX INCREASE IN LESS. I START SEEING STRONGER NUMBERS HAVE ALSO SEEN THE LARGE ONE TIME ADJUSTMENTS. PAYOUTS BACK YOUR PAYOUTS. AND SO THERE'S A LOT MOVING WITH SALES TAX, BUT BEING CONSERVATIVE RIGHT NOW, AND SO I'M GOING TO PROTECT IT FLATS UNTIL I HAVE DATA THAT SHOWS OTHERWISE. IF YOU TOOK A 10 YEAR AVERAGE WOULD SHOWS THAT WE HAD A 15% TO FIND IT A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS LIKE 25% BUT THE LAST TIME WE STARTED GETTING LOW AND KIND OF NEGATIVE , IT WENT ALMOST LIKE 40% DECREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, SO THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S WHY I'M I'M BEING REAL CONSERVATIVE RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A DIP. I'M NOT TRYING TO PREDICT A RECESSION OR ANYTHING. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T OVERSELL WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE, AND WE DEPEND ON IT BECAUSE THAT IS AN ONGOING REVENUE SOURCE. AND SO I HAVE TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE WITH IT. AUDITORS SAID. YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS BIG NET DECREASE IN REVENUES LAST YEAR, AND HE SAID SOME OF THAT WAS FROM DEVELOPMENT FEES.

SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS DROPPED THROUGH THE FLOOR LAST YEAR AT THE END OF IT, SO THESE ARE ONE TIME REVENUES AND WE'RE GOING TO TREAT THEM AS SUCH. SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT ADDING OF CASH, ADDING THE FUN BALANCE, THOSE ARE ONE TIME REVENUES. THOSE ARE NOT OPERATIONALLY REVENUES. SO WHENEVER I FORECAST GOING FORWARD, I TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OPERATIONS ARE PAID FOR BY ONGOING REVENUES. SO THAT WE DON'T GET OUT OVER OUR SKIS WITH PERSONNEL. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT ONE TIME AT THE OTHER THING WAS JUST CAPITAL PROJECTS. YOU BUDGET A COUPLE CAPITAL EXPENSES TO PAY OUT IN THOSE HAVEN'T KIND OF FRUITION BY THE END OF THE YEAR, SO THAT CASH WILL BE PAID OUT, PROBABLY THIS YEAR. SO THERE WAS SOME SOME NUMBERS IN THERE THAT $1.8 MILLION AND BEING AT 63% FUND BALANCE SEEMS LIKE A REALLY BIG NUMBER. BUT A LOT OF THAT'S ONE TIME CASH AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND THAT FOR ONGOING OPERATIONS. IF WE HAVE ONE TIME THINGS COME UP, THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD USE. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME GOOD USES FOR THAT LITTLE BIT LATER. SO THE BIG REASON FOR THE $600,000 DECREASES WE'RE GOING FROM 800. BUDGETED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS COMING ONTO 400, SO THIS NUMBER IS PROBABLY PROJECTED OUT FLAT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, BECAUSE I THINK RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS IS GOING TO BE. WE'RE NOT SEEING HOUSING BOOMS LIKE WE DID BEFORE WE HAD 14 TO 1500 HOUSES COME ONLINE IN ONE YEAR, AND THEN IT DRIED UP REAL QUICKLY BECAUSE EVERYONE TRIED TO GET IN BEFORE THE LOW INTEREST RATES, SO THAT'S SOME OF IT. AS OUR RESIDENTIAL BASE GROWS, SO DOES OUR FRANCHISE FEES SO THINGS THAT WE COLLECT FOR CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTEAD OF THE STATE LEVEL NOW, BUT THE BIG ONES WE SEE IS GAS AND ELECTRICITY, SO THOSE REVENUES AS WE GET MORE PEOPLE THAT INCREASES SO I'M PROJECTING ROUGHLY $200,000 INCREASE IN FRANCHISE FEES, SO OVERALL KIND OF IF I'M PROJECTING JUST RIGHT NOW, TODAY FOR NEXT YEAR, I'M SAYING WE HAVE IN THE GENERAL FUNDS ROUGHLY $600,000 IN NEW

[00:45:03]

SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I'M GONNA START OFF WITH IS AN OPERATIONAL ADJUSTMENT THAT AFFECTS EVERYTHING AND THAT'S SALARIES AND WAGES. SO WE'RE STARTING OFF THIS YEAR WITH A 3% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS, INFLATION AND CPR STILL SITTING AT 6 8% BUT TRYING TO LOOK AROUND AND COMPARED TO CITIES ARE DOING AND WHAT WE CAN AFFORD AND SO A 3% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR EMPLOYEES IS WHERE I'VE COME WITH A NUMBER AND THAT HAS ROUGHLY $164,000.

THAT'S BENEFITS INCLUDED, AND SO THAT'S AN ALL IN NUMBER THAT WOULD BE ADJUSTING ALL EMPLOYEES. WE DID A MARKET STUDY AND SO WE WENT OUT AND DID ARE COMPARABLE AREAS. A MARKET STUDY OF HOW MUCH OTHER PEOPLE WERE BEING PAID, SO ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO BE PAID AT THE 50TH PERCENTILE, SO HE WANTED TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WHAT WE FOUND OUT WAS THAT THERE'S ABOUT SEVEN KIND OF NON UNIFORM EMPLOYEES OR NON POLICE EMPLOYEES THAT NEED ADJUSTMENTS , WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE ROUGHLY 70 EMPLOYEES. THEN OUR FRONTLINE POLICE OFFICERS NEEDED A LARGER ADJUSTMENT. THEY'RE STARTING PAY FOR POLICE OFFICERS HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND FOR US TO REMAIN EFFECTIVE. RECRUITING THOSE FRONT LINE OUR FIRST ROUND OF POLICE OFFICERS. WE'RE GOING TO NEED UP STARTING PAID. AND SO THE TWO THIRDS OF THIS 84,000 FOR MARKET ADJUSTMENTS IS GOING DIRECTLY TO POLICE OFFICERS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING THAT AND THIS HELPS IN RECRUITING. THIS HELPS IN RETAINING EMPLOYEES, BUT OVERALL THAT'S KIND OF THE TOTAL ADJUSTMENT. WE'RE SEEING OUT FRONT IS PROBABLY ABOUT 248,000.

PART OF THIS IS FOR THE UTILITY FUND. SO ABOUT 50,000 OF THIS WOULD BE BUDGETED UTILITIES SO TO THE GENERAL FUNDED BE ROUGHLY 100 AND $90,000. SO ENOUGH ABOUT THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE. LET ME TALK ABOUT FINANCE BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ENOUGH NUMBERS TODAY. SO, UM THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND THE HEAD OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE SIX EMPLOYEES. AS YOU SAID, ONE THING THAT'S ALLOWED US TO COME AND COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR AUDIT IS THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES INTERNAL CONTROLS. YOU NEED CHECKS AND BALANCES, WHICH MEANS YOU NEED DIFFERENT PEOPLE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS. SO FOR US TO HAVE THOSE EMPLOYEES ALLOWED US TO GET FROM A PLACE WHERE WE'RE NON COMPLIANCE TO COMPLIANCE, AND THAT'S TYPICAL FOR SMALL TOWNS. THEY IDENTIFIED BANKING AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S NOT. IT'S PRETTY TYPICAL FOR SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS. I'VE BEEN AT NUMEROUS ONES WHERE THEY HAVE SAID THE EXACT SAME THING, AND IT'S JUST AS YOU GROW. YOU NEED BETTER CHECKS AND BALANCES. AND AS WE DID GROW, WE ADDED EMPLOYEES SO WE CAN HAVE THAT IF YOU WANT PERFECT CHECKS AND BALANCES ON EVERYTHING YOU NEED WAY TOO MANY EMPLOYEES, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M PROPOSING. SO THERE'S A GOOD BALANCE. THERE ARE CORE FUNCTIONS OR UTILITY BILLION, ACCOUNTING, BUDGETING, PAYROLL AND TREASURY MANAGEMENT. OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE LAST YEAR WAS WINNING OUR SECOND GFO A DISTINGUISHED BUDGET AWARD, SO THIS IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY FOR BUDGETING. IT MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA SET INTERNATIONAL STANDARD AND EVEN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD AND IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING AWARD TO RECEIVE. AND UM WE WERE ALSO THE FIRST TOWN IN TEXAS OR ANY MUNICIPALITY IN TEXAS TO GET IT FOR A DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK. SO THEIR SECOND YEAR DOING IT, UM ONE OF THE REVIEWERS WAS SO SHOCKED HE DID NOT REVIEW THE BRIGHT BUDGET DOCUMENT, AND THEY HAD TO THROW OUT HIS REVIEW. THAT IF THAT THROWS YOU ANYTHING BECAUSE, HE SAID, I CAN DO THIS UNLESS IT'S PDF, AND WE DON'T DO PDFS. WE DO A DIGITAL BUDGET BOOK. AND SO THAT'S IT'S BEEN PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME IT'S EVER HAPPENED AT A REVIEW LEVEL REVIEWER AS WELL. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. WE RECEIVED THE G F WAY CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND FINANCIAL REPORTING. SO THE ACTOR THE DOCUMENT YOU JUST RECEIVED THAT IS REVIEWED EVEN MORE INTENSIVELY BY OTHER CPA IS AN AUDITOR'S FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. AND THEY TELL US WHETHER IT MET ALL OF THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. THAT FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND EVERYONE ELSE LOOKS FOR. THIS WAS A HARD FOUGHT AWARD. IT TOOK ME THREE YEARS TO ACTUALLY BUILD UP TO ACHIEVE THIS. IT HAS ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE, AND SO , UM, THIS WAS A GOOD ONE. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUBMIT THIS DOCUMENT YOU JUST RECEIVED WILL BE THE SECOND SUBMITTAL FOR IT. AND SO I WAS VERY PROUD OF THIS. WE'VE ALSO IMPLEMENTED A FIVE YEAR BUDGETING PROCESS. THAT MEANS WE'VE ASKED DIRECTORS TO PROVIDE US FIVE YEARS WORTH OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND PROJECTIONS SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN A LONG TERM FORECASTING START PRESENTING SO MY GOALS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. MY GOALS ARE BASED ON YOUR GOALS SO COUNCIL GOALS IN THE DIRECTLY TIED BACK TO COUNCIL STRATEGIES. ONE OF MY LARGER GOALS IS SINCE BEING HERE WE'VE IMPROVED OUR BOND RATING FROM W MINUS TWO. DOUBLE A. IT'S MY GOAL TO GET THAT TWO. PLUS I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO THAT THROUGH A FUN, BALANCED POLICY IMPROVEMENTS AND ALSO A DEBT POLICY. THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I WANT TO BRING IN FRONT OF COUNCIL. THE DEBT POLICY WILL BE A LENGTHY DOCUMENTS AND IT TAKES A WHILE TO REPAIR. BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS COMBINED. ALSO WITH OUR FIRM FINANCIAL BASE, I BELIEVE THAT LEAD US TO A BETTER BOND RATING, WHICH IMPROVES OUR, UM HOW MUCH INTEREST THAT WE HAVE TO PAY IN THAT LOWERS YOUR ACCUSER TAXES GLOW, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF MY GOALS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. INCREASING YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO A 10 YEAR PROGRAM. SO WITH OUR UTILITY MASTER PLANS THAT WE HAVE

[00:50:03]

WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO EXCEED THOSE THINGS. ONE OF EFFICIENCY MEASURES THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPROVING IS THAT GRAPH THERE ON THE RIGHTS, AND IT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF ONLINE PAYMENTS BEING MADE. YOU CAN SEE WHEN I STARTED TO HEAR THE NUMBER OF ONLINE PAYMENTS WAS ABOUT 70. WE ARE SORRY ABOUT 30% AND 70% WERE ANNUAL CHECKS. AND SO EVERY CHECK WE HAVE TO PROCESS IS LIKE ROUGHLY 3 TO 5 MINUTE PROCESS. WE HAVE 6000 ACCOUNTS. IT'S A LOT OF PAPER TRACKING A LOT OF PAPER PASSING, SO MOVING THAT TO ONLINE WAIVING THOSE FEES AND LIKE WE HAD HAS HAD A HUGE SUCCESS IN ALL OF OUR NEW CUSTOMERS. THEY COME ONLINE. THEY'RE SETTING UP THOSE ONLINE SERVICES AND WAIVING THOSE FEES IS A BIG PART OF THAT. AND SO WE'RE REALLY SEEING A PAYOFF ON THAT, BECAUSE IT DECREASES THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. WE NEED TO PROCESS PAPER AND I, UM I GOT AN IMPROVEMENT, I THINK CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THIS EVEN BETTER. SO UM, THIS IS NOT JUST A FINANCE REQUEST. THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC WORKS REQUEST. SO THE $2.1 MILLION YOU'RE SEEING IS THE TOTAL INTEREST PAYMENT IN OVER A 10 YEAR NOTE. ROUGHLY IT COST $101.3 MILLION. BUT THIS IS THE TOTAL COST OF IT OVER THE LIFE OF THE DEBT PAYMENT, AND IT'D BE A 10 YEAR PAYMENT AND THIS IS FOR CELLULAR WATER METERS. SO RIGHT NOW, SOMEONE HAS TO MAINLY GO OUT AND RUN BY WITH A TRUCK AND GRAB THOSE REEDS. CELLULAR WOULD GIVE ACCESS TO CUSTOMERS TO THEIR DATA AND WATER USES DATA ANYTIME THEY WANT. GET RID OF THE NEED TO GO OUT AND RUN AROUND IN A TRUCK AND GO GRAB THOSE READS. WE CAN AUTOMATE THAT IN THAT PROCESS, WHICH WOULD HELP OUR CLERKS AND STOP PASSING DIGITAL INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN, UM AWESOME PUBLIC WORKS AND HAVING TO SEND PEOPLE OUT FOR A LOT OF INFORMATION. WE REDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM SO THIS WOULD LEAD TO A LOT OF AUTOMATION. THIS WOULD ALSO EMPOWER CUSTOMERS. WE CAN PUT LEAGUE ALERTS ON THERE SO THAT THEIR WATER METERS CONSTANTLY RUNNING. THEY WOULD GET A NOTIFICATION IF THEY'RE SIGNED UP FOR THIS SYSTEM. AND ALLOW THEM TO HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR WATER BILL AND HOW THEY'RE USING WATER, ESPECIALLY WINTER. AVERAGING LIKE WE DO, THEY COULD REALLY GET MACULAR ABOUT WHERE THE WATER IS GOING, AND SO THIS WOULD BE A SERVICE LEVEL IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE FUNDED THROUGH THE UTILITY FUNDS. I WOULD LIKE TO PAY IT OVER 10 YEARS YEARS INTO A DEBT PAYMENTS AND BUILD IT IN, UM I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WILL HELP US AND STAFF IN THE LONG TERM BECAUSE EVENTUALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DEDICATED METER TEAM IN PUBLIC WORKS. AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT HELPS IMPROVE MY FUNCTION ON THE FINANCE SIDE, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC WORKS FUNCTION. I WAS GONNA SAY BECAUSE I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE. I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. $210,000 A YEAR CAN BUY YOU A LOT OF PEOPLE TO RUN AROUND AND DEBATES. BUT ONCE YOU MENTIONED THAT WE CAN FOCUS GONNA HAVE TRACKING AND ALERTS OKAY, WE CAN TARGET WHO'S WATERING? WHOSE? OVERWATERING YOU KNOW YOU'RE SEEING WATER RUNNING IN THE STREET. YOU CAN GET REAL MACULAR ABOUT THIS STUFF FOR MACRO INTO IT. IT REALLY HELPS EMPOWER RESIDENTS TO BE MORE ACTIVE AND I DIDN'T USE THAT WATER. THERE'S NO WAY I USE IT. WELL, THERE IS IF YOU GO DOWN FOR THE SERVICE, YOU CAN WE CAN SHOW YOU HOW YOU USED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND WHEN YOU USED IT, AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE EIGHT IN THE MORNING OR, YOU KNOW, TWO O'CLOCK IN AM IF YOUR WATER IS RUNNING, IT'S LIKELY YOUR SPRINKLER SYSTEM. SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD THING. ALRIGHT, YOU'VE PIQUED MY INTEREST. ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA TAKE THIS OVER.

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CORE FUNCTIONS AND TO RUN THE GAME OF DEVELOPMENT FROM BRINGING IN NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. TO KIND OF MANAGING THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS WITH PLANNING AND ZONING BUILDING PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS TO ENSURING THAT THINGS ARE KEPT ONCE THEY'RE KEPT OUT ONCE THEY ARE BUILT, AND THAT THEIR MAINTAIN SAFELY WITH CODE COMPLIANCE AND HEALTH INSPECTIONS. SO THE DEPARTMENT IS UP TO SIX FULL TIME EMPLOYEES . THANK YOU, COUNCIL AND THE LAST FISCAL YEAR I GOT TO NEW EMPLOYEES TO HELP OUT WITH UM WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. SO SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THIS YEAR

[00:55:01]

UPDATE. IT'S A ANTICIPATED IT WILL BE READY FOR ADOPTION LATER THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR. AND THEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT IT'LL OUTLINE WAYS TO IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN, AND, UH WE'LL GET TO WORK ON IMPLEMENTING THAT. SO HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR WORKLOAD NUMBERS AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AS JOHN MENTIONED THE NUMBER OF BUILDING PERMITS HAS HAS REALLY GONE DOWN. THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IT LOOKS REALLY BAD BECAUSE 2021 JUST HAD SUCH A HUGE SPIKE. UM AND THEN, UH, PART OF THE PROBLEM IN THE LAST YEAR YEAR AND A HALF IS THAT BECAUSE BUILDERS ARE BUILDING SO FAST ON THE LOTS THAT WERE DEVELOPED IN THAT YEAR JUST RAN OUT OF SUPPLY OF LOTS SO THE BUILDING HAS SLOWED DOWN. THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACRES PLANTED NUMBER LAST FISCAL YEAR THAT SPIKE SO THAT DEVELOPERS SAW THEY NEEDED TO START PUTTING MORE LOTS ON THE GROUND, GOT THOSE PLATZ DONE? THEN THAT ONCE THE PLAN IS APPROVED, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE STARTS GETTING INSTALLED AND THEN THE BUILDING PERMITS WILL COME AFTER THAT. ACRES PLANTED NUMBER IS ALSO A MIX OF A LOT OF THAT IS OUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND KATHERINE BRANDT SHERRY AS WELL. SO THAT'S NOT ALL RESIDENTIAL. BUT WE DO EXPECT WITH SOME OF THESE NEW RESIDENTIAL PHASES OPENING THAT ARE RESIDENTIAL PERMIT NUMBERS WILL GO BACK UP TO THAT 400 TO 500 MARKS. THAT WOULD KIND OF BE THE NEW NORMAL FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. YOU ALSO SEE THAT OUR NUMBER OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCIES THESE ARE ISSUED TO NEW BUSINESSES. THAT IS A CONSIDERABLY OVER LAST YEAR.

BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A YEAR TO DATE NUMBER NOW, HERE'S TO THE CHANGE THAT I REFERENCED THIS

[01:00:08]

WE IMPLEMENTED MODULES FOR RECRUITING, HIRING AND ONBOARDING AND AN INTERNAL PROCESS TRACKER SORT OF DIGITIZING OUR FORMS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS CAPTURED AND COLLECTED. OUR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR. JENNIFER DIDN'T OUTSTANDING JOB MANAGING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA THIS YEAR, AND SO FAR WE HAVE AH, MORE THAN 7000 SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS, WHICH OF COURSE, REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOWN'S POPULATION. THE TOWN IS A WHOLE HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTING A RANGE OF CLOUD BASED FILE STORAGE. UM DIVIDING ON SERVICES. PREVIOUSLY WE HAD FILE CABINETS SOLD WITH PAPER, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSITION INTO LOCALLY HOSTED SERVER BASED FILE STORAGE. OF COURSE, WE DISCOVERED DURING FOUL WEATHER EVENTS AND OTHER EMERGENCIES THAT LOCALLY STORED DEVICES OR CHALLENGE THE ACCESS WHEN YOU HAVE TO WORK FROM HOME. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING STEADILY TO MOVE EVERYTHING TO A CLOUD BASED FORMULA SO THAT WE CAN WORK EFFECTIVELY. THERE ARE THREE MAIN PROGRAMS THAT THE TOWN USES FOR CLOUD BASED STORAGE. ONE OF THEM LASER FISHES, MOSTLY TOWN SECRETARIES PROJECT. THE OTHER TWO ARE SHAREPOINT SITES AND OUR NEO GOV. SCIENCE. PRIMARILY RESIDE WITHIN THE MINISTER OF SERVICES. AND THEN THE FINAL ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MID LEVEL PROFESSIONALS, PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT YET SUPERVISING. BUT IT IS LIKELY WITHIN THEIR FUTURE TO BEGIN SUPERVISING. AND SO IT'S A MENTORSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS SORT OF PROGRAM. AS THE ATOMIC CONTINUES TO GROW, IT BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO RETAIN THAT FAMILY FEELING THAT

[01:05:05]

NOW OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE 100% CONTACT BUT THROUGH A COMBINATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA. THROUGH UH, PHYSICAL, UM . AVENUES SUCH AS WATER, BUILD INSERTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE MIGHT SEND OUT. AND INTERACTION WITH TOWN HOSTED EVENTS AND COUNCIL MEETINGS WERE LOOKING TO TRACK TO SEE WHETHER WE CAN HAVE AT LEAST ONE OPPORTUNITY. FOR RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN TO INTERACT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. WITH THE TOWN STAFF WITH THE COUNCIL EACH YEAR. TRACKER METRICS AND THINGS GO ON AND SEE HOW CLOSE WE GET. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO COMPLETE AND REFINE OUR CLOUD BASED FILE STORAGE SYSTEM. LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE LASER FISH FOR THE TOWNS. TRUE PERMANENT HISTORICAL RECORDS. WE HAVE NEO GOV. FOR THE TOWN'S PERSONNEL IN HUMAN RESOURCES RECORDS. AND WE HAVE SHAREPOINT. FOR THE TOWN'S WORKING RECORDS. ALL OF THESE ARE BRAND NEW TO US , UM, WE NEED TO IRON OUT OF PROCESS IS SOMETHING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON IN THE COMING YEAR.

AND FINALLY, WE'RE GONNA INTERFACE TWO OF OUR HR SOFTWARE . THIS IS GONNA BE THE TOWN'S FIRST EVER COMPLETE HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM. IT REALLY IS A 15 YEAR LEAP. INTO MODERNITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAY WE PROCESS. UM PERSONNEL AND BENEFITS. AND SOME OF THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I'M WORKING ON WITH. JOHN ZIEGLER. SEE, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR IS HAVING A INTEGRATED PAYROLL SYSTEM, WHICH IS GOING TO DO A LOT TO DECREASE. THE HOURS INVOLVED IN PROCESSING. WEEKLY TIME SHEETS. THE WORKLOAD INCREASES EACH YEAR AS THE TOWN INCREASES AND APPROACHES 80 EMPLOYEES. EACH OF THOSE PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY REPRESENTS, UH SALARY BURDEN. BUT THEY ALSO REPRESENTATIVE MINISTRY OF BURDEN IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE RECORDS. EACH OF THEM GENERATE NEW SETS OF RECORDS. EACH OF THEM HAVE PAY AND BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE TO COORDINATE AND PROCESS. EACH OF THEM REPRESENTS, UH, COORDINATION WITH OUR MEDICAL BROKER AND VARIOUS OTHER AGENCIES. EACH OF THESE PEOPLE REPRESENTS COMPUTER DEVICES AND LICENSES THAT WE HAVE TO PURCHASE AND MAINTAIN AND KEEP TRACK OF. AND SO AS THE TOWN'S STAFF CONTINUES TO GROW. CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE OUR TECHNOLOGICAL AND PROCEDURAL IMPROVEMENTS. TO MANAGE IT AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE. AND ALSO WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA REACH. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT A GOOD JOB JENNIFER HAS DONE. SO LET ME DEFINE SOCIAL MEDIA REACH. WHEN YOU SCROLL ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEED, AND YOU SEE A POST FROM THE TOWN THAT IS A REACH. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, YOU SEE THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 2022 WE WERE APPROACHING 700,000 VIEWS OF SOME OF OUR POSTS OR POSTS GROW LEGS. AND THEN THEY GO A LONG WAY. YOU DO SEE A DECREASE IN 15 OR 2022 FISCAL 2023.

THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE HAD THAT UNFORTUNATE CAR ACCIDENT IN 2022. AND SUPPORT THE POLICE.

THAT POST IN PARTICULAR, WENT A LONG WAY, BUT OUR POSTS TO SEE FISCAL 20 TO 21 UM, WE'RE ON THE UPWARD TRAJECTORY THAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR OUR POSTS. UH AND CONTRAST SOCIAL MEDIA VISITS.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DELIBERATELY CAME TO OUR SITES. AND SO WE ARE WELL ON TRACK TO EXCEED FISCAL 2022 THIS YEAR. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND TRY TO SPREAD THE GOOD WORD ABOUT NORTH LAKE IS QUICKLY AND WELL AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. AND LASTLY, FOR NEW LIFE OF FOLLOWERS LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE WE ARE OVER 7000 FOLLOWERS, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD FOR A TOWN OUR SIZE. THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. I AM GOING TO DO MUNICIPAL COURT NEXT. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU. THANK YOU. GETTING INTO A MUNICIPAL COURT. I BELIEVE YOU ALL ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH LEANN, OUR COURT ADMINISTRATOR. UNFORTUNATELY SHE HAD A MEDICAL PROCEDURE TODAY, SO I'M GOING TO GO AND PRESENT HER SLIDES. THERE ARE THREE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND MR COURT. LEANNE IS COURT ADMINISTRATOR. AND THEN THERE IS A COURT SPECIALIST IN THE COURT CLERK. TOGETHER THEY HANDLE YOUR STANDARD. DOCKET FUN. OF. OF MR COURT ITEMS FROM CITATIONS TO PROCESSING WARRANTS. UH AND, UH, DOING COLLECTIONS. FOR FISCAL 2023. THEIR MAIN PROJECT WAS IMPROVING THE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR CITATIONS. AND SO THEY PURCHASED AND INSTALLED AND WORKED THE KINKS OUT OF A NEW CREDIT CARD SWIPING SYSTEM PREVIOUSLY. CREDIT CARD SWIPES REQUIRED EACH

[01:10:03]

FOR THE CASES DISPOSED. EACH YEAR, THERE WAS A SPIKE IN 2022. BECAUSE DURING 2020 2021 DURING COVID. THE TOWN GAVE A GRACE PERIOD OUTSTANDING WARRANTS AND DIDN'T DEMAND THAT THEY BE PAID . WE GAVE THEM THE TIME TO THAT LIVED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND THEN FISCAL 2022. HEAD TO CATCH UP AND COLLECT ALL OF THOSE OUTSTANDING TICKETS THAT HAD NOT BEEN PAID OFF DURING THE PANDEMIC. NOW WE'RE BACK TO OUR MORE STANDARD WORKLOAD LEVEL. JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE CAN ONLY, UH, DISPOSED OF SO MANY CASES AS POLICE ISSUE TICKETS. AND SO THE WORKLOAD HERE IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE ACTIVITY ON THE ROADS. AND THAT'S TRULY IS THE FINAL SLIDE.

IF ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? SO OBVIOUSLY WISH LEANNE SWIFT RECOVERY.

THANK YOU. ALSO I DID. I DID SEE SOME DATA SOMEWHERE, AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S PROBABLY IN ONE OF THESE BURIED ONE OF THESE PAGES OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE GOING BACK. 78 YEARS THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL PILE UP OF OUTSTANDING WARRANTS THAT FELL AND THEN FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO, IT'S BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT TERMS OF OUTSTANDING AT YEAR END. JUST IT'S KIND OF WENT IN A IN AN INTERESTING DIRECTION FOR ME. I'D LOVE TO HEAR SOME MORE DATA ON WHY THAT IS, BUT I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE FOR NEXT. UH NEXT JUNE 8TH MEETING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL SCOFFLAW PROGRAM? YES, SIR. I'LL PASS IT ALONG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JOHN DID WHEN DID WE GO TO OUR NEW COLLECTION AGENCY? OKAY WELL , THEN THAT DOESN'T FIT YOUR TIME. THE MAYOR'S TIMEFRAME I WAS THINKING MAYBE THAT WAS HIM. I WAS THINKING IT WAS RELAYED THE SPEED LIMIT INCREASE ON 35, WHICH REDUCED THE NUMBER OF TICKETS THAT MAYBE IT TO. UM YEAH. GOOD EVENING. HONORABLE MILK COUNCIL. SEE PARKER TOWN SECRETARY, AND I'M HERE TO JUST CHAT WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TOWN SECRETARY BUDGET. SOME OF THE CORE FUNCTIONS THAT ARE HANDLED WITHIN THE TOWN SECRETARY'S OFFICE OUR SERVICE, THE MUNICIPAL CLERK, RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER, THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR BY SERVICE, THE AGENDA COORDINATOR IN CONJUNCTION WITH ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, ESSENTIALLY CHANCE ON HIS TEAM HANDLED THE INITIATION OF THE GENDER PROCESS, AND I HANDLE THE FINALIZATION OF IT. AND I ALSO SERVED AS A CUSTODIAN OF, UH THE COURT OF ORDINANCES AND CODIFY THE ORGANS THAT ARE APPROVED AND PASSED BY THE COUNCIL. SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR. WE WERE VERY BUSY. WE IMPLEMENTED ELECTRONIC RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ALSO KNOWN AS LASER FISH. WE IMPLEMENTED AN AGENDA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THAT ENTAILS AND ALLOWS THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ENTER AGENDA ITEMS TO REVIEW THE WORKFLOW ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD, SO THAT WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT, IT IS A GOOD AND COMPLETE DOCUMENT. WE HELD. THE GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION AND WE HELD OUR INAUGURAL BOARD AND COMMISSION APPRECIATION BANQUET IN DECEMBER. VERY WELL TENDED BY THE WAY. SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENT GOALS FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR IS TO AGAIN CONTINUING HOLD. OUR GENERAL SPECIAL ELECTION IS NEEDED, UM, CONTINUE WITH THEIR RECORDS TRANSFER INTO ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. WE DID

[01:15:02]

SO THAT IS AN ONGOING PROCESS. WE ALSO I'M GOING TO ACHIEVE OR TRY TO STRATEGY, EVEN 100 HOURS OF SEMINAR AND TRAINING. TO CONTINUE MY SECONDARY CERTIFICATION AS TEXAS MUNICIPAL CERTIFIED CLERK AND I'M ALSO GOING TO WORK ON ACHIEVING THE INTERNATIONAL MUNICIPAL MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERK CERTIFICATION. UM AND WE ALSO WANT TO IMPLEMENT SOME PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE TRAINING. IT'S SOME OPEN MEETINGS, TRAINING AND SOME PUBLIC INFORMATION TRAINING FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMITTEES JUST TO GET THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE FAMILIAR WITH HOW ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTS APPLY TO THEIR SPECIFIC BOARDS AND THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE TOWN. WORKLOAD WE ARE ON TRACK WITH ALL THE RECORDS AS BEING THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY FOR FILING A RECORDS WITHIN THE TOWN. WHERE ON TRACK WE STILL HAVE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS LEFT. UM WELL, I'M SURE WE'LL EITHER MEET OR EXCEED THE EXISTING EXPECTATION. WITH THAT ? THAT'S MY FINAL SLIDE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. HAPPENED SOUND LIKE WE HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS POINT, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO. I APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR. MOVING ONTO PUBLIC WORKS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM. OUR CORE FUNCTIONS, WATER DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS, WASTEWATER COLLECTION, STREET MAINTENANCE INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTIONS. METER INSTALLATIONS AND SOON TO BE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. UH, HOPEFULLY.

THIS AUGUST. WE HAVE 25 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. 2023 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AGAIN. WE MET 100% REGULATORY COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS ON THAT WE COMPLETED THE SOUTHSIDE WATER PUMP STATION. WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT ANOTHER. TWO WEEKS AND THEN WE'LL DO THE INITIAL START UP ON THAT, AND WE'LL HAVE THAT IN FULL OPERATION AND WE ALSO INITIATED PROCESS FOR ACCREDITATION WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION. IT'S A UM SELF. MOTIVATED APPROACH FOR OBJECTIVELY EVALUATING OUR POLICIES, PROCESSES AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT THERE'S 174 AGENCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES VETERAN AT 16 OF THOSE ARE IN TEXAS. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GET, UH, GOING THROUGH THAT ACCREDITATION PROCESS AS WELL.

OUR DEPARTMENT GOALS FOR FISCAL YEAR. 24 PERSON FOREMOST IS ALWAYS 100% COMPLIANCE WITH WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. AND WE'RE ON TRACK TO SUBMIT OUR APPLICATION FOR THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS. ACCREDITATION WE'VE STARTED DOING THE SELF ASSESSMENT GOING THROUGH THE CHECKLIST, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OUR RECORDS IN PLACE BEFORE WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION . WE DON'T WANT TO JUMP THE GUN AND SEND IT IN AND THEN HAVE THEM COME BACK AND WE'VE MISSED SOME ITEMS ON THERE. SO WE'RE MY MANAGEMENT ANALYST DYLAN LUNA IS VERY METICULOUS, SO HE'S DOING A VERY GOOD JOB, PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. COMPLETION OF THE M S FOUR. PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS.

MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM WILL BE SOME OTHER SLIDES THAT DROOL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE WHILE, UM, WITH THAT, UH, STARTING AT. OUR WORKLOAD MEASURES UTILITY COUNCIL THEY CONTINUE TO GROW. UM NUMBER OF METERS SETS. WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING ON TRACK NOW. TO HIT THE 2022 NUMBERS IS WHAT WE'RE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. UM I DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE A, UH ANYTHING CLOSE TO WHAT WE DID IN 2029 2021. REQUEST WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IN HOUSE SIGNS MARKINGS . WE CURRENTLY DO SIGNS, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING MARKINGS TRAFFIC CONTROL, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE STRIVING TO PROJECT A FEW YEARS AGO, AND WE ALL SAW THE PRICE ON THAT TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE AGENCY. COME DO THAT, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WANTING TO DO THAT IN HOUSE SO THAT WOULD UNTIL A CREW LEADER MAINTENANCE WORKER PAINT BUGGY AND A NEW TRUCK. FOR THAT. AND THEN FOR UTILITIES LOOKING AT DOING A METER OR METER TECHNICIAN AND MAINTENANCE WORKER AND A TRUCK THE METER TECHNICIAN WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY INSTALLING METERS AND THAT THING BUT WE REALLY NEED TO START LOOKING AT OUR LARGE METERS APARTMENT COMPLEXES WHERE HOUSING WE NEED TO START TESTING THOSE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING EVERY DROP THAT GOES THROUGH THAT METER. AND NOT LOSING MONEY ON THAT. SO, UM A LOT OF THE LARGER CITIES. THEY'LL CONTRACT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT IS, UH VERY EXPENSIVE TASK FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND DO SO. IF WE START

[01:20:03]

THERE ARE DIFFERENT GRAPHIC ON IT WHERE IT'S. IT'S NOT IT DOESN'T RESEMBLE A POLICE CAR AND THEY CAN GO OUT PATROL THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY SEE SOMETHING GOING ON. OR THEY SEE ROAD DEBRIS. THEY CAN CALL US OR , YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME SPECIAL PROGRAMS WHERE THEY CAN REMOVE STUFF THEMSELVES. AGAIN WORKING TOWARDS BEST PRACTICES LIKE JOHN SAID HE WAS WORKING ON FOR THREE YEARS. I THINK THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR OF WORKING ON IT AS WELL. WE HAVE ALL THE POLICIES BASICALLY PLACES JUST FUNDING THE PROOFS TO GET THEM AND THEN HAVING THE AUDITORS COMING INTO THE ARTISTS ON THEM INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY, THEY'LL APPROVE DEPARTMENT EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS. WE'RE TRYING TO SEND NEW THINGS. UM WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AWAY FROM OUR TICKET WRITER DEVICES THAT WE HAVE. THEY COST ABOUT $1800 EACH THAT'S WITHOUT THE PRINTERS AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO IPHONES. WITH THE IPHONES. YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE IT AS A TICKET WRITER, BUT ALSO USE IT FOR OUR FLEET. GEO VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SO WE CAN DO ALL OF OUR INSPECTIONS ON THE IPHONE AS WELL, AND THE OFFICERS WILL HAVE AN IPHONE WHERE THEY CAN DO IT THAT WAY, AND THEN IF THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE THEY CAN PUT IN A VEHICLE MAINTENANCE REQUESTS. UM YOU KNOW, THAT'S A WEB BASED AND NOT PAPER. WE CAN ALSO WITH OUR NEW BODY CAMERAS AND IN CAR CAMERA SYSTEMS FROM AXON. WE HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEY'RE CALLED ONCE CALLED AXON CAPTURE . WE CAN DO INTERVIEWS. TAKE PICTURES. UM DO VIDEOS ALL ON THAT PHONE AND IT GOES RIGHT TO OUR CLOUD BASED SYSTEM FOR AXON. SO WE CAN KIND OF TAKE THOSE THINGS OUT THERE AND, UH, LASTLY RECRUIT ADDITIONAL CERTIFIED OFFICERS. THAT HAS BEEN QUITE THE CHALLENGE. UM NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE PAY SCALES BUT ALSO THE NUMBER OF THE WAY THE ECONOMY IS RIGHT NOW, ECONOMIES KIND OF SLOWING DOWN. AND, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE MOVING HERE THAT WERE CERTIFIED ARE NOT MOVING HERE AS FAST AS THEY WERE. SO YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT AS A LATERAL PAY PROGRAM TO GET THAT STARTED. MAYBE IF SOMEONE HAS 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THEY START OFF A LITTLE BIT HIGHER SALARY. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO GET THE ONES WE DID THAT HAS SOME EXPERIENCE AND THEY'RE PAYING OFF. WELL. AS YOU CAN SEE, BY WORKLOAD MEASURES AS OUR POPULATION GOES UP OUR CRIME, AND REPORTS IN RESPONSE TO CALLS GOES UP AS WELL. I BELIEVE WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA, UM WE'RE ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR CURRENTLY, AND WE'RE GONNA SURPASS 2022. UM PROBABLY BY ABOUT 10% IN EVERY CATEGORY.

SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT CAPTAIN FOR THIS YEAR. WE CAPTAIN COLEMAN'S IN A DYNAMIC JOB, BUT HE GETS OVERWHELMED AS WELL BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO HANDLE ALL THE SUPERVISORS AND SOME OF THE OTHER SPECIALIST PARTS THAT WE WANT TO KEEP OUR SPAN OF CONTROL A BIT TIGHTER. INSTEAD OF HIM BEING OVER SIX OR SEVEN PEOPLE, MAYBE BI OTHER FEAR FOR THE SUPPORT CAPTAIN COME IN THE OVERSEAS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS CROSSING GUARDS. UM TRAFFIC OFFICERS MAGNUS LIAISON LIAISON TO DAYTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE DO A LOT OF THINGS WITH THEM. UM AND OF COURSE, DOESN'T MEAN A VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY FOR THEIR LAPTOP AND CELL PHONES AND SOME OFFICE FURNITURE. WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST ANOTHER DETECTIVE AS WELL. WE HAVE THE SERGEANT AND TWO DETECTIVES IN THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE FEELING ABOUT 130

[01:25:04]

IS THERE A BACKUP ROOM? YES, THAT'S OUR BACKUP ROOM. SO WE HAVE A BUILDING OVER BY BELLA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WE CAN PROBABLY RENOVATE AND GET IN THERE FOR THIS COST AND MOVE OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS OVER THERE. THAT WAY TO OPEN UP TO MORE OFFICES, AND WE'LL GET TO KEEP THE TRAINING ROOM AS WELL. ANOTHER REQUEST IS OUR DRONE. WE HAVE. MANY AGENCIES AROUND US THAT HAVE A DRONE THAT WE'VE UTILIZED THEIR DRONES BEFORE. WE HAD SOME BURGLARIES GOING ON.

OUR GAL CAME OUT AND GOT TO JOIN UP IN THE AIR. UM, KIND OF FLUSHED THE BURGERS OUT SO WE CAN CATCH THEM, BOTH OF THEM. UM, THAT WAS IN THE RIDGE. LAST NIGHT. WE COULD HAVE WE HAD TWO MISSING PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME. UH 1, 35 AND ONE OVER, UM NEAR THE RIDGE AREA, I GUESS. AH WE FOUND THEM BOTH. BUT IF WE WOULD HAVE THE DRONE AVAILABLE, WE HAD CORINTH CALLING US OUR GOD CALLING AND SAID YOU CAN USE HOURS IF YOU NEED IT. FIREMAN HAS ONE ROANOKE, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORING AGENCIES THAT HAVE THEM, BUT IT'D BE NICE IF WE COULD GET THE DRUMS UP HERE QUICKLY. AND YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY LOOKING FOR MISSING CHILDREN, BUT WE HAVE SUSPECTS THAT FLEE FROM SCENES TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION EVENT PHOTOS. WE USE IT FOR OUR CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT . BUT ALSO WE HAVE. WE'RE RUNNING SOME TIMES WHERE WE HAVE SOME VERY VIOLENT PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO YOU KNOW, MAYBE IF THEY'RE ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF AN APARTMENT OR HOTEL THAT WE GET FATHER DRAWN UP IN, MAYBE CHECK AND SEE IF THEY'RE IN THAT ROOM. WE'RE NOT GONNA FLY IT UP JUST TO DO SURVEILLANCE ON PEOPLE AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT, ANYWAY. UM BUT WHEN THE OTHER THINGS TOO IS, YOU KNOW WE ARE CALL VOLUME IS GOING UP. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, EVEN CAME OUT SATURDAY NIGHT WORK FROM 9:30 P.M. TO 3 30 IN THE MORNING JUST TO KEEP MY SKILLS UP AS WELL. BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING ON INTERSTATE 35. IT'S QUITE SCARY WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN. SOMETIMES WE HAD PROBABLY SIX MOTORCYCLES AT DIFFERENT OCCASIONS DOING 100 AND 60. 167 WAS 158 WAS ANOTHER ONE. AND WE CAN'T. WE CAN'T PULL OUT AND STOP THEM. BUT THERE IS ONE OF OUR SERGEANT SAID THERE'S MULTIPLE CARS GOING ON 35/100 MILES AN HOUR, BUT THERE WAS THERE. THERE'S TRAFFIC WAS SO HEAVY. WE COULDN'T GET OUT TO CATCH HIM. UM YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T MAKE ONE STOP WHERE THE GUY WAS DOING, 100, AND HE WAS INTOXICATED. YOU KNOW AS WELL SO WE PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST. BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF REQUESTS HERE. BUT HE SAID, I'M VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH MY NUMBERS, NOT TRY TO DO WHAT' FOR THE TOWN AND THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. SO ANY QUESTIONS? I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO ASK. OKAY YEAH. PROBABLY SHOULD ADD SOMETHING RIGHT HERE.

[01:30:02]

I'VE ASKED HIM TO KIND OF OPEN IT UP AND LET US SEE HOW MUCH THEY KIND OF DO WITHOUT. SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE HARD CALLS AND DECIDE WHERE IT SHOULD GO AS A COUNCIL, SO JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE. I EXPECTED SOME BIG NUMBERS AND SURE ENOUGH, HERE THEY ARE SO WE STILL GOT MORE TO GO. YES, SIR. AND I FEEL LIKE PUTTING IN ANY OF THE DIRECTORS UP FOR THIS LAST BIT HERE. SORRY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS. THEY'RE THEY'RE COMING. CHANCE UM, SOMETHING ABOUT A 15 YEAR LEAP TO MODERNITY. HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN HERE? 15 YEARS. I DON'T TAKE THAT PERSONALLY, UM I WANT TO MENTION IS TO HELP Z ACCOMPLISH HER GOALS. SHE'S GOING TO NEED TO MISS AN OCCASIONAL THURSDAY NIGHT, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH STAFF TO FIND SOMEONE TO BACK UP Z SO AS MUCH AS SHE IS A GREAT COMFORT TO ME, KNOWING SHE'S RUNNING THE SHOW BEHIND THE SCENES. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP TO THAT, AND WE WANT TO GIVE HER THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT CERTIFICATION. AND, AS THE MAYOR SAID, AND JUST WANT TO REITERATE, YES. THIS IS THIS IS EVERYTHING. THIS IS WHAT WE DEAL WITH AND WORKING WITH YOU AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR PRIORITIES WILL GET TO GET TO A BALANCED BUDGET. SO THIS IS KIND OF A NEW GROUP OF BUDGET REQUESTS. THE FIRST ONE YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE. I JUST WANT TO KEEP IT IN THE MIX IS AN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS JULY THE FOURTH QUITE A BIT OF A RANGE THERE. WANT TO GET SOME INPUT FROM COUNCIL AS WE GO THROUGH THE SUMMER THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE WE HAVE FIREWORKS. NOW THEY HAVE DRONES THAT DO LIGHT SHOWS. UM AND SO WE NEED STILL WORK ON THE LOCATION. WE'VE HAD SOME INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TEXT MORE SPEEDWAY. OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE A LOT OF SPACE THERE. SO UM, JUST KEEPING THIS IN THE MIX. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT AND THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL BEST IS TO LOOK AT IS EMERGENCY SIRENS. AND JUST FOR GOOD MEASURE WE THREW IN LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS. ACTUALLY, THAT'S NOT AS LARGER COST. THE COUNT OF NORTHLAKE IS HAS EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM WE HAVE THROUGH EVERY BRIDGE AND THROUGH OUR OUR GAL FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A WAY TO NOTIFY YOU. BAD WEATHER IS COMING. IT GOES TO UP TO FOUR. DEVICES YOU CAN HAVE IT TO YOUR EMAIL. YOU CAN HAVE A TEXT YOU SO WE HAVE A WAY OF GETTING THAT OUT. SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEAR THAT WERE NOT COVERED. UM, IN A IN A BRIEF UM UM, EDITORIAL COMMENT. EMERGENCY SIRENS ARE TO GET YOU TO SHELTER TO GET YOU TO COVER. HUMAN NATURE. GUESS WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY'RE INSIDE, AND THEY HEAR EMERGENCY SIREN. THEY WALK OUTSIDE, THEY DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE NEED THEM TO DO. SO UM, WE NEED IF WE GO THIS ROUTE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SOME TRAINING ON THAT AND HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE ARE FOR EMERGENCY SIRENS HELP FOR OUTDOOR PEOPLE THEY'RE OUTDOORS, AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN A TOWN THAT HAS A LOT OF OUTDOOR FACILITIES, TRAILS BALLPARKS. THIS THIS IS, UH, THIS IS TYPICALLY HOW YOU WARN PEOPLE, UM ANOTHER CHALLENGE WE HAVE IN NORTH LAKE IS WE WERE. WE HAVE 32 SQUARE MILES OF AREA NOW, A LOT OF THAT IS IN THE E.

T. J BUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT ALL CONCENTRATED. ONE AREA. WE'RE NOT A COMPACT. CITY. WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS ON BOTH SIDES OF 35. WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ALL THE WAY UP IN THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY. WE HAVE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES DOWN THERE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY SO TO COVER EVERYONE EQUITABLY WOULD REQUIRE UP TO 13 13 TO 18 SIRENS, DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF SIREN WHETHER THEY'RE OMNI DIRECTIONAL AND SO FORTH, AND THESE SIRENS AROUND IN THE SUN ALL THE TIME.

SO THERE'S QUITE YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT OF WHERE INTERNET CAROLYN , BUT DETERIORATION THAT TYPICALLY PLASTIC OR METAL IN THAT HEAT, SO WE'VE WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT AND THERE'LL BE SOME QUITE A BIT OF MAINTENANCE COST, SO THAT 25,000 IS IT SEEMS A LITTLE HIGH, BUT IT IS. IT IS NECESSARY FOR THAT. SO, UM YOU KNOW, AS JOHN MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FUND

[01:35:01]

THIS WOULD BE A GENERAL FUND EXPENSE. WE'RE INVESTIGATING GRANTS, BUT WE BELIEVE THE WAY THIS IS STRUCTURED. IT WILL NOT AFFECT THE TAX RATE. ANOTHER ITEM OF LOW COST, BUT OF. A BIT OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEADACHE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS KIND OF THE NATURAL PLACE FOR THIS TO GO IS THE SOLICITOR REGISTRATION PROGRAM. UM UM THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE. COPYING IS SOMETHING THAT'S SIMILAR IN FLOWER MOUND, ACTUALLY, MISTY USED TO WORK WITH UNIVERSITY PARK AND SO SHE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS. SHE WAS A CLERK IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THIS IS REGISTERED BEFORE YOU SOLICIT IN THE TOWN. YOU NEED TO REGISTER. WE DO A BACKGROUND CHECK. IT'S NOT A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK. IT'S JUST A PUBLIC BACKGROUND CHECKED. WE ISSUE YOU A BADGE AND A LANYARD. WE ACTUALLY POST ON THE WEBSITE THAT YOU'LL BE SOLICITING AND THEY CAN GO. RESIDENTS CAN GO AND VERIFY THAT THEY'RE APPROPRIATE. THEY CAN ASK TO SEE THEIR THEIR BADGE IF YOU HAVE A NO SOLICITATION SIGN, AND THERE, UM THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THAT, OR THEY'RE STILL SOLICITING YOU WITH YOUR SIGN. YOU CAN REPORT THAT AS WELL AND WE'LL HAVE THEIR INFORMATION. SO THAT IS THAT PROGRAM. UM AND IT NOT NOMINAL COST. IT'S JUST KIND OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF IMPLEMENTING THAT PROGRAM AND RUNNING THAT PROGRAM. DO THE SOLICITORS PAY ANYTHING IN THAT OFFSET COSTS AT ALL, OR IS THAT WE CAN WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT WE CAN DO A COST RECOVERY FEE FOR THAT. I HAD TO GET WITH OUR ATTORNEY AND SEE IF WHICH KIND OF ANY FREEDOM OF SPEECH YOU WOULD HAVE TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN UM RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT ANY JAMES ? I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT ONE OF THESE, OKAY? IN ANY KIND OF DEBT, SO I DO KNOW THAT WE MY OFFICE DOES, UH, LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF ORDINANCES IN TERMS OF ALLOWING A SOLICITOR REGISTRATION. UM BUT I CAN'T SPEAK FROM ANY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF WHAT GOES INTO JUST THE JOB. LOOK AT THAT. YES, SIR. WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WHAT? THEY'VE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR HERE. SORRY WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTION ITEM TONIGHT, BUT I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL UH, IS. AN AGREEMENT ON THIS AND WE'LL BRING FORWARD AN ACTION ITEM AT THE JUNE 8TH MEETING. THIS WAS THE GENERAL AMOUNT $10 PER CAPITA FOR SUPPORT OF PROPORTIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT, SO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT THAT'S THE INTENTION AND IF SO, WE'LL BRING IT BACK ON JUNE 8TH REACTION. THEY DO NEED THAT BY SEPTEMBER 30TH BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, SO WE INTEND TO GET THAT OUT TO THEM. AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, OKAY? COUNSELORS DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO WEIGH IN ON THAT? I'VE HAD ENOUGH AIR TIME ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS IS A PRETTY COMPLICATED ONE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT TO UNPACK. SO LET ME START. AT THE AT THE END, SO THAT M S FOR MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM WATER. SEWER SYSTEM. SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR S S MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM WATER. SUPER SYSTEM. SO THIS IS THE DRAINAGE. IS WHAT THIS IS. AND ONCE YOU READ IT REACH A CERTAIN POPULATION. YOU HAVE TO PERMIT YOURSELF. AS AN M S FOR MUNICIPALITY. SO WE'RE APPROACHING THAT POPULATION. THE PERMIT THE TCU Q IS ONLY $10,000. PIECE OF CAKE. THE STUDY YOU NEED TO DO TO SUBMIT THAT PERMIT IS OVER $100,000. SO, UM. AND PART OF THAT PART OF THAT IS IF YOU INTEND TO UM, IF YOU INTEND TO CHARGE A STORMWATER DRAINAGE FEE. PART OF THAT IS THAT STUDY AS WELL. SO YOU COULD DO JUST THE THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. YOU COULD DO JUST THE UM PREPARING THE PERMIT SUBMITTING THE PERMIT. ANOTHER ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS A STREET SWEEPER. A STREET SWEEPER GETS THE DIRT AND SILT OFF THE ROAD SO THEY DON'T WASH INTO YOUR DRAINAGE AND LOWER THE CAPACITY OF YOUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM. SO IT IS A LEGITIMATE

[01:40:03]

DRAINAGE AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN OTHER AREAS THERE, WE COULD PURCHASE A GREAT ALL IN A CREW CAB WITH A DUMP BODY. IT'S KIND OF A HYBRID BETWEEN IT'D BE SMALL DUMP TRUCK WITH TO GET A CREW IN THERE. AND THIS WOULD BE, UM BIT OF A FULL BORE DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE CREW. FOR THAT. SO. KIND OF STARTING BACK AT THE BEGINNING. TWO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT 50,000 FOR A BARE BONES STUDY TO GET THE PERMIT READY IN 10,000 FOR THE PERMIT. AND UM, WE COULD CONTRACT WITH THE STREET SWEEPER AND MAYBE GET TO IT QUARTERLY. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT, UH, MAYBE 25 30,000 YEAR IF YOU WANTED TO, JUST TO GET IT STARTED, UM AND THEN A FULL BORE DRAINAGE, MAINTENANCE, CREW AND SYSTEM. IS THE COST LISTED THERE. UM JUST BALL PARKING. UM AND TALKING WITH SOME OF OUR CONSULTANTS. A HOUSEHOLD STORM DRAINAGE FEE. UH PROJECTION WOULD BE ABOUT $5 A MONTH WOULD BE ON EVERY THAT WOULD BE THE HOUSEHOLD BASE. THAT'D BE ABOUT 20% OF YOUR REVENUE. THE 80% OF THE STORM DRAINAGE FEE WOULD BE ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. COMMERCIAL PROPERTY HAS PARKING LOTS. THEY HAVE LARGE ROOFS, ESPECIALLY INDUSTRIAL SPACES. THEY CONTRIBUTE QUITE A BIT TO DRAINAGE. THEY HAVE VERY LARGE AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN PERVIOUS SURFACES. THERE IS EVEN A, UH IF COUNCIL SO CHOOSES. THERE IS EVEN AN IN, UM INTENSITY OF.

INTENSITY OF FLORIDA CITY OF SATURATION FACTOR THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT SO OF VERY LARGE LOT WITH MINIMAL UH, STRUCTURES ON IT WOULD HAVE A LOWER INTENSITY VERSUS A. A SMALL LOT WITH IT'S PRETTY MUCH COVERED WITH A HOUSE WOULD HAVE A HIGHER INTENSITY. OBVIOUSLY A WAREHOUSE WOULD HAVE QUITE A BIT OF INTENSITY, AND IF IT'S JUST RANCH LAND WITH WITH MINIMAL STRUCTURES, OPEN SPACE, WOULDN'T IT WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T HAVE A FEE ON IT AT ALL, BECAUSE IT'S JUST GROUND IT IS DOING WHAT NATURE INTENDED TO ABSORB THAT, SO THERE WOULD BE NO. THE TWO TO RANCHES OR FARMLAND. SO A LOT TO UNPACK. UM IT STARTED OUT KIND OF AS A STREET SWEEPER. WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DO THE M S FOUR PERMIT. UM, THIS CAN BE A FULL BLOWN BLOWN PROGRAM. THIS COULD BE IN STEPS THIS COULD BE SCALED, OR WE COULD JUST DO THE BARE MINIMUM AND HAVE THE GENERAL FUND PROPERTY TAXPAYERS PAY FOR THIS. ALRIGHT. THIS NEXT GROUP ARE REQUESTS. THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND WITH STATE LAW, THEY ALL REQUIRE A TAX RATE ELECTION. BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO AFFECT THE TAX RATE THEY'RE GOING TO BE , UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO ACQUIRE A, UM A BOND ELECTION GEO BOND ELECTION, THE VOTERS WILL HAVE TO APPROVE THIS KIND OF LIKE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES NOW WITH ALL OF THEIR BOND ELECTIONS BECAUSE OF THE CATEGORY. THESE ARE IN THESE ARE LAW CALLED AMONG ELECTION AND AS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL INSTRUCTED US. WE ARE TRYING TO EQUIP, EQUATE THAT WITH A TAX RATE SO AGAIN. NOT A DEEP DIVE, BUT REASONABLE ESTIMATE. AND UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE GOOD. OBVIOUSLY THEY ARRANGED WITH WE SOMETIMES WE GO ON THE HIGH END. BUT WE FEEL THESE ARE SAFE NUMBERS, SO GET READY TO GET STARTED. NO. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS. I'VE HEARD. I'VE HAD MANY PEOPLE TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW COME WE CAN'T HAVE THIS IN ANOTHER TOWN HAZARD? HOW COME WE DON'T HAVE THIS YET? NUMBER ONE ANSWER IS BECAUSE WE'RE A SMALL TOWN. WE HAVEN'T GOT THERE YET. NUMBER TWO ANSWER IS THAT'S NOT IN OUR STRATEGY. HASN'T BEEN IN THE STRATEGY, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT. I BELIEVE TO THE EDUCATION PROCESS, TOO. TO KNOW WHAT THINGS COST. BEFORE YOU START ASKING FOR THEM, AND SO THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO PUT SOME HARD NUMBERS ON SOME OF THOSE AMENITIES THAT I'VE HEARD MANY, MANY TIMES FOR MANY PEOPLE AND RELATED TO WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO COST YOU SO THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A YOU KNOW AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW WHAT THESE THINGS WILL DO. AND THAT WAY, WE

[01:45:04]

THERE'S MORE. YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING OR YOU WANT TO STOP RIGHT NOW. YOU WANNA QUIT NOW? BUT YES , YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO FROM 29 A HALF CENTS TO 69.5 CENTS. YEAH. AND LIKE I SAID, THE THERE'S THERE ARE CITIES THAT DO ALL THESE THINGS WITH THE LOWER OVERALL TAX RATE, BUT TO GET THESE STARTED WHERE NEWTOWN WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THESE FACILITIES, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU PICKED ONE OF THESE, I WOULD SAY , DON'T DO ALL THREE AT THE SAME TIME OR WE COULD FIGURE OUT WAYS TO DO THESE IN PHASES. JUST TO GET TO GET A FULLY PROGRAM BUILT REC CENTER RIGHT NOW, WITH OUR TAX BASE, IT WOULD BE 12 CENTS. NOW WE COULD FACE IT. WE COULD WAIT AS THE MAYOR SUGGESTED SO.

ANYWAY THIS THIS WE'RE JUST THROWING IT ALL OUT THERE JUST LIKE WE DID WITH OUR BUDGET REQUEST. THERE ARE MORE THAN WE PREDICTED REVENUE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THEIR SAVE THE SLIDE. ROGER BECAUSE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR NEIGHBORS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME, RIGHT? GOLF COURSE. GO AHEAD, ROGER. OKAY ALRIGHT, UM, GOLF COURSE AGAIN, QUITE A BIT OF PROPERTY THAT IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE HIGH END. A LOT OF TIMES YOU GET FLOODPLAIN. THAT'S NOT AS VALUABLE. UM YOU KNOW, TO DESIGN THESE ALL THE ALL THE IRRIGATION , THE DRAINAGE. THE CARD PASS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT $40 MILLION. NOW, THIS ONE. ROGER HAS AS A AS A SILVER LINING. YOU CAN CHARGE FEES T FEES THAT WOULD COVER THE OPERATIONAL COSTS. SO YOU JUST HAVE THAT SERVICE ON 40 MILLION , WHICH COSTS ABOUT 19 CENTS ON YOUR TAX RATE, BUT THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS WOULD BE COVERED BY THE FEES SO ALL RIGHT. SO THAT. DID WE ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU HAD INTENDED? IN THIS EXERCISE.

THIS IS HELPFUL. THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. GIVES US A GOOD PICTURE THAT I CAN SHARE WITH FOLKS WHEN THEY ASK ABOUT THIS, AND IT'S NOT A MATTER OF TELLING FOLKS. NO YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT.

IT'S A MATTER OF SAYING, OKAY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONVINCE THE OTHER 14,999 PEOPLE IN THE TOWN. TO THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND AT THE RIGHT TIME, SO IF WE GET TO BE A MUCH

[01:50:06]

COUNSELORS YOU SATISFIED WITH THE INITIAL PRESENTATION? UM YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE DEPTH TO WORK ON IN OUR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE ACCESS TO STAFF THROUGHOUT, REMEMBER, WE CAN'T DISCUSS THESE THINGS OUTSIDE OF COUNCIL, BUT YOU ARE ABLE TO POSE YOUR QUESTIONS TO STAFF WHO CAN DEVELOP ANSWERS AND BRING THEM BACK TO OUR NEXT SESSION.

SO WE DO HAVE HOMEWORK TO DO SO. PLEASE DO DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING TO COME UP WITH YOUR QUESTIONS THEY NEED TIME TO READ ABLE TO RESPOND. SO GET THEM OVER TO THEM. GIVE THEM A CALL. BUT REMEMBER THAT THAT INFORMATION CAN BE PASSED AROUND THE REST OF US IF IT COMES FROM YOU, SO YOU NEED TO GET IT TO STAFF SO THEY CAN BRING IT BACK TO ALL OF US AT THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY? ANY OTHER COMMENTARY ON THE BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN IF SOMEBODY COMES UP TO ME AND WANTS TO SPEND $30 MILLION ON THE BASEBALL FIELD, THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T TELL HIM IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA. THAT MEANS I CAN'T DISCUSS IT WITH MY MOTHER. COUNCIL MEMBERS, RIGHT. YOU CAN'T TELL ME IT'S A BAD IDEA UNLESS IT'S HERE. YEAH.

THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION. YES YOU CAN ALL SPEAK WITH US. WE CAN ALL SPEAK BUT OUR COMMENTS AND STUFF CANNOT BE PASSED TO THE OTHER COUNSELORS. IN ANY FORMAT. LET'S

[3. PUBLIC INPUT]

[01:55:11]

INSPECTING THINGS. YOU KNOW WE HAVE CODES AND WHATNOT, BUT EVERYBODY HAS TO FOLLOW SO PUTTING AN EXTRA LAYER ON TOP OF THAT. I CAN'T SEE THAT AT ALL. AND YOU KNOW $15,000 IN EXTRA TAXES ON BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE OF NORTH LAKE. DON'T FOR SOMETHING THAT NOBODY WANTS OR NEEDS. UM IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH RUN DOWN, BROKEN DOWN STUFF, YOU KNOW? OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE HIGH ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT SO THEY CAN GET TOP DOLLAR FOR THEIR RENTAL STUFF. THERE'S NO REASON TO PUT EXTRA ON STAFF AND MORE GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY FOR I JUST CAN'T SEE IT. UM. I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED AT THE $15,000 PRICE ON THE DRONE.

THAT SEEMS LIKE MILITARY TOILET SEAT TERRITORY THERE. UM BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING TO THAT . THE SIRENS. UM. I JUST DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR THAT. MY PHONE . EVERYBODY HAS SMARTPHONES.

EVERYBODY HAS WEATHER APPS. YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THERE'S SOME KIND OF A STORM THING COMING IN, MY PHONE GOES OFF. HMM I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT. EVERYBODY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ALREADY.

AND LIKE WE SAID, WHEN THE SIRENS GO OFF, PEOPLE TEND TO GO OUTSIDE AND LOOK. I GO OUTSIDE AND LOOK WHEN MY WEATHER APP GOES OFF. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHATEVER THAT'S MY OWN PERSONAL DECISION. WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT . BUT I THINK THE SIRENS ARE AWFUL LOT OF MONEY AND AN AWFUL LOT OF MAINTENANCE MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY GETS ON THEIR PHONE ALREADY FOR FREE. UM YOU KNOW, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT SAID THAT WERE PRESENTED THAT SAID, IT'S NO TAX INCREASE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT A TAX INCREASE, BUT EVERY TIME WE SPEND MONEY ON SOMETHING IT PREVENTS THE TAXES FROM BEING DECREASED, OR IT PREVENTS THE TAXES FROM BEING SPENT SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO I THINK MAYBE THE NO TAX INCREASE IS NOT THE WHOLE STORY AT ALL. SO IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. AND ANOTHER THING THAT CAME UP IN THIS IN THE COMMENT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON IT. BUT THE PERMITTING FOR SOLICITORS. RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL.

KNOCKING ON DOORS IS LEGALLY EXEMPT FROM ANY KIND OF SOLICITING STUFF ALREADY, SO THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT PART OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WE SHOULD SPEAK TONIGHT. HI I'M MARINA HARTMAN. I LIVE IN NORTH LIKE I'M SURPRISED THERE WEREN'T MORE QUESTIONS THAN NOT ALL OF THESE GREAT PRESENTATION BECAUSE I HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS. ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS WITH REGARD TO THE CELLULAR WATER METERS AND THE 21 OR THE 2.1 MILLION FOR THAT DOESN'T GIVE IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK AND IN THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT DAILY FEEDBACK SO THAT THE RESIDENTS COULD HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT. AND WHAT ABOUT THE ACCURACY OF IT? ALSO HOW SOON WOULD IT BECOME OLD TECH OR OBSOLETE? ARE THERE ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH UPDATING IT? WOULD THAT BE BEFORE THE 10 YEAR PAYOUT? ALL THESE QUESTIONS ARE QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD ASK. UM ANOTHER QUESTION. NATHAN SPOKE ABOUT THE ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH WILL LIKELY BE PASSED LATER THIS YEAR. WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY THAT? BY THE IMPLEMENTATION IS THAT BY FORCE , MUCH LIKE THE EGG ZONING WAS, IT WAS SUGGESTED FOR AG ZONING.

AND WILL THERE BE A GRANDFATHER CLAUSE FOR THAT? COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER A TAX RATE DECREASE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE YEAR OVER YEAR TAX RATE OR TAX INCREASES THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED WITH THE RISING PROPERTY VALUES. LET'S SEE. I'VE GOT PAGES OF THESE QUESTIONS. UM NOT ANSWERED IN THE MEETING WHERE IT WAS PASSED, UM AND, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE SPORTS FACILITY. I ASKED THE QUESTION. IS THERE A TERMINATION DATE FOR THE EIGHTH OF ASCENT, CDC AND CDC CONTRIBUTION TO THE SPORTS FACILITY, WHICH IS I'VE HEARD 45 AND $40 MILLION IS THERE A TERMINATION DATE ON THOSE TWO CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THIS FACILITY ? THAT WASN'T ANSWERED, AND YET IT WAS PUT ON THE ON THE BALLOT WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER TO THAT. IF I COULD PLEASE UM WHY TAKE AWAY OUR PERSONAL LIBERTIES? WITH REGARD TO AND COMMUNITY BUILDING WITH REGARD TO FIREWORKS AND THEN INCUR THE COSTS THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO PUT ON A TOWN

[02:00:01]

[4. CONSENT ITEMS]

COUNCILOR SET COUNSELOR SESSION MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE THE THREE SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRETEND MONTINI. THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON CONSENT ITEMS, SO LET'S VOTE. ALRIGHT THE VOTE IS SIX AND OH, AND THEREFORE IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT? WE HAVE. NEXT UP IS AN ACTION

[5.A. Consider aresoluon of the Town of Northlake, Texas, nominangan individual for appointment to the Board of Managers of the Denco Area 9-1-1 District]

[02:05:06]

I'LL BE VERY GREAT. CAME HERE SEE TABLE. I'VE BEEN ON THE DIDN'T COUNTY BORDER MANAGERS FOR A DECADE AND VICE CHAIR. IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE FOR ME. I CAN REMEMBER COMING HERE 10 YEARS AGO. AND REMEMBER WHEN DREW CARNE CAME. I REMEMBER WHEN CHIEF CRAWFORD CAME. I REMEMBER WHEN MICHAEL SAID WATT TOLD ME HE WAS ELECTED MAYOR BY ALL 16 RESIDENTS OF NORTH LAKE. YOU HAVE DEFINITELY GROWN IN THE LAST DECADES. 911 YOU PAY. PROBABLY 95% OF THE COST TO NAME ONE OR BY YOURSELF PHONE. THE STATE LEGISLATURE SETS THE BUDGET. YOU PAY 50 CENTS A MONTH OR $6 A YEAR. MANY STATES HAVE DOUBLE QUADRUPLE THAT AMOUNT, BUT THE LEGISLATURE STICKS WITH THE 50 CENTS A MONTH. 911 CANNOT ISSUE BONDS AND WE CANNOT BORROW MONEY. SO IF WE HAVE A MAJOR PROJECT, YOU TALK ABOUT MAJOR SAVINGS OUT OF YOUR OPERATING BUDGET. THAT'S HOW WE DO IT. WE BUILT A $6 MILLION IN X. AND IT'S HARDENED AGAINST OF FREEZES FIRES. UH, TORNADOES, ANYTHING REALLY? RECENTLY THE TOWN OF DOUBLE O DOWN OF FIREMAN HAD TO SHUT DOWN THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY MOVED OVER TO OUR ANNEX AND WITHIN 30 MINUTES THEY'RE ANSWERING ALL NIGHT WHEN CALLS TO FLOWER MOUND. WE COULD HAVE TAKEN ANOTHER WHOLE PIECE APP ANSWERING SERVICE IF WE NEEDED TO FROM ANOTHER TOWN. OUR LATEST PROJECT WERE RECOGNIZED AS A PREMIER 911 IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WE WERE ALSO GIVEN NATIONAL RECOGNITION. OUR LATEST PROJECT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY ACTIVE SHOOTERS. ALAN. VALIDLY SCHOOL AND BELIEVE ME AS A MAYOR FOR 14 YEARS, AND NOW TOWN COUNCILS CAN ALSO BE THE TARGET OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DIDN'T COUNTY WE ASKED THEM TO SEND US YOUR SITE PLAN WHERE YOU GET IN AND OUT WHERE YOUR PAVED ROADS IN YOUR PARKING LOTS. INDUSTRIAL FINAL BUILDING PLAN OF THE SCHOOL IS THAT ONE STORY TWO STORY. WHERE'S YOUR CAFETERIA? WHERE IS YOUR GYM? WHERE'S YOUR LIBRARY? WE PUT ALL OF THOSE UP IN A 911 CLOUD. SO WHEN YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS GETS THE CALL OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER IT MAY TAKE THEM 6789 10 MINUTES TO RESPOND, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR AWAY THEY ARE. BUT THEY CAN PULL THAT PLANNED OF THAT SCHOOL AND ITS LAYOUT. DOWN FROM THE CLOUD AND LOOK AT IT, AND THAT'S A STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE TO THEM ON THEIR WAY TO THE SITE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. SO WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PRESENT THIS NATIONALLY AND WE HAVE WE'VE ALSO GONE TO, UH BUILDINGS LIKE. BUSINESS BUILDINGS. ARE YOU ONE STORY? TWO STORY. WE'VE ASKED CITY COUNCILS. WOULD YOU PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT WHEN YOU GET A FINAL BUILDING PLAN, YOU GET A COPY THAT GOES TO THE 911 DISTRICT, AND THEY CAN PUT IT ON THEIR CLOUD AND ADD THAT AS A WAY OF RESPONDING IF WE HAVE ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A FIRE. IS IT A ONE STORY? TWO STORIES IT SPREAD OUT. WHERE IS THE NEAREST FIREPLUG OR WHATEVER? SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT WE'RE DOING NOW. AND I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE AT THE PRESENT TIME. I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO'S BEEN NOMINATED BY 10 TOWNS, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR NOMINATION TO AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE AGAIN. WE HAVE A NEW RULE BY 911. IF YOU NOMINATE IT'S YOUR VOTE. THAT'S IT. IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR MIND, YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL SPEND A LONG MEETING FOR YOU. I KNOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET ON WITH IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS YOU.

YOU'RE A DENTON COUNTY LEGEND. SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE IN 11.

THAT IS A LABOR. YES MA'AM. WELL IT WOULD BE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO JUMP IN AND MAKE THE MOTION TO

[02:10:02]

[ 5.A. VOTE]

MAYBE. UM ALRIGHT. I GOT A SECOND FROM THE MAYOR PRETEND MONTINI CERTAINLY DISCUSSION ALRIGHT, LET'S VOTE. UNANIMOUS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR HANGING AROUND FOR A WHILE, UH, ONCE I SAW YOU THERE I WAS LIKE, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SHOOK UP THE AGENDA, BUT I THOUGHT YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION. LET ME KNOW HOW WE DID LATER. ER ALL RIGHT. THANK

[6. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

[7. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]