Jun 13, 2024 Town Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO TOWN. NORTH LAKE MEETING FOR JUNE 13TH IS 5:30 P.M, WE HAVE ALL COUNCILORS PRESENT. AND TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE PASTOR PAULK UP FOR INVOCATION. HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? I, THIS LAST WEEK, I WAS IN NICARAGUA, AND I HAD A GREAT TIME. IT WAS, WE'VE BEEN GOING FOR MULTIPLE YEARS, AND THE ONLY REASON I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE WHEN I GO TO NICARAGUA, I'M REMINDED TO SLOW DOWN TO PAY ATTENTION. AND SO THAT'S MY PRAYER FOR YOU GUYS. TONIGHT IS IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE CHAOS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON, THAT WE JUST TAKE A MINUTE AND BREATHE AND SLOW DOWN. SO IF YOU GUYS WILL JOIN ME IN PRAYER. HEAVENLY FATHER, TODAY WE COME BEFORE YOU, HUMBLE, GRATEFUL LORD, I PRAY THAT TODAY, AS AGENDA ITEMS COME ACROSS PIECES OF PAPER THAT WE SLOW DOWN AND JUST REMEMBER AND ASK WHAT DO YOU WANT? LORD, IT'S SO EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THE CHAOS OF LIFE THAT WE FORGET THAT YOU SPEAK TO US IN THE WHISPERS, AND WE CAN'T REALLY HEAR YOU IF WE DON'T SLOW DOWN AND LISTEN FOR YOU. AND SO TODAY, LORD, AS AS PEOPLE ARE HERE, AS PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH LIFE, JUST I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO SLOW DOWN, GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER, TO, TO TRULY GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. LORD, TODAY I PRAY OVER ALL THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALL ALL THE STAFF THAT ARE HERE, ALL THE THOSE THAT ARE SERVING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN, IN PUBLIC WORKS. LORD, THAT YOU WATCH OVER THEM, THAT YOU PROTECT THEM, LORD, I KNOW THAT THEY CARRY A HEAVY WEIGHT AND IT CAN BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES, LORD, BUT JUST THAT YOU ARE YOUR CONSTANT. YOU ARE WITH US, LORD, AND WE JUST THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE GET TO SERVE, THAT WE GET TO LIVE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY THAT, WE ARE SO BLESSED. WE ARE SO, SO BLESSED, TO LIVE HERE. AND SO, LORD, I THANK YOU. I THANK YOU FOR WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE ABOUT TO DO. I THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, WHAT THEY WILL DO. LORD, WE JUST WE JUST PRAY THAT WE SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR WILL.

THANK YOU LORD, FOR THE BLESSINGS. IT'S IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OUR STANFORD PLEDGE, PLEASE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE HAVE WHAT LOOKS TO BE A FULL AGENDA, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL GO TERRIBLY LONG THIS EVENING, THE FIRST ITEM WILL BE

[2.A. Briefing - Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Preliminary Budget]

AND THESE ARE THE STRATEGIC GOALS YOU SET AT THE LAST SESSION, AND, AND THEN THEY FLOW INTO SPECIFIC BUDGET FOCUS AREAS, AND WE TRY TO. AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE BUDGET REQUEST, WE TRY TO FOLLOW EACH OF THESE AND MIRROR THESE, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVELY MANAGE PUBLIC RESOURCES IS ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING KEEP OUR LOW TAX RATE, DIVERSIFY. THE TAX BASE IS TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE, INVEST IN OUR FUTURE, OPERATE AND EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY, IS TO, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY, HIRE THE BEST THE PEOPLE WE DO HIRE, KEEP THEM

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AND AS WE GROW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF GROWS IN A EFFICIENT, PROPORTIONAL MANNER TO THAT. AND SO WE HOPE TO PROVE THAT TO YOU. GOING INTO THIS, WE'VE TAKEN SOME VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES WITH THE REVENUES. AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE'LL REFINE THOSE NUMBERS. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO OVERSTEP, WE'RE PUTTING ALL THE REQUESTS IN. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A DEFICIT BUDGET CURRENTLY. AND SO THERE'S SOME DECISIONS TO BE MADE. AND WE NEED YOUR INPUT AND YOUR HELP ON WHICH DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN WE GET THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE'LL HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. SO IS EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE OFF BALANCE. BUT THIS IS JUST PRELIMINARY. AND THAT'S ON PURPOSE BECAUSE AS A TOWN WE ALWAYS HAVE KIND OF MORE DESIRES OR MORE THINGS WE WANT TO GET DONE THAN WE HAVE RESOURCES FOR.

BUT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS AND WE WILL DO THAT IN THIS BUDGET. SO THIS IS JUST A THIS ISN'T THE NUMBERS. THE NUMBERS WILL, JOHN, WILL, JOHN WILL PRESENT THE NUMBERS. BUT THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND WHEN I GO OVER AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, WE'VE SOME OF YOU, SEASONED COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE, WE DID THE FOUR SCENARIOS. AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A HYBRID OF THAT. BUT WE HAVE OUR BASE SERVICE COST. JUST FUND WHAT WE HAVE EXISTING. WELL. WELL THAT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING. SO, I MEAN THAT WOULD ALL THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A CUT THAT'D BE A REDUCTION IN SERVICE. THE TURQUOISE IS MAINTAINED SERVICES. AND SO THAT IS TO KEEP UP WITH GROWTH. AND THEN THE I THINK IT'S PERIWINKLE IS THE, NEW SERVICES. AND THOSE ARE NEW THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH. AND AND THAT REVENUE IS SOMEWHERE IN THERE. SO ANYWAY, IT'S, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF IT WAS EXACT AND WE COULD DO EVERYTHING WE WANTED TO DO, BUT THAT'S THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. SO AGAIN, THE, THE BIGGEST FUND IS THE GENERAL FUND. IT'S THE ONE THAT SUPPORTS, MOST OF PUBLIC WORKS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE WATER FUND, THE SEWER FUNDS, IT'S ALL A POLICE IS SUPPORTED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. SO JOHN THOMPSON, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE. THANK YOU. OKAY.

WE WILL DIVE INTO IT. SO JUST A QUICK REFRESHER, DREW ALREADY HINTED ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S MADE UP OF A COUPLE PRIMARY SOURCES. WE HAVE OUR PROPERTY AND SALES TAX REVENUE, FINES AND FEES, WHICH INCLUDE COURT FINES, DEVELOPMENT, PERMITTING, AND THEN ALSO OUR FRANCHISE FEES. SO WATER, ELECTRIC, GAS FRANCHISE REFUSE FROM WASTE CONNECTIONS. AND THEN OUR CHARGES FOR SERVICE, WHICH IS MAINLY THE POLICE CONTRACT WITH HARVEST. NOW WE'VE DONE, CONSERVATIVE REVENUE ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT 1.4 MILLION INCREASE IN SOME OF THOSE KEY REVENUE CATEGORIES WHERE YOU'LL SEE THAT INCREASES WITH PROPERTY TAXES, ABOUT 870,000 AND SALES TAX ABOUT 141,000, A LITTLE BIT OVER ABOUT 8% GROWTH. DEVELOPMENT PERMITS AND FEES AT 132,000. AND THEN ALSO OUR CONTRACT LEASE SERVICES WITH THAT AND RENEGOTIATION OF THE HARVEST CONTRACT, I INCREASED IT ABOUT 95,000. SO GOING FORWARD, I WILL SAY JUST IN REFERENCE TO PROPERTY TAX, DREW ALREADY HINTED THIS. WE DON'T RECEIVE THEM UNTIL THE 25TH OF JULY. AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE'VE DONE OUR BEST WITH WHAT WE CAN TO ESTIMATE WHERE WE MIGHT LAND WITH PROPERTY TAXES, BUT ABOUT 20% OF OUR PROPERTIES HERE IN THE TOWN ARE CURRENTLY IN PROTEST. SO THOSE VALUES COULD CHANGE AND WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE. SO THIS IS THE CURRENT GENERAL FUND, YOU HAVE REVENUES THERE ON THE LEFT AND EXPENDITURES ON THE RIGHT. REVENUES WERE PROJECTING AT ABOUT 11.6 $7,000,000 MILLION.

AND THEN OVER ON THE RIGHT, WITH THE EXPENDITURES, WE HAVE OUR BASE THERE AT THE BOTTOM AND THAT MIDDLE TURQUOISE COLOR WITH MAINTAINED SERVICES. AND THEN UP THERE AT THE TOP, THE PERIWINKLE, THAT NEW SERVICES THAT DEPARTMENTS ARE REQUESTING. SO AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A SHORTFALL BETWEEN REVENUES. AND WE'RE JUST BELOW THAT. MAINTAIN SERVICES WITH WHAT DEPARTMENTS ARE REQUESTING IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL, AT LEAST AS FAR AS THEY BELIEVE THEY NEED IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. WE'RE ABOUT $336,000 SHORT, ONCE AGAIN, REVENUES COULD POSSIBLY CHANGE. WAIT UNTIL 25TH OF JULY TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE. BUT THAT'S WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND WITH OUR CURRENT CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES ON BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, WHERE WE TRY TO UNDERESTIMATE REVENUES A LITTLE BIT AND OVERESTIMATE EXPENDITURES JUST TO AVOID ANY, ANY SHORTFALLS WHEN THE BUDGET ACTUALLY HAPPENS AND GOES INTO AND WE IMPLEMENT IT. SO ONE OF THE ONE OF THE COMMON THINGS THAT WE DO AS A TOWN IS WE OFFER 3% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO EMPLOYEES. IT'S TO HELP WITH OUR RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, AND ALSO LOWERS THE COST OF TRAINING BY HELPING TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES AND THEN JUST

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THIS ANALYST IS ALSO PROVIDE IN-HOUSE. IT SERVICES TO STAFF FOR TROUBLESHOOTING INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CALL FULCRUM OUT TO HANDLE EVERY SINGLE SMALL ISSUE, HAVE AN EXPERT HERE MORE ON SITE, AND THEN ACT AS A LIAISON AND POINT OF CONTACT FOR ANY OF OUR IT VENDORS AND SECURITY PROVIDERS, AND YOU'LL SEE HERE, I WON'T POINT IT OUT EVERY SINGLE TIME, BUT YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT OF THE SLIDE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MATCH THESE REQUESTS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THEM BE INFORMED BY THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL GOALS, THE STRATEGIES FOR ACCOMPLISHING THOSE GOALS, AND THEN THE BUDGET FOCUS THAT THEY TIED TO. SO RIGHT HERE WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON TRYING TO PROJECT THE FUTURE STAFFING AND FACILITIES AND RESOURCE NEEDS OF THE TOWN.

WE'LL NEED GOING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY INTERNALLY FOR STAFF. FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS, EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR. THEY WORK ON PROCESSING PAYMENTS, THE DOCKETS, ISSUING WARRANTS. THEY DEAL WITH VIOLATING PROMISES APPEAR IN THE CITATION ENTRY. THERE'S THREE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES THERE IN COURT, AND THEY'RE BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS YEAR WAS IMPLEMENTING THE SCOFFLAW PROGRAM. AND THEN ALSO THEY COMPLETED THEIR RECORDS RETENTION SCAN PROCESS AND WENT PAPERLESS TO GOAL OF THE TOWN. AS YOU SAW IN THE LAST SLIDE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO DO THEIR BEST TO GET ALL OF THIS ON THE CLOUD. AND THIS IS ALSO A EXAMPLE OF COURT TRYING TO MOVE THAT WAY AS WELL. GET RID OF PAPER AND MOVE TO A MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS. THESE ARE THE METRICS FOR COURTS THEY TRACK, VIOLATE PROMISES TO APPEAR THAT ARE ISSUED THE DIFFERENT CASES THAT THEY DISPOSE OF, AND THEN THE WARRANTS THAT ARE ISSUED. AND SINCE 2019 THAT HAS BEEN GROWING. THERE IS A BIG BLIP THERE IN 22. IT'S COME DOWN IN 23 A LITTLE BIT, BUT STILL THE TREND LINE IS THAT THE WORKLOAD FOR COURT HAS BEEN GROWING OVER TIME. COURTS PROPOSED BUDGET IS 470 900,000. THEIR BASE SERVICE COST IS THERE AT THE TOP AND THERE'S JUST A MINIMAL INCREASE IN THE MAINTAIN SERVICE COLUMN.

AND THEN THEIR NEW SERVICE REQUEST IS ALSO FAIRLY SMALL. AND THEIR NEW SERVICE REQUEST OF 12,000, ABOUT 12,000, 12.5 THOUSAND IS FOR A JUVENILE CASE MANAGER. THE GOAL WITH THIS

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THE CLERK WOULD ESSENTIALLY MAINTAIN THEIR SAME RESPONSIBILITIES NOW, BUT THEY WOULD PICK UP THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A JUVENILE CASE MANAGER, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED BY HOUSE BILL 3186. THE YOUTH DIVERSION BILL THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT HERE IN THE 1ST OF JANUARY, 2025. SO IT'S ONCE AGAIN ONE OF THOSE STATE IMPOSED MANDATES. AND WE'RE TRYING TO EMBRACE THAT COUNCIL STRATEGY OF ADAPTING TO STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS AND DO SO IN A WAY THAT'S EFFICIENT. AND COURT IS PROPOSING CONVERT AN EXISTING EMPLOYEE TO THAT POSITION. FINANCE. MY DEPARTMENT. SO WE HANDLE UTILITY BILLING, ACCOUNTING, BUDGET, PAYROLL AND THEN TREASURY AS WELL. SO AN INVESTMENTS TRACKING OUR BANK ACCOUNTS. WE HAVE SIX FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND OUR BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED THE GFOA AWARDS FOR BOTH THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET AND ALSO OUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. SO BOTH OF THOSE WE STRIVE FOR EACH YEAR TO SHOW ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN OUR BUDGETING PROCESS AND OUR ACCOUNTING PROCESS PROCESSES.

AND THEN WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN RECEIVING THAT TAMMY TAMMY AWARD FOR THE BUDGET AND BRIEF. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO MAINTAINED THE TOWN'S DOUBLE A CREDIT RATING, WHICH HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL WITH OUR BONDS AND OUR BOND PROCESSES. FINANCE. WE TRACK THE ITEMS THAT WE PROCESS, WE'VE BEEN STRIVING TO MOVE ONLINE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE AND TO ENCOURAGE OUR CUSTOMERS TO ALSO MOVE ONLINE SO YOU CAN SEE OVER TIME, IN TERMS OF INTERNALLY OUR PROCESS, THE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WE PROCESS HAS GONE UP OVER TIME. PART OF THAT'S JUST IN RELATION TO MORE EMPLOYEES HERE WITHIN THE TOWN. SO WE PROCESS MORE INVOICES. WE HAVE MORE PAYMENTS JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE RESIDENTS COMING IN. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE BY PAYMENT TYPE THOUGH, THIS IS WHERE WE'VE BEEN STRIVING, BEEN STRIVING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PAY ONLINE. IT'S MORE EFFICIENT, SAVES THEM TIME, SAVES US TIME AND HELPS ENSURE THAT THEIR PAYMENTS ACTUALLY REACH OUR SYSTEM. AND THERE IS ANY ISSUES WITH LOSING A CHECK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND WE'VE SEEN A CONTINUAL INCREASE WITH, INDIVIDUALS, CUSTOMERS IN OUR COMMUNITY MOVING TO THE ONLINE PAYMENT SYSTEM, WHICH ALSO HELPS TO REDUCE OUR WORKLOAD INTERNALLY, OUR BUDGET. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY REQUESTS IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A MAIN, MAIN SERVICES COST OF ABOUT, ALMOST 71,000, THIS IS PRIMARILY LIKE THE DEPARTMENTS BEFORE. IT'S PRIMARILY RELATED TO THESE MAINTAIN SERVICES RELATED TO PAYROLL INCREASES, ESPECIALLY FOR THESE SMALLER DEPARTMENTS, JUST NATURAL INCREASES OVER TIME WITH ANY COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS, CHANGES IN BENEFITS , THINGS LIKE THAT. NOT ANY LARGE RAISES OR MOVES TO THE MID-MARKET. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS NEXT ON OUR LIST AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THEY HANDLE BUILDING PERMITS, PLANNING, ZONING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CODE COMPLIANCE AND THEN HEALTH INSPECTIONS. THEY'VE GOT SIX EMPLOYEES. THEIR BIG ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS YEAR IS GETTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PAST THE FINISH LINE, ESTABLISHING THAT APARTMENT AND HOTEL INSPECTION PROGRAM. AND THEN NOW WORKING TO IMPLEMENT IT AND PUT IT INTO EFFECT. THEY'VE UPDATED THEIR PIONEER GRANT PROGRAM AND THEN ALSO WORKED REALLY HARD TO NEGOTIATE THE SPORTS SPORT VENUE PROJECT. SO THE STAR CENTER AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING AND TAKING LEAD ON THAT AS THE DEPARTMENT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THEY TRACK RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS, CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY AND ACRES PLATTED. JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT HOW IS THE TOWN GROWING, IN WHAT WAYS. SO WE HAVE OUR RESIDENTIAL GROWTH AND THEN ALSO THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE. OUR BUSINESS GROWTH AND HOW THAT HAS BEEN TRENDING OVER TIME. AND THEN ACRES PLATTED, THAT'S MORE HIT AND MISS. IT JUST DEPENDS ON , WELL, SORRY, THAT'S NOT HURT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS ANNEXED.

NEVERMIND. SO ACRES PLATTED HAS ALSO BEEN GROWING AND PROPORTIONATE. THESE OTHERS. OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE REQUESTING A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 2.5 MILLION. OVERALL, THIS INCLUDES ALL FUNDS THAT THEY DRAW FROM. SO THAT INCLUDES NOT ONLY GENERAL FUND, BUT ALSO EDC, CDC, WHICH PROPOSES A BUDGET THAT THEY WILL THAT THEY SPEND ON BEHALF THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CAN THEN SPEND ON BEHALF OF THEM, AS WELL AS THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE REQUESTING, AS PART OF THEIR NEW SERVICE REQUEST, THEY'RE REQUESTING A DEVELOPMENT ANALYST, WE'RE SEEING A TREND WHERE DEPARTMENTS, AS THEY TAKE ON ADDITIONAL SERVICES OR RESPONSIBILITIES OR AS THE TOWN GROWS, SORRY, THERE'S A NEED FOR RESEARCH. THERE'S A NEED FOR TRACKING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH DEVELOPERS, TRACKING PAYMENTS, MAKING SURE THOSE HAPPEN ON TIME, TRACKING THAT AGREEMENTS ARE BEING FALLEN THROUGH AND THEN ASSISTING THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND ANY OF HIS STAFF WITH ANY SPECIAL PROJECTS, IT'S PROPOSED THAT THIS POSITION BE SPLIT OUT OF NOT ONLY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT ALSO WITH THE EDC AND CDC AND THEIR FUNDS AS WELL. I'M GOING TO PAUSE YOU THERE FOR A SECOND IF YOU CAN GO BACK A SLIDE. YEAH. REAL QUICK.

ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS IS I'M SEEING A 20% INCREASE TO MAINTAIN SERVICES COSTS, BUT I SAW THE ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE PERMITTING AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, THEY'RE GOING UP,

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THAT'S A PRETTY LARGE DELTA ON MAINTAIN. I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY ELSE SAW THAT. SO MAYBE A LITTLE MORE. WE WERE READY. GO AHEAD JOHN. SO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DOES TRY TO ENSURE THAT OR THEY DO TRY TO PROJECT REVENUES THAT WILL MATCH THESE CHANGES AND COST INCREASES.

WE'RE HOPING THE DEVELOPMENT PERMITS OVER TIME CAN STILL HELP TO SUPPORT THIS INCREASE IN THE COST TO MAINTAIN SERVICE. BUT THE PRIMARY CHANGE AND BELIEVE NATHAN'S HERE. YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT'S JUST THE COST OF SERVICE FOR DOING THESE PERMITS. WE HAVE THIRD PARTY VENDORS WHO TAKE CARE OF IT AND TAKE IT ON AND HANDLE THESE DIFFERENT PERMITTING PROCESSES, AND THEIR PRICES ARE GOING UP. SO ANYTHING I'M MISSING THERE, NATHAN, AS WELL, THIS PART, OUR PERMIT ACTIVITY IS UP THIS YEAR EVEN MORE THAN WE PROJECTED. AND WE EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE, IF YOU NOTICED. WAS THAT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, FISCAL YEAR 22, THE ACRES PLATTED WENT UP A LOT. THAT'S A PRECURSOR. THAT'S A PRECURSOR TO PERMITS COMING IN. SO WE'RE EXPECTING THE PERMIT NUMBERS TO STAY HIGH AND CORRESPONDING SERVICES FOR THE PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTIONS, IS HIGH BECAUSE OF THAT. WHAT WHAT THE WHAT THE ACRES PLATTED. DO WE KNOW WHAT PROJECTS THOSE WERE TIED TO? JUST IT'S A MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. SOME OF THE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY, BUT ALSO RESIDENTIAL PHASES FOR RESIDENTIAL PHASES. OKAY. YES.

RIGHT, RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. YES. NO NEW ENTITLEMENT IN RESIDENTIAL. AND THIS IS THESE ARE WE OUTSOURCE A LOT OF THESE SERVICES. SO BUILDING INSPECTION HEALTH INSPECTIONS ENGINEERING REVIEW. SO, THE AS WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE WE HAVE FEES THAT COVER THOSE EXPENSES.

AND THEN IF THERE IS A DOWNTURN THOSE FEES WILL GO DOWN. BUT THOSE EXPENSES WILL GO DOWN AS WELL. SO WE HAVE WE'RE ABLE TO BREAK BOTH SIDES OF THAT. IT DOES SEEM LIKE A BIG INCREASE, BUT IT'S COVERED WITH REVENUE. AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THOSE REVENUE IN THOSE FEES DON'T COME IN. THERE'S NO WORK FOR THE CONSULTANTS TO DO. SO IT IT BALANCES. SO WE'RE SAYING TO MAINTAIN SERVICES COSTS IS ALL DRIVEN AND BALANCED BY FEES. YES OKAY. COUNCIL GOOD. GOOD ON THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION. DO WE HAVE AN I. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW I DON'T HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR THE CONSULTING FEES AND ALL THAT. DO WE HAVE KIND OF LIKE A, A POINT WHERE IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO NOT BE USING A CONSULTING THING? DO WE HAVE KIND OF LIKE A, A POINT WHERE NOW OUR ACTIVITY IS SUCH WHERE IT WOULD SUPPORT A SALARY THAT'S CHEAPER THAN CONSULTING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WE'RE PAYING. WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT, AND WE LOOKED AT ABOUT TEN, 12 YEARS AGO, THERE IS ALWAYS THAT ABILITY TO BRING STAFF IN-HOUSE, THE CAUTION IS IF THERE IS A DOWNTURN OR AS WE, AS WE BUILD OUT, ESPECIALLY RESIDENTIAL, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF OUR INSPECTIONS AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS, WE WOULD HAVE THEN AN EMPLOYEE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO, RE OFF, REDUCTION IN FORCE. SO THE, AND FOR THE MOST PART, A SMALL TOWN TO, TO HIRE A STAFF THAT CAN DO IT ALL IS DIFFICULT, BUT YOU CAN HIRE A FIRM THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, 100 ENGINEERS AND ALL THEIR DIFFERENT SPECIALTIES, BUT YOU ONLY NEED HALF AN HOUR OF THIS ONE AND TWO HOURS OF THAT ONE.

AND SO IT ENDS UP AND WE ANALYZE THIS, LIKE I SAID, ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, AND ACTUALLY IS MORE EFFICIENT BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU GOT A SUPERSTAR ENGINEER, THEY'D STILL NEED TO HIRE TO DO BECAUSE THEY CAN'T. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE EVERY SPECIALTY. SO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE'VE LOOKED AT IT BEFORE, WE'LL BE GLAD TO. WE'LL BE GLAD TO TEST IT AGAIN IF YOU IF YOU WANT US TO. WHICH I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. UNRELATED, BUT SAME SLIDE FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT ANALYST.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS THAT WE'RE NOT JUST HIRING SOMEONE TO HELP WITH THE LIKE CURRENT WORKLOAD, BUT THAT BRINGING ON THIS POSITION HELPS YOUR DEPARTMENT GO OUT AND DO MORE OF THE STUFF THAT BRINGS IN BUSINESS THAT WE WANT, RIGHT? YES, YES, THAT'S PART OF THE GOAL IS TO, KEEP UP AND BETTER TRACK THINGS, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY HELP US IN OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HELP DO SOME OF THAT RESEARCH AND BUILDING OUR PITCH FOR RECRUITMENT OF NEW BUSINESSES. AND WE DO NEW DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ALL THE TIME, BUT WE THERE'S EXISTING ONES AS WELL. SO IT WE ADD A NEW ONE. WE DON'T NECESSARILY SUBTRACT AN OLD ONE. WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD MANY. BESIDES MAYBE THE PANATTONI AGREEMENT THAT HAVE HAVE ROLLED OFF. SO IT JUST IT KEEPS GROWING AND IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE

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IT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO YOU TO DECIDE, HOW YOU WANT TO INCENTIVIZE. SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE WILLING TO UNDERWRITE, WE COULD PROMISE TEN TIMES AS MUCH IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE MORE FRUGAL OR MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE CAREFUL. SO REALLY, YOU, YOU KIND OF CONTROL YOU, YOU NOT REALLY. YOU ACTUALLY CONTROL THE PURSE STRINGS. SO IT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. AND THAT WE DO IN GENERAL, ASK OUR, OUR WHOLE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO BRING MORE IN AND, BUT TO PUT A NUMBER ON IT WITH ALL THE OTHER VARIABLES WOULD BE, WOULD BE IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT. WE DO BELIEVE THIS POSITION WILL ENABLE US TO BRING IN MORE, BUT IT'S HARD TO PUT A SPECIFIC NUMBER ON THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT I JUST I MEAN, I THE POSITION MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, JUST BECAUSE IT IS A LOT TO KEEP UP WITH. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT SHAKES IT AROUND TO WHERE EVERYBODY CAN BE DOING THE THING THAT THEY'RE BEST AT. IT IS DIFFICULT, WHEN YOU WEAR MULTIPLE HATS AND YOU HAVE TO KIND OF EXTRACT YOURSELF FROM ACTIVE CITY A AND THEN REFOCUS AND GO ACTIVITY B AND GO TO ACTIVITY C, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S EXCITING AND CHALLENGING AND THAT'S PART OF IT AS WELL. BUT AS WE GET MORE AND MORE VOLUME, WE ARE AS YOU SEEING IN THE LAST FEW BUDGETS, WE ARE BRINGING ON MORE AND MORE SPECIALISTS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR DIVING INTO THAT. AND I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE NEW PERSON. IT WAS JUST THE QUESTION ABOUT THAT, THAT LARGE PERCEIVED LARGE INCREASE. BUT IF IT'S OFFSET WE'RE GOOD. ANYONE ELSE ON THAT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CONTINUED. YOU KNOW EXCELLENT QUESTIONS. AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE OKAY. SO MOVING ON TO THE TOWN SECRETARY. IT'S, TOWN SECRETARIES OR MUNICIPAL CLERK MANAGES OUR RECORDS. ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR AS WELL. AGENDA COORDINATOR AND CODE OF ORDINANCES CUSTODIAN. SO SHE OUR CURRENT TOWN SECRETARY WEARS A LOT OF DIFFERENT HATS AND IS CURRENTLY JUST A DEPARTMENT OF ONE. AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE THAT IS ALL Z. SO Z IS A FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN, WEARS MULTIPLE HATS AND SHE'S DONE QUITE A NUMBER OF THINGS THIS LAST YEAR, ACTUALLY, SHE HAD A LONGER LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I JUST COULDN'T FIT THEM ALL HERE IN THE BOX. SO SOME OF THE MORE PRIMARY ONES. SO SHE'S IMPLEMENTED THE CIVIC CLERK AGENDA MANAGEMENT VOTING SYSTEM, SHE'S INSTALLED THAT BOARD THAT SITS NICELY OUT AT THE FRONT OF TOWN HALL HERE, THAT HELPS WITH OUR REMOTE PUBLICATIONS AND JUST DISPLAYING INFORMATION FOR THE TOWN. SHE'S CONDUCTED TWO GENERAL AND THREE SPECIAL ELECTIONS AND THEN ALSO ESTABLISHED AN ACCIDENTS REPORTS WORKFLOW INTERNALLY HERE AND HELPED WITH OUR ON SITE POST ACCIDENT INCIDENT DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING PROGRAM AS WELL. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE METRICS THAT Z TRACKS. SO FROM FY 20 TO FY 23 DOCUMENT CREATION PRIMARY KEY PART OF THE TOWN SECRETARY POSITION HAS INCREASED OVER TIME. AND YOU CAN SEE THE VARIETY OF DOCUMENTS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY CREATED AND PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC. NOW, AS A DEPARTMENT OF ONE, ONE OF OUR SMALLER DEPARTMENTS, BASE SERVICE COST IS JUST 190,000. AND THEN THE MAIN MAINTAIN SERVICE COSTS WOULD BE ABOUT 22.

HOWEVER Z IS MAKING TWO REQUESTS THIS YEAR THAT WOULD TOTAL ABOUT 8087, $88,000, FOR A TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET OF 300,000. SO THE FIRST NEW REQUEST IS A RECORDS CLERK, SOMEONE WHO COULD ASSIST HER WITH MANAGING THE TOWN'S RECORD AND DOCUMENT CREATION, LEADING AND COORDINATING RETENTION EFFORTS AMONG DEPARTMENTS. AS YOU SAW, Z WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT HATS AND SO ONCE AGAIN, AS BEING ABLE TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF HER PLATE AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEONE FOCUS ON SOME OF THESE IMPORTANT MATTERS WITH DOCUMENT RETENTION AND RECORDS, AND THEN ALSO BEING THERE TO SUPPORT HER AS A BACKUP FOR DIFFERENT COUNCIL AND BOARD MEETINGS, AS WELL. THE OTHER REQUEST, THIS ONE IS A LOT SMALLER, BUT SOMETHING THAT, TOWN SECRETARY DEPARTMENT WOULD

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AND THAT IS THE TOWN SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF NO QUESTIONS. I'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC WORKS. I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. GO AHEAD, JUST REAL QUICK. AS FAR AS ALL THESE POSITIONS GO, ARE THESE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH ONES YOU FEEL ARE A NECESSITY OR WHICH ONES YOU FEEL ARE NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE RIGHT NOW, BUT DO YOU FOLLOW ME? LIKE, WHAT'S A NECESSITY AND WHAT'S NOT A NECESSITY? RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND BRING YOU BACK A BALANCED BUDGET. I WOULD SAY THAT, ANY OF THE NEW POSITIONS ARE NOT A BARE NECESSITY, BUT ARE A, ARE IN IN ANTICIPATION OF GROWTH AND WOULD MAKE US BE MORE EFFICIENT. BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES, WE'RE NOT GOING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADD THOSE POSITIONS. SO, WE CAN GET BY, WITH OUR MAINTAIN SERVICES, THE NEW SERVICES ARE, TRYING TO TRYING TO BE BETTER, TRY TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, TRY TO BE MORE SERVICE ORIENTED AND ANTICIPATE GROWTH AND ANTICIPATE, I MEAN, BEFORE A POSITION IS ADDED, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THE PERSON THAT WAS DOING THAT JOB IS, IS PROBABLY AT 110, 120% CAPACITY AND, AND, AND THEN WHEN WE ADD THAT POSITION, IT RELIEVES THAT.

AND SO, WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO AS A MANAGER IS, IS RUN THE RISK OF BURNOUT OF, OF MY, MY STAR EMPLOYEES. SO I'VE, I WEIGH THAT AS WELL. BUT, YES, WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT ANALYSIS AND, BRING YOU, BRING YOU BACK A BALANCED BUDGET. AND I GUESS I COULD SEE SOME OF THESE ARE, ARE A NECESSITY IN MY MIND. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR ONES THAT ARE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OF THINGS THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON OR THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS OR OR FROM THE SURVEY THAT YOU BELIEVE IS A NECESSITY TO LET US KNOW. AND WE'LL WE'LL CRAFT THE BUDGET SO THAT WE MEET THOSE, MEET YOUR DESIRES. AND WE HAVEN'T RUN INTO IT YET IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WE HAVE THESE NEW SERVICE REQUESTS HIGHLIGHTED AT THE TOP THERE, YOU'LL SEE WITH PUBLIC WORKS, YOU'LL ABOUT TO SEE SOME OF THESE REQUESTS THAT ARE LABELED AS TO MAINTAIN SERVICE. SO THAT MIGHT HELP TO MAYBE PRIORITIZE WHICH ONES, WHICH ONES MIGHT BE NECESSARY VERSUS WOULD BE FANTASTIC TO HAVE AND WOULD HELP, SO WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WATER AND WASTEWATER, STREET MAINTENANCE, INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTIONS AND WATER METER INSTALLATIONS, WHICH IS A CONTINUAL PROCESS AND CONTINUES TO GROW AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE GOT 25 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND SOME OF THEIR MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THIS LAST YEAR ARE INITIATING THE CELLULAR ENDPOINT TRANSITION FOR WATER METERS, WE'RE STILL WORKING TOWARDS THAT, STILL WAITING FOR THE BULK OF THEM TO COME IN. BUT WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK IN TERMS OF OUR COMMERCIAL AND NEW PROPERTIES AND INSTALLING THOSE METERS.

THEY'VE ALSO EXPANDED THEIR TRAINING AND TESTING METHODS TO INCREASE THEIR CDL CANDIDATES, AND THEN WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS HAVE LED TO OVER 17 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER SAVED THROUGHOUT THIS LAST YEAR. SOME OF THE MEASURES THAT THEY JACKFRUIT WE TRACK FOR PUBLIC WORKS ARE THE NUMBER OF UTILITY ACCOUNTS JUST TO SHOW HOW MUCH SERVICE THEY NEED TO PROVIDE. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AS OF FY 23, WE'RE OVER 6000. WE'VE ALREADY PUSHED OVER 7000 HERE IN 2024.

AND IT JUST THIS RELATES TO METERS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, CHECKS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE, THE BILLING PROCESS AS WELL. AND THEN THE NUMBER OF METERS INSTALLED, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, CONTINUE HAS CONTINUED TO KIND OF GROW OVER TIME HAS LEVELED OFF BUT REMAINS REALLY HIGH, WITH PUBLIC WORKS, THEY'RE HAVE A BASE BUDGET OF ABOUT 4.8 MILLION. AND THEN 521,000 FOR MAINTAIN SERVICES, WITH ANOTHER 350,000 BEING REQUESTED FOR NEW SERVICE. THE MAINTAIN SERVICE COST, THAT ONCE AGAIN INCLUDES THOSE KIND OF JUST INITIAL INFLATIONARY FACTORS WITH PRICE INCREASES ON GOODS OR SERVICES AND PAYROLL, BUT ALSO IN THE CASE OF PUBLIC WORKS, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THIS NEXT SLIDE, IT INCLUDES A REQUEST FOR EMPLOYEES TO HELP MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT

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SORRY. PLEASE ASK AWAY, FOR THE INSTALLING THE NEW METERS. IS THAT PROCESS GOING AT THE SPEED THAT IT'S EXPECTED TO GO OR IS IT BEHIND, LIKE WHAT WE HAD HOPED IT TO HAPPEN SOONER. PART OF THE ISSUE IS JUST GETTING THE ORDER IN SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF METERS THAT WE'RE PURCHASING, AND WE WE'VE GOT A MAJORITY OF THE PARTS WE'RE MISSING A KEY, A KEY FEATURE, WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY, THAT'S GOING TO STAFF UP, IT'S NOT USING TOWN STAFF, BUT THEY'LL GET THE PROPER PERSONNEL. ONCE WE GET ALL THE PARTS, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND RETROFIT ALL THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL METERS. WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE COMMERCIAL. ANY NEW METER IS HAS TO FOLLOW THE NEW REQUIREMENTS. BUT WE'RE WAITING THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, WE'RE WAITING FOR TO GET EVERYTHING AT ONCE AND THEN TELL I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE COMPANY. MUSTANG. OR, WHO'S GOING TO BE INSTALLING OUR BRONCO, BRONCO, BRONCO. SOME KIND OF FORCE? YEAH, IT'S A HORSE. IT'S A MUSTANG. COULD BE A BRONCO, I GUESS, BUT, ANYWAY, ONCE WE GET ALL THE PARTS THERE, WE'LL TELL BRONCO TO GET TO GET TO BRONCO. COOL. THANK YOU. YEP ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN RELATION TO THAT? OKAY. SO AN ADDITIONAL ANOTHER MAINTENANCE AND I'LL JUST MENTION THAT'S THE FUNDING FOR THIS POSITION WOULD COME OUT OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER FUND. SO FUNDED BY UTILITY REVENUES. BOTH OF THEM ARE JUST ONE OF THEM. BOTH OF THEM. SO ANYTHING THAT TENDS TO BE CLASSIFIED AS WATER AND WASTEWATER IS FALLS UNDER THE UTILITY REVENUE CATEGORY FOR FUNDING, THE STORMWATER INSPECTOR. THIS IS A NEW POSITION AS WELL, BUT ONE THAT FALLS UNDER THE MAINTAINED SERVICE REQUEST, THIS IS BECAUSE OF THAT MISS FOR THE MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM WATER SYSTEM, A MOUTHFUL TO SAY, BUT THAT'S A PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING. AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TOWN TO FOLLOW THAT STORMWATER INSPECTOR WOULD HELP TO ENFORCE THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND TO MEET THEM. AND, COUNCIL WANT US TO GO AHEAD AND FUND THE, THE MS4 OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. AND SO THIS IS THE CURRENT COST FOR THAT.

SO, RIGHT NOW TO AVOID THAT STORMWATER DRAINAGE FEE. SO BUT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STORMWATER INSPECTOR AT ALL. SO THE PROCESS IS WHAT'S REQUIRED. OR THAT HAVING AN INSPECTOR LIKE THAT IS REQUIRED. SO BOTH AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT. YEAH. SO THE SUBMITTING THE FEE, DOING THE STUDY, HAVING HALF DO THE STUDY FOR US WAS, WAS ALREADY MOVED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FROM RESERVES 150,150, 150,000. SO THAT'S ALREADY READY. AND WE'RE STARTING THAT STUDY, BUT THEN THE ONGOING PART IS THE INSPECTIONS AND THE MAINTENANCE. AND SO THIS POSITION WILL DO THAT. SO THIS ONE WE HAVE TO DO IS THAT THIS IS ANOTHER ONE YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT IT'LL, BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A STORMWATER FEE, IT'LL BE FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND PER YOUR DIRECTION. AND THEN THIS IS A NEW SERVICE REQUEST, A TRAFFIC MARKING AND SIGN CREW, CREW THAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY BE DEVOTED TO DOING PAINT AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS, INCLUDING THE TRAFFIC LANES AND THE SIDEWALKS. AND THEY'D ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THAT, INSTALL REFLECTORS AND TRAFFIC SIGNS, PERFORM REPAIRS ON THOSE ASSETS. AND THE CREW ITSELF WOULD BE MADE UP OF A MAINTENANCE WORKER AND CREW LEADER. INITIALLY, WITHIN THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, AND THERE WOULD BE A VEHICLE, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT ATTACHED TO THAT AS WELL. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WE'RE PROJECTING THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE WORKER TO ROUND OUT THAT CREW. SO I WANT TO TALK ON THIS ONE FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF MY INITIATIVES, THIS SHOULD HELP OUR POLICE AS WELL AND POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE NOT THE NEED, BUT THE FREQUENCY OF SOME PATROLS AS WE TRY TO REDUCE SPEED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITIES, SECONDARILY, WE'VE ALWAYS SOME OF US HAVE SEEN THE BILLS FOR STRIPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND OUTSOURCING THAT TYPE OF PROCESS. AND IT'S A LONG PROCESS WHEN STUFF NEEDS DONE. SO THIS THIS AFFECTS FUTURE ITEMS THAT WE DON'T SEE IN THE BUDGET TODAY THAT MIGHT POP UP. SORRY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM ALSO PARTICIPATING IN OTHER TASKS AND ASSIGNMENTS WHEN THE PAVEMENT AND MARKINGS AREN'T BEING NEEDED. IS THAT SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT OTHER OTHER ITEMS THEY WOULD TAKE ON, OR IS THIS SPECIFICALLY IT? I BELIEVE THEY

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SO AND THERE'LL BE ANOTHER, OTHER NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT THEY'LL, THAT THEY'LL BE DOING.

THANK YOU, I HAVE ONE WIRE STILL UP HERE. SORRY. I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT WE HAVE A TON OF WORK.

ENOUGH WORK FOR THEM RIGHT NOW, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH WORK TO KEEP THEM EMPLOYED, LIKE, ONGOING? BECAUSE I KNOW ONCE WE KIND OF GET EVERYTHING DONE, BASICALLY ONCE, ONCE THE LAUNDRY IS FOLDED, DO WE STILL HAVE MORE STUFF FOR THEM TO DO? IT'LL JUST BE CONTINUED PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT A TRAFFIC MARKINGS AND STRIPING CREW DOES. ALL THE ASSETS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, ALL THE ASSETS THAT ARE GOING TO COME WITH, WITH BUILDING, THEY'LL JUST CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THOSE. AND RESTRIPE THOSE, THOSE ROADS WHEN YOU'RE DOING PAINTING, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY LAST 4 TO 5 YEARS ON THE BUSY STREETS, RESIDENTIAL. YOU CAN GET, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT, CROSSWALKS, THAT SORT OF THING. SO IT'S JUST CONTINUAL ITEMS, AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, HE YOU SEE THE BILLS THAT, THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON, ON THOSE. SO IF YOU'RE SPENDING THAT KIND OF MONEY EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING COST. AND SO, YES. AND IS THE EXPECTATION THAT YOU WOULD EVENTUALLY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID THAT FOR NOW, IT WAS WHAT WHATEVER THE CREW WAS, TWO PEOPLE, IT'S EXPECTED THAT IT'LL GO UP SOON OR THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD MORE PEOPLE THE FOLLOWING YEAR. BUT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO DETERMINE THAT THE FIRST YEAR, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY LANE MILES THEY CAN STRIKE. SO THEN WE'LL KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. IT MAY BE SOMETHING WE CAN PUSH OFF AT A LATER TIME, BUT RIGHT NOW AT THE FIRST LOOK AT IT, IT WOULD MOST LIKELY BE THE SECOND YEAR. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. WE'RE AT A CRITICAL MASS OF MARKINGS AND SIGNS NOW THAT IT'S AND THEY'RE STARTING TO AGE BECAUSE ALL OUR COMMUNITIES ARE, ARE GETTING A LITTLE OLDER. AND SO IT, IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME, WE HISTORICALLY SPENT ABOUT 50,000 A YEAR ON THIS LATELY. IT'S GETTING UP TO 75. I THINK WE HAD SOME SPECIAL STRIPING PROJECTS THAT GOT US UP TO 100. SO, YOU KNOW, YEAR OVER YEAR SPEND IS 75,000 A LOT. SOME OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ONE TIME, NOT ONE TIME COST, BUT A FIVE, TEN YEAR COST WITH A TRUCK AND EQUIPMENT. AND WE THOSE WILL LAST MANY YEARS. SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KIND OF WORK THROUGH THE NUMBERS, IT, IT IT PAYS FOR ITSELF IN FIVE, FIVE, SIX YEARS AND CERTAINLY MORE RESPONSIVE THAN GOING.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. SURE. WE'LL GET RIGHT ON IT AND PRIORITIZE. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON TRAFFIC MARKING AND SIGN CREW OR ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO THAT WRAPS UP PUBLIC WORKS AND WE ARE ALMOST AT THE END HERE. SO WE HAVE POLICE, PUBLIC SAFETY TRAFFIC OPERATIONS , ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THOSE ARE THEIR PRIORITIES AND THE FUNCTIONS OF SERVICES THEY OFFER. CURRENTLY THEY HAVE, 30 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. THAT INCLUDES OFFICERS, THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEN ALSO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS, AS WELL THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS LAST YEAR, THEY IMPLEMENTED THE LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL FOR THEM AND IMPLEMENTED A DRONE PROGRAM AND THEN ALSO SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS BEST PRACTICES FOR RECOGNITION STATUS ON THE POLICIES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SOME OF THE WORKLOAD MEASURES THAT THE DEPARTMENT TRACKS, WE LOOK HERE ON THE LEFT, WE COMPARE THE SERVICE AREA POPULATION TO THE WORKLOAD MEASURES THERE ON THE RIGHT AND THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS, REPORTS, RESPONSE TO CALLS AND ARRESTS ARE BEING PERFORMED OVER TIME, THERE IS A LITTLE DOWNWARD TREND THERE IN 2020 AND 2021 WITH COVID. AND THEN WE SAW IT POP BACK UP IN 22 AND HAS MAINTAINED AN AT THE END OF FY 23. AND THEN CHIEF INFORMED US TODAY THAT THAT CONTINUES TO INCREASE FASTER, AT A FASTER PACE THAN IT DID IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS AS WELL. FOR A NUMBER OF THESE, A NUMBER OF THESE WORKLOAD MEASURES. THE POLICE BUDGET IS 4.7 MILLION AT BASE, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE COST OF ABOUT A MILLION, ONCE AGAIN,

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OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S HYPER CRITICAL TO TROUBLES ARE FACING RIGHT NOW. AND I APPRECIATE THAT , COUNCIL I'M SURE SOMEBODY ELSE HAS SOME. I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE RECRUITING EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING BECAUSE IT IS A NEED. AND I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS REQUEST COME IN. AND IF WE IF ALL GOES WELL, BY WE HAVE 40 ACADEMY RIGHT NOW. WE JUST HAD ONE GRADUATE, THE OTHER FOUR SHOULD BE GRADUATING IN OCTOBER, I BELIEVE. SO THAT WOULD BE. AND IF WE GET THESE NEXT THREE POSITIONS, I HAVE SOME OTHER PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE THAT WE CAN PROBABLY BE FULL STAFF AND EVERYBODY ON THE STREET BY MARCH. IF WE DON'T LOSE ANYBODY. SO WHAT, SO THE DETECTIVE POSITION IS HIRING SOMEBODY NEW, NOT, PROMOTING FROM WITHIN. IT'D BE. IT'D BE A LATERAL MOVE TO CID. THERE'D PROBABLY BE ONE THAT GOES OVER THERE, AND THEN WE CAN JUST REHIRE ANOTHER OFFICER POSITION. WHAT'S YOUR CASELOAD PER DETECTIVE RIGHT NOW? ABOUT 40 PER DETECTIVE. WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT BETWEEN 25 AND 30. SO ONE MORE KIND OF EVEN IT OUT. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I THOUGHT IT WAS AROUND 40 TOO MANY. YEAH. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY FOR THE RECRUITMENT AND MAINTAINING THAT. WHAT HOW LONG IS THE FTO PROCESS? IT'S, FOUR MONTHS.

OKAY. IF THEY'RE A BRAND NEW RECRUIT, IF THEY'RE IF THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE, WE DO AN ACCELERATED NINE WEEK PROGRAM THAT WE GET THEM THROUGH PRETTY QUICK. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON POLICE? THANK YOU. CHIEF. OKAY. THIS IS OUR LAST SECTION. JUST ADDITIONAL COUNCIL REQUESTS. SO ONE REQUEST WAS MADE. JUST TO PUT THIS KIND OF ON THE RADAR IS SEVERE WEATHER SIRENS. WE'VE OBVIOUSLY GONE THROUGH SOME SEVERE WEATHER HERE IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO. THE COST FOR THESE SEVERE WEATHER SIRENS, THEY RANGE VERY BROADLY FROM ABOUT 447,000 TO 665,000, WITH A YEARLY MAINTENANCE COST OF AROUND 25,000. NOW, THE REASON FOR THIS LARGE VARIATION IN COST IS A NUMBER OF THINGS TIMING OF PURCHASE, THE TYPE OF SIRENS THAT YOU SELECT, AND ANY ADDITIONAL ADD ONS AND WHAT THOSE ADD ONS BRING AND THEN ALSO THE NUMBER OF SIRENS THAT ARE EMPLOYED WITHIN THE TOWN. THE LAST TIME THAT WE DID THE STUDY AND LOOKED AT IT A MINIMUM OF FIVE WAS NEEDED TO PROVIDE AT LEAST A BASIC ADEQUATE MINIMUM COVERAGE. YOU CAN ALWAYS INCREASE THAT AS WELL, BUT THAT WOULD NATURALLY INCREASE THE PRICE. SO SEVERE WEATHER SIRENS,

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YEAH. OKAY IS THERE, POSSIBLE GRANT MONIES AVAILABLE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, ACTUALLY.

CAN SOMEBODY ELSE PAY FOR IT? DREW, WOULD SOME OF THAT STUFF THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT FROM FEMA MIGHT BE APPLICABLE TO THIS AT ALL? POSSIBLY. WHAT WE TYPICALLY FIND IS YOU NEED TO BE IN A CERTAIN CENSUS TRACT, AND BE TO BE ELIGIBLE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC. WE DON'T NORMALLY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT EXTREME RISK RATING THAT WE RECEIVED MIGHT NOT PLAY INTO IT.

I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A STRETCH, BUT SOMETHING WE CAN ASK. YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO PROMISE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN MANY GRANTS BEFORE. MAYOR, I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES, YOU WHAT CITIES HAVE THIS SERVICE AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION. OH, JUST KIND OF THE ROLL OUT BASICALLY OF WHAT WHAT OTHER SERVICES ARE OUT THERE AND WHAT WE THINK IS THE SUBSCRIPTION RATE ON THAT? OKAY. THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY FOR SOMETHING WE CAN GET FOR FREE. OKAY. WELL, THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF THE PRESENTATION FOR, THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET. SO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING, I CAN GO BACK, SLIDE WHATEVER NEED, I DO HAVE ONE AND IT IS GOING TO BE ON THE VERY FIRST SLIDE THAT YOU EVER SHOWED. I WAS WAITING. YEAH. LET ME SEE IF I CAN. IT WAS ABOUT THE CONTRACT POLICE SERVICES AND I THINK REVENUES INCREASED. WAS IT 95,000? OKAY. HOLD ON MA'AM. YES SIR. SO THE QUESTION I HAD WAS IS WE ONLY CONTRACT WITH HARVEST, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO WASN'T THAT CONTRACT JUST TO COVER OUR COST? YES, BUT IT'S WHAT IT'S THE PERCENTAGE IS WHAT WE WERE PAYING BEFORE TO WHAT WE'RE PAYING NOW. SO WHEN WE RENEGOTIATED IT, THAT'S THAT WAS THAT IS THAT REALLY CONSIDERED REVENUE? OR NEW REVENUE OR IS IT COVERING. WE'RE WE COUNTED AS REVENUE, IT COMES WITH A COST.

IT COMES WITH POLICE SERVICES. BUT, WE I'M NOT AGAINST NEW REVENUE. I'M JUST SAYING, I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST COVERING AND I DON'T. RIGHT. WE COUNT WE COUNT IT AS REVENUE.

OKAY BECAUSE IT IS. UNLESS IT'S A SERVICE WE PROVIDE TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OUR OWN. OKAY THE PURPOSE OF THAT REVENUE IS TO HELP US COVER OUR COSTS OF OUR POLICE. SO IT DIRECTLY GOES INTO THE MULTIPLE FUNDING STREAMS OF THE POLICE. SO WE'RE NOT OUT OF OUT OF POCKET PER SE.

NO. AND WE WERE COVERING WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO PAY. WE WERE COUNTING ON THIS AND WE STAFFED APPROPRIATELY BASED ON OUR, OUR UNDERSTANDING. JOHN, JUST CAPTURING THIS. SO WE, WE LOOK AT THE MAJOR SOURCES. SO YOU'RE AWARE IT'S AND IT'S ALSO AN INCREASE FROM, OBVIOUSLY LAST YEAR WITH WHAT WE'RE BEING WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING FOR CONTRACTED POLICE SERVICES. SO THAT'S PART

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I WAS THERE, YES, IF YOU ADD ALL THESE NUMBERS UP. IF. OKAY, YOU MOVE ME OVER HERE. NOW I HAVE A MICROPHONE. IT ONLY WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO. OKAY SO, IF YOU ADD ALL THESE NUMBERS UP, THEY DON'T ADD UP TO 1.4 MILLION. SO WHAT ARE SOME OTHER KEY REVENUE CATEGORIES? IN ADDITION TO. SO THE, THE KIND OF THE DEFICIT WE LOOKED AT WAS JUST THE GENERAL FUND. NOW REMEMBER JOHN SAID THIS SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ARE PAID OUT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. CORPORATIONS WHICH GET THEIR MONEY FROM SALES TAX, A LOT ALL THE WELL THE TWO, THE TWO WATER AND WASTEWATER EMPLOYEES ARE PAID OUT OF WATER FEES, WHICH AREN'T IN THAT THAT NUMBER. SO THAT'S WHY THAT 1.4 IS GREATER THAN THAT DEFICIT NUMBER.

BECAUSE NOW WHEN WE WHEN WE BRING YOU THE BUDGET, WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU, WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU EVERYTHING. BUT AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, WE'RE FOCUSED ESPECIALLY ON THE TAX RATE AND MAKING SURE WE MAINTAIN THAT TAX RATE. AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON OUR CORE SERVICES, WHICH ARE POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS, STREETS, TRAFFIC AND SO FORTH, BUT WE HAVE OTHER WE HAVE OTHER FUNDS. AND JOHN MENTIONED THOSE AS CONTRIBUTING TO THOSE. SO THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER DOESN'T MATCH. BECAUSE YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. THERE'S REVENUE SOURCES OUTSIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND THAT SUPPORT SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS, REQUESTS. WE'RE ALSO MISSING SOME OF THE SUB FRANCHISE FEES ISN'T REPORTED ON HERE AS WELL, WOULD BE ONE EXAMPLE OF A FUND THAT'S OR A REVENUE SOURCE IS NOT SHOWN ON THESE CATEGORIES. SO ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE BRIEFING. ANY COMMENTS FOR STAFF AS THEY CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THIS. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE IS IN THE BUDGET. AND WE MAKE IT FIT. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ADDED, NOW'S A GOOD TIME. SO STAFF GOES IN A IN THE DIRECTION WE WANT AND WE'LL COME BACK IN JULY 25TH. GO TO OH, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE THINKING. SO IT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED. BUT I AGREE THAT IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF PRIORITY LIST AS FAR AS POSITIONS THAT WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT, POSITIONS THAT WE CAN WAIT ON, THAT WOULD HELP. AS FAR AS HAVING GUIDANCE ON THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO, MAKE SURE THAT THE TOWN SECRETARY GETS A REQUEST FOR A RECORDS CLERK. YES SO, SEE, EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH YOU OVER THERE. SEE THAT? NO I AGREE THAT'S ACTUALLY, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY OVERWORKED HERE AND DEALING WITH PAPER AND RECORDS. DEFINITELY. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, OTHER, OTHER REQUESTS.

THIS ONE'S JUST A QUESTION FOR LATER. THE TEXT MYGOV WAS LISTED ON. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW, MAYBE NEXT TIME WHAT OUR PARTICIPATION LOOKS LIKE WITH THAT. AND IF PEOPLE ARE USING IT AND WHAT THE ROLLOUT'S BEEN LIKE . LIKE, IS IT WORKING? BASICALLY. SO MY QUESTION, I HAPPEN TO KNOW QUITE A BIT ABOUT FEMA AND JUST GRANT WRITING IN GENERAL, JUST DUE TO WORK WITH NONPROFITS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT I'M SO DOES SOMEBODY FROM EACH DEPARTMENT WRITE THE ACTUAL GRANT OR Y'ALL OUTSOURCING A GRANT WRITER? HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING THAT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, WE HAVE SOME SMALLER GRANTS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WRITES, AND THERE'S A SERGEANT THAT IS MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. THERE'S LATER ON YOUR AGENDA, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY. AND WE'VE GOT A PROPOSAL FROM ERNST YOUNG TO, WRITE THAT GRANT FOR US, AND THEN WE'VE EXPLORED A NUMBER OF OTHER GRANTS, RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY SHELTER, AND WE REALIZED THAT WE WERE TOO FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS TO BENEFIT FROM THAT. I WROTE A GRANT YEARS AGO FOR THAT WIND TURBINE OUT AT, PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING. SO IT'S JUST A HODGEPODGE. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ENOUGH GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND A FULL TIME POSITION. AND WE'VE WE'VE

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YEAH, ALL OF THE ABOVE. OKAY. I WOULD THINK, AND I'D LIKE COUNCIL TO CHIME IN ON THIS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST REQUESTS HERE IS THE SEVERE WEATHER SIRENS. I THINK WITH THAT COST, I'D ONLY REALLY BE INTERESTED IN IF WE COULD LOOK AT SOME SORT OF GRANT TO HELP OFFSET THAT. THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG OUTLAY. AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF FREE SERVICES FOR THAT. AND LIKE A RISK ASSESSMENT, LIKE A RISK ANALYSIS OF WHAT DO WE GAIN FROM DOING THAT? ARE WE ARE PEOPLE AT RISK RIGHT NOW FROM NOT HAVING ONE. WHAT ARE THE OTHER OPTIONS, THAT KIND OF THING. LIKE WHAT ELSE IS THERE OTHER THAN PUTTING IN A $700,000 THING? I CAN JUST HOLLER AT MY NEIGHBORS FOR FREE.

THE STAFF LOOKING FOR ANY OTHER DIRECTION RIGHT NOW, ANY BIG QUESTION MARK SPLITTING OF YOUR HEAD. YEAH. WE'LL JUST WE'LL SEE WHERE THE WHERE THE NUMBERS LINE OUT. AND, TRY TO BALANCE ALL THESE NEEDS. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. AND, THE NECESSITY VERSUS, KIND OF MOVE FORWARD INTO A NEW AREA AND BE MORE EFFICIENT. WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE AS WELL, THE YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THE MS4 AND THOSE REQUIREMENTS, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF ROBBING FROM CORE PUBLIC WORKS FUNCTIONS. SO THAT'S A THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR US. WHAT HAPPENS IF WE TELL THE STATE WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO DO IT, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I'M SURE IT'D BE BAD. BUT I'LL I'LL GET YOU THAT ANSWER AS WELL. I HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR DIFFERENT GRANTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCY SERVICES AND, AND FEMA, SPECIFIC LIKELY, THAT I THINK THE TOWN CAN BENEFIT FROM. FOR SURE. WE'LL BE GLAD TO LOOK AT THAT. NOW, REMEMBER, GRANTS ARE TO MAKE YOU DO SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT TO DO. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY THEY GIVE YOU THOSE GRANTS. SO JUST JUST BE AWARE OF THAT. AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO THOSE. BUT IF IT LINES UP, IF IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO, SOMETHING THEY WANT US TO DO AND SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO, BUT IN MOST CASES IT'S MANY DEGREES OFF WHAT YOU ORIGINALLY OR WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. BUT, YEAH, WE'LL BE GLAD TO LOOK AT THAT. I'LL BE GLAD TO MEET WITH YOU.

OBVIOUSLY, I ENCOURAGE ANY COUNSELOR IF YOU THINK YOU CAN BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE FOR STAFF, MEET WITH THEM INDEPENDENTLY, COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN AND STAFF WILL BRING IT TO COUNCIL. SO DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE THAT WHERE WE HAVE OUR OWN EXPERTISE. SO I KNOW WE DESPERATELY WANT TO GO ON. I DO TOO, I WOULD BE INTERESTED ALSO TO SEE WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IF WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, IF WE GO WITHOUT THE UTILITY, THE ADDITIONAL TWO UTILITY. LIKE WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IF WE DON'T ADD TO THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE STAFF IN, WATER AND SEWER, OR ALL OF THEM. BUT I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE OTHER ONES AND NOT AS MUCH ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT WOULD WE LOSE BY NOT ADDING THE ADDITIONAL UTILITY STAFF? OKAY. AND WHAT WOULD THE KIND OF WORKLOAD LOOK LIKE FOR THE EXISTING STAFF WITH THAT? YEAH. OKAY SO WE'RE ASKING FOR HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS, TO TWO IN WATER AND SEWER. ONE FOR STORMWATER AND, TWO INITIALLY FOR THE TRAFFIC AND SIGN MARKING CREW WITH ONE PROBABLY THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO PUBLIC WORKS ALL TOGETHER, FIVE IN THIS COMING YEAR. TWO IN THE UTILITY FUND AND THREE IN THE GENERAL FUND. ARE ANY OF THESE POSITIONS, FORECAST TO BE DELAYED STARTS, HALF YEAR STARTS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THAT'S PART OF THE WHAT WE WILL LOOK AT. AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY KNOWING THAT WE'RE GROWING AND KNOWING THAT THE TYPICALLY THE REVENUES CATCH UP. AND WE HAVE WE HAVE HOUSES THAT ARE BEING BUILT THAT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THE, PROPERTY VALUE. SO WE DO WE DO THAT AS WELL. WE SOMETIMES WE PROGRAM RIGHT AT OCTOBER BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE READY. MOST OF THE TIME IT'S JANUARY, BUT WE'LL DELAY TILL APRIL A LOT OF TIMES TO, TO MAKE IT WORK. VERY GOOD STAFF.

[01:05:02]

[2.B. Briefing - Upper Trinity Irrigation Checkups]

[01:10:04]

IT'S A PRETTY SMALL INVESTMENT TO POTENTIALLY SAVE OUR RESIDENTS WATER RATE HIKES IN THE IN THE NEAR TERM. HOW DO WE SAY YES TO IT OR DO IT LIKE WHAT'S NEXT? WELL, THIS THIS IS WITHIN THE MANAGER SPENDING AUTHORITY. SO IF YOU ALL NOD YOUR HEADS, WE'LL WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN. I LIKE IT AND PROMOTE IT SO THAT THEY USE ALL THE ONES WE BUY. RIGHT. CAN YOU GIVE US A TESTIMONIAL TO. YES. I ALSO SAVED LOTS OF MONEY ON MY, WATER BILL AND WE HAD A BROKEN SPRINKLER HEAD THAT WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE THAT WE NEVER SAW. THAT WAS JUST GUSHING WATER BLINDLY EVERY SINGLE TIME WE WATERED. AND NOW IT'S EFFICIENT. IT WAS LAST YEAR. EVERYBODY ON BOARD THEN? YEAH. OKAY. DREW GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC INPUT. I DO NOT HAVE ANY FORMS HERE

[3. PUBLIC INPUT]

[01:15:04]

APPRECIATE IT. MISS HARTMAN. HI I'M MARINA HARTMAN. I LIVE IN NORTHLAKE, A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON YOUR, YOUR BUDGET NUMBERS. CERTAINLY ALL OF THE REQUESTS HAVE, HAVE MERIT TO THEM. I THINK YOUR POLICE AND YOUR, YOUR PUBLIC WORKS ARE PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT AND MAYBE EVEN EQUAL TO THAT. ARE THESE REQUESTS BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S BEEN HERE SINCE. WHAT IS IT, 2020 1ST NOVEMBER? AND. AND SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT CITY SECRETARIES THAT I'VE EVER SEEN, PLUS, SHE HAS THE ADDED JOB OF KEEPING ALL OF THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS OF THE TOWN, AND THOSE ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. SO PERHAPS Y'ALL COULD CONSIDER THAT, WITH REGARD TO THE WATER ISSUES, Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING A CONSENT ITEM TONIGHT WITH A UP TO A $2,000 FINE FOR, FOR WATER CONSERVATION VIOLATIONS. AND OBVIOUSLY, WATER CONSERVATION IS GOOD AND WASTE IS BAD. BUT PERHAPS THE COUNCIL COULD EXPOUND UPON, PLANS TO GROW WITHOUT FORCING, CONSERVATION ON EXISTING RESIDENTS. IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO SERVE CURRENT CUSTOMERS, HOW IS THE TOWN GOING TO, DEFEND ADDING MORE? PLUS, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE ADDING MORE CITIZENS WITHOUT PROPER ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, EXCEPT WATER IS ESSENTIAL, ALSO, ONE OTHER ITEM I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS AT THE AT THE 1ST MAY MEETING, MAYOR PRO TEM MONTINI STATED, IN AN EFFORT TO PREPARE STAFF AND PREPARE COUNSEL FOR THOSE WHO SPEAK IN PUBLIC INPUT, WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT WHEN DO PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK? AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S TWO SPEAKERS AT THIS MONTH'S, COUNCIL MEETING IN PUBLIC INPUT, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, THAT WE DON'T MAKE IT ANY MORE DIFFICULT ON OUR RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS THEIR GOVERNMENT AND THAT THE CURRENT PRACTICE IS WORKING, DEVELOPERS COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND GET A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF COUNCIL TIME. I THINK THAT RESIDENTS SHOULD RECEIVE, AT LEAST EQUAL AND PROBABLY EVEN BETTER TREATMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, YOU. AFTER YOU'RE DONE, YOU CAN FILL IT OUT, BUT CERTAINLY. COME ON UP, SIR, NAME AND ADDRESS FIRST. AND, LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS, MY NAME IS TOM HOFFMAN. I LIVE IN PECAN SQUARE, 3013 SUNDIAL LANE, JUST A BASIC COMMENT. I LOOKED IN THE NOTES THAT YOU HAVE HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE BUYING TWO VEHICLES. ONE IS A, CHRYSLER OR STELLANTIS, AND I THINK ONE IS A FORD, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA WORK FOR GENERAL MOTORS. WE HAVE A FACTORY RIGHT DOWN THE STREET HERE, I WOULD ASK, I SAW A LOT OF VEHICLES BEING SELECTED OR PEOPLE REQUESTING. I'D ASK YOU TO CONSIDER GENERAL MOTORS FOR FUTURE VEHICLES, IF YOU COULD.

THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE SOME, DISCUSSION ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. WHAT'S THE POINT? RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY MOVING ON TO CONSENT ITEMS. IT'S 6:48 P.M. DOES WE

[4. CONSENT ITEMS]

[01:20:07]

WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. THOSE ITEMS PASSED 7 TO 0. ALL RIGHT, SO ITEM C, WE

[Items 4.C & 4.D]

MAYOR IT A LOT OF IT IS AVAILABILITY. TAHOES ARE GETTING HARD TO GET. SO THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY AN OPTION FOR US. THE DODGE DURANGOS ARE ON THE GROUND AT THE DEALERSHIP. WE CAN PICK THAT CAR UP AS SOON AS WE PASS IT, AS FAR AS THE CIVILIAN VERSION OF THE OF CAPTAIN THORNTON'S CAR, AS YOU KNOW, SEDANS ARE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND, AND A LOT OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE BEING OUTFITTED FOR POLICE USE ARE BEING ON, BEING OUTFITTED FOR THE PATROL SIDE. SO IT LIMITS WHAT WE CAN GET. THE NEXT VEHICLE THAT WAS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FROM CHEVROLET WAS GOING TO BE AN EQUINOX. NOT REALLY, AS IS, REALLY, REALLY, FOR WHAT OUR PURPOSES ARE, WE FELT LIKE THAT THE EXPLORER WAS A BETTER FIT, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'VE ALREADY GOT THEM. AND, OUR OUTFITTERS ABLE TO USE THE SAME LIGHTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR MARK UNITS, EXCEPT THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, MY IMPALA, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS LIGHTS THAT ARE UNDER THE WINDSHIELD AND IN THE BACK WINDOWS. IT'S A LOT EASIER TO FIT THOSE CARS THAT ARE ON A PLATFORM THAT'S A POLICE VEHICLE. SO THAT WAS WHY THOSE VEHICLES WERE SELECTED. THE FORD HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BACK AND FORTH WITH COUNCIL. IT'S A FUNNY HISTORY UP HERE BETWEEN FORD AND CHEVY. SO THAT'S THAT'S I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE. THE DODGE DURANGO WAS SURPRISING AND I DO WORRY ABOUT MAINTENANCE COSTS WITH THOSE BECAUSE THEIR TRANSMISSIONS ARE JUST KNOWN ISSUES, IS THERE ANY LEAD ON ANY OTHER VEHICLES OR THAT ONE? JUST I'M REALLY AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES WITH IT, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE ALL BECOME OUR OWN EXPERTS. AND DREW HATES IT.

THERE'S PROBABLY A REASON THEY'RE ON THE GROUND AT THE DEALERSHIP. WELL THERE ARE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE GONE TO THEM IN THE AREA, BECAUSE OF THEIR AVAILABILITY. WE, SO FAR, WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING NEGATIVE ON THEM, I HAVE A FRIEND OF MINE THAT'S IN THE INDUSTRY NAMED JERRY REYNOLDS. THAT'S SATURDAY MORNINGS ON WBAP. I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT. HE IS A FORMER POLICE OFFICER. BACK IN THE DAY. AND I SAID, WHAT KIND OF REPORTS ARE YOU GETTING SO FAR? WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING NEGATIVE. NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE HAD WITH THE CHARGER. A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY, SO THAT'S WHY WE MADE THE DECISION TO PURCHASE ONE, AND SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT. THAT WAY, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE THAT BECOMES PROBLEMATIC. WE'VE ONLY GOT ONE IN THE FLEET AND WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, UNDER UNDER UNDER THIS, THIS FLEET OF HAVING MULTIPLES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN. WE'VE JUST GOT ONE CAR THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

IT'S A BRAND NEW CAR. IT'S UNDER WARRANTY. SO THAT WAS A REASON THAT IT WAS. AND IT'S CONSIDERABLY CHEAPER RIGHT NOW, AND AGAIN, I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS. THAT'S WHY WE ONLY GOT ONE. AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT WE'VE DECIDED. HEY, LET'S OUTFIT IT. LET'S SEE WHAT IT DOES. THAT WAY, IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN OTHER VEHICLES ARE AVAILABLE, WE CAN BUY THOSE. SO RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHY IT'S FORDS AND DODGES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S AVAILABLE. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH OUR WHEN PETTINESS THERE. I THINK THERE'S A FEW QUESTIONS FOR DODGE AND I LOVE IT. AND IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE, A DODGE DURANGO PLUS A NEW TRANSMISSION IN A COUPLE YEARS IS STILL CHEAPER THAN THE FORD EXPLORER RIGHT NOW AND EASIER TO GET. HOW HOW HOW LONG DOES PATROL CARS NORMALLY LAST IN GENERAL? IN GENERAL, WE'RE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING ANYWHERE FROM THREE, FOUR YEARS OUT OF THEM, DEPENDING UPON HOW MANY MILES ARE ON THEM, HOW MANY, HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING TO MAINTAIN THEM.

OKAY. AND THE DURANGO THAT YOU CALLED ABOUT AND TALKED TO SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS ABOUT HOW LONG HAVE THEY HAD THEIRS. THEY'VE THEY'VE HAD THEY'VE GOT 20 TWOS AND 23. WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING

[01:25:03]

[4.C. VOTE]

[4.D. VOTE]

ALL RIGHT. SEVEN ZERO. AND DREW, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US ON THE WATER? CONSERVATION, DROUGHT

[4.F. Consider an Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Northlake, Texas, Amending Article 12.08 "Water Conservation and Drought Contingency Plan" of Chapter 12 "Utilities" of the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Northlake, Texas]

[4.F. VOTE]

[5.A. Consider an Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending Ordinance No. 13-0124A, the Northlake Unified Development Code as amended, by approving a Specific Use Permit ("SUP") to authorize Church/Place of Worship; Day Care; and School, Primary and Secondary (Private) uses in accordance with certain conditions on a 16.942-acre tract of land situated in the Lewis Medlin Survey, Abstract No. 830, and being Lot 1, Block 25, Chadwick Farms Addition (Case # 24-SUP00001)]

[01:30:04]

NOW OKAY. SEEING NO INTEREST FROM THE CROWD, AT SEVEN, 703, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCILOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I GOT A COUPLE FOR THE APPLICANT.

IF THEY'RE HERE. ABSOLUTELY. INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR US, PLEASE. SURE. DARREN ANDREWS WITH MCADAMS. I'M CIVIL ENGINEER, AND I'M REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU. OKAY, YOU. IF YOU'RE REPRESENTED FOR THE ITEM. NOT SURE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, BUT, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE BUILDING ANTICIPATION FOR MORE STUDENTS. DO THEY ARE THEY ALREADY FILLED? IS THAT THE NEED? THEY'RE ALREADY FILLED. AND THIS THIS, EXPANSION IS UP TO 200 STUDENTS TOTAL FROM WHAT THEY HAVE NOW, IS, IS THIS EXPANSION, IN ESSENCE, FOR THE GOVERNOR'S PUSH FOR VOUCHERS COMING ALONG THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND ADD IT BECAUSE THAT I KNOW THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE IF WE DID NOT, THIS WOULD EVERYBODY I ALREADY ANSWERED IT MYSELF. BUT BASICALLY THIS WOULD CREATE LIKE UNDUE BURDEN ON THEM TO NOT BE ABLE TO EXPAND IN THE SPACE THAT THEY'RE IN BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE FRAMED HOW THEY ARE ZONED. OKAY YOU'RE SAYING IT'S 200 STUDENTS. IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS ALREADY THERE, OR IT WILL BE A TOTAL OF 200, JUST A TOTAL OF 200. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, A BIG PART OF THIS IS THAT IT'S COMING. THEY WERE FORT WORTH. THEY BUILT UNDER FORT WORTH. ASSUMED. AND THEN FORT WORTH SAID, HERE, TAKE THIS. AND WE'LL TAKE THAT. AND WE HAD SOME TRADE TRADES GOING ON. SO WITH, WITH THE AREA I BELIEVE IT'S

[01:35:06]

IT'S A IT'S THEIR NORMAL MISSION. WELL, AND I GUESS WHAT I WAS GETTING AT, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR IS, IS THERE GOING TO BE MORE EXPANSION IN THE FUTURE? IT'S THROUGH SIXTH GRADE. IS THERE GOING TO BE ANTICIPATION OF GOING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL? HIGH SCHOOL? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. I MEAN, I HAVE SEEN SOME KIND OF FUTURE OFF PLANS. I MEAN, BUT NOT ANYTHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE OR ANYTHING. I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO KEEP COMING BACK. IF THE IF THEIR PLAN IS EVENTUALLY, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY WANT TO GO FOR. I KNOW THEY WOULD HAVE TO. RIGHT? RIGHT. THEY'D HAVE TO KEEP BECAUSE WE MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ZONE THEM COMMERCIAL BACK WHEN THEY FIRST COME IN. BECAUSE OF THE CONTROVERSY. YEAH, JUST BECAUSE ONE GUY WHO LIVED IN FORT WORTH, SOME PEOPLE LISTEN TO HIM. I DIDN'T, BUT ANYWAY, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE COMING BACK BEGGING US. THAT'S MY OPINION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

[5.A. VOTE]

[5.B. Consider a Resolution of the Town of Northlake, Texas, ratifying the actions taken by the Northlake Economic Development Corporation and Northlake Community Development Corporation Boards of Directors, approving a Pioneer Program Grant for Timekeeper's Haus in the amount of $25,000 and authorizing the Town Manager to enter into a performance agreement]

THERE'S AN OPTION FOR AN UP FRONT GRANT THAT'S GIVEN IN THE FORM OF A FORGIVABLE LOAN. IF THAT BUSINESS IS THERE FOR FIVE YEARS AND IT'S, THAT LOAN IS FORGIVEN. AND THEN THERE'S, A COUPLE OF OPTIONS WITH, WITH, SOME UP FRONT PAYMENT AND THEN ALSO SALES TAX REBATE OVER 4 TO 5 YEAR TERMS. SO THEY GET WHATEVER THEY GENERATE. AND THOSE FOLLOWING USE YEARS REDUCES SOME RISK TO THE EDC AND CDC THAT WAY. ALL OF THESE AWARDS ARE SPLIT, BETWEEN THE EDC AND CDC FUNDING. AND THE RECIPIENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY FEDERAL TAX LIABILITY. AND I'LL

[01:40:05]

YEAH. OKAY, AND DO THEY HAVE ANY REPRESENTATIVES? YES, WE DO. AND IT'S PROBABLY BETTER TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM REAL QUICK TO JUST EXPLAIN THE BUSINESS THAT THAT WOULD BE IDEAL. I THINK I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO INVEST HERE. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL, MY NAME IS DAVID NORMAN, I'M THE CO-OWNER OF, TIME KEEPER'S HOUSE, SO WE'RE A CAFE SLASH RESTAURANT, OPENING THIS FALL. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE LOCATED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ROBESON RANCH AND A NEW SHOPPING CENTER BEING BUILT OUT THERE CALLED NORTHLAKE CROSSING, SO THE OTHER OWNER IS, MY WIFE, WE LIVE HERE WITH OUR TWO KIDS, WE MOVED OUT HERE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, AND OPENING A CAFE HAS BEEN, A DREAM FOR A WHILE. IT'S ALSO SOMEWHAT OF A FAMILY BUSINESS, SO MY BROTHER IN LAW HAS RUN A, A VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT IN SEATTLE FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS. AND HE'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST SUPPORTERS. AND, RIGHT NOW, LET'S SEE, SO IT'S A 3000 SQUARE FOOT INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACE, 2000 SQUARE FOOT INDOOR. PART OF THAT IS, THE KITCHEN. SO WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE A LARGE KITCHEN. ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN US IS, AND THE PREVIOUS BUSINESS, WE ARE SERVING BUBBLE TEA. COFFEE I ACTUALLY HAVE A. THAT'S A MENU OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE, THAT WILL BE SERVING. SO WE HAVE A FULL, FOOD . SO WE'LL BE SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH, KIND OF SNACKS, BAKERIES, BAKERY ITEMS, SO GOURMET

[01:45:05]

WE USE A SERVICE CALLED ZAP TAX TO ANALYZE THE SALES TAXES WE RECEIVE. SO WE COMPARED IT AGAINST SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR. AND WE ACTUALLY HAD THEM GO AND EVALUATE BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO, OTHER LOCATIONS IN TEXAS. AND THIS FELL WITHIN THE TYPICAL RANGE OF THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS, I KIND OF WANT TO COMMENT BECAUSE I GOT TO WATCH HIS WHOLE PRESENTATION AT THE LAST EDC, CDC, AND HE WENT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING LIKE A LITTLE CRUMB OF WHAT THE EDC AND CDC GOT TO SEE, BECAUSE THE SYSTEM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

[01:50:05]

BUT SO ARE YOUR PARTNERS. AND, AND I'M IMPRESSED WITH THEM. I KNOW, I KNOW A COUPLE OF THEM.

SO JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. AWESOME. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO PRESENTATION. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, YOUR DIVERSE MENU. I WAS, YOU KNOW, PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE SPECIALTY FOODS. WHAT I WOULD CALL AVERAGE AMERICAN FOODS AS WELL. A NICE MIX OF PRODUCTS THERE, I THINK THAT YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN YOUR APPLICATION AND THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN YOUR FINANCES, IT'S. I CAN SEE A CONSERVATIVENESS IN YOUR NUMBERS, SO, HATS OFF TO YOU ON THAT ONE. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP HERE. AND LIKE I SAID, DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT OR MAKE YOU NERVOUS, BUT I APPRECIATE, THE INSIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S, AS YOU CAN TELL, COUNCIL IS A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT HOW THE, FORGIVENESS AND NOT REAP THE PAYBACK WORKS IF YOU GO OUT OF BUSINESS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? YES, YES. THIS WASN'T THE ONLY LOAN WE'RE TAKING OUT TOO, SO WE'VE GOT TO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ACUTELY AWARE, TOO. YES, MA'AM. YEP. THERE'S RISK INVOLVED. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR FOR NATHAN? NATHAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER POINTS? YOU HAVE A 70 SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT HE DID FOR EDC AND CDC. SO YEAH, I THINK HE MAY HAVE THAT ON A THUMB DRIVE IF YOU WANT TO SEE HIM. JUST REAL QUICK. NATHAN WAS THERE ANY CONCERN AT THE CDC MEETING AT ALL? BECAUSE EVERYBODY VERY POINT VERY SIMILAR CONCERNS INITIALLY, AND THEY FELT A LOT BETTER AFTER THE PRESENTATION AND WERE APPRECIATIVE OF THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL AND THE DIFFERENCES IN THE PREVIOUS BUSINESSES THAT WERE CONCERNED WITH YOUR EDC AND CDC ARE DOING A GOOD JOB FOR

[01:55:03]

[5.B. VOTE]

SECOND FROM MISS HOLMES.

ALL RIGHT. SIX AND ONE. CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. I DON'T KNOW, I GOT TO KEEP MY PLACE IN

[5.C. Consider an Ordinance providing for the issuance of Town Of Northlake, Texas, Combination Tax and Limited Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Taxable Series 2024 in the approximate aggregate principal amount of $15,230,000, levying a tax in payment thereof; prescribing the form of said certificates and awarding the sale thereof; authorizing the execution and delivery of a paying Agent/Registrar Agreement; approving the official statement; and enacting provisions incident and relating to the subject and purposes of this ordinance]

JERRY, TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL, THIS IS THE. THIS IS THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE STAR CENTER PROJECT. THIS IS FOR, ALL THE PUBLIC ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT PARKING, WATER, SEWER AND DRAINAGE TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING, THIS IS THE TIMELINE, COUNCIL, APPROVED NOTIFICATION. WE'VE PROPERLY PUBLISHED THOSE NOTICE OF INTENT. IT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY, TODAY, AND IT WILL CLOSE JULY 11TH. WE HAVE WITH US, TWO SPECIALISTS. WE HAVE MARTY HSU, WHO'S OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, AND JULIE PARTAIN, WHO'S OUR BOND COUNSEL. AND SO, I WILL LET, MARTY DESCRIBE THE ISSUANCE TO YOU, TALK ABOUT THE RATE MAYBE GOING TO A RATING JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT WE DID THIS RECENTLY WITH OUR GEOS FOR THE ACTUAL VERTICAL BUILDING.

JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. SO IT MAY MAY, BUT WE HAVE SOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO MARTY, WELCOME BACK, MARTY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MARTY HSU WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES AS WAS MENTIONED, WE REPRESENT YOU AS YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR. WE DID PUT TOGETHER THESE, SALE BOOKLETS IN FRONT OF YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF THE SALE, WE'RE GOING TO START RIGHT BEHIND TAB A, YOUR BONDS WERE SOLD THROUGH A COMPETITIVE SALE, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY WERE PUT OUT ON THE OPEN MARKET. AND ANY AND ALL UNDERWRITERS WERE INVITED TO SUBMIT A BID FOR THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE AND SELL YOUR BONDS TO THE PUBLIC. I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE TOWN RECEIVED SIX SEPARATE BIDS. SO AGAIN, THAT'S THE FIRST PAGE BEHIND TAB A AND SAMCO CAPITAL MARKETS CAME IN WITH THE LOWEST PROPOSED TRUE INTEREST COST FOR TICK OF A 5.21. THAT'S YOUR FINAL RATE, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, WE NORMALLY LIKE TO SEE A MINIMUM OF THREE BIDS. THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A SUCCESSFUL SALE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU'RE WELL ABOVE THAT. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE JUST YOUR LEAD BIDDERS. USUALLY THESE, SOME OF THESE FIRMS MIGHT PARTICIPATE WITH SYNDICATES. SO WE DO HAVE A POST ANALYTICS REPORT, FROM THE DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM OF YOUR OFFERING DOCUMENT. AND WE KNOW THAT YOUR BONDS GOT OVER 2200 UNIQUE VIEWS. SO LOTS OF INVESTOR INTEREST. THAT'S GOOD.

TRANSLATES TO LOWER RATES FOR YOU, THE RATE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU'RE TRADITIONALLY USED TO SEEING. SAME WAS TRUE FOR THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THAT WE JUST RECENTLY SOLD. AND THAT'S BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES ARE TAXABLE. AND THAT'S, AS A RESULT OF THE, THE STARS LEASE AND THE PRIVATE USER WITH THE FACILITY. SO TRADITIONALLY THE TOWN WOULD NORMALLY BE SELLING TAX EXEMPT BONDS. SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. AND WHY YOU'VE GOT A HIGHER RATE RIGHT BEHIND THAT, BID SUMMARY. WE HAVE A FULL SET OF THE FINAL NUMBERS. SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT INTEREST RATE TRANSLATES TO IN TERMS OF DOLLARS OVER THE LIFE OF THE ISSUE. THE BONDS ARE BEING SIZED TO NET THE TOWN $15 MILLION OF PROJECT PROCEEDS. AND THEY'RE BEING SIZED WITH EQUAL ANNUAL PAYMENTS OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD. AND AS I MENTIONED, YOU GOT A LOT OF INVESTOR INTEREST, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE IT MEANS GOOD DEMAND. AND A VERY LARGE REASON FOR THAT IS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE CREDIT CREDIT RATING OF THE TOWN. SO AS PART OF THE NORMAL BOND ISSUANCE PROCESS, THE TOWN HAD TO APPLY FOR AND PURCHASE A BOND RATING, WHICH MEANS THE STAFF HAD TO SIT DOWN

[02:00:04]

THEY DO, FOCUS ON THE OR. THEY DO HIGHLIGHT THE VERY STRONG MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN. SO ALL IN ALL, VERY FAVORABLE RESULTS. THIS IS THE FINAL STEP OF THE BOND ISSUANCE PROCESS BY, APPROVING THE ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU, YOU ARE EFFECTIVELY ACCEPTING THIS BID AND LOCKING THIS RATE INTO PLACE FOR THE LIFE OF THE BONDS. IT WILL BE A FIXED RATE AND YOU WILL RECEIVE THE FUNDS ON JULY 11TH. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU, IS THIS PARTICULAR SALE REFINANCING AT A FUTURE DATE? IT IS. YOU HAVE A, TEN YEAR PREPAYMENT OPTION, AND THAT IS A STANDARD PREPAYMENT OPTION IN THE MARKET THAT DIDN'T COST ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO HAVE THAT. DOES THAT MEAN FOR CLARITY FOR EVERYBODY ELSE? THERE'S THERE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR TEN YEARS BEFORE WE CAN REFINANCE IT OR WHAT YOU DO. YES. SO YOU TECHNICALLY YOU CAN REFINANCE A TAXABLE ISSUANCE AT ANY TIME, THERE IS AN ECONOMICS OF IT WHERE, IT MAKES MORE SENSE AND YOU WOULD SAVE MORE THE CLOSER YOU GOT TO YOUR PREPAYMENT DATE. SO YOU'VE ESSENTIALLY COMMITTED TO YOUR INVESTORS THAT THE BONDS ARE GOING TO BE OUTSTANDING FOR TEN YEARS, AND THAT'S MORE OR LESS WHAT THEY ARE EXPECTING. SO IF YOU PREPAY YOUR OR IF YOU REFINANCED YOUR DEBT OR TRIED TO PREPAY IT EARLY, YOU CAN ALWAYS PREPAY DEBT AT ANY TIME. THE MONEY WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO AN ESCROW AND IT MAKES THOSE PAYMENTS UNTIL YOUR ACTUAL CALL DATE OR YOUR PREPAYMENT DATE. SO YOU WOULD LOSE OUT ON ECONOMICS OF THE BENEFIT OF THAT IN TERMS OF A REDUCTION IN INTEREST RATE.

IF YOU'RE FAR AWAY FROM THE AND ALL OF THAT VARIES WITH MARKET CONDITIONS OVER TIME AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HOW FAR AWAY ARE WE FROM LOSING OUR DOUBLE-A RATING? THERE IS NOTHING THAT I SEE ON THE HORIZON THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT YOU HAVE ANY CONCERN WHERE YOUR CREDIT RATING IS CONCERNED, AND AS I MENTIONED , IT'S A VERY ELITE CATEGORY OF RATING, AGAIN, YOU'RE ONLY TWO NOTCHES AWAY FROM A PERFECT SCORE. SO. ARE YOU MORE LIKELY TO GO UP THAN DOWN? EVERYBODY ALWAYS WANTS TO KNOW WHEN YOU CAN GO UP. HOW CAN WE BE PERFECT? HOW CAN YOU BE PERFECT, I, I DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THE RATING AGENCY, WAS THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT LARGE PROJECT, AND YOU ARE INCURRING A LOT OF DEBT AS A RESULT OF IT, WHICH IS OKAY, BECAUSE YOUR PROJECTED REVENUE STREAMS ARE EXPECTED TO FULLY SERVICE THAT DEBT, THEY DID INDICATE THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE REVENUE STREAMS ARE, IN FACT, MATERIALIZING AS EXPECTED BEFORE THEY PROBABLY KICK YOU UP ANOTHER NOTCH. SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE GET TO START CENTER BUILT UP AND RUNNING, HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS UNDER OUR BELT WITH VERY SUCCESSFUL THEN THEN WE COULD LOOK AGAIN AT GOING TO WHAT'S NEXT. DOUBLE A PLUS, DOUBLE A PLUS, DOUBLE A PLUS, AND THEN TRIPLE A IS THE GOLD STANDARD THAT EVERYBODY WANTS. THAT'S PERFECT SCORE. SO THIS IS VERY HARD TO ACHIEVE. I WILL TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF TRIPLE-A FROM S&P GLOBAL, BUT ONE OF THE OTHER RATING AGENCIES ONLY HAS LIKE TEN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO S&P, STANDARD AND POOR'S HAS MORE TRIPLE-A ISSUERS. I'D HAVE TO PULL THAT FIGURE FOR YOU. BUT IT IS CHALLENGING TO GET TO THAT LEVEL. AND A LOT OF IT IS BASED ON THERE'S TWO MAIN WAYS YOU CAN GET THERE, IT'S WEALTH ON THE GROUND. SO GROWTH NATURALLY OVER TIME. AND THEN OR YOU COULD SOCK AWAY A LOT OF MONEY. SO YOUR FUND BALANCE IF YOU CAN INCREASE THAT FUND BALANCE TO VERY LARGE LEVELS, THEN THAT WILL, HELP TRIGGER AN UPWARD MOVEMENT. BUT THAT ALSO COMES WITH A BURDEN AS WELL. IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY THAT WE DON'T NEED TO BORROW ANY, THEY'LL GIVE US A BETTER RATING, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT. YES ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THANK YOU SO

[02:05:07]

[5.C. VOTE]

VOTE IS UNANIMOUS. AND MOVING ON TO ITEM D RESOLUTION. NEGOTIATE. DESIGN. BUILD WORK. CHANGE

[5.D. Consider a Resolution of the Town of Northlake, Texas, authorizing the Town Manager to negotiate and execute a Design-Build Work Change Directive and Change Order, with Lee Lewis Construction, for sanitary sewer improvements for the Dallas Stars Multi-Sports Center Project; and providing an effective date]

YES, SIR. SO AS AS A TOWN, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING ENOUGH CAPACITY TO HANDLE WASTEWATER OR SEWER, AND, WE HAD BASED OUR INITIAL PROJECTIONS OFF KIND OF A STANDARD AND, SPORTS CENTER USE THE INDUSTRY STANDARD. AS THE DESIGN TEAM GOT INTO MORE DETAIL ON THIS PROJECT, WE GOT MUCH MORE SPECIFIC NUMBERS. AND AT THAT POINT, THE CAPACITY OF OUR EXISTING SYSTEM WAS GOING WITH THE ADDITION OF THE STAR CENTER AND THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT WAS GOING TO BE, BEYOND THE CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM. IN OTHER WORDS, WE THOUGHT WE COULD WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPAND THE SYSTEM. WE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD DO THIS IN A FEW MORE YEARS, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW. TO MAKE SURE IT IS DONE IN TIME FOR THE STAR CENTER. VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE TOWN AND THE COMMUNITY. IT, WE'VE WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT AS PART OF THE DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT SO THAT THE DESIGN BUILD, WHO'S BUILDING THE BUILDING AND THE PARKING LOT AND ALL THE PARTS RELATED TO THE STAR CENTER ARE UNDER ONE PERSON'S CONTROL. ONE GROUP THAT WE CAN HOLD RESPONSIBLE AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NO, THERE ARE NO PROCESSES OR FUNCTIONS THAT ARE OUT OF THEIR CONTROL. THEY CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY. THEY HELP THE TOWN DELIVER THIS PROJECT ON TIME, AND THERE'S NO OTHER PARTIES THAT CAN INTERFERE WITH THAT. SO THAT WAS THE METHODOLOGY OF THAT. SO THIS WAS A PROJECT WE WERE INTENDING TO DO. IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE GOT INTO THE DETAILS. WE FOUND OUT IT WAS HAPPENING SOONER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. SO THIS FALLS UNDER BUILD IT RIGHT. THE FIRST TIME SO WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK. AND ALSO AS INTRICATE AS A PROJECT THIS SIZE IS, WE CAN'T RISK, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE HIRE PUBLIC WORKS OR ANOTHER CONTRACTOR, THEY COVER SOMETHING UP, SOMEBODY ELSE OPENS UP SOMETHING. THIS PUTS EVERYTHING INTO A MASTER TIMELINE AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, SO NOTHING GETS FORGOTTEN. AM I ALLOWED TO JUST MOTION TO AUTHORIZE IT? AND SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT. YEP. YES, MA'AM. AT ANY TIME I MOTION TO APPROVE IT, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MISS HOLMES. I HAVE A QUESTION. I DON'T SEE ANY. I DON'T SEE ANY MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HERE. CAN WE HAVE AT LEAST SOME SORT OF ESTIMATE AT 2.2 MILLION? OKAY AND THIS THIS SUPPORTS THE ENTIRE AREA. SO HERE IS THE HERE IS THE DRAWING THAT DID THIS. SO THIS WILL AND THERE'LL BE A WHEEL PART. IT'S ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY. THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE THEIR METER. AND SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE IMPROVE EASEMENTS THAT WILL BE DONE TO HELP THIS ENTIRE AREA. OKAY. AND THIS WAS AN EXPECTED EXPENSE. YES. IT JUST HAPPENED A LITTLE SOONER THAN WE HAD. WE HAD PLANNED. YEAH. THIS WAS ALL PART OF THE MASTER SEWER PLAN, RIGHT? YES, SIR. YES THE COST FACTORED INTO THE 50 MILLION FOR THE FACILITY, IT IS THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S NOT THE FACILITY, BUT IT'S ALL THE STUFF THAT GOES TO SUPPORT THE FACILITY. BUT ALSO THIS ENTIRE DRAINAGE BASIN, INCLUDING NEW COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO COME ONLINE. YES, SIR. OKAY, MISS HOLMES, NOT TO LEAVE YOUR MOTION HANGING. I WILL SECOND THAT, AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE

[02:10:03]

[5.D. VOTE]

THEY CARE ABOUT HOW GOOD THE DRYWALL IS. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, IT PASSES 6 TO 1, MOTION

[5.E. Consider a Resolution of the Town of Northlake, Texas, approving and authorizing the Town Manager to execute a professional services agreement with Ernst & Young LLP, to assist with the Internal Revenue Code Section 48 Energy Credit application for the Dallas Stars Multi-Sports Center Project, in an amount not to exceed $95,000]

THERE'S A LOT OF ABBREVIATIONS. WHEN YOU DEAL WITH FEDERAL GRANTS, SO THIS IS TO TAKE A INSTEAD OF DOING A CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM, DOING A AMMONIA PLANT FOR THE ICE RINK AND DO FREON OR WHATEVER THE NEW COOLANT IS FOR ALL THE AIR CONDITIONING AND THEN GAS WATER HEATERS THROUGH PROCESSES BEYOND MY IMAGINATION. THEY'RE TAKING PIPES AND THEY'RE TAKING THE HOT WATER THAT'S PRODUCED AND BRINGING IT TO WHERE HOT WATER IS NEEDED. AND VICE VERSA. SO IT IS AN ENERGY CAPTURE SYSTEM, BUT THE PROBLEM IS IT'S DONE TO A TAX CREDIT. TOWN OF NORTH LAKE DOESN'T FILE TAXES. WE'VE NEVER FILED TAXES. SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS OPENED UP WHAT'S CALLED A DIRECT PAY. BUT THE PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE TO DO IT THROUGH THEIR IRS SYSTEM. SO WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED GRANT. YES. EARLIER. WHO DOES OUR GRANTS? YOU KNOW IT'S WE NEED SOME HELP. SO WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN WE'VE ASKED ERNST YOUNG, TO HELP US THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THIS IS, UP TO 30% OF THE INVESTMENT. SO WE'RE HOPING AND WE'LL SEE IF IT PANS OUT. BUT THE IT'S ABOUT 8.6 MILLION. WAS THE ENTIRE ENERGY CAPTURE SYSTEM. WE DON'T WE'RE FINDING OUT WHAT THE CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM COMPARISON WOULD BE. AND THEN THE GRANTS GOING TO BE 30% OF THE REBATE BACK OF THE 8 MILLION. SO ROUGHLY 2 MILLION, BACK. SO IF THE FOLLOW ME HERE, HOPEFULLY I DON'T MESS IT UP, BUT THE ENERGY CAPTURE SYSTEM 8 MILLION SAY THE CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS. 7 MILLION. AND WE GET A $2 MILLION CREDIT. WE'RE GOOD FOR A MILLION, RIGHT? WE'VE NETTED $1 MILLION BY DOING A SYSTEM THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTED US TO DO.

ACTUALLY, THE NHL AND THE STARS AND ALL THE NHL TEAMS WANT TO DO THIS AS WELL. SO I, THEY'RE ERNST YOUNG IS THE ACCOUNTANT FOR THE NHL. AND SO, I JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE STARS REPRESENTING EV THAT SAYS THE NHL WILL PAY AT LEAST 50% OF THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEE AND POSSIBLY UP TO 100. SO THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE NHL BECAUSE THIS IS AN INITIATIVE OF THEIRS. IT BENEFITS THE STARS. IT BENEFITS NHL HOCKEY IN GENERAL. SO, WE NEED TO CONTRACT WITH ERNST YOUNG FOR $95,000, BUT THE STARS THROUGH THE NHL HAVE, COMMITTED TO REIMBURSING AT LEAST HALF OF THIS $95,000 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FEE AND POSSIBLY ALL OF IT. WELL, THAT IS GREAT NEWS, BECAUSE WE'RE, DREW AND I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH THE STARS AND AS THIS CAME OUT, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO THE PEOPLE HERE. SO ENERGY CAPTURE THIS ALL SOUNDS GREAT. YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE SEE A LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND THERE'S AC UNITS ALL OVER THE ROOFTOP, RIGHT. SOMETIMES TENS, TENS OF TENS AND MAYBE A HUNDRED PLUS UNITS. I KNOW AT THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UP HERE, I SAW OVER 100 UNITS GOING UP ON THE ROOF. THAT INCREASES THE LOAD ON THE ROOF, THEN INCREASES THE STRUCTURE COST. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT NOW WE HAVE ZERO OF THOSE UNITS AND WILL ALL BE HOUSED IN THE ICE PLANT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING PRETTY INNOVATIVE, BUT IT'S A PROVEN TECHNOLOGY. WE CAN SAVE MONEY ON

[02:15:03]

AND THEY HAVE AN EXISTING SYSTEM AT THEIR VALLEY VIEW, COMPLEX. BUT THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS THEIR, OFFICIAL NHL PRACTICE FACILITY. THAT'S NOT A PUBLIC FACILITY. AND THE 95,000 IS LIKE A SUNK COST, WHETHER WE GET THE CREDIT OR NOT, YES. THANK YOU. YES. DOES ERNST AND YOUNG HAVE ANY KIND OF TRACK RECORD IN WRITING THIS TYPE OF GRANT A SUCCESS RATE? WE ASKED THAT QUESTION, BUT THEY SAID DUE TO, TO PRIVILEGED CLIENT INFORMATION, THEY COULD NOT SHARE THAT. WITH A NEWER SYSTEM LIKE THIS AND OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE MAINTAINING IT FOR TEN YEARS.

THE STARS ARE CORRECT. HOW DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA IF WE EVER NEED TO REPLACE THIS SYSTEM IN HOW MANY YEARS? NO, SIR. NO WE DON'T. WE DO HAVE A SINKING FUND THAT, ABOUT YEAR TEN, ABOUT YEAR NINE, EIGHT, NINE, BASED ON OUR PRO FORMA, WE'LL START SEEDING OUR, MAINTENANCE OR, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT AND BUILDING REPAIR FUND. SO FOR THE OUT YEARS, THAT WAS PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT THE STARS WOULD COVER THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF MAINTENANCE AND GIVE US TIME TO BUILD UP THAT REPLACEMENT FUND. BUT, WE'LL WE'LL ASK THAT QUESTION AS WELL, BASED JUST MY GUESS, BASED ON LESS MOVING PARTS AND NOT AS MANY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS VERSUS A CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM. I WOULD EXPECT IT TO LAST LONGER, BUT THAT'S JUST ME BASING OFF OF KNOWING ABOUT WHAT LITTLE I KNOW ABOUT AIR CONDITIONERS, BECAUSE WHO HAS AN AIR CONDITIONER, RIGHT. WE'RE ALL EXPERTS ON AIR CONDITIONING. THEY THEY BREAK DOWN. YEAH. THIS IS A THIS DOESN'T HAVE THAT SYSTEM. IT'S MORE PUMPING COLD WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AND HOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO. OKAY. AND THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD WAS 95,000. YOU SAID THEY'RE GUARANTEEING AT LEAST 50, POSSIBLY 100% OF THAT.

THE NHL, THE NHL IS THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR DO THEY GIVE A REASONING WHY THEY WOULDN'T GUARANTEE THE 100, NO, THEY DID NOT. SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT IS HALF OF 95,000. I'M ASKING TO ENGAGE THEM FOR 95,000 WITH THE, WITH THE WITH THE REIMBURSEMENT, WITH THE REIMBURSEMENT EXPECTATION OF REIMBURSEMENT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO PAY ERNST YOUNG OUT OF OUR COFFERS, 95,000. BUT WE'LL RECEIVE, REIMBURSEMENT FOR AT LEAST HALF. WE HAVE A COMMITMENT FOR AT LEAST HALF OF IT. AND THEY'RE, THE STARS REPRESENTATIVE IS, WORKING ON NHL TO GET THE FULL 100. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO MY QUESTION THAT I ASKED. IS THERE ANY OTHER FIRMS THAT I JUST I DON'T UNDERSTAND NOT HAVING THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS A TRACK RECORD AND WHY THEY CAN'T SHARE THAT. IS THAT COMMON? YES. OKAY IT'D BE IT'S NOT QUITE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE, BUT, THEY'RE A THEY'RE A ACCOUNTING FIRM. THEY HAVE, ACCESS TO RECORDS AND SO FORTH. BUT I DID ASK THAT QUESTION, AND THAT WAS THE ANSWER I WAS GIVING. YEAH, WE BOTH ASKED THAT AND WE BOTH EXPRESSED THE SAME FRUSTRATION, USUALLY THESE FIRMS THAT DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS DO SPECIALIZE IN THEM. AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE AT LEAST A 50% SUCCESS RATE ON HERE. THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW ITEM. AND YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT'S PUSHING GREEN. SO IT'S BEEN 3 OR 4 YEARS FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES. IT'S JUST IT'S NEW FOR, PUBLIC ENTITIES. IT'S REALLY BIG IN UNIVERSITIES BECAUSE OF THEIR HUGE PHYSICAL

[02:20:06]

THEY WOULD NOT TELL US THEIR SUCCESS RATE AND THEY WOULD NOT TELL US THEIR CLIENTS. BUT THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS SUCCESSFULLY BEFORE, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THE NHL. YES. OKAY. WELL THE BEST WAY TO PUT THIS, THE FACT THAT THERE'S MORE THAN ONE ENTITY PUSHING FOR IT AND SAYING THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN OR I FEEL CONFIDENT IN IT FOR THOSE REASONS, BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TEAM UP TO HARM US, YOU KNOW? SO, BECAUSE THAT WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FOR THEM. SO. I MEAN, ANY GOOD BUSINESS TAKES RISK TO A CERTAIN DEGREE. IT'S GOT TO BE CALCULATED. I HAVE A MOTION. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT

[5.E. VOTE]

ALL RIGHT. 6 TO 1. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. COUNSELORS ITEM F, TOWN BOARD OR TOWN NORTH

[5.F. Consider an Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Northlake, Texas, reauthorizing Article A2.000 "Building and Construction fees," of Appendix A "Fee Schedule," of the Code of Ordinances]

[02:25:01]

THERE'S NOT ANY THAT ARE CONSULTANTS CHARGING US MORE THAN WE'RE GETTING TO BEGIN WITH. WE BELIEVE WE COVER ALL OUR, OUR OUR SOURCED, CONSULTANT FEES. YES, SIR. BUT THAT WILL BE PART OF YOUR BUDGET PROCESS AND EVALUATING, MAKING SURE BUILDING PERMITS, ALL THAT STUFF IS OKAY.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING A FOLLOWING. THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE BASICALLY REQUIRED TO DO AT THIS POINT TO REAUTHORIZE IT. OKAY I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, WE GOT A PUBLIC HEARING FIRST. FIRST. OH, SORRY. SORRY, ROGER. 757 I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M RENA HARTMAN, LIVE IN NORTHLAKE. PERHAPS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, YOU ALL COULD CONSIDER, DECREASING FEES. I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND ASK ME ABOUT NEW CONSTRUCTION FEES AND HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS TO DEVELOP, AND TO BUILD A HOME IN NORTHLAKE. AND JUST, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HARDEN. YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR. HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

ANYBODY ELSE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT. IT'S SEVEN. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO TAKE OVER 757 WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. MISS HOLMES, YOU HAD A QUESTION. BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE DECREASING THE FEES WOULD. AND WE DON'T WANT TO. NEVER MIND RIGHT NOW. OTHER THAN WHAT WE'RE. YEAH. WE'LL LET STAFF GO THROUGH THEIR ANALYSIS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. AND I'LL SEE IF THERE'S EVEN. IT'S EVEN MORE THAN THAT. I MEAN, TO HAVE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PEOPLE REVIEW IT, IT COSTS MONEY. AND SO IT'S NOT CHEAP TO BUILD LIKE IT USED TO BE. YEAH. AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE, COMPETITIVE WITH NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COVER OUR COSTS FOR OUR BUILDING INSPECTION. FERM OUR ENGINEERING FIRM, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INSPECT EVERYTHING INTO THE ROADS ARE SAFE. THE WATER LINES WON'T BURST, THE HOUSE WON'T FALL DOWN. SO WE THINK WE HAVE A GOOD SYSTEM, BUT WE CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THAT. AND WE HAVE IN THE PAST BROUGHT FEE CHANGES TO YOU. BUT AS NATHAN SAID, I THINK WE'VE HAD THE MOST OF THESE FEES SINCE 1997. SO, IF ANYTHING, WE'VE LOWERED SOME OVER TIME. YEAH. WELL, YOU'VE ALWAYS SHOWN US ANY OUTLIERS AS WELL. WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WAS OUT OF LINE. SO IF Y'ALL BRING UP SOMETHING TO OUR TO OUR ATTENTION, I THINK WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME, SEPTIC SYSTEM FEES MAYBE, AND SOME, AGRICULTURAL FENCE FEES AND, AND OR, ACTUALLY WAIVE THOSE OR ARE YOU REDUCE YOU KNOW, YOU EXEMPTED THOSE. SO YES. EXACTLY ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR SESSIONS, DID YOU HAVE A MOTION

[5.F. VOTE]

[5.G. Consider an Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending the Adopted Budget for the Northlake Economic Development Corporation and the Northlake Community Development Corporation for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2023, and ending September 30, 2024; providing that expenditures for the said fiscal year shall be made in accordance with said Amended Budget]

[02:30:01]

[5.G. VOTE]

[5.H. Consider a Resolution of the Town of Northlake, Texas, adopting revisions to the Northlake Employee Handbook ]

THESE ARE ALL FAIRLY INTERNAL HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. HOWEVER, THE CHARTER STATES THAT THE TOWN MANAGER WILL BRING PERSONNEL MATTERS, PERSONNEL POLICIES TO ALL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. AND SO I'M GOING TO RUN YOU THROUGH PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING BRIEF OF THE EVENING. SO THE CURRENT HANDBOOK THAT WE HAVE WAS ADOPTED IN JANUARY OF 2021, BEFORE COVID, BEFORE THE CHARTER WAS APPROVED AND BEFORE WE ADOPTED A HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. AND SO A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE JANUARY OF 2020. AND, IT BECAME APPARENT INTERNALLY TO THE TOWN THAT WE NEEDED TO DO A FEW COURSE CORRECTION ITEMS FOR THE HANDBOOK. AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE PULLED REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF OUR TOWN DEPARTMENTS, NOT DEPARTMENT HEADS, BUT GROUND LEVEL EMPLOYEES, TO COME AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR REVISIONS OF THE POLICY. I ACCUMULATED ALL OF THOSE CHANGES INTO A NEW HANDBOOK AND PRESENTED THEM TO DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR REVIEW.

DEPARTMENT HEADS DELIBERATED, AND, AND, APPROVED OR DENIED OR MADE ALTERATIONS TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE, THE EMPLOYEES AFTER THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HAD REVIEWED THE, THE NEW DOCUMENT, I PROMOTED IT. EXCUSE ME. I PROVIDED IT TO TOAC FOR ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL REVIEW.

ONCE IT HAD BEEN BLESSED BY THE LAWYERS, I GAVE IT TO DREW, AND NOW I'M BRINGING IT TO Y'ALL. SO I'M SORRY, SIR. OH, I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE FINISHED. NO, SIR. PLEASE CONTINUE. I HAVE EVEN MORE, SO IT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES THE LENGTH OF THE HANDBOOK. MAKES IT EASIER FOR EMPLOYEES TO USE. WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE IT DOWN FROM ABOUT 170 PAGES TO ABOUT 60 PAGES, WE CHANGED REFERENCES FROM TOWN ADMINISTRATOR POSITION THAT NO LONGER EXISTS TO THE TOWN MANAGER, PREVIOUSLY, A LOT OF THE HR ORIENTED TASKS WERE ASSIGNED TO THE TOWN SECRETARY BACK WHEN SHIRLEY WAS THE TOWN SECRETARY. THOSE POLICIES HAD NEVER BEEN UPDATED. AND, WE CLARIFIED REALLY BASIC ADMIN PROCEDURES THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN INDIVIDUALLY ADMINISTERED BY EACH DEPARTMENT. UNIFYING PROCEDURES. I CAN GIVE YOU EXAMPLES OF THOSE IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT THEY REALLY ARE INTERNAL HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS RELATED TO THE PROCESSES OF HIRING AND FIRING. HOW NOW PAY AND BENEFITS ARE MEASURED, HOW GRIEVANCES, DISCIPLINE ITEMS ARE PROCESSED.

AND SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, SEE WHAT'S ONE

[02:35:07]

[5.H. VOTE]

[6. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

[7. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]