* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:07] ORDER [Budget Workshop on June 30, 2026.] THE TIME IS 5:30 PM ROLL CALL. MAYOR . MAYOR . PRESENT BY ZOOM. MAYOR RO. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER EZ. HERE. COMMISSIONER EZ. HERE. COMMISSIONER VICTOR GONZALEZ. PAUL DAVID WAS NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE TO COME. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, PUBLIC COPS. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COPS? YES, WE HAVE. UH, EMILY GARZA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR P PETE GOVAN AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS EMILY AND I'M 10 YEARS OLD. I LIVE AT 3 0 1 HUNDREDS RIDGE SANTA. BE CAMPUS. I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE IDEA OF A MARKET BASED JUST FOR KIDS IN OUR CITY. KIDS CAN SELL CRAFT. WE MADE LIKE DRAWINGS, COOKIES, TOYS AND DRINKS. FIRST, WE CAN MAKE THE EXTERIOR POWER. WE, INSTEAD OF SITTING DOWN ON OUR ELECTRONICS. SECOND, WE CAN LEARN THINGS LIKE HOW TO COUNT MONEY OR TO TAKE TALK TO PEOPLE AND EVEN BEING RESPONSIBLE SO WE CAN GROW IT SMART. THIRD, IT MAKES THE CITY BETTER BY FAMILIES COMING TOGETHER. FOURTH, WE CAN GET EXERCISE FROM RUNNING OUR LOOSE AND WE GET TO USE OUR IMAGINATIONS TO MAKE THINGS. AND THE BIGGEST THING IS WE WILL BE PROUD FOR OURSELVES. SO PLEASE SAY YES TO KIDS MARKET DAYS. IT WILL MAKE OUR CITY THE BEST EVER. THANK YOU. AND HAS IT PROVIDED Y'ALL DRINKS? AND I BROUGHT SOME EXAMPLES TO SHOW WHAT WE CAN SELL. SO WE PUT SOME THINGS LIKE 3D PRINTS, HAIR CLIPS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE IT OH. AND DO ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DID YOU MAKE ANY BY YOURSELF? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. EDITH. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS EDITH EZ AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF , RTV. AND THIS IS LINDA GONZALEZ. SHE'S ONE OF MY ASSISTANT AND, UH, UH, MAYOR. HELLO. AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND ALL THE, THE, UH, LEADS OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HERE TODAY. FIRST OF ALL, WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE SPAY NEUTER PROGRAM, UH, FOR BEING THE FIRST YEAR. I THINK IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS, BUT I'M NOT ABLE TO HEAR ANYTHING ON Y'ALL'S END. LET ME TRY TO CONNECT TO THE COMPUTER. YOU STOP, MUTE IT. IT'S ON CAMERA. TRY TO, CAN YOU HEAR YOURSELF? HELLO? CAN SOMEBODY TALK? MAYOR THERE? CAN YOU HEAR US? MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR US? CAN YOU HEAR US MAYOR? YES. ON COMPUTER. THE MICROPHONE THERE IS MUTE. YEAH, DON'T, OVER HERE IN THE CORNER. [00:05:02] I CAN'T HEAR YOU GUYS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I, JASON . MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR US? NOW IT MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR US? TRY? MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR SOON YOU TO ADMIT HIM? ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR IT? WELL, I, I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS NOW. ALRIGHT. OKAY. ABOUT, AS I WAS SAYING, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY ON THE FIRST YEAR OF DOING SPAY NEUTER THAT I KNOW OF. I THINK IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. UH, I THINK THE, UH, WE HAD 250 SPAY NEUTER AT NO COST TO THE, UH, CITIZENS OF SAN BETO. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE THAT TO CONTINUE AND EVEN INCREASE, MAYBE THIS YEAR WE CAN DO 500 AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR A THOUSAND. UH, BUT JUST BEEN VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTROL THE, UH, THE POPULATION OF THE STRAY ANIMALS. AND I, MYSELF GET CALLS ALL THE TIME ABOUT SO MANY CATS THAT ARE JUST SPRAYS. THAT THEY'RE JUST EVERYWHERE AND PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, TO FEED THEM. THEY'LL GOPAY A NEUTER, MAYBE ONE OR TWO, BUT AT SOME POINT, UM, WHEN THERE'S 10 OR 15, UM, IT'S BEYOND THE, THE CAPABILITY OF A CERTAIN RESIDENCE. SO I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PROGRAM AND TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM AS MUCH AS WE CAN. UM, TO NEW TO THE NEW COMMISSIONERS. WELCOME. UH, I KNOW YOU GUYS, I DON'T KNOW HOW ACTIVE YOU WERE IN THE PAST COMMISSION, BUT WE WOULD BE COMING TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING A LOT OF ISSUES RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BEAUTY OF SAN BENITO AND RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, COMING OVER HERE AND TRYING TO MAKE GREAT LIFE. BUT I SAID TO THE COMMISSIONER AND THE MAYOR THEN THAT IF YOU HAVE OVERPOPULATION, UH, I WAS OUT IN RECYCLE SHORES YESTERDAY, KNOCKING ON DOORS BECAUSE WE ALSO NEED FUNDRAISING TO HELP THE FOSTER PEOPLE WHO TRY TO GET THESE ANIMALS NOT IN THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU SEE 'EM ON THE STREET. AND IT'S A NICE AREA OVER THERE. AND YOU WANNA SEE THAT KIND OF NO STRAY ANIMALS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CARING ABOUT THEIR ANIMALS. THE CULTURE, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO, YOU KNOW, NOT SEEING DILAPIDATED HOUSES. I THINK, UH, WHEN HE WAS PRO TERM, UH, MAYOR, HE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY YOU DON'T WANNA SEE THAT. BUT WE DON'T WANNA SEE ANIMALS LINGERING WITH LIMPS AND, YOU KNOW, EYEBALLS COMING OUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HURT. WE WANNA HAVE, UH, EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE WANNA MAKE OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL, INCLUDING WHAT'S AROUND US. AND THAT WOULD BE THE TREES, THE ANIMALS AND SUCH. SO I WELCOME YOU ALL. I HOPE THAT, UH, WHATEVER EDITH HAS SAID IN THE PAST, THAT IT MAKES SENSE, UH, HEALTH, YOU KNOW, FOR OTHER ANIMALS AS WELL. GETTING A DOG PART. YOU NEED PEOPLE WHO HAVE VACCINES. YOU NEED PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPAY AND NEUTER BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT YOUR PET BEING IMPREGNATED UNDER THERE'S CHILDREN HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. SO WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME. WE THANK THE CITY, UH, THE MAYOR AND THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION, EVERYONE THAT HELPED. AND, UH, CHIEF IS HERE. AND CHIEF, I THINK YOU NEED AN ASSISTANT, BUT THAT'S MY OPINION, TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US SOME, SOME FREEBIES. THESE PEOPLE. I SENT YOU SOME NAMES, BUT I KNOW HE'S GOT A LOT HIS PLATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. NO PROBLEM. NO. ALRIGHT. UH, FIRST, UH, ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION DISCUSSION OF 2026 [00:10:01] AT PROPERTY TAX. UH, INTERIM CITY MANAGER COLONEL YET, AND STEPHANIE, UH, CHIEF , REPRESENTATIVE EVAN. UM, DO WE, DO WE HAVE THE, UH, THE, UH, DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE? YES. NO. OKAY. UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE. UM, MY NAME IS CA , INTERIM CITY MANAGER. THIS IS THE INITIAL, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP. SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET GUIDANCE FROM THE COMMISSION AS TO WHAT DIRECTION TO TAKE THE BUDGET. UM, STAFF KIND OF TOOK A, A EARLY STAB, BUT, UH, ON SOME TARGETING AS TO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE THE, UH, THE MAYOR OF THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER. UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DOING, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO PROVIDE A LOWER TAX RATE TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE PROJECT DELIVERY. TYPICALLY, YOU CAN DO ONE, BUT NOT BOTH. THE CHALLENGE IS TO DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. UM, THIS IS KIND OF OUR INITIAL STAB AT, AT, UH, DOING, TRYING TO DO BOTH OF THOSE OBJECTIVES. AND WE WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER OUR REQUEST. UH, WE, WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING AT, AT, UH, THE TWO OUTCOMES, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE TAX RELIEF. UM, HOW WE GET THERE. UM, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE THREE BUDGET TRAINING. WE HAVE TO REDUCE RECURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, UH, CONTROL, PETITION GROWTH THROUGH THE, UH, COMPENSATION PLAN. AND, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT AS A, AS AN ONGOING THEME ON THIS PRESENTATION. UM, AND, AND SHIFTING DOLLARS TOWARD DIRECT SERVICES AND PROJECTS, UH, HOW WE BECOME A PROJECT ORIENTED CITY. UH, WE PRIORITIZE, UH, VISIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TRYING TO USE IN-HOUSE LABOR AND EQUIPMENT, UH, FOR PRACTICAL INSTEAD OF CONTRACTING OUT PROJECTS, UM, AND, UH, LEVERAGING FEDERAL AND STATE GRAND DOLLARS. AS WE CONTINUE TO THIS PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE OUR CAMPUS TO HOW WE DO THAT. UM, AND THEN TRACKING PROJECTS BY SCOPE, BY COST, TIMELINES AND OUTCOMES. SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT WE HAVE RECURRENT SAVINGS THAT SUPPORT TAX RELIEF, BUT ALSO FASTER DELIVERY AND BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER IS A 2 CENTS TAX RELEASE. UM, UH, WHICH WOULD, WOULD REQUIRE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 227,936, UM, IN ANNUAL SAVINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO, UM, GET FROM THE EXISTING BUDGET. AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE RECURRING SAVINGS, NOT A ONE TIME SAVINGS THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND. UM, RECURRING COST DE EFFICIENCY WOULD CREATE ROOM FOR TAXPAYER TAXPAYER RELIEF. AND, UH, ALSO FOR, UH, VISIBLE PROJECT, UH, DELIVERY. BOTH ARE CONNECTED OUTCOMES AND WITH SEPARATE PURPOSES THAT OUR TAX RELIEF, WE ARE, WE'RE TARGETING A 2 CENT TAX RATE REDUCTION. AGAIN, THIS IS GONNA REQUIRE, UM, RECURRING SAVINGS, UH, CONTROL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND EVENT COSTS, UH, FOR SERVICE AND SERVICES. WE WANNA DO ALL THIS, BUT WE WANT, WE WANNA PRESERVE WHAT WE HAVE AND, AND DO MORE, RIGHT? SO THAT, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO BE PROJECT ORIENTED MORE, MORE VISIBLE WITH STREETS, WATER, SEWER, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT. UH, WE WANT TO FIELD CAPACITY, NOT LAYERS OF ADMINISTRATION. UH, WE WANT TO COMPLETE MORE WARM IN-HOUSE RATHER THAN CONTRACTED OUT. AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE A PROJECT, UH, UH, BY PROJECT FEBRUARY. UH, WE DO HAVE A COMPENSATION PLAN THAT WE ARE, UH, ASKING THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION TO LOOK AT. THIS IS OUR INITIAL STEP. TYPICALLY, COMPENSATION PLANS REQUIRE A LOT OF WORK, AND THEY COST, UH, A LOT OF MONEY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT IN-HOUSE. UM, AND YOU'LL SEE WHY, WHY THAT MATTERS. UM, UH, WE'RE ASKING THAT, THAT YOU REVIEW THE INITIAL COMPENSATION PLAN THAT WE HAVE AND THE COMPENSATION PLAN. WHAT, WHAT IT IS, IS IT A STRUCTURE PAY SYSTEM THAT CLASSIFY POSITIONS AND TEST SALARY RANGES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES? UH, WHAT THAT CONTROLS, HIRING PROMOTIONS, MARKET ADJUSTMENTS AND DEVIATIONS FROM APPROVED RANGES. SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMISSION BECAUSE IT, IT BASICALLY, UH, PROVIDES A WAY FOR THE, THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION TO CONTROL THOSE THINGS. UH, [00:15:01] IT, IT GIVES THE CITY, CITY A CLEAR PAYROLL FRAMEWORK, TRANSPARENT, CONSISTENT, AND IT IS TIED TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET. THE APPROVAL FROM THE COMMISSION TERMS OF PLANNING TO, INTO A PRACTICAL TOOL FOR PAYROLL CONTROL, TRANSPARENCY, AND LONG TERM BUDGET DISCIPLINE. YOU CLASSIFY ALL THE POSITION BY RANGES. YOU SAID PAY RANGES, AND YOU CONTROL DEVIATIONS. UH, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, ANY EXCEPTIONS OUTSIDE THE PLAN WILL BE SUBJECT TO COMMISSION REVIEW AND APPROVAL. UM, AND THIS PROTECTS THE BUDGET. UH, I THINK IN CERTAIN INSTANCES IN THE PAST, WE'VE SEEN THAT DEBT HAS GROWN FROM NON, NON, UH, ORDINARY, UM, EXPENSES. AND, UH, THIS WILL PROTECT THE BUDGET AND, AND SET, GIVE THE COMMISSION, UH, THE, THE RIGHT TO APPROVE SUCH EXCEPTIONS. UM, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UM, THE PLAN CREATE A DEFINED STRUCTURE SO THAT NEW POSITIONS, MATERIAL EXCEPTIONS, OR PAY OUTSIDE THE ABDUCTED RANGE THAT YOU WILL BE APPROVING WOULD BE MADE PO POLICY DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE WITH THE CITY COMMISSION. SO ANY DEVIATION WOULD'VE TO GO TO THE COMMISSION AND ANY NEW POSITION. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, THE COMPENSATION PLAN, UH, ALLOWS ING HR ADMINISTRATION, THAT'S IMPORTANT. YOU WANNA, WE WANNA HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO CONTINUE WORKING, UH, UH, IN-HOUSE, UH, AND, AND THE STAFF TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. SO IT, IT, IT ALLOWS FOR ROUTINE HR ADMINISTRATION FOR STAFF, WHILE KEEPING MAJOR DEVIATION UNDER THE CITY COMMISSION CONTROL. SO IT, IT HELPS STAFF AND IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR CITY COMMISSION CONTROL WITHIN THE APPROVED PLAN, UH, HIRING, UH, WITHIN THE APPROVED RANGE EMPLOYEE MOVEMENT WITHIN THE ADOPTED RANGES. UH, BUDGET SALARY ADJUSTMENTS, SEE WHAT RISK PAY ACTIONS AS THE APPLICABLE AND ROUTINE HR ADMINISTRATION. ALL OF THOSE, UH, FALL WITHIN THE APPROVED PLAN. WE CAN DO THAT, UH, INTERNALLY, WHAT DOES INVOLVE WITHIN THE APPROVED, UH, INTERNAL PLAN IS CREATION OF NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT IN THE PLAN. UH, PAY ABOVE THE, UH, APPROVED RANGES, MATERIAL CLASSIFICATION CHANGES. AND YOU MENTIONED MANAGEMENT LAYERS OR REORGANIZATION IMPACTS THEM. SO ANYTHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF, UH, THE APPROVED PLAN WOULD BE REQUIRE CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL, UM, NEW HIRES AND EXISTING EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD BE GOVERNED BY THE ADOPTED RANGE UNDER THEIR POSITION. AND THE, THE COMPENSATION PLAN WOULD PROVIDE A MINIMUM, MINIMUM, A MID POINT AND A MAXIMUM. AND THEY WOULD APPLY TO NEW HIRES TO EXISTING EMPLOYEES, AND THEY WOULD CAP, UM, UNPLANNED RECURRING PAYROLL GROWTH. AND I THINK AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT, AND IF WE LOOK AT TAX RELIEF FOR OUR RESIDENTS, THIS TWO IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US SO THAT WE CAN CONTROL THOSE, UH, ON PLAN REGARDING PAYROLL GROWTH. IT WOULD ALLOW COMMISSION TO CONTROL THAT IN THE BUDGET. UH, NOW WE MOVE TOWARDS THE BUDGET. UM, OUR STAFFING APPROACH IS TARGETED, BUDGETED, AND CONTROLLED. WE WANNA, WE WANNA GET TO WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO DELIVER PROJECT OR PROJECT ORIENTED, AND WE IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, ALL OF STAYING WITHIN, WITHIN THE EXISTING BUDGET. UH, THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE PROPOSING DOES NOT EXPAND MANAGEMENT LAYERS. UM, THE STAFFING CHANGES ARE LIMITED STRATEGIC, AND THEY'RE TIED TO PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERNAL CAPACITY, AND BRAND LEVERAGE. SO WE ARE ASKING THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION TO, TO CONSIDER THREE FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS. AND THOSE WILL BE ON A FIREPOWER GRANT. UH, I THINK A DIVISION WOULD BE MADE BY SEPTEMBER. SO WE'LL KNOW BEFORE THE, THE, THE, THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHETHER WE RECEIVED THE GRANT OR NOT. UH, WE ALSO ASKING THE MAYOR THE COMMISSION TO LOOK AT AN IT POSITION. UM, IF IT IS NOT, WE WOULD ONLY BE SHIFTING THE, UH, THE DOLLARS FROM A CONTRACTUAL TO IN-HOUSE, BUT IT WOULD BE AN IN-HOUSE POSITION. WE ARE ALSO ASKING THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION TO ALLOW US TO, UH, HIRE A RANK COORDINATOR. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A, AT A APPROXIMATELY 65,000 SALARY RANGE, UH, THAT WOULD BE FUNDED 40% THROUGH CDBG AND 60% THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE CITY. THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE UPSET THROUGH BRAND ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER ITEMS. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE GRANTS OURSELVES, BUT I THINK IT GIVES US GREATER CONTROL OF WHAT WE CAN DO INTERNALLY [00:20:01] AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE CAN DO ATTRACT, SORRY, THOSE ARE BOTH THE, UH, IN-HOUSE, THE IT AND THE GRANT? YES. THE IT AND, AND THE GRANT. WOULD YOU CONSIDER, ARE WE NOT GET RID OF THE GRANT COORDINATOR WE GOT NOW OR THE ADDITIONAL WE GRANTED DON'T HAVE ONE. WE DON'T HAVE A GRANT COURT ANYWAY. WE GET A GRANTED DEPARTMENT GETTING THEIR OWN GRANT HERE. YES. UM, THE FIVE I GRANT IS 75% GRANT, UH, 25% IN THE CITY. UH, COMMIT COMMITMENT IS, UH, FROM YEARS ONE TO THREE WOULD BE COVERED COMPLETELY BY 70% OF THE GRANT. IN YEAR FOUR. THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO COMMIT A HUNDRED PERCENT CITY FUNDING FOR THOSE PETITION THREE FIREFIGHTERS. UM, AND THEY WOULD BE, THOSE DEBT SALARY WOULD BE, UH, SUBJECT TO CIVIL, THE CIVIL SERVICE. AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO, TO OPENLY LOWER OUR IS RE. UM, ARE WE UNDERSTAFFED RIGHT NOW FOR ? UH, SO THE SIZE OF OUR CITY? YES. UH, WE, SO NFK 1710, UH, DICTATES, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY FIREFIGHTERS ARE ON SCENE AT THE CIRCUIT FIRE. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S 17. UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY STAFF WITH, UH, 30 FIREFIGHTERS. SO THAT MEANS 10 FIREFIGHTERS FIRST SHIFT. SO THIS WOULD JUST GET US A LITTLE BIT CLOSER HERE. US POINTS. UM, FOR THE ISO, UM, HOWEVER, JUST SO YOU KNOW, ON THAT GRANT, IT'S 25% THE FIRST TWO YEARS, AND THEN 35% IS THE SECOND, THE THIRD YEAR. AND THEN THE FOURTH YEAR, WE'LL, WE'LL PICK UP ALL OF THEIR SALARY. SO 25, 25, 35. IT'S 25. 35. WE'LL MAKE CORRECTION. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, THE NEW, THE NEW CAPACITY IS CONDITIONAL. IT'S FUNDED OR A SHIFT OF EXISTING DOLLARS. SO IT'S NOT AN EXTENSION OF RECURRING MANAGEMENT OVERHEAD. REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, AS WE TRY TO BECOME MORE PROJECT ORIENTED, UM, WE, THERE'S ENT INTERNALLY THAT WE CAN, UH, WE CAN, UH, WE CAN DO, SO ONE OF THEM IS THE CITY ENGINEER, I THINK, UH, COMBINE THE ENGINEERING UTILITIES AND WE CAN GET BETTER COORDINATED OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, IMPROVEMENT. AND ALSO THE GRANT WRITER WOULD BE A FUNDABLE PROJECT PACKAGE IT MONITOR DEADLINE SUPPORT COMPLIANCE, AND LEVERAGE OUTSIDE DOLLARS. SO I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US, UH, IMPROVE, UH, PROJECT EXECUTION. SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A CITY ENGINEER ON STAFF. NO, WE HAVE, UH, THE POSITIONS AVAILABLE. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ON THAT. SO WE WE USED TO HAVE SOME DAYS, CORRECT? CORRECT. WHEN DID HE, DID HE RETIRE OR WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT? I, I THINK THE POSITION IS DATA, BUT WE, IT A BACKEND COMMISSIONER. I'M NOT SURE WHEN, WHEN, UH, AL, WAS HE THE CITY ENGINEER? NO, MR. I, BLACK FLOW INSPECTOR. CSA. YES. UH, SO WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY REALLOCATING, NOT EXPANDING FROM, FROM WITHIN THE, THE BUDGETS. UM, THE BUDGET CHIEF EMPATHY FROM HIGH LEVEL RECURRING COSTS TO DIRECT SERVICES, PROJECT ORIENTED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND TEAM EXECUTION. UH, WE WANNA REDUCE AND CONTROL REPAIR AND ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD, UH, TO, UH, MANAGEMENT LAYERS, OUTSOURCE ROUTINE FUEL WORK FOR PHYSICAL AND THE EVENT PRODUCTION COSTS. UH, WE WANT TO REINVENT, PRIORITIZE, AND TREAT WATER SEWING DRAINAGE, UH, FUEL LABORERS AND CREWS, UH, PROJECT TRACKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FAST INHOUSE, UH, RESPONSE. SO WE'RE REALLY SHIFTING OUR RESOURCES TO OUR RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN SEE PROJECTS THAT ARE MEASURABLE ON THE CITY EVENTS. WE, UH, HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT WHAT WE HAD, UH, SPENT, I THINK THIS YEAR, APPROXIMATELY AROUND $450,000 FOR, FOR OUR CITY EVENT. WE ARE PROPOSING TO REDUCE IT, UH, UH, HEAVILY TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND. AND TO DO THE, THE, THE EVENTS IN FRONT. UM, WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE CITY TO MANAGE PLANNING, LOGISTICS AND VERY WORKING TO DELIVER QUALITY EVENTS WITH A SMALLER LOCATION. NOW, THERE, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT IF THE EDC OR OTHER ENTITIES WANT TO DO, UM, OTHER EVENTS OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE THE EVENTS THAT THE CITY TYPICALLY DOES, WHICH IS FEST, UH, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS AND HALLOWEEN PARADE AND HALLOWEEN, UH, WE WOULD BE, WE, WE WOULD BE, UM, WE WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO [00:25:01] WORK WITH THEM. SO PROJECT ORIENTED, I MEAN, WE ARE LOOKING TO, TO TRY TO HAVE A DINNER BUDGET THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO FOCUS ON PROJECTS THAT INCLUDES THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND EVERY FEDERAL AND STATE FUND. THE STREETS PATCHING, RECONSTRUCTION, UM, PRIORITIES, SIDEWALK, UH, NINE REPAIRS, AND THE WATER SITE DISTRIBUTION, UH, RELIABILITY SEW COLLECTION, LIFT STATIONS AND IMPORTATION ISSUES AND GRANTS, THE STATE AND FEDERAL FUND FOR LOCAL PROJECTS, UM, AND THE STREET DEPARTMENT THERE. THERE'S, THERE'S SOME EQUIPMENT I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE, MORE EFFICIENT, MORE OPERATIONAL. UM, I THINK A TARGETED EQUIPMENT INVESTMENT TO DO MORE STREETS WITH CITY CREWS, UH, FASTER, MORE CONSISTENT. AND WITH THAT CONTRACTOR DEPENDENCY, UH, WOULD BE LOOKING AT A FEE DEEPER MACHINE INVESTMENT. UM, COULD WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM EDWARD? I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 325,000, ABOUT 3, 317 TO THREE 25,000 FOR AER THAT WILL HELP US BE MORE EFFICIENT WORKING ON THE STREET. IS THAT THE PURCHASE? OR WE CAN, WE CAN TYPICALLY DO AT LEAST PURCHASE OPTION COMMISSIONER, WHICH BASICALLY, UH, WILL FINANCE IT OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. AND WE CAN ABSORB THAT WITHIN OUR OWN BUDGET. BUT BASICALLY, THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WOULD ALLOW US TO START DOING MORE RECONSTRUCTION OF STREETS. RIGHT NOW. WE DO MORE OVER LEASE AND RECONSTRUCTION, A ONE TIME PURCHASE IT. UH, SO WE WOULD WALK, PURCHASE, TRAIN, SCHEDULE, AND, AND DELIVER. SO I THINK IT, IT WOULD MAKE IT MUCH, MUCH MORE, UH, POSITIVE, EFFICIENT. UM, SECOND PHILOSOPHY, WE WANT TO ADD LABORERS, NOT LAYERS. UM, THIS BUDGET PRIORITIZE HANDS ON FIELD CAPACITY TO PERFORM MORE WORK IN-HOUSE AND REDUCE RELIANCE ON OUTSOURCING FOR PRACTICAL. UM, THE CURRENT CHALLENGE IS THAT WE HAVE ROUTINE WORK. UH, SOME OF IT IS OUTDOORS. WE HAVE HIGHER PROJECT COSTS BECAUSE IT'S CONTRACTED OUT. WE HAVE LONGER TIMELINES, WE HAVE REDUCED INTERNAL CAPACITY. SO WE WANNA BE PROPOSED. UH, THE PROPOSED DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANNA ADD FIELD, FIELD LABORERS. NOT, NOT BY ADDING NEW POSITIONS, BUT BY HIRING THOSE VACANCIES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT ON, ON, ON HIRE. SO WITH, WITH DOING THAT, UH, WE CAN PERFORM MORE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE TRADITIONALLY CONTRACTED OUT IN-HOUSE. UH, WE CAN CAN PICK THE WORK FASTER AND WE CAN PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND OUTSOURCING. NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS MAY STILL BE NEEDED. THERE'S, THERE'S TIMES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIALTIES, LIKE WHEN THE WATER TABLE MAY, MAY BE TOO HIGH, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO CALL SPECIALIZED CONTRACTORS TO DO THAT. BUT WHATEVER ELSE, WHATEVER WE CAN DO INHOUSE, WE WILL DO NOW. UM, INHOUSE PROJECT THEORY, TARGETED STAFFING AND EQUIPMENT, AND REDUCE SOURCING COSTS AND, AND ALLOW SMALL, CONVENIENT PROJECT TO MOVE FASTER, INDIVIDUAL FASTER FOR THE COMMUNITY. UH, I THINK IT, IT THIS, UH, WOULD ALLOW US TO BE MORE ACCOUNTABLE, UH, IN A TIER STRUCTURE. KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING FROM POLICY DIRECTION TO FIELD EXECUTION AND COMPLETION REPORTING. UH, FOR, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, IDENTIFYING THAT MISSION PRIORITIES, UH, AND MOVING FORWARD THOSE AND THOSE PRIORITIES WE'RE IMPLEMENTING. UH, AND WE'RE TRACKING AND PERFORMING THOSE PROJECTS, UH, IN-HOUSE. DO YOU HAVE AN, AN ESTIMATE ON THE SAVINGS FROM DOING IT IN-HOUSE AS COMPARED TO THE CONTRACTING IT OUT? IT, IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE PROJECT ITSELF. UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, TYPICALLY I WOULD SAY THAT, THAT THE STUFF THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, CONTRACTING OUT IS LIKE, UH, THE, THE MANHOLES AND, UH, THE STATIONS AND, UH, MAJOR, THE WATER LINE BREAK, WE WOULDN'T FIX OUR OURSELF, CORRECT? NO, I THINK WATERLINE, UH, PLACE THAT WE CAN DO, UH, EASILY DEPENDING ON, ON SEW LINES. MANHOLES ARE USUALLY THE ONES THAT WE DO CONTRACT OUT. NOW, THE LIFT STATION, THOSE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRICKY BECAUSE THEY REQUIRE THE ELECTRICAL AND CONCRETE. BUT SEWER LINE REPLACEMENTS AND WATER LINE REPLACEMENTS, THOSE THINGS WE CAN TYPICALLY DO INHOUSE. I WOULD SAY THAT THAT, UH, I, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY APPROXIMATELY MAYBE HALF OF WHAT IT WOULD COST US, IF NOT MORE, UH, OF WHAT IT WOULD COST US TO CONTRACT THE, OUR COMMISSION. SO IN THIS BUDGET, UH, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, WE [00:30:01] ARE, UH, AGAIN, PROPOSING THAT, THAT YOU, UH, LOOK AT OUR 2 CENTS, UH, TAX REDUCTION, UH, ALLOW US TO CONTROL RECURRING COSTS. UH, WE ARE PROTECTING THE POTENTIAL SERVICES AND WE ARE TRYING TO LEVERAGE DEBT AND FEDERAL GRANT. UH, I THINK THE RESULTING BUDGET IS A, REDUCES PRESSURE ON TAXPAYER PAYERS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME IMPROVING THE DELIVERY OF PROJECT TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, THE MESSAGE THAT WE HAVE IS, UH, ALLOWING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT LOWER THE TAXES BY 2 CENTS WHILE BECOMING LEADER OR PROJECT ORIENTED. AND IF THE COMMISSION MOVES FORWARD IN THIS PAST, IT WOULD BE THE LOWEST TAX RATE IN THE PAST 10 YEARS. SO THAT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAVE AND I'LL LET STEPHANIE DO, OR, OR NUMBERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF WE COULD, UH, CALL THIS AGAIN ITEM. YEAH. UH, SECOND ITEM BUDGET WORKSHOP. ONE FOR FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1ST, 2020. DECEMBER 3, 20, 27. SO GOOD AFTERNOON. 70, UM, SEVEN. I DON'T WANT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. UM, SO I'M WANNA START OFF, I, I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION OUT THERE, BUT I WANNA START OFF WITH GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHAT THE BUDGET, UM, ITSELF STARTS. 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A NEW, A NEW COMMISSION. SO THE WAY WE CONDUCT THE BUDGET, IT IS, UH, WE LOOK AT THAT SIX MONTH PERIOD OF TIME AND, UH, WE EXPECT FOR THE FOLLOWING THE REST OF THE YEAR TO BE THE SAME, RIGHT? SO WE LOOK AT THE EXPENSES MADE BY THE DEPARTMENTS FOR SIX MONTHS, AND THEN WE SEND THEM OVER A LIST OF A, A LISTING OF LIKE, THIS IS WHAT YOU SPENT OVER SIX MONTHS. AND THEN, UM, THEY GET TO STUDY THEIR BUDGET. AND THEN WE MEET ONE-ON-ONES WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AND, UH, THAT INCLUDES OUR PROCUREMENT PERSON, MYSELF, THE PROCUREMENT AGENT, MR. MYSELF AND THE DIRECTOR AND THEIR ADMIN. UM, WE GO LINE BY LINE ON THE ITEMS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. UH, WE LOOK OVER, UH, THE PAST YEAR'S EXPENSES VERSUS THIS LAST SIX MONTHS. UM, WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE ORDERING UNIFORMS ONCE A YEAR. SO THEY LET US KNOW WE WON'T HAVE THAT SAME AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. SO WE GO LINE BY LINE WITH THEM. AND THEN AFTER THAT, UM, THE FINANCING TO MEET WITH THE CITY ADMINISTRATION. AND THEN WE GO, AND THEN WE TARGET WHAT IS NEEDED THE MOST OR LIKE WHAT THE CHANGE, THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT EACH DEPARTMENT HAD. AFTER THAT, AFTER APPROVAL ADMINISTRATION, WE PUT TOGETHER THE BOOKLET, RIGHT? SO ON THIS BOOKLET AND JUST, UH, GOING BACK OFF OF THE PRESENTATION MRNA, UM, JUST, JUST DID RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, FOLLOWING THAT AND FOLLOWING THAT STRUCTURE, YOU HAVE THIS ONE RIGHT HERE THAT IS, IS, UH, LINE ITEM EXPENSE EXPENSES. SO THIS IS YOUR, I GUESS, YOUR BIBLE FOR NOW. THIS IS THE BOOKLET THAT SHOWS YOU EACH DEPARTMENT LINE ITEM AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE GONNA EXTEND OR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THIS BUDGET. BUT AT THIS TIME, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT, I'M GONNA MAKE IT SHORTER BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO GO THROUGH ACCOUNT NUMBERS ONE BY ONE, RIGHT? SO I HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP HERE, BUT I'LL ALSO GIVE YOU LIKE A CHEAT SHEET OR A BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, RIGHT? SO THIS BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS CANNOT LIKE COM COMPRESS EVERYTHING MR. YER I JUST SAID TO, UH, PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN ONE FEATURE, RIGHT? AND WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW ALONG THIS PAGE. THIS BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS WITH THE PRESENTATION THAT I'M ABOUT TO PRESENT, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT, I WOULDN'T SAY REPETITIVE, BUT IT WILL GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE PRESENTATION. MR. ENA JUST DID, BUT WITH NUMBERS OVER HERE. SO, UM, AS MR. ENA JUST MENTIONED, WE'RE FOCUSED ON CONSERVATIVE REVENUE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, EASE IT ON OUR RESIDENCE WITH THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. UM, WE'RE RETURNING TO COURT MUNICIPAL SERVICE TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY, AND THE KEY WORD HERE, AS HE SAID, IT'S REOCCURRING. OUR PROPERTY TAXES IS A RECURRENCE SERVICE OF REVENUE THAT WE COUNT ON EVERY YEAR. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HIT OUR BUDGET ON THE EXPENSE SIDE THE SAME WAY ON A REOCCURRING BASIS. UM, SO WE ARE CAREFULLY EVALUATING EXPENDITURES AND ALL THE DIRECTORS CAN ASSESS HERE THAT IT'S, IT'S A CHALLENGE WHEN THERE'S NEED FOR A LOT OF THINGS. AND WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE OUR FUNDS CORRECTLY ON WHAT, AND PRIORITIZE BASICALLY. UM, AND THEN WE'RE JUST TRY TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE ON WHAT WE SPEND AND SEE WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE BENEFICIAL TO, TO THE CITY. SO WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING FROM THIS, UM, BUDGET? WE'RE EXPECTING AN EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT. 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT ONLY ASKING YOU TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND GET A COMPENSATION PLAN, RIGHT? WE'RE ASKING YOU ALSO TO GIVE BACK TO OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN LOYAL AND THAT HAVE BEEN HERE THROUGH GOOD AND BAD THROUGH THE CITY, AND THAT BEEN HERE FOR [00:35:01] MANY, MANY YEARS. THEY, THEY DO DESERVE, AND WE DO HAVE SOME NEIGHBOR CITIES OR BIGGER CITIES THAN US. AND THEN WE DON'T WANT TO FALL THAT BEHIND AND KNOW WE CANNOT MAKE MIRACLES. GOOD. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TRY, UM, WE WANNA KNOW, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OR INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE BEING CONSERVATIVE. WE WERE, THE, ONE OF THE REASON WE'RE ADDING OR TRYING TO ADD THIS, UM, GRANT COORDINATOR POSITION IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE GROUND CONCENTRATE, CONCENTRATED. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY AVAILABLE THERE FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES LIKE US THAT WE, WE CAN BE TARGETING AND IT SHOULD NOT BE ADDED TO. YES, THEY'RE GONNA PLAY A ROLE, BUT SHOULDN'T BE A FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO BE SEEKING GRANTS WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF SUPPORT FROM ADMINISTRATION. AND THIS IS GONNA HELP THEM DO THAT. SO, UM, ONE OF THE, I GUESS THE TOPICS THAT WE WANT, WANTED TO LOOK AT, IT'S HOW WE CAN BUDGET BUDGETED FOR OUR EVENTS. WE HAVE FOUR MAJOR EVENTS, RIGHT? UM, FOR 20 YEAR, 20 YEAR, 23, 24. WE BUDGET 220,000, 24, 25, THE SAME THING. 25, 26. WE BROUGHT IN AN AMENDMENT, WE INCREASED IT TO 2 35. AND THEN FOR THIS YEAR WE CO PROPOSING A HUNDRED THOUSAND, RIGHT? WE'RE PROPOSING ALSO THAT, UM, WHOEVER IT'S MANAGING THESE EVENTS TO BRING IN A CALENDAR TO ADOPT AT THE SAME TIME OF THE BUDGET, UM, AS WELL AS WHATEVER, WHATEVER THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE FOR THOSE FOUR EVENTS. WE'RE A SMALL COMMUNITY AND OUR, AND OUR EVENTS SHOULD BE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SPEND A GOOD TIME NOT TO, UM, OVERSPENT ON, ON THAT. BE BEFORE YOU GO ON, GO AHEAD. UM, I KNOW WE'RE MISSING A COUPLE OF EVENTS ON THERE, LIKE, UH, MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERAN'S DAY. SO THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL EVENTS. THEY'RE NOT CD EVENTS HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE VETERANS. WERE POST BILLS. I KNOW, UM, CHIEF PEREZ IN CHARGE OF THAT. SO THERE'S A CERTAIN SEARCH OF REVENUES THAT GO TOWARDS THOSE EVENTS. SO IT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED LIKE A, LIKE AN ACTUAL CITY EVENT THAT GOES THROUGH THE VETERANS, THEIR ACCOUNT. ACCOUNT, YES. FOR THAT. SO THIS IS JUST SUPPOSED TO, THE CALENDAR EVENTS SHOULD INCLUDE YOUR EVENT AS WELL. BUT THIS MONEY'S ALLOCATED THERE JUST FOR THIS ORDINANCE. TYPICALLY THESE ARE THE EVENTS THAT, THAT THE SYDNEY HAS PARTICIPATED IN. COMMISSIONER, I THINK WE PARTICIPATE THROUGH OTHER GROUPS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, BUT WE WON'T MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE INCLUDED IN THE CALENDAR EVENTS. JUST THE SOURCE OF REV. I'M SORRY, JUST THE SOURCE OF REVENUE WON'T COME FROM THIS LINE ITEM, WHICH IS THE CITY NET. DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE? OKAY. SO THEN THIS LAST EVENT THAT WE HAD ON MEMORIAL DAY, WHERE DID THAT PHONE COME FROM? THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT? UH, AS FAR AS THE OFFICERS, UH, WE HAD HIM ON MEET AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THEY TOOK AWAY FROM THEIR, THEIR DAY TO, TO ASSIST ON THE EVENT. SO AFTER THAT THEY WENT TO THEIR HOME DUTIES. AND, UH, AS FAR AS SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT DONATED AS FAR AS THE REFRESHMENTS, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, WE DID PURCHASE THE REED AND THE, THE SWEET BREAD AND, UH, THROUGH THE VETERAN'S ACCOUNT. UH, BUT WE CHECKED THE DEMO, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T KNOW IT. IT WAS A, UM, CONSIDERED LIKE A SMALL EVENT AND THE VETERANS HOLD SOME SORT OF ACCOUNT MONIES THERE TO THIS TYPE OF EVENTS WILL BE, IT'LL TAKE A FEW OF THOSE TO BE DEPLETED. THESE FOUR, THESE FOUR EVENTS ARE LARGER SCALE EVENTS. I THINK ALSO WE, WE MAY WANNA CONSIDER, UM, THAT WE DO HAVE STATE OF THE CITY ANNUALLY, UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, DOES COME AT A COST THE CITY AS WELL. THAT IF THAT'S YOUR YOUR CHOICE, WE CAN, WE CAN ADD THAT. AND WE CANNOT LOOK AT AN AMOUNT FOR THAT OUT, OUT OF THIS MONEY. IF YOU WANT ADD IT TO THIS ONE. SO WHAT GIVE YOU THE CITY COME OUT THAT ONE CITY, CITY, THIS OWNER, OR IS IT, WHICH BUDGET ARE THEY? COME OUT STATE INSTEAD OF THE CITY WAS FOR THE PAST YEAR, IT WAS JUST A, I GUESS, POPUP EVENT. 'CAUSE IT WAS NOT INCLUDED, BUT THEY USE THOSE SAME FUNDS. SO IN THIS ONE IT'S TO TARGET THOSE MAJOR EVENTS IF WE WANNA INCREASE THAT TO HAVE A STATE OF THE CITY. AND HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD YOU ALL RECOMMEND FOR US TO USE TO THAT? AND THEN WE'LL INCREASE IT TO THIS ONE? I THINK WE'D HAVE TO, I THINK WE'D HAVE TO GET A COMPLETE PICTURE OF ALL THE EVENTS THAT THE CITY HAS, UH, BESIDES THESE, AND THEN TWEAK THE AMOUNT A LITTLE BIT TO, TO BE ABLE TO COVER EVERYTHING. UH, THAT WAY WE GET A COMPLETE PICTURE OF FENCE. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE, UM, ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE IT A CHANGE TO THIS BUDGET, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT RIGHT NOW, IS THAT WE MOVE THIS LINE ITEM FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO, UH, OR PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT. AND WE ALSO MOVE OUR SPECIAL COORDINATOR EVENT COORDINATOR TO THAT ONE. SO THEY CAN WORK HAND BY HAND AND THEY CAN PROMOTE [00:40:01] EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE. SO ALL THESE, SOME, SOME OF THESE EVENTS WERE COMING OUT OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BEFORE. THIS IS A LINE ITEM ON THE BUDGET THAT IT USED TO BE ON, ON PARKS AND RECREATION. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS WE'RE TAKING IT AWAY FROM PARKS AND RECREATION. WE'LL PUT IT ON PI PIR, THAT WAY, UM, THEY CAN COORDINATE LIKE GOING OUT AND, UH, DECIDING, DOING THE MARKETING FOR THE EVENTS. AND THEY CAN, I GUESS THEY CAN BE A TEAM, UH, VERSUS HAVING IT THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION WHERE THEY'VE, THEY'VE ALREADY HAD THEIR HAT FULL WITH THE BASEBALL. UM, HOW MANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE IN THAT DEPARTMENT? IT'LL, IT'LL BE TWO PEOPLE OR PI OR PR, UH, PIO AND OR ESPECIALLY AGAIN, COORDINATOR PERSON. SO THEY WILL, THAT'S TWO PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ORGANIZING, ORGANIZING THE, HOWEVER, THE MANPOWER FROM THE CITY, IT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE. WE, WE WANTED TO GET, HAVE MORE OF A PRESENT IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND UM, UH, HELPING THE, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. SO I THINK GIVEN FOR THE COORDINATOR AND, UH, BOTH THE EVENT FOUR MORE LIKE IN A TIGHT, UH, ENVIRONMENT RATHER THAN, OKAY, YOUR DIRECTOR WILL BE HERE, THEY WILL RESPOND TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THEY WOULD BOTH WORK AS A TEAM TO PUT OUT THE EVENTS. SO THEY, THEY'RE GONNA BE COORDINATING THE EVENTS, BUT AS FAR AS MANPOWER, THEY'LL BE GETTING WITH THE DIRECTORS FROM PARKS DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND EVERY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHEREVER THEY TO, TO GET THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF MANPOWER THAT THEY NEED. CORRECT. BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY HOW IT HAPPENS. IT'S JUST THIS LINE ITEM. IT'S IT'S HELD AT THE PARTS THEY PLAN. CORRECT. OKAY. SO, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE, UH, WE WOULD NEED A LIST OF ALL THE EVENTS AND MAYBE THE, UH, THE FUNDING FOR EACH EVENT, , HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH ARE WE PLANNING AND THE COMMISSION, WHICH, WHICH IS TO, UH, REALLOCATE THOSE, THOSE MONEY OR EVEN WE CAN DO THAT ACROSS. SO THIS IS JUST A PROPOSAL FOR YOU ALL TO SEE, UM, IN, FOR THE NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE'RE PLANNING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND THEN AT, AT, THEN AT THAT TIME, YOU CAN TELL THOSE WHICH EVENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN WHICH OTHER, 'CAUSE I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, THE HALLOWEEN EVENT, A LOT OF THE COUNTY GETS DONATED AND IT'S A FAIRLY SMALLER EVENT, BUT WE ALSO, UH, IT'S SOME SORT OF AN EXPENSE TO US AS WELL. UH, WE USED TO HAVE THE JUNTO MUSIC FESTIVAL, UM, AS A PART OF A BIGGER EVENTS THAT EVENTUALLY WE, WE TOOK IT, TOOK IT APART. SO THAT'S NO LONGER PART OF THE EVENTS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ONE IS GONNA BE WANTING TO BE BROUGHT BACK, BUT I FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE SETTING UP, IT'S THE AMOUNT FOR THOSE CITY EVENTS TO BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND. IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, IF YOU WANNA INCREASE THAT, THEN LET US KNOW SO I CAN MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS ON THIS BUDGET. IDEALLY, WE'D LIKE TO GET THE SPONSORS TO PAY FOR ALL THAT. YES. YES MA'AM. THE DOES. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES. THE SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL, UM, HAD, HADN'T HAPPENED FOR THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, RIGHT? UH, DUE TO WEATHER AND OTHER, OTHER ISSUES. AND THEN PUTTING MORE OF A CONCERTED EFFORT ON THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AND THE HOG WADDLE AND, UH, THE COMMISSION, THIS LAST BUDGET CYCLE DETERMINED INSTEAD OF CONTINUING WITH THAT APPROPRIATIONS OF MONEY KEEPING , BECAUSE AT ONE POINT UNIVERSITY, I THINK IT OF HOUSTON WAS NOT GONNA BE FUNDING THEM ANYMORE. AND INSTEAD OF LETTING THAT DEPARTMENT GO, WHICH I THINK IS VERY BENEFICIAL, UH, PRO THORA AND, AND EXERCISE CLASSES AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE DECIDED TO DO AWAY WITH SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC FESTIVAL AND REAPPROPRIATE, THOSE ONES TO ENT, ARE WE STILL GETTING FUNDING FROM U OF H FOR ENT? NOT THE SAME AMOUNT WE USED TO. I WOULD SAY IT'S LIKE MINIMAL HELP. I WOULD SAY 30% OF WHAT WE USED TO GET BEFORE THEN IT'S SPREADING THROUGH OR OR BUDGET. SO WE CAN KEEP THE TWO THROUGH UT HEALTH. YEAH. AND THEN THERE IS, UH, DISCUSSIONS FROM THE SOUTH TEXAS, UH, JUNTO MUSEUM THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO HAVE AN EVENT SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER DEALING WITH . SO, SO THAT MIGHT, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO STAY AWAY FROM THOSE MONTHS IF THEY'RE ALREADY GONNA BE AN EXAMPLE. I'M OKAY WITH YOU ALL. I'M NOT ADDING THAT. IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF LIKE THE AMOUNT OF EVENTS. LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA DO STATE OF THE CITY EVERY YEAR AS WELL, THEN HOW ARE WE GONNA SPEAK THOSE HUNDRED THOUSAND TO TAKE CARE OF THE STATE OF THE CITY, THE HOT WATER, THE SAKA, UM, THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT, UH, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY STATS ON THAT, ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED AND WHAT, WHAT WOULD TURN OUT WE DO, BUT I DON'T THINK MISS LED THESE IN THE, IN THE [00:45:01] AUDIENCE. MS. KENNA, GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, LAST YEAR WE DID DO A CLOSEOUT OF THE PROGRAM AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THROUGHOUT HER COOKING CLASSES, THROUGHOUT THE EXERCISE CLASSES, HER AT HOME EDUCATION COURSE THAT SHE DOES, SHE HELPED OUT OVER 8,000 RESIDENTS IN ONE CAPACITY OR ANOTHER. SO IT'S A VERY EFFECTIVE, VERY BENEFICIAL PROGRAM, UM, THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. AND YES, PART OF THE PARTIAL FUNDING STILL COMES OUT OF THE UT HEALTH SYSTEM. UM, THEY HAD, UH, I GUESS THEY REDUCED THE SNAP BENEFITS AND THAT WAS ONE OF THEM THROUGH FUNNELED THROUGH UT UM, HOUSTON. SO, UM, . SO YEAH, BUT WE DO STILL FUND IT. IT HELPS OUT QUITE A BIT OF PEOPLE. UM, YEAH, IT'S A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. I SHARE. IS IT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS PRESENTATION? LIKE, OKAY, SO WHAT I WAS TOUCHING BACK BASIS TO THE EMPLOYEE'S RETENTION AND INVESTMENT. SO, UM, WE LOOK AT POSSIBLE SCENARIOS LIKE IN THE PAST WE, UM, HAD DONE LIKE 3% ACROSS THE BOARD, 2% ACROSS THE BOARD. THAT'S WHAT NORMALLY WHAT CITIES WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE INCREASES TO EMPLOYEES BASED ON THE COST OF LIVING. AND IT'S USUALLY RIGHT NOW FOR THE CITY OF SOMEBODY, IT'S LIKE A 2.7 COST OF LIVING, RIGHT? UM, GOING BACK TO OUR CONSERVATIVE STAGES OF EXPENSES, WE FOUND IT MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY BUDGET AND FINANCIALS TO DO A ONE-TIME DEAL. SO WHEN YOU DO A ONE-TIME DEAL, YOU DON'T AFFECT THE OVERTIME RATES. SO, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE REMAINING WITH, OR 1285 RECENTLY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE FOR THE COMMISSION THAT TO, UH, HOW WE APPROACH IT. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED IS THE, UH, THE 1,201 TIME, UH, UH, EMPLOYEE BONUS AND A $500 MERIT INCREASE THAT WILL BE, UH, BUDGET TO THE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR EVERYONE. BUT THEN AGAIN, THAT, THAT'S, THEN I'LL TURN ON THE UPCOMING SLIDES. YOU'RE GONNA SEE A COMPARISON RIGHT HERE. SO, UM, ON THIS ONE YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, 1,200 PER PERSON PLUS 500 MARRIED, IF THEY, THEY EARN IT, RIGHT? UM, VERSUS A 3% VERSUS A 2%. SO 9000000.2 9000000.5 AND 9000000.4 WE'RE, WE'RE GOING FOR THE, UH, OPTION EIGHT, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU SEE IT FOR THE, FOR THE WATER, UH, SIDE. AND THEN FOR THE GENERAL FUND, YOU DO HAVE A MORE OF A BREAKDOWN BY DEPARTMENT AND YOUR BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS FOR ALL TO SEE WHENEVER YOU GET A CHANCE. BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS BOOK DID. IT'S PUTTING TOGETHER, UH, ONE TIME PLUS ADDING 500 MARRIED BASE AND THIS WILL GO HAND BY HAND WITH OUR PAY GRADE OR COMPENSATED PLAN. SO WE TRY TO STAY WITHIN OUR ARRANGEMENTS RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. AND OF COURSE IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. IT'S AN IDEA WE WANTED FOR YOU ALL TO SEE AND SEE IF YOU ALL WILL ENTERTAIN, AND IF YOU DO, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AND PUT IT TOGETHER. SO GOING BACK TO THIS ONE, I KNOW I MOVED BACK AND FORTH, BUT JUST WANTED FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND LIKE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE DIRECTING THE CITY, WE'RE STILL OFFERING, UM, A WHOLE PACKET WITH HEALTH INSURANCE, DENTAL INSURANCE, VISION INSURANCE WITH TMR RETIREMENT. EVERYTHING IS A HUNDRED PERCENT COVERAGE AND WITH A 6% EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION FROM OUR TMRS SO THAT ANY CHANGE, WE'RE STILL, UH, GIVING THOSE SAME BENEFITS TO OUR EMPLOYEES. THAT 6%, UH, TWO TO ONE, YES. UM, AND THEN ON THIS ONE, IT'S KINDA LIKE A SNAPSHOT. I'VE ALSO PROVIDED IT, AGAIN, I MENTIONED ON YOUR, ON YOUR BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS. ON YOUR BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT IT'S HIGHLIGHTED AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT AFFECTED BY THIS, BUT NOT DRASTICALLY ON YOUR FIRST PAGE OF YOUR BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS, I MADE A LISTED AND I, I, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT'S PERSONNEL, I WOULD NOT WANT TO GO DOWN THE LIST, BUT THERE'S ONLY SEVEN ADJUSTMENTS THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DO. IT WOULD FOLLOW THIS PAY GRADE. AND THOSE ARE REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE THERE ARE 40% BELOW MARKET AND, UM, THESE ARE POSITIONS ARE LIKE IN NEED OF ADJUSTMENTS. AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE OUR GOOD EMPLOYEES JUST BECAUSE WE CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE MARKET. I DO SEE, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE NOT THAT LOW COM COMPARISON WISE, BUT WE ARE NOT OUT THERE. SO THESE WILL BE LIKE MAIN TARGETED ONES AND IT'S, IT'S RIGHT HERE ON YOUR, ON YOUR LIST. MS. [00:50:01] STEPHANIE? YES, SIR. CAN I, UH, CHIME IN HERE. I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON THE MINIMUM WAGE. WHEN I STARTED IN 2020 WITH THE COMMISSION, WE WERE ABOUT ABOUT $9 AN HOUR. AND, UH, STEADILY OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE INCREASED IT TO WHAT IT IS NOW. AND I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON A LIVING WAGE MIT CALCULATOR TOOL. I LIKE TO LOOK AT, YOU CAN PLUG IN REGIONS OF THE, OF THE USA OR ZIP CODE. AND FOR ONE ADULT WITH ZERO CHILD CHILDREN, THEY CLASSIFY LIVING WAGE. NOW LIVING WAGE IS DIFFERENT THAN MINIMUM WAGE. YOU KNOW, MINIMUM WAGE IS 7 25 OR 7 55 POTENTIALLY. UH, THE ADULT FOR ZERO CHILDREN LIVING WAGE SHOULD BE 1786. AND WHAT A LIVING WAGE IS, IS BASICALLY WHAT IT, WHAT THE MINIMUM AMOUNT PER HOUR AN EMPLOYEE MUST MAKE TO LIVE A COMFORTABLE WAGE FOR HOUSING, MEDICAL EXPENSES, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, EXTRA. AND IT GOES INTO PRETTY BIG DETAIL. THIS WAS LAST UPDATED IN FEBRUARY 15TH, 2026. SO I JUST WANTED THE, THE COMMISSION TO NOTE THAT AND STAFF WHERE WE'RE OUR GOALS SHOULD ALWAYS BE TO TRY TO GET TO THAT 15, BETWEEN 15 AND $20 RANGE. IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME, CONSISTENCY, AND EVENTUALLY WE'LL MAKE IT IN THAT CORRECTION. AND IT IS A TOUGH BALANCE, RIGHT? LIKE TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEN THE NEEDS OF THE CITY AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TOOL WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE IT, WHEN YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE. IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO FOLLOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO IF ANYBODY, UM, I GUESS THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST LOOK OF HOW WOULD THAT LOOK TO NOT MAKE A BIG IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET, JUST TO SAY IN CONSERVATIVE WAYS. BUT HEY, WE'RE WELCOME FOR OPINIONS AND LIKE IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT NUMBER MADE AND WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP OUR EMPLOYEES. BUT THIS WILL GIVE YOU A ROOM. SO LIKE THE GRADE ONE YOU, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE UP TO, UH, 50 50 BASED ON EXPERIENCE AND LIKE, THAT'S LIKE A ENTRY S AND THEN YOU HAVE GRADE TWO. THAT'S LIKE PEOPLE THAT HAD THE EXPERIENCE THAT BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THEY CAN JUMP TO GRADE TWO. UH, OR THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF, LIKE, ASIDE FROM THIS, WE'RE ALSO ON THE COMPENSATION PLAN. WE'RE PLANNING TO DO, WE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE IN PLACE, BUT IT'S LIKE LICENSE BASED. SO LIKE THE C LICENSE, THEY GET A, AN INCENTIVE OF THIS MUCH. SO WE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE IN PLACE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO PROVIDE THE SAME. THAT'S WHY I SAID LIKE ON THE GRADE THREE AND FOUR, THOSE WILL BE THE ONE THAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT AFFECTED BY THE LIST OF, OF POSITIONS THAT ARE PUT ON YOUR, ON YOUR SHEET. SO THESE ARE JUST THE SALARY SCENARIOS, LIKE I SAID, BUDGET, UH, SPENDING AND BUDGET WE'RE RECOMMENDING A OKAY. AND THEN ON THIS ONE, THIS A SNAPSHOT OF HOW OUR DEBT LOOKS FOR THE, FOR THE YEAR UPCOMING YEAR. UH, THIS, UH, INCLUDES OUR NEW OR NEW BOND. NOW OUR PAYMENT'S GONNA BE 77,000 7 0 4 AND IT WILL TERMINATE TO 2056. SO WE JUST ADDED THAT ONE THERE. UM, I VIEWED IT ON YOUR PACKET. THIS IS JUST WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR THIS YEAR, BUT ON YOUR PACKET YOU SEE IT, HOW MUCH WE HAVE OUTSTANDING FOR THE REST OF THE YEARS, HOW MUCH WE STILL OWE. SO ON THIS ONE ON THE BOTTOM YOU I WOULD SEE LIKE THE FULL PICTURE. AND THEN THESE ARE THE EXPENSES BY DEPARTMENT. UM, AND THIS ONE YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH EACH DEPARTMENT'S SPENDING. UM, THERE'S SOME EXPENSES THAT WE CANNOT, I GUESS, DEVIATE FROM. UM, MS. STEPHANIE? YES, SIR. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE? COULD YOU POSSIBLY, IF YOU COULD BREAK THIS DOWN FOR THE COMMISSION SO THEY CAN REVIEW WHAT THOSE SERIES OF BONDS, WHY THEY WERE PULLED AND WHAT THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE USED FOR? I DON'T HAVE THE SUMMARIES OF EACH OF THEM, BUT I CAN, I CAN EXPLAIN THE, THE, THIS CHART. SO, UM, ON THE FIRST COLUMN, YOU HAVE THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, RIGHT? AND THEN GENERAL OBLIGATION, THAT'S THE, THE GENERAL FUND THAT IT'S OBLIGATED TO PAY. THEN A PORTION OF THAT FIRST MONTH, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, HOW MUCH IT COMES FROM SALES TAX. AT THIS TIME WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING COMING OUT OF SALES TAX COMMITTED FROM SALES TAX TO PAY A BOND. THEN, UM, C-D-B-G-C-B-G USED TO BE IN CHARGE OF CERTAIN BOND BONDS, NOT ANYMORE. THEN YOU HAVE OUR CPSD. THAT'S THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS THROUGH THE COUNTY. THEY'RE COMMITTED 60,000 FOR THAT, UH, UH, PLEDGE, UH, BOND THERE IN 2020. THEN YOU WILL SEE THE COMMITMENTS FOR A DC TOWARDS THE BONDS THAT THE CITY HAD ACQUIRED. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE HALFWAY BONDS OUTSTANDING WITH THE CITY AND THAT'S HOW MUCH THEIR PORTION IS. THEN ON YOUR, OKAY, WHERE YOU SAY WHERE YOU SEE WASTE, UM, [00:55:01] UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER PRINCIP POINT INTEREST, THAT ONE IS YOUR ENTERPRISE PLAN. THAT'S HOW MUCH THEY PITCH IN FOR, FOR THE BONDS ASSOCIATED OVER HERE ON YOUR LEFT. AND OVER HERE AT THE VERY END, YOU SEE, UH, THE TERMINATION DATE I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH, WITH SUMMARIES, BUT MOST OF THESE ONES WERE MADE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY, COMES TO WATER, UH, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO STREET IMPROVEMENTS, UH, BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS. BUT I WOULD, I WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A SUMMARY. I JUST DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME FOR EACH OF THOSE. THEIR, THEIR NAMES ARE, ARE PRETTY MUCH ALIKE. JUST A YEAR CHANGED, SO I WOULDN'T RECALL. UM, I APOLOGIZE. WELL, YOU HAVE THOSE, DO YOU HAVE THOSE IN THE NEXT MEETING OR YOU TO US OR I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE 'EM FOR THE NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP. I MEAN, I'LL PUT IT BEHIND JUST A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF WHAT THOSE WERE INTENT FOR. AND WE, WE RECENTLY, UM, SOME OF 'EM, THE TERMINATION, UM, THEY TERMINATED THE, THE PAST TWO YEARS. SO WE WERE PRETTY, PRETTY OKAY ON THAT. WE, OR THE ONE THAT'S ABOUT THE SOONER, THE SOONER IT'S THE 2029. THEN, UM, WE HAVE OUR EXPENSES BY DEPARTMENTS. AGAIN, THIS IS HOW MUCH WE, UM, HAVE ALLOCATED FOR EACH APARTMENT, INCLUDING ALL THE, ALL THE, UH, RETAIL THAT WE PROVIDED AND AND MYSELF, INCLUDING THE 1,200 PER EMPLOYEE PLUS A HUNDRED. IF THE NECESSARY DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE WHO IS GONNA GET IT, BUT IF THEY PASS PROBATION, THEY DO, UH, IF THEY MAKING, THEY THEY PASS WHATEVER THE DEPARTMENT HEAD SETS AS THEIR GOALS AND THEIR PPIS FOR THAT PERSON, THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT, UH, $500, UH, MERIT BASE. OKAY. NOW, NOW WHAT, WHAT WE FOCUS MAINLY OR BUDGET ON, UM, THE, THE REVENUE SOURCE IMPACT THAT THE PROPERTY TAXES WILL, WILL HAPPEN, AS MR. MENTIONED, IT'S, UH, 2 CENTS WILL CUT 20,000 27, 220 $7,936, RIGHT? WE WERE TO DO, IF WE WERE TO MAINTAIN A RATE, THE RATE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OF 0.7 8 1 25, OUR REVENUE WILL BE INCREASING BY 390, 90 8,000, RIGHT? THAT'S A 4.74%. IF WE WERE TO LOWER THAT, WE WILL STILL BE IN A POSITIVE WAY. WE WILL STILL INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR JUST BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, HOMES THAT WE BROUGHT IN WILL STILL BE 170, UH, THOUSAND 202.2 POSITIVE ON THAT. AND THIS IS BASED ON CERTIFIED VALUES AS OF APRIL, THEY'RE NOT YET CERTIFIED. SO WE WOULD GET THOSE ACTUAL VALUES IN JULY. SO, BUT THIS IS, UM, IT GIVES US A PRETTY GOOD, IT DOESN'T CHANGE SO MUCH. IT GIVES US A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD. SO, UH, HERE WE HAVE OUR REVENUE BY SOURCE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, UH, WE, I USE THE 96% APPROACH RIGHT ON THIS ONE. SO THAT MEANS THAT WE NORMALLY LIKE 96% OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD. UM, SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS. WHAT YOU SEE AS NON-PROPERTY TAXES, IT SELLS TAX AND IT'S BASED ON COLLECTION RATE FOR THIS YEAR. SO WE JUST ALLOCATED THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, LIKE I MENTIONED. WE LOOK, WE LOOK MAKE A LOOK BACK FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS AND THAT, THAT'S HOW MUCH WE'RE EXPECTING TO GET. SO AS MR. YNA MENTIONED, FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, IT WILL BE LOWEST TAX RATE BACK IN 2022. WE LOWERED IT 2 CENTS, BUT WE'VE BEEN AT THAT, EXCUSE ME, WE'VE BEEN AT THAT LEVEL FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. SO THAT WOULD PUTS US BELOW IN OUR CHARTS BASICALLY. AND THIS IS HOW MUCH WE WOULD HAVE ON NAMING INFORMATION INTEREST RATE. IF YOU PUR EACH OF THOSE THINGS TO GO DEEP DOWN THE TEXT RATE, THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL GO TO. AND THEN I ADDED THE CALCULATION ON YOUR HIGHLIGHTS SO YOU COULD SEE HOW I CAME ABOUT WITH THOSE MAINTENANCE AND INTEGRATIONS AND ALL THAT. AND THEN THIS WOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH A BALANCED BUDGET ON A POSITIVE APPROACH OF 87,785. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SUPPORTING DOCS AND THEN THINK THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, IT YOU'RE YOUR BEACH EIGHT. UM, AND I'M GONNA GO BACK A LITTLE BIT. SO THE GUESS THE PUBLIC FOLLOW WHEN IT COMES TO EXPENSES. SO IN THIS ONE I MADE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER, BUT IT WAS HARD TO PUT IT ON A, ON A ON THE SCREEN BECAUSE IT'S LONG. UM, JUST FOR YOUR LIGHT READING, WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE READING SOMETHING LIGHT, UM, BY, BY DEPARTMENT, YOU WOULD SEE THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST BUDGET, LAST ADOPT BUDGET AND THIS BUDGET. SO, UH, BY DEPARTMENT. AND THEN IF THERE'S SOMETHING DRASTICALLY HAPPENED, I WROTE LIKE A LITTLE SMALL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU, I'M JUST GONNA GO TO PUBLIC RELATIONS BECAUSE WE TRANSFER CITY EDS AND WE MOVE THE SPECIAL COORDINATOR TO THAT, TO THAT, UH, BUDGET. SO [01:00:01] YOU WOULD SEE A DRASTIC IMPACT, LIKE THE BUDGET INCREASE. THEN IF YOU GO DOWN THE ROAD, THEN YOU SEE A PERCENTAGE GOING NEGATIVE ON THE, ON THE, UM, RECREATION DEPARTMENT. SO, UM, THIS KIND OF GUIDES YOU TO SEE THE OVERALL, HOW THE, THE DEPARTMENTS DID. AND I'M, I WOULD SAY I'M, I'M, I'M SUPER PROUD THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO STAY WITHIN THEIR MEANS AND THEY WERE, THEY WERE REALLY GOOD. THEY, THEY WORK, THEY EVERY, EVERY YEAR THEY DO. BUT THIS YEAR IT SEEMS LIKE WE, WE PRIORITIZE THEIR NEEDS EVEN EVEN MORE. SO THE OVERALL, THE COST OF LEAVING FOR THE CITY OF SANTO, IT'S 2.7%. THIS CDU WAS ABLE TO ONLY INCREASE 2% IN THEIR OVERALL BUDGET. SO THAT 2% TRANSFERRED TO 462,288. SO WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS BUDGET AND STILL GIVE OUR EMPLOYEES SOME SORT OF ADDITIONAL, A CONTINUE GIVING THE BENEFITS WE DO, UM, LOOKING OVER, LOOKING OVER OUR CITIZENS, REDUCING THEIR PROPERTY TAX RATE, AND WE STILL GAVE THE 2% INCREASE ONLY, AND THAT'S INCLUDING OUR BARGAIN AGREEMENT WITH THE POLICE TO STATE AND TRACK. AND THAT'S INCREASING THREE BAR PARTIES. THAT'S INCREASING A GRANT COORDINATOR. SO THIS, BUT I'M, I'M, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK EVERYBODY IN CONJUNCTION DID WITH ME IN CITY ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE, UM, THIS IS REALLY, THAT IT WAS A TASK, BUT I THINK THAT WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF NOT ONLY PROPOSE A REDUCTION OF TAXES, BUT ALSO TO IMPROVE, UH, PROJECT DELIVERY FOR, FOR OUR CITIZENS. AND THAT SAME, WE CAN GET SOME SCREENS FOR THESE WINDOWS. SO YES, LIKE I KNOW YOU MOVED THE, THE CITY EVENTS OVER TO A POOR RELATIONSHIP. CORRECT. BUT IS THAT TAKING PARTS FROM REC COMPLETE OUT OF THE CITY EVENTS AS FAR AS HELPING AT THE, AT THE EVENT WITH THE ACTUAL MAP POWER? NO, THEY, WE WOULDN'T, WE STILL COORDINATE WITHOUT THE DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST, UH, IN, IN THE EVENT, BUT THE COORDINATION WOULD BE THROUGH INFORMATION. SO JUST LEADING THE, LEADING THE ACTUAL COORDIN, YOU MAKE THE ACTUAL AND BEING IN CHARGE OF ACTUALLY CREATING BUDGETS FOR THOSE EVENTS. AND THEN, OKAY, NOW IT'S TIME TO LEAVE EVENT HANDS ON. DEPARTMENT HEADS WILL GET TOGETHER AND WE'LL ALL COME THE WAY WE DO IT RIGHT NOW, WE, WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS THE EVENT AND THEN WE SAY, OKAY, OR STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO HELP HERE, THERE. SO WE, IT WOULD BE THE SAME PROCESS. IT'S JUST WE POST IT OUT OF PUBLIC PROBATIONS THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BUDGET. THERE'S AN ALMOST IN EVERY DEPARTMENT THERE'S AN INCENTIVE LINE. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY USE THAT FOR? I'M SORRY? THERE'S AN INCENTIVE SIGN FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT. SO, SO IT DEPENDS. FOR EXAMPLE, ON OUR, ON OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY DO THROUGH CERTAIN CERTIFICATIONS AND THEN THEY GET A, AN INCENTIVE PAID ADDITIONAL PAY TO THEIR PAY. BECAUSE THEY WENT THROUGH THAT TRAINING. LIKE A TRAINING? LIKE A TRAINING, YES. OR A CERTIFICATION LICENSE. THAT CERTIFICATION OR, CORRECT. AND IT IS BASED ON WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE. SO WE GO BY THE EMPLOYEE OR WE TALK TO THE SUPERVISOR AND SAY LIKE, HEY, IS ANYBODY COMING? THEN WE, WE WILL ADD IT THERE. SO IT IS AVAILABLE FOR THEM. IF THEY WERE TO COMPETE THAT CERTIFICATION, THEN THEY'LL GET IT. THERE'S A, THERE'S A JUST, UM, I HADN'T SEEN FOR LIKE ON THE PLUG LIBRARY. I'M SORRY. THEN THE PHONE LIBRARY SILVER HAS A INCENTIVE FOR $4,000. AND THEN THE CDBG HAS ONE FOR 8,000 8,500 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. AN INCENTIVE? NO. OR A LIFE, IT'S A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND IT GOES TO 8,500. 8,500 FOR COMMUNITY THE BLOCK. RIGHT. AND THEY'RE USUALLY 500, $200 FOR THE CDBG. SO THE CDBG, IT'S APART FROM THE, FROM THE, UM, GENERAL BUDGET. GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO IT'S BASICALLY NOT, NOT COMPLETED AT THIS TIME. SO THE WAY YOU SEE IT THERE IS THE WAY IT USED TO BE LAST YEAR. SO WE HAVE TO MEET WITH, UH, CITY CHIEF COORDINATOR AND THEN DO IT SPECIAL FUNDS? YES. OKAY. YES. AND THEY'RE USUALLY ALLOCATED. WE'LL GIVE YOU AN EXPLANATION ON THAT ONE. ON COMMISSION. UM, WE'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU THAT. SO FOR THIS YEAR WE'RE GETTING 321. SO WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE IN LINE BY LINE. WE RECENTLY MET WITH THE CPG, UM, BOARD TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS, BUT THAT WAS BEFORE WE CREATED THIS CODE. I'M SORRY, AFTER WE CREATED THIS CODE. IT DOESN'T HAVE THE 26 27 MACHINE. NO. CORRECT. [01:05:01] AND THOSE, THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT THEY ARE, UH, ONLY ELIGIBLE, UH, LY FOR NO, BUT YOU, HE'S ASKING WHY WE ALLOCATED MORE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. YEAH. THAT THAT'S NOT THE, THAT'S, THIS IS NOT THEIR, THEIR FINDING THIS IS FOCUSED ON GENERAL FUND AND, UM, WASTEWATER AND ENTERPRISE FUND. SO THE, THE, YOU DON'T SEE EBC IN THIS BOOKLET YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T MET WITH THE BOARD. EVEN THE REASON THAT ONE WENT UP IS BECAUSE THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING THE FIVE YEAR CONTRACT AND SAN UH, UH, GROUPS UP WITH HAR AND, AND WE HAVE LIKE A LOW PERCENTAGE THAT FOR SANTO. OKAY. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY THIS YEAR OR THAT YEAR 23 6, IT WENT, BUT THEN IT GOES BACK DOWN BECAUSE IT'S ONLY 5K EVERY FIVE YEARS. EVERY FIVE YEARS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YOUR EXPLANATION. AND THEN THE LIBRARY ONE HAS ONE 4,000 FOR ON THE INCENTIVE THAT BETWEEN 26. BEAR WITH ME CHAIR PLEASE. PLEASE. THANK YOU. PAGE 25 AND IT HAS A, I'M SORRY. OH, YOU SEE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR ON PUBLIC LIBRARY. PAGE 25. MM-HMM . YOU GO TO BENEFITS AND GO DOWN TO THE CENTERS. YOU GO ACROSS THE BOTTOM LINE ON BENEFITS. YES. IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ACCOUNT NUMBER, SIR. MY APOLOGIES. I I DO THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A TYPO OR PRINTED TYPO. 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ACCOUNT NUMBER. SO IF YOU GO TO PAGE 25, UH, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ACCOUNT NUMBER, SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE. IF YOU SEE THERE WASN'T ANY, ANYTHING HAPPENING FOR THE PAST, FOR THE PAST FOUR, THREE YEARS. I APOLOGIZE MR. RA. I DON'T HAVE IT ON MY PRINT. THAT'S . YEAH, I'M SO SORRY. YEAH, IT HAS, IT HAS, AND I KNOW IF YOU ALL DON'T HAVE IT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE AN, AN ACCOUNT NUMBER, SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS, IT'S LINKED INCORRECTLY. AND DOES THAT BOOK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU. WE GOT YOU. YES. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL MAKE SURE I'LL TAKE AWAY THOSE 4,000. I'M SORRY MR. FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT AND ALEX THAT I HAVE CIRCLE LOT STUFF THAT YOU WENT OVER. MOST OF 'EM EXCEPT FOR THOSE. THAT'S, I'M GLAD. I'M GLAD. UM, IF YOU DO FIND ANY OTHER DISCREPANCIES THAT YOU ALL MIGHT WANT TO ADDRESS, LET LET MR. YERENA KNOW AND WE'LL TRY TO ADDRESS 'EM. UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, UM, FEEL FREE. GO AHEAD. THIS IS THE TIME COMMISSION. ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR? ANY QUESTIONS? YOU STILL LOG OFF? YES. THE THINGS ON ANYMORE? OKAY. PERMISSION. YOU GOT ANY MORE? ANY QUESTIONS? NO. SO ARE, ARE WE OKAY WITH THE DECISIONS MADE ON THIS ONE SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, BE PROVIDING YOU GRADING YOUR BOOKLETS WITH THE DETAILED INFORMATION? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT ME TO SEE ASIDE FROM, UM, CD EVENTS, BUDGET NOTIFICATIONS WITH A CALENDAR. YEAH, LIKE THE COMMISSION CONCERNED BY ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE EVENTS AND ADDING SOME OF THE OTHER EVENTS THAT PROBABLY SHOULD BE ON THE, OF THE CITY, STATE OF THE CITY. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE DOING THAT. AND WE DO HAVE A CALENDAR MADE THAT WILL BE, UH, BRINGING, UH, FOR NEXT, OUR, OUR INTENT IS TO, TO, UH, ADOPT THE CALENDAR AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE ADOPT THE BUDGET AND, UH, TIE THE, AND THE CON. I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE KIND OF DETAIL ON WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THOSE DATES IS PROBABLY EVEN MORE IMPORTANT. YES. SO WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING ON IT. I'D RATHER GET SOME MORE MONEY NOW THAN TRY TO SAY WE HAD TO AMEND, AMEND THE BUDGET. IS THERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT PRIOR? DISCUSS THAT. THE NEXT WORKSHOP, THE CALENDAR ALSO NEEDS TO, UH, LOOK, LOOK INTO OTHER CITIES IN THE AREA AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO CONFLICTS OVERLAPPING. OKAY. YEAH. UH, AS MAYOR COULD CARE LESS HARD DOING [01:10:02] ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE SHOW UP TO OUR, AND WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE, UM, DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAMMING, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL EVENTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THE MAIN, UM, BUDGET LIKE MS. STEPHANIE SAID FROM PUBLIC RELATIONS. THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, SMALLER EVENTS LIKE THE COMMUNITY CLEANUPS THAT PLANNING DOES, YOU KNOW, THE ICE CREAM WITH A COP, THAT POLICE CASE SCORE OUT OF THEIR BUDGET. UM, THOSE WILL BE IN THE CALENDAR AS WELL. THOSE AREN'T COMING OUT OF THE CITY EVENTS BUDGET THOUGH. SO IF, IF YOU LIKE, UH, AGAIN, WOULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MS. CHRISTINA, WE'LL PUT TOGETHER THE CALENDAR ALONG WITH THE BUDGET TOGETHER, AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT FOR THE NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP. AND THEN, AND THEN, UH, THE, THE, THE, IT'S EITHER TOO LOW OR TOO HIGH. THEN WE WILL, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET RECOMMENDATIONS WITH, BASED ON CHRISTINA WOULD BE OUR EVENT COORDINATOR. THAT'S, THAT WE HAVE, OR WE'RE NOT SURE YET, WE'RE, WE'LL HAVE A VACANCY FOR, UH, SPECIAL COORDINATOR. BUT FOR NOW, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA FALL INTO HER DEPARTMENT, UM, SHE'LL BE OUR OR OR THE CONTACT FOR NOW UNTIL WE ARE LOOKING TO TARGET SOMEBODY WILL HAVE THE EVENT AND THEN PUT ACCOUNT OR WHAT NOT ACCOUNTABLE, WHICH, WHAT BUDGET IS COMING OUT OF IT. YES, YES. WE'LL, WE'LL COORDINATE ME AND HER TO PUT SOME A PACKET TOGETHER WITH THE AMOUNT OF EVENTS YOU HAVE. SEPARATE EVENTS LIKE THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EVENTS AND VETERAN BOARD ALSO. AND WE'LL, WE'LL KNOW WHICH ADDITIONAL RIGHT. ADDITIONAL, UH, REVENUE SOURCES OR WHATNOT. DONATIONS OR MAYOR. ANY QUESTIONS? HI, I'M BACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME BE HERE ON THE ZOOM. IT'S AS Y ALL KNOW, I'M OUT WITH MY FATHER. IT'S HIS 80TH, UH, BIRTHDAY TODAY. UH, AS MUCH AS I WANT TO BE THERE WITH THE TEAM AND LEADING THIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU MAYOR TEMP FOR, UH, TAKING CHARGE HERE. YOU'RE WELCOME. I GOTTA BE WITH MY DAD. YOU, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THEM FOREVER. WE DON'T. SO THANK Y'ALL FOR LETTING ME, UH, CHIME IN HERE VIA ZOOM. UH, ONE, ONE THING I WOULD, SOME IDEAS ARE KIND OF THROWN AROUND IS, UH, A MORE PUBLICLY ENGAGED WORKSHOP SETTING WITH THE COMMUNITY. UM, CHRISTINA PITCHED AN IDEA AND I LIKED IT. UH, IT WAS CALLED, UH, A BUDGETS AND BURGERS AND I, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A, IT IS IN A COMMUNITY SETTING, UH, AT A BURGER SHOP. AND THEY WERE DISCUSSING THE BUDGET CYCLE OR BUDGET WORKSHOP WITHIN THE, I THINK REALLY GETTING, TOUCHING BASE WITH THE COMMUNITY IN A MUCH MORE PERSONALIZED SETTING. I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVENTS AND BUDGETS. UH, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF POSSIBLE. JUST BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY, I DON'T, I FEEL LIKE, I MEAN, WHO DO WE HAVE HERE FROM THE COMMUNITY TODAY? WE HAVE A HANDFUL, MAYBE TWO OR THREE. BUT IF WE HAVE IT AT AN ICE CREAM SHOP OR A COOL BURGER PLACE, UM, MAYBE OR A COFFEE SHOP. MAYBE WE'LL HAVE MORE ATTENDANCE FROM THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN PROVIDE THEIR INPUT AND VALUE INTO THIS BUDGET CYCLE. I WOULD SEE IF THAT'D BE POSSIBLE. MR. DEON STAFF WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO THAT. YES. YES. BRING A BARBECUE. WE CAN. I CAN'T HEAR YOU GUYS TOO CLEARLY, BUT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK. YES. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THAT'S ALL. NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANNA THANK ALL THE STAFF. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO YOUR BUDGETS AND KEEPING IT CONSISTENT. WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S GONNA BE EXPECTING OF US. UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE LESS TO WORK WITH, UH, BUT WE'RE STILL GONNA BE DOING MORE. I KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE CHALLENGING. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME AND EFFORT AND TO DO WHAT WE CAN WITH WHAT THE RESOURCES WE HAVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU GOOD? THANK YOU MAYOR AND COMMISSION FOR ALLOWING US THIS PRESENTATION AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE, UH, COMMENT FROM THE COMMISSION. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU DIRECTORS. TIME IS 6 44 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.