[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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THE TIME IS NOW 6:01 AND I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF FLOWER MOUND SINCE ABOUT 2018.
AT THIS TIME, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. 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 THEE.
TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
ISSUES REGARDING DAILY OPERATIONAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS SHOULD FIRST BE DEALT WITH BY CALLING TOWN HALL AT 972-874-6000 DURING BUSINESS HOURS. TRACY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. WELL, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE WORK SESSION ITEM.
[D. WORK SESSION ITEM]
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEE YOU LATER.[APPLAUSE]. SO I WANT TO THANK SHELLEY. SHE WON THIS AUCTION AT THE LEF THE LEWISVILLE ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION. THEY HAD A BANQUET.
IT WAS A FUNDRAISING EVENT. AND SHE WAS MAYOR FOR THE NIGHT.
SO WE TONIGHT ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR WORK SESSION ITEM.
NOW I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS BUDGET FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT COMES AROUND JUST OVERNIGHT.
OVER THE LAST YEAR, ALMOST A YEAR. WE'VE BEEN DOING THE VALUE OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES PRESENTATIONS.
AND THEN WE DID A STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT AND THAT WAS JULY 30TH, 31ST AND AUGUST 1ST.
IT WAS A TWO-DAY RETREAT WHERE WE WORKED ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S BEEN CONSIDERABLE, CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, INCLUDING SOME ALARMING CLAIMS CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE CERTAINLY DO. AND I KNOW OUR TOWN COUNCIL IS VERY VESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
HOWEVER, THE BUDGET MUST BE EVALUATED ACCURATELY, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR TOTAL REVENUES AND OUR EXPENDITURE IS NOT BY ITSELF AN OPERATING DEFICIT. SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOES INCLUDE MULTI-YEAR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND SPENDING AUTHORITIES SUPPORTED BY OUR ACCUMULATED FUNDS, OUR BOND PROCEEDS AND OTHER RESOURCES.
THOSE FIGURES SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THE TOWN'S ANNUAL OPERATING POSITION.
SO THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD MINIMIZE THE GENERAL CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE TO FACE.
THAT INCLUDES THE CHANGES IN OUR SALES TAX REVENUE, INFLATION, EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PRESSURES THAT WE HAVE COMPARED TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND LIMITS ON OUR TAX, OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE GROWTH.
SO THIS IS A SERIOUS ALL THESE THINGS ARE SERIOUS ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IN THIS BUDGET.
SO I HOPE THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT WILL HELP SEPARATE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS FROM SOME OF THE MISLEADING CONFUSIONS THAT ARE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES. SO I WANT TO GIVE RESIDENTS A CLEAR, FACTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF OUR TOWN'S FINANCIAL POSITION, AND OUR STAFF IS HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE THAT SO THAT THESE ARE ACCURATE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT FORWARD.
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FACTUAL INFORMATION. SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO JAMES CHILDERS, OUR TOWN MANAGER.THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT INTRODUCTION. AND BEFORE I GIVE THE FLOOR TO MEG TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME REMARKS. AND THEY'RE GOING TO ECHO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED, MAYOR. JUST BY WAY OF PROCESS TONIGHT IS OUR WORK SESSION FOR THE FY27 PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS IS MY BUDGET. THIS IS WHAT I PUT TOGETHER WORKING WITH OUR STAFF.
LOOKING AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALSO GETTING DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL AS A COUNCIL.
WHAT I FEEL IS OUR BEST STEP FORWARD. AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU ALL.
AND STARTING TONIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TWEAK IT AND ADD TO IT AND GO THROUGH IT.
AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO BEFORE, AND MEG, YOU MIGHT AS WELL TAKE A SEAT.
BUT I WANT TO DO SOME STAFF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE 736.7 FTES, WHICH ARE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS WITH THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND, BUT THAT EQUATES TO ROUGHLY ALMOST 900 PEOPLE SOULS THAT THAT WORK FOR US.
AND WE GOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR HARD WORK RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
AND THEY'RE A CRITICAL PART OF THIS ENTIRE CONVERSATION.
BUT SPECIFICALLY, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR TWO ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGERS, TOMMY DALTON AND TIFFANY BRUCE, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO THIS.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR CHIEFS, BOTH CHIEF COULON AND CHIEF HENLEY, THAT HAVE WORKED VERY HARD.
OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS CONSTITUTE AS MUCH AS 60% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
THEY WORK WELL WITH THE REST OF THE ORGANIZATION.
THEY'VE BEEN VERY CREATIVE AND THEY'VE FIGURED OUT WAYS TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN WITHIN THEIR BUDGETS. AND AGAIN, THAT MAKES THIS TOUGH BUDGET PROCESS EVEN EASIER WHEN YOU HAVE CHIEFS WITH THAT TYPE OF LEADERSHIP.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CHIEF STRATEGIC OFFICER.
I WAS ABOUT TO CALL YOU SOMEBODY YOUR NAME. J.P WALTON. AND J.P AND HIS GROUP.
AND THE REASON I DID THAT IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR BUDGET IS ALIGNED WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS AND COMMIT OUR RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE OUR STRATEGIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, AND APPRECIATE HIM AND HIS STAFF. AND MEG JAKUBIK, WHO'S ABOUT TO COME IN AND WALK YOU THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS AND EVERYBODY ELSE, AND ALSO OUR CFO, JOHN ZAGURSKI, AND HIS STAFF AND FINANCIAL SERVICES.
YOU'VE GOT JULIE AND MARY HERE. LINDA, OUR HR DIRECTOR.
THERE WAS TIMES WHERE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. JOHN AND THE TEAM WORKED VERY, VERY HARD TO FIND A WAY TO DO SOMETHING THAT KEEPS US IN A GOOD POSITION.
BUT ALSO, YOUR CFO IS GOING THROUGH OUR APPRAISAL ROLLS.
AND AND I'LL JUST SHARE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE. THE DUE DILIGENCE IS, IS THAT IN HIS IN ONE OF OUR APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, WE WERE MISSING A $141 MILLION PROPERTY FROM OUR TAX ROLLS.
AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO STEAL ANY OF MEG'S THUNDER.
BUT ONE THING I DO WANT TO TAKE THE REST OF MY TIME TO TALK ABOUT, AND IT TIES INTO WHAT THE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, IS THAT MOVING FORWARD, FY27 PROBABLY REPRESENTS KIND OF THE LAST YEAR WE CAN FUNDAMENTALLY MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT MAKING CONSIDERABLE CHANGES.
AND THERE'S A REASON BEHIND THAT. IT'S SENATE BILL 2, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A MINUTE. BUT SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE NEXT YEAR, AND IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY WHAT'S GOING TO GIVE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH IT.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THAT WE EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS ON HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS.
IT CAPS OUR REVENUES FROM PROPERTY TAXES AT 3.5%.
THAT'S THE MOST REVENUE WE CAN GENERATE OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR.
IT EQUATES TO ROUGHLY $1.9 MILLION. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE A DENT IN SOME OF OUR ONGOING EXPENSES, TIED TO SALARIES AND JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS GOING UP.
AND IT'S PUTTING THESE CONSTRAINTS ON US AND PUSHING US TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE FUNDAMENTAL DECISIONS. ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN AROUND ME IN MY FIVE YEARS HERE, AND THIS IS MY FIFTH BUDGET THAT I PUT TOGETHER, KNOWS THAT I CAN GET ON A SOAPBOX TALKING ABOUT OUR LEGISLATURE AND SPECIFICALLY SB 2.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD LEGISLATION. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT'S THE LAW OF THE LAND.
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BUT THE REALITY IS THE REALITY AND WHAT I HAVE TO GO OFF IS OFF THE SURFACE OF WHAT OUR LEGISLATORS ARE TELLING US, BECAUSE WHEN WE GO DOWN TO AUSTIN AND WE GET IN FRONT OF THESE GROUPS AND TELL THEM HOW IT'S CONSTRAINING US, WHY IT'S TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM PUBLIC SAFETY, THE RESPONSE TO US IS ALWAYS, WELL, THIS ISN'T A REVENUE CAP.YOU CAN GO TO YOUR VOTERS AND YOU CAN ASK FOR HOW MUCH REVENUE YOU NEED.
AND THAT IS A TRUE STATEMENT. AND KNOWING THAT, REALLY I HAVE TO INTERPRET THAT AS THE INTERPRETATION FROM OUR LEGISLATURE IS THAT THEY WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO OPINE ON MAJOR FINANCIAL DECISIONS.
SO ACCEPTING THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE SOME WORK TO EDUCATE FOLKS.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS, EDUCATE THEM ON HOW OUR BUDGETS WORK, HOW OUR FUND ACCOUNTING WORKS AND EVERYTHING, BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE EQUIPPED. AND THERE ARE FUNDAMENTALLY, IN MY ESTIMATION, THREE GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I'LL DETAIL.
THE FIRST OF WHICH ARE YOUR NOISE MAKERS. AND WHAT I DESCRIBE.
A NOISE MAKER IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS A STRONG OPINION ABOUT HOW THEY'RE DOING THINGS, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE EDUCATED, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE ENGAGED. THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE A DIALOG.
THEY HAVE AN OPINION. AND GOD BLESS THEM, THEY'RE ENTITLED TO THAT OPINION.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT AS FAR AS OUR ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS, THAT'S A WASTE OF TIME AND ENERGY WHEN SOMEBODY IS DEAD SET ON HOW THEY VIEW THINGS.
WE NEED SKEPTICS. IT'S THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS.
WE NEED PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO QUESTION HOW WE'RE DOING THINGS, QUESTION HOW WE'RE GOING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HANDLING THE FINANCES. BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SKEPTIC AND AN ANNOYING NOISE MAKER IS THE SKEPTIC IS WILLING TO BE ENGAGED OR WILLING TO SIT DOWN, THEY'RE WILLING FOR YOU TO ALLOW THEM TO WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS. THEY MAY GET ON BOARD AND SAY, HEY, YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT. THEY STILL MIGHT HAVE AN OPPOSING OPINION OF HOW WE'RE DOING THINGS, BUT NONETHELESS, THEY'RE WILLING TO ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS.
AND THEN LASTLY, YOU HAVE WHAT I THINK A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE THEY'RE UNINITIATED, THEY'RE UNENGAGED. A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE KIND OF CHILLING RIGHT NOW.
BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND TO THE MAYOR'S POINT IS, IS THAT WE HAVE TO START EDUCATING MORE OF OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE AT A CERTAIN POINT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE YOU IMPORTANT FEEDBACK YOU NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS. WE COULD BE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY MAY HAVE TO GO TO THE BALLOT BOX TO MAKE CRITICAL DECISIONS ABOUT OUR OPERATIONS AND IN THE COMING YEARS.
ANYBODY WHO WILL HAVE US, WE WILL COME OUT AND SHARE SOME INFORMATION.
IN THE MEANTIME, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO TO FLOWERMOUND.GOV.
ON OUR HOME PAGE, IF YOU GO DOWN A BIT, YOU'LL SEE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION THAT EXPLAINS THE WHY BEHIND EVERYTHING.
ANSWER SOME OF THE GENERAL QUESTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND HOW WE NAVIGATE OUR BUDGET. AT THE CORE, WE ALL LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. I LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AS OUR TOWN MANAGER.
THEY MAY BE AT HOME WATCHING IT. THAT'S GREAT TOO.
BUT JUST KNOW, AS A STAFF, WE WOULD WANT NOTHING MORE THAN THIS ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS, AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD TO TRY TO GET US TO THAT POINT, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET FOLKS OFF THE SIDELINE IN THIS PROCESS. SO THAT'S IN THE COMING YEAR. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE FISCAL YEAR THAT'S COMING HERE NOW.
WE'LL BE, WE HAVE A ROOM FULL OF STAFF THAT'S READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OF US.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MEG. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AS JAMES SAID, I ALSO JUST WANT TO ADD MY THANKS TO ALL OF THE STAFF AND THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK HARD YEAR OVER YEAR, ANSWERING MY CALLS, ANSWERING MY REALLY LATE NIGHT EMAILS, AS WE TRY TO PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER WITH THE VOLUME OF INFORMATION IT IS.
I, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, WANT TO THANK MY TEAM.
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I WILL ALSO CALL OUT BLAKE MANUEL AS HE WAS WITH US UP UNTIL HE DECIDED TO JUMP SHIP AND GO OVER TO HR, I DON'T KNOW. BUT SO THAT WAS MY TEAM THAT WAS HELPING BEHIND THE SCENES, WORKING WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS, HELPING THEM MAKE SENSE OF A PROCESS THAT THEY REALLY ONLY TOUCH ONCE A YEAR.BUT IT ALL COMES IN TOGETHER. IT TAKES ALL OF US TO MAKE THESE NUMBERS WORK, BECAUSE WHILE I CAN PUT NUMBERS TOGETHER AND PUT SPREADSHEETS TOGETHER, I'M NOT DONE IN THE TRENCHES WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WITH FIRE, WITH POLICE.
SO BUDGET IT IS. IT'S A TOOL. IT'S A PLAN. IT IS MORE THAN JUST NUMBERS ON A SPREADSHEET.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE COME TOGETHER TO LOOK, TO DO OUR BEST TO INTERPRET WHAT WE UNDERSTAND TO BE YOUR PRIORITIES, THE COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES, TO PUT THE MONEY AND ORGANIZE IT IN THAT WAY SO WE CAN DELIVER THE SERVICES THAT YOU, AS THE COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY EXPECT. WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET, BUT THAT DOES MEAN WITH THE STATE LAW THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE RESERVES OR FUND BALANCES TO MAKE UP FOR ONE TIME ITEMS. WHAT WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF, AND WHAT OUR BUDGET DOES IS ENSURE THAT RECURRING EXPENDITURES ARE EQUAL OR LESS THAN OUR RECURRING REVENUES, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE WITHIN THESE BUDGET DOCUMENTS.
SO THE BUDGET CYCLE IS A YEAR ROUND PROCESS. AND I KNOW YOU ARE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT IN THE OFF CHANCE WE HAVE SOMEONE WATCHING AT HOME, WE'LL HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF IT AGAIN.
WE'RE COMING THROUGH UP TO ADOPTION WHICH WILL BE NEXT MONTH.
SO THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR, WE'RE FULFILLING AND EVALUATING THOSE PROGRAMS AND THOSE SERVICES THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE BUDGET, MAKING SURE THEY'RE STILL MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, TAKING IN BEFORE WE START ALL OVER AGAIN WITH THE FY28 BUDGET.
AND SO THESE KIND OF BLEED TOGETHER IN SOME WAYS JUST BECAUSE OF STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR HOW COUNCIL IS ALLOWED TO APPROVE EXPENDITURES, BECAUSE WE AS STAFF CAN'T APPROVE AND SPEND MONEY WITHOUT TOWN COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.
AND SO THERE'S VARIOUS LEVELS FOR THAT. THERE'S THE OPERATING BUDGET AS A WHOLE.
NOW, MAY WE SPEND THIS MONEY? BUT COUNCILS CAN ONLY APPROVE AUTHORITY FOR ONE YEAR.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO COMMIT FUTURE COUNCILS.
SO WE GET INTO THIS ISSUE WITH OUR CIP BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON, ALTHOUGH I JUST KEEP TRYING.
THEY CAN'T JUST NEATLY DO A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT BETWEEN OCTOBER 1ST AND SEPTEMBER 30TH.
I TRY EVERY YEAR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT NOW. BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, WE GET INTO THESE WEIRD THINGS WITH BUDGET BECAUSE WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE APPROVED, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FINISH IN A FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO WE HAVE TO REAUTHORIZE IT FOR OCTOBER 1ST.
SO WE GET THESE RANDOM NUMBERS BECAUSE WE MIGHT GET THE BOND PROCEEDS IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE PROJECT FINISHED UNTIL TWO, THREE, SOMETIMES FOUR YEARS LATER.
SO LET ME DRILL DOWN TO THAT POINT JUST A BIT.
AND THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR. AND PEOPLE ASK US QUESTIONS ABOUT IT WHY DO WE HAVE THIS DEFICIT? WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT WE'RE SHOWING EXPENSES THAT WILL BE IN LATER YEARS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT WE DON'T SHOW THE REVENUES THAT THE UNSPENT REVENUES IN THE LATER YEARS BUDGET, IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT THAT WOULD BE A FAIR WAY TO EXPLAIN IT. IT.
AND SO THAT MONEY IS GOING TO SHOW IN THE FY26 BUDGET, IT'S GOING TO SHOW IN THIS YEAR.
BUT YOU ISSUED IT IN JUNE. OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDS SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WON'T EVEN KICK OFF UNTIL INTO FY27.
AND THE EXPENSES WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW THERE, BUT THE REVENUES ALREADY RECEIVED AND IN THE BANK.
SO THEN IT'S IN OUR BANK ACCOUNT TO BE SPENT LATER.
AND SO AT THAT POINT, THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AREN'T GOING TO MATCH UP IN FISCAL YEARS,
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MAKING IT APPEAR THAT WE'RE OPERATING AT A DEFICIT.IS THAT WHERE THAT IS? SO YOU COULD TAKE THE FUND BALANCE AND YOU COULD CLOSE THAT DELTA AND THEN THAT WOULD MAKE OUR BUDGET BALANCE, IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT WOULD BE, YES. AND THAT'S ONE PRESENTATION OF IT.
IT JUST STARTS TO RUN AFOUL OF SOME OF THE ACCOUNTING RULES.
RIGHT. BUT WE WILL SHOW THAT ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. SO IN ESSENCE, IT'S LIKE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LEGALLY BALANCED BUDGET AND A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET? YES. YES. YEAH. HOW HOW WE HAVE TO LEGALLY SHOW AND HAVE YOU AS COUNCIL, APPROVE OUR AUTHORITY TO SPEND.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO FLOWER MOUND, THIS IS BASICALLY HOW WE APPROACH OUR BUDGET.
THIS COULD VARY COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY. THE TERMS MAY VARY COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY.
WE BASICALLY CONSIDER OUR BASE BUDGET, THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR MAX TARGET BUDGET.
WE TELL OUR DEPARTMENTS, OKAY, THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAD APPROVED IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
WE REMOVE ANY ONE TIME ITEMS. HERE'S YOUR TARGET.
ALLOCATE IT TO MAKE YOUR OPERATIONS WORK. IF THEY NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO PUT IN WHAT WE CALL A NON-DISCRETIONARY PACKAGE.
SO NON-DISCRETIONARY PACKAGES ARE GENERALLY COST OF INFLATION, THOUGH THE COST OF PROVIDING THE SAME SERVICES WE PROVIDED PREVIOUSLY WITH ANY COST ESCALATORS, LEGISLATIVE MANDATES, THESE ARE THE COSTS THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS DON'T HAVE A CHOICE REGARDING.
THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE CAN JUST GO RENEGOTIATE ON A NEW SERVICE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO. DECISION PACKAGES ARE THE NEW THINGS.
THEY'RE NEW PROGRAMS, NEW STAFF, PERHAPS NEW EQUIPMENT.
THERE MAY BE SOME CASH FUNDING FOR SOME CIP PROJECTS IF WE'VE GOT SOME EXCESS BALANCE.
BUT THESE ARE THE THE DISCRETIONARY ITEMS. THESE ARE THE ADDS THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING.
SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK JUST KIND OF COMPARATIVELY.
SO THIS IS POPULATION. THESE ARE OUR STANDARD BENCHMARK CITIES.
FLOWER MOUND STAYS PRETTY MUCH RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE LOOK TOWARDS.
SO IF WE LOOK AT TAX RATE, WE ARE IN THE BOTTOM THIRD OF OUR SAME BENCHMARK COMMUNITIES.
SO WE'RE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK. THESE CHARTS DON'T CHANGE MUCH YEAR OVER YEAR, WE ALL PRETTY MUCH STAY IN THE SAME CYCLE SET.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO SOMETIMES HEAR IS, WELL, YOU'RE JUST GROWING ALL YOUR POT FTES AND IT'S TOTALLY GROWING, YOU KNOW, IN EXCESS OF POPULATION, BUT IT'S NOT.
WHERE WE HAVE POPULATION GROWTH THAT'S WHEN WE NEED ADDITIONAL FTES TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
SO AS WES GROWS OUT, WE WILL HAVE TO ADD ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS, ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS TO SERVE THOSE NEW AREAS AND POCKETS OF POPULATION. SO THAT IS COMING IN THE FUTURE. AND YES, SOMETIMES WE MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF POPULATION, BUT THAT'S GENERALLY IN ANTICIPATION OF KNOWN DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING THROUGH.
OKAY, SO LET'S LOOK AT OUR FINANCIAL OVERVIEW.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO, BUT MEG, THE GENERAL FUND IS NEGATIVE AND IT IS.
WE ARE USING FUND BALANCE FOR ONE-TIME ITEMS. SO, BUT YOU CAN SEE WE HAD WE ESTIMATE TO BEGIN, THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, A LITTLE OVER $39.7 MILLION.
WE'RE GOING TO USE SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES THAT FUND BALANCE A SAVINGS ACCOUNT, IF YOU WILL.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO END THE YEAR 38.6 IS WHERE WE'RE PROJECTING IT.
AND TO NOTE WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU, THERE'S ACTUALLY 1.35-36 MILLION IN ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES. SO EVEN THOUGH WE TECHNICALLY COULD GO EVEN FURTHER INTO FUND BALANCE AND STILL HAVE ADDITIONAL RECURRING REVENUES TO COVER THAT.
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AND ONCE WE HAVE THOSE FINAL NUMBERS AND KNOW THE DIRECTION COUNCIL IS GOING TO GO WITH RATES, WE WILL BE UPDATING. THERE'LL BE AN EXPENDITURE UPDATE JUST CONFIRMING THE WHOLESALE NUMBER.BUT THERE WILL BE A REVENUE UPDATE BASED ON THE REQUEST OR ADOPTED RATES THAT WILL BE PROPOSED.
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS THAT IS USING A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT USE OF FUND BALANCE.
A LOT OF THAT IS ACTUALLY CAPITAL THAT ARE JUST IN SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, SO TIRZ.
WE STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF CAPITAL SPENDING HAPPENING OUT OF OUR PARKS 4B, OUT OF OUR STREETS 4B.
SO THOSE WOULD BE IN THAT 34 MILLION AS WELL.
OUR INTERNAL SERVICES FUNDS, THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT.
THIS IS ALSO A HEALTH INSURANCE FUND FOR OUR SELF-INSURANCE.
SO VERY HEALTHY FUNDS THERE. AND THEN OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, WHICH IS WHERE WE EXPECT THAT USE OF FUND BALANCE IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT WAY, BECAUSE WE GET THOSE MONIES IN PRIOR YEARS AND THEN ARE SPENDING IT OUT OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT.
SO AS MAYOR PRO TEM SCHIESTEL ALLUDED TO, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
SO THERE'S THERE IS TWO WAYS YOU CAN PRESENT THOSE NUMBERS.
ON MY LEFT, SO THE AUDIENCE IS LEFT, YOU CAN SEE US USING THAT PRIOR YEAR REVENUE.
AND SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE PRESENTATION REVENUES EQUAL EXPENSES.
THE CHART ON THE RIGHT DOESN'T HAVE THAT PLUGGED IN.
AND YOU SEE JUST THE, THE NET INCREASE IS THAT DRAW DOWN OF THAT PRIOR YEAR REVENUE.
AND WE'RE JUST SPENDING OVER TIME AND THE LIFE OF THESE PROJECTS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MAYOR PRO TEM? YEAH, IT DOES. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO SAFE TO SAY THAT THE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE HERE DON'T ALL LIKE NOT ALL OF THOSE GET DONE.
NO. THIS YEAR SOME OF THOSE EXPENSES ARE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS, BUT THE ENTIRE EXPENSES IN THIS BUDGET, IS THAT ALSO CORRECT? CORRECT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENSE LINE 254 MILLION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND 254 MILLION NEXT YEAR.
RIGHT. AGAIN, THAT'S A MULTI-YEAR PLAN SPEND.
BUT A GOOD PORTION OF THAT IS, IS MULTIYEAR PROJECTS.
RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY, SO IF WE NARROW IN ON THE GENERAL FUND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE CHART.
THERE'S YOUR ONGOING REVENUE AND EXPENSE, AND THEN YOUR ONE TIME ON THE EXPENDITURE VERSUS THE ONE TIME AND THE REVENUE OR THE USE OF FUND BALANCE FOR THE REVENUE SIDE. OKAY. SO HERE IS OUR REVENUE BY SOURCE. SO 26% IS PROPERTY TAX. THAT IS OUR TIRZ.
THAT IS OUR GENERAL FUND. THAT IS OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND.
WE HAVE OUR SALES TAX WHICH IS RIGHT AT 14% OF OUR BUDGET.
THIS IS OUR GENERAL FUND. AND THEN IT'S OUR SALES TAX FUND.
SO THAT'S SPECIFICALLY OUR CRIME DISTRICT, OUR FIRE DISTRICT, OUR PARKS AND OUR STREETS MAINTENANCE.
AND I WILL NOTE, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE THAT CALLS IT OUT.
BUT WE DO PROJECT A BUDGET DECREASE FOR SALES TAX FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND SO ANY GOOD BUDGETER WILL TELL YOU DON'T BUDGET FOR A DOLLAR, YOU DON'T EXPECT TO COLLECT.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY BUDGETED A 7% DECREASE IN OUR SALES TAX.
NOW WE'RE HOPING IT'LL COME IN BETTER THAN WE EXPECT.
AND SALES TAX IS VERY ELASTIC. SO IT'S SHIFTING.
BUT THAT DID AFFECT THEN THOSE FUNDS, PARTICULARLY CRIME DISTRICT AND FIRE DISTRICT.
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WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN ABLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS.THIS YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO MOVE PERSONNEL FROM THOSE FUNDS BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAINED A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED FUND FOR THOSE OPERATIONS. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BECAUSE OF THAT, THOSE TAX DOLLARS FROM A MAJOR CORPORATION GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE AND NOT STAYING HERE. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S VERY RARE.
THAT'S A RARE OCCURRENCE. AND WE WILL HAVE GUARDRAILS TO KNOW IN THE FUTURE THAT WON'T HAPPEN.
WE DON'T EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN SUCH A BIG CASE WHERE IT WOULD DECREASE 7% AGAIN NEXT YEAR, IT WOULD BE UNLIKELY WE WOULD HAVE SOMEONE OF THAT SCOPE THAT WOULD CHANGE.
MEG, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SOURCING IS CHANGED.
DID THEY LEAVE TOWN? DID THEY CLOSE? DID THEY GO OUT OF BUSINESS? WHAT HAPPENED? THIS IS HD SUPPLY.
I'M GOING TO LET JOHN TAKE THAT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T MISSTATE ON HOW I PRESENT IT.
ALL RIGHT. SO STATE OF TEXAS HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SOURCING RULES.
SO IF YOU'RE OUT OF STATE AND YOU SOURCE INTO THE STATE OF TEXAS AND BASICALLY SELLING WAYFARER IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, YOU PAY SALES TAX TO THE STATE, AND THEN THEY DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS TO THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES BASED ON YOUR PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF SALES TAX.
BUT IF YOU'RE LIKE IN STATE YOU HAVE OPTIONS.
YOU CAN DO IT FROM THE POINT OF SALE. YOU CAN DO IT FROM THE POINT OF YOUR WAREHOUSE.
OR IF YOU HAVE A CALL CENTER, YOU CAN ROUTE SALES THROUGH THOSE CALL CENTERS.
SO NOT ONLY DID IT TAKE SALES FROM US, IT BASICALLY TOOK SALES FROM NUMEROUS OTHER PLACES.
BUT THIS IS A TYPICAL THING. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN TEXAS FOR YEARS, AND IT'S A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON TO HELP ENSURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. SO WE'RE STILL PROVIDING THE SAME SERVICES TO THIS CORPORATION.
THIS OTHER CITY'S NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR THEM, THAT THEY JUST MADE A DEAL WITH THEM AND IT RE CENT SALES TAX WE WERE GETTING TO ANOTHER CITY? YES. IT'S A VERY STRANGE WAY TO LOSE SALES TAX AND LOSE FUNDING FOR POLICE AND FIRE.
THAT BUSINESS DID NOT LEAVE. IT IS STILL PHYSICALLY HERE. YOU'RE STILL PROVIDING ALL THE SAME SERVICES. I, A BIG PROBLEM ACROSS THE STATE. I JUST WANT TO ADD TO WHAT JOHN JUST SHARED.
THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN BURNED BY THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THEM JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, BECAUSE IT WAS A CONSIDERABLE HIT FOR US IN THIS PARTICULAR GROUP.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE JUST TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NOT SOMETHING SIMILAR, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANOTHER ENTITY THAT GENERATED THAT MUCH SALES TAX. SO, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE KIND OF WATCHING OUR AGREEMENTS WITH VARIOUS GROUPS AND WE WILL PUT GUARDRAILS IN THE FUTURE THAT SAYS, HEY, YOU CAN'T SOURCE YOUR SALES TAX IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET INCENTIVES FROM US.
THIS IS ALL OPERATING FUNDS, SO THIS INCLUDES YOUR UTILITY SIDE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURES BY CATEGORY, AGAIN THIS INCLUDES UTILITY.
IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE UTILITY DEBT. THAT'S WHY YOUR DEBT SERVICE NUMBER LOOKS SO MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT WOULD BE WITH OUR DEBT SERVICE SIDE AND OUR INTEREST OF SINKING WITH PROPERTY TAX BACKED DEBT. BUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, 34% OF OUR BUDGET IS OUR PERSONNEL.
WE, SUPPLIES MATERIALS, WE HAVE OUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
KEEP IN MIND THOSE ARE THOSE SERVICES, IF WE WEREN'T CONTRACTING IT, WE PROBABLY BE PAYING MORE PERSONNEL COSTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DELIVER THOSE SERVICES. WHOLESALE WATER PURCHASING THAT TO MAKE SURE OUR UTILITY IS PROVIDED FOR.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS THERE.
SO JUST HERE WE HAVE OUR FINANCIAL GOALS. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT.
I'M GOING TO POINT OUT HERE WITH THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT OF 20%.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING AT 38%. SO IF YOU RECALL, YES, WE ARE USING SOME OF OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT IN OUR GENERAL FUND TO COVER OUR EXPENDITURES, BUT WE HAVE A VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE OUR MOST RECENT AUDIT, ALL OF OUR GOALS WERE IN LINE.
YOU DO NOTE I'VE GOT THAT ONE BLIP WITH OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND LAST YEAR.
WE MADE THOSE COURSE CORRECTIONS AS SOON AS WE REALIZED WE HAD THAT ISSUE.
ALL RIGHT, SO GETTING INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS.
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WE'VE BEEN SAYING THIS KIND OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AS LONG AS EVERYONE IS FINE WITH SERVICE.AND THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WE'VE STARTED THIS DISCUSSION LAST OCTOBER WITH OUR VALUE OF SERVICE IS SO THAT WE COULD ENSURE THAT YOU, AS COUNCIL, OUR COMMUNITY, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF WHAT OUR DEPARTMENTS PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THEN THAT BECOMES SHOULD THERE BE CHANGES? YOU HAVE OUR DECISION PACKAGES, WHICH IS 0.4% OF THE BUDGET.
AND THE NEW CAPITAL PROJECT SPEND, WHICH IS 27.3% OF THE BUDGET.
AS WE'RE REMINDED, COUNCIL HAS SET THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN, THEIR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
SO WE HAVE FINANCIAL STABILITY AND OPERATIONAL SOUNDNESS.
THIS DOES INCLUDE OUR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE, 2.8 MILLION.
INFRASTRUCTURE REQUESTS, 1.7 MILLION. AND THEN WE HAVE ENVIRONMENT AND COUNTRY FEEL AT 10,000, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT 5,000. I WILL NOTE, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE PRESENTED BUDGET, WE DO NOT HAVE A DECISION PACKAGE FOR EVERY SINGLE GOAL.
WE HAD TO NARROW IN THIS YEAR. SO HERE IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE PROPOSED.
PARKS AND TRAILS IS THE LARGEST BULK THIS YEAR, 54 MILLION.
THAT DOES INCLUDE THE CAC EXPANSION, WHICH WAS A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND APPROVED PROJECT.
SO WE'LL BE KICKING THAT OFF IN THIS YEAR. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW WATER IMPROVEMENTS, STREETS, WASTEWATER, FACILITIES AND THEN SIGNALS. SO LOOKING AT OUR PERSONNEL 736.7 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS. YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN BY FUND.
I KIND OF WANT TO GO OVER AND STAY A MINUTE ON THIS SLIDE AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES, BECAUSE YOU CAN DIG INTO THE DETAILS. YOU CAN LOOK AT EACH DEPARTMENT, AND YOU CAN EVEN LOOK BY TITLE ON WHERE THINGS CHANGE.
LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE ACTUALLY DID NOT INCLUDE ANY PERSONNEL IN THE BUDGET.
WE HAD SOME INCENTIVES THAT WE RECOGNIZED WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
THAT FREED UP SOME FUNDING. SO WE ACTUALLY DID COME BACK MID-YEAR, AND THOSE TARGETED CHANGES WERE REALLY TO SUPPORT OUR INTERNAL SERVICES, TO ENSURE THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS WERE BETTER SUPPORTED FOR OFFERING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE PUT AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN PLACE, SHORED UP THAT STRUCTURE.
WE HAD A PAYROLL SUPERVISOR ADDED BECAUSE WE HAD ONE PAYROLL PERSON FOR 730.
WELL, THE 900 PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET PAID.
AND THEN COMMUNICATIONS HAD ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AS WELL.
SO THOSE WERE ALL MID-YEAR CHANGES THAT HAPPENED IN FY 26-27 AND 25-26.
IN 26-27, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES. WE DID MOVE TO POSITIONS MYSELF, MY ASSISTANT THAT WAS IN FINANCE, WE MOVED THEM UP INTO TMO. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS INCREASED.
WE REALLY JUST MOVED. WE WEREN'T NEW ADDITIONS.
FIRE, WE ARE UPGRADING SOME FIRE CAPTAINS TO BATTALION CHIEF.
THEN WE DID, I MENTIONED WE HAD TO DO SOME BALANCING IN OUR SALES TAX FUNDS.
AND SO WE MOVED SIX DETENTION OFFICERS FROM CRIME DISTRICT BACK INTO GENERAL FUND.
WE MOVED THE FIRE QUARTERMASTER FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT BACK INTO GENERAL FUND TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS WERE SOLVENT, BUT THOSE EXPENSES AND THOSE POSITIONS THEN DID SHIFT OVER TO GENERAL FUND.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOUR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS IN THIS BUDGET.
THEY ARE ALL IN THE UTILITY FUND. SO THEY WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE RATE FOR THE UTILITY FUND.
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BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING ON A CAPITAL DESIGN TEAM.SO THAT WOULD BE A SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER AND AN ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN THAT CAN DO IN-HOUSE DESIGN SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT HAVING TO PAY CONSULTANTS FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. AND THEN WE ALSO ARE RECOMMENDING TWO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE TWO PEOPLE ON DUTY AT NIGHT WHEN THERE'S NO ONE ELSE ON THE PROPERTY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PERSONNEL CHANGES? BECAUSE WE HAD SOME FAIRLY BIG SWINGS, BUT ON THE WHOLE, MOST WERE SHIFTS.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO IF WE START DIGGING INTO WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET.
SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR, OUR COMPENSATION PACKAGE IS A COLA.
IT'S A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE.
WE ARE NOT DOING A MARKET PARROT PACKAGE. SO NORMALLY WE WOULD BE EVALUATING AGAINST OUR BENCHMARK CITIES, DETERMINING POSITIONS, FIGURING OUT WHERE THEY MEET.
COUNCIL HAS SET A POLICY THRESHOLD THAT THEY WANT US AT 65% OF THE MARKET.
WE PAUSED THAT FOR THIS YEAR, WE JUST DID 3% ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE ARE ALSO INCLUDING A LUMP SUM PAYMENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE MAKING 75,000 OR LESS.
SO THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE THAT WILL BE A ONE TIME.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE A DECISION PACKAGE FOR SOME TOWN JUDICIAL EXPENSES BASED ON WHAT WE'RE PAYING OUR JUDGES AND OUR ASSOCIATE JUDGES FOR A REQUEST THAT WAS MADE BY OUR MUNICIPAL JUDGE.
WE ARE PAUSING THAT FOR A YEAR OR TWO. SO, WE'RE NOT DOING STEPS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE.
THEY'RE GOING TO ALSO GET THIS 3% LUMP SUM, SO THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED TO IT.
AND THIS IS REALLY AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THIS BECAUSE UP UNTIL VERY CLOSE TO US PUTTING THE BUDGET OUT, WE FELT THAT WE WEREN'T EVEN IN A POSITION TO DO THIS COLA, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO LUMP SUMS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
AND REALLY, THE WHOLE THOUGHT IS, IS THAT WITH THAT 3% BUMP IN SALARY, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT DOING A MARKET, IT'S STILL PUSHING US UPWARD. SO WHEN WE DO REINSTITUTE MARKET ANALYSIS AND REINSTITUTE OUR STEPS, WE SHOULD STILL BE IN A FAIRLY GOOD POSITION. MY BIGGEST FEAR OVER TIME IS THAT IF WE START FALLING WAY BEHIND THE MARKET, IF YOU RECALL, WE DID A CLASS AND COMP STUDY I THINK THREE YEARS AGO, AND IT TOOK A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GET US TO THAT 65TH PERCENTILE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A GOOD WAY THAT I THINK THE TEAM DEVISED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN THIS SITUATION, BUT ALSO NOT PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE LAGGING WAY BEHIND THE MARKET.
OKAY. SO INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE RUN OF THE SHOW THIS YEAR.
SO AND MOST OF THIS IS GOING TO BE IN THE UTILITY FUND.
I MENTIONED THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT SOME CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDING. WE'VE GOT SOME TRAILER REPLACEMENTS.
SOME OF THESE VEHICLES WERE OF LOW ENOUGH VALUE THAT THEY'RE NOT IN BERF.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY YOU'RE SEEING THESE, THESE ARE NOT NEW ADDITIONS. THESE ARE REPLACEMENTS. BUT UNDER A THRESHOLD, WE LET HIM DO IT AS A DECISION PACKAGE INSTEAD OF PUTTING MONEY INTO BERF FOR THEM.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS, IS THOSE REPLACEMENTS FOR THOSE LOWER VALUE TRAILERS.
STORMWATER NEEDED A NEW CAMERA. WE NEEDED SOME LEAK DETECTION EQUIPMENT.
WE'VE GOT SOME DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE PLANS THAT WE'RE INCLUDING IN THIS BUDGET AS WELL.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR UTILITY FUND, IT'S YOUR STORMWATER FUND.
IT'S, IT'S A MIX HERE. I DON'T NONE OF THIS SHOULD BE GENERAL FUND.
WE DO HAVE MONEY IN OUR TREE PRESERVATION FUND FOR AN ACORNS TO POST OAKS PROGRAM.
SO THAT MONEY IS THERE AS THAT PROGRAM FULLY DEVELOPS AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TEAM TAKE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BUDGET WAS INCLUDED WITHIN WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR APPROVAL.
AND AS A STAFF, WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A GOOD WAY TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT SOME SUPPORT, MAKE SURE THEY GOT SOME HELP FOR A VERY MINIMAL INVESTMENT, BUT IT PREVENTS US HAVING TO ADD STAFF FOR SOME OF OUR EVENTS AND FOR SOME OF OUR SCALING.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING AS OUR OTHER DECISION PACKAGE.
THESE ARE STILL NEEDS. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN ON THIS LIST ALL THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING BUDGET.
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SO STARTING WITH POLICE, THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW STAFF REQUESTS.YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE LIST. STARTING WITH DETENTION SERVICES SUPERVISOR, A COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER, THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO ROB ONE TO MOVE IT OVER TO RECRUITING.
BUT THAT IS ONE OF THEIR REQUESTS. WE'VE GOT SOME SOFTWARE BABBLE INSIGHTS, A VEHICLE FOR OUR CSO TEAM, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS, SOME PTO SOFTWARE AND SOME INCENTIVE PAY REQUESTS.
THIS IS A REFLECTION OF JUST WHERE WE ARE FROM A RESOURCE STANDPOINT.
WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO FUND MANY OF THESE THINGS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I IMPART ON THE TEAM, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS IS STILL, PUT YOUR STUFF OUT THERE, EVEN IF WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FUND IT THIS YEAR, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC, THE COUNCIL, EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE EVENTUALLY GOING TO HAVE TO FUND AT SOME POINT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN PEOPLE DO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BUDGET, LOOK AT THESE UNFUNDED DECISION PACKAGES, BECAUSE AS MEG MENTIONED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE NEXT YEAR AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE THE YEAR AFTER THAT UNTIL EITHER WE FUND THEM OR THERE'S SOME OTHER KIND OF MITIGATING FACTOR, NEW TECHNOLOGY, SOMETHING COMES ALONG THE LINE, OR STATUTORY WHERE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO THIS.
IT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO, ESPECIALLY IN A GENERAL FUND. FIRE.
A LITTLE OVER HALF A MILLION IN REQUESTS. AMBULANCE ASSIGNMENT AND FTO PAY, A TRANSIT VAN, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SPECIALIST. THEY WOULD LIKE SOME WEIGHT SCALES, AND THEN A REQUEST FOR SOME ADDITIONAL OVER AND ABOVE WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED ADVANCED CANCER SCREENING. PUBLIC WORKS ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE.
I WILL MAKE A NOTE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE ACTUALLY TURNED DOWN SOME NON-DISCRETIONARY PACKAGES.
WE HAD TWO IN PARTICULAR. HAD SOME BUDGET INCREASES, HAD SOME QUESTIONS.
AND SO OUR DEPARTMENTS WILL KEEP MAKING DUE, BUT YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST A NON-DISCRETIONARY WAS PRETTY MUCH OKAY, GREAT. WE'VE GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF. NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE DECISION PACKAGES. THIS YEAR, EVEN THE NDPS WERE BEING SCRUTINIZED AND OUR DEPARTMENTS WERE ASKED, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP US OUT HERE? WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FUND IT ALL.
SO PUBLIC WORKS HAS ONE OF THOSE NON-DISCRETIONARY THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED.
THAT ACTUALLY WAS A REQUEST FROM THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD APPROVE WITH AND RECOMMEND FOR FUNDING WITH OUR CURRENT RESOURCES. PARKS AND RECREATION. AGAIN, THIS IS OUR OTHER ONE THAT UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD TO SAY NO TO AN NDP.
BUT OUR SPECIAL EVENTS, WE NEED MORE FUNDING, EVEN FOR OUR CURRENT EVENTS.
THEY'RE MAKING DO CUTTING BACK WHERE THEY NEED TO.
BUT THERE WAS A $50,000, $45,000 REQUEST JUST TO MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING EVENTS.
AND WE HAVE A GREAT SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM. THEY WANT TO EXPAND.
AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING WE COULD GET IN UNDER THE WIRE.
BUT PARKS AND REC HAS ADDITIONAL MULTIPLE PERSONNEL.
LIBRARY, LIBRARY OUTREACH VEHICLE. THIS IS ANOTHER TIMING ONE.
SO THIS IS NOT FORGOTTEN. THIS WILL HAVE TO GET FUNDED AT SOME POINT.
BUT WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP PAWS ON IT FOR RIGHT NOW.
BUT AS AN ADDITION, IT HAS, IT'S NOT BEING RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING RIGHT NOW.
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DEVELOPMENT WOULD LIKE AN APPLICATION ADMINISTRATOR FOR THEIR TRACKING SYSTEM.ON THE UTILITY OPERATIONS SIDE, YES, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, BUT THERE ARE STILL OTHERS THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT AT THIS POINT.
AND SO THEY'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL REQUESTS.
AT SOME POINT, THESE WILL BE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.
BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BALANCE THE NEEDS AND WHAT THE RATES CAN SUPPORT.
THIS IS ALSO THE TIME WHERE WE BRING OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT REQUESTS.
I WILL CAVEAT THIS THAT STAFF HAS BEEN LOOKING AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT DO WE NEED UPDATES TO THE POLICIES ON THIS? WE WOULD LIKE TO GET SEEK COUNCIL DIRECTION ON A FEW OF THOSE PIECES.
WE DO PLAN TO HAVE A WORK SESSION IN NOVEMBER TO LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN SEE IF ANY POLICY CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE SUPPORTED BY COUNCIL BEFORE WE OPEN OUR NEXT ROUND NEXT YEAR. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, HERE IS WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING.
STAFF'S OPINION WAS GENERALLY, WHILE WE RECOGNIZED NONPROFITS ARE IN A FUNDING CRUNCH AS WELL, IF OUR DEPARTMENTS WEREN'T GETTING ANYTHING ADDITIONAL. IF YOU WERE A CURRENT ORGANIZATION THE MOST WE WOULD APPROVE WOULD BE UP TO WHAT WE HAD GIVEN YOU IN THE PRIOR YEAR. AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS LIST.
WE DO HAVE SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT DID NOT APPLY THIS YEAR THAT HAD APPLIED IN THE PAST.
WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW ORGANIZATIONS. AND SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, UNLESS IT WAS, I WILL POINT OUT, I DO RECOGNIZE CACNT, OUR CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER DOES HAVE AN INCREASE.
THEY'RE A FORMULARY BASIS AND IT'S BASED ON THEIR DIRECT SERVICES.
SO THAT WE DID APPROVE AS THEY HAD REQUESTED.
BUT THEY ARE OF GREAT SUPPORT AND VALUE TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING WITH OUR YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS LIST? YOU MAY NOTICE WE DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYTHING FOR THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI THAT DRIVES BACK INTO THAT POLICY DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ABOUT, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO TOWN SPONSORED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
OKAY. SO. I'M SORRY. NO, I WAS SO ENABLING MOVEMENT.
I KNOW THEY WERE THEY WENT THEY WERE ONE OF THE NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR.
AND THEY'RE REQUESTING 5,100. WE GAVE THEM 3,000 LAST YEAR.
WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE FOR NOT BRINGING IT UP? WE DIDN'T BRING UP OTHER THAN THE ONE THAT WAS A FORMULARY BASIS, WE DID NOT APPROVE AN INCREASE ON ANYONE.
OKAY. YOU MIGHT WANT A LITTLE BIT THERE, SMALLER NONPROFIT, MAYBE DO A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM WITH THAT IF WE COULD, BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN, I THINK LAST YEAR THEY WEREN'T THEY WEREN'T AS ACTIVE.
YEAH. SO COUNCIL JUST SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. IF WE CAN PLAY WITH SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS.
THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE. YEAH, AND THE ONLY REASON FOR FOR NOTHING MORE WAS, LIKE I SAID, WE, GENERALLY SPEAKING, SAID IF WE WERE ASKING OUR DEPARTMENTS TO NOT EVEN, YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES TURNING ON MDPS, WE WANTED TO JUST STAY WITH WHAT WE HAD GIVEN THEM PREVIOUSLY.
YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY, SO WE'LL GET INTO GENERAL TAX RATE INFORMATION. SO NONE OF THIS WILL BE NEW INFORMATION.
BUT THIS IS THE PROPOSED TAX RATE THAT IS INCLUDED, INCORPORATED IN THE BUDGET.
THAT DOES MEAN THAT SHOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO CONSIDER SOME ADDITIONS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
YOU COULD SET YOUR MAXIMUM TAX RATE AT THE VOTER APPROVED RATE.
IF YOU WOULD THEN CHOSE TO ADOPT THAT RATE, IT WOULD GIVE ABOUT 160, $161,000 OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER, YOUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE OR THE M&O RATE IS WHAT FUNDS OUR GENERAL OPERATIONS, THE I&S OR INTEREST IN SINKING, THAT IS THE DEBT PORTION OF THE TAX RATE AND EXCUSE ME, PAYS FOR THE DEBT.
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REVENUE RATE. AT ITS SIMPLEST EXPLANATION, THAT IS THE TAX RATE THAT WOULD GIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUE ON THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE IN THE ROLE, BOTH IN THE PRIOR YEAR AND THE CURRENT YEAR. AND SO WE GO THROUGH A LOT OF CALCULATIONS, TAKE NEW PROPERTIES.WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WERE IN THE TAX ROLL IN BOTH YEARS.
AND SO LIKE I SAID, 26 PAGE CALCULATION. THE WORKSHEET IS IN OUR BUDGET BOOK.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO GO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW THAT CALCULATES.
SO THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AS CALCULATED IS 0.370440 PER $100 VALUATION.
THAT IS BELOW THE RATE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AND RECOMMENDED FOR IN WITHIN THIS BUDGET.
SO THEREFORE, WE WILL BE HOLDING A TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARING, AND NOTICES WILL PROMOTE THAT THIS IS A TAX INCREASE BECAUSE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH PROPERTIES. THE VOTER APPROVED RATE.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE MAX THAT COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER THIS YEAR.
AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD THE ELECTION IF WE WANTED TO EXCEED THAT RATE.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE KIND OF WHERE OUR M&O AND OUR I&S REVENUE.
IT STAYED PRETTY STEADY INCREASE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO THIS EXAMPLE PROPERTY TAX BILL, THIS IS FOLLOWING A REAL PROPERTY.
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IT FOR TEN YEARS AND LOOKING AT WHAT HAS DONE IN THEIR VALUES.
SO THIS YEAR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY ACTUALLY SAW A DECREASE IN THEIR ASSESSED VALUE.
SO LAST YEAR THEY WERE AT 465,000. THIS YEAR THEY'RE AT 444,000.
I DON'T HAVE THE REASON WHY. THEY MAY HAVE PROTESTED.
THEY MAY HAVE AVAILED THEMSELVES OF THAT. BUT ON THE ASSESSED ROLL THEY WENT DOWN.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, IF WE KEEP THE SAME TAX RATE, WE'VE GOT THE 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
SO A TAX BILL FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY $1,704 FOR THE YEAR.
IF THEY'VE GOT THEIR HOMESTEAD THEY'LL SAVE $341.
01,363. IF THEY'RE ALSO OVER 65 THEY'LL SAVE 800 OVER A NON HOMESTEADED PROPERTY AND PAY 898 FOR THE YEAR FOR ALL OF THEIR MUNICIPAL SERVICES. YEAH, THAT HAPPENED TO ME TOO.
I ASSESSED WHERE IT WENT DOWN SLIGHTLY. I DIDN'T PROTEST.
JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS HOUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A VERY MODEST, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO WE CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION INCREASE LAST YEAR AND THEN THIS APPRAISED VALUE AND THEN US LOWERING THE RATE EVERY YEAR THAT THIS HOMEOWNER IS PAYING ABOUT THE SAME AS THEY WERE PAYING FIVE YEARS AGO IF THEY HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
YES. YEAH, IT'S GOOD. SO COUNCIL MEMBER DREW ASKED THIS AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, WHY IS, WHY DO WE SEE SOME OF THIS HAPPENING? SO THERE'S TWO BIG THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO OUR APPRAISED VALUES THIS YEAR.
SPECIFICALLY THE PRICE OF LAND WENT UP. SO IF YOU HAVE MORE PROPERTY, YOU LIKELY SAW A BIGGER INCREASE, WHEREAS THE PRICE OF IMPROVEMENTS WENT DOWN. SO YOUR HOME VALUE MAY HAVE GONE DOWN, BUT THE LAND THAT IT SITS ON MAY HAVE GONE UP.
AND SO THE LARGER YOUR PROPERTY, THE MORE LIKELY YOU SAW AN INCREASE.
THE SMALLER YOUR PROPERTY, THE MORE LIKELY YOU SAW A DECREASE IN YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL. OKAY.
SO IF WE LOOK AT OUR HOMESTEADED PROPERTY OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, THEIR MONTHLY COST $113.60.
ABOUT HALF OF THAT IS GOING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO LIBRARY 282 A MONTH FOR THIS, BASED ON THIS EXAMPLE PROPERTY.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE VALUE OF SERVICES.
I THINK OVERALL THIS IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL OR PRETTY GOOD DEAL.
YOU KNOW, I USED TO CALL THIS MY CABLE BILL EXAMPLE.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS CABLE ANYMORE. SO I'VE HAD TO STOP CALLING IT THAT.
BUT I MEAN, I CHALLENGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT YOUR MONTHLY BILLS.
113 IS A PRETTY GOOD BARGAIN THERE FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE GETTING FOR IT, SO.
WE DO LIKE TO JUST SHOW THIS REMINDER. YES, IT IS A FAIRLY LARGE BILL.
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IT GENERALLY GETS PAID BY, YOU KNOW, ONCE A YEAR IN JANUARY.BUT WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK IT DOWN, BREAK IT DOWN.
YOU'RE GETTING A LOT FOR WHAT YOU'RE PAYING. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE EXTENT.
JUST AS A REMINDER, KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS. SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS WE'LL NEED TO GO OVER AND, YOU KNOW, HEAR ANY DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL. OBVIOUSLY AS JAMES ALLUDED TO, THIS IS NOW YOUR BUDGET SO WE CAN MAKE CHANGES UP UNTIL SEPTEMBER 21ST AND FINAL ADOPTION. AND SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO GET COUNCIL'S INPUT INTO YOUR ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUDGET AND WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT GO AND CHANGE.
ON MONDAY, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THOSE PROCEDURAL STEPS TOWARDS ADOPTION.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ADOPT WHAT YOU SAID IS YOUR MAXIMUM TAX RATE, BUT WHATEVER YOU SET MONDAY NIGHT IS WHAT WILL GO INTO THE NOTICES, WHAT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN OUR NEWSPAPER FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO HEAR AND SEE AND LOOK AT THE ANALYSIS.
BUT AGAIN, WHATEVER YOU SET MONDAY NIGHT IS NOT THE FINAL.
YOU STILL HAVE DECEMBER OR SEPTEMBER 21ST WHERE YOU WILL SET YOUR ACTUAL TAX RATE.
YOU CAN SET ANY NUMBER BELOW, AT OR BELOW WHAT YOU SAID IS YOUR MAXIMUM.
WE WILL HOLD OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE CRIME DISTRICT IN THE FIRE DISTRICT. THAT WILL BE IN YOUR ROLE AS THE COUNCIL FOR THOSE DISTRICTS BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY ADOPT THEM ON THE 21ST. OUR CONSULTANTS FOR UTILITY RATE WEREN'T ABLE TO COME WHEN WE CHANGED OUR WORK SESSION NIGHT.
THEY WILL BE COMING MONDAY NIGHT. AND SO YOU WILL HAVE THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN SEPTEMBER 21ST, WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, AND THEN WE WILL BE ADOPTING THE TOWN, THE CRIME DISTRICT, THE FIRE DISTRICT BUDGETS AND OUR TAX RATE ADOPTION ON THAT EVENING.
SO FROM HERE WE CAN I LEAVE IT UP TO YOU COUNCIL, HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED.
WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION NOW AND HOLD CIP.
CERTAINLY. YEAH. I'M READY TO ARGUE ABOUT DECISION PACKAGES.
YEAH. YEAH. LET'S DO IT. LET'S GET INTO IT. I WILL MAKE A NOTE.
YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THE UTILITY REVENUE UTILITY WHOLESALE WILL BE UPDATED BEFORE THE 21ST.
I ALSO AM GOING TO MAKE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL, BUT WE MISS TYPED A NUMBER IN FOR THE STREETS MAINTENANCE FUND, SO I NEED TO ADD $1 MILLION INTO STREETS MAINTENANCE JUST, IT'S ACTUALLY $1,044,430.
SO I DO PLAN TO MAKE THAT CHANGE ON THE STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF THAT BEFORE WE INCORPORATED THAT.
OKAY, WELL, FIRST COUNCIL, IF WE DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE NON-DISCRETIONARY ITEMS? ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE THE REAL FIGHT WITH THE DECISION PACKAGES? I MEAN, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE NON-DISCRETIONARY, BUT IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS ABOUT IT. OKAY.
SO NOW THE FUN BEGINS THE DECISION PACKAGES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER. MEG, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, THAT WAS GREAT.
AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE EVERY YEAR, YOU ALL DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND YOU PUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS TOWN. SO I APPRECIATE IT. AND I KNOW OUR COUNCIL DOES TOO.
AND YOU HAVE A GREAT WAY OF ORGANIZING IT. I LOVE THE NOTEBOOKS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I CAN I CAN PUT ALL MY HIGHLIGHTING AND ALL THAT STUFF IN IT, OLD SCHOOL STYLE. BUT THANK YOU AGAIN. AND AS FAR AS THE DECISION PACKAGES, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY CONTEMPLATED THIS.
I JUST WANT TO PUT OUT THERE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S VERY HARD TO GO THROUGH THESE DECISION PACKAGES AND SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE THINK ONE THING MIGHT NOT BE IMPORTANT, BUT THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT TO HAVE.
AND IT'S HARD TO SCRUTINIZE, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE YOU CAN PICK.
I REALLY, I REALLY WANT TO HONE IN ON THAT CANCER SCREENING FOR FIREFIGHTERS.
YOU KNOW, WE DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE DID LOSE ONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
WE'VE LOST SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS. BUT WADE CANNON, HE WAS IN HIS 30S AND, AND HE LOST HIS LIFE.
AND THERE WITH FIREFIGHTING CANCER IS SUCH A RISK.
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AND IT CAN HELP. DIAGNOSE THESE CANCERS OR GET THESE CANCERS DIAGNOSED VERY EARLY AND VERY SPECIFIC TYPE OF CANCERS. A LARGE NUMBER MORE IN THESE IN THIS CANCER SCREENING.SO THE SENSITIVITY LEVEL OF THAT TEST I KNOW IS, IS MUCH GREATER.
SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE US TO HONE IN ON THAT.
CAN WE GET ONE OF THE FIRE CHIEFS UP TO TALK ABOUT THIS ITEM? EXACTLY. WE CAN, YEAH. AND SO ASSISTANT CHIEF JEFF, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR WAY UP.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ONE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HONED IN ON.
CHIEF DUFFIELD WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO.
WE MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE PUT OUT THERE, INCLUDING THE WAY CANON BILL THAT WAS PASSED, WHICH WAS WRITTEN IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO PASSED AWAY.
SO WHAT THIS REPRESENTS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND. CHIEF DUFFIELD CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
SO WITH THAT, CHIEF DUFFIELD, YOU CAN FILL IN THE DETAILS.
THANK YOU, SIR. AS LEADERS OF THE FIRE SERVICE HERE IN FLOWER MOUND AND LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE HAVE OBLIGATIONS TO MEET. OUR GOAL IS ABSOLUTELY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE AS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, ALONG WITH TAKING CARE OF THE CITIZENS OF FLOWER MOUND. WE ARE OBLIGATED UNDER TITLE 37 OF THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO DO CERTAIN PHYSICAL SCREENINGS. UNDER HOUSE BILL 198 THAT REPRESENTATIVE BEN BUMGARNER FROM FLOWER MOUND PASSED FOR WADE CANNON.
WE ARE ALSO UNDER THE LOCAL CODE, THE GOVERNMENT CODE 180 AND THE LATEST NFPA NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION 1580, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE STANDARD OF THE JOB.
WE ARE NOT AN OSHA STATE. WE TECHNICALLY DON'T FALL UNDER NFPA, EXCEPT WHEN THE STATE OF TEXAS ADOPTS IT, WHICH THEY HAVE. SO WE'RE NOW OBLIGATED TO DO THIS.
AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT SAYS WE HAVE TO SCREEN FOR CANCER.
EVERY YEAR WE HAD 60, ABOUT $68,000 LAST YEAR.
EVERY FIREFIGHTER GETS BLOOD TESTING, INCLUDING PSA, AND I'LL COME BACK TO THAT LATER.
URINALYSIS, WHICH WILL KIDNEY FUNCTIONS, PULMONARY FUNCTION, THEIR LUNGS, AN EKG LOOKING AT THEIR HEART, INFECTIOUS, DISEASE SCREENING AND HEARING AND VISION TESTING.
NOW HE'S AT OUT OF TOWN AT THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CHIEFS, WHERE HE'S ACTUALLY THE SOUTHWEST REPRESENTATIVE LEADING THE WAY FOR FLOWER MOUND IN THAT AREA, BUT HE TOOK IT ON PERSONALLY AS HIS OWN PROJECT.
HE FOUND JOHN WITH VISIONARY. WE FOUND ANOTHER VENDOR HERE IN TOWN TO DO OUR BLOOD SCREENINGS.
WE TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING WE COULD TO STRETCH THAT PENNY INTO A GUITAR STRING.
WE SAID, HEY, WHAT DO WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE? WHAT DO WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE? AND WE CAME TOGETHER AND WE FOUND OVER $30,000 TO FUND 50 FIREFIGHTERS OVER 40 TO GET THE DNA TEST.
WHERE THAT'S IMPORTANT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM.
LAST YEAR I HAD MY BLOOD DRAWN. I NOTICED MY PSA WAS OUT OF WHACK.
IT WAS GOING UP AND DOWN. I WENT OVER AND HAD VISIONARY.
I HAD A LARGE PROSTATE. THE BOSS SAID, YOU NEED TO GET A UROLOGIST, SO I.
MY BOSS IS MY WIFE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT. EVERYBODY KNOWS ME, KNOWS SHE IS. I WENT TO A UROLOGIST HERE IN TOWN, DOCTOR BRUNER OVER AT PRESBY. AMAZING DOCTOR, IF YOU NEED A DOCTOR.
WE DID A BIOPSY. I HAD CANCER IN SIX OF MY 12 PANELS.
JUNE 15TH. I HAD MY PROSTATE OUT. FOUR WEEKS LATER, I'M BACK AT WORK.
GOOD TO GO. I WANT TO SAY, DURING THAT TIME, I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK MR. CHILDERS. HR LINDA. MY FAMILY DID NOT WANT FOR ANYTHING.
I WAS CONSTANTLY IN CONTACT WITH THE TOWN, WITH MY ADMINISTRATION.
IT WAS A IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE, BUT THAT'S WHY TESTING COSTS.
ADDITIONALLY, I HAD MY USING MY OWN MONEY THROUGH MY HSA.
I HAD A COLONOSCOPY. I WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS SHORT OF MY TIME FRAME.
MY WIFE WAS GETTING HERS DONE. SHE SAID, COME ON, LET'S GO.
THE LAST TIME I HAD NO, NO, NOTHING. THIS TIME I HAD FIVE POLYPS.
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THREE OF THEM WERE PRECANCEROUS. SO IN ANOTHER WORLD, TEN YEARS AGO, 15 YEARS AGO IN THE WORLD I LIVED IN, PROBABLY 24 MONTHS FROM NOW, I WOULD BE HAVING STAGE THREE, STAGE FOUR PROSTATE AND COLON CANCER, AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME. I WOULDN'T SEE 65.I WOULDN'T SEE MY I WOULDN'T SEE MY GRANDKID, MY GRANDSON GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT BECAUSE OF THIS TESTING, IT WORKS, IT WORKS.
AND IT'S THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE THING WE CAN DO.
VERSUS I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO IT, BUT, YOU KNOW WHEN JAMES DIED OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT EXCEPT YOUR ESOPHAGUS, WHERE THINGS GO IN IS COVERED AS A PRESUMPTIVE LAW.
AND TO THE CREDIT OF JAMES CHILDERS OVER THERE, MR. CHILDERS GAVE US $40,000, AND WE HAD ESOPHAGEAL TEST FOR ALL THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO WANTED IT.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. CHILDERS. SO WE TEST BECAUSE WE LOSE TOO MANY FIREFIGHTERS.
SO WHAT THIS DOES IS WE HAVE GOT WE HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE TO ROTATE PEOPLE THROUGH.
UNDER THE CANNON LAW, WE HAVE FIVE YEARS TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN AGGRESSIVE TEST.
WE'RE WELL ON TRACK TO DO THAT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS? LIKE I SAID, EVERY $10,000 WILL BE ANOTHER 15 FIREFIGHTERS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WITH 140 SWORN, YOU KNOW, JUST DO THE MATH.
THIS IS JUST ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, CHIEF PAUL HENLEY SAID, LET'S GO FIND THIS OUT AND DO.
ADDITIONALLY, HE ALLOWED OUR FAMILIES, IF WE WANTED TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF OUR HSA OR OWN POCKET.
SO IT WORKS AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND THAT IS DONE WITHIN THE O&M.
IT'S DONE WITHIN OUR BUDGET THAT WE HAVE. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE THE CANCER GUARD.
THIS IS FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FOUND TO MOVE OVER.
THIS YEAR, WE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY TO GET MORE PEOPLE WITH ADVANCED DNA SCREENING.
AND AGAIN, IT'S A BUDGET. YOU HAVE TO MAKE HARD CALLS.
BUT I DO WANT TO REITERATE, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ANYTHING WE CAN GET.
BUT I WILL SAY WE ARE MEETING THE STANDARD AND NO ONE IS BEING SHORTED OTHER THAN WE WOULD LIKE TO GET EVERYBODY EVERYTHING AS I KNOW YOU WOULD, BUT YOU HAVE A TOWN TO RUN. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
AND OUR PLAN IS IF YOU DON'T GET IT THIS YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT NEXT YEAR.
SO CHIEF. WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN DO. WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, IS WHAT YOU'VE JUST DESCRIBED IS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW WITH THE FUNDING THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE, OR ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THOSE TESTS WOULD ONLY OCCUR IF THIS DECISION PACKAGE IS APPROVED? WE HAD A DECISION PACKAGE TO EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
AND AGAIN, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A CAP. WE'RE STAYING WITH WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
WE HAD 50 RIGHT. LAST YEAR, 50 WE GOT WE HAD 50 LAST YEAR.
DOES THAT MEAN EVERYBODY GETS WHATEVER THIS TEST IS IN THIS DECISION PACKAGE? YEAH, THIS DECISION PACKAGE WILL TAKE US ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH LINE.
THIS WILL GET EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT TESTED. AND THIS IS A RECURRING EXPENSE. DOES THAT MEAN EVERYONE WOULD GET TESTED EVERY SINGLE YEAR? CORRECT. OKAY. WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A SUBSET OF FIREFIGHTERS GET TESTED UNDER THIS DECISION PACKAGE IF THE FUNDING WAS LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING? SO THAT MAYBE PEOPLE GET TESTED EVERY FEW YEARS INSTEAD OF EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ABSOLUTELY LOOK AT. AND LIKE CHIEF DUFFIELD SAID, THE LAW OR THE REQUIREMENTS FROM TCFP THEY DON'T REQUIRE US TO TEST NEW FIREFIGHTERS FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. OKAY.
SO WE COULD PUT THOSE AND HOLD THOSE TIL LATER.
OKAY, SO I HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR COUNCIL. JUST TO CLARIFY ONE THING.
THE LAST YEAR'S FUNDING WAS A ONE TIME. CORRECT.
SO THERE'S NOT, AN PLEASE SOMEBODY CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I'M NOT AWARE IF THERE'S A DELTA WE'RE TRYING TO BRIDGE AND THERE'S ALREADY A SET FUNDING. THIS IS TO PROVIDE THIS FOR ALL OF THE SWORN PERSONNEL IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD.
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WELL, ALSO AND, AND THIS I UNDERSTAND CAN BE SCALED SO THAT WE CAN DO SO MANY THIS YEAR, SO MANY NEXT YEAR.AND WE CAN DO IT BASED ON NOT NECESSARILY AGE, BUT HOW MUCH EXPOSURE THEY HAVE.
SO IF SOMEBODY'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, INSTEAD OF GOING ON AGE, WE CAN GO ON. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED TO KNOW.
IT'S THE LUCK OF THE DRAW. IF YOU DRAW THE STRAW, YOU'RE GETTING ONE PERSON MAY HAVE 20 FIRES IN ONE YEAR, AND THE NEXT PERSON NEXT TO THEM ON ANOTHER SHIFT HAVE THREE, IT'S JUST LUCK OF THE DRAW.
SO WE REALLY, THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED THAT AGE WAS THE WAS THE STANDARD THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO BY.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER SCHIESTEL BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR PROPOSAL, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE MAYBE ON THE SAME PATH, BUT I ALSO HAVE SOME MONEY THAT MAYBE WE COULD REALLOCATE.
AND IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET CYCLE, WE'RE GIVEN OUR STAFF 3% COST OF LIVING.
I THINK WE NEED TO RELOOK AT THE JUDICIAL EXPENSE.
YEAH. YEAH, I AGREE. THAT'S WHERE I WAS HEADED.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO REALLOCATE THAT TO THE, TO THIS.
I, I DON'T WANT TO RAISE THE TAX RATE. SO WE DO HAVE TO TAKE FROM ONE TO GIVE TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I WOULD TAKE 20,000 FROM THAT ITEM, APPLY IT TO THIS ITEM AND THEN KEEP THE REST IN.
25, WHATEVER, IT'S. I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO REDUCE THE JUDICIAL ITEM TO ZERO.
NO, BUT IT'S STILL IT'S STILL WITHIN THE MID-RANGE, EVEN IF WE DID THAT.
YEAH. YEAH. I'M THE EXACT NUMBER, I'M NOT. I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO DOWN TO ZERO.
OKAY THAT'S FINE. I AGREE I HAVE THAT DOG EARED.
AND SO USING THE MULTIPLIERS THERE 19,800 WILL GET YOU TO 33.
AND BASED UPON THE MULTIPLIER THERE THAT WILL GET YOU ON A FOUR-YEAR ROTATION WHERE EVERY FOUR YEARS, EVERY FIREFIGHTER WILL BE SCREENED AT THAT TIME FRAME. AND SO THIS IT'S COMPLETELY SCALABLE.
IT'S JUST MULTIPLES OF 600 OR 650, WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS.
AND SO REALLY, AT THIS POINT, 20,000 WOULD GET YOU ROUGHLY 33 ANNUALLY.
BUT WE CAN ADJUST THAT NUMBER ACCORDINGLY AS Y'ALL DIRECT.
BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, I WILL DEFER TO THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION TO WHAT HOW THEY APPROACH IT AND WHAT TYPE OF RISK BASED APPROACH, IF ANY, THEY WANT TO TAKE WITH IT. BUT REALLY, THIS IS A MATTER OF WE CAN DO IT.
WE CAN SCALE IT. AND AGAIN, I JUST APPRECIATE CHIEF DUFFIELD'S TESTIMONY.
IT'S A TESTIMONY TO SHOW THAT THIS WORKS AND IT CAN GET AHEAD OF A LOT OF THINGS.
AND THE ONE THING I'LL ALSO MENTION, AND THIS IS COUPLED WITH SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, I'LL GIVE THIS A SHOT. MEG, YOU CAN, YOU CAN FILL IN FOR ANYTHING THAT I MISSED, BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITHIN THEIR EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE CARCINOGENS IN THE VEHICLES AND SEATS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND I APPRECIATE THE ADMIN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN VERY MUCH ON TOP OF THIS. SO REALLY COMPREHENSIVELY, I THINK Y'ALL HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD OF HOW WE WANT TO APPROACH THIS.
AND ALSO AS WE GO INTO FUTURE FISCAL YEARS, IF WE WANT TO GET MORE AGGRESSIVE AND OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES, WE CAN CERTAINLY SCALE IT UP FROM A QUARTER OR WHATEVER NUMBER YOU LAND ON. SO DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE LOCKED IN ON WHATEVER WE DO THIS YEAR.
IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, IF Y'ALL HAVE A DESIRE TO RAMP IT UP, WE CAN CERTAINLY RAMP IT UP.
WHAT AMOUNT WOULD GET US ON A THREE-YEAR CYCLE? A LITTLE OVER $25,000. AROUND $27,000. I THINK A THREE-YEAR CYCLE.
I'M IN, HONESTLY, BECAUSE, I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE ARE YOU ALL ARE YOUR STAFF IS EXPOSED TO SO MUCH, SO MANY CARCINOGENS THAT I THINK PUTTING IT ON A SMALLER TIME SCALE WOULD BE BETTER IF COUNCIL AGREES.
WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW THAT ARE. YEAH. IT IS. AND I, I'M, WE, BELIEVE ME WHEN WE TALK AT LIKE CHIEFS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, SOUTHWEST GROUP. THAT'S A TOPIC EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT.
YEAH. AND I WILL JUST SAY IN CLOSING, I WANT TO KILL YOUR TIME.
WHEN I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF DALLAS COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, WE LOOKED AT THAT VERY HARD. WE BROKE IT INTO THREE STAGES. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A FIREFIGHTER DOESN'T GET TESTED AND HE GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
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AND WHAT'S THE I MEAN, LET'S JUST LOOK AT IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE, BUT WHAT'S THE COST TO THE TOWN WHEN WE HAVE TO GO TO THAT? IT'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CLAIMS. YEAH. WHAT'S THE COST WHEN YOU CATCH IT LIKE ME? AND YOU KNOW WHAT GREAT IT WAS, IT WAS A JOB-RELATED CANCER.BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD GOT IT. TML WAS VERY GREAT.
THEY SAID, HEY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD. WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR WHAT GET FIXED.
BUT WHAT THAT WAS AND THEN WHAT'S THE COST OF DOING THIS? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DOLLARS, I HATE TO TAKE MY PEOPLE OUT OF IT, MY MEN AND WOMEN OUT OF IT BECAUSE I REALLY CAN'T.
BUT IF YOU JUST WANT TO LOOK AT RIGHT BRAIN AND BUSINESS, THIS IS THE BEST MONEY YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND IS TO CATCH IT EARLY AND CATCH IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS, OR CATCH SOMETHING IN YOUR THYROID, OR CATCH A LUMP HERE AND JUST GET IT REMOVED BEFORE IT EVEN GETS TO CANCER.
THIS THE BLOOD, THE DNA. YES, IT IS. YES. AGAIN, BUT IT IS WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, NO ONE WAS NOT GETTING WHAT THE LAW REQUIRED THEM TO GET.
WE JUST WANT TO GET OUR PEOPLE THE MOST IN THE BEST WE CAN.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT'S WHAT THE MY OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE TOWN WANTS.
IT JUST COMES DOWN TO HOW THE DOLLARS ARE DOLED OUT.
YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR THE BEST. AND, YOU KNOW, LIFE IS PRICELESS.
WE TAKE CARE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS. YES, ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY, SO I JUST HAD THAT AND THEN YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH THE JUDICIAL EXPENSES TOO, BUT DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER DECISION PAGES? I'M SORRY, MAYOR, IF I CAN JUST CONFIRM, THEN.
SO ARE WE MOVING 27,000 TO THE ADVANCED CANCER SCREENING AND THE BALANCE REMAINS WITH TOWN JUDICIAL FOR THE 35,000 TOTAL FROM THAT DECISION PACKAGE POINT? YES. I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
OKAY, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, I UNDERSTAND SO I CAN MAKE THOSE APPROPRIATE CHANGES.
AND SO AND JUST TO FURTHER CLARIFY, SO THE JUDICIAL WAS 35,000.
I WANT TO TAKE IT DOWN TO FIVE. I WAS CHATTING WITH JOHN.
THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY. IF YOU WANT TO BE HIGHER THAN FIVE WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.
10? 10, THAT'S A LOT MORE THAN 3% THAN EVERYBODY ELSE IS GETTING.
I HAVEN'T DONE THE MATH ON THAT, BUT OKAY. YEAH.
YEAH. NO, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS. I HADN'T RUN THOSE NUMBERS THOUGH.
SO MAYBE WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE. YEAH.
OKAY. OKAY. SO DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT SPREADSHEET? OH, YEAH. YEAH. JUST I WANTED TO LOOK AT THOSE NONPROFITS REAL QUICK.
BECAUSE HONESTLY, IN MY BOOK, I, SEE. WHICH ONE MAYOR WAS THE ONE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? THE ENABLING MOVEMENT. THAT'S THE ONE THAT THEY WERE UP FOR.
A NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR. THEY WERE IN THE TOP THREE.
5 OR 5,000 ROUNDED UP. OR WOULD WE TAKE THAT FROM.
WHY 50 WHY 5,100? WAS THEIR REQUESTING. I WOULD HAVE TO KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW OFFHAND. I'M SORRY. OKAY. I MEAN, I KNOW LAST YEAR THEY APPLIED AND THEY GOT I DON'T THINK THEY GOT THEIR BASELINE THAT THEY ASKED FOR. NO, THEY ACTUALLY HAD A VERY SIGNIFICANT INITIAL REQUEST.
AND WE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE ORGANIZATION, BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT WAS A BRAND NEW.
WE WANTED TO BRING THEM IN MORE IN LINE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OF SIMILAR SIZE.
YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION? I DO, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE TREATING EVERYBODY THE SAME IN THIS LIST.
AND EVERYONE COULD COME AND MAKE THEIR CASE. WELL, I'M LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS. THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING AT IT. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE. I UNDERSTAND, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE FAIR. OH, ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS WHEN WE WHEN THESE EVALUATIONS ARE DONE, IT'S BASED ON IMPACT.
IT'S BASED ON IMPACT. IT'S BASED ON THEIR REPORT.
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SO WE CAN HAVE COUNCIL WEIGH IN ON, ON CHANGES, BUT I MEAN, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO PUT SOME GUARDRAILS ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT QUALIFIES FOR REIMBURSABLE EXPENSE.SO THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON AS WELL.
I'M OKAY WITH TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, THE RATIONALE IS FOR THE 3,000, OR 5,100.
SO THAT'S MY MAIN PURPOSE. YEAH, SO MAYOR, I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER IS THE ONE WITH THE, THE INCREASE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE CAPTURED WHAT THE LEWISVILLE LAKE SYMPHONY HAS DROPPED.
THEY'VE DROPPED OFF. SO THAT HAS BEEN REALLOCATED TO CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER.
SO AGAIN, IT COMES TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, WHO'S PROVIDING MORE VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY? WHO'S SERVING MORE RESIDENTS? AND THAT'S WHERE I WOULD WANT TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS.
AND MEG, IF YOU COULD CLARIFY THAT, THAT THAT'S A FORMULAIC COMPONENT, CORRECT? MEANING THAT THAT THAT'S AN INCREASE WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY REGARDLESS.
SO YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM THOSE POLICY MAXIMUM NUMBERS.
THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, STAFF'S REVIEW OF THE REQUESTS.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, OUR FEELING WAS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ASKING OUR DEPARTMENTS TO CUT DOWN.
AND WHILE WE CAN CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK OUR NONPROFITS ARE DOING WE AS STAFF DID NOT FEEL THAT WE SHOULD BE GIVING INCREASES ON A NONPROFIT WHEN WE'RE TURNING AROUND AND TELLING OUR DEPARTMENTS, HEY, WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOME CUTS.
SO OTHER THAN. I'M CONFUSED, SO YOU'RE SAYING, OKAY, NO, THERE'S NO INCREASES.
EXCEPT FOR CACNT. IT'S ALL FORMULAIC, BUT WHAT'S THE FORMULA? ARE YOU SAYING THERE'S A FORMULA THAT DETERMINES HOW MUCH THE CACNT IS RECEIVING? IS RECEIVING AND REQUESTING, YES, BASED ON THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING TO FLOWER MOUND RESIDENTS.
SO OKAY, THAT'S A GOOD CONTEXT. THANK YOU. I THINK THE MAIN THING I WAS LOOKING AT TO IS THIS IS A GROUP OF DISABLED INDIVIDUALS GETTING BACK INTO ACTIVITIES AND THEY USE OUR PARKS AND OUR TRAILS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF, I'VE SEEN THEM GROW AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE USING OUR TRAILS, ESPECIALLY THE DISABLED. THAT'S WHY I KIND OF WANTED TO SERVE THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.
BUT I'M GOOD. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE, WE CAN KEEP IT THE SAME.
I'M GOOD WITH THAT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL GIVING THEM SOME FUNDS.
JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR NEXT YEAR. OKAY. OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CHANGES THERE? I, THE WEIGHT SCALES FOR THE AMBULANCE CARTS.
SO IS THIS A ONE TIME OR IS THIS AN ONGOING EXPENSE? IT'S A MIX OF BOTH. IT IS PRIMARILY ONE TIME.
IT'S AROUND $1,200 IN THAT ONGOING EXPENSE. YEAH.
I THINK IT'S 24,000 ONE TIME. AND THEN AS JAMES REMINDED ME, 01,200 FOR THE ONGOING.
01,400, ACTUALLY. I'M SORRY. OH, IS IT. YEAH, YEAH I DO.
ONE OF THE CHIEFS GIVE US SOME. I DON'T FEEL.
GOOD EVENING. SO THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WOULD BE ON THE AMBULANCE STRETCHERS.
SO IT'S GIVING YOU REAL TIME VERSUS A GUESSTIMATE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE PATIENT.
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SO YOU'RE GETTING THAT ACCURATE WEIGHT MEASUREMENT NOT ONLY FOR THE DRUGS ALSO, BUT FOR YOUR PATIENT REPORT.YOU'RE ACTUALLY ACCURATELY DEPICTING THE WEIGHT OF THE PATIENT.
SO THIS IS A CONSUMABLE? IT'S A SO IT IS INSTALLED UNDER THE MATTRESS ON THE COT.
SO IT IT'S THERE FOR THE USAGE, FOR THE LIFESPAN OF THE WEIGHT, THE SCALES.
SO IT'S NOT A CONSUMABLE ITEM, BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD IMAGINE PROBABLY IN 8 TO 10 YEARS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED JUST FROM WEAR AND TEAR, BUT IT IS NOT A CONSUMABLE. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY ISSUES WHERE THERE'S BEEN CONCERNS FROM PREVIOUS INTERVENTIONS? ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY QA ISSUES WITH OVER UNDER? NO, ALL OF OUR DRUG CALCULATIONS ARE BASED ON WEIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO COME. YOU'VE COME TO THE PODIUM? YEAH.
ALL THE DRUG CALCULATIONS ARE BASED ON KILOGRAMS OF THE PATIENT BASED ON THEIR WEIGHT.
AND SO THAT'S. YEAH, I'M KIND OF WONDERING. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A BETTER THIS IS A BEST PRACTICE. IF WE KNOW SOMEONE IS 50 KILOS VERSUS AND WE'RE GUESSING THEY'RE 200 BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE AND WE GO TO THE HOSPITAL, WE CAN TURN IT OVER TO THE INFORMATION TO THE HOSPITAL OR THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO WEIGH THEM.
IF WE ACTUALLY END UP IN SOME TYPE OF CONTENTIOUS SITUATION, WE CAN ACTUALLY SAY WE GAVE THEM THE RIGHT DRUG BASED ON THE RIGHT WEIGHT, AND IT'S JUST NEW TECHNOLOGY. JUST OUR JOB IN THE PAST HAS BEEN TO GUESS OR TO USE A BRAZEN TAPE FOR INFANTS.
AND IT'S THIS IS JUST A BETTER TECHNOLOGY. AND SO WHAT IS THAT ALONE? WHAT IS THE COST OF THAT? WITHOUT ALL THE OTHER ITEMS, I'M PRETTY SURE THE ONE TIME COST ON THAT IS $24,000. YES, YES. AND THEN I THINK JAMES JUST CONFIRMED ON OUR ONLINE.
CORRECT. GENTLEMEN. YES, YES. ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND WARRANTY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY. YEAH. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DETERMINE THE LIFE CYCLE FOR REPLACEMENT, AND IT WOULD COME BACK AT A FUTURE DECISION PACKAGE AT THAT POINT. SO, CHIEF, HAVE YOU HAD ANY BAD OUTCOMES FROM NOT HAVING THIS TECHNOLOGY? WELL, THAT'S WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THAT AT THIS MOMENT.
IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST. IT JUST IT JUST COMES DOWN TO BEING A PARAMEDIC FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, OVER 30 YEARS. YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE THING THAT WHEN YOU'RE GIVEN DRUG CALCULATIONS, YOU'RE HAVING TO GUESS WHAT THIS YOUNG MAN WEIGHS AND THEN CONVERTED TO KILOS FROM KILOS, AND THEN DO OUR DRUG CALCULATIONS FOR OUR PROTOCOLS.
IT'S JUST ONE LESS STEP AND IT IS ACCURATE. IT IS DEFINITIVE.
AND IF WE'RE QUESTIONED ON IT LATER, IT'S DOCUMENTED AND IT'S GOOD.
SO IT'S JUST A BETTER STANDARD. IT'S JUST GREAT TECHNOLOGY.
HAVE WE HAD ANY ISSUES? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
NO, MA'AM. NOT MISCALCULATIONS. NOT NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
NOT TO SAY THEY DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT NOT THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GOT BACK TO ME.
AND MAGGIE, YOU SAID $24,000. $24,000. AND THAT WOULD BE ONE TIME.
SO THAT WOULD NOT YOU COULD USE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH FROM THE FUND BALANCE STANDPOINT, IF YOU REMEMBER, GENERAL FUND IS SITTING AT 38%. SO 24,000 ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION OUT OF FUND BALANCE IS NOT GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON, ON WHERE WE'RE SITTING WITH OUR WITH OUR AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
SO THE 1400 WOULD BE THE ONGOING. I'M GOING TO ASSUME GIVEN OUR ONE TIME, WE PROBABLY WOULD BE FINE EVEN WITHOUT A TAX RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR THAT REQUEST. COUNCIL. COUNCIL. I THINK WE'RE WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON THIS ONE. SO I MEAN, IF THERE WAS A REALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT WE WERE TRYING TO SOLVE, I'D BE I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND BEST PRACTICE AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. BUT YES, SIR, WE'VE MADE DO WITHOUT IT.
YEAH. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE DO WITHOUT IT BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER WAYS. AREN'T THERE OTHER MECHANISMS THAT YOU CAN GET AWAY? THIS IS JUST A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT'S JUST MAKING THE JOB MORE ACCURATE.
YEAH. OKAY. COUNCIL. ANYONE. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE.
BUT I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S A PRIORITY ITEM FOR ME.
I MEAN, THERE IS FTO ASSIGNMENT THAT I THINK WOULD BE HIGHER PRIORITY.
FOR MEDICS FIELD TRAINING OFFICER. YOUR CHALLENGE WITH THAT ONE IS THAT WOULD BE ALL ONGOING COSTS.
YEAH. YEAH. OVER YEAR. OVER YEAR. I'D LIKE TO WAIT ON IT.
OKAY. OKAY. SO AM I. IS AM I CLEAR THAT WE COULD GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM CHIEF FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION, BUT DO NOT INCLUDE IT AT THIS POINT? I'M A DO NOT INCLUDE AT THIS POINT.
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YEAH. THANK YOU. I WILL ALSO MARK THAT WE AS STAFF HAD ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS ONE MIGHT BE A MID YEAR, DEPENDING ON SAVINGS, DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, IF SALES TAX STARTS COMING IN BETTER THAN WE EXPECT, THEN THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON THAT PARTICULAR. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT USE OF SALES TAX IF IT COMES IN AHEAD.IF RESOURCES YOU KNOW PERFORMANCE IS BETTER THAN WE EXPECT.
WE ALL LOVE THE IDEA, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES ON RESOURCES.
OKAY, SO COUNCIL, CAN WE HAVE A HEAD SHAKES? YEAH, THAT THAT'S GOOD.
OKAY, THAT'S GOOD TO WAIT. BUT WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION.
SO WE'LL WAIT AND KEEP WATCHING THAT ONE. THANK YOU.
OKAY. DOES ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS ON OUR DECISION PACKAGES? I THINK WE'VE THAT'S ABOUT IT. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE THE WIGGLE ROOM FOR.
AND MAYOR BEFORE WE TRANSITION, I JUST WANT TO VERIFY WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ADVANCED CANCER SCREENINGS, WE'RE LOOKING AT A THREE YEAR CYCLE, WHICH IS ROUGHLY A LITTLE UNDER A SHADE UNDER $30,000. WE'RE GOING TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT WE WOULD ADJUST THAT JUDICIAL DECISION PACKAGE TO AT A LATER DATE AND MAYOR JUST CLARITY JAMES, JUST CLARITY ON THAT. I THINK WE WANT THE, THE COURT TO GET SOMETHING COMPARABLE TO WHAT STAFF IS RECEIVING.
THAT'S, I THINK THE GOAL, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS. IS THAT ACCURATE OR CLEAR. THAT'S WHERE I AM.
YEAH. I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. OKAY. SO WE CAN WE CAN GO TO THAT DEEPER ANALYSIS.
WE CAN WORK WITH STAFF AND FIGURE OUT HOW IT EQUATES TO THAT ROUGHLY 3%.
AND WE'RE GOING TO, TO WAIT ON THE SCALES ON THE ON THE COTS.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT MAYBE MID-YEAR IF WE GET STRONG SALES TAX COMING IN, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.
AND THEN STAFF IS ON OR WE UNDERSTAND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A UTILITY REVENUE ADJUSTMENT AFTER MONDAY.
WE WILL HAVE A WHOLESALE EXPENSE NUMBER ADJUSTMENT AFTER MONDAY.
AND THEN COUNCIL IS ON. FINE WITH THAT ADJUSTMENT.
I PROPOSED FOR THE STREET MAINTENANCE FUND. THAT WOULD BE THE SALES TAX FUND.
OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE I MAKE ALL THESE CHANGES, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
OKAY? OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON TAX RATE ON ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO. YEAH. WE YOU READY? YEAH. OKAY. WE'LL SWITCH OVER TO CIP.
SO I BELIEVE I'M HANDING IT OFF TO DALE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CIP PLAN FOR 2627.
AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, WILL BE GIVEN SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, WHAT THEY ARE, WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, WHAT'S THE JUSTIFICATION? SO THE PROJECT DRIVERS. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BUDGETS FOR EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE FUNDING SOURCES HOW WE'LL PAY FOR THEM.
DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF A PROJECT BEFORE AND AFTER, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A VISUAL OF WHAT WE DO IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS? SO THIS WAS A RECENT PROJECT COMPLETED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THOUGHT IT TOLD A PRETTY GOOD STORY ABOUT WHAT WE DO HERE AS AN ORGANIZATION.
SO JUMPING RIGHT INTO OUR STREETS CATEGORY, WE ARE LOOKING TO WORK ON ONE INTERSECTION THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. THIS IS A CAPACITY DRIVEN PROJECT. WE'LL LOOK TO HAVE 500,000 WHICH WILL TAKE CARE OF DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION. AND THEN WE WILL GO TO CONSTRUCTION, MOST LIKELY IN 27-28 RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF A WILD CARD. SO, SO, SO LONG AS EVERYTHING IS ACQUIRED, WE'LL GO TO CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR.
HERE'S THE LOCATION OF THIS PROJECT. MIDDLE OF TOWN.
HERE'S A AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF WHAT THE INTERSECTION LOOKS LIKE.
NOW, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE'D BE EXPANDING SHILOH ON BOTH ENDS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO LANES NORTHBOUND GOING INTO THE INTERSECTION.
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AND THEN WE WOULD MIRROR THAT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE FOR SOUTHBOUND.WE DON'T PLAN ON MAKING ANY CHANGES TO CROSS TIMBERS.
OF COURSE, WITH THE ROAD EXPANSION, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SIGNALS AS WELL.
SOON TO BE CIP PLAN AMENDMENT AND THEN GARDEN RIDGE BOULEVARD AT VOYAGER.
THAT WILL BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND THE US 377 PROJECT THAT WE HAVE HERE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE REIMBURSED BY TXDOT WITH THEIR UPCOMING HIGHWAY EXPANSION. SO HERE ARE THE LOCATIONS OF THESE PROJECTS.
GARDEN RIDGE BOULEVARD AT VOYAGER. IT'S CURRENTLY A FOUR WAY STOP.
AND THEN JUST UP THE ROAD, LEWISVILLE WILL BE PUTTING IN SIGNAL AT LOBO.
WHAT IS LOBO ON THE FLOWER MOUND SIDE AND GARDEN RIDGE? FOX ON THE LEWISVILLE SIDE. AND THEN MOVING WEST CROSS TIMBERS ROAD AT DENTON CREEK.
DENTON CREEK BOULEVARD IS BEING CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW, SO WE WANT TO JUMP ON THIS AND GET A SIGNAL IN THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT A SAFER INTERSECTION FOR THOSE PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE LEFT TURNS.
AND THEN THE US 377 TRAFFIC SIGNAL EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE FOR WHAT IS NOW THE CANYON FALLS DRIVE US 377 INTERSECTION. SOON TO BE ALSO THE FIRST RANCH PARKWAY INTERSECTION ONCE THAT ROAD IS BUILT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE A MONEY THAT'S REIMBURSED BY TXDOT.
WE'LL, WE'LL PLAN TO DO THE DESIGN THIS YEAR AND THEN MOVE ON TO CONSTRUCTION IN 27, 28.
OF COURSE, GIVEN THAT THESE ARE ALL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT DRIVER FOR THESE IS CONDITION.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE WATER AND SEWER. FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, IF IT'S NEEDED, THESE PROJECTS WILL BE FUNDED WITH THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION BONDS. THAT WERE APPROVED LAST YEAR AND THEN UTILITY DEBT FOR UTILITY ELEMENTS HERE.
SO WE'LL LOOK TO BID THAT TOGETHER AS ONE PACKAGE.
AND AND OF COURSE YEAH WE HAVE WATER SEWER AS PART OF THOSE AS WELL.
RIVER OAKS THAT'LL BE ITS OWN PROJECT. AND THEN COVINGTON AND WARRINGTON, THAT'S JUST ONE PROJECT.
THAT'S HOW WE'RE APPROACHING IT. WE WILL BE DOING THE WATER LINES ON COVINGTON AND WARRINGTON.
CHECK TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY SAGS OR IF WE HAVE ANY JOINT DISCONNECTIONS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE'LL REPLACE THOSE AS NEEDED. SO WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THAT.
ARE THESE ALL TYPICAL AGE STREETS OR SIMILAR AGE STREETS NOT TYPICAL? YES. YES. CURB AND GUTTER. NOW WE GET TO THIS AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN.
SO. THE FRANKLIN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW, WE'RE CURRENTLY INSTALLING WATER LINES AS PART OF THE HIGH ROAD WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PHASE TWO PROJECT. SO INTERACTED WITH A LOT OF RESIDENTS HERE AND THEY ARE READY FOR THESE ROADS TO BE RECONSTRUCTED.
THEY ARE VERY NARROW. IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE INCREDIBLY NARROW AND THEY ARE ASPHALT.
SO AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE'LL REPLACE THE ASPHALT AND THEN TREAT THE SUBGRADE.
AND THEN DEERPATH IS A CONCRETE ROAD. ALSO IN IN POOR CONDITION.
AND WE'LL ASSESS THEM, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET CLOSER TO WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTION.
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WE'LL WORK WITH OUR MAINTENANCE GROUP. IF IF, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DESIGN ANYTHING AS PART OF THESE PROJECTS.THEN MOVING ON TO PARKS PROJECTS HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES HERE, PARKS, BONDS, DEDICATED SALES TAX. AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM, THERE IS ACTUALLY A GRANT FOR AN AWARD THAT WAS WON BY THE TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND.
A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PROJECT DRIVERS FOR, FOR THESE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE ESTIMATED FUTURE COSTS FOR TRAIL PROJECTS.
THAT IS A FIVE SECTIONS OF TRAILS ALL AROUND TOWN THAT WE'RE SLOWLY BUT SURELY CHIPPING AWAY AT.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE THAT THIS NEXT YEAR. AND I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE ONES THAT DON'T REALLY HAVE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. SO PROBABLY PROBABLY OBVIOUS, BUT MOBILE EVENT STAGE WILL BE GETTING A NEW EVENT STAGE THAT CAN BE.
SO HERE'S YOUR MAP WITH THE PARKS PROJECTS, THE EXPANSION AND RENOVATION.
IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN. WE'LL LOOK TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
SIMILAR WITH LEONARD AND HELEN JOHNS BIG IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT UNDER DESIGN AND WE'LL LOOK TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. JAKE'S HILLTOP PARK. WE HAVE FIVE BALL FIELDS THERE AND WE'LL LOOK TO IMPROVE THE INFIELDS FOR EACH OF THOSE BALL FIELDS AND THEN WESTCHESTER PARK PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT.
THIS IS A LIFE CYCLE REPLACEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT THERE PER THE MASTER PLAN.
AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, THE 3040 MEDIAN LANE IMPROVEMENTS, THAT WAS A GRANT PROJECT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE THE MEDIANS BETWEEN FM 2499 ALL THE WAY TO DUNCAN LANE THERE ALONG FM 3040. THAT'S A TRAIL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 3040 MEDIAN LANE IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT IS ENHANCEMENT OF THE MEDIANS. CHUCK, DO YOU WANT TO.
OH YEAH. LANDSCAPE. OKAY. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR WATER PROJECTS, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE LOOKING TO AT LEAST INITIALLY, PAY FOR ALL THESE WITH UTILITY DEBT.
BUT THOSE PROJECTS ON THE WEST SIDE ARE TIRZ ELIGIBLE.
STARTING WITH LAKESIDE. WE ALREADY HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT BASED ON THE ENGINEER'S MOST RECENT ESTIMATE, WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR CONSTRUCTION.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME ESTIMATED FUTURE COSTS.
HERE. THESE ARE THESE ARE ALL FOR FUTURE PHASES.
THE REST OF IT WILL BE PUT IN WITH DEVELOPMENTS AND CIP PROJECTS AS WELL.
AND THEN PROJECT DRIVERS, THEY'RE ALL CAPACITY EXCEPT FOR PINTAIL.
WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. HERE'S A MAP SHOWING ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECT LOCATIONS.
PINTAIL, 30 INCH WATER LINE. SO WE HAVE A TRANSMISSION LINE THAT COMES OUT OF PINTAIL.
IT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE, ABOUT 250 LINEAR FEET.
WE'LL NEED TO REPLACE THERE WITHIN THE YARD AND THEN MOVING WEST FROM THERE.
WE'LL DO SOME POINT REPAIRS. SEVEN. WE DID AN ASSESSMENT LATE LAST YEAR.
WE GOT THE REPORT EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND WE WERE REALLY ABLE TO SCALE, SCALE THIS PROJECT BACK BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE A MUCH BIGGER SECTION OF THIS LINE AND THEN MOVING WESTWARD, PROBABLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DENTON CREEK WATER REUSE PROJECT.
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THOSE WILL BE BID TOGETHER AND WE'LL LOOK TO DO THAT THIS YEAR.AND THEN THE PUMP STATION AND STORAGE TANKS, THAT'LL BE A SEPARATE BID DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS.
SO THOSE WOULD BE BIDS SEPARATELY FOR STONECREST PUMP STATION.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOUBLING THE STORAGE AT THE FACILITY.
WE HAVE 5 MILLION GALLON TANK NOW. AND AFTER THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE 10 MILLION GALLONS TOTAL.
FOR WASTEWATER, AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THESE ARE.
THE REST THOUGH, OF COURSE PAID WITH UTILITY DEBT.
THE LOWER TIMBER INTERCEPTOR, REHAB, FINAL, CLARIFIER AND RAS PUMP REHAB.
THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE DESIGNED THIS YEAR AND THEN WE'LL GO TO CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR.
SO HERE'S A MAP SHOWING WHERE THOSE PROJECTS ARE LOCATED.
THE TREATMENT PLANT PROJECTS THERE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF TOWN, THE LOWER TIMBER INTERCEPTOR.
IT'S A REALLY LARGE LINE THAT THAT FEEDS INTO THE TREATMENT PLANT.
IT'S ABOUT 5000FT OF PIPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO REHABILITATE WITH THIS PROJECT.
VARIES IN SIZE 27IN ON THE UPSTREAM END AND 36IN ON THE DOWNSTREAM END.
SO WE'LL LOOK TO PUT IN SOME SIGNIFICANT BYPASS FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN MOVING UP UPPER TIMBER INTERCEPTOR. SO THIS IS A 12 INCH LINE THAT RUNS SOUTH ALONG 2499 SOUTH OF COLLEGE. AND WE'LL LOOK TO UPSIZE THAT TO A 15 INCH.
AND THEN THE LIFT STATION, OUR WICHITA LIFT STATION TWO AND POINT NOBLE LIFT STATION.
THOSE ARE TWO LIFT STATIONS WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH.
AND SO WE'LL INCLUDE AS ONE PROJECT LIFT STATION REHABILITATION FY 2627.
SO THOSE WILL BE DESIGNED AND BID AS ONE PACKAGE FACILITY PROJECTS.
WE HAVE WON ONE THIS YEAR. FIRE STATION IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS PROJECT IS. MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS AT VARIOUS FIRE STATIONS AROUND TOWN.
PROJECT DRIVERS CONDITION AND IMPROVEMENT. MILLION DOLLARS TO BE PAID TO GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO EVERY YEAR WE HAVE RECURRING CAPITAL PROJECTS.
IF YOU IF YOU NEED ME TO. FUNDING SOURCES ARE DIFFERENT, BUT THEY ARE ALL CASH FUNDED.
SO. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO THE THE CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE THE TRAILS AND THE 3040.
DO WE HAVE A LIST OF WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE? THE TRAILS TRAIL PROJECTS. YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT, CHUCK? PROBABLY SPREAD ACROSS TOWN, BUT I THINK WHEN WE, WHEN THE BOND WAS APPROVED, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHICH ONES WE WERE DOING AND YEAH, YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON DESIGN FOR 407.
OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT ONCE THE DESIGN IS DONE.
WE'RE WORKING ON THEM WITH TRYING TO GET A PROPOSAL FOR DESIGN OF THAT.
WE'LL CERTAINLY TRY TO DO THAT AS WELL. AND THE MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS THAT WAS KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL.
GRANT THAT KEEP FLOWER MOUND GOT KEEP FLOWER MOUND BEAUTIFUL GOT FOR THE TOWN.
AND IT'S TO HELP ENHANCE MEDIANS THAT NEED TO BE REWORKED.
AND THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE THE BEST ONE TO GO.
AND WE VISITED WITH TXDOT ALREADY. THEY'VE APPROVED THAT IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR GUYS'S BUY OFF ON THAT BEFORE WE GIVE THEM THE GREEN LIGHT.
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THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE DESIGN AND LET THE PROJECT AND MANAGE THE CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.LIKE THE FUNDING SOURCE. YEAH. WHICH PART OF 3040 FROM 2499 TO LEWISVILLE.
OKAY, GOOD. YEAH. BECAUSE WE'RE IT'S ALREADY PRETTY NICE GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION. YEAH, YEAH.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR GIRAUD AND WITH THE TREE PLANTINGS.
SO THIS IS MORE OF THE SAME. IT'S ALONG MARSH LANE.
YEAH, YEAH. IT'S GREAT THAT WE CAN GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S NOT ON THIS, BUT I SEE THAT IT'S A COUPLE YEARS OUT.
IS IT BOND FUNDS THAT ARE PAYING FOR THAT PROJECT.
IT WILL BE YEAH. IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE HAVE TO WAIT TWO YEARS BEFORE WE CAN GET STARTED ON IT? I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. IT BASICALLY IS CAPACITY.
CAPACITY. THERE'S SO MUCH AND SO MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS GOING ON AT ONE TIME.
I KNOW JOHN HEYBURN IS NEW TO THE JOB AND BUT HE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND WE'RE ALL JUST, YEAH, IT'S CAPACITY. SO WE'VE GOT TROTTER PARK, WE'VE GOT LEONARD. JOHN'S A LOT OF THINGS. POST OAK PARK.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE BOND FUND, WE ALSO HAVE ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING. OKAY.
THE OTHER I'D LIKE TO SEE IT. MAYBE WE CAN PUSH IT UP A YEAR OR SO.
IT DOES NEED THAT. IT COULD BE IT HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL.
YEAH. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA AND SEE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THAT. GOOD FOR LAUNCHING MODEL ROCKETS BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW. IT IS RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE. OKAY. SLIDE 17, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION AND I HAVE A COMMENT AFTER THAT.
SO MAYBE THIS IS A MATT QUESTION, BUT IT'S STREET LIGHT IMPROVEMENTS.
I THINK THAT'S THE, WHEN WE ADD NEW LIGHTS TO INTERSECTIONS, DO WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S LOTS OF INTERSECTIONS THAT STILL NEED ADDITIONAL LIGHTS? OR ARE WE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE MAYBE WE'VE KIND OF SCRATCH THAT ITCH AND WE CAN START THINKING ABOUT MOVING THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE? WE'RE GETTING THERE. BUT WHEN THIS LAST GO AROUND, WHEN MY TRAFFIC ENGINEER THOMAS TOOK OVER, HE WENT THROUGH AND DID A WHOLE ASSESSMENT THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND HE FOUND A BUNCH OF SPOTS WHERE THEY, THEY DON'T MEET OUR CURRENT STANDARDS. SO THERE'S SOME OUT THERE. WE DON'T GET IT. WE DON'T GET A TON OF REQUESTS, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY AREAS OUT THERE THAT DON'T MEET OUR STANDARDS. WE'RE ALSO HAVING THESE DARK SKIES CONVERSATIONS, AND I'M STARTING TO WONDER IF MAYBE WE NEED TO PUT LIGHTS EVERYWHERE, OR MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO PUT THEM IN A FEW PLACES AND THEN START TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
WE'RE MOST DEFINITELY WE'RE FOCUSING ON MORE OF THOSE PEDESTRIAN TRAIL CROSSINGS LIKE THIS ONE THAT RECENTLY UP CLOSER TO YOU THAT WENT RIGHT THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THAT TRAIL CROSSING. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE KIND OF FOCUSING RIGHT NOW. OKAY, YEAH, I DO.
ODDLY ENOUGH, I LIKE THE OLD FORMAT WHERE YOU HAVE TO OPEN IT UP BECAUSE THE OLD FORMAT HAD THE, THE MOST USEFUL PART OF IT IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SPENDING FOR EACH YEAR.
AND THEN BECAUSE LIKE PRAIRIE TRAIL IN THIS DOCUMENT SAYS 2027 TO 2029, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE OTHER PAGE AND THEN YOU FIND IT IF YOU CAN FIND IT, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL JUMBLED TOGETHER, THEY'RE NOT IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. THEY'RE NOT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. THEY'RE NOT IN ORDER BY DEPARTMENT. ON THE LATER SECTION. SO I WAS SEARCHING AND SEARCHING. I FINALLY FOUND IT, AND I SAW THAT THE FUNDING WAS ACTUALLY TWO YEARS OUT, WHICH I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT UNTIL I SAW YOUR PRESENTATION, BECAUSE IN THE EARLIER PART IT HAS 2027.
SO I LIKED IT WHERE YOU HAVE IT BY DEPARTMENT AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S BEING SPENT IN EACH YEAR.
IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER TO FIND. SO THEN I CAN, I FEEL LIKE I'M SEEING YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO THANK YOU. GOOD PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. I DON'T EITHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND NITPICKING IT DOWN.
OKAY, SO COUNCIL THAT'S OUR LAST PRESENTATION.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN TONIGHT.
SO TIME, THE TIME IS NOW 7:59 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
GOOD NIGHT, FLOWER MOUND.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.