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          [CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING. 
          I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM FIRST THING ON THE 
          [A. VISITORS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS]
AGENDA WOULD BE ITEM A, VISITORS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. 
          MR. MAGNER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR, COUNCIL, UH, WE DO HAVE TWO CARDS THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN ADVANCE OF THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE. 
          UM, I'LL LET BOTH OF THE, UH, RESIDENTS THAT SUBMITTED CARDS KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN PROVIDED. 
          UH, THE COMMENTS, UM, THE FIRST CARD WAS FROM SUSIE WILLIAMS AT 1402 FORSYTH DRIVE. 
          THE TOPIC WAS TAXES, THE SENIORS STRUGGLING WITH INFLATION. 
          THE SECOND WAS, UH, FROM KELLY MCGARRY NINE, UH, 1 9 1 1 NORTH WATERVIEW DRIVE, AND THE TOPIC WAS TO THE PROPOSED 2324 BUDGET. 
          AND THERE WERE A VARIETY OF COMMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED. 
          UM, I'LL LOOK OVER TO OUR CITY SECRETARY, SEE IF THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS. 
          NO SPEAKERS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAGNER. 
          THANK YOU, AMY. 
          WELL GO TO ITEM 
          [B. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CITY MANAGER’S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024]
ITEM B, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, 24. 
          MR. MAGNER, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR WHOLE TEAM, I WANNA, UM, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AS YOU'LL SEE, UH, JUST A SECOND. 
          UH, AND AS WE'LL, SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          TONIGHT'S THE CULMINATION OF MANY, MANY HOURS OF, UH, DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL, UH, IN, IN, UH, COUNCIL BRIEFINGS, UH, DEEP DIVES, IF WE LIKE TO CALL 'EM, AS WELL AS THE WORKSHOP. 
          AND THEN, UH, CONCLUDING LAST WEEK WITH THE DISCUSSION ON THE TAX RATE, UH, AND THE OPTIONS, UH, BEFORE YOU, UH, HERE AS A FAMILIAR CHART TO YOU THAT YOU SEE EVERY YEAR, THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          AND, UH, TONIGHT IS THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          IN THE COMING, UH, TWO WEEKS, WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE, AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU'LL, UH, UH, TAKE YOUR, UH, VOTE, UH, ON, UM, THE 28TH TO RATIFY THE TAX RATE UNTIL ADOPT THE BUDGET. 
          AND THEN WE BEGIN THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED THIS, UH, THE, THE WORK PRIOR, UH, LEADING UP TO TONIGHT HAS BEEN, UM, UM, SIGNIFICANT. 
          UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE, UM, BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU AND AGAIN, UH, SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY HOW MUCH, UH, ATTENTION AND DETAIL IS GOING INTO, UH, REALLY KIND OF GETTING INTO, UH, THE NUTS AND THE BOLTS OF, UH, THE PROPOSAL THAT I WAS ABOUT TO SHARE WITH YOU. 
          UM, EVERYTHING FROM THE WATER DISTRICT TO OUR OWN WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM, UH, UH, DART AND OUR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY BRIEFING THAT WE DID INTERNALLY. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE KEY, UH, AREAS OF FOCUS, UH, OUR STREETS AND ALLEYS, OUR FACILITIES AND FLEET PARKS, MAINTENANCE, IT, UH, AND THEN OUR DRAINAGE FUND. 
          UH, THEN THE TWO NIGHT WORKSHOP WE SPENT TOGETHER, UH, DISCUSSING, UH, AND, AND REALLY FOR US, UH, LISTENING AND, UH, HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR DIRECTION. 
          UM, AND THEN INCORPORATING THAT INTO THE BUDGET THAT I FILED, UH, LAST MONDAY, I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME, LAST FRIDAY, THE 11TH. 
          UM, THIS IS GONNA BE OUTLINED, UH, TONIGHT. 
          IT'S A, A FAMILIAR PRESENTATION IN SOME RESPECTS, BUT AGAIN, ALSO UPDATED TO REFLECT THE IMPORTANT, UH, FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED US, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, UH, FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE, UH, NEW TO THE DISCUSSION OR, OR THE CONVERSATION. 
          UH, A A VARIETY OF FACTORS REALLY. 
          UM, WERE, WERE INFORMING OUR, UH, UH, UM, MINDSET AS WE BEGAN TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, WHAT DRIVERS WE WOULD WANT TO FOCUS ON FOR THIS BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          UM, YOU SEE THE RISE IN INTEREST RATES, THE CONSUMER BEHAVIOR INFLATION. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE DISCUSSED THAT A LOT. 
          UH, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, AND THEN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. 
          UM, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF THE, UH, RISING INTEREST RATES. 
          UH, I, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, IT WAS, UH, JULY 24TH, UH, AND JULY 25TH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FED POSSIBLY IN INCREASING, UM, AGAIN, UM, UM, BY, WE THOUGHT AT THAT TIME, ABOUT ANOTHER QUARTER. 
          UM, SO, UH, AND, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, HIKING THE, UH, INTEREST RATES. 
          AND, AND IN FACT, THEY DID DO THAT ON THAT WEDNESDAY. 
          UH, THEY TOOK THAT STEP, UM, INCREASED IT ANOTHER, UH, 0.25%, UH, NOW AT A 22 YEAR HIGH. 
          UM, THE THINKING IS THAT, UM, THE FED PROBABLY WILL NOT TAKE A SIMILAR ACTION IN SEPTEMBER, BUT THAT THEY COULD INCREASE IT ONCE MORE, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AND REASON THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE AS, AS WE DISCUSSED, AS, UH, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS SENTIMENT, AGAIN, CAN FOR THE MOST PARTS TO REALLY TO TO BE KIND OF, UH, UNCERTAIN AND EVEN KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A DOWNTREND. 
          UM, THAT'S BEEN OFFSET THANKFULLY, BY CONSUMER SPENDING. 
          BUT IT CAN, IF INFLATIONARY PRESSURES CONTINUE TO, UM, TO, TO, UH, GROW, AND WE SEE THINGS LIKE, UH, THE STUDENT LOAN, UH, PAYMENTS BEGINNING AGAIN, HOW MUCH DISCRETIONARY SPENDING WILL WE SEE? AND WILL THAT HAVE THE ABILITY, UH, TO MAYBE PUT US INTO A RECESSION BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS, UH, WHAT A LOT OF ANALYSTS BELIEVE, UH, WILL HAPPEN. 
          AND SO WE WANTED TO BE REALLY MINDFUL OF THAT AND OUR, UH, REVENUE PROJECTIONS, UH, AS WELL AS IN OUR SPENDING RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, BOTH OF THOSE IMPORTANT. 
          UM, I THINK THE, UH, INFLATIONARY PRESSURE, UH, THAT, UM, THAT THE, UH, FED IS TRYING 
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TO CONTROL. 
          UH, MANY ANALYSTS BELIEVE IT'LL TAKE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF 2024 FOR THAT TO, TO HIT THE TARGET RATE OF ABOUT 2% THAT THE FED IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE. 
          I ONLY SAY THAT TO SAY THAT INFLATION IS LIKELY GONNA BE A FACTOR IN OUR, OUR NEXT BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE FED TAKES A LONG VIEW OF HOW TO CONTROL IT AND GET IT BACK INTO A LINE, UH, WITH WHAT THEIR, UH, EXPECTATIONS ARE AND WHAT THEY DESIRE. 
          IT'S GOING TO. 
          IT'S GONNA JUST TAKE SOME TIME TO DO THAT. 
          THE FINAL CONSIDERATION, I THINK, IN THIS REALM IS, IS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT PREVIOUSLY. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UM, CLOSE TO 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE THAT IS UNOCCUPIED AT THIS TIME. 
          UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST RISK AND VULNERABILITY THAT WE, WE HAVE IN THAT REGARD, UM, IS WHEN, UM, A LOT OF THOSE LEASE RENEWALS COME UP AND THE LEASES AREN'T RENEWED, OR THEY'RE RENEWED FOR SIGNIFICANTLY LESS, UH, SQUARE FEET. 
          UM, AND THEN THE DEBT ON THOSE BUILDINGS MATURE. 
          AND WHAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE IS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A SITUATION WHERE A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT'LL UNDERWRITE 'EM. 
          AND SO WE AT RISK, THE RISK THERE FOR US IS HAVING THE BANK, HAVING THE BANKS TAKE THE BUILDINGS BACK, AND HAVING THEM, UH, SHARPLY DECLINE IN PROPERTY VALUE, IN VALUE, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT, AND TO THE MARKET CAN CORRECT ITSELF. 
          AND WE CAN KIND OF GET BACK TO A, A MOVING TREND. 
          BUT IF THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF, UH, INFORMATION OUT THERE SAYING THAT, THAT, UH, THAT POINT OF, UM, OF, UH, CONNECTION IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN, LEASES ARE GONNA NOT BE RENEWED, OR THEY'RE GONNA BE RENEWED AT LESS SQUARE FEET, DEBT'S GONNA COME DUE, AND THE TWO ARE NOT GONNA, ARE NOT GONNA RECONCILE. 
          AND, AND, UH, WE, WE LIKELY WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF OUR, UM, BUILDINGS, UH, IN SOME TRANSITIONARY PERIOD FOR, FOR, UH, FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME. 
          UH, AS THAT CORRECTS ITSELF. 
          I MENTIONED THE INTEREST RATES HERE. 
          YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, UH, WE, WE SHOWED THIS CHART PREVIOUSLY. 
          UH, KEITH AND KEN HAVE KIND OF LOOKED AT THIS. 
          IT HASN'T CHANGED MUCH JUST BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL QUARTER POINT, UH, IN, IN THESE REALMS ANYWAY. 
          BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, BUT ALSO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUILDING, UH, OUR BUSINESSES ARE DEALING WITH AS, UH, AS WE, UM, AS WE CONDUCT, UH, BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY. 
          UM, UH, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, AGAIN, THIS IS THE MEASURE OF, UH, UH, THE AVERAGE CHANGE OVER TIME IN PRICES THAT ARE PAID BY CONSUMERS FOR THINGS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TYPICAL MARKET BASKET OF GOODS AND SERVICES. 
          WHAT I WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO HERE IS THE ALL ITEMS LESS THE FOOD AND THE ENERGY. 
          'CAUSE THE FOOD AND THE ENERGY HAVE REALLY, IT, PARTICULARLY THE ENERGY HAS ACTUALLY HELPED, UH, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. 
          UH, BUT WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS IF YOU COULD JUST GO BACK TO, UH, TWO YEARS TO ABOUT THIS TIME, UH, BACK IN 2021, YOU SEE ALMOST A TWO AND A HALF TO A 3% SWING, UM, UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, THE, UH, PERCENT OVER THE PRIOR YEAR OR THE PRIOR TWO YEARS. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, THIS JUST BEING MINDFUL OF WHAT WOULD, UH, IMPACT WILL THIS HAVE ON CONSUMER SPENDING? AND, UH, PARTICULARLY THINGS LIKE OUR SALES TAX OR OTHER OTHER FEES, UH, FOR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING, UM, FOR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. UM, WE SHARED WITH YOU A A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, AND WE WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE. 
          I'LL JUST REMIND YOU SOME OF THE LARGEST ONES. 
          A, UH, OUR, OUR AMBULANCE, OUR, OUR STANDARD AMBULANCE, UH, ALMOST 24%, UH, IN F Y 24 COMPARED TO F Y 23. 
          YOU SEE THE TAHOES THERE, 30, ALMOST 36% MORE IN F Y 24 COMPARED TO 23. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE PUMPER TRUCK THERE, UH, 22%. 
          BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE BIG TICKET ITEMS, IT'S THINGS THAT WE USE EVERY DAY. 
          LAPTOP COMPUTERS UP 13%, BACKHOES UP 21%. 
          UH, THINGS LIKE WATER MAIN, WHICH WE LITERALLY USE THOUSANDS OF LINEAR FEET OF, UM, UP, UH, 8%. 
          UM, AND THEN EVEN THINGS LIKE FERTILIZER. 
          SO, NOT TO BELABOR THIS POINT, BUT INFLATION, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO BE, UH, MINDFUL OF AND, AND, UH, VERY PLEASED WITH. 
          UM, THE, I THINK WHAT, WHAT WILL BE AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE, UH, AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT MORE LOCALLY HERE AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, AGAIN, LABOR SHORTAGES, AS I'VE SAID TO YOU, UH, PREVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR TALENT IS OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE. 
          BUT THAT RESOURCE, RESOURCE IS HARDER AND HARDER TO COME BY. 
          UM, AND ESPECIALLY HERE IN NORTH TEXAS WHERE IT HAS SUCH A ROBUST, UM, ECONOMY. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A BLESSING AND MANY RESPECTS. 
          AND ALSO IN, SOMETIMES IT'S A, IT'S A CHALLENGE WHEN YOU HAVE A ECONOMY AS ROBUST AS OURS, BECAUSE TALENT IS AT A PREMIUM. 
          UM, IF YOU LOOK HERE, UM, THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN VERY MINDFUL OF, UM, UH, NOT JUST NORTH TEXAS, ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES. 
          THESE, ANYWHERE YOU FIND A REALLY TIGHT LABOR MARKET. 
          UH, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF STRATEGIES THAT, UH, UH, SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYERS ARE HAVING TO IMPLEMENT. 
          UH, THINGS LIKE, UH, MORE FLEXIBLE TIME, OF COURSE, INCREASING WAGES, UM, UH, LOOKING AT NEW TALENT POOLS. 
          I'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE CITY CREATING, UM, UM, INTERNSHIPS OR EVEN, UH, MENTORSHIP, UH, PROGRAMS AND, AND, UH, REALLY OPENING UP, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE BASE TO A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL OF, UM, EMPLOYEE WITH DIFFERENT SET OF EXPERIENCES, UH, AND SKILLS AND TRAINING THEM, 
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UH, SIGNING ON BONUSES, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR, UM, NOW FOR, FOR ALMOST A, A YEAR AND A HALF. 
          UM, SO ALL OF THESE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS WE BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT, UH, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION HERE LOCALLY, AS I MENTIONED, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IS THAT, UH, WE ARE IN A VERY, VERY ROBUST ECONOMY. 
          SO FOR EVERY A HUNDRED JOBS HERE IN TEXAS, THERE ARE ONLY 91 WORKERS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO COMPETITION IS FIERCE. 
          WE TALKED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT, UH, POSITIONS LIKE CORRECTION OFFICERS, ENGINEERS, UH, POLICE, IT EMPLOYEES, HOW, UH, THERE ARE FAR FEWER QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES, UH, OR I'M SORRY, UH, FAR FEWER, UH, QUALIFIED APPLICANTS THAN THERE ARE POSITIONS. 
          AND I SHARED WITH YOU SOME, UH, RESEARCH BY, UH, MISSION SQUARE, WHERE, UH, ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS, UH, 70% OF THOSE RES UH, THOSE INTERVIEWED FOR THE RESPONSE SAID THAT THERE WERE FAR FEWER, UH, APPLICANTS THAN THERE ARE POSITIONS. 
          UM, IN ADDITION, LIKE WE'RE EXPERIENCING HERE, IT'S TAKING ALMOST, UH, 30, ALMOST, UH, 30, UH, 6% OF THE A, UH, THE RESPONDENTS SAID THAT IT'S TAKING THEM SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TIME TO HIRE. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT THEY'RE FEWER AND FAR BETWEEN. 
          WHEN YOU DO FIND SOMEONE, IT TAKES A LOT MORE TIME, ATTENTION, ENERGY, AND RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY, UH, ACHIEVE THAT TALENT. 
          I SHARED WITH YOU THAT, UM, OUR SITUATION HASN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH SINCE LAST YEAR. 
          NOT WITHSTANDING YOUR AWESOME SUPPORT, THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND SOME REALLY HARD WORK BY OUR HR DEPARTMENT, BY OUR PD AND FIRE RECRUITMENT TEAMS. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING SMART AND BEEN CREATIVE. 
          HOWEVER, TODAY WE STAND AT ALMOST A 90.5% VACANCY, SO STILL OVER A HUNDRED POSITIONS CITYWIDE THAT ARE, UH, VACANT, UH, SOME OF THE HAR HARDEST HIT AREAS, UH, WATER AND SEWER, UH, EACH WITH A, A 27 AND A 40% VACANCY STILL TODAY. 
          UH, FLEET SERVICES WITH ALMOST A 20% VACANCY. 
          UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS, BOTH IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          UH, BUILDING INSPECTION, UH, ALMOST A 25% VACANCY NECESSITATING A WHOLE DIFFERENT STRATEGY AS IT RELATES, UH, TO INSPECTION SERVICES FACILITIES. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU SEE A THEME HERE WITH THE, WITH THE TRADES AND THE TECHNICAL KIND OF TRAINING THAT THESE, THESE, THESE FOLKS NEED, UH, FACILITIES, A 23% VACANCY, AND THAT'S NOT CUSTODIAL. 
          THAT'S THE FOLKS THAT WORK ON OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR, OUR SYSTEMS, UH, POLICED, UH, NOTWITHSTANDING A LOT OF EFFORT. 
          THEY'RE STILL, UH, ALMOST A, UH, 12% VACANCY, UM, NOTEWORTHY, UH, DISPATCH POSITIONS. 
          RIGHT NOW, 32% OF THE POSITIONS AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN DISPATCH ARE VACANT. 
          UM, WE ARE REALLY SURVIVING BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME AMAZING, AWESOME PART-TIMERS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE, BUT THAT'S A NOTEWORTHY NUMBER, ALMOST 20% VACANCY AND DETENTION OFFICERS. 
          UM, SO ONE OUT OUTTA EVERY FIVE POSITIONS. 
          AND, UH, HERE OVER A NOW OVER A 10%, UH, VACANCY IN OUR POLICE OFFICERS WITH A NUMBER OF, UH, UH, POLICE OFFICERS RECENTLY BEING POINTED TO SERGEANTS. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS THE SERGEANT VACANCY, BUT, UH, HAVE CREATED A VACANCY IN OUR, UM, IN OUR POLICE OFFICERS. 
          UM, WHY, UH, AGAIN, THE COMPETITIVE NATURE OF NORTH TEXAS. 
          UH, WE'RE SEEING FAR LESS APPLICANTS. 
          UM, IF YOU, JUST TO GIVE, GIVE YOU A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THESE, THE FLEET TECHNICIAN TWO POSITION WE'VE HAD POSTED, UH, ALMOST NONSTOP. 
          FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE HAD FOUR, FOUR APPLICANTS THIS YEAR. 
          WE HAD 22 BACK IN, UH, PRE, IN 2019, POST PANDEMIC, UM, COMBINATION INSPECTOR, OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR. 
          WE'VE HAD 24 PEOPLE APPLY TO BE A COMBINATION INSPECTOR, WHEREAS WE HAD THREE TIMES THAT MONEY THAT, THAT MUCH IN THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          HERE'S WHERE YOU REALLY START TO SEE A NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKER. 
          WE'VE HAD 200 VERSUS OVER A THOUSAND JUST BACK IN 2019, AND POLICE OFFICER, WE HAVE 278 VERSUS ALMOST 1200 IN 2019. 
          SO WE ARE JUST NOT WITHSTANDING, AGAIN, A LOT OF GOOD, HARD WORK. 
          WE'RE JUST NOT SEEING, UM, THE INTEREST IN, IN THE POSITIONS. 
          UH, WE HAVE, AS I MENTIONED, DONE A LOT OF CREATIVE THINGS, UM, WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND WITH YOUR GUIDANCE AND WITH YOUR HELP. 
          WE'VE IMPLEMENTED MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, UH, THAT WERE MERIT-BASED. 
          EACH OF THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          THEY'VE BEEN VERY COMPETITIVE. 
          WE'VE ADDRESSED THE LIVING WAGE, UH, WHICH WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF HELPING, UH, OUR MOST, OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS, THOSE THAT ARE OUT THERE DAY IN, DAY OUT, DOING THE HARDEST JOBS, HELPING THEM EARN, UM, A FAIR WAGE. 
          UH, WE'VE, WE'VE ALLEVIATED SIGNIFICANT SALARY COMPRESSION IN OUR, IN OUR PAY PLAN SO THAT WE CAN BRING IN, UM, THOSE HARD TO FILL POSITIONS. 
          WE CAN BRING THOSE INCUMBENTS IN AT A HIGHER RANGE WITHOUT CREATING INTERNAL EQUITY ISSUES. 
          SO WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT. 
          WE'VE CREATED AND ADDRESSED, UH, EXCUSE ME, WE ADDRESSED AUTO ALLOWANCES FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A VEHICLE AND DRIVE THAT VEHICLE DAY IN, DAY OUT. 
          THESE ARE OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS, OUR HEALTH INSPECTORS, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 
          THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE DRIVING ALMOST 80% OF THE TIME, UH, TO, TO ADJUST TO DO THEIR JOBS. 
          UM, WE HEARD THIS WAS A BIG ISSUE, AND WE STARTED CREATING AN ACCRUAL VACATION FROM DAY ONE, UH, TO, TO, TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE, UM, IN THE, UH, PARTICULARLY AGAINST THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          WE HAVE A TELECOMMUTING POLICY THAT I SIGNED LAST MARCH WHEN I, WHEN I BECAME CITY MANAGER FOR 10 HOUR. 
          WORK DAYS ARE AN OPTION DEPENDING ON, UH, THE, THE DEPARTMENT, AT THE DEPARTMENT'S LATITUDE, UM, AND, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER, UH, THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE HERE. 
          SO, UM, 
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WE HAVE NOT SAT BACK AND JUST ACCEPTED OUR FATE WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYEES. 
          WE ARE WORKING HARD, AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GONNA SUGGEST TO YOU AND THAT I FILED AS PART OF THIS BUDGET, AND THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US SO MUCH SUPPORT ON ALREADY THIS YEAR, ARE GONNA FURTHER OUR ABILITY TO COMPETE. 
          UM, I DID WANT TO SPEND, UH, JUST A FEW MINUTES LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF SURVEYS. 
          UH, THIS IS OUR CURRENT STATUS AS IT RELATES TO, UM, OUR, UH, OUR, THE, THE 12 CITIES WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO FOR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, AND OTHER SALARIES. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, I I'LL REMIND YOU THAT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD, WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET, AND I, I REMIND THE COUNCIL, THE COMMUNITY, AND I REMIND OUR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS, UH, UH, POLICE AND AND FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF THAT THIS IS ALWAYS A POINT IN TIME. 
          WE, WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AND WE RECOGNIZED THAT. 
          BUT WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, WE WERE IN THE TOP FOUR IN EVERY ONE OF THE POSITIONS EXCEPT THE, THE, THE MINIMUM OF CAPTAIN. 
          AND WE WERE ONLY JUST A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THAT. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU, YOU'LL SEE THAT PHENOMENA AGAIN. 
          AND THAT'S A BYPRODUCT OF THE INTERNAL EQUITY THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS CREATED. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY NOT AN ISSUE. 
          WE, WE WON'T BE IN THE, THE TOP FOUR IN THIS, BUT THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY NOT AN ISSUE. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A BYPRODUCT OF THE PROMOTIONAL, UH, UH, PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE FROM DRIVER ENGINEER. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE ALMOST FALLING OUT OF, UH, FALLING OUT OF THE TOP FOUR AND ALL OF JUST ONE, UH, CATEGORY. 
          AND THAT WAS THE DRIVER ENGINEER. 
          AND THAT'S A POSITION THAT ONLY ABOUT HALF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS ACTUALLY HAVE, AND THAT'S, UH, UNIQUE TO OURS. 
          AND SO, WHILE WE MADE SOME VERY GOOD PROGRESS LAST YEAR, UM, WE, THE, THE REMAINDER OF THE, THE, THE METROPLEX, UH, ADJUSTED AS WELL. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE FOUND OURSELF AGAIN IN MANY RESPECTS, UH, YOU KNOW, FIVE, SEVEN OR EVEN NINE, 10 OR 11 RANKING, UH, MUCH LIKE, UH, THE SAME SITUATION IN THE, UM, GENERAL EMPLOYEE, UH, CATEGORY. 
          HERE, YOU SEE, UH, NOT SO, UH, UH, SIGNIFICANT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE MINIMUM PAY, BUT THE MAXIMUM PAY REALLY SHOWING, UM, SOME VULNERABILITIES. 
          UH, WITH RESPECT TO OUR, OUR, UM, PHYSICIAN HERE. 
          UM, AGAIN, THE LIVING WAGE, UH, HERE IS, AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE, THE HOURLY RATE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL IN A HOUSEHOLD MUST EARN TO SUPPORT HERSELF OR HERSELF OR THEIR FAMILY. 
          UH, THE LIVING WAGE, UH, YOU CAN SEE WITH, WITH ZERO CHILDREN FOR DALLAS COUNTY THIS YEAR AT 1824, UM, IF YOU DO AN EVALUATION OF OUR STAFF, WE HAVE 97 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND 131, UH, UH, PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, BUT THESE ARE PERMANENT PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, SO IT'S NOT SEASONAL. 
          THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR US YEAR ROUND. 
          THEY JUST DON'T WORK OVER A THOUSAND HOURS. 
          UM, THESE ARE PEOPLE MAKING, UH, LESS THAN THAT 1824. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, UM, REALLY WANTING TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY. 
          THAT WAS A, A DRIVER AND, AND MY RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS AND COUNSEL, I JUST WANNA, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE 1300 PEOPLE THAT, THAT WORK AT THIS CITY, THEY, UH, RECOGNIZED AND ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT TO GO AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT THAT ADDITIONAL PERCENT TO REALLY CREATE, AGAIN, FOR THE NON-PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          REALLY, UH, YOU'LL SEE A CHANGE A LOT OF THOSE POSITIONS, UH, PARTICULARLY ON THE MAXIMUM, BUT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TO BUILD A LITTLE BIT OF RESILIENCY, A LITTLE BIT OF CUSHION, IF YOU WILL, SO THAT WHEN OTHER CITIES DO MAKE THEIR CHANGES, WE DON'T FALL AS FAR BEHIND. 
          WE KNOW THAT THAT'S INEVITABLE. 
          IT IS, IT'S INEVITABLE IN EVERY SURVEY YOU DO, REGARDLESS ON ANY TOPIC, IT'S A POINT IN TIME. 
          BUT THE, THE, THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE GOTTEN, I HOPE THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED AS WELL, IS THAT OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES FEEL OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BY YOUR, UM, UH, UH, ENCOURAGEMENT TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THAT ADDITIONAL 6%. 
          SO THAT IS WHAT I FILED. 
          UH, YOU'LL SEE IT UP TO A 6% PAY ADJUSTMENT. 
          AGAIN, THESE ARE MERIT-BASED, UH, ADJUSTMENTS. 
          UM, BUT THEY, UH, BUT UP TO 6% FOR BOTH, UH, UH, POLICE, UH, AND FIRE, AS WELL AS THE STEPS THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE FOR, UH, POLICE AND FIRE AS WELL, FOR THE, UH, SWORN POSITIONS OR THE SELECT FEW POSITIONS THAT ARE IN POLICE THAT TECHNICALLY AREN'T SWORN, UH, POSITIONS LIKE DETENTION OFFICER 9 1 1 THAT ARE SO SIMILAR THAT THEY ARE ALSO REMAIN IN THE STEP POSITIONS. 
          AND THEN A 6% UP TO A 6% PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR GENERAL EMPLOYEES. 
          UH, AND THEN IMPORTANTLY, THE, UH, $300,000 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BRING OUR LIVING WAGE, OUR, OUR MINIMUM WAGE UP TO 1889. 
          THAT'S WHERE YOU GET WITH THE 6%. 
          SO NOW WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO EXCEED THE DALLAS COUNTY LIVING WAGE, AND NOW HAVING A, UM, A MINIMUM STARTING SALARY FOR FULL-TIME POSITIONS AND PERMANENT PART-TIME POSITIONS AT 1889. 
          UM, WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT AND VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          SO WHAT DID THAT ADDITIONAL PERCENT DO? YOU CAN SEE IT'S REALLY POSITIONED US VERY, VERY STRONGLY. 
          AND AGAIN, I LOOK AT, UH, I LOOK AT THE TWO AND THE TWO SEVEN, THE THREE ONE, THE THREE SEVEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FOUR, NINE, THE, BUT EVEN THE TWO FIVE AND THE TWO TWOS. 
          AND WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO CREATE, AGAIN, A BUFFER. 
          UM, SO THAT IF WE, WHEN WE DO, WHEN WE DO HAVE CHANGES HERE IN NORTH TEXAS AND OUR POSITION CHANGES, UM, BECAUSE OF THOSE, UM, IT WON'T BE AS SIGNIFICANT OF A CHANGE. 
          UM, THERE WERE YEARS WHERE WE WERE JUST BARELY GETTING TO, YOU KNOW, THE FOURTH RANK OR JUST A LITTLE BIT AHEAD, OR A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO MAKE, UH, THIS HAPPEN. 
          'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA MAKE US, UH, MORE RESILIENT, UM, FROM A PAY PLAN STANDPOINT 
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AS OTHERS REACT HERE IN NORTH TEXAS. 
          UM, EQUALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT THE 6% IS MAKING ON SOME OF OUR HARDEST TO FILL POSITIONS. 
          LOOK AT THE, THE CUSTODIAN, FOR INSTANCE. 
          I MEAN, WE ARE, WE ARE GONNA BE VERY STRONG, THE WATER SYSTEM OPERATOR, 40% VACANCY IN WATER, WATER SYSTEM OPERATORS RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S VERY POSITIVE CHANGES THAT WE'RE HAVING. 
          UM, AND I COULD GO ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THE LINE HERE, AND IT'S VERY, VERY POSITIVE AS A RESULT OF, UH, THE, THE ADDITIONAL PERCENT. 
          UH, I, I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU AND, UH, AND, AND, AND FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE LONGEVITY, UH, WE, WE HAVE, UH, PROPOSED AND FILED THE BUDGET BY INCREASING THE LONGEVITY TO $8. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE STAND HERE TODAY, I MENTIONED TO YOU, IF WE WERE ABLE TO FILL ALL HUNDRED POSITIONS IMMEDIATELY, WE'D HAVE OVER 240 EMPLOYEES WITH ONE YEAR OR LESS EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY. 
          SO ALMOST FROM A FULL-TIME STANDPOINT, ABOUT 20% OF OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD'VE ONE YEAR OR LESS EXPERIENCE. 
          THIS IS INTENDED TO, TO, TO DEMONSTRATE TO OUR MORE SEASONED, EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES THAT THEY'RE VALUED, THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS VALUED, AND THAT WE WANT THEM TO REMAIN PART OF THE TEAM. 
          WE NEED THEIR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE. 
          WE NEED THEIR, WE NEED THEIR EXPERIENCE. 
          WE NEED THEIR SKILLSET TO BRING UP THIS NEXT GENERATION OF NEW EMPLOYEE. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR, UH, YOUR SUPPORT OF INCREASING THE LONGEVITY. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, UH, ONE THING I THINK WILL HELP, UH, NOT ONLY FROM A RETENTION STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO A RECRUITMENT STANDPOINT. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR ABOUT, UH, OFTEN, UH, IS, UH, WHEN YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ARE, ARE COMPARING BENEFITS. 
          UH, WE WERE, UH, UH, ABOUT, UH, ON AVERAGE TWO, TWO HOLIDAYS BEHIND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HERE IN NORTH TEXAS. 
          UM, I THINK THIS IS A PRUDENT, UH, FIRST STEP. 
          WE REALLY WANT TO FULLY UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT A FLOATING HOLIDAY, WHAT THAT WILL MEAN TO THINGS LIKE OVERTIME AND COVERAGE. 
          UM, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, GUIDANCE TO, TO BEGIN LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR AT WHAT AN ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY WOULD MEAN, UH, TO BRING US INTO MORE ALIGNMENT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES. 
          UM, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING, AGAIN, THAT'S BEEN VERY, VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE ORGANIZATION, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, YOUR SPECIAL DAY IS RAMADAN, OR WHETHER IT'S GOOD FRIDAY OR JUNETEENTH AND OR, OR ANY OF THESE OTHERS, OR, OR ANY OTHER, UH, SPECIAL DAY THAT YOU WANNA TAKE OFF TO CELEBRATE BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU FOR WHATEVER REASON. 
          UM, THAT'S WHAT THIS, UH, STRATEGY IS, IS PROVIDED FOR. 
          AS I GET INTO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          UH, I'LL REMIND YOU, UM, UH, THE TOTAL FUNDING FOR POLICE, FIRE AND, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL INCREASE BY $6.3 MILLION, UH, TO A TOTAL OF $70 MILLION. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE, UH, 38.4 FOR PD, UM, THE 31.2 FOR FIRE, AND THEN, UH, 710 FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          A SMALL BUT MIGHTY DEPARTMENT. 
          I WOULD, I WOULD SAY, UM, WITH AWESOME PROFESSIONALS. 
          UM, JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS ON SOME OF THE KEY INVESTMENTS FOR POLICE. 
          WE'RE VERY EXCITED, UH, TO BRING ON BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, UH, FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, UH, UH, COMING ON IN IT TO, TO, IN ADDITION TO THE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENTS WHICH ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. 
          UM, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, SMALL, BUT AN IMPORTANT RECLASSIFICATION. 
          UH, WITH, WITH THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, THREE, WITH THE, UH, UH, 12 HOUR SHIFT STRATEGY THAT R P D HAS ADOPTED. 
          THIS WILL PROVIDE THIS ADDITIONAL UPGRADING OF THIS, UH, LIEUTENANT WILL ALLOW FOR ONE LIEUTENANT TO BE ON SHIFT, UH, FOR EVERY 12 HOUR SHIFT, AND AS, AS THEY, AS THEY PROVIDE COVERAGE. 
          THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE AS WE, AS WE JUST DISCUSSED, A LOT OF THOSE SERGEANTS, UH, ARE VERY NEW TO THEIR POSITION. 
          I MEAN, WE HAD JUST TWO THE OTHER DAY, UH, SWORN IN AT ONCE. 
          AND SO I THINK CHIEF SHARED WITH US, WE'LL HAVE SEVEN SERGEANTS, UM, WITH ONE YEAR OR LESS EXPERIENCE. 
          AND WE HAVE OTHER SERGEANTS THAT'LL BE APPOINTED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO, A VERY YOUNG, VERY TALENTED, BUT VERY YOUNG, UH, GROUP OF, UH, LEADERS. 
          AND SO, UH, BY, BY UPGRADING THIS POSITION, IT'LL ALLOW FOR ONE MORE TENURED EXPERIENCED LIEUTENANT TO ALWAYS BE ON DUTY, TO BE A RESOURCE TO THEM. 
          AGAIN, ALONG THE LINES OF, UM, RECRUITMENT AND APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM, UH, TO, UH, MORE EFFECTIVELY HELP OUR, UM, OUR RECRUIT, OUR R P D RECRUITERS, UM, UH, KEEP UP WITH TRACK AND, AND HOPEFULLY ULT, ULTIMATELY HIRE, UM, UM, SOME, SOME REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES. 
          THE PEER SUPPORT TRAINING IS VERY IMPORTANT IN BOTH POLICE AND FIRE. 
          UM, AS YOU, YOU WELL KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR FRONTLINE, UH, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS SEE SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE, UH, SHOULD NEVER SEE IN THEIR LIFETIMES. 
          AND, AND PEER SUPPORT IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, UH, PART OF THEIR ABILITY TO DEAL AND MANAGE WITH THAT. 
          IT CAN'T ALWAYS BE SOME FROM SOMEONE FROM THE OUTSIDE. 
          IT, SOMETIMES THE BEST PERSON IS SOMEBODY WHO'S, WHO IS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. 
          AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW, THIS IS A TRAINING, UH, THE TRAINERS, IF YOU WILL. 
          THIS WILL ALLOW SOME OF OUR KEY, UH, PEER SUPPORT, UH, UH, TEAM MEMBERS TO GO RECEIVE FURTHER TRAINING SO THEY CAN COME BACK AND ENHANCE THE PEER SUPPORT BY, BY TRAINING OTHERS. 
          AND THEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES, UH, THINGS LIKE THE PROGRAM, UH, THINGS LIKE OUR CRIME WATCH PROGRAM, UH, CHIEF TITTLE PUTTING TOGETHER A GOOD PLAN RIGHT NOW TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE THOSE, UH, IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
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UH, REALLY PROUD OF THIS. 
          UH, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WE'RE ADDING NINE FIREFIGHTERS. 
          LAST, UH, LAST BUDGET YEAR, WE ADDED NINE FIREFIGHTERS TO, UH, ACTIVATE AMBULANCE 36 IN, AT FIRE STATION SIX IN THE BRECKENRIDGE AREA. 
          THIS YEAR, IT'S FOR AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF, UH, ACTIVATING A, UH, BLOCKING APPARATUS 24 7, SO THAT ANYTIME OUR, UH, POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS, UH, ARE ON US 75, OR THEY'RE ON, UH, THE GEORGE BUSH TOLLWAY, UM, AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, THEY HAVE THIS RESOURCE TO CALL TO ADD THE, UM, THE ADDITIONAL SECURITY, UH, AND, AND CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR OUR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS. 
          THERE ARE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE RESIDENTS THERE, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO WORK IN THOSE, THOSE CARS AND THOSE VEHICLES THAT STOP. 
          UH, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE VICTIMS THAT ARE THERE AS WELL. 
          AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR THE TOTALITY. 
          UH, THE TWO NEXT, UH, ITEMS, THERE ARE THE OVERTIME REDUCTION STRATEGIES. 
          NOW, OVERTIME'S IMPORTANT TO REDUCE BECAUSE OVERTIME IS MORE COSTLY THAN, THAN REGULAR TIME. 
          THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE, BUT THERE'S ALSO A HUMAN ELEMENT TO THIS OVERTIME. 
          IT'S HOW MUCH MANDATORY OVERTIME CAN WE REASONABLY EXPECT, UH, FIREFIGHTERS TO WORK, UM, AND NOT REALLY START TO GET BURNED OUT OR HAVE THAT MANDATORY OVERTIME, UM, IMPACT, UM, UM, THEIR, THEIR OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE, WHICH IMPACTS THE WAY THAT THEY DO THEIR JOB. 
          AND I'LL REMIND YOU WITH THE 46 96, UH, UM, UM, 48 96, I'M SORRY, WITH THE 48 96 SCHEDULE, THIS IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE BY THE TIME THEY'RE ENDING UP, UH, 48 HOUR SHIFT, IF WE'RE ASKING THEM OR REQUIRING THEM TO STAY OVER ANOTHER ANOTHER DAY, UH, THAT'S THREE VERY LONG DAYS. 
          NOT TO MENTION THEY'RE AWAY FROM FAMILY AND UNABLE JUST TO GET THE IMPORTANT REST THEY NEED. 
          UM, THE IDEA HERE WILL BE TO HAVE FLOATERS, UM, THAT, UH, ON, ON, ON SHIFTS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE IDEAL TO THINK THAT, THAT ON ANY GIVEN DAY, ALL 40, UH, TWO, I'M SORRY, ALL ALL, UM, ALL OF THE 42 43, UH, POSITIONS WOULD BE FULL. 
          BUT WHEN YOU THINK OF THINGS LIKE VACATIONS OR SICK LEAVE, LONG-TERM, DIS LONG-TERM INJURIES, UH, TRAINING. 
          UM, THE REALITY IS, IS EVERY ONE OF THESE DAYS, THESE FOLKS WILL BE FILLING IN FOR SOMEBODY, AND THEY'LL BE DOING IT AT REGULAR TIME INSTEAD OF TIME AND A HALF. 
          AND SO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A GREAT, A GREAT STRATEGY. 
          THE TWO PART-TIME INSPECTORS ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE USING, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TO, TO, TO BE ABLE TO STAY CURRENT WITH OUR I S O REQUIREMENT FOR INSPECTIONS. 
          WE'RE USING FIREFIGHTERS AND PAYING THEM OVERTIME TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE THESE INSPECTIONS. 
          UH, THIS WILL ELIMINATE THAT NEED, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT FOR NOT ONLY A FRACTION OF THE COST, BUT, UH, SAVING THOSE, THOSE HOURS SO THAT THOSE FIREFIGHTERS CAN CONTRIBUTE IN OTHER WAYS. 
          I MENTIONED THE MEN, UH, MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS CHECKS THAT'LL BE ADDED TO THE PHYSICAL CHECKS. 
          AND THEN SOME, UH, DRONE, UH, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE REINVESTING HEAVILY AGAIN IN BOTH, UH, PD AND FIRES, UH, FLEET. 
          UM, AS, AS YOU SEE THERE ALMOST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR 15 VEHICLES, UH, PREDOMINANTLY THE TAHOES, UH, THE FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS, UH, AND INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE CRIME FIGHTING TOOL. 
          UM, WE'VE SOLVED CRIMES IN RICHARDSON, TEXAS WITH CAM FLOCK CAMERAS THAT WERE IN PLANO, TEXAS. 
          AND SO WHEN BEING ABLE TO DEPLOY THESE 20 CAMERAS AROUND RICHARDSON IS GONNA GREATLY ENHANCE, UM, UH, RPDS ABILITY, UH, TO, TO, UM, UH, TO, TO, TO BOTH PREVENT AND SOLVE CRIME, UH, THE BODY-WORN CAMERAS AND THE TASERS FOR DETENTION PERSONNEL, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BEST PRACTICE. 
          NOW, UM, WITH THE KINDS OF INTERACTIONS THEY HAVE, THAT'S JUST MAKES, THAT'S JUST GOOD BUSINESS. 
          UH, YOU SEE THE PUMPER TRUCK, THE AMBULANCE, THE COMMAND VEHICLES, UH, THE ONE VEHICLE, UM, FOR, UH, THE TWO FIRE INSPECTORS, THEY, THEY WON'T BE ON AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO IT'S JUST ONE, UH, HYBRID, A SMALL HYBRID VEHICLE. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE THINGS LIKE THE, UH, RESCUE AIRBAGS, WHICH IS PITCHED ON THE TOP RIGHT THERE. 
          UM, THIS IS A, AN INCREDIBLY TIME SAVING THING, NOT ONLY MUCH SAFER, UH, AGAIN, WHEN THEY'RE ON S 75 OR GEORGE BUSH TRYING TO, UH, RESPOND TO, UH, EMERGENCIES, THEY CAN SIMPLY HOOK UP AN AIRBAG TO THIS. 
          AND LITERALLY, UH, UH, JACK, UH, ELEVATE AND JACK UP A, A CAR, UM, UH, RESCUE, AS WELL AS JUST, UM, UM, UH, MAINTENANCE TYPE THINGS, AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER MISCELLANEOUS THINGS THERE. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE, UM, THE, UH, AT THE E O C, THE SECURITY CAMERA REPLACEMENT, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT, YOU'LL SEE THAT LATER AS WELL. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST A REMINDER. 
          WE HAVE A, WE HAVE NUMEROUS SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, THERE, SOME OF 'EM ARE LEGACY SYSTEMS, SOME OF THEM, UM, LIKE THE E O C FEELS, FEELS LIKE A REALLY OLD BUILDING NOW. 
          IT'S REALLY NOT THAT OLD, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, CONSOLIDATE TO THIS EXTENT THAT WE CAN. 
          NOT EVERY BUILDING CAN BE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE THE, UH, SECURITY SYSTEMS ARE EASIER TO MAINTAIN. 
          WE HAVE MORE PARTS, UH, IF WE NEED 'EM, IF WE HAVE, IF WE HAVE A UNIFIED SYSTEM, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THIS IS VERY EXCITING TO ME. 
          UH, THE TOTAL FUNDING IN, UH, UH, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IS INCREASING, UH, ALMOST $3 MILLION OVER LAST YEAR. 
          AND, UM, SO LET ME EXPLAIN A COUPLE OF THE, THE CONTINUED INVESTMENTS IN SOME OF THE NEW INVESTMENTS. 
          SO THE CONTINUED INVESTMENTS INCLUDES THE SCREENING WALL ENTRY FEATURE AND BRIDGES. 
          UH, YOU SEE THERE, THE, THE, UH, $210,000 FOR THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE, 
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AND THEN THE $120,000 FOR THE, FOR THE WALL WASHING AND PAINTING. 
          SO THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY, UH, THE 80 MAN WALLS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE PORT IN PLACE, CONCRETE STAMP WALLS, BUT IT'S ALSO A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY PROJECTS WE DID IN SIX 10, UH, FOR INSTANCE, THAT, UH, THE CITY'S INVESTED. 
          AND SO IT'S PROTECT, IT'S PROTECTING OUR INVESTMENT AND, AND, AND TAKING CARE OF OUR RESOURCES. 
          THE $244,000 HERE IN THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY THAT WAS IN THE BASE BUDGET, IF YOU WILL, AT THE WORKSHOP TIME. 
          REMEMBER, THIS WAS THE, UH, DOLLARS THAT WE IDENTIFIED. 
          THIS ISN'T TO DO ANYTHING MORE. 
          THIS IS JUST THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WE NEEDED TO CONTINUE ON THE SAME ROTATION FOR THINGS LIKE SIGNS AND MARKINGS. 
          UM, UM, AND SO, UH, AND THAT WAS DRIVEN LARGELY, UH, BY, BY INFLATION. 
          BUT EXPANDED INITIATIVES ON THIS, IN THIS REALM IS AN ADDITIONAL $50,000 FOR, UH, THE ENTRY FEATURE WASHING AND REPAIR PROGRAM PROGRAM. 
          THIS WILL ALLOW US TO NOT ONLY DO THE, THE, TO POWER WASH, THE, UH, WALLS, WE'LL ALSO BEGIN WASHING, UH, POWER WASHING AND MAINTAINING THE ENTRY FEATURES THAT WE'VE BUILT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, UH, PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. 
          AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE STREET'S BUDGET, AND THAT CAN BE USED BY OUR STREET STAFF OR STREET STAFF, UH, CAN USE THAT FOR, UH, CONTRACT SERVICES. 
          UH, THIS IS LOCALIZED STREET REPAIR, PREDOMINANTLY IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND SO SOMEBODY HAS A, A WATERLINE BREAK, AND THERE'S A PANEL THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. 
          AND, AND SO THIS IS, THIS IS A GOOD, GOOD DOLLARS BEING REINVESTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UM, SOME OTHER KEY EXPANDED INVESTMENTS INCLUDES, OBVIOUSLY OUR GEO BOND PROGRAM. 
          I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE LAST SECTION AS WE TALK ABOUT THE DEBT PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU ALMOST $20 MILLION, UH, IN BOTH COMBINED, UH, IN, IN BOTH DEBT, AS WELL AS, UH, CASH RESERVE FUNDING FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER MAINTENANCE PROJECT. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, THE H 25 PROJECT. 
          IT'S THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR, UH, UH, CAPACITY MANAGEMENT, UM, AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, THE SEA MOUNTAIN PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE SHARED WITH YOU IN A BRIEFING THE DRAINAGE, UH, FEE, UH, NO RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE THAT, BUT NOW AT $3.2 MILLION, THE REINVESTMENT, UH, AND YOU SEE HOW THAT'S STARTING TO REALLY CHANGE FROM STUDIES AND SERVICES, UM, AND, AND MORE AND MORE DOLLARS EVERY YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING TO GO TO PROJECTS, UM, AND, AND TO REALLY IMPLEMENT, UH, PROJECTS. 
          THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING NUMBER. 
          OUR STREET, UH, ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM HAS BEEN HUGELY SUCCESSFUL. 
          BACK IN 2012, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED IT, WE HAD JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, UM, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PROJECT AT THAT TIME. 
          YOU THINK, UM, HERE, HERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, A DECADE LATER, BUT NOW, UH, 5.7 MILLION. 
          BUT IF YOU ADD THE TWO TOGETHER STREETS AND ALLEYS, AND THAT'S HOW YOU SEE IT IN, IN THE FUN SUMMARIES, UM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, ALMOST, UH, UH, ALMOST SEVEN POINT, UH, $7 MILLION A YEAR. 
          THAT'S PAYGO MONEY . 
          THAT'S NOT THAT, THAT'S PAYGO DOLLARS. 
          AND THIS YEAR, UH, BECAUSE OF THE STRATEGY THAT YOU ENCOURAGED US TO TAKE WITH THE INCREMENT, WE'RE INCREASING BY $1.1 MILLION. 
          AND I JUST CANNOT, UH, UNDER, UNDER UNDERSTATE HOW IMPACTFUL THAT'S GONNA BE. 
          UM, OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ADDITIONAL $925,000 THAT IS BEING GENERATED FOR THIS BY THE INCREMENT, IS TO ALMOST ENTIRELY FOCUS THAT ON NEIGHBORHOODS WE SHOWED YOU IN THE STREETS, RE IN THE STREETS, MAINTENANCE, UH, BRIEFING HOW WE WERE STARTED THE PROGRAM. 
          WE WERE DOING TWO NEIGHBORHOOD ZONES A YEAR, AND NOW WE'RE DOING AS LITTLE, SOMETIMES AS A HALF OF A ZONE BECAUSE OF HOW COSTLY IT'S BECOME. 
          UM, AND, UM, AND, AND, AND QUITE FRANKLY, BECAUSE NOW HERE 10 YEARS LATER, A LOT OF THOSE ZONES WE HAVEN'T, UM, WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED YET. 
          THE CONDITIONS HAVE WORSENED. 
          UM, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO, TO RECOMMEND PUTTING ALL THOSE FUNDS, UM, AND IMPROVING STREETS IN FRONT OF, IN FRONT OF OUR RESIDENTS HOMES WHERE THEY DRIVE IN EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ON THE COLLECTORS AND ARTERIALS TO ALREADY ON ARTERIALS, ALREADY KIND OF MAKING THE SECOND ORBIT, GOING BACK AND MAKING REPAIRS ON STREETS LIKE CAMPBELL AND ARAPAHO THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE. 
          AND SO I REALLY FEEL, UH, STRONGLY THAT THAT'S THE BEST PLACE TO USE IT. 
          UH, PARKS MAINTENANCE JUST IS A HUGE, UH, BOOST TO PARKS, MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES ALMOST A, A, A 20% INCREASE THIS YEAR COMPARED TO, TO PAST YEARS, BRINGING BOTH THE, UH, PARKS AND FACILITIES UP TO ALMOST $600,000 A YEAR. 
          AND THEN ON THE FACILITY SIDE, RECALL, UH, A LOT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE DURING COVID. 
          SO THE ENHANCED ALLOCATION OF $250,000, UH, IN, IN AND FOR SPECIAL FACILITIES INITIATIVES. 
          THAT'LL KIND OF HELP US CATCH UP, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO HERE'S JUST A, UM, HERE'S A, HERE'S A CHART THAT SHOWS YOU FROM WORKSHOP TO FILING THE VARIANCE IN ALL OF THE PAY-AS-YOU-GO INITIATIVES AS A RESULT OF BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE, UH, THE, UH, PART OF THE INCREMENT. 
          AND YOU SEE A ONE, ALMOST $1.4 MILLION MORE, UH, ALL GOING TO INFRASTRUCTURE AS A RESULT OF THE UTILIZATION OF THE, UH, THE INCREMENT HERE ON THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SIDE AND THE BASE BUDGET. 
          UM, WE, UH, INCREASED, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL $230,000 FOR SIGNS IN MARKINGS, 175 FOR PAVEMENT MARKINGS, UH, BIKE LANES. 
          AND THAT WAS REMEMBERED TO GET IT ONTO THE FIVE YEAR CYCLE, WHICH IS 
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THE BEST PRACTICES. 
          IF WE STICK TO THIS AND WE CONTINUE, UH, TO ADHERE TO THIS, UM, YOU WILL SEE A MARKED DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY AND THE QUALITY AND THE CONDITION OF THESE. 
          UH, WE ARE NOW AT A ROTATION THAT, UH, MAKES, UM, A GOOD SENSE FROM A, FROM A, UH, FROM A STRATEGY STANDPOINT. 
          AND YOU'LL START SEEING IN TIME HOW THESE, UH, DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY'VE GOTTEN SO FAR, UH, UH, UNMAINTAINED OR SO DETERIORATED BEFORE WE ADDRESS 'EM, STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE THE SAME WAY. 
          UM, AGAIN, ALL OF THESE, UH, SOME OF THESE OTHERS A LITTLE SMALLER, BUT ALL OF THESE ENHANCEMENTS, UM, TO, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE, UH, ON, ON THE, ON THE STREET SIDE AND THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY SIDE, A NUMBER OF KEY CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AS WELL, UM, UH, REPLACING PART OF OUR TRADITIONAL, UH, UH, UM, UH, FLEET FOR THOSE FUNCTIONS EACH YEAR. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE NEW REVENUE, UM, THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE, UH, THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR WAS $15.4 MILLION IF YOU, UH, TAKE OUT THE $2.3 MILLION FOR NON-PUBLIC SAFETY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION INITIATIVES. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE 6% PLUS THE, UH, LONGEVITY, IF YOU SUBTRACT THE $4.4 MILLION, UH, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND THAT IS THE, UH, UH, COMPENSATION, UH, AS WELL AS THE LONGEVITY, BUT ALSO THE NEW, THE NINE NEW FIREFIGHTERS AND, AND SOME OF THE OTHER EXPANDED PROGRAMS. THAT'S $4.4 MILLION, AND THEN THE $2.4 MILLION FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT, UH, AS WELL AS THE $4 MILLION FOR THE REQUIRE THAT, THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO, UH, ADD TO, UH, FUND BALANCE TO ACHIEVE THE 90 DAYS WE'RE LEFT WITH $2.3 MILLION OUT OF 15.4. 
          SO WHEN WE SAY THE, THE THREE DRIVERS, UM, THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, IS, IS REALLY WHERE THE NEW RESOURCES ARE, ARE GOING, I THINK THAT THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT, UM, PRETTY, PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          UM, A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT I WANTED TO, TO JUST REITERATE AS PART OF THIS BRIEFING. 
          UM, I DID MENTION TO YOU A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES. 
          UM, AND THESE REALLY CAME OUT OF A COUPLE OF, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. 
          UM, I, I, I, LAST YEAR I'D MENTIONED TO YOU, AND, AND IT WAS IN THE BUDGET, A NEW POSITION FOR, UH, FACILITIES. 
          UM, I, I SHARED WITH YOU THAT AS WE LOOKED AT A NEW CI A A, UH, UPDATED CITY HALL AT THAT TIME, UM, UH, A UPDATED LIBRARY, WE HAVE BUILDINGS LIKE THIS. 
          WE HAVE FIRE STATIONS. 
          UM, THE, UH, MANAGEMENT OF OUR FACILITIES HAS BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY MORE, UM, UH, UH, COMPREHENSIVE AS WELL AS COMPLICATED. 
          AND WE, I FELT LIKE WE REALLY NEEDED A FACILITIES PROFESSIONAL. 
          UM, OUR ENGINEERS HAVE BEEN DOING A FINE JOB, UM, BUT, UH, THE SYSTEMS IN THESE BUILDINGS JUST NECESSITATE, UH, SOMEONE WHO, WHO MAKES THAT THEIR CAREER. 
          UM, WE DIDN'T EXECUTE ON THAT BECAUSE WE REALLY NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, UH, FROM A LONG-TERM STANDPOINT WITH CITY HALL AND THE LIBRARY. 
          SO THAT POSITION REMAINED IN AS AN AUTHORIZED POSITION, JUST AN UNFILLED POSITION, UM, WITH SOME CHANGES THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, UM, WITH THE, UH, UPCOMING RETIREMENT OF KEITH DAGAN, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, UM, I'VE ALSO LOOKED AT, UH, AT FLEET AND, UM, WE, WE LOOKED AT, UH, THE BEST PRACTICES OF A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES. 
          UH, BOTH OF THESE, WHILE THE, THE FUNCTION MAY BE DIFFERENT, UM, THE ART OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES IS VERY SIMILAR IN MANY, MANY RESPECTS, AND MANY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT BOTH IN THE PUBLIC, IN THE PRIVATE REALM. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE LAUNCHING ON, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, UM, LAUNCHING ON A, UH, RECRUITMENT FOR A FACILITIES AND FLEET, UH, DIRECTOR. 
          UH, WE'LL BE TAKING FACILITIES OUT OF AND, AND CUSTODIAL SERVICES OUT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS. 
          WE'LL LET THE ENGINEERS FOCUS ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND, UH, WE'LL BE TAKING FLEET OUT OF, UH, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, ALSO IN THIS ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE IS THE ADDITION OF AN ASSISTANT FLEET MANAGER. 
          UH, THIS IS, UM, UH, A VERY SIGNIFICANT SUCCESSION PLANNING STEP THAT WE, WE NEED TO TAKE. 
          UM, WE HAVE RUN LEAN IN FLEET FOR MANY YEARS, AND IT GOES FROM A MANAGER, UH, ESSENTIALLY DOWN, UH, RIGHT DOWN TO, UM, UH, SOME OF THE SUPERVISORY MECHANICS. 
          AND WE NEED TO GET A PROFESSIONAL IN THAT WILL BE PREPARED TO, UH, TO TAKE OVER WHEN OUR FLEET MANAGER, UH, DECIDES TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, PHASE OF, OF HIS LIFE. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING ON THE FINANCE SIDE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SHARED WITH YOU PREVIOUSLY, UM, UM, WE HAVE, UH, LEARNED SOME LESSONS, UM, UH, ON, ON, UH, CAPACITY, PARTICULARLY IN THE ACCOUNTING, UH, PORTION OF OUR OPERATIONS. 
          AND SO, UM, THESE CHANGES ARE, UH, TO BRING ON, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, A, A PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING POSITION. 
          UM, WE WANT THE NEW DIRECTOR, UH, TO, TO COME ON BOARD, UH, WORKING CLOSELY WITH KEN, OUR C C F O TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT POSITION WILL BE. 
          UM, BUT IT WILL BE, IT WILL BE HIGHLY RESPONSIVE, UH, TO DEAL WITH THE TWO FINDINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, UH, IN THE AUDIT. 
          AND, UM, WE ARE GOING TO, UM, CORRECT THAT SITUATION, AND WE ARE GONNA POSITION OURSELVES TO DO THAT. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ALONG THIS WAY. 
          AGAIN, UH, UH, AN ORGANIZATION AS LARGE AS 
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OURS, UH, ONLY WITH ONE PAYROLL SPECIALIST. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF SUCCESSION PLANNING, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT CAPACITY. 
          UM, AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, UM, THOSE, UH, THOSE, UM, IMPORTANT SERVICES, INTERNAL SERVICES TO OUR ORGANIZATION, POLICE AND FIRE PAYROLL. 
          YOU COULD HAVE ONE PERSON THAT WOULD JUST DO THAT. 
          IT'S SO COMPLICATED THE WAY THAT, THE WAY THEY, THEIR, THEIR SHIFTS WORK AND, AND ALL OF THE, UH, DIFFERENT TIMES, UH, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE CALLED IN. 
          AND THEN ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FRONT, AGAIN, UH, UH, A HUGE WORK PLAN. 
          UM, A A $500 MILLION CAPITAL PLAN OVER THE NEXT, UH, UH, FOUR YEARS, UH, WITH SUDDENLY THE ADDITION OF AN $85 MILLION CITY HALL, UH, AFTER THE FIRE LAST YEAR. 
          AND THIS, I BELIEVE, IS, UH, IT'S STRATEGIC AND IT'S ESSENTIAL TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UH, DEPARTMENT CAN FOCUS ON, UH, IMPLEMENTING THAT CAPITAL PLAN THAT WE HAVE. 
          IT'S, IT'S, THE CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE IS, IS, IS ALMOST LIKE NONE OTHER IN THE ORGANIZATION WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THAT IS AND HOW MUCH, UH, IMPORTANCE THOSE PROJECTS HAVE TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT, UM, UH, RIGHT-SIZING CAPITAL PROJECTS AND LETTING THEM FOCUS ON WHAT THEY ARE, UH, WHAT THEY WERE HIRED TO DO AND WHAT THEY WILL DO. 
          ABSOLUTE, UH, BEST. 
          UH, JUST A COUPLE OTHER QUICK NOTES HERE. 
          I ALSO EXCITED TO, THIS BUDGET INCLUDES THE UPGRADING OF THE CULTURAL ARTS LIAISON, UH, FROM A PART-TIME POSITION TO A FULL-TIME POSITION LAST YEAR, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WE, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY, WE HAD A PERSON THAT WAS DEDICATED TO THAT IN A PART-TIME ROLE. 
          UH, THE ARTS IN SO MANY WAYS CONTINUES TO, UH, BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S TIME THAT, THAT IT HAS A FULL-TIME PERSON DEDICATED TO BE A LIAISON TO THAT COMMISSION, UM, AND TO WORKING WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS, OUR PARTNERS, UH, UH, TO MAKE THAT WHAT IT IS. 
          UH, IMPORTANTLY AS WELL IN THE WATER, UH, UH, DEPARTMENT, THERE WAS A, UH, FACILITY SPECIALIST, UH, THAT WAS, UH, INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, THAT'S IN THE WATER PRODUCTION. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, GOOD LESSONS LEARNED, UH, FROM AN EXPERIENCE EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE DEDICATED TO OUR PUMP STATIONS, TO, UH, OUR, OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SOMEBODY THAT, THAT'S THEIR WHOLE JOB THAT BECOMES THEIR WORLD, AND THEY ARE, UH, ABLE TO DEAL QUICKLY, UH, WITH SITUATIONS THAT ARISE. 
          AND, UM, I FEEL LIKE THIS'LL BE AN IMPORTANT ADDITION. 
          AND THEN THE REACTIVATION, WE'RE VERY EXCITED. 
          THE REACTIVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL OUTREACH SPECIALIST, EXCUSE ME, MANAGER, UH, POSITION, UH, THIS WILL BE A PERSON THAT'LL WORK WITH OUR RECYCLING COORDINATOR. 
          THEY'LL WORK WITH THE NORTH TEXAS ADMISSIBLE WATER DISTRICT, AND THEY WILL HELP PROMOTE, UM, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER CONSERVATION, UH, TO, TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, AND THEY'LL WORK TO DO THAT REGIONALLY AND AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE OTHERS. 
          SO NOW WE TURN TO JUST SOME OF THE GENERAL FUND HIGHLIGHTS HERE. 
          UM, I'VE GOT A SUMMARY SHOT SLIDE AT THE END OF EACH OF THE, THESE SECTIONS, SO I WON'T BELABOR ALL THESE POINTS HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY TAX CATEGORY, UH, 7% GROWTH THERE WITH THE CURRENT TAXES INCREASE IN 7.1, SO PRIOR YEARS TAX, UH, PRIOR YEAR TAXES, INTEREST IN EARNINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          PLUS THE PROPERTY TAXES MAKE UP THAT FIRST CATEGORY. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE. 
          THERE. 
          AGAIN, THIS, THIS PLAN USES, UM, UH, THE 0.01858 OF THE, UH, UNUSED INCREMENT THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US FROM, UH, PRIOR YEARS. 
          WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, FRANCHISE FEES, UH, FEES INCREASED BY 12.1% SALES AND OTHER BUSINESS TAXES BY 11.3%. 
          THAT'S, UM, THAT'S 95% SALES TAX. 
          THE OTHER COMPONENTS TO THAT ARE, ARE THE BINGO TAX AND THE, UM, UH, BEVERAGE, UH, YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          THE, THE ALCOHOL TAX, ESSENTIALLY BEVERAGE TAX. 
          UH, AND THEN THE OTHER REVENUES, UH, WHICH YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IDENTIFIED THERE, UH, INCREASING, UM, UH, ABOUT 10%. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES THE FEE CHANGES THAT WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT DURING OUR, UH, UH, DURING THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE BUDGET RETREAT. 
          SO WHERE DO THE REVENUES GO? 85% OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES, UM, ARE, ARE OBTAINED FROM PROPERTY TAXES, 42% TO SALES TAX, AND THEN THE, THE FRANCHISE FEES. 
          SO 85%, UH, OF THE REVENUES ACCOUNTED FOR JUST IN THOSE THREE SOURCES. 
          UM, WE, UH, SHARED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, UH, LAST WEEK WHEN WE, UH, WHEN, WHEN KEITH AND KENT FINALIZED THE, THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DID ON, UH, CERTIFYING OUR, OUR TAX ROLL. 
          YOU SEE, THEY'RE A 24.1, UH, BILLION DOLLAR, UH, ROLE. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO FACTOR IN AND ACCOUNT FOR THE VALUES AND DISPUTE ON THE ONE HAND. 
          AND THEN THE TIFF AGREEMENT, YOU SEE, THERE'RE ALMOST 2.5 BILLION IN THE TIFF AGREEMENT. 
          SO WHEN YOU FACTOR THOSE IN, IT TAKES US DOWN TO THAT $21.8 BILLION OR THAT 7.33 NUMBER THAT YOU SEE THAT YOU SAW ON THE, UH, FIRST, UH, SLIDE. 
          AND YOU SEE THERE ABOUT $150 MILLION OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, UH, IS PART OF THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, SO SOME OF THE TAX ROLL IMPACTS, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT THESE. 
          SO 90 PER 96% OF RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS SAW A MARKET VALUE INCREASE OF AT LEAST 10%. 
          YOU SEE THERE, THE AVERAGE HOME VALUES, THE MARKET, UH, VALUE WENT UP TO 431,000, BUT THE TAXABLE VALUE IS AT 351,000. 
          SO ALMOST AN INCREASE, UH, UH, ABOUT THE SAME PERCENT. 
          UM, 62% OF THE RESIDENTIAL CO UH, QUALIFIED FOR THE HOMESTEAD CAP LIMITING THE TAX INCREASE IN, IN ANY ONE YEAR TO THAT 10%. 
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SO 62%. 
          UM, YOU SEE THE CURRENT SENIOR EXEMPTION OF $130,000 NOW EQUATES TO ABOUT 29.75%, UH, PROTECTION AGAINST THAT MARKET VALUE. 
          AND, UH, UH, YOU SEE THERE, UH, THE NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS WENT UP BY OVER 4% TO 31.28, UH, PERCENT. 
          SO NOW ESSENTIALLY ALMOST ONE OUT OF, UH, EVERY THREE OF OUR, UM, UH, TAXPAYERS ARE RECEIVING THE $130,000, UH, EXEMPTION AS A, AS A SENIOR OR, OR, UH, OR OTHER, UH, SITUATION WHEN IT COMES TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, UH, VALUE SPLIT. 
          UH, YOU'VE SEEN THESE NUMBERS, UH, FOR YEARS. 
          THEY CHANGE, THEY TWEAK A LITTLE BIT EACH TIME, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY A 60 40 SPLIT, UH, 41 59, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT THIS, THIS YEAR. 
          AND THEN ON THE TAXABLE ROLL CHANGE, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, ACCOUNTED FOR 11.89, THE COMMERCIAL 4.57, AND THE B P P AT 17.64. 
          AND THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW IT ALL ROLLED IN THE TAX RATE. 
          UM, AGAIN, THE TAX RATE IS THAT, UH, IS, IS THE, THE RATE THAT YOU ADOPT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S THE RATE THAT, UH, THE ASSESSED, UM, UM, ON, ON, ON THE, UH, REAL PROPERTY AND THE B THE B P P, IT HAS THE M AND O PORTION AND IT HAS THE DEBT RATE. 
          THE NEW, NEW REVENUE RATE WOULD, IS THE RATE THAT WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS ESSENTIALLY SB TWO RATE, THAT'S THE THREE POINT HALF PERCENT, AND THEN THE PUBLISHED VOTER APPROVAL RATE INCLUDES THE TOTAL INCREMENT THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY AT THAT TIME. 
          SO WE SH WE SH WE LOOKED AT THIS LAST WEEK, YOU SEE THE CURRENT TAX RATE OF 0.56, I'M SORRY, 0.56095, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE WOULD BE 0.50602, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE WITHOUT THE INCREMENT. 
          SO THAT'S THE SBT RATE ESSENTIALLY IS THE 0.54237. 
          AND THEN THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE WITH THE INCREMENT IS THE 0.59077. 
          THAT'S NOT JUST THE INCREMENT WE'RE USING. 
          THAT'S ALL THE INCREMENT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US. 
          SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT AMOUNT IS ACTUALLY 0.04181. 
          AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, ACHIEVED BACK IN Y UH, I'M SORRY. 
          IT'S, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S PORTION, A PORTION OF IT THAT THE, UH, 0.4 0.04181 IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE, UH, REALIZED BACK IN 2021 WHEN, UH, BECAUSE OF COVID, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CERTIFIED TAX ROLE, AND WE WERE ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO KIND OF ESTIMATE OUR, OUR, OUR OWN, UM, OUR OWN, UH, ROLE, IF YOU WILL. 
          YOU SEE THERE THAT YEAR, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE WAS THE 0.66697. 
          THE ADOPTED RATE, THE 0.62516. 
          THAT'S HOW WE ARRIVED AT THE INCREMENT THAT YEAR OF THE 0.04181. 
          UM, THERE'S A, A SMALL AMOUNT OF INCREMENT HERE. 
          YOU SEE THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 2122, YOU CAN SEE THERE AT THE BOTTOM ON THE RIGHT HAND CORNER, IT'S THAT 0.0069. 
          UM, SO THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US NOW IS THE CURRENT TAX RATE, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THE 5 6 0 9 5, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, THE 5 4 2 3 7. 
          UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, VOTER APPROVAL RATE WITH THE INCREMENT FROM BOTH YEARS, THAT'S THE FIVE NINE, THE 0.59077 NUMBER, WHAT THIS BUDGET IS, UH, PREDICATED ON AND AS FILED WAS USING 0.01858 OF THE 0.041. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM THAT NOTE, THAT FOOTNOTE, UH, EXPLAINS THAT, THAT 0.00659, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL EITHER DISCUSS UTILIZING NEXT YEAR OR WE WILL LOSE THAT NEXT YEAR. 
          WHAT WE WILL, UH, U UH, LOSE THIS YEAR, UM, IS, UH, UM, THE, UM, I'M SORRY, IT'S THE, UM, IT'S, UH, APPROXIMATELY, UM, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH IT IS CHARLES? POINT 0.23? YEAH, IT'S THE, IT'S THE DELTA FROM THE 0.04181 TO THE 0.01858. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FORFEITING OR, OR, OR, OR, OR LOSING, IF YOU WILL, THIS YEAR, UM, UH, MORE THAN 50% OF THE INCREMENT THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US AS A RESULT OF THE F Y 2021. 
          UM, IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE STAND, UH, LAST YEAR, YOU CAN SEE OUR TAX RATE, OUR TAX RATE, UH, RANKED FIFTH LOWEST AMONGST OUR PEER CITIES. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE THE AVERAGE THERE, 0.5 8 0 6 4 4, AND THEN OF, OF COURSE, OUR NUMBER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS LIKELY THAT OTHER CITIES, UH, WILL ALSO LOWER THEIR TAX RATE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT JUST IN THIS GROUP ALONE, IRVING, MESQUITE, UH, AND CARROLLTON ARE ALL CONSIDERING ALSO USING INCREMENT. 
          WE WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES THAT WERE REALLY THROWN OFF BACK IN F Y 2021 BY NOT HAVING A CERTIFIED ROLE. 
          AND, AND IT, IT'S IMPORTANT RESOURCES THAT A LOT OF CITIES ARE HAVING TO CONSIDER WHAT TO DO, UH, HOW, HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE BECAUSE, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THE YEAR THAT THEY FALL OFF. 
          IF, IF THAT DOESN'T OCCUR. 
          UM, IF YOU LOOK AT AN ESTIMATED RESIDENTIAL TAX BILLS, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE, UH, YOU SEE THE CITY OF RICHARDSON AND R I S D, UH, UM, CITY OF RICHARDSON, UH, IN, IN DALLAS COUNTY, ABOUT 31% OF THE TOTAL TAX BILL UH, IN, UH, IN, IN COLLIN COUNTY, ABOUT 34%, UH, MAINLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER PARKLAND HOSPITAL, THE, THE, THE, UH, SCHOOL EQUALIZATION FUND, SOME THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE. 
          SO IT LOWERS THE OVERALL, UH, UH, PROPORTIONAL RATE. 
          BUT, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UH, ABOUT THE SAME, UM, OTHER 
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REVENUES HERE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE LICENSE AND PERMITS. 
          UM, YOU SEE, UM, UM, BASED ON OUR CURRENT TREND THAT WE'RE BASING THIS ON OUR CURRENT TRENDS, PLUS ABOUT $204,000 FROM BUILDING PERMIT FEES, I THINK ABOVE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT INCREASE IS FROM, UH, BUILDING. 
          UM, AND, UM, AND SO, SO OTHER, OTHER THAN THAT REMAINS, UM, UH, RATHER STEADY FINES AND FORFEITURES. 
          YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, UM, UH, JUST OVERALL ACTIVITY, UH, IS, UH, IS, IS TRENDING DOWN JUST A BIT. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN CONSERVATIVE IN THAT. 
          UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IMPROVED, UH, INTEREST RATES, UM, AND THAT HAS BENEFITED THE CITY. 
          UH, YOU SEE THE REC, UH, THE REC AND LEISURE, UH, FEES, UH, INCLUDE A NUMBER OF THE FEES THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH YOU, UM, UM, DURING, UH, BUDGET RETREAT, UM, UH, THINGS, UH, SOME AQUATIC FEES AND GYMNASTIC FEES. 
          UM, AND THEN YOU SEE THE OTHER REVENUE AND THE G AND A CHARGES THAT ARE BASED ON, UM, OUR MOST RECENT UPDATE THAT WE DID FROM A, UH, COST ALLOCATION PLAN. 
          AND SO, UH, THAT'S THE OTHER REVENUES AGAIN, UM, UH, REALLY SMALL, UH, PERCENT OVERALL. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, THE GENERAL FUND, UH, THE EXPENDITURES HERE, YOU SEE AN INCREASE PROPOSED AT, UH, 14.92. 
          UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE BULLETS IN DETAIL, BUT, UH, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, HOW THE MAJORITY OF THAT WAS BEING UTILIZED, UH, FOR THE, UH, RE RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, AND, UH, AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, SOME OTHER NOTEWORTHY THINGS. 
          UH, THERE YOU SEE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND DEDICATION, UH, BEING INCREASED, UM, UH, KIND OF RESTORING IT TO, UH, PRE COVID LEVELS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND REALLY BEGINNING, UH, TO, UH, DEMONSTRATE, UH, A, A COMMITMENT TO THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, SO WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO, UH, IN THIS REGARD? UH, WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE IT COMES FROM. 
          UH, 75% OF IT GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, GENERAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, MOBILITY AND RECREATION AND LEISURE, 75% OF, UH, THE ENTIRE GENERAL FUND, UH, EXPENDITURES OF JUST TO THOSE FOUR, UH, WITH PUBLIC SAFETY BY FAR, UH, YOU KNOW, EXCEEDING, UM, THE, THE OTHERS, UH, AT 40%. 
          UM, I SHARED WITH YOU DURING THE BUDGET RETREAT, UH, ABOUT, UH, ABOUT ABOUT, UH, EIGHT TO 10 SLIDES. 
          UM, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO HERE WAS JUST, UH, HIT SOME OF THE KEY INVESTMENTS, NOT ALL OF THEM, UH, BY ANY MEANS, AGAIN, BUT YOU SEE UNDER OUR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, THE HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTER PROGRAM FULLY FUNDED AT 1.2 MILLION AND THE CONTRACTED, UH, UH, CONTRACTED BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICES, UH, AT $782,000. 
          NOW, THAT'S A NUMBER THAT IF, IF AND WHEN WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN RECRUITING STAFF, THAT NUMBER WILL BE OFFSET, UH, WHEN NEW STAFF, UH, THAT CAN COME ON THAT CAN DO OUR TRADE INSPECTIONS, YOU KNOW, OUR PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL, UH, AND EVEN SOME OF OUR BUILDING INSPECTION, UH, OUR COMMERCIAL BUILDING INSPECTIONS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR THAT NUMBER AND ADJUST IT ACCORDINGLY. 
          ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRONT, UH, WE ARE HA WE DO HAVE OUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, UH, PARTNER OF OURS. 
          UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, THAT WE DISCUSSED, UH, THE BUSINESS AND RETENTION, UH, ROUND TABLES, IQ AND CORE DISTRICT EVENTS, THE IQ BREWS. 
          UM, AND THEN I MENTIONED THE PROPERTY TAX DEDICATION INCREASING ON THE GENERAL, UH, GOVERNMENT FRONT. 
          UH, IMPORTANTLY, WE, UH, HAVE ENHANCED FUNDING TO CONTINUE, UM, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR WORKING ON OUR CULTURAL DIVERSE, UH, DIVERSE PROGRAMMING AND EVENT OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING, UM, UM, MONEY IN THERE FOR EXPANDED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES AS DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL, AND, UH, CONTINUE AMY'S GREAT WORK TO REALLY BROADEN THE DIVERSITY OF OUR APPLICANTS ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WELL. 
          THERE'S, UH, FUNDING TO SUSTAIN THAT. 
          UH, THERE'S INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES AND THE COUNSELING PLACE, UM, EACH PROVIDING A, UM, A UNIQUE SET OF, UM, UH, PROGRAMS, UH, FURTHER, UH, ENHANCING THOSE TO INCLUDE IMPORTANT MENTAL HEALTH, UH, RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY, UH, ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, I MENTIONED THE MUNICIPAL COURT SECURITY CAMERA REFRESH, AND WE HAVE A ART MASTER PLAN REFRESH AS WELL. 
          IT'S TIME TO, IT'S TIME TO REFRESH THAT, THAT IMPORTANT DOCUMENT I MENTIONED, THE FLEET AND FACILITIES, UM, THE, THE LIBRARY. 
          THERE'S, UH, FUNDING FOR THE LIBRARIES, MODIFIED OPERATIONS, AND THE TEMPORARY CITY HALL LOCATION. 
          THAT'LL BE OUR HOME FOR THE NEXT THREE TO THREE AND A HALF YEARS. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND THE FUNDING THAT WAS ALSO INCLUDED, UM, UM, IN, IN OPERATIONS HERE. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE THE ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION THAT WAS INCLUDED FOR, UM, IN, IN THE CERTIFIC, UH, CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION IN THIS, UH, SERIES 24, UH, FOR THE ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'LL BE DESCRIBING, UH, IN THE, IN THE COMING, UM, WEEKS TO YOU. 
          UH, CYBERSECURITY, ALWAYS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, A WHOLE SLEW OF, OF, UH, RESOURCES HERE ON THE IT FRONT, BUT, UH, REALLY ENHANCING THE CYBERSECURITY AND THEN, UH, UH, FUNDING FOR ALL OF OUR TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY EVENTS. 
          NOT DOUBLE FUNDING THOUGH, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, UH, BUT FUNDING FOR ALL OF OUR TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, AND, UH, INCLUDING THE RESTORATION OF THE PLAZA STAGE AT THE WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL. 
          NOW WHAT, HOW THAT'LL BE RESTORED IS TO BE DETERMINED, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ACTIVATE THAT STAGE. 
          UH, IT, IT THAT, THAT AREA OF THE, UH, OF THE FESTIVAL REALLY NEEDS THAT TO MAKE 
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IT, UH, VALUABLE TO OUR PARTNERS AND TO OUR VENDORS. 
          AND SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT. 
          UM, WE HAVE AN AQUATICS MASTER PLAN, WHICH WILL BE, UH, VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL. 
          UM, TO, UH, TO FURTHER, UM, I MENTIONED IT. 
          UH, HERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, UM, THE TRANSFER OUTS. 
          THE FIRST, FIRST ONE THERE AT THE TOP, YOU'LL RECALL IT'S OUR TYLER TRANSITION PLAN. 
          THIS WAS ABOUT A SEVEN YEAR PLAN. 
          I THINK WE'RE IN YEAR THREE OR SO OF THE SEVEN YEAR PLAN. 
          UM, SO, SO THIS WAS DEDICATED FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR THE TYLER TRANSITIONS, AS WELL AS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES THAT WE WERE, UH, MANAGING. 
          AND, UM, ONCE, ONCE THIS PROCESS WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH AND ALL OF THOSE ARE IMPLEMENTED, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL LIKELY SET, UH, TALK TO YOU ABOUT KIND OF SETTING SOME OF THESE, UH, UH, UM, FUNDS ASIDE IN, IN SOME OF, UH, IN THE INDEX WAYS WE DO THESE OTHERS, UM, TO PERMANENTLY CREATE A TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, UM, UH, FUNDING SOURCE. 
          UM, AND SO WE'LL MORE TO COME IN THAT, UH, IN, IN A FEW YEARS. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TRANSFERS OUT THAT WE ALREADY DESCRIBED. 
          IN TERMS OF FUND BALANCE. 
          UH, WE ARE VERY STRONG AGAIN, UH, YOU SEE HERE BEING BUDGET AT 90.9 DAYS, UM, AT MINIMUM 90 DAY REQUIREMENT, UH, THAT JUST, UH, OCCURRING JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, UM, VERY, UH, VERY CAPABLE OF MANAGING THAT WITH THIS BUDGET. 
          COUPLE OF OTHER, UH, QUICK HIGHLIGHTS, UM, IN THE WATER AND SEWER, UH, FUND REVENUES HERE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE 10.6, UH, 10, UM, $10.2 MILLION, UM, UH, INCREASE TO THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGET. 
          UM, THE VAST, VAST MAJORITY OF THAT IS, IS, IS, UH, WHOLESALE WATER AND, UH, TREATMENT OF OUR SEWER. 
          UH, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE, UM, I THINK BOB, THAT'S ABOUT, UH, 80, MID, 85 OR SO PERCENT OF, UH, OF, OF THE, UH, REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE IN THIS CATEGORY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          NO, IT'S, IT'S MORE LIKE 95% OF THE REVENUE WE RECEIVE IN THIS CATEGORY, UH, IN THIS, IN THIS FUND COME FROM, FROM WATER AND FROM SEWER. 
          UM, WE ARE LOOKING, UM, HERE AT, UH, AGAIN, UH, HAVING THE SAME PAY PLAN ADJUSTMENTS, UH, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          UM, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE HERE AN INCREASE OF ALMOST $4 MILLION IN THE COST OF WATER. 
          UM, YOU ALSO SEE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $3.6 MILLION, UH, DOLLARS IN THE, UH, COST OF TREATING, UM, OUR WASTE WATER. 
          UH, FOR THAT, UH, WE WILL NEED TO HAVE A 3% INCREASE. 
          I RECALL OURS IS A, OURS IS A WATER, A COMBINED WATER AND SEWER RATE. 
          UH, WE'LL NEED TO HAVE A 3% INCREASE, UH, TO THAT RATE. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, UH, THAT'S, UH, MANAGING A, UH, 11% INCREASE IN OUR, OUR WHOLESALE WATER COST. 
          AND, UH, BUT BOB, EVERY BIT OF THAT ON THE, ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE FROM THE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS. 
          UM, SO SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES THAT WE'VE HAD TO MANAGE, UM, TO, UH, TO, UH, TO, TO, TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE. 
          UM, AND, UH, WISH WE DIDN'T EVER HAVE TO RAISE ANY RATES, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP IT AS LOW AS THREE. 
          AND WE DID THAT WITH A LOT OF, UH, UH, COST CUTTING, UM, INITIATIVES. 
          AND A LOT OF, UH, I THINK STRATEGIC BUDGETING, NOT WITHSTANDING HERE, YOU STILL SEE, UH, ALMOST, UH, ALMOST $15 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WILL BE, UM, THAT WILL BE, UM, IMPLEMENTING NEXT YEAR. 
          AND AGAIN, MAINTAINING THAT 90 DAYS OF FUND BALANCE IN THE SOLID WASTE FUND. 
          HERE, YOU CAN SEE, UM, ABOUT NEEDING ABOUT $668,000 OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO BALANCE THIS, UH, UH, AND TO MAINTAIN OUR, OUR FUND BALANCE. 
          UH, HERE THE DRIVERS, UH, PREDOMINANTLY ARE, UH, THE, UH, EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE, THE FRONT LOADERS, UM, THAT WE USE, UH, FOR COLLECTION, AND THEN THE CONTINUED PRESSURE, UH, NOT ONLY ON OUR OWN STAFF, BUT ON THE TEMPORARY STAFF AS WELL. 
          UM, UH, AND THE EXPENDITURE SIDE HERE. 
          UM, WE, UH, WE WE'RE THANKFUL AGAIN THAT THE DISPOSAL AND LANDFILL COST HAVE REMAINED FLAT. 
          UH, WE DO, WE HAVE HAD A SMALL INCREASE IN OUR COMPOSTING PROGRAM, THE TEXAS PURE PROGRAM, UH, PLANO, UH, RICHARDSON, ALLEN MCKINNEY, AND FRISCO, ALL PARTNER ON THAT. 
          UH, THIS IS WHERE THE CITY RECEIVES FREE MULCH AFTER OUR, UH, COM. 
          UH, OUR, OUR, UH, BAIK, UM, UH, PROGRAM, UM, TAKES THE, UH, THE, THE DEBRIS AND, UH, TO, TO BE MULCHED UP. 
          UM, IT HASN'T BEEN REWORKED IN A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND SO THIS IS OUR SHARE OF THE UPDATED COST TO, UH, TO MAINTAIN THAT. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE SOME EQUIPMENT, A CAPITAL FUND AGAIN HERE, UM, NEEDING TO, TO HAVE A $1 INCREASE PER MONTH FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. 
          UM, WE ARE, WE ARE MAINTAINING THE 26% SENIOR, UH, DISCOUNT. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT 3% ACROSS THE BOARD COMMERCIAL, UH, RATE INCREASE. 
          UM, WE ARE ACCOUNTING FOR THE REDUCED REVENUE FROM RECYCLING. 
          NOT NECESSARILY THAT OUR RECYCLING IS LESS, BUT THE, UH, THE COMMODITIES, UH, ARE, ARE LESS IN TERMS OF WHAT, UH, WE ARE, WE'RE PAID FOR THEM. 
          AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT. 
          UM, YOU SEE THE, UH, UH, THE, I MENTIONED THE, UH, COMPENSATION AND THE TEMPORARY WORKERS, UH, THE COMPOSTING, UM, THE, THE COS ARE JUST, UH, TRADITIONAL FLEET, UH, REPLACEMENT AS WELL AS SOME CONTAINERS. 
          UM, AND THEN AGAIN, MAINTAINS THE 90.37 DAYS IN FUND BALANCE. 
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UH, THE GOLF FUND IS UNIQUE. 
          THIS YEAR YOU SEE A A A A $259,000 DECREASE. 
          AND, UM, EXPECTED REVENUES, THAT'S LARGELY IN PART BECAUSE COURSE TWO, UH, WILL BE CLOSED FROM JANUARY OF 24 THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 24. 
          UM, WE ARE NOT, UH, RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES TO FEES AT THIS TIME, BUT WE, WE WILL, UH, COMMIT TO, AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT, UH, WHEN COURSE TWO OPENS, AND WE REALLY UNDERSTAND, UM, UM, THE, THE, THE VALUE OF THAT COURSE, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH ALL THE ENHANCEMENTS AND, AND THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT'LL BE MADE THERE. 
          UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, TO, TO HELP THIS FUND, UM, ONLY HAVE A $259,000, UH, SHORTFALL, WE ARE TRANSFERRING FROM OUR, UH, GENERAL FUND SPECIAL, UH, PROJECTS ACCOUNT $595,000, AND THAT'LL HELP, UH, SMOOTH OVER, UM, ANY ISSUES. 
          NOW, IF WE DO BETTER THAN WE ARE ANTICIPATING HERE, AND WE ARE ANTICIP, WE ARE BUDGETING VERY CONSERVATIVELY HERE, THAT $595,000 NUMBER WILL BE MONITORED AND TRACKED. 
          IF WE DON'T NEED IT, IT WON'T BE TRANSFERRED. 
          IT'LL ONLY BE, WE'LL ONLY TRANSFER WHAT WE NEED TO, TO KINDA KEEP THE FUND HOLD, UH, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UM, NOT AS BIG A REDUCTION, UM, BECAUSE AS WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, WHILE SOME PORTIONS OF COURSE, TWO, UH, WILL BE, UM, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THERE'LL BE PORTIONS THAT WILL NOT BE, UH, PARTICULARLY THE FAIRWAYS, FOR INSTANCE, AND, AND OTHER, OTHER, UH, AREAS THAT'LL STILL NEED TO BE MAINTAINED. 
          UH, AND, UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS THAT THE GREENS WILL BE THE FIRST THINGS THAT WILL BE, UH, COMPLETED, UH, THE FIRST COMPONENTS OF THE UPGRADE, UH, TO THE COURSE THAT'LL BE COMPLETED. 
          AND SO WE'LL ACTUALLY BE MAINTAINING THE GREENS, JUST LIKE IF THE COURSE WAS OPEN, PROBABLY WITHIN 90 OR 120 DAYS OF THE PROJECT STARTING. 
          THEY'LL GET THOSE PLANTED IN. 
          UM, AND, AND WE WILL HAVE TO, TO MAINTAIN THOSE ALL YEAR. 
          SO YOU DON'T SEE THE SAME OFFSET THAT YOU SEE, UH, IN, IN THE REVENUE. 
          UH, I MENTIONED THE FEES AND HOW WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE. 
          I MENTIONED THE TRANSFER. 
          UH, THIS, UH, ACCOUNTS FOR THE COMPENSATION AND LONGEVITY CHANGES AS WELL. 
          AND THEN MAINTAINS THE, UH, FUND BALANCE OF, UH, 60 DAYS. 
          FINALLY, IN THE HOTEL MOTEL, UH, TAX, UM, FUND REVENUES HERE, YOU SEE, UM, THE REVENUES ARE IN ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE $3.36 MILLION TO 8.9. 
          UH, THAT'S LARGELY BECAUSE, UH, OCCUPANCY IS UP AND SO ARE, UH, SO ARE THE, UM, AVERAGE DAILY RATES. 
          AND SO IT'S A GREAT SIGN, UM, ON BOTH FRONTS. 
          FOR, FOR RICHARDSON, UM, YOU SEE THE PARKING FEES ARE, UH, ARE ENHANCED AND, UM, ARE, ARE RECOGNIZING THE INCREASED USE IN THE FULL EISMAN CENTER PRESENT SEASON, UM, UH, AS WELL. 
          AND SO, UH, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, YOU SEE AGAIN, THE COMPENSATION LONGEVITY. 
          UH, WE DID MOVE OVER ONE ADMIN SECRETARY THAT'S, UH, UH, NOW IN THE C V B AS WE DID THE OTHER C V B PERSONNEL, THE, THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          UM, THIS INCLUDES, UM, UH, NOT ONLY THE, THE NORMAL RENTAL RATES FOR THE EISMAN, BUT AS YOU CAN, AS I MENTIONED, THE FULL EISMAN CENTER PRESENT SEASON AS WELL IN THE, UH, EXPENDITURES. 
          UH, HERE YOU HAVE, UM, I MENTIONED THE INCREASED THE, THE INCREASED COMBINATION OF THE OCCUPANCY AND AVERAGE. 
          UM, UH, AGAIN, THE, THE, THE COMPENSATION, THE LONGEVITY, UH, ART GRANTS ARE FUNDED AT $375,000. 
          THAT'S AN INCREASE OF A, OF $70,000. 
          UM, WE WILL BE LOOKING, UM, WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION AT, UM, UM, AT THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF EITHER RESERVING 25 OF THAT 3 75 OR ADDING TO THAT 3 75. 
          UM, SO THAT THE, UM, THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, UM, STRATEGY THAT THE COMMISSION HAS USED OVER THE YEARS WHERE, UM, THEY HAVE KIND OF, THEY JUST HOLD SOME OF THE MONEY TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS, UM, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES, MUCH LIKE WE HAVE DONE IN THE EISMAN CENTER PRESENTS, UH, IN THE PAST. 
          AND, UM, AND SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT OPPORTUNITY WILL COME KNOCKING, AND, UH, WE WANNA BE PREPARED FOR THAT. 
          AND SO, UH, WE'LL BE TALKING WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION ABOUT WHETHER THEY WANT TO RESERVE SOME OF THE 3 75 OR WHETHER WE WANT TO GO OUT AND CARVE OUT A LITTLE OF ADDITIONAL, UH, DOLLARS. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND HONESTLY, JUST KNOWING THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY FOR THE CULTURAL EDGE COMMISSION, UM, IS, UM, AND, AND, UH, IS, IS, IS A, UH, I THINK A POSITIVE STEP, UH, FORWARD AS WE RETURN TO SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THEIR PROGRAMMING. 
          UM, THE OTHER FUNDS, UM, UM, UH, I THINK BOB IS, UH, HAS, HAS MENTIONED TO TO YOU PREVIOUSLY, UM, UH, THE FIVE, THE FIVE FUNDS WE JUST COVERED IS, IS REALLY THE VAST MAJORITY, UM, OF, OF, OF THE, UM, OF THE OVERALL BUDGET. 
          BUT ON PAGES 53 THROUGH 89 OF YOUR, OF YOUR BUDGET BINDER THERE, UH, YOU HAVE THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, AND THE CAPITAL FUNDS. 
          SOME OF THE MORE NOTABLE ONES ARE THE DRAINAGE FUND, UH, AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE. 
          UM, WE LAID OUT A FULL WORK PLAN FOR YOU WHEN JIM DLAC PRESENTED DURING OUR DEEP DIVES. 
          UH, THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, UM, UH, FUNDS YOU SEE THERE, UH, 13.6%, UH, GROWTH, UM, OR, UM, TO, TO UP TO $2.28 BILLION. 
          UH, THAT'S GENERATING, UM, ABOUT 14 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN PROPERTY TAXES. 
          UM, THE, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS BEING, UH, IS, IS JUST A PASS THROUGH, UH, IN TIF, UH, TWO AND THREE IN PARTICULAR TO ONE PAYEE. 
          UM, AND THEN IN TIF ONE, 
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A NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AS WELL AS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE, ARE BEING, UH, ARE BEING DEDICATED. 
          AND THEN I MENTIONED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND ON PAGE 83 AND THE INCREASE, UM, ALMOST TO $2 MILLION A YEAR. 
          UH, JUST, UH, AS WE GET INTO THE, UH, KIND OF THE END OF THE PRESENTATION HERE AND THEN LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS AND HAVING DIALOGUE, UH, THE DEBT PLAN IS, HAS NOT CHANGED FROM WHAT I SHARED WITH YOU PREVIOUSLY. 
          OBVIOUSLY. 
          UH, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT A MULTI-YEAR, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND WE'RE UPDATING THAT ANNUALLY. 
          ALL OF OUR DEBT MODELING, UM, UM, FOLLOWS, UH, BEST PRACTICES AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO ENSURE OUR AAA BOND RATING, UH, IS, IS NOT, UM, JEOPARDIZED IN ANY WAY. 
          UH, THIS WILL BE YEAR THREE OF THE, THE 21 BOND PROGRAM, AS WELL AS KIND OF LOOPING IN, UH, THE 23 PROGRAM FOR THE CITY HALL AS WELL. 
          UM, AND YOU SEE THERE THAT SOME OF THE, THE, THE, THE DEEP DIVES WE DID TO EXPLAIN THE PROJECTS IN MORE DETAIL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE CURRENT INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE JUST DESCRIBED, UH, YOU KNOW, REEF REFUNDING PROBABLY ISN'T THAT LIKELY, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS, UH, IT'S A COUNCIL TACTIC THAT WE HAVE EVERY, UH, A TERM AND, AND, AND, UH, UH, KEITH AND KENT ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB VALUING, EVALUATING THAT IN OUR MODELING. 
          WE CAN, WE CONTINUE TO USE CONSERVATIVE MODELING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, 4, 7, 5 TO FIVE FIVE ON THE INTEREST RATES THAT USED TO BE REALLY CONSERVATIVE, MAYBE NOT AS MUCH, BUT THAT'S OFFSET. 
          UM, THAT'S OFFSET BY THE FACT THAT WE, UH, ALMOST ASSUME NO GROWTH IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR, UH, PROPERTY TAX VALUES. 
          I MEAN, HERE, YOU SEE, IT'S, IT'S OUT ALL THE WAY TO 2028 BEFORE WE, WE START TO ASSUME. 
          UH, AND, AND THAT'S A BIG, UM, CHECK ON THE ECONOMIC, UH, VOLATILITY THAT, THAT YOU COULD HAVE. 
          UH, AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT THE BOTTOM, UH, THE, THIS, UH, PLAN INCLUDES THE $3 MILLION WITHIN ENHANCE THE LIBRARY. 
          AND THEN, UH, SO THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WE SHOWED YOU, UH, NO, NO SUPPLEMENTS OR ANY OTHER, UH, PROPOSALS ADDED FROM, UM, FROM THE WORKSHOP. 
          SO 88.485, UH, MILLION DOLLARS. 
          SO IF YOU TAKE ALL OF THAT AND YOU, YOU TRY TO PUT IT ON ONE SLIDE, WHICH YOU SEE HERE ON THE, UH, UH, UH, FOURTH COLUMN FROM, UH, THE, I GUESS THE FOURTH COLUMN FROM THE LEFT, THERE IS THE BUDGET FOR 2324. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL OF THE OPERATING FUNDS IS THAT 385 MILLION, UH, NUMBER. 
          UH, YOU SEE THEN THAT THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE, WATER AND SEWER DEBT SERVICE, SOLID WASTE DE UH, SOLID WASTE DEBT SERVICE, UM, THAT BRINGS THAT, THAT TOTAL IS, UH, 57, UH, 0.2. 
          UM, AND THAT GIVES YOU THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS OUT OF THE 44 2. 
          BUT THEN YOU, YOU HAVE TO, UH, NET OUT, IF YOU WILL, THE ENDER FUND TRANSFERS. 
          'CAUSE YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE DOUBLE COUNTING THEM OTHERWISE. 
          AND SO IT GIVES US A GRAND TOTAL OF A, A BUDGET OF 399, UH, MILLION DOLLARS, UH, ESSENTIALLY FOR, UH, F Y A 2324, UH, AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, IT'S AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 44 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UH, OVER, UH, THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          SO, UM, JUST AS A QUICK WAY TO SUMMARIZE, UH, AND, AND AS SOMETHING FOR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, UH, THAT, MAYBE STAKEHOLDERS THAT DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION, WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A, A HELPFUL SLIDE. 
          SO, AGAIN, TOTAL, UH, TAXABLE, UH, VALUES GREW BY 7.3%. 
          THERE'S NO CHANGE PROPOSED IN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING TO USE 0.0185 OF THE INCREMENT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US. 
          THE REMAINDER WILL FALL OFF, UH, FROM 2021. 
          UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FEES, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED TO OFFSET THE COST OF PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. UH, WE HAVE A 6%, UH, MERIT-BASED MARKET ADJUSTMENT FOR BOTH, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND MON NON-PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          WE'RE RAISING OUR MINIMUM STARTING PAY OR OUR LIVING WAGE TO 1889. 
          LONGEVITY IS BEING INCREASED FROM $4 TO $8 PER MONTH. 
          UM, AND, UM, YOU SEE THERE, UH, WITH YOUR DIRECTION, WE'RE ABLE TO ADD ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE WOULD JUST BE ABLE TO ADD WITH IT. 
          THE ORGANIC, UH, GROWTH THAT WE, THAT WE SAW WE'RE ADDING $925,000 MORE TO STREET REHABILITATION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD STREET PROJECTS, 116,000 FOR FACIL TO EACH, FOR FACILITIES AND PARKS MAINTENANCE INITIATIVES, $64,000 MORE TO THE ED FUND, AND THEN $167,000 MORE, UH, FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND IT REPLACEMENT FUNDS. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, WE, WE STAY AT THE 90.9, UM, UH, FUND BALANCE, UH, 3% INCREASE IS NECESSARY FOR WATER AND, AND, UH, UH, SEWER FEES. 
          UM, A $1 PER MONTH INCREASE FOR RESIDENTIAL RATES FOR SOLID WASTE WHILE MAINTAINING THE 26% SENIOR DISCOUNT. 
          AND THEN A 3% ACROSS THE BOARD FOR, UH, COMMERCIAL, UM, UH, CUSTOMERS. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA TRANSFER IN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5 75 AND 5 95 TO THE GOLF FUND. 
          UH, IT'LL ESSENTIALLY RUN A SMALL DEFICIT WHILE WE RENOVATE COURSE TWO AND PREPARE TO OPEN IT FOR F Y, UM, UH, UH, FY UH, UH, 24. 
          UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL, UH, THE TYPICAL TAXPAYER, UH, IMPACT STATEMENT, AND WE ALWAYS LIKE TO, TO TO END ON THIS. 
          UM, THE AVERAGE, AGAIN, THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE THERE IS 3 26, UM, UM, AND 
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F Y 23 AND F Y 24, IT'LL BE 351. 
          UM, THAT MEANS STAYING AT, AT THE SAME TAX RATE, THERE'LL BE ABOUT $141 MORE OF PROPERTY TAX, UM, FOR THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER, BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN THE WATER AND SEWER FUND, YOU CAN SEE 29 AND 14 FOR WATER AND SEWER RESPECTFULLY, AGAIN, FOR THE AVERAGE USER, UH, NO CHANGE IN THE DRAINAGE FEE. 
          AND THEN $12, UH, UM, PER YEAR ON THE SOLID WASTE SIDE, UH, FOR OUR GRAND TOTAL OF ABOUT 1.96. 
          AND THAT'S ABOUT A 5% INCREASE, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE OVER THE, UH, F Y 2223 COST. 
          UH, LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO, UM, UM, UM, REALLY TRY AGAIN TO RAISE AWARENESS, UH, THAT WE WILL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE NEXT WEEK. 
          WE'LL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, AND THE COUNCIL WILL BE CONSIDERING ADOPTION ON THE 28TH, THE WEEK FOLLOWING. 
          AND I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL, YOU VALUE CITY STAFF VALUES, UH, THE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT MIGHT BE SHARED IN THE DIRECTION, UM, THAT THAT MIGHT BE OFFERED. 
          AND SO WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO, TO TAKE PART IN BOTH OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS IF THEY, UH, SO CHOOSE TO DO THAT. 
          AND MAYOR, I'M GOING TO, UH, PAUSE THERE AND THEN, UH, MYSELF AND OUR WHOLE TEAM STAND BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR DIRECTION. 
          MR. MAGNER, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, MR. CORCORAN, YOU HAVE A FEW COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE OF BOTH, MR. MAYOR, SO THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THAT, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR WORKING ALL YEAR TO CREATE A BUDGET, AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK FOR YOU, AND REALLY THE REST OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP AND DEPARTMENT HEADS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          AND THEN TO COME HERE AND HAVE US MAKE COMMENTS AND THEN HAVE TO CHANGE A LOT OF THINGS AND UPDATE THINGS, UM, TO, TO DO IT IN SUCH A TIMELY FASHION IS, IS FANTASTIC. 
          AND, UH, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HOURS YOU PUT INTO DOING THAT. 
          I HAVE A, A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET AS WELL. 
          UM, JUST SOME THOUGHTS FOR THE, FOR THE FUTURE FOR TIF DISTRICTS. 
          UH, WHAT, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A, A BRIEF OUTLINE OF WHEN SOME OF THOSE ARE SLATED TO EITHER BE, UH, DISSOLVED OR RENEWED, AND IF THAT HAS ANY, IF ANYONE HAS ANY INSIGHT INTO FUTURE THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH ANY POTENTIAL MONEY OR WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT FROM THAT? WELL, LET ME, LET ME LET KENT ANSWER, UM, THE TIMING QUESTION AND ANY THOUGHTS, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL ADD JUST ABOUT THE FUTURE. 
          SO TIF NUMBER ONE ENDS DECEMBER OF, UH, 2031, TIF NUMBER TWO AND THREE END, UH, DECEMBER OF 2036. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT'S QUITE A WAYS AWAY. 
          AND SO WHEN THEY DISSOLVED, THEN ESSENTIALLY THOSE VALUES WILL COME BACK TO MM-HMM. 
           TO OUR GENERAL FUND MM-HMM. 
          , BUT IT'S, IT'S STILL TOO FAR AWAY TO REALLY FACTOR THAT INTO ANY, UM, PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, IT SOUNDS LIKE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT, BUT YOUR SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS A GOOD ONE. 
          IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THOSE FUNDS COME BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND, LIKE WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THEM? I WOULD SAY WE, IT WON'T BE THAT DIFFERENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO REINVEST IN STREETS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO REINVEST IN OPEN SPACE. 
          WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO PUT IN CORE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL LEAD, THAT WILL, UH, ELIMINATE OBSTACLES TO REDEVELOPMENT OR ADAPTIVE REUSE. 
          AND SO IT MAY BE, IT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, DEPOSITED SOMEWHERE DIFFERENT THAN MM-HMM. 
           THAN THE TIFF. 
          BUT I, I THINK LARGELY, UM, BECAUSE IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING A LOT IN THE TIF RIGHT NOW, IT'S REALLY INVESTING IN, IN THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE OBSTACLES TO PRIVATE INVESTMENT MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO KEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT, BUT I, I, I REALLY SEE IT, THE USE BEING, UM, REALLY VERY SIMILAR. 
          YEAH. 
          FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT THAT WAS COMING UP FASTER, SO, SO THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, HOW MANY MONTHS, OF COURSE, NUMBER TWO BEING OPEN, WOULD IT TAKE FOR US TO KNOW WHAT OR PROJECT, WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE, UH, TO THE GOLF FUND? I MEAN, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO REALLY KNOW BY THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET? I, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A GOOD IDEA. 
          OKAY. 
          LAST TIME WE DID THIS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN, I THINK OCTOBER 14 EXACTLY MM-HMM. 
          , AND WE WERE ABLE TO WATCH THAT FALL. 
          AND BY KIND OF THROUGH THE WINTER AND EARLY SPRING, WE HAD A GOOD IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE LAST TIME. 
          WE INCREASED RATES MAY OF THAT YEAR, SO KIND OF LET THE COURSES GET OPEN MM-HMM. 
           CAME BACK IN, EVALUATED OTHER COURSES, EVALUATED KIND OF HOW WE WERE DOING OUT THERE, AND THEN LOOKED AT RATES AND IMPLEMENTED THEM A LITTLE BIT EARLIER LAST TIME. 
          MAY 1ST. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THEN, UM, JUST TO, JUST TO CLARIFY, SO WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT DEBT CAPACITY AND WHERE OUR DEBT CAPACITY IS, UH, JUST SO THAT I KNOW FOR, FOR THOSE FUTURE DISCUSSIONS, RIGHT? THAT ASSUMES NO FUTURE GROWTH IN BOTH PROPERTY VALUES AND NO FUTURE TAX RATE INCREASES UNTIL 2028, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T FACTOR OUR TAX RATE INCREASE. 
          YEAH. 
          I KNOW I HAD A FEELING THAT IT WAS JUST THE PROPERTY GROWTH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN, JUST MAKE SURE. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          I UNDERSTAND IT. 
          AND IT'S OUT AND IT'S 0%, UH, ANTICIPATED ON THE, ON THE GROWTH UNTIL 2028. 
          OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          YEAH, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT AS IT'S ABOUT AS A CONSERVATIVE A MODEL AS YOU CAN YEAH. 
          FOR WELL, NO, IT'S GOOD THOUGH BECAUSE IT'S AN INFLEXIBLE MODEL TOO, AND I, YOU KNOW, SO 
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WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DEBT CAPACITY, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE NUMBER ONE YEAR AND THEN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT NUMBER ANOTHER YEAR. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE USING THE SAME NUMBER EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, SO I, I LIKE THAT. 
          THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          UM, NO, WELL, AWESOME. 
          THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAD OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, GREAT JOB. 
          AND, UM, REALLY, IT'S, IT'S A BUDGET ON THE BASICS, RIGHT? BUT YOU GUYS DID A REALLY GOOD JOB, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JOE, MS. JUSTICE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, YEAH, I WANNA ECHO THE COMMENTS THAT COUNCILMAN CORCORAN MADE. 
          THIS IS A REALLY GOOD BUDGET, AND I WANNA GIVE COUNCILMAN, UH, HUTCHIN RIDER A PAT ON THE BACK FOR BEING THE ONE THAT INITIALLY PUSHED, UM, TO ASK STAFF TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE 6%. 
          IT'S GREAT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          UM, AND, UM, YEAH, I WANNA COMMEND TIM FOR, FOR PUSHING ON THAT. 
          UM, I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS MM-HMM. 
          , UH, SO IF ANYONE ELSE HAS COMMENTS BEFORE WE DIVE INTO SORT OF NITPICKY, UM, NO. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT FUND BALANCES ON THE SOLID WASTE SERVICES FUND. 
          OUR POLICY IS 60 DAYS BUILDING TOWARDS 90, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 90. 
          SO I'M CURIOUS IF WE'VE HAD A LONG ENOUGH TREND OF BEING AT 90 DAYS THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER JUST MAKING THE POLICY 90 DAYS OR IF THERE ARE OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, LEAVING IT AS IS VERSUS, UH, INCREASING TO 90. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR WHEN WE GO LOOK AT THE, AT OUR POLICIES, IT'S, IT'S, UM, WE, WE TRY TO, WE TRY TO KIND OF ES ANTICIPATE OR, UM, UM, IDENTIFY ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THE POLICY MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S A, I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, WE HAVEN'T HAD AN ISSUE , UH, UH, MAINTAINING THE 90 DAYS IN, IN, IN NUMEROUS YEARS. 
          UH, THE VOLATILITY IS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK BACK TO THE, TO THE COVID YEAR WHERE RESTAURANTS, YOU KNOW, NOW YOU CAN SAY, WELL, THAT'S A PANDEMIC. 
          I MEAN, , BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT WAS A, IT WAS A, IT WAS A STARK, UH, UH, DROP IN IN REVENUE AND SO WE, WE MIGHT'VE HAD A ISSUE, FOR INSTANCE, MAINTAINING THAT. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY, UM, WORTH EVALUATING AS WE, AS WE LOOK AT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, ON THE FINANCIAL POLICY SIDE. 
          UM, IF, IF, IF WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN, UM, THEN THE POLICY SHOULD RECONCILE WITH THAT OR BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT. 
          YEAH, I THINK WE'D LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND THEN THE GOLF FUND TOO, THIS IS PROBABLY A BAD YEAR TO LOOK AT IT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , CONSIDERING WE IN OUR REVENUES AND OUR EXPENDITURES MAY BE A LITTLE BIT WACKY, BUT IF WE ARE MAINTAINING THAT AT 60 DAYS, THEN WE NO LONGER NEED TO BUILD. 
          WE CAN JUST BE THERE. 
          UM, SO I GUESS I WOULD PUSH AND MAYBE LOOK AT THAT OVER THE NEXT YEAR TO SEE IF THERE'S A TREND THAT WE COULD SUPPORT THAT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T WANNA HIT, YOU MISS THE MARK FOR RATING PURPOSES. 
          SO IF WE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S SUSTAINABLE, THEN OF COURSE, UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT WOULD BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO STAY AS IS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WELL, NO, WE'LL COMMIT TO, TO THIS FALL. 
          WE'LL COMMIT TO, AS WE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL POLICY, WE'LL, WE'LL EVALUATE, UM, BOTH. 
          AND THEN ON THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX, WE DON'T HAVE ONE. 
          UM, I TALKED TO KENT SEPARATELY, I THINK AFTER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND SAID, WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT? AND I THINK IT, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE VOLATILITY, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS A WAY, UH, WE WOULD EVER FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH A 30 DAY FUND BALANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          UM, JUST SO WE'RE NOT SO HEAVILY RELYING ON YEAH, I, I GENERAL MAYBE, MAYBE KEN OR KEITH. 
          I, I THINK, I MEAN, IT'S, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A, I I DON'T THINK THERE'S A DOWNSIDE NECESSARILY, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE MIGHT NOT BE A BIG UPSIDE EITHER. 
          PROBABLY NOT A BIG UPSIDE. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE KIND LOOK AT AND WE TALK THROUGH BOTH WITH AUDITORS AND RATING AGENCIES IS THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND, AS WELL AS NOW THE GOLF FUND MM-HMM. 
          ARE BOTH SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. 
          SO IT'S PROBABLY NOT AS CRITICAL THAT THEY HAVE A FUND BALANCE POLICY. 
          THEY'RE ALSO, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, ESPECIALLY THE GOLF FUND IS A SMALLER FUND. 
          THE GOLF FUND USED TO BE AN ENTERPRISE FUND. 
          AND WHEN THE GOLF COURSE STARTED GETTING BUILT IN THE AREA AND THERE BECAME A LOT MORE COMPETITION, IT BECAME A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO SUPPORT THAT FUND FOR IT TO SUPPORT ITS OWN DEBT. 
          SO IT REALLY BECAME MORE LIKE A PARK AND KIND OF HANDLED IN OUR GENERAL GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES. 
          BUT THOSE TWO FUNDS IS PROBABLY NOT AS CRITICAL FROM A RATING AGENCY STANDPOINT TO HAVE A, A FUND BALANCE POLICY. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO RELY ON GENERAL FUNDS MM-HMM. 
          , UM, UH, OR GRANTS FOR THOSE. 
          SO, UM, BUT THAT, I MEAN, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          YEP. 
          BUT, BUT THAT, AGAIN, THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WE'D BE HAPPY TO EVALUATE AS WE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL POLICY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          AND I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, THE ABATEMENTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , IT'S ON PAGE 23, IF WE WANNA GET INTO THE YEP. 
          GETTING INTO THE WEEDS FOLKS HERE. 
          I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE ABATEMENT FROM 22 TO 23 FOR THE ABATEMENT EXEMPTION, UH, FROM 306 MILLION TO 1.4 BILLION. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT CAME ONLINE THAT MM-HMM. 
           CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE? YEAH, IT'S THAT, THAT IS, UH, THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO, UH, TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TO BOTH THE REAL PROPERTY AND THE, UH, THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, AND THEN A QUESTION ON THE CITIZENS, THE C I T V, UM, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS RELATED TO THAT, AND ONE IS DECREASING A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          UM, AND 
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SO I PRESUME THAT WE'RE JUST, WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF, FOR THE FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME. 
          UH, WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF C I T V OR OUR STREAMING SERVICES. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE'RE JUST MOVING FROM ONE FUND TO ANOTHER, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          IT'S JUST A, IT'S A, IT'S A, A, A STRATEGY TO HELP WITH, UM, CONSOLIDATE WHAT WAS TWO INDIVIDUAL DIVISIONS PREVIOUSLY UNDER, WHICH IS NOW ONE DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, UH, WHILE I'M FLIPPING TO MY NEXT PAGE HERE, THERE WAS IN THE WORKSHEETS, UM, I, I THINK THIS HAS TO DO WITH TECHNOLOGY, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT, THERE WERE APPEAR TO BE, UH, CHANGES IN CLASSIFICATIONS OF ALL OUR EMPLOYEES FROM EXEMPT OR NON-EXEMPT OR SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          SO CAN YOU PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND AND FOR ANYONE WHO MAY LOOK AT THAT AND THINK IT LOOKS A LITTLE ODD? SURE, SURE. 
          SO PREVIOUSLY, UH, PRIOR TO TRANSITIONING TO OUR, OUR NEW, UM, SOFTWARE, OUR NEW HR SOFTWARE, WE HAD TWO CATEGORIES. 
          IT WAS, UH, SUPERVISORY AND OPERATIONS HOURLY. 
          AND SO ESSENTIALLY DIRECTORS ARE ABOVE, WERE PUT INTO SUPERVISORY, AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS PUT INTO OPERATIONS HOURLY. 
          WHAT, WHAT, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS YOU HAVE EITHER MANAGEMENT EXEMPT OR NON-EXEMPT. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S TAKING TWO CATEGORIES AND IT'S ACTUALLY MORE ACCURATELY PLACING THEM INTO THREE, THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 
          BUT THE STATUS, NO, NO STATUS OF ANY EMPLOYEE HAS CHANGED AS A RESULT OF THE, IT'S JUST A BETTER CA CATEGORIZATION, I WOULD SAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THE, THE CHANGE IS HAPPENING AS WE TURN ON THE TYLER H H C M, UM, THING, HR IS GONNA STANDARDIZE WHO'S IN WHAT CATEGORY. 
          SO IT REALLY, IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE BUDGET TO BUDGET, PROBABLY HAVE TO COMBINE THE THREE MM-HMM. 
          , UM, NO, NO DEPARTMENT OTHER THAN THE ONES WE'VE OUTLINED ARE LOSING POSITIONS OR ADDING POSITIONS, BUT, UH, WE, WE HAD DEPARTMENTS PRIOR THAT WE JUST WEREN'T CONSISTENT ON WHO WAS WHERE. 
          NO. 
          UH, SO HRS COMING UP WITH A, A, A POLICY ON WHO WOULD BE CONSIDERED MANAGEMENT WOULD BE DIRECTORS AND ASSISTANT DIRECTORS ONLY, AND THEN EXEMPT AND NON-EXEMPT WOULD DEPEND ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU QUALIFY FOR OVERTIME. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE. 
          I JUST SORT OF LOOKED AT IT IN ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT I THINK HAD HAD SIGNIFICANT, IT'S A BIG CHANGE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT CHANGE TO H C M HAPPENING OCTOBER ONE. 
          SO THE BUDGET WAS KIND OF BUILT UPON THAT. 
          YEAH, THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE. 
          UM, AND THEN KEN AND OUR RICK, THERE'S A SPECIAL PROJECTS TRANSFER OUT OF LIKE $695,000. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , IT'S PAGE 61. 
          THAT WAS, HMM, WHAT PAGE 61? THAT, THAT WAS A TRANSFER OF PROPERTY THAT WE HAD, THAT WE MOVED THROUGH THE R ESSENTIALLY. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SIGNIFICANT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR, YOU'RE DOING FINE, . 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S SEE HERE. 
          I THINK THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS 'CAUSE THE REST RELATE TO MY WORKSHEET. 
          SO I'LL LET SOMEONE ELSE SPEAK FOR A MOMENT AND COME BACK IF I HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MS. JUSTICE. 
          WELL SET MAYOR PRO. 
          TIM, YOUR TURN. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND THANKS, UH, DON, AND THANK YOU, UH, THE KEITH, KEN, AND ALL THE BUDGET TEAM. 
          THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST TASK, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL DO. 
          I THINK THE PROCESS, UH, BEGINS RIGHT AFTER THIS SUGGESTION WOULD BE OVER. 
          SO, UM, DEFINITELY I FIND THIS THING ALSO VERY, VERY COMPLICATED. 
          SO, UH, BUT I SEE THAT YOUR FOCUS ON KEEPING THE RATING INTACT MOVING FORWARD, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN THING. 
          AND I HAVE FAITH ON YOU TOTALLY, BECAUSE IT DID NOT HAPPEN JUST, UH, OVER ONE, ONE YEAR. 
          IT'S BEEN HAPPENING YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, UH, FOR KEEPING AND MAKING, UH, THIS, YOU KNOW, WRITING INTACT AND, UH, GOD WILLING, NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE THIS SAME THING, BUT ALSO THERE IS A WISH THAT I WISH WE HAD A LITTLE BIT, LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, REVENUE SOURCES THAT WE COULD HAVE SO WE COULD, UH, MANAGE THE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE THINGS, INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, REPAIR MORE FASTER. 
          BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE AND ALSO I DO UNDERSTAND THE INFLATION THAT'S HAVING PRESSURE ON SOME OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS. 
          AND WE, UH, YOU'LL TRY TO ADDRESS THAT ALSO A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFERENT WAY. 
          BUT, UH, OVERALL THIS IS A DIFFICULT YEAR AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR IS GONNA BE MUCH BETTER FOR EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ARVIN. 
          ANYONE ELSE COMMENTS? MR. BARRIOS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST HAVE TWO COMMENTS AND, UH, TWO, UM, TWO OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW I'VE HEARD ABOUT AND, YOU KNOW, I STRONGLY BELIEVE WE'RE PASSING ON WHAT I, WHAT I HEAR, RIGHT? 
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UH, ONE OF COURSE IS ONE WE ALL HEAR ABOUT AND THAT'S OUR SENIOR AND DISABLED WHO ARE ON FIXED INCOME. 
          UM, I KNOW WE LOOKED AT THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          I THINK WE'RE, UM, I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT BUDGET FIRST OF ALL. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID. 
          UM, THE, SO I KNOW THERE'S CONCERNS EVERY YEAR. 
          I'M SURE EVERY PREVIOUS COUNCIL HAS HAD THOSE CONCERNS, RIGHT? OF OUR, OF OUR SENIORS AND THEIR CONCERNS BEING ON A FIXED INCOME. 
          AND ALTHOUGH WE DID A GREAT JOB AND AS OF RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, UM, LOOKS LIKE A GOOD BALANCED BUDGET. 
          THE OTHER COMMENT I'M HEARING, UM, AND IT'S, SOME OF IT'S COMING FROM SENIORS, SOME OF IT'S COMING FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS, UM, IS QUESTIONS ABOUT INCREASES IN RATES, BUT, UM, NOT, NOT ON THE GOLF RATES. 
          AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING I KIND OF, I UNDERSTAND TO A CERTAIN DEGREE WHY THAT'S THE CASE, UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ON. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING I AM HEARING AND THE QUESTION IS, HEY, WHY IS THIS GOING UP? BUT YET THE RATES IN THE GOLF COURSE SEEM TO BE THE ONE THING THAT DIDN'T GO UP. 
          SO I THINK THAT IS THE CONCERN. 
          AND IT'S COMING FROM NOT JUST SENIORS, BUT OTHER GROUPS. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. 
          AND, UM, WHAT'S THAT? IT WENT UP LAST, IT WENT UP LAST YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, DID ANYTHING, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING ELSE, I DON'T REMEMBER IF ANYTHING ELSE WENT UP LAST YEAR, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT THAT WAY. 
          IF ANYBODY WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT OR THE REASON BEHIND THAT, MAYBE THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING AT HOME OR WATCHING MIGHT APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WE, WE DID GO UP LAST YEAR ON THE GOLF RATES. 
          SO ON COURSE NUMBER ONE WE WENT UP $2 AND, AND THEN GOLF CARTS WENT UP $2 AS WELL. 
          SO FOR SOMEONE GOLFING COURSE NUMBER ONE, IT WOULD, OR FOR MOST OF THE PEOPLE, IF THEY GOT A CARD, IT WAS A $4 INCREASE. 
          COURSE NUMBER TWO, GOLF CARTS WENT UP THE SAME $2. 
          BUT WE DID NOT INCREASE RATES BASED ON KIND OF A MARKET SURVEY, IF YOU WILL. 
          AND WE FOUND COURSE NUMBER TWO WAS REALLY COMPETITIVE LAST YEAR. 
          I THINK GOING FORWARD THIS YEAR, GOING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO DRIVE AWAY THE ACTIVITY WE HAVE OUT THERE. 
          WE HAVE REALLY GOOD ACTIVITY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, QUITE FRANKLY, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY FULL AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD INCREASE THE RATES ON COURSE NUMBER ONE, BUT CLOSING DOWN ONE OF OUR COURSES AND KIND OF SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING THAT AREA OUT THERE WITH CONSTRUCTION AND SO FORTH, I THINK WE REALLY FELT IT WOULD BE BEST TO KIND OF KEEP RATES WHERE THEY'RE AT FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN, JUST LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DID LAST TIME, WE WOULD COME IN AND KINDA SEE HOW THE FALL'S GOING AND PROBABLY DO KIND OF SOME SURVEY WORK COMING INTO THE WINTER AND SPRING AND KIND OF SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT PROBABLY BE A GOOD TIME TO INCREASE RATES AGAIN IF IT'S WARRANTED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU MR. BARRIOS. 
          MR. DORIAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I, UH, I DON'T HAVE, UH, A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          I JUST WANT TO, UH, SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO THE TEAM THAT PUT THIS BUDGET TOGETHER. 
          IT'S A VERY NICE BUDGET. 
          UM, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY, UH, WE'VE ALL SPENT A LOT OF TIME REVIEWING THIS. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF US TOOK, TOOK THIS HOME AND WE HAVE TABS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BINDER TO, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, OF COURSE, UH, COUNSEL, WOMAN JUSTICE HAS, UH, ASK THE MAJORITY OF THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          SO ANYWAY, BUT I DO WANNA THANK YOU. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S, THIS IS MY FIRST BUDGET. 
          UM, IT WAS A, A, A GREAT DEAL OF, OF A LEARNING CURVE TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE DIFFERENT FACETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE ALL OF THIS TRANSPIRE. 
          SO I JUST WANNA SAY A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE TEAM. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. DORIAN. 
          MR. TRE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANNA FIRST OFF SAY DON KENT ENTIRE TEAM. 
          FANTASTIC JOB. 
          THIS IS MY FIFTH BUDGET WITH Y'ALL. 
          AND, UH, BY FAR I THINK IT MAY, MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THE BEST BUDGET WE'VE HAD SO FAR. 
          UM, I DON'T MEAN TO SOUND LIKE LEADERSHIP RICHARDSON THE BEST BUDGET EVER, YOU KNOW, I WON'T GO THERE WITH YOU, BUT, UH, BUT I TRULY WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU, UM, TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL FOR, UM, FIRST OFF COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION, BUT I WANNA THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR SUPPORTING IT. 
          I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO HAVE THE 6% IN THERE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT IT, UM, ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY IS PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND WE'RE CERTAINLY PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, IF IF STILL IN, STILL IN THIS CITY, IF YOU DIAL 9 1 1, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE EITHER AN OFFICER, POLICE OFFICER OR A FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, RESPOND OR, OR IF IT HAPPENS TO BE SOME OTHER TYPE OF SERVICE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ACTUAL HUMAN BEING RESPOND TO YOU TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR, YOUR ISSUE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S JUST SO VITALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH HERE AND SEE WHERE WE'VE PUT, WHERE WE PUT THE MONEY IN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE QUESTION THAT I DID HAVE IS WE, WE LOOKED THROUGH ALL OF THIS DONE, AND I WASN'T, I WASN'T QUITE CLEAR 'CAUSE IT, IT, IT CAUGHT SOME DISCUSSION EARLIER AND I, AND I WAS LOOKING AT IT IN REGARDS TO THE 
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OVERALL, UM, I GUESS I'LL CALL IT THE, THE, THE LIQUOR TAX. 
          I DON'T KNOW A BETTER WAY TO SAY THAT. 
          AND I KNOW BACK SEVERAL YEARS AGO THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT LOOKING AT, UM, WHAT DO I WANNA SAY, THE LAWS, I GUESS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO SAY THAT ARE THE REGULATIONS AND ALL OF THAT. 
          AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. 
          I THINK IT, I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN JUST BEFORE COVID AND COVID MAY HAVE KILLED THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THAT WAS WHAT, WHAT DID IT, BUT WHERE, WHERE DO WE STAND ON THAT? YES, SIR. 
          CURRENTLY IT'S, IT'S, IT'S RELATED ONLY FROM THE STANDPOINT AS I, AS I LOOKED AT THE, THE, THE FUNDS, UM, THAT COME FROM THAT. 
          I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I HEAR, I HEAR ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY TO GO TO LIQUOR STORES THAT ARE NOT IN OUR CITY. 
          AND SO WE'RE LOSING OUT ON THAT REVENUE. 
          AND I'M NOT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO TAKE THIS AS I'M, I'M PROMOTING ALCOHOL CELLS. 
          IT'S JUST THAT IF THERE'RE GOING TO BE ALCOHOL CELLS IN OUR CITY, I'D LIKE US TO HAVE OUR FAIR SHARE OF IT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT A FAIR WAY TO SAY THAT? ABSOLUTE. 
          SO THAT NOBODY, NOBODY COMES AT ME AND SAYS, OH MY GOSH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN I'VE, I'M WANTING TO PROMOTE ACTIVE DRINKING, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THAT, THAT WHEN, WHEN, I FORGOT WHO SAID IT NOW AND I APOLOGIZE, WHOEVER TALKED, MAYBE, MAYBE IT WAS, WAS IT YOU ARFIN WHO TALKED ABOUT NEW SOURCES MM-HMM. 
          , I MEAN, THAT IS A SOURCE POTENTIALLY THAT WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK AT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT'S THE ONE ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE THAT'S KIND OF, WE JUST, NOT WE, 'CAUSE I THINK IT ACTUALLY TAKES, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON ANY OF THIS, I BELIEVE IT ACTUALLY TAKES A KIND OF MORE OF A CITIZEN LED INITIATIVE VERSUS A CITY LED INITIATIVE. 
          SO CAN, CAN YOU KIND OF TALK ME THROUGH ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? 'CAUSE IT, IT, WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH THIS, IT TRIGGERED ME AND THEN WHEN, WHEN RF N BROUGHT UP ABOUT NEW SOURCES, I JUST HATE WATCHING OUR DOLLARS GO ACROSS OUR BORDER, SO TO SPEAK. 
          NO, YOUR MEMORY IS RIGHT. 
          UH, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY, UH, KIND OF, UH, THE SPRING SUMMER OF, OF 2019. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THERE WAS, UM, THERE WAS A, A SMALL BUSINESS GROUP THAT HAD COME TOGETHER AND WOULD, UH, WAS REALLY TRYING TO CREATE A, UM, A STATUS. 
          IT'S ALL T A B C. 
          UM, IT'S PRETTY COMPLICATED THE WAY THEY, THEY, UM, THEY ORGANIZE IT, BUT THEY, THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY, WE ONLY ALLOW, UM, OFF-PREMISE BEER AND WINE SALES, RIGHT? AND, UM, WE, WE HAVE DISTILLERIES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THAT HAVE COME INTO TOWN. 
          AND SO A GROUP OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS HAD GOT TOGETHER AND, UH, WAS WORKING, UM, TO EXPLORE A REFERENDUM THAT WOULD REQUIRE, UH, THE, UH, A CHANGE IN THE STATUS TO BE PUT ON THE BALLOT. 
          AND, UH, THEN YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, COVID HAPPENED AND IT KIND OF BECAME MOOT BECAUSE DURING C O V I D, UM, YOU COULD, YOU COULD PURCHASE FROM RESTAURANTS AND OTHERS, UM, UM, ALCOHOL. 
          AND AS LONG AS IT WAS, UM, SEALED, YOU COULD TAKE THAT ALCOHOL OFF PREMISE FOR CONSUMPTION. 
          WELL, UH, GOVERNOR ABBOTT, UM, ENDED UP MAKING THAT A PERMANENT, UH, CHANGE IN LAW. 
          AND SO, UM, THE ONLY THING YOU CAN'T DO NOW IN RICHARDSON IS, UM, IS WHICH WE HAVE, OF COURSE IN THE TOWN OF BUCKINGHAM, THIS ISN'T THE CASE 'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME GRANDFATHERED, UH, LOCATIONS. 
          BUT, UH, THE ONLY THING WE'RE LACKING RIGHT NOW IS THE ABILITY TO GO IN AND TO BE ABLE TO BUY RETAIL, UM, FROM A LIQUOR, UH, ESTABLISHMENT MM-HMM. 
          , AND THEN TAKE THAT HOME FOR CONSUMPTION. 
          WE HAVE BEER AND WINE. 
          YOU CAN DO THAT FROM, UH, FROM ANY, ANY, UH, T A B C AUTHORIZED. 
          AND IF YOU GO INTO A RESTAURANT OR A DISTILLERY OR ANY, ANY OTHER KIND OF, UH, UM, ESTABLISHMENT, AS LONG AS IT'S SEALED, YOU CAN TAKE THAT HOME OR WHEREVER, I GUESS. 
          BUT, UH, FOR, FOR OFF-PREMISE CONSUMPTION. 
          SO, UH, IT'S NOT AS BIG OF AN ISSUE AS IT AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE THEY GOVERN ABBOTT MADE PERMANENT, UM, AT, TOWARDS THE END OF COVID. 
          UM, BUT THERE, THERE IS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, FOR ONE MORE AN ENHANCEMENT. 
          UH, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE, UM, IT WOULD, IT WOULD NECESSITATE THE BUY RIGHT, UM, UM, ESTABLISHMENT OF LIQUOR STORES. 
          SO, SO WOULD THAT REQUIRE A, I'M JUST GONNA USE THE WORD CITIZEN LED MM-HMM. 
           EFFORT. 
          IS THAT WHERE THAT WOULD HAVE TO START? ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING BECAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK OF AS I DRIVE AROUND TOWN, AND AGAIN, I'M PROBABLY WALKING A VERY FINE LINE HERE. 
          I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT RICHARDSON SQUARE MALL MM-HMM. 
          , I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE A PERFECT PLACE FOR A SPECS OR A TOTAL WINE AND MORE BECAUSE THERE, THERE'S REALLY NOT ANYTHING RIGHT OVER IN THAT AREA. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE A, THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A REALLY A PO A REAL POSITIVE FROM, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TAX REVENUES, HOW I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND ENHANCEMENTS LIKE RF N TALKED ABOUT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION. 
          'CAUSE I NOTICED THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THE NUMBER'S NOT LARGE AND JUST KNOWING WHAT'S HAPPENED AROUND OUR, OUR FOUR BORDERS, IF YOU WILL, RIGHT. 
          AS TO WHAT'S BEEN BEEN PLACED, JUST LIKE RIGHT ON OUR  RIGHT ON OUR BORDERS. 
          UM, I LOOK AT ONE EVERY DAY WHEN I DRIVE TO WORK . 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO WANNA ASK, ASK THAT QUESTION, AND THEN I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST CLOSE OUT BY SAYING, AGAIN, GREAT JOB TO YOU, TO KENT 
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KEITH, UM, YOU'RE GONNA MISS THIS, KEITH, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, COME BACK NEXT YEAR, COME, COME SIT. 
          WE CAN, WE CAN PROBABLY EVEN CREATE A SPACE FOR YOU. 
          YOU'RE GONNA MISS IT. 
          UM, BUT BOB, EVERYBODY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS JUST DID A FANTASTIC JOB. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK ON THIS AND PUTTING DOLLARS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK COLLECTIVELY AS THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE OUR, HAVE OUR MOUTH, YOU CERTAINLY PUT MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTHS ARE. 
          AND SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU MR. HUTCHIN RIDER. 
          AND ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS? ONE LAST THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS THIS. 
          I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT THE COUNCIL SAID AS FAR AS THE GREAT JOB YOU'VE DONE. 
          AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT I APPRECIATE THE FACT OF HOW Y'ALL ALL COLLECTIVELY FOUGHT HARD TO FIND A WAY TO INCLUDE OUR GOALS IN THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE PUTTING THE MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH WAS, SO TO SPEAK, AS YOU ELEGANTLY SAID, UH, SAID EARLIER, BUT WE NEVER LOST SIGHT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          LIKE MR. HUTCHIN WRITER SAID, PEOPLE, I THINK IT'S THE PEOPLE IN THE SYSTEM THAT Y'ALL MADE A POINT TO, UH, REACH OUT TO AND TRY TO TAKE CARE OF. 
          AND I REALLY RESPECT AND APPRECIATE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT RETENTION AND THEN OF COURSE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO ALL OUR HEARTS BECAUSE WE ALL HEAR ABOUT IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE APPLIED TO. 
          SO, AND I THINK WITH YOUR 90 DAY BUDGET OR YOUR 90 DAY BALANCE OF THE BUDGETS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAINTAIN OUR, UM, RATINGS AND OUR, YOU KNOW, AAA RATINGS AND SO FORTH. 
          SO I THINK YOU'VE HIT THE KEY POINTS. 
          I THINK YOUR TACTICS ARE KIND OF WORKED IN THERE AND I RESPECT THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND I REALLY AM IMPRESSED ONCE AGAIN THAT YOU CONTINUE TO ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS WITH A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO IT. 
          I KNOW THAT OUR, UH, ADDITIONAL REVENUE PROJECTED AT $15.4 MILLION PROBABLY IS VERY CONSERVATIVE. 
          HOWEVER, I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR CITIZENS APPRECIATE AND THEY VALUE AND DOWN THE ROAD, IT GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY AND WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PULL THE CARPET OUT FROM UNDER ANYBODY'S FEET IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S BEST PRACTICES, I THINK WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE IS AMAZING. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, I APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT KEN'S 6%. 
          I THINK ALL OF US WHOLEHEARTEDLY WOULD'VE SAID THAT AND, AND WE'RE GLAD IT WORKED. 
          NOW I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU HAVE IT. 
          CAN YOU PLEASE DEFINE WHAT WE MEAN BY SHORT TERM DEBT? WHAT, HOW, WHAT'S THE LENGTH OF TIME FOR A SHORT TERM DEBT AND HOW THAT IMPACTS US JUST A LITTLE BIT? UH, SO A SHORT TERM DEBT IS GONNA BE A DEBT INSTRUMENT. 
          UH, TYPICALLY A FOUR TO EIGHT YEAR, UH, DEBT. 
          IT'S FOR EQUIPMENT PURCHASES TYPICALLY. 
          UH, IF YOU'RE, UH, UH, UH, DOING LIKE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES FOR A BUILDING, IT MAY INCLUDE THAT AS WELL. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT PRIMARILY WE'VE GOTTEN AWAY FROM OUR SHORT-TERM PROGRAM. 
          UH, MOST OF OUR, UH, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, UH, USED TO BE SHORT-TERM FINANCED. 
          UH, BUT WE MOVED AWAY FROM THAT, UH, KIND OF DURING THE PANDEMIC TRANSITION, UH, AND TRANSITIONED TO WHERE MOST OF THAT IS NOW CASH FUNDED. 
          UH, SO NOW YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, AT A TYPICAL YEAR, WE'RE ONLY ISSUING THAT EIGHT YEAR DEBT, AND THAT'S GONNA BE FOR YOUR FIRE APPARATUSES AND YOUR SOLID WASTE. 
          THOSE VEHICLES, UH, THAT WE MENTIONED BACK IN THE DEEP DIVE, UH, THAT WE'RE KEEPING ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 16 YEARS. 
          GOTCHA. 
          WELL, AND THAT WAS MY ONLY, I GUESS CAVEAT TO THE ANSWER IS YOU SAY FOUR TO EIGHT YEARS, IF THIS CONSERVATIVE, CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE COMES IN OF 15.4, WITH OUR PHILOSOPHY AS A PAY AS WE GO CONCEPT, DO WE TYPICALLY PAY OFF MANY OF THOSE SHORT TERMS AHEAD OF TIME TO GAIN BACK OR TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THAT INTEREST? UH, ACTUALLY, UH, BECAUSE IT IS A SHORTER TERM DEBT, UH, TYPICALLY YOU DON'T CALL DEBT AND PAY IT OFF EARLY IF IT'S UNDER A 10 YEAR INSTRUMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ANY DEBT THAT'S OUTSTANDING THAT'S BEEN AROUND ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT NINE TO 10 YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE ISSUE, WE CAN PAY THAT OFF EARLY. 
          AND THEN YOU MAY REMEMBER AT TIMES WE'VE ISSUED, UH, WHAT WE CALL ADJUSTABLE RATE DEBT. 
          AND THAT INSTRUMENT WE CAN, UH, CHOOSE TO ACCELERATE THE PAYMENT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE A TAX NOTE, UH, THAT, UH, WE CAN ALSO ACCELERATE AS WELL, UH, TO, UH, HELP 
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PAY OFF THAT EARLY AND CREATE CAPACITY. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH HERE. 
          THAT MAY HAVE BEEN KEITH SWAN SONG, . 
          YEAH. 
          KEITH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 
          [C. REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
C, REPORT ON ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. 
          MS. JUSTICE, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED IT IN YOUR, UH, CLOSING LAST WEEK ABOUT RILEY THOMASON GOING BACK, UH, TO WORK ON HER MASTER'S. 
          I GOT TO MEET WITH HER, UH, UH, FOR COFFEE AND TALK TO HER ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE. 
          AND SHE HAD GLOWING REVIEWS OF HER EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY, UH, NOT JUST WORKING IN THE CMOS OFFICE, BUT TALKED ABOUT REALLY WHAT A TEAM ENVIRONMENT IT IS AND HOW ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND, AND VARIOUS STAFF THAT SHE WORKED WITH, UM, WERE JUST TOP-NOTCH PROFESSIONALS. 
          AND SHE REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED HER TIME WORKING HERE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ON. 
          UM, SHE, UH, IS GREAT AND I'M STILL TRYING TO CONVINCE HER TO COME BACK WHEN SHE, UH, GRADUATES WITH HER MASTER'S. 
          'CAUSE SHE'S, SHE'S PHENOMENAL. 
          FRIDAY NIGHT WE SWEAT IT ALL OUT TOGETHER. 
          UH, AT THE CORPORATE CHALLENGE KICKOFF, UH, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND THERE WAS A LOT OF FRIENDLY TRASH TALKING HAPPENING BETWEEN THE VARIOUS CORPORATIONS THAT WERE OUT THERE. 
          UM, SEVERAL SAID THEY WERE GONNA WIN THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. 
          I THINK YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE WINNER, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE. 
          UH, WHAT HAPPENS. 
          AND THEN I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE, IT'S STILL CLEAR THE SHELTERS WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME GOOD SUCCESS, BUT GO, UH, WE HAVE SOME OF THE SAME PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT I'M STILL GONNA ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO ADOPT, UM, SOME PETS. 
          UH, THE, UH, ADOPTION FEES ARE WAIVED, UH, DURING CLEAR THE SHELTERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. HUTCH. 
          RIDER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE. 
          SHE'S GRADUATING FROM TEXAS A AND M WITH HER MASTERS. 
          I JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTIONED THAT REAL FAST, JUST IN CASE YOU WEREN'T QUITE CLEAR ON THAT POINT. 
          WHAT RILEY? RILEY RILEY GRADUATING, SHE'S GOING TO GEORGE BUSH SCHOOL OF FOR HER MASTERS AT A AND M. 
          SO, HAD TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN THERE WITH, WITH JENNIFER BEING THE RED RAIDER THAT SHE IS, UM, ON THE SAME EVENING, I, I ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF FUN, UH, WALKING AROUND THE, UH, CORPORATE CHALLENGE, BUT I ALSO WANTED JUST A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO DON. 
          AND ESPECIALLY TO CHARLES. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND DO THE PREVIEW OF THE NEW CITY HALL AND LIBRARY SPACE AND, UM, JUST A ABSOLUTE FANTASTIC JOB. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT HAS OCCURRED AFTER THE FIRE AT CITY HALL? UM, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK, THE, THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, UM, LIBRARY AND, AND THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF OF, OF GETTING THAT BUILDING, BUILDING, I GUESS BUILDINGS. 
          I'M NOT SURE HOW TO SAY THAT SINCE IT'S KIND OF SPLIT IN THE MIDDLE. 
          UM, BUT JUST PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER AND MAKING THAT HAPPEN. 
          SO JUST VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT HARD WORK. 
          I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT PEOPLE DON'T EVER THINK ABOUT, BUT JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW, UH, ABOUT THAT. 
          AND YEAH, I, THE CORPORATE CHALLENGE IS GONNA BE INTERESTING THIS YEAR 'CAUSE EVERYBODY TOLD COUNCILWOMAN JUSTICE AND I THAT THEY WERE GONNA WIN EVERYTHING. 
          SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK OUT, BUT, WE'LL, I GUESS WE'LL WAIT FOR THE RESULTS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU MR. DORIAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, YES, WE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW EVENTS THIS PAST WEEK AND I, I DID REALLY ENJOY, UH, TAKING A TOUR THROUGH THE NEW, UH, CITY HALL, OUR TEMPORARY CITY HALL, UH, AND JUST, UH, REMIND EVERYONE TOMORROW MORNING WE HAVE OUR PRESIDENT'S MEETING IN, UM, ACTUALLY IN THAT BUILDING, DON'T WE? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND THEN I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR FIRST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING IN, IN THAT, IN THE NEW BUILDING AS WELL. 
          UH, THE CORPORATE CHALLENGE WAS, UH, INCREDIBLE. 
          UM, THERE WAS A HUGE TURNOUT, UH, LOTS OF FOOD, UM, LOTS OF RACKET AND PEOPLE WERE JUST HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAD A, UH, RIBBON CUTTING LAST WEEK AT THE CORNER OF KOTT, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS BELTLINE. 
          BELTLINE, YES. 
          BELTLINE, YES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          UM, THAT WAS THE BURGER SHOP. 
          IF ANYONE HASN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE GO BY THERE AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THEM AND GIVE THEM SOME BUSINESS. 
          THEY HAVE SOME, UM, THEY HAVE A FULL BAR AND THEY ALSO HAVE, UH, A GOOD HAMBURGERS AND, UM, SOME MEXICAN TYPE SNACKS AND NACHOS. 
          SO ANYWAY, WE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THAT TOO, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          WELL, I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE MORE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT TEMPORARY, UH, CITY HALL SPACE THAT WAS DONE WONDERFULLY, BUT ALSO ON TIME , SO THAT WAS GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE TEAM, UH, WONDERFUL JOB AND, UH, THE CORPORATE CHALLENGE THAT NIGHT, I THOUGHT IT WAS HOT, BUT THEN THE NEXT DAY, UH, THE IN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, ME, I AND, UH, MAYOR, UH, BOB DVI, WE WENT TO, UH, CELEBRATE WITH THE INDIAN COMMUNITY. 
          THEY ARE 76TH INDEPENDENCE DAY, THEY CALLED THAT . 
          UH, AND THAT 
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DAY IT WAS REALLY, REALLY HOT. 
          SO, SO I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WAS BETTER THAN TODAY. 
          SO, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ENJOY THAT. 
          AND, UH, FOOD WAS GREAT, BUT I COULDN'T EAT IT BECAUSE I HAD ANOTHER EVENT TO GO IN THE EVENING. 
          THERE WAS ANOTHER WEDDING. 
          UH, MET FEW OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER AND, UH, SURPRISINGLY SOME OF THE R R S D BOARD OF TRUSTEE. 
          SO, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE A LOT MORE COUNCIL MEMBER TO THE INDIAN DAY CELEBRATION. 
          UH, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BARRIOS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UH, I THANK YOU COUNCILMAN DORIAN FOR, UH, MENTIONING THE BURGER SHOP. 
          I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT IT'S PRACTICALLY, ALMOST IN MY BACKYARD. 
          UM, AND, UH, THIS JUST EXCITES ME TO SEE ANOTHER BUSINESS OPEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I HOPE THEY DO WELL. 
          SO PLEASE GO CHECK IT OUT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN THAT AREA. 
          THE COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS OR R H S AREA, UM, IT'S A GREAT LOCAL SPOT. 
          IT'S THEIR SECOND LOCATION, I BELIEVE. 
          I FORGET WHERE THEY SAID THE OTHER ONE WAS OPEN. 
          I THINK ROY CITY OR SOMETHING. 
           OR, YEAH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE FURTHER OUT CITIES, BUT THIS IS OUR SECOND LOCATION. 
          I HOPE THEY DO WELL. 
          UM, ON SATURDAY MORNING, I HAD THE HONOR VOLUNTEERING WITH MY SON AT THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE. 
          UH, WE MANAGE THE, UH, THE CASH REGISTER THERE FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND, UH, I STILL REMEMBER HOW TO COUNT AND GIVE CHANGE. 
          SO THAT WAS A POSITIVE, UH,  AND BEEN A WELL SINCE I'D DONE WORKED RETAIL. 
          SO THAT, THAT WAS FUN. 
          BUT, UM, I HAD A LOT OF FUN TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES, YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARIES GET READY TO, UH, START SHUTTING DOWN AND MAKING THE MOVE AS THE COUNCIL IS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          SO THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT MOVE, UH, SATURDAY MORNING, A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, SATURDAY NIGHT AS, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED, I, I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS ATTENDING. 
          I RAN INTO HIM AT A, AT A WEDDING THAT TOOK PLACE UP IN, WHERE WAS THAT? FRISCO, BUT IT WAS OF A COMMUNITY MEMBER HERE IN THE RICHARDSON AREA. 
          UH, SOMEBODY I MET THROUGH SOME OF THE WORK WITH, UH, I E N T, UH, THE BIG MOSQUE HERE IN TOWN. 
          AND, UM, IT JUST REMINDED ME IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I ATTENDED A WEDDING, UM, LIKE THAT. 
          AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, AND IT JUST KIND OF REMINDED ME, YOU KNOW, IF IT WEREN'T FOR RICHARDSON, I WOULD'VE NEVER HAD THAT EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, MY WIFE AND MY SON AND I ATTENDED. 
          AND IT JUST, IT JUST REMINDED ME OF THE BEAUTIFUL DIVERSITY THAT IS INCLUDED IN RICHARDSON AND SOME OF THE AMAZING PEOPLE I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING IN OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS SINCE, UH, OVER THE LAST YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. 
          AND, UH, IT WAS JUST A GREAT DAY. 
          SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO , UH, AND HIS, HIS FAMILY AND HIS SON WHO GOT MARRIED ON SATURDAY. 
          SO THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CORCORAN. 
          HEY, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO RICHARDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE SERPENT, UH, AT SOME POINT OVER THE LAST WEEKEND AND HAD A LITTLE FIRE THERE AND THEY POSTED A REALLY GOOD PICTURE OF THEM SAVING A BEARDED DRAGON. 
          I'M SURE THEY SAVED A LOT MORE UNIQUE REPTILES THERE, BUT, UM, IT'S A BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN IN THIS CITY FOR A LONG TIME AND IS REALLY, REALLY UNIQUE AND, AND COOL. 
          SO I HOPE, UH, I WISH THEM LUCK AS THEY GET BACK UP AND RUNNING AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, JOE. 
          I'LL ADD ONE LAST THING. 
          I DID HAVE THE GOOD PLEASURE TO GO TO THE CELEBRATION OF THE 70, 76TH, UH, INDEPENDENCE, UM, FOR INDIA AND WITH MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          AND IT WAS REALLY NICE AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS AN EXCITING NIGHT, BUT, UH, MOST OF ALL, I HAD TO LEAVE AS QUICK AS I COULD GET OUT OF THERE BE, AND I WAS INVITED TO THAT SAME WEDDING. 
          BUT MORE IMPORTANT, MY GRANDDAUGHTER TURNED 16 AND IT WAS HER 16TH BIRTHDAY. 
          AND SO I GOT TO GO SEE HER AND SPEND THE REST OF THE NIGHT WITH HER THAT NIGHT. 
          AND SO I WANTED TO JUST TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALEXIS. 
          SHE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL. 
          AND OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL THE COMMUNITY INTERESTS I'M GONNA SHARE. 
          SO WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED AT, WHAT IS THAT? 8 8 48 48. 
          7 48. 
          THANK YOU. 
          Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. 
          APPRECIATE YOU.
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