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Afternoon it's my pleasure to call to order the 12

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o'clock Department head budget presentation meeting of May 4th 2026

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Madam Clerk, please call the role Mayor Go here. Vice

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mayor core. Council member adyas. Council member Gonzalez I'm here.

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Councilmember Weir. Council member Smith I'm here. Councilmember Coleman here.

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And Councilmember Boshir Tash. Thank you and keeping welcome to

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all of you thank you for engaging with us today

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in keeping with Council's resolution the public statements portion is

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divided into two periods There's a period for items listed

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Statements for items listed on this afternoon's agenda are given

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card and give your completed card to the clerk We

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agenda portion Those speakers will be called during the non

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- agenda portion of the meeting everyone in attendance is

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expected to adhere to the world's of decorum established by

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City's World Sub Decorum including any disruptive behavior that interferes

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Consider this a first warning to everyone in attendance that

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disrupts this meeting may result in expulsion and or the

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chambers being cleared Madam Clerk do we have any public

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speakers regarding items not listed on the agenda. Marygo we

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have not received any speaker cards regarding items not listed

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on today's agenda nor have we received speaker cards for

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items listed on the agenda Thank you next item please.

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Reports item 3A fiscal year 2026 27 Department budget presentation

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Budget workshop number one. Budget workshop number one Mr. Clegg

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Mayor Go Honorable Mayor and Council this is one of

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two workshops that we will have the second one will

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be held on May 18th and I would note before

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we jump into our first department presentation that we will

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have some wrap - up content at May 18th that

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summarizes the budget in whole We're not starting off with

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that summary of budget and hole We're going to jump

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right into our Department presentations But at your May 18th

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you'll see what our numbers are for the capital improvement

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program the total general fund numbers at your last workshop

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you saw Um, uh preliminary numbers for the general fund

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Uh, and uh, and also in the memo for public

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safety public safety vital services tax You saw some preliminary

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numbers for that specific portion of the General Fund will

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have a summary of all of that on May 18th

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Um, prior to the more in - depth Uh... Considerations

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and vote for June But for today's meeting we're going

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to walk through first our General Government Um, then we're

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going to have our City Attorneys Office Finance Um... Present

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their budgets recreation and parks and then police and fire.

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Before we even get all the way to those departments

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Uh, each Department has been asked to follow a similar

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template that we've used the last couple of years An

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interesting Uh slight exception the police department recently presented a

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very lengthy public safety update And so the Police Department

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presentation is just a little bit shorter because we're not

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going to repeat the same content That was presented at

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your last city Council meeting So with that preface I'll

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just jump into General Government as we term it There

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are several portions of City managers office Um, and legislative

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budgets that we cover collectively in what we call this

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General Government portion And so This will be the first

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Department that will go through And again you'll see how

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that template plays out throughout Uh, the other Departments as

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well Great And you're going to be setting the tone

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and showing us that we don't have to have every

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word read to us Absolutely Okay, that's great Absolutely Uh

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And I was actually going to jump right to now

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again These numbers do reflect the budget reductions that you

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saw in your workshop in March. And so on the

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personnel services line there Um, the slight increase We know

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you were going to have some increases due to Uh

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Different factors Uh... The cost of living adjustments, the increases

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for health costs and for insurance costs Um... Those play

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out into all the personnel line items, all the departments

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Uh, but because we also saw the five percent reduction

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that went into the budget And you'll see that in

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the next slide Um... A very... Modest Overall increase in

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those personal services Operations has a much larger increase And

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that's because we took on the operating costs of the

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economic development function And so the economic development function has

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about 1. 5 million dollars of operating contract support dollars

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And so that's why you see Um... That large increase

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and operations there It's interesting to note actually And we'll

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see it a little bit more on the next slide

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as well Um... The City Manager's Office Uh, took on

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one position that had previously been in RISC and the

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three positions from an economic Um... And community development Department,

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and still our personal line item I was only modestly

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increased because we made Other reductions and personnel before Uh,

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uh, taking on those additional positions Uh, and you'll just

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note below Uh, in the funding sources That larger piece

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Uh... The operating costs is reflected in the General Fund

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Public Safety vital services Uh... economic development... Uh...

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Operating dollars that we principally use for contracting for the

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tools and resources and incentives to do economic development That's

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those are the biggest changes for the City manager's office

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budget. Just as a high - level reflection Again, I've

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already talked about Um... Economic development moving We also had

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some positions in community vitality That were associated in the

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City Manager's Office, as that program has evolved organically It

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makes the most sense For those individuals to be within

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the purview of the Police Department for being able to

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access confidential information That's in CAD and other... Reporting systems

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And so we'd been moving in that direction But formalized

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the shift Of those community vitality operations over to the

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Police Department And then, just as a note We've been

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preparing for... And we'll continue to move forward with some

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notable changes to how we manage parking Um... And... We'll

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be kicking off a pilot for that program in this

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coming year Uh... We'll just note that in this last

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year We've spent a lot of effort on the cohort

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V Grant award for CALVIP That's good news That's gonna

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help us continue to move forward with that program We've

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been working very hard Uh... Out of our office on

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a federal ADA requirement to update accessibility As well as...

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Uh... We've been continuing to push forward with... Some specific

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annexations as well as preparing for larger scale annexations We

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actually are in the process... Of the legal descriptions of

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several large... Um... SHATION requests... Early stages of... Setting... The...

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Pieces in place that we can submit those applications through

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LAFCO. Here, just again, the reflection of... The personnel changes

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as noted Uh... Eliminated an assistant City manager... Uh... We

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moved some of the community vitality staff And again took

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on the economic development And that one position from RISC.

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Where the City Clerk's Office You'll note that there's again

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a slight increase there in personal services That doesn't mean

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there were any increases in personnel But just... Those... Cost

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line items are not in control for the clerk's Office

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But Clerks did identify other... Um... Operating reductions That could

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be handled... For... Overall reduction in those operating costs We

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appreciate looking hard It's a very small budget and type

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budget But... Julian, our team found some ways to achieve

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some savings there for all of us. Um... We again

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are treating the hiring freeze and eliminations for all of

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General Government as a whole... And so with a very

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small Department For example In Clerks and RISC Um... combination

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with all of the different units of the City Manager's

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Offices So their personnel count Um... Does not have any

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changes Um... And again We saw... The personnel costs go

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up Uh... Due to some of the other... Health cost

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increases and the cost of living adjustment. Um... This past

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year We've had a lot going on Um... We actually

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had two different pieces for... Filing requirements... And you'll know

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that in the second and the fourth bullet That we

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had an enhancement TONET file as well as There's new

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Expanded Ethics and fiscal financial training requirements That clerks has

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helped to facilitate for us. Uh... We've also been able

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to continue to expand the use of e - scribe

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to more of our board's commissions Committees. And then we

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had a great team government day This past year that

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had a little bit of a reimagining and helped us

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to keep that engagement strong. For our Risk Division Uh...

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On the personnel side that top line reflects that one

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shift of that one position over to the City Manager's

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Office. Operating side You'll see a notable increase there And

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we'll cover that on these upcoming slides But in the

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risk space We just continue to see increases that our

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hard for us to negotiate any better Um... And they're

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not really, you know, within our control In fact I'll

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just shift over to the next slide And apologize for

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the size on that script Uh... But a lot to

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cover there And that... We had some specific operational needs

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in our fire department But then... And that's a small

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impact But much bigger impact You see there is the

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workers'compensation program So I have 15 percent increase A lot

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of that is our insurance premiums Uh... Medical costs have

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seen inflation We continue to see Um... Workplace injuries We've

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implemented... Um... Tracking systems and early warning detection systems Uh...

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But we're continuing to see heavy experience There. Um... And

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then... Our third - party administration fees are up But

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the bigger piece is really The insurance premiums and the

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state fees for self - insurance On the next section

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over for liability also And we're seeing that those insurance

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premiums continue to go up Uh... Escalated rates... Um... That

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haven't been seen in many years. It's probably been three

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decades since we've seen Uh things go up at the

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same level. And in large part That is the lack

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of tort caps or tort And then the need for

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tort reform at the state level Um... And it continues

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to be a pressure on not just local government agencies

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But many of our private entities as well And that's

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why it's been reflected in our legislative platform as an

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important priority. And then Fortunately our property insurance Uh... Slightly

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down Those sometimes go up and down in market cycles

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I wouldn't read too much into that Um... But we're,

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you know, thankful that we've seen some favorable pricing there

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in this last year. Our visit Bakersfield budget is fairly

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steady Um... The personnel services changes are reflective Again, of

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some of the same other increases The one other pieces

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that we actually... And as a reminder The visit Baker's

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field is funded out of our transient occupancy tax Um...

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It's still part of the General Fund But it's... All

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of the budgeted funds come from T. O. T. for

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Visit Bakersfield There was one portion of one of our

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staff members That could be charged to T. O. T.

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That was not And so we added that in As

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well as the other You know regular Increases are causing

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that slight increase there And the personal services line Uh...

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But then we were able to also identify some offsets

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and some shifts that helped us Uh... To get some

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operating savings without major changes in the programs that we

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provide Uh... For the benefit of the community and for

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the benefit of tourism. Um... And so I would just

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want to know Some of those different pieces Uh... Many

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of the events that we've been successful on in the

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past We've continued to be able to have those Similar

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events take place here Multiple, successful sporting events Uh... We

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also... We're able to get a couple of new events

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And so we're excited about those Uh... And want to

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continue to see that moving forward Um... And then In

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addition to the event specifically The combination of our communications

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and marketing with... Is it Baker's field We feel as

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providing good dividends That we've added some new... Tools We

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have a new Uh... Community Events calendar We've had the

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new Baker's Field Historic Trail And we had a lot

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of success with some of our other trails or walks

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And so we added the historic trail Um... We've got

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Improved Um... Noticing and sign Engine Our local airport Um...

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As well as a driving tour that folks can also

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take of Bakersfield Um... In this coming year We expect

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to continue to increase the social media presence We've got

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a new app that's gonna help us get a lot

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more exposure there And then we're gonna continue again Many

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of these same events and we're Thinking through ways that

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we can... Um... Expand out and get even some more

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of those larger events Um... And we're looking forward to

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the expansion of Mason Morin That's gonna put us on

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the map for much larger tournaments Um... In the next

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couple of years. With that I'll be happy to answer

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any questions on General Government. Thank you Mr. Clark. Colleagues

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Did you have any questions. Council

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Member Gonzalez Thank you Mayor Uh... Thank you Mr. Clegg

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for your presentation today Um I wanted to jump right

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into the topic of... RISC Management... So we have workers'compensation

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increase. Increased by 1. 4 million dollars That's a 4.

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6 million dollar increase year over year So the same

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delivery of services as this current year for next year

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And yet all of our expenses have grown just by

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the insurance costs by 4. 6 million dollars That is

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correct A couple questions there Um... One is we've talked

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about cost - based accounting... Uh... For a while And

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I know the City Manager's Office is moving in that

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direction As it stands today. Do we And I know

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sounds odd to members of the public But does the

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City charge the Department. For these insurance - related costs

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based on employee counts or type of work? Or however

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you may do that But does our department's charge. Yeah

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Good question Council Me right I'll ask Ms. Unit Covey

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to come up and help add in detail where I'm

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lacking in that detail But it's interesting you point out

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the cost allocation plan is an area that we do

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need to move towards Fortunately in the area of Risk

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and insurance We are charging out to the departments And

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so when we do a cost allocation plan That won't

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I guess sort of solve that challenge because we are

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making allocations to the Department's But GNA Do you want

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to go a little more in detail about how we

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do that? Ms. Covey. Um That's correct Uh Gina Covey

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RISP Manager Uh Council Member Gonzalez Yes we do Allocation

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Method for all of our programs The RIST Department acts

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almost like an insurance Uh provider So we allocate costs

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out a little bit differently Um, payroll for workers comp

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and severity of claims Uh status And then for liability

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We do it by severity of claims and lawsuits. Okay

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great Um also want to mention that the You know

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This is not unique from my understanding Not unique to

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Bakersfield Right the increases in workers'compensation or liability increases. Correct

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That's correct We're seeing it across all public entities Um,

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that's why it's important Especially on the liability side to

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really be pushing for those TORT caps to try and

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control some of those costs for some of that litigation

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We're seeing across the state. And what are those... Actions

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Uh... We might be able to take as a council

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or City management Department heads might be able to take

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To help reduce those costs over time Reduce exposure Um...

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Perhaps in turn reducing the premiums. Great question So we

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are trying to work at thinking outside the box So

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just for litigation We have... And I know our City

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Attorney will talk about some of the lawsuits we have

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But motor vehicle accents is something we've really seen That

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we can work on So we're working on bringing in

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driving simulators to really further push our employees into more

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remediation training and training on the onset of coming into

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the organization On the workers comp side We're doing audits

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We're meeting with our largest departments all the time Once

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a month for our bakerSHOL Police Department to make sure

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they understand and stay on top of what those work

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- related injuries look like and how we can impact

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them in real time Great Thank you so much Thank

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you. Council Member You mentioned that other cities are experiencing

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the same issues And indeed they are The Exity Mayors

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is very concerned about the tort issues And so we

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have taken that on as a cause Thank you Miss

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Covey Ms. General for providing information that's needed for that

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I know Cal City's also Uh experience taking on that

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challenge Council Member Smith, please And just for the record

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City Clerk Council Member Beshrite at 12. 08. Thank you

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Mayor Just a couple questions Uh First the economic development

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operations were really kind of getting rid of a department

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But not getting rid of it and moving it If

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you could kind of explain that. In more detail And

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then also the parking you use the term Enterprise City

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Parking Enterprise What's really happening in the future with parking?

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Great questions Council Member So first on economic and community

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development Again as a combined Department Um... That was created

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Um... Uh... Four years ago Uh... As we move forward

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We're gonna continue to do the work of economic development

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And in fact I would suggest that that's one of

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the most important things that we can do to grow

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our revenue base and grow our tax base You know

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for the community is to continue to help create more

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quality jobs in this community And so rather than Um...

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Having those two functions combined You know community development is

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now gonna be part of development services We have a

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small team Three member team for economic development They'll be

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reporting to Gary Helen Assistant City Manager and the City

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Manager's Office. And the... That's actually the unit that was

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working specifically in economic development in the community economic development

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Department is about that same size Uh... But also we're

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taking the dollars that were available for our economic development

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strategic plan on our small business assistance Um... And also

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keeping those dollars intact. And we've already been in the

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process of creating several other Relationships with regional entities Uh...

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In Bakersfield and Kern like Chamber KDC B3K As well

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as also having some standalone contracts of the City Y'll

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remember For example we did When we did them mega

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- site contracts Some of the work was specific to

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that megacyte location uniquely But then some of the work

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that they did was to help us identify What are

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some of the things we just need to do to

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market better as a City and other locations that might

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also be for industrial or logistics And so you'll be

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seeing in coming months Contracts that we've actually been working

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on for You know Several months now Um... That would

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help give us more tools to continue to market the

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Baker Shield as a whole But then also specifically target

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Um... Site readiness of sites for some of our industry

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clusters And so The work of economic development absolutely is

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going to continue Um... But we're creating this ecosystem that

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is a mix of some Contracts Uh... Regional partners -

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specific contracts with private entities that are in support and

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giving us the tools that we need rather than Let's

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say necessarily build a bigger team of city employees But

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have folks deliver those services to us on contract But

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also still have that small core team That's really hyper

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- focused on job generation So that's the economic development

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portion Um. I forgot your segment Parking Yes, thank you

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So parking enterprise And I'm glad you used the word

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enterprise because Um... I was maybe getting a little ahead

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of myself That we haven't formalized. The parking Uh... Revenues

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and expenses as a separate enterprise yet But that is

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our intent in this coming year Right now It's actually

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Um... We do collect revenues into the General Fund But

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we actually pay more in operating costs out of the

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General Fund than revenues that we bring in Not a

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huge amount But we are subsidizing the parking Functions in

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downtown Um... Each year. And the intent is to separate

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those out To take another look at what do we

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charge But also make it easier to park and then

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also easier to charge by the use of technology And

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then we're gonna start at the 18th in I garage

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And then some street - level parking in the adjacent

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areas Um... We don't want anybody to get ahead of

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us on what that might look like Because we still

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need to go out to the businesses in the downtown

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area and have some of those conversations about what that

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could and should look like And so we're anticipating doing

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that community outreach Uh... Actually just in coming months We're

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having some meetings with downtown Business Association and other businesses

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in the downtown area But the plan is to then

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start Uh... Using our surface lots more... Intentionally that the

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City does own some service lots downtown We own the

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garage Um... If we move forward with acquisition of... The

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Truxton Towers That would give us more inventory to then

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also manage in this parking enterprise But it's been demonstrated

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in many communities that parking can pay for itself and

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even be a revenue generator And we're not doing it

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to try and make a lot of money But we

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think if it generates enough revenue that it can allow

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us The ability to build more parking to meet the

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demands where our demands and some places They're are more...

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And some places There's probably sufficient. But having an enterprise

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that focuses on that uses these newer technology tools to

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help us determine what our market rates Where is their

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demand or need. Um... We're excited to start using those

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tools now through We actually got a grant to start

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off this pilot program for the parking enterprise Um, and...

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Not only eliminate a small subsidy that comes from the

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General Fund But also just manage it much more intentionally

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to the benefit from an amenity standpoint for the downtown

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area. Right Thank you. Thank you Council Member Smith. Others.

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Let's see any other requests So we'll go on to

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our next one Which is our City Attorney's Office. Welcome.

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Good afternoon Uh I am Virginia Genero Your City Attorney

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And I will be giving the fiscal year. 26 -

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27 Budget for the City Attorney's Office.

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So I start out with this slide every year And

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I do it really as a reminder for our listening

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audience to see that the City Council has two employees.

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You have the City Managers through contract. And you have

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your City Attorney Through contract And as you can see

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by this chart Uh, you now have a third Um...

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Employee And that is the chief assistant City Attorney Who

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has not yet been hired But I am hopeful will

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be hired here Uh... By the beginning of this upcoming

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fiscal year And so we've put that box on the

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slide in two places One as it's reporting directly to

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the City Council because that will be a contract position

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That chief assistant will not be part of any bargaining

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unit Um... And then we also put it in a

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great out version underneath the City Attorney because they will

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be... Loosely directed... Under me until I leave So it's

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a transitional position again For those in the listening audience...

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Um... Reporting to the Council But loosely directed under the

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City Attorney. S This is the slide that the City

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Manager indicated that the budget team is asking all departments

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and divisions to put before you Um... I have put

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it up in the front It's also a duplicate I've

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put it at the back And I just want to

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explain a little bit Um... In that... Lower right -

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hand corner You can see that our budget has increased

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by 9. 6 percent. Even though the City manager and

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the Finance Director have asked everyone to take a 5

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- percent cut I'm going to explain so that you

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understand why that really... Would be incredibly difficult If not

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impossible... For our office to do that with such a

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small size. Meaning that as City Manager Claig indicated with

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some of the other small Departments Even if we were

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to stay absolutely the same and not change anything Uh...

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With the generous cost of living that the Council recently

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authorized And the increase in operational costs, insurance, etc. It

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would still increase by 9. 6 percent. Having said that

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there are 13 positions... Um... Our complement within the City

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Attorney's Compliment You can see those there in a linear

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format I think what's critical to look at is the

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chief assistant City Attorney is not yet funded. The assistant

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City Attorney is not yet funded. There are two Deputy

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City Attorneys that are not yet funded Um... One of

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them is... Excuse me... Of the two Deputy City Attorneys

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Uh... One of them However, some of that money is

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going to be used for the salary for the chief

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Assistant City Attorney... So again You can already see that

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that's not going to be enough So the 9. 6

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percent is a very conservative number. We are actively recruiting

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for that remaining Deputy City Attorney. There are five staff

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members. When you look at it in the more traditional

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organizational chart format That's what you see Um... Again The

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Chief Assistant I've placed in yellow Because part of that

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salary will be coming from the funded deputy City Attorney

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Position. The Assistant City Attorney is in red because it

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is unfunded You may recall that that position was unfunded

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But left in the complement last year When I indicated

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that my retirement was imminent Um I felt and I

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believe the council also agreed that it would be better

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for the incoming City Attorney to decide what to do

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with that assistant City Attorney. I would tell you that

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You need four attorneys Um... In addition to the City

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Attorney Whether that's one assistant City Attorney and three deputies

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or four deputies That's for the next person to decide

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But right now that assistant City Attorney is unfunded You

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have two currently Um... Within the City Attorney's Office And

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the other Deputy City Attorney Although he is in my

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office And he is in a compliment for the City

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Attorney's Office He has paid from the water Department Which

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is an enterprise fund So again the 9. 6 percent

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is a number that again is a little on the

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low side. We do have 5 staff members And I

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can tell you I think it's one of the best

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staffs Uh... That the City Attorney's Office has ever had.

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So we rely heavily on outside council And that's going

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to become pretty apparent here shortly Uh this slide again

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A very common slide You can see when you compare

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our office. To the other top 10 cities Uh... In

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California and some of our sister Cities Uh... We are

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down to 4 That would be myself And that would

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be the three deputies within the office right now Again

487
00:56:09,856 --> 00:56:14,233
One of them Primarily exclusive to water. Uh... I oftentimes

488
00:56:14,414 --> 00:56:16,393
come before you And I say that we're lean and

489
00:56:16,393 --> 00:56:18,633
mean Uh... But we are down to the bone In

490
00:56:18,633 --> 00:56:20,793
fact I would tell you that we're into the bone

491
00:56:20,833 --> 00:56:23,433
now I mean we're minus an appendage I'm not I'm

492
00:56:23,433 --> 00:56:25,113
not sure you could go I'm not sure you could

493
00:56:25,153 --> 00:56:29,511
go any less than what we've had. And that is

494
00:56:29,692 --> 00:56:32,791
why we rely heavily on outside council Uh, you know

495
00:56:32,791 --> 00:56:35,751
that you are under contract with Klippernum Brown through 2030.

496
00:56:37,026 --> 00:56:40,765
Under contract with Martyrosion And Cohen through 2030 We do

497
00:56:40,805 --> 00:56:43,245
have a yearly contract with Dwayne Morris to deal with

498
00:56:43,245 --> 00:56:46,285
our water issues I believe that one will be coming

499
00:56:46,466 --> 00:56:50,125
a new contract We'll be coming forward Uh... For your

500
00:56:50,165 --> 00:56:53,187
consideration before the end of this budget year. And now

501
00:56:53,208 --> 00:56:57,574
what we're seeing though is we're seeing additional contracts. With

502
00:56:57,835 --> 00:57:01,014
other outside council So we do have one with Dwayne

503
00:57:01,054 --> 00:57:02,774
Morris in addition to the water to help us with

504
00:57:02,795 --> 00:57:07,814
the General Plan And we're using other outside council to

505
00:57:07,814 --> 00:57:11,214
help us in areas that frankly Um... We used to

506
00:57:11,214 --> 00:57:13,494
handle We used to handle in - house We're dealing

507
00:57:13,515 --> 00:57:16,694
with outside council now for short - term rentals Um...

508
00:57:16,955 --> 00:57:20,454
For CEQA for the MILS Act for POP 218 For

509
00:57:20,494 --> 00:57:23,494
eminent domain Um... For some of our economic and community

510
00:57:23,675 --> 00:57:26,934
development issues such as the LAN trust And for labor

511
00:57:27,115 --> 00:57:30,054
And so I think again When you go into the

512
00:57:30,075 --> 00:57:32,614
next fiscal year And you are with your next City

513
00:57:32,715 --> 00:57:35,334
Attorney That's one of the bigger issues I think this

514
00:57:35,435 --> 00:57:37,334
council is going to have to have a discussion with

515
00:57:37,675 --> 00:57:39,894
Right It's a balancing Act. How much do you really

516
00:57:40,075 --> 00:57:43,254
handle in - house with your deputies? And how much

517
00:57:43,355 --> 00:57:47,254
do you utilize and rely on outside council? There are

518
00:57:47,275 --> 00:57:49,894
pros and cons to each approach Uh... But that's probably

519
00:57:49,995 --> 00:57:52,374
something that You know You're gonna be hearing a little

520
00:57:52,374 --> 00:57:57,190
bit more of as the year progresses. Again We are

521
00:57:57,211 --> 00:58:01,590
very fortunate to have... Um... Our contracts with outside Council

522
00:58:01,691 --> 00:58:04,310
Particularly that of Clifford and Brown and Martyrosian and Cohen

523
00:58:04,350 --> 00:58:06,470
I mean just take a look at this chart It

524
00:58:06,510 --> 00:58:08,550
kind of goes hand in hand what Gina Covey just

525
00:58:08,590 --> 00:58:12,470
mentioned to you Incoming lawsuits alone These are just incoming

526
00:58:12,491 --> 00:58:17,910
You look at 2021 There's about 20 It's doubled 4

527
00:58:17,910 --> 00:58:20,710
or 5 years And remember when you have the 42

528
00:58:21,051 --> 00:58:22,870
in this year The others don't go away I mean

529
00:58:23,131 --> 00:58:25,030
you're handling the 42 as well as all of the

530
00:58:25,030 --> 00:58:27,910
others that have happened in the proceeding year And we

531
00:58:27,950 --> 00:58:31,110
are doing an excellent job of disposing of cases But

532
00:58:31,211 --> 00:58:33,590
it is very much within the standard practice of the

533
00:58:33,611 --> 00:58:37,190
industry to have a case that goes Uh, anywhere between

534
00:58:37,531 --> 00:58:40,310
3 and 5 years So we're handling all of the

535
00:58:40,571 --> 00:58:43,510
red and all of the blue Uh, that you can

536
00:58:43,531 --> 00:58:47,682
see on there. Little. Bit of a pie chart here

537
00:58:47,863 --> 00:58:50,162
to show you what we're dealing with Um, again When

538
00:58:50,162 --> 00:58:54,962
you look at single category lawsuits Uh... By far the

539
00:58:55,002 --> 00:58:58,869
largest is motor vehicle. Um... And the next largest single

540
00:58:58,890 --> 00:59:01,909
category I would say to you is slip and falls

541
00:59:02,330 --> 00:59:05,509
Uh... Miscellaneous contains a lot of other items Some of

542
00:59:05,509 --> 00:59:08,069
those items too are items in which we, the City

543
00:59:08,109 --> 00:59:11,030
of Bakersfield are the plaintiff. So I would say to

544
00:59:11,030 --> 00:59:13,430
you We really want to concentrate on those items in

545
00:59:13,430 --> 00:59:15,350
red and those items in green And I think again

546
00:59:15,451 --> 00:59:20,070
Council Member Gonzalez asked inappropriate valid question as so You

547
00:59:20,070 --> 00:59:22,390
know what do we really do to cut that pie

548
00:59:22,571 --> 00:59:25,270
in half? You cut that pie in half And you've

549
00:59:25,310 --> 00:59:30,635
got a different story in front of you. Despite that

550
00:59:31,296 --> 00:59:33,755
again Our outside Council in terms of litigation is not

551
00:59:33,755 --> 00:59:36,635
a tremendous job Uh... We they have close six cases

552
00:59:36,976 --> 00:59:39,915
Four with no money State They've closed 25 13 without

553
00:59:39,936 --> 00:59:43,275
any monies But Um... I wish I could stand up

554
00:59:43,315 --> 00:59:45,035
here and tell you It's been a... It's been a

555
00:59:45,035 --> 00:59:47,035
great year But it's been a brutal year You all

556
00:59:47,035 --> 00:59:49,195
know it's been a brutal year Um... We've had three

557
00:59:49,235 --> 00:59:51,195
cases that we've had to settle for over a million

558
00:59:51,235 --> 00:59:55,285
dollars Two of them were over 15 million dollars. And

559
00:59:55,466 --> 00:59:59,925
yes insurance paid for those cases Um... But what you

560
00:59:59,925 --> 01:00:02,405
don't see on the chart And what I can't explain

561
01:00:02,506 --> 01:00:05,525
to you, not because I'm unable to explain to you

562
01:00:05,565 --> 01:00:09,365
But it's an unknown Which is... It's disappointing And we

563
01:00:09,365 --> 01:00:12,885
don't know When we pay that kind of money What

564
01:00:12,885 --> 01:00:18,485
that secondary Um... Are you gonna have the same insurance

565
01:00:18,586 --> 01:00:21,765
rates Uh... From here on out What are those premiums?

566
01:00:21,765 --> 01:00:24,005
You already heard Gina in the City Manager tell you

567
01:00:24,005 --> 01:00:28,565
that the premiums have skyrocketed Well There's probably no doubt

568
01:00:28,906 --> 01:00:31,765
It's because of the number of motor Vehicle cases The

569
01:00:31,765 --> 01:00:33,445
number of trip and falls And the fact that we

570
01:00:33,466 --> 01:00:41,525
had to settle Um... So that's not something that I

571
01:00:41,706 --> 01:00:44,165
relish coming up here and telling you But it's the

572
01:00:44,165 --> 01:00:50,633
truth. Department highlights Uh you're looking at 184 active litigation

573
01:00:50,734 --> 01:00:53,673
matters that our office handles right now That is by

574
01:00:53,713 --> 01:00:56,793
far the most Uh... That the City Attorney's Office has

575
01:00:56,814 --> 01:00:59,193
ever handled Um... In the history of the City of

576
01:00:59,214 --> 01:01:03,273
Bakersfield Um... Yes We are handling some of them in

577
01:01:03,273 --> 01:01:06,953
- house But the weight of those 184 litigation matters

578
01:01:07,214 --> 01:01:10,873
Uh that has an impact internally to our office Even

579
01:01:10,974 --> 01:01:14,153
though we rely heavily on outside counsel Uh... We are

580
01:01:14,174 --> 01:01:16,233
handling some of our own in - house That we

581
01:01:16,494 --> 01:01:19,353
realize have nothing to do with the City of Bakersfield

582
01:01:19,393 --> 01:01:21,833
I cannot tell you how many times we have been

583
01:01:21,854 --> 01:01:25,433
sued for accidents Uh... Because of get bus Even though

584
01:01:25,433 --> 01:01:28,473
we have absolutely nothing to do with get bus We

585
01:01:28,494 --> 01:01:32,073
get lawsuits from attorneys in LA that think that the

586
01:01:32,113 --> 01:01:35,193
City of Lancaster is somehow associated with the City of

587
01:01:35,294 --> 01:01:40,273
Bakersfield Those types of cases My deputies and myself, we

588
01:01:40,273 --> 01:01:43,593
handle But that weight of the 184 and that weight

589
01:01:43,593 --> 01:01:46,713
of Nothing is an accident anymore It's always a lottery

590
01:01:46,753 --> 01:01:51,273
ticket Is impacting your City Attorney's Office That's more monitoring

591
01:01:51,313 --> 01:01:54,873
that we need to do That's more invoices Cost invoices

592
01:01:54,873 --> 01:01:57,513
that we need to process Uh that means the more

593
01:01:57,534 --> 01:02:00,313
work for finance Department to do Because again There's more

594
01:02:00,574 --> 01:02:04,235
paperwork associated with that. Um... And again at the bottom

595
01:02:04,235 --> 01:02:06,955
line I get back to that balancing Act But that

596
01:02:06,955 --> 01:02:10,155
means the more work for the deputies to do with

597
01:02:10,336 --> 01:02:14,358
litigation. Then with your municipal issues Which I would tell

598
01:02:14,358 --> 01:02:17,238
you from my perspective And being your City Attorney That's

599
01:02:17,278 --> 01:02:20,278
where your priority is. That's where it should be But

600
01:02:20,379 --> 01:02:24,438
it's those municipal issues Uh... We are struggling Frankly to

601
01:02:24,438 --> 01:02:27,398
keep up with because of the weight of those litigated

602
01:02:27,419 --> 01:02:32,770
matters. So again Uh the slide is there Uh... I

603
01:02:32,770 --> 01:02:35,010
think you'll have a better feel now For that slide

604
01:02:35,111 --> 01:02:37,810
I'm not sure Again I know that that increase of

605
01:02:37,850 --> 01:02:40,770
9. 6 is accurate But I think It should be

606
01:02:40,810 --> 01:02:44,154
a much higher number. And when you look at the

607
01:02:44,255 --> 01:02:47,994
changes between last year and coming up again That chief

608
01:02:47,994 --> 01:02:51,434
assistant City Attorney really needs to be funded. I understand

609
01:02:51,615 --> 01:02:55,434
that one of the funded Deputy City Attorney Salaries will

610
01:02:55,455 --> 01:02:57,914
be going to that But that simply is not enough

611
01:02:58,495 --> 01:03:02,617
That needs to be increased. Um... The unfunded assistant City

612
01:03:02,657 --> 01:03:04,777
Attorney Position eventually is going to come back to you

613
01:03:04,958 --> 01:03:08,057
And I would suggest probably needs to be funded And

614
01:03:08,158 --> 01:03:11,177
we are actively recruiting not only for the chief Assistant

615
01:03:11,217 --> 01:03:13,897
City Attorney But we are actively recruiting for that one

616
01:03:13,998 --> 01:03:20,259
remaining vacant Uh... Deputy City Attorney 2 position. DEATTON Uh

617
01:03:20,299 --> 01:03:22,419
So with that Um, we're going to try to continue

618
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:26,419
that litigation posture As much as possible Um... Maintain those

619
01:03:26,600 --> 01:03:30,099
municipal services were necessary We will continue to use outside

620
01:03:30,200 --> 01:03:33,619
Council Um... Handle what we can in - house and

621
01:03:33,619 --> 01:03:38,965
continue to recruit for that UhECA position. Thank you Thank

622
01:03:38,986 --> 01:03:43,421
you Mr. Gennaro. Thank you for a very clear Report

623
01:03:43,522 --> 01:03:48,221
And it's always reassuring to Know that you have a

624
01:03:48,261 --> 01:03:52,221
City Attorney and a team that is doing everything possible

625
01:03:53,122 --> 01:03:56,381
Uh... With such outstanding success You can't control the things

626
01:03:56,381 --> 01:04:00,141
that you can't control But you've been able to deliver

627
01:04:00,162 --> 01:04:05,021
with Outstanding Success So thank you so much Questions from

628
01:04:06,802 --> 01:04:11,726
the Council. Council Member Gonzalez Thank you Mayor I think

629
01:04:11,726 --> 01:04:14,126
You Mr. Now for your presentation And I concur with

630
01:04:14,147 --> 01:04:17,326
the mayor Uh... I think you've been Your Department has

631
01:04:17,366 --> 01:04:20,846
been very effective in Projecting the City And I think

632
01:04:20,846 --> 01:04:23,886
You for that Um I did want to touch on

633
01:04:23,926 --> 01:04:25,646
a point that you made just a moment ago Because

634
01:04:25,686 --> 01:04:30,126
I do understand and sensitive to the burdens Of the

635
01:04:30,166 --> 01:04:33,086
Department as it relates to the number of incoming cases

636
01:04:33,667 --> 01:04:37,406
Um... I am also mindful though That there are opportunities

637
01:04:37,427 --> 01:04:41,566
for us through your department Uh... To help us move

638
01:04:41,587 --> 01:04:44,606
the City as a whole forward Um... Number one is

639
01:04:45,907 --> 01:04:49,326
The short - term vacation rental ordinance Uh... That we

640
01:04:49,366 --> 01:04:52,366
see that in full effect So that we can increase

641
01:04:54,547 --> 01:04:58,686
the TOT That the City currently receives I think that's

642
01:04:58,947 --> 01:05:03,006
one key area And then also Um... The area of

643
01:05:03,027 --> 01:05:07,966
receivership Uh... Because I think that strategy has been proven

644
01:05:08,006 --> 01:05:11,966
very successful Uh... And it's very strategic in that... We

645
01:05:11,966 --> 01:05:13,966
are able to get a handle on some of these

646
01:05:14,147 --> 01:05:18,846
properties with property owners who are unresponsive And allows us

647
01:05:18,886 --> 01:05:23,806
to address the property But also in turn help Ugra

648
01:05:24,307 --> 01:05:28,526
the neighborhood Um... Reduces longer term reduces the number of

649
01:05:28,627 --> 01:05:33,406
calls for service Uh... Among police and fire and flood

650
01:05:33,446 --> 01:05:37,246
ministries and other agencies that may respond Code enforcement obviously

651
01:05:37,667 --> 01:05:41,966
Um... And I think overall could help us Alleviate some

652
01:05:41,966 --> 01:05:44,206
of that pressure for other departments in the City overall

653
01:05:45,027 --> 01:05:48,646
Um... My question is Where are we with receivership? Do

654
01:05:48,707 --> 01:05:51,966
we have any active cases? And how can we expand

655
01:05:52,067 --> 01:05:56,366
that? Uh... I am concerned with some of the Code

656
01:05:56,366 --> 01:05:59,886
Enforcement actions that currently are pending And as required us

657
01:05:59,926 --> 01:06:04,766
to take action... Remediate some sites And as a result

658
01:06:05,267 --> 01:06:07,726
We're putting liens on properties But those are real dollars

659
01:06:07,987 --> 01:06:11,246
That are coming from our General Fund today In order

660
01:06:11,246 --> 01:06:13,166
for us to clean up properties that the City doesn't

661
01:06:13,206 --> 01:06:16,526
even own Uh... I think it seems unfair to the

662
01:06:16,547 --> 01:06:20,766
people of Bakersfield that we're having to take responsibility Uh...

663
01:06:20,787 --> 01:06:23,406
For these properties that are owned by private property owners

664
01:06:23,587 --> 01:06:26,286
And my point is that the receivership program I feel

665
01:06:26,286 --> 01:06:29,806
like is a much more assertive approach And can help

666
01:06:30,067 --> 01:06:33,726
prevent some of those expenditures But also helps get to

667
01:06:33,726 --> 01:06:36,126
the heart of some of these issues That are facing

668
01:06:36,707 --> 01:06:39,546
Uh... Our community Certainly in War II Some of the

669
01:06:39,546 --> 01:06:44,384
more historic neighborhoods. Mayor Council Member Gonzalez With regard to

670
01:06:44,424 --> 01:06:46,624
the short - term rentals My understanding is is that

671
01:06:46,664 --> 01:06:48,544
staff is coming back to you If it's not The

672
01:06:48,565 --> 01:06:51,264
May 13th meeting It will be the second meeting in

673
01:06:51,285 --> 01:06:57,638
May. Um... With regard for the receivership Um... Could agree

674
01:06:57,638 --> 01:07:00,998
with you more Um... And it would be... I would

675
01:07:01,019 --> 01:07:04,598
love Right to have that deputy City Attorney that I

676
01:07:04,598 --> 01:07:07,718
could just say You know the old Mark Selvaggio Go

677
01:07:07,758 --> 01:07:10,358
be a rat on a Cheeto Um... And do that

678
01:07:10,859 --> 01:07:14,278
Right? Because I think that's what having the Deputy City

679
01:07:14,318 --> 01:07:19,078
Attorneys give you... And let them Uh... Let their creativity

680
01:07:19,179 --> 01:07:22,918
run wild And do that Um... The receivership program has

681
01:07:22,939 --> 01:07:26,198
been a success I believe the Deputy City Attorney Ashley

682
01:07:26,219 --> 01:07:29,558
Zambrano has worked with Phil Burns And the two that

683
01:07:29,598 --> 01:07:34,984
have been filed. Positive results for the City of Bakersfield

684
01:07:35,005 --> 01:07:37,624
It's my understanding that we do not have any right

685
01:07:37,624 --> 01:07:41,064
now When I say in the queue I mean at

686
01:07:41,645 --> 01:07:44,104
that have been filed with court We have been working

687
01:07:44,205 --> 01:07:46,584
with the receiver Mark Adams to see if he'll take

688
01:07:46,624 --> 01:07:49,864
some of those additional properties on Um... But again You

689
01:07:49,864 --> 01:07:52,824
know the pros and cons with that How much equity

690
01:07:52,864 --> 01:07:55,384
is in the property Etc And that's where it really

691
01:07:55,384 --> 01:07:57,544
gets to the You know to those creative ideas But

692
01:07:59,085 --> 01:08:02,264
That is a priority in my office Yes Great Thank

693
01:08:02,264 --> 01:08:06,848
you so much. Thank you Council Member Coleman.

694
01:08:12,073 --> 01:08:14,795
Thank You Mayor Uh. Mr. Narrow Thank you very much

695
01:08:14,896 --> 01:08:18,875
for your presentation And I really appreciate you showing that

696
01:08:18,976 --> 01:08:24,395
comparison Uh... Staffing what other communities are doing That really

697
01:08:24,435 --> 01:08:30,634
helps keep things in perspective. Uh... I'm real supportive of

698
01:08:30,634 --> 01:08:34,874
the outside council thing And it's very easy to measure

699
01:08:35,135 --> 01:08:40,714
how well outside Council is doing In the liability and

700
01:08:40,714 --> 01:08:43,754
the criminal kinds of cases Because this win or lose

701
01:08:44,015 --> 01:08:47,354
And we can tell But I'm more concerned about what

702
01:08:47,375 --> 01:08:52,474
we're doing to Make sure that we're getting our money's

703
01:08:52,474 --> 01:08:55,034
worth for the ones that are not in those kind

704
01:08:55,055 --> 01:09:00,047
of situations Like. The ones that are consulting on. Water

705
01:09:00,087 --> 01:09:03,807
issues And general plan issues and other things Can you

706
01:09:03,807 --> 01:09:06,527
speak a little bit about that? Sure Mayor Council Member

707
01:09:06,628 --> 01:09:11,602
Coleman. Um At this point There isn't a metric system

708
01:09:12,023 --> 01:09:14,882
really As you point out to determine how well they're

709
01:09:14,882 --> 01:09:18,956
doing win or lose. I Will tell you that Um...

710
01:09:19,057 --> 01:09:21,116
How I typically do it and how I look at

711
01:09:21,137 --> 01:09:25,436
those outside Council firms is ideal with the Department head

712
01:09:25,777 --> 01:09:28,156
So if it's a labor issue I'm dealing with HR

713
01:09:29,617 --> 01:09:32,956
If it's with the general plan I'm working with Phil

714
01:09:33,057 --> 01:09:35,596
And I reach out to those Department heads and say

715
01:09:35,697 --> 01:09:39,596
Look What is your relationship with outside council? Are they

716
01:09:39,596 --> 01:09:42,236
coming to the City of Bakersfield? Do you have a

717
01:09:42,236 --> 01:09:45,596
relationship with them A personal relationship with them That you

718
01:09:45,636 --> 01:09:50,076
would or did with a Deputy City Attorney My office

719
01:09:50,337 --> 01:09:53,036
And then ultimately The Buck stops with me Right And

720
01:09:53,057 --> 01:09:55,596
so when the issues finally get up to my level

721
01:09:56,177 --> 01:09:59,276
Um... I have to make that determination whether outside Council

722
01:09:59,297 --> 01:10:02,636
is being more conservative than I would necessarily be Because

723
01:10:03,217 --> 01:10:05,996
that is one In my opinion of the disadvantages of

724
01:10:06,097 --> 01:10:08,556
relying on outside council They provide you with the most

725
01:10:08,737 --> 01:10:13,196
conservative advice that they can and that Generally doesn't accomplish

726
01:10:13,217 --> 01:10:16,956
what the City Council wants to do So it's that

727
01:10:16,956 --> 01:10:21,276
level of just having multiple eyes on the topic And...

728
01:10:21,617 --> 01:10:24,754
And a personal relationship. And if the topic ends up

729
01:10:25,015 --> 01:10:27,634
If the Council passes that short - term rental agreement

730
01:10:27,895 --> 01:10:30,274
And you're happy with it Then hey that's a plus

731
01:10:30,314 --> 01:10:32,674
for outside Council If you're not happy with it For

732
01:10:32,855 --> 01:10:38,956
whatever reason Then we need to reevaluate. Okay Thank you

733
01:10:38,956 --> 01:10:41,356
very much And thank you for all your department is

734
01:10:41,356 --> 01:10:44,636
doing I have no further questions Thank you Councilmember Coleman.

735
01:10:45,325 --> 01:10:48,024
I don't see any other requests for this So thank

736
01:10:48,024 --> 01:10:50,584
you very much Thank you And now moving on to

737
01:10:51,245 --> 01:10:55,564
finance Department. Oh I see you're trying to set the

738
01:10:55,905 --> 01:11:04,978
example within Decreasing budget. Welcome. Thank you Mayor Good afternoon

739
01:11:05,079 --> 01:11:08,818
Mayor Council members taking the queue from what you hinted

740
01:11:08,818 --> 01:11:12,338
at Try to be as brief as possible As you

741
01:11:12,338 --> 01:11:14,978
can see four slides Hopefully that's as brief as I

742
01:11:14,978 --> 01:11:19,938
can Appreciate the opportunity to present the proposed budget for

743
01:11:19,938 --> 01:11:23,727
the finance Department for the upcoming fiscal year. As you

744
01:11:23,727 --> 01:11:27,007
saw As was mentioned earlier This is the standard presentation

745
01:11:27,348 --> 01:11:29,327
We're just showing every department And this is our budget

746
01:11:29,748 --> 01:11:33,647
for next Episcopal year Uh... Compared to last We anticipated

747
01:11:33,668 --> 01:11:37,487
or proposing a budget of 5. 5 million dollars Broken

748
01:11:37,527 --> 01:11:40,760
down between those funding sources. As we talked about every

749
01:11:40,800 --> 01:11:45,000
department was requested to reduce budget personnel budget specifically in

750
01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:47,880
the general fund We are able to do that But

751
01:11:47,920 --> 01:11:50,840
you do see as the General Fund did increase though

752
01:11:51,101 --> 01:11:54,520
Specifically because of two areas Obviously we had COSA living

753
01:11:54,541 --> 01:11:57,080
increases But in addition to that You'll see a reduction

754
01:11:57,101 --> 01:12:01,725
in the trip funds. What's happening there is the distribution

755
01:12:01,826 --> 01:12:05,085
of our staff has actually been increased to the General

756
01:12:05,106 --> 01:12:08,205
Fund because that work from RAFF has been reduced So

757
01:12:08,546 --> 01:12:11,645
we're shifted some of those costs from trip to the

758
01:12:11,906 --> 01:12:14,685
General Fund So that's offset at some of the decreases

759
01:12:14,706 --> 01:12:18,285
that we saw from the staffing reductions In addition to

760
01:12:18,285 --> 01:12:21,885
that we did have a reduction in capital cost Specifically

761
01:12:21,925 --> 01:12:25,325
related to our purchasing department that 30, 000 dollar reduction

762
01:12:25,746 --> 01:12:30,365
We have the responsibility of purchasing copiers for all the

763
01:12:30,405 --> 01:12:32,845
departments And that has this has been a significant reduction

764
01:12:33,106 --> 01:12:35,485
in the need for those So we're continuing to reduce

765
01:12:35,525 --> 01:12:38,045
that number this year It's a 30, 000 dollar reduction

766
01:12:38,546 --> 01:12:41,565
for copier replacements for the upcoming fiscal year So what

767
01:12:41,565 --> 01:12:43,645
you see here is about a half percent reduction from

768
01:12:43,826 --> 01:12:52,739
prior year in the General Fund as a whole. Alright

769
01:12:52,760 --> 01:12:56,339
So as we see these we took to heart the

770
01:12:56,379 --> 01:12:58,979
need to reduce budget So we have no new proposals

771
01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:02,419
for the department No specific growth We were actually able

772
01:13:02,419 --> 01:13:06,099
to reduce the budget by actually six percent We met

773
01:13:06,120 --> 01:13:09,219
the five percent goal reducing two positions which I'll touch

774
01:13:09,259 --> 01:13:12,019
on in the next slide And addition to that we

775
01:13:12,019 --> 01:13:14,419
are moving forward with as we move into next fiscal

776
01:13:14,440 --> 01:13:18,019
year our plans are We have no major CIP projects

777
01:13:18,059 --> 01:13:21,299
moving forward And we will continue to move forward with

778
01:13:21,480 --> 01:13:24,259
the ERP implementation So we've stood up in pretty much

779
01:13:24,280 --> 01:13:28,979
stabilized REERP for the financials We've helped stabilize the permitting

780
01:13:29,019 --> 01:13:32,339
system And now we're moving forward with the HCM or

781
01:13:32,379 --> 01:13:35,779
the payroll system in the upcoming fiscal year That is

782
01:13:35,880 --> 01:13:40,019
planned to be completed by the March of the 2027

783
01:13:40,200 --> 01:13:42,819
So next fiscal year In addition to that we will

784
01:13:42,859 --> 01:13:45,059
move forward with the utility billing system We also hope

785
01:13:45,099 --> 01:13:48,499
to complete that implementation by the end of this calendar

786
01:13:48,539 --> 01:13:52,820
year. So here you see our complement as you see

787
01:13:52,820 --> 01:13:56,180
here in 2526 We had an increase of five individuals

788
01:13:56,921 --> 01:13:59,300
That was because we shifted the budget office and the

789
01:13:59,340 --> 01:14:02,980
ERP team Five individuals moved to the Finance Department This

790
01:14:03,020 --> 01:14:06,740
year we reduced by that number by two I'm mounting

791
01:14:06,740 --> 01:14:09,620
to about a 280, 000 dollar reduction in the General

792
01:14:09,620 --> 01:14:12,811
Fund budget A business analyst. Related to our ERP team

793
01:14:12,912 --> 01:14:17,531
And we reduced the one treasury account specialist Uh, related

794
01:14:17,571 --> 01:14:20,811
to the work we do downstairs in the first Forest

795
01:14:20,811 --> 01:14:24,853
City Hall North. Again resulting in a current complement of

796
01:14:24,954 --> 01:14:28,529
35 individuals. So that is the budget Before I move

797
01:14:28,529 --> 01:14:31,809
on I want Do you have any questions specifically overreated

798
01:14:31,849 --> 01:14:38,509
to finance budget. Don't see any requests Okay So we're

799
01:14:38,509 --> 01:14:40,109
going to move on to the next slide related to

800
01:14:40,290 --> 01:14:43,789
calipers It was requested by council about a month and

801
01:14:43,789 --> 01:14:46,749
a half ago to go through the caliper's contributions And

802
01:14:46,930 --> 01:14:49,309
what we're showing here is based on the most recent

803
01:14:49,570 --> 01:14:54,429
actuarial reports Uh... From CALPERRS and where we see our

804
01:14:54,450 --> 01:14:58,109
contributions and our costs for calipers going in the next

805
01:14:58,930 --> 01:15:02,749
Well... A number of years 25 years So what you

806
01:15:02,749 --> 01:15:05,869
see here is over the next five years We expect

807
01:15:06,050 --> 01:15:08,509
our costs to go up by 14 million dollars in

808
01:15:08,509 --> 01:15:12,599
total Peaking in 2030 31 at 98 million dollars. From

809
01:15:12,700 --> 01:15:16,519
that point down We've shown this slide before Just I'm

810
01:15:16,559 --> 01:15:20,119
sorry I'll back up a little bit The two amounts

811
01:15:20,159 --> 01:15:23,879
of costs related to our calipers are Ununfunded Actuarial determined

812
01:15:23,919 --> 01:15:27,067
liability Which is red. And then our normal cost Which

813
01:15:27,088 --> 01:15:29,547
is based on our current complement Which is blue So

814
01:15:29,648 --> 01:15:34,507
what you see is by 2045 If caliper earns it

815
01:15:34,528 --> 01:15:37,594
what they expected to earn. Are unfunded liability We reduced

816
01:15:37,634 --> 01:15:41,034
to zero And our costs would go down by 47

817
01:15:41,055 --> 01:15:44,785
percent from that peak in 2031. One of the things

818
01:15:44,966 --> 01:15:48,865
that we want to talk about though Again That's the

819
01:15:48,905 --> 01:15:52,145
expectation We understand We've talked about this before CalPERS is

820
01:15:52,185 --> 01:15:55,025
supposed to earn 6. 8 percent on its investments And

821
01:15:55,046 --> 01:15:58,065
they've actually done pretty well Last three years they earned

822
01:15:58,406 --> 01:16:03,105
nine percent And then based on the current performance this

823
01:16:03,145 --> 01:16:06,145
year They had expected to earn 12 percent So they

824
01:16:06,185 --> 01:16:09,105
are meeting their requirements And so based on that performance

825
01:16:09,145 --> 01:16:11,345
We don't expect over the next two years We don't

826
01:16:11,345 --> 01:16:14,305
expect that peak to go up Because they've been meeting

827
01:16:14,886 --> 01:16:17,345
they are required Uh, earnings And that's that discount rate

828
01:16:17,385 --> 01:16:19,585
as it's called I did want to touch on one

829
01:16:19,585 --> 01:16:23,345
thing though As we move forward into the next fiscal

830
01:16:23,385 --> 01:16:25,905
year There are there are certain challenges to this We've

831
01:16:25,945 --> 01:16:30,945
we've relied on that peak of 2031 of pension costs.

832
01:16:31,829 --> 01:16:36,768
If you're not aware Assembly bill 1383 is currently been

833
01:16:36,789 --> 01:16:39,340
passed by the assembly and is in the Senate. And

834
01:16:39,361 --> 01:16:43,020
what that does is it reverses the public employee pension

835
01:16:43,041 --> 01:16:47,660
reform Act of 2013 for public safety employees In essence

836
01:16:47,700 --> 01:16:51,420
it reduces It increases I should say the cost by

837
01:16:51,420 --> 01:16:55,340
reducing the years The peak year It goes from you

838
01:16:55,340 --> 01:16:58,940
can retire at 55 Instead of 57 at the peak

839
01:16:59,441 --> 01:17:02,860
amount of 3 percent versus 2. 7 percent So they

840
01:17:02,881 --> 01:17:07,900
are reversing some of the PEPRA benefits And that if

841
01:17:08,321 --> 01:17:12,140
it passes that peak in 2031 will likely go away.

842
01:17:12,451 --> 01:17:14,710
So I just wanted to highlight that And it is

843
01:17:14,710 --> 01:17:18,990
a challenge that we foresee Uh, again the legislature has

844
01:17:19,011 --> 01:17:21,390
to officially approve it It passed one of the houses

845
01:17:21,731 --> 01:17:24,510
And it is currently in front of the Senate for

846
01:17:24,510 --> 01:17:26,990
potential approval So I want to talk about this We've

847
01:17:27,171 --> 01:17:31,550
again shown this slide We've said we have a light

848
01:17:31,550 --> 01:17:33,790
at the end of the tunnel But that light may

849
01:17:34,131 --> 01:17:38,218
dim if the legislature continues in its current path. So

850
01:17:38,239 --> 01:17:40,218
that is my presentation If you have any questions I'm

851
01:17:40,258 --> 01:17:46,077
open for those Thank you Mr. McKeegan Questions. Council Member

852
01:17:46,098 --> 01:17:50,244
Smith. Thank You Mayor I just wanted to follow up

853
01:17:50,425 --> 01:17:53,764
There's been conversations in the past about the annual audits

854
01:17:54,185 --> 01:17:56,964
And the single audit and just You know Are we

855
01:17:57,545 --> 01:18:00,084
getting there? Where are we at? Yeah We've talked about

856
01:18:00,124 --> 01:18:03,124
this at budget finance Uh as I still call it

857
01:18:03,945 --> 01:18:06,564
Um So we did We were able to reach out

858
01:18:06,745 --> 01:18:11,364
Uh we have a completed the late year 2024 Uh...

859
01:18:11,865 --> 01:18:15,418
It was completed and submitted But the single audit. Is

860
01:18:15,519 --> 01:18:19,738
still being worked on by staff And... Specifically our auditor.

861
01:18:22,111 --> 01:18:25,770
One of the upcoming Council meeting You will note that

862
01:18:25,770 --> 01:18:28,650
we are switching auditors We have a new audit firm

863
01:18:28,690 --> 01:18:31,610
that is moving forward Next year So they will be

864
01:18:31,650 --> 01:18:35,850
taking over For the 25 fiscal year and 26 We

865
01:18:35,871 --> 01:18:40,570
have plans with them We've worked with them Really a

866
01:18:40,570 --> 01:18:42,170
good timeline of what we can do to catch up

867
01:18:42,511 --> 01:18:46,810
So we have In essence We're going to combine our

868
01:18:46,991 --> 01:18:49,690
processes for 25 and 26 for things like the inner

869
01:18:49,791 --> 01:18:51,530
work So they can all be done and expedite that

870
01:18:51,570 --> 01:18:55,530
process We anticipate that the 25 fiscal year audit can

871
01:18:55,570 --> 01:18:58,410
be done by the fall So October is the plan

872
01:18:58,410 --> 01:19:01,690
that I see They actually said potentially September But I

873
01:19:02,831 --> 01:19:05,690
want to have a reasonable expectation So it's 2025 We

874
01:19:06,271 --> 01:19:08,330
should the 2025 fiscal year out It should be done

875
01:19:08,370 --> 01:19:12,330
by October And then we anticipate that we will be

876
01:19:12,370 --> 01:19:14,970
caught up for 26 So the 26 audit should be

877
01:19:14,970 --> 01:19:18,890
done based on our current scheduled by December January Uh

878
01:19:18,930 --> 01:19:23,530
that's the normal timeline And we based on our conversations

879
01:19:23,570 --> 01:19:26,090
We feel that we can catch up by 26 for

880
01:19:26,090 --> 01:19:30,170
the 26 year audit Which ends this fiscal June 30th

881
01:19:30,170 --> 01:19:31,930
of this year We should be able to get back

882
01:19:31,951 --> 01:19:34,970
on track and actually complete that audit by the end

883
01:19:35,010 --> 01:19:38,170
of this calendar year And Mr. McDo track Thank you

884
01:19:38,170 --> 01:19:41,930
for that response Randy Could you also just highlight for

885
01:19:42,031 --> 01:19:44,410
councils benefit because I don't think we've done that in

886
01:19:44,450 --> 01:19:48,920
a public setting. The fix to the reporting for capital

887
01:19:49,021 --> 01:19:52,040
assets that was needed in this last year that we

888
01:19:52,061 --> 01:19:53,880
are now able to get all the information out of

889
01:19:53,981 --> 01:19:57,960
the system The delay on the ERB Sure That is

890
01:19:57,960 --> 01:20:01,560
the reason for the delay in 2024 Uh we talked

891
01:20:01,560 --> 01:20:05,290
about in the budget and finance. The the resulting delay

892
01:20:05,391 --> 01:20:09,450
the additional delay Uh... Resulting from 2024 was caused by

893
01:20:09,711 --> 01:20:13,690
the ERP implementation So what happened was we had anticipated

894
01:20:13,711 --> 01:20:16,650
that our fixed asset module would be in place in

895
01:20:16,650 --> 01:20:21,690
the new Oracle system And what happened is the system

896
01:20:21,711 --> 01:20:24,890
didn't properly convert all our assets So we went back

897
01:20:25,071 --> 01:20:28,010
and forth with our implementer for about three to four

898
01:20:28,050 --> 01:20:31,850
months Trying to get it right And ultimately I basically

899
01:20:31,951 --> 01:20:34,650
said we need to just get this done So we

900
01:20:35,071 --> 01:20:36,650
had a built - a work around to complete that

901
01:20:36,671 --> 01:20:40,810
audit and complete that fixed acid information So that added

902
01:20:40,911 --> 01:20:44,410
delays because we had anticipated that fixed asset information to

903
01:20:44,450 --> 01:20:48,490
be properly Put into the individual fiscal year for 2024

904
01:20:48,511 --> 01:20:51,210
And it was not done And it created significant delays

905
01:20:51,711 --> 01:20:54,970
just waiting on that implementation to be complete Which wasn't

906
01:20:55,071 --> 01:21:01,199
the complete now. Thank you Look forward to being caught

907
01:21:01,300 --> 01:21:04,862
up So do I. Thank you Council Member Smith Anyone

908
01:21:04,862 --> 01:21:08,832
else. Thank you Mr. McKeeken. And now we move on

909
01:21:09,333 --> 01:21:17,323
to Recreation and parks. Well today we had people from

910
01:21:17,824 --> 01:21:22,283
the state and another group actually here talking about How

911
01:21:22,384 --> 01:21:26,283
we can get more funding for parks And I saw

912
01:21:26,283 --> 01:21:29,323
some of your representatives out there Uh, this morning at

913
01:21:29,323 --> 01:21:32,119
that meeting. Thank you Absolutely And that's going to be

914
01:21:32,159 --> 01:21:34,999
a big part of our budget moving forward Mayor So

915
01:21:35,180 --> 01:21:38,759
I'm good afternoon Mayor Council members Uh Darren Budak recreation

916
01:21:38,780 --> 01:21:42,919
Parks director has requested I will move through these very

917
01:21:42,919 --> 01:21:47,139
quickly Um, and fortunately you're maybe unfortunately some of the

918
01:21:47,139 --> 01:21:49,639
items that were discussed earlier when it comes to the

919
01:21:50,060 --> 01:21:54,199
rates and stuff Compound on my budget in particular Uh,

920
01:21:54,239 --> 01:21:56,319
we have a very large budget when it comes to

921
01:21:56,780 --> 01:21:59,399
personnel and stuff So these cost when it comes to

922
01:21:59,660 --> 01:22:03,079
fleet cost Uh, workman's comms cost All those things that

923
01:22:03,100 --> 01:22:06,839
are Somewhat out of our control really hit our budget

924
01:22:06,879 --> 01:22:08,519
hard One thing I do want to point out here

925
01:22:08,860 --> 01:22:11,959
is you'll notice on our first line item under personnel

926
01:22:11,999 --> 01:22:16,039
services It shows a moderate increase And that's even with

927
01:22:16,060 --> 01:22:19,879
us meeting the City manager's direction of reducing our budget

928
01:22:20,380 --> 01:22:23,119
Um, our staffing personnel now getting into that in a

929
01:22:23,119 --> 01:22:26,839
little bit later But the two big driving forces in

930
01:22:26,879 --> 01:22:29,799
our increase You can see at 6. 36 percent is

931
01:22:29,839 --> 01:22:38,567
Rital outlay Our projects, our operations cost And so. And

932
01:22:38,607 --> 01:22:41,287
as you can see in its states here You know

933
01:22:41,548 --> 01:22:45,927
as already been labored many many times already is these

934
01:22:45,927 --> 01:22:48,167
costs are being driven by things that I would say

935
01:22:48,428 --> 01:22:51,607
are outside of the Department's control Um... Your fleet cost

936
01:22:52,188 --> 01:22:55,847
your technical services and all those things Um... We get

937
01:22:55,847 --> 01:22:58,007
told what those costs will be And then we have

938
01:22:58,028 --> 01:22:59,827
to implement them into our budget I can tell you

939
01:23:00,508 --> 01:23:03,047
My staff and my department did a great job in

940
01:23:03,087 --> 01:23:05,687
providing a flat budget But when you put these cost

941
01:23:05,708 --> 01:23:08,761
in there Then you see these costs. Um... On the

942
01:23:08,801 --> 01:23:11,721
capital side You can see we proposed 10 projects We

943
01:23:11,761 --> 01:23:14,601
brought 10 projects forward and working with City Manager's Office

944
01:23:14,782 --> 01:23:18,281
3 of them are currently on recommended list And then

945
01:23:18,281 --> 01:23:22,761
another 7 are up for Council's consideration And happy to

946
01:23:22,862 --> 01:23:27,809
ask answering any questions about those at the end. And

947
01:23:27,809 --> 01:23:36,576
then moving on. Our Department As you can see topped

948
01:23:36,576 --> 01:23:39,696
out at 202 full - time employees That's a very

949
01:23:39,736 --> 01:23:42,176
large Department takes a lot of staff to do the

950
01:23:42,216 --> 01:23:44,336
work that's going on out there in our Parks and

951
01:23:44,357 --> 01:23:49,456
streetscapes Um... And in following direction We did reduce RT

952
01:23:49,496 --> 01:23:51,616
- full - time complement And we took a serious

953
01:23:51,637 --> 01:23:54,416
look at it And we went from the top down

954
01:23:54,416 --> 01:23:57,776
We looked at our upper level supervisory positions all the

955
01:23:57,776 --> 01:24:00,416
way down to our entry level One key thing I

956
01:24:00,456 --> 01:24:03,376
do want to point out is in this... Well there's

957
01:24:03,376 --> 01:24:06,256
a mistake there My fault Uh we had reduction of

958
01:24:06,597 --> 01:24:09,776
6 positions We have 5 General fund positions and 1

959
01:24:09,816 --> 01:24:14,656
PS VS position Um... As outlined there Worth noting is

960
01:24:14,837 --> 01:24:17,776
that this is all happening in a time that this

961
01:24:17,816 --> 01:24:21,776
Department is growing Um... Each and every year Uh... We

962
01:24:22,277 --> 01:24:25,616
acquire anywhere from 5 to 10 new acres of streetscapes

963
01:24:25,717 --> 01:24:29,216
Every single year because a new development In City Baker's

964
01:24:29,237 --> 01:24:32,176
field is very developer friendly And we encourage that But

965
01:24:32,176 --> 01:24:34,336
we every single one of those streetscapes We get those

966
01:24:34,517 --> 01:24:37,136
We have to maintain them And that's happened every single

967
01:24:37,237 --> 01:24:41,456
year for the last Several years So why we maintain

968
01:24:42,117 --> 01:24:44,496
202 R8 grades over the last 3 to 4 years

969
01:24:44,997 --> 01:24:48,736
is increased Anywhere from I'll say 20 to 35 acres

970
01:24:48,997 --> 01:24:52,176
and streetscapes Now This does not include the new parks

971
01:24:52,597 --> 01:24:55,176
Lynell Brahma that was opened up Uh... Year and a

972
01:24:55,176 --> 01:24:58,496
half ago Mason Moran We just talked about Um... We

973
01:24:58,597 --> 01:25:01,776
have three new parks Um... That are in design right

974
01:25:01,816 --> 01:25:07,696
now Anton Giovanni Herschel Moore and Alondra Park So those

975
01:25:07,717 --> 01:25:10,256
are all parks that are gonna come online in some

976
01:25:10,357 --> 01:25:12,176
phase in the next two to three years So I

977
01:25:12,176 --> 01:25:15,696
think that's gonna be a challenge moving forward As you

978
01:25:15,696 --> 01:25:20,816
see our acreage is increasing And staffing introducing So it's

979
01:25:20,816 --> 01:25:26,152
a... But as in As we always do in Parks

980
01:25:26,152 --> 01:25:28,472
and recreation I do want to celebrate the wins we've

981
01:25:28,472 --> 01:25:32,072
had in the last year Um... My staff has done

982
01:25:32,112 --> 01:25:34,792
a phenomenal job It'd be in stewards of the money

983
01:25:34,792 --> 01:25:37,752
that we are provided to do these projects And you

984
01:25:37,752 --> 01:25:40,312
can see just in some of these pictures Uh this

985
01:25:40,352 --> 01:25:45,672
is centennial park rehab Uh taken it from an unusable

986
01:25:45,712 --> 01:25:50,472
condition to a state ART pickleball and tennis court facility.

987
01:25:52,367 --> 01:25:56,266
So some other great win through one of the grants

988
01:25:56,367 --> 01:25:58,346
As you were talking about mayor was one of these

989
01:25:58,527 --> 01:26:00,906
arts and parks that we did over there at Saunders.

990
01:26:01,117 --> 01:26:05,256
And Took What was a very attractive Walker graffiti at

991
01:26:05,296 --> 01:26:07,896
one point and turned it into an art for the

992
01:26:07,896 --> 01:26:10,536
city and the residents And it's been very well received.

993
01:26:12,059 --> 01:26:19,107
Uh... And last but our latest But this is This

994
01:26:19,107 --> 01:26:21,267
one's been a long time coming Jastro Park Stage has

995
01:26:21,307 --> 01:26:25,427
been on the plans for several years Because of various

996
01:26:25,448 --> 01:26:28,867
requirements with historic and funding and stuff We finally pulled

997
01:26:28,907 --> 01:26:31,907
it together Thank you to the City Council Councilman Gonzalez

998
01:26:31,928 --> 01:26:34,787
for pushing so hard on that Uh... And look at

999
01:26:34,787 --> 01:26:38,067
it now It's been restored It's being used I know

1000
01:26:38,067 --> 01:26:41,027
we've already had multiple concerts out there And it's been

1001
01:26:41,048 --> 01:26:44,867
a great success for that Um... For that park And

1002
01:26:44,867 --> 01:26:48,707
reinviting the community and getting those positive activities back in

1003
01:26:48,707 --> 01:26:52,961
the area. And then this one was a unique opportunity

1004
01:26:52,982 --> 01:26:58,720
for us to collaborate with BLNC down there. When they

1005
01:26:58,720 --> 01:27:00,720
first opened that facility They had a lot of open

1006
01:27:00,821 --> 01:27:03,040
space and encouraging people to go out and use the

1007
01:27:03,040 --> 01:27:05,120
space But as we found out very quickly as we

1008
01:27:05,120 --> 01:27:09,280
know In recreation and parks You know That's nice in

1009
01:27:09,461 --> 01:27:12,480
spring and summer But when our NFL When summer hits

1010
01:27:12,981 --> 01:27:15,000
these outside areas need shade So we were able to

1011
01:27:15,221 --> 01:27:18,560
partner with them and get in there and provide these

1012
01:27:18,581 --> 01:27:21,280
shade structures over these areas Which allow them to be

1013
01:27:21,461 --> 01:27:26,901
used year - round. Uh I can keep going Jefferson

1014
01:27:26,941 --> 01:27:31,061
Park Uh total remodel Well actually replaced the entire bathroom

1015
01:27:31,242 --> 01:27:35,381
there Made an ADA compliant Um... Just a great improvement

1016
01:27:35,421 --> 01:27:38,154
up there. And then Sternpark was a unique one where

1017
01:27:38,335 --> 01:27:41,514
we actually went in And this is First Time in

1018
01:27:41,554 --> 01:27:43,274
a very long time where we put in a new

1019
01:27:43,455 --> 01:27:46,074
restroom facility into a park that did not have one

1020
01:27:46,175 --> 01:27:49,994
But because of the use and the local group Uh...

1021
01:27:50,175 --> 01:27:53,674
The stern walking group It was a sought after It's

1022
01:27:53,674 --> 01:27:57,434
been on a plan for several years And we were

1023
01:27:57,455 --> 01:27:59,834
able finally pulled it together And it was very well

1024
01:27:59,935 --> 01:28:05,879
received. And then just some ADA accomplishments We've done Excuse

1025
01:28:05,879 --> 01:28:07,719
me throughout the year As you can see throughout our

1026
01:28:07,759 --> 01:28:13,778
parks. So with that I'm happy to answer any questions

1027
01:28:14,039 --> 01:28:17,298
Thank you Mr. Budak And then just speaking of ADA

1028
01:28:17,399 --> 01:28:20,658
and special needs I have received so many positive compliments

1029
01:28:21,239 --> 01:28:26,098
about Wilson Park and the fencing that goes around that

1030
01:28:26,119 --> 01:28:31,938
area now that provides families with children who are autistic

1031
01:28:32,199 --> 01:28:35,818
and with special needs The safety the security in a

1032
01:28:35,818 --> 01:28:39,298
really beautiful setting So thank you to your entire team

1033
01:28:39,399 --> 01:28:41,858
This came about when I got an email and the

1034
01:28:41,858 --> 01:28:43,858
person said to me I didn't think you'd ever do

1035
01:28:43,858 --> 01:28:46,258
anything about it But since it on to you all

1036
01:28:46,359 --> 01:28:49,298
and you all did something very very wonderful and the

1037
01:28:49,298 --> 01:28:53,778
community is extremely grateful for that So thank you I

1038
01:28:53,879 --> 01:28:56,178
was able to note that this morning in the presentation

1039
01:28:56,279 --> 01:28:59,698
with the state office Thank you very much And now

1040
01:29:00,279 --> 01:29:02,818
on to Council Member Gonzalez Thank you Mayor Uh thank

1041
01:29:02,818 --> 01:29:04,978
you Mr. Budick for your presentation And thank you to

1042
01:29:05,018 --> 01:29:07,138
your Department for all the wonderful work you guys do

1043
01:29:07,399 --> 01:29:10,939
day in and day out for our city. Parks. Really

1044
01:29:10,979 --> 01:29:14,459
make our city a community Uh that's what really brings

1045
01:29:14,560 --> 01:29:17,899
people together these public spaces And we're seeing it time

1046
01:29:17,899 --> 01:29:21,659
and time again And I appreciate Jostro Park improvement That

1047
01:29:21,699 --> 01:29:25,419
was a that was a longtime coming Uh decades of

1048
01:29:25,440 --> 01:29:28,459
disrepair and it looks beautiful We just had a concert

1049
01:29:28,499 --> 01:29:31,979
there Actually three concerts over the last Three Sundays in

1050
01:29:31,979 --> 01:29:35,339
April after Easter And last one we had over 500

1051
01:29:35,379 --> 01:29:38,859
people at Jostro Park on a Sunday afternoon People picnicking

1052
01:29:39,120 --> 01:29:42,779
people on What looked like for his dates People at

1053
01:29:42,819 --> 01:29:44,779
BBQs And it was just wonderful to see all the

1054
01:29:44,880 --> 01:29:48,539
families utilizing the park And uh... And being very positive

1055
01:29:49,040 --> 01:29:51,099
And you know I believe You know parks actually do

1056
01:29:51,520 --> 01:29:55,179
contribute to public safety Because not only does it allow

1057
01:29:55,280 --> 01:29:58,459
for more people to come into spaces that are large

1058
01:29:59,120 --> 01:30:01,739
and You know fill in with positive activity But it

1059
01:30:01,779 --> 01:30:04,939
also gives youth an opportunity to engage in positive ways

1060
01:30:05,680 --> 01:30:11,339
get their You know energy out and also Um there's

1061
01:30:11,440 --> 01:30:13,979
a lot to be said about Um... The effects of

1062
01:30:14,080 --> 01:30:17,259
mental health The positive effects that green spaces provide So

1063
01:30:17,680 --> 01:30:22,379
I want to thank you for your work Um... Just

1064
01:30:22,400 --> 01:30:27,739
one anecdote Uh lower park Uh... There was a softball

1065
01:30:28,000 --> 01:30:32,379
field Uh... There was... I felt underutilized for quite some

1066
01:30:32,419 --> 01:30:35,819
time Um... And we were able to convert that into

1067
01:30:36,720 --> 01:30:39,739
soccer field And I was getting a little concerned because

1068
01:30:39,739 --> 01:30:41,979
I hadn't seen anybody really use it But this last

1069
01:30:42,019 --> 01:30:47,499
weekend as I was going by Uh... I noticed kids

1070
01:30:47,760 --> 01:30:50,459
actually playing soccer in the park And that really warned

1071
01:30:50,459 --> 01:30:52,219
my heart Because that is exactly what we're trying to

1072
01:30:52,219 --> 01:30:55,339
do Get more people to utilize our spaces in better

1073
01:30:55,339 --> 01:30:58,219
ways So I want to thank you again A couple

1074
01:30:58,219 --> 01:31:03,179
questions Uh under personnel services What percentage of the personnel

1075
01:31:03,360 --> 01:31:10,411
Uh service expenditures Are the park rangers. Percentage of our...

1076
01:31:10,451 --> 01:31:12,811
Yeah Do we know what the cost is for Park

1077
01:31:12,811 --> 01:31:18,917
Rangers annually. I don't have that. Cost breakout percentage wise.

1078
01:31:20,486 --> 01:31:24,065
Okay I'm wondering if as we prepare the final budget

1079
01:31:24,486 --> 01:31:28,545
If we can differentiate the personnel costs related to PARC

1080
01:31:28,585 --> 01:31:33,265
Rangers Um... From all other personnel costs in the budget.

1081
01:31:34,167 --> 01:31:36,546
Specific to this Department I assume Correct Yes we can

1082
01:31:36,546 --> 01:31:40,100
do that Yeah. Alright And then as I look at

1083
01:31:40,841 --> 01:31:49,300
the requested items Recommended projects I noticed that the PARC

1084
01:31:49,340 --> 01:31:53,772
amenities and renovation improvements The PARI account. Were recommending Stop

1085
01:31:53,812 --> 01:31:56,572
is recommending half a million dollars Um... And then as

1086
01:31:56,572 --> 01:32:00,812
we look at the projects to consider Um... Imagine these

1087
01:32:00,852 --> 01:32:06,412
are projects pending any type of budget opportunity or Opportunities

1088
01:32:06,993 --> 01:32:12,412
in the discretionary fund Mr. Cleck How would we decide

1089
01:32:12,433 --> 01:32:17,132
if we should fund some of these projects? We're experiencing

1090
01:32:17,153 --> 01:32:21,167
a flat budget this year. Yeah indeed So as I

1091
01:32:21,188 --> 01:32:25,407
noted earlier today on your May 18th We will tee

1092
01:32:25,407 --> 01:32:29,727
up Uh summary of what is available for capital projects.

1093
01:32:30,727 --> 01:32:37,506
Um... We will also list out what are the recommended

1094
01:32:38,087 --> 01:32:40,946
and the optional projects And then it will come to

1095
01:32:41,607 --> 01:32:44,146
Council could provide You know some direction Even at that

1096
01:32:44,146 --> 01:32:49,666
time on May 18 Or following your budget public hearing

1097
01:32:49,687 --> 01:32:52,146
in June You can provide direction about which of those

1098
01:32:52,167 --> 01:32:54,706
projects to include Or I would recommend at the council

1099
01:32:54,706 --> 01:32:56,706
We don't have to do the optional projects We can

1100
01:32:56,746 --> 01:33:00,226
also decide to wait and forego those projects and wait

1101
01:33:00,266 --> 01:33:03,106
to future years and bank some additional one - time

1102
01:33:03,106 --> 01:33:07,186
money just as savings That's another option Um but those

1103
01:33:07,367 --> 01:33:10,626
decisions will come 18th And in the June budget adoption

1104
01:33:10,807 --> 01:33:17,666
Okay great So are the pari Expenditures are those in

1105
01:33:17,706 --> 01:33:25,986
response to You know Destruction of Park Equipment or things

1106
01:33:26,026 --> 01:33:29,746
that we have to repair Or are those enhanced features

1107
01:33:30,167 --> 01:33:33,746
that were installing? It's a mix I'll let Mr. Budak

1108
01:33:33,927 --> 01:33:36,386
outline Yeah so as a matter of fact Um I

1109
01:33:36,426 --> 01:33:38,706
can say the two projects that was brought up by

1110
01:33:38,887 --> 01:33:41,506
the mayor and yourself were both done out of the

1111
01:33:41,607 --> 01:33:45,426
party The soccer field at low was part of the

1112
01:33:45,687 --> 01:33:49,266
party Money We use that And then the pilot project

1113
01:33:49,266 --> 01:33:52,066
for their autism fans at Wilson Park was done out

1114
01:33:52,066 --> 01:33:54,946
of that part But to answer your question Yes It

1115
01:33:54,986 --> 01:33:58,866
is a mix Sometimes we will get big vandalism done

1116
01:33:58,887 --> 01:34:02,525
to a park where they'll go in. Off top of

1117
01:34:02,525 --> 01:34:03,965
my head We're a little stripped the copper out of

1118
01:34:04,226 --> 01:34:06,845
our security lighting and stuff We'll go back and we

1119
01:34:06,946 --> 01:34:10,365
use PARI Or we are also using when we're doing

1120
01:34:10,365 --> 01:34:12,845
some of these other playground We have we will come

1121
01:34:12,845 --> 01:34:17,805
in there Um, supplement maybe add some additional sidewalk to

1122
01:34:17,805 --> 01:34:21,565
some amenities and or shade So it is a mix.

1123
01:34:21,565 --> 01:34:23,885
Got it And I'm headed somewhere with these questions So

1124
01:34:24,786 --> 01:34:30,285
What percentage of the PARIA counties use to address vandalism

1125
01:34:30,325 --> 01:34:34,364
issues. I can't give you an exact percentage But I

1126
01:34:34,364 --> 01:34:39,918
would say probably at least a third of it. Okay,

1127
01:34:39,918 --> 01:34:45,118
so 150, 000 perhaps in this 500, 000 dollar allocation.

1128
01:34:46,342 --> 01:34:50,337
Is used just to respond to vandalism. That would be

1129
01:34:50,337 --> 01:34:54,577
fair Okay What I'd like us to consider if possible

1130
01:34:55,238 --> 01:35:01,457
with staff Uh, analyzing this request Is that we reduce

1131
01:35:01,457 --> 01:35:05,235
the party amount this upcoming year. Um... But we actually

1132
01:35:05,816 --> 01:35:10,995
create some room for one of the items for council

1133
01:35:11,016 --> 01:35:14,515
to consider related to the PARC security cameras Um... So

1134
01:35:14,696 --> 01:35:17,555
that we can perhaps prevent some of this vandalism in

1135
01:35:17,555 --> 01:35:23,715
the future Uh... And perhaps overall reduce the expenses related

1136
01:35:23,755 --> 01:35:28,049
to vandalism Uh... In some of our parks. Okay Thank

1137
01:35:28,049 --> 01:35:37,820
you. And now cancel member Smith. Thank you Mayor. I

1138
01:35:37,860 --> 01:35:40,940
just want to say to the Wilson Park I've gotten

1139
01:35:40,980 --> 01:35:45,900
feedback on also And the ability for schools and parks.

1140
01:35:47,840 --> 01:35:52,152
To start to work together is a great opportunity. And

1141
01:35:53,213 --> 01:35:57,032
the history of the frustration of people saying Ayy You

1142
01:35:57,032 --> 01:35:59,032
know that school's empty all the time Or that park

1143
01:35:59,533 --> 01:36:03,192
work together So that's great to start that and to

1144
01:36:03,192 --> 01:36:07,329
move forward in different areas. Uh I also like to

1145
01:36:07,329 --> 01:36:10,529
bring up Riverwalk Park some years ago I said We

1146
01:36:10,529 --> 01:36:13,249
can wait on that And it turned out being I

1147
01:36:13,249 --> 01:36:15,569
don't know Felt like five years instead of one year

1148
01:36:16,870 --> 01:36:19,249
Uh Great to see that work being done and look

1149
01:36:19,289 --> 01:36:23,822
forward to it being finished. On the funding sources I

1150
01:36:23,822 --> 01:36:27,342
don't see a separate for the maintenance district funds Are

1151
01:36:27,342 --> 01:36:29,982
those just included in general fund? Or where's that? Yeah

1152
01:36:30,483 --> 01:36:35,180
They're included in our overall budget. But you've got General

1153
01:36:35,601 --> 01:36:40,060
You've got funding sources and different sources So which source

1154
01:36:40,081 --> 01:36:43,730
are they actually in. Just under the General Fund tab.

1155
01:36:44,089 --> 01:36:48,995
Okay. And then we've had a lot of community input

1156
01:36:49,016 --> 01:36:54,115
on the tree planning urban Canopy NICU show that And

1157
01:36:54,115 --> 01:36:59,635
also the input on trimming trees less Are we cutting

1158
01:36:59,675 --> 01:37:03,552
our trimming. Tree budget or where we at on that?

1159
01:37:04,133 --> 01:37:06,272
No we are not cutting our tree We have an

1160
01:37:06,272 --> 01:37:09,152
annual contract in our operating for tree trimming And we're

1161
01:37:09,152 --> 01:37:14,112
not reducing that Now we're trying to reallocate and come

1162
01:37:14,112 --> 01:37:17,712
up with a trimming cycle That will help reduce that

1163
01:37:18,213 --> 01:37:20,992
This was our first year working with TAG And we're

1164
01:37:21,413 --> 01:37:25,872
evaluating with what I'll say the new standard of our

1165
01:37:25,893 --> 01:37:28,192
trimming during certain times of the year So this was

1166
01:37:28,232 --> 01:37:30,512
our first year But we're hopeful that we will be

1167
01:37:30,552 --> 01:37:34,542
able to reduce that cycle in the coming years. In

1168
01:37:34,582 --> 01:37:39,365
different locations on different species throughout the city. So but

1169
01:37:39,365 --> 01:37:45,203
the recommendation was that we trimmed them too often. Not

1170
01:37:45,203 --> 01:37:47,043
just the time of year I mean it was both.

1171
01:37:47,494 --> 01:37:50,273
So you know Instead of every year every two years

1172
01:37:50,454 --> 01:37:53,313
Whatever it was every five years So we're still studying

1173
01:37:53,353 --> 01:37:54,993
that or where are we at on that? Yeah We're

1174
01:37:54,993 --> 01:37:56,993
just in the first year looking at that We started

1175
01:37:57,014 --> 01:38:00,273
that process Um... I'll say in August of last year

1176
01:38:00,614 --> 01:38:03,633
When we got outside of the nesting season And so

1177
01:38:03,673 --> 01:38:06,993
we looked at that and we're going through our annual

1178
01:38:06,993 --> 01:38:10,273
contractor and then our tree division We are hopefully we'll

1179
01:38:10,273 --> 01:38:14,113
have a recommendation Um... Early next year to say Okay

1180
01:38:14,534 --> 01:38:16,913
here's the new cycle We're going to be on a

1181
01:38:17,014 --> 01:38:19,393
two - year in this area with these trees Depending

1182
01:38:19,433 --> 01:38:23,073
on maturity and location types of trees Street escapes versus

1183
01:38:24,854 --> 01:38:26,833
Parks You know There was a lot of different things

1184
01:38:27,094 --> 01:38:29,713
elements that go into that But yeah our goal is

1185
01:38:29,753 --> 01:38:32,513
to reduce it But in this current budget year We

1186
01:38:32,553 --> 01:38:34,513
did not because we didn't know where we were going

1187
01:38:34,513 --> 01:38:37,233
to be at We were hopeful with the tree inventory

1188
01:38:37,233 --> 01:38:39,473
We're going to get to that someday Great Thank you.

1189
01:38:41,100 --> 01:38:43,657
Thank you Council Member Smith. I don't see any other

1190
01:38:43,678 --> 01:38:46,891
requests So thank you Mr. Budak. And now we'll move

1191
01:38:46,891 --> 01:38:50,811
on to the Police Department and colleagues We do not

1192
01:38:50,912 --> 01:38:54,091
have a PowerPoint print net on this in case you're

1193
01:38:54,131 --> 01:39:03,840
looking for it. Well Welcome Chief Stratton We can say

1194
01:39:04,261 --> 01:39:11,332
chief. Thank you. Let's ask him some very hard questions

1195
01:39:11,673 --> 01:39:16,220
for his first one. Forget any grace to blame Chief

1196
01:39:16,260 --> 01:39:21,705
Terry for things for a little bit Hoping. Thank you

1197
01:39:21,705 --> 01:39:24,585
for the opportunity to be here Uh... Today and discuss

1198
01:39:26,126 --> 01:39:32,105
the proposed budget for Biscalyar 26 and 27.

1199
01:40:02,191 --> 01:40:05,033
Well she's working on bringing up the presentation. I can

1200
01:40:05,614 --> 01:40:09,433
we're sitting here Uh, thankfully we have Ariam who's Crunching

1201
01:40:09,534 --> 01:40:13,964
extra numbers. And so we updated the presentation while we

1202
01:40:13,964 --> 01:40:18,436
were. While we were seated. But in taking a look

1203
01:40:18,436 --> 01:40:20,996
at what we were working to do this year Um...

1204
01:40:21,257 --> 01:40:24,516
We worked on making sure that we had still three

1205
01:40:24,617 --> 01:40:27,316
core priorities that we wanted to ensure that we were

1206
01:40:27,316 --> 01:40:30,916
able to preserve essential public safety operations That provide for

1207
01:40:30,916 --> 01:40:34,276
the immediate protection Uh... Of life property and community safety.

1208
01:40:34,480 --> 01:40:37,019
We wanted to ensure that we were sustaining proactive and

1209
01:40:37,019 --> 01:40:40,459
evidence - based crime prevention strategies And sound management practices

1210
01:40:40,480 --> 01:40:43,979
to ensure that accountability and measurable public safety outcomes And

1211
01:40:44,000 --> 01:40:47,019
we were wanting to identify reductions in lower impact or

1212
01:40:47,019 --> 01:40:49,579
non - core functions while seeking to minimize the adverse

1213
01:40:49,579 --> 01:40:52,645
effects on vital services and community trust. So it was

1214
01:40:52,645 --> 01:40:54,305
actually really good exercise for us to be able to

1215
01:40:54,305 --> 01:40:56,985
look at where we could find efficiencies and where we

1216
01:40:56,985 --> 01:40:59,865
might be able to ensure that we were Um... Being

1217
01:40:59,865 --> 01:41:03,385
as efficient and as effective as we could be... And

1218
01:41:03,425 --> 01:41:06,665
that we're being good stewards of taxpayer dollars We're able

1219
01:41:06,665 --> 01:41:09,945
to identify some areas for some reductions And we were

1220
01:41:09,945 --> 01:41:15,559
able to make significant amount of reductions in personnel. Um...

1221
01:41:16,300 --> 01:41:19,559
And looking at some of our personnel reductions We looked

1222
01:41:19,559 --> 01:41:23,959
at areas where we could reclassify positions Areas where we

1223
01:41:23,999 --> 01:41:28,519
could Uh... We were utilizing positions Uh... We see some

1224
01:41:28,559 --> 01:41:31,399
potential for technology coming in the next few years Uh...

1225
01:41:31,439 --> 01:41:34,679
Which will allow us to make some... Some additional realize

1226
01:41:34,719 --> 01:41:37,541
some additional efficiencies. Uh... We were able to look at

1227
01:41:37,581 --> 01:41:41,141
where we could reduce Um... Some of our overtime and

1228
01:41:41,141 --> 01:41:46,341
callback Uh... In trying to be more efficient with. Um...

1229
01:41:46,362 --> 01:41:49,301
Our overtime budget We're able to make some cuts and

1230
01:41:49,301 --> 01:41:52,925
some outside services as well as some equipment. Um... We

1231
01:41:53,346 --> 01:41:56,685
were able to expand our school resource officer program Which

1232
01:41:57,266 --> 01:42:00,525
will offset some funds Some salaries that are being paid

1233
01:42:00,565 --> 01:42:03,565
by the school districts Um... And then we're looking at

1234
01:42:03,605 --> 01:42:08,365
the expansion of our red flex program to ensure traffic

1235
01:42:08,365 --> 01:42:12,845
safety We think that has the potential to offset some

1236
01:42:12,885 --> 01:42:16,971
of our financial costs as well. Even with making all

1237
01:42:17,072 --> 01:42:19,451
those cuts and trying to project out what we believe

1238
01:42:19,552 --> 01:42:22,171
some of the growth can be Um... We were able

1239
01:42:22,171 --> 01:42:25,646
to make a 5 percent. What we thought was a

1240
01:42:25,667 --> 01:42:28,606
5 percent reduction Some of those areas It still results

1241
01:42:29,027 --> 01:42:35,246
in approximately 2. 39 percent increase in overall expenditure And

1242
01:42:35,286 --> 01:42:37,966
breaking those down in two separate areas Uh The first

1243
01:42:38,307 --> 01:42:40,206
is in salaries and benefits Even though we were able

1244
01:42:40,206 --> 01:42:43,006
to make as many of the cuts and the efficiencies

1245
01:42:43,347 --> 01:42:46,926
As I previously described with increases in medical insurance and

1246
01:42:46,926 --> 01:42:50,526
workers'compensation as well as with purge contributions We're still seeing

1247
01:42:50,947 --> 01:42:54,286
Um... And... And an increase of approximately 2. 78 percent

1248
01:42:54,787 --> 01:43:00,366
And then we saw a 1. 05 percent increases Um

1249
01:43:00,787 --> 01:43:03,166
as it relates to some of our service rates for

1250
01:43:03,206 --> 01:43:07,966
vehicles and technologies Again arriving at an overall increase of

1251
01:43:08,147 --> 01:43:14,206
2. 39 percent Um to our budget Um, we think

1252
01:43:14,246 --> 01:43:16,526
that You know just looking ahead over the next couple

1253
01:43:16,547 --> 01:43:19,326
years as we've been able to implement our real -

1254
01:43:19,326 --> 01:43:21,966
time information Center and just getting that started We anticipate

1255
01:43:22,006 --> 01:43:23,966
that there will be growth there as we look at

1256
01:43:24,547 --> 01:43:26,366
You know drone is a first responder and things like

1257
01:43:26,406 --> 01:43:28,586
that over the next couple years and where a lot

1258
01:43:28,586 --> 01:43:31,246
of agencies are going and where we think technology is

1259
01:43:31,246 --> 01:43:33,246
taking us We do think that there's an opportunity for

1260
01:43:33,347 --> 01:43:39,166
additional efficiencies and looking for additional savings moving forward And

1261
01:43:39,206 --> 01:43:41,486
as I start to kind of wrap my arms around

1262
01:43:41,987 --> 01:43:43,966
the Department a little bit more and from the handoff

1263
01:43:44,006 --> 01:43:46,606
with Chief Terry Um, I'm interested in seeing where some

1264
01:43:46,606 --> 01:43:49,847
of those other efficiencies Uh... May lie. So that is

1265
01:43:50,748 --> 01:43:54,327
the presentation that we have here I'm happy to do

1266
01:43:54,367 --> 01:43:56,327
the very best that I can to answer any questions

1267
01:43:56,428 --> 01:43:58,942
you may have. Thank you chief That was the shortest

1268
01:43:58,963 --> 01:44:02,942
presentation ever I think. I think so Colleagues Any questions.

1269
01:44:08,711 --> 01:44:15,628
Council Member Coleman. Thank you Mayor Chief Congratulations your selection

1270
01:44:16,449 --> 01:44:20,562
and deployment is chief. And I think the City is

1271
01:44:20,663 --> 01:44:22,482
going to be great Uh... What do you in charge.

1272
01:44:23,925 --> 01:44:25,664
Um... Thank you sir Try not to let you down.

1273
01:44:27,827 --> 01:44:33,166
I wanted to ask you about where you are in

1274
01:44:33,206 --> 01:44:37,393
terms of. Compared to your full compliment Where are you

1275
01:44:37,433 --> 01:44:42,475
at with staffing. Yeah I don't know off the exact

1276
01:44:42,496 --> 01:44:45,675
top of my head You know our compliment coming in

1277
01:44:45,715 --> 01:44:47,835
this year is 512 I want to say we were

1278
01:44:47,835 --> 01:44:51,035
probably close to about 470 We have 35 that were

1279
01:44:51,035 --> 01:44:53,755
in the Academy right now And those are those count

1280
01:44:53,795 --> 01:44:56,795
towards our overall complement Even though they're not realized actual

1281
01:44:56,896 --> 01:44:59,595
officers on the street So we always have a little

1282
01:44:59,595 --> 01:45:01,875
bit of a gap there Um... But I want to

1283
01:45:01,875 --> 01:45:04,715
say we're probably close to be a 94 percent staffed

1284
01:45:04,816 --> 01:45:07,835
Uh over the last couple of weeks we have had

1285
01:45:08,336 --> 01:45:11,995
You know we're in a constant state of attrition Every

1286
01:45:11,995 --> 01:45:14,075
year I've got 14 years worth of data It says

1287
01:45:14,075 --> 01:45:16,395
we lose somewhere between 25 and 30 people a year

1288
01:45:16,736 --> 01:45:19,355
Um... Just for a variety of different reasons And that's

1289
01:45:19,456 --> 01:45:23,675
right about... We're trending towards this year as well So

1290
01:45:24,336 --> 01:45:26,075
I don't have the exact number off my head But

1291
01:45:26,115 --> 01:45:28,715
I want to say we're at that 460 to 470

1292
01:45:28,755 --> 01:45:32,795
range Something like that This elastic Academy that graduated I

1293
01:45:32,795 --> 01:45:35,675
believe in December They're on field training They should be

1294
01:45:35,715 --> 01:45:38,235
coming off of field training here in the next week

1295
01:45:38,275 --> 01:45:40,875
or two And so that's going to be able to

1296
01:45:41,056 --> 01:45:43,195
increase the number of officers on the street Biden number

1297
01:45:43,235 --> 01:45:46,235
20 or 25 The Academy that we just started in

1298
01:45:46,416 --> 01:45:49,835
March They won't graduate until October by the time they

1299
01:45:49,875 --> 01:45:51,515
get off field training It'll be the early part of

1300
01:45:51,616 --> 01:45:55,435
2027 before they're really able to be handling culture service

1301
01:45:55,936 --> 01:45:57,515
and being able to help So we'll have a little

1302
01:45:57,515 --> 01:46:02,475
bit of a gap in that timeframe But we're doing

1303
01:46:02,496 --> 01:46:07,707
okay. So what are your priorities for the coming years

1304
01:46:08,048 --> 01:46:13,797
as far as the enforcement. Yeah I think Yeah They'll

1305
01:46:13,797 --> 01:46:16,277
be very similar to where we are and what we've

1306
01:46:16,277 --> 01:46:18,757
been doing You know want to just be as open

1307
01:46:18,797 --> 01:46:21,077
as we can And as flexible as we can to

1308
01:46:21,117 --> 01:46:23,877
handling problems and things as they come up and they

1309
01:46:23,877 --> 01:46:26,037
arise It's great to have some plans and some ideas

1310
01:46:26,077 --> 01:46:29,957
But things can change operationally depending on the issues that

1311
01:46:30,138 --> 01:46:32,437
arise So I want to just continue to do very

1312
01:46:32,437 --> 01:46:34,197
best that we can to solve problems and looking at

1313
01:46:34,298 --> 01:46:36,837
long - term chronic problems that we're having there How

1314
01:46:37,018 --> 01:46:40,837
we how can we build relationships and partnerships within our

1315
01:46:40,837 --> 01:46:43,797
community to try to solve those long - term chronic

1316
01:46:43,797 --> 01:46:46,677
problems that are arising I want to continue to focus

1317
01:46:46,778 --> 01:46:50,197
on our gun violence reduction strategy Um, and as we've

1318
01:46:50,197 --> 01:46:52,437
focused on that gun violence reduction strategy I see that

1319
01:46:52,477 --> 01:46:56,437
that model works Um, so we're... Being able to use

1320
01:46:56,477 --> 01:46:59,397
some of the Calvip Grant funds that have come up

1321
01:46:59,397 --> 01:47:02,437
to be able to study intimate partner violence and doing

1322
01:47:02,437 --> 01:47:04,837
some studies over the last couple years and working with

1323
01:47:05,578 --> 01:47:08,277
Um, with Stanford as well as some other groups to

1324
01:47:08,277 --> 01:47:09,877
be able to look at are there other things that

1325
01:47:09,917 --> 01:47:13,637
we can do and look at not necessarily as a

1326
01:47:13,637 --> 01:47:16,037
predictor of violence But look at some of our past

1327
01:47:16,058 --> 01:47:18,277
for intimate partner violence and seeing if we can bring

1328
01:47:18,317 --> 01:47:23,557
some overall reductions in that area Been partnering with the

1329
01:47:23,658 --> 01:47:25,237
open door network to take a look at some of

1330
01:47:25,237 --> 01:47:27,717
those areas too And I think that there's a real

1331
01:47:27,757 --> 01:47:30,037
potential that we might be able to bring some reductions

1332
01:47:30,458 --> 01:47:32,757
in intimate partner violence I want to continue to look

1333
01:47:32,757 --> 01:47:35,317
at roadway safety and ensuring that our LR roads are

1334
01:47:35,357 --> 01:47:38,997
safe I'm excited about Um The expansion of the red

1335
01:47:39,018 --> 01:47:42,997
flex program I think that has the potential to continue

1336
01:47:43,037 --> 01:47:48,277
to calm some of our roadways Um, there's some additional

1337
01:47:48,298 --> 01:47:50,837
areas as it relates to traffic There's some interesting technology

1338
01:47:50,938 --> 01:47:53,957
that's out there that Um, we're looking at through like

1339
01:47:53,957 --> 01:47:56,357
the international associations the chief of police I don't know

1340
01:47:56,378 --> 01:47:59,237
that California laws caught up with it and is going

1341
01:47:59,237 --> 01:48:02,197
to allow for some of the AI - based traffic

1342
01:48:02,237 --> 01:48:05,317
cameras and things Um... But it'll be interesting to see

1343
01:48:06,218 --> 01:48:09,457
You know where the laws go with that in the

1344
01:48:09,457 --> 01:48:12,757
next couple years has technology develops But I think our

1345
01:48:12,797 --> 01:48:15,317
real - time information center will have Um, the ability

1346
01:48:15,357 --> 01:48:17,557
to help us maybe with some of the traffic combing

1347
01:48:17,557 --> 01:48:19,877
stuff as well So that's absolutely something I want to

1348
01:48:19,978 --> 01:48:24,449
continue to focus on. As we get closer up to

1349
01:48:24,470 --> 01:48:28,049
complement and as the school resource officer program has shown

1350
01:48:28,049 --> 01:48:31,089
to be effective Um, we have more school districts that

1351
01:48:32,070 --> 01:48:35,009
are coming online Uh, I like the idea behind that

1352
01:48:35,190 --> 01:48:38,129
too I think it provides for a safe and a

1353
01:48:38,230 --> 01:48:42,529
secure school environment and the chance that the unthinkable could

1354
01:48:42,569 --> 01:48:46,849
happen Um, but it also creates an opportunity for positive

1355
01:48:46,950 --> 01:48:50,369
work in relationships and mentorship with kids And so I

1356
01:48:50,369 --> 01:48:53,489
like to see that potential growth as well So those

1357
01:48:53,510 --> 01:48:55,649
are some of the things that are that are on

1358
01:48:55,649 --> 01:48:57,889
the forefront of my mind But ensuring that we have

1359
01:48:57,889 --> 01:49:00,129
strong patrol staffing that we're responsive to be able to

1360
01:49:00,710 --> 01:49:03,649
meet the immediate needs of any corner of the city

1361
01:49:04,390 --> 01:49:06,769
of Bakersfield Is going to continue to be a priority

1362
01:49:06,950 --> 01:49:15,152
for our department. Thank you. You mentioned the school resource

1363
01:49:15,192 --> 01:49:18,592
officer and dad reminded me I wanted to thank you

1364
01:49:18,592 --> 01:49:22,192
for the word Captain Crowder has done to respond to

1365
01:49:23,093 --> 01:49:27,232
Uh, demands in the Harris Road area after the last

1366
01:49:28,053 --> 01:49:33,407
accident. Uh, he's mobilized officers that do a little bit

1367
01:49:33,448 --> 01:49:37,107
maximum enforcement kind of things on Harris Road And also

1368
01:49:37,288 --> 01:49:39,827
I was working with the resource officer from the schools

1369
01:49:39,867 --> 01:49:45,073
there Apparently they share them now. Uh, to try to

1370
01:49:45,073 --> 01:49:47,153
make sure that they're deployed in the areas they need

1371
01:49:47,153 --> 01:49:50,513
to be during the school in and out time So

1372
01:49:50,774 --> 01:49:54,913
I want to thank you for allowing him to do

1373
01:49:54,913 --> 01:49:59,634
that and give him the resources he needs. Just on

1374
01:49:59,674 --> 01:50:02,594
that on that note Yes, so Captain Kirkker is the

1375
01:50:02,634 --> 01:50:05,154
captain over our traffic Uh, over many things, but traffic

1376
01:50:05,194 --> 01:50:06,994
is one of the areas there And we do have

1377
01:50:07,175 --> 01:50:09,794
officers in that area I believe is the Panama Buenavesta

1378
01:50:09,834 --> 01:50:11,794
school district And we've been able to grow within the

1379
01:50:12,215 --> 01:50:14,034
Panama One of us at school district that partnership that

1380
01:50:14,074 --> 01:50:17,234
we've had with that district has been exceptional Um, and

1381
01:50:17,495 --> 01:50:22,034
they've I believe were at two, if not three officers

1382
01:50:22,855 --> 01:50:25,874
They're that they're funding And so being able to share

1383
01:50:25,914 --> 01:50:29,074
them amongst the school districts has been very very helpful

1384
01:50:29,335 --> 01:50:33,454
So hope to continue to see growth, but A big

1385
01:50:33,735 --> 01:50:38,598
partnership with Panama Bunavista And they've been fantastic partners. One

1386
01:50:38,638 --> 01:50:42,758
last question Uh One of the complaints I get Uh,

1387
01:50:43,099 --> 01:50:46,498
a lot is the people that are panhandling and the

1388
01:50:46,498 --> 01:50:49,894
median of the streets. Uh... all over town And I

1389
01:50:49,894 --> 01:50:53,014
go to a lot of communities in California I don't

1390
01:50:53,054 --> 01:50:55,494
see that everywhere And I was wondering if you could

1391
01:50:55,835 --> 01:50:58,854
talk about that a little bit about What might be

1392
01:50:59,035 --> 01:51:01,894
able to be done about that? Yeah There has been

1393
01:51:01,894 --> 01:51:04,134
a variety of different enforcement options and things that we've

1394
01:51:04,174 --> 01:51:09,135
looked at Um. For quite some time We've spoken with

1395
01:51:11,316 --> 01:51:14,095
the traffic judge as well to gain an understanding about

1396
01:51:14,116 --> 01:51:19,135
him And we have different medians that our position differently

1397
01:51:19,175 --> 01:51:23,855
within our city And I'll have to get myself completely

1398
01:51:24,036 --> 01:51:27,775
refreshed back up with it But I recall that in

1399
01:51:27,775 --> 01:51:29,935
certain areas where there's a narrow median And the first

1400
01:51:29,935 --> 01:51:34,815
one that comes to mind is at California and oak

1401
01:51:34,996 --> 01:51:37,775
If you can envision the median there at Californian Oak,

1402
01:51:37,775 --> 01:51:41,615
and that meeting is very narrow The traffic judge Um

1403
01:51:42,036 --> 01:51:45,055
told us that how they see it as that median

1404
01:51:45,055 --> 01:51:48,575
is almost extending upward and upward into the sky And

1405
01:51:48,676 --> 01:51:52,975
so median like that They see that a person is

1406
01:51:53,636 --> 01:51:56,735
potentially in danger It could be impeding traffic Um, and

1407
01:51:57,956 --> 01:52:01,135
that's a median that they agree would be enforceable And

1408
01:52:01,236 --> 01:52:03,855
some of the other medians where there's more area and

1409
01:52:03,855 --> 01:52:06,815
the more space Um... There they don't see that as

1410
01:52:06,996 --> 01:52:10,735
necessarily being a median that is as enforceable So it's

1411
01:52:10,775 --> 01:52:14,255
not really a black and white enforcement Um... Issue It

1412
01:52:14,255 --> 01:52:16,895
does require a little bit of a critical thinking and

1413
01:52:16,895 --> 01:52:20,495
some focus for our officers But there is absolute enforcement

1414
01:52:20,676 --> 01:52:24,255
That can be done Um... They are citations that can

1415
01:52:24,295 --> 01:52:27,135
be issued It's not an arrestable offense It's not a

1416
01:52:27,156 --> 01:52:30,735
bookable offense But there are citations that can be issued

1417
01:52:31,396 --> 01:52:33,615
And I think You know There's a variety of different

1418
01:52:33,655 --> 01:52:37,055
opinions about the overall effectiveness of whether a person That's

1419
01:52:37,076 --> 01:52:39,295
issued a traffic Citation is going to show up to

1420
01:52:39,316 --> 01:52:43,695
court and pay Uh, uh, traffic Citation or not So

1421
01:52:45,396 --> 01:52:47,215
there are steps that can be taken I don't know

1422
01:52:47,556 --> 01:52:50,655
the overall long - term effectiveness of it But it's

1423
01:52:50,655 --> 01:52:54,175
absolutely things that we can continue to explore and work

1424
01:52:54,215 --> 01:52:58,675
towards and have a proactive stance Tourist. Thank you Chief

1425
01:52:58,715 --> 01:53:01,315
I have no further questions Thank you Council Member Coleman

1426
01:53:01,416 --> 01:53:04,195
Just following up on that same line of questioning about

1427
01:53:04,216 --> 01:53:10,647
the medians You mentioned the traffic. Court judge Yes, is

1428
01:53:10,647 --> 01:53:13,567
that the local one? I know that Mayor Dyer in

1429
01:53:13,607 --> 01:53:17,647
Fresno has talked about not allowing anyone on the medians

1430
01:53:17,687 --> 01:53:20,607
And they go after them right away So is it

1431
01:53:20,647 --> 01:53:24,041
a local interpretation. Uh No I believe it's the vehicle

1432
01:53:24,222 --> 01:53:27,401
code And I think that vehicle code is a statewide

1433
01:53:27,441 --> 01:53:30,761
vehicle code Um... Again, I don't know necessarily what the

1434
01:53:30,782 --> 01:53:33,561
medians are looking like in Fresno As opposed to what

1435
01:53:33,561 --> 01:53:37,241
they look like here But our court's interpretation is that

1436
01:53:38,062 --> 01:53:42,601
it does vary depending on how The layout of that

1437
01:53:43,342 --> 01:53:46,201
median looks And so it's something I can I can...

1438
01:53:46,702 --> 01:53:48,921
Devil Deeper into and make sure I'm a little more

1439
01:53:49,102 --> 01:53:51,401
firm on my understanding On something I'm happy to be

1440
01:53:51,401 --> 01:53:53,641
able to bring back and speak about Thank you Chief

1441
01:53:53,681 --> 01:53:57,721
I get many queries about that issue Council Member Smith.

1442
01:53:59,984 --> 01:54:03,563
Thank You Mayor Uh just a couple things Uh... Appreciate

1443
01:54:04,144 --> 01:54:07,083
your focus on Traffic Comming and doing what we can

1444
01:54:08,304 --> 01:54:11,163
We continue to lose too many lives on the streets

1445
01:54:11,264 --> 01:54:16,283
of Bakersfield Uh... There are cities that I think the

1446
01:54:16,304 --> 01:54:20,923
state is having a pilot Speed cameras Uh... So that'd

1447
01:54:20,923 --> 01:54:23,403
be nice if the state would move forward That's kind

1448
01:54:23,403 --> 01:54:24,923
of what I was referring to when I talked about

1449
01:54:24,963 --> 01:54:27,003
some of the laws haven't really caught up with some

1450
01:54:27,003 --> 01:54:29,083
of the emerging technology That's out there But I would

1451
01:54:29,184 --> 01:54:32,763
anticipate that in the next couple years as that technology

1452
01:54:33,184 --> 01:54:37,003
becomes Um... Little more prevalent It would almost be a

1453
01:54:37,003 --> 01:54:40,043
very similar principle who we have with RedFLEX cameras But

1454
01:54:40,144 --> 01:54:43,163
there's some technology that's being piloted as it relates to

1455
01:54:43,504 --> 01:54:48,603
stop sign enforcement as it relates to crosswalk infringement in

1456
01:54:48,603 --> 01:54:50,923
general Speed cameras and things like that again It's not

1457
01:54:51,344 --> 01:54:54,923
something that the state has, but the other states that

1458
01:54:54,923 --> 01:54:57,643
are doing it The technology is certainly out there So

1459
01:54:57,904 --> 01:55:01,163
I think that that's something that will be coming towards

1460
01:55:01,904 --> 01:55:03,723
our state in the next few years Alright, I appreciate

1461
01:55:03,824 --> 01:55:09,761
that And the number of red light. Citations that we

1462
01:55:09,761 --> 01:55:16,681
give a year astronomical And I anticipate you're going to

1463
01:55:16,681 --> 01:55:19,569
see an explosion of it. This next year is we're

1464
01:55:19,569 --> 01:55:21,489
essentially doubling the amount of cameras that we have within

1465
01:55:21,529 --> 01:55:25,969
our city And it's probably still not probably still not

1466
01:55:25,969 --> 01:55:28,049
enough And so we were looking at a phased in

1467
01:55:28,049 --> 01:55:31,409
approach Let's put in this next phase and see where

1468
01:55:31,449 --> 01:55:34,209
it takes us Um, but I would anticipate that there's

1469
01:55:34,209 --> 01:55:38,049
still going to be additional Um, room There's room for

1470
01:55:38,070 --> 01:55:40,529
additional growth in that regard And we're trying to take

1471
01:55:40,529 --> 01:55:43,009
a look at where the collisions are occurring and where

1472
01:55:43,030 --> 01:55:45,969
these intersections are occurring Um... And can we make them

1473
01:55:46,150 --> 01:55:49,889
safer? Interestingly enough that sometimes red light cameras increase the

1474
01:55:49,929 --> 01:55:53,329
number of collisions But generally they're rear end collisions that

1475
01:55:53,329 --> 01:55:57,169
are not fatal They're being big reductions in those broadside

1476
01:55:57,510 --> 01:55:59,009
head - on collisions Which are the things that bring

1477
01:55:59,190 --> 01:56:02,369
fatalities But you do see people slamming on the brakes

1478
01:56:02,710 --> 01:56:05,329
and slowing down until you get an increase in some

1479
01:56:05,329 --> 01:56:08,369
of the rear end collisions Those caused me less concern

1480
01:56:08,630 --> 01:56:10,449
obviously We're really trying to save lives And so if

1481
01:56:10,449 --> 01:56:13,649
we can bring a reduction in those broadside and head

1482
01:56:13,689 --> 01:56:15,729
- on collisions That's where a big portion were our

1483
01:56:15,729 --> 01:56:21,169
effort lies Appreciate that attitude. Uh. I think that's all

1484
01:56:21,209 --> 01:56:24,964
I had Thank you Yes sir. Thank you Council Member

1485
01:56:24,985 --> 01:56:29,635
Coleman. Council Murphy Gonzalez Thank you Mayor Um Just wanted

1486
01:56:29,656 --> 01:56:32,355
to dovetile off this First and foremost Congratulations Chief Thank

1487
01:56:32,355 --> 01:56:35,635
you sir Excited to see you at the helm Thank

1488
01:56:35,656 --> 01:56:38,195
you Um and looking forward to working with you Um

1489
01:56:39,336 --> 01:56:42,835
Council Member Smith's Um point Uh that Rite cameras I

1490
01:56:42,875 --> 01:56:46,355
feel are effective There's so many times where I'm at

1491
01:56:46,395 --> 01:56:50,035
a red light And I as a rule We like

1492
01:56:50,075 --> 01:56:53,075
three seconds before I proceed to enter the intersection upon

1493
01:56:53,115 --> 01:56:55,395
a green Because I don't know how many times now

1494
01:56:55,656 --> 01:56:58,355
There's been a car that's been You know running that

1495
01:56:58,456 --> 01:57:00,755
red and what have You know T - boned That's

1496
01:57:00,755 --> 01:57:02,675
right And so every time I'm in Uber or Lyft

1497
01:57:03,416 --> 01:57:05,475
always Gently remind the drive Hey just be sure to

1498
01:57:05,475 --> 01:57:08,435
take a few seconds Take an extra couple seconds When

1499
01:57:08,776 --> 01:57:10,835
you're out and about Because I want to try to

1500
01:57:11,256 --> 01:57:14,835
help Encourage people to be a defensive driver That's right

1501
01:57:14,875 --> 01:57:18,755
Um, and so I really appreciate that But also You

1502
01:57:18,755 --> 01:57:23,075
know the traffic enforcement The motorcycles that we've deployed I

1503
01:57:23,075 --> 01:57:26,355
think have been really effective Agreed You may not be

1504
01:57:26,536 --> 01:57:29,875
prepared today But I would love to see over a

1505
01:57:29,875 --> 01:57:33,635
longer period of time Uh... What the trends are as

1506
01:57:33,635 --> 01:57:36,995
a result of those investments Um... And I think that'll

1507
01:57:36,995 --> 01:57:38,835
help us kind of paint a bigger picture of what

1508
01:57:38,856 --> 01:57:42,275
we can do moving forward And how this council might

1509
01:57:42,275 --> 01:57:45,635
be more strategic Uh... Moving forward... The other thing that

1510
01:57:46,296 --> 01:57:52,055
comes to mind is that. Um... When in 2018 We

1511
01:57:52,055 --> 01:57:55,415
were discussing PSVS And... We did a lot of analysis

1512
01:57:56,236 --> 01:58:01,735
Um... Other jurisdictions and what the Police compliments Uh... Look

1513
01:58:01,775 --> 01:58:06,855
like in comparable cities And we often looked at You

1514
01:58:06,855 --> 01:58:09,815
know A number of officers per capita Um... Because we

1515
01:58:09,836 --> 01:58:13,415
recognize that some communities are much larger Some smaller Uh...

1516
01:58:13,415 --> 01:58:18,535
But that's really Eye - opening For many of us

1517
01:58:19,196 --> 01:58:21,215
Uh... And really helpful for the community to kind of

1518
01:58:21,215 --> 01:58:26,695
understand what we have And how we compare. Um... I'm

1519
01:58:26,695 --> 01:58:30,855
wondering if in the future I know the demands on

1520
01:58:30,855 --> 01:58:33,495
your time as you've entered this position But in the

1521
01:58:33,495 --> 01:58:38,935
future If we might be able to analyze that... Comparison...

1522
01:58:38,956 --> 01:58:41,975
As a council Um... And... And help guide some of

1523
01:58:41,975 --> 01:58:45,175
our future decisions related to the budget Yes And something

1524
01:58:45,175 --> 01:58:47,255
I've done kind of informally on my own I've looked

1525
01:58:47,255 --> 01:58:49,175
at the top 20 Cities and reached out to those

1526
01:58:49,436 --> 01:58:51,735
police chiefs to get what they're compliment is and Look

1527
01:58:51,735 --> 01:58:54,375
at some of those things We are definitely much... We're

1528
01:58:54,375 --> 01:58:56,615
on the leaner end You look at a City like

1529
01:58:56,636 --> 01:58:59,415
Oakland Which is smaller than us geographically Which only has

1530
01:58:59,836 --> 01:59:03,655
maybe 6 or 10, 000 more people And has 300

1531
01:59:03,655 --> 01:59:07,335
more police officers The city of Fresno has almost double

1532
01:59:07,356 --> 01:59:09,975
the complement of police officers that we have And I

1533
01:59:09,975 --> 01:59:12,535
don't know that they're double the size of our city

1534
01:59:12,956 --> 01:59:15,175
Um... In some of these areas We are covering more

1535
01:59:15,276 --> 01:59:19,175
areas geographically Um... Our City is continuing to grow And

1536
01:59:19,196 --> 01:59:21,975
we do believe that our police forces is lean We

1537
01:59:21,996 --> 01:59:23,895
believe we have the tools and the resources that we

1538
01:59:23,895 --> 01:59:25,415
need to be able to respond to our city But

1539
01:59:25,436 --> 01:59:28,615
it does It means that we're able to spend less

1540
01:59:28,636 --> 01:59:33,255
time focused in on certain areas And you're constantly just

1541
01:59:33,836 --> 01:59:37,575
trying to get to something Bring some... Some calm to

1542
01:59:37,575 --> 01:59:40,655
it Restore it to its homeostasis And then you'll be

1543
01:59:40,655 --> 01:59:42,215
able to get on And so I do believe that...

1544
01:59:42,476 --> 01:59:44,935
That... That our compliment at some point When we can

1545
01:59:44,935 --> 01:59:47,335
get to that growth within our City And whenever we

1546
01:59:47,335 --> 01:59:49,015
can get to a spot where we're being good stewards

1547
01:59:49,036 --> 01:59:52,215
economically That we can move towards a more structured growth

1548
01:59:52,476 --> 01:59:55,735
But I do believe that that would be in order.

1549
01:59:56,493 --> 01:59:59,172
Homeostasis That's the first time I've heard that in the

1550
01:59:59,172 --> 02:00:01,432
Council Chambers That's great I love that word Um But

1551
02:00:01,472 --> 02:00:04,872
I appreciate you And also just want to say Thank

1552
02:00:04,973 --> 02:00:07,912
you to the Impact Team And for all the work

1553
02:00:07,952 --> 02:00:11,272
that those... They do fantastic Let's do every single day

1554
02:00:11,373 --> 02:00:14,312
I work with them I feel like daily And that

1555
02:00:14,352 --> 02:00:18,072
includes the weekends And they're just completely responsive And... It's

1556
02:00:18,112 --> 02:00:22,472
very much appreciated... In War 2 And all the Business

1557
02:00:22,653 --> 02:00:26,552
Owners and homeowners Uh... Who rely on in the Impact

1558
02:00:26,592 --> 02:00:29,432
Team to resolve many of the issues Uh... That we're

1559
02:00:29,432 --> 02:00:31,112
facing So thank you so much to that Well Thank

1560
02:00:31,112 --> 02:00:32,952
you for saying that I really appreciate the impact team

1561
02:00:33,053 --> 02:00:34,872
too But I'd be remiss if I didn't give a

1562
02:00:34,872 --> 02:00:38,232
lot of credit to the entire community Vitality Program And

1563
02:00:38,272 --> 02:00:40,952
there's people from across the entire City that are all

1564
02:00:40,952 --> 02:00:42,872
working towards that And really been proud over the last

1565
02:00:42,912 --> 02:00:45,792
couple years Um that the City has been able to

1566
02:00:45,792 --> 02:00:49,272
take more holistic and comprehensive approach at kind of looking

1567
02:00:49,272 --> 02:00:53,512
at the Just The entire You know City ecosystem and

1568
02:00:53,512 --> 02:00:55,912
how we're able to operate and move within There So

1569
02:00:55,912 --> 02:00:59,672
I think it's a really great program I'm hopeful that

1570
02:00:59,712 --> 02:01:02,792
we're able to see some improvement as far as long

1571
02:01:02,832 --> 02:01:04,952
- term effectiveness goes But being able to get to

1572
02:01:04,992 --> 02:01:07,112
there and be able to get to an initial response

1573
02:01:07,453 --> 02:01:11,911
I'm very very pleased with where that's at. Thank You

1574
02:01:12,332 --> 02:01:17,359
and now Voice Mayer. Thank you Mayor Hi Chief Stratton

1575
02:01:17,460 --> 02:01:21,679
Hi good morning Good morning Um one welcome And congratulations

1576
02:01:21,860 --> 02:01:24,959
on your first budget workshop Thank you First Day Right

1577
02:01:24,999 --> 02:01:29,839
into Um You get to say that your first day

1578
02:01:29,879 --> 02:01:32,799
starts with a budget earring That's right Like every police

1579
02:01:32,839 --> 02:01:35,279
officer's dream Yes exactly I'm sure this is exactly how

1580
02:01:35,319 --> 02:01:40,079
you drafted up Always wanted to be Well I wanted

1581
02:01:40,100 --> 02:01:43,999
to join in on just sharing that even before today

1582
02:01:44,100 --> 02:01:48,079
You've always had a traffic calming - oriented approach to

1583
02:01:48,079 --> 02:01:50,799
how we make our streets safer And just on the

1584
02:01:50,900 --> 02:01:53,679
heels of the accident that happened in Ward 7 Um,

1585
02:01:55,220 --> 02:01:57,999
you know us folks Council member Smith Council Member Coleman

1586
02:01:58,039 --> 02:02:00,159
Council Member Bashir Tasha have really been putting our heads

1587
02:02:00,199 --> 02:02:05,599
together as to How we Come up with solutions that

1588
02:02:05,620 --> 02:02:10,719
aren't just Uh incident - based and responsive And in

1589
02:02:10,759 --> 02:02:13,439
our conversations with the neighbors in and around the area

1590
02:02:14,420 --> 02:02:16,719
And looking to get the school district involved in the

1591
02:02:16,719 --> 02:02:21,519
conversation Um, one of course accountability being with us Um

1592
02:02:22,260 --> 02:02:25,679
residents and constituents And everyday Citizens who are on the

1593
02:02:25,700 --> 02:02:28,159
roads But also how do we as a City ensure

1594
02:02:28,420 --> 02:02:31,119
that we meet our end of the responsibility with one

1595
02:02:31,159 --> 02:02:33,359
How we design our streets and then to how we

1596
02:02:33,540 --> 02:02:37,279
enforce Um, and it kind of being You know At

1597
02:02:37,279 --> 02:02:39,519
least what I shared with neighbors is You know it's

1598
02:02:39,519 --> 02:02:44,239
not just one size fits all It is a two

1599
02:02:44,279 --> 02:02:46,319
things can be true at the same time while also

1600
02:02:46,900 --> 02:02:50,079
Uh needing like a multi - pronged approach Uh... As

1601
02:02:50,260 --> 02:02:53,359
to how we truly make street safer And I feel

1602
02:02:53,620 --> 02:02:56,639
in this moment that Harris Road example and a very

1603
02:02:56,639 --> 02:03:00,079
tragic example can be utilized for us at the City

1604
02:03:00,119 --> 02:03:07,671
to design Um. Designate system of not only response But

1605
02:03:07,671 --> 02:03:12,731
also prevention And that being You know Police Department as

1606
02:03:12,731 --> 02:03:14,891
well as public works You know sitting at the table

1607
02:03:15,152 --> 02:03:17,531
together And that being kind of the system of how

1608
02:03:17,571 --> 02:03:21,131
we operate It is the design of the road while

1609
02:03:21,131 --> 02:03:24,251
also knowing that you all are already doing targeted enforcement

1610
02:03:24,752 --> 02:03:28,691
in these high risk corridors. And I think while the

1611
02:03:28,731 --> 02:03:32,051
neighbors were not surprised by You know how many accidents

1612
02:03:32,152 --> 02:03:34,651
happened on that corridor You know for some of us

1613
02:03:35,512 --> 02:03:37,491
A Harris Road might not be the first street that

1614
02:03:37,531 --> 02:03:39,571
comes to mind It might be a pan mole or

1615
02:03:39,611 --> 02:03:42,691
white lane Um So just some initial thoughts But also

1616
02:03:43,912 --> 02:03:48,131
if within a budget hearing like today Um as a

1617
02:03:48,171 --> 02:03:51,011
city start thinking through what is a system of whether

1618
02:03:51,032 --> 02:03:54,691
it's shared resources share dollars across to Departments Or maybe

1619
02:03:55,112 --> 02:03:58,131
you're already thinking of some like cross - collaboration I

1620
02:03:58,131 --> 02:03:59,891
just wanted to put that out there and knowing that

1621
02:03:59,992 --> 02:04:03,011
you have You do your own research on your own

1622
02:04:03,192 --> 02:04:06,691
And have shared different ideas in the past especially Um...

1623
02:04:06,952 --> 02:04:10,931
In places like Ward 7 were cycle Cyclist accidents and

1624
02:04:10,931 --> 02:04:13,331
pedestrian accidents have been You know One of the reasons

1625
02:04:13,371 --> 02:04:16,211
why I've called you many times And you've been incredibly

1626
02:04:16,232 --> 02:04:19,811
helpful with that And coming up with ideas Um... Just

1627
02:04:19,811 --> 02:04:22,451
wanted to use this as an opportunity to brainstorming kind

1628
02:04:22,451 --> 02:04:24,931
of see a few had ideas as well Love it

1629
02:04:24,931 --> 02:04:26,291
Thank you Well first of all I'd like to thank

1630
02:04:26,472 --> 02:04:29,091
the council because Um... You may not know it But

1631
02:04:29,112 --> 02:04:31,811
you each of you have shaped and challenged my own

1632
02:04:31,811 --> 02:04:33,811
thought process as it relates to traffic I have a

1633
02:04:33,811 --> 02:04:36,611
very operational base background in gangs and SWAT and a

1634
02:04:36,611 --> 02:04:38,931
homicide I didn't work traffic coming up So it's not

1635
02:04:38,952 --> 02:04:44,451
something that I have this firsthand close Uh understanding of...

1636
02:04:45,272 --> 02:04:47,251
In working with you over the last couple years Each

1637
02:04:47,291 --> 02:04:50,531
of you talked about traffic safety and the technology that's

1638
02:04:50,531 --> 02:04:52,851
coming with cars and vehicles And I've thought through that

1639
02:04:53,592 --> 02:04:56,691
And you talk to me about... You know just speeds

1640
02:04:57,032 --> 02:04:59,011
and narrowing roads in a variety of different things And

1641
02:04:59,112 --> 02:05:01,811
so in some of the my own research and things

1642
02:05:01,811 --> 02:05:03,651
that I've done I've really kind of distilled down our

1643
02:05:03,672 --> 02:05:06,211
approach Kind of the R3Es You know where I look

1644
02:05:06,211 --> 02:05:09,811
at our education environment and enforcement And oftentimes the police

1645
02:05:09,851 --> 02:05:13,091
department is really only enforcement - based And that's really

1646
02:05:13,112 --> 02:05:15,411
where my head has been limited to quite frankly But

1647
02:05:15,752 --> 02:05:17,891
as you know We've looked at the gun violence reduction

1648
02:05:17,931 --> 02:05:19,731
strategy and figuring out How can we look at things

1649
02:05:19,771 --> 02:05:22,131
from a more systems - based approach? It's something that

1650
02:05:22,171 --> 02:05:24,131
I'm very interested in so I don't stand here before

1651
02:05:24,232 --> 02:05:27,251
you today and have the answers to it But collaboration

1652
02:05:27,352 --> 02:05:29,811
is something I'm absolutely dedicated to and I know that

1653
02:05:30,072 --> 02:05:32,611
Um... There's a variety of different big brains that I'd

1654
02:05:32,611 --> 02:05:34,211
like to be able to tap into in some best

1655
02:05:34,251 --> 02:05:36,211
practices from across the country and things that we can

1656
02:05:36,211 --> 02:05:38,451
try to implement here We're totally open to those things

1657
02:05:38,792 --> 02:05:40,931
because our end state is what we are holding tight

1658
02:05:40,952 --> 02:05:44,051
to our end state is to bring a reduction in

1659
02:05:44,152 --> 02:05:46,531
fatalities and making sure that year over year We're bringing

1660
02:05:46,552 --> 02:05:49,171
reductions into that note We have in the last couple

1661
02:05:49,192 --> 02:05:52,962
years we are seeing reductions. I want more and I

1662
02:05:52,962 --> 02:05:55,042
want more reductions We're not going to take our foot

1663
02:05:55,063 --> 02:05:56,962
off the gas We're going to continue pushing towards that

1664
02:05:57,383 --> 02:05:59,842
Um, but it is absolutely something we're open to We

1665
02:05:59,842 --> 02:06:03,282
want to continue to look at what enforcement and what...

1666
02:06:03,383 --> 02:06:05,682
Education can look like and we're open to idea So

1667
02:06:05,722 --> 02:06:08,082
if you all have ideas of ways of things that

1668
02:06:08,122 --> 02:06:10,562
you think the Police Department can be doing We're open

1669
02:06:10,562 --> 02:06:12,642
to any and all of those things to try to

1670
02:06:12,682 --> 02:06:15,602
bring some reductions But you're right Harris Road is not

1671
02:06:15,602 --> 02:06:16,962
something that would have come to my mind I would

1672
02:06:16,962 --> 02:06:18,882
have told you Panama Lane And I think the data

1673
02:06:18,903 --> 02:06:21,682
would support that But I told you white lane And

1674
02:06:21,682 --> 02:06:23,042
I think the data would have supported that as well

1675
02:06:23,463 --> 02:06:25,582
Um, and that's what led us to some of the

1676
02:06:25,582 --> 02:06:27,922
locations as it relates to our red flex cameras and

1677
02:06:27,922 --> 02:06:30,002
where we're putting cameras Um, as well to try to

1678
02:06:30,002 --> 02:06:32,322
bring some of those reductions But it just shows that

1679
02:06:32,343 --> 02:06:36,242
these things can happen anywhere Um... I do think that...

1680
02:06:37,063 --> 02:06:39,442
You know some of the street racing and things like

1681
02:06:39,442 --> 02:06:43,042
that It's very transient in nature, not transient in this

1682
02:06:43,042 --> 02:06:45,282
sense that what we talk about Like transients and homelessness

1683
02:06:45,303 --> 02:06:51,762
But it really moves around We are seeing areas And

1684
02:06:51,762 --> 02:06:53,282
kind of you're going to see it on some of

1685
02:06:53,282 --> 02:06:56,322
the outer portions of town But something like this It's

1686
02:06:56,903 --> 02:07:00,562
becomes pretty central And you look geographically now in Harris

1687
02:07:00,602 --> 02:07:04,402
Road is kind of central to our map in our

1688
02:07:04,402 --> 02:07:07,882
area So Open to ways that we can do. We

1689
02:07:07,882 --> 02:07:12,002
want to be Perflexive, responsive and the ability to be

1690
02:07:12,002 --> 02:07:13,602
able to move around to be as effective as we

1691
02:07:13,602 --> 02:07:18,438
can. Thank you I appreciate that. Thank you Vice Mayor

1692
02:07:18,699 --> 02:07:21,958
Chief Op in times when there are accidents The public

1693
02:07:22,299 --> 02:07:27,558
calls for stoplights instead Street lights and stoplights instead of

1694
02:07:28,139 --> 02:07:31,158
stop signs Can you comment a little bit about the

1695
02:07:31,819 --> 02:07:35,398
data says about those? I heard some conversation I think

1696
02:07:35,659 --> 02:07:39,478
in the Police Department about the efficacy of stop signs.

1697
02:07:40,817 --> 02:07:45,036
As compared with stop lights Interesting I don't have any

1698
02:07:45,076 --> 02:07:46,616
of that information I don't know it off the top

1699
02:07:46,616 --> 02:07:49,676
of my head Um... Totally open to those And again

1700
02:07:49,777 --> 02:07:52,476
That's something that... I need to get more educated on

1701
02:07:52,516 --> 02:07:56,076
myself is quite frankly from an enforcement standpoint It's like

1702
02:07:56,116 --> 02:07:57,836
Okay, there's a stop sign And here's the code when

1703
02:07:57,836 --> 02:07:59,756
you run a stop And here's the vehicle code for

1704
02:07:59,756 --> 02:08:01,596
that When you run a stoplight Here's a vehicle code

1705
02:08:01,636 --> 02:08:03,676
for that And when you run a stop light If

1706
02:08:03,676 --> 02:08:06,156
the traffic camera Here's the vehicle code for that And

1707
02:08:06,196 --> 02:08:08,876
that's really been very reactive in enforcement based throughout the

1708
02:08:08,916 --> 02:08:10,876
entirety of my career on it It's really only been

1709
02:08:11,217 --> 02:08:13,116
the last year or so Last year or two of

1710
02:08:13,116 --> 02:08:15,116
working with you all Is this become a focus of

1711
02:08:15,116 --> 02:08:17,516
the council It's becoming more of a focus of my

1712
02:08:17,516 --> 02:08:18,876
own to be able to look at some of those

1713
02:08:18,916 --> 02:08:23,336
things So I definitely think it's worth looking at. And

1714
02:08:24,097 --> 02:08:27,276
we work really closely with traffic engineering within the city

1715
02:08:27,297 --> 02:08:29,676
And so we rely on them for their expertise too

1716
02:08:29,697 --> 02:08:32,556
Is to what the standards are And I don't know

1717
02:08:32,556 --> 02:08:34,956
what they are is to win a stop sign is

1718
02:08:34,956 --> 02:08:37,916
put up versus when Uh stop light is put up

1719
02:08:38,097 --> 02:08:41,516
Um... But these are conversations As we're having closer partnerships

1720
02:08:41,516 --> 02:08:43,676
with the schools and the school districts are asking questions

1721
02:08:43,777 --> 02:08:48,156
about Um... About what can be put up and when

1722
02:08:48,257 --> 02:08:51,436
speed bumps can be put up And I've got several

1723
02:08:51,537 --> 02:08:56,556
different We stop and talk with crossing guards And stop

1724
02:08:56,596 --> 02:09:00,051
and just chat with them And they have some. Amazing

1725
02:09:00,472 --> 02:09:02,611
horror stories about the things that they see every day

1726
02:09:02,872 --> 02:09:05,251
And so... You know We want to make sure that

1727
02:09:05,291 --> 02:09:06,531
we're trying to do the very best that we can

1728
02:09:06,632 --> 02:09:10,371
to prioritize school district enforcement and working with the current

1729
02:09:10,411 --> 02:09:12,131
high school district to see if they're able to maximize

1730
02:09:12,392 --> 02:09:14,851
enforcement And some of their areas their schools as well

1731
02:09:14,952 --> 02:09:19,331
And so... All definite options for trying to bring some

1732
02:09:19,371 --> 02:09:23,091
improvement and ensure that we're safe everywhere But certainly some

1733
02:09:23,091 --> 02:09:24,611
of the school zones would be some of the highest

1734
02:09:24,712 --> 02:09:28,451
priorities for me And just in my heart And you

1735
02:09:28,451 --> 02:09:30,451
know in the morning and in the afternoons Ensuring that

1736
02:09:30,792 --> 02:09:32,611
our children are able to get to and from school

1737
02:09:33,032 --> 02:09:35,171
in a safe manner And I do think that high

1738
02:09:35,171 --> 02:09:37,491
visibility traffic - based enforcement is going to be a

1739
02:09:37,491 --> 02:09:39,971
component of that Thank you chief If I understood the

1740
02:09:39,992 --> 02:09:44,051
conversation correctly Stop signs might even be more effective in

1741
02:09:44,091 --> 02:09:47,571
certain situations Because everybody has to come to a stop

1742
02:09:47,832 --> 02:09:49,411
So I was just curious about that But thank you

1743
02:09:49,411 --> 02:09:52,291
so much for your presentation I don't see any other

1744
02:09:52,331 --> 02:09:55,011
requests to speak So thank you for that And now

1745
02:09:55,011 --> 02:09:58,131
we move on to our last presentation of this session

1746
02:09:58,392 --> 02:10:04,509
And that would be fire. Chiefs Thank you so much

1747
02:10:04,610 --> 02:10:08,749
for their successful Fire Department open house It seemed like

1748
02:10:09,010 --> 02:10:11,069
the public was very engaged I heard a lot of

1749
02:10:11,330 --> 02:10:15,869
appreciation Express by families who were there They really seem

1750
02:10:15,869 --> 02:10:19,469
to enjoy that And a good turnout Even earlier in

1751
02:10:19,509 --> 02:10:22,329
the day Maybe then in past years Yeah it was

1752
02:10:22,329 --> 02:10:26,139
actually a great turnout Uh... Wonderful Saturday. Um couple hours

1753
02:10:26,480 --> 02:10:30,602
well spent. Uh... We're guessing anywhere between 5 and 800

1754
02:10:30,863 --> 02:10:37,322
It's hard to count But we're incredible opportunity to demonstrate

1755
02:10:37,663 --> 02:10:41,882
Uh... What our Department does Our partners with PD and

1756
02:10:41,882 --> 02:10:44,817
Parks with their ranger program were there. Uh... We had

1757
02:10:44,998 --> 02:10:48,097
Cal Water PGE So a little bit of everything there

1758
02:10:48,998 --> 02:10:52,657
And uh... Everybody got an opportunity to come out Enjoy

1759
02:10:52,697 --> 02:10:56,097
a great day Um... Go through a couple water events

1760
02:10:56,678 --> 02:11:00,817
CS Repel and Tara Bakar and learn about the fire

1761
02:11:00,857 --> 02:11:03,217
service We love talking about the fire service So it

1762
02:11:03,217 --> 02:11:07,401
was great for us. Uh So Unreal Mayor Council members

1763
02:11:07,441 --> 02:11:10,281
Thank you very much for this opportunity to present Uhr

1764
02:11:10,462 --> 02:11:13,721
propose 26 - 27 Budget Uh... I always like to

1765
02:11:13,761 --> 02:11:16,281
start off our presentations with our mission statement The mission

1766
02:11:16,321 --> 02:11:18,841
of the Big Shrill Fire Department Protect Engage and inspire

1767
02:11:18,862 --> 02:11:22,386
safe community through all hazard response. Community risk reduction while

1768
02:11:22,407 --> 02:11:25,826
delivering legendary customer service That's something we really take the

1769
02:11:25,826 --> 02:11:28,146
heart Something that's really important to us I'd like to

1770
02:11:28,186 --> 02:11:32,706
give you just a quick update on Uh... BakerSville Fire

1771
02:11:32,706 --> 02:11:36,661
Department. Um... You have a very capable BakerSfield Fire Department

1772
02:11:37,082 --> 02:11:39,141
Over the past 10 or 15 years are call volume

1773
02:11:39,181 --> 02:11:41,886
is doubled. Uh... And in that 10 or 15 years

1774
02:11:42,387 --> 02:11:45,870
Our Department capabilities have expanded. Uh... We now have a

1775
02:11:46,371 --> 02:11:50,190
Type 1 hazmat Uh... Hazmat rescue team We also have

1776
02:11:50,230 --> 02:11:53,857
a regional USAR Urban Search and Rescue Task Force. Uh...

1777
02:11:53,897 --> 02:11:56,337
That was the one that deployed to the Palisade's Fire

1778
02:11:57,798 --> 02:11:59,777
A year and a half or so ago Uh... We

1779
02:11:59,817 --> 02:12:02,497
have a Swiftwater Rescue team, a state certified Swift water

1780
02:12:02,518 --> 02:12:07,457
rescue team Which responds all throughout the Western United States.

1781
02:12:08,097 --> 02:12:11,961
Um... Last year we responded nearly 50, 000 incidents. And

1782
02:12:11,982 --> 02:12:15,001
I would like to point out something nearly 2, 700

1783
02:12:15,001 --> 02:12:19,081
of those were advanced life Uh... Support So our paramedic

1784
02:12:19,121 --> 02:12:24,463
services. Which is an incredible accomplishment for us. Uh... As

1785
02:12:24,503 --> 02:12:26,463
you know We do provide a paramedical level of care.

1786
02:12:26,904 --> 02:12:32,003
Uh... We respond to many fires outside of Bakerfield Supporting

1787
02:12:32,744 --> 02:12:37,363
Uh... Both... Our surrounding states And our surrounding communities I

1788
02:12:37,363 --> 02:12:41,443
think last year The year before we Actually A couple

1789
02:12:41,443 --> 02:12:43,443
of our members went up to Alaska And then of

1790
02:12:43,443 --> 02:12:48,228
course we have our prevention and inspection services. Some of

1791
02:12:48,228 --> 02:12:51,588
the accomplishments for this last year Uh... One that... I

1792
02:12:51,628 --> 02:12:53,188
really like And you guys have received a copy of

1793
02:12:53,188 --> 02:12:56,548
it as our annual report Which really talks about Um...

1794
02:12:56,729 --> 02:13:00,003
Our last year. And some of our accomplishments in the

1795
02:13:00,003 --> 02:13:03,104
year last year And then How we're moving forward. Uh...

1796
02:13:03,205 --> 02:13:08,064
Department Dwight Infrastructure Uh improvements Um... Of course we had

1797
02:13:08,565 --> 02:13:11,664
our... This is really speaking to our last open house

1798
02:13:11,925 --> 02:13:14,224
Uh... A year or so ago. Uh, but we did

1799
02:13:14,245 --> 02:13:17,024
just have her open house Uh... On Sunday or on

1800
02:13:17,024 --> 02:13:21,024
Saturday And then responding to multiple fires Uh We've also

1801
02:13:21,045 --> 02:13:26,384
deployed our parametric bike team and UTV team throughout BakerSilled

1802
02:13:26,384 --> 02:13:29,184
I think probably our most recent deployment is a BakerShield

1803
02:13:29,184 --> 02:13:31,104
Marathon Where they were actually put into use a couple

1804
02:13:31,125 --> 02:13:34,590
times As we know Some of those marathon routes. Are

1805
02:13:34,611 --> 02:13:37,790
a little harder to get our large Fire engines Our

1806
02:13:37,830 --> 02:13:41,070
rescues into so The bike Uh... And UTVs make a

1807
02:13:41,070 --> 02:13:45,071
lot of sense in those. So our goals Um we

1808
02:13:45,071 --> 02:13:46,751
have many goals These are just a couple of them

1809
02:13:47,332 --> 02:13:52,351
Uh... Funding opportunities Uh... Whether it be Grant or revenue

1810
02:13:52,372 --> 02:13:58,195
generation through cost recovery. Fees Uh... Continued enhancement through developing

1811
02:13:58,616 --> 02:14:03,715
a new EOP and Expanding or improving upon our services

1812
02:14:03,755 --> 02:14:07,155
to handle a large - scale Um... Mass disaster event

1813
02:14:07,496 --> 02:14:09,635
Which we hope we never have to use But your

1814
02:14:09,635 --> 02:14:13,381
bake shoulder Firefighters are prepared for that. Uh... BakerShield Fire

1815
02:14:13,381 --> 02:14:17,601
Department Social media sites We realized that Um... A lot

1816
02:14:17,601 --> 02:14:19,381
of people use social media out there And it's a

1817
02:14:19,381 --> 02:14:21,221
good way to get our story out there And a

1818
02:14:21,221 --> 02:14:24,637
good way to inform the community. And then of course

1819
02:14:24,818 --> 02:14:28,397
URating Our updating our current CountyOut plan That's something that

1820
02:14:28,578 --> 02:14:30,877
we're in the process of doing right now That is

1821
02:14:30,978 --> 02:14:35,454
critical for some of our FEMA funding. Um... And then

1822
02:14:36,115 --> 02:14:40,654
Uh... Implaying our Department - wide dashboard Which will be

1823
02:14:40,654 --> 02:14:44,334
both an internal and external facing Dashboard 4 Our community

1824
02:14:44,755 --> 02:14:48,828
to actually look into. Now to actually get into the

1825
02:14:48,868 --> 02:14:53,468
budget Um... Like all the other departments This budget is

1826
02:14:53,569 --> 02:14:56,748
reflective of our budget cuts And we have seen a

1827
02:14:56,748 --> 02:15:02,988
9. 23 And overall budget Uh... Like I just said

1828
02:15:03,089 --> 02:15:06,929
This is reflective. Of Uh... The cut set We have

1829
02:15:06,969 --> 02:15:10,449
had, and I'll talk specifically about that Uh... Coming in.

1830
02:15:11,535 --> 02:15:14,643
The next couple slides. Uh... Our primary drivers for the

1831
02:15:14,664 --> 02:15:19,787
increase Our COLAS, our salaries and benefits. Uh... Departmental CIP

1832
02:15:19,827 --> 02:15:24,727
request. Uh... And then our internal rates And we've heard...

1833
02:15:24,988 --> 02:15:28,247
Um... The EQO I know those internal rates insurance fleet.

1834
02:15:28,814 --> 02:15:35,095
Um... CS. Those drivers. Uh... That's are one of those

1835
02:15:35,095 --> 02:15:39,568
things that... Our hard to control. Um... But... Are necessary

1836
02:15:39,909 --> 02:15:47,780
cost. So Budget reduction impacts. These are the impacts that

1837
02:15:47,820 --> 02:15:52,020
the Department is going to actualize... Come... July 1st with

1838
02:15:52,521 --> 02:15:56,415
these... Proposed budget cuts. Uh... The first one is we're

1839
02:15:56,415 --> 02:16:01,192
gonna remove one rescue. Uh... From service. It's actually gonna

1840
02:16:01,192 --> 02:16:04,350
be rescue 2 out of Station 2. Uh... That's gonna

1841
02:16:04,350 --> 02:16:06,830
result in a reduction of three captains and three firefighters.

1842
02:16:07,246 --> 02:16:09,705
Uh... Those positions will be eliminated and they'll go away.

1843
02:16:10,389 --> 02:16:13,808
Uh... We'll also eliminate one Deputy Chief Uh... Position... And

1844
02:16:14,469 --> 02:16:20,608
we will restaff the additional two rescues through attrition to

1845
02:16:20,629 --> 02:16:23,888
two firefighters as opposed to a captain and a firefighter.

1846
02:16:25,578 --> 02:16:28,357
So they'll go from a captain and a Firefighter to

1847
02:16:28,397 --> 02:16:33,105
two firefighters. Uh, we will also carry four Firefighter and

1848
02:16:33,105 --> 02:16:36,785
four engineer Vacancies throughout the fiscal year Will to result

1849
02:16:37,286 --> 02:16:42,305
in salary savings of essentially the salary and benefits Minus

1850
02:16:44,006 --> 02:16:49,800
the time and half for overtime. We do have some

1851
02:16:50,061 --> 02:16:54,174
capital improvement request Um... As you guys have seen as

1852
02:16:54,214 --> 02:16:57,723
Council seen. Uh, there are two different kind of categories

1853
02:16:58,064 --> 02:17:01,132
for our capital improvement request. The first one is our

1854
02:17:01,153 --> 02:17:06,887
recommended projects. Uh The first one is an NFPA, an

1855
02:17:06,887 --> 02:17:11,950
OSHA compliant Turnout replacement. Uh... Recently matter of fact, as

1856
02:17:12,011 --> 02:17:15,432
late as soon as April Last month. Oh she has

1857
02:17:15,472 --> 02:17:19,192
adopted NFP 1850, 1851 Which is going to require an

1858
02:17:19,213 --> 02:17:23,339
advanced testing on our turnouts. And we actually have started

1859
02:17:23,520 --> 02:17:25,899
a very minimal amount of that testing And we anticipate.

1860
02:17:26,554 --> 02:17:32,375
A large replacement in our turnouts. Um... HVAC systems for

1861
02:17:32,476 --> 02:17:36,147
station 5, 6, and 13. And then our body armor

1862
02:17:37,768 --> 02:17:41,347
Uh gonna be expired here soon Uh, and replacing that

1863
02:17:41,387 --> 02:17:45,223
for all of our... Firefighters in the field. And then

1864
02:17:46,684 --> 02:17:51,454
Products Uh projects for consideration. Floor rehab at Fire Station

1865
02:17:51,555 --> 02:17:55,442
6, 7, and 11. Which essentially is removing the tile.

1866
02:17:58,006 --> 02:18:01,200
Um... Pulling up all the glue And just taking it

1867
02:18:01,240 --> 02:18:04,823
down to Polishing the concrete. Uh... We found in our

1868
02:18:04,863 --> 02:18:10,042
past couple stations. Concrete is easy to maintain And it

1869
02:18:10,082 --> 02:18:12,602
never goes bad So, and then Uh... New parking area

1870
02:18:12,623 --> 02:18:16,487
for Fire Station 3. Uh... Next year Uh, we will

1871
02:18:16,527 --> 02:18:19,687
actually celebrate our 150th anniversary for the Big Shield Fire

1872
02:18:19,687 --> 02:18:24,487
Department As you guys can see from... Pictures there Now

1873
02:18:24,588 --> 02:18:27,127
None of our stations are 150 years old But we

1874
02:18:27,127 --> 02:18:30,807
do have some old stations that do need some... Uh...

1875
02:18:30,908 --> 02:18:35,367
TLC Station 1 right there is actually built in 1939

1876
02:18:35,788 --> 02:18:40,167
And I believe that pump RE UC there is 1800s

1877
02:18:40,428 --> 02:18:45,345
Uh... So. With that. Um... I'd be happy to answer

1878
02:18:45,446 --> 02:18:50,786
any questions. Thank You Council Member Gonzalez Thank you Mayor

1879
02:18:50,807 --> 02:18:53,106
Chief Thank you so much for the presentation Again, thank

1880
02:18:53,106 --> 02:18:55,906
you for all the work that You do every day

1881
02:18:56,727 --> 02:19:00,989
And all of the Department I appreciate. I appreciate I

1882
02:19:00,989 --> 02:19:04,589
think we all very much appreciate Fire Department Um... And

1883
02:19:04,770 --> 02:19:06,749
all of the Firefighters who would get out there every

1884
02:19:06,770 --> 02:19:13,451
day Um... Calls have increased. That's a trend that continues

1885
02:19:13,792 --> 02:19:16,411
over the last What... I've been on the City Council

1886
02:19:16,832 --> 02:19:21,451
Forever, yes Um... What are your... Some of your busiest.

1887
02:19:22,479 --> 02:19:27,321
Stations. Yeah You know this downtown corridor is some of

1888
02:19:27,321 --> 02:19:32,298
our busier stations. Station 1, station 2, station 6. Station

1889
02:19:32,298 --> 02:19:35,484
7 are probably our 4 busiest stations. Um... And the

1890
02:19:35,745 --> 02:19:39,004
calls... The call types range anywhere from EMS calls to

1891
02:19:39,025 --> 02:19:42,774
fire calls. I would say we probably have most of

1892
02:19:42,774 --> 02:19:46,054
our fires and our downtown corridor within Station 2 Station

1893
02:19:46,054 --> 02:19:54,019
1, station 6 Okay And... One of the proposed. Budget

1894
02:19:54,059 --> 02:19:59,379
reductions is to remove... A rescue, and it's a rescue

1895
02:19:59,720 --> 02:20:04,704
2 out of Station 2. Correct. What types of calls

1896
02:20:05,685 --> 02:20:10,304
does a rescue respond to? Yeah The rescue concept is

1897
02:20:10,304 --> 02:20:14,508
actually a great concept. Uh... These were... Uh... Brought around...

1898
02:20:14,609 --> 02:20:18,268
Uh... After PSVS was approved. And Essentially what they are

1899
02:20:18,369 --> 02:20:23,814
is A2 - person Firefighter and a captain. Uh... Pick

1900
02:20:23,814 --> 02:20:27,014
- up truck And they respond to the first medical

1901
02:20:27,035 --> 02:20:30,298
A call that is in that station. And the whole

1902
02:20:30,298 --> 02:20:34,278
idea behind it was we analyzed Uh... The station, the

1903
02:20:34,278 --> 02:20:36,938
call volume, the station had, and then the current calls

1904
02:20:36,978 --> 02:20:39,578
And that's really the important thing is looking at the

1905
02:20:39,759 --> 02:20:45,267
concurrent calls. And... The idea is we wanted to make...

1906
02:20:46,728 --> 02:20:49,869
Our response time is short as possible. Uh... So we

1907
02:20:49,970 --> 02:20:54,029
deployed rescues to... Initially station 2 and station 6, and

1908
02:20:54,029 --> 02:20:56,669
then Station 1 And they would respond to the initial

1909
02:20:56,930 --> 02:21:00,909
medical aid call Leaving that engine available for potentially that

1910
02:21:01,010 --> 02:21:04,269
next fire or rescue call Or even that next medical

1911
02:21:04,290 --> 02:21:11,968
8PAL. Okay, so... If we remove rescue 2 at a

1912
02:21:12,008 --> 02:21:18,709
station 2. One of the busiest stations. In the entire

1913
02:21:18,970 --> 02:21:23,801
City... What happens? Who then responds? We then require an

1914
02:21:23,841 --> 02:21:27,401
engine to respond? Certainly, yeah It does have some operational

1915
02:21:27,422 --> 02:21:31,587
impacts for sure. Um... In fiscal year 24 - 25

1916
02:21:31,587 --> 02:21:36,277
We had just around 700. Um... Concurrent calls and station

1917
02:21:36,378 --> 02:21:42,881
2's area. Uh... Last year Rescue 2 ran nearly 3,

1918
02:21:42,902 --> 02:21:47,013
100. Incidents, and those are both medical Aid and fires,

1919
02:21:47,013 --> 02:21:51,152
mainly medical Aids. Um... So what will happen is On

1920
02:21:51,152 --> 02:21:54,272
those concurrent calls, Um, we're gonna see increased response times.

1921
02:21:55,032 --> 02:22:00,051
Uh... And what's gonna happen We'll be Engine 2 will

1922
02:22:00,051 --> 02:22:03,171
respond to the First Medical Aid, call That comes in

1923
02:22:03,211 --> 02:22:07,171
for that area, whether it's a fire Uh... Vehicle Accident,

1924
02:22:07,211 --> 02:22:12,691
pedestrian... Or a medical ACOL. Uh... An apparatus from outside

1925
02:22:12,731 --> 02:22:16,451
of that first - in, commonly Station 1, station 4,

1926
02:22:16,552 --> 02:22:21,292
station 6. Engine 41 Uh... We'll be responding into that

1927
02:22:21,332 --> 02:22:25,385
area. And... Servicing that Paul. So there is a longer

1928
02:22:25,566 --> 02:22:29,145
response time when it comes to Uh... Not having rescue

1929
02:22:29,185 --> 02:22:35,139
2 There. It sounds like this... Not only will Impact...

1930
02:22:35,240 --> 02:22:38,579
Uh... The area surrounding station 2, but will have implications

1931
02:22:38,619 --> 02:22:43,859
for the City. Potentially You know when we have another

1932
02:22:43,880 --> 02:22:47,574
Resource responding into another first - end. If we get

1933
02:22:47,675 --> 02:22:51,251
a call, not first in, you know, the resource. For

1934
02:22:51,432 --> 02:22:53,891
that first - in that's already responded to another person

1935
02:22:53,912 --> 02:22:57,491
has to have another apparatus Respond from another area into

1936
02:22:58,232 --> 02:23:02,657
that area. Once a BakerSield Fire Department apparatus is committed

1937
02:23:02,697 --> 02:23:06,977
to a call Uh... We don't stop and change our

1938
02:23:06,998 --> 02:23:12,337
priority to another Incident. So It's not something where... Say

1939
02:23:12,377 --> 02:23:15,937
we have a call that Engine 4s respond into Station

1940
02:23:16,038 --> 02:23:18,897
2s area, and they get another call in there, their

1941
02:23:18,897 --> 02:23:21,297
first - end They don't stop responding to Station 2

1942
02:23:21,318 --> 02:23:23,617
and go back to their first end. They keep responding

1943
02:23:23,798 --> 02:23:28,177
to Station 2 in another apparatus, or another resources responded

1944
02:23:28,217 --> 02:23:31,869
into the Station 4s area. So, yeah, it definitely could

1945
02:23:32,650 --> 02:23:38,008
create increased response times. And these positions are actually filled

1946
02:23:38,109 --> 02:23:41,848
positions, is that It isn't the scenario where... You know,

1947
02:23:42,109 --> 02:23:44,808
in many other cases throughout the City in other departments...

1948
02:23:45,389 --> 02:23:49,448
Where when we actually remove positions They're vacant. These are

1949
02:23:49,469 --> 02:23:52,948
actually filled positions today, is that correct? They are. Uh,

1950
02:23:53,149 --> 02:23:56,008
rescue 2 is staff today, and it is running incidents

1951
02:23:56,008 --> 02:24:01,084
today. Uh... I will say that... Those positions... Uh... If

1952
02:24:01,585 --> 02:24:05,004
rescue 2 does get eliminated, will be eliminated through attrition

1953
02:24:05,345 --> 02:24:07,499
So there won't be anybody laid off. But it is

1954
02:24:07,520 --> 02:24:13,717
a resource right now that is... Uh... Utilized. Utilize. Right

1955
02:24:13,717 --> 02:24:17,877
now And responding to incidents today. Okay, I appreciate that

1956
02:24:17,978 --> 02:24:20,437
so much. I just... I just want to voice my

1957
02:24:20,477 --> 02:24:26,277
concerns colleagues of this particular recommendation, and this potential cut

1958
02:24:26,778 --> 02:24:30,037
Uh... And the impacts that it has to Public safety.

1959
02:24:30,037 --> 02:24:34,597
Uh... Amongst our community. Um... I, for one, will not

1960
02:24:34,597 --> 02:24:38,997
be supporting this particular reduction and cannot support a budget

1961
02:24:39,178 --> 02:24:44,997
that includes this Uh... Reduction. Um... Given the impacts to

1962
02:24:44,997 --> 02:24:47,637
those in our community who desperately need it. Given the

1963
02:24:47,637 --> 02:24:54,677
fact That increases... For calls for service, are being experienced

1964
02:24:54,778 --> 02:24:59,237
year after year, and given the innovation really Of these

1965
02:24:59,258 --> 02:25:02,197
rescues. And the fact that we're able to respond much

1966
02:25:02,237 --> 02:25:06,837
more swiftly, much more nimbly... To some of these... Live

1967
02:25:06,858 --> 02:25:10,037
- or - death situations that our community members face.

1968
02:25:10,037 --> 02:25:15,317
Um... I think it is important for us to maintain

1969
02:25:15,738 --> 02:25:18,597
Uh... This same level of service, and to figure out

1970
02:25:18,698 --> 02:25:21,397
ways in which we can make that. Happen, and to

1971
02:25:21,437 --> 02:25:26,437
maintain these services. And so... I'm going to make a

1972
02:25:26,437 --> 02:25:29,797
referral that we look towards other Options in terms of

1973
02:25:30,378 --> 02:25:35,377
budget reductions, but we not include this reduction in the

1974
02:25:35,377 --> 02:25:38,408
upcoming budget. Thank you, Chief. Appreciate it. You're welcome. Thank

1975
02:25:38,448 --> 02:25:41,156
you Chief, vice mayor. Hi Chief, thank you so much

1976
02:25:41,156 --> 02:25:43,376
for the presentation Thank you. It's nice to see you

1977
02:25:43,416 --> 02:25:46,416
this afternoon. My question's actually for our City manager. What

1978
02:25:46,517 --> 02:25:50,579
is the status on our Fire Master Plan. Thank you

1979
02:25:50,760 --> 02:25:54,419
Ayes Mayer. I'm actually turned back to Chief Albertson to

1980
02:25:54,419 --> 02:25:59,779
give us an update on where the Firefighters Association is

1981
02:25:59,779 --> 02:26:01,619
at on that Yeah, thank you. I can provide an

1982
02:26:01,659 --> 02:26:05,059
update on that. We've actually been in contact with them.

1983
02:26:05,059 --> 02:26:09,219
They required some additional information RGIS Department has delivered that

1984
02:26:09,240 --> 02:26:12,419
to them, and we should see some results here soon,

1985
02:26:12,419 --> 02:26:14,979
probably within the next month or two. Okay. As what

1986
02:26:14,979 --> 02:26:17,725
we were told. I will say we were told that

1987
02:26:17,765 --> 02:26:20,685
about three months ago Uh... But we have been in

1988
02:26:20,725 --> 02:26:24,365
contact with them, and they are... For lack of a

1989
02:26:24,365 --> 02:26:28,146
better terms, uh, crunching the data. Okay Yeah. I think

1990
02:26:28,167 --> 02:26:31,106
it's been over a year since we first since I

1991
02:26:31,146 --> 02:26:34,226
first made that referral, and I... It's unfortunate that it

1992
02:26:34,266 --> 02:26:36,386
takes so long, and it is something that is so

1993
02:26:36,407 --> 02:26:44,386
urgent. Um... Given that fires don't wait, and we could

1994
02:26:44,426 --> 02:26:47,266
really use that data to be able to make some

1995
02:26:47,367 --> 02:26:50,226
informed decisions so that we don't have to make unfortunate

1996
02:26:50,266 --> 02:26:54,306
cuts Um... To any department, but particularly your department That

1997
02:26:54,647 --> 02:26:57,746
is responding to such urgent and dire needs in our

1998
02:26:57,746 --> 02:27:01,106
community. Um... So I still very much look forward to

1999
02:27:01,106 --> 02:27:05,746
that plan coming back and Hoping that it shows that

2000
02:27:06,247 --> 02:27:10,746
as call times increase. Um... We need more substations. We

2001
02:27:10,746 --> 02:27:14,546
need to be developing more infrastructure as our City grows,

2002
02:27:14,546 --> 02:27:17,986
especially as our City grows south. Um I was just

2003
02:27:18,167 --> 02:27:21,266
at Mountain View Elementary School at their opening and their

2004
02:27:21,306 --> 02:27:26,226
south of Taftair, only building south of Taftaiway, and I

2005
02:27:26,247 --> 02:27:29,426
was sharing with them how we often... I often have

2006
02:27:29,447 --> 02:27:34,546
conversations with the Fire Department about Master Planning and how

2007
02:27:34,586 --> 02:27:37,026
schools kind of are dictating You know where our community

2008
02:27:37,047 --> 02:27:40,066
is moving. Um... And so, you know, in the same

2009
02:27:40,167 --> 02:27:44,066
similar spirit Uh... I hope that it reflects exactly what

2010
02:27:44,106 --> 02:27:46,946
we need, and so we can make really pointed decisions

2011
02:27:47,127 --> 02:27:51,666
related to our budget. I had a question about the

2012
02:27:51,767 --> 02:27:56,786
paramedic level of care. You had shared 2, 700 advanced

2013
02:27:56,887 --> 02:28:04,725
life support paramedic responses Um... And that is... Extremely high.

2014
02:28:04,725 --> 02:28:08,005
Is there like a comparison of, has that also increases

2015
02:28:08,186 --> 02:28:11,045
as a data point? Or is that pretty consistent with

2016
02:28:11,306 --> 02:28:14,645
waves? Well, I would say it has increased, but it

2017
02:28:14,645 --> 02:28:17,265
necessarily has an increase because there's more ALS calls, but

2018
02:28:17,306 --> 02:28:19,685
because we have more paramedics out in the field. Okay.

2019
02:28:19,786 --> 02:28:24,085
Um... We run roughly, uh, respond roughly to 37, 000

2020
02:28:24,125 --> 02:28:27,146
EMS calls a year. Uh... In the past, we haven't

2021
02:28:27,186 --> 02:28:30,986
had paradics. And over the past years we have slowly

2022
02:28:31,087 --> 02:28:35,306
developed a paramedic program. We currently have four resources running,

2023
02:28:35,306 --> 02:28:39,786
uh, ALS balls. Uh, rescue one, Agent 15, engine four,

2024
02:28:39,786 --> 02:28:43,066
and engine 13. Engine 13 is there at Panama Einstein.

2025
02:28:43,902 --> 02:28:51,022
Um... So, uh... That is something that myself and our

2026
02:28:51,062 --> 02:28:53,502
chief staff are constantly licking to see where we can

2027
02:28:53,603 --> 02:28:56,862
expand those services. Uh, couple of the places that we

2028
02:28:56,883 --> 02:28:59,799
have expand those services. Is with our Bike team and

2029
02:28:59,799 --> 02:29:03,543
UTV team. Like I talked about earlier where we respond

2030
02:29:03,564 --> 02:29:06,663
to large events. We staff the marathon, we staff big

2031
02:29:06,684 --> 02:29:10,983
concerts. Uh, we also have SWAT paramedics now. In the

2032
02:29:10,983 --> 02:29:15,783
past, when PD had a SWAT call, they would ask

2033
02:29:15,823 --> 02:29:19,860
for an engine to come respond. And as you may

2034
02:29:19,900 --> 02:29:22,260
or may not know, SWAT call - outs are usually

2035
02:29:22,441 --> 02:29:27,008
lengthy call - outs. And that engine resources committed to

2036
02:29:27,008 --> 02:29:29,728
that call - out for that long time, that period

2037
02:29:29,728 --> 02:29:33,257
of time, which is sometimes significant. So now we have

2038
02:29:33,358 --> 02:29:37,497
to actually developed a SWAT paramedic program where... Where we

2039
02:29:37,537 --> 02:29:42,057
have specially trained paramedics, uh, that integrate into the SWAT

2040
02:29:42,057 --> 02:29:44,517
team. And now when they get a call out, our

2041
02:29:44,517 --> 02:29:47,017
SWAT parabnetic candles, the EMS portion of it. And now

2042
02:29:47,017 --> 02:29:49,977
we do not respond in engine or an apparatus to

2043
02:29:49,977 --> 02:29:54,035
that. Which has been great. So we constantly look to

2044
02:29:54,075 --> 02:29:57,955
see where we can expand our advanced level care resources.

2045
02:29:57,976 --> 02:30:00,995
Okay, that's kind of where my question was as well.

2046
02:30:01,576 --> 02:30:04,035
Does our department do other departments kind of separate out

2047
02:30:04,456 --> 02:30:08,995
like the paramedic responses versus buyers, physical fires? Um, and

2048
02:30:10,456 --> 02:30:14,435
how... How that kind of looks at CitySilmilar to ours.

2049
02:30:14,536 --> 02:30:19,715
Yeah, I will say not every other department. Um... Does

2050
02:30:19,816 --> 02:30:25,555
the SWAT paramedic? Uh, program like we do. But a

2051
02:30:25,555 --> 02:30:27,315
lot of them do like a UTV or bike team.

2052
02:30:27,792 --> 02:30:31,611
Um, a lot of other departments provide advanced level. Uh...

2053
02:30:32,272 --> 02:30:38,520
CARE. Like REERMICTO. We see it here in Current County

2054
02:30:38,560 --> 02:30:43,960
with their medic squads. Uh, they don't necessarily provide, do

2055
02:30:43,960 --> 02:30:46,920
the same platform that we do. But much like LA

2056
02:30:46,920 --> 02:30:52,728
County. Um, LA City, things like that. Other departments like

2057
02:30:52,768 --> 02:30:57,448
that. We mirror kind of how our program performs off

2058
02:30:57,488 --> 02:31:01,175
of theirs. And then the specialized programs. Are one of

2059
02:31:01,196 --> 02:31:04,135
those things that we've really kind of adapted to. We've

2060
02:31:04,135 --> 02:31:07,015
seen a need there with the marathons. We've seen a

2061
02:31:07,015 --> 02:31:11,330
need there with a large events. Um... The Christmas parade

2062
02:31:11,330 --> 02:31:14,257
was a great one. Um... And as we saw a

2063
02:31:14,257 --> 02:31:18,817
couple years ago, it was a huge benefit. That and

2064
02:31:18,817 --> 02:31:20,537
the fact that the incident happened right in front of

2065
02:31:20,598 --> 02:31:24,177
a fire station definitely helped. Uh, but, uh, we've seen

2066
02:31:24,278 --> 02:31:28,337
the need for that. And that's something that, as well

2067
02:31:28,337 --> 02:31:32,165
as BPD, have been able to address those. Thank you,

2068
02:31:32,205 --> 02:31:37,814
Chief. Chief, what percentage of the total 50, 000 incidents

2069
02:31:38,475 --> 02:31:42,454
are non - fire - related. You mentioned in 37,

2070
02:31:42,955 --> 02:31:48,054
000 EMS, that's about 74 percent of the total. Roughly

2071
02:31:48,235 --> 02:31:50,454
90 percent are non - fire - related. There's about

2072
02:31:50,475 --> 02:31:53,574
10 percent of them there. Maybe a little bit over,

2073
02:31:53,574 --> 02:31:55,734
maybe even into the 11 or 12 percent that are

2074
02:31:55,774 --> 02:31:59,554
fire - related. Which is higher than, um, a lot

2075
02:31:59,554 --> 02:32:02,745
of other communities. Uh, BakerSield is a very active community

2076
02:32:02,846 --> 02:32:05,836
when it comes into one we're talking fires. Uh, we

2077
02:32:06,017 --> 02:32:08,716
run anywhere between five to 6, 000 fires a year.

2078
02:32:09,436 --> 02:32:13,735
Um, not all of those are structure fires. Roughly a

2079
02:32:13,735 --> 02:32:17,957
thousand to 1100 of those are structure fires. Um, I

2080
02:32:18,618 --> 02:32:21,957
am a board member for Cal Chiefs in California training

2081
02:32:21,997 --> 02:32:28,916
officers, association. Um, and a network with other departments on

2082
02:32:28,916 --> 02:32:31,017
a regular basis. And most of them don't see the

2083
02:32:31,038 --> 02:32:36,212
activity that we see. Um, so, um, yeah, we're definitely

2084
02:32:36,393 --> 02:32:39,661
very active department when it comes to buyers. Thank you.

2085
02:32:39,682 --> 02:32:44,329
Council Member Smith. Thank you Mayor. I was just wondering

2086
02:32:44,350 --> 02:32:46,969
how it has worked out. We talked for years about

2087
02:32:48,670 --> 02:32:53,049
reimbursement from insurance companies and where we're at on that.

2088
02:32:53,230 --> 02:32:57,289
We are actively collecting reimbursement for insurance companies, mainly our

2089
02:32:57,470 --> 02:33:01,091
vehicle accidents. Uh, we were doing it for structure fires

2090
02:33:01,131 --> 02:33:02,691
for a little bit. And we stopped and we just

2091
02:33:02,792 --> 02:33:06,931
restarted again. Uh, we are receiving some reinbursements. It's not

2092
02:33:06,971 --> 02:33:12,451
a lot. Um, it's anywhere between seven to 11, 000

2093
02:33:12,491 --> 02:33:15,757
a month. Uh, but we currently are looking at a

2094
02:33:15,778 --> 02:33:20,289
cost recovery platform for what's called first responder fees. And

2095
02:33:20,630 --> 02:33:24,209
essentially what we're looking at is doing some cost recovery

2096
02:33:24,310 --> 02:33:27,089
through insurance companies. And once again, uh, for our medical

2097
02:33:27,270 --> 02:33:32,938
calls. Um, as I just stated we run around 36,

2098
02:33:33,119 --> 02:33:37,009
000 to 37, 000 medical calls every year. Um, that

2099
02:33:37,030 --> 02:33:41,089
could have a significant impact on revenue generation. And I

2100
02:33:41,089 --> 02:33:42,609
hate to use a word revenue. It's more of a

2101
02:33:42,710 --> 02:33:47,729
cost recovery generation. Um, and, um, we are in the

2102
02:33:47,769 --> 02:33:50,750
process of doing a study. Uh, to determine what that

2103
02:33:50,851 --> 02:33:53,896
fee is going to be. And then, uh, hopefully here

2104
02:33:53,917 --> 02:33:56,436
in the next three or four months we'll bring, uh,

2105
02:33:56,557 --> 02:34:01,416
that study and that recommendation to council, uh, for your

2106
02:34:01,416 --> 02:34:06,136
approval and we'll implement that. So which calls are we?

2107
02:34:06,136 --> 02:34:10,936
So currently we are collecting for V collection structure fires.

2108
02:34:10,936 --> 02:34:14,056
If we get a large rescue, um, a while back

2109
02:34:14,077 --> 02:34:17,176
we had a trench rescue. They're kind of lengthy. We'll

2110
02:34:17,357 --> 02:34:19,716
do the cost recovery for that. But some of the

2111
02:34:19,716 --> 02:34:22,536
things that, uh, are required for this is they have

2112
02:34:22,536 --> 02:34:26,476
to have insurance. Um, one of the agreements that we,

2113
02:34:26,476 --> 02:34:28,636
uh, had with you, the council is that we were

2114
02:34:28,636 --> 02:34:33,276
not going to direct Bill our community members. Right. Now,

2115
02:34:33,276 --> 02:34:37,676
uh, you could potentially see where community members community members

2116
02:34:37,716 --> 02:34:40,956
could get a bill. But it's because insurance has already

2117
02:34:41,217 --> 02:34:43,996
reimbursed them for that amount on the structure fires. And

2118
02:34:43,996 --> 02:34:45,836
then they just need to remit that to the recovery

2119
02:34:45,937 --> 02:34:49,542
company. But it's not, it's not additional money out of

2120
02:34:49,582 --> 02:34:52,342
their pocket. What you're looking to look at the EMS

2121
02:34:52,443 --> 02:34:54,982
also. Yeah. We're in the process of doing that right

2122
02:34:54,982 --> 02:34:58,662
now. Um, the study is going to start here soon.

2123
02:34:58,662 --> 02:35:01,862
We're just gathering some information together to send it off

2124
02:35:01,862 --> 02:35:06,622
to a company called DTA. They're going to establish. We

2125
02:35:06,622 --> 02:35:09,142
wanted to make sure that we had a fair equitable

2126
02:35:09,182 --> 02:35:12,422
rate as far as the COS recovery component. Right. Um,

2127
02:35:12,603 --> 02:35:16,022
and, uh, we should have that here soon. And we'll

2128
02:35:16,062 --> 02:35:17,702
be bringing it to Council. Hopefully here in the next

2129
02:35:17,723 --> 02:35:21,320
three or four months. Okay. Great. Thank you very much.

2130
02:35:22,381 --> 02:35:25,000
Thank you, chief. I don't see any of their requests

2131
02:35:25,000 --> 02:35:28,200
to speak. City Manager colleague. Would you like to offer

2132
02:35:28,221 --> 02:35:32,600
some closing comments? Just really briefly mayor and council again.

2133
02:35:32,600 --> 02:35:34,680
We'll be back here on May 18th. We'll have the

2134
02:35:34,680 --> 02:35:37,640
remainder of the departments. And then also again, a summary

2135
02:35:37,680 --> 02:35:41,080
of where we're at with general fund and capital improvement,

2136
02:35:41,080 --> 02:35:44,920
um, budget. And we'll, we'll, we'll see us back at

2137
02:35:44,960 --> 02:35:47,640
that time. Thank you. Colleagues, do you have any other

2138
02:35:47,901 --> 02:35:57,771
questions. Seeing none. We stand adjourned at 214. Sorry. Oh,

2139
02:35:57,771 --> 02:36:02,368
this is big. Motion to receive and file motion. Okay.

2140
02:36:02,408 --> 02:36:06,712
Please cast your votes. I know. I saw that right

2141
02:36:06,712 --> 02:36:09,544
there. It's like, remember to do that. You got to

2142
02:36:09,544 --> 02:36:09,624
vote.

2143
02:36:23,128 --> 02:36:28,547
And just motion is approved with council members audience. Gonzales.

2144
02:36:29,114 --> 02:36:35,690
And Bashir Tash absinthe. And we're. Just. And we are.

2145
02:36:35,690 --> 02:36:37,690
Sorry, Mayor. Thank you. And so now we stand a

2146
02:36:37,690 --> 02:36:38,650
journa 215.