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» Long as it has ever been.

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» The time is about 6 PM and we will call

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this meeting to order.

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>> You can join me in prayer.

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» You can join me in prayer.

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Heavenly Father, standing here in this

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room, you have people who have their own

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worries and difficulties and also their

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own blessings and joys. But one thing we

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all have in common is the desire to do

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what is best for the city of Richwood.

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Please hear our prayers for what rests

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heavy on our hearts, but also the

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prayers of thanksgiving for the

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blessings and joys in our lives. Let us

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add to these individual prayers ones for

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the city of Richmond, for its

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leadership, its volunteers, its first

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responders, and its citizens. Guide us,

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protect us, nurture us, and love us. For

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without you in our lives, we are

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nothing. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

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Amen.

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Pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United [clears throat] States of America

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and to the republic for which it stands.

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One nation under God indivisible with

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liberty and justice for all.

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>> Honor the Texas flagg

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» Honor the Texas flagg

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to thee Texas. One state under God one

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and indivisible.

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Council

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member Johnson is absent. Thank you,

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sir.

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>> No public comment today. I guess we'll

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» No public comment today. I guess we'll

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» Mr. Paige, you have the floor. And I I

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need to remind our audience that, you

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know, when they show up, our public

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comments section is delegated to this

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andor agenda item. I got out of hand

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last time. So,

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>> you haven't had Monday to yet.

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» you haven't had Monday to yet.

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>> What's that?

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» What's that?

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>> One of these days, but I just need to

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» One of these days, but I just need to

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make sure everybody knows that we need

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to stay in line with stuff. We got a

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little out of hand on stuff. But now the

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floor is yours.

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>> All right, Mr. D.

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» All right, Mr. D.

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I think you said at the end of the

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meeting about where you were asking too

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many questions.

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>> There's no such thing as too many

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» There's no such thing as too many

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questions. Please ask all the questions

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you got. Basically uh you members up

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basically the citizens eyes and ears

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your questions are sometimes the only

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thing that provides the public actually

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insight to decision making things going

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on city hall sometimes you ask questions

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we won't ask

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okay and then I've got another one for

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you later

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but here goes

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that word again transparency

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uh it shouldn't apply [snorts] only

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to good news. It should also apply the

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bad news as well.

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legal rates that one of the fees was 60

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negative 67%.

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y'all will ask uh for consent agenda

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item F be pulled

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uh to actually discuss

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uh those rates whether they were up,

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down, good, bad, and if not, maybe one

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of y'all could at least address it at

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the end of the meeting.

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also, uh I did a little bit of research

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other cities around us in Missouri

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County handled their uh budget workshops

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every year. I was surprised to find out

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Richwood was the only city in Missouri

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that actually hold

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their budget round the one we had last

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week in within a city

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meeting. Every other city either holds

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it a designated area prior to the

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meeting, usually an hour and a half or

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two hour blocked out or on a separate

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day. And uh let me read this so I don't

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and maybe the reason the budget workshop

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deserves this attention is probably the

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single most important discussion of the

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year affecting citizens financially.

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packed agenda. I know last one was a

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little bit different, but it was really

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packed to the point where you actually

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look around and see members in the

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audience and people sitting back here

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kind of looking at their uh watch,

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including myself over there wondering

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when is this meeting going to end.

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so that being said, I just wish maybe

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y'all would consider

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future years to actually doing that

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actually give it either its own special

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meeting or an hour and a half prior.

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your question about firefighters should

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possibly uh I mean we thought all

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volunteers should qualify for the same

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uh discount that firefighters get in my

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opinion. I'm you know I don't think we

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really deserve it. But then on the other

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hand,

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uh for this for these reasons here,

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they're on call 247,

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risk their lives, responsible for

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keeping their gear in working condition.

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clothing destroyed when they go to a

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meeting. And one of the other things,

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rest of us volunteers,

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time at at uh scheduled meetings,

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council, city sponsor. We only do it a

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couple of months. I I don't know about

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the rest of you, but I don't think I

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deserve it.

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what I one of the things I rec recently

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learned our fire chief is the only

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department head who does not have who is

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not an hourly employee.

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all the paperwork, planning,

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admin, administrative responsibilities

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that the job has.

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compensated

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the same as the other firefighters on

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his water bill.

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$300 a month typing that the head of the

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KRB gets receives for uh the

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administrative work that she does.

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know, hers is understandable.

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very hard to maintain and do paperwork

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that keeps our uh star classification

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and she's the one that gets us to those

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grants hopefully vital.

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say another word to Mr. M. Thank you

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very much.

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agenda with no other public comments.

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Uh, a approval of revised personnel

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policy handbook to reflect current

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employment practices and update

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recommended by the city's human

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resources consultant.

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B, budget report June 2027. C,

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investment report quarter 3, fiscal year

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26.

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Approval of updated financial policies

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for the city of Richwood. Approval of

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minutes from regular meeting held June

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8, 2026. and then approval minutes for

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regular health regular health meeting

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July 13, 2026.

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» Yeah, I'd like to make a motion that we

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remove uh item eight, the personnel

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policy handbook from the

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I'll second it.

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All in favor?

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I'd like to have a discussion if we

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could because I have no idea why we're

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>> zero nays. Motion carries on that. Uh,

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as far as the rest,

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how do you vote, council?

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» I need a motion for B through F.

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>> I'll make a motion that we uh approve

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» I'll make a motion that we uh approve

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the minutes I mean items B through F.

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» Okay. Record. Let the record reflect

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everything carries. be correct. A will

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be tabled.

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Okay. Discussion and action items. A

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consideration and possible action to

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adopt ordinance number 26-542 amending

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chapter 14 article 4 of the code of

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ordinances regarding outdoor burning by

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establishing criteria for the issuance

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denial suspension revocation of burn

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permits providing an administrative

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appeals process and providing for sever

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severability appeal of conflicting

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ordinances and effective an effective

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>> council this is the same ordinance that

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» council this is the same ordinance that

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was presented last month I I won't take

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your I'm workshopping again. That was

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the point of last month. So, um I'm just

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bringing this back to you to adopt. Um

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had conversations with the fire

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department and I believe this meets

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their request of having clear defined

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terms of what an approved burn would be.

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procedural

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things that could help them approve

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burns and help residents know what will

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be an approved burn and what would not

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be an approved burn. We're going to do

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graphics and pass things out to

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residents as they come in and apply for

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burns.

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I'd like to make a motion that we adopt

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ordinance [snorts] number 26-542

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amending chapter 14 article four of the

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code of ordinances regarding outdoor

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burning.

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>> Okay. All in favor?

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>> I the record reflect. The motion

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» I the record reflect. The motion

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carries. Thank you, gentlemen. On to B.

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Public hearing and possible action on a

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proposed crime control and prevention

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district budget for fiscal year 2026

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U mayor and council, this is um kind of

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a housekeeping thing required by our

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ordinance um that uh the CCPD budget

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come to you for approval. Um public

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hearing if anyone in the audience has

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any questions about it. Um, this budget

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was approved by the CCPD board um at

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their last meeting. Um, and so

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that we're doing

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so everything's good there.

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>> Okay, we just need a motion on that.

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» Okay, we just need a motion on that.

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Well, as leaison for 66, I'd like to

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make a motion that we uh adopt the uh

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proposed budget for fiscal year 206.

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» Okay. All in favor?

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>> I Okay, the motion carries.

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» I Okay, the motion carries.

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>> Thank you. Moving on to C.

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» Thank you. Moving on to C.

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discussion and possible action to adopt

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ordinance number 26-543 amending

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appendix B fe schedule the code of

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ordinances to revise utility rates

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first of all um thank you Mr. done. Um,

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in the packet, I thought I printed it,

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but I

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um the crossed out uh rates are not the

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current rates. They're two years ago.

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So, if [snorts] there's any confusion,

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but the the new rates included in your

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packet

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um reflect the 5% increase that we

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discussed at the last meeting. Um so um

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we're just asking you to approve uh a

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new rate for water base bill of 4455

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and then the next tier if they go over

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2,000 gallons would be 729.

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U for um over 20,000 it would go to 758.

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The uh sewer rate would increase 3142.

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The next tier over 2,000 gallons would

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be $545.

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And then all the uh the senior citizen

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discount is a percentage. It doesn't

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need to be changed. Multi-units are um

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multiplication of those base rates. So

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they would change accordingly.

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Any questions?

328
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>> Senior citizen discount wasn't new,

329
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» Senior citizen discount wasn't new,

330
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right? It just hasn't. So, it used to be

331
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a I think it was 750 for water and 750

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for sewer 3 to four years ago. Um, we

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brought it to council because it wasn't

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growing as the water bill grew. So, it

335
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became a a smaller benefit. So, we

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changed to a percentage.

337
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>> We haven't advertised it very much. Is

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» We haven't advertised it very much. Is

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that what we got?

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>> We occasionally put something out on the

341
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» We occasionally put something out on the

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bills.

343
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>> I think the last month we put it out.

344
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» I think the last month we put it out.

345
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Yes, I just did and put it out again.

346
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And we've had quite a few people calling

347
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and coming in.

348
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>> Um we try to promote it. It's difficult

349
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» Um we try to promote it. It's difficult

350
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sometimes for us to say, "Oh, are you

351
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signed up for the senior citizen

352
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discount?" And they'd say, "Why? I'm

353
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only 58." You know,

354
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>> so um so we do what we can.

355
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» so um so we do what we can.

356
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>> It falls back under one more question.

357
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» It falls back under one more question.

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The people that live in the apartments,

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senior citizens that live in apartments,

360
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I know y'all don't pay a water bill.

361
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Yes, we pay a water bill. in your rent.

362
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>> Do they get a tent?

363
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» Do they get a tent?

364
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>> It is not incorporated into that. No.

365
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» It is not incorporated into that. No.

366
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>> See, that's that's and I understand that

367
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» See, that's that's and I understand that

368
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because that's just part of Texas.

369
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>> That is something we could look at in

370
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» That is something we could look at in

371
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the future. Um see how that would be

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administered.

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Um

374
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>> I've never thought of it quite honest.

375
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» I've never thought of it quite honest.

376
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>> Well, that and

377
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» Well, that and

378
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it would be hard to make sure that the

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apartments are relaying that discount we

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give them.

381
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>> It's true. Like even if we were to say,

382
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» It's true. Like even if we were to say,

383
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"How many seniors do you have that live

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in your complex?" And they tell us and

385
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so we give them a discount based on

386
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that.

387
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>> I have no way to make sure that they're

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» I have no way to make sure that they're

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going to pass that on.

390
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» Yes,

391
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>> I truly do.

392
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» I truly do.

393
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>> But it's something that can

394
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» But it's something that can

395
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>> I mean, we can get to it way to

396
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» I mean, we can get to it way to

397
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>> Well, it it's and I might be off off

398
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» Well, it it's and I might be off off

399
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topic here a little bit, but it's like

400
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my my apartment is a three-bedroom

401
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apartment. Mhm.

402
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>> They charge they my water bill is based

403
00:16:07,189 --> 00:16:07,199
» They charge they my water bill is based

404
00:16:07,199 --> 00:16:09,680
on that square foot in that threebedroom

405
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apartment. You live in there and you

406
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live in a onebedroom apartment. Yours is

407
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your water bill is calculated on a

408
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onebedroom apartment.

409
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>> So see that and they're charged the same

410
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» So see that and they're charged the same

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for every apartment.

412
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So that right there

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makes her argument pretty mad. So but we

414
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can look into it. Um, it's too late for

415
00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:34,880
this year, but for going forward, we

416
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could look into it because it's a valid

417
00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:36,800
point.

418
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>> It's too late for me.

419
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» Any other questions?

420
00:16:50,079 --> 00:16:51,519
» The public packet's been updated with

421
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the correct previous numbers. Just

422
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must be done and say we adopt ordinance

423
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number 26543 amending appendix B your fe

424
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schedule code of ordinance for you to

425
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revise utility rates

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okay all in favor

427
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>> I

428
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» I

429
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>> okay

430
00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:24,720
» okay

431
00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:26,470
>> just a note on that it'll take effect

432
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» just a note on that it'll take effect

433
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101 the First water bill that'll be

434
00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,559
affected would be the bill sent out

435
00:17:32,559 --> 00:17:34,720
October 25th.

436
00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,600
No, November November 25th through

437
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December 10th.

438
00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:43,029
>> So they won't see this immediately.

439
00:17:43,029 --> 00:17:43,039
» So they won't see this immediately.

440
00:17:43,039 --> 00:17:44,230
>> But in the meantime, we can get

441
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» But in the meantime, we can get

442
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something

443
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>> we'll get a

444
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for the record. The motion carried.

445
00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:55,360
Uh move on to D. discussion only

446
00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:56,799
regarding the proposed budget and

447
00:17:56,799 --> 00:17:58,960
proposed tax rate for fiscal year 2026

448
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2027. No action will be taken.

449
00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:06,310
>> So I gave you each a copy of this. Um I

450
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» So I gave you each a copy of this. Um I

451
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made sure and put a cover on here

452
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because I don't want anybody out in the

453
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public thinking this is our final

454
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budget. Um but this is as it sits today.

455
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Um our budget can change sometimes um

456
00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,440
without warning um until we get it

457
00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,840
approved. The only number I'm waiting

458
00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,400
on, we have not been able to get our

459
00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:28,640
premiums for our property liability and

460
00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:33,200
auto um policy. Um but they should be

461
00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,679
coming any day. I will have them before

462
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we approve in September. Um

463
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so I want to talk about tax rate.

464
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Um so you have

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Okay. So this slide is just um giving

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you a snapshot of where our revenue is.

467
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Um I'm going to present to you some

468
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options for our tax rate. This is built

469
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on the highest option I'm giving you. Um

470
00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,760
it's the highest option we have that we

471
00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:09,840
can go to without risk of it going to a

472
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ballot at the election time. um it um

473
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would show that our total revenue is

474
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4,000

475
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4 million. Um one reason I show you this

476
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is just to show you how dependent we are

477
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on property tax. Um 70.29%

478
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of our projected revenue is from

479
00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,559
property tax in the general fund.

480
00:19:36,559 --> 00:19:39,039
um sales tax comes in a distant second

481
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at 21.17

482
00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:42,880
and then the other things make up the

483
00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,280
rest. So I just wanted you to see some

484
00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:49,440
cities property tax is not

485
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that big. Um but we don't have a lot of

486
00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:58,390
other revenue. So, okay. Next.

487
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Okay. So, at the top of the sheet, um

488
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you'll see our current tax rate um for

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this existing

490
00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:12,000
um year is 0.557993

491
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for every $100 of assessed value of

492
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that.

493
00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,120
M which is maintenance and operation for

494
00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:20,960
the general fund. That's the money

495
00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,000
that's used to operate the city not

496
00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:29,280
counting um the water and sewer um is

497
00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,919
466352.

498
00:20:31,919 --> 00:20:35,760
The next number is our INS or debt rate.

499
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This is calculated by the county to give

500
00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:43,679
us what we need to assess on our taxable

501
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values to re or to bring in enough money

502
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to pay our debt requirements for the

503
00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,520
next year. So that number is fixed by

504
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the county. We can't fudge on that. So

505
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um

506
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so the um

507
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tax year 26 which is fiscal year 27

508
00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,360
um that we're working on it the INS rate

509
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it has been set by the county at 082239

510
00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,600
per $100 of taxable value. So it has

511
00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:23,830
gone down um 0.009402.

512
00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,480
Our taxable value when I was here a

513
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month ago and I gave you our estimated

514
00:21:29,120 --> 00:21:32,640
taxable value it was 577

515
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,760
million. When we got our certified it

516
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,400
went down 551

517
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million657986.

518
00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:44,799
So it is an increase from last year of

519
00:21:44,799 --> 00:21:49,200
1.8% 8% but it is significantly lower

520
00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,559
than what I showed you last month. Um

521
00:21:52,559 --> 00:21:55,520
this is due to protests

522
00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,400
primarily. Um again we have no control

523
00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,400
over that.

524
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:01,919
Um I'm going to be talking about

525
00:22:01,919 --> 00:22:03,840
different kinds of rates. The no new

526
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,000
revenue rate will be if you take the

527
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,520
exact same properties that were on the

528
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tax roll last year,

529
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you come up with a tax rate that will

530
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give you that same revenue you got last

531
00:22:14,159 --> 00:22:16,799
year. that rate varies because of the

532
00:22:16,799 --> 00:22:19,440
debt rate and their assessed values that

533
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,799
they went up. Um, so that's the no new

534
00:22:22,799 --> 00:22:26,480
revenue rate. The voter approval rate

535
00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:30,799
allows cities to gain a bit on the

536
00:22:30,799 --> 00:22:35,120
revenue. Um, for cities under 30,000

537
00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:39,840
population, which is us, we can go up 8%

538
00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,640
from the no new revenue rate. Cities

539
00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,799
over 30,000 can only go up three and a

540
00:22:44,799 --> 00:22:46,640
half.

541
00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,320
If you go higher than this, then you

542
00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:52,080
risk going to uh that a a resident can

543
00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,240
do start a petition and it'll go on the

544
00:22:54,240 --> 00:23:00,960
ballot. So, um I have spoken wrong in

545
00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:02,720
past years.

546
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:04,240
I'll just tell you that. I'm admitting

547
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,960
it. I thought once you reduced your tax

548
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,159
rate from your maximum that you lost

549
00:23:10,159 --> 00:23:13,120
revenue forever. Well, I didn't know

550
00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:16,240
because we've never done this before. Um

551
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,640
there's an unused incremental rate that

552
00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,799
the county calculates if you didn't go

553
00:23:22,799 --> 00:23:26,480
with your V or voter approval rate. We

554
00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,919
went below that last year. So the um

555
00:23:29,919 --> 00:23:33,039
county calculated that we have an unused

556
00:23:33,039 --> 00:23:37,520
incremental rate of 0007743

557
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,120
which is then added to the B. Um this is

558
00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:44,080
to help to keep cities from losing that

559
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,799
revenue over and over again.

560
00:23:46,799 --> 00:23:50,000
So I admit I was wrong.

561
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,270
>> Iated the day that she told me I said I

562
00:23:53,270 --> 00:23:53,280
» Iated the day that she told me I said I

563
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,640
made sure I mark down when you were

564
00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:54,960
wrong.

565
00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:59,029
>> Yeah. It doesn't happen very often.

566
00:23:59,029 --> 00:23:59,039
» Yeah. It doesn't happen very often.

567
00:23:59,039 --> 00:24:01,520
Okay. So

568
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,039
this chart um our existing rate as I

569
00:24:05,039 --> 00:24:09,029
said earlier is 0.557993.

570
00:24:09,039 --> 00:24:11,279
Um it brings in a total levy to the

571
00:24:11,279 --> 00:24:14,880
general fund of 2624535

572
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:18,240
if we collected 100%.

573
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:20,960
The county also calculates our

574
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,679
anticipated collection rate. So they're

575
00:24:23,679 --> 00:24:25,520
saying we're only going to get 98.69%

576
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:29,520
69% of what we levy. As you can see

577
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,480
below there, we used to be at 103.2,

578
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,320
which I'm not real sure how you get

579
00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,600
more, but they said that we've got gone

580
00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,760
down every year to where now we're

581
00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:43,990
expected to only get 98.69.

582
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,880
So, if you apply that figure to the

583
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:50,159
total levy, you come up with a levy of

584
00:24:50,159 --> 00:24:53,990
2,590,154.

585
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,720
This is an increase from

586
00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,120
and this is if we had our existing rate

587
00:24:59,120 --> 00:25:02,400
on our current our new certified it

588
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,950
would increase our revenue by 62,59

589
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,840
and our change our bottom line on the

590
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:16,149
general fund would be a positive $16,15.

591
00:25:16,159 --> 00:25:17,919
If we went to the no new revenue rate,

592
00:25:17,919 --> 00:25:20,320
which as I explained is keeping it the

593
00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,600
same as as last year, um for those

594
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,840
existing properties, we would actually

595
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,159
go negative in our general fund of

596
00:25:28,159 --> 00:25:29,919
25,54.

597
00:25:29,919 --> 00:25:32,080
And again, this is all projected based

598
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,720
on assumptions.

599
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:39,120
If we went to the 3 and a half% V, which

600
00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:44,080
is what cities over 30,000 can do, um,

601
00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,880
we would have a net increase on our fund

602
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,760
balance of 105,000.

603
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,400
And if we went to our maximum,

604
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:56,310
it would be 220,541.

605
00:25:56,320 --> 00:26:00,080
Now this is assuming we hit every number

606
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,880
in the budget straight on. You know

607
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,919
these are budgets are educated guesses.

608
00:26:05,919 --> 00:26:13,600
So um so that is the the V 8%

609
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,559
is the one that is I've built this

610
00:26:16,559 --> 00:26:18,799
budget on.

611
00:26:18,799 --> 00:26:22,480
I can change it. I just always push for

612
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,360
that because

613
00:26:25,360 --> 00:26:28,000
you know I think we have a lot of

614
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,200
building to do going forward but it is

615
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,679
ultimately up to you guys. Um this also

616
00:26:35,679 --> 00:26:39,360
uses or includes that unused incremental

617
00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:41,120
rate

618
00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:46,799
of um what was it? 007 something that's

619
00:26:46,799 --> 00:26:49,919
been added to the the two VS.

620
00:26:49,919 --> 00:26:52,799
If we took away that unused incremental

621
00:26:52,799 --> 00:26:56,080
rate, that would reduce any of these

622
00:26:56,080 --> 00:27:00,149
levies by $42,155

623
00:27:00,159 --> 00:27:03,120
that's in that box.

624
00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:06,240
So, I'm giving you a lot of options. We

625
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,039
have these four rates, but we also have

626
00:27:09,039 --> 00:27:13,120
the VS without the incremental on them,

627
00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:18,240
which would take that down to roughly

628
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:24,000
60,000 and 180,000 positive.

629
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,799
So that is um the options I'm giving

630
00:27:28,799 --> 00:27:32,720
you. Then the next page,

631
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,559
this is what these rates would have,

632
00:27:36,559 --> 00:27:38,480
what effect they would have on a

633
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,840
property. Um, I highlighted the 250,000

634
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:43,520
because that's the closest on this chart

635
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,080
to our median value of a home. So, the

636
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:50,720
majority of of our homeowners would feel

637
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:54,080
whatever we do at the 250,000.

638
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:58,559
Um, so at our current rate, if we didn't

639
00:27:58,559 --> 00:28:01,120
change our tax rate at all, their tax

640
00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:05,200
bill from Richwood would be $1,395.

641
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,760
If we go to the highest,

642
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:11,200
it would be $1,488

643
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,360
or about $90,

644
00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:14,960
um,

645
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:19,200
$86 different for the year, just to tell

646
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,880
you how that chart works. Any questions

647
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,679
on any of that? I'm throwing a lot of

648
00:28:25,679 --> 00:28:29,120
terms and a lot of numbers at you and

649
00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:32,240
it's it's kind of like hearing Greek.

650
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:33,990
>> Can we go back to that last one?

651
00:28:33,990 --> 00:28:34,000
» Can we go back to that last one?

652
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,110
>> What's that?

653
00:28:35,110 --> 00:28:35,120
» What's that?

654
00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:36,789
>> Can we go back to the last one?

655
00:28:36,789 --> 00:28:36,799
» Can we go back to the last one?

656
00:28:36,799 --> 00:28:40,070
>> Yeah.

657
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,360
So, u

658
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:44,880
it looked like when I looked at the

659
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,120
budget, I didn't have access to this new

660
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,720
one, but when I looked at the last one,

661
00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:52,799
it uh looked like almost every

662
00:28:52,799 --> 00:28:55,200
department in the city was under budget

663
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,960
on the proposed budget compared to uh

664
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:00,720
the current budget. Is that correct?

665
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:01,909
>> Like our current just spending in

666
00:29:01,909 --> 00:29:01,919
» Like our current just spending in

667
00:29:01,919 --> 00:29:02,640
general.

668
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,430
>> Yeah.

669
00:29:05,430 --> 00:29:05,440
» Yeah.

670
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,310
>> Yeah. our expenditures have have gone

671
00:29:08,310 --> 00:29:08,320
» Yeah. our expenditures have have gone

672
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,640
down um in the general fund.

673
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:16,399
Find it here. Um this the current budget

674
00:29:16,399 --> 00:29:18,559
we're living in right now, our

675
00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:21,760
expenditures were 3.4 million and we're

676
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,520
proposing 3.3. So they've gone down

677
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:29,120
about 100,000 um overall for each one of

678
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,919
the departments. Um

679
00:29:31,919 --> 00:29:35,200
some of that uh last year public works

680
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,080
got a new truck. Um you know there were

681
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,080
other things that are not happening this

682
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,880
year. We had some engineering costs in

683
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:48,070
in the general fund I think.

684
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:49,919
» Anyway, there's things that are

685
00:29:49,919 --> 00:29:51,360
happening.

686
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:52,630
>> Well, that's what I'm curious current

687
00:29:52,630 --> 00:29:52,640
» Well, that's what I'm curious current

688
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,799
year that are not going to happen this

689
00:29:54,799 --> 00:29:57,440
next year. the voter approval rate of

690
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:01,440
7.9 or 8% that's $220,000

691
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,919
at the end of next year added to the

692
00:30:03,919 --> 00:30:04,880
budget. Correct.

693
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:05,830
>> Added to

694
00:30:05,830 --> 00:30:05,840
» Added to

695
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:07,430
>> that means that if you add all your

696
00:30:07,430 --> 00:30:07,440
» that means that if you add all your

697
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,669
>> revenue that year mark or something or

698
00:30:09,669 --> 00:30:09,679
» revenue that year mark or something or

699
00:30:09,679 --> 00:30:10,320
why would

700
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:14,310
>> no that um so that is what you get to

701
00:30:14,310 --> 00:30:14,320
» no that um so that is what you get to

702
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,159
when you add all your revenues and take

703
00:30:16,159 --> 00:30:18,159
out all your expenditures. We'd have

704
00:30:18,159 --> 00:30:20,399
220,000 left.

705
00:30:20,399 --> 00:30:23,029
>> But not to cut you off but we missed you

706
00:30:23,029 --> 00:30:23,039
» But not to cut you off but we missed you

707
00:30:23,039 --> 00:30:24,799
last month. Wait, did you watch back the

708
00:30:24,799 --> 00:30:26,159
meeting when we talked about adding to

709
00:30:26,159 --> 00:30:27,120
the same capital?

710
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:27,669
>> Right.

711
00:30:27,669 --> 00:30:27,679
» Right.

712
00:30:27,679 --> 00:30:31,350
>> Um, so we took your

713
00:30:31,350 --> 00:30:31,360
» Um, so we took your

714
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,200
comment from that we had when we were

715
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,840
talking about earmarking money and we

716
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,200
requested to do that. and we built that

717
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,960
in and then this would yes be the

718
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:42,399
additional unrestricted unallocated

719
00:30:42,399 --> 00:30:45,110
>> so

720
00:30:45,110 --> 00:30:45,120
» so

721
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:46,159
um

722
00:30:46,159 --> 00:30:48,870
>> one thing

723
00:30:48,870 --> 00:30:48,880
» one thing

724
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,200
as I said earlier our budget is an

725
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,000
educated yes we don't know what fiscal

726
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,360
year 27 is going to do um so I like to

727
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,279
have some cushion

728
00:30:59,279 --> 00:31:01,600
for ups and downs

729
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:06,159
um to keep us from going negative

730
00:31:06,159 --> 00:31:07,279
um that's saying we have to have

731
00:31:07,279 --> 00:31:08,960
220,000.

732
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,440
If we don't if it came in exactly what

733
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,360
I'm projecting right now and we had

734
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,799
220,000 left on 930, it would just add

735
00:31:16,799 --> 00:31:19,840
to our fund balance for a general fund

736
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:24,080
which can be then put wherever we want.

737
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,149
>> It can we can use fund balance for a

738
00:31:26,149 --> 00:31:26,159
» It can we can use fund balance for a

739
00:31:26,159 --> 00:31:27,279
project in the next year.

740
00:31:27,279 --> 00:31:29,350
>> Yeah. So um

741
00:31:29,350 --> 00:31:29,360
» Yeah. So um

742
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:30,789
>> it can help clip

743
00:31:30,789 --> 00:31:30,799
» it can help clip

744
00:31:30,799 --> 00:31:31,590
>> of course

745
00:31:31,590 --> 00:31:31,600
» of course

746
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:33,590
>> it could help clip on the general fund

747
00:31:33,590 --> 00:31:33,600
» it could help clip on the general fund

748
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:34,159
side.

749
00:31:34,159 --> 00:31:36,710
>> Yeah. We technically we could with

750
00:31:36,710 --> 00:31:36,720
» Yeah. We technically we could with

751
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,120
council approval transfer it to utility

752
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:39,919
projects as well.

753
00:31:39,919 --> 00:31:41,509
>> I guess it could be all budgets.

754
00:31:41,509 --> 00:31:41,519
» I guess it could be all budgets.

755
00:31:41,519 --> 00:31:42,389
>> Yeah.

756
00:31:42,389 --> 00:31:42,399
» Yeah.

757
00:31:42,399 --> 00:31:44,070
>> So

758
00:31:44,070 --> 00:31:44,080
» So

759
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,279
I feel like my job is to tell you best

760
00:31:47,279 --> 00:31:49,440
case scenario with the tax rate that

761
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,960
would get us there. Um this does not

762
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,440
mean we have to do this. Last year

763
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:58,159
council voted they wanted me to

764
00:31:58,159 --> 00:32:00,799
calculate a rate that left a $100,000

765
00:32:00,799 --> 00:32:02,559
bottom line.

766
00:32:02,559 --> 00:32:06,000
Um, to me that was a

767
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,159
it's still a guess, you know, that we'd

768
00:32:08,159 --> 00:32:11,760
get to that. Um, but if you look at this

769
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,919
chart, the V3.5

770
00:32:15,919 --> 00:32:20,080
gets us right about there. Um,

771
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:21,919
I don't want to do the negative one.

772
00:32:21,919 --> 00:32:23,519
I'll just tell you guys that. And if you

773
00:32:23,519 --> 00:32:26,240
vote on that, that's your choice. But I

774
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:30,480
don't recommend it. Um the existing rate

775
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,720
in my mind is a little too close for

776
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:36,960
comfort. I don't want to go negative. Um

777
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:40,640
so I would um

778
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,600
I think we need to take advantage of

779
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:47,840
that unused incremental rate.

780
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,720
But if you we can do that on either of

781
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,480
the VS.

782
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,440
If you wanted to do the VA 8% without

783
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,399
that, that would lower the rate by a

784
00:32:58,399 --> 00:33:02,320
little bit. 0.77.

785
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,039
So that would bring us in in that area

786
00:33:05,039 --> 00:33:08,080
between the two. Um we could do the V

787
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,760
3.5 without that. Um that would bring us

788
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,320
in at about 60,000

789
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,799
net. Again, to me that's a little too

790
00:33:16,799 --> 00:33:22,000
close. Um, but we are I used to like to

791
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,360
say that I wanted 300,000

792
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,360
but we weren't doing the reserves like

793
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,760
we are now. We have increased reserve

794
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,679
spending or not reserve spending,

795
00:33:31,679 --> 00:33:34,640
reserve saving. Um, we have started

796
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,240
putting into the capital improvement

797
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,640
fund with this budget. We're still

798
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,600
putting some into the contingency fund

799
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,399
to bring it to 2 million. And those

800
00:33:44,399 --> 00:33:48,559
numbers will vary until right before

801
00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:50,720
budget when I can get as close to exact

802
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,600
as I can. Um, but those two numbers will

803
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:57,919
total to 10% of expenditures. Um, so

804
00:33:57,919 --> 00:34:01,360
it's really um

805
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:05,919
it's where you guys as a as a council

806
00:34:05,919 --> 00:34:11,839
want to see us go and um where you want

807
00:34:11,839 --> 00:34:15,919
us going forward. Um I can only present

808
00:34:15,919 --> 00:34:17,200
to you

809
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:18,950
>> question

810
00:34:18,950 --> 00:34:18,960
» question

811
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,520
is a 3.5

812
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:25,359
lock I mean is that a hard number? Yes,

813
00:34:25,359 --> 00:34:27,510
>> it can't it can't be changed like the

814
00:34:27,510 --> 00:34:27,520
» it can't it can't be changed like the

815
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:28,320
8%.

816
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,470
>> We don't we can pick any number

817
00:34:30,470 --> 00:34:30,480
» We don't we can pick any number

818
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:35,200
whatsoever between the NNR and the V8%.

819
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,919
You guys could pick a number anywhere in

820
00:34:37,919 --> 00:34:38,879
that range.

821
00:34:38,879 --> 00:34:40,310
>> Like you could pick 5%.

822
00:34:40,310 --> 00:34:40,320
» Like you could pick 5%.

823
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:41,589
>> You could. Yes.

824
00:34:41,589 --> 00:34:41,599
» You could. Yes.

825
00:34:41,599 --> 00:34:44,310
>> Okay. Okay. That I I [laughter] locked

826
00:34:44,310 --> 00:34:44,320
» Okay. Okay. That I I [laughter] locked

827
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:44,800
in.

828
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:46,069
>> These are just

829
00:34:46,069 --> 00:34:46,079
» These are just

830
00:34:46,079 --> 00:34:46,790
>> hypothetical.

831
00:34:46,790 --> 00:34:46,800
» hypothetical.

832
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:48,790
>> These are just the options the county

833
00:34:48,790 --> 00:34:48,800
» These are just the options the county

834
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:49,839
gives us.

835
00:34:49,839 --> 00:34:50,389
>> Okay.

836
00:34:50,389 --> 00:34:50,399
» Okay.

837
00:34:50,399 --> 00:34:53,829
>> Um and a general standard. Yes. But you

838
00:34:53,829 --> 00:34:53,839
» Um and a general standard. Yes. But you

839
00:34:53,839 --> 00:34:54,399
can go.

840
00:34:54,399 --> 00:34:56,790
>> Um, but you know, last year when they

841
00:34:56,790 --> 00:34:56,800
» Um, but you know, last year when they

842
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,200
had me calculate to bring the proposed

843
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:03,040
budget to 100,000 positive bottom line,

844
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,119
that wasn't any of these numbers. That

845
00:35:05,119 --> 00:35:06,640
was somewhere

846
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:07,349
>> in between.

847
00:35:07,349 --> 00:35:07,359
» in between.

848
00:35:07,359 --> 00:35:07,910
>> Okay.

849
00:35:07,910 --> 00:35:07,920
» Okay.

850
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,150
>> Trish, can you explain the recapture?

851
00:35:10,150 --> 00:35:10,160
» Trish, can you explain the recapture?

852
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:13,119
And did you and you told me this, you

853
00:35:13,119 --> 00:35:15,440
said it, they recapture the prior three

854
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:16,720
years. So, if they choose to adopt a

855
00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:18,880
rate that doesn't recapture next year,

856
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:20,160
we'll get that we'll get another

857
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,800
recapture rate. They go over those for

858
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,839
that unused incremental rate. They go

859
00:35:25,839 --> 00:35:29,920
back three years. So last year um it was

860
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:33,680
47,000 that we didn't capture because we

861
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,800
went below the V. So that was 47,000 of

862
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,000
revenue we didn't get last year. So that

863
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,760
revenue now they figured out what rate

864
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,880
we would need to get to get that revenue

865
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,119
this year. So we lost it last year, but

866
00:35:49,119 --> 00:35:51,119
we can get it this year.

867
00:35:51,119 --> 00:35:54,800
if we don't use that rate or if we go

868
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,280
somewhere in between the you know

869
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:01,760
anything below the V plus that and it's

870
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:06,560
they base it on the V 3.5 not the 8. Um

871
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:08,720
they go back three years. So this year

872
00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:10,480
we only had one year because the other

873
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:14,160
two years we went the full amount. Um

874
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:17,040
next year if we didn't we'd have two

875
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:18,800
years with their children together. So

876
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,920
it would be the 47,000 this year and you

877
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,720
know 32,000 or whatever the next year.

878
00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:28,790
>> If we did at least 3.5 this year

879
00:36:28,790 --> 00:36:28,800
» If we did at least 3.5 this year

880
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,560
next year would they give us that 47 as

881
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:32,640
an option again or is it like

882
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:33,750
>> Okay. So it's still just those three

883
00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:33,760
» Okay. So it's still just those three

884
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,400
years until until they fall off. Yes.

885
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:37,119
Okay.

886
00:36:37,119 --> 00:36:38,630
>> I just wanted to give them all the

887
00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:38,640
» I just wanted to give them all the

888
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:39,680
things to think about.

889
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:40,630
>> Yeah. So you use

890
00:36:40,630 --> 00:36:40,640
» Yeah. So you use

891
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:41,990
>> this is new for all of us. We have not

892
00:36:41,990 --> 00:36:42,000
» this is new for all of us. We have not

893
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,359
had this happen with us.

894
00:36:43,359 --> 00:36:44,950
>> I didn't know it existed because we've

895
00:36:44,950 --> 00:36:44,960
» I didn't know it existed because we've

896
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,280
never gone below the B while I've been

897
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,680
here. Um,

898
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,000
so it's based on the last three years.

899
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,240
You lose the money the year you don't go

900
00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:56,960
that full rate. And if we didn't do it

901
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:58,160
this year, we're losing it for the

902
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,320
second year, but we still have that

903
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:04,390
option to get it two more years.

904
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:05,760
» Question for you.

905
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,589
>> You may not know the numbers off top of

906
00:37:07,589 --> 00:37:07,599
» You may not know the numbers off top of

907
00:37:07,599 --> 00:37:10,320
your head. Does the 3.4

908
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:14,400
million or 3.1

909
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:19,750
expenditures this year

910
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:21,440
Does that include the money that was set

911
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:26,480
aside for the U contingency funds and

912
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:26,870
>> no

913
00:37:26,870 --> 00:37:26,880
» no

914
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:27,990
>> general fund?

915
00:37:27,990 --> 00:37:28,000
» general fund?

916
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,950
>> No. So if you look at

917
00:37:30,950 --> 00:37:30,960
» No. So if you look at

918
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:32,550
>> I don't know what I should have these

919
00:37:32,550 --> 00:37:32,560
» I don't know what I should have these

920
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,839
pages numbered. Um but the page that the

921
00:37:35,839 --> 00:37:39,119
first category says emergency disaster

922
00:37:39,119 --> 00:37:44,390
it's about fifth page I think.

923
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,079
So a little over halfway down it says

924
00:37:46,079 --> 00:37:49,670
total expenditures.

925
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:50,160
» So

926
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:51,829
>> So it says 34

927
00:37:51,829 --> 00:37:51,839
» So it says 34

928
00:37:51,839 --> 00:37:54,150
>> 3.346

929
00:37:54,150 --> 00:37:54,160
» 3.346

930
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:57,119
is our projected expenditures

931
00:37:57,119 --> 00:38:01,270
>> and we brought in 3.8

932
00:38:01,270 --> 00:38:01,280
» and we brought in 3.8

933
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,480
this year. So we had a $400,000 surplus

934
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:05,920
this year. Is that an accurate

935
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:10,710
statement?

936
00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:13,200
» Yes. Right now.

937
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,640
So, as of June 30th,

938
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,230
>> um

939
00:38:18,230 --> 00:38:18,240
» um

940
00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:22,079
we're 470,000 ahead, but that's only

941
00:38:22,079 --> 00:38:23,750
>> that doesn't include in what we talked

942
00:38:23,750 --> 00:38:23,760
» that doesn't include in what we talked

943
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:25,359
about last month,

944
00:38:25,359 --> 00:38:28,390
>> ensuring the it's not contingency fun or

945
00:38:28,390 --> 00:38:28,400
» ensuring the it's not contingency fun or

946
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:29,119
whatever you call it,

947
00:38:29,119 --> 00:38:29,990
>> the capital improvement.

948
00:38:29,990 --> 00:38:30,000
» the capital improvement.

949
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,230
>> Capital improvement. So, not so yeah, we

950
00:38:32,230 --> 00:38:32,240
» Capital improvement. So, not so yeah, we

951
00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:34,480
take capital improvement up to 2 million

952
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,240
or contingency fund up to 2 million and

953
00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:37,599
then put the rest in capital

954
00:38:37,599 --> 00:38:39,680
improvement. Correct. So, so when you

955
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:40,960
look at the budget, the total

956
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:42,880
expenditures are what it costs to run

957
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:44,880
the city, the operation of the city.

958
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:45,359
Yeah.

959
00:38:45,359 --> 00:38:48,390
>> Okay. Then below that are sources. Those

960
00:38:48,390 --> 00:38:48,400
» Okay. Then below that are sources. Those

961
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,480
are things um brought in from other

962
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:56,640
funds. Um which it shows um 25,000

963
00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:00,160
transferred in that is for the software.

964
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,240
Um we had talked last month about

965
00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:05,760
getting new software and the um court

966
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:09,040
technology fund paying 25,000 toward the

967
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:10,960
implementation. That's what that's

968
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:12,880
brought in. So it's not really revenue

969
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:16,320
to the city. It's just kind of a Okay.

970
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:20,480
And then uses are transfers out.

971
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,359
So we have a transfer to contingency

972
00:39:23,359 --> 00:39:25,760
fund of 108500

973
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:28,240
and a transfer to capital projects of

974
00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:30,000
226.

975
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,839
So you take your revenue less your

976
00:39:31,839 --> 00:39:35,119
expenditures and then add the sources

977
00:39:35,119 --> 00:39:37,599
subtract the uses. So then on the next

978
00:39:37,599 --> 00:39:40,240
page that's your bottom line. So you can

979
00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:43,280
see under 2026 budget it came in right

980
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,880
at 100,000 because that's what they

981
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:48,400
instructed me to do. um right now, well

982
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,040
I shouldn't say right now the actuals on

983
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:53,520
this budget form right now are through

984
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:58,400
6:30. When I bring um the proposed

985
00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:00,160
budget for approval next month, I'll

986
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:04,720
have it updated, but I did 6:30 so that

987
00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:07,839
our departments had a gauge of where

988
00:40:07,839 --> 00:40:10,079
they could see where their spending was.

989
00:40:10,079 --> 00:40:13,280
Um but so right as of 6:30, we're

990
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:16,160
470,000 ahead. So would it be an

991
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,119
accurate statement to assume that

992
00:40:19,119 --> 00:40:23,680
we're over this year 450 460,000

993
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,880
whichever one we approve on here we went

994
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:30,240
back one slide

995
00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:32,480
it would add to that 450,000

996
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,109
>> so that 400 and some thousand we've

997
00:40:35,109 --> 00:40:35,119
» so that 400 and some thousand we've

998
00:40:35,119 --> 00:40:39,760
gotten 90ome% of our income in already

999
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:41,040
at this point

1000
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:42,630
>> we've reached 98%

1001
00:40:42,630 --> 00:40:42,640
» we've reached 98%

1002
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,109
>> but we still have pretty much,

1003
00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:45,119
» but we still have pretty much,

1004
00:40:45,119 --> 00:40:48,710
>> but we still have three months of

1005
00:40:48,710 --> 00:40:48,720
» but we still have three months of

1006
00:40:48,720 --> 00:40:51,359
expenses. So, that's going to go down.

1007
00:40:51,359 --> 00:40:53,440
Um, we're still getting sales tax in.

1008
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,760
We're still getting a trickle of

1009
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:59,119
property tax, but we're at like 98

1010
00:40:59,119 --> 00:41:01,119
something% of our property tax that

1011
00:41:01,119 --> 00:41:03,839
we're going to collect in.

1012
00:41:03,839 --> 00:41:06,630
>> So, this is it inflates the bottom line

1013
00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:06,640
» So, this is it inflates the bottom line

1014
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,079
early in the year.

1015
00:41:08,079 --> 00:41:08,710
>> That's what I

1016
00:41:08,710 --> 00:41:08,720
» That's what I

1017
00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:09,349
>> Does that make sense?

1018
00:41:09,349 --> 00:41:09,359
» Does that make sense?

1019
00:41:09,359 --> 00:41:11,270
>> Yep. That's that's what

1020
00:41:11,270 --> 00:41:11,280
» Yep. That's that's what

1021
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:14,390
>> um so when I come next month, I'll have

1022
00:41:14,390 --> 00:41:14,400
» um so when I come next month, I'll have

1023
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,400
a better idea for you. I will project

1024
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,200
I'll go to the end of August and then

1025
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,680
I'll project for September to give you

1026
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:24,400
hard harder numbers to see where we're

1027
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,160
going to land. There's still projection

1028
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:29,599
for a month. Um it'll be closer to that

1029
00:41:29,599 --> 00:41:31,359
100,000, but I think we're going to be

1030
00:41:31,359 --> 00:41:35,200
ahead still. Um, our revenues are down,

1031
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,000
but we also haven't spent. We've had uh

1032
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,079
salaries that haven't been spent because

1033
00:41:40,079 --> 00:41:42,560
we've had missing police officers,

1034
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:46,400
missing, you know, different um, you

1035
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,800
know, some positions now are lower paid

1036
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,280
than they were a year ago, that type of

1037
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,599
thing. Does that answer your question?

1038
00:41:53,599 --> 00:41:54,230
>> Yes, ma'am.

1039
00:41:54,230 --> 00:41:54,240
» Yes, ma'am.

1040
00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:57,109
>> Okay.

1041
00:41:57,109 --> 00:41:57,119
» Okay.

1042
00:41:57,119 --> 00:41:58,870
>> And just for clarification, like what

1043
00:41:58,870 --> 00:41:58,880
» And just for clarification, like what

1044
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:00,720
we're voting on today is not the actual

1045
00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:02,480
tax rate. is

1046
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,510
>> the mag we could go up. [clears throat]

1047
00:42:05,510 --> 00:42:05,520
» the mag we could go up. [clears throat]

1048
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,589
>> This the language that the state sets

1049
00:42:07,589 --> 00:42:07,599
» This the language that the state sets

1050
00:42:07,599 --> 00:42:10,079
out is very very confusing on this

1051
00:42:10,079 --> 00:42:12,480
record tax vote. What we're telling the

1052
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:16,720
taxpayers is that the city of Richmond

1053
00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:19,839
will not enact a tax rate higher than

1054
00:42:19,839 --> 00:42:22,160
this amount we're saying today. Now,

1055
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,880
when it comes up in paper, it's going to

1056
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,640
look like we're raising our taxes that

1057
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:30,480
much. Maybe we are. We're not deciding

1058
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:33,280
till next month, although I'd like some

1059
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,880
guidance. Um, but this tax, we are not

1060
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:40,000
setting the tax rate after tonight. We

1061
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:43,680
can't go higher. So, if you said, um,

1062
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:46,319
you know, our record tax rate

1063
00:42:46,319 --> 00:42:49,910
[clears throat] is.574494,

1064
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:54,000
we can't then go to the very the VA%.

1065
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:59,040
Um, we could go below or at the V 3.5 as

1066
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:04,079
an example. Um, so I always ask that you

1067
00:43:04,079 --> 00:43:06,400
vote in your record vote for the highest

1068
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:08,319
when I'm presenting. That gives us

1069
00:43:08,319 --> 00:43:11,280
flexibility. We don't know

1070
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,839
what's going to happen tomorrow. We

1071
00:43:13,839 --> 00:43:16,800
don't know if something's going to come

1072
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:20,960
off the Gulf in a week and or we just

1073
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:24,640
don't know. So if you go lower, you've

1074
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:27,760
you've shrunk our possibilities.

1075
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:29,839
Now it's only for a month, but it's

1076
00:43:29,839 --> 00:43:31,760
still it

1077
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,589
>> we're also waiting on insurance premium.

1078
00:43:33,589 --> 00:43:33,599
» we're also waiting on insurance premium.

1079
00:43:33,599 --> 00:43:35,349
>> We're waiting to work on insurance

1080
00:43:35,349 --> 00:43:35,359
» We're waiting to work on insurance

1081
00:43:35,359 --> 00:43:38,800
premiums. I did build in 10% increase on

1082
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:42,880
insurance, but some years that that's

1083
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:44,880
only a fourth of what they went up.

1084
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,119
Hopefully not this year. Um but a few

1085
00:43:47,119 --> 00:43:49,280
years ago they went up over 40%. I think

1086
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:53,839
it was 49. Um, so

1087
00:43:53,839 --> 00:43:57,040
we want to vote on the highest one just

1088
00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:58,960
to give us

1089
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:00,880
the opportunity to be flexible as we

1090
00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:01,280
work.

1091
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:02,870
>> You're looking for two types of guidance

1092
00:44:02,870 --> 00:44:02,880
» You're looking for two types of guidance

1093
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:04,960
tonight, right?

1094
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:08,640
One to a set a ceiling on our tax rate.

1095
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:10,240
Two, guidance for you to actually create

1096
00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:12,160
a budget. Is that

1097
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:14,710
>> the budget? So we're when you vote on a

1098
00:44:14,710 --> 00:44:14,720
» the budget? So we're when you vote on a

1099
00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:16,960
budget, you're voting on the

1100
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:18,880
expenditures. You're not voting on the

1101
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:23,440
revenue because um revenue is going to

1102
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:24,880
be what it's going to be,

1103
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:29,270
>> but you're voting on a tax rate. Um I

1104
00:44:29,270 --> 00:44:29,280
» but you're voting on a tax rate. Um I

1105
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:30,960
present a budget and I think every city

1106
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:33,599
does with the revenue showing showing

1107
00:44:33,599 --> 00:44:35,200
the revenue for that tax rate you're

1108
00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:37,839
going to approve. So I would like some

1109
00:44:37,839 --> 00:44:39,839
guidance of where you guys would like to

1110
00:44:39,839 --> 00:44:42,000
be so that I can bring a budget document

1111
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:45,200
to you that reflects that. Just like

1112
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:47,680
last month you gave me guidance on the

1113
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:51,280
utility rates, tonight I'd like you to

1114
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:53,119
kind of give a consensus of where you

1115
00:44:53,119 --> 00:44:56,560
want that tax rate to be. That doesn't

1116
00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:58,079
mean

1117
00:44:58,079 --> 00:45:01,599
we can't change it if the unforeseen

1118
00:45:01,599 --> 00:45:03,760
comes or something, but that gives me

1119
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:07,270
guidance.

1120
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,520
I'll make a motion to uh

1121
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:10,790
>> Well, this is not actually

1122
00:45:10,790 --> 00:45:10,800
» Well, this is not actually

1123
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:12,950
>> So, we're not actually heard this

1124
00:45:12,950 --> 00:45:12,960
» So, we're not actually heard this

1125
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:14,560
discussion, general discussion.

1126
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:16,550
>> This is discussion and guidance to me.

1127
00:45:16,550 --> 00:45:16,560
» This is discussion and guidance to me.

1128
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:18,400
Then when we get to the item, there's

1129
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:20,160
exact language we have to use.

1130
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:21,270
>> Yeah, just

1131
00:45:21,270 --> 00:45:21,280
» Yeah, just

1132
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:24,069
>> we just last year our council's

1133
00:45:24,069 --> 00:45:24,079
» we just last year our council's

1134
00:45:24,079 --> 00:45:26,480
prerogative was like focus on the bottom

1135
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:29,920
line. We didn't know if y'all are more

1136
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:31,359
interested in what that rate actually

1137
00:45:31,359 --> 00:45:33,920
looks like or the bottom line or

1138
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:36,470
>> dollar figure. How how do you want it to

1139
00:45:36,470 --> 00:45:36,480
» dollar figure. How how do you want it to

1140
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:38,480
look so we know how to go forward? If

1141
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:40,880
you want her to look at it without

1142
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:43,440
recapturing that amount that the council

1143
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:46,800
decided to forego last year, that's your

1144
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:49,520
call. Also, um we just want to bring you

1145
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:52,400
a budget because that's when we have to

1146
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,240
formally publish it.

1147
00:45:54,240 --> 00:45:57,270
>> Um actually today we put it out there.

1148
00:45:57,270 --> 00:45:57,280
» Um actually today we put it out there.

1149
00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:58,640
We're going to put it out there um in

1150
00:45:58,640 --> 00:45:59,920
the morning after

1151
00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:01,510
>> Yeah. We have to send to the county what

1152
00:46:01,510 --> 00:46:01,520
» Yeah. We have to send to the county what

1153
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:02,560
your record vote is.

1154
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:05,430
>> Yeah. and then we'll we'll post.

1155
00:46:05,430 --> 00:46:05,440
» Yeah. and then we'll we'll post.

1156
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:07,349
>> And I do want to clarify one thing with

1157
00:46:07,349 --> 00:46:07,359
» And I do want to clarify one thing with

1158
00:46:07,359 --> 00:46:10,160
that incremental rate. If you use it

1159
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:11,280
this year, it doesn't mean you don't

1160
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:13,280
have that next year. You get it every

1161
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,839
year, but it's within those three years.

1162
00:46:15,839 --> 00:46:18,800
So, it's not a once and done. Yeah.

1163
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,599
Clarify that.

1164
00:46:21,599 --> 00:46:23,349
>> So, when are we going to actually vote

1165
00:46:23,349 --> 00:46:23,359
» So, when are we going to actually vote

1166
00:46:23,359 --> 00:46:24,960
on the tax rates?

1167
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:25,910
>> Next month.

1168
00:46:25,910 --> 00:46:25,920
» Next month.

1169
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:26,870
>> Next month.

1170
00:46:26,870 --> 00:46:26,880
» Next month.

1171
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:28,470
>> So, we do this record vote so that way

1172
00:46:28,470 --> 00:46:28,480
» So, we do this record vote so that way

1173
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:30,480
we can put out legally required notices

1174
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,079
to the public. We publish it in the

1175
00:46:32,079 --> 00:46:34,400
paper. We put postings on the website

1176
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:36,160
and then that gives the public a month

1177
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:38,640
notice of your city's possibly going to

1178
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:40,720
go this high and you can you're welcome

1179
00:46:40,720 --> 00:46:42,079
to attend the public hearings. So I read

1180
00:46:42,079 --> 00:46:43,839
all motion on all these public hearings

1181
00:46:43,839 --> 00:46:45,040
and that gives us the green light to

1182
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:46,640
publish these notices to get the

1183
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:47,920
residents informed of what's going

1184
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:50,470
>> and when we take the the vote on the

1185
00:46:50,470 --> 00:46:50,480
» and when we take the the vote on the

1186
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:53,200
record vote we have to go one at a time.

1187
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,119
Um because we have to publish who voted

1188
00:46:55,119 --> 00:46:59,839
yes, who voted no. Um, so, um,

1189
00:46:59,839 --> 00:47:05,040
this is all required by by our laws. Um,

1190
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:09,280
so I would just like to get, um,

1191
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:12,000
some guidance. Um, first of all, if

1192
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,240
there's anything in the budget document

1193
00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:16,319
that you think we haven't covered enough

1194
00:47:16,319 --> 00:47:18,160
or that you've changed your mind on and

1195
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:21,280
should be included, um, this includes

1196
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:23,280
everything we've talked about, including

1197
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:25,119
the software. And I felt like that was

1198
00:47:25,119 --> 00:47:28,240
pretty resounding. Yes. Um like I said

1199
00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:30,400
earlier, it includes that $25,000

1200
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:36,319
transfer. Um it includes um really a

1201
00:47:36,319 --> 00:47:38,400
pretty barebones budget because I think

1202
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:43,040
we all as we worked through the budget

1203
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:44,720
with all the changes that have occurred

1204
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:48,720
in this city in the last several months,

1205
00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:50,560
we all just wanted to kind of maintain

1206
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:54,079
status quo. Um, we're not asking for big

1207
00:47:54,079 --> 00:47:57,280
things except the software. Um, you

1208
00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:58,960
know, Cliff doesn't have a list of

1209
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:01,359
equipment he wants to include. Um,

1210
00:48:01,359 --> 00:48:03,760
there's some necessary projects in the

1211
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:07,280
enterprise fund. Um, but

1212
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:08,960
otherwise, this is pretty bare bones

1213
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:10,319
what it's going to take to run this

1214
00:48:10,319 --> 00:48:16,000
city. Um and then um going forward next

1215
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:17,599
year

1216
00:48:17,599 --> 00:48:19,920
we'll we'll re-evaluate and maybe we can

1217
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:22,079
start doing some improvements, some

1218
00:48:22,079 --> 00:48:26,559
capital projects um fixing streets or

1219
00:48:26,559 --> 00:48:28,400
you know but this year we don't have

1220
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:31,359
anything big um that we're asking for

1221
00:48:31,359 --> 00:48:33,920
right now. Correct.

1222
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:35,270
>> Right. It'll all be next year.

1223
00:48:35,270 --> 00:48:35,280
» Right. It'll all be next year.

1224
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:39,270
>> Yeah. So, so, um, one thing when you

1225
00:48:39,270 --> 00:48:39,280
» Yeah. So, so, um, one thing when you

1226
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:42,400
consider the tax rate,

1227
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:44,960
it's not money that's just going to sit

1228
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:48,240
in a pile and look pretty. It's, um,

1229
00:48:48,240 --> 00:48:50,800
money that we could use next year for

1230
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:52,880
the projects that he's got mulling

1231
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:55,839
around in that brain of his. So, um,

1232
00:48:55,839 --> 00:48:57,589
>> and that and that's perfect. Like, one

1233
00:48:57,589 --> 00:48:57,599
» and that and that's perfect. Like, one

1234
00:48:57,599 --> 00:48:59,200
of the things I was sitting here

1235
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:01,119
thinking about was I have no problem

1236
00:49:01,119 --> 00:49:04,640
looking at a V of 8%, right? None.

1237
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:07,599
because you spend an hour with Cliff and

1238
00:49:07,599 --> 00:49:09,920
you'll want to hand him money for

1239
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:13,200
infrastructure needs, right? And so I

1240
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:16,400
don't have any issue in doing that, but

1241
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:19,040
I think the public certainly should have

1242
00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:21,839
some idea of what these big projects are

1243
00:49:21,839 --> 00:49:24,079
coming up, right? That this is why we

1244
00:49:24,079 --> 00:49:27,599
have, you know, so much money in reserve

1245
00:49:27,599 --> 00:49:31,280
right now. We're uh what would you say?

1246
00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:34,319
$100,000 at the end of this year. We're

1247
00:49:34,319 --> 00:49:36,400
looking at $220,000

1248
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,640
in addition at the end of next year,

1249
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:40,400
right? Like the public should have some

1250
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:42,640
understanding that, you know, we're just

1251
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:44,000
not grabbing a bunch of money and

1252
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:47,440
saying, "Thank you very much."

1253
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:50,390
>> And in fiscal year 20,

1254
00:49:50,390 --> 00:49:50,400
» And in fiscal year 20,

1255
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:52,160
I work in so many different years. I got

1256
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:55,280
to think fiscal year 25, that was last

1257
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:57,839
year. Um,

1258
00:49:57,839 --> 00:50:00,880
our budget included 700,000

1259
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:04,640
to repair two streets. Um, and that was

1260
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:07,119
transferred out of our fund balance in

1261
00:50:07,119 --> 00:50:10,400
the general fund to the transportation

1262
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:12,880
fund so Cliff could fix. Right. Two

1263
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:14,880
streets,

1264
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:15,349
>> huh?

1265
00:50:15,349 --> 00:50:15,359
» huh?

1266
00:50:15,359 --> 00:50:17,910
>> There's one. Cypress. Cypress. Misty.

1267
00:50:17,910 --> 00:50:17,920
» There's one. Cypress. Cypress. Misty.

1268
00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:18,319
Sorry.

1269
00:50:18,319 --> 00:50:18,950
>> That's two streets.

1270
00:50:18,950 --> 00:50:18,960
» That's two streets.

1271
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:21,109
>> They do.

1272
00:50:21,109 --> 00:50:21,119
» They do.

1273
00:50:21,119 --> 00:50:22,710
>> Um,

1274
00:50:22,710 --> 00:50:22,720
» Um,

1275
00:50:22,720 --> 00:50:24,800
so, so that's the type of thing we're

1276
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:26,960
looking at. He has when we got the

1277
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:30,000
streets master plan, he has a whole

1278
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:33,520
hierarchy of streets top to bottom of

1279
00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:36,240
who needs work first. Um those are the

1280
00:50:36,240 --> 00:50:39,440
type of things I'm talking about. Um our

1281
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:42,079
fund balance

1282
00:50:42,079 --> 00:50:45,920
sits there. We want six months worth of

1283
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:47,440
expenditures

1284
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:49,040
there

1285
00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:52,880
in case the bottom falls out. But above

1286
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:55,599
that, we can use it for streets. We can

1287
00:50:55,599 --> 00:50:58,000
use it for

1288
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:00,390
>> anything you Yeah. drainage,

1289
00:51:00,390 --> 00:51:00,400
» anything you Yeah. drainage,

1290
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:03,829
>> um, parks, anything that you guys

1291
00:51:03,829 --> 00:51:03,839
» um, parks, anything that you guys

1292
00:51:03,839 --> 00:51:06,480
approve. Um, it's not going to go to

1293
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:08,480
waste. There's a lot of work to be done

1294
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:10,559
in this city. We've made a lot of

1295
00:51:10,559 --> 00:51:13,680
headway, but there's a lot more to go.

1296
00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:16,079
So, um,

1297
00:51:16,079 --> 00:51:18,400
you know, I I feel like I just keep

1298
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:19,680
saying, "Let's stick money here, stick

1299
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:22,800
money here for later." But there's he's

1300
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:27,040
got $30 million of projects to do. Um,

1301
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:28,800
so,

1302
00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:30,800
you know, it's just where you guys feel

1303
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:32,880
comfortable. And that's one of the

1304
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:35,760
reasons I give you the chart showing the

1305
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:38,960
how much the rates change for a

1306
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:42,079
household. Um, and I know year by year

1307
00:51:42,079 --> 00:51:46,559
by year it adds up, but the changes in

1308
00:51:46,559 --> 00:51:48,800
each year

1309
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:52,240
are, you know, a trip to El Toro.

1310
00:51:52,240 --> 00:51:55,280
Um, and I realize we have families that

1311
00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:57,040
can't afford to go to El Toro. I'm not

1312
00:51:57,040 --> 00:51:59,200
trying to diminish that, but I'm just

1313
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:02,079
saying, um,

1314
00:52:02,079 --> 00:52:05,520
it's there's not a huge

1315
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:07,760
insurmountable difference between top

1316
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:10,640
and bottom of the rates. Um, but when

1317
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:12,160
you put them all together, it can make a

1318
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:15,280
big difference for Cliff and the jobs he

1319
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:19,990
has to do.

1320
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:23,839
Any other comments or questions?

1321
00:52:23,839 --> 00:52:26,800
Anything I didn't touch on?

1322
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:30,549
>> Please don't. We are so

1323
00:52:30,549 --> 00:52:30,559
» Please don't. We are so

1324
00:52:30,559 --> 00:52:33,910
>> I want to hear you guys thoughts. Um,

1325
00:52:33,910 --> 00:52:33,920
» I want to hear you guys thoughts. Um,

1326
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:36,150
>> do you want them to provide you a

1327
00:52:36,150 --> 00:52:36,160
» do you want them to provide you a

1328
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:38,400
percentage or a solid number tonight?

1329
00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:40,160
You know, you guys did so great last

1330
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:42,400
month and kind of getting a consensus

1331
00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:43,839
without really having to go through the

1332
00:52:43,839 --> 00:52:46,240
vote process for the 5% increase on

1333
00:52:46,240 --> 00:52:50,160
utilities. If you guys could kind of do

1334
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:51,760
that again, it's great, but I know it's

1335
00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:55,200
hard. There's so many options. Um,

1336
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:56,630
>> I'll tell you, I'll throw what I'm

1337
00:52:56,630 --> 00:52:56,640
» I'll tell you, I'll throw what I'm

1338
00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:59,680
leaning towards the 3.5. And I say that

1339
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:02,480
because it covers So, looking this year,

1340
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:06,480
we got a $400,000 surplus. If you do the

1341
00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:10,000
3.5, that covers the $95,000

1342
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:13,599
increase between the software annuals or

1343
00:53:13,599 --> 00:53:15,839
the software implementation

1344
00:53:15,839 --> 00:53:18,559
and the pay raises for the employees. So

1345
00:53:18,559 --> 00:53:22,559
that covers that 100,000 if you did the

1346
00:53:22,559 --> 00:53:27,359
3.5 plus the the um incremental. So

1347
00:53:27,359 --> 00:53:28,960
that's kind of where I'm leaning. I

1348
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:30,319
think we probably brought in enough

1349
00:53:30,319 --> 00:53:33,040
money. I personally I think the city

1350
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:35,200
should break even. You shouldn't. We're

1351
00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:37,440
not in the money making business. You

1352
00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:39,280
know, there's other ways to do capital

1353
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:42,720
projects. And if you're throwing,

1354
00:53:42,720 --> 00:53:44,319
I mean, literally, we bring in four

1355
00:53:44,319 --> 00:53:46,480
million. If you have 2 million in

1356
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:50,559
capital or in general fund, 2 million in

1357
00:53:50,559 --> 00:53:54,720
contingency funds, and you're dumping,

1358
00:53:54,720 --> 00:53:56,800
what is it 220,000 in the capital

1359
00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:58,960
projects, that's probably what we can

1360
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:01,520
afford. That's probably responsible.

1361
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:03,520
So, I I think where we're at this year,

1362
00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:05,200
I like this budget. It's kind of the

1363
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:08,160
$100,000 mark. I'm kind of leaning to

1364
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:12,400
mirror that plus provide that that ERP

1365
00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:13,920
is pretty critical, I think, because

1366
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:15,040
that

1367
00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:16,470
>> that runs all of this

1368
00:54:16,470 --> 00:54:16,480
» that runs all of this

1369
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:18,549
>> and that is built into the budget

1370
00:54:18,549 --> 00:54:18,559
» and that is built into the budget

1371
00:54:18,559 --> 00:54:22,470
>> and then the 4% increase in raise that

1372
00:54:22,470 --> 00:54:22,480
» and then the 4% increase in raise that

1373
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:24,000
funds that as well. So, I'm kind of

1374
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:26,319
leaning that away is where I'm at.

1375
00:54:26,319 --> 00:54:28,559
That's my mindset

1376
00:54:28,559 --> 00:54:31,670
>> with the um unused incremental included

1377
00:54:31,670 --> 00:54:31,680
» with the um unused incremental included

1378
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:36,309
>> include include that. So it would be 3

1379
00:54:36,309 --> 00:54:36,319
» include include that. So it would be 3

1380
00:54:36,319 --> 00:54:37,190
>> 494.

1381
00:54:37,190 --> 00:54:37,200
» 494.

1382
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:37,589
>> Okay.

1383
00:54:37,589 --> 00:54:37,599
» Okay.

1384
00:54:37,599 --> 00:54:38,710
>> Yeah.

1385
00:54:38,710 --> 00:54:38,720
» Yeah.

1386
00:54:38,720 --> 00:54:40,922
>> That has the incremental in there.

1387
00:54:40,922 --> 00:54:40,932
» That has the incremental in there.

1388
00:54:40,932 --> 00:54:41,040
[clears throat]

1389
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:46,630
>> That's kind of where I'm thinking.

1390
00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:50,079
» But tonight I'd almost like to see both

1391
00:54:50,079 --> 00:54:52,720
of them at the 8% and then 3.5. But I

1392
00:54:52,720 --> 00:54:54,640
know that puts more work on. So

1393
00:54:54,640 --> 00:54:56,309
>> you'd like to do what?

1394
00:54:56,309 --> 00:54:56,319
» you'd like to do what?

1395
00:54:56,319 --> 00:54:57,430
>> You want to see the budget with it? But

1396
00:54:57,430 --> 00:54:57,440
» You want to see the budget with it? But

1397
00:54:57,440 --> 00:54:57,920
with both.

1398
00:54:57,920 --> 00:54:59,670
>> No. So tonight I would tell you if I had

1399
00:54:59,670 --> 00:54:59,680
» No. So tonight I would tell you if I had

1400
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:02,880
to vote tonight, I would say the 8%.

1401
00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:03,910
>> But then I would tell you while you're

1402
00:55:03,910 --> 00:55:03,920
» But then I would tell you while you're

1403
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:05,520
doing the budget, I would lean towards

1404
00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:06,079
the

1405
00:55:06,079 --> 00:55:07,829
>> Gotcha. So for the record vote, you're

1406
00:55:07,829 --> 00:55:07,839
» Gotcha. So for the record vote, you're

1407
00:55:07,839 --> 00:55:11,200
going to Oh, yeah.

1408
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:11,589
>> Gotcha.

1409
00:55:11,589 --> 00:55:11,599
» Gotcha.

1410
00:55:11,599 --> 00:55:13,109
>> That way in case I look in here and

1411
00:55:13,109 --> 00:55:13,119
» That way in case I look in here and

1412
00:55:13,119 --> 00:55:14,880
they're like, "Oh man, we cut our nose

1413
00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:15,200
off."

1414
00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:16,069
>> Yeah.

1415
00:55:16,069 --> 00:55:16,079
» Yeah.

1416
00:55:16,079 --> 00:55:17,190
>> It just gives us more.

1417
00:55:17,190 --> 00:55:17,200
» It just gives us more.

1418
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:18,913
>> You just need the ceiling

1419
00:55:18,913 --> 00:55:18,923
» You just need the ceiling

1420
00:55:18,923 --> 00:55:20,559
[clears throat] number from council and

1421
00:55:20,559 --> 00:55:22,640
then we go from there for next month. So

1422
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:24,880
y'all are all fine with eight. We don't

1423
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:26,079
vote on it tonight.

1424
00:55:26,079 --> 00:55:27,270
>> We'll vote on the eight tonight.

1425
00:55:27,270 --> 00:55:27,280
» We'll vote on the eight tonight.

1426
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:29,190
>> We vote on the eight, but that's not a

1427
00:55:29,190 --> 00:55:29,200
» We vote on the eight, but that's not a

1428
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:30,800
hard number, right? But I just would

1429
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:32,720
like to have

1430
00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:34,549
>> kind of a consensus of you don't all

1431
00:55:34,549 --> 00:55:34,559
» kind of a consensus of you don't all

1432
00:55:34,559 --> 00:55:36,160
have to agree, but what would be

1433
00:55:36,160 --> 00:55:37,839
approved next month,

1434
00:55:37,839 --> 00:55:38,309
>> right?

1435
00:55:38,309 --> 00:55:38,319
» right?

1436
00:55:38,319 --> 00:55:39,910
>> Um

1437
00:55:39,910 --> 00:55:39,920
» Um

1438
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:42,800
it does I mean I can change on the fly,

1439
00:55:42,800 --> 00:55:46,480
you know. Um I can bring whatever you

1440
00:55:46,480 --> 00:55:51,359
guys want. Um, I just like to come ready

1441
00:55:51,359 --> 00:55:55,680
and with your guys intention in mind.

1442
00:55:55,680 --> 00:55:57,839
So,

1443
00:55:57,839 --> 00:55:59,109
>> eight,

1444
00:55:59,109 --> 00:55:59,119
» eight,

1445
00:55:59,119 --> 00:56:01,109
>> you say eight.

1446
00:56:01,109 --> 00:56:01,119
» you say eight.

1447
00:56:01,119 --> 00:56:01,920
Is that what you said?

1448
00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:06,630
>> Yes, me.

1449
00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:08,640
» H

1450
00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:10,789
>> purposely.

1451
00:56:10,789 --> 00:56:10,799
» purposely.

1452
00:56:10,799 --> 00:56:12,950
>> That gives you your big window. And we

1453
00:56:12,950 --> 00:56:12,960
» That gives you your big window. And we

1454
00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:14,870
>> that's we're we're clear on that part.

1455
00:56:14,870 --> 00:56:14,880
» that's we're we're clear on that part.

1456
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:17,200
She's meaning

1457
00:56:17,200 --> 00:56:19,440
more of what we're

1458
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:20,309
>> the second piece.

1459
00:56:20,309 --> 00:56:20,319
» the second piece.

1460
00:56:20,319 --> 00:56:23,349
>> Yeah. What what number do you want? What

1461
00:56:23,349 --> 00:56:23,359
» Yeah. What what number do you want? What

1462
00:56:23,359 --> 00:56:25,839
what bottom line or what number are you

1463
00:56:25,839 --> 00:56:28,079
wanting her to base our

1464
00:56:28,079 --> 00:56:29,510
>> budget that we're going to

1465
00:56:29,510 --> 00:56:29,520
» budget that we're going to

1466
00:56:29,520 --> 00:56:31,990
>> Is that what you're right now? The

1467
00:56:31,990 --> 00:56:32,000
» Is that what you're right now? The

1468
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:33,760
budget that you have in front of you is

1469
00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:34,400
based on

1470
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:35,750
>> built with the eight

1471
00:56:35,750 --> 00:56:35,760
» built with the eight

1472
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:38,549
>> that bottom line. Um,

1473
00:56:38,549 --> 00:56:38,559
» that bottom line. Um,

1474
00:56:38,559 --> 00:56:41,119
I can bring it back just like that and

1475
00:56:41,119 --> 00:56:42,799
we can always change it if you guys go

1476
00:56:42,799 --> 00:56:45,119
to a lower rate before we publish our

1477
00:56:45,119 --> 00:56:46,960
approved budget. What you're approving

1478
00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:49,040
is the expenditures.

1479
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:51,680
Um, but I just like to come so that you

1480
00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:54,720
know what you're voting on. If you want

1481
00:56:54,720 --> 00:56:56,720
to wait

1482
00:56:56,720 --> 00:56:59,839
and not really give me an idea, that's

1483
00:56:59,839 --> 00:57:03,200
fine. Um, and we can just do the record

1484
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,440
vote tonight. But if you guys are all of

1485
00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:09,440
a consensus, uh, I mean, when Kai and,

1486
00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:11,200
um, Randy said eight, are you talking

1487
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:12,640
about the ceiling or are you talking

1488
00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:16,710
about the actual rate?

1489
00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:19,920
» I mean, I think it if

1490
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:22,720
I think we have enough here. I mean, the

1491
00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:24,400
main thing for me was wanting to just

1492
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:26,160
make sure that having these numbers and

1493
00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:27,680
having these bottom lines, are we still

1494
00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:29,680
all good with these expenditures? We

1495
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:31,040
still feel comfortable approving

1496
00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:33,839
software. It's not a dire need, but it

1497
00:57:33,839 --> 00:57:37,040
is a asset to the city to

1498
00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:39,190
>> to do that on and it'll touch all

1499
00:57:39,190 --> 00:57:39,200
» to do that on and it'll touch all

1500
00:57:39,200 --> 00:57:40,319
departments.

1501
00:57:40,319 --> 00:57:41,510
>> Um,

1502
00:57:41,510 --> 00:57:41,520
» Um,

1503
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:43,190
>> so we just want to make sure that we're

1504
00:57:43,190 --> 00:57:43,200
» so we just want to make sure that we're

1505
00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:45,280
good. Whatever y'all come with, I mean,

1506
00:57:45,280 --> 00:57:47,200
whether it's 3.5 or eight, we're going

1507
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:48,880
to make this work and still provide the

1508
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:50,799
best service we can to the residents.

1509
00:57:50,799 --> 00:57:53,430
>> Um, we were just talking in staff. I

1510
00:57:53,430 --> 00:57:53,440
» Um, we were just talking in staff. I

1511
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:56,000
think if we can I mean the last thing we

1512
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:57,599
want is to not look transparent or be

1513
00:57:57,599 --> 00:57:59,040
transparent but I think if the residents

1514
00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:00,400
can start seeing that their money is

1515
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:02,319
working and it is getting stuff done and

1516
00:58:02,319 --> 00:58:04,960
we are planning things um to do with

1517
00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:07,119
this excess and then we're saving on the

1518
00:58:07,119 --> 00:58:10,000
side um I think it's a little easier to

1519
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:12,720
swallow rates but when it doesn't look

1520
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:14,480
like much is getting done or they're

1521
00:58:14,480 --> 00:58:16,240
seeing any benefits of it right

1522
00:58:16,240 --> 00:58:17,510
>> um

1523
00:58:17,510 --> 00:58:17,520
» um

1524
00:58:17,520 --> 00:58:19,349
>> that's when it becomes it's concerning

1525
00:58:19,349 --> 00:58:19,359
» that's when it becomes it's concerning

1526
00:58:19,359 --> 00:58:21,119
to me also I don't want us to ever look

1527
00:58:21,119 --> 00:58:22,240
like we're not

1528
00:58:22,240 --> 00:58:24,630
>> and I feel My job as as finance director

1529
00:58:24,630 --> 00:58:24,640
» and I feel My job as as finance director

1530
00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:29,040
is to give you your options and your job

1531
00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:32,000
is to, you know, where you're

1532
00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:34,799
comfortable, where you feel the citizens

1533
00:58:34,799 --> 00:58:38,640
would be most comfortable. Um, and I

1534
00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:42,000
will build it on whatever. Um, as I

1535
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:44,880
said, you're going to be voting on the

1536
00:58:44,880 --> 00:58:48,400
budget expenditures next month and

1537
00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:51,280
you're voting on the tax rate

1538
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:52,880
separately.

1539
00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:54,960
um have to do the budget first.

1540
00:58:54,960 --> 00:58:56,230
>> We have to spend it before we can make

1541
00:58:56,230 --> 00:58:56,240
» We have to spend it before we can make

1542
00:58:56,240 --> 00:58:56,559
it.

1543
00:58:56,559 --> 00:58:59,190
>> Yes, we have to you approve the budget

1544
00:58:59,190 --> 00:58:59,200
» Yes, we have to you approve the budget

1545
00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:03,440
then you approve the tax rate and

1546
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:06,160
you know we can bring it to where it's

1547
00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:09,599
it's a zero bottom line. We can bring it

1548
00:59:09,599 --> 00:59:14,640
to 220. Um as I said I used to push for

1549
00:59:14,640 --> 00:59:16,480
300,000 bottom line but we weren't

1550
00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:20,240
saving into our reserves. We are now.

1551
00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:24,559
So, if we want to go with the 3.5,

1552
00:59:24,559 --> 00:59:26,240
I'm okay with it. I'm okay with any of

1553
00:59:26,240 --> 00:59:28,799
them because you're the council and you

1554
00:59:28,799 --> 00:59:32,720
guys decide and I just work with it. Um,

1555
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:34,799
we're probably

1556
00:59:34,799 --> 00:59:37,119
going to end up this year a little

1557
00:59:37,119 --> 00:59:39,040
better than 100,000, but nowhere near

1558
00:59:39,040 --> 00:59:41,839
the 400,000 that it shows right now just

1559
00:59:41,839 --> 00:59:44,240
because, you know, we spent quite a bit

1560
00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:46,960
a month. Um, and the revenue is not

1561
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:49,760
coming in. sales tax. If you look at it,

1562
00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:51,680
it looks like a roller coaster. You

1563
00:59:51,680 --> 00:59:53,119
start thinking, "Oh, we're making more

1564
00:59:53,119 --> 00:59:55,440
sales tax." And then it plummets. It

1565
00:59:55,440 --> 00:59:57,359
goes down this year. Next year it could

1566
00:59:57,359 --> 00:59:59,680
be up. You know, our economy is bad

1567
00:59:59,680 --> 01:00:02,799
right now with pricing prices. People

1568
01:00:02,799 --> 01:00:05,119
aren't, you know, maybe spending like

1569
01:00:05,119 --> 01:00:08,079
they did next year maybe, you know,

1570
01:00:08,079 --> 01:00:09,746
they'll have money that they

1571
01:00:09,746 --> 01:00:10,960
[clears throat] want to spend. So, it's

1572
01:00:10,960 --> 01:00:14,319
really hard hard to predict in a

1573
01:00:14,319 --> 01:00:17,599
volatile economy. um all we can do is

1574
01:00:17,599 --> 01:00:20,160
base it on history and that any of the

1575
01:00:20,160 --> 01:00:22,400
revenues could fluctuate except really

1576
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:26,630
property tax.

1577
01:00:26,640 --> 01:00:28,640
So it's just important to note that we

1578
01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:30,079
will not meet again before there is a

1579
01:00:30,079 --> 01:00:32,720
decision made. So if you have questions

1580
01:00:32,720 --> 01:00:35,119
in between, reach out.

1581
01:00:35,119 --> 01:00:38,230
>> Um so that way we can come prepared.

1582
01:00:38,230 --> 01:00:38,240
» Um so that way we can come prepared.

1583
01:00:38,240 --> 01:00:39,280
We'll have public hearing. We'll listen

1584
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:42,079
to the public. Um hope so we'll be ready

1585
01:00:42,079 --> 01:00:44,000
to make a motion next month. didn't ask

1586
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:45,760
me with a with a rate. Every rate has to

1587
01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:47,599
be specific. But by all means, when you

1588
01:00:47,599 --> 01:00:49,200
guys go home and you start thinking

1589
01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:50,400
through this,

1590
01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:53,109
>> reach out with the questions. I I would

1591
01:00:53,109 --> 01:00:53,119
» reach out with the questions. I I would

1592
01:00:53,119 --> 01:00:55,760
rather answer questions than have you go

1593
01:00:55,760 --> 01:00:58,079
with unanswered questions or to have

1594
01:00:58,079 --> 01:01:00,640
them asked here without me being able to

1595
01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:02,400
prepare

1596
01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:04,240
um so that I can answer the best I can.

1597
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:06,880
Would it be too much ask from you if if

1598
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:10,160
you would run these numbers with 150,000

1599
01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:12,480
in your general fund,

1600
01:01:12,480 --> 01:01:14,390
>> you know, in between? Yeah. In between

1601
01:01:14,390 --> 01:01:14,400
» you know, in between? Yeah. In between

1602
01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:17,200
3.5 and 8 see what 150,000 would do for

1603
01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:20,710
>> I mean it would be so you see the V 8%

1604
01:01:20,710 --> 01:01:20,720
» I mean it would be so you see the V 8%

1605
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:22,720
without UIR

1606
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:25,280
um in the box [snorts] that rate

1607
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:27,839
0.587817

1608
01:01:27,839 --> 01:01:31,040
it's going to be about 180

1609
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:33,599
178. So, I mean, it's going to be, you

1610
01:01:33,599 --> 01:01:35,200
know, if we went to 150, I could

1611
01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:37,599
calculate that. It's not a big deal. I

1612
01:01:37,599 --> 01:01:38,799
can't do it in my head right now.

1613
01:01:38,799 --> 01:01:39,750
>> No, no, I know.

1614
01:01:39,750 --> 01:01:39,760
» No, no, I know.

1615
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:42,470
>> But, um, it I mean, we could do that,

1616
01:01:42,470 --> 01:01:42,480
» But, um, it I mean, we could do that,

1617
01:01:42,480 --> 01:01:45,359
too. Um,

1618
01:01:45,359 --> 01:01:48,390
>> I know Mr. Johnson is a hard number.

1619
01:01:48,390 --> 01:01:48,400
» I know Mr. Johnson is a hard number.

1620
01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:48,710
>> Yeah.

1621
01:01:48,710 --> 01:01:48,720
» Yeah.

1622
01:01:48,720 --> 01:01:50,470
>> Council member, that's how we got to

1623
01:01:50,470 --> 01:01:50,480
» Council member, that's how we got to

1624
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:51,359
that number last year.

1625
01:01:51,359 --> 01:01:53,349
>> Right. Right.

1626
01:01:53,349 --> 01:01:53,359
» Right. Right.

1627
01:01:53,359 --> 01:01:55,109
>> So, we can look at the difference in the

1628
01:01:55,109 --> 01:01:55,119
» So, we can look at the difference in the

1629
01:01:55,119 --> 01:01:56,512
revenues of the two and bring

1630
01:01:56,512 --> 01:01:58,480
[clears throat] that as the middle, too.

1631
01:01:58,480 --> 01:02:01,430
>> Yeah. So we'll we'll bring exact rates

1632
01:02:01,430 --> 01:02:01,440
» Yeah. So we'll we'll bring exact rates

1633
01:02:01,440 --> 01:02:05,680
with numbers and change in fund balance.

1634
01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:07,680
Um

1635
01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:08,470
>> I mean did you get

1636
01:02:08,470 --> 01:02:08,480
» I mean did you get

1637
01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:10,630
>> between 3.5 to eight? We will work in

1638
01:02:10,630 --> 01:02:10,640
» between 3.5 to eight? We will work in

1639
01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:11,839
the middle there. You can

1640
01:02:11,839 --> 01:02:14,549
>> I can bring a couple of the rates and

1641
01:02:14,549 --> 01:02:14,559
» I can bring a couple of the rates and

1642
01:02:14,559 --> 01:02:17,510
>> um and if you have any questions

1643
01:02:17,510 --> 01:02:17,520
» um and if you have any questions

1644
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:19,349
>> you got what you needed from council.

1645
01:02:19,349 --> 01:02:19,359
» you got what you needed from council.

1646
01:02:19,359 --> 01:02:20,150
>> I think so.

1647
01:02:20,150 --> 01:02:20,160
» I think so.

1648
01:02:20,160 --> 01:02:21,990
>> Okay.

1649
01:02:21,990 --> 01:02:22,000
» Okay.

1650
01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:23,510
>> Um

1651
01:02:23,510 --> 01:02:23,520
» Um

1652
01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:27,030
>> anything else on it?

1653
01:02:27,030 --> 01:02:27,040
» anything else on it?

1654
01:02:27,040 --> 01:02:28,880
and the enterprise budget that's in that

1655
01:02:28,880 --> 01:02:31,920
budget I gave you um includes a 5%

1656
01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:33,760
increase. Um that's the only thing that

1657
01:02:33,760 --> 01:02:36,720
changed there. Um

1658
01:02:36,720 --> 01:02:40,079
so yeah, we're in good shape. Um like I

1659
01:02:40,079 --> 01:02:41,520
said, we only have one number really

1660
01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:44,079
we're waiting on and that is the

1661
01:02:44,079 --> 01:02:46,720
insurance. Um but that should be coming

1662
01:02:46,720 --> 01:02:50,160
any day. Um and we'll we'll let you know

1663
01:02:50,160 --> 01:02:53,760
in the weekly update when we get it what

1664
01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:57,520
percentage it went up or down. Before

1665
01:02:57,520 --> 01:03:01,280
you move on, um that 9869

1666
01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:03,589
>> is there any way we can get that clo I

1667
01:03:03,589 --> 01:03:03,599
» is there any way we can get that clo I

1668
01:03:03,599 --> 01:03:05,119
mean not personally but how do we get

1669
01:03:05,119 --> 01:03:06,240
that closer to 100 again?

1670
01:03:06,240 --> 01:03:07,910
>> I mean they have collections agencies

1671
01:03:07,910 --> 01:03:07,920
» I mean they have collections agencies

1672
01:03:07,920 --> 01:03:08,640
they use

1673
01:03:08,640 --> 01:03:10,069
>> that's up to the county. We don't

1674
01:03:10,069 --> 01:03:10,079
» that's up to the county. We don't

1675
01:03:10,079 --> 01:03:12,480
collect our own tax rate or our own tax

1676
01:03:12,480 --> 01:03:14,400
levy. Um they go through the county.

1677
01:03:14,400 --> 01:03:16,240
They have a a legal firm that does

1678
01:03:16,240 --> 01:03:18,000
collections for them.

1679
01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:20,950
>> Um I have a feeling I've never really

1680
01:03:20,950 --> 01:03:20,960
» Um I have a feeling I've never really

1681
01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:23,599
talked to them of how we got up to 17%.

1682
01:03:23,599 --> 01:03:25,589
>> It was passed. I think it was probably a

1683
01:03:25,589 --> 01:03:25,599
» It was passed. I think it was probably a

1684
01:03:25,599 --> 01:03:27,839
lot of delinquent tax.

1685
01:03:27,839 --> 01:03:32,950
>> Um, so that took us above the the levy.

1686
01:03:32,950 --> 01:03:32,960
» Um, so that took us above the the levy.

1687
01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:36,799
When you see tax year 25 at 99.33 and

1688
01:03:36,799 --> 01:03:39,760
tax year 25 at 98.89 and now we're at

1689
01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:41,920
9.9 98.69,

1690
01:03:41,920 --> 01:03:44,880
there's going to be a lot of delinquent

1691
01:03:44,880 --> 01:03:49,359
now um on the books. So, we may see it

1692
01:03:49,359 --> 01:03:51,280
go up again or we may see it hit one

1693
01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:53,680
more down. I don't know. Um, but we

1694
01:03:53,680 --> 01:03:55,599
don't calculate that and we don't

1695
01:03:55,599 --> 01:03:56,559
control it.

1696
01:03:56,559 --> 01:03:58,069
>> How many years back can you see that

1697
01:03:58,069 --> 01:03:58,079
» How many years back can you see that

1698
01:03:58,079 --> 01:03:59,200
from the

1699
01:03:59,200 --> 01:04:01,750
>> This is what I have. Um,

1700
01:04:01,750 --> 01:04:01,760
» This is what I have. Um,

1701
01:04:01,760 --> 01:04:03,190
>> I just want to know if it keeps doing

1702
01:04:03,190 --> 01:04:03,200
» I just want to know if it keeps doing

1703
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:03,599
this.

1704
01:04:03,599 --> 01:04:05,510
>> Yeah. Yeah, this is what I have, but I

1705
01:04:05,510 --> 01:04:05,520
» Yeah. Yeah, this is what I have, but I

1706
01:04:05,520 --> 01:04:07,839
could probably call and ask

1707
01:04:07,839 --> 01:04:09,190
>> or if it's historically going to keep

1708
01:04:09,190 --> 01:04:09,200
» or if it's historically going to keep

1709
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:10,559
going down.

1710
01:04:10,559 --> 01:04:12,390
>> Yeah. I I don't know.

1711
01:04:12,390 --> 01:04:12,400
» Yeah. I I don't know.

1712
01:04:12,400 --> 01:04:15,190
>> No. I I didn't know if we had any

1713
01:04:15,190 --> 01:04:15,200
» No. I I didn't know if we had any

1714
01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:16,559
control over that.

1715
01:04:16,559 --> 01:04:17,510
>> None at all.

1716
01:04:17,510 --> 01:04:17,520
» None at all.

1717
01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:18,309
>> Okay.

1718
01:04:18,309 --> 01:04:18,319
» Okay.

1719
01:04:18,319 --> 01:04:19,910
>> Go door to door and say, "Have you paid

1720
01:04:19,910 --> 01:04:19,920
» Go door to door and say, "Have you paid

1721
01:04:19,920 --> 01:04:22,480
your taxes?" Why? [snorts]

1722
01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:25,119
But um yeah, and that's one nice thing

1723
01:04:25,119 --> 01:04:27,359
about how it's set up here is that we

1724
01:04:27,359 --> 01:04:29,039
don't have to do the collecting.

1725
01:04:29,039 --> 01:04:31,430
>> The county does it and so we don't have

1726
01:04:31,430 --> 01:04:31,440
» The county does it and so we don't have

1727
01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:34,799
to get on the backs of our residents for

1728
01:04:34,799 --> 01:04:37,440
it. Um but that also takes away some of

1729
01:04:37,440 --> 01:04:40,640
the control that we have.

1730
01:04:40,640 --> 01:04:42,789
>> Okay,

1731
01:04:42,789 --> 01:04:42,799
» Okay,

1732
01:04:42,799 --> 01:04:45,599
questions.

1733
01:04:45,599 --> 01:04:47,670
>> Thank you for the short explanation.

1734
01:04:47,670 --> 01:04:47,680
» Thank you for the short explanation.

1735
01:04:47,680 --> 01:04:50,710
Mhm.

1736
01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:54,480
» So now it's your job to say what it is.

1737
01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:58,630
I'm just going to go on to it.

1738
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:01,119
» Oh, okay.

1739
01:05:01,119 --> 01:05:02,789
>> You need me to do what?

1740
01:05:02,789 --> 01:05:02,799
» You need me to do what?

1741
01:05:02,799 --> 01:05:04,710
>> Normally you announce what the next item

1742
01:05:04,710 --> 01:05:04,720
» Normally you announce what the next item

1743
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:06,640
is. I'm just going to keep talking.

1744
01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:08,309
>> So are you done with your slideshow?

1745
01:05:08,309 --> 01:05:08,319
» So are you done with your slideshow?

1746
01:05:08,319 --> 01:05:08,870
>> Yes.

1747
01:05:08,870 --> 01:05:08,880
» Yes.

1748
01:05:08,880 --> 01:05:10,309
>> We're on the E now.

1749
01:05:10,309 --> 01:05:10,319
» We're on the E now.

1750
01:05:10,319 --> 01:05:13,190
>> Yes. uh considered and record a vote on

1751
01:05:13,190 --> 01:05:13,200
» Yes. uh considered and record a vote on

1752
01:05:13,200 --> 01:05:17,280
the proposed tax rate of 0.595560

1753
01:05:17,280 --> 01:05:20,079
for fiscal year 2026 2027 which

1754
01:05:20,079 --> 01:05:22,559
represents an increase of up to 7.9%

1755
01:05:22,559 --> 01:05:24,160
above the no new revenue tax rate for

1756
01:05:24,160 --> 01:05:26,480
the city of Richwood proposed tax rate

1757
01:05:26,480 --> 01:05:28,000
is scheduled to be adopted at a future

1758
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:29,599
meeting.

1759
01:05:29,599 --> 01:05:32,160
So if if [clears throat] whoever makes

1760
01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:38,240
the motion has to um read um to approve

1761
01:05:38,240 --> 01:05:41,599
a proposed tax rate and go on to the

1762
01:05:41,599 --> 01:05:43,200
where it says ritual. That's the

1763
01:05:43,200 --> 01:05:45,280
language we have to use.

1764
01:05:45,280 --> 01:05:46,470
>> So they might as well just read the

1765
01:05:46,470 --> 01:05:46,480
» So they might as well just read the

1766
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:50,240
entire thing back

1767
01:05:50,240 --> 01:05:52,309
>> and then we have and we you know

1768
01:05:52,309 --> 01:05:52,319
» and then we have and we you know

1769
01:05:52,319 --> 01:05:53,839
obviously have to have a second and then

1770
01:05:53,839 --> 01:05:57,280
we have to vote one at a time

1771
01:05:57,280 --> 01:05:58,549
>> next month or this month.

1772
01:05:58,549 --> 01:05:58,559
» next month or this month.

1773
01:05:58,559 --> 01:06:03,910
>> Yeah. Okay.

1774
01:06:03,920 --> 01:06:07,680
» I can't be the one reading it again.

1775
01:06:07,680 --> 01:06:08,789
>> I'll make I'll make a [clears throat]

1776
01:06:08,789 --> 01:06:08,799
» I'll make I'll make a [clears throat]

1777
01:06:08,799 --> 01:06:11,599
motion to uh to approve the proposed tax

1778
01:06:11,599 --> 01:06:13,440
rate of

1779
01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:15,440
0.595560

1780
01:06:15,440 --> 01:06:19,119
for fiscal year 2026 through 2027, which

1781
01:06:19,119 --> 01:06:21,839
represents an increase of 7.9% above the

1782
01:06:21,839 --> 01:06:24,319
no new revenue tax rate for the city of

1783
01:06:24,319 --> 01:06:26,160
Richwood.

1784
01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:27,670
>> I'll second that.

1785
01:06:27,670 --> 01:06:27,680
» I'll second that.

1786
01:06:27,680 --> 01:06:29,270
>> Okay, Mr. How do you vote?

1787
01:06:29,270 --> 01:06:29,280
» Okay, Mr. How do you vote?

1788
01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:29,990
>> Uh,

1789
01:06:29,990 --> 01:06:30,000
» Uh,

1790
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:31,190
>> Mr. Dun, how do you vote?

1791
01:06:31,190 --> 01:06:31,200
» Mr. Dun, how do you vote?

1792
01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:32,950
>> I York, how do you vote?

1793
01:06:32,950 --> 01:06:32,960
» I York, how do you vote?

1794
01:06:32,960 --> 01:06:33,430
>> Hi.

1795
01:06:33,430 --> 01:06:33,440
» Hi.

1796
01:06:33,440 --> 01:06:34,549
>> Mr. Mayor, how do you vote?

1797
01:06:34,549 --> 01:06:34,559
» Mr. Mayor, how do you vote?

1798
01:06:34,559 --> 01:06:35,349
>> Hi.

1799
01:06:35,349 --> 01:06:35,359
» Hi.

1800
01:06:35,359 --> 01:06:37,190
>> Okay, let the record reflect that motion

1801
01:06:37,190 --> 01:06:37,200
» Okay, let the record reflect that motion

1802
01:06:37,200 --> 01:06:38,240
carries.

1803
01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:40,710
>> Thank you.

1804
01:06:40,710 --> 01:06:40,720
» Thank you.

1805
01:06:40,720 --> 01:06:42,789
>> All right.

1806
01:06:42,789 --> 01:06:42,799
» All right.

1807
01:06:42,799 --> 01:06:47,109
>> Are you introducing the next two?

1808
01:06:47,109 --> 01:06:47,119
» Are you introducing the next two?

1809
01:06:47,119 --> 01:06:49,510
>> Okay, moving on to F. discussion and

1810
01:06:49,510 --> 01:06:49,520
» Okay, moving on to F. discussion and

1811
01:06:49,520 --> 01:06:51,119
possible action to approve resolution

1812
01:06:51,119 --> 01:06:53,039
number 26-R8

1813
01:06:53,039 --> 01:06:54,640
setting the date and time for the public

1814
01:06:54,640 --> 01:06:57,280
hearing of fiscal year 2026 2027 annual

1815
01:06:57,280 --> 01:07:00,079
budget for September 14th, 2026 at 6

1816
01:07:00,079 --> 01:07:00,640
p.m.

1817
01:07:00,640 --> 01:07:02,710
>> So the next two items are formality to

1818
01:07:02,710 --> 01:07:02,720
» So the next two items are formality to

1819
01:07:02,720 --> 01:07:04,319
make sure we can get these notices

1820
01:07:04,319 --> 01:07:06,640
posted for our public hearings. So we

1821
01:07:06,640 --> 01:07:09,680
just need approval to set public hearing

1822
01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:15,750
and we'll get the ads put out.

1823
01:07:15,760 --> 01:07:18,160
That one was easier than the last.

1824
01:07:18,160 --> 01:07:25,670
>> So,

1825
01:07:25,680 --> 01:07:27,359
I'll make a motion that we approve

1826
01:07:27,359 --> 01:07:29,920
resolution number

1827
01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:34,400
that 26 R8 setting date and time of the

1828
01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:37,200
public hearing uh on the fiscal year

1829
01:07:37,200 --> 01:07:40,559
2026 2027 annual budget for September

1830
01:07:40,559 --> 01:07:45,440
14th, 2026 at 6 pm.

1831
01:07:45,440 --> 01:07:48,319
A second.

1832
01:07:48,319 --> 01:07:49,430
>> I'll second.

1833
01:07:49,430 --> 01:07:49,440
» I'll second.

1834
01:07:49,440 --> 01:07:52,549
>> Okay. All in favor?

1835
01:07:52,549 --> 01:07:52,559
» Okay. All in favor?

1836
01:07:52,559 --> 01:07:55,190
>> Okay. Let the record reflect. The motion

1837
01:07:55,190 --> 01:07:55,200
» Okay. Let the record reflect. The motion

1838
01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:56,720
carries.

1839
01:07:56,720 --> 01:07:59,440
Moving on to G. [clears throat]

1840
01:07:59,440 --> 01:08:01,200
Discussion and possible action to

1841
01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:04,319
approve resolution number 26-R9

1842
01:08:04,319 --> 01:08:05,680
setting the date and time for the public

1843
01:08:05,680 --> 01:08:07,680
hearing on the proposed tax rate for

1844
01:08:07,680 --> 01:08:11,440
fiscal year 2026, 2027 or September 14,

1845
01:08:11,440 --> 01:08:14,160
2026 at 6 pm.

1846
01:08:14,160 --> 01:08:15,119
the same

1847
01:08:15,119 --> 01:08:16,070
>> same thing

1848
01:08:16,070 --> 01:08:16,080
» same thing

1849
01:08:16,080 --> 01:08:17,510
>> just for [clears throat] tax rate.

1850
01:08:17,510 --> 01:08:17,520
» just for [clears throat] tax rate.

1851
01:08:17,520 --> 01:08:19,030
>> I make a motion that we approve

1852
01:08:19,030 --> 01:08:19,040
» I make a motion that we approve

1853
01:08:19,040 --> 01:08:22,000
resolution number 26R9 setting the date

1854
01:08:22,000 --> 01:08:23,679
and time for the public hearing on the

1855
01:08:23,679 --> 01:08:26,239
proposed tax rate for fiscal year 2026

1856
01:08:26,239 --> 01:08:32,400
2027 for September 14th, 2026 at 6 p.m.

1857
01:08:32,400 --> 01:08:35,359
I'll second that. Okay. All in favor?

1858
01:08:35,359 --> 01:08:39,030
>> I Okay, the motion carries.

1859
01:08:39,030 --> 01:08:39,040
» I Okay, the motion carries.

1860
01:08:39,040 --> 01:08:42,000
Um item approved consent agenda was only

1861
01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:45,040
a for future time future meeting.

1862
01:08:45,040 --> 01:08:46,229
>> No, it's two days.

1863
01:08:46,229 --> 01:08:46,239
» No, it's two days.

1864
01:08:46,239 --> 01:08:47,189
>> Okay.

1865
01:08:47,189 --> 01:08:47,199
» Okay.

1866
01:08:47,199 --> 01:08:49,669
>> Um so for the approval of a personnel

1867
01:08:49,669 --> 01:08:49,679
» Um so for the approval of a personnel

1868
01:08:49,679 --> 01:08:52,640
policy, um I sent that out to you all

1869
01:08:52,640 --> 01:08:54,400
and in my memo I said that it had no

1870
01:08:54,400 --> 01:08:56,560
financial implication implications on

1871
01:08:56,560 --> 01:08:58,960
our budget. Um it did. I did not intend

1872
01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:01,920
to leave in that vacation provision. Um,

1873
01:09:01,920 --> 01:09:03,359
there was actually two other policies

1874
01:09:03,359 --> 01:09:05,279
that I pulled out of this approval

1875
01:09:05,279 --> 01:09:07,839
because I feel like it

1876
01:09:07,839 --> 01:09:10,159
affects our budget and council deserves

1877
01:09:10,159 --> 01:09:11,679
to have a workshop on that and talk

1878
01:09:11,679 --> 01:09:14,000
about it. One was um a sick leave pool

1879
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:16,560
and the other was parental leave. Um, I

1880
01:09:16,560 --> 01:09:18,080
didn't propose parental leave, but it

1881
01:09:18,080 --> 01:09:20,560
had been discussed in a previous review.

1882
01:09:20,560 --> 01:09:22,319
Um, a little bit of a backstory on the

1883
01:09:22,319 --> 01:09:23,759
personnel policy. We've been reviewing

1884
01:09:23,759 --> 01:09:28,480
this policy since 2019. Um, we did a

1885
01:09:28,480 --> 01:09:31,600
month-long review with staff to go

1886
01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:34,319
through every policy, make changes, and

1887
01:09:34,319 --> 01:09:36,319
this was in 2019. We had a change of

1888
01:09:36,319 --> 01:09:38,000
administration. It never came to

1889
01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:42,000
council. So, it was my goal to get it

1890
01:09:42,000 --> 01:09:43,440
done. And so, in January of this year, I

1891
01:09:43,440 --> 01:09:45,040
did a complete overhaul while keeping

1892
01:09:45,040 --> 01:09:48,000
the spirit of that review together along

1893
01:09:48,000 --> 01:09:50,960
with best practices and current law. And

1894
01:09:50,960 --> 01:09:53,759
I did this current policy that I present

1895
01:09:53,759 --> 01:09:55,760
to you today. Um, so I did keep that

1896
01:09:55,760 --> 01:09:57,840
parental leave provision as a policy to

1897
01:09:57,840 --> 01:10:01,440
present at a later date. Um, and then

1898
01:10:01,440 --> 01:10:04,159
the sick leave pool, that's not

1899
01:10:04,159 --> 01:10:05,679
something I want to venture into right

1900
01:10:05,679 --> 01:10:06,719
now while we're trying to get switched

1901
01:10:06,719 --> 01:10:11,440
over to this new HR company. Um, so when

1902
01:10:11,440 --> 01:10:14,239
Steve brought it up to me that we

1903
01:10:14,239 --> 01:10:15,600
were going to be paying out vacation

1904
01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:16,640
leave, which was not something we

1905
01:10:16,640 --> 01:10:18,320
currently do, I wanted to go ahead and

1906
01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:19,840
remove that also until we can discuss

1907
01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:21,600
with council. And actually Trish and I

1908
01:10:21,600 --> 01:10:23,120
sit down to work numbers to see what how

1909
01:10:23,120 --> 01:10:25,040
that would even affect us if every

1910
01:10:25,040 --> 01:10:26,719
person in the city period got paid out

1911
01:10:26,719 --> 01:10:28,960
10 hours at the end of the year. Um so

1912
01:10:28,960 --> 01:10:30,560
the policy I'm presenting to you that I

1913
01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:34,080
put on your desks um is to put no salary

1914
01:10:34,080 --> 01:10:35,760
provisions in L of vacation which this

1915
01:10:35,760 --> 01:10:38,719
is the exact policy to follow. Now you

1916
01:10:38,719 --> 01:10:40,719
can carry over 40 hours. If you don't

1917
01:10:40,719 --> 01:10:42,400
you lose it or you can write a letter to

1918
01:10:42,400 --> 01:10:43,679
the city manager explaining why you

1919
01:10:43,679 --> 01:10:45,360
didn't get to use it. And it's a case by

1920
01:10:45,360 --> 01:10:48,320
case basis of um carrying a leave over.

1921
01:10:48,320 --> 01:10:49,920
Usually it's we had hurricane, nobody

1922
01:10:49,920 --> 01:10:52,000
used to take off for six, four months or

1923
01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:54,560
whatever we have or you didn't get your

1924
01:10:54,560 --> 01:10:56,080
vacation until November and you couldn't

1925
01:10:56,080 --> 01:10:57,760
take 80 hours in between November and

1926
01:10:57,760 --> 01:11:00,719
December. So few and far between maybe

1927
01:11:00,719 --> 01:11:03,440
one or two a year if we do at all that

1928
01:11:03,440 --> 01:11:07,360
we carry over leave. Um so that's that

1929
01:11:07,360 --> 01:11:10,320
change. The other definition

1930
01:11:10,320 --> 01:11:12,560
is or the other policy I wanted to amend

1931
01:11:12,560 --> 01:11:14,400
with you here on the fly was the

1932
01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:17,679
definitions. Um few years ago we got in

1933
01:11:17,679 --> 01:11:20,000
some a little bit of an issue with

1934
01:11:20,000 --> 01:11:21,600
what's considered full-time not

1935
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:24,719
full-time and we had to switch health

1936
01:11:24,719 --> 01:11:27,520
benefits because of this. So um we

1937
01:11:27,520 --> 01:11:30,239
clarified a little bit about what

1938
01:11:30,239 --> 01:11:31,920
entitles you as a full-time employee to

1939
01:11:31,920 --> 01:11:34,960
benefits. Um but in our conversations it

1940
01:11:34,960 --> 01:11:37,679
did not exactly define how many hours a

1941
01:11:37,679 --> 01:11:40,320
full-time employee is which could leave

1942
01:11:40,320 --> 01:11:42,239
an employee to feel entitled that just

1943
01:11:42,239 --> 01:11:43,679
because I work 32 hours I'm not

1944
01:11:43,679 --> 01:11:45,360
part-time. So maybe an employee feels

1945
01:11:45,360 --> 01:11:47,040
like they could work 32 hours, which is

1946
01:11:47,040 --> 01:11:48,800
not the case. So I went in there and

1947
01:11:48,800 --> 01:11:51,040
added additional language that it says

1948
01:11:51,040 --> 01:11:52,239
that a full-time employee is somebody

1949
01:11:52,239 --> 01:11:54,159
who at least works 40 hours per work

1950
01:11:54,159 --> 01:11:56,640
week. Um, so that's the only change to

1951
01:11:56,640 --> 01:11:59,040
that definition. Our work week is still

1952
01:11:59,040 --> 01:12:00,719
40 hours. It's not that's not changing.

1953
01:12:00,719 --> 01:12:01,760
We just wanted to get a little bit more

1954
01:12:01,760 --> 01:12:05,520
specific. So there was no gray area for

1955
01:12:05,520 --> 01:12:06,960
somebody to say, "Oh, well, your policy

1956
01:12:06,960 --> 01:12:11,440
says it's 32 hours." So that's that. Um,

1957
01:12:11,440 --> 01:12:13,920
HRP has reviewed this. I sent it to them

1958
01:12:13,920 --> 01:12:15,840
a few weeks ago for their legal team and

1959
01:12:15,840 --> 01:12:18,640
their HR um our rep to review it and

1960
01:12:18,640 --> 01:12:20,320
make sure that it complies with law and

1961
01:12:20,320 --> 01:12:23,360
best practices and um they did not send

1962
01:12:23,360 --> 01:12:25,199
back any adjustments or notes to what I

1963
01:12:25,199 --> 01:12:27,760
sent them. Uh did not send it to our

1964
01:12:27,760 --> 01:12:29,520
legal team because they have attorneys

1965
01:12:29,520 --> 01:12:31,280
that employment attorneys that review it

1966
01:12:31,280 --> 01:12:34,159
also. Uh so I just need to see if we can

1967
01:12:34,159 --> 01:12:35,360
get this approved so that way we can

1968
01:12:35,360 --> 01:12:37,120
move forward with the new company. Um

1969
01:12:37,120 --> 01:12:40,480
today is our last day of payroll in our

1970
01:12:40,480 --> 01:12:43,440
own bubble. So starting tomorrow, we are

1971
01:12:43,440 --> 01:12:46,800
with HRP for timekeeping in all of their

1972
01:12:46,800 --> 01:12:49,199
services officially like ripping the

1973
01:12:49,199 --> 01:12:50,800
bandaid off we're going. So I want to

1974
01:12:50,800 --> 01:12:52,480
get these done and so they have a clean

1975
01:12:52,480 --> 01:12:54,880
slate of policies to go forward where

1976
01:12:54,880 --> 01:12:58,480
our employees need them.

1977
01:12:58,480 --> 01:12:58,880
Question.

1978
01:12:58,880 --> 01:12:59,830
>> Yes.

1979
01:12:59,830 --> 01:12:59,840
» Yes.

1980
01:12:59,840 --> 01:13:01,350
>> So

1981
01:13:01,350 --> 01:13:01,360
» So

1982
01:13:01,360 --> 01:13:04,400
current the current policy says that uh

1983
01:13:04,400 --> 01:13:07,040
on leave without pay for 10 days that

1984
01:13:07,040 --> 01:13:09,840
council has to approve anything over 10

1985
01:13:09,840 --> 01:13:11,679
days. But the new polic

1986
01:13:11,679 --> 01:13:14,640
that goes to you without council

1987
01:13:14,640 --> 01:13:17,360
authority. Is that correct?

1988
01:13:17,360 --> 01:13:20,790
>> Let me reread it. Last dug deep into

1989
01:13:20,790 --> 01:13:20,800
» Let me reread it. Last dug deep into

1990
01:13:20,800 --> 01:13:23,920
these in February. Um, but let me pull

1991
01:13:23,920 --> 01:13:30,229
it back up so I can answer

1992
01:13:30,239 --> 01:13:32,080
the one I sent y'all where has the notes

1993
01:13:32,080 --> 01:13:33,760
the changes. Do you know which policy

1994
01:13:33,760 --> 01:13:36,159
number is off the top of your head?

1995
01:13:36,159 --> 01:14:05,030
>> Yeah. So chemical.

1996
01:14:05,040 --> 01:14:07,280
Next time I'll give you advance. Sorry.

1997
01:14:07,280 --> 01:14:08,709
>> You're not not bothered at all. It's

1998
01:14:08,709 --> 01:14:08,719
» You're not not bothered at all. It's

1999
01:14:08,719 --> 01:14:14,630
taking Okay.

2000
01:14:14,640 --> 01:14:16,640
» I guess my real question is then is

2001
01:14:16,640 --> 01:14:19,199
there maximum duration of time that the

2002
01:14:19,199 --> 01:14:22,159
city manager can authorize

2003
01:14:22,159 --> 01:14:25,750
after you.

2004
01:14:25,760 --> 01:14:45,830
» A lot of policy reference.

2005
01:14:45,840 --> 01:14:46,800
Thought we were going to change the

2006
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:53,997
verbiage of fulltime to 60 hours.

2007
01:14:54,007 --> 01:15:01,910
[laughter]

2008
01:15:01,920 --> 01:15:04,480
» I mean, y'all do it already. So,

2009
01:15:04,480 --> 01:15:07,590
>> but it's not required.

2010
01:15:07,590 --> 01:15:07,600
» but it's not required.

2011
01:15:07,600 --> 01:15:08,709
>> I'll do it with a smile

2012
01:15:08,709 --> 01:15:08,719
» I'll do it with a smile

2013
01:15:08,719 --> 01:15:14,149
>> with the courtesy. Okay, I'm here.

2014
01:15:14,149 --> 01:15:14,159
» with the courtesy. Okay, I'm here.

2015
01:15:14,159 --> 01:15:16,550
>> Cliff had 120 a week.

2016
01:15:16,550 --> 01:15:16,560
» Cliff had 120 a week.

2017
01:15:16,560 --> 01:15:19,750
>> Cliff's like, "Oh, that'd be perfect.

2018
01:15:19,750 --> 01:15:19,760
» Cliff's like, "Oh, that'd be perfect.

2019
01:15:19,760 --> 01:15:23,270
>> I get to see my house."

2020
01:15:23,270 --> 01:15:23,280
» I get to see my house."

2021
01:15:23,280 --> 01:15:25,280
I think Steve I think this came back to

2022
01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:26,719
remember we had the employees that were

2023
01:15:26,719 --> 01:15:29,120
out and the council did grant approval

2024
01:15:29,120 --> 01:15:30,719
um

2025
01:15:30,719 --> 01:15:32,719
to additionally without pay which was

2026
01:15:32,719 --> 01:15:36,080
outside of I guess according to our

2027
01:15:36,080 --> 01:15:37,760
current benefit administrator at the

2028
01:15:37,760 --> 01:15:39,520
time it was outside of their pervy to be

2029
01:15:39,520 --> 01:15:42,719
able to do. So I think what this is my

2030
01:15:42,719 --> 01:15:45,199
goal with this changing this was that um

2031
01:15:45,199 --> 01:15:47,040
the city manager would have to then

2032
01:15:47,040 --> 01:15:50,400
approve it and you said 104 word saying

2033
01:15:50,400 --> 01:15:52,960
request um department directors may

2034
01:15:52,960 --> 01:15:54,080
approve short-term leave without pay

2035
01:15:54,080 --> 01:15:55,679
request consistent with its policy and

2036
01:15:55,679 --> 01:15:57,360
then request that a material impact

2037
01:15:57,360 --> 01:15:59,600
operations go to the city manager

2038
01:15:59,600 --> 01:16:01,120
because we removed that 10day provision

2039
01:16:01,120 --> 01:16:03,120
I think alto together

2040
01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:05,440
that was the proposed the 2019 proposed

2041
01:16:05,440 --> 01:16:07,360
language and then what I'm proposing is

2042
01:16:07,360 --> 01:16:10,640
no longer going to be a 10day at All

2043
01:16:10,640 --> 01:16:13,120
it's it's to maintain that 32 hours

2044
01:16:13,120 --> 01:16:14,880
which will be allowing eight hours of

2045
01:16:14,880 --> 01:16:17,679
unpaid leave approval like allowable by

2046
01:16:17,679 --> 01:16:21,520
a director and then anything else has to

2047
01:16:21,520 --> 01:16:23,600
go to the city manager for approval.

2048
01:16:23,600 --> 01:16:25,120
That way we can ensure that employees

2049
01:16:25,120 --> 01:16:27,360
that are using more leave without pay

2050
01:16:27,360 --> 01:16:29,679
than probably allowed are eligible for

2051
01:16:29,679 --> 01:16:32,400
FMLA and still maintain their status for

2052
01:16:32,400 --> 01:16:35,040
benefits. Um, I think putting it to

2053
01:16:35,040 --> 01:16:37,040
council, they were by granting it, it

2054
01:16:37,040 --> 01:16:39,199
was outside their even scope of ability

2055
01:16:39,199 --> 01:16:41,600
to give them leave without pay.

2056
01:16:41,600 --> 01:16:42,709
>> Absolutely good with the change.

2057
01:16:42,709 --> 01:16:42,719
» Absolutely good with the change.

2058
01:16:42,719 --> 01:16:44,229
>> You know what I mean? But I don't I I

2059
01:16:44,229 --> 01:16:44,239
» You know what I mean? But I don't I I

2060
01:16:44,239 --> 01:16:46,800
think that 10 days out because it that I

2061
01:16:46,800 --> 01:16:49,199
think that was just a a number that was

2062
01:16:49,199 --> 01:16:52,719
chosen by I mean we left it in that 2019

2063
01:16:52,719 --> 01:16:54,960
proposed if you look at the working

2064
01:16:54,960 --> 01:16:58,480
document that I sent out separately. Um,

2065
01:16:58,480 --> 01:17:00,080
we remove that 10 days alto together

2066
01:17:00,080 --> 01:17:02,719
because we want to maintain this uh

2067
01:17:02,719 --> 01:17:05,760
regular employee or the part-time

2068
01:17:05,760 --> 01:17:07,600
schedule or that make sure they don't

2069
01:17:07,600 --> 01:17:09,679
dip down to a part-time equivalent

2070
01:17:09,679 --> 01:17:11,199
because if you're part-time equivalent,

2071
01:17:11,199 --> 01:17:13,199
you don't get benefits and we needed to

2072
01:17:13,199 --> 01:17:15,920
set a hard line of

2073
01:17:15,920 --> 01:17:17,840
especially since we are no longer with a

2074
01:17:17,840 --> 01:17:19,679
pool. It we have a little bit more

2075
01:17:19,679 --> 01:17:21,679
power. We didn't then at the time we

2076
01:17:21,679 --> 01:17:23,920
didn't know we didn't have that power.

2077
01:17:23,920 --> 01:17:25,440
um

2078
01:17:25,440 --> 01:17:27,120
council at this point I think could

2079
01:17:27,120 --> 01:17:28,800
grant as much leave without pay they

2080
01:17:28,800 --> 01:17:31,280
wanted to because we're privately

2081
01:17:31,280 --> 01:17:33,120
partnered with our insurance and no

2082
01:17:33,120 --> 01:17:37,040
longer in like a a pool. Um

2083
01:17:37,040 --> 01:17:38,400
but I think we wanted to remove that

2084
01:17:38,400 --> 01:17:40,560
number and just do a case by case basis

2085
01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:42,159
and as long as they qualify for

2086
01:17:42,159 --> 01:17:44,960
disability or FMLA then then that's what

2087
01:17:44,960 --> 01:17:48,719
the city managers able to approve.

2088
01:17:48,719 --> 01:17:49,440
Um,

2089
01:17:49,440 --> 01:17:51,830
>> okay. That helps.

2090
01:17:51,830 --> 01:17:51,840
» okay. That helps.

2091
01:17:51,840 --> 01:17:53,440
On the red line version that you sent

2092
01:17:53,440 --> 01:17:55,360
me, the 10 was still in there. That's

2093
01:17:55,360 --> 01:17:56,800
fine.

2094
01:17:56,800 --> 01:18:00,630
>> I see here in the 2019 proposed. Yeah.

2095
01:18:00,630 --> 01:18:00,640
» I see here in the 2019 proposed. Yeah.

2096
01:18:00,640 --> 01:18:03,360
No, I don't want I don't want that for

2097
01:18:03,360 --> 01:18:04,719
sure.

2098
01:18:04,719 --> 01:18:06,950
>> I think that it's a strength number

2099
01:18:06,950 --> 01:18:06,960
» I think that it's a strength number

2100
01:18:06,960 --> 01:18:10,880
anyways to be down to 30. Um,

2101
01:18:10,880 --> 01:18:12,719
that's more than it doesn't mean it's a

2102
01:18:12,719 --> 01:18:16,080
full day to be at 30 hours. Um, but yes,

2103
01:18:16,080 --> 01:18:19,360
I I don't I don't want to in there. I

2104
01:18:19,360 --> 01:18:21,679
think we just need to ensure that if we

2105
01:18:21,679 --> 01:18:23,920
have an employee on leave without pay

2106
01:18:23,920 --> 01:18:26,159
that they are still eligible for their

2107
01:18:26,159 --> 01:18:27,590
benefits and don't put the rest rest

2108
01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:27,750
rest rest rest rest rest rest rest rest

2109
01:18:27,760 --> 01:18:29,920
rest rest rest of the

2110
01:18:29,920 --> 01:18:41,990
staff at risk by being out

2111
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:44,400
» quick

2112
01:18:44,400 --> 01:18:46,719
does the definitions of employee and

2113
01:18:46,719 --> 01:18:48,719
volunteer directly conflict with each

2114
01:18:48,719 --> 01:18:54,790
other with what we got going on.

2115
01:18:54,800 --> 01:18:56,800
» We have paid volunteers and then we have

2116
01:18:56,800 --> 01:18:59,120
the fire department want to be a paid

2117
01:18:59,120 --> 01:19:00,000
volunteer.

2118
01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:02,070
>> We don't have a paid volunteer and I'll

2119
01:19:02,070 --> 01:19:02,080
» We don't have a paid volunteer and I'll

2120
01:19:02,080 --> 01:19:03,360
clarify that a little bit since it's

2121
01:19:03,360 --> 01:19:05,600
we're talking about personnel. Um the

2122
01:19:05,600 --> 01:19:07,360
executive director for KRB is paid out

2123
01:19:07,360 --> 01:19:10,560
of their funds and she is a stipened

2124
01:19:10,560 --> 01:19:12,630
>> employee of KRB. She's not an employee.

2125
01:19:12,630 --> 01:19:12,640
» employee of KRB. She's not an employee.

2126
01:19:12,640 --> 01:19:15,199
She's and it's not of the city, it's of

2127
01:19:15,199 --> 01:19:17,040
that group. And I've addressed this with

2128
01:19:17,040 --> 01:19:18,800
the fire department also that they maybe

2129
01:19:18,800 --> 01:19:20,719
could look at an administrative person

2130
01:19:20,719 --> 01:19:24,000
that they pay out of their funds. Um the

2131
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:26,080
city's funds do not go towards the care

2132
01:19:26,080 --> 01:19:28,080
director's stuff.

2133
01:19:28,080 --> 01:19:30,470
>> If we leave this language in here and we

2134
01:19:30,470 --> 01:19:30,480
» If we leave this language in here and we

2135
01:19:30,480 --> 01:19:34,000
do the um

2136
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:36,719
paytoplay volunteer fire department is

2137
01:19:36,719 --> 01:19:39,199
that put that in conflict.

2138
01:19:39,199 --> 01:19:39,590
>> Um

2139
01:19:39,590 --> 01:19:39,600
» Um

2140
01:19:39,600 --> 01:19:42,229
>> like do we make him

2141
01:19:42,229 --> 01:19:42,239
» like do we make him

2142
01:19:42,239 --> 01:19:43,679
employees at that point? Well, I

2143
01:19:43,679 --> 01:19:44,880
definitely plan to have that

2144
01:19:44,880 --> 01:19:47,199
conversation with HRC if we if we go

2145
01:19:47,199 --> 01:19:49,520
that route after the mayor's meeting

2146
01:19:49,520 --> 01:19:52,239
with them. They don't want it. They told

2147
01:19:52,239 --> 01:19:54,239
me not to worry about they don't want to

2148
01:19:54,239 --> 01:19:55,440
be paid per call.

2149
01:19:55,440 --> 01:19:57,350
>> They want help me to help with

2150
01:19:57,350 --> 01:19:57,360
» They want help me to help with

2151
01:19:57,360 --> 01:19:58,960
recruitment and social media and getting

2152
01:19:58,960 --> 01:20:00,320
their name out there. And so that's what

2153
01:20:00,320 --> 01:20:03,199
we've been doing. Um I've tried to

2154
01:20:03,199 --> 01:20:04,880
follow the calls to get pictures of them

2155
01:20:04,880 --> 01:20:06,560
and that's just that's what we're going

2156
01:20:06,560 --> 01:20:08,080
to do for now. Try and get them more

2157
01:20:08,080 --> 01:20:08,640
help.

2158
01:20:08,640 --> 01:20:11,270
>> Um but they don't want to lose their

2159
01:20:11,270 --> 01:20:11,280
» Um but they don't want to lose their

2160
01:20:11,280 --> 01:20:13,199
discount. And then they made a good

2161
01:20:13,199 --> 01:20:15,679
point. If we start paying them for call,

2162
01:20:15,679 --> 01:20:18,719
it affect affects their taxes. It could

2163
01:20:18,719 --> 01:20:21,120
affect things that they currently they

2164
01:20:21,120 --> 01:20:23,040
don't want to deal with personally.

2165
01:20:23,040 --> 01:20:24,800
That's what they were bringing up to me.

2166
01:20:24,800 --> 01:20:27,280
So, um we are not moving forward with

2167
01:20:27,280 --> 01:20:31,030
that at this point.

2168
01:20:31,040 --> 01:20:33,040
» But if if we did, then we would look at

2169
01:20:33,040 --> 01:20:35,920
new definitions and get HRP to help us

2170
01:20:35,920 --> 01:20:41,990
with that for sure.

2171
01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:46,229
Do you need council to approve?

2172
01:20:46,239 --> 01:20:49,280
» Okay. So, we need to make a motion to uh

2173
01:20:49,280 --> 01:20:54,870
approve consent agenda item A.

2174
01:20:54,880 --> 01:20:58,000
Making a motion to uh approve consent

2175
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:01,520
agenda item A, approval of the revised

2176
01:21:01,520 --> 01:21:04,800
personnel policy handbook.

2177
01:21:04,800 --> 01:21:05,750
>> Second.

2178
01:21:05,750 --> 01:21:05,760
» Second.

2179
01:21:05,760 --> 01:21:08,149
>> Okay. All in favor? I

2180
01:21:08,149 --> 01:21:08,159
» Okay. All in favor? I

2181
01:21:08,159 --> 01:21:12,950
>> the motion carries.

2182
01:21:12,960 --> 01:21:15,199
» Next up,

2183
01:21:15,199 --> 01:21:18,560
capital improvement projects update.

2184
01:21:18,560 --> 01:21:21,750
>> I don't there's nothing new um to really

2185
01:21:21,750 --> 01:21:21,760
» I don't there's nothing new um to really

2186
01:21:21,760 --> 01:21:25,120
report on. I think it might be might be

2187
01:21:25,120 --> 01:21:27,679
good to make mention with regards to the

2188
01:21:27,679 --> 01:21:30,880
sauce tonight and the money additional

2189
01:21:30,880 --> 01:21:34,880
monies additional potential monies. Um

2190
01:21:34,880 --> 01:21:38,000
and you know the the promises are

2191
01:21:38,000 --> 01:21:40,159
without action. You know we're looking

2192
01:21:40,159 --> 01:21:43,440
at several things um

2193
01:21:43,440 --> 01:21:46,320
fairly immediately. Uh could be some

2194
01:21:46,320 --> 01:21:49,280
some parks improvements with assistance

2195
01:21:49,280 --> 01:21:52,719
from a grant. Um we plan to propose a

2196
01:21:52,719 --> 01:21:55,199
fairly decent size drainage improvement

2197
01:21:55,199 --> 01:21:57,040
next year somewhere between 10 to

2198
01:21:57,040 --> 01:21:59,360
$400,000.

2199
01:21:59,360 --> 01:22:01,120
Uh we have some capital improvements.

2200
01:22:01,120 --> 01:22:03,840
Some outdated electrical is coming up

2201
01:22:03,840 --> 01:22:05,440
probably somewhere between 150 and

2202
01:22:05,440 --> 01:22:08,159
200,000. That's all coming council's way

2203
01:22:08,159 --> 01:22:11,199
next year. Uh right now the major

2204
01:22:11,199 --> 01:22:14,239
infrastructure um being the water tower

2205
01:22:14,239 --> 01:22:16,639
is is currently under consideration with

2206
01:22:16,639 --> 01:22:19,600
the grant. But even even the parks

2207
01:22:19,600 --> 01:22:21,679
projects, something like that, the

2208
01:22:21,679 --> 01:22:24,639
grants are a one to one match. Um the

2209
01:22:24,639 --> 01:22:26,560
initial project for the park is

2210
01:22:26,560 --> 01:22:28,880
$880,000.

2211
01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:30,480
So we're looking at a possible

2212
01:22:30,480 --> 01:22:34,000
contribution of $440.

2213
01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:38,480
Um if we can qualify for that grant. So

2214
01:22:38,480 --> 01:22:40,719
these things are coming to council and

2215
01:22:40,719 --> 01:22:43,520
they're coming in next year. Those are

2216
01:22:43,520 --> 01:22:47,440
three um of the dozens that I could

2217
01:22:47,440 --> 01:22:48,719
throw out there. I've got to try to

2218
01:22:48,719 --> 01:22:50,800
prioritize some of the group, but

2219
01:22:50,800 --> 01:22:52,400
they're coming your way. So, please know

2220
01:22:52,400 --> 01:22:56,960
that that decisions you make are not

2221
01:22:56,960 --> 01:22:58,719
it's not unwarranted. There's several

2222
01:22:58,719 --> 01:23:01,520
things that we need to do and we did

2223
01:23:01,520 --> 01:23:03,120
decide to hold off on a lot of those

2224
01:23:03,120 --> 01:23:05,520
this year just with the all the movement

2225
01:23:05,520 --> 01:23:08,400
that it's coming to you.

2226
01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:10,149
>> If I could just make one comment I

2227
01:23:10,149 --> 01:23:10,159
» If I could just make one comment I

2228
01:23:10,159 --> 01:23:13,600
thought of um we can amend our budget.

2229
01:23:13,600 --> 01:23:16,320
So, if something like this comes, we can

2230
01:23:16,320 --> 01:23:19,280
amend our budget to allow for it. But

2231
01:23:19,280 --> 01:23:22,239
once that tax rate is set,

2232
01:23:22,239 --> 01:23:25,040
it's set. We can't go back and say, "Oh,

2233
01:23:25,040 --> 01:23:27,679
I wish we would have that 200,000 or

2234
01:23:27,679 --> 01:23:29,520
whatever." I just wanted to make that

2235
01:23:29,520 --> 01:23:30,239
clear.

2236
01:23:30,239 --> 01:23:32,950
>> Is it possible to overlay budget talks

2237
01:23:32,950 --> 01:23:32,960
» Is it possible to overlay budget talks

2238
01:23:32,960 --> 01:23:35,760
with our five and 10 year plans? Can you

2239
01:23:35,760 --> 01:23:38,080
talk about [clears throat] like what

2240
01:23:38,080 --> 01:23:39,920
basically making the citizens aware of

2241
01:23:39,920 --> 01:23:41,840
what that capital improvement projects

2242
01:23:41,840 --> 01:23:44,239
would be? If I said, "Hey, Cliff, if we

2243
01:23:44,239 --> 01:23:47,280
had $500,000 left over next year, which

2244
01:23:47,280 --> 01:23:50,000
we're projecting out of our 10-year

2245
01:23:50,000 --> 01:23:53,120
plan, can we check anything off?"

2246
01:23:53,120 --> 01:23:55,030
>> Yeah, we could do we could do something

2247
01:23:55,030 --> 01:23:55,040
» Yeah, we could do we could do something

2248
01:23:55,040 --> 01:23:57,280
like that. We when we had the master

2249
01:23:57,280 --> 01:23:59,600
plan done, it's important for council

2250
01:23:59,600 --> 01:24:00,800
know that the only one that we had

2251
01:24:00,800 --> 01:24:04,800
tiered per year blocks 5, 10, 15, 25

2252
01:24:04,800 --> 01:24:06,960
were the water and wastewater. So the

2253
01:24:06,960 --> 01:24:08,800
streets, the drainage and the parks

2254
01:24:08,800 --> 01:24:11,840
master plan are not they we left that

2255
01:24:11,840 --> 01:24:14,480
all to council to decide. Uh to be

2256
01:24:14,480 --> 01:24:16,800
honest um you know we didn't know where

2257
01:24:16,800 --> 01:24:19,679
the funding was coming from. Um so we

2258
01:24:19,679 --> 01:24:21,520
didn't get as detailed. We wanted to get

2259
01:24:21,520 --> 01:24:24,080
the high level projects kind of get them

2260
01:24:24,080 --> 01:24:28,560
itemized by or prioritized by um public

2261
01:24:28,560 --> 01:24:31,679
input, staff input, council input and

2262
01:24:31,679 --> 01:24:34,159
let y'all decide as we go. Right now

2263
01:24:34,159 --> 01:24:37,840
we're just using um public input, but

2264
01:24:37,840 --> 01:24:40,080
yeah, we can we can begin to start

2265
01:24:40,080 --> 01:24:42,000
working on that.

2266
01:24:42,000 --> 01:24:45,030
>> Used to we would have um workshops where

2267
01:24:45,030 --> 01:24:45,040
» Used to we would have um workshops where

2268
01:24:45,040 --> 01:24:46,400
we would bring someone in to help

2269
01:24:46,400 --> 01:24:48,719
council come up with a strategic plan

2270
01:24:48,719 --> 01:24:50,639
and a plan of what what they wanted to

2271
01:24:50,639 --> 01:24:53,040
see for for so far. We got to the point

2272
01:24:53,040 --> 01:24:55,120
where we were strategic planning, but we

2273
01:24:55,120 --> 01:24:56,560
had no money to do anything. So, it was

2274
01:24:56,560 --> 01:24:57,679
like what are we doing?

2275
01:24:57,679 --> 01:24:59,510
>> Exactly. But that's not a bad idea now

2276
01:24:59,510 --> 01:24:59,520
» Exactly. But that's not a bad idea now

2277
01:24:59,520 --> 01:25:00,960
that we're getting ourselves into a

2278
01:25:00,960 --> 01:25:03,679
better position and we're needing things

2279
01:25:03,679 --> 01:25:06,080
and needing to come up with we there's

2280
01:25:06,080 --> 01:25:07,920
people that will come to us and hold

2281
01:25:07,920 --> 01:25:10,719
Saturday workshops for us and walk y'all

2282
01:25:10,719 --> 01:25:12,639
through coming up with that kind of

2283
01:25:12,639 --> 01:25:13,120
plan.

2284
01:25:13,120 --> 01:25:14,870
>> We could do that before. We us we used

2285
01:25:14,870 --> 01:25:14,880
» We could do that before. We us we used

2286
01:25:14,880 --> 01:25:17,199
to would do it in May after elections,

2287
01:25:17,199 --> 01:25:20,310
>> but you hopefully you'll agree this this

2288
01:25:20,310 --> 01:25:20,320
» but you hopefully you'll agree this this

2289
01:25:20,320 --> 01:25:24,000
council is far easier to work with

2290
01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:25,910
>> than those councils were. And they

2291
01:25:25,910 --> 01:25:25,920
» than those councils were. And they

2292
01:25:25,920 --> 01:25:27,199
desperately needed

2293
01:25:27,199 --> 01:25:27,669
>> guidance,

2294
01:25:27,669 --> 01:25:27,679
» guidance,

2295
01:25:27,679 --> 01:25:30,149
>> that guidance before we started getting

2296
01:25:30,149 --> 01:25:30,159
» that guidance before we started getting

2297
01:25:30,159 --> 01:25:32,400
some of these plans in place for

2298
01:25:32,400 --> 01:25:33,760
something tangible for council to look

2299
01:25:33,760 --> 01:25:35,520
at and actually have something, you

2300
01:25:35,520 --> 01:25:37,600
know, to base their decisions on.

2301
01:25:37,600 --> 01:25:39,430
>> So we we can do that.

2302
01:25:39,430 --> 01:25:39,440
» So we we can do that.

2303
01:25:39,440 --> 01:25:41,910
>> Yeah. And to the point of Bob with the

2304
01:25:41,910 --> 01:25:41,920
» Yeah. And to the point of Bob with the

2305
01:25:41,920 --> 01:25:44,080
workshops and having them all day, it's

2306
01:25:44,080 --> 01:25:45,679
mainly because we didn't have much we

2307
01:25:45,679 --> 01:25:48,000
could plan for or do, but we're getting

2308
01:25:48,000 --> 01:25:49,199
to a point where we could have these

2309
01:25:49,199 --> 01:25:52,000
where we sit down and talk have a lot

2310
01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:53,760
longer discussion on funds and what

2311
01:25:53,760 --> 01:25:55,360
we're going to do with them down the

2312
01:25:55,360 --> 01:25:56,800
road instead of just looking at one year

2313
01:25:56,800 --> 01:25:57,600
at a time.

2314
01:25:57,600 --> 01:25:59,030
>> We've been one year at a time for many

2315
01:25:59,030 --> 01:25:59,040
» We've been one year at a time for many

2316
01:25:59,040 --> 01:26:00,639
years. Yes, I think it would be far more

2317
01:26:00,639 --> 01:26:02,960
productive now than it was back then,

2318
01:26:02,960 --> 01:26:04,480
especially with our current financial

2319
01:26:04,480 --> 01:26:06,480
position and getting a little bit better

2320
01:26:06,480 --> 01:26:09,360
and a little bit more solid. But really,

2321
01:26:09,360 --> 01:26:10,960
to be honest with you, where the metal

2322
01:26:10,960 --> 01:26:13,360
meets the meat, we haven't done much

2323
01:26:13,360 --> 01:26:15,600
five, 10 year planning. We're lucky to

2324
01:26:15,600 --> 01:26:17,520
get two years down the road.

2325
01:26:17,520 --> 01:26:20,149
>> It's just sweet.

2326
01:26:20,149 --> 01:26:20,159
» It's just sweet.

2327
01:26:20,159 --> 01:26:21,189
>> Curve balls are just

2328
01:26:21,189 --> 01:26:21,199
» Curve balls are just

2329
01:26:21,199 --> 01:26:22,470
>> Yeah, once we get through this, we

2330
01:26:22,470 --> 01:26:22,480
» Yeah, once we get through this, we

2331
01:26:22,480 --> 01:26:23,840
should maybe Trish and I can sit down

2332
01:26:23,840 --> 01:26:26,320
and look at a new budget calendar.

2333
01:26:26,320 --> 01:26:28,480
It just makes that $220,000 more

2334
01:26:28,480 --> 01:26:30,400
palatable for sure. I know it's going to

2335
01:26:30,400 --> 01:26:31,120
go to

2336
01:26:31,120 --> 01:26:32,149
>> Right. 100%.

2337
01:26:32,149 --> 01:26:32,159
» Right. 100%.

2338
01:26:32,159 --> 01:26:32,470
>> Absolutely.

2339
01:26:32,470 --> 01:26:32,480
» Absolutely.

2340
01:26:32,480 --> 01:26:33,990
>> And I agree. And

2341
01:26:33,990 --> 01:26:34,000
» And I agree. And

2342
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:37,590
>> and um you know, six years ago, our fund

2343
01:26:37,590 --> 01:26:37,600
» and um you know, six years ago, our fund

2344
01:26:37,600 --> 01:26:39,520
balances were not anywhere near where

2345
01:26:39,520 --> 01:26:40,400
they are now,

2346
01:26:40,400 --> 01:26:40,790
>> right?

2347
01:26:40,790 --> 01:26:40,800
» right?

2348
01:26:40,800 --> 01:26:44,950
>> Um we worked hard to get them there.

2349
01:26:44,950 --> 01:26:44,960
» Um we worked hard to get them there.

2350
01:26:44,960 --> 01:26:46,709
>> And I' I've actually been kind of

2351
01:26:46,709 --> 01:26:46,719
» And I' I've actually been kind of

2352
01:26:46,719 --> 01:26:48,639
waiting to start dropping these.

2353
01:26:48,639 --> 01:26:49,510
>> Yeah. So,

2354
01:26:49,510 --> 01:26:49,520
» Yeah. So,

2355
01:26:49,520 --> 01:26:50,950
>> we couldn't we couldn't really do

2356
01:26:50,950 --> 01:26:50,960
» we couldn't we couldn't really do

2357
01:26:50,960 --> 01:26:53,760
anything without any sort of I can't

2358
01:26:53,760 --> 01:26:56,960
tell you any $30 million. a way to

2359
01:26:56,960 --> 01:26:59,110
>> tell you how to how to produce it or or

2360
01:26:59,110 --> 01:26:59,120
» tell you how to how to produce it or or

2361
01:26:59,120 --> 01:27:00,719
to get it get it produced with funding.

2362
01:27:00,719 --> 01:27:03,040
I can't um but now we're looking better

2363
01:27:03,040 --> 01:27:05,440
and we can start those discussions.

2364
01:27:05,440 --> 01:27:07,510
>> Yeah. Well, and we'll get a plan in

2365
01:27:07,510 --> 01:27:07,520
» Yeah. Well, and we'll get a plan in

2366
01:27:07,520 --> 01:27:09,040
place for this for the next year.

2367
01:27:09,040 --> 01:27:09,590
>> Oh yeah.

2368
01:27:09,590 --> 01:27:09,600
» Oh yeah.

2369
01:27:09,600 --> 01:27:10,790
>> While we're kind of thrown into this in

2370
01:27:10,790 --> 01:27:10,800
» While we're kind of thrown into this in

2371
01:27:10,800 --> 01:27:14,560
May um al together. Uh so we're going to

2372
01:27:14,560 --> 01:27:15,840
we're going to come back next year with

2373
01:27:15,840 --> 01:27:19,120
a a better process

2374
01:27:19,120 --> 01:27:20,870
>> and we have lots of ideas. So this year

2375
01:27:20,870 --> 01:27:20,880
» and we have lots of ideas. So this year

2376
01:27:20,880 --> 01:27:22,639
we were chasing our tail to get to this

2377
01:27:22,639 --> 01:27:27,360
point. Um, but it'll actually be nice to

2378
01:27:27,360 --> 01:27:29,840
be able to actually plan beyond let's

2379
01:27:29,840 --> 01:27:32,639
hold our head above water this year.

2380
01:27:32,639 --> 01:27:34,070
>> We're feeling more confident with that

2381
01:27:34,070 --> 01:27:34,080
» We're feeling more confident with that

2382
01:27:34,080 --> 01:27:35,280
now than we ever have up.

2383
01:27:35,280 --> 01:27:35,830
>> 100%.

2384
01:27:35,830 --> 01:27:35,840
» 100%.

2385
01:27:35,840 --> 01:27:36,229
>> Yeah.

2386
01:27:36,229 --> 01:27:36,239
» Yeah.

2387
01:27:36,239 --> 01:27:37,430
>> Yeah. I agree.

2388
01:27:37,430 --> 01:27:37,440
» Yeah. I agree.

2389
01:27:37,440 --> 01:27:39,510
>> That's all I Well, Cliff, I appreciate

2390
01:27:39,510 --> 01:27:39,520
» That's all I Well, Cliff, I appreciate

2391
01:27:39,520 --> 01:27:40,639
you saying that.

2392
01:27:40,639 --> 01:27:42,310
>> Like the decisions that I'm making up

2393
01:27:42,310 --> 01:27:42,320
» Like the decisions that I'm making up

2394
01:27:42,320 --> 01:27:45,040
here, I realize are not just going to

2395
01:27:45,040 --> 01:27:46,800
affect us this year or the next budget

2396
01:27:46,800 --> 01:27:48,719
year. These are these are things that

2397
01:27:48,719 --> 01:27:50,960
will affect us for 5 years, 10 years

2398
01:27:50,960 --> 01:27:53,679
down the road, right? So, that's why I

2399
01:27:53,679 --> 01:27:56,639
was uh looking at the rate like I was. I

2400
01:27:56,639 --> 01:27:58,320
know you have a lot of stuff that needs

2401
01:27:58,320 --> 01:28:00,560
to needs to get done. But, I appreciate

2402
01:28:00,560 --> 01:28:02,560
you saying that because it helps the

2403
01:28:02,560 --> 01:28:05,840
citizens understand as well that again,

2404
01:28:05,840 --> 01:28:07,360
we're not just trying to rake in a bunch

2405
01:28:07,360 --> 01:28:08,880
of money. We got stuff to do.

2406
01:28:08,880 --> 01:28:10,709
>> So, as soon as y'all told us we could

2407
01:28:10,709 --> 01:28:10,719
» So, as soon as y'all told us we could

2408
01:28:10,719 --> 01:28:13,360
get some plans going, we were looking.

2409
01:28:13,360 --> 01:28:15,830
>> Just so you know, I missed one slide. I

2410
01:28:15,830 --> 01:28:15,840
» Just so you know, I missed one slide. I

2411
01:28:15,840 --> 01:28:17,760
didn't go to the last slide, but that'll

2412
01:28:17,760 --> 01:28:22,229
show you guys history of our tax rate.

2413
01:28:22,239 --> 01:28:24,080
» Thank you.

2414
01:28:24,080 --> 01:28:27,030
>> Yes, thank

2415
01:28:27,030 --> 01:28:27,040
» Yes, thank

2416
01:28:27,040 --> 01:28:29,040
otherwise all they see is increased

2417
01:28:29,040 --> 01:28:30,880
taxes and pitch come out.

2418
01:28:30,880 --> 01:28:32,709
>> We'll also do our part to make it public

2419
01:28:32,709 --> 01:28:32,719
» We'll also do our part to make it public

2420
01:28:32,719 --> 01:28:34,239
once we can get a little bit more solid

2421
01:28:34,239 --> 01:28:36,159
direction. We'll do we'll do our due

2422
01:28:36,159 --> 01:28:37,840
diligence to make sure the word gets out

2423
01:28:37,840 --> 01:28:39,679
there. We've been playing catchup and

2424
01:28:39,679 --> 01:28:41,840
now we can

2425
01:28:41,840 --> 01:28:42,400
move forward.

2426
01:28:42,400 --> 01:28:44,470
>> It's just it's not easy to put out these

2427
01:28:44,470 --> 01:28:44,480
» It's just it's not easy to put out these

2428
01:28:44,480 --> 01:28:46,159
big ideas when we don't know if we're

2429
01:28:46,159 --> 01:28:48,400
going to get them funded. So, it's like

2430
01:28:48,400 --> 01:28:50,960
I have been stewing on just our parks

2431
01:28:50,960 --> 01:28:52,639
master plan that we did. We put out a

2432
01:28:52,639 --> 01:28:55,360
really cool looking park and we're

2433
01:28:55,360 --> 01:28:57,199
almost two years later and it's like

2434
01:28:57,199 --> 01:28:58,950
>> then hopefully council understands that

2435
01:28:58,950 --> 01:28:58,960
» then hopefully council understands that

2436
01:28:58,960 --> 01:28:59,760
you know

2437
01:28:59,760 --> 01:29:02,310
>> $20,000 $50,000 a little bit more

2438
01:29:02,310 --> 01:29:02,320
» $20,000 $50,000 a little bit more

2439
01:29:02,320 --> 01:29:06,159
palatable than 400,000 to a million and

2440
01:29:06,159 --> 01:29:08,239
that is very honestly what we're looking

2441
01:29:08,239 --> 01:29:10,320
at here very easily what we're looking

2442
01:29:10,320 --> 01:29:13,360
at but we could like just stuff we need

2443
01:29:13,360 --> 01:29:16,400
to do now nothing extra

2444
01:29:16,400 --> 01:29:19,669
>> and I hate to pass up free money because

2445
01:29:19,669 --> 01:29:19,679
» and I hate to pass up free money because

2446
01:29:19,679 --> 01:29:21,520
we don't have the other half you know

2447
01:29:21,520 --> 01:29:23,280
the match.

2448
01:29:23,280 --> 01:29:25,920
Um,

2449
01:29:25,920 --> 01:29:28,629
>> no new trucks. We got to save it for the

2450
01:29:28,629 --> 01:29:28,639
» no new trucks. We got to save it for the

2451
01:29:28,639 --> 01:29:28,960
parks.

2452
01:29:28,960 --> 01:29:30,070
>> Well, we got those, too.

2453
01:29:30,070 --> 01:29:30,080
» Well, we got those, too.

2454
01:29:30,080 --> 01:29:32,229
>> There's $60,000 in your budget for a new

2455
01:29:32,229 --> 01:29:32,239
» There's $60,000 in your budget for a new

2456
01:29:32,239 --> 01:29:34,880
truck. [laughter]

2457
01:29:34,880 --> 01:29:39,590
>> Okay. Thank you, Cliff.

2458
01:29:39,600 --> 01:29:41,199
» City manager report.

2459
01:29:41,199 --> 01:29:43,030
>> So, again, thanks to Trish and all of

2460
01:29:43,030 --> 01:29:43,040
» So, again, thanks to Trish and all of

2461
01:29:43,040 --> 01:29:44,800
staff for their work on the on the

2462
01:29:44,800 --> 01:29:47,040
budget. Um, and I really, I say it

2463
01:29:47,040 --> 01:29:48,239
again, I said it earlier, but I really

2464
01:29:48,239 --> 01:29:50,560
do appreciate all of council taking the

2465
01:29:50,560 --> 01:29:52,560
time to ask questions and be involved

2466
01:29:52,560 --> 01:29:54,080
um, outside of the meeting, reaching out

2467
01:29:54,080 --> 01:29:55,920
to us separately or and then bringing it

2468
01:29:55,920 --> 01:29:58,560
back here to all um, brainstorm

2469
01:29:58,560 --> 01:30:01,199
together. It helps us tremendously. It

2470
01:30:01,199 --> 01:30:03,199
catches things that we may not catch. We

2471
01:30:03,199 --> 01:30:05,840
are spread thin right now. And um,

2472
01:30:05,840 --> 01:30:08,719
having another set of eyes, it we're not

2473
01:30:08,719 --> 01:30:10,639
offended. It's anything you ask us and

2474
01:30:10,639 --> 01:30:12,960
and we we need all the help. And um,

2475
01:30:12,960 --> 01:30:14,400
that's why you're here. you're here to

2476
01:30:14,400 --> 01:30:16,320
be the the second set of eyes for things

2477
01:30:16,320 --> 01:30:18,320
we do. Um, and I want to thank all of

2478
01:30:18,320 --> 01:30:19,920
our new council members that are

2479
01:30:19,920 --> 01:30:23,280
attending new council training. Um, Mr.

2480
01:30:23,280 --> 01:30:25,920
Dunn just got back and then um I won't

2481
01:30:25,920 --> 01:30:27,760
blame him for not being able to go but

2482
01:30:27,760 --> 01:30:30,159
did want to go. And then Councilman Ra

2483
01:30:30,159 --> 01:30:32,400
and Mayor are going this week for newly

2484
01:30:32,400 --> 01:30:34,159
elected officials training. I have been

2485
01:30:34,159 --> 01:30:35,920
city secretary since 2019. I have not

2486
01:30:35,920 --> 01:30:38,480
had anyone ever go. Um, I've always put

2487
01:30:38,480 --> 01:30:42,159
it out there and um, they are taking

2488
01:30:42,159 --> 01:30:43,840
time out of their own days, their own

2489
01:30:43,840 --> 01:30:46,000
work, their own lives, whatever they do

2490
01:30:46,000 --> 01:30:49,120
normally to travel hours to be better

2491
01:30:49,120 --> 01:30:52,159
for the city and I appreciate it. Um, it

2492
01:30:52,159 --> 01:30:53,280
won't be the last thing that I probably

2493
01:30:53,280 --> 01:30:55,440
ask y'all to do um, on behalf of the

2494
01:30:55,440 --> 01:30:56,800
city and I think y'all are up to the

2495
01:30:56,800 --> 01:30:59,600
task and going to represent us well. Um,

2496
01:30:59,600 --> 01:31:01,040
school starts this week. I'm sure I'm

2497
01:31:01,040 --> 01:31:02,960
going to dump all of you on your

2498
01:31:02,960 --> 01:31:06,159
comments. Um, but just be careful, keep

2499
01:31:06,159 --> 01:31:07,840
your eyes and ears open for kids.

2500
01:31:07,840 --> 01:31:08,800
They're going to be walking, riding

2501
01:31:08,800 --> 01:31:10,639
bikes, and it's going to be a little bit

2502
01:31:10,639 --> 01:31:13,760
more hectic in the neighborhoods this

2503
01:31:13,760 --> 01:31:16,159
week. And then, um, thanks to the police

2504
01:31:16,159 --> 01:31:17,920
department, they've had some heavy calls

2505
01:31:17,920 --> 01:31:21,440
last few months. Um, one this weekend.

2506
01:31:21,440 --> 01:31:23,760
And, um, our thoughts are out to all the

2507
01:31:23,760 --> 01:31:25,520
families affected. And then our officers

2508
01:31:25,520 --> 01:31:27,840
have to go out for that. Also, um, fire

2509
01:31:27,840 --> 01:31:30,560
department's been kicking butt and

2510
01:31:30,560 --> 01:31:32,880
taking names, and we're appreciative of

2511
01:31:32,880 --> 01:31:34,960
them. Also, I'm trying to tag along when

2512
01:31:34,960 --> 01:31:36,960
I can because I want to be in their

2513
01:31:36,960 --> 01:31:39,280
business and see what they're doing.

2514
01:31:39,280 --> 01:31:42,000
They won't get me.

2515
01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:43,510
>> They just want you to drive the truck.

2516
01:31:43,510 --> 01:31:43,520
» They just want you to drive the truck.

2517
01:31:43,520 --> 01:31:44,149
>> I can drive.

2518
01:31:44,149 --> 01:31:44,159
» I can drive.

2519
01:31:44,159 --> 01:31:45,830
>> Halloween costumes are coming out. I can

2520
01:31:45,830 --> 01:31:45,840
» Halloween costumes are coming out. I can

2521
01:31:45,840 --> 01:31:47,280
drive one, but that's all I got.

2522
01:31:47,280 --> 01:31:49,830
>> Oh, gosh.

2523
01:31:49,830 --> 01:31:49,840
» Oh, gosh.

2524
01:31:49,840 --> 01:31:52,070
>> Yes, they are.

2525
01:31:52,070 --> 01:31:52,080
» Yes, they are.

2526
01:31:52,080 --> 01:31:55,189
>> Thank you. Uh, Council Member Riyle, do

2527
01:31:55,189 --> 01:31:55,199
» Thank you. Uh, Council Member Riyle, do

2528
01:31:55,199 --> 01:31:56,400
you have anything you wish to add?

2529
01:31:56,400 --> 01:31:58,310
>> Yeah, I'm looking forward to going to

2530
01:31:58,310 --> 01:31:58,320
» Yeah, I'm looking forward to going to

2531
01:31:58,320 --> 01:32:01,360
Round Rock and learning what I'm doing

2532
01:32:01,360 --> 01:32:04,629
here.

2533
01:32:04,639 --> 01:32:06,560
This this is this is kind of

2534
01:32:06,560 --> 01:32:08,480
overwhelming for someone that hasn't

2535
01:32:08,480 --> 01:32:12,800
done anything politically in

2536
01:32:12,800 --> 01:32:15,920
a long time. I want to give my age a

2537
01:32:15,920 --> 01:32:18,000
long time and so I'm looking forward to

2538
01:32:18,000 --> 01:32:20,000
seeing what I can do.

2539
01:32:20,000 --> 01:32:23,270
>> We appreciate that.

2540
01:32:23,270 --> 01:32:23,280
» We appreciate that.

2541
01:32:23,280 --> 01:32:26,593
>> Thank you, sir. Counc,

2542
01:32:26,593 --> 01:32:26,603
» Thank you, sir. Counc,

2543
01:32:26,603 --> 01:32:28,080
[clears throat]

2544
01:32:28,080 --> 01:32:30,000
if you if you're listening, uh thanks

2545
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:32,560
for the remarks. Uh much appreciated.

2546
01:32:32,560 --> 01:32:35,520
Your your comments didn't go unnoticed.

2547
01:32:35,520 --> 01:32:38,480
Um

2548
01:32:38,480 --> 01:32:42,159
I would tell you um

2549
01:32:42,159 --> 01:32:44,719
there's consideration on all fees on all

2550
01:32:44,719 --> 01:32:47,679
all sides. Um and and there's nothing in

2551
01:32:47,679 --> 01:32:49,440
this world that's not going up in price.

2552
01:32:49,440 --> 01:32:51,600
So I think we did the due diligence and

2553
01:32:51,600 --> 01:32:53,040
please have faith in us in in that

2554
01:32:53,040 --> 01:32:56,480
aspect. Um thanks for kind of letting me

2555
01:32:56,480 --> 01:32:58,800
go to that TML training. It was much

2556
01:32:58,800 --> 01:33:01,920
appreciated. Very enlightening. Um, you

2557
01:33:01,920 --> 01:33:03,760
will talk you will talk a lot about tax

2558
01:33:03,760 --> 01:33:05,920
rates. Unfortunately, you'll get some

2559
01:33:05,920 --> 01:33:09,199
more of it. Um, I made it pretty easy to

2560
01:33:09,199 --> 01:33:11,920
digest uh everything that we're hearing

2561
01:33:11,920 --> 01:33:13,760
last month and this month with

2562
01:33:13,760 --> 01:33:15,040
budgeting. So, you'll kind of learn

2563
01:33:15,040 --> 01:33:17,040
that. Uh, and then it's good to get in a

2564
01:33:17,040 --> 01:33:19,760
room with 300 individuals from across

2565
01:33:19,760 --> 01:33:22,639
the state and you realize how green our

2566
01:33:22,639 --> 01:33:25,040
grass is. Um, you realize how good the

2567
01:33:25,040 --> 01:33:30,239
city truly is. Um so has you makes you

2568
01:33:30,239 --> 01:33:33,600
appreciate coming back here. Um other

2569
01:33:33,600 --> 01:33:36,000
than that it is back to school. Tonight

2570
01:33:36,000 --> 01:33:38,639
was uh meet the teacher. So school zones

2571
01:33:38,639 --> 01:33:40,719
ideally the the lights will be working

2572
01:33:40,719 --> 01:33:44,000
on 2004 there and uh watch out and be

2573
01:33:44,000 --> 01:33:45,440
safe.

2574
01:33:45,440 --> 01:33:49,510
>> Thank you sir.

2575
01:33:49,520 --> 01:33:51,360
» The only thing I have I apologize for

2576
01:33:51,360 --> 01:33:52,960
not being able to make the meeting

2577
01:33:52,960 --> 01:33:55,760
unfortunate accident. So other than

2578
01:33:55,760 --> 01:33:58,480
that, I'm pretty good. I appreciate

2579
01:33:58,480 --> 01:34:00,639
everybody showing up. I wish we had a

2580
01:34:00,639 --> 01:34:04,199
little more attendance, but uh

2581
01:34:04,199 --> 01:34:05,360
[clears throat] anybody's watching, I

2582
01:34:05,360 --> 01:34:07,440
really encourage them to show up and and

2583
01:34:07,440 --> 01:34:09,760
give their input.

2584
01:34:09,760 --> 01:34:12,320
That's all I have. Thank you, sir.

2585
01:34:12,320 --> 01:34:15,669
That's our

2586
01:34:15,679 --> 01:34:16,719
Trisha.

2587
01:34:16,719 --> 01:34:17,430
>> Yes, sir.

2588
01:34:17,430 --> 01:34:17,440
» Yes, sir.

2589
01:34:17,440 --> 01:34:19,270
>> Thank you very much.

2590
01:34:19,270 --> 01:34:19,280
» Thank you very much.

2591
01:34:19,280 --> 01:34:21,760
I know how much work you guys put into

2592
01:34:21,760 --> 01:34:24,880
uh the budget preparation. So,

2593
01:34:24,880 --> 01:34:26,390
>> you used to hear the screaming.

2594
01:34:26,390 --> 01:34:26,400
» you used to hear the screaming.

2595
01:34:26,400 --> 01:34:26,950
>> I'm sorry.

2596
01:34:26,950 --> 01:34:26,960
» I'm sorry.

2597
01:34:26,960 --> 01:34:28,709
>> You used to hear the screaming from you.

2598
01:34:28,709 --> 01:34:28,719
» You used to hear the screaming from you.

2599
01:34:28,719 --> 01:34:30,310
>> I did used to hear the screaming. I'm

2600
01:34:30,310 --> 01:34:30,320
» I did used to hear the screaming. I'm

2601
01:34:30,320 --> 01:34:32,000
glad I don't hear it anymore. Like, this

2602
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:33,840
is a wonderful season for me. [laughter]

2603
01:34:33,840 --> 01:34:36,320
So, thank you all very much. I

2604
01:34:36,320 --> 01:34:38,880
appreciate the work.

2605
01:34:38,880 --> 01:34:39,669
>> That's it.

2606
01:34:39,669 --> 01:34:39,679
» That's it.

2607
01:34:39,679 --> 01:34:44,070
>> That's it. Well, I quadruple or second

2608
01:34:44,070 --> 01:34:44,080
» That's it. Well, I quadruple or second

2609
01:34:44,080 --> 01:34:45,760
or third or whatever you want to say.

2610
01:34:45,760 --> 01:34:47,360
Thank y'all for the budget. I know

2611
01:34:47,360 --> 01:34:49,120
you'll work hard in it. I love coming up

2612
01:34:49,120 --> 01:34:51,520
here and seeing what you guys are up to

2613
01:34:51,520 --> 01:34:53,440
daily because y'all are like bees in the

2614
01:34:53,440 --> 01:34:55,679
beehive. I just I never get to go on

2615
01:34:55,679 --> 01:34:57,600
Jeep side over there. I know you're

2616
01:34:57,600 --> 01:35:00,639
busy. Um, you know, I appreciate all

2617
01:35:00,639 --> 01:35:03,120
that y'all are doing for the city. So,

2618
01:35:03,120 --> 01:35:04,880
it does not go unnoticed. I wish I could

2619
01:35:04,880 --> 01:35:07,040
stop by more because when I do get to

2620
01:35:07,040 --> 01:35:08,960
stop by, Gibson loves to play with

2621
01:35:08,960 --> 01:35:11,120
y'all. He likes to take funds from the

2622
01:35:11,120 --> 01:35:13,120
city like trash grabbers and raccoon

2623
01:35:13,120 --> 01:35:15,920
suits. So, we might go over budget this

2624
01:35:15,920 --> 01:35:17,360
year, but

2625
01:35:17,360 --> 01:35:19,189
>> that's KRB. That's KB.

2626
01:35:19,189 --> 01:35:19,199
» that's KRB. That's KB.

2627
01:35:19,199 --> 01:35:21,510
>> I know. Happy to do it.

2628
01:35:21,510 --> 01:35:21,520
» I know. Happy to do it.

2629
01:35:21,520 --> 01:35:23,510
>> I'll keep them out of here. Other than

2630
01:35:23,510 --> 01:35:23,520
» I'll keep them out of here. Other than

2631
01:35:23,520 --> 01:35:26,480
that, um the principal at Pulk asked

2632
01:35:26,480 --> 01:35:28,800
that everybody drive safe around there.

2633
01:35:28,800 --> 01:35:30,480
Um if not, she's going to put out spike

2634
01:35:30,480 --> 01:35:32,560
strips because she cares about all the

2635
01:35:32,560 --> 01:35:35,520
little kiddos. And u everybody stay

2636
01:35:35,520 --> 01:35:39,360
cool, be safe out there. Uh Chief

2637
01:35:39,360 --> 01:35:41,120
Richards I know wants everybody to be

2638
01:35:41,120 --> 01:35:44,719
safe in their you know uh after hours

2639
01:35:44,719 --> 01:35:47,199
activities as well.

2640
01:35:47,199 --> 01:35:48,560
And again our prayers and thoughts are

2641
01:35:48,560 --> 01:35:50,800
with all that were affected even our

2642
01:35:50,800 --> 01:35:52,320
officers that were there early in the

2643
01:35:52,320 --> 01:35:54,239
morning.

2644
01:35:54,239 --> 01:35:56,800
Moving forward I think that we uh have

2645
01:35:56,800 --> 01:35:58,800
some good numbers for you to finalize

2646
01:35:58,800 --> 01:36:01,199
for our budget and carry forward to the

2647
01:36:01,199 --> 01:36:05,360
next year so Cliff can add more noise

2648
01:36:05,360 --> 01:36:08,080
as I always say. So, thank you guys for

2649
01:36:08,080 --> 01:36:09,360
all your hard work. Everybody in the

2650
01:36:09,360 --> 01:36:11,520
city, even our fire staff that we never

2651
01:36:11,520 --> 01:36:14,639
get to see. I know they're busy, but I I

2652
01:36:14,639 --> 01:36:16,159
do

2653
01:36:16,159 --> 01:36:18,629
>> they probably are I do appreciate

2654
01:36:18,629 --> 01:36:18,639
» they probably are I do appreciate

2655
01:36:18,639 --> 01:36:20,080
everything they I know they've made a

2656
01:36:20,080 --> 01:36:21,600
couple fires since we were here last.

2657
01:36:21,600 --> 01:36:24,400
So, I'll bring the marshmallows next

2658
01:36:24,400 --> 01:36:29,280
time. And that's all I have. Um,

2659
01:36:29,280 --> 01:36:30,800
do we have any items of community

2660
01:36:30,800 --> 01:36:33,199
interest? Um, we are accepting

2661
01:36:33,199 --> 01:36:35,840
applications for charter review and

2662
01:36:35,840 --> 01:36:38,719
CCPD. They're all on our website for

2663
01:36:38,719 --> 01:36:42,159
anyone that is interested. Um, other

2664
01:36:42,159 --> 01:36:46,080
than that, um, I met with KRB last week.

2665
01:36:46,080 --> 01:36:48,080
They have their meeting and this

2666
01:36:48,080 --> 01:36:51,840
Saturday for just an hour, 9:00 a.m.,

2667
01:36:51,840 --> 01:36:53,600
um, Saturday morning, they are really

2668
01:36:53,600 --> 01:36:55,199
needing some help at the community

2669
01:36:55,199 --> 01:36:57,920
garden. It's being overtaken by fire

2670
01:36:57,920 --> 01:37:01,520
ants. And so, um, we're just going to

2671
01:37:01,520 --> 01:37:05,119
meet there about 8:45 and work for an

2672
01:37:05,119 --> 01:37:07,040
hour and just, you know, anyone that is

2673
01:37:07,040 --> 01:37:10,159
able to come and and help them out. Um,

2674
01:37:10,159 --> 01:37:13,199
I'll be out there and um, you know, just

2675
01:37:13,199 --> 01:37:15,360
to help them with with their guard for

2676
01:37:15,360 --> 01:37:18,000
an hour or so. That would be great.

2677
01:37:18,000 --> 01:37:19,750
>> Everybody gets to pick up fire ants.

2678
01:37:19,750 --> 01:37:19,760
» Everybody gets to pick up fire ants.

2679
01:37:19,760 --> 01:37:21,189
>> Yeah. Yeah.

2680
01:37:21,189 --> 01:37:21,199
» Yeah. Yeah.

2681
01:37:21,199 --> 01:37:23,030
>> And no kids. Adults only. We're trying

2682
01:37:23,030 --> 01:37:23,040
» And no kids. Adults only. We're trying

2683
01:37:23,040 --> 01:37:23,360
to

2684
01:37:23,360 --> 01:37:25,830
>> adults only. No volunteers from schools

2685
01:37:25,830 --> 01:37:25,840
» adults only. No volunteers from schools

2686
01:37:25,840 --> 01:37:27,840
or any organizations.

2687
01:37:27,840 --> 01:37:30,480
adults. Mayor, can I make one comment?

2688
01:37:30,480 --> 01:37:31,510
>> Yes, ma'am.

2689
01:37:31,510 --> 01:37:31,520
» Yes, ma'am.

2690
01:37:31,520 --> 01:37:33,189
>> Um,

2691
01:37:33,189 --> 01:37:33,199
» Um,

2692
01:37:33,199 --> 01:37:35,280
I just want to thank Laura Tiner in

2693
01:37:35,280 --> 01:37:38,320
public. She um, we've had an employee

2694
01:37:38,320 --> 01:37:43,199
out on leave and Laura had to get pulled

2695
01:37:43,199 --> 01:37:47,520
back into her old role and um, at the

2696
01:37:47,520 --> 01:37:50,000
same time learn her new role. She's been

2697
01:37:50,000 --> 01:37:52,159
kicking butt. The employee came back

2698
01:37:52,159 --> 01:37:55,280
today. Hopefully it'll ease up on Laura

2699
01:37:55,280 --> 01:37:57,600
now some. But I just wanted to thank her

2700
01:37:57,600 --> 01:37:58,480
in my book.

2701
01:37:58,480 --> 01:37:59,910
>> She's been very helpful. She's been

2702
01:37:59,910 --> 01:37:59,920
» She's been very helpful. She's been

2703
01:37:59,920 --> 01:38:02,560
helping me out as well and giving me

2704
01:38:02,560 --> 01:38:05,040
grief. Anybody

2705
01:38:05,040 --> 01:38:07,270
>> I taught her well.

2706
01:38:07,270 --> 01:38:07,280
» I taught her well.

2707
01:38:07,280 --> 01:38:08,149
>> Thank you.

2708
01:38:08,149 --> 01:38:08,159
» Thank you.

2709
01:38:08,159 --> 01:38:09,669
>> Thank you. Thank you.

2710
01:38:09,669 --> 01:38:09,679
» Thank you. Thank you.

2711
01:38:09,679 --> 01:38:11,270
>> You have any future agenda items we'd

2712
01:38:11,270 --> 01:38:11,280
» You have any future agenda items we'd

2713
01:38:11,280 --> 01:38:12,239
like to add?

2714
01:38:12,239 --> 01:38:13,750
>> So, um, we're going to bring the

2715
01:38:13,750 --> 01:38:13,760
» So, um, we're going to bring the

2716
01:38:13,760 --> 01:38:15,920
software agreement. I did not he Joe,

2717
01:38:15,920 --> 01:38:17,760
he's the our rep that's been um helping

2718
01:38:17,760 --> 01:38:19,040
us out a lot. wanted to come tonight,

2719
01:38:19,040 --> 01:38:20,239
but I had to let him know I was not

2720
01:38:20,239 --> 01:38:21,760
putting the agreement on this agenda

2721
01:38:21,760 --> 01:38:22,800
just because I wanted to give y'all an

2722
01:38:22,800 --> 01:38:24,880
option out to get out of it if he didn't

2723
01:38:24,880 --> 01:38:26,719
want to do it. We would understand. Um,

2724
01:38:26,719 --> 01:38:27,840
so we're going to have the fund you

2725
01:38:27,840 --> 01:38:29,520
agreement on next agenda and he'll

2726
01:38:29,520 --> 01:38:32,159
probably attend so we can meet y'all.

2727
01:38:32,159 --> 01:38:34,480
Um, we have a dilapidated structure that

2728
01:38:34,480 --> 01:38:36,320
I I've been letting youall know about.

2729
01:38:36,320 --> 01:38:36,960
We're going to start getting those

2730
01:38:36,960 --> 01:38:38,719
notices out and get it put on the

2731
01:38:38,719 --> 01:38:40,800
agenda. um boards and commissions

2732
01:38:40,800 --> 01:38:42,320
appointment. Like War said, we have the

2733
01:38:42,320 --> 01:38:44,080
full charter review committee to staff

2734
01:38:44,080 --> 01:38:46,239
and we have one position on CCPD and

2735
01:38:46,239 --> 01:38:47,520
then we'll have a tax and budget

2736
01:38:47,520 --> 01:38:49,920
adoption.

2737
01:38:49,920 --> 01:38:51,750
>> Just a few things. We hope to have the

2738
01:38:51,750 --> 01:38:51,760
» Just a few things. We hope to have the

2739
01:38:51,760 --> 01:38:55,119
service contract for solid waste, too.

2740
01:38:55,119 --> 01:38:57,350
>> Oh, well, you all authorize us to extend

2741
01:38:57,350 --> 01:38:57,360
» Oh, well, you all authorize us to extend

2742
01:38:57,360 --> 01:39:00,320
it. Um he's been working on the they got

2743
01:39:00,320 --> 01:39:03,520
real busy and we're you got uh behind on

2744
01:39:03,520 --> 01:39:05,199
getting us that updated agreement, but

2745
01:39:05,199 --> 01:39:06,320
we're still working on it. It's coming.

2746
01:39:06,320 --> 01:39:09,040
They did agree to the multi-year. They

2747
01:39:09,040 --> 01:39:10,239
were happy to hear about that.

2748
01:39:10,239 --> 01:39:12,470
>> Okay, good. Good. Our residents should

2749
01:39:12,470 --> 01:39:12,480
» Okay, good. Good. Our residents should

2750
01:39:12,480 --> 01:39:14,400
be happy.

2751
01:39:14,400 --> 01:39:17,990
>> Okay, the time is now 7:40 and no other

2752
01:39:17,990 --> 01:39:18,000
» Okay, the time is now 7:40 and no other

2753
01:39:18,000 --> 01:39:21,920
issues to discuss. This meeting is a

2754
01:39:21,920 --> 01:39:24,390
>> law

2755
01:39:24,390 --> 01:39:24,400
» law

2756
01:39:24,400 --> 01:39:25,760
require [clears throat]

2757
01:39:25,760 --> 01:39:27,600
signature.

2758
01:39:27,600 --> 01:39:29,350
>> The problem maybe just the mayor if it's

2759
01:39:29,350 --> 01:39:29,360
» The problem maybe just the mayor if it's

2760
01:39:29,360 --> 01:39:31,600
not too much. They've already authorized

2761
01:39:31,600 --> 01:39:36,480
me to engage in it. If the um if

2762
01:39:36,480 --> 01:39:38,149
>> they come back and say they want to do

2763
01:39:38,149 --> 01:39:38,159
» they come back and say they want to do

2764
01:39:38,159 --> 01:39:40,159
different rates, then we will

2765
01:39:40,159 --> 01:39:41,990
>> But if not, they've already given me the

2766
01:39:41,990 --> 01:39:42,000
» But if not, they've already given me the

2767
01:39:42,000 --> 01:39:49,109
>> green.

2768
01:39:49,119 --> 01:39:52,239
know about. Just