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town, Texas will be held due the 25th
day of August 2026 at 6 p.m. South Texas

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501 West Texas 100 Texas 78578 pursuant
to Texas government code section 551.127

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members of the town council may attend
and participate in the video conference

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at quorum of the town council visit the
president of the above meeting location

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item to be discussed
meeting to order at

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the

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heavenly father we thank Thank you for
the opportunity to serve our community.

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Please be with us as we make decisions
that will help our community. Watch over

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those in need. Be with those who need
you most. In your name we pray. Amen.

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Amen.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation

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under God, indivisible with liberty and
justice for all. Honor the Texas flag. I

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pledge allegiance to thee Texas. One
state under God, one indivisible.

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[clears throat]

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» [snorts]

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» Item two, open form. The public is
allowed three minutes for person to

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address the council on any topic. There
will be no discussion. I'm sorry. Roll

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call. [laughter]
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» Council member Gan
>> here.

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» Council member Howard. Council member
Parker

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» here. Council member Cornelius
>> here.

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» Council member Bryant
>> here.

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» Council member Hernandez
>> here. Mayor Carter

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» here. Item two, the public is allowed
three minutes per person to address the

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council on any topic. There'll be no
discussion or formal hear agenda item

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speaker identify themselves prior to
before speaking. Speaker requested the

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city secretary prior to the meeting.
We have one Selena McCauley. Selena

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McCaulay, who has final responsibility
and authority for authorizing,

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approving, and signing expenditures for
each town fund? If that cannot be

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answered publicly tonight
for a formal response, will council

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place the question on the agenda with
supporting documents identifying the

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authority. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Thank you.

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Item three, discussion and action on
approval of minutes for the council

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meeting regular council meeting

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January 26, 2026. Regular council
meeting August 11, 2026 and special

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council meeting August 196.
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[clears throat]
>> I know it's okay.

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Yes.
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» So, I'll make a motion that we approve
the council meeting minutes from January

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26, 2026, August 11th, 2026, and August
19th, 2026.

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Second motion by council Bryant,
seconded by Council Parker to approve

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the
approval of the minutes of the town

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council meeting on January 26, 2026,
August 11, 2026, August 19th, 2026.

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Council
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» no.
>> Council member Howard,

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» yes.
>> Council member Parker,

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» yes.
>> Council member Pelius,

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» yes.
>> Council member Bryant,

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» yes.
>> Council member Hernandez,

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» yes.
>> Mayor,

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» I have a point of order that I would
like to make. I believe in the brother's

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rules of order that you're not able to
say no on voting on the minutes without

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a correction that's supposed to be made.
So if there's something wrong in the

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minutes that you disagree with, you need
to correct [laughter] it.

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» I wasn't here in January, so
[clears throat] I wouldn't know.

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» So
then just noting you guys made a motion

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to get them all together.

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» Yes.

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Item four is best possible action on
selection of a bank depository proposal.

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Mayor members of council uh we uh so
this is the RP

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services uh we send we publicized it we
send it to various banking institutions

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in the area. uh we have [clears throat]
received two proposals and what we found

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is that uh in a way looks like right now
we're comparing apples and oranges

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instead of apples so forth uh we really
would like to meet with the

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[clears throat] two banks uh and clarify
their also and then we would be able to

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make a an informed decision as to which
would recommend uh to the council. But

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right now we we just need more
information or clarification

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from the two institutions. So therefor
you have any questions we recommend the

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items.

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If there's no motion made just go on to
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two ladies.
>> Okay. So we'll be calling

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[clears throat]
>> item five discussion possible action on

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selection of an auditor to conduct the
city's annual audit for fiscal year

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audit October 1st 2025 through September
30th 2026 again uh we solicit this audit

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proposals for conducting the audit for
the current fiscal year and uh we send

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it to those I promise send it to various
auditing firms

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Uh in this case, we only received one
proposal uh from Cosmos and Associates.

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Uh [clears throat] they've been doing
the audit for quite some time. Uh

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there's I mean they're very very well
qualified. Uh it's up to the council if

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you want to just consider one proposal
or or if you want us to solicit

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additional ones. Although I don't know
if we will I mean we we made it pretty

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and that's the only one we received. You
sent it to all the big firms in the

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valley. [clears throat]
>> Yes, we about two three in the valley.

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Yes. All the big firms in the valley.
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» Want to make sure that you didn't send
it to all the big

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» Yeah, exactly.
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is what it is.
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I'll make a motion that we um select
um Costos, sorry, Costos and Associates

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to conduct the city's annual audit for
fiscal year October 1st, 2025 to

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September 30th, 2026.
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Motion by council second by council
Hernandez to accept classes and

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associates as a group October 1225
through September 30 2026.

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» Yes.
>> Council member,

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» yes.
>> Council member Fern,

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» yes.
>> Council member Bryant,

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» yes.
>> Council member Hernandez,

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» yes.
>> Mayor Carter,

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» yes.
Item six, consideration of possible

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action to authorize the Munista public
library participate in talker

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foundation library transformation grant
process and provide a preliminary

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commitment to securing the funding for
eligible project the foundation grant

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award
council. Do you have the information in

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your packet [clears throat] but the
director is here if you have any

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questions and I don't know if you want
to address the council. If you have any

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questions down here, um the grant the
grant process with Tucker is quite

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expensive. They ask you to go through
all the steps before you even apply for

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the grant because they want to make sure
that you are committed to the grant and

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everything is in order. Essentially, you
fill out the grant and you're approved.

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Um the only thing is the city would have
to commit to funding whatever goes above

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the grant amount of 100,000. There are
two additional foundations that are

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willing to grant up to $30,000. So we
would have a total of $130,000.

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And so what [laughter] the city would
have to come up with either the city or

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another grant for fundraising to
whatever

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» but at this time we're unaware
of how much we're committed to.

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» Correct. Correct. Um tonight we can get
a preliminary for me to go forward. I

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can speak with the project manager
tomorrow and see how extensive or how

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much into the process we can go before.
Um, I don't want to say that we're going

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to do it and then we don't and then we
back out the last minute and then a

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library with us loses that. So, I can
talk to her tomorrow if we can be given

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approval to move forward as far as
speaking to her and giving a time for uh

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when we can back
>> the letter. It just seems like it's kind

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of holding check and it's
[clears throat] just it's it's a little

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nerve-wracking when we're in the middle
of budget season.

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» Correct. and
we kind of ask them for an open check

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which it's a great idea. I mean I love
what it is, right? You know, and so

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hoping it won't be too much.
>> Well, no. When I spoke to Karen and I

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asked her during the meeting I had with
Mr. Trevino and Pat, we had a

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conversation about our size library and
the things that we're looking to enhance

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and she said that other libraries in our
situation our similar size have never

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gone over 150. And with the 130
potential that's on the table, the city

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would have to fund the other 20. But
there's always fundraising and another

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opportunity to balance back this
foundation.

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» I'm just trying to find the worst case
scenario.

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» The worst case scenario is I talked to
her tomorrow and she says, "No, you have

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to make the commitment and we say,
"Okay, let's pass it to somebody else."

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» Okay. And
when they start talking about all the

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planning
and and all that stuff, who pays for all

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that?
>> They do. They they pay for all of the

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planning. They pay for the architect.
The $100,000 never comes into the city.

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The Tucker Foundation oversees all of
the money. The only thing we'll get at

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the end is the equipment to install the
library. And then they pay for

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[clears throat]
the grant. It does. You know, and when I

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talked to Karen and we talked about what
the library potentially do with this

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money, she says, "We have the ability to
go through with the architect and say,

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"No, we want to keep this, this, and
this, and we want to focus the money on

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these things." So, we can even reduce
the costs that we're going to end up

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spending by reusing some of the things
that we already have, which we have

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right in front of the library. The
children's department has recently been

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done by the front of the library, so I I
can see us saving some of there. Anybody

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more questions?
>> Any more questions, concerns?

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Is this a project that we could bring up
to the CDC and have them? We're talking

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about budget and there there was no
projects for lined up for the CDC. Is

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this would this qualify?

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I'm not sure what the CDC covers, but
there there we're not limited on the

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amount of grant applications we can do
in conjunction with we can fund it.

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However,
>> you're going to say something.

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Uh that that would be no.
>> Let's see.

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» One of the things that we can do is if
if the council wishes to approve it

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today, as long as you meet on the
condition that as we finish our budget,

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there is something that we can afford to
[clears throat] the budget after we go

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through the process. If we come out of
our budget, we come out of uh balance

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fund balance. Yes.
>> Which is uh which we save for for the

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last many years and we have a very
healthy fund balance. Yes,

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» which is kind of right down the alley.
It's kind of

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» so

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it's approved. I hope we don't get stuck
a few months,

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» but also really good opportunity for us
to address our ADA issues. Yes,

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» the library currently is not suitable
for people in wheelchairs or walkers. We

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have issues when people try to come into
the library and need assistance. Um and

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so this would give us opportunity to
address some of those issues and come up

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to code. That'd be great.
>> I I'll make a motion that we give the li

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library director preliminary commitment

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» to secure the funding for the talker
foundation grant. I'll second council

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member motion made by council member
Bryce second by council

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[clears throat] to approve the prel prel

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prel prel prel prel prel prel prel prel
preliminary fun project coser foundation

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» council member
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» council member
>> yes

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» council member
>> yes

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» council member
>> yes

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» council member Hernandez
>> yes

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» mayor
>> yes

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» thank you guys
>> thank you for all you

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We would like to see some more flags out
there and maybe&M flag.

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We don't want [laughter] we don't want
flag up there.

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» We'll start with American flag.
>> Put

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make sure it's a half staff this week
because you know poor dollies.

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» Discussion of possible action. An
amendment to the board commission's

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handbook. Uh [clears throat] mayor,
members of the council, this item is

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maybe for you a couple of times before
uh taken all the input that the council

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individually [clears throat] with the
council has provided. Uh this final

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draft uh basically includes all of that.
So unless you have any questions, but

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it's uh recommended the amend amendments
to the handle be approved

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as presented.

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But of course, we'll answer any
questions you may have.

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» So,
my comment just kind of editing on two

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2.2 A is parks and on 2.3A is library.
So, they don't match up. It's more like

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an an editing kind of thing. If you look
on page, [laughter]

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won't they use it on if you look on page
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the table of contents don't match up
with

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» and and it says the advisory boards A is
parks and recreation but if you look on

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page six A is the library
>> we'll we'll make those corrections

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» it's just a it's just an edit
I see it. Okay.

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[laughter]

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[snorts]

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Any questions, concerns, changes like to
see

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on the uh

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» [clears throat]

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» I'll make a motion to approve the
amendment to the board of commission

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hand

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approve the amendment to the board of
commission handles.

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» Council member,
>> yes.

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» Council member,
>> yes. Council member Priz,

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» yes.
>> Council member Bryant,

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» yes.
>> Council member Hernandez,

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» yes.
>> Mayor,

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» yes.
I make discussion of possible action

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authorizing mayor and her design to
execute documents related to the GL

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resilient program.
>> Yes, members of the council, this week

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[clears throat]
once you receive a grant uh so that you

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have individual physically signs off
[clears throat] the paperwork, etc. Uh

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this one is is kind of a second time
around uh because [clears throat]

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you all got the grant maybe a couple of
years ago and uh and there is just a

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clear move and so now that we actually
have another consultant uh that you all

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approve uh that is going to implement
the program. We're having to have new

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forms to be signed and that's
cooperation you as the mayor and myself

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as a city manager to execute those
forms. So move to your battery which we

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recommended be approved.

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This is the comprehensive plan project.

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[clears throat]
[snorts]

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» Yes.
>> Probably doesn't matter. But so it says

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authorization for the mayor and our
design. Does it just say specifically

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the city manager?
in the motion.

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» In the motion. Okay. Then I'll make a
motion that we authorize the mayor and

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city manager to execute documents
relating to the GLO. Uh committees

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by council member Hernandez to authorize
the mayor and city manager document GL

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communities program.
>> Council member.

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» Yes.
>> Council member Parker. Yes. Council

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member Ka.
>> Yes.

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» Council member Bryant.
>> Yes.

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» Council member Hernandez.
>> Yes.

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» Mayor Per.
>> Yes.

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[laughter]
>> Item nine. Discussion and action on

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approval of the community development
appropriations. CDC revised

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[clears throat] annual budget for fiscal
year October 1, 2025 and September.

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That's wrong. October 1, 2026 through
September 30th, 2027.

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there because members, you have the
budget in your packet. Uh this budget of

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course was approved by the uh board of
the community [clears throat]

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corporation. Uh they had a workshop and
then they approved it. uh in case you

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have any questions, but basically uh the
projected revenues $710,000

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from sales tax [clears throat] that the
uh CDC

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$1,000 for interest earns for a total
revenue for the year of $111,000.

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U administration stays the same $10,000
that the CDC thanks the the the city for

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administering their program. uh off
supply unit again at 1,500

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uh and and so on down the line. Uh
but this this year we're proposing 29

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they [clears throat] approved $29,500
uh for total operating expenditures.

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This is one different thing in the
budget that people were able to solve

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them together. Here we're separating out
the operating expenditures as the CDC

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board wanted to see it. Uh then we have
the improved projects. You can see the

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ones that are currently in place. But as
far as for next year, the only thing

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that would be that was obligated was the
$45,000. That's the annual lease pay uh

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payment [clears throat] to the landlord
for the clinic. Uh that's an ongoing

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thing at least for another couple years.
And the amount for this coming year is

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$45,000. Another [laughter] thing that
the the board decided to do is that uh

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[clears throat] uh they wanted to be
more pro uh assertive in terms of uh how

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much money they really want to allocate
that those those funds would be funding

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projects uh eligible projects uh during
the fiscal year. and they took two three

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line items, put them together and
basically called it discretionary funds

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for $100,000 which is the same it when
it was uh divided but now it's put

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together and so that's what it is. U
with that the budget expenditure for the

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year will be $174,500.

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uh that will uh
uh [clears throat] decrease the the fund

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balance by $63, uh500
and uh when you uh consider the the fun

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balance the uh existing uh 384. So that
fun balance will come down to $329,460.

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So, it's still even though you're
budgeting for the projects,

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[clears throat] uh, very progressive, at
the same time, the city that CDC still

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will have a $321,000
balance

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two years.
So unless you have any questions, uh

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this is kind of a not routine but
required that once the CDC approves the

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budget, then the council will approve it
or obviously the council will change it.

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But uh the recommendation from the board
is that this budget be approved.

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Yeah. Um before any motions make it on
the agenda, it is on it say October 1st

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2025 to September 30th 2026 and you're
looking for right on the agenda

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but you can make the motion based on the
the year that we're in not the year that

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says on the agenda.

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[clears throat]

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I'll make a motion that we approve the
CDC budget for fiscal year October 1st,

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2026 to September 30th, 2027.
>> I'll second council Bryant by council

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member Hernandez to approve the CDC
budget for the next fiscal year.

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» Council member,
>> yes.

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» Council member [laughter] Parker,
>> yes.

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» Council member Corning,
>> yes.

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» Council member Bryant,
>> yes. Council member Hernandez,

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» yes.
>> Mayor Bard,

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» yes.
>> Item 10, the second budget workshop

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discussion the proposed budget for
fiscal year October 1,6 September 30th

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7.
Uh you were just presented with the

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draft of the budgets by department. Uh
this is the process that we are taking

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this year and really that's already
having enough uh workshops. Uh the the

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budget itself we're we're planning on
having it ready by the first public

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hearing which will be on September 8th.
Uh but the last possible date for the

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council to approve this budget is
actually September 22nd. Uh what

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obviously you all approved the tax rate
already uh pretty much approved the

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personnel cost uh for the city. Uh and
now this the pages that were presented

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to you they're basically the graph
[clears throat] of the expenditures the

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general expenditures by department
uh and [clears throat] I would like to

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basically go down the budget of each
one. uh we have the department head for

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the respective department and he or she
will also participate answer any

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questions you may have but they also
have the opportunity to advocate for

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whatever line item they feel is
important for for their department um

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we'll start off with first of all
[clears throat] the administration

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budget
uh one of the things that I want to say

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is that that we're correcting this in
this budget process [snorts] is that for

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example office supplies
where you see those deficits,

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uh
the communications,

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uh auto insurance, things like that.
What's been happening is that uh

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[clears throat] the total amount of the
premiums have been charged to the

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administration and and [clears throat]
what we're going to be doing differently

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in this budget is that we will be
corrating according to the departments.

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So you'll that's how we're able to
decrease the amounts that we're we're

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proposing for for the fiscal year. Uh
and the reason that's the reason for the

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deficit because the other departmenties
didn't pay or they didn't charge the the

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their share. Um but as you can see on
the bottom total the current budget is

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for $486,296.

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We're proposing at this point a budget
that is 418,245

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and that [clears throat] that figure
will decrease even more. Uh so

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essentially [clears throat] on the uh
administration uh we're reducing and

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that uh that quarantine will be
decreased even some more. Uh but if you

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have any questions on any of the
aligning items uh obviously we will

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answer those questions.
>> I have a question.

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» Yes.
>> So I understand what you just said about

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office supplies. So my question is why
did you raise the proposed amount of

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office supplies when if you look at the
other department it was not used. So

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» that the other department takes care of
that right. So whether we raise that or

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not
>> and well the the other thing too is that

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uh that that figure is going to change
it will go down as we go through the

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process but if if it comes to the point
that if the department uh based on the

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budget that they have couldn't afford it
uh in the end we would do we would

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actually have to subsidize it from the
administration but but you're right that

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75 would be a lot less.
>> Okay. Thank you.

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And this budget is being uh processed
completed [clears throat]

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uh without even factoring in the revenue
that is projected to be generated this

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year because we want the budget to be
done based on uh what the actual costs

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are and not just reflecting the revenue.

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the I mean you see the the attorneys we
just to [laughter] No saying that the

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the attorney budget went down by $25,000
because we use the attorney much less

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now than we ever have in the past.
>> Yeah.

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» And so with the $25,000 savings that
we're going to see which is a fantastic

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thing.
>> Yeah. So I feel bad, but you know

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situation. [laughter]

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[snorts]
>> I'd rather see a lot of these questions

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not get asked.
>> Exactly.

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» I have one question. Sorry.
The election budget. Did we move that to

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contract services? Is that why the
>> the expense was not there for the

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election that occurred this year? Oh, we
got that changed today [laughter]

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because we received a a letter from the
county that they they're the ones that

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charge they run the election and they
charged us uh actually was 12,000

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something [clears throat] which we pay
for the uh sec election,

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» right?
>> Well, it turns out they only

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[clears throat] charged us 3,000
something.

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» Okay.
>> So, we had a a windfall there, a

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savings. So, that's that. So that that's
uh why that went down significantly cuz

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the total cost ended up being only less
than $4,000.

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» Okay. Thank you.

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» Any other questions on the uh
administration budget

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[clears throat] with your permission?
We'll go to the now to the uh budget

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the tax collections of Cameron County
there.

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Yeah. Well, we're we're we're still
working to finding out [laughter] a

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better estimate amount from that.
>> Yeah.

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Okay.
>> On the court, uh I will I will let the

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our finance [clears throat] person and
and our court director answer the only

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deficit we hear that we have there which
is really not a deficit because I don't

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[clears throat] know you
would explain where we ended up on that

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one. [laughter]
>> Okay. Now the contract services um I

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realized that um we had paid um for the
target technology which is through the

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software for the court. Um it was paid
paid we were invoiced twice for the

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annual fees. So we have we have to put
it as a prepaid for for this.

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» So we got to remove that
>> or put it as a price for

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» Yeah. by the next year.
Uh, [clears throat] okay. Now, in this

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budget, the the approved budget, the
current year is $163,60

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right now. And we're still working on on
our intentions for the we bring each

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budget, department budget to an even
amount or possibly less than what was

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budgeted for this year. But but we still
got to work with that one because it's

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going right now at this point it will go
up from 16360

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to 175,250.
Uh but again uh by the time you get the

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final budget uh we're [clears throat]
pretty certain that it's going to be at

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hopefully no more than that 163.
[clears throat] But again you have any

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questions on the any of the other line
items?

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So, so that $50,000 in contract services
should it be zero since this already pay

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next year?
>> Oh, uh

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yes, that that will reflect it. Yeah,
because what happened is that uh yeah,

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it's it's uh we we put the figure 50,000
because it was including the deficit,

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but that go away

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instead of the the two of the the total
amount it will be just one payment. She

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was saying that that 50 will be decrease
accordingly.

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» So it will be 50,000 be 35,000. Yeah, 35
>> pay one. We still need to budget it

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though.
>> And then the 105,000 for it cost across

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the state. That's that's just an offset.
We receive that money from the people

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that pay their tickets and then we we
then we send that money to the state. So

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it's that's just a wash number.

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Any questions on that?

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The next one is the library budget. Uh
and this one basically again and the

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process has been we provide the the
first budget to the department head.

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They get a chance [clears throat] to
then respond, add, delete, change and

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what have been going back and forth.
Some department heads [laughter] heads

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have met with us uh on this one again in
the and trying to stay within the same

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amount for the previous year for the
current year and that's 28,750.

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uh we're down to 50,000, but we still
have to work with the library director

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uh to make sure that that this increases
will uh be [clears throat] properly

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observed by the by by the library and
not that we're just cutting for the sake

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of cutting, but at the same token, we
want to make sure that every dollar that

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we budget is a realistic dollar. And
that's what we're doing with all the

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departments.
So this one look we still is still in in

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in the in the process.

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[snorts]

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Next one is a building [clears throat]
budget.

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Th this one is actually also
[clears throat] going down 28,350

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to 20,700.
And we still want to look a lot closer

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on the uh contract services and and
mobile app [clears throat]

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as well.
So it probably it could decrease even

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more.

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is uh
health human uh human budget basically

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uh contract services. Uh do we uh why
don't we explain those two line items?

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» The contract services uh the the
[clears throat] contract services is for

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whenever we have to call uh Cameron
County to pick up an animal or transport

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an animal. Uh or if we do if we
transport the animal to the Cameron

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County shelter, they charge us per day
to keep the animal there. And if no one

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picks it up, unfortunately, if the dog
or cat or whatever it is, they

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euthanize, we still get milk for it.
>> And the pest control,

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00:34:48,159 --> 00:34:54,879
» the pest control is going to be uh
that's going to be for the vector.

432
00:34:51,679 --> 00:35:01,920
That's going to that is uh it's the
mosquito spray 55 uh gallon mosquito

433
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:10,720
spray and then then we also buy the
vioide and then we buy a rotational

434
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:19,040
spray as well. And the our main our our
main spray our main chemical that we use

435
00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:26,720
it's cost about $4,000 for 55 gallons.
The uh the larger side is it's a briette

436
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:31,839
and it's $700
for 300.

437
00:35:29,119 --> 00:35:38,320
And then uh we get a rotational spray.
It's about another $1,900

438
00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:41,680
as well. So, and that's it. It it
usually lasts us it'll last us up until

439
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:44,680
about May. We have to start ordering
again.

440
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:49,119
» We had a good reprieve last spring
summer.

441
00:35:47,599 --> 00:35:54,480
» Yes, sir.
Yes, sir. We also we also Cameron County

442
00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:57,839
was nice enough to also um loan us for
this season loan as a second machine.

443
00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:03,440
So, we run or two machines at a time
whenever we spray.

444
00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:07,119
» Uh looking for Mr. [clears throat] L. I
think uh I'm sorry. Do you have any

445
00:36:06,079 --> 00:36:11,119
comments? [clears throat]
>> I do. I've just received this budget

446
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:15,200
this afternoon when I'm sitting here and
I have a lot of questions as I've sent

447
00:36:13,359 --> 00:36:20,320
forward to you about the actual
expenditures from the library. And I

448
00:36:17,599 --> 00:36:24,640
question some of the spending being
applied to the library as well.

449
00:36:23,119 --> 00:36:28,880
Another I would like to know why the
library book is being cut down to

450
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:33,920
$4,000.
Here it says the current balance we have

451
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:40,240
$1,300 left of last year's book. But
that's also not accurate because we have

452
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:44,240
a payment to Ingram for over $400. We
still have two purchases to make for

453
00:36:42,079 --> 00:36:48,000
July for August and September, which
will take us right up to our five jobs.

454
00:36:46,079 --> 00:36:53,920
With the increased price of books and
shipping, $4,000 is not going to be

455
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:56,160
enough money for books for many years.
>> Also, [laughter]

456
00:36:54,480 --> 00:37:01,839
this janitorial supplies, it says that
we've spent 0 in this fiscal year, which

457
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:06,880
is also not accurate. The last time I
saw I bought Jennif

458
00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:12,880
was $500
and the office supplies at $1,700 is

459
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:17,920
also not accurate because I spent about
$400.

460
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:21,680
So I just I'm just trying to figure out
why my budget request was slashed by

461
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:25,839
$7,000.
The biggest hit for the community though

462
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:29,599
is the books. That's the one of the main
reasons that the library that the

463
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:35,280
library is open is to provide to provide
books to patrons. And if we're cutting

464
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:38,960
the budget, how are we supposed to bud?
>> And then also the questions about the

465
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:42,880
contracted services. What did we spend
$10,360

466
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:48,400
on the FY26
on when public works did majority of the

467
00:37:45,839 --> 00:37:52,320
the work from the library for free?
Well, not for free, but they're not

468
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:58,160
charging the library for that for those
services.

469
00:37:54,640 --> 00:38:02,240
And this also the $7,713.
What What is that? Or yeah, for weekly

470
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:05,839
maintenance, what is that? It's really
hard to come up with an accurate

471
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:10,000
proposal for what the library actually
spends in the fiscal year if I don't

472
00:38:07,839 --> 00:38:13,200
know what we're spending it for. And
I've been asking those questions for

473
00:38:11,359 --> 00:38:17,359
several weeks and I've received no
response. So, [laughter]

474
00:38:15,599 --> 00:38:20,079
» I have a lot of questions about what I
was just giving.

475
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:24,800
» We'll we'll we'll sit down with you and
look at that. uh one of the things that

476
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:28,320
uh that we tried to do also to you know
at least [clears throat] hopefully more

477
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:32,880
realistic is we taken what has been
spent for the first 10 months of the

478
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:38,960
year divided by 10 and then multiply
that time 12 I know it's a very simple

479
00:38:35,839 --> 00:38:42,800
uh not necessarily foolproof way but
that's one of the ways that we can sort

480
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:47,599
of project you know you spend so much
per month for the first 10 months and

481
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:51,680
then you annualize it and then you put
the amount that would be for the annual

482
00:38:50,079 --> 00:38:55,359
that's probably
>> I do understand that. But what I'm

483
00:38:53,119 --> 00:38:59,359
saying that question whether or not some
of these things actually belong to

484
00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:02,400
» Yeah. And and what I recommend is that
basically and you're [clears throat]

485
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:07,920
right. I mean we just finished this
afternoon. Uh but if you're returning

486
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:10,640
your page, be sure and ask. And as a
matter of fact, you can come to the

487
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:14,720
office. The other department heads come
in and and they

488
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:18,720
» it's real hard for me to come into
>> send it to us. So if you want

489
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:23,520
» and I I do I I sent numerous emails
which I received no response.

490
00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:28,960
» Yeah. And but again, it's going to be
what we can afford and especially uh

491
00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:34,000
based on making sure that the budget all
budgets are within you know the the at

492
00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:38,079
this point we're not even looking at how
much money we're going to have. We want

493
00:39:35,359 --> 00:39:42,720
to justify that whatever we budget we
come up with is because that's what's

494
00:39:40,079 --> 00:39:46,320
needed. And of course there's going to
be differences of opinion, but we will

495
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:50,000
continue working with you on that. I
understand that everybody has to have

496
00:39:47,839 --> 00:39:54,040
cuts in their department to make things,
but I don't I don't think

497
00:39:56,720 --> 00:40:06,079
Okay, thank you. U [snorts]
[clears throat] now parks at this point,

498
00:40:03,359 --> 00:40:09,280
but in reality, the budget wasn't cut
overall. Your budget was actually

499
00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:13,040
increased
by

500
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:18,320
almost $2,000. So I just want to make
sure that everyone that [clears throat]

501
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:22,880
understands that your budget was not cut
overall but maybe line by line there may

502
00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:27,200
be some differences. Okay, but the
overall budget was not cut

503
00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:30,880
» considerable considerable interest is in
contracted services. What are we

504
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:35,040
spending $12,000?
>> And I think that's what you need to get

505
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:39,760
with administration about and to
understand what those things are. Okay.

506
00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:43,359
And and hopefully we can come to the
bottom line on it.

507
00:40:41,119 --> 00:40:47,119
» Okay. So I just want to make sure
everyone's under the impression that we

508
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:51,280
did not cut the the the budget for the
park and for the library. We actually

509
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:53,760
increased it by a little bit. So
>> we known contracted services

510
00:40:53,003 --> 00:40:58,400
[clears throat]
and electric services.

511
00:40:56,240 --> 00:41:01,520
» I am aware but when he says they
increased the budget but they increased

512
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:07,599
the you increase the budget on
contracted services. So what those not

513
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:12,079
so yeah contract services
uh building maintenance

514
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:15,920
» and electric services
and here's the other thing too as the

515
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:20,400
mayor was saying the current budget is
48,750

516
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:25,440
the budget at this point recommending is
$50,450.

517
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:30,000
Now, it may force us is that to
rearrange those figures so that we spend

518
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:34,560
the money where we need to spend it and
not just simply because we have $5,000

519
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:40,560
in this line item, we're going to put
$5,000 again or $6,000. We need to

520
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:44,960
justify it and and the way it works is
that by the time I get to the point that

521
00:41:43,359 --> 00:41:48,800
all of us together that I recommend a
budget to them, we [clears throat] you

522
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:53,520
and I, every department, we will be
going through this process. But the

523
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:57,200
mayor is correct. the budget overall for
the library is actually increasing.

524
00:41:55,839 --> 00:42:03,839
Might not be by the amount that you
would like, but it is increasing.

525
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:07,680
» No, I I mean I agree and I see that. But
so I think the answer of what we're

526
00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:10,319
spending $12,000 on, it just doesn't
make sense to me to increase contract

527
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:14,720
services
>> and you definitely need you need you

528
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:18,720
definitely need to sit down with
>> staff. Justice is contract services, not

529
00:42:17,599 --> 00:42:24,240
contractor service.
>> Okay. Contracting.

530
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:27,040
» Yes. Anything that's under contract
time

531
00:42:25,839 --> 00:42:33,680
like this is something that we can
discuss later when you guys are

532
00:42:29,839 --> 00:42:37,599
» we have you guys
>> have you have the the exact numbers in

533
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:41,680
front of you and everybody can hash it
out then

534
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:48,400
» okay
>> the next one uh the director of uh

535
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:52,880
public works which includes the parks uh
that one at this point we still need to

536
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:59,359
do a lot more work on it because uh it's
it's still higher. Of course, Mr. Wales

537
00:42:56,160 --> 00:43:03,440
is uh basically trying to justify the
figures, but obviously they're going to

538
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:08,480
have to [clears throat] decrease uh uh
and some of the what's happening as well

539
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:13,119
as remember I said in the the the
administration budget is being prrated

540
00:43:11,119 --> 00:43:17,280
so that the other departments uh pay
their fair share. Uh and and this is one

541
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:21,839
of the things that happens with with
these two budgets, parks and and public

542
00:43:19,119 --> 00:43:26,800
works. Uh [clears throat] and so those
those figures or their budgets will

543
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:33,280
actually [clears throat] increase
because their expenses will be placed on

544
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:37,359
the administration budget. And so when
we move more to the respective budgets,

545
00:43:35,599 --> 00:43:41,280
in their case, it would increase not
because they're increasing the budget.

546
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:45,520
It's just now they're being credited for
for the amount that they actually need.

547
00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:53,599
So that's that's what you [laughter]
have in in those two budgets, the parks,

548
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:58,480
recreation uh and public works uh budget
as well.

549
00:43:55,680 --> 00:44:05,680
» I had a question.
>> So there was no contract services for

550
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:10,440
parks before and now now it's 25,000. Is
there something new that has come up?

551
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:14,440
Oh,

552
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:20,079
[clears throat]
>> yeah.

553
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:24,960
» Thank you.
>> See, and that was in the administration

554
00:44:22,079 --> 00:44:29,280
budget and we moved it over. So, that's
said their budget is increasing, but not

555
00:44:27,839 --> 00:44:35,050
because they're increasing the money.
They're we're just we're paying that

556
00:44:32,240 --> 00:44:38,240
we're paying that cost from the right
[clears throat] department.

557
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:43,599
» Thank you.
Any [laughter]

558
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:46,895
questions on the public works budget?
Basically the same situation.

559
00:44:44,875 --> 00:44:46,895
[clears throat]

560
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:57,040
Uh the next one is the prior uh budget.
uh and [clears throat]

561
00:44:54,240 --> 00:45:01,640
uh as you can see the totals uh the
current budget has 90,8613

562
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:11,119
while the the in working in progress but
this uh is down to this $56,500.

563
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:17,200
There's still a lot more work that needs
to be done with our director of public

564
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:21,359
safety. Uh but one of the things that it
it does is increasing and and what deal

565
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:27,640
we can talk about the the contract that
we have with those spread is EMS which

566
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:27,640
is the next question as well.

567
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:36,240
» Yeah.
>> So the only significant increase on the

568
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:40,640
EMS budget came from Los Fresno uh EMS
contract for ambulance services. They're

569
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:46,720
going from $80,000 a year for the
ambulance service to $100,000.

570
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:52,560
They didn't go up last year and our call
volume has increased significantly. Uh

571
00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:57,440
we're at about 440 calls for this year.
It's going to put us around 640.

572
00:45:55,280 --> 00:46:03,200
Five, six years ago we were around 218.
So this call volume's going crazy. This

573
00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:07,406
is just an increase in service price to
reflect that increase in call volume.

574
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:10,000
But you're saying we've had a
[clears throat] increase of three times

575
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:15,839
the amount of calls since we started the
EMS program since since I started in

576
00:46:13,119 --> 00:46:22,319
2021. Uh I would have to go back and
look at those figures. But in 2021, but

577
00:46:18,240 --> 00:46:26,960
my first year here we ran 218 calls uh
for service EMS and fire. This year

578
00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:31,520
we're already at around the 440 mark. We
should hit around 640. So we're pretty

579
00:46:29,359 --> 00:46:37,359
much tripled what we were
>> exactly. Have I started the the call

580
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:43,319
volume? This is going through the roof.
We have a good program. Thanks.

581
00:46:40,079 --> 00:46:43,319
» Great job.

582
00:46:45,359 --> 00:46:51,200
» Any questions?
We'll we'll have more time to talk about

583
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:57,160
the prior budget.
>> Go for it. Right now, go for it. Go

584
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:57,160
ahead. So

585
00:46:58,079 --> 00:47:07,280
the reduction is 38% and the total from
our current budget to proposed budget.

586
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:11,920
If my records are right, if I look the
right numbers, the fire budget by line

587
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:18,160
item hasn't gone up since 2020 since
2021. Every line item stayed the same.

588
00:47:15,839 --> 00:47:22,400
We just do we work harder to do more
with less every year. Just just to stay

589
00:47:20,720 --> 00:47:29,200
fair,
some of the

590
00:47:24,319 --> 00:47:32,800
um janitorial from 500 to 150 for
janitorial. When you go to the store,

591
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:37,119
what are you going to get for $150 when
talking about cleaning supplies? It's

592
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:39,920
not a lie.
Building [clears throat] supplies also

593
00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:44,000
down. Motor fuel the same. Fire
suppressant supplies that went up was

594
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:50,960
they're through the roof. Medical
supplies from 8,500 to 3,000. about 90%

595
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:55,520
of our call lighting is EMS
medical supplies took a drastic hit. So

596
00:47:53,680 --> 00:48:00,240
if we could just like talk about later
when we do

597
00:47:57,359 --> 00:48:04,720
» no and again uh what we did there what I
did we basically use the procedure of

598
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:09,280
how much you have spent and and the
figures themselves could be uh corrected

599
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:14,119
but how much you have spent for the 10
months and then annualize the amount.

600
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:21,599
Uh last but not least, we have the
police department budget. Of course, the

601
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:25,680
police chief is here. Uh
you want to go ahead and uh on that one,

602
00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:30,079
there's still work to be done, but we're
getting close to the amount that we

603
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:35,680
would like.
Uh good council. Uh I know they made

604
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:41,520
some changes here on our contract
services. Uh we're going to talk with

605
00:48:38,559 --> 00:48:48,240
his boat about our jail communications
and uh dispatching for fire and uh our

606
00:48:44,720 --> 00:48:53,440
contract in was May 2019
and we had spent $25,000.

607
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:59,040
Uh since then it's stayed the same and
this year uh they're raising it to

608
00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:04,400
16,000 6. Um [clears throat] and that's
being that it's providing one dispatcher

609
00:49:01,839 --> 00:49:08,160
shot which is 51,000 that they provide
for us saying that they the 10 to 12

610
00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:13,280
months they're they're providing us
communications

611
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:18,160
u the jail for 8,000 and then we uh
share the [clears throat] the triage for

612
00:49:16,559 --> 00:49:24,240
2,000.
So that was their that's their um that's

613
00:49:21,839 --> 00:49:32,559
what they were going off of. $60,000 for
everything. So, um we went up there. Uh

614
00:49:29,839 --> 00:49:36,559
we did add some line items with the
prisoner care. Usually that was being

615
00:49:34,720 --> 00:49:43,520
it's like the prisoner meals. So, we
have a contract with Arbor

616
00:49:39,599 --> 00:49:47,839
does it and uh we only get them as we
have our arrest, right? Uh it's a

617
00:49:45,839 --> 00:49:52,000
special price for us like the school
like their school bills. Um but instead

618
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:58,240
of it being out of contact services, we
moved it to uh prison.

619
00:49:55,200 --> 00:50:04,800
Uh that went up $5,000 roughly depending
on that's not including we don't so the

620
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:09,440
the portable jail doesn't provide um I
don't know if you call it the proper

621
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:13,119
name but the paper suits for people you
know trying to hurt themselves and stuff

622
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:17,680
like that which has been an issue there
lately. uh we had that issue and so

623
00:50:16,319 --> 00:50:22,800
we've been having to pay out of
different items for uh other offices

624
00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:28,319
like for that type of stuff. So we moved
it down there um

625
00:50:26,079 --> 00:50:33,599
and then we added a line for storage.
The storage units we are planning on

626
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:37,839
with um public works they're still
coming up. We did get a herea

627
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:42,559
the storage unit is for the ATVs that we
got on the operation HB and TV. We don't

628
00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:47,839
have room at the firehouse right now.
Kind of we had them in his bay and uh

629
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:51,920
we've taken them out, but now we're
trying just for the longevity of the

630
00:50:50,319 --> 00:50:57,280
usage of it, right? want to have it
secured and uh the storage unit would

631
00:50:54,880 --> 00:51:03,680
would help out public works cover up the
the u some trackers that they have out

632
00:51:00,240 --> 00:51:09,200
and so that I think it was $214 $214 a
month and we decided to split it between

633
00:51:06,079 --> 00:51:12,680
both of us and we both be sharing it um
if that's approved

634
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:27,040
uh now in both cases
It's going to increase because going

635
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:32,880
back to the the uh administration budget
uh auto insurance

636
00:51:30,720 --> 00:51:37,839
we uh [clears throat] spend on
administration 25,000 yet we don't have

637
00:51:36,319 --> 00:51:41,520
a single vehicle that's for
administration.

638
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:45,440
So their budgets are correspondently
going to increase when we give them that

639
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:48,839
share of the cost. [laughter] And that's
just one example.

640
00:51:51,839 --> 00:51:58,160
So in some cases you will see the
budgets going up not because they're

641
00:51:56,240 --> 00:52:03,680
increasing is that we're just allocating
the expenses accordingly.

642
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:07,599
If I don't want you the numbers that we
do have here you have to take in account

643
00:52:05,839 --> 00:52:12,720
that we were short staff for almost 6
months you know so like our fuel charges

644
00:52:10,559 --> 00:52:16,400
uh uniform clothing we didn't have a
personnel to fill in that staff. Now

645
00:52:14,240 --> 00:52:21,359
that we're fully staffed, of course,
vehicle maintenance is going to go up.

646
00:52:18,559 --> 00:52:26,400
Fuel the fuel usage is going to go up.
Uh rehab responded a lot more on the on

647
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:30,586
the vessel and that itself, it's just to
fill it up. It's expensive. You know,

648
00:52:28,240 --> 00:52:33,839
getting marine fuel is expensive.
[clears throat] Um the maintenance on

649
00:52:31,839 --> 00:52:38,960
the boat, I just got a quote to do some
maintenance. It's about $1,600 for a

650
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:43,760
full maintenance year, right? And that's
just to say that we're we are actually

651
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:48,880
uh
probably the only vessel in the area

652
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:53,599
that is functional. Poris has one in the
shop has one. They don't have a captain

653
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:59,200
for it or they're not in the area. So
they call us and even if we're

654
00:52:56,960 --> 00:53:04,800
are uh I don't live too far from here.
So we do come out and we have responded

655
00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:09,200
very frequent out on the boat. So it's
been Why don't you talk about the one

656
00:53:06,559 --> 00:53:17,680
you just did the other day? Yes.
>> Yeah. We just had one uh like Tuesday.

657
00:53:13,839 --> 00:53:24,400
» Yeah. We um we got a call. It was a call
that a gentleman had out of Sappire

658
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:29,040
Island. Uh 18-year-old
male. He was on a kayak and it was just

659
00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:33,200
not his day. The motor went out, his
pedal broke, his board broke, his sail

660
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:37,680
was just taking him and he ended up
somewhere past that portal and uh sun

661
00:53:36,079 --> 00:53:41,760
was coming down. Coast Guard couldn't
get in. It was very very shallow. Uh

662
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:45,839
their boats weren't able to make it in.
And again, us being the emergency vessel

663
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:52,960
in there. We decided to go out and we
end up looking, you know, uh dark or ran

664
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:58,357
a floor by our work. And uh we brought
back slowly moving back. We didn't get

665
00:53:55,359 --> 00:54:02,342
back until like 9:30 at night. But
[clears throat] that's fantastic.

666
00:54:00,322 --> 00:54:02,342
[applause]

667
00:54:06,079 --> 00:54:13,040
Okay. Uh any questions on the police
budget?

668
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:18,240
Uh your last page is the capital outlet
expenses. It's pretty much just the

669
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:22,480
current year uh for the next year. We're
basically not budgeting anything but

670
00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:29,680
whatever we end up spending because this
is where we pay emergencies, unforeseen

671
00:54:25,839 --> 00:54:35,200
emergencies, etc. Uh but we'll probably
need money to finish the city hall

672
00:54:32,559 --> 00:54:41,040
police station expansion.
uh and also the part of the roll park in

673
00:54:39,359 --> 00:54:46,960
some cases that we want to do some
additional things beyond the grant. Uh

674
00:54:43,839 --> 00:54:51,680
but as the notes indicates uh any any
expenditure under capital expenses the

675
00:54:50,079 --> 00:54:55,200
tradition and we will continue with that
tradition will come out of a fun

676
00:54:53,359 --> 00:54:59,480
balance. It will not be part of the
operating expenses budget.

677
00:55:01,119 --> 00:55:08,640
That's all we have for you today and we
really plan to have you having

678
00:55:06,478 --> 00:55:14,880
[clears throat] for you a final draft
because of course at the first public

679
00:55:11,839 --> 00:55:20,880
hearing September the 8th but please any
of you would like to come by sit down

680
00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:26,079
with us give us your feedback your your
recommendations so by time you get there

681
00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:30,319
we got everybody's input and of course
oh once again we're going to be feed you

682
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:35,680
with each department head giving them
each the opportunity to make a case with

683
00:55:33,359 --> 00:55:40,538
their budget.
>> I just want to thank all the department

684
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:45,680
heads and I know it's not easy but
[clears throat] last year we we

685
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:52,160
increased our fund balance by $284,000.
Okay, we we have close to $3 million

686
00:55:50,079 --> 00:55:57,119
added all together in fund balance.
Okay, we keep increasing. So there's no

687
00:55:54,000 --> 00:56:01,119
way that we can't keep within a balanced
budget this year and [clears throat]

688
00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:06,480
make, you know, use our taxpayer dollars
and be the be the stewards for the

689
00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:11,599
taxpayers that we should be and wipe out
all the waste and make sure that we're

690
00:56:08,720 --> 00:56:17,040
spending each dollar the right way. And
hopefully next year we can keep lowering

691
00:56:13,599 --> 00:56:21,240
or keep the taxes the same way. So thank
you guys again. I appreciate it.

692
00:56:23,119 --> 00:56:27,079
Thank you for your attention.

693
00:56:29,359 --> 00:56:32,760
» Item 13

694
00:56:32,939 --> 00:56:34,959
[sighs]

695
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:45,384
to all in favor.
>> Thank you.

696
00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:47,404
The king.
>> [clears throat]