[2:00] This is our work session that we have in
preparation for our um recess meeting of
[2:05] September the 16th. So, we'll call the
work session to order and Kim has
[2:10] programming that he wishes to do which
is really which is really good. He's
[2:13] going to share it with the with Stacy
Department of the Community Foundation
[2:17] on on the power of change, which I think
is great. Did you bring handouts?
[2:21] » I did bring handouts.
>> You did? All right. Cool.
[2:23] » Sure.
>> I'm wearing my utility shirt in honor of
[2:26] your presentation.
>> Well, thank you, mayor. We are really
[2:31] excited about this new partnership. It's
really not a new partnership. It's kind
[2:35] of maybe a rebranded partnership, if you
will.
[2:38] » And uh we're the mayor has already
filled one out and turned it in. So,
[2:43] return in.
>> I did. I did. Um and we have others for
[2:46] the community. Uh but what we want to
talk a little bit about two main things
[2:51] we want to talk about today is power of
change and that's our partnership with
[2:53] the Starville Community Foundation as
well as the energy right program and
[2:58] some of the energy workshops that we
have upcoming and some of the the work
[3:02] that's been done related to that. So I
first have with me Miss um Miss Stacy
[3:07] Farman with the Star Community
Foundation. Just a little bit about
[3:10] Power of Change. If y'all remember the
old bill, the old software system had a
[3:16] warm neighbor program where you could
contribute a certain amount. It was
[3:20] basically a set amount per month. It
went to uh helping hands at that time.
[3:24] Helping hands in the past. You know a
little bit more about it. It kind of
[3:28] went to this phase where it was uh
non-active for a while, but now it's
[3:32] back active under the Starville
Community Foundation umbrella. And uh we
[3:37] now have a u a voluntary um
participation for all of our customers
[3:44] that want to enroll. And there's three
different options that they can do. They
[3:47] can round up their bill to the nearest
dollar. So at any if you do that, the
[3:52] most you'll pay in any given year is
around $12. Uh that's the, you know, the
[3:56] worst case scenario. You can also do a
monthly set amount of any value that you
[4:00] want to do. And then if you want to
participate during maybe the holiday
[4:04] season or a certain time of year, maybe
make a one-time donation, you can do
[4:09] that as well. Uh just a note that it
does start you it needs to start on the
[4:13] next full billing cycle. So if you say,
"Hey, I want it to be added to my next
[4:18] bill and you're already mid-stream of
that billing cycle," it really won't go
[4:21] into effect until the next one. That's
the way our software works. Just a
[4:24] couple of notes about the the
implementation of the program. All the
[4:29] funds uh that we received through the
power of change will be transferred to
[4:32] the Starwell Community
Foundation/Helping
[4:35] Hands. Um those are going to go toward
utility bill assistance. And Stacy's
[4:40] going to talk a little bit about the
eligibility criteria and some of the
[4:43] things that they uh look for with their
clients for that. And just a a
[4:48] disclaimer that we don't have any
influence over who receives assistance
[4:51] or not. Um, and I don't, you know,
people can come to us for that utility
[4:56] bill assistance and we we're going to
send them to the community foundation.
[5:00] You can sign up using the paper form,
um, and bring it by our office. We have
[5:03] these available at the at the lobby. You
can also do it online by going u to our
[5:08] website and finding it there as shown.
Um, but now I'm going to turn it over to
[5:12] Stacy to talk a little bit about
Starville Community Foundation and then
[5:16] also some of the the things that they're
planning on doing with the funding. Oh,
[5:19] let me also mention there is a residual
amount left in the warm neighbors
[5:23] account of about $5,600.
And so we're going to make that uh
[5:27] donation over to them next week to kind
of officially start the program. And
[5:31] we've also had great participation of
people signing up already. Uh I think
[5:36] we've had probably 15 or 20 just this
week that have signed up for power of
[5:39] change. So
>> do we have to jump through any hoops to
[5:41] make that transition from one entity to
another?
[5:46] » Ma'am, uh no. is is setting in a
standalone account and it'll go
[5:49] basically toward the helping hand.
>> I had no issues with making that
[5:52] transfer.
>> No ma'am.
[5:53] » Okay.
Turn it over.
[5:56] » Okay. I included this slide because when
I'm talking to anybody with this about
[6:00] the Startwell Community Foundation, I
start with what do you love about
[6:03] Startwell? And so, um, you can read
these are these are the answers that
[6:08] I've gotten through the years. Um,
starting with the city of Startwell has
[6:13] a great mayor, top-notch police and fire
departments that keep us safe along with
[6:17] wonderful public amenities. I mean, that
pops up, people know they live in a
[6:21] great place. So, I just want you to know
know that people thank you whether they
[6:25] thank you in the person or not. Um, and
then the next one, um, oh, I have to
[6:32] learn how to do this. So, how we do this
through the Startbook Community
[6:36] Foundation, we are your community
foundation. So we have um money invested
[6:42] here and the two commitments we make per
year through our club 1000 is helping
[6:48] hands of Octiviah County and the
Chick-fil-A innovative teacher grant. So
[6:53] I put these up there because these are
the two things we're committed to. All
[6:56] economic development um is based on a
good public school and we have a great
[7:02] one. I'm not sure if it's public yet,
but we just got an A rating for the
[7:07] whole thing. So, I might be jumping an
IHO loop. My apologies, but I think it's
[7:12] out there. Um, so we're proud uh to
partner with Chick-fil-A on this to
[7:17] fund. We wanted to put $1,000 in
teachers hands um at the beginning of
[7:21] the year. And so that is what the
innovative teacher grants go and then
[7:24] they're honored at the partnership um
thing in uh banquet in January. Helping
[7:31] Hands though, we're really proud of
right now. This is a partnership between
[7:35] Trinity Presbyterian, Starthole Strong,
and now Startwell Utilities. And as um
[7:40] Edward said, we had Helping Hands of
Octivity Hall County that was this
[7:45] consortium where we could send people
through and keep up um with who is
[7:49] needing what and who's helping with
whom. Um but it kind of went by the
[7:53] wayside. We'll just blame it on COVID
because that seems to work. Um and so
[7:58] but we were committed because there
really isn't a safety net in Startwell
[8:01] anymore other than Startwell Strong. So
we needed um to bring this back. So
[8:06] thanks to a partnership with them with
Trinity Startwell Strong and Startwell
[8:10] Utilities, we um we were able to bring
it back. So it is hosted at Trinity
[8:15] Presbyterian
and if anybody know so we had the great
[8:20] article in the newspaper. We missed 300
calls on Monday for people needing help
[8:26] with bills. So, if anybody knows how we
address that, please let me know cuz I
[8:31] have no idea what to do with that. But
we are able to help five people per week
[8:36] with up to $250.
Um, what we learned is that even when we
[8:41] gave people money towards um like their
rent, sometimes the landlord kicked them
[8:47] out anyway. So, that became a problem.
But with our partnership with Startwell
[8:51] Utilities, we we're limiting our help to
utilities only. So that um that is
[8:57] that's helping all of it and watching
that flow as well. So we have um a
[9:02] database of people that we're helping or
that call. Sometimes it's odd things um
[9:10] like I have black mold in my house. What
do I do? So we're helping on all sorts
[9:15] of things. But if they do receive an
appointment, they come in on Mondays
[9:19] with a form of ID with an address that
matches the bill um current utility bill
[9:26] um and then they cannot have received
help from us in the last 6 months. So we
[9:31] sit down with them the start with
utilities in a video and so we we have
[9:35] them sit down if there's a wait time
they watch this video from start with
[9:38] utilities that gives them some tips. We
also have a tip sheet from Startwell
[9:43] Utilities on what to do in the summer
and it's time for us to change it to
[9:47] what to do in the winter. Um, and uh, so
we review that with them after they give
[9:54] us a snapshot of what their current
situation is. And of the people that
[9:58] we've helped, the majority of them are
people who are working and it the the
[10:03] the bills just don't match the income.
And so we sit down and go through a
[10:08] budget workshop with them. Sometimes
they're very much aware of this and
[10:12] sometimes they're shocked that that's
why they run out of money every month.
[10:16] Um but uh based on sort of what their
current situation is and how we do the
[10:24] budget worksheet together that
determines next steps. So if they're
[10:27] interested in finding more work, I've
sat down and helped them whip up a
[10:30] resume. Um we've helped them reach out
to places that are hiring. if they have
[10:36] an interest in anything. We just help we
look um for jobs that are open in
[10:41] Startville and then see if we can match
them. And I've gone so far to write a
[10:46] letter of recommendation if it feels
like a good interview. I don't know
[10:49] everybody um by hand, you know, um I
don't know, we don't know the people who
[10:55] are coming in. So our our person um
Aaliyah, I tried to get Aaliyah to come
[10:59] today, but she was not going to come.
Um, but she does the intake
[11:04] and so she sets the five appointments.
So, um, but it's interesting. I've had a
[11:09] a veteran call that needed some help and
you know, I've reached out to some of
[11:13] our veterans in the town and said, "How
did we get help for our veterans?" And
[11:16] so, it's become a really nice system for
how to do that. If they are interested
[11:21] in what we used to have was a bridges
out of poverty um program, Starkville
[11:26] Strong has written their own curriculum
for it. if they're interested in really
[11:29] changing their lives, they are referred
back to Starkville Strong and they start
[11:33] meeting um with Kimberly as a case
manager and looking at a deeper dive
[11:38] into their situation and what could be
used to change it. But so far it is
[11:41] great and um it's helpful and again if
anybody has any advice on how to deal
[11:46] with 300 phone calls, that's great.
>> So are are you taking the funding from
[11:50] this and paying the electric department
or the utility department directly?
[11:54] » Right. We pay them all directly. We
never give money directly to to people.
[12:00] » Do do y'all keep that money in a
separate account?
[12:03] » We do. We give the money to Trinity
Presbyterian who has a completely
[12:07] different checking account for it. We
run it through QuickBooks. So everything
[12:12] the checks are written through
QuickBooks. So everything is um
[12:16] monitored and measured and um I can
provide a report of that. We we've done
[12:21] a soft launch so far waiting for the
program to to um to launch and so but I
[12:27] can provide a
an audit of that if y'all are interested
[12:32] » probably at least annually.
>> Annually you got it. You got it.
[12:36] » Any other questions about power of
change?
[12:39] » Well, thank you. Uh that this a good
segue into energy workshops because they
[12:44] have been uh the energy workshops is
>> kind of again just from an awareness
[12:49] standpoint and and from a education
standpoint. Uh I think it's a lot of
[12:54] valuable information as you're trying to
help people manage their utility bills
[12:58] in whatever way that they want to or
can. Um I just want to give the board a
[13:02] quick update on energy workshops and I
want to introduce you Derek McIll. If
[13:06] y'all know Derek with TVA, TVA is a a
very strong partner with us on the
[13:10] energy workshops. They provide the
personnel that comes in and have for
[13:15] like the last probably five or six years
we've been very active in doing energy
[13:19] workshops both in the spring and the
fall in the leadup to the high bill
[13:23] season for the summer and in the winter.
Um, we have also recently added a
[13:29] portion of that workshop that's now
focused on smart hub. So customers now
[13:34] can know how to go look at their usage.
They can get alerts. They can kind of
[13:40] track it um in and in and monitor it in
that way. Um, what we do in those
[13:45] workshops, if none of y'all have been
before, they're typically about 30 to 45
[13:49] minutes. We do them in a variety of
locations around the city. um both for
[13:55] public invited groups for anybody in the
community as well as focused uh sessions
[14:00] like for example we went met with the
senior citizen group um we've also gone
[14:04] into school districts um and talk to
some of the students as well so we'll
[14:09] have a a similar format coming up those
are planned for October 21st to 23rd and
[14:16] we will try to pack in as many workshops
during that 3-day period as we can at
[14:21] the end conclusion of each of those each
participant will receive a energy
[14:26] savings kit. It looks similar to this.
Um we used to hand these out to each
[14:31] participant at the end of the session,
but now they are mailed directly to
[14:35] them. And as you can see, it has a
variety of items in here. Everything
[14:40] from caul sealant, uh energy efficient
light bulbs, weather stripping. Um and
[14:47] so this something that practical that
they can take home with them. Um, but
[14:51] more than that, it's really about
educating them on choices that they can
[14:56] make uh for their uh home or apartment
um to where they can manage their
[15:02] utility bill and understanding if you
keep your thermostat at this level when
[15:06] it's this temperature outside, it has a
resulting effect and you're going to see
[15:10] it on your on your next month's utility
bill. So, um, I really just want to
[15:15] thank Derek for their continued
participation in that both in the Energy
[15:19] Right program and in supporting us. This
is a just a little thing that we hand
[15:24] out a lot of our community related
events. I was going to provide a copy or
[15:28] one for each of the board. These are
energy saving playing cards. So, again,
[15:33] trying to reach um customers in a lot of
variety of ways. We participate in the
[15:38] um the discovery c center's um what was
the the fair spotlight and we'll pass
[15:45] out things like this and other things
for customers again trying to bring
[15:49] awareness and education to that. So I'm
going to turn it over to Derek because
[15:52] he has some information related to the
energy right program.
[15:56] » I got to ask are those actual playing
cards? They're actual playing cards. And
[15:59] on each and on each card,
so there um I'm gonna give you a copy.
[16:06] On each card, it will have a a energy
saving tip, using power strips, uh
[16:13] unplugging your appliances, changing
your air filters.
[16:17] » How many jokers does it take to install
a lowflow shower?
[16:22] So cute.
>> You can get a lot of you get a lot of
[16:26] fun out of playing with these this
weekend.
[16:28] » Cool. Okay.
>> That was in my kit when I went to your
[16:31] dinner.
>> I think that may be new.
[16:36] » I'm sorry. Go ahead.
>> No, good to be here. I've met many of
[16:39] y'all before and appreciate the
opportunity. Uh Edward mentioned Energy
[16:43] Right a few times and EnergyRight for us
it's it's a brand of a suite of programs
[16:50] and there's a lot of benefits to the
programs but really the the programs
[16:53] overall are designed to help educate
inform equip uh homeowners and
[17:00] businesses
to make good energy choices and and also
[17:05] provides in financial incentives for
them to do that. So, that's kind of the
[17:09] broad scope of energy, right? And
Starfold has done a phenomenal job of
[17:14] educating y'all's customers about these
opportunities. Edward mentioned the uh
[17:18] energy workshops. I think more energy
workshops are done in Starkville than
[17:22] anywhere else in Mississippi. Y'all
really do a great job and that's why I'm
[17:25] here today. Uh because y'all do a great
job of educating customers about these
[17:29] opportunities. Y'all have a very high
participation rate among your customers
[17:32] in these programs. And uh for this past
year, Starkville among all 153 uh local
[17:39] power companies that TVA serves in a
seven-state region, Stark was top five
[17:44] performer um in energy savings per
customer um as a percent of sales. So
[17:51] just a really good job. And and also the
second award here is year-over-year
[17:55] improvement in that category. So, um, in
here in Starkville,
[18:01] I looked up the numbers for this past
year and it was 6.5 million kilowatt
[18:05] hours saved, uh, for customers that
participated through these programs. And
[18:11] that might not mean a lot to you, but
that's several hundred,000 of energy
[18:15] savings just among y'all's customers in
one year. So, really outstanding job,
[18:19] and I'm happy to present these uh,
awards to you guys on behalf of DDA.
[18:23] » Very nice. Well, thank you very much.
Congratulations, Edward. Well done.
[18:28] » Thank you. Well, that that's the
conclusion, Mayor. And I'm gonna pass up
[18:31] these
questions.
[18:33] » You had you've had those energy
workshops at the Nemore Center. You have
[18:37] I think the sports place. You've had
them at your your community center. Are
[18:40] they are they scattered again?
>> They're they're going to be scattered
[18:43] again. Rachel's helping us right now on
finalizing the schedule. We're looking
[18:47] at having some at the we're thankful for
PD is going to offer some at the
[18:51] community center, our community room
there. Um we're going to have
[18:55] potentially one here at city hall in the
evening. We're also having one at
[18:58] Griffin Church this this time and also
at the um Discovery Center for the at
[19:05] the school that's old Emerson school one
evening. So there will be a variety both
[19:09] in the evening uh different times in the
evening for people that want to come
[19:13] after work as well as during the noon
time hour.
[19:16] » Okay. So, we'll we'll be publicizing
that probably in the next week or so
[19:19] once it's finalized and we'll be putting
it out far and wide on on our media
[19:23] sites.
>> Great. Okay. Well, thank you everyone.
[19:26] Appreciate you being here and good
program. So, glad to see started back
[19:31] up.
>> Thank y'all for making it.
[19:36] » All right, we can move into our agenda
and so we have a couple sets of minutes.
[19:40] Mr.
>> Thank you, Mr. Huskerson, Miss Martin,
[19:45] anything about those that we need to
Okay, we're good to those. All right.
[19:51] » Um, I have no comments at this point in
time. We have no introductions at all.
[19:56] So, we'll see what comes up between now
and then. Maybe we'll have another win
[19:59] we can talk about. Really good. Um, all
right. Mayor's business. We've got
[20:04] holding two public hearings. I I am
going to presume this is just a
[20:09] consideration of starting the process.
As we know, we hold two public hearings.
[20:12] Which by the way, in case y'all don't
know it, we don't have to hold public
[20:16] hearings when it comes I mean we have to
hold one, but we don't have to hold two.
[20:20] So we have made it a practice for the
last 15 years um to be holding two
[20:24] public hearings on things when we have a
a change or significant adoption of an
[20:29] ordinance and that sort of thing or any
ordinance for that matter. But in
[20:32] particular, this predatory towing
continues to be an issue. And so uh we
[20:37] did not reinvent the wheel. Uh obviously
other other cities had the same issue
[20:42] and so we have a a sample that we use.
We adopted a little bit or tweaked a
[20:47] little bit to fit start more but um Mr.
Huskinson has looked at it and played
[20:52] with it. Um and we've got a couple of
other um opportunities for us to look
[20:56] and see where we want to tweak it
differently. So when y'all there should
[21:00] be one in the packet which is a proposed
but you know take a look at it and see
[21:04] based on the things that you have heard
from people. I think it addresses what
[21:08] we need to address, but you know, we'll
look at it and see as we go along. But
[21:12] anyway, this is just for holding calling
for holding two public hearings. So, can
[21:16] we consent that one?
>> Okay. And then we have uh as we all
[21:20] know, Miss Harden is going to retire on
us. Effective date for that retirement
[21:25] is the 10th of October. And so, this is
to uh allow Mr. Corbin who is a
[21:32] extraordinary accountant and has the
background to become the CFO for this
[21:37] process and so um he has he has agreed
that this is a job he will take on. Is
[21:42] that correct?
>> Yes sir.
[21:43] » All right. So um that is the reason for
this and I wanted to get it done.
[21:46] Obviously we have one more meeting
before Miss Harden goes but um one more
[21:52] regular meeting before Miss Harden um
retires on us but um wanted to get that
[21:57] started as something that the board
would consider. So any issues with have
[22:01] Mr. Mr.
>> consent gave me unless somebody take it
[22:04] off like they take it off the consent
>> consent and we'll see how it goes.
[22:08] » Right.
>> All right. Next we have a resolution for
[22:11] uh the general obligation in public
improvement bonds. And this is um this
[22:15] is the we've done the authorization and
this is the resolution for the issuance
[22:20] um in the in the amount of 15 million up
to
[22:25] » yes one more. This is just this just
ends this particular part of the
[22:29] process. And when we get ready to do
street bonds, we'll come back with a
[22:33] plan and an amount to be issued.
>> Yeah, this is just shutting down that
[22:38] consent.
>> All right. For that one, um community
[22:41] development. Um Mr. Hen, we've got um
two advisory board members that wish to
[22:47] be reappointed. Is that correct?
>> Yes. They they serve I think two terms
[22:50] each.
>> I only qualify.
[22:53] » Okay. And they're willing?
>> Yes. Do you still have a vacancy on that
[22:56] board?
>> Yeah, there's been a vacancy on that
[22:57] board for about two years now.
>> Okay. So, uh if anybody knows of anybody
[23:00] else who wants to
>> It's not done by a ward. It's just
[23:02] somebody that's experiencing related to
that field,
[23:06] » right? Okay. Well, maybe we'll get the
word out there. Consent for those two.
[23:09] » Consent.
>> Okay. And engineering, um Mr. Bernett,
[23:13] where I'm pass. All right. Mr. Williams,
you want to address the burns dirt um
[23:20] increase for the project?
>> So, the supplement agreement number two
[23:24] is for the pedestrian lights. Original
contract has them at 12t tall. The
[23:29] standard we have is 14. So, there a
little bit of a change for there. So, it
[23:33] meets the same standard as our other
one. So, if something gets hit, knocked
[23:37] over, we can replace it and it'll match
those. Okay.
[23:40] » The other piece of this change order is
monumenting our rideway. So, what this
[23:44] does, it'll put um a brass disc or pin
at our corner of our rideway at every
[23:50] partial line. Um historically that y'all
know about, there's been a lot of
[23:54] rightway encroachment over time. So,
this will help us kind of delineate that
[23:59] right away and keep up with it as we go
through, you know, things redevelop and
[24:03] everything along those lines is kind of
setting where we're at.
[24:06] » Okay. All right.
>> I just have a question for
[24:09] » Chris. I'm sure it's correct, but it's
got the 14 foot as being cheaper than
[24:14] the 12 foot. Is that what I
>> So there is So what it was is the one we
[24:19] actually speced originally was fancier.
We grabbed the wrong one. So it's
[24:24] taller, but it's less fancy with some of
the finials and different things on it.
[24:29] » It's uh the model numbers, if you look
down, there are about 20 different
[24:33] codes, and we just grab the wrong code
on it.
[24:35] » It keeps us consistent, though.
>> It's consistent.
[24:38] » Okay. All right. consent for that one.
>> Okay. Then we have a change order to
[24:42] econ with the main street improvements
project. I'm sure that you're up for
[24:45] that one as well.
>> We are. So the main thing is a bunch of
[24:48] little pieces, but the main one is
swapping our uh so originally the seat
[24:53] walls were concrete. And so what this
goes is bumps it up to brick wall. So
[24:59] the bricks the same one is our knee wall
that's on 182. And so we're kind of
[25:04] standardizing everything across when
we're doing a project with the same
[25:07] brick, same papers when going through
it. So that's the biggest chunk of it.
[25:11] » Again, consistency, but the look is
really far superior.
[25:16] » Okay. Consent for that one.
>> Consent.
[25:17] » Okay. And then uh professional services
contract with gems for right away tree
[25:22] inventory. So you want to talk about
that one too, please? So what we did or
[25:26] what this will do is the same thing that
we did last year with our parks trees
[25:30] that we went through and did all the
trees into it. And so now what we've
[25:34] done is use that as an implementation
tool of knowing where we need to go take
[25:37] out dead trees where we need to do
pruning those type ideas. This would be
[25:41] for the rideways and for the cemeteries.
Um so it won't get us the whole city.
[25:46] Get you about 1,200 trees is what it'll
get um on it. And so we'll kind of
[25:51] figure out where we start and then as
the years go on, we'll we'll see how far
[25:55] this will get us and then hopefully next
year we can see how, you know, kind of
[25:59] continue on to it till we get everything
treated as an asset.
[26:03] » Okay.
>> And and I just like to say I think
[26:05] that's been a very successful program
there at McKe um which had a lot of
[26:10] mature trees um some that were not in
particularly good shape and the the park
[26:17] is looking better. The trees are even
looking
[26:20] And so what we've done is a tiered
approach for that example is we went in
[26:24] and removed everything that was a hazard
or a dangerous as far as the tree goes.
[26:29] Now the next phase is we need to go back
in and do some pruning. Um and then
[26:33] we're actually talking to Dr. Bruzzac
about a planning plan to also cuz some
[26:38] of those trees are getting up to their
life span. So kind of a successional
[26:42] planning. So, okay, we know they're
getting to 70 80 years, you know, kind
[26:47] of where their lifespan and then plant
some so that way we won't have bare
[26:51] spots all at once.
>> Okay. So, while the program that you
[26:54] pulled up u before the work session
started, he's would you just bring your
[26:59] little iPad and just kind of turn around
so the board can see it. So, he's got a
[27:03] tree inventory in his iPad that shows if
you pull it up, it shows the kind of
[27:08] tree.
>> Sorry, I was actually over here plugging
[27:10] in benches right now while we're going.
the inventory basically. So,
[27:14] » this is just really cool.
>> Yes. All the all the surveys we've done.
[27:18] » Yes.
>> Um I'm pulling the information in,
[27:20] including all of what they have. So,
it's going to be hard for y'all to see,
[27:24] but essentially get an idea.
>> We have all the streets and the trees in
[27:28] the side of the parks are individually
um indicated on there. And essentially,
[27:32] we can track whatever history has gone
on with them. He can highlight a section
[27:35] of trees, tie work orders, uh uh
contracts, anything. You could literally
[27:40] track how much per tree you're spending
in 20 years or you could locate a tree
[27:44] that maybe you've spent too much money
on. You're like, we don't need to keep
[27:47] treating this tree. We've done it 30
times and you know, new tree.
[27:51] » So, at some point, I want us to to have
a pro a work session on on that
[27:56] particular asset inventory piece because
I think that is just way cool. Thank
[27:59] you. Thank you. Sorry. All right. So,
back to the back to the issue consent
[28:03] for the professional services.
>> Of course, thank you. So, we skipped the
[28:06] claims docket. Uh financials, anything
about the financials as far that we need
[28:10] to be thinking about? Okay, except for
that one.
[28:13] » Okay, HR. Um no, these are all uh
positions that are being filled, right?
[28:20] Not no new positions.
>> One I'll speak to and that's the item
[28:23] number four. It's a part-time intern
support the building manager.
[28:29] » Okay.
>> No benefits.
[28:31] » If it's an intern,
>> it's intern.
[28:32] » Yeah. Okay. All right. Consent for those
>> consent.
[28:35] » All right.
And then we have under parks, we've got
[28:39] professional services with
architectronics. Mr. Williams, you want
[28:43] to take that one, too? It
>> is. So, um, we've got just a handful of
[28:47] different architectural issues. I'd say
the biggest ones are this last big rain
[28:52] for um the sports sports annex. We've
had a leak and then us the Travis outlaw
[29:00] center on it as well. We've had it on
and off for about 3 years now. And so
[29:04] it's probably a flashing issue or
something going on. But so we've had a
[29:08] buckle in our gym floor. So it's really
we got issues that we got to take care
[29:12] of our roof. And y'all know how
important those are. So this is to get
[29:16] um the professional help on coming up
with the designs and working through
[29:21] those portions of it. Kind of doing
about three little projects together.
[29:24] It's all architecturally related.
>> So So it'll be time you replace that
[29:30] roof.
>> The I'm hoping not. Um, like I said, we
[29:33] originally, so we did a little bit of
flashing work, I think about two and a
[29:36] half years ago, and we haven't seen
anything again. Um, I know the lower
[29:41] flat portion of the Travis Eyewall
Center was replaced, I think five or six
[29:45] years ago. So, I don't think that that's
a full replacement. the roof. The last
[29:49] time we looked, it is technically coming
up to, you know, the lifespan on the big
[29:54] large metal roof, but part of what I
want to come out of this is like, okay,
[29:58] is there ways that we can coat it or is
there, you know, is there ways that we
[30:02] can get some more life out of it. Um, so
I'm I'm sure hoping we're not in a full
[30:07] replacement mode. We're going to try
everything we can to save what we got as
[30:10] long as we can.
>> Okay. All right. That's it for that one.
[30:13] » That's it. Okay. Um then we have honor
of police. We got radios chief that
[30:17] you're wanting to purchase this one
for that one. And then uh we've got two
[30:24] mowings. Everything else is been
responsive and and mode. So consent for
[30:29] those.
>> Okay. Sanitation department. Uh third
[30:33] eye environmental solutions. This is a
camera for the sweeper truck. Anything
[30:36] you want to share about that, Mr.
Other than the fact it's a new camera
[30:42] system
[30:46] from all angles outside.
[30:52] » All right.
>> Okay. And then uh purchase of two 40yard
[30:57] refuge trucks from Ingram.
>> Consent for that.
[31:01] » The bid went well.
>> Okay. And Mr. Smiley has reviewed the 26
[31:08] page documents that each one um
presented. We had a little light
[31:13] reading.
>> Yeah, I was going to say I put you to
[31:14] sleep. All right. Under utilities, we've
got a pump equipment amount 5860.
[31:20] Edward, anything about those we need to
know.
[31:23] » I mean, it's just a repair on the pump
at the influence station, just a single
[31:27] failure. We've got two quotes on that
one.
[31:30] » Okay. Consent for that one. And then
mechanical services agreement with
[31:33] Brisbane for the HVAC consent for that
one.
[31:36] » You actually have air conditioning,
right?
[31:39] » We they're working on it currently.
Hopefully we will not have any more
[31:43] temporary units after today. Um
distribution insurance. This is the
[31:47] insurance company. Um and it went up how
much?
[31:50] » 5.8%.
>> I'm sorry.
[31:52] » 5.8%.
>> 5.8%. And there's not a thing we can do
[31:55] about that, is there? So that's it for
that one.
[31:59] Uh, low quote for uniform pants. There's
a lot of trust there. Consent for that
[32:04] one. Consent.
>> Uh, low quote for Palmer services towing
[32:07] repairs to the division truck number 54.
Anything about that we need to know,
[32:12] Edward?
>> It's just a recurring problem we've had
[32:15] there. We got two quotes for them and
uh, Mr. Palmer. They do a lot of service
[32:21] work for us.
>> Okay. All right. Consent. And then we
[32:24] had the water purchase contract with
Trim Cane. If you remember Trim came to
[32:27] us. um and they they put it before their
board. So, we have not heard back from
[32:32] them, but this is the proposal that we
made after our meeting with them, which
[32:36] I think is a reasonable proposal. So,
we'll see. We'll put in front of them
[32:39] and if they take it, fine. If they
don't, we'll go back to our original
[32:42] plan. So, consent for that. Okay. And
Mr. But Huskinson is located so it's
[32:48] comfortable. Um applying for the
Homeland Security Cyber Security Grant
[32:54] consent for that one. Okay. It's no
cost. And then uh Seaman's vacuum
[32:59] circuit breaker. I don't that one's new
to me. What do we got?
[33:02] » This was the substation substation in
Aberdine.
[33:04] » Yes, ma'am.
>> Okay. Yeah. And we want to help help
[33:07] them out.
>> Uh and then applying for a grid
[33:11] resiliency grant.
>> All right. Let's talk about that one.
[33:14] Yeah, let's do that. Let's talk about
that too. Give me
[33:17] » So, uh the state has some resiliency
grants through MDA. Um those are
[33:22] priority for the PC, uh Department of
Energy and uh we want to apply for
[33:27] those. Our top two priorities will be
our SCADA system and MS. We've already
[33:32] had those in our capital improvement
plan. They are the the source of funding
[33:36] is primarily for making your grid more
resilient. So those two will help inform
[33:41] our customers as as well as inform our
operational teams when we do have an
[33:45] outage and help for quicker response
times, less less outage duration. And
[33:50] then any available funding after that,
we want to start doing pole replacements
[33:54] that have been identified in our pole
inspection program that are substandard.
[33:58] » Okay. And that falls under that grid.
>> Yes, ma'am. Okay. It may basically
[34:01] making your grid hard uh hardening, if
you will. Um the maximum allowable for
[34:06] our size system is a million dollars.
Okay.
[34:09] » Again, all of these projects we already
have on the plan to do and if we can get
[34:14] 60 cents on the dollar, you know, it
would be a win for us.
[34:18] » Yeah. Okay. Is this something TVA can
help us with?
[34:21] » Influence lobby.
>> Yeah. I'm looking at you over here.
[34:25] » Well, um, normally with the state, we
don't, but I'm not saying that we can't,
[34:30] uh, well, we can offer recommendations
that these need to be done.
[34:33] » There you go. Okay. You know, a little
>> Yeah.
[34:36] » A little support there would be great.
>> Absolutely. There's a fact sheet in your
[34:39] board packet. I think the total amount
that they have available for the entire
[34:42] state is like 15 or 16 million. So, I'm
sure there'll be a lot of applications
[34:47] for it.
>> Okay. All right.
[34:50] » All right. Thank you everyone. That
takes us to the So,
[34:55] » enjoy and stay hope.