[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.

Work session 9 12 2025

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