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AS WE ALWAYS DO WE'LL START WITH OUR NORMAL AGENDA ITEMS. SO FIRST IS OUR MINUTES FROM JULY 94 STRATEGIC RETREAT.
NUMBER 9. >> CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH BERKOFF, HENDRICKS, AND CARTER LLP FOR THE CHANNEL AND FLOOD PLAINS SURVEY IN A PROJECT NOT
TO EXCEED 544,100. >> EXCITED TO SEE IT MOVE
THIS WILL BE GOOD STUFF. PUTTING SOME DRAWINGS TO, WOULD TO CHECK IT ALL OUT AND MAKE SURE IT FLOW RIGHT.
NUMBER 10 WE'RE POLLING. BRING THIS BACK AT A LATER DATE.
PHASE 1 JUST COMPLETED. PEOPLE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO ENJOY IT. WE DO HAVE A FEW PUNCHLESS ITEMS FROM A SAFETY P WHETHER THAT'S HYDRATION OR TRIP HAZARDS OR STEPS THAT WILL IN THE NEAR TERM.
ONCE WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THING LOOK THIS YEAR, LATER THIS YEAR, OR A YEAR AFTER. LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER 11.
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO AN EASEMENT ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT AND ALLOW FOR THE PLACEMENT OF ELECTRIC CONDUIT WITHIN EASEMENT DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF CARROLTON. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. SOUNDS LIKE A MEREDITH THING.
NUMBER 12, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH AN INTERLOCAL CO-OP AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE LOCAL MATCH FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE COTTON BELT SHARED USE TRAIL. I THINK THIS IS COMING BACK BECAUSE OF SOME CHANGES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TRAIL.
NUMBER 13. A LOT OF WORDS THERE.
I'LL JUST SUGGEST THAT BASICALLY A RESOLUTION BETWEEN THE CITY OF CARROLTON AND ATMOS, AND THEIR BODIES.
ANY OTHER INSIGHT TO SHARE? >> WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING IS I GOT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY. THIS ONE RAISES IT.
AND THEY JUST SUBMITTED THIS YEAR FOR A REDUCTION.
SO IT BE WILL A NET DOLLAR 10 MONTH TO MONTH REDUCTION STARTING IN OCTOBER. THE THIS ONE AT 320.
THE OTHER ONE BY 440. SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE A I PROVING A RATE INCREASE, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE POTENTIALLY A RATE DECREASE, SO.
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST NOTICED THAT THERE IS A 650,000 WHICH HAVE FOR THE CONSULTANTS 554.3 MILLION.
SO THERE'S A DISCREPANCY THERE. I WONDER WHY THERE'S A BIG
DIFFERENT. >> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
I'M SORRY. >> THE NUMBER WE HAVE IS UP TO 265 MILLION WHICH IS INITIALLY PRESENTED.
153.4. >> SO THEY SUBMIT TO WHAT IT SHOULD BE. AND OUR CONSULTANTS GO AHEAD AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHAT THEY THINK IT SHOULD BE AND THEY RENEGOTIATE AND SETTLE HOPEFULLY SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
THAT'S WHERE THE DISCREPANCY IS. >> OKAY.
THANK YOU. ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
APPRECIATE THAT. NUMBER 14, DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1449 VALLEYVIEW LANE.
>> THIS RELATE TO A WELL THAT NEEDS TO BE ISOLATED.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? >> ALL RIGHT.
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THAT TAKES US TO OUR WORK SESSION ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE LET'S START WITH COMMUNITY FUNDING.AND NANCY CLINE IS THE OUTGOING CHERISHING SO.
>> I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR SERVING AND FOR STAFF'S AMAZING HELP. THEY WERE TREMENDOUSLY WONDERFUL IN NEGOTIATING ALL THE APPLICATIONS WE RECEIVED AND HELPING US WITH THE INTERVIEWS AND HEARING THE DISCUSSIONS OF
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WHAT THE NEEDS WERE BEFORE. SO WE ARE PRESENTING EACH COUNCIL MEMBER RECEIVED A COPY OF THE SPREAD SHEET OF THE COMMITTEE'S 2017 COMMUNITY FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.AND AT THE VERY BOTTOM UNDER FY27, THE COUNCIL DECISION POINT WAS FOR $663,300, AND THAT'S A REDUCTION FROM LAST YEARS WHICH IS 67,000. SO WE WERE VERY CAREFUL TO KEEP THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE SAME BALL PARK AND ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME. >> IF THERE WAS A HARD STOP AT 733 IF THE 63 WAS NOT TO HAVE THE CONSTABLES SUPPORT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE WHAT THAT WOULD COME FROM OR THE COMMITTEE FEELS EQUALLY COMPELLED FOR EACH ONE OF THESE REQUESTS.
IS THAT ANOTHER WAY TO SAY IT? >> I BELIEVE SO.
SOME OF IT IS CONTINUING PROGRAMS THAT WE FEEL LIKE SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGE ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF CARROLTON.
AND SOME OF THEM WERE NEW APPLICANT WE HAD NEVER HEARD FROM BEFORE. SO IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS TO GO THROUGH. BECAUSE WE ARE TEETHING IT AS IF IT THE COMMUNITY'S MONEY THAT WE ARE ALLOCATING AND BEING
CAREFUL. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.
THE WHY DO WE HAVE THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA?
>> THEY VOLUNTEER AND BRING CHILDREN TO THE SYMPHONY AND BRING INSTRUMENTS TO THE CLASSROOM AND DEMONSTRATE MUSIC AND THEY GAVE US THE NUMBER OF STUDENT THEY SERVE EVERY YEAR AND THE NUMBER THEY TRANSPORT. THE AND WE FELT LIKE THE CONSERVATIVE AMOUNT THAT WE AWARDED WAS WORTH THE BENEFIT THEY WERE BRINGING TO THE KIDS OF CARROLTON.
>> AND IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF KIDS IN CARROLTON, RIGHT?
>> YES. >> AND THE TWO GREEN ITEMS.
>> THOSE ARE REALLY COUNCIL. >> THOSE ARE THE CONTRACTS THAT
THE CITY HAS. >> SO IT'S A MULTIYEAR COMMITMENT. THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR WAS REFERENCING IS THE BUILT IN PROPOSED, AND THOSE ARE SEPARATE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY.
SO THE COMMITTEE ONLY REVIEWS THE ONES THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE
>> CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE COUNTY HMR.
>> WILL LISTENING TO THEIR PROPOSAL, WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT GOING THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE BEST ROUTE FOR THE ASSISTANCE IN THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WOULD BEST BE
SERVED. >> BUT ARE THEY GETTING FUND FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT? THAT'S THE.
>> THAT WOULD BE THE QUESTION FOR THE POLICE.
>> SO WE HAVE REFERRED THEM TO REX THE SAME WE WE HAVE REFERRED THE DALLAS COUNTY SIDE TO RECS FOR THEM TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER AND BRING THAT FORWARD FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT FROM THE RECURRING NEED THAT'S NEEDED THERE ON.
AND SO. >> BECAUSE I KIND OF SEE THAT AS A SIMILAR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTRE.
THEY OBVIOUSLY GO THROUGH OUR POLICE AS WELL, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THE POLICE FUNDING.
THEY'RE GOING -- >> WE WERE TREATING IT SIMILAR
TO THE ONE THAT HAS. >> METROCARE.
>> METROCARE. >> DALLAS COUNTY.
>> AND THAT'S WHERE OUR POLICE TAKE OUR BECAUSE OUR POLICE STATIONS IN DALLAS COUNTY, THAT'S WHERE THEY LEVERAGE METROCARE. THEY DON'T LEVERAGE MHMR.
>> SO IF THEY DON'T LEVERAGE IT, THEN HOW ARE THEY GOING TO.
>> THEY'RE NOT FUNDING IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PROGRAM THAT
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT LEVERAGES. >> IT SAYS REFERENCE TO RECS
HERE IN THE NOTES. >> YEAH, YOU WANT TO?
>> SURE. WE'LL GIVE YOU REFERENCE ON THAT. OR YOU CAN GIVE US REFERENCE ON
THAT. >> WOULD YOU MIND TELLING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THIS ORGANIZATION A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT THEY DO? >> WHICH ONE IS IT.
>> THE COUNTY HMR. >> EACH COUNTY HAS A DESIGNATED MENTAL HEALTH SHORT. SO THE MHMR SERVES IT.
THEIR MHMR IS METROCARE. YOU CAN INTERCHANGE THOSE NAMES.
AND WITH METRO CARE, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM WHERE THEY PROVIDE A MENTAL HEALTH NAVIGATOR THAT WORKS WITH OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. SO WE MAKE DAILY REFERRALS TO THE NAVIGATOR. NOW, THE NAVIGATOR THAT THEY HAVE TO WORK UNDER A CLINICIAN, SO WE CAN'T ACTUALLY SUPERVISE
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THE NAVIGATOR. THEY HAVE TO WORK UNDER A CLINICIAN. AND SO METRO CARE.YOU GET CONFUSED BETWEEN CREST AND CARE.
THE OFFICE OUT OF CREST SERVICES BUT IT'S METROCARE IS THE DALLAS COUNTY MHMR NAVIGATOR. WHAT THEY DO IS BASICALLY REFERRALS. SO THEY'LL GO TALK TO THE PEOPLE AND MAKE REFERRALS TO METROCARE. DENTON COUNTY MHMR OR COLIN COUNTY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE RESIDENT LIVES WITHIN THE CITY
OF CARROLLTON. >> SO THAT'S SERVICING DALLAS COUNTY BUT HALF OF OUR POPULATION IS DENTON COUNTY.
SO THE DENTON COUNTY RESIDENTS. >> SO THE NAVIGATOR WORKS IN ALL OF CARROLLTON IN DENTON AND COLIN COUNTY AND SHE WILL WORK WITH THE RESPECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER WHEREVER THE PATIENT RESIDES. AND THAT'S WHERE SHE WILL MAKE REFERRALS, TALK TO THEIR CLINICIANS IF POSSIBLE OR WHOEVER THEIR CASE PERSON IS AND WORK WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET THE PERSON SERVICES. SO IT IS KIND OF CONFUSING BECAUSE SHE WORKS UNDER SUPERVISION OF METROCARE, BUT SHE WORKS FOR US. WE PAY HER TO BE HERE FOR US EVERY DAY EVEN THOUGH SHE IS SUPERVISED BY METRO CARE, SHE IS SERVING ALL THE RESIDENTS OF CARROLLTON.
>> AND THAT'S ONE PERSON THERE PART-TIME, IS THAT CORRECT?
SO THE MHMR DENTON COUNTY OFFICE THAT'S SERVING DENTON COUNTY, THEY HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE CARROLLTON RESIDENTS THAT THEY SERVE. ARE THEY -- I'M JUST, I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHY WE DON'T SEE THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR DENTON COUNTY MHMR TO HAVE OUR SUPPORT IF WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO IS METRO CARE BOUND WHO IS SUPPOSED TO SERVE EVERYBODY BUT THAT'S
NOT THE CASE. >> SO THERE'S HISTORY ON THIS DENTON COUNTY MHMR, AND I TALKED TO THE FORMER COMMISSIONER.
I TALKED TO KEVIN ABOUT IT. I TALKED TO JUDGE ABOUT IT.
AND THIS, THEY'RE ALL LOSING THEIR FEDERAL FUNDING IS WHAT'S HAPPENING, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING.
SO AS A RESULT THEY ARE STARTING TO REACH OUT TO THE CITIES THAT THEY SERVE. WHEN THIS CAME TO US LAST YEAR AS A GROUP WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND HAD A SIMILAR ASK.
AND WE DEFERRED THIS TO CPD. AND THE RESPONSE THAT WE GOT BACK THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT ANYWAY WAS THAT WE LEVERAGE -- WE KNOW THEY'RE THERE AND PRIVATE WORLD CAN LEVERAGE MHMR BUT FROM A POLICE PERSPECTIVE AND A POLICE SERVICIVE , WE SEND OUR NEEDS THROUGH METRO CARE REGARDLESS OF WHICH COUNTY.
>> RIGHT. >> THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT METRO CARE DOESN'T SERVE DALLAS PEOPLE THAT WE'RE NOT PART OF.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT DENTON COUNTY DOESN'T SERVE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE NOT PART OF. BUT THAT'S TYPICALLY COUNTY LEVEL FUNDING NOT CITY LEVEL FUNDING.
IT'S NOT PROPERTY TAX FUNDED TRADITIONALLY.
THAT'S WHY FOR THIS YEAR I THINK INTERNALLY THE RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO FUND IT, AND WE DIDN'T FUND IT LAST YEAR FOR THE SAME
REASON. >> AND TO BE HONEST WE DON'T FUND METROCARE. WE JUST FUND OUR NAVIGATOR WHO HELPS US WORK THROUGH ALL THREE AGENCIES.
>> SO IF WE STEPPED INTO THIS ONE WE WOULD HAVE TO STEP INTO THESE OTHERS THAT ARE COUNTY LEVEL ITEMS FROM THE STATE.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
>> AND THERE'S BEEN HEADLINES. METRO CARE IS SEEKING LOTS OF MONEY FROM DALLAS COUNTY RIGHT NOW.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> AND THE COUNTY IS THE PLACE TO GO FOR THAT. THEY GET DOLLARS THAT WE DON'T.
>> THEY ALL NEED HELP. EVERY ONE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS IS ONE OF THE LOWEST MENTAL HEALTH IN THE STATION.
>> WE NEED TO PLACE AS MUCH EMPHASIS AND IMPORTANCE ON MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS,S AND I MEAN I LOVE THE ARTS.
I THINK THEY'RE WONDERFUL, BUT IF WE'RE NOT GIVING ANY WEIGHT TO THAT. I DO UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO THE COUNTY. I DO THINK IT WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO HAVE A WORK SESSION ITEM WHERE WE GET TO GET SOME REPORTS ON OUR NAVIGATOR AND TO SEE WHERE SHE'S AT.
I KNOW SHE'S BEEN THERE FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
>> COUPLE YEARS. >> AND JUST TO SEE WHAT THE
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STATS ARE HOW MANY RESIDENTS. >> LOVE TO, YEAH.
>> AND THAT WAY THE REST OF OUR COUNCIL KNOWS WHAT MHMR IS.
>> SO JUST ANOTHER POINT. PARKLAND HOSPITAL WILL TAKE MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS FROM BOTH COUNTIES.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY DON'T DO WHAT NOW?
>> THEY'RE FUNDED BY DALLAS COUNTY, RIGHT.
>> YES. BUT THEY WILL NEVER TURN ANYBODY
DOWN FROM ANYWHERE ELSE. >> AND LET ME JUST ADD GUYS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THE METROCREST HOSPITAL AUTHORITY HAS FUNDED MHMR BUT THAT'S BULLS EYE TO A GRANT REQUEST IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THEIR WHOLE GRANTS THEY GIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR IS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL BEING SERVICES. THEY GIVE GRANTS TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND MANY ORGANIZATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY DO IT HERE.
>> I R I CAN BRING THAT BACK TO SEE WHERE METROHEALTH CARE IS
>> ALL RIGHT. SO THIS CLOSES OUT YOUR REPORT? YOU WILL SEE THIS AS WE GET INTO THE SPREAD SHEET.
>> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION IF ANYBODY KNOWS WHY DENTON HEALTH DIDN'T COME BACK THIS YEAR. I WAS SURPRISE TO SEE THEY DIDN'T EVEN APPLY. DID ANYBODY GET ANY INPUT FROM THAT TYPE OF ORGANIZATION? I WAS SURPRISED THEY DIDN'T
START TO. >> WE EMAILED MULTIPLE TIMES TRYING TO PROVIDE THEM LINKS TO THE APPLICATION AND GETTING THEM TO APPLY, AND WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE.
>> WHICH ONE IS IT? I THINK THEY LOST THEIR
LEADERSHIP, AND THAT'S THE -- >> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> THEY DID INDEED. >> SO LET'S WITH THAT, COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE BUDGET ITEM NUMBER 5.
AND WE'LL DIVE INTO THE SPREAD SHEET.
>> I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES REQUESTED FROM LAST WEEK. WHEN YOU ASKED FOR A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON HOW THE PROPERTY TAX RATE IS INCUMBENT HIGHWAYING BECAUSE I TALKED ABOUT HOW PREVIOUSLY IT WAS PUTTING MONEY STRAIGHT INTO THE FUNDS. SO THIS IS I BELIEVE PAGE 157.
WE ARE ON THE OPERATING SIDE PART OF THE TAX RATE SPECIFICALLY WENT TO CAPITAL DEDICATED PARTNERSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE OF THE THREATS IN THE LEGISLATURE THIS NEXT YEAR WE ARE PUTTING IT ALL INSIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND AND JUST DOING TRANSFERS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THOSE THREE THINGS. SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE CHANGING.
WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE ACCOUNT FOR IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO REALLY TIE OUR HANDS TO WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE LEGISLATIVE THREATS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD TO US. WE THINK.
DID THAT KIND OF EXPLAIN? THESE ARE JUST YOUR ATBS TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH. AND WE JUST HAVE A PROPERTY RATE ANALYSIS OF WHAT IS BETWEEN THE RATE FROM LAST YEAR, WHAT THE AVERAGE HOMESTEAD VALUE COMPARED TO THIS YEAR AND THAT YOU HAVE A DECREASE OF $71 ON THE AVERAGE TAX BILL WITH A PROPOSED RATE
THAT WAS PROPOSED LAST WEEK. >> AND DALLAS COUNTY, DALLAS DID
NOT GO DOWN. >> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> DO YOU RECALL WHAT THAT CHANGE WAS?
>> DALLAS COUNTY THE OVERALL TAX INCREASE? IT WENT UP 4% ON DALLAS COUNTY. THERE'S A NEW PAGE WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO AND IT'S THE HE COULD IS PAGE OF YOUR BOOK AND IT'S THE MEDIAN HOME WHICH IS A NEW REQUIREMENT BY LAW BUT GIVES AUTO LOOK AT WHAT THE TAX BILL LOOKS LIKE FOR THE CITY FOR EACH
COUNTY. >> I'M JUST GOING TO COMPARE IT SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE DOING IT BY COUNTY.
>> YES. BUT ABOUT 4% INCREASE ON THE
>> AND THAT'S ON AVERAGE OF COURSE.
>> THAT'S ALL I HAVE WITH THE PRESENTATION BUT WE HAVE THE
EXCEL IF YOU'RE READY. >> SO AS WE DIVE INTO IT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS. FIRST OFF WE HAVE A YEAR TO YEAR SHEET WE GOT DURING THE YEAR. IT'S BASICALLY WHAT WAS AVAILABLE IN THE VARIOUS FUNDS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT.
>> WHICH ONE IS THAT? IT'S THE FUNDING.
IT'S THE ONE. >> CAN YOU MAYBE WALK US THROUGH
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THOSE CURRENT BALANCES? >> YEAH.
SO YOUR STRATEGIC COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IS WHEN YOU DON'T SPEND ALL OF YOUR RECURRING MONEY YOU PUT IT INTO THAT BUCKET OF MONEY. YOU HAVE 5.4 MILLION BECAUSE OF THAT. IT'S DECREASED THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF DETAILS AROUND THE OFFICE PARK BUT WHAT IT DID DO WHENEVER WE CHANGED THAT DEAL A COUPLE MONTH AGO, IT OPENED UP THE 12.9 MILLION THAT'S IN TOURS WHICH CAN ONLY BE USED INSIDE OF THAT FUND SO YOU DO HAVE A RATHER LARGE BALANCE THERE AND CAN ONLY BE USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY. IT CANNOT BE USED FOR DEBT BUT IT'S NOT TAX APPROVED DEBT. AND OFF SPECIFIC FUND FOR THAT AND HAVE 515,000 INSIDE OF THERE.
THAT'S ALREADY IN THERE AND AVAILABLE FOR YOU AND NONRECURRING AT 5.2 MILLION WHICH WILL JUST GET ADDED TO
THIS BUCKET. >> WHAT DID THAT MEAN AGAIN?
>> STRATEGIC INVESTMENT. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE REMINDED THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS PROGRAM 100% OF OUR DOLLARS AVAILABLE. AND WE DO THAT UNITED STATES BE WE KNOW THERE WILL BE RAINY DAYS AND PROJECTS THAT COME UP THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE. AND SO THERE MIGHT BE THINGS WE DON'T WANT TO YET BECAUSE AS WE GET CLOSER TO PUBLICATION OF THE ACT AND INTO THE AUDIT WE WILL KNOW MORE RELATIVE TO OUR FUNDING. WE'LL KNOW MORE RELATIVE TO OUR DISPUTES AND SO FORTH AND MORE RELATIVE TO THE SALES AND USE TAX BETWEEN NOUN AND THEN AND WILL HAVE A HIGHER VISIBILITY OF WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE THREE MONTHS FROM WE DO TODAY.
AND SO THE EFFORT WOULD BE TO PERHAPS PROGRAM 80 TO 90% OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE NOW AND MAINTAIN THESE ON A WISH LIST BECAUSE I THINK EVERY ONE OF THESE ARE IMPORTANT, BE YOU IT MAY BE WE SAY WE WANT TO DO T IT'S BRAND NEW.
IS THIS THE TIME TO START IT? BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF
THOSE FUND BALANCES. >> THANK YOU MAYOR.
SO IS THERE A GOAL OF WHAT OUR SAFETY NET FOR THAT OR WANTS TO EQUAL $5 MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND IT'S MORE REALLY FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT WHAT THEIR COMFORT LEVEL IS BASED ON WHAT THE RISK MIGHT BE COMING DOWN
THE ROAD. >> SO WE HAVE ADOPTED FINANCIAL POLICIES FOR THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE ADMIN FUND.
SO WE HAVE ACCOMMODATED WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR RISK THAT WE NIGHT SEE COMING DOWN THE PIPE FOR OPERATION.
SO IT'S REALLY WHAT DO YOU AS COUNCIL FEEL IS NECESSARY IN CASE THERE IS SOMETHING YOU HAD TO RESPOND TO THAT WAS MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU WERE NOT AWARE OF AT THIS TIME.
>> I MEAN IS IT A PERCENT OF THE BUDGET OR IS IT?
>> IT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS USED IN A DIFFERENT MANNER. THE TOURS IS ONLY GOING TO BE USED IN THE TOUR. STRATEGIC COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT. THAT IS GOING TO BE USED IN ANY PART OF CARROLLTON WHERE YOU HAVE SOMETHING COME UP.
IT'S WHERE ARE YOU COMFORTABLE THAT YOU ARE POSITIONED FOR WHAT MIGHT COME UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
IT'S NOT A HERE IS THE NUMBER AND THIS IS WHAT YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE. SO IT'S WHAT MAKES YOU GUYS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I AM COMFORTABLE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS IF SOMETHING HAPPENS.
SO I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. BECAUSE WE HAVE FINANCIAL POLICIES THAT COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED, AND WE'RE ADHERING
TO THOSE WITH THIS BUDGET. >> SALESSICS AT THAT, RIGHT.
I MEAN WE BY DESIGN BY POLICY WE COLLAR OUR GROWTH YEAR TO YEAR ON SALES TAX FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO NOT ALL THE CITIES DO THAT.
SOME FORECAST WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS ON AVERAGE. WE DON'T.
WE HAVE A CAP BY COUNCIL POLICY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BUDGET. AND IF THE ACTUALS COME IN GREATER THAN THAT, IT JUST ROLLS INTO THESE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AND SO TO DIANA'S POINT, WE HAVE
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GOT CONSERVATIVE POLICIES THROUGHOUT THAT IF WE CHOSE TO SPEND EVERY DOLLAR OF THIS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANYTHING TONIGHT, THEN DIANA FROM A, FROM OUR TRIPLE A RATING AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE WOULD STAND THAT WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE, RIGHT.FROM A COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE WE HAD PROJECTS COME UP FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, YOU KNOW, THINGS COME UP ALL THE TIME.
WE TYPICALLY LEAVE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, RIGHT.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S 2 MILLION. SOMETIMES IT'S 5 MILLION.
>> IT'S BEEN 12 MILLION ONE YEAR.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT I WAS
ASKING. >> THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE ARE COLLECTIVELY TRYING TO GET AT IS AT THE END OF THE DAY BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW NOW AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR A WINDFALL BASED ON THE DECISION THAT IS WE'RE MAKING ON OUR ATB LIST, AND WE WANT TO LEAVE ROOM, I'M JUST LOOK FOR GUIDANCE OF WHAT KIND OF ROOM ARE WE THAT MAKES US COMFORTABLE, AND I HAVE HAD BASE THAT ON PAST EXPERIENCE OF WHAT CAME UP IN THE PAST OR ANY I HAVE RISK WITH WHAT'S COMP NEXT YEAR.
IF WE KNEW THAT RATHER THAN DEBATE ON WHAT IT IS.
IT WOULD BE EASIENER IF WE YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS WOULD BE.
>> THAT'S WHY WE PUT THIS CHARLOTTE UP THERE SO WE WOULD REMIND OURSELVES THAT IF WE PROGRAMMED EVERY DOLLAR AVAILABLE, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE THOSE DOLLARS AVAILABLE THAT ARE
YET TO BE PROMISE PROGRAMMED. >> SO THIS WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATION WE ARE LOOKING AT FROM STAFF.
>> I AM GOING TO SUGGEST WE DON'T PROGRAM EVERY DOLLAR, AND AS WE GO DOWN THE SHEET THERE ARE SOME THAT WE DON'T HOLD ON FOR NOW AND WILL LIKELY YIELD A SAVINGS ON THE ONE TIME BUT WE ARE STILL GOING TO BUDGET TO THE TOTAL VALUE THAT IS PART OF IT.
>> OKAY. >> SO IT WILL BE POTENTIALLY
SLIGHTLY ADDED TO SOME OF THIS. >> SO IF I COULD ADD WHATEVER YOU DON'T PROGRAM IN THE 5 MILLION THERE WILL BE BUDGETED IN THE STRATEGIC COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AND WILL BE PART OF THE BUDGET. SO IF LATER SOMETHING COMES UP OR YOU DECIDE YOU NEED TO DOING IS, THAT WILL BE WHERE THE MONEY SITS WHERE IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED AND YOU JUST NEED TO MAKE A
DECISION. >> AND THESE ARE THREE.
THERE ARE OTHER FUNDS DOWN THE LIST THAT WE'LL ALSO SPEAK TO.
>> SO ARE THE CITY MANAGERS ADDITIONS INCLUDED BEFORE ALL OF
SO THIS IS AFTER THOSE ADDITIONS.
>> TYPICALLY THE CITY MANAGER AND YOU CAN SEE HIM, THOSE ADDITIONS TO BASE ARE BASED ON PRIORITY DECISIONS AND RUNNING
THE BUSINESS. >> SO WITH THE FEE INCREASE.
>> WE'LL GO THERE IN A SECOND. WE'LL DIVE IN AND YOU WILL SEE IT. I WILL REORIENT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. IF YOU'RE READY.
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS THIS SAME PAPER AND AS WAS ARTICULATED IN THE SLIDES AS WELL AS THE BOOK YOU HAVE 432,000 CALL IT 433,000 ALREADY BUILT INTO THE BUDGET AS WE KNOW IT AND SEE IT RIGHT HERE. THE NONRECURRING IS THE 5.289 THAT WAS ALSO JUST ON THAT CHART.
THAT IS NOT TO SAY WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE.
AGAIN WE CAN GO DOWN THROUGH. I THINK THE FIRST PASS TO SAY WHAT ARE THE EASY ONES THAT WE SAY WE WANT TO DO? AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM. BUT WE TYPICALLY GO STRAIGHT DOWN THIS LI AS SHOWN. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS ADDITIONS TO BASE ARE EFFECTIVELY EXPENSE ITEMS WHETHER THEY ARE RECURRING OR NONRECURRING, AND IF IT IS RECURRING IT WILL BE FOR THIS YEAR OR FUTURE YEARS. IF IT'S NOT RECURRING IT WILL BE A ONE-TIME EXPENDITURE EFFECTIVELY.
SO YOU WILL SEE THOSE ADDITIONS TO BASE.
AS YOU SCROLL DOWN FOR A SECOND YOU'LL SEE THINK OF THOSE AS USES. IF YOU SCROLL DOWN.
>> I'M TRYING TO I GOER IF OUT HOW TO HIDE THAT THING.
>> JUST TRYING TO GET MORE SPACES.
I KEEP TAKING OFF BUT NOT WORKING FOR ME.
SCROLL ON DOWN. THESE ARE ALL USES ONE TIME OR WHATEVER. REDUCTIONS TO BASE ARE GOING TO
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BE AGAIN THE ONLY THING UP THERE IS THE PENSION FUNDING PRESENTED TO US EVERY YEAR BUT IT'S BASICALLY THERE IS A STATE LAW.CARROLLTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN STATE LAW.
WE BUDGETED TO 1% OVER AND THIS BRINGS US DOWN TO STATE LAW.
IS THAT A FAIR WAY TO SAY IT? SO YOU HAVE 159,000 THAT WOULD BE ADDED IF YOU CHOSE TO EXERCISE THAT.
I'M NOT OUGHT ISING WE SHOULD BUT THAT'S A WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT. AND THE FEES WOULD BE ADDIVE FEES THEREFORE SOURCES SO IT WOULD REDUCE OR RATHER THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE SHORT OR BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND ALL THIS IS THE KEY.
>> SO IT WILL INCREASE YOUR REVENUE.
>> VERY GOOD. AND SO THE TAX RATE IS SHOWN AS IT RELATES FROM OUR HISTORY AND EVERYTHING AND I'LL SPEAK TO THAT AS WE GET THERE. HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THE FEE FIRST OFF? ONE IS THE SOLAR PANEL FEE 24,000. MAYBE STAFF CAN TELL US A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THAT. >> I'LL DEFER TO ROBBIE.
MY NAME IS ROBBIE SHAW. NORMALLY EVERY YEAR DURING BUDGET CYCLE REVIEWS OUR FEE SCHEDULE.
WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO AREA CITIES.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY CAUTIONED ABOUT NOT GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE FEES BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN THE, MA.
JUST SO YOU KNOW WHILE WE ARE COMPETITIVE WE ALSO PROVIDE EFFICIENT SERVICES AND VALUE ADDED CSISS AS WELL AND BRING FORWARD SOLUTION ORIENTED NOT JUST WITH THE FEES BUT THE SERVICE DELIVERY. SO FIRST OFF WE ARE INCREASING THAT FROM $125 TO $200. AND I'LL GIVE YOU OUR RATIONALE BEHIND THAT. THE AVERAGE PERMIT FEE FOR SOLAR PANELS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS CITIES IS ABOUT $200.
SOMETIMES ESCALATING TO ABOUT 750 I AM DO.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THE REASON FOR THAT.
ONE SOLAR POWER REQUIRES -- AND ALSO REQUIRES TECHNICAL INSPECTIONS. APPROXIMATELY 80% OF ALL SOLAR PANEL PERMITS REQUIRE PLAN CHANGES AND 80% OF THAT.
SO WE HAVE TO NOT ONLY RENEW IT ONCE BUT TWICE.
WE THINK THIS WILL IMPACT ABOUT 300 PERMITS ANNUALLY.
AND SO THAT IS GOOD. AS FAR AS THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT FEE INCREASES, THESE ARE ALL PLANNING RELATED.
I WON'T CATEGORICALLY GO THROUGH EVERY EVERY ONE OF THEM BUT WE AARE INCREASING OUR PLAT FEES WHICH IS COST EFFECTIVE AND ALIGNED WITH COMPARATIVE CITIES. WE ARE LOOKING AT ADMINISTRATIVE PLAQUES GOING FROM 3 TO $500. THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE AVERAGE CITY CHARGES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS IS $550 ALL THE WAY UP TO $1,700. ANOTHER IS SPECIAL USE ZONING CHANGES. THE WE ARE INCREASING THOSE FROM $500 TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS. OUR COMPARATIVE CITIES CHARGE ABOUT $1,500 ON AN AVERAGE UP TO ALMOST $9,000.
SO WE ARE VERY COMPETITIVE ONLY INCREASING FROM 500 TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND OUR PLANNING DEVELOPMENT FEES FROM A THOUSAND DOLLARS $1,500.
THIS IS TO OFFSET THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS TO OFFSET THE INCREASED MAIL IN COST MANDATED BY STATE BY THE STATE REQUIREMENTS AND TRYING TO ALIGN WITH OTHER CITIES.
OUR PLANNING DEVELOPMENT FEES HAVE INCREASED (INAUDIBLE).
IF YOU LOOK AT CARROLLTON AS AN ALMOST BUILT OUT CITY WE HAVE VERY FEW PARCELS OF LAND. A LOT OF THIS WORK REQUIRES CUSTOMIZED REGULATIONS FOR INFIELD PROJECTS AND SIGNIFICANT OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. I WOULD SAY THAT THE AVERAGE CITIES ACROSS TEXAS IS $2,300 TOWN $14,000.
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WE INCREASED IT FROM A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO 1,500.I HOPE I ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS AND MORE.
>> YOU MAY GET SOME MORE, BUT MY BASIC QUESTIONS ARE DO YOU FEEL LIKE ONE, THIS IS THAT WE'RE PROBABLY ON THE BARGAIN SIDE
VERSUS BEING COMPETITIVE. >> YES.
>> OKAY. AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE ANY OF THESE TWO FEES IF WE WERE TO ADOPT THEM BECOME A NEGATIVE FOR
INVESTMENT INTO CARROLLTON. >> WE DON'T BELIEVE IT WILL HAVE
AN IMPACT. >> SO IS IT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THESE FEES?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> COUNCIL, ANY QUESTION ON THE
FEE. >> HOW DO WE -- CAN I GET THUMBS UP ON THESE TWO? AND THAT WILL GIVE US RESOURCING. OKAY.
THANK YOU. SO NOW YOU CAN SEE NOW WE HAVE INCREMENTED OUR AVAILABLE TO 48IVE THOUSAND.
ALL RIGHT. SO NOW LET'S GO TO THE PENSION FUNDING ISSUES FROM DALLAS AND SO FORTH.
IT'S THERE. NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADDRESS IT BUT NOW LET GO UP TO THE EXPENDITURES AND SEE WHERE
WE LAND. >> FROM A FEE STANDPOINT, THE
NEW WATER FEE, IS THAT INCLUDED? >> IT'S IN THE BUDGET ALREADY.
>> RIGHT. >> AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT,S THE TAX RATE I'M GOING TO REFLECT ON THE WATER FEE AS
>> BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LET JUST GO ON TO SEASONS NOW.
>> JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE COVERED. >> IT GOES INTO EFFECT.
>> AND IT'S BEEN ALL OVER THE. >> FOR EVERYBODY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. SO LET'S START WITH THIS, AND AS WE GO DOWN AGAIN WE HEARD FROM JENNY REGARDING INTERNATIONAL RECRUITMENT DURING OUR RETREAT. ANY QUESTION ON THIS? THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THE CITY HAS DONE IN LONG AGO HISTORY. WE HAVEN'T DONE IT IN RECENT HISTORY. JENNY FEELS THIS $50,000 WILL LEAD TO INCREMENTAL INVESTMENT IN CARROLLTON WHICH IS FUTURE NEW INVESTMENT, NEW VALUATIONS, ET CETERA INTO CARROLLTON WHETHER THOSE ARE JOBS, PROPERTY, ET CETERA INVESTMENTS.
THE ANYBODY HAVE A THUMBS UP ON THIS ONE.
LET'S MOVE THAT TO A YES. THE FIRE STATIONS AGAIN.
MY SUGGESTION IS BETWEEN BOND, WE KIND OF HAVE A COMMITMENT, RIGHT. WE ASKED OUR PUBLIC TO FUND OUR BONDS 5 AND 6. THIS IS OUR KIND OF TAG ALONG THAT GOES WITH IT TO MAKE SURE WE FINISH THE JOB.
SO I THINK WE KIND OF HAVE A COMMITMENT TO DO THIS.
AND WE HAVE BEEN SAVING FOR THIS.
BUT MY SUGGESTION IS WE FUND THIS.
>> THAT'S A YES. CITY-WIDE SIGNAL TIMING.
THE OKAY, SO THIS IS ONE THAT ACTUALLY AS WE THINK ABOUT TIMING, WE HAVE SOME STREET FUND DOLLARS AVAILABLE.
MY SUGGESTION IS WE DON'T APPROVE THIS RIGHT NOW.
WE MIGHT DO THIS PLUS WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AVAILABLE BUT WE HAVE EXISTING FUNDS AVAILABLE IN OUR SAY AGAIN.
>> TRAFFIC FUNDS. >> I SAID STREETS.
SO WE SAY NO TO THIS BUT WE WANT STAFF TO LOOK AT IT AND BRING IT BACK TO US POTENTIALLY USING THE TRAFFIC FUNDS.
SO THAT'S A NO. WE'RE GOOD ON THAT, GUYS?
>> I HATE TO SAY NO THAT. >> I LIKE MAYBE.
>> AGAIN, WE'RE NOT -- FIRST OFF EVERY ONE OF THESE IS IMPORTANT AND WE WANT TO DO. IT'S A WISH LIST ITEM.
ALL WE ARE SUGGESTING IN THE YES AND NO IS ARE WE ALLOCATING INCREMENTAL DOLLARS IN THIS BUDGET AS ADDITIONS TO BASE WHETHER THAT'S NONRECURRING OR REOCCURRING.
WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IS THIS ONE IS GOING TO SPEND WHAT WE ALREADY GOT AVAILABLE IN A RAINY DAY FUND SO TO SPEAK.
AND WE MAY COME BACK AGAIN TO FUND ADDITIONAL TIMINGS.
NEXT IS RESIDENTIAL STREET LIGHT.
THIS IS NICE ROUND NUMBERS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL IS. THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE SPENDING PROCESS. THE THEY ISSUE A RFP AND BID ON IT. THESE NICE ROUND NUMBERS ARE SCALABLE. SO IF YOU DO HALF THE AMOUNT OF PHASE 4 AND MAKE THEM INTO PHASE 4 AND 5, THEN THAT WOULD BE 250,000. SORT OF THINK ABOUT THAT AS SCALABLE AS WHERE WE'RE AT. BUT STREET LIGHTS WAS AN ISSUE
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THAT WAS RAISED BY OUR GROUP. >> I HEARD THIS A LOT, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FUND STREET LIGHTS.
>> YEAH, BUT IT'S ONLY FOR 50. >> 50 MORE THAN WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THAN IF WE DIDN'T FUND IT.
>> IT'S A START. AND THERE'S A GAP.
SO HOW MANY MILES IS 50? >> SO THIS IS A STREET LIGHT INFILL. WE GO THROUGH AND EVALUATED AS YOU RECALL ALL OF OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS TO DETERMINE IF THEY MEET OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES.
SO WE HIGHLIGHTED DIFFERENT NEIGHBOURHOODS THAT DON'T MEET OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES FOR SPACING BECAUSE THEY WERE DEVELOPED BEFORE THE NEW ONES WERE IN PLACE.
THE SO IT RANKS ALL THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBOURHOODS AND ALLOWS US TO TAKE THEM OFF AS WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE.
AND SO WE MIGHT GET ON THIS ONE TWO OR THREE.
I BELIEVE IT WAS 26 DIFFERENT NEIGHBOURHOODS.
WE KNOCKED OFF SEVEN SO FAR WITH ALL THE FUNDING.
>> 19 TO GO, THEN. >> WE'RE TRYING TO WORK AS YOU MAY RECALL THE BOND HAS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT COMING IN THE FUTURE. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN SOME OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD RECONSTRUCTION THAT ALSO HAS THOSE. IT MIGHT BE FURTHER DOWN THE LIST BUT TRY TO GET THOSE UP THE LIST SO WE CAN SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY WHILE WE RECONSTRUCT THE STREETS.
>> DOES THIS INCLUDE THE ONE FROM THE STREET REPAIRS FOR
FRANKFURT AND ROSEMARY? >> NO.
THESE ARE ONLY RESIDENTIAL. THEY ARE ENCORE MAINTAINED LIGHTS WHICH IS WHY IT A THE RECURRING COST BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF OUR TARIFF. SO THIS PAYS FOR THE BORING AND TO MAKE SURE THEY GET INSTALLED AND.
>> TO THE QUESTION IT'S NOT THIS.
THEY ARE ALL FUNDED PROJECTS. SO THAT FUNDING PRESUMABLY COVERS EVERYTHING YOU NEED INCLUDING THE LIGHTING.
>> WE ALSO HAVE ARTERIAL FUNDING.
SO IF WE HAVE ONE THAT'S NOT, WE MAINTAIN A LIST THAT'S PRIORITIZED BY TECH, AND THEY TELL US WHAT THAT NEXT PROJECT
IS AND WE HAVE THAT AS WELL. >> SO THUMBS UP ON THE RESIDENT.
>> QUESTIONS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK ARE WE GETTING FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOODS
WE'RE DOING THIS IN? >> IT IS MIXED.
TYPICALLY IF IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE YOU DON'T LIKE IT A WHOLE LOT. SO WE DO WORK WITH RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT IN JUST THE RIGHT SPOT A LOT OF THEM ARE SPACED OUT SO YOU HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY.
BUT IN GENERAL WE KEEP HEARING, YES, WE LIKE THE STREET LIGHTS.
IT'S EASIER TO SEE OUR SIDEWALKS IF WE WALK AT NIGHT ESPECIALLY DURING THE WINTER OR EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SO WE GET FEEDBACK THAT THEY ARE APPRECIATED.
AND SOME OTHER NEIGHBOURHOODS FURTHER DOWN THE LIST WANT US TO
SPEED THEM UP. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.
THE REOCCURRING IS FOR ALL THREE SO IT'S ALSO CALLABLE?
BUT ARE YOU REPLACING STREET LIGHTS?
SO WE ALREADY HAVE. >> THIS IS AN INFILL SO THERE'S NOT A STREET LIGHT CURRENTLY THERE AND WE ARE FILLING IN THE
GAP. >> WE HAVE THE 20 SOME NEIGHBOURHOODS THAT THAT WASN'T THE STANDARD SO THEY ARE DARK AND SAFETY CONCERNS AND SO FORTH.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A YES ON THIS ONE.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN SECOND GUESS BACK AROUND BECAUSE WE'RE GOING DOWN THE LIST. THE WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE UNABLE EASY REACTIONS. THIS IS ARTERIAL SOLAR POWER.
WE HEARD ABOUT THIS ONE AS WELL. THE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? I KNOW THAT LIGHTING IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD FROM CPAC AND RESIDENTS AND SO FORTH. ALL RIGHT.
THE NEXT IS THIS IS SCALABLE. BASICALLY THE MAJOR WORK LOAD FOR DRAWINGS AND SO FORTH. SO 575,000.
THIS IS SOMETHING NEW. THIS IS A NEW.
>> CORRECT. CURRENTLY WE HAVE IN OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WE HAVE A SINGLE STAFF MEMBER THAT HANDLES ALL OF OUR OPEN RECORD REQUESTS WHICH IS AS BUILT.
WHAT WAS BUILT AT THIS RESIDENT, WATER LINES, SEWER LINES, STREET, HOW IT WAS BUILT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE GET THEM BACK OUT BY THE TIMELINE REQUIRED BY THE STATE. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ONE PERSON THAT DOES IT. WE CAN UTILIZE THAT PERSON FOR OTHER PROJECTS FOR GIS WHICH WE DO OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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SOFTWARE THROUGH, PROJECT SAFETY WE ARE WORKING ON, VARIOUS OTHER ITEMS. RIGHT NOW WITH THEM BEING FULLY DEDICATE TO OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO OUR EXTRA PROJECTS THAT WE GET REQUESTS FOR ON THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE. AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW A RESIDENT OR A DEVELOPER IF IT IS A NONCRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ITEM, THEY COULD LOG INTO A PORTAL, TYPE INTO THE ADDRESS, AND GET THE PLANS THAT HE THEY NEED WITHOUT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE OPEN RECORDS PROCESS SINCE IT'S PUBLIC, IT'S NOT CRITICAL INFORMATION SO THERE'S NO REASON WE WOULD WITHHOLD IT BUT THE TIMELINE OF GOING TO FIND THE FILES AND SUBMITTING THEM TO THE DEVELOPER, HOMEOWNER, OR WHOEVER IS REQUESTING IT AND MAKE US MORE TRANSPARENT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE SHARING.SO ON THAT END IT WOULD HELP US OUT A LOT.
ON THE FLIP SIDE IF IT IS CRITICAL MINERAL INFRASTRUCTURE WE WOULD HAVE IT FLAGGED. AND SO THE SUBMISSIONS TO THE FOREIGN GENERAL FOR REVIEW WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY QUICKER INSTEAD OF PULLING OUT THE INDIVIDUAL PAGES SAYING THIS ONE IS CRITICAL AND THIS ONE IS NOT AND TRYING TO SEPARATE THEM ALL OUT
AS WE GO. >> IF COUNCIL SAID YOU KNOW WHAT, WE THINK YOU NEED IT BUT CAN YOU LIVE WITH HALF THAT.
IS THIS SCALABLE OR NOT? >> WE WOULD UTILIZE WHATEVER FUNDING WE NEED F WE WENT THROUGH AND I'LL JUST ROUND IT TO 250. IF IT WAS 250,000, THEN WE WOULD PROGRAM THAT OUT WITH A CONSULTANT.
THE SO OUR PLAN IS TO BRING IN A CONSULTANT TO AT THE POINT DO ALL THIS FOR US BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT EXPERTISE OF BEING ABLE TO FILL OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT INFORMATION.
>> SEE HOW FAR IT GOES. >> SORRY.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS MORE CAD SOFTWARE.
>> IT'S MORE LABOUR TAKING EXISTING PLANS.
>> THEY ARE. >> IF YOU WOULD DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR IT WOULD BE ANOTHER 750 THE FOLLOWING YEAR?
>> SO WE THINK THIS WILL COVER EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED SO IF WE SCALED IT DOWN, WE WOULD BRING IT BACK.
>> SO FOR ANOTHER 250ED TO DO THE RISTOLAINEN OF IT.
SO THE 575 WOULD COVER ALL OF THE OPEN RECORDS.
>> IT'S AN ESTIMATE. >> THAT'S WHAT WE THINK IT WOULD
COST. >> SO THAT BEING SAID, I THINK I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF ACTUALLY DOING HALF OF IT THIS YEAR AND ANOTHER HALF THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
>> DOES IT SAVE US ANY STAFFING COST?
>> SO IT WOULD JUST ALLOW US TO REALLOCATE.
WE CURRENTLY COULD UTILIZE AN ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER IN THAT DEPARTMENT. HOWEVER, WE WOULD JUST KEEP THIS ONE TO BE ABLE TO REALLOCATE THIS ONE POSITION TO ALL THE
OTHER ITEMS WE NEED TO BE DONE. >> SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING WE AS A COUNCIL SHOULD BE ADOPTING.
IT'S AN OPTIMAL WAY OF DOING BUSINESS AS A CITY.
IT IS DEFINITELY KIND OF CALL IT TECH DEBT.
WE DON'T HAVE T IT'S NOT AUTOMATED.
IT SHOULD BE AUTOMATED. THE QUESTION IS IS IT ALL DONE THIS YEAR OR DO YOU TAKE TWO YEARS TO DO IT? A QUESTION BEFORE WE GET TO THAT.
SO YOUR 575 TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING YOU GOT NOW.
BUT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE CITY.
HOW ARE WE ACCOUNT FOR THAT? >> ONCE THIS IS SET UP IT WILL BE A LOT EASIER ONCE PLANS COMES UP IN THE FUTURE TO ADD THOSE TABLES DURING THE PROCESS. SO AS WE GET OUR AS BUILT IN WE CAN HAVE THOSE ATTRIBUTES AND, WOULD THEM INTO DESIGN CONTRACT AS WELL. SOP THIS GET THE WHOLE SETUP WORKING OUR I.T. TEAM AS THEY'RE WORKING ON THE LASER FISH SIDE OF IT WHICH ALLOWS FOR THIS. AND SO WE WILL BE SET UP TO HAVE IT DONE BECAUSE THIS WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION WHEREAS THE FUTURE ONES DON'T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN.
>> WILL THIS BE SELF-SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENT OR AUTOMATED FOR
QUICKER? >> WE INTENDED ON IT BEING SELF-SERVICE SO THAT WAY IT WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED.
SO WE WON'T GET AS MANY OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS OR AS BUILT REQUESTS OR EMAILS TO A RANDOM MEMBER OF THE ENGINEERING TEAM THAT WE WOULD FUNNEL TO THE CORRECT PERSON.
>> AND THAT WOULD BE DONE THROUGH THE WEBSITE, RIGHT? THE DOT COMF THAT'S THE CASE, THIS ALSO INCLUDES ANY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE WEBSITE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS?
>> I THINK THIS IS A NICE TO HAVE HONESTLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS ONE AND KEEP GOING.
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>> WE'RE AT THE REST OF Y'ALL. IS IT A THUMBS UP FOR HALF OR
LET'S CONTINUE ON. >> I THINK I LIKE THE HALF
>> LET'S NOTE TO THE SIDE THAT WE'RE JUST DOING HALF OF THAT.
>> SO I HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK.
WHERE DID THAT 2,150 COME FROM? >>> WHEN WE SAY YES, IT'S
EXPONENT. >> I JUST WANTED TO ADD.
>> NOW WE HAVE A COUPLE FROM THE FIRE.
WE HAVE REPLACE END OF LIFE FIRE AND EMS TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT.
YOU WILL RECALL THESE FROM OUR OFF SITE AS SHARED BY KEITH.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY IN THE EVENT OF
SAVING NEEDS. >> AND JUST TO BE CLEAR THE REASON THEY ARE HERE AND NOT JUST INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET IS BECAUSE WHY? IF THEY'RE NEEDED.
>> THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE INCREMENT TOLL WHAT WE
DO TODAY. >> THEY'RE COUNCIL ZIG POINTS.
>> WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT I'M JUST ASKING WHY.
>> IT'S NOT ALREADY BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.
>> WHEN THINGS. >> IT'S A HARD THING.
THERE'S NOT SINGS LIKE I HAVE TO HAVE IT AND THINGS LIKE THIS WHERE COULD IT GO ONE MORE YEAR? COULD IT.
COULD WE DO A FRACTION OF THIS OR TO SAY ANYTHING IS NOT NECESSARY OUT OF ANYTHING IN THIS LIST, IT'S ALL RELATIVE.
>> I OPEN MY CHEQUEBOOK AND SAY YES AND WE'RE DONE.
BUT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER EACH ITEM CAREFULLY.
>> SO I GUESS I HEAR SCALABLE MAYBE POSSIBLY MAYBE.
MAYBE NOT. >> MY POINT WOULD ONLY BE IF IT'S END OF LIFE. IF IT'S EQUIPMENT THAT IS OLD, WOULD IT PROHIBIT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FROM DOING THEIR JOB EFFECTIVELY. IF WE ARE IDENTIFYING THINGS CAN THEY WAIT ANOTHER YEAR TO MAKE THE THINGS THAT ARE OLDER STILL WORK? MAYBE.
I WOULD PRIORITIZE THIS HIGHER ONLY BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FIRE AND EMT AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
I THINK THE PRIORITY OF THIS COUNCIL IN THE PAS HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS WOULD BE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IF IT IS TRUSTING BOTH THE CHIEF AND THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THIS NEEDS TO BE PLACED. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT IS BROUGHT TO US AS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY MANAGER COULD SAY NO TO AND SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET OR DO HALF OF IT. BUT PUTTING IT ON US TO KNOW IT'S PART OF IT AND BAKING THIS IN HERE I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE.
I WOULD SAY YES TO THIS. >> I THINK YOU HIT IT.
AL IT'S THE END OF LIFE AND OF COURSE IT BEING A FIRST RESPONSE. BUT ALL WE'RE DOING IS THE INITIAL. WE MAY GET TO THE BOTTOM AND WE HAVE OVERSPENT AND WE HAVE TO SECOND GUESS OURSELVES OR WE MAY DEFER TOO MANY IN AND WE HAVE TOO MANY DOLLARS TO SPEND.
WHAT I AM LOOK FOR RIGHT NOW IS AN INITIAL AS YOU HAVE ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, IS THIS PARTICULAR ITEM A YES IN ITS OWN RIGHT AS IT STANDS A YES OR NO OR SCALABLE?
SO YOU GOT FOUR. SO WE'LL MAKE THAT A YES.
THE NEXT ONE IS MAINTENANCE REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
AGAIN WE HAD SOME VERY OLD FIRE STATIONS WHERE WE ARE WORKING HARD TO TEAR DOWN AND REPLACE FOUR OF THEM AND ADD ANOTHER ONE. THESE DOLLARS LIKE LAST YEAR ARE REPAIR DOLLARS. THE QUESTION IS THIS IS PROBABLY A SCALABLE ITEM AS WELL THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY, YOU COULD BASICALLY BASICALLY ONE APPROACH MIGHT BE WE DON'T SECOND GUESS THIS BUT HAVE FIRE PRAYINGS COME BACK WITH OTHERS BEYOND AS WE GO AND MARCH THROUGH THE YEAR BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE DOLLARS SET ASIDE TO DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS. OR WE SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, THIS IS THESE PEOPLE'S HOUSE FOR TWO STRAIGHT DAYS IN A ROW 48 HOURS AND WE NEED TO SPEND THE MONEY THAT MAKES THEM
COMFORTABLE. >> I KNOW IT SAYS COSTLY
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REPAIRS. >> COULD BE ROOFS, EXHAUST,ERS
COULD BE. >> AND DID WE APPROVE THIS LAST YEAR AND DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH WAS SPENT OUT OF THE APPROVED
AMOUNT? >> WE DID APPROVE IT LAST YEAR.
IT WASN'T THIS EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT.
>> I THINK IT WAS, LIKE, 175,000, AND I BELIEVE THAT.
AL OR ELSE IT'S REALLY CLOSE. >> I MAY HAVE MADE A NOTE.
>> SO ANY REACTION ON THIS ONE GO FOR AS IS, SCALE IT, OR HOLD
AND SEE WHERE WE LAND. >> AS IS.
YOU GOT THAT'S A YES. ALL RIGHT.
NEXT IS CONTINUING INDICATION AS WRITTEN UP THERE.
IN TERMS OF ALL THE GROWING EMS DEMAND.
WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE THESE ARE NOT IMMATERIAL NUMBERS, WE HAVE HAD YEARS WHERE WE HAD A LOT MORE REQUESTS.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF DILIGENCE AT THE DEPUTY LEVELS, CITY MANAGER LEVEL AND SO FORTH TO BRING AUTOS TIGHT LIST AS IT
IS. >> JUST ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION.
THIS IS FOR EXISTING FIRE STAFF, CORRECT?
>> THIS IS TRAINING THEY USED THROUGH THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR SPECIFICALLY. WE LOOKED AT MAKING IT RECURRING BUT DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO MAKE IT RECURRING IN PAST YEARS
SO WE PUT IT AS NONRECURRING. >> SO WE FUNDED THIS LAST YEAR.
>> WE DID. >> IT STARTED PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO MAYBE. IT HASN'T BEEN SOMETHING THEY
HAVE ALWAYS DONE. >> MY QUESTION WOULD BE SORRY.
DID I INTERRUPT? >> NO, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> MY QUESTION WOULD JUST BE IF THIS COMES BACK EVERY YEAR IT IS EFFECTIVELY RECURRING. ARE WE UNABLE TO PROGRAM
$75,000? >> BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT LAST YEAR. TESTIFY ONE OF THOSE ONES LIKE THESE WHERE YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU MOVE IT TO A RECURRING --
YOU MOVE IT FROM A RECURRING. >> TO NONRECURRING.
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS ON HERE I WOULD SAY YOU COULD MAKE A RECURRING, YOU KNOW. BUT.
>> YEAH. >> IT'S THE FIRST THINGS YOU WOULD CUT IF IT WASN'T BAKED ALREADY INTO THE BUDGET
PROBABLY. >> WHAT DO WE THINK, GUYS?
>> I THINK IT'S NEEDED. >> IT'S A REPEAT, SO AGAIN FOR FIRST PAST IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE FUNDED.
THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM. AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S LIFE-SAVING.
>> SO THIS IS ONE THAT IF WE DO THIS THEN IN A YEAR WE WILL COME BACK AND IT WILL STILL BE NONRECURRING UNTIL WE SEE THE FUNDS AND IT IS A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM WHICH I ANTICIPATE IT IS SUCCESSFUL AND YOU WILL WANT TO LOOK AT.
>> THIS WOULD BE A LOGICAL ONE TO ROLL INTO NONRECURRING.
EXPANSION OF DIGITAL RESOURCE OFFERINGS.
THE THIS IS THE LIBRARY. AGAIN, THIS IS THINK OF THE APPLE VERSUS THE GOOGLE. AND THEN THE CONTENT THAT'S STREAMABLE. THIS ISING WE DON'T HAVE TODAY.
WE HAVE IT ON BOTH PLATFORMS. IF YOU ADD IT, YOU CAN'T REALLY TAKE IT AWAY. THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS GIVEN THE TIGHT YEAR, GIVEN 432,000.
IF WE GET TO THE BOTTOM AND WE HAVE IT, THEN IS THAT THE RIGHT TIME TO THINK ABOUT ADDING SOMETHING FOR THE CITIZENS? WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY BY SAYING WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ON
IT FOR NOW. >> I ONLY LIKE PAUSING THIS ONE UNTIL WE GET TO THE PENNED ENDEMIC BECAUSE IF WE'RE CLOSE WITH SOMETHING WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FUND THAT FOR THE AMOUNT.
>> SO WHY DON'T WE SKIP ON THIS ONE FOR NOW.
WE'RE NOT SAYING NO. TENNIS COURTS OBVIOUSLY THIS IS WE SAW SOME PICTURE ON THIS. IT'S A D MINUS.
IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED TO FIND
THIS ONE. >> IS THIS THE ONE WE LOOKED AT.
>> ON OUR RETREAT. >> LET'S GO ON.
DOWNTOWN DIGITAL DISPLAY. YOU MIGHT SUGGEST THAT BOY, THIS IS A NICE THING. THE AND IT MIGHT OFFSET SOME MANUAL COSTS. BUT IT'S NOT THE FIRST THING I WOULD WANT TO SPEND $40,000 ON RIGHT NOW.
WE ALSO HAVE T.O.D. DOLLARS WHILE WHERE THIS IS PARKS AND REC WE COULD LOOK AT T.O.D. FUNDING AND DECIDE TO DO IT THERE. SO I THINK THERE'S T.O.D.
COMMITTEE CAN REVIEW THIS AND MAYBE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION DOWN THE ROAD. SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE HOLD ON
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THIS. >> WE'RE SAYING NO AT THIS POINT. I AGREE.
WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON ANYTHING YET.
>> JUST FOR THE RECORD DIDN'T SAY NO TO THE TENNIS COURTS BUT
THAT'S JUST ME. >> YEAH, NO WORRIES.
>> POLICE CARDIAC SCREENINGS. YOU KNOW, AS YOU READ OBVIOUSLY THIS IS IN THE LINE OF DUTY DEATH, IMPROVED SAFETY, READINESS. ALL THESE PUBLIC SAFETY THINGS
>> NEXT ONE IS POLICE RECRUITING FUNDING.
WE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB BUT WE KNOW THAT DALLAS, FOR INSTANCE, ISING GO TO BE RECRUITING A TON OF OFFICERS, AND WE JUST GOTTA KEEP, WE CAN'T REST ON OUR LAURELS.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE SAY YES ON THIS ONE.
THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB. SPECIAL OVERTIME.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S SCALABLE BASED ON THE EVENTS.
SO THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY'RE SPENDING.
SO TO ME I SUGGEST WE SAY YES FOR NOW.
IF WE NEED TO COME BACK AND REVISIT IT, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY NEED BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND BASED ON THE EVENTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED.
THE DRONE MATCH. THE DRONE MATCH IS ONE THAT I WONDER WHETHER WE HAVE A POLICE FUND THAT WE CAN FUND THIS FROM.
I WON'T LIKE A CRIME FUND BASICALLY TO FUND THIS OUT OF.
AND SAY YES TO IT BUT FUND IT MUCH LIKE WE FUNDED OTHER THINGS AT TIMES. AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE DRONE IT'S ABOUT CRIME FIGHTING ACTUAL CRIME RESPONSE, AND I WONDER IF THIS IS ACTUALLY BETTER SERVED TO BE FUNDED OUT OF THE CRIME FUND AS OPPOSED TO HERE. ANY THOUGHT ON THAT?
>> THE NEXT TWO FOR SURE. DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES? THE THREE KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND.
>> THAT. >> I BELIEVE THEY CAN ALL BE
SUBMITTED TO THAT. >> SO MY SUGGESTION IS ON A FIRST BLUSH COME BACK AND CHANGE THAT BUT WE FUND THIS FROM THE COMPENSATED FUND. WE SAY NO TO HERE BUT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING IT THAT WE ARE AUTHORIZING IT OUT OF THE OTHER
>> THAT'S WHY THOSE DOLLARS EXIST.
WE HAVE THOSE DOLLARS BECAUSE OF FIGHTING CRIME, SO LET'S PUT IN THE WORK TO FIGHT CRIME. WE'RE GOING TO SAY NO TO ALL
THREE OF THOSE. >> SO THOSE ARE THE TOP TWO ON THE SECOND PAGE? OKAY.
>> SO MOVING DOWN. HERE'S MY VIEW ON INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE $5 MILLION IN COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS THAT WE DID NOT ALLOCATE LAST YEAR.
I WANT TO MAKE IT LOUD AND CLEAR THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LEAN IN ON PANEL REPLACEMENT TO THE TUNE OF A MILLION DOLLARS LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR. BUT I THINK WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR EXISTING DOLLARS RATHER THAN SPENDING IT GIVEN THE CAPS WE HAVE HERE. MENT MY SUGGESTION IS WE SAY NO TO THIS BUT FUND IT FROM EXISTING FUNDS.
>> I AGREE. >> AND WE CAN ALWAYS SCALE IT TOO. SO MAYBE IT'S JUST SAYING NO AND WE AS WE GET THROUGH IT AND SEE WHERE THE SALES TAX IS LANDING AND SO FORTH WE APPLY MORE TO IT.
BUT I WANT STAFF TO HEAR FROM US THAT WE WANT THAT PANEL REPLACEMENT TO THE TUNE OF A MILLION DOLLARS IS IMPORTANT THIS YEAR JUST LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR.
>> BUT IT'S NOT OFF THE GAS. >> YEAH.
DON'T TAKE THE FOOT OFF THE GAS. HOW DO WE ALL FEEL ABOUT THAT.
>> CAN WE APPROVE HALF? >>> WELL, THAT'S SCALABLE.
AND I THINK THAT WHETHER IT'S HALF OR A MILLION, I THINK OUR POINT IS THAT STAFF, YOU GO OFF AND CONTINUE TO EXERCISE THIS.
BRING US PROPOSALS AND FORTH. WE HAVE GOT DOLLARS TO FUND IT ALREADY. AND WE MAY HAVE MORE DOLLARS AS THE YEAR GOES ON. BUT IT DOESN'T NEED TO WITH CURRENT NEEDS. THE SPREAD SHEET IS NO BUT THE
INITIATIVE IS YES. >> JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M FOLLOWING YOU THE SLIDE THAT MELISSA SHOWED EARLIER, THOSE NUMBERS AT THE BOTTOM THERE WAS, LIKE, 5.4 MILLION OR 5.2.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. >> THIS IS WHERE THAT WOULD COME
>> AND SO ITS AUTO NOT BEING FUND FROM HERE.
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>> AND ANOTHER WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT, HAVE WE CHOSEN NOT TO FUND ANY OF THESE RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD HAVE 10.6 IN THAT SAME FUND BECAUSE WE WOULD ROLL THIS 5.2.
AL WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO ALLOCATE IT FROM THESE DOLLARS.
THE WE ARE FUNDING IT FROM EXISTING FUNDS.
AND THE INTERN PROGRAM. LAST YEAR WE OVERFUNDED WHICH MEANS IT I AM CAN A BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND ANYWAY.
THIS IS IN LINE WITH WHAT DEMAND WAS TO TAKE CARE OF THESE INTERN PROGRAMS. I THINK WE HAD DISCUSSES THAT WERE SHARED THAT WE TRAIN AND THEN WE HIRE OUT OF THE INTERN PROGRAM. SOME OF THESE JUST LEARN AND MOVE ON WITH THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
>> THIS IS GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S A YES. SO THIS IS YOUR THREE OF THREE.
WE ARE KIND OF ON THE HOOK FOR THIS.
WE HAVE TO FUND THIS. THE ONCE WE DO THIS YEAR WE CAN LOOK AT THIS TO SAY IS IT EVERY FOUR YEARS RATHER THAN THREE YEARS. BUT WE HAVE TO FUND THIS ONE BASED ON WE DON'T LEAVE ANYBODY WITH THIS STUDY TAKING PLACE.
>> TOTALLY AGREE. >> YESES ON THAT.
>> BUT IF IT'S YEAR THREE OF THREE, IT'S RECURRING BECAUSE
IT'S SALARIES, RIGHT? >> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> AND YOU'LL RECALL IT KIND OF INCREASES THE ANNUAL BANDS AND EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING GETS RESET SO NEW EMPLOYEES COMING IN WILL BE RESET TO THE NEW MARKET RATES, ET CETERA. ALL RIGHT.
EMPLOYEE REFERRAL. OBVIOUSLY BIRDS OF A TEST FOR FLOCK TOGETHER. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHERE HE HAVE BEEN WITH. IT'S NOT AN OVERLY MATERIAL AMOUNT. I WOULD SUGGEST WE CONTINUE TO LEAN IN TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND INCENT OUR STAFF TO.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT.
YOU GOT A YES ON THAT. NEXT ONE IS C DOT.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THIS IS THE 1%.
THIS YEAR WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE DID NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE APPRAISAL DROP IN DENTON COUNTY WHICH IS WHY THINGS ARE A LITTLE TIGHT THERE ARE YEAR.
THAT SHOULD BE AN ANOMALY BUT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.
MY SUGGESTION IS THIS IS AN INCONSISTENCY.
IT HAPPENS AROUND THE HOLIDAYS. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
THAT'S A YES. THE FUNDING WE JUST HEARD FROM THE FUNDING COMMITTEE. NANCY, THIS IS THE 63K THAT IS ACROSS THE BOARD. WE STAND AT 620 RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE THE DOLLARS. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
YUP. FAMILIES A BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO CALL HOME. LET'S MOVE ON DOWN.
SO THAT IS THE FIRST PASS OF THIS.
LET'S TALK REAL FAST. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK.
WE'RE NOT DONE. BUT LET'S GO DOWN TO THE TAX RATE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW POINT ON THE TAX RATE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A TOUGH YEAR.
AND LAST YEAR WE DID A 8TH OF A CENT.
WE HAVE DONE QUARTER OF A CENT, HALF A CENT, TWO CENTS IN THE PAST, RIGHT? THIS YEAR IS TIGHT BECAUSE DENTON COUNTY IS DOWN AND THERE'S A BUILT IN SAVINGS FOR SOME OF CARROLLTON NOT ALL OF CARROLLTON.
THOSE SOUTH WON'T SEE A TAX SAVING.
THOSE NORTH WILL WE ALSO PASSED A STORM WATER FEE LAST YEAR WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY $48.04 PER MONTH OR SEVEN DOLLARS PER MONTH. SO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 44 AND $48 THE AVERAGE HOME IS GOING TO PAY PER YEAR THIS YEAR, OKAY.
AND THAT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A TAX CUT.
YOU HAVE HEARD IT IN THE NEWS. SO FOR A FEW REASONS AND THE LASTLY BEING THE CULTURE, RIGHT. WE HAVE HAD A TAX RATE REDUCTION FOR 12 STRAIGHT YEARS. MENT AND REGARDLESS WE NEVER REALLY FOCUS TOO MUCH ON HOW MUCH IT IS.
WE FOCUS ON THE CULTURE OF CONSISTENTLY LOOKING AT THIS FROM OUR RESIDENTS' EYES AS APPRAISALS GO UP, AND IN DALLAS THEY DID, IN BALANCING THE TAX RATE ACCORDINGLY.
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AND SO LAST YEAR WE DID A 8TH OF A CENT.THIS YEAR WE DID SLIGHTLY LESS. AND BASICALLY TAKES IT FROM 57 CENTS .5 CENTS TO 50 CENTS FOR AN EVALUATION AS A STARTING POINT. IF YOU WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT YOU COULD BUT THAT'S A STARTING POINT.
IF WE ADDED THAT JUST FOR GRINS IF A SECOND IF YOU SAY YES, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DOLLARS ARE THERE AND TECHNICALLY COULD BE 75/25 AND SO FORTH. JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE.
AS WE ARE DEALING WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND THEY CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON 3 ½% OR 2 ½% CAP. MENT WHEN I TESTIFY IN AUSTIN WHETHER IT'S ON THAT, OUR SALES AND USE TAX APPROACH AND SO FORTH, I TESTIFY ON OUR CONSERVATIVE PRACTICES, OKAY AND PART OF THAT IS OUR CONSISTENCY OF NOT FOCUSING ON THE POLITICALLY CORRECT REDUCTION OF TAX RATES AND SAVING IT FOR A MORE MEANINGFUL TAX RATE, WE HAVE DONE IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR RELEVANCE RA OF HOW BIG OR SMALL THE TAX SAVINGS WAS.
THE THIS WILL BE A VERY NOMINAL TACK SAVINGS, BUT IT WILL AT LEAST SAY TO OUR DALLAS COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE ALSO TAKEN TAX SAVINGS APPROACHES HERE IF WE APPROVE IT.
SO THAT'S MY SPIEL ON THAT. I'M OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS.
>> I LIKE THE NARRATIVE OF WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE TAXES FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS STRAIGHT. MENT IT SPEAKS TO NOT ONLY THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY BUT ALSO THE COUNCIL AND POLICE EFFORTS TO DO OUR BEST TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS TAXES FOR OUR CITIZENS. SO HE LIKE THAT NARRATIVE EVEN IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN I WISH IT WAS MORE.
I THINK THAT'S THE LOWEST AT LEAST SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON
COUNCIL. >> IT WOULD BE THE LOW QUESTION.
>> SO IT IS BUT DOES GIVE YOU THE NARRATIVE EXPLANATION, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY LESS IMPACTFUL. I WISH WE COULD MAKE THAT UP WITH THE RAIN TAX BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY WORK OUT
THAT WAY. >> THE WAY TO THINK ABOUT THE RAIN TAX IS THE AVERAGE SAVINGS THAT CARROLLTON RESIDENTS AND I SAY BOTH BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ALWAYS.
DENTONCOUNTY WILL SEE MORE SAVINGS.
DENTONCOUNTY WILL SEE THE GREATER FEE VERSUS THE SOUTHERN PART FACING MORE OF THE FOUR DOLLARS VERSUS SEVEN DOLLARS PER MONTH FEE WHICH AGAIN I THINK OUR, THE ONLY THING I'M TRYING TO AT LEAST HAVE YOU ALL CONSIDER IS WE DID PLAY A BIT OF A SHIFT THAT WE ARE PAYING THAT RAIN TAX STORMWATER FEE AND WILL CONTINUE TO PAY IT. AND THIS COUPLED WITH THE ACTIONS FROM THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS GIVING THE AVERAGE CARROLLTON RESIDENT AN OFFSET TO THE FEE SO, IT BECOMES A PERMANENT OFFSET. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> HONESTLY I FEEL LIKE IT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE.
IT'S JUST A PLAY ON WORDS, LIKE, YOU'RE REDUCING IT BUT WHAT SAVINGS IS THIS FOR EACH RESIDENT?
>> NOT A THE ALTHOUGH. >> LESS THAN A DOLLAR.
>> WELL, REGARDLESS THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE AN ABSOLUTE DOLLAR TRYING TO SLAP PEOPLE IN THE FACE OR BE DISINGENUOUS.
THE WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE THE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN ALWAYS LOOKING AT THIS.
WE SAID THIS IN THE PAST. NOT WAITING THREE YEARS TO GET A TRUE TAX SAVINGS IN ANY OF THE PRIOR YEARS.
EVERY YEAR WE HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT.
SOMETIMES A LITTLE MORE. SOMETIMES A LITTLE LESS.
THIS OBVIOUSLY IS ONE OF THE YEARS WHERE IT'S A LITTLE LESS.
>> I THINK IT WOULD HELP THE NARRATIVE TOO TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE BUDGETING IN TAX INCREASES.
>> MAYBE THIS WOULD HELP INSTEAD.
WE HAVE LOWERED IT FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, SO OVER THE COURSE OF THOSE 12 YEARS, HOW MUCH HAVE WE REDUCED IT? AND THAT NEEDS TO BE THE NARRATIVE.
>> WELL, AGAIN, FAIR. >> I LIKE THE FOCUS ON TRYING TO CONTINUE TO BE AS FRUGAL AS POSSIBLE AND HELP THE RESIDENTS WHILE IT'S NOT MUCH THIS YEAR, BUT CONTINUE THE MESSAGE THAT WE
ARE GOING TO KEEP THE FOCUS. >> I AGREE.
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>> WELL, 12 YEARS AGO IT WAS .60 SOMETHING.
IT'S QUITE SUBSTANTIAL. >> A LITTLE AT A TIME.
>> AND THAT IS THE FAVOUR AS YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET BOOKS AND HIGHLIGHT, FINANCE DOES A GREAT JOB OF THAT GRAPH.
SO AGAIN I THINK WE SAID OUR SPIEL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IN TERMS OF SAYING YES TO THIS AND THAT NARRATIVE? IT IS NOW 7.
WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. WE'LL COME BACK BECAUSE WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'LL DO ONE LAST LOOK AT THIS, AND BASED ON WHERE WE'RE AT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK. WE'LL CLOSE OUT ON THIS.
[INVOCATION - Councilmember Christopher Axberg]
>> AND OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY COUNCIL MEMBERS RICHARD FLEMING. PLEASE RISE.
>> BOW OUR HEADS. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU HAVE BESTOWED ON OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF CARROLLTON N THESE DAYS OF EXTREME HEAT, WE ASK YOUR PROTECTION OVER OUR RESIDENTS AND ESPECIALLY OUR FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES WHO SERVE OUR CITY IN THESE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS.
AS A NEW SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS, WATCH OVER OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND FAMILIES.
THROUGH YOUR GRACE, GRANT THEM WISDOM, PATIENCE, SAFETY, AND A SPIRIT OF CHARITY TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER.
WE PRAY ALSO FOR THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR ARMED FORCES WHO DEFEND OUR NATION, OUR FREEDOMS, AND OUR WAY OF LIFE.
MAY YOUR HAND PROTECT THEM, STRENGTHEN THEIR FAMILIES, AND GUIDE OUR LEADERS IN THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE AND PEACE.
AND AS WE BEGIN THE WORK OF THIS COUNCIL, SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT UPON US. GRANT US WISDOM IN YOUR DECISIONS, HUMILITY IN OUR DISAGREEMENTS, AND HEART ALWAYS MINDFUL THAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS A RESPONSIBILITY ENTRUSTED TO US FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF OTHERS. MAY ALL MIGHTY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS CARROLLTON, THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE ASK THIS IN YOUR HOLY NAME.
AMEN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOUR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE.
TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE INDIVISIBLE.
>> ALL RIGHT, U.N. COULD. WE HAVE A FAIRLY ABBREVIATED AGENDA TODAY. WE DON'T HAVE, WE ONLY HAVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ALL PRETTY WELL STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE HAVE PULLED ITEM NUMBER 10 FROM THE AGENDA.
WE WILL NOT BE TAKING AXBERG ON THAT.
BUT AS WE ALWAYS DO, WE WILL START WITH OUR CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 8 THROUGH 14 TO DO SO BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION.
YOU MAY, I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS FOR THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION ON AGENDA NUMBER 8 THROUGH 14, YOU MAY APPROACH THE PODIUM NOW.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COUNCIL PERIOD AND WITH THAT I WILL ENTRAIN A MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER CLINE.>> MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 8 THROUGH 9 AND 11 THROUGH 14.
>> MAYOR. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT
MOTION. >> COUNCIL, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLINE AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR PALOMO TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 8 THROUGH 9 AND 11 THROUGH 14. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. SEEING NONE, I WILL CALL THE VOTE. AND THE MOTION PASSES
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UNANIMOUSLY. THAT DOES TAKE US THERE OUR PUBLIC FORUM PERIOD. I HAVE SEVERAL CARDS TO SPEAK.I WILL TAKE THESE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
I WILL REMIND OUR SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR. YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. AND HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE READ THE RULES ON THE AGENDA. WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO START
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WITH IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER KURT BOOTH.REMIND Y'ALL YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES WHEN YOU START.
>> I AM ONE OF THAT SMALL COHORT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME OF AGE WHEN WE COULD LEGALLY BUY LIQUOR AND BEER AT 18 YEARS OF AGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF THIS OR YOU MIGHT REMEMBER. IT WAS DISCOVERED PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER THAT HAPPENED THAT IT WASN'T A GREAT IDEA.
MADD CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THAT. LAWS WERE CHANGED.
AND STEPS WERE TAKEN BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE WERE DYING.
YOUNG PEOPLE WERE DYING. OLDER PEOPLE WERE DYING BECAUSE OF YOUNG PEOPLE. SO THOUGH LAOS GOT CHANGED SMARTLY. I WAS ALSO, YOU KNOW, AT THAT AGE. IT WAS LEGAL TO HAVE A BEER WHILE YOU WERE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK.
THAT GOT CHANGED. THE IT'S THE SAME HERE.
IT BECAME LEGAL TO BUY A SINGLE CAN OF BEER AT A LIQUOR STORE BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC THERE, BUT ANYWAY.
THE POINT BEING IS A PROBLEM WAS ADDRESSED.
THERE'S BEEN SINCE 1982 A 62% DECREASE IN DRUNK DRIVING DEATHS PER HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO IT WAS GOOD LEGISLATION, GOOD WORK THAT WAS DONE.
BUT IT'S ESTIMATED THAT A PERSON DIES FROM DRUNK DRIVING EVERY 45 SECONDS IN THE COUNTRY. THERE'S A WAY TO PREVENT THAT.
WE COULD HAVE A BREATHALYZER ON EVERY VEHICLE BEFORE YOU START IT, YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT. IS THE CITY COUNCIL PREPARED TO DO THAT TO ENDORSE THAT TYPE OF ACTION? THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD TELL YOU THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO SCRAPE PEOPLE OFF THE ROAD.
NO MORE DRUNK DRIVING DEATHS. A POSITIVE OUTCOME.
YOU CAN'T ARGUE AGAINST THAT WOULD YOU? I DON'T THINK YOU ARE GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN AWAY TOO MUCH OF AMERICA'S FREEDOM. WE DON'T WANT TO BE 100% SURVEILLED POPULATION. FLAT CAMERAS IS 100% SURVEILLANCE AND I URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER AN ARRANGEMENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. JIM CL CLINE. AND YOU WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES WHEN
YOU START. >> THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JIM CLINE I. LIVE AT 3036 SILVERADO DRIVE HERE IN CARROLLTON AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER SINCE 1998.
FOR THE LAST 28 YEARS. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE USE OF FLOCK CAMERAS BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I HAVE FOUR SPECIFIC THINGS I. WOULD LIKE TO CALL FORWARD ABOUT THAT.
ONE IS A RAPID RESPONSE TO VIOLENT CRIMINALS MOVING IN THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IDENTIFYING THEM.
NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN THE TARGET OF ORGANIZED BURGLAR RING.
THE CAMERAS PROVIDE A TOOL TO TRACK PATTERNS OF ARRIVALS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE.
YOU CAN USE TO TRACK LOST AND CONFUSED MOTORISTS AND RETURNING THEM SAFELY TO THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL AS TRACKING DRUNK DRIVERS THAT ARE CALLED IN BY CITIZENS MOVING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
FLOCK CAMERAS ARE A PART AND PARCEL THAT SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
ADDRESSING PRIVACY CONCERNS OF VIOLATION TO A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NO DEBATE IF A POLICE OFFICER WAS OBSERVING TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC PERSONALLY TRACKING LICENSE PLATES COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES TO OBSERVE PATTERNS AND IDENTIFY MALE ACTORS.
THE SYSTEM LEVERAGES OUR OFFICER'S TIME AND IS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE ALLOWING COORDINATION WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES.
THE CHIEF AND OFFICERS MUST CONTINUE THE STRONG PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE MISUSE AND HAVE THE STRONGEST OF CONSEQUENCES.
WE NEED TO SUSTAIN THE FLOCK CAMERA PROGRAM.
THANK YOU. MY NEXT SPEAKER IS LORI FOSTER.
LORI FOSTER CARROLLTON SINCE FOREVER 87.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THE FLOCK CAMERA SITUATION. I CAN'T REALLY ADD TO THEIR ELOQUENCE BUT I WILL SAY FROM MY 40 PLUS YEARS IN IT AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT I AM PROBABLY MORE AWARE THAN MANY PEOPLE ABOUT THE WAY THIS PROGRAM IS BEING ADMINISTERED THESE DAYS.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO PUT A PAUSE ON WHAT OUR INVOLVEMENT IS WITH THE FLOCK CAMERAS UNTIL WE SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE'S INFORMATION.
YOU CAN READ HORRIBLE STORIES ONLINE ABOUT MISUSE OF THIS INFORMATION BY INAPPROPRIATE PEOPLE AND I AM NOT AGAINST
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CAMERAS IN GENERAL BUT I AM TERRIBLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SITUATION TODAY WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF THE INFORMATION AND THE MISUSE BY PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO IT.AND YOU LOOK AT WHERE THESE CAMERAS ARE PLACED, THEY ARE IN SWIMMING POOL AREAS, CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AREAS.
THERE'S NO JUSTIFICATION REALLY FOR IT TO BE IN THOSE AREAS SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO AT LEAST PAUSE WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
I'M CERTAINLY AGAINST FLOCK DRUMS.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NEXT SPEAKER IS HANNAH FOUST. AND YOU WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES WHEN YOU START. GOOD EVENING.
HANNAH I. LIVE ON CROMWELL DRIVE.
THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND AGAIN TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL AND MASS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS IN CARROLLTON. I CAME AND SPOKE AT A PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, RAISING MY CONCERNS THIS WAS AN ISSUE FOR THE REPUTATION OF CARROLLTON.
WHEN I ORIGINALLY REACHED OUT TO THE CARROLLTON POLICE DEPARTMENT A REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 90 ALPR CAMERAS IN OUR CITY. CITY OFFICIAL TOLD A NEWS THE CITY HAD BETWEEN 50 TO 60 WALK DEVICES.
A CARROLLTON POLICE REP THEN TOLD THE NEW YORK TIMES THERE ARE 67 ALPERS, 19 FLOCK CONDOR WHICH IS A PAN TILT ZOOM VIDEO CAMERA. THE FLOCK TRANSPARENCY PORTAL LISTS 67 LPR DEVICES. NO MENTION OF THE CONDOR PTZ.
ULTIMATELY IT DOESN'T MATTER SO MUCH IF IT'S 50 DEVICES OR 90.
IT MATTERS THAT THE PUBLIC HASN'T HAD A STRAIGHT ANSWER.
AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT OUR CITY OFFICIALS MIGHT NOT HAVE A STRAIGHT ANSWER EITHER. SIMILARLY IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW THAT THE FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WE ARE IN WAS SIGNED DECEMBER 27TH, 2023 AND PASSED A RESOLUTION DURING THE CONSENT AGENDA ON JANUARY NINTH, 2024. IT DOES MATTER THAT CARROLLTON RESIDENTS EXPECT THESE RESOLUTIONS TO BE BROUGHT UP.
CITIZEN COMMENT TO HAPPEN BEFORE CONTRACTS ARE EXECUTED.
THIS IS WHY I'M HERE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO END THEIR SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS AND CARROLLTON.
IF COUNCIL IS NOT YET READY TO MAKE THAT DECISION I AGREE WITH LORI LET'S PAUSE ON IT, HAVE A Q&A TOWN HALL WHERE RESIDENTS CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND ACTUALLY GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR CITY OFFICIALS. I WANT OUR CITY TO SUCCEED AND I BELIEVE THIS COULD PLAY A KEY PART IN REBUILDING TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NEXT SPEAKER IS FORMER MAYOR BECKY MILLER. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. AS I SAID MY NAME IS BECKY MILLER AND I RESIDE AT 2538 DOVE CREEK LANE IN CARROLLTON.
YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING ONE SIDE OF THIS QUESTION, NOT MUCH FROM THE CITY. THIS IS A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST THESE CAMERAS. IT HAS A NAME KAKA WEBSITE CACA SCRIPT AND IT HAS ARRIVED HERE. THEY ARE ENTITLED TO BE HEARD BUT A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES ARE NOT CARROLLTON.
AND A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE HOWEVER ORGANIZED ARE NOT THIS CITY.
EIGHT CAMERAS IN THE CITY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR STOLEN.
TWO OF THEM WERE NOT THE CITY'S. THEY WERE PAID FOR BY PRIVATE BUSINESSES. THIS IS NOT A DEBATE.
THAT IS CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. SOMEBODY DECIDING AFTER DARK WITH THE REST OF US WE'RE NOT PERMITTED TO DECIDE IN DAYLIGHT.
TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. I WOULD ASK ANYONE ARGUING AGAINST THIS CAMERA IN GOOD FAITH TO STAND HERE AND CONDEMN THESE ACTS OF THEFT AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
SECOND WE ARE NOT THOSE OTHER CITIES.
EVERY POLICE MISUSE AND MISCONDUCT AGREEMENT MADE AGAINST THIS PROGRAM WAS BORROWED FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THOSE CASES ARE REAL. THEY ARE INDEFENSIBLE AND THEY DID NOT HAPPEN HERE. OUR DEPARTMENT PUBLISHES AS NUMBERS AND THEY ARE VERY ACCESSIBLE.
76 CAMERAS LAST MONTH, THEY READ MORE THAN 1 MILLION LICENSE PLATES AND OFFICERS OPENED THE SYSTEM ONLY 1038 TIMES.
AND THE MOST COMMON ALERT THOSE CAMERAS PRODUCED WAS A VEHICLE
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CONNECTED TO AN ACTIVE PROTECTIVE ORDER.583 OF THEM IN 30 DAYS. ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU THIS TECHNOLOGY IS USED AGAINST WOMEN SHOULD LOOK HARD AGAIN THE NUMBER. THE CITY HAS NO HISTORY OF POLICE CORRUPTION, NO MISCONDUCT SCANDALS.
>> I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 30S. >> BETWEEN OUR OFFICERS AND PEOPLE THEY SERVE. WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPECTED AND RESPECTED OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND THOSE WHO VISIT. DO NOT LET ANYONE JUDGE THE CARROLLTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT WENT WRONG SOMEWHERE ELSE. IN CLOSING I AM NOT HERE TO TELL YOU HOW TO WRITE YOUR POLICY THAT IS YOUR WORK AND THE CHIEF'S. THERE'S A QUIET MAJORITY IN THIS CITY THAT SUPPORTS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TRUSTS THEM TO DO IT HERE WE HAVE SIMPLY NOT BEEN AS LOUD AS THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT. I INTEND TO CHANGE IT.
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT MY NEXT SPEAKER IS CONNIE NATOLI. AND AGAIN YOU'LL HAVE 2 MINUTES WHEN YOU START. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MY NAME IS CONNIE NATOLI AND I HAVE LIVED HERE IN CARROLLTON FOR 37 YEARS WITH MY HUSBAND, OUR TWO CHILDREN ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM CARROLLTON SCHOOLS.
MY HUSBAND VOLUNTEERS FOR THE CARROLLTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I HAVE TAUGHT FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN CARROLLTON SCHOOLS.
WE LOVE CARROLLTON. AND I FELT WE ALL HAVE FELT SAFE IN THIS THRIVING CITY. I HAD PERSONALLY MET CARROLLTON STELLAR POLICE CHIEF AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT HE PERSONALLY CARES A GREAT DEAL ABOUT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR BUSINESS.
CRIME HAS GONE DOWN 50% IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
I SUPPORT THE USE OF CAMERAS TO ASSIST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SEVEN YEARS AGO IN OCTOBER 2019 A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, 88-YEAR-OLD MOTHER WHO LIVED IN HER LAKE HIGHLANDS HOME WOKE UP AT 2:30 IN THE MORNING WITH A MAN IN HER BEDROOM.
HE PUNCHED HER IN THE FACE, HER AND TIED HER TO A CHAIR, STOLE HER PURSE, JEWELRY, A SHOTGUN AND HER CAR.
THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT UTILIZED THE LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM THAT HELPED LOCATE HER STOLEN VEHICLE AND STOLEN GUN WITHOUT INCIDENT THAT SAME DAY.
I FEEL THAT CAMERAS ARE AN ADDITIONAL TOOL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASSISTS POLICE. IN 2026 THERE'S A LOT OF SUCCESS STORIES USING FLOCK CAMERAS. SPECIFIC SUCCESS STORIES AND DETAILS GO TO THE CARROLLTON TEXAS PD TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY PORTAL. SOME IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THE USAGE OF FLOCK CAMERAS IS DATA IS AUTOMATICALLY DELETED AFTER SIX DAYS UNLESS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION.
A REASON AND CASE NUMBER IS ALSO REQUIRED BEFORE A SEARCH RUNS.
ACCESS TO CAMERA DATA HAS MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION.
WITH INCREASE OF PEOPLE MOVING INTO OUR COMMUNITY I BELIEVE USING AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY WITH SECURITY MEASURES WILL PROTECT US AND KEEP US SAFER WITH THESE CAMERAS IN THE CITY OF CARROLLTON. THANK YOU.
>> MY LAST CARD IS FROM FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLES.
THOUGHT YOU LOST MY CARD. CHARLES THRASHER.
I LIVE ON 2225 CEDAR ROAD SINCE MAY OF 81.
I USED TO SIT OVER THERE TWO TERMS, AND ALWAYS LOOKED FOR THE CITY POLICE TO TAKE CARE OF ME AND MY FAMILY, AND I'M A LITTLE BIASED. MY SON-IN-LAW WAS A FORT WORTH POLICE OFFICER. I JUST CAME IN ON THE END OF THIS SO HADN'T RESEARCHED IT A LOT PURE I MISSED WHEN YOU ALL DID A PUBLIC HEARING TO DO THIS FLOCK.
YOU ALL DID THAT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE UNITS ARE OWNED BY WHO. I JUST KNOW I. DO WANT TO WATCH WHERE THE KIDS ARE PLAYING. THERE'S A LOT OF OUT THERE THAT ARE AFTER OUR KIDS AND IF SOMEBODY STEALS MY TRUCK I WANT THE OFFICERS TO FIND IT. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF STOLEN PLATES THEY USE BUT AT LEAST WHEN THE STOLEN PLATES ARE SEEN THEY STOP IT SO I'VE BEEN AT SCENE OVER THERE.
THESE ROOMS WERE FULL WHEN IT MATTERED.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE PICKED BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS. SO STAY FIRM.
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MAKE SURE IT'S NOT MISUSED. MAKE SURE THERE'S REGULAR REPORTS ON IT AND DON'T BE AFRAID TO STAND UP FOR THE TRUTH. THANK YOU.THANK YOU. COUNCIL THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT HAVE REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
IF ANYONE HAS NOT SPOKEN WISHES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL YOU MAY DO SO BY APPROACHING THE PODIUM NOW. SEEING NONE WITH THAT I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC FORUM. WE'LL BE GOING BACK INTO WORK SESSION AND EXECUTIVE SESSION ON OTHER MATTERS SO WITH THAT WE'LL
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.