Sep 15, 2021 City Council

IT'S TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2021.

IT'S SIX.

O'CLOCK WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.

TONIGHT'S AN EXCITING NIGHT.

UH, LET'S GET STARTED WITH INVOCATION.

UH, THIS EVENING WE HAVE PASTOR JOE MCCRARY FROM FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD.

AND WE THANK YOU TONIGHT.

AS WE COME INTO THIS HOUSE, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US FOR YOUR WORD SAYS THAT JUST WHERE IF YOU GATHERED TOGETHER IN YOUR NAME, YOU WERE IN THE MIDST OF THEM, AND WE'RE CAREFUL NOT TO INVOKE YOUR NAME ALL LORD FOR AN UNRIGHTEOUS CAUSE, BUT AS WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, WE RECOGNIZED THAT THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S THE FULLNESS THEREOF, THE WORLD, AND THEY THAT DWELL THERE IN WHO SHALL ENTER THE HOLY PLACE, WHO CAN STAND BEFORE THE LORD.

HE, THAT HAS CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE HEART WHO WITH NOT LIFTED UP HIS SOUL INTO VANITY NOR SWORN DECEITFULLY.

WE RECOGNIZE, OH LORD, THAT WE ARE THE SHIP OF YOUR PASTOR AND THAT YOU HAVE ALL AUTHORITY AND ALL POWER.

ALL LORD, LET THERE BE A SPIRIT OF UNITY AND A UNITY OF THE SPIRITS.

NOT ALL LORD, LET THERE BE UNITY AMONG EACH PERSON HERE.

WILL WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE KING AND LORD OF ALL TONIGHT.

AND WE THANK YOU.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST, WHO DIED ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY FOR EACH ONE OF US.

WE GIVE YOU GLORY IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

MR. COGAN AGENTS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC OR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE AND INDIVISIBLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

GOOD SEEING YOU, JOE.

SO LET'S START WITH PRESENTATIONS.

THIS EVENING, UH, WE, UH, WE HAVE OPEN FORUM NEXT.

WE HAD SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DECIDED NOT TO SPEAK TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER MEETING.

SO CORRECT.

SO DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP FOR OPEN FORUM.

[Discussion on the Quarterly Investment Report for the Fiscal 3rd Quarter ending June 30, 2021.]

LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL THIRD QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2021.

AND WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, PAULA MCPARTLAND AND MR. TIM PAYNE, YOUNG PINON FROM VALLEY VIEW CONSULTING.

WELCOME, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TONIGHT, WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL THIRD QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2021.

THE CITY OF BEDFORD INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO CONTAINS, SPENDS INVESTED FOR DAILY OPERATIONS, ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES, AND FUTURE MAINTENANCE NEEDS.

THE PORTFOLIO ALSO INCLUDES BOND PROCEEDS FOR SEVERAL MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FACE.

NEXT PROJECT, THE TOTAL MARKET VALUE OF THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2021 WAS APPROXIMATELY 131.5 MILLION COMPARED TO 142.3 MILLION AS OF MARCH 31ST, 2021.

THIS REPRESENTS AN 11.3% DECREASE OVER LAST YEAR.

THE PORTFOLIO WILL DECREASE OVER TIME.

AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO DRAW DOWN CASH BALANCES FOR PROJECTS SUCH AS FACE NEXT, AND THE BEDFORD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2021, THE CITY HAS SPENT $24,435,332 ON THE PHASE.

NEXT PROJECT AND $23,775 ON THE BEDFORD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

THE CITY EARNED 3 MILLION, $448,637 IN ACCUMULATED INTEREST AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2021.

FOR THESE PROJECTS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM VALLEY VIEW CONSULTING LLC WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW AND POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AT THE CITY'S INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.

MAYOR COUNCIL.

I PRESENT TIM PINYON FROM VALLEY VIEW CONSULTING.

SO TIM, ARE YOU OUR GUY GOING FORWARD? I AM THE GUY GOING, SO WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING YOU EVERY THREE WEEKS.

WELL, NOW THAT WE KNOW AT TOM HAS DECIDED TO MOVE BACK TO GEORGIA TO BE NEAR HIS GREAT-GRANDSON HIS SHARE OF US.

ANYWAY, HE DID TELL ME YES.

TELL EVERYONE HELLO.

I THINK HE KIND OF MISSES BEING HERE A LITTLE BIT.

SO HE'S ENJOYING WHERE HE IS.

WE'RE THANKFUL YOU'RE HERE.

GLAD TO BE HERE.

SO ARE WE SET UP MICHAEL? AWESOME.

POLLOCK HAS SHARED WITH YOU.

WELL, WE KNOW LAST TIME YOU REALLY ENJOYED ALL OF THE MINUTE DETAILS OF THE REPORT.

SO HE TRIED TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE IN FORMAT.

HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE A LITTLE, A LITTLE BETTER, A LITTLE EASIER TO FOLLOW, TO REALLY HIT THE HIGH POINTS.

BUT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING ON THERE WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, LET ME KNOW.

I DO HAVE THE, THE INVESTMENT REPORT PRINTED OFF AS WELL.

SO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, BUT THESE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS AND SOME OF THEM ARE REFLECTED IN WHAT

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SO, UM, TOP LINE IS, IS JUST THE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL CITY FUNDS FROM THE END OF MARCH TO THE END OF JUNE.

AND YOU SEE A DECREASE OF ABOUT $10 MILLION THERE.

AND A LOT OF THAT IS THE PHASE NEXT PROJECT.

AND THEN PART OF IT IS JUST THE, KIND OF THE NATURAL EBB AND FLOW.

YOU GET YOUR PROPERTY TAXES IN DECEMBER, JANUARY, AND FEBRUARY.

SO YOUR BALANCES ELEVATE THEN, AND THEN THEY KIND OF SPEND DOWN OVER THE YEAR.

SO ALL OF THOSE CONTRIBUTE TO THAT DECREASE IN THE BALANCES THERE.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE SWARF FUNDS, WHICH STAY FAIRLY STABLE RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN YOUR TOTAL PORTFOLIO COMBINED IS THE 131 MILLION, 4 96 THAT PAUL REFERENCED.

AND THEN, EXCUSE ME, UH, AND THEN LOOKING AT YOUR INTEREST RATE PERFORMANCE.

SO THE CITY FUNDS RIGHT NOW ARE EARNING A 0.3, 6% AS OF JUNE 30TH, THE SWERVED FUNDS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE RESTRICTED ON THE THINGS THAT THE CITY CAN INVEST IN.

UH, AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH LIMITED TO TREASURIES.

UH, SO THOSE RATES TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT RATE IS REFLECTED THAT WAY.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT REALLY DIDN'T CHANGE FROM QUARTER TO QUARTER.

UH, AND OVERALL THE POOR TOTAL PORTFOLIO IS 0.3%.

SO THE QUESTION I HAD WAS HOW DID THE RIGHT GO UP BY ONE BASIS POINT IN, UH, IN SUCH A LOW RATE ENVIRONMENT? AND SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT $10 MILLION THAT RAN OFF CAME OUT OF SOME OF THE LOWER YIELDING FUNDS THAT WERE PAYING 0.0 1.06.

SO IT WAS KIND OF A REALLOCATION OF SPENDING OUT THOSE LOWER PERFORMING RATES.

AND SO THAT ACTUALLY BOOSTED THE OVERALL CITY'S RATE OF RETURN JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, AND IN THE INTEREST EARNINGS, UH, IT'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING REFLECTION OF THE YEAR TODAY, JUST FOR NINE MONTHS.

AND THEN THE QUARTER, OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST FOR THE LAST, UH, THE, THE MARCH, UH, OR THE I'M SORRY, APRIL, MAY AND JUNE, UH, PERIOD.

SO, UM, 90,000 ON THE CITY FUNDS, UH, AND FOR THAT NINE MONTHS, IT WAS 3 42.

UH, AND THEN, UH, SWERVED FUNDS AGAIN, 8,040 4,000.

UH, SO THE TOTAL, UH, YEAR TO DATE FOR NINE MONTHS IS 386,000.

AND THEN IT WAS 99,000 FOR THE LAST, THE LAST QUARTER.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT IS JUST THE BENCHMARKS.

HOW ARE, HOW ARE THE, HOW HAS THE CITY'S RETURN PERFORMING COMPARED TO THE INTEREST RATE? AND IT'S JUST, UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THE, UH, KIND OF A REALITY CHECK OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING IN.

AND SO WHEN YOU 0.3, OH, IS NOT EXCITING, BUT WHEN YOU SEE THAT THREE MONTHS, THIS 0.02, A SIX MONTH, THIS POINT I WAS SIX AND TEXT POOL THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE 0.01.

UM, THE CITY PORTFOLIO IS CRUSHING IT, UNFORTUNATELY IN THE CURRENT, IN THE CURRENT MARKET, UM, THE YIELD CURVE, UH, JUST KIND OF HELPS TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE OF WHERE THINGS ARE GRAPHICALLY.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE YIELD CURVE LAST TIME IS THAT THE, OUR TREND IS AN INDICATION TYPICALLY OF WHERE THE MARKET THINKS RATES ARE GOING IN THE FUTURE, UH, IS ALSO A PREMIUM FOR COMMITTING YOUR FUNDS FOR A LONGER TERM.

UH, BUT THE RED LINE IS WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.

AND SO THE BLUE AND GREEN LINES, UH, ARE WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY THIS YEAR WITH A BLUE LINE BEING JUNE, JUNE, JUNE 30TH.

AND THE GREEN LINE IS MAY.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF ENCOURAGING NEWS THERE, AT LEAST AT LEAST THE RATES IN THE FUTURE, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, UH, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT TO THE 10 YEAR PERIOD, CAUSE YOU LOOK A YEAR AGO AT THIS TIME, THE 10 YEAR WAS BARELY ABOVE POINT 60 BASIS POINTS.

AND SO AT LEAST THAT IS INCREASED A LITTLE BIT.

THE NEGATIVE PICTURE FROM THIS GRAPH IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR LEFT THE OVERNIGHT MONEY, WHICH IS WHERE THE CITY HAS TO KEEP A LOT OF ITS FUNDS, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE LIQUID THEY'RE, YOU'RE USING THEM FOR YOUR OPERATING FUNDS, WHAT WAS IT A POINT TO A YEAR AGO? AND NOW YOU CAN SEE IT'S BASICALLY TOUCHING THE BOTTOM LINE AND THEN THAT'S REFLECTED ON THAT WITH THE CHART.

WE SAW THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WHERE IT'S, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 0.0 1.0 5.06.

SO THE OVERNIGHT RATES HAVE DECREASED QUITE A BIT IN THE LAST YEAR.

UH, JUST KIND OF HITTING ON A COUPLE OF MARKETS.

UH, INDICATIONS, FEDERAL RESERVE IS SUCH A, OBVIOUSLY A HUGE PLAYER IN DETERMINING WHERE THE RIGHTS ARE IN THE ECONOMY.

AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT FOR A LONG TIME, UM, THAT THIS IS THE WORLD WE'RE GONNA LIVE IN AT LEAST THROUGH IN 2022 IS THE CURRENT EXPECTATION AND HAVE BASICALLY SIGNALED TO THE MARKET, DO NOT EXPECT A RATE INCREASE UNTIL EARLY 20, 23 AT THE EARLIEST.

UM, SO, AND THEN, UH, ALSO IMPACTING THE ECONOMY, UH, AS, AS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T ESCAPE IT IT'S IN THE NEWS EVERY DAY IS THE DELTA VARIANT, THE IMPACT OF COVID, UH, AND JUST THE IMPACT, THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS THAT THAT HAS.

UM, AND THEN THE RATE OF INFLATION IS THE OTHER ISSUE THAT'S BEING TOSSED AROUND.

THE FED CONTINUES TO SAY, INFLATION IS UNDER CONTROL.

UH WE'VE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE IT.

UH, AND THEN THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE SAYING, YEAH, BUT THINGS SEEM TO BE, WHEN I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, WHEN I GO TO THE GAS

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PUMP, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT WAS, THAT WOULD SEEM TO BE INFLATION.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S AN ONGOING TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AND OBVIOUSLY INFLATION HAS A VERY DIRECT IMPACT ON INTEREST RATES.

SO THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING TO WATCH AND KEEP AN EYE ON, UH, AS FAR AS A STRATEGY FOR THE CITY.

UH, REALLY, I THINK YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR OVERALL PORTFOLIO REFLECTS YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE BENCHMARKS.

UH, GIVEN THAT YOU'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN A FAIRLY SHORT TERM WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITY BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE CITY'S FUNDS.

UM, AND SO THE BEST APPROACH IS TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING A BALANCE OF OVERNIGHT FUNDS, AND THEN PUTTING THE FUND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LONGER TERM PUTTING THEM INTO ONE YEAR, 18 MONTHS, TWO YEAR, TYPICALLY CDS ARE CURRENTLY THE BEST RETURN.

UH, AND THEN AGAIN, WE JUST KIND OF EXPECT THE INTEREST RATES TO REMAIN LOW THROUGH 2022.

SO THAT BACKDROP KIND OF HELPS YOU MAKE DECISIONS AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME LONGER TERM INVESTMENTS.

SO I THINK THAT IS KIND OF A QUICK OVERVIEW.

ARE THERE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ABOUT VERY GOOD? WE APPRECIATE THAT, TIM.

SO REAL QUICKLY, THE, UH, THERE WAS 11.3% DECREASE IN THE FUND BALANCE.

WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO SPENDING ON GENERATIONS PARK AT THE BOYS RANCH.

CORRECT? RIGHT.

THAT WAS THE PRIMARY, I THINK.

I THINK PROBABLY, I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS ABOUT 2 MILLION A MONTH THAT IS FLOWING OUT JUST SPECIFICALLY ON THAT.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S 6 MILLION THERE.

AND THEN PART OF IT IS AGAIN, JUST KIND OF, I WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT AND I'M CHOOSING NOT TO, UH, OKAY.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT TIM AND PAULA HAVE JUST BROUGHT US HERE.

UH, INTEREST RATES SUCK IS BASICALLY THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE BOTTOM LINE.

UH, CAN WE, UH, IN A LITTLE BIT IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE INVESTMENT POLICY.

WOULD YOU MIND REAL QUICKLY GIVING US A REFRESHER OF WHAT IS OUR INVESTMENT POLICY STRATEGY JUST REAL QUICKLY FOR THE AUDIENCE'S BENEFIT? AND THEN AFTER THAT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TOM ROSS.

UM, OUR INVESTMENT POLICY HAS TO BE APPROVED ANNUALLY.

UM, AND IT'S ACCORDING TO THE PFI ACT 3 56, UM, THERE WERE NO MAJOR CHANGES FOR THIS PROCEEDING FUTURE YEAR VERSUS THE LAST YEAR.

THE CHANGES ARE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WILL NO LONGER BE PUBLIC FUNDS, INVESTMENT OFFICERS.

THEY STILL RETAIN ALL MEMBERSHIP RIGHTS, ALL VOTING RIGHTS.

THEY WILL BE, UM, INCLUDED IN EVERY DECISION.

UM, THE ONLY DIFFERENCES THAT THEY WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO DO THE TRAINING.

AND, UM, THE OTHER ADDITION IS, IS THAT WE'VE ADDED THE SENIOR ACCOUNTANT AS A PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT OFFICERS, SO THAT WE HAVE THREE FOR THE CITY.

AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA, UM, ADD THAT PERSON TO THE COMMITTEE AND THIS INVESTMENT POLICY DICTATES THE TERMS WITH WHICH WE CHOOSE OUR INVESTMENT OPTIONS, WHERE WE PUT OUR MONEY.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THE STRATEGY WITH RESPECT TO HOW MUCH RISK WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND WE ARE LOW RISK, LOW RISK, HIGH CASH, LIQUIDITY, BINGO.

UH, J BEFORE, THANK YOU FOR THAT, PAULA.

THANK YOU, TIM.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, TOM.

ROSS IS NO LONGER WITH US, BUT HE'S STILL WITH US.

UH, BUT HE, UH, I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE HERE ON COUNCIL.

HE HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

HE WAS A CONSULTANT THEN AN EMPLOYEE.

THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID OVER THERE.

BUT THEN, UH, ONCE AGAIN BECAME A CONSULTANT HE'S BEEN AROUND THE CITY FOR DECADES.

AND I DIDN'T WANT THIS MOMENT TO PASS WITHOUT SAYING THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING TOM HAS DONE FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND LOOKING OUT FOR THE RESIDENTS.

SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

I'M SURE HE'LL TUNE IN, BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

YEAH, HE PROBABLY IS, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TIME TO GO BY WITHOUT HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

ANYTHING ELSE? CATCH-ALL THANK YOU, PAULA.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

OF IT, BUT THIS ITEM COMPLIES WITH THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT THAT PFI, THAT POLO REFERRED TO, WHICH REQUIRES THE CITY TO REVIEW AND IMPROVE AN INVESTMENT POLICY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO NEXT UP, UH, LET'S UH, CONSIDER, UH, ITEMS FOR APPROVAL BY CONSENT.

JIMMY'S THOUGHT OF THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, THEY'RE ALL STARTING OFF.

THERE ARE FOUR SETS OF MINUTES FOR YOUR REVIEW.

AUGUST 12TH WORK SESSION, AUGUST 17TH, SPECIAL SESSION, AUGUST 24TH, UH, REGULAR COUNTS MEAN IN SEPTEMBER 7TH, SPECIAL SEAT, A SPECIAL SESSION WE HAD A WEEK AGO TONIGHT.

NOW THEN THERE'S THREE ADDITIONAL RESOLUTE.

UH, I'M SORRY.

UM, CONSENT ITEMS. I APOLOGIZE.

THE FIRST ONE THAT, UH, POLO WENT OVER IS THE CITY OF BEDFORD INVESTMENT POLICY.

AND THAT IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SITTER.

UM, I'M SORRY.

I GOT OUT OF ORDER.

CONSIDER RESOLUTION PROVEN THE CITY OF BEDFORD INVESTMENT POLICY, THIS ITEM, AND A LOT OF THIS.

UM, I WANNA JUST FOR PUBLIC EDIFICATION, UM, PAULA COVERED SOME

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THIS INVESTMENT POLICY WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 5TH, 2021.

THE UPDATED POLICY IS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.

UH, THE SECOND ITEM DEALS WITH PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS.

IT'S CONSIDERED RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE METHOD FOR MAKING WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION.

UH, THIS ITEM WOULD DESIGNATE ONE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF REQUEST FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION.

AND THAT EMAIL ADDRESS IS CITY SECRETARY AT BEDFORD, TX.GOV.

THE FINAL ITEM DEALS WITH, UH, COVID IN TERMS OF THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR TESTING IT'S TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY, FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF STAFF HOURS EXPENDED DURING OPERATION OF THE NORTHEAST COUNTY VACCINATION CLINIC.

BASICALLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED WITH VACCINATIONS AT THE NORTHEAST TARRANT COUNTY VACCINATION CLINIC.

AND THEY'VE DONE SO SINCE JANUARY 21ST, NOW IT'S BEEN A IT'S WOUND DOWN AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL START-UP.

THERE WAS NO FUNDING METHOD IN PLACE TO RECUSE STAFF.

OUR SPIN AT THE LOCATION.

THIS INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO RECOVER.

STAFF HOURS SPENT AT THE CLINIC.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORDING, I BELIEVE IT INCLUDES PRESIDENT TRUMP.

AND WHAT HAVE YOU IT'S BECAUSE IT'S RETROACTIVE BECAUSE AT THE TIME, UM, WE JUMPED INTO HELP COUNCIL'S BLESSING, BUT WITHOUT KNOWING IF WE WOULD GET REIMBURSED, BECAUSE WE FELT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF A CLEANUP ITEM.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT ITEMS. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

THANK YOU, JIMMY.

SO ON THE REIMBURSEMENT, DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE SEEKING CHIEF WALKER? NO, SIR.

NOT YET.

COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.

SECOND, SHE BEAT YA, CINDY.

UH, SECOND TO MAYOR PRO TEM SABLE LET'S VOTE OKAY.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS SEVEN TO ZERO.

ONTO NEW BUSINESS ITEM SIX, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022, PROVIDING FOR INTRO FUND AND OR INTRO DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS, PROVIDING FOR INVESTMENT VITAL FUNDS AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, JIMMY.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

UH, NEXT STEP WE HAVE PERSONS TO BE HEARD.

UH, MICHAEL JACK JOHNSON HAD ORIGINALLY REQUESTED TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, UH, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM IN THE FUTURE

[6. Consider an ordinance adopting the annual budget for the City of Bedford, Texas for the fiscal period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022; providing for intra-fund and/or intra-departmental transfers; providing for investment of idle funds; and declaring an effective date.]

AND WE HAVE STRATEGIC SERVICES.

ANDREW MEG, JACOBI, I THINK.

YOU GUYS MOVED FASTER THAN I WAS THINKING YOU WERE MOVING.

UH, SO YES.

SO TONIGHT WE START ALL OF THE FUN OF BUDGET ADOPTION AND ALL OF THE FINAL PARTS OF THE PROCESS.

UM, SO JUST FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN HERE, THE PROCESS, WE WILL DO A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.

I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO BEAT MY TIME FROM LAST WEEK.

SO, UH, BUT YES, TODAY IS HIT THE WRONG BUTTON.

UH, TONIGHT IS A COMBINATION OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2122, UM, WHICH WILL START OCTOBER 1ST ADOPTING THE TAX RATE FOR THE 21, UH, 20, 21 TAX YEAR.

UM, AND SO WE'VE HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE REVIEWED OVER THE BUDGET.

UM, AND SO TONIGHT I GET TO GO HOME AND SLEEP AND NOT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT.

SO, UM, ALWAYS AN EXCITING PART TO GET TO A GREAT JOB, YOU KNOW, BUT IT, THERE, IT IT'S A IT'S, IT'S A PROCESS.

SO IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE IT'S READY TO SET IT ASIDE FOR A LITTLE BIT AGAIN.

UM, SO TAX RATE HISTORY HERE, UM, SO OF COURSE, 20, 22, WE WILL FINALIZE THAT APPROVED TAX RATE TONIGHT.

UM, THE MAXIMUM WE'LL CONSIDER AS THE 0.55, TWO PER $100 VALUATION, WHICH IS ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, UH, BUT BELOW THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SITTING WITH THAT.

UH, SO THIS IS OUR TREND GRAPH ON HOW OUR REVENUE AND EXPENSES ARE GROWING.

UM, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL, YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT JUST THREE TO FOUR YEARS AGO, WE HAD AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP THERE WHERE OUR EXPENDITURES WERE GROWING FASTER THAN OUR REVENUES.

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UM, SO CAUSING US TO TAKE SOME VERY HARD LOOKS AND COUNSEL HAVING TO MAKE SOME VERY TOUGH DECISIONS, UM, ON HOW WE KEEP OUR FUTURE SUSTAINABLE.

UM, AND THE TREND GRAPH IS SHOWING THAT THE CHANGES IN THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE HAVE BEEN HELPING US GET THERE.

SO, UM, WE ARE DEFINITELY ON A PATH THAT IS HELPFUL TO THE CITY AND TO ITS FUTURE.

UH, SO THIS IS JUST A CHART FORM OF THE LONG RANGE FORECAST, OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR WE SHOW COUNCIL, UM, KIND OF WHERE WE SEE EXPENDITURES GROWING, HOW WE SEE REVENUES GROWING, UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT HOW THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THE YEAR AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE POTENTIALLY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

OF COURSE, IT'S AN ESTIMATE.

WE RESTART THIS PROCESS OVER EVERY YEAR, UH, BUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, LOOKING AT OUR PERCENTAGES FOR OUR FUND BALANCE AND WHERE THAT LEAVES US, UM, OUR FISCAL POLICIES SAY THAT WE WILL KEEP AT LEAST 20% RESERVES SO THAT WE HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THAT RAINY DAY FUND, THOSE UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES.

UM, AND THE FIVE-YEAR FORECAST THAT WE HAVE BASED ON THE NUMBERS WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THIS YEAR, KEEP US WELL ABOVE THAT 20% LEVEL, UM, INTO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SO AREA PER CAPITA COMPARISONS, THIS IS LOOKING AT, UM, THEIR BUDGET PER CAPITA, UM, AND THEN EMPLOYEES PER 1000 POPULATION, OF COURSE, THAT IS ALL EMPLOYEES.

SO THE CITIES DO HAVE VARIOUS OPERA, YOU KNOW, ULAS OF COURSE HAS THE, UH, THE GOLF COURSE, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WILL PLAY INTO WHY THEY MAY HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES.

UM, BUT JUST KIND OF TAKING A LOOK AT THE AREA AND, AND AGAIN, NO RIGHT OR WRONG IN ANY OF THIS, THIS IS JUST THE FUNDING DECISIONS EACH OF THEIR COUNCILS HAVE MADE OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR YEARS.

WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT IN SOME TIME.

WHAT, WHAT, BY SHOWING THIS, WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO LOOK AT EMPLOYEES PER CAPITA THAN IT IS TO LOOK AT EMPLOYEES PER BUDGET, PER REVENUE.

I MEAN, IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE IMPLYING HERE? WE'RE LOOKING AT EMPLOYEES PER 1000 AS IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

YOU BELIEVE THAT'S A BETTER WAY TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE UNDER OUR, TO LOOK AT IT IN COMPARISON TO A CITY'S POPULATION.

NOW NARROWING INTO THE GENERAL FUND, UH, PROPERTY TAXES IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR REVENUE FOLLOWED BY SALES TAX.

TO, TO, TO GIVE AN ACCURATE COMPARISON.

BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S STILL EACH CITY'S DIFFERENT INTERESTS OPERATES DIFFERENTLY.

EACH CITY HAS DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND HOW THEY WANT TO ALLOCATE OUT, UH, WHERE THEY PUT EMPLOYEES.

AND SO IT'S REALLY JUST A TOUCH POINT TO LOOK AT JUST BECAUSE THESE ARE THE CITIES WE'RE MOST OFTEN COMPARED TO THEM THAT WE'RE CLOSEST TO, UM, BEYOND THAT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT.

IT'S NOT TRYING TO MAKE ANY PARTICULAR POINT.

IT'S A GOOD MEASURING STICK TO KIND OF SHOW.

I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A WAY TO LOOK AT AT HOW WE LOOK COMPARED TO OUR OTHER CITIES.

UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S JUST AN INFORMATION POINT, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS WHO MOST OFTEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, SO, OKAY.

SALES TAX HISTORY, UM, AFTER OF COURSE THE, YOU KNOW, WE DID SEE A DOWNTURN IN OUR SALES TAX DOLLARS LAST YEAR, PARTICULARLY DURING THE SHUTDOWN PERIODS.

UM, ALTHOUGH NOT AS MUCH AS STAFF HAS HAD ORIGINALLY PROJECTED.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE YOUR 20, 20 TOTAL COMING IN ABOUT, EXCUSE ME, 300,000 BELOW, UM, 2019.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE DID HAVE THAT IMPACT.

UM, BUT CONSIDERING STAFF WAS LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY A 25 TO 30% DROP IN OUR SALES TAX DOLLARS.

WE WERE VERY HAPPY THAT NONE OF THAT MATERIALIZED, UM, AND THEN WE'VE CERTAINLY COME BACK VERY STRONG IN 2021.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE SETTING OUR SALES TAX NUMBERS, WE LEFT OUR BUDGET NUMBERS FLAT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE HOW LONG THE IMPACTS OF THE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC, UH, CLOSURES AND THE WAY BUSINESSES WERE RESPONDING, HOW LONG THAT WAS GOING TO LAST.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE A GAMBLE, UM, THAT WE WOULD SEE INCREASES AGAIN.

UM, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY WE HAVE.

SO, AND THAT HAS BEEN REFLECTED NOW IN OUR BUDGET NUMBERS FOR .

SO REVENUES BY FINE, OF COURSE, UH, THE LARGEST FUND IS OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, FOLLOWED BY THE WATER AND SEWER FUND.

AND THEN OUR, WE HAVE VARIOUS OTHER SMALLER OPERATING FUNDS AND THEN JUST MAINTENANCE AND, UM, LEGALLY REQUIRED FUNDS SUCH AS OUR COURT FUNDS, UH, WHERE WE HAVE TO HOLD THOSE MONEY SEPARATELY.

UH, SO WHEN YOU LOOK OVERALL, UM, PERSONNEL IS JUST OVER 41% OF THE BUDGET.

UM, AND THEN FROM THERE YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, SUPPLIES, MAINTENANCE, OUR UTILITIES BECAUSE WE PAY OUR WATER BILL JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS DOES, UM, OUR WATER PURCHASE AND OUR SEWER TREATMENT FOR THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY, UM, AND DEBT AND TRANSFERS PUBLIC WORKS ON THE WHOLE IS THE LARGEST DEPARTMENT.

UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FUNDS CITYWIDE

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UM, AND FROM THERE, IT'S A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES THAT WE HAVE CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

UM, YOU KNOW, ROY SAVAGE POOL, THE AQUATIC PEOPLE PAYING TO GO IN, THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO CHARGES FOR SERVICES, CHARGES FOR SERVICES IS OF COURSE ALSO OUR AMBULANCE REVENUE, UM, FROM THAT SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE, UM, OTHER GOVERNMENTAL IS PAYMENTS FROM, UM, OUR LOCAL ENTITIES.

OF COURSE THE HEB TEEN COURT IS SPLIT THREE WAYS BETWEEN HER STIMULUS AND BEDFORD.

AND SO WE RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE OTHER TWO CITIES BECAUSE WE HOUSE THE EXPENSES FOR THAT.

UM, AND THEN WE RECEIVED MONEY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, UM, THAT ARE STATIONED OUT AT THE TWO JUNIOR HIGHS AND THE, UM, TECHNOLOGY CENTER.

SO GENERAL FUND PERSONNEL IS THE LION'S SHARE OF OUR EXPENSE.

UH, 75.6%, UM, POLICE AND FIRE PUBLIC SAFETY ARE TWO THIRDS OF THE BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND, LOOKING AT THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.

WE HAVE ALL OF OUR PAYMENTS, UM, FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

AND LOOKING AT THE GRAPH HERE, THOUGH, YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SPIKES WERE, WHERE WE SOLD THE DEBT FOR PHASE NEXT, UM, WHERE WE SOLD THE DEBT, UH, FOR THE SWIFT LOW CLASS LOAN, UM, ON THE WATER SIDE, WHICH IS OF COURSE SUPPORTED BY THE WATER REVENUE.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE SPIKES HAVE OCCURRED.

UM, BUT ON THE WHOLE, WE ARE ON A DOWNWARD TREND, UM, AS WE PAY OFF OUR DEBT.

UM, AND JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, WE ALWAYS LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO SAVE ON OUR INTEREST COSTS THROUGH A REFUNDING.

UM, AND SO STAFF HAS CONTINUALLY ANNUALIZED ANALYZING, UM, WHAT ARE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES MIGHT BE SO THAT WE KEEP THIS AND, UH, MINIMIZE THE INTEREST EXPENSE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, UM, ON THE MONEY WE BORROW.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE WHO OWE ITS DEBT, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO A MORTGAGE.

SO MOST PEOPLE CAN'T GO OUT RIGHT TO BUY A HOUSE.

THEY PAY THEIR MORTGAGE OVER THE COURSE OF YEARS.

THAT'S WHAT THE CITY'S DEBT IS.

IT'S PAYING OFF.

UM, INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL BUILDS ANNUALLY MUCH LIKE A MORTGAGE.

SO LOOKING AT THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, UH, WE HAVE OUR WATER AND SEWER FUND REVENUE IS PRETTY MUCH OUR WATER CHARGES OR CHARGES.

UM, AND THEN BILLING FEES AND A FEW INSPECTION FEES, UH, BULK OF THE EXPENSE IS OUR PAYMENTS TO THE TREE RIVER AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE OUR WATER AND THEN TO TREAT OUR WASTE WATER.

AND WE DO HAVE HERE, UM, OUR PROJECTIONS FOR COSTS, UH, PER 1000 GALLONS.

AND ACTUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN A LONG TIME THIS YEAR, WE ACTUALLY DID SEE A DECREASE, UM, FROM THE PRIOR YEAR'S COST FOR WATER TREATMENT OR FOR WATER PURCHASE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT.

UH, AND SO WE HAVE OUR CURRENT RATES, WHICH BUILD IN, UM, THE COST THAT WE PAID TO THE TREE RIVER AUTHORITY, AND THEN THE BASE COSTS FOR OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS TO, TO RUN AND MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM.

UM, BUT DUE TO, LIKE I SAID, THAT DECREASE ON THE TRA COSTS.

UM, WE DIDN'T AS YOU SOME DEBT THAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD PROJECTED IN FOR THIS YEAR.

UM, AND SO WE ARE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING NO INCREASE IN THE WATER AND SEWER RATES, UH, FOR THIS COMING BUDGET SEASON.

UH, SO THAT, UH, SO YOUR RATES ARE GONNA STAY THE SAME FOR ANOTHER YEAR THERE.

UH, AND STAFF AFTER ANALYSIS, WE FEEL LIKE WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT WILL NEED TO COME IN THE FUTURE.

UM, EVEN WITH THIS CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE OTHER FACTORS THAT HAD OCCURRED STORMWATER FUND, PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY REVENUE SOURCE ON THAT ONE AS THE STORMWATER CHARGES, UM, IT IS PAYING ITS DEBT SERVICE AND PAYING FOR THE STAFF THAT WORK ON BOTH THE WATER AND STORMWATER SIDE.

UM, AND THEN IT HAS A SMALL CONTINGENT OF PERSONNEL, UH, FUNDED ON THAT FUND AND THEN THE SUPPLIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE CRE TREATMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT STORMWATER DOES MOWING TO MAKE SURE OUR CHANNELS STAY CLEAR.

UM, SO THAT THE SYSTEM DOES WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO.

UM, NOW LOOKING AT THOSE RATES, UH, FOUR 50 A MONTH IS THE BASE RATE, UH, AND THEN WITH A 50 CENT, UH, DISCOUNT FOR AGE 65 AND OLDER ACCOUNTS, UH, THE COMMERCIALS BASED ON THEIR IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, AND THERE'S A CONVERSION CALCULATION FOR WHAT THEY'RE PAYING.

UM, BUT GIVEN, UM, THE UPCOMING CAPITAL LEANS FOR THE STORMWATER SYSTEM, LOOKING AT THE REVIEW OF OUR REVENUE REQUIREMENTS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A 50 CENT INCREASE FOR 2122.

WE WOULD LOOK FOR THAT TO GO INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY.

AND WE'LL BRING YOU THAT ORDINANCE.

UM, I BELIEVE SOMETIME IN OCTOBER, CAN I ASK YOU ONE QUESTION? YES, SIR.

THAT $4 AND 50 CENT CHARGE MONTHLY FOR STORMWATER.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT COVERS WHAT THAT IS FOR? SO IT'S, IT'S COVERING THE MAINTENANCE OF THE STORMWATER

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SYSTEM.

SO THOSE EXPENSES YOU SAW, THAT'S BRINGING IN THE REVENUE WATER SYSTEM.

SO IT'S YOUR DRAIN CHANNELS, CREEKS AND FLUMES.

UM, SO THAT AS WE HAVE RAIN EVENTS, THE WATER IS CHANNELED AND UNDER ALL THE STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO LOOKING AT THE TAX RATE, UH, THE CURRENT TAX RATE 0.56, NINE PER $100, UM, THE NOT TO EXCEED TAX RATE THAT COUNCIL VOTED UPON IS THE 0.552, WHICH IS BELOW THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

UM, AND IS A, ABOUT 3% DECREASE FROM THE CURRENT RATE.

I REMEMBER THE, OUR TAX RATES ARE MADE UP OF TWO COMPONENTS.

WE HAVE THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SIDE OR THE OPERATING SIDE AND THE INTEREST IN SINKING FUND RATE, WHICH IS THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE IN THIS, UM, ACCUMULATING THE MONEY FOR THOSE DEBT PAYMENTS THAT WE LOOKED AT EARLIER.

UM, SO LOOKING AT THE COMPONENTS OF THE RATES, IT'S ACTUALLY A 10.5% DECREASE ON THE DEBT SIDE OF THE RATE AND A 0.6% INCREASE ON THE OPERATING SIDE OF THE RATE.

SO FOR AN AVERAGE HOMEOWNER, UM, THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE, UH, NET TAXABLE VALUE FOR A HOME IN BEDFORD IS $240,452, UH, THAT EQUATES TO AN ANNUAL TAX BILL OF $1,327, OR ABOUT $30 MORE, UM, THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX BILL FOR AN AVERAGE HOME.

UM, WE DO HAVE THE SENIOR TAX CEILING.

UM, SO ONCE A PROPERTY QUALIFIES, UH, THEIR CITY TAXES ARE LOCKED AT THAT POINT.

THEY WILL NEVER PAY OVER IT.

THEY CAN PAY UNDER IT IF THE RATES EVER GO DOWN LOW ENOUGH OR BELOW WHAT THEY HAD BEEN PAYING.

UM, AND THEY ALSO QUALIFY FOR A $50,000 EXEMPTION, UM, AT THE TIME THAT THEY REACHED THAT OVER 65 POINT.

UM, AND SO THE EXAMPLE HERE ON THE SR WOULD BE FOR PROPERTY THAT JUST QUALIFIED THIS YEAR FOR THE EXEMPTION AND THE CEILING.

SO LOOKING AT IT ON A MONTHLY BASIS, $110 A MONTH, HOW DOES THAT ALLOCATED OUT? THERE IS THE PORTION FOR DEBT SERVICE, ABOUT HALF OF IT'S GOING TO THE POLICE AND FIRE COSTS.

UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE CITY THAT IT TAKES TO KEEP SERVICES RUNNING.

UM, THE LIBRARY, IT FACILITIES, UM, DEVELOPMENT GENERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, UM, FINANCE AND MUNICIPAL COURT.

SO ALL OF THAT, THOSE UNDER THE COMPONENT WHERE, OF WHAT YOUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE SUPPORTING, AND TODAY WE ARE HERE TO APPROVE.

THANK YOU, MEG, DO YOU MIND DISCUSSING, WE'VE HAD SOME GENERAL FUND CHANGES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO COUNCIL.

DO YOU MIND DISCUSSING, OR PERHAPS GOING THROUGH THOSE ITEMS JUST REAL QUICKLY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT WE DID FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED BUDGET.

YES MA'AM.

AND THEN THEY HAD SOME EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS WORK OUT EQUIPMENT EXTRACTORS AND DRYERS, WHICH IS A REALLY BIG WASHER AND DRYER, BASICALLY FOR THE PPE, THE BUNKER GEAR THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS WEAR, UM, TO DO THOSE IN PHASES OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, SO THAT IT WASN'T AS MUCH OF AN UPFRONT COST ON THAT.

THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IN THE BUDGET.

IN ADDITION TO OUR NORMAL OPERATIONS, THERE WERE ITEMS EITHER ONE TIME OR THEY'RE ONGOING NEW ITEMS TO OUR BUDGET FOR THIS BUDGET PERIOD.

SO LET ME PULL THAT UP TOO.

SO I MAKE SURE I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT NUMBERS.

UM, SO THERE WERE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING AND WERE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE HAD SENT TO YOU.

UM, AND WE HAD GONE OVER THAT IN DETAIL AT THE BUDGET WORK SESSION.

UM, AND LET ME PULL THAT BACK UP REAL QUICK.

SO THAT INCLUDED A COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AT 3% INCLUDED THE PUBLIC SAFETY STEP PLAN, UM, AND SOME MARKET ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON, UM, SALARY SURVEYS FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.

UM, AND SO WE WERE DOING SOME TARGETED ADJUSTMENTS, UM, TO THAT.

UM, AND THEN ALL IN ALL PUBLIC SAFETY WILL GET THEIR ANNUAL STEP INCREASE AS THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THEM.

UM, THAT'S ALL INCORPORATED IN THE BUDGET NUMBERS.

UH, WE ALSO WERE LOOKING TO INCLUDE, UM, AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL ITEMS THAT FUNDING'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN ALL OF THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'VE BEEN PRESENTED, UM, A VIDEO PRODUCER TO HELP SUPPORT OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

UM, POLICE NEEDED SOME ADDITIONAL LINE ITEM INCREASES FOR FORENSIC LABORATORY SERVICES FOR TRAINING, UM, AND FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN GRANT FUNDED, BUT THE GRANT FUNDING HAS EXPIRED.

UM, AND SO THE THREE CITIES ARE COMMITTED TO KEEPING THAT PROGRAM AND IT'S A THREE-WAY SPLIT ON THAT COST.

UM, AND THEN POLICE IS ALSO LOOKING TO REPLACE THEIR BODY AND IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEM.

AND SO THAT'S ALL BEEN INCLUDED ON THE FIRE SIDE.

UM, WE INCLUDED A PART-TIME EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR THEM TO HELP OUT CHIEF.

UM, THEY HAD SOME REQUESTS FOR SOME INITIAL PROGRAM FUNDING,

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UM, AND THEN LIBRARY SIMILAR TO OUR MAINTENANCE FUNDS.

THEY WANTED TO START PUTTING FUNDING ASIDE FOR TECHNOLOGY.

UM, SO THERE'S A TRANSFER THERE TO SET UP THE LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY FUND.

UH, THESE WERE ALL THE ONGOING PROGRAMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.

UM, AND THEN WE DID HAVE SOME THAT HAD A MINOR ONGOING AMOUNT, BUT WE'RE PRIMARILY ONE-TIME DOLLARS.

UM, CITY SECRETARY WANTS TO EXPAND THE LASER FISH AND MOVE TO A CLOUD SYSTEM.

UH, DEVELOPMENT WOULD LIKE TO DO A MASTER PLAN UPDATE.

UH, FINANCE WANTED TO BRING ON BOARD THE TYLER CONTENT MANAGER, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO SCAN AND STORE RECEIPTS AND WHATNOT WITHIN OUR FINANCIAL SOFTWARE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MINIMIZE OUR ONSITE PAPER STORAGE.

UM, AND THEN WE HAD SOME OTHER THINGS FLEET, UH, BRAKE LATHE, UM, A CAMERA SYSTEM AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, TRAINING ROOM, TECHNOLOGY, FURNITURE, UPDATES, UM, AND THE LAST, A FABRICATOR THAT NEEDS REPLACEMENT, UM, PURCHASING THAT, AND THEN PARKS NEEDED TWO MOWERS AND AN EXCAVATOR, UM, TO SUPPORT THEIR OPERATIONS.

SO AGAIN, ALL OF THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET NUMBERS AND THEN FOLLOWING THE BUDGET WORK SESSION IN DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL, UM, WE DID INCREASE THE FIREWORKS BUDGET BY $10,000 SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE WITH THE LARGER SHELLS THAT EVERYONE APPRECIATED AT THIS, UH, THE PREVIOUS 4TH OF JULY.

AND THEN, UM, GIVEN THAT THE EVENT PERSONNEL TIME ARE SPENDING SO MUCH MORE TIME OVER SUPPORTING THE RECREATION EVENTS.

WE'VE DONE A 50 50 SPLIT ON THEIR TIME BETWEEN THE TOURISM FUND AND THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, AND SO THAT'S BEEN ADDED INTO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT AS WELL.

SO THE TOTAL OF ALL THOSE ITEMS IS JUST A LITTLE OVER 1.9 MILLION.

I WILL TRUST YOUR MATH ON THAT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T ADDED THEM UP.

SO WHEN WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE BUDGET, THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, WHEN WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, THESE CHANGES FOR US TO LOOK AT A 0.5, FIVE TO BUDGET, WE STILL HAVE SOME FUNDS REMAINING THAT WE HAVE NOT ACCOUNT THAT WE HAVE NOT ALLOCATED TO ANYTHING SPECIFIC.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE TO EXPENDITURES.

WE ARE USING $118,000 A FUND BALANCE.

YOU HAVE $360,000 IN ONE TIME ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET, THE EXCAVATORS, THE MOWERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE CAPITAL PURCHASES.

AND SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, HOW MUCH OF MY ONGOING REVENUE AM I USING YOUTUBE? IT'S A SIMPLE ANSWER AND YOU TOTALLY MAKE IT COMPLICATED.

WE HAVE $242,489 THAT WE HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED AND STILL ACHIEVE THE 0.5, FIVE, TWO.

LET'S LET'S START WITH THIS.

DOES ANYONE ON COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME? ROB'S ALREADY READY TO ADJOURN.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, I I'M GOING TO THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE.

COUNSEL, WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THIS, BUT ONE, WE HAVE TURNED $42,000.

IT DOES NOT MEAN WE HAVE TO SPEND IT.

THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS GOING FORWARD IN A YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT.

IT'S A GREAT TIME TO SAY, LET'S, DON'T SPEND THE 242,000, BUT THAT BEING SAID, IF WE WERE TO TAKE 123,000 OF THAT 242, WE CAN REDUCE OUR RATE 2.549.

IS THERE ANY INTEREST BY COUNCIL TO REDUCE THE RATE FURTHER? IT DOES NOT AFFECT OUR OPERATIONS.

WE'RE NOT SPENDING IT, BUT WE GET BELOW THE FIVE, FIVE THRESHOLD.

HOW DOES THAT EQUATE PER HOUSEHOLD? LET ME GET TO A SPREADSHEET CAN MEAN JUST A MOMENT FOR THAT.

SO CORRECT, JIMMY, THAT DOES NOT IMPACT YOUR ABILITY TO OPERATE THE CITY.

THAT'S A TRUE STATE.

CAN CONTINUE TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE FOR THE RESIDENCE.

BOTH STATEMENTS ARE TRUE.

POINT FIVE, FOUR, NINE.

BUT THERE WERE STILL ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY DEPARTMENTS.

SO ESSENTIALLY TAKING THAT LEFTOVER MONEY, SPLITTING IT IN HALF.

LET'S GIVE IT BACK TO THE RESIDENCE.

THAT'S ALL I'M PROPOSING BANK.

THE REST.

I DON'T MIND DOING THAT, BUT I JUST AM QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE REALLY NEED THAT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE, UH, IN THIS BUDGET.

I MEAN, I KNOW WE DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING THAT WE WANTED.

NO, SO,

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THERE'S UNFUNDED SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS.

THERE'S A VACATION BUYBACK, WHICH WAS 281,000.

THERE'S AN ACCOUNTANT BY FINANCE FOR 76,000, UH, BODY-WORN CAMERAS FROM FIRE AND INCREASING, UH, FTE HOURS FROM 32 TO 40 FOR LIBRARY.

TALK TO ME ABOUT THE BODY CAMERAS.

BODY CAMERAS IS $7,050.

THAT IS AN ONGOING, IT'S A LEASE PAYMENT OVER FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

SO WHY DID WE NOT INCLUDE THAT? PART OF IT IS WHEN THINGS AND CHIEF WALKER CAN SPEAK TO A MORE, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE POTENTIAL HIPAA CONCERNS AND ALSO THE, THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALREADY BE IN THERE.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO.

AND SO IT WAS JUST ONE OF THE THINGS WE THOUGHT WAS SOMEWHAT DUPLICITOUS, BUT CHIEF WALKER, PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU DISAGREE OR IF I MIS-CHARACTERIZED IT, BUT THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION.

AND IT KIND OF STARTED BEFORE CHIEF WALKER GOT HERE.

SO PLEASE.

YEAH, SHE'S STRAIGHT.

UM, I INHERITED A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE HAD DONE AS THIS BACK IT OFF TO JUST OUR, UM, ARSON INVESTIGATORS.

WHEN THEY'RE DOING WORK, IT'S MORE ALIGNED WITH PD.

IT'S NOT, UH, BODY-WORN CAMERAS FOR RUNNING CALLS.

IT'S FOR OUR ARSON INVESTIGATORS WHEN THEY'RE DOING ARSON INVESTIGATIONS, WHICH THEY DO FAIRLY REGULARLY.

SO THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE USED THEM FOR.

WE'RE NOT READY TO TAKE A BODY-WORN CAMERAS OUT INTO OUR, OUR RESPONSE ENVIRONMENT JUST YET.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THOUGH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE DOING A ARSON INVESTIGATION, IS THERE SOMETHING TO THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE VIDEO OF? I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DUPLICATING SERVICES.

IS THIS A DUPLICATION? NO, NOT BE A DUPLICATION IN THAT SCENARIO.

NORMALLY SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE A PD ON SCENE AND WE DO UTILIZE, UH, LIKE, UH, ATF OR DIFFERENT RESOURCES WITHIN THE, UH, THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US.

BUT IT WOULD GENERALLY SPEAKING, NOT BE A DUPLICATION AND THE COST WAS HOW MUCH, 7,050.

BUT THAT IN THERE IS, IS THERE A POINT IN TIME WHERE YOU MAY COME BACK TO US FOR A MORE COMPREHENSIVE BODY CAMERA PROGRAM? YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY WATCHING.

I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING I REALLY WANT TO BE THE TIP OF THE SPEAR ON THERE'S TWO DEPARTMENTS STARTING TO DO IT, BUT, UM, I'M, I'M JUST NOT REALLY READY.

SO THEN THE QUESTION WOULD BE WHETHER TO DO THIS COMPREHENSIVELY RATHER THAN JUST FOR THIS PARTICULAR GROUP.

YEP.

AGAIN, THE OTHER ITEM WAS INCREASING A LIBRARY FROM 32 HOURS TO 40 FOR THEIR FTES, 20 3001 70.

LET ME JUMP IN WHILE MEGAN'S MEXICAN.

THAT'S AN ONGOING COST OBVIOUSLY, AND YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED LEGALLY, THE REZ, THE, UH, EMPLOYEES GET FULL BENEFITS.

IF THEY ARE AT LEAST 32 HOURS, THEIR ACCRUAL RATE FOR VACATION AND SICK TIME IS PRORATED.

BUT WHAT WE LOOKED AT IS, UM, I KNOW THERE'S AT LEAST ONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO TO 40 HOURS, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IN MEG, YOU MIGHT KNOW BETTER THAT IT WAS UNANIMOUS, BUT REGARDLESS TALKING WITH, UH, THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR, THIS WASN'T DEEMED AS A PRIORITY.

AND BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING COSTS, THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T WORK.

AND I DIDN'T RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

UM, THE, THERE WAS A MORE CRITICAL ITEM THAT REALLY HELPED WITH SOME OF THE PAY INEQUITIES IN THE LIBRARY, AND THAT WAS DEEMED HIGHER PRIORITY AND THAT IS INCLUDED, BUT MEG, AM I MISSING SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO MARIA, I BELIEVE.

WHY IT'S NOT THE CITY OF JIMMY.

IF I'D KNOWN YOU WERE A HERO, I WOULD HAVE SAVED MY WORDS.

SO, UM, THE 32 HOUR POSITIONS WERE LEFTOVER FROM BACK WHEN WE HAD THE ROLLBACK.

WE BROUGHT POSITIONS THAT WERE 40 HOURS BACK AT 32 HOURS.

AND WE USED TO HAVE LIKE 10 OF THEM AND WE'VE GOTTEN DOWN TO THE THREE.

IT IS AN ONGOING PERSONNEL COST.

SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET SUPPLEMENTAL, WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS THAT AREN'T BEING PAID, WHAT THEY SHOULD BE PAID.

AND SO WE CHOSE THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD GO, I HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THIS WITH MY STAFF.

I DON'T LIKE TO GET HOPES UP AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT AWAY.

AND IT MAY, OR MAY I SAID SOMETHING, MARIN COUNCIL, UM, THERE'S SOME ITEMS THAT IT'S MAYBE NOT GOING TO SOUND REAL POPULAR, ESPECIALLY THE STAFF, BUT THERE WERE SOME ITEMS THAT WERE REQUESTED THAT IN MY OPINION WERE NOT A GOOD DECISION.

I MEAN, I SAID, THAT SOUNDS BAD.

THEY, UM, IT WASN'T IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AT THIS TIME.

AND SO THAT'S WHY, EVEN THOUGH WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAD LEFTOVER, IT EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT OF THE ITEMS THAT WEREN'T FUNDED.

BUT I THINK THAT WAS SOMEWHAT INTENTIONAL.

I'M NOT SAYING YELLOW, FUNNY THING.

WE PURPOSELY INCLUDED WHAT WASN'T FUNDED BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE CITY OF JIMMY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF LET Y'ALL KNOW

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NO, BUT THEY'RE DOING CHARTER REVIEW.

WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT.

NO, BUT, UM, BUT THE THING IS THAT WE WANT, I WANTED TO SHOW Y'ALL WHAT HAD BEEN REQUESTED IN CASE YOU DISAGREE.

BUT EVEN IF WE HAD EXTRA MONEY, I DON'T KNOW THAT SOME OF THE ITEMS AT THIS POINT WOULD BE A GOOD RECOMMENDED.

OKAY, GREAT.

COUNCILMEMBER.

AGAIN, WE ARE.

SO I AGREE WITH, UH, WITH YOU MAYOR, I THINK THAT'S WORD, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT AND GIVE ME A UNIQUE POSITION TO WHERE THE GOVERNMENT CAN GIVE SOME MONEY BACK.

LIKE HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN? I MEAN, DOES THAT HAPPEN? I DON'T THINK THAT HAPPENS.

SO WE'RE IN AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN OFFSET AT LOWER TAXES.

THERE'S EVEN MORE.

AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION? I THINK CHIEF WALKERS KIND OF SAID, HE'S NOT READY, BUT BODY CAMERAS SAY, LET'S LISTEN TO THE CHIEF AND IF WE'RE NOT READY AT THE TIME, LET'S NOT DO IT NOW.

AND WE SAID, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID.

WHAT HE SAID WAS THAT, THAT USE THE CAMERAS FREQUENTLY FOR ARSON INVESTIGATION.

HE'S NOT READY TO GO FORWARD WITH A COMPREHENSIVE.

D DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU WANT THE BODY CAMERAS FROM INVESTIGATORS? YEAH.

WE'VE GOT TWO.

I AGREE WITH THAT ANYWHERE ELSE.

SO GIVE IT UP FOUR.

SO LET'S ADD $7,050 LIBRARY PERSONNEL, 32 HOURS TO 40 HOURS.

GOT TO KNOW YOU'RE NOT SCREENING FOR IT.

LET'S TAP IN WATERS ON THAT.

SO LET'S SAY KNOWING THAT I'M THROWING THAT OUT.

FIRST SUGGESTION.

YOU GUYS, IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED GOOD.

IF YOU'RE NOT, WE STILL HAVE A BUDGET HERE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE.

SO I WOULD SAY, DO YOU KNOW, REDUCE, TAKE THE 7,000, WHATEVER IT IS OUT OF WHATEVER'S LEFTOVER DIVIDE, NO, DIVIDE THAT OUT AND THEN REDUCE IT DOWN TO WHATEVER ELSE THAT WE CAN.

UM, I'M FOR THAT, JUST TAKE THAT 7,000 OUT.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

WHEN IS THE STORM WATER INCREASE? IS THAT GOING TO BE IN JANUARY? VOTE ON IT AND BRING IT TO BEFORE COUNCIL IN OCTOBER TO GO INTO EFFECT WITH BILLS.

SO RESIDENTS WILL SEE AT JANUARY ONE, THE INCREASE IN THERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO REDUCE THE, UH, OKAY.

YOU'RE BACK A LITTLE BIT.

A LITTLE BIT ON TOP OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, PROBLEMS, MEG, DID YOU EVER COME UP WITH A COST PER SO THE IMPACT ON THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL? SO OF COURSE THAT'S JUST TAKING THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE, UM, FOR THE HOMES IN BEDFORD.

IF WE WENT DOWN TO THE 0.5 49, UM, THE ANNUAL BILL WOULD BE $1,320 AND 8 CENTS, WHICH IS A $7 AND 22 CENT DECREASE FROM THE PROPOSED BILL OR PROPOSED A NUMBER OF 0.5, FIVE, TWO.

AND WHAT'S THE PROPOSED INCREASE ON THE STORMWATER 50 CENTS A MONTH.

THERE YOU GO.

MAKE IT HIT.

I, I, I, I'M JUST GONNA SAY FOR $7, I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS.

SO I JUST THINK WE, I DON'T KNOW, I'M SURE THAT'S NOT REAL POPULAR, BUT $7.

I REMEMBER ARGUING ABOUT A 50 CENT CUP OF COFFEE ONE TIME DURING AN AGENDA.

SO THAT'S FINE.

AND THAT'S TOTALLY RESPECTED.

SO, I MEAN, THIS IS JUST THE WILL OF THE COUNTY.

WE'RE JUST THROWING OUT.

I RESPECT AND I RESPECT EVERYONE'S DECISION UP HERE.

UM, FOR MY OWN PERSONAL, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S NEGLIGIBLE CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALREADY, UM, LOWERING THE TAX RATE, WHICH QUITE FRANKLY, IT WASN'T, IT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN FIVE YEARS.

I THINK THAT'S AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN AND OF ITSELF.

UM, AND SO I'M HAPPY RIGHT THERE AND I'M THINKING AHEAD, WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF EQUIPMENT DOWN THE ROAD THAT BREAKS LIKE TOMORROW, WE NOW HAVE THAT MONEY TO GO OUT THERE AND GET IT, UH, FOR THOSE ONE-TIME COSTS.

SO I'M THINKING AHEAD, KNOWING THAT THERE VERY WELL COULD BE SOMETHING OUT THERE IN THE CITY EQUIPMENT WISE OR CAPITAL WISE THAT WILL MALFUNCTION BREAK NEAT APART.

AND WE COULD PULL FROM THAT MONEY THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M AT, UH, ON THIS.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THERE'S STILL MONEY HERE THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING AND THEN THERE'S STILL RESERVES AND THEY'RE STILL OVER THERE.

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO CAN I, I, I THINK I HAD A SLIGHT MISCALCULATION, UM, CAUSE WE'RE TALKING 0.5, 4, 9 9, NOT 0.5, FOUR NINE.

9 9 5 4 9 0 5 4 9 0 WOULD BE A LARGER REVENUE INCREASE.

I BELIEVE THE NUMBER I'VE BEEN REQUESTED TO CHECK WAS 0.5, 4, 9, 9.

ON THE AVERAGE TAXABLE BILL.

AND THAT'S THE 86,000 IN THE REVENUE REDUCTION.

UM, AND WOULD BE ACTUALLY, UH, WOULD BE A $5, ANOTHER 41.

IT WOULD BE A $5 DECREASE

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UM, IF TO GO DOWN TO 5 49, WE WOULD LOO UH, THE REVENUE WOULD BE REDUCED BY $123,000 AND CHANGE.

YES MA'AM YES.

MA'AM.

SO JUST, I THINK WE HAD GOTTEN OFF AND JUST TRYING TO CHUNK TRUNCATE NUMBERS, SO I'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

IT'S JUST THE THOUGHT TO GO OUT THERE.

I MEAN, I, I BELIEVE IN, I BELIEVE IN THE UNITY OF THIS COUNCIL ON THIS DECISION, UM, IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING EVERYONE'S NOT INTERESTED IN, I WANT TO RETRACT THE OFFER BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BUDGET.

WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, WE TAKE PRIDE IN KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE TAX RATE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THE ONLY ISSUE IS THE AMOUNT OF THE REDUCTION.

I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND GOING FORWARD IS WE DO HAVE MONEY HERE THAT WE HAVE NOT ALLOCATED OR SPENT AS WE GO FORWARD IN THE YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO FIND, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET IMPROVED SALES TAX REVENUE.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET HIM IMPROVE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DO BIG PROJECTS IN THE CITY THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT IN THIS BUDGET RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK EITHER WAY, WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION GOING FORWARD.

SO I JUST THREW THAT OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSION.

I DON'T MIND PULLING THAT BACK.

IF SOMEONE INTERESTED IN MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS BUDGET, GREAT TO INCLUDE THE $7,000 FOR THE, AND SOME ODD CENTS, WHATEVER IT WAS FOR THE BODY CAMERAS.

MA'AM SOMEONE SECOND NOW.

UH, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.

ARMANDAREZ SO APPROVE WITH CHANGE.

LET'S VOTE.

GOSH, CINDY IT'S LIKE DEJA VU.

THAT'S A YES.

THUMBS UP.

GIVE HIM A THUMBS UP.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT'S A UNANIMOUS DECISION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THIS BUDGET WITH ONE CHANGE.

UH, THANK YOU, MAGGIE.

UH, THEN WE NEED TO MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE LIVING TAXES WITH TAX YEAR, 2021 FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS ESTABLISHING THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE OF 0.552, WHICH I'M SURE IT DID NOT MOVE PER $100 VALUATION PROVIDING FOR THE APPORTIONMENT OF TAXES FOR INTEREST AND SINKING AND FOR GENERAL OPERATING NEEDS, PROVIDING PENALTIES AND INTEREST FOR DELINQUENT TAXES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION.

I APPRECIATE THE TRUST WITH EACH OTHER IN THIS DISCUSSION.

SO,

[7. Consider an ordinance levying taxes for the Tax Year 2021 for the City of Bedford, Texas; establishing the Ad Valorem Tax Rate of ____________ per one hundred dollars valuation; providing for the apportionment of taxes for interest and sinking and for general operating needs; providing penalties and interest for delinquent taxes; and providing an effective date. ( Part 1 of 2 )]

SO TELL US ABOUT THIS PROPERTY TAX RATE DECREASE.

SO, UH, THIS, THIS IS THE NEXT MOTION TO APPROVE THE RATE BASED ON THE REVENUE YOU APPROVED IN THE PRIOR MOTION WITH THE BUDGET.

UM, AND SO AT THE 0.5, FIVE, TWO, AS IN YOUR COMMUNICATE, UM, IT, THE, IT, IT WOULD BE, UM, INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF TAX RATE BECAUSE IT IS ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, ACTUALLY, SORRY, DECREASED.

IT IS DECREASED DECREASED 0.552, UM, WHICH IS AN EFFECTIVELY, A 2.9, 9% DECREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

THE MOTION.

THERE'S DIFFERENT PIECES NOW BECAUSE THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS YOU TO DO THIS.

WE GET COUNSELING AND DISCUSSION ON THIS.

YOU WENT INTO TO MAKE IT A MOTION, GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COLVER, A SECOND TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

LET'S VOTE MAYOR.

I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING IT.

IF, IF THIS IS A TAX RATE THAT IS GOING TO EXCEED THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, THE SENTENCE THAT IS IN THE COMMUNIQUE, IT HAS TO BE READ VERBATIM WITH THE BLANKS COMPLETED AS MAE OFFERED COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER.

WELL, YEAH, SO, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION CONSIDERING THAT ARDEN'S LEVYING TAXES FOR THE TAX YEAR OF 2021 FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS ESTABLISHING THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE OF 5, 5, 2 PER $100 VALUATION PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF TAXES FOR INTEREST IN SINKING AND FOR GENERAL OPERATION NEEDS.

IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT IT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S NOT THE CORRECT LANGUAGE.

I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING.

I WAS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE.

NEXT, OR THE REVENUE INCREASE BASED ON THE KNOWN NEW REVENUE CALCULATOR.

IT'S IT'S IT'S TITLED RECOMMENDATION AND ALL CALVES, JUST TRYING TO GET ATTENTION BRIM THERE'S TWO BLANKS.

DO YOU HAVE THE PERCENTAGE MEG 0.99 2.99? YES.

AND FOR THIS INSTANCE, THE RATE IS A DECREASE FROM THE CURRENT RATE, AND THEN YOU WILL DO THE RATIFICATION

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SO IN THAT CASE, BECAUSE THE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT YOU STATE, YOU GOT IT RIGHT HERE, AN EFFECTIVE INCREASE.

IF THE INCREASE IS ZERO, IF IT'S LESS THAN ZERO, I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST SIMPLY STATING A 0% INCREASE RATHER THAN STATING THE DECREASE.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT YOU STATE VERBATIM, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A BLANK PERCENT INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX, RIGHT? THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF FIVE BACK TO WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 2.9, 9% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

IS THAT RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A DECREASE THAT THE ABSOLUTE RATE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

SO THE, THE, THIS IS ONE OF RIGHT THAT'S BECAUSE THE STATUTE SAYS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO UTTER THE WORD INCREASE.

AND SO IT'S ZERO AND THAT'S THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION ZERO.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO CHANGE ON THIS ZERO THERE? AND YOU SAY FIVE, FIVE.

I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 5, 5, 2, WHICH EFFECTIVELY IS A 0% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

YOU HAVE TO SAY INCREASE THE STATUTE REQUIRES, CAME UP WITH THAT AT ALL.

I DON'T KNOW.

RIGHT.

AND IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT IT PASSED BY 60 IN THE LANGUAGE, WHETHER YOU'RE INCREASING IT OR NOT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GENIUSES DOWN THERE.

SOMETIMES I WON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH A ZERO INCREASE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI? LET'S VOTE NOW YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO TORTURE HIM.

HE IMMEDIATELY GOES TO ABSTAIN.

THAT'S SEVEN ZERO ONCE AGAIN.

MA'AM.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, BRENT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE IN THE LEGISLATURE IN AUSTIN AS WELL.

ALL

[8. Consider a resolution to ratify the property tax increase as reflected in the FY 2021-2022 City of Bedford Program of Services (Budget).]

RIGHT.

SO NEXT UP ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE AS REFLECTED IN FISCAL YEAR, 2021, 2022 CITY OF BEDFORD PROGRAM OF SERVICES, MEG JACOBI.

SO BECAUSE THE TAX RATE ADOPTED WITH THE PURSUANT PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IS ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

UM, THAT DOES MEAN THERE IS AN INCREASE IN TEXAS, WHICH REQUIRES A SUBSEQUENT MOTION.

UM, AND SO THIS IS JUST PROCEDURAL.

THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT.

I'M AT THE END.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO SAY HERE, MAN? I THINK THIS ONE, YOU CAN DO A STANDARD MOTION.

WE CAN DO IT.

THAT THAT'S CORRECT.

I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE.

GREAT JOB, MAN.

GOOD JOB.

WAIT A CUT THROUGH ALL THE RED TAPE AND GET THAT.

AND ONCE AGAIN, SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEG.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR YOUR HUMOR.

AND I THINK I GET TO GO SIT DOWN NOW.

YES MA'AM THANK YOU.

LET ME ADD, WE'RE TALKING HUNDREDS.

IF NOT THOUSANDS OF HOURS EVERYONE'S SPENT ON THIS, YOU'VE LOST A LOT OF BRAIN CELLS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS ON THIS, LET ALONE GO WITH COUNSEL.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE.

WE, THIS IS A LOT OF PROGRESS FOR US TO GO TO FROM 5, 6, 9 TO FIVE, FIVE TO IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE.

IT'S TESTAMENT TO CITY MANAGER, JIMMY STEPHANOS.

WE FOUND OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND SAVINGS.

SO WE ARE INCREASING SERVICES YET DECREASING THE TAX RATE.

AND WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PUT IT ALL IN A TAX INCREASE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

SO, UM, VERY, VERY RESPONSIBLY DONE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

[9. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to purchase the Axon in-car/body camera system in the amount of $659,515.52 to be paid in annual installments over a 60-month program period.]

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND POLICING IN 2021 HAVE EXCEEDED ITS CAPABILITIES AS WELL.

ITEM NINE, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE THE AXON IN CAR SLASH BODY CAMERA SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $659,515 AND 52 CENTS TO BE PAID IN ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS OVER A 60 MONTH PROGRAM PERIOD.

AND WE HAVE POLICE CHIEF, JEFF WILLIAMS, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL.

UM, THIS IS A REQUEST TO REPLACE OUR CURRENT IN-CAR CAMERAS AND BODY-WORN CAMERA SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OUR CURRENT SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED IN 2017.

UM, SINCE IT'S, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, IT'S KIND OF REACHED ITS END OF LIFE.

UH, IT'S ANTIQUATED THE HARDWARE STARTING TO FAIL.

WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE INCREASED FAILURES, UM, AND THE SYSTEM IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THE NEEDS OF

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SO THIS LAST SPRING, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF LOPEZ, UH, ORGANIZED A TEAM TO DO SOME RESEARCH INTO WHAT THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OUT THERE.

AND THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY TWO SYSTEMS THAT, THAT LEAD, UH, THE MARKET.

UM, AND WE SETTLED UPON THE AXON SYSTEM, UM, FOR OUR NEEDS.

UH, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT CAPABILITIES IN THERE.

THE, THE ABILITY TO COMBINE ALL OF THE CAMERAS AT A SCENE ALL INTO ONE INCIDENT.

SO WE CAN EASILY REVIEW THAT AND IF NEED BE TO RELEASE THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC VERY, VERY QUICKLY, UH, TRIGGERS THAT WILL TURN ON THE, THE CAMERAS.

IF AN OFFICER PULLS THEIR FIREARM, IF THEY PULL THEIR TASER, IF THEY'RE IN THE AREA OF ANOTHER CAMERA, THEY COULD ACTIVATE IT.

IF THE LIGHTS ON THE CAMP ON THE CAR ACTIVATE, IF THEY OPEN THE DOOR OF THE CAR, ALL OF THESE THINGS CAN, CAN TRIGGER THE ACTIVATION OF THOSE CAMERAS.

SO THE OTHER BENEFIT OF THIS, UH, THE NEW SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, THE CURRENT SYSTEM WE HAVE IS A SERVER BASED SYSTEM, WHICH IS ALWAYS PRONE TO FAILURE.

UM, IN THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BE A CLOUD-BASED SYSTEM.

SO WE CAN ACCESS THAT INFORMATION AT ANY TIME AND SECURE.

WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS OUT THERE WHEN WE HAVE INTERSECTING INVESTIGATIONS.

AND WE CAN ALSO HAS THE CAPABILITY IN THE FUTURE OF FALLING THAT THE, THE, UH, THE VIDEO WITH THE CASES THAT WE FILE WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ELECTRONICALLY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO PHYSICALLY BURN A, A DISC AND SEND IT DOWN THERE WITH THEM.

SO, UH, THE NEW SYSTEM WE'LL, WE'LL INCREASE OUR BODY-WORN CAMERAS TO 78 THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.

SO EVERY OFFICER THAT'S HAS THE CAPABILITY BEING IN THE FIELD AND DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC ON A REGULAR BASIS WILL HAVE A CAMERA ON THEM AND HAVE THEM BUILD A BEAT ABILITY TO, TO RECORD THE INFORMATION AT ALL TIMES WE'LL ALSO INCREASE OUR, OUR IN-CAR CAMERAS UP TO 25.

AND I THINK WE HAVE 23.

NOW, DEPUTY CHIEF COMPLAINANT COULD PROBABLY CLARIFY THAT, BUT WE'LL HAVE ONE IN EVERY SINGLE PATROL CAR THAT'S OUT IN THE FIELD.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE TWO INTERVIEW ROOMS THAT ARE SET UP WITH A SYSTEM, A BACK OFFICE AS A BACK OFFICE SYSTEM THAT WILL RUN ALL OF THIS, WHICH IS ALL CLOUD-BASED.

UM, AND ALSO AXON WILL BE IN CHARGE OF INSTALLING, REMOVING OUR OLD EQUIPMENT AND MAKING SURE THE NEW EQUIPMENT'S UP RUNNING.

SO LIKE WE SAID, THIS IS A 60 MONTH CONTRACTS.

SO FIVE YEARS, THE FIRST YEAR WE'LL BE 125,000.

AND THEN EACH YEAR AFTER THAT, IT'LL BE 132,000 9, 25 TO, TO KEEP GOING AT YOUR TWO AND A HALF.

ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE REPLACED WITH NEW EQUIPMENT TO CURIOUS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE END OF THE LIGHT, WHICH WE WANT TO HAVE THIS FAILURE RATE THAT WE HAVE NOW, AND THE REASON WE'RE COMING TO YOU SO QUICKLY, AND THE BUDGET PROCESS IS, UM, THAT OUR SYSTEM IS STARTING TO FAIL.

AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THE EQUIPMENT IN AND GET OUR PEOPLE TRAINED AND GET THE INSTALLATION DONE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

SO, AND I HAVE, UH, ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM AXON HERE TO IF, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE, JUST TO BE CLEAR HERE, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE JUST ADOPTED IN THE NEW BUDGET GOING FORWARD.

THIS, THIS IS BEING PAID OUT OF THAT NEW BUDGET.

UH, JUST ONE QUESTION, WHY AXON, IS THERE ANYTHING PARTICULAR? IT'S THE, IT'S REALLY THE INDUSTRY LEADER.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AROUND, THIS IS THE SYSTEM THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO, AND IT MAKES THE SHARE-ABILITY BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS VERY, VERY EASY.

UM, THE, THE WE'RE NOT ON AXON NOW, THE SYSTEM WE HAVE NOW, THEY HAVE A NEWER VERSION OF IT, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE TO THE LEVEL OF WHAT AXON IS, UM, IN THE BENEFITS.

UH, IT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT TAKES FOR A SUPERVISOR REVIEW VIDEOS.

IT, IT, IT BRINGS EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND JUST STREAMLINES THAT WHERE WE WILL SPEND HOURS TRYING TO REVIEW VIDEOS.

NOW WE CAN GET IT DOWN TO THE MATTER OF MINUTES.

WOW.

AND TAKE THOSE TASKS OUT DESK.

MA'AM UM, QUICK, QUICK QUESTION.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THOSE OLD CAMERAS, CHIEF? UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE SLOWLY PHASING THEM OUT.

AND SO WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THEM? UM, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE IT'S WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AT THE END OF THIS.

UM, THERE'S POTENTIAL OF TAKING SOME OF THOSE CAMERAS AND MOVING OVER TO ANIMAL CONTROL, UM, OR TO SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, MAYBE CODE ENFORCEMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT MAY NEED OCCASIONALLY TO RECORD THESE INCIDENTS, BUT, UH, THAT SYSTEM'S GOING TO DIE AT SOME POINT, THE SERVER'S GOING TO FAIL AND THAT INFORMATION IS NOT GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE ANYMORE.

SO USE IT WHILE WE GOT IT AND UTILIZE IT.

UM, SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FAILURES A LOT.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT KINDS OF FAILURES THERE? BATTERY FAILURES? JUST FOR SOME REASON, THE CAMERAS SOMETIMES WON'T TURN ON.

THEY WON'T, THEY WON'T RECORD.

UM, SO JUST INSTANCES LIKE THAT.

SO IF THE CHIEF LIEUTENANT CAN HEAR, IF WE HAVE, IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, HE MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER HE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO, I MEAN, I MEAN, HAVING BODY CAMERAS THAT DON'T TURN ON THAT, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM.

UH, IT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

UM, IS THAT, IS THAT NORMAL FOR FOUR YEAR OLD SYSTEM, RIGHT? UH, W IT WAS PURCHASED IN 2017.

DON'T GO TO THE LINE WHEN, WHEN IN 2017, BUT IT'S END OF LIFE.

THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY NORMAL WITH THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE WEARING IT ON THEIR BODY ALL THE TIME.

IT'S, UM, IT, IT CATCHES EVERY USE AND EVERYTHING, SO, OKAY.

SO, SO OUR PLAN THEN IS THAT AFTER, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AFTER THESE FIVE YEARS IS UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROBABLY RE UP AGAIN.

CAUSE I MEAN, THE LIFE LENGTH OF THESE CAMERAS IS WHAT IT SEEMS TO BE AS ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

WELL, THESE WERE WITH, WITH THIS PROGRAM, WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING ALL OF THAT EQUIPMENT REPLACED AT YEAR TWO AND A HALF.

AND THEN IF WE CHOOSE TO CONTINUE, THERE WILL BE THE NEWEST AND GREATEST AT THE NEXT, AT THE NEXT STEP, BUT THERE THEY'RE TWO.

SO, UM, OH, SO, SO IT'LL, IT'LL BE THE NEWEST AND GREATEST AT TWO AND A HALF.

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EXCELLENT.

WELL, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED TO HAVE THESE BODY CAMERAS TO WORK.

UM, THAT'S JUST TRANSPARENCY FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR EVERYBODY.

UM, AND, AND IT PROTECTS THE OFFICERS PROTECT PUBLIC.

I THINK WE NEED TO, OBVIOUSLY THIS NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY.

SO I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO US AND REALIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, UH, WITH THOSE FAILURES.

SO THANK YOU, CHIEF.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, MR. KOGAN, MAYOR PRO TEM CYCLE CHIEF.

THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE FIRE DEPARTMENT ORIENTED.

IT'S JUST, THIS IS JUST YES, JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO, UM, I BELIEVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS USING THE SAME SYSTEM, BUT IT'S, IT'S, I'M GOING TO HAVE THE BELLS AND WHISTLES ON.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE QUITE AS GREAT AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE QUITE SO, BUT YOU'RE SAYING YOU WIN.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? IT'S JUST WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO OUR JOB.

THE TWO FOLKS WHO HAVE WITH ME HERE, THEY COULD PROBABLY COME UP AND TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS.

UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S JUST A FEW MORE THINGS THAT WE NEED ADDED ON TO OURS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION.

SO CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

SO IT'S COMPATIBLE.

SO IF EVER THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO BE SHARED BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS, THEY CAN DO THAT.

I BELIEVE SEAN, THAT THAT'S, THAT THAT INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED BACK AND FORTH.

ESSENTIALLY.

IT'S JUST A, IT'S A, IT'S A LINK THAT WE SEND TO, WE CAN SEND TO ANYONE, UM, IF WE CHOOSE TO DO SO.

AND IT'S A SECURE LINK, THAT'S OPEN FOR A SHORT, SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT THEY CAN VIEW THE VIDEO, THEN IT, THEN IT'S CLOSED DOWN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE'S YEAH, THIS IS MORE FOR THE JIMMY.

UM, DID YOU SAY THERE MAY BE SOME GRANTS MONEY AVAILABLE TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS OF THIS? YES, SIR.

WE DO.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'LL FIND OUT CHIEF, SO WE APPLY FOR A FEDERAL GRANT TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS ON THIS, AND I WOULD BE LYING TO YOU IF I KNEW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT IT'S RIGHT AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, UM, THAT USUALLY COMES THROUGH IN AUGUST.

SO USUALLY BY THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD KNOW.

AND I WAS HOPING TO KNOW, BY THE TIME WE GET TO THIS PERIOD, WE WOULD KNOW IF THAT GRANT COMES THROUGH, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE OF ALL SET, SOME OF THAT COSTS FOR THE COMING YEAR.

SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY REDUCE THAT, THAT 130, 2000 DOWN TO AROUND $100,000 EACH YEAR.

GREAT.

THANK YOU, MR. STEVE EIGHT, YOU TELLING ME ITEM EIGHT, SEVEN ADAM SAID.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CHIEF.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF HERE? JUST ONE FOLLOW-UP I REMEMBER I'M SO SORRY, JUST REAL QUICK.

SO TALK, GOING BACK TO THE MALFUNCTIONS, ARE WE CONCERNED OF ANY KIND OF LIABILITIES, UH, CONCERNED WITH THOSE? UM, CAUSE OBVIOUSLY NOT HAVING A CAMERA GO ON AND IT'S MALFUNCTIONED AND YOU SAID THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO REPLACE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD PORTION UNTIL YOU'RE TOO INTO PROGRAM.

ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RELIABILITY OF OUR CURRENT SYSTEM CONCERNED BY THE LIABILITY IS WE ARE THE OFFICERS DO A FUNCTION CHECK AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY ONE OF THEIR SHIFTS.

WE W THE WAY THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A BODY-WORN CAMERA FOR EVERYONE.

WE HAVE ENOUGH TO SHARE.

SO FOR SHARED AMONGST THE OFFICERS, UM, IF WE EVER GET DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR, FOR EVERYONE THAT'S OUT IN THE FIELD, WE'LL START PULLING THEM FROM SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT ARE MAYBE NOT QUITE AS HIGH LIABILITY AND HIGH RISK AS SOME OF THE OTHER ONES AND MAKE SURE WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERYTHING RECORDED THAT WE CAN.

SO, UM, SO IT'S, WE'VE NOT HAD ANY MAJOR FAILURES YET, THIS MINOR ONES THAT WE'RE NOT RECORDING AS COUPLE OF INCIDENTS HERE AND THERE, AND IT'S USUALLY BATTERY OPERATED WHERE THE BATTERIES ARE JUST DYING.

FANTASTIC.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT.

AND AGAIN, THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO OPEN UP OURSELVES TO ANY KIND OF LIABILITY ISSUES IF AN INCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR.

SO, OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I GUESS THE BACKUP IS GET A TV SHOW TO GET CAMERAS TO BACK UP.

EVERYBODY.

WE CAN'T LEGALLY DO THAT IN TEXAS ANYMORE.

OH, WOW.

COUNSEL, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY DESIRE ON THIS ITEM? MARROW MOTION.

OH SECOND.

YOU HIT THE BUTTON FIRST.

SO FIRST FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SECOND, A SECOND.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KOGAN A SECOND.

LET'S VOTE.

HE'LL BE QUICKER.

I MEAN, YOU GOTTA HIT IT.

WE'RE VOTING ON NINE.

TELLS ME WE NEED TO COME BACK TO ITEM SEVEN AND WORD THAT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.

THAT PASSES AMAZINGLY.

EVERYONE VOTED ON THAT, UH, THAT PASSES NATIONALLY SEVEN TO ZERO.

I JUST WAS FEELING LONELY AND MAG.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU.

UM, NO, UH, SINCERE APOLOGIES COUNSEL.

UM, BECAUSE THE 0.552 IS ABOVE THE EFFECTIVE RATE.

WE DO NEED TO WORD THE MOTION AS AN INCREASE TO THE POINT.

NO NEW REVENUE RATES.

SEE I'M STILL STUCK IN THE PAST.

AND THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE IS 0.48, 8%.

OH, OKAY.

SO THAT IS THE INCREASE OVER.

SO 0.48, 8.488.

IT IS A SLIGHT, UM, OVER THAT NUMBER.

UM, BECAUSE THE TAX RATE IS THE PERCENTAGE WE'RE CALCULATING IS IN RELATION TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATES.

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IT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

OF COURSE, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO STATE.

WE HAVE TO STATE WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OVER THE NEW NOTE NEW REVENUE RATE IS.

SO THERE'S A TAX RATE DECREASE STILL TOTALLY BRAIN DEAD AT THIS POINT.

HAVE WE HAD THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SWITZERLAND STUDY THIS YET? WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE RIGHT.

SO I, I AM, I HAVE FAITH COUNCIL MEMBER CULVER HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO WORD THIS PROPERLY ITEM SET.

EVERY TIME I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN, I MOVED THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE, UH, 5, 5, 5, 2, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 0.48, 8% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

MA'AM I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHO SECONDED IT, SO WHOEVER'S TALKING IT.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION WITH KING CONSULTANTS FOR ASBESTOS ABATEMENT DEMOLITION 1720 $400, UM, SAY MANAGER, THE DEMO OF THE PROPERTY AT IT.

I HEAR A SECOND LET'S VOTE WHETHER YOU LIKED IT OR NOT, THAT PASSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GREAT JOB COUNSEL.

DO WE NEED TO REPORT EIGHT? DO WE NEED TO

[10. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with King Consultants for asbestos abatement, demolition, and site clearing at 1725 Bedford Road in the amount of $40,400.]

1725 BEDFORD ROAD HOUSE CP PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY BACK IN 2010.

ALONG WITH A DEMO FOR THE LIBRARY IS CONSTRUCTED IN 1970.

AND BEFORE YOU ASKED WHY IT DOWN, BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS LOCATED ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO GET ASBESTOS SURVEY DONE, CAME BACK POSITIVE JOINT, COMPOUND TEXTURE AND STRUCTURE.

VERY OFTEN SHOT.

THERE WAS BRIEFLY COLLAPSED.

EVEN IF WE JUST KEEP THE BUILDING, WE WOULD HAVE TO SPEND QUITE A BIT OF A FOUNDATION COMING TO THE BATHROOM BATHROOM, JIMMY, JIMMY CORRIDOR, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND THEN KEEP THE LITTLE DRIVE APPROACH THAT'S LOCATED NEXT TO THE CHILDREN'S JEFFERY AND WHAT WE CALL IT, THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO LEAVE THAT THERE SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US ALL THE WAY DOWN THE DIRT, OR WE'RE GOING TO PICK THE SLACK OUT, OR WE ARE COMPLETELY BUILDING A DEMO AND CREATING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNSEL COUNCIL.

REMEMBER GAGLIARDI WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE TEAR DOWN THE BUILDING.

A LITTLE MORE MONEY THAT I'M GOING TO NEED MORE ASPIRIN AS MY HEADACHE IS GETTING LARGER.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND CLASS MEMBER LET'S VOTE? NO, WE'RE NOT TEARING DOWN.

ODS NEED

[01:15:01]

THE MORE YOU TALK RIGHT? LARGER.

THAT'S SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU, CHUCK.

UM, Y'ALL PROBABLY GONNA HAVE FUN TEARING THAT HOUSE DOWN, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

[Mayor/Council Member Reports]

HOWEVER, COME SEPTEMBER 23RD.

NEXT UP, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.

I DO WANT TO SAY WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAS ASKED THAT WE REMIND EVERYONE THAT NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY IS COMING UP, COMING UP.

YOU CAN ALREADY BEGIN TO DONATE NOW.

THAT IS THE LAST DAY.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FANTASTIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HEADQUARTERED IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD, WHO WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO THINK OF THEM? COME NORTH, TEXAS GIVING DAY IN PARTICULAR, THE BED FAIRY, THE BEDFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION, BUT PLEASE CONSIDER EVERYONE IN ADDITION TO THE FOUNDATION.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING CANCELED.

DO Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING?

[City Manager/Staff Reports]

YOUR STAFF MEMBER, A STAFF CITY MANAGER REPORT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE WITH THE BUDGET THING, BUT AS YOU KIND OF ALLUDE TO MAYOR, IF THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAD TO ABIDE BY THEIR OWN RULES, IT'D BE A LOT DIFFERENT.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, WE PLAN TO START BRINGING THE FIRST PRO RECOMMENDED PROJECTS FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS.

AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS AND WE WANT TO GET SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

UM, WE'RE STILL GETTING WE'RE RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF IDEAS FROM OTHER CITIES.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH BRYNN'S FROM AND BRAND TO GET SOME LEGAL GUIDANCE ON SOME ITEMS TO MAKE SURE THEY FIT WITHIN THE INTENT.

SO, UM, THE ONLY OTHER ITEM IS THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.

IT'S THE CITY'S FIRST CHALK IT UP EVENT.

AND I WANT TO KIND OF INCORPORATE EVENTS INTO MY REPORT TO JUST KIND OF USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LET EVERYONE KNOW, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE HARRIS PARK.

IT'S OCTOBER 2ND, FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM.

AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK, A LOT OF PARTICIPATION OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP.

BUT ONCE WE, AFTER 75, YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN CHALK, BUT BELOW 75, WE'LL PROVIDE THE CHALK AND GIVE YOU A TO DECORATE.

IT'S GOING TO BE THAT TRAIL.

AND THERE WILL BE PARKING AT THE YMCA AND AT, UH, SPRING GARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO IF YOU GO, IS THAT FOR PEOPLE OLDER THAN 75? THEY HAVE TO BRING ON CHART.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY HERE.

MOVE TO ADJOURN OR IS THAT LIKE QUANTITY OF PEOPLE TO COMING OUT? QUANTITY OF PEOPLE.

SO THE 76TH PERSON TO COME OUT THERE WILL HAVE TO BRING THEIR OWN SHOP.

RIGHT.

IF THAT WERE THE CASE, WE'D HAVE IT AT THE OBS BACKWARDS.

WE'LL TAKE IT UNDER ADVISEMENT.

SO IF YOU GO, I DON'T KNOW WHERE CHRISSY IS.

NO, JUST KIDDING.

I DIDN'T ASK CHRISTIE TO BE HERE.

I'M KIDDING.

BUT UM, IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN REGISTER AND WE DO, EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE, UH, JUST COME OUT, IT'S GOING TO BE A COOL EVENT.

COOL SCENE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A FOOD TRUCK, UH, CROWN CATERING.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.

SO, UH, AGAIN, OCTOBER 2ND, SATURDAY, 11 TO ONE, 11 TO TWO.

SO GREAT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

SO WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS TO DISCUSS AND EXECUTIVE.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

UH, I HAVE SEVEN, 18, LET'S GO AHEAD AND JOURN, UNLESS COUNSEL LET'S ADJOURN FOR EXECUTIVE PURSUANT TO PURSUANT, TO BREN TELLING ME TO READ THE LANGUAGE HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE AND CLOSE SESSION AND COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE.ZERO 0 1 6, UH, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING DELIBERATE PURCHASE OF LAND OR SOMETHING FOR REAL PROPERTY OR SOMETHING FOR REDEVELOPMENT CONSULTATION, WITH AN ATTORNEY ABOUT SOMETHING REGARDING LEGAL INTERPRETATION OF THE NUMBERS.

I APOLOGIZE.

JUST THE SECTION NUMBER SEVEN.

THE SECOND PART BY ONE DOT OH 7 2 5 5 1 0 7 1 5 0 1 DOT OH 8, 7 5 5 1 DOT OH 7, 4 5 BY ONE DOT OH SEVEN ONE.

THAT'S IT LET'S TURN TO EXECUTIVE.

UH, THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE ACTION TO TAKE WITH REGARDS TO THE REVIEW OF MR. MOTION TO APPROVE,

I'VE GOT 8 54.

WE JUST, UH, WE JUST CONVENIENT EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM TO ACT ON, BUT BEFORE WE GO THERE, UH, I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT, WE DID HAVE THE FORMAL ONE-YEAR REVIEW OF OUR CITY MANAGER, JIMMY , UM, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE STATE OF THE WORLD RIGHT NOW AND THE SENSITIVITIES, UH, WHERE WE HAVE KIDS NOT KEEPING SCORE IN THEIR YOUTH SPORTS GAMES OR US NOT GIVING A B'S OR C'S OR F'S IN SCHOOL TO KIDS.

I THOUGHT, UM, IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WEREN'T OVERLY SENSITIVE ABOUT US REVIEWING YOU COUNSEL HAS AGREED TO GIVE YOU A PARTICIPATION TROPHY.

SO FOR THE LAST YEAR, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY WELL DONE, BUT WE WILL GIVE YOU A PARTICIPATION TROPHY.

SO YES, YES, YES.

[13. Take any action necessary as a result of the Executive Session.]

[01:20:01]

TO INCREASE, INCREASE THE CITY MANAGER SALARY AS DISCUSSED WITH EXECUTIVE SESSION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL I WILL.

SECOND.

WAS THAT AN ARM? OKAY.

SECOND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER.

GAGLIARDI LET'S VOTE.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS SEVEN JAIL.

THANK YOU, STAFF.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE SECOND OF COMMENTARY HERE.

UM, IT OCCURRED TO ME RECENTLY, AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, THAT I HAVE HAD THE, UM, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER CALL IT FORTUNE OR MISFORTUNE OF WORKING WITH SIX CITY MANAGERS IN MY ELECTED HISTORY WITH THE CITY.

AND I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

THIS I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE DEPTHS OF THIS THINGS, BUT IT IS SO NICE TO, TO DO OUR JOB HERE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE IDEAS OR WE HAVE CHALLENGES AND WE TALK WITH YOU, THE ANSWER ALWAYS STARTS WITH, YES, IT DOESN'T START WITH NO, AND THERE'S NO WAY TO TRULY DESCRIBE TO PEOPLE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR LEADERSHIP TODAY AND THE WAY THINGS WERE IN THE PAST HERE, THAT THE CHARACTER THAT YOU HAVE AND THE WAY THAT YOU CONDUCT YOURSELF IS NOW CREATING A CULTURE IN OUR ORGANIZATION THAT IS ALLOWING US TO BECOME A FIRST-CLASS ORGANIZATION, FOCUSED ON CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND THEN THOSE CHARACTER TRAITS THAT YOU HAVE HAS BEEN ENDEARED UPON US BECAUSE YOU ARE SO WILLING TO HELP US CREATE A VISION FOR THIS CITY.

AND TO WANT TO BE A PART OF THE CITY.

THERE'S NO WAY TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE TO PEOPLE.

SO I HA BEING THE OLD MAN OF COUNCIL AND HAVING DEALT WITH A NUMBER OF SITUATIONS, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I, AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.

AND WE, WE EXPECT BIG THINGS AND YOU'VE BEEN PRODUCING BIG THINGS.

AND WITH YOU, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY MAKE BEDFORD SPECIAL.

AND, UM, JUST THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

I, I FEEL, I FEEL SO FORTUNATE TO BE HERE.

I LOVE MY JOB.

I LOVE THE ENVIRONMENT.

I LOVE WORKING WITH ALL OF Y'ALL.

IT'S JUST, WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM.

IT'S AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY, WONDERFUL RESIDENTS, AND I, EVERY DAY, I'M EXCITED TO COME HERE AND I JUST, I FEEL, I JUST FEEL VERY FORTUNATE, VERY BLESSED.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE CONFIDENCE.

THANK YOU FOR THE NICE WORDS.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING US, UM, UH, REBUILD THE STAFF.

I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL SUCH A GREAT TEAM AND I SINCERELY FEEL SO FORTUNATE TO BE HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE AND, AND, UM, GIVE ME A CHANCE TO BE HERE AND THANKS AGAIN.

SO ANYONE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN FROM CAPTAIN MAN? I HEAR A MOTION TO DRAW FROM FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI, EVERYONE IN FAVOR.

AYE.