Jul 11, 2023 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

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OKAY. IT'S 60:1.

WE WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S TUESDAY, JULY 11TH, 2023.

I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE.

WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO BE WILLING TO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION THIS EVENING? WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE.

OH, SURE. I APOLOGIZE.

WHAT AM I, SWISS CHEESE.

JACK, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN AGES.

WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR OLD FRIEND JACK CARROLL FROM KIDS BEACH CLUB.

DUDE, PLEASE LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION, SIR.

WE'D BE GLAD TO. THANK YOU, BROTHER.

HEY, I HEARD THE WATER THING.

THAT WAS SO COOL. YOU ALL KNOW THE STORY OF JONAH, RIGHT? WE ALL KNOW THAT ONE.

I SOMETIMES THINK THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF SIMILAR TO HOW JONAH FELT SOMETIMES.

YEAH, BUT I WANT TO REMIND US.

I WANT TO REMIND YOU.

THAT JONAH REMEMBERED IN THE BELLY OF THAT BIG FISH.

HE REMEMBERED WHO'S HE WAS, WHAT HIS PURPOSE WAS, AND THEN THAT GOD GAVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO DO IT RIGHT.

SO AS I PRAY WITH YOU, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY OF US THAT THANK YOU FOR BEING IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW.

FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR THIS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT GOD, YOU CALL THEM, YOU'VE YOU'VE GIVEN THEM THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW YOU IN LEADING OUR CITY.

FOR THEY'VE DONE SOME AMAZING THINGS AND THEY HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE.

SO, GOD, AS YOU REMINDED JONAH, WHO HE WAS SIMPLY TODAY, RIGHT NOW, REMIND THESE FOLK WHO THEY ARE AND THAT THERE REALLY IS SOMETHING BIGGER THAT YOU'VE CALLED US TO.

AND SO, FATHER, I PRAY THAT THEY WOULD FIND COMFORT IN YOUR HAND, COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T LEAVE JONAH WHERE HE WAS.

AND, FATHER, YOU'VE GIFTED THESE INDIVIDUALS WITH TALENT.

GOD, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE THEM WHERE THEY ARE.

YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW THEM AND SHOW THEM.

SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THEN FINALLY, FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT THEY SEE A BRIGHTER TOMORROW.

AND SO, FATHER, IT IS MY PRAYER AS A BUSINESS OWNER HERE, AS A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, IT IS MY PRAYER THAT THEY WOULD SEE AND GRAB ON TO THAT VISION THAT YOU'RE LEADING THEM INTO.

FATHER THAT MEANS SOMETIMES WE GOT TO LET GO OF THE PAST.

SO GOD HAS MAYOR BOYKIN AS HE LEADS GOD, JUST REMIND HIM TO LEAD GOING FORWARD.

WE LOVE YOU. WE PRAISE YOU AND WE THANK YOU.

AND IT'S IN CHRIST'S NAME, I PRAY.

AMEN AND AMEN.

THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. HOW ARE THINGS GOING DOWN THERE? IT'S GOING GREAT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT. SO WE LOVE BEING IN BEDFORD.

EVERYTHING IS IT'S JUST PHENOMENAL.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DON'T BE A STRANGER. I.

YOU ALMOST FORGOT TO LET ME PRAY.

HEY, YOU GOT IT. TAKE CARE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN. WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL.

OKAY. WHY DON'T WE START THIS EVENING, WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION ON THE 2022 POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT, AND WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE DAIS OUR

[PRESENTATION]

SO KIND OF GO THROUGH AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS TAKING SO LONG TO GET THIS REPORT OUT TO YOU GUYS.

WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE OUR NUMBERS ARE CORRECT AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE KIND OF GOING FOR.

SO KIND OF START OFF, IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME, FOR YOU GUYS, BECAUSE THE WAY WE POLICE TODAY REALLY STARTED BACK IN 1829, IN LONDON, ENGLAND, SIR ROBERT PEEL ESTABLISHED NINE PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE HIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ONE OF THOSE WAS, IS THAT WE ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE SERVE BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WANTS US HERE.

SO THIS IS MY CHANCE TO KIND OF TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND YOU GUYS GIVE ME THE FEEDBACK OF HOW WE'RE DOING AND IF THERE'S THINGS OF IMPROVEMENT.

SO AS I GO THROUGH, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, INTERRUPT ME.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'LL JUMP IN THERE.

SO WHAT KIND OF CLICK THROUGH THIS HERE? SO OVER THIS PAST YEAR, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF REIMAGING REALLY THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE DONE SOME REIMAGING OF THE DEPARTMENT.

SO UP HERE IS OUR NEW PURPOSE AND OUR VISION STATEMENT THAT WE ESTABLISHED THIS LAST YEAR BEFORE WE HAD A MISSION AND A VISION STATEMENT.

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WE'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO HAVE A PURPOSE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE KNOW WHAT OUR ROLE IS.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE IT TAKES ON A COMMUNITY POLICING ASPECT OF THAT.

AND THEN DOWN TO OUR VISION, WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE STRIVE TO BE WHAT YOU GUYS WANT US TO BE.

WE WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED BY YOU AND BY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AS BEING THE BEST THAT'S OUT THERE.

SO KIND OF JUMPING FORWARD, HERE'S OUR BEAT MAP.

SO FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BREAKS THE CITY UP INTO FIVE DISTRICT BEATS THAT ARE KIND OF REGIONALLY BASED.

AND THE REASON WE DO THAT, WE HAVE AN OFFICER ASSIGNED TO EACH ONE OF THOSE BEATS 24 HOURS A DAY.

AND WITH THE GOAL OF TRYING TO BE IF YOU CALL FOR ASSISTANCE, WE WANT TO BE THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED YET.

IT'S COMING. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT PROBABLY IN THE NEXT YEAR OR YEAR AND A HALF.

IT'S A BIG PROJECT TO LOOK AT THIS AND IT [INAUDIBLE].

WE'LL BALANCE OUR DISTRICTS, NOT GEOGRAPHY, MORE ABOUT CALL LOAD AND MAKING SURE WE'RE BALANCING OUT SO THE OFFICERS ARE FREE AND CAN GET OUT THERE AND DO SOME ACTIVITY IN THERE. SO THE NEXT ONE I KNOW THIS IS REALLY SMALL TO READ, SO I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO READ IT.

SO ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. SO I KIND OF BREAK THIS DOWN SO YOU CAN JUST KIND OF LISTEN TO ME.

SO WE'RE BROKEN DOWN IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INTO THREE SECTIONS.

WE HAVE A SUPPORT SERVICES, WHICH IS MOST OF OUR CIVILIAN STAFF BEHIND THE SCENE ARE DISPATCHERS OR RECORDS AND OUR PROPERTY SECTION, OUR OPERATIONS SECTION, WHICH IS OUR OPERATION BUREAU, WHICH IS OUR CID, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES SECTION.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT HERE A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN OUR UNIFORM SERVICES BUREAU, WHICH IS ALL OF OUR PATROL OFFICERS AND OUR TRAFFIC OFFICERS, THE GUYS THAT YOU SEE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS OUT IN UNIFORM.

SO LOOKING AT YOUR DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE 117 EMPLOYEES AUTHORIZED INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE 81 FULL TIME OFFICERS.

WE HAVE TWO PART TIME.

I'LL SAY ONE THING. YES, SIR.

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO BOBBY LAPENNA.

YEAH. YES, SIR, HE IS.

HE IS DOING WELL. AND HIS PRAYERS ARE WELL FELT FELT FROM HIM.

AND 34 CIVILIAN STAFF ASSIST THE POLICE OFFICERS ON A DAY.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS DO.

THE ONES UP AT THE WHITE OR THOSE ARE FULL TIME POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY DO ALL THE TIME.

AND DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS SOME OF THE ONES IN YELLOW.

THOSE ARE KIND OF JUST SOME OF THE PART TIME THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO KIND OF KEEP THEM ACTIVE AND KEEP THEM INVOLVED.

SO I KIND OF WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO THINGS UP HERE THAT WE'RE RELATIVELY NEW INTO THIS LAST YEAR, THE NARCOTICS UNIT, IT'S WE JOINED THE MID NARCOTICS TASK FORCE, WHICH IS A GROUP THAT SERVES THE HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD AND GRAPEVINE AREA.

WE HAVE AN OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THAT UNIT AND WE ALSO ESTABLISH A DEPLOYMENT TEAM THAT WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT REALLY THEIR GOAL IS, IS TO IT'S FOR THOSE ISSUES INSIDE THE TOWN THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF TRADITIONAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS OR PATROL OFFICERS. SO THINGS THAT REQUIRE A LOT OF ATTENTION, A LOT OF TIME THAT PATROL OFFICERS DON'T HAVE TO HANDLE BECAUSE THEY'RE CALLED A CALL AND THEY'RE NOT IT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL CRIME THING.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE'LL JUMP FORWARD HERE.

KIND OF THE MEAT AND POTATOES.

SO WHERE ARE WE AT? HERE'S OUR RESPONSE TIME.

SO WE LOOK AT OUR MAIN TWO THINGS.

WE LOOK AT ON ON OUR PRIORITY RESPONSES.

WE HAVE PRIORITY ONE THROUGH FIVE, BUT WE REALLY LOOK AT THE FIRST TWO PRIORITIES.

THE PRIORITY ONE CALL IS SOMEBODY THAT'S IN IMMEDIATE DANGER.

THAT'S THE KIDNAPING ROBBERIES, SHOOTINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THE PRIORITY TWO, WHERE IT'S NOT REALLY AN IMMEDIATE THREAT, BUT WE NEED TO GET THERE BECAUSE SOMEBODY COULD BE HURT IF WE DON'T SHOW UP.

SO THAT'S A MINOR ACCIDENT INTO IN THE ROADWAY, A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE PROWLER CALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE AT THREE MINUTES AND 52 SECONDS ON PRIORITY ONE.

SO WHERE DO WE STAND? SO I CAN TELL YOU A CITY TO THE WEST OF US.

THEIR AT FOUR MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS.

SO WE'RE BEATING THEM BY A MINUTE.

IF YOU LOOK AT A CITY A LITTLE FARTHER TO THE NORTH THAT A LOT OF THE EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE CITY CAME FROM.

THEIR AT FIVE MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS.

IF YOU LOOK AT FORT WORTH, FORT WORTH DOESN'T POST THEIRS, BUT THEY POST WHAT THEIR GOAL TIME IS.

THEIR GOAL TIME TO A PRIORITY ONE CALL IS EIGHT MINUTES AND 54 SECONDS.

SO GUYS, WE'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE UNDERSTAFFED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT WE'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY GOOD AND OUR OFFICERS REALLY CARE ABOUT GETTING TO YOU AND HELPING YOU AS FAST AS THEY CAN. SO.

I'M KIND OF JUMPED THROUGH THE TOTAL POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE.

SO YOU'LL SEE A REOCCURRING THEME IN HERE.

2020 IS THE COVID LOCKDOWN YEAR.

SO EVERYTHING WAS KIND OF AN ANOMALY THERE.

THE CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE A LITTLE LOWER, 2021 THINGS STARTED OPENING BACK UP.

AND THESE CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE INCOMING CALLS THAT THAT THAT SOMEONE CALLED 911 OR CALLED THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER.

IT'S ALSO SELF INITIATED BY OUR OFFICERS OUT IN THE STREETS.

SO TRAFFIC STOPS INVESTIGATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S A KIND OF A COMBINATION.

SO YOU'LL SEE THE INCREASE AS THINGS START OPENING BACK UP.

AS OUR STAFFING INCREASE, WE'RE BACK ON THE RISE.

OUR NORMAL WHERE WE SHOULD BE AT IS PROBABLY IN THE 38 TO 42,000 MARK ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS IS KIND OF WHAT REALLY WHERE BEDFORD SHOULD BE AT ON THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE. WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? JUST BY POPULATION? A NUMBER OF OFFICERS WE HAVE THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT WHERE IT SHOULD FALL AT.

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IF YOU START DOING THE THE PERCENTAGES ON IT HOW WE HOW MANY CALLS WE HAVE COMING IN, WE'RE RIGHT THERE.

SIMILAR CITIES MAKING UP A LITTLE LESS THAN ONE CALL PER RESIDENT.

YEAH. YEAH.

THESE ARE OUR CALLS IN OUR DISPATCH CENTER.

SO 2020 WAS KIND OF THAT ANOMALY.

AGAIN, WE HAD A HIGH CALL LOAD INTO THE DISPATCH CENTER, BUT RELATIVELY LOW CALLS FOR SERVICE OUT TO THE OFFICERS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.

SO THEN YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A PEAK BACK IN 2021 AND THEN IN 2022, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT YELLOW NUMBER, THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBERS.

SO WE HAVE 911 CALLS THAT ARE IN RED AND WE HAVE THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER THAT'S IN YELLOW.

SO THE 911 IS THAT THAT'S THE EMERGENCY LINE.

SO. WE HAVE ENOUGH DISPATCHERS TO ANSWER THAT 911 CALL..

SO IN 2022 OF THE 41,000 CALLS, 27 WERE EMERGENCY? NO, NO, THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE NUMBERS.

YOU ADD THOSE TWO TOGETHER. YEAH, YOU ADD THOSE TWO TOGETHER.

SO SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS IN 2022, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DISPATCHERS, WHEN YOU CALL 911, THEY COULD GET TO THAT PHONE QUICK.

SO WE LOOKED AT WAYS HOW DO WE GET THAT NUMBER, THAT YELLOW NUMBER DOWN? SO WE IMPLEMENTED A CALL TREE.

SO EVERYTHING THAT CAME INTO DISPATCH, THAT COULD BE AFTER HOURS WATER, THAT COULD BE, HEY, I NEED TO KNOW WHO WHICH DETECTIVE.

I HAVE MY CASE. SO WE IMPLEMENTED A CALL TREE THAT KNOCKED ABOUT 6000 CALLS FOR.

HOW MANY DISPATCHERS DO WE HAVE? FULL STAFFING, WE'RE 12.

WOW. SO USUALLY IN THERE, 2 TO 3 AT A TIME IS WHERE WE'RE AT.

SO IF YOU HAVE A BIG INCIDENT HAPPEN, WE NEED TO HAVE THEM FREE.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE KIND OF CUT THOSE, CUT THOSE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO CUT THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE DOWN.

SO 5000 CALLS PER DISPATCHER A YEAR.

OH, YEAH, THEY STAY BUSY.

THAT'S A LOT. THAT'S A THEY LOOK LIKE OCTOPUSES.

IF YOU EVER GO IN THERE AND WATCH THEM, THEY'RE DOING 4 OR 5 DIFFERENT THINGS AT THE SAME TIME WHILE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND TALK TO SOMEBODY ON THE PHONE AND LISTEN TO THE OFFICERS ON THE RADIO.

IT AMAZES ME. I COULDN'T DO IT.

THEY'RE A SPECIAL GROUP AND THEY HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.

SO KIND OF CRIME TRENDS, THIS IS REALLY WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW.

HOW SAFE ARE YOU IN BEDFORD? SO BEFORE YOU LOOKED AT THESE NUMBERS, DO YOU FEEL SAFE IN THE COMMUNITY? AND I THINK OUR CITIZENS DO.

AND I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU SOME OF THESE THINGS.

YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASES AND WE'LL KIND OF TALK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.

SO WE LOOK AT PART ONE AND PART TWO CRIMES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE REPORT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO PART ONE IS, ARE THOSE HOMICIDES, SEX OFFENSES, ROBBERIES, ASSAULTS, THEFTS OFTEN? SO YOU LOOK AT SEX OFFENSES INSIDE BEDFORD, THAT'S YOUR RAPES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THOSE ARE USUALLY THINGS THAT ARE VERY UNPREDICTABLE AND THE OFFENDER KNOWS THE VICTIM 99% OF THE TIME.

WE'RE NOT HAVING PEOPLE JUMPING OUT OF THE BUSHES AND DRAGGING JOGGERS INTO THE BUSHES AND DOING THOSE THINGS.

THAT'S THAT'S IT CAN HAPPEN.

BUT IT'S A VERY, VERY RARITY.

ROBBERIES THAT COULD BE FROM A SOMEBODY WALKING INTO A CONVENIENCE STORE AND PUTTING A GUN IN THEIR FACE TO A SHOPLIFTING AT WALMART WHERE THE LOSS PREVENTION PERSON GETS SHOVED AND THAT TURNS INTO A ROBBERY.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR ROBBERIES, WE JUMPED UP TO 20 THIS PAST YEAR.

I CAN TELL YOU SIX OF THOSE WERE A SUBJECT THAT WAS WALKING INTO GAS STATIONS OR INTO CONVENIENCE STORES AND ROBBING THEM.

AND IT WAS THE SAME GUY.

AND HE IS IN JAIL AND HE WAS HITTING THE WHOLE H-E-B AREA, KIND OF LOOKING AT SOME HISTORICAL DATA.

IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW SAFE WE ARE.

BACK IN 1987, EVERYBODY THINKS THINGS WERE BETTER BACK THEN.

WE HAD 30 ROBBERIES THAT YEAR, 37 IN 1988, LOOKING AT OUR BURGLARIES, WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD JUMP FROM 78 TO 209.

SO THAT'S BURGLARIES OF HOMES, BUSINESSES, CARS, EVERYTHING IN THERE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT 1980S DATA, 1987, WE HAD 431 BURGLARIES THAT YEAR.

THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE HAD 429.

SO THAT 109 IS NOT WAY OUT OF THE NORMAL.

IF YOU LOOK AT I KNOW WHERE I CAME FROM, THAT'S THAT'S A PRETTY LOW NUMBER COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE.

AND WE'RE NOT HAVING A WHOLE LOT OF DOOR KICK INS WHERE PEOPLE'S HOMES ARE GETTING BURGLARIZED WHILE THEY'RE GOING OUT OF TOWN OR THEY'VE GONE OFF TO WORK.

SO THAT'S THAT'S USUALLY THE ONE THAT CAUSES THE MOST TROUBLES TO PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE VIOLATING THEIR OWN HOME.

AND WE'RE NOT HAVING A WHOLE LOT OF THOSE ANYMORE.

SO THE PART TWO CRIMES, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF AN INCREASE THERE IN 2021.

BUT A LOT OF THAT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE NARCOTICS AND WEAPONS PORTION OF THAT.

THAT'S SELF-INITIATED.

THAT'S OUR GUYS GOING OUT AND CATCHING THE CATCHING THE BAD GUYS WITH DRUGS.

AND WE'LL COVER A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR ACTIVITY.

SO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, YOU CAN SEE THE CRASHES HAVE SLIGHTLY INCREASED.

OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STOPS HAVE INCREASED DRASTICALLY, TOO.

SO WE'RE ON TRACK RIGHT NOW.

IF EVERYTHING HOLDS FOR 2023, WE'LL CROSS OVER ABOUT 13,000 TRAFFIC STOPS, WHICH WE SHOULD BE AT FULL STAFF AND WE SHOULD BE HITTING AROUND THE 14,000 MARK.

IS IS PER AGENCY.

AM I WRONG IN ASSUMING THAT'S A DIRECT CORRELATION WITH US BEING FULLY STAFFED OR NEAR FULLY STAFFED? WELL, FULL STAFF IN OUR WE WE WERE ABLE THIS RECENTLY TO GET FULLY STAFFED IN OUR TRAFFIC DIVISION AND OUR PATROL DIVISION IS BETTER STAFFED THAN IT WAS.

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SO THE 2020, EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN.

I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, WE THAT WAS WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT COVID WAS DOING.

SO WE TOLD THEM, DON'T DO IT UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.

SO. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS SECTION, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL CASES INVESTIGATED AND THAT JUMP IN 2021 ON THE LEFT THERE, IT LOOKS HUGE COMPARED TO THE 2022, IT'S REALLY ABOUT 100 CASES. SO THAT'S THE NUMBER OF CASES COMING IN.

AND THAT'S WHERE AN OFFICER GOES OUT, TAKES A REPORT, AND THERE'S SOME TYPE OF LEAD.

WE DON'T ASSIGN CASES TO THE INVESTIGATORS UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN INVESTIGATE BECAUSE IT DRAWS A LOT OF THEIR TIME AWAY AND THE TOTAL CASE IS CLEARED.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE MORE CASES CLEAR THAN WE HAVE CASES ASSIGNED.

SO A LOT OF THAT GOES BACK TO CASES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS THAT THEY'RE CLEARING UP.

PLUS, ALSO WHEN THEY STARTED GETTING INVESTIGATING THESE CASES, THEY'LL DEVELOP MORE CASES AND THEY'LL CLEAR MORE THAT WAY.

BUT THE MAIN THING TO FOCUS ON IS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AND WHERE WE'RE AT.

SO PERSONS CRIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 11% ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY AMAZING.

PROPERTY CRIMES ARE 4% ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF WHAT THE CLEARANCE RATE IS.

SO EVEN WHILE WE'RE UNDERSTAFFED AND OUR CID SECTION RIGHT NOW BY A FEW FOLKS, THOSE GUYS ARE THERE, THEY'RE WORKING THEIR TAILS OFF AND THEY'RE CLEARING A LOT OF THESE CASES AND SOLVING. CHIEF, WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER A CLEARED CASE? IS THAT A CONVICTION OR WHAT THE.

YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S THEY'VE ACTUALLY SOLVED THAT CASE SO THEY'VE THEY'VE NOT DROPPED CHARGES OR ANYTHING.

YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S NOT A CONVICTION BECAUSE I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT THE, WHAT THE COURT DOES BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH TO GET A CHARGE PUT ON THAT PERSON AND, AND CHARGE THEM WITH THE OFFENSE IS WHAT WE CONSIDER CLEARED.

SO, SO WHAT EXPLAIN THOSE RATIOS AGAIN.

WHAT NATIONAL AVERAGE, 45% OF WHAT? OF ALL THE CASES ASSIGNED THAT'S A PERSON RELATED CRIME.

SO THAT'S ROBBERIES, ASSAULTS, ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

NATIONALLY, POLICE DEPARTMENTS ONLY SOLVE ABOUT 45% OF THOSE CASES AND WE'RE DOING 56%.

AND SAME THING ON PERSONS CASES.

THAT'S THE PROPERTY, THAT'S THEFTS, CRIMINAL MISCHIEFS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'RE SOLVING MORE THAN, THAN WHAT WE SHOULD.

SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD GROUP BACK THERE, KIND OF WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE NARCOTICS AND DEPLOYMENT TEAM.

SO THOSE WERE THE GROUPS THAT WERE SET UP TO KIND OF ATTACK SOME OF THIS UNDERBELLY OF WHAT WE GOT GOING ON IN HERE.

YOU KNOW, IF I WAS ASKING YOU, DO YOU THINK WE HAVE HUMAN TRAFFICKING? DO YOU THINK WE HAVE PROSTITUTION? AND DO YOU THINK WE HAVE ILLEGAL GAMBLING GOING ON IN BEDFORD, 99% OF OUR RESIDENTS WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY NOT.

IT HAPPENS AND IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE.

AND THAT'S THE REASON THESE GROUPS WERE SET UP TO GO OUT AND ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A WHILE TO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FIXED OVERNIGHT.

THIS WILL BE A YEARS AND YEARS, YOU KNOW, 3 OR 4 YEARS BEFORE WE GET SOME OF THIS STUFF CLEARED UP WHERE YOU CAN SEE SOME VISIBLE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE CITY BECAUSE THESE ARE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT CASES TO SOLVE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE SPREADSHEET ON THE RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT THE MID CITY'S NARCOTICS TASK FORCE SEIZED THIS PAST YEAR, OVER THREE.

THAT'S NOT JUST FROM ONE HOUSE THAT WE EVICTED.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

SO THAT'S $3.5 MILLION WORTH OF STREET DRUGS WERE TAKEN OFF THE STREET, 79 GUNS.

AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, THAT GROUP TOOK AN INDIVIDUAL INTO CUSTODY.

THEY HAD 2000 FENTANYL PILLS ON THEM.

SO 2000 OF OUR CHILDREN AND OF OUR ADULTS, THAT'S POTENTIALLY LIVES WERE SAVED.

SO YOU CAN'T SEE IN THE BACKGROUND.

BUT I KIND OF KIND OF HID THE PICTURE BACK THERE.

BUT IN THE BACKGROUND, THERE WAS A NARCAN SPRAY, AND THAT'S THE SPRAY THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO REVERSE THE EFFECTS OF AN OPIOID OVERDOSE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE USED THAT A LOT THIS LAST YEAR.

AND WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A FENTANYL PROBLEM AND WE'RE ATTACKING IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS MUCH EDUCATION AS WE CAN AND EQUIPPING OUR FOLKS TO SAVE THESE FOLKS LIVES.

AND THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TO TO TURN THIS THING AROUND.

ON THE LEFT IS THE THE NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS ARE IN BLUE AND THE NARCOTICS RELATED EQUIPMENT, ESSENTIALLY THE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IS IN THE ORANGE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE WE'RE CATCHING MORE OF THIS STUFF.

SO FOR THE ENTIRE TASK FORCE THAT NOW ON THE BLUE ON THE LEFT, THAT'S JUST US.

THAT'S THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO THAT.

THE TASK FORCE IS THE ONE ON THE RIGHT.

THAT'S THAT'S THE MID CITY'S TASK FORCE.

THAT'S THE. SO HAVE WE ALWAYS HAD THE MID-CITIES DRUG TASK FORCE OR IS THAT BRAND NEW? SO IT WAS STARTED UP JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.

WHEN I GOT HERE. WE WERE UNDERSTAFFED, SO WE COULDN'T GET INTO IT INITIALLY.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET INTO THIS LAST YEAR AND HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

IT'S A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THERE TOO.

PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE TARRANT COUNTY NARCOTICS TASK FORCE AND WE PULLED OUT OF THAT ONE AND A LOT OF..

BECAUSE IT WASN'T COVERING OUR AREA ENOUGH? THAT AND THERE WAS ALSO SOME SCANDALS THAT WERE INVOLVED THAT WERE THAT OUR FORMER EMPLOYEES WERE INVOLVED IN.

SO THIS WAS A WAY TO KEEP IT CLOSER TO HOME AND HAVE BETTER CONTROL OVER WHAT WAS GOING ON.

SO THESE GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.

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AND NOW THEY'LL THEY'LL FOLLOW THE THE NARCOTICS TO THE TO THE SOURCE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THEY FOCUS INTERNALLY.

SO CHIEF OF THE M-30 PILLS IS THAT THE FENTANYL.

THAT'S THE THAT'S FENTANYL.

THAT'S THE FENTANYL PILLS. SO A LOT OF THE KIDS RIGHT NOW ARE SOME OF THE OVERDOSES THAT WE'RE HAVING.

THEY THINK THEY'RE TAKING SOMETHING ELSE.

THEY THINK THEY'RE TAKING SOME OTHER KIND OF DRUGS AND THEY THINK IT'S A PRESCRIPTION PILL AND IT'S ACTUALLY FENTANYL.

AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT'S UNTIL IT'S HIT THEM OF WHAT THEY'VE WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.

SO, CHIEF, GOING BACK TO THE DEPLOYMENT TEAM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THERE, THESE ARE NOT PATROL OR NOT CRIMES.

THIS IS PRIMARILY WHAT THAT DEPLOYMENT TEAM IS DOING? THEY THEY'RE HELPING WITH THE NARCOTICS ISSUES, BUT THEY ALSO THEY'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE LONG TERM IN..

LIKE-DEPTH INVESTIGATIONS? YEAH, SO THEY'RE AN INVESTIGATIVE UNIT MORE THAN THEY ARE MORE OF A PATROL UNIT.

SO THEY'RE IT WAS PAINFUL BECAUSE WE PULLED THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF PATROL TO ADDRESS THESE OTHER ISSUES.

BUT IT WAS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SAME CYCLE FOREVER.

SO. OKAY, SO.

OUR PATROL GUYS FEEL THE IMPACT BECAUSE THERE'S A FEW LESS PATROL OFFICERS OUT THERE.

SO. MOVE ON TO OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION OR SO IN HERE.

THIS ENCOMPASSES THERE'S ESSENTIALLY FOUR BIG GROUPS INSIDE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, OUR BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION UNIT, OUR CRIME PREVENTION, OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND OUR TRAINING RECRUITING DIVISION.

SO THE LEFT THERE IS OUR MENTAL HEALTH FOLLOW UPS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION UNIT IS THEY PEOPLE THAT HAVE MENTAL ILLNESS, THAT NEED, NEED, TREATMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

OFFICER HALL, SHE FALL BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE PERSON IN THAT GROUP AND SHE FOCUSES ON FOLLOWING UP WITH THOSE FOLKS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ON THE TRACK TO TO TO.

ESSENTIALLY NOT HARM THEMSELVES OR HARM OTHER PEOPLE.

SO. AND THEN SHE ALSO WORKS WITH OUR VICTIMS OF CRIME.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE NUMBER OVER THERE, THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS ASSISTED AFTER THE FACT, 569 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOLLOW UP.

SHE GOES OUT AND MAKES SURE THAT PROTECTIVE ORDERS ARE BEING FOLLOWED.

THEY'RE GETTING ALL THE RESOURCES AND THINGS THEY NEED TO GET OUT.

AND THEN OUR CRIME CRIME PREVENTION SECTION, THAT'S THIS YEAR SHE'S DONE.

SHE HAD 16 PEOPLE GRADUATE FROM THE CPA.

YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER NUMBERS THERE, THE SANTA COPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SHE DOES A LOT OF OUTREACH.

THAT 40 DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS NOT THAT'S THE NUMBER SHE HAD.

THAT'S NOT REALLY INCLUSIVE OF WHAT SHE'S REALLY DOING OUT THERE.

SHE'S DOING A LOT MORE THAN THAT.

SHE'S HER FACE IS EVERYWHERE.

SHE GOES LIKE 40IN A WEEK.

YEAH. YEAH. SO I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

WHAT IS A CPA GRADUATE? SO IT'S OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.

SO I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YEAH, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

WE'LL GET YOU IN THE NEXT CLASS.

IT'S FUN. WHAT DOES ACCOUNTING HAVE TO DO WITH POLICE? YEAH, WHEN I GOT HERE, YOU GUYS MADE IT VERY, VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT WE HAD A TRAINING ISSUE.

OH, DID WE WANTED THE TRAINING ISSUE FIXED? YEAH. SO WE FIXED THE PROBLEM.

SO WE DID A LOT THIS LAST YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE STATE STANDARDS, WE'RE MEETING THE NATIONAL STANDARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE WE SENT OUR FOLKS THROUGH ALERT TRAINING, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING.

WE HAVE INSTRUCTORS IN HOUSE THAT TEACH THAT NOW DEFENSIVE TACTICS.

WE HAD NO TRAINING. WE HAVE OUR GUYS TRAINED TO DO GROUND FIGHTING, HANDCUFFING, BATON, TASER, EVERYTHING THAT THERE IS THAT REVOLVES AROUND DEFENSIVE TACTICS THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE SOMEBODY INTO CUSTODY AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE THAT DOESN'T WANT TO GO.

WE HAVE THOSE PEOPLE TRAINED NOW AND ALL THOSE HOURS ARE GETTING TRAINED TO OUR OFFICERS.

SO THE STATE MANDATES THAT OFFICERS GO THROUGH A 40 HOUR TRAINING EVERY TWO YEARS.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WAY SURPASSING THAT.

WE'RE DOING QUARTERLY TRAINING.

THAT'S EIGHT HOURS EVERY OFFICER GOES THROUGH.

PLUS, WE'RE ALSO DOING THE FIREARMS TRAINING THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE LEGAL UPDATES, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF HOURS, IT'S ALMOST 20,000 HOURS OF TRAINING THAT OUR FOLKS WENT THROUGH THIS PAST YEAR.

THAT'S TEN FULL TIME EMPLOYEES THAT ESSENTIALLY I SAID, HEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE YOU FOR A YEAR.

WE JUST WE GRABBED THEM AND WE SENT THEM AWAY ALMOST.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY HOW MUCH TRAINING WE'VE DONE, THAT'S GOING TO DROP PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD TO GET A LOT OF THIS STUFF STARTED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE GOING. SO IT'S GOING TO CATCH UP.

THE PROUDEST PART IS THE NUMBER OF IN-HOUSE TRAINING CLASSES WE'VE DONE, AND YOU GUYS WILL SEE CORPORAL WEST BACK AT THE BACK PROVIDING SECURITY FOR YOU.

HE'S HE'S IN THAT TRAINING SECTION, SO HE FEEL SAFE.

HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THIS.

THE AMOUNT OF CLASSES THAT WE'RE HAVING, THAT WE'RE PULLING PEOPLE FROM THE REGION, WE'RE PULLING PEOPLE IN NATIONALLY TO COME TO SOME OF OUR CLASSES IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE FOR FOR THE SMALL CITY OF BEDFORD TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

AND THEY'RE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND THE LAST THING I TO LOOK ON THE BOTTOM LEFT DOWN THERE IS OUR OFFICER CERTIFICATION LEVEL.

SO WHEN AN OFFICER COMES OUT OF THE POLICE ACADEMY, THEY ARE A BASIC POLICE OFFICER CERTIFICATION AND TO MOVE THROUGH THOSE TRACKS, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH CERTAIN CLASSES, THEY HAVE TO HAVE YEARS OF SERVICE BEFORE THEY'LL MOVE UP TO THE NEXT STEP.

SO WE HAVE A LOT AT THE TOP.

WE HAVE A LOT AT THE BOTTOM.

THAT MIDDLE SECTION IS WHERE WE'RE WHERE WE'RE MISSING.

AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE EXODUS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS THAT'S NOW SLOWED.

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CALL ME ON THIS TO SEE IF WE'RE NOT HAVING PEOPLE MOVE UP BECAUSE THE TRAINING THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THERE IN THE TOP RIGHT IS THE I CALL THAT THE MEAT AND POTATOES.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET TO THOSE CERTIFICATION LEVELS.

THAT'S KIND OF THE DRESSING ON THE SIDE.

THAT'S THAT'S THE CLASSES THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE TO GET THE NEXT CERTIFICATION LEVEL.

WE'RE AT A POINT NOW THAT WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO START GOING THROUGH THOSE OTHER CLASSES AND START MOVING UP SO THEY HAVE THAT THAT HIGHER CERTIFICATION LEVEL.

RECRUITMENT IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS HERE WE HAVE HERE.

SO 958 PEOPLE APPLIED FOR POSITIONS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAD LESS THAN 3% OF THE PEOPLE THAT APPLIED ACTUALLY GET HIRED.

SO YOU LOOK AT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS.

WE DON'T DO A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION ON EVERYONE THAT APPLIES.

SOME PEOPLE GET CUT IN THE INITIAL APPLICATION PROCESS BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET THE CORE REQUIREMENTS.

IF THEY MAKE THE MEET THE INITIAL REQUIREMENTS, WE'LL BRING THEM IN FOR AN INITIAL INTERVIEW.

IF THEY PASS THAT, WE'LL PUT THEM ON TO AN ORAL BOARD.

IF THEY PASS THE ORAL BOARD, THEN A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION WILL BE DONE.

SO 61 PEOPLE MADE IT TO THAT AND ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM MADE IT THROUGH THE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION.

SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE BEING PICKY.

YOU KNOW, THAT WE WANT THE BEST.

YOU GUYS DESERVE THE BEST. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO STICK SOMEBODY IN THIS UNIFORM WITH THIS BADGE ON THAT.

THAT DOESN'T STAND FOR WHAT YOU GUYS EXPECT US TO BE.

STAFFING VACANCIES. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SETTING IT FOR A POLICE OFFICER VACANCIES.

WE HAVE ONE DISPATCHER AND ONE ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICER POSITION OPEN.

SO WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD.

IF YOU LOOK AT CITIES COMPARED AROUND US, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE NOT THE HIGHEST PAID, BUT WE ARE DOING BETTER THAN MOST OF THE CITIES AROUND US THERE.

THE MOST OF THE CITIES ARE SOMEWHERE 6 TO 10 POSITIONS OPEN THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY AROUND US.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE AND THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE.

SO IT'S WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL SO FAR, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP THE TRAIN GOING.

SO. ANIMAL SERVICES, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE DATA TO COMPARE IT A YEAR TO YEAR, BUT THIS IS KIND OF JUST THE CALLS THAT THEY'VE HAD.

THEY ANSWERED ALMOST 1400 CALLS FOR SERVICE, A NUMBER OF ANIMALS IMPOUNDED, A NUMBER OF ADOPTIONS.

WE HAVE A NEW ANIMAL CONTROL SUPERVISOR IF YOU GUYS HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET HIM, GREAT INDIVIDUAL CAME TO US FROM HALTOM CITY, IS MAKING A LOT OF DRASTIC CHANGES OVER THERE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HE'S GOING TO BRING TO US HERE IN THE FUTURE.

SO LASTLY, WHEN YOU SAY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DATA AVAILABLE, WE JUST WEREN'T COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION.

IT'S COLLECTED, BUT COLLECTED, COLLECTED A CERTAIN FASHION IS IS SOMETIMES NOT THE MOST ACCURATE.

SO WHAT THEY'VE STARTED DOING IS THEY'VE THEY USED TO WORK OFF AN INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE POLICE REPORTING SYSTEM IS.

SO NOW THEY'RE WORKING INSIDE THAT POLICE REPORTING SYSTEM.

SO THE NUMBERS THAT WE PULL SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCURATE.

IT'S IT'S PROBABLY RIGHT.

BUT I JUST I DON'T WANT TO PUT THOSE NUMBERS UP THERE BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T KNOW.

SO THEY DIDN'T CONVERT OVER WHEN YOUR DEPARTMENT CONVERTED? NO, NO, NO. SO IT'S SO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE DATA TO COMPARE.

THEN THE NEXT FEW YEARS YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO LASTLY, OUR VOLUNTEERS AND POLICE SERVICES, THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT MADE IT THROUGH THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, THE CPA THAT WANTED TO COME OUT AND DO A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO WE HAVE A GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE.

SO THEY LAST YEAR WORKED ALMOST 7000 HOURS INSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, EQUATING TO ABOUT $200,000 OF SAVINGS FOR US.

AND THEY DO AMAZING JOBS RIGHT NOW.

I'VE GOT THEM ON A PROJECT THAT.

NO ONE HAD THE TIME TO DO.

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY A SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT MONTH PROJECT FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH AND HANDLE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.

SO IT'S A GREAT GROUP.

I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS LAST YEAR.

AND I'M VERY PROUD OF MOLLY'S GROUP FOR TAKING THESE AWESOME PICTURES FOR THE BACKGROUND IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THEM UP THERE.

SO THAT WAS TIM TAKING SOME OF THOSE PHOTOS AND MAKING US LOOK AS GOOD AS WE COULD.

SO BUT QUESTIONS, STUFF THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE, QUESTIONS YOU HAD ABOUT THIS, THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE.

I'M OPEN. OKAY. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD, CHIEF, WAS IT'S GREAT THAT WE KIND OF LOCALIZED WITH THAT DRUG TASK FORCE.

ARE THERE OTHER TASK FORCE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATES IN RIGHT NOW? THAT'S THE ONLY ONE.

THERE ARE OTHER TASK FORCE OUT THERE.

THERE'S SOME FEDERAL TASK FORCE THAT WE CAN GET INVOLVED IN, BUT THAT'S GOING TO PULL MORE PEOPLE AWAY AND TO FOR ME TO TO DO THAT, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO INCREASE STAFFING TO DO THAT, BECAUSE MY FOCUS IS IS TAKING CARE OF OUR CITIZENS HERE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE DEPLOYMENT TEAM WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MORE INVOLVED INVESTIGATIONS.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS POSSIBLE LIKE JUST INVESTIGATING TRENDS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES AND LIKE COMING UP WITH PLANS TO PREVENT IT.

AND SO SO WE HAVE WE HAVE A CRIME ANALYST INSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SHE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF NETWORKING WITH ALL THE OTHER CITIES AND KIND OF SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S TRENDS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS BEFORE THEY GET HERE.

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SHE GETS DATA FROM THEM.

THE REALITY IS WE HAVE PRETTY LOW CRIME AND IT'S HARD TO PROTECT A TREND WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE A FEW OF THIS AND A FEW OF THAT.

SO IT'S USUALLY MOST OF OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMMITTING OUR CRIMES OR VISITORS TO OUR TOWN THAT LEAVE.

AND IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HIT NEXT BECAUSE IT'S SO SPORADIC.

SO BUT BUT SHE HAS BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL OF IF WE DO A MONTHLY MEETING, WE LOOK AT HOTSPOTS, WE'RE HOTSPOTS IN THE CITY.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, WE HAVE 183 AND 121 THAT GO THROUGH THROUGH BEDFORD.

THAT'S WHERE MOST OF OUR CRIME IS AT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE CONDENSED WHERE WHERE YOUR PEOPLE ARE AT AND WHERE THE CONCENTRATION OF BUSINESSES AND CARS MOVING, THINGS LIKE THAT OR LOOKING AT. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OF OUR ISSUES HAPPENS RIGHT THERE ALONG THE FREEWAY JUST BECAUSE THAT'S YOU HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN THAT HIGHWAY EVERY DAY.

SO. WELL, WE DID HAVE THAT ONE INCIDENT LAST YEAR ABOUT THE THE STREET TAKEOVER.

AND SO I KNOW THAT WAS LIKE ONE OF THE TRENDS I WAS REFERRING TO WHERE WE'VE SEEN THAT IN OTHER CITIES.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED DIRECTLY TO A TASK FORCE.

BUT FORT WORTH AND DALLAS HAVE TEAMED UP TO TO WATCH SOCIAL MEDIA AND COLLECT THIS STUFF SO THAT THEY WILL LET US KNOW IF THERE'S TRENDS COMING IN AND IF THEY ARE EXPECTING SOMETHING.

SO ON. I BELIEVE IT WAS JULY WAS TWO NIGHTS AGO.

BELIEVE WAS TWO NIGHTS AGO THEY HAD A STREET TAKEOVER THAT WAS THEY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN DFW AREA SOMEPLACE, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE.

SO THE INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT WAS GOING TO BE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS.

SO ALL THE CITIES AROUND HERE WORK PRETTY COLLECTIVELY.

THEY SEND A MESSAGE OUT TO ALL THE SURROUNDING AGENCIES, HEY, WE HAVE THIS GROUP COMING, CAN YOU SEND US A FEW OFFICERS? SO WE SENT THREE OFFICERS OVER TO NORTH RICHLAND HILLS AND THEY WOULD VICE VERSA TO DO IT FOR US.

WE GOT THERE AND ESSENTIALLY THEY CHOSE TO MOVE ON TO FORT WORTH AND THEN FORT WORTH ADDRESSED IT OVER THERE.

SO IT'S IT'S NOT REALLY A TASK FORCE.

IT'S JUST MORE OF A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

WE HAVE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS WITH EVERYBODY IN THE AREA.

SO IF IF THEY NEED OUR ASSISTANCE OR VICE VERSA, THEY CAN COME IN AND WE CAN COME IN AND HELP THEM.

AND IT'S JUST A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

WE TRY TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS IS WHAT WE DO.

SO. OKAY, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER. STEVES GETTING BACK TO THE RETENTION AND HIRING CHIEF, DID YOU SAY THERE WAS FOUR FOUR EMPTY SPOTS? YES, WE'RE WE'VE GOT FOUR OPENINGS FOR POLICE OFFICERS RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE NOT GETTING MASSIVE APPLICATIONS.

BUT NO, NO ONE REALLY IS EITHER.

SO TALKING TO THE OTHER CHIEFS AROUND THERE, SEEING THE SAME THING WE ARE.

THE HEYDAY OF THE 90S, WHEN I FIRST BECAME A POLICE OFFICER IN 1100 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO TAKE THE TEST FOR TEN POSITIONS IS NOT.

IT'S BEEN ON A STEADY DECLINE SINCE THE SINCE THE MID 90S SO BECAUSE YOU HAD YOU HAD 958 APPLICANTS AND THEN YOU ONLY HIRED EIGHT THAT'S LESS THAN 1% FOR FOR POLICE OFFICERS. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE ALTOGETHER.

SO CIVILIAN HIRE TO IS I LOOKED AT CIVILIAN AND THE AND THE POLICE OFFICERS AS COMBINED AS SO ARE WE ARE WE ARE PEOPLE LEAVING OR ARE WE DOING EXIT INTERVIEWS OR ARE WE FINDING OUT? SO EVERYONE THAT LEAVES DOES AN EXIT INTERVIEW.

SO, SO FAR WE HAVE NOT HAD ANYBODY LEAVE TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE.

OKAY. THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LEFT, WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT MADE IT TO FIELD TRAINING AND DIDN'T DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH FIELD TRAINING.

THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO.

WE HIRE THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT GOOD CHARACTER AND WE THINK THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THE JOB.

BUT THEN ONCE WE ACTUALLY PUT THEM INTO THE REAL WORLD ENVIRONMENT, IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT.

SO WE'VE HAD A FEW NOT MAKE IT THERE.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE LEFT ARE PEOPLE THAT IF WE GO BACK TO LOOK AT THAT, THAT THAT PURPOSE AND THAT VISION STATEMENT, THEY'RE NOT FULFILLING THAT.

THEY'RE NOT WHAT YOU WANT HERE.

AND THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT MEETING OUR STANDARDS.

THEY'RE VIOLATING THE POLICIES THAT WERE BUILT OFF THAT THAT PURPOSE AND VISION STATEMENT.

AND THEY'RE JUST NOT WHAT WE EXPECT OF A BEDFORD OFFICER.

SO WE WE ALLOW THEM TO MOVE ALONG TO THE WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO AFTERWARDS.

BUT SO FAR, AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANYBODY LEAVE TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE.

WELL, LET ME TRACK THAT.

I'VE HAD ONE GUY THAT LEFT TO GO TO THE DEA WHEN I FIRST STARTED, BUT THAT WAS A LIFELONG DREAM FOR HIM.

AND I DON'T CONSIDER THAT AN APPLES AND APPLES.

I HAVE ONE. I HAVE ONE.

QUANTIFY THAT COMMENT.

WHAT'S OVER WHAT PERIOD OF TIME? TWO AND A HALF YEARS. WE HAVE ONE GUY THAT'S ON THE LIST TO GO TO ANOTHER CITY NOW BUT DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE, BUT IT'S JUST A FINANCIAL DECISION FOR HIM.

SO. AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? TWO AND A HALF YEARS. ALMOST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

SO. SO WE'RE DOING WE'RE DOING WELL.

YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE IT'S A FAMILY AND WE TRY TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE THEY CAN GO DO THEIR JOB WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING MICROMANAGED ON EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO, BUT BEING BEING ACCOUNTABLE.

SO THE ONES THAT HAVE LEFT.

I HAVE THE ULTIMATE DECISION OF WHY THEY LEFT, BUT IT'S REALLY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE DOWN BELOW ME, THE LINE LEVEL OFFICERS SAY, I DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH THAT PERSON ANYMORE.

I DON'T WANT THEM HAVING THE SAME BADGE.

THEY DO NOT THEY DON'T REPRESENT WHAT THIS THING STANDS FOR.

SO SO WE'RE DOING GOOD.

YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE IF WE'RE FULLY STAFFED, BUT BUT THIS 3 TO 4 OPENING IS GOING TO BE THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEW NORMAL FOR US.

IT'S WE'RE GOING TO BE FLOATING AROUND, YOU KNOW, THAT NUMBER JUST BECAUSE OF NATURAL ATTRITION.

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SO IT WAS.

SO YOU'RE DOING A LITTLE BETTER? WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BETTER. YEAH.

IT'S A AND WE'VE GOT GOOD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THAT'S THE.

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, THEY RODE, THEY RODE THE WAVE AND THEY STAYED THROUGH.

AND THEY THEY DESERVE ACCOLADES BECAUSE THEY ENDURED SOME DIFFICULT TIMES AND THEY CAME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THEY'RE DOING AN AWESOME JOB.

YEAH. UH COUNCIL MEMBER.

FARGO? YES.

CHIEF, ARE WE USING A CADET PROGRAM AT ALL WITH THE FBISD? SO WE WE USE THAT GROUP AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN POLICE EXPLORER PROGRAM.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, TEN OF THE EXPLORERS IN THAT PROGRAM.

KIND OF EXCITED BECAUSE EIGHT OF THOSE ARE YOUNG LADIES.

AND WE HAD A GOAL OF BY 2030 TO BE 30% OF OUR DEPARTMENT BE FEMALE OFFICERS.

SO THAT KIND OF GIVES ME SOME HOPE THAT THERE'S MORE MORE WOMEN THAT ARE WANTING TO GET INVOLVED IN POLICE WORK IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE HAVE THOSE GROUPS.

HIRING. ALL OF THAT'S BEEN RELATIVELY NEW.

WE WE RECENTLY WE HAVE TWO DISPATCHERS THAT WE'VE HIRED THAT AREN'T OLD ENOUGH TO BE.

WELL, ONE OF THEM IS OLD TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.

NOW THAT THAT THAT CAME OUT OF THAT POLICE EXPLORER PROGRAM.

SO THE CADET PROGRAM AT AT THE HEB I KNOW A LONG TIME FRIENDS WITH THE INSTRUCTOR OVER THERE SO HE LETS ME KNOW WHEN WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE AND WE TRY TO GET THEM IN AND GET THEM GET THEM IN THROUGH THE PROCESS.

MOST OF THOSE KIDS ARE GOING OFF TO COLLEGE AND AND WE WON'T SEE THEM FOR A FEW YEARS.

SO BUT BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WHEN THAT GROUP COMES, THEY GO THROUGH ALL THREE CITIES.

THEY SAY THAT BEDFORD IS THEIR FAVORITE PLACE TO COME TO.

SO THEY SAY WHEN THEY GET BROUGHT IN, WE KIND OF HIT THEM WITH OPEN ARMS AND INVITE THEM IN AND SHOW THEM WHAT WE'RE DOING AND MAKE THEM KIND OF PART OF THE TEAM.

AND SOME PLACES THEY GO TO AND THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE AS AS WARMLY WELCOMED AS WE AS WE GIVE IT TO THEM, GIVE THEM A GUN WHEN THEY HIT THE DOOR.

YEAH, WE'LL GIVE THEM BULLETS, THOUGH.

NO QUESTION. LAST QUESTION.

OKAY. SO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FENTANYL PROBLEM.

YES, SIR. AND A LOT OF US DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THAT IT'S HERE AND IT'S KIND OF A CATCH 22.

BUT ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO EDUCATE THE WE WE'VE SENT SOME MESSAGES OUT.

WE'RE MEETING WITH THE WITH THE YOUTH WHEN WE CAN.

I DON'T WANT TO INUNDATE THE COMMUNITY WITH JUST MESSAGE AFTER MESSAGE AFTER MESSAGE, BUT IT IS AN ISSUE.

SO I CAN LOOK BACK THIS THIS IS MY 28TH YEAR AND THINGS LIKE THIS COME AND GO.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN THE MID 90S, HEROIN WAS A BIG ISSUE.

THAT WENT AWAY.

METHAMPHETAMINE BECAME A BIG ISSUE THAT KIND OF FADED AWAY.

HEROIN CAME BACK. IT WENT AWAY.

AND NOW WE'RE IN THE FENTANYL ISSUE.

SO. I'M HOPING THIS IS SHORT LIVED, BUT BUT SOME OF THIS STUFF IS CYCLICAL AND WHEN IT COMES THROUGH.

BUT WE'RE DOING AS MUCH EDUCATION AS WE CAN WITHOUT OVERLOADING THE COMMUNITY.

BUT. TRYING TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS THIS COMING YEAR ABOUT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATING THE STUDENTS OF WHAT'S GOING OUT THERE IS KIND OF ONE OF OUR ONE OF OUR GOALS FOR FOR HEB.

IT'S REALLY THE KIDS THAT I WANT TO PROTECT BECAUSE SOME OF THESE KIDS REALLY HAVE NO IDEA AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE LIFE EXPERIENCE TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ON WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN THEMSELVES AT THIS POINT.

SO. WELL, THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO AND ALL YOUR OFFICERS DO.

THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE.

COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

CHIEF, REAL QUICK, SO I KNOW WE'RE HALFWAY INTO 20.

23. YES, SIR.

WHAT IS YOUR GOALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD INTO 2023, 2024? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION MOVING OFFICERS UP IN CERTIFICATIONS TO THAT MID RANGE AND THEN ALSO BALANCING THE BEATS OUT BASED ON CALL VOLUMES.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE BALANCE IN BEATS IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2023.

THAT'S IT'S I'VE DONE THAT TWICE.

IT'S A HUGE, HUGE PROJECT REALLY INCREASE OUR STAFFING.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO THIS YEAR IS FINISH OUR TFCA ACCREDITATION ON OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE'RE ALMOST DONE THAT THAT WILL BRING US TO THE STANDARD THAT WE NEED TO BE AT.

WE HAVE SOME POSITIONS THAT WE NEED TO FILL IN CID.

OUR CANINE POSITION IS STILL VACANT.

WE'D LIKE TO GET THAT ONE FILLED.

A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO BE JUST JUST THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF KEEPING THINGS MOVING.

SO BIG GOALS.

I'D LOVE TO REDUCE CRIME, BUT I THINK WE'VE WE'VE KIND OF REACHED WHAT THE WHAT THE NORMAL IS GOING TO BE.

AND WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT IT OF OUR VIOLENT CRIME.

YOU'RE LOOKING LESS THAN LESS THAN A 24 HOUR IF.

HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES TO COMMIT THOSE ROBBERIES AND THOSE OTHER OFFENSES.

IT'S LESS THAN 24 HOURS OF TIME OVER A PERIOD OF A YEAR.

SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO PREDICT WHEN THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO DO SOME OUTREACH TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.

ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH IS HERE IS A MULTIFAMILY HOUSING OFFICER THAT'S THAT WILL JUST GET INTO THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND HELP HELP THEM GET IN, CLEAN THEIR CLEAN THOSE AREAS UP.

SO BUT IT'S IT'S THAT DELICATE BALANCE OF TRYING TO GET THE STAFFING LEVEL TO WHERE WE NEED IT BEFORE WE FILL SOME OF THESE OTHER POSITIONS.

SO PATROL DOESN'T TAKE THE HIT EVERY SINGLE TIME.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO LAY OFF UNTIL THOSE PATROL OFFICERS POSITIONS ARE FILLED.

SO. GOTCHA.

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RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE OFFICER THAT SHE'S ON LIGHT DUTY AND SHE'S FILLING IN THERE AND ANOTHER CORPORAL THAT'S FILLING IN THERE.

SO THEY'RE THEY'RE BALANCING THE LOAD RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S THEY'RE NOT DOING TOO BAD RIGHT NOW.

SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

I APPRECIATE IT. UH, REAL QUICKLY, YOU HAD A SLIDE UP WHERE BURGLARY WAS UP 28%.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE AREA OR SOME SORT OF A LOCAL REGIONAL TREND OR? REALLY THAT OURS IS UP, BUT IT'S COMPARATIVELY TO THE I CAN TELL YOU WHERE I CAME FROM, THAT'S NOT THAT HIGH OF A NUMBER.

IT'S I THINK WE'RE AT LEAST THREE TIMES THAT SIZE OVER THE YEARS.

SO AS FAR AS THE INCREASE? WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY INCREASE..

THE PHYSICAL COUNT.

THE PHYSICAL COUNT.

SO SO IS A 28% NUMBER OR SOMETHING TO BE ALARMED ABOUT? NOT REALLY. I MEAN, THAT 109 IS GOING TO BE PRETTY AVERAGE.

AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW WE FIX BURGLARIES IS FOR PEOPLE TO LOCK THEIR STUFF UP, TAKE YOUR VALUABLES OUT OF YOUR CAR.

THAT WOULD HELP US OUT A WHOLE LOT.

BUT LIKE I SAID, THE ONES THAT REALLY CONCERN US ARE THOSE HOME BURGLARIES WHERE THE DOORS KICKED IN AFTER HOURS.

BUT THAT BURGLARY COULD BE.

YOU ALLOWED SOMEBODY TO STAY IN YOUR HOUSE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN STAYING THERE.

AND THEY THEY TOOK THIS STUFF.

SO THAT BURGLARY IS A REALLY WIDE TOPIC TO COVER.

SO IT'S NOT. IT LOOKS SCARY, BUT IT'S NOT AS SCARY AS IT LOOKS.

SO THE HOME BURGLARIES ARE THE REALLY BIG ONES AND WE HAVEN'T HAD LIKE A RASH OF KICK IN BURGLARIES SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, SO.

SO AS YOU STAND BEFORE US RIGHT NOW, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW? NOT REALLY, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING, YOU KNOW..

YOU'VE GOT YOUR ARMS AROUND IT? YEAH. THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANYTHING OUT THERE THAT'S REALLY THAT'S.

ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR CHALLENGES COUNCIL SHOULD BE AWARE OF LEANING INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS? NO. I THINK YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PACKETS THAT YOU'LL NEED TO TO ADDRESS THAT.

SO YOU KNOW WHERE WE YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE STAND ON PAY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO OUR I'M SURE THE OFFICERS WOULD APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR THEM.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT.

YOU KNOW THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

EQUIPMENT WE HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT.

WE HAVE THE BEST VEHICLES.

WE'VE RENOVATED OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO ENVIRONMENT AND THE THINGS THAT OUR PEOPLE NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS, THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED.

THERE WILL BE MORE STUFF IN THE FUTURE.

SO DON'T GET SURPRISED IF I COME BACK AND ASK YOU FOR MORE THINGS.

BUT BUT BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE WE'RE SETTING IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE.

I ANY MORE QUESTIONS, GUYS? YES, MA'AM. MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL.

HOW HAS THE JAIL SITUATION WORKING OUT? YOU KNOW, FANTASTIC.

ALL OF OUR PRISONERS ARE IN EULESS.

SO IT'S SO, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WORKING OUT WELL.

THE, THE INCREASES IN THE JAIL CONTRACT LAST YEAR SURPASSED A LITTLE BIT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO EXPECT THIS YEAR.

WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK.

I'M NOT HEARING ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FROM YOU AND I'M NOT HEARING ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR FOLKS.

OUR FOLKS LOVE IT.

THEY SAY IT'S A VERY SMOOTH PROCESS AND IT'S ONE LESS THING THAT THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

AND REALISTICALLY, LIKE I TOLD YOU GUYS WHEN WE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS GOING INTO IT ORIGINALLY, IS THAT I WAS OVER THE JAIL AT MY PREVIOUS AGENCY AND MY MY OFFICE OVERLOOKED THE EXIT WHERE THE PRISONERS WOULD COME OUT AND YOU WOULD SEE THESE GUYS WALK OUT WITH LITTLE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS AND THEY WALK INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY WALK INTO THE HOSPITAL. AND AND THAT WAS THEY DID THE SAME THING HERE.

SO NOW THEY CAN DO THAT IN EULESS AND EULESS CAN HANDLE IT.

SO. SO THANK YOU.

I WAS ALSO INTERESTED YOU SAID THAT MONICA HAS A PRETTY FULL LOAD FOR WHAT SHE DOES AND IT'S COMMUNITY SERVICE ORIENTED.

SO IS THERE ANY PLAN TO EXPAND THAT OR ARE OFFICERS TRAINED IN ANY CERTIFICATION? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE SO MANY CALLS HAVE TO DO WITH PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND GOING AWRY? EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN THROUGH CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING.

SO SO THEY HAVE THE BASICS TO GO, HOPEFULLY DE-ESCALATE THAT SITUATION, GET THE PERSON TO IMMEDIATE CARE.

HER JOB.

I LOOK AT IT AS MORE OF A DETECTIVE.

SHE KIND OF MANAGES A CASELOAD THAT ALL OF THESE ALL THE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE DEAL WITH THAT HAVE MENTAL ISSUES, SHE WILL COME BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHICH ONE NEEDS HELP. SHE'LL KIND OF PRIORITIZE IT AND MAKE SURE SHE FOLLOWS UP AND MAKES SURE THEY'RE GETTING THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.

SO IT'S MORE OF A CASELOAD AND A CASE MANAGEMENT THAN IT IS.

SOME OF THE CITIES ARE ESTABLISHING TASK FORCE THAT GO OUT AND ANSWER THE CALLS DIRECTLY IN THE FIELD.

ALL OF OUR FOLKS HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE TRAINING.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A GROUP LIKE THAT VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE FOR A CITY OUR SIZE TO DO THAT, THOUGH.

SO DO THEY. DO THEY DIRECT? CLIENTS, I GUESS, TO SERVICES.

SO IF SHE FINDS THAT THERE'S A BATTERED WOMAN, SHE HAS A RESOURCE LIST.

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WE HAVE A VICTIMS ASSISTANCE UNIT THAT'S MADE UP OF TWO TWO LADIES THAT THAT OFFER ASSISTANCE AND GET, YOU KNOW, BATTERED WOMEN HELP THAT THEY NEED, HELP THEM WITH RESTITUTION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A MASTER LIAISON WHO ACCOMPANIES MONIQUE WHEN SHE GOES OUT AND DOES THE FOLLOW UPS AND AND HELPS OUT.

AND HE'S HE'S TRAINED.

HE CAME FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH WORLD AND HE'S HE'S GOT EXTENSIVE TRAINING IN THAT.

SO WE OFFER THE RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND TRY TO NUDGE PEOPLE IN THE IN THE IN THE WAY OF TAKING THAT.

SO. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYONE ELSE. UM, CHIEF? YES, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. IT'S NOT A BIG ENOUGH WORD.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES I'LL HAVE TO SAY THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT.

I APPRECIATE IT. TWO AND A HALF YEARS HAS FLOWN BY.

WE HAD SO MANY CHALLENGES.

BEFORE YOU ARRIVED, AND WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW TO TAKE THOSE ON.

BUT YOU'VE JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS FORCE DOWN THERE REPRESENTING THAT DEPARTMENT AND REPRESENTING THE MEN AND WOMEN DOWN THERE.

THEY DESERVED BETTER AND THEY GOT BETTER WITH YOU.

AND YOU HAVE JUST DONE SO MUCH.

AND I KNOW I'VE SAID FROM TIME TO TIME AND SOME OTHERS HAVE SAID IT, TOO, YOU KNOW, I KEEP COMING BACK TO A FORMER CITY MANAGER WHO IN MY IN MY ORIENTATION TOLD ME THAT IF THEY DID THEIR JOB WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD MAKE US LOOK GOOD.

WELL, THE REALITY OF IT IS IF PD DOES THEIR JOB WELL, THEY MAKE THE CITY LOOK GOOD.

AND YOU ALL HAVE JUST DONE SUCH A TREMENDOUS JOB.

I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR.

I'M JUST SO PROUD.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANKS, GUYS.

OKAY. AMANDA, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS?

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

HEY, TOM, COME ON UP.

OKAY. WE DO HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGN UP, MR. TOM COLBERT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WELCOME BACK TO THE DAIS, SIR.

COME ON. COME ON UP. YOU WANT ME TO CRANK IT UP FOR YOU? IS THIS THING OPERATING? I CAN REALLY CRANK IT UP.

YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY FOR SOMEONE TO STAND HERE AND YOU CAN HEAR PERFECTLY CLEAR.

BUT THE TAXPAYERS BACK THERE DON'T HEAR THAT WELL.

YES, SIR. UNTIL IT'S AMPLIFIED.

I JUST WANTED TO.

WHAT HAPPENED TO STATHATOS? I NO COMMENT.

YOU DON'T THINK THIS IS AN MADE A STATEMENT AT THE LAST MEETING THAT THE DANCE WOULD BE EVERY OTHER WEEK, AND THAT'S CAST IN STONE.

EXCUSE ME. WE JUST HAD A THREE WEEK GAP.

OH, NO. AND INCIDENTALLY, THE DANCES ARE GOING.

WELL, WE HAD 95 OF IT JUNE 10TH AND 86 AT THIS LAST ONE AFTER A THREE WEEK GAP.

WHEN'S THE NEXT ONE? I DON'T KNOW.

MARK SNYDER.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT HIM ON THAT STATEMENT THAT HE MADE.

AND THE POLICE CHIEF SEEMS TO BE DOING ONE HELL OF A JOB.

YES. THANK YOU, TOM.

WE APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT UP, WE DO HAVE SOME ITEMS TO CONSIDER BY CONSENT.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

GOOD EVENING. YES, WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON CONSENT TONIGHT.

WE HAVE MINUTES FROM JUNE 27TH, 2023 REGULAR MEETING.

WE HAVE TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROVING THE RATIFICATION OF PAYMENT TO TECH LOGIC FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICES IN A TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF 59,000.

THIS IS FOR THE LIBRARY FOR AND PAID FROM THE LIBRARY TECH FUND FOR VARIOUS ITEMS WITHIN THE LIBRARY.

THE THIRD ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO CONTRACT WITH STRIPE ZONE INCORPORATED FOR PAVEMENT MARKING SERVICES USING THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PRAIRIES CONTRACT THROUGH THE MULTI CITY MASTER INTER-LOCAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 200,000.

SO THIS IS A PURCHASING TOOL THAT ALLOWS US TO USE ANOTHER CITY'S CONTRACT.

AND THIS IS FOR THE UTILITY FUND FOR OR FOR PUBLIC WORKS, FOR PAVEMENT MARKING SERVICES.

AND THE FOURTH ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO CONTRACT WITH ATLAS UTILITY SUPPLY COMPANY FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS USING THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CONTRACT THROUGH THE MULTI CITY MASTER INTER LOCAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT IN AN AMOUNT IN AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF 130 VERY SIMILAR TO THE ITEM BEFORE.

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DID YOU READ ALL THAT? YEAH.

SO FOURTH ITEM. THAT WAS THE FOURTH ITEM.

OH, I APOLOGIZE.

OKAY. COUNCIL. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? WE GOT MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.

GAGLIARDI. A SECOND. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.

COGAN. LET'S VOTE.

OKAY, THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

SEVEN ZERO. SO THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

THANK YOU. STAFF THANK YOU, KAREN.

WE DO HAVE ITEM FIVE UNDER NEW BUSINESS.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER FIVE OF APPENDIX B, CITY OF BEDFORD ZONING ORDINANCE BY CREATING A NEW SECTION 5.15 ENTITLED TREE PRESERVATION

[5. Public hearing and consider an ordinance amending Chapter 5 of Appendix B, City of Bedford Zoning Ordinance by creating a new Section 5.15 entitled “Tree Preservation;” repealing Chapter 7, the “Tree Preservation Ordinance,” of Appendix C, the City of Bedford Subdivision Ordinance. (Item was recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission by a vote of 7-0-0)]

AND THIS ITEM WAS PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE P&Z COMMISSION BY A VOTE OF SEVEN ZERO.

SO WELCOME TO THE DAIS.

WES MORRISON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, NO TIE TONIGHT.

I APOLOGIZE.

OH, THANK YOU. OKAY, GOOD.

I'VE GOT SOME SUPPORT. OH, WHAT A KISS.

WHAT A KISSER. I'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO IT.

SO YOU'VE.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE BRIEFED YOU BEFORE ON THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.

SINCE THAT TIME IN APRIL, STAFF PRESENTED A DRAFT TO P AND Z, AND P AND Z HAD THREE MEETINGS ON THIS SUBJECT.

SO IT'S NOT. I'M PRESENTING YOU WITH P AND Z'S REVISED DRAFT.

AGAIN, THE OR THE PURPOSE.

OUR GOALS WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS WAS TO REALLY ENCOURAGE A OR HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT ENCOURAGED CREATIVITY.

WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SITE DESIGN TO PRESERVE TREES.

THE AND WE DID THAT THROUGH A LIST OF THINGS AND I'LL GO THROUGH HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

BUT RIGHT NOW OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE DID NOT INCENTIVIZE OR REALLY ENCOURAGE A DEVELOPER OR A DESIGNER OF A PROJECT TO REALLY GET CREATIVE ON HOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PROJECT TO PRESERVE THE TREES THAT ARE ON THE SITE.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT DOES A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

I'M GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO THE KIND OF CURRENT VERSUS PROPOSED.

THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE DID IN THIS OR THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THIS ORDINANCE IS THAT UNDER DEFINITIONS.

CURRENTLY, THE ORDINANCE SETS A DEFINITION FOR BUILDABLE AREA, AND THAT ALLOWS ANYTHING THAT IS THAT THE BUILDING OR ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SITE PARKING, DRIVEWAYS, SIDEWALKS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT WAS EXEMPT FROM MITIGATION.

SO YOU COULD TAKE ALL THAT OUT WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF MITIGATING REQUIREMENTS.

SO WHAT THIS ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS KIND OF CONFINES THAT A LITTLE BIT AND DEFINES A BUILDING PAD AS THE ACTUAL BUILDING OR ANYTHING WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE SIX FEET OF THAT SITE.

AND REALLY THAT SIX FEET IS TO GIVE YOU SOME LEEWAY ON CONSTRUCTION AND GRADING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS DOES EXCLUDE THOSE DRIVEWAYS AND PARKING LOTS.

SO YOU'VE REALLY GOT TO GET CREATIVE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT.

THE UNPROTECTED TREE LIST.

THE CURRENT ORDINANCE IDENTIFIED 22 UNDESIRABLE TREES.

WE'VE REALLY BROUGHT THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO THE 15, AND THAT WAS A MAJOR POINT OF CONVERSATION AMONG P AND Z IS TO GET THE RIGHT TREES IN THAT LIST.

WE ENLISTED THE HELP OF A CERTIFIED ARBORIST TO GET US TO THAT 15 THOSE 15.

THE SECOND OR THE NEXT ITEM IS THE OPTIONS FOR REPLACEMENT.

THE ONLY OPTION THAT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE GIVES YOU IS TO REPLACE ON SITE.

THERE WERE NO OTHER OPTIONS FOR THE MITIGATION REQUIREMENT.

THIS ORDINANCE GIVES YOU THREE OPTIONS ONE PLAN ON SITE PLAN OFF SITE, WHETHER IT BE PRIVATE PROPERTY OR PUBLIC PROPERTY WITH OWNER CONSENT, AND THEN PAYMENT INTO A TREE RESTORATION FUND.

THE NEXT ITEM IS REPLACEMENT OF THE TREE SIZE.

CURRENT ORDINANCE JUST SAID THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER.

WE'VE REDEFINED THAT A LITTLE BIT TO SAY THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WHERE IT HAS TO BE MEASURED AT, AND THAT'S SIX FEET ABOVE THE GROUND LEVEL.

THAT'S A STANDARD AMONG MOST OR I THINK JUST ABOUT ALL CITIES THAT WE SURVEYED.

NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE REPLACEMENT QUANTITY.

THIS IS ANOTHER BIG ITEM THAT WE CHANGED.

THE CURRENT ORDINANCE SAYS THAT THE SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF TREES.

SO IF YOU TAKE OUT 18 INCHES OF TREES ON A SITE, YOU ONLY HAVE TO PUT BACK 18 INCHES.

THIS ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT HAS A MITIGATION CHART THAT'S BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE TREE THAT YOU TAKE OUT.

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YOU'RE NOT JUST TAKING OUT A 24 INCH CALIBER TREE WITHOUT SOME TYPE OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO.

TREE CREDITS.

THE CURRENT ORDINANCE DOES NOT PROVIDE THIS INCENTIVE.

THE TREE CREDITS IS AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THE DEVELOPER TO SAY, OKAY, IF I PRESERVE A TREE HERE, THEN I CAN I DON'T HAVE TO MITIGATE AS MANY ON THE SITE IN THE FUTURE. I MENTIONED THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE TREE RESTORATION FUND.

THE THIS IS A FUND THAT IT'S ANOTHER OPTION FOR THE MITIGATION REQUIREMENT.

AND THIS IS AN OPTION THAT GIVES THE DEVELOPER AN OPTION TO PAY INTO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND FOR THE TREES THAT THEY'RE TAKING OUT. AND IT ALLOWS THE CITY TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR PLANTING NEW TREES, MOVING TREES, TREE TRIMMING, TREE MAINTENANCE AND OTHER TREE PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES.

AND THEN THE TREE PROTECTION PROGRAM.

OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE HAS SOME VAGUE AND GENERAL LANGUAGE ABOUT TREE PROTECTION.

WE SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME IN THIS ORDINANCE DETAILING REQUIREMENTS AND GETTING VERY SPECIFIC ON WHAT THOSE TREE PROTECTIONS SHOULD BE.

I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF SCENARIO AS TO HOW HOW THIS ORDINANCE COMPARES TO OR HOW OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE COMPARES TO THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU. AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK A JUST A TEN ACRE SITE HERE IN BEDFORD THAT WE HAVE A WE ALREADY HAVE A CURRENT TREE PLAN OR TREE SURVEY ON, AND THAT SITE HAS 69 TREES THAT ARE OVER THE SIX INCH DIAMETER AND IT'S A TOTAL OF 1300 DIAMETERS ON SITE.

UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, AND THIS IS REALLY JUST LOOKING AT THAT DEFINITION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS WHAT'S A BUILDABLE AREA AND WHAT'S NOT.

UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, THEY COULD YOU COULD MOVE A LITTLE OVER 1000 DIAMETER INCHES OF THE WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF MITIGATION. UNDER THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE 600 OR THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE A LITTLE OVER 400 CALIPER INCHES.

WITH THAT, WE HAVE DONE PUBLIC NOTICE ON THIS.

THE WE NOTIFIED IN THE PAPER BOTH FOR P AND Z AND CITY COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL 7 TO 0.

AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

OKAY. THANK YOU WES.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE.

COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COULD YOU GO OVER THE PENALTIES IF THEY VIOLATE THE NEW ORDINANCE? YOU GET TO THAT REAL QUICK.

SO THERE IS A PENALTY SECTION.

THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS.

WE WE DID REMOVE IT FROM THE SUBDIVISION REGS TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE PENALTY.

AND I MAY HAVE TO LEAN ON BRYN A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S UP TO $2,000 PER OCCURRENCE.

DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? THAT'S RIGHT.

SO IT'S A CRIMINAL OFFENSE AND SO STAFF CAN ISSUE A CITATION PER OFFENSE, PER TREE PER DAY, ESSENTIALLY.

AND THE MAXIMUM PENALTY OBVIOUSLY IS ASSESSED BY THE COURT ANYWHERE FROM $1 TO $2000 BECAUSE IT'S A ZONING ORDINANCE VIOLATION NOW.

SO AN OCCURRENCE WOULD BE ONE TREE.

THAT'S CORRECT. ONE INDIVIDUAL VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE.

THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

YES. OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

ARE YOU READY? WHY DON'T WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:59? ANYONE HAS COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS OR SUGGESTIONS? SO, WES, DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE TIE? I MEAN, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT LAST TIME.

YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW TIES.

I KNOW THAT. YOU DON'T HAVE A FAVORITE.

YOU DON'T HAVE ONE THAT HAS, LIKE, A REALLY NEAT STORY OR ANYTHING.

NO, NO.

BUT YOU DON'T CONSIDER YOURSELF A TIE COLLECTOR? NO. NO.

COME ON DOWN.

SIR, IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

YOU DIDN'T. YOU DIDN'T CLOSE IT.

BOB COCHRAN, 2252 BEDFORD CIRCLE.

DOES THIS ORDINANCE ALSO APPLY TO THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY SUCH AS BEDFORD COMMONS? OKAY. GOOD QUESTION.

SO THERE IS A SECTION REGARDING MUNICIPAL OWNED PROPERTY AND THIS WOULD APPLY.

I MEAN, BEDFORD COMMONS IS A UNIQUE ANIMAL BECAUSE WE I BELIEVE WE ANTICIPATE THAT TO BE A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.

SO OBVIOUSLY WHEN IT IS DEVELOPED IT WILL APPLY TO BEDFORD COMMONS.

BUT THERE IS SECTION LANGUAGE DEDICATED STRICTLY FOR MUNICIPAL TREES AND THAT WE ARE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR MAINTAINING THOSE MUNICIPAL TREES.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE?

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OKAY, SO.

BUT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY HOUSE AND MY TREES.

THIS IS STRICTLY DEVELOPER'S BUSINESS.

THIS IS SO THERE IS AN EXEMPTION FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPT PROPERTY.

SO ANYTHING TWO ACRES OR LESS THAT IS HOMESTEAD EXEMPT IS EXEMPT FROM THIS ORDINANCE.

AND SO I DON'T I CAN DO ANYTHING ON MY PROPERTY I WANT TO.

SO WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT MESSING WITH ANY OF THE PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES AT ALL.

HOMESTEAD. HOMESTEAD EXEMPT.

HOMESTEAD MEANS OWNERSHIP, BASICALLY.

RIGHT. OKAY.

SO. AND YOU'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH ACCEPTABLE TREES LATER, RIGHT? THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT IN DESIRED TREES, ACCEPTABLE TREES.

WE'LL LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE DO THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE.

THIS IS REALLY ABOUT PROTECTION OF THE TREES THAT WE HAVE ON THE SITE.

SO, I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT.

THERE WERE CERTAIN TREES THAT WE THOUGHT WERE NUISANCE TREES AND THOSE WERE WHAT WE CALL DEFINED AS UNPROTECTED TREES.

BUT IF THEY WEREN'T A NUISANCE TREE, THEN WE WERE GOING TO LET THEM COUNT AS MITIGATION.

OKAY. SO HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE LIST OF TREES? WE STARTED BY LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.

OKAY. AND THEN WE ENLISTED A CERTIFIED ARBORIST TO KIND OF HELP US FIND FINALIZE THAT LIST.

I WILL TELL YOU, AND Z WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TOOK CARE OF NUISANCE TREES.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THE HELP FROM THE ARBORIST.

BUT WE ALSO DID NOT WANT TO JUST JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T LIKE THE TREE OR SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE.

MAYBE WE WANT SOMETHING, A THEME OF TREES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE WANT TO IF THEY TAKE OUT A TREE, UNLESS IT'S A NUISANCE TO US, WE WANT TO MAKE A MITIGATE IT.

SO THAT WAS THE PURPOSE IN THAT.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MULBERRY.

I KNOW EL PASO.

I THINK IT'S EL PASO THAT HAS OUTLAWED ALL MULBERRIES BECAUSE OF ALLERGIES.

IT'S CAUSING SO MUCH HOSPITALIZATION, ASTHMA.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY OF IXNAYING THAT TREE.

I MEAN, IF THAT'S IF THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE, THEN YEAH, WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE.

WELL, I COULD SEE THAT BEING A PROBLEM SOMEDAY AND WE WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED.

BUT I DON'T KNOW.

YOUR LIST IS KIND OF.

OH, WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK YOU DID ON THIS.

THANKS, WES. OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE WANT TO COME UP HERE IN A PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:03.

SO, WES, WHAT WHAT ARE NEXT STEPS HERE? DO YOU ENVISION A FOLLOW UP ON THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE OR NO? TONIGHT IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA FOR ACTION, IF THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO BACK AND LET US RESEARCH THE UNPROTECTED TREE LIST AGAIN, WE CAN DO THAT.

AND REALLY NEXT STEPS IN AUGUST, WE HOPE TO, SINCE WE ARE TAKING THIS OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION REGS, WE HOPE TO IN AUGUST BRING YOU AN AMENDMENT TO THE SUBDIVISION REGS. OKAY. AND PROBABLY ALSO IN THAT MEETING, SINCE THERE IS A RESTORATION FUND, A FEE SCHEDULE TO THIS, WE'LL BRING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR THAT AS WELL.

SO WAS THERE SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WE THE OLD TREE ORDINANCE WAS WAS LACKING? WAS THERE SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR THAT TRIGGERED THIS EFFORT? THERE WAS A VIOLATION OF THAT ORDINANCE AND WHICH SHINED A LIGHT ON A FEW LACKING ISSUES.

SO THAT WAS WHY THIS CAME BACK ON IT FOR SOME TIME NOW.

YES. INASMUCH AS YOU WERE MAKING THE CHANGES TO THE EXISTING TREE ORDINANCE, YOU TOOK INTO ACCOUNT NEIGHBORING CITIES, WHAT THEIR ORDINANCES ARE AND STANDARD PRACTICES THINGS.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU DID NOT GET INTO THIS NEW ORDINANCE THAT YOU PONDERED? THAT YOU'RE STILL PONDERING.

THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GOING FORWARD? NO, NOTHING THAT COMES TO MIND THAT I'M THINKING OF UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC.

IS THERE ANYTHING IN THERE THAT.

SO YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THERE THAT MAY NEED TOUCH UPS OR ANYTHING GOING FORWARD? YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT IT? IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WITH ANY ORDINANCE.

ONCE WE START IMPLEMENTING IT, WE MAY FIND.

WERE YOU GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM THE RESIDENTS? REGARDING THE EXISTING SPECIFICS OF SOME OF THE EXISTING TREE ORDINANCE? I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT, FOR INSTANCE, THE VIOLATION WE HAD.

THEY WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO DO.

LIKE YOU'VE ADDRESSED ALL THOSE CONCERNS.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. I WILL SAY, WES, THEY DID WORK REALLY HARD ON THIS AND P & Z, I WATCHED WAS IT THREE MEETINGS? THREE MEETINGS. SO THEY THEY REALLY PAID ATTENTION AND THEY DID WHAT..

THEY DID. SO I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THEY BEHAVED.

SO THAT'S GOOD. WERE THERE ANY OTHER CONCERNS IN P AND Z THAT WERE EXPRESSED? NO, P AND Z.

THE FOCUS OF THEIRS PRIMARILY WERE ON THE PROTECTED TREE LIST.

THE LAST THING THAT COMES TO MIND, AND IT WAS A UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF P AND Z, BUT THE AT THE LAST MEETING RIGHT BEFORE THEY MADE A

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BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT WAS THE BULK OF THEIR CONCERNS.

VERY GOOD. OKAY.

COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THOUGHTS? WHAT IS Y'ALL'S DESIRE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR MAYOR PRO TEM SABOL.

SECOND. A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

LET'S VOTE. OKAY, THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

SEVEN ZERO. SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. STAFF WES, ANDREA, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORT YOU ALL PUT INTO THIS.

I KNOW YOU ALL SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON THIS, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE ITEM SIX.

[6. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee to enter into a contract with Excel 4 Construction, LLC in an estimated amount of $6,410,000 for the SWIFT 21-14 Water and Wastewater Improvement Project - Airport Freeway (SH 183), Chattanooga Drive, Bedford Road, Brown Trail, Robindale Drive, and Robindale Court.]

AIRPORT FREEWAY STATE HIGHWAY 183 CHATTANOOGA DRIVE BEDFORD ROAD, BROWN TRAIL, ROBINDALE DRIVE AND ROBINDALE COURT.

SO WELCOME TO THE DAIS, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, CHERYL TAYLOR.

THANK YOU. DO YOU HEAR THAT, TOM? CHATTANOOGA. DO YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH. IT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

YEAH. GOOD EVENING.

THIS WILL BE THE 14TH PROJECT UTILIZING SWIFT FUNDS THROUGH THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES OVER 8300 LINEAR FEET OF WATER PIPE THAT WILL BE REPLACED, AS WELL AS OVER OR NEARLY 7000 LINEAR FEET OF SANITARY SEWER PIPE.

DESIGN OF THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN 2022 AND HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION FOR UTILIZING THE SWIFT FUNDS. SO THE FIRST LOCATION MAP IS OF AIRPORT FREEWAY AND BEDFORD ROAD AND BROWN TRAIL.

THE WATER LINE ALONG AIRPORT FREEWAY FROM TENNIS TO OAKHURST WAS INSTALLED IN THE 50S.

THE PROJECT WILL REPLACE THE AGING OF SECTION OF WATER LINE ACROSS THE PARKING LOT OF NOVAK MOTORS.

MOST OF THE WATER LINES IN BROWN TRAIL AND BEDFORD ROAD WERE INSTALLED IN THE EARLY 1960S.

THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH BOTH THE WATER AND SEWER LINES IN THE PAST, INCLUDING A COLLAPSED SECTION IN BEDFORD ROAD THAT WAS THAT REQUIRED AN EMERGENCY REPAIR.

THE SEWER LINES.

OKAY. ROBBINSDALE THE SEWER LINES SERVING ROBBINSDALE AREA, WHICH IS THE BROOKHOLLOW ADDITIONS WERE INSTALLED IN THE MID 1960S AS WELL.

CONTINUED ROOT INTRUSIONS AND OTHER PIPE CONDITION ISSUES REQUIRES THAT THESE LINES BE REPLACED.

AND THE SEWER LINE IN CHATTANOOGA WAS ALSO INSTALLED IN THE MID 1960S AS PART OF THE BELL MANOR DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT SEWER LINE WILL BE REPLACED AS WELL.

SO THE PROJECT WAS ADVERTISED IN THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM ON JUNE 11TH AND JUNE 18TH.

BIDS WERE OPENED ON JUNE 27TH, AND THE CITY RECEIVED FOUR BIDS RANGING IN PRICE FROM 6.4 MILLION TO 10.2 MILLION.

THE DESIGN ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT REVIEWED THE BID.

TABULATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AND AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS ASSEMBLED TO RANK THE SUBMITTALS AND DETERMINE THE BEST VALUE FOR THE CITY.

THE CONTRACTOR WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE WAS EXCEL FOR CONSTRUCTION LLC, WITH A TOTAL BID OF $6,410,000.

IF APPROVED, THE WATER LINE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE PAID FROM THE SWIFT 27 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION BONDS.

THE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE PAID FROM THE 2019 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION BOND, AND THE UPSIZING OF THE WATER LINE WILL BE PAID FROM THE UTILITY REPAIR FUND.

THE ENGINEER HAS PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION LETTER TO AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO EXCEL FOUR.

AFTER CONTACTING REFERENCES WHERE THEY'VE WORKED ON PROJECTS IN SIMILAR SIZE AND SCOPE, THOSE ENTITIES WERE THE CITY OF EULESS, TARRANT COUNTY AND THE CITY OF HURST.

ALL OF THOSE ENTITIES HAVE PROVIDED FAVORABLE REFERENCES FOR EXCEL FOUR.

IF APPROVED THIS EVENING, THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS WILL BE EXECUTED, SENT BACK TO THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN THEY WILL RELEASE THE FUNDS TO US FOR CONSTRUCTION. THE STREETS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR IMPROVEMENTS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE UTILITY CONSTRUCTION UTILIZING 4B FUNDS.

OH, AND THE CONSTRUCTION TIME, I APOLOGIZE, CONSTRUCTION TIME IS 365 CALENDAR DAYS.

SO WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION TO START JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER ISH, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER TIMEFRAME PROBABLY, AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE FALL OF 24.

AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. SO JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS SWIFT FUNDS, THOSE ARE EXTREMELY LOW COST FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US FOR WATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT FOR WATER.

AND WE HAD UP TO $90 MILLION OF THAT AVAILABLE AT ESSENTIALLY 1% INTEREST.

WE HAVE TAPPED 50 MILLION OF THAT OF WHICH HOW MUCH IS LEFT THAT WE HAVE NOT SPENT? ABOUT 25 MILLION.

THAT WE HAVE NOT SPENT.

THAT WE HAVE NOT SPENT. OKAY.

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BEFORE WE APPROVE? YES, YOU'RE CORRECT. ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE NEXT BATCH OF SWIFT FUNDED PROJECTS OR WE DO HAVE AT LEAST TWO MORE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMING FORWARD FOR CONSTRUCTION APPROVAL.

LIKELY THIS FISCAL YEAR.

OKAY. AND THEN WE USE SWIFT FUNDS FOR THE WATER TOWER, THE CUMMINGS WATER TOWER.

WE USE THE SWIFT FUNDS FOR THE ENGINEERING FOR THE WATER TOWER.

WE USE THE UTILITY REPAIR FUND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.

I SEE. OKAY.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHERYL? WELL, YOU JUST WOWED US WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

CHERYL, WE'VE GOT $6.4 MILLION BID HERE AND A $10 MILLION BID.

WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE? $4 MILLION. I KNOW, I KNOW.

I MEAN, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF.

I DON'T HAVE THE [INAUDIBLE] WHAT WERE THE OTHER TWO? DO WE KNOW WHAT THE OTHER TWO BIDS WERE? THEY WERE.. THE OTHER BIDS, ONE WAS TEN, ONE WAS NINE, ONE WAS SEVEN ISH.

THEY WERE JUST BIG, JUST A BIG DIFFERENCE.

SOMETIMES THEY JUST BID BIG BECAUSE THEY'RE BUSY.

IF YOU DON'T GO, GO BIG OR GO HOME, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT I MEAN, THAT'S JUST QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENCE.

IT IS. THIS IS THE LOW, BUT THIS HAS EVERYTHING AND WE NEED IT FOR THIS HAS.

THAT'S CORRECT. IT HAS EVERYTHING WE NEEDED.

IT WAS THE LOWEST BID OF ALL OF THE BIDS SUBMITTED.

AND WE DID EVALUATE ALL OF THE THE CONTRACTORS FOR VALUE AND ABILITY TO COMPLETE THE WORK.

HAVE WE DONE WORK WITH EXCEL FOR CONSTRUCTION BEFORE? WE FOUND SOME RECORDS OF EXCEL DOING WORK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD IN 2014 ISH, AND THEN CURRENT STAFF HAS ALSO HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THEM IN OTHER CITIES.

OKAY, GREAT. OKAY COUNCIL, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? COUNCIL. MAYOR I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO. I WAS MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE.

A MOTION TO APPROVE, COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN SECOND TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.

LET'S VOTE. YOU CAN'T DO THAT, ROB.

UH, OKAY.

THAT IS UNANIMOUS. SEVEN ZERO.

SO THANK YOU, COUNSEL. THANK YOU. STAFF THANK YOU.

CHERYL, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE SIX ITEMS FOR A WHILE, TOO, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK TO DRIVE.

THE SEWER LINE GOES BETWEEN IT AND CHARLES.

OKAY, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM FOR A NEW BUSINESS.

WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER.

[7. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to cancel the July 25, November 28, and December 26, 2023 regular Council meetings.]

OKAY. NO, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO CANCEL THE JULY 25TH, NOVEMBER 28TH AND DECEMBER 26TH, 2023 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS.

I'M SURE WE NEED AN EXTENDED CONVERSATION HERE, SO I'LL GIVE YOU ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KAREN RIGGS.

SO NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER FALL WITHIN THE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY WEEKS.

THEREFORE, THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING REQUESTED TO CANCEL THOSE MEETINGS.

AND THEN THE JULY MEETING IS TO ALLOW STAFF SOME TIME TO FINALIZE THE PROPOSED BUDGET SO WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU GUYS BEFORE AUGUST 1ST.

THIS IS SO COMPLICATED.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER? NO, NOT YOU, TOM.

COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS SECOND.

LET'S VOTE.

THE VOTE. NOW DO I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF? YOU. OKAY.

SURPRISINGLY, THAT'S UNANIMOUS AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU. STAFF THANK YOU COUNCIL.

ITEM EIGHT MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

[8. Mayor/Council Member Reports]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I REALLY DON'T HAVE A REPORT.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MARK LONG AND THE REST OF THE CITY STAFF WERE EXCELLENT 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION THAT WE HAD.

CITY OF BEDFORD.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE WERE AT GENERATIONS PARK RANCH FOR THE 4TH OF JULY, OUR SECOND EVENT SINCE THE ARTS FESTIVAL BASED ON I WAS THERE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

I DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE STAGE FOR WE WERE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU DID NOT WAIT FOR ME, BUT I WAS THERE.

I DIDN'T SAY WE'RE ON A STRICT, STRICT SCHEDULE, BUT I DID WANT TO TAKE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL THE CITY STAFF THAT WERE INVOLVED IN HAVING AN EXCELLENT CELEBRATION FOR AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY.

AND MARK DID TAKE FEEDBACK, LOTS OF NOTES OF PREPARING FOR BEATS AND EATS FOR OUR NEXT BIG EVENT THERE.

HERE HERE.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.

I WANT TO SECOND WHAT COUNCILMAN DAWKINS SAYS.

AND HE DID RECOGNIZE YOU, BY THE WAY.

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AND A LOT OF COMMENT WAS THOSE WERE THE BEST FIREWORKS WE'VE EVER HAD.

I MEAN, IT WAS REALLY A GREAT TIME.

IT WAS IT WAS GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE.

WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE, BUT THEY WERE ALL SPREAD OUT, WHICH WAS GREAT.

THEY THEY USED EVERY PART OF THE PARK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BALL FIELDS THAT WERE SHUT DOWN.

BUT IT WAS IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME.

AND EVERYBODY HAD A IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY PLAYING IN THE PARK AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.

THE MUSIC WAS GREAT. SO KUDOS TO MARK AND HIS TEAM AND THE REST OF THE STAFF.

WE KNOW IT CAN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT EVERYBODY.

PUBLIC WORKS ARE OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND THE REST OF STAFF.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO HERE AT THE CITY.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS.

CARYN.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS REPORT THIS EARLIER WAS FOR THIS PART.

VERY GOOD. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, JIMMY.

OKAY. WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM WE NEED TO CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SO WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE AT 7:17.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. OKAY.

WE JUST CONVENED IN EXECUTIVE.

WE HAVE NO ACTION TO TAKE OUT HERE AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER COGAN, WHAT IS YOUR DESIRE THIS EVENING? I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN FOR TODAY, MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN A SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO. EVERYONE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE CONVENING AT 7:32.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.