Sep 10, 2024 City Council

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ALL RIGHT. TIME IS NOW 6:00.

WE'LL CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.

IT IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024.

YOU NOTICE UP HERE THAT WE ARE MISSING A COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER, DONOVAN BRANDON.

SHE DOES APOLOGIZE FOR THEIR ABSENCE, BUT SHE HAS SOMETHING INTERESTING GOING ON.

SO HER SON IN LAW, MAJOR LAYNE GARMAN, IS BEING HONORED WITH HIS FINAL FLIGHT.

I THINK IT'S HIS FINAL FLIGHT.

IT IS HIS FINAL TIME.

HE WILL FLY FOR THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.

HE STARTED WITH THE AIR FORCE, ATTENDING THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY AS A YOUNG MAN, AND EXCELLED IN SERVICE TO BECOME A MAJOR.

HE IS STILL SERVING IN THE RESERVES AND UP UNTIL TODAY SPENT FIVE DAYS OF EVERY MONTH ON HIS ASSIGNMENT IN OKLAHOMA.

MAJOR GARMAN'S WIFE, MEGAN, HAS MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AS THEY COULD MUSTER OUT AT THE ALLIANCE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW TO RECEIVE AND FLY ON HIS FINAL FLIGHT.

HE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE, BUT IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY.

I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF SEVERAL AREA MILITARY PILOTS, AND MAJOR LANE GARMAN IS ONE OF THEM AND EXEMPLIFIES THE AIR FORCE'S SLOGAN AIM HIGH, FLY, FIGHT AND WIN. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL TODAY.

ALL RIGHT NEXT UP WE HAVE AN INVOCATION BY JACK TERRELL OF KIDS BEACH CLUB, FOLLOWED BY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MICHELLE DAWKINS.

WELL, THANK YOU. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY Y'ALL KEEP ASKING ME, BUT I LOVE IT.

I ABSOLUTELY CHERISH THIS MOMENT AND AGAIN FROM MY HEART TO ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SO ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. Y'ALL KNOW Y'ALL KEEP ASKING ME TO COME.

WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. HERE IT IS.

HERE IT IS THE SHORT VERSE MATTHEW 1427.

TAKE COURAGE, IT IS I.

AND DON'T BE AFRAID.

SO THAT WAS WHAT THE LORD WAS TELLING HIS DISCIPLES.

AND SO LET ME JUST READ THIS REAL QUICK, AND THEN I PROMISE I'LL PRAY QUICKLY.

THE WIND AND WAVES OF THIS WORLD ARE HARSH.

THE WIND AND THE WAVES ARE HARSH WHEN WE OBSESS ABOUT THEM.

WE GROW SUSPICIOUS OF GOD'S POWER AND HIS GOODNESS AND OUR COURAGE.

IT FALTERS.

BUT ANYONE WHO HAS A HARD TIME MAKING IT THROUGH THOSE STORMS. ESPECIALLY THE STORMS OF LIFE.

THEY NEED TO CLUTCH THESE TRUTHS LIKE A LIFELINE THAT WILL PULL HIM OR HER TO SAFETY.

GOD'S SOVEREIGN POWER SUPERVISES EVERYTHING.

IT SUPERVISES ALL THAT COMES INTO OUR LIVES, NO MATTER HOW THREATENING IT APPEARS.

AND HE IS IN HIS UNCHANGING NATURE, VERY, VERY GOOD.

WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN PRAYER? I'M SURE THERE'S SOME WAVES ABOUT TO HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, FATHER, WE DON'T KNOW THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE FACE FROM TIME TO TIME.

AND SO, LORD, WE CAN ONLY LEAN ON YOU IN THOSE DIFFICULT MOMENTS.

FATHER, THESE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE NOT SUPER SAINTS.

THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT THAT.

BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP.

AND THEY'RE WILLING TO BE A VOICE.

AND SO AS THE WAVES COME, AND I KNOW THEY ARE, AS THOSE DIFFICULT LIFE DECISIONS COME.

FATHER, MAY YOU GIVE THIS GROUP GREAT GRACE.

AND LETTING THEM REST ASSURED THAT YOU.

YOU'RE GOOD.

AND THEY CAN AND THEY CAN LEAN INTO YOUR GOODNESS.

SO BLESS THEM.

WATCH OVER THEM. GIVE THEM WISDOM.

I PRAY IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME.

AMEN AND AMEN.

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS, FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL RECOGNITION, AND WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 2024 AS NATIONAL SERVICE

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION]

SO I'D LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE PODIUM HERE, TRACY WITH CANINE COMPANIONS.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THIS.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN YOU CAN COLLECT THE PROCLAMATION HERE.

SO WHEREAS WE BELIEVE IN THE JOYFUL, TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE HUMAN CANINE BOND AND INCLUSIVITY OF ALL CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS IN THE UNITED STATES, 64 MILLION ADULTS AND CHILDREN HAVE A DISABILITY AND ONLY 16,000 SERVICE DOGS FROM ACCREDITED TRAINING PROGRAMS EXIST

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AND WHEREAS CANINE COMPANIONS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT ENHANCES THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING EXPERTLY TRAINED SERVICE DOGS AND ONGOING SUPPORT TO ENSURE QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS.

AND WHEREAS, CANINE COMPANIONS AND THEIR SERVICE DOGS EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO LEAD LIFE WITH GREATER INDEPENDENCE BY PROVIDING BEST IN CLASS TRAINING, ONGOING FOLLOW UP SERVICES, AND DEEPLY COMMITTED COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT.

AND WHEREAS NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH AIMS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF SERVICE DOGS AND THE LAWS PROTECTING THEM.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARD BECOMING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY IN WHICH ALL CITIZENS AND THEIR SERVICE DOGS ARE EMBRACED.

NOW, THEREFORE, IN RECOGNITION OF SERVICE DOGS AND THE ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, DAN COGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS AND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024 AS NATIONAL SERVICE DOG MONTH IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

MAYBE NOT.

MAYBE NOT CLAP AS QUITE AS LOUD THAT NEXT TIME.

THIS IS HER FIRST SERVE, HER FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE, FOR THE PROCLAMATION.

MISS CLAIRE IS FIVE MONTH OLD SERVICE DOG IN TRAINING.

SHE IS MY SEVENTH DOG IN TRAINING.

WE HAVE A WORKING DOG BACK HERE.

CANINE COMPANIONS IS THE LARGEST SERVICE DOG ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES THAT BREEDS TRAINS AND PLACES SERVICE DOGS FREE OF CHARGE TO ADULTS, CHILDREN AND VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO OUR HEARTS.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR RECOGNITION TONIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.

COME ON UP AND YOU CAN GRAB DINNER.

ABSOLUTELY. COME ON.

HI, THERE. HE THINKS THIS IS FUN.

HI. HI.

OH, THERE WE GO.

THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW, I LOVE IT WHEN WE HAVE FURRY FRIENDS VISIT US IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

IT'S ALWAYS GOOD. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2024 AS PUPPY MILL AWARENESS DAY IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD. AND I WILL CALL JOE AND CONNIE STOUT TO THE PODIUM.

AND THEN, LIKE BEFORE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ IT, GIVE YOU GUYS A MOMENT TO SPEAK, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PROCLAMATION HERE.

SO WHEREAS THE CITY OF BEDFORD RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF ANIMAL WELFARE AND THE NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE INHUMANE PRACTICES ASSOCIATED WITH PUPPY MILLS, WHICH INCLUDE OVERCROWDING, UNSANITARY CONDITIONS AND THE UNETHICAL TREATMENT OF BREEDING DOGS AND THEIR PUPPIES.

AND WHEREAS PUPPIES FROM PUPPY MILLS ARE TRANSPORTED TO TEXAS UNDER DISTRESSING CONDITIONS, CAUSING THEM TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE STRESS, HEALTH ISSUES AND A HIGH RISK FOR DISEASE TRANSMISSION.

AND WHEREAS THE CITIZENS OF BEDFORD MUST BE INFORMED ABOUT THE GRIM REALITIES OF PUPPY MILLS AND THE IMPACT OF SUPPORTING SUCH PRACTICES ON ANIMAL WELFARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO ADOPT PETS FROM SHELTERS AND RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS INSTEAD.

[INAUDIBLE] SUPPORTING LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTERS IS ESSENTIAL IN REDUCING ANIMAL HOMELESSNESS AND OVERPOPULATION, AS WELL AS DECREASING THE FREQUENCY OF EUTHANASIA AND OVERCROWDED SHELTERS.

AND WHEREAS BY ADOPTING PETS FROM SHELTERS, CITIZENS NOT ONLY SAVE LIVES BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY BY REDUCING THE DEMAND FOR UNETHICALLY SOURCED ANIMALS AND PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY OF THE HUMANE PRACTICES IN PET OWNERSHIP.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, DAN COGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS AND CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2024 AS PUPPY MILL AWARENESS DAY HERE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COGAN AND CITY COUNCIL.

PUPPY MILL AWARENESS DAY HAS BEEN CELEBRATED NATIONALLY SINCE 2004.

IT BEGAN IN PENNSYLVANIA.

I THINK THAT'S A STATE THAT THERE'S SOME FOCUS ON TONIGHT, ACTUALLY.

AND IT'S YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE IS TO CALL AWARENESS.

CALL ATTENTION. YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PROCLAMATION.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'LL JUST SAY THAT WHAT TEXAS REALLY NEEDS IS A STATEWIDE BAN ON THE SALE OF PUPPY MILL PUPPIES AND PET STORES, AND SO THAT WILL BE A PRIORITY, WE HOPE, IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN 2025.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MR. KEITH. KEITH WALTER TO THE PODIUM, SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 19.

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THANK YOU MAYOR.

WELCOME. THANK YOU COUNCIL.

THANK YOU CITY LEADERS.

I HAD ONE OF MY POWERPOINTS TONIGHT, BUT BECAUSE I'M UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEY SAID I COULD NOT USE IT.

SO I'VE HAD TO ADJUST WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THIS IS BETTER SEEN THAN HEARD.

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT MOSQUITOES.

THEY'RE MORE THAN JUST A PEST THAT BUZZ IN OUR EARS.

STILL, TODAY, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 2 MILLION DEATHS IN THE WORLD.

THAT'S MORE THAN GUNS.

YET WE DON'T HEAR NOTHING ON THE NEWS ABOUT A MASS BITING.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT THE COUNCIL AGENDA.

BACKGROUND DATED OCTOBER 8TH, 2024.

I WISH I COULD PUT THIS UP ON POWERPOINT FOR YOU, BUT I CAN'T.

WHAT WE LEARNED ON THIS, ON THIS DOCUMENT.

WAS THAT OCTOBER 20TH, 2023? AUGUST. AUGUST 8TH.

OKAY. AUGUST 8TH.

NOT 2024.

GOT IT. IT'S WHEN STAFF COME UP AND ASK TO DO SPRAYING ON THE CITY STREETS FOR MOSQUITOES.

THE FINANCIAL IMPACT WAS LISTED AT $57 PER APPLICATION AND ATTACHED TO THAT WAS THE INTEGRATED, THE 2022 INTEGRATED MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

THAT WOULD TELL ME AND I THINK WOULD TELL A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S STILL THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER.

IN THAT IT SAYS ADULTICIDES EVEN ON THE HIGH RISK, IS ONLY TO BE USED IN CITY PARKS AND CREEK BANKS.

COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR ASKED STAFF SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL LADY SABOL WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TRAPS BEING CHECKED.

SHE SAID THAT SHE'S NOTICED A DECREASE IN THEM IN THIS YEAR OVER YEARS PRIOR.

TYLER SPENCE ANSWERED HER AND SAID, I DO GO OUT THERE WITH THE EMPLOYEES.

THE DRAINAGE CREWS IS THE ONES WHO DO GO OUT ONCE? NO, TWICE A WEEK, ACTUALLY, AND SET THE TRAPS, PICK UP THE TRAPS AND DELIVER THEM TO THE COUNTY THE MORNING AFTER.

WE DO GET A POSITIVE TEST, THERE'S A WORK ORDER MADE UP FOR THEM TO GO OUT AND LARVICIDE THAT CHANNEL THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TRAP.

SO WE DO HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF THEM GOING OUT THERE.

THAT MEETING RAISED A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO ME, QUESTIONS THAT I JUST COULDN'T REALLY WORK OUT IN MY HEAD.

SO I PUT IN A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST.

I ASKED FOR THREE ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE, THE NUMBER OF PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF MOSQUITOES IN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

AND I RECEIVED THAT. AND WHAT I RECEIVED WAS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, THE OFFICIAL RECORD FOR PESTICIDE USAGE.

FEBRUARY. WE HAD ONE APPLICATION.

MARCH. WE HAD 19 APPLICATIONS NOW.

19 SOUNDS A LITTLE LOW, BUT IT'S NOT NEAR AS LOW AS MAY OR APRIL, WHICH WAS ZERO.

MAY. ZERO.

JUNE. ONE.

NOW. JULY.

ZERO. LET'S STOP AT JULY.

WHAT HAPPENED IN JULY? THAT'S WHEN THE SPIKE CAME.

ACCORDING TO OUR 2022 MOSQUITO PROGRAM, ONCE YOU GET A POSITIVE TEST, THAT AREA IS TO BE ADULTICIDED AND LARVICIDE. YET WE HAVE NO RECORDS.

BUT IN AUGUST, WE HAD 31.

AFTER THE DAM BROKE, WE HAD 31.

I HAD A MEETING WITH STAFF YESTERDAY AND THE MAYOR.

THEY SAID THERE WAS A PAPERWORK PROBLEM.

DOCUMENTATION IS EVERYTHING.

IF THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO THE PAPERWORK, HOW DO WE KNOW THE TREATMENT WAS DONE? THE PAPERWORK IS THE EASIEST PART.

THE SECOND THING I ASKED FOR WAS A COPY OF THE PAPERWORK SUBMITTED BY OUR THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR, MUNICIPAL MOSQUITO.

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I DID GET THAT REQUEST.

I DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IT.

I DO NOT FEEL A PUBLIC FORUM IS A PLACE TO DISCUSS THOSE.

I DISCUSSED IT WITH STAFF YESTERDAY.

IF COUNCIL WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE, I WILL BE AVAILABLE.

YOU CAN CALL ME.

I ALSO ASKED FOR A COPY OF THE PAPERWORK SUBMITTED BY MUNICIPAL MOSQUITO.

EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY.

NUMBER THREE. THE EXACT AMOUNT MONEY SPENT SO FAR ON ULV TRUCK MOUNTED APPLICATIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO AUGUST THE 8TH.

I WENT BACK AND I WATCHED THE VIDEO.

I READ THE I READ THE TRANSCRIPT.

THEY MATCHED UP PRETTY GOOD.

MAYOR COGAN, AFTER THE PRESENTATION, Y'ALL ASKED SOME QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING QUESTIONS.

I THANK EACH ONE OF YOU.

KNOWS I LIKE QUESTIONS.

MAYOR COGAN ASKED, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO COST US? TYLER SPENCE REPLIED, FROM WHAT I'VE CALCULATED, IT SHOULD BE ABOUT $56 PER APPLICATION PER SITE.

EACH SITE IS GOING TO BE A HALF A MILE RADIUS OF THE TESTING ZONE.

MAIER COGAN REPLIED, YEAH, I REALLY DON'T BECAUSE OF THAT.

BUT THAT BECAUSE OF THAT PRICE, I REALLY DON'T SEE AN ISSUE OF DOING THIS IN THE FUTURE.

COUNCILMAN FARKO DID ASK, ARE WE JUST DOING THE RIGHT OF WAYS IN THE HALF MILE RADIUS OF EACH TRAP? OKAY. BECAUSE YEAH.

56 I'M LIKE, LET'S DO IT.

I LATER HEARD COUNCILMAN STEVES SAY, THAT'S JUST THAT'S A NO BRAINER ON THAT PRICE.

BUT LIKE I SAY, I GOT A COPY OF THE INVOICES.

BETWEEN 810 AND 812, EIGHT APPLICATIONS WERE MADE ON FOUR DIFFERENT SITES IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD BY THE THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF $4,806.

THE CHEAPEST TREATMENT BILL FOR THE BRASHER SITE WAS $382.70.

THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONE WAS THE CIRCLE SITE, AND THAT WAS FOR $716.45.

A FEW DAYS LATER, ON 8/16, THE BROOKSIDE WAS TREATED AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME FOR $752.05.

THE WEEK PRIOR, THE COST WAS $648.70 AND $616.59.

THAT BRINGS US TO A GRAND TOTAL OF $5,508.05 FOR ONE WEEK'S WORK.

HOW MUCH MORE OF THIS IS GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE? HOW COME THERE'S SUCH A. THERE'S SUCH A VAST DIFFERENCE IN THE PRICES FOR BROOKSIDE.

WE'RE CHARGED BY MILES, DRIVEN NOT BY SIGHT.

WE HAD THAT MEETING YESTERDAY, AND I ASKED CITY CREWS WHY THE CITY DIDN'T MAKE ANY ADULTICIDE TREATMENTS IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS, AS STATED IN THE PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.

I WAS TOLD THAT THE CITY CANNOT MAKE ANY ADULTICIDE TREATMENTS BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH MUNICIPAL MOSQUITO.

THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO DO ANY SPRAYING.

IF WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT, THEN THE FULL PRICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN AND PRESENTED TO YOU.

EVIDENTLY WE'RE WORKING UNDER A DIFFERENT PLAN NOW.

I ASKED ABOUT THIS IN THE MEETING YESTERDAY, AND YES, THERE'S A NEW MOSQUITO PLAN.

IT'S AT TARRANT COUNTY RIGHT NOW TO BE APPROVED.

AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE BROUGHT TO YOU SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.

WEREN'T WE WEREN'T WE WORKING OFF THE PLAN WE HAVE NOW? IT'S A GOOD PLAN. I'VE LOOKED AT IT.

IT TO ME, IT'S A WORK OF ART.

I DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH EMERGENCY MEASURES.

I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR.

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THOSE COMMENTS I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING TO THIS ITEM VERY, VERY QUICKLY DURING THE PRESENTATIONS.

AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE JOTTED DOWN A FEW OF YOUR WITH WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP THAT I THINK WILL NEED EXPLAINING.

SO WE'LL GET TO THAT MOMENTARILY.

OKAY. MOVING ALONG AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS IS RIGHT NEXT.

[PRESENTATION]

SO I GIVE YOU ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST TYLER SPENCE.

AND BEFORE WE GET TYLER UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS, JUST TO ADDRESS SOME OF SOME OF THE ACCUSATIONS, I'D LIKE TO PUNT IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ANDREW ROY, REAL QUICK, JUST ABOUT THE PRICING OF THE DIFFERENT PRICING APPLICATIONS.

I KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH WE MENTIONED ABOUT THE PAPERWORK, AND I KNOW THAT THE PERSON THAT WAS DOING THAT PAPERWORK IS NO LONGER WITH US.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS WITH THAT? I REALLY I CAN'T TALK TO THE DETAIL OF THE INVOICES.

I, WE HAVE NOT ANALYZED THAT TO, TO THAT DEGREE.

YES. THERE WERE THERE WERE SOME I GUESS, INCOMPLETE REPORTING DONE.

AND AGAIN, THAT WAS NOT DONE UNDER OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT STAFF THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

IT'S SOMEONE THAT IS NO LONGER WITH US AND THAT HAS BEEN REMEDIED, SO.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S AND THAT'S WHY THOSE APPLICATIONS FOR JULY, JUNE, SO LET'S GO APRIL, MAY JUNE AND JULY WHERE IT SAYS ZERO APPLICATIONS.

APPLICATIONS WERE ABSOLUTELY DONE DURING THOSE PERIODS.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

SO I'LL LET TYLER I THINK HE'S GOING TO FILL IN SOME OF THOSE GAPS FOR YOU THAT I JUST CAN'T ANSWER ON THE LEVEL OF DETAIL.

OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT TYLER. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. YOUR SHOW NOW.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO LIKE YOU SAID, I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON OUR MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT UPDATE.

AS OF SEPTEMBER 4TH.

THIS IS WHAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S ALMOST A 50% INCREASE IN MOSQUITO POSITIVES COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

WE ARE SEEING A VERY UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE IN WEST NILE VIRUS IN THIS AREA, WHICH IS TO BE RELATED TO OUR EFFORTS THAT LED US TO SPRAYING ADULTICIDE IN THE AREA THIS YEAR.

A TOTAL OF 42 HUMAN CASES.

SO WE ARE SEEING AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF WEST NILE IN COMPARISON TO BEDFORD OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE TREND LINE IS VERY SIMILAR.

OUR MOSQUITO EFFORTS HAVE MATCHED THE REST OF THE COUNTY VERY CLOSELY FROM 2017 TO THE PRESENT.

AND YOU CAN ALSO NOTICE THAT 2024, THAT TREND LINE, IS GOING MUCH HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'VE HISTORICALLY SEEN IN THE PAST.

CAN YOU GO BACK THERE FOR A LITTLE? I DO WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW OF THOSE, SINCE I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT CURVE IS STILL THERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND OVER THE LAST BACK UNTIL 2017, YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTY NUMBERS.

THEIR LARGEST ONE IS THIS YEAR WITH 654 CASES CORRESPONDING WITH BEDFORD, WITH OUR LARGEST CASE NUMBER AS WELL.

TRACKING AT 13.

CORRECT. FOR THAT YOU GO TO THEIR LOWEST AMOUNT IN TARRANT COUNTY, WHICH IS 2019.

AS A COUNTYWIDE THEY ONLY HAD 13 CASES.

AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD ZERO.

YES, SIR. SO REALLY THE ONLY ONE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE WERE, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATCH UP IS PROBABLY 2020.

AND ACTUALLY IN OUR FAVOR, WE HAVE LESS WAY LESS THAN WHAT THE COUNTY DID.

AND OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THEN MORE PEOPLE WERE INSIDE.

AND AT LEAST I THINK IN BEDFORD THEY WERE DURING, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

SO, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS DATA, I'M LOOKING AT THE TREND LINES.

OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S MORE MOSQUITOES IN THE COUNTY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CASES HERE IN BEDFORD JUST AS A RESULT.

AND ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT TO EVERYBODY AS WELL, IS THAT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A BEDFORD MOSQUITO.

THEY DON'T HAVE ZIP CODES.

IF WE'RE NOT DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN AND OTHER OR NEIGHBORING CITIES DON'T DO WHAT THEY CAN, IT INVERSELY AFFECTS EVERYBODY.

AND EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN PLACE.

AND SO.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE WE ALL KNOW WHERE WE LIVE.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE METROPLEX SURROUNDED BY MANY DIFFERENT CITIES.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IF A CITY IS NOT DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, IT HAS SPILLOVER EFFECT ON OUR ACCOUNT TOO.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A BEDFORD PROBLEM.

THIS IS A REGIONAL NORTH TEXAS PROBLEM THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT GRAPH POINTS THAT OUT.

YES, SIR. YEAH. I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER.

WE ARE TRYING TO FIGHT MOTHER NATURE HERE, AND WE ARE TRYING TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY IN OUR EFFORTS.

AND THIS IS PERFECTLY SAYING THAT WE WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER.

SO IF YOU WANT TO BREAK IT DOWN BY BY CITY AND THE CITIES IN THE COUNTY WE ARE ACTUALLY WELL BEHIND OUR SISTER CITIES OF

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YES. EULESS IS THAT'S NUMBER FIVE RIGHT THERE.

SO, WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING MUCH LESS POSITIVES THAN, THAN OUR CITIES SURROUNDING CITIES.

SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE IN THAT RETROSPECT.

SO AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE WE HAVE DONE REVISIONS TO THE MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT PLAN.

IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED, OF COURSE.

WE HAVE SENT IT OVER TO THE COUNTY FOR ANY KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS THEY MIGHT PROVIDE TO US.

WE'RE WAITING ON THOSE TO COME BACK.

AND WHEN WE DO HAVE THOSE, WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

AND YEAH, COUNCILMEMBER FARCO AND I'M LOOKING AT YOUR DATA.

DOES THE FACT THAT THIS PAST YEAR, THE TWO YEARS PRIOR, 20 AND 21, WE HAD THOSE ICE STORMS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AS BAD A WINTER THIS YEAR WITH THE, WITH THE ICE, BUT WE ALSO HAD RAIN.

RAINFALL TOTALS ARE A LOT WORSE THIS YEAR.

THAT HAS A DIRECT EFFECT, OF COURSE, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE.

YES. SO GENERALLY IF YOU NOTICE, THERE'S MAYBE A 3 OR 4 YEAR INCREMENTS AND THEY COME IN WAVES, MUCH WITH THE WEATHER PATTERNS.

SO AS WE SEE DIPS IN OUR HIGHS AND LOWS FOR, FOR WEATHER, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT WITH OUR MOSQUITO POPULATIONS AS WELL. TYLER, CAN I JUST JUMP IN REAL QUICK? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT WE ARE MAKING EDITS TO THE MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT PLAN, BUT JUST FOR EVERYONE'S, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING, WE ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING 100% UNDER THAT PLAN AS IT IS WRITTEN TODAY.

AND WE ARE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES WITHIN THAT PLAN AND THE POLICIES OF THAT PLAN.

SO WHILE WE ARE PROPOSING CHANGES, WE ARE NOT OPERATING UNDER THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES AT THIS TIME.

WE ARE OPERATING WHAT'S IN PLACE IN THAT PLAN TODAY? YES, WE ARE STRICTLY UNDER THE CURRENT 2022 PLAN.

OKAY. THANK YOU. TYLER.

SO A FURTHER COMPARISON OF OUR SISTER CITIES.

FROM EACH CITY'S WEBSITE, I WAS ABLE TO EXTRAPOLATE THIS INFORMATION.

SO HURST CURRENTLY HAS FOUR STATIC TRAPS STATIC, MEANING THEY ARE CONSISTENTLY IN ONE PLACE AND ONE ROAMING TRAP, WHICH MEANS THEY MOVE THAT AROUND FOR POSSIBLY INVESTIGATIONS OR JUST GETTING OTHER LITTLE DATA POINTS HERE AND THERE.

THEY PROMOTE EDUCATION PREVENTION AS THE CENTER OF THEIR PLANS.

THEY PRIMARILY RELY ON LARVICIDE.

THEY SPRAY ADULTICIDE IN RESPONSE TO EACH MOSQUITO POSITIVE.

AND THEIR SPRAY RADIUS FOR POSITIVES IS ONE QUARTER MILE.

EULESS HAS NINE STATIC TRAPS.

THEY PROMOTE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION AS THE CORE OF THEIR PLAN.

THEY USE GAMBUSIA, MINNOWS AND LARVICIDE THEY SPRAY ADULTICIDE FOR ONE NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO A POSITIVE AND IF A SECOND CONSECUTIVE SAMPLE IS RECEIVED, THEY SPRAY FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS, AS OPPOSED TO OUR CURRENT PLAN WHERE WE HAVE FOUR STATIC TRAPS.

WE ALSO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION, PRIMARILY RELY ON LARVICIDE AND SPRAY ADULTICIDE.

WHEN MULTIPLE TRAPS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY HAVING A SAMPLE POSITIVE OR ONE TRAP HAS BEEN POSITIVE FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE WEEKS.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE STATIC TRAPS IN GENERAL? SO WHY DO WE CHOOSE THE CERTAIN LOCATIONS AS COMPARED TO OTHERS LIKE YOU'VE GOT NINE? I MEAN, YES, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER CITY, BUT WHY DO WE ONLY HAVE FOUR? SO FOUR, I WOULD ASSUME HISTORICALLY THEY WOULD BE PLACED IN PLACES THAT WE ASSUME ARE MOSQUITO HAVENS. SO THESE AREAS ARE GOING TO BE EITHER MORE DENSE WITH PEOPLE OR HAVE A REASON TO ATTRACT MORE MOSQUITOES.

SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE BETTER DATA POINTS TO SHOW THE PREVALENCE OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN OUR CITY AS OPPOSED TO EULESS HAVING NINE STATIC TRAPS. I NOTICED THAT THEY SECTIONED THEIR CITY OFF INTO QUADRANTS.

SO TO THEM, THEIR APPROACH IS SO THEY CAN GET A MORE STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF THE WEST NILE PREVALENCE IN THEIR CITY.

LET'S SEE. I MEAN, YEAH, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT THAT THAT SEEMS THAT SEEMS FAIR TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRAPS THAT WAY.

YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT'S AT WITHIN YOUR CITY.

YES. I KNOW, I KNOW, JUST FROM BEING UP HERE AND KNOWING THIS, WE'VE BEEN DOING THE FOUR STATIC TRAPS WITHIN THE CITY FOR AND THEIR GENERAL LOCATIONS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

YES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE WAY, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I PUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR ITEM 19.

WE'RE DOING IT NOW, WHICH IS FINE.

BUT I ALWAYS LOOKED AT IT THIS WAY, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW WHAT, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN ANALYZE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND FIND WAYS TO DO IT BETTER?

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YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE METHODS AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE NO, NO GOVERNMENT, NO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NOBODY DOES EVERYTHING PERFECTLY, EVER. YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE STRIVING TO DO BETTER.

AND SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AHEAD AT THE, YOU KNOW, IS FOR STATIC, STATIC TRAPS ENOUGH.

DO WE SEE OURSELVES ADDING A FEW MORE TO SECTION OFF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY TO GET THOSE DATA POINTS? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT UP WITH THE COUNTY.

I'VE PROPOSED NEARLY DOUBLING THE TRAPS JUST FOR THOSE DATA POINTS BECAUSE IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, THE APPROACH OF HAVING MORE STATISTICAL DATA IS BETTER FOR US TO OPERATE OFF OF, KIND OF GO IN WITH THAT SAME APPROACH THAT EULESS HAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THOSE ONES.

IS THERE A REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE A ROAMING TRAP? THE ROAMING TRAP WAS ACTUALLY DISCOURAGED BY THE COUNTY.

OKAY. ONLY BECAUSE THAT OVER TIME THE STATISTICAL DATA IS GOING TO BE FROM DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE CITY, AND WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONSISTENT RECORD.

YEAH, THE CONSISTENCY IS NOT GOOD FOR PLANNING.

GOTCHA. SO, SO HAVING MORE OF THOSE STATIC TRAPS GOING FORWARD TO SECTION OFF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT NEGATES THE NEED FOR HAVING THAT ROAMING.

RIGHT. ROAMING ONE. OKAY.

GOT IT. MOVING ON, SO WHAT DOES BEDFORD CURRENTLY DO? SO, WE FOLLOW INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, INTEGRATED MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS PROMOTED BY THE CDC.

BOTH OF THESE TABLES HERE SHOW IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF A PROGRAM.

SO THE ONE ON THE LEFT SHOWS EDUCATION, SURVEILLANCE, THE STUDY OF MOSQUITOES, REMOVING STANDING WATER, KILLING ADULT MOSQUITOES, LARVICIDING AND RESPONSE.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE NEED EQUALLY WITHIN A PROGRAM.

THEY ALL HAVE THEIR TIMES AND PLACES, AND WE CANNOT BE IGNORING ONE OVER THE OTHER, WHICH IS WHY WE HAD THE WHOLE CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS YEAR ABOUT IMPLEMENTING OUR ADULTICIDE APPLICATIONS.

WHENEVER WE DO HAVE THESE INSTANCES OF INCREASED WEST NILE VIRUS, WE MUST HAVE THAT TOOL IN OUR POCKET TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT TO TO PROTECT THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SO MOSQUITO CONTROL DURING AN OUTBREAK, WHICH IS WHAT WE GENERALLY HAD THIS YEAR, IS AN OUTBREAK.

WE USE PROC TO KILL MOSQUITOES, PREVENT MOSQUITOES FROM LAYING EGGS.

AND WE USE LARVICIDES TO STOP YOUNG MOSQUITOES.

SO THE PROCS THAT WE USE TO KILL MOSQUITOES ARE, OF COURSE, THE ADULTICIDES.

WE SPRAY THOSE, WE KILL THE ADULTS.

WE PREVENT ANY MORE FROM BEING ANY MORE EGGS FROM BEING LAID.

SO WE GET RID OF STANDING WATER ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY.

AND WE USE LARVICIDE ON WATER THAT WE CAN'T GET RID OF.

SO IF WE CAN'T GET RID OF THIS WATER WITHIN AA7 DAY PERIOD, WHICH IS GENERALLY THE INCUBATION PERIOD FOR LARVAL MOSQUITOES, THEN WE JUST TREAT IT AND WE PLAN ON STEPS WE CAN TAKE IN THE FUTURE TO ELIMINATE THE STANDING WATER.

AND HOW HOW SOON DO WE START LARVICIDING IN THE WITHIN A CALENDAR YEAR? WE START IN APRIL.

OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT'S I THINK THEY STARTED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

ACTUALLY, WE STARTED IN BACK IN FEBRUARY, ACTUALLY.

FEBRUARY. THE SEASON STARTS IN APRIL.

YES. YEAH. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE SOONER THAT YOU CAN GET, GET THESE MOSQUITOES AND GET THE GET THEM AND GET IT CONTROLLED EARLIER, THE LESS YOU KNOW DOWN THE ROAD, YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES.

SO OF COURSE MOSQUITOES IN TEXAS ARE GENERALLY A PROBLEM ALL YEAR LONG.

THE PROGRAM WITH THE COUNTY GOES FROM APRIL TO NOVEMBER.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO IN OUR NEW PLAN IS CONTINUE LARVICIDE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

YES. SO, WE CAN AVOID ANY KIND OF UPTICKS IN MOSQUITO POPULATION IN THE OFF SEASON.

GOTCHA. GOTCHA. PERFECT.

SO, LICENSING, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR STAFFING.

WE HAVE CURRENTLY FIVE STAFF LICENSED WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

SO, THESE LICENSE I'M ALSO CURRENTLY LICENSED ARE FOR PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS.

SO THEY ARE STAFF WHO CAN PUT OUT PESTICIDES AND WHO CAN OVERSEE OTHERS WHO ARE PUTTING OUT PESTICIDES.

SO I PERSONALLY DO NOT HAVE TO BE OUT THERE WITH OUR FIELD STAFF.

WE HAVE MANY OF OUR CREW LEADERS WHO ARE OVERSEEING FOR PROPER APPLICATION OF THESE, OF THESE PESTICIDES IN THE FIELD.

UNLICENSED STAFF? YES. SO THERE ARE NO UNLICENSED STAFF BEING OUT HERE BY THEMSELVES.

PUTTING OUT ANY KIND OF PESTICIDE APPLICATION.

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THE NEXT DAY, THE NEXT MORNING, THOSE SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED AND BROUGHT TO TARRANT COUNTY EVERY TIME.

WE DO NOT LEAVE OUT ANY OF THE TRAPS, AND THE RESULTS ARE PROCESSED BY THE COUNTY, AND THEY'RE ALSO SENT TO A LAB AFTER.

AND WHERE? THAT IS WHERE THEY TEST FOR WEST NILE VIRUS.

THAT RESULT IS SENT IN AN EXCEL FILE TO THE CITY.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

IF YOU NOTICE, THERE'S THREE NEGATIVE LINES, RIGHT? AND THEN THERE'S ONE THAT'S BLANK AT THE BOTTOM.

THAT MEANS THAT TWO THINGS, EITHER THE TRAP DID NOT TRAP ANY MOSQUITOES, WHICH IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE, OR THE TARGETED VECTOR WAS NOT COLLECTED IN THAT TRAP.

[INAUDIBLE] A VECTOR IS A TARGET ANIMAL, A TARGET SPECIES THAT IS GOING TO BE TRANSMITTING A DISEASE.

SO, IN OUR PROGRAM IT'S THE MOSQUITO.

SO WE ONLY ARE LOOKING FOR CULEX SPECIES FEMALE MOSQUITOES.

SO IF WE GOT ONLY MALES WE CAN'T SAMPLE THOSE.

OR IF WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SPECIES.

YEAH. IF WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SPECIES THOSE WON'T WORK EITHER.

SO THAT IS TO EXPLAIN THAT BLANK THERE.

AND IT DOES TO THE, TO THE EVERY MAN NOT SEEM THAT WE ARE WE ARE PICKING UP THAT THAT SINGLE TRAP.

AND THAT HAS HAPPENED FREQUENTLY THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

SO THERE ARE SEVERAL TRAPS THAT HAVE AT SOME POINT OR THE OTHER NOT BROUGHT ANY KIND OF RESULT.

SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE DATA FROM THE COUNTY AND LIKE THEIR DASHBOARD AND I LOOK AT DIFFERENT STATIONS IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD, AND I SEE THESE GAPS WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING FOR WEEKS ON END.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S.

YES. THAT'S THE EXPLANATION AS TO WHY I'M NOT SEEING A NEGATIVE RESULT OR A POSITIVE RESULT.

BECAUSE, YES, THERE EITHER WASN'T MOSQUITOES IN THERE OR WASN'T THE SPECIFIC FEMALE MOSQUITO THAT WE WERE TARGETING.

YES. THAT'S CORRECT. SO, THEY ARE ONLY PUTTING NEGATIVE AND POSITIVES.

IF THERE'S NO SAMPLE TO BE HAD THEN IT'S NULL EITHER.

SO. SO, I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE NO POSITIVE SAMPLES OR NOT BEING IN A MOSQUITO MONITORING AREA DOES NOT MEAN YOU'RE SAFE FROM WEST NILE VIRUS.

AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER.

WEST NILE VIRUS IS A COUNTY WIDE ISSUE, AND IT WILL CONSISTENTLY BE A COUNTY WIDE ISSUE FROM NOW UNTIL WHENEVER MOSQUITOES GO AWAY, WHICH IS NEVER.

AND THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DISEASE IS TO PREVENT BITES.

AND THERE ARE FOUR WAYS TO DO THAT.

USING DEET AS AN INGREDIENT IN YOUR MOSQUITO BUG SPRAY, AVOIDING DUSK AND DAWN, DRAINING STANDING WATER AND DRESSING IN BRIGHT COLORED COVER GREAT, EXCUSE ME.

BRIGHT COLORED CLOTHING THAT COVERS YOUR ARMS AND YOUR LEGS.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO AVOID MOSQUITOES AT ALL COSTS.

SO YOU DON'T GET BIT.

AND SO THE FIRST, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST, THE FIRST ONE IS, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALLY YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR OWN PRECAUTIONS, OF COURSE.

RIGHT. IN ANY PUBLIC HEALTH SITUATION, IT ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, IT FALLS ON IT STARTS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AND YOU KNOW, TO MONITOR WHAT THEY CAN DO AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GO FORWARD FROM THERE. RIGHT.

AND THIS, ACCORDING TO THE CDC, THAT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY OF AVOIDING WEST NILE VIRUS, AVOIDING THE BITE ALTOGETHER.

GOTCHA. SO OUR CONTROL MEASURES.

OUR PRIMARY CONTROL MEASURE IS GOING TO BE SOURCE REDUCTION.

SO REGRADING DRAINAGE CHANNELS, ELIMINATING STANDING WATER ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

WE ARE TRYING TO GET RID OF WATER SO THEY CAN'T BREED.

THE LESS MOSQUITOES WE HAVE, THE BETTER.

SO, IF WE CAN STOP THEM FROM EVEN BECOMING ABLE TO BITE US, THEN THAT'S BETTER FOR US.

LARVICIDING. SO ANY STANDING WATER THAT WE HAVE AND WE CAN'T GET RID OF IMMEDIATELY, WE'RE GOING TO BE TREATING THAT WATER AND MAKING PLANS TO LATER REGRADE AND GET RID OF ANY KIND OF THAT STANDING WATER.

SO RESERVE FOR AREAS WHERE STANDING WATER CAN'T BE IMMEDIATELY DRAINED, ROUTINELY APPLIED WITH NO POSITIVE SAMPLES, AND APPLIED IN RESPONSE TO A MOSQUITO POSITIVE SAMPLE.

SO WHENEVER WE GET POSITIVES, WE DO LARVICIDE THAT AREA WITHIN THE QUARTER MILE RADIUS.

AND THEN ADULTICIDE APPLICATIONS.

SO WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS AND WE REACH THAT THRESHOLD OF WEST NILE VIRUS BECOMING MORE PREVALENT IN OUR AREA, WE DO IMPLEMENT OUR ADULTICIDE APPLICATIONS.

IN THIS CHART. YOU CAN SEE IN APRIL THE QUANTITY TESTED OF MOSQUITOES.

THAT'S THE POPULATION OF MOSQUITOES WAS CLOSE TO THE 500 MARK JUNE, WHICH IS WHEN WE STARTED DOING A OUR MORE APPLICATIONS.

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AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED DOING ADULTICIDE APPLICATIONS.

AND THE WHOLE POPULATION KIND OF FELL OFF AFTER THERE.

WE DID LAST WEEK RECEIVE OUR FIRST WEEK OF NO POSITIVE WHATSOEVER, WHICH THANK GOODNESS WE WERE HAVING CONSECUTIVE WEEKS SINCE JULY OF CONSTANT POSITIVE MOSQUITOES.

SO I CAN SAY WITH A FULL CHEST THAT THAT WE ARE WE ARE DOING THINGS THAT ARE IMPROVING THE SITUATION HERE IN BEDFORD.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

SO WE LARVICIDE, BUT WE DON'T ADULTICIDE.

WHAT ARE THE WHAT DOES CITY STAFF DO? SO REGARDLESS IF WE HAVE A POSITIVE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE LARVICIDING THE SAME.

SO WHENEVER WE HAVE WEST NILE POSITIVES IN SEVERAL OF THE TRAP SITES.

SO MULTIPLE IT'S WORDED MULTIPLE IN THE PLAN.

MY QUESTION WASN'T THE PROTOCOL, MY QUESTION WAS WHO DOES IT? SO CITY STAFF.

YES. CITY STAFF DOES BOTH? DOES THE LARVICIDE ONLY.

CAN WE ADULTICIDE? I MEAN, IF MOSQUITOES AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE, RIGHT? IF WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE DO IT, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT MOST OF THE YEAR, WOULD IT BE AN INVESTMENT TO DO OUR OWN ADULTICIDE ESPECIALLY AND LIKE YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE INVOICES, BUT IF INVOICES ARE 5K.

YEAH. THEN LIKE IS IT THAT MUCH DIFFERENT TO DO ADULTICIDE.

I WOULD HAVE TO DO THE RESEARCH.

I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE DID DO ADULTICIDING ON A SMALLER SCALE, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER WITH THE FOGGER BY THE CREEKS.

I DON'T FIND THAT AS EFFECTIVE.

I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A PUSHING THE PROBLEM AWAY KIND OF SITUATION.

SO I HATE TO CUT YOU OFF.

THE QUESTION IS, SO CAN WE WHATEVER WE'RE PAYING OTHER PEOPLE TO DO, RIGHT? WHATEVER STRATEGIES THEY'RE USING, CAN WE EXECUTE THE SAME STRATEGIES WITHIN HOUSE? YES. WE COULD.

I WANT TO DO A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS TO SEE IF IT'S GOING TO COST US MORE TO DO IT AND TAKE AWAY FROM STAFF TIME WHEN WE'RE DOING OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE LIMITED AMOUNT OF RESOURCES FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DO, WHICH IS CLEANING THE DRAINAGE OUT THERE, GETTING THE WATER TO FLOW.

THAT'S STUFF THAT WE WOULDN'T CONTRACT OUT UNLESS IT'S A CAPITAL PROJECT.

SO THAT WOULD KEEP OUR STAFF BUSY, BUT GETTING THE EQUIPMENT WOULD BE EASY ENOUGH.

WE ALREADY HAVE BACKPACKS, BUT YOU CAN'T COVER GROUND LIKE YOU NEED TO WITH THE BACKPACKS THAT ARE ON THE ON YOUR BACK.

SO WE HAVEN'T CONDUCTED A CBA OF THAT YET.

AND WE WOULD DO THAT.

AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE BEST SOLUTION IS FOR BEDFORD.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AND MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB, AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'RE DOING, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

ARE WE GETTING THE MESSAGES OUT TO OUR CITIZENS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, AND THEN THE OTHER.

MY QUESTION IS TO.

AND ANDREA IS GOING TO KILL ME ABOUT THIS, BUT WE HAVE HABITUAL POOLS THAT ARE NOT THAT, THAT WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE POOLS THAT ARE NOT BEING USED.

THEY'RE FILLING UP, FILLING UP.

EVERY YEAR THEY CREATE THESE MOSQUITO PITS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

IS CODE KIND OF LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THOSE ON THOSE ISSUES TO HELP THAT SITUATION BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE I KNOW ONE THAT WE GOT ALL EVERY YEAR.

BUT I IF WE'RE NOT DOING A OUR JOB TO HELP OUR CITIZENS HELP FIX THE PROBLEM, IT JUST IS A PROBLEM THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXIST AS WE'RE RELATIVELY NEW STAFF SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OR, OR CODE FORWARDING US THOSE ISSUES YET, BUT WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND MAKE SURE WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE SO WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE.

I CAN SAY I HAVE WORKED WITH CODE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND WE'VE DONE SEVERAL POOLS.

SO, SO CODE IS WELL AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH US AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO REMEDIATE THEIR POOLS.

SOME, SOME OF THEM ARE ONGOING ISSUES, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND WE MIGHT CONSIDER WHAT ACTIONS WE WOULD TAKE IN ADDITION TO WHAT CODE HAS TO DO AT THE MOMENT.

SO THE PROCESS REALLY SEEMS TO BE WORKING PRETTY WELL.

I THINK THE EDUCATION PROCESS OF GETTING THE WORD OUT.

I HAVE RECEIVED MORE CALLS ABOUT THAT LATELY THAN I TYPICALLY DO BECAUSE RESIDENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, AWARE OF IT NOW.

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HOWEVER, I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE IS STAGNANT WATER WITHIN THIS POOL.

AND SO CODE IS CONSTANTLY ADDRESSING THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE WORKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO GET AN INSTANCES WHERE WE'VE GOT A COMPLIANCE ISSUE AND WE CANNOT GET RESULTS.

WE HAVE DONE SOME SPRAYING OF A PROTECTIVE COATING OVER THE WATER.

WE HAVE DONE MOSQUITO DUNKS WITHIN THE POOL AGAIN TO, TO KIND OF BUY US TIME TO GET THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL PROCESS OF ENFORCEMENT OF THAT.

SO IT DOES I WILL SAY IT DOES APPEAR TO BE WORKING.

I'VE HEARD MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR THAN I HAVE PREVIOUSLY, WHERE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE AND CALLING IN ON THOSE POOLS.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS AND NOTHING AGAINST ANYBODY, BUT IT ALWAYS GOES BACK ON WHAT ARE WE DOING AND WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE AS A CITY OR AS STAFF, AND WE'VE GOT INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DON'T HELP THE SITUATION, AND THEY ADD TO THE PROBLEM AND THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR JOB EITHER. SO IT'S A IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS THAT WE'VE GOT TO LET OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND TO HELP US AND TO GET THAT STUFF OUT AND TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE ISSUES.

SO, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I THINK IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU DID TALK ABOUT THERE'S WAVES LIKE WEATHER WAVES.

SO I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE RESEARCH, KNOWING WHAT CONDITIONS ARE WHEN WE COME UPON THE SPRING AND THE SUMMER THAT WILL CREATE RIPE ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUTBREAKS.

SO IS THERE A WAY WE CAN JUST STUDY THOSE CONDITIONS, LIKE WE WENT INTO THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE AN EXPLOSION OF CASES, AND SO DO WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT CONDITIONS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF MOISTURE OR THINGS GOING INTO A PARTICULAR SEASON WHERE WE KNOW OUTBREAKS WILL BE MORE SEVERE THAN OTHER YEARS.

YOU CAN KIND OF GUESS.

WEATHER IS UNPREDICTABLE AT TIMES.

BUT YES, I COULD SAY THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR WE HAD SEVERAL HURRICANES IN THE GULF COAST.

THE RAINS THAT BROUGHT THAT ALL THAT MOISTURE UP HERE WERE DEFINITELY IN CONTRIBUTION TO OUR, OUR HIGHER MOSQUITO COUNTS IN WEST NILE VIRUS.

SO, YES, WE CAN PREDICT THAT.

WE CAN TRY TO TAKE MEASURES TO, TO ALLEVIATE THE MOSQUITO POPULATIONS THAT WOULD COME AS A RESULT.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A SOUND SCIENCE.

IT HAS TO BE A ACCORDING TO THE PLAN.

IF WE DO ADDITIONAL MOSQUITO, MOSQUITO LARVICIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S USUALLY IN RESPONSE TO OUR, TO OUR POSITIVES.

OKAY. IN ADDITION TO OUR ROUTINE.

SO MAYBE IN, IN OUR NEW PLAN, WE COULD TRY TO PUT PROVISIONS FOR WEATHER AS WELL.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS I, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT WE'RE GETTING A NEW PLAN APPROVED SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY.

WHAT DIFFERENCES IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T NEED A DETAIL, BUT JUST LIKE HIGH LEVEL DIFFERENCES FROM OUR CURRENT PLAN TO THE PLAN, WE'RE TRYING TO GET APPROVED.

SO, I THINK THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THE ADDITION OF THE ADDITIONAL OF THE OF THE STATIC TRAPS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING POSSIBLY FOUR STATIC TRAPS.

I'M TRYING TO FOCUS ON PLACING THEM AT NOT ONLY KEY POINTS IN THE CITY TO GET A BETTER REPRESENTATION OF OUR OF OUR OF OUR POPULATION POINTS, BUT ALSO ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY IN NEUTRAL AREAS WHERE WE OWN THE AREA AND WE'RE NOT ENCROACHING ON, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S TO BE ANNOUNCED, BUT I'VE ALSO MADE IT TO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY RECEIVE APPROVAL FOR, FOR THE MOSQUITO APPLICATION, SO WE CAN NOT SO WE CAN AVOID THE, THE ISSUE WE HAD EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH HAVING TO WAIT 2 OR 3 WEEKS WHEN WE'RE HAVING A HUGE EXPLOSION IN WEST NILE VIRUS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ONE LAST QUESTION FROM ME.

SO OBVIOUSLY OUR PLAN GOES THROUGH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY APPROVAL PROCESSES THROUGH TARRANT COUNTY.

WHAT OTHER OVERSIGHT IS THERE THAT WE THAT THAT THE CITY HAS TO GO THROUGH.

THERE'S AUDITING THAT GOES ON.

YES. SO WE ARE AUDITED BY TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ONCE A YEAR.

THEY LOOK THROUGH ALL OF OUR PESTICIDE APPLICATION RECORDS, MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR, OUR LICENSED APPLICATORS ARE UP TO DATE ON THEIR CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE AWARE OF ALL THE NEW REGULATIONS AND METHODS OF MOSQUITO CONTROL.

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VERY GOOD. SO SO THERE'S OVERSIGHT IN HERE WITH THE PROGRAM, NOT ONLY FROM THE COUNTY LEVEL, BUT OBVIOUSLY NATIONALLY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND WE'RE ALSO GETTING AUDITED BY THE STATE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN RIGHT AND DOING IT RIGHT AND DOING IT RIGHT.

MORE, MORE OR LESS. OKAY.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THAT AVAILABLE SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST DOING SOMETHING AND THERE'S NO OVERSIGHT AS TO WHAT WE DO NOT OPERATE IN A SILO. WE ARE VERY MUCH REGULATED AND WE'RE VERY MUCH WORKING WITH NOT ONLY THE COUNTY BUT ALSO OUR SISTER CITIES TO TO CONTROL THIS SITUATION. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. I APPRECIATE IT.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

SO THE ADULTICIDE THAT YOU SPRAY, IS IT HARMFUL TO HUMANS OR DOES IT RUIN BENEFICIAL INSECTS? ALSO, DOES IT KILL EVERYTHING? IS IT SORT OF LIKE AN AGENT? ORANGE? ORANGE FOR INSECTS? I WOULDN'T DESCRIBE IT AS THAT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S IT'S LARGELY A MISCONCEPTION BECAUSE WHENEVER THEY DO THE APPLICATION, THE METHOD IN WHICH IT'S DISTRIBUTED AND THE AMOUNT THAT'S DISTRIBUTED IS VERY LITTLE.

SO THEY USE MAYBE A 0.05MG OR SOMETHING PER, PER GALLON OF WATER.

I WOULD HAVE TO VERIFY THAT THAT, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY MINIMAL AMOUNT OF INSECTICIDE IN THE APPLICATION, AND THE DROPLETS ARE MICROSCOPIC AND DESIGNED TO ONLY GO IN THE APPLICATION AREA IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO LARGELY PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND STUFF FOR THE KIDS PETS ARE GOING TO BE UNAFFECTED AS LONG AS THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF THAT ZONE.

IN ADDITION WE ONLY USUALLY SEE ANYBODY WHO ACTUALLY HAS ANY KIND OF REACTION TO IT IS USUALLY SOMEONE THAT MIGHT HAVE A RESPIRATORY ISSUE OR AN UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE ISSUE THAT THAT ALERT BEFORE WE DO THE SPRAYING 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO LET ANYBODY KNOW WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS TO TRY TO AVOID BEING OUTSIDE DURING THE APPLICATION PERIOD.

BUT IT DOES IT DOES AFFECT ALL FLYING INSECTS.

IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BUT IN ADDITION TO THE THINGS I LISTED BEFORE THE TIME OF DAY. SO THEY ONLY DO THE APPLICATION BETWEEN 12 A.M.

AND 5 A.M..

THAT'S GENERALLY WHEN BENEFICIAL INSECTS, SUCH AS BUTTERFLIES ARE RESTING IN TREES AND SHRUBS AND OTHER THINGS.

AND THIS IS WHEN MOSQUITOES ARE OUT AND ABOUT AND LOOKING FOR A BLOOD MEAL.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO WHICH IS, WHICH IS A, WHICH IS A TECHNICAL TERM I ASSURE YOU, A WAY TO PUT IT.

BUT THAT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET THE TIMES AND PLACES THESE, THESE MOSQUITOES ARE GOING TO BE AND WHEN OTHER THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO BE AS ACTIVE.

DOES IT HAVE LONGEVITY? I MEAN, SO, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD THE BEATS AND EATS DO IF WE WOULD HAVE SPRAYED THAT PARK WOULD HAVE HAD LIKE SOME LASTING EFFECTS SO THAT NOBODY AT THE BEATS AND EATS WOULD HAVE MAYBE BEEN AFFECTED BY WEST NILE, ACCORDING TO CDC.

THE IT WAS PERMETHRIN THAT WAS USED.

IT ACTUALLY COOKS OFF WITHIN SUNLIGHT, SO IT SHOULD BE OFF OF ALL SURFACES WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF THE APPLICATION.

OKAY. OKAY.

AND LET'S SEE.

WHEN A HUMAN CASE IS REPORTED.

DO YOU.

DOES THE CITY GET NOTIFICATION? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? IF A HUMAN CASE IS REPORTED, LIKE IF I GOT WEST NILE, DO YOU KNOW THAT I, THAT I HAVE IT? IS IT REPORTED FROM THE MEDICAL? TO A POINT SO THAT THE TARRANT COUNTY IS LIMITED BY HIPAA LAWS.

SO THEY DO NOTIFY US OF WHEN WE HAVE A RESIDENT THAT HAS WEST NILE VIRUS.

THEY CAN GIVE THEY GAVE US AS MUCH AS A AS A CITY BLOCK.

OKAY. SO BUT AGAIN THAT'S JUST THE RESIDENTS.

I MEAN, THEY COULD HAVE CONTRACTED IT IN DALLAS AND BROUGHT IT HOME.

YEAH. AND THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE CATCH 22 WITH KNOWING THAT INFORMATION.

AND SO WHEN YOU PUT 13 CASES THAT'S WEST NILE FOUND IN THE TRAPS.

IT'S NOT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN BEDFORD THAT CURRENTLY CARRIES WEST NILE.

13 WOULD BE VERY HIGH.

HIGH. SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CASES OF WEST.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE THAT I KNOW OF.

THAT'S HOW MANY THAT WAS COMMUNICATED TO US FROM THE COUNTY.

SO WELL AWARE OF THOSE.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE GET THAT INFORMATION JUST TO GET AN IDEA, IN ADDITION TO OUR SAMPLING OF THE PREVALENCE OF WEST NILE IN THE CITY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO LOOKING AHEAD.

SO FIRST OFF, THANK YOU ALL FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY IS DOING.

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AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO DO BETTER.

SO THE WAY I, FROM WHAT I'VE GATHERED FROM THIS INFORMATION FOR WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO US, WE WILL BE SEEING IN THE NEAR FUTURE THE MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AFTER IT GETS BLESSED BY TARRANT COUNTY TO COME BEFORE US SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME FINAL EDITS AND THEN AND THEN HOPEFULLY APPROVE IT.

LOOKING AHEAD, ALSO FROM OUR CONVERSATION HERE, I ALSO FOUND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR THE CITY TO DO ADULTICIDING, THE COST ANALYSIS, AND THEN BRING THAT BACK WITH US TO SEE IF WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT.

MY OWN PERSONAL REQUEST WOULD BE TO HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE OF THIS PROGRAM IN FEBRUARY, THE SECOND MEETING OF FEBRUARY, IF WE CAN PUT THAT ON, ON THE CALENDAR.

THAT WAY, THAT WAY, RIGHT BEFORE THE SEASON REALLY STARTS KICKING OFF, WE'LL GET TO KNOW WHETHER WE HAD A GOOD FREEZE OR NOT IN FEBRUARY.

OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT MARCH AND APRIL WILL BRING WHEN IT COMES TO RAIN, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, THAT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS, EDUCATE COUNCIL AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR AND IMPLEMENTING THIS NEW PLAN THAT WE'RE PUTTING GOING AHEAD AND DOING.

SO THAT'S MY REQUEST.

OKAY. DID YOU WANT TO DO A END OF SEASON WRAP UP AS WELL, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO BYPASS THAT AND WE CAN JUST SIMPLY WE CAN ADD THE INFORMATION OR SHARE IT AND NOT DO A FULL PRESENTATION.

I THINK SHARING TO ME IN THIS COUNCIL SAYS, AS I SAY, JUST SHARE IT, SHARE IT WITH US, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT THAT UPDATE AGAIN IN FEBRUARY, WHICH AGAIN IS ONLY A FEW MONTHS AWAY TO TALK ABOUT.

WHAT ARE WE DOING THIS YEAR? OKAY, WE'LL DO THAT.

SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ALONG.

[CONSIDER APPROVAL OF ITEMS BY CONSENT]

AND I GIVE YOU CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING.

I'VE GOT A FEW ITEMS TONIGHT, SO BEAR WITH ME FOR A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. WE ARE HERE TO CONSIDER CONSENT ITEMS, STARTING WITH NUMBER ONE.

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 8TH, SPECIAL AND WORK SESSION.

AUGUST 13TH. REGULAR SESSION.

AUGUST 27TH.

SPECIAL SESSION AND AUGUST 27TH.

SPECIAL JOINT SESSION WITH THE P AND Z.

ITEM TWO. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH FOUR ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR PRINTING THE BEDFORD CONNECTION NEWSLETTER FROM MIDWAY PRESS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $126,000 ANNUALLY.

THE SUBJECT REQUEST SEEKS APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH MIDWAY PRESS FOR OBVIOUSLY PRINTING OUR BEDFORD CONNECTION NEWSLETTER.

THE BID WAS ADVERTISED AND DISTRIBUTED TO 42 VENDORS, WITH THE CITY RECEIVING FOUR RESPONSES THAT WERE REVIEWED, EVALUATED, AND RANKED.

THE ANNUAL CONTRACT WILL COVER UP TO $126,000 ANNUALLY, WITH A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $630,000.

IF ALL ONE YEAR RENEWALS ARE EXECUTED OVER THE FOUR YEAR PERIOD.

I WILL STATE THAT THIS IS A VENDOR CHANGE.

OUR CURRENT VENDOR DID BID, BUT AFTER THE RANKING AND EVALUATION, MIDWAY WAS CHOSEN AS THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER.

FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR THIS EXPENSE THROUGH THE FISCAL 22, 2024 GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS FUND FOR PUBLICATIONS AND PROGRAMING.

NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE HEB INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE THREE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS FOR HARWOOD JUNIOR HIGH, BEDFORD JUNIOR HIGH, AND THE BUINGER CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACADEMY.

FOR THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR, IN THE AMOUNT OF $315,970.74 PAID FOR BY THE HEB INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. AGAIN, THIS ITEM ENTERS INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE THREE SWORN OFFICERS FOR ON SITE SECURITY FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR AT THE THREE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN NOTED.

THIS IS AN ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME, AND IT IS RENEWED ANNUALLY TO POINT OUT THE CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR'S CONTRACT, WHICH DID PREVIOUSLY PROVIDE FOR FOUR SWORN OFFICERS. THE CHANGE WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY ONE ROTATING OFFICER THAT DID CIRCULATE AMONG THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITHIN BEDFORD THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS CONTRACT, AS WE ARE GOING TO SEPARATE THE SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY SERVICES.

AND SO WE WILL BE BRINGING A SEPARATE CONTRACT FORWARD, I'M SORRY, A SEPARATE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FORWARD IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT WILL ADDRESS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SROS. SO AGAIN, SINCE LAST YEAR, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS PROVIDED A 10.5% INCREASE FOR EACH SWORN OFFICER.

AND SO ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE INCREASING THAT SALARY, THAT ALLOCATION.

I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT A SALARY.

THAT'S THE ALLOCATION PER POSITION.

WE ARE INCREASING THAT FROM $95,323.58 TO $105,323.58.

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AND UNTIL THAT TIME IT IS OUT OF THE PD OPERATING BUDGET.

NUMBER FOUR. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD APPROVING A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT BETWEEN ATMOS CITY STEERING COMMITTEE AND ATMOS ENERGY CORP., MID TEXAS DIVISION REGARDING THE COMPANY'S 2024 RATE REVIEW MECHANISM FILING.

THE CITY OF BEDFORD PARTICIPATES IN THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR CITIES SERVED BY ATMOS TO HANDLE MATTERS PERTAINING TO RATE REVIEW AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION.

THIS ITEM APPROVES THE SETTLEMENT WITH ATMOS AS PART OF THE APPROVED RATE REVIEW MECHANISM PROCESS.

FOR THE RATE REQUEST FILED ABOUT ON OR ABOUT APRIL 1ST, 2024.

THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

NUMBER FIVE. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD APPROVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT APPROPRIATION FUND AND RECOGNIZING AND APPROPRIATING EXPENDITURES WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 24 CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND BUDGET TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR ASBESTOS CONSULTING SERVICES REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FOR THE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT OF BUILDING B HERE AT OUR CITY HALL FACILITY TO FARMER ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP FOR AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $25,050 THROUGH A MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY.

AGAIN, THIS PROPOSED PROJECT WILL PROVIDE FOR ASBESTOS ABATEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEMOLITION OF BUILDING B, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY OCCUR IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS WE RELOCATE FINANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF TO BUILDING C.

AGAIN, THE COUNCIL AWARDED THE DEMOLITION CONTRACT TO LLOYD NABORS, THE DEMOLITION COMPANY.

HOWEVER, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANDATES THAT A THIRD PARTY GROUP BE USED FOR ASBESTOS ABATEMENT SERVICES, THUS REQUIRING THIS CONTRACT WITH FARMERS. AGAIN, FUNDING THROUGH THIS IS FOR THE IS THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUND THROUGH OUR 2024 BUDGET.

NUMBER SIX, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD APPROVING AN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT APPROPRIATION PLAN AND RECOGNIZING AND APPROPRIATING EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.

CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND BUDGET FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLE SQUAD AND RELATED UPFITTING ITEMS IN AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF $115,720. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATES AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, A RESPONSE SQUAD, WHICH IS STAFFED WITH THE SHIFT MEDICAL OPERATIONS OFFICER. THIS UNIT RESPONDS AND PROVIDES OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND SUPPLIES DURING CRITICAL MEDICAL, TRAUMATIC FIRE AND MULTIPLE VICTIM INCIDENTS.

OUR CURRENT SQUAD IS NOT EFFICIENTLY DESIGNED TO SERVE IN THIS COMPETITIVE CAPACITY AND HAS RECENTLY HAD SOME MECHANICAL ISSUES AND IS IN NEED OF A COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OBTAINED BIDS TO PURCHASE A READY BUILT EMERGENCY RESPONSE SQUAD.

HOWEVER, DUE TO AN ESTIMATED 18 MONTH LEAD TIME TO BUILD THE SQUAD AND PRICE QUOTES RANGING FROM 250,000 TO 305,000, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPED A PLAN TO BUILD A FUNCTIONAL AND FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE REPLACEMENT.

AGAIN FUNDING FOR THIS IS THROUGH THE 2024 BUDGETED ARPA FUNDS.

NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO PURCHASE FITNESS EQUIPMENT FROM FIT SUPPLY IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,074.30 THROUGH THE BY BOARD COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT.

THIS REQUEST IS TO PURCHASE FITNESS EQUIPMENT FOR OUR BEDFORD SENIOR CENTER.

PROPOSALS WERE SOLICITED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT FIT SUPPLY PROVIDED THE BEST PRICE AND MOST DYNAMIC EQUIPMENT.

JUST TO NOTE, THESE PURCHASES INCLUDE A NEW STEP PRO RECUMBENT CROSS TRAINER, THREE TREADMILLS, ONE ELLIPTICAL, ONE UPRIGHT CYCLE, TWO RECUMBENT BIKES, A RACK OF 550 POUND DUMBBELLS WITH AN ACCOMPANYING BENCH, AND A BATCA FUSION FOUR FUNCTIONAL TRAINER.

THE QUOTE ALSO INCLUDES BUYBACK PROGRAM TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT AFTER A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS, TO KEEP IT NEW AND FRESH AGAIN.

FUNDING FOR THIS IS ACTUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SENIOR CENTER BUILDING FUND.

NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING UPDATES TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD'S PURCHASING POLICY.

THE CITY'S PURCHASING POLICY HAS BEEN UPDATED, WHICH INCLUDES CLARIFICATIONS AND WORDING, UPDATES AND TERMINOLOGY TO BE CONSISTENT WITH PURCHASING BEST PRACTICES, PROVIDING STATUTE REFERENCES TO PROCESS ESTABLISHED IN THE CURRENT POLICY, ADDING SECTIONS RELATED TO MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS, AND THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE RELATED TO DIRECT SALES FOR SURPLUS ITEMS NOT SOLD AT AUCTION.

THE PRIMARY CHANGE HERE AGAIN, OTHER THAN SOME FORMATTING AND MINOR CHANGES, THE CITY HAS HAD MANY ITEMS THAT GO BEFORE AUCTION AND ARE NOT ULTIMATELY PURCHASED.

AND SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THERE HAS BEEN AN INTEREST FROM STAFF TO PURCHASE THOSE AT CERTAIN TIMES OR DIRECT INDIVIDUAL.

SO THIS LANGUAGE WILL ALLOW US TO SEEK SOME REVENUE FROM THOSE ITEMS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE JUST SIMPLY BEEN DISPOSED OF.

AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THANK YOU. ONLY A FEW THINGS.

OKAY. VERY GOOD.

I DO HAVE I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON NUMBER THREE REAL QUICK ABOUT THE SROS.

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SO. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. SO WITH THIS, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT HEB HAS GIVEN US AN INCREASE OF 10.5%.

CAN YOU BREAK DOWN KIND OF WHAT? YOU KNOW, IF WE BREAK IT DOWN BY OFFICER.

IT'S 105,3 23.

WHAT ALL IS THAT COVERING? SO CURRENTLY, OUR EXPENSES FOR THE PROGRAM WITH OUR THREE OFFICERS AT THE TWO JUNIOR HIGHS AND THE HIGH SCHOOL TOTALS OF 379,000.

JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT.

AND THAT'S COVERING THEIR TOTAL COST FOR SALARIES, BENEFITS AND ALL THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A ABOUT A COST OF $4,248 IN EQUIPMENT, UNIFORMS AND TRAINING, AND THEN A VEHICLE COST OF APPROXIMATELY $1,347.

SO COMING TO THAT, $379,000 TOTAL.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A WE'RE TO ABOUT 8,317% SPLIT IN THIS VENTURE.

OKAY. SO STILL THERE'S STILL HAS IT IMPROVED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

YES I CAN SAY SINCE 2020 IT'S IMPROVED DRASTICALLY.

I WE DID AN ASSESSMENT ON THIS WHEN I FIRST CAME UP AS A CAPTAIN AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I THINK WE WERE SOMEWHERE IN THE 80S OF WHAT THEY WERE REIMBURSING US. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR SALARIES, SALARIES HAVE INCREASED ALSO OVER THE YEARS.

SO WE'RE GETTING BETTER, BUT WE'RE ALSO MOVING THE GOAL LINE A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE.

SO. DESERVINGLY SO.

BUT AND THEY'RE VERY OPEN TO THE CONVERSATIONS AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND A LOT OF OUR DISCUSSIONS.

SO. OKAY. YEAH.

YOU KNOW, LOOKING, LOOKING AT IT, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS BEEN A DISCUSSION IN MAKING SURE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, PAYING UP FOR WHAT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GIVING THEM.

CORRECT. AND MAKING SURE IT'S EQUITABLE.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE TAXPAYERS WOULD WANT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN EQUITABLE.

YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR OUR SROS AND THE COST THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE INCURRED IN THAT TRAINING, EQUIPPING, SALARY, BENEFITS, YOU NAME IT, ALL OF IT.

AND SO, SO WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, SEEING ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL FALLING A LITTLE BIT SHORT.

YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THIS CONTRACT, LIKE I SAID, I'M GLAD THAT THEY INCREASED IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

MY ONE THING IS THAT FOR NEXT YEAR, SINCE THIS IS AN ANNUAL CONTRACT, WHAT I'D LIKE FOR US TO DO IS HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH HEB TO FUND THESE FULLY. RIGHT.

AND FOR OUR OFFICERS.

SO THAT SO THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING, YOU KNOW, BRUNTING ANY OF THE EXPENSE.

IT SHOULD BE EQUITABLE.

THAT'S I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR RESIDENTS SUGGEST FOR US AND WHAT THEY WOULD WANT.

AND SO THAT WE'RE NOT EATING ANY OF THOSE COSTS FOR THAT.

THAT'S MY $0.02.

COUNCILMEMBER FARCO.

MISTER MAYOR. BOBBY, ARE WE USING THESE OFFICERS? JUST THEY'RE NOT JUST SROS, WE USE THEM IN OTHER CAPACITIES, TOO, AT TIMES, DON'T WE? MAJORITY. MAJORITY IS SRO, BUT WE USE THEM AT OTHER TIMES ALSO.

THEIR ROLE MAJORITY IS SRO.

WHEN THEY COME BACK TO US IN THE SUMMER, IT'S USUALLY FOR ADDITIONAL WORK.

THEY'RE WORKING BEATS AND EATS OR WORKING 4TH FEST, STUFF LIKE THAT.

THEY ACCUMULATE EXTRA TIME THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR WORKING FOOTBALL GAMES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT THEY END UP HAVING TO BURN DURING THE SUMMER.

SO, SOME OF THEM COME BACK AND WORK, SOME THEY PICK UP OVERTIME SHIFTS.

THEY DO STUFF.

THEY ALSO ARE OFFICER AT THE RINGER.

SHE MANAGES OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM ON THE SIDE ALSO.

SO WE USE THEM IN SOME DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEIR ROLE IS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.

THANK YOU. AND THAT'S TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH THE WITH YOUR NUMBER, YOU FIGURE OF 375,000.

I MEAN, THAT IS OUR COST TO RUN THE PROGRAM FOR THE DISTRICT, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. NOT THE HOURS THAT THEY'RE WORKING FOR US.

RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY.

GOT IT. YEAH. I THINK, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I'M GLAD THE DISTRICT'S DOING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.

BUT NEXT YEAR, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO START MOVING THAT GOALPOST TO MAKING IT MORE EQUITABLE FOR THE CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT.

RIGHT. YES. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS OVER THE ADDITIONAL CONSENT ITEMS? YES. COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR WITH ATMOS ENERGY, THEY'RE INCREASING THE BASE RATE, THE AVERAGE BY I THINK IT'S $5 A MONTH. HOW DID THEY COME UP WITH THAT RATE? IS THAT A. IT SEEMED AWFULLY COMPLICATED.

I READ THROUGH THAT, AND I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

BRADY'S COMING TO SAVE ME.

SURE. IT IS WILDLY COMPLICATED.

THERE IS A REASON THAT WE ARE IN A CONGLOMERATE OF CITIES THAT GO IN ON THIS TOGETHER AND HIRE EXPERTS ON IT.

THEY WOULD LOVE US TO BE DOING THIS ON OUR OWN BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A TOUGH PROCEDURE.

HOW MUCH PROFIT THEY'RE ALLOWED WHAT REASONABLE COSTS ARE FOR THEIR SYSTEM.

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WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT INFORMATION ON HOW TO RUN A GAS SYSTEM.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HIRE EXPERTS WHO GO IN AND THEY ALWAYS ASK FOR MUCH MORE THAN WHAT WE GIVE THEM.

AND THEN WE FIGHT THEM DOWN AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AND THEN WE COME TO THE SETTLEMENT.

GOTCHA. SO THERE'S LIKE 180 CITIES OR UNITS THAT HAVE TO APPROVE THIS.

OR IF WE SAID NO, IF WE VOTED NO ON THIS, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE RIGHT.

THIS IS JUST WOULDN'T BE A PART OF THIS IF WE VOTED NO.

WE IN ORDER TO GET THIS RATE, WHICH IS BETTER THAN A LOT OF OTHER RATES PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN, WE WANT WE WANT TO.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I HAD TROUBLE FOLLOWING IT.

AND YES, IT'S VERY.

NO, WE HAVE TO DENY IT FIRST IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE IT.

AND THEN WE NEGOTIATE IT DOWN.

THEN WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT. IT'S AN OVERLY COMPLICATED PROCESS THAT IS BENEFITS THE UTILITY COMPANIES, BUT THEY'RE THE EXPERTS.

SO WE SAY YES OKAY.

YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. I REMEMBER DEALING WITH THOSE WHEN I FIRST CAME ON COUNCIL AND READING THAT SAME THING, GOING, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS? BUT IT'S EVERY YEAR WE DO THIS, EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO DENY IT AND GO FORWARD WITH IT.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD THAT UNDER THE LAW, WE JUST HAVE PRIMARY JURISDICTION, AND WE CAN EITHER APPROVE OR DENY OR SUSPEND.

ALL OF IT GETS APPEALED TO THE PUC AND THEY DECIDE ULTIMATELY WHETHER IT'S APPROVED OR NOT.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD QUESTION.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

STAFF. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

[9. Public hearing on the annual budget for the City of Bedford, Texas for the fiscal period of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025; levying taxes for 2024 tax year.]

LEVYING TAXES FOR THE 2024 TAX YEAR GIVE YOU FINANCE DIRECTOR BRADY OLSEN.

THE NEXT EIGHT ITEMS ARE ALL RELATED TO OUR ANNUAL BUDGET, SO YOU'LL BE UP THERE A WHILE.

YES. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS DOCUMENT.

WE BELIEVE IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO PASS.

WE CAN GO OVER THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THIS FIRST, OR WE CAN OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.

WHICHEVER PATH YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE.

IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD, WE'LL JUST DO IT.

TRADITIONALLY, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE A PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL GIVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

HAPPY TO DO IT. SO THIS BUDGET HAS BEEN WITH THE COUNCIL AND PUBLIC FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF.

IT HAS BEEN WORKED ON BY STAFF FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

JUST ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR EXCELLENT QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, REALLY HELP US REFINE WHAT WE GAVE YOU AND WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY.

AND ALSO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO REALLY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING THE CITIZENS RESOURCES IN THE BEST WAY THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.

THE ONE BIG CHANGE FROM WHAT WAS PROPOSED LAST MONTH TO WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

WE DID MOVE THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE DECORATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND, THAT ONE TIME PURCHASE INTO THE TOURISM FUND, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, THE NUMBERS ARE NOT THAT GOOD. THE NUMBERS ARE LARGELY IDENTICAL TO WHAT THEY WERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

WE DO HAVE THE PRESENTATION FROM THEM.

JUST A REMINDER OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND WHERE WE'RE AT.

WE'RE AT THE FINISH LINE RIGHT NOW.

ASSUMING WE APPROVE THIS, IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST.

SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE A 3% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO ALL EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE PUBLIC SAFETY STEP INCREASES.

WE DID HAVE SOME INFLATIONARY PRESSURES, SPECIFICALLY OUR MOWING, OUR FUEL AND OUR UTILITY CONTRACTS.

THEY JUST THEY'RE GOING UP AND WE HAD TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT IN THE BUDGET, WHICH DID PUSH OUT SOME OTHER THINGS.

WE DID HAVE SOME COST INCREASES FROM PROPERTY INSURANCE AND WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE.

WE ARE TRYING TO PUT SOME PLANS INTO PLACE TO ADDRESS THOSE GOING FORWARD TO KEEP THAT FLAT.

WE ARE FUNDING THE NEW SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER'S OPERATIONS AND THEN MINOR LIKE MORE ACCOUNTING SIDE OF THINGS, WE ARE CONSOLIDATING SOME FUNDS FOR EASIER TRACKING AND TRANSPARENCY.

A LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW OF OUR SALES TAX.

SO WE ARE BUDGETING A 2% INCREASE IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

THIS YEAR'S SALES TAX RESULTS HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO PREDICT, BUT OVERALL THEY HAVE BEEN GENERALLY UP.

WE ARE SAYING THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY AT THE SAME LEVELS THAT THEY'VE GONE IN YEARS PAST.

WE DO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THE TAX RATE, OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE IS WHAT'S GOING TO FUND THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO KEEP OUR RATE FLAT.

THAT IS ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, BUT IT IS BELOW THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.

THE BUDGET BEFORE YOU DOES HAVE THE FLAT TAX RATE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HISTORY.

IT HAD THE RATE HAD BOUNCED UP AND DOWN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE FLAT RATE FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR, WHICH WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR AT LEAST A DECADE.

IF IT IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL TODAY, SOME OVERVIEW OF THE HOMEOWNER IMPACT.

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THAT'S BECAUSE THEIR HOME MARKET VALUE HAS GONE UP.

IT WAS A LITTLE UNDER 300,000.

NOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 320,000.

THAT AVERAGE HOME VALUE.

SO CITIZENS WILL EXPECT A SLIGHTLY HIGHER BILL GOING FORWARD BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE IN HOME VALUE.

WHAT THE AVERAGE HOME'S BILL ACTUALLY GOES TO.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO BE POLICE AND FIRE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT WHAT HALF THEY PAY FOR.

THEN IT PROVIDES FOR A LOT OF THE GREAT SERVICES WE HAVE IN THE CITY, OUR LIBRARY, OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM, AND THEN A LOT OF THE ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN WHENEVER YOU SEE DEBT SERVICE, YOU CAN THINK OF THAT AS ACTUAL PROJECTS ON THE GROUND.

THOSE ARE STREETS. THOSE ARE BUILDINGS.

THOSE ARE JUST THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE YOU SEE IN THE CITY.

OUR REVENUES BY FUND, ABOUT HALF OF OUR REVENUES ARE GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND.

THE NEXT BIGGEST PORTION OF THE PIE IS THE WATER.

WATERWORKS UTILITY FUND AND THEN DEBT SERVICES AFTER THAT, WHICH IS ONCE AGAIN THOSE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW OTHER MINOR FUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER ON.

BY CLASSIFICATION, A GOOD CHUNK OF OUR MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS PERSONNEL SERVICES.

AND THEN TWO OTHER LARGE PIECES OF THE PIE ARE WATER AND SEWER TREATMENT AND PURCHASE THAT WE GO THROUGH TRA FOR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.

THAT'S ALSO LARGELY PERSONNEL.

IT'S JUST NOT NECESSARILY PERSONNEL WHO WORK DIRECTLY FOR THE CITY, BUT DO BRING IN A DIFFERENT SKILL SET THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS TO.

THE GENERAL FUND SPECIFICALLY.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ABOUT HALF THE GENERAL FUND IS PROPERTY TAXES.

A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A QUARTER IS SALES TAX, AND THEN THE REST IS SPLIT UP BETWEEN CHARGES OF SERVICES, LICENSE, PERMITS, FINES.

SOME OF THOSE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE HEB ISD CONTRIBUTION.

THAT'S WHERE YOU'D SEE THAT COME IN.

AND THEN WHERE THE MONEY GOES, MORE THAN HALF OF OUR MONEY DOES GO DIRECTLY TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER GENERAL FUND TYPE PURPOSES THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.

THIS DOES INCLUDE $2.5 MILLION IN ONE TIME EXPENDITURES.

OF THAT ONE AND A HALF IS JUST MOVING THE MONEY AND RESERVING IT FOR FUTURE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT.

WE ARE NOT SPENDING THAT TODAY, BUT WE'RE SETTING THAT ASIDE SO THAT WHENEVER WE DO REPLACE VEHICLES IN THE FUTURE, WE DO HAVE MONEY TO DO THAT WITH.

OUR GENERAL TRENDS OVER TIME, WE WANT TO SEE THAT BLUE LINE OVER THE WHITE LINE.

AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND WE DO EXPECT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN WE TAKE IN OUR FIVE YEAR FORECAST.

SO THAT GRAY AT THE TOP IS OUR RESERVE LEVEL.

THAT MAKES SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ABOVE OUR MINIMUM OF 20%.

AND THEN THE REVENUES ARE CONTINUING TO BE ABOVE EXPENDITURES.

SOMETIMES WHENEVER WE ARE BELOW OUR MINIMUMS, LIKE WE HAVE BEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE CAN SPEND THOSE ON THOSE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES.

SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE KEEP GROWING OUR RESERVES TO THAT LEVEL.

WE CAN USE THOSE TO FUND ONE TIME PROJECTS.

OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND IS UP NEXT.

WE DID ADD SOME DEBT RECENTLY.

THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF IT.

OUTSTANDING. THIS NEXT CHART SHOWS THAT WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE FAIRLY FLAT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, UNLESS WE SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN OUR TAX BASE, WE'RE NEAR OUR LIMIT FOR WHAT WE CAN ISSUE IN DEBT WITH OUR CURRENT TAX RATE.

YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THE TAX RATE IF YOU SO DESIRE TO FUND MORE PROJECTS.

BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS THESE ARE OUR FUNDS THAT TEND TO RUN LIKE BUSINESSES.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR WATER WASTEWATER FUND IS THE BIGGEST PART OF THIS.

THIS DOES INCLUDE SOME MINOR ONE TIME MOST OF OUR EXPENSES IN THIS FUND.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE DEBT SERVICE.

THAT'S PIPES.

THAT'S PIPES AND EQUIPMENT.

AND THEN WHAT WE PAY FOR WATER PURCHASE AND SEWER PURCHASE.

JUST A VERY SMALL PORTION IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER IS THE ACTUAL CITY EXPENSE FOR RUNNING OUR WATERWORKS UTILITY SYSTEM.

SOME OF THESE CHANGES OUTLINED TRA INCREASED RATES.

AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MAJORITY OF THE HIGHER EXPENDITURES, THOUGH WE DID TAKE CARE OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES LIKE WE DID THE REMAINDER OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES WITH THAT 3% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

OUR RATE STRUCTURE WE ARE PROPOSING A TIERED RATE STRUCTURE GOING FORWARD.

WE HAD TALKED ABOUT TWO OPTIONS.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE TIERED VARIETY OR A VARIETY.

THAT MEANS PEOPLE WHO DO USE MORE WATER PAY A SLIGHTLY HIGHER RATE THE MORE WATER THAT THEY USE.

IT ALLOWS US TO KEEP OUR RATES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR MINIMUM WATER USERS, WHICH THERE'S AN ADVANTAGE THERE AND ALSO KEEPS US IN LINE WITH SOME STATE AND NATIONAL

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SOME RECENT HEADLINES IN THE DFW AREAS THAT WE ARE EVENTUALLY GOING TO RUN OUT OF WATER.

SO DOING WHATEVER WE CAN AS A RESPONSIBLE CITY TO HELP CONSERVE THAT WATER.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR TIERED STRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIGHER RATES FOR THE MORE GALLONS YOU USE AT THAT 15, 30, 50.

AND THEN AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME, THE MAJORITY OF BEDFORD RESIDENTS ARE UNDER THAT 15.

SO THEY'LL SEE A VERY SIMILAR BILL TO YEARS PRIOR.

IT'S GOING TO BE JUST THOSE SUPER USERS WHO ARE GOING TO SEE HIGHER, HIGHER BILLS.

I THINK YOU MENTIONED LAST TIME, I THINK YOU SAID AROUND 75% OF OUR RESIDENTS FALL INTO THAT THAT FIRST TIER.

CORRECT? YES, SIR.

BASED ON PREVIOUS USAGE, WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE GOING FORWARD WITH THESE NEW RATES.

BUT THAT'S THE VAST MAJORITY, VAST MAJORITY.

SO VAST MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS WILL FALL INTO THAT, THAT LOWER TIER.

AND SO THAT INCREASE FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR'S RATES IS VERY SMALL.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS HIGH AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD WE NOT DONE THIS TIER STRUCTURE.

EXACTLY. BECAUSE TRA, I THINK ON WATER INCREASED AT 6.4%, SEWER 9.9%.

SO WE DO PASS THAT ON, BUT WE'RE NOT PASSING AS LARGE OF A NUMBER.

WE'RE SPREADING IT OUT OVER OUR CITIZEN BASE THIS WAY.

GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THE STORMWATER FUND.

SO WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF FUNDS WHERE WE'RE FUNDING LARGE PROJECTS WITH.

SO, SOME OF THEM, WE BUILD UP THAT BALANCE OVER TIME SO WE CAN THEN DO A NUMBER OF LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THEN SOME OF THEM WE HAVE WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT AND IT'S FINALLY TIME TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON PROJECTS.

RIGHT NOW, THE STORM WATER FUND IS IN THE GROWING STAGE, SO WE'RE RELATIVELY KEEPING THE POWDER DRY.

SO WHENEVER WE DO HAVE LARGER PROJECTS GOING FORWARD, WE DO HAVE THAT MONEY TO DO SO.

OUR CURRENT RATES ARE AT $5 A MONTH.

WE DO HAVE A $4.50 RATE FOR OUR SENIORS.

AND SORRY FOR THE FORMATTING ON THIS PULLING FORWARD A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.

SO ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF STORM WATER IS THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND.

THIS IS WHERE WE DID BUILD THAT FUND BALANCE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND NOW WE'RE FINALLY SPENDING IT ON PROJECTS, THE LARGEST BEING THE GREGORY ADDITION FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

TOURISM FUND. THIS IS THE ONLY FUND BESIDES THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S SEEING A CHANGE.

WE DID INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE ONE TIME COSTS FOR THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND TREE.

AND THEN OUR OTHER MINOR FUNDS.

THESE ARE ALL FUNDS THAT HAVE SMALLER AMOUNTS IN THEM THAT WE GENERALLY USE FOR VERY SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

OKAY. AND THEN HERE WE ARE AT THE NEXT STEPS.

TONIGHT THERE ARE EIGHT ITEMS TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, THE BUDGET, THE TAX RATE RATIFYING THE TAX RATE AND THEN THE WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE STRUCTURES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOT IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY? YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER. PARKER BRADY.

DO OUR BUSINESSES PAY THE SAME RATE AS OUR RESIDENTS ON THEIR WATER RATES? WE DO. WE DON'T SPLIT THAT OUT BETWEEN JUST THE SAME.

SO IF WE HAVE A BUSINESS THAT USES INCREASED WATER SO THEY WOULD BE SEEING A HIGHER, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A HIGHER RATE.

YES. OKAY.

AND YET WE PAY A DIFFERENT MUNICIPAL RATE ON OUR WATER FOR OUR PUBLIC FOR OUR UTILITIES FOR LIKE FOR LIKE OUR WATER PARKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE A DIFFERENT MUNICIPAL RATE.

I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.

AND THE ACTUAL RATE DOCUMENT.

I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I CAN.

I CAN GET THAT ANSWER TO YOU.

OKAY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

I THINK BY THE TIME WE GET TO THAT ITEM AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, I'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.

OKAY. HOW ABOUT DOES THE HOSPITAL PAY THE SAME RATE? I WILL, IT WILL BE ON THE SAME DOCUMENT AND I'LL HAVE BOTH ANSWERS.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GIVING PEOPLE ENOUGH TIME TO GET THAT INFORMATION? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:24.

I SEE THE MAD RUSH OF PEOPLE COMING TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE.

IT'S THE TIME.

YEP. SO DID YOU MAKE HOMEMADE CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS? HOW'D THAT GO? YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL GO, I'LL GO. THE LINE? YES. WE ASKED FOR RECIPES, SO I MADE SOME HOMEMADE CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS FROM SCRATCH WITH THE RAW CHICKEN.

I SEASONED IT MYSELF.

MADE THE GRAVY MYSELF.

IT WAS. IT'S PRETTY.

IT'S PRETTY GOOD. IT'S DELICIOUS.

AND, LIKE, DID YOU MAKE ANY FOR US? YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANT. LIKE IT MAKES ENOUGH TO FEED LIKE A REGIMENT.

IT'S YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE A SMALL AMOUNT.

GOTCHA. SO NEXT TIME, I'LL BRING SOME CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS FOR EVERYBODY.

I APPRECIATE THAT, ALL RIGHT. WE ARE AT 7:25.

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NOT SEEING ANYBODY COMING TO SPEAK AT 7:25.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

AND ALL RIGHT, SO DO YOU HAVE ANSWERS FOR QUESTIONS? I DO INDEED.

OKAY, SO WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT RATES, NOT DIFFERENT RATES, BUT BASE RATES FOR DEPENDING ON METER SIZE.

SO A BUSINESS WILL LIKELY HAVE A LARGER METER.

BUT ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE SPENDING PER VOLUME.

EVERYONE PAYS THE SAME.

OUTSIDE OF NON INDIVIDUALLY METERED MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCE.

SO THE CITY COMMERCIAL INDIVIDUALS THEY ARE ALL PAYING THE SAME PER VOLUME PER GALLON OF WATER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE OUR OWN WATER.

IF WE IF WE DON'T REDUCE OUR WATER USAGE WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE OUR OWN MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY.

WE WOULD BE.

SO WE DID MAKE THE CHANGE TO TIERED STRUCTURE THIS YEAR.

GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, WE CAN HAVE A NEW PROJECT OF LOOKING INTO DIFFERENT RATES FOR COMMERCIAL VERSUS OURSELVES VERSUS INDUSTRIAL VERSUS BY USE.

THOSE ARE DEFINITELY OPTIONS THAT OUR RATE STRUCTURE.

YES. AND WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS, THIS TIERED STRUCTURE YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT I GUESS THE MAIN THING FOR ME IS MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO ADD UP, RIGHT? WE HAVE WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING INTO.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE A METRIC THAT YOU PUT IN THERE WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF RAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ACCOUNTING FOR ALL OF THIS, RIGHT? IT'S BASED ON AVERAGE USAGE, WHICH IS GOING TO GO UP AND DOWN BASED ON A RAINY OR A DRY SEASON.

WE DO HAVE RESERVES IN CASE WE DO HAVE THAT PARTICULARLY JUST TERRIBLE FINANCIAL YEAR THAT WOULD GET US THROUGH, BUT IT IS BASED ON THOSE AVERAGES AND THIS IS REVENUE NEUTRAL.

SO WHETHER WE GO TIER OR NOT TIER, WE WOULD GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE NEED TO OPERATE OUR SYSTEM.

GOTCHA. AND THERE'S NO CONCERN WITH THE ADDITION OF THE TIERED US PAYING MORE WITH OUR WATER WITH TO OPERATE THE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR THE YMCA AND ALL THOSE OTHER THERE ARE HIGHER COSTS, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT.

AND WE DID INCREASE OUR WHAT WE'RE PAYING AND BUDGETING FOR WATER GOING FORWARD.

WE HAD KEPT THAT FLAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO I THINK THAT CHANGE ALONE IN INCREASING THOSE BUDGET ITEMS IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. SO FOR THE MOST PART MAY BE PRETTY NEGLIGIBLE.

YEAH, WE MAY HAVE TO ADJUST NEXT YEAR, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT BLOWS THE BUDGET.

GOTCHA GOTCHA GOTCHA.

AND FROM WHAT THE PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN EARLIER WAS THAT MANY OF OUR CITY, WE'RE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE VERY FEW CITIES AROUND US, AND EVEN IN THE AREA THAT ACTUALLY JUST HAD A BASE RATE. YES, MOST OF THE CITIES AROUND US, EVEN OUR COMPETITORS, THEY ALL HAVE TIERED STRUCTURE TO TRY AND CONSERVE AS MUCH WATER AS POSSIBLE. YES, SIR.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT NEXT UP, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 11.

I'M SORRY, ITEM NUMBER TEN, PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.

[10. Public hearing to consider the proposed 2024 tax rate.]

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE TAX RATE AT 728.

SO THE TRICK TO GETTING A NOT A LUMPY GRAVY IS I HAVE THIS KITCHENAID HAND MIXER.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DO IT AND IT MAKES IT SUPER SMOOTH.

IT'S NOT CLUMPY AT ALL.

IS THAT THE TRICK? I MEAN, FOR ME, OTHERWISE IT'S A LOT OF WHISKING OTHERWISE.

GOTCHA. IT'S CLUMPY OFFICIAL RESTAURANT.

IS IT? I MEAN, IT IS THE OFFICIAL TERM.

IT'S CLUMPY. IT'S, YOU KNOW, CLUMPY, LESS CLUMPY, LESS CLUMPY.

IT'S SMOOTH ANYWAYS.

GOTCHA. YOU'RE WELCOME FOR THAT TIP.

EIGHT SECONDS, PLEASE.

THE CLOCK CANNOT GO AS FAST AS IT CAN.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE.

SINCE I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY COMING TO TALK ABOUT THE TAX RATE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:29.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND NOW I'M MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH

[11. Consider an ordinance adopting the annual budget for the City of Bedford, Texas for the fiscal period of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025; providing for intra-fund and/or intra-departmental transfers; providing for investment of idle funds; and declaring an effective date.]

OKAY, I'LL GIVE YOU FINANCE DIRECTOR BRADY OLSON.

WE RECOMMEND PASSING THIS.

OKAY. IN COUNCIL.

THERE YOU HAVE. IT IS OUR BUDGET.

SO I'M SEEING A FIRST BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THE BUDGET? NO, I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER STEVES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU, STAFF.

THANK YOU STAFF FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT WITH THIS WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME.

SO, HATS OFF TO YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

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[12. Consider an ordinance levying taxes for the Tax Year 2024 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.]

IT SHOULD BE 0.495726 PER $100 OF VALUATION, PROVIDING FOR THE APPORTIONMENT OF TAXES FOR INTEREST, AND SINKING AND GENERAL OPERATING NEEDS.

PROVIDING PENALTIES AND INTEREST FOR DELINQUENT TAXES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER, YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? YES. ALL RIGHT. IS THAT GOOD? AS IS. WE NEED A SPECIFIC.

OKAY. OH, YOU GOT IT PRINTED OUT.

LOOK AT THAT.

OH. LARGE PRINT.

I COULD TAKE MY GLASSES OFF.

ALL RIGHT. I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY ADOPTING ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.495726, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A 2.37% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT TAX RATE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

STAFF. OKAY.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

ITEM NUMBER 13, CONSENT A RESOLUTION TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE AS REFLECTED BY FISCAL YEAR 2024-25, CITY OF BEDFORD PROGRAM OF SERVICES BUDGET.

[13. Consider a resolution to ratify the property tax increase as reflected in the FY 2024-2025 City of Bedford Program of Services (Budget).]

IF YOU GO ABOVE THE EFFECTIVE RATE, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING OKAY.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING EXTRA THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE ON THIS ONE? YES. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

DO I HEAR A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI? LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. STAFF. ALL RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER 14. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AMENDMENTS TO THE ADOPTED ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, FOR FISCAL PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER

[14. Consider an ordinance authorizing amendments to the adopted annual budget of the City of Bedford, Texas for the fiscal period of October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024; providing for intra-fund and/or intra-departmental transfers; providing for investment of idle funds; and declaring an effective date.]

AND THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CURRENT BUDGET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Y'ALL APPROVE NEW PROJECTS.

WE DON'T ALWAYS AMEND THE BUDGET AT THAT VERY MOMENT FOR THAT NEW PROJECT SPENDING.

SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO ABSORB IT.

SO WE TAKE THIS AT THE END.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS ALL AT ONCE, AS OPPOSED TO JUST ONE EXTRA ITEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THESE ARE ALL PROJECTS THAT ARE ALL HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND IT'S JUST PUTTING THEM INTO THE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.

GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I HAVE A MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI MOTIONS TO APPROVE.

I HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

AND THAT PASSES SIX ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15.

CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SCHEDULED WATER RATES BY AMENDMENT OF SECTION ONE.

[15. Consider an ordinance amending the schedule of water rates by amendment of Section 1., Ordinance No. 2023-3381; providing a repealing clause; providing a severability clause; and declaring an effective date.]

AND THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE THE WATER AND SEWER RATES, AS DISCUSSED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS.

IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I WILL.

ALL RIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI MOTIONS TO APPROVE.

I HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THAT PASSES WITH AFFIRMATIVE OF 5 TO 1.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. AND NUMBER 16, CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF SEWER RATES BY AMENDMENT OF SECTION ONE.

[16. Consider an ordinance amending the schedule of sewer rates by amendment of Section 1., Ordinance No. 2023-3382; providing a repealing clause; providing a severability clause; and declaring an effective date.]

ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

LET'S VOTE ON THIS ONE FOR THE SEWER RATES.

ALL RIGHT THEN. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU STAFF.

OKAY. AND NEXT UP ITEM NUMBER 17, WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUDGET.

[17. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or her designee to enter a contract for the purchase of a mobile home with TSG Industries, LLC in an estimated amount of $135,484.]

AND I GIVE YOU CHIEF BILL WALKER.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT.

AS YOU PROBABLY HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AS WE'RE PREPARING TO DO OUR SIGNIFICANT REMODELS ON STATION THREE FIRST AND THEN STATION TWO, WE HAVE TO HOUSE THE FIREFIGHTERS. THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO LIVE IN EITHER OF THOSE FACILITIES DURING THE REMODELS.

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SO WE LOOKED INTO HOW TO HOUSE THE FIREFIGHTERS, RENTING SOME TYPE OF A STRUCTURE, OR IS THERE ANY PLACE WE COULD PUT THEM AT THE END OF THE DAY AND HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS A FEW TIMES BEFORE? PURCHASING A MOBILE HOME IS REALLY THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO HANDLE IT.

THE SPECIFIC UNIT.

SO, WE DID RFP, WE HAD TWO BIDDERS.

THE BIDDER THAT WE SELECTED WAS ABLE TO DELIVER THE MOBILE HOME WITHIN THE TIME FRAME.

WE NEEDED THE OTHER BIDDER.

THEIR DELIVERY TIME WAS SIX MONTHS.

AND IT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PUT THESE RFPS OUT, YOU GET PEOPLE.

THIS PERSON WAS IN FLORIDA AND SENT A NUMBER OUT.

AND ANY OF THE CONTACTS WERE FAR AWAY, SO WE WEREN'T REAL COMFORTABLE WITH THEM.

AND SO, WE SELECTED A TSG.

WITH THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT OUR FIREFIGHTERS IN THERE, AND WHEN THEY'RE DONE, WE'LL MOVE IT AGAIN AND WE'LL SET UP FOR STATION TWO, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE MORE OF A SIX MONTH PROCESS. A MUCH LARGER PROCESS.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS, THEY'VE ALREADY FIGURED OUT WHERE IT'S GOING TO LAND, HOW TO GET THE UTILITIES HOOKED UP, BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE VENDOR AND WE'RE SET UP PRETTY GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

AS IT JUST HAPPENS, THIS IS THE EXACT MODEL THAT EULESS JUST USED WHEN THEY BUILT THEIR TWO NEW STATIONS.

SO, WE TRIED TO I TRIED TO GET THEIRS FROM THEM, BUT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THEIR PD IN IT.

THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING OVER AT PD, SO I'M LIKE, HEY, I GOT A I GOT A TRAILER.

I NEED TO TRY TO GET IT FROM THEM, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK THAT WAY.

SO ANYHOW, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER ABOUT IT? DON FOR ME, I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY ISSUES.

ESPECIALLY I'M THINKING STATION TWO.

WHERE THAT PLACEMENT IS GOING TO BE.

ANY DIFFICULTIES WITH APPARATUSES? ANYTHING AT ALL? I KNOW THE APPARATUSES ARE COMING OUT OF THE FRONT, USUALLY FOR STATION 2 OR 3? TWO. TWO.

TWO IS THE SMALLEST.

TWO IS GOING TO BE A WHOLE NOTHER THING.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT IS FINDING THE RIGHT LOCATION.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON THE PROPERTY THERE.

SO FOR US, THE CHALLENGE IS GETTING ONTO THE FREEWAY KIND OF COMING SOUTH ON 121 THERE.

THAT'S THE ONE REDEEMING FEATURE OF STATION TWO.

IT'S KIND OF FAR NORTH BASED ON ITS PREVIOUS YOU KNOW, USE WAS GOING INTO COLLEYVILLE ALSO AND COVERING THERE.

BUT FOR US THERE'S SO MANY OF THOSE SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES RIGHT THERE ALONG 121.

IT'S REAL HELPFUL TO US TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT SOUTHBOUND ACCESS ON 121, WHICH WE DO QUITE A BIT.

SO, SOMETHING IN THAT GENERAL AREA, BUT THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS WE'VE LOOKED AT.

I'M SURE WE'LL MAKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OPTIONS OUT THERE.

AND AS WE GET CLOSER, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE PICK THE BEST ONE.

OKAY. GOT IT, GOT IT.

I KNOW IN OUR ORDINANCES, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT TRAILERS AND MOBILE HOMES.

WE'LL BE COMING BACK IN TWO WEEKS TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT WE ARE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR CODE SO THAT WE ARE NOT VIOLATING OUR OWN CODES AND ORDINANCES.

CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY. YES. OKAY.

AND SO, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMES BEFORE US SO THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING BY THE BOOK.

WE'RE NOT VIOLATING ANY OF OUR OWN CODES AND ORDINANCES.

AND THEN BEFORE THE TRAILER, BEFORE THE MOBILE HOME ARRIVES.

CORRECT? YEAH. IT'S WE'RE JUST WE'RE GETTING ALL THE DUCKS LINED UP.

AND ONCE WE GET THAT, THAT HURDLE CLEARED, THEN WE'LL SET UP FOR DELIVERY AND MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD.

THE ORDINANCE CHANGE IS GOING TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THIS THURSDAY.

OKAY. AND THEN IT'LL BE TO YOU ALL AT OUR NEXT MEETING AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY OPERATING OUT OF THE MOBILE HOME OR JUST SLEEPING IN THE MOBILE HOME FOR STATION THREE.

WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THE APPARATUS BAY AT STATION THREE.

SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO DRIVE BY THERE, SEE SOME LITTLE FLAGS ON THE GROUND.

OUR FRIENDS AT PUBLIC WORKS HAVE ALREADY MARKED OFF WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.

IT'S GOING TO BE ON JUST ON THAT ON THE GRASS PROPERTY RIGHT, RIGHT ACROSS.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO RUN ACROSS AND YOU KNOW HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER'S GOOD BUT THEY'LL SURVIVE.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT WORK.

BUT YOU KNOW IT JUST MADE THE MOST SENSE.

WHEN WE FIND OUT WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO FOR STATION TWO, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE FIRE ENGINE AND THE AMBULANCE.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN INTERESTING PLAN AND TIME.

WE'RE GOING TO USE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. SO, THE MOBILE HOME ORDINANCE IS TEMPORARY? YES. SO CURRENTLY THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS, AND THAT IS THE ONLY TYPE OF TRAILER SLASH MOBILE HOME THAT IS PERMITTED TO BE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD AT ALL.

SO THE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE THAT WILL BE BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND YOU ALL IN TWO WEEKS IS VERY SPECIFIC TO TEMPORARY.

SO IF FOR SOME REASON THESE PROJECTS GO LONG OR WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE LONGER, WE OURSELVES TO WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL AND GAIN PERMISSION TO STAY ANY LONGER.

SO IT IS ABSOLUTELY FOR TEMPORARY PURPOSES.

OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU.

EXACTLY. COUNCILMEMBER STEVES, I'M ASSUMING ONCE ALL THE PROJECTS ARE DONE, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO RESELL THIS.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. ANY IDEA WHAT THE VALUE OF A USED MOBILE HOME IS?

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I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S A PRETTY THERE'S A MARKET FOR IT, BUT I HAVE NOT FIGURED THAT PART OUT YET.

YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.

IT COULD BE THE FUTURE CITY HALL.

YEAH. I GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

OKAY. NO, NO, DON'T PUT ME ON THAT ONE, BOSS.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ONE.

I MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOR THE MOBILE HOME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. STAFF. 18 CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, APPROVING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT APPROPRIATION PLAN, RECOGNIZING APPROPRIATE

[18. Consider a resolution of the City of Bedford, Texas approving the American Rescue Plan Act Appropriation Plan; and recognizing and appropriating expenditures within the Fiscal Year 2024 Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund Budget for the purchase of a fire apparatus with Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc. in an estimated amount of $614,592.]

CORONAVIRUS LOCAL RELIEF RECOVERY FUND BUDGET FOR THE PURCHASE OF A FIRE APPARATUS WITH METRO FIRE APPARATUS SPECIALISTS, AND ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $614,592. THANK YOU, CHIEF WALKER.

YES, SIR. SO FOR THIS, AS YOU KNOW, ENGINE 153 THAT HAD THE ACCIDENT 4 OR 5 MONTHS AGO WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS.

AND SO WE'VE GOTTEN THE NUMBER FROM THE INSURANCE TO, TO ATTEMPT TO REPLACE IT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S IT THERE'S THE USED MARKET AND FIRE APPARATUS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING INTO.

THERE'S JUST IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT REALLY WORKS.

SO IN WORKING WITH METRO FIRE APPARATUS, THEY HAVE THE FOLKS THAT RUN THAT HAVE BUILT SOME FIRE ENGINES THAT THEY BOUGHT AHEAD OF TIME WITHOUT A SPECIFIC BUYER IN MIND WITH THE IDEA THAT THAT THIS COMES UP OR PEOPLE WANT TO GET AN ENGINE THAT DON'T WANT TO HAVE A FULL CUSTOM FIRE ENGINE.

THE WAY WE NORMALLY DO FIRE ENGINES FOR CITIES, EVERYONE'S 100% CUSTOM AND THEY COST A LOT MORE.

AND THIS WAS PART OF METRO'S THOUGHTS IS, YOU KNOW, THEY BUILD THEM, THEY KNOW HOW TO BUILD THEM SO THEY LAST.

THEY DON'T HAVE WARRANTY ISSUES.

AND SOME OF THESE THINGS, THEY KNOW WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.

SO THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL AN S 180.

IT'S THEIR DESIGNED ENGINE.

WE WENT AND GAVE IT A GOOD LOOK.

AND EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE ON IT MAKES SENSE.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, IF WE HAD CUSTOM DESIGNED IT, IT WOULD HAVE PROBABLY COST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2 AND $400,000 MORE.

AND SO I THINK THIS MAY BE THE FUTURE.

AND SO I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS FIRE ENGINE AND SEEING HOW IT WORKS FOR US.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT THAT WE WOULD MAYBE WANT TO ADJUST IN THE FUTURE.

BUT I'VE ALSO EVEN TALKED TO THE FIRE CHIEFS ABOUT FINDING A SINGLE DESIGN ENGINE.

WE CAN ALL GET ON BOARD WITH. THE CURRENT BUILD TIME ON FIRE ENGINES IS TWO YEARS, AND FOR US, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

WE'RE TWO YEARS TOO LONG. YEAH.

WE'RE NOT IN A SITUATION THAT WE CAN HAVE LIKE MOST PLACES CAN'T.

BUT CERTAINLY WHEN YOU LOSE ONE AND NOW WE'RE DOWN, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

SO WITH THAT, VERY PLEASED WITH THE FIRE ENGINE AS FAR AS EVERY STANDARD IT MEETS EVERY STANDARD AS FAR AS THE MOTOR AND THE TANK AND THE PUMP.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY A BIGGER PUMP AND A BIGGER WATER TANK THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF SMART REASONS TO DO THAT, SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GOING TO IN THE PAST.

SO WE'RE PLEASED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS, THIS ONE THAT WE COULD GET TO WORK FOR US WAS AS SOON AS WE COULD GET SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK.

AND THIS IS COMING OFF THE LINE IN FEBRUARY.

SO HOPEFULLY BE IN SERVICE BY APRIL, MAYBE LATE MARCH, BUT MOST LIKELY SOMETIME IN APRIL WILL BE IN LINE.

SO IT'S STILL A HECK OF A LONG WAIT, BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST WE COULD COME UP WITH AND APPRECIATE METRO GETTING US A DEAL ON THIS THING.

SO I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, BUT WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. HEAD TOWARDS THAT DIRECTION.

YEAH, I CAN IMAGINE BECAUSE WHEN I, I KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENED AND KNOWING THAT THE LEAD TIME IS TWO YEARS FOR A NEW FIRE ENGINE.

THAT'S JUST. WE CAN'T BE DOWN THAT LONG IN THE CITY.

SO IT'S A GOOD IT'S A GOOD ALTERNATIVE.

AND WE'RE WE ARE GETTING INSURANCE MONEY.

CORRECT. FROM THE TOTAL ONE.

YEAH. I BELIEVE WE GOT SOMEWHERE AROUND $345,000 IN THAT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR IT WAS A TEN-YEAR-OLD FIRE ENGINE.

GOTCHA. HENCE.

HENCE THE ONLY 300,000.

YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT THE GUESSTIMATE WE HAD FOR IT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, YEAH, IT'S WE GOT THE WRONG END OF THAT DEAL.

LOOKING AHEAD, OBVIOUSLY THESE THINGS HAPPEN.

BUT IS THERE A WAY, ANYTHING THAT THE CITY IS DOING TO AVOID SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE WITH OUR FIRE TRUCKS? NORMALLY, I KNOW WE HAVE OUR FIRE TRUCKS.

THEY BLOCK OUR FREEWAYS, AND THEY WE USE IT AS A SHIELD.

IT'S A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING FOR THIS CASE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT IT TOTALED.

WHAT IS THE THOUGHT GOING FORWARD? BECAUSE, I MEAN, GOD FORBID SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN SO SOON? WE COULD BE DOWN.

YEAH. FIRE TRUCK ENGINE.

SO THERE ARE BLOCKERS THAT THAT GET SENT OUT TO THESE CALLS.

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WE WERE AGAIN AS ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALWAYS THE CASE.

IT WAS AN INTOXICATED DRIVER THAT HIT US.

YEAH. AND SO IT'S THE TWO IN THE MORNING CALL.

AND SO SOMEONE HAS TO STAFF THAT BLOCKER.

24 HOURS A DAY.

AND SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE GETTING A BLOCKER.

YOU KNOW WE COULD COME UP WITH THAT.

THE STAFFING IS HARDER RIGHT NOW EULESS IS TESTING A PROGRAM THAT WITH B AND B WRECKER TRYING TO GET THEM A BLOCKER OUT TO ALL CALLS.

AND SO WE'RE KIND OF WATCHING TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS FOR THEM AND.

GOT IT. WHAT'S THE COST.

AND IS IT DOES IT, HOW DOES IT LAND.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE NEED TO SEE CAD DATA OF OKAY, CAR ACCIDENT HAPPENED.

HOW QUICKLY IS IT ACTUALLY GETTING THERE? IS IT GETTING THERE IN A TIMELY MANNER WHERE IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THE HIGHWAY WILL ALREADY SEND ONE TO YOU? AND THE UNFORTUNATE THING WITH THIS WAS WE SENT TWO ENGINES TO IT AND WE ACTUALLY GOT THE BLOCKER ON EARLY.

OUR ENGINE PULLED UP RIGHT BEHIND THE BLOCKER TO GO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE ON THE SCENE.

AND SO WE WERE KIND OF NEXT TO IT.

AND THEY HIT OUR ENGINE OUT THE BLOCKER.

OUT THE BLOCKER, OKAY.

SO BAD LUCK ON THAT ONE.

BUT YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE DO LIGHTS, WE DO FLARES, WE DO CONES.

WE HAVE A NEW THING THAT WE'VE GOT THAT YOU ROLL OUT LIKE A BUMP STRIP, YOU KNOW, TO MAYBE WAKE SOMEBODY UP TO GET THEM.

HEY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JAR THEM TO ATTENTION.

CORRECT. BUT IT'S A PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND I BELIEVE IT'S A DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT OUT THERE, I'LL TELL YOU THAT, CERTAINLY IS SO.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BLESSING THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHWAYS THAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, FOR EASY TRANSPORT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT.

OUR TRUCK WAS DEALING WITH WHEN I FIRST WAS HERE, NOT EVEN SIX MONTHS, OUR TRUCK WAS HIT AND IT WAS OUT FOR ALMOST A YEAR.

AND WE GOT THAT BACK FINALLY.

GOTCHA. SO I'M GLAD WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT METHODS.

I'D LIKE US TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE METHODS SO THAT WE CAN PRESERVE THOSE FIRE TRUCKS.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE DOWN TOO MANY IN THE FUTURE BUT APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. APPRECIATE YOU.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

DO WE GET ANY INSURANCE FROM THE DRUNK DRIVER? I'D HAVE TO.

LET KAREN, SHE'S HANDLING.

YEAH, KAREN WAS IN CHARGE OF THAT.

I STEPPED AWAY AND LET HER CLAIM.

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KAREN RIGGS.

GOOD EVENING, SIR. YES.

IF THE INSURANCE COMPANY DEEMS OR THAT IT'S THE OTHER PERSON'S FAULT, THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO GO AFTER THEIR INSURANCE THROUGH THE SUBROGATION.

WITH AN ENGINE AND A CLAIM THIS LARGE, WE MAY PROBABLY WILL JUST GET OUR DEDUCTIBLE BACK AND THEY'LL SETTLE UP ON THE INSURANCE SIDE.

BUT THAT WOULD BE ALL THAT WE WOULD GET.

IS OUR DEDUCTIBLE BACK.

WOW. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ONE.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL, THANK YOU, STAFF.

THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU CHIEF.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 19.

IT'S JUST REDUNDANT. THIS IS MY UPDATE REQUESTING FOR THE MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

[19. Update on Mosquito Management Program and ongoing Mosquito Control in the City of Bedford. (Item requested by Mayor Cogan)]

NEXT IS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS.

I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.

THIS ONE. DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH ANYTHING? NOPE. NOPE, NOPE. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 21, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF REPORTS.

ALL RIGHT. NOTHING THERE AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

FIRST ONE UP IS PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING YMCA MANAGEMENT CONTRACT TERMS. THIS IS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TWO YEARS INTO THE TERM THE CONTRACT WITH YMCA.

WE JUST WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REFINED IN THAT AGREEMENT.

NEXT, WE HAVE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.087 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, 3700 BLOCK OF CHEEK SPARGER ROAD, AND SAME SECTION DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.

AREA OF NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD AND AIRPORT FREEWAY.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE BACK MOMENTARILY.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE RETURNED FROM OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND THERE IS NO ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN.

WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA, SO I WILL HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN FROM MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ALL ADJOURNED AT 8:55.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.