May 13, 2025 City Council

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ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 6:00. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL. TO ORDER IS TUESDAY,

[CALL TO ORDER/GENERAL COMMENTS]

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'RE MISSING A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TODAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER DONOVAN BRANDON IS OUT OF TOWN ON A WORK ASSIGNMENT.

AND THEN COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM GAGLIARDI IS DOWN IN AUSTIN TESTIFYING BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE WITH ACCESS TO PHARMACY CARE FOR ALL OF TEXANS.

SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT WAS. AND I HOPE SOMEBODY GOT THAT ON TAPE SO WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND ANXIOUS TO SEE WHEN HE COMES BACK WHAT HIS REPORT WILL BE.

SO, WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE ON WITH OUR SPECIAL SESSION HERE.

[SPECIAL SESSION ]

GIVE YOU CITY SECRETARY MICHAEL WELLS. YES, SIR.

WE DID RECEIVE THE OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM TARRANT COUNTY YESTERDAY.

AND THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET EFFECTIVELY OUTLINES THOSE RESULTS FOR APPROVAL.

IN SUMMARY, AMY SABOL HAS BEEN ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL PLACE THREE WITH 2104 VOTES.

AND STEVE BARKER HAS BEEN ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL PLACE FIVE WITH 2136 VOTES.

CANVASING THE ELECTION IS KIND OF A FORMALITY IN ORDER TO MOVE ON TO THE STATEMENT OF ELECTED OFFICER.

THE OATH OF OFFICE AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION.

OKAY. VERY WELL. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FARGO. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES WITH 5 TO 0. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. WE HAVE INAUGURATION OF NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.

[INAUGURATION OF NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS ]

SO, THE FIRST THING IS GOING TO BE THE STATEMENT OF ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICER.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED, PROMISED TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED, OR PROMISE TO CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF A VOTE, THE ELECTION IN WHICH YOU'RE ELECTED, OR THE REWARD OF SECURITY APPOINTMENT OR CONFIRMATION, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

SO HELP YOU GOD. I DO. HERE'S YOUR OATH OF OFFICE.

YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER, PLACE THREE. THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS AND WILL TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD SO HELP YOU GOD? I DO.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU GOT ONE.

ONE MORE THING. ABOUT THAT. I ASKED MY WIFE TO COME UP. OH. OH, SHE DIDN'T KNOW.

SHE'S OKAY. WHAT WERE THAT COUPLE NOW? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU HAVE NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAID, OFFERED, PROMISED TO PAY, CONTRIBUTED OR PROMISED, CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE, OR PROMISED ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT FOR THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING THE VOTE OR WITHHOLDING A VOTE AT THE ELECTION IN WHICH YOU WERE ELECTED, OR AS A REWARD TO SECURE YOUR APPOINTMENT OR CONFIRMATION, WHICHEVER THE CASE MAY BE, SO HELP YOU GOD. I DO. HERE'S YOUR OATH OF OFFICE.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT YOU WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS, AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES? THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD SO HELP YOU GOD.

I DO SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

AND WELCOME BACK. BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS, SABOL AND COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO TO THE DAIS FOR YOUR NEXT TERM.

VERY GLAD THAT THIS ELECTION IS OVER. AND I'M ALSO VERY GLAD THAT BOTH OF YOU CAME OUT VICTORIOUS AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE COUNCIL INTACT AS IT IS, BECAUSE I WILL SAY THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT WE HAVE SOME.

PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST CITY COUNCILS RIGHT HERE BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY, AND I DO I DO HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT WE COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS.

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SO, THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR SESSION. WE HAVE. FIRST UP WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INVOCATION BY MR.

[REGULAR SESSION ]

IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND. FIRST LET ME JUST SAY CONGRATS TO YOU BOTH.

THAT IS INCREDIBLE. AND SO SCRIPTURE SAYS IN PROVERBS IT SAYS THAT WITHOUT LEADERSHIP OR WITHOUT VISION, YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY HEARD THIS. PEOPLE PERISH.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BECAUSE LEADERSHIP ISN'T NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT JUST COMES NATURAL AT TIMES.

LEADERSHIP IS MOLDED AND LEARNED, AND YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT VERY, VERY WELL.

SO I'VE GOT A THOUGHT FOR US TONIGHT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, OUT OF THE BOOK OF ACTS, BECAUSE LEADERSHIP CAN SOMETIMES BE IT'S NOT ALWAYS CORRECT OR PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS FOLLOW.

OR SO IN THE LIFE OF JESUS, THE MAN, WHEN HE WAS ASCENDING TO GO INTO GLORY, HE HE SHARED WITH HIS DISCIPLES THAT HE WANTED THEM TO BE HIS WITNESSES IN JERUSALEM, JUDEA, AND TO THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH.

BUT THE COMPLICATION WAS THEY. WHEN THEY SAW HIM ASCEND, THEY STOOD AND STOOD AND STOOD. THEY STOOD SO LONG, LOOKING UP INTO THE INTO THE HEAVENS, TILL AN ANGEL HAD TO COME DOWN AND SAY, GUYS, WHAT ARE YOU. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING? HERE'S THE PRINCIPLE THERE. WHEN? WHEN LEADERS ARE ELEVATED.

OR MAYBE WE DON'T SEE THEM. MAYBE WE DON'T SEE THEM.

SOMETIMES WE. WE CAN BE JUST LIKE THE DISCIPLES.

WE'LL JUST KIND OF STAND THERE AIMLESS. AND THEY, I CALL IT.

THEY WERE JUST GAWKING. THEY WERE JUST STANDING THERE GAWKING.

THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS. BUT YET, BECAUSE THE LEADER, JESUS HIMSELF, HAD ALREADY ASCENDED, THEY DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE, AS THOSE THAT FOLLOW OUR LEADERS, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE MAY NOT. WE MAY NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS YOU WANT US TO DO.

SO MY ENCOURAGEMENT AS I AGREE WITH YOU, MAYOR.

WE HAVE A GREAT CITY COUNCIL, SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.

THE CITY, WHERE THE CITY'S GOING AND WHERE YOU'RE LEADING THE CITY.

AND LET US BE WILLING. WE I AM WE'LL BE WILLING TO FOLLOW YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THAT'S WHAT THE DISCIPLES, EVEN THOUGH THEY TOOK THEM A WHILE.

AND IT MAY TAKE US A WHILE. JUST KEEP PRESSING ON AND PERSEVERING, OKAY? THAT'S MY PRAYER FOR YOU. WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN PRAYER? FATHER, THERE'S NO ONE IN THIS ROOM THAT'S PERFECT.

THERE'S NOT A PERSON IN HERE THAT HAS ALL THEIR STUFF TOGETHER.

FATHER, I'M GRATEFUL THAT AS THESE THAT THE ELECTIONS ARE OVER AND THAT THEY.

THAT THESE HAVE WON. FATHER, THAT'S WHEN THE WORK BEGINS.

AND SO TONIGHT, THEIR WORK BEGINS IN FULL. SO GIVE THEM THE WISDOM, FATHER, THAT THEY NEED IMPART UNTO THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ELECTED.

FATHER, GIVE THEM GREAT, GREAT COURAGE TO FOLLOW THEIR OWN GUT FROM TIME TO TIME.

THE LAW FOR SURE, AND THEN TO HEAR FROM YOU. AND MAY WE FOLLOW, FATHER, AND MAY WE BE THOSE THAT CAN UNDERSTAND THEIR DIRECTION. SO, THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THESE FOLK THAT HAVE SAID YES, THEY'VE SAID YES TO THE CALL, AND THEY'RE SITTING IN THE SEATS AND THEY'RE THERE.

AND SO MAY WE AS CITIZENS, FATHER, PRAY FOR THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM.

AND, FATHER, MAY WE FOLLOW AS WE GO IN THIS CITY.

WE'RE GRATEFUL, FATHER, FOR THE DIRECTION AND GRATEFUL FOR OUR LEADERS.

THANK YOU AND I PRAISE YOU IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME.

AMEN AND AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

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TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. TERRELL THERE FOR GREAT INVOCATION.

GREAT MESSAGE. OKAY, NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCIL RECOGNITION.

[COUNCIL RECOGNITION ]

ALL RIGHT. SO WHEREAS MEDICAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IS A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD, AND WHEREAS FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS AND THE BEDFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE READY TO PROVIDE LIFE SAVING CARE TO THOSE IN NEED 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. AND WHEREAS ACCESS TO QUALITY EMERGENCY CARE DRAMATICALLY IMPROVES THE SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY RATE OF THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE SUDDEN ILLNESS OR INJURY.

AND WHEREAS OUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM CONSISTS OF FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDICS, PHYSICIAN, MEDICAL DIRECTOR, EMS, EDUCATORS, EMS FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, ADMINISTRATORS, 911 OPERATORS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND WHEREAS, BEDFORD EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ALSO CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY BY TEACHING CITIZENS LIFESAVING SKILLS AND THE ACTIONS TO TAKE BEFORE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL ARRIVE AT THE SCENE. WHEREAS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DR.

SHARON MALONE, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BEDFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE HIGHLY DEDICATED AND STRIVE TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE SAVING CARE FOR THE CITIZENS OF BEDFORD.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, DAN COGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 18TH THROUGH THE 24TH, 2025, AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

THANK YOU.

VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE WEEK OF MAY 18TH TO THE 24TH, 2025, AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

I'LL CALL UP ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIDE RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN. YOU CAN COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO, AND I'LL GO AND READ THIS. ALL RIGHT.

WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE VITAL IMPORTANCE TO THE SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

AND WHEREAS THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES CANNOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION, WATER DISTRIBUTION, WASTEWATER COLLECTION, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS AND CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND TO MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS THE YEAR 2025 MARKS THE 65TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, DAN COGAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 18TH THROUGH THE 24TH, 2025, AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

ANY WORDS FOR US, JOE? JUST QUICK INTRODUCTIONS TO THE REST OF THE STAFF THAT ARE HERE WITH ME.

I HAVE OUR FLEET MANAGER, STACI FLEET AND OFFICE MANAGER.

I HAVE OUR CITY'S CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, CHRIS, AND OUR NEW TO INTRODUCE TO THE COUNCIL PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS MANAGER, LAWRENCE. I CAN TELL YOU. I CAN TELL YOU'RE ALL JUST.

YOU'RE JUST ALWAYS JUST EXTROVERTED. YOU LOVE BEING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.

WE LOOK; WE LIKE TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES. UNDERSTANDABLE I UNDERSTAND.

WELL, WE THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU.

NICE MEETING YOU. AND WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYONE HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

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[PRESENTATIONS]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME TIME AND A FEW MINUTES THIS EVENING TO SPEAK TO YOU.

AS YOU SAID, MY NAME IS RHONDA HUCKABY, AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE CHIEF OF MISSION OF SAFE HAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT SAFE HAVEN IS THE STATE, THE COUNTY'S ONLY STATE DESIGNATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROVIDER.

WE OPERATE THE ONLY 24 HOUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE, AND WE OPERATE THE TWO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS HERE IN TARRANT COUNTY, ONE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH. I'M LOSING MY VOICE.

IT ALWAYS HAPPENS, RIGHT? AND ONE IN THE CITY OF ARLINGTON.

WE ALSO OPERATE THE COUNTY'S ONLY HIGH RISK TEAM AND STRANGULATION RESPONSE.

IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THOSE CRITICAL SERVICES FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND THEIR CHILDREN, WE ALSO RUN ONE OF THE COUNTY'S ACCREDITED PROGRAMS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDERS.

AND WE OFFER EXPERT TESTIMONY IN CRIMINAL FELONY CASES, AND WE FACILITATE THE COUNTY'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FATALITY REVIEW TEAM.

AND WE PUBLISH OUR FINDINGS EACH YEAR IN OCTOBER.

SAFE HAVEN WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES, AND WE ARE A LEADER IN THE FIELD OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, NOT JUST IN OUR SERVICES, BUT IN INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION.

WE WORK TO INNOVATE AND TO SET THE STANDARD. OUR APPROACH IS BASED IN EVIDENCE, AND WE ARE ENSURING THAT EVERY SERVICE IS BACKED BY RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES. ONE EXAMPLE IS OUR CURRENT GROUNDBREAKING WORK IN IDENTIFYING THE DOMINANT AGGRESSOR IN VIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS. IT IS GOING TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COURTS DETERMINE ON SCENE WHO POSSESSES THE REAL THREAT WHEN SITUATIONS TURN DANGEROUS. THIS RESEARCH, ALONG WITH OUR EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAM, MEANS WE'RE NOT JUST RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

WE'RE WORKING TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY FOR VICTIMS, OFFENDERS, AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

TO HEAR HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE 2024 IMPACT REPORT, YOU HAVE A COPY IN FRONT OF YOU, AND WE RELEASE THIS REPORT EVERY YEAR. BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

AND IN IT, YOU'LL SEE THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE TO KEEP VICTIMS SAFE AND HOLD ACCOUNTABLE OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE AND MOVE THE NEEDLE ON OUR ISSUE.

WE SERVE ALL OF TARRANT COUNTY, AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME NUMBERS.

LAST YEAR, WE SERVED 15 FAMILIES FROM THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

20 TOTAL INDIVIDUALS, THREE FAMILIES, THREE MOMS AND FIVE CHILDREN WERE SERVED IN OUR EMERGENCY SHELTERS AND 12 WERE SERVED IN OUR NONRESIDENTIAL, WHERE THEY RECEIVED CASE MANAGEMENT, COUNSELING AND PLAY THERAPY.

I MENTIONED THAT WE OPERATE A HIGH RISK RESPONSE TEAM.

IT'S WHERE WE GO OUT TO LOCAL HOSPITALS WHERE A PATIENT HAS SAID THAT IN HER INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, SHE HAS BEEN STRANGLED OR HAD OTHER HIGH RISK INCIDENTS OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE.

WE CURRENTLY WORK WITH HARRIS DOWNTOWN, AND WE'RE HOPING TO EXPAND THAT TO THE HOSPITALS HERE IN THE MID CITIES IS ON OUR WEBSITE, WE PUBLISH OUR 2023 FATALITY REVIEW REPORT, AND YOU CAN SEE PREVIOUS YEARS AS WELL.

AND EACH YEAR, OUR TEAM REVIEWS ALL THE INTIMATE PARTNER HOMICIDES IN TARRANT COUNTY.

WE'LL BE REPUBLISHING THE 2020 REPORT IN OCTOBER.

BUT HERE'S WHAT MATTERS IN BEDFORD. WHILE WE SERVE 20 INDIVIDUALS FROM YOUR COMMUNITY, THERE WERE NO INTIMATE PARTNER HOMICIDES IN 2024. HOWEVER, THERE WERE TWO DEATHS IN HALTOM CITY AND THE YEAR BEFORE, THERE WERE FIVE HOMICIDES IN HURST AND IN GRAPEVINE. AND THAT'S GETTING A LITTLE CLOSE TO HOME.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHY OUR WORK IS SO CRUCIAL. AND THE MORE VICTIMS WE BRING INTO OUR SAFE HAVEN SERVICES, ESPECIALLY OUR HIGH RISK TEAMS AND OUR INTERVENTIONS, THE MORE LIVES WE CAN SAVE.

SO, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME.

ABSOLUTELY. WELL, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR SHARING EVERYTHING IN YOUR MISSION HERE WITH US THIS EVENING AND COMING BEFORE US AND LETTING US KNOW OF YOUR ORGANIZATION.

AND CORRECT ME WRONG. YOU SAID YOUR ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THIS WITH, YOU KNOW, RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

ONLY ONE IN THE STATE, YOU SAID. NO, WE'RE THE ONLY STATE DESIGNATED.

WE HAVE THE STATE DESIGNATION FOR TARRANT COUNTY.

SO, FOR OUR HOTLINE AND OUR SHELTERS AND OUR OTHER SERVICES.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. SO, WHERE IS YOUR FUNDING?

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MOST OF OUR FUNDING COMES THROUGH THE FEDS, THROUGH THE STATE TO US.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE GET GENERAL FUNDS FROM FOUNDATIONS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS GENERAL, IN GENERAL, FOUNDATION DONORS FROM COMMUNITIES.

YEAH. VERY GOOD. SO, SO THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DIFFERENT WE HAVE ABOUT A ABOUT A 13, $14 MILLION BUDGET AND ABOUT 150 EMPLOYEES.

WOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO QUITE A BIG, QUITE A BIG REACH HERE FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND MUCH NEEDED. WHAT WHAT? SO YOU'RE TRYING TO GET INTO HEB HOSPITAL, TRYING TO PARTNER WITH THEM.

SO THAT'S YOUR NEXT STEP? YES, WE'RE WORKING TO EXPAND.

WE'RE CURRENTLY AT JP'S IN DOWNTOWN HARRIS. CURRENTLY DOWNTOWN HARRIS IS OUR PROBABLY CALLS US THE MOST.

WE GET ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 7 CALLS A WEEK. AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT STRANGULATION AND INTERPERSONAL.

INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE. STRANGULATION IS WHAT WE REALLY CALL THE LAST WARNING SHOT OVER THE BOW.

WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN STRANGLED IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP ARE 750 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED IN THAT RELATIONSHIP.

NOT BY STRANGULATION, BUT USUALLY BY A GUNSHOT.

AND SO WE REALLY LIKE TO STRESS UPON THE VICTIMS HOW SERIOUS STRANGULATION IS.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS CAREER SINCE 1988. BACK IN MY EARLY CAREER, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT STRANGULATION.

IT IN THE CHECKLIST, WE CALLED IT CHOKING. IT WASN'T ANYTHING WE PAID ATTENTION TO.

AND. BUT OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE LEARNED AND DONE SO MUCH RESEARCH ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS STRANGULATION IS AND WHAT IT MEANS ABOUT RAGE.

AND ALSO MEN WHO STRANGLE THEY I THINK THEY HAVE THE LIKELIHOOD WHAT THEY SAID.

I WANT TO MISQUOTE THE STATS. YOU CAN LOOK IT UP, BUT MOST MEN THE LIKELIHOOD THAT MEN WHO STRANGLE THE INCREASES, THE LIKELIHOOD THEY ARE ALSO MEN. I'M BACK UP.

SORRY. I'M TRYING TO NOT COUGH. MEN WHO HAVE KILLED POLICE OFFICERS HAVE STRANGULATION IN THEIR BACKGROUND.

SO, THERE'S A CORRELATION WITH RAGE AND STRANGULATION.

AND SO, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO ALL OUR INTERVENTIONS AROUND THAT.

AND THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO BRING DOWN HOMICIDES AND YOU KNOW, KEEPING VICTIMS SAFE AND HOLDING OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE.

I DID HAVE A QUESTION. SO GOING THROUGH YOUR STATISTICS, YOUR IMPACT SAID THAT 139 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDERS COMPLETED THE PIP PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM? COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS? YES, IT'S SORT OF IT USED TO BE CALLED BATTERERS INTERVENTION.

IT'S PREVENTION OF ABUSE IN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.

SO, MOST OF THOSE MEN ARE COURT ORDERED. THEY HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND IT'S PART OF THEIR PROBATION OR PART OF THEIR COURTS.

AND MOST OF THOSE ARE AT HIGH RISK. SOME OF THEM ARE LOW RISK, BUT MOST OF THEM IT'S PART OF THEIR MAJORITY OF THEM IT IS PROBABLY 99%.

GOTCHA. GOTCHA. IT'S 24 WEEKS. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR PACKET, I NOTICED, I MEAN, IT WAS I WAS READING ALL THE TESTIMONIALS.

AND JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN PUT NUMBERS TO THINGS.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PEOPLE'S PERSONAL STORIES AND THEIR TESTIMONIALS IT REALLY IT REALLY PUTS THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE AND THE IMPACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE HERE IN TARRANT COUNTY. YES. AND IT REALLY, REALLY IT REALLY SHOWS THAT.

AND SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU PROVIDING THOSE THEY'RE HARD TO READ SOMETIMES BUT MUCH VERY NECESSARY.

SO, WHAT, AS A CITY, CAN WE DO TO HELP. WELL SPREAD AWARENESS.

SPREAD AWARENESS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO SPEAK TO CHURCHES IF WE LOVE TO SPEAK TO YOU KNOW, OTHER CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A CHECKBOOK. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ALWAYS GOOD.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO BE PART OF SOME FUNDRAISERS THAT WILL BE LATER ON IN OCTOBER.

I THINK IT'LL BE ACTUALLY APRIL OF 2026 HERE IN THE MID CITIES.

AND SO, WHEN YOU START HEARING ABOUT THAT, JUST CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

FANTASTIC. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK ON THE WEBSITE AND LOOK AT OUR FATALITY REPORT.

AND WHEN THAT COMES OUT YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR OUR MAILING LIST AND LOOK AT US ON FACEBOOK.

BUT WE SEND OUT A LOT OF OUR STORIES AND A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO.

AND ALSO, ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND OUR WEBSITE, WE HAVE A NEEDS LIST.

WE SEND OUT AN AMAZON SHOPPING LIST. AND THERE'S ALWAYS IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT THE SHELTERS ARE NEEDING BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR WOMEN ACTUALLY COME WITH WHAT THEY HAVE IN THE CAR. I SPOKE WITH A LADY YESTERDAY.

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I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING EXCEPT MY MY KIDS, MY DIAPER BAG, MY STROLLER, AND, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE GET.

AND SO WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM CLOTHES, TOILETRIES, EVERYTHING THAT THEY MIGHT NEED AND TRY TO MAKE IT AS NORMAL AS THEY CAN FOR THE KIDS.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE WEBSITE. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WHILE WE HAVE. ALL RIGHT.

AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE BEDFORD CENTER YMCA.

FIRST QUARTER 2025 FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL PRESENTATION.

GIVE YOU JACQUELINE DAKOTA AND JACQUELINE SOTELO WITH KRISTEN LEE WITH THE YMCA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. OKAY. PERFECT.

HELLO. HOW ARE Y'ALL? WELL. DOING WELL, DOING WELL.

HI, MY NAME IS JACQUELINE SOTELO. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO I HAVE NOT HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING, I'M THE NEW DISTRICT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OVER AT THE BEDFORD CENTER YMCA.

I HAVE MY FELLOW JACQUELINE BEHIND ME HERE, JACQUELINE COTTER, WHO IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF TALENT AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR ASSOCIATION.

SO, I'LL LEAD US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, BUT SHE'LL CHIME IN WITH ANYTHING I LEAVE OUT AND IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR CFO PRESENT TODAY, MISS KRISTEN LEE.

SO, SHE WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL PORTION.

BUT I'M GOING TO START US OFF WITH SOME OF THE MORE FUN OPERATIONAL TOPICS.

IF THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO Y'ALL. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT, SO FIRST UP THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE LEADERSHIP AT THE BEDFORD CENTER YMCA, WHICH IS WHY IT'S MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.

SO, WHEN JACQUELINE AND I BOTH ARRIVED IN LATE DECEMBER, EARLY JANUARY, OUR PRIORITY WAS TO COME IN AND RETRAIN STAFF AND MAKE SURE THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS THE PRIORITY AND FOCUS AT THE YMCA.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE TOOK THE FOUR ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE PRINCIPLES OF Y OF THE USA, WHICH IS WELCOMING, CONNECTING, INVITING AND SUPPORTING AND WENT INTO ALL OF OUR STAFF MEETINGS WITH THOSE FOUR THINGS IN MIND.

SO, OUR HOPE IS THAT WHEN YOU COME INTO THE YMCA, YOU ARE WELCOMED.

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO YOU? I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU WALK IN, THEY KNOW YOU'RE OUR FRONT DESK STANDS. SMILES.

GREETS YOU BY NAME, RIGHT? I HOPE THAT THEY HAVE MADE A CONNECTION WITH YOU BEYOND YOUR NAME, AND THEY KNOW THAT YOU ARE THERE TO TRAIN FOR A5K, OR YOU'RE DOING YOUR FIRST TRIATHLON, OR YOU'RE THERE BECAUSE YOUR DOCTOR TOLD YOU THAT YOU NEEDED TO BE THERE. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THERE, BUT THEY TOLD YOU YOU HAD TO BE RIGHT ONCE THEY'VE MADE THAT CONNECTION WITH YOU.

HOW ARE WE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU IN THAT? IF YOU'RE THERE BECAUSE YOUR DOCTOR TOLD YOU THAT YOU NEEDED TO BE, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE? HAVE WE SUPPORTED YOU AND ENCOURAGED YOU AND CONNECTED YOU WITH A WELLNESS COACH OR A PERSONAL TRAINER? AND THEN LASTLY, ARE WE INVITING YOU INTO OUR ORGANIZATION AND INTO OUR HOME AND INTO OUR COMMUNITY OF THE YMCA AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU FEEL CONNECTED AND SUPPORTED AND LOVED? SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, THE YMCA DOES HAVE THREE AREAS OF SORRY, I'M A WALKER AND I KEEP WALKING AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE.

THE YMCA HAS THREE AREAS OF IMPACT HEALTHY LIVING, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE FIRST BUCKET I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS MY PASSION FOR HEALTHY LIVING.

SO YEAR TO DATE SO FAR THIS YEAR WE HAVE HEALTHY LIVING MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO EVERYONE.

SO A FEW OF THE STATISTICS WE HAVE, STATISTICS WE HAVE HERE FOR YOU ARE REGARDING PICKLEBALL, BASKETBALL, PERSONAL TRAINING, WELLNESS, ORIENTATIONS AND LOVE YOUR HEART. SO PICKLEBALL IS A BIG DEAL AT THE BEDFORD YMCA.

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ALL HAVE COME FOR A VISIT.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TOUR IN THE MORNING AND SEE WHAT OPEN PLAY PICKLEBALL LOOKS LIKE.

IT GETS PRETTY, PRETTY FEISTY. SO, WE'VE SERVED OVER 6400 MEMBERS THROUGH PICKLEBALL, OPEN PLAY.

AND THAT NUMBER IS GROWING DAILY. ADULT BASKETBALL WAS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE TRIED THIS YEAR, SO IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME TRYING ADULT SPORTS AT THE Y.

WE HAD 43 PARTICIPANTS, AND WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF OUR WINNING TEAM.

THEY WERE VERY, VERY PROUD. THEY WORKED HARD FOR THIS. THIS GOT VERY COMPETITIVE. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DID A MID-SEASON SURVEY AND A POST-SEASON SURVEY AND NOTHING BUT POSITIVE RESULTS. SO WE WERE VERY, VERY ENCOURAGED AND EXCITED BY THAT. AND WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO DO ANOTHER SEASON POST SUMMER CAMP AND GET MORE ADULTS INVOLVED IN SPORTS AFTER HOW WELL THAT FIRST SEASON WENT.

SO, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN PLAYING SEE ME AFTER I THINK YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF FUN PERSONAL TRAINING.

I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER. SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SERVED 93 PEOPLE THROUGH PERSONAL TRAINING AT THE Y.

WE'VE GOT ONE OF OUR CLIENTS IN THE BACK THERE, DANA.

75 PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR WELLNESS ORIENTATION, AND 602 OF OUR MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN LOVE YOUR HEART.

LOVE YOUR HEART IS ONE OF OUR MEMBER ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES.

SO WE TRY TO DO DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES QUARTERLY THROUGHOUT BEING THE FIRST ONE THAT WE ALWAYS DO IN FEBRUARY.

RIGHT AFTER THE INFLUX OF NEW MEMBERS WE GET IN JANUARY, I'M SURE, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, JANUARY.

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SO, OUR GOAL BY RUNNING THIS ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE IN FEBRUARY IS TO GET ALL OF THOSE JANUARY JOINERS INVOLVED.

SO IT'S A VERY, VERY SIMPLE INITIATIVE. WE JUST ASK THAT YOU COME TO THE Y 14 TIMES IN FEBRUARY AND YOU EARN A SHIRT.

SO IT'S VERY POPULAR. 602 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED.

SO YOU'LL SEE READ LOVE YOUR HEART SHIRTS ALL OVER THE BEDFORD CENTER YMCA RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT WAS VERY EXCITING. AND AS I MENTIONED, SINCE ADULT BASKETBALL WAS A BIG SUCCESS, WE ARE GOING TO ATTEMPT NEXT AN ADULT VOLLEYBALL AND WATER POLO. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT. IS THAT GOING TO TAKE AWAY ANY FROM THE PICKLEBALL COURTS SINCE THEY'RE SO POPULAR? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION AND STAY TUNED. OKAY.

OUR GOAL CURRENTLY HOW WE HOW WE DID THAT WITH BASKETBALL IS WE SPLIT THE GYM IN HALF.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS PICKLEBALL. ALWAYS LITERALLY EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY THERE IS PICKLEBALL AVAILABLE.

BUT THE OTHER HALF WE SPLIT BETWEEN GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES AND THEN BASKETBALL AND NOW POTENTIALLY VOLLEYBALL.

SO THAT IS A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. YES. YEAH.

I'VE HAD I'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PICKLEBALLERS AND THEY'RE LIKE THEY'RE IN THERE ALL THE TIME, ALL THE TIME. AND THEY TAKE ALL THE TIME. THEY TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.

I WALKED BY A MEMBER WITH A BLACK ABBY THE OTHER DAY AND SMACKED WITH A PICKLEBALL RACKET.

I MEAN, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP HER FROM PLAYING. SHE WAS NOT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO LEAVE. I MEAN, YES, YES, IT'S. AND AGAIN, COME, COME WATCH, COME WATCH.

YOU GET THREE FREE GUEST PASSES. SO GET SOME POPCORN AND COME WATCH PICKLEBALL. GOTCHA. OKAY, OUR NEXT BUCKET IS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. SO AGAIN, SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SERVED 4317 KIDDOS IN OUR Y PLAYHOUSE.

SO AGAIN, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT Y PLAYHOUSE IS WITH EVERY FAMILY MEMBERSHIP TO THE YMCA, WE INCLUDE ONSITE CHILDCARE WHILE YOU WORK OUT.

SO WORKING MOMS AND DADS ARE ABLE TO COME IN AND FOR TWO HOURS DROP THEIR KIDS OFF IN OUR Y PLAYHOUSE WITH CPR AND FIRST TRAINED, FIRST AID TRAINED STAFF. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT PLAYHOUSE IS SO OFTEN THAT I SEE MOMS DROP OFF THE KIDDOS, MAYBE GO DO A 30 MINUTE CLASS, AND THAT OTHER HOUR AND A HALF OF THEIR TIME, THEY'RE SITTING IN OUR COMMUNITY HALL WATCHING NETFLIX, CHECKING EMAILS, NAPPING. RIGHT? LIKE WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO CENTER THEMSELVES AND TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES THAT DAY SO THAT THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HELP 4317 FAMILIES, MOMS AND DADS GET A BREATHER, HELP THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, THAT THAT NUMBER IS REALLY POWERFUL FOR ME.

WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED 182 SWIM LESSONS. THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE HAD SERVED 120 SWIM LESSONS.

SO UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM LAST YEAR. SO VERY PROUD OF THAT, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO SUMMER AND KNOWING THE DANGER OF DROWNING IN TARRANT COUNTY VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT NUMBER. AND WE ARE GOING TO DO A BIG FOCUS THE WEEK OF MAY 18TH.

MAY 18TH IS A BIG WEEK, IT SOUNDS LIKE, FOR EVERYONE. SO THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE OUR WATER SAFETY WEEK AT THE YMCA.

SO IF YOU COME VISIT US THAT WEEK, YOU WILL SEE ALL OF OUR STAFF IN LIFE VEST TO PROMOTE WATER SAFETY WEEK AND SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER SAFETY.

GOING INTO SUMMER. LEARNING HOW TO BE A WATER WATCHER.

WE'LL HAVE A WATER SAFETY PLEDGE CARD FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN SAYING THAT THEY'RE TAKING THE WATER SAFETY PLEDGE TO BE A WATER WATCHER AND MAKE SURE THEIR KIDS ARE SAFE OVER SUMMER.

LAST YEAR IN TARRANT COUNTY, THERE WERE 270 NON-FATAL DROWNINGS.

SO, OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO PROVIDE AT LEAST 270 SWIM LESSONS FOR FREE FOR KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, IS OUR YOUTH AND TEEN FITNESS ORIENTATIONS. WE'VE HAD 17 KIDS GO THROUGH THAT SO FAR THIS YEAR.

I AM SURE THAT THAT NUMBER WILL JUMP DRASTICALLY THIS SUMMER.

OUR YOUTH AND TEEN FITNESS ORIENTATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR KIDDOS TO BE ON OUR FITNESS FLOOR. SO FOR THEIR SAFETY WE DO REQUIRE THEM TO GO THROUGH AN ORIENTATION BEFORE THEY CAN BE ON THE ON THE FLOOR ON THEIR OWN. AND DEPENDING ON THEIR AGE, DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT THEY CAN OR CANNOT USE.

SO OUR EIGHT NINE YEAR OLDS ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO BE ON CARDIO EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST TOO YOUNG TO DO ANY TYPE OF WEIGHTS. TEN AND 11 YEAR OLDS ARE ABLE TO USE CIRCUIT EQUIPMENT, AND THEN 12 AND 13 YEAR OLDS CAN USE FREE WEIGHTS AGAIN IF THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE ORIENTATION. SO THEY ALL DO HAVE A WRISTBAND THAT SIGNIFIES WHETHER OR NOT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT TRAINING, AND THAT COLOR WILL SIGNIFY WHICH EQUIPMENT THEY CAN AND CANNOT BE ON. TO HELP OUR STAFF KNOW WHERE KIDS SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE, AND KEEP KIDS SAFE AND KEEP OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT KIDS ALSO SAFE AND COMFORTABLE DURING DURING THEIR WORKOUT AND COMING SOON SUMMER DAY CAMP.

FILLING UP VERY FAST. THAT KICKS OFF MAY 26TH.

WE HAVE 170 SPOTS FOR KIDS. MOST WEEKS ARE ALREADY FILLED UP, SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND SIGNING UP SOON.

AND IN ORDER TO HELP OFFSET HOW BUSY DAY CAMP IS, WE ARE BRINGING A COUPLE OF NEW CAMPS TO BEDFORD THIS SUMMER.

SO OUR ADVENTURE CLUB AND OUR SPORTS AND SPLASH CAMP.

THESE WILL BOTH BE HALF DAY CLUBS, ADVENTURE CLUB AND THE AFTERNOON FROM 1 TO 4, AND SPORTS AND SPLASH CAMP IN THE MORNING FROM 9 TO 12.

SO PARENTS WHO DON'T NEED FULL DAYCARE JUST WANT TO DROP THEIR KIDS OFF FOR A FEW HOURS OF FUN.

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SO REALLY BRING THEM TO ONE AND THEN BRING THEM TO THE OTHER. MAKING SURE WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR BASES COVERED.

ONE WILL BE MORE ARTS FOCUSED AND THEN SPORTS AND SPLASH, OBVIOUSLY MORE, MORE SPORTS FOCUSED.

SO, SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE THIS SUMMER AT THE Y.

AND OUR LAST BIG BUCKET IS OUR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

SO, FAR THIS YEAR WE HAVE CERTIFIED 52 LIFEGUARDS.

THAT IS 52 NEW LIFEGUARDS IN ADDITION TO THE LIFEGUARDS WE ALREADY HAD ON STAFF AS OF JANUARY 1ST.

AND AGAIN, THAT JUST GOES BACK TO WATER SAFETY, RIGHT? THAT'S 52 NEW LIFEGUARDS THAT ARE ABLE TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND POTENTIALLY SAVE A LIFE AND KEEP KIDS AND FAMILIES SAFE AROUND WATER.

SENIOR ENGAGEMENT IS SOMETHING WE'RE ALSO VERY, VERY PROUD OF AT THE BEDFORD CENTER YMCA. IF YOU'VE BEEN OVER TO THE Y AND MET TARA SMITH, SHE IS OUR AOA GURU, AS I LIKE TO CALL HER. SHE DOES A GREAT JOB OF ORGANIZING EVENTS FOR THEM.

WE HAVE A MONTHLY POTLUCK, A MONTHLY BINGO, AND A MONTHLY ICE CREAM SOCIAL.

SO, FAR THIS YEAR, 526 SENIORS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THOSE ACTIVITIES.

BOARD ENGAGEMENT. THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY UP TO 21 NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH SEVEN, SO WE HAVE TRIPLED OUR BOARD SINCE JACQUELINE AND I HAVE ARRIVED, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT NUMBER. AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER, BUT BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THEM.

AND THEY, ALL OF THEM VERY MUCH CARE AND ARE READY TO WASH THEIR HANDS AND WORK.

RIGHT. LIKE THEY DIDN'T JUST SHOW UP TO SIT AND GET A FREE LUNCH, LIKE THEY ARE READY TO DIVE IN AND HELP US DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE Y AND THE COMMUNITY HERE IN BEDFORD. SO VERY EXCITING. SCHOLARSHIPS. HOPEFULLY, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THE Y IS A NONPROFIT AND WE NEVER TURN ANYONE AWAY DUE TO THEIR INABILITY TO PAY. SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE ALREADY GIVEN OUT $75,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AS FAR AS OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL FUNDRAISE.

FUNDS RAISED SO FAR THIS YEAR, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT NUMBER IS UP TO 55,000 AS OF THIS MORNING.

BUT WE HAVE A GOAL OF 100,000. AND AGAIN, THAT GOAL REALLY ISN'T SUFFICIENT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN OUT 75,000 SO FAR THIS YEAR.

SO A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON OUR PART TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER HAVE TO TURN A FAMILY AWAY.

SO WE WILL KEEP RAISING MONEY. IF ANYONE WANTS TO DONATE, PLEASE SEE ME AFTER.

AND AGAIN, WATER SAFETY WEEK COMING UP THAT WEEK OF MAY 18TH, THAT WILL BE A REALLY, REALLY BIG PUSH FOR US TO CLOSE THAT FINAL GAP IN OUR CAMPAIGN AND RAISE THOSE FUNDS. YEAH. FOR OUR Y TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO, I BELIEVE KRISTEN IS UP NEXT FOR YOU. OH, YEAH.

SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LIFEGUARDS. SO LAST TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIFEGUARDS, WHETHER WE HAD ENOUGH BECAUSE LOOKING BACK LAST SUMMER THERE, WE HAD TO CLOSE OUR AQUATICS. YEAH, I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE.

OH, YES. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF LIFEGUARDS, DO YOU FEEL THAT WE HAVE OF ADEQUATE COVERAGE.

ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE MORE LIFEGUARDS ON STAFF NOW THAN WE HAVE THE ENTIRE YEAR IN 2024.

WE ALREADY HAVE 81 ON OUR PAYROLL AND 18 MORE GOING THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS CURRENTLY.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE OF OUR HEAD GUARDS AT A TRAINING THIS WEEK AT A LIFEGUARD TRAINING, MEANING THEY ARE LEARNING HOW TO THEY'RE GOING THROUGH TRAINING TO LEARN HOW TO TRAIN LIFEGUARDS SO THAT IF WE NEED TO HOST ADDITIONAL TRAININGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE'LL HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL TRAINERS IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO YEAH, VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND IT IS A PERSONAL MISSION OF MINE.

AND JACQUELINE'S THAT TO NOT CLOSE THAT POOL.

OKAY. VERY GOOD I LIKE THAT. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. AND I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE IN MAY WHEN SCHOOL IS ABOUT TO BE OVER.

AND WE ARE READY FOR THE CROWDS THAT ARE COMING FOR THE MAY 24TH.

THAT'S GOING TO BE IT'S LIKE TOMORROW. YEAH, IT IS. YES. NEXT WEEK. YES.

YES. THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR. THAT IS GOOD. THANK YOU.

YEAH. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OPERATIONS WHILE WE.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SABOL. HI. HI. MY QUESTION IS, SO YOU'VE GOT SENIOR ENGAGEMENT 526.

IS THAT JUST THE NUMBER OF TIMES THEY SHOW UP, OR IS THAT INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATE? THAT IS JUST INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME TO ONE OF THOSE EVENTS.

SENIORS SCANS ARE FAR ABOVE THAT NUMBER. AND THAT'S JUST IF THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL LUNCHEON OR BINGO SPECIFICALLY, IS THAT'S REALLY THE EVENTS THAT WE TRACKED.

AND YOUR ADVENTURE CLUB DAY CAMP AND SPORTS AND SPLASH CAMP, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO AFFECT WHAT GOES ON REGULARLY AT THE Y.

GREAT QUESTION. OUR SPORTS AND SPLASH CAMP WILL BE ON THE OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURT, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE AWAY FROM PICKLEBALL OR ANY OF OUR INDOOR GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES. AND THEN OUR ADVENTURE CAMP WILL ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE IN OUR Y PLAYHOUSE ROOM IN OUR OFF HOURS.

SO PLAYHOUSE IS OPEN IN THE MORNING FROM EIGHT TO NOON, AND IT OPENS AGAIN AT FOUR.

AND THIS WILL HAPPEN FROM 1 TO 4 IN THE AFTERNOON SO THAT WE'RE NOT INTERRUPTING ANY OF OUR OTHER OPERATIONS. YOU DO CHARGE EXTRA FOR? LIKE USING THE PLAYHOUSE OR THE SWIM LESSONS OR THE YOUTH ORIENTATION? GREAT QUESTION. PLAYHOUSE NO WAS INCLUDED WITH FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS.

SWIM LESSONS ARE EXTRA TO COME TO THE POOL AND SWIM IS NOT EXTRA, BUT TO GET SWIM LESSONS TAUGHT TO YOU IS AN EXTRA FEE.

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OKAY, SO SWIM LESSONS IS THE ONLY ADDITIONAL CHARGE IN THOSE THINGS.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOURS IS LATER.

OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS. THANKS, MR. MAYOR.

SO, JACQUELINE, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS INCREASED FROM 7 TO 18.

SO ARE THOSE, LIKE BEDFORD RESIDENTS, OR IS IT? I KNOW WE HAD TALKED IN THE PAST WHEN THE CENTER FIRST OPENED, THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY I DON'T RECALL, LIKE A CALL FOR APPLICATION. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THIS PARTICULAR.

IT'S A MIX OF. THERE ARE SEVERAL NEW BEDFORD RESIDENTS.

SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN MEMBERS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD WITH HONESTLY, CONCERNS THAT WE'VE BEEN LIKE, HEY, IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT IDEAS TO HELP, WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO BE ON THE BOARD. KEITH IS ONE OF OUR NEW MEMBERS WHO'S A BEDFORD RESIDENT, AS Y'ALL KNOW. I WON'T SAY THAT ALL OF THEM ARE.

I KNOW A COUPLE ARE PEOPLE WITH A Y BACKGROUND.

KELLY BLACKWELDER IS ONE THAT POPS TO MIND WHO GREW UP GOING TO THE AIRPORT YMCA.

SHE DOESN'T LIVE HERE NOW, BUT HER FAMILY STILL LIVES IN BEDFORD, SO SHE'S STILL VERY TIED TO THE COMMUNITY, ALTHOUGH SHE LIVES IN SPRINGTOWN, BUT SHE STILL WANTS TO SERVE HERE IN BEDFORD, SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD MIX, I FEEL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. GREAT QUESTION ABOUT OPERATIONS.

REAL QUICK, ONE THING I DIDN'T SEE UP HERE IS WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS ARE WE SEEING ATTENDANCE WISE AT THIS Y ON A DAILY ON A DAILY BASIS.

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE PASSING THROUGH THE BUILDING. OH GOSH. DAILY I THINK I HAVE THE SCANS MONTHLY LIKE 16,000 SCANS A MONTH.

SO, 60,000 A MONTH. YES, YES. OKAY. SO THAT'S ABOUT.

BUT I CAN GET YOU THE DAILY. WEEKLY JUST KIND OF SEEING JUST AVERAGE.

I MEAN, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, ARE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY USING. I MEAN, 60,000 IS QUITE SUBSTANTIAL.

YEAH, IT'S VERY BUSY. YEAH, IT'S VERY BUSY. BUT I CAN GET YOU THE DAILY AND WEEKLY BREAKDOWNS.

I THINK I SENT THOSE NUMBERS TO HUNTER WITH LIKE SATURDAY NUMBERS, SUNDAY NUMBERS VERSUS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NUMBERS.

SO I CAN SHARE THAT I AM LOSING IT. OF COURSE, WHILE YOU ASK ME.

BUT I HAVE ALL THE DATA. YEAH. THAT'S OKAY. I APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD SEND THOSE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT OPERATIONS. NOW WE GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF HOW THE HOT SEAT. YES, MISS KRISTEN. ALL RIGHT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT BEDFORD IS THE BUSIEST. WHY? OF ALL THE BUSIEST.

WHY OF ALL? YES, YES, I CAN IMAGINE THAT. I BELIEVE IT.

OKAY. SO NICE TO BE HERE AGAIN AND SEE YOU ALL.

I THINK TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE END OF 24, ALL OF 24, AND THEN TALK ABOUT Q1 OF 25.

JUST A ROLL UP HERE OF WHERE WE ENDED UP IN BEEN 24.

AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS MOVING FORWARD.

BUT WE DID END UP ENDING THE YEAR WITH A -369,164, WHICH WAS WHAT OUR BUDGET WAS.

WE DID HAVE A COST RECOVERY OF ABOUT 91%. OKAY.

AND THAT WAS WELL, WE'LL TURN THE PAGE. WHO'S RUNNING IT? OH, I AM SUPPOSED TO. OKAY. OKAY, THERE WE GO.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER IN, I GUESS I WAS HERE AT THE END OF Q3 LAST YEAR WE DID ADD A LINE ITEM FOR THE Y OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH, A CONTRIBUTION FOR $577,000.

SO THAT DID MAKE SURE THAT WE STAYED WITHIN OUR BUDGET AND WHAT WE HAD GUARANTEED TO THE COUNCIL OF WHERE WE WOULD LAND.

JUST LOOKING AT THIS. YOU WILL SEE THAT MEMBERSHIP HAS CONTINUED TO GROW.

WE ALWAYS SEE A LITTLE BIT OF DIP CLEAR ACROSS THE ASSOCIATION IN Q4 JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE TEND TO LEAVE, AND THEN YOU KIND OF SEE THEM COME BACK IN JANUARY, HOLIDAYS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THEY THINK THEY CAN'T AFFORD, OR THEY'LL PUT THEIR MEMBERSHIP ON HOLD AS THEY GET THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON REVENUE. I GUESS I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS OVER THE REVENUE.

YEAH. SO. SO WHAT IS VISION 2025 FUNDING? VISION 2025 FUNDING IS FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AS AN ASSOCIATION THAT ACTUALLY COMES FROM OUR ENDOWMENT, AND IT ALLOWS US TO PUT FUNDS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO HELP BUILD MEMBERSHIP, STAFFING, SUPPLIES, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE BRANCHES NEED.

OKAY, GOOD. AND THE PROGRAM SERVICES FEES, I'M LOOKING AT THOSE.

THEY KIND OF GO ACROSS THE BOARD AND THEN IT SIGNIFICANTLY DIPS IN Q4.

YES. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT ONE? YEP. SO, THERE'S SEASONALITY IN THAT.

SO PROGRAM SERVICE FEES ARE GOING TO BE EVERYTHING FROM DAY CAMP SPORTS, PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS, BASKETBALL. ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS GO INTO PROGRAM SERVICE FEES.

SO YOU'LL SEE SEASONALITY. LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY HELD THE DAY CAMP OR MOVE DAY CAMP REVENUE TO THE BRANCHES.

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AND THEN THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT GOING ON IN Q4.

SO Q4, I MEAN, FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, OUR Q4 IS DIFFERENT THAN YOURS.

YES. SO YOURS IS OBVIOUSLY CALENDAR YEAR. AND SO, WE ARE.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, OBVIOUSLY YOUR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, THERE'S NOT MUCH GOING ON, TOO MANY HOLIDAYS, TOO MANY THINGS GOING ON. WHICH IS WHY WE'RE SEEING THAT DIP. YEAH. AND I THINK THE OTHER THING TO NOTE HERE IS IN 2024, WE WERE ON A CASH BASIS, 25 WE HAVE CONVERTED TO A FULL ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING.

SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH 25, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT SEASONALITY TRULY BE SEASONALITY, BE THE SEASONAL TREND WHERE HERE IN Q2 WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE SOME DAY CAMP REVENUE IN Q3.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE TIMING AND THE WAY THAT CASH COMES IN, IT REALLY KIND OF SKEWS THAT.

SO, I THINK AS WE GET TOWARDS THE END OF 25, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BETTER PICTURE JUST FROM AN ASSOCIATION STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO HERE AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING QUARTER BY QUARTER, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES OPERATIONALLY AS WE NEED TO.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND THEN LASTLY FOR REVENUE FOR MY QUESTIONS.

MISCELLANEOUS INCOME. YES. MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS.

BUT COULD YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA. MISCELLANEOUS INCOME IS IF WE SELL SOME SWAG AT THE FRONT DESK OR CONCESSION REVENUE FROM THE WATER PARK, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS GO INTO MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE.

GOTCHA. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT FIRST MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE.

DOES THAT INCLUDE RENTALS OF YOUR RENTALS, PARTY ROOMS? THE EVENTS RENTALS GO INTO PROGRAM SERVICE FEES.

OKAY. HAS HAVE YOU SEEN AN INCREASE IN RENTALS OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO WORK ON OR.

WE HAVE WE HAVE NOT SEEN AN INCREASE. WE DID ADJUST THE PRICING FOR 2025 SO THAT WE HOPE THAT THAT WILL DRIVE THAT.

MOST OF THOSE RENTALS, A LOT OF THEM OCCUR DURING THE SUMMER.

AND SO, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE.

BUT WE DID BRING THE PRICE DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS A BARRIER TO ENTRY LAST YEAR.

OKAY. SO I LOOK AT THIS AND THE NUMBERS ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

YEAH. WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO MOVE THEM TO WHERE IT'S ZERO ZERO HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO 25.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT UP. OH, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. GOING BACK TO THE FIRST ONE, THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES FOR 2024.

THE PRIOR SLIDE. SO HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THE 6704? WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THAT DOESN'T MATH.

I KNOW, I KNOW. I ACTUALLY MAPPED IT EARLIER.

OH, I KNOW BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S THE I'LL SHOW YOU IN A NEXT SLIDE.

IT'S THE SOMEONE KNOWS. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I DO KNOW NOW.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THE $5 CITY OF BEDFORD DISCOUNT, AS WELL AS THE LEASES THAT WE ADD BACK.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT THAT AS A LINE. I WAS LIKE, I KNOW THAT'S THE RIGHT NUMBER, BUT WHERE DO WE GET THERE? YEAH. SO IT'S ON. I THINK IT'S ON. IT'S A COUPLE SLIDES SITES OF CLIFFHANGERS ON THIS, RIGHT? EXACTLY. NO. IT'S OKAY. I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THAT SLIDE AS WELL.

YOUR COST RECOVERY 90.9%. I'M SURE I'M GUESSING YOU'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE LOOKING AT IT JUST AS THE NUMBERS REVENUE OVER EXPENSES THAT THAT DOESN'T EQUATE TO 90.9. I DON'T. SO WE GOT TO ADD THOSE.

GOTCHA. GOTCHA. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO. IT'S OKAY. IT'S ALL GOOD.

WE'LL SEE THE SAME THING ON 25. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

YEAH. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE I CAN ANSWER? SURE. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

SO EXPLAIN TO ME. YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH CONTRIBUTION.

SO WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM AND WHY DO WE NEED IT? WELL, WE COMMITTED TO ONLY ASKING FOR A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY OF BEDFORD OF 369,164.64.

THE CONTRACT STATES THAT THE CITY OF BEDFORD WILL COVER ALL OF THE DEFICIT.

BUT WE AGREED THAT WE WOULD ONLY GO TO THE 369, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PERFORMANCE THAT WE WANTED FINANCIALLY LAST YEAR.

SO THAT WAS OUR CONTRIBUTION INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UPHELD OUR COMMITMENT.

SO THAT CAME FROM OUR INTERNAL RESOURCES. OTHER BRANCHES THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT CONTRIBUTION CAME IN. SO EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE BUSIEST WHY YOU'VE GOT IT'S NOT THE MOST SUCCESSFUL.

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AND IS THAT UNUSUAL OR ARE YOU JUST BUMPING IT UP FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME OR WHAT'S THE OUTLOOK.

SO, I THINK PART OF IT IS WE'RE NOW, SO WE OPENED IN 23 HAVE 24.

SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF RAMPING UP. AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE 25 SLIDES AND THE BUDGET.

SO I THINK PART OF IT IS THAT PART OF IT IS WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES WITH THE POOL.

SOME OF THOSE THINGS. SO OUR PROGRAMMATIC REVENUE HAS NOT BEEN AS HIGH AS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED AND WHAT WE'RE HOPEFUL FOR.

WE'VE ALSO HAD TO ALLOCATE MORE STAFF BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SOME OF THOSE OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST PIECE OF IT. AND DO YOU PUBLISH THESE ONLINE ANYWHERE SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT? WE DON'T PUBLISH THESE. WE THEY CAN SEE OUR 990 IS ON THERE.

AND BUT THIS ISN'T PUBLISHED ON A, ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

YES. THANK YOU. YEP. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO OKAY.

EXPENDITURES. THIS IS KIND OF AN UGLY SLIDE. OKAY, SO THIS IS WHAT OBVIOUSLY MAKES UP OUR 4.15 MILLION, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR $5 DISCOUNT OR THE LEASES.

BUT THOSE ARE DEDUCTED OUT OF HERE. SO AS YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU WILL SEE WE BROKE OUT THE BUILDING COST A LITTLE BIT BETTER SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE UTILITIES ARE.

WE DID SPEND ABOUT ONE. $1.8 MILLION IN SALARIES, BENEFITS AND TAXES LAST YEAR, WHICH MAKES UP OUR BIGGEST EXPENSE. IT'S ABOUT 43% OF OUR TOTAL EXPENSE.

AND THEN THE BUILDING COST IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT SUPPLIES IS GOING TO BE MADE UP OF POOL SUPPLIES, BUILDING SUPPLIES, JANITORIAL SUPPLIES, ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR THE.

THE BUILDING. AND THEN THE CITY OF BEDFORD PASS THROUGH.

THAT'S THAT'S THE BILLING THAT WE GET FROM YOU GUYS FOR MAINTENANCE.

YOU DO ON THE BUILDING. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A BIG UPTICK IN Q4, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE GOT A GREAT BIG BILL FOR ABOUT $40,000 IN FEBRUARY. SO, WE HAD TO ACCRUE THAT BACK.

WE NOW HAVE MADE A NOTE OF THAT. SO WE WILL ACCRUE IT OURSELVES THIS YEAR SO THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

SO IT'LL BE RATABLY ACROSS THE YEAR. BUILDING SUPPLIES REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE.

THERE WAS SOME, SOME PART OF THAT WAS THAT BEDFORD BILL ALSO.

AND THAT'S WHY THAT 62,000 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

I THINK THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT I HAVE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER? YES. SHARED ASSOCIATION RESOURCES.

THAT SEEMS SUBSTANTIAL. YES. A MILLION. SO THAT IS OUR.

THAT IS WHAT COMES OUT OF OUR OVERHEAD. BACK TO THE BRANCHES.

THAT COVERS ANY ARROW STAFF. WE CALL IT OUR ASSOCIATION RESOURCE OFFICE.

SO LIKE ME, ANYBODY IN OUR ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT, ALL OF THOSE RESOURCES MARKETING.

THAT ALSO INCLUDES ALL OF THE INSURANCE. IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR SOFTWARE COSTS.

SO ANYTHING RELATED TO OUR CRM SOFTWARE, WHICH WE USE CALLED DAPSCO.

ALL OF THAT COMES THROUGH THAT NUMBER AND THAT IS BASED ON REVENUES.

SO WE. ALLOCATE THOSE BASED ON REVENUES. AND THEN YOU SEE THAT THERE WAS A TRUE UP IN Q4.

AND SO THIS YEAR YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE IS WE ARE WE ARE UPDATING THAT AND TRUING THAT UP BASICALLY EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

SO IT'LL BE TRACKING AS WE GO ALONG. ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON BUILDING MAINTENANCE.

SO OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THE CITY OF BEDFORD DOING MAINTENANCE AND THEN BILLING YOU FOR THAT MAINTENANCE. AND THEN I ALSO SEE [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE REPAIRS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AS WELL. THIS MAY BE A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE'S THE DIVISION LINE BETWEEN WHAT'S OURS AND WHAT'S YOURS? RESPONSIBILITY. I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT.

THAT'S PROBABLY MORE OF A JOHN. THIS GOES OUT TO JOHN MICHAEL QUESTION.

PROBABLY EVERYTHING WE DO, PLUS WHAT THE CITY OF BEDFORD PASSES THROUGH IS, IS BROKEN OUT.

WE SHOW THE PASS THROUGH REVENUE OR THE PASS THROUGH EXPENSE FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD SEPARATELY.

AND THEN WHAT WE DO COMES UNDER THE OTHER LINE OF THE BUILDING REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE.

THIS IS KIND OF AWKWARD TO LOOK AT. WE'LL FIX THIS NEXT TIME.

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SO THAT WOULD BE UNDER A LINE ITEM AND THAT ACTUALLY IS UP UNDER SUPPLIES I BELIEVE.

OKAY. OKAY. GOT IT. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

KAREN, IS THERE A LIST OF, LIKE, WHAT WE TAKE CARE OF AND WHAT THEY TAKE CARE OF? IS THAT IS THAT THE IS THERE LIKE A. SO, YES, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IN THE CONTRACT, IT'S SPELLED OUT THAT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING ITSELF, EXCEPT THE LANDSCAPING AND I COULD BE INCORRECT ON THAT, IS THE WISE RESPONSIBILITY.

THE REASON WHY YOU SEE THE CITY OF BEDFORD PASS THROUGH IS WHEN WE OPEN THE FACILITY.

THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS. I'LL USE THE HVAC AS AN EXAMPLE.

SO WE WANTED THAT TO BE ON THE SAME CONTRACT THAT OTHER CITY FACILITIES WERE ON, AND THAT WAS KIND OF AN INTERNAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN STAFF AND THE Y THAT WE WOULD STILL PUT IT ON THE CITY'S CONTRACT, BUT THEN TURN AROUND AND INVOICE THE Y FOR THAT, SINCE TECHNICALLY IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

COUNCILMEMBER PARKER. OKAY, SO I'M THE NUMBERS GUY, SO I LIKE IT.

AND A BUSINESS OWNER. HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO INCREASE TO YOUR REVENUES WHEN YOU'RE ONLY SPENDING $2,293 FOR MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS? THAT'S JUST WHAT THE LOCAL BRANCH SPENT UNDER THAT ARROW RESOURCES.

WE SPEND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OUR MARKETING BUDGETS OVER $1 MILLION FOR THE WHOLE ASSOCIATION.

YEP. SO, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL TARGETED BASED ON WHAT THAT SPECIFIC AREA NEEDS.

OKAY. SO, THEY STILL PROVIDE MARKETING FOR BEDFORD BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE Y.

I JUST, BEDFORD IS WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT.

YEP. SO THEY. SO, KRISTY, WHO'S OUR CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER AND HER TEAM, THEY BUILD OUT THE MARKETING.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS MORE LIKE PRINTING OF FLIERS FOR THE FRONT DESK.

WE DON'T DO THAT AT THE, YOU KNOW, MARKETING AT THE AERO DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S AT THE BRANCH. SO THEN THEY CREATE ALL OF THE OTHER MARKETING BILLBOARDS, THINGS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO EACH LOCATION, WHATEVER THAT IS. THAT ALL RUNS THROUGH THAT ARROW RESOURCE.

OKAY. BECAUSE I'M ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AREA, I DON'T SEE ANY PROMOTION FROM YOU GUYS.

AND THAT'S JUST A CONCERN. HOW ARE WE PROMOTING? I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. WHY ARE WE NOT DOING A BETTER JOB PROMOTING IT? I WILL TAKE THAT BACK AND GET YOU SOME DIRECT FEEDBACK ON THAT.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SABOL. SO WE'RE NOT RENTING SPACES.

APPARENTLY, THAT WOULD BE THOSE BIG ROOMS BECAUSE YOU'VE ONLY GOT TWO LINE ITEMS. 5280 FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR FOR RENTAL OF SPACE.

THAT WAS RENTAL FOR SPORTS. SO, THEY HAD TO RENT A GYM TO PLAY SPORTS BASKETBALL, WHATEVER THAT WAS. SO, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ROOM. THIS IS AN EXPENSE.

THIS IS ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, NOT THE REVENUE SIDE.

YEP. THAT'S IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. OKAY.

AND THEN HERE IS HERE'S THOSE NUMBERS WHICH NOW WILL GET US BACK TO THAT THAT DIFFERENCE.

SO I THINK THE ONE THING THAT I REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THIS SLIDE AND, AND WE'RE SEEING IT AS WE MOVE INTO 25, IF YOU RECALL THAT $5 CITY OF BEDFORD RESIDENT DISCOUNT WAS PUT INTO PLACE IN 23 AND RAN THROUGH THE END OF 23.

AND AS AND THOSE MEMBERS ARE ALL GRANDFATHERED IN AND YOU CAN SEE WE ARE NOT SEEING PEOPLE LEAVING.

SO PEOPLE ARE STAYING, WHICH I THINK THIS IS A REALLY POSITIVE THING.

AND SO YOU SEE THE CONSISTENCY. SO IT'S $5 PER UNIT.

SO A FAMILY UNIT PER MONTH. AND SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY THAT'S A GOOD STATISTIC TO BE ABLE TO SHOW. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. OKAY.

AND THEN HERE IS 25 WHERE WE'RE HEADED HERE. WE HAD A ROUGH FIRST QUARTER AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MINUTE AS TO WHY AND KIND OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET BACK ON TRACK.

OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO GET THAT 323 TO 0 AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THE BRANCH LEADERSHIP FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO KIND OF TAKE THEM THROUGH Q2 BASED ON SOME OF THE CHANGES, JUST BECAUSE THEY ALL CAME IN LATE DECEMBER AND ARE REALLY MAKING A LOT OF CHANGES.

AND SO IT'S REALLY COST US SOME MONEY IN THIS FIRST QUARTER.

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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, THAT 323 LOOKS LIKE A REALLY YUCKY NUMBER STILL.

BUT WE'RE WE'RE TRENDING $600,000 BETTER THAN WE DID IN 24 THROUGH THE END OF Q1 OF 25.

SO I THINK THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INDICATOR THAT I THINK WE CAN GET THIS TURNED AROUND.

SUMMER IS GOING TO BE OUR TELLTALE, RIGHT? WE GOT TO GET THE POOL SITUATION FIXED.

WE GOT TO HAVE LIFEGUARDS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE ALL THESE OTHER PIECES.

ANY QUESTIONS HERE. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS ON THE NEXT SLIDE OKAY.

OKAY. THIS IS A DIFFERENT SLIDE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

KAREN HAD ASKED US TO MAKE A QUICK UPDATE TO THIS.

SO WE HAD THE CITY OF BEDFORD ESTIMATED CONTRIBUTION OF 300,000.

WE TOOK THAT OUT. SO, YOU DON'T SEE THAT ON HERE.

SO THIS IS TRULY WHERE WE'RE AT. SO FROM A REVENUE PERSPECTIVE, YOU CAN SEE WE REALLY CONTINUE TO SEE.

AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN I WAS HERE LAST TIME, IS WHERE IS THAT MEMBERSHIP GOING? RIGHT. WE DID DO A PRICE INCREASE ON JANUARY 1ST, BUT REALLY IT AFFECTS BEDFORD VERY MODESTLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T INCREASE ANYBODY.

THAT'S A CITY OF BEDFORD RESIDENT. AND SO WE DON'T SEE REALLY ANY GROWTH THAT REALLY IS GROWTH.

WE'RE ABOUT 8% UP FROM WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO.

SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE THAT GROWTH. I THINK LAST YEAR, THE WHOLE YEAR WE SAW ABOUT 13% AND WE'RE SEEING 8% YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO WE'RE STILL GROWING EVERY SINGLE MONTH. THIS THROUGH APRIL, BEDFORD HAS BEAT THEIR REVENUE PROJECTION AND PARTICULARLY FROM A MEMBERSHIP AND A PROGRAMMATIC STANDPOINT. SO I THINK THESE ARE ALL REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE THINGS AND ARE REALLY MOVING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

YOU WILL SEE HERE BASED ON ACCRUAL, THE WAY WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR, THAT SEASONALITY, YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS MUCH BETTER NOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT CASH BASIS. SO Q1 IS GOING TO BE SMALLER.

AND THEN WE REALLY SEE THE GROWTH IN Q2 FOR DAY CAMP.

AND THEN REALLY THE TRAILING OFF OF THAT IN Q3 AND THEN IN Q4, WE WOULD EXPECT FOR THAT TO COME BACK DOWN MORE EQUAL TO Q1.

COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MISCELLANEOUS INCOME THAT'S BUDGETED.

SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE 2024 NUMBERS, THE THAT THE FIRST QUARTER OF 5300 IS IN LINE AND WHERE WE LANDED FOR Q2, Q3, AND Q4 FOR 2024 WAS ABOUT 7000.

AND WE HAVE REALLY HIGH GROWTH PROJECTIONS IN THE BUDGET FOR MISCELLANEOUS INCOME, SO I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

ABSOLUTELY. SO HOW WE APPROACH THE BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRE Y OR THE ASSOCIATION FOR 25 IS, WE SAID, BUDGET FLAT. SO, IF YOU HAD MEMBERSHIP OF THIS AMOUNT LAST YEAR, BUDGET THAT AMOUNT, RIGHT.

AND CARRIED THAT THROUGH. BUT WE KNEW THAT DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY GROWTH.

AND WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE GROWTH ACROSS THE ASSOCIATION.

SO, WHAT WE DID IS WE BUILT IN A STRETCH GOAL FOR ALL OF THE BRANCHES, AND WE PUT THAT IN MISCELLANEOUS INCOME.

SO, WE WILL MISS THE BUDGET ON THAT EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

AND IT IS GOING TO LOOK REALLY BIG. BUT THOSE ACTUALS WILL TREND DOWN AND WHERE WE'LL SEE THE GROWTH, WE SAID WE DON'T CARE WHERE YOU GET IT, YOU CAN GET IT IN MEMBERSHIP, YOU CAN GET IT IN GRANTS.

WE DON'T CARE HOW YOU GET IT. IT COULD BE IN SAVING EXPENSES, BUT WE WANTED TO STICK IT SOMEWHERE THAT WASN'T GOING TO, YOU KNOW, FLOOD THE OTHER THINGS TO LOOK POOR.

OKAY, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT YOU PLAN TO SELL MORE SWAG OR CONCESSIONS.

NO. YOU'RE PLANNING TO GET MORE REVENUE. AND ONE OF THE OTHER LINE ITEMS YOU JUST NEEDED A PLACEHOLDER.

CORRECT? CORRECT. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT MUCH IN CONCESSIONS AND SWAG, THOUGH.

VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD QUESTION THERE. ALL RIGHT.

SO LOOKING AT LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO SEE THE TREND OF MEMBERSHIPS INCREASE.

SO WHAT'S OUR GOAL FOR THIS NEXT, THIS FISCAL YEAR COMING UP FOR MEMBERSHIPS GROWING BY.

BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT OUR UNITS HERE IN BEDFORD AND THEY'RE PRETTY STEADY.

SO, WHAT'S THE GOAL? WELL, WE BUDGETED FLAT, RIGHT.

SO, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A GOAL. OUR GOAL IS TO STAY FLAT.

WE THINK WE CAN GROW IN THE PROGRAM SERVICE FEE.

RIGHT. THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE EXPECT TO SEE THAT IS FROM THE PROGRAMS.

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WE'RE NOW GOING INTO OUR THIRD YEAR. SO AT SOME POINT WE PROBABLY ARE GOING TO PEAK.

WE HAVE ANOTHER BRANCH THAT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL BRANCH, OUR THIRD LARGEST BRANCH.

AND THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND THEY GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE PARKING LOTS ONLY SO BIG AND THEY CAN ONLY HANDLE SO MANY MEMBERS.

SO, ONCE THEY START PUSHING UP AGAINST THAT, THEN THEY DON'T GROW ANYMORE.

THEY ACTUALLY WILL COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND THEN THEY'LL GET SOME NEW MEMBERS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, I CAN'T PARK, I CAN'T WRITE.

SO, WE'RE EXPLORING SOME OTHER OPTIONS. SO, I DON'T KNOW.

I EXPERIENCE GOING TO BEDFORD QUITE OFTEN WHERE IT'S HARD TO FIND A SPOT.

WE'RE FULL, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEM.

BUT WE DIDN'T BUDGET, WE DIDN'T SET OUT AND SAY, GROW 8%, GROW 5% BECAUSE WE REALLY WANTED JUST PERFORMANCE THIS YEAR.

WE WANT EVERYBODY TO FOCUS ON QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY AND RETENTION.

SO LET'S NOT CHURN MEMBERS. LET'S KEEP OUR MEMBERS.

AND I THINK WE'RE DOING VERY WELL AT THAT. IN BEDFORD, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM JUST THAT $5 DISCOUNT.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE REACHING MAX ALMOST KIND OF PLATEAUING ON MEMBERSHIPS.

AND I MEAN, THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE AVAILABILITY COMPETITION IN THE AREA.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF THE PARKING LOT, BUT I THINK IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH THE COMPETITION AROUND US.

AND SINCE IT'S BEEN HERE. SO. SO, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, YOUR GOALS OBVIOUSLY FOR MEMBERSHIP IS OBVIOUSLY YOU SAID FLAT.

KEEP IT STEADY. DON'T LET'S NOT LOSE ANY MEMBERS OF COURSE AND GROW WHERE WE CAN.

YES. WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR REVENUES THOUGH. SO, YOU'RE REALLY BANKING ON PROGRAM FEES IS WHERE WE'RE SEEING THAT.

YEAH. AND I THINK, I MEAN, WE WOULD LOVE REVENUE TO GROW, BUT WE DIDN'T BUDGET IT THAT WAY.

RIGHT? SO WE WOULD LOVE CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS TO GROW.

YOU KNOW, OUR OUR REAL FOCUS, TOO, IS IF YOU'RE BEHIND REVENUE FIXES THINGS.

RIGHT. AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGH ANNUAL CAMPAIGN.

BECAUSE IF I GIVE A DOLLAR, IT GOES RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM LINE.

IF I HAVE ANOTHER GRANT, I GOT TO SPEND MONEY, RIGHT.

SO WE DON'T REALLY MAKE ANYTHING. SO, BUT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FROM A CONTRIBUTION AND GRANT STANDPOINT ALSO.

ALL RIGHT. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OKAY.

WELL. IT'S STUCK. FROZE.

OKAY. SO, AS WE LOOK AT THIS, THESE ARE STILL, I THINK, THE BEAUTY OF HAVING A SOLID YEAR UNDER US 23 WAS KIND OF TURBULENT BECAUSE IT WAS NEW.

WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHERE THINGS LANDED. I THINK 24, YOU KNOW, BEING ON A CASH BASIS MADE IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO REALLY SEE WHERE WE WERE FROM QUARTER TO QUARTER. AND SO MOVING INTO A FULL ACCRUAL MODEL, I THINK IS REALLY GOING TO HELP US.

AND I THINK WE CAN START SEEING THAT ALREADY.

AND AS I LOOKED AT THIS AND COMPARED IT EVEN QUARTER OVER QUARTER, AND THEN REALLY LOOKING AT WHERE WE ENDED UP IN 24, Q1 REALLY IS VERY CONSISTENT. WE HAVE SPENT SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAD SOME OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES.

WE ARE AHEAD IN SALARIES BY $40,000 RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE.

AND THE REASON IS, IS BECAUSE IT'S ALL ATTRIBUTABLE ATTRIBUTABLE TO LIFEGUARDS.

SO WE MOVED FROM A COMPLETELY PART TIME MODEL TO HAVING A FULL TIME MODEL FOR SOME OF OUR LIFEGUARDS.

SO THAT COMES WITH AN ADDITIONAL COST, BUT THAT WILL PROVIDE MORE CONTINUITY.

AND SO WE STARTED THAT OUT IN IN Q1 OF 25. AND SO I WOULD SUSPECT THAT WE MAY EVEN BUMP OUR SALARY BUDGET OUT OF THE WATER EVERY SINGLE QUARTER, AND WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT AS LONG AS WE'RE DELIVERING A QUALITY SERVICE.

THE OTHER PIECE IS YEAR OVER YEAR. OUR SALARIES ARE UP BECAUSE WE INVESTED $1 MILLION.

SO WE DID A PRICE INCREASE LIKE I TALKED ABOUT.

AND AS PART OF THAT PRICE INCREASE, WE INVESTED $1 MILLION OF THE PRICE INCREASE, WHICH IS BASICALLY OUR ENTIRE PRICE INCREASE BACK INTO WAGES AND SALARIES.

SO WE WE HAVE BUMPED ALMOST EVERYBODY UP. THAT'S THAT'S AN HOURLY PART TIME EMPLOYEE.

AND SO THAT IS ALSO INDICATIVE OF OUR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH.

AND THAT'S ACROSS THE ASSOCIATION. SO FRONT DESK GOT RAISES.

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WE MOVED EVERYBODY UP. SO JUST THE WHOLE THE WHOLE BASE AND THEN SUPPLIES IS UP A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE EXPECTED IN Q1. BUT WE DID SPEND SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY IN, IN SOME POOL SUPPLIES, WHICH, WHICH IS DRIVING THAT UP.

UTILITIES ARE STILL A CHALLENGE. WE ARE SEEING THE UTILITIES ARE CONTINUING TO GROW UP, GO UP OVER WHAT WE BUDGETED.

WE SAW THAT EVERY QUARTER LAST YEAR. WE THOUGHT WE HAD BUDGETED ENOUGH.

AND WE'RE STILL REALLY KIND OF MISSING THAT. SO SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

LOOKING AT UTILITIES FOR Q1 FOR WATER, SEWER, THAT SEEMS PRETTY, PRETTY SMALL THERE COMPARED TO THE OTHERS.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT ONE? THAT'S OUR CITY OF BEDFORD BILL.

AND I LOOKED AT THAT TOO. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAD IN THERE AT THE TIME.

SO WE MAY SEE A TIMING DIFFERENCE IN Q1. SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WE GET CLOSER.

SO YEAH, I WANT YEAH. WHATEVER. WHATEVER THAT BILL. RIGHT, RIGHT.

YEAH. YES, I WOULD LIKE THAT ONE. YES, YES. LOOKING ALSO AGAIN AT YOUR TRANSPORTATION EXPENSE THAT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT LOW AS WELL. THE TRANSPORTATION EXPENSE. IT SEEMS 90.

THAT'S JUST MY THAT'S JUST MILEAGE FOR EMPLOYEES.

SO, WE WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU DO SEE 14,000 IN Q3.

YES. AND THAT IS THEY DO ONE DAY CAMP OFFSITE.

AND THE BUSSES ARE OUTRAGEOUS. SO THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER IS.

SO WE ALSO WITH THE SWITCH OF REALLY TRYING TO UTILIZE THE BEDFORD CENTER, WE DO A MONTHLY TOWN HALL MEETING WHERE WE BRING ALL OF OUR LEADERS TOGETHER FOR ONE MEETING A MONTH, AND WE MOVED THAT TO THE BEDFORD CENTER, SO THEY AREN'T TURNING IN MILEAGE TO HAVE TO GO.

THERE'S A WHOLE CONTINGENCY. IS THERE 100 PEOPLE THAT COME TO THAT 120? AND MOST PEOPLE DO TURN IN MILEAGE, SO IT ADDS UP FAIRLY QUICKLY.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT THAT'S DOWN ALSO.

GOTCHA. OKAY. AND YOU WILL SEE OUR SHARED ASSOCIATIONS ASSOCIATION RESOURCES IS DOWN BY ABOUT 300,000 THIS YEAR. AND THAT'S PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO REALLY CUT COSTS AT THAT LEVEL.

LIKE WE SCRUBBED OUR BUDGET. WE GOT RID OF EVERYTHING EXTRA.

WE ALSO ARE NOW ALLOCATING INSURANCE AND ALL THE SOFTWARE CHARGES DIRECTLY BACK TO THE BRANCHES, SO THAT THEY TRULY CAN SEE WHAT VALUE THEY WERE GETTING OUT OF THAT.

SO THAT'S COMING OUT IN YOUR EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY LINE.

YOU'LL SEE A BUMP THERE, BUT YOU'LL SEE, I MEAN, IT OFFSETS IT.

WE DID REDUCE THE AERO OVERHEAD SUBSTANTIALLY THIS YEAR.

COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO FOR THE PROFESSIONAL FEES AND LIABILITY, IT LOOKS LIKE Q1, WE HAD A SPIKE AND THAT SEEMS HIGHER EVEN THAN LAST YEAR FOR Q1.

SO, I WAS CURIOUS. SO, WHAT WAS THAT ATTRIBUTABLE TO? SO THAT THAT'S PROFESSIONAL FEES AND LIABILITIES AND OUR BANK AND CREDIT CARD FEES.

AND SO THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE RUNNING, THEY'RE JUST HIGHER LIKE WE'RE SEEING IT HIGHER ACROSS THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION.

WHEN YOU DO A PRICE INCREASE, YOU GET MORE FEES, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF WE'RE A LITTLE LESS THAN 3% PER DOLLAR, BUT ABOUT 5% OF OUR MEMBERS PAY VIA CREDIT CARD. OKAY, SO AS REVENUE GROWS, UNFORTUNATELY THAT NUMBER GOES UP AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON A SOLUTION TO THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT $250,000 A YEAR TO OUR ASSOCIATION. SO, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET RID OF THOSE FEES OR LIMIT THOSE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I THINK WE'RE I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

THERE'S ONE MORE. ALL RIGHT. SO, THIS IS YOU'LL SEE THAT $5 DISCOUNT WAS 26 FOR 45 FOR Q1.

SO IT DID GO DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT STILL, ONCE AGAIN, I DO THINK WE'RE SEEING SUSTAINABILITY THERE AND CONSISTENCY.

AND THEN OUR EQUIPMENT LEASE. AND I THINK ONE OF THE LEASES IS PAID OFF RIGHT AT THE END OF Q4 OR THE BEGINNING OF Q5. WE'RE GETTING TO THE END THERE. I'LL HAVE THAT EXACT DATE WHEN I COME BACK NEXT TIME.

ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. A LOT OF NUMBERS.

I'M GLAD. BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS SUBSTANTIALLY A BETTER AND MORE WHOLESOME OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION AND OF THE BRANCH HERE IN BEDFORD AND VERY, VERY WELL DONE.

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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YES. KAREN, DO YOU MIND COMING UP FOR A SECOND? I'M PUTTING YOU IN THE HOT SEAT FOR A SECOND. REAL QUICKLY.

SO OBVIOUSLY YOU WENT OVER THE NUMBERS. YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING.

WE RELY ON YOU AND A LOT OF WAYS. SO, IS THERE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT'S A RED FLAG FOR YOU IN ANY WAY? I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT HERE PUBLICLY, BUT, NO, I MEAN, I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ASKED OR THAT WE HAVE ASKED IN THE PAST. JUST TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE SHARED RESOURCES, SHARED ASSOCIATION RESOURCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD HAVE ASKED. OKAY, SO NOTHING UP HERE. OKAY.

NOTHING. NOTHING WORRIES YOU? YOU'RE NOPE. RIGHT NOW, I'M PLEASED WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING.

I REALLY AM JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT THEY CAME AND GAVE US AN OPERATIONAL UPDATE.

I FEEL LIKE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I'VE STOOD BEFORE YOU AND TALKED ABOUT FINANCIALS AND NUMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THAT TELLS JUST A SMALL PIECE OF THE STORY. SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT THEY TOOK THE TIME TO COME AND TALK TO US, TO YOU TONIGHT.

VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

VERY WELL DONE. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING SUCCESS.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD SUMMER. GET READY FOR NEXT WEEK.

YEAH. IT'S GOOD BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE THOSE KIDS ARE COMING.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE A REPORT ON CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WES MORRISON.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. IT'S ON ITS WAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVEN'T DONE AN UPDATE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT IN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW.

SO WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD JUST REALLY DO A 2024 RECAP AND THEN GIVE YOU THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025 FIRST QUARTER BEING NOT A FINANCIAL QUARTER, OBVIOUSLY A CALENDAR QUARTER. SO JUST AS A RECAP, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INCLUDES PROPERTY CODE MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS YOUR TYPICAL HIGH WEEDS AND GRASS, TRASH DEBRIS, TRASH CANS AND VIEW, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IN 2021, THE CITY ADOPTED A LONG TERM RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM AND A SHORT TERM RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM.

WE HAVE FULLY IMPLEMENTED THE SHORT TERM REGISTRATION RENTAL PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED THE LONG TERM.

AND I'LL GET INTO SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT LATER. AND THEN IN SUMMER OF 2023, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIVISION INHERITED THE MULTIFAMILY REGISTRATION INSPECTION PROGRAM, AND WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THAT AS WELL.

A LITTLE BIT OF STAFFING. OUR STATS FOR YOU. WE HAVE TOTAL OF SEVEN PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, FIVE OFFICERS, ONE SENIOR OFFICER AND ONE SUPERVISOR.

SO WE HAVE THE CITY DIVIDED OUT INTO FOUR DISTRICTS.

EACH DISTRICT IS ASSIGNED AN OFFICER. THAT OFFICER HANDLES ALL OF THEIR PROPERTY CODE VIOLATIONS, AS WELL AS ASSIST ANOTHER OFFICER THAT IS ASSIGNED TO STRICTLY THIS HOUSING.

SO WHETHER THEY DO A SHORT TERM RENTAL INSPECTION, LONG TERM RENTAL INSPECTION OR MULTIFAMILY, THAT THAT OFFICER TEAMS UP WITH THE OTHER HOUSING OFFICER.

ARE WE FULLY STAFFED RIGHT NOW? WE ARE FULLY STAFFED RIGHT NOW. OKAY.

I WANTED TO START WITH THE MULTIFAMILY REGISTRATION INSPECTION PROGRAM.

TO BE HONEST, THAT HAS BEEN A PROGRAM THAT WHEN IT WAS MOVED OVER INTO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, IT WAS IN OUR BUILDING INSPECTIONS DIVISION. WE HAD TWO STAFF MEMBERS FULLY DEDICATED TO JUST DO MULTIFAMILY INSPECTIONS.

AND JUST BEING CANDID, WE FOUND THAT WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS BEING MANAGED PROPERLY.

AS FAR AS INSPECTIONS ALL 35 OF OUR PROPERTIES WERE RATED AT A TIER ONE AND WE DIDN'T.

LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES, WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT WAS VERY ACCURATE. SO IT'S TAKEN US ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TO REALLY GET THAT PROGRAM IN AND WHAT WE THINK IS A PRETTY GOOD OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES AND, AND WHAT THIS ENTAILS. THE WE'VE GOT 35 PROPERTIES, APPROXIMATELY 8100 UNITS.

SO WE REQUIRE ALL PROPERTIES TO REGISTER IN JANUARY AND THAT FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR.

AGAIN, CALENDAR QUARTER. WE DO WHAT WE CALL A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE INSPECTION, AND THAT SETS THE TIER LEVEL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

SCORING SYSTEM YOU SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN, 1 TO 90 IS A TIER ONE.

THAT MEANS THAT THAT PROPERTY IS ONLY INSPECTED ONE TIME A YEAR.

TIER TWO IS AND YOU GET A SCORE OF 89 TO 77. AND THAT MEANS THAT PROPERTY GETS TWO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS A YEAR.

AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE TIER THREE IS 76 OR ANYTHING BELOW.

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AND YOU CAN SEE THERE, 15 OF THEM RANKED A TIER ONE, 14 RANKED A TIER TWO AND THEN THREE I'M SORRY, TIER THREE THAT WE HAD SIX. SO, WE WILL REINSPECT THE 20 MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES THAT AGAIN AT LEAST ONCE AND THEN SIX OF THEM WILL GET RE-INSPECTED TWO MORE TIMES THIS YEAR AS I'M THROWING OUT.

AS I'M GOING THROUGH THIS, PLEASE STOP AND ASK QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

OKAY. I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT. ALL RIGHT. YOUR TIER THREE PROPERTIES.

SO IF YOU'VE GOT SIX OF THEM THAT ARE TIER THREE, YOU'RE ONLY GOING BACK THREE TIMES ANNUALLY.

OR IF YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM THERE, DO YOU GO BACK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SURE THIS IS JUST BASED ON THE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PROGRAM? SO THIS IS JUST FOR THE TIERS. IF WE HAVE COMPLAINTS THAT COME IN OR IF WE'RE DOING THROUGH OUR REGULAR PATROLS, THEN WE'LL OPEN UP A SEPARATE CASE. OKAY. AND HOW OFTEN? SO HAVE THOSE TIER ONE PROPERTIES MAINTAINED THEMSELVES PRETTY WELL FOR THE LAST 24 MONTHS OR DO THEY TEND TO DROP? WE I TRIED WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS REALLY GIVE YOU A GOOD COMPARISON OF 20, 23, 24, 25.

THE DATA JUST WASN'T THERE WHERE I FELT REAL COMFORTABLE STANDING UP HERE AND GIVING YOU THAT TO BE HONEST.

SO REALLY, THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST YEAR I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT BEHIND SOME OF THESE SCORES.

AND SO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR AND AS WE MOVE ON, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT COMPARISON.

I WILL TELL YOU, RELATIVELY SPEAKING WE HAD A ROUGHLY THE SAME NUMBER OF TIER ONES LAST YEAR IN 2024.

BUT AGAIN, I JUST WASN'T 100% CONFIDENT TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF THOSE FOR THOSE NUMBERS.

AND TIER THREE, ARE THEY ARE THEY DO THEY EVER GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU NEED TO CLOSE PART OF THE UNIT OR PART OF THE APARTMENTS? SO THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS US, IF YOU STAY AT A TIER THREE FOR SO LONG, THE ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW US TO TO STOP TO FORCE THE LEASING COMPANY TO STOP LEASING UNTIL THEY COME UP TO AT LEAST A TIER TWO.

WE WE DID HAVE A CASE IN 2023, I BELIEVE, WHERE WE WE DID THAT.

THEY THAT PARTICULAR CASE CHANGED OWNERSHIP. IT IMPROVED.

AND IT IS, I BELIEVE IT IS STILL CONSIDERED A TIER THREE, BUT THEY ARE SHOWING IMPROVEMENT.

AND THEY DO. THEY ARE STILL CHANGING OWNERSHIP AS SOON AS IT GETS TOO DIFFICULT FOR THEM.

IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS? THAT'S USUALLY BEEN THE CASE.

THEN THE PROCESS STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. WELL, NO, THE SCHEDULES ARE THE SCORES ARE WHAT THEY ARE FOR THE YEAR.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FARGO. WEST IS COMING ON THE SAME AREA THAT COUNCILMAN SABOL WAS TALKING ABOUT. IS IT THE SAME SIX PROPERTIES STAYING EVERY YEAR AT TIER THREE? YES, BUT I WANT TO CAUTION THAT BY SAYING, AGAIN, WE'VE NOT HAD REALLY GOOD.

I HAVEN'T FELT VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR INSPECTION PROCEDURES FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.

THAT WAS PART OF REVAMPING THIS PROGRAM. SO I DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE AND SAY WHAT THESE SIX PROPERTIES ARE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE THEM A YEAR TO SEE IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE WE CAME UP WITH THIS.

I WANT TO SAY IN LIKE 15 OR 16 JUST BECAUSE WE HAD PROPERTIES THAT WOULD PASS INSPECTION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND WE HAD A FIRE AT ONE OF THEM, AND THEY HAD REMOVED ALL THE SMOKE DETECTORS.

AND WE FELT THAT IF WE INSPECTED THEM MORE REGULARLY, WE'D CATCH THOSE FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR RESIDENTS AND, AND, AND THEIR LEASES. BUT IF WE'RE STAYING AT THAT LEVEL, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE PUT THIS FOR. WE WANTED THEM WE REALLY WANT EVERYBODY TO BE TIER ONE.

BUT IF YOU'RE STAYING AT TIER THREE, TWO, THREE YEARS IN A ROW, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

AND THE ORDINANCE GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. OKAY.

IT'S, AS WE SAID, WE'VE REVAMPED THIS PROGRAM.

WE REALIZE WE DIDN'T GET HERE OVERNIGHT, SO WE CAN'T FIX IT OVERNIGHT.

BUT WE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH UNDER THIS NEW PROGRAM, WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN TRACK THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

OKAY. AND I UNDERSTAND WE DIDN'T GET HERE OVER THAT NIGHT.

NEITHER DID THEY. BUT THEY'RE STAYING THERE OVERNIGHT.

AND WHAT? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THEM TO GET THERE OR BACK TO TIER TWO OVERNIGHT BECAUSE WE CAN'T ACCEPT THIS.

I MEAN, WE CAN'T ACCEPT UNDER PAR APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

ANYTHING ELSE ON MULTIFAMILY? OKAY. SO JUST KIND OF MOVING ON TO PROPERTY CODE ABATEMENT AND WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.

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WE REVAMPED THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS IN GENERAL.

WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT WAS THAT EVERY, EVERY INDIVIDUAL CODE OFFICER KIND OF HAD THEIR OWN PROCESS.

THERE WASN'T A SEAMLESS PROCESS ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO, WE PUT TOGETHER A PROCESS. AND WHEN WE DID THAT, WE WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE IN, IN SOME OF THESE THINGS.

BUT AND WE'VE STUCK WITH IT AS OUR RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE GROWN, TIME FRAMES GET A LITTLE TIGHT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A FEW THINGS. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF, OF WHERE WE'RE WAY MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN SOME OF OUR PEER CITIES AND THINGS THAT WE MAY LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. AS OUR RESPONSIBILITIES GROW, WE MAY WANT TO BACK OFF OF A FEW THINGS.

BUT SO OBVIOUSLY VIOLATIONS OBSERVED OR, OR REPORTED, WE, WE TAKE CODE VIOLATIONS THROUGH ONLINE, THROUGH COUNCIL MEMBERS, THROUGH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THROUGH EVERYBODY.

WE THERE'S VARIOUS WAYS YOU CAN REPORT A CODE VIOLATION, BUT UNTIL WE GO OUT AND VERIFY THAT THE VIOLATION IS ACTUALLY A VIOLATION, WE DON'T WE DON'T DO ANYTHING. WE DON'T TAKE SOMEBODY'S WORD.

AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS ONCE WE GO OUT, WE OPEN A CASE.

WE LEAVE A NOTICE ON THE ON THE PROPERTY. IF IT'S A DEVELOPED PROPERTY AND WE MAIL THE PROPERTY OWNER OF RECORD A NOTICE.

WE DO THAT FOR TWO REASONS. ONE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF RENTAL PROPERTIES IN TOWN.

SOMETIMES THE OWNER OR THE RENTER OR THE OCCUPANT OF THE PROPERTY MAY NOT GET A MAILED NOTICE.

AND IF WE POST SOMETHING ON THE DOOR, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS STAY ON THE DOOR. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THAT WE WANT THE LANDLORD TO KNOW, OR THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY TO KNOW THAT PROPERTY YOU OWN HAS A HAS A VIOLATION BECAUSE THEY'RE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE.

SO WE GIVE WE GIVE THOSE TWO NOTICES. WE GIVE THE VIOLATOR THAT NOTICE GIVES YOU SEVEN DAYS.

I WILL SAY THAT NOTICE AND WE GET SOME COMPLAINTS ON THIS.

THAT NOTICE IS NOT NICE. IT'S THREATENING. BUT WE DO THAT ON PURPOSE BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET YOUR ATTENTION.

SO WE GIVE THAT THAT NOTICE OF VIOLATION. YOU'RE GIVEN SEVEN DAYS TO ABATE THE VIOLATION.

IN SOME CASES, WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF THESE VIOLATIONS THAT WE DEAL WITH CANNOT BE ABATED IN SEVEN DAYS.

IF IT CAN'T, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU CALL OUR OFFICE OR REACH OUT.

THE NOTICE HAS EMAIL ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS.

REACH OUT TO US SOMEHOW, AND LET'S START NEGOTIATING HOW WE'RE GOING TO COME INTO ABATEMENT.

WE SEE. WE DO REALLY, TRULY SEE THIS AS A PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THEIR GRASS NEEDS TO BE CUT, WHICH SOUNDS SILLY TO SOME OF US, BUT IT'S TRUE.

SO AFTER SEVEN DAYS, WE CONDUCT A RE-INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY.

IF THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS CORRECTED THE VIOLATION, OR IF THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS MADE SOME TYPE OF CONTACT WITH US AND SAID, I CAN'T GET THIS DONE IN SEVEN DAYS, BUT I CAN GET IT DONE IN 14 DAYS, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF VIOLATION, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY, DEPENDING ON LIFE SAFETY ISSUES, WE MAY WORK WITH THEM AND GIVE THEM THAT ADDITIONAL TIME.

IT REALLY IS A CASE BY CASE SITUATION, AND IT'S TYPICALLY LEFT UP TO THE CODE OFFICER OF THE DISTRICT.

AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ON THAT SEVEN DAY NOTICE, WE ARE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE THAT I COULD FIND IN ANY OF OUR PEER CITIES.

MOST CITIES TEN DAYS IS COMMON. 14 DAYS IS ALSO COMMON.

A FEW OF THEM ARE EVEN 30 DAYS. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT AS A AS A POINT OF REFERENCE.

MOVING ON. IF THE VIOLATIONS STILL EXIST AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED, THEY HAVEN'T CONTACTED US.

THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING. WE WILL POST A SECOND NOTICE.

WE WILL ALSO MAIL A SECOND NOTICE. MANY TIMES, DEPENDING ON THE VIOLATION.

THAT'S A SECOND AND FINAL NOTICE. AND THE VIOLATOR IS GIVEN ANOTHER SEVEN DAYS.

IF NOTHING. IF SOMETHING IF THEY ABATE THE VIOLATION.

THEN WE CLOSE THE CASE AFTER THAT 14TH DAY. IF THEY DON'T, THEN WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS TYPICALLY, AND THAT IS TO TAKE COURT ACTION OR TO ABATE THE PROPERTY OURSELF, ABATE THE VIOLATION OURSELF, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE VIOLATION IS. IF IT'S HIGH WEEDS AND GRASS, NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN WE'RE GOING TO JUST ABATE IT OURSELF.

IF IT'S JUNK AND DEBRIS, TYPICALLY WE ABATE THAT OURSELF.

IF IT IS A JUNK VEHICLE, IF IT IS A SUBSTANDARD BUILDING, IF IT IS ANOTHER NUISANCE THAT IS THAT IS ACTIVELY CAUSING A PROBLEM TO ADJACENT NEIGHBOR OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, WE WILL USUALLY DO EITHER A CITATION OR A COURT SUMMONS.

AND I THOUGHT YOU HAD A QUESTION. I'M SORRY. I'M READING YOUR THUMB, AND LET'S GET READY FOR THE WIND UP.

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TYPICALLY, IF WE CANNOT GET CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.

SO WHAT THAT IS, IS WE PROVIDE MUNICIPAL COURT WITH DOCUMENTATION, AND THEY HAVE THEIR MUNICIPAL COURT OFFICER GO OUT AND ACTUALLY SERVE THE PROPERTY OWNER OR THE TENANT OF THE PROPERTY. IF WE CAN GET A FACE TO FACE WITH THE WITH THE VIOLATOR, THEN WE WILL LIKELY ALSO WRITE A CITATION. AND I'VE GOT A KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT OUR CODE ACTIVITY'S BEEN ON THOSE AND HOW THOSE HAVE ENDED UP.

SO HOPEFULLY NOW ALL THE TIME, IF IT GOES TO COURT, THERE'S A TIME FRAME THERE BECAUSE THAT CAN ADD 60 TO 90 DAYS, 30, 60, 90 DAYS, WHATEVER HAPPENS. AND WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL OF THAT.

BUT THAT VIOLATION IS STILL ONGOING. TYPICALLY IN THAT CASE.

SO THAT'S WHY IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EASILY ABATE, THEN WE WILL JUST ABATE IT.

AND THEN WE'LL FILE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY THAT WAY. SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON 2024.

FOR WE OPENED 2300 OR WE FOUND 2300 CODE VIOLATIONS.

THAT COULD BE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS ON ONE PROPERTY. SO THAT'S WHEN WE JUST WORD IT THAT WAY. IS 2300 CODE VIOLATIONS FOUND.

WE SUCCESSFULLY REGISTERED 68 LONG TERM RENTALS, 35 SHORT TERM RENTALS.

WE ISSUED 94 CITATIONS OR COURT SUMMONS TO MUNICIPAL COURT.

AND THEN WE CONDUCTED 67 PROPERTY ABATEMENTS.

THE MAP THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, EVERY DOT REPRESENTS A CODE CASE.

SO THAT IS I THINK IT'S A GOOD REPRESENTATION THAT WE ARE WE ARE ALL OVER BEDFORD AND WE'RE NOT FOCUSING ON ONE AREA.

YEAH. AND AN IMPORTANT THING ABOUT 20, 20, 24 THAT WAS REALLY THE VERY I WON'T SAY THE VERY FIRST YEAR, BUT IT WAS REALLY A YEAR THAT WE PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT AND JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER CITY THAT I'VE SERVED IN IS. THAT IS TYPICALLY HANDLED BY A BUILDING INSPECTION STAFF.

WE DON'T HAVE AN ONSITE BUILDING INSPECTION STAFF, SO THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER ADDITION THAT OUR STAFF IS DOING.

I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT EVEN WHEN I GOT HERE IN 2021 CODE, THE BUILDING PERMIT STAFF THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME WAS NOT HANDLING THESE.

IT WAS STILL A CODE ISSUE. SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN CODE HERE IN BEDFORD.

YES, MA'AM. COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO WITH THESE OBSERVATIONS, IS THAT PART OF THE PATROL THAT CODE WAS DOING IN ADDITION TO OBVIOUSLY, I GUESS I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE PATROL PROCESS.

I THINK IN THE FIRST SLIDE, YOU SAID IT WAS MONTHLY.

SO, OUR GOAL IS THAT EVERY STREET IN BEDFORD IS DRIVEN DOWN AND PATROLLED ONCE A MONTH.

OKAY. I FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT, AND I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF DATA TO KIND OF BACK THAT UP, BUT I FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE BEATING THAT GOAL.

BUT YES, THAT IS OUR GOAL. SO, WE, LIKE I SAID, WE TAKE THEM BOTH BY PATROL AND BY COMPLAINTS.

ONE ANALYTIC THAT IS COMMONLY FOUND IN THROUGHOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE DATA TO AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF ENACTED IN THE VERY BEGINNING. A LOT OF CITIES WILL TELL YOU A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE CAME FROM COMPLAINTS.

A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE CAME FROM PATROLS. WE WHEN WE STARTED REVAMPING THE PROGRAM, ONE THING THAT WE FOUND HERE IS THAT OUR CODE STAFF AT THE TIME WOULD KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR AND SAY YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR COMPLAINED ABOUT YOUR YARD, AND THEN YOU GOT INTO A WHOLE FIGHT.

AND SO WE JUST TOOK THAT OUT OF IT BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, IT DIDN'T MATTER IF WE SHOWED UP AND THERE WAS A THERE WAS A VIOLATION. THAT'S ALL WE CARED ABOUT. AS WE'RE DIVING INTO THESE ANALYTICS MORE AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU MORE I HAVE STARTED THINKING AND WE'VE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, DO WE WANT TO START TRACKING THAT AGAIN? KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT STAFF, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT MINDSET THESE DAYS? THAT IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE AS BIG OF AN ISSUE AS IT WAS IN THE PAST. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT OTHER CITIES DO HAVE.

OKAY. NO, I JUST WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE IDENTIFY WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT.

LIKE IF PART OF THE PATROL AND THEY JUST SEE WORKERS, AND I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS AND IDENTIFYING THAT.

SO IT'S A LOT OF TIMES IT'S US JUST PATROLLING OR WE HAVE WITH OUR THIRD PARTY ON INSPECTIONS, WE HAVE A DEDICATED INSPECTOR HERE IN TOWN WHO'S HERE PRETTY MUCH MOST OF THE DAY.

HE HAS ALL OF OUR CODE OFFICERS CELL PHONE NUMBERS. SO IF HE SEES SOMETHING THAT HE KNOWS THEY'RE DOING A PERMIT OR THEY NEED PERMIT FOR THAT, HE'S. WE COMMUNICATE VERY WELL BACK AND FORTH.

OKAY. SOMETIMES IT IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND WE SEE A NEW STORAGE SHED GOING UP.

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THEY LOOK IT UP, AND IF THEY DON'T FIND A PERMIT, THEY WILL OPEN A CASE.

THERE ARE SOME CASES, BECAUSE NO ONE'S PERFECT.

WE DRIVE BY, WE LOOK AT SOMETHING FROM THE STREET.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT REQUIRE A PERMIT. SO WE MAY OPEN A CASE BASED ON THAT.

THEN AFTER WE DO OUR INVESTIGATION A LITTLE BIT, WE REALIZE, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS WORK DOESN'T REQUIRE A PERMIT. WE CLOSE THE CASE. OKAY.

OKAY. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO ALONG NOT NECESSARILY TO THIS, BUT TO OUR PROCESSES ARE BASICALLY THE, I'VE OUR BIGGEST HAMMER THAT WE HAVE TO USE THAT WE DON'T LIKE TO USE, BUT WE CAN DURING ABATEMENT IS JUST PUTTING LIENS ON THE PROPERTY, BASICALLY FOR ABATEMENTS, FOR ABATEMENTS AND FOR, FOR THESE CODE VIOLATIONS.

SO, WHAT HAPPENS? AND BECAUSE I SEE THESE LIENS AND I HAVE TO SIGN THEM AS THEY COME ACROSS MY DESK AND I SEE THE SAME ADDRESSES AND THEY'RE BUILDING UP QUITE HEFTY AMOUNTS. THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAT WE CAN DO OTHER THAN JUST KEEP ON ADDING LIENS IN THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THAT PROPERTY.

AND I GUESS, I GUESS THAT GOES TO WELL, THE FINAL OPTION IS TO FILE SUIT.

IF IT'S AN EGREGIOUS, REPEATED HABITUAL ACTIVE NUISANCE, THEN WE COULD FILE A CHAPTER 54 LAWSUIT.

IT'S COSTLY, BUT THAT IS THE ONLY FINAL RECOURSE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A COURT ORDER THAT SOMETHING BE DONE IN A PERMANENT WAY.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FIX GRASS, BUT OTHER TYPES OF EXISTING NUISANCES THAT CAN CAN BE PERMANENTLY ABATED.

THAT'S THAT'S THE RECOURSE. THE COURT CAN ALSO ORDER CIVIL PENALTIES.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THE IF IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER, IF THEY HAVE NO ABILITY TO PAY IT, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT TO COLLECT THE MONEY. BUT THAT'S OUR RECOURSE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'LL KEEP SEEING THOSE. UNFORTUNATELY, I KEEP SEEING THOSE.

THOSE GO UP. AND THAT WAS JUST MY CURIOUS QUESTION OF HOW GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE I KEEP SEEING THESE COME ACROSS MY DESK AND, AND IT'S GOING TO BE UPWARDS IN THE THOUSANDS. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN'T REALLY DO MUCH WHEN IT'S JUST IT'S JUST GRASS.

RIGHT. AND I WOULD NOTE THAT NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN THE LIENS COME ACROSS MY DESK.

ARE NOT THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES THAT OWN THAT PROPERTY.

IT'S AN LLC OR TRUST. THAT'S TRUE. IT IS TRUE.

IT IS. KIND OF A JUST A REAL QUICK SLIDE ON OUR CODE BREAK TABLE.

OH. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE RENTALS THAN 68 LONG TERM RENTALS.

DON'T YOU THINK? ABSOLUTELY. WE. SO HOW WE'RE HANDLING LONG TERM RENTALS RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE NOT ACTIVELY GOING OUT AND TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE LONG TERM RENTALS.

WHAT WE ARE DOING IS IF WE IF WE FIND A PROPERTY CODE VIOLATION ON THEM AND WE REALIZE IT IS A RENTAL PROPERTY THAT TRIGGERS THE REGISTRATION AND OUR HOPE THERE IS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER, IF HE REALIZES WE'VE GOT, WE'VE ALREADY GOT A PROPERTY CODE VIOLATION AND NOW I'VE GOT TO DO A RENTAL REGISTRATION.

THAT TRIGGERS A LITTLE BIT MORE OWNERSHIP IN THE PROPERTY OWNER.

I'LL BE HONEST, RIGHT NOW, IF I WERE TO ENACT A FULL FLEDGED LONG TERM RENTAL REGISTRATION PROGRAM, I DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO DO IT. I'M GUESSING, AND I DON'T WANT TO THROW OUT A SCARY NUMBER, BUT I'M GUESSING WE'RE AT PROBABLY AT LEAST 2500 RENTALS WITHIN THE CITY.

I KNOW EVEN EIGHT YEARS AGO, WE HAD 1200. SO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, THIS JUST GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THOSE 2024 CODE CASES WERE.

I'M JUST GOING TO HIT A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

NUISANCE. OBVIOUSLY, NUISANCE AND WEEDS AND GRASS ARE OBVIOUSLY OUR TWO BIGGEST ONES.

WEEDS AND GRASS ARE ALWAYS A BIG. NO MATTER WHAT CITY YOU'RE IN, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A BIG A BIG ONE ALONG WITH NUISANCE.

NUISANCE CAN BE ANYTHING FROM POOLS, STAGNANT WATER AND POOLS OR STAGNANT WATER JUST PONDING ANYWHERE.

IT COULD BE NOISE, ODOR. THEY COULD ALSO BE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET A LITTLE BETTER ON IN OUR SIDE ON REPORTING.

IT COULD ALSO BE TRASH AND DEBRIS. SO YOU'LL SEE TWO LINES THERE THAT TALK ABOUT TRASH AND DEBRIS.

WE NEED TO BE REALLY COGNIZANT. I WANT US TO START BREAKING OUT TRASH AND DEBRIS AS A SEPARATE OTHER NUISANCE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT IS ONE THAT TAKES A LOT OF OUR TIME.

I, WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW. I WOULD SAY, WELL, WE'VE WORKED 3 OR 4 THIS YEAR ALONE OF MANY LITTLE JUNKYARDS IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, AND I SHOULDN'T SAY MANY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT, BUT THEY'RE JUNKYARDS IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS THAT WE'VE WORKED.

AND THOSE ARE A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF EFFORT.

SO I WANT TO REALLY WORK ON MAKING SURE WE QUANTITATE THOSE.

AND THEN WORKING WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS. ANOTHER ONE THAT HAS BEEN A HIGH NUMBER.

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I'M VERY THANKFUL. WE'VE WORKED WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO OUR, OUR WEBSITE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT SLIDE WITH YOU AS WELL TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATE. BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC EDUCATION THING THAT WE NEED TO DO WITH OUR RESIDENTS ON WHAT REALLY DOES REQUIRE A PERMIT.

SO 2024, I'M SORRY, 2025. THIS IS FIRST QUARTER.

SO THIS IS JANUARY TO MARCH. AND WE'VE ALREADY OPENED OR ALREADY FOUND 631 CODE VIOLATIONS.

THIS IS A NEW ANALYTIC THAT WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF KEEP TRACK ON THAT WE'VE BUILT INTO OUR SYSTEM.

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTERESTING ONE. AND KIND OF SURPRISING, TO BE HONEST, IS THAT AVERAGE DAYS TO COMPLIANCE ARE 15 DAYS IN BEDFORD.

AND THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. I WILL TELL YOU, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CITIES GET UP TO 30 DAYS TO GIVE THEM TO COMPLY.

WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I MEAN, YOU, I DID SOME COMPARISON OF OUR PEER CITIES AND NORMAL COMPLIANCE FOR SOME OF OUR OTHER PEER CITIES ARE 30, 45 DAYS, ONE CITY, WHICH KIND OF SURPRISED ME.

I KIND OF WANT TO CALL THEM AND TALK TO THEM. IS THEY SAY THAT THEIR AVERAGE CASES, 83% OF THEM DO NOT CLOSE WITHIN THE YEAR THEY'RE OPENED.

SO IT GOES BACK. AND I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY SAID IT.

CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN SOMETIMES BE A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS, AND ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THESE CASES THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXIST FOR SO LONG, IT TAKES US A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO, TO GET THOSE CLOSED.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE 19 SHORT TERM RENTALS THAT ARE REGISTERED AND INSPECTED.

SO, THEY ARE WITHIN OUR CITY. WE DO HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, OF BEING REGISTERED AND INSPECTED.

AN IMPORTANT STAT HERE IS THAT ON AVERAGE, IT TAKES ABOUT 65 DAYS FROM THE TIME THEY APPLY TO THE TIME THAT THEY ACTUALLY GET THEIR REGISTRATION, THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY LEGAL TO OPERATE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER PROCESS THAT WE DIDN'T THINK WOULD TAKE THAT LONG. BUT IT'S TURNING OUT TO, TO EAT MORE OF OUR LUNCH THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD. HOW DO WE IDENTIFY THESE SHORT TERM RENTALS THEN? SO WE CURRENTLY SUBSCRIBE TO A SERVICE. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT SERVICE WE'VE IT HAS IT WAS BENEFICIAL, I THINK IN THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN WE WERE ESTABLISHING OUR PROGRAM.

BUT TALKING WITH FINANCE, TALKING WITH, WITH THE OFFICERS OUT IN THE FIELD, I'M NOT SURE IT'S REALLY THE BEST THING FOR US MOVING FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY KNOW. WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE.

WE WE, OUR CITIZENS ARE USUALLY VERY EASY TO WORK WITH.

AS FAR AS. YES, THERE'S ONE NEXT DOOR, AND HERE'S HOW I CAN PROVE IT.

AND SO, THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP US. SO, I THINK JUST WORD OF MOUTH AND REALLY ENFORCING THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.

I DON'T SEE THEM GROWING. I, WE PULLED A LIST BOTH FROM THE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE THE ONLINE SERVICE WE HAVE.

AND JUST BASED ON WHAT WE'VE GOT IN OUR SYSTEM ALREADY, AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GROWING, A LOT OF THEM ARE BECOMING INACTIVE. SO, I KIND OF MAYBE I'M WISHFUL THINKING HERE, BUT I KIND OF THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE FEWER IN 2025. SO, I DON'T WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

YEAH. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL. I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THINGS LATELY, AND I NOTICED WHAT LANDLORDS ARE DOING NOW IS THEY'RE ADVERTISING FOR THREE RESIDENTS TO LIVE IN ONE HOUSE.

SO THEY'RE RENTING ROOMS AND SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE A BATHROOM WITH ANOTHER GUY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THREE RESIDENTS IN THERE.

IS THAT LEGAL? IT WOULD FOR US. WE WOULD CLASSIFY IT AS A LONG TERM RENTAL BASED ON, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THAT AS WELL.

AND WE'VE WE HAVE INVESTIGATED SOME OF THOSE AND WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY ARE RENTING WE HAVE ONE COMES TO MIND THAT WE HAD JUST LAST WEEK, THEY ADVERTISED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE CONTACTED THE PROPERTY OWNER AND COME TO FIND OUT, SHE IS SHE HAS A HOUSE AND SHE'S RENTING IT, AND SHE'S LEASING OUT THE BEDROOMS, AND THEY'RE LONGER THAN 30 DAYS.

AND SO WE'RE TREATING THAT AS A LONG TERM RENTAL. AND THEY ARE REGISTERING AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO COMPLY.

REALLY HAVE ANYTHING THAT SAYS UNRELATED PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SAME HOME.

WE DO NOT. AND I KNOW BRANDS REACHING FOR THE YEAH, THAT'S UNLAWFUL I'M AFRAID.

OKAY. YEAH. THOSE ARE THAT'S GONE AWAY SINCE PROBABLY THE 80S UNFORTUNATELY.

IT WAS A GOOD TRY THOUGH. SO JUST MOVING DOWN MY BULLET LIST HERE.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE ISSUED 39 CITATIONS. SLASH SUMMONS IN THE GRAPH TO THE SIDE.

ALSO PAINTS A LITTLE BIT OF A PICTURE ON TIME FRAMES, BECAUSE I REALLY JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SINK IN THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOT QUICK.

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AND ALL THE WHILE, IF IF WE HAVEN'T ABATED THE VIOLATION OURSELF, THAT VIOLATION IS STILL EXISTING.

THIS NEXT ONE IS FUN, AND I'VE GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO FLEET AND TO PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A NEW SOFTWARE THAT TRACKS OUR FLEET VEHICLES.

AND IN THE NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATE THAT I GIVE AFTER QUARTER TWO, HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE A MAP THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS, BUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT PATROLS WE'VE SAID SINCE DAY ONE THAT WE REVAMPED THE PROGRAM.

WE WANT TO PATROL EVERY STREET ONCE A MONTH. I WASN'T 100% SURE HOW I WAS EVER GOING TO VERIFY THAT, BUT NOW I CAN. SO ALL OF OUR CODE VEHICLES HAVE DRIVEN OVER 2500 MILES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BEDFORD THIS YEAR ALREADY.

THAT BOILS DOWN TO ABOUT 359 MILES PER CODE, OFFICER.

AND WITH THE CITY THAT ONLY HAS 220 MILES OF ROADWAYS, THEN WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE MEETING THAT GOAL.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A COOL LITTLE NUGGET. AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS YEAR AND THIS IS ALREADY OUTDATED, I CAN TELL YOU, BUT WE'VE DONE MORE THAN 12 CITY INITIATED CODE ABATEMENTS.

PRIMARILY, THESE 12 ARE GOING TO BE TRASH, DEBRIS AND JUNK REMOVAL.

AND MAYBE, MAYBE A COUPLE OF MOWING ALREADY. AND THEN AVERAGE COST IS ABOUT $1,500 FOR EACH OF THOSE ABATEMENTS. OBVIOUSLY SOME MORE BASED ON THE JUNK REMOVAL OR WHATNOT.

I SAY THIS JUST TO SAY THAT IT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE WORK WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED FUNDS, AS YOU ALL KNOW. SO WE TRY TO REALLY SAVE, SAVE THOSE DOLLARS WHERE WE CAN.

AND IF WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY THAT IS AT LEAST, AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS TALKING TO THEM, THEY'RE TELLING US THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY WHAT WE NEED THEM TO DO, THEN WE'LL GIVE THEM THAT BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT BEFORE WE BEFORE WE DO TRY TO ABATE.

AND THIS IS THE CODE BREAKDOWN FOR 2025. FIRST QUARTER AGAIN, YOU'LL NOTICE WORKING WITH A PERMIT NUISANCE MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS.

THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE UPPED OUR ENFORCEMENT ON APARTMENTS A LITTLE BIT.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT. AND AGAIN, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT.

MAYBE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. ACTUALLY, NO, THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS JUST TELLING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A STORY.

AND THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST DATA THAT WE CAN DO A THREE.

I WAS COMFORTABLE IN DOING A THREE YEAR COMPARISON ON YOU'LL SEE GREEN REPRESENTS 2023.

BLUE REPRESENTS 2024 AND YELLOW IS 2025. AND IT SHOWS YOU HOW MANY CODE CASES WE'VE OPENED IN THAT FIRST QUARTER OF THOSE THREE YEARS. I'M NOT SURPRISED BY THIS NUMBER. I HAD TO LAUGH WHEN ANDREW AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER TODAY.

2023. YEAH. MY GOODNESS, 2023. WE WERE GOOD. BUT WE ALSO DIDN'T HAVE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

2024 DROPPED OFF A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THAT.

BUT THIS YEAR, WITH OUR GOAL OF GETTING ALL OF THE MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES INSPECTED THE FIRST QUARTER, OUR CASES DROPPED OFF A LITTLE BIT IN 2025. AND THAT'S JUST THE PRICE OF DOING IT THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT AND JUST DOING IT AT THE BEGINNING OF IT FIRST QUARTER, RIGHT. AND GETTING THAT OUT OF THE WAY FOR THAT FIRST INSPECTION.

BUT IT MAKES I MEAN, WE THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE BECAUSE ONE OUR BUSY OUR REALLY BUSY CODE TIME IS SPRING AND SUMMER WITH HIGH WEEDS AND GRASS. AND SO, WE DIDN'T WANT TO FOCUS ON MULTIFAMILY DURING THAT TIME.

SO, WE THOUGHT GETTING IT IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY KIND OF OUR COLDER MONTHS WOULD BE A WOULD BE A BETTER GAME PLAN.

SO, WORKING WITHOUT A PERMIT AGAIN, THANKS TO MOLLY AND COMMUNICATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING SOME CHANGES TO OUR WEBSITE THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS WEBSITE IN PARTICULAR. AND THIS IS JUST GOING TO KIND OF BE A IT'S IT'S HARD TO SEE IT HERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERACTIVE PAGE WHERE IF YOU CAN GO DOWN AND CLICK ON AND CAN'T USE THE.

BUT IF YOU GO DOWN AND CLICK ON A NUMBER LIKE IN THE TEXT OF LIKE 15 FOR DRIVEWAY, IT'LL TAKE YOU EXACTLY TO OPENGOV WHERE YOU CAN APPLY FOR THAT PERMIT. SO THERE WON'T BE ANY QUESTIONS ANYMORE ABOUT, WELL, DOES THIS REQUIRE A PERMIT AND WHAT APPLICATION DO I FILL OUT FOR THAT? SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS GOING TO HELP US. THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE AGAIN WORKING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT REQUIRES A PERMIT.

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IN THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE IS JUST TALKING ABOUT FUTURE INITIATIVES AND FUTURE THINGS THAT YOU MAY SEE AND JOIN ME UP HERE.

BUT SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE EXPECTING IT, AND YOU CAN HOPEFULLY EXPECT IT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.

MULTIFAMILY ORDINANCE REVISIONS OR WE'VE DEEMED IT TENANTS' RIGHTS.

WE HOPE TO GET THAT BEFORE YOU IN THE IN THE NEXT MONTH.

AND ALSO, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THAT ON THAT SAME AGENDA OR VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

PROPERTY CODE ADOPTION PROPERTY CODE OR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.

BEDFORD HAS THERE'S IN THE CODE WORLD, THERE IS INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL AND THAT'S WE ADOPT ALL OF THEIR BUILDING CODES, ELECTRICAL CODES, PLUMBING CODES, WHATNOT. THEY ALSO HAVE A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, AND IT'S EXTREMELY THOROUGH AND EXTREMELY IT TALKS ABOUT YOU KNOW, THE PAINTING OF COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES OR, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY GETS INTO COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES.

IT GETS INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE MULTIFAMILY. IT GIVES US A FEW MORE TOOLS SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT ENFORCING.

AND SO WE'VE HEARD BOTH COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC SAY WE WANT TO ENFORCE MORE OF OUR, OUR MULTI, OUR MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES TO COME UP TO CODE AND TO COME UP TO A CERTAIN STANDARD.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT TO GET THAT BEFORE YOU IN THE NEXT, LIKE I SAID, NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

WE WANT TO START AND KEEP CONTINUE DOING MORE OF THESE UPDATES, THESE REGULAR REPORTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE A FORMAL PRESENTATION. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ME HERE EVERY QUARTER, BUT IT MAY BE SOMETHING WHETHER WE PUT OUT THROUGH SOME TYPE OF COMMUNICATION SO THAT YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THESE REPORTING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.

MORE PUBLIC EDUCATION. JUST TONIGHT, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SUPERVISOR WAS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOING A VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATION THAT YOU ALL GOT TONIGHT TO THE POLICE ACADEMY GROUP. NEXT WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE SENIOR CENTER GIVING A SIMILAR PRESENTATION ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT.

SO, WE WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND DO MORE PUBLIC EDUCATION. ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT'S NOT ANYTHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, JUST BECAUSE WE AND WE'RE NOT READY FROM A STAFFING STANDPOINT EITHER.

BUT MANY CITIES, ESPECIALLY IN WITH OUR SAME CHARACTERISTICS, HAVE A TOOL SHARING PROGRAM.

AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY VERY SIMILAR TO KIND OF WHAT THE LIBRARY OF THINGS IS.

BUT IT'S A, IT'S IF SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MOW THEIR GRASS AND THEIR LAWN MOWER IS BROKEN, THEN THEY CAN COME IN AND CHECK OUT A LAWN MOWER AND GO MOW THEIR GRASS AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY TIMES WE HEAR, WELL, I CAN'T MOVE MY GRASS BECAUSE MY LAWN MOWER IS BROKEN.

SO IF WE HAD A A WAY OUT OF THAT SO WE COULD HELP THEM, THEN THAT WOULD BE ONE THING.

IT COULD BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS YOUR TREES ARE HANGING TOO LOW, AND WE CAN LOAN YOU SOME CLIPPERS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

SOMETHING TO THAT NATURE. SOMETHING SIMPLE. OBVIOUSLY NOT. WE'RE NOT PROBABLY GOING TO GIVE THEM A CHAINSAW, BUT YEAH.

SO YEAH, BUT. AND I TRIED NOT TO LOOK AT BRYN WHEN YOU SAID LIABILITY.

THANK YOU. OBVIOUSLY, ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD APPROVE ANYTHING WE PUT OUT THERE.

AND IT WOULD BE A PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD COME TO YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING AS WELL.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY COMMON IN OTHER CITIES.

I KNOW THAT RICHARDSON FARMERS BRANCH. OTHER CITIES OUT THERE HAVE A VERY SIMILAR PROGRAM, AND IT'S VERY POPULAR. SO, AND THEN LAST THING IS BUILDING EXPANDING PARTNERSHIPS.

THE ONE THING THAT, AS YOU'VE HEARD AND, YOU KNOW MANY TIMES WE COME ACROSS PEOPLE THAT JUST CAN'T FINANCIALLY MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY. AND THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT SOME WE ALREADY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH.

WE WANT TO BUILD ON THOSE PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAN HELP THESE PEOPLE AND BRING THEM INTO CODE COMPLIANCE.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF BRIDGE A GAP THERE A LITTLE BIT.

SO WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.

OVER CODE ENFORCEMENT. CLEARLY, WE ARE MAKING STRIDES IN MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY ON HERE AGREES NEEDED TO HAPPEN.

AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS FIRST QUARTER.

GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. WE'RE DOING OUR INSPECTIONS AND WE'RE FOLLOWING UP WITH IT GOING FORWARD. ALL WITH THE GOAL OF WE GOT TO GET THEM TO TIER TWO, TIER THREE, MOVE THEM UP THE SYSTEM SO THAT IS A GOOD THING TO SEE WHEN IT COMES TO CODE ENFORCEMENT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT IN EVERY CITY BECAUSE OF HOW OLD AND HOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW BUILT OUT YOU ARE.

AND WHEN EVERYTHING WAS CONSTRUCTED HERE IN THE CITY OF BEDFORD BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, AN AGING COMMUNITY.

CODE ENFORCEMENT IS KEY. IT IS KEY. EVERYTHING RELIES ON IT.

BECAUSE IF NOT, PROPERTY VALUES START TO START TO FALL, WHICH THEN TRICKLE DOWN INTO.

AND YOU MENTIONED OUR STOREFRONTS, OUR COMMERCIAL ASPECTS.

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SO A CITY RELIES SO MUCH ON CODE ENFORCEMENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO POINT OUT TO THE RECORD THAT GRAPEVINE ONLY HAS TWO, TWO CODE OFFICERS.

THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TWO CODE OFFICERS, AND WE HAVE SEVEN FOR OUR CITY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT. AND SO THAT IS WHY I THINK WE'RE DOING VERY WELL IN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT KEEPING THINGS UP.

AND YOU SAID 15 DAYS AVERAGE. THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD.

THAT'S PRETTY PHENOMENAL. SO, KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.

I KNOW WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND I THINK THIS IS THIS IS A GOOD, GOOD STEP FORWARD AS FAR AS THE TOOL SHARING PROGRAM, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO CHEW ON A LITTLE BIT. IT'S AN IDEA. IT'S AN IDEA. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE INVENTIVENESS OF IT.

SO, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MISS ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE CITY MANAGER ANDREA ROY.

[CONSENT]

APRIL 22ND, 2025. REGULAR MEETING. ITEM NUMBER TWO.

CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THREE ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR CONCRETE SIDEWALK ACCESSIBILITY RAMPS, CONCRETE STREET PANELS, DRIVEWAY AND CURB AND GUTTER RECONSTRUCTION AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

PROJECTS FOR MANNING CONCRETE SAWING THROUGH THE MASTER INTERLOCAL PURCHASING AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE FOR AN ANNUAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF 750,000, TOTALING 3 MILLION. IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED AGAIN, THE CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE VARIOUS REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT COME UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. CRACKING TREE ROOTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, OR CREATE SOME OF THOSE NEEDS AND FUNDING IS PROVIDED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF THE 4.B OPERATING BUDGET, THE WATER UTILITY OPERATING BUDGET AND THE 2021 STREET IMPROVEMENT BOND.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A FIVE MONTH AGREEMENT WITH THREE ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION, KNOWN AS SCADA, SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS UPGRADES FROM SUPERTECH AUTOMATION THROUGH A MASTER INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CORINTH FOR AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF 50,000, TOTALING $200,000. IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED.

THE SCADA SYSTEM ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS FOR REAL TIME MONITORING.

OBVIOUSLY WITH OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS HERE IN THE CITY.

AND SIMPLY, IT'S A SYSTEM THAT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT KEEPS US AWARE AND ALERT OF VARIOUS LEVELS, ACTIVITIES WITHIN OUR TANKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO OBVIOUSLY A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THAT SYSTEM AND DEFINITELY NEEDED FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THE WATER UTILITY OPERATING BUDGET FOR THAT ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO CANCEL THE NOVEMBER 25TH AND DECEMBER 23RD, 2025 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND TO MOVE THE NOVEMBER 11TH, 2025 COUNCIL MEETING TO NOVEMBER 18TH.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE RECOMMENDING MOVING THE FIRST MEETING THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE HELD IN NOVEMBER, WHICH TENDS TO IT ACTUALLY FALLS ON VETERANS DAY THIS YEAR.

AND WE WOULD MOVE THAT TO THE THIRD TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE OTHER TWO MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER ARE IN EXTREME CLOSE PROXIMITY TO BOTH THE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR HER DESIGNEE, TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH FOUR ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF A LIBRARY MARKETING PLATFORM FROM PATRON POINT, INC., A SPRING SHARE COMPANY, FOR AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF 12,350, TOTALING $61,750 IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED.

PATRON POINT IS ESSENTIALLY A LIBRARY COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM, AND THIS ENHANCEMENT WILL BASICALLY BE AN ENHANCEMENT TO OUR CURRENT SYSTEM.

IT WILL HELP THE LIBRARY SEND BETTER AND MORE PERSONALIZED MESSAGES TO OUR USERS VIA EMAILS AND TEXTS REGARDING ITEMS SUCH AS BOOK HOLDS, DUE DATES AND RENEWALS. IT WILL ALSO ALLOW FOLKS TO SIGN UP FOR LIBRARY CARDS ONLINE AND GET A DIGITAL CARD IMMEDIATELY.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS A GREAT ENHANCEMENT AND A GREAT USE OF THOSE FUNDS FOR OUR LIBRARY USERS.

ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH FOUR ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF A FULL SERVICE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, SELF-CHECKOUT HARDWARE EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM, AND THE CIRCUIT SOFTWARE SUPPORT LICENSE FROM TECH LOGIC FOR AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $30,975, TOTALING $154,875 IF ALL EXTENSIONS ARE EXERCISED.

SO, BACK IN JUNE OF 24, COUNCIL APPROVED FUNDING TO UPGRADE THE LIBRARIES AUTOMATED MATERIALS HANDLING SYSTEM WITH ARPA FUNDS WONDERFULLY,

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ADDITIONALLY, A SOFTWARE PROGRAM AND THEN HARDWARE WARRANTIES.

SO, THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE REGULAR CHECKUPS, FASTER REPAIRS, AND SOFTWARE UPDATES.

IT WILL ALSO HELP PREVENT COSTLY BREAKDOWNS. SO, WITHOUT THAT, REPAIRS WILL BE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.

SO COST BREAKOUT ON THAT IS FULL SERVICE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IS $20,110.

THE RENEWAL OF THE TECH LOGIC CIRCUIT SOFTWARE LICENSE IS 4882.

AND THE TECH LOGIC REPAIR, WHICH IS THE REPLACEMENT FOR ANY DEFECTIVE HARDWARE OR PARTS.

THE EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM IS $5,983 ANNUALLY.

AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY OPERATING BUDGET FOR THAT ITEM AS WELL.

AND I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES CONSENT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMEMBER SABOL.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS? LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. IT'S. ALL RIGHT.

AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, STAFF. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF WATER RATES BY AMENDMENT OF SECTION ONE,

[7. Consider an ordinance amending the schedule of water rates by amendment of Section 1., Ordinance No. 2024-3429; providing a repealing clause; providing a severability clause; and declaring an effective date. ]

THAT GOT ME THERE FOR A SECOND. IT'S A MOUTHFUL. IT IS A MOUTHFUL. ALL RIGHT. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KAREN RIGGS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST A KIND OF A MID-YEAR UPDATE.

NORMALLY, WE WOULD NOT BE DOING THIS AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

THIS IS NORMALLY SOMETHING WE WOULD LOOK AT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND PRESENT TO YOU DURING OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

HOWEVER, THIS YEAR WE DID IMPLEMENT A NEW TIERED RATE STRUCTURE AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO CHECK IN AND OFFER SOME SOLUTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TIERED RATE STRUCTURE. OH, THAT IS NOT PRETTY.

YEAH, PLEASE. BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, IT'S MUCH PRETTIER ON MY PAPER.

IT'S PRETTY IN OUR PACKET TOO. OKAY, GOOD. THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER.

THANK YOU. YEAH, IT WAS VERY TYPEWRITER ISH. THAT WAS STRAIGHT FROM THE 80S.

IT LOOKED LIKE NOTHING WRONG WITH THE 80S. NOTHING WRONG WITH 80S.

IT WAS A GREAT DECADE. IT WAS A GREAT DECADE.

GOOD MUSIC, GREAT FASHION. MY BIRTH YEAR.

I KNOW I WAS LIKE, I'M SORRY. WELL, WHILE SHE IS WORKING ON THAT FOR US.

SO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE VERY FIRST SLIDE.

WHEN WE PULL IT UP, IT'S GOING TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE WERE BEFORE WE IMPLEMENTED THE TIERED RATE STRUCTURE.

AND SO BASICALLY WHAT WE HAD IS WE HAD A BASE RATE BY METER SIZE.

AND THEN WE HAD A FLAT RATE PER 1000 GALLONS.

AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH WITH OUR WATER RATE, CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANT NUGEN, WHO UNFORTUNATELY WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

BUT WE DID WORK WITH THEM TO PRESENT TO YOU A TIERED RATE STRUCTURE WHICH IMPLEMENTED A PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING AMOUNT PER 15,000 GALLON INCREMENTS, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY COMMON IN AMONG OTHER CITIES.

SO SOME STATISTICS THAT I LOOKED UP TODAY JUST TO KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA.

I LOOKED AT TEN BENCHMARK CITIES, NOT INCLUDING BEDFORD.

SIX OF THOSE CURRENTLY HAVE A TIERED RATE STRUCTURE FOR RESIDENTIAL.

FIVE OF THOSE HAVE A TIERED RATE STRUCTURE. ALSO, FOR NONRESIDENTIAL, THREE OF THOSE HAVE A TIERED RATE STRUCTURE FOR IRRIGATION.

FIVE OF THOSE HAVE WATERING RESTRICTIONS FOR ALL CUSTOMERS, THEY'RE LIMITED TO TWO DAYS A WEEK, BASICALLY BASED ON YOUR ADDRESS. IF IT'S AN EVEN NUMBER, YOU FALL ON CERTAIN DAYS.

IF IT'S AN ODD, YOU FALL ON CERTAIN DAYS AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS ON THE OTHER TWO DAYS.

AND THEN TWO OF THEM HAVE A TIME RESTRICTION VERY SIMILAR TO OURS, WHERE YOU CAN'T WATER WITHIN, YOU KNOW, 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M., SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF KIND OF WHAT DROVE THAT CONVERSATION WAS A COMPARISON OF WHERE WE WERE COMPARED TO OUR BENCHMARK CITIES.

SO THAT'S WHY WE CAME FORWARD TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF THE TIERED RATE STRUCTURE WAS REALLY TO ENCOURAGE THAT WATER CONSERVATION ASPECT OF THINGS.

I KNOW DURING THE BUDGET CONVERSATION, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT OUR RESIDENTS.

AND AGAIN, SHE'S WORKING ON PULLING THAT UP. BUT ONE OF THE SLIDES IN HERE IS WE 80% OF OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS USE LESS THAN 15,000 GALLONS.

SO THEY THEY FELL WITHIN THAT LOWER TIERED RATE.

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SO COUNCIL'S DECISION WAS BY HOW MUCH AND WHAT WAS THE LEAST EFFECT THAT WE COULD HAVE ON THE RESIDENTS, AND 80% OF THEM COULD GET A LOWER RATE. THAT'S AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO THAT RATE.

I'M ACTUALLY GLAD YOU POINTED THAT OUT, BECAUSE WITH IF WE HAD STAYED WITH THE TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE THAT WAS IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE TIERED RATE STRUCTURE, AN AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL BILL, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO ADJUST THAT RATE ANYWAYS, THAT VOLUMETRIC RATE AND AN AVERAGE BILL WOULD HAVE BEEN $126.09 A MONTH. ON THE TIERED RATE, IT'S $123.65 A MONTH.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT A $3 PER MONTH SAVINGS GOING INTO THE TIERED RATE, BECAUSE 80% OF OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS FALL BELOW THAT FIRST TIER.

SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AND I HAVE SOME STORIES THAT I'LL TELL YOU THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION.

I HAVE TALKED TO SO MANY UTILITY CUSTOMERS OVER THE PAST YEAR, BETWEEN IMPLEMENTING OPENGOV, BETWEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR UTILITY BILLS, AND HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THINGS.

SO I HAVE LOTS OF RESIDENTS FIRST NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS, AND IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN INTERESTING.

BUT YOU'RE AN EXPERT NOW. SO, THIS IS KIND OF INTERESTING.

I WORKED WITH OUR UTILITY BILLING DEPARTMENT TO GET SOME STATISTICS, BECAUSE I REALLY KIND OF WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MADE UP THE CITY OF BEDFORD AND OUR UTILITY ACCOUNTS, AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT BILLING CYCLES.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT BROKEN OUT LIKE THAT. BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE MY MATH WORKED BY CYCLE.

BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OUT OF THE 15,000 UTILITY ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE, 09,090% OF THAT IS RESIDENTIAL.

A LITTLE OVER A LITTLE LESS THAN 3% IS SPRINKLER IRRIGATION METERS AND THEN COMMERCIAL MAKES UP THE OTHER ONE, WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER 4%. SO IT'S KIND OF SPREAD THROUGHOUT.

AND I KIND OF JUST PUT SOME DEFINITIONS OFF TO THE SIDE BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A BUILDER CLASS? YOU KNOW, I WAS CONFUSED ON WHAT THAT IS. AND SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THAT.

NOW, SOME OF THIS IS NEW REPORTING IN OUR OLD UTILITY BILLING SYSTEM, WE DIDN'T HAVE IT QUITE BROKEN OUT TO THIS LEVEL, BUT THAT IS A TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD REQUIREMENT TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WATER USAGE BY THESE DIFFERENT CLASSES.

SO, WITH OUR NEW OPENGOV SYSTEM, WE WERE ABLE TO BREAK THOSE ACCOUNTS OUT.

SO, WE HAVE INSTITUTIONAL INDUSTRIAL THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY REPORT THAT WATER USAGE BY CUSTOMER CLASS.

THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE, THOSE ARE JUST THESE ARE NOT INDIVIDUALLY METERED.

YES. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE IF YOU HAVE LIKE A SINGULAR COMPLEX THAT MAY HAVE LIKE FIVE METERS FOR THEIR MULTIPLE BUILDINGS VERSUS AN INDIVIDUAL UNITS HAVE THEIR OWN METER, THINGS LIKE THAT. YES. SO THAT SITUATION, IF IT IS INDIVIDUALLY METERED, IS INCLUDED IN THE RESIDENTIAL COUNT. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. BECAUSE I HAD THAT SAME QUESTION.

SO THIS IS WHERE I WAS TALKING ABOUT 80% OF OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS USE BETWEEN 0 AND 15,000 GALLONS PER MONTH.

20% USE OVER THAT 15,000 GALLONS. SO WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE TIERED RATE STRUCTURE, THEY WERE THE LEAST IMPACTED BY THIS BECAUSE OF THAT USAGE ALONE.

NOW OUR SPRINKLER IRRIGATION CUSTOMERS 45% USE BETWEEN 0 AND 15,000 PER MONTH, 55% USE OVER THAT AMOUNT.

SO THEY REALLY ARE THE MOST IMPACTED BY THE TIERED RATE STRUCTURE.

BUT THAT'S ALSO TO ENCOURAGE WATER CONSERVATION.

AND I'LL GET INTO OUR DROUGHT CONTINGENCY AND WATER CONSERVATION PLAN IN A SECOND.

BECAUSE REALLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY HERE IN TEXAS WATER IS A FINITE RESOURCE, RIGHT? LUCKILY FOR US, WHERE WE LIVE, WE ARE IN AN AREA WHERE WATER WATER IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE.

HOWEVER, IF YOU GO INTO EAST TEXAS, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ARE BUILDING A RESERVOIR FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THAT'S TAKEN OVER 20 YEARS TO GET APPROVED. SO WATER IS A FINITE RESOURCE.

AND SO FROM A SPRINKLER SYSTEM SITUATION, THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE CAN REALLY ENCOURAGE WATER CONSERVATION.

AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER ONE I BROKE OUT WAS THE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.

AND THAT'S WHERE 60% USED BETWEEN THE 50 OR THE ZERO AND 15,000, 40% USE OVER THE 15,000.

SO THEY ARE MODERATELY IMPACTED. AND SO THEY'RE ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT OR THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT OF POSSIBLY MOVING BACK TO A FLAT RATE ALONG WITH THE APARTMENTS. THE INTERESTING THING IS I PULLED UP JUST TO GET SOME NUMBERS TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW MANY GALLONS OF WATER WE ARE USING THROUGH OUR WATER SYSTEM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

AND SO WE'RE USING OVER TWO 2 BILLION WATER GALLONS OF WATER IN A CALENDAR YEAR.

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AND OUR NEXT IS OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES AT 18%.

SPRINKLERS ARE ONLY USING ABOUT 11%. BUT STILL THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE CAN REALLY ENCOURAGE THAT WATER CONSERVATION.

AND ALL OTHERS. THAT'S THE THE BUILDER, THE HYDRANT, THE I JUST THEY WERE SUCH A SMALL GROUP.

I KIND OF JUST WANTED TO THROW THEM TOGETHER. I KNOW OUR HOA IS IN PARTICULAR IS VERY IMPORTANT AND ON EVERYONE'S MIND.

SO I KIND OF WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR HOA IN PARTICULAR.

SO WE HAVE 38 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS IN THE CITY.

ONLY 20 OF THOSE UTILIZE THE WATER CREDIT PROGRAM.

THAT THAT PROGRAM SAVES THE CITY ABOUT $64,000 IN MOWING COSTS.

SO THOSE THAT ARE UNAWARE THAT CREDIT IS WE TAKE THE COST OF WHAT IT WOULD COST THE CITY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY.

AND IF THE HOA TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE WATER CREDIT, WE DO A CALCULATION TO THEN ALLOCATE WHAT IT WOULD COST THE CITY TO MOW IT WITH OUR CONTRACTOR, AND WE GIVE THEM A CREDIT ON THEIR WATER BILL FOR THAT, FOR THEM MAINTAINING THAT AREA.

I WILL TELL YOU, THAT IS ONE THING THAT REALLY HAS BEEN ON MY MIND TO LOOK INTO SINCE I GOT HERE.

THAT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE PROGRAM TO THE CITY OF BEDFORD.

I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANYTHING SIMILAR. SO AND I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL OF OUR HOAS, YOU KNOW, WE INCREASE OUR HOA OR, I MEAN, OUR UTILITY RATES EVERY YEAR TO KEEP UP WITH TRA, BUT IF OUR MOWING COSTS DON'T CHANGE, WELL, THEN THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL ALLOCATED TO OUR HOAS TO HELP OFFSET THEIR INCREASE.

SO I KNOW THAT'S A CONCERN. AND I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU, BUT IT IS ON MY MIND ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO REVAMP THAT PROGRAM.

I THINK THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE IT'S 92, I THINK.

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN REVISED PRETTY MUCH SINCE.

SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT.

AND IT'S BEEN ON MY MIND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE YEARS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I BLINK MY EYES, AND A YEAR GOES BY AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED.

SO ANYWAYS, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING I'M LOOKING INTO. THE ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.

WE HAVE 437 SPRINKLER ACCOUNTS. THAT ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 11% OF OUR TOTAL WATER USAGE.

THE 20 HOAS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WATER CREDIT PROGRAM, THEY ACCOUNT FOR 8% OF OUR SPRINKLER USAGE.

SO THERE ARE REALLY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OUR OVERALL SPRINKLER USAGE.

I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY AND WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.

I'M ALSO GOING VERY, VERY QUICKLY. SO JUST LIKE WES, IF I AM, IF YOU PLEASE INTERRUPT ME AND ASK QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME, WE'LL DO. THANK YOU. SO THAT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE EVERY YEAR OR EVERY FIVE YEARS.

IT WAS MOST RECENTLY DONE A YEAR AGO, IN MAY OF 24, AND IT REALLY ESTABLISHES.

DROUGHT. DROUGHT STAGES. AND AT THOSE VARIOUS STAGES WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN REACTIONS TO GO.

OKAY, WE'RE NOW AT STAGE TWO OR WE'RE AT STAGE THREE.

NO WATERING OR YOU CAN ONLY WATER ON THESE DAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S THE DROUGHT. I THINK IT'S THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN ENCOURAGES THAT TIERED RATE STRUCTURE BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE MORE WATER YOU USE, THE MORE YOU PAY, THE LESS WATER YOU USE, THE LESS YOU PAY. SO IT REALLY ENCOURAGES THAT WATER CONSERVATION.

AND IT ALSO JUST SPECIFIES SOME WATER CONSERVATION GOALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, INCLUDING RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS, STUFF LIKE THAT. I WILL SAY WHILE DOING SOME RESEARCH FOR TONIGHT I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER OUTREACH WITH OUR RESIDENTS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND TIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS IS A GREAT SPOT FOR A STORY. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A HOMEOWNER PROBABLY ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, AND WHEN I TELL YOU HE WAS MAD, HE WAS MAD. HE DID NOT LIKE THIS RATE STRUCTURE.

HE WAS NOT HAPPY. AND I SAID, OKAY, LET ME LET'S LOOK AT YOUR ACCOUNT.

LET'S SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. AND WHEN I PULLED IT UP, I WAS LIKE, YOU ARE USING AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WATER.

HE GOES, COMPARED TO WHAT? HOW DO I KNOW I AM USING THAT MUCH WATER? AND I SAID, VALID POINT. HE GOES, CAN YOU PULL PROPERTIES SIMILAR SIZE TO MINE? DON'T TELL ME ADDRESSES BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO KNOW THAT. BUT TELL ME. AND I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO WITH THE HELP OF PUBLIC WORKS, THEY HELPED ME PULL SOME ADDRESSES WITH SIMILAR SIZED LOTS.

SO, I PULLED 40 PROPERTIES, SIMILAR SIZED LOTS.

HE WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST USER OF THOSE 40 PROPERTIES.

AND WHEN I CALLED THIS HOMEOWNER TO EXPLAIN THAT TO HIM, HE GOES, I HAVE A PROBLEM.

I NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT MY SYSTEM, BECAUSE THAT TELLS ME RIGHT THERE THAT I AM USING MORE WATER.

AND HE ACTUALLY, THIS IS ONE OF MY SUCCESS STORIES BECAUSE HE EVEN SAID, HE GOES, I WANT TO BE YOUR SUCCESS STORY.

I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO TELL MY STORY, THAT YOU DID RESEARCH AND YOU SOLVED MY PROBLEM.

AND NOW I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR SECOND HIGHEST USER COMPARED TO MY, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR SIZE.

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THERE ARE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO YOU THAT WE CAN HELP YOU REDUCE YOUR WATER USAGE PRIMARILY WITH YOUR SPRINKLER SYSTEM.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WATER EVERY DAY. YES. YES. THE OTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING WAS I FOUND RESEARCH TODAY THROUGH TEXAS A&M TURFGRASS EXPERTS. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S MADE UP.

BUT, YOU KNOW, GOOGLE SAID BUT THEY SAID 50% OF OUTDOOR WATERING IS WASTED, MEANING THAT IT'S HITTING YOUR DRIVEWAY.

IT'S HITTING YOUR SIDEWALKS. YOU MAY HAVE A HEAD THAT'S SPOUTING, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT DOING ANY GOOD TO YOUR YARD.

50% IS WASTED. SO IF WE CAN WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AND OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES TO REALLY ENCOURAGE THEM EVALUATING THEIR SPRINKLER SYSTEM. WE CAN REALLY DRIVE HOME THIS WATER CONSERVATION POINT AND REALLY HELP THEM ACHIEVE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE.

SO HERE IS WHERE WE ARE IS ON THE LEFT SIDE IS WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE TODAY.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO GO FOR OUR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, FIRE HYDRANT AND MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS WITHOUT INDIVIDUAL METERS.

SO BASICALLY, THE TIERED RATE STRUCTURE WOULD BE IN PLACE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRULY CONTROL THEIR USAGE, SO THAT WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT WOULD BE YOUR RESIDENTIAL AND YOUR SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. AND THEN EVERYBODY ON THE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN WOULD BE ALL YOUR OTHER USERS.

BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM AN APARTMENT COMPLEX STANDPOINT THEY SHARE A SINGULAR METER AND THEN THAT GETS ALLOCATED OUT TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS.

SO ONE HOME, ONE RESIDENT CANNOT CONTROL WHAT THE RESIDENT NEXT TO THEM IS DOING.

I HAD ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH AN APARTMENT COMPLEX MANAGER, AND I'LL BE VERY HONEST, I WANTED TO JUMP THROUGH THE PHONE AND GIVE HER A HUG.

SHE WAS ON THE VERGE OF TEARS ON THE IMPACT THAT THESE RATE STRUCTURES WERE GOING TO HAVE TO HER RESIDENTS.

AND SHE GOES, MY RESIDENTS CAN'T AFFORD THIS.

AND WHAT CAN YOU DO? AND I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THINGS, SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO BRING THAT FORWARD AND TALK TO OUR COUNCIL ABOUT THAT. SO AS WE WERE TALKING WITH OUR RATE CONSULTANT AND LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING THROUGH THIS, WOULD THIS IMPACT OUR RATE MODEL? WOULD THIS IMPACT OUR CASH, YOU KNOW, DAYS OF CASH ON HAND THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IN THE UTILITY FUND? WOULD IT AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO DO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND THEY SAID NO, BECAUSE IF YOU GO BACK TO THE USAGE IN PARTICULAR, THEY'RE RELATIVELY SMALL USER.

SO IT WON'T IMPACT THAT REVENUE RATE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ON THE UTILITY FUND TO BE ABLE TO FUND WHAT WE NEED TO FUND.

NOR WOULD IT IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO PAY TRA. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD AS AN OPTION.

AS WE TALK THROUGH THIS AND THEY RAN MODELS. THEY DID.

AND SO JUST MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE OWING MONEY AT THE END OF BUDGET CYCLE OR BE IN THE RED BECAUSE OF WATER. CORRECT. OKAY. YES. VERY GOOD. SO WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT USING AS MUCH AND AGAIN, MOST OF IT IS RESIDENTIAL, THAT THIS RATE STRUCTURE SHOULD NOT PUT US IN THE RED.

CORRECT. CORRECT. COUNCIL MEMBER. STEVES. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO OUR CONSULTANT, NUGEN, THEY RECOMMENDED WE GO TO THE TIERED SYSTEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

AND NOW THEY'RE RECOMMENDING WE DO AWAY WITH THAT FOR THE NO.

OR HOW DID WE GET TO THE APARTMENTS? IT WAS TIERED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WAS IT NOT? IT WAS. IT WAS PART OF THAT TIERED RATE STRUCTURE. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT RIGHT. IT WAS IN THEIR RATE MODEL.

SO THEY RAN TWO DIFFERENT RATE MODELS. THEY RAN ONE WITH THE TIERED STRUCTURE AND WITHOUT THE TIERED STRUCTURE ON THESE VARIOUS GROUPS.

AND AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE USAGE, IT DIDN'T REALLY IMPACT THAT BOTTOM LINE.

OKAY. YEAH. SO WAS IT THE APARTMENTS THAT INITIATED OR THE STAFF OURSELVES SAY WE NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS OR SOMEBODY TO THE APARTMENTS.

DID THE? IT WAS COMMERCIAL. WHO BROUGHT THIS TO? WHY ARE WE HERE? RIGHT. RIGHT. HONESTLY, IT WAS IT WAS A STAFF DRIVEN CONVERSATION BASED ON FEEDBACK WE WERE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, OR I'VE ONLY SPOKEN TO A HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS, BUT I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME APARTMENT OWNERS IN PARTICULAR, OR MANAGEMENT COMPANIES IN PARTICULAR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THIS WAS ONE OF MY KIND OF CONCERNS GOING INTO THIS WAS, IS THE NON INDIVIDUAL METERED UNITS. AND SO AT THE TIME I KNOW WE HADN'T IDENTIFIED ANY WHEN WE PASSED THIS.

SO, I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COURSE CORRECT GOING FORWARD.

AND I WANT TO SAY, I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER WHO BROUGHT IT UP DURING OUR BUDGET CONVERSATION AND ASKED THAT CONCERN AS WELL.

AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT SIT WITH YOU AND MAKE YOU THINK OVER TIME.

WAS THIS THE BEST DECISION? WAS THIS THE BEST MOVE? AND SO I APPRECIATE NUGEN BEING WILLING TO RUN THAT MIDYEAR ANALYSIS FOR US TO SEE IF THIS IS AN OPTION THAT WE COULD DO.

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BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PENALIZE OUR RESIDENTS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO THERE'S NO REWARD SYSTEM OR NO PENALTY SYSTEM FOR COMMERCIALS OR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES OR OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT OVERWATER OR DO WHATEVER.

THEY'LL STILL HAVE THE SAME RATE THAT THEY HAD BEFORE, UNLESS THEY HAVE INDIVIDUAL METERS AT THE IF THEY HAVE AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND IT'S ON AN IRRIGATION METER, THAT WILL BE ON THE TIERED STRUCTURE.

THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BE ON THIS STRUCTURE WILL BE THE METER ATTACHED TO THE FACILITY.

SO, IT STILL ENCOURAGES THAT WATER CONSERVATION BECAUSE THAT IS THE PIECE THAT THEY CAN CONTROL.

SO BASICALLY, WHAT THIS COMES DOWN TO IS YOUR CONTROL YOUR ABILITY TO CONTROL.

THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING FROM THIS. SO, RESIDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TURN THE NOZZLE UP.

BASICALLY, DIAL IT UP. DIAL IT DOWN. SO, THAT'S WHO WE'RE TARGETING FOR THE TIERED STRUCTURE.

THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE THAT CAPACITY, WE'RE FIXING IT SO THAT THEY REMAIN AT THAT LOWER TIERED RATE.

AND ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT WHICH IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE AN AMAZING TOOL ON OUR WEBSITE THAT ANY ACCOUNT OWNER CAN SIGN UP FOR IRON WATER. AND THEY CAN GET ALERTS. THEY CAN SEE THEIR USAGE.

YOU KNOW, I USE THIS TOOL ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WHEN SOMEONE CALLS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR WATER BILL AND I PULL IT UP AND I GO, WELL, SIR, I CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE WATERING THREE TIMES A WEEK FOR THREE HOURS A DAY.

AND HE GOES, NO, I'M NOT. AND I SAID, WELL, IT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR METER.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU WANT TO CHECK THAT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED AS I WAS PULLING EVERYTHING TOGETHER OUT OF OUR 15,000 UTILITY ACCOUNTS, ONLY 4600 FOLKS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR ION WATER.

SO, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO, WHEN I SPOKE TO OUR APARTMENT MANAGERS, I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THIS. YOU CAN SIT THERE AND SEE IF YOU'VE GOT CONTINUAL USAGE.

MAYBE YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS A LEAKY TOILET, OR YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S SINK IS LEAKING.

THIS WILL NOTIFY YOU BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE THAT CONTINUOUS USAGE AND THAT CONTINUOUS WATER FLOWING THROUGH THAT METER.

SO, THIS IS A GREAT TOOL. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I REALLY WANT TO WORK WITH OUR ACCOUNT OWNERS, BECAUSE THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE TOOL. ALL THE INFORMATION I GAVE YOU TODAY CAME FROM IRON WATER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS FOR KAREN OVER THIS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, WE HAVE THIS BEFORE US. DO I HEAR ANY KIND OF MOTION? DEBATE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEW RATE STRUCTURE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER DAWKINS? LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT IS FOUR FOR AND ONE AGAINST.

THIS MOTION PASSES. SO, I'M GOING TO THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, STAFF . ALL RIGHT MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

[8. Consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager or her designee to enter into an eighteen-month contract for repair services of the City’s HVAC mechanical, monitoring, and building automation systems from Siemens Industry, Inc., through a Master Cooperative agreement with Sourcewell for an amount of $179,478; and ratifying expenditures of $478,608 for repairs completed from Fiscal Year 2021 through the current fiscal year. ]

THROUGH MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH SOURCEWELL FOR AN AMOUNT OF AND $78 AND RATIFYING EXPENDITURES OF $478,608 FOR REPAIRS COMPLETED FROM FISCAL YEAR 2021 THROUGH THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

I GIVE YOU ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KAREN RIGGS.

YES. THANK YOU. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR NEW PURCHASING MANAGER, ANGIE, DOES ON A WEEKLY BASIS IS SHE GOES THROUGH OUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE PAYMENT REGISTER.

AND SHE REALLY MAKES SURE THAT THOSE INVOICES ARE.

WE HAVE CONTRACTS IN PLACE, WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CONTRACTS COME THROUGH YOUR PACKETS OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

SHE'S DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. WELL, SOMETHING CAUGHT HER EYE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, ACTUALLY.

SORRY. IT WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO WITH REGARDS TO A SIEMENS INVOICE.

AND SHE WENT, WAIT A MINUTE. THIS DOES NOT. THIS INVOICE DESCRIPTION DOES NOT MATCH THE CONTRACT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

AND SO, THEN SHE WENT BACK AND STARTED LOOKING AT OUR HISTORICAL SPEND.

AND IN NOVEMBER OF 21, COUNCIL APPROVED A MAINTENANCE A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH SIEMENS.

WHAT THAT AGREEMENT DID NOT COVER WAS REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OUTSIDE OF PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO, SUMMER OF 22 BUILDING B, THOSE UNITS WENT DOWN AND WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THEM.

SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNT HERE.

I THOUGHT WE HAD RATIFIED THAT BUT WE COULD NOT FIND RECORD OF THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY THIS NUMBER IS A LITTLE HIGH. BUT THIS IS BASICALLY RATIFYING WHAT WE HAVE SPENT THUS FAR OUTSIDE OF THAT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY APPROVED. AND THEN ESTIMATING WHAT WE EXPECT TO SPEND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND INTO 26.

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THERE REALLY HAVE BEEN KIND OF NOT REAL HAPPY WITH THEIR COST.

WE THINK THEY'RE A LITTLE HIGH FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY RENDER.

BUT SO, THIS WILL GET US THE REPAIR SIDE UP TO DATE WITH THE MAINTENANCE, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SIDE THROUGH THE END OF 26 CONTRACT.

YES. WITH THIS SO WE HAVE THE FISCAL IMPACT OPERATING BUDGET OF 179,000 FOR 78.

DO WE EXPECT TO SPEND ALL THAT? I WOULD SAY NO, BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE SO MUCH WORK ON OUR AC UNITS THIS YEAR.

I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED SO MANY REPLACEMENTS AND NEW UNITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I WOULD SAY NO. HOWEVER, BASED ON IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE WHAT WE SPENT LAST YEAR AND THEN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT TO DATE, IT JUST GIVES US AN ESTIMATED DOLLAR AMOUNT TO FACTOR INTO THAT BUDGET AND APPROVAL.

GOT IT. SO, THIS IS WE'RE NOT SPENDING THE MONEY IMMEDIATELY HERE WE ARE IN ANTICIPATION THAT IF A SITUATION ARISES, WE'LL HAVE THIS COVERAGE FOR THE PARTS AND MAINTENANCE. YES.

OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE US HERE TODAY. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION FIRST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER STEVES FOR APPROVAL.

DO I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

LET'S GO AND VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. STAFF. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS. SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO REPORT ON.

[9. Mayor/Council Member Reports ]

THEY HAD THEIR ANNUAL MEETING. THEY ASKED ME TO DO KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THINGS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE CITY.

A LITTLE MORNINGS WITH THE MAYOR, IF YOU WILL, FOR THEM.

AND VERY GREAT PLEASURE TO BE THAT HOA AND BE A PART OF THEIR MEETING.

THEY DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS I'LL SHARE WITH COUNCIL, WHICH WAS DUE TO LIGHTING OF THEIR, THEIR SUBDIVISION AND THE HOA, AND I KNOW THAT STAFF IS WORKING WITH THEM CURRENTLY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO PUT MORE STREETLIGHTS IN WITH THEIR HOA, BUT WE'LL WAIT TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM. BUT I WANTED TO LET EVERYONE COUNCIL KNOW ABOUT THAT.

AND ALSO, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST NEWS THAT WE HAVE HERE IS THAT LET'S SEE HERE.

A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING BEATS AND EATS, I CAME UP IN CONVERSATION OF WHAT CAN WE DO TO INCREASE THE THE MAIN ACT. WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT ACTS. THE JOSH ABBOTT BAND, RANDY ROGERS BAND.

BUT THEY WEREN'T NATIONALLY KNOWN. SO WE WANTED A BIG NAME HEADLINER FOR THIS EVENT SO THAT WE COULD GROW IT.

AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I PUT A CHALLENGE OUT TO STAFF AND SAID, WHAT CAN YOU DO? WHO CAN WE GET TO GET THIS? AND I AM HAPPY AND PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR HEADLINER FOR THIS YEAR WILL BE THE ELI YOUNG BAND.

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE AMAZING. SO, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE COUNTRY FANS, AND HONESTLY, I'M NOT EVEN THAT MUCH OF A COUNTRY FAN, BUT I KNOW ELI YOUNG BAND AND THAT IS GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL FOR US.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO BRING A LOT, A LOT OF ATTENDANCE.

SO DO YOU HAVE A VIDEO, MOLLY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO HERE.

BUT VERY EXCITED FOR THAT. I WANT TO THANK STAFF WHILE WE'RE PUTTING UP WITH STAFF FOR MEETING THAT CHALLENGE, I PUT BEFORE YOU. AND I REALLY THINK GOING FORWARD, THIS IS GOING TO BE SETTING THE TONE OF THIS EVENT FOR YEARS TO COME, BECAUSE IN THE NEXT FOLLOWING YEARS, WE'RE LOOKING TO SPEND SOME MORE AND GET SOME MORE GOOD HEADLINE ACTS USING TOURISM DOLLARS.

SO, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. I'VE STALLED AS MUCH AS I CAN.

SO, WE HAD IT QUEUED UP, BUT IT SIGNED US OUT OF OUR ACCOUNT.

SO, AMANDA, YOU'RE BLAMING ME? NO, IT JUST TIMED OUT.

IT JUST TIMED OUT. SO THAT'S OKAY. GOT IT. CHECK THE WEBSITE.

IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME. THERE YOU GO. OH, THERE. THERE WE GO. [SINGING] . ALL RIGHT. AUGUST 30TH. MARK YOUR CALENDARS.

IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORTS.

ITEM NUMBER TEN, ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD.

[10. Report on most recent meeting of the following Boards]

KIND OF GOING OUT AND GETTING DONATIONS FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND FOR FUTURE STUFF.

AND THEN ALSO, I WANT TO THANK, I THINK, COUNCIL COUNCILMAN SABOL AND I CAN AGREE THAT WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SPENDING ABOUT NINE DAYS OUT ON THE PARKING LOT VISITING WITH RESIDENTS. AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS FOR REELECTING US AND FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE.

[02:30:01]

EVERYBODY WAS PRETTY HAPPY WITH THINGS. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS WE CAN IMPROVE ON, BUT OTHER THAN THAT THANK YOU FOR THE ELECTION PROCESS.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED AND VOTED. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THE BEAUTIFICATION BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL AWARDS ARE OPEN UNTIL MAY 31ST. SO, YOU CAN GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE TO NOMINATE EITHER ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS OR A BUSINESS THAT HAS GREAT LANDSCAPING.

AND WE PLAN TO AWARD THOSE AWARDS IN AUGUST. VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. NO REPORT.

NO REPORT. ALL RIGHT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER SABOL.

ANY COMMENTS? I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU HAD ANY.

IF NOT, NO REPORT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS.

[11. City Manager/Staff Reports ]

THAT'S I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, IN DATA GATHERING MODE.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND WE'VE MADE SOME WONDERFUL STRIDES. WE ARE NOT PERFECT, WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND THERE IS CONTINUED WORK TO BE DONE.

BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE GOT WONDERFUL STAFF ON HAND RIGHT NOW AND THE RIGHT FOLKS IN PLACE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, SO I APPRECIATE ALL THAT THEY DO. THANK YOU, WES.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT UP WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WE HAVE TO GO TO DISCUSS SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH

[EXECUTIVE SESSION ]

SO, WE'LL BE BACK MOMENTARILY. THANKS FOR COMING, DAD.

ALL RIGHT. SO JUST RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE AND THERE'S NO ACTION TO TAKE.

SO, WITH THAT, I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN FROM COUNCIL MEMBER FARCO.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER DAWKINS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:20.

THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.