TRICKLE IN EDINBURG WILL BE THE HEART OF THE ENTERTAINMENT AND IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
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AND WE WILL MAKE SURE OF THAT.THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DE LEON.
LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND, PLEASE.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE KNOWN AS A CITY OF FESTIVALS, AS IT WAS STATED, AND THAT'S FOR A REASON.
THIS LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 32,000 PEOPLE VISIT OUR EVENTS.
YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT BY MY WATCH.
I DO SEE VISIBLY THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PRESENT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCILMEMBER DE LEON.
HE DID CALL ME AND SAID HE'S ON HIS WAY.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH PRAYER.
I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNNY GARCIA TO LEAD US IN PRAYER.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU THIS EVENING, LORD, FOR YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THIS CITY.
LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR FAVOR UPON US AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR OUR CITY.
[BUDGET WORK SESSION AGENDA 6:00 PM]
[CALL TO ORDER, ESTABLISH QUORUM]
[Prayer.]
WE ASK LORD THAT YOU OPEN OUR EYES AND YOU OPEN OUR MINDS.LORD, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, WILL BE THE BEST FOR OUR CITY.
LORD, WE JUST ASK FOR BLESSINGS UPON EACH DIRECTOR, LORD, AS YOU GUIDE THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THAT YOU GIVE THEM THE WISDOM AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING TO DO THE BEST HE CAN. IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY.
WHAT YOU COOKED, WHAT YOU COOKED.
ALL RIGHT. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[Pledge of Allegiance.]
[2. CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE]
ALL RIGHT. ITEM TWO IS A CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE.[3. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]
ITEM THREE IS DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST UNDER STATE LAW, A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS IF A COUNCIL MEMBER OR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THAT PERSON'S FAMILY HAS A QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INTEREST IN AN AGENDA ITEM.IF THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE MEMBER CAN'T PARTICIPATE OR VOTE ON THE ITEM.
ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS TO DISCLOSE? NO, SIR. THANK YOU.
OMAR DID HAVE A QUESTION ON SOME OF US SIT ON SOME BOARDS LIKE THE MPO AND THOSE DOES THAT CONFLICT IN ANY WAY AND ANY FUNDS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET? WE SERVING IN OUR CAPACITY, BUT NOT JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THAT.
I WAS JUST ASKING ABOUT ANY OF THE BOARDS THAT WE SERVE.
ALL RIGHT. ITEM FOUR IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[5. BUDGET]
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, MAYOR.[A.]
ALL RIGHT. THAT BEING THE CASE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE BUDGET, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.PRESENTATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2023, 2024.
CITY MANAGER'S PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET.
YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSES, THAT THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET.
THIS IS JUST SO THAT WE CAN GET COUNCIL FEEDBACK IN.
AND I'M PRESENTING A PROPOSED BALANCED BUDGET TO COUNCIL WITH THE ITEMS BEING IDENTIFIED AS THE
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REQUESTS. AND SO WE'LL HAVE OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MR. ASENSIO ALONSO, PRESENT THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS AND SOME OF THE REQUESTS AS WELL IN OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET.THIS IS A PROPOSED CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
GOOD AFTERNOON. ALSO DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
YES, SIR. I WANT TO MOVE THE MIC, MR. NUTTALL. YES, SIR.
I JUST GOT A REAL QUICK QUESTION.
LAST YEAR, IF YOU WATCHED OUR BUDGET SESSION, I HAD A.
CONVERSATION CONCERNING A BALANCED BUDGET THAT SHOULD BE REVENUE VERSUS EXPENDITURES WE'RE DOING IN.
IS THAT THE DEFINITION WE'RE USING TODAY, OR ARE WE USING REVENUES PLUS BORROWING SOME MONEY AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO MAKE SURE THE BALANCE OF THE BUDGET IS NOT A BALANCED BUDGET? WE'RE USING FUND BALANCE.
WE'RE USING SOME FUNDS TO BALANCE THAT OUT.
OKAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL HERE WE HAVE THE OUR BUDGET BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS.
AND I'LL START OFF WITH. OH, SORRY.
OKAY, I'LL START OUT WITH THE FIRST ONE.
WE ARE PROPOSING AT THIS TIME, OUR CITY MANAGEMENT IS PROPOSING A TAX RATE OF 0.6400.
THAT IS THE SAME RATE THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR.
THE NEXT THE NEXT HIGHLIGHT IS WE ARE THIS THIS BUDGET DOES INCLUDE A 3% PAY PLAN ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. AND WE HAVE NO INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RATES.
WE HAVE NO INCREASE IN THE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SINCE OCTOBER 1ST, 2011.
NO INCREASE IN DENTAL INSURANCE FOR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE A 7.65% INCREASE IN THE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.
AND THEN WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE NEW POSITIONS AND SOME OF THE THE CAPITAL OUTLAY THAT WE THAT WE ARE INCLUDING IN THIS IN THIS BUDGET.
AND THERE'S A LIST OF IT HERE.
AND WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ANOTHER CHART WHERE OUR SCHEDULE WHERE WE'LL SHOW THAT ALSO.
AT ANY TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS IS THE OUR FIRST HIGHLIGHT.
AND IN THE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER RATES.
THE LAST INCREASE WAS ADOPTED IN 2011.
JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
ON THE WATER RATE. I KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON A WATER RATE STUDY.
YES, SIR. AND I KNOW NOW I KNOW THE DATES THERE HAD NOT BEEN AN INCREASE IN SINCE 2011.
YES, SIR. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT TO BE.
I GUESS, TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH AND THE NEEDS AND THE WATER CREDIT FOR.
YES, SIR. IT'S NOT SUCH A SUCH A HARD HIT AT THE END.
DO WE DO WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OR DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW FAR BEHIND WE ARE ON THAT? SO CURRENTLY WE'VE.
IF I MAY ANSWER SOME OF THAT IN, MR. JOHNSON MAY CHIME IN AS WELL.
BUT CURRENTLY WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING A CONSULTANT HIRED SO THAT THAT WAY THEY CAN DO AN ASSESSMENT ON OUR RATE STUDY AND GIVE US THE RECOMMENDATION AS WELL AS PHASES AND PROPOSE THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE QUITE BEHIND BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF EDINBURG HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY.
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CITIES. I DON'T KNOW IF MR. ALONSO MIGHT HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.AND WHAT IS IT THAT IT AFFECTS? IF WE DON'T AT A CERTAIN TIME, IT'LL IT'LL BE WHERE IT AFFECTS OUR CAPACITY TO BUY WATER OR TO.
YES. LOANS FOR WATER OR FOR PROJECTS.
YES, SIR. IT WILL AFFECT OUR DEBT CAPACITY FOR THE UTILITIES ACCOUNT, FOR THE UTILITY FUND.
IT WILL AFFECT THE ANY NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO PUT IN PLACE.
THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF PROJECTS WITH TXDOT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MAKING A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS.
AND IF WE DO HAVE ANY UTILITY LINES IN IN PLACE WHERE THE WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE TAKING ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED, WE DO HAVE TO RELOCATE THOSE LINES.
SO THAT'S THAT'S FUNDING THAT NEEDS TO COME OUT OF THE MUNICIPAL, THE MUNICIPALITY AS WELL OR ANY AGENCY THAT THAT MIGHT HAVE ANY UTILITY LINES OR OR ANY LINES THAT ARE IN THE WAY OF THE PROJECT.
AND SO IT WILL AFFECT OUR DEBT CAPACITY.
IT WILL AFFECT ANY PROJECTS THAT WE MAY BE WORKING ON, ANY FUTURE PROJECTS.
BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RATE STUDY SO THAT WE CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT I'VE DISCUSSED THAT I'VE MENTIONED.
I THINK LONG TERM, IT DOES AFFECT IT BECAUSE OPERATIONS, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING.
SO OPERATIONS, CAPITAL OUTLAY AND ANY SERVICES, THEY YOU START DECREASING THOSE.
SO I UNDERSTAND HOW TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND.
THE REVENUES WE COLLECT BASED ON OUR WATER RATE CAN AFFECT OUR FUTURE GROWTH OR NEED.
YES. YES. THEY LOOK AT WHAT THE INCOME IS, WHAT THE CURRENT RATE VERSUS EARNINGS.
JUST TO TO ADD ON, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKING LAST YEAR, TOO, AND THIS MIGHT BE BETTER ASKED AND ANSWERED WHEN WE GET THE UTILITY FUNDING, LET ME KNOW, AS IS OUR RIGHT NOW WITH OUR FUNDS, WITH OUR OUR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION NOT INCREASING AND OUR UTILITIES NOT INCREASING AT ALL.
THE QUESTION I WAS TRYING TO GET ANSWERED LAST YEAR WAS, ARE WE SUBSIDIZING THAT NOW BECAUSE OF THE COST TO PRODUCE THE WATER AGAINST THE COST OF OF GOODS SOLD IT SOLD AGAINST COST OF WHAT WE'RE COLLECTING? YES. IF WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT I WOULDN'T SAY MARK UP A DATE FOR COST PLUS PLUS.
IT DOES AFFECT OUR OPERATIONS.
IT DOES AFFECT ARE WE SUBSIDIZING IT NOW OR IS IT? NO. RIGHT NOW, IT'S STILL IT'S STILL SELF-MAINTAINING.
WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
WE JUST I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO COUNCIL AND I SPOKE WITH MR. ALONSO AND MR. AYALA EARLIER TODAY, WE NEED TO DO AN ASSESSMENT BASED ON NOT JUST OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO OUR DEBT SERVICE.
SO WE'VE ISSUED DEBT LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, UTILITY FUND HAS ITS DEBT.
IF THERE'S SAME REVENUES ARE COMING IN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTED.
RIGHT. AND MR. ALONSO JUST BROUGHT UP THOSE COVERAGE RATIOS.
THOSE ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR RATING FOR OUR FUNDS ARE BASED ON THOSE COVERAGE RATIOS.
SO NO DIFFERENT THAN OUR PERSONAL CREDIT.
IF WE END UP BORROWING MORE OR IT AFFECTS THEN OUR OUR RATINGS AFFECT IT.
RIGHT. AND OUR CREDIT SCORE, SAME THING FOR THE CITY.
AND SO WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
BUT PART OF THE LAST TIME WE WERE DOING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND I COULDN'T GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER FOR WAS OUR COST OF GOODS SOLD AGAINST OUR PROFIT BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A THERE'S GOING TO BE A PROFIT MARGIN WE NEED TO MAINTAIN TO BE HEALTHY, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A GOOD BUSINESS SELLING CLOTHING AND YOU'RE HOPING FOR A 40% MARGIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I COULDN'T GET ANSWERED LAST YEAR.
YES, SIR. YEAH, AND THAT IS IMPORTANT.
I'M GLAD TO BRING IT UP, MAYOR PRO TEM, BECAUSE THAT'S FOR OUR OPERATIONS.
BUT WE HAVE ALL THESE NEEDS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, MEET THE OUR GROWING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL KIND OF THINK.
WE'RE ALL KIND OF LOOPING BACK TO KIND OF GET SOME STUFF CLARIFIED THAT.
THE LAST TWO AUDITS ARE NOT SORRY BUDGETS I'VE BEEN THROUGH.
IT'S LIKE I COULDN'T GET THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
NOW I'M ABLE TO AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE SELF-SUSTAINING.
BUT GOING FORWARD, IF WE DON'T INCREASE OUR RATES, WE'LL WE'LL NEED TO LIKE TO MENTION WE'RE GOING TO CRIPPLE OURSELVES, RIGHT? YES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THAT.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS? I KNEW MR. ALONSO WOULD HAVE THE ANSWERS.
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YEAR. WE HAVE A 771,000,580 603 AND INCREASE VALUES.WE WILL BE COLLECTING FOR DEBT SERVICE 8,000,001 61 786 AND FOR THE GENERAL FUND, 29,000,034 MILLION 0071 67 AND 8,000,001 61 786 FOR DEBT SERVICE.
THAT IS IF THE RATE IS MAINTAINED AT 0.64.
UM. ON THE LINE ITEM WHERE IT SAYS LESTER'S CAPTURED VALUE TERMS. THAT'S A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.
YES, THAT IS A CAPTURED VALUE.
AND THEN THIS YEAR IT GREW TO 318 MILLION.
RIGHT. IS THAT ALL TERS, TERS ONE AND FOUR? YES, THAT'S WHAT THAT REPRESENTS.
YES, IT IS. OKAY. SO EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE BASE VALUE THAT WAS THIS IS THE INCREMENT.
THIS IS THE THIS IS THE INCREMENT, THE CAPTURED VALUE.
AND THIS. DOES IT INCLUDE JUST PROPERTY TAX OR IS IT ALSO INCLUDE SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX? THIS IS ONLY PROPERTY TAX. PROPERTY TAX.
BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO CAPTURING SALES TAX.
THAT IS CORRECT. AND THAT'S DOWN IN ON ANOTHER AREA OF THE BUDGET.
SO AS LONG AS THE TERS IS IN PLACE, CORRECT? YES. SO I'M JUST BRINGING IT OUT LOUD IN THE EVENT THE TOURS ARE PAID OFF, LET'S JUST SAY THAT COMES BACK TO THAT COMES BACK TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR THAT.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THERE'S A LIFE TO THESE TOURS.
AND SO THERE'S THAT TIED TO IT.
BUT IF I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND ONCE, ONCE THE DEBT IS PAID, THIS REVERTS BACK TO THE CITY.
THOSE VALUES COME BACK TO THE CITY.
GOT IT. OKAY. ON HERE WE HAVE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES COMPARISON BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.
IF YOU NOTICE, THIS IS A 100% THE TAX LEVY INCREASES IS A 43,240,130.
LAST YEAR WAS 38,302,078, A TOTAL INCREASE AT 100% OF 4,000,938 152 AND THEN WE HAVE THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE FUNDS GO INTO DEBT SERVICE AND THEY GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND FOR DEBT SERVICE.
WE HAD AN INCREASE OF FOUR OF 52,985 FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
WE HAD AN INCREASE OF $4,000,737.22.
THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS WHAT IF AT $0.64.
IT SHOWS THIS IS THE THE THE THE LEVY AND THE ALLOCATION TO BOTH INS AND GENERAL FUND SHOW COMPARATIVE AT $0.63, 63.5 GOING DOWN A HALF A CENT, THE REVENUE DECREASE WOULD BE 327,685.
AND AT WE WERE TO DECREASE IT TO $0.63, IT WOULD BE A DECREASE IN A TAXABLE DOLLARS 655,003 70. AND THAT'S JUST A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CURRENT RATE AND A HALF CENT DECREASE IN A $0.01 DECREASE. SIR, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT PAGE NUMBER YOU'RE ON? BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A HIGHLIGHT.
WE'RE GETTING THE HIGHLIGHTS SUBMITTED.
THEY WERE PRINTING THEM RIGHT NOW.
UH, I DON'T HAVE I DON'T HAVE THAT.
YEAH, I DON'T. YEAH, THEY'RE PRINTING THEM RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.
WE'LL GET IT. IT'S ALREADY ON LINE.
YEAH, THIS IS THE INFORMATION.
THIS IS JUST SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION. AND IF WE COULD HAVE UPLOAD THIS ONLINE AS WELL.
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I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THIS INFO.YOU'RE JUST INDICATING IF WE WERE TO KEEP OUR TAX RATE THE SAME, HOW MUCH WOULD BE LEVIED OR COLLECTED, BUT ALSO IF THERE WOULD BE ANY CHANGES TO THE TO THE TAX RATE, WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE.
OKAY. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT'S BALANCED IS WITH THE $0.64.
THAT IS CORRECT. SO THERE'S ANY CHANGES.
OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE REVENUE IMPACT IS WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT AS FAR AS PROJECTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR ANYTHING THAT'S IN THERE? OKAY. YES, SIR.
MR. ALONSO DID WHAT WAS SO LAST YEAR WE REDUCED IT BY $0.04 AND.
IF I RECALL, WE HAD WE USED TO BE AT 63 AND ONE HALF CENTS.
YES. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE CASE IN 1996.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT WAS I THINK WE LOOKED BACK LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS THE LAST ONE YEARS THAT IT WAS.
OKAY. AND BUT BECAUSE I KNOW IN 2019 IT WAS INCREASED BY THESE FOUR AND A HALF CENTS.
AND IF Y'ALL CAN GET THESE COPIES TO THE COUNCIL? YES, SIR. THAT'D BE GREAT. SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
I GUESS THIS IS BEING BROUGHT UP TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS.
I THINK THAT'S WHY THIS IS BEING PRESENTED JUST FOR OUR CONSIDERATION.
BUT JUST I GUESS WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND IF WE DO LOOK AT ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN THE $0.64 WE'LL NEED TO THE BUDGET WILL HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED, OR AT LEAST WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. YES, SIR.
THAT IS CORRECT. WELL, AND MY POINT JUST REAL QUICK.
MAYOR PRO TEM IS THAT I'VE ASKED OUR CITY MANAGER TO LOOK AT ALL OUR WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES RIGHT NOW IN ADDITION TO THE OUR BUDGET, OUR GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE BONDS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED SINCE 2018, OF WHICH NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN SPENT.
THERE'S STILL PROJECTS BEING WORKED ON.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE ARPA FUNDS.
AND SO ONE THING FOR US TO CONSIDER IS.
IN SOME OF THESE PROPOSED PROJECTS THAT ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED, THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE SUBMITTED.
TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE AND SEE IF ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH ANY OF THOSE SOURCES. YOU FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET, I THINK CITY MANAGER WENT THROUGH AND MOST OF THE CAPITAL OUTLAY IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET, MAINLY BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPERATIONS BUDGET. REMEMBER, WE KEEP ON.
WELL, THAT DOESN'T GO IN OUR THIS IS OUR OPERATIONS NORMALLY IT GOES IN OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY.
AND SO I'M NOT SURE WHEN WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.
I KNOW I'VE ASKED FOR US TO GET A, I GUESS, AN EVALUATION OF OUR BONDS, RIGHT, OF WHAT'S BEEN USED, WHAT'S UNALLOCATED, WHAT CAN BE USED FOR OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE THE CAPITAL LEASE.
ALSO, I THINK YOU ALL PROVIDED US LAST MEETING.
YES. BUT THEN AS WELL AS THE ARPA MONEY COUNCIL, THAT WE SHOULD REEVALUATE BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME NEEDS THAT WE HAVE THAT I THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WITHOUT IMPACTING OUR GENERAL FUND.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I MEAN, THAT'S I THINK, ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.
SO JUST JUST TO ECHO ON THOSE COMMENTS, MAYOR, FOR THE ARPA, WE DO HAVE APPROXIMATELY $16.5 MILLION THAT THAT ARE STILL UNUSED.
SO WE HAVE PROJECTS FOR THOSE, CORRECT? BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO COUNCIL IS TO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE AGAIN AND SEE.
IF WE DO WANT TO PROCEED WITH THAT OR UTILIZE ANY OF THOSE FUNDS FOR ANY OF OUR NEEDS AT THIS TIME? THAT IS CORRECT, MAYOR.
AND FOR THE CAPITAL LEASE, WE DO HAVE 5.4 MILLION ON CAPITAL LEASE.
AND SO HAVING SAID THAT, COUNCIL, I REALLY I'M JUST GOING TO THROW IT OUT THERE.
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I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE TAX RATE AND I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS.AND I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE ON THAT BECAUSE THAT TAX RATE IS KEY TO EVERYTHING, BECAUSE WITH OUR TAX RATE IS WHAT OUR CITY STAFF USES TO BALANCE EVERYTHING.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S BALANCE, KEEPING THE RATE THE SAME.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AT THIS TIME.
THE AND YOU KNOW ME, I'D RATHER I'D LIKE TO DO ANOTHER $0.02 BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO INTO NOVEMBER.
THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO 140 TO 100,000.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ACCOUNT THAT IN.
THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS GOING TO HAVE FOR MR..
BUT THAT'S ACTUAL THAT'S ACTUALLY ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR FOR FOR MY HOUSE.
YES, SIR. I'M IN THE SAME BOAT WHICH LOWERS OUR BUDGET.
BUT IT'S BUT WE'RE GOING TO BUT THAT IMPACT WON'T BE FOR THIS.
IT'LL BE THE 24TH 25 NEXT TAX RATE AND NOT THIS COMING YEAR, THE ONE AFTER THE 2425.
AND WE'LL NEED TO I'LL NEED TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT ON THAT.
I THINK IT'LL AFFECT SCHOOLS MORE THAN THE CITIES, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE FINAL, FINAL.
MAYOR PRO TEM, THAT IS SOME IT'S GOING TO GO TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER.
MORE THAN SURE IT'S GOING TO PASS.
IT SHOULD PASS, BUT IT'LL BE COMING.
IT'LL AFFECT US IN OUR NEXT YEAR'S TAX RATE.
SO WE NEED TO KEEP IN CONSIDERATION.
SO WHATEVER WE APPROVE HERE WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
IT'S JUST THAT FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR.
RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED.
WELL, I'M IN FAVOR IF WE CAN FIND A WAY AND WE CAN HAVE TO WORK WITH STAFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THE ANSWER FOR US RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IF WE CHANGE ANOTHER $0.02 OR A CENT IN HALF OR A CENT OR WHATEVER IT IS, WE HAVE SOME BOND RATINGS AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT COULD AFFECT.
THAT IS CORRECT. I THINK YES, IT DOES.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT IS AN IMPACT, BUT I THINK STAFF NEEDS TO GIVE US THAT BREAKDOWN IN WHAT THAT IMPACT IS AND AND THEN COME BACK AGAIN, THIS TODAY IS THE FIRST BUDGET, YOU KNOW, HEARING AND WORKSHOP TO LOOK AT THIS.
AND HERE I THINK WE SHOULD GO THROUGH MAYOR PRO TEM THROUGH THROUGH EVERYTHING HERE AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME ITEMS THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO DO OR WHATNOT THAT THAT WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK.
CAN YOU GO OVER THE TIMELINE, MR..
ALONSO ON ON ADOPTING THE TAX RATE AND ALL THAT? YES. WE'RE SCHEDULED TO ADOPT A TAX RATE SEPTEMBER 19TH.
BY THE MEDIA SEPTEMBER 19TH, BOTH THE TAX RATE AND THE AND THE BUDGET.
WE DO HAVE SOME TIME IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL BUDGET WORKSHOP BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ALL RECOMMEND FOR US TO LOOK AT OR TO CHANGE, WE CAN UPDATE IT AND THEN WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER MEETING OR WE ARE SCHEDULED TO TO ADOPT THE BUDGET ON THE 19TH AND THE TAX RATE ALSO ON THE 19TH.
WE HAVE SOMETHING COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, SEPTEMBER 5TH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARE REQUIRED TO PROPOSE A TAX RATE AT THAT TIME TO BE IT WILL BE A PUBLIC AND THEN THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS A PROPOSED TAX RATE AND LET THE PUBLIC AND TAXPAYERS ALSO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS. BUT WE WOULD APPROVE THAT ON THE FIFTH.
AND THAT PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE ON THE 19TH.
RIGHT. THE FIFTH, YOU WOULD APPROVE TO ADOPT A PROPOSED RATE.
SO WE HAVE TO ADOPT TO TO PROPOSE A RATE.
RIGHT ON WHAT COMPARE IT AGAINST WHAT CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSING WAS SURE THAT WOULD WE SEE THE COLUMNS BY REVENUE BY EXPENDITURES DOES THAT MAKE SENSE AND I THINK WE LOOKED AT THAT LAST YEAR ALSO. BUT THAT WAY IT GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHAT IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ONCE ONCE WE MAKE ALL THE CHANGES THAT YOU ALL RECOMMEND OR THAT MANAGEMENT THAT YOU ALL RECOMMEND AND WE INCORPORATE WILL HELP THE NEW NEW AMOUNTS AND WE CAN DO A COMPARATIVE AND WHAT HOW IT WILL AFFECT DEPENDING ON WHAT VOTE YOU ALL PROPOSE, WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS YOU ALL PROVIDE US THOSE OPTIONS.
MR. ALONSO WE SHOULD ALSO GET AN IDEA ON THE ON OUR DEBT CAPACITY AND OUR COVERAGE RATIOS JUST SO THAT WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING, NOT JUST OUR OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO OUR ABILITY TO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DROP IT BY $0.02.
OR IF WE DO $0.01, IT'S 10 MILLION.
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HOW DO WE PROVIDE IT? THE INFORMATION TO OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS.THEY ARE LOOKING AT THAT ALREADY.
THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT TODAY.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS HERE.
CITY MANAGER ON OUR COULD WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK TO JUST REVISIT THIS BEFORE THE FIFTH? YES. CAN WE HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL, JUST A FOLLOW UP WORKSHOP TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE WE WOULD JUST NEED TO POST AVAILABLE.
I MEAN, IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART AMENABLE TO THAT BECAUSE.
AND FOR ME, I, I DON'T MIND ENTERTAINING THAT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.
I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GET INTO THE WEEDS OF THINGS, THERE'S A LOT OF I KNOW THERE'S MONIES AVAILABLE.
HOW MUCH IN BONDS I KNOW THAT YOU SAID 16.5 AND ARPA 5.4 AND CAPITAL.
YEAH. THAT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT ON CAPITAL LEASE AND BONDS.
THAT'S WE'RE CURRENTLY ASSESSING THOSE THOSE BONDS.
SOME OF THOSE BONDS ARE RESTRICTED LIKE THE ELECTION BONDS.
SO WE'RE ASSESSING THOSE RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE'LL PROVIDE THAT TO YOU, THOUGH.
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THE NEEDS.
YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'LL HEAR SOMEBODY SAY LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, EVERY PENNY.
IT'S MORE STREETS OR BUT THE 1000 FOOT VIEW.
MY GENERAL QUESTION AND AND WHOEVER CAN ANSWER THIS AND MAYBE BREAK IT DOWN FOR ME SO WE HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GROWTH WITHIN THE YEAR IN THE CITY, RIGHT? WE WENT FROM JUST JUST AROUND 100,000 TO 104,000.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS, THIS BUDGET HERE, THIS IS A NO, NO INCREASED BUDGET, RIGHT? LIKE THERE'S NO TAX RATE.
THERE IS NO INCREASED TAX RATE.
YES. WHAT WAS THAT PERCENTAGE? WHAT IS THAT? IT WAS ABOUT 4 MILLION FOR 4.74? YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S THE INCREASE FROM OUR CURRENT BUDGET TO TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED BASED ON THAT PROPERTY TAX RATE, PROPERTY VALUATIONS, 4.7 IS THE INCREASE IN IN THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT THAT'S THAT'S THE INCREASE IN OUR BUDGET, IN OUR IN OUR PROPERTY TAXES.
MY QUESTION IS, WAS THERE AN INCREASE IN THE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET? NOT NOT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, BECAUSE LAST YEAR THERE WERE SOME CAPITAL LEASE PROCEEDS THAT CAME IN.
SO WHEN WE DO AN APPLES TO APPLES, IT WAS ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT.
BUT BECAUSE IT INCLUDED ALL THOSE PROCEEDS, CORRECT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S A ONE SHOT DEAL.
WE WON'T HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE USE IT.
AND SO MY CONCERN IS WE HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH IN ONE YEAR.
AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT OUR BUDGET WOULD INCREASE OUR OPERATING BUDGET WOULD INCREASE BY THAT PERCENTAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COVERING THE NEW GROWTH, THE NEW HOMES, THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IF WE KEEP MAINTAINING, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HUGE GAP TO COVER THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS 100 TO 104,000? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE IS, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE MORE, MORE, MORE TAX REVENUE.
BUT OUR OPERATING BUDGET AND COSTS SHOULD REFLECT THAT INCREASE SO THAT WE'RE.
HAS ANYONE TALKED ABOUT THAT OR LOOKED AT THAT NUMBER? SO I THINK THE GROWTH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, JUST POPULATION WISE, WE'RE AT ABOUT WHICH MEANS WE'RE AT ABOUT WE'RE AT ABOUT 2.5%.
FOR ANNUAL. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS IS A OPERATIONS BUDGET.
I MEAN, HOW MUCH EXTRA MONEY, HOW MUCH MONEY THAT DO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW OUT IN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS? AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS OVER 90.
IS THAT CORRECT? 90 MILLION, A LOT OF WHICH ARE BALANCES RIGHT NOW.
ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL THESE THINGS THAT THAT ARE TO ME ARE DRESSED IN SOME OF THE GROWTH.
IS IT TYING IT DIRECTLY LIKE YOU'RE STATING? OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
BUT I THINK IF WE WEREN'T TO HAVE ALL THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, YEAH, WE WOULD NEED TO REALLY EVALUATE HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GETTING ANNUALLY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND SO RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE, LIKE I MENTIONED, ABOUT IT'S ABOUT 90 MILLION, 93 ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND AS WE ALL SEEN, IT'S EVERYTHING FROM DRAINAGE, FROM ROADWAY PROJECTS, I MEAN, ALL OVER.
RIGHT. IS THAT ADDRESSING THAT? IT IS, BUT IT'S HARD TO TIE IT DIRECTLY.
IT'S A VALID POINT. AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ANALYZED.
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RIGHT. AND I THINK ALL THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH PLAN GROWTH, RIGHT ON THE DEBT THAT WE ISSUE, DO WE STAGGER IT? DO WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO A SHORT PERIOD WHERE OUR OBLIGATIONS ARE SO HIGH THAT IT IMPACTS OUR OPERATIONS? IT HAS TO DO WITH A LITTLE BIT WITH PLANNING AND AND THE GROWTH, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, LOOKING AT THE GROWTH AND LOOKING AT THE NEEDS AND PLANNING THAT.BUT IT'S GOT TO BE PLANNED WHERE YOU DON'T BOTTLENECK THE OPERATION BECAUSE YOU'RE ISSUING TOO MUCH DEBT AT THE BEGINNING OR OR OR SOME SOMETIMES DIFFERENT COUNCILS WILL STAGGER OR LOAD THE THE DEBT AT THE END.
THEN SOMEBODY ELSE HAS TO DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S THERE.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT. AND I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
SINCE 2019, THERE'S BEEN ABOUT 100 MILLION IN DEBT ISSUED BY THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.
RIGHT. AND THAT WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO NAVIGATE.
CORRECT? RIGHT. SOME OF IT IS SHORT TERM.
SO THAT THAT KIND OF KIND OF STRAINS OUR OPERATIONS, OUR DAY TO DAY CURRENT OPERATIONS.
RIGHT. AND SO WHAT SCARES ME, SO THE ARPA IS COVID MONEY, RIGHT? SO TO SPEAK. YES, SIR.
SO WHERE WOULD WE BE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THOSE 16 MILLION? RIGHT. WE'RE CUTTING.
WE'RE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU'RE BRINGING UP.
VERY GOOD POINTS, BUT I'VE I'VE ALWAYS SEEN THE BUDGET.
BUT AT THE END, IT'S A MATTER OF PRIORITIES.
YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON? AND I GUESS AND LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT I'M NOT.
I'M NOT ABOVE DISCUSSING A TAX BREAK.
I JUST THINK THAT WE HAVE TO PLAN IT ACCORDINGLY.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE WATER RATE STUDY.
RIGHT, RIGHT. IT'S BEEN PUT OFF FOR SO LONG.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE EVERY YEAR.
ONCE WE USE THAT, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO OUR REAL BUDGET.
CORRECT. AND MY MY THING COUNCIL MEMBER AT THIS POINT IS THE INCREASE IN ASSESSED VALUATION.
THE PROPERTY THAT IS NOW AVAILABLE, IT'S GONE UP QUITE A BIT.
RIGHT. YEAH. I MEAN, IT WENT UP LAST YEAR 10.5, 6%.
RIGHT. THE ASSESSED VALUE AND THAT'S A NET.
YES. BUT THIS IS A NET TAXABLE.
DO YOU HAVE THE GROSS BY CHANCE PERCENTAGE INCREASES? NO, I DON'T. I HAVE I CAN GET IT FOR YOU.
ALL I HAVE IS THE TAXABLE VALUES.
YEAH. I'M GLAD I BROUGHT MY CALCULATOR TODAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER BUDGET.
SO THE THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, SIR, JUST ALONG THE SAME LINES OF CONVERSATION.
THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE IS 4.03.
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE GROWTH IN THE CITY, OR IS THAT JUST COMPARING BUDGET TO BUDGET WITHOUT PROFIT? THE COUNTY DOES THE CALCULATION AS FAR AS THE NO NEW VALUE, ALL ALL IT'S DOING THERE, IT'S.
FIGURING OUT AT WITH ALL THE VALUATIONS, VALUATIONS.
IT'S FIGURING OUT WHAT WHAT RATE WOULD IT TAKE TO RAISE THE SAME REVENUE YOU DID LAST YEAR.
SO IT'S JUST A STRAIGHT FROM FROM IT'S JUST AN INCREASE IN VALUE VERSUS YOUR CURRENT BUDGET.
RIGHT. SO THAT DOES NOTHING TO ADDRESS.
ALL RIGHT. HOW MUCH GROWTH? JUST TELL YOU HOW MUCH MORE YOU HAVE.
TO THAT POINT, IF WE GREW IF OUR POPULATION GREW BY 10% WITH A NO NEW TAX REVENUE IS ONLY 4%.
SO WE GREW BY 2.5%, TWO AND ONE HALF.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WOULD SAY.
YEAH. WITH THE GROWTH AND I CALCULATE REAL QUICK THE GROSS REVENUE.
SO WE GREW FROM LAST YEAR NINE, ALMOST 10%.
RIGHT? AND THEN THIS YEAR OUR GROSS VALUE IS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR IS 13 BASED ON MY 13%.
AND SO THAT'S ALL BEING PAID BY OUR TAXPAYERS.
AND SO WHERE I'M COMING FROM IS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED PROVIDE ANY KIND OF RELIEF.
RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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EXPERIENCING FOR SURE.MR. ALONSO, WE STOPPED YOU THERE.
OKAY. I KNOW YOU JUST WERE GOING OVER.
JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS. RIGHT. AND JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS.
THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE 3% PAY PLAN ADJUSTMENT, JUST THE COST BY FUND AND THE TOTAL COST THAT IT'S COSTING THE CITY TO TO PROPOSE AND IMPLEMENT.
IF WE DO IMPLEMENT THE 3% PAY PLAN ADJUSTMENT.
MR. ALONSO, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE GENERAL FUND.
SO OUR PROPERTY TAX IS REALLY IMPACTING THE GENERAL FUND, NOT SO MUCH THE OTHER FUNDS.
OKAY. THE PROPERTY TAX IS JUST A GENERAL FUND.
UNLESS MAYOR AND COUNCIL ELECT TO TRANSFER OR SUBSIDIZE ANOTHER FUND.
BUT IT'S ONLY FOR GENERAL FUND.
HERE WE HAVE A BUDGET SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION WHAT MANAGEMENT? AND WE HAD TO WORK WITH NEW CHANGES THAT JUST INFORMATION ON NEW CHANGES THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR.
ON THE FIRST ONE LAST YEAR, THE COST OF LIVING WAS WAS PAID BY ARPA FUNDS.
IT WAS NOT A ONE TIME PAYMENT.
IT'S A COST OF LIVING CONTINUES AFTER AFTER CONTINUES ON.
SO LAST YEAR THIS IS A 1961 IS HOW MUCH WAS PAID OUT OF THE ARPA FOR THE COST OF LIVING THIS YEAR.
WE HAD TO ABSORB THAT BECAUSE IT WAS AN INCREASE AND IT'S STILL THERE AND WILL CONTINUE.
AND THEN I HAVE A ALL THE FUNDS, WHAT THEY RECEIVED AND THIS IS A TOTAL THAT THAT WE WE ABSORB THIS YEAR IN ALL FUNDS.
THEN WE HAVE THE THE MEETING CONFER THIS IS THE COST FOR THE MEETING CONFER THIS YEAR AND ALSO FOR THE FIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO THE MEETING OFFER. THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR ON WHAT WAS AGREED ON.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE NEW PAY PLAN ADJUSTMENT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
THIS WILL AFFECT GENERAL FUND BY 704,754 AND ALL FUNDS BY 1,000,097 TO 71.
OUR NEXT. WE HAVE THE COSTS AND OUR HEALTH COVERAGE, HEALTH INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR 122,870.
THIS IS THE PAYMENTS THAT ARE GOING OUT FOR GENERAL FUND THAT 3 MILLION, 63,009 53 AND THEN FOR ALL OTHER FUNDS TOTALS OF 6.5 MILLION 820 IN TOTAL.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE LAST PAYMENT ON THE.
MEDICAL SCHOOL. THE MEDICAL SCHOOL.
SO FROM THE 4.7 MILLION THAT THAT WE HAD IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE, WE'RE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THIS YEAR THAT WERE NOT THERE LAST YEAR. THIS IS THE TOTAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT.
THIS WAS HERE LAST YEAR, BUT ABOUT 6.9 MILLION INCHES ADDITIONAL COST TO TO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO. STARTING OFF, WE'RE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SPENT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN ARE COMMITTED TO A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAN THE THE TAX REVENUE. NEXT.
NEXT, WE HAVE A LIST OF THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED CAPITAL OUTLAY.
IT'S A LIST OF ITEMS FOR EVERY EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT GOT APPROVED AND EVERY FUND.
AND IT'S A LIST OF ALL THE ITEMS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE ITEMS, WE CAN TRY TO ANSWER THOSE.
AND IS THAT WHAT THIS IS? THE. OH, NO.
WE HAD THAT LIST TO RUN IN BECAUSE WE WERE IT WAS WE STARTED OFF TODAY AND THEY'RE RUNNING IT RIGHT NOW COMPARATIVE BETWEEN THE THE WHAT THE DIRECTORS REQUESTED AND.
AND THAT'S A LIST RIGHT THERE. AND I KNOW THERE'S A CAPITAL LIST.
ALSO, THERE'S A FIVE YEAR CIP.
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YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THAT ALREADY.OH, THAT'S THIS. THAT'S A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM.
OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. AND WHAT? BEING HANDED OUT? NOW IS THE COMPARISON.
THE CAPITAL OUTLAY FROM THE DIRECTOR REQUESTED TO CITY MANAGER APPROVED? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION.
I KNOW WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ARPA RIGHT FUNDS.
IF THIS IS JUST THE FIBERS MOVING FORWARD, DO WE HAVE.
THE LAST FIVE YEARS BY ANY CHANCE? I CAN GET THAT. I DON'T HAVE IT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE ASKED.
AND WE DO EVALUATE THAT CIP PROGRAM AND AND ENCOURAGE THE DEPARTMENTS TO UPDATE IT AND TO ALSO LOOK AT THE NEEDS AND THEIR STILL NEEDS THAT THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, THAT WE ADDRESS THEM EACH BUDGET YEAR.
SO, MR. ALONSO, JUST JUST JUST TO SUMMARIZE, SO OUR INCREASE OF 4 MILLION AND INCREASE OF OUR OBLIGATIONS THAT WERE NOT COVERED BY ARPA LIKE THAT, THAT FIRST.
AND OUR CURRENT TAX RATE? YES, WITH OUR OBLIGATIONS.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE SHORT.
THAT WE'RE DRAWING DOWN FUND BALANCE AND I'LL HAVE A SLIDE FOR THAT.
YES, FOR $4,124,050 IS IS DRAWN DOWN FROM FUND BALANCE.
ON THE GENERAL FUND. OH YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST 7 MILLION, SO IT'S LIKE 4 MILLION SHORT, RIGHT? WELL, THE CURRENT BUDGET AND OUR CURRENT TAX RATE.
ANY OF THESE ON THIS CAPITAL OUTLAY IS LOOKING FOR IT.
ARE WE ACCOUNTING FOR THE NEW FACILITIES? WE'RE OPENING FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE FACILITY.
AND I SAW IN THE BUDGET, DO WE HAVE SOME ARE BEING ACCOUNTED FOR, OTHERS ARE NOT.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE A LIST OF THOSE WE SHOULD HAVE A LIST OF.
WE SHOULD HAVE A LIST I CAN PROVIDE COMPARATIVE.
IT'LL HAVE IT ON THEIR CULTURAL ARTS.
AND THERE'S THE DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY REQUESTED.
AND THEN WHAT WAS APPROVED? DID WE GO TO WHAT PAGE IS THAT? I THINK IT WAS LIKE 100,000.
RIGHT? I THINK THAT WAS I SAW A BUDGET ITEM THERE, BUT I THINK IT WAS ONLY 100,000.
IT'S PROBABLY LIKE THE FOURTH, BUT IS IT ON THE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET OR.
NO, IT'S NOT. DIRECTOR SUBMITTED THE PROPOSED AMOUNT.
IT'S NOT THERE'S NOT NOTHING ON THERE.
SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO FURNISH IT? WELL, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATE AND DISCUSS IT WITH MAYBE CITY MANAGER.
SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF WHAT I HAVE HERE ARE 490,000 IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED.
YES, SIR. YEAH, THAT'S THE LIST THAT THAT DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED.
RIGHT. AND THIS I SEE HERE IS FOR STAGE AND HOUSE LIGHTING.
THE STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT SUSPENSION FLY SYSTEM.
I WOULD PROBABLY COUNSEL WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO I KNOW WE MAY ISSUE BONDS OR WE LOOK AT OTHER WE REALLY DO NEED TO ACCOUNT BECAUSE FSA IS GOING TO OPEN WHAT'S THE EXPECTED DATE? DO WE KNOW? IT WOULD BE MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.
OKAY. AND I KNOW IT'S THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KIND OF MAKE A NOTE OF THAT BECAUSE THAT'S AND THE TOILET FACILITY WE HAVE ALREADY WHAT WE NEED ON THAT ONE THAT STEPHANIE AND ON THAT ONE, IT'S SCHEDULED TO HAVE A GROUND I MEAN A RIBBON CUTTING HERE SOON.
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YEAH. BUT WE HAVE EVERYTHING FURNISHED THERE.OH. THE NEXT SLIDE IS NEW PERSONNEL.
JOURNALIST AND FOR A UTILITY ADMINISTRATION AND ENGINEERING THREE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED OR PROPOSED IN THIS BUDGET.
IS THERE ANY RESTRUCTURINGS? RECLASSIFICATIONS. YES, SIR.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
WHATEVER WE COULD DO WITH TO RESTRUCTURE ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN MEET THEIR OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND ALSO CREATE EFFICIENCY PROCESSES. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT THIS YEAR.
RIGHT. BUT ARE WE GOING TO SEE THOSE HERE AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS? WELL, THEY WERE.
DOESN'T EACH CATEGORY, YOU KNOW, EACH DEPARTMENT HAS.
AT THIS TIME, THERE'S NONE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO IT WILL STAY AS IS BECAUSE THEY WERE DONE THIS YEAR.
BUT WE DIDN'T. DO WE APPROVE THAT OR.
WE'VE BEEN. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE.
YES, THEY'LL BE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, I GUESS AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
RIGHT. IF THERE'S A ANY ANY PROPOSED.
YEAH. RECLASSIFICATIONS AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED JUST TO BRING, YOU KNOW, JUST AN EXAMPLE.
I KNOW IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT TWO POSITIONS.
YES. THAT THEY'RE IN THE BUDGET.
THEY'RE NOT FILLED. RIGHT? YES. BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT CREATING A LIKE A CAPITAL PROJECTS PROJECT MANAGER.
YES. SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
CORRECT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL THE CASE OR NOT.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT IN HERE.
YEAH. THE OTHER THE OTHER JOBS THAT HAD NOT BEEN FILLED THERE ARE IN THIS BUDGET, THE PROJECT COORDINATOR DIRECTOR IS IS NOT IN HERE IN THIS REQUEST.
IT'S NOT IN WHERE? IT'S NOT IN THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED.
RIGHT. BUT THERE IS TWO POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT FILLED RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO CAN WE COMBINE THOSE INTO ONE? WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
WELL, THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A SLIDE ON OUR CAPITAL LEASES.
I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL MEMBER DE DELEON HAS JOINED THE.
GO AHEAD, SIR. YES, THE FIRST FIRST COLUMN IS THE TOTAL ISSUE TO DATE.
IT'S A 49,000,007 AND 69, 943.
AND FOR NEXT YEAR, THIS WILL BE THE PAYMENTS FOR EACH FUND, THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST TOTALING 6.5 MILLION AND CAPITAL LEASE PAYMENTS.
THIS NEXT. THE NEXT TWO PAGES ARE THE OUTSTANDING CAPITAL LEASES.
AND WE SHOWED EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY, REAL QUICK.
AND I THINK ALL THESE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.
ACCOUNTS FOR THE I THINK IT DOESN'T ADD UP TO THE.
THIS NUMBER HERE, THE 49 MILLION, I GUESS.
UH, WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT? THE ONE THAT WE GOT AS A SUPPLEMENTAL INFO WHEN THE BUDGET.
THAT'S THE 30 MILLION FOR THE 2021 SCHEDULE, BUT THERE'S STILL ANOTHER 20 THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED.
RIGHT? THAT TOTAL HAS BEEN ISSUED TO DATE? THAT IS CORRECT. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE A LIST OF THOSE.
THOSE WERE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, THE 30, BUT THERE'S 20.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE A LIST OF THOSE.
AND THE NEXT PAGE IS WE SHOW NOT THE DETAIL ON WHAT TO PURCHASE OR BUT ALL THE ISSUANCES.
AND WHEN THEY WERE ISSUED THE RATE, THE INTEREST RATE AND THE MATURITY WHEN THEY WILL BE PAID OFF.
SO THE NEXT PAGE IS SHOW ALL THE THE LEASE ISSUANCES THAT THEY'VE HAD.
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AND ALSO THE FUNDS THAT IT AFFECTS AND HOW MUCH WENT TO EACH FUND.ALL THIS HAS NOT BEEN DRAWN DOWN.
OKAY. THIS NEXT ONE IS A FUN BALANCE, AND MOST OF THE MOST OF THE ITEMS LINE ITEMS ARE SHOW AS AN ESTIMATED.
I DON'T I DON'T WE DON'T HAVE THE AUDIT COMPLETED AT NINE 3022.
SO THESE ARE PROJECTIONS THAT BASED ON THE NUMBERS WE HAVE NOW.
SO FUND BALANCE, WE ARE ESTIMATING FUND BALANCE FOR 930, 20, 22 TO BE 29,000,788 364.
THE EXPENDITURE FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT IN TOTAL THE FUND WILL BE WE WILL NOT GO OVER.
I DON'T FORESEE US GOING OVER THE BUDGET AMOUNT THAT WAS APPROVED.
SO IT SHOULD BE THAT AMOUNT OR LESS OR BETTER.
SO EXPENDITURES BUDGETED FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR WAS 90,000,268.
WHICH WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE USED.
SO THE FUND BALANCE, WE'RE ESTIMATING ALSO AT THE END OF THIS THIS YEAR, 2023 IS 29,000,788 364.
THE REQUIRED FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS 25% OF THE EXPENDITURES, IS 22,000,500 AND 5017.
SO WHEN WE STARTED WORKING WITH THE BUDGET, THIS WAS THE AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE OVER THE 25%.
SO WE DID DRAW DOWN THE THAT 4 MILLION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE 4 MILLION.
THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET EXPENDITURES PROPOSED AT TODAY ARE 89,820,776.
SO AS FAR AS THE THE ESTIMATED TOTAL FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR, IF WE STAY WITHIN BUDGET, WE SHOULD WE ARE WILL HAVE 25,664,314.
THAT WOULD PUT US AT 28.57% OF THE ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES.
OUR REQUIREMENT IS 25% SO THAT WE ARE ABOVE THE REQUIREMENT AND WE DO HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.
BASED ON THE PROPOSED CURRENT BUDGET IS BEING PROPOSED.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS AND THE TWO PRINTOUTS THAT YOU HAVE? ONE IS A COMPARATIVE BETWEEN WHAT WAS REQUESTED AND WHAT WAS APPROVED TO DO A COMPARISON, IF YOU ALL NEED THAT.
PROJECTS AND POTENTIALLY WE COULD ISSUE BONDS FOR.
I GIVE CITY MANAGER A COPY OF WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, MR. ALONSO, SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS CAPITAL OUTLAY, THE VERY FIRST ONE.
WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THIS AMOUNT? WHAT DEPARTMENT WAS THIS UNDER?
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IT WAS 250,000.RIGHT. AND THE WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
SO. SO WE DO NOT WANT ANY MORE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT BREAKDOWN WAS.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
IS THAT TO PUT SOUTH KLAUSNER OR IS THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE WHAT DEPARTMENT IS THIS UNDER? IT WOULD BE A MANAGER. IT WOULD BE UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S, YES.
CAN WE TOM, WHAT DO YOU RECALL? I KNOW IT'S A DOLLAR. I KNOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT WHAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE.
WE WERE GOING TO USE IT IF 107 WAS GOING TO BE READY, WE WERE GOING TO DO FOR THE 107.
AND WE WANTED TO DO ADD SOME CROSSINGS FOR FOR KLAUSNER ALSO.
LAST YEAR WE DID BUY THAT BIG LARGE CHRISTMAS TREE.
SO I'M LOOKING FOR THE LOGO SO WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS DO RUN VERY EXPENSIVE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO ADD A COLUMN HERE THAT SAYS THAT.
I KNOW MUNICIPAL COURT HAS RESTRICTED FUNDS.
I KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA.
SO THERE'S OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY TO, TO PURCHASE THESE ITEMS UNDER.
YEAH. MY OTHER QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE ON INTER LOCALS.
HAVE WE LOOKED AT ALL OUR INTER LOCALS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO OTHER FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS THAT WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR? YES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE COUNTY WE HAVE IN LOCALS FOR ROADWAY PROJECTS, ARE WE ACCOUNTING FOR THAT IN OUR BUDGET THAT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I'VE SEEN.
WE'LL BE SHOWING THOSE ON THERE.
OKAY. BUT NOT NOT ON THE CAPITAL OUTLAY.
ON THE CAPITAL. ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, YES.
KIND OF LIKE FOR YOU TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT POSITION.
IT WAS. THERE WAS A COUNCIL POSITION.
I THINK WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING SOMEBODY REALLY MANAGE HELP MANAGE OUR PROJECTS.
YES, SIR. I THINK WE'VE KIND OF TOUCHED ON THAT EARLIER.
IS THAT THE SAME ONE? YES, SIR.
IT'S JUST HAVING A COORDINATING LIAISON THAT OVERSEES THE CITY'S PROJECTS.
YEAH, BUT ALSO WANT THIS TIED TO OUR FUNDS.
LIKE ANY OUTSIDE MONIES THAT WE'RE GETTING TO MANAGE THESE FUNDS, WE CURRENTLY DO THAT.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO STOP, BUT WE NEED TO KIND OF HAVE THAT CENTRALIZED.
OKAY. WE DO HAVE THE BUDGET BOOK AND AND IT'S ALSO ON OUR ON OUR WEB PAGE. WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON OUR DETAILED BUDGET.
YES, SIR. SO I'LL OPEN IT UP AT THIS POINT.
WE RECEIVED A BUDGET BOOK AND IT IS ONLINE, SO I WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF FOR DOING THAT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO TAKE IN AT THIS POINT.
IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS? I THINK WE HAVE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS HERE, SO IF THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS ON ANY DEPARTMENTS, RIGHT NOW'S THE TIME.
AND JUST TO REMIND COUNSEL, MR. ALONSO, WHAT'S OUR PROCESS AGAIN AFTER THIS TODAY? IT'S ONE OF OUR LAST WORKSHOPS, UNLESS WE WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE, WHICH WE DID TALK ABOUT.
BUT AFTER THIS, WE WOULD HAVE OUR SEPTEMBER 5TH MEETING.
CORRECT. AND SO ANY CHANGES WE GOT TO SPEAK NOW, COUNSEL, BECAUSE THIS PROCESS IS UNDERGOING AND WHATEVER WE WANT TO CHANGE, JUST KNOW THAT IT'S ALREADY BALANCED.
SO IF WE WANT TO INCREASE SOMEWHERE OR, HEY, LET'S ADD THIS, OBVIOUSLY IT COULD IT'S BALANCED.
SO SO WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHERE ELSE THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM RIGHT AT THIS TIME.
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WE DO WE DO HAVE MAYBE NOT A BALANCED BUDGET, BUT WE DO HAVE A BUDGET THAT BEING PROPOSED AT $0.64.IF IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES, WE CAN MOVE PROJECTS OR DEPENDING ON PRIORITIES, MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND PRESENT THE NEW NUMBERS TO YOU.
AS FAR AS THE TAX RATE ON THE FIFTH, THERE WILL BE A VOTE REQUIRED PROPOSED RATE AND THEN WE'LL ADJUST THE THE IF THAT NUMBER CHANGES, WE CAN ADJUST THE REVENUE COMING IN FOR THE FOR THE NEW RATE.
I HAD ASKED ALSO FOR A YEAR TO DATE BREAKDOWN.
WE WERE REALLY RUSHING TO TRY AND GET THAT.
OKAY, CAN WE GET THAT? SO COUNCIL, I HAD ASKED FOR US TO GET A BREAKDOWN OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BY CATEGORY WHERE WE'RE AT PERCENTAGE WISE AND I THINK WE HAVE THROUGH JULY MAYBE, OR IS THAT RIGHT NOW THROUGH JULY? YES. SO I THINK IF WE CAN GET THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT FOR US TO LOOK AT.
THE BUILDING SAFE. IS THERE A REASON WE NEED TO.
YOU ASKED FOR FROM THE BUILDING.
YOU'RE ASKING FOR STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT FUNDING.
WAS DENIED. IS THERE AN ISSUE WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL ISSUE.
WE THINK SOMETHING STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING UP TO ITS 100 YEARS.
AND WE DID WANT TO WE HAD ADDED SOME REQUESTS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF LIGHTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE DO WANT TO MAKE WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE ADD THINGS, EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ON THAT WEIGHT AND THAT WAS FINE.
NOT THAT YOU THINK THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE.
WE JUST SOME TENDER LOVING CARE, BUT SAFELY.
SO I'M OKAY WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION.
BUT IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT UNDER SAFETY, THEN THAT WOULD LIKE TO DISAGREE.
BUT THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
MAYOR PRO TEM. I APPRECIATE THAT.
CAN WE GET THE STRUCTURAL SIDE? I'M THINKING MAYBE THE WALLS ARE FALLING DOWN.
NO, NO, SIR. IT'S ACTUALLY IN GOOD SHAPE.
BUT I WILL SAY FOR CLARIFICATION EARLIER, I ALLUDED TO THIS, THE ACE.
THIS IS A BUILDING THAT'S ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR.
I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR I HAD BROUGHT UP I CONFUSED EMO WITH THE ACE EARLIER WHEN I BROUGHT UP.
Y'ALL ARE GOING TO GET US THAT LIST CORRECT.
WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU THAT LIST.
BUT COUNCIL, SINCE MISS LETTY'S HERE, THESE ITEMS HERE ARE NEEDED.
YES. HAVE YOU ALL BEEN TO A SHOW THERE LATELY? THEY'RE GREAT SHOWS, BUT IT'S IT'S A LITTLE DARK.
THE SOUND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THESE ARE IN HERE.
YES. THE SOUND, THE LIGHT ESPECIALLY.
ALSO A LITTLE DETAILS, THE DOORS AROUND THE WINDOWS, YOU KNOW, WATER STARTING TO COME IN.
AND IT GETS VERY HOT UP THERE WHEN THEY'RE MANAGING THE LIGHTS.
SO IT DOES. AND AS AS THEY FIX THINGS, THEY ALSO NEED TO ASSESS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S DONE.
SEE, IT'S COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, RIGHT? THE 100TH YEAR. YES, A 100 YEAR.
A LOT OF THINGS ARE COMING TO 100TH YEAR.
SO IS EBONY GOLF COURSE, BY THE WAY.
OKAY, SO WE'LL LOOK AT DIFFERENT FUNDING MECHANISMS. FUNDING SOURCES FOR FOR SOME OF THESE REQUESTS THAT MAY BE BROUGHT UP.
BUT THIS IS THE OPERATIONS BUDGET.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THIS WILL BE A CAPITAL OUTLAY COUNCIL.
SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT PRIORITIES, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED.
BUT I WAS WONDERING, ARE WE GOING TO BE RENTING OUT THE AMPHITHEATER? ANY WAYS TO BRING MORE MORE STREAMS OF INCOME FOR THE AMPHITHEATER ANYTIME THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR? LIKE, IS THERE A PROMOTER THAT WE CAN USE TO UTILIZE IT? ACTUALLY, IT WOULD BE BOTH.
SO WE CAN WE CAN BRING THAT OPTION TO COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL'S IS READY TO GO.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT UTILIZING A BEAUTIFUL THEATER.
WE'LL BRING IT BEFORE COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
WELL, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
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COUNCIL MEMBER WE ACTUALLY I BROUGHT THIS UP TODAY TO CITY MANAGER ABOUT SEEING IF WE COULD CREATE A REVENUE FUND FOR THOSE FACILITIES.YEAH. I THINK I ASKED MR. ALONSO TODAY, SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING AND IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO? YES. VERY SHORT ORDER.
WE WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT HOPEFULLY IT'S SELF-SUSTAINING.
IF NOT, IT'LL BE SUBSIDIZED, BUT WE CAN CREATE A NEW FUND.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THAT'S, I THINK, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
COUNCIL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ON ANY OF THE BUDGET ITEMS. AND I HAVE A LIST, SO I DON'T.
ALL RIGHT. SO THE A LOT OF QUESTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED.
SO I APPRECIATE CITY MANAGER MR. ALONZO ANSWERING THESE.
WE. HE BROUGHT THIS UP, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO US ON THOSE OPTIONS FOR OUR WATER AND SEWER RATES AND SOLID WASTE IF WE CAN BE GIVEN SOME SCENARIOS BASED ON I THINK, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER IS BRINGING THAT UP ON OUR GROWTH AND THE THINGS THAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE JUST WHAT THE THOSE THOSE SCENARIOS ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND THE COMPARABLES RIGHT TO OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AS WELL AND LOOKING AT BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AS WELL.
SO THIS WOULD BE FOR FOR UTILITY RATES AND SOLID WASTE, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY.
I'M WORKING ON THAT. AND ALREADY TOUCHED ON THIS.
RIGHT, STARTING IN 2018 TO 2021.
YEAH. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET A JUST A STATUS, A TIMELINE ON EACH OF THESE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL MAKING SURE THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDE IS IS ACCURATE.
OKAY. AND THEN ALSO ANY OF THE PRIORITY LISTS ONCE YOU COME UP WITH THE PRIORITIES, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF ANY OF THOSE BOND FUNDS COULD BE USED TOWARDS ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE, INFRASTRUCTURE OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE COULD CHECK WITH OUR BOND COUNSEL? YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT.
ARPA FUNDS SAME THING ONCE WE GET THE PRIORITY LIST.
I JUST LIKE TO SEE THERE'S A PROCESS TO GO THROUGH.
RIGHT. TO SEE IF ANY OF THOSE QUALIFY.
YES, SIR. WE GO THROUGH OUR GRANTS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT TO VET THE PROJECT, MAKE SURE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE BASED ON THE CRITERIA AND THE REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN ONCE WE GET THE GREEN LIGHT FROM FROM THE DEPARTMENT, THEN WE PROPOSE IT TO COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN CAPITAL LEASES, SAME THING.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET A LIST OF THE LATEST WITH BALANCES IF WE CAN.
THE BY WHEN CAN WE GET THE BOND CAPACITY? ARE WE GOING TO GET LIKE AN ANALYSIS OR BREAKDOWN OR.
YES, SIR. THIS ONE? YES, SIR, WE DID.
AND SO THEY WILL PROVIDE SOME SCENARIOS AND.
BE ABLE TO LET US KNOW WHAT OUR CAPACITY WILL BE.
IT'S IT'S A IT'S AN APPROXIMATE CAPACITY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT DOES QUALIFY.
OH, YES. ANY OF THOSE ITEMS? YES, BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY.
WE ACTUALLY VET MUNICIPAL COURTS, WE VET THE CULTURAL ARTS.
THEY GO THROUGH A VETTING PROCESS.
SO THAT WAY WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO QUALIFY.
AND LAST WEEK WE HAD A A SUMMIT OF ALL THE CITIES FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO MARKET THE REGION.
I DO WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN INCLUDE SOME FUNDS IN THERE, TOO, FOR THAT INITIATIVE.
I THINK THEY'RE COMING UP WITH A FORMULA FOR EACH COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH SO WE CAN GET WITH MR. SILVA ON THAT FROM THE PARTNERSHIP.
YES, SIR. JUST TO KNOW WHAT EACH CITY'S CONTRIBUTION IS GOING TO BE.
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OKAY. WE'LL REACH OUT TO MR. DANIEL SILVA WITH THE RGV PARTNERSHIP TO SEE WHAT WHAT THE CITY'S COMMITMENT MAY BE.AND THEN UNDER GRANTS, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD SET UP THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT COULD BE CHARGED. THE I THINK THERE'S SOME BEING CHARGED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE IT SET UP STRUCTURALLY YET.
I THINK THAT'D BE THAT'D BE GOOD FOR US TO HAVE IN PLACE.
SO IT'LL REDUCE HOW MUCH PROPERTY IS AVAILABLE FOR OUR PROJECTS.
BUT I THINK OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL HELP OFFSET ANYWAY WHAT THROUGH THE IMPACT ON OUR GENERAL FUND? YEAH. YES, SIR. AND MYRA, HAVE YOU BEEN HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE BUILDING SAFETY ABOUT THE APPLICATION CHARGES THAT WE CAN DO NONREFUNDABLE AND DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN START CHARGING UP FRONT INSTEAD OF IN THE BACK END TO BE A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE COMMITTED AND.
AND MY THING IS MORE BEING MORE EFFICIENT.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
WE ARE CURRENTLY ASSESSING THE FEES FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE PERMITS AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, BUSINESS PERMITS, CONSTRUCTION PERMITS AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING REQUIREMENT PERMITS.
WE'RE DOING ASSESSMENTS AND WE'RE ALSO VERIFYING WHAT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ARE CHARGING AS WELL TO SEE HOW COMPATIBLE COMPATIBLE WE ARE WITH THEM AS WELL. SO HAVING TAKE CHARGE OF THAT, SO FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING, IT WOULD BE OUR DIRECTOR WE DO HAVE, WHICH WOULD BE MASSIVE THOUGH WE DO HAVE MISS NATALIA, THAT IS, SHE'S VERY WELL VERSED IN THE BUILDING AND CODES AND THE PERMITS AS WELL.
AND THEN THE BUSINESS WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO DO THAT THROUGH OUR PLANNING AND ZONING AND EXCUSE ME, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BUILDING SAFETY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE THROUGH NATALIA AS WELL. WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE START LOOKING INTO THAT FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR AND START IMPLEMENTING CERTAIN THINGS.
LACK OF METALWORK. CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS.
I WAS LOOKING AT SYSTEMS LIKE THIS PAST WEEKEND.
WE HAD SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SEWER SYSTEM AND TOOK HIS PART DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND.
SO ARE ANY OF THESE LIKE IN DIRE NEEDS THAT WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING? EFFLUENT PUMPS, CONTROL PANEL REPLACEMENT, UV SCREEN BARS.
I MEAN, THERE'S A BUNCH OF STUFF ON HERE THAT IS A WISH LIST OR IS IT A POTENTIAL NEED? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND FUNDING SOMEWHERE.
I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK.
BUT BUT THESE WERE ACTUALLY VETTED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS.
WE DIDN'T CUT ANYTHING WITHOUT ADVISING WITH THEM FIRST JUST TO MAKE SURE.
IS IT SOMETHING THAT CAN CAN WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR? IS IT A PART OF A WISH LIST? IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED? IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S IN A CURRENT PROJECT? IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAYBE GET GRANT FUNDING THROUGH MAYBE ARPA CAPITAL LEASE? SO IT EACH ITEM WENT THROUGH A VETTING PROCESS AND WE DID CONSULT WITH THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS ON ON THE LIST AND THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU.
SO. SO THEY'RE PRETTY THEY'RE PRETTY EFFICIENT.
SO WE CONSULT WITH THEM ON WHAT THE THE NEEDS MIGHT BE.
BUT SOME OF THIS STUFF, ARE WE ON A FIVE YEAR PLAN ON IT OR BECAUSE WE CAN KEEP NEEDING IT DOWN THE ROAD? DOWN THE ROAD, EVENTUALLY THEY'RE GOING TO NEED IT AND IT'S GOING TO COST US.
BUT ARE SOME OF THESE SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE LOOKING IN AT A FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR A THREE YEAR PLAN? WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY.
YES, THEY ARE. AND WE CAN DEFINITELY CONSULT.
SO SOME OF THESE ITEMS YOU'LL SEE COME UP CONTINUOUSLY BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD REALLY AT SOME POINT, LIKE FOR FOR COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT TO CONSIDER ACTUALLY FUNDING.
SO WHAT HELPS US IS WE KIND OF KEEP A RUNNING LIST, WHICH IS WHY IT'S LIKE A FIVE YEAR PLAN, BUT WE KIND OF KEEP A RUNNING LIST AND WE KIND OF START PRIORITIZING AND THEN CHECKING OFF WHAT WE CAN.
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SO IT JUST STAYS ON THE LIST.BUT IF WE CAN DEFINITELY LIKE I SAID, WE TALK TO THE DIRECTORS, WE VET THE LIST AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT IS PRIORITY IN DIRE NEED, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE PUT ON HERE.
YES, SIR. I HAVE A QUESTION ON STREET GENDER PAVING IMPROVEMENTS.
WHAT ARE WE INCLUDING UNDER STREETS DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW? IS THERE ANYTHING INCLUDED IN THERE FOR STREET PAVING? ANYBODY ANSWER THAT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO CONSIDER IF IN OUR BOND CAPACITY.
BUT WE'RE KIND OF WAITING ON THE BOND CAPACITY THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE.
SO WHEN CAN WE GET THAT INFO? BECAUSE THAT IS SO THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR DID PROVIDE A PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY NUMBERS AND SO WE WOULD AND HE DID THAT TODAY.
HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE, BUT I THINK HE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT.
I KNOW HE HAD OTHER MEETING COMMITMENTS, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS WITH THEM TOMORROW SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW SOON WE CAN GO THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THE CEO'S OR ANY OF THE BONDS AND THIS CIP SCHEDULE THAT WAS GIVEN TO US THE 20 2324 JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET, CORRECT? 23 FOUR.
THIS IS AS THE DIRECTOR SUBMITTED IT.
AND DEPENDING ON ON OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL WHAT YOU RECOMMEND.
WE'LL EITHER SEE IF THERE'S AN ISSUANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE A BONDS NEED TO BE ISSUED THIS YEAR OR WE MOVE THEM TO THE NEXT YEAR OR GOING FORWARD PLAN TO SEE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THAT.
THAT INFORMATION. SO IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, JUST SO I KNOW, ON THIS LIST, 2324 THE FIRST ONE IS GENERAL PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS OR PRESERVATION. BASED ON 23, 24, THIS IS 3.8 MILLION.
IT WOULD TAKE, IS THAT CORRECT? ON THE STREETS, YES.
FOR THOSE PROJECTS, THAT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE DIRECTOR.
SO THAT WOULD BE HIS ASSESSMENT.
AND IS HE HERE? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SIR. SO JUST I HAVE A QUESTION ON THESE.
SO ARE THESE BASED ON AN ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE ON OUR STREETS OR WHAT ARE THESE BASED ON? CORRECT. MAYOR COUNCIL.
VINCENT OKAMOTO PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR YES, SIR.
BUT IT'S BASICALLY ALL OF THESE STREETS THAT ARE ON THAT LIST.
IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN 3.8, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE SUBMITTED FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
WE ACTUALLY REFINED THAT TO ABOUT 2.6 IS WHAT WE CAN HANDLE PER YEAR.
BUT IN TOTAL WE HAVE SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO LIKE $7 MILLION WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT IS CORRECT. BASED ON THE BENCHMARK THAT WE ESTABLISHED WITH THE 3 MILLION, WE CAN DO ABOUT 2 MILLION IN PAVING REPAVING AND WE CAN DO ABOUT ANOTHER 400,000 TO 600,000 IN PRESERVATION.
PART OF THAT LIST IS ALSO PRESERVATION AS WELL.
YEAH. AND COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO YOU ALL TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW ON THIS AMOUNTS ON THE STREETS AND I KNOW THIS IS A CAPITAL OUTLAY BUT AS WE COME UP WITH A PRIORITY LIST TO REALLY GIVE THIS SOME HIGH CONSIDERATION, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT AS PART OF THE OPERATIONS, THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED RIGHT NOW.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO ISSUE SOME BONDS AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN.
INCLUDE THESE. AND OF COURSE, I'D ASK THE COMMITTEE.
I THINK IT WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ AND DE LEON, IS THAT CORRECT? IF YOU ALL COULD ASSESS THESE IN YOUR COMMITTEE.
WHEN ARE YOU ALL MEETING AGAIN? ARE YOU ALL MEETING SOON? I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK.
COULD YOU ON TUESDAY AWAIT THESE SO THAT IF ONCE WE COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE AS PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE THESE FINALIZED, YOU KNOW, WHICH STREETS THAT THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
WE HAVE THAT LIST WE'RE PRESENTED AT.
OKAY, WE'LL PRESENT THAT LIST WITH A COST.
ALL RIGHT. SO I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT STREETS.
ACTUALLY, WHEN MAYOR ASKED THIS QUESTION AND ANSWERED THE QUESTION, I HAD THE STREETS THAT WE DID, THE 3 MILLION WAS WAS PART OF A BOND? CORRECT. DIDN'T WE DO ANY STREETS OR DID NOT APPLY TO THAT ALSO? I DON'T BELIEVE. NO, NOT ARPA.
OKAY. I BELIEVE BECAUSE WE HAD THE FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH THE BONDS.
AND SO LOOKING, LOOKING AT THIS NOW SOME OF THE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT I SEE STREETS.
I SEE SOME THAT THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR NEXT YEAR AND I SEE GF GENERAL FUND.
DOES THAT APPLY TO THIS BUDGET? NO. RIGHT. THIS YEAR, THIS LIST.
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YES. NO, THIS IS A CAPITAL LIST.CAPITAL PROJECTS LIST THAT IS INCLUDED FOR US TO CONSIDER FOR EITHER BONDS OR WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN.
BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SO GF MEANS WELL GF IS BECAUSE HIS FUNDING IS NORMALLY THROUGH A GENERAL FUND SO BUT IT'S NOT AN OPERATIONS REQUEST.
SO IF IT'S AS IF IT MEANS GENERAL FUND, IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S NOT A RESTRICTED FUND, I MEAN EXCUSE ME, AN ENTERPRISE FUND OR A RESTRICTED FUND OR ANOTHER FUNDING LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, UTILITIES FUND, AIRPORT FUND, THE AIRPORT FUND WILL HAVE THE AIRPORT UNDER IT.
UTILITIES WILL HAVE OBVIOUSLY UTILITY SYSTEMS, WATER WASTEWATER.
SO PUBLIC WORKS FALLS UNDER THE GENERAL FUND CATEGORY.
AND GENERAL FUND IS THE FIRST BUDGET WE LOOK AT IF THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE.
WHATEVER WE CAN'T DO OUT OF GENERAL FUND MOVES OVER TO THE FIVE YEAR AND FOR BONDS AND LONG TERM.
ISSUANCE OF BONDS OR OTHER OTHER SOURCES.
I GUESS MY CONFUSION IS ON THE ON THE 20 2324 BUDGET SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION.
I SEE SOME PROJECTS THERE LIKE, WELL, ACTUALLY THEY'RE ALL FUN.
SO IS THAT THAT'S WHAT THESE FUNDS ARE REFERRING TO.
NONE OF THESE PROJECTS COULD BE PAID BY OTHER.
OTHER REVENUE STREAMS LIKE ARPA.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S MORE EQUIPMENT BASED, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GO FOR GRANTS.
I KNOW WE CAN LOOK FOR BONDS, SO SOMETIMES THERE'S OTHER FUNDING MECHANISMS THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP SUPPLEMENT OR LEVERAGE FOR THE PROJECT.
THIS THIS TOTAL OF 6 MILLION, ALMOST 7 MILLION.
SO IT'S LIKE JUST OVER 4 MILLION IN THE RED ON OUR CURRENT BUDGET WITH LAST YEAR'S REVENUES.
AND SO I SEE THIS PAGE AND I WONDER WHAT IS THERE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT COULD BE PAID IN ANOTHER WAY? AND I GO BACK TO TO KIND OF LEANING ON ARPA AND SUCH OTHER FUNDS THAT AREN'T GOING TO ALWAYS BE BE THERE FOR OUR BUDGET.
AND WE DO HAVE OTHER REVENUES.
WE HAVE SALES TAX, FRANCHISE TAX, OTHER TAXES.
IT'S NOT ONLY THE PROPERTY TAX THAT THAT IS BROUGHT IN.
SO WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN SALES TAX AND SOME OF THE FRANCHISE TAX.
WE LOOK AT ALL THE REVENUES AND IF THERE'S ANY INCREASES IN FEES AND SERVICES THAT WHETHER IT BE PARKS AND REC, WHETHER IT BE ANYTHING THAT THE CITY, ANY SERVICE THE CITY PROVIDES, THAT'S ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR FOR THE CITY.
LATELY, I THINK THERE'S HAVEN'T BEEN ANY MAJOR INCREASES IN IN RATES ON SERVICES THE CITY PROVIDES.
BUT AS A COUNCILMEMBER MENTIONED WE LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE THOSE ITEMS THAT WE CAN EITHER BE COMPARABLE TO OTHER CITIES OR GET PAID FOR THE SERVICE THAT THAT'S BEING PROVIDED.
THAT'S ALWAYS A PLUS. SO THERE ARE OTHER REVENUES.
THE MAJOR ONES ARE PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAX ARE THE BIGGEST REVENUE GENERATOR.
SO AND SO HOT TAXES IS USED EXACTLY.
PRIMARILY FOR WHAT? FOR. IT'S NOT IN THIS BUDGET AT ALL.
SO, SO, SO THE HOT TAX IS USUALLY USED FOR ANY ANY EVENT THAT WILL BRING IN SOME TYPE OF ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY. IT COULD BE A, YOU KNOW, EXAMPLE, MAYBE THE CULTURAL ARTS HAS AN EVENT, YOU KNOW, THE UFO OR THE SOUTH TEXAS FILM FESTIVAL, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAVE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT IN AND IT'S IT'S GEARED TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT WE BRING PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO UTILIZE OUR HOTELS AND AND SO FORTH.
SO THAT'S WHY HOT TAX CAN CAN BE USED FOR CERTAIN CULTURAL ARTS REQUESTS AND EVENTS AND FUNDING FOR THEIR BUDGET. COUNCIL MEMBER YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET ON PAGE 140, THE HOTEL FUND IS THERE AND THE REVENUES THAT WE GET FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX ON THE ON THE BUDGET BOOK AND THE BUDGET BOOK PAGE 140 AND IT SHOWS THE THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURES THAT THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AT THIS TIME. WE'RE PROJECTING $1 BILLION IN REVENUE FOR THAT FUND.
DO WE HAVE THE FUND BALANCE OF THAT? YES, WE HAVE ABOUT 1.4 BILLION IN FUND BALANCE AND WE HAVE A MONTH AND A HALF TO FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT IT IS A HEALTHY BALANCE THAT THEY HAVE.
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BUT THIS ONE HERE WILL ACCOUNT FOR WHAT THE REVENUES ARE GOING TO COME IN.YES, THE 1 MILLION IS FOR THIS YEAR.
YEAH, THESE HERE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS I THINK I APPRECIATE STAFF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
THESE ARE JUST BASED ON COMMITMENTS THAT SO YOU'RE RIGHT.
ANY OF THESE ITEMS, CAN THEY BE COVERED THROUGH OTHER SOURCES? YEAH I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK YOU JUST WANTED TO LAY OUT WHAT IS IMPACTING OUR GENERAL FUND.
YES, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR MAJOR FUND.
SO THAT'S WE DID THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
ONE OTHER QUESTION JUST HAD TO DO WITH.
YES, SOME OF THOSE REQUESTS WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING, EVEN AS SOON AS THE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE REQUESTS.
SOME OF THE REQUESTS ARE NOT THERE MORE.
I GUESS FOR US TO DO LIKE A SURVEY OR A BOOKLET OR SOMETHING.
SO IT MIGHT NOT BE TIED INTO A CERTAIN BUDGETARY ITEM.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S OTHER OTHER REQUESTS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS DRAINAGE OR OR IMPROVEMENT, STREETLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS AND SO FORTH.
SO WE CAN CERTAINLY IDENTIFY THOSE.
SO WHAT I LIKE TO SEE IS WHEN WE ADOPT OUR BUDGET OR MAYBE ON THE SEPTEMBER 5TH MEETING, I'D LIKE COUNCIL TO GET A LIST OF ALL THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALL RESIDENT INPUT. YES, SIR.
WHERE ARE WE DOING? TWO, THREE AND FOUR. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
AND THEN ON THE FUNDING, OH, IT'S INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OR IT'S IN OUR CIP OR I JUST WANT US TO GET AN UPDATE SO THAT WE CAN REPORT BACK TO THE RESIDENTS. YES, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
YEAH. AND WHEN COUNCILMAN DE LEON BROUGHT UP REVENUES FOR RENTING OUR FACILITIES, SOMETHING WE'VE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT THAT I KIND OF MENTIONED WE COULD INCLUDE IN THERE IS THE SPONSORSHIP FOR FIELDS, FOR THE FENCES AND SCOREBOARDS.
YES, I THINK THAT'S AN UNTAPPED.
HOW MANY FIELDS IS SOMEBODY PARKS AND REC? HOW MANY FIELDS DO WE HAVE? 17 FIELDS.
WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT ALREADY.
IS THERE ANY? ANY OTHER ITEMS. AGAIN, IF THERE IS.
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
YOU DON'T SEE IT IN HERE. RIGHT NOW'S THE TIME TO GIVE STAFF ENOUGH TIME TO EVALUATE.
WE'RE TRYING TO FINALIZE THIS BUDGET PROCESS.
SO. WHAT I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IS ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, WE'RE TRYING TO ADOPT OUR BUDGET.
OH, WE FORGOT THIS OR WE FORGOT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
YEAH. SO ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CHIEF.
I KNOW FOR HAS THE SUPERHERO OUTFITS FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS TO WEAR FOR THE KIDS.
ARE WE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING ANY OF THAT SOON THAT AN OFFICER CAN WEAR TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS? I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING NEAT FOR THE KIDS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. HOW MANY, OLIVER? THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY ANTICIPATED THEMES TO DO, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AS PART OF OUR OUTREACH PROGRAMS WITH
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THE COP UNIT.OKAY. YOU'VE SEEN IT RIGHT THE WAY.
WE WILL PROVIDE THE UNIFORM IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER.
THERE'S ALREADY UNIFORMS IN PLACE.
MY REAL QUICK WITH THE AIRPORT ON THE FENCING.
WHAT KIND OF FENCING ARE WE LOOKING AT? THE SECURITY FENCING.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARD LORD, DIRECTOR OF AVIATION FOR THE CITY.
200,000 OF THAT IS COMING FROM THE CITY.
IT'S 25,000 LINEAR FEET OF REPLACEMENT FENCE.
HOW HIGH ARE WE LOOKING AT YOU LOOKING AT AT LEAST EIGHT FEET.
ALL AROUND THERE, ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE THERE WE HAVE NILGHAI.
I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DEER ON THE SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.
IT HELPED. IT HAS HELPED SOME.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, WE STILL NEED TO KEEP UP THE DETERRENT THERE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 25,000FT AT THE SAME HEIGHT AROUND THERE.
THEY'RE A LITTLE HIGHER AND THEN MAYBE A LITTLE DEEPER THERE TO KEEP THE THE HOGS FROM DIGGING.
WE NEED TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT WITH THAT AREA OR SOME KIND OF NOISE MAKER OR SOMETHING BECAUSE ALL WE NEED IS FOR A DEER OR SOMETHING TO BE INSIDE THE RUNWAY OF THE PLANE COMING IN. IT HAS GOTTEN BETTER.
THAT WILL BE A THAT WILL BE A DESIGN.
RIGHT? ANY. THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM CITY MANAGER? NO, SIR. THAT'S. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.
OKAY. SO COUNCIL, BASED ON THIS DISCUSSION AND I KNOW WE'VE ASKED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
WE ARE WE GOOD TO HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK OR DO WE WAIT TILL THE FIFTH? WHAT DO YOU ALL SUGGEST AT THIS TIME? I'D LIKE TO HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK.
THEN WAIT TILL THE FIFTH AND A WHOLE BUNCH.
ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT DATE CAN WE LOOK AT? DATES. ARE WE LOOKING AT? MAYBE NEXT MONDAY OR TUESDAY? NEXT MONDAY IS AN EDC MEETING MONDAY.
SO TUESDAY. EVERYBODY OKAY TO DO IT? TUESDAY. IT SHOULDN'T BE LONG OF MEETING, I THINK.
HOW SOON CAN WE GET THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN START TO LOOK AT IT THIS WEEK? WE CAN START WORKING ON ON THE LIST AS FAR AS THE DEBT CAPACITY.
WE'LL WORK WITH OUR FINANCIAL LIFE.
WELL, ADVISOR, I THINK IF THE FAA COULD BE HERE AT THAT MEETING, THAT'D BE HELPFUL BECAUSE THEY CAN GIVE US A RUNDOWN BASED ON THE SCENARIOS, WHAT WHAT OUR CAPACITY IS AND AND WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO PROVIDE.
WE PROVIDING INFORMATION ALREADY.
BUT TODAY WE'LL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THEM TO CONSIDER.
AND IT'D BE GOOD FOR HIM TO BE HERE.
OKAY. AND I HAD SENT, I GUESS, AN EMAIL WITH A LIST OF THESE ITEMS. IF WE CAN GET WHATEVER SENT TO ME WE COULD SEND TO THE COUNCIL, IT'D BE GREAT.
WE'LL START WITH THOSE ITEMS. YES, SIR. WE'LL GET THOSE ITEMS ADDRESSED.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET, BUT WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE HAVE A MOTION.
WE'RE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
WE'RE ADJOURNED. IT IS 737.
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