Apr 24, 2023 City Council

[WORKSHOP]

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ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BRING THIS WORKSHOP TO ORDER.

WE'LL START WITH OUR QUARTERLY DEPARTMENT REPORTS.

FIRST UP IS CAPTAIN BOYD.

I WAS LIKE FIRE CHIEF BENNETT, AND IT'S LIKE THERE'S NO BENNETT.

WELCOME, SIR.

ARE WE ON? CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? YES. CHIEF BENNETT IS ABSENT.

HE IS OUT OF STATE AT A CONFERENCE, SO I AM FILLING IN.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

HEY, IT'S OUR PLEASURE. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE.

SO THAT'S ALL? YEAH. TODAY IS THE QUESTION DAY, SO.

GOOD. GOOD JOB.

SO, FOR THE DECATUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR QUARTER ONE REPORT.

SO OUR MISSION HERE AT DECATUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SIMPLE.

IT'S TO HELP PEOPLE.

OUR MEMBERS STRIVE DAILY TO SUPPORT THIS MISSION THROUGH THEIR ACTIONS, THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.

THEY'RE HERE TO SERVE EACH OF YOU, OUR COMMUNITY, AND ALSO OUR VISITORS.

OUR MEMBERS ARE THE BEST AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM DAILY.

THIS REPORT WILL EXPLAIN WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN QUARTER ONE.

SO ON THIS FIRST PAGE, YOU'LL SEE INCIDENT TOTALS BY ZONE FOR QUARTER ONE.

SO AT THE VERY BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS IN QUARTER ONE WAS 697.

SO OF THOSE 697, 485 WERE INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

208 WERE OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS IN OUR COUNTY DISTRICT AREA THAT WE COVER.

AND THEN 4 WE'RE IN MUTUAL AID CITY LIMITS [INAUDIBLE].

I'M NOT TRYING TO AS FAR AS THE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES Y'ALL WILL START A CALL AND THEN YOU GET CALLED OFF.

DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR WHERE YOU'RE CALLED OFF? I'LL GET TO WHAT THE BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE CALLS.

SORRY. YES, SIR.

I'M GOING TO DO THAT ABOUT TEN TIMES.

SO OF THE CALLS.

THESE ARE INCIDENT TYPES THAT ARE IN THE CITY CALLS.

THIS IS WHAT I'LL ADDRESS FIRST AND THEN I'LL ADDRESS THE COUNTY.

SO OF THOSE THAT ARE BROKEN DOWN IN PERCENTAGES, TOTALING 100% OF THE 485 CALLS, THE HIGHEST NUMBER THAT YOU SEE IN THERE ARE RESCUE & EMS AT 73%, 356 OF THOSE.

SO THAT'S ALL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES OR ACCIDENTS, WRECKS CALLS OF THOSE NATURE.

ON THE FIRES WE HAD EIGHT CONFIRMED FIRES THAT WE RESPONDED TO INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

THE OTHER ONES THAT YOU SEE, HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, SERVICE CALLS, GOOD INTENT.

SO SERVICE CALLS WILL BE LIKE SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATIONS OR PUBLIC ASSIST OR A TREE DOWN SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

GOOD INTENT WOULD BE CANCELED CALLS OR ARRIVING SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE WAS NOT AN EMERGENCY.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN A FALSE CALL.

SOMEBODY THAT CALLED 911, NOT LIKE A FALSE ALARM AT A HOTEL.

THE FALSE ALARMS ARE ALSO THE ALARM SYSTEMS AT A HOTEL OR A HOUSE, SOMEBODY THAT HAS AN ALARM SYSTEM THAT DOES REPORT.

SO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE? OKAY. NEXT IS TYPES OF INCIDENTS IN THE CITY OR IN THE COUNTY.

SO. YOU WERE ASKING ME ABOUT THE CALL CANCELS.

I CAN'T GET TO THAT. BUT THEY'RE IN THE GOOD INTENT CATEGORY, SO I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THAT BEFORE I CAME UP HERE.

THE CANCELED CALLS ARE IN THE GOOD INTENT.

SO WHETHER IT WAS A GOOD INTENTION THAT WE RESPONDED BUT GOT CANCELED OR GOT THERE AND THERE WAS NOTHING FOR US TO DO, LIKE WE WENT ON A MUTUAL AID, GRASS FIRE, WE GET THERE AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GOOD BECAUSE THEY KEPT US COMING UNTIL WE GOT TO THAT POINT.

SO OF THE GOOD INTENT, IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WE HAD 45.

NOT TO SAY ALL 45 WERE CANCELED, BUT PROBABLY I WOULD SAY HALF TO MAYBE A FEW MORE.

SO IF WE DID NOT RESPOND TO THESE 911 CALLS HERE WOULD ANYBODY RESPOND TO THESE? THESE IN THE COUNTY.

IF WE DIDN'T NO.

THESE 208 CALLS, IF WE DID NOT RESPOND TO THESE, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S GOING TO RESPOND TO THESE CALLS? THESE ARE OUR FIRE DISTRICT OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS, BUT IN OUR FIRE DISTRICT.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO CALL MUTUAL AID TO RESPOND TO THOSE.

OR IF IT'S AN EMS OR RESCUE, THEN WISE COUNTY EMS WILL BE RESPONDING.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M GOING? A THIRD OF OUR CALLS ARE OUTSIDE OUR DISTRICT.

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WHAT'S OUR BUDGET FOR FIRE THIS YEAR? FIRE BUDGETS JUST SHY OF 2.6 MILLION.

YEAH. AND IN THEORY, WE GET $12,000 FOR THIS QUARTER RESPONSES.

BECAUSE I THINK WE GET $55,000 A YEAR.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

COUNCILMAN ALLEN I WOULD TELL YOU, JOE, NOT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER, BUT WHEN I WAS STILL THE CHIEF, THERE WAS A PLAN BEING WORKED ON TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIMES WE LEFT THE CITY BY PRIORITIZING EITHER EMS CALLS OR MUTUAL AID CALLS TO CATEGORIZE THEM BASED ON SEVERITY.

SO IT WOULD REDUCE JUST IN NATURE THE AMOUNT OF TIMES APPARATUS LEAVE THE CITY.

SO THAT WAS IN MOTION AND I BELIEVE DEROY STILL CARRIED THAT ON.

AND OUR END GOAL IS TO NEVER LEAVE THE CITY UNATTENDED.

WE ALWAYS HAVE STAFFING IN THE CITY SO THAT THAT IS OUR TOP PRIORITY.

I'M NOT TRYING TO JUST YOU KNOW THIS IS KIND OF THE TIME AND IT'S GREAT TIMING.

IT'S JUST AS WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO BUDGET TIME.

AND WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR 55,000 IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

I UNDERSTAND. 100%.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

SO NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS, OVERLAPPING CALLS AND CALL TIMES GETTING OUT THE DOOR.

SO THIS IS OUR DATA INFORMATION INSIDE THE CITY ONLY.

SO OF OUR CALLS INSIDE THE CITY, WE'VE HAD 78 OVERLAPPING CALLS IN THE FIRST QUARTER, MEANING WE HAVE A CREW DEDICATED TO A CALL AND ANOTHER CALL COMES IN, COULD BE TWO EMS CALLS COULD BE TWO FIRES, TWO ACCIDENTS.

BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, IN THAT FIRST QUARTER, THERE WERE 78 CALLS THAT OVERLAPPED.

NOW WE DO HAVE ON AVERAGE, FIVE CAREER STAFF AND 1 OR 2 VOLUNTEERS AT A TIME.

SO WE CAN COVER TWO CALLS AT ONE TIME, SOMETIMES THREE.

BUT THIS JUST GIVES YOU SOME DATA ON OVERLAPPING.

OUT THE DOOR LIGHTS AND SIRENS.

AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME.

RIGHT NOW, OUR AVERAGE IS HITTING 445.

FOUR MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS TO ARRIVE ON AN EMS CALL AND FIVE MINUTES FOR FIRE.

OUT THE DOOR. GO AHEAD.

WHY THE DIFFERENCE? ON THE FIRES.

I MEAN, FIRES MAJORITY OF THE TIME GUYS ARE HAVING TO PUT GEAR ON.

SO THAT IS ALWAYS USUALLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

TO GET GEAR ON, GET IN THE TRUCK AND RESPOND.

AND USUALLY THE LARGER APPARATUS ARE GOING TO FIRES VERSUS THE SQUAD IS A LITTLE BIT QUICKER GETTING AROUND TOWN.

AVERAGE TURNOUT TIME DISPATCH TO IN ROUTE.

NATIONAL GOAL IS ONE MINUTE TO BE OUT THE DOOR.

RIGHT NOW, OUR EMS CALLS ARE AVERAGING AT ONE MINUTE AND 17 SECONDS AND OUR FIRE IS AVERAGING AT ONE.

SO SOMETIMES THAT COULD BE NIGHT TIME CALLS THAT DELAY PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF BED, GET DRESSED, GET TO THE TRUCK AND GET OUT THE DOOR OR THE MULTIPLE CALLS.

OKAY. SO IF FIRE WAS FIVE MINUTES AND EMS WAS 445.

AND THEN WE GET DOWN TO THE EMS AND IT'S 117 AND ONE MINUTE.

IF YOU HAVE TO PUT BUNKER GEAR ON, WHY ARE THEY FASTER TO RESPOND TO THE FIRE VERSUS THE EMS? I DON'T HAVE PART OF THAT INFORMATION TO ANSWER THAT.

THE ONLY THING I CAN GATHER IS THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CALLS AT NIGHT THAT ARE EMS CALLS, SO THAT PROBABLY HELPS PLAY INTO THAT AVERAGE TIME BEING UP JUST A HAIR.

BUT THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE'RE CONTINUALLY ENCOURAGING AND WORKING ON OUR PEOPLE TO TRY TO GET THEM OUT THE DOOR FASTER.

THIS IS CALL DATA FOR CITY AND COUNTY.

SO THIS IS ALL COMBINED TOGETHER.

OVERLAPPING CALLS COLLECTIVELY.

IN THE FIRST QUARTER, THERE WAS 171.

24% OF OUR CALLS HAVE AN OVERLAPPING CALL IN ALL OF OUR CALLS CITY AND COUNTY WIDE.

RESPONSE TIMES 530 AND 728 FOR FIRE AND THEN TURN OUT TIME OUT THE DOOR 122 124.

SO. AT THE DOOR IS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER WHEN WE ACCUMULATE OR LOOK AT ALL OF THE CALLS.

NEXT IS TRAINING.

OUR GUYS ARE DEDICATED TO TRAINING AND TRYING TO MAKE THEMSELVES BETTER.

IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WE ACCUMULATED 973 TOTAL TRAINING HOURS.

OF THOSE THEY INCLUDE ONLINE CE IN CLASS CE, HANDS ON SKILLS TRAINING, COMPANY TRAINING AND LIVE FIRE AT TCC AND CERTIFICATION CLASSES.

CERTIFICATION CLASSES ACCUMULATE FOR A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN HALF OF OUR HOURS, BUT THAT'S WHEN GUYS ARE GOING TO TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE OR TO A SCHOOL WHERE THEY'RE GETTING A CERTIFICATION BASED TRAINING THAT THEY GET CERTIFICATES FOR.

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THEY PUT THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS INTO BUILDING THE DENVER DRILL.

AND OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT IS A PICTURE FROM A TRENCH RESCUE CLASS AT TCC THAT SOME OF OUR GUYS HAVE ATTENDED.

NEXT IS PREVENTION.

CHIEF MERCER IS OVER OUR PREVENTION DEPARTMENT.

HIS DATA SHOWS THAT HE'S HAD C/OS OR HYDROS HE'S HAD 68 SITE VISITS, SEVEN FOOD TRUCK INSPECTIONS, 46 MEETINGS.

AND I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW EVERY MEETING THAT HE'S BEEN TO.

BUT 19 PUBLIC VISITS.

SIX SMOKE DETECTOR VISITS WITH 28 INSTALLED IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND HE HAD 32 CE HOURS.

AND THAT'S A PICTURE OF OUR NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX.

NEXT YOU'LL SEE. THIS IS OUR PPE DONATION PROGRAM.

SO OF OUR PPE, OUR BUNKER GEAR.

IT EXPIRES AFTER TEN YEARS FOR OUR COMMISSION FIREFIGHTERS.

MANY YEARS. IN THE PAST, WE'VE DONATED TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS OR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OR HELPING HANDS ORGANIZATION TO TRY TO GET THIS GEAR INTO SOMEBODY'S HANDS THAT CAN UTILIZE IT.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF FIREMEN.

THEY TALK TO US ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

AND WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES IS IT GETS FIRE GEAR TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN MEXICO THAT THEY HAVE ZERO FUNDING OR NO FUNDING OR ARE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND OR THEY HAVE SUPER, SUPER OUTDATED GEAR THAT TECHNICALLY IS PROBABLY FALLEN OFF OF THEM.

SO WE FOUND THIS PROGRAM, DID A LITTLE INVESTIGATION ON IT AND FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS LEGIT AND WE GET SOMETHING FOR IT.

BUT THIS IS A COUPLE OF PICTURES THAT WE JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED OF THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE DRESSING UP IN THE GEAR OR HAD THE GEAR ON TO PROVE THAT THEY WERE WEARING IT.

AND A LETTER FROM THEIR CHIEF THAT STATED THAT THEY WERE MUCH APPRECIATIVE OF THE GEAR THAT WE DONATED TO THEM.

AND THAT'S AT ZERO COST TO US.

BUT ONCE THE GEAR EXPIRES, IT'S PRETTY MUCH DISPOSABLE.

WE'RE NOT ABLE TO UTILIZE IT AFTER THE TEN YEARS.

NOW FOR A LITTLE EXCITEMENT.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON APPARATUS.

YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED FOR US TO GET SOME NEW APPARATUS.

SO MOVING INTO NEW SQUAD 215.

THIS TRUCK HAS ARRIVED AND IS IN OUR STATION AT THE MOMENT.

IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING IT STICKERED AND GETTING THE RADIO IN IT, AND IT SHOULD BE IN SERVICE WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS.

AND IT'S VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO SQUAD 115, WHICH IS THE FOUR DOOR.

THIS IS JUST A SINGLE CAB.

AND THEN THE LADDER TRUCK THAT YOU ALL JUST AGREED TO ALLOW US TO PURCHASE NEW TO US LADDER TRUCK, GETTING IT COMING IN AND IT'S DUE TO BE IN SERVICE WITHIN 5 TO 6 WEEKS ESTIMATED.

AND THEN ALSO THE NEW PIERCE LADDER TRUCK THAT YOU ALL APPROVED.

HERE'S SOME LITTLE DETAILS.

CHIEF BENNETT WANTED ME TO SHOW YOU ALL THIS.

THE DIAGRAM ON THE RIGHT SHOWS, THE LITTLE HIGHLIGHTED ICON AT THE BOTTOM.

WE HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED A JOB NUMBER, SO IT'S IN THE BOOKS.

WE'RE IN LINE, SO WE'RE IN LINE TO HAVE PRODUCTION MADE.

IS THE OLD TRUCK GONE? NOT YET. AS I NOTICED, IT'S NOT A BLOCKER ANYMORE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ENGINE TWO? YES. YES.

NO, IT'S STILL THERE. WE HAVEN'T GOT RID OF IT YET.

OKAY. BECAUSE I SAW THE WRECK ON 287 YESTERDAY MORNING.

THE OTHER TRUCK WAS THERE, NOT THE OLD TRUCK.

SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET IT OUT TO EVERY CALL, BUT WE.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS NOT BEING USED SINCE WE'RE ABOUT TO TRADE IT OFF.

WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO RUN IT AS MUCH JUST TO TRY TO MAKE SURE MAKE SURE IT'S OF AS MUCH VALUE AS POSSIBLE.

BUT WE DO HAVE A JOB NUMBER, AND RIGHT NOW OUR DELIVERY DATE IS POTENTIAL FOR MARCH 2026.

IS WHAT IT'S ASSIGNED TO.

IT'LL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

I HOPE SO. THANK YOU.

AND ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS. YEAH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP IS PLANNING.

MS. RAGLAND.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS IS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S QUARTERLY REPORT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, PLANNING APPLICATIONS ARE PRETTY STEADY THIS FIRST QUARTER.

NEXT SLIDE, CHERYL.

THIS SHOWS WHERE WE ARE THIS QUARTER, YEAR TO DATE AND THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRACKING ABOUT THE SAME.

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NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS THE MONTHLY COMPARISON BY YEAR.

AGAIN, WE SEEM TO BE DOING PRETTY GOOD.

I SUSPECT THE APPLICATIONS WILL PICK UP APRIL, MAY, JUNE.

TYPICALLY. NEXT SLIDE.

THESE ARE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE PROCESSED AND THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE'VE GOT TWO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS, ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION.

THAT WAS A CARRYOVER FROM 2022 AND SO WAS THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICATION.

IN FEBRUARY, THERE WAS A ZONING CHANGE, PRELIMINARY PLAT AND FINAL PLAT APPLICATION, AND THEN IN MARCH WE HAD REPLAT AND TWO VARIANCE APPLICATIONS.

AND COMING UP IN APRIL, WE'LL SEE FEW MORE PLAT APPLICATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE. OUR GIS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONTINUES TO BE VERY USEFUL TO OUR DEPARTMENTS AND TO THE COUNTY AGENCIES.

HE RESPONDS TO THE MAJORITY OF OUR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.

MOST OF THOSE INCLUDE MAPS, ADDRESS VERIFICATIONS, LOOKING FOR PLATS AND SCANNING AND FILING PLATS ONCE THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AGAIN, HE PROVIDES IN A DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT AND THEN SUPPORT THROUGHOUT WISE COUNTY WITH HIS MAPPING EXPERTISE.

IN RESEARCH SKILLS.

NEXT SLIDE. IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT.

NEXT SLIDE. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE PLAN REVIEWS AND PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS.

WHEN I SAY PLAN REVIEWS, THAT INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS REVIEWS.

AS THE PLANNER, I HAVE TO REVIEW THESE APPLICATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS OUR DESIGN STANDARDS.

PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS ARE STILL DONE BY ZOOM.

THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

WE'VE HAD TWO FOR THIS QUARTER, AND THAT'S RELATIVELY LOW.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO FOLKS ON THE PHONE AND VIA EMAIL.

THERE ARE A LOT OF INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT LATELY AND MOST OF IT IS IN OUR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AREAS.

AND WE HAVE SHARED WITH THESE POTENTIAL APPLICANTS THAT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO MAY REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH CAN BE DONE.

BUT THERE IS A PROCESS AND THEY JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THE PD WAS ADOPTED AS AN ORDINANCE, IT HAS TO BE AMENDED THROUGH THE ORDINANCE PROCESS. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME ZONING AMENDMENTS AND HAVE FORWARDED THOSE TO OUR LEGAL TEAM.

SO HOPEFULLY THOSE WILL BE COMING DOWN THE PIKE PRETTY SOON.

YOU'VE HEARD THESE BEFORE, BUT AGAIN, EXPANSION OF OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT, VOTING PRIVILEGES FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CHAIR , AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW LIGHT INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING IN THE C-2 ZONING DISTRICT.

WITH AN APPROVED SUP AND THEN AMENDING OUR ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED IN THE C-1 A DOWNTOWN SQUARE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES STATED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

NEXT SLIDE. AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE PIPE THAT ARE COMING UP, WHICH YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. SO I WON'T GO THROUGH THAT ENTIRE LIST.

WE'VE GOT SOME ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, THE COMMUNICATION ORDINANCE, REWRITE SIGN ORDINANCE REWRITE.

THE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS ON THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REWRITE.

THAT WORKSHOP IS COMING UP, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO BUILDING INSPECTIONS ON THE REWRITE OF THE OIL AND GAS WELL ORDINANCE.

NEXT SLIDE. 700 DEER PARK.

THAT'S THE DEER PARK PD.

WE'VE HAD SOME FOLKS TALK TO US ABOUT TOWNHOMES.

TOWNHOMES ARE BECOMING VERY POPULAR AS OF LATE, SO THEY WANT TO DO A TWIST ON TOWNHOMES.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE SMALLER TOWNHOMES, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEM TO MOVE FORWARD PRETTY QUICKLY.

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VISTA PARK WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER FOR THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.

WE DID MEET WITH A COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AND EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET SOME OTHER THINGS RESOLVED FIRST, BUT THEY CAN GET UNDERWAY.

SO THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BISHOP HEIGHTS THEY HAVE A MULTIFAMILY AND A COMMERCIAL COMPONENT.

MEADOW CREEK, HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ON THAT ONE YET.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, YOU GUYS GAVE THEM A TEMPORARY APPROVAL ON THEIR PLAT.

WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM.

PALOMA TRAILS WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM.

AND DECATUR TA THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.

WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE FAST TRACKING OF EDC PROJECTS.

AND JUST WANTED TO KEEP THIS IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS.

THIS IS PART OF WHAT THE GOALS I IDENTIFIED WHEN NATE ASKED US TO DO OUR FIVE BY FIVE.

SOME OF THESE CAN EITHER BE IN THE YEAR THAT THEY'RE IDENTIFIED OR THEY CAN MOVE IN OTHER YEARS, BUT JUST TO KEEP THOSE IN THE FOREFRONT SO THAT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE'RE DILIGENTLY WORKING ON TRYING TO FULFILL THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS BUILDING INSPECTION.

WAYNE SMITH.

MAYOR, COUNCIL, HOW ARE YOU ALL TONIGHT? GOOD. YEAH, GOOD DEAL.

SO THE INSPECTION SERVICES QUARTERLY REPORT, OF COURSE, INSPECTION SERVICES BUILT UP OF BASICALLY THREE DIVISIONS BUILDING INSPECTIONS, CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AND SO I'VE BROKEN THOSE DOWN INTO THREE SEPARATE DIVISIONS TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME CLARITY BETWEEN THE DIVISIONS ON THAT.

OKAY. BUILDING INSPECTIONS, OF COURSE.

GOT ANOTHER SHOT OF OUR ROSE AVENUE APARTMENTS OUT THERE.

THAT'S THEIR SWIMMING POOL OR WHAT WILL BE THEIR SWIMMING POOL ONE OF THESE DAYS? BUILDING PERMITTING.

DID A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON FOR 23 OR 22.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD ON PERMITTING THIS YEAR THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR.

IT HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BUSIER.

BUT IN MY LOOKING INTO ALL THIS, IT DOES APPEAR THAT A LOT OF THOSE WERE OVER THE COUNTER PERMITS, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, ESPECIALLY MECHANICAL INSTALLATIONS A WHOLE LOT OF THOSE THAT CAME UP DURING THIS FIRST QUARTER.

PLAN REVIEWS.

WE'RE WAY AHEAD ON PLAN REVIEWS THIS YEAR.

WE HAD A WHOLE LOT IN THE MONTH OF MARCH.

BUILDING DOES, SOME OTHER PLAN REVIEWS THAT ARE IN THERE, WHICH INCLUDES SOLAR REVIEWS, SIDING, WINDOWS, ALL THOSE THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE COUNT THOSE REVIEWS IN THERE.

ALSO, WHEN THEY PERMIT THOSE, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THE CODES.

VALUATION OF BUILDING PERMITS.

THE Q-1 TOTAL LOOKS REALLY GOOD, BUT THAT DOES INCLUDE AN $8.3 MILLION DOLLAR RESTORATION OF THE COURTHOUSE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE IN JANUARY.

SO THAT NUMBER, IT'S ACTUALLY LOWER THAN WHAT IT WAS IN 2022.

IF YOU PULL THE COURTHOUSE RENOVATION OUT OF THERE.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING APPROVED AND THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WHICH IS PART OF THAT PLAN REVIEW, THAT 59 PLAN REVIEW THAT YOU SAW THAT WILL REALLY BUMP THOSE NUMBERS UP OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

PERMIT FEES COLLECTED.

AGAIN, THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF US ISSUING A LOT OF OVER-THE-COUNTER PERMITS; PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHEN YOU SEE THE HIGHER NUMBER ON THAT, WITH THE HIGHER NUMBER OF PERMITS AND THOSE FEES DO INCLUDE PERMIT FEES, PLAN REVIEW FEES, WATER METER AND IMPACT FEES.

BUILDING INSPECTIONS COMPLETED 22 VERSUS 23 WE'RE ABOUT EQUAL ON THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS WE HAD IN THE FIRST QUARTER BETWEEN THE TWO YEARS. AND SO INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT UPDATES.

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I AM LOOKING AT TRYING TO GET US MOVED BACK IN OVER THERE.

APPEARS THAT WALL IS PRETTY STABLE.

THERE'S A FEW THINGS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OF.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE IN AND THEN SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE MUSEUM AND HAVE TO MOVE RIGHT BACK OUT.

I SPOKE WITH MR. CLOWER THIS AFTERNOON AND HE'S READY TO GET MOVING ON SOME STUFF, BUT HE STILL DOESN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HE'S AT.

HE'S GOING TO GET AN ENGINEER IN HERE TO LOOK AT THAT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH IT.

SO WE'RE AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR RIGHT NOW.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE BEING OVER THERE.

THEY GAVE UP THEIR TRAINING ROOM FOR US AND SO WE'RE ALL IN THERE AND THEY'VE TAKEN REALLY GOOD CARE OF US OVER THERE.

SO WE APPRECIATE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT.

WE DID HIRE A BUILDING INSPECTOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

HE'S COMING TO US AND BE HERE ON THE SECOND.

HIS NAME IS CHUCK SELLERS.

HE IS A CERTIFIED BUILDING OFFICIAL, WHICH MEANS HE COMES WITH CERTAIN CREDENTIALS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.

AND SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING TO HAVE.

AND HIS FAMILIARITY WITH BUILDING CODES.

HE DOES CURRENTLY WORK FOR SAFE BUILT, AND HE'S COMING OVER HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING HIM IN HERE AND GETTING HIM MOVING.

IT'LL GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THROUGH SOME OF OUR EXISTING PERMITTING AND ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING SO WE CAN TRY TO STREAMLINE THAT STUFF.

AND THEN THE 88TH LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATIVE SESSION, IT'S GOING TO HAVE A BIG, BIG IMPACT ON BUILDING INSPECTIONS.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE SHOT CLOCK FOR THE PLANNING PROCESS.

THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH A SIMILAR SHOT CLOCK FOR PERMITTING.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS.

STILL NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ZERO IN ON THAT.

BUT WE'RE WATCHING IT REALLY CLOSE.

THERE'S A BUILDING PERMIT FEE REAUTHORIZATION RIGHT NOW AS THAT LANGUAGE STANDS ALL PERMITTING FEES WOULD HAVE TO BE REAUTHORIZED BY THE COUNCIL AT LEAST EVERY TEN YEARS AND THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THEM ANYTIME WE HAD THOSE OR IF WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO A BUILDING PERMIT FEE THAT WOULD REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT.

THERE IS AN ADOPTION OF NEW STATE BUILDING CODES.

THEY'RE GOING TO UPDATE THEIRS.

RIGHT NOW, IF I REMEMBER THIS CORRECTLY, I THINK THEY'RE STILL ON THE 2012 AND THEY'RE MOVING TO EITHER THE 15 OR THE 18.

IT DEPENDS ON WHICH BILL YOU LOOK AT.

WE'RE CURRENTLY IN DECATUR ON THE 2018 AND LOOKING AT MOVING FORWARD ON THOSE, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.

THERE WILL BE A NEW CODE CYCLE THAT COMES OUT IN 2024 AND WE'LL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROBABLY COMING IN RIGHT UNDER THAT, BUT THOSE ARE SOME UPDATES THAT WE HAVE ON THERE.

WE'RE CURRENTLY MONITORING OVER 25 BILLS THAT ARE IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT BUILDING INSPECTIONS SPECIFICALLY.

HEALTH INSPECTIONS.

SO OF COURSE WE DID LAST OCTOBER, HIRED JOHNNY [INAUDIBLE] TO COME IN AND BE OUR HEALTH INSPECTOR.

HE'S WORKING ON THOSE CERTIFICATIONS THAT HE NEEDS FOR THAT.

WE'RE STILL PULLING IN SOME OUTSIDE HELP AS WE NEED IT ON THOSE.

BUT HE'S MOVING ALONG REALLY GOOD IN THERE.

AND FIRST QUARTER DID 51 HEALTH PERMITS THAT WERE ISSUED BY THE CITY.

HEALTH PERMIT FEES THAT WERE BROUGHT IN.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMITS WERE SOMETHING THAT WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO GET UP TO DATE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE KEEPING THOSE CURRENT.

ANYTHING ANYONE THAT HAS A STATE LICENSE FOR SELLING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALSO HAS TO HAVE A CITY LICENSE OR A CITY PERMIT ON THAT.

AND SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THOSE BACK UP TO DATE AND UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS.

HEALTH INSPECTIONS.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE COMPLETED 61 MISCELLANEOUS ROUTINE AND COMPLAINT INSPECTIONS AND SIX POOL INSPECTIONS.

THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF HIS DUTIES AS HE TAKES CARE OF THE POOL INSPECTIONS AND PERMITTING FOR PUBLIC POOLS.

HEALTH INSPECTIONS UPDATE.

JOHNNY DID COMPLETE HIS POOL CERTIFICATION.

AND HE IS WAITING ON GETTING A TEST DATE FOR THE PROFESSIONAL FOOD SAFETY INSPECTOR CERTIFICATION.

WE ALSO HAVE THE FOOD TRUCK CHALLENGE THAT'S COMING UP.

HE'S BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON THAT, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE AND THAT RUNS SMOOTHLY AS FAR AS THE PERMITTING SIDE OF THAT GOES.

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RICK DENNY IS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND HE'S GOTTEN PRETTY BUSY WITH WEEDS AND GRASS HERE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

SO OF COURSE, IT'S STARTING TO GET HOT.

THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.

OPENED 39 CASES IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND CLOSED 31.

THOSE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE SAME, 31 THEY MAY HAVE CARRIED OVER FROM PREVIOUS QUARTERS.

BUT THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE'D OPENED NEW CASES 39 AND CLOSED 31.

BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE CASES THAT WERE OPENED UP.

YOU SEE THAT THE HIGH WEEDS AND GRASS, VERY SMALL.

WE DID WORK ON OUTSIDE STORAGE TRYING TO BUMP UP THOSE NUMBERS AND TRYING TO GET THAT BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.

WORKING WITHOUT A BUILDING PERMIT CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE THAT WE FIND ON A REGULAR BASIS.

AND RICK TAKES A LOT OF TIME WORKING THROUGH THAT AND MAKING SURE HE'S GOOD WITH THOSE.

RICK'S ALSO BEEN REALLY GOOD AT HELPING ME.

WE DID A LOT OF RIDE ALONGS TOGETHER FOR ROOF INSPECTIONS, WINDOWS AND SIDING, THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THAT HE CAN BE ABLE TO HELP AND CROSS TRAIN FOR SOME OF THOSE AREAS ON THAT.

SO OF COURSE, CODE ENFORCEMENT UPDATES.

AS I SAID, HIGH WEEDS AND GRASS ARE ON THE RISE.

OUTSIDE STORAGE WAS PRIORITIZED THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS.

THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

WE'RE STILL FIRMING UP DETAILS ON THAT, WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM PARADISE ON THAT.

RICK DOES HAVE A TRAINING IN JUNE IN DENTON TO COVER DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES AND THE REMEDIATION OF THOSE.

SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE STAY IN ALIGNMENT WITH STATE LAW ON WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR THAT.

AND WE ARE PREPARING A CASE ON THE AG ADVANTAGE BUILDING TO GO BEFORE THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION HAS BEEN REALLY ACTIVATED, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT CASE BEFORE THEM LATER IN MAY AND BRING THAT BEFORE THEM.

OUR CURRENT PLAN IS JUST TO SECURE THAT BUILDING.

IT'S GOT A LOT OF BUSTED WINDOWS FEEL THAT IT'S DANGEROUS.

WE HAVE HAD SOME VAGRANTS AND TRANSIENTS MOVING IN AND OUT THROUGH THERE.

AND SO WE'D LIKE TO GET THAT SECURED UP SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES AND WE DON'T END UP WITH SOMEONE GETTING HURT OR INJURED DURING THAT TIME.

BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT CURRENTLY AND OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP, PUBLIC WORKS AND AIRPORT GREG.

WELCOME, MR. CARPENTER.

GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US.

GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT, WE'LL GO OVER THE FIRST QUARTER NUMBERS FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

YOU GOT IT ON THERE. YEAH.

YEAH.

OKAY. QUARTER ONE FOR PUBLIC WORKS ON THE FIRST SLIDE.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR OUR BOWL RAISING CEREMONY STILL PLANNED FOR THIS THURSDAY, THE 27TH AT 9 A.M.

THE CONTRACTOR IS PLANNING TO START EARLIER THAN THAT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S MOVING BEFORE WE START OUR CEREMONY.

SO HOPEFULLY BY 9:00 IT'LL BE MOVING.

THE THING ONLY MOVES ABOUT TEN INCHES AT A TIME, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A YOU'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SEE IT RAISE UP REAL FAST.

IT CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 6 HOURS DEPENDING ON HOW EVERYTHING GOES.

SO BUT WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE CEREMONY AND HAVE A LITTLE FOOD AND DRINKS AND HAVE A GOOD TIME OUT THERE.

NEXT SLIDE. I DON'T KNOW.

I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION.

THIS IS THE SAME LIST YOU SEE EVERY TIME I REPORT, BUT I WANT TO BRING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE SEWER STOPS AND THE WATER LEAKS.

ON THE SEWER STOPS WE'VE HAD 61 SEWER STOPS.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE HAD 34.

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THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE HAD 27 FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME.

IS THIS BECAUSE OF THE BORING? THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE BORING.

NEXT SLIDE.

FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK.

SO ON OUR BORING ON OUR FIBER OPTICS PROJECTS, THE NEXT LINK PROJECT BORING IS 34% COMPLETE.

PULLING THE FIBER IS 20% COMPLETE AND THEY HAVE A COMPLETION GOAL OF SEPTEMBER OF 2023.

ON THE ONE SOURCE, THERE ARE 45% COMPLETE.

THEY DID NOT GIVE ME ANY THEIR PULL FIBER PULL COMPLETION, BUT THEY'RE PLANNING ON JUNE OF 2023.

THIS HAS BEEN A REAL PAINFUL PROJECT FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE CITIZENS AND IF WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR EVERYONE TO BEAR WITH US AND LET'S TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS PROJECT.

IT'S A GOOD PROJECT FOR THE INTERNET AND THE SERVICE THAT IT WILL PROVIDE.

I KNOW MISS HILTON HAS A QUESTION FOR ME.

WHERE ARE WE AT AT COST WISE RIGHT NOW? WITH WHAT IT HAS COST US SO FAR WITH THEM.

I HAVEN'T KEPT UP WITH THAT.

I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SO WITHOUT GETTING INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, SO WHEN SOMETHING GETS STRUCK, IT'S EITHER BECAUSE WE'VE MISMARKED SOMETHING OR WE'VE MARKED SOMETHING, CORRECT. AND THEY HIT IT.

AND THOSE ARE PROBABLY REAL CLOSE TOGETHER.

SO WE JUST WE HAVE JUST BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THESE GUYS AND TRY TO GET THEM THROUGH WITH THIS PROJECT.

IN THE END, WE'VE KEPT UP WITH WORK ORDERS, THOUGH, SO I CAN GO BACK AND GET THAT IN THE END IF WE NEED TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE SOME SERVICE OR SOMETHING OUT OF THESE GUYS.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH WITH THIS PROJECT.

I'M SURE. LIKE I SAY, IT'S PAINFUL.

IT'S PAINFUL FOR US I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, NOT TO EMBARRASS KATHERINE, BUT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE KATHERINE.

MISS KATHERINE. SHE PROBABLY TAKES, I'M GOING TO SAY TEN CALLS A DAY, AT LEAST, OF THE UNHAPPY CITIZENS.

AND VERY FEW OF THEM GET GET PAST HER.

SO SHE TAKES CARE OF ALL THOSE PROBLEMS. I THINK SHE HAD ONE GUY CALLED FIVE TIMES TODAY.

SAME RESIDENT FIVE TIMES.

SO MISS KATHERINE AND JOE, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THEM DURING THIS PROJECT BECAUSE, LIKE I SAY, SHE HAS TAKEN THE BRUNT OF CALLS FROM RESIDENTS AND I THINK SHE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. WE'RE NOT [INAUDIBLE].

WELL, NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE NOT.

BUT IT'S FRUSTRATING, AND WE GET IT.

BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS PROJECT AND IT'S.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE VALUE BEHIND IT, BUT THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT IT IS ACTUALLY INCURRING ON THE CITY FOR THIS, TOO.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE AND ONE REASON WE HAVEN'T REALLY TRIED TO START CHARGING THE CONTRACTOR.

I GET THAT QUESTION A LOT. IT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER.

BUT I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

LET'S SAY TODAY THEY HIT A LINE THAT WE MARKED PERFECTLY, THEY HIT THE LINE.

WE CHARGE THEM A SET AMOUNT, RIGHT.

TOMORROW THEY HIT A LINE THAT WE HAVE MISMARKED.

SO THEY ASKED ME MR. GREG, WHERE DO I SEND MY BILL TO FOR MY BORING CREW SITTING HERE NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK? I GOT ALL MY GUYS STANDING AROUND THIS EQUIPMENT.

WHERE DO I SEND THE BILL TO? SO IT'S JUST A BACK AND FORTH AND IT CAN IT CAN GET UGLY.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THAT RELATIONSHIP.

I THINK OF ALL THE CITIES, I'M GOING TO BRAG ON US.

I THINK WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM THE BEST.

I WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RAN HIM OUT OF TOWN, WE HAVEN'T REALLY THREATENED THEM TO RUN THEM OUT OF TOWN.

WE'RE JUST WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET THIS THING DONE.

I MEAN, WE'VE HAD 10 OR 15 BORING CREWS HERE IN ONE DAY.

BECAUSE THEY WON'T LET THEM BORE SOMEWHERE ELSE OR THERE OR WHATEVER.

I MEAN, LIKE I SAY, OUR GOAL IS GET DONE WITH THIS THING AND GET OUT OF HERE.

AND THE GUY THESE CONTRACTORS ARE TRYING.

I REALLY DO. I THINK THEY'RE TRYING.

IT'S A HARD DEAL.

I MEAN, A LOT OF STUFF.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR STUFF IS.

SO IT'S NOT ONLY THEM.

SO ANYWAY.

AT THE AIRPORT WE MADE A COUPLE OF NOTES FOR THE AIRPORT.

SO AT THE AIRPORT SO FAR, WE'VE SOLD 16,770 GALLONS AND OUR $0.05 PER GALLON IS $838.50.

I WANT TO REPORT THAT IN JUNE.

I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A GRANT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET FOR THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN.

SO WE FINALLY MADE IT ON THE COMMISSION AGENDA IN JUNE.

SO THEY SHOULD APPROVE IT.

IT'S ON THEIR AGENDA. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT PROJECT GOING.

IT'S A $200,000 ESTIMATED VALUE AND WE'LL PAY $20,000.

I'VE GOT THAT IN THE BUDGET TO PAY FOR THAT.

SO YOU'LL HAVE A RESOLUTION NEXT MONTH TO APPROVE IT ON OUR END.

THANK YOU. AND ON MAY 16TH, 17 AND 18TH, THE ARMY'S GOT A SKYDIVING TANDEM RECRUITING EVENT.

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SO IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY NEAT DEAL.

SO ABLE TO HAVE THOSE GUYS HERE.

FOR OUR STREET PROJECT THIS YEAR WITH THE COUNTY, WE ALWAYS PARTNER WITH THEM.

EVERY YEAR WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO MULBERRY.

I SAY TRY. WE'RE GOING TO DO MULBERRY FOR SURE, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET SOME OTHER STREETS IN.

HATCHER'S IN BAD SHAPE, AND WE GOT A FEW OTHERS.

WE HAVE TO GET A LITTLE PIECE OF MILL STREET THAT WAS DAMAGED BECAUSE OF A WATER LINE BREAK, SO.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THESE PROJECTS.

AND THIS IS GOING TO I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS ONE FOR A LONG TIME.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE.

NEXT SLIDE. AT THE CEMETERY.

WE'RE KIND OF MOVED TO THAT EAST VACANT AREA NOW.

IT'S ABOUT 12 ACRES.

WE'RE GOING TO DIVIDE IT IN THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, ESSENTIALLY KIND OF DIVIDE IT UP THAT WAY.

THREE DIFFERENT PHASES, I'LL SAY IT, AND EACH PHASE WILL HAVE SECTIONS.

SO THE KIND OF THE BRIGHT WHITE LINE ON THE WEST SIDE IS ALREADY EXISTING ROAD.

WE'LL GO IN AND BUILD THE YELLOW.

THE YELLOW LINES ARE GOING TO BE THE NEW ROADS IN THERE.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE ESTIMATED 1600 PLOTS IN THERE.

THE SURVEY HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE ROADS.

WE'RE REMOVING TREES RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF TREES IN THE WAY.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THAT BOTTOM RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT TO GET THOSE TREES OUT SO TOMMY EDWARDS CAN FINISH SURVEYING.

SO. AND THEN WE'LL PUT IN THE BUDGET.

WE'LL BUDGET FOR THE ROAD WORK NEXT.

NEXT BUDGET YEAR. HEY, GREG, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? DO YOU THINK THE DEARLY DEPARTED WOULD BE INTERESTED IN CURBS AND SIDEWALKS? ARE WE GOING TO SEE VARIANCE FROM.

NO, NO VARIANCE HERE.

WE DON'T LIKE CURBS AND SIDEWALKS OUT THERE.

IT MAKES IT HARD TO MOW.

SO. AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, SO RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT OUR AVERAGE, OUR YEARLY, OUR ANNUAL AVERAGE RIGHT NOW IS 737,000 GALLONS.

WHEN WE HIT THAT 900,000 GALLON ON THAT AVERAGE, THAT'S WHEN WE GOT TO START DESIGN ON THE WASTEWATER PLANT.

WE WATCH THIS WEEKLY, I SEND, RODDY SENDS ME AND JOE A REPORT AND WE WE PASS THAT ON TO EARL AND NATE.

SO WE'RE WATCHING THIS ALL THE TIME.

ON THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT RIGHT NOW FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, WE'RE AVERAGING 1.23 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS.

AND WE CAN MAKE UP TO 3 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.

SO WE'RE DOING GOOD THERE.

WE HAVE TO WATCH OUR DURING THE SUMMERTIME OUR PEAKS, YOU KNOW, THOUGH.

SO WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MEET OUR PEAK DEMAND AND WE'RE STILL DOING GOOD ON THAT.

SO NO PROBLEMS AT THE WATER PLANT WHEN THIS SLIDE WAS MADE, WE WERE AT THE LAKE 74.4% FULL, 9.39 FEET BELOW . THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT IS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS IN OUR YOUTH LEAGUE PARTICIPATION.

SO IN OUR SOCCER LEAGUE WE HAVE 567 KIDDOS AND TWO LEAGUES COMBINED AND LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL THERE'S 325.

AND THEN IN GIRLS SOFTBALL, THERE'S 97.

FOR UPCOMING BOND MONEY WE'RE GOING TO START ON OUR SKATE PARK NEXT.

SO WE'VE DONE WE'VE GOT THE CONTRACT SIGNED.

THE GEOTECHNICAL WORK IS COMPLETE.

WE'VE SENT THAT TO THE SKATE PARK DESIGNER.

WE'RE WORKING ON THE SURVEY.

AND GETTING IT ALL PLATTED TO INCLUDE THE VACANT LOT UP THERE.

THAT'S NOT PART OF THE PARK RIGHT NOW.

WE OWN, THE CITY OWNS THE LAND, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF HARMON PARK.

SO WE'RE GETTING ALL THAT PLATTED PROPERLY.

AND THEN THIS COMPANY WE'RE USING FOR THE SKATE PARK WILL COME IN AND DO PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH THE SKATE KIDS.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S INVOLVED IN SKATING AND DO SEVERAL MEETINGS AND SEE WHAT THEY WANT INSTEAD OF US BUILDING SOMETHING.

AND THEN THEY DON'T WANT A BOWL OR A PUMP TRACK OR WHATEVER ALL THOSE SKATING TERMS ARE.

SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT.

AND THEN THE FARM AT RENSHAW.

THAT'S THE POUR FARM PROPERTY.

THE PARK'S BOARD WANTED TO TAKE OUT THE POUR PART, AND SO HE KIND OF CAME UP WITH, LET'S CALL IT THE FARM AT RENSHAW.

SO HE'S GOTTEN WITH THE COUNTY.

THE COUNTY HAS A BRIDGE.

THAT WE'LL USE FOR A WALKING BRIDGE OUT THERE.

THAT'LL BE OUR NEXT THING WE PROBABLY DO IS TRY TO GET THAT WALKING BRIDGE IN THERE TO CROSS SO YOU CAN GET ACROSS FROM THE EXISTING RENSHAW AND GET OVER IN THERE.

AND I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE DECATUR CONFERENCE CENTER AND THE DECATUR ISD.

THEY BOTH HAVE PROVIDED PLACES FOR MORE PRACTICE SPOTS, SO ON BY THE STADIUM.

AND CARLA HAS SAID WE COULD USE THAT OUT AT BEHIND THE CONFERENCE CENTER.

SO VERY GOOD.

AND I PROMISE Y'ALL REAL QUICK, A VIDEO OF THE FIRE AND POLICE DOING SOME TEQBALL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL WORK.

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WILL IT WORK? THAT'S THAT.

KIRBY WELL, THERE'S THE TABLE THERE.

THEY SHOWED IT, REMEMBER, LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER.

IT'S THAT WEIRD SHAPE PING PONG / SOCCER.

SOMETHING.

OH, HERE WE GO.

WITH THAT OUR'S IS IN THE RED, I THINK.

JUST ASKING. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE TABLES.

YOU GUYS LET US, YOU KNOW, APPROVE THE DONATION FOR WE GOT THOSE DONATED.

THERE'S FOUR TABLES.

THERE'S LIKE $14,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT.

SO HE HAS THAT IN HIS POSSESSION.

SO WE'LL BE PUTTING THOSE OUT AT THE PARKS SO AND YOU CAN PLAY ALL DIFFERENT GAMES.

IT'S NOT JUST SOCCER.

RENSHAW, HARMON, JONES, AND BIG MOMMA'S.

AND THERE'LL BE A LITTLE QR CODE THAT THEY CAN SCAN TO KIND OF SEE WHAT GAMES THEY CAN PLAY.

BUT YOU CAN PLAY LIKE PING PONG AND VOLLEYBALL STUFF ON THERE AND SOCCER.

SO IT'LL BE SOMETHING THEY, YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE THEY MIGHT MAKE UP.

[LAUGHTER] THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THAT GOT US TO THE END OF THE REPORT.

DOES ANYBODY NEED TO TAKE A MOMENT? OH, I'M SO SORRY.

THAT DOES NOT GET US TO THE END OF THE REPORT.

THAT GETS US TO THE END OF REPORTS OTHER THAN FINANCE.

YES, THE LAST ONE.

THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE FOR THIS.

YEAH. LET'S HEAR MORE ABOUT IT.

ALL THE GOOD NEWS. YES.

MISS CHERYL. WELL, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, THIS IS THE SECOND QUARTER OF FY 23.

SO HERE ALL THE GOOD NUMBERS, ALL THE REVENUES WITH THE PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX SHOULD BE VERY CLOSE TO 96%. YOU KNOW, ALL THE COLLECTIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY, THAT MIGHT BE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE PENALTIES OR DELINQUENT PAYMENTS COMING UP NEXT.

SALES TAX, WE ARE AT 50%, WHICH WE SHOULD BE IS HALF YEAR.

FRANCHISE HOTEL AND MOTEL AND MIXED DRINK TAXES AT 542, WHICH IS 41% OF OUR BUDGET.

AND COURT FINES, 438 WHICH IS AT 63% AND THE CONFERENCE CENTER $303,000, WHICH IS AT 79%.

IT'S LIKE, WOW, IT'S JUST IT'S UP.

THERE YOU GO. HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU A JUST A QUICK LOOK ON HOW IT LOOKS WITH THE BUDGET.

LIKE I SAID, PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, THEY'RE ALL CLOSE TO THE BUDGET, EVERYTHING ELSE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OTHER TAXES AT 41%, OTHER REVENUES AT 42%.

HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK LOOK ON THE WHAT IS THE SALES, THE PROPERTY TAX, 43% AND SALES TAX, 23. THE NEXT ONE IS ALL THE REVENUES COMPARE TO FY 22 AND EVERYTHING IS HIGH.

WE HAVE PROPERTY TAX 4% INCREASE ON THE SALES TAX IS UP 10% FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.

OTHER TAXES ARE UP BY 14.

EVERYTHING IS CONFERENCE CENTER IS UP BY 32% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

AND THE SAME THING WITH OTHER REVENUES THERE IS UP BY 21.

AND HERE IS OUR COLLECTIONS AS FAR AS FOR JANUARY.

WE ACTUALLY WENT UP COMPARED TO 2018.

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WE OVERPASSED THAT NUMBER.

IT WAS $545,000, WHICH WAS 11.6% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S.

AND THEN IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, THE SAME THING.

WE OVERPASS ALL WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS.

IT WAS $648,000 AND THAT WAS A 14% JUMP FROM 22.

FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.

SAME THING.

IT WAS UP BY 9.7% AND IT WAS A COLLECTION OF $475,000.

ON THE EXPENSES.

EVERYBODY SEEMS TO ON THE GENERAL FUND, THEY'RE ALL WITHIN THE THE BUDGET ON THE ACTUALS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ADMIN 52% POLICE 48% FIRE 46 PUBLIC WORKS IS LESS THAN 44%.

EVERYTHING ELSE YOU KNOW IS AT 50% OR BELOW THAT.

AND THEN THE UTILITIES WE ARE 44% RIGHT NOW FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS.

AND FOR THE EXPENDITURES SEEM THAT THAT'S A BIG NUMBER ON THE WATER AND SEWER PUBLIC WORKS IS BECAUSE OF THE BONDS.

WE'RE STARTING TO SPEND THOSE BOND MONEY ON THE WATER SIDE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMS TO BE WITHIN THEIR BUDGET.

HERE ON THE EXPENDITURES.

AGAIN, THERE'S THAT BOND EXPENSES ON THE WATER AND THE SEWER AND JUST A LITTLE BIT HIGHER ON THE UTILITY MAINTENANCE FOR THE WATER THE WATER DEPARTMENT.

IN ALL THE UTILITY BILLING, THAT CONNECTS AND DISCONNECTS WE HAVE LIKE ALL THREE MONTHS TOGETHER, AN AVERAGE OF 29, 29 CONNECTS AND DISCONNECTS ON THE PAST FEW ACCOUNTS IS STILL STRUGGLING.

YOU KNOW, GETTING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN.

JUST IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, THEY WERE DOWN BY 47 ACCOUNTS.

AS FAR AS FOR THE COURT, ALL THE NUMBERS ARE AMAZINGLY HIGHER THAN 22, AND THAT'S DUE BECAUSE FULL STAFF. POLICE IS FULL STAFF.

AND SO THERE'S MORE TICKETS OUT THERE.

[LAUGHTER] AND AS FAR AS CASES DISPOSED, WE HAVE ALSO THE SAME THING HAPPEN.

EVERYTHING IS UP COMBINED.

WE HAD LAST FY 22, WE HAVE 1272 CASES DISPOSED.

AND THIS FISCAL YEAR WE HAVE 2052, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OF 38%.

AND THEN ON THE FINES COLLECTED COMBINED LAST FISCAL YEAR WAS $172,000 AND THIS FISCAL YEAR WAS $298,000 AND A JUMP OF 42%.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON CASELLE, IS WE'RE STILL ON THE SETUP PHASE AND WE'RE STILL PLANNING TO BE, YOU KNOW, GO LIVE ON OCTOBER 1ST.

AND IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? TOLD YOU ALL GOOD NEWS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, DOES ANYONE WANT TO TAKE A BREAK FOR A FEW MINUTES? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL. WE'LL RECONVENE IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.

[CALL TO ORDER]

KEVIN HOLZBOG, TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

OUR FIRST ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION IS REGARDING THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.

[1. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.]

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THIS IS AN ELEMENT OF TRANSPARENCY RELATED TO OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY AND STANCE.

SO IT'S FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2023.

AND IT'S IN OUR BEST PRACTICES TO REPORT TO YOU ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.

AND YOU SEE THE FIGURES THERE.

OUR OVERALL NET MARKET VALUE, 55 MILLION AND SOME CHANGE.

AND ANA OR MYSELF WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION, MAYOR, THAT WE APPROVE THE QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.

VERY GOOD. I SECOND THAT.

WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT GETS US TO ITEM TWO CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION FOR PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DECATUR EDC AND THINKMENTS.

[2. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DECATUR EDC AND THINKMENTS, LLC APPROVED BY THE DECATUR EDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS.]

ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.

I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND GREG HALL ON HIS KNOWLEDGE OF SKATE PARK VERBIAGE.

IT'S ACTUALLY VERY IMPRESSIVE AND UNEXPECTED.

SO A NICE SURPRISE FOR THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU, GREG. SO HERE TONIGHT, I'M PLEASED TO GET TO PRESENT TO YOU A PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH A LOCAL COMPANY.

SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ON THE EDC BOARD ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROJECT.

WE PRESENTED IT THIS PAST WEEK AT THE EDC BOARD MEETING WHERE IT WAS APPROVED.

BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT ON THE EDC BOARD, THIS WON'T COME AS ANY SURPRISE TO YOU.

BUT A BIG PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS EXISTING BUSINESSES.

SO SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF 75 TO 85% OF NEW JOBS ARE CREATED BY EXISTING BUSINESSES.

SO COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN A COMMUNITY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THEY'RE CREATING MORE JOBS THAN THE NEW COMPANIES COMING IN.

TYPICALLY, THE NEW ONES GET A LOT OF THE ATTENTION.

THEY'RE FUN, THEY'RE ATTRACTIVE.

WE ALL GET EXCITED ABOUT THEM.

BUT OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE KEEP CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM IN DIFFERENT WAYS WORKFORCE THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.

AND SO TONIGHT, EXCITED TO PRESENT A LOCAL BUSINESS TO YOU AND ADDITIONALLY NOT JUST EXISTING BUSINESSES BUT IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WE GET WE GET IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR ARE COMPANIES COMING IN THAT ARE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY.

THEY'RE CREATING A LOT OF JOBS.

MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES IN THE US AND IN DECATUR AND IN WISE COUNTY ARE SMALL BUSINESSES.

SO THESE ARE COMPANIES THAT ARE EMPLOYING, YOU KNOW, 10, 15 PEOPLE OR LESS, SOMETIMES FIVE, FIVE PEOPLE OR LESS.

AND SO TONIGHT, THIS AGREEMENT, I'M JUST AS EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE AS I AM WHEN I'M BRINGING A LARGER PROJECT TO YOU.

IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT IN EVERY SINGLE WAY.

THE NUMBERS JUST LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AND AS I ALWAYS DO, I WANT TO MOVE THROUGH THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH I THINK YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AND GO THROUGH THE THREE DIFFERENT PRIMARY POINTS.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE DEVELOPER COVENANTS, THE EDC COVENANTS AND THE DEFAULT LANGUAGE.

SO AS YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER, THE STATE REQUIRES ALL OF THESE AREAS.

THEY REQUIRE CERTAIN THINGS WITHIN EACH AREA AND SO ON.

THE DEVELOPER COVENANTS, THESE ARE THE POINTS THAT ARE REQUIREMENTS BASICALLY OF THE COMPANY.

AND SO THE HIGH POINTS ARE THAT THIS IS A THREE YEAR TERM AGREEMENT.

SO TYPICALLY WE DO A FIVE YEAR TERM.

THIS IS A THREE YEAR TERM BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE INCENTIVIZING IS A SOFTWARE FOR THE COMPANY.

IT'S A CUSTOMER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A CRM SOFTWARE TO HELP THEM TAKE ON MORE CLIENTELE, BE MORE EFFICIENT, EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS AND EXPAND THEIR SALES.

THE SOFTWARE IS A THREE YEAR TERM, SO WE WANTED THE AGREEMENT TO LINE UP WITH WHAT WE WERE INCENTIVIZING AND WE FELT LIKE THAT MADE SENSE.

SO FROM A DEVELOPMENT COVENANT STANDPOINT, IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

SO A MINIMUM OF $10,000 ANNUALLY EXPENDED BY THE COMPANY ON THE SOFTWARE AND THE NAME OF THE SOFTWARE IS INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS ONE ADDITIONAL FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITION DURING THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT.

AND SO ONE ADDITIONAL FULL TIME JOB, YOU KNOW.

FOR THE CITY IT MAY NOT BE A LOT, BUT FOR A SMALL BUSINESS FROM A PERCENTAGE WISE, ONE NEW EMPLOYEE IS A BIG LIFT.

AND SO OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, ONE NEW EMPLOYEE AND A MINIMUM OF 10,000 ANNUALLY SPENT BY THE COMPANY.

AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE MINIMUM.

THOSE ARE MINIMUM NUMBERS.

THE COMPANY EXPRESSED TO US THAT THEY BELIEVE THEY'LL GROW MORE THAN ONE.

AND SO OUR APPROACH TYPICALLY TO THAT IS THAT THAT'S WONDERFUL.

WE WANT TO SEE YOU SUCCEED AND EXCEED THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE ALSO WANT YOU TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO LET'S WHATEVER THIS THING IS, LET'S AIM LOW, SHOOT HIGH.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE THAT'S THE WAY WE SORT OF ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE WENT WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

ON THE EDC SIDE, THE EDC COVENANTS.

AS A REMINDER, ALL OF OUR INCENTIVES ARE ALWAYS PERFORMANCE BASED.

AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE COMPANY DOES THIS, THEY GET THIS, AND THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO PROTECT OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS.

ANNUALLY, THE EDC WILL REIMBURSE THE COMPANY ON A PERFORMANCE BASED FROM A PERFORMANCE BASED STANCE.

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AND SO BASICALLY, IF THEY COULD SPEND UP TO $20,000 ANNUALLY AND WE WOULD REIMBURSE THEM $10,000 AND THAT WOULD BE THE MAX.

IF THEY SPEND $10,000 ANNUALLY WE REIMBURSE THEM 50% OF THAT.

THAT IS THE EDC PORTION OF THIS AGREEMENT.

SO, AS I SAID, VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD FROM A DEFAULT LANGUAGE STANDPOINT.

IF ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT MET, ANY FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AND INCENTIVIZED TO THE COMPANY HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO THE EDC.

THE ONLY OTHER POINT THAT I WOULD MAKE IS WE DO HAVE A WE DO HAVE A LIMIT FOR THE EDC THAT OUR EXPENDITURES WILL NOT EXCEED $30,000 IN THE AGGREGATE, WHICH LINES UP WITH THE ANNUAL $10,000 LIMIT.

SO I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT COREY AND JEREMY FROM THINKMENTS ARE HERE.

THEY MOVED ON ME.

THEY'RE HERE.

SO I APPRECIATE THOSE GUYS BEING HERE.

AND IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF OR EMPLOYEES FROM THINKMENTS.

HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE.

SO, KEVIN, IT'S A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE, RIGHT? A CRM. SO IS IT JUST A SINGLE LICENSE THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR OR IS IT A MULTIPLE LICENSE AS PART OF THE PACKET? [INAUDIBLE] SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON? IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, COUNCILWOMAN.

YES. IT'S A SINGULAR LICENSE FOR THINKMENTS.

OTHER QUESTIONS? SO POTENTIAL GROWTH.

WHAT WOULD THE SECOND LICENSE RUN YOU? SECOND LICENSE? WELL, AT THE MOMENT, WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING AT A ROUGHLY 1,300 A MONTH IS WHAT THE SOFTWARE ACTUALLY COSTS.

RIGHT. TO RUN A SECOND LICENSE WOULD BE ROUGHLY SIMILAR, BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PACKAGE SIZES.

ESSENTIALLY, WE WERE PRETTY MUCH JUST SHOOTING FOR ONE, JUST, OF COURSE, TO KIND OF GET IT UNDERWAY AND KIND OF BEGIN THIS RELATIONSHIP.

AND WE'VE ACTUALLY PRETTY MUCH BULLETPROOFED THE AGREEMENT TO WHERE IT'S AMENDABLE FROM THERE.

OTHER QUESTIONS? I KNOW THAT WHEN WE WERE AT THE EDC, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP WAS THE GROWTH AND THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT'S IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT YOU GUYS PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THAT MIGHT AFFECT OUR NOT JUST YOUR BUSINESS BUT OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN DECATUR.

YES SIR. YES. YOU WANT TO KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE RUNDOWN ON? NO, CERTAINLY.

CERTAINLY, YES. SO WELL, I GUESS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKSTORY.

AND I THINK FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS US FOR BUILDING WEBSITES, BUT IN TRUTH, WE BUILD BUSINESSES.

THAT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE COREY AND I ARE KIND OF JUST THE GUYS WHO DO IT ALL.

OF COURSE, THAT'S A BIG TASK TO PERFORM.

AND WHEN IT CAME TO THE QUESTION OF HIRING NEW INDIVIDUALS, THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY NEEDED A SOLUTION.

WE BASICALLY FOUND THIS PLATFORM, WHICH IS NOT JUST A CRM, IT'S ALSO A SALES PIPELINE.

IT'S GOT A MARKETPLACE OF VENDOR EXTENSIONS.

SO IT'S QUITE, QUITE EXTENSIVE, QUITE VERSATILE.

BUT THAT WILL NOT ONLY ALLOW US TO BASICALLY MAKE OUR WORKFLOWS MORE EFFICIENT, BUT IT'LL ALSO EXPAND OUR CAPABILITIES FOR OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE CLIENTELE.

SO I GUESS KIND OF JUST TO ADD FURTHER TO THE REALLY NEW ERA AND THIS NEW PIONEERING DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADING AS A COMPANY, BUT ALSO FOR THE EDC.

YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A NEW AGREEMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH, WHICH GOES BACK ON WHY WE'VE BEEN SO CONSERVATIVE IN CREATING IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT, MAYOR, TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR AGREEMENTS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE PROJECTS AND I SAY, YOU KNOW, ONE JOB OR MAYBE A PROJECT IS 95 JOBS, WHATEVER, THOSE ARE DIRECT NUMBERS.

AND SO, MAYOR, I THINK MAYBE WHAT YOU WERE GETTING AT IS JUST THE INDIRECT IMPACT.

THINKMENTS HAS HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, DO BUSINESS WITH A LOT OF LOCAL COMPANIES, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE WEBSITE AVENUE, THROUGH SEO.

THEY OFFER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SERVICES, BUT THEIR ABILITY TO INCREASE SERVICES WILL ONLY HELP OTHER COMPANIES IN DECATUR AS WELL.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD EVEN ARGUE THAT WHEN THEY'RE WORKING WITH A COMPANY THAT MAYBE IS N'T IN DECATUR, IT'S JUST ONE MORE REASON FOR THAT COMPANY TO VISIT DECATUR WHEN THEY'RE WORKING WITH THEM. AND THEN EVENTUALLY THAT COULD EVEN BECOME A NEW EMPLOYER HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

YES. SO THERE'S DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACT ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.

WE TRY TO STICK TO THE DIRECT NUMBERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE CAN THAT'S WHAT WE CAN REQUIRE.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

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

I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL TAKE A LEAD FROM THE MAYOR FROM LAST WEEK'S MEETING WHERE HE REALLY WANTED THIS APPROVED.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR'S EDC AND THINKMENTS, LLC.

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ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. OPPOSED.

ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

[3. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED TERRITORY IDENTIFIED AS BEING AN APPROXIMATE 16.84 ACRE TRACT KNOWN AS A PORTION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF US HWY 380 GENERALLY BETWEEN THE 1400 BLOCK THROUGH THE 1600 BLOCK OF US HWY 380, WISE COUNTY, TEXAS, EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY SO AS TO INCLUDE THE DESCRIBED PROPERTY, AND ADOPTING A SERVICE PLAN. ORDINANCE 2023-05-11]

ORDINANCE 2023-05-11.

MAYOR THIS TRACT OF LAND IS ON HIGHWAY 380 EAST.

IT'S THE ANNEXATION OF THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY.

IT COMPLIMENTS THE PALOMA TRAILS PROJECT, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

IT'S RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY AND AN ELEMENT OF COMMERCIAL.

JUST EAST ON THE CITY LIMITS EAST OF TOWN, I BELIEVE EARL IS ALSO ONLINE TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT THIS IS SIMPLY A FIRST READING. AND CHERYL, IF YOU WENT TO PAGE 59IN THE PACKET, YOU COULD SHOW THEM A VISUAL.

THANK YOU.

THE GRAYED OUT AREA THERE IN THE CENTER.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THAT IS OUR FIRST READING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND DID WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND ITEM FOUR, CONSIDER SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR APPROXIMATELY 62.97 ACRES.

[4. CONSIDER SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR AN APPROXIMATE 62.97 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED EAST OF DEER PARK ROAD AND NORTH OF WEST THOMPSON STREET FROM TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD (TN) TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL (CC) AND COMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD (CN) FOR VISTA PARK PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. (COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION 2023-02—MR. JODY BOYD’S REQUEST ON BEHALF OF DECATUR VP, LLC) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, 4-0, VICE-CHAIRMAN KLOSE AND COMMISSIONER WOODRUFF ABSENT.) CP2023-02 ORDINANCE 2023-04-08]

MAYOR NO CHANGED TO THIS ITEM NUMBER FOUR FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

THIS COMPLIMENTS THE VISTA PARK PROJECT.

IF SO, APPROVED.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2023-04-08.

SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES.

ITEM FIVE CONSIDER SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE 0.471 ACRES.

[5. CONSIDER SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 0.471 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 1603 N. COLORADO STREET FROM A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT (SF-2) TO A TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT (2F). (ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION 2023-03—MR. DUSTIN HUNTER, ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNER DM LAND HOLDING LLC.) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, 4-0, VICE-CHAIRMAN KLOSE AND COMMISSIONER WOODRUFF ABSENT.) ZC2023-03 ORDINANCE 2023-04-09]

MAYOR, NO CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS ITEM THAT YOU SAW TWO WEEKS AGO.

THIS IS FOR AN ADDRESS AT 1603 NORTH COLORADO.

ONE ELEMENT OF CLERICAL NATURE ON PAGE 103, THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION REFLECTS INACCURATE AMOUNT OF ACRES THAT SHOULD BE AS ITEM 5, .471 ACRES.

OKAY. JUST A NOTE TO AMEND THAT.

SO IF YOU DO APPROVE THIS, THEN MAKE NOTE WITH CORRECTED LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

WITH CORRECTED LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2023-04-09 WITH CORRECTED LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE MOTION.

SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT, THAT PASSES. THANK YOU.

[6. **CONSIDER SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE REGARDING AN ORDINANCE FOR BILLING, DEPOSITS, SUSPENSION OF SERVICE, RECONNECTION OF SERVICE, LIENS, AND OTHER FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO PAYMENT OF WATER BILLS. ORDINANCE 2023-04-10]

THIS IS ORDINANCE 2023-04-10.

MAYOR COUNCIL ORDINANCE 2023-04-10, IF YOU'LL RECALL, ADDRESSES OUR UTILITY BILLING AREA OF OPERATION.

IT ALLOWS FOR THE LANDLORD TO BE LOOPED IN TO A DELINQUENT ACCOUNT EARLY TO PREVENT THAT ACCOUNT FROM GOING FURTHER DELINQUENT.

IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR A LEAN TO BE PLACED ON A PROPERTY SHOULD THE PROPERTY GO SO FAR PAST DELINQUENCY THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO STEP IN AND FORCE PAYMENT.

SO IT'S JUST AN ELEMENT OF CLEANUP AND IT STANDS TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS AT REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF UTILITY BILLS THAT ARE WRITTEN OFF EVERY YEAR.

VERY GOOD. SPECIFIC TO WATER AND TRASH.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? LOOK FOR A MOTION.

I GOT A QUESTION. VERY GOOD.

AND I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS LAST WEEK JUST SO IF A TENANT BECOMES DELINQUENT, CAN THE LANDOWNER OR HOMEOWNER CALL UP AND MAKE THEM TURN OFF THE DELINQUENT ITEM? LIKE. SO SAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER, RIGHT? YES, SIR. WATER UTILITY.

SO IF THE THE TENANT HAS GONE TWO MONTHS IS TWO MONTHS DELINQUENT, THE HOMEOWNER OR THE PROPERTY OWNER IS IN THE LOOP, CAN THEY CALL UP AND SAY, HEY, I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO LEAN PLACED AGAINST MY PROPERTY, SO LET'S TURN THAT OFF BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO EVICT THE

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I'LL LET LEGAL CORRECT ME HERE.

BUT THE BEST CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE FOR THE LANDLORD TO STEP IN AND MAKE THE PAYMENT.

WRITE THE ACCOUNT AND THEN IT WOULD BECOME A CIVIL MATTER BETWEEN LANDLORD AND TENANT.

PROBABLY DOESN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, JAKE, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE PREFERRED METHOD IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL.

THE ONLY THING ADDITIONAL I WOULD SAY IS WE WON'T LIKELY ALLOW PROPERTY OWNERS TO DIRECT WHETHER OR NOT WATER IS AVAILABLE TO SOMEONE.

RIGHT. BUT IF THEY GO IF THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN'T GET THEM EVICTED FOR SIX MONTHS, LET'S SAY.

SO NOW THEY'RE SIX MONTHS DELINQUENT ON THEIR WATER BILL.

NOW, THE PROPERTY OWNER WANTS TO SELL THE PROPERTY, BUT HE CAN'T SELL IT BECAUSE THERE'S A LIEN ON IT.

YOU SEE MY? DO WE HAVE YOU DONE THAT WITH OTHER CITIES? LIKE IS THIS COMMON THROUGHOUT THE STATE? THIS STEP WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO STEP IN AND SHUT THE WATER OFF PRIOR TO IT BEING MULTIPLE MONTHS DELINQUENT.

THE NEW PROCESS REQUIRES US TO SHUT OFF 15 DAYS AFTER, IS THAT RIGHT? 15 DAYS AFTER THEIR DELINQUENT ONE TIME.

THAT WOULD BE THE CITY FOLLOWING ITS PROCESS, NOT AN AVENUE WHERE SOMEONE ELSE WAS DIRECTING THE CITY'S PROCESS.

MIC IS NOT ON.

SO SAY IT GOES TO DELINQUENT WITH THE LANDOWNER OR THE PROPERTY OWNER GETS NOTIFIED.

CAN THEY CALL UP AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS IS YOU GUYS SHUT IT OFF AFTER 12 DAYS OR WHATEVER IT IS.

PLEASE DON'T LET IT GO PAST OR? IT WOULD BE FOLLOWING OUR PROCESS THAT WE.

ANYWAY, SO Y'ALL FOLLOW THAT PROCESS REGARDLESS ANYWAYS.

YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A PROCESS YOU CAN FOLLOW OR IF IT'S A PROCESS WE WILL FOLLOW.

IT'S AN INTERNAL POLICY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN CLEANED UP.

PERFECT. THIS COMPLEMENTS THAT POLICY SO THAT WE GET THAT FINAL PAYMENT.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOOD WITH IT.

DID WE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, JAKE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2023-04-10.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. THAT PASSES.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDER TAKING APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR BANKING SERVICES.

[7. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR BANKING SERVICES.]

WE CYCLE WHO MANAGES THEM FOR US.

SO WE'RE ASKING YOU GUYS TO APPROVE US TO PROCEED WITH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR BANKING SERVICES.

AND ONCE WE AWARD, THE PROCESS WILL START ON JUNE 26TH OF CHANGING OVER WITH SERVICE TO BEGIN AUGUST 1ST OF 2023.

FIRST FINANCIAL BANK.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ARE YOU SAYING WE'RE JUST GOING OUT FOR LIKE A BID TO SEE WHO'S GOING TO HANDLE IT OR? GOING OUT FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.

WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE OF OUR NEEDS AND WE WANT TO ADVERTISE AND SEE WHO CAN MEET THOSE NEEDS.

THEY'LL MAKE A PROPOSAL TO US.

WE'LL SELECT THE MOST APPROPRIATE AND THEN AWARD THE BID ON OR ABOUT JUNE 26TH OF 2023, AND THEN WE'LL HOPE TO HAVE THEM TAKE OVER SERVICE AUGUST 1ST OF 23.

THE FIRST FINANCIAL. I THINK THAT THAT IS A REALLY SMART MOVE BECAUSE WE COULD GET BETTER SERVICE AND WE COULD GET BETTER DEALS AND WE COULD GET BETTER INTEREST RATE THAT WE OPEN THAT UP FOR PEOPLE TO BID ON.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT PERSONALLY.

THANK YOU. COULD WE INVITE FIRST FINANCIAL BACK TO THE TABLE? HEY, THESE ARE OUR? OF COURSE.

ABSOLUTELY. WE DON'T HAVE TO VACATE THEM FOR FIVE YEARS.

NOT NECESSARILY. OKAY.

RIGHT. WHAT? AND USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS OUR NEEDS CHANGE AS TECHNOLOGY COMES AVAILABLE OR OUR NEEDS SHIFT.

IT'S NICE TO PUT THESE IN PLAY EVERY NOW AND THEN TO SEE IF WE CAN CHANGE THE WAY WE'RE DOING BUSINESS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT.

DO THEY DO OUR CREDIT CARD PROCESSING? I REMEMBER I THINK IT WAS MAYBE YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE NINE DIFFERENT CREDIT CARD PROCESSORS.

COURTS HAS A DIFFERENT ONE THAN UTILITIES, HAS A DIFFERENT ONE THAN PLANNING AND ZONING.

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GOING TO BE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR NEXT ONE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN RFP JUST FOR PROCUREMENT CREDIT CARDS.

SO THAT'S COMING NEXT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

COMING TO A MEETING NEAR YOU.

AND NOT ONLY WILL THIS RFP COMPLEMENT THE CASELLE FINANCIAL SOFTWARE UPDATE, BUT ALSO THE CREDIT CARD COMPANY CHANGE.

EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

THAT'S VERY WEIRDLY WORDED.

I HAVE FULL FAITH THAT YOU CAN WORD IT BETTER.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR BANKING SERVICES.

LOVE IT. IT'S A GREAT MOTION.

OH, WE HAVEN'T EVEN A SECOND ON THAT.

THAT'S GOOD. SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION OTHER THAN IT BEING EXCELLENT? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN.

ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL.

THAT PASSES. ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDER AND TAKE AN ACTION FOR REAPPOINTMENT OF WISE COUNTY WATER SUPPLY BOARD.

[8. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF REAPPOINTMENT OF WISE COUNTY WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO A TWO YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE APRIL 2025:]

WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION TO OR IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT.

OTHERWISE, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE THREE PEOPLE LISTED FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. AND ITEM 9, CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPOINT CHRISTINA MERCER TO THE PARKS BOARD.

[9. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPOINT KRISTINA MERCER TO THE PARKS BOARD.]

AND THIS IS THE APPLICANT THEY DECIDED ON AND THE OTHER TWO APPLICANTS WERE VERY OPEN ABOUT THAT THEY WOULD STILL LIKE TO BE PART OF IT AND EVERYTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP.

OTHER QUESTIONS.

YES, DEFINITELY.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE WE APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF CHRISTINA MERCER TO THE PARKS BOARD.

I HAVE A MOTION. I HAVE A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT.

ITEM 10 RECEIVE GRANT UPDATE REPORT ON TWO ITEMS THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

[10. RECEIVE GRANT UPDATE REPORT AND TAKE ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING TWO GRANT PROGRAMS:]

THIS IS A PRODUCT OF THAT RELATIONSHIP COMING BEFORE YOU.

THE FIRST ONE IS FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

IT'S A REBATE GRANT PROGRAM.

THIS GRANT PROGRAM, IN A NUTSHELL, WOULD HELP US TO REPLACE ANY ON ROAD OR OFF ROAD VEHICLE THAT HAS A LESS THAN FAVORABLE EMISSIONS SCORE.

SO THINK ABOUT A PUBLIC WORKS TRACTOR OR DOZER THAT HAS TERRIBLE EMISSIONS.

WE COULD APPLY FOR THE REBATE TO REPLACE THAT AND IT WOULD BE EITHER 80% COST ON THEIR SIDE, COVER 20% ON OURS, OR THERE IS A SCALE DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT IT IS.

BUT 80/20 COST SHARE IS THE MAX ON THAT GRANT AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

THE COUNTY'S ALREADY APPROVED THIS AT COMMISSIONERS COURT.

JUST ASKING THAT IF WE APPROVE THIS ITEM AS A WHOLE, YOU ALLOW US TO PARTICIPATE IN APPLYING FOR THAT GRANT.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE FIRST ONE.

THERE'S A LOT OF ACRONYMS. IF I SPIT OUT AN ACRONYM, PLEASE CORRECT ME WITH WHAT IT MEANS ON YOUR BEHALF.

SO THE BRIC PROGRAM, BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE AS PART OF OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECT IS TO HIRE A CONSULTANT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY TO IDENTIFY ELECTRICAL OR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION STRATEGIES.

THE GRANT WE'RE GOING OUT FOR IS NO COST TO EITHER AGENCY, AND IT IS THROUGH THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

IF THAT IS AWARDED, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO PURSUE GRANTS SUCH AS THE FEMA BRIC PROGRAM.

BASICALLY, WHAT WE WOULD HAVE IS A LIST OF ENERGY PROJECTS THAT WE COULD IMMEDIATELY APPLY FOR FEMA FUNDING FOR READY AT THE READY.

SO RIGHT NOW, WE THINK THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE WOULD WANT AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT OR WE THINK WE KNOW WHERE WE WOULD WANT A HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECT.

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SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU ALLOW US TO PARTICIPATE IN BOTH OF THOSE IF YOU APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 10.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I FEEL LIKE ANY TIME THAT WE CAN GET ASSISTANCE THROUGH GRANTS, THAT'S A GOOD THING.

I FEEL LIKE THE WHOLE COUNCIL SUPPORTS THAT.

SO. I DON'T WHY ARE WE WORRIED ABOUT CLEAN ENERGY NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN.

IT FOR FOR CLARITY, MR. CARPENTER, IT WOULD NOT ONLY BE CLEAN ENERGY, THE FEMA PROGRAM ADDRESSES THINGS LIKE LOW WATER CROSSINGS SUCH AS THE ONE ON THOMPSON STREET TO ALLOW FOR AUTOMATIC GATES OR CAMERAS TO MONITOR THE SITUATION GOING ON THERE.

THERE'S A VERY WIDE RANGE OF THINGS WE COULD APPLY FOR HAZARD MITIGATION FUNDING FOR.

WOULD THIS BE APPLICABLE FOR ANYTHING COMING IN THROUGH EDC? COULD IT BE? IT'S POSSIBLE FROM A RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDPOINT, ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE PUT OUR EYES ON WAS BASICALLY A GENERATOR THAT HAD MULTIPLE SOURCES OF POWER SOLAR, NATURAL GAS AND DIESEL FUEL.

THAT WAS THE SIZE OF A C CRATE AND IT COULD BE PUT IN AT THE EDC OR THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, RATHER, AND BE USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF EMERGENCY POWER.

THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS WE COULD GO AFTER.

THE BIG KEY IS HAVING THAT CONSULTANT ON BOARD TO HELP US IDENTIFY AND REFINE OUR REQUESTS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? LOOK FOR A MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE TWO GRANT PROGRAMS AND PROCEED AS STATED AS IN THESE TWO. BULLET POINTS. THANK YOU.

I'LL SECOND. GOT A SECOND HERE FROM MR. CARPENTER, WHO CAME AHEAD BY A NOSE ON THAT SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

VERY GOOD. THAT PASSES.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

MAYOR. YES, I WAS LOOKING FOR TWO THINGS MY SHEET OF PAPER TO PUT IN A TIME AND MY PHONE.

7:01 WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:01.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.