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ALL RIGHT. WELCOME, EVERYBODY.
[CALL TO ORDER]
I'VE GOT US AT 5:30 TO OPEN UP OUR MEETING.IF YOU WOULD ABLE, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK THREE SPECIAL GUESTS CLAYTON, COLTON, DRAYTON AND COLTON.
I SHOULD GET THIS REALLY EASILY TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
ALLEGIANCE]THANK YOU. THAT GETS US TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHERE WE WILL BE SWEARING IN SOME NEW FIREFIGHTERS.
OH, I'M SO EXCITED TO GET YOU GUYS SWORN IN.
ARE YOU GUYS EXCITED ABOUT THIS? APPARENTLY EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR SOME REPORTS FIRST.
CAN I SAY ONE THING? ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I KNEW THEY WERE ALL FIREFIGHTERS BY ONE FACIAL FEATURE.
AND YEAH, IT'S NOT THE HAT ON THEIR HEAD THAT SAYS FIREFIGHTER.
IT'S NOT THAT. IT'S NOT THE EYES.
I'M GOING TO GO BACK ONE PAGE AND WE'LL START OFF WITH A REPORT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
[Fire Department – Hear and discuss quarterly report by Fire Chief Deroy Bennett including relevant and follow-up discussion with Council and other staff.]
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PLACE TO START, CHIEF.THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THIS IS OUR SECOND QUARTER REPORT TONIGHT.
THIS YEAR WE'RE SITTING AT 726 FIRST HALF.
LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 1433 AND FIRST HALF THIS YEAR, 1588 KEY THERE.
WE'RE TICKING UP JUST A LITTLE BIT ALL THE TIME.
SO IF WE ADD TO PROJECTIONS, WE'LL WE'LL GO OVER 3000.
A BIG KEY THAT WE CONTINUE TO TRACK IS THE OVERLAPPING CALLS.
24 TIMES IN THIS LAST QUARTER WE HAD TWO OR MORE CALLS GOING AT ONCE.
SO SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE NEW PLATFORM SYSTEM THAT WE WERE IMPLEMENTING.
WE WENT LIVE WITH THAT ON JUNE THE 9TH.
OTHER IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME REALLY COOL GRAPHS, BUT GOING LIVE IN JUNE THE 9TH, IN THE MIDDLE OF A MONTH, IN THE MIDDLE OF A QUARTER, THEY DID NOT LOOK VERY PRETTY AT ALL. SO BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IN THIS HOT MAP THAT THE NEW SYSTEM GENERATES, IT CAPTURES CALLS AS THEY HIT IN MULTIPLES.
SO RIGHT BELOW WHERE THE RED IS AND I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU RIGHT IN THERE IS WHERE STATION TWO IS.
SO IT LINES UP WITH ALL OF OUR CALCULATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN.
ENTERPRISE. THE EAST SIDE OF 287.
THIS DATES BACK FROM THE BEGINNING OF BUDGET UNTIL THE 15TH OF THIS MONTH.
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IS AT 514 .05 OPERATIONS, WHICH IS OUR CAPTAINS.
559.55. CAREER FIREFIGHTERS 1009 17.65 PART TIME IS AT 409.33.
AND THEN OUR VOLUNTEER STAFF AT 39.91 BEING A TOTAL OF 3440 HOURS.
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TO THEM. I KNOW MR. HILTON RIGHT NOW IS DOING A WHOLE LOT.SO I'M SAYING HE'S PROBABLY NEARING HIS RENEWAL.
THAT'S HOW WE SEE THAT NORMALLY.
SO THAT'S ALSO PROVIDED YOU WITH A MORE ITEMIZED BREAKDOWN BY PERSON AND CLASSES.
THEY JUST TRANSITIONED TO PART TIME.
THEY ARE THE TWO FULL TIME SPOTS THAT WE ARE FILLING.
SO THAT WAS HOURS THAT WE HAD PROVIDED THEM BEFORE THEY LEFT.
PREVENTION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.
CHIEF MERCER HAD 49 INSPECTIONS OVER THE QUARTER, 20 COE OR CERTIFICATE OCCUPANCIES, 13 PUBLIC EVENTS, 35 DEVELOPMENT OR PREVENTION MEETINGS GOING ON ALL THE TIME, ATTENDED CAREER DAYS FIVE TIMES IN THE SCHOOLS.
AND THEN WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CPR CLASSES WITH A TOTAL OF 24 STUDENTS.
SO YOU AS COUNCIL AND I'VE BEEN TELLING SOME OF THE STAFF, YOU MAY HEAR ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS A NEW PROJECT THAT WE JUST SIGNED ON ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
PRETEND LIKE THIS IS A THIRD PARTY INSPECTION CONTRACTOR THAT'S NEVER ON SITE.
THAT DOESN'T COST US ANY MONEY.
SO WHAT THEY DO IS THROUGH MAIL PHONE CALLS IS THEY WORK TO MAINTAIN THROUGH SERVICE PROVIDERS THE COMPANIES THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING THE INSPECTIONS OF SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, ALARM SYSTEMS, PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
THOSE ARE COMMON THINGS THAT WE FIND ON INSPECTIONS, WHICH USUALLY DRIVES A REINSPECTION.
SO WITH THEM, THEY WORK WITH THOSE PROVIDERS.
AND THEN ONCE THOSE PROVIDERS GET THAT STUFF UPDATED, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO ENTER IT.
SO THEN TO THE RIGHT, YOU WILL SEE A STATUS PAGE THAT WE CAN CONSTANTLY LOG INTO AND MANAGE AND LOOK AT THE SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN. HOPEFULLY BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF RE INSPECTIONS WITH OUR NEW INSPECTOR AND CHIEF MERCER, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET CLOSER TO THAT 100% COMPLIANCE FOR A YEAR, WHICH IS HUGE TOWARDS THAT ISO RATING.
AND I KEEP REMINDING YOU THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO DRIVE THAT ISO TO A ONE AT SOME POINT TO THE LEFT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE LETTER THAT THEY ACTUALLY EMAIL SEND OUT IN ORDER TO HELP GAIN COMPLIANCES WITH THE DIFFERENT VENDORS.
IF YOU DON'T HANDLE IT IN 30 DAYS, THEN I'LL PROBABLY JUST COME SEE YOU.
SO SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, OF COURSE, MAY WAS HUGE BECAUSE WE ONE OF OUR BIG THINGS IS WE HOST THIRD GRADE FROM ALL OF THE ELEMENTARIES. THEY COME ON VARIOUS DAYS, WE HAVE VARIOUS GAMES AND FEED THEM HOT DOGS AND THEN THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
WE'VE HAD FOOD TRUCK CHALLENGE AND OBVIOUSLY FIREWORKS.
I HAD TO THROW THAT PICTURE AND THAT WAS REALLY COOL.
TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HOSTED LEADERSHIP DECATUR THROUGH THE CHAMBER.
THEY DID ROPE TRAINING, HOSE, WATER SUPPLIES, DID SOME HISTORICAL STUFF WITH THEM.
AND SO FAR I GET THE RETURN THAT WE'VE BEEN VOTED THE BEST VISIT AS WE WERE THE FIRST YEAR.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S ALWAYS FRIENDLY COMPETITIONS THAT OCCUR.
AND THEY SHOULD HAVE CALLED ME OUT.
I RAN UP THERE AND PUT SOME MONEY IN SO WE COULD HAVE PULLED THIS ONE OFF, BUT THEY DIDN'T.
SO BACK IN MAY WE LOST TWO FULL TIME MEMBERS.
IT'S A COMMON THING THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THROUGH THE YEARS.
THEY MAKE MORE CALLS, THEY MAKE MORE MONEY, AND THEY GO.
SO THIS TIME WE DECIDED TO DO A HIRING PROCESS.
ONE OF THE THINGS, IF WE ACCEPT A SAFER GRANT, WE HAVE 90 DAYS TO HIRE THOSE 12.
SO IT WAS A GOOD TEST RUN RIGHT NOW, ONE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WE COULD DRAW.
AND WE DREW SOME GREAT ONES AND SEE HOW MANY.
12 OPTED OUT OF THE PROCESS BEFORE THEY GOT THERE.
26 WENT THROUGH THE INITIAL WHICH ONE OF THEM BEING PATTY SAID, HAVE SEVERAL FALL OUT OF THAT.
SO WE WENT WITH 17 TO MOVED ON TO INTERVIEWS.
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OUT OF THAT, THE COMMITTEE BASED SOLELY OUT OF THE STAFF AND OPERATIONS, BROUGHT ADMIN STAFF THE TOP SIX WHERE WE SELECTED THE TOP TWO.AND THEN I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INSPECTOR AND HOW WE GOT THAT OUT OF THERE TOO.
WE ALSO OFFERED FOUR PART TIME JOBS THAT HAVE ACCEPTED TO HELP BUILD THAT UP FOR COVERAGE.
QUESTIONS. IT'S EXCELLENT REPORT.
THANK YOU. AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO CLIMB THE LADDER, WE'LL KEEP IT HERE.
WE GOT TO TAKE HER LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY.
[Planning – Hear and discuss quarterly report as presented by Planning Director Ragland, including relevant and follow-up discussion with Council and other staff regarding the following items: • Planning applications processed, including plats, zoning changes, sign variances, subdivision variances, design standards variances, and annexation cases; site plans/building permit reviews; and ordinance/policy amendments.]
GOOD AFTERNOON. HI.THIS IS OUR MONTHLY AND YEARLY TOTALS.
WE ARE TRACKING PRETTY GOOD WITH LAST YEAR IN 2022.
FOR THIS QUARTER, WE DID RECEIVE 39 APPLICATIONS FOR APRIL, MAY AND JUNE.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF OUR PLANNING APPLICATIONS REVIEWED BY YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE STILL TRACKING FAIRLY DECENT IN TERMS OF FEES THAT WE COLLECTED.
IT WAS OVER $10,000 FOR THE QUARTER.
UM. AND THEN FOR THE YEAR 22,407.
AND SINCE WE'RE MID-YEAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN 2022 WE COLLECTED 39,000.
SO WE SHOULD BE RIGHT IN THAT RANGE, IF NOT A LITTLE BIT MORE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS JUST THE INFORMATION IN TABULAR FORM.
AGAIN, FOR THIS QUARTER, 39 APPLICATIONS YEAR TO DATE, 77 AND LAST YEAR WE HAD 76.
SAME INFORMATION PER MONTH FOR 2022 AND 2023.
NEXT SLIDE. IN TERMS OF THE APPLICATIONS PROCESS AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
OF COURSE, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS, BUT IN APRIL WE HAD FOUR APPLICATIONS WHICH INCLUDED A COMP PLAN AMENDMENT, TWO VARIANCE APPLICATIONS AND A ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION IN MAY.
WE ALSO HAD FOUR APPLICATIONS.
THE LEGAL TEAM HAS PROCESSED THE RIGHT OF WAY ANNEXATION FOR HIGHWAY 380 AND THEN WE HAD A REPLAT AND TWO VARIANCE APPLICATIONS. AND THEN IN JUNE WE SAW THE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS BEING PROCESSED TO COMP PLAN AMENDMENTS.
PRELIMINARY. PLAT THREE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS.
AND THEN ONE ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION.
NEXT SLIDE. IN TERMS OF OUR GIS.
NEXT SLIDE. HE CONTINUES TO BE OF GREAT ASSISTANCE.
NEXT SLIDE. HE'S BEEN HELPING MAIN STREET AND ALSO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND SOMETIMES EDC WITH MAPS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW PLAN REVIEWS.
AND IN TERMS OF PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS, WE STILL DO OUR MEETINGS VIA ZOOM.
THAT SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL, ESPECIALLY FOR THE OUT OF TOWN DEVELOPERS.
NEXT SLIDE. WE'VE COMPLETED AGAIN THE SIGN ORDINANCE.
WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT CERTAIN ZONING AMENDMENTS.
WE FORWARDED THOSE TO THE LEGAL TEAM.
SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE BRINGING THOSE BEFORE YOU GUYS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THIS IS TO MATCH WHAT OUR DECATUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS RECOMMENDING, A ZONING AMENDMENT TO ALLOW LIGHT INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING IN THE C-2 THOROUGHFARE ZONING DISTRICT WITH AN APPROVED SUP.
NEXT SLIDE. UM, WE'VE GOT IN THAT LIST.
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THE REST OF THOSE APPLICATIONS YOU SHOULD BE SEEING IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR VISTA PARK, THEIR FINAL PLAT ON WEDNESDAY, BUT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO MEET THE STATE MANDATE AND THEN PALOMA TRAILS AND PALOMA TRAILS HAS SUBMITTED THEIR FINAL PLAT.
WE'VE GIVEN THEM COMMENTS THAT SHOULD BE COMING TO PNC AUGUST 1ST AND THEN THE MARVEL PROJECT.
WE'RE KIND OF WAITING ON THEM.
WE CAN'T REALLY GIVE THEM A DEADLINE PER STATE LAW, SO WHENEVER THEY SUBMIT IT, THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AND THEN FORWARD IT TO YOU GUYS. IN TERMS OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS, AGAIN, SIGN ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED ON JUNE 26TH.
COMMUNICATION ORDINANCE REWRITE.
WE'RE ASSISTING PUBLIC WORKS ON THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE REWRITE AND THEN AS SOON AS.
WAYNE STARTS ON THE OIL AND GAS WELL ORDINANCE.
WE WILL BE ASSISTING WITH THAT AS WELL.
UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASSIST WITH THE DEER PARK PD TOWNHOMES.
THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD PRETTY SOON.
YOU APPROVED THE AMENDMENT LAST MONTH.
BISHOP HEIGHTS, MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE SPOKEN TO THE ENGINEER AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR PROJECT.
THE DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE.
PALOMA TRAILS. THEY'RE WORKING ACTIVELY.
THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN VISTA PARK, AS SOON AS THEIR FINAL PLAT GETS ADOPTED, I SUSPECT THEY'LL BE READY TO.
JUMP ON IT. SO AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FAST TRACKING THE EDC PROJECTS.
NEXT SLIDE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ONE AWESOME JOB.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT TWO, HOW ARE WE DOING ON FINDING A SECOND PLANNER? THAT POSITION HAS BEEN OPEN FOR A WHILE AND WE'VE REALLY NOT.
GOTTEN A WHOLE LOT OF INTEREST OR QUALIFIED.
THAT'S IT. I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE.
YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT OPEN.
AND I'M GOING TO START CALLING AROUND AND ASKING PEOPLE THAT I KNOW TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.
THANK YOU. DEDRA YOU'RE WELCOME.
[Building Inspections – Hear and discuss quarterly report by Chief Building Official Wayne Smith including relevant and follow-up discussion with Council and other staff.]
WAYNE. GOOD EVENING.GOOD EVENING. YOU DO THE CLICKER.
I'LL HANDLE IT. OKAY, SO SECOND QUARTER REPORT FOR BUILDING INSPECTIONS.
THERE WE GO. GOT A LITTLE BIT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S WORKING IN RIGHT NOW.
GOT A NEW HOUSE THAT'S GOING UP RIGHT DOWN HERE ON CHURCH STREET.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE LOT THAT'S CLEARED OFF ON THAT.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THEY SHOULD BE STARTING ON THAT PRETTY SOON.
AS FAR AS OUR PERMITTING FOR THE YEAR, WE'RE AHEAD OF WHERE WE USUALLY ARE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT AS WE MOVE THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER TOTALS THAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
BUT WE'RE AT ABOUT 383 PERMITS ISSUED FOR 2023 COMPARED TO 305 FOR LAST YEAR.
UH, PLAN REVIEWS ARE ON THE INCREASE.
AND SO WE ARE SEEING MOVEMENT IN THAT DIRECTION.
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OUT OF THE CONTRACTORS.BUT WE DO HAVE SOME LARGER PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD.
I'VE GOT SEVERAL OF THEM THAT ARE JUST WAITING TO SUBMIT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WAITING ON.
THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS.
THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED ON THEIR PLANNING.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO SUBMIT BUILDING PLANS.
AND WE DO EXPECT TO SEE THEM MOVING FORWARD AS WE GO.
7 TO 8. $8 MILLION DOWN FROM VALUATION YEAR OVER LAST YEAR.
AND THAT DOES TRANSLATE INTO LOWER PERMIT FEES WHEN YOU HAVE THE SMALLER PROJECTS THAT COME IN.
THE PERMIT FEES JUST AREN'T COMING IN LIKE THEY DID LAST YEAR.
I DO EXPECT A UPTICK HERE AT THE END OF THIS NEXT QUARTER BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR ALSO.
BUT NOTHING'S GUARANTEED TILL WE GET IT IN AND ON THE BOOKS.
INSPECTIONS. THOSE TWO ARE UP.
THOSE THAT'S A REFLECTION OF THE SMALLER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND YOU'RE SEEING MORE PERMITS ISSUED OFF OF THAT AND THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS ARE GOING UP.
SO WE'RE ABOUT NEARLY 200 INSPECTIONS FURTHER ALONG THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR.
UPDATE ON THE BUILDING INSPECTION SIDE.
BUILDING INSPECTIONS IS A FULL STAFFING NOW.
HE'S COME IN AND DONE A GREAT JOB FOR US AS BUILDING INSPECTOR, AND IT'S ALLOWED ME MORE TIME TO WORK ON PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES IN OUR DEPARTMENT. AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THOSE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AND PROVIDING SOME GUIDANCE AS WE GO THROUGH THEIR OUR PERMITTING SOFTWARE.
MYGOV NOTIFIED US LAST MONTH THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER SUPPORT THE VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE ON AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO THEY WILL BE GOING OFFLINE NO LATER THAN JANUARY 20TH, 25.
THAT DOES GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO WORK THROUGH THIS.
WE HOPE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO 2 TO 3 BY SEPTEMBER AND THEN BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A SOLUTION IN PLACE WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
LARGE PROJECTS. MEDALS, LIKE I SAID, IS SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN THIS YEAR.
MOVES US ON TO THE HEALTH INSPECTIONS DIVISION.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO SPREAD THOSE OUT THROUGH THE YEAR WHERE WE CAN.
WE ADD A FEW MORE RESTAURANTS HERE, WE LOSE ONE THERE AND SO IT STAYS ABOUT THE SAME.
WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE IN THAT.
AND SO THAT'S A POSITIVE SIGN ON THAT.
A NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS THAT WE'VE GOT.
WE DID. WE WERE DOWN IN THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS WE HAD LAST YEAR, BUT WE'VE GOT THEM BACK UP THIS YEAR WITH TOTALS COMING OUT TO 122 SO FAR.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, 31 POOL INSPECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
ALL INSPECTIONS THIS QUARTER WERE PERFORMED IN HOUSE.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT THROUGH SOME THIRD PARTIES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH SOME STATE INSPECTORS THAT WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH AND SOME OTHER CITIES THAT ARE HELPING US WHEN WE NEED THOSE THAT INPUT FROM THEM.
BUT EVERYTHING WAS DONE IN HOUSE AND THEN REVIEWED OFF OF THAT, THE PROFESSIONAL FOOD SAFETY INSPECTOR CERTIFICATION THAT JOHNNY'S WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THE OTHER DAY.
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THERE WERE TWO NEW FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS THIS QUARTER.CEFCO AND THE COUNTY SEAT BOTH HAVE HEALTH PERMITS THAT WENT ALONG WITH THOSE OPENINGS.
HE'S MADE SOME INNOVATIONS THAT MAY MAKE THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
HE'S BEEN A VERY GOOD FIT IN THAT POSITION, AND SO WE'RE REAL HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT.
COMING ALONG IN HEALTH INSPECTIONS.
CLOSED CASES AND OPEN CASES FOR THIS QUARTER.
WE HAD A SECOND QUARTER, HAD 84 NEW CASES OPENED, CLOSED A TOTAL OF 70 FOR THE YEAR TO DATE TOTAL ON THAT OF 105 CASES CLOSED COMES OUT TRANSLATES TO AN 85% CLOSURE RATE.
AND SO THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD RATE FOR CLOSING CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES.
HOW? WEEDS AND GRASS, OF COURSE.
ALWAYS IN THE SUMMERTIME, YOU SEE AN UPTICK IN THAT WORKING WITHOUT A PERMIT FEE.
WE STILL HAVE A FEW OF THOSE EVERY NOW AND THEN THAT WE FIND.
AND SO WE POLICE THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
CODE ENFORCEMENT UPDATES HAD FIRST MEETING OF OUR BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION IN JUNE.
BUT WE HAD THE FIRST MEETING THIS YEAR BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSIONS.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME CASES RIGHT NOW.
THEY'LL HEAR THEIR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IN AUGUST.
AND SO FAR, WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TRAINING, A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT AND GIVING THEM SOME IDEAS.
YOU'LL SEE A RECOMMENDATION COMING FROM THEM.
WE ARE REEVALUATING THE ILLA WITH PARADISE.
WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
THEN WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR HERE.
SO WE'RE REGROUPING TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER METHOD THAT MIGHT WORK OUT BETTER FOR THAT.
STILL PROVIDE THEM WITH A WAY THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE THAT SERVICE FOR THEIR SELVES WITH THE END GOAL BEING THAT THEY ARE SELF SUFFICIENT ON THAT AND NOT THAT WE ARE CONTINUALLY WORKING IN THEIR JURISDICTION.
WE DID START KEEPING TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF SIGNS THAT WE ARE REMOVING.
SO RIGHT AT THE END OF JUNE, I TALKED TO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND TOLD HIM WE NEED TO REALLY TRACK THIS AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A FEE THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED WITH THAT THROUGH THE NEW ORDINANCE FOR SOMEONE THAT PLACES A SIGN IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, OR AT LEAST TO GET THOSE SIGNS BACK.
BUT. IN JULY ALONE, WE PICKED UP 114 SIGNS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
HE COMES BACK EVERY FRIDAY WITH A PICKUP LOAD FULL OF THEM.
WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD A SUGGESTED FEE DURING THE NEXT FEE SCHEDULE UPDATE THAT WE HAVE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE TIME OF YEAR IT IS, BUT IT'S AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS INVOLVING POOLS AND SPECIFICALLY POOLS THAT ARE NOT SECURED, DON'T HAVE A FENCE AROUND THEM, STILL HAVE THE LADDERS UP AND ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ANYBODY.
AND SO WE'VE PURSUED THAT VERY DILIGENTLY.
WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY AND DON'T WANT DECATUR TO BE ON NATIONAL NEWS FOR ANYTHING BAD.
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AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT.SO THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR RIGHT NOW, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
YES, SIR. SO, WAYNE, IN REGARDS TO THE IOA, IS THERE ENOUGH REVENUE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER POSITION FOR THOSE? MUNICIPALITIES TO OFFSET THE COST OF HAVING ANOTHER.
UM. I GUESS WHO ELSE BESIDES PARADISE IS INTERESTED IN HAVING YOUR SERVICES BEING RENDERED? WE WERE CONTACTED BY THE CITY OF ALBERT.
WE DO HAVE A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE REQUESTED IN THE BUDGET, WHICH WOULD SPLIT BETWEEN BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT. BUT WE HAVE ENOUGH WORK, RIGHT, THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT.
SURE THERE'S NOT A LOT TO BE GAINED THROUGH AN LA LIKE THAT.
IT JUST IT'S MOSTLY AN ASSISTANCE TO THAT CITY.
I KIND OF GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT WITH THIS.
I'LL CHANGE UP IS THAT WE PROVIDE THEM IN ORDER TO BECOME A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER REGISTERED WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU HAVE TO WORK UNDER A REGISTERED CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
YOU BECOME A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN TRAINING AND SPEND TWO YEARS UNDER THAT TUTELAGE.
WELL, FINDING THAT ORIGINAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND MAINTAINING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE, WHICH THEIR DIRECT SUPERVISION HAS TO BE A REGISTERED CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. YES, SIR.
WE WOULD PROVIDE THAT REGISTRATION FOR THEM.
LET THEM COME AND RIDE WITH US, CHECK PROPERTIES WHEN NEEDED WITH THEM.
BUT THESE ARE STILL IDEALS THAT WE'RE WORKING OUT AND HAVEN'T REALLY PUSHED THEM OUT YET.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.
SO THAT GETS US TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND AIRPORT.
[Public Works and Airport – Hear and discuss quarterly report by Public Works Director/Airport Manager Greg Hall, including relevant and follow-up discussion with Council and other staff.]
GREG. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.JUST FOR THE RECORD, DEROY BENNETT'S PRESENTATION WAS 14 MINUTES.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SOMEBODY START THE TIMER.
I'M ON THE FIRST SLIDE I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THE WATER TOWER PROJECT.
WE'RE TRACKING THE CONTRACTORS TRACKING TO HAVE THIS THING COMMISSIONED BY THE MIDDLE OF.
UM, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER.
SO HOPEFULLY I HAVE THIS THING IN SERVICE, MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER.
SO WE'LL KEEP WATCHING THAT PROGRESS AND HOPEFULLY THAT HAPPENS.
I'M JUST AN UPDATE ON THE FIBER OPTICS PROJECTS.
SO NEXT LINK, THEIR LATEST PROJECTION IS EARLY NOVEMBER TO BE COMPLETE.
AND ONE SOURCE AND HUNT COMMUNICATION.
THEY HAVE AN END OF OCTOBER COMPLETION DATE.
SO. THEY SEEM LIKE THEY'VE SLOWED.
IT'S HARD OUT THERE AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE SLOWED DOWN A LOT.
THEY'RE NOT JUST BLOWING AND GOING EVERYWHERE, BUT STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO FINISH UP.
SO ON THE ROSE AVENUE APARTMENTS, THE CONTRACTOR IS WORKING ON THE OFF SITE SANITARY SEWER.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THEM WORKING ALONG IN FRONT OF LOWE'S ON THE BUSINESS ROUTE.
THAT'S THE FORCE MAIN FOR THAT LIFT STATION THAT ROSE AVENUE APARTMENTS OF DRAIN INTO.
THEY HAVEN'T STARTED THE LIFT STATION UPGRADES YET, BUT THAT'LL BE COMING PRETTY SOON.
VISTA PARK, PHASE ONE, THE CIVIL PLANS ARE APPROVED AND OF COURSE THEY'VE DONE THE CLEARING AND GRADING STARTED THAT BISHOP HEIGHTS, THE CIVIC CIVIL PLANS ARE APPROVED AND HOPEFULLY THAT THING WILL GET STARTED.
THAT'S THE MULTIFAMILY RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OF DEER PARK AND THOMPSON.
ALONG TRAILS IS OUT HERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.
CHISHOLM EDITION. THAT'S AT THE END OF THOMPSON AND DEER PARK.
THOSE CIVIL PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
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TO TRAVEL CENTER OUT SOUTH OF TOWN.AND THEN I MENTIONED THE THOMPSON STREET.
IT'S A 20 LOT SUBDIVISION AND THAT'S CLEARING AND GRADING IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE BUSY FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO START OUT WITH.
AND THEN. WE'LL PASS IT ON TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND.
SO ON. SO THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS OUR SAME LIST OF WORK ORDERS THAT YOU GUYS SEE EVERY MONTH.
SO TODAY I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO DATE.
WE'VE DONE 3425 WORK ORDERS, AND THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR IT'S 3056.
SO THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF, WHAT, 358 MORE THAN LAST YEAR TO THIS POINT.
AND JUST A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WHY THAT IS.
AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THE FIBER CONTRACTORS, BUT WE'VE HAD LIKE 98 MORE LINE LOCATES, 47 MORE SEWER STOPS, NOT ALL OF THOSE DUE TO FIBER PROJECT.
AND THEN 107 MORE WATER LEAKS THAN LAST YEAR TO THIS DATE.
SO KIND OF THE CHART ON THE RIGHT, THE PIE CHART ON THE RIGHT JUST KIND OF SHOWS, OF COURSE, OUR RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM ALL THE WORK ORDERS WE DO, BUT WE KIND OF BROKE IT DOWN. THE BLUE AREAS KIND OF INITIATED BY CITIZENS.
AND THEN 22% ARE KIND OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY STUFF.
SO IN MAY, THE AIRPORT HOSTED THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS.
IT'S AN ARMY PARACHUTE TEAM JUMP TEAM.
AND THEY WERE HERE FOR THREE DAYS AND I THINK THEY HAD A REAL GOOD TIME.
SO HE HAD A GOOD TIME DOING THAT AND WAS ABLE TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH IT.
SO. THAT WAS A GOOD TIME AND GOOD FOR THE AIRPORT.
JUST A REMINDER ON THE FUEL CELLS, WE GET FIVE $0.05 ON EVERY DOLLAR ON EVERY GALLON PUMP.
YES, SIR. WAS HE THE TOP OR THE BOTTOM WHEN THEY CAME OUT OF THERE? UM. I'M NOT SURE.
COULDN'T TELL BY THE PHOTO. I WAS JUST FOR MY EDIFICATION.
JUST A FEW LITTLE PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
OF COURSE, WE DID THE JOINT PROJECT WITH THE COUNTY ON MULBERRY.
WE HAD A LITTLE SPOT ON DEER PARK.
THAT WAS ALWAYS A DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE NIGHTMARE FOR US.
SO WE KIND OF PUT IN A CULVERT TO HELP THAT DRAINAGE.
SO. THAT'S WELL UNDERWAY AND WE'LL BE LOOKING TO PAVE THOSE IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO FINISH A LITTLE PROJECT UP BY THE POLICE STATION.
THERE WAS A DEAD END UP THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT IT INTO AN EXISTING LINE.
THEY'RE ONLY GETTING MAYBE 20 OR 40FT A DAY.
SO IN THE REC FUND, THERE'S $267,340.67.
THAT BALANCE INCLUDES A $200,000 DONATION WE HAVE FOR THE SKATE PARK.
SO WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN FUTURE MEETINGS.
AND THEN IN THE NEW PARKLAND DEDICATION, FEES ARE 78,209 AND PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES 117,442.
SO FOR THE BOND FUNDS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, OF COURSE, THE HARMON PARK PLAYGROUND IS COMPLETE.
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MEETINGS WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO KIND OF GET SOME IDEAS TOGETHER.STUFF THEY WANT OUT THERE ON THE SKATEPARK.
SO I THINK. THAT'S GOT A JULY 20TH, 25 COMPLETION DATE.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BEAT THAT BY A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT DONE.
SO BUT I'LL TRY TO OPEN UP AT THE SAME TIME.
THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE POOR FARM, WHICH WE'VE KIND OF RENAMED THE FARM AT RENSHAW PARK.
JUST REAL EARLY DISCUSSIONS THERE.
JUST KIND OF WE KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE, NOT NO DETAILS YET.
AND THEN AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT.
SO THEIR ANNUAL AVERAGE IS 741,000 GALLONS PER DAY OR 62%.
AND SO YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE 75% AND THE 90% RULE.
EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GOOD THERE.
EVERYTHING'S RUNNING PRETTY GOOD.
WE KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THOSE NUMBERS.
NEXT SLIDE. AT THE WATER PLANT.
SO WE HAVE A CAPACITY OF 3 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
THE YEAR TO DATE AVERAGE IS 1.3 MILLION GALLONS.
AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF PEAK DAYS AT TWO POINT MILLION.
WE MADE THAT A 2 OR 3 DAYS IN JUNE.
SO. WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD THERE.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT BOTH PLANT UPGRADES JUST AS THEY'RE NEEDED.
SO WE KEEP A REAL CLOSE EYE ON THE PLANTS.
NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN JUST SHOW YOU THE LAKE LEVEL.
THAT WAS US. JULY 13TH, IT WAS 73% FULL.
I SUSPECT IT'S LOWER THAN THAT TODAY.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF SIDE NOTES.
WE SHOULD BE GETTING THAT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR REVIEW.
AND SO WE WANT TO GET ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE REAL CLOSE TO STARTING.
WE HAVE SOME TRIALS, CELLULAR METERS.
I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THOSE BEFORE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT ABOUT.
YOU SEE ONE, TWO, ABOUT SEVEN OF THOSE HERE PRETTY SOON AND THEN A FEW OTHERS AT OTHER PLACES.
SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
AND I KNOW GETTING NATE TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GREG.
[Finance – Hear and discuss quarterly report by Ana Canada, Finance Director, including relevant and follow-up discussion with Council and other staff.]
GOOD EVENING.SOME ARE THE SAME NEWS LIKE LAST QUARTER, SO I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT FAST.
SO HERE I JUST HAVE PROPERTY TAXES.
SALES TAXES IN FRANCHISE HOTEL MAKES ALL THAT.
PROPERTY TAXES ARE AT 98% AT THE END OF JUNE.
OUR FRANCHISE HOTEL MIXED DRINK TAXES ARE AT 92%.
SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS THREE QUARTERS OF THE BUDGET.
SO THOSE ARE PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS WITH CORE FINES.
I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE LATER ON THIS, BUT AS OF AS END OF JUNE IS 105%.
SO JUST KIND OF WENT OVER THE BUDGET.
THAT'S GOOD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
YOU KNOW, LIKE WAYNE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE COMMERCIAL FEES THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE CONFERENCE CENTER, 124%. SO THAT'S AMAZING FOR THE CONFERENCE CENTER.
NEXT SLIDE. HERE, JUST THE REVENUES.
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EVERYTHING IS WITHIN BUDGET OR AS FAR AS THE REVENUES, WE'RE RIGHT ON TARGET.JUST TO GIVE YOU THE IDEA, CONTINUE WITH 43% PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, 27% AND 13%, EVERYTHING ELSE.
AS FAR AS FRANCHISE, HOTEL AND MIXED BEVERAGE, THE NEXT ONE.
UH, UNDER GENERAL FUND REVENUES COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
STARTING WITH PROPERTY TAX, 4% SALES TAX, 11 OTHER TAXES 10%.
COURT FINES, 25 CONFERENCE CENTER, 25%.
AND THESE ONES ARE JUST COLLECTIONS FOR APRIL, MAY AND JUNE.
IS 10% INCREASE FOR MAY AND THEN IN JUNE IS 1,313%.
YES. AND THEN THIS ONE, AS FAR AS GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, EVERYTHING IS WITHIN BUDGET.
IN THE NEXT ONE. FOR UTILITIES, WE ARE 69%, PRETTY CLOSE TO 75%.
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT FLUCTUATES BECAUSE A HIGHER USE DURING THE SUMMER AND LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 67.
SO WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR ON THE UTILITIES, EVERYTHING.
SO THEY HAVE SPENT 2.9 MILLION FROM THAT BOND MONEY SO FAR.
THE NEXT ONE. FOR UTILITIES A YEAR, TODAY AND LAST YEAR.
EVERYTHING IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD.
THEY HAD PURCHASE OF A BACKHOE, BUT BADGER METERS, ELECTRIC MOTORS AND PUMPS SO.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO YEARS.
AND THEN ON THIS ONE, FOR UTILITY BILLING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CONNECTIONS A LITTLE HIGHER FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, NOT SO MUCH FOR MAY AND JUNE AS FAR AS FOR DISCONNECTS, THEY WERE ALL DOWN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
AND THEN WITH THE PAST FEW ACCOUNTS, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING UP AGAIN.
BUT THOSE ARE RENTAL PROPERTIES.
THE CHANGES IN THIS LAST QUARTER WAS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NO LONGER DOING THE DOOR HANGERS.
SO THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE RELYING ON IT, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MAINLY, LIKE I SAID, WITH RENTAL PROPERTIES.
THE NEXT ONE. YEAH, THESE ARE THE BIG NUMBERS WITH MUNICIPAL COURT IN APRIL.
IN MAY, IT WAS A 44% AND IN JUNE WAS 55.
ON THE CASE POST, THERE WAS A HIGH INCREASE.
180% JUST FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINES THAT THE CITY'S PORTION THAT WE COLLECT IN APRIL ALONE WAS 50%, MAY 80TH 9%, AND IN JUNE 57TH.
PULL STAFF, RIGHT? YES. PLEASE MENTION HIS REPORT TWO WEEKS AGO.
DEFINITELY. AND THEN THE GAZELLE UPDATE.
WE'RE ON THE SETUP PHASE, SO WE'RE JUST HAVING MORE WEEKLY MEETINGS AS WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND WE'RE PROJECTING TRAINING IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AND WE'RE STILL ON TRACK FOR GO LIVE ON OCTOBER 1ST.
AND. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR REGULAR PORTION OF OUR MEETING AT 6:21.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE OUR SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR OUR NEW FIREFIGHTERS, MR.
[1. SWEARING IN CEREMONY OF FIREFIGHTERS: • KOLTON MATCHETT • DREYTON STEWART • COLTON THOMAS]
[00:50:08]
MATCHETT, MR. STEWART AND MR. THOMAS.MAYOR COUNCIL. I WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY REAL QUICK AND KIND OF INTRODUCE THESE TO YOU.
COLTON THOMAS AND COLTON MATCHETT ACTUALLY CAME THROUGH OUR PROCESS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE THAT DID ALL OF THOSE INTERVIEWS.
THERE WAS 17 EXCEPTIONAL CANDIDATES.
IF WE HAD 17 OPENINGS, WE COULD HAVE FILLED THEM THAT DAY.
I SAID, WELL, YOU GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT.
MR. THOMAS AND MR. MAGIC CAME TO THE TOP AFTER SOME ADMIN INTERVIEWS, AND WE WERE LUCKY TO GET THEM.
MR. THOMAS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN WITH US AS A VOLUNTEER AND PART TIME FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION TO HIM, HE'S WAY UP IN THE MUNICIPAL CHAIN SUCH AS YOU.
I'M SORRY. HE IS ON THE CITY COUNCIL IN SAINT JOE.
SO WE USE HIS MUNICIPAL BRAIN A LOT.
MR. MAGIC COMES TO US FROM BONHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT.
HE WANTED TO COME THIS WAY BECAUSE OF HIM AND HIS BROTHER.
RUN A SHOW CATTLE INDUSTRY BETWEEN HERE AND TEXAS TECH.
DRAYTON WAS A PART OF OUR PROCESS AND ADMIN SET IN ON THE OPERATIONS INTERVIEWS.
THERE'S NOT MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD, IN THIS BUSINESS THAT WHEN YOU GET TO THE QUESTION, WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN FIVE YEARS OR TEN YEARS? AND HIS WAS ALL ABOUT BEING A FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE FROM HIS DAD, HIS BROTHER BEING INVOLVED IN THE SAME TYPE OF INDUSTRY.
AND I AM JUST WRITING AWAY AND JUST WRITING AND HE'S JUST GOING ON AND ON.
AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, WE CANNOT LET THIS KID GET AWAY.
SO I PRESENTED OUR INSPECTOR'S POSITION TO HIM AND I IMMEDIATELY HEARD THE EXCITEMENT.
AND I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT EXCITEMENT SINCE THEN.
ANOTHER GOOD MODEL FOR US THAT WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP HIM BEING A CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTER AND EMT.
WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A RESPONSE MODEL.
SO THERE'S A THREE NEW FOLKS TO DECATUR FIRE.
AND OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE SAY BRING FAMILY, FIRE BRINGS FAMILY.
IF YOU WILL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND JUST REPEAT AFTER ME.
THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF.
DECATUR FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WE'LL DO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND.
CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU, SIR. GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO ALSO PARTICIPATED WITH US TONIGHT.
[2. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A MANAGED CYBERSECURITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND THINKGARD.]
MAYOR AND COUNCIL.GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ITEM TWO AND THREE.
[00:55:03]
THEY GO TOGETHER, BUT THEY'RE SEPARATE CONTRACTS.ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONTRACT WITH THINK GUARD.
WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE NEED TO LEAN ON VENDORS, THIRD PARTY VENDORS TO ASSIST US WITH OUR IT SUPPORT. SO IN LIEU OF HIRING ADDITIONAL FULL TIME STAFF, IT'S MORE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE, MORE FISCALLY SOUND TO LEAN ON A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THINK GUARD, YOU'RE LOOKING AT CYBER SECURITY BACKSTOP.
THINK ABOUT BIG BROTHER OVER YOUR SHOULDER, MONITORING 24 OVER SEVEN, 365 FOR THREAT DETECTION, ANY TYPE OF PENETRATION INTO THE SYSTEM. AND THEN NOT ONLY DETECTING THAT, BUT IDENTIFYING IT AND RIDDING THE SYSTEM OF THOSE PROBLEMS. SO WE ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS FOR THIS CONTRACT WITH THINK GUARD.
IT'S 100,000 AND $800 FOR THREE YEARS, AND THOSE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. EXCELLENT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THINK GUARD SPECIFICALLY.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? IF NOT, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
LOOK FOR A MOTION. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH VANGUARD.
ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION SECOND, AND I HAVE A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT? SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED.
[3. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A MASTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND VC3, INC. RELATED TO COMPUTER SYSTEM AND NETWORK MAINTENANCE SERVICES, MANAGED SERVICES, SOFTWARE SERVICES, AND HARDWARE AS A SERVICE. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES]
ALL RIGHT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL VCC THREE IS THE SECOND HALF OF OUR CYBERSECURITY NEED BEING FILLED AGAIN IN LIEU OF HIRING FTES.PC MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE, SERVER MAINTENANCE CONSOLIDATION.
AND THINK ROADMAPPING LIKE HERE IS WHERE YOUR SYSTEM IS TODAY.
THE TERM WE'VE BEEN USING INTERNALLY IS FUTURE PROOFING OUR PLATFORM.
THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING EMAIL OFFICE CLIENT, MICROSOFT 365.
IT'S DIFFERENT FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, BUT IT'S STILL THE 365 PLATFORM THAT COMES WITH OUTLOOK, WORD, POWERPOINT, ONENOTE, AND THEN THE BACKUP PIECES TO EACH OF THOSE ITEMS. IT ALSO HAS AN ELEMENT OF ANTI MALWARE AND IT BRINGS CHAT ONLINE AND TEAMS PLATFORM TO THE CITY OF DECATUR STAFF.
THAT WOULD BE FOR ALL 170 EMPLOYEES, PLUS OUR 12 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS CITY OF DECATUR COMMUNICATIONS AT ANY POINT IN TIME. THE COST ON THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BUDGET AND AGAIN IN LIEU OF AN FTE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT VCC THREE SPECIFICALLY IF YOU HAVE THEM AT THIS TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM FROM COUNCIL? ALL WELL, LOOK FOR A MOTION.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DECATUR AND BC3.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THAT'S GOOD. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT.
THAT PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ITEM FOUR EXCEPT QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.
[4. ACCEPTANCE OF QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT]
SO I THINK I ASKED THIS EVERY TIME.YOU DO. YES, SIR. THIS IS THIS REPORT IS REQUIRED QUARTERLY.
IT SPEAKS OUR TRUTH AND TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THE STATE.
ALSO, IT JUST GIVES YOU A NICE LOOK AT WHERE ALL OF THE FUNDS ARE FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
FUND ONE BEING GENERAL FUND TWO WATER AND SO ON.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU WOULD BOTH BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THIS IS MY QUESTION FOR CITY MANAGER.
THIS IS JUST THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE REPORT.
[01:00:02]
THERE DOESN'T REQUIRE A MOTION TO ACCEPT IT.OKAY, WELL, WE'LL ACCEPT THAT QUARTERLY INVESTMENT.
[5. CONSIDER SECOND READING AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO APPENDIX “B”, “ZONING” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 0.613 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT 700 N. TRINITY STREET FROM A SINGLE-FAMILY-2 RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT (SF-2) TO AN OFFICE ZONING DISTRICT (C-O). (ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION 2023-05—MR. AND MRS. STEPHEN REEVES, ON BEHALF OF PROPERTY OWNER DECATUR BIBLE CHURCH) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, 6-0, CHAIRMAN LEMOND ABSENT.) ZC2023-05. ORDINANCE 2023-07-2]
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING 0.613 ACRES OF LAND.THIS IS CHANGE APPLICATION 2020 305.
ANY CHANGES TO SO AS REPORTED PRIOR? CORRECT. NO CHANGE. ANY QUESTIONS? AT THE LAST MEETING. MAYOR.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THAT? THEN WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ZONING CHANGE.
SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO 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.
[6. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPRORIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A REQUEST BY WISE CHOICES FOR A 5K AND 1 MILE RUN-WALK-STROLL EVENT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2023]
2023. DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TO HELP COMMUNICATE THAT? OTHERWISE, I GUESS IT WAS ME THAT SAID THAT.SO HEY, CONSIDER TAKING APPROPRIATE ACTION FOR REQUEST FOR WISE CHOICES.
SO WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION OR MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
CLOSE IN THE STREETS ON SEPTEMBER 23RD FOR A WISE CHOICE.
SECOND, SO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY AT THE FIVE K.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. AND THAT WILL GET US TO OUR LAST ITEM FOR MEMBERS.
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE ON A FUTURE AGENDA, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
OTHERWISE, THAT'LL GET US TO OUR LAST ITEM, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT AT 6:34.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.