[QUARTERLY DEPARTMENT REPORTS]
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I BELIEVE OTHER THAN THEY'RE OUT ON CALL, IT HAS BEEN A BAD DAY FOR FIRES.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I WOULD ASK THAT WE GO TO THE NEXT DEPARTMENT, WHICH SHOULD BE PLANNING.
I THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL PLAN.
I GOTTA REMEMBER HOW TO USE THIS.
THIS IS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S QUARTERLY REPORT.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE PLANNING APPLICATIONS FOR THIS LAST QUARTER IN 2023 WERE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN HOW MANY WE PROCESSED THIS QUARTER.
THERE WAS ABOUT EIGHT MORE IN 2024.
HOWEVER, OUR FEES WERE A LITTLE BIT LESS.
WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 50% AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE KINDS OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE PROCESSED. BEFORE PLANNING ARE OUR MOST THE MOST APPLICATIONS THAT WE PROCESS.
THIS YEAR WE HAD A BUNCH OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT APPLICATIONS, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO DO INFILL OR WORK WITH THEIR EXISTING STRUCTURES.
IN TERMS OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE PROCESSED AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL WE HAD EIGHT APPLICATIONS, I'M SORRY, NINE A COUPLE OF REPLAT APPLICATIONS, THREE TO BE EXACT, ONE IN JULY, TWO IN AUGUST AND THEN ONE IN SEPTEMBER AND APPARENTLY MY MATH IS OFF.
THAT'S ACTUALLY FOUR AND THEN WE HAD A COUPLE OF ZONING CHANGE APPLICATIONS AND ONE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICATION. AND THEN AS YOU CAN ALSO SEE, WE ONLY HAD ONE FINAL PLAN AND ONE PRELIMINARY PLAN.
SO THAT'S NOT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABNORMAL FOR US.
I SUSPECT IT'LL PROBABLY BE THE SAME TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AS WELL.
IN TERMS OF GIS, WE'VE BEEN USING KIMLEY-HORN FOR OUR GEOGRAPHIC NEEDS, GIS NEEDS.
WE DO HAVE A NEW GIS ANALYST HE STARTED TODAY, SO HE'S TRYING TO GET HIMSELF ACCLIMATED.
HE'S BEEN WORKING AT A COUNTY, SO HE'S GOT TO GET USED TO CITY GOVERNMENT.
BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING OKAY WITH REGARDS TO THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.
KIMLEY-HORN HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN KEEPING UP AND KEEPING US ON TRACK.
IN TERMS OF OUR PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS WE'VE HAD EIGHT THIS QUARTER.
THOSE SEEM TO BE GOING WELL VIA ZOOM.
WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW PLAN REVIEWS.
I WAS HERE FOR THE JULY, BUT AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
WAYNE HAD TO KIND OF BEAR THE BURDEN AND AS WELL AS CHERYL.
IN TERMS OF OUR UPCOMING AND COMPLETED PROJECTS.
WE STILL HAVE SOME ZONING AMENDMENTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION.
THE EXPANSION AND REGULATIONS FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT VOTING PRIVILEGES FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON.
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APPROVED SUP SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.THAT SEEMS TO BE CAUSING SOME PEOPLE SOME HEARTACHE.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T ALLOW THEM.
AMEND OUR RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND PD DISTRICTS FOR LOT SIZES AND THEN THIS LAST ONE, WHICH WAS PASSED, I BELIEVE, AT THE LAST MEETING, OR IT MAY BE COMING FORWARD AT THIS MEETING, BUT TO ALLOW SMOKE OR VAPE SHOPS WITH THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN C-1 AND C-1A ZONING DISTRICT, TATTOO OR BODY PIERCING STUDIOS WITH SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, AND THE C-0, C-1 AND C-1A ZONING DISTRICT, AND ALSO BY RIGHT IN C-2 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS DONE, WAS TO ENCOURAGE DIFFERENT AND DIVERSE BUSINESSES, NOT ONLY IN THOSE DISTRICTS, BUT ALSO IN OUR DOWNTOWN.
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, THOSE WERE TABOO SUBJECTS, BUT THEY SEEMED TO BE GAINING MOMENTUM AND PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO EMBRACE THOSE USES.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
YOU'VE SEEN ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS, SO I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT OUR OUR PROJECTS, THEY COME BEFORE YOU GUYS FOR APPROVAL.
SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE DO THAT YOU GUYS DON'T ACTUALLY SEE OR SIGN OFF ON.
WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW APPLICATIONS UNDER REVIEW AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT APPLICATIONS AND AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND CREATION OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WHICH YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE.
THERE'S DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL ON 380 IN THE PALOMA TRAILS SUBDIVISION, WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO TWO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES OR PROJECTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN LOCATING NOUVELLE TERRACE LOFTS. HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM THEM.
THEY'RE WANTING TO LOCATE IN THE DEER PARK.
BISHOP HEIGHTS, THEY ARE PROPOSING MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
THE DECATUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S MOVING ALONG QUITE WELL.
DECATUR TA MEADOW CREEK, WHICH IS ALSO A RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
PALOMA TRAILS. THEY HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT THAT THEY'RE CLEARING AND GRADING.
RIGHT NOW, ROSE AVENUE APARTMENTS, THOSE I BELIEVE SHOULD BE PRETTY CLOSE TO COMPLETION.
NATURE CREEK RESERVE, THAT'S THE SEWELL, [INAUDIBLE].
DEVELOPMENT ON WEST US HIGHWAY 380.
THEY WERE PROPOSING A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FAST TRACKING OF EDC PROJECTS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S BREAD AND BUTTER.
SO AND WITH THAT, THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU. YES, I HAVE ARRIVED.
I JUST HEARD THEM CLEARING WHEN I WAS GETTING OUT HERE, SO I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAMS TODAY.
WE DID HAVE A FIREFIGHTER THAT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
OH. I'LL GET STARTED AND THIS IS MY NORMAL PRESENTATION WITH ALL UPDATED NUMBERS.
OUR THIRD QUARTER INCIDENTS ARE GAINING ABOUT THE AVERAGE AT THIS POINT, 703 FOR THE THREE MONTHS.
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OBVIOUSLY MOST OF THOSE ARE ACCIDENTS AND EMS CALLS.THE ONE THING THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT PAGE WE'RE STARTING TO WATCH IS OUR FALSE ALARMS ARE STARTING TO CREEP UP EVERY QUARTER AND OBVIOUSLY FOR THE YEAR AS WELL, THAT LIGHT BLUE STARTING TO GROW.
WE'LL MONITOR THAT IN MOST PLACES.
WHAT YOU FIND IS WHEN THOSE GET WAY OUT OF HAND, WE'LL COME TO YOU WITH A FEE AND AFTER 3 OR 4 FALSE ALARMS, THEY START GETTING CHARGED AND IT MAKES THEM GET THEIR STUFF FIXED A LITTLE FASTER.
BUT WE'LL KEEP YOU ABREAST OF THAT.
IF OUR NUMBERS STAY ON TRACK AS THEY ARE.
WE'LL PROBABLY JUST BE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE WHAT WE WERE LAST YEAR.
SO THAT INCREASE WAS WHEREVER IT CAME FROM FOR ALMOST A THOUSAND RUNS IN A YEAR, IT'S STILL HERE.
SO OUR FIRE RECOVERY AS YOU KNOW, THAT IS OUR THIRD PARTY COMPANY THAT BILLS INSURANCE COMPANIES ONLY INSURANCE COMPANIES OF NON-CITY RESIDENTS.
THIS MOSTLY COMES OFF OF THE HIGHWAYS FROM ACCIDENTS.
I ADDED THE FY TOTALS THERE JUST TO SHOW THAT CHIEF BOYD, I HAD PUT HIM OFF ON FIRE RECOVERY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS GOING IN SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY START GETTING THAT MONEY ON THE BACK SIDE, THE RECEIVE TO GO UP.
SO CURRENTLY WE'VE SUBMITTED 82, 336, RECEIVED 1638, WHICH WE'RE ALREADY OUR RECEPTIONS OBVIOUSLY ALREADY ABOVE THE WHOLE LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE HOPING FOR A GOOD END OF YEAR.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE INSPECTION NUMBERS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HIRED A NEW INSPECTOR A FEW MONTHS BACK, AND SHE HAS FINALLY GOT ALL ORIENTED AND GOT OUR ANNUAL INSPECTIONS GOING AND WHEN WE CAN PUMP OUT 53 OF THEM IN A QUARTER.
PREVENTION OFFICE HANDLED, 29 MEETINGS, 14 FOOD TRUCK PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS PLAN REVIEWS WAS 44, PUBLIC EDUCATION 14 AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE OCTOBER BECAUSE THAT'S FOURTH QUARTER AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THERE WAS 23 CLOWN SHOWS. SO THAT DOESN'T COUNT.
DAYCARES AND OTHER SCHOOL EVENTS, SO THAT NUMBER WILL BE VERY HIGH IN JANUARY.
CPR CLASSES ARE LOW RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON THROUGH THE LATE SUMMER MONTHS AND VACATIONS.
SO THAT'S GOOD FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
OUR PERMITS AND FEES, CONSTRUCTION PERMITS WERE 24, FOR A TOTAL OF 10,225 FOOD TRUCKS.
14 AT 750 PLAN REVIEWS IS ANOTHER 3882, FOR A TOTAL OF 5732.
I LEFT THIS, LISTEN, I LEFT THIS LITERALLY WHEN I GOT THE CALL.
I APOLOGIZE. I'LL DO THE MATH AGAIN SOMEDAY.
WHAT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT IS OUR THIRD QUARTER TRAINING.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH TCC, SO WE GO THERE EVERY QUARTER.
WHAT WE'VE STARTED DOING WAS BUILDING WITH THEM TRAINING COURSES.
THAT BRINGS BACK SPECIALIZED TACTICS TO DECATUR.
SO IN THIS THIS PAST QUARTER, WE USED WHAT WE CALL THE BIG WATER.
YOU KNOW, IF LET'S NOT GO TO A DRILL TIRE, LET'S GO TO A BUILDING WE MIGHT ACTUALLY USE.
OUR FIRST OF MANY WAS OUR IN-HOUSE MEDICAL CE WITH MEDICAL CITY DECATUR AND THEIR STAFF, AND THAT CONTINUES TO GROW WITH US, AND WE HOPE TO BECOME A BIG PARTNER OF THEIRS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON ALL YEAR WITH THE LADDER TRUCK OPERATIONS.
WE'VE BEEN BRINGING PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE TEACHING MODULES.
WE HAVE SOME LIVE FIRES COMING UP AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
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BUT AND THEN EVERY DAY THEY TRAIN.BUT THIS QUARTER 351 HOURS OF TRAINING.
SO AND AS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE IS PICTURE WE EVER TOOK.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY I CAN'T ADD OR.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE INSPECTION SERVICES QUARTERLY REPORT.
THERE ARE THREE DISTINCT DIVISIONS IN INSPECTION SERVICES WITH BUILDING PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS.
HEALTH INSPECTIONS AND THEN CODE ENFORCEMENT AND SO I'LL RUN THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE SEPARATELY.
BUILDING INSPECTIONS DIVISION.
THERE YOU SEE A PICTURE OF THE NEW APARTMENTS THAT ARE GOING UP ON DEER PARK.
MOVING ALONG VERY QUICKLY OVER THERE.
IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD AND THEY ARE MOVING AT A FAST CLIP.
YEAR TO DATE PERMITS AND VALUATIONS AND FEES.
THEY'VE BEEN UP OVER THE LAST QUARTER.
VALUATIONS ARE AT A SIX YEAR HIGH AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE GRAPHS HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
FOR WHERE WE'VE BEEN AT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SEVERAL MORE IN THE REVIEW PROCESS ALONG THE WAY.
OUR NEW GOVT WELL PERMITTING SOFTWARE CAME ONLINE WITH BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND PERMITTING IN JULY.
THEY SEEM. EVERYBODY SEEMS TO THINK THAT IT'S A LOT SMOOTHER PROCESS.
I THINK WILL EVEN CAUGHT ME ON THAT ONE DAY, BECAUSE HEALTH AND CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVE BEEN IN THAT MODULE WITH THEIR MODULES SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, SO WE WERE THE THIRD MODULE TO COME ONLINE.
PLANNING IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON GETTING THEIR INFORMATION IMPLEMENTED INTO THAT SYSTEM, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ONLINE SOMETIME IN MID TO LATE NOVEMBER. THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION COMPLETED THEIR REVIEW OF THE BUILDING CODES THAT WE PROPOSED FOR ADOPTION, ALONG WITH THE LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.
YOU'LL SEE THOSE ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT WITH A PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
YOU CAN SEE THE YEAR TO DATE TOTAL FOR PERMITTING AT 617.
COMPARED TO 586 AND 2023 AT THIS TIME.
341 PLAN REVIEWS COMPLETED BY BUILDING DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR, COMPARED TO 310 LAST YEAR.
THERE IT IS IN BAR GRAPH FORM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 617.
VALUATION OF BUILDING PERMITS.
THIS IS CONTRACTOR DECLARED VALUATIONS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 2024 YEAR TO DATE WE'RE SITTING AT JUST UNDER $84 MILLION AND DECLARED VALUATION.
NOW SOME OF THAT IS OUT THERE IN THE FORM OF THE PD THAT VALUATION IS CAPTURED IN THIS.
BUT IT'S ALSO TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE ON THE GROUND OUT THERE AND SO ALL THAT TOGETHER COMES OUT TO ABOUT 50 MILLION OF THAT 84 AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE 2023 CONTRACTOR VALUATIONS WAS JUST RIGHT AROUND $15.5 MILLION AND THEN THERE'S THE VALUATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE VALUATIONS ARE FAR EXCEEDING ANYTHING THAT WE'VE SEEN IN SEVERAL YEARS.
PERMIT FEES COLLECTED 2024, SITTING AT $664,000.
NOW, THIS DOES INCLUDE PERMIT FEES, PLAN REVIEW FEES, WATER METER AND IMPACT FEES.
THOSE ARE ALL LUMPED TOGETHER IN THAT AND SO SOME OF THESE BIGGER PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WHERE YOU HAVE LARGER IMPACT FEES, THOSE FEED INTO THAT ALSO. SO IT'S A LITTLE DECEIVING, BUT IT'S HARD TO SEPARATE THOSE FEES OUT AND THEY'RE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
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IN THE NEW PERMITTING SOFTWARE.AND THEN THERE YOU CAN SEE AND IN BAR GRAPH, THE FEES ARE A LITTLE BIT DOWN FROM 2022.
WE'VE ELIMINATED SOME OF THOSE FEES, WE'VE MODIFIED SOME OF THEM, AND SOME OF THEM ARE BEING ADJUSTED TO MAKE THOSE MORE CORRECT AND WHERE THEY'RE AT. BUILDING INSPECTIONS COMPLETED DURING THIS QUARTER 1241 AND YOU CAN SEE LAST YEAR WAS AT 1392 AND GOT THE SAME BAR GRAPH FOR THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE STAY RIGHT THERE IN THAT SAME AREA WITH THOSE NUMBERS.
BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE NEW ONES THAT WE OPENED DURING THIS LAST QUARTER, TOO.
HEALTH INSPECTIONS DIVISION, THE ANNUAL MOBILE FOOD UNIT PERMITS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
THEY GET MORE AND MORE AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE GRAPHS HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
THE NUMBER OF EVENTS OR NUMBER OF ANNUAL MOBILE PERMITS THAT WE ARE ISSUING OFF OF THAT.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT BRINGS OUR TEMPORARY EVENT PERMITS DOWN.
JUST BECAUSE THESE EVENTS ARE USING ANNUAL PERMIT HOLDERS.
MORE AND MORE, WE ARE WORKING ON AN ORDINANCE FOR EVENTS.
NOW THAT WE'VE GOT BUILDING CODE THAT'S ABOUT TO BE BEHIND US.
THAT'S MY NEXT FOCUS IS EVENT PERMITTING AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO BRING THAT FORWARD IN THE COMING MONTHS TO BRING TO YOU SO THAT WE CAN ADOPT AN EVENT PERMITTING SOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF DECATUR.
WHATEVER IT IS THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THAT WOULD HAVE A PIECE OF THAT EVENT PERMITTING SO THAT WE CAN KEEP UP WITH THIS AND THE PLAN IS TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THESE THINGS LIKE ROAD CLOSURES OF FOOD VENDORS AND THEN THE FREQUENCY OF THE EVENTS, AND USE IT AS A RESOURCE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR FUTURE EVENTS.
HEALTH PERMITS ISSUED 2024 YEAR TO DATE IS 149 AND 16.
PLAN REVIEWS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR.
2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER WAS AT 127 PERMITS ISSUED.
YOU CAN SEE THERE WERE FOUR NEW FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED PERMITS IN 2024 THROUGH.
THIS IS THE GRAPH I WAS TALKING ABOUT JUST A MINUTE AGO.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A STEADY GAIN ON THOSE EVERY YEAR.
BUT THAT'S MAINLY, LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE OF THE ANNUAL MOBILE PERMITS THAT WE'RE SEEING GO OUT WITH THOSE HEALTH PERMIT FEES FOR THE QUARTER 28. THAT'S ACTUALLY 2024, YEAR TO DATE, 28,400 AND 277 INSPECTIONS YEAR TO DATE. OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, AS THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION ACTIONS, HAVE RESULTED IN SEVERAL CORRECTIONS TO VIOLATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AROUND TOWN, INCLUDING TWO DEMOS THIS QUARTER.
ONE OF THOSE WAS A VOLUNTARY DEMO.
WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ORDERED DEMOLITION.
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IS CREATING WITH IT BEING THERE.SO WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
ALL RIGHT. POOL BARRIER AND HIGH WEEDS AND GRASS VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN THE MAIN TOPIC THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THE SUMMER MONTHS. THAT'S WHERE YOU FOCUS IN ON THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE WHEN THOSE VIOLATIONS SHOW UP.
THE LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT OVER TO OPEN STORAGE VIOLATIONS AND START TRYING TO WRANGLE THOSE BACK IN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT. WE'VE STILL GOT A FEW CASES TO CLOSE OUT.
OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT RAIN PREDICTED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, AND THAT'S A GREAT THING.
WE DO HAVE SOME ORDINANCES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF THIS, WITH JUNK VEHICLES AND DONATION BINS AND RIGHT OF WAY MAINTENANCE THAT WE'VE BEEN MULLING THROUGH AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE RIGHT BEFORE WE BRING THEM FORWARD.
WE DID HAVE 26 POOL VIOLATIONS JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER THIS QUARTER.
SO ANY MUNICIPALITY THAT ADOPTS A SWIMMING POOL CODE OR REGULATIONS STILL HAS TO FOLLOW CHAPTER 757 OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE AND CHAPTER 202 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE, WHICH DEFINES WHAT THOSE POOL BARRIERS ARE AND WHAT THEY CAN BE MADE OUT OF AND WHERE THEY CAN BE, HOW TALL THEY CAN BE, THE GATES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE WITH IT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE FOCUSED ON.
THIS IS THAT SAFETY ASPECT OF IT.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY RESPONSES TO ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES A POOL.
HAD 132 CONFISCATED SIGNS IN THE QUARTER.
THESE ARE MAINLY YOU CAN SEE THERE IT'S GARAGE SALE SIGNS.
TRY TO GIVE THEM THAT INFORMATION IN THEIR GARAGE SALE PERMIT TO KNOW WHERE THEY CAN PUT THESE SIGNS AT, OR AT LEAST WHERE THEY CAN'T PUT THEM AT, AND THEN TRY TO EDUCATE THEM ON WHERE TO, TO PUT THEM AT.
WE DID ADOPT A FEE FOR CONFISCATION OF THESE SIGNS.
WE HAVE NOT STARTED ENFORCING THAT YET.
IT'S A NEW PART OF THE ORDINANCE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THAT EDUCATION PORTION OF THAT.
SO WE'RE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW, LOOK, STOP PUTTING THESE OUT THERE.
THERE IS A FEE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS, BUT WE'LL GET YOU YOUR SIGNS BACK.
JUST DON'T PUT THEM BACK OUT THERE IN THAT RIGHT OF WAY.
ALL THAT TO SAY THAT POLITICAL SIGNS AREN'T INCLUDED IN THAT.
SO POLITICAL SIGNS DO FALL UNDER A COMPLETELY SEPARATE CHAPTER OF TEXAS ELECTIONS CODE, CHAPTER 259, AND THAT'S OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR SIGNED ORDINANCES.
SO WE LEAVE POLITICAL SIGNS TO THE STATE, AND WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN AND THESE GUYS, OF COURSE, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO REMOVE THEM IN A TIMELY FASHION ONCE THE ELECTIONS ARE COMPLETED.
BUT THEY DO SHOW UP IN LARGE CLUSTERS OUT THERE.
BUT THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF POLITICAL SIGNS, BUT NOT AS MANY GARAGE SALE SIGNS.
CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES OPEN AND CLOSED FOR THE QUARTER AND FOR THE YEAR.
SO YOU SEE, THAT YEAR TO DATE CASES OPENS AT 216 AND THEN CLOSED IS AT 177.
I KNOW A LOT OF THOSE CASES WITH THE HIGH WEEDS AND GRASS GOT CLOSED OUT OVER THE WEEKEND.
BUT IN 20, IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER THEY BOUNCED BACK UP TO 26.
ONCE WE CLEAR SOME OF THESE OTHER VIOLATIONS UP AND THEN WORK WITHOUT A BUILDING PERMIT.
HAD A TOTAL OF EIGHT OF THEM IN THAT.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.TONIGHT I'LL REPORT ON PUBLIC WORKS.
NOT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS FOR QUARTER THREE.
START OFF WITH THE AIRPORT. LAST REPORT.
WE HAD JUST IMPLEMENTED THIS NEW SYSTEM TOWER AT THE AIRPORT TO TRACK ALL THE TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS AND SOME GEO FENCING WE HAVE OUT THERE TO SEE HOW MANY PLANES ARE GETTING IN, GETTING FUEL AND CROSSING DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE AIRPORT.
SO SOME FOR THE THIRD QUARTER, WE HAD 10,123 LANDINGS AND 9984 TAKEOFFS, FOR A TOTAL OF 20,107.
SO THIS IS SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR US RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT AND WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERY AIRCRAFT OUT THERE SO WE CAN TRY TO JUSTIFY A LONGER RUNWAY.
SO THIS IS GOING TO PAY OFF OVER TIME.
THIS PROGRAM, THIS SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT OUT THERE DOES A LOT FOR US.
IT GIVES US IT BREAKS IT DOWN BY THE LANDINGS, BY THE RUNWAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UP ON THE TOP LEFT, RUNWAY 17, WE HAD 7542 LANDINGS AND THEN ON RUNWAY 35, WE HAD 2581. AGAIN, WE HAVE TAKEOFFS PER RUNWAY ON THE TOP RIGHT.
BOTTOM LEFT IS THIS IS PRETTY INTERESTING.
THIS IS OPERATIONS FOR OUR BASED AIRCRAFT VERSUS VISITING.
SO FOR OUR VISITING AIRCRAFT, THERE WAS 18,021 AIRCRAFT AND THEN OUR BASED AIRCRAFT, WHICH ARE ONES THAT ARE THERE REGISTERED AND BASED AT DECATUR AIRPORT WAS A 2086.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY NEAT INFORMATION.
SO A LOT OF VISITING AIRCRAFT COMING TO DECATUR OPERATIONS BY THE DAY OF THE WEEK.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S KIND OF IT'S PRETTY STEADY.
MONDAY'S A LITTLE SLOWER AND THEN THE WEEKEND, BUT TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IT'S PRETTY PRETTY EQUAL.
SO I'LL CONTINUE TO SHARE THIS.
THIS HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION.
SO I'LL TRY TO BRING YOU SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVERY EVERY REPORT.
FOR THE FUEL CELLS IF YOU RECALL WE USED TO RECEIVE $0.05 PER GALLON.
NOW WE RENEGOTIATED WITH FABIO.
SO A YEAR TO DATE WE'VE COLLECTED $6,753.96 AND THAT'S THE TOTAL COMBINED AVGAS AND JET FUEL OF 75,044 GALLONS.
DEDRA AND WAYNE KIND OF HIT ALL THESE PROJECTS, BUT AS THEY RELATE TO PUBLIC WORKS, THAT DECATUR POLICE STATION, THEY'RE WORKING ON CURB AND GUTTER AND SIDEWALKS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE POLICE STATION, THEY THE THOMPSON STREET HAS BEEN RE-DONE.
SO ALL THE UTILITIES ARE DONE IN THERE.
SO PUBLIC WORKS STUFF'S KIND OF WRAPPING UP AND THEN WE'LL GET INVOLVED AT THE VERY END FOR FOR FINAL MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S WE CAN GET ON VALVES AND FIRE HYDRANTS WORK AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
GT PRODUCTS CIVIL PLANS ARE APPROVED.
WE HAD OUR PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING AND WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THEM TO KICK OFF.
UTILITIES. WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO START ANYTIME.
SAME THING. WE'RE JUST WAITING.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO GET THE PID WORKED OUT AND GET FINALIZED SO WE CAN.
UTILITY CONTRACTOR CAN START OUT THERE.
VISTA PARK, I'M CALLING IT 90% COMPLETE.
WE DID A KIND OF A SOFT WALKTHROUGH LAST WEEK, AND FRANCHISE UTILITIES GUYS ARE IN THERE RIGHT NOW TRYING TO GET ALL THE FIBER AND GAS AND ELECTRIC IN THERE.
DEER PARK APARTMENTS WORKING ON THE CURB AND GUTTER AND APPROACHES THAT COME OFF DEER PARK AND THEN FINISH UP THE THOMPSON STREET EXTENSION, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DO A TEMPORARY CUL DE SAC AT THE END OF THOMPSON STREET.
ALL THE UTILITIES ARE COMPLETE IN THERE TO TRAVEL, PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
JUST A LITTLE ON SITE TESTING WE HAVE TO DO.
I THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE ON THAT.
I'M CALLING THAT 25% COMPLETE.
THEY STARTED ON NEWARK STREET, RIGHT THERE BY THE TRAILER PARK, AND WENT DOWN TO NEWARK.
NEWARK AND BOARD UNDERNEATH 51 AND THEY'RE DOWN ON WHAT I CALL NORTH NEWARK.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS CALLED 80% COMPLETE.
THEY STILL HAVE TO DO SOME STREET REPAIR UP THERE AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF TESTING.
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IN FACT, PAM'S IN REVIEW PROCESS RIGHT NOW TO FOR THE ARCHITECT TO SO I CAN GET A GOOD SET OF BUILDING PLANS FOR THE RESTROOMS AND MECHANICAL ROOM.SINCE THAT WATER TOWER YOU SAW, NATE SENT OUT A PRESS RELEASE, I GUESS YOU CALL IT.
BUT YOU SEE ALL THE CABLES UP THERE? THAT'S FOR THE SHROUD TO FOR ALL THE CONTAMINANTS.
ALL THE MAJOR CONCRETE WORK IS COMPLETE.
SO THOSE GUYS MOVED OUT FOR A WEEK TO GO TO ANOTHER JOB WE'RE IN.
I WANT TO SAY THE END OF NOVEMBER.
AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT FOR FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FOR 2024.
YEAR TO DATE, WE'VE TREATED 227 MILLION GALLONS, ALMOST 228 MILLION GALLONS.
OUR CURRENT AVERAGE, 798,000 GALLONS PER DAY, OR 66.5%.
ALWAYS KEEP UP THERE. OUR REMINDERS THE 900,000 GALLONS PER DAY IS WHEN WE HAVE TO START ENGINEERING, AND THEN 90% NUMBERS IS WHEN CONSTRUCTION HAS TO START ON EXPANSION.
WITH THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
SO IN 2024, YEAR TO DATE, WE'VE TREATED 392 MILLION GALLONS, AVERAGE 1.4 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF LOOKING AT ALL THIS FOR BOTH PLANTS, FOR EXPANSION.
SO WE'RE KEEPING A GOOD EYE ON THIS.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE ON OUR WATER QUALITY.
THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE WENT THROUGH A ROUGH PATCH.
WE JUST HAD SOME REAL BAD WATER COMING FROM THE LAKE.
IT WAS A CHALLENGE FOR TONY AND THE GUYS AT THE PLANT, BUT THEY DID IT.
I WAS PROUD OF THEM. THEY DID A GOOD JOB AND GOT US THROUGH IT AND WE'RE OUT OF THAT NOW.
SO. THEN THE BRIDGEPORT LAKE, AS OF 1018, IT WAS 61% FULL OR 12.3 12.31FT LOW.
ON THAT CELLULAR METER UPGRADES, WE'VE COMPLETED 504 TO DATE.
SO WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO.
OUT OF 28, 57M, WE'RE JUST CHIPPING AWAY AT THEM MONTH BY MONTH MAKING.
SO WE'LL READ ONE MONTH WHATEVER METERS ARE DEAD OR NOT PICKING UP FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE REPLACE THOSE AND THEN IF WE CAN GET MORE OF THAT MONTH, WE GET MORE, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PICK AWAY AT THEM.
WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR SYSTEM. NUMBER 210.
ALL THESE PICTURES ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME MANHOLE.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, THIS WAS AFTER A RAIN.
SO YOU SEE THE BRICK, HOW LEAKY IT IS AND ALL THAT AND THEN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS JUST A STATIC PICTURE OF IT AND THEN THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, SAME MANHOLE. THAT'S AFTER THEY PREPPED IT WITH THE CEMENT PRODUCT AND GOT IT ALL SMOOTHED UP AND SEALED OFF AND THEN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS THE FINAL PRODUCT WITH THE PRODUCT SPRAYED ON.
SO THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO PAY OFF ON OUR INFLOW AND INFILTRATION, WHERE WE CAN MAYBE QUIT TREATING SO MUCH RAINWATER AT THE PLANT.
SO LIKE I SAID, WE DID 20 MANHOLES, 21 MANHOLES AND WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT TEN MORE THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE JUST SHORT OF A THOUSAND MANHOLES, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL BRICK.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH ALL THE BRICK MANHOLES AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
LOOKS LIKE NATE, YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE US SOME INFORMATION ON FINANCE.
I AM, YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS WILL HOPEFULLY BE MY LAST TIME TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF JEN.
SHE GAVE ME THE GREEN LIGHT TO GIVE YOU THIS INFORMATION TONIGHT.
SO THANKS FOR LETTING ME SHARE SOME FINANCIAL DATA.
OUR NEXT BIGGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE.
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OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE THERE IN THE MIDDLE HOTEL MIXED DRINK AND FRANCHISE TAXES.WE SEE THAT IN THE FINANCIALS AS WELL, COMING IN AT JUST SHY OF 950,000.
SO WE PUT THOSE ON A HORIZONTAL BAR GRAPH.
YOU CAN SEE YOUR PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX ARE OUTPERFORMING WHERE THEY WERE AT THIS TIME IN FY 23.
SAME WITH DEVELOPMENT FEES AND CONFERENCE CENTER AND THEN YOUR FRANCHISE HOTEL MIXED DRINK AND COURT FINDS THEY'RE KIND OF LAGGING BEHIND A LITTLE BIT AND PART OF THAT'S JUST IN THE WAY IT'S WE CAPTURE OUR DATA DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME OF THE MONTH WE PULL DATA OR WHAT TIME OF THE QUARTER WE PULL THE DATA, IT MAY NOT BE ON TARGET, AND WE MAY NOT HAVE PULLED IT AT THE EXACT SAME TIME FROM 23.
BUT IN TERMS OF REVENUE, YOUR REVENUE SOURCES ARE SOLID AND THEY'RE TRACKING AS THEY SHOULD.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.
WE'RE CONTRASTING FY 23 TO FY 24 AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER FEBRUARY MARCH PERIOD, WE HAD A LARGE OVERAGE THAT WE COLLECTED AND THEN WE TURNED AROUND AND GAVE MOST OF THAT BACK.
SO JUST REMEMBER THAT'S A STATE AUDIT CORRECTION THAT WE DEALT WITH IN TERMS OF TRENDING.
WE WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE WHERE WE PROJECTED TO BE.
I THINK WE PROJECTED ABOUT 6.7 MILLION.
SO SALES TAX REMAINS VERY STRONG FOR THE CITY OF DECATUR.
SO YOU HAVE ANIMAL SERVICES POLICE JUSTICE FUNDS FIRE AND THEN TECHNOLOGY SERVICES THAT SUPPORT THOSE OPERATIONS AND YOU CAN SEE AT THIS POINT WE ARE CLOSING OUT FY 24.
SO THIS REPRESENTS THE YEAR END ACTIVITY AND MOST EVERYBODY IS RIGHT ON TARGET AS THEY SHOULD BE.
THE LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA SPENDING IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES AND I'LL EXPLAIN THOSE FOR YOU.
SO AIRPORT STREETS CEMETERY AND PARKS.
YOU SEE THAT A COUPLE OF THOSE ARE OVER.
GREG WAS BRAGGING AS HE SHOULD ON THE PARKS TEAM.
WE'RE SPENDING SOME BOND FUNDS OFF OF OUR 22 SERIES.
JUST A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THERE.
SO YOU HAVE ADMIN, JANITORIAL, MAIN STREET LIBRARY, PLANNING, CONFERENCE CENTER, AND INSPECTIONS.
SO WE USE A LOT OF ARPA FUNDS.
IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAVE TO SPEND BY THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2025.
WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE THEM ALL BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
BUT THAT'S WHY THE ACTUALS LOOK SO, SO MUCH HIGHER IN ADMIN.
THAT'S WHERE MOST OF YOUR EXPENSES SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY, MUNICIPAL BUILDING UPDATES AND THEN SOME WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, THOSE WERE EXPENSED OUT OF ADMIN ON THE ARPA SIDE OF THE HOUSE. EVERYTHING ELSE IS TRACKING AS IT SHOULD.
SO SWITCH GEARS OUT OF FUND ONE AND TO FUND TWO YOU HEAR US CALL THIS THE UTILITY FUND.
YOUR PROJECTED BUDGET 6.9 MILLION AND YOUR ACTUAL COMING IN AT RIGHT ABOUT JUST SHY OF SIX AND A HALF MILLION AND WE'RE ACTUALLY ONE WATER UTILITY BILLING CYCLE OFF ON OUR DATA.
SO. HAD WE CAPTURED THAT LAST CYCLE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT ON TARGET.
SO YOUR SOURCES ARE RIGHT ON TRACK.
OKAY. UTILITY FUND EXPENSES STILL IN FUND TWO TALKING ABOUT MONEY'S BEING SPENT AND AGAIN ON THE ADMIN SIDE FOR FUND TWO UTILITIES, A LOT OF BOND FUNDS BEING SPENT OUT OF THE 22 SERIES.
THAT'S WHERE STATE STREET WATER LINE WAS FUNDED OUT OF.
THAT'S WHERE SOME OF YOUR OTHER LARGE PROJECTS ARE BEING FUNDED OUT OF.
SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE ADMIN SECTION THERE LOOK OUT OF BALANCE.
BUT IT'S RIGHT ON TRACK AND THEN WE SUSPECT THAT WATER IF YOU LOOK OVER FAR RIGHT NEXT TO LAST.
LIKELY OUR CHEMICAL COSTS IS HURTING US THERE ON WATER PRODUCTION.
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OTHERWISE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS RIGHT ON TRACK.I ALWAYS LIKE TO BRAG ON THIS SLIDE.
THEY REALLY HAVE HELPED ME TRACK A LOT OF THIS DATA AND IT'S TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE CUSTOMER.
SO OUR CLERKS HAVE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY TO CORRECT THAT.
BUT OUR TEAM HERE IS REALLY GOOD ABOUT GETTING THE NOTIFICATIONS MADE AND GETTING THOSE BILLS CORRECTED BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY GO TO SHUT OFFS AND JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR CURB, GUTTER AND SIDEWALK ESCROW ACCOUNT.
I PROMISED THAT I WOULD UPDATE YOU ON THIS AS THE YEAR PROGRESSED, AND THIS WAS KIND OF THE TIMELINE WE WERE DEALING WITH AT ABOUT 150,000 AND CURB GUTTER SIDEWALK ESCROW FUNDS THAT WE HAD COLLECTED AND THIS TEAM HELPED US DECIDE THAT WE WOULD NO LONGER DO THAT THROUGH THE BUILDING PROCESS.
JUST A REMINDER, THEY HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
SO YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT IF YOU'RE WATCHING AT HOME AND YOU STILL HAVE FUNDS TO GET OUT OF THE ESCROW ACCOUNT, PLEASE GIVE US A SHOUT AND JEN THANKS YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. QUESTIONS? YEAH. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NATE? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE YOUR NEXT REPORT.
MISS LISETTE CARMEN, DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? LISETTE? YEAH, SHE'S OUR NEW MUNICIPAL COURT ADMINISTRATOR, AND I THINK SHE WANTS TO BRAG ON HER TEAM AND GIVE YOU MUNICIPAL COURT UPDATE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
SO I WANT TO BRING IN PRISCILLA.
MARIA AND GAIL, WHO ARE THE COURT CLERKS OF THE COURT AND THEN ALSO PAM, I WANT TO SAY THAT'S THE TEAM FOR THE COURT DEPARTMENT, MYSELF AND THE CITY JUDGE, BARRY GREEN, WHO COULDN'T COME IN TODAY.
SINCE IT'S MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK, NOVEMBER 4TH THROUGH THE EIGHTH.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURT.
THE COURT STRIVES TO PROVIDE PROMPT, COURTEOUS, AND THOROUGH SERVICE WHILE MAINTAINING ETHICAL PROCESSING, PROMOTING CONFIDENCE AND EFFICIENCY. ALL MATTERS WITHIN THE COURT ARE PROCESSED IN THE MOST EFFICIENT AND TIMELY MANNER AS POSSIBLE.
OUR GOALS ARE TO ENSURE ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN SHORT TIMELINESS IN CASE PROCESSING.
STRIVE FOR EQUALITY, FAIRNESS AND INTEGRITY IN COURT OPERATIONS.
ENSURE INDEPENDENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE COURT.
FOSTER PUBLIC TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THE JURISDICTION IS OVER CLASS C MISDEMEANORS, LAWS ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW AND CITY ORDINANCE.
OPERATIONS INCLUDE CONDUCTING BENCH TRIALS, JURY TRIALS, PRETRIALS HEARINGS FOR JUVENILES, AND SHOW CAUSE HEARINGS AND ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A COURT DATE COMING UP OCTOBER 30TH.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO GIVE US A CALL AND WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT DATE AND TIME.
THE ROLE OF THE JUDGE HE'S ENSURING THAT ALL PERSONS BEFORE THE COURT ARE TREATED FAIRLY AND EQUALLY, ENSURES THAT THE ORDERS OF THE COURT ARE FOLLOWED, PRESIDES OVER ALL TRIALS AND HEARINGS ON OTHER MATTERS.
SETS THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEFERRED DISPOSITIONS AND OTHER SENTENCES.
SETS THE FINES BASED ON LIMITS OUTLINED BY STATE LAW AND CITY ORDINANCE.
THE ROLE OF THE PROSECUTOR, PAM.
IT IS THE PRIMARY DUTY OF MUNICIPAL PROSECUTOR NOT TO CONVICT, BUT TO SEE THAT JUSTICE IS DONE.
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CASES AND DRAFTS THE COMPLAINTS LANGUAGES FOR THE TRIALS.FINES CAN RANGE BETWEEN 0 TO $2000.
FOR TRAFFIC IS FROM A DOLLAR TO $200, CITY ORDINANCE FROM $1 TO $500, AND HEALTH AND SAFETY FROM A DOLLAR TO $2,000. MOST COURT COSTS ARE SET BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO WE ALSO HAVE TO FOLLOW THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE JUDGE.
WE CANNOT CHANGE THE COURT ORDERS OR MAKE EXCEPTIONS TO THE COURT RULES FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL.
WE CANNOT GIVE ANY LEGAL ADVICE OR INTERPRET THE LAW AND WE ASSIST THE JUDGE, PROSECUTOR, CLERKS, BAILIFF, CITY ATTORNEY, DEFENDANT, CITIZENS, CITIZENS AS NECESSARY AND MY ROLE IS TO DO THE CASE FLOW AND DOCKET MANAGEMENT, BUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITIES, PREPARE REPORTS TO THE CITY, STATE, MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY OMNI AND COLLECTION AGENCIES.
WE PROVIDE TRAINING FOR OTHER COURT CLERKS, PREPARE CASES FOR TRIALS, PROCESS THE PROSECUTOR PAPERWORK, AND PERFORM OTHER COURT CLERK DUTIES. SO WHAT HAPPENS IF A PERSON CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY A CITATION? WE DO HAVE PAYMENT PLANS, COMMUNITY SERVICE.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE ENOUGH SUFFICIENT FINANCIALS FINES AND FEES CAN BE WAIVED.
COURT HEARINGS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CITIZENS TO APPEAR TO RESOLVE ANY WARRANT OR PAST DUE CITATIONS.
SO SOME OF THE OPEN CASES FOR SEPTEMBER WERE 4316 CASES ARE OPEN AND THAT MEANS OUR WARRANTS THAT ARE ACTIVE PAYMENT PLANS, PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING DRIVER SAFETY COURSE DEFERREDS ATTORNEYS PRETRIAL NOTICES, CONTINGENCIES ON THE SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE 453 CASES THAT WERE CLOSED AND THOSE WERE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PAID, COMPLETED THEIR DRIVER SAFETY COURSE COMPLIANCE DISMISSALS.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? SO YOU CAN'T GET ANY LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE.
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WELL, THAT GETS US TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING AND AT THIS TIME, IF YOU'RE ABLE, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND AT THIS TIME, LISETTE, AS THE NEWEST EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.THANK YOU AND AT THIS TIME IT'S MY PLEASURE TO DO A RECOGNITION FOR THE BUSINESS OF THE MONTH AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE OUR FRIENDS FROM
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POCO GRAPHITE ENTEGRIS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.SO AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO TO READ YOU A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS ENTEGRIS POCO MATERIALS, ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1963, IN GARLAND, TEXAS, MOVED OPERATIONS TO DECATUR, TEXAS IN 1969. FOR 55 YEARS, POCO GRAPHITE HAS EMBRACED THE ESTEEMED VISION TO BE THE WORLD'S LEADER IN CARBON MATERIALS, WITH A DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO TOUCHING THE WORLDS MOST DEMANDING APPLICATIONS AND WHEREAS THE LOCATION IN DECATUR, TEXAS IN 1969 HAD 64 ACRES ON OLD GREENWOOD ROAD WITH 50,000FT² UNDER ROOF WITH A STAFF LESS OF LESS THAN 50 EMPLOYEES.
TODAY, ENTEGRIS POCO MATERIALS REMAINS ON THE SAME 64 ACRES WITH OVER 350FT² UNDER
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ROOF WITH 300 STAFF MEMBERS.WHEREAS ENTEGRIS POCO MATERIALS HAS ESTABLISHED PRODUCTS AND COMPONENTS FOUND IN EVERY USE LIKE MECHANICAL HEART VALVES, COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT ENGINES, BEVERAGE BOTTLE MANUFACTURING, MEDICAL ULTRASOUND PROBES, MICROCHIPS.
CRITICAL TO ELECTRICAL AND TO ELECTRICAL VEHICLES, SMARTPHONES AND COMPUTERS AND WHEREAS ENTEGRIS POCO MATERIALS DELIVERED 2.2 MILLION PARTS IN 2023, WITH A REACH EXTENDING TO EVERY GEOGRAPHIC REGION AROUND THE GLOBE, INCLUDING ALL 50 STATES, WHILE MEETING THE DEMAND OF 2000 PLUS CUSTOMERS AND WHEREAS ENTEGRIS POCO MATERIALS HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED TWO DISTINGUISHED AWARDS IN 2024, INCLUDING RTX PREMIER AWARD FROM PRATT WHITNEY FOR OVERALL EXCELLENCE IN COLLABORATION AND CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND RTX PREMIER AWARD FROM PRATT AND WHITNEY FOR OVERALL EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.
AND THEREFORE I, MIKE MCQUISTON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, DO PROCLAIM MONDAY, OCTOBER 28TH AS ENTEGRIS POCO MATERIALS DAY.
BRUCE. GOOD TO SEE YOU, SCOTT.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE PHOTO OPPORTUNITY.
YOU GUYS ARE GREAT BUSINESS PARTNERS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL SO MUCH.
[INAUDIBLE]. MAYOR, DO YOU MIND IF SCOTT SAYS.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM SCOTT [INAUDIBLE].
FIRST MAYOR, COUNCIL, WE'RE HONORED TO GET THIS AWARD.
YOU KNOW, 55 YEARS IN THE SAME LOCATION.
I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT UNHEARD OF NOWADAYS.
SO WE FEEL PROUD ABOUT THAT AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS AND THE COMMUNITY AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAD TO GO ON FOR MANY, MANY YEARS FOR US TO BE SYMBIOTIC, I THINK THE DECATUR AND POCO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE EQUATION, A LOT OF THOSE 300 AND SOME ODD PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE BEST GRAPHITE IN THE WORLD ARE CITIZENS OF DECATUR.
WE'RE PROUD OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITY AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD STEWARDS.
RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE OUR AIR PERMITS ARE GOOD.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE, WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING OUR SIDE OF THE EQUATION.
SO IT IS THAT SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.
SO YOU KNOW OUR TEAMS HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE MANY PEOPLE WERE HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE PROUD OF BEING HERE AND BEING IN DECATUR AND WE'RE JUST VERY HONORED TO GET THIS RECOGNITION.
WELL, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT PERSONALLY IS YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S SO MANY CITIZENS AND DECATUR THAT ARE EMPLOYED BY POCO GRAPHITE, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT POCO GRAPHITE HAS CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE TO DECATUR, TEXAS AND TO RAISE THEIR FAMILY.
I MYSELF AS A YOUNG MAN, BEFORE WE REALLY STARTED RAISING A FAMILY, WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED TO COME BACK TO A WISE COUNTY AND THERE WAS AN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AT POCO GRAPHITE.
POCO GRAPHITE, AND IT WAS A GREAT, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US BECAUSE WE MOVED TO DECATUR.
THE KIDS WENT TO THE DECATUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 12 YEARS, AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I KNOW THAT YOU TOUCHED A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES LIKE THAT BY HAVING YOUR BUSINESS HERE, AND ALSO WHAT YOU DO AND MAKING A GREAT IMPACT IN, NOT ONLY IN, THE UNITED STATES, BUT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WITH YOUR
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PRODUCTS. SO EXCELLENT WORK.SO AT THIS TIME, I DO HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION.
IT WAS KNOWN THAT I THINK LISETTE MENTIONED THAT IT'S MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK, SO I HAVE THAT PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE MUNICIPAL COURTS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, SERVING AS THE CORNERSTONE OF LEGAL SYSTEMS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND WHEREAS MUNICIPAL COURTS HANDLE A WIDE RANGE OF CASES, INCLUDING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, MISDEMEANORS AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS, ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE RULES OF LAW IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
WHEREAS JUDGES, COURT STAFF, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK DILIGENTLY TO MAINTAIN FAIRNESS AND ACCESSIBILITY IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND WHEREAS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MUNICIPAL COURTS EXTEND BEYOND ADJUDICATION CASES, THEY PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH AS DIVERSION PROGRAMS, MEDIATION, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, FOSTERING PUBLIC TRUST IN THE LEGAL PROCESS AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM, INCLUDING JUDGES, CLERKS, ATTORNEYS AND SUPPORT STAFF AND WHEREAS, MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK SERVES TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THESE COURTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MIKE MCQUISTON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, DO MAKE THIS WEEK OF NOVEMBER 4TH MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION.
SO THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION WHO WE'VE GOT A GREAT GROUP HERE TODAY.
WHY DON'T YOU ALL STAND FOR A MOMENT BE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH SOME UPDATED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR RENOVATION AND GIVE ME A SECOND HERE.
SO BACK IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS 2022.
THE CITY APPROVED 942,000 FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE LIBRARY.
WE RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE PRETTY FOUNDATION THROUGH THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION FOR $82,000.
THE TAKA FOUNDATION ASSISTED WITH FURNITURE OF 100,000 $100,000.
THE STILLWATER FOUNDATION ALSO ASSISTED WITH A GRANT FOR $25,000 FOR FURNITURE.
THE PRETTY FOUNDATION PROVIDED ANOTHER $30,000 THAT WE USED FOR THE LIBRARY SIGN, AND THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION PROVIDED $554,066.79.
SO I WOULD LIKE THEM TO COME ON UP AND PRESENT YOU WITH A CHECK, A LARGE CHECK.
WELL, COUNCIL, WHY DON'T YOU LET'S ALL COME DOWN HERE FOR.
GET THIS TO FINANCE RIGHT NOW.
[INAUDIBLE] AND JUST ONE MORE TIME.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL.
THE LIBRARY BOARD. EVERYBODY WHO SUPPORTS THE LIBRARY.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.[1. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR DECEMBER 9, 2024, AT 6:00 P.M. ON WATER, WASTEWATER, AND ROADWAY IMPACT FEE UPDATE. RESOLUTION R2024-10-22]
ITEM ONE ON OUR AGENDA IS CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR DECEMBER 9TH, 2024 AT 6PM ON WATER, WASTEWATER AND ROADWAY IMPACT FEE UPDATE RESOLUTION R2024-10-22.MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ITEM ONE IS A RESOLUTION THAT IS REQUIRED.
THIS ITEM SETS IN MOTION THE PUBLIC HEARING TO GET UNDERWAY OUR IMPACT FEE UPDATE.
SO THIS IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT WE WILL BE PROPOSING CHANGES TO OUR IMPACT FEES FOR WATER WASTEWATER AND INTRODUCING A FEE FOR ROADWAYS. EXCELLENT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R 2024-10- 22.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT.
[2. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION OPPOSING CHISHOLM TRAIL DISPOSAL LANDFILL, A TYPE IV SOLID WASTE LANDFILL PERMIT NO. 2421. RESOLUTION R2024-10-23 ]
CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION OPPOSING CHISHOLM TRAIL DISPOSAL LANDFILL, A TYPE FOUR SOLID WASTE LANDFILL PERMIT.THIS IS RESOLUTION R 2024-10-23.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEM TWO IS IN OPPOSITION TO A LANDFILL THAT DOESN'T DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY, RATHER, RATHER INDIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY. IF YOU RECALL SOME OF OUR RECENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WATER, THE WATERSHED, THE WATER QUALITY AND JUST OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.
THIS ITEM KIND OF TIES INTO THAT.
IT'S GENERALLY LOCATED ON FM 718 AND COUNTY ROAD 4668, AND THAT'S IN THE BOYD AREA.
IF YOU GO TO PAGE 31 AND 32 OF YOUR PACKET, YOU CAN SEE A GENERAL MAP LOCATION OF THAT.
SO GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE CITY OF BOYD.
A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THIS THE INCREASE TRIPS PER DAY, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THEM BEING LARGE FREIGHT TRUCKS INTO AN ALREADY DANGEROUS AREA OF THE COUNTY WHERE WE HEAR ABOUT NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION R 2024-10-23.
IT IS AN OPPOSITION FOR THE CHISHOLM TRAIL DISPOSAL LANDFILL.
IT'S A TYPE FOUR SOLID WASTE LANDFILL.
VERY GOOD. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[3. **CONSIDER SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW: SMOKE AND VAPE SHOPS WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN C-1 AND C-1A ZONING DISTRICTS; TATTOO OR BODY PIERCING STUDIOS WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN THE C-O, C-1, AND C-1A ZONING DISTRICTS; AND SMOKE AND VAPE SHOPS AND TATTOO OR BODY PIECING STUDIOS BY RIGHT IN C-2, LI, HI, AND PD ZONING DISTRICTS. SI2024-03 (STAFF INITIATED APPLICATION 2024-03—CITY OF DECATUR) (THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL, 5-0, CHAIRMAN LEMOND AND VICE-CHAIRMAN KLOSE ABSENT.) ORDINANCE 2024-10-29 C-O = OFFICE DISTRICT LI = LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT C-1 = RESTRICTED BUSINESS DISTRICT HI = HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT C-1A = DECATUR SQUARE BUSINESS DISTRICT PD = PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT]
SIR, THIS IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE FOR YOU LAST WEEK THAT HAD THE APPROVAL OF, OR RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAIN STREET BOARD AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND IT IMPACTS TATTOOS AND BODY PIERCING AND VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALL LABELED HERE AND AS WELL AS SMOKE AND VAPE SHOPS AND SOME OF THESE VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS.VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SI 2024-03.
ALL RIGHT. IF WE COULD HAVE THE ORDINANCE NUMBER IDENTIFIED, WHICH IS 2024-10-29.
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RIGHT HERE. OH, MR. MAYOR, MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2024-10-29.SECOND, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[4. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON A REQUEST BY MICHAEL LEWIS FOR A 6- MONTH EXTENSION ON REPLAT APPLICATION 2022-06 —A REPLAT OF LOT 2R-1, BLOCK 68 SOUTH DECATUR ADDITION - 1203 S STATE ST, APPROVED ON OCTOBER 24, 2022. ]
THIS IS A REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT, MICHAEL LEWIS, FOR AN EXTENSION.A SIX MONTH EXTENSION FOR A REPLAT APPLICATION.
THIS IS OVER 1203 SOUTH STATE STREET.
IT'S A REPLAT OF LOT 2R1 BLOCK 68 SOUTH DECATUR EDITION AND SO THE ORIGINAL REPLAT WAS APPROVED ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2022 AND IT DOES SAY A SIX MONTH EXTENSION IS BEING REQUESTED FOR THIS.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION.
MR. MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE SIX MONTH EXTENSION ON REPLAT APPLICATION 2022-06.
HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, TO ADOPT THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE ORDINANCE 2024-11- 30]
[INAUDIBLE]. MAYOR COUNCIL.[INAUDIBLE]. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO PRETTY REGULARLY.
WE TRY TO STAY AT LEAST ONE CODE CYCLE OUT.
THE LAST TIME WE CAME WAS IN 2021, ACTUALLY, AND WE ADOPTED THE 2018.
HERE WE ARE ASKING FOR THE 21 THAT KEEPS US THAT ONE CYCLE.
AS I'VE EXPLAINED IN THE PAST, THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO ISSUED THAT IF ANY CITY OR ANY MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY GETS MORE THAN TWO CODE CYCLES OUT, THEY WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU LEGALLY.
SO THIS AND THEN WAYNE'S ITEM SIX IS COMPLEMENTING OF EACH OTHER.
VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. ITEM SIX.
[6. CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, TEXAS, TO ADOPT THE 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE AND THE FOLLOWING 2021 INTERNATIONAL CODES: BUILDING, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, RESIDENTIAL, FUEL GAS, ENERGY CONSERVATION, EXISTING BUILDING, AND SWIMMING AND SPA ALONG WITH RELATED LOCAL AMENDMENTS. ORDINANCE 2024-11-31 ]
CONSIDER FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE CITY COUNCIL THE ADOPT THE 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE.I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A TYPO.
I WAS READING BACK THERE JUST A SECOND AGO.
THE LAST CODE WAS ADOPTION WAS IN 2018.
IT WAS LIKE DEROY SAID IN 2021.
IT WAS THE 2018 CODES THAT WE ADOPTED AT THAT TIME.
GOTCHA AND SO THAT WAS THE LAST CODE ADOPTION THAT WE WENT THROUGH.
IN THAT TIME, IN THE MEANTIME, WE'VE PUT THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION IN PLACE, AND ONE OF THEIR DUTIES IS TO GO THROUGH AND TO REVIEW THE ADOPTED CODES AND THE AMENDMENTS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THOSE.
THESE CODES ARE PUBLISHED AND PUBLISHED EVERY THREE YEARS AND SO THAT 2018 CYCLE, THEN YOU HAVE THE 2021 CYCLE THAT WE'RE ON.
WE'RE LOOKING TO ADOPT NOW, THE CURRENT CODE ADOPTION DOES INCLUDE THE 2021 ICC EDITIONS AND THE 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE.
WE ARE SKIPPING OVER A NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE VERSION AND THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THE CITY BACK INTO LINE WITH WHAT THE STATE ADOPTED CODE IS FOR THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE.
THEY ADOPT THE MOST CURRENT NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE.
THE YEAR THAT IT'S PUBLISHED AND SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY ON THAT 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE.
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ENDED IN A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION OF THESE CODES IN JULY OF 2024.JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE 2024 ICC CODES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED, SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED READING THROUGH THOSE AND FIGURING OUT WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON THOSE WHEN WE ADOPT THOSE IN THREE MORE YEARS.
WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER AMENDMENT THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THESE CODE ADOPTIONS, AND THAT IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY ORDINANCE FOR BUILDING CONTRACTOR REGISTRATIONS.
WE'VE NEVER HAD A REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL LIABILITY FOR CONTRACTORS TO BE IN PLACE FOR CONTRACTORS THAT REGISTER WITH THE CITY OF DECATUR, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE ADOPT A INSURANCE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT.
IT IS A MINIMUM OF $1 MILLION INSURANCE POLICY TO COVER THAT.
YOU SEE THAT IN THERE FOR THE RECOMMENDATION AND WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE REASON WHY WE DO THIS.
OF COURSE, MOST THINGS BOIL DOWN TO AN INSURANCE ISSUE, AND THAT'S WHAT COMES IN WITH THIS AND SO THE BUILDING CODE EFFECTIVENESS GRADING SCHEDULE IT'S AN ARM OF THE ISO RATING.
YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ISO RATING.
THIS IS THE BUILDING SIDE OF THAT, WHICH IS THE BUILDING CODE EFFECTIVENESS GRADING SCHEDULE, THE BCGS IT'S USED TO BASE YOUR COMMUNITY BASED ON SEVERAL FACTORS THAT THEY PLACE INTO THAT TO COME UP WITH THE CLASSIFICATION AND SO WE DID GO THROUGH A CLASSIFICATION JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, AND I WENT BACK AND PULLED UP THE LAST THREE CLASSIFICATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD UNDERSTAND THAT THESE CLASSIFICATIONS START WITH TEN BEING THE LEAST OR THE WORST GRADE THAT YOU CAN GET, AND ONE BEING THE BEST GRADE THAT YOU COULD GET.
SO IN 2015, WE WERE RATED AT A CLASS FOUR FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES.
IN 2020, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE OR GAIN ON THAT AND GAINED A CLASS THREE RATING FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. AND THEN THIS LAST GRADING CLASS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, WE ENDED UP WE STAYED, WE MAINTAINED OUR THREE AT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE ONE AND TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
BUT WE MOVED UP TO A CLASS TWO IN THE COMMERCIAL AND SO WE'RE REAL PROUD OF THAT AND WANT TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS TO DO BETTER AND BETTER FOR THE CITY OF DECATUR.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[7. CONSIDER AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO AWARD A BID FOR CITY EMPLOYEE GROUP INSURANCE FOR THE ENROLLMENT PERIOD OF JANUARY 1, 2025, THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.]
MAYOR AND COUNCIL. IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE WE CONSIDER AWARDING A BID FOR OUR HEALTH INSURANCE, MEDICAL COVERAGE AND THE ASSOCIATED BENEFITS.BASTIAN CARTWRIGHT, WHO PLAYS A ROLE AS REALLY A PARTNER TO THE CITY IN SELECTING THE MOST APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE PACKAGES FOR US, BUT ALSO JUST A PARTNER IN HELPING NOT ONLY THIS BODY, BUT OUR STAFF MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR OUR HEALTH COVERAGE.
SO, BRIAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WE'RE AT A 150% PLUS CLAIMS LOSS RATIO AND LAST YEAR FOR A 12 MONTH PERIOD, IT WAS 151%. THIS YEAR IT'S 157%.
SO THE DIFFERENTIAL IN THE CLAIMS THAT WERE PAID OUT VERSUS PREMIUMS PAID IN, THERE WERE $763,000 MORE PAID OUT IN CLAIMS THAN WAS PAID IN PREMIUMS. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A IT'S A DIFFICULT NEGOTIATING POSITION.
THE RENEWAL STARTING POINT WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD FOR THE PLANS WITH NO CHANGES WAS A 35% INCREASE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT $497,000 OF INCREASE. WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THAT DOWN TO A $235,000 INCREASE, APPROXIMATELY BASED ON THE CURRENT CENSUS, WHICH IS WENT FROM 35% TO A 16.6 AND AGAIN, THAT'S WITH NO CHANGES IN THE PLAN DESIGN.
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THE MARKET DID NOT COME IN VERY STRONG.THERE WERE A LOT OF DECLINES, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WHEN YOU HAVE A CLAIMS LOSS RATIO THAT HIGH, IT'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO INVEST IN SOMETHING THEY FEEL THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE MONEY IN.
SO NEVERTHELESS, UNITED HEALTH CARE WAS LEADING OF THE ONES THAT DID QUOTE AND THERE ARE SOME KEY DIFFERENTIALS IN THE UNITED HEALTH CARE PLAN THAT WE DID DISCUSS AND WE I COMMEND YOUR TEAM ON HAVING A RATHER LARGE INSURANCE COMMITTEE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF INPUT WE PRESENT TO THEM THE DATA AND THE MARKET FINDINGS AND ALL OF THE NUANCES OF THAT, AND THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED IN IT AND THERE WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEM GOING FORWARD.
SO ON THE WAY THAT WE LIKE TO PRESENT THIS IS WE WANT TO GIVE YOU KIND OF THE CLOSEST APPLES TO APPLES PLAN THAT EACH CARRIER HAS COMPARED TO WHAT YOU HAVE.
IT'S NEVER A PERFECT MATCHUP, BUT IT'S AS CLOSE AS THAT CARRIER GETS AND THEN SECONDLY, WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS SHOW YOU KIND OF A STEP AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, IS AN ADJUSTMENT IN PLANS TO GET SOME RATE RELIEF THAT WOULD BE TOLERABLE AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE MEASURE THAT BY KIND OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE GROUP, FROM THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT ON THE FIRST PAGE, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THE BLUE CROSS PLANS IN GRAY.
THOSE ARE THE THREE OPTIONS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.
NEXT TO THAT IS WHERE IT SAYS BLUE CROSS ALTERNATES.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE CALLING A STEP, MEANING THAT THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENT AND THE DEDUCTIBLES AND OR THE CO-PAYMENTS TO TRY TO GET SOME RATE RELIEF AND THOSE WERE WITHIN KIND OF THE TOLERABLE RANGES.
AND THAT GETS YOU AN ADDITIONAL ROUGHLY 5% OF RATE ADJUSTMENT.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS ABOUT THAT PLAN THAT ARE NOT APPLES TO APPLES, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS AS CLOSE AS THEY GET TO WHAT YOUR CURRENT OFFERINGS ARE AND KEEPING THE PPO STRUCTURE, KEEPING KIND OF THE OUT-OF-POCKET MAXIMUM STRUCTURES, THE COPAYS WITHIN AS CLOSE AS THEY GET WITHIN THOSE PLAN OFFERINGS AND THAT GETS YOU TO A 14.3 AND I WOULD COMPARE THAT ONE MOST CLOSELY TO THE 16.6 YOUR CURRENT PLAN.
THEY HAVE A TIERED CO-PAYMENT SYSTEM.
A LOT OF OUR LOCAL SPECIALISTS ARE IN THE HIGHER TIER, SO IT WOULD HAVE THE IMPACT OF BEING A HIGHER CO-PAYMENT AND THEREFORE, IF YOU WERE TO EVEN THAT OUT, I WOULD CALL THAT A RELATIVE WASH WITH WHAT YOUR CURRENT PLAN IS IN TERMS OF OF RATING.
SO WHAT THAT DOES MEANS IS THAT IF PEOPLE ARE UTILIZING WHAT UHC IS DESIGNATING AS THEIR HIGHER QUALITY PROVIDERS, THEY'RE GOING TO GET A LOWER CO-PAYMENT.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A LOT OF DISRUPTION THERE.
AFTER VISITING WITH THE COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS RATHER LARGE, THAT THERE'S A DEFINITE, I WOULD SAY, AN OVERWHELMING DESIRE TO STAY WITH THE BLUE CROSS PRODUCT AND I'LL, LET NATE AND JUDY CHIME IN ON WHETHER THAT WOULD BE WITH THE EXISTING OR THE ALTERNATES, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT FROM A PROVIDER STANDPOINT, FROM A CO-PAYMENT AND OUT OF POCKET ALL THOSE THINGS.
I THINK BLUE CROSS WAS THE DESIRED CHOICE OVERWHELMINGLY AND I WOULD ADD TO THAT THE REST OF YOUR ANCILLARY PRODUCTS, THE LIFE AND DISABILITY AND DENTAL, THOSE THINGS ARE PACKAGED WITH BLUE CROSS AS WELL.
THOSE WERE WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A MULTIYEAR RATE GUARANTEE.
SO THERE'S NO INCREASES ON ANY OF THOSE PRODUCTS.
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THEY'RE ABLE TO STAY WITHOUT DISRUPTION AND WITHOUT A PRICE INCREASE.SO THAT'S A GOOD DEAL AND IT ALSO THOSE CARRY A FORWARD A RATING DISCOUNT ON YOUR MEDICAL PIECE.
SO THESE MEDICAL RATES ARE IN CONSIDERATION OF KEEPING THAT PACKAGE TOGETHER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL.
THANK YOU BRIAN. I'LL CHIME IN REAL BRIEFLY.
I APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCIL, MAYOR, IF YOU RECALL THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE'VE REMAINED PRETTY CONSISTENT IN OFFERING UP $10,000 PER EMPLOYEE IN TERMS OF A THAT'S A BUDGET FIGURE THAT WE USE TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS OUR INSURANCE PREMIUMS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND IF WE STUCK WITH THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OPTION, IT WOULD RESULT WITH SOME ADDITIONAL OUT-OF-POCKET COMING FROM THE EMPLOYEES AND YOUR TWO LARGEST USE GROUPS ARE EMPLOYEE ONLY AND EMPLOYEE CHILDREN, AND THEY REPRESENT 43 AND 57 IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF FOLKS ON EACH OF THOSE PLANS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN AN EMPLOYEE HERE, WE WOULD BE ASKING THOSE TWO GROUPS AND OTHERS TO CONTRIBUTE OUT OF POCKET MONTHLY TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF KEEPING THE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT LENGTH WITH OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THE EMPLOYEE GROUP THAT REPRESENTS THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE, AND EVERYBODY SEEMED TO BE, FOR THE MOST PART, IN FAVOR OF SPENDING A LITTLE OF THEIR OUT OF POCKET DOLLARS FROM THEIR PAYCHECK TO KEEP THE QUALITY THAT THEY HAD WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD KEEP THE FAMILIARITY WITH THEIR PLAN THAT THEY HAD.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY CONTRASTING THAT IS IF WE DID TAKE THE STEP THAT BRIAN'S TALKING ABOUT, AND WE WENT TO THE ADJUSTED OUR OFFERING AND ADJUSTED OUR PLAN PROVIDER, IT WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS.
WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THE NO COST TO THE EMPLOYEES IN THOSE GROUPS.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE FOR EVERYBODY TO CONSIDER.
IT WOULD BE A MOVE OF US ASKING, FOR EXAMPLE, AN EMPLOYEE ONLY WOULD GO FROM NO COST TO THEM ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO $56.58 A MONTH, AND THEN AN EMPLOYEE, CHILDREN PERSON WHO WAS RECEIVING THIS INSURANCE WOULD GO FROM ZERO COST TO $110 A MONTH. SO THERE'S AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHAT OTHER PLANS YOU TAKE PAST THAT, THERE'S ADDITIONAL COSTS.
OBVIOUSLY IF YOU BUY UP OR INCREASE THE OFFERING, THE PRICE OBVIOUSLY GOES UP.
I WOULD RELY ON JUDY TO FILL IN WHERE I MAY HAVE MISSED THE GAP, BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE THAT BUDGETARY BACKGROUND IN ADDITION TO WHAT BRIAN TOLD YOU ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE PLANS. SO TONIGHT, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WE WOULD JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE EITHER STAYING WITH BLUE CROSS OR MOVING TO UNITED, AND THEN BRIAN AND I CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE.
WELL, IF I GUESS TO FOR CLARITY, YOU HAD A VERY THOROUGH VETTING PROCESS.
OKAY. AND SO WE KNOWING THAT THAT WOULD BE AN IMPACT TO THE EMPLOYEES FROM AN OUT-OF-POCKET STANCE.
WE GATHERED A MEETING OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAMS, WHICH IS THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, AND WE TALKED NUMBERS, MUCH LIKE BRIAN HAS DONE HERE TONIGHT AND THAT TEAM UNANIMOUS.
SO YOUR COMMITTEE AND THEN YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM CONFIRMED THAT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A YOU KNOW, INSURANCE IS VERY HEALTH INSURANCE IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
IT YOU KNOW, YOU HAD JUST MENTIONED THE UTILIZATION NUMBER OF 150, AND I THINK YOU SAID LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT THAT 61% LAST YEAR.
YEAH AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS LOOK AT AN 80 SCORE AS OPPOSED TO FOR A NO COST KIND OF SCENARIO.
YOU KNOW, THAT 80 TO 85% LOSS RATIO IS THE TARGET.
SO GOSH, I MEAN, YOU'RE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STARING AT TWO YEARS OF CONSISTENT INCREASES OF UTILIZATION AND THEREFORE YOU'RE SEEING INCREASE IN COST.
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SO WE HAVE AN HSA PROGRAM AND SOME OTHER KINDS OF COST EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO HELP PEOPLE BE STEWARDS, I GUESS, OF THEIR OWN BENEFIT PROGRAM SO THEY CAN UTILIZE THAT.BUT GOSH, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PAY FOR ALL OF THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE KINDS OF INCREASES.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I MEAN, I'M IF THE ORGANIZATION'S BELIEF FOR THIS YEAR IS TO DO THAT.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE WE STAND TO AND MAYOR, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT REMINDED ME.
WE WOULD BE LEAVING OUR CITY, HSA CONTRIBUTIONS WHERE THEY WERE AND HAVE BEEN.
SO THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERATION THROUGH THE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WHERE CAN WE FIND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO HELP OFFSET THOSE COSTS? BUT IN SPEAKING WITH NOT ONLY THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, BUT EMPLOYEES, OUR FRONTLINE FOLKS THAT ARE DEALING WITH LIFE EVERY DAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, THEY ASK US NOT TO REDUCE THEIR HSA CONTRIBUTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
SO WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THAT AS WELL AND THAT PLAYS INTO VERY GOOD COST PASS ON.
SO AND I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE SOME DENTAL AND OTHER KINDS OF.
GOOD QUESTION MAYOR. IF THE BODY SO DESIRES, IF THEY COULD JUST GIVE US A MOTION TO APPROVE CONTINUING WITH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD AND AUTHORIZE MYSELF TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS BETWEEN BRIAN AND JUDY AND I.
VERY GOOD. SECOND AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ALL RIGHT.
ITEM EIGHT, ACCEPTANCE OF QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.
[8. ACCEPTANCE OF QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT.]
AND THANK YOU, BRIAN AND THANK YOU, SBC.WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU BRIAN.
SO YOU SEE FUND ONE, TWO, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN AND NINE.
SOME ARE GAINING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN OTHERS.
OUR OVERALL INCREASE 2.94% ON TOTAL FUNDS AND YOU SEE, DOWN AT THE VERY BOTTOM, OUR TOTAL DOLLARS ON HAND 57 MILLION, JUST OVER 57 MILLION.
THIS IS A STANDARD PROCESS FOR THE COMPTROLLER TO PRESENT OUR QUARTERLY INVESTMENT.
I'M HAPPY TO LET JEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
GIVE IT TO US STRAIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? NO, SIR. NO ACTION. YES, SIR.
SUSIE, DID WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP FOR A PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR. WE DID. ALL RIGHT.
[9. COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
THANK YOU EVERYBODY.THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.