* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. RECORDING IN [00:00:01] PROGRESS. [I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL] ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING ON THIS MORNING, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 2025 AT 10:08 AM YOU CAN JOIN US BY TELEPHONIC OR VIDEO CONFERENCE, UM, AND YOU CAN CALL AND YOU CAN JOIN THAT MEETING BY DIALING 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9. ENTERING THE MEETING ID OF 8 9 7 7 3 6 6 AND THE PASSCODE OF 6 8 3 0 3 4. YOU CAN ALSO, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AND YOU CAN DO THAT, MAKE THAT REQUEST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE BY CALLING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 5. AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA ASK EVERYONE TO MUTE THEIR CELL PHONES, UH, YOUR ANY DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE, AND WE WILL HAVE OUR INVOCATION PLEDGE AND OUR ROLL. CALL THIS MO AT THIS, UM, MOMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, WILL YOU LEAD US IN PRAYER? YEAH, THANK YOU. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE BLACK OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WOULD YOU ESTABLISH A QUORUM PLEASE? THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR MOSES. HERE, MAYOR PRO. TIMM ETT. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HAMILTON EVERETT. FIELD COUNCIL MEMBER BECKHAM HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KEN LONG COUNCIL MEMBER FREE HERE. YOU HAVE A CORPS MAYOR. THANK YOU, CITY SECRETARY. AT THIS TIME [II. WORKSHOP] WE'LL BEGIN AND TURN IT OVER, UM, TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND CITY, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR. IT'S A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2026. AND OF COURSE, MS. EVIE, UH, IS WITH US. UH, ARD IS HERE WITH US ON THIS MORNING AS WELL. SO AT THIS TIME, YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNSEL MAYOR, AS IT'S KNOWN, UM, WE GET TO THAT TIME OF YEAR BY, UM, REG REGULATION AND, AND STATUTE THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO PRESENT THE COUNCIL WITH A BUDGET. SO WE ARE, WE ARE, UM, BEGINNING THIS PROCESS TODAY WITH THE FIRST WORKSHOP FOR THE BUDGET AS IS REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. WHAT WE ARE DOING, WE ARE DOING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS TIME. WE ARE PROVIDING ALL THE, UM, ACCOUNTS THAT ARE IN BALANCE, THAT ARE BALANCED AT THIS POINT TO THE COUNCIL. AND, UM, I WILL ASK OUR CITY, UM, FINANCIAL DIRECTOR TO PRESENT THAT TO THE COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I PRESENT YOUR FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THE PROPOSED, IT SAYS FISCAL YEAR 25, BUT IT IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. SOMETHING WRONG. THERE IT IS. AND, UM, SO JUST THE AGENDA VERY QUICKLY ARE THE TYPES OF FUNDS, THE FUNDS WILL BE GOING OVER. THE GENERAL ENTERPRISE SPECIAL REVENUE AND THE EDC. SO THE NEXT ONE JUST DEFINES FOR YOU THE TYPES OF FUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO THE GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICES INCLUDED IN THAT ONE. MM-HMM . AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DEFINITIONS FOR GENERAL FUND ARE THERE. THE SECOND ONE IS THE ENTERPRISE. THAT DOES MEAN THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. SO THESE ARE GONNA BE FUNDS THAT ARE SELF-SUFFICIENT WITHOUT THE USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND THEN LAST ONE ARE SPECIAL FUNDS FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, THOSE ARE JUST THE TYPES OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE. AND THE THREE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING OVER, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S GONNA BE DEBT SERVICE AND TRANSIT IS INCLUDED IN THAT. AND UNDER ENTERPRISE, IT'S SOLID WASTE AND PLEASURE ISLAND. UNDER THE SPECIAL REVENUE WE DO HAVE TURS AND THEN ALL THE OTHER SPECIAL [00:05:01] REVENUE IN INTERNAL FUNDS. AND FINALLY WE DO HAVE THE EDC FOR THE DEBT SERVICE, WHICH BEGINS ON PAGE TWO. ALL THE TRANSFER, JUST, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DOUCETTE HAS HIS LIGHT ON. JUST ONE SECOND. OH, I'M SORRY. OKAY. SORRY. BE BEFORE I ASK THE QUESTION, I WANNA FIRST FIND OUT HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THE WORKSHOP? BECAUSE DO YOU WANT TO TALK AND THEN WE ASK QUESTIONS OR CAN WE INTERRUPT THE NEXT QUESTION? LEMME JUST GET THROUGH THIS. OKAY. LET ME GET THROUGH THIS SLIDE AND THEN ASK QUESTIONS IF THAT'S OKAY. BECAUSE I'M GOING TO AFTER THE WHOLE, AFTER THE, AFTER THE WHOLE, YES. 'CAUSE IT'S NOT VERY LONG. NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YES. I I JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW WE CAN DO IT SO IT CAN CONTINUE WITHOUT INTERRUPTING YOU IF YOU NEED TO PUT IT OUT. YES. SO WE'LL WAIT TILL YOU COMPLETE, THEN YOU'LL ASK US FOR QUESTIONS. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. SO THE FIRST ONE IS DEBT SERVICE. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE PAGE NUMBERS BECAUSE I SEE I DIDN'T GET YOU A TABLE OF CONTENTS. DEBT SERVICE IS GOING TO BE PAGE TWO TRANSIT. AND IF YOU WANT TO JUST PUT ON, UH, BECAUSE I HAVE IT ON, ON MINE JUST IN PEN, BUT TRANSIT IS ON PAGE 16. YOU SAID PAGE TWO? YES, SIR. PAGE TWO OF WHAT? PAGE TWO OF THE BIG HANDOUT WITH ALL THE DETAILS. MM-HMM . I'M SORRY. PAGE 16 IS TRANSIT. PAGE THREE WILL BE SOLID. WASTE PLEASURE. ISLAND IS PAGE 10. AND THEN I HAVE, UH, DIFFERENT NUMBERS FOR THE PAGE NUMBERS AND WE COULD GO, UH, EACH ONE, ONE AT A TIME AFTER THIS PRESENTATION. OOPS. 40. YES. TURS IS GONNA BE 44. YOUR INTERNAL SERVICES ARE GOING TO BEGIN AT PAGE 45. AND ALL OF YOUR SPECIAL REVENUE IS GOING TO BEGIN ON PAGE 25. AND JUST QUICKLY ON YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THEY ARE CURRENTLY BALANCED WITH THE FUND BALANCED IN EXCESS OF 16 MILLION FOR THEIR CURRENT BUDGET. NO RESERVE FUNDS ARE USED, ONLY REVENUE RECEIVED WILL BECOME REVENUE BUDGETED. AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION OF, YOU CAN SEE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SOLID WASTE. THESE WILL BE PHASED IN AND I WILL LET THE CITY MANAGER SPEAK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THAT. AND THEN IN TRANSIT THERE'S A REQUEST FOR ONE AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PART OF THE PRESENTATION, THE BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHERE THINGS ARE. AND YOU HAVE THE DETAILS FOR ALL OF THE FUNDS SUMMARY. NOW I WILL LE LE LEAVE IT UP TO YOU TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS JUST BEFORE, JUST BEFORE YOU ASK ANY QUESTIONS ON, UM, PAGE NINE. AS WE LOOK AT THE, UM, THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE SOLID WASTE PART OF IT, THERE ARE 19, AS THEN INDICATED. THERE ARE 19 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS, BUT WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE STUDY AS YET. BUT THE PRELIMINARY COUNT THAT WE HAVE FROM THE STUDIES, 19 AUTHORIZED POSITIONS, IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT, IT'LL BE PHASED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. UM, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE FOUR TRUCKS THAT, UM, FIVE GARBAGE TRUCKS THAT FOR GARBAGE, FIVE GARBAGE TRUCKS THAT HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR COMMERCIAL, WE HAVE SIX THAT HAVE BEEN ORDERED. AND FOR TRASH, WE HAVE FOUR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT HAVE BEEN ORDERED, WHICH WILL GET THERE BEFORE DECEMBER. ALL OF THOSE WILL ARE ON ORDER AND WE WILL GET THEM MAYBE BEFORE DECEMBER THIS YEAR. SO WHEN THE, HOW EXCUSE IN, PUT YOUR MIC ON A DEUCE. I CAN BARELY, YEAH, I'M SORRY. I HAVE SEVERAL LIGHTS GOING ON. UH, JUST A SECOND. UM, COUNCILLOR MCKEN LAW HAD HIS LIGHT ON AND YOU WANT TO YIELD TO COUNCILLOR? I'M, YOU WANT, GO AHEAD. OH, OKAY. NO MANAGER. THIS IS THE TIME WHERE YOU ACTUALLY WHISTLE THIS, UH, BUDGET, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE HAD SEEM TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR PROBLEMS WITH TRASH AND GARBAGE. AND THEN I'M LOOKING, AND THAT'S THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO [00:10:01] COME HERE TONIGHT, TODAY TO LOOK AT IS WHAT'S YOUR PLAN AND HOW ARE YOU GONNA IMPROVE PICKING UP GARBAGE AND TRASH? PERIOD. NOW I'M HEARING THAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU ONLY HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL THAT YOU INTEND TO HIRE. AM I UNDERSTANDING RIGHT? NO. OKAY. MAYBE I I CAME IN A LITTLE LATE. I'M SORRY. LET'S GET TO THE PAGE. LET'S GET TO THE PAGE. OKAY. I, I NEED TO KNOW PAGE, PAGE NINE. PAGE NINE. PAGE NINE PAGE. ARE YOU LOOKING AT PAGE NINE? RIGHT. OKAY. 19. 19 RECOMMENDED INCREASES OF 19 AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL IN SOBES. YOU SEE THEM ON THERE? OKAY. I DON'T, AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE, YOU SEE IT AC SEE PAGE NINE. OKAY. OH, OKAY. PAGE ON YOUR PRESENTATION PAGE. OKAY. OH, OKAY. OH, WE HAVE TWO OF YOU. ALRIGHT, THAT'S FACT. SEE WE WERE IN THE BUDGET. SEE, WE LOOKING IN THE BUDGET. NO, LOOK AT THE POINTS. RIGHT. ALRIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW WE ON TRACK 'CAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET. OKAY, GOOD. GOOD. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WE HAVE NINE, ACCORDING TO THE STUDY THAT'S BEEN DONE AND THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS THAT ARE COMING OUT, THIS AS LYNN PRESENTED, WE ARE IN THE BLACK AS FAR AS THIS ACCOUNT IS CONCERNED, WE ARE VERY MUCH IN THE BLACK AS FAR AS THIS. AND SO THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE WE GET THE FINAL REPORT AND THE RECOMMENDATION. WE ARE PULLING THAT OUT AND SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH YOU. MM-HMM . WE WILL TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU FOR, UH, WE WILL TAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU FOR ADOPTION WHEN THE FINAL REPORT COMES OUT. BUT WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY PROVIDE IN US WITH IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICE AND FUNDING IS AVAILABLE BECAUSE THAT FUND IS IN BALANCE RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT IN THE RED. AND THE PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATION IS TO HIRE 19 MORE PERSONS, WHICH I INDICATED WILL BE FACED OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS. OR IF COUNCIL WANTS TO GIVE US A DIRECTION TO HIRE THE 19 PEOPLE IN THE FIRST YEAR, THAT IS FINE AS WELL, YOU KNOW, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THE EQUIPMENT COMES IN, IN DECEMBER, BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT BY DECEMBER, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AS WELL. SO YOU'RE PHASING AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION OF PHASING FOR TWO YEARS, WHAT IS THAT BASED STEP UPON? WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT? YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT IT COMES AS PLEASURE. OKAY. IT COMES, IT COMES AS PLEASURE. OKAY. IF COUNCIL WANTS US BECAUSE THE BUDGET IS BALANCED, OKAY. THIS ACCOUNT IS BALANCED, ISN'T THAT RIGHT LYNN? IT IS BALANCE. IT MEANS THAT THERE IS MONEY IN THERE. WELL, IF WE WANT, MY RECOMMENDATION WILL BE TO FACE IT. BUT IF WE WANT TO HIRE THE 19 PERSONS OF THE BAT, WHEN YOU APPROVE THE COUNTS, WHEN YOU APPROVE THE BUDGET, YOU CAN DO THAT. OKAY. WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION TO DO THAT. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. BECAUSE THERE'S MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THAT AND THERE IS ALSO MONEY. WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND, UM, ORDERED THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEEDED BECAUSE THERE WAS MONEY FOR THAT ALREADY. SO, SO WE HAVE EXPENDED THAT PART OF IT. YOUR, YOUR EQUIPMENT TIMEFRAME, IS THE S STILL BASED ON BUILDING THESE TRUCKS OR YOU ACTUALLY BUYING IN DECEMBER? DECEMBER. OKAY. THEY SHOULD BE THERE IN ABOUT, UM, WELL, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, THREE MONTHS. DECEMBER, THREE MONTHS. OKAY. YES, YES. AND THEN, UM, COUNCILMAN CHINO, AS I INDICATED WE SHOULD GET, UM, THE FULL REPORT FOR ADOPTION BY THE COUNCIL BY DECEMBER. SO IT ALL, IT ALL FITS IN TOGETHER. THE REPORT FOR ADOPTION, THE EQUIPMENT AND THE HIRING OF INDIVIDUALS, THE APPROVAL OF OUR BUDGET, THESE FOUR THINGS ARE MOVING ON SMOOTHLY AND YOUR HR DEPARTMENT CAN HANDLE HIRING 19 INDIVIDUALS. WE HOPE, WE HOPE THAT WE WILL PUT EVERYTHING IN PLACE OKAY. TO SEE HOW WE GET THAT DONE. ALRIGHT. YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHY I SAID I'M COMING UP WITH PLAN B. IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ABSORB ALL THESE 19 PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY MUST HAVE CDLS TO DRIVE A A, A TRASH TRUCK, YOU MUST HAVE A CDL. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO IF WE CANNOT GET NINE, UM, OF THE 19 PEOPLE, EIGHT EIGHT ARE FOR THE CONTAINER TRUCKS. SO IF WE CANNOT GET EIGHT PEOPLE FOR, FOR THE CONTAINER TRUCKS OFF THE BACK OF CDS, WE WOULD HAVE TO PHASE IT. SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY I'VE SAID PLAN B IS TO PHASE IT. IF YOU CANNOT GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD AT THE END BY DECEMBER BASICALLY WE'LL DO SOME RECRUITING YES. UM, AS WELL FOR CDL DRIVERS. BUT THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, FOOD FOR THOUGHT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, GET OUT THERE, HAVE A TRAINING CLASS FOR I THINK LAMAR, LIT AND THEY, UM, HAVE CDL TRAININGS. MAYBE WE COULD GET IN LINE TO HIRE AS MANY THAT COMES OUT OF THERE MM-HMM . DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, BACKGROUNDS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. ALRIGHT. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ETT. OKAY, THIS IS BUDGET TIME. I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AT THIS BUDGET THROUGHOUT BASED ON [00:15:01] WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE THIS COMING YEAR AND OUR NEEDS. SO TRASH AND GARBAGE HAS BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. YOU'VE DONE A STUDY AND ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT IN THIS FORM TO BRING TO US, YOU HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA BASED ON EQUIPMENT WE HAVE ORDERED AND THE PERSONNEL THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TO MAN THIS EQUIPMENT. SO IF WE GONNA HAVE 19 POSITIONS, WE SHOULD PLACE THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS IN THIS BUDGET FOR 19 PEOPLE. IT'S IN HERE. OH. FOR 19 PEOPLE. AND WE SHOULD ALSO START A PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET PEOPLE QUALIFIED AND PREPARED TO HIDE BASED ON ESTIMATION, UH, ESTIMATING THE, THE TIME WE'RE GONNA HAVE, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE EQUIPMENT IN HERE, WE MAY ONE OR HIRE 'EM A MONTH OR TWO BEFORE THE EQUIPMENT COME IN SO THEY COULD BE TRAINING AND RIDING WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S ALREADY DOING IT. SO WHEN THE EQUIPMENT COMES IN, THEY BE ABLE TO GET ON THEIR TRUCK AND THEY DON'T NEED NOBODY GOING WITH THEM OR TEACHING THEM. THEY ALREADY KNOW. SO WE NEED TO GET 'EM HIRED SO THAT THEY COULD TRAIN SO WHEN EQUIPMENT ARRIVE, THEY CAN WORK. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. THAT'S THE PLAN. WE NEED TO EXECUTE IT. THIS IS THE TIME WE GONNA PROVIDE FUNDING. SO IF YOU'RE SAYING YOU NEED 19 PEOPLE, YOU ALREADY GOT TRUCKS ORDERED, THEN I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. BECAUSE THAT'S A PRIORITY IN THIS CITY. GARBAGE AND TRASH PICK UP, NO EXCUSES. WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET IT DONE, LET'S GET IT DONE. THIS IS THE TIME WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DECIDING ALL OF THIS. OKAY. SO I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF HIRING 19 PEOPLE AND HIRING THEM IN THE FASHION SO THAT IT COINCIDE WITH THEM BEING HIRED, BEING TRAINED AND EQUIPMENT COMING IN. THEY'RE GOING TO WORK, NOT EQUIPMENT COMING IN AND THEN THEY TRAIN. MM-HMM . WE'RE NOT, WE WE, WE WE'RE NOT GONNA GET NOWHERE. WE WASTING TIME. SO LET'S DO IT THAT WAY. OKAY. WELL, LET, LET ME EXPLAIN HOW THIS WORKS. CORRECT. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. COME IF I'M WRONG. YOU CAN ONLY HIRE 19 PEOPLE WHEN THE BUDGET IS APPROVED. MM-HMM . OKAY. WELL IF IT'S, IT'S A B, WE, THESE ARE 19 BUDGETED POSITIONS, YOU CAN ONLY HIRE THEM WHEN THE BUDGET IS APPROVED AND TRAIN THEM. YOU CANNOT HIRE THEM BEFORE THAT BECAUSE THE POSITION DOESN'T EXIST. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT NOW , WE CAN'T HIRE, WE CAN'T HIRE THE IES WE GOT NOW. SO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT NOW I'VE, THAT'S WHY I SPOKE. THE FIRST THING I SAID WAS, THIS IS THE TIME I'M TALKING ABOUT FUNDING NOW. YEAH. I'M TALKING ABOUT GOING INTO THE BUDGET. SO IF IT'S IN A BUDGET, THEN WE GONNA APPROVE IT. NOW. ONCE WE APPROVE IT, THEN THAT'S THE MONEY IS THERE. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO THAT'S A NO-BRAINER. GOOD. WE GOOD. THAT'S A NO BRAINER. ALL WE, WE GOT HIRED BEFORE OCTOBER 1ST, ANGELA, WE KNOW THAT. WE GOOD. WE GOOD? ALRIGHT, WELL WE GOTTA PUT SOME BOOTS ON THE GROUND. THANK OCTOBER 1ST. YES. I IT NEEDS OCTOBER 1ST AT WHATEVER TIME WE ADOPT IT NEEDS OCTOBER 2ND. WELL, WE WILL BE PREPARED INTERNALLY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. YES. THAT'S, WE WILL HIT THE GROUND. GROUND. THAT'S WEEK COUNCILOR S WHAT WE NEED TO BE TRAINED WHEN THEY GET HERE. GO TO WORK. I MEAN, WHEN THE TRUCKS, TRUCKS GET IN, THEY'RE READY. GO WHEN THE TRUCKS GET HERE, GO TO WORK. ALRIGHT. YES. NOT TRUCKS GET HERE, WE PUT 'EM ON A TRUCK AND WE TRAIN EM. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. WE NEED THE BACKGROUND, THE BACKGROUND WORK, ALL OF THAT REALLY CAN, UM, COULD BE DONE PRIOR TO, UM, UM, AS YOU'RE LOOKING, WE KNOW HOW THAT, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY MAKE IT GO A LITTLE FASTER. A LOT FASTER. ABSOLUTELY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK. YEAH. YES. UM, MS. BOSWELL QUESTION, UM, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECTED BUDGET FOR THE SOLID WASTE FUND GOING FORWARD, HAVE WE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, UM, THE FACT THAT THE, UM, THAT THE FREE DIRT THAT WE HAVE BEEN GETTING FROM, UM, UH, THE PLANTS IS GOING TO COME TO AN END AS WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR PROJECTED BUDGET? THE [00:20:01] BUDGET WAS BASED ON THE REQUEST OF THE, THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AT THE TIME, AND I'M GOING TO PRESUME THAT THAT WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. YES. WAIT, LET ME COME COUNCILMAN, UM, FRANK, LET ME SHARE THIS WITH YOU. UM, WE DO, BASED FROM MY ESTIMATES AND TALKING TO THE LANDFILL MANAGER, WE HAVE THE STOCKPILE FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. OKAY? YES. WE DO HAVE THE STOCKPILE FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS PROVIDING US WITH THE OUTER BUSINESS, BUT WE HAVE SEEN, WE HAVE SINCE RETAINED HIM TO, UM, TRANSPORTED IT WITHIN THE LANDFILL FOREST. WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH HIM TO DO THAT, BUT YES, WE HAVE STOCKPILED. SO WE HAVE, WE, SO YES, THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION YES. AS WELL. YES. THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. OKAY. YOU KNOW, YES. JUST BEING SURE. YES. MAKING SURE WE'RE LOOKING, COVERING OUR BASIS AS WE'RE LOOKING AT PROJECTIONS. ALL RIGHT. UM, AND, AND THAT BALANCE FOR OUR, AND THAT PROJECTED, UM, THAT PROJECTED, UH, REVENUE FOR 20, UH, 5 26 AS I'M LOOKING AT IT, IS, IS WE, ARE WE LOOKING AT 22 MILLION? IS THAT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THEN? I'M ON PAGE THREE. YES. THAT DOES INCLUDE ALL OF THE REVENUES THAT ARE IN THERE, INCLUDING THE RESERVE BALANCE. OKAY. THESE ARE FOR ALL OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE REVENUE, FOR ALL OF THE SOLID WASTE ACCOUNTS, RIGHT? NO, THAT'S ON PAGE THREE. I'M SORRY, MAYOR MOSES, YOU LOOK AT, SO ON PAGE THREE AT THE TOP REVENUE AND OTHER SOURCES, THE 22 MILLION 634 5 86 MM-HMM . ON THE HAND ON, NOT THE HANDOUT, BUT THE OH, THE BUDGET. ONE ON THE BUDGET. I'M TRYING PAGE THREE. PAGE THREE ON THIS ONE. OKAY. WOW. IF YOU LOOK IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER IN THE BOTTOM THERE MM-HMM . 24 DEATHS. OKAY. NOW ONE OF THE THINGS, REVEREND FRANK, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT FACTOR IN, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT THERE AS YET, UM, WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT WENT OUT FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE AND THE OPENING OF A NEW SALE, WHICH WOULD SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE WHEN THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN THE REVENUES FOR THE LANDFILL. MM-HMM . UM, AS SOON AS WE APPROVE THAT PROCESS, UM, YOU SHOULD SEE REVENUES PICK UP OR MADE ME SIGNIFICANTLY AS WELL AT THE LANDFILL. WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT. ALRIGHT. BUT IT'S NOT IN THERE YET BECAUSE WE'RE NOT CASE. YES, SIR. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANK, ARE YOU I'M THROUGH, HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM. THANK COUNCIL MEMBER DOUCETTE. YES. UH, WHEN YOU TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE SALE AND EVERYTHING WITH THE LANDFILL, THE NEW CELL. YEAH, THE NEW CELL AND ALL YOU TALKING ABOUT GENERATING INCOME, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE TAKING THE WASTE DOWN THERE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE COLLECTING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I SEEN ONE TIME WHERE SOMEONE IN COMMENT THAT WE DON'T TAKE, WE DON'T TAKE CASH AND THEN THEY SAY THEY DON'T TAKE CREDIT CARDS OR WHATEVER. BUT, UH, SHOULD, SHOULD WE TRY TO FIND SOME WAY OUT THERE TO HAVE FUNDS TO COLLECT THE FUNDS WHERE THERE'S NO CASH INVOLVED? YEAH, WE HAVE SINCE CORRECTED THAT. UM, THE PROBLEM WAS, UM, WE DID NOT HAVE THE INTERNET SERVICE AND NOW WE HAVE IT AT THE LANDFILL. SO WE WE ARE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. YEAH. WE, WE, WE CORRECTED THAT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH, WE GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN LEWIS? YES. GOOD MORNING. DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, HOW AT THE, AT THE LANDFILL HOW WE COLLECT? OH NO, NOT NECESSARILY COLLECT IT. DO WE HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING, UH, COMPANIES THAT OWES A LOT OF DEBT TO THE LANDFILL? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, A COUPLE OF MEANS OF COLLECTING THE SERVICES OVER THE LANDFILL. THERE'S, UH, TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. ONE IS AT THE LANDFILL DIRECTLY, [00:25:01] THE OTHER ONE IS TO ALSO BILL. AT THIS TIME, I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THE, ANY OF THE OUTSTANDING, I DIDN'T SEE WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH OUR COLLECTIONS PROCESS THAT THERE WAS A LOT THAT I, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING ANY ACCOUNTS THAT WERE IN THE DEFICIT OR OWED US AFTER A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR DUMPING IN THE LANDFILL ITSELF. SO THE LANDFILL PORTION OF IT, I BELIEVE IS, IS VERY WELL AND MUCH MORE CONTROLLED THAN OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO COLLECTING WHAT IS OWED TO THEM. YEAH. WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LANDFILL, I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT'S TEARING DOWN STRUCTURES AND, AND COMING AND DUMPING. YEAH. SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY COMPANIES THAT'S USING THE LANDFILL THAT HAS AN OUTSTANDING DEBT? NOT THAT I KNOW OF BECAUSE NOT THAT YOU KNOW, OF ALL OF THE PERMISSIONS THAT WE ASK FOR YOU TO, TO EXTEND CREDIT TO THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES COME TO YOU. AND IF THEY VIOLATE THAT, THEN THEY'RE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO USE OURS OR IT HAS TO BE A CASH ONLY BASIS. OKAY. IN ADDITION TO THE, THE CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LANDFILL THAT WE, WE WE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE LANDFILL. WHAT ABOUT THE TUB GRINDERS? IS THAT OPERATING NOW? YOU TUB, TUB GRINDER? NOT, NOT AS YET. NOT AS YET BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVE TO GET THE SELECT, I DON'T THINK THE TUB GRINDER IS IN, THAT'S ONE OF THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WE ORDERED. YEAH, I THINK YOU, YOU TOLD ME I BOUGHT IT. YES, WE DID. RIGHT. BUT IS IT IN OPERATION? IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S BEEN ORDERED WITH ALL THE OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT WE, WE, THAT WE EXPECT TO GET BY DECEMBER. OH, OKAY. YES, YES. THAT'S ALL PART OF, THAT'S ALL PART OF THE PLAN AND WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW, ALL THAT DUMPING IN THOSE CELLS AND THAT SHORTENS THE LANDFILL, SHORTENS THE LIFE OF THE LANDFILL. YEAH. IT HAS BEEN ORDERED WITH ALL THE OTHER PIECES. OKAY. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. OKAY. NOW WE'RE NOT GONNA SAY LET IT SIT THERE AND RUST OR BURN OR CATCH A FIRE AND BURN UP LIKE IT THE LAST ONE. BUT WHAT WE COULD DO, BASED ON YOUR QUESTION, WHAT WE COULD DO, LYNN, LET'S CHECK AND SEE. WE'LL JUST DOUBLE CHECK AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND INFORM YOU IF THERE ARE ANY OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS, SIGNIFICANTLY OUTSTANDING. MAYBE ANYTHING PAST $10,000 OR MORE. OKAY. THAT HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION. ALL RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE LIGHTS. IS THERE ANY, ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO REVIEW? LYNN? THAT WAS THE QUICKEST POWERPOINT PRESENTATION I EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. THAT WAS GREAT. . IT WAS PRETTY FAST. ME, I WAS TAUGHT TO USE THE POWERPOINT FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE AND THAT IS TO MAKE IT BRIEF AND ALLOW YOU TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE DETAILS. THAT WAS BRIEF. THAT WAS GOOD, RIGHT? I, OH NO, UH, COUNCILLOR MCKEN LAW. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY I WAS LATE AT A, UH, APPOINTMENT EARLIER. THAT'S OKAY. UH, TURS, WHAT, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN THE TURS ACCOUNT? IT'S ON PAGE. WHAT PAGE IS IT ON IN THE BUDGET? UM, 44 PAGE 44. 44. YEAH. PAGE ONE. 44. 44 4. I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY. NOT MUCH TO BUY. SHOOT. WELL, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT CITY MANAGER KIDDING. NOW NOT MUCH TO BUY SHOOTS. OKAY. NOT NOTHING ABOUT NOTHING. WE GOT, WE'VE GOT SOME MONEY THOUGH. YOU GOT ABOUT $102,000 IN THERE. THAT'S 102. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN AFTER THAT IT SHOULD INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. REMEMBER THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. YES. YOU KNOW, AFTER THE FIRST TWO YEARS. YEAH. AND, AND, AND LYNN, YOU CAN TESTIFY AFTER THE FIRST TWO YEARS, WE SHOULD BE REALLY SEEING YES. THAT REVENUE GETTING TO THIS ACCOUNT. YES. SO WE CAN REALLY, YOU KNOW, DO SOME PROJECTS THAT WE INTEND TO DO TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF, UH, OUR TURF, UH, ZONE. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO WHAT WE HOPEFULLY AS WE WORK, AS THIS BUDGET IS APPROVED, WHAT WE WILL DO, WE WILL WORK ON A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE THIRDS DISTRICT. OKAY. SO THAT THE THIRDS COMMITTEE CAN LOOK AT IT SEPARATELY BECAUSE THE THIRDS HAS THE ABILITY AS YOU CONTINUE TO BUILD UP YOUR REVENUE STREAM TO GO OUT FOR BONDS. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SO YOU COULD, YOU COULD LEVERAGE YOUR REVENUE ON A BOND ISSUE. OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AND, UM, YOU COULD GET THE MONEY THAT YOU NEED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE THIRD DISTRICT. OKAY. AND KEEP IT SEPARATE AS A SEPARATE FUND. ALRIGHT. SO WE YES, WE ARE LOOKING AT IT. OKAY. AS WE BUILD UP THAT REVENUE STREAM AND THE RESERVES. OKAY. GET BACK ON. YOU CAN. OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER EVERFI HAD A QUESTION. COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER EVERFI. THANK, THANK YOU MA'AM. CITY MANAGER. EACH YEAR I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR BUSINESS, SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AROUND FOR US TO HAVE A COMPLIANCE OFFICER BEYOND WHAT HUEY DOES. [00:30:01] COMPLIANCE FOR THE ENTIRE, FOR EACH DEPARTMENT OF THE ENTIRE CITY. AND THEN THE SECOND, UM, PLACE I'M ASKING, THE SECTION I'M ASKING ABOUT IS REGARDING CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR US TO ACTUALLY HAVE OFFICERS THAT WILL FOCUS ON INSPECTION FOR OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND, UH, RENTAL PROPERTIES. UM, WELL THAT'S THAT. YES. COUNCILWOMAN EVER FEEL, UM, THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND THAT WILL WILL BE COMING BACK. WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH, UM, WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, ON THAT ASPECT OF IT BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD HAVE TO BRING FORWARD, UH, RESOLUTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF, WHAT IS IT AGAIN THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THIS SECTION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, THAT'S NOT BEING CURRENTLY COVERED FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES AND OH, I CAN'T REMEMBER. WE, WE MET ABOUT IT. UM, I INTEND TO GIVE A, A DISCUSSION TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER REGARDING, UH, LEGAL STRATEGIES FOR ENFORCING CODE ORDINANCES. BUT ISN'T THAT ON SHORT TERM? WHAT IS THE SECTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? SHORT TERM LEASE TERM? SHORT TERM SHORT? NO, NOT SHORT TERM RENTAL. WHAT IS THE TERM? ? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS? YES. MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS. YES. YES. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE MOST OF OUR CONCERNS LIE AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSING IN THE PAST. WE ARE TRYING TO ALIGN OUR POLICY WITH OUR STAFFING IN TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN. AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE A MUCH GREATER IMPACT WHEN WE HAVE THE STAFF IN PLACE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE, TO, TO, TO GET THOSE MINIMUM HOUSING STANDARDS IN PLACE AND THEN TO WORK WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OF, OF DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S EFFECTIVE WHEN WE DO THAT. SO YES, WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN EVER FIELD AND UM, WE'LL COME WITH SOMETHING, COME UP WITH SOMETHING. I, WE HAVE HEARD, I'VE HEARD VERY CLEARLY WHAT THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES ARE IN TERMS OF TRASH, GAR AND GARBAGE COLLECTION IN TERMS OF STREETS AND IN TERMS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT. SO THE BUDGET REALLY, THE BUDGET THAT WE ARE GOING TO, WE ARE, ARE PRESENTING YOU IS VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON THOSE AREAS IN THE GENERAL FUND AS FAR AS CODE ENFORCEMENT IS CONCERNED. YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, WE TWEAK IT SIGNIFICANTLY AND GET THIS TO BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE IN HOW WE GO ABOUT AND WORK WITH OUR CITIZENS TO ENFORCE OUR TROOPS. AND WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DO THAT. OKAY? YES SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR ER, COUNCIL MEMBER DOUCETTE. OKAY, WE'RE JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO I JUST NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT DIRECTION WE GOING. ONE IS, WE HAVE A BUDGET HERE. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UH, FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, THE FUNDING FORM AND UH, THE STUFF. THE OTHER THING IS BEFORE, UH, WE GET INTO IT, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME IDEA ON WHERE WE HAVE AN INCREASE OR A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PRESENTED. AND I GOT THIS YESTERDAY ABOUT SIX 30, SO I'M QUITE SURE ABOUT NEXT TIME I'LL BE ABLE TO MEET, I'LL BE DONE, WENT THROUGH ALL OF IT. WHERE I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT INCREASE AND DECREASES, BUT THE EXACT AMOUNT, THE EXACT AMOUNT THAT, UH, WE ARE FUNDING. SO IF IT'S AN AMOUNT, I CAN ASK A QUESTION ABOUT IT. SO I'M NOT PREPARED, I HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THIS BUDGET, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ALL OF IT THAT WHEN I GO THROUGH IT TO INCLUDE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, THE BREAKDOWN OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, I WANT TO SEE THAT AND THE FUNDING AND FUNDING THAT WE GONNA HAVE INTO IT. WHAT PROJECTS ARE WE GONNA DO? HOW MUCH WE STARTING FOR PROJECT, I'M GONNA BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE 8 MILLION, UH, CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS [00:35:03] WE JUST APPROVED. AND UH, THE LIST I GOT WHEN WE APPROVED THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, WE HAD FOUR AREAS ON THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS. AND THEN WHEN THEY GAVE ME THE LIST OF BREAKDOWN, IT WAS BASICALLY SPLIT. IT WAS 8.9 MILLION FOR, UH, RENOVATING AND RE EQUIPPING CITY ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS. THEN IT WAS 9.1 MILLION FOR, UH, RENOVATING AND EQUIPPING, UH, PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATIONS FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. SO THAT'S WHAT 18 MILLION IS GONNA GO, THAT 18 MILLION. WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I WANT TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN FUNDING WATER UTILITIES BASED ON OUR, UH, MANDATE FROM THE STATE. SO WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE NO CHOICE, BUT WE, WHAT WE ARE FUNDING IN OUR GENERAL FUND, SO THAT $18 MILLION IS MONEY THAT WE GOT THAT ACTUALLY CAN GO TOWARD THAT. TAKE SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF THE GENERAL FUND WHERE WE DON'T BE TAKING THE GENERAL FUND TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S IN ENTERPRISE FUND. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT WE ARE DOING. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY, BUT I JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S OUR PRIORITIES BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING AROUND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING, ESPECIALLY HERE AT CITY HALL. AND TO ME THAT'S NOT A PRIORITY. I'M GONNA JUST BE BLACK. PRIORITY TO ME IS GARBAGE. TRASH STREETS, SEWAGE WATER. THAT'S PRIORITY TO ME. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE BUDGET, I WANNA SEE ALL THIS UP SO I COULD GO THROUGH IT SO I COULD ASK QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING IS GONNA BE WHERE PRIORITY IS, WHAT OUR SUPPORT IT IN. NOW FOR TODAY'S WORKSHOP, WE WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU THE ONES THAT WE KNOW ARE, ARE BALANCED AND KIND OF GET THOSE OUT OF THE WAY. IF YOU HAD ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE THOSE OTHER ONES, THOSE WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP. OKAY. THAT'S, UH, WELL THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT, THIS IS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED. I'M JUST SAYING WHAT I EXPECT TO HAVE DURING THIS BUDGET PERIOD BEFORE WE GET TO WHERE I'M GONNA VOTE FOR HER. AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN TODAY. I HAD NO IDEA AT ALL. IN FACT, I ONLY KNEW ABOUT THIS MEETING, BUT LAST FRIDAY OR THURSDAY. SO, YOU KNOW, ONCE I GET THE POLICE SCHEDULE, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A SCHEDULE? WHY, WHY DON'T WE DO A SCHEDULE? THAT'S A QUESTION. I THINK HE WAS MEETING A SCHEDULE BEFORE TODAY. THANK, WE HAVE A SCHEDULE NOW GOING FORWARD. WE, UM, YES COUNSEL, UM, THAT'S ON ME. WE'RE FINALIZING THIS NEW TIMELINE HAS REALLY BEEN A BIT COMPLICATED, BUT HOWEVER, I DID PASS OUT TO YOU. THE ONLY CHANGE ON THERE WHERE I HAVE POSSIBLE WORKSHOPS ARE NOW SET AS ACTUAL WORKSHOPS. SO IGNORE POSSIBLE. THOSE ARE GONNA BE OUR ACTUAL MEETING DATES AND THE TIMES ON THERE. OKAY, SO THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY WHERE YOU SAID POSSIBLE? YES SIR. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE WORKSHOP DAYS. YES, SIR. GOTCHA. YES SIR. APOLOGIES FOR THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE 11TH AND THE 16TH OF SEPTEMBER. YES SIR. OKAY. AND GOLD OUTSTANDING. NEXT PAGE. SEPTEMBER 18TH. OH, THEY HAD ANOTHER ONE TOO. I DIDN'T ON THE 18TH. OH, YES SIR. I'M SORRY. THE SECOND SHEET OUTSTANDING. THE 18TH. OKAY. OUTSTANDING. UH, WHEN WILL WE GET SOMETHING WITH THE CAPITAL? TUESDAY? OUTSTANDING. UH, CAN, UH, IT BE DELIVERED? UH, A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER JUST SAID ABSOLUTELY EXCUSE. WE'LL MAKE SURE, WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S DELIVERED. YEAH, THEY CAN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET 'EM BEFORE, SO NEXT WEEK WHEN BEFORE WE MEET THE NEXT TIME WE'LL GET THEM BEFORE. RIGHT, RIGHT. IT'LL BE ACTUALLY THAT I, I'M JUST BEING THE MOST PESSIMIST POSSIBLE TUESDAY. AND THEN TUESDAY AFTERNOON WE HAVE OUR WORKSHOP ON THOSE OTHER THREE. WHAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT IS IT'S THE WORKSHOP JUST TO GO OVER. OH, AT THREE O'CLOCK. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S JUST TO GO OVER [00:40:01] IT. IT'S NOT TO MAKE ANY DECISION. THAT'S WHEN YOU GUIDE US AT THAT TIME. OKAY. SO IF THAT'S OKAY, I'M, I'M TRYING TO GIVE US AS MUCH LEEWAY IF WE, IF I TELL YOU A CERTAIN TIME AND WE CAN'T MAKE THAT TIME TUESDAY MORNING THE LATEST, UH, WE WILL WORK AROUND THE CLOCK AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO GET THE REST OF THEM. AND THOSE, THOSE THREE ARE THE BIGGEST BEARS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER FRANK, YOU HAD YOUR LIGHT ON. I'M SORRY. OH, I'M SORRY. I WAS GONNA TURN IT OFF AFTER I HEARD THE EXPLANATION. UM, WE'RE GONNA SING KUMBAYA TODAY AND, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE, THE WATER ISSUES AND ALL THAT LATER. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS KUMBAYA, MY GOD, COME BY HERE. WHY YOU WOKE UP THAT COME WITH RICE ? SOMETIME, SOMETIME. WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS, UH, FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION, I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TAXI AND COMMIT ZONES, BOUNDARY LINES, AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND I NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT THE WATER AND SEWAGE DEPARTMENT IS HAVING ON THE GENERAL FUND AFTER ALL THESE CHANGES AND INCREASES. HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT IS HAVING, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. FOR 26, I DID NOT PUT ANY WAY FOR US TO BE IMPACTED IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS YEAR IS WELL OVER $6 MILLION IN 2025 IS WELL OVER $6 MILLION. YES, SIR. ON THE GENERAL FUND, 25 ON GENERAL FUNDS COMING OUTTA GENERAL FUNDS. YES SIR. SUBSIDIZING WATER AND SEWER? YES SIR. THAT'S, UH, THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND COUNTING PRIOR, NOT DONE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR YET. IT WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BUT SINCE WE OKAY. WE'LL DEAL WITH IT AS WE GO ALONG. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY, ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR NO. LIGHTS ARE ON. AND SO AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR DISMISSAL. SO MOVED. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT AND WE ARE NOW DISMISSED AT 10 50 A AM. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.