5. PUBLIC HEARING ON FY2021-2022 BUDGET AND TAX RATE. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NO. 805, ADOPTING THE 2021 TAX RATE. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NO. 806, ADOPTING THE 2021-2022 BUDGET.

[5. PUBLIC HEARING ON FY2021-2022 BUDGET AND TAX RATE. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NO. 805, ADOPTING THE 2021 TAX RATE. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NO. 806, ADOPTING THE 2021-2022 BUDGET.]

OK. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ADD, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2021-2022 BUDGET AND TAX RATE. FIRST, I'LL ASK OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE GREG SAVAGE TO.

I'M GOING TO KEEP CALLING YOU GREG.

GRANT SAVAGE TO PLEASE PRESENT A LITTLE OVERVIEW FIRST.

YES, MADAME MAYOR, COUNCIL.

WE HELD OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON LAST TUESDAY, THE 31ST OF AUGUST.

OVER THE OVER THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, TONIGHT'S THE SECOND HEARING ON THAT.

AND AFTERWARDS WE'LL BE TAKING APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE TAX RATE.

AS YOU SEE, THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IS GOING TO BE THE SAME AS IT WAS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THE 0.36594.

LOOKING OVER HERE AT THE CHART, YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU'VE GOT THE 2020 RATES AND THE 2021 RATES. THE PROPOSED TAX RATE DOES EXCEED THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE.

IT DOES FALL BELOW THE DE MINIMIS RATE.

SO. KIND OF GIVING YOU A BIGGER PICTURE OF WHERE YOUR TAXES ARE GOING.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CITY OF PARKER UNDER THE 2021.

THESE ARE ALL PROPOSED TAX RATES FOR THE CITY, FOR THE COLLIN COUNTY COLLEGE, COLLIN COUNTY AND THE TWO ISDS.

THE COMBINED TAX RATE SOMEWHERE JUST A LITTLE OVER TWO DOLLARS.

A LITTLE MORE FOR ALLEN, A LITTLE LESS FOR PLANO.

PUTTING THAT SAME INFORMATION INTO A PIE GRAPH, YOU CAN SEE THE KIND OF THE SPREAD OF WHERE THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOING, YOU CAN SEE THE PLANO ISD OR THE ALLEN ISD SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE THE MAJORITY OF THE TAX RATE FOLLOWED BY THE CITY AND THEN COLLIN COUNTY AND THEN THE COLLIN COLLEGE.

BECAUSE THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED TAX RATE DOES EXCEED THE NO REVENUE TAX RATE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE SETTING THE TAX RATE, AND THAT MUST BE A RECORD VOTE. 60 PERCENT OF THE GOVERNMENT BODY MUST VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE. OK.

OK. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AND ON TAX RATE.

IT IS 7:10 PM.

MR. REDMOND. HELLO, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND STAFF, THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE INPUT.

MY NAME IS ANDY REDMAN SEVEN TWO SEVEN FIVE MOSS RIDGE ROAD AND I WOULD RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL AND STAFF THAT WE DO A NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND IT'S COMMONLY DEFINED, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT MY DEFINITION.

THIS IS THE RATE NEEDED TO RAISE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION PROPERTY TAXES ON THE EXISTING PROPERTY AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO REALIZING THAT VALUATIONS HAVE GONE UP, WHICH IS IN EFFECT A TAX HIKE ON HIKE ON THE COMMUNITY, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE RATE BE LOWERED.

AND IT SEEMS TO BE RATHER A LOW HANGING FRUIT, AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING I'D LIKE THE COUNCIL TO AND SO FORTH TO PLEDGE THAT WE SHOULD EMBRACE BOTH THIS YEAR AND YEARS GOING FORWARD AS PERHAPS VALUATIONS CONTINUE TO RISE.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO, ALONG THAT VEIN, MAKE REFERENCE TO ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, MR. [INAUDIBLE], WHO HAD SENT AN EMAIL TO THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

AND I LIKE SOME OF HIS PROPOSALS AS WELL, AND I THINK I MIGHT DESCRIBE IT A BIT DIFFERENTLY. BUT I THINK WE'RE BOTH AT KIND OF THE SAME PLACE IN THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE LIKE ON PAGE 52 OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA WHERE MR. SAVAGE HAS KIND OF AND THE OTHER STAFF HAVE LISTED OUT THE GENERAL FUND SUMMARY FOR THE FUND BALANCE RESERVES.

AND IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE PERHAPS ABOUT A, I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE RESERVES AND ARE RECOMMENDING MAYBE PERHAPS A TWENTY FIVE PERCENT RESERVE, WHICH PERHAPS COMES FROM, YOU KNOW, FOR BONDING OR OTHER REASONS, WHICH I THINK WE SHOULD BE FISCALLY

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RESPONSIBLE. BUT WE SEEM TO HAVE AN AMOUNT QUITE IN EXCESS.

SO PERHAPS COUNCIL WOULD ALSO VOTE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PAY DOWN OTHER BUDGETARY ASPECTS WITH THAT, WHICH WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE TAX RATE, EITHER ON A ONE TIME BASIS OR PROSPECTIVELY GOING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT.

OK, THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. LIVESEY.

MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL AND STAFF.

THOUGHT I'D SHOW UP IN PERSON THIS TIME, I'M SORRY, I'M SCOTT LIVESEY.

7305 MOSS RIDGE ROAD AND INSTEAD OF WRITING YOU TWO PAGE LETTER, I THOUGHT I'D TRY TO TALK BRIEFLY AND I'M NOT GOING TO ADD MUCH TO WHAT I WROTE IN THE LETTER.

QUITE HONESTLY, AND MY ANDY COVERED A LOT OF MY PARTS.

YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I'M SECOND FIDDLE UP HERE.

BUT TRUTHFULLY, WHAT I LOOKED AT WITH THE DATA THAT WE LOOKED AT IN THE BUDGETS IS WE ARE ACTUALLY INCREASING TAXES, WHICH WAS MENTIONED, AND THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THE VALUATIONS GO UP. WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE INCREASE, WHICH IS SOME TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND THIS YEAR, WE'RE PUTTING IN THE BANK AND THAT IS WHERE I RAISE MY OBJECTION.

WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS WITHOUT THE INCREASE THAT WILL BE PUT IN IN THE BANK IN FUNDS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO RAISE TAXES ON PEOPLE TO PUT MORE MONEY IN THE BANK.

AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO STEP BACK AND SAY FOR THE COMMUNITY, A MILLION DOLLARS MORE IN THE GENERAL FUND THAN THE 4 MILLION DOLLARS OF EXPENSES NEEDED IS PLENTY TO BE BANKING FOR EXPENDITURES IN THE FUTURE.

AND I DO LIKE THE WAY IT'S BEEN SET UP AND I THANK GRANT FOR THAT ABOUT PUTTING FUNDS TOGETHER AND HAVING THINGS IDENTIFIED FOR SPECIFIC FUTURES.

BUT I'D RATHER NOT SEE TAXES BEING RAISED FOR THAT.

I'D RATHER SEE US USING THE OVERAGE WE HAVE NOW.

SO I'M FOLLOWING THE SAME RECOMMENDATION THAT ANDY JUST SAID, WHICH IS LET'S DO A REDUCTION IN THE RATE AND HOLD THE TAX LEVEL.

AND WE'LL STILL HAVE THE MILLION DOLLARS TO PUT INTO THE RESERVES AND PEOPLE WON'T BE SEEING THEIR TAXES GOING UP.

YET YOU'LL STILL BE ACCOMPLISHING BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR ALL'S TIME FOR THAT.

I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR.

MR. REYNOLDS.

MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL, DON REYNOLDS 6805 CHESWICK COURT.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO REITERATE WHAT THEY HAVE JUST PRETTY MUCH MENTIONED. OBVIOUSLY, YOUR BUDGET DEALS WITH REVENUE AND IT DEALS WITH EXPENDITURES.

IF YOU MAINTAIN THE CURRENT TAX RATE, AS WAS MENTIONED.

YOUR REVENUE IS GOING TO INCREASE SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I HAVE TO ASK YOU, ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO NEED SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE? ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.

THERE'S A LINE ITEM IN THERE CALLED FACILITY IMPROVEMENT FUND.

AND THE WAY I READ IT COULD BE WRONG.

YOU WANT TO BUDGET THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS THIS YEAR AND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS NEXT YEAR.

MY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON WHEN THE IMPROVEMENT FOR THE FACILITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE A BOND ISSUE? SHOULDN'T NEED TO RAISE TAX NOW FOR THAT, I WOULD ASK YOU, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH $700,000? IF YOU COULD REDUCE THAT TO A LEVEL JUST NEEDED TO DO PRE PLANNING ACTIVITIES FOR A NEW FACILITY? YOU COULD BY FAR OFFSET THE LOSS OF ANY REVENUE IF YOU GO TO THE NO REVENUE RATE.

I WOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER THAT YOU DO THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON BUDGET OR TAX RATE? NOT HEARING ANYBODY ELSE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:16 PM.

OK, COUNCIL.

I WILL TAKE YOUR COMMENTS.

DISCUSSION ON THE TAX RATE AND OR BUDGET.

MADAM MAYOR, IF YOU I'D LIKE TO SPEAK.

I APPRECIATE THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE COME OUT TO SPEAK, AND I BELIEVE THEY BRING SOME, SOME VALID INFORMATION AND SOME VALID ARGUMENTS AS TO WHY WE SHOULD CONSIDER A NO NEW

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REVENUE RATE FOR THIS YEAR.

I BELIEVE IN LOOKING AT WHAT'S IN OUR FUNDS.

I THINK OUR GENERAL, OUR GENERAL FUND IS AS FAR AS OUR BUDGET IS, IS PRETTY STURDY.

BUT THE OTHER FUNDS I THINK WE COULD FIND A WAY TO TO ADJUST THE PROPOSED TAX RATE TO EQUAL THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THOUGHTS ON THAT.

COMMENTS COUNCIL, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? WELL, I AGREE IN THE PREMISE OF THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

I THINK WE'RE AT A POINT IN THIS CITY WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT SPENDING MONEY ON A NEW FACILITY. IF WE HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK OR SO TO SPEAK.

I THINK THAT THAT WOULD WE COULD USE THOSE FUNDS FOR PARTIALLY FUNDING SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT COME UP BEFORE THE BUILD, THE CONSTRUCTION ACTUALLY STARTS.

SO FOR THAT REASON, ALTHOUGH I AND I AND I AGREE WITH YOU IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF IT.

UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST SERVED IF WE CAN PAY SOME OF OUR EXPENSES WITH CASH THAT WE HAVE ON HAND.

AND GRANTED THERE'S A LIMIT TO HOW MUCH WE NEED IN RESERVES.

AND AS LONG AS WE'RE AT THAT THRESHOLD THAT LOOSENS UP SOME, SOME CAPITAL FOR FOR FUTURE EXPENSES.

WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT AREN'T THEY'RE NOT EARMARKED, BUT THE CITY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF THE CITY THERE, WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPENSES THAT FOR NEEDS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I PERSONALLY, I THINK WE SHOULD GO WITH THE RATE THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH IT IS AN INCREASE FOR THE TAXPAYERS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO I WOULD ADD, THOUGH, I STRUGGLE WITH THE ONE ON THE BUILDING AS WELL, AND I'VE SAID THAT THE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE'VE MOVED MONEY INTO ON THE PAGES THAT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE EXPENSES THAT ARE UP AND COMING.

THIS MONEY IS EARMARKED FOR THINGS AND THAT'S WHAT OUR DISCUSSION IN OUR WORKSHOP WAS.

YOU KNOW, THE TECHNOLOGY FUND IS BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS NEW COMPUTERS.

WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE TO REPLACE A LOT OF RADIOS.

AND SO AS OPPOSED TO HITTING THAT A FEW YEARS FROM NOW AND HAVING TO SKYROCKET THE RATE IT'S TRYING TO PLAN AHEAD, WHICH IS WHAT WE REALLY TRIED TO DO THIS TIME AROUND INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO KICK PROJECTS DOWN THE ROAD.

AND I SEGUE INTO USING THE TERM ROAD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH, YOU DID YOUR REPORT ON THE ROADS, AND THAT'S A BIG CONCERN OF MINE AS WELL.

DRAINAGE IS A BIG CONCERN AND WE NEED MONEY TO FIX THESE THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE, WHICH IS WHY A LOT OF THINGS HAVE KIND OF GONE BY THE WAYSIDE.

AND I'M AFRAID IF WE START LOOKING AT THE REDUCTION, THOUGH, I LOVE THE I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE A NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

I THINK ALL IN ALL, IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO THE CITY IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE SPENT AND SAVED FOR THESE, MOST OF THESE HAVE BEEN EARMARKED. WE KNOW THIS EXPENSE IS COMING.

IT'S NOT HIDDEN. IT'S NOT A WHAT IF IT'S IT'S A WHEN AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THAT UP SO THAT WE DON'T PLAY THE CATCH UP GAME IN THE FUTURE.

MY ONLY COMMENT TO THAT AND I AGAIN, I WANT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

I DON'T WANT US TO BE GOING RIGHT ON THE EDGE, YOU KNOW, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT COUNCILMAN SLAUGHTER AND CINDY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL.

BUT ON THE SAME TOKEN THAT I COULD SEE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE MAYBE A ONE YEAR FREEZE ON THIS BECAUSE BECAUSE NEXT YEAR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE, THERE'S MORE HOMES COMING IN.

THE VALUATIONS ARE GOING TO GO UP NEXT YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO GO OFF THE YEAR AFTER THAT AS WELL. AND IF WE WENT BACK TO THE TO THE THE TAX RATE THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S TAX RATE AFTER THAT AND WE TOOK A ONE YEAR PAUSE ON IT, I THINK WE WOULD STILL BE IN GREAT SHAPE AND WE WOULD HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE GENERAL FUND RIGHT NOW, EVEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE DID IN THE WORKSHOP.

SO I THINK IT'S A VALID POINT THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP, AND I DON'T SEE WHY WE MIGHT NOT TAKE A PAUSE FOR THAT COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT ARE THAT ARE OUT THERE.

THAT REALLY ISN'T ALLOCATED RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING AN INCREASED REVENUE.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I'D LOVE TO NOT HAVE A TAX TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE IT, BUT I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL.

I DON'T KNOW IF A RECESSION IS GOING TO HIT.

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I DON'T KNOW WHAT NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BRING, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE NEW HOUSES. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE UNKNOWN AND THAT KIND OF SCARES ME.

I GUESS, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

YOU KNOW, IN THE BUSINESS THAT I'M IN, I'M SEEING A LOT OF THE MARKET AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MARKET AND IN MY PARTICULAR BUSINESS.

NOT THAT THAT IS AN INDICATION OF WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING, BUT I KNOW THE HOUSING BUSINESS IS BOOMING, SEMICONDUCTOR BUSINESS IS BOOMING.

AND IN FACT, I'M ALREADY BOOKED AT MY BUSINESS THROUGH 2022 ALREADY.

SO SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY STRONG THROUGH THIS YEAR, I THINK, IN THE NEXT YEAR. BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WE DO HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS EXCESS ALREADY IN THE GENERAL FUND. SO IN GENERAL, SO ANYWAY.

I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS THE COST OF ITEMS ALSO.

I MEAN, IF WE LOOK AT THE LAST YEAR, NO ONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED WHAT LUMBER WAS GOING TO DO AND THERE IS SOME CONCERN THERE.

YOU KNOW, A MILLION DOLLARS SOUNDS LIKE A LOT.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TO SPEND ON A FIRE TRUCK.

AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF EXPENDITURE AGAIN.

BUT I WOULD HATE TO USE OUR EXCESS ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND NOT HAVE THE BUFFER.

THE MY QUESTION WOULD BE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE LOOKED AT IT BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING OVER THIS BUDGET, WHERE WOULD YOU PROPOSE WE CUT ITEMS? I MEAN, WE WOULD EITHER HAVE TO CUT SERVICE OR CUT ITEMS OUT OF FUNDS, WHICH WE WILL HAVE TO RAISE CAPITAL FOR LATER.

WELL, THE ONE IN PARTICULAR IS FOR THE BUILDING THAT 700 K, I THINK, IS ONE THAT DEFINITELY SHOULD BE ON THERE. I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF BUILDING UPDATE THAT WE NEED AND I KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT'S THAT EXPENSIVE.

AND WITH RESPECT TO AND I AGREE WITH WITH COUNCIL MEMBER REED, THE FACILITIES FUND WOULD BE THE TO ME, THE ONE THAT WE TRULY SHOULD SHOULD LOOK AT SERIOUSLY.

BECAUSE WHILE I AGREE, THERE MAY AND PROBABLY WILL BE SOME EXPENDITURES THAT WE NEED TO TO MAKE PRIOR TO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR, THE TIME WHEN THE RESIDENTS WILL SAY YES, THIS IS A GOOD PROPOSAL WE WANT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IS THE FACILITY WE WE THINK PARKER NEEDS.

HOWEVER, THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND A YEAR SEEMS EXCESSIVE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT YEAR, THE CURRENT YEAR, WE BUDGETED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WE'VE SPENT LESS THAN 50.

SO WE'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, OUR RESERVE BALANCE THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TRULY THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS GOING TO BE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE UNLESS, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN. YEAH, UNLESS SOMEBODY IS AWARE OF SPECIFIC EXPENSES, YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO SPEND NEXT YEAR FOR THAT IN THAT FACILITIES FUND FOR THOSE $300,000.

IF YOU JUST TOOK THAT, YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO TAKE THAT MUCH TO GET TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. I THINK IT'S 200, JUST OVER $200,000 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WELL AND WORKED THROUGH AT THE LAST MEETING WHERE YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO HAVE EXPENSES FROM THE ARCHITECT AND FROM THE ENGINEER.

THOSE ARE EXPENSES THAT COME OUT OF THAT BUDGET.

AND I AGREE, AND THERE ARE ARCHITECTS EXPENDITURES IN THE CURRENT.

AND IF YOU RECALL, THAT PROPOSAL DIDN'T GO FORWARD.

SO WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

SO WE'RE WE ARE WE'RE WATCHING THE COST, WHICH IS GOOD.

WE NEED TO DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND UNDULY, OK, WE'RE WATCHING.

WE'RE NOT DOING THE COMMITTEE.

WE DID NOT AGREE THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE THE ARCHITECT GO AHEAD AND DO SOME THINGS.

I THINK THAT'S STILL ON THE TABLE AS NEEDED.

BUT WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT REMAINING AVAILABLE, WHAT SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ARE WE TALKING, SPENDING THAT KIND OF MONEY PRIOR TO, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD THAT JUST SEEMS EXCESSIVE.

YOU KNOW, SOIL SAMPLES HAVE TO BE DONE.

THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE.

I MEAN, THERE'S ENGINEERING TYPE OF THINGS.

THERE'S EXPENSES.

I'M NOT A AN EXPERT IN THOSE FEES, SO I CAN'T TELL YOU, I JUST . I MIGHT ASK LUKE, WHAT DO WE SPEND FOR THE SURVEY AND THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD DONE SO FAR ALREADY? I MEAN, I DON'T REMEMBER THE LINE ITEMS ON THERE, BUT YOU HAVE A BALLPARK.

IT SEEMS LIKE LESS THAN 10,000.

BUT I'LL JUST REITERATE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IF THE COMMITTEE DOES, YOU KNOW, THE INTERACTIVE GROUP DOES DECIDE SOMETHING AND WE START GOING FORWARD WITH A PLAN THAT'S

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GOING TO START GETTING COSTLY BECAUSE ARCHITECTURE FEES ARE NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS ENGINEERING FEES.

THAT COULD RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 50 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS.

SO YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, JUST A MILLION DOLLARS WAS AT $100,000 RIGHT THERE.

SO YOU FIGURE YOU START ADDING THAT UP OVER EACH LITTLE BIT ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR INCREMENT THAT STARTS ADDING UP.

I THINK THE GOAL WAS WITH THE BUILDING FUND WHEN WE ORIGINALLY SET IT UP.

WHAT WAS IT TWO YEARS AGO GRANT? WAS IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG TAX HIT ON THE RESIDENTS ALL AT ONCE.

SO GRANT MIGHT DO A BETTER JOB EXPLAINING THIS THAN ME.

THE GOAL WAS WAS THAT THAT 350 WOULD EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE ORIGINALLY RAN, THAT 350 WOULD COVER THE I.N.S.

PAYMENT FOR A BOND ISSUE.

SO IT WOULD NOT INVOLVE A TAX RATE HIKE PER SAY AND THE BASE RATE.

SO THAT WAS THE WHOLE PREMISE BEHIND THAT.

IN THAT WAY, THE TAX RATE HELD THE SAME, AND IT WASN'T A BIG JUMP AT THAT TIME BECAUSE I THINK BEFORE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A FOUR TO FIVE CENT BEFORE WE GOT HERE TO THE BUILDING AND WE WERE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE COSTS, WITH THE CURRENT BUDGET.

THE OVERALL PREMISE IS THAT ONE TIME THE ONE TIME ITEMS COME FROM ONE TIME MONEY LIKE BUILDING PERMITS. THOSE ARE ONE TIME ITEMS FOR US, SO WE TRY TO USE THOSE FOR ONE TIME PURCHASES. ANYTHING THAT'S RECURRING, WE TRY TO USE WITH PROPERTY TAXES.

CURRENTLY THIS YEAR, I THINK, GARY, HOW MUCH IS PIPING WENT UP THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD TO USE, LET ALONE FIND? YOU KNOW, WE GET IT.

FROM POLYMERS TO WHATEVER POLICE NEEDS.

YOU KNOW, OUR COSTS ARE, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO PLAN ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, A SMALL INCREMENT INCREASE, BUT SOMETIMES WE MIGHT NOT, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, IT'S A GUESS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE MARKETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO WE TRY TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE TO CUT STUFF THIS NEXT YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY BASED ON IF PRICES KEEP INCREASING THE WAY THEY DO ON US. I THINK SOME OF THE PRICES HAVE KIND OF STABILIZED A LITTLE BIT NOW.

WHAT I'M LOOKING AT. BUT AGAIN, JUST FOR CONSIDERATION, I'M JUST SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS NOW.

AND AND AGAIN, AS WE GO FORWARD, IF WE PAUSE IT FROM ONE YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP WHERE WE ARE. AND I, I JUST PERSONALLY FEEL THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO IN THE RED WITH WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

OK, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OTHERWISE, I WILL TAKE A MOTION REGARDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 805 ADOPTING A TAX 2021 TAX RATE. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE.

THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE.

THAT'S NOT THE ONE I WANT.

NO, BUT YOU CAN [INAUDIBLE].

THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT WE ADOPT A TAX RATE OF THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

WHICH IS THE 349195 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EFFECTIVE PERCENT INCREASE IS IN THE TAX RATE.

OH, OK.

COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH HAS MADE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE OF 349195, I THINK IS WHAT IT IS.

IS THERE A SECOND? I WOULD SECOND THAT.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT THE NO NEW TAX RATE OF 349195.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING A NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE OF 349195, PLEASE.

I HAVE TO DO THIS BY VOICE.

JIM REED, I'M FOR THAT.

YES. OK.

CINDY MEYER. NO.

OK. TERRY LYNCH.

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YES. MICHAEL SLAUGHTER.

NO. OK, SO WE OK TWO TO TWO, AND I BELIEVE I'M THE TIEBREAKER.

I VOTE NO.

OK. IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTION REGARDING TAX, RATE? MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.365984, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A FOUR POINT EIGHT ONE PERCENT INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. OK.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER TO ADOPT A TAX RATE OF 0.365984, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A FOUR POINT ONE EIGHT, FOUR POINT FOUR POINT EIGHT ONE PERCENT INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND THAT.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEYER TO ADOPT A TAX RATE OF 0.64984, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A FOUR POINT EIGHT ONE PERCENT INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TO DO A VOICE VOTE. MR. REED.

I APPROVE. OK, THERE BEING A TIE THEN I'M THE TIEBREAKER AND I VOTE YES.

OK. WE HAVE AN ADOPTED TAX RATE OF 0.365984.

OK, NOW ON THE BUDGET.

I DIDN'T GET A COPY OF.

CONSIDERATION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 806 ADOPTING THE 2021- 2022 BUDGET.

ANY COMMENTS, ANY DISCUSSION? OK, NOT HEARING ANY, THEN I WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE ORDINANCE 807 AUTHORIZING [INAUDIBLE] OF THE BUDGET FOR 21, 22.

OK, I BELIEVE IT'S 806.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 806 ADOPTING THE 2021 2022 BUDGET.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 806.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER REED AND THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 806 ADOPTING THE 2021-2022 BUDGET.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE AND AGAIN, WE MUST DO A RECORD VOTE.

MR. READ.

THIS I APPROVE. OK, MAYOR PRO TEM MEYER.

APPROVE. OK, TERRY LYNCH.

NO. OK.

MICHAEL SLAUGHTER.

APPROVE. OK.

OK. MOTION PASSES THREE TO ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH BEING THE NO VOTE.

OK. NEXT, WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER

[6. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NO. 807, AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES AND APPROVING AMENDMENT(S) TO THE FY 2020-2021 OPERATING BUDGET.]

SIX.

CONSIDERATION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 807, AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES AND APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE FY 2020-2021 OPERATING BUDGET.

GRANT, YOU WANT TO START THIS? YES, MA'AM. SO THIS IS A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM HERE.

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WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO YEAR END.

WE'VE GOT THREE ITEMS HERE THAT NEED TO HAVE SOME BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR.

THE FIRST ONE IS WE HAVE SOME CARES ACT GRANT MONEY THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM FISCAL YEAR 19, 20.

THE CITY, AS OF 9/30, HAD A BALANCE OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ONE DOLLARS REMAINING OF THAT FROM 9/30 OF 2020 TO 12/31 2020.

THE CITY DID EXPEND THE REST OF THOSE FUNDS, SO WE JUST NEED RE-APPROPRIATE THAT REMAINING BUDGET OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE DOLLARS TO FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021.

THE NEXT ONE IS DURING THE BUDGET WORK SESSION.

COUNCIL DECIDED TO TAKE FUND BALANCE EXISTING FUND BALANCE FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND USE TO PURCHASE A DUMP TRUCK IN THE AMOUNT OF $90,000.

ON THE SHEET THAT I PROVIDED THE SUMMARY, I'D PUT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED TO NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE NINETY THOUSAND FROM FUND BALANCE TO PURCHASE A DUMP TRUCK.

THE THIRD ITEM, THE AMERICAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE ACT OF 2018 REQUIRED THE CITY TO COMPLETE A WATER SYSTEM, RISK AND RESILIENCE ANALYSIS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.

THIS WAS AN UNBUDGETED ITEM, SO THE FUNDS FOR THIS ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF FUND BALANCE OUT OF THE WATER FUND, AND THE AMENDMENT IS GOING TO INCREASE THE EXPENSES BY THIRTY NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS.

OK. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF GRANT? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION THERE IS AND THIS IS ON ME.

THERE'S A TYPO IN THE RESOLUTION IT SHOULD SAY APPROVED AND ADOPTED.

WE NEED TO. IT'S JUST A TYPO.

IT SAYS ADPOTED.

SO LET'S MAKE SURE AND GET THAT CHANGE BEFORE WE GET IT APPROVED.

IS THIS IN 807? YEAH. OK, OK.

IT'S IT'S FUN.

OK. AND GRANT, I JUST HAVE THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS EARLIER.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON THE CARES FUNDS.

WHEN WERE THOSE IDENTIFIED? YOU KNOW, WHEN DID WE HAVE THE FINAL INFORMATION ON THAT? I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT WE SUBMITTED THE PAPERWORK TO COLLIN COUNTY FOR THE FINAL. WELL, THE FINAL PAPERWORK TO CLOSE OUT THAT GRANT AND MAYBE MARCH TIMEFRAME, SO MARCH COULD HAVE EVEN BEEN APRIL, MARCH, APRIL TIMEFRAME.

OK, AND JUST ONE KIND OF NOT A BUDGET AMENDMENT, BUT JUST A REVENUE QUESTION IS ARE THE REVENUES? HAVE THE REVENUES BEEN REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR ARE THEY STILL SITTING IN A LIABILITY ACCOUNT? SO THE THE REVENUE FROM 19,20 WAS RECOGNIZED IN THE FISCAL YEAR IN 19,20, AND THEN THE UNSPENT MONEY WAS RECORDED AS A LIABILITY AT THAT TIME.

SO OK, SO OUR REVENUES WILL BE HIGHER BY THAT AMOUNT.

YES, MA'AM. IT'D BE ONE OF THE [INAUDIBLE].

YES, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENT? THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE CHANGING FOR THE WATER, THE THIRTY NINE SEVEN TEN, HIS ORIGINAL BID WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT IS IT'S THE TOTAL OR IS THIS JUST FOR THE FIRST HALF? THE FIRST HALF CAME IN.

I WANT TO SAY 18, 19.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, GARY.

YEAH, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SECOND HALF BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN TOTAL COST OF THIS NOW.

YEAH, WE'RE JUST BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND GRANT CORRECT ME, IF I'M WRONG IS WE'RE JUST BOOKMARKING IT THAT IT'S A LIABILITY THAT WE'VE GOT COMING IN FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR SINCE IT'S A TWO YEAR OVER A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT, SINCE THIS NEXT PORTION DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR. SO MORE LIKELY, WE'LL HAVE EXPENDITURES FOR THAT.

WE JUST WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CREATE THAT, THAT THAT ITEM WITHIN THE BUDGET.

SO IT'S IDENTIFIED.

AND ALSO THE REFERENCE, BECAUSE THE EXPENSES PROBABLY WON'T TAKE PLACE BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO IF WE HAVE TO RE-APPROPRIATE THOSE FUNDS, I'LL REFERENCE THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT NEXT YEAR. SO I GUESS THAT'S BEING UNHAPPY HELPED A LITTLE BIT SINCE WE GOT A LITTLE SAVINGS OUT OF IT. I'M SURE FEMA WILL COME UP WITH SOMETHING

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ELSE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 807, A BUDGET AMENDMENT? NOT HEARING ANY, THEN I WOULD ACCEPT THE MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT ORDINANCE 807 AMENDING THE WORD ADOPTED ON PAGE TWO OF THE AMENDMENT TO A CORRECT SPELLING.

I SECOND THAT.

OK. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 807 REGARDING A BUDGET AMENDMENT WITH THE CORRECT SPELLING ON PAGE TWO OF THE WORD ADOPTED.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? THEN I WILL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.

EVERYONE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 807, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

OK. ANYONE AGAINST.

MOTION CARRIES FOUR ZERO.

THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE.

[INAUDIBLE] CONSIDERATION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE

[7. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NO. 2021-677, ACCEPTING A TEXAS FOREST SERVICE COST-SHARE REIMBURSEMENT GRANT OF UP TO $20,000 TO REIMBURSE THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN FIRE/RESCUE EQUIPMENT.]

ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-677, EXCEPTING A TEXAS FOREST SERVICE COST SHARE REIMBURSEMENT GRANT OF UP TO TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REIMBURSE THE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN FIRE RESCUE EQUIPMENT, MS. CHIEF SHEFF. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE BEST I COULD FIGURE OUT AT THE TIME WE PURCHASED THE BRUSH TRUCK ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, A LITTLE OVER TEN YEARS AGO FROM WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE TEXAS FORESTRY SERVICE. WE ALSO APPLIED FOR A GRANT FROM THEM FOR EQUIPMENT.

I WAS SURPRISED THREE WEEKS AGO WHEN I OPENED UP MY COMPUTER AND THERE WAS A CONGRATULATIONS EMAIL FROM THEM.

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I THINK IT WAS 2002 HOUSE BILL WAS IT 2604 WAS ESTABLISHED AND I BELIEVE THEY ALLOCATED ABOUT $2 MILLION UNDER THAT PROGRAM, FUNDING IT, EXCUSE ME, ABOUT $20 MILLION FUNDING IN ABOUT TWO MILLION A YEAR.

SO FOR WHATEVER REASON, THIS IS OUR YEAR AND THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT SIMILAR TO THE GRANTS WE RECEIVED FROM THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE IN THE PAST.

THIS IS A 75 PERCENT COST SHARE, SO WE HAVE TO PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT, PROVIDE THEM INVOICES AS WELL AS GIVEN THE COST OF CERTAIN ITEMS. THEY WILL COME OUT AND VERIFY THAT WE HAVE THEM AND THEN THEY WILL REIMBURSE US FOR THAT COST. SO SEVERAL THINGS.

NUMBER ONE IS THE $20000 COST SHARE THAT EQUATES TO A TOTAL PURCHASE OF APPROXIMATELY TWENTY SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN DOLLARS.

THIS WAS ACTUALLY MADE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S 501C3, SO I VERIFIED WITH OUR FINANCE MANAGER WE HAVE IN EXCESS OF TWENTY SIX THOUSAND IN FUNDS AVAILABLE.

IT IS MY REQUEST TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE ACCEPT THE GRANT AND THAT WE USE THE FUNDS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR BUDGET BUT ARE SORELY NEEDED.

WE RECENTLY REPLACED PART OF THE SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS, OUR BREATHING EQUIPMENT COMPRESSOR AND FILLING STATION.

WE REPLACED IT THROUGH FUNDRAISING.

THE ACCOUNT.

BUT [INAUDIBLE] IS A MODULAR SYSTEM, I ONLY REPLACE THE COMPRESSOR PART, NOT THE AIR FILL STATION. THE AIR FILL STATION IS BASICALLY A BIG BOX WHERE WE FILL TWO CYLINDERS THAT BOX IS EXPLOSION PROOF TO AVOID INJURY.

SHOULD CYLINDERS ACCIDENTALLY DEGRADE WHILE BEING FILLED, WE FILL TO ROUGHLY 4500 PSI.

THE SYSTEM AT THE MOMENT IS WORKING FINE WITH REGARD TO THE COMPRESSOR.

WE KNEW THE FILL BOX WAS LEAKING.

WE HAVE AN EMAIL OUT TO THE GUYS AS RECENTLY LAST WEEK SAYING IGNORE THE HISSING SOUND YOU'RE HEARING INSIDE, IT'LL STILL FILL.

SO WHAT I'M LOOKING TO DO BASICALLY ARE TWO THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, USE $16000 APPROXIMATELY TO REPLACE THE FILL STATION.

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WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT NEXT YEAR.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST DO IT NOW.

SECOND IS I'D LIKE TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL SETS OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, THE BIG FIREFIGHTER COATS AND PANTS.

PRESENTLY, WE HAVE A PROGRAM WHICH IS FUNDED UNDER THE BUDGET, THE OPERATING BUDGET TO REPLACE A CERTAIN AMOUNT EACH YEAR.

FIRST, WE'RE MANDATED TO REPLACE AFTER 10 YEARS A SET OF BUNKER GEAR THAT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE TCFP.

IN ADDITION, THE TCFP OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS AT TIMES HAS A FOCUS ON FIREFIGHTER SAFETY AND HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR CANCER PREVENTION.

AND AS A RESULT OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS NOW RULES, FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ARE REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY TAKE OUT OF SERVICE THEIR FIREFIGHTING GEAR.

I MEAN, IMMEDIATELY, I MEAN, SUPPOSED TO BAG IT UP LITERALLY ON SCENE AND CARRY IT BACK TO THE FIRE STATION, IN A BIG TRASH BAG AND THEN DISINFECT AND WASH.

WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO WASH.

WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO DRY AT THE FIRE STATION.

WE ANTICIPATED THIS SITUATION FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE'VE SLOWLY BUILT UP OUR CACHE OF EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO DO THIS.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHEN OUR FIREFIGHTERS COME OFF A FIRE, THEY DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL GEAR TO GET INTO. THEY HAVE TO GO AROUND AND TRY TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE'S THAT FITS AND TAKE THAT AND USE THAT.

SO WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO AND I'D LIKE TO DO WITH THIS IS TO BUY FOUR UP TO FOUR, I SHOULD SAY, SETS DIFFERENT SIZES, THEY WILL BE RESERVED FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO CHANGE INTO UNTIL THEIR GEAR IS CLEANED AND DRIED, AND THAT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM HALF A SHIFT.

BASICALLY, TAKE 12 HOURS TO DO THAT, GO THROUGH EVERYTHING.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE REQUEST.

I WANT TO MAKE A POINT, THOUGH, THAT WHEN I RECEIVED THIS NOTIFICATION AND THIS IS THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE, I DID CONFIRM WITH THEM THAT WE ARE STILL ELIGIBLE WHEN I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM THEM.

I PROVIDED THEM THE INFORMATION THAT I THOUGHT WAS RELEVANT, SUCH AS HERE'S WE ARE, HERE'S HOW WE STAFF, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

AND THEY PROVIDED ME AN EMAIL BACK SAYING, YES, YOU ARE [INAUDIBLE] QUALIFY.

SO I SORT OF CHECK THAT BOX.

THAT'S IT. OK, GRANT, DOES THIS HAVE AN EFFECT ON OUR BUDGET? YES, MA'AM, IT DOES, BUT HE HAS THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO COVER IT.

OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF CHIEF SHEFF? I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, THOUGH.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE AND APPLYING FOR THE GRANT SO THAT WE BENEFIT.

IT MAY TAKE 10 YEARS, BUT EVENTUALLY MAYBE WE'LL GET IT.

WHERE WE ACTUALLY GOT THE FIRE TRUCK.

I THINK IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY ABOUT SIX YEARS AFTER WE APPLIED FOR THAT BRUSH TRUCK, SO IT TAKES TIME.

CHIEF I AM ASSUMING THAT WE CAN OR YOU ARE ABLE TO BUY BUNKER GEAR WITH BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THAT LISTED ON THE PRE-APPROVED ITEMS THAT WE'RE.

NO. WE ARE ABLE TO BUY BUNKER GEAR.

BUT THOSE PREAPPROVED ITEMS WERE THE ONES THAT ARE MOST COMMONLY USED AND THAT'S WHY THEY LISTED THEM THERE.

WE CAN'T USE BUNKER FIREFIGHTING BUNKER GEAR WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.

AND NO WAY TO SQUEEZE THAT FIRE HOSE THAT WE HAD TO PAY FOR IN THE BUDGET ON THIS.

IS THERE? YOU COULD USE IT FOR FIRE HOSE.

MY REQUEST OF COUNCIL IS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR THE FIRE HOSE, BUT I DO NEED TO BE PROACTIVE WITH REGARD TO THIS.

THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE COULD SLIP IN THERE AND LOWER THE BUDGET FOR? YOU KNOW.

THE ANSWER'S YES, ALWAYS.

BUT AGAIN, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EVENTUALLY AND LET ME BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THIS.

WE'RE AUDITED OR WE WERE ACTUALLY REVIEWED EVERY TWO YEARS, AND I HAVE TO PROVIDE WRITTEN A WRITTEN LOG INDICATING THAT WE HAVE SWAPPED OUT AND WHEN THEY COME AND REVIEW WHEN WE WERE REVIEWED LAST YEAR, THEY ACTUALLY COME OUT WITH A LIST OF HERE ARE YOUR FIRES.

AND LET ME SEE YOUR LOG AND LET ME MAKE SURE YOU'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE TOLD YOU TO DO. THIS IS MY WAY OF ENSURING THAT WE WILL BE IN FULL COMPLIANCE.

CHIEF ONE MORE QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT FIGHTING FIRES NEVER HAD A DESIRE TO RUN INTO A BURNING BUILDING.

DO BUNKER GEAR HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON IT LIKE SOME OTHER GEAR? YES. BUY THE STUFF, IT HAS AN EXPIRATION IN THE FUTURE.

IT HAS THREE THINGS IT HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE, DATE OF MANUFACTURE.

IT HAS A SERIAL NUMBER AND IT HAS INSTRUCTIONS OF HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF IT ACTUALLY SEWN IN THERE.

THE MANDATE IS TEN YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW LONG

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YOU'VE WORN IT. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH, EVEN IF IT'S EVER BEEN WORN.

IT'S TEN YEARS FROM THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE.

ANYTHING FURTHER? THEN I WOULD TAKE A MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-677.

ACCEPTING A TEXAS FOREST SERVICE COST SHARING REIMBURSEMENT GRANT AS REPORTED.

OK, I WOULD SECOND THAT.

OK. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER REED TO ACCEPT THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE COST SHARING REIMBURSEMENT GRANT, WHICH IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-677.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? OK, THEN I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES FOUR ZERO.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

TREE. YEAH.

YOU WRITING A BUNCH OF GRANTS FOR YOU? NO.

[INAUDIBLE] OK, NEXT.

WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT CONSIDERATION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING STAFFING

[8. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS AND ASSIGNEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONNEL WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF PARKER.]

ADJUSTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONNEL WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF PARKER, CHIEF BROOKS.

I THINK THIS IS YOU MADAM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I'M RICHARD BROOKS, CHIEF OF POLICE.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

THIS PROPOSAL IS TO MAKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AND PUSH A POLICE OFFICER POSITION FROM THAT ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE BACK INTO PATROL.

I PROVIDED THE CURRENT ORGANIZATION CHART ALONG WITH A RECOMMENDED ORGANIZATION CHART AND THE CURRENT SCHEDULE, ALONG WITH THE RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE.

I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT MAKING THESE ADJUSTMENTS AT THIS TIME WILL POSITION THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE, PARTICULARLY TO THAT 8 TO $9000 BUILDOUT POPULATION THAT WE'VE KIND OF SETTLED ON.

WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT THE ORGANIZATION THE SALARY MAKING THESE CHANGES, THE COST SALARY BENEFIT WILL BE A SAVINGS TO THE CITY, PROVIDED THIS PLAN AS PRESENTED IS APPROVED.

SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO GET INTO THE DETAILS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE IN LOOKING OVER THE DOCUMENTS.

CHIEF, I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL START FROM THE TOP, FIRST.

YOUR YOUR CURRENT SCHEDULE.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY LISTED AS INVESTIGATOR, BUT WE DIDN'T IMPROVE APPROVE AN INVESTIGATOR. SO THAT IS NOT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IN THIS, SINCE WE DIDN'T APPROVE IT WITH THE BUDGET, CORRECT? NO, THAT'S HIS ROLE.

BUT HE'S STILL ON THE PATROL.

OK. THE NEXT ONE THAT I'VE GOT IS ON YOUR PROPOSED I DON'T SEE A DAY SUPERVISOR OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF AND THE ASSISTANT CHIEF DURING DAYS, AND I SEE NO SUPERVISOR DURING DAYS ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.

IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT.

CORRECT. SO WHO WOULD BE THE SUPERVISOR ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS FOR THE DAYS? I KNOW NIGHT HAS ONE, BUT I DON'T SEE DAYS HAVE ONE.

WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ONE AND IN FUTURE GROWTH, THOSE WILL BE POSITIONS THAT WILL BE ADDED. OK, NEXT QUESTION THAT I HAVE, SO IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, YOU WANT TO TAKE THE SUPPORT SERVICES MANAGER AND ADD TO THEIR ROLE THE CIVILIAN POSITION TO THEIR ROLE AS PART OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE, INCLUDING EVIDENCE.

YES. SO SHE'S PREPARED TO TESTIFY FOR CHAIN OF CUSTODY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SHE'S SHE'S TRAINED TO DO IT.

YES. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON IN THE INDUSTRY TO HAVE CIVILIANS OVER PROPERTY.

RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW HER QUALIFICATIONS.

I WASN'T HERE WHEN THEY BROUGHT HER ON, SO IT WAS A QUESTION FOR ME.

HIGHLY COMPETENT. THE AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THE THE PROPOSED SALARY PRIOR SALARY.

DID YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PAYING SOMEBODY FOR THE TWO OPEN POSITIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON DAYS RIGHT NOW? YES.

SEE TOLD YOU. I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE OF OUR DAY PATROL OFFICERS CURRENTLY IS CASTED, AND I KNOW

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YOU HAVE TWO OPEN POSITIONS ON DAYS.

HOW IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT THAT? HOW? BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PEOPLE LINED UP FOR THOSE TWO OPEN POSITIONS, CORRECT? NOT CURRENTLY, NO.

SO HOW ARE WE COVERING THE LAPSE IN PATROL? WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH ONE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

CAPTAIN PRICE AND I ARE HERE TO TO FILL IN.

AND THEN MURPHY WOULD RESPOND TO HELP US IF NEEDED.

THE, NOW I'M GOING TO GO INTO KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE YOU'RE REQUESTING HERE.

I RECOMMEND EACH OF THESE PROMOTIONS INCLUDES A FIVE PERCENT PAY INCREASE.

THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE AND SUPPORT SERVICE MANAGER POSITIONS WOULD BE APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE AS THEY ARE DIVISION COMMANDER POSITIONS.

CORRECT. SO I'M ASSUMING YOU ALREADY HAVE IDEAS.

I'M ASSUMING YOU ALREADY KNOW WHO YOU'RE GOING TO PUT INTO THOSE TWO POSITIONS.

BUT WHY WOULD THAT FALL UNDER THE CHIEF'S DECISION AS OPPOSED TO COMING TO COUNCIL? I DID SOME RESEARCH THIS MORNING AND IT LOOKS LIKE MOST CITIES THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND ARE CHOSEN.

SO WHY DID YOU TAKE THE ROLE THAT THE CHIEF CHOOSES IT? THAT'S WHAT I'M USED TO.

FROM WHERE I CAME FROM, SO WHEN WE WHEN I CAME HERE, THAT'S A NORMAL PROCESS.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANYTHING UNDER THE POSITION OF CHIEF GOING OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION THAT NORMALLY WHAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH IS THE CHIEF OF POLICE GETS TO GET TO SELECT THOSE CRITICAL DIVISION COMMANDER POSITIONS.

SO GOING ON TO THE TWO SERGEANT POSITIONS, THEY WILL BE TESTED, BUT YOU'RE NOT TESTING, YOU'RE NOT PROVIDING ANY TESTING BASIS FOR THE ASSISTANT CHIEF.

IT'S GOING TO BE BASED OFF OF JUST YOUR DECISION WHO YOU RECOMMEND.

CORRECT. HAVE YOU ALREADY DONE THE TESTING FOR THE SERGEANT OR THEY'VE NOT BEEN CHOSEN YET? THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CHOSEN BECAUSE THE PROPOSAL IS NOT APPROVED.

SHOULD IT BE APPROVED, THEN WE WOULD ENTER THAT PROCESS, WHICH WOULD BE SELECTING A TEST.

AND THEN BASED ON THE TEST THAT'S SELECTED, THEN ESTABLISHING A SCHEDULE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE STUDY MATERIALS AND A PERIOD OF TIME THAT THOSE WISHING TO TAKE THE TEST WOULD HAVE TO STUDY. SO IT'LL BE A PROBABLY 60 TO 90 DAY PROCESS.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY AND ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I'M DOING THIS FOR A GENERAL CLARIFICATION. YOU PROVIDED THE LAYOUT THAT YOU WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE AND THAT SAYS THAT IT'S PENDING APPROVAL.

THESE ARE NOT POSITIONS THAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR, BUT RATHER JOB FUNCTIONS THAT ONE PERSON MAY DO MULTIPLE OF.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

AND WITHIN THAT SCHEME, IF THERE'S A BLUE BOX AND IT HAS A NUMBER IN PARENTHESES, THAT IS A PERSON. IF THE BOX DOES NOT HAVE A NUMBER IN PARENTHESES, THAT'S A RESPONSIBILITY THAT FALLS ON THE BOX ABOVE IT AND HAS A PERSON IN IT.

AND THAT HELPS THAT ORGANIZATION, WHILE COMPLICATED, IT HELPS STAFF AND CITY STAFF, AND ANYONE HAS A PROBLEM IN A PARTICULAR AREA.

THEY CAN LOOK AT THAT CHART AND KNOW WHO TO GO TO IN.

PREVIOUSLY YOU HAD CAPTAIN PRICE WAS YOUR ADMIN AND THEN YOU HAD A UNIFORM SERGEANT THAT WAS OVER PATROL, BASICALLY.

SO INSTEAD OF DOING IT THAT WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO DELETE THOSE TO BRING IT UP TO AN ASSISTANT CHIEF AND THEN HAVE SHIFT SERGEANTS.

WHAT YOUR YOUR GOAL IS.

CORRECT.

AND SOME OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE ALSO MOVED TO THE SUPPORT SERVICES MANAGER POSITION, THAT'S WHY.

BUT I AM ASSUMING SHE'LL HAVE NO SUPERVISORY CAPACITY OVER SWORN OFFICERS.

HER JOB IS JUST OFFICE BASED.

CORRECT. OK. MY INTERROGATIONS OVER.

QUESTION. THE RECOMMENDED PROMOTIONS INCLUDE A FIVE PERCENT PAY INCREASE.

NOW WE'RE RIGHT UP AGAINST THE TYPICAL TIME THAT WE REEVALUATE SALARIES.

ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT THIS FIVE PERCENT INCREASE IS IN ADDITION TO A NORMAL SALARY INCREASE? I DO, BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING ON ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES LIKE THE FOUR PEOPLE WERE DOING THE JOB THAT THREE PEOPLE ARE NOW GOING TO DO, AND THE SERGEANTS ARE NOW TAKING ON A ROLE OF BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN THE CITY WHILE THEY'RE HERE. SO THOSE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD WARRANT ADDITIONAL PAY.

NOT IN THE REAL WORLD, BUT OK.

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GRANT, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK YOU VERIFIED THIS CALCULATION, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SALARIES. YES, SIR.

SURE. I HAVE A QUESTION.

THIS MAY BE A NAÏVE ONE, BUT I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEW ORGANIZATION, AND I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED WITH THE PARENTHETICAL THING.

SO, SO IT LOOKS MASSIVE TO ME.

BUT WHEN WE DID SOME OF THE CITY COMPLEX REVIEWS, WE WENT THROUGH A PRETTY EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF WHAT THE LAYOUT WAS.

AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THERE WAS THERE WAS ONLY ONE OR MAYBE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE ADDED AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THIS BECAUSE I COULD BE OFF.

BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS ORGANIZATION, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN THAT, AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THAT ALL FITS TOGETHER.

OR DID I DID I MISINTERPRET SOMETHING? IT'S THE EXACT SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY OUT.

THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IN THIS LAYOUT.

NOW IT IS SPELLING OUT RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DIFFERENT THAN PEOPLE.

OK, SO IT'S THE EXACT SAME NUMBER OF STAFF WE HAVE NOW.

NO NEW POSITION, ANY NEW POSITIONS.

I WOULD COME TO COUNCIL AND SAY, I HAVE A NEED.

HERE'S MY NEED AND THAT NEED WOULD BE.

RIGHT. WHEN I WENT THROUGH THIS, I WAS JUST CONFUSED BECAUSE THE BOXES I WAS THINKING, WHEN I LOOK AT AN ORG CHART, I SEE A PERSON THERE.

BUT OK, ALL RIGHT.

WELL, CHIEF, APPARENTLY I LIED.

I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

A SHIFT, B SHIFT, C SHIFT.

RIGHT NOW YOU JUST HAVE PATROL NIGHTS AND DAYS.

ARE YOU PROPOSING TO SWITCH TO A DIFFERENT HOUR STRUCTURE? ARE THEY STILL GOING TO WORK 12 HOUR? STILL GOING TO WORK 12 HOUR.

AND THAT C SHIFT IS JUST A MOVING OF THE DAYS.

SO THE NEW I WON'T CALL IT NEW.

THE PUSH DOWN POSITION FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION TO A PATROL POSITION WAS PUT ON NIGHTS AND THEIR DAYS ARE GOING TO ROTATE.

CURRENTLY, YOU HAVE AN A SHIFT AND A B SHIFT COVER THE SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK.

THIS POSITION WILL ROTATE SO IT COVERS BOTH SIDES, SO THEY WILL HAVE THREE PEOPLE WORKING SOME NIGHTS OF THE WEEK THAT THAT PERSON WORKS, AND IT WON'T BE JUST ON ONE SHIFT.

IT'LL BE SPREAD ACROSS BOTH OF THOSE SHIFTS.

SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A SHIFT THAT'S OFF ON TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND A SHIFT THAT WORKS ON TUESDAY, THURSDAY.

THIS POSITION WILL BE OFF, EXCUSE ME, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY.

THIS POSITION WILL BE OFF ON MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WORK.

SO IT WORKS ONE DAY WITH ONE SIDE, THE OTHER DAY WITH THE OTHER SIDE.

SO. IT'S THE BEST WE COULD DO WITH HAVING AN ODD NUMBER ON NIGHTS, BUT IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO HELP A LOT. SO YOUR LAYOUT WILL BE ONE SUPERVISOR AND ONE OFFICER AT NIGHT, SO IT'LL STILL BE TWO, BUT ONE OF THE TWO WILL BE THE SUPERVISOR.

CORRECT. AND CURRENTLY, I HAVE AN OFFICER THAT'S ON VACATION NIGHT SHIFT OFFICER.

SO THE GUY TONIGHT IS WORKING BY HIMSELF.

WITH THIS THIRD POSITION, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE IT ONE DAY AND COVER THAT VACATION.

SO THEN THAT GUY DOESN'T HAVE TO WORK BY HIMSELF.

HE NOW HAS TWO WITH HIM, AND YOU ONLY HAVE TO ADJUST HIS SCHEDULE ONE DAY.

SO IT'S YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE IT BACK OR FORWARDS TO HELP COVER VACATIONS.

SO IT'S GOING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SHIFTS THAT PARKER ONLY HAS ONE OFFICER ON.

YEAH, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A COMPRESSED SHIFT MODEL.

YEAH. YEAH. AND CHIEF, I WANT TO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THOUGHT IN WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY OF PARKER IN HERE.

AND AND IT IT'S APPRECIATED THE TIME THAT YOU TOOK.

CONCERNS THAT I HAVE ARE THAT IN THAT WE CONTINUE TO TO UTILIZE OUR MUTUAL AID TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE'RE NOT INCREASING STAFF.

AND I KNOW THIS DOESN'T INCREASE STAFF, WHICH AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR THE FUTURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE, FIND OTHER WAYS OF UTILIZING THOSE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS OR OTHER AGREEMENTS TO KEEP FROM GROWING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWERING THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CHART BECAUSE I SEE A CHART AND WHEN I SEE A CHART, I SEE PEOPLE.

YEAH, MAYBE THAT'S THE CORPORATE WORLD.

IF THERE'S A BOX, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PERSON IN IT.

AND AGAIN, FOR THE FUTURE.

I TRUST THAT THIS ISN'T A FUTURE GROWTH KIND OF PLAN.

IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO SEE AND I IT DOES MAKE PERFECT SENSE THAT PEOPLE CAN NOW UNDERSTAND WHO TO CONTACT.

BUT FOR THE FUTURE, I'M HOPING TO KEEP OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY.

I COULD ALSO, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO AN ORGANIZATION CHART THAT'S JUST BODIES, SO YOU COULD

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SEE THE THE DIFFERENCE.

BUT WE HAVE SO MANY HATS BEING WORN BY INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES FALL.

YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOW, BUT AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WHEN YOU NEED THE PROPERTY ROOM OPEN, WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE THAT RESPONSIBILITY LIES.

SO IT'S IT'S BASICALLY A VISUAL PICTURE FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY THOSE THOSE HATS FALL ON.

AND WITH YOUR COMMENT OF MUTUAL AID, I 100 PERCENT AGREE THAT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION, BUT PARTICULARLY NOWADAYS, YOU KNOW, CITIES ARE REALLY BECOMING.

THEY'RE REALLY BEING CONCERNED EXPENDING MONEY IN OTHER AREAS.

RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF MURPHY IS SEVEN POLICE OFFICERS DOWN.

AND WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE STAFFING BEGINS TO TO TO BECOME CRITICAL FOR YOUR OWN CITY'S FUNCTION. IF YOU NOTICE IN THE MONTHLY REPORT, YOU KNOW, PARKER IS PROVIDING MORE MUTUAL AID TO MURPHY THAN MURPHY IS PROVIDING US CURRENTLY BECAUSE OF THEIR CALL DEMAND.

THEY NEED HELP, WHICH WHICH IS WONDERFUL.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TO HELP EACH OTHER GET THROUGH THESE THESE ISSUES.

BUT CITIES ARE BECOMING MORE PROTECTIVE WITH THEIR FUNDS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE LESS INCLINED TO BE SPENDING A LOT OF OF MAN HOURS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

SO WE JUST NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T STAY ON TOP OF THAT THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY, THERE'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF LIKE THIS.

THE STREETS AND THE DRAINAGE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO KICK A CAN FOR A WHILE AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

AND ONCE YOU GET BEHIND THE CURVE, IT'S VERY HARD TO CATCH UP.

YOU KNOW, MURPHY BEING ABLE TO FILL SEVEN POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS IS GOING TO TAKE THEM 18 MONTHS TO DO SO.

YOU GET THAT FAR BEHIND.

IT'S GOING TO BE VERY PROBLEMATIC.

SO JUST.

OK, THANK YOU. YEAH.

THE ONLY THING IS, YEAH, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE A ONE SIDED WHERE WE'RE GIVING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES AND NEEDING MORE THAT TYPE OF THING.

THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK, THEN, COUNCIL, WHAT WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO DO? MAYOR, CAN I JUST FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I ASSUME SOMEBODY'S GOING TO MAKE A MOTION HERE IN A MOMENT. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THESE CHANGES EFFECT OF WHAT DAY CHIEF? SO THAT IT'S CLEAR.

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO OCTOBER 1ST WOULD BE FINE.

OK. SO BUT BUT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO BE A 60 TO 90 DAY PROCESS TO GET THAT SERGEANT'S TEST DONE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ALL OF THESE CHANGES AT THE SAME TIME.

SO EVEN BY OCTOBER 1ST, IF WE IF WE COULD ALLOW ME TO BEGIN THE PROMOTIONAL PROCESS OF THE TWO SERGEANTS, THEN WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE 60 TO 90 DAYS DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE YOU HEAR FROM ME ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHO THESE POSITIONS ARE BEING.

AND I WAS I WAS REALLY ASKING FOR PURPOSES.

YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING INCREASES IN SALARY, RIGHT? RIGHT. THESE INCREASES WOULDN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL NEXT BUDGET YEAR.

CORRECT. YEAH. BUT BUT THERE WILL BE A SAVINGS FROM THE CURRENT FROM THE SALARIES THAT EXISTED BEFORE.

YEAH. SO THERE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY BE A COST SAVINGS.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WAS NOTED IN HERE, RIGHT? YES.

YES, SIR. AND BY THAT TIME, I SHOULD HAVE A TEST SELECTED KNOW WHAT THE STUDY AMOUNT OF TIME IS AND HAVE A MORE IDENTIFIED TIMELINE OF WHERE THESE THEN ONCE THOSE PROCESSES ARE DONE. COUNCIL WILL BE INFORMED OF WHERE WE ARE AND WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME KIND OF EVENT, A PROMOTIONAL EVENT THAT WOULD BE SCHEDULED.

SO COUNCIL WILL KNOW BEFORE ANY APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE.

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WE CAN ACCEPT THE CHIEF'S MOTION HERE OF THE STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO MY MOTION A CAVEAT THAT THE ASSISTANT CHIEF POSITION AND SUPPORT SERVICE MANAGER POSITIONS BE CONFIRMED BY COUNCIL AND THAT THE RECOMMENDATION BE BROUGHT TO US BY THE CHIEF FOR THAT POSITION IN THE FUTURE, AS WELL AS THIS TIME AROUND, AND THAT THESE CHANGES GO INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1, 2021.

OK. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER THAT WE APPROVE THE STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS AND THE ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POSITION BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL FOR CONFIRMATION AND THAT THE SUPPORT STAFF ADMINISTRATOR.

IS THAT THE RIGHT TITLE? SUPPORT SERVICES MANAGER BE ALSO BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I'LL TRY TO SAY THAT AGAIN.

OK, THAT THE COUNCIL THAT WE APPROVE THE STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONNEL WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF PARKER, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST 2021, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL FOR POSSIBLE CONFIRMATION AND THE SUPPORT SERVICES MANAGER ALSO BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

GO AHEAD. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND I CAN UNDERSTAND THE POLICE, THE ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF. BUT WHAT'S YOUR RATIONALE AS FAR AS WHY THE MANAGER WOULD NEED TO? BECAUSE COME BETWEEN COUNCIL, I DON'T THINK OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

BECAUSE IN THIS INSTANCE, WE'RE NOT DOING ANY TESTING TO MAKE THOSE, EVEN THOUGH RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A GREAT CANDIDATE IN THE FUTURE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CANDIDATES DO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SERVICES WE WANT BROUGHT FOR PARKER.

AND IT'S JUST MY GENERAL OPINION THAT FOR THE SAKE OF UNIFORMITY, SERGEANTS AND USUALLY EVERYBODY OUTSIDE OF BRASS AND A POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE NOT TESTED OR ARE TESTED, BRASS ARE USUALLY APPOINTED.

AND SO IN THOSE INSTANCES, I WOULD PREFER THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE DIRECT SUPERVISORS AND TRUE DIVISION COMMANDERS COME BEFORE US BECAUSE HE TITLING THESE AS DIVISION COMMANDERS, NOT SUPERVISORS.

AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR POLICY ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU REMEMBER, [INAUDIBLE] SOMEONE OF THE CONFIRMATION AS ASSISTANT CHIEF.

YEAH, BUT THAT WAS THE ASSISTANT CHIEF.

BUT IT WASN'T.

I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH, YEAH, THE RECORDS MANAGER.

THE ONLY REASON WHY I CHOSE TO ADD THE SUPPORT SERVICES MANAGER IS BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME LEVEL AS THE ASSISTANT CHIEF IN HIS PLAN.

SO IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A DEPUTY CHIEF, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT SWORN.

SO IN THAT INSTANCE, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M ADDING IT SO THAT THERE IS A CONSISTENT APPROACH FOR THIS, AS WELL AS WHAT CHIEF SHEFF HAS.

BECAUSE IN MY MIND, THAT POSITION, THOUGH IT IS A NON SWORN POSITION, IS A SIMILAR LEVEL TO THAT OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, SINCE IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE SAME LINE ON HIS DIAGRAM.

YOU COULD HAVE AN ADMIN THAT WOULD REPORT DIRECT TO.

SO I GUESS MY MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO CHIEF IS DO THEY REPORT AT THE SAME LEVEL DO THEY HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY AS FAR AS YOU'RE CONCERNED? YES. OK, SO SO MAYBE I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD.

WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO THEN SAY ANYONE WHO IS ASSISTANT CHIEF LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT? AND THEN THAT WAY YOU CAPTURE EVERYTHING IN THE FUTURE? WELL, I FEEL LIKE IF A NEW POSITION GETS ADDED IN THE FUTURE, HE'LL COME BEFORE COUNCIL.

WE CAN ADD IT BASED ON WHO THEY REPORT TO.

BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE TWO DIVISION COMMANDERS, IF SOMEBODY REPORTS THE DIVISION COMMANDER, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME FORM OF HIRING PROCESS THAT GOES INTO PLACE.

IF IT'S AN APPOINTMENT BEING MADE, I THINK THAT SHOULD FALL ON COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF BECAUSE IT'S HIS DEPARTMENT.

BUT COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE THE FINAL SAY ON THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING FIVE PERCENT PAY INCREASES.

I TOTALLY AGREE.

I WAS JUST SAYING, IS THERE A MORE GENERIC WAY TO KIND OF WORD IT SO THAT YOU CAPTURE ALL OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID? I MEAN, I WOULD LEAN TO MR. LEVINE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER LEGAL VERBIAGE WE SHOULD ADD IN THERE TO COVER WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. I JUST FEEL LIKE WE COULD GET INTO THE WEEDS OF TOO MANY THINGS TO ADD

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IN THERE.

SINCE THE CHIEF HAS INDICATED HE'S GOING TO COME TO YOU WHEN HE NEEDS TO ADJUST HIS ORG CHART, I MIGHT WAIT UNTIL HE CREATES THE NEW POSITION TO DETERMINE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

ALSO, JUST FOR PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATION ON YOUR MOTION YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT.

YOU SAID THERE RIGHT AT THE VERY END, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S A FIVE PERCENT INCREASE.

YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DEALING WITH WAGES HERE.

YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT CONFIRMING THE CHIEF'S APPOINTMENT, CORRECT? CORRECT. THAT WAS NOT PART OF MY MOTION.

OK. WE ALL CLEAR? OK. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEYER TO APPROVE THE STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONNEL WITHIN THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2021, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AN ASSISTANT CHIEF, BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL FOR POSSIBLE CONFIRMATION AND THE SUPPORT SERVICE MANAGER ALSO BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL FOR A POSSIBLE APPROVAL. OK, I WILL NOW CALL FOR YOUR VOTE IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION.

OK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ANY OPPOSED.

OK, MOTION CARRIES FOUR ZERO.

THANK YOU. OK.

ITEM NUMBER NINE, DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE

[9. DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE MODIFICATION OF CURRENT CITY POLICIES RELATED TO THE REPLACEMENT OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT AND CITY VEHICLES.]

MODIFICATION OF SURF OF CURRENT CITY POLICIES RELATED TO THE REPLACEMENT OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT AND CITY VEHICLES.

AT THE PLANNING SESSION COUNCIL.

Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE POLICY BECAUSE IT'S FROM 2013.

CARS HAVE CHANGED, THE WORLD'S CHANGE AND IT MAY BE THAT THIS THIS POLICY IS OUT OF DATE AND NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.

AND I THINK THAT WAS THE SAME ISSUE ON CAPITAL EQUIPMENT BECAUSE SOME EQUIPMENT LASTS LONGER NOW THAN IT USED TO.

SO THIS IS WHY THIS IS BEFORE Y'ALL.

DISCUSSION. YES, AT THE PLANNING SESSION WE SPOKE ABOUT THE REPLACEMENT OF IN PARTICULAR WAS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S VEHICLES, AND THIS RESOLUTION WAS LINKED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I [INAUDIBLE], IN SECTION TWO, NUMBER A OR ITEM A.

IT SAYS THE PLANNED REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES WOULD BE AFTER ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OCCURS.

A IS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND MILES OF SERVICE USE.

THAT IS WHERE I THINK THAT I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THAT SHOULD NOT BE IN THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUDGE A VEHICLE BY THE MILEAGE.

THESE DAYS, THERE ARE SOME VEHICLES THAT RUN AND RUN AND RUN, YOU KNOW, 200000 MILES, AND THERE'S SOME THAT HAVE PROBLEMS AT SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND MILES.

SO TO PUT A SPECIFIC MILES OF SERVICE IN THE SCHEDULE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, I THINK IS A MISTAKE. SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE JUST TO REMOVE THE MILES OF SERVICE USE AND LEAVE IT TO THE AMOUNT OF REPAIRS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THAT VEHICLE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF PERHAPS WE COULD GET MORE RESEARCH DONE ON THIS BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DETERMINATIONS. IT SEEMS TO ME THERE ARE SOME STUDIES WITH RESPECT TO EXPECTED AGES OF VARIOUS TYPES OF VEHICLES, MILEAGE, AS WELL AS AS THE YEARS THAT MIGHT BE MORE HELPFUL IN US DETERMINING.

I DO THINK MILEAGE IS IMPORTANT.

I THINK IT'S A IT'S AN ASPECT OF THE OVERALL CONDITION OF A VEHICLE THAT HELPS TO IDENTIFY WHERE WHERE THE VEHICLE IS.

BUT WITH WHAT'S HERE, I HAVE NOTHING TO BASE ANY CHANGE TO BASE ANYTHING ON.

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AND SO I THINK SOME RESEARCH NEEDS, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND RESEARCH BE DONE AND PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ABOUT THE VARIOUS OR YEAH, YEAH, THERE ARE STUDIES OF THESE OF, YOU KNOW, RECORD OF VEHICLE RETENTION POLICIES ON DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.

OK. LET ME ASK THIS BEFORE I ADDRESS THAT.

THIS ALSO SAYS A REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, ARE THERE IS THERE OTHER CAPITAL EQUIPMENT THAT SHOULD BE ALSO RESEARCHED? AND IF SO, WHAT? YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT BECAUSE THAT'S A KIND OF A CATCHALL.

SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW FOR A FACT I'M NOT AN AUTHORITY ON THIS, BUT I KNOW A VEHICLE LIKE A POLICE VEHICLE AND A DUMP TRUCK OR A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE HAVE HAVE VERY DIFFERENT LONGEVITY. SO MY I GUESS ADVICE WOULD BE ALONG WITH THIS RESEARCH THAT WE DO.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TOO CRAZY ON IT TO MAKE IT THAT IT'S UNMANAGEABLE.

BUT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF VEHICLES OR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT AND LIFETIMES ON IT THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE.

OK, MY QUESTION AT THIS TIME IS WHAT BESIDES VEHICLES DO Y'ALL WANT RESEARCHED? WELL, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, WE TALKED NOT JUST ABOUT THE POLICE, BUT WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE VEHICLES, AND IT SEEMS TO ME IT WOULD BE WISE TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE VEHICLES AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS YOU HAVE BEEN KIND OF LOOKING AT IN THE SAME VEIN IN THAT SCHEDULE? YEAH.

SO YOU MIGHT CONSIDER LIKE LAWNMOWERS.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE FIRE APPARATUS.

YOU HAVE THE TRAILERS.

TRAILERS. YEAH, WE HAVE TRAILERS THAT ARE FALLING APART RIGHT NOW, THAT BALING WIRE, I THINK'S HOLDING A COUPLE OF THEM TOGETHER.

SO YEAH, YEAH, AGAIN AGAIN, THEY'RE DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, LAWN EQUIPMENT IS PROBABLY HOURS OF USE.

I'M GUESSING, YOU KNOW, TRAILERS MIGHT BE AGE RELATED OR I'M NOT SURE.

WITH A LOT OF THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT'S OUT LIKE POLICE VEHICLES, F-150 STUFF LIKE THAT.

THEY KEEP AN HOUR METER NOW.

WHEN I WAS IN CHARGE OF OR OVERSEEING VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND STUFF IN NEBRASKA.

WE WENT TO THE HOUR METERS WE LOOKED.

WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION HOURS AND WE ALSO TOOK CONSIDERATION OF MILES.

A LOT OF TIMES THOSE CARS WILL SIT THERE IDLING WHILE THEY'RE RUNNING RADAR.

WHILE ALL THAT EQUIPMENT'S RUNNING, IT'S DRAINING THE BATTERY, IT'S DRAINING THE SYSTEM.

BUT WHEN THEY GET UP AND GO, THEY GET UP AND GO.

YOU MIGHT ONLY GET TWO MILES OUT OF THAT ONE ONE ONE THING, BUT YOU'VE PROBABLY PUT MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS ON IT.

BUT WE WOULD HAVE ASKED CHIEF BROOKS TO START DOING AT LEAST WITH HIS VEHICLES IS WE START LOOKING AT THE HOURS ON THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE OIL CHANGES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN I'VE SEEN WHERE IF YOU IF YOU GO ABOUT EVERY FOUR THOUSAND MILES, 4000 MILES, THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO ENOUGH MILES FOR BASED ON THE HOURS THAT WITH NORMAL OIL CHANGE WOULD BE. SO YOU'VE GOT TO START LOOKING AT THAT.

WE'RE TRYING TO PROLONG THE EQUIPMENT SO YOU MIGHT SPEND A LITTLE BIT ON THE MAINTENANCE END, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PROLONG THE EQUIPMENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SO HERE'S HERE'S THE THING THAT I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND ON THIS CONVERSATION IS IT'S NOT EXTENDING THE MILES OF SERVICE NECESSARILY.

IT COULD BE REDUCING IT.

ITEM B ON THE SAME SECTION TALKS ABOUT THE CUMULATIVE REPAIR COSTS DURING A 12 MONTH PERIOD THAT SHOULDN'T EXCEED THIRTY TWO PERCENT OF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE.

BUT EVERY EVERY VEHICLE IS DIFFERENT.

AND SO TO MAKE A BLANKET DECISION BASED ON MILEAGE ALONE, I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE REPAIR COSTS AND YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW IF YOU HAVE A LEMON, I GUESS THESE DAYS THERE AREN'T TOO MANY LEMONS, BUT THERE PROBABLY ARE SOME, YOU KNOW THAT PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER YOU HAVE THE VEHICLE. SO ONCE A VEHICLE STARTS HAVING PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF THE MILES YOU PROBABLY WANT TO CONSIDER, WE PROBABLY WANT TO CONSIDER TRADING IT IN AND GETTING A NEW VEHICLE. SO THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAD WITH THIS IS HAVING THE SET MILEAGE OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND MILES.

WE HAVE AND I'LL BRING UP AN EXAMPLE.

GARY HAS F-250, RIGHT?

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AND HOW MANY MILES DO YOU HAVE ON IT? OH, MY PERSONAL TRUCK. NO, ON THE ONE THAT YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE.

OH, I THINK ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND NOW.

OK, SO HE'S RUNNING ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND MILES ON HIS ON THE TRUCK, AND IT HASN'T HAD TOO MANY PROBLEMS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF WORK HE DOES IN THAT IT CARRIES.

WE WANT TO GET RID OF IT.

WHILE THE VALUE OF THE USED TRUCK, THE USED TRUCK MARKET IS HIGH, SO IT MAKES SENSE PERFECT SENSE IN THAT INSTANCE.

SO THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAD WITH THIS WAS IT WAS STIPULATING A MILEAGE.

SO I HAVE TO AGREE WITH MAYOR PRO TEM MEYERS, THOUGH I THINK WE COULD LOOK AT THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE ON HERE. I THINK HAVING A CAVEATED MILEAGE IN 2021 MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE WE HAVE A VEHICLE THAT'S HAD LITERALLY NO MAINTENANCE AND IT HITS THIS MAGIC NUMBER.

WE'RE LOOKING AT REPLACING IT.

AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET BETTER WHEN YOU REPLACE.

I WOULD RATHER LOOK AT A COST APPROACH BASED ON THE FAIR MARKET VALUE, THE AMOUNT OF REPAIRS WE'RE PUTTING IN IT TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S A MONEY PIT OR IF IT'S A WORTHWHILE VEHICLE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S TO ME, THAT MAKES WAY MORE FISCAL SENSE THAN JUST AN ANOMALY NUMBER THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH AT SOME POINT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WAS ORIGINALLY DEVISED AT ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND MILES, BUT THAT MAGIC NUMBER HITS THERE AND THEY'RE ASKING TO REPLACE A VEHICLE.

THERE'S NO NOTHING IN THE VEHICLE THAT SAYS, WELL, NOW THAT IT'S AT ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND AND ONE, IT'S DEAD.

I THINK IT'S A NOT VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO CONTINUE TO BUY VEHICLE BASED ON JUST A RANDOM NUMBER OF MILES, I THINK THE COST HAS TO BE THE MAIN FACTOR WE LOOK AT.

BUT I DO AGREE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT ON EVERYTHING MOWERS, THE TRUCKS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, TRAILERS AND INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO PUMP MONEY INTO VEHICLES THAT ARE PROBLEMS, I WOULD PREFER TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I WOULD ALSO HATE TO BE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO REPAIR A VEHICLE THAT HAS 40000 MILES ON IT, JUST AS MUCH AS I WOULD NOT PUTTING ANY MONEY IN, BUT REPLACING SOMETHING THAT IS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND MILES.

OK, OK.

SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT Y'ALL WANT TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL RESEARCH CAN BE DONE AND THEN IT BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THAT RESEARCH TO DETERMINE WHAT WE WANT IN A RESOLUTION IN THE FUTURE.

MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD ACTUALLY SUGGEST THAT WE NOT JUST TABLE THIS, BUT WHEN IT COMES BACK IN THE FUTURE, THAT WE BRING THE OTHER RESOLUTIONS THAT REVOLVE AROUND THE OTHER VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY OTHER ONE.

I THINK THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS AS WELL TO MAKE A GENERALIZED PARKER POLICY ON THE REPLACEMENT OF ALL CAPITAL ITEMS. OK. OK.

THAT'S WHY WE WORDED IT THIS WAY SO WE COULD GET ALL VEHICLES BECAUSE THE ONLY ORDINANCE WE COULD FIND WAS JUST POLICE VEHICLES AND WE KNEW COUNCIL WANT TO DISCUSS ALL VEHICLES.

OK. ARE YOU? DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COUNCIL IS ASKING AND ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? YEAH, WE CAN START DOING RESEARCH ON THAT.

WHAT I'LL PROBABLY DO IS I'LL HAVE WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND I GUESS EVERYONE'S POINT AT CHIEF SHEFF TO HANDLE IT NOW.

WE'LL WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND START GOING THROUGH STUFF AND COMING UP WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND SEEING WHAT WHAT'S OUT THERE AND KIND OF GO FROM THERE.

THAT'S OK WITH ALL OF COUNCIL AND HAVE OPTIONS.

I WOULD JUST PERSONALLY, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME HIGH MILEAGE VEHICLES CURRENTLY IN OUR FLEET. I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE LAST 12 MONTHS SPECIFICALLY ON THOSE VEHICLES, WHAT WE SPENT IN REPAIRS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT IS A GOOD TELLTALE FACTOR OF WHAT OUR STATISTICS HAVE BEEN WITHIN PARKER.

AND MAYBE COMPARE IT TO THE YOUNGER VEHICLES.

RIGHT? YEAH, NOT NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A BENCHMARK, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ONE, THAT'S A YOUNGER VEHICLE.

DO YOU WANT DO YOU WANT THE CHARGER INCLUDED TO THAT'S STILL SITTING OUT? IS THE CHARGER GONE YET? EXPENSE. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT.

BUT NO, THAT WAS A PROBLEM VEHICLE THAT HAD TO BE.

OH NO, I REMEMBER. SO NO, I THINK WE WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT ONES THAT ARE TRULY IN OUR FLEET. OK, I JUST WANTED TO TONGUE IN CHEEK THERE.

SO OK, THEN I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO TABLE.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM NUMBER NINE FOR THE DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE MODIFICATION OF CURRENT CITY POLICIES RELATED TO THE REPLACEMENT CAPITAL EQUIPMENT AND CITY VEHICLES UNTIL STAFF CAN COME BACK WITH A PROPOSED OPTION FOR OR RESEARCH ON INDUSTRY STANDARDS ON THE VEHICLES, AS WELL AS RESEARCH ON OUR CURRENT EXPENDITURES ON OUR FLEET VEHICLES, BOTH YOUNGER AND OLDER VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER.

IS THERE A SECOND? MADAME MAYOR, I SECOND THAT.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER NINE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SLAUGHTER WITH THE

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SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, THEN I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ANYBODY OPPOSED.

NOT HEARING THAT.

MOTION'S TABLED BY 4-0 VOTE AND LUKE, IF YOU WILL ADVISE WHEN YOU HAVE THE RESEARCH SO WE CAN GET IT BACK ON THE AGENDA.

I WILL ADD IT TO THE LIST.

ALL RIGHT PROMISE.

OK, NEXT.

ARE THERE ANY UPDATES FROM ANY OF THE COMMITTEES?

[10. UPDATE(S) ACCEPTANCE OF FOOD DONATION(S) FOR POLICE, FIRE, AND CITY STAFF DUE TO COVID-19 FOR THE RECORD (Each valued at between $0 - $500). [PETTLE] Carol Wolniewicz donated various snacks estimated value of $75.00 Judy Garrett donated Tiff’s Treat’s estimated value of 30.00]

CAN I MAKE ONE UPDATE? THE SWAGIT, THEY'RE CALLING THIS SUPER TUESDAY ACROSS TEXAS, SO EVERYONE'S DOING THEIR BUDGET, EVERYTHING. SO THE VIDEO MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET UPLOADED TOMORROW OR OVERNIGHT AND PIECEMEAL.

SO I JUST WE GOT AN EMAIL EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THAT THAT ALMOST EVERY CITY IS MEETING TONIGHT. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP.

CAN YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT ON OUR WEBSITE SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT.

IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE.

STILL, IT'S JUST WHAT EACH AGENDA ITEM WHEN YOU CLICK ON IT AND IT TAKES YOU TO THE CATALOGING OF IT.

THE ONLY THING IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.

CAN I ASK IF WE'RE DOING COMMITTEE UPDATES.

ANY UPDATE ON THE MAPS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING? OK. YES, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LENGTHY PROCESS.

THERE'S A LOT TO IT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS THOROUGH AS POSSIBLE GET COMPLETE INFORMATION.

WE AT THE COMP PLAN.

WE COULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND GARY AND I CAN WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THOSE THAT WAY. YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ROADWAYS AND THE ZONING, THE ANNEXATION AND ZONING.

SO YEAH, WE CAN GO THROUGH THOSE WITH YOU ALL TOO.

PERFECT. OK.

ANY OTHER COMMITTEE UPDATES? JUST A QUICK.

THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN COMMITTEE IS MEETING NEXT TUESDAY FROM 3:30 TO 5:30 OR AROUND 5:30.

OK. ANYTHING ELSE? OK, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE, FOR THE RECORD, THAT THE CITY OF PARKER HAVE ACCEPTED A FOOD DONATION FOR THE POLICE, FIRE AND OUR CITY STAFF DUE TO COVID-19.

CAROL [INAUDIBLE] DONATED VARIOUS SNACKS ESTIMATED AT SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS.

JUDY GARRETT DONATED TIFF'S TREATS ESTIMATED AT 30 DOLLARS.

WE'D LIKE TO THANK THEM VERY MUCH FOR THEIR REMEMBERING US AND THEIR GENEROSITY.

OK, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RESIST RECESS IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY. OH, ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I'M SORRY. OK.

DID YOU HAVE ONE, SIR? OK, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION CLOSED EXECUTIVE IN ACCORDANCE

[12. RECESS TO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN: Government Code Section 551.071(1)—Consultation with City Attorney concerning Pending or Contemplated Litigation.]

WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.0711.

CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION.

OK. IT IS 8:35.

[13. RECONVENE REGULAR MEETING.]

WE ARE RECONVENED AFTER RETURNING FROM CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IT IS 8:54 PM.

COUNCIL IS THERE ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION OR DELIBERATION ON ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION SUBJECTS

[14. ANY APPROPRIATE DELIBERATION AND/OR ACTION ON ANY OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION SUBJECTS LISTED ABOVE.]

? AND MAYOR FOR CLARIFICATION NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

YES, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT IN REGARDS TO CAUSE NUMBER 471-03156-2020, WE AUTHORIZE CITY ADMINISTRATOR LUKE OLSON TO ENTER INTO A NEGOTIATED INTERLOCUTORY AGREED JUDGMENT.

CONTACT LITIGATION.