[00:00:03] >> I HEREBY CALL THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF PARKER TO ORDER. [CALL TO ORDER] IT IS JANUARY 17TH, 2023 AT 06:01 PM. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK MR. OLSEN, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM. >> YES, MADAM MAYOR, YOU DO. >> AT THIS TIME, [EXECUTIVE SESSION] WE WILL BE REASSESSING TWO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED HERE. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.074 PERSONNEL TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, REASSIGNMENT, DUTIES, DISCIPLINE, OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER, OR EMPLOYEE. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 (1), CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION. GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071 (2), CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY, UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER OPEN MEETING ACT. AT THIS TIME, IT IS 6:02, WE ARE IN RECESS. [NOISE] AT THIS TIME, I'M RECONVENING THE PARKER CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. IT'S STILL JANUARY 17TH, 2023. IT IS NOW 07:29 PM. IS THERE ANY ACTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? >> YES, MADAM MAYOR, [10. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NO. 834 APPOINTING AN INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY.] I REQUEST THAT WE TAKE ITEM NUMBER 10 OF THE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS OUT OF ORDER AND MOVE ON, THE CONSIDERATION AND/OR APPOINTMENT AND APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 834, APPOINTING AN INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU ALLOW US TO TAKE IT OUT OF ORDER? >> IS THAT A MOTION? >> YOU FIRST HAVE TO APPROVE US TAKING IT OUT OF ORDER. >> IT IS APPROVED TO TAKE IT OUT OF ORDER. >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THEN I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE CATHERINE CLIFTON AS OUR INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY AND APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 834 APPOINTED HER AS SUCH. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> I SECOND THAT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MAYOR PRO TEM SLAUGHTER AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 834 APPOINTING CATHERINE CLIFTON AS OUR INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I WILL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ORDINANCE NUMBER 834 PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 4,0 AND SINCE I'VE SEEN MS. CLIFTON BACK THERE, I'LL ASK HER TO COME UP HERE AND JOIN US. FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE THIS IS OUR INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY. [LAUGHTER]. NEXT, WE WILL DO THE PLEDGES. I WILL ASK CINDY LAYING BACK THERE IF SHE WILL DO THE AMERICAN PLEDGE AND REED BONUS IF HE WILL DO THE TEXAS PLEDGE. >> >> >> THANK Y'ALL. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? PATTI, DO YOU HAVE ANY? >> I DO NOT. >> IS THERE ANYBODY OUT IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? NEXT IS A COUPLE OF ITEMS OF INTEREST. [ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST] THE WOMEN'S CLUB HAS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED OUR CANDIDATES' NIGHT [NOISE] FOR APRIL 13TH AT 07:00 PM AT VICTORY CHURCH. SHOULD WE HAVE CANDIDATES AND ELECTION, WE WILL HAVE A CANDIDATES' NIGHT. IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, [00:05:02] I'LL CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW, BUT MARK YOUR CALENDARS JUST IN CASE. THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM OF INTEREST AT THIS TIME. WE'LL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. [CONSENT AGENDA] THERE ARE FIVE ISSUES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 6TH, 2022. APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 14TH, 2022. APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 20TH, 2022, CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-723, APPOINTING AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S OFFICERS, AND FIVE CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-726 ADOPTING A NEW CITY OF PARKER VISION STATEMENT. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS ANY OF THOSE PULLED OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> MADAM MAYOR, IF WE COULD PULL THE VISION STATEMENT FOR A QUICK DISCUSSION? >> MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PULL NUMBER 3 FOR A DISCUSSION ALSO. >> DOES ANYBODY HAVE 1, 2, OR 4 THAT THEY WANT TO PULL OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA? IF NOT, I WOULD TAKE A MOTION ON ITEMS NUMBER 1, 2, AND 4. >> MADAM MAYOR, I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE ITEMS 1, 2, AND 4 OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ITEMS NUMBER 1, 2, AND 4. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE? IF NOT, I WILL TAKE YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA ON ITEMS NUMBER 1, 2, AND 4 PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. NO ONE OPPOSED. NO. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 1, 2, AND 4 ARE PASSED. THANK YOU. ON ITEM NUMBER 3, [3. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 20, 2022 [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP) AND MUNICIPAL COMPLEX WORKSHOP, 3 PM].] COUNCIL MEMBER MEYER, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT? >> YES. ON ITEM NUMBER 3, WHICH IS THE CIP WORKSHOP, THERE'S A PAGE THAT'S MISSING. WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THIS LAST FEW DAYS, I NOTICED IT, BUT THERE WAS A SPREADSHEET THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH REFERRED TO IN SHOW DURING THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHMENT. I THINK THAT SPREADSHEET WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITIES AND THAT TYPE OF THING. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WERE THINGS ADDED IN THAT PACKET THAT REALLY I DON'T REMEMBER DISCUSSING AND THAT WAS THE DUBLIN ROAD S CURVE AERIAL MAPS, AND I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET, BUT THEY SHOULDN'T BE IN THERE BECAUSE AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION ON THAT PORTION OF IT. >> ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION? >> WELL, HOLD ON. >> I'M SORRY. >> I GUESS THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS. >> ARE YOU WANTING TO REMOVE THIS OFF TONIGHT? POSTPONE THIS TO BE BROUGHT BACK AT ANOTHER TIME. >> I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S REALLY NECESSARY. IT'S JUST SOMETHING WAS MISSING FROM THE MEETING MINUTES. >> THE ONE SHEET I THOUGHT WE HAD IT IN THERE. IT MUST HAVE GOTTEN TRANSFERRED OVER. I CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. I KNOW WE'VE HAD THE DUBLIN S CURVE, THAT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE, BUT WE RAN OUT OF TIME DUE TO THE END TIME THAT WE HAD PUT ON THAT MEETING. >> BUT THESE ARE MEETING MINUTES. >> I THINK THAT WAS ALL PART OF THE ORIGINAL PACKET, WAS IT NOT PATTI, THE S CURVE STUFF? THOSE ARE JUST THE ATTACHMENTS THAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD WITH THE PACKET BUT WE DIDN'T GET TO DISCUSS IT. >> WE DIDN'T DISCUSS IT. >> I MEAN THESE ARE MEETING MINUTES. MEETING MINUTES ARE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED. >> SHE'S OBJECTING TO IT. IF I UNDERSTAND YOU NEED THINGS BEING INCLUDED THAT WERE NOT DONE. [00:10:02] >> I WOULD HAVE TO ASK OUR LEGAL COUNSEL. >> I'LL SAY I'M CLEARLY TALKING ABOUT THE EXHIBITS THAT WERE ATTACHED THAT WEREN'T DISCUSSED. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO HAVE AN ATTACH AT THE MEETING IF MINUTES REFLECT NO DISCUSSION ABOUT THEM AND THEY ORIGINALLY WEREN'T WITH IT BUT COUNSEL ASKED ME TO PUT DUBLIN ROAD IN THERE BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE PACKET. HOW ARE WE ALL WANT IT? >> WE'LL DO WHATEVER IT'S REQUIRED. >> SINCE THEY WEREN'T PART OF THE MEETING IF WE COULD REMOVE THEM AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS IN, OR THAT ONE AERIAL VIEW OF DUBLIN ROAD IN A FUTURE MEETING? REALLY WOULDN'T BE PART OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM A MEETING THAT WE ALREADY HAD SINCE WASN'T DISCUSSED. >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> EXACTLY. >> OKAY. SHOULD WE DO BOTH MOTIONS AT THE SAME TIME? >> WE CAN DO IT. >> OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE MEETING MINUTES NUMBER 3, WITH THE ADDITION OF THIS SPREADSHEET AND THE REMOVAL OF THE DUBLIN ROAD AERIAL MAPS. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> MADAM MAYOR I MOVE TO SECOND. >> OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MEYER AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ABRAHAM. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. THEN I WILL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE MEETING MINUTES OF THE CRP AND FACILITY WORKSHOP, ADDING THE ADDITION OF THE SPREADSHEET AND REMOVING THE DUBLIN ROAD INFORMATION FROM THOSE. AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? >> YES. >> OKAY. I NOW CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? NONE. MOTION PASSES FOUR, HAVE TO STOP AND THINK WE'RE MISSING JIM. I WILL SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER REED IS OUT OF THE COUNTRY ON BUSINESS AND HE WAS SORRY THAT HE COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. NOW, MAYOR PRO TEM FLOWERY, [5. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NO. 2023-726, ADOPTING A NEW CITY OF PARKER VISION STATEMENT.] YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE VISION STATEMENT, ITEM NUMBER 5. >> YES, I DO. THIS IS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. [LAUGHTER] WE ORIGINALLY IN THE JOINT MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, WE DEVELOPED A VISION STATEMENT, THIS WAS THE COMP PLAN COUNCIL P&Z MEETING. WE HAMMERED OUT A VISION STATEMENT. WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE LAST MEETINGS WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN COUNCIL ONLY WITH P&Z INVITATION BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING SOME CORE ISSUES WITH P&Z. THEY WANTED TO REVISIT THIS, INCLUDING MAKING SEVERAL GRAMMATICAL CHANGES. I MADE THOSE GRAMMATICAL CHANGES. WE HAVE POSTED THIS IN HERE FOR THIS ONLY TO ACTUALLY GET SOME VINDICATION ON THE FACT THAT MY ORIGINAL GRAMMARS, AS IT WAS STATED, WAS CORRECT. WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE ONE THAT WE HAD BEFORE OUR LAST MEETING TO HAVE A GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT ONE BECAUSE I'VE HAD THIS NOW EDITED BY MULTIPLE RESIDENTS WHO WERE KIND ENOUGH TO SEND THIS TO ME. SOME OF WHICH ARE ENGLISH MAJORS, ONE OF WHICH IS AN ENGLISH TEACHER. I AM NOT SO I WILL TAKE THEIR UPDATES. ALL OF COUNSEL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE PARKER VISION STATEMENT WITH THE NEW GRAMMATICAL CHANGES IN THERE. BASICALLY WE ARE ADDING A COMMA ON THE LAST SENTENCE. THEN THERE WAS OFFERS VERSUS OFFER ON THE SECOND-TO-LAST PARKER'S PROXIMITY TO NEARBY SERVICES AND AMENITIES, WE HAD IT AS OFFER, I HAD BEEN CORRECTED THAT IT IS OFFERS, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD IT BEFORE, AND THEN THEY WANTED TO CHANGE IT TO OFFER. WE'RE NOW BACK TO OFFERS. I HIGHLY REQUEST THAT EVERYBODY REVIEW THIS AND THEN WE CAN GET THIS THING PASSED TO GO ONTO OUR SURVEY WHICH IS PENDING THIS TO BE ABLE TO BE SENT OUT. >> EVERYBODY HAVE A COPY OF THE. [OVERLAPPING] >> THE PIECE OF PAPER THAT CHANGES FROM OFFER TO OFFERS. THEN NOW THERE IS A COMMA AS PARKER GROWS COMMA, [00:15:01] WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY THERE, BUT IT WAS TOLD TO TAKE AWAY AND GO, AS PARKER GROWS THESE VALUES, WHICH IS WHAT'S IN THE PACKET. THAT'S INCORRECT. IT IS CORRECT ON THIS PIECE OF PAPER. I DO THIS AND MADAM MAYOR, I AM MOVING THAT WE ACCEPT THE VISION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL TONIGHT SEPARATELY FROM THE PACKET, AND WITH THE RESERVATIONS THAT ANY FURTHER GRAMMATICAL ERRORS CAN BE CORRECTED WITHOUT FURTHER BRINGING THIS TO COUNCIL, BUT CAN BE DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY. >> MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO SECOND. >> OKAY. >> IN PARTICULAR, THE PROXIMETIES IS A SINGULAR NOUN, THEREFORE THE VERB OFFERS WILL BE CORRECT. [INAUDIBLE] >> YES. >> YOU MOVE TO SECOND. >> [INAUDIBLE] I MOVE TO SECOND. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD, DIANNE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THEN WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PARKER VISION STATEMENT AS PRESENTED OUTSIDE OF THE PACKET AND WITH THE CAVEAT THAT SHOULD THERE BE FURTHER GRAMMATICAL ISSUES, THEY WILL BE CORRECTED ADMINISTRATIVELY. IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES MADAM MAYOR. >> OKAY. THEN I WILL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE ON THE PARKER VISION STATEMENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THIS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANYONE OPPOSED? VISION STATEMENT PASSES FOUR, ZERO. THANK YOU. >> THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHY NOTHING GETS DONE IN GOVERNMENT. [LAUGHTER] IT'S THE COMMA. >> MADAM MAYOR, IF WE CAN ALSO REQUEST THAT CITY ADMINISTRATOR USE THIS ON THE SURVEY AND MOVE FORWARD WITH POSTING IT. >> IN THE WEBSITE? [LAUGHTER] >> WAITING FOR ITEM CORRECT VERSION. [LAUGHTER] >> LIKELY STORY. LETS GO TO ITEM NUMBER 6. [6. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON CONFIRMATION OF COURTNYE DIXON’S PROMOTION TO SERGEANT [PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED 3-0].] [NOISE] CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON CONFIRMATION OF COURTNEY DIXON'S PROMOTION TO SERGEANT AT THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT. FOR EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION, COURTNEY DIXON QUALIFIED. SHE TOOK THE SERGEANTS EXAM. SHE PASSED THE SERGEANTS EXAMS, SHE MET ALL QUALIFICATIONS. THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT SHE'D BE PROMOTED. I BELIEVE CHIEF PRICE RECOMMENDS THAT SHE'D BE PROMOTED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY, THEN I WILL ASK FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION OF PROMOTING OFFICER DIXON TO SERGEANT DIXON. >> MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE CONFIRM COURTNEY DIXON'S PROMOTION TO SERGEANT FOR THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> YES, MADAM MAYOR, I SECOND THAT. >> OKAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY, I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. KEEP IN MIND, WE ARE CONFIRMING THIS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING OFFICER DIXON'S PROMOTION TO SERGEANT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSE? NOT SEEING ANY, WE NOW HAVE CONFIRMED, FOUR, ZERO. THANK YOU. IS SERGEANT DIXON HERE? >> SHE'S ACTUALLY ON CALL. [LAUGHTER] I'LL HAVE HER COME BY LATER. [LAUGHTER]. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY WE CAN'T EVEN SAY, THANK YOU. GOOD DEAL. WE'LL TELL HER THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HER. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ITEM NUMBER 7. REPUBLIC SERVICES INCORPORATED, DOING BUSINESS AS [7. REPUBLIC SERVICES INC. d/b/a ALLIED WASTE SERVICES OF PLANO, A DELAWARE CORPORATION: PRESENTATION DISCUSSION/CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NO. 2023-724, AUTHORIZING THE REPUBLIC SERVICES RATE ADJUSTMENT.] ALLIED WASTE SERVICES APPLY NOW, A DELAWARE CORPORATION. I BELIEVE MR. BURNERS, YOU ARE GOING TO BLESS US WITH A PRESENTATION. >> GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, HAPPY NEW YEAR. I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY AND A NEW YEAR. LUKE, DO YOU HAVE THAT VIDEO? >> I'M TRYING TO PULL IT UP. [LAUGHTER] >> WHILE HE'S DOING THAT, I'LL TALK THROUGH JUST A SUMMARY OF HOW THE YEAR WENT THROUGH 2022. BEST NEWS WE HAVE IS NO INCIDENTS OR ACCIDENTS, WHICH SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER 1 PRIORITY ALWAYS. BEING SAFE IN THE COMMUNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT. [00:20:03] WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING, A LOT OF BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR OUR DRIVERS, SO WE'RE PROUD TO KEEP THAT AT ZERO. IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS RUNNING. WE'VE SEEN THE TONNAGE ACTUALLY FINALLY COME TO A MELLOW ROAD NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING BACK TO WORK. WE HAD A BIG INFLUX OF TONNAGE DURING THE COVID YEARS AND WE'RE SEEING A STEADY FLOW OF A TONNAGES NOW. ACTUALLY IT WENT DOWN A COUPLE, ABOUT 200 TONS OVERALL, WHICH IS NICE. WE MADE THAT CHANGE IN BULK. THE CALLS THAT WE GET ARE DRAMATICALLY DOWN. HOPEFULLY IT'S GOING TO VARY, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WHEN THEY CAN PUT IT OUT. WE'RE DOING IT PRETTY WELL JOB OF GETTING IT THE DAY OFF AND SOMETIMES IT RUNS INTO A SATURDAY. BUT OVERALL FOR THE VALUE FLUCTUATIONS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S RUNNING A REAL GOOD ON SCHEDULE. CALLS HAVE BEEN, EXCUSE ME, WAY DOWN AND MISSED PICKUPS. YOUR HOUSE COUNTS, I WENT BACK AND YOU'RE AT 1,650, I THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF '21, AND I HAVE 1,766 RIGHT NOW. AS YOU GUYS EXPERIENCED THE GROWTH, YOU WERE ROLLING RIGHT ALONG WITH IT. WHAT LUKE IS GOING TO PLAY HERE OR MR. OLSEN IS GOING TO PLAY AS WE'RE BUILDING A POLYMER CENTER WHICH WILL OPEN IN 2023. IT'S GOING TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. WE WILL START IN LAS VEGAS. THERE WILL BE ONE IN TEXAS, BUT THIS IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND MACHINERIES PATENTED TO REPUBLIC SERVICES. IT'LL BE THE FIRST TIME YOU'LL SEE CIRCULARITY IN PLASTICS, WHICH DOES NOT HAPPEN RIGHT NOW. [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] NOT RIGHT. I'LL TALK THROUGH IT. AS THE VIDEO PLAYS, ACTUALLY, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT ALL THE PLASTICS THAT ARE COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WILL BE MOVED TO A POLYMER CENTER. IT IS ONE-OF-A-KIND, WE'LL BREAK IT INTO A RESIN. ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SHIP IT TO MANUFACTURERS TO REMAKE PLASTIC BOTTLES AND EVERYTHING MADE OF PLASTICS. RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF PLASTICS ARE DOWNGRADED TO MAKE CARPETING, WHICH IS VERY COMMON. THIS CENTER THAT WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW. WE'LL TAKE THE PLASTICS, BREAK IT DOWN INTO A RESIN, AND THEN TURN AROUND AND COCA-COLA, IS IT A WORLD, PEPSI'S OF THE WORLD. ALL OF THEM ARE ALREADY IN LINE WAITING FOR THE RESIDENT. IT'S CALLED, WE'LL BAG IT. WHAT HAPPENS IS WE'LL TRUCK IT RIGHT TO THE MANUFACTURERS. THEY'LL OPEN THE BAG DUMPING INTO THE MANUFACTURING PLANT AND MAKE NEW PLASTIC, SO YOU'LL SEE A TRUE CIRCULARITY OF A PLASTIC BOTTLE, WHICH ONE OF THE KINDS, THE FIRST ONE TO DO IT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN FIVE MORE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THAT'S A SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD THERE. THERE ARE A LOT BETTER AT IT THAN I'M, BUT IT'S PRETTY EXCITING ACTUALLY BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU'LL SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, JUST SUSTAINABILITY GOALS INTO FUTURE. THIS IS ONE THAT YOU CAN AS A CITY MARK, THEY HAVE TO CIRCULARITY WITHIN YOUR PLASTIC MARKET AND LUCAS ENTITIES, WE WANT TO HEAR IT. [BACKGROUND] YOU CAN SEND IT AND YOU CAN HEAR THE VOLUME ON IT BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND THIRD QUARTER OF 23 IS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO OPEN AND THAT'S QUICKLY TO THE POINT AND THEN WE GOT THE CPI. IF YOU WANT TO TALK THROUGH. >> IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH CPI INFORMATION. >> THAT'S IT.[OVERLAPPING] CPI, WE USED THE GARBAGE TRASH INDEX. IT CAME IN AT A 4.45, I BELIEVE IT WAS SORRY, I HAVE TO PULL MY NOTES, 4.45 AND A TWELVE MONTH AVERAGE. WE MOVED THE GARBAGE, WATER, SEWER TRASH BACK WITH THE CONTRACT A FEW YEARS BACK. IT'S MORE OF A CONSISTENT CPI TABLE REALLY MEASURES WHAT WE HAVE. AS YOU KNOW, CPI HAS BEEN RUNNING 7.5-8.5-9. THIS RUNS PRETTY STEADY AT ABOUT 3-4-5, SO WE'RE WE'RE AT 4.45 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE [00:25:01] REQUESTING AND IT'S PULLED OFF THE TABLE AND PREDICT CONTRACT. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? [BACKGROUND] >> WHILE THE INCREASED COMES THROUGH BOTH INCREASE IN OUR BUSINESS. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW OUR BUSINESS IS, METAL, FUEL LANDFILLS DID INCREASE, WHICH WE'RE NOT PUSHING THROUGH ON THIS. WE'RE TAKING IT AS A FRUSTRATE PASS THROUGH, TIRES AS LABOR, INSURANCE IF YOU START GOING THROUGH THAT. IT PULLS ALL THE CPI TABLE BUT ARE REALLY STRUCTURES ONTO THE GARBAGE SIDE OF THE BUSINESS WAS WATER, SEWER, TRASH DOES AND IT LOOKS AT THE WATER SIDE OF IT. GARBAGE TRASH WENT UP 6.4. WATER SEWER TRASH IS RUNNING AT 4.45. THE LOCAL CPIS THAT THEY PULL RAN AT 7.5, I BELIEVE LAST MONTH IT'S BEEN AS HIGH AS 9 PERCENT. THAT'S THE TABLE THAT WE UTILIZED BECAUSE IT MEASURES OUR BUSINESS CLOSELY. >> WHAT IS THE INCREASE? >> I THINK IT'S ABOUT $0.90, RICK? >> IT'S $0.55 MSW, $0.25 ON RECYCLE AND $0.10 ON BRUSH? >> YES, SO 90? >> TOTAL OF $0.90 >> YES, [OVERLAPPING] $0.90 OVERALL. >> PER MONTH? >> IT GOES UP TO 2102 PER MONTH. >> LAST YEAR'S CONTRACT, THEY KEPT THE SAME RATE AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR WHEN WE SIGNED A NEW CONTRACT. >> IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD TO INCREASE. THE BULK DID GO TO BULK VOLUME. DECREASE VOLUME DID SLIGHTLY, YES. >> THAT DIDN'T TRANSLATE [INAUDIBLE]. >> NO, BUT WE DIDN'T RAISE IT WHEN THE COVID HIT AND WE DIDN'T SAY, HEY, GUESS WHAT? THE VOLUMES SPIKES AND WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE, WE LET IT RUN AND WE RAN OFF THE TRUE NUMBERS. IT'S FINALLY COME TO WORDS OF MELLOWED OUT WE STOLE. IF YOU LOOK AT PRE-COVID, STILL ABOUT 14 PERCENT, 13 PERCENT HIGHER THAN WHAT YOUR NORMAL RUN RATE WAS FOR TONIC JUST, THAT'S JUST MORE WORK FROM HOME. PEOPLE ARE EATING OUT, BRING IT IN. YOU'RE STILL HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU WERE BACK. >> [INAUDIBLE]? >> IT'S PER HOME. YES. >> HOW MANY HOUSES DID WE ADD? >> YOU WENT TO 1766 IS THE LAST DECEMBER. YOU WERE 1709 IN JANUARY AND WENT UP TO 1766 IN DECEMBER. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> NO, YOU'RE OKAY. [LAUGHTER] >> I DO IT EVERYDAY. [LAUGHTER] >> HOW OFTEN? [INAUDIBLE]. >> WITH THE WAY THE BULK IS RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF EXTRA SERVICES ONCE IN A WHILE, WE SEE IT. THEY GET UP TO 10 YARDS A MONTH, SO THAT'S A LOT OF VOLUME. MOST CITIES AROUND AND THEY'LL GO 2-4 YARDS A MONTH. YOU'RE AT 10, SO IT'S A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WHAT YOU SEE AROUND HERE. WITHIN THAT, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT HITTING THAT NUMBER. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER. I CAN GET IT FOR YOU. BUT THERE'S A FEW THAT CALL IN AND WANT EXTRA PICKUPS, BUT THEY ALSO UTILIZE THE STUMPS ARE HERE THAT WE HAVE. THEY END UP TAKING IT AND BRING IT OVER HERE SO IT WASHES OUT FOR THEM, SO NOT A LOT. >> SO THEN IT SAME TO SAY THAT THE INCREASE IN THE RATES ARE DUE TO EXTRANEOUS FACTORS, NOT ANYTHING. >> IT'S JUST COST OF LIVING FACTORS. >> OKAY. EXCELLENT. YOU'RE SEEING THIS INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD. [OVERLAPPING] >> IF YOU LOOK RIGHT NOW THROUGH NORTH TEXAS, YOU'LL SEE 8-14 PERCENT RATE INCREASES PRETTY CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE BOARD. WHERE THEY ARE ON THE OLD CPI THAT WE DIDN'T UTILIZE THEIR RUNNING AT THAT RATE. THEY'VE BEEN ANYWHERE AND THEN NERVES FUEL THAT THEY'RE ADDING ON TOP OF THAT. YOU CAN SEE NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT HAVE INCREASED 10, 14, 12 PERCENT. >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> 4.45 PERCENT. >> YEAH, WE SWITCHED US OVER FROM JUST THE REGULAR CPI TO THE WATER, SEWER, TRASH, CPI. IT'S A LESSER RATE USUALLY WHEN IT'S MORE OF A BENEFIT TO OUR RESIDENTS. [00:30:01] WHEN WE DID THAT, THAT'S PART OF THAT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WE HAD LAST YEAR. THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE WANTED TO KEEP OUR RATES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. [OVERLAPPING] >> YEAH, WE SEE IT'S MORE OF A CONSISTENT RATE. THERE'S A MAJOR SPIKE THAT I HAVE TO COME IN AND SAY IT'S AT THREE PERCENT THIS YEAR. YOU'LL SEE IT RUNS BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE PERCENT PRETTY CONSISTENTLY, WHICH IS WHY WE TRIED TO TALK TO OUR PARTNERS TO SAVE YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD. THANK YOU. >> ALL OF YOUR TRASH COLLECTION VEHICLES ARE ALL DIESEL BASED TOO, CORRECT? >> RIGHT NOW, YES. >> DIESEL HAS NOT BEEN VERY FUN. I WANT TO SAY THAT FROM MY BEGINNINGS ON COUNTING TILL NOW, I'VE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN THE SERVICE FROM REPUBLIC AND IT HASN'T GONE UNNOTICED. JUST TO POINT OUT, I WATCHED YOUR BRUSH GUYS THE OTHER DAY. THEY WERE OUT PICKING UP BRUSH. SOMEBODY HIT SOME TRASH CANS AND THEY GOT OUT OF THE BRUSH STROKE. IT WOULDN'T FIX THE TRASH CANS. THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK DO GET NOTICED BY OUR RESIDENTS. WE APPRECIATE IT. THE BRUSH GUYS HAVE BEEN CLEANED WHEN THEY PICK UP. WE'RE NOT HAVING THE ISSUES OF THE OVER DUMPS OR ANY OF THAT. WE DO APPRECIATE THAT AND IT HAS BEEN NOTICED. >> I'LL PASTE THAT UNDER THE OPERATION. THANK YOU. >> AFTER ONE OF THE STORM, YOUR GUYS MADE AN EXTRA TRIP THROUGH PICKING UP A LOT OF THE BREATH. WE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. OUR RESIDENTS APPRECIATED. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S JUST PART OF PARTNERSHIP THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT. WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. >> JOE, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BURNERS? >> NO. I DO APPRECIATE GETTING THE SCHEDULE IN THE MAIL. I KNOW SEVERAL RESIDENTS WERE STARTING TO ASK WHERE THE 2023 SCHEDULE IS, FROM MAIL THEY'VE GOT IT.. I KNOW THE CITY PUTS IT UP THERE SO PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT. >> WE MAY GO QR CODE NEXT YEAR AND TRY TO GET ADVANCED, BUT WE'LL TALK THROUGH THAT BEFOREHAND. [LAUGHTER] >> I DID NOT [INAUDIBLE]. >> REALLY, EVERY ADDRESS THAT WE HAD GOT ONE MAIL. [OVERLAPPING] THERE'S SOME IN HERE. >> WE HAVE SOME IN THE MAIN OFFICE HERE. >> THERE'S A WHOLE LOT AT THE POST OFFICE. [LAUGHTER] >> THERE'S A LOT AT THE POST OFFICE. WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE NEWSLETTERS ARE AT. WE GOT A NEWSLETTER RETURNED FROM A YEAR AGO [LAUGHTER] TO US IN THE MAIL. >> THAT'S THE NUMBER 1 QUESTION I COULD ASK [INAUDIBLE]. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE DOING A MAILER AT ALL OR A THING, YOU MAY WANT TO DO THE QR CODE SAYING BOTH SCHEDULED AND YOU CAN PUT THAT [INAUDIBLE]. >> WE'LL POST IT BACK ON THE HOMEPAGE. I NOTICED IT'S GOTTEN A LOT BETTER. >> IT'S BETTER TO BE ON THE HOMEPAGE THAN GO INTO THE DIFFERENT [INAUDIBLE]. >> IT'S GOTTEN A LOT BETTER AS FAR AS THE WEEK'S BREAKING OUT, THOSE WEEKS TO THE THURSDAY, FRIDAYS. IT JUST MAKES IT MORE MANAGEABLE FOR THEM. >> BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M JUST LOOKING AT MY NEIGHBORS [LAUGHTER] WHO'S GOT JUNK IN THEIR FRONT YARD THAT I KNOW I'M GOOD. >> SOME PEOPLE TEND TO PUT IT OUT A LITTLE BIT EARLY AND THEN THEY GET A VISIT FROM CHAD. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT THOUGH. >> SOME PEOPLE HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS THE FIRST WEEK. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FROM THE FIRST TO THE SEVENTH? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT STARTS? >> THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH. THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH IN THIS CASE. >> BUT THAT'S STILL AN EDUCATION DEAL FOR US TO DO. [OVERLAPPING] >> JUST TO TRY TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT THAT WAY THEY UNDERSTAND. THEN OBVIOUSLY THE HOLIDAY SOMETIMES THROWS A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOP IN IT. >> I THINK IT'S GOTTEN A LOT BETTER. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE LATE OR CHANGE. WE GET NOTIFIED FROM OPERATIONS. >> FAIRLY QUICKLY AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION. >> ALSO IN THE FUTURE WHY HAVE YOU EARNED IT JUST HIT MY MIND AND WE'RE TESTING THIS RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE IT FOR THE SMALL CONTAINER AT YOUR APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THAT TYPE. BUT THERE WILL BE AN UPCOMING I'LL CALL FOLLOW MY TRUCK AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE IT'S AT AND GUIDANCE TO WHERE YOUR SERVICES AT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW WHERE THEY'RE AT AND YOU'LL KNOW HOW FAR YOU ARE FROM THE STOPS THAT WE HAVE NOT SURE ON THE RESIDENTS. >> NOT TO STOP YOUR APP. [LAUGHTER] >> WE'LL BE ABLE TO RUN OUT THERE IN HER HOUSE SHOES A ROW REALLY QUICKLY, GET IT OUT TO THE STREET. >> THERE'S ABOUT A 10-MINUTE DELAY. YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT IT, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE IS, BUT THERE IS AN APP COMING OUT AND WE'RE HOPING BUT IN 24 FOR RESIDENTIAL, WHERE THE RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE APP AND KNOW WHERE THE TRUCK'S AT AND WHAT STOP THERE. >> WELL, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 2023-724 AUTHORIZING THE REPUBLIC SERVICE RATE ADJUSTMENT TO FOLLOW THE CPI, WATER, SEWER, TRASH, THE 4.45 PERCENT. >> IS THERE A SECOND. >> MADAM MAYOR, I SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022-724 APPROVING THE 4.45 PERCENT INCREASE. [00:35:01] ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THEN I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. NONE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU MR. [OVERLAPPING] BURNERS. >> THANK YOU, GUYS. HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. >> WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> TAKE YOUR TIME. >> I WOULD LIKE TO NOTICE THAT SERGEANT DIXON HAS COME IN TO JOIN US. WE JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND GREAT JOB. THE PROMOTION WENT THROUGH, IT WAS CONFIRMED. PLUS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE MET EVERYBODY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU. >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SERGEANT DIXON? >> CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] >> YES. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 8. [8. PRESENTATION FROM ENTERPRISE FLEET MANAGEMENT, DISCUSSION, AND ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING MASTER EQUITY LEASE AGREEMENT AND ADJOINING AGREEMENTS WITH ENTERPRISE.] PRESENTATION FROM ENTERPRISE FLEET MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANY INAPPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING MASTER EQUITY LEASE AGREEMENT AND ADJOINING AGREEMENTS WITH ENTERPRISE. I WILL ASK IF Y'ALL WILL PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS MEREDITH KRIEGER. I'M THE AREA SALES MANAGER HERE. >> I'M STEPHANIE LATHAM. I'M THE CLIENT STRATEGY MANAGER FOR YOUR ACCOUNT. >> THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. >> I KNOW YOU GUYS HAD A PRESENTATION. YOU GUYS WANTED TO GO THROUGH FIRST PART OF IT AND THEN MAYBE OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTIONS. >> SURE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS, I GUESS WE WANT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP OF THE PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN ON SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS OR GIVE OR TAKE NOW. ESSENTIALLY WHERE WE STARTED WAS THE CITY WAS PAYING CASH FOR VEHICLES. THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE FLEET WAS QUITE OLD, WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR STUDIES THAT WE MEET WITH TYPICALLY BECAUSE OF BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. VEHICLES AREN'T A TOP PRIORITY WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING. IT CAUSES THE LEGAL AGE TO BE OLDER. ENTERPRISE COMES IN AND HELPS YOU GUYS PUT A PLAN IN PLACE USING WHAT'S CALLED AN OPEN-ENDED EQUITY LEASE. DIFFERENT THAN A TRADITIONAL FINANCE OR AT LEAST THAT YOU GUYS MAY KNOW WHAT A DEALERSHIP. YOU I BELIEVE MET WITH NICK HARDWICK SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS. THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY VERSIONS OF THE FINAL ITERATION OF THE MODEL THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. BUT IT ESSENTIALLY SHOWS IF YOU GUYS WERE TO LOOK AT A PROACTIVE PLAN WITH ENTERPRISE USING AN EQUITY LEASE, INSTEAD OF PAYING CASH FOR VEHICLES, YOU CAN GET ON A MUCH HEALTHIER LIFE CYCLE, ESSENTIALLY CUTTING THE AGE OF YOUR FLEET AND ABOUT HALF. AT THE SAME TIME OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT 5-10 YEARS, SAVING ABOUT $726,000. AGAIN, THAT'S OVER THE 10 YEAR SPAN OF REPLACING VEHICLES. IN THE FIRST ROUND WE DID 10 VEHICLES. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ALL GOT CANCELED BY THE MANUFACTURER, WHICH TO GIVE EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE, THAT'S REALLY OUTSIDE OF ENTERPRISE'S CONTROL WERE NOT THE BUILDERS OF VEHICLES. AS YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW, THE INVENTORY SITUATION WITH VEHICLES IS VERY ROBUST AND IT'S QUITE COMPLEX AND A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. GM FOR THE MOST PART DECIDED TO GO FULL ALLOCATION LAST YEAR. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE COULD PUT IT IN REQUESTS FOR STUDY OF PARKER AND SAY WE WANT 10. ULTIMATELY, THEY WOULD SAY THEY DON'T GET ANY, OR THEY MAY GET ONE OR THEY MAY GET FIVE. THAT'S WITH ALL CLIENTS ACROSS THE BOARD, GOVERNMENT AS CITIES, CITIES, COUNTIES, COMMERCIAL, EVERYBODY. WE WERE THEN ABLE TO SECURE YOU GUYS TWO STOCK UNITS. I BELIEVE THEY WERE BOTH FOR FIRE. >> POLICE. [OVERLAPPING] >> POLICE, I'M SORRY. >> [INAUDIBLE] IN THE BEGINNING FROM DEFENDER, THE SECOND WAS AN EXPLORER WE SIGNED FOR RECENTLY. >>THEN THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. WE'VE GOT TWO SINCE THE ONSET OF PARTNERSHIP. >> COUNCIL, QUESTIONS. >> SO MANY QUESTIONS. [LAUGHTER] I'M NOT GOING TO COMPLETELY TEAR IT APART IN THE BEGINNING. I DON'T REMEMBER HIS NAME BUT I'LL SAY NICK, THAT'S FINE. [LAUGHTER] WE DID GET THE PRESENTATION FROM HIM AND YOU HAD IT ON THAT LAST SPREADSHEET AND IT SHOWED ALL THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SAVE AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE WERE ALREADY INTO THE COVID WORLD. QUESTIONS WERE ASKED ABOUT, ARE YOU SURE THIS IS MAINTAINABLE? ABSOLUTELY. ENTERPRISE HAS THIS HISTORY. WE CAN FORECAST, WE KNOW THESE THINGS, WE'VE GOT IT. THEN WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO ANY OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND THE TWO VEHICLES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED BOTH OF WHICH IN JUST A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH AS I WAS GOING OUT THERE AND CALLING SOME LOCAL DEALERS. WE BOUGHT THEM THROUGH YOU GUYS AND THEN TWO DAYS LATER, I WAS ABLE TO FIND VEHICLES SIMILARLY EQUIPPED AT DEALERSHIPS FOR LESS MONEY THAN WE PAID. [00:40:01] I'M GOING TO POINT BLANK ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT TODAY OF BEING WITH ENTERPRISE, BEING THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET ANY OF THE GOALS THAT WE'VE HAD SET? >> IT'S A VERY FAIR QUESTION. ULTIMATELY, THE WAY THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT IT AS ESSENTIALLY REVISIT THE PLAN. ULTIMATELY, WHEN WE PUT THESE PLANS IN PLACE, IT'S NOT GOING TO ALWAYS STICK LIKE THIS. THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE. YOUR BUDGET IS GOING TO CHANGE, THINGS IN THE CITY ARE GOING TO CHANGE. I WILL SAY, AND STEPHANIE CAN ATTEST WITH MANY OTHER GOVERNMENT CLIENTS THAT HAPPEN TO MANY CITIES. IT WASN'T JUST YOU GUYS, IT WAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UNIVERSITIES, COUNTIES. IT'S NOT A FUN SITUATION TO BE IN FOR US. [LAUGHTER] ULTIMATELY, THE WAY THAT THIS WOULD WORK MOVING FORWARD IS THAT STEPHANIE COMES OUT AGAIN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE REDO THIS PLAN AND WE SAY, WE ONLY GOT TWO THE FIRST YEAR. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IF WE CATCH UP NEXT YEAR? OR MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO CATCH UP NEXT YEAR. MAYBE YOU WANT TO SKIP A YEAR. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS MODEL JUST SHIFTS AND IT GETS ROBUST AS YOU CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN, SO NOT AN IDEAL START, OF COURSE, DOESN'T MAKE US LOOK GOOD. I DON'T FEEL GOOD COMING UP HERE AND EXPLAINING IT. [LAUGHTER] BUT WE DON'T MAKE THE VEHICLES AND I DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT ONE PIECE, UNFORTUNATELY. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE THE VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE AND WE ARE ALSO. BUT THE REASON I THINK THAT WE AGREED TO ENDEAVOR IN THIS PROGRAM WAS NUMBER 1, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING THE VEHICLES AT A LOWER RATE THAN WHAT WE COULD GO TO A DEALER AND PURCHASE THEM FOR AND THAT DIDN'T TURN OUT. THE SECOND BENEFIT THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET IS THAT AT THE TIME THAT WE TURN IN THE VEHICLE, THAT WE WOULD BE SELLING THE VEHICLE AT A HIGHER DOLLAR AMOUNT THAN WE COULD NORMALLY SELL IT FOR AND WE HAVE YET TO SEE IF THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE OR NOT. BUT AS MICHAEL, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER [INAUDIBLE] MENTIONED, THE BENEFITS SEEM TO BE NOT THERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND THE PROBLEM THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH HERE ON COUNCIL, AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I'M SURE THAT THIS HAS GONE THROUGH EVERYBODY'S MIND, IS WE'RE NOT REALLY SEEING THE BENEFIT OF THE PROGRAM. ONCE WE GET INTO THIS PROGRAM TOO DEEP, IT'LL BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THIS CITY TO RECOVER BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST GO OUT AND BUY A WHOLE FLEET OF VEHICLES IN ONE YEAR. [LAUGHTER] WE BUY ONE OR TWO PER YEAR OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, THAT'S HOW WE REPLACE THEM, BUT ONCE WE'RE 16 VEHICLES IN OR EVEN 10 VEHICLES IN, WE'RE IN A WORLD OF HURT. I THINK WE'RE WRESTLING WITH THAT RIGHT NOW. >> TWO THINGS THERE. YOUR FIRST COMMENT ABOUT THEM BEING CHEAPER. I DON'T KNOW IF HE SAID THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. WE CAN'T GET THEM CHEAPER THAN A GOVERNMENT ENTITY. YOU BUY AS A CITY TRUMPS ENTERPRISE'S BUYING AND WE BUY HALF A MILLION VEHICLES A YEAR. I THINK WHAT MAYBE HE MEANT OR MAYBE HE MISSPOKE ON WAS WE CAN HELP YOU FACTORY ORDER AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL SAVINGS THERE, A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS. BUT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FACTORY ORDER THIS YEAR, THAT WENT BY THE WAYSIDE, SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOING TO A DEALER AND FACTORY ORDERING. YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT TO GM OR FORD AND TELLING THEM EXACTLY WHAT SPECS YOU WANT AND THE BUILD TAKES A LONG TIME. IT'S REPLACEMENTS, IT'S 4-6 MONTHS. BUT THAT'S WHERE THAT SAVINGS COMPONENT COMES IN. IF YOU'D GO TO A DEALER LOT, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME BUY. >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE SITUATION WAS WITH BOTH VEHICLES. I'M NOT SURE, BOTH VEHICLES, SO WE'RE BUYING IT AT RETAIL PRICE WHAT WE COULD DO ON OUR OWN WITHOUT ENTERPRISE. >> I DON'T HAVE A GREAT ANSWER TO THAT TO BE HONEST. THE FRONT END VALUE OUT IS BEING ABLE TO FACTORY ORDER, WHICH WE COULDN'T DO THIS YEAR. ON THE BACKSIDE, I DON'T THINK WE'VE SOLD ANY VEHICLES. THAT IS A BIG PART OF WHERE THE SAVINGS COME IN. IF YOU SELL A THREE OR FOUR-YEAR-OLD VEHICLE VERSUS EIGHT, NINE OR 10-YEAR-OLD VEHICLE. IT'S A MUCH DIFFERENT RESELL GAIN ON THE BACKEND. THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE SAVINGS COMES IN LONG-TERM. IT IS A LONG-TERM PLAY. THE CONCERN ON THE NOTE OF WHAT DO WE DO IF WE GET IN, WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU STILL OWN ALL THE VEHICLES. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE THESE TWO AND JUST SAY, HEY, I THINK THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK OUT FOR US. [00:45:02] YOU COULD TAKE TITLE TO THESE TWO. WE DON'T TYPICALLY, IT'S NOT REALLY IN OUR CONTRACT TO TAKE TITLE, BUT WE WOULD LET YOU IN THIS SCENARIO SINCE THINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT. YOU CAN ALSO PAY OFF THE BALANCE, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS IF YOU WERE TO GET A COUPLE OF YEARS INTO IT. >> WITH TWO VEHICLES WE WOULD HAVE THAT OPTION. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WITH 10 VEHICLES AS A CITY WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY BUDGETED FOR PURCHASING OF VEHICLES AT ONE TIME. >> YES, BUT YOU STILL GET ALL THE EQUITY ON THE VEHICLE, SO IT'S STILL ALL OF YOURS. WE DON'T TAKE ANY OF IT. >> THE EQUITY, THAT'S A RELATIVE THING BECAUSE IF WE'RE PAYING RETAIL PRICE AND MAYBE EVEN ABOVE RETAIL PRICE IN THE CASE THAT THIS LAST VEHICLE, AND WE DRIVE IT OFF THE LOT, WELL, WE JUST LOST 10 PERCENT RIGHT THERE. HOW MUCH EQUITY DO WE HAVE IN THE VEHICLES? WELL, IT'S GOING TO TAKE YEARS OR MONTHS BEFORE IF EVER WE SEE REAL EQUITY. IF WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS DECISION, WE NEED TO MAKE IT PRETTY QUICK IS WHAT I'M GETTING TO. >> [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE WE WERE SOLD BY PERSON A AND THEN WE GET PERSON B [LAUGHTER] WHO GETS TO TAKE THE HEAT FOR IT. BECAUSE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE STATING ARE VERY ACCURATE, BUT THESE WERE ALL THINGS THAT WERE POSED TO YOUR COUNTERPART. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE CO-WORKER COUNTER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IN POSITIONS ARE, BUT WERE POSED TO HIM ON A RECORDED VIDEO METHOD, YOU ALL CAN GO BACK AND WATCH IT. WE GOT VERY MUCH, THIS IS BASICALLY MAGIC. WE DO THIS AND WE KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT VEHICLES BEING HARD TO COME BY, NOT WITH ENTERPRISE, WE HAVE THAT ABILITY AND HE ABSOLUTELY SAID, WELL, WE BUY IN A LESS EXPENSIVE RATE BECAUSE OF OUR CONTRACTS, WE'RE ABLE TO USE THE SAME GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS BUT GET THE DISCOUNTS THAT YOU GET FOR FACTORY BUILDS. I'M VERY CONCERNED PLAYING CATCH-UP WHEN 2022 WAS IN 11 VEHICLE YEAR WITH 140,000. WE DIDN'T HIT THAT. THAT'S A HARD NUMBER TO COME BACK TO [LAUGHTER] AS FAR AS THAT GOES AND THE TWO VEHICLES WE DID GET, LIKE I SAID THAT, IN ONE TO EXPLORE, I SENT ONE TO LOOK RIGHT AFTER THERE WAS A LOCAL DEALERSHIP THAT WAS, IT WAS MINIMALLY CHEAPER, BUT IT WAS CHEAPER. JUST DIDN'T INVOLVE US PAYING A MONTHLY MAINTENANCE FEE TO ENTERPRISE TOO ON TOP OF IT. I STILL HAVE THAT STRUGGLE AND I THINK UNFORTUNATELY, THESE TWO ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T HERE FOR THAT MEETING TO BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT WE WERE PROMISED. BUT I STILL STAND BY WHAT I SAID IN ANOTHER MEETING IS I THINK WE WERE PROMISED ONE THING AND DELIVERED SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT WAS WITHIN THEIR CONTROL OR MISSTATED. >> CAN I SAY ONE THING? I'M NOT TRYING TO DEFEND ENTERPRISE OR ANYTHING, BUT I WILL SAY STEPHANIE HAS STEPPED UP AND TRIED TO HELP US RECTIFY THE SITUATION SINCE SHE'S TAKEN OVER OUR ACCOUNT. >> IF IT'S NOT CLEAR, I DON'T BLAME EITHER OF THIS TWO PEOPLE. BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, [OVERLAPPING] THEY WERE NOT HERE AND THEY VERY WELL MIGHT HAVE PRESENTED SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAD PRESENTED TO US, AND THEY GET TO BE THE CLEANUP CREW TO TRY TO MAKE IT SEEM LESS [LAUGHTER] HORRIBLE. I'M STILL IN THE SAME POSITION I'VE BEEN IN. >> I'VE GOT THICK SKIN, BUT THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LISTENING TO OUR SIDE. I THINK REALLY THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, LIKE MEREDITH SAID, IT IS A LONG-TERM PLAN AND I KNOW THAT COMES WITH CONCERNS AND VALIDLY, MOST LONG-TERM DECISIONS DO. IT IS A BIG DECISION. IT'S A LOT OF TRUST GOING INTO IT. I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT OF YOU ALREADY HAVE A LITTLE MISTRUST IN THAT SITUATION. BUT A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS DO STICK WITH US FOR A WHILE. MY CITY IS MY COUNTIES THAT I WORK WITH. WE HAVE HAD TO PIVOT. IT'S SOMETHING WE DO. YES, BUYS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE. ON THE THIRD SLIDE IT SHOWS ACQUISITION COST ARE AT 12 PERCENT, EVERYONE'S SEEN INFLATION AS IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, WE SEE IT EVERYWHERE. RESALE WAS ACTUALLY DOWN 14.2 PERCENT, BUT IT'S UP 50 PERCENT THE YEAR BEFORE, SO WE'RE STILL AT 36 PERCENT GAIN ON RESALE SO THAT DOES HELP WITH THE COST. IT IS A LONG-TERM PLAN THOUGH, BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE THAT EQUITY UNTIL 48, 60 MONTHS WHEN YOU TURN IT IN VEHICLES. WE HAVE DONE IT WITH OUR RENTAL FLEET AND NOW ALL OUR FLEET MANAGEMENT CUSTOMERS. IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERY VEHICLE GOES PERFECTLY. >> JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT HERE, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE TYPICALLY SHOOT FOR, [NOISE] EXCUSE ME, A HIGHER NUMBER OF REPLACEMENTS IN THE FIRST YEAR IS BECAUSE WE FOUND SIMILAR TO THE SCENARIO THAT IF IT'S JUST A HANDFUL OF VEHICLES, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO CREATE VALUE IN YEAR 1. THAT'S USUALLY WHY WE SHOOT FOR AT LEAST 25 PERCENT OF THE FLEET OUT OF YEAR 1. [00:50:04] NOW OF COURSE, UNLESS IT DOESN'T MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE IN A SITUATION WHERE THE FLEET IS REALLY YOUNG. BUT THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SIT HERE AND SAY ON TWO VEHICLES, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL A WHOLE BUNCH OF VALUE. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DEFENSE. I APOLOGIZE IF NICK SAID THE WRONG THING OR IF IT CAME OFF THE WRONG WAY. I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN BE DOING BETTER, WE'LL DO IT. IF YOU WANT TO PART WAYS AND SHAKE HANDS, THAT'S OKAY TOO. JUST WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THE CITY HAPPY. >> AS THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, AS OF THIS MOMENT, WHEN WOULD WE SEE THE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SEE IN 2022? >> WELL, WE HAVEN'T ORDERED ANYTHING BECAUSE I THINK WE WANTED TO TALK FIRST BEFORE WE MOVED FORWARD WITH OTHER ORDERS. >> THE AVAILABILITY, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE MARKET GOES, THE AVAILABILITY TO OBTAIN THE VEHICLES? >> GM WILL BE ALLOCATION AGAIN. IT LOOKS LIKE RAM MIGHT BE WHAT WE CALL FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS. FORD IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE ALLOCATION AGAIN. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOU GUYS IS IT'S SUBMIT A WISH AND SEE IF THEY GRANT IT. IT COULD BE THE SAME SCENARIO. WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE IN THE NEXT 6-12 MONTHS IS INVENTORY LIGHTENED. THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE MANY MORE THINGS ON THE GROUND WHICH WILL BRING PRICES DOWN FOR VEHICLES IN TERMS OF WHAT'S ON THE DEALER LOTS, WHICH WILL BE A LOT MORE HELPFUL. IT WAS JUST REALLY DIFFICULT THESE PAST TWO YEARS. >> NOW, ONE THING I WAS READING IN AN ARTICLE LATELY, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL HELP US OR NOT, IS THE GOVERNMENT FLEETS ARE SUPPOSED TO STICK WITH THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS NOW. THEY JUST CAN'T MOVE IT OUT TO SOME COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT WITH A LOT OF THESE COMPANIES. >> YEAH. >> I THINK THEY'RE CUTTING BACK ON THAT. THAT DOES HELP US WITH THOSE GOVERNMENT CONTRACT FLEET VEHICLES WILL BE ON THEM. >> THEY DON'T BUY UNDER THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACT BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY CAN'T UTILIZE IT. >> YEAH. YOU STILL GET YOUR GOVERNMENT BUY WITH ENTERPRISE. >> I THOUGHT YOU JUST SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO WE GET A BETTER PRICING BECAUSE WE'RE GOVERNMENT, YOU CAN'T TOUCH THAT. >> NO, YOU GUYS, I WAS JUST COMPARING AN ENTERPRISE VEHICLE IF WE WENT OUT AND BUY VERSUS WHAT YOU GUYS CAN BUY, THE PRICING WOULD STILL BE BETTER FOR YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU'RE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY. >> BUT WHEN WE GET ONE OF THESE NIGHTMARES WE'VE CURRENTLY GOT, BUT THE VEHICLES AREN'T NIGHTMARES, IT'S THE SCENARIO. BUT IN THE FUTURE, IF WE ORDER SOMETHING THAT'S AT OUR GOVERNMENT PRICING, ARE THEY STILL CONSIDERED GOVERNMENT VEHICLES? >> YOU'LL GET ALL OF YOUR GOVERNMENT PRICING. >> WHY DIDN'T WE GET THAT PRICING THIS PAST TIME? I GUESS I'M MISSING. >> BECAUSE THEY WERE DEALER STOCK. A FACTORY ORDER, THEY HAVE TO HONOR PRICING TO ORDER VEHICLES. STOCK DEALERS HAVE AUTONOMY TO MARK UP AND HONOR GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES, WHICH IS A DISCOUNT THAT YOU GUYS GET. THEY HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO PLAY WITH THE MONEY. ESSENTIALLY, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. THAT'S WHY. WHEN YOU GO TO A DEALER LOT AND THERE'S ONLY 10 VEHICLES, BUT 500, 1M, YOU CAN IMAGINE THOSE 10 VEHICLES WILL BE VERY EXPENSIVE. >> WHY COULDN'T WE GO THE OTHER ROUTE? I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY WE'RE BUYING IT OFF THE LOT. >> BECAUSE GM DIDN'T ALLOCATE CITY OF PARKER ANY VEHICLES. >> GM AND FORD. >> THEY ALLOCATE, THEY SAY CITY PARKER OR DID THEY SAY ENTERPRISE? >> YES. WE SUBMITTED 5,000 PLUS DIFFERENT CLIENTS AND WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THEY DECIDED WHO GOT WHAT. THEY JUST SENT US A SPREADSHEET BACK. >> GOING FORWARD, WE WOULDN'T KNOW THAT EITHER. >> YEAH, YOU'D RUN INTO IT. THIS WOULD BE THE SCENARIO IF LET'S SAY ENTERPRISE WASN'T IN THE PICTURE. WE'LL SAY LAST YEAR YOU WENT TO A DEALER LOT AND THE DEALER COULD SAY, YEAH, I HAVE A VEHICLE, I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR GOVERNMENT INCENTIVE, WHICH IS YOUR DISCOUNT. MAYBE YOU GET 5,000 OFF A VEHICLE. BUT I'M GOING TO MARK IT UP THIS MUCH BECAUSE I NEED TO MAKE SOME MONEY AND MAYBE THERE'S A DEALER ADD ONTO IT. YOU COULD STILL FIND A VEHICLE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE. WHAT I'M SAYING, IF YOU FACTORY ORDER, YOU GET INVOICE LESS OR INCENTIVES. THERE'S NO WAY, THERE'S NO MARKUP ON IT. WHEN YOU GET ALLOCATION, IF FOR ROUND NUMBERS, GM SAYS, WE'RE GOING TO PRODUCE 10,000 VEHICLES FOR EVERYBODY. YOU'RE TALKING FEDEX, GOOGLE, EVERYBODY. THEY'RE GOING TO SAY CITY OF PARKER GOT NONE BUT FEDEX GOT 500. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS. WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS SITUATION HAS HAPPENED WHERE THEY SAY, WELL, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO ALLOCATE TO AMAZON AND FEDEX. [00:55:03] >> IT'S THE LAST 12 MONTHS. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLY. YES. THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE THEN. >> I THINK AS A COUNCIL, WE NEED TO RUN SOME NUMBERS AND WITH GRANT'S HELP TO FIND OUT WHAT IS THE RISK AND THE BENEFIT OF THIS WHOLE THING, THEN MAKE A DECISION. BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED, LIKE I SAID, IF WE GET TOO FAR INTO THIS, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND. >> IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE THE SMALL FISH IN THE BIG POND. AT THE END OF THE DAY IF WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE RISK AGAIN OF THESE GM, FORD WHOEVER SAYING, NOT PARKER, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE PLANO IS A BIGGER CITY AND THEY NEED MORE, WE'RE CONSISTENTLY GOING TO GET SCREWED IN THIS. >> I'M ASSUMING THAT WHEN THEY ALLOCATE THESE VEHICLES, THEY DON'T ALLOCATE OF THE 10,000 FICTIONAL VEHICLES, THEY'RE NOT STATING THAT 500 GET TO ENTERPRISE AND YOU-ALL DETERMINE WHO THEY GO TO. >> CORRECT. >> THEY'RE JUST PICKING THE RANDOM CUSTOMERS THAT YOU'VE SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF. [OVERLAPPING] >> THE WAY THAT IT WAS TOLD TO US IS THEY'RE PICKING BY PREVIOUS VOLUME BY PERCENTAGE OF BUY AND THE NEED REQUESTED. >> WELL, AND WE'LL NEVER BE A VOLUME BUY CLIENT. BUT I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MEYER, I THINK COUNCIL REALLY NEEDS TO RE-LOOK AT THIS TO DETERMINE IF NOW'S THE TIME TO MAINTAIN THIS CONTRACTOR. IF THIS IS SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE MARKET STABILIZES BECAUSE THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO BEAT YOU GUYS UP, BUT WE WERE SOLD SOMETHING ON THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM ON OUR EXISTING FLEET, WE STARTED PAYING FOR IT, IT DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. NOW THEY'VE CANCELED THAT. I'M SURE YOU ALL WERE INVOLVED IN THAT TOO. THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT WERE SOLD AND I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE HIT ANY OF THEM TO MAINTAIN A MONTHLY COST. I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION AS WELL IS EITHER WE PUT THIS AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM OR A WORKSHOP TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON. >> CAN I ASK YOU, DOES THIS HAPPEN REGULARLY WHERE YOU SEND IN A LIST OF THESE ARE THE VEHICLES WE WANT AND THEY REJECT A NUMBER OF THEM? >> THE SEASON FOR WHAT WE CALL ORDERING SEASON IS TYPICALLY SUMMER, EARLY FALL. WE SEND IN THE REQUEST USUALLY ONCE, MAYBE TWICE A YEAR. THEY'VE COME BACK SOMETIMES AND THEN WE HAVE 50 MORE, BUT IT NEEDS TO GO TO THESE. FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S 1-2 ORDERING TIME PERIODS A YEAR. >> WE WEREN'T WITHIN THE ORDERING TIME PERIOD, WERE WE? >> NO, WE WERE. WE SUBMITTED THE ORDERS AND THEN THEY SAID, "WELL, THAT CITY OF PARKER IS NOT GETTING ANY ALLOCATION." >> THAT'S WHAT THREW US ALL FOR A LOOP HERE BECAUSE I THINK FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS REALLY HAPPENED. >> YEAH, WE'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED ALLOCATION BEFORE. IT WAS NOT FUN. >> ONE OTHER QUESTION. WHAT YOU SAW THIS TIME, BUT THE LARGER COMPANIES AND FLEETS WERE THE ONES THAT DID GET THE VEHICLES? IS THAT [OVERLAPPING]? >> MOST, WE DID HAVE CLIENTS THAT SMALLER SIZE FLEETS THAT GOT ONE OR TWO. I COULDN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW THEY DETERMINED IT, HONESTLY. >> IT'S LIKE THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT YOUR BOTTOM LINE. BECAUSE YOUR CLIENTS THAT ARE SMALLER CITIES OR SMALLER CLIENTS ARE CONSISTENTLY GOING TO GET PICKED OVER THE LARGER CLIENTS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS WITH THEM, BUT I CAN SEE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE. BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IF THEY BELIEVE THAT IT'S POSITIVE FOR THEIR BOTTOM LINE, THEN IT'S GOING TO CONSISTENTLY GOING TO BE, PARKER AND OTHER SMALL CITIES ARE NOT GOING TO GET IT. >> KEEP IN MIND TO, RAM DIDN'T DO THAT AND THEY SAW A HUGE INCREASE LAST YEAR BY NOT DOING ALLOCATION. MY UNDERSTANDING AND CORRECT ME LUKE IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO RAM VEHICLES. >> JUST WEREN'T SURE WHAT TO DO AT THAT POINT BECAUSE OF THE COST. >> YEAH. >> COST PRICE POINT AT THAT TIME, I THINK COUNSEL AT THAT TIME WAS LIKE, WELL, LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK. BECAUSE CHIP SHORTAGE CAUSED VEHICLES TO SKYROCKET. NOW, I BELIEVE [BACKGROUND] THIS IS RAM, AND I THINK ALL THREE MANUFACTURERS NOW ARE BASICALLY ALMOST IDENTICAL IN PRICING. >> THE PRICING IS LEVELING OUT. >> THEY'VE GOT THE MARKET CORNERED FOR TRUCKS. >> IT'S NOT EVEN GM IS CHEAPER THAN FORD OR? >> THEY'RE ALL COMING TOGETHER NOW. WHAT WAS IT? [01:00:02] I THINK TERRY PLANO STARTED BUYING TUNDRAS FROM THE DEALER LOT. >> [INAUDIBLE] THEY RAN INTO THE SAME PROBLEM. [OVERLAPPING] >> THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS BUYING TUNDRAS, THEY'RE BUYING ANYTHING THEY CAN FIND ONLINE JUST LIKE WHAT WE HAD TO DO. [LAUGHTER] WELL, WE CAN GET KIAS FOR CHAD AND DYLAN, LITTLE SOULS, KIA SOUL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK WHEN WE DISCUSS THE RAM, WE'RE GOING OFF MEMORY AND NOW WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR TWO-AND-A-HALF HOURS, SO IT MIGHT BE SKEWED A LITTLE BIT. BUT IF I REMEMBER RIGHT THE OTHER ISSUE WITH THE RAM IS EVEN AS THE PRICING WE COULD DO THAT, WE COULD STILL GET THE MORE PREFERRED FORDS AND CHEVYS OFF DEALER LOTS FOR ALMOST THE SAME PRICE AS WHAT RAM WAS WILLING TO HONOR IN OUR GOVERNMENT PRICE. >> CORRECT. THE ISSUE WE'VE SEEN, AT LEAST FROM WHAT GARY AND I'VE SEEN IS SOME OF THESE INCENTIVES THAT THEY'RE OFFERED, [BACKGROUND] LIKE $500 FOR GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN MAKE [OVERLAPPING] SAY THE TAHOE, THEIR BUILDING, WAS THAT THE TRAIL WHATEVER? >> TRAILBLAZER. >> THE HIGH COUNTRY. >> THE HIGH COUNTRY. YEAH, THEY'RE BUILDING THE HIGH COUNTRIES INSTEAD OF BUILDING IT FOR POLICE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN MARK THOSE UP FOR $90,000. MEANWHILE, OUR CAR IS ONLY GOING TO COST US WHAT, 40 FOR A TAHOE. THEY'RE USING THOSE ALLOCATIONS FOR THAT TO MAKE MONEY AND WE'RE JUST THE LOW END OF THE TOTEM POLE. >> THEN I CIRCLE BACK TO MY STATEMENT FROM A FEW MINUTES AGO. MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE PUT THIS ON AN AGENDA ITEM AS A FUTURE DISCUSSION AND WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT THIS AND MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT ACTION WE WANT TO TAKE. I DON'T THINK I NEED A MOTION FOR THAT, I THINK IT'S JUST A REQUEST. >> DO YOU WANT IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL OR DO YOU WANT IT TO COME TO A WORKSHOP? >> I THINK WE CAN GO TO A WORKSHOP. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT MAYBE WE ADD THAT WORKSHOP ONTO A COUNCIL MEETING AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO DO A STANDALONE. >> DEPENDS ON WHEN WE CAN GET A QUORUM. [LAUGHTER] >> THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING FOR A REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING. [LAUGHTER] >> AS OF TONIGHT, WE HAVE NO ACTION. >> I DON'T SEE ANY WHERE WE CAN TAKE ACTION IN THE AGENDA ITEM. I DON'T SEE UNTIL WE HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING ELSE. >> JUST ASKING, IS THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM ENTERPRISE SINCE WE DO HAVE THEM HERE THAT WE WOULD NEED FROM THEM? >> I THINK, UNLESS THEY'VE GOT SOME CRYSTAL BALL TO TELL US WHAT WE COULD GET. [LAUGHTER] THAT'D BE GREAT IF YOU ALL COULD FABRICATE THAT. BUT NO, I THINK THAT HER PRESENTATION WILL HELP QUITE A BIT IN US MAKING THAT CONVERSATION. >> WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO GO WITH WHAT WE HEARD AND WHAT WE'RE NOW HEARING, AND MAKE THE TWO OF THEM MEET AND FIND OUT WHAT'S THE REAL FLUNK, WHERE ARE WE. ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WOULD NEED FROM ENTERPRISE? >> THE ONLY OTHER THING IS IF BETWEEN NOW AND WHENEVER WE HAVE THAT MEETING, IF ANYTHING CHANGES WITH THE MANUFACTURERS, IF YOU CAN LET CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ALSO KNOW SO THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. >> CAN I ADD ONE MORE QUESTION? IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE NO LONGER USING THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM OR ARE WE? >> WE'RE USING IT ON TWO VEHICLES. >> ONE IS A [INAUDIBLE] >> NO, IT'S CARRIES OTHER TRUCK. I THINK THE F350. ARE WE NOT USING IT ON THAT? >> TWO FIFTY. >> TWO FIFTY. JUST IN ONE? >> ALL RIGHT. >> WE'VE DONE EVALUATION ON HOW WELL THAT'S WORKING. >> WELL, IT'S BRAND-NEW. WE JUST JUST GOT IT. BUT WE WERE DOING IT, REMEMBER ON ALL OF OUR EXISTING FLEET. I KEPT SIGNING THE CHECKS GOING, WAIT, WHY I'M I PAYING FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH? BUT HERE'S A $1,500 REPAIR THAT PUBLIC WORKS DID ON THIS TRUCK OR PD DID ON THIS AND IT CAME OUT THAT THEY ACTUALLY WEREN'T COVERING ANYTHING ON THE EXISTING VEHICLES, SO WE JUST NIXED IT. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MAINTENANCE PLAN TO FOLLOW. WE WERE JUST PAYING THEM FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH TO PUT IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER. >> IT NO LONGER HAVE THE MAINTENANCE. >> CORRECT. WE CANCELED ALL OF THAT. >> JUST ALL BUT THE- >> EXCEPT FOR THE ONE THAT WE HAVE, THE NEW VEHICLE FROM ENTERPRISE, THE PD EXPLORER THAT WE LITERALLY JUST GOT. BECAUSE THE OTHER EXPLORER DIDN'T COUNT BECAUSE IT'S A PURSUIT RATED. THEN GARY'S TRUCK WE BOUGHT. THAT'S ALL ANOTHER THING. [LAUGHTER]. >> THAT WAS MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. >> YEAH. NICK WAS GOING TO ABSORB IT INTO THEIRS, AND THEN THEY COULDN'T ABSORB IT INTO THEIRS AND THEN IT BECAME A THING AND SO WE JUST BOUGHT IT. >> DO YOU WANT ME TO EXPLAIN FURTHER OR ARE YOU OKAY? >> THE EXTENT BUDGETED MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IS ON NEWLY LEASED VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT EMERGENCIES. >> COULD YOU GO TO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR LETTER BY LETTER? [01:05:03] >> YEAH, SORRY. THE FIXED AND BUDGETED MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, WE CALL IT FULL MAINTENANCE, IS ON ALL YOUR NEWLY LEASED VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THE NEWEST ONE WE JUST GOT, THAT IS MONTH-TO-MONTH, IT'S GOING TO COVER OIL CHANGES, WIPER BLADES, ANYTHING THAT SHOULD GO WRONG AS LONG AS IT'S NOT TO NEGLECT, I BACKED INTO A POLE, ETC. THE FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH WAS THE MANAGED MAINTENANCE ON YOUR CURRENT FLEET OR EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES THAT DOES TWO THINGS, IT TRACKS ALL YOUR MAINTENANCE SO WE HAVE VISIBILITY TO IT AND SAY, HEY, YOU'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS ONE, WE ACTUALLY NEED TO CYCLE IT SOONER, IT'S A DUD, ETC. OR, IT HELPS YOU GUYS GET ENTERPRISE DISCOUNTS ON REPAIRS. THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN IT. WE TOOK OFF THE FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE GOVERNMENT RATES, YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THOSE, AND YOU GUYS WERE KEEPING TRACK OF IT YOURSELVES. WE DECIDED IN CONVERSATION WITH LUKE GREEN AND I THAT, THAT WAS NOT TAKEN WELL, AND WE NEEDED TO REMOVE THAT. >> BECAUSE THAT WAS ANOTHER THING THAT WAS TOLD TO US, IT WOULD BE THE SAME MAINTENANCE IF THE NEW VEHICLES ON THAT WAS AN INCORRECT STATEMENT. >> I JUST WASN'T BROUGHT UP TO THAT CLARIFIES IT. THANK YOU. >> YES, MA'AM. >> DIANA? ANYTHING ELSE FROM IN THERE? THEN WE WILL MOVE ON. PATTI, PLEASE PUT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. >> I'VE GOT IT. >> YOU'RE SO GOOD. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 9, [9. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ACCEPTING A DONATION FROM JIMMY AND ELIZABETH PARKER OF GIFT BAGS VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $40 A PIECE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL FOR A TOTAL DONATION AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATLEY $532.] CONSIDERATION AND ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON ACCEPTING A DONATION FROM JIMMY AND ELIZABETH PARKER, OF GIFT BAGS VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $40 A PIECE TO THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL FOR A TOTAL DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $532. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DONATION? [LAUGHTER] >> MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE DONATION. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> MADAM MAYOR, I SECOND THAT. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE DONATION FROM JIMMY AND ELIZABETH PARKER FOR GIFT BAGS THAT WERE GIVEN TO THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? [NOISE] THEN I'LL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES 4-0. WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE PARKER'S FOR CONSIDERING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GIVING THEM GIFT BAGS. THAT WAS VERY NICE. WE APPRECIATE IT. ITEM NUMBER 10. WE ALREADY DID 10. LET'S GO TO 11. [11. CONSIDERATION AND/OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NO. 2023-725 MAKING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT (ZBA).] CONSIDERATION AND OR ANY APPROPRIATE ACTION ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023-725, MAKING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. WE HAVE A VACANCY IN THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, AND WE HAVE AN APPLICANT WHO IS HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. [NOISE] THAT IS TRUDY JACKSON, WHO IS RIGHT THERE. ANY QUESTIONS OF MISS JACKSON? >> MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 2023-725, MAKING THE APPOINTMENT OF MISS TRUDY JACKSON TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND THANK HER FOR HER WILLINGNESS TO VOLUNTEER IN THE CITY. >> MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND TO APPOINT TRUDY JACKSON TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, WHICH IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023- 725. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT HEARING ANY. THEN I WILL CALL FOR YOUR VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. NOT HEARING ANY, MOTION PASSES 4-0. THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON. >> THANK YOU. >> NOW, MR. OLSEN, [12. UPDATE(S)] WOULD YOU DO AN UPDATE ON 2551? >> 2551 IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. [LAUGHTER] >> WE'VE GOT TWO SMALL COMMENTS TO ADDRESS ON OUR PLANS. THEN THEY SHOULD BE SUBMITTED THIS WEEK TO GO OVER THEIR PLANS. [OVERLAPPING] >> THE FINAL APPROVAL FOR THEIR PLANS? [OVERLAPPING] >> THEY'RE JUST ABOUT DONE SO WE'RE REALLY CLOSE. I WAS ON A MEETING THIS MORNING WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND IT'S NOT GOING WELL. [LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY IS SURPRISED BY THAT BUT IT'S NOT. [01:10:02] >> ELECTRICAL, THEY SAID THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO START DECEMBER. THEY NEVER EVEN STARTED IN DECEMBER. I'M JUST READING THROUGH THE UPDATES. RIGHT NOW THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEEN CONSISTENT IS NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS CONTRACTOR, PARKER VILLAGE DRIVE 1/2 IS DONE TODAY. >> YEAH. THEY SHOULD BE DONE WITH. THEY MAYBE DONE BY TOMORROW. >> HOPEFULLY TOMORROW. IT DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER TONIGHT IF WE GET RAIN. THEY SHOULD BE, HOPEFULLY WRAPPING THAT UP FAIRLY QUICK. THEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME THROUGH THERE AND REPAIR THE ROAD TO OTHER COMPACTING RIGHT NOW PUTTING A TEMPORARY PATCH AND THEN THEY'LL COME ON AND FIX WITH A FULL PATCH. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> YEAH. >> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CURTIS? >> CURTIS AND PARKER VILLAGE. [OVERLAPPING]. >> I'M GETTING MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM EVERYONE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLES, ETC ON THAT AREA. >> IS CURTIS STILL BLOCKED OFF? >> NO. CURTIS IS OPEN. [OVERLAPPING] >> IT'S TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. >> IT WAS ACTUALLY OPEN WEDNESDAY. THEY GAVE US A BIGGER TIMELINE. >> I THINK PEOPLE ARE STILL TAKING THE HANDOVER AS A DETOUR BECAUSE OF THAT ROAD. >> LET ME KNOW THEN I'LL DEAL WITH CONTRACTOR WHEN WE GET A BUNCH OF THESE COMPLAINTS. >> I'M GETTING THEM CONSISTENTLY FROM PLE AND FROM SOUTH RIDGE. >> IF YOU'LL LET ME KNOW, I'LL PASS THAT ON TO THE CONTRACTOR AND LET HIM KNOW THAT [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING] >> IT'S SOMETHING THERE BECAUSE IT'S GETTING WORSE. I SAW A TRAFFIC ISSUE LAST WEEK WHERE THEY WERE BLOCKING OFF THE ENTRANCE TO CURTIS. THIS WAS NOT PART OF THE SCHEDULED TIME AND IT WAS ACTUALLY THE WORKERS OR WHOEVER WAS THERE AT THAT TIME AND IT WAS LIKE AROUND FIVE SOMETHING IN THE EVENING AND THEY HAD ACTUALLY GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO STOP THE TRAFFIC. THAT WAS JUST BACKING UP ALL THE WAY UP TO PARKER ROAD ON ONE END AND THEN UP TO LUCAS ROAD ON THE OTHER END. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AT ONE POINT IT WAS TO LET ONE OF THE DUMP TRUCKS GO THROUGH, BUT EVEN AFTER THAT TRUCK HAD GONE ON ITS MERRY WAY, THEY HAD STILLS STOPPED TRAFFIC. >> THERE WERE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT CLOSING THAT ROAD IN THEIR CONVENIENCE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. THEY STILL TRY. YEAH. >> I'M HEARING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON CURTIS AND THAT IT'S A MOGULS THAT YOU'RE DOING. >> IT IS BAD. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY AFRAID FOR THEIR VEHICLES BEING DAMAGED. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THAT HAS NOT GOTTEN ANY BETTER. >> SO WHEN ARE THEY PLANNING TO RE-ASK FAULTED OR WHATEVER THEY'RE TRYING TO DO? >> WHEN THEY GET DOWN WITH THAT LAST PIECE THEY'RE DOING WHICH IS PARKER VILLAGE, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ASPHALT CONTRACTOR COME IN AND DO, THERE'S TWO PIECES ON CURTIS AND THEN PARKER VILLAGE. >> WE'RE LOOKING LIKE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS? >> NO, IT SHOULD BE QUICKER THAN THAT. >> HOPEFULLY THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. NEXT WEEK OR TWO. >> I'LL PUSH THEM FOR THAT ALSO. THE CONTRACTORS WANT IT TO GET DONE, GET OUT OF HERE. THAT'S PART OF WRAPPING UP. >> OKAY. >> YEAH. BUT FOR THE MOST PART THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE'VE ASKED THEM TO DO. >> THEY'VE BEEN GOOD TO WORK WITH WHEN WE TALK TO THEM FOR THE MOST PART, THEY SEND NEW PEOPLE OUT AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS, I'M GLAD WE HAD THEM. [OVERLAPPING] >> THANK YOU. >> ONCE THIS GETS DONE, WHEN ARE THEY EXPECTED TO START ON ACTUALLY LAYING DOWN THE NEW LINES? >> THEY DON'T KNOW YET. THEY HAVEN'T EVEN BID THE PROJECT OUT YET. THEY'RE STILL HELD UP BY A LOT OF THE OTHER UTILITIES. ELECTRICAL IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE AT LEAST 45 DAYS TO GET ELECTRIC PUT IN. THEN YOU HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND REMOVE THOSE OLD POLES. THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER SERVICE LINES THROUGH THERE. >> WHAT I HEARD THIS MORNING THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER UTILITIES. THEY DON'T NEED OTHER PLANS DOWN THERE. >> WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE. THEY KEPT BLAMING US FOR BEING THE SLOWPOKE IN THE ROOM, BUT EVENTUALLY IT WAS NOT JUST US, IT WAS EVERYONE. THEY MOVE WITH THE PROJECT WHAT? FOUR OR FIVE YEARS ON US? >> THEN THEY MOVED IT UP EVEN MORE. >> A LOT OF CITIZENS ARE HAVING QUESTIONS. [OVERLAPPING] >> THAT'S WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO START 4-5 YEARS FROM NOW, BUT THEY KEPT MOVING IT BACK BECAUSE THEY GOT FUNDING. >> BUT THE COMPLETION DATE PROBABLY STAY. [LAUGHTER] >> I'M GOING TO GO WITH COMPLETION DATE IS PROBABLY GOING TO STAY THE SAME AT THIS POINT. >> ARE THEY GOING TO BID IT OUT STILL IN APRIL OR DO WE KNOW? NO. >> I WOULD HIGHLY [LAUGHTER] THINK THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TILL APRIL. >> SOME OF THESE UTILITIES DON'T HAVE A RELOCATION PLANS. [OVERLAPPING] >> YEAH. BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL WORKING OFF 90 PERCENT PLANS. THEY DON'T EVEN GOT THE LAST 10 PERCENT READY TO GO TO EVEN GO FORWARD. >> WE KNOW THIS IS THE WAY IT GOES BUT WE'VE GOT TO PLAY THE GAME. >> IS THERE ANY MOVEMENT, SO TO SPEAK, ON THE PARKER VILLAGE WATER BILL? >> WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OFF. [01:15:03] THAT'S MORE OF A LEGAL TOPIC WE NEED TO HAVE. >> OKAY. NEVER MIND. ANYTHING ELSE ON 2551? >> SORRY. NO. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. >> OKAY. I WANT TO REPEAT SOMETHING THAT APPARENTLY GOT MISSED AT THE LAST COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEETINGS. WE HAVE NO COMMITTEES EXCEPT THOSE WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY CREATED BY AND APPOINTED BY COUNCIL. THERE ARE ONLY TWO THAT I KNOW OF. ONE IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THE OTHER IS THE COMPUTER WEBSITE COMMITTEE. I KNOW OF NO OTHER. PATTI, IF YOU WOULD, YOU CAN TAKE OFF ANY COMMITTEE UPDATES AS NEEDED. EVERYBODY GOT THEIR LINKS TO GET THEM? DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> I WAS JUST CONFUSED TO START TALKING ABOUT CRP. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE WALKING BACK TO COUNCIL? >>YES. >> OKAY, ALL RIGHT. NEVER MIND. >> IT'S NOT A COMMITTEE, IT'S A COUNCIL ISSUE. EVERYBODY GOT THEIR LINKS TO THE BUILDING REPORTS OR THE CITIES REPORTS? ITEM 13, ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS FOR POLICE, FIRE, [13. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION(S) FOR POLICE, FIRE, AND CITY STAFF FOR THE RECORD] AND CITY STAFF FOR THE RECORD, JAMIE AND LEE ANN THORNTON DONATED TAMALES VALUED AT $60 TO THE CITY STAFF. JAMIE AND LEE ANN THORNTON DONATED TAMALES AND TOFFEE VALUED AT $65 TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. JAMIE AND LEE ANN THORNTON, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADOPT THEM, DONATED JASON'S DELHI'S VALUED AT $350 TO CITY STAFF. [INAUDIBLE] DONATED TWO DOZEN, NOTHING BUT CAKES VALUED AT $25 PER DOZEN FOR CITY STAFF. BOBBY VARNER DONATED TOFFEE VALUED AT $50 TO THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT. DAVID AND STEPHANIE LEE DONATED SEVEN DOZEN COOKIES, VALUED AT $20 EACH TO THE ADMINISTRATION, FIRE, AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE SELIAMI FAMILY DONATED POPPY SEED POUND CAKE VALUED AT $15 EACH TO THE CITY HALL FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. HALLE AND ANNE CAMP DONATED HOMEMADE PASTRIES VALUED AT $10 TO THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT. DAN AND SHERRY CUMMINGS DONATED COOKIES VALUED AT $15 TO THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT. KATHY AND JOHN TRYON DONATED COOKIES AND A CAKE VALUED AT $25 TO THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT. DEBORAH AND FRANK MERLIN DONATED HOMEMADE PASTRY VALUED AT $10 TO THE PARKER POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE LEVY'S DONATED SEE'S CANDY LOLLIPOPS VALUED AT $27 TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. MARY ELLEN CAVINAR DONATED ASSORTED SNACKS VALUED AT $45 TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE DONORS FOR THEIR GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY TO OUR GREAT CITY. WE DO APPRECIATE IT. WE WILL HAVE 1 YUAN AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT VERY SOON. [LAUGHTER] >> THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE A SWEET TOOTH. >> IS THERE ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OTHER THAN WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH ENTERPRISE? NOT HEARING ANY. AS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL, LET ME KNOW THAT YOU DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE AT ALL? NOT HEARING ANYTHING, WE ARE ADJOURNED. IT IS, I CAN'T READ THE CLOCK, 8:41. [NOISE] * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.