Mar 08, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting

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START WITH AN INVOCATION, AND HERE TO DO THAT INVOCATION IS LISA BRADSHAW FROM HILLSIDE

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LET'S PRAY. GRACIOUS GOD, WE COME TO YOU TODAY AND PRAY THAT THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR CITY WOULD BE FOR YOU.

THAT IS A CITY. WE WOULD RECOGNIZE THE BOND OF HUMANITY THAT TIES US ALL TOGETHER, HELP US TO CARE DEEPLY, NOT ONLY FOR OUR NEAREST NEIGHBOR, BUT ALSO FOR A NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF TOWN.

LORD, I PRAY THAT THIS WOULD BE A COUNCILMAN, THAT WE WOULD BE A PEOPLE THAT WEEPS WHEN OUR NEIGHBOR WEEPS AND REJOICES WHEN OUR NEIGHBOR REJOICES LORD AS DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THIS COUNCIL ON THE BEHALF OF OUR CITY.

I PRAY THAT THE DECISIONS WOULD BE MADE THAT WOULD HONOR YOU FIRST, KNOWING THAT SUCH DECISIONS WOULD BE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THIS PLACE THAT WE CALL HOME.

THEY'RE CERTAINLY SUBJECTS IN OUR SOCIETY THAT WOULD DIVIDE US.

BUT I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO BE UNITED IN THE LEGACY WE ARE BUILDING.

MAY OUR COMMUNITY CHOOSE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR COUNCIL AND THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO STRENGTHEN EACH OTHER.

FIND US FAITHFUL IN YOUR EYES.

WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS AMEN.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

OK. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC ADDRESS, AND AT THIS TIME, PRIOR TO THE MEETING, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP.

STEPHANIE, ARE WE STILL? THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR. WE HAVE NO SIGN UPS.

OK, THANK YOU. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 1A, WHICH REVIEWING THE AGENDA FOR THE

[1.A. Review agenda items for regular meeting and attachments]

[1.B. Updates from Councilmembers serving on outside boards and commissions]

THE FIRST ONE IS ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE ADVISORY BOARD DR SAUER.

YES, MA'AM, THANK YOU. SO WHEN THE BOARD MET, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON WEDNESDAY, THE 26TH, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ON THE AGENDA WAS GOING DOWN THROUGH AND IT TALKED ABOUT THE ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE ACTIVITY REPORT.

AND SO WE BASICALLY PRETTY MUCH GOT THE REPORT FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

AND SO THE NUMBER OF DOG AND CAT INTAKES IN THE YEAR IS PRETTY ASTOUNDING FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO. SO WE WERE JUST UNDER 8000 ANIMALS WERE TAKEN IN FOR THE YEAR.

AND WHENEVER YOU BEGIN TO LOOK AT THROUGH THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT END UP HAPPENING, OF COURSE, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THEM ARE TAKEN IN BECAUSE THEY'RE STRAYS.

BUT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS ALSO KIND OF INTERESTING WAS SURRENDERS.

ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVE ANIMALS WERE ACTUALLY SURRENDERED BY THE OWNERS, BACK TO THE THE TO THE SHELTER. AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I JUST THINK THAT IT'S INTERESTING THAT WHEN 20 PERCENT OF THE ANIMALS THAT END UP BEING TAKEN TO THE SHELTER END UP COMING FROM PEOPLE ACTUALLY SURRENDERING THEIR ANIMAL.

I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A BIT OF A DISHEARTENING, I WOULD SAY THING TO SEE THAT THEY TAKE ON THESE PETS. AND THEN NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, ONE OUT OF FIVE OF THEM IS GOING TO END UP IN THE POUND. SO BUT LOOKING THROUGH THAT, OF COURSE, EVERYBODY WOULD END UP LIKING TO WOULD PREFER TO SEE THE SHELTER BECOME A NO KILL SHELTER.

BUT THE FIRST THING THAT WE HAVE TO REALIZE IS WHAT A NO KILL SHELTER ACTUALLY IS, AND A NO KILL SHELTER MEANS THAT IT'S A 90 PERCENT RELEASE RATE, NOT 100 PERCENT JUST A 90 PERCENT PLACE RATE.

AND THE INTERESTING THING IS, WHENEVER WE EVEN LOOK BACK OVER THE LIVE RELEASE RATE IN 2021, THE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED UP BEING 68 PERCENT, WHICH IS ABYSMAL.

AND THEN WHEN YOU ADJUST THE THERE'S A WAY THAT YOU GO THROUGH THAT YOU ADJUST FOR THE LIVE KILL THE THAT RATE AT SEVENTY ONE PERCENT.

BUT WHAT I WOULD WANT PEOPLE TO ALSO REALIZE IS THAT I THINK THAT THE ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE HAS COME A LONG WAYS BECAUSE LAST A YEAR AGO, JANUARY, SO JANUARY 2021, THE THE

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AND SO I BELIEVE THAT WHAT'S OCCURRING AT THE SHELTER, THEY'RE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB AT THE VERY BEST THAT THEY CAN AND WORKING US TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY BE CONSIDERED A NO KILL SHELTER.

BUT THE THING THAT ENDED UP HAPPENING, THAT DEVASTATED WAS IT BEGAN IN JUNE AND IT LASTED FOR SIX MONTHS. AND THAT WAS THE PARVO AND DISTEMPER.

AND WHAT DO THEY CALL IT, [INAUDIBLE] THAT OCCURS IN IN CATS.

AND SO THE RATE DROPPED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO EVEN AT ONE POINT IN TIME, WE WERE AT 48 PERCENT AND THAT WAS IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.

SO THAT MEANS THAT FIFTY TWO PERCENT OF THE ANIMALS HAD TO BE EUTHANIZED, AND IT WAS STRICTLY MOST OF IT WAS DUE TO EITHER PARVO OR DISTEMPER OR [INAUDIBLE] IN THE ANIMALS AND SO. SO WHERE WE WERE DEALING WITH COVID, THE THE ANIMAL POPULATION IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO WAS DEALING WITH THE EQUIVALENT OF THAT FROM JUNE THROUGH NOVEMBER.

AND SO NOW THEN WE'RE CURRENTLY BACK AT A 70 PERCENT AS OF LAST DECEMBER.

AND I THINK THAT NUMBER IS GETTING IS GETTING A LOT BETTER.

SO WHAT THEY ALSO SAID IN A PERCENTAGE WISE WAS THIRTY SIX PERCENT OF ALL THE EUTHANASIA THAT OCCURRED IN 2021 WERE FROM PARVO, DISTEMPER OR [INAUDIBLE].

AND ASSUMING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OUTBREAK, THE 2021 LIVE RELEASE RATE WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEVENTY EIGHT AND EIGHTY ONE PERCENT.

SO IF THAT GIVES YOU ANY KIND OF AN IDEA OF HOW TOUGH OF A YEAR THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN FOR AMW AS THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS LIKE A TYPICAL DAY, THEY GAVE US SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.

SO THEY TOOK NINETEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN CALLS FOR SERVICE.

THAT'S HOW MANY WERE ANSWERED IN 2021.

ON A TYPICAL DAY, THEY HAVE OVER 50 CALLS A DAY THAT ARE BEING HANDLED BY THE OFFICERS AND THE AND THE PEOPLE AT THE ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE.

SO WHENEVER WE LOOK AT THE NEXT THING THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WERE DEPARTMENT STAFFING.

AND SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THEY'VE GOT FOUR NEW STAFF.

WE ARE STILL DOWN SIX ANIMAL CARE WORKERS AND WE'RE ALSO DOWN, STILL DOWN FOUR OFFICERS FROM HAVING ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER POSITIONS ALL FILLED.

AND SO THEY'RE STILL BEING STRETCHED PRETTY THIN AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

BUT THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF POTENTIAL THAT'S AND THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF PLANS FOR HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO TO ACTUALLY GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS IS WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT, LET ME SEE IF I'VE GOT THE SLIDE HERE ABOUT.

I'VE GOT SOME OF THE FIGURES DOWN, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE GOT THIS SLIDE WITH ME BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED. TALK ABOUT THIS PART WHERE THE VETERINARY SERVICES LAST YEAR.

THEY HAD A THOUSAND AND THIRTY SEVEN ON SITE SURGERIES SINCE OPENING THE FACILITY, AND THEN ACTUALLY WHAT YOU ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT FACILITY DIDN'T OPEN UNTIL THE 1ST OF APRIL. SO THAT'S BASED UPON A NINE MONTH WORTH OF WORK.

AND THAT'S SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE ON SITE SURGERIES OCCUR.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR PROPOSITION TWO WAS THE FUNDING OF ALL OF THE STUFF OUT OF ALL OF THE FACILITIES OUT AT ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE THAT ARE ALLOWING THOSE THINGS TO ACTUALLY END UP HAPPENING.

THEY'RE ALSO THEY'VE ALSO HIRED FOUR PART TIME VETERINARIANS OUT THERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND I KNOW I'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT SLIDE FOR THAT ONE.

THERE IT IS, RIGHT THERE.

SO THEY'VE GOT FIVE CONTRACT VETS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED.

DR. LEE DR.

GABBLE, DR.

GISHA, DR.

MILLER AND DR.

HENKEL. AND SO NOW THEN BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING SET UP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL TIMES COVERED AND BE A LOT MORE SUCCESSFUL AS OPPOSED TO I CAN REMEMBER WHEN BASICALLY WE HAD ONE FULL TIME VET, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WAS ALL THAT WE HAD.

AND AND THAT'S A PRETTY BIG STRUGGLE AND A PRETTY BIG LOAD TO PUT ON ONE PERSON.

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AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T NOT TALK ABOUT ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT'S GOING TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS WITH TEXAS TECH VETERINARIAN SCHOOL.

THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER, I BELIEVE, FOR ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE HERE IN TOWN BECAUSE OF THE ABILITY TO HAVE THOSE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS YET.

THEY'RE ALL FIRST YEAR.

BUT BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THIRD AND FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF AVAILABILITY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK INTO PART OF MAYBE SOME OF THEIR TEACHING. AND PART OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO AT SCHOOL WILL BE RUN THROUGH OUR ABILITY TO HELP THEM TO HANDLE ANOTHER ASPECT OF VETERINARY MEDICINE SO THAT PART OF IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING UP ON THEIR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, THEY HAVE SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE PLANNED IN 2022.

AND SO I THINK THINGS ARE LOOKING REALLY, REALLY BRIGHT.

THEY'VE JUST REDONE THE WEBSITE.

AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO GO LOOK AT.

AND YOU CAN FIND THAT ONLINE AT THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

IF YOU GO TO ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF THAT.

IT'S GIVEN A LOT MORE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE ANIMALS THAT ARE THERE, THE OPPORTUNITIES, ALL OF THAT, AND IT'S REALLY GOOD.

I GUESS HONESTLY, THE ONLY DOWNSIDE THAT I SAW WAS I REALLY FELT LIKE THAT THE ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE ADVISORY BOARD WAS SET UP SO THAT IT WOULD BE A CONDUIT BETWEEN THE CITIZENS AND THE CITY AND ANIMAL MANAGEMENT TO COME UP WITH THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY FELT LIKE NEED TO BE DEALT WITH.

I KNOW THAT HASN'T ALWAYS WORKED WELL IN THE PAST, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THE PAST IS THE PAST AND NOW IT'S THE PRESENT, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY GET UP TO COME SPEAK AT PUBLIC ADDRESS.

AND I THINK IF THERE'S EVER A COMMITTEE, THIS IS ONE OF THE COMMITTEES THAT ARE ADVISORY BOARDS THAT NEEDS THE PUBLIC TO COME AND TO SPEAK THEIR MIND AND TO SAY WHAT IS GOING ON.

AND SO THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING TO FOR US TO HAVE THAT MEETING, AND WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE GETTING OUT TO SAY WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED OR WHAT'S BEING ADDRESSED OR THOSE OTHER IDEAS.

AND SO I HOPE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE END UP SEEING THAT WE MAKE IT PLAIN AND CLEAR THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST CONDUITS THAT IF YOU WANT TO SEE THINGS CHANGE AT ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE, THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO BRING YOUR IDEAS.

SO THAT'S MY REPORT.

EXCELLENT QUESTIONS.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REASONS FOR THE SURRENDERS? WELL, THERE'S LOTS OF REASONS FOR THE SURRENDERS, SO I THINK I'M GOING TO LET VICTORIA ADDRESS THAT ONE IF SHE DOESN'T MIND.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

AND FILL IN WHATEVER HOLES I LEFT OUT, WHICH I'M SURE I LEFT OUT MANY.

NO, ACTUALLY, THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE WITH THE SURRENDERS IS REALLY A COMPLETE LACK OF EDUCATION. THERE IS AN IDEA WE'VE HISTORICALLY BEEN A RURAL AND MORE RURAL TYPE COMMUNITY, SO A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION ON PROPER ANIMAL OWNERSHIP HAS BEEN OUR BIGGEST ISSUE. SO WHEN YOU SEE SURRENDERS, WE'RE WORKING ON A PROGRAM NOW THAT WE TALK TO THEM, LIKE, WHY ARE YOU DOING.

WHAT'S HAPPENING? AND THEN REALLY TRYING TO BE MORE PROGRESSIVE AND DOING FRONT END TYPE MORE INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE, BEING PROACTIVE.

SO WE'VE ALSO HAD A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THIRD GRADERS TO TALK ABOUT THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO OWN AN ANIMAL. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, JUST REAL BASIC.

SO WE CAN START WITH OUR YOUNGER CITIZENS SO WE CAN EVENTUALLY GET THERE.

BECAUSE THAT IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS PEOPLE'S JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING THE SERIOUSNESS OR THE RESPONSIBILITY IT TAKES TO HAVE AN ANIMAL.

AND THEN.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY TO COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL.

TO MAYOR PRO TEM POWELL'S QUESTION, THOUGH.

IT'S MORE DIFFICULT THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANAGE THE ANIMALS.

JUST LIKE WHEN YOUR CHILD IS RAMBUNCTIOUS, WHAT'S THE SAME.

AGE. SICK.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT REASONS POP UP AS REASON, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE LIKE, LIKE VICTORIA WAS SAYING, JUST THINGS THAT MAYBE LEGITIMATELY, SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AND HELP THEM KNOW THAT, AND I'M NOT I DON'T WANT TO THROW ANYBODY UNDER THE BUS, BUT THIS IS A BIG MOVE WHEN YOU SURRENDER AN ANIMAL, WHEN YOU SURRENDER A FAMILY MEMBER, IN ESSENCE,

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SO WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.

EVEN OUR FIELD OFFICERS HISTORICALLY, THEY WOULD WRITE OUT CITATIONS RIGHT NOW IF IT'S A FIRST TIME INSTEAD OF GIVING THAT CITATION, OUR OFFICERS SAYING, HEY, YOU NEED TO DO THIS, YOU NEED AND TRY TO GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION AND GIVE THEM A WARNING, SAYING, HEY, THESE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS.

THIS IS HOW THE LAW IS.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH TEXAS TECH, THAT SCHOOL ON SOME BEHAVIORAL VIDEOS, LIKE IF YOUR DOG'S BARKING TOO MUCH OR IF IT'S AND PUTTING, THEY'RE PUTTING ACTUALLY PUTTING SOME VIDEOS TOGETHER, SOME YOUTUBE VIDEOS THAT WE CAN USE WITH OUR PUBLIC.

OUR COURT SYSTEM ALSO HELPS.

AND THAT IF YOU DO GET A CITATION AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF VIOLATIONS, THEY CAN WAIVE THAT AND GO TO AN ANIMAL ACCOUNTABILITY CLASS.

IT'S MUCH LIKE A DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS, AND WE PARTNERED WITH AMARILLO COLLEGE.

AND IF THEY SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THAT CLASS, THEN THE JUDGE CAN DISMISS ALL THE FINES.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON THE EDUCATION PIECE.

THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT, AND THEN JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION, MISS VICTORIA.

THAT IS, YOU HAVE 10 VACANT POSITIONS RIGHT NOW.

IS THAT CORRECT? OK.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAD.

AND SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO APPLY FOR THOSE POSITIONS, THEY'RE POSTED, THEY ARE POSTED.

AND WE'VE RECENTLY LOOKED AT A KIND OF A DIFFERENT MODEL OF THE TRADITIONAL FULL TIME HOPING TO MAYBE GARNISH SOME OF OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON OR HAVE SOME PART TIME ANIMAL CARE WORKERS, WHICH ARE LIKE KENNEL WORKERS, AND TO MAKE THOSE HOURS MORE FLEXIBLE SO THAT MAYBE WE CAN COVER THOSE SHIFTS ABOUT BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND REGARDLESS THEIR WEATHER ESSENTIAL.

REGARDLESS, IT'S SNOW AND RAIN.

IT'S IT'S THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DAYS A YEAR THAT ANIMALS HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR VICTORIA? THANK YOU, VICTORIA, APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. OK, ANYTHING ELSE FOR DR.

SAUER ON THAT REPORT? OK. NEXT ITEM IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.

I'M GOING TO START WITH HOWARD, AND THEN WE'LL LET FILL.

COLE FILL IN ANY BLANKS.

WE HAD A GOOD MEETING THINGS THIS LAST WEEK.

WE'VE GOT THREE NEW MEMBERS AND ONE OF THEM IS COLE STANLEY, AND I WANT TO SEE IF HE WANTS TO REPORT ON THIS.

OK, YOU'RE GIVING THE BATON BACK.

I WAS AS A COURTESY.

I THOUGHT WHAT WAS HIS FIRST MEETING WE WOULDN'T MAKE HIM DO THE REPORT, BUT APPARENTLY THAT'S NOT THE CONSENSUS.

HOWARD TEE'S IT UP. I DON'T MIND SWINGING AT IT.

SO. SO MY FIRST MEETING LGC, SO GOOD MEETING.

YOU'VE GOT BASICALLY WE WERE ABLE TO TO REHIRE OUR CHAIR OR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.

SO SO THOSE TWO POSITIONS STAYED THE SAME.

MICHAEL HANING AND ALFONSO, WE DO HAVE OUR THREE NEW MEMBERS.

WE HAD A GOOD UPDATE, SO I'LL TELL YOU HODGETOWN.

GOOD UPDATE FROM MR. EVANS. OR I'M SORRY, ENSOR, RIGHT? TONY ENSOR. GOOD UPDATE FROM HIM ON KIND OF WHAT HE'S WORKING ON, WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPE, WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE TO TO LOOK FORWARD TO SCHEDULES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

ALSO SOME SOME HOUSEKEEPING DUTIES WITH JUST FIELD OPERATIONS AND STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES. AND THEN WE WERE ALSO GIVEN A COUPLE OF OTHER UPDATES AS FAR AS REAL ESTATE AND KIND OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE.

YOU KNOW, THE EMBASSY WAS WAS THERE, THEY HAD A REP.

AND SO GETTING TO HEAR KIND OF THEIR PRICING ON PARKING GARAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AND THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING.

AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO DO A AN OVERALL BUDGET REVIEW, WHICH WAS HELPFUL.

AND SO I'LL BE GETTING MORE BUDGET REVIEW AND GETTING UP TO SPEED ON SOME OF THAT STUFF.

I FELT LIKE IT WAS A GOOD, PRODUCTIVE MEETING.

ALSO FELT LIKE WE HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION.

GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT I THINK WILL KEEP EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE, LOOK AT ALL OPTIONS AND REALLY HELP THAT ENTITY ALONG IN MAKING GOOD DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD.

GOOD REPORT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN THE HOTEL THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, AND [INAUDIBLE] JUMP ON ME IF I MESSED UP HERE, BUT THERE WAS AGREEMENT THAT OCCUPANCY OF THE HOTEL HAD TO BE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OR THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE UP SOME OF THAT LACK OF REVENUE.

AND SO WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH WE'RE FINISHED GOING THROUGH THE TIMEFRAME OF THAT, AND WE HAVE NOT HAD AND WILL NOT HAVE TO PUT ANY MONEY IN FROM THE CITY.

IS THAT RIGHT? SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE HOTELS HAS DONE VERY WELL IN THEIR OCCUPANCY.

THAT'S ALL I GOT. ANY QUESTIONS?

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ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING TWENTY FOUR MONTHS AGO BIT AND THE HOTEL STILL PERFORMED AT A LEVEL THAT KEPT US FROM HAVING TO MATCH A GUARANTEE THAT THEY HAD SO.

I WOULD SAY THAT'S SOME VERY SMART PLANNING ON THE PART OF EVERYBODY.

YEAH, AND THAT WAS PREVIOUS COUNCIL THAT DID THAT.

WHAT WAS LGC BEFORE WE WERE ALL ON COUNCIL THAT MADE THAT IT WAS IT WAS AN UNCERTAIN ARRANGEMENT TO MAKE AT THE TIME BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A HOTEL DOWNTOWN THAT COULD HANDLE OUR CONVENTION BUSINESS.

SO. WELL EXECUTED.

OK, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, THEN ITEM 1C IS THE QUARTERLY BUDGET UPDATE.

[1.C. Quarterly Budget Update]

DEBBIE. OK, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

SO THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE REVIEWING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH THAT IS OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER.

AND WE ALWAYS LIKE TO START OUT WITH GENERAL FUND.

SO ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THROUGH DECEMBER.

THE REVENUES ARE BUDGETED AT 62.1 MILLION ACTUALS ARE COMING IN.

THEY CAME IN AT SIXTY MILLION, WHICH GIVES US A VARIANCE OF 2.1 MILLION SHORT OF BUDGET THROUGH DECEMBER. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO YOU'LL SEE THIS WILL IDENTIFY THE VARIOUS REVENUE SOURCES, AND YOU'LL SEE THE MAIN REASON THAT THE BUDGET CAME IN LOWER IS DUE TO PROPERTY TAX REVENUES.

KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A TIMING ISSUE, AND THIS YEAR WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

WE HAD THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION AND THAT DELAYED THE TAX BILLS GOING OUT UNTIL ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER.

SO THAT DELAYED COLLECTIONS A LITTLE BIT.

BUT ALL TAX BILLS WERE STILL DUE BY FEBRUARY 1ST, SO I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT THROUGH FEBRUARY, THE COLLECTIONS ARE 97.1 PERCENT COLLECTED.

SO WE'RE RIGHT BACK ON TRACK WITH PROPERTY TAX REVENUES JUST LOOKS A LITTLE ODD THROUGH DECEMBER. THEN YOU'LL SEE SALES TAX AND I'LL TALK ABOUT SALES TAX, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND GROSS RECEIPTS TAX IN MORE DETAIL ON THE NEXT SLIDES.

BUT THE OTHER ITEMS ARE LISTED THERE FOR YOU JUST SLIGHTLY OVER OR UNDER BUDGET THROUGH DECEMBER. SO LET'S LOOK AT SALES TAX INFORMATION NEXT, AND ANDREW WILL GIVE MORE INFORMATION IN HIS REPORT.

BUT THIS JUST SHOWS THAT SALES TAX IS COMING IN STRONG AGAIN FOR THE FIRST PART OF FISCAL YEAR 22, AND WE'RE 15.32 PERCENT MORE THAN LAST YEAR AND 19.08 PERCENT MORE THAN BUDGETED. SO WE HAVE 2.4 MILLION DOLLARS MORE IN SALES TAX REVENUES THROUGH THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

WE LIKE TO SHOW YOU THIS CHART FOR REFERENCE.

THIS SHOWS YOU THE 10 YEAR HISTORY AND YOU CAN SEE WE JUST HAD THOSE TWO BLIPS.

2017 WAS SLIGHTLY LESS FROM THE GROWTH PERSPECTIVE AND THEN 2020, OF COURSE, WAS THE IMPACT OF COVID.

AND AS WE'VE TALKED BEFORE, AMARILLO REBOUNDED VERY WELL AFTER COVID, SO WE WERE 53.91 PERCENT ABOVE THROUGH 2021 IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THIS CHART GIVES YOU THE DETAILS OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, SO WE'RE COMING IN STRONG 34 .4 PERCENT MORE THAN LAST YEAR AND 30.4 PERCENT MORE THAN BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR. THIS CHART SHOWS YOU AGAIN PROVIDED FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THIS SHOWS YOU THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUES AND THEN COMPARED TO THE OCCUPANCY IN THE LOCAL HOTELS.

SO THE THE BAR CHARTS ARE THE ARE THE REVENUE COLLECTIONS.

THE BLUE IS 2021 ACTUAL.

RED IS 2022 ACTUAL AND THE GREEN BARS ARE 2022 BUDGET.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE EXCEEDING BUDGET THERE, JUST LIKE WE STATED.

AND THEN THE BAR, THE BAR LINES.

THE PURPLE IS LAST YEAR AND THE BLUE LINE, WHICH IS JUST BARELY STARTING THERE AND KIND OF FOLLOWING THE SAME TRACK AS LAST YEAR, IS THE 2022 OCCUPANCY RATES SO FAR THIS YEAR.

THE NEXT CATEGORY IS GROSS RECEIPTS, BUSINESS TAX.

WE JUST INCLUDE THIS SLIDE, SO, YOU KNOW, THE CATEGORIES OF THE GROSS RECEIPTS BUSINESS TAX THAT WE COLLECT AND WHAT THE RATES ARE.

BUT THE ACTUAL REVENUE SO FAR THROUGH DECEMBER, WE'RE AHEAD OF BUDGET TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND OR FIVE PERCENT.

THE MAIN CATEGORIES ARE GAS AND ELECTRIC.

GAS IS SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF BUDGET, ABOUT TWO PERCENT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND ELECTRIC IS 14 PERCENT, OR TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND AHEAD OF BUDGET.

FOR GENERAL FUND EXPENSES, BUDGET THROUGH DECEMBER IS 53.2 MILLION ACTUAL CAME IN AT 48 .9 MILLION, SO WE HAVE A VARIANCE OF 4.3 MILLION SPENDING LESS THAN BUDGET.

SO MOST OF THE AREAS ARE ON TARGET, BUT THERE ARE SOME KEY AREAS UNDER BUDGET.

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1.2 MILLION UNDER BUDGET DUE TO VACANT POSITIONS AND YOU JUST HEARD VICTORIA SAY THAT SHE HAS 10 VACANT POSITIONS AND THAT IS AN ISSUE ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS, ALONG WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO, REALLY AROUND THE NATION.

WE'RE ALL HAVING CHALLENGES HIRING PEOPLE AND FILLING POSITIONS, SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT. OUR SUPPLIES ARE ACTUALLY ABOUT 1.3 MILLION LESS THAN BUDGET THROUGH DECEMBER.

AND WHAT I OBSERVED WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE LINE ITEMS IS A LOT OF IT IS SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. SO WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE'RE NEEDING, BUT IT'S HARD TO GET IT RIGHT NOW.

SO AND WE'RE ALL FACING THAT IN OUR BUSINESSES.

AND THEN THE OTHER CATEGORY IS CONTRACTUAL SERVICES IS ONE POINT SIX MILLION UNDER BUDGET. THAT IS AN AREA WHERE WE BUDGET FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE IN THE PARTS THAT NEED TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.

AND IF THEY'RE NOT NEEDED, WE DON'T SPEND IT.

IT'S THERE IN CASE WE NEED IT.

SO BUT WE DO SEE THAT THINGS WILL PROBABLY LEVEL OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, DEPENDING ON HOW THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES GO AND HIRING STAFF GOES.

BUT WE ARE FOUR POINT THREE MILLION UNDER ON SPENDING, SO THIS NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU THE NET VARIANCE.

SO 2.1 MILLION LESS IN REVENUES, 4.3 LESS IN SPENDING.

AND THEN THAT GIVES US A POSITIVE NET VARIANCE OF 2.2 MILLION THROUGH THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. SO WE DO EXPECT THAT TO LEVEL OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO AT THIS POINT, IT'S GOOD THAT OUR SPENDING IS LESS REVENUES COMING IN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER, BUT WE SHOULD BE RIGHT ON TRACK BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO UTILITY SALES, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT NEXT.

SO THE CITY HAS UTILITY SALES IN THE GENERAL FUND, WATER SEWER FUND AND THE DRAINAGE FUND. IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE SOLID WASTE FEES AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH RIGHT ON TARGET WITH BUDGET IN THE WATER.

SEWER FUND WATER SALES ARE AHEAD OF BUDGET FIVE PERCENT.

WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY RAIN, RIGHT? SO THAT'S HELPING US OUT ON OUR SALES SIDE CONSUMPTION.

SO AND SEWER SALES ARE AHEAD OF BUDGET.

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND AND WATER WAS SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE THOUSAND AHEAD OF BUDGET. DRAINAGE IS PRETTY MUCH RIGHT ON TARGET, A LITTLE BIT LESS THROUGH DECEMBER, JUST THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND LESS THAN BUDGET.

WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SHOW YOU THIS CHART.

THIS JUST SHOWS YOU THE WATER SEWER TRENDS OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, SALES VERSUS PRECIPITATION, AND IT'S JUST PROVIDED TO SHOW YOU THE IMPACT OF THOSE DRY YEARS AND THE WET YEARS WHAT IT DOES TO THE CONSUMPTION AND TO THE SALES INTO THE WATER SEWER FUND.

THE LAST CATEGORY IS OUR HEALTH INSURANCE, WE ALWAYS MONITOR OUR MEDICAL CLAIMS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN FLUCTUATE DRASTICALLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BUT I'M AS OF THE END OF DECEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, WE'RE SLIGHTLY OVER BUDGET TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND. THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS THE LAST QUARTER OF THE PLAN YEAR FOR THE MEDICAL INSURANCE.

SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO BE AT THAT POINT, BUT WE WILL MONITOR THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO THAT'S OUR MEDICAL CLAIMS AND WE DO SHOW YOU THAT HISTORY.

BUT WITH THAT, I WOULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE FIRST QUARTER.

NO QUESTIONS.

OK. BASICALLY, A GOOD REPORT, YES, AND EXCELLENT.

AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO HONE THESE TOOLS, THESE DASHBOARDS FOR US OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS AND THINK YOU'VE GOTTEN VERY EFFICIENT AT IT.

WE JUST DOWNLOADED A LOT OF INFORMATION IN A VERY QUICK AMOUNT OF MEETING TIME.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOUR TEAM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[1.D. Quarterly Sales Tax Update]

SORRY FOR THOSE LISTENING.

ANDREW FREEMAN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SO I'VE GOT THE ONE SLIDE UP THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, SO THAT COVERS THE MAJOR INDUSTRIES FISCAL YEAR TO DATE.

SO THIS IS THROUGH FEBRUARY IN COMPARISON TO WHAT DEBBIE JUST WENT OVER.

WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS ALMOST ALL OUR MAIN INDUSTRIES ARE SEEING DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHOLESALE, THAT'S DOWN JUST UNDER THREE PERCENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

WHAT I'VE ADDED TO THIS SLIDE, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR EXACT TAX SOFTWARE THAT COLLECTS ALL OUR CONFIDENTIAL DATA CAN SHARE WITH US, THEY'VE BEEN TRACKING INFLATION RATE AS WELL.

SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT IT'S AT 9.15 PERCENT INFLATION RATE.

AND WHAT THEY TRY AND SHOW US IS ADJUSTING FOR INFLATION.

THEY SHOW US, WELL, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE INFLATION, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN DOWN 59000 IN COLLECTIONS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON JUST AS INFLATION GOES UP OR COMES DOWN WHAT KIND OF IMPACTS IT HAS.

THAT'S ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST WE'VE SEEN ON THE INFLATION RATE.

THE PREVIOUS GOING FROM JANUARY.

BACK TO AUGUST, I WENT FROM EIGHT PERCENT DOWN TO HIGH, SEVEN PERCENT RANGE AND THEN BACK TO ABOUT APRIL, AS WHERE IT WAS ONE PERCENT.

MARCH WAS HALF A PERCENT.

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BUT JUST KNOW THAT SOMETHING WE'RE TRACKING AS WELL THE INFLATION IMPACT AS FAR AS OUR TAXPAYERS ALSO WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE MORE DATA AS FAR AS HOW MANY TAXPAYERS WE SEE FOR FEBRUARY 2022.

WE HAD SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FOURTEEN TAXPAYERS IN OUR DATABASE.

THEY FLUCTUATE BY MONTH BECAUSE NOT ALL HAVE SALES EACH MONTH, THE HIGHEST.

THAT'S THE HIGHEST WE'VE SEEN.

JANUARY 2019.

I HAD TO GO BACK. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE OVER 6000.

IT WAS JUST OVER FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED.

SO WE'RE USUALLY IN THE MID SIX THOUSAND TO SEVEN THOUSAND TAXPAYERS.

WHICH BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER INTERESTING TIDBIT FOR YOU.

AS FAR AS OUR COLLECTIONS, OUR TOP ONE HUNDRED TAXPAYERS BRING IN OVER HALF OF OUR COLLECTIONS. SO I'VE ALSO RUN A REPORT IN THE SYSTEM SINCE THAT'S ONE PERCENT OF OUR TAXPAYERS, A LITTLE OVER ONE PERCENT JUST TO SEE HOW ARE THEY PERFORMING SINCE THEY HAVE SUCH AN IMPACT ON OUR COLLECTIONS FOR OUR BUDGET FISCAL YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE FOR ALL TOP 100 TAXPAYERS COMBINED, THEY ARE CURRENTLY UP 14.62 PERCENT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

SO WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING OVERALL COLLECTIONS UP ABOUT THAT HIGH AS WELL.

AS FAR AS SOME OF OUR MAJOR RETAIL.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE THEY STAND, NON STORE RETAILERS, THOSE ARE OUR ONLINE SALES COMPANIES, UP 16.31 PERCENT, BUILDING MATERIALS UP 20 PERCENT, CLOTHING AND ACCESSORY STORES, UP TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT SPORTING GOODS, HOBBIES AND BOOK STORES UP 18 PERCENT.

SO ALL DOUBLE DIGIT FIGURES.

AS FAR AS FOOD INDUSTRY IS CONCERNED, OUR FULL SERVICE RESTAURANTS ARE SITTING AT 29.22 PERCENT INCREASE AND LIMITED SERVICE OR OUR MORE OF OUR DRIVE THRU TYPE RESTAURANTS 11.57 PERCENT SO WE'VE REALLY SEEN THAT SHIFT TO PEOPLE SPENDING MORE DOLLARS IN THE SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS VERSUS THE DRIVE THRU RESTAURANTS AS FAR AS THE COVID IMPACTS CONCERNED.

AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL JUST TOUCH ON OUR LABOR FORCE STATISTICS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE.

WE'VE SEEN THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE YEAR DECEMBER 2021, DOWN 1.5 PERCENT, SO WE'RE SITTING AT 2.9 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.

WE'VE ADDED IN THE YEAR TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED JOBS TO THE LABOR FORCE.

AND THEN AS FAR AS IMPACT BY INDUSTRY, WE SEE MANUFACTURING END OF THE YEAR UP 2.1 PERCENT, TRADE AND UTILITIES UP THREE POINT ONE PERCENT, PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES UP EIGHT PERCENT, AND LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY IS UP 11 PERCENT.

THE ONLY TWO THAT SAW A DECLINE AT THE END OF THE YEAR WAS THE CONSTRUCTION CATEGORY AND FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES.

SO OVERALL, WE'RE JUST SEEING THE ECONOMY STILL BEING BEING VERY STRONG AS FAR AS JOBS ARE CONCERNED AND ADDING NEW JOBS.

SO. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SURE, COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY.

YES. ANDREW, CAN YOU TELL US ON THE THE TOP ONE HUNDRED PAYERS.

I KNOW THAT SEVERAL DIFFERENT SECTORS.

DID YOU SEE ANY LIKE AS A SECTOR THAT STOOD OUT, THAT WAS DOWN.

THAT WAS DOWN? I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND PULL EXACTLY WHO'S IN THAT ONE PERCENT.

I COULD GET THAT MORE SPECIFIC FOR YOU, BUT THE MAJORITY ARE ALL ALL UP EXCEPT FOR THAT WHOLESALE CATEGORY.

I'M JUST NOT SURE IF WHOLESALE IS IN THAT TOP 100 OR NOT, BUT I COULD DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH FOR YOU AND BREAK IT DOWN BY.

AND ON THE AVERAGE DID YOU SAY THAT IT WAS 14 PERCENT, 14 PERCENT OVERALL OF THOSE TOP 100? AS FAR AS OVERALL COLLECTIONS BEING UP.

SO BY TAXPAYERS, YOU MEAN BUSINESSES THAT ARE COLLECTING.

COLLECTING. YES, ANY SALES TAX COLLECTING ENTITY.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WAS ANY SUPPLY CHAIN LIKE WAS JUST THAT WAS DOWN THAT SKEWED THAT NUMBER, BUT THAT WOULD CATCH UP AS THINGS TRICKLE IN AGAIN.

I CAN DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH ON THAT.

SO LIKE TOP 100 IS ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE LIKE THE CITY WITH OUR TRASH SALES TAX.

THAT'S PART OF THAT NUMBER.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PLACES LIKE EXCEL THAT ARE LARGE, LARGE PRODUCING COMPANIES AS FAR AS SALES TAX IS CONCERNED.

BUT IT'LL BE A VARIETY.

A LOT OF IT'S RETAIL, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME MIXED IN.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

BUT I CAN PULL THAT RESEARCH FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. SURE. ANYBODY ELSE? OK. THANK YOU, ANDREW.

[1.E. Discuss Solid Waste Update]

MR. CITY MANAGER. I'M HERE.

WE'VE GOT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS DONNY HOOPER ALSO HAVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ALAN HARDER COMING UP. SO DONNY IS GOING TO WALK THROUGH A VERY BROAD OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN SOLID WAYS TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOT.

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THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY MANY CITY NOBODY REALLY HAS A GOOD ANSWER TO, BUT WE ARE PUTTING A ONE OF THE BETTER ANSWERS FORWARD THAT I'VE SEEN.

SO, DONNY? YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO LEAD INTO THIS.

WE WE WANT TO BE THE LEADERS.

I MEAN, WE WANT OTHER CITIES LOOKING AT US AND SAYING, HEY, WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS? AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THIS PRESENTATION TODAY KIND OF BRING YOU UP TO DATE UP SPEED ON SOLID WASTE OPERATIONS.

AS HE MENTIONED SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING TODAY.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON SOLID WASTE OPERATIONS, DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT SERVICE DELIVERY, ILLEGAL DUMPING STATISTICS FRONT YARD COLLECTION STATISTICS, OUR ROLL OFF PROGRAM UPDATE FOR YOU, AND ALSO A CAMERA PROGRAM OVERVIEW AS WELL. SOME SOLUTIONS, AS JARED MENTIONED, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE THING IN PARTICULAR, AND THAT IS OUR SOLID WASTE DIVISION.

OUR DEPARTMENT HAS GONE SOME THROUGH SOME CHANGES HERE RECENTLY.

RICKY RIVERA IS HERE.

RAISE YOUR HAND, RICKY. THAT'S RICKY RIGHT THERE.

WE CALL HIM BIG RICK. HE'S ALSO OUR MY BODYGUARD AS WELL.

YOU TELL BY HIS SIZE, BUT RICKY IS A RICKY IS NOW OUR SOLID WASTE SUPERINTENDENT.

HE HAS 160 POSITIONS UNDERNEATH HIM.

RICKY HAS 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SOLID WASTE.

HE BRINGS A LOT TO THE TABLE, AND THE THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT RICKY IS HE BRINGS A GREAT ATTITUDE TO THE TABLE.

HE BRINGS AN ATTITUDE OF WANTING TO GET THINGS DONE HE'S HANDS ON.

HE HAS BEEN IN EVERY SINGLE POSITION THAT YOU CAN BE IN AND SOLID WASTE STARTING AT THE BOTTOM. WORKING HIS WAY ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP.

SO HE UNDERSTANDS HOW EVERYTHING WORKS.

AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR US THERE.

UNDERNEATH THAT, THERE'S 117 POSITIONS.

IT'S ALWAYS COLLECTIONS THAT'S UNDER [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR OPERATIONS, WE HAVE A VACANCY IN SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FOR THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT THERE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE RICKY VACATED THAT SPOT TO TAKE OVER AS THE SUPERINTENDENT.

WE SHOULD HAVE THAT FILLED.

I'M THINKING PROBABLY IN THE NEXT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS, WE SHOULD HAVE THAT DONE. ALSO JUST WANT TO MENTION I BROUGHT SOME OF MY STAFF HERE TO MIRANDA ASHLEY AND MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE] ARE HERE.

AND THE REASON WE DID THAT IS WE HAD THE OTHER DAY WE WERE IN THE OFFICE AND WE WERE TALKING AND IT TURNED INTO A CIVICS 101 CLASS.

AND AND IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT SOMETIMES WE DON'T BRING OUR OFFICE STAFF TO THINGS LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY CAN SEE THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE COUNCIL AND WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO I SAID, DO YOU WANT TO COME? AND THEY SAID, YEAH, SO HERE THEY ARE.

SO THEY GET TO WATCH ALL THIS TODAY AND SEE HOW YOU GUYS OPERATE AS WELL.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS PARTICULARLY FOR HOWARD.

IT HAS A LOT OF PICTURES AND IT HAS A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN IT.

SO HOWARD ALWAYS WANTS PICTURES.

WELL, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT EQUIPMENT AND WE SAY THINGS LIKE ASL AND FRONT LOADERS AND SIDE LOADERS, AND WE USE ALL THESE THINGS IN OUR EVERYDAY LANGUAGE.

BUT SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS THIS CHART HERE, THIS SHOWS YOU WHAT EACH OF THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THEIR PURPOSE IS AND WHAT THEIR COST IS TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE DO IN SOLID WASTE JUST LEFT TO RIGHT QUICKLY, THE ASL TRUCKS, THAT'S THE ONES THAT GO OUT AND PICK UP THE POLY CARTS.

THOSE COSTS ABOUT $360000 EACH.

WE HAVE FOUR OF THOSE. WE HAVE ONE OF THEM ON ORDER THAT WILL MAKE FIVE TOTAL IN THE FLEET. THAT'S THE LAST ORDER WE HAVE OF ASL TRUCKS TO FINISH AND COMPLETE OUR GOAL OF POLY CART ROUTES.

OUR BRUSH TRUCKS, WE HAVE THOSE NEXT TO THAT.

WE HAVE SIX OF THOSE.

WE HAVE TWO CHIPPERS NOW, BUT WE DO HAVE FOUR ON ORDER.

SO OUR PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE BACK IN PLACE.

I THINK WE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION AT A RECENT COUNCIL MEETING, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT FULLY BACK UP AND OPERATIONAL WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.

OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE IT BEFORE WE GET TO EARTH DAY AND CLEANUP DAY TO HAVE THAT FULLY OPERATIONAL. OUR KNUCKLE BOOM TRUCKS ARE BESIDE THAT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY PICK UP THIRTY FIVE LOADS A DAY.

THAT'S MAINLY FOR OUR FRONT YARD COLLECTIONS AND OUR ASSISTANCE AND ALLEY CLEANUP.

THOSE ARE ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SIDE LOADERS.

WE HAVE 48 SIDE LOADERS IN OUR FLEET AND THIS IS FOR MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL ROUTES OR SOME COMMERCIAL ROUTES THAT ARE SERVICED BY THAT AS WELL.

WE HAVE SIX OF THOSE THAT ARE SPARES THAT ARE USED WHENEVER WE HAVE ONE THAT'S DOWN IN OPERATION OR IS IN THE SHOP HAVING SOME REPAIRS, ET CETERA, TO FILL IN FOR THAT, THEY SERVICE THE EIGHTEEN PLUS THOUSAND DUMPSTERS AND SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND PLUS ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE IN RESIDENTIAL.

THE REAR LOADERS ARE NEXT TO THAT.

THERE THE HAND COLLECTION ROUTES WE ONLY HAVE ONE HAND COLLECTS.

ACTUALLY, THERE'S TWO, ONE AND A HALF HAND COLLECTION ROUTES THAT ARE LEFT.

ONE OF THOSE THAT WAS EXISTING WHEN WE STARTED THE PROGRAM FOR ASLS BACK IN 2018.

OUR FRONT LOADERS, OUR COMMERCIAL COLLECTIONS, THEY DO ABOUT LITTLE OVER 5000 ACCOUNTS THERE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS OF $14 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT IN SOLOWAY'S COLLECTIONS IS ANOTHER $8 MILLION IN EQUIPMENT AND DISPOSAL, SO ABOUT $22 MILLION WORTH OF ROLLING EQUIPMENT TO SERVICE THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE PICKUPS AND LIGHT SERVICE TRUCKS AS WELL.

SO IT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE THE WORK THAT THEY GET DONE WITH THE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE UNDERNEATH THEM.

I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM.

IF PEOPLE HAVE FRONT ROLLOUT CARTS.

THE POLY CARTS. WHICH TRUCK DOES THOSE? THAT'S THE FIRST ONE, THE ASL TRUCKS.

OK. YEAH, THAT'S THE POLY CARTS.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

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WE KNOW THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED A SHORTAGE OF EMPLOYEES AND JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE HAS, BUT WE KNOW THAT OUR SERVICE DELIVERY ISSUES ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T STOP PICKING UP RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL TRASH.

THAT'S THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OUT THERE.

SO WE KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH THAT.

WE HAD SOME SOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE PUT TO THE TABLE.

WE'VE WORKED WITH WITH MANAGEMENT, OF COURSE, AND WITH MITCH AND HIS CREW TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE OF CDL PAY FROM $14.75 TO $16 AN HOUR.

THAT HAS HELPED A LITTLE BIT.

WE THINK THAT WE'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT HELP MORE AS WE PUSH FORWARD.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE APPLICANTS COME IN.

SOMETIMES THEY APPLY.

AND THEN BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE INTERVIEW PART, THEY'VE ALREADY DROPPED OUT AND THEY FOUND ANOTHER JOB. SO WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT.

BUT WE THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S REALLY HELPED.

AND THE SECOND THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAD SEPARATE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR POSITIONS.

WE HAD EQUIPMENT, OPERATOR ONES AND EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 2S THAT HAD SPECIFIC TASKS THAT THEY DID IN SOLID WASTE.

SO WHAT WHAT I DECIDED TO DO WAS TAKE ALL THAT COMBINED INTO ONE POSITION.

NOW WE HAVE SOLID WASTE EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

YOU MAY BE YOUR PRIMARY FUNCTION MAY TO BE IN A SIDE LOADER, BUT BY THE END OF THE AFTERNOON, YOU MAY BE HELPING ON FRONT YARD COLLECTIONS IN A KNUCKLE BOOM TRUCK.

SO WE'RE CROSS TRAINING ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO DO ANY TASK IN SOLID WASTE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE OVERCOMING THAT CHALLENGE.

SOME DAYS WE HAVE 10 TO 12 OPEN ROUTES IN RESIDENTIAL.

THEY HAVE TO BE COVERED BY THE END OF THE DAY.

WE HAVE TO RUN THOSE ROUTES.

SO WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE AROUND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AND CHANGE IS ALWAYS HARD.

BUT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US, ESPECIALLY HEADING INTO THE SUMMER.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL JUST SEE THIS IS JUST A LOOK AT OUR STAFFING.

WE HAVE 160 POSITIONS IN SOLID WASTE.

WE HAVE 125 OF THOSE FILLED.

AND THE BIGGEST AREA THAT WE SUFFER IN IS EQUIPMENT OPERATORS.

WE'RE AT 75 PERCENT RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE 59 OF 79 DRIVERS, OUR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS AND THAT THAT MAKES IT REALLY A CHALLENGE FOR US.

BUT AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD HELPS US WITH THAT.

AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING A BIG DIFFERENCE, BY THE WAY WE DID IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, IT SAYS TWO OF THREE. WE'VE ACTUALLY FILLED THAT POSITION.

SO THAT ONE IS THREE OF THREE RIGHT NOW.

ONE THING THAT WE DON'T SUFFER WITH WHICH SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS CAN'T SAY THE SAME AS OUR UTILITY WORKERS, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF HIRING UTILITY WORKERS AND KEEPING THEM IN THEIR POSITIONS. ON THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE A REDUCTION IN ILLEGAL DUMPING.

THIS GRAPH REPRESENTS A CALENDAR YEAR OF ILLEGAL DUMPING WORK ORDERS THAT ARE REMAINING ON OUR SCHEDULE AT THE END OF EACH MONTH.

WE KNOW WHAT OUR BUSY SEASONS ARE WHEN WE GET TO APRIL, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO RAMP UP AND WE'RE GOING TO START TO SEE A LOT OF ILLEGAL DUMPING.

BUT THE REASON I WANTED TO PUT THIS CHART ON HERE IS BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN I WAS UP HERE, WHEN COUNCILMAN SAUER ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT 1200 TO 200 AND THAT NUMBER THAT CAME OUT IN THE REPORT.

WHAT THAT IS IS IF YOU'LL LOOK AT SEPTEMBER, WHERE WE HAD 786 REMAINING WORK ORDERS IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, WELL, 21 GO BACK TO 20.

WE HAD OVER 1200 THERE.

THAT'S A 35 PERCENT DECREASE IN JUST THAT ONE MONTH COMPARATIVE MONTH.

BUT IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD, EVERY MONTH IS SEEING AN OVERALL DECREASE COMPARED TO THE YEAR BEFORE. SO I THINK WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF OUR EFFORTS IN REDUCING THE ILLEGAL DUMPING THAT'S OUT THERE AND WE HAVE SOME MORE SOLUTIONS WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

TWO WEEKS AGO, WE WERE AT OVER 200 IN FEBRUARY AS OF THIS WEEK, THIS PAST WEEK, ON WEDNESDAY, WE'RE AT 75 AND I WOULD BET THAT BY THE TIME THE REPORT COMES OUT THIS WEDNESDAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPARATIVE TO THAT NUMBER IN MARCH OF 35 OR LESS.

AND THAT PUTS US IN A GOOD SPOT AND READY TO GO AS WE MOVE INTO THE BUSY SEASON.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE OUR CURBSIDE COLLECTION WORK ORDERS.

THOSE JUNE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST MONTH THERE THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT FRONT YARD COLLECTIONS, BUT WE KNOW THAT PROGRAM IS STARTING TO REALLY GAIN MOMENTUM. YOU KNOW, AS WE SAID, OUR TRUCKS, THEY CAN DO ABOUT 35 PER DAY IN EACH OF THOSE TRUCKS. SO WHEN THEY GET TO JUNE, THEY'RE HITTING IT PRETTY HARD AND SOMETIMES HAVING TO WORK SOME OVERTIME TO KEEP THOSE IN PLACE.

WE ARE HITTING OUR 48 HOUR WINDOW MOST OF THE TIME, ABOUT 94 PERCENT OF THE TIME WE PICK THOSE UP WITHIN 48 HOURS, WHICH IS OUR GOAL.

THE ONLY TIMES THAT WE DON'T IS WHEN WE SEE AN ICE STORM OR SOMETHING THAT PUTS US BEHIND AND WE HAVE SEEN THOSE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS JUST A COMPARATIVE SLIDE.

I LIKE TO LOOK AT THIS ONE WEEKLY.

THIS JUST SHOWS US WHERE WE'RE AT IF YOU COMPARE OUR FRONT YARD COLLECTIONS VERSUS OUR ILLEGAL DUMPING ALLEY CLEANUPS.

NOW THESE ARE ACTUALLY CLEARED, COMPLETED WORK ORDERS, BUT IT JUST SHOWS US THAT THE PROGRAM THAT'S THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RIGHT NOW IS CURBSIDE COLLECTION, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO PUSH. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO EDUCATE.

EDUCATE PEOPLE ON IS PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.

NEXT, SLIDE SOME OF OUR SOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE WE'VE COME UP WITH AND WE SAY WE WANT TO BE THE TRENDSETTER AND WE DO EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES ARE NUMBER ONE FOR US.

WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN REACH THE PUBLIC.

WE'RE FINDING OUT WHEN WE TALK TO THEM, THEY SAY, WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS ILLEGAL.

WELL, THAT MEANS WE NEED TO EDUCATE THEM MORE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO COME UP WITH SOME THINGS AS WE HEAD INTO THE SPRING TO PROMOTE OUR CLEAN UP EVENTS AND TO PROMOTE NOT PUTTING THINGS WHERE THEY THEY DON'T BELONG AND PUTTING THINGS WHERE THEY DO BELONG.

OUR USE OF TECHNOLOGY HAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY THE STAFF BEHIND US OVER HERE HAVE

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WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT.

AND THIS ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FOR JUST SECOND EQUIPMENT FOR DRIVER ACTIVATED REPORTING THROUGH GPS.

WE HAVE HAD AND THE QUESTION HAS COME UP MANY TIMES IS OUR STAFF REPORTING EVERYTHING THAT THEY SEE OUT THERE. THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO, BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT TO DRIVE A TRASH TRUCK, OPERATE ALL THE CONTROLS THAT ARE IN IT, STOP, GET A PIECE OF PAPER OR WHATEVER IT IS AND WRITE DOWN WHATEVER YOU HAVE GOING ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

THAT'S JUST DIFFICULT TO DO.

SO I CHALLENGED OUR FLEET SERVICES GROUP WITH AN IDEA, AND I SAID, WHAT IF WE HAD A PUSH BUTTON AND WE COULD JUST ACTIVATE OUR GPS THAT SAYS, HERE'S A LOCATION AND THEN SOMEHOW WE COULD LOOK AT A REPORT FOR THAT.

I SAID, SEE WHAT YOU ALL CAN DO WITH THAT? WELL, GLENN LAVENDER AND JASON JOOP WENT TO WORK ON THAT, AND I CAN SAY THAT THEY'RE BEING INSTALLED AS OF LAST WEEK.

WE HAVE A RED PUSH BUTTON THAT WHEN THEY PUSH IT, IT ACTIVATES.

IT SENDS A SIGNAL TO OUR GPS SYSTEM AND SAYS DEBRIS PILE.

SO WE CAN NOW, ONCE WE START COLLECTING THAT DATA, WE GET THEM IN ALL THE TRUCKS.

THERE'S 48 OF THEM.

WE WILL BE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GO BACK AND TAKE THAT DATA AND LOOK AT IT ON A MAP PULL REPORTS, PUT IT IN AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET AND SEE EXACTLY WHERE WE HAVE ALL THIS ILLEGAL DUMPING THAT MAY MAKE OUR NUMBERS GO UP.

BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE TRUE ACCURATE NUMBERS THAT WE CAN GO ADDRESS.

GLENN, BY THE WAY, WAS WAS NOMINATED INTO THE HALL OF FAME FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET YESTERDAY. WE FOUND THAT OUT YESTERDAY AND I SAID, WELL, THAT'S WHY WE'RE GETTING THESE THINGS DONE, BECAUSE WE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE THE CALIBER OF GLENN LAVENDER.

SO WE'RE PASSING THAT AROUND TOWN, ANYBODY TO VOTE FOR GLENN, FOR HIS GOVERNMENT FLEET NOMINATION FOR THE HALL OF FAME.

I THINK THAT'S PRETTY COOL. I WANTED TO MENTION THAT.

DONNY, THIS IS A STATEWIDE HALL OF FAME.

IT'S A NATIONWIDE LEADING QUESTION.

YEAH, SORRY. DID I SAY STATEWIDE? IS THAT WHAT I SAID. TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL FLEET MANAGERS HALL OF FAME.

YOU KNOW, AND IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A NICHE HALL OF FAME, HOWEVER.

BASEBALL IS A NICHE.

IT IS A NICHE. WHEN YOU'RE INDUCTED AND RECOGNIZED BY YOUR PEERS AS AS A CANDIDATE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR INDUCTION INTO THEIR HALL OF FAME, IT'S A BIG DEAL AS DIDN'T WANT TO UNDERSELL IT. THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

I'VE NEVER WORKED WITH ANYBODY WHO WAS IN A HALL OF FAME, SO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY I WORK WITH GLENN LAVENDER, WHO'S IN A HALL OF FAME.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE.

THAT'S THE CAMPAIGN. YEAH, AND IT'S WELL DESERVED TO, AND THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME ON THAT. IT'S NATION WIDE. I WASN'T CORRECTING YOU.

I JUST WANTED MORE INFORMATION. I WANTED TO REALLY SELL IT.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IN OUR IN OUR LINE OF WORK THAT IS THE ASSOCIATION YOU'RE PART OF.

IT IS IT'S A NATION.

NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S IN 52 COUNTRIES.

I BELIEVE [INAUDIBLE], IT'S A HUGE ORGANIZATION, SO IT'D BE RECOGNIZED THERE AS WELL.

AND HE IS HE IS WELL DESERVING OF THAT HONOR.

SO WE LOOK FOR THAT IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE OF THE INNOVATION, THE IDEAS, THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY PUT INTO PLAY.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A BIG, A BIG CHANGE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE.

SO THANKS TO THEM FOR THAT.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN UP INITIATIVE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WORKING WITH EMILY KOLLER AND HER GROUP IN PLANNING.

WE'VE DEVELOPED A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND I THINK WE SAW THE FRUIT OF THAT LABOR IN THE LAST CLEANUP THAT WE HAD.

IT WAS TREMENDOUS. WE HAD WE HAD GREAT SUCCESS.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WERE SATISFIED WITH IT AND WE WANT TO DO BETTER ON EARTH DAY, WHICH IS COMING UP IN APRIL.

SO WE'RE WORKING ALREADY WITH EMILY.

WE HAD A PLANNING MEETING WITH THEM LAST WEEK ON HOW WE WERE GOING TO APPROACH THAT AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THE NEXT ITEM I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT, TOO.

ALAN HARDER BEHIND US HERE IS THE PUBLIC WORKS REPRESENTATIVE ON OUR BLOOMBERG INITIATIVE PROGRAM, AND THAT IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IDEAS THAT WE PROBABLY IN A MILLION YEARS WOULDN'T HAVE EVER COME UP WITH THE COLLABORATION OF THIS GROUP. HE COMES AWAY EXCITED EVERY TIME HE MEETS WITH THEM, AND THEY REALLY HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF ILLEGAL DUMPING YET.

AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT THING.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE COME OUT OF THAT, AND ALAN JUST DOES A GREAT JOB. BY THE WAY, HE WAS THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT OVER SOLID WASTE FOR QUITE A PERIOD WHILE WE WERE LOOKING FOR OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT AND HE'D NEVER DONE A JOB LIKE THAT AND WALKED IN THERE AND ACT LIKE HE'D BEEN DOING IT FOR 100 YEARS AND MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. SO VERY PROUD OF HIM AS WELL AND OUR CAMERA PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS.

I'M GOING TO DISCUSS THAT IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES.

I WANT TO. THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A MAP.

THIS MAY NOT LOOK LIKE ANYTHING, BUT THIS IS A HEAT MAP.

MIRANDA HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THIS, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME SOFTWARE NOW WHERE WE CAN DIG INTO DATA.

WE CAN LOOK AT THIS HEAT MAP AND WE CAN SAY, OK, HERE'S ALL OF OUR WORK ORDERS FOR ALLEY CLEANUPS, AND WE CAN ZOOM DOWN INTO THAT AND START TO ACTUALLY SEE THE WORK ORDERS WHEN THEY WERE SUBMITTED, HOW LONG IT TOOK US TO GET IT CLEANED UP AND START REALLY TAKING THAT DATA AND PUTTING IT TO USE.

WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE, AND IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED PIECE OF SOFTWARE AND SHE'S SHE'S JUST TAKEN OFF WITH IT.

SO WE'RE PROUD TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT.

NOT ONLY WITH THAT, WITH OUR FRONT YARD COLLECTIONS, JUST A WAY THAT WE CAN TAKE DATA, BE BETTER AT WHAT WE DO AND PROUD OF THAT.

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NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP ENHANCEMENTS.

OUR ROLLOUT PROGRAM THAT THIS COUNCIL APPROVED LAST YEAR AS AN ADDITIONAL PROGRAM TO OUR SOLID WASTE GROUP IS NOW ABOUT TO FINALLY GO INTO FRUITION.

WE TALKED ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

WE HAVE LOOKED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR ROLL OFF TRUCKS AND EVERYONE SAYS WE'RE OUT.

IT'S 300 DAYS MINIMUM TO GET ONE BUILT.

IT IS. WE'VE LOOKED FOR USED ONES.

WE'VE LOOKED FOR CHASSIS THAT WE COULD BUILD ONE ON.

WE'VE LOOKED, HEY, CAN Y'ALL WELD SOMETHING TOGETHER TO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING. AND MR. NATIONAL FLEET MANAGER OF THE YEAR HALL OF FAME, SAID HE CALLED ME ON FRIDAY AND SAID I FOUND TWO THERE IN TEMPE, FLORIDA, AND I SAID, SECURE THOSE NOW.

HE CALLED BACK AND THAT NIGHT AND HE SAID THEY SOLD.

THE NEXT MORNING HE CALLED ME AND SAID I FOUND TWO MORE THERE IN TEMPE, IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, SO THEY GOT THOSE SECURED.

WE'RE WORKING WITH PURCHASING NOW AND WE SHOULD HAVE OUR TWO TRUCKS, OUR ROW OF CONTAINERS ALREADY IN. WE HAVE 24 OF THOSE.

THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THOSE OUT ON CLEANUP WEEK LEADING INTO EARTH DAY, AND WE CAN SHARE MORE WITH THAT LATER.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TO THAT PROCESS AND GETTING THOSE OUT WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOODS CAN ACTUALLY USE THEM.

WE WON'T HAVE A FULL PROGRAM YET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE EMPLOYEES TO STAFF THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF IT.

WE'LL ROLL THAT INTO IT LATER WHEN WE HAVE STAFFING.

HOW MANY ROLL OFF CONTAINERS DONNY? TWENTY FOUR. TWENTY FOUR.

TWENTY FOUR OF THEM.

THEY ARE SITTING AND WAITING IN OUR YARD TO BE LOADED UP AND PUT TO USE, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THAT PROGRAM WOULD LOOK LIKE.

ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HAVE A ROLL OFF PARKED HERE FOR A WEEK AND YOU COULD PUT LARGE ITEMS OF TRASH.

I MEAN, I'M MAKING SOMETHING UP, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT.

YEAH, THERE'S TWO TWO PORTIONS OF THAT PROGRAM.

ONE WOULD BE THAT RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO REQUEST IT AT THEIR RESIDENCE.

WE COULD TAKE IT TO THE RESIDENCE, DROP IT OFF, GIVE IT TO HIM FOR TWENTY FOUR HOURS.

THEY COULD PUT WHATEVER THEY WANTED IN THERE AS LONG AS IT FIT THE REQUIREMENTS, AND WE'D COME PICK IT UP THE NEXT MORNING AND TAKE IT AWAY.

THAT PART IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE ON PAUSE UNTIL WE HAVE STAFF.

THE SECOND PART IS TO USE IT IN NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS OR USE IT TO SAY IF THE BOY SCOUTS WANTED TO HAVE A CLEANUP, THEY COULD CALL AND SAY, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SIX ROLL OFFS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF REQUESTS ALREADY THAT HAVE COME IN.

I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD OF, HEY, WE JUST NEED TWO OF THEM.

WELL, EASTRIDGE IS ONE.

WE NEED JUST A COUPLE OF THOSE ONCE A MONTH IN THE LOCATION THAT WE CAN USE.

WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT NOW.

ONCE WE GET THE EQUIPMENT, THESE ARE NON CDL TRUCKS.

IT DOES NOT REQUIRE CDL DRIVER TO TAKE IT OUT THERE.

SO WE COULD EVEN HAVE OUR UTILITY WORKERS DELIVERING THESE THESE ROLL OFFS.

SO TWO PHASES TO IT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS OR ANY KIND OF LARGE CLEANUP INITIATIVE THAT WE CAN PUT THESE EITHER ALL AROUND THE CITY OR CONFINED INTO ONE SMALL AREA TO HELP WITH THE CLEANUP. ARE YOU READY FOR THE COUNCIL TO START TALKING ABOUT THAT LIKE TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND SAYING TO NEIGHBORHOODS, IF YOU WANT TO ORGANIZE A CLEANUP AND YOU WANT TO REQUEST THE ROLL OFFS, THE NUMBER TO CALL IS.

YES. AND WE WE ARE WORKING ON A SCHEDULE AND I CAN GET THAT TO YOU.

THAT WOULD SHOW LIKE WHAT MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPEN WEEKEND FOR THAT, DEPENDING ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR RESIDENTIAL.

BUT I SAY, YEAH, GETTING THE WORD OUT NOW IS NOT A PROBLEM.

OUR TRUCKS ARE ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AWAY, SO THEY MIGHT NEED TO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S A DELAY WITH THAT. SO MAYBE FOUR TO SIX WEEKS BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY START PUTTING THEM OUT. WE HAVE TWO TRUCKS NOW, BUT THOSE TRUCKS ARE USED FOR OTHER ROLL OFFS THAT ARE FOR STREET SWEEPERS AND DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING ON THE ROLL OFFS, ONE IMPORTANT THING IS WE DON'T WANT THEM SITTING AT OUR YARD. YEAH, IF THEY'RE NOT BEING USED FOR A COMMUNITY CLEANUP OR FOR A RESIDENTIAL CLEANUP WHERE THE RESIDENCE HAS DROPPED OFF AT THEIR HOUSE.

WE'RE GOING TO PREPOSITION THEM IN CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN ON VACANT LOTS OR ON LOTS OWNED BY THE CITY SO THAT PEOPLE IN THAT AREA CAN USE THEM.

AND WE WANT TO TARGET THE LOCATION OF THOSE SOMEWHERE ADJACENT TO OR APPROXIMATE TO WHERE ILLEGAL DUMPING TYPICALLY HAPPENS, SO THEY CAN BE A RESOURCE THAT CAN HELP REDUCE THE ILLEGAL DUMPING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WHAT NUMBER SHOULD THEY CALL DONNY IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INFO? RICKY, SOMEBODY.

YES, IT'S 378-6813.

378-6813.

CALL NOW. WELL, I MEAN, I MEAN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I CAN GO LOOK UP SOLID WASTE TOO, BUT YOU MAY WANT TO DIRECT THEM INTERNALLY.

SURE. SO I JUST THOUGHT, WELL, SURE, I'LL ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT NUMBER.

YEAH, WELL, WE'LL ACCOMMODATE IT.

SOMEHOW, WE'LL START FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET THESE OUT THERE AND GET THEM, GET THEM PUT TO USE. NEXT SLIDES OUR CAMERA SYSTEM.

I JUST WANT TO PUT SOME PICTURES ON HERE TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INSTALLING SOME CAMERAS. THERE'S A CAMERA LOCATION THAT'S OUT THERE.

THESE ARE NOT JUST SMALL PEN CAMERAS, THESE ARE THESE ARE REAL DEAL AND WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE PORTABLE AS WELL.

BUT THE REASON FOR THIS SLIDE IS YOU SEE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS HERE, THEY'RE OUT DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, TO TACKLE ILLEGAL DUMPING, IT TAKES MORE THAN JUST ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE.

WE HAVE TRAFFIC, WE HAVE POLICE, WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUILDING SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS, SOLID WASTE CITY MANAGEMENT'S OFFICE.

THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS INVOLVED IN THOSE MEETINGS, THE CITY SECRETARIES INVOLVED IN THOSE.

WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER TOWARD ONE COMMON GOAL.

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WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT AND THE FREQUENCY OF THOSE.

WE'VE CAPTURED 42 CASES ON CAMERA.

WE HAVE 35 OF THOSE FILED.

THE REASON THAT NOT ALL OF THEM ARE FILED IS BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T READ THE LICENSE TAG, YOU KNOW, OR SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE A LICENSE TAG.

BUT THERE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN FILED.

WE HAVE 10 LOCATIONS OUT IN THE FIELD AND MOVING FORWARD, WE STILL PLAN TO MOVE OUR PORTABLE CAMERAS AROUND AND CHASE THOSE LOCATIONS AS THEY APPEAR WHEN WE SEE A FREQUENTED AREA WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING.

WE GO UP AND PUT SIGNS UP AND SAY IT'S MONITORED BY VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND WE PUT A CAMERA UP AND GENERALLY IT STOPS.

WE HAVE A LOCATION THAT IS FREQUENTED OR IT WAS.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THE LOCATION, BUT WE PUT A CAMERA UP AND WE PUT THREE SIGNS THERE AND THE AREA THAT WE WERE HAVING.

ONE TIME, WE HAD TO TAKE THREE TRUCKS SPEND ALL DAY CLEANING IT UP.

IT STOPPED. SO IT'S WORKING.

IF THE MESSAGE IS GETTING OUT NOW, THEY'RE PUTTING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO FIND WITH OUR PUSH BUTTONS.

SO AND THAT'S IT.

THAT'S I KNOW THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN WHAT I PLANNED.

I'D SAID. I TOLD MR. MILLER I'D BE 10 MINUTES, BUT ME SAYING I'M GOING TO BE TEN MINUTES IS PROBABLY ALWAYS JUST NOT THE TRUTH.

SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM QUESTIONS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, TO THE JOB THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING, ESPECIALLY TO ALAN AND JUSTIN AND JUSTIN. AND YOU KNOW, I SEEM TO TALK TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS ON A REGULAR BASIS, SOMEWHAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHY I GET ALL THE TRASH ISSUES FOR SOME REASON.

BUT. BUT YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS BEEN VERY GOOD TO HELP WHATEVER ISSUE THAT I HAVE, AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR KEY EMPLOYEES TO THIS MEETING BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THE PAY RAISES.

AND THEN ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE CROSS TRAINING BECAUSE THE END RESULT IS WHAT BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL FOCUSING ON, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING, DONNY.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES, I DO.

WHEN FOUR OF US WERE ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL, ALL BUT COLE, THERE WERE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE CITY.

AND THIS PROGRAM IS HELPING DO THAT.

IT'S COME A LONG WAYS WE MAY NOT EVER GET THERE 100 PERCENT, BUT IT'S COME A LONG WAY.

SECOND COMMENT IS I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT THAT PICTURE'S WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.

THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY I PUT THOSE IN THERE FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER STANLEY, YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? YES. SO IT IS WORKING.

FREDA.POWELL@AMARILLO.GOV IS WHERE I SEND ALL OF MY TRASH CONCERNS FROM CITIZENS.

SO THAT IS PROBABLY WHY YOU'RE GETTING THOSE.

ON A SERIOUS NOTE 311, I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT MIGHT INTERACT WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT GOING, AND I KNOW WE GOT AN UPDATE ON THAT MAYBE A MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF AGO.

ARE WE STILL LOOKING FOR THAT TO BE UP AND ACTIVE HERE? IS IT IS IT END OF THE SUMMER? YES. YES.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES THERE IS JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE TO AN EXTENT.

SUPPLY CHAIN CONTRACTS, PUTTING CONTRACTS TOGETHER.

BUT IT WILL BE ANOTHER TOOL FOR PEOPLE TO REPORT THAT PILE OF TRASH.

IT CAN EITHER CORROBORATE WHAT WE'RE GETTING WITH OUR PUSH BUTTON INSIDE THE SIDE LOADERS, OR IT CAN BE INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE OR IN A LOCATION THAT OUR TRASH TRUCKS DON'T RUN. GOTCHA.

YEAH. AND TO ADD TO THAT, EVEN, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL SAID, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO COMMUNICATE WHAT YOU SEE TO ALL THE ODDS THAT CAN THAT CAN HELP US WITH WHAT THEY SEE OUT THERE MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR US TO.

SO, YOU KNOW, STEPHANIE IS CONSTANTLY BUSY SENDING US STUFF EVERY DAY THAT SHE GETS, AND THAT JUST HELPS US BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE.

THE ONE THING FROM MY EXPERIENCE, JUST BRIEFLY, IS I'VE HAD TWO OR THREE INSTANCES THAT HAVE GOTTEN SENT TO YOU AND THERE'S NO FOLLOW UP NEEDED.

LIKE, I DON'T NECESSARILY GO AND CHECK THE NEXT DAY OR ANYTHING.

YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN CARE OF ANYTHING THAT I'VE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT VERY DAY.

AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE SERVICE ON IT.

IT'S DEFINITELY CUSTOMER SERVICE WORKING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

OUR MOTTO IS JUST PICK IT UP, JUST GO GET IT.

YOU KNOW. WHY WAIT? OK, I'VE GOT A FEW COMMENTS, BUT I GOT TO WRITE THAT MOTTO DOWN BECAUSE THAT'S JUST GOOD.

FIRST IS A COMPLIMENT TO YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, JUST THAT IN INSIDE THE STAFF YOU ARE DEVELOPING, LEADERSHIP LIKE DONNY BRINGS TO SOLID WASTE AND THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT I'M SEEING THIS LEADERSHIP IN,

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HE COMPLIMENTS, YOU KNOW, RICKY COMPLIMENTS ALAN.

HE BRINGS THE LADIES FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP THEM, GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW ALL THE PIECES FIT TOGETHER.

SO I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON YOUR LEADERSHIP THAT'S DEVELOPING LEADERS LIKE DONNY BECAUSE IT'S SPREADING ORGANIZATIONALLY, AND THAT'S WHAT RESULTS IN BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND BETTER PERFORMANCE FOR EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.

IS THAT SO I WANTED TO START.

IT'S A SHOUT OUT TO YOU, DONNY.

IT'S ALSO A SHOUT OUT TO YOU, JARED.

AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT CHANGE IS INVIGORATING.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT DRIVING CHANGE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, THEN THE ONLY KIND OF TREE THAT NEVER CHANGES IS A DEAD ONE.

SO I, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I EXPECT YOU GUYS TO BE DRIVING CHANGE BECAUSE THAT SHOWS ME THAT WE'RE GROWING AND IMPROVING.

IT'S HARD WORK, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS, THE CHANGE THAT YOU'RE DRIVING. I ALSO APPRECIATED JUST SEEING IN YOUR UPDATE, HOW MUCH DATA YOU GUYS ARE GATHERING VERSUS THE POINT TO HOWARD'S POINT OF, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU NEEDED TRACTION ON WAS DATA.

SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE SAYING THERE WAS A PROBLEM, BUT WE WEREN'T MEASURING IT.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A WAY TO SOLIDIFY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.

AND SO WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE MAKING IT BETTER OR WORSE BY WHAT WE WERE TRYING.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE CREATED SYSTEMS AND INVESTED IN SOFTWARE AND INVESTED IN PEOPLE THAT CAN UNDERSTAND AND MAKE THE BENEFIT OF THAT SOFTWARE INTO ACTUAL DATA.

BECAUSE WHAT YOU MEASURE IS WHAT YOU VALUE OR YOU VALUE, WHAT YOU MEASURE AND WHAT YOU SAY, WHAT WHAT'S VALUABLE TO YOU, THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE AND PERFORM ON.

IF YOU'RE NOT MEASURING IT, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

SO I'M WITH HOWARD AND JUST RECOGNIZING, WOW, WE'VE COME A LONG WAYS AND I'M VERY PLEASED AS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN A PART OF THAT PROCESS TO SEE THE REPORTS THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER AND JUST THE PLATFORM THAT GIVES YOU TO JUMP OFF OF TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE IN THIS AREA.

WAS THAT EVERYTHING THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS TO SAY, I THOUGHT WE WERE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS ON. I WANTED TO THANK ALAN FOR HIS SERVICE ON THE INNOVATION TEAM.

IT'S A BIG COMMITMENT.

AGAIN, I KNOW THAT COACH HAS YOU GUYS MEETING WEEKLY, AND IT'S EXCITING TO ME TO KNOW THAT OUR TEAM IS GETTING HARVARD COACHING EVERY SINGLE WEEK FOR THE NEXT 10 MONTHS ON HOW TO DO THAT BETTER. AND A LOT OF THE DO THAT BETTER IS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

IT'S LISTENING TO CITIZENS, IT'S INVOLVING CITIZENS AND IT'S MEETING CUSTOMER SERVICE NEEDS OF CITIZENS.

SO YEAH, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE BLOOMBERG FOUNDATION FOR INVESTING IN THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STAFF, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT BEING A PART OF EARTH DAY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT EVENT AND THAT IT NOT COME TO US JUST 24 HOURS AHEAD OF TIME OR. BUT COULD YOU GET IT ON OUR CALENDAR WITH ENOUGH NOTICE THAT WE COULD PARTICIPATE.

APRIL 22ND IS THE DAY.

THAT'S A FRIDAY. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PUT OUR ROLL OFFS OUT BEGINNING THAT MONDAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT THEM ALL WEEK LONG.

AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND, JUST LIKE WE DID LAST TIME, STRATEGIC LOCATIONS TO PUT THOSE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING GROUPS WITH WORD WE GET FROM PEOPLE LIKE BOB G, WHERE THEY NEED THOSE ROLL OFFS.

WE'LL HAVE THEM OUT ALL WEEK THAT WEEK AND COLLECTING THEM AHEAD OF THE HAND COLLECTION THAT WILL COME ON EARTH DAY, WHERE THE VOLUNTEER GROUPS GET OUT AND PICK IT UP BY HAND.

SO AND I ASSUME COMMUNICATIONS IS WORKING SO THAT MAYBE WE HAVE A MAP WHERE CITIZENS COULD SEE WHERE THOSE ROLLOUTS ARE GOING TO BE CITYWIDE.

AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT TOUTS YOU GUYS AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 24 OF THESE AND WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN THIS BIG EVENT, IT'S JUST THAT LAST TWO PERCENT THAT LETS THEM KNOW.

HERE'S WHERE IT IS.

LIKE IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE CLEANING OUT STUFF, SPRING CLEANING, THIS WOULD BE THIS WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU THAN HAVING TO GO TO THE LANDFILL WITH WHAT YOU'RE CLEANING NOW.

WE CAN GET SOMETHING BACK TO PRIOR TO THAT EVENT.

SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL SEND YOU ALL OF COUNCIL INFORMATION WILL COMMUNICATE TO OUR COMMUNITY. BUT ALSO I'D LIKE TO DO IS HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON APRIL 12TH AND WHERE WHERE OUR SOLID WASTE TEAM CAN JUST SAY, HERE'S ALL THE EVENTS.

HERE'S ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR EARTH DAY, WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE 10 DAYS FROM NOW. SO IT'S APRIL 12TH, APRIL 20, APRIL 12TH.

IT'S OUR FIRST MEETING IN APRIL.

APRIL 22ND IS THE EVENT ON A FRIDAY, AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.

HERE'S THE PLAN OF EVENTS.

HERE'S WHERE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS COUNCIL HAS.

HERE'S OUR PARTNERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ON THIS BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS. IT'S GOING TO BE BOB G AND HIS TEAM, THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER TEAMS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON IT.

SO A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON, THIS CAN BE A NEAT DEAL.

THE FINAL THING I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT YOU THOSE CAMERAS OUT AND THE SIGNAGE DOWN AROUND

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SO YES, PROBABLY THOSE PILES OF TRASH ARE GOING OTHER PLACES.

BUT THERE'S A THERE'S A PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST LIKE, I HAD NO IDEA I WOULD NEVER WANT TO DUMP ILLEGALLY.

I WOULD NEVER WANT TO BE AT RISK OF GETTING A CITATION.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, SMALL STEPS TOWARD MAKING THE CHANGE.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT RELOCATING, OK, I'VE GOT TO FIND A DIFFERENT STEALTHIER PLACE TO DUMP A BIG DUMP LIKE THAT.

MAYBE SOME OF THAT'S HAPPENING, BUT SOME OF IT'S HAPPENING EDUCATIONALLY ALSO.

I AGREE. SO GOOD JOB ON THAT.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OK. THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENTS.

VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. VERY WELL EARNED.

[1.F. Request future agenda items and reports from City Manager]

ANYTHING FROM COUNCIL ON THAT? NO, MA'AM. NO.

OK, GREAT. LET'S DO THE CONSENT AGENDA THEN.

[2. CONSENT ITEMS]

HEARING NONE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES, MAYOR, WE DO.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SAUER TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

OK, THAT PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A SHORT RECESS.

THE CITY MANAGER AND I NEED TO STEP TO THE CIVIC CENTER JUST TO DO AN ALCOHOL AWARENESS W ELCOME. THEY'RE HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING OVER THERE, APD AND SOME OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THEN STEP BACK.

SO IF WE COULD TAKE OUR BATHROOM BREAK RIGHT NOW AND PROBABLY WE'LL BE GONE ABOUT 10 MINUTES, THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND GO TO WORK ON THE ACTION ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.

SO WITH THAT, WE ARE TAKING A RECESS.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW.

OK, I'M GOING TO CALL US BACK TO ORDER, AND SOMEBODY NEEDS SOMETHING.

WE'RE GOOD, OK? CALL US BACK TO ORDER AND WE WILL GO BACK.

[3.A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7965]

MR. CITY MANAGER. ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR.

KEEPING YOU ALL WAITING, BUT WE HAVE JUST A HANDFUL OF THINGS ON THE NON CONSENT AGENDA.

FIRST UP. KYLE SCHNEIDERJAN, TO COME TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

KYLE. THANK YOU.

THIS YEAH, IT GOT TURNED BACK ON.

ALL RIGHT, SO, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

KYLE SCHNEIDERJAN, THE DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING AND WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE FY 21-22 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR THE CIP AS WE LIKE TO CALL IT. THIS IS OUR FIVE YEAR PLANNING AND GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THAT BEING SAID, THE YEAR ONE OF THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN IS A FORMALLY APPROVED IN THE BUDGET, AND THEN YEAR TWO THROUGH FIVE ARE THE GUIDANCE PART AND THE PLANNING PART OF THIS DOCUMENT THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND EVEN INCENTIVIZE CERTAIN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS AS WE MOVE ALONG AND WE WE BASE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS UPON, YOU KNOW, PAST THINGS, PAST PAST INITIATIVES, PAST DOCUMENTS, PAST PLANNING DOCUMENTS, OUR MASTER PLANNING DOCUMENTS, OUR BLUEPRINT FOR AMARILLO, INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL AS OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, BRING FORWARD PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN THEIR MASTER PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND THOSE TYPES OF ITEMS. AND THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THAT PILE OF BOOK THEIR BOOKS THERE THAT SYMBOLIZES ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE USE TO BUILD UPON THIS PROGRAM.

AND IT ALSO PUTS OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS IN A PROACTIVE STANCE SO THAT THEY CAN ANTICIPATE WHAT WHAT NEEDS AND OBJECTIVES MIGHT BE OUT THERE, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY AND MOVE THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD THAT WAY.

THE NEXT STEP FOR THIS DOCUMENT IS IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVAL.

TODAY IS THE FIRST READING OF THAT OF OUR ORDINANCE THAT APPROVES THIS DOCUMENT THAT

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THOSE TECHNICALLY WERE APPROVED IN OCTOBER ONE UNDER THE CURRENT BUDGET, AND THE DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING THOSE PROJECTS.

AND THEN VERY, VERY QUICKLY, WE WILL BE STARTING.

I DON'T THINK DEBBIE OUTLINED THE FULL BUDGET SCHEDULE IN HER UPDATE, BUT THE CIP AND THE PROCESS FOR CIP FOLLOWS ALONG THAT BUDGET SCHEDULE AND WE WILL BE STARTING THAT PROBABLY ON THE 22ND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE FOR THE FULL APPROVAL OF THIS ONE, WE'LL BE STARTING RIGHT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT ON NEXT YEAR'S CIP PLANNING PROCESS HAD SOME VERY GOOD INPUT FROM INDIVIDUALS FROM INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS THROUGH THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND APPRECIATE THOSE THINGS.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SOME PROBABLY, I WOULDN'T SAY NECESSARILY CHANGES, BUT MAYBE MODIFICATIONS OR DIFFERENT WAYS OF PRESENTING CERTAIN INFORMATION AS WE LOOK INTO NEXT THE NEXT CYCLES OF THE CIP.

BECAUSE IT IS A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT AND JUST ABOUT THE TIME WE APPROVE ONE, WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE PLANNING PROCESSES OF THE OTHERS AND THOSE CHANGES AND SO APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS AND AND QUESTIONS THAT HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR.

THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

IT'S OUT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, THE FINANCE.

IT'S UNDER THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT'S WEB PAGE ALONG WITH THE ANNUAL BUDGET.

AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A PRETTY LOGICAL PLACE TO PUT IT, EVEN THOUGH I'M BRINGING IT FORWARD OUT OF THE CAPITAL DEPARTMENT.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE PUT ALL THOSE INFORMATION THERE TOGETHER.

AND SO UNDER THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, IT'S CALLED THE TAB IS FINANCIAL INFORMATION, AND IT HAS OUR ANNUAL BUDGET, AS WELL AS THE CIP OUT AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION AND PUBLIC USE. IT'S LABELED DRAFT RIGHT NOW AS SO IS THE ONE IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND THEN WHEN WE GET THAT APPROVED, WE'LL MAKE THAT REVISION TO THE TO THE APPROVED DOCUMENT. ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE CIP PLAN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST READING.

SO IF WE DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO APPROVING THIS ITEM? MAYOR, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THIS MATTER FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS MATTER MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST ITEM 3A? SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND NOW IF SOMEONE HAS A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 79 65, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FIVE YEAR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 . SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE ITEM 3A THE CIP PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 21-22.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOTION? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

I'M LAUGHING BECAUSE STEPHANIE HAS STARTED PUTTING THESE IN MY STACK AND THEY'RE STILL NOT WORKING. SO IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, STEPHANIE OR JOHNNY OR WHOEVER'S DOING THAT.

Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

IT'S ALL ON ME. OK?

[3.B. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7966]

WE HAVE BRADY KENDRICK PLANNER II HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEMS THEY ARE ASSOCIATED OR WILL FACILITATE.

THESE REZONINGS WILL FACILITATE A CAR WASH ADJACENT THAT WILL BE ADJACENT TO A CONVENIENCE STORE AT AMARILLO BOULEVARD AND MIRROR.

BRADY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS ORDINANCE IS A REZONING OF LOT SIX THROUGH EIGHT BLOCK 16 MORNINGSIDE SUBDIVISION, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO IN SECTION 156, BLOCK TWO, AB&M SURVEY, POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL DOWNING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS. THE CHANGE FROM MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE, THE GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT.

THE VICINITY IS AMARILLO BOULEVARD AND MIRROR STREET AND THE APPLICANT IS GREG MITCHELL FOR JAMAL ENTERPRISES L.P..

THE ADJACENT ZONING CONSISTS OF HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO THE NORTH, MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE AND GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO THE EAST AND MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE IN ALL OTHER DIRECTIONS.

AND THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTING THE CHANGE IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE TRACT.

THESE THREE LOTS AND THE THREE LOTS TO THE NORTH WITH A CAR WASH.

THE THREE LOTS TO THE NORTH ARE SET TO BE CONSIDERED WITH THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND ARE ONLY BECAUSE IT'S BEING CONSIDERED SEPARATELY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE TWO TRACKS ARE SEPARATED BY AN IMPROVED ALLEY AND HAVE DIFFERING CHARACTERISTICS WHICH WARRANT SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. IF APPROVED, THIS REQUEST AND THE ONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE THREE LOTS IN THE NORTH WILL BE PART OF A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT SITE.

THE REQUEST WOULD CONFORM WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

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NOTICES WERE SENT THE PROPERTY OWNERS AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AND ONE COMMENT WAS RECEIVED WHICH DID NOT EXPRESS OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

CONSIDERING THE JUST MENTIONED, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS PRESENTED WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THANK YOU, BRADY. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL.

YES, BRADY.

SO I DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE THIS AREA.

IS THIS GOING TO BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF MIRROR STREET? YES, THIS IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF MIRROR DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THAT [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.

OK, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BRADY? THANK YOU, BRADY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST ITEM 3B MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

SEEING NO ONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7966 REZONING LOTS SIX THROUGH EIGHT BLOCKS 16 MORNINGSIDE SUBDIVISION, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND SECTION 156 BLOCK TWO AB&M SURVEY, POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE TO GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT IN THE VICINITY OF AMARILLO BOULEVARD AND MIRROR STREET.

SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7966.

ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THAT MOTION? HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED THE MATTER PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 3C.

[3.C. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7967]

ALL RIGHT. ORDINANCE 7967 IS A REZONING OF ALL OF LOTS THREE AND FOUR AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF LOT FIVE BLOCKS 16 MORNINGSIDE SUBDIVISION IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND SECTION 156 BLOCK TWO AB&M SURVEY, POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS.

THE CHANGE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT.

THE VICINITY IS AMARILLO BOULEVARD AND MIRROR STREET, AND THE APPLICANT IS GREG MITCHELL FOR JAMAL ENTERPRISES L.P..

THE ADJACENT ZONING CONSISTS OF LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO THE NORTH MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT. ONE TO THE SOUTH.

GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO THE EAST.

AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO THE WEST.

ADJACENT LAND USES CONSIST OF CONSIST OF.

VACANT HOME TO THE SOUTH, A CONVENIENT STORE TO THE EAST.

A MUFFLER AND RADIATOR SHOP TO THE WEST.

AND AN AUTO PARTS STORE TO THE NORTH.

AND THAT WAS AND AS WAS JUST MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS CASE, THIS IS RELATED TO CREATING A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT SITE FOR A CAR WASH.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOUND THAT THE REQUEST CONFORMED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THESE LOTS AND ALSO THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP. THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION, ALSO NOTES THAT WHILE HEAVY COMMERCIAL WOULD ALLOW FOR THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED USE BY RIGHT DOWN ZONING THE GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO HAVE UNIFORM ZONING FOR THE SITE WOULD ALSO POTENTIALLY HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS GENERAL RETAIL ZONING WOULD ELIMINATE SOME LAND USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN HEAVY COMMERCIAL THAT MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED COMPATIBLE WITH NEARBY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE SOUTH, SUCH AS WHOLESALE PETROLEUM STORAGE, BARS, MACHINE SHOPS, ETC.

CONSIDERING THE JUST MENTIONED, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A LOGICAL CONTINUATION OF DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING PATTERNS IN THE AREA AND PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT AND NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED ON THIS REQUEST.

AND AS SUCH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY, COUNCIL? AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.

ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST ITEM 3C MAY DO SO AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANYONE? SEEING, NO ONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7967 REZONING, ALL OF LOTS THREE AND FOUR AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF LOT FIVE BLOCK 16 MORNINGSIDE SUBDIVISION AND IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO IN SECTION ONE FIFTY SIX BLOCK TWO AB$M SURVEY POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS AND PUBLIC WAYS TO CHANGE FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT IN VICINITY OF AMARILLO BOULEVARD AND MIRROR STREET. SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE

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ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED.

THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

WITH THAT, WE'VE COME TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA FOR THE ACTION ITEMS, AND SO WOULD ASK THE

[4. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

YES, MA'AM. TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS AT CLOSED SESSION IN THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL WAS ANNOUNCED ON MARCH THE 8TH 2022 AT 2:50 P.M.

UNDER THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY SECTION 511.071.

CONSULT AN ATTORNEY ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE ATTORNEYS DUTY TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER.

SECTION 551.072 DISCUSS THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, SALE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY A PUBLIC DISCUSSION SUCH WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY'S BARGAINING POSITION. SECTION 551.074.

DISCUSS THE APPOINTMENT EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION OF PUBLIC OFFICER EMPLOYEE.

SECTION 551.087.

DISCUSS COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM AN EXISTING BUSINESS OR BUSINESS PROSPECT WITH THE CITY'S NEGOTIATING FOR RELOCATION OR RETENTION OF A FACILITY OR FOR INCENTIVES THE CITY IS WILLING TO EXTEND OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE SAME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, WE'RE ADJOURNED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.