Jan 09, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting

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SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH AS MUCH OF THE AGENDA AS WE CAN THAT HE'S OKAY WITH NOT BEING HERE.

[Call to Order]

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE INVOCATION WITH JIMMY, PASTOR JIMMY AND KIM WITCHER FROM TRINITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH.

THEN WE'LL GO TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN PLEDGE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.

SO IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JUST THANK ALL YOU GENTLEMEN FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO.

I KNOW PERSONALLY A LOT OF THE EFFORT AND THE TIME AND THE ENERGY THAT YOU SPEND AND WHAT IT TAKES FROM YOUR FAMILIES AND JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE PRAY FOR YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FATHER.

WE'RE JUST THANKFUL FOR YOU.

AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THESE MEN AND THE CALLING THAT YOU HAVE ON THEIR LIFE AND THE TIME THAT THEY SPEND THE EFFORT THEY'VE PUT.

AND FATHER, WE JUST ASK FOR YOU TO OPEN UP HEAVEN AND TO POUR OUT WISDOM UPON THEM.

AND FATHER, WE LIFT UP MAYOR STANLEY AND HIS FAMILY AS THEY'RE DEALING WITH THIS LOSS OF THE FAMILY.

WE PRAY YOUR HAND TO BE ON THEM AND COMPASSION ON THE FAMILY.

AND FATHER, WE JUST PRAY FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD COME AND YOU WOULD JUST OPEN UP OVER THIS CITY, AND YOU WOULD POUR OUT YOUR WISDOM, YOUR GRACE, YOUR PROVISION AND LIFE OVER THIS CITY, AND THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THESE MEN WISDOM AND GIVE THIS CITY WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS WE GO FORWARD.

AND WE JUST DECLARE, YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH IN THIS CITY, AS YOU WOULD HAVE IT TO BE, JUST AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY.

AMEN, AMEN, AMEN.

THANK YOU ALL. OKAY.

OKAY. NOW.

PLEASE BE SEATED.

OKAY. WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE FOR THE FIRST MEETING OF 2024.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND THERE ARE NONE.

WE HAVE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I BELIEVE, SECRETARY.

[5. Public Comment ]

YOUR INPUT AND YOUR OPINIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE TO SHARE THEM.

TODAY, AT EACH POSTED MEETING, WE INVITE OUR FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL REGARDING POSTED AGENDA ITEMS OR ANY TOPICS RELATED TO CITY POLICY. EVERY SPEAKER TODAY WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.

AT THE END OF 2.5 MINUTES, YOU'LL HEAR A WARNING BEEP ALERTING YOU THAT YOU HAVE 30S TO WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS.

WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY.

IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM WITH A PUBLIC HEARING, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU SPEAK EITHER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT OR DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT NOT BOTH.

IN ORDER FOR US TO KEEP, ACCURATE RECORDS OF THIS MEETING.

AND IT'S YOUR DECISION AT WHICH POINT YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK.

SO WE WILL CALL YOUR NAMES.

WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED UP TODAY.

WHEN YOU COME UP, IF YOU'LL PLEASE SHARE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN AMARILLO CITY LIMITS AND THEN BEGIN MAKING YOUR COMMENTS.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HARTMAN TO KEEP THE TIME DOWN THERE, WHICH HE USUALLY DOES.

SO, HE'LL BE KEEPING THE CLOCK FIRST.

TODAY IS JEFFREY MCGONNIGAL, SO WE'LL INVITE MR. MCGONNIGAL UP AND ON DECK AFTER HIM WILL BE MR. KOLLER. JEFF MCGONIGAL AND I LIVE IN AMARILLO.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, GENTLEMEN.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE CITIZENRY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT'S PROMISES TO BE A YEAR OF EXTREMES, I'M TOLD BY THE WISE.

LAST YEAR. I SPOKE OF TRUST AND IT BEING ON LIFE SUPPORT.

EVEN FOUND A TOMBSTONE AT BOOT HILL.

SAID TRUST.

OKAY, THERE WERE PROMISES IN CAMPAIGNS REGARDING RETURN TO TRUST BY THE CITIZENRY, FOR THE MANY HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE NEEDLE OF TRUST HAS NOT MOVED, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO REPORTED WHO CHOSE NOT TO VOTE.

PLEASE ASK YOURSELF, WHY WOULD JEFF SAY THIS? FOR ME. THERE ARE TWO OPEN ISSUES WHERE THE TRUTH WAS NOT REVEALED.

WITHOUT TRUTH, WITHOUT BALANCE OF POWER, WE HAVE NO TRUST.

ONE WAS BROUGHT UP IN THIS CHAMBER ON APRIL 24TH.

NOTE THAT DATE FOLKS.

APRIL 24TH, 2023.

THIS WAS KICKED DOWN THE CANYON.

I AND OTHERS WANT THE TRUTH.

THE OTHER IS THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.

I AND OTHERS WANT THE TRUTH.

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WE EXPOSED THE TRUTH, THE NEED OF TRUST.

THE NEEDLE OF TRUST MOVES.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE GREATEST OF COURAGE AND INTEGRITY TO BRING THIS TO LIGHT.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WILL HOLD TRUTH AT THE HIGHEST OVER REPUTATION AND LIVELIHOOD? TRUTH IS OUR HIGHEST.

IN CONCLUSION, BALANCE EQUALS TRUST.

THE AMARILLO PLAYING FIELD, AS EVIDENCED BY THE MAKEUP OF THIS COUNCIL, IS NOT LEVEL.

A PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN STATED ON APRIL 24TH WITH THE NEW COUNCIL, IT IS LEVEL HMM'HMM.

THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN 24 IS THIS WE ARE NOT WHO WE THINK WE ARE.

WE ARE NOT WHO WE THINK WE ARE.

P.S. THE INVOCATION WE TALKED ABOUT WISDOM.

WISDOM IS AT THE HIGHEST WITH TRUTH AND TRUST.

WHO'S GUIDING THIS CITY? IS IT GOD OR IS IT G O B? WHO'S GUIDING THE CITY? G O D OR G O B.

AGAIN, PLEASE ASK YOURSELVES, WHY IS JEFF SAYING THIS? THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

GLAD TO BE BACK.

THANK YOU, MR. MCKINNEY. YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS MISS COLLIER, AND AFTER MISS COLLIER WILL BE JERRY FULTON.

AT THE END. IT DEPENDS ON YOUR TOPIC.

IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, THEY CAN.

IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, THEN COUNCIL CAN'T TALK TO IT TODAY.

OKAY? I'M NOT ACTUALLY FOR SURE IF IT'S ON THE AGENDA.

SO. OKAY.

SO PROBABLY NOT.

I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL.

IF YOU WANT TO OPEN UP TO THAT EMAIL, YOU CAN.

IT'LL HELP YOU FOLLOW ALONG.

ON YOUR ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

IT HAS A JOB.

IT'S CALLED TECHNICAL HAZARD COORDINATOR.

IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FIRST PICTURE, THE SECOND PICTURE EXPLAINS THAT THAT JOB REQUIRES FEMA.

OKAY. THE ONLY REASON WHY THAT JOB REQUIRES FEMA IS BECAUSE IT IS TIED TO FEMA, NIMS, WHICH IS THE THIRD PICTURE.

WHAT I GOOGLED WAS, DOES THAT JOB REQUIRE FEMA? AND IT SAYS THAT IT ONLY REQUIRES FEMA IF IT'S CONNECTED TO FEDERAL HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT, WHICH IS WHAT I'M GUESSING YOU ALL IMPLEMENTED, WHICH IS HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT, PROBABLY TO RECEIVE MONEY SO THAT YOU CAN HELP FUND THE CITY.

BUT THE THIRD OR THE LAST PICTURE BASICALLY TIES FEMA WITH A GLOBALIST AGENDA.

AND THE REASON WHY I'M GIVING YOU THE CONNECTIONS IS SO THAT YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A GLOBALIST AGENDA.

SO AS I WAS PRAYING ABOUT WHAT GOD WANTED ME TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BRING THIS MESSAGE TO IN AN UNGODLY WAY BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL GODLY MEN.

I FELT LIKE GOD TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WHAT I WAS SAYING WAS FROM HIM AND NOT FROM MYSELF.

SO HE GAVE ME A SCRIPTURE, BASICALLY WARNING ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M GIVING YOU THE WORD THAT GOD WANTED ME TO GIVE YOU.

SO WHAT SCRIPTURE HE GAVE ME WAS, AM I A GOD NEAR AT HAND, SAYS THE LORD, AND NOT A GOD AFAR OFF? CAN ANYONE HIDE HIMSELF IN THE SECRET PLACE? SO I SHALL NOT SEE HIM? SAYS THE LORD.

DO I NOT FILL HEAVEN AND THE EARTH? AND THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS BECAUSE I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE DO WHAT GOD WOULD WANT YOU TO DO, AND DON'T DO IT FOR MONEY, BUT TRUST GOD.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS KOLLER.

OKAY. OUR LAST SPEAKER THAT SIGNED UP IS JERRY FULTON.

HELLO. WE HEARD THE WORDS INNOVATION, SMART GROWTH, STRATEGIC, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

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THE TERM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WAS COINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS AND DIRECTLY TARGETS PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.

HOW ABOUT AGENDA 21, VISION 2030 OR VISION 2045? UN AGENDA 21, 2030 AND 2045 IS ABOUT INVENTORY AND CONTROL, A BLUEPRINT TO INVENTORY AND CONTROL ALL LAND, ALL ANIMALS, ALL CONSTRUCTION, ALL WATER, ALL ENERGY, ALL PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.

IT IS A TRANSITION FROM REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT BY AN UNELECTED BOARDS AND COMMISSION THIS PLAN.

IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE NAZI PLAN.

AMARILLO SAYS THEY ARE NOT TURNING.

AMARILLO INTO A SMART 15 MINUTE CITY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK VISION 2045 IS? VISION 2045 HAS THE SAME SDG GOALS AS AGENDA 21 AND THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM.

VISION 2045 USES MSG PLANNING GROUP.

MSG IS NOT BASED OUT OF AMARILLO AND IT HAS THE SAME SDG GOALS AS AGENDA 21, AND IT ADOPTED AGENDA 21 IN 2010.

THE AVALANCHE PLANNING GROUP.

VISION 2045, USED IN THE BEGINNING AGAIN BELONGS TO AGENDA 21.

AGENDA A VISION 2045 DOES NOT LET YOU SPEAK FREELY.

IT'S DESIGNED TO STOP DISSENT.

THE PLAN IS ALREADY MADE NO MATTER WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS.

TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE MEANS DESTRUCTION IN UNITED NATION TERMS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS FULTON.

MAYOR PRO TEM, THAT CONCLUDES EVERYONE THAT SIGNED UP OKAY.

AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE IN THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? OKAY. SEEING NO ONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION ITEMS NUMBER SIX.

COUNCIL. ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REVIEW OF THE AGENDA? Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING? NO.

MAKING IT EASY. OKAY.

WE ARE GOING TO.

COUNCILMAN. LES SIMPSON AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE CITY MANAGER, RECRUITMENT FIRMS. LES. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ON THAT BEFORE WE.

NO. I THINK MAYBE WE'LL JUST WAIT A FEW MINUTES WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.

OKAY? I KIND OF GO OVER IT.

OKAY. TO THE 4:00.

WE'VE GOT THAT SCHEDULED.

SCHEDULED AT FOUR FOR THOSE THREE FIRMS TO BRING FORTH, THEIR PRESENTATION SO THAT COUNCIL CAN SEE IT.

WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND DECIDE ON WHICH FIRM WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SKIP OVER SIX B AS IT'S SCHEDULED.

[6.C. Update from the Normandy Group - Federal Government Relations Services ]

YES, SIR. JUST IN WAY OF A BRIEF INTRODUCTION.

SO THIS IS AN UPDATE FROM THE NORMANDY GROUP.

THERE ARE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SERVICES GROUP.

WE'VE BEEN UNDER CONTRACT WITH THEM JUST SHY OF TWO YEARS.

AND MY PERSONAL OPINION, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT SUCCESS WORKING WITH THEM.

THE CITY IN THE PAST, WE'VE GONE OVER, GONE AFTER SOME OF THOSE LOW HANGING FRUIT GRANTS, SOME OF THOSE FORMULA GRANTS THAT WE GET JUST BASED ON OUR POPULATION.

WE BROUGHT NORMANDY ON BOARD TO GO AFTER SOME OF THOSE MORE LARGE SCALE COMPETITIVE GRANTS AND HAVE SEEN SOME GOOD SUCCESSES.

I'M NOT GOING TO STEAL THE THUNDER FROM THEIR PRESENTATION, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.

WE HAVE SOME VERY GOOD ACTIVE APPLICATIONS THAT WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT, INCLUDING SOME COMMUNITY FUNDING THROUGH, CONGRESSMAN RONNY JACKSON'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE SEEKING, PART OF THEIR TRIP THIS WEEK.

THEY WERE HERE YESTERDAY AND TODAY, ALSO MEETING WITH STAFF TO KIND OF PLAN OUT THE NEXT YEAR.

WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES? WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON? WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH RON AND PHIL, MEETING EVERY WEEK TO DISCUSS PRIORITIES AND PROJECTS TO WORK THROUGH.

THEY'RE ALWAYS JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASSETS I'VE FOUND IS THEY'RE.

THEY'RE REALLY OUR CONNECTION TO THE FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT CONDUCT THESE GRANTS.

WE CAN GET INTRODUCTIONS.

WE CAN HAVE ZOOM MEETINGS, GET ALL THE DETAILS.

WE NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WORKING WITH NORMANDY, WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERNAL GROUP OF STAFF THAT MEETS EVERY WEEK.

WE'VE GOT A DEDICATED GRANT WRITER AND PLANNING NOW THAT WORKS ON THESE GRANTS.

SO WE'VE REALLY STREAMLINED EVERYTHING FROM WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.

THAT FIRST YEAR WAS REALLY KIND OF GETTING UP TO SPEED, FIGURING OUT WHAT WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF JUST TURNKEY, GOING AFTER ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE THINK MIGHT WORK.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO INTRODUCE FORMER CONGRESSMAN HENRY BONILLA TO INTRODUCE HIS TEAM AND GIVE SOME OPENING REMARKS.

AND THEN HE'LL HAND OFF TO TO RON.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANKS. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE.

AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM ANDREW BRIEFLY ON ON WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.

AS HE SAID, I WAS IN THE US CONGRESS MANY YEARS AGO REPRESENTED A HUGE CHUNK OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTH TEXAS, AND NOW I'M A PARTNER AT THE NORMANDY GROUP, A GOVERNMENT

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I'VE WE'VE ALWAYS PRIDED OURSELVES FOR MANY YEARS NOW FOR NEVER BEING A RED LINE ITEM ON ANY BUDGET, FOR ANY CITY OR COUNTY THAT WE'VE EVER WORKED FOR.

WE ARE HUNTERS. WE ARE WE.

WE KNOW FEDERAL AGENCIES.

WE KNOW, SOURCES OF OF OF OF FUNDING AND FEDERAL HELP THAT A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THAT DO WORK IN LOCAL ENTITIES, IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BRIGHT, IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE NOT USED TO THESE THIS THE CULTURE IN WASHINGTON, WHICH WE HAVE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING THERE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY NOW FOR 30 YEARS.

I STILL RESIDE IN TEXAS, BUT I SHUTTLE BACK AND FORTH TO MY OFFICE IN WASHINGTON.

TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE, I HAD 29 COUNTIES WHEN I WAS IN CONGRESS MANY YEARS AGO.

I HAD OVER 100 CITIES AND TOWNS IN MY IN MY AREA.

THERE WAS NO WAY THAT I COULD GIVE IN-DEPTH, QUALITY ATTENTION TO OVER 100 CITIES AND TOWNS.

RONNY JACKSON HAS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, 37 COUNTIES.

SO HE HAS MORE THAN I HAD.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY CITIES AND TOWNS, BUT I MEAN, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE DAY AND NIGHT, IT'S HARD TO FOCUS ON EVERYONE'S NEEDS.

THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN.

WE KIND OF PRIDE OURSELVES IN BEING A CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE, BUT WE'RE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR SO THAT WE CAN JUST WE TAKE CLIENTS LIKE AMARILLO AND JUST FOCUS ON THEM MORE DIRECTLY ON A REGULAR BASIS.

AND WE'RE JUST VERY, AND YOU'RE ALSO JUST TO POINT OUT YOU'RE IN GOOD COMPANY.

THERE ARE AT LEAST A DOZEN OR MORE CITIES IN TEXAS, AND COUNTIES PROBABLY WOULD BE TOTAL TWO DOZEN THAT THAT WORK WITH FIRMS LIKE OURS TO ENHANCE THEIR ABILITY TO GET OPPORTUNITIES AND SUCCESSES OUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND, SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

AND WE'RE JUST VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT SINCE WE'VE SIGNED ON WITH AMARILLO, MY COLLEAGUE AND PARTNER RON ARIANO IS GOING TO OUTLINE DETAILS HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

BUT WE'VE ALREADY FOUND OVER 2 MILLION AND SUCCEEDED IN OVER, I'M SORRY, $9 MILLION IN IN RESOURCES THAT THAT Y'ALL WOULDN'T HAVE HAD OTHERWISE.

SO WE ARE ALREADY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'VE WE'VE ON THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS ALREADY THERE.

AND WE HAVE OTHER SUCCESSES TEED UP FOR THIS COMING YEAR AS WELL.

NOW, THIS DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN BECAUSE WE CAN WAVE A MAGIC WAND.

IT HAPPENS BECAUSE YOUR CITY MANAGER'S TEAM, LED BY ANDREW, IS RIGHT THERE WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

IT ALSO COMES BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE HAD A THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR COME UP AND DO SOME SERIOUS MEETINGS WITH AGENCIES AND WITH THE THE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN DC.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS YOU ALL CAN PROBABLY GUESS, IT'S NOT JUST WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY IN TERMS OF THE AGENCIES AND THE SPECIFICS, BUT IT'S A PEOPLE BUSINESS.

AND SO WHEN WHEN YOU ALL MAKE THAT EFFORT TO TO TO STAND HAND IN HAND WITH US IN DC, WE WALK AWAY, CELEBRATING OTHER SUCCESSES.

SO, WE ARE WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO ASK MY, MY COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND RON ARIANO TO COME UP AND ELABORATE AGAIN, VERY BRIEFLY ON WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR, AND THEN BE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

GREAT. THANK YOU. HENRY.

MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JUST FIRST WANT TO REITERATE JUST WHAT A WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY AND HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU ALL AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE PAST TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS. YOU KNOW, IT TRULY.

JUST TO REITERATE WHAT HENRY SAID, YOU HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE TEAM ALL THE WAY DOWN IN EVERY DEPARTMENT HERE.

WE WORK WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND, AND A LOT OF THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH TODAY REALLY ARE DUE TO JUST THE GREAT TEAM THAT YOU HAVE. WE JUST HELP AMPLIFY WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.

AND A LOT OF THAT IS NOT JUST ROOTED IN YOUR TEAM, BUT IN YOUR CITY.

YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON HERE.

SO WE'RE WE'RE GRATEFUL.

AND JUST TO QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, NOT USE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.

TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.

AND THEN NEXT WE'LL GO TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE YEAR COMING UP.

SO OUR EFFORTS TO DATE, AS HENRY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED WORKING WITH YOU ALL ABOUT A LITTLE OVER TWO.

TWO YEARS AGO. AND SINCE THEN WE'VE PRETTY MUCH HAD WEEKLY CALLS.

ONCE A WEEK WE MEET WITH ANDREW, THE ENTIRE TEAM, DEPENDING ON THE DEPARTMENT, DEPENDING ON THE FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, OR IT MAY NOT EVEN BE A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO BE MAYBE TRYING TO HELP TROUBLESHOOT AN ISSUE THAT'S ARISEN AT THE AIRPORT AS IT RELATES TO TSA OR CBP OR THIS OR THAT, AND REALLY JUST UTILIZING OUR EXPERIENCE AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS TO HELP HELP RESOLVE THINGS IN A MANNER THAT'S FAVORABLE FOR THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE FUNDING RELATED OR NOT.

FUNDING RELATED, AS HENRY MENTIONED.

TO DATE, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON TWO MAJOR GRANT APPLICATIONS, WHICH TOTAL ROUGHLY ABOUT ABOUT $9 MILLION, ONCE FOR A RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WAS CREATED THROUGH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, WHICH WAS PASSED A FEW YEARS AGO BY CONGRESS AND SIGNED INTO LAW.

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AND SO THE ABILITY TO COMPETE IN SUCH A LARGE POOL, IT'S VITAL TO BE ACTIVE AND TO BE ENGAGED AND TO HAVE A TALENTED TEAM.

SO THIS IS WHERE WE ALL KIND OF COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS PROCESS.

THE OTHER PART OF THAT WAS ABOUT $240,000 ACTION PLANNING GRANT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT, RIGHT IN THE GET GO.

THAT WAS EARLY STAGES WHEN WE STARTED WORKING WITH YOU ALL, AND THAT WAS ANOTHER NEW PROGRAM CREATED BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.

THERE'S BEEN A FEW OTHER SMALLER, SUCCESSES, I THINK, THAT ASSOCIATED WITH NON FUNDING RELATED PRIORITIES.

SOME OF THEM ARE LISTED HERE.

BUT THE KEY THING IS WE'RE CONSTANTLY ENGAGING IF, IF WE WANT TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE AS IT RELATES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, SET UP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TALK WITH FOLKS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR FOR GRANT PROGRAMS. MAYBE IT RELATES TO BODY CAMERAS OR THIS OR THAT.

AND SO IT'S JUST AN ABILITY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

AS HENRY SAID, MAKE SURE WHETHER IT'S A FEDERAL AGENCY OR A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO AMARILLO WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE, AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT ALIGN WITH THOSE PRIORITIES.

SO THAT'S TO DATE.

SO SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE PENDING.

YOU CAN SEE THE LIST HERE.

I MEAN IT'S PRETTY EXTENSIVE.

AND KUDOS TO THE GRANT WRITING TEAM THAT YOU HAVE ON STAFF HERE.

THEY REALLY THEY'RE GREAT AT TURNING THINGS AROUND QUICKLY.

AND THESE ARE PRETTY THOROUGH AND COMPETITIVE APPLICATIONS.

AND WE'RE PRETTY POSITIVE THAT WE CAN RESOLVE THINGS IN A FAVORABLE MANNER.

THESE ARE SPLIT UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

ONE IS RUN THROUGH CONGRESS.

SO WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH CONGRESSMAN JACKSON'S OFFICE.

AND HE'S GOT A GREAT TEAM.

WE WORK WITH THEM BOTH IN WASHINGTON AND HERE IN THE DISTRICT QUITE FREQUENTLY, AND WE'VE GOT THREE MAJOR PROJECTS PENDING RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS, ONES OUT AT THE AIRPORT, AIR FIRE, FIRE TRAINING AND RESCUE PROGRAM ONE IS A PART OF THE FOR THE REGIONAL CRIME CENTER FOR FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN A THIRD ONE IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NONPROFIT HERE IN TOWN, A CROSS BAR RANCH.

AND IT'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED.

A LOT OF WHAT WE FOCUS ON ARE INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED PROJECTS, BE THEY SURFACE TRANSPORTATION OR, YOU KNOW, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH KEY PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY, AS WE UNDERSTAND THEM, HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, LEARNED AND ARE MANY TIMES I THINK THIS IS MY SIXTH TRIP DOWN HERE IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY GET TO SEE WHERE THE NEEDS ARE.

AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE COME, WE LEARN ABOUT A NEW NEED, TRY TO CHECK SOME BOXES, BUT WE REALIZE THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE CHALLENGES WITH A GROWING CITY LIKE AMARILLO.

THE OTHER PART OF THAT BEYOND THE CONGRESSIONAL SIDE OF THE COIN IS FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATIONS.

WE TALKED ABOUT TWO OF THOSE SUCCESSES TO DATE.

WE'VE GOT A FEW LARGE ONES THAT ARE PENDING.

SOME OF THESE ALSO CAME OUT OF THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL ONCE CALLED THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT PROGRAM.

HUGE OPPORTUNITIES.

A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WANT IN ON THIS.

WE HAD GREAT MEETINGS.

WE THINK WE'VE SUBMITTED A VERY STRONG PROJECT.

WE SHOULD FIND OUT ABOUT THAT ROUGHLY ABOUT THE MARCH TIME FRAME.

WE'VE GOT A TERMINAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE AIRPORT THAT WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THEM ON.

THAT'S TO HELP IMPROVE SOME OF THE AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

AGAIN, SOME OF THIS STUFF'S LISTED HERE.

I KNOW YOU'RE BUSY AND HAVE A BUSY DAY TODAY.

I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL.

CAN EASILY DO SO IN IN YOUR TIME AS YOUR TIME PERMITS.

AND THEN A COUPLE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S PENDING IS THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE DEFENSE GRANT.

SO THE LAST THING I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT IS AS WE HEAD INTO THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE CAME TODAY.

WE SPENT THE LAST TWO DAYS HERE MEETING WITH EVERYBODY IN ALL THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

IT'S MAKING SURE WE'RE ON SCHEDULE WITH THOSE GRANTS THAT ARE PENDING AND THOSE WE WANT TO PURSUE.

WHAT WE KNOW IS COMING DOWN THE PIKE, BECAUSE PART OF THE PROBLEM IS WHEN A FEDERAL GRANT IS INTRODUCED, YOU USUALLY HAVE ABOUT 60 OR 90 DAYS TO RESPOND TO THEM.

YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS NOT TO JUST FIND OUT ABOUT THE GRANT WHEN THEY'RE ANNOUNCED.

YOU WANT TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, YOU KNOW, SO TRYING TO PREDICT TIMING, TRYING TO PREDICT WHAT THE GUIDANCE IS GOING TO BE SO THAT WE CAN COME TO THAT PROCESS WELL PREPARED TO SUBMIT A GREAT GRANT.

AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR TEAM REALLY COMES IN HANDY THERE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH RONNY JACKSON'S OFFICE ON A WATER INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROCESS THAT HAPPENS EVERY TWO YEARS IN CONGRESS.

HE HAS NEVER PARTICIPATED BEFORE.

HE ACTUALLY APPROACHED US AND OUR GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIM.

SO WORKING WITH FLOYD AND THE TEAM ON A REALLY STRONG PROJECT THERE.

AND THEN A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT THAT ARE JUST ABOUT TO HAPPEN ONCE CALLED THE BRIDGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM THAT'S LIVE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME TYPE OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR VARIOUS BRIDGES AROUND THE TOWN THAT ARE IN CERTAIN DIFFERENT STATES OF REPAIR.

THEN THERE'S A FEW OTHER JUST, INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED ON THE WATER AND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SIDE THAT THAT ARE EXPECTED TO COME IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME MORE LATER THIS YEAR.

IT'S A CONSTANT EVOLVING PROCESS, AND THE KEY IS TO STAY ENGAGED.

I MEAN, IT TRULY IS COMPETITIVE.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT THAT ARE UP THERE, BUT FRANKLY, NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.

AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK WORKING TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, WE THINK WE'VE POSITIONED THE CITY IN A VERY FAVORABLE LIGHT WITH DECISION MAKERS ALL UP AND DOWN THE FEDERAL LANDSCAPE.

SOMETIMES THAT'S IN WASHINGTON, SOMETIMES IT'S IN FORT WORTH, SOMETIMES IT'S IN DENTON.

HERE AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH TXDOT AS WELL.

EVEN THOUGH WE AREN'T TECHNICALLY BASED IN AUSTIN, THEY HAVE AN OFFICE UP IN WASHINGTON.

AND SO WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM A LOT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS ACTUALLY FLOW THROUGH THE STATE AS WELL.

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SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ANY MORE DETAIL HERE.

BUT IF YOU DO HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS OR WHATNOT, HENRY AND I CERTAINLY CAN ANSWER THEM NOW.

COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS TYPE OF FUNDING? WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE TRENDS WHERE, WHERE IS WHERE? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS? WHERE DO CITIES LIKE OURS HAVE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY AND WHERE ARE WE LOOKING? I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST DUE TO WHAT'S HAPPENED IN IN WASHINGTON, IN THE CONGRESS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE FUTURE, WHO KNOWS? I MEAN, THERE'S YOU READ THE HEADLINES.

YOU'RE NOT EVEN SURE THEY CAN GET THROUGH THE DAY THESE DAYS.

HOWEVER, IF THEY DO, THERE WILL BE MORE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE YET BECAUSE THAT'S STILL BEING WRITTEN.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT STILL EXISTS AS WELL.

AND I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT.

I MEAN, CERTAINLY ONE THING, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY AND SPECTRUMS WITHIN A POLITICAL PARTY, EVERYONE AGREES THERE'S LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THE COUNTRY, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S IT'S WATER.

YOU GUYS SEE IT HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, WHETHER IT'S WATER AND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION.

SO I THINK THAT WILL CONTINUE THAT.

AND THEN I THINK THERE IS A TREND ON THE IT SPECTRUM AS WELL, TRYING TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE WHETHER IT'S BROADBAND RELATED OR WHATNOT, THAT, THAT THERE IS A NEED OUT THERE.

AND WE'VE SEEN THE STATES AND THE FEDS WORK WELL TOGETHER IN THAT REGARD AS WELL.

SO IF YOU HAD TO PICK TOPICAL TRENDS, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I'D SUGGEST.

AND DO YOU SEE MUCH OF A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN CHANGES OF ADMINISTRATION WITH THIS TYPE OF THING? I DO NOT ACTUALLY, I DO NOT.

IN FACT, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ONE ON THE SCREEN WAS THE RAISE GRANT.

IT'S ACRONYM, LIKE ALL THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS ARE, THAT IS ACTUALLY EXISTED.

IT STARTED UNDER BUSH, CONTINUED UNDER OBAMA.

THEY CHANGED THE NAME EACH TIME.

THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT HAPPENS.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONTINUED IT AS WELL.

AND THEN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION KEPT IT GOING.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A WHATEVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATION IS, I SUSPECT THAT WILL CONTINUE.

SO I DO NOT ANTICIPATE AT ALL, ESPECIALLY NOT ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE OF THE COIN.

MAYBE SOME IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES THAT COULD CHANGE AND WHATNOT.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK IT'LL BE IT'LL BE PRETTY STABLE IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SPACE.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING? NO. INTERIM CITY MANAGER.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO.

ALL THESE GRANTS THAT ARE ON HERE.

IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE ME SOME MORE INFORMATION, LIKE WHAT EACH GRANT DOES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET.

YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. RON HENRY, WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME AND THE YOUR FIRM WORKING WITH OUR, TEAMS THAT WE ON COUNCIL WE LOVE.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH ONE BUDGET PROCESS, AND WE LOVE TO SEE GRANT MONEY THAT THAT MAKES THINGS WAY EASIER.

SO. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME AND EDUCATING US, KEEPING US UPDATED ON ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH OUR TEAM WITH GOOD PARTNERSHIP.

SO THANK YOU GUYS. I APPRECIATE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU ALL.

REALLY DO. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. THAT WAS 60.

WE ARE GOING TO SKIP OVER SIX D, WHICH IS THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND WORKING BUDGET.

I FEEL LIKE MAYOR IS PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT.

SO SIX E ANY REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? COUNCIL NONE FOR ME.

OVER HERE? NONE.

OKAY, WELL, SEEING HOW WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG AT 330, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE, TO THE CONSENT ITEMS.

[7. Consent Items]

SECRETARY. MADAM SECRETARY, YOU SENT AN EMAIL REGARDING, YES.

ANDREW. INTERIM CITY MANAGER FREEMAN SENT AN EMAIL.

STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL PULL SEVEN.

WHY? THAT ITEM IS JUST NOT QUITE THROUGH THE PROCESS YET.

AND SO WE'D LIKE TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN TWO WEEKS.

IT WILL BE READY AT THAT TIME.

OKAY. SO IT WILL BE PUSHED SEVEN.

WHY WILL BE PUSHED TO THE JANUARY 23RD MEETING.

YEAH. SO WE WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU EXCLUDE THAT ONE WHEN YOU MAKE A MOTION FOR CONSENT TODAY.

OKAY. PERFECT.

ANYTHING ELSE ON CONSENT THAT ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS? I DO HAVE A COUPLE I'D LIKE TO TAKE OFF FOR A SEPARATE CONVERSATION.

SEVEN. L AND.

OH, PLEASE.

OKAY. SEVEN L THE CONSIDER AWARD TICKETING SERVICES AGREEMENT.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

AND THEN. OH, IS THE TREE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES CONTRACT.

OKAY. SO COUNCILMAN SIMPSON IS REQUESTED THAT WE REMOVE SEVEN L AND SEVEN O OFF OF CONSENT.

WE'LL PUSH IT FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ANYTHING ELSE? NO. OKAY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

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WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM SEVEN, L70 AND TABLING SEVEN Y TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

SECOND. OKAY, WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM PLACE ONE, WITH A SECOND FROM PLACE FOR, SO WE APPROVED ALL CONSENT ITEMS MINUS THOSE THREE.

YES. TAKE A VOTE. OH, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

OH. GOOD CALL.

YEAH, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT PART.

OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE, CONSENT ITEMS? MINUS SEVEN L70 AND PUSHING SEVEN TO JANUARY 23RD.

YEAH, YEAH. OH.

SAY AYE. AYE AYE.

ANY OPPOSED. OKAY.

THAT PASSES WITH A40 VOTE.

PERFECT. YEAH I FORGOT ABOUT THAT VOTING THING.

OKAY. WELL IT IS 331.

I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM MAYOR.

WE'RE HOPING HE'S ON HIS WAY, BUT WE HAVE THE, PRESENTATIONS COMING AT FOUR.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE NON CONSENT ITEMS, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE MAYOR'S GOING TO WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT.

YES. DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND COVER SEVEN L AND SEVEN.

SO YOU CAN DISCUSS THOSE.

WE CAN HAVE STAFF COME UP AND GIVE SOME BRIEF OVERSIGHT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THAT.

ARE YOU READY? COUNCILMAN.

YES. TESLA'S QUESTIONS OKAY.

SO OKAY GREAT.

THAT'S PERFECT. YEAH.

[7.L. CONSIDER AWARD - TICKETING SERVICES AGREEMENT (Part 1 of 2)]

AND THEN ON THE SECOND ONE, WE'LL HAVE MICHAEL KASHUBA COME UP ON THE PARK SIDE.

OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. BUT ONE THING I IF YOU COULD.

AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF GET TO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS LOOKING AT THE TICKETING SYSTEM THAT THE CIVIC CENTER USES FOR ALL OF ITS EVENTS.

AND THEN WE REQUIRE ANYONE HAVING AN EVENT IN THE CIVIC CENTER TO ALSO USE THIS TICKETING SYSTEM.

CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. SO CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME KIND OF A BRIEF SUMMARY OF TICKETING HISTORY? I MEAN, BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE, WHAT WE'RE USING NOW, KIND OF WHAT LED US UP TO TO MAKING THIS CHANGE BEFORE MAYBE WE GET INTO SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING ABOUT THE THE ITEM BEFORE US TODAY.

SURE, SURE.

FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, WE'RE IN A FINAL AND 10TH YEAR OF OUR EXISTING TICKETS.COM CONTRACT.

PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS PRO VENUE, KIND OF A REITERATION OF THE TICKETS.COM SYSTEM, AND THEY'RE ONE OF THE FEW TICKETING SYSTEMS OUT THERE THAT CAN PROVIDE THE INTRICACIES THAT WE NEEDED WITH OUR TICKETING SYSTEM TO WHERE WE CAN ALLOW VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE SYMPHONY, THE BALLET, THE OPERA, THE WRANGLERS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE SYSTEM TO SELL THEIR TICKETS.

AND THEY KEEP THE FUNCTIONALITY, THEY KEEP THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THEIR ORGS CLIENTS AND THIS ORGS CLIENTS AND SO ON.

SO THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY ONE OF THE ONE OF THE BIG DOGS IN, IN THE TICKETING TICKETING WORLD.

AND WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THEM OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

WE'RE JUST WE'VE COME TO THE END OF THAT CONTRACT AND IT WAS TIME TO PUT OUT ANOTHER RFP.

AND THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIVE RESPONDENTS, RIGHT.

AND SO ARE WE.

LOOK, I MEAN, SO THE PEOPLE, THE THE CUSTOMERS THAT USE OUR CIVIC CENTER, DO THEY THINK THE TICKETING SYSTEM IS, IS A GOOD ONE? ARE THERE THINGS THAT THEY'VE CHANGED THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED IN THIS? I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT RCA, THE SYMPHONY, THOSE MAJOR USERS OF THAT, DID WE CONSULT THEM, AND WHAT WAS THEIR FEEDBACK ABOUT THE CURRENT TICKETING SYSTEM? WE'VE GOT SOME SPECIFIC FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY FROM THE AMARILLO SYMPHONY.

THEY THERE WAS ANOTHER TICKETING SYSTEM THAT THAT THEY LIKED CERTAIN ELEMENTS ABOUT.

AND WE CERTAINLY SIT THROUGH A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS WITH THAT GROUP.

THEY WERE ONE OF THE RESPONDENTS TO THE RFP, AND THEY'VE GOT AN INTERESTING LOOKING PRODUCT, BUT THERE WERE JUST SOME ELEMENTS ABOUT THEIR BID RESPONSE THAT THAT DID NOT RAISE THEM TO THE SAME SCORING LEVEL.

CLOSE, BUT NOT QUITE TO WHAT WE GOT WITH TICKETS.COM.

AND SO ARE WE GETTING ANYTHING NEW OR DIFFERENT WITH TICKETS.COM OR IMPROVED, OR IS IT JUST CONTINUING THE SYSTEM AS FAR AS OPERATION? IT'S SEAMLESS. WE'RE MOVING STRAIGHT ON THROUGH PAST, MAY 31ST.

IT'S NOT Y2K.

THE WORLD DOESN'T COME TO A STANDSTILL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE GET TO TO CONTINUE ON WITH OUR TICKETING.

THE MAIN REASON WHY WE'VE GOT THE DEADLINE THAT WE HAVE, NOT ONLY WITH THE ENDING OF THE EXISTING TICKETS.COM CONTRACT, BUT WRC ALWAYS GOES ON SALE JUNE 1ST OF EVERY YEAR.

AND SO IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT WE MAKE.

THIS RFP LINE UP WITH THAT TO WHERE IF A DIFFERENT TICKETING COMPANY WERE TO BE AWARDED THE SYSTEM, THEN THEY HAD SUFFICIENT TIME TO GO IN AND DO DATA MIGRATION.

SET UP ALL THE REPORTS AND, AND EVERYTHING SO THAT THEY WERE READY TO GO DAY ONE FOR THE WRC EVENT.

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AND THIS ONE IS JUST A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH TWO, TWO YEAR, TWO YEAR EXTENSIONS.

WHAT DO WE GET FOR THE 1.7 MILLION? IT. IT MAY SEEM A LITTLE MISLEADING BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THE TICKETING PROVIDERS, THEY EITHER HAVE AN ANNUAL FEE OR THEY HAD NO ANNUAL FEE.

TICKETS.COM AND ANOTHER ONE HAD AN ANNUAL FEE.

THE OTHER THREE DID NOT.

BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT INGREDIENTS AS TO WHAT THAT COMPANY IS GOING TO RECEIVE FINANCIALLY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

OF COURSE WE WE CHARGE SERVICE CHARGES ON ALL TICKETS.

THEY'RE A LITTLE HIGHER IF YOU BUY A TICKET ONLINE THAN THEY ARE IF YOU COME TO THE BOX OFFICE.

THERE'S CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES.

SO WE HAD TO KIND OF TAKE A LOGICAL APPROACH AND AN EQUATION AND APPLY IT TO ALL FIVE VENDORS EQUITABLY TO SEE WHAT THEIR COST WAS. ALL BUT ONE WANTS TO PROCESS CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS OF THEIR OWN, AND THEY CHARGE ANYWHERE FROM 3% ON UP. CREDIT CARD FEES.

THOSE CREDIT CARD FEES ARE ACTUALLY PASSED BACK THROUGH THE PROMOTER OF A SHOW.

THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT JUST TO SHOW WHAT THE COMPANY WILL RETAIN OR RECEIVE THROUGH THE CONTRACT.

BUT THAT 3% FEE IS ACTUALLY PAID FOR BY THE PROMOTER, THAT THAT'LL RUN RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 85 TO $90,000 A YEAR.

AS FAR AS SERVICE CHARGES ARE CONCERNED, THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF WHAT THEY CHARGE THERE.

ONE DOESN'T CHARGE ANY SERVICE CHARGE.

THEY DON'T KEEP ANY OF OUR SERVICE CHARGE.

IN OTHER WORDS.

TICKETS.COM HAS A SET AMOUNT.

THEY REDUCE THAT FROM THEIR CURRENT, AGREEMENT.

SO THEY'LL BE GETTING LESS OF THE PIECE OF PIE, BUT.

THEY DO KEEP A PORTION OF THAT REVENUE IN WHICH IN WHICH WE CHARGE ON EVENTS.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR FACILITY FEE THAT'S ATTACHED TO ALL TICKETS, AND THAT IS RETAINED 100% BY PANHANDLE TICKETS OR A BOX OFFICE.

SO YOUR YOUR ANNUAL FEE WITH TICKETS.COM IS TECHNICALLY $14,500 A YEAR OR 72,500 OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

THE REMAINDER OF THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT'S IN THE AGENDA WOULD BE SERVICE CHARGE PORTION THAT THEY WOULD RETAIN, AND THE CREDIT CARD FEES THAT WOULD BE CHARGED. ON OUR TRANSACTIONS.

AND SO THE 1.7 IS JUST A ESTIMATE BASED ON HISTORY OF WHAT THAT COULD BE.

EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

AND SO BUT THE OTHERS WERE NOT.

CHARGING US THIS HOUR? WELL, THEY WERE THEY WERE ALL DIFFERENT.

ONE HAD A VERY HIGH ANNUAL FEE TO START OUT WITH.

THEY HAD A THRESHOLD OF THE NUMBER OF TICKETS WE COULD SELL THROUGH THE SYSTEM EACH YEAR BEFORE THEY WOULD CHARGE A SERVICE CHARGE, AND AFTER THAT THRESHOLD, IF WE EXCEEDED IT, WE'D BE PAYING $1.40 A TICKET.

SOME OF THEM WOULD, WOULD HAVE ADD ONS.

THEY WOULD CHARGE US SO MANY CENTS PER TICKET SOLD, WHETHER IT WAS VIA THE INTERNET OR IF IT WAS AT OUR BOX OFFICE.

SO, JUST VARYING DEGREES OF FEE STRUCTURE WITH THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS.

BUT THE 1.7 MILLION WOULD HAVE BEEN THE THAT'S KIND OF A PIE IN THE SKY REVENUE SHARING AND EXPENSE.

BUT COMPARED TO THE OTHERS, HOW DID THAT RANK? THEY WERE PROBABLY IN THE MID RANGE ON PRICING.

PROBABLY ABOUT, 50 PERCENTILE.

SO WE HAD SOME THAT IT WOULD HAVE COST US MORE THAN 1.7, SOME LESS THAN 1.7, POSSIBLY.

YES. YEAH, YEAH.

AND ARE THERE ANY FEATURES THAT ANY OF THESE OTHERS WOULD HAVE, COULD HAVE ADDED THAT WE DON'T HAVE NOW OR WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE THE WRC? I MEAN, DO THEY HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THE TICKETING SYSTEM OR MAYBE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OR.

I HAVE NOT HAD ANYTHING FROM THEM? NO, SIR. OKAY.

SO WE DIDN'T REACH OUT TO THEM.

THERE ARE THERE ARE CONSTANT UPGRADES AND ADDITIONS TO THE TICKETING SYSTEM THAT AS THEY ROLL OUT WHERE THEY'RE MADE AVAILABLE TO US.

SO ANY, TECHNOLOGY UPDATES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE IN THEIR SYSTEM, WE, WE WE'RE PRIVY TO THOSE.

OKAY. AND THEN LIKE, WHO DID WE REACH OUT TO TO KIND OF GET FEEDBACK ON THIS? YOU SAID THE SYMPHONY SYMPHONY IS THE MAIN ONE THAT GAVE US FEEDBACK BECAUSE THEY LIKED THE.

ONE VENDOR OFFERED INDIVIDUAL WHITE WHITE PAGE.

THEY COULD HAVE THEIR AMARILLO SYMPHONY WEBSITE, SO TO SPEAK, AND BE SELLING TICKETS VIA AMARILLO SYMPHONY WEBSITE, BUT IT'S

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YOU DON'T WANT TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS SELLING THE SAME THING.

SO IT WOULD BE TIED TO THAT.

BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES WE SAW WITH THAT VENDOR.

TICKETS.COM HAS MOST OF THE REST OF IT AND ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUR SCANNERS, OUR TICKET TICKET PRINTERS AND SO ON.

OUR CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE EXISTING PROGRAM WE HAVE.

I MEAN, DID WE TALK WITH THE OPERA, THE BALLET, THE WRC, THE FOOTBALL TEAM? DID WE GET THEIR INPUT ON ON THIS OR DID THEY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS? I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS FROM THEM OR ANY PARTICULAR FEEDBACK, BUT DID WE REACH OUT TO THEM AND TELL HER WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND SAY PARDON? NO, SIR.

OH, SO WE HAVEN'T.

I MEAN, WE TALKED TO THE SYMPHONY, BUT WE DIDN'T TALK TO OTHER.

WELL, ALL OF OUR VARIOUS CLIENTS ARE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF REPORTS THAT WE GET AND THE AND THE WAY THAT THOSE ARE LAID OUT.

THAT'S THE GREATEST CONCERN I HAD WITH GOING WITH A DIFFERENT TICKETING FIRM AT THIS TIME, IS MANY OF THEM DID NOT HAVE SOME OF THE NORMAL REPORTS THAT WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO USING WITH OUR SETTLEMENTS FOR, FOR OUR EVENTS DID NOT HAVE THOSE IN A FORMAT THAT WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH.

RIGHT. SO BUT WE DIDN'T ASK THEM FOR ANY, I MEAN, COMMENTS OR OPINIONS OR THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

HAN OR HON OWNS OUR BOX OFFICE MANAGER.

MAY HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS.

I'M UNAWARE.

OH, YOU THINK MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING TO DO? BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION ON THIS? JUST TO SEE WHAT THE THE CUSTOMERS THINK.

WELL, OTHER THAN THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE HAD, THE INPUT THAT WE HAVE HAD FROM OUR CLIENTS.

YES. OKAY.

SO. OKAY, SO SO I KNOW YOU SAID THEY TALKED TO THE SYMPHONY, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW IF DISCUSSIONS HAVE HAPPENED WITH THE OTHERS, CORRECT? OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, JUST TO MAKE SURE I MEAN, THEY ARE THE PAYING CUSTOMERS THAT KEEP US AFLOAT.

I JUST WONDER IF IT MIGHT BE WORTH BEFORE WE MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON THIS, IF WE WOULD KIND OF GET THEIR INPUT, MAYBE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REST OF COUNCIL.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS DOES ON THE TIMETABLE, BUT.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

THEY ARE A PORTION OF OUR CUSTOMERS THAT UTILIZE THIS SYSTEM, BUT WE DO A GREAT DEAL OF OTHER TICKETING BUSINESS OUTSIDE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE DEAL WITH. AND.

WE'RE CERTAINLY SATISFIED, AND SO ARE OUR PROMOTERS THAT WE UTILIZE THIS TICKETING SYSTEM FOR OUR BUSINESS.

AND SO WE TALKED TO PROMOTERS TOO.

OR THEY'RE JUST THEY DON'T I MEAN, THEY JUST ADAPT TO WHATEVER WE USE.

YES. OKAY.

AS LONG AS THEY GET CLEAR AND CONCISE REPORTS ON SETTLEMENT TIME, THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY.

YEAH. YEAH.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, IF WE DELAYED IT TWO WEEKS TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO REACH OUT TO OUR LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT PROBABLY RENT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THERE AS INDIVIDUALS, I DON'T KNOW HOW HOW THE THE OTHERS MAY BE JUST TO KIND OF LET THEM KNOW WITH THAT.

WOULD THAT CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH THIS IF WE IF WE JUST REACH OUT TO THEM TIMING WISE, IF WE ENDED UP HAVING TO GO WITH AN ALTERNATE BIDDER ON THIS, WE'RE RUNNING A PRETTY TIGHT TIMELINE ON GETTING THIS, GETTING THIS APPROVED AND GETTING ALL OF THE DATA MIGRATION AND THE SYSTEM CHANGES MADE.

AND AND BEING PREPARED TO GO BY MID-APRIL IS THE DEADLINE.

WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO TO MEET, TO BE READY TO GO FOR, WRC.

YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS IT WOULD JUST DEPEND.

I MEAN, IF THEY ALL SAY THIS IS GREAT, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

BUT IF THEY DO HAVE CONCERNS, MIGHT IT BE WISE TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY SINCE THEY ARE SURE? MOST DEFINITELY, MOST DEFINITELY.

SO I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT ON IT.

AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY FEEL LIKE THE FEEDBACK THAT'S GIVEN TO US BY OUR CLIENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS, IF THEY HAD CONCERNS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE, WOULD BRING UP CONCERNS TO US ABOUT THE SYSTEM.

WE DO NOT TYPICALLY HEAR, HEAR MANY CONCERNS.

SO YEAH.

GOT IT. OKAY.

SO I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. YES, SIR.

OH. IS THERE EVER A WAY WE COULD TAKE THIS IN-HOUSE? INSTEAD OF PAYING SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY, WE TELL OURSELVES.

NO, SIR. WHY? I'M NOT SURE I T DEPARTMENT WOULD BE PREPARED TO RUN A TICKETING SYSTEM.

I MEAN. MAYBE I'M THINKING WRONG.

WE'RE SELLING TICKETS, RIGHT? WE'RE SELLING TICKETS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A PROVIDER.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A PROGRAM OUT THERE TO UTILIZE TO SELL TICKETS AND PANHANDLE TICKETS ARE IN HOUSE.

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DO THEY PAY THOSE EMPLOYEES OVER THERE? OR DO WE PAY THE EMPLOYEES? THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BOX OFFICE ARE UNDER OUR EMPLOYMENT.

OKAY, SO THEY'RE GETTING 1.7 MILLION FOR A PROGRAM, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, AGAIN, THE THE BASE PRICE OF THE PROGRAM WE'VE SELECTED IS ONLY 72,500 FOR THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

YOU HAVE TO JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE, REVENUE THAT THAT THAT IS SHARED WITH WHOMEVER THAT TICKETING PROVIDER IS THROUGH THE SERVICE CHARGE SHARE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THE COST OF THE CREDIT CARD PROCESSING THROUGH THAT SYSTEM, WHAT IT COSTS US.

AND ALL OF THEM BID ABOUT THE SAME PERCENTAGE ON THAT.

SO. I GET.

I GUESS I'M HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING MR. GAGNON WOULD SELLING TICKETS.

LET'S SEE IF, RICH HAS A COMMENT.

OKAY. IT'S RICH GUY.

CIO, IT'S NOT THE CHALLENGE OF ACTUALLY PRINTING AND GIVING TICKETS OUT.

THE BIG CHALLENGE IS DEVELOPING THE SOFTWARE, PUTTING IN THE CYBERSECURITY, ESTABLISHING, ESTABLISHING OURSELVES AS A PROCESSOR FOR CREDIT CARDS.

I WOULD EASILY SPEND OVER $1 MILLION A YEAR JUST IN DEVELOPER ASSISTANCE TO TO GET THAT DONE.

I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN THE BUILD BUY ARGUMENT, AND WHEN IT MAKES SENSE, I DO WANT TO BUILD IT IN HOUSE.

BUT IN THIS CASE, I THINK IT WOULD ACTUALLY COST US MORE MONEY TO DO IT IN HOUSE THAN TO THAN TO FARM IT OUT.

OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. I MEAN, THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

YES, SIR. BECAUSE, THAT WAS THE THING I WAS TRYING TO GET TO.

I'M THROUGH. YEAH. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? LES. NO, I MEAN.

I MEAN, AND IF IT'S GOING TO CAUSE US PROBLEMS, THEN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A CIVIC CENTER, WE RUN AND OPERATE AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, IT HAS ITS CHALLENGES.

WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TO WORK REALLY HARD TO TO KIND OF AND WE HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE THE OPERATION, WHICH THE ONLY THING I'M THINKING IS JUST, YOU KNOW, WOULD IT BE WOULD IT COULD WE SPEND SOME TIME JUST REACHING OUT TO OUR CUSTOMERS TO SAY, ARE YOU HAPPY WITH IT OR ARE YOU NOT HAPPY WITH IT? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET BUSY AND THEY DON'T COMPLAIN OR THEY'VE GOT OTHER THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT.

SO ANDREW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE.

COULD I SUGGEST IF WE'VE ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS, CAN WE MAYBE NOT TAKE ACTION UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING? JUST GIVE US A LITTLE MORE TIME TO CHECK THE QUOTE TO SEE IF WE HAVE THE EXTRA TIME TO WAIT TWO WEEKS.

I THINK THAT WE'RE ASKING SOME QUESTIONS WITH PURCHASING JUST TO CONFIRM THAT.

SO IF WE JUST WANT TO HOLD OFF, WE CAN BRING IT BACK UP AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

OKAY. ONCE WE GET THAT ANSWERED, THAT'S A GOOD DECISION.

YEAH. ESPECIALLY AFTER AFTER THAT OKAY.

BUT WE APPRECIATE IT. I'VE GOT ONE QUICK QUESTION.

IF I CAN REAL QUICK, OF THE 1.746 MILLION, IS ANY OF THAT DEBATABLE? I MEAN, DEPENDING ON IF THAT'S BASED ON TICKET SALES.

AND WE LET'S SAY WE LOSE A BIG CLIENT, IS THAT IS THIS JUST A FEE FOR FIVE YEARS PERIOD OR WE DECIDED TO GO WITH A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT ON THIS WITH THE EXTENSIONS. OUR CURRENT, AGREEMENT WAS WRITTEN FOR SEVEN YEARS WITH THREE ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS.

WE WENT WITH A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT WE WERE NOT LOCKED IN TO A LONG TERM AGREEMENT.

THAT MIGHT BE, UNFAIR OR NOT, THE BEST FINANCIALLY IN THE FUTURE.

WELL, MY QUESTION IS THAT THAT AMOUNT, IS THAT BASED ON TICKET SALES? YES. SO SO IF TICKET SALES ARE DOWN, DOES THAT ADJUST? YES. OKAY. IT DOES.

SO JUST ADJUST THAT.

LIKE YOU SAID THIS IS PIE IN THE SKY.

LIKE THIS IS BASED ON. YES.

PAST PERFORMANCE OKAY. PERFECT.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT YOU GOT YOUR 14,500 A YEAR ANNUAL FEE.

GOTCHA. AND THEN YOU'RE SHARING YOUR REVENUE.

OKAY. THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BOTH.

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

MAYOR STANLEY STANLEY HAS PULLED UP.

MAYOR PRO TEM TIPPS.

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE 700 VERY QUICKLY BEFORE WE RECESS, I DON'T THINK.

WELL, WE'RE PUSHED.

WE CAN HOLD OFF ON SEVEN ZERO, MAYBE TILL AFTER WE GO BACK.

JUST. WE CAN KIND OF AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.

I FIGURE IF WE HAVE TIME TO SET UP THE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S WORKING AND WE STAY ON SCHEDULE FOR 4:00.

SO WE'LL TAKE ABOUT A TEN MINUTE RECESS AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE PRESENTATIONS.

IF I GET OFF TRACK, YOU CAN NUDGE ME TO GO BACK THE RIGHT WAY.

HEY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

WE'RE GOING TO CALL OURSELVES BACK TO ORDER HERE AND END THE SESSION.

I HAD A FUNERAL TO ATTEND AT TWO ON MY MY WIFE'S SIDE OF HER FAMILY.

AND SO, MAYOR PRO TEM, DID A GOOD JOB OF RUNNING US THROUGH THERE, AND AND I'LL TAKE UP THOSE OTHER ITEMS. AS WE GET GOING, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE CITY SECRETARY.

YOU DO WANT TO MOVE ON TO 6BD, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND TAKE UP THE OTHER ITEM.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

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[6.B. Presentations from City Manager Recruitment Firm Finalists]

I WOULD ASK COUNCILMAN SIMPSON IF HE COULD GO AHEAD AND KIND OF TAKE US THROUGH THIS, SINCE HE'S THE LEAD ON THIS SUBCOMMITTEE.

AND I THINK WE'VE GOT ONE HERE AND A COUPLE ON ZOOM, OR IS THAT CORRECT? YES, YES. PERFECT.

YEAH. HERE WE GO, COUNCILMAN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, I APPRECIATE IT.

WELL, SINCE WE LAST MET, OF COURSE, WE HAD, EIGHT DIFFERENT FIRMS THAT HAD INDICATED INTEREST IN, HANDLING OUR SEARCH.

AND DON AND I, KIND OF DIVVIED THOSE UP AND EACH INTERVIEWED, FOUR OF THEM TO KIND OF DETERMINE A FINAL THREE, IF YOU WILL, OF WHO WE WOULD INVITE HERE TODAY.

FIRST, LET ME SAY I THINK ALL EIGHT OF THEM WERE GREAT COMPANIES.

I MEAN, WE HAD REALLY GOOD COMPANIES THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THEM.

I'M SURE ANY OF THEM COULD HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB FOR US.

BUT AS WE WERE KIND OF LOOKING AT THINGS, WE KIND OF NARROWED IT DOWN, TWO, THREE AND ALL OF THEM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING YOU REALIZE TEXAS IS A PRETTY BIG STATE.

THERE'S A LOT OF CITY BUSINESS AND COUNTY BUSINESS TO DO IN TEXAS.

SO ALL OF THEM, ALL THESE COMPANIES HAVE HAVE, SOME, SOME EXPERIENCE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AS WELL.

BUT WE NARROWED THEM DOWN TO THREE, FOR US TO CONSIDER TODAY.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE ABOUT THESE THREE IS THAT THEY'RE REALLY THREE KIND OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

IF YOU IF YOU KIND OF CONSIDER THEM.

BAKER TILLY IS PROBABLY A REALLY VERY THE LARGEST OF THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS.

AND THEY, THEY OBVIOUSLY DO EXECUTIVE SEARCHES, BUT THEY DO A LOT OF THINGS OTHER THAN THAT.

SO THEY'RE KIND OF A RESOURCE AND A CONSULTANT FOR PROVIDING, A LOT OF, A LOT OF SERVICES TO NOT ONLY GOVERNMENT BUT INDUSTRIES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN, EDWARD WILLIAMS FROM BAKER TILLY, WHO'S ACTUALLY BASED HERE IN TEXAS.

IT WILL BE PRESENTING THIS TODAY, BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN, IN, IN SEARCHES AND HERE IN TEXAS.

SO YOU HAVE A LARGE COMPANY, YOU KIND OF HAVE STRATEGIC GOVERNMENT RESOURCES THAT WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT THE CITY HAS WORKED WITH QUITE SOME TIME DOING TRAINING AND OTHER TYPES OF THINGS, GOAL SETTING, WORKING WITH US, RETREATS, ALSO DOING SEARCHES.

I WOULD SAY OF THE THREE, THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE.

THEIR FOCUS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC ON ON WORKING WITH GOVERNMENTS LIKE US AND BUT, BUT BUT A PRETTY GOOD SIZE IN THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.

AND THEN WE HAVE A CLEAR CAREER PROFESSIONALS WHO IS HERE TODAY, PROBABLY A SMALLER FIRM, BUT NONETHELESS A LOT OF GREAT EXPERIENCE.

AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT TODAY AND KIND OF WHAT THEY DO.

SO I THINK AS WE WERE KIND OF WHITTLING THESE DOWN, I WAS KIND OF GLAD THAT WE'VE GOT THREE KIND OF COMPANIES THAT ARE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

SO THEY'RE NOT ALL THE SAME COOKIE CUTTER.

WE'LL BE HEARING FROM ALL THREE OF THOSE, TODAY.

I THINK THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE IS AND I AND DON CAN KIND OF SPEAK ABOUT THIS TOO, BUT AS I KIND OF THOUGHT, THE CONVERSATIONS EVEN HAPPENING WITH THE HEADHUNTERS GIVES YOU A LOT OF THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.

DIFFERENT IDEAS, TALKING ABOUT HOW EVEN JUST IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

AND SO I THINK, AS WE KIND OF LOOK AT THIS AND I'VE ALWAYS KIND OF FELT THAT ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS WE'LL LEARN A LOT.

WE'LL PROBABLY LEARN A LOT TODAY AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT LOOKING FOR A CITY MANAGER OR THINGS ABOUT RUNNING A CITY.

BUT ALSO ANOTHER THING I KIND OF THOUGHT WAS THE CITY.

THIS WORLD IS, YOU KNOW, WE ALL LIVE IN A SMALL WORLD, AND CITY MANAGER SEARCHES ARE PROBABLY A SMALL WORLD AS WELL.

I'M SURE ALL EIGHT COMPANIES PROBABLY KNOW ALL OF THE SAME PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, THEY ALL WENT AT IT.

THEY PROBABLY BRING US SOME SIMILARITIES IN THAT FINAL LIST.

AND I KIND OF THOUGHT FOR ME, I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT WHICH COMPANY IS GOING TO DO THE BEST TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST FIT.

AND THAT WHAT THAT WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE AND HOW WILL THAT PROCESS WORK TO DO IT.

AND SO EACH OF THE THREE ARE HERE TODAY TO KIND OF TELL US ABOUT THAT PROCESS AND OF COURSE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE.

AND I'LL KIND OF INTRODUCE THEM IN A SECOND KIND OF THE ORDER.

BUT DON COUNCILMAN TIPPS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THAT YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT OR ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE? NO, NOT REALLY.

I, I AGREE WITH YOU.

LES. IT WAS INTERESTING AND EYE OPENING ON EVERYBODY'S PROCESS AND GETTING TO TALK TO THEM.

I LOVE THAT THEY TOOK TIME.

I MEAN, MY CONVERSATIONS TOOK 30, 45 MINUTES, JUST TO LET THEM TELL US ABOUT THEIR FIRM.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO TODAY FOR EVERYBODY TO LISTEN AND HEAR AND INPUT.

YEAH, YEAH.

VERY GOOD. AND I HAD REACHED OUT TO PEOPLE EVEN BEFORE THEN THAT ARE IN THIS THIS SECTOR.

I SEE GARY PITTNER I THINK WAS WAS HERE TODAY.

GARY'S HAD A LONG EXPERIENCE WITH THAT.

AND HE GAVE ME SOME RESOURCES.

ALL THREE OF THESE NAMES APPEARED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT THAT I HAD REACHED OUT TO.

SO I THINK THEY'VE GOT KIND OF THAT VOTE OF CONFIDENCE WITH ALL THREE OF THESE FROM PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAVE WORKED IN THIS.

BUT WE HAVE THREE TODAY.

FIRST UP WILL BE, STRATEGIC GOVERNMENT RESOURCES.

I THINK JJ PETERS AND LARRY GILL WILL BE ON THAT CONVERSATION.

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AND KENT MEYERS IS ACTUALLY HERE WITH US TODAY.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING.

YOU KNOW, KIND OF BEFORE WE GET STARTED AND GET THE BALL ROLLING HERE, MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND ALL THE RESEARCH I DID ON THIS.

ANYTHING. COUNCILMAN.

NO. ALL GOOD.

OKAY. NO.

WE APPRECIATE THE WORK.

I THINK WE'RE EXCITED. LET'S JUMP INTO IT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING, DIRECTIONAL OUT OF THIS TODAY.

OKAY. SO I THINK STRATEGIC GOVERNMENT RESOURCES SHOULD BE ON FIRST.

AND THE CITY SECRETARY IS SETTING THAT UP.

YES. AND JJ AND LARRY, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELVES AND I THINK WE'RE READY TO GET YOU UP ON THE SCREEN.

WONDERFUL. I'M HOPING YOU CAN HEAR ME.

OKAY. AND I'LL HAVE LARRY INTRODUCE HIMSELF HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

IS THE VOLUME OKAY? REALLY GOOD. THANK YOU.

WONDERFUL. AND AM I ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN WITH YOU ALL? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

GREAT. JUST ONE MOMENT.

HERE. OKAY.

LOOKS LIKE THAT POPPED UP OKAY ON YOUR END.

NO. NOT YET.

ONE SECOND. YOU'RE POPPED UP.

LET ME GET YOU MOVED TO THE OTHER SCREEN.

OKAY, GREAT.

JUST LET ME KNOW.

OKAY. JJ, YOU ARE GOOD.

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS JJ PETERS AND I'M PSG'S PRESIDENT OF EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT.

ALSO JOINING ME IS LARRY GILLEY ONE OF OUR SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS.

WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU VIRTUALLY, SINCE WE COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON TODAY TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SCR AND TO HIGHLIGHT SOME KEY POINTS FROM OUR PROPOSAL TO ASSIST YOU IN FINDING YOUR NEXT CITY MANAGER.

SHOULD YOU SELECT STAFF TO ASSIST YOU? LARRY WOULD BE YOUR RECRUITER AND POINT OF CONTACT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

WHILE LARRY WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU DIRECTLY ON THIS RECRUITMENT, HE AND YOUR SEARCH WILL BE SUPPORTED BEHIND THE SCENES BY OUR EXTENSIVE TEAM.

LARRY, WOULD YOU MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND SHARING A BIT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE? I'D BE HAPPY TO. THANK YOU, JJ AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING SGR TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.

AS IT SAYS ON THE SCREEN.

I SPENT 38 YEARS, IN CITY MANAGEMENT IN TEXAS.

I RETIRED, IN 2014 FROM I WAS CITY MANAGER IN ABILENE AT THE TIME OF MY RETIREMENT, HAVING SPENT ABOUT 12.5 YEARS THERE.

AND BEFORE THAT I WAS, CITY MANAGER, FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS IN SAN MARCOS DOWN IN CENTRAL TEXAS, BEFORE GOING TO SAN MARCOS, I ACTUALLY WAS, CITY MANAGER AND ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORING CITIES PANHANDLE, TEXAS, FOR A FEW YEARS, KIND OF PANHANDLE BEFORE THAT. BUT VENICE, WHERE I GOT MY START IN CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGEMENT, SO GOT A LOT OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WEST TEXAS.

HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF AMARILLO IN THE PAST.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER THINGS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THROUGHOUT MY CAREER.

I AM STILL VERY ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH THE TEXAS CITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.

SO I HAVE A LOT OF, CONTACTS AND COLLEAGUES WITH THAT ASSOCIATION THAT I THINK WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SEARCH.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

LARRY. FOR OVER 20 YEARS, STR HAS FOCUSED ON THE SUCCESS AND INNOVATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

OUR MISSION IS TO HELP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BECOME MORE SUCCESSFUL BY RECRUITING, ASSESSING AND DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE, COLLABORATIVE AND AUTHENTIC LEADERS. OUR EXECUTIVE RECRUITERS, LIKE LARRY, HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE WORKING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND UTILIZE BOTH THEIR PERSONAL EXPERTISE AND CONNECTIONS AND THE FULLY VETTED PROCESS THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED AND CONTINUED TO REFINE AND UPDATE OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS OF CONDUCTING EXECUTIVE SEARCHES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE AMARILLO. SDR IS A TEXAS BASED FIRM WITH OUR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS LOCATED IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TEAM MEMBERS BASED THROUGHOUT TEXAS, AS WELL AS VIRTUAL OFFICES AND TEAM MEMBERS IN A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL STATES ACROSS THE NATION, ALLOWING US TO CAST THE NET FAR AND WIDE TO GET YOU THE BEST CANDIDATES.

AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN OUR PROPOSAL, WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS ALONE, WE HAVE CONDUCTED OVER 140 CITY COUNTY TOWN MANAGER RECRUITMENTS ALONE ACROSS THE NATION, INCLUDING A HEALTHY NUMBER OF SEARCHES IN TEXAS.

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AS LARRY MENTIONED, HE SERVED AS A CITY MANAGER DURING HIS CAREER.

WE ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS AT HEART AND ARE PASSIONATE AND DEEPLY COMMITTED TO HELPING EACH ORGANIZATION FIND THE BEST PROFESSIONAL TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, EACH OF OUR RECRUITERS AND SEARCHES IS SUPPORTED BEHIND THE SCENES BY OUR DEDICATED TEAM OF ADMINISTRATIVE, MARKETING AND RESEARCH SPECIALISTS, ALLOWING OUR RECRUITER TO FOCUS THEIR ATTENTION ON YOU AS THE CLIENT AS WELL AS CANADA INTERACTION.

SECOND, BECAUSE OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE AND CONNECTIONS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CURATE A NETWORK OF OVER 40,000 OPT IN SUBSCRIBERS TO OUR WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER WHO WANT TO KNOW WHAT SARAH HAS TO SAY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.

EACH OF OUR SEARCHES IS PROMOTED IN THIS WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE OVER 5000 CITY AND COUNTY MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE REQUESTED TO BE NOTIFIED OF OUR SEARCHES FOR CITY MANAGEMENT POSITIONS THAT WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THIS COMMUNICATION IS BOTH TO SOLICIT HIGH POTENTIAL CANDIDATES AND TO ENCOURAGE KEY LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONALS TO SHARE INFORMATION WITHIN THEIR PROFESSIONAL CIRCLES IN ORDER TO REACH PASSIVE CANDIDATES.

OUR ON STAFF SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERT WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING CAMPAIGN THAT INCLUDES CUSTOM MADE GRAPHICS AND DISTRIBUTION ON LINKEDIN.

OUR COMPANY PAGE HAS OVER 16,000 FOLLOWERS ON LINKEDIN, AND EACH OF OUR RECRUITERS WORK TOGETHER TO UTILIZE THEIR PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS AS WELL TO REACH PROSPECTS FOR EACH OF OUR SEARCHES.

AND THIRD, ANY SEARCH FIRM CAN GET YOU CANDIDATES.

WE WORK REALLY HARD TO SPEND SIGNIFICANT TIME AT THE FRONT END OF THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, PRIORITIES, AND NEEDS SO THAT WE CAN FIND AND BRING THE CANDIDATES THAT WILL BE THE BEST MATCH FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY.

WE'RE PROUD OF A NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT EXIST TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, INCLUDING THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HISPANIC NETWORK, AND THE NATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS.

IN 2022, 32% OF THE CANDIDATES THAT WE PLACED FOR FEMALE AND OVER 20% INDICATED THEY ARE A PERSON OF COLOR.

NEXT, I'M GOING TO ASK LARRY TO BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT THE NINE STEPS OF OUR PROJECT METHODOLOGY THAT ARE DETAILED IN OUR PROPOSAL.

WELL, AS JJ SAID, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND, THE CLIENT AND IN THIS CASE, WE WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE CITY OF AMARILLO IS LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF THE RIGHT FIT FOR THIS POSITION.

AND SO WE'LL DO AN IN DEPTH ANALYSIS AND, AND SPEND TIME WITH, THE CITY COUNCIL, GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT PROCESS.

WE'LL ALSO ENGAGE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT US TO DO.

THAT'S THAT'S CERTAINLY YOUR DECISION TO MAKE.

BUT IF YOU WANT, EITHER INTERNAL OR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS OR BOTH, TO TAKE PART IN THAT, THAT, BEGINNING STAGE OF GATHERING INFORMATION FOR THE POSITION PROFILE, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

THEN WE WE BEGAN THE ADVERTISING, THE MARKETING, THE OUTREACH PROCESS.

JJ KIND OF WENT OVER WHAT THAT ENTAILS.

AND I WILL JUST ADD THAT IN ADDITION TO THE, THE MARKETING THROUGH PROFESSIONAL, ASSOCIATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS, WE ALSO USE, SOME, SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING.

LINKEDIN IS IS ONE THAT WE, WE CERTAINLY LIKE TO USE.

WE'VE GOTTEN SOME GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THAT, THAT EFFORT.

BUT THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S JUST KIND OF THE GOOD OLD FASHIONED OUTREACH WHERE WE MAKE PHONE CALLS AND PERSONAL CONTACTS AND EMAILS TO PEOPLE THAT, THAT I KNOW OF THAT MIGHT BE BOTH INTERESTED AND A GOOD FIT FOR THE POSITION.

WE WILL THEN, DO AN INITIAL SCREENING, AND REVIEW OF ALL OF THE CANDIDATES.

AND I WILL PREPARE ALONG WITH THE SG.

OUR TEAM WILL PREPARE A PRESENTATION FOR, YOUR SEARCH COMMITTEE OR THE FULL COUNCIL, HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE TO, TO, STRUCTURE THAT.

AND WE WILL BRIEF YOU ON ALL OF THE APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITION.

THEY WILL BE, WE WILL HAVE HAVE VETTED ALL THE CANDIDATES.

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AND THEN FROM THAT, THAT GROUP, ALL OF THE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE APPLIED, CITY COUNCIL OR THE SEARCH COMMITTEE WILL, SELECT SEMIFINALISTS, THAT WOULD BE UP TO 15 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD, TO, TO AN EVALUATION PROCESS.

AND THAT EVALUATION PROCESS INCLUDES, A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WE WOULD ASK THE CANDIDATES TO COMPLETE.

THEY WILL ALSO DO AN ONLINE RECORDED VIDEO INTERVIEW, THE SEARCH COMMITTEE, TO REVIEW AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO DO A STAGE ONE MEDIA SEARCH.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK AT PRINT MEDIA PRIMARILY, AND JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THEIR RECENT HISTORY WHERE THEY'VE SERVED IN THEIR PREVIOUS POSITIONS THAT WOULD, EITHER INDICATE A FLAG THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF OR AS MORE OFTEN THE CASE, IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE ACHIEVED AND ACCOMPLISHED IN THEIR CURRENT POSITIONS.

ONCE YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT INFORMATION, YOU WILL EVALUATE THE SEMIFINALIST AND THEN SELECT THE FINALIST, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD FOR IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS.

THAT EVALUATION OF THE FINALISTS WOULD INCLUDE, A MORE IN-DEPTH, BACKGROUND EVALUATION OF THEM.

WE WILL DO A COMPLETE BACKGROUND CHECK.

WE WILL DO REFERENCE CHECKS AND ALSO A STAGE TWO MEDIA SEARCH.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THEIR, THEIR BACKGROUND TO INCLUDE ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA, COMMUNITY BLOGS, ANYTHING THAT THE CANDIDATE MIGHT HAVE SOME ONLINE PRESENCE, ABOUT THEM WILL BE EVALUATED AND PRESENTED TO YOU.

YOU WILL RECEIVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, INCLUDING, REDO OF THE STAGE ONE MEDIA SEARCH THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THINGS CAN HAPPEN AND THE TIME BETWEEN THE INITIAL REVIEW AND WHEN THEY GET TO THE FINAL STAGE.

SO WE'LL REDO THE STAGE ONE SEARCH, AND PRESENT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, FOR YOUR REVIEW.

AND THEN, ONCE YOU'VE SELECTED FINALISTS, I WILL HELP FACILITATE THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS.

WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH, SUGGESTED QUESTIONS.

WE'LL HELP STRUCTURE THE THE PROCESS.

IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE ANYONE OTHER THAN JUST CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'LL HELP SCHEDULE, VARIOUS INTERVIEWS WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.

IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO INCLUDE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONCE YOU'VE MADE YOUR FINAL SELECTION OF WHO YOU WANT TO, MAKE THE OFFER TO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ASSIST WITH THE.

NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS AND HELP GUIDE THE COUNCIL ALONG THE WAY OF OF WRAPPING UP THE FINAL NEGOTIATIONS AND AFTER MAKING AN OFFICIAL JOB OFFER AND AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL RESULT IN A NEW CITY MANAGER BEING SELECTED AND THE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO THE BRIEFLY THAT'S THE PROCESS.

IT'S ABOUT A 12 WEEK PROCESS FROM THE TIME WE GET THE BROCHURE, FINALIZED AND APPROVED.

AND WE WE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THE SEARCH.

IT'S ABOUT A 12 WEEK PROCESS FOLLOWING THAT POINT IN TIME.

JJ. THANKS, LARRY.

SURE. WE OFFER OUR CLIENTS A REASSURANCE OF A PLACEMENT GUARANTEE SHOULD THE SELECTED CANDIDATE LEAVE FOR ANY REASON DURING THE FIRST 12 MONTHS OF EMPLOYMENT, WE WILL REPEAT THE ENTIRE PROCESS FOR NO ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL FEE.

THE NOT TO EXCEED PRICE OF OUR FULL SERVICE SEARCH IS $26,650.

THIS INCLUDES UP TO TWO MULTI-DAY ON SITE VISITS BY THE RECRUITER, AS WELL AS PASS THROUGH AD PLACEMENT COSTS OF UP TO $2,000 FOR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND JOB BOARDS NOT AFFILIATED WITH SSGR THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THE ONLY COSTS EXCLUDED FROM OUR BASE RECRUITMENT FEE ARE CANDIDATE TRAVEL EXPENSES, ANY ADDITIONAL ADS OVER $2,000, AND ANY OPTIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES THAT YOU MAY DESIRE.

OVER OUR 22 YEARS IN EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT, WE'VE DEVELOPED AN UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE FIVE KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL SEARCH.

STARTING WITH A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIQUE CULTURE, NEEDS AND DESIRES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY.

FOLLOWED BY DYNAMIC, STATE OF THE ART TALENT MARKETING THAT REACHES A REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CANDIDATE POOL IN A VERY COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKET IN A WAY THAT ENGAGES THEM AND MAKES THEM INTERESTED IN THE OPPORTUNITY.

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AND FINALLY, A PROCESS THAT'S SMOOTH, SEAMLESS AND USER FRIENDLY FOR BOTH CANDIDATES AND YOU AS A CLIENT.

WE'VE DEVELOPED NOT ONLY A STRONG RELATIONSHIP AND REPEAT BUSINESS WITH A NUMBER OF OUR CLIENTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE DEVELOPED RELATIONSHIPS WHERE CANDIDATES REALLY TRUST US, AND OFTEN WE'RE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONSIDER APPLYING BECAUSE OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WE'VE DEVELOPED WHEN THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE CONSIDERED TO ASSIST YOU WITH THIS IMPORTANT SEARCH.

AND LARRY AND I ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR US.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

I THINK WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

SO, COUNCIL, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE OVER HERE? COUNCILMAN CRAFT.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. NO, SIR.

NO. YES. NO.

NO, SIR. HEY, THIS LES SIMPSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANKS FOR FOR BEING WITH US.

WE'VE GOT LOTS OF GREAT QUALIFIED COMPANIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS SEARCH.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU HAD TO IF I ASK YOU, WHAT ARE THE 1 OR 2 DIFFERENTIATORS WITH SDR THAT YOU WOULD SAY THESE ARE DIFFERENTIATORS FOR US. THAT IS WHY WE SHOULD SELECT YOU INSTEAD OF SOMEONE ELSE.

WELL, I'LL START AND LARRY, I'LL LET YOU WRAP UP, BUT I THINK I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.

I WAS ON ON YOUR SIDE OF THE TABLE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A NUMBER OF SEARCH FIRMS OVER THE YEAR YEARS.

AND WHILE I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S SOME GREAT SEARCH FIRMS OUT THERE, THE THING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME WAS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSPECTIVE AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE RECRUITER THAT WE WORK WITH COMPARED TO OTHER FIRMS THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH AND THE THE QUALITY OF THE CANDIDATES THAT SGR WAS ABLE TO BRING.

SO THOSE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT STAND OUT TO ME.

I THINK WE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE OTHER KEY THINGS AS FAR AS OUR NETWORK AND THE RELATIONSHIPS WE'VE DEVELOPED.

BUT LARRY, I'LL LET YOU ADD ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THAT.

SURE. WELL, AND ACTUALLY, I WAS GOING TO SAY THE NETWORKS AND RELATIONSHIPS IS A HUGE PART OF WHAT SGR OFFERS.

YOU KNOW, NOT NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT ALL OF OUR RECRUITERS, HAVE HAVE EXTENSIVE NETWORKS, WITH PROFESSIONALS, NOT ONLY IN TEXAS BUT THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST HAVING A WORKING, RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM THROUGH THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS.

BUT, AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY, I'M STILL ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE TEXAS CITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AND, AND ALSO, INVOLVED IN THE COLORADO CITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.

I DO A FAIR AMOUNT OF RECRUITING IN COLORADO AS WELL.

AND, WE WE NOT ONLY KNOW ARE FAMILIAR WITH THESE PEOPLE, BUT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM IN A IN A UNIQUE WAY. I'VE WORKED WITH MANY OF THE, CURRENT AND, CITY MANAGERS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS DIRECTLY, IN MY TIME AS, AS A CITY MANAGER, THROUGHOUT MY CAREER.

AND, AND SO I THINK THAT BRINGS A UNIQUE, SOMETHING, SOMETHING UNIQUE TO THE TABLE AND THAT WE REALLY DO KNOW THE PEOPLE, TO A LARGE EXTENT THAT WE WOULD BE BRINGING FORWARD FOR THIS PROCESS AND, AND KNOW ABOUT THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR SUCCESSES AND, AND HOW THEY WOULD BE VALUE ADDED TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

THANK YOU. OKAY, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

SO, APPLICANT EXPECTATIONS, SIR.

HOW MANY APPLICANTS WOULD YOU EXPECT TO HAVE? AND THEN WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE NUMBER YOU'RE SHOOTING FOR ON SEMIFINALIST AND THEN FINALIST? SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICANTS IS A BIT OF A MOVING TARGET.

I WOULD TELL YOU, AND THE RECENT SEARCHES THAT I'VE DONE, AND I'LL FOCUS MOSTLY ON THE CITY MANAGEMENT SEARCHES.

I'VE DONE DEPARTMENT LEVEL SEARCHES AS WELL.

AND AND YOU THE NUMBER VARIES WITH, WITH EACH OF THOSE.

BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY IS, I WOULD SAY ON AVERAGE, ABOUT 40 TO 50 APPLICANTS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN THAT.

AND VERY, VERY WELL MAY SEE MORE THAN THAT.

I JUST DID A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER SEARCH HERE IN TEXAS, WHERE WE HAD 90 APPLICANTS.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S A VERY REALISTIC POSSIBILITY, BUT I WOULD SAY ABOUT 50, WOULD BE A REASONABLE NUMBER

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WE, RECOMMEND, UP TO 15 SEMIFINALISTS.

THAT'S THAT'S A VERY GOOD NUMBER IN TERMS OF JUST THE TIME IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REVIEW, THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDE ON EACH OF THOSE CANDIDATES.

AND THEN ONCE YOU GET TO THE FINAL STAGE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE, 3 TO 5 FINALISTS.

IS IS PRETTY TYPICAL.

FIVE IS A GOOD NUMBER TO SHOOT FOR IF YOU CAN.

BUT 3 TO 5 IS WHAT I WOULD EXPECT IN TERMS OF THE FINALISTS THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY INTERVIEW ON SITE.

GREAT. MR. GILLEY, WOULD YOU MIND, EXPLAINING TO ME YOUR VETTING PROCESS? SURE. SO WE RECEIVED THE, THE APPLICATIONS FROM THE CANDIDATES, AS WELL AS THE COVER LETTER.

AND THEN WE ALSO, ASKED ABOUT 20 QUESTIONS KIND OF ON THE FRONT END, JUST TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF OF WHO THESE, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE.

AND, IT'S REALLY, ASK THEM ABOUT THEIR, THEIR MOST RECENT EMPLOYMENT.

WE, WE, REVIEW EMPLOYMENT.

WHEN WE PRESENT TO COUNCIL, WE'LL, WE'LL PRESENT, UP TO TEN YEARS OF THEIR PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT.

BUT WE ACTUALLY IN THE VETTING PROCESS, WE GO BACK AS FAR AS THEY HAVE EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND, AND, WE, WE MATCH UP WHETHER OR NOT THEIR, EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE, MATCHES THE POSITION PROFILE.

AND THEN THE CANDIDATES THAT, ARE IN, IN MY VIEW, AND ANYBODY HELPING ME VET THE CANDIDATES WOULD RISE TO THE LEVEL OF OF BEING SOMEONE THAT WE THINK WOULD BE, POTENTIALLY A GOOD FIT.

I ACTUALLY CALL AND TALK TO EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THEIR MOTIVATION FOR, APPLYING FOR THE JOB, WHAT THEIR INTEREST IS, WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

AND, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND, JUST LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM INDIVIDUALLY, THEIR MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHIES, AND, TRY TO, TO DETERMINE JUST HOW CLOSE OF A MATCH THEY WOULD BE, TO THE POSITION PROFILE THAT THE CITY HAS PROVIDED US.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. GILLEY. MY MY FINAL QUESTION WOULD JUST BE, DO YOU EXPECT MOST OF THE APPLICANTS TO BE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED? AND IS THERE A PRIVACY ISSUE THAT YOU'RE YOU HAVE TO WORK THROUGH? SO WOULD WE WOULD WE EVER EXPECT THE FINALISTS TO BE UNKNOWN, FOR OUR PUBLIC OR IS THIS ALL PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE? WELL, WE WE MAKE AN EFFORT TO KEEP EVERYTHING CONFIDENTIAL FOR AS LONG IN THE PROCESS AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE, PARTICULARLY ON THE IN THE EARLY STAGES, MOST OF THE APPLICANTS WE WOULD ANTICIPATE ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED.

AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD JEOPARDIZE THEIR CURRENT EMPLOYMENT.

AND SO WE WE MAKE AN EFFORT TO KEEP THAT INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL AT THE SEMIFINAL STAGE, THAT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE, CHALLENGING BECAUSE WE WILL PROVIDE THE CITY WITH A, A ELECTRONIC BRIEFING BOOK.

AND IN THAT ELECTRONIC BRIEFING BOOK, YOU WILL HAVE THEIR RESUMES AND COVER LETTERS AND, THE QUESTIONNAIRES THAT THEY COMPLETE.

AND SO THAT AT THE TIME YOU RECEIVE THAT, THAT OBVIOUSLY BECOMES A DOCUMENT THAT THE CITY OF AMARILLO WILL HAVE IN YOUR POSSESSION.

IN THE INITIAL SCREENING, WHEN WE PRESENT ALL THE APPLICANTS THROUGH THE WHAT WE CALL THE TRIAGE PROCESS, THE PRESENTATION, WE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY WRITTEN DOCUMENTS AT THAT STAGE TO THE CITY.

WE'LL DO A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR YOU.

IT'LL HAVE, HIGHLIGHTS OF THEIR, EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND, THEIR EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS AND ANY OTHER, FACTS THAT ARE RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT TO THE PROCESS.

AND THEN AT THE FINAL STAGE, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU, AGAIN, A VERY THOROUGH ELECTRONIC BRIEFING BOOK, THAT WILL INCLUDE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAD IN THE, THE INITIAL, BRIEFING BOOK.

BUT, WE'LL WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE STAGE TWO MEDIA SEARCHES THAT WE'LL PROVIDE YOU IN WRITTEN FORM.

YOU'LL HAVE, THE REFERENCE CHECKS FROM THE INDIVIDUALS.

WE DO NOT PROVIDE WRITTEN COPIES OF THE BACKGROUND CHECK, BUT I WILL FULLY BRIEF YOU, ON ALL OF THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF THE FINALIST.

SO, WE WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THE CITY WILL.

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THAT AGAIN, THAT'S A THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT US TO ASSIST WITH.

WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S CERTAINLY AT THE FINAL STAGE, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THE COMMUNITY WILL BE VERY INTERESTED IN WHO'S BEING CONSIDERED, AND THE CANDIDATES AT THAT STAGE WILL ALSO HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT, THEIR INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED PUBLICLY.

MR. GILLEY, REALLY REAL GOOD.

I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL INFO.

COUNCILMAN. SIMPSON YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER? I DON'T THINK SO. ARE YOU READY TO MOVE US ALONG TO THE NEXT ONE? YES. WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND SO NEXT UP WE SHOULD HAVE EDWARD WILLIAMS FROM BAKER TILLY.

AND YOU BROUGHT THESE? IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT.

OKAY. EDWARD WILLIAMS, ARE YOU WITH US? CAN YOU HEAR US? EDWARD WILLIAMS. WE HAVE YOU JOIN.

CAN YOU HEAR US? CAN YOU SAY SOMETHING? YES, MA'AM, I CAN.

OKAY, GREAT.

YOU'VE GOT CO-HOST POWER, SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SHARE YOUR SCREEN, AND GET STARTED WHEN YOU'RE READY.

FANTASTIC.

SET MY TIMER HERE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M EDWARD WILLIAMS WITH BAKER TILLY.

CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? OKAY.

YES, SIR. YES.

OKAY. WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DO IS.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DO IS TO LEARN AS MUCH AS WE CAN ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER INFORMATION WITH YOU THAT YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE.

BUT IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT.

AND ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOK FOR IS HOW YOU RATE CREDIT WISE.

THEN I LOOK FOR SOME KEY OTHER ISSUES SUCH AS YOUR MISSION, YOUR VISION, YOUR VALUES.

BECAUSE THOSE ARE IMPORTANT.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE IN A MINUTE.

AND I ALSO IN THIS INSTANCE REVIEWED YOUR STRATEGIC PILLARS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ABOUT LEADERSHIP.

AND I THINK YOU ALL WILL AGREE THAT THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.

LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT PEOPLE.

MANAGEMENT IS ABOUT PROJECTS.

SO OUR FIRM IN THIS CASE, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US.

WE'VE BEEN AROUND IN TEXAS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, STARTED BACK IN THE DAY WITH RALEIGH WATERS AND WAS THEN ACQUIRED BY SPRINGSTEAD IN BACK IN 2019 BY WATERS CONSULTING.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS BUSINESS AND ABOUT WHAT WE DO, WE DO RECRUITMENTS AND DIFFERENT SERVICES,

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AND I'M REALLY SKIPPING OVER THIS BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO GET TO ONE WHO I AM AS A, CONSULTANT OR AS A RECRUITER MORE THAN 25 YEARS IN THIS BUSINESS.

I TELL PEOPLE MORE THAN 20 BECAUSE 25 MAKES ME SOUND VERY OLD.

SO I TRY TO MANAGE THAT, THE END OF THE DAY OF WORK FOR LARGE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE STATE OF MISSOURI, WHERE WE'VE HAD 75,000 EMPLOYEES, TO A SMALL CITY IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, OF 350 EMPLOYEES.

THIS IS WE ALL HAVE OUR CALLING AND PASSIONS.

THIS IS MY PASSION.

WHEN YOU HIRE US, YOU ALSO GET ACCESS TO MY COLLEAGUES OR COWORKERS WHO ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THIS TEAM.

AND ULTIMATELY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY I HAVE NO AGENDA.

WE COME INTO THIS PROCESS WITH ONE GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY HELP YOU IDENTIFY YOUR LEADER, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES WE WILL HAVE TO AGREE AND, DESIGN STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS, SUCH AS HOW TO ATTRACT TOP TALENT.

MANY OF THE TOP TALENT MAY NOT CONSIDER APPLYING BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC SCRUTINY THAT'S INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.

BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF EXPOSING THEIR CURRENT POSITIONS.

AND MY GOAL IS TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL TO BE AN EXTENSION OF YOUR STAFF TO ENSURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE CITY MANAGER IS NOT A PANACEA.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HIRE A CITY MANAGER WHO WILL FIX ALL THE PROBLEMS IN THE CITY, BUT ALSO HELP YOU BALANCE THE PROCESS.

AND SO ANY RECRUITING FIRM WILL GIVE YOU A SIMILAR TASTE IN THE FIELD.

BUT THIS BOILS DOWN TO WHAT STEPHEN COVEY REFERS TO AS TRUST, CHARACTER, COMPETENCE.

I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO WORK ON THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT COMPONENT.

AND AS I MENTIONED TO, COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST THE IDEA OF IT'S CRAZY ENOUGH TO HAVE ONE BOSS.

IMAGINE HAVING FIVE BOSSES TO WHOM YOU HAVE TO RESPOND.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK.

THIS SETS US APART IS MY ABILITY TO HELP YOU CREATE THE ROADMAP FOR SUCCESS.

AND THAT GOES BACK TO THAT INITIAL, SLIDE WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE MISSION, VISION, VALUES AND GOALS.

AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT.

BUT I WANT TO GET INTO RIGHT NOW OUR PROCESS ITSELF, THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO IS TO HEAR FROM EACH OF YOU.

SO I SPEND TIME AND ALSO YOU GET ME, THIS IS NOT OUR TEAM OR STAFF MEMBER.

YOU WILL HAVE MY CELL NUMBER, TEXT, VOICEMAIL CALLS, WHAT HAVE YOU.

THIS IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP.

IT'S ABOUT TRUST. IT'S ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THIS BUSINESS AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE DONE MORE THAN 450 CITY MANAGERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

AND AGAIN, I CAN TALK MORE ABOUT BAKER TILLY, BUT I THINK YOU'VE ALL DONE YOUR RESEARCH OR WE WOULD NOT BE HERE.

SO I'M GOING TO SPARE YOU THAT.

I WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION THAN TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

SO AGAIN, WE GET BEEN THERE.

THIS IS WHAT WE DO.

THIS IS WHAT I DO ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, NOTHING ELSE.

YOU GET MY UNDIVIDED ATTENTION IN THESE PROCESSES.

WE DEVELOP A PROFILE, WE UNDERSTAND, WE LISTEN, AND WE PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR YOUR REVIEW.

NOW, THE PROFILE DEVELOPMENT IS ONE THAT I, I GET ABOUT BECAUSE YOU WANT SOMEONE THAT MATCHES YOUR DESIRED PROFILE 100%.

I AM UPFRONT WITH EVERY CLIENT.

YOU MAY GET SOMEONE WITH 90, BUT IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO DEVELOP, BE IT, AT THE TOP OF THE THE ORG CHART.

BUT THE SKILLS TRAITS ATTRIBUTE COUNCIL WANTS THE CITY MANAGER TO HAVE ALL OF THESE AND ON TOP OF THAT HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLEARLY DEFINE THE PARAMETERS FOR WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

DEVELOP THE PROFILE.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP TRAITS.

THE ATTRIBUTES LEADERSHIP, AS I SAID, IS ABOUT PEOPLE.

MANAGEMENT IS ABOUT PROJECTS GETTING THINGS DONE.

I REVIEWED THE HISTORY OF YOUR CITY IN TERMS OF THE TENURE OF EACH OF YOUR CITY MANAGER.

AND I COULD TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT INCONSISTENCY, AND HOW THAT AFFECTS SERVICE DELIVERY EFFICIENCY, HOW IT AFFECTS, EMPLOYEE MORALE, AND HOW IT'S CRITICAL TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE BEFORE YOU HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT

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SO WE COME BACK TO THE ISSUE OF MISSION VISION, STRATEGIC VALUES.

STRATEGIC. YOUR MISSION VALUES, STRATEGIC GOALS, OBJECTIVES.

SO BOTTOM LINE, WE LAUNCHED THE SEARCH.

WITH YOUR HELP, WE DEVELOP A PROFILE, LAUNCH THE SEARCH, WE REVIEW, CLASSIFY.

ONCE WE IDENTIFY THOSE CANDIDATES THAT BEST MEET YOUR DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS, I THEN ASK THEM TO COMPLETE WHAT I CALL A DUE DILIGENCE SURVEY.

I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM.

YOU MUST KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CANDIDATE.

PRIOR TERMINATION, PRIOR DISMISSAL, PRIOR, DISCIPLINARY ACTION, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT ISSUES, PUBLICATIONS, BANKRUPTCY, LAWSUITS. YOU GET TO KNOW.

I WANT TO KNOW, EVEN IF THEY'RE IN A SEX REGISTER OF A SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY, I GET TO KNOW EVERYTHING.

COUNCIL GETS TO KNOW EVERYTHING.

BECAUSE THIS HAS TO BE A TRUST AND ABSOLUTELY, COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PROCESS.

WE THEN ALSO ASKED THEM TO DO A WRITTEN QUESTIONNAIRE.

I WANT TO EVALUATE HOW WELL THEY WRITE.

THEY THEN PRESENT YOU WITH A WRITTEN QUESTIONNAIRE, DUE DILIGENCE, AND THEY LINK TO VIDEOS THAT IT'S WHAT I CALL A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OR DIMENSION TO THE EVALUATION PROCESS.

AND THEN ONCE YOU SELECT YOUR CANDIDATE, THERE IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE BACKGROUND PROCESS.

WHERE DO WE GET OUR PEOPLE? I'M SURE YOU'LL AGREE, SINCE WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR THIS LONG, WE'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE NETWORK OF, CURRENT, FOR EXAMPLE, MY THREE MOST RECENT SEARCHES, MIDLAND.

BEAUMONT. WHAT WAS THE OTHER? UP IN THE DALLAS AREA, ON AVERAGE 100 APPLICANTS.

AND SO YOU GET A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY DROP OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE TOP CANDIDATES, IF YOU WILL, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS.

ANYWAY, WE MAKE THE TRADITIONAL POSTINGS WE POST IN DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL WEBSITES, BUT ALSO DIRECT CONTACTS.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP.

IT'S ABOUT CONVERSATION.

IT'S ABOUT COMMUNICATION.

AND THEN WE ALSO DO DIRECT MAILING NETWORK.

I'M SURE YOU RECEIVE THESE TYPES OF INFORMATION ABOUT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.

WE PROVIDE YOU WEEKLY UPDATES WHERE, YOU KNOW, A SENSE OF HOW MANY CANDIDATES WE RECEIVE, WHAT INDUSTRY, AND SO ON.

WE ADVERTISE OUR POSITIONS FOR 30 DAYS.

AND THEN WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PRESENTING YOU THAT SEMIFINAL REPORT, WHICH INCLUDES THE WRITTEN QUESTIONNAIRE, THE DUE DILIGENCE QUESTIONNAIRE. THAT'S THE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

SEMIFINALIST. SO MY FINAL REPORT AND THE LINK TO THE VIDEOS.

VIDEOS, BASICALLY, WHAT I CALL FACETIME INVITE BY YOURSELF AND YOU THEN GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THOSE QUESTIONS.

WE PRESENT THOSE CANDIDATES.

YOU DECIDE WHO YOU WANT TO INTERVIEW.

WE HAVE ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF, REFERENCE IT IN TERMS OF REFERENCES.

ANY PUBLICATION.

WE WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING CREDIT.

WE CHECK EVERY PIECE OF INFORMATION.

AND THE PROCESS CAN BE PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER COUNCIL DECIDES.

WE WORK WITH YOU BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE DO.

AND SO SINCE WE UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS, WE GO THROUGH AND CONDUCT AN EVALUATION OF ALL POSSIBLE MATERIALS ABOUT EACH OF THE 4 OR 5 INDIVIDUALS YOU SELECT.

AND THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE USE, SUCH AS A DISK.

I'M SURE YOU'VE DONE MYERS-BRIGGS OR SIMILAR TYPES OF, ASSESSMENTS, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE.

BUT PRETTY MUCH THE BACKGROUND INCLUDES, CHECKS AND FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, SOCIAL SECURITY REFERENCES.

WE CHECK EVERYTHING.

WE LOOK AT MARKET DATA, SALARIES TO SEE HOW COMPETITIVE YOUR OFFER IS.

AND NOT ONLY THE BASE SALARY, BUT ANY OTHER, WHAT I CALL ANY OTHER COMPONENT OF THE TOTAL REWARD SYSTEM.

WE TAKE THE PROCESS FROM THE COUNCIL TO THE CANDIDATE UNTIL WE HAVE A SIGNED AGREEMENT.

WE ASSIST YOUR CITY ATTORNEY IN TERMS OF, FINALIZING NEGOTIATIONS, WHETHER IT'S FOR A YEAR OR FOR TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS UNTIL WE GET AN ACCEPTOR, OUR FEES ARE PRETTY MUCH SET.

IT WILL NOT CHANGE WHAT YOU GET.

WHAT WE POSTED IS WHAT WE HAVE FROM KICKOFF TO OFFER SIGNED LETTER.

I THINK ON AVERAGE IT'S 90 TO 120 DAYS.

BUT WE GUARANTEE FOR 12 MONTHS IF AFTER 11 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS, THE INDIVIDUAL YOU SELECT WINS THE LOTTERY AND MOVES TO BEVERLY HILLS, THAT'S PERFECTLY OKAY.

WE GET TO DO IT ALL OVER AT NO ADDITIONAL FEES.

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COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR MR. WILLIAMS. OH, YEAH.

WHAT'S THE COST? FOR YOUR FIRM. OH, WAS HE PICKING UP ON THAT? MR. WILLIAMS, DID YOU HEAR THE QUESTION, SIR? NO, SIR. WHAT IS THE COST? PROPOSAL FROM YOUR FIRM? I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO FIND THAT.

I WANT TO SAY IT WAS 36.

I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT WAS THE QUOTE, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO FIND IT AND SEND IT TO YOU.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE. YOU GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN CRAFT. NO.

THAT'S IT. MAYOR. OKAY.

ANYTHING FROM THIS SIDE OVER HERE? QUESTIONS? YEAH.

EDWARD, GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANKS AGAIN FOR FOR MEETING WITH US.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE VERY QUALIFIED FIRMS, INCLUDING YOURS, AS, TO HELP US ON OUR SEARCH.

IF YOU HAD TO PICK 1 OR 2 DIFFERENTIATORS OR 1 OR 2 THINGS THAT ARE KEY FOR YOU, OR FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION, THAT SHOULD KIND OF THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER WHEN MAKING A FINAL SELECTION, AND WE SHOULD CONSIDER TO SELECT YOU OVER OTHERS WHAT WHAT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE TWO THINGS THAT YOU THINK THE SPECIALTIES THAT YOU REALLY PROVIDE? I THINK IT HAS TO BE ONE.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT TO THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN, HONEST CONVERSATION AND AVAILABILITY TO THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE EXPERTISE AND TO GIVE THEM THE QUESTIONS THEY NEED TO ASK TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROCESS IS DONE.

AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS SUCCESSFUL OVER A LONG TERM PERIOD.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN? NO, SIR.

MR. WILLIAMS, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH HOW UNIQUE AMARILLO IS? I THINK THE ENTIRE TEXAS IS UNIQUE.

EVERYONE HAS THEIR THEIR THEIR TRAITS AND SOME GOOD THINGS AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES.

YES, SIR. WOULD YOU MIND TELLING ME MAYBE, JUST THE FIRST ONE THAT COMES TO YOUR MIND THE MOST, THE MOST UNIQUE CITY THAT YOU'VE WORKED IN IN LOOKING FOR A MANAGER.

LET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTAND.

YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE MOST UNIQUE CITY? YEAH. I JUST DOES.

ANY CITY YOU'VE WORKED FOR STAND OUT TO YOU? THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE PECULIAR IN THEIR CULTURE, THE WAY THEY WORK.

YOU KNOW, THEIR MAYOR, THEIR MAYOR, ESPECIALLY.

COUNCILMAN SIMPSON'S HELPING YOU HERE.

INSTALLING? YEAH, I'M BUYING HIM TIME HERE.

YEAH. AT 30.

YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU THIS.

I'LL SAY THIS, OKAY.

CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK, TEXAS.

IT'S A VERY SMALL COMMUNITY.

VERY AFFLUENT COMMUNITY.

WHAT WAS YOU SAY AGAIN? GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY.

VERY AFFLUENT COMMUNITY.

COMMUNITY WHERE THERE IS A GENERAL EXPECTATION THAT.

FIRST RESPONDERS WERE WHERE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER, WHICH IS A VERY DYING CONCEPT BECAUSE OF THE COST.

BUT BASICALLY THE CITY ANTICIPATED, EXPECTED AND CITIZENS EXPECTED THAT FROM PHONE CALLS TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR WHENEVER THEY CALL THE.

SOMEONE WAS THERE WITHIN 2 TO 3 MINUTES AND SO BE IT.

FIRE, POLICE OR EMS THAT RESPONDS.

EXPECTATION WAS THERE AND THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT.

SO I FIND THAT TO BE VERY UNIQUE.

NO LONGER AS COMMON IN MOST CITIES BECAUSE OF THE COST OF TRAINING A FIREFIGHTER, POLICE OFFICER AND EMS. BUT IT IS UNIQUE, AND I THINK THE WAY IT WORKS IS IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN AFFORD IT, YOU DO IT.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER, MR. WILLIAMS. I THINK, WE ARE WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY THAT UNDERSTANDS HOW TO NAVIGATE A UNIQUE COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE FIND THE RIGHT FIT. AND SO I DO LIKE SOME OF, SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE SAID AND THE WAY IN WHICH YOU APPROACH IT.

CAN YOU TELL ME, SINCE WE'RE GETTING YOU, IF WE HIRE YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO PERSONALLY VET EACH INDIVIDUAL? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IS YOUR BIGGEST STRENGTH IN HOW YOU VET THESE INDIVIDUALS? DO YOU RELY HEAVILY ON DATA, OR DO YOU RELY PRETTY HEAVILY ON YOUR FEELINGS AND, AND MAYBE, PERSONALITY? I DON'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO MY FEELINGS BECAUSE THEY CHANGE BASED ON CIRCUMSTANCE.

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I DON'T WANT MY NAME TO GET OUT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS WORK? AND I FIND A WAY TO WORK WITH THEM, RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS A VERY PUBLIC PROCESS AND CAUTIONING THAT YOUR NAME WILL EVENTUALLY GET OUT THERE. SO IT'S ABOUT RELATIONSHIP.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING TEXAS GOVERNMENT, TEXAS AND CITY MANAGERS.

THE CITY MANAGEMENT PROFESSION WAS ABOUT MY WHAT I CALL MY PERSONAL AGENDA OF UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATION.

IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT ORGANIZATIONS OR CORPORATIONS, EVEN THE CITY OF AMARILLO, IT'S A CORPORATION.

WE MAY NOT CALL IT THAT, BUT THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF CORPORATION AS WE KNOW IT COMES FROM CORPUS, WHICH IS BODY.

AND THE CHALLENGE AND THE OPPORTUNITY IS TO RUN THE CORPORATION BY ENSURING THAT ALL SYSTEMS WORK TOGETHER.

IN THIS CASE, YOUR CITY MANAGER BECOMES THE COACH AND YOU, THE COUNCIL, DEVELOP THE STRATEGIES, THE CITY MANAGER, WHAT I CALL IT AN OLD JOCK.

YOU SET UP THE PLAY, THE CITY MANAGER RUNS THE PLAY.

BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW IF YOU SHOULD EVEN CONSIDER THE CITY, BECAUSE I GET THOSE TYPES OF CALLS, WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR FIVE MINUTES AND SEE WHAT TYPE OF INTERACTION.

HOW DO THEY TREAT EACH OTHER? THIS IS ABOUT RESPECT.

THIS IS ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION ERA, WHERE THE CONCEPTS THAT PREVAIL FOR 300 YEARS OF THE INDUSTRIAL ERA IS OVER.

AND SO YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PEOPLE.

YOU'VE GOT TO RESPECT EACH OTHER.

AND IF WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT, THEN I AM THE FIRST.

IN FACT, I TOLD A MANAGER SOMEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES RECENTLY, MAYOR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I WOULDN'T WANT TO WORK FOR YOU.

THIS MAYOR SAID. WHY? I SAID, LOOK AT THE WAY YOU TREAT EACH OTHER.

AND SO FOR ME, IT'S ABOUT HONESTY.

IT'S ABOUT COMMUNICATION, NOT CASTING, BASICALLY BEING HONEST WITH EACH OTHER AND SAYING, OKAY, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM, LET'S FIX IT.

SO LONG ANSWER.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF MY ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

MR. WILLIAMS, I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER.

DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THEM? I FOUND THE PRICE. OKAY.

WE BELIEVE YOUR PRICE IS $31,000.

IS THAT CORRECT? COUNCILMAN CRAFT.

I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE PROPOSALS, SAYING 3636.

OKAY, MR. WILLIAMS, IF WE'VE GOT THAT NUMBER WRONG, IF YOU'LL CORRECT US.

I WILL FIND THAT AND SEND IT TO.

BY THE WAY, REGARDLESS OF OUTCOME, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR CITY SECRETARY AND STAFF FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.

I WILL SEND IT TO HER SHORTLY.

AS SOON AS I LOG OFF, I WILL SEND YOU.

I WILL LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL ITSELF AGAIN AND SEND IT, SEND IT TO YOU.

GOOD. WE WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AND WILLINGNESS TO, TO PROPOSE.

THANK YOU, SIR. HAVE A GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU EDWARD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL. OKAY.

COUNCILMAN. SIMPSON. I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO OUR LAST ONE.

GOODBYE, GOODBYE.

OUR THIRD ONE IS CLEAR.

CAREER PROFESSIONALS. KENT MEYERS IS HERE WITH US IN PERSON.

SO WELCOME. A YEAR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN AMARILLO AND ENJOYED MY TIME HERE SO FAR, AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE GETTING TO KNOW ME AND OUR FIRM A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS PROPOSAL.

WHAT I WANT TO DO IS TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPANY.

I WANT TO TELL YOU WHO WILL LEAD THE RECRUITING.

TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF AND THEN OUR APPROACH TO CITY MANAGER RECRUITMENT.

YOU'LL FIND IN OUR PRESENTATION A LOT OF COMMONALITY BETWEEN OUR COMPANY AND OUR APPROACH TO RECRUITMENT.

BUT YOU ALSO SEE SOME UNIQUE DIFFERENCES.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS I THINK THAT THE MAYOR YOU ALLUDED TO THE GREAT JOB THAT THE COMMITTEE DID, AND I THINK THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB IN EVALUATING THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES.

AND YOU'VE GOT THREE EXCELLENT FIRMS. SO I THINK YOUR YOUR CHALLENGE IS TO PICK THE COMPANY THAT BEST MEETS YOUR UNIQUE NEEDS AND KIND OF FITS IN WITH THE COMMUNITY.

SO I KNOW THAT WILL BE A CHALLENGING DECISION AND I WISH YOU THE BEST BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE A VERY CRITICAL DECISION THAT WILL GUIDE THE FUTURE OF AMARILLO SO VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU TAKE YOUR TIME AND, VET ALL THE COMPANIES.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, PLEASE GET BACK WITH US.

SO I ASKED THE SECRETARY TO HELP ME, LEAD THE SLIDES.

AND FIRST OFF, JUST DID A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR COMPANY.

AND I WON'T GO TO A LOT OF DETAIL, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO GIVE YOU SOME GENERAL BACKGROUND.

AND AS COUNCILMAN SIMPSON SAID, WE ARE THE THE SMALL COMPANY, THERE'S, BAKER TILLY, THERE'S SDR, AND THEN THE SMALLER COMPANY

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AND BY BEING SMALLER, OF COURSE, WE CAN OFFER A MORE HANDS ON APPROACH.

AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR APPROACH HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.

BUT WE WERE ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA.

AND WE WERE ESTABLISHED BECAUSE WE AS FORMER CITY MANAGERS, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT A LOT OF CITIES WERE HAVING CHALLENGES, RECRUITING NOT ONLY CITY MANAGERS, BUT DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OTHER KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL.

CITY MANAGEMENT IS LIKE THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

THE LABOR MARKET IS VERY TIGHT.

AND SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF CITIES NEEDED HELP IN THEIR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.

AND SO WE WE PUT TOGETHER A COMPANY AT, BASED IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA.

AND WE FOCUS OUR RECRUITMENT PRIMARILY ON TEXAS.

WE DO SOME RECRUITMENT IN ARKANSAS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING OUR RECRUITMENT TO OTHER STATES IN THE FUTURE.

EACH MEMBER OF OUR COMPANY HAS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE.

WE HAVE A FORMER FIRE CHIEF FROM MCKINNEY.

WE HAVE A FORMER HR DIRECTOR FROM FARMERS BRANCH.

WE HAVE THREE FORMER CITY MANAGERS.

SO EACH OF US REPRESENTS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE IN OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECOGNIZE IS THAT WE HAVE TO TAILOR OUR APPROACH TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND IN A FEW MINUTES, I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE GET DOWN WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF AND BASICALLY GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU NEED FROM YOUR, FUTURE CITY MANAGER.

NEXT SLIDE AND I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT OF COURSE YOU UNDERSTAND.

IT'S A CITY OF AMARILLO IS A VERY VIBRANT, FAMILY ORIENTED COMMUNITY, AND I THINK YOU HAVE A LOT TO OFFER TO CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES.

AND, MAYOR PREVIOUSLY ASKED A QUESTION OF HOW MANY APPLICANTS WE WOULD EXPECT TO DO IN A RECRUITMENT.

LIKE, I'M A LITTLE MORE OPTIMISTIC.

I THINK WE WOULD GET SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 75 APPLICATIONS.

AND A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT IS, ONE, YOU'RE A VERY YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF BEING A WELL-MANAGED COMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE A GOOD, CITY CITY FINANCES HERE.

YOU HAVE A GREAT STAFF HERE.

SO YOU I THINK OVERALL, THE, THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS, IS PERCEIVED TO BE IN A VERY POSITIVE MANNER.

THE COMMUNITY ITSELF, IS AGAIN, A VERY VIBRANT, FAMILY ORIENTED COMMUNITY, VERY STABLE COMMUNITY, GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND, THOSE ARE SOME FACTORS THAT WILL DRAW CANDIDATES, TO THE TO APPLY FOR YOUR POSITION.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AND I THINK THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SPOKE TO THIS IS YOU HAVE A CITY COUNCIL THAT APPEARS TO WORK TOGETHER.

AND THIS IS SOMEWHAT, GETTING MORE AND MORE RARE.

WE SEE IN OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS, THERE'S A LOT OF CITY COUNCILS THAT ARE DEBATING CONSTANTLY AND DISAGREEING AND, CREATING KIND OF AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT TO CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES AND OTHER RECRUITMENTS THAT WE HAVE.

SO SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF POSITIVES TO OFFER IN OUR RECRUITMENT.

BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO AGREE ON OUR SHARED GOALS, AND OUR SHARED GOALS SHOULD BE TO IDENTIFY AND APPOINT A CITY MANAGER WHO EMBODIES LEADERSHIP, UNDERSTANDS THE CITY'S UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES, STRENGTHS, AND CAN COLLABORATIVELY COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY DEPARTMENTS AND THE COMMUNITY TOWARDS A BROADER AND MORE PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR AMARILLO.

SO, AND THEN ONE OF THE COURSE, THINGS THAT WE'LL PULL IN IS YOUR SIX PILLARS, THAT YOU THE STRATEGIC PILLARS THAT YOU ADOPTED LAST SEPTEMBER, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR EFFORTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER WE BROUGHT IN HAS THE UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR PILLARS, HAS SOME EXPERIENCE IN, LIKE, DEALING WITH THE BUSINESS SECTOR, A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BUSINESS SECTOR AND YOUR OTHER PILLARS.

AND WE'LL FOCUS OUR, AGAIN, OUR EFFORTS ON INDIVIDUALS WHO SATISFY THOSE PILLARS.

NEXT SLIDE, TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, UNIQUE APPROACH.

AND AGAIN, AS I STARTED THE PRESENTATION TODAY, I TOLD YOU THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMONALITIES BETWEEN THE THREE COMPANIES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE UNIQUE, UNIQUE APPROACHES THAT EACH COMPANY TAKES.

AND I THINK THAT IN OUR CASE, WE FOCUS A LOT ON CUSTOMER SERVICES AND BY CUSTOMER SERVICE.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST CUSTOMER SERVICES TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO CUSTOMER SERVICES TO OUR CLIENTS, WHICH OUR CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES AND OTHER CANDIDATES, THEY WANT QUICK RESPONSES.

THEY WANT TO KEEP BEING INFORMED OF THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.

SO WE PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON CUSTOMER SERVICES, BOTH WITH OUR CITY CLIENT AND ALSO OUR CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES.

WE ALSO, BASE, OUR RECRUITMENT ON RECRUITING QUALIFIED, DIVERSE APPLICANTS.

AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR OUR RECENT APPOINTMENTS, WE'VE HAD A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF CANDIDATES WHO WERE BROUGHT IN TO SOME OF OUR RECENT RECRUITMENTS.

WE JUST WERE INVOLVED IN THE HIRING OF A BLACK FEMALE IN THE CITY OF MURPHY, TEXAS.

AND SO VERY PROUD OF THAT.

SO WE WE REALLY TRY TO EXPAND THE BASE OF APPLICANTS AND MAKE SURE WE REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE MINORITY GROUPS, FEMALE POTENTIAL FEMALE APPLICANTS AND SO FORTH.

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AND I THINK YOUR PREVIOUS SPEAKERS TALKED TO THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT IF WE'RE HIRED TO DO THIS RECRUITMENT, I, AS YOUR LEAD RECRUITER, WILL COME INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SPEND SEVERAL DAYS VISITING WITH EACH OF YOU ONE ON ONE, VISITING WITH YOUR SENIOR STAFF.

AND I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER THEIR INPUT.

THEY DON'T WANT TO BE LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS.

SO I WILL SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME WITH ANDREW, THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

WHAT TYPE OF CITY MANAGER YOU WANT HERE? WHAT IS THE IDEAL CITY MANAGER THAT AMARILLO NEEDS TO LEAD YOU IN THE FUTURE? SO A LOT OF, TIME WILL BE SPENT TALKING TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY AND CITY STAFF MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY AND ALSO AS A GROUP.

IF YOU WANT, WE CAN ALSO DO SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

WE HAVE DONE THAT IN OTHER, RECRUITMENTS.

WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, WHERE WE'VE INVITED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE, COUNTY OFFICIALS, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, AND TO OFFER THEIR INPUT. AND, AND GENERALLY, THEY APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT, BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION IN A LOT OF TIMES, THEY WANT TO THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS.

THEY WANT TO TELL, TELL SHARE INFORMATION ON WHAT THEY BELIEVE THE NEW CITY MANAGER HAVE AS FAR AS THEIR ATTRIBUTES AND TRAITS.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR APPROACH, TO OUR RECRUITMENT.

NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST TO KIND OF GET DOWN AGAIN, MORE SPECIFICALLY ON OUR UNIQUE SERVICES AND WHAT DIFFERENTIATES US FROM MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER FIRMS. AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL.

AS FAR AS OUR RECRUITMENTS, WE WILL LET YOU GUIDE HOW WE STRUCTURE THIS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.

AND LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THIS.

ONE IS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED IF YOU WANT A STAKEHOLDERS TO BE INVOLVED AND, AND HELPING US PROVIDE THEIR INPUT, THEN WE WILL REACH OUT TO THEM, IF YOU WANT TO DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WHERE YOU BRING THE FINALIST IN, IF YOU WANT TO SET UP SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THEM, MAYBE HAVE THEM COMING TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND SPEAK FOR, 10 OR 15 MINUTES, INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO THE COMMUNITY, RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, SEE HOW THEY, HANDLE THEIR PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS.

WE CAN SET THAT UP.

BUT AGAIN, WE WANT THAT TO BE GUIDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN YOUR INPUT.

SO SO OUR RECRUITMENT, IS BASED ON YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS.

NUMBER TWO, WHAT IS DIFFERENT FROM CLEAR CAREER PROFESSIONALS FROM OTHER COMPANIES IS THE RECRUITER, WHICH AGAIN, IS MYSELF WILL BE THE ONLY CONTACT THAT YOU WILL HAVE WITH OUR COMPANY.

SO I WILL BE THE HANDS ON PERSON THAT WILL BE DEALING WITH THIS RECRUITMENT.

I HAVE CERTAINLY A SUPPORT STAFF IN OUR BACK IN OUR MAIN OFFICE THAT WILL HELP WITH ADVERTISING AND PREPARING THE PROFILE AND SO FORTH, BUT I WILL BE THE ONLY PERSON THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO CONTACT, SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS IN THIS RECRUITMENT PROCESS.

NUMBER THREE, THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT CLEAR, CLEAR CAREER PROFESSIONALS IS THAT WE OFFER A STREAMLINED PROCESS THAT ELIMINATES A LOT OF RED TAPE AND REDUCES EXPENSES TO THE CITY.

AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DIFFERENT STEPS IN OUR RECRUITMENT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

BUT GENERALLY, OUR RECRUITMENTS TAKE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 90 AND 120 DAYS.

BUT THAT'S FROM THE TIME THE CONTRACT IS ACTUALLY SIGNED.

SO ONE OF YOUR PREVIOUS SPEAKERS MENTIONED 120 DAYS, AND THAT'S AFTER THE JOB PROFILE.

WE'LL ACTUALLY ONCE YOU SIGN THE CONTRACT, WE'LL GENERALLY HAVE YOU TO A DECISION POINT WITHIN 120 DAYS.

SO WE OFFER, I THINK, A MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS.

NUMBER FOUR, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT SEPARATES US FROM THE OTHER COMPANIES THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING IS SOME REALLY OPEN, CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS, NOT ONLY WITH THE CITY, BUT ALL APPLICANTS.

AND WITH THAT IN MIND, WE WILL PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL, REPORTS ON OUR RECRUITMENT EVERY TWO WEEKS OR ACTUALLY A WRITTEN REPORT.

AND WE WILL PROVIDE THIS TO YOUR STAFF.

ALSO, WE'LL ASK THE CITY SECRETARY OR YOUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER TO DISTRIBUTE OUR REPORTS TO CITY STAFF SO THEY CAN KEEP UP WITH WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE RECRUITMENT.

OF COURSE, WE WON'T MENTION ANY NAMES EARLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT WE'LL GENERALLY SAY THIS IS HOW MANY APPLICATIONS WE'VE RECEIVED.

THIS IS WHERE WE PLACED ADS, THIS IS THE RESPONSE WE'RE GETTING.

AND SO THAT COMMUNICATION IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND WE HOPE THAT YOUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER WOULD ALSO SHARE THAT WITH THE LOCAL MEDIA, SO YOUR CITIZENS CAN STAY INFORMED OF THE PROCESS.

I THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN HOW THIS RECRUITMENT WILL TAKE PLACE.

SO COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO OUR RECRUITMENT IS COMMUNICATION WITH THE APPLICANTS.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN THROUGH JOB INTERVIEW PROCESSES WHERE YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.

YOU APPLY FOR A JOB AND YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING FOR A MONTH OR TWO, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, AM I GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE MY FAMILY? OR AM I GOING TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, RELOCATE OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE KIDS GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE SCHOOL, WHATEVER WE ACTUALLY CALL ALL CONTACT ALL OF OUR

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AND THAT REALLY, I THINK IS MORE THAN ANYTHING, IS A UNIQUE APPROACH THAT OUR APPLICANTS REALLY APPRECIATE BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE OUT THERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE, AND THEY APPRECIATE THAT CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATION, LIKE THE OTHER FIRMS, WE HAVE A NETWORK OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH OUR RECENT RECRUITMENTS.

WE ALSO I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN FOUR DIFFERENT STATES.

I KNOW A LOT OF, PEOPLE OUT THERE AND CITY MANAGERS AND FORMER CITY MANAGERS AND, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

I AM AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF NOT ONLY THE TCMA TEXAS CITY MANAGERS, BUT ALSO INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION, BEEN INVOLVED IN VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND STAY VERY ACTIVE IN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

SO WE DO KNOW A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WE THINK WILL APPLY FOR YOUR POSITION HERE IN AMARILLO WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I OFFER OVER 40 YEARS OF CITY MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, AND DURING MY CAREER AS CITY MANAGER, I INTERVIEWED FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT JOBS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

AGAIN, I WORKED IN FOUR DIFFERENT STATES, AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A LOT OF SEARCH FIRMS, AND THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE, I WAS ABLE TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT WHAT THEY DO RIGHT AND WHAT THEY DO WRONG.

AND I THINK I BROUGHT THAT KNOWLEDGE, TO CLEAR CAREER PROFESSIONALS TO HELP KIND OF FRAME OUR APPROACH TO TO OUR SERVICES.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPANY AND HOW WE ARE UNIQUE AS FAR AS OUR RECRUITMENT.

NOW, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.

AND BECAUSE AGAIN, I AM THE PERSON YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH, I'M THE PERSON YOU'LL BE SEEING.

I'M YOU'LL BE SPENDING TIME WITH ME DURING THE INITIAL STAGE TO GIVE ME YOUR INPUT.

I'M A NATIVE OF FORT WORTH, GRADUATE OF UT ARLINGTON, TCU.

ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO I DID SOMETHING REALLY CRAZY AND WENT BACK AND GOT MY PHD AND COLLEGE IN SAN ANTONIO AREA.

OH, PLEASE DISREGARD THE PICTURE THERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GOT THAT PHOTO THERE, BUT BUT BUT ANYWAY, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH TEXAS.

I ACTUALLY STARTED MY CAREER MANY YEARS AGO IN CONVERSE, TEXAS, FIRST CITY MANAGER OF TEXAS.

AND ONE SIDE NOTE THAT I WAS THINKING IS MY I WAS FLYING IN TODAY IS I ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED FOR A JOB IN AMARILLO BACK EARLY IN MY CAREER.

I WAS THE, ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EAST TEXAS COG, AND I INTERVIEWED FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PANHANDLE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION BACK, I WILL TELL YOU. MANY YEARS AGO, BUT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT AMARILLO AND SPEND SEVERAL DAYS HERE, AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED I DIDN'T GET THE JOB, BUT I WAS PRETTY YOUNG AT THE TIME.

BUT ANYWAY, I'VE ENJOYED 45 YEARS OF CITY MANAGEMENT.

RETIRED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO, CITY MANAGER IN FREDERICKSBURG DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS OF MY CAREER.

BUT I SPENT TIME 14 YEARS IN HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.

I WAS IN ARIZONA AND WASHINGTON STATE.

SO I HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT, INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE THAT ARE IN THE MARKET THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE INTERESTED IN YOUR POSITION.

IT'S, CLEAR CAREER PROFESSIONALS.

AGAIN, I'M THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT OF RECRUITING.

AND I HAD OUR SEARCHES NOT ONLY FOR CITY MANAGERS, BUT WE ALSO RECRUIT FOR FINANCE DIRECTORS.

WE'RE DOING WE'RE REAL INVOLVED WITH POLICE CHIEF RECRUITMENTS RIGHT NOW AND OTHER DEPARTMENT HEAD POSITIONS.

SO, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME AND MY BACKGROUND.

AND AGAIN, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WE GET THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

JUST RECENTLY I'VE COMPLETED YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE RECRUITMENTS BELOW THAT I'VE LISTED HERE.

AND I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, GET GET ON THE PHONE AND CALL THE MAYOR OR ANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN ANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

AND I THINK THEY WOULD GIVE YOU A VERY POSITIVE REFERENCE ON THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.

AGAIN, IT'S VERY HANDS ON, AND VERY CUSTOMER SERVICE ORIENTED.

NEXT PAGE IS JUST A LISTING OF SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS, COMMUNITIES WE'VE SERVED.

A COUPLE OF THEM. AND WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND OKAY NEXT ONE.

SO WHAT I WANT TO DO NOW.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS JUST KIND OF LEAD YOU THROUGH OUR PROCESS.

AND AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE OTHER FIRMS HAD COMMUNICATED TO YOU.

I THINK LARRY, LARRY GURLEY MENTIONED KIND OF A NINE PHASED APPROACH.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FIVE STEP APPROACH.

BUT THE BASICALLY THE INGREDIENTS IN THOSE DIFFERENT STEPS ARE VERY SIMILAR.

SO AGAIN, THE WHAT I'M GOING TO DESCRIBE TO YOU IS A 120 DAY PROCESS.

ONCE A CONTRACT IS SIGNED AND WE WILL GET IT DONE AND HAVE YOU IN A HIRING DECISION WITHIN FOUR MONTHS.

NEXT RECRUITMENT.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO THE FIRST STEP IN OUR PROCESS OF COURSE IS LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE SEARCH.

AND THAT IS WHERE I COME IN AND TALK TO YOU ONE ON ONE I TALK TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.

I TALK TO ANYBODY ELSE THAT THE COUNCIL FEELS IS IMPORTANT TO GIVE ME INPUT ON WHAT TYPE OF PERSON YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

THE EASY PART IS FINDING PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND THE EDUCATION THAT YOU REQUIRE.

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AND AGAIN, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO MATCH THOSE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

EVERY CITY IS DIFFERENT.

YOU HAVE YOUR OWN UNIQUE NEEDS.

YOU HAVE WHAT YOU WANT IN A CITY MANAGER.

YOU HAVE YOUR IDEAL OF THE IDEAL CITY MANAGER.

AND WE WANT I WANT TO HEAR THAT FROM YOU.

AND I HOPE YOU'LL BE COMPLETELY HONEST AND UP FRONT WITH ME.

AND I WANT TO HEAR THAT FROM AGAIN, STAFF AND OTHERS SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION TO GENERATE THE JOB PROFILE AND SELECTION CRITERIA.

AND ALSO WE'LL REVIEW YOUR POSITION DESCRIPTION, YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION TO MAKE SURE IT COMPLIES WITH THE JOB PROFILE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE.

SO AGAIN VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS.

PART OF THE PROCESS.

WE DON'T WANT TO RUSH THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND AGAIN, THE MATCH IS THE MOST, CRITICAL PART OF THIS WHOLE RECRUITMENT.

IF I COULD SKIP OVER.

NEXT SLIDE. ONE MORE.

STEP TWO IN THE PROCESS IS THE STRATEGY THAT WE HAVE AND AGAIN, THAT IS CREATING THE BROCHURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GENERATE.

AND GOING AHEAD AND DOING SOME OUTREACH TO OUR NETWORK, PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS APPLICANTS WE HAVE IN OUR DATABASE, WE WILL REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WE KNOW WE WILL REACH, WE WILL PUBLISH ADS IN BOTH, STATEWIDE AND ALSO IN ICMA, NATIONWIDE.

WE WILL DO A VERY ACTIVE AND AGGRESSIVE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING LINKEDIN, AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER MENTIONED, SO VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT ON AMARILLO AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND, ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

NEXT SLIDE.

THEN WE WILL ACCEPT AGAIN ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR ABOUT FOUR FOR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 4 TO 6 WEEKS.

AND THEN WE WILL START LOOKING AT THOSE APPLICATIONS INTERNALLY.

CLEAR CAREER WILL LOOK AT THOSE AND START IDENTIFYING, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INDIVIDUALS WHO WE WANT TO FOCUS ON.

THAT IS WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE THE SEMIFINALIST.

AND AGAIN, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT MATCH YOUR COMMUNITY WILL ACTUALLY ASK THEM TO DO A LEADERSHIP PROFILE.

WE'LL ASK THEM TO PROVIDE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO US.

BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THOSE 8 TO 12 INDIVIDUALS WHO BEST FIT THE COMMUNITY.

THEN WHAT WE WILL DO IS GET THOSE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH A SCREENING PROCESS THAT'S USUALLY CONDUCTED BY THREE MEMBERS OF CLEAR.

THAT WILL BE VIA A REMOTE PRESENTATION.

IT'LL BE VIDEOTAPED.

YOU WILL BE PROVIDED COPIES OF ALL THE INTERVIEWS OF THE THE SEMIFINALIST.

AND, AND THEN WE WILL, SELECT OUR IDENTIFY OR RECOMMEND TO YOU WHO THE SEMIFINALIST ARE.

AND, WE WILL WANT YOUR INPUT ON THAT.

AND, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH SELECTION OF THE FINALIST FOR THE POSITION.

SO AGAIN, THAT WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT, THE APPLICANTS REALLY ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS.

NEXT STEP, STEP FOUR IS TO VERIFY AND CHECK.

FINALIST. AND, MARY, YOU MEANT YOU, ALLUDED TO THE FACT OF THE, BACKGROUND CHECKS AND REFERENCE CHECKS, VERY IMPORTANT IN TODAY'S WORLD, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE ABOUT, SOME OF THE CANDIDATES.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR BACKGROUND, ANY PROBLEM AREAS THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT.

SO WE'LL DO AN EDUCATION BACKGROUND CHECK, CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, CREDIT BACKGROUND, AND, BASICALLY VERIFY THAT WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US IS ACCURATE.

WE'LL ALSO ASK THEM, OF COURSE, DURING THE INITIAL INTERVIEWS.

IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND THAT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE THAT YOU COULD TELL US ON THE FRONT END SO THERE'S NO SURPRISES? WE KNOW THAT, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILS HATE SURPRISES.

AND SO WE ASK THEM IN THE BEGINNING TO IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL SURPRISES THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF.

AGAIN, WE ALSO DO A SOCIAL MEDIA REVIEW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE ANY PROBLEM AREAS FOR THE POTENTIAL FINALIST.

THEN WHAT WE WILL DO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IS WE WILL ACTUALLY RECOMMEND TO YOU, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FINALISTS FOR YOUR POSITION.

AND THIS WILL BE PROVIDED A FOLDER OF INFORMATION ON THE, RECOMMENDED FINALIST THAT INCLUDE A VIDEOTAPE OF THEIR INTERVIEWS, THEIR BACKGROUND CHECKS, THEIR RESUME COVER LETTER.

YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT AND MAKE SURE YOU CONCUR WITH THE SELECTION OF THE FINALIST THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING.

WE ALSO OFFER THE TWO YEAR, A TWO YEAR GUARANTEE.

ONCE YOU HIRE SOMEBODY, WE WILL OFFER A TWO YEAR GUARANTEE.

IF THAT PERSON LEAVES WITHIN TWO YEARS, WE WILL COME BACK AND DO ANOTHER RECRUITMENT FOR YOU AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE.

WE WILL ALSO HELP YOU PREPARE SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR THE INTERVIEW.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO, PREPARE YOUR OWN QUESTIONS, BUT WE WILL, PREPARE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU TO ASK, AND WE WILL HELP YOU FOR WITH CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS DURING THE FINAL PHASE OF THE RECRUITMENT.

NEXT SLIDE. MAYOR, YOU ASK ABOUT PRICING OUR PRICING FOR OUR SERVICES.

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BUT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT LESS EXPENSIVE THAN THE OTHER COMPANIES THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING.

OUR FIRM PRICE IS $21,000.

NO HIDDEN COST HERE.

THIS COVERS EVERYTHING, INCLUDING MY TRAVEL PRINTING COST, THE VARIOUS OTHER COSTS, PLACING ADS AND PUBLICATIONS.

SO, AGAIN, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE OTHER THAN THE 21,000 IS FOR TRAVEL, FOR THE FINALIST, FOR THE POSITION.

AND ALSO, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE FINALIST WOULD ALSO BE RECOMMENDED TO BRING THEIR SPOUSES WITH THEM.

AND WE WOULD HOPE THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR TRAVEL FOR THE SPOUSES.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY EXPENSES THAT YOU WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER THAN THE $21,000 FEE.

SO IN CLOSING, A COUPLE OF BENEFITS OF CHOOSING US AGAIN.

WE'RE A SMALLER COMPANY.

WE WOULD PROVIDE YOU A HANDS ON APPROACH.

VERY CUSTOMER SERVICE ORIENTED.

WE HAVE A COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO RECRUITMENT THAT MINIMIZES EXPENSES AND THE HOURS THAT, STAFF SPENDS ON THIS.

ONE OF YOUR PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT, MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUST, AND I AND I REALLY KIND OF I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE THE SECOND POINT THERE, TRUST IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS RELATIONSHIP THAT THE RECRUITER HAS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TRUST YOU TO BE HONEST WITH ME AND GIVE ME YOUR YOUR INSIGHT ON EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER, YOU HAVE TO OPEN UP TO ME AND BE COMPLETELY FORTHRIGHT.

AND WHAT TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL YOU WANT.

I, ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE TO TRUST ME, ON THE OTHER HAND, TO BRING FORWARD QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT ANY PERSONAL BIAS ON MY PART.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I MAKE SURE THAT I TREAT PEOPLE THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR 30 YEARS OF THIS PROFESSION THE SAME WAY I TREAT PEOPLE THAT I, I'VE JUST MET.

SO, I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO TRUST ME.

JUST LIKE I TRUST YOU.

SO TRUST IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT WITH WHOEVER YOU HIRE FOR THIS ENDEAVOR.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS THE IDEA OF TRANSPARENCY.

WE WANT TO HAVE COMMUNICATION.

WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW.

WE WANT TO LET THE STAFF KNOW WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IN THE PROCESS.

WE WANT TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW.

NOW, WE CAN'T PROVIDE NAMES ON THE FRONT END OF THIS BECAUSE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE COMPLY WITH THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, BUT WE WANT TO GENERALLY KEEP YOU INFORMED BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU'RE AT CHURCH, YOU'RE AT THE GROCERY STORE.

PEOPLE ASK YOU WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY MANAGER RECRUITMENT.

AND THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO SAY IS, WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

THE RECRUITER HADN'T TOLD ME ANYTHING IN THE LAST MONTH OR TWO.

SO WE WANT TO PUT YOU IN A POSITION TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ONGOING COMMUNICATION.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I WANTED TO, TELL, RELATE TO THE COUNCIL TODAY.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM NOW THAT IF I AM HIRED FOR THIS JOB, I WOULD BRING A REAL SENSE OF ENERGY AND PASSION TO THE RECRUITMENT EFFORT.

I AM VERY POSITIVE ABOUT AMARILLO, AND I'M VERY POSITIVE ABOUT CITY MANAGEMENT.

AND I WOULD BRING THAT TO THE RECRUITMENT FOR YOUR CITY MANAGER.

FINALLY, I WANTED TO SAY BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS IS, AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, AMARILLO HAS A LOT TO OFFER CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES. I THINK YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

AND AGAIN, I THINK YOU WILL GET A GOOD RESPONSE.

I THINK YOU HAVE A POSITIVE REPUTATION, OUT THERE.

AND WHAT I HAD MENTIONED TO DON WHEN HE CONTACTED ME LAST WEEK OR SO IS ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS YOU'VE DONE RECENTLY IS THE WAY YOU HANDLED THE DEPARTURE OF YOUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER. I THINK THAT SPEAKS A LOT TO THE QUALITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SITTING UP HERE, AND YOUR ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER.

AND PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES LOOK AT THAT.

THEY WATCH YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, THEY LOOK AT YOUR AGENDAS, AND YOUR ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER WILL BE A REAL ATTRACTION FOR YOUR POSITION HERE IN AMARILLO.

SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IN CLOSING.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS FOR, MR. MEYERS ONE FOR ME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

COUNCILMAN. TIPPS. YEAH.

KEN, I APPRECIATE YOU.

EVERYBODY WAS GIVEN THE SAME INVITATION.

AND YOU SHOWED UP, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

APPRECIATE THAT ENERGY TO SHOW UP AND DO THAT.

WELL, I HAD TO ENJOY A STEAK DINNER.

ROZIER THANK YOU. APPRECIATE.

YES. SO SO I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION.

YOU KNOW WE AS A MAYOR AND COUNCIL IF WE DO THIS RIGHT THIS IS OUR ONE SHOT TO DO IT.

AND WE NEED TO DO IT RIGHT.

AND HOPEFULLY ANOTHER MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN FOR A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME.

SO IT'S VERY CRUCIAL THAT WE THAT WE DO THIS CORRECTLY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND SO FOR US THIS IS A DECISION TO DETERMINE WHO CAN HELP US.

I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, IF I HAD A CONCERN, OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMPANY IS JUST NOT BEEN AROUND AS LONG.

YOU DON'T HAVE A TRACK RECORD.

SO YOU PLACE PEOPLE.

BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE THAT TRACK RECORD OF HAVE THEY BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THAT PLACEMENT.

SO WHAT WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME? AND, YOU KNOW, TO HELP ME KIND OF GET OVER THAT HURDLE? WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU MENTIONED, THOUGH, I PERCEIVE TO BE A POSITIVE, COUNCIL MEMBER BECAUSE WE'RE HUNGRY FOR YOUR BUSINESS AND WE WANT AMARILLO AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WE

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WE NEED A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS TO BUILD OUR BUSINESS.

EVEN THOUGH WE'VE RECENTLY DONE CURVILLE, WE'VE RECENTLY DONE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE VERY BEEN POSITIVE EXPERIENCES FOR US.

WE REALLY WILL MAKE SURE WE GIVE 100% TO THIS.

BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF YOU AS A CLIENT TO OUR COMPANY, OTHERS, YOU KNOW, THEY DO A LOT OF RECRUITMENTS AND THEY MAY TREAT YOU JUST THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE.

WE WON'T DO THAT. WE WILL.

WE WILL GIVE YOU SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.

THANK. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN. SIMPSON. ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR. KENT, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH, I STARTED FROM THE BEGINNING.

WHEN WE WERE CREATED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022.

I WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINATORS OF THEIR COMPANY, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS.

THERE'S FIVE MEMBERS TOTAL.

IS THAT RIGHT? WE HAVE 12 PEOPLE IN OUR COMPANY NOW.

YEAH. OKAY. SUPPORT STAFF, AS WELL AS WE HAVE A, AGAIN, AN EX FIRE CHIEF WHO DOES FIRE CHIEF RECRUITMENTS.

WE DO POLICE CHIEF RECRUITMENTS.

AND DID YOU DO ANYTHING TRANSITIONALLY, FROM COMING OUT OF CITY MANAGEMENT BEFORE YOU GOT HIRED ON OR FOUNDED THIS? NO, SIR. I RETIRED OUT OF FREDERICKSBURG.

I SPENT ABOUT TWO, 2 OR 3 MONTHS VISITING GRANDKIDS AND TRAVELING AND THEN GOT A LITTLE BIT BORED AND, YOU KNOW, DECIDED TO JUST COULDN'T STAY HOME, YEAH.

OKAY. WELL, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THE TRIP UP, AND, APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO APPLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. YEAH.

THANK YOU. SO I WOULD ASK COUNSEL AT THIS TIME, I THINK WE WANT TO BE PRETTY PROACTIVE.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT WE WE NEED TO DO A WHOLE LOT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA IN TWO WEEKS FOR US TO GIVE DIRECTION ON WHICH FIRM WE'RE GOING WITH.

DOES ANYBODY ON COUNCIL FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION AT THIS MOMENT TO, DIGEST THIS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION? NO, I'M GOOD.

AND I WOULD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE, EVERYBODY THAT LET'S NOT TALK TO.

THEY'RE OPEN TO PHONE CALLS.

I MEAN, I'M SURE KENT EDWARD, ALL OF THEM WOULD BE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL THEM AND TALK TO THEM.

SO AS LONG AS COUNCIL HAS ALL THE CONTACT INFORMATION, WE ALSO HAVE MESSAGE BOARD, WHICH WE'VE ALL COME TO LEARN HOW TO USE AND, RESPOND TO OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO I THINK IF COUNCIL'S AGREED, THEN WE CAN COMMUNICATE, AMONGST OURSELVES ON MESSAGE BOARD.

IF YOU FEEL IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING, IF THERE IF THERE'S A STRONG FEELING MAYBE FOR OR AGAINST, WE COULD COMMUNICATE.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING THIS FORWARD IN TWO WEEKS AND WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND AWARD THIS.

ANY REASON THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE READY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

NOTHING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DON'T MIND.

AND AND I'VE GOT MAYBE 1 OR 2 THINGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

COUNCIL MEMBER. TIPPS. IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THE TWO THAT YOU WANT TO BRING UP FROM YOUR CONVERSATIONS? THAT MAY BE BECAUSE TODAY WAS KIND OF QUICK, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY THINGS THAT YOU DISCOVER, BECAUSE I'VE GOT ONE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ESSER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE IN YOUR LONGER CONVERSATION THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU.

NOT NECESSARILY. I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.

I KNOW I CAN'T TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MEETING INDIVIDUALLY WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO GET A GOOD VISION OF WHAT EACH ONE OF US WANTS.

ALSO HOLDING, COMMUNITY, MEETINGS, IF THAT'S IF WE SO DIRECTED.

SO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT WAS TWO THINGS THAT WERE, I MEAN, I THINK IMPORTANT OR JUST BASICALLY TAKING DIRECTION.

SO YEAH.

YEAH, I THINK OUR MEMBER KIND OF DIGGING INTO IT BECAUSE EVERYBODY KIND OF WENT OVER THEIR SEARCH PROCESS AT A HIGH LEVEL.

BUT THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, ONE THING AND WE DIDN'T GET A WHOLE LOT INTO THIS.

BUT I KNOW WITH SGR, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO WE NEED TO HAVE OUR STAFF INTERACTING WITH THIS IN SOME SHAPE, FORM OR FASHION, TO, TO KEEP THEM AND ALSO GETTING FEEDBACK.

ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT SGR HAS IS THEY SUGGEST THAT YOU GET TWO PEOPLE FROM THE CITY ORGANIZATION JUST TO TAKE THE CANDIDATES ON A TOUR OF THE COMMUNITY. AND, AND ACTUALLY THROUGH THAT, THAT THOSE STAFF PEOPLE ACTUALLY GIVE US FEEDBACK, NOT THAT THEY'RE VOTING FOR ONE OR ANOTHER, BUT JUST WHAT DO THEY SEE? WHAT ARE THESE CONVERSATIONS LIKE? WHAT ARE THEY HEARING, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO SOMETIMES THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE NITTY GRITTY WHEN YOU GET INTO THAT PROCESS.

MAYBE THAT DIFFERENTIATES THEM A LITTLE BIT FROM EACH OTHER AND HOW THEY HANDLE THAT PROCESS.

SO I JUST WOULD BRING THAT UP ABOUT, KIND OF ABOUT WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT SGR.

ANYTHING FURTHER, SIR? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS ONE.

TAKE THAT NEXT STEP.

SO JUST BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE NOW COMPLETED SIX B DISCUSSION SIX C WAS COMPLETED, MISS CITY SECRETARY.

CORRECT. IF YOU GUYS ARE GOOD TO HANG IN THERE WITH ME, I THINK WE'LL DO SIX D.

[6.D. Budget Amendments and Working Budget]

SO, MISS STORRS MRS STORRS, IF YOU'RE GOOD TO COME UP FOR SIX D BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND, ALL SORTS OF MONIES.

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND, IF YOU'LL GIVE US A SECOND, I'VE GOT A PRESENTATION THAT'LL BE UP BACK TO THAT SPOT.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

STEPHANIE. SO I'LL START JUST WITH PROMPTING THE REASON THAT THIS ITEM IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

I WAS ACTUALLY PLANNING TO BRING THIS STARTING NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WITH ACTUALLY BRINGING FORTH SOME TRUE BUDGET AMENDMENTS IN FIRST FOR FIRST AND SECOND READING IN FEBRUARY.

PART OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS YOU'LL BE SEEING SOON, NOT TODAY, ARE RELATED TO WHAT IS NEEDED TO KIND OF CLOSE OUT OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR.

SO THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.

AND I KNOW THE QUESTION WOULD BE, WELL, WHY ARE YOU BRINGING IT NOW? WE'RE WRAPPING UP OUR AUDIT.

WE'LL BE PRESENTING OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, OUR AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL, THE LAST MEETING IN FEBRUARY.

AND SO THIS IS PART OF KIND OF THE CLOSEOUT PROCESS, THE FINAL AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE DO.

SO I'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THOSE SOON.

SO FOR NOW, THE REASON THIS ONE IS ON TODAY IS WE NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT AN ITEM, THAT HAS COME UP THAT WE HAD PUT OUT TO BID AND WE HAVE RECEIVED A BID.

AND I KNOW Y'ALL ARE GETTING USED TO THIS NOW, BUT THE BID BID CAME IN HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED, ANTICIPATED AND WHAT OUR FUNDING IS FOR THE PROJECT. SO WE NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF SOME OPTIONS ON THAT.

SO WE COULD TIMELY DETERMINE IF WE NEED TO BRING THAT BID TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

SO I'M GOING TO START BY TALKING A LITTLE BIT AS A REMINDER TO CITY COUNCIL AND MAYBE MORE TO OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE WATCHING.

IS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A WORKING BUDGET THIS YEAR OF $4.5 MILLION? SO WHAT THAT WAS, THOSE WERE MONIES THAT WERE SET ASIDE BECAUSE WE DID, INCREASE OUR SALES TAX BUDGET, TO THE TREND THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING RECENTLY, THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE IN THE ECONOMY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THAT SALES TAX NUMBER HAS GONE UP.

WE'VE WATCHED IT VERY CLOSELY TO ENSURE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO TREND DOWN.

AND SO THIS 4.5 MILLION REALLY KIND OF CAME OUT OF THAT.

AND IT WAS SET ASIDE TO BE ABLE TO WATCH HOW SALES TAX STARTED PERFORMING THIS YEAR, AND THEN TO ALLOW YOU ALL TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS AS THE YEAR WENT ALONG. I THINK THAT, FORESIGHT WAS VERY GOOD ON Y'ALL'S PART THAT THINGS DO COME UP THAT ARE UNEXPECTED AND YOU NEED A LITTLE BIT OF, ABILITY TO MANEUVER.

SO THIS 4.5 MILLION IS WHAT IS IN THE APPROVED BUDGET WITH SUPPORTING REVENUES.

SO THE NEXT PIECE THERE IS WHAT IS SALES TAX BEEN DOING.

WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF REPORTED ON SOME OF THIS, BUT FIRST QUARTER'S PERFORMING WELL.

WE'RE ABOUT 1% UP FROM PRIOR YEAR COLLECTIONS.

SO IF YOU TREND THE BUDGET OFF OF LAST YEAR'S COLLECTIONS, WE WILL ALMOST BE FLAT WITH WHAT OUR CURRENT YEAR APPROVED BUDGET IS.

BUT IF WE REVISE OUR BUDGET, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS IF WE APPLY THE SAME INCREASE.

BASED OFF WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON THE FIRST QUARTER, AND THEN WE KIND OF APPLY IT TO THE REST OF THE CURRENT YEAR'S PROJECTIONS WILL BE ABOUT $1 MILLION OVER BUDGET.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT, IF YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, I THINK SOME DURING BUDGET, IN AUGUST THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAD AN AUDIT ADJUSTMENT ON SALES TAX AND IT CAUSED US TO BE DOWN.

I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT 18% FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

WE WOULD NOT ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING AGAIN IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

SO I THINK BOTTOM LINE SALES TAX IS IN GREAT SHAPE.

WE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OVER BUDGET BY THE END OF THE YEAR IF THINGS CONTINUE THE WAY THAT THEY ARE.

OKAY, SO THAT'S JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON SALES TAX.

SO NOW LET'S TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE FUNDING NEEDS.

OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER ANDREW FREEMAN POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, I BELIEVE THIS LAST FRIDAY, THESE ITEMS THERE'S THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY CHANGES TO THIS.

WE JUST WANTED TO GET THESE OUT IN FRONT OF YOU ALL SO YOU COULD START THINKING ABOUT IT AND POSSIBLY BRAINSTORM SOME IDEAS IF YOU HAD SOME THOUGHTS COMING INTO THIS MEETING FOR DIRECTION FOR US OR OTHER ITEMS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BIG ONE.

THE ONE THAT'S PRESSING IS THIS TRANSFORMATION PARK CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT A WHILE.

YOU ARE ALL VERY AWARE OF WHAT THIS ITEM IS.

THE CITY HAS SET ASIDE A TOTAL OF $5 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT.

ABOUT 1.2 OF THAT CAME OUT OF THE ARPA FUNDING.

THE REST CAME FROM SOME ONE TIME SAVINGS THAT WE HAD RECEIVED IN A PRIOR YEAR, THAT WE PUT TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.

NOW, THE CONSTRUCTION BIDS TO DO THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF THE PROJECT, ARE COMING IN ABOUT 1.1 MILLION OVER WHAT WE HAD

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NOW, PLEASE NOTE THAT $5 MILLION WE HAVE ALREADY PAID, WE'RE PAYING FOR A&E OUT OF IT.

SO THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DESIGN WE'RE ALL WE ALSO BOUGHT A PIECE OF LAND FOR ABOUT 182,000 OUT OF THAT MONEY AS WELL.

TO HELP GET THE FULL COVERAGE WE NEEDED FOR THE, THE SITE.

AND THEN, THERE WAS ABOUT A JUST JUST OVER 100,000 THAT WAS APPROVED TO GO TOWARDS THE NONPROFIT TO KIND OF HELP WITH THEIR START UP OPERATIONS.

THEY HAVE NOT COME BACK AND ASKED FOR ANY MORE SINCE THEN.

SO WITH THAT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, CONSTRUCTION PRICES HAVE BEEN COMING UP THERE.

THE BIDS THAT ARE IN PLACE, AND JERRY HAS GRACIOUSLY JOINED US IN THIS MEETING.

SO IF, HE, IF HE, HE CAN CERTAINLY STEP UP AND TALK TO SOME OF THIS, BUT OUR BASE BID CAME IN AT A, 5,360,000.

AND THEN THERE IS AN ALTERNATE ONE OF ABOUT 79,000 THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD WITH.

WHAT IT WOULD DO IS IT WOULD ACTUALLY PUT CONCRETE IN THE OUTDOOR AREAS INSTEAD OF LIKE A CRUSHED GRAVEL.

I THINK IT WOULD, IT WOULD, LAST A LOT MORE YEARS TO COME.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S HOW WE'RE GETTING TO ABOUT OUR 1.1 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

A THOUGHT, IF YOU WILL REMEMBER BACK SEVERAL MEETINGS, WE BROUGHT INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ARPA FUNDING AND WHAT WE WERE USING ALL OF OUR ARPA FUNDING ON, AND WE HAD IDENTIFIED ABOUT 300,000 THAT WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT COULD DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH.

IT DIDN'T GET ANY DIRECTION AT THAT POINT IN TIME ON OTHER USES OF IT.

SO IT STAYED WITH THE ORIGINAL PROJECTS.

PART OF IT WAS FOR THE PREP ACADEMY, WHICH JASON'S, JASON RIDDLE'S, BERGER'S TEAM, IS UTILIZING TO TRY TO HELP TRANSITION PEOPLE BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE. THOSE THAT ARE HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS.

SO WE COULD UTILIZE 300,000 OF OUR ARPA FUNDING TO GO TOWARDS THIS $1.1 MILLION OVERAGE.

SO ANOTHER QUESTION I ANTICIPATED POSSIBLY YOU ALL HAVING WAS, WELL, WHAT IS THE NONPROFIT GROUP DOING? BECAUSE TRANSFORMATION PARK IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

THEY HAVE A BOARD.

AND WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD NOT VOTING.

JASON RIDDLEBERGER AND I BOTH SIT ON THAT BOARD AS NON-VOTING MEMBERS.

BUT JUST KIND OF HELP WITH OVERSIGHT AND SOME DIRECTION.

BUT THEY ARE ALSO DOING A LOT TO HELP FUNDRAISE TO COMPLETE THE NIGHT SHELTER PORTION OF TRANSFORMATION PARK.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS BID IS RELATED TO, IS THE NIGHT SHELTER PORTION.

THEY HAVE, ALL OF THE FFA, THEIR FUNDRAISING, ALL THE FFA FOR THE NIGHT SHELTER.

THEY'RE ALSO FUNDRAISING FOR ALL OF THE ACTUAL CABINS.

SO LIKE THIS, THE TINY HOMES THAT ARE THAT ARE GOING TO HOUSE OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, THEY ARE FUNDRAISING ALL OF THAT.

THAT'S OVER $1 MILLION ALONE THAT THEY'RE HELPING BRING FORWARD.

AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO BRINGING AND THAT'S I'M SORRY, THE CABINS, THE BEDS, THE MATTRESSES, LINENS, ALL LIKE THE PARK BENCHES, PICNIC TABLES, WASHERS, DRYERS, REFRIGERATORS, THEY'RE THEY'RE BRINGING ALL OF THAT FORWARD.

THEY'RE ALSO BRINGING FORWARD, MONEY FOR THE LARGER SIZE.

CABINS, WHERE THEY'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT 16 OF THOSE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ALMOST A HALF $1 MILLION.

SO THEY CERTAINLY ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PROJECT.

THEY ARE FUNDRAISING FOR THIS.

WHAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IS WE WERE HOPING BECAUSE THE CITY IS GOING TO OWN ALL OF THE ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WE WE OWN THE LAND.

WE'RE GOING TO OWN THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON IT.

SO THE CITY WAS HOPING TO BE ABLE TO PUT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE, TO BASICALLY GET ALL OF THE SITE WORK DONE TO GET THE BIG OUTDOOR, OVERHEAD SHELTER IN AND THEN LIKE KIND OF THE SECURITY OFFICES, THOSE THINGS IN PLACE, AND THEN THE TRANSFORMATION PARK WOULD COME IN AND PUT THE CABINS IN.

SO I'LL MAYBE STOP THERE IF THERE'S A QUESTION OR MAYOR, IF YOU WANT ME TO, I CAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS OR IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE.

PROBABLY GOOD TO TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE.

OKAY. SO.

COUNCIL. WE'VE GOT ONE FOOT IN THIS GUY AND AND WE'RE A GOOD PARTNER ON IT.

WE'VE GOT A GOOD, FUNDRAISING LEG OUT THERE.

YOU'VE GOT A GOOD NONPROFIT.

MR. ZIMMERMAN, YOU COULD PROBABLY JUST TELL ME IF I'M WRONG ON MY MY NUMBERS.

YOU FEED 750 OR MORE MEALS A WEEK, IS THAT CORRECT? HOW MANY OF YOU FEED DIRECTLY RIGHT NOW? ABOUT 11,000 A MONTH.

11,000 A MONTH.

MEALS. OKAY.

AND THEN WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT DO YOU HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY? VOLUNTEERS. HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS TOTAL? YOU THINK? OKAY.

AND YOUR FUNDRAISING.

DO YOU KNOW HOW YOU'RE COMING ON? LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR TOTAL GOAL? AND AND HOW HOW FAR ALONG ARE YOU?

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WE PROBABLY HAVE, I THINK.

OKAY. NOT.

ALL I'M GETTING TO COUNCIL IS HE'S A PRETTY GOOD INVESTMENT.

AND SO, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF IF WE BACK IT AND WE CONTINUE TO BACK IT AND SUPPORT IT, THERE'S A PAYOFF, AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, EVERYTHING FROM OUR NEW, YOU KNOW, CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ALL OVER TOWN.

AND THEN, JASON RIDDLESBARGER AND EVERY EVERYTHING THAT HE'S TOUCHING.

AND THEN NOT TO MENTION ALL THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE REALLY THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM HERE.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO STAY COMMITTED ON THE FRONT END.

SO THE $300,000 IN ARPA FUNDING, I MEAN, I WOULD JUST, WITH AN OPINION, SAY I SAW SPEND MONEY ON THINGS WAY LESS, OF A GOOD INVESTMENT THAN THIS OUT OF ARPA.

SO I COULD DEFINITELY JUSTIFY 300 K OUT OF THAT.

AND, MAYOR, IF I COULD ADD IN THE THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THE ARPA FUNDING IS SINCE IT'S FEDERAL DOLLARS, WE HAVE TO BID IT A CERTAIN WAY.

IT HAS TO MEET DAVIS-BACON REQUIREMENTS BY AMERICA REQUIREMENTS, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT THIS PROJECT ALREADY HAS ARPA FUNDING IN IT.

SO IT WAS BID THAT WAY SO WE COULD ADD MORE TO IT.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN BID THAT DIDN'T HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING.

YOU CAN'T REALLY INSERT ARPA MONEY TO IT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SURE. AND JERRY DID EXPLAIN TO ME THAT DOES AT TIMES DRIVE UP THE BID PRICE AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET THAT MOST REGULAR BIDS, CONSTRUCTION BIDS FOR THE CITY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THOSE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

I WOULD ALSO JUST SPEAK TO MR. DANFORTH IN THE WAY IN WHICH A LOT OF TIMES WE TRY TO VALUE ENGINEER AND WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY.

THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS PRETTY MUCH A HARD CONSTRUCTION.

IT'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S BASIC FENCE LIGHTS, CONCRETE.

YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF VALUE ENGINEERING YOU'RE GOING TO DO ON THAT.

THESE ARE THESE ARE HARD MATERIALS AND COSTS ARE COSTS.

SO I THINK IF WE WERE BUILDING A FIVE STORY TALL BUILDING AND WE HAD INTERIOR FINISH OUT AND WE HAD ALL SORTS OF PRETTY SHINY THINGS ON IT, WE MAY COULD GO BACK AND TRY TO WORK THIS DOWN.

I THINK BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THIS PROJECT, IT'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

I'M JUST ADVOCATING FOR TRYING TO PRIORITIZE THE MONIES THAT WE HAVE TO GET THIS GUY GOING.

SO, TAKING THEM ONE AT A TIME.

WHAT I'M WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE IS AROUND $800,000.

YES. OUT OF OUR $4.5 MILLION WORKING BUDGET.

YES, SIR. AND THEN I JUST NEED TO KNOW, HOW DOES COUNCIL FEEL? YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE THIS IS MONEY WELL SPENT AND WE NEED TO GO AFTER IT.

YOU GUYS WANT MORE INFORMATION OR DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS ON IT? AND MAYOR, CAN I? YES, MA'AM.

SHARE ONE MORE THING.

SO THE WAY THAT THE BID WAS RECEIVED, THEY DID STATE THAT AS LONG AS THIS WAS AWARDED TIMELY, THEY COULD START CONSTRUCTION MID-FEBRUARY. THEY DID ALLOW FOR A WHOLE, I THINK, YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION.

BUT THE FIRST PHASE IS TO ACTUALLY OPEN THE FACILITY AND START UTILIZING IT KIND OF IN A SCALED BACK VERSION.

COULD AGAIN BE PROBABLY IN THE FALL, LIKE EARLY FALL.

SO, AND THE BID PRICE IS IN PLACE ONLY FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH IS WHY, WE'RE HOPING TO KIND OF ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GET DIRECTION BECAUSE WE WOULD NEED TO BRING THE THE CONSTRUCTION BID BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.

YES, MA'AM. COUNCILMAN.

I'M GOOD WITH IT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK, LIKE YOU SAID, IT ADDS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT ADDS TO THE STUDY WE'VE DONE.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD, GOOD SPIN ON OUR MONEY.

OKAY. COUNCILMAN CRAFT.

I MEAN, IT'S AN UNPOPULAR OPINION.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I SIT HERE AND LOOK AT THESE NEEDS OF FIRE STATIONS, ANIMAL WELFARE MANAGEMENT, A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I THINK ARE CORE SERVICES OF OUR GOVERNMENT, WHAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE FOR OUR CITIZENS.

YOU KNOW? I MEAN, CAN I JUST ASK AN HONEST QUESTION IS WE'VE INVESTED, YOU KNOW, OVER $5 MILLION IN THIS? I MEAN, HOW MANY MORE TIMES ARE THEY GOING TO COME BACK FOR MORE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS? AND I'M I KNOW IT SOUNDS REALLY HARSH, BUT I'M NOT TRYING TO BE THAT WAY.

I THINK IT'S AN HONEST QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, COMING INTO THIS, AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER AND SEEING, I DIDN'T REALIZE, LIKE, THAT'S HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE SPENT ON THIS PROJECT ALREADY.

YEAH. SO IF I CAN GET AN ANSWER ON THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BETTER HELP ME OFF.

SURE. I THINK THAT'S A VALID QUESTION.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY BEEN KIND OF TWO VISIONS ON THIS PROJECT THAT ARE KIND OF A COMBINED VISION.

ONE WAS THE NIGHT SHELTER PIECE.

AND THEN IT KIND OF CAME IN LINE WITH THIS DAY CENTER PIECE THAT THE GUY ON SANDERS RESOURCE CENTER HAS HAD FOR A WHILE, AND THEY'VE BEEN FUNDRAISING FOR.

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AND I KNOW THAT THE TRANSFORMATION PARK BOARD IS VERY GRATEFUL.

AND WAS IT WAS FLOORED AT THE COMMITMENT THAT THE CITY PUT FORWARD AND KNOW THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MONEY THAT COULD GO TOWARDS A LOT OF THINGS.

BUT FROM WHAT THE VISION IS, IF THE CITY CAN PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE, THE GOAL IS THE CITY THEN IS ALLOWING THIS GROUP TO RUN A CITY FACILITY, ESSENTIALLY A CITY OWNED FACILITY, WITHOUT THE CITY HAVING TO PUT MORE IN.

NOW THE CITY IS GOING TO STILL DO WITH MAJOR REPAIRS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE IT'S OUR ASSET.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WENT SIDEWAYS AND LET'S SAY TRANSFORMATION PARK WASN'T ABLE TO OPERATE IN THE LONG RUN, WE WOULD STILL HAVE A REALLY GOOD ASSET AND WE COULD WORK WITH ANOTHER ENTITY, POSSIBLY TO COME IN AND RUN THAT FOR US.

THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A GAP IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THERE IS A LOT OF RISK WITH THE CITY, TRYING TO RUN A FACILITY LIKE THIS GOING BACK TO YEARS, YOU KNOW, CORE SERVICES, YOU KNOW, CITIES DON'T RUN SHELTERS.

BUT IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE NATION, THIS IS A PRETTY COMMON THING WHERE CITIES EITHER PAY TO HELP OPERATE SHELTERS OR IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, OWN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALLOW GROUPS TO COME IN AND, AND, AND UTILIZE THOSE SERVICES.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS A CHALLENGE.

IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS VERY WELL, THAT AS PEOPLE ARE EITHER CAMPING OR HANGING OUT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF OPTIONS OF WHAT TO DO.

AND PRISON A LOT OF TIMES ARE TAKING THEM TO A JAIL IS NOT NECESSARILY THE SOLUTION.

AND SO THIS IS HELPING PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO A PUBLIC SAFETY NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT MY MY QUESTION IS, IS IS THERE ANY ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY MORE DOLLARS WOULD COME BACK THAT WE'D HAVE TO? SO MY UNDERSTANDING THIS GETS IT DONE IS I'M THERE'S JERRY.

WELL, THERE ARE TWO PHASES.

YES, THERE ARE TWO PHASES, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK WITH.

TRANSFORMATION PARK ON THE REALITY OF IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE CITY IS GOING TO FUND, OR IF IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD POSSIBLY, HAVE THEM, TRY TO FUNDRAISE ITEMS FOR. SO I THINK THE CHALLENGE AND, MARK, I'M NOT TRYING TO SPEAK FOR YOU, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP AND TALK IS TRANSFORMATION PARK HAS BEEN FUNDRAISING SLIGHTLY, BUT BEEN KIND OF SITTING BACK ON THEIR HEELS WAITING FOR THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE AS SOON AS THEY COULD GET SOME NUMBERS, THEN I THINK THEY WERE READY TO GO ON AND START REALLY HELPING CARRY THE MESSAGE AND AND PUT THE ASK OUT THERE OF WHAT IS THE NEED ON THIS.

AND SO AS THESE CONSTRUCTION NUMBERS ARE COMING IN, THAT'S HELPING THEM KIND OF REALLY LAUNCH A LOT OF THEIR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AS WELL.

SO THIS IS PHASE ONE AND TWO, SORRY.

I'LL LET JERRY COME UP AND HELP ME WITH THIS.

SO THIS IS PHASE ONE AND TWO TO GET THE BIGGEST PIECES GOING.

THERE ARE SOME EXPANSIONS THAT I KNOW WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE.

GO AHEAD. OH YEAH.

I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.

DO YOU WANT ME TO GO THE NEXT ONE? NEXT ONE. OKAY.

HERE, JERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER WHAT YOU SEE REFLECTED HERE? THE TRANSIT FACILITY, WHICH IS NEARING COMPLETION, IT WILL BE OPEN IN, IN FEBRUARY, MOST LIKELY.

WHAT YOU SEE OFF TO THE RIGHT OF THAT IS ACTUALLY TRANSIT, THE CABIN COMMUNITY, AS WE'VE REFERRED TO IT.

SO AS YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTIES AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO.

I'M GOING TO JUST WALK UP TO THE SCREEN AND SHOW YOU WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

SO PHASE ONE.

AND. AND TWO ARE ACTUALLY THE.

THAT WOULD BE THE WEST HALF EXACTLY STATE.

I APPRECIATE THAT. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS ENTIRE AREA.

THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE AREA UP ABOVE IT.

IN THE RECEPTION AREA.

PHASE TWO IS ACTUALLY THAT END SECTION THAT YOU SEE THERE.

WE DID THE THE DESIGN OF THE STRUCTURE.

AS MAYOR STANLEY POINTED OUT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE IN PLACE FOR PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO IN THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION.

SO. IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO EXPAND, WHETHER IT BE THE CITY OR A PRIVATE ENTITY THAT WANTS TO BRING THE FUNDING FORWARD FOR IT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE TO PUT IT UP QUICKLY. THE OTHER THING THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, AND YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP IN MIND, WHEN THIS WAS CONCEPT ORIGINALLY CAME OUT, THE DIRECTIONS DIDN'T REALLY INCLUDE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE REFLECTED HERE.

IT WAS THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH MR. ZIMMERMAN AND JASON RIDDLEBERGER ON REALLY WHAT THE NEEDS FOR THIS FACILITY ARE.

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WELL, DROP SOUTH RIGHT THERE.

THAT BUILDING IS BASICALLY AN AREA.

THEY BROUGHT UP THE POINT THAT A LOT OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE INSIDE OF A STRUCTURE OR A BUILDING.

THEY FEEL CONFINED.

PTSD IS AN ISSUE.

SO THAT'S AN AREA THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET INSIDE AND CAMP, INSIDE THAT BUILDING AND GET OUT OF THE WEATHER.

BUT ONCE WE MADE IT AN OCCUPIABLE SPACE, NOW WE HAVE TO DO FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS IN THERE AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

SO THAT WAS A LOT OF THE ELEVATION OF THE COST.

THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT FOR THIS WHEN, WHEN THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL LOOKED AT IT AND, AND MAYOR STANLEY CAN VERIFY A LOT OF THIS, WE WERE LOOKING AT A RECEPTION AREA TO CHECK THEM IN AND CABINS.

BUT AS FAR AS THE FUNCTION OF IT, THE NEED THAT THE COMMUNITY SAW, IT CHANGED TO THIS SCOPE.

NOW, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF VALUE ENGINEERING ON THIS WHEN WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED AT THESE NUMBERS WITH SOME OF OUR CONTRACTORS, WE WERE AT $7 MILLION.

SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING IT DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY.

THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT IS ACTUALLY THE CONTRACTOR THAT BROUGHT THE PRICE FORWARD IS THE ONE THAT DID, THE TRANSIT STATION.

SO HE'S ALREADY ON SITE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE MOBILIZATION FEES.

WE DON'T HAVE ALL THAT.

HE CAN GO RIGHT TO WORK THERE.

THE OTHER THING WAS THE BUY AMERICA.

OR ON THIS ONE, IT WILL BE BUY AMERICAN VERSUS BUY AMERICA.

BUT THE TRANSIT JOB WAS A BUY AMERICA JOB, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO MEET ALL OF THOSE STANDARDS.

SO THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THOSE NUMBERS CAME IN FROM.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, I WAS JUST ASKING WHAT KIND OF FUTURE COSTS WE MAY WELL, YOUR FUTURE COST, I GUESS TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.

AND LAURA CAN BACK ME UP ON THIS.

IT COULD EITHER BE A CITY PROJECT OR IT COULD BE A PRIVATELY FUNDED PROJECT.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE.

ALL THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO IS POUR THE CONCRETE AND SET THOSE CABINS ON THERE.

OKAY. SO I WOULD SAY WHILE YOU'RE UP HERE, MR. DANFORTH, SOME OF OUR ITEMS ARE COMING BACK WITH A 20% INCREASE.

JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH.

SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE WOULD SEE A 20% INCREASE OVERALL IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS OVER THE NEXT YEAR, BUT WITH INTEREST RATES COMING BACK DOWN AND A POTENTIAL TICK UP IN, LIKE, RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS KIND OF STALLED.

YOU MAY SEE YOUR CONSTRUCTION COSTS GO UP.

SO IF YOU SAID, HEY, LET'S FUNDRAISE THIS, LET'S TAKE A YEAR, LET'S GO OUT THERE AND RAISE THE MONEY.

WE MAY GO FROM 1.1 TO 1.3.

YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S A COST OF, OF, OF THE TIME, AND THEN THERE'S THE COST, THAT WILL HIT YOUR BOTTOM LINE IN SAVINGS, IN BEING ABLE TO MANAGE AN ASPECT OF YOUR COMMUNITY THAT IT COSTS YOU, WHETHER YOU WANT TO SAY YOU PAY FOR IT AS A CITY OR NOT, WE COULD EASILY TAKE THE STANCE THAT, LIKE, WE DON'T PAY FOR HOMELESSNESS.

WE DON'T WE DON'T WE DON'T DO THAT.

IT'S NOT THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT.

THAT'S THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH AND OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY DEAL WITH EVERYTHING.

THERE'S A COST TO YOU.

IN IN THESE CHAIRS UP HERE IN THE WAY IN WHICH YOU YOU FUND YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND YOU FUND CERTAIN CRIME ELEMENTS, AND YOU DEAL WITH CERTAIN, NUISANCES.

IF IF YOU'RE NOT HELPING THESE PEOPLE, ONCE AGAIN, I'VE, I'VE SAID I THINK THERE ARE 50%.

I THINK YOU CAN GIVE ME A NUMBER.

YOU CAN SAY THERE'S A THOUSAND PEOPLE.

I STILL FEEL LIKE I CAN HELP 500 OF THEM.

I BELIEVE THERE'S 500 THAT, LIKE, YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO DO THE WORK FOR YOURSELF, AND.

AND I CAN'T HELP YOU, AND WE SHOULDN'T TRY.

BUT THE 500 THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP THEMSELVES, I THINK WE OWE IT TO THEM.

AND I THINK WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT.

SO I'M PUSHING FOR IT BECAUSE I THINK IT CAN MAKE AN IMPACT.

AND AND I WANT TO SEE IT SUCCEED.

ANYTHING ON THIS SIDE? COUNCIL. THE.

I'VE SAID THIS MORE THAN ONCE.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE, SPEND A LOT OF MONEY FOR OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE, WHICH THEY NEED THAT.

BUT I'VE GOT A LOT OF OLDER CITIZENS IN AMARILLO WHO PAY TAXES EACH AND EVERY YEAR, WHO SUPPORT THIS CITY FOR 7080 YEARS AND ARE NOT SEEING ANY BENEFITS WHATSOEVER.

NOW, IF SOME WAY BY WE DO THIS TRANSFORMATION PARK.

WE CAN INCLUDE OUR POOR OR ELDERLY CITIZENS IN THIS PROGRAM IN SOME WAY.

I WOULD BE REALLY BEHIND.

SURE. AND, MARK, COME ON, CAN WE HAVE MARK ZIMMERMAN? BECAUSE TRANSFORMATION PARK IS ALREADY DOING SOME THINGS TO HELP THE ELDERLY, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR HIM TO, COMMUNICATE THAT AND EXPAND ON ANY FUTURE PLANS. YOU CAME AND VISITED OUR KITCHEN, MONTHS AGO.

I TIMELINES, NOT CLICKING IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW.

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HALF ARE FOR SENIOR ADULTS WHO ARE ON FIXED INCOMES.

AND THEN WE HAVE A CONTRACT, WITH, TRIPLE A, NOT THE ONES THAT CHANGE YOUR TIRES.

AMARILLO AGENCY ON AGING.

AND THEY PAY US X AMOUNT OF MEALS.

WE TAKE THE PROFIT OFF OF THAT AND WE NOW FEED THE HOMELESS WITH THAT.

AND SO WE'RE WE'RE REACHING OUT SENIOR ADULTS AND WE'RE REACHING TO THE HOMELESS.

AND WHAT WE'RE ALSO HAVE DONE TWICE NOW IS WE'VE HIRED A HOMELESS PERSON TO COME IN, LEARN HOW TO COOK, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOING THIS.

AND NOW WE'VE GOTTEN THEM JOBS ELSEWHERE AND WE WILL KEEP BRINGING THOSE IN.

I WOULD LOVE TO DO MORE, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE OF THE CLEANLINESS OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.

SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT WITH TRANSFORMATION PARK, THEN WE WILL ACTUALLY HIRE MORE TO LEARN HOW TO CATER, HOW TO HOW TO LEARN HOW TO COOK.

OUR GOAL IS NOT JUST TO HOUSE THEM AND FEED THEM.

OUR GOAL IS ALSO TO DEVELOP THEM WHERE THEY BECOME FUNCTIONING CITIZENS OF AMARILLO AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

GOOD. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

YEAH. AN INCORPORATION? YES. IF WE COULD TAKE IT A LITTLE BIT PAST THE HOMELESS AND HELP THE NEEDY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK YOU COMMITTED TO THAT.

YES. SO. YES.

THANK YOU. YEAH. BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE HAVE OUR WORKING POOR ALSO THAT, THAT LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THEN OUR SENIOR CITIZENS THAT ARE ON FIXED INCOMES, I MEAN, THE ONES THAT WE'RE FEEDING RIGHT NOW, THEY QUALIFY AT $150 OR LESS A MONTH.

I WAS IN AN INTAKE OF A LADY THE OTHER DAY WHO WAS THANKING US FOR FEEDING HER, AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, IT'S NO BIG DEAL.

AND SHE GOES, NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IT IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE I JUST SPENT ALL OF MY MONEY ON PHARMACY, ON PILLS AND, YOU KNOW, ON MY MEDICATION.

I WOULD NOT HAVE EATEN, YOU KNOW, A LUNCH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

I WISH WE COULD DO MORE AND WE INTEND TO DO MORE.

THANK YOU. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I DO, AND I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS A LAURA OR QUESTION, BUT, SO THE $300,000 IN ARPA, WHERE WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? AND IS THAT ALL THE ARPA THAT WE COULD I MEAN, IS THERE NOT ANOTHER 200,000 IN ARPA OUT THERE, OR WHERE DID THAT 300,000 COME? SO WE DID A THOROUGH ANALYSIS, A FEW MONTHS AGO, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE WAS ANY REMAINING ARPA MONEY THAT ALL OF ITS BEEN COMMITTED BY THE PRIOR COUNCIL HAD COMMITTED IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE PROJECTS THAT WERE EITHER DELAYED OR NOT PANNING OUT OR, AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, OUT OF, YOU KNOW, THE 39 MILLION, WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE ABOUT 300,000 THAT WAS NOT ALREADY IN THE WORKS OF BEING SPENT.

AND I AM DRAWING A BLANK, BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT WAS COMING FROM THE PREP ACADEMY, AND THAT WAS TO GO AND HELP GET SOME OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION INTEGRATED BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE.

AND SO AND THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOW START, BUT IT'S REALLY BEEN PICKING UP SPEED.

BUT I THINK THESE DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, GOING TOWARDS TRANSFORMATION PARK, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, HAVING OUR, SOME OF OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY COME IN TO HELP EXPAND SERVICES.

I THINK TO COUNCILMEMBER SHERMAN'S POINT, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO HELP MAYBE MORE OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, THEY THEY JUST NEED THEY NEED MORE MANPOWER.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S WAYS I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT.

SO, I WILL AND I APOLOGIZE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SIMPSON I CAN'T NOT REMEMBER.

I WANT TO SAY I THINK 200,000 OF IT CAME FROM THE PREP ACADEMY, AND I'LL HAVE TO I WILL I CAN PUT IT OUT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD WHAT THE REMAINING HUNDRED WAS FROM.

BUT MOST OF THE ARPA MONEY IS WELL UNDERWAY.

IT'S EITHER TIED UP ALREADY IN A CONTRACT OR, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE, WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMS. WE HAD AN RFP PROCESS FOR A LOT OF OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS TO SUBMIT, AND THEN WE AWARDED CONTRACTS.

IT'S JUST NOW THEM SPENDING THE DOLLARS, SUBMITTING THE DOLLARS, AND US REIMBURSING THE DOLLARS.

SO A LOT OF IT'S UNDERWAY AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN WHAT'S A BALLPARK FIGURE ON HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PROJECT FINANCIALLY? SO I THINK IT IT'S ON THE DAY CENTER PART.

YEAH. COME OVER HERE. THAT ONE'S BEEN MORE ON THE DAY CENTER PART WITH JANE SAUNDERS.

I THINK THE COMMITMENT IS AROUND 3 MILLION.

OF COURSE, NOT ALL OF IT IS IN THE BANK ACCOUNT YET.

IT'S JUST IN COMMITMENTS.

ON THIS PART, IT'S JUST THE, I THINK THE 10 TO 15 HOUSES SO FAR THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED COMMITMENTS FOR.

AND WE WILL BE GETTING MORE OF THOSE.

YEAH. YEAH. WELL, I THINK TO ME THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER DIFFERENCE MAKER IN THIS PROJECT VERSUS MAYBE EVEN THE OTHER THINGS WE CONSIDER.

I MEAN, MAYBE PEOPLE WOULD DONATE $3 MILLION TO A FIRE STATION OR TO ANIMAL MANAGEMENT WELFARE.

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BUT I THINK OUR COMMUNITY HAS INDICATED IN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY THEY SEE A NEED FOR, BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO INVEST IN AS WELL.

SO I KIND OF I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD FITS.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS PROJECT, BUT I THINK THIS ONE WILL BE AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY'S IF WE HAD TO DO THIS ON OUR OWN, THAT'S $3 MILLION PLUS WHATEVER ELSE THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO COME UP WITH IF WE SAID WE GOT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

SO I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, WAY TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BY DOING THIS PARTNERSHIP.

AND OUR GOALS. ALSO, WE CALL IT THE THREE C'S OF COMMUNITY.

IT'S THE CITY, CHURCH AND COMMERCE ALL COMING TOGETHER TO HELP SOLVE THIS.

AND WE HAVE SOME GREAT COMMERCE PARTNERS WHO ARE HELPING MAKE THIS HAPPEN ALREADY.

AND I SEE MORE STEPPING UP AS WE EXPAND.

RIGHT. GOOD. THANK YOU.

SO WE DO WE APPRECIATE YOU SPEAKING ON THAT.

AND AND I WOULD I JUST KIND OF TRY TO DRIVE THIS HOME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE SOME MONEY FOR BEAUTIFICATION.

WE HAVE A MURAL PROGRAM THAT, LIKE, I LIKE THEM.

I THINK THEY'RE GOOD LOOKING.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO BEAUTIFY AMARILLO, LIKE, THE NUMBER ONE WAY YOU DO IT IS YOU HELP THAT GUY GET HIS TENT OFF OF THE GRASS NEXT TO THE SIDEWALK, AND YOU MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THIS SOCIETY AND AND TO IDENTIFY WITH IT.

AND THEN YOU SHORE UP THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUR CHURCHES THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING THE WORK, AND YOU SHOW THEM THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING THEM.

SO THERE ARE MONIES IN THE BUDGET.

AND IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT IT, I THINK WE DO.

BUT, FOR FOR THIS INTENT AND PURPOSE, I'M ASKING FOR IT.

I THINK WE NEED IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT, MISS LAURA, YOU'RE HOLDING US UP ON OUR RECESS, I THINK, HERE, SO I KNOW, I KNOW, I APOLOGIZE.

I KNOW FIRE STATION WON'T TAKE THAT LONG.

NO, I LOST CONTROL, AND THEN YOU GOT.

YOU GOT ONE MORE GO BACKWARDS, JOHNNY.

FOR ME? YEAH.

WHAT I'M THINKING IS, AGAIN, I'M NOT PRESENTING ANY NEW INFORMATION THAT WASN'T ALREADY OUT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

I WANTED TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK AGAIN ABOUT THESE PROBABLY NEXT, COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL.

I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PLANT THE SEED, MAYBE GIVE IT SOME BRIEF INFORMATION ON THIS.

BUT WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THESE AS QUICKLY OR AS SLOW AS YOU GUYS ALL WANT.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ON OUR RADAR.

I WILL JUST STATE THAT.

SO THE NEXT ITEM DOWN IS FIRE STATION NUMBER 14.

SO YOU ALL HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE LAND. YOU ALL AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME DESIGN AT THIS POINT.

AGAIN, CONSTRUCTION PRICES ARE COMING IN HIGHER.

WE AUTHORIZED A 5 MILLION IN TOTAL IN THE BUDGET TWO BUDGETS AGO.

AND SO A LOT'S CHANGED EVEN IN TWO YEARS.

FROM EARLY ESTIMATES.

THIS PLEASE KNOW A LOT OF THESE.

NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THEY'RE BIG ESTIMATES AT THIS POINT I JUST WANT THEM ON Y'ALL'S RADAR.

I FIGURED COMING TO ASK I NEED MORE GUIDANCE ON TRANSFORMATION PARK THE REST OF THESE.

I JUST WANTED THEM ON YOUR RADAR.

WE CAN TALK THROUGH THEM MORE LATER AS THEY START COMING IN.

I JUST KNEW THAT YOU ALL WOULD WANT TO KNOW.

WHAT DO WE KNOW IS COMING AT THIS POINT? AND SO HERE'S WHAT IT IS.

SO 500,000 MORE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO NEED TO COMPLETE STATION 14 AS A ONE COMPANY STATION, AND TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD IT OUT IN THE FUTURE TO A TWO COMPANY STATION AS NEEDED.

THE NUMBERS DO NOT DICTATE NEEDING THE TWO COMPANY STATION AT THIS POINT, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

WE COULD GO AHEAD AND BUILD THE FULL TWO COMPANY STATION AT THIS POINT IN TIME PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, A GOOD, ARGUMENT FOR THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T IMAGINE PRICES WILL EVER GET CHEAPER IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE WOULD NEED PROBABLY CLOSER TO 2 MILLION MORE TO BUILD THIS OUT TO A FULL TWO COMPANY FIRE STATION.

SO I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING THROUGH THESE.

YOU GUYS STOP ME IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, IF THAT'S OKAY.

NEXT ITEM DOWN, YOU'LL SEE.

PUBLIC SAFETY'S, PRETTY HEAVY ON SOME OF THESE FUNDING NEEDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS A REMINDER AS WELL.

THIS IS ALL ONE TIME MONEY, THIS 4.5 MILLION THAT WE HAVE BUILT IN ON AS A WORKING BUDGET, WE'RE HOPING WILL BE ACHIEVED YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO THESE THINGS ARE KIND OF THESE ARE ONE TIME NEEDS THAT MIGHT FREE UP SOME MONEY NEXT YEAR.

AS LONG AS THESE SALES TAX REVENUES COME IN AT THE SAME LEVEL NEXT YEAR.

ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE, WE ARE LOOKING TO SECURE A THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT TO DO A REVIEW OF OUR SHELTER, OUR FIELD OPERATIONS, AND KIND OF OUR STATUS OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE.

WE HAVE FOUND A REALLY GOOD GROUP THAT REVIEWED AUSTIN, AND THEY ALSO REVIEWED, I BELIEVE IT WAS CITY OF DENTON.

AND THEY THEY TELL YOU THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY ON THINGS.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY INTERESTING REVIEW, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IT'S GOING TO GIVE US SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS FOR THINGS TO COME.

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WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE REVIEW.

AND SO WE ARE HOPING TO MAYBE HAVE SOME FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO START ADDRESSING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COME OUT OF THIS REVIEW.

THE 36,000 TO GET THE THE THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT TO COME IN.

WE PLAN TO USE THIS ALMOST LIKE A MASTER PLAN DOCUMENT FOR ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE.

BUT THEN WE'RE HOPING TO FIND SOME FUNDING IN ORDER TO HELP, BRING SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME STORAGE CHALLENGES OUT THERE.

WE THINK 25,000 WOULD HELP SOLVE THAT.

WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME PHENOMENAL DONATIONS FROM CHEWY.COM.

THEY BRING US A SEMI FULL OF DONATIONS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO PUT IT UNTIL WE CAN DISPERSE IT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

THOSE ITEMS CANNOT BE USED IN THE SHELTER.

THEY HAVE TO BE GIVEN OUT TO THE COMMUNITY SO IT TAKES SOME TIME.

WE HAVE BEEN BEGGING, BEGGING AND BORROWING SPACE ALL OVER THE CITY.

AND SO IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF WE COULD GET SOME STORAGE OUT OF THAT FACILITY.

JOHNNY, CAN YOU GO FORWARD? ALL THE WAY TO THE NEXT SLIDE WITH NUMBERS.

THOSE ARE JUST RENDERINGS OF TRANSFORMATION PARK.

OKAY, SO A COUPLE OF OTHER FUNDING NEEDS FROM A ONE TIME PERSPECTIVE.

POLICE RECENTLY HAD A CROSSWALK MURAL THAT WAS PAINTED IN FRONT OF THEIR BUILDING.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M HOPING ALL OF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IT.

THE COST OF THAT WAS NOT IN THE BUDGET, BUT IT CAME IN AT ABOUT 12,000.

SO WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO COVER THAT SOMEHOW.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT THIS HOLDING CELL ITEM.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ON IN THE AGENDA.

BUT THIS WAS SOME BRAINSTORMING I THINK THAT COUNCIL HAD WORKED THROUGH IN SOME, DURING AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, FOR SOME POSSIBILITIES OF BEING MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT FROM A, PRISONER HOLDING STANDPOINT, GOING INTO THE FUTURE.

SO THIS IS AN OPTION.

WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT WITH, JERRY DANFORTH AND AT THIS POINT TO, TO UTILIZE A FACILITY LIKE THAT, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE AROUND ABOUT $2.5 MILLION.

AGAIN, THAT IS A LARGE ESTIMATE.

SO WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

CITY MARSHAL, WE ARE NEEDING TO SECURE SOME MORE VEHICLES.

WE'VE SECURED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO FUND SOME POSITIONS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME, VEHICLES FOR THOSE POSITIONS.

AND VEHICLES ARE CERTAINLY A HOT COMMODITY RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE A HARD THING TO GET A HOLD OF, BUT THIS WOULD REALLY HELP THAT TEAM, WITH THEIR RESOURCES GOING FORWARD.

AND THEN OUR SERVICE CENTER NORTH, THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT ON OUR RADAR FOR MANY YEARS.

THERE IS A BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OUR SERVICE CENTER THAT USED TO BE RENTED OUT, AND THE CITY HAS OWNED IT FOR A WHILE.

BUT ONCE THE TENANT WAS NO LONGER IN IT, THE THE BUILDING WAS NOT FULLY USABLE IN ITS GIVEN CONDITION.

SO THE CITY HAS ALREADY INVESTED SOME MONEY INTO THAT PROJECT.

BUT A LOT HAS CHANGED THAT.

WE'VE PUT SOME BIG DOLLAR AMOUNTS INTO SOME CONCRETE WORK OUT AT OUR SERVICE CENTER TO ALLOW FOR ALL THE HEAVY VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENTS TO DRIVE ON IT WITHOUT TEARING UP THAT FACILITY, AND US HAVING TO, REPAIR IT CONSISTENTLY.

SO IN ORDER TO GET THE BUILDING TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN START MOVING IN SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, WHICH WOULD REALLY HELP FROM A CAPACITY STANDPOINT.

WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO NEED PROBABLY ABOUT $200,000 IN ORDER TO GET THAT BUILDING UP TO SPEED.

QUESTIONS ON THAT.

OKAY, JOHNNY, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT.

OKAY. SO NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME ONGOING NEEDS.

WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM COMING UP HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT RELATED TO THE AXON SOFTWARE.

THIS SOFTWARE WILL REPLACE, OUR EXISTING CONTRACT FOR OUR TASERS, FOR OUR BODY CAMS, AND EVENTUALLY WE'RE, IT'LL HELP US WITH SOME OF OUR REMOTE STORAGE CAPABILITIES FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY GROUPS.

YOU'LL SEE ON THERE I HAVE THAT THIS CONTRACT WOULD COVER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE, AND OUR CITY MARSHAL GROUP.

NOW, THIS IS AND I'LL CERTAINLY LET THE CHIEF, AND HIS GROUP TALK MORE ABOUT IT, BUT THIS IS, ONE OF, I THINK, THE STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH BUILT INTO OUR EXISTING BUDGET TO COVER THE ONGOING ANNUAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

WE WOULD NEED ABOUT A MILLION MORE DOLLARS ANNUALLY TO COVER THESE COSTS.

HOWEVER, WE WOULD BE GETTING A MUCH BETTER PRODUCT AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, I THINK, REPLACE THOSE ITEMS IN A MUCH MORE TIMELY.

IT'S MORE OR LESS A LEASE.

SO, AND THEN WE'D HAVE A WE'D HAVE REALLY GOOD SUPPORT SERVICES BEHIND IT.

BUT AGAIN, POLICE IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THAT.

THE BRIDGE WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT DURING BUDGET.

SO THE BRIDGE HAD WORKED WITH US.

IF THERE WAS ANY EXCESS FUNDING FROM THE AMOUNTS THAT WERE COLLECTING RELATED TO THE SCHOOL, SAFETY AREAS, AND THERE

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HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT FULLY COVERING THE COST OF OUR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM YET.

SO WE MET WITH THE BRIDGE AND WE TALKED TO THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS AT THE BRIDGE THAT IF THEY WEREN'T DOING THEM, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO DO.

WE WOULD HAVE TO EITHER DO THEM THROUGH OUR CIVILIAN SIDE OR THROUGH OUR SWORN SIDE.

SO THEY'RE PROVIDING A REALLY GOOD SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS SAVING THE CITY DOLLARS.

HOWEVER, THEY'VE GOT FUNDING CONSTRAINTS AND THEY'VE ASKED IF POSSIBLE, IF THEY COULD SECURE AN ONGOING KNOWN AMOUNT OF 50,000 ANNUALLY TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR OPERATIONS GOING FORWARD.

WE'VE ALSO I HEARD THAT SOME OF COUNCIL MAY BE INTERESTED IN BRINGING BACK A TRUE 4TH OF JULY EVENT THAT WOULD BE AT LEAST PARTIALLY SPONSORED BY THE CITY.

DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE YET.

WE'RE RUNNING THAT THROUGH OUR PARKS BOARD.

I JUST WANTED THIS ON Y'ALL'S RADAR.

THEY'RE GOING TO KIND OF VET IT OUT.

WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY, FOR FUNDING, FOR RUNNING IT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT THAT'S GOING THROUGH A PROCESS THROUGH OUR ADVISORY BOARD FIRST BEFORE IT COMES UP TO COUNCIL.

I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE AN ASK COMING ON SOME RECURRING FUNDING RELATED TO A 4TH OF JULY EVENT.

IF YOU ALL DECIDE THAT'S A DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO.

DEMOLITION FUNDING.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S EVER ENOUGH IN OUR BUDGET.

YOU ALL PUT SOME MORE FUNDING IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR FOR, DEMOLITION.

FUNDING COSTS ARE GOING UP.

THE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT ALONE IS EATING UP A LOT OF OUR BUDGETED DOLLARS ANNUALLY.

ANY MORE FUNDING WE COULD PUT TOWARDS IT WOULD BE UTILIZED AND WOULD HELP FROM MANY ANGLES, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY OR BEAUTIFICATION OF THE COMMUNITY, BY HELPING GET SOME OF THOSE STRUCTURES DEMOLISHED.

SO THE ASK, THERE IS 100,000 AND THEN WE ARE ALSO IN NEED OF SOME DEDICATED IT POSITIONS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

EVERYTHING THEY DO IS SO DRIVEN BY TECHNOLOGY NOW.

HOWEVER, IT'S ALSO AN AREA.

IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST AREAS THAT NEEDS SECURITY WRAPPED AROUND IT FROM AN IT PERSPECTIVE.

AND SO IN TALKING WITH APD AND WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT FELT IT WAS BEST TO ACTUALLY, LOCATE SOME IT PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE JUST WORKING WITH APD.

AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE TEAM DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MEET APD'S, INITIATIVES AT THIS POINT.

SO WE WOULD NEED TO ADD A COUPLE MORE POSITIONS.

AND WE THINK THAT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 250,000 ANNUALLY TO FUND THAT.

IT WOULD POLICE COULD CERTAINLY TALK TO ABOUT IT, BUT I KNOW IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT.

SO WITH THAT, JOHNNY, I THINK.

NOT THE SHORTEST OF PRESENTATIONS, AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOU'RE GOOD.

WHAT QUESTIONS CAN I GO AHEAD AND ANSWER? AND AGAIN, WE'LL BRING A LOT OF THIS BACK NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO TALK THROUGH AS WELL.

WHAT'S THE TOTAL.

SO THE TOTAL ON THAT.

SO ON IT. AND IT WAS A 3.4 MILLION.

SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF CAPACITY ON.

NOW LET ME PUT THAT CAVEAT IN.

THAT'S WITH THE ONE COMPANY STATION FOR FIRE.

IF NOT YOU'RE GOING TO GO OVER WELL.

AND THAT'S ALSO FACTORING 2.5 MILLION FOR A HOLDING FACILITY SLASH JAIL THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY SETTING THAT KIND OF ON A SIDE NOTE FOR NOW THAT'S NOT INCLUDED.

YEAH. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY AND I THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR SAYING THAT.

I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WANT TO RUN THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS.

BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS GROUP WANTS TO GO AHEAD AND KIND OF GET STARTED ON, WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT LATER, TOO.

WE MIGHT NEED SOME A AND E FUNDING TO GO AHEAD AND START FIGURING OUT WHAT DESIGN WOULD LOOK LIKE, SO WE'D EVEN KNOW WHAT TO ASK FOR IN THE BUDGET, BECAUSE I KNOW MR. DANFORTH WON'T AGREE WITH ME, BUT I SWEAR THAT'S LIKE A $1.5 MILLION FACILITY AT AROUND 3000FT², WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED.

SO I THINK THE A AND E SIDE WOULD BE GOOD IF WE IF WE START HEADING THAT DIRECTION.

I KNOW WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ROADS WE CAN GO DOWN.

SO QUESTIONS COUNCIL FOR MRS STORRS.

IT'S A LOT TO DIGEST, BUT I THINK SHE'S DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF NOT HOLDING BACK AND JUST KIND OF LAYING ALL THE CARDS ON THE TABLE SO THAT YOU AND THE PUBLIC GET TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IS BEST TO SPEND IT.

AND AND I'LL BE HONEST ON THIS, IF WE'RE HEADED DOWN THE WRONG DIRECTION ON ANY OF THIS, THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO LET US KNOW.

AND AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE'RE JUST THROWING EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING AT US.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS SO Y'ALL CAN SEE AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T START RUNNING DOWN THE WRONG DIRECTION TOWARDS SOMETHING.

SO WITHOUT THIS WORKING BUDGET MODEL, RIGHT, THAT WE CAME UP WITH, WHERE WOULD THIS MONEY COME FROM? THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

SO DEPENDING ON HOW PRESSING THE ITEM IS, WE START GOING THROUGH AUTHORIZED PROJECTS THAT HAVE EITHER NOT BEEN STARTED AND WE START FIGURING OUT IS THERE WAYS TO REPRIORITIZE.

[03:00:03]

AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, I'LL BE HONEST, THAT MILLION DOLLAR ASK ON THE AXON SOFTWARE, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD A HEART ATTACK IN PRIOR YEARS BECAUSE THAT IS HARD TO FIND $1 MILLION ONGOING.

SO I THINK THE FORESIGHT THAT YOU ALL HAD TO SET MONEY ASIDE IN CASE SOMETHING CAME UP, I MEAN, IT'S EITHER A YOU UNFUND OTHER THINGS OR YOU SAY, THERE'S JUST NO WAY WE CAN DO THIS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING. WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT TILL A FUTURE YEAR MAY COST MORE AT THAT POINT, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL A FUTURE YEAR TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FUND IT.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE A CONCERN THAT IT'S JANUARY AND THAT WE ALLOCATE MOST OF THAT MONEY.

YOU KNOW, I DO NOT AT THIS POINT, I THINK THAT, ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY IN A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEETINGS IS, IF YOU REMEMBER, I THINK IT WAS AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE DID A QUARTERLY BUDGET UPDATE ON LAST FISCAL YEAR, AND WE ENDED THE YEAR VERY FAVORABLY.

PART OF THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME MONEY.

I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER YET.

THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL BE BRINGING BACK THAT Y'ALL CAN USE TOWARDS ONE TIME, ONE TIME ONLY EXPENDITURES.

MAYOR SHAKING HIS HEAD AT ME.

WE MIGHT AGREE TO DISAGREE ON SOME OF IT.

NO, HE'S THE MAYOR, THOUGH.

HE CAN DIRECT US. SO AROUND SEVEN.

YES, YES.

AND SO I'LL HAVE THAT NUMBER AS WE COMPLETE OUR AUDIT.

SO A LITTLE COMFORT IT DOES NOW.

YES. OTHERWISE, YES.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D BE SLEEPING MUCH AT NIGHT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD.

THANK YOU. YOU BET.

IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. YOU BET.

THANK YOU. YOU BET.

AND PLEASE KNOW IT'S ALL OUT THERE ON THE ON THE FORUM.

AND SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE, IF YOU HAVE IDEAS, JUST PUT IT OUT THERE AND WE'LL TAKE OFF RUNNING WITH IT.

AND WE CAN TALK MORE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

SO REAL QUICK TO SUMMARIZE.

AND THEN IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING TO ADD FEEL FREE.

THIS IS DIFFERENT.

SO WE SET ASIDE MONEY UP FRONT.

MOST COMMUNITIES DON'T GET TOLD LIKE WELL WE DIDN'T SPEND EVERY DOLLAR BECAUSE THE FEAR IS, IS IF YOU IF YOU HAD ANY MONEY THEN LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT GOES AWAY. AND SO OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE TRUSTING US TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT COST MONEY TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE NEED AND WE CAN AGREE ON.

WE PRIORITIZE. SO WE WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THIS.

WE DON'T WANT TO HOLD ON SO TIGHT TO IT THAT THAT WE'RE SHOWING OURSELVES THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD.

HOWEVER, WITH THIS, IT GIVES US A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO LET YOU GUYS DO SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET TO.

NORMALLY, STAFF GETS DIRECTED AND THEY GO ONE PIECE AT A TIME AND FEED YOU WHAT THEY NEED, AND THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT.

STAFF IS LETTING US SEE ALL THE NEEDS, AND WE TRULY ARE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PRIORITIZE BASED ON OUR PILLARS.

AND SO WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF WORKING WITH STAFF, AND THE COMMUNITY SEES THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THAT TRUST IS STARTING TO BE BUILT.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IN SAYING THIS IS I NEED YOU GUYS TO ENGAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN WHERE DO YOU WANT THE MONEY TO GO? THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HOW ALL OF THIS GOT WORKED OUT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE SOME NEED AND IT'LL BE SOMETHING WHERE YOU NEED TO USE AS MUCH FORESIGHT AS YOU CAN AND AS MUCH INFLUENCE AS YOU CAN IN DIRECTING SOME OF THESE MONIES NOW, BECAUSE IF WE IF WE DON'T IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, IT'S GOING TO GET ALLOCATED.

AND AND I THINK THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF IT.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A TRAIN AND IT'S MOVING KIND OF.

YEAH. RIGHT. AND I THINK THE TWO BIG ONES THAT WE'RE PROBABLY NEEDING YOU ALL, IF IT'S A HARD NO, WE NEED TO KNOW IS THE TRANSFORMATION PARK CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE WILL WILL WE WILL BE BRINGING AN AWARD FOR A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.

NOW, Y'ALL COULD CLEARLY TELL US NO AT THAT POINT, BUT, AS LONG AS I DON'T GET ANY HARD NOSED TODAY, WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK FOR AWARD AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM IS THE AXON SOFTWARE.

AND I KNOW THAT'S A BIG ASK.

BUT THAT IS LATER ON THE AGENDA ON THE NON CONSENT AGENDA.

AND SO APD WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PRESENT A LITTLE BIT ON IT.

BUT THAT IS SOME SECURED PRICING THAT THEY HAD AN INCREASE IN THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR.

BUT THE CHIEF AND HIS GROUP AND HIS TEAM WERE ABLE TO TALK WITH THE VENDOR AND, AND BEG FOR THEM TO HOLD THE PRICING AND ALLOW US TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL FOR A DECISION BEFORE THEY IMPLEMENTED A PRICE INCREASE SO THAT THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TIMELY AS WELL.

SO FOR RIGHT NOW, GUYS, DO WE HAVE ANY HARD NOS ON TRANSFORMATION PARK? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A YES.

YOU GOT A COUPLE WEEKS TO DIGEST IT AND CONTINUE TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND MAYBE TWEAK IT OR IMPROVE IT.

BUT ANYBODY THAT'S THAT'S PULLING THE REINS IN THIS TIGHT RIGHT NOW WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO LET THEM KNOW.

[03:05:04]

OKAY. LET'S TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS.

MRS. STORRS. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE DO THAT? NO, I THINK THIS IS GREAT.

Y'ALL ARE GOING TO GET REALLY TIRED OF ME TALKING ABOUT BUDGET, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK AGAIN NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

TEN MINUTES WILL COME RIGHT BACK.

THANK YOU GUYS. AS WE CAN.

SO ANY OF OUR PRESENTERS FEEL FREE TO READ, YOUR PRESENTATIONS FAIRLY QUICKLY AND BE CONCISE AND TO THE POINT FOR US, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A SECOND READING AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE DID 60, BUT I WILL ASK, DO WE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? REQUESTED? WE DID.

COUNCILMAN TIPPS SAYS WE'VE ASKED THIS, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO, OUR CONSENT ITEMS. I NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK AND SEE SEVEN.

WHY WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK JANUARY 23RD.

IS THAT CORRECT? MRS. STORRS.

OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER ONES THAT WE PULLED, WE PULLED SEVEN L DID WE GET FURTHER INFORMATION FROM MR..

[7.L. CONSIDER AWARD - TICKETING SERVICES AGREEMENT (Part 2 of 2)]

LET'S SEE. THERE WE GO.

SEVEN L SO THIS WAS FOR THE TICKETING SYSTEM.

AND WE LOOKED AT THE BIDS.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME TIME.

WE CAN WAIT AND BRING THIS BACK.

IF YOU WOULD ALL LIKE, WE CAN BRING IT BACK IN TWO WEEKS.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN TALK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM.

WITH THAT, AS LONG AS WE GET GOOD FEEDBACK, WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GAME PLAN OF HOPEFULLY GETTING THAT AWARDED.

THE OTHER THING IS, IF WE GET NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, WE COULD WE DO HAVE SOME OPTIONS WE COULD LOOK AT.

SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY WORK WITH OUR EXISTING VENDOR TO EXTEND OUR EXISTING CONTRACT.

NOW PLEASE KNOW OUR EXISTING CONTRACT IS ACTUALLY AT A HIGHER PRICE THAN WHAT THIS NEW ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO AWARD IS.

THEY GAVE US A BETTER PRICE ON THIS NEXT ROUND.

BUT WE COULD STILL EXTEND AT WHERE WE'RE AT AND GO THROUGH A WHOLE NOTHER CYCLE AGAIN IF WE NEEDED TO.

SO WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE VERIFIED IS REALLY WHAT'S HITTING THE CITY'S BUDGET.

WHAT WE'RE BUDGETING FOR EACH YEAR IS JUST THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, THAT 14,000.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE EXACT NUMBER WAS EACH YEAR, AND THAT WOULD BE OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

THE REVENUE SHARE PIECE LOOKED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON EACH PROPOSAL.

WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT THEM IN TOTAL TO TO HELP WITH THE SCORING PART OF THE RFP, BUT IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY CYCLE THROUGH THE BUDGET.

THE WAY THESE GROUPS WORK, THEY ACTUALLY DO ALL THE COLLECTIONS THEMSELVES.

AND THEN HOWEVER THE ARRANGEMENT IS SET UP, THEY HOLD ON TO THEIR PIECE OF IT.

THEY PAY ANY CREDIT CARD FEES OUT OF IT.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, THE SETUP, AND THEN THEY TRANSMIT BACK TO THE CITY AS OUR REVENUE PIECE, THE NET AMOUNT OF THOSE ITEMS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS ANY, BUT I FELT LIKE WE WERE KIND OF, TRYING TO COMBINE THE TWO PIECES INTO ONE.

THERE ARE REALLY TWO SEPARATE THINGS.

THE CIVIC CENTER'S BUDGET ONLY HAS THAT ADMIN PIECE FOR THE ACTUAL SOFTWARE.

AND AS RICH MENTIONED BEFORE, DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS A SOFTWARE WE COULD DO IN-HOUSE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE FEASIBLE, BUT THE SETUP ON IT, IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM VENDOR TO VENDOR.

IT'S VERY STANDARD THOUGH, WHETHER THEY TAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OFF OF EVERY PIECE OR THEY WAIT TILL YOU HIT A CERTAIN SELL AND THEN THEY UP IT LIKE A SLIDING SCALE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO WHAT WE'RE THINKING, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE, UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CONSIDER IT, WE CAN CERTAINLY GO AHEAD.

AND WE COULD JUST HAVE THEM.

I'M LOOKING AT BRIAN. TAKE NO ACTION AND BRING IT BACK NEXT WEEK AFTER WE'VE TALKED TO OUR PARTNERS, LIKE RCA AND SOME OF THE OTHER GROUPS AT THE CIVIC CENTER AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY CHALLENGES ON A FEEDBACK FROM THEIR STANDPOINT, I WOULD AGREE WITH LES.

I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST ASK OUR PARTNERS AND JUST SAY, IS THERE ANY AND GIVE THEM A DEADLINE.

JUST SAY WE WILL. WE'RE CRUNCH TIME.

WE GOT TO HEAR FROM YOU. IF WE DON'T HEAR ANYTHING FROM THEM, GREAT.

BUT IF WE DO, I JUST I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.

UNLESS POINT TO JUST SAY, HEY, LET'S GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY KEEPING THE CIVIC CENTER BRINGING SOMETHING.

AND DEPENDING ON THEIR FEEDBACK, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK WITH THE VENDOR ON OPTIONS TO OVERCOME THAT.

AND IF IT'S IF IF IT'S DEAL BREAKER FEEDBACK, WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS IN TWO WEEKS.

YEAH. AND MAYBE MAYBE WE CAN.

WE HAVE ANOTHER VENDOR THAT OFFERS THAT.

BUT MAYBE WE DON'T.

AND IT'S LIKE LISTEN THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

BUT BUT IT'S NOBODY THAT OFFERS IT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

I MEAN THEY DON'T GET TO DICTATE IT, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST LISTEN TO THEM.

AND IF IT'S IF THERE'S A SOLUTION THAT'S GREAT.

IF THERE'S NOT, THEN WE MOVE FORWARD.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT WOULD BE MY.

WHAT LES SAID. YEAH, YEAH.

NO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND I THINK IT'S JUST A GOOD PRACTICE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR BEST CUSTOMERS TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS.

[03:10:03]

ONE IS, AND, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO I HATE TO COME IN AT THE LAST MINUTE AND DO THIS, BUT OF COURSE, WE WEREN'T PRESENTED TO IT UNTIL WE NOW WE SEE KIND OF SEE WE HAD THIS DEADLINE CRUNCH. SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WHETHER THIS BID WAS JUST WE HAD TO DO IT ALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

BUT YOU KIND OF PUT COUNCIL SOMETIMES WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU KIND OF PUT US IN THESE DEADLINE CRUNCHES, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE SAYING, WELL, SHOULD WE ASK QUESTIONS? I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP PROGRESS.

YEAH. BUT AND THE OTHER THING IS JUST JUST TO NOTE ON THE ROLLING AGENDA, THERE WAS REALLY NO DETAIL.

I MEAN, EVEN THE ROLLING AGENDA DIDN'T REALLY HELP ME OUT TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THERE? I DON'T EVEN THINK IT MENTIONED CIVIC CENTER.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY ON THOSE TWO THINGS, I MEAN, WHEN IT COMES TO BIDDING OR THAT TYPE OF STUFF, YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF PUTS COUNCIL IN A LITTLE BIT OF A POSITION IF WE DO HAVE A QUESTION, BUT IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE GOT TO, WE GOT TO AND THAT THIS IS THE FIRST THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING IT.

IT JUST KIND OF PUTS US IN A LITTLE BIT OF A CRUNCH IF WE AND, YOU KNOW, DO WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND WE WE WANT TO HELP GET THINGS ACCOMPLISHED, NOT BOG THEM DOWN.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WOULD SAY ON THIS ONE.

WELL, AND I COMMEND YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEN IT ALSO HELPS US THINK THROUGH.

THERE ARE BECAUSE THERE THERE IS POTENTIALLY ANOTHER OPTION ON THIS.

IF COUNCIL'S NOT COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE WAY THIS PROCESS WAS DONE, I THINK THERE IS AN OPTION.

BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAYBE DO A BETTER JOB OF COMING AHEAD OF TIME ABOUT, WELL, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION.

IF THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE DO, MAYBE HAVE SOME OTHER OPTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD SO WELL.

AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I ASK THIS, I MEAN THIS, THIS.

AND OF COURSE I WAS KIND OF GETTING UP TO SPEED.

BUT THIS AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE.

IT DOES I MEAN, NOT ONLY DOES IT AFFECT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE CIVIC CENTER, BUT MAYBE I DON'T KNOW, OUTSIDE OF PEOPLE THAT PAY THEIR, THEIR, THEIR WATER BILL.

I MEAN, IT'S THE MOST WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE BUYING TICKETS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE OR WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO KIND OF GET UP TO SPEED BEFORE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE CHANGES WERE OR WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. SO BUT I APPRECIATE THAT AND I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANYTHING COMING BACK, BUT I THINK IT'D BE JUST GOOD TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND ASK.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING TO BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE ON THAT.

WE USUALLY I UNFORTUNATELY WAIT TO, YOU KNOW, NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS.

AND SO YOU ASSUME IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, THEY'RE GOING TO LET YOU KNOW.

BUT THIS IS PROBABLY A BETTER ROUTE TO BE PROACTIVE ON ASKING.

SO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE.

WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD JUST SEE IF COUNCIL IS IN AGREEMENT TO TAKE NO ACTION ON SEVEN L.

AGREED. AGREE. AGREED.

OKAY. WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION ON SEVEN L, WE WILL MOVE ALONG TO SEVEN O TREE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.

[7.O. CONSIDER AWARD - TREE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES CONTRACT]

WE JUST PULLED IT. OKAY.

SO, MR. KASHUBA, IF YOU CAN RUN DOWN MAYBE WHAT? OUR CURRENT, CONTRACT IS SOME ISSUES WE'VE HAD AND WHY WE'RE MAKING THE CHANGE.

ABSOLUTELY. MARY COUNCIL, MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC.

THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE DID BID PREVIOUSLY.

WE DID THAT LAST YEAR.

WE DECIDED NOT TO REBID IT.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY TO REBID THIS ONE.

BUT WE WE ACTUALLY SAW SOME SAVINGS, COMPARED TO THE LAST, AWARDED BID.

SO THE ITEMS, WE CHANGED THE BID A LITTLE BIT, IN TERMS OF STRUCTURE.

BUT WHAT WE SAW IS ON THE ITEMS THAT WERE THE BASE BID, WE SAW A REDUCTION IN PRICE OF ABOUT 61% COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT.

SO, WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY RECOMMEND THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL.

SO I GUESS THIS IS THIS THE SECOND YEAR WE WOULD HAVE HAD THIS CONTRACT ARRANGEMENT FOR THAT, CORRECT? OKAY. GOT IT. AND SO MY QUESTION WAS JUST MAKING SURE.

SO WE'RE WE'RE INVESTING AN ADDITIONAL 450,000 A YEAR.

TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ALREADY DOING.

SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NETTING A SAVINGS OUT OF THAT TO PAY FOR THIS.

YEAH, CORRECT. IN THE PAST, THAT WORK WAS DONE BY PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF.

DURING THE COVID YEARS, WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN STAFFING.

AND SO THAT'S WHEN A LOT OF OUR CONTRACTS STARTED TO OCCUR.

WAS JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MANPOWER IN-HOUSE AT THAT TIME.

WE WERE MOWING PARKS EVERY 4 TO 6 WEEKS.

THAT'S WHERE THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT CAME IN.

DURING THAT TIME, WE ALSO SAW A REDUCTION IN OUR FORESTRY STAFF.

SO WE FELT IT WAS ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY TO CONTRACT THAT OUT.

THAT MONEY WAS IT WAS THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE WERE SPENDING WITH PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF.

AND THE REASON WE WERE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE TO BE A TREE CITY USA CITY, YOU HAVE TO SPEND APPROXIMATELY $2 PER CAPITA.

SO THAT COMES OUT TO ABOUT $400,000.

WE ADDED A LITTLE BIT FOR GROWTH FOR THAT 450,000, BUT THAT'S A NOT TO EXCEED EACH YEAR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS ON THIS ONE COUNCIL.

NO. MR. KASHUBA TELL US, THREE YEARS AGO, JUST A ROUGH COMPARISON.

HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DID YOU HAVE THAT WERE FULL TIME? AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW? I'VE GOT THAT NUMBER RIGHT HERE.

WE ACTUALLY WENT, LET ME PULL THAT NUMBER.

[03:15:01]

SO A LOT OF THE THE TRANSITIONS WE'VE MADE TO CONTRACT HAVE COME THROUGH, ATTRITION WHEN STAFF, WE CAN'T FILL THOSE POSITIONS AND ALSO THE REDUCTION IN FLEET ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE POSITIONS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE REDUCED THE FORESTRY SIDE, WE GOT RID OF A BUCKET TRUCK AND OBVIOUSLY THE PERSONNEL.

AND THAT'S WHERE THOSE SAVINGS CAME FROM.

EXCUSE ME. SO DID YOU SELL ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT.

THERE'S WE STILL HAVE ONE BUCKET TRUCK AND WE STILL HAVE ONE FORESTRY RELATED POSITION IN-HOUSE.

WE ACTUALLY JUST FILLED THAT WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SO WE'D BEEN OUT WITHOUT ANY PERSONNEL INTERNALLY.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE THAT DOES SOME MINOR FORESTRY WORK IN-HOUSE.

SO FOR KIND OF OUR FIDUCIAL FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES UP HERE, YOU'RE RUNNING LESS THAN HALF STAFF FROM WHAT YOU PREVIOUSLY WERE. AND THE WAY IN WHICH YOU'RE DOING THAT AND HOPEFULLY INCREASING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND QUALITY OF OF SERVICES IS BY SUBCONTRACTING.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING ELSE ON SEVEN ZERO GENTLEMEN? NO. IF I COULD GET A MOTION, PLEASE I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN ZERO AS PRESENTED IN THE AGENDA.

SECOND. OKAY I HAVE A MOTION FROM PLACE ONE A SECOND FROM PLACE THREE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES WITH A50 VOTE ON SEVEN ZERO.

LET'S SEE HERE.

MRS FILL IN.

CITY SECRETARY.

WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAD OTHER THAN 7YI KNOW WE PUSHED SEVEN Y YOU HAVE THAT IN THE MINUTES ALREADY? YES, SIR. WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING ON THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I BELIEVE THAT TAKES US TO THE END OF CONSENT.

[8.A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 01-09-24-2]

I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE WE HAD ANOTHER OBLIGATION.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE THROUGH IT IN ORDER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH, IS IT MISS CARRIE ROBERTS.

IT'S HERE FOR ITEM EIGHT A ON, ONE OF OUR PIDS.

JUST MOVE IT. IT'S FINE.

EVENING. THERE WE GO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS CARRIE ROBERTS.

I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR OUR PIDS DEPARTMENT IN PURCHASING.

AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL OUR NEW POSSIBLE PID.

IF IT IS APPROVED TONIGHT, WHICH IS HOMESTEAD THROUGH BEATEN BOW HOMES.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. WESLEY EVERETT AND MR. CHRIS BERRY WITH BEATEN BOW HOMES, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO A SMALL PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL ON THIS PID.

EVENING, GENTLEMEN.

GOOD EVENING. AS KERRY STATED, MY NAME IS WES EVERETT.

I AM THE NORTH AREA LAND PLANNER.

CHRIS IS THE LAND PLANNING MANAGER FOR ALL OF BENBOW.

WE DID HAVE HERE EARLIER.

EDDY HUSKEY, THE AMARILLO SALES MANAGER HERE.

HE DID HAVE TO LEAVE THOUGH. HIS DAUGHTER WAS SINGING AT TECH BASKETBALL GAME, SO HE WAS A GOOD REASON FOR HIM TO HEAD OUT.

SO, WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO BRING UP IS, I KNOW, WHEN I CAME OVER TO BENBOW ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I REALLY DOVE INTO THE CREATION OF PIDS.

I LOOKED WENT THROUGH YOUR BUDGET SESSIONS THAT WHERE Y'ALL DID A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER PIDS.

AND THEN ALSO, I REALLY LOOKED AT EVERY ONE OF THEM.

AND IN THE CREATION OF THIS, WHICH I THINK IS CLOSE TO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.

AND, AND I WANT TO REALLY THANK KERRY, LESLIE SCHMIDT AND JUSTIN NOBLE FOR A LOT OF THE HELP WITH US TRYING TO GET THIS IN PLACE, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT NOT ONLY BENEFITED THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO HELPED US OUT.

AND BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN SOMETHING IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT STAYS IN A GOOD FASHION THE WAY, THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO PUT IT IN.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS GOING THROUGH, IF WE COULD START THE SLIDES, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

AND AS YOU STATED, MAYOR, I THREW OUT A LOT OF MY NOTES SO WE CAN ROLL THROUGH THIS.

YOU LEANED IT OUT, BUT WE WILL BE HERE FOR QUESTIONS.

DON'T WORRY. THANK YOU.

RIGHT THERE AND THEN YOU HAVE CONTROL OF IT ON YOUR.

ON THIS, OKAY? OH YES. OKAY. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR BRANDING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO AND WE THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT, FOR THIS PID IS TO BE ABLE TO ALSO INTRODUCE OUR COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT TO YOU BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE, THAT WE JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THIS.

[03:20:04]

IF YOU'VE DRIVEN OUT THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF DIRT MOVING, THERE'S SOME STREETS GOING IN, SOME CURBING GOING IN.

BUT THIS IS A LOT OUR PHASING THAT'S HAPPENING.

ALL OF THE AREAS, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, ALL OF THE AREAS THAT YOU SEE, THE UNITS THROUGH THERE, THOSE WILL BE AT ONE ASSESSMENT RATE.

THERE IS ALSO A PORTION OF THIS PIT AREA THAT IS A MULTIFAMILY AREA THAT IS GOING TO BE BY ANOTHER DEVELOPER, AND THAT WILL BE AT ANOTHER ASSESSMENT RATE UNDER THE PIT.

HERE IS THE AREA THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

IF Y'ALL IF PEOPLE OR CITIZENS AREN'T AWARE OF IT, IT'S NEAR I-40, LOOP 335 SONCY AND SOUTHWEST 34TH. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE COMMON AREAS, AND I'LL SHOW BOTH OF THEM IN JUST A SECOND.

THIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE EAST END OF A LARGE BASIN THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN THIS AREA IS GOING TO BE ON THE WEST END OF THAT LARGE BASIN.

AND THEN THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A COMMUNITY SIGN THAT WOULD COME OFF OF 34TH STREET.

AND IT'S A SHOW OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THE MULTIFAMILY AREA.

SO HERE THE AREAS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE IN TAN, THAT IS WHAT WE CALL OUR CORE PRODUCT.

THAT IS REALLY KIND OF A.

FOR HOMES THAT ARE AROUND 1350 TO 1950.

THE YELLOW IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL RESERVE, WHICH IS AROUND 19 50 SQUARE FOOT TO 2600 SQUARE FOOT.

THE BLUE AREA UP IN THE RIGHT CORNER, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING WE CALL COTTAGE.

BUT THAT IS MORE OF THAT 1100 TO 1300 SQUARE FOOT, WHICH IS A PRODUCT THAT A LOT OF THE CITY PLAN 2045 HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, TRYING TO GET DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING, DIFFERENT FORMATS OF HOUSING INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THROUGH THIS, THAT I FELT LIKE IN MY KIND OF OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE OTHER PADS, IS THIS ONE HOUR PAD IS GOING TO BE, STARTED OFF AS A DEBT FREE PAD BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO INVEST EVERYTHING INTO THIS.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE PID OR FROM ANYBODY FOR THIS.

WE WANT THIS TO BE A MAINTENANCE PIT THAT HELPS RETAIN THAT.

AFTER WE BUILD OUT THIS COMMUNITY AND WE'RE AROUND, WE WANT IT TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE SAME CONDITION AS WHAT WE LEAVE IT AS.

THAT THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE THAT'S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE THAN THAT I'VE SEEN IN A LOT OF AREAS.

AND WE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.

AND SO REALLY WITH THAT, TO STAY TIMELY, WE'RE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS FOR THESE GENTLEMEN.

COUNCIL. I DON'T HAVE ANY.

HOW MANY HOMES IN THIS DEVELOPMENT? TOTAL 632.

23. SORRY.

OKAY, I HAVE DYSLEXIA. SOMETIMES 623.

AND THEN, WE THROUGH THE PIT PROCESS, WE WE LEARNED A FEW THINGS THAT WE IMPROVED ON, I BELIEVE.

THE THE BYLAWS, I GUESS WE WOULD SAY, OR SOME OF THOSE PRACTICES.

ARE YOU GUYS PUTTING INTO THE STRUCTURE OF THIS PIT IN THE WAY IN WHICH YOU CONTRACT OUT SOME OF THE THINGS? SO A LOT A LOT OF THIS.

YES. THROUGH THE PIT PETITION.

A LOT OF THAT IS LAID OUT WHERE WE DO HAVE AN HOA BACKING, BEHIND THE PIT PETITION, BUT A LOT OF IT IS STILL GOVERNED THROUGH ONCE IT'S TURNED OVER TO THE CITY, IT'S GOVERNED THROUGH THE CITY POLICIES AND PROCESSES THROUGH THAT PETITION.

WELL, THEN THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

OKAY. AND, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID TURN IN WITH THIS, AND THIS IS A HABIT ON SOME OTHER PITS THAT I'VE CREATED, IS A LETTER TO HELP FORMAT AND KIND OF TELL YOU, GIVE YOU A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT EVERY I WENT BY EVERYTHING IN YOUR POLICY AND TOLD YOU WHERE IT'S AT IN THE PETITION.

SO THAT WAY YOU CAN HAVE AN EASY REFERENCE AS YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT.

FANTASTIC. WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

YEAH. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU GUYS. OKAY.

MRS. KERRY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER? I DO NOT, OKAY.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.

DO I HAVE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING. NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND THEN.

DO. I GUESS I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ONE TO GO AHEAD AND WE'RE READY TO TAKE ACTION? ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE.

DASH NINE. DASH 24.

DASH TWO. SECOND.

OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION FROM PLACE ONE, A SECOND FROM PLACE FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

[03:25:05]

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

[8.B. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8107]

ITEM EIGHT B, WE HAVE MISTER KENDRICK COMING FORWARD.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS, A PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING TO CONSIDER THE REZONING OF LOTS 11 THROUGH 13, A BLOCK ONE OF CHALMERS ADDITION TO REZONE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 41 AND MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT TWO TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 41 A TO ALLOW FOR A CREDIT UNION AS AN ADDITIONAL ALLOWED LAND USE ON THE PROPERTY. AND THE APPLICANT, WHO IS AMARILLO COLLEGE, IS REQUESTING THIS REZONING IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE SITE AND LEASE THE SITE TO THE EDUCATION CREDIT UNION TO CREATE A CAMPUS LEVEL BRANCH OF THEIR CREDIT UNION HERE NEAR AMARILLO COLLEGE.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOUND THAT THE SITE DOES CONFORM WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AND GIVEN THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA WHEN THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED, IT WAS FOR A BIBLE CHAIR FACILITY THAT WAS SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AT THAT TIME.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, SINCE THAT TIME, THE AMARILLO COLLEGE HAS BOUGHT MOST OF THOSE HOMES, TORN THEM DOWN.

SO NOW IT'S SURROUNDED ENTIRELY BY PARKING LOTS.

THE COLLEGE IS PROPOSING TO KEEP MOST OF THE CORE ELEMENTS OF THAT ORIGINAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT IN PLACE.

AND, JUST WITH ALLOWING THE ADDITIONAL USE OF A CREDIT UNION.

AND GIVEN THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION FELT THAT THIS REQUEST WAS APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN THAT AREA, WITH THIS ESSENTIALLY BEING SURROUNDED BY THE COLLEGE.

WE DID SEND PUBLIC NOTICES ON THIS ONE AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS.

AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ONE AS PRESENTED.

AND ON YOUR SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING THAT THEY ARE REPURPOSING AND THE SITE WORK THAT THEY WILL BE DOING FOR THIS PROJECT.

QUESTIONS FOR MR. KENDRICK, GENTLEMEN.

NO, NO.

WELL, WHAT IS, WHAT IT SAID 512 ON THERE.

IS THERE A BUILDING ON THERE ALREADY? THERE IS THERE REPURPOSING.

WHAT WAS THE OLD BIBLE CHAIR.

SO THERE WAS, THERE WAS THAT STRUCTURE IN AN OLD HOME.

THEY TORE DOWN THE HOME. AND THAT'S WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS GOING TO BE.

AND THEY'RE SIMPLY REPURPOSING THAT EXISTING BUILDING.

OKAY WITH NO QUESTIONS FOR MR. KENDRICK. THANK YOU SIR.

WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.

DO I HAVE ANYONE HERE TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ITEM EIGHT B? SEEING. NO ONE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO ADOPT, ORDINANCE NUMBER 8107 AS PRESENTED IN THE AGENDA.

SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

ON TO, ITEM EIGHT.

[8.C. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8108]

ITEM EIGHT C THIS IS ALSO A REZONING TO REZONE A 11.08 ACRE TRACK OF UNPLATTED LAND THAT IS LOCATED IN POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTHEAST 27TH AND OSAGE STREET, TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO AND GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 406 TO ALLOW LAND USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TWO, WITH A MAX BUILDING HEIGHT OF 40FT, AND THE APPLICANT IS AMARILLO POWER CHURCH, AND THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE IS ONE TO DEVELOP THE SITE WITH A CHURCH THAT WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 40FT ON THE SITE, AND WHILE THIS USE WOULD TYPICALLY BE ALLOWED, IT'S THAT HEIGHT THAT IS THE ISSUE.

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TWO WOULD ESSENTIALLY ALLOW FOR A 23 FOOT TALL STRUCTURE.

SO THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST IS THAT THEIR STRUCTURE WILL HAVE A PEAK HEIGHT, THAT THE PEAK OF THE ROOF OF 40FT, AND THE APPLICANT SITE DOES CONFORM WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORY FOR THIS SITE, AND ALSO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT.

GIVEN THAT IT'S A TRANSITIONAL ZONING AND LAND USE BETWEEN THE RETAIL TO THE NORTH THERE AND IN THE RESIDENTIAL SITES TO THE SOUTH AND EAST, AND WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO GO WITH RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TWO PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD, EXCEPT FOR THAT HEIGHT, SETBACKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WILL CONFORM TO FA TWO, AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TURN IN A SITE PLAN THAT CONFORMS A FALSE STANDARDS.

SO WE'LL ENSURE THAT WE GET PROPER SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING AND EVERYTHING TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS, IF ANY, ON THE NEIGHBORING HOMES IN THE AREA.

AND GIVEN THOSE FACTORS AND THOSE STANDARDS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION FELT THAT THIS REQUEST WAS APPROPRIATE.

AND ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN FOR THE SITE.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS GOING TO BE SET WELL BACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

SO ANY PROPOSED IMPACT FROM THAT POTENTIAL INCREASE HEIGHT.

THE COMMISSION FELT WOULD BE MINIMIZED.

AND THEN ON THE SCREEN THERE IS THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE, SOME PROPOSED ELEVATIONS OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE BUILT ON THE SITE.

IF APPROVED.

NOTICES WERE SENT ON THIS ONE AS WELL, AND NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED.

[03:30:02]

WE DID HAVE ONE MEMBER ABSTAIN BECAUSE THEIR FIRM WAS THE ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT, BUT THE OTHER MEMBERS ALL VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST.

OKAY, MR. KENDRICK, WE APPRECIATE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS ONE.

DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY? IS THIS A. OH, I'M SORRY, SIR.

GO AHEAD. IS THIS A PRETTY COMMON EXCEPTION? I MEAN, I MEAN, DO WE HAVE PEOPLE OFTEN BUILDING HEIGHTS OR IS THIS KIND OF A WE SEE IT TIME TO TIME WHERE CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, YOU KNOW, WITH A PARTICULAR SITE MIGHT, NOT NECESSARILY FIT THE BASE ZONING, BUT WE ALWAYS DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT POTENTIAL WAYS TO MITIGATE IF ONE ELEMENT OF THEIR SITE MAY EXCEED CERTAIN STANDARDS.

WE LOOK AT WAYS TO MITIGATE THAT THROUGH OTHER WAYS.

IN THIS CASE, THE INCREASED SETBACKS WE FELT WAS A GOOD COMPROMISE.

I KNOW ORIGINALLY THEY WANTED TO REQUEST SOME OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS AT, SUCH AS OFFICE DISTRICT TWO, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR UNLIMITED HEIGHT, BUT STAFF AND ALSO THE COMMISSION FELT THAT POTENTIALLY ALLOWING A STRUCTURE THAT COULD GO AS HIGH AS THEY WISH WAS NOT APPROPRIATE.

SO WE GOT WITH THE APPLICANT AND SAID, WHAT IS YOUR ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM NEED SO THAT WE COULD LIMIT, POTENTIAL IMPACTS? LET'S SAY THEIR PROJECT FELL THROUGH, BUT THEN SOMEBODY WANTED TO COME ALONG AND BUILD A REALLY TALL OFFICE BUILDING.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE GIVE AND TAKE ON THESE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE SEE.

THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL.

WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM EIGHT.

C HAVE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM EIGHT C AND I WOULD REQUEST A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE ACCEPT ORDINANCE 80 108 AS STATED.

SECOND OKAY I HAVE A MOTION FROM PLACE THREE.

A SECOND FROM PLACE. FOR ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES ON TO ITEM EIGHT.

[8.D. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8108]

SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

WE REVIEWED THIS IN THE DECEMBER MEETING.

AND REMEMBER, THIS IS A DISCUSSION.

THAT DISCUSSION IN DECEMBER MEETING WAS ABOUT AN OPT OUT FOR THE AUTOMATIC METER READING SYSTEM.

SO QUICKLY.

JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THAT.

WE HAVE JUST UNDER 4000M INSTALLED.

SO THE PROJECT IS PROGRESSING WELL.

OKAY. WE COVERED THE BENEFITS OF THE METERS.

REMEMBER THE CONVENIENCE, THE CONTROL AND THE TIMELY, VALIDATION OF READINGS, CITY BENEFITS FROM, WATER CONSERVATION PRIMARILY.

OKAY, REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONCERNS AND HOW MINIMIZED THIS WAS RELATED TO OTHER DEVICES, BUT ALSO THAT IT TRANSMITS LESS THAN ONE SECOND PER DAY. PRIVACY ASSURANCES.

WE WENT OVER THOSE.

BUT THE OPT OUT DECISIONS, REMEMBER, THE TRANSMITTER WAS WHAT WE WOULDN'T INSTALL.

AND THAT'S ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THIS SLIDE.

THE METER WOULD BE CHANGED OUT TO THAT METER.

YOU MIGHT SEE THAT, ANTENNA THAT'S IN THAT IN THE BOX, BECAUSE THAT OTHERWISE IT WOULD LEAVE A HOLE.

COUNCIL AT THAT MEETING DIRECTED US TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE, FOR OPTION B.

ALL THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS ARE THERE.

SO, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS APPROVAL FOR AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THAT ORDINANCE.

AND THAT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT AFTER YOUR SECOND READING AT THE NEXT MEETING, AND CUSTOMERS WOULD THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT.

AND IT'S VERY SIMPLE ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF YOU.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THAT, BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH TO IT.

IT JUST PROVIDES FOR THE OPTION.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS FOR MR. HARTMAN.

I KNOW THIS IS ONE WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.

COUNCILMAN. TIPPS DID CATCH, WE HAVE EIGHT.

C IS, ORDINANCE 8108.

WE HAVE ITEM EIGHT.

D IS ORDINANCE 8108.

SO CURIOUS IF I COULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO RENAME THIS AS 8111, WHICH WOULD FALL IN LINE AFTER 8110.

YOU CAN OR YOU CAN JUST OR YOU CAN JUST CITE THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.

YEAH. YOU CAN. YEAH.

THAT'S TRUE. OKAY.

YOU WANT. DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE THERE, MR. FREEMAN? SO IF YOU CAN JUST MAKE A MOTION FOR THE NAME OF THE ORDINANCE, DON'T CITE THE NUMBER IN YOUR MOTION.

THEN WE'LL FIX IT ON THE SECOND READING.

OKAY. IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION IF YOU WOULD READ THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE.

WHAT IS THE ACTUAL WORD? JUST READ THE CAPTION.

READ THE OKAY FIRST.

OKAY, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE.

EIGHT D THE ITEM.

[03:35:03]

CHAPTER 18 DASH TWO, PROVIDING FOR AN OPTION FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS TO OPT OUT OF A TRANSMITTER INSTALLED ON A RESIDENTIAL DIGITAL METER.

SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM EIGHT E, WE HAVE MR.

[8.E. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8109]

AND THANK YOU. THIS IS A PRETTY QUICK ITEM.

THIS IS REALLY A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM.

WHEN A NEW ROADWAY IS BUILT IN THE CITY LIMITS, THE SPEED LIMIT HAS TO BE ESTABLISHED ON THAT ROADWAY.

AND, OF COURSE, WE KNOW ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON ON THE LOOP.

SO RESIDENTIAL STREETS ARE AUTOMATICALLY COVERED IN OUR ORDINANCE AS A 30 MILE PER HOUR STREET, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO EVERY TIME THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT'S BUILT. BUT THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

IT'S A TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THIS IS MORE OF A FORMALITY.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO TODAY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR THEIR SPEED REDUCTION IN THAT AREA ON THEIR STATE RIGHT OF WAY.

THIS ORDINANCE WILL SATISFY OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES AND PUT IT IN LINE WITH WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT IS IN THAT AREA, BECAUSE IT IS IN OUR CITY LIMITS.

AND JUST TO REFLECT THAT SPEED THAT'S ESTABLISHED BY TXDOT.

SO WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR APPROVAL TODAY, REDUCING THAT SPEED TO FROM 55 DOWN TO 35.

IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME NOT TO TALK FOR A LONG TIME.

SO TO DO THIS QUICK IS JUST AGAINST DONNY.

BUT NOW THAT I'M DONE, DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

WE'RE COMING RIGHT BACK TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT? YOU'RE STILL ON PROBATION, PERIOD, BY THE WAY.

YEAH, IT'S STILL A NEW HIRE, SO.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HOOPER ON ITEM 80? NO. WITH NO QUESTIONS FOR MR. HOOPER, I WOULD REQUEST A MOTION.

I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8109 SECOND.

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM PLACE TWO AND A THIRD.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES WITH FIVE ZERO VOTE.

[8.F. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8110]

YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THE MEETING IN DECEMBER.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AS WE THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS THAT CAME TO US DURING THE WEEK.

A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, WE DID SPEAK TO EVERYONE ON THE BOARD'S STAFF, DID REACH OUT TO THEM AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THIS CHANGE PRIOR TO US COMING TO COUNCIL.

ALL OF THEM WERE OKAY WITH THAT.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS THAT WANTED TO SEE SOME OTHER ACTION.

THEY WANTED TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING ELSE.

WE TOLD THEM ABOUT THE NEW INITIATIVES THAT ARE COMING UP.

AND JUST BRIEFLY, FOR YOU GUYS, WHAT THAT IS, IS, ALL OF THIS, THIS GROUP OR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO BE A PART OF THIS CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO WHAT'S CALLED A SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL ACTION PLAN COMMITTEE.

IT'S A COMMITTEE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S JUST NOW FORMING. BUT IT'S THE BEGINNING OF SOME IMPORTANT WORK TOWARDS ANALYSIS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS AND SOME HISTORICAL TRENDS TO PROVIDE A BASELINE LEVEL OF CRASHES INVOLVING FATALITIES, SERIOUS INJURIES ACROSS THE CITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT'S RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHAT THESE GROUPS WERE DOING BEFORE, ESPECIALLY THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY COMMITTEE.

IT'LL GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS PLAN, WHICH WILL HELP OBTAIN GRANT FUNDING, THROUGH THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FOR PILOT PROJECTS TO ACHIEVE THE INTENT OF THAT GROUP.

SO AS WE ARE COMING TO COUNCIL NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S SAFETY RELATED TOWARD TRAFFIC, IT'S GOING TO PARLAY RIGHT INTO THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL AS WE FINISH THAT TASK FORCE AND MOVE INTO THIS NEW COMMITTEE.

SO I THINK WE HAVE A PURPOSE AND A PLACE FOR THESE FOLKS THAT WANT TO ATTEND THAT AND STILL PARTICIPATE.

AND THEY CAN MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT IN THIS GROUP THAN THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IN THE GROUPS THEY WERE AT BEFORE.

AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE TO FUND THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE WISHING TO SEE HAPPEN.

SO WHEREAS BEFORE WE DO HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE FOR ANYTHING THAT WE WERE DOING AS FAR AS BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

QUESTIONS FOR MR. HOOPER.

GENTLEMEN. NO GOOD USAGE OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON IT.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM EIGHT F.

I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8110 AS PRESENTED IN THE AGENDA.

SECOND. OKAY.

MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM EIGHT F WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED?

[8.G. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 01-09-24-3]

ALL RIGHT. ON THIS ITEM, WE ARE LOOKING TO AUTHORIZE, A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE BASEBALL TEAM FOR THE MPV.

SO I'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THIS JUST REAL QUICKLY.

WE'RE ON THE THIRD AMENDMENT.

THE AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED IN 2017 BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PANHANDLE BASEBALL CLUB.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED IN 2020.

ALL IT WAS DOING, IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT, WAS DURING COVID.

IT WAS A REQUEST TO DEFER THE ANNUAL RENT PAYMENT DUE IN APRIL TO MAY AND THEN DEFER THE ONE DUE IN JULY UNTIL DECEMBER.

AND, AND THEN IT ALSO JUST CLEANED UP SOME THE IT TRANSFERRED THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE RESERVE ACCOUNT TO THE CITY.

THE ORIGINAL LEASE HAD IT OWNED BY THE BASEBALL TEAM.

BOTH PARTIES HAVE TO AGREE TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS.

[03:40:01]

AND THAT WAS TO DEFER THE DECEMBER 31ST, 2020 ANNUAL RENT PAYMENT, HALF DUE JULY 7TH.

I'M SORRY, JULY 15TH OF 2021 AND HALF DUE JULY 15TH TO 2022.

AND THAT WAS DUE TO THE CANCELING OF THE SEASON RELATED TO COVID.

SO THEY DID MAKE THEIR LEASE PAYMENTS.

THEY JUST DEFERRED THEM OUT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE AMENDMENTS DID.

SO THIS THIRD AMENDMENT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE.

THIS IS RELATED TO THE FACT THAT THE THAT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CAME IN AND REQUIRED SOME RENOVATIONS.

GO AHEAD AND BE DONE TO THE FACILITY.

AND SO THE CITY OF AMARILLO WOUND UP ISSUING 4 MILLION IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE BONDS EARLIER THIS YEAR TO HELP MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. WHAT THIS AMENDMENT STATES IS THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO PAY 175,000 OF THE DEBT SERVICE ANNUALLY FOR THESE BONDS, FROM A PORTION OF THE ANNUAL MS OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE RESERVE FUNDS PAYMENT FROM PANHANDLE BASEBALL CLUB, INC..

AND THEN THE CITY WOULD ALSO TAKE THE A&E COSTS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RENOVATIONS OUT OF THAT SAME RESERVE FUND ACCOUNT. ALSO, THIS AMENDMENT CLARIFIES LANDSCAPING RESPONSIBILITIES OUTSIDE THE MPCV, AND THEN IT ALSO REVISES THE FUNDING AND RESPONSIBILITY RELATED TO FIREWORKS, WHERE THE CITY WAS COVERING ALL THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH FIREWORKS PREVIOUSLY.

NOW WE'RE ONLY COVERING THOSE DURING THE SUMMER ON FRIDAY NIGHTS, SO THAT IS CERTAINLY GOING TO HELP SAVE SOME ON THE CITY SIDE.

SO WITH THAT, I KNOW THAT WAS VERY QUICK.

I DO ALSO HAVE TONY WINDSOR HERE.

AND HE IS AVAILABLE TO HELP ANSWER MAYBE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RENOVATIONS THAT WERE REQUIRED OR ANYTHING ON THOSE ENDS.

IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, WE MAY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

OKAY. COUNCIL, YOU GOT QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE.

I DO NOT. I DO NOT KNOW.

NO. SO THE AMOUNT THAT WE WERE GETTING THAT THAT, MAINTENANCE RESERVE FUND WAS BASICALLY THE MONEY THAT WAS COMING FROM PANHANDLE BASEBALL TO US TO SET ASIDE FOR THAT.

CORRECT? YES. FOR FOR FUTURE REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE SHIFTED PARTIALLY TO DEBT SERVICE.

AND WAS THAT WAS THAT HAS THAT ALWAYS BEEN THE 175,000? YES. SO THE AGREEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY THAT SO THE A PORTION OF IT GOES TO PAY THE EXISTING DEBT SERVICE FOR THE BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT, AND THEN THE REST OF IT.

SO IT WAS GOING INTO AN ACCOUNT AND IT WAS AT 225,000.

IT WAS GOING INTO THIS RESERVE ACCOUNT.

SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SPLITTING PART OF THAT OUT.

175 WILL GO TO THIS NEW DEBT SERVICE.

50,000 WILL ANNUALLY GO INTO THIS RESERVE ACCOUNT BECAUSE WE WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE REPAIRS IN SMALLER IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE OVER TIME.

AND THAT'S WHAT THAT ACCOUNT WAS SET UP FOR.

SO WE WEREN'T CONSTANTLY COMING TO THE CITY ASKING OR GOING TO THE TEAM AND ASKING, IT WAS THIS AGREED UPON ANNUAL AMOUNT, THE TEAM FUNDS TO SET ASIDE FOR REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

AND SO THE 175 WILL COVER THE $4 MILLION THAT.

OH, I'M SORRY IF THAT IF I DIDN'T FULLY ANSWER THAT.

NO. SO WE ALSO ARE LOOKING TO POOL, 50,000 OUT OF THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION THAT GOES TO CVB.

AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO THAT AS WELL, TO PAY A PORTION OF IT.

AND THE REMAINING AMOUNT, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY JUST UNDER 160,000 ANNUALLY, WILL BE COMING OUT OF THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE HOT FUNDS, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS.

OKAY. YES.

SO WHAT WE WORKED TO TRY TO DO WAS MINIMIZE, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THE IMPACT TO THE CITY'S, HOT BONDS AS WELL, TO TRY TO GET THESE RENOVATIONS PAID FOR, AND THEN THE LANDSCAPING RESPONSIBILITIES.

WHAT IS WHAT KIND OF SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS THAT? SO, THERE'S PROBABLY A LONG HISTORY ABOUT IS HOW IT'S MAINTAINED.

WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO DO IS PLANT THE BEDS TO A CITY STANDARD AND AND THEN THE TEAM CAN MAINTAIN THAT IF THEY WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND FROM THAT.

SO I THINK THEY HAD I DON'T KNOW IF MICHAEL'S STILL HERE OR NOT, BUT I THINK WE PUT IN SOME ROSE BUSHES AND SOME ITEMS LIKE THAT.

TONY MIGHT REMEMBER.

YEAH, IT LOOKS GOOD.

THEY WERE, FULL OF WEEDS AND IT WAS KIND OF.

NO ONE WAS EXACTLY, I GUESS.

SURE. ON WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY THE LANDSCAPING WAS.

THERE WAS A PLAN MANY YEARS AGO TO DO A DOWNTOWN, PID TO MAYBE HELP MAINTAIN SOME OF THAT.

AND SO THIS ACTUALLY GOT IT SQUARED AWAY.

THE CITY PUT IN SOME, SOME HARDY PLANTS, AND THEN IF THE TEAM WANTS TO DO MORE, THEY CAN DO OKAY.

AND THEN WE WEREN'T PAYING FOR THE FIREWORKS.

IT'S JUST LIKE THE IT WAS THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND ALL THAT AND THAT WE HAD.

OKAY. GOT IT. AND FOR ANY POLICE OR FIRE THAT WE NEEDED TO HELP SECURE THE AREA RELATED TO THE FIREWORKS.

[03:45:03]

YES, THE TEAM WAS PAYING FOR THE ACTUAL FIREWORKS.

WE WERE JUST KIND OF HELPING.

YEAH, YEAH. AND WE CREATE ENOUGH UP HERE AS IT IS.

TONY. WHAT? AND MAYBE THIS IS A TONY QUESTION.

BUT IS MLB GOING TO COME BACK FOUR YEARS FROM NOW AND SAY, SORRY, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE ALL THESE ADDITIONAL THINGS IN FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT AND FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT? YEAH. NO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TO BE IN THIS GAME A LONG TIME.

AND THAT'S FORTUNATE OR UNFORTUNATE HOWEVER YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT DUE TO AGING.

BUT I'M ON SEVERAL SUBCOMMITTEES AND WE ASK THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THAT'S AS AN OPERATOR.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.

ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO OUR CITY, OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO INVEST FURTHER FUNDS INTO IT? AND WE'VE WHILE THERE'S NO WRITTEN SECURITY ON THIS, WE'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK.

IF YOU RECALL, AFTER THE 2020 SEASON, WELL, THE SEASON THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN DUE TO COVID, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TOOK A MUCH BIGGER ROLE IN THE MINOR LEAGUES. AND IN FACT, WE BECAME WHERE WE WERE.

OUR OWN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WERE SEPARATE.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TURN US INTO FRANCHISEES.

SO NOW WE HAVE A TEN YEAR AGREEMENT WITH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, WHERE THOSE AGREEMENTS WERE ONLY TWO YEARS APART.

TYPICALLY WERE TWO YEAR AGREEMENTS WITH YOUR MAJOR LEAGUE AFFILIATE.

NOW WE HAVE A TEN YEAR DEAL, AND I'VE SEEN NO INDICATION AT ALL THAT ANY OF THIS IS GOING TO BE CHANGING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THE BIG THING THAT THEY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WANTED TO DO WAS TO THIS WAS REALLY ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND SECURITY FOR THE PLAYERS.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE BEING THAT'S BEING DONE TO HODGETOWN IS DOWN INTO THE CLUBHOUSE AREA TO MAKE THE FACILITIES BETTER FOR THE PLAYERS.

SO, I DON'T SEE ANY CHANGES COMING DOWN THE PIKE ANYTIME SOON.

WE'VE GOT SEVEN YEARS LEFT IN THIS INITIAL AGREEMENT, AND THEN AFTER THAT, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER AGREEMENT THAT TIES INTO IT.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE HERE IN AMARILLO BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WHEN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IN 20 AND I'M TRYING TO KEEP THIS SHORT, BUT IT'S A LONG HISTORY OF OF WORKING WITH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

BUT IN 21 THEY SET OUT TO CREATE A RUBRIC, A THEY SURVEYED ALL 120 MINOR LEAGUE CITIES.

RIGHT. AND SO IN THAT RUBRIC, THEY CAME UP WITH A POINT SYSTEM THAT ALL TEAMS HAVE TO GET UNDER A CERTAIN POINT SYSTEM.

WELL, WE FOUND OUT IN AMARILLO THAT WE'RE AT 98 POINTS, WHICH WAS A SURPRISE TO US BECAUSE WE'RE A NEW FACILITY.

WE FOUND OUT MOST OF THE ISSUE REGARDING THE POINT STRUCTURE THAT WE HAD WAS NOT BECAUSE OF THE AMENITIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE HODGETOWN IS A GORGEOUS BALLPARK, GREAT FOR PLAYERS, GREAT FOR FANS, GREAT FOR EVERYONE.

BUT IT WAS THE SIZE.

SO WE WERE 50FT² SHORT HERE, 75FT² SHORT HERE, 100FT SQUARE FEET SHORT IN THIS AREA.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH MOST OF THIS BUILD OUT, IS TO GET THOSE SIZES RIGHT, TO ADD FEMALE LOCKER ROOM SPACE AND RESTROOM AND SHOWER FACILITIES, AS WELL AS DINING AREAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE PLAYERS AND FOR MORE TRAINING AREAS FOR THE PLAYERS.

SO I DON'T FORESEE THEM COMING BACK ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

I'M IN A LOT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE THAT REPORT TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, AND WE'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION NUMEROUS TIMES, AND THERE'S BEEN NO INDICATION THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT. AND ARE ANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS JUST SAYING WE'RE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE CHANGES? WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S ANOTHER AND I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT.

IT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE HERE.

HODGETOWN IS A BEAUTIFUL THE MPEP IS A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, VERY MODERN, ONE OF THE TOP FACILITIES IN THE NATION, QUITE HONESTLY.

AND I KNOW FROM OUR ARCHITECTURE, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKED BY SEVERAL TEAMS TO BE ABLE TO USE OUR ARCHITECTURE IN THEIR MARKETS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MODEL HODGETOWN IN THEIR MARKETS.

HODGETOWN WAS BUILT FOR 40 45.4 MILLION, I BELIEVE, IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, -100, $200,000.

BUT THAT THE CURRENT PRICING TO BUILD HODGETOWN IN THREE DIFFERENT MARKETS THAT I'VE BEEN ASKED TO ALLOW TO USE OUR ARCHITECTURE IS AROUND 125 TO $130 MILLION.

SO WE HAVE A BLESSING HERE, WHERE SOME CITIES ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE MINIMUM STANDARDS THAT THAT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS SET OUR, OUR, OUR PRICE ON. THIS IS $4 MILLION.

THERE ARE OTHER TEAMS THAT ARE HAVING TO RAISE THEIR ENTIRE BALLPARK AND STADIUMS AND BUILD 120, $130 MILLION STADIUMS. I'VE HEARD EVERYTHING ELSE FROM, $20 MILLION INVESTMENTS.

WE'RE KIND OF ON THE LOW END, 20 MILLION, 50 MILLION, $75 MILLION INVESTMENTS ALL THE WAY UP TO RAISING THE ENTIRE BALLPARK AND STARTING FROM SCRATCH.

SO WHERE WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO, I HAVE A I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE THIS IS GOING TO PUT US WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE, HOPEFULLY FINISHED WITH OUR PROJECT BEFORE OPENING DAY OF, OF 2024.

BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANYBODY THAT'S SAYING THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT DOING IT OR ARE MOST PEOPLE SAYING IT'S IT'S THE THE REQUIREMENTS ARE A POINT

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FOR INSTANCE, I BELIEVE AT THE 23 SEASON, IT WAS 30 POINTS.

AT THE 24 SEASON IT WAS 24, 20 POINTS.

AND THEN BY 25 IT HAD TO BE UNDER TEN POINTS.

SO WE DON'T KNOW YET.

I HAVE A FEELING. THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME SOME TEAMS AND CITIES AND FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT.

THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

IF YOU RECALL, AFTER THE 20 SEASON, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TOOK MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FROM 160 TEAMS DOWN TO 120.

SO WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE, AND WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO BE AT THE DOUBLE-A LEVEL, WHERE THIS IS WHERE THE TOP PROSPECTS ARE IN THE NATION.

THE BEST BASEBALL PLAYERS IN THE WORLD ARE AT THE DOUBLE-A AND TRIPLE-A LEVEL, AND THEN THEY MAKE THEIR WAY UP TO THE MAJORS.

SO WE'RE IN GREAT SHAPE HERE.

BUT I THINK THERE COULD BE A COUPLE YOU MAY HEAR OF SOME DOWN THE ROAD THAT AREN'T ABLE TO MEET THESE STANDARDS IN TIME, AND IT'LL EITHER GET DEFERRALS OR THEY'LL MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS. OKAY.

THANKS. THANK YOU SIR.

APPRECIATE IT GUYS. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEM EIGHT G.

YES SIR. I THINK I'M GOING ON MY MEMORY NOW, BUT I THINK A FEW MONTHS BACK I THINK WE TALKED TO ANDREW ABOUT VISITING WITH THE CLUB, THAT MAYBE WE COULD TAKE THAT $4 MILLION.

THAT THIS WAS GOING TO COST AND TAKE IT OFF THE 15 MILLION THAT WE HAD TO PUT IN AT 2035.

IF THAT WAS A.

EVER DONE, OR THAT WAS AN INITIAL TALKING POINT WE HAD WITH TONY, AND THE TEAM ENDED UP NOT INCLUDING IT IN THE AGREEMENT, BECAUSE KNOWING THE PRICE OF THAT 15 MILLION IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY MUCH HIGHER, AND KNOWING THAT THE CURRENT AGREEMENT ALLOWS COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE TO NOT THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO IT.

IT'S A CHOICE THAT FUTURE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE DO THEY WANT TO DO THE RENOVATION OR NOT? AND IF NOT THAT, THAT'LL THEN OPEN NEGOTIATIONS ON WHETHER THE TEAM STAYS OR LEAVES THE HODGETOWN FACILITY.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED BUT DID NOT MOVE FORWARD ON.

THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

SO YOU UNDERSTAND, I GUESS WHERE WE'RE THE POINT IS BEING MADE THAT THE REASON THAT IT DIDN'T COME BACK IN THIS AMENDMENT WAS BECAUSE IT WASN'T CONSEQUENTIAL TO OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS CURRENT CONTRACT, AND IT WOULD BE A RENEGOTIATION ANYWAY, WASN'T FAVORABLE TO TRY TO RENEGOTIATE THAT NOW.

OKAY. SO ALL GOOD.

OKAY. MR. STORRS, ANYTHING FURTHER FROM YOU OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY. ITEM EIGHT G.

I WOULD, REQUEST A MOTION.

I MOVE TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10924-3.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS GUY? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES WITH A50 VOTE.

[8.H. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 01-09-24-4]

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS ITEM IS A RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO A REVISED AGREEMENT FOR JAIL SERVICES WITH RANDALL COUNTY.

AND SO I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE CAN GO OVER HERE BRIEFLY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED HEAVILY OVER, I WOULD SAY, OVER THE PAST YEAR.

SO THE PRIOR COUNCIL, ACTUALLY, AND PRIOR CITY MANAGER WAS IN SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

SO LET ME JUST KIND OF BRIEFLY GO OVER THIS.

THIS, AGREEMENT WAS ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2008 AS THE CITY WAS GETTING TO THE END OF LIFE ON OUR JAIL.

AND SO WHAT THIS AGREEMENT DID, IS IT IT OUTLINED THESE JAIL SERVICES THAT WE COULD UTILIZE THROUGH RANDALL COUNTY.

THEY ISSUED SOME DEBT IN ORDER TO BUILD SOME MORE CAPACITY, SO THEY COULD HOUSE THE NUMBER THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO WORK WITH.

THE AGREEMENT DID HAVE A GUARANTEED MINIMUM NUMBER PER DAY SET OUT IN IT, AND HAS RETAINED THAT THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH UP UNTIL THIS POINT IN TIME.

ALSO, IT HAD A DAILY RATE.

AND THE DAILY RATE CANNOT BE LOWER THAN WHAT THE FEDERAL DAILY RATE, IS WHAT THE FEDS PAY, RANDALL COUNTY TO HOUSE THEIR INMATES. AND THAT IS SOMETHING MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY GO THROUGH A STUDY FROM TIME TO TIME TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT RATE NEEDS TO BE.

ONE THING I WILL MENTION AT THIS POINT IS THE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE A MINIMUM GUARANTEE, IN THEIR CONTRACT LIKE WE WE HAVE HAD FOR YEARS IN OURS.

SO DOWN BELOW THERE, I'M GOING BACK TO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED PAYING ON THIS, IT WAS TOWARDS THE END OF 2010, SO IN 2010, 2011, WE STARTED PAYING ABOUT $1.85 MILLION ANNUALLY.

AND THAT HAS MAINTAINED VERY, STEADY OVER THIS TIME PERIOD ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2023.

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AND I SAY 2011, THAT'S THAT WAS THE YEAR END.

SO IT WAS 2010, 2011.

AND THEN IT THE MOST RECENT AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THEM IS $75 AND THE GUARANTEED MINIMUM STARTED AT ABOUT 78 AND ARE DOWN TO ABOUT 68.

AND SO AS WE WERE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT 1.85 MILLION EACH YEAR, SO THAT MINIMUM HAD TO ADJUST AS THE RATE WENT UP, THE MINIMUM HAD TO GO DOWN TO KEEP THAT NUMBER, ESSENTIALLY EQUAL.

NOW, AS WE WENT BACK OVER OUR RECORDS, OUR ACTUAL DAILY USE, HAS IT STARTED OUT IN THE 70S, SO IT WAS VERY CLOSE IN LINE WITH THE CONTRACT.

AND IN MORE RECENT YEARS WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 17 PER DAY.

AND SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS WHERE I THINK SOME OF THE QUESTIONS STARTED COMING UP IS HOW HOW DO WE GET TO 1.85 MILLION WHEN WE'RE UTILIZING ABOUT 75 OVERNIGHT STAYS OR OVER 24 HOUR STAYS? AND SO THAT KIND OF STARTED SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON THIS.

SO WHAT THIS REVISED AGREEMENT OUTLINES IS A DAILY RATE PER PRISONER TO INCREASE FROM THAT $75 AMOUNT UP TO A $100 AMOUNT. NOW THE FED RATE RIGHT NOW IS SET AT $95.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY OVER THE $95 AMOUNT.

THIS REVISED AGREEMENT WOULD ALSO ADD A ONE TIME BOOKING FEE OF $200 PER PRISONER.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER TIME AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR PARTNERS OUT AT RANDALL COUNTY IS THAT, WE HAVE LESS GREATER THAN 24 HOUR STAY PRISONERS.

WE HAVE A LOT LESS OF THEM.

AND SO THEY'RE BRINGING THEM IN, KEEPING THEM A LITTLE WHILE AND SENDING THEM OUT.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF MANPOWER ON RANDALL COUNTY'S PART TO BOOK THEM AND PROCESS THEM AND THEN SEND THEM OUT.

AND SO THEY, HAVE STATED A FEW TIMES TO US THAT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS HIGHER, BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY COUNT TOWARDS WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS THAT OVERNIGHT OVER 24 HOUR STAY.

SO THIS WOULD ADD IN A ONE TIME BOOKING FEE OF $200 PER PRISONER.

SO WE TOOK SOME NUMBERS THAT, RANDALL COUNTY HAD SHARED BASED ON OUR 2022 USAGE.

SO WE HAD JUST UNDER 3000 PRISONERS PER DAY SUBJECT TO THAT DAILY RATE.

AND BY THAT I MEAN THEY WERE STAYING OVER 24 HOURS.

SO WITH THIS REVISED AGREEMENT, AT $100, IT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $297,000.

THEN, THEY STATED THERE WAS A TOTAL BOOKING, SO THAT WAS OVER 24 HOURS, UNDER 24 HOURS.

THERE WAS TOTAL BOOKINGS OF 5641 PRISONERS.

SO IN THIS REVISED AGREEMENT, THEY WOULD ALL BE SUBJECT TO THAT $200 BOOKING FEE, WHICH WOULD COME IN CLOSER TO ABOUT $1.13 MILLION.

ADDING THOSE TWO TOGETHER, YOU'RE AT $1.43 MILLION ESTIMATED.

OKAY, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY STARTED TALKING TO RANDALL COUNTY, A.

OVER A YEAR AGO. THE REQUEST WAS TO GET THE AGREEMENT CLOSER TO ABOUT 2.2 MILLION.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY BROUGHT THAT DOWN FROM THERE CLOSER TO AROUND $2 MILLION.

SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S DEFINITELY A GAP THERE EVEN WITH THIS REVISED AGREEMENT.

AND PLEASE NOTE, THEY HAVE NOT APPROVED AN AGREEMENT.

THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SAYING IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT, THEN WE WILL SUBMIT IT TO THEM.

I KNOW ANDREW HAS ALREADY SENT IT OVER TO JUDGE DYER TO START LOOKING AT.

AND THEN IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO, TO ENTER INTO THIS TYPE OF AGREEMENT, THEN WE PUT IT ON THEM TO SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO APPROVE IT AS WELL.

SO LET'S WALK THESE NUMBERS FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE TRIED TO COME UP WITH MAYBE SOME ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF WHAT GROWTH COULD LOOK LIKE.

AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PUBLIC SAFETY A PRIORITY.

WE ADDED IN SOME ASSUMED GROWTH RATES.

SO FOR 2023, IT COULD LOOK LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THOSE OVER 24 HOUR STAYS.

IF IT GREW ABOUT 5%, THAT NUMBER WOULD GROW UP CLOSER TO ABOUT 312,000 ANNUALLY.

IF THOSE LESS THAN 24 HOUR BOOKINGS INCREASE, SAY, 10%, THEY'D ALL BE SUBJECT TO THAT $200 BOOKING FEE AND THAT WOULD BE CLOSER TO THE 1.13. AND I THINK I HAVE A BAD NUMBER IN THERE NOW THAT I'M LOOKING AT IT.

I'M SO SORRY. YES.

AND SO BUT THE TOTAL COST WOULD COME IN.

SORRY. BEAR WITH ME HERE SO I HAVE TO DO THE MATH BACKWARDS.

THE TOTAL WOULD BE ABOUT 1.55 MILLION.

SO WHAT? THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TO DISPLAY TO CITY COUNCIL IS THAT AS, OUR, OUR PRISONER, FLUCTUATES AS PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY.

IF WE'RE BOOKING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE JAIL, THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO GROW THAT ANNUAL AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PAYING TO OUR PARTNERS OVER THERE AT RANDALL COUNTY.

AND SO BUT AGAIN, WE WERE CLOSER TO, I THINK RANDALL COUNTY WAS COMFORTABLE, CLOSER TO ABOUT A $2 MILLION NUMBER.

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AND WE BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF A HOLDING CELL.

SO THAT'S WHERE THIS COMES IN, TO DISCUSSION.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT LONG TERM SOLUTIONS.

ONE MIGHT BE FOR THE CITY TO BUILD AND RUN AND OPERATE THEIR OUR OWN HOLDING CELL.

SO THOSE LESS THAN 24 HOUR STAYS, WE COULD FACILITATE OURSELVES.

I PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME ON ANY OF THESE NUMBERS.

I'M HEARING. IT COULD BE AROUND A MILLION, 1.2 MILLION TO OPERATE THAT ANNUALLY.

WE WOULD STILL NEED TO HAVE CONTRACTS IN PLACE, HOPEFULLY WITH RANDALL COUNTY, POSSIBLY POTTER COUNTY, MAYBE OLDHAM COUNTY, SOME OF THE COUNTIES AROUND HERE THAT COULD FACILITATE OUR OVERNIGHT STAYS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE, I SAY OVERNIGHT MORE THAN 24 HOUR STAYS.

SO WE COULD PROCESS A LOT.

AND WE'RE SEEING THE SHIFT IN OUR NUMBERS MORE TOWARDS THE LESS THAN 24 HOUR, BOOKINGS.

AND SO THIS A HOLDING CELL, OPPORTUNITY MIGHT HELP THE WAY WE'RE HEADED FOR THE FUTURE.

SO IT'S JUST IDEAS.

WE'RE CERTAINLY WANTING TO BRAINSTORM WITH YOU ALL AND SEE WHAT DIRECTION YOU'RE WANTING TO GO.

AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY TYPO ON THE NUMBER THERE.

WHAT QUESTIONS CAN I ANSWER ON THIS? MAYBE QUESTIONS OR REMARKS FROM THE COUNCIL? I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND I THINK WE NEED TO GO WITH THE ONE POINT.

WHAT IS IT, FOUR THREE? I WOULD RECOMMEND US DO THAT.

AND IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, WE CAN BUILD OUR OWN FACILITY.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'LL BE MAKING MONEY IN THE FUTURE AS OPPOSED TO KEEP PAYING FOR THINGS WE'RE NOT GETTING.

SO. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

SO THE PROPOSED CONTRACT FROM RANDALL COUNTY, TO BE CLEAR, THEY'RE ASKING US TO PAY FOR BEDS THAT WE DON'T USE.

CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

SO, YES.

SO THE WAY IT'S JUST IT'S A MATH PROBLEM.

SO YOU WOULD TAKE 2 MILLION DIVIDED BY THAT $95 PER RATE, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE OUR MINIMUM GUARANTEE, RIGHT? YES. AND THAT AVERAGES OUT TO ALMOST AROUND $400 PER NIGHT.

I'LL JUST KIND OF ADD SOME REMARKS TO THAT.

THE COUNTY'S PROPOSAL, THEY WERE VERY SET ON PAST HISTORY OF A MINIMUM GUARANTEE TO BASICALLY PROJECT THEIR BUDGET, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND.

THAT'D BE GREAT. IF YOU CAN GUARANTEE REVENUE.

WE DON'T DO THE SAME THING ON THE CITY SIDE.

WE HAVE TO ESTIMATE SALES TAX.

WE HAVE TO ESTIMATE WATER RATES, WASTEWATER RATES.

SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.

THEY WANT TO KIND OF A STABLE SOURCE OF REVENUE, BUT WE WANT IT TO FLUCTUATE FOR ACTUAL USAGE.

AND WE WILL PAY FOR ACTUAL USAGE AS THE DEMAND GOES UP, WHICH WE'RE THE ONLY CONTRACT THAT THEY'VE HAD THAT WE'VE PAID FOR.

MINIMAL SET RATE. CORRECT.

SO WITH THE FEDS OR ANYBODY ELSE, THEY JUST CHARGE ACTUAL.

CORRECT. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THE FEDS IS JUST AN ESTIMATED NUMBER.

THEY DON'T HAVE A MINIMUM NUMBER.

SURE. JUST WHATEVER THEY USE, WHATEVER THEY NEED.

EXACTLY. WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING.

AND WE'RE EVEN PAYING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO PAY, WHICH THEY'RE ASKING 95 TO MATCH THE FED RATE.

BUT WE'RE OFFERING TO PAY 100 PLUS A BOOKING FEE.

YEAH, PLUS A BOOKING FEE OF 200.

AND THE FEDS DON'T PAY THAT.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO PRETTY GENEROUS ON OUR SIDE TO PAY.

OKAY. OTHER COMMENTS.

NO, AS CLOSE AS ACTUALS AS POSSIBLE.

THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE NEED TO BE.

OKAY, THAT'S A LOT BETTER THAN IT WAS.

SO JUST TO MAKE SURE MY MATH IS CORRECT, WE'RE PAYING FOR 68 BEDS A NIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. WE WE HAVE BEEN NOT I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT IS CORRECT.

YES. OUR CURRENT CONTRACT.

YES. BUT ON AVERAGE WE USE 17.

THAT IS CORRECT. SO THAT MEANS CITY OF AMARILLO TAXPAYERS HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR 51 BEDS A NIGHT IN THIS CONTRACT THAT WE DON'T EVER USE ON AVERAGE.

THAT IS SOME NIGHTS MORE, SOMETIMES LESS.

OKAY. THEN, SO THE $400 THAT THEY'VE BEEN CHARGING US, HOW HOW IS THAT COST? I MEAN, WHAT WHAT WHAT DO WE WHAT DO WE GET FOR THAT $400? HOW DO WE KNOW THAT? I MEAN, HAVE THEY SAID, WELL, HERE'S WHY THIS RATE IS $400 BECAUSE IT X X X.

OR IS IT.

HEY, WE'VE GOT TO RUN THIS THING, AND WE JUST NEED THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO RUN IT.

BUT HAVE WE BEEN GIVEN ANY DETAIL ON WHY THE RATE IS $400? AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS A RATE.

I THINK THEY WERE. THEY HAVE HAD THAT BUILT INTO THEIR BUDGET AS THAT KNOWN REVENUE SOURCE.

GOING BACK TO ANDREW'S COMMENT ON THAT AND HAVE CONTINUED TO SHAPE THEIR OPERATING EXPENSES.

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AND SO, NO, I THINK THEY JUST, HAVE COMMUNICATED THE FACT THAT IT'S EXPENSIVE TO RUN A JAIL, BY ALL MEANS.

AND THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD PARTNERSHIP, A KNOWN REVENUE SOURCE THAT THEY KNOW TO HELP KEEP THOSE OPERATIONS STABILIZED AND RUNNING PROPERLY.

JUST WHAT REVENUE SOURCE DOES A GOVERNMENT HAVE THAT'S STEADY? I'M HOPING TO LEARN WHAT THOSE ARE SOMEDAY.

SO YES. THANK YOU.

SO LET ME ASK A RHETORICAL QUESTION.

YES. THANK YOU SIR.

LET ME CORRECT MY NUMBER.

SO IF YOU TAKE 17 BEDS, 365 DAYS A YEAR ON AVERAGE, YOU YOU TAKE THAT NUMBER OF 6200, DIVIDE THAT INTO 2 MILLION.

THAT'S $322 AVERAGE.

SO NOT FOUR, NOT 400, BUT AT $75 A DAILY RATE, THAT'S FOUR TIMES THE DAILY RATE.

SO AT $100 I JUST MULTIPLIED IT TIMES FOUR AND SAID 400.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE THE OVERSTATEMENT THERE.

REGARDLESS, IT'S NOT EQUITABLE TO OUR TAXPAYERS IN RANDALL COUNTY THAT PAY RANDALL COUNTY FOR THEIR TAXES AND FOR THOSE SERVICES. AND THERE THERE'S YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP.

AND AND WE ENTERED INTO A GOOD FAITH CONVERSATION AND NEGOTIATION.

THAT SAID, LOOK, LET'S LOOK AT HARD COSTS.

AND WE WANT TO DO WHAT'S FAIR.

AND IF WE COST YOU MORE THAN WE'RE PAYING YOU, WE'RE WILLING TO PAY WHATEVER IT COSTS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PRISONERS AND TO RUN THE JAIL THE RIGHT WAY.

WHAT WE FOUND OUT WAS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR COSTS MAYBE WERE LESS THAN, WHAT WE WERE PAYING BASED ON USAGE.

AND SO IF USAGE GOES UP, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE THAN THE 2 MILLION.

WE'LL GLADLY FUND IT.

IF IT'S $2.5 MILLION TO HAVE A SAFE CITY AND PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE COMES TOGETHER AND WE HAVE THESE INITIATIVES, IT'S GOING TO COST MORE TO TO TAKE CARE OF CRIME.

AND WE'RE GLAD TO DO THAT.

HOWEVER, WHAT WE ARE PUTTING FORTH HERE IS A REASONABLE ASK THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO CONSIDER.

WE'RE WILLING TO PAY A $200 PER INMATE BOOKING FEE THAT NO ONE ELSE IS OFFERING, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND MOST OF OUR, INMATES ARE HEAVY AND AND EXPENSIVE ON THE FRONT END.

YOU'VE GOT TO BOOK THEM, YOU'VE GOT TO PROCESS THEM.

AND WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS, THEY'RE OUT OF YOUR FACILITY.

MAKES IT HARD IF YOU CAN'T BILL MORE THAN JUST THE ONE NIGHT.

NOW, IF YOU DO ALL OF THAT PROCESSING AND YOU KEEP THEM FOR FIVE, SIX, SEVEN NIGHTS, THEN IT AVERAGES OUT, WE'RE GOING TO FOREGO ALL OF THAT AND JUST SAY IT'S $200 PER PERSON THAT HIT YOUR DOOR, AND THEN IF THEY STAY THE NIGHT.

SO ONCE THEY HIT OUR 25, YOU GET TO BUILD $100.

THIS IS A VERY FAIR, IN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP.

AND SO WE LOVE OUR SHERIFF, WE LOVE OUR RANDALL COUNTY JAILERS AND THE JAIL SYSTEM.

THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB FOR US AS A PARTNER.

WE WANT TO PAY OUR FAIR SHARE.

AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PUTTING FORTH.

AND THEN I BELIEVE WE HAVE OPTIONS.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE OTHER OPTIONS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HELP ON POLICE AND EFFICIENCY, IN HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S, A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO HOME.

SO, THAT ALL BEING SAID, I FEEL LIKE IT'S IT'S THE BEST WE CAN, WE CAN OFFER.

SO I THINK WE AS A COUNCIL ARE PUTTING THIS FORWARD, NOT WAITING FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AND JUST SAYING, LOOK, THIS IS OUR BEST DEAL.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER IT AND LOOK AT TAKING IT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE, GUYS? NO. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MRS STORRS.

ALL RIGHT. I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON ITEM EIGHT H.

I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE.

DASH NINE, DASH 24, DASH FOUR SECOND.

OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM PLACE THREE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? YEAH. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES WITH A50 VOTE.

MRS STORRS. YOU ARE UP AGAIN ON ITEM EIGHT I.

[8.I. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 01-09-24-5]

THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT UP AS WE STARTED TALKING WITH RANDALL COUNTY ABOUT NEGOTIATIONS ON THIS, RENEWAL OF THIS AGREEMENT.

THERE WAS AN ITEM THAT THEY BROUGHT UP THAT THERE'S A CHALLENGE THERE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, JUST BARELY OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

AND SO THERE'S NOT A BUS STOP ANYWHERE CLOSE BY.

SO AS PRISONERS ARE BEING RELEASED, THEY HAVE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT PRISONERS WALKING IN TO, NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND JUST SOME CHALLENGES FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE BRAINSTORMED WITH OUR TRANSIT TEAM IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT, IS THERE A SOLUTION THAT WE COULD COME UP TO TRY TO HELP BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH THEM.

AND THERE IS. THEY RESEARCHED IT.

AND, CITY COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER A RESOLUTION IF YOU SO CHOOSE, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY EXTEND TRANSIT SERVICES ON AN ON

[04:10:05]

AS YOU KNOW, THEY COULD CONTACT US AS THEY'RE RELEASING SOME INMATES AND WE COULD COME BY, PICK THEM UP, AND THEN HELP GET THEM TO WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING AND HELP, THOSE INMATES FROM WALKING ON FOOT AND GETTING INTO THE NEIGHBORING AREAS.

SO IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE SPECIFICS ON IT, I HAVE CHRIS QUIGLEY AND BRETT LAWLER HERE WITH TRANSIT, AND THEY CAN GIVE YOU ALL THE SPECIFICS ON IT.

AND WE CAN WE BROUGHT THIS PURPOSEFULLY HAND IN HAND WITH THE JAIL AGREEMENT.

YOU ALL APPROVED THIS PROPOSAL ON THE JAIL AGREEMENT.

THIS MIGHT BE A GREAT THING TO PUT WITH IT.

OR IF YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL WE HEAR BACK FROM RANDALL COUNTY, WE COULD ALWAYS BRING THIS ITEM BACK.

AT THAT TIME, IT'S WHATEVER COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO ON THIS.

I MEAN, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE WAIT UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT THIS CONTRACT.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE USING THAT JAIL OR IF THEY DON'T AGREE TO A CONTRACT, THERE'S NO SENSE IN EVEN DISCUSSING.

THIS IS MY OPINION.

I AGREE, YEAH I AGREE.

YEAH. OKAY.

SO I DO DISAGREE.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL SIDES OF IT.

SO LET'S SAY THAT WE PUT FORTH A PROPOSAL AND IT'S NOT ACCEPTED.

WE ARE GOING TO END UP SIGNING A CONTRACT, WITH THEM FOR APPROXIMATELY THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

IT WOULD BE ABOUT WHAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT IN, IN TRYING TO GET DESIGNS AND GET ANYTHING BUILT OR EVEN TRY TO REHAB.

AND SO, THEY'RE THEY THEY HAVE GIVEN US 180 DAYS.

WE'VE PROBABLY USED 45 OF THOSE DAYS.

SO WE HAVE SOME TIME LEFT UNDERNEATH CURRENT AGREEMENT.

BUT WE UNDERSTAND CURRENT AGREEMENTS.

NOT FAIR TO THEM. WE WANT TO PAY WHAT WE NEED TO PAY.

WE JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT INDEFINITELY.

SO I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT PAYING SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD AGREE TO, TO TO CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR INMATES THERE.

UNLESS WE'RE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT COUNTY AND WE'RE GOING TO EXERCISE THOSE OPTIONS, WHICH CAN BE FAIRLY PROBLEMATIC IN SOME OF THE LOGISTICS, ESPECIALLY WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO GO.

AND WE HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE.

SO IF IT'S A TEMPORARY SOLUTION, THEY I BELIEVE THEY WOULD WORK WITH US PROBABLY THE BEST NOW IN THE WAY IN WHICH I'M LOOKING FOR MY RANDALL COUNTY TAXPAYER, NOT HAVING, AN INMATE THAT JUST GOT OUT ON BAIL WALKING TO THEIR STORE, OR NEEDING A FACILITY OR WHATEVER.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE PROBABLY DOESN'T HIT OUR BOTTOM LINE.

I THINK WE'VE GOT ON DEMAND SERVICES.

THIS IS NOT A COST ISSUE TO US, AND I THINK IT'S A SHOW OF GOOD FAITH THAT WE ARE WE'RE WE'RE PRETTY PROACTIVE IN BEING A GOOD PARTNER.

WE CAN RUN THIS BUS BACK AND FORTH OVER THERE AND GET PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S 2.2 MILES FROM THE RANDALL COUNTY DOOR TO YOUR FIRST BUS STOP.

SO ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, YOU KNOW, IF I GOT BAILED OUT, WHICH NOBODY WOULD EVER BAIL ME OUT, BUT, I GOT TO WALK 2.2 MILES TO CATCH THE BUS RIDE TO GET BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, SO IF I CAN PAY FOR IT.

SO, I WOULD JUST SAY PERHAPS MAYBE A RECONSIDER.

IT'S NOT A COST ISSUE TO YOU.

IT IS KIND OF A SHOW OF GOOD FAITH.

AND ULTIMATELY, WE'RE DOING IT TO HELP OUR CITIZENS OVER THERE ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN, BECAUSE IT'S A PROBLEM IN SOMEBODY WALKING AND HITCHHIKING OR, YOU KNOW, STOPPING AND KNOCKING DOORS, ASKING FOR A RIDE BACK ACROSS TOWN.

DO WE, DO WE CHARGE THE JAIL WATER AND SEWAGE? WE CHARGE WATER TO THE JAIL.

WE DO NOT WHAT THEY GET SEWAGE FREE SEWAGE.

AT WHAT RATE DO THEY CHARGE WATER? THEY ARE CURRENTLY PAYING INSIDE CITY LIMIT RATES, BUT THEY'RE NOT INSIDE CITY LIMITS.

THAT IS CORRECT. SO WE ARE BEING A PRETTY GOOD PARTNER AT THAT SIDE OF IT, I MEAN.

BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD DEAL THERE.

DO? DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW GOOD OF A DEAL THAT IS? IT'S A DOLLAR INSTEAD OF $1.50.

THAT IS, YOU WANT TO LOOK AT PERCENTAGES? YES. AND THEN THE DRAINAGE FEES.

PROBABLY NOT INCLUDED, BECAUSE THE SEWER IS NOT THERE.

WHAT'S YOUR BEST GUESS? THAT'S PROBABLY A CONCERN, BUT AT LEAST IT'S AT LEAST $50,000 A YEAR.

$50,000 DISCOUNT PER YEAR.

OKAY. IT'S A VALID POINT.

COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN. I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING IT.

WHAT, DO WE HAVE ANY AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMIT FOR BUS SERVICES OR.

I BELIEVE I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK THIS IS OUR FIRST ONE.

THEY OUR TEAM DID A GREAT JOB OF RESEARCHING, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SO THIS WOULD BE A FIRST FOR US.

BUT PLEASE WHY.

CURRENTLY I'M BRETT LAWLER I'M WITH THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT.

MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING TO ALL OF Y'ALL.

[04:15:01]

THAT BELONGS TO THE RULE AGENCY, WHICH IS PANHANDLE TRANSIT.

SO WHAT THIS RESOLUTION WOULD ALLOW, WOULD ALLOW US TO OPERATE OUTSIDE THE SERVICE CENTER OR OUTSIDE OUR CITY LIMITS, WHICH IS OUR SERVICE CENTER.

THAT SHORT DISTANCE TO A RANDALL COUNTY JAIL.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD GO AND WE WOULDN'T EXTEND IT OUT ANY FURTHER THAN THAT.

SO IT'S ALREADY WITHIN OUR OPERATING HOURS.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN INCREASE IN OPERATION AT ALL.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING WE RECEIVED, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS TO THE JAIL.

AND I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT IN SOME WAYS, IT'S NOT JUST THE JAIL THAT WE'RE ASSISTING, BUT WE'RE ASSISTING THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT'S COMING OUT AS WELL.

SO I LOOK AT IT LIKE IF IT WAS MY BROTHER, HE WOULD NEED TRANSPORTATION.

SO I JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

IS THERE IS THERE A MINIMUM ON THAT REQUEST? LIKE IS IT JUST FOR A SINGLE PASSENGER? Y'ALL WOULD MAKE THE TRIP.

IT'S JUST ON CALL.

SO OUR PASSENGERS PER TRIP WAS BETWEEN.

WAS IT 16 IS WHAT YOU SAID THIS MORNING.

SO AT $16 PER TRIP.

BUT WHAT WE CHARGE EVERY PASSENGER IS DEPENDENT ON WHETHER THEY'RE REDUCED FARE OR NOT IS $2 FOR A DAY PASS.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE ASKING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.

RANDALL COUNTY IS WILLING TO TAKE CARE OF THE PASS AND PAY THAT FEE.

SO WE'RE NOT OFFERING THE SERVICE FOR FOR FREE.

WE'RE JUST ASKING TO EXTEND AND ALLOW US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND HELP SOMEONE THAT'S COMING BACK OUT TO GET INTO THE CITY LIMITS AND GET TO WHEREVER THEY NEED TO BE.

THAT'S REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE, IN MY OPINION.

IT'S A GOOD POINT, SIR.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. SO I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT THIS USAGE LEVEL MAY LOOK LIKE.

OR IS IT JUST AN ON DEMAND? IT'S EXACTLY THAT.

THAT'S IT. IT'S ON DEMAND.

SO I'LL TELL YOU, WE'VE HAD A FEW CALLS AT THE OFFICE REQUESTING THAT SERVICE.

I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF WE GO OUT THERE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK, THAT THAT WOULD BE MY SURPRISE IF WE DID MORE THAN THAT.

SO I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE REAL FREQUENT.

I THINK IT WOULD BE.

PRETTY RARE. I WOULD ASK CHRIS IF HE WANTS TO WEIGH IN ON A KIND OF ACCOUNT.

NO. SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE AN ESTIMATE.

AND WITH US IMPLEMENTING A SYSTEM LIKE THIS BEING A, WE'LL CALL, WHETHER IT'S ONE PERSON, TWO PEOPLE, HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE WE RECEIVE A CALL FROM, OUR CALL CENTER WOULD RECEIVE THAT CALL, AND IT WOULD COME FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR WHATEVER, AND WE WOULD ACTUALLY CALL THE BUS AND HAVE THEM GO OUT THERE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WE ASSUME IT WILL BE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

BUT LIKE BRETT SAID, WE DO GET CALLS FROM TIME TO TIME FROM THE COMMUNITY ASKING IF WE GO TO JAIL.

SO IT WILL BE A GREAT START WITH US GOING OUT THERE TO PICK UP THE THE INMATES THAT'S BEING RELEASED.

BUT I DON'T HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT MAY BE AT THIS TIME.

BUT, MAYOR, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE WILL PROBABLY BE IN SOME TYPE OF CONTRACT FOR 12 MONTHS.

BUT WHILE IF WE CHOSE DEPENDING ON WHAT OPTION IS CHOSEN, EITHER WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON A CONTRACT OR WE CHOOSE TO BUILD A HOLDING FACILITY OURSELVES.

SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO STILL HAVE A PLACE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE OUR PRISONERS.

A POINT OF PERSPECTIVE HERE IS THAT RANDALL COUNTY IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF OUR, FELONIES, ANYTHING THAT'S NOT A CLASS C, A, OR B, I MEAN, WE WILL HAVE INMATES IN THERE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE A GOOD PARTNER FOR US.

THAT'S A COLLABORATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT ONE SLIVER OF THE PIE HERE, THAT ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST MAKE IT FAIR.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A PROJECTION OF $1.5 MILLION, ROUGHLY.

THAT'S VERY FAIR.

ONCE AGAIN, THIS THIS WOULD BE VERY FAIR TO OUR CITIZENS HERE THAT RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSIT.

AND AND IT REALLY WON'T COST US ANYTHING.

SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO TO CONSIDER A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO ISOLATE THIS ONE ISSUE AWAY FROM THE JAIL CONTRACT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A YEAR.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF FOR SOME REASON THE JAIL CONTRACT DIDN'T RENEWED, YOU STILL HAVE INMATES OVER THERE THAT ARE GOING TO GET BAILED OUT.

IT'S JUST NOT THE ONES THAT ARE GETTING BAILED OUT.

YOU KNOW, EARLY, I GUESS YOU'D SAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'VE STAYED FOR A WEEK OR SO.

APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ON THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU GUYS. IT'S GOOD DISCUSSION.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY ANY MORE TO ADD TO THIS ONE ON EIGHT? I. WELL, I MEAN, I MEAN, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS, ARE WE DEALING WITH A REAL PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO SOLVE HERE? AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AN IDEA.

HOW OFTEN DOES IT HAPPEN? IS THIS, YOU KNOW, IS THIS, I MEAN, OR, YOU KNOW, DO WE GET CALLS DAILY OF PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH THESE NEIGHBORHOODS? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

[04:20:03]

THE MORE THE CONCERN IS, IS JUST.

AND THAT'S WHY I SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE VERY OFTEN.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S A BIG PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE.

I THINK IT'S A SMALL PROBLEM, BUT IT IS A NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THESE INDIVIDUALS COMING OUT ARE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

TRANSPORTATION IS WHAT WE PROVIDE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN EXTRA COST TO THE CITY.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN IMPACT ON OUR PASSENGERS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO DELAY SERVICE ON OUR REGULAR ROUTE TIMES OR ANYTHING.

IT'S JUST AN ADDED SERVICE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE BE NEEDING A HAND UP THAT DAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO WITH A LOT OF OUR PASSENGERS, EVEN EVEN THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THERE FOR THEM.

AND JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST A SHORT DISTANCE OUTSIDE OF THAT, SERVICE AREA THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ALLOWED TO STAY IN, WHICH IS THE CITY LIMITS.

DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULDN'T CONSIDER TAKING AN EXTRA STEP AND SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE A PERSON. WE WANT TO HELP TAKE CARE OF YOU.

WE WANT TO GET YOU YOUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY I SEE IT.

SO DID YOU SAY THE COST IS $16 TO MAKE THAT TRIP? FOR ANY TRIP? FOR ANY TRIP.

SO 16. AND THEN IF SO, IT'S ONE PASSENGER.

THEY PAY $2 FOR A DAY PASS.

SO IT'S A COST OF THE CITY OF $14 A TRIP.

NO, IT'S IT'S IN IT'S $16 PER TRIP AND IT'S BASED ON OUR PASSENGER COUNTS.

SURE. SO IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO BEEF UP OUR PASSENGER COUNTS, WHICH CHRIS AND I ARE WORKING ON, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR ACM ON SOME IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN DO THAT, WE CAN REDUCE THAT COST PER TRIP BECAUSE WE'RE STILL RUNNING THE BUSSES THE SAME TIME OF DAY.

SO THE MORE PASSENGERS WE HAVE, THE LESS THAT COST PER TRIP GOES DOWN, OR THE MORE THE COST PER TRIP GOES DOWN.

YEAH. WOULDN'T.

THIS AIN'T GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN MY OPINION.

WHAT DO WE DO FOR POTTER COUNTY? DO WE HAVE A BUS THAT GOES OUT TO POTTER COUNTY? WE DON'T GO OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS IN POTTER COUNTY, AND WE'VE NOT HAD A REQUEST FOR THAT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT RANDALL COUNTIES REQUESTED.

YES. AND SO DID THEY JUST NOW.

I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2008.

HAS HAS THIS COME UP BEFORE OR.

SO IN A PREVIOUS MEETING WITH THEM, AND LAURA AND RICH WERE THERE THAT DAY IN THE PAST.

AND THIS WAS, I BELIEVE, LONG BEFORE I ACTUALLY GOT HERE.

BUT IN THE PAST, THE TRAIN SYSTEM USED TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO RANDALL COUNTY, BUT THE INMATES THAT WERE BEING RELEASED HAD TO WALK FROM OUT THERE AND THE BUS STOP WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW, IT WASN'T ACTUALLY IN THAT THAT CURRENT LOCATION, I BELIEVE IT WAS MORE OF WHERE THE, NO, IT WAS FURTHER DOWN.

IT WAS FURTHER DOWN THE STREET.

SO IT WAS A LONGER WALK.

AND AT THE TIME THE TRANSIT SYSTEM HAD SOME SOME ISSUES AS FAR AS FREQUENCY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT REALLY WASN'T MEETING THE NEED, AND THEY HAD TO COME UP WITH SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE TO GET THEIR, THEIR INMATES FROM OUT THERE.

SO THEY REQUESTED THAT MEETING WITH US.

AND WE CAME UP WITH THIS ALTERNATIVE OF HAVING A WE'LL CALL SERVICE FOR THEM BECAUSE OUR BUS STOP IS STILL TWO MILES AWAY.

BUT IT'LL BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO THAT COMMUNITY.

AND I PERSONALLY, I LIVE IN CITY VIEW, SO I'M IT'S A GOOD THING TO ME TO SEE THE INDIVIDUALS, NOT FROM JUST A SAFETY STANDPOINT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN, BUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT'S WALKING.

IT'S BEEN A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.

AND WHEN I LEAVE IN THE MORNING AND TRY TO LEAVE AND TAKE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL, IT'S HEAVY TRAFFIC, A LOT OF TRAFFIC OVER THERE NOW BECAUSE OF THAT CHEESE PLANT.

SO I THINK IT'S JUST A SAFETY THING AND IT ENHANCES OUR SERVICES AS WELL AND BUILDS ON THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH WITH RANDALL COUNTY.

SO AND WHEN DO THEY RELEASE? IS THERE A TIME FRAME.

YEAH. IT KIND OF WORKS FROM EARLY IN THE MORNING TO SOMETIME IN MIDDAY.

THEY KIND OF TOLD US THE SCHEDULE, BUT HONESTLY I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE RELEASING PEOPLE AT MIDNIGHT.

NO SIR. NO IT'S DOING. IT'LL BE DURING OUR OPERATING TIMES.

OKAY. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT, LET'S KEEP GOING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SIR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS GUY? WELL, NOBODY KNOWS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LAND, SO I SAY WE VOTE.

ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I'D MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT.

RESOLUTION 01-0924-5.

CAN WE GET A SECOND? CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES, SIR. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO RANDALL, WHY SHOULDN'T WE OFFER IT TO POTTER AS WELL? PROBABLY PROXIMITY.

YOU'RE TALKING 1000FT FROM THE CITY LIMIT TO RANDALL COUNTY.

HOW? YOU KNOW, HOW FAR OUT IS POTTER COUNTY? I DON'T KNOW, HONESTLY, I THINK IT'S.

FLOYD KNOWS INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

YEAH. OH, IT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS.

IN THE CITY LIMITS. OKAY, YEAH.

SO WE JUST DON'T. WE JUST DON'T OFFER THE SERVICE THERE.

ISSUES, PROBABLY THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

LIKE YOU SAID, THE DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE WHERE YOU GUYS ARE, 2008, THAT WASN'T THERE OR VERY LITTLE.

AND NOW THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S AROUND POTTER COUNTY.

THERE'S. YEAH, I WOULD GUESS THAT'S WHERE IT COMES FROM, IS THE CITIZENS THAT ARE COMPLAINING.

I'LL SECOND HIS MOTION.

[04:25:01]

OKAY. NOW WE CAN DISCUSS.

OKAY. SO WE GOT A SECOND.

AND THEN I NEED A MAP SO I CAN STUDY MY OWN CITY LIMITS.

BECAUSE I COULD HAVE SWORN THAT WAS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS WAY OUT THERE.

YEAH. THAT'S. SO IT'S AT THE OLD AIR BASE, IS WHAT OKAY, FLOYD WAS MENTIONING? WELL, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND STANDING RIGHT HERE.

DO I HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON EIGHT I.

I WOULD SAY I DON'T I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM GOING FORWARD WITH THIS.

MAYBE IN SIX MONTHS WE'LL GET A REPORT CARD ON HOW IT'S GOING, AND A YEAR FROM NOW WE MAY WE MAY NOT NEED THIS SERVICE ANYMORE.

SO I YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE THINK CAN BE A BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THAT THAT TYPE OF THING, THAT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT I COULD, I COULD SUPPORT TRYING THIS OUT, MAYBE GET A REPORT BACK.

SURE. YEAH. WE CAN DO LIKE A PROGRESS REPORT OF HOW IT'S GOING.

AND THEN MAYBE IN A YEAR FROM NOW REEVALUATE AND MAKE SURE THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE STILL ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH AND I UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, I KNOW IT YOU KNOW, IT IT IT COULD BE A LITTLE THING.

BUT ANYTIME YOU'RE ADDING SOME DOING SOMETHING ELSE, WHATEVER.

I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST YOU'RE JUST ADDING TO YOUR CHECKLIST OF, OF TO DO LIST.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH.

BECAUSE IF THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEED OR DEMAND FOR IT, THEN, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WHY ARE WE REALLY KIND OF WORRYING ABOUT IT? BUT WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE TRY IT.

SO I'M WILLING TO GIVE IT A TRY FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THEN MAYBE WE FIND OUT IF IT'S BEING USED AND IT'S PROVIDING A SERVICE AND IT'S HELPING THE COMMUNITY, THEN MIGHT BE SOMETHING.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT COSTING US ANYTHING.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION AND THE DISCUSSION.

SO WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NO, NO. OKAY.

MOTION PASSES WITH THE THREE TWO VOTE.

AND GOOD DISCUSSION.

OKAY, ON TO ITEM EIGHT J.

[8.J. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 01-09-24-6]

MRS STORRS.

ALL RIGHT ON THIS ITEM.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION.

OH. I'M SORRY. LET ME CLICK OVER THERE.

IT'S A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DISSOLUTION OF THE AMARILLO FIRST RESPONDERS EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION FUND.

WE BROUGHT THIS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

THERE WAS STILL A BALANCE REMAINING IN THE ACCOUNT.

AND SO WE, ON OCTOBER 6TH, BROUGHT THE BOARD OR THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT WERE STILL IN PLACE TOGETHER AND GOT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE HAD WORKED WITH OUR FIRE CHIEF AND OUR POLICE CHIEF ON ANY NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE THAT THIS FUND COULD HELP WITH.

AND SO, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO, FUND TWO APD, PURCHASES AND THEN AND IT WAS IT WAS FOR I THINK IT WAS I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IT WAS A LIKE A GOLF CART.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT. RIGHT.

BUT LIKE, THAT COULD BE UTILIZED AND AND THEN FOR FIRE, THEY HAD AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACT ON THEIR SOFTWARE THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THIS BEFORE.

AND IT LINKS IN, SOME OF THE MEDICAL INFORMATION AND INCIDENT REPORTS BACK TO THE SYSTEMS THAT THE HOSPITALS UTILIZE AS WELL AS THE ESO SOFTWARE. SO THE BOARD VOTED TO GO AHEAD AND GET REIMBURSED FOR THOSE ITEMS. WE WORKED WITH AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THOSE, REIMBURSED.

SO THIS RESOLUTION IS THE SAME RESOLUTION COMING BACK, TO NOW DISSOLVE THE FUND NOW THAT IT'S ALL BEEN EXPENDED OR I GUESS, REIMBURSED BACK TO THE CITY, AND THEN WE COULD UTILIZE OTHER, FUNDING SOURCES AS NEEDED OR NONPROFITS IF NEEDED, TO FACILITATE ANY KIND OF GRANTS THAT NEED TO GO TO 500 AND 1C3 IN THE FUTURE.

VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.

STORRS. OKAY.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

H.J.. I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE.

DASH NINE. DASH 24, DASH SIX.

SECOND. MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM EIGHT K, MR.

[8.K. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 01-09-24-7]

SO THIS IS A FOLLOW UP ITEM FROM DIRECTION WE RECEIVED FROM COUNSEL TO AMEND THE ADC AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BYLAWS.

WE ARE ONLY MAKING ONE CHANGE PROPOSED TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A JOINT WORK SESSION WITH THE ADC BOARD ON THE 24TH OF THIS MONTH THAT WE WILL DISCUSS FURTHER SOME OF THE, STRATEGIC PLANS, AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE GUIDELINES AND WHETHER YOU WANT TO ADD MORE SEATS TO THE BOARD. SO THE ONE PROPOSED TODAY IS JUST ADDING A NON-VOTING EX OFFICIO BOARD SEAT FOR THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE.

QUESTIONS FOR MR. FREEMAN.

KEEP IN MIND, WE'VE GOT THAT SCHEDULED.

WE WILL HAVE AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BYLAWS, INCENTIVE GUIDELINES, EVERYTHING.

YES. SO.

BUT THIS DOES TAKE CARE OF ONE THING THAT WE, WE ALL AGREE ON AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN.

YES, SIR. WITH NO DISCUSSION, WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION MOVE TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION NUMBER 01-09-247

[04:30:10]

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM EIGHT K.

NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES ITEM EIGHT L MR.

[8.L. CONSIDER APPROVAL – AGREEMENT WITH AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PARTICIPATE IN NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR PROJECT]

OKAY. OKAY, I'LL KEEP THIS ONE SHORT AS WELL BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT, FOR EDC TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNDING OF THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NEEDED FOR THE NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR PROJECT.

IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE HAD ABOUT A $20 MILLION GAP THAT WE NEEDED ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION BIDS CAME BACK IN.

THIS IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE TOTAL FUNDING THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER OVER MANY YEARS FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT BOND OR, I'M SORRY, DEBT ISSUANCES, THE MOST RECENT ONE BEING THE $20 MILLION FROM THE WATER AND SEWER BONDS THAT YOU ALL APPROVED ON DECEMBER 12TH.

THOSE ACTUALLY CLOSED TODAY.

WE GOT THE FUNDING IN THE BANK TODAY.

SO ON DECEMBER 18TH, THE EDC BOARD MET.

THEY VOTED TO APPROVE THE FUNDING PARTICIPATION FOR THE PROJECT AS FOLLOWS.

SO TO DO HALF OF HALF OF THE 20 MILLION, SO $10 MILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, THEY WOULD PAY 50% OF THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE FOR THE BONDS THAT WERE APPROVED BY YOU ALL ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2023.

SO THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE IS APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILLION, SO THEY WOULD BE FUNDING ABOUT $600,000 ANNUALLY.

THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT MATCHES THE TERM OF THE BONDS, WHICH IS 30 YEARS.

AND THEY ASKED THAT IT NOT BE EXTENDED ANY LONGER THAN 30 YEARS.

SO IF THE CITY DECIDES AFTER TEN YEARS TO EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO REFINANCE THE DEBT, AND WE DO THAT FROM TIME TO TIME, AND THAT'S WHEN WE CAN ACHIEVE SOME INTEREST RATE SAVINGS.

THEN THEY ASKED THAT THE AGREEMENT NOT GO LONGER THAN THE INITIAL 30 YEAR TERM, AND THAT THEY NOT PAY MORE THAN 50% OF WHAT THE NEW ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE IS, BECAUSE WHEN WE WE LOOK AT REFINANCING, IT'S BRINGING DOWN THAT ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT FOR SOME SAVINGS ON THAT.

AND LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE BY THEIR BOARD AT THE DECEMBER 18TH MEETING.

SO WITH THAT, ARE THERE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER? NO QUESTIONS. NO I KNOW.

OH, YES. YES, SIR. GO AHEAD.

SO WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION LIKE? IT WAS IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.

THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS INITIALLY FROM THE BOARD ABOUT, FUNDING THE THE $10 MILLION IN, IN BASICALLY A CASH PAYMENT VERSUS PARTICIPATING IN THE DEBT SERVICE.

THEY HAVE SOME, VERY GOOD BUSINESS PEOPLE ON THAT BOARD AND THEY TALK THROUGH ESPECIALLY INTEREST RATES.

IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, OUR INTEREST RATE ON THIS WAS JUST SLIGHTLY OVER 4%.

IT WAS A VERY FAVORABLE INTEREST RATE.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE MORE MONEY INVESTING YOUR CASH AT THIS POINT.

SO THEY TALK THROUGH THAT, THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBT SERVICE THAN PAYING, FOR CASH, 10 MILLION CASH UP FRONT.

THEY ALSO TALKED THROUGH IF THIS COULD POTENTIALLY HAMPER THEIR ABILITY TO CONSIDER PROJECTS THAT CAME FORWARD.

AND THEY TALKED THROUGH THE PROS AND CONS, ESPECIALLY FUNDING ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT.

DOUG NELSON HAD RUN SOME CASH FLOW PROJECTIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS WOULD DO TO THEM.

I THINK THAT HE DID OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS, SHOWING THEM THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO PUT THEM IN A SPOT WHERE THEY COULDN'T CONSIDER AN IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT MIGHT COME ALONG.

AND SO I THINK THAT HELPED THE BOARD, AS WELL, FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNER AND THE ADC AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO COLLABORATE ON THIS NEED.

AND IT DEFINITELY GOES DIRECTLY TO EVERYTHING THAT IMPACTS ALL OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

THAT'S ALL DRIVEN BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU MA'AM OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO, I WOULD JUST ECHO THAT.

I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE DONE THINGS A CERTAIN WAY FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE'RE NOT SAYING THEY ALL HAVE TO CHANGE, BUT TALKING ABOUT CHANGE, I JUST THINK I DO THINK BRINGS UP GOOD IDEAS LIKE THIS. BECAUSE I THINK ONE THING THAT I'VE LEARNED ON BEING ON COUNCIL IS, NUMBER ONE, WE PROBABLY HAVE FAR MORE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAN WE THAN I THOUGHT WE HAD.

NUMBER TWO, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CATCH UP ON THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

AND I THINK THE ADC BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, THAT HELPS US JUST CLOSE THAT GAP THAT MUCH MORE.

SO I REALLY I REALLY APPRECIATE, LIKE YOU SAY, THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, TALKING THIS THROUGH HAVING A COMFORT LEVEL WITH US AND HELPING US SOLVE THIS ISSUE.

AGREED. THANK YOU FOR THE THE COMMENT AND WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION UNLESS WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

[04:35:01]

SECOND. GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM PLACE FOR, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES.

ITEM EIGHT M. WE HAVE THREE LEFT.

[8.M. CONSIDER AWARD - CAMERA, RECORDS, AND DIGITAL EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM]

I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION.

THIS IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT FOR US BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO, IN MY OPINION, GREATLY IMPROVE OUR EFFICIENCY AND OUR EFFECTIVENESS BOTH IN THE FIELD AND OUR INVESTIGATIONS.

SO I'LL WALK THROUGH MY POWERPOINT HERE, SO I'LL REMEMBER ALL MY TALKING POINTS.

AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, WE ALSO HAVE MR. BOLING FROM THE AXON COMPANY THAT CAME HERE IN CASE THERE WAS ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO ANSWER.

BUT THIS AWARD, THIS COVERS A NINE YEAR CONTRACT.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS LOOKING FORWARD AND TRYING TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM THAT'S BOTH RELIABLE AND PREDICTABLE AND COST OVER THE OVER THE NEAR FUTURE THERE.

THERE IT IS. SO BASICALLY WE'RE GOING THROUGH A MAJOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MY PRIMARY GOAL FOR THE OFFICERS IS TO IMPROVE OFFICER SAFETY.

WE CAN CURRENTLY LOCATE POLICE CARS FAIRLY WELL.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOCATE POLICE OFFICERS WITHIN A FEW FEET OF WHERE THEY'RE AT, WHEN THEY'RE IN TROUBLE.

AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY.

THE NEW BODY CAM, TECHNOLOGY THAT'S OUT THERE IS TRANSMITTING INFORMATION INSTANTLY INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT SYSTEMS WHERE WE HAVE TO GO AND DOWNLOAD STUFF.

AND IT WE DON'T GET THAT INFORMATION UNTIL LATER.

THIS CAN TRANSMIT INFORMATION INSTANTLY.

SO WE CAN INSTANTLY CHECK ON OUR OFFICERS WHEN THEY'RE IN TROUBLE, GIVING REAL TIME INFORMATION.

IT ALSO IMPROVES OUR TECHNOLOGY.

THE CURRENT CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CARS ARE VERY LIMITED IN THEIR ABILITY.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE LPR TECHNOLOGY THAT THAT OUR, OUR PROPOSAL HAS.

WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR VIDEO SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR INVESTIGATIONS ROOM WITH THE SAME THING, NOT ONLY, HAVING A PRODUCT THAT UPLOADS AUTOMATICALLY, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT CAN TRANSCRIBE INFORMATION AS IT'S COMING IN, AS OPPOSED TO A DETECTIVE HAVING TO GO BACK AND WATCH A VIDEO AND THEN TYPE THAT STUFF INTO A REPORT.

I WANT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DEVICES THAT AN OFFICER HAS TO CARRY.

THE FIELD CAMERAS ARE ONE DEVICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE WITH THIS PROGRAM.

COMBINING BODY CAMS AND, AND A PHONE ROLL OUT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO ELIMINATE AN EXTRA DEVICE THAT THE OFFICERS HAVE TO CARRY.

MOST PHONES NOWADAYS TAKE AS GOOD OF PICTURES AS ANY DECENT CAMERA THAT YOU CAN BUY.

SO MOST OF THE FIELD WORK CAN BE DONE TAKING A PICTURE, LOADING IT UP INTO EVIDENCE.COM, WHICH IS PART OF THIS PROGRAM HERE.

WE ALSO WANT TO SPEED UP THE EVIDENCE TRANSFER PROCESS.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A TON OF DIGITAL EVIDENCE, BOTH BODY CAM, CAR CAM AND THEN OTHER EVIDENCE THAT COMES IN FROM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A BUSINESS HAS VIDEO.

RIGHT NOW A LOT OF THIS THE BODY CAMS AND THE CAR CAMS THAT EVIDENCE, ONCE IT'S FINALLY UPLOADED INTO THE SYSTEM, THEN THE DETECTIVE HAS TO TAKE THAT EVIDENCE AND PUT IT IN A CASE AND THEN SEND IT OVER TO THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.

VERY CUMBERSOME, VERY TIME CONSUMING.

IT'S JUST LARGE FILES.

OUR SYSTEMS ARE A LITTLE ANTIQUATED, AND SO IT TAKES A LONG TIME.

WE'RE WASTING A LOT OF TIME DOING THAT.

SO THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDES, SPEEDING THAT PROCESS UP WHERE THERE'S NO MORE MANUAL TRANSFER.

A LOT OF THAT WILL BE AUTOMATIC.

THERE WILL BE WAYS THAT THE PROSECUTOR CAN ACCESS THAT INFORMATION WITHOUT US EVER HAVING TO PUSH LARGE VOLUMES OF DATA OVER FOR CASE FILING.

WE THINK THAT STREAMLINE FLOW OF WORK THERE, IS, IS WELL WORTH THE COST.

WHAT THIS DOES IS IT BRINGS THE INFORMATION FROM THE OFFICER'S REPORT AND THE BODY CAM THE CASE, FILING ALL INTO ONE SYSTEM WHERE THERE'S A LOT MORE AUTOMATION AS OPPOSED TO A DETECTIVE HAVING TO REACH OUT AND GRAB THAT INFORMATION AND MANUALLY PUSH IT OVER.

WE ALSO WANT A FUTURE PROOF A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS COBBLED TOGETHER SYSTEMS AND THEN HAVING TO REPLACE SYSTEMS LOOKING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A WHOLE NEW RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND THIS MODEL, IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT.

BUT THIS MODEL HELPS US FUTURE PROOF THAT BY UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY YEAR OVER YEAR FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT, FOR EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT, AS FAR AS DIGITAL EVIDENCE, FOR BODY CAMS, FOR CAR CAMS, FOR INTERVIEW ROOM CAMERAS, AND FOR TASERS, WHICH IS A PART OF AXON'S PRODUCTS.

SO OUR CURRENT VIDEO SYSTEM IS AT PRETTY MUCH AT THE END OF LIFE.

WE CAN USE IT FOR, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PROBABLY MAKE IT WORK FOR ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO, BUT SOME OF THE SYSTEMS ARE FAILING.

THE BATTERIES ON THE BODY CAMS ARE GETTING TO WEAR IT.

SOME OF THEM DON'T HOLD THE CHARGE THE ENTIRE SHIFT.

AND THEN SOME OF THE CAR CAMERAS, ONCE THEY BREAK, THEY'RE KIND OF AT THEIR END OF THEIR LIFE.

SO WE'VE GOT TO SWITCH SYSTEMS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

WE'VE GOT TO EITHER RENEW WITH OUR CURRENT VENDOR OR GO TO A NEW VENDOR.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING GOING TO AXON.

THE CURRENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IS RMS IS THE CORE PIECE OF OF OUR TOOL THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP RECORDS ON ARREST

[04:40:09]

AND IT'S VERY VITAL FOR US TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION.

THE PROBLEM IS OUR CURRENT RMS DOESN'T INTEGRATE WELL WITH ANYTHING ELSE, INCLUDING OUR VIDEO SYSTEMS. OUR OLD TECHNOLOGY COSTS IN THE LAST SIX YEARS TOOK US A WHILE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, BUT IN THE LAST SIX YEARS, WE SPENT $9.8 MILLION ON THE SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE REPLACING.

THIS WAS ACTUALLY A LOT HIGHER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.

I DIDN'T THINK THAT THE OFFSET WOULD BE THIS MUCH.

MOST OF THIS HAS BEEN IN CAPITAL PROJECTS AS OPPOSED TO GENERAL FUND PROJECTS.

SO WE'VE HAD TO COME COME TO COUNCIL WITH BIG ASK AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING, LET'S BUILD THIS IN OUR BUDGET YEAR OVER YEAR.

BUT IF WE DID AVERAGE OUT THAT 9.8 OVER SIX YEARS, THE COST IS ABOUT 1.6 MILLION PER YEAR THAT WE SPENT ON THIS SAME TECHNOLOGY.

SO WHY HAVE WE HAVE WE SUGGESTED AXON? WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY THAT'S OUT THERE.

BOTH BODY CAMS, RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, VIDEO SYSTEMS AND AXON JUST HAS A VERY GOOD TRACK RECORD OF PROVIDING DEPENDABLE TECHNOLOGY.

THE MOST VIVID EXAMPLE FOR US WAS WHEN WE IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN COUNCIL APPROVED OUR OUR CONTRACT WITH AXON TO PROVIDE TASERS FOR OFFICERS. AS SOON AS WE SAID GO ON THAT WITHIN A WEEK WE WERE SEEING BOXES OF TASERS SHOWING UP.

I WAS JUST ASTOUNDED AT THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE.

SO THAT THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THEIR DEPENDABLE TRACK RECORD.

THEY ALSO PROVIDE INTEGRATION OF THE VIDEO, THE AUDIO, THE REPORTING SYSTEMS, BOTH EXTERNALLY WITH OUR PROSECUTOR'S OFFICES AND ALSO INTERNALLY WITH THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

AND THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG PLUS FOR US.

WE'VE DONE SOME PROOF OF CONCEPT TESTING.

AXON LOANED US SOME CAMERAS FOR A FAIRLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

WE PLUGGED THEM INTO OUR SYSTEMS. WE ASKED THE OFFICERS TO USE THEM, ASK HOW THEY WORKED, AND THEY WORKED VERY WELL.

MUCH BETTER THAN THE CURRENT ONES THAT WE HAVE.

SO THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN TESTED IN THE FIELD.

WE ALSO DID SOME RESEARCH.

WE CALLED OTHER AGENCIES.

WE'VE TALKED WE WE SITE VISITED OKLAHOMA CITY WHO'S USING AXON.

WE ALSO DID A DAY LONG SITE VISIT IN ODESSA BECAUSE ODESSA IS USING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME MODEL THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GO TO.

THEY'VE GOT THE TASERS, BODY CAMS, VIDEO CAMERAS AND THEIR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND WE WERE PRETTY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.

I TOOK MY RECORDS MANAGER, MY PROPERTY MANAGER AND A LIEUTENANT CHADWICK, WHO'S OUR CRIME CENTER MANAGER ALL DOWN THERE.

WE ASKED A BUNCH OF TOUGH QUESTIONS.

THEY WERE VERY GRACIOUS, SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH US.

IN THE END, WE WALKED AWAY WITH A DECISION AND ON THE WAY BACK WHERE WE DISCUSSED IT AND DECIDED THIS WAS WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE.

THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS, THE TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE, IS GOING TO COST US ABOUT ONE POINT ALMOST 1.6 MILLION A YEAR, WHICH BY JUST BY CHANCE IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SPENT OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS ON THIS SAME TECHNOLOGY.

I DIDN'T IMAGINE THAT THOSE NUMBERS WOULD MARRY UP THAT CLOSE, BUT THEY DID.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE A FEW ADDITIONAL COSTS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME HARDWARE FOR THE CARS, TO, TO GIVE THEM AN IN-CAR COMPUTER, BECAUSE THE OLD VIDEO SYSTEM KIND OF HAS A PIGGYBACK SYSTEM THAT THAT WORKS ON.

WE EXPECT THAT'LL COST.

THIS IS JUST A BALLPARK 140,000.

WE'LL WE'LL EITHER PAY FOR THAT OUT OF SEIZED FUNDS OR WE'LL FIND ANOTHER CAPITAL SOURCE FOR THAT.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A PHONE ROLLOUT, COMING UP THAT POTENTIALLY WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COST THERE, BUT THE PHONES AND THE IN-CAR COMPUTERS WILL BOTH COMBINE WITH AXON TO GIVE THE OFFICERS THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THEIR BODY CAM VIDEO, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE PHONE, AMONG THE OTHER TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY'RE USING.

AND THEN THE IN-CAR COMPUTERS WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THE DAILY THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH OR RUNNING CAR PLATES OR LOOKING UP INFORMATION IN THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

WE? I WAS ASKED TO GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF OF HOW WE'RE USING DATA TO DO EXCELLENT POLICE WORK.

AND AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE SUPER SMART.

THEY FIGURE OUT STUFF WAY BEFORE I EVER IMAGINED THAT, THAT WE COULD DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.

JUST THIS IS JUST SOME EXAMPLES.

BACK IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD A SHOOTING ON POLK STREET ABOUT 2:00 IN THE MORNING.

OUR OFFICERS WENT BACK. THEY PULLED VIDEO FROM ONE OF OUR CAMERAS THAT THE STREET DEPARTMENT HAS THAT WE HAVE ACCESS THROUGH SOME OF THIS TECHNOLOGY.

THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE WITNESSES AND ALSO SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING.

GREAT TOOLS THAT THAT THEY'RE USING.

ON DECEMBER 19TH, WE HAD A POLICE SERGEANT WHO WAS CHECKING CAMERAS AFTER HE GOT AN ALERT FROM ONE OF OUR LICENSE PLATE READERS THAT THERE WAS A STOLEN CAR THAT WENT THROUGH AN AREA, OVER ON NORTH MCMASTERS, THE SERGEANT WAS ABLE TO CALL AND DIRECT OFFICERS IN TO WHERE THE STOLEN PICKUP WAS.

THE PICKUP TRIED TO FLEE, BUT HE ENDED UP HITTING A POLE PRETTY QUICK, AND THE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO GO UP THERE.

FORTUNATELY, THEY GOT ON HIM PRETTY QUICK BECAUSE HE HAD A GUN SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HIM.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS INTENTIONS WERE, BUT IT PROBABLY WASN'T GOOD.

AND THEN DURING THE LAST WEEK OF 2023, WE RECOVERED SEVEN STOLEN VEHICLES, WHICH IS A PRETTY BIG NUMBER FOR A SEVEN DAY PERIOD JUST

[04:45:07]

SO THIS TECHNOLOGY IS REALLY STARTING TO PAY OFF FOR US.

THIS IS A REALLY LONG STORY, AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.

BUT THE SHORT PART OF IT IS A TRUCK WITH A TRAVEL TRAILER WAS STOLEN AND OFFICERS ARE DOING THE SAME THING.

IT TOOK A COUPLE OF DAYS THAT THEY STARTED PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER USING VIDEO USING LPR TECHNOLOGY, AND ENDED UP FINDING THIS TRUCK THAT HAD STOLEN THE RV.

FOUND OUT THE TRUCK IS ALSO A STOLEN TRUCK AND IT WAS ACTUALLY CLONED.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY THEY TOOK THE VIN FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE AND TRIED TO MAKE IT TO WHERE THAT TRUCK DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS STOLEN, BUT IT DIDN'T FOOL OUR OFFICERS.

THEY FIGURED IT OUT AND RECOVERED IT AND MADE AN ARREST OFF OF THAT.

SOME OTHER THINGS ABOUT DATA.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING, AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR COMMUNITY TRUST THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING WITH OUR DATA.

WE'RE NOT USING LPR TO RANDOMLY TRACK PEOPLE.

WE WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT.

BUT BUT THERE'S NO CONSTITUTIONAL REASON FOR US TO DO THAT.

WE'RE NOT KEEPING LPR RECORDS BEYOND THE REASONABLE USEFULNESS AND THE MAX, UNLESS WE MAKE IT A PART OF A CASE.

AFTER 180 DAYS, THOSE RECORDS ARE PURGED.

AND SO WE'RE NOT KEEPING RECORDS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

WE'RE ALSO NOT USING, VIDEO OR DRONES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO DO ROUTINE PATROLS OR TO LOOK AT PRIVATE PROPERTY WHEN THERE'S NO CRIME HAPPENING.

WE'RE NOT JUST, PUTTING DRONES UP OVER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY FOR NO REASON.

WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE USING LPR TO FIND STOLEN CARS.

LIKE THE EXAMPLES I GAVE YOU.

AND ALSO SUSPECTS AND CRIMES.

WE'RE USING VIDEO CAMERAS TO OBSERVE AREAS WHERE CRIMES ARE IN PROGRESS OR TO RECORD ACTIVITIES IN HIGH CRIME AREAS LIKE ON POLK STREET, USING DRONES TO GIVE REAL TIME INFORMATION. OFFICERS.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL. WHERE A PERSON RUNS ON FOOT, THEY START JUMPING FENCES.

AN OFFICER GETS THERE, GETS A DRONE UP AND WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE PERSON.

MAKES IT A WHOLE LOT SAFER FOR THE OFFICERS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT PERSON'S AT.

WE'RE ALSO IMPROVING THE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CARS AND ON THE OFFICER'S PERSON.

AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE IT SAFER AND MAKE THEIR JOBS MORE EFFICIENT.

AND AGAIN, I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH.

OUR OUR DATA INTEGRITY AND PROTECTION OF THE DATA IS A PRIORITY FOR US.

WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO RANDOMLY HOLD ON TO STUFF IF WE DON'T NEED IT.

WE WANT TO MEET COUNCIL'S VISION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, MAKE AMARILLO A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY, AND ALSO THE COUNCIL VISION FOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.

LEVERAGING ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN FIND TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY.

IT'S AMAZING HOW FAR TECHNOLOGY HAS COME, JUST EVEN IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.

BUT IN 33 YEARS, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY FROM TOGGLE SWITCHES TO TURN ON THE LIGHTS TO NOW THERE'S SO MANY AMAZING THINGS WE CAN DO, SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I THINK MR. BOLING IS AVAILABLE ALSO, IF WE HAVE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR ON THIS PROJECT.

QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

I DO REMEMBER, I THINK, WHEN WE WERE HAVING A GROUP MEETING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTORS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

I MEAN, THE THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH, I GUESS POTTER AROUND THE COUNTY DA SEEM TO BE EXCITED THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY WOULD ALSO HELP THEM AS WELL AND MAKE THEIR JOB EASIER AND WHAT THEY DO AND PROSECUTING THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARREST IT WILL.

THE VIDEO EVIDENCE IS JUST ALMOST IN EVERY CASE NOW.

AND SO TRANSFERRING THAT EVIDENCE HAS BEEN REALLY CUMBERSOME FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THIS IS GOING TO SPEED THAT PROCESS UP WHERE THERE'S ACTUALLY IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS.

IT'S NOT SENDING FILES OVER, IT'S ACCESSING FILES REMOTELY.

AND THE PIECE I REALLY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IS EVIDENCE.COM.

AND THAT IS UNLIMITED STORAGE FOR US FOR FOR DIGITAL EVIDENCE AS A PART OF THIS PACKAGE.

AND THAT IS A HUGE DEAL BECAUSE HAVING ON PREMISES STORAGE IS IS A LITTLE RISKY IN MY OPINION, BUT IT'S ALSO EXPENSIVE.

AND WE'VE SPENT, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN ON SITE STORAGE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT WE CAN WE CAN NOW AT LEAST WE CAN PREDICT WHAT THAT COST IS GOING TO BE AND FUTURE PROOF FOR, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS UNDERSTANDING, OKAY, THIS IS GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND FOR THIS PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

AND WE ALSO GET SOME REFRESHES WITH THAT.

AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, THE BODY CAMS WILL GET REFRESHED AND SOME OF THE OTHER EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS THE TASERS.

AND I'M ALSO DIDN'T MENTION THAT TASER CONTRACT IS BEING ROLLED INTO THIS.

SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY ADDING ON ANOTHER TASER DEAL.

IT'S ROLLING INTO THIS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A GOOD DEAL.

WELL, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT.

WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THE MONEY WHERE WE'RE PRIORITIZING IT AND WE SEE THE BIGGEST ROI.

SO I THINK THIS GOES DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN A SAFE CITY.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND THIS.

DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO AXON ENTERPRISE INCORPORATED FOR THE AMOUNT OF $14,384,860.57.

SECOND. OKAY, I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED?

[04:50:01]

WE HAVE EIGHT N AND EIGHT O.

[Items 8.N. & 8.O.]

YOU'RE UP. NO, NO, LET ME NOT LET ME NOT GIVE IT AWAY.

I APOLOGIZE THE OTHER.

YEAH, YEAH.

IT LOOKS SO SIMILAR.

SO? SO BEING THE CABOOSE, I WILL MAKE THIS SNAPPY FOR YOU.

ITEMS EIGHT N AND EIGHT O.

DUE TO SOME REASSIGNMENTS AND SOME RESIGNATIONS, NEEDING THE COUNCIL TO LET US KNOW WHO YOU WOULD LIKE, TO RUN THE TIERS TWO AND TIER THREE.

TIERS THREE MEETINGS.

OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO WE HAVE THE EAST, GATEWAY, AND THEN WE HAVE THE SOUTH GATEWAY.

SO, COUNCIL WOULD ASK, DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY THAT HAS REQUESTED OR ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN NOMINATED? SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUOTE UNQUOTE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IT.

ON TIERS TWO, DAVID WALKER IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE VICE CHAIRMAN.

ON TIERS TWO, JOHN ATTERBURY HAD BEEN THE CHAIRMAN, BUT HE WAS REASSIGNED TO THE TIERS THREE BOARD.

AND SO, AND DID WE ADD, WHO DID WE ADD TO TIERS THREE? DEAN CRUMP, RIGHT? DEAN CRUMP AND, BLAINE WESTLAKE.

I'M SORRY. OKAY.

MR. WALKER WOULD, WOULD BE A LOGICAL, CHAIR FROM CONTINUITY STANDPOINT, I BELIEVE SO.

OKAY. I WOULD WONDER IF COUNCIL WOULD BE INTERESTED IN NOMINATING DAVID WALKER FOR, TIERS TWO.

ANYBODY GOT ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? NO. THAT'S GOOD.

OKAY. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE HIM THEN.

SO WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON THAT ITEM.

I MOVE TO APPOINT DAVID WALKER AS THE.

CHAIR OF THE TIERS TWO BOARD.

SECOND, GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

WHO'S THE VICE CHAIR ON? WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ONE, DO WE? WELL, WE HAVE A VICE CHAIR ON ON TIERS THREE.

THAT IS CURRENTLY ERIC BERRY, RANDALL COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

AND AGAIN, JOHN ATTERBURY HAD BEEN THE CHAIRMAN OF TIERS TWO, BUT HE IS NOW ON TIERS THREE.

SO, SO DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY PREFERENCES ON THIS ONE? NO, THAT MAKES SENSE THAT JOHN ATTERBURY.

YEAH, I WOULD AGREE.

ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT ONE? I'M GOOD WITH THAT ONE IF YOU'D NOMINATE HIM, SIR.

OKAY. I MOVE TO APPOINT, JOHN ATTERBURY AS CHAIR OF TIERS THREE SECOND.

OKAY. MOTION AND A SECOND FROM PLACE ONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. THE OTHER DREW.

AND, MOVE TO ADJOURN.

MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

AND A SECOND. SECOND.

WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.