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CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING AT 5:05 P.M.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
ON THE 2ND OF MAY.MR. RUSSI, WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION, IS THAT CORRECT? LET'S DO ROLL CALL FIRST, THOUGH.
. MR. ROSSI, WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION ON OUR CIP BUDGET, IS THAT CORRECT?
[3. The City Council will meet in a Study Session on the Preliminary Budget and on the Capitol Improvement Programs for Fiscal Year 2022-23.]
WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT ON TWO PIECES, MR. MAYOR. THE FIRST PART IS ON THE CIP, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SHAWN IGOE.THE INTENT OF THAT WILL BE THEN TO GET COUNCIL DIRECTION, TO THEN PUT THE DETAILS TOGETHER, TO BRING THE BUDGET BACK FOR COUNCIL PRESENTATION IN THE FIRST PART OF JUNE. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE OUR CIP, WHICH WILL PRESENT ON WHAT PROJECTS WE WANT TO ADVANCE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, AS WELL AS THEN WHAT WE WANT TO ADD TO THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE FIVE YEAR CYCLE.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AS MR. RUSSI SAID, I'LL BE GIVING AN UPDATE ON OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR OUR CIP.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GET INTO IT.
WE'RE ABOUT $30 MILLION AS OF TO DATE SINCE 2013.
WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 40 PROJECTS AT A TOTAL COST OF ABOUT 66.5 MILLION.
AND THIS WILL CARRY US INTO 2728 FISCAL YEAR.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AS COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, AN ADDITIONAL ONE, 1.5 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS WAS DEDICATED TOWARD OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, WHICH IS PRIMARILY FUNDED TO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ENDEAVOR INTO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FINANCIALLY STABLE.
SO WE DEFINITELY APPLAUD YOU ALL FOR MAKING THAT DECISION.
NEXT SLIDE. SO A RECAP OF THIS CURRENT YEAR.
SO 21-22, WE HAD SIX OF THE 16 FUNDED PROJECTS THAT WERE ACCOMPLISHED.
SO BUT WE DID COMPLETE SIX OF THE 16.
NINE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT COMPLETED WILL BE CARRIED OVER INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR 2223 WITH ONE PROJECT, WHICH IS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT WE WHEELER SOUTH BEING CARRIED OVER INTO A DIFFERENT FISCAL YEAR.
THAT'LL PROBABLY COME BACK IN ANOTHER STUDY SESSION IN THE YEAR OR TWO OUT OF THE 2223.
THIS IS INCLUDING 22 PROJECTS.
AND ALL OF THESE ARE 100% FUNDED PENDING GRANT FUNDS.
HOW MANY? IT WAS TWO THAT WERE PENDING GRANT FUNDING, CORRECT? CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR ENTIRE YEAR COMING UP.
SO AGAIN, WE DEFINITELY HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US, BUT THIS IS OUR CURRENT ONE YEAR.
DO WE ASK QUESTIONS LATER OR WITH, AS YOU SEE, FIT? YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO SAY IF WE COULD STOP HERE, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE ONES THAT UNLESS THERE WERE CONCERNS, WE WOULD BE APPROPRIATING THE DOLLARS TO TAKE ON THIS YEAR.
OK. OK A COUPLE CONCERNS I HAVE.
TWO YEARS AGO I HAD SPOKE WITH ANTHONY AT THAT TIME AND HE SAID IT WAS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO REDO THE SIDEWALKS GOING UP ESPERANZA BECAUSE YEARS AGO IT WAS REALLY TERRIBLE.
WHAT THEY DID IS THEY ALL THE TREES ARE KIND OF BUCKLING UP.
I MEAN, THERE'S SOME THAT ARE UP THIS HIGH WHEN YOU WALK, YOU GO LIKE THAT.
AND HE SAID IT WAS IN THE CIP TO GET THOSE REPLACED AND REDONE COMPLETELY, NOT WITH ASPHALT AND ALSO THE DG ALONG THE TRAIL THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE CITY'S PROPERTY.
AND HE SAID THAT WAS GOING TO GET DONE TWO YEARS.
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YOU GO IN, IT STILL IS NOT DONE.IS THERE ANY TALK ABOUT DOING THAT? SO WE DO HAVE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE YEAR, WE DO HAVE THAT IN HERE NOT LISTED, BUT WE DO HAVE SIDEWALK REPAIRS AS PART OF SOME OF OUR CDBG FUNDING AND GENERAL FUND.
BUT WHERE THOSE GO TO, WE HAVE THE DISCRETION TO DO THAT.
SOMETIMES THOSE COULD BE YEARS.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON FUNDING HAS BEEN MANY YEARS.
A GOOD TEN YEARS OF THIS HAS BEEN THIS WAY.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AND THAT'S A NEGLECTED AREA OF ESPERANZA.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE WALK IT AND IT'S SO DANGEROUS.
AND I WORRY ABOUT EVEN THERE'S A CURB.
I THINK IT'S AT QUAIL THAT IT'S ABOUT THIS HIGH.
SO IF YOU I WILL GET YOU THE EXACT PICTURE AND LOCATION.
I'LL SEND THAT TO YOU. YEAH, WE CAN EVALUATE THAT.
I WORRY ABOUT THAT. THE ONLY OTHER THING, TENNIS COURT RESURFACING AND LIGHTING, THAT'S JUST FOR LAS FLORES, RIGHT? BECAUSE LIVE OAK WAS DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK AND THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT ABOUT PICKLEBALL COURTS? WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT.
SURE. TO THE TENNIS PLAYER? NOT FOR ME. I WAS GOING TO SAY, IF YOU HAVE, YOU BECOME A FAN OF PICKLEBALL, BUT I SPEAK FOR THE RESIDENTS.
WELL, AFTER MY CANVASING FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS FOR ELECTION.
IT IS. IT IS. AND I WOULD SAY THAT COUNCILMEMBER CARDER'S BEING NICE ABOUT THE ASPHALT RAMPS.
IF THEY WERE TO SNOW ON THEM, THEY WOULD BE BLACK DIAMONDS.
SO I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED IN YEARS, AND THAT IS PROBABLY SINCE COVID IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST TRAFFICKED AREAS, EVEN WHEN WE PUT THE CURB IN, WHEN YOUR PREVIOUS PREDECESSOR, DAN KEESEY, WAS HERE AND THEY DID THAT WALKWAY CONNECTING THE LAWN PROJECT TO THE NEW PROJECT, THE EDGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
SO SOMETHING PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT.
YOU SAID IN 2021-22, SIX OF THE 16 FUNDED PROJECTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED WHERE SOME OF THESE NOT ACCOMPLISHED BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAD TO MOVE TO BECAUSE THE WINDS AND THE ISSUES THEY HAD THERE.
PART OF THAT WAS ANOTHER ISSUE.
YES. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH SOME OF THE RECOVERY EFFORTS.
WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE STATE TO TRY TO GET BACK SOME OF THAT FUNDING.
SO, YES, THAT'S DEFINITELY PART OF THAT.
THAT'S CORRECT. INCLUDING THE SUMMIT REPLACEMENT LINE? THAT'S THE HOPE. YES.
THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
I MET WITH A CONSULTANT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TO WORK THROUGH SOME DESIGN OPTIONS.
SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO COUNCIL SOMETIME NEXT YEAR AND THEN WE'LL WORK FROM THERE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TRANSIT AREA LIGHTING.
SO THOSE TWO ARE STILL PENDING GRANT APPROVAL, FUNDING, APPROVAL? WHAT IS THAT? WHERE IS THE TRANSIT AREA LIGHTING UPGRADE? SO THAT'S THE FIRST MILE. LAST MILE THAT'S GOING TO BE FROM THE STATION SQUARE OVER TO DOWNTOWN.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FIVE YEAR.
SO LOOKING AT OUR FIVE YEAR, WE HAVE 40 PROJECTS PROGRAMED THROUGH THE 2728 FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS ABOUT 66.5 MILLION FROM 23 DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
SO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS, WE JUST MOVE EVERY YEAR.
WE MOVE THEM FORWARD. THE NEW PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ADDED.
WE HAVE SEVEN THAT HAVE COME FORWARD FOR THE 2728 PERIOD.
THOSE INCLUDE THE AMHERST TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADES, HERITAGE PARK, GAZEBO, POLICE DEPARTMENT, PARKING LOT, AWNING, FRUIT STREET AND AMHERST SIGNAL PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY MESH NETWORK UPGRADE, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEKING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING TOWER AND PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING EXPANSION.
THOSE TWO ARE CURRENTLY UNFUNDED BECAUSE OF THE COST AND JUST ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE NEED.
WE MOVED THEM UP BECAUSE ONE WE SEE WE'RE SEEKING GRANT FUNDING AND WE HOPE TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS.
BUT TYPICALLY WE DON'T MOVE NEW PROJECTS UP BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A WORKLOAD PLANNED OUT FOR US.
SO THE THE NEW PROJECT OF THE AMHERST TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADES, WHAT ARE THEY PLANNING ON UPGRADES?
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BECAUSE ISN'T THAT PART OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS SOLD RIGHT THERE AS WELL? SO CORRECT.THAT'S ALL INTERNAL. IT'S ALL INTERNAL WITHIN OUR FACILITY.
SO AS THIS IS AN OLDER FACILITY, SO IT'S JUST REALLY INTERNAL COMPONENTS THAT NEED BE REPLACED, SUCH AS OUR RESIN FOR THE TREATMENT PROCESS IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE COMPONENTS LIKE THE VALVES, THINGS LIKE THAT, NOTHING MORE OUTSIDE.
THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY UPGRADES TO THE OUTSIDE.
THIS IS ALL STRICTLY ON PROPERTY.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, TWO OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED DOWN HERE, THE TRAINING TOWER AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY EXPANSION. IF COUNCIL WILL NOTE THOSE TWO ARE IN IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WE'VE BEEN WITHOUT ANY MAJOR RENOVATION TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY FOR THE BETTER PART OF 20 YEARS, WE ADDED THE EOC AND IT MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES HERE AND THERE.
BUT BOTH CHIEFS AS WELL AS SEAN HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS THERE AS NEEDED, BUT IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE TO EXPLORE.
IS THAT WISE USE OF OUR MONEY DOING JUST EXPANSION WITHIN THAT SPOT? EVALUATING SPACE ANALYSIS.
SO BEFORE WE EMBARK ON ANYTHING AND I DIDN'T INCLUDE ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET AND I AT THIS POINT, BUT I THINK IT'D BE WORTHWHILE FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER APPROPRIATING SOME MONEY FOR AN ARCHITECT TO DO A SPACE STUDY ANALYSIS.
WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO EXPLORE IF WE TO BE ABLE TO FUND THIS OR WHATEVER WE DO SOME TYPE OF IMPACT FEE ANALYSIS ON HOW THAT WOULD WE COULD GENERATE SOME OF THE FUNDS.
I THINK IT'S AN APPROPRIATE SUBJECT THAT WOULD BE WELL TIMED FOR THAT.
SO, AS YOU POINTED OUT, PROJECT FUNDING IS 100% FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WITH OUR GENERAL CIP NOW FULLY FUNDED FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AGAIN, BASED OFF OF THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO APPROPRIATE 1.5 MILLION OF THE ARPA FUNDING INTO THIS FUND.
SO DEFINITELY GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
CIP SUPPORTS MANY IMPROVEMENTS FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THE GENERAL FUND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY WIDE ENHANCEMENTS AND OTHER FUNDS SUCH AS WATER, SEWER, SPECIFICALLY FUNDING FOR THOSE TYPE OF PROJECTS.
SO UNTIL THOSE GRANTS ARE FULLY SECURED, WE HAVE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNFUNDED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WITH THE GENERAL FUND AND PARKS DEVELOPMENT FUND RELIED UPON HEAVILY AFTER THAT. WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
BUT NEXT YEARS FUNDING FOR THE PROJECTS WE'RE GOOD TO GO? 100% FUNDING. IT'S THE TWO THROUGH FIVE IS WHERE WE STILL HAVE SOME GRANT FUNDING AND PIECES THAT WE NEED TO PICK UP? YEAH. AND THAT'S VERY COMMON IN MOST AGENCIES IN THAT SAME WAY.
BUT YES, WE ARE 100% FUNDED FOR 22-23.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, THAT OUTSIDE OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN GRANTS, EVERY OTHER ONE OF YOUR FUNDING SOURCES ANTICIPATING THE FIVE YEAR PROJECTS THERE ARE THERE IS EXCESS FUNDS AT THE END OF THE FIVE YEARS TO THEN BE CONTEMPLATING THAT NEXT YEAR.
SO WE HAVE A VERY SUSTAINED FUNDING MODEL FOR PROJECTS THAT WE ARE TAKING ON NOT JUST NEXT YEAR BUT OVER THE FIVE YEARS. THE GRANTS BEING THAT SUBJECT AREA, BUT THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES WERE LEANING ON, THEY'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT WHAT THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO.
JUST TO SORT OF TO CAPTURE THAT IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CONTEXT.
WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THAT WE AS COUNCIL ARE CONTRIBUTING 250,000 A YEAR INTO THE GENERAL.
THE GENERAL. WE'RE ALSO GETTING FUNDS THROUGH DIFFERENT MEASURES TO PAY FOR IT.
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DO THIS TOGETHER WITH BOTH OUR STATE PARTNERS AND FEDERAL PARTNERS.A LOT LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE BRIDGE GOING FROM OUR OUR METRO STATION TO FAIRPLEX.
THAT'S CORRECT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, NOT JUST THOSE OF US IN THE ROOM AND THOSE OF US IN THE CITY, BUT AT COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS AS WELL.
AND SO AS THOSE THINGS CHANGE, IT IMPACTS WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.
RIGHT. RIGHT. AND JUST AS A GENERAL REMARK, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THIS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN AND THAT IT GOES OUT MANY YEARS SO THAT WE CAN SEE THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP SIX YEARS, SEVEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, LIKE THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE INTO FIRE AND POLICE WITH REGARD TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND THOSE KINDS OF INVESTMENTS SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST A SURPRISE.
ROBIN? I NOTICED THAT YOUR LAST SLIDE.
SO I WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY FOR YOU.
I KNOW YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A YEAR, SO WHAT MY COMMON SAYING.
DO YOU KNOW IT WHEN THAT'S GOING TO GET DONE? OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T.
I'M JUST SAYING, IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO IT, I'D APPRECIATE THAT JUST FOR YOU, BECAUSE THAT, ESPERANZA IS USED ALL THE TIME AND LOTS OF WALKERS UP THERE, AREN'T THERE? SO EVERYWHERE.
YEAH, EVERYWHERE. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? MR. RUSSI, YOU HAD A COMMENT OR ANYTHING THEN? I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, OF THAT. YOU CAN'T COME UP THEN.
I WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO YOU, MISS BEAUCHAMP.
EVER. HE'S GOT YOUR NAME DOWN.
GOOD. NOW? YES, HE HAS MASTERED THAT.
I MET HER MOTHER BY THE WAY THE OTHER NIGHT.
NOW I KNOW WHERE SHE GETS HER SMILE AND HER GOOD LOOKS.
THERE YOU GO. OKAY, I SAID IT.
OKAY. ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT SHAWN'S, IN SHAWN'S PRESENTATION, IT SHOWED THE ARROW HIGHWAY, URBAN GREENING GRANT, $532,000.
WHY ISN'T THAT BEING COVERED AS PART OF THE GOLDLINE PROJECT? WHY IS THE CITY HAVING TO KICK INTO THAT? THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY, I CAN UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS LIKE CITY OWNED PROPERTY BUT ARROW HIGHWAY UNINCORPORATED THE WHOLE TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT THAT GOES I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PUSH BACK ON TO THEM FOR THAT PROJECT TO HAVE COVERED BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE WRITERS DON'T CARE IF THERE'S PLANTS OR NOT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES.
AND WITH THE RECENT DECISIONS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE FOR WATER CONSERVATION AND INCREASED COST, I THINK THESE ARE THINGS THAT UNFORTUNATELY NEED TO BE KIND OF PUT DOWN AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE IN TERMS OF COST TO THE CITY PRIORITY.
JUST MY OPINION, BUT REQUESTING THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BEAUCHAMP.
YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL WE'RE DONE, BUT WAIT TILL MORE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN WE CAN ANSWER THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? THAT WOULD BE NO IN THOSE ONLINE.
[INAUDIBLE] . GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL CITY STAFF.
MAYOR JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PRIORITIZING SOME OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING THE CROSSWALK. MY WIFE WAS CARRYING MY BABY GIRL THE OTHER DAY AND LITERALLY ALMOST GOT HIT.
AND I'M SURE, TOM, THE COAST GUARD IS GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE CROSSWALK HAS COME IN.
SO THERE ARE MANY PARENTS IN ROYTON WHO ARE GOING TO APPRECIATE THIS.
THANK YOU, THOMAS. WE'RE DONE.
MR. RUSSI, YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, SIR? YES, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE GRANT WITH POMONA? THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. SO THIS IS A JOINT GRANT WITH THE CITY OF POMONA, WHERE WE'RE DOING BASICALLY FROM WHITE AVENUE GOING EAST TO THEIR PROPERTY OR THEIR JURISDICTION.
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THAT'S A JOINT EFFORT TO BEAUTIFY THOSE AND THOSE MEDIANS ONLY.AND IT WAS A GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR TOGETHER.
SO THERE'S NO CITY FUNDING GOING TOWARD IT.
GOLDLINE IS DOING THEIR OWN IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
BUT THIS IS SEPARATE THAT WE APPLIED FOR OUTSIDE OF THE GOLD LINE.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER LAU? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
YOU PREEMPTIVELY ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT THE DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANT.
SO THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? SO WITH COUNCIL CONCURRENCE, WE WILL.
I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. YEAH, I JUST WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL ABOUT 2015, WE HAD TO SCALE BACK OUR CFP PROGRAMS. I THINK IT WAS 15-16.
WAS THAT NOT CORRECT? WE HAD TO PUT SOME BACK AND HOLD SOME AND WE ARE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION WHICH BECAUSE OF STAFF, BECAUSE OF ARPA FUNDS, BECAUSE OF THE GOOD GOD UPSTAIRS THAT THIS SHOWN UPON US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SUCH A HEALTHY CIP PROGRAM.
ALSO THE FEDERAL ARPA FUNDS, BUT ALSO I THINK THE VIEW OF THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, MR. RUSSI AND ALL OF THE STAFF AND DIRECTORS THAT HAVE LOOKED FORWARD ON THIS AND WE'RE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION THAN WE USED TO BE.
IT'S JUST NICE TO SEE THAT WE CAN FUND THESE AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO BUT THANK YOU, EVERYONE INCLUDED.
MR. RUSSI, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, ASSUMING COUNCIL'S CONCURRENCE, THEN WE WILL THEN FOLD THE ONE YEAR, THE 22-23 INTO THE FINAL DOCUMENT THAT YOU'LL SEE ON JUNE 6TH.
AND IT'LL JUST BE AT THE BACK OF YOUR BUDGET BOOK.
RECOGNIZING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THESE CIP PROJECTS, DID YOU ALSO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS WHEN DIRECTOR PENDLETON GOES OVER THE NEXT ITEM, AS FAR AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE PUBLIC SAFETY EXPANSION, WE'RE GOING TO TALK AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING TOWER.
YEP, CORRECT. OKAY. WELL, WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THOSE SPECIFICALLY.
THIS IS THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOUR WILL BE TO DISCUSS THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND KIND OF WHERE WE SEE THINGS AT A STAFF LEVEL AT THIS POINT.
BUT FIRST, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT OUR FINANCE STAFF, OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND IN PARTICULARLY MARLA AND ULYSSES, THEY HAVE SPENT AND. OH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU BACK THERE.
THESE TWO HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS WEEKENDS GETTING US TO THIS POINT.
SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL DIVE INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT.
THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE JUST MY CUSTOMARY TIMELINE.
THE NEXT SLIDE THEN IS EARLY MAY.
THE DEPARTMENTS WILL THEN BE INSTRUCTED TO ADD THEIR TEXT.
AND THEN YOU WILL GET YOUR BUDGET BOOKS BY THE LATTER PART OF MAY.
THEN FOLLOWING THAT AND BARRING ANY EDITS FROM COUNCIL ON THE PRECEDING MEETING, WHICH WILL BE THE SECOND MEETING IN JUNE, YOUR BUDGET WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR FINAL ADOPTION.
SO WE ARE WE ARE ON SCHEDULE, BUT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD TO MOVE THOSE STEPS BACK DUE TO COVID, BUT WE ARE BACK ON WHAT IS THE PREFERRED TRACK TO GIVE US SOME TIME TO PUT THE DOCUMENT OUT, ALLOW FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND THEN GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN SOME OF THAT.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL FIRST START WITH THE OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT YEAR.
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I KNOW WE JUST HAD THE MIDYEAR A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, BUT THERE I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE TO KIND OF SHOW WHERE THINGS SIT AS FAR AS OUR YEAR END PROJECTIONS BECAUSE IT TAKES A PUTTING TOGETHER EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT THEIR ANTICIPATION IS.AND THEN THERE'S ABOUT 41-42 MILLION OF EXPENDITURES.
AND THIS IS JUST IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO OUR RESERVE STATUS BASED ON THAT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THE YEAR ANTICIPATING A FULLY BUDGET OF WITH ONE TIME AS WELL AS REOCCURRING AT ABOUT 600,000 IN DEFICIT.
WE ARE PROJECTING TO END THE YEAR WITH JUST OVER $700,000 IN SURPLUS.
THAT MEANS THAT YOUR GENERAL FUND RESERVE AT THE END OF THE YEAR WILL BE JUST OVER $12 MILLION.
IF WE WERE TO SAY WITH THESE THESE ESTIMATES OF NOT OF THE 700,000 AND I PUT A PIN IN THAT BECAUSE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, AS YOU REMEMBER, IN MID-YEAR, I TOLD YOU THERE WERE SOME EXPENDITURES THAT WERE GOING TO BE COMING UP.
WELL, THEY'RE HERE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND IT HERE.
SO THE 12,000 OR 12 MILLION ESTIMATED HERE THAT'S FOR OUR RESERVES.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. SO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS THAT? AND ALSO WHAT IS REQUIRED? SO THERE ISN'T A REQUIRED AMOUNT, BUT THE COUNCIL HAS A POLICY OF KEEPING 20% OF THEIR OPERATING BUDGETS.
SO THAT'S JUST SO OF THE 41 MILLION, SO JUST OVER 8 MILLION.
SO YOU HAVE ANOTHER 4 MILLION, SO YOU HAVE ANOTHER 10%.
SO YOU'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 30, 31% AND 20% IS VERY GOOD.
SO. AND OF COURSE, BOB'S OPTIMISTIC.
YEAH, WELL. OH, HE'S ROUND UP A LITTLE.
SO THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST KIND OF A RESERVE HISTORY.
BUT IF WE WERE TO NOT REALIZE THE YEAR END ESTIMATE OF THE 700,000 AND USE THOSE DOLLARS AS I'LL SHOW YOU, YOU WOULD STILL BE SITTING AT ABOUT A LITTLE OVER $11 MILLION, 11.4.
STILL A GOOD POSITION TO BE IN.
AND DURING THE HEIGHT OF COVID, HE SAID, THERE ARE SOME RESERVES AND NOW WE'RE BUILDING THAT.
YEAH, AND WE DID. I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT WENT DOWN.
WE WENT DOWN TO TEN SEVEN, SO WE ENDED UP USING ABOUT 200,000.
WE DID GET SOME CARES MONEY, WHICH HELPS SOME OF THAT OUT AS WELL.
SO THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT FACILITATED THAT LESS USE OF RESERVES.
YOU HAVE TO USE ANY RESERVES FOR THE WINDSTORMS. SO HOLD THAT THOUGHT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
THERE IS AN AMOUNT THAT WE DID NEED TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK.
SO BEYOND THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SAW ON THE OTHER PAGE, THE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PIECES THAT IS HELPING US TO ACHIEVE A BALANCED BUDGET AND CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED AS MEASURE OF THIS CURRENT YEAR, WE ARE EXPECTING TO USE $1.8 MILLION TO COVER THE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FROM WHEN IT WAS ENACTED.
WE WOULD NOT BE EVEN CLOSE TO BALANCED, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO BE MAKING OTHER EXPENSE SACRIFICES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO OPERATIONS TO AFFORD THE SALARY INCREASES AND BENEFITS THAT WE PROVIDE.
THE WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO NOTE WITH THAT IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE USING 1.8 MEASURE OF THE IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE RIGHT NOW ANNUALLY 4.6.
SO ALL OF THAT MONEY IS BEING PUT AWAY TO EXTEND OUT THE BENEFIT OF THAT TOWARDS SALARY INCREASES.
NO, YOU DID PUT THE 1.5 MILLION, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN CLOSE TO OR A LITTLE OVER 7 MILLION.
WE HAVE PUT A MAJORITY OF THAT TO USE.
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THERE IS ROUGHLY WHAT'S IN OUR NUMBER, ABOUT 2 MILLION, 1.8 MILLION THAT WE STILL HAVE TO ALLOCATE TO PROJECTS.ABOUT A MILLION OF THAT WE'VE ARE HOLDING OFF FOR.
YES, HOUSING REHAB AS WELL AS SHE'S GOT THE NOTES FOR ME RIGHT THERE.
SO THOSE AND THEN THE HOMELESS OUTREACH.
SO THOSE THREE PIECES STILL NEED TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL.
ONE OF THEM IS ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT FOR THE HOUSING REHAB, AS YOU KNOW.
BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME OTHER PIECES THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK.
BUT WE THE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS WE'VE PUT A MAJORITY OF THAT MONEY TO USE THE BUSINESS GRANTS.
BY THE WAY, THE CHAMBER TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD BE ADVANCING ROUGHLY 20 GRANTS FOR APPROVAL THIS WEEK AND THEY'VE RECEIVED JUST OVER 30. SO THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE MINING.
AND SO BUT THERE HAS BEEN INTEREST SO AND MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN FOR THE MAXIMUM OF $10,000.
SO WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
BUT JUST SOME GOOD NEWS THERE IN THAT REGARD.
SO THEN THE GOOD NEWS, NOW THE ADDED EXPENSES THAT I NEED TO KIND OF MAKE YOU AWARE OF, THERE ARE A LIST OF FIVE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT WE WILL NEED TO PURCHASE OR HAVE ALREADY PURSUED OUT OF JUST OPERATIONAL NECESSITY BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POOL.
THIS IS JUST GETTING OUR BEAK WET.
THERE'S THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I WILL BE WE'LL NEED TO APPROPRIATE ABOUT $55,000 FOR SOME ADDITIONAL WORK.
FORTUNATELY, WE GET TWO THIRDS OF THAT BACK WITH OUR AGREEMENT WITH UNLV AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BUT IT'S ALL GOING IN AND OUT OF POCKETS.
DEVELOPMENT. IT'S NOT TOUCHING.
GENERAL FUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS A PEACEKEEPER.
IT'S BASICALLY A ARMORED VEHICLE THAT THEY USE TO GET EXTRACT PEOPLE AS WELL AS DEFEND THEIR WHEN THEY'RE DOING SPECIALIZED ENTRIES SO THAT OURS THAT WE HAD JUST WENT DOWN.
SO WE NEED TO PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE.
BUT WE WANT TO PURSUE PURCHASING THAT WITH SOME ARPA DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
SHAWN? IT WAS OLD. IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM.
I THINK THEY'VE TRIED EVERYTHING THEY CAN.
AND THAT'S THE BEING A CONTRACTOR FOR MANY YEARS.
YOU CAN DO A TRUCK A COUPLE OF TIMES AND AFTER THAT YOU GOT TO THROW IT AWAY.
WE SQUEEZED IT EVERY WHICH WAY.
SO. SO CARS FOR KIDS, HUH? YEAH, I THINK. WHAT? YEAH. OKAY, GO AHEAD.
THE THE MANUFACTURER HAS STOPPED SUPPORTING THEM.
SO THERE ARE NO PARTS OR ANYTHING AVAILABLE.
SO WE HAD TO GO OUT AND ACQUIRE A WHOLE NEW SYSTEM.
BECAUSE WE JUST COULDN'T CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ONES THAT WE HAVE.
SO THAT IS ONE THAT'S COMING THAT NEEDS TO COME FORWARD.
ACTUALLY, THEY'VE ALREADY ISSUED THE PO FOR IT BECAUSE THEY SAID IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.
WE HAVE TO DO IT. WE WILL GET THE FUNDING FOR IT.
SO WE WERE USING FIRE EQUIPMENT, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO USE A PORTION OF ARPA.
AND YOUR NEXT NATURAL QUESTION IS, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM? WE WENT BACK AND WE LOOKED AND THERE WAS ONE THING THAT WAS IN THE LIST OF IDENTIFIED PROJECTS, AND THAT WAS A DIGITAL READER BOARD THAT WAS GOING TO BE IN OLD TOWN.
SO WE ARE GOING TO NOT DO THAT AND DO THESE NECESSARY PURCHASES INSTEAD.
WHAT WAS THE DIGITAL READER BOARD FOR? AGAIN, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT INSTEAD OF HAVING THE SIGNAGE BOARDS THAT WE HAVE ON THE CORNER OF D AND BONITA.
BEST DESCRIPTION I CAN GIVE YOU.
TAKE THE PLACE OF THE BANNERS THAT WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE, BUT THIS IS, I THINK, A MORE IMPORTANT AND IMMEDIATE NEED.
THE READER BOARD'S I'M USED TO IS OREGON.
THEY TELL YOU HOW MUCH BEER'S LEFT IN A KEG.
SO I THINK PROBABLY THIS IS A MUCH BETTER PURPOSE FOR THAT.
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THIS ISN'T ALL THE COST THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED.BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO IS THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAD FOR WEST COAST ARBORIST.
IS THAT RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 70,000 TO FUND THAT.
BUT THAT WILL BE GENERAL FUND.
WE DON'T BUDGET FOR OUR INJURY ON DUTY BECAUSE WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OFF AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN OFF ON AN EXTENDED LEAVE. I THINK WE HAVE FOUR THAT ARE OUT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS BACK OR A COUPLE OF THEM BACK.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THERE'S ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL $300,000 THAT WASN'T BUDGETED FOR PD OVERTIME TO ACCOMMODATE THAT LOSS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO PUT SOMEBODY OUT ON PATROL.
IT'S JUST WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING THERE TO DO IT.
SO SO WITH THOSE GENERAL FUND PIECES AND LOOKING AT WHAT THE THE SURPLUS WAS, YOU BASICALLY HAVE A GENERAL FUND SURPLUS THEN OF ABOUT 370,000.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT NEXT YEAR.
I WILL SHOW YOU THAT EVEN IN LIGHT OF THE BUDGET WE HAVE.
BUT THE QUESTION IS, RATHER THAN PUTTING 370 INTO RESERVES, DO WE WANT TO START REPLENISHING THE CIP THAT WE, AS SHAWN WAS POINTING TO, PUTTING 250,000 A YEAR IS KIND OF OUR OUR COMMITMENT TO TRY AND FUND NOT MAYBE THIS YEAR BUT YEARS INTO THE FUTURE OF PROJECTS.
SO JUST SOMETHING FOR THE COUNCIL TO GIVE THOUGHT TO.
AND IF I CAN STOP THERE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE CURRENT YEAR JUST FOR THE PEACEKEEPER COMPONENT BASED ON LAST MEETING WE HAD? IS THIS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, RIGHT, FOR APPROVAL? YES, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM OR WHATEVER THE HEARING.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND UNDER THE MILITARY.
YES. AND THE CBA IS SOMETHING THEY PURCHASED ALREADY.
GOOD. I FIGURED I'D HAVE YOUR CONCURRENCE FOR THAT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM WITH ME.
NO, NO. I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAD ON THE SUBS IS, WAS THAT THE GROSS AMOUNT OR WERE WE ABLE TO SELL OFF SOME OF THE OLDER STUFF TO DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE STILL TRYING TO SCRAMBLE AND MAKE USE OF WHAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM, OR? THAT WAS THE ACTUAL COST, WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO SALVAGE ANY OF WHAT WE HAVE, THAT IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED.
THANK YOU. SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE THIS NUMBER WON'T GO UP.
IT MAY GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT OR IT MAY JUST REMAIN, BUT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF A MARKET THERE IS FOR OUT OF DATE SBA TANKS AND EQUIPMENT.
BUT SOME PARTS AND PIECES POSSIBLE.
YES, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT.
SO THAT'S MY OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT YEAR AND THE STATUS WHERE WE SIT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BECAUSE I WILL MOVE INTO THEN PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR.
I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW MUCH REMARK OR COMMENT DO YOU WANT US ON THE ON THE BOLDED BULLET OF TRANSFERRING THE STEP? I WILL CERTAINLY TAKE ANY INPUT THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE NOW, OR IF YOU WANT TO WAIT AND SEE WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE SITS CURRENTLY AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE THAT DECISION.
THAT'S FINE TOO. OKAY, I'LL POSTPONE.
SO WITH THAT MOVING INTO THE CURRENT YEAR, GO AHEAD.
SO YOU CAN SEE REVENUES ARE JUST UNDER 42 MILLION AND EXPENDITURES ARE JUST OVER 42 MILLION.
I CAN SAY, BOB, YOU SAID WE HAD A SURPLUS.
SO THE THE DEFICIT SITS AT ABOUT 237,000.
THE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, WHICH ARE YOUR CAPITAL OUTLAY, ARE JUST UNDER 300,000.
SO OUR REOCCURRING STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IS A IS ACTUALLY A SURPLUS BECAUSE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION, DISTINCTION BETWEEN YOUR REOCCURRING REVENUES AND YOUR RECURRING EXPENSES.
AND THOSE ARE SITTING ALMOST RIGHT IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER.
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AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD POSITION TO BE IN.SO BASED ON THESE, YOU ARE SITTING AT ABOUT A 60,000 SURPLUS AND THAT WILL GO INTO THE NEXT PAGE INCLUDES SOME ADDITIONAL EXPENSE EXPENSES THAT WEREN'T IN YOUR CURRENT YEAR.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S EVEN A MORE POSITIVE PIECE TO THAT, THAT NEWS.
SO YOU POINTED OUT THE ONE TIME EXPENDITURES.
BUT DOES THE REVENUES INCLUDE ONE TIME REVENUES? BECAUSE AS YOU POINT OUT, THE ONE TIME EXPENDITURE FOR THAT POINT ON ONE TIME REVENUES THAT WILL YEAH.
THE ONLY ONE THAT IS I THINK A LITTLE MORE CYCLICAL IS OUR BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON HOW MUCH ACTIVITY AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING TWO AND ONE HALF PROJECTS HERE AND IT'S SITTING AT ABOUT 1.6 I THINK IS THE REVENUE.
WE WERE PROJECTING TO DO 2.5 FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
SO THE 1.6 DOES SIT IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR TRADITIONAL NUMBERS HAVE BEEN.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I WOULDN'T CALL IT ONE TIME, BUT IT DOES FLUCTUATE.
BUT OUR YOUR PROPERTY TAX, YOUR SALES TAX, MOST OF YOUR REOCCURRING REVENUES ARE AT THAT LEVEL.
THERE AREN'T A LOT OF ONE TIME REVENUES I THINK LISTED IN HERE.
YEAH, THIS YEAR WE HAD SALES TAX AND WE TOOK THAT OUT.
I MEAN THAT SALES TAX, THE PROPERTY SALE.
SO THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT'S IN YOUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S REOCCURRING. THE REOCCURRING.
ANY QUESTION ON THAT HIGHER LEVEL BEFORE I MOVE INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS? SO I'LL MOVE INTO SOME OF THE NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS.
AND I'M COMPARING HERE SALES TAX FROM WHERE WE EXPECT THE YEAR END TO BE TO WHERE WE SEE NEXT YEAR.
AS WE REPORTED AT MIDYEAR, OUR NUMBERS WERE A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD PREDICTED A YEAR AGO.
SO WE KEPT IT ALMOST AS A FLAT.
IT'S YOU KNOW, 80,000 IS NOTHING IN COMPARISON TO THE TOTAL NUMBER THERE.
YOUR PROPERTY TAX IS SHOWING A 4% GROWTH.
AND THIS IS BASED ON WHAT WE RECEIVED BACK FROM OUR PROPERTY TAX CONSULTANTS.
SO THE GROWTH OF PROPERTY IN THE AREA IS STRONG BUILDING ACTIVITY.
AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THIS IS WHERE THAT REVENUE DOES FLUCTUATE.
SO WE ARE EXPECTING HALF OF IT TO OCCUR OVER THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND THE OTHER TWO FULL PROJECTS, RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE UP ABOUT 60%.
THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU AS WELL AS A NON RESIDENT COMPONENT THAT THE CHIEF WILL BE SEEKING COUNCIL SUPPORT BUT WE'VE ANTICIPATED SOME OF THAT REVENUE IN HERE AS WELL.
REBUILDING BACK ON THEM AS WELL.
YEAH, WELL, REBUILDING WELL, BECAUSE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE WERE NOT ABLE TO.
YES. AND HONESTLY, I'M BEING I'M KIND OF PULLING IN THE REINS A LITTLE BIT.
I'M BEING A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE.
HE PROBABLY WILL ACHIEVE MORE THAN AN ADDITIONAL 200,000.
BUT UNTIL WE SEE THE NUMBERS, I DON'T WANT TO OVERPROMISE.
SO IT IT MAY BE CLOSER TO FOUR, BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT IN SAYING IT'LL BE 200,000 MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE WHAT WE ARE RECEIVING BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. ON THE PERSONNEL SIDE.
THIS ALLOWS FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION SYSTEMS. WE ARE GOING TO REPURPOSE WHAT WAS A HIGHER LEVEL PERSONNEL POSITION AND PUT THOSE DOLLARS TO USE WITH BRINGING IN A FULL TIME, AN ADDITIONAL FULL TIME TECH LEVEL POSITION AND THEN PUTTING SOME OF THE REMAINING DOLLARS TOWARDS GREATER CONTRACTUAL SUPPORT.
THEY WORK WELL DOWN IN THE PD, BUT WE HAVE SOME HOURS UP HERE AS WELL.
SO THIS IS WELL, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE.
IT IS WHAT IS NECESSARY TO HELP MOVE THIS DEPARTMENT IN THE DIRECTION IT NEEDS TO GO.
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AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.AND SO I'LL BE SEEKING COUNSEL DIRECTION TO PURSUE THAT.
BUT THIS ANTICIPATES THAT POSITION.
BUT WE'VE INCLUDED THE EXPENSE AT THIS POINT AND THEN IN ANTICIPATES THE USE OF ANTICIPATES ANNUAL MARKET ADJUSTMENTS BEING FUNDED BY MEASURE LV-4 THE NEXT YEAR COMING FORWARD AND THOSE ARE ESTIMATED ABOUT 600,000 FROM 1.8 TO 2.4, CORRECT.
YEAH. SO FOR NEXT YEAR WE ARE EXPECTING THE INCREASE IN SALARY AND BENEFIT WITH THE SALARY AND BENEFITS AS IT'S GOING TO LEAN ON MEASURE OF BY ANOTHER 600,000. AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND LATER SLIDE.
SO MOVING ON TO THE OPERATIONAL AND SOME OF THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS, THE ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, OUTSIDE OF THE 300,000 THAT I POINTED TO BEFORE, THERE ARE 17 VEHICLES AND PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT ARE BUDGETED TO BE PURCHASED.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE VARIETY OF THEM BEING LISTED HERE.
SO OVER THIS NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE PURCHASING 30 VEHICLES AND WE DO HAVE OUR NEW FLEET MANAGER IN THERE WHO HAS SAID, I'M TAKING ON THE TASK TO PURCHASE THOSE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES AND THOSE ARE ALL TO BE BROUGHT IN OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
AND THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS WE DON'T WANT TO GET BEHIND ON OUR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE BECAUSE THEN WE WILL BE PUTTING TOO MUCH INTO ONE YEAR AND WE WILL BE CHASING TOO MANY PURCHASES ALL AT ONCE.
ARE WE ENTERTAINING ANYTHING WITH LIKE AN ENTERPRISE OR A PENSKE TO PURCHASE AND THEN DO OUR VEHICLES THAT WAY? ARE WE LOOKING INTO THAT? BECAUSE I, I KNOW WITH MY BUSINESS, THEY'VE APPROACHED ME, BUT ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
AND YOU'RE MAKING MONEY ON YOUR VEHICLES.
YOU'RE NOT TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR ASSETS.
THEY PRETTY MUCH TAKE CARE OF THAT, MINUS THE MAINTENANCE.
BUT EVEN THAT THEY CAN DO, TOO.
BUT AND ALSO WHAT ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES? I KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE PROBABLY REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
SO JUST I'M SURE YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD LIKE, YEP.
OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. IGOE. SO THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THAT PART IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO INVEST IN.
BUT UNTIL WE GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE WE DON'T WANT TO EMBARK ON THAT.
AS FOR THE WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST QUESTION ON THAT? MR. PENSKE.
AND SO THEY AMORTIZE IT. SO WE HAVE A VERY STRONG EQUIPMENT CHARGE.
SO WE'D BE PAYING SOMEBODY BASICALLY FOR THAT BENEFIT TO DO THAT.
WE IS IT SITTING AT ABOUT $2 MILLION, SEAN OUR FLEET RESERVE.
SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE CAPACITY BECAUSE WE'VE INVESTED IN THAT.
THEY EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A LOW MILEAGE, BUT THAT MEANS THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE OWN IS WORTH MORE MONEY, ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S MARKET, ALTHOUGH THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE. BUT JUST THINKING ABOUT IT ANYWAY, THANK YOU.
SO THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, A COUPLE OF THE NOTABLE PIECES ON YOUR OPERATIONAL SIDE IS WE'VE GOT 80,000 IN HERE FOR THE ELECTION I ALREADY POINTED TO.
AND THAT WASN'T COUNTED IN THE ONE TIME BECAUSE THAT EVERY TWO YEARS SO DIDN'T WANT TO DISCOUNT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THIS DOES REINSTITUTE THE 250,000 TRANSFER TO THE CIP.
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SO THAT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN THIS REOCCURRING DEFICIT NUMBER.PD, AS YOU KNOW, HAS THE LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS THAT ARE KIND OF THE STANDALONE SYSTEM.
IT IS NOT THE, THE NEED FOR REPLACEMENT ON THOSE CAMERAS AND THE BACK, THE BACKUP WORK THAT IS REQUIRED AND MAINTENANCE FOR AN ADDITIONAL 30,000 A YEAR, WE CAN BASICALLY MOVE IT TO A SUBSCRIPTION BASE.
IT'LL BE A MUCH MORE RELIABLE SYSTEM.
THE THE THE SYSTEM GOES DOWN AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO BACK.
SO I, I WENT AHEAD AND FOR REMOVING OF THE COSTS THAT ARE IN THERE, IT'S AN ADDITIONAL 30,000 TO JUST GIVE THE PROBLEM TO SOMEBODY ELSE, WE CALL THEM, AND THEY CHANGE OUT THE CAMERA. SO IT'S A MUCH MORE RELIABLE CAMERA SYSTEM FOR US TO MAKE USE OF.
IT'S ONE THING TO WANT TO GO AFTER GRANTS.
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO BE ABLE TO PACKAGE YOUR STORY.
AND SO THIS ALLOWS FOR CONTRACTING OF A GRANT WRITER OR A FIRM TO ACTUALLY PURSUE THOSE FOR US AND HELP US PULL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER TO PACKAGE THEM. OUTSIDE OF I REFERENCED THE 300,000 OR SO OF CAPITAL.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S ABOUT ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS OUTSIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND IN CAPITAL.
IT'S IN WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR IT.
THE ONE ONE IS THE POOL HEATER THAT WE MENTIONED THAT'S ROUGHLY 300,000.
AND THAT WOULD BE OUT OF HIS FIRE EQUIPMENT FUND, HIS 250 AND IT'S 252, I THINK, AND THEN AND 216 WHICH ARE TWO FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE EXPENDITURES.
ONE THING THAT ISN'T LISTED HERE, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION AT THIS POINT, BUT WE WILL NEED TO WE WILL BE COMING BACK IS WE HAVE OUR LADDER TRUCK, AS YOU KNOW. AND IF WE AS WE START TO LOOK AT BEING A PARTNER TO THE COUNTY, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE ASSETS THAT WOULD BE OF VALUE IS A LADDER TRUCK.
THAT MEANS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LADDER TRUCK AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES, WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A RESERVE BECAUSE WE HAD THE LADDER TRUCK THAT JUST HAD A IT WAS DOWN FOR A WEEK, I THINK IT WAS.
AND SHAWN AND HIS TEAM WERE ON IT REALLY QUICK, BUT IT WAS STILL DOWN FOR A WEEK.
IT NEEDED IT WASN'T A TRANSMISSION, BUT WHAT AN AXLE.
YEAH. SO WHICH ACTUALLY WORKED IN OUR FAVOR TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BECAUSE IF IT GOES TO PEARSON, IT'S WARRANTIED, IT'S SITTING THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, WHEREAS WE COULD GO FIND SOMEBODY WHO CAN SPECIALIZES IN THAT ON OUR OWN.
AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE ABLE TO TURN IT AROUND SO QUICK AND THE WORK THAT HIS TEAM DID.
YEAH. SO, SO IT WAS DOWN FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT ALL THAT IS A LONG WAY OF SAYING WE NEED TO LOOK AT FINDING A RESERVE LADDER TRUCK.
WE'RE OUT THERE EXPLORING, PURCHASING A USED ONE.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ANTICIPATED IN THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE EVEN TO LOOK AT A NEW ONE WHILE ONE THING IS MORE EXPENSIVE, THE TWO THING IS IT'S A TWO YEAR LEAD TIME BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ORDER THEM.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE CAN COME UP WITH A LADDER TRUCK THAT WE CAN PUT IN RESERVE.
THERE WE GO. A LADDER TRUCK IS ABOUT, WHAT, 1.7? 1.5. YEAH.
WELL WHEN YOU START ADDING THE LITTLE BELLS AND WHISTLES ON IT THOUGH.
SO WE'RE WE'RE SEARCHING ACTUALLY OUR CURRENT FLEET MANAGER.
SO WE'RE HOPING HE CAN WORK SOME VOODOO MAGIC AND SEE IF THERE'S ONE TO BE HAD.
YEAH. I WILL SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES GOING OVER THIS LACLEAR/HIDTA PIECE.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF RESIDUAL SLIDES TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT BEFORE WE DO, I'LL MOVE TO, AS I SAID, THE OVERSIGHT BOARD REVIEW THE COUNCIL AS PART OF THE SPENDING GUIDELINES.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THEN THEY APPROVED THE 1.8.
NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE GOING AND GETTING THEIR DIRECTION FOR THE ESTIMATED 2.4.
THE ADDITIONAL 600,000 TO BE PROGRAMED ADD A MEASURE OF FOR NEXT YEAR.
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IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY HAVE REQUESTED THE COMMITTEE THAT WE BRING BACK SOME TIER TWO EXPENDITURES FOR THEM.AND IF YOU REMEMBER, TIER TWO, TIER ONE WAS ALL ABOUT SALARY AND BENEFITS.
TIER TWO IS ABOUT ADDITIONAL NEEDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
AT THIS POINT, WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO LOOK AT ANY REOCCURRING EXPENDITURES.
SO I ASKED THE DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY SOME ONE TIME THINGS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, AND IT'S POLICE AND FIRE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED HERE THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 115,000.
SO THAT WOULD BE ON TOP OF THE 2.4 USE, ASSUMING THEY APPROVE IT.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS? SO THERE WAS THERE WEREN'T ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT I THAT CAME.
THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WOULD HAVE BEEN PUBLIC WORKS.
BUT FOR THIS FIRST YEAR, LET'S FOCUS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEED.
AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT WAS CRITICAL THAT WE COULDN'T SUPPORT IN THE BUDGET.
I WILL STOP THERE FOR A SECOND.
AND I KNOW I WENT OVER A LOT AND I'VE GOT ABOUT FIVE MORE MINUTES ON THE HIDTA AGREEMENT.
ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT I WENT THROUGH.
ALL RIGHT. THEN ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE THERE.
AS SOME OF YOU WERE ABLE TO DO AND WE WILL SCHEDULE ANOTHER TIME.
WE WENT ON A TOUR OF LAIMPACTS AND HIDTAS FACILITY, WHICH THE CITY AT THIS POINT IS A PARTNER WITH LAIMPACT, WHICH IS A LOCAL TASK FORCE THAT THAT DEALS IN SURVEILLANCE ON DRUG RELATED EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
WE'VE HAD THAT RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE ACT AS THEIR FIDUCIARY FOR OVER TEN YEARS.
HIDTA, WHO IS A ANOTHER TASK FORCE.
THEY'RE TASKED WITH TOO MANY OTHER THINGS WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY HAVE LET HIDTA KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO FIND ANOTHER FIDUCIARY TO TAKE ON THAT WORK.
AND SO MARLA HAS LOOKED AT IT WITH LAIMPACT AS WELL AS IN TALKING WITH TAMMY.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR COUNCIL AUTHORITY TO BASICALLY EXECUTE A SECOND AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE THE ONE WITH LAIMPACT THAT HAS WORKED REALLY WELL AND THEN EXECUTE THE SECOND ONE.
AND I'LL JUST KIND OF WALK THROUGH WHAT SOME OF THAT MEANS.
AND IF WE DO, WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK AT YOUR NEXT MEETING BECAUSE WE WOULD NEED TO PUT THAT IN PLACE IN TIME FOR JULY ONE RECEIVING OF THOSE GRANT FUNDS. SO.
HIDTA IS HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA.
AND SO THERE ARE ROUGHLY HOW MANY ACROSS THE COUNTRY? 30. YEAH.
AND SO THEY BUT THEY CAN'T RECEIVE THE FUNDS.
THE FUNDS HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN AGENCY.
AND SO THEIR ACTIVITIES WOULD BE FUNDED BASICALLY THROUGH THE CITY.
SO WE WOULD SEE THESE TRANSACTIONS SHOW UP ON YOUR BOOKS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.
BUT WE WOULD BE GETTING REIMBURSED FOR ALL THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING.
NEXT SLIDE. SO AND THE MONEY THAT WE WOULD BE RECEIVING IF WE DID THIS WOULD BECOME THROUGH THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY, WHICH IS THE FEDERAL ARM THAT FALLS UNDER ACTUALLY THE PRESIDENT.
THE AWARD FOR THIS YEAR IS 5.6 MILLION.
BUT THE OVERARCHING AGREEMENT WOULD BE WITH LA HIDTA TO SUPPORT THOSE ACTIVITIES.
AND WHY DO I PUT IT LIKE THAT? BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE INDIVIDUALS NAMES OR THEIR LLCS THAT WOULD BE ON THERE.
SO WHY ARE WE PAYING SOMEBODY THAT MUCH? WELL, THAT IS WHY IT WOULD BE THE MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL THAT HAVE A CONTRACT WITH LA HIDTA, BUT THE CITY WOULD BE THE PAYER OF THOSE CONTRACTS.
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AND THEN THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 60 INVOICES A MONTH THAT WOULD BE PROCESSED THROUGH OUR AP THAT MARLA'S TEAM WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.EXCELLENT. AND SORRY, IS THERE ANY LIABILITY THAT GOES THROUGH US THAT.
SO THE ONLY LIABILITY I COULD SEE THERE MIGHT BE IS IF WE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FRONT THE PAYMENT AND WE GET REIMBURSED BACK, WE DO NOT GET THOSE GRANT FUNDS IN IN ADVANCE, BUT IT'S BEING HELD SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
SO THE ONLY THING IS IF WE WENT AFTER REIMBURSEMENT, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN AN INSTANCE EVEN ON OUR LAIMPACT SIDE WHERE WE'VE HAD WE DO THE SAME THING ON IMPACT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THEIR ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS ON ON ACCOUNT THAT SHOULD SOMETHING NOT WORK OUT THAT WE WOULD LEAN INTO.
I DO NOT WANT US TO HAVE CONTRACTS WITH INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
WE'RE JUST PAYING THEM AS THEIR FIDUCIARY.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE BY TAKING THEM OUT OF US.
SO, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF WHAT IT TAKES TO DO.
YES. AND THE QUESTIONS THAT IN TALKING TO THEM AS THEY'RE DEALING WITH THEY HAD THE BOBCAT FIRE AND ANOTHER INCIDENT THAT HAS OCCURRED THAT THEY'RE JUST BEING TASKED WITH THEIR OWN RECORD KEEPING FOR THEIR INTERNAL PROCESSES, THAT THEY JUST FELT THAT THEY COULDN'T SERVE THE NEEDS WITHOUT IMPACTING THEIR DEPARTMENT OTHERWISE.
SO THIS NEXT SLIDE JUST HIGHLIGHTS.
I THINK THIS IS KIND OF THE THE PROCESS FOR LOW IMPACT ON THE TOP.
THE SECOND IS WHAT IT WOULD BE WITH LA HIDTA.
SO YOU COULD SEE THAT THE IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
WE WOULD BASICALLY SIGN FOR THE RECEIPT OF THAT AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.
NOW THE GOOD THING FOR OUR TEAM IS HIDTA IS WILLING TO CHANGE THEIR PROCESS TO MIRROR LA IMPACT.
SO IT'S GOING IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TWO SEPARATE PROCESSES AS FAR AS PROCESSING OF PAYMENTS.
IT'S GOING TO BE JUST LIKE THEY WERE EARLY IMPACT BUT IT'S UNDER LA HIDTA.
AND AS YOU SAID EARLIER, WE WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL FOR THIS CONTRACT TO OVERSEE THIS.
WELL, IT'LL STILL BE OVERSEEN BY MARLA, BUT TO MANAGE THE WORKFLOW.
AND ACTUALLY, THE NEXT SLIDE WILL GET TO JUST THAT.
MY LAST SORRY, PROBABLY SAY THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT ADDING THIS EXTRA PERSONNEL, THIS IS UNDER MORE CATEGORICAL FUND RATHER OR GRANT FUNDS WITH THIS EMPLOYEE BE ON OUR TENURE TRACK WHERE MIGHT IF IT'S THE MONEY MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE THERE.
WE MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE DOING IT.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. DIFFERENT THAN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND IT'S THE LAST BULLET DOWN THERE THAT THAT THESE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY COMING IN, IT'S LIKE, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO THIS FOR ONE YEAR? AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY THE THE INITIAL TERM BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, THE QUESTION ON WHY DID MONROVIA STOP DOING IT? SO WE SAID LET'S DO A THREE YEAR.
AND IF AFTER THREE YEARS WE FEEL THAT IT IS TOO MUCH WORK, WE CAN MOVE ON.
AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO COMPENSATE THE CITY ABOUT $150,000.
SO WE HAVE NOT IN A, WHILE I'VE INCLUDED THE EXPENDITURE IN THIS, I HAVE NOT INCLUDED THE REVENUE JUST SO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I TRY AND ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION. SO THAT WOULD IMPROVE THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL.
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BESIDES THE FIRST THING THAT WOULD BE IN THE FINANCIAL.ARE THEY HOUSED IN THE CITY AS WELL OR THEY HAVE LIKE OUTSIDE? THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE SAME BUILDING OR IN THE SAME COMPLEX AS LAIMPACT.
SO THEY'RE IN THE CITY OF COMMERCE.
I KEEP SAYING LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE LIKE MORE.
REMEMBER YOUR COMICS? TIM, I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT HERE THAT I DID WRITE DOWN.
MANY YEARS AGO IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.
SO THE MORE YOU CAN DO EVEN BETTER FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON TO UNDERSTAND.
SO THANK YOU. BUT I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION.
THE NEXT MEETING IS ALWAYS TO ME EXCITING TO HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEADS PERSONALLY.
SO THAT'S A FUN MEETING, SO LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
PUBLIC COMMENT DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? DEANNA BEAUCHAMP. AND ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT SHOWED THE $80,000 ELECTION RELATED EXPENSE.WE CHANGED IT TO JUNE TO COINCIDE WITH THE COUNTY.
I THOUGHT LOS ANGELES COUNTY WAS PICKING UP THE TAB FOR THAT.
SO WHAT WHAT EXPENSES? I MEAN, WHAT WAS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF CHANGING OUR SCHEDULE TO COINCIDE WITH THEM THEN IF IF NOT, OTHER THAN TO MEET THE DEADLINE OF THE DISTRICT VOTING DECISION BECAUSE YOU NEEDED SIX MONTHS. THAT'S WHY THAT DECISION WAS MADE IN DECEMBER.
SO THEN YOU COULD VOTE IN JUNE.
COUNTY IS NOT PAYING THE BILL? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BEAUCHAMP. ANY OTHER.
MR. GABALDON? THANK YOU. I THINK I TOOK A BUNCH OF NOTES AND I'M NOT THE AVERAGE PERSON TO LISTEN TO THE NUMBERS, BUT I THINK, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THIS MEETING WAS WAY TOO SHORT FOR THIS MUCH INFORMATION.
I THINK IT'S UNFAIR FOR EVERYBODY SITTING HERE AND FOR YOU GUYS TO SIT HERE AND ABSORB ALL THIS.
IF, IN FACT, YOU ONLY HAD A FEW HOURS TO SEE THE INFORMATION BEFORE TODAY.
THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION ABOUT REVENUE AND INVESTMENT AND HOW IT IS THAT WE HAVE SUCH A SURPLUS THAT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REINVEST BACK IN TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE AS OPPOSED TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS? SO THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID.
I THINK. I WOULD THINK THAT MAYBE THERE'S NOT OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER FOLLOW UP ON THIS MEETING WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT LEADS INTO THINGS LIKE HIDTA THAT I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PICK UP ON WHAT THAT IS.
AND WHEN I FEEL THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, HOW IT IS THAT RECORD KEEPING GOES, HOW IT IS THAT SOME OF OUR EXECUTIVES AND OUR TEAM ARE DOING THINGS MANUALLY.
I'M DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THERE WASN'T TALK ABOUT THAT.
ANYONE ELSE WAS TO SPEAK? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON A CALL? NOTHING? WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DAIS. MR. RUSSI? YEAH. FIRST ON THE COUNTY ELECTION, WE WERE ACTUALLY THAT HAPPENED TO, I THINK FOUR YEARS AGO.
WE WERE MANDATED TO CONSOLIDATE WITH THE COUNTY, EVERY CITY, UNLESS YOU REACHED A CERTAIN THRESHOLD.
SO THOSE WERE TWO THINGS THAT OCCURRED.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTY IS DOING IT FOR US, WE STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
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SO THE COST OF PRINTING AND MAILING AND THEIR STAFF'S TIME TO TAKE ON THE 20,000 OR SO BALLOTS THAT GO OUT AND WHATEVER GETS PROCESSED, WE ARE ON THE HOOK FOR THAT.SO THAT'S WHERE THAT COST IS COMING FROM.
AND JUST FOR CONTEXT, WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR OWN ELECTION, IT WAS ROUGHLY 120,000.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS, BUT STILL A COST THAT WE HAVE TO INCUR.
WHEN WE COME BACK ON JUNE 6TH, THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION ON ADMIN AND TALKING ABOUT THE SPECIFICS.
THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION WITH PD AND FIRE AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS IN THEIR PARTICULAR BUDGET.
SO ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WILL BE PRESENTED.
THIS WAS NOT IN ANY WAY INTENDED TO GET INTO THOSE WEEDS, BUT JUST TO SAY, ARE WE IN A GOOD POSITION? IS COUNCIL COMFORTABLE WHERE WE'RE AT? CAN WE PUT THE BUDGET BOOKS TOGETHER BASED ON THAT AND THEN THOSE DETAILS CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE A LITTLE BIT LATER? I THINK THE OTHER QUESTION ALSO WAS INVESTMENTS.
I THINK THAT IN OUR INVESTMENT POOL WE'VE MADE MAJOR CHANGES IN OUR INVESTMENT POOL.
I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR PENDLETON HAS DONE SOME OF THOSE MOVED MONEY AROUND WHERE THAT WAS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED WHEN I FIRST CAME ON WAS WHY AREN'T WE MAKING ANY MONEY? ALTHOUGH WE HAVE RESTRICTED AND NON RESTRICTED FUNDS, BUT WHY AREN'T WE MAKING THE TOP DOLLAR IN A CONSERVATIVE FUND? AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE MOVED MONEY AS THAT.
I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT FROM THERE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE UPDATED OUR INVESTMENT POLICY AND WITH INTEREST RATES BEING SO LOW THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, MOST OF OUR MONEY WAS IN LAIF AND IT WASN'T EARNING A LOT, BUT IT WAS BETTER THAN TYING IT UP LONG TERM FOR LOWER YIELDS.
INTEREST RATES ARE GOING UP NOW, AND NOW WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE'RE TAKING OUT OF LAIF AND WE'RE STARTING TO INVEST IN WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO UNDER THE GOVERNMENT CODE. SO IT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE PORTFOLIO IS WHAT GOVERNMENTS ARE ALLOWED TO INVEST IN.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PUT A LOT INTO THAT, BUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEBT SERVICE.
SO WE ARE FINANCING, WE ARE INVESTING MORE TO MAKE MONEY ON OUR SURPLUS REVENUE AT THIS TIME.
AND BITCOIN, RIGHT? NO, JUST A LITTLE.
NO, NO. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FROM US THEN, MR. RUSSI? JUST A CONSENSUS OR JUST MOVE FORWARD? WELL, I DO HAVE THOSE TWO OUTSTANDING PIECES, IF YOU WANTED TO GIVE ME ANY DIRECTION ON THOSE OR NOT.
BUT THE FIRST WAS THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ALLOCATION TO DO THE SPACE STUDY AND SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL IMPACT FEE STUDIES AND IN PREPARATION FOR A STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO START TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
I COULD BRING BACK SPECIFIC NUMBERS AS PART OF THE BUDGET, BUT I'M THINKING LIKE 75,000 FEELS LIKE AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT TO DO WHAT IT WOULD BE NEEDED. SO JUST I CAN BRING THAT AS A A SIDE ITEM AS PART OF THE BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION FOR THE CURRENT YEAR IS, DO YOU WANT TO PROGRAM ANY OF THE SURPLUS THAT WE ARE SEEING FOR CIP FOR THE CURRENT YEAR . COUNCIL? I THINK THAT DEFINITELY WITH AN ARCHITECT.
WELL, I'M IN SUPPORT OF BOTH OF THEM.
I MEAN, MYSELF TOO. WE'RE DRIVING UP OUR RESERVE TO NEAR 30%.
SO YEAH, I THINK BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS MAKE SENSE.
AND I AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR CITIES, IT'S GETTING OLDER.
I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THE MONEY GOING TO SIP FOR PROJECTS TO UPGRADE IN UPDATE EQUIPMENT.
29% RESERVE IS VERY GOOD CONSENSUS.
THANK YOU FOR THE DIRECTION WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER MORE INFORMATION? WE BETTER. WE'VE GOT 19,000 CHILDREN OUT THERE.
WE ARE GOING TO RECESS TO OUR.
WE'RE GOING TO RECESS AT 6:22.
WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN TO OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULE MEETING, WHICH IS AT 6:30 P.M.
YOU WERE SAYING RECESS. I'M GOING.
WAIT A MINUTE. RECESS?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.