Aug 12, 2026 City Council Budget Workshop

[1. 2026-109 - RESOLUTION RECORDING A VOTE ON A PROPOSAL TO CONSIDER AN AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 AND TO ESTABLISH A DATE TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE; ESTABLISHING DATES WHEN THERE WILL BE A RECORD VOTE ON THE TAX RATE; AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO POST ALL APPROPRIATE NOTICES (DISTRICT: NONE) (FINANCE) (PROVIDE SOUND GOVERNANCE & FISCAL MANAGEMENT) ]

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LET'S DO THE PLEDGE AS WELL. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR. TEXAS. FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE.

TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

OKAY. DID I FORGET ANYTHING? AWESOME. SO, MAYOR, AS YOU POINTED OUT, WE HAVE A GOOD PROCESS IN PLACE THAT WE PUT IN PLACE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AND THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AS WELL.

THEY'RE NOT SO NEW ANYMORE. THEY'VE BEEN HERE. THEY'RE THEY'VE DONE THIS A WHILE. Y'ALL ASKED THIS YEAR TO DO IT EVEN EARLIER.

SO WE BRIEFED YOU PROBABLY 2 OR 3 WEEKS SOONER, PROBABLY CLOSER TO THREE WEEKS THAN WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO.

THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT WE DON'T GET FINAL NUMBERS FROM MCAT TILL THE END OF JULY.

SO WE BRIEFED YOU AND WE TOLD YOU, HEY, THOSE NUMBERS MIGHT CHANGE.

AND THEN AND THEN WE SHARED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH YOU AND YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL PACKETS. YOU HAVE ALL THE DETAIL.

AND THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED.

YOU'VE ALL RECEIVED THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS A PRELUDE TO THIS PRESENTATION.

SO I'M GOING TO START WE'RE GOING TO DO THE OVERVIEW LIKE WE TYPICALLY DO. AND THEN THE GOAL REPORTS WILL HAPPEN GOALS ONE THROUGH GOAL SIX. AND I'LL START WITH THE OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET. SO THIS BUDGET IS FOCUSED ON YOUR TOP PRIORITIES PUBLIC SAFETY ROADS WATER AND PARK MAINTENANCE.

WE HAVE MAINTAINED FINANCIAL STABILITY BY IMPLEMENTING A FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST THAT WAS ALIGNED WITH A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT INTEGRATES OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR OUR PROJECTS TO ENSURE WE KEEP UP AND STAY AHEAD OF GROWTH.

THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST ALSO CALLS OUT OUTLIERS, POINTS OUT WHERE WE'RE SUBSIDIZING AREAS WE SHOULDN'T BE, AND LOOKS AT REVENUE SHORTFALLS IN THE ORGANIZATION.

THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST HAS HELPED WITH RECOVERING COSTS, IMPROVING REVENUE STREAMS AND BEING MORE EFFICIENT, WHICH ALSO LEADS TO SAVINGS OR IN SOME CASES, MORE REVENUE. CASE IN POINT THE WATER DEPARTMENT MORE EFFICIENT, ACCURATE METER READS EQUALS $12 MILLION.

THE. ASIDE FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT, THE AIRPORT DEPARTMENT WILL BE COLLECTING ALMOST 7 MILLION MORE THIS YEAR IN REVENUE.

THIS PARTICULAR INCREASE WAS DUE TO FEES THAT WERE NOT ALIGNED WITH THE INDUSTRY STANDARD.

WE ALSO ZEROED OUT A FEW SUBSIDIES. WHEN YOU ADD UP THESE AMOUNTS, YOU'RE WELL OVER 20 MILLION.

AND THIS THIS IS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.

IN SOME CASES, IT'S IN THE SECOND YEAR, SOME CASES IT'S IN THE THIRD YEAR. IN TERMS OF THOSE THOSE DOLLARS THAT THE THAT THE COUNCIL, THE ORGANIZATION IS ENJOYING AND THAT'S ABLE TO GO TOWARDS OTHER THINGS IN THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NEEDS.

WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE MONEY GOES. THESE DOLLARS HELP FUND PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS, ROAD MAINTENANCE AND PAY FOR FUTURE WATER AVAILABILITY AS EXAMPLES.

WE HAVE ALSO A SIDE BY SIDE OF HOW MUCH YOU PAY IN MIDLAND.

IF YOU OWN A $300,000 HOUSE, THIS SHOWS HOW MUCH YOU'RE PAYING AS COMPARED TO THESE OTHER TEXAS CITIES.

THIS ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW MOST EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM ALREADY KNOWS THIS, BUT FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING, THIS SLIDE IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND.

SO THESE ARE MAINLY WEST TEXAS CITIES. WE DID PUT IN PLANO AS WELL, BUT ONE NORTH TEXAS CITY.

SO THIS SHOWS WHERE WE STAND WHEN YOU COMPARE AGAINST THESE CITIES.

AND I WANT TO BE TOTALLY UP FRONT. YOU KNOW, TYLER, YOU KNOW, IS REALLY DOWN THERE IN TERMS OF THE TAX RATE.

BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO THEM. AND THIS IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF WHAT YOU LOOK AT TO KEEP TAXES LOW FOR THE COMMUNITY AND COSTS LOW.

THAT'S PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF VARIATIONS IN DISCUSSION ABOUT JUST THE WAY THE TAX RATE IS DERIVED.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS A REMINDER OF HOW WE COLLECT THE ONE PENNY ON SALES TAX, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE POSITIONED COMPARED TO THESE OTHER CITIES.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE PENNY. THE OTHER ONE PENNY GOES TO THE HOSPITAL, THE COUNTY AND ONE QUARTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SO PEOPLE GET A GOOD INDICATOR OF WHAT THAT MEANS.

THAT'S 60 SOME ODD MILLION DOLLARS, WHAT ONE PENNY REPRESENTS ON SALES TAX.

SO A QUARTER OF A PENNY IS CLOSE TO ABOUT $17 MILLION.

SO THE HALF PENNY GOES TO THE COUNTY. HALF A PENNY, A QUARTER OF A PENNY GOES TO THE HOSPITAL, AND THEN ANOTHER QUARTER GOES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS MORE AND SOCIALIZE IT MORE SINCE IT'S COMING UP.

THE SPORTSPLEX IS RUNNING OUT OF DOLLARS BECAUSE IT WAS BEING FUNDED BY THAT SALES TAX THAT WAS VOTED OUT AND PUT INTO THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE PAID ATTENTION TO.

THAT'S WHY WE PUT IN A MECHANISM, FINANCIAL MECHANISM THAT'S CALLED DETERS IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA.

IT'S NOT GROWING FAST ENOUGH. WE HAVE BROUGHT UP TWO OTHER IDEAS TO COUNCIL.

SOME OF IT IS LEGISLATIVE. SOME OF IT IS LOCALLY LEGISLATIVE.

SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE HAD AN EYE ON.

YOU'VE NOT IGNORED THAT. SO NOW TO OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BUDGET.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING A NO NEW REVENUE BUDGET MEANS YOU ONLY USE WHAT IS COLLECTED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR PLUS NEW CONSTRUCTION.

THAT'S IT. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. THAT'S THE DEFINITION. SO WE'RE LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS. COUNCIL HAS SAID THAT TO US TIME AND TIME BEFORE.

AND WE WE HAVE LISTENED TO THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS BUDGET DOES.

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SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WELL, GIVE THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION BACK, LET'S SAY SOMEONE WAS TO SAY THAT, WELL, SOMEONE BUILDS A NEW HOUSE OR BUILDS A NEW BUSINESS AND THESE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE PAID TAXES FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

AND YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO FORGIVE THAT? I MEAN, YOU JUST SIMPLY THEY'RE PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE AS ALL IT IS. SO THAT'S WHAT THE $67.6 MILLION REPRESENTS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHERE WE'RE POSITIONED AGAINST OTHER TEXAS CITIES.

AND THIS IS AFTER THE NO NEW REVENUE RECOMMENDATION.

SO THIS YOU, YOU SAW ONE BEFORE. THIS IS THIS IS EVEN AFTER THE NO NEW REVENUE RECOMMENDATION, WHERE WE'RE STILL POSITIONED LOWER THAN MOST.

SO I WILL LEAVE IT THERE AND HAND IT OVER TO ALYSSA COPPENS, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

I WANT TO THANK HER AND KRISTIE WICKLUND AND ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS LIKE YOU HAVE ALREADY MAYOR FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS AND ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU'VE ASKED HAS MADE US BETTER. HOPEFULLY YOU'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO REVIEW ALL THOSE, THOSE THOSE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANYTHING YOU MIGHT HAVE.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS YOU HAVE ASKED, AND THEN THEY'LL STOP AND SAY, HEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS GOAL? YOU HAVE ALREADY LOOKED AT THIS BUDGET INTENSELY, SO YOU'VE ALREADY ASKED US THE QUESTIONS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO ANY OF THEM PUBLICLY, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO TO ALYSSA.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT, THIS FIVE YEAR FORECASTING IS A REALLY GOOD TOOL THAT COUNCIL HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT NOT ONLY LOOKING AT THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST FINANCIALLY, BUT LOOKING AT IT STRATEGICALLY AND THEN INTEGRATING CAPITAL PROJECTS TO THEN SEE THINGS THAT COME TO FRUITION. SO A LOT OF ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT TODAY. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT'S IN STORE, AND YOU'VE GOT THAT LIST OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT YEAR, NOT ONLY NEW, BUT ALSO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALYSSA. WELL, I'M HERE. WE'RE JUST REITERATING WHAT TOMMY HAD SAID THAT THROUGH RECOVERIES, EFFICIENCIES, PARTNERSHIPS AND REINVESTMENTS AS WELL AS FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE IS WHAT'S LED TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD WITH IT.

AND SO LOOKING AT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FOR GENERAL FUND, WE'RE LOOKING AT AT THE 97 MILLION, WHICH IS COMPARED TO PRIOR YEAR, ABOUT 8 MILLION, 9 MILLION OVER THE PRIOR YEAR.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PIE GRAPH, WHICH WE TYPICALLY SHOW.

SO WE CAN YOU CAN SEE WHAT EACH AREA COMPRISES OF GOAL TWO, WHICH IS PUBLIC SAFETY, TAKES UP THE LARGEST PORTION OF GENERAL FUND.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN INCREASING. I BELIEVE LAST YEAR IT WAS ABOUT 57%, THIS YEAR IT'S 59%.

AND SO HERE WE KIND OF BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAD SEEN THESE LARGER INCREASES THE MOST, THE MAJORITY COMING FROM PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN FOLLOWING WITH ROADS, PARKS, MAINTENANCE AND FIXED COSTS.

THE ONLY THING I'LL CALL OUT ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE IS THAT YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT HOW MUCH WAS INCREASED IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT 99 MILLION WOULD GO TO 105. YOU CAN JUST TAKE THAT NUMBER AND SAY THAT'S 6 MILLION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND THEN THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT AS WELL. AND SO FOR THE WHOLE CITY, WE'RE LOOKING AT 505 MILLION. SO WE'RE WE'RE HALF $1 BILLION CITY.

SO AND I BELIEVE WE SHOULD VALUE OURSELVES IN THAT WAY.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE CITY, YOU START LOOKING AT THAT.

THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE THAT TAKES A LARGER PORTION OF IT. AND THESE ARE A MAJORITY OF OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS WATER, SANITATION AND DRAINAGE. AND THEN THE THEN THAT STILL REMAINS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE SECOND LARGEST PORTION WHEN YOU WITH THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY.

AND SO ACROSS THE CITY, WE'RE LOOKING AT LANDFILL AND WATER BEING THE LARGEST PORTION.

THIS IS GOING TO BE LARGE SCALE MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENTS AND WATER, AS WELL AS SET ASIDES FOR THE FUTURE LANDFILL CELL OVER IN SANITATION.

AND THEN HERE WE BROKE OUT WHAT ARE ONE TIME CAPITALS, THESE BEING INFRASTRUCTURE AND VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS.

AND WHEN WE TOOK THOSE OUT, IT ACTUALLY BROUGHT US TO A FLAT BUDGET.

BUT JUST TO POINT OUT THAT SOME OF THESE ARE ONE TIME COSTS THAT OCCUR IN A GIVEN YEAR AND MAY NOT REFLECT IN THE NEXT YEAR.

SO IN INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE, SO WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WHEN IT COMES TO COLAS AND MERIT PAYS AND STEP PAYS, AND THOSE PAY INCREASES AMONGST BOTH SWORN AND NON-SWORN STAFF, AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT THIS NEXT YEAR THAT WILL BE SUCH AS THE LITTER ABATEMENT CREW, WHICH WE SAW A LOT OF SUCCESS THIS FIRST YEAR WITH THAT.

SO WE WANT TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL CREW TO ADDRESS MORE NEEDS THAT WE KNOW ARE THERE.

AND THEN ALSO THAT WE HAVE OUR NEW ANIMAL VET ASSISTANT THAT WILL HELP WITH, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SEEING MORE AND MORE SURGERIES AND MORE SUCCESS IN THAT AREA.

HERE ARE SOME OTHER MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF OUR CAPITAL.

THESE ARE ROADS AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS AS WELL AS AT THE BOTTOM.

YOU'LL SEE OUR POLICE AND FIRE EQUIPMENT. THE FIRE EQUIPMENT THAT 1.8.

THAT INCLUDES THE 1.2 MILLION THAT WAS APPROVED FOR LIFE PACKS IN THE 2027 BUDGET, AS WELL AS A SET ASIDE FOR THE BURN BUILDING AND A FIRST THE FIRST YEAR OF A THREE YEAR REPLACEMENT PLAN ON SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS.

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SO IN THIS IN THIS BUDGET, WE'VE BEEN MANAGING RISING COSTS.

SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED IN THE INCREASE. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN ABSORBED.

THESE ARE OUR EMPLOYEE INSURANCE MEDICAL COSTS EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST CITY GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SEEING INCREASES IN MEDICAL COSTS.

WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.

THESE WILL BE PROPERTY AND VEHICLE CLAIMS. AND THEN THE WHOLE CITY HAD A RENEWAL ON THEIR ELECTRIC CONTRACT.

AND ACROSS THE CITY WE SAW 1.6 MILLION INCREASE.

HALF OF THAT IS WATER ALONE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LARGE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN OUR WATER QUALITY.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE WE HAD STAFF NEGOTIATED A REALLY GOOD CONTRACT THERE.

THEY WANTED TO GO TO NINE AND $0.10, AND WE WENT FROM FOUR PENNIES TO SIX PENNIES ON KILOWATT HOUR USAGE.

AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS ELECTRICITY THAT CITY FACILITIES ARE USING.

I THINK I GOT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ELECTRICITY, IT'S FOR OUR WATER TREATMENT FACILITY OR FOR THIS BUILDING OR FOR ALL THE OTHER FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THIS IS WHAT WE DISPLAY EVERY YEAR.

THIS IS OUR WHAT WE RECEIVE IN PROPERTY TAX OR ANTICIPATED ON RECEIVING IN PROPERTY TAX VERSUS WHAT WE BUDGET FOR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.

THIS IS POLICE DISPATCH FIRE. AND IT'S JUST TO SHOW THAT WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY TAX, IT'S ALREADY CONSUMED AND UTILIZED BY PUBLIC SAFETY BEFORE IT TOUCHES ANYTHING ELSE. AND THE REMAINDER OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY HAS TO BE COVERED BY OTHER FORMS OF FEES AS WELL AS SALES TAX.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE A DIFFERENT WAY, YOU'VE DOUBLED PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENT IN THE LAST TEN YEARS IN THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS IS HALF OF THAT. SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS PLACED INTO IT.

I THINK COUNCILMAN LADD RAISED THE ISSUE YESTERDAY ABOUT PAY.

STARTING PAY HAS GONE FROM 60 TO 80,000. THAT DOES HELP DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

SO YOU HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO THAT. AND THAT'S A BIG SHOT IN THE ARM IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO RECRUIT.

THIS BUDGET ALSO DOES INCLUDE MORE TACTICAL HELMETS OR TACTICAL HELMETS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE IN PATROL VEHICLES, AS WELL AS AS SHIELDS IN EVERY PATROL VEHICLE.

I KNOW THAT YOU ALL WERE ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE, AND I GOT CALLS FROM EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL SAYING, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO FOR THEM? YOU DO THAT EVERY YEAR.

BUT I THINK THE JUNE EVENT REALLY KIND OF JUST EVEN BROUGHT IT MORE IN OUR FACE.

AND SO JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE THAT WE DID LISTEN.

AND WE CONSTANTLY TALKED TO PD AS, AS WE DO FIRE ON WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT DO YOU NEED? WHAT KIND OF ISSUES ARE THERE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS? AND SO THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH.

AND TO REITERATE WHAT TOMMY SAID, WHEN PAY IS NOT THE ANSWER FOR WHAT DRAWS PEOPLE IN, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT BEST EQUIPS THEM AND TRAINS THEM FOR WHAT THEY NEED.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. SO THIS SLIDE DISPLAYS THE SPORTS REVENUE, SPORTS COMPLEX REVENUE AGAINST ITS EXPENSES AND THE HOW IT'S DEPLETING THE CASH BALANCE THAT HAD HAD FROM THAT SALES TAX.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT BY ABOUT 2028, 2029 OF HAVING NO MORE CASH BALANCE TO COVER SPORTS COMPLEX BECAUSE OF APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION A YEAR DEFICIT BETWEEN THEIR EXPENSES AND THEIR REVENUES. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS THE RESULTS OF OUR FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE THROUGH ZERO AUDIT FINDINGS, SELF-SUPPORTING FUNDS DEVELOPING DIFFERENT TYPES OF STABILIZATION FUNDS AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT MANY ASPECTS ARE COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, REDUCING THE TAX BURDEN WHILE WE MEET THE NEEDS OF CITIZENS.

IN THAT, WE'VE MADE SURE THAT THERE ARE SOME NEWER FUNDS, AS WELL AS NEW BRAND NEW FUNDS THAT STABILIZE AND ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THESE ONE TIME PROJECTS OR ANY EMERGENCIES THAT OCCUR.

AS IN THESE BEING THE PARKS MAINTENANCE, THE WATER MAINTENANCE FUND AND DEVELOPMENT FUND RATE STABILIZATION FUND AND TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT FUND, BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY NEEDS THAT WILL HAPPEN NOT IN A GIVEN YEAR, BUT A FEW YEARS FROM NOW THAT WE NEED TO ANTICIPATE.

WE CALLED OUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BECAUSE A MORE ACCURATE READS TO A MILLION ON WATER.

WE CREATED A FUND SO THAT THERE'S LESS IMPACT ON RATEPAYERS WHEN WE DO ACQUIRE NEW WATER, WHEN WE ARE DOING THINGS TO TREAT OUR WATER OR TRY TO GET MORE OUT OF T BAR OR PAUL DAVIS. SO THAT WATER DEVELOPMENT FUND REPRESENTS THAT.

THANKS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WHEN WE DID THE ACTUAL AFTER ACTION REVIEW WITH THE WATER DEPARTMENT, WE PUT THE WATER MAINTENANCE FUND IN PLACE IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING THERE WAS BECAUSE DUE TO A LACK OF MAINTENANCE, NOT THAT CARL AND HIS TEAM WASN'T LOOKING AT THAT.

IT'S JUST THAT THEY DIDN'T IN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THINGS HAD GOTTEN TAKEN AWAY AND IT NEVER GOT PUT BACK IN.

THINGS LIKE THE MAINTENANCE ON MANHOLE COVERS AS AN EXAMPLE.

SO THAT AND FIRE HYDRANTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO WE MADE SURE THAT HE HAS AND HIS TEAM HAS THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED.

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WANT TO AGAIN, CHRISTIE IS NOT HERE. SHE WENT TO A WEDDING.

HER SON GOT MARRIED. SO I KNOW I'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS.

CHRISTIE IS NOT HERE, BUT SO DO WANT TO GIVE HER THE RECOGNITION.

AND ALYSSA AND THE TEAM AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY PUT INTO THIS BUDGET.

AND THROUGH THIS, WE JUST WANT TO BUILD A BETTER MIDLAND THROUGH THESE DISCIPLINES, THROUGH THESE INVESTMENTS, BETTER MANAGEMENT AND RESULTS. WITH THE FINAL STATEMENT OF EVERY DOLLAR SAVED OR RECOVERED BECOMES ANOTHER DOLLAR WE CAN INVEST BACK IN MIDLAND.

AWESOME. THANK YOU ALYSSA. SO NOW WE'LL START WITH THE GOLD TEAMS. UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVER THAT PRESENTATION.

SO GO. TEAM ONE IS FIRST.

GOOD MORNING, ELIZABETH TRIGGS. THIS IS THE FIRST OF OUR SIX GOAL TEAM REPORTS.

THEY'LL ALL FOLLOW A SIMILAR PATTERN WHERE WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE, WHAT OUR RESULTS HAVE BEEN.

THE OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET FOR EACH OF THE GOALS AND SOME OF OUR KEY DELIVERABLES OVER THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.

SO JUST AN OPENING GOAL. ONE IS ABOUT GROWING MIDLAND'S ECONOMY, SUPPORTING QUALITY JOBS, AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO HAPPEN HERE.

THE TWO PRIMARY DEPARTMENTS THAT SIT WITH GOAL ONE ARE AIRPORT SYSTEM AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND.

TOGETHER, THEY CONNECT MIDLAND TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

SUPPORT AEROSPACE AND OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

PLAN FOR GROWTH AND HELP MORE DEVELOPMENT. MOVE FROM CONCEPT TO CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION.

THE PROPOSED GOAL ONE BUDGET IS $49 MILLION, ABOUT 10% OF THE CITY'S TOTAL FY 2011 BUDGET.

THE MAJORITY OF GOAL ONE IS SUPPORTED BY NON GENERAL FUND REVENUES IN THE FORM OF AIRPORT REVENUES AS WELL AS HOTEL MOTEL.

SO REVENUES PRIMARILY GENERATED FROM VISITORS AND AIRPORT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

STAFFING IS ESSENTIALLY FLAT REMAINING AT 88 TOTAL POSITIONS FROM FY 26 TO 27.

SO THE MAJOR BUDGET GROWTH YOU SEE HERE BETWEEN FY 26 AND 27 IS NOT PERSONNEL DRIVEN.

IT'S PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND OTHER COST SUPPORTING OR GROWING AIRPORT SYSTEM.

AND THAT IN TURN IS REALLY FUNDED BY THE GROWTH IN REVENUES THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT PREVIOUSLY WITH THE AIRPORT, AS WELL AS BEING REALLY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT SECURING FEDERAL FUNDING GRANTS TO HELP THOSE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CONTINUE TO TAKE PLACE AT THE AIRPORT.

LOOKING AT THE AIRPORT ITSELF, OUR AIRPORT IS BOTH TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSET FOR US.

IN FY 26, WE CONTINUED THE TERMINAL MODERNIZATION AND TSA CHECKPOINT EXPANSION, A $50 MILLION PROJECT.

AND WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT OF THAT $50 MILLION, 29.1 MILLION HAS BEEN CURED IN GRANT FUNDING TO HELP US ACCOMPLISH THAT PROJECT. WE ALSO ADVANCED MAJOR AIRFIELD DRAINAGE AND ENTRANCE IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL CUSTOMER SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE CONTINUE LEVERAGING FAA AND TXDOT FUNDING TO REDUCE THE LOCAL COST OF THOSE INVESTMENTS.

AT MIDLAND AIR PARK, WE ADVANCED THE ENTRANCE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, AIRFIELD REHABILITATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED FOR FUTURE HANGAR DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. IMPORTANTLY, FOR GOAL ONE, WE CONTINUED MOVING THE AIRPORT FROM SIMPLY BEING AN AVIATION FACILITY TO BEING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM, INCLUDING THE LONG TERM AST SPACE MOBILE LEASE THAT COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MDC, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

AND LOOKING FORWARD IN FY 27 THE FOCUS IS ON EXECUTING THOSE INVESTMENTS, CONTINUING THE TERMINAL MODERNIZATION PROJECT AT MAF, AS WELL AS BEGINNING RUNWAY 16 AND 34 L REHABILITATION, COMPLETING MASTER PLANS FOR BOTH AIRPORTS.

THAT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR MAF THERE'S A LOT OF AVAILABLE LAND TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING, AND TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT DRIVES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, CONTINUE AGGRESSIVELY LEVERAGING FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS.

THERE'S A LOT OF DOLLARS TO SECURE THAT CAN REALLY OFFSET THAT LOCAL COST TO US AND EXPAND AIRPORT PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND AVIATION AND AEROSPACE OPPORTUNITIES.

THE OBJECTIVE IS A TWO PART IS A TWO AIRPORT SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS COMMERCIAL AVIATION, TRADITIONALLY GENERAL AVIATION AND THEN AEROSPACE AND LONG TERM REGIONAL

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OUR ROLE IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. IT IS TO PLAN PROACTIVELY FOR GROWTH, MAKE DEVELOPMENT PREDICTABLE AND EFFICIENT, AND HELP EXPAND THE TAX BASE. IN FY 26, WE SUPPORTED $419 $19 MILLION IN COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH MORE THAN 160 COMMERCIAL PERMITS ISSUED TO DATE. WHEN WE GO BACK TO FY 24, THAT NUMBER INCREASES TO $2 BILLION IN COMMERCIAL INVESTMENTS.

SO WE PLAY A VERY CRITICAL ROLE, AGAIN, IN MOVING THOSE PROJECTS FROM CONCEPT TO CONSTRUCTION.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT IN A VERY EFFICIENT AND PREDICTABLE MANNER.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE CONTINUED IMPROVING SPEED TO THE MARKET.

WE HAD SOME EXCELLENT RESULTS WITH RESIDENTIAL PERMITTING, WHERE ISSUANCE TIME IS DOWN 26% SINCE FY 24.

COMMERCIAL FIRST REVIEWS WE HELD STEADY COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WITH ABOUT A ONE WEEK FIRST REVIEW TURNAROUND TIME.

WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S A LOT MORE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE IN BOTH OF THOSE SPACES, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO COMMERCIAL PERMITTING.

AND YOU'LL SEE IN OUR LOOK FORWARD, LOOK AHEAD THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR PERMITTING PROCESS AND THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.

WITH RESPECT TO INSPECTIONS. TO DATE, WE'VE COMPLETED ABOUT 20,000 INSPECTIONS SUPPORTING THOSE PERMITS ISSUED.

AND WITH OVER 90% OF THEM COMPLETED WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY, IT IS ALWAYS OUR GOAL TO COMPLETE WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY OF THE REQUEST.

AND SO AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE COMING FISCAL YEAR, INCREASING THAT NUMBER AND GETTING US TO 98% IS REALLY KEY AND A HUGE FOCUS OF WHAT WE'LL BE DOING. WE ALSO SHIFTED FROM REACTIVELY PLANNING AND CURRENT PLANNING TO LOOKING MORE PROACTIVELY PLANNING FOR THE NEXT WAVE OF GROWTH IN MIDLAND. AND WE INITIATED THE 2600 ACRE NORTHEAST MASTER PLAN ON AIRPORT OWNED LAND IN NORTHEAST MIDLAND.

WE ALSO INITIATED TARGETED UPDATES TO THE TALL CITY TOMORROW PLAN UPDATES TO TOOLS THAT WE REGULARLY USE IN THAT PLAN, INCLUDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH WE KNOW IS OUTDATED.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO INITIATED NEW POLICIES INTENDED TO ENSURE GROWTH CONTRIBUTES TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE IT REQUIRES.

SO THINGS LIKE OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT OUR ROE PARTICIPATION RATES AND WHETHER OR NOT THOSE ARE ACTUALLY THOSE, THAT GROWTH IS ACTUALLY PAYING FOR THE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO SUPPORT IT.

AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AHEAD AT HOW WE COMPLETE THOSE POLICIES IN FY 27.

WE WILL BUILD ON THE WORK IN THREE AREAS. PLAN PROACTIVELY IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AREA.

SO COMPLETE THAT NORTHEAST MIDLAND MASTER PLAN.

AND TALL CITY TOMORROW, TARGETED UPDATES AND ADVANCED PARKLAND DEDICATION AND ROE PARTICIPATION POLICIES AND ASSOCIATED ORDINANCES AS WELL AS COMPLETE THE SH 191 CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY. WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM COUNCIL THAT THIS IS A KEY GATEWAY INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE HAVE INITIATED THAT PROJECT, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING TO COMPLETE IT OVER THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.

THE SECOND AREA OF FOCUS IS ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT.

SO CONTINUE STREAMLINING PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS BY LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY RATHER THAN HIRING MORE PERSONNEL.

ALSO BY UNDERTAKING VIRTUAL INSPECTIONS, WHICH WE'VE BEGUN A PILOT PROGRAM ON, AND THEN EXPANDING OUR ONLINE SERVICES AND MAKING THEM EASIER FOR CUSTOMERS TO USE.

AND THEN FINALLY, ADVANCE STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MDC, AS WELL AS THE AIRPORT, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON AEROSPACE, DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT, SPORTS, TOURISM AND DESTINATION RETAIL AND ENTERTAINMENT DEVELOPMENTS.

SO REALLY, THE GOAL ONE BUDGET IS ABOUT CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT, CONNECTIVITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, PREDICTABLE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES AND INTENTIONAL GROWTH.

WE WANT MIDLAND TO BE A PLACE WHERE BUSINESSES CAN INVEST.

PROJECTS, CAN MOVE QUICKLY AND GROW, STRENGTHENS THE CITY'S LONG TERM TAX BASE.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE VIRTUAL INSPECTIONS.

I'VE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK ON THOSE, AND I THINK PEOPLE LIKE THAT AS A CONCEPT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S WORKING FOR THE ONES THAT I'VE HEARD FROM.

WILL WE BE EXPANDING THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR, AND HOW DO YOU SEE THAT HELPING, HELPING AND GROWING? I THINK, I MEAN, I THINK WHAT WE SEE IS WE'RE CONSTRAINED WITH PERSONNEL, RIGHT? AND SO AS THE INSPECTION NUMBERS GROW AND WE EXPECT THEM TO GROW OVER THE COMING FISCAL YEAR, JUST KNOWING HOW MANY SUBDIVISION, LARGE SUBDIVISION PLOTS ARE IN PLACE, RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON INCREASING PERSONNEL, LOOKING AT, IN PARTICULAR OUR TRADE PERMITS AND HOW WE CAN EXPAND VIRTUAL INSPECTIONS, THERE IS REALLY CRITICAL, IMPORTANT. WE'VE SHIFTED. WE HAVE ONE INSPECTOR WHO IS AN INCREDIBLE MAN WHO'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS, AND HE CANNOT BE IN THE FIELD ANYMORE, BUT WE'VE CONVINCED HIM TO STAY ON WITH THE CITY AND REALLY UNDERTAKE THAT PILOT PROGRAM,

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OUR OUR BUILDING BUILDING OFFICIAL, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME THINGS TOO, ALONG WITH WHAT ELIZABETH IS SAYING.

SO WE CAN GET THAT PROGRAM RAMPED UP, POSSIBLY EVEN HAVE LIKE TECHS IN TRAINING TO BE INSPECTORS.

SO AWESOME. I NOTICED YOU BROUGHT UP THE CORRIDOR OVERLAY, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WITH DISTRICT FOUR'S GROWTH. WE NEED TO DEFINITELY BE MINDFUL WITH RESPONSIBLE GROWTH AND WATCH THAT.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WAS ADDED. YES, MA'AM. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS I WOULD JUST SIMPLY ADD, SHE ADDED, SHE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ORDINANCES AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATIONS. ALL THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IF WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT LEGAL DOES.

SO DO YOU WANT TO CALL THAT OUT? BECAUSE WE GET A LOT OF THERE'S BEEN A THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'VE DONE.

WE GET A LOT THINGS DONE FASTER. I KNOW COUNCIL WANTS IT DONE FASTER.

AND SO WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH LEGAL TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

GOOD. AWESOME. THANK YOU. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO GOAL TWO.

ONE OF YOU GETS A MICROPHONE AND THE OTHER ONE DOES NOT.

WELL, I GUESS THAT MEANS. I PROBABLY DON'T NEED IT EITHER.

SO THERE IS THAT. GOAL TWO SAFE AND SECURE. CITY POLICE.

FIRE. ANIMAL HEALTH. MUNICIPAL COURT AND CODE.

BUDGETARILY. YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WHERE IT FALLS.

118 MILLION IS THE NUMBER THIS YEAR FOR GOAL TWO.

STAFFING LEVELS IS REALLY ONLY ONE ONE GROWTH.

THAT'S THE NEW VET TECH VET OR VETERINARIAN ASSISTANT FOR SURGICAL.

SO WHEN YOU GET INTO ANIMAL SERVICES THE THING WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THERE IS WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN STRENGTHENING THE SHELTER THIS, THIS PAST YEAR WITH LEADERSHIP. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST IMPROVEMENTS WAS THE HIRING OF A VETERINARIAN.

LEXI DID A GOOD JOB OF GOING TO A CONFERENCE.

MET A VETERINARIAN CAN CONVINCE HER TO MOVE TO MIDLAND.

SO IT'S A GREAT THING FOR US TO HAVE A VET ON STAFF NOW.

IT'S HELPED US IN OUR SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES, CATCH UP ON THE, ON THE BACKLOG. YOU KNOW, IT'S A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT THAT WHEN WE ADOPT AN ANIMAL OUT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT SPAYED AND NEUTERED. WHEN THAT LITTLE WINDOW OF TIME, WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT, WE WERE TRYING TO GET ANIMALS OUT OF THE SHELTER. SO THERE WAS A BACKLOG. SO WE'RE CATCHING UP ON THE BACKLOG.

BUT WE'RE ALSO NOW EVERY ANIMAL GOING OUT, GOING OUT THE DOOR, SPAYED AND NEUTERED.

SO IT'S A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT BY LEXI AND HER TEAM.

TO SHOW THAT ACHIEVEMENTS EVEN GREATER IS LEXI WENT OUT AND GOT A GRANT FROM THE STATE FOR $150,000 FOR SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERY.

IT'S THE FIRST BIG GRANT WE'VE EVER REALLY RECEIVED FROM THE STATE. WE WERE ONE OF JUST A FEW SHELTERS IN THE STATE THAT GOT THE GRANT.

A LOT OF OTHER FIXED. WEST TEXAS IS ANOTHER ORGANIZATION HERE LOCALLY THAT GOT THAT GRANT, BUT WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW SHELTERS IN THE ENTIRE STATE THAT WERE ABLE TO GET THAT GRANT. SO IT'S A COST RECOVERY FOR US BECAUSE IT'S PAYING FOR THE SURGERIES WE'RE DOING IN-HOUSE.

IT'S NOT THE SURGERIES THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE PUBLIC BECAUSE WE DON'T DO SURGERIES FOR THE PUBLIC.

LOOKING AHEAD, WE'RE DESIGNING WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE SHELTER COMMONS. IT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL DOG PARK.

IT'S IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN THE PROJECT FUND FOR OUR LITTLE DOG PARK AREA OUT IN FRONT OF THE SHELTER.

WE SEE IT AS A COMMUNITY FACING EXTENSION OF THE SHELTER.

AN OUTDOOR SPACE FOR ADOPTION EVENTS, EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND INTERACTION WITH SHELTER ANIMALS.

SO IT'S A PROJECT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE COME TO YOU SOMETIME EARLY THIS FALL.

WE'RE IN WORKING WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT RIGHT NOW IN THAT DESIGN.

SO ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WE'VE COMPLETED OUR ONLINE PERMITTING AND FIELD INSPECTIONS SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION.

SO WE'RE USING OUR DIGITAL PLATFORM NOW. IT'S ALLOWED US THE PROCESS TO BE DIGITAL.

THE INSPECTORS CAN COMPLETE THEIR WORK DIRECTLY IN THE FIELD. THE PEOPLE APPLYING FOR THOSE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERMITS CAN DO THAT ONLINE.

THE GOAL WITH THAT IS JUST A BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND GREATER EFFICIENCY FROM THAT TEAM. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON A PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO BE ACCREDITED. THE VALUE ISN'T SIMPLY EARNING THAT ACCREDITATION.

THE VALUE IS US GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO EVALUATE HOW WE OPERATE, MEASURE OUR PERFORMANCE, AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE OUR PERFORMANCE.

GOING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THERE'S FOUR MAIN AREAS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

FIRST OFF, IS THE ONE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PLENTY OF TIMES IS THE ISO.

SO WE'RE AN ISO ONE CLASS, ONE COMMUNITY WHICH IS THE HIGHEST FIRE PROTECTION CLASS AVAILABLE.

AND OUR RE GRADING IS GOING TO HAPPEN SOMETIME IN EARLY 28.

SO FISCAL YEAR 27 FOR US IS THE TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE OUR PROCESSES ARE IN PLACE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT GRADING.

ISO ISN'T SIMPLY A FIRE DEPARTMENT RATING. IT EVALUATES OUR OVERALL FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM,

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BUT THERE'S ALSO AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT BASED ON MIDLAND'S RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BASE.

WE CAN CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATE A POTENTIAL COMMUNITY INSURANCE BENEFIT BENEFIT OF MORE THAN $5 MILLION ANNUALLY BASED ON THE ISO ONE RATING.

NOW, NOT ALL INSURANCE COMPANIES USE THE ISO ONE CLASSIFICATION, BUT IT DOES DEMONSTRATE THE BROADER VALUE OF MAINTAINING A SUPERIOR FIRE PROTECTION.

SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ACHIEVE A CLASS ONE. WE ALREADY HAVE IT. WE'RE JUST OUT TO PROTECT OUR RATING.

THE SECOND ONE IS EMS BILLING. WE CHANGED EMS BILLING PROVIDERS THIS YEAR.

BECAUSE BECAUSE THERE'S A LAG WHEN WE SWITCH COMPANIES LIKE THAT.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT CYCLE LOOKS LIKE, BUT NOW WE'RE KIND OF LEVELING OUT. SO WE'VE BEEN NOW RECEIVING ABOUT 500,000 A MONTH IN EMS BILLING, WHICH TRANSLATES TO ROUGHLY 6 MILLION A YEAR.

AND BASED ON WHERE WE WERE HISTORICALLY AT WITH THE HOSPITAL, THAT PUTS US ROUGHLY ABOUT $2 MILLION MORE THAN WE WERE RECEIVING IN THE PAST. AND THERE WILL BE ROOM FOR SOME MORE GROWTH AS WE WORK WITH THE BUILDER AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WITH THOSE PROCESSES AND COMMUNICATION TO GET BETTER.

THAT PROCESS ALSO REDUCED OUR BILLING FEE THAT WE PAID THE HOSPITAL 8%.

WE'RE ONLY PAYING APPROXIMATELY 4% TO THIS THIS COMPANY.

SO WE'RE GETTING MORE MONEY ON ON THAT SIDE AS WELL.

THIRD IS OUR EMS CLINICAL OVERSIGHT CHIEF. TONY AND HIS TEAM HIRED A NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR THIS YEAR AND HAS BROUGHT US A VERY PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO OUR EMERGENCY MEDICINE.

IT'S ALLOWED US TO ADVANCE THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN THE FIELD. BUT AS OUR MEDICINE BECOMES MORE ADVANCED, OUR CLINICAL OVERSIGHT HAS TO BE MORE ADVANCED.

THIS THAT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE LEVEL OF OUR WORKERS, 61 MEDICS IN THE FIELD THAT, THAT ARE LIKE FULL TIME MEDICS THAT RIDE THE AMBULANCE ALMOST EVERY DAY, 67% HAVE LESS THAN THREE YEARS AND 30% HAVE LESS THAN A YEAR.

SO THAT'S WHY OUR MS FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, OUR MS CAPTAINS, ARE IMPORTANT.

THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS PROVIDE MENTORING AND EVALUATION, WHILE OUR MS CAPTAINS RESPOND IN THE FIELD AND PROVIDE REAL TIME CLINICAL OVERSIGHT, COACHING AND SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR YOUNGER MEDICS MAKING CRITICAL PATIENT CARE DECISIONS.

CAN I I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I WANTED TO ASK ON THIS COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS OCCURRING IN THE COUNTY, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDIC STUFF.

CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE ANY PATIENTS IN THE COUNTY? I DON'T I THINK IT'S ALL IN THE CITY ON OUR ON OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH MEDIC STUFF. OKAY. SO THE, THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO THE COUNTY IS TRADITIONAL AMBULANCE AND FIRE SUPPORT, BUT NOT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVE.

YEAH. OKAY. NOW, IF THE HOSPITAL WAS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES SOME OF OUR PATIENTS ARE REFERRED FROM THE HOSPITAL. SO IF THE HOSPITAL HAS A HIGH UTILIZER OF THEIR SYSTEM THAT LIVES IN THE COUNTY, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT WE GO OUT AND MAKE INITIAL CONTACT TO FIGURE SOME OF THAT STUFF OUT. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS ALWAYS INTERNAL IN THE CITY LIMITS.

BUT THE FIRE AND EMS IS 20% ROUGHLY, GIVE OR TAKE.

AND IT'S ABOUT $12 MILLION TO THE BUDGET. OKAY.

AND DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE OVERHEAD OR THE, THE, THE FACILITIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

IT'S THE ACTUAL BUDGET. SO IT'S JUST THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET.

SO IF YOU TOOK ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS INTO THE MIX, WE'D HAVE TO CALCULATE THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE SUNK COSTS ARE.

RIGHT. AND THAT 20% THAT WE SEE IN THE COUNTY IS PROPORTIONATELY HIGHER ON AVERAGE THAN WHAT WE SEE IN THE CITY.

CORRECT. AS FAR AS THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED DUE TO OIL FIELD FIRES, THINGS OF THAT SORT.

20% OF LIKE A RUN VOLUME MS. VOLUME. IT'S THE VOLUME, I THINK, TO THE POINT THAT HE'S MAKING.

IT'S 20% OF THE RUN VOLUME, BUT IT'S COSTLIER TO US BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO FIGHT AN OIL FIELD FIRE RATHER THAN A SMALL STRUCTURE.

YEAH. SO PROPORTIONATELY, IT'S, IT'S NOT THE SAME AS WHAT WE SEE IN THE CITY.

BUT WHAT I WILL SAY ON THAT IS WE DO GET SOME COST RECOVERY FROM JAMIE AND RISK BECAUSE WE, IF WE LOSE ANY EQUIPMENT ON AN OIL FIELD FIRE, WE DO GIVE THAT TO RISK.

AND WE DO BUILD THAT BACK TO THE COMPANY. SO FOR HAZMAT INCIDENTS AS WELL, ANY OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO I GUESS THE LAST THING WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS HOW WE'RE EVALUATING FUTURE STAFFING STATION.

IF I MAY REAL QUICK, BECAUSE HE'S BRINGING UP A POINT THAT'S GOING TO BRING UP THIS POINT AND I'LL JUST BRIEFLY SAY IT.

EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE FRONT OF MIND. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE COUNTY BEFORE. WE DO PLAN ON DOING THAT. I KNOW COUNCIL MAYOR YOU KNOW, COUNCIL PLAN ON CONTINUING THAT THAT DIALOG.

YEAH. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE THE STAFFING STATION NEEDS APPARATUS AND REPLACEMENT OF TRAINING FACILITY PROPS AND STUFF, AS TOMMY MENTIONED EARLIER. THEY'VE SET ASIDE MONEY THIS COMING YEAR OUT OF THE BUDGET FOR THE FIRST STEPS OF STARTING TO LOOK AT REPLACING OUR BURN BUILDING.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY THOSE NEEDS EARLY RATHER THAN LATE, SO THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU THE DATA IN ADVANCE TO KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP CONTINUING TO GROW AND HAVE FIRE STATIONS BUILT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. AND THOSE THINGS.

SO ACROSS ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS, OUR FOCUS IS SIMPLY CONTINUING IMPROVING THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO THE CITY.

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WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GROW AND RETAIN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES.

WE ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED FOR 198 OFFICERS SWORN, AND CURRENTLY 189 OF THOSE SWORN POSITIONS ARE FILLED.

BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THAT MEANS. THAT MEANS I ONLY HAVE NINE VACANCIES TODAY.

HOWEVER, OF THOSE SWORN 189 OFFICERS, I HAVE 165 OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES THAT ARE FULLY TRAINED AND READY TO DEPLOY.

THAT LEAVES 14 OFFICERS THAT ARE PROBATIONARY.

IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE IN SOME FORM OF TRAINING. AND THEN WE HAVE TEN ATTENDING THE ACADEMY NOW FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.

WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ON THAT. THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WHEN I STOOD BEFORE YOU, I WAS LOOKING AT A ABOUT AN 11% VACANCY RATE.

MY GOAL WHEN I STOOD BEFORE YOU TODAY WAS TO BE A 5%.

WE WERE JUST UNDER THAT FIGURE RIGHT NOW. SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RECRUIT.

WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RETAIN. AND AT SOME POINT WE'LL LOOK AT BUILDING AND EXPANDING OUR ABILITIES.

CHIEF, COULD YOU GIVE ME THOSE NUMBERS ONE MORE TIME? YES, SIR. SO I HAVE 198 BUDGETED SWORN POSITIONS.

OF THOSE, I HAVE 189 FILLED. THERE ARE 165 OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES.

THOSE ARE THE SAME RANK THERE THAT ARE FULLY OFFICERS, SLASH DETECTIVES THAT ARE FULLY TRAINED AND READY TO GO.

14 IN THE PROBATIONARY POLICE OFFICER PROGRAM AND THEN.

TEN THAT ARE ATTENDING OUR ACADEMY. THANK YOU.

AND LET'S RESTATE, JACK SAID THIS YESTERDAY, BUT WE'RE.

YOU HAVE A STANDING ORDER TO OVERHIRE. SO IF YOU FIND QUALIFIED CANDIDATES THAT ARE GREATER THAN THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE IN THIS BUDGET, WE WANT YOU TO HIRE THOSE PEOPLE, AND WE WANT YOU TO PUT THEM OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IF THEY'RE QUALIFIED.

YES, MA'AM. AND I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. IF THEY GET HIRED ON WITH US, THEY'VE GOT A GOOD CHANCE THERE.

THEY'VE ALREADY PASSED ALL THOSE HURDLES AND WE JUST GOT TO TRAIN THEM. AND HOW LONG DOES THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD LAST? IT'S JUST ABOUT FOUR MONTHS.

FOUR MONTHS. OKAY. AND HOW LONG DOES THE ACADEMY LAST? THAT'S COMING UP CLOSE TO SIX MONTHS THESE DAYS.

OUR GOVERNING BODY KEEPS ADDING CLASSES AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING JUST TO MAKE US BETTER. AND SO THAT, OF COURSE, LENGTHENS THE AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE ACADEMY. AND WHAT IS OUR SUCCESS RATE AT THE ACADEMY? HOW MANY LIKE GENERALLY PASS PASS THE ACADEMY? YEAH, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD PASS. SO WHEN YOU GRADUATE THE ACADEMY PART OF GRADUATION IS YOU MUST PASS A BEAR OF A TEST THAT'S PUT OUT BY TCOLE.

SO WE HAVE A VERY HIGH PASS RATE. WELL, WE'RE RETAINING OFFICERS.

I DON'T HAVE THAT PARTICULAR FIGURE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I KNOW THAT IF WE'RE CLOSING THAT GAP, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT 5052 OFFICERS DOWN AND NOW WE'RE AT EIGHT. THAT MEANS WE'RE GAINING GROUND.

WE ALWAYS ARE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT RETIRE, GO TO DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND STOP FOR WHATEVER REASON, FAMILY, WHATNOT. BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE GAINING GROUND MEANS THAT WE ARE RETAINING THOSE PEOPLE.

SORRY. WE'LL QUIT INTERRUPTING YOU, LET YOU FINISH YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU HAVE THE NEXT THING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO STRENGTHEN TIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH POPULAR OUTREACH PROGRAMS. THESE INCLUDE BLUE SANTA, THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, COFFEE WITH THE COP, THE JINGLE BELL RUN, THE KID'S POLICE ACADEMY, THE TRUNK OR TREAT.

WE JUST HAD THE MPD ONE AND FIVE K RACE THIS PAST SATURDAY, WHICH SOLD OUT.

WE DO HOST A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF 43 BLOCK PARTIES.

SO IN FISCAL YEAR 27, YOU CAN BANK ON THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT.

WE ENJOY A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT. IT'S VERY HUMBLING AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR IT.

AND IN FACT, I'LL JUST POINT OUT ONE THING. THE KIDS POLICE ACADEMY THAT ACTUALLY FILLED UP WITHIN AN HOUR OF IT OPENING.

THE FACT THAT PARENTS WANT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN OUT WITH US IS GREAT.

SO NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO BROADEN THAT TO TWO SESSIONS AND WORK FROM THERE.

CHIEF, SPEAKING ABOUT THE POLICE ACADEMY I KNOW IT WAS BECAUSE I GUESS WE CAUGHT IT LATE OR WHATNOT.

I KNOW IT FILLED UP PRETTY QUICKLY. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO LIKE I GUESS GET, GET THE WORD OUT A LITTLE FASTER OR WHATNOT ON WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT AND EVERYTHING.

SURE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICE ACADEMY. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, SINCE WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND IT TO TWO SESSIONS, MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY WE HAVE IT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER. WELL, WE ALL KNOW IF WE HAVE KIDS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE, THAT'S WHEN THEY TAKE THEIR VACATION.

SO I WANT TO HAVE ABOUT A MONTH LEAD TIME WHERE WE START PUSHING STUFF OUT THROUGH STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS. I ALSO WANT TO SET UP ONE THAT'S TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OR END OF SUMMER. SO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CHOSE TO GO OUT AND HAVE VACATION, THEN THEY'LL BE BACK BY THEN. AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN REACH MANY MORE CHILDREN AND

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YES, SIR. IT MEANS IT'S GOING GOOD. SURE. AND COUNCILWOMAN BURKS, JUST TO FILL YOU IN ON THE RETENTION RATE, I HAD TO LOOK IT UP, BUT FIRE RETENTION RATE HAS BEEN HOVERING AROUND 90% FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

THE POLICE RETENTION RATE IS AT ABOUT 95.4% FROM FY 25, AND IT'S REMAINED ABOVE 90% IN FY 26.

WOW. THANK YOU. THANKS, TAYLOR. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE.

ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FORCE MULTIPLIERS. AND HOW DO WE EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THE MIDLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN ALL OF THESE TYPES OF, OF ORGANIZATIONS. FOR INSTANCE, WE ARE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE TEXAS ANTI-GANG CENTER, PERMIAN BASIN. THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF THOSE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE STATE.

AND YOU KNOW THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER. I KNOW I'VE BEEN SENDING YOU UPDATES, BUT HERE ARE SOME STATS ABOUT OUR PARTICIPATION THERE. THE TAG THUS FAR HAS MADE 493 FELONY ARRESTS, 182 MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS. THEY HAVE EXECUTED 38 SEARCH WARRANTS, AND THEY HAVE SEIZED POUNDS OF ILLEGAL DRUGS, MANY WEAPONS AND A LARGE, SUBSTANTIAL CASH SEIZURES OVER THAT TIME.

ANOTHER SUCCESS IS FOR OUR JOINT COLLABORATION GOES, AS YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES. THE MIDLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PARTICIPATED WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, ALSO OUR STATE PARTNERS IN THE TDLR.

AND JUST IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS HERE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE NINE OF THOSE ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES, MAKE 14 ARRESTS FOR PROSTITUTION. WE MADE SEVEN ARRESTS FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL WHICH HAS BEEN RETURNED.

OLDER PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT TO BE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND IT HAS TRIGGERED 14 ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS.

THE MIDLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO THESE JOINT COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND BRING SAFETY TO ALL OF OUR FAMILIES. I WANTED TO MENTION THERE'S A NATIONAL NONPROFIT THAT TRACKS THESE ILLICIT MASSAGE BUSINESSES THAT YOU'VE MET WITH, WITH ME, AND THEY COMMUNICATE WITH ME REGULARLY.

THEY WERE TRACKING 44 OF THESE BUSINESSES. AND NOW, BASED ON THE DARK WEB THAT THEY'RE WATCHING, THEY'RE DOWN TO ONLY TRACKING 14 IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT'S DUE TO THE EFFORTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE UNDERTAKEN.

AND SO PLEASE PASS OUR THANKS ALONG TO THE OFFICERS THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS GROUP BECAUSE IT REALLY IS MAKING AN IMPACT.

I'M HAPPY TO DO IT AND PROUD OF THEM. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND THEIR WORK.

CHIEF SNOW AND G OF R C MITCHELL, THE SERGEANT OVER THERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT TO HAVE A DUAL PRONGED APPROACH AT CLOSING THESE ILLICIT MASSAGE PARLORS. SO NOT ONLY IS THERE A CRIMINAL ASPECT OF IT, THERE'S ALSO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SIDE WITH PERMITTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT CAN SQUASH SOME OF THESE OTHER ASPECTS. AND SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.

AND LIKE CHIEF SNOW SAID, FOR TDLR, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION FOR COMING IN AND DOING A PILOT OF THIS PROGRAM AND, AND SHOWING THE REST OF THE STATE THAT WE CAN CLOSE THESE BUSINESSES.

AND I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE FACT THAT HE DID TALK ABOUT FORCE MULTIPLIERS, BUT GREG HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB IN LEADING EFFORTS TO BREAK DOWN SILOS AND BRING IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH HIM, AND VICE VERSA.

HE'S DONE THAT IN HIS TENURE. WE'VE ALSO CODED THE VEHICLES.

THEY LOOK LIKE POLICE VEHICLES. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WE EARLY ON, WE HAD TO DO SOME CONVINCING.

BUT BUT BUT THEY EMBRACED IT. AND WHEN YOU SEE ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES, YOU THINK IT'S A POLICE CAR AND YOU SLOW DOWN.

SO THAT'S A FORCE MULTIPLIER AS WELL. I'M SORRY.

YOU'RE GOING TO MY IGNORANCE ON THIS. IT'S PROBABLY INEXCUSABLE.

BUT WAS WAS THE TEXAS ANTI-GANG CENTER. SO WHAT IT IS IS THE GOVERNOR THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, HE'LL SET UP THESE CENTERS AND THEY GO AROUND AND THERE'S DIFFERENT ONES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THEY'RE USUALLY AWARDED TO BE OVERSEEN BY THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

SO SHERIFF CRINER OVERSEES OURS. AND SO WE'RE ALL HOUSED OUT THERE.

AND WHAT IT IS, IS IF WE CAN GET A NEXUS ON GANG RELATED ACTIVITY, NO MATTER WHAT THAT WAS, THERE ARE IT'S A MULTI-AGENCY ORGANIZATION. SO, FOR INSTANCE, I DEVOTE RESOURCES OUT THERE TO THE MIDLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OF COURSE, SHERIFF CRINER DEVOTES RESOURCES OUT THERE, ECTOR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE DPS.

WE'VE GOT OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS ALSO OUT THERE.

SO WHAT IT IS, IS I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEND EIGHT PEOPLE IN AN ANALYST OUT THERE, BUT WHEN EVERYBODY PONIES UP WHAT THEY HAVE, WELL, MAN, THAT MIGHT BE A FORTUNE OF LIKE 64.

THEY ALSO HAVE A BUDGET THAT THEY HAVE. THERE'S A MAN BY THE NAME OF PHIL PARTON THAT RUNS THAT PART OF IT OUT THERE.

AND SO THEY'LL BUY EXTRA EQUIPMENT LIKE POLE CAMERAS.

HE SENT A COUPLE OF OUR PEOPLE TO SOME SPECIALIZED SCHOOLS SO THEY KNOW HOW TO OPERATE CERTAIN EQUIPMENT AND DO CERTAIN THINGS THERE.

THERE ARE SOFTWARE NEEDS THAT IF YOU'RE ATTACHED TO THE TAG, THE TEXAS ANTI-GANG CENTER THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO.

SO FOR INSTANCE, IF WE HAVE A MURDER THAT HAPPENS IN MIDLAND, PROBABLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS UNLESS WE CAN JUMP ON EVERYBODY RIGHT

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WE'LL REACH OUT TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE TAG AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE GOT GOING ON.

CAN YOU HELP US? AND WITHOUT FAIL, THEY ALWAYS JUMP IN AND ASSIST US.

DO WE HAVE THE NUMBERS ON THE FELONY ARREST? TOTAL AND MISDEMEANOR ARREST.

TOTAL FOR THE YEAR FOR TAG? NO, NOT FOR TAG. JUST IN GENERAL.

I DON'T HAVE THOSE WITH ME TODAY. OKAY. OKAY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST FOR THE MIDLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. YES. I DON'T HAVE THOSE WITH ME RIGHT NOW. OKAY. WE'LL GET THOSE TO YOU, THOUGH. OKAY. THE NUMBER. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR CHARGES.

YES, PLEASE. FOR WHAT PERIOD? AN ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR OR CALENDAR YEAR.

I WAS THINKING CALENDAR YEAR, 12 MONTH ROLLING PERIOD.

YES, PLEASE. OKAY. CHIEF. I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION TOO.

SO YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT FORCE MULTIPLIERS, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THESE PROBLEMATIC AREAS WITH SOME OF THE BARS THAT WE HAVE A FEW ISSUES. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST IS DWI AND POTENTIALLY SOME TASK FORCE, AND LOOKING AT DOING SOME THINGS THERE. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF SOME FUTURE PLANS FOR THAT OR WHERE YOU SEE THAT HEADED? AND AGAIN, POTENTIALLY ANY FORCE MULTIPLIERS WITH THAT? ABSOLUTELY. SO IN REFERENCE SPECIFICALLY TO THE DWI, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO IS I WILL HELP THE DEPARTMENT CREATE AN OVERALL OVERARCHING VISION, AND I'LL CREATE A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, LIKE THE SAFE PASSAGE INITIATIVE, BUT YOU DON'T NEED THINGS JUST AT THE TOP.

YOU WANT TO EMPOWER YOUR PEOPLE AND GO DOWN. THAT'S WHY WHEN WE BREAK DOWN THE SILOS, WE MAKE CONNECTIONS, NOT JUST AT MY LEVEL, BUT AT DEPUTY CHIEF LEVEL, A LIEUTENANT LEVEL, SERGEANT LEVEL. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TASKED PATROL WITH IS LIKE, LISTEN, I WANT YOU GUYS TO COME UP WITH SOME PROJECTS.

WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THE STREETS WHEN YOU'RE PATROLLING? WHEN YOU'RE ANSWERING CALLS, WHAT ARE PEOPLE TELLING YOU? LET'S COME UP WITH SOME THINGS. SO ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE PATROL DIVISIONS CAME UP AND SAID, WE WANT TO ATTACK DWI.

SO THEY WENT ON JUST ABOUT A TWO MONTH PERIOD WHERE THEY ATTACKED DWI, AND THEY MADE 54 ADDITIONAL DWI ARRESTS.

AND WHILE 54TH MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT FOR THOSE 54 DRIVERS THAT WERE IMPACTED, THAT COULD HAVE SAVED 54 LIVES.

BUT THOSE EFFORTS WERE DONE IN THE IN BETWEEN.

LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT IN BETWEEN IS. MANY TIMES WHEN YOU'RE ON DUTY AS A POLICE OFFICER, YOU'RE CHASING THAT RADIO. THE NEXT 911 CALL, YOU'RE PATROLLING, YOU'VE BEEN TASKED. THERE'S A STOP SIGN IN YOUR AREA.

GO THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, DO THESE THINGS, WRITE REPORTS, GO TO JAIL.

SO THESE ADDITIONAL 54 ARRESTS ARE WHAT THESE GUYS DID IN BETWEEN.

INSTEAD OF TAKING A BREAK, INSTEAD OF EATING A BURRITO, INSTEAD OF HAVING A CUP OF COFFEE, THEY'RE OUT THERE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

SO SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT THEY HAVE TASKED HIM WITH THAT. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, WHICH INCLUDES AN ACTION, A CAMPAIGN THAT'S GOING TO INVOLVE LOOP 250 AND SPEEDING VEHICLES.

WE'RE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM SCHOOL, SO THERE'S ONE COMING FROM THERE, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE BARS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE THE TEN, THE BARS THAT HAVE THE TEN MOST CALLS. WE'VE BEEN TAKING OFF DUTY OFFICERS TO GO OUT THERE AND CIRCULATE THROUGH THESE AREAS TO SEE IF THEY CAN PROACTIVELY IMPACT CRIMES.

AND SO THOSE EFFORTS ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUED AND BUILT UPON.

AND THE DA'S OFFICE AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER HAS BECOME MUCH HARSHER ON DWI UNDER GLEN OR UNDER D.A.

HARWOOD. RIGHT. AND SO THAT BRINGS US TO TRAFFIC.

EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS A CONCERN ABOUT TRAFFIC, AND WE ARE NOT UNIQUE THERE.

WE ALSO FEEL THAT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT OF LAST YEAR AS WE CREATED THE SAFE PASSAGE INITIATIVE SPECIFICALLY TO TARGET TRAFFIC OFFENSES TO SEE IF WE CAN BRING THAT NUMBER OF COLLISIONS DOWN. WE'VE RELEASED SEVERAL POSITIVE CAMPAIGNS, INCLUDING OPERATION INTERSECTION INTERVENTION, OPERATION CRUISE CONTROL, OPERATION RETURN TO SCHOOL, AND THAT OPERATION DWI THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. I'LL TELL YOU THAT ALL THOSE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS HAVE TRIGGERED A DOWNWARD TREND IN CRASHES.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THOSE EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO SEE WHAT OTHER OFFENSES OR TRAFFIC CONCERNS ARE CONCERNING PEOPLE, AND THEN WE WILL MAKE UP A PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT.

OF COURSE, THEN THIS PAST YEAR, WE INSTITUTED THE PERMIAN BASIN THREAT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT TEAM, WHOSE GOAL IS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE BY ADDRESSING RISKS EARLY AND ENSURING A COORDINATED RESPONSE. THIS IS A MULTI AGENCY BOARD, AND THEY COME TOGETHER AND THEY ASSESS THINGS WITH ANALYSTS AND THEN SEE IF WE CAN GET SAFE RESOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY ARISE.

THE MIDLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S AN ONGOING EVENT AND IT'S BEING CONDUCTED THE INVESTIGATION BY THE TEXAS RANGERS.

I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO TELL YOU A WHOLE LOT, BUT I WILL SAY THIS THE HORRIFIC EVENTS OF JUNE 12TH DEMONSTRATED SEVERAL THINGS.

AMONG THOSE THINGS WAS THAT THE MIDLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT STANDS READY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

WE SAW A RAPID LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MIDLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE MIDLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE SAW 11 STATE, LOCAL AND FEDERAL AGENCIES ARRIVED TO HELP OUT.

THEY DIDN'T WAIT FOR A CALL. THEY CAME. THEY DEMONSTRATES STRONG INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT ONE DEATH WAS HORRIFIC AND I DON'T EVER WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN.

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SO I STAND BEFORE YOU, HUMBLE AND GRATEFUL. AND AT THIS POINT, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. I WOULD JUST ADD THAT GREG HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS WORK IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

HE'S DOING INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS WITH COUNCIL TO KIND OF SPEAK MORE ABOUT THAT. ALSO, PART OF HIS CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT WAS THAT HE COMPLETED HIS DEGREE.

HE HAS COMPLETED THAT. HE COMPLETED THAT IN HALF THE TIME REQUIRED.

AND ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT PUBLIC SAFETY, JOSE ALSO COMPLETED HIS MBA LAST WEEK.

AWESOME. AND JUST TO FILL YOU IN ON A QUICK FEW STATS ON THE CRASHES, SINCE I KNOW SNOW TOUCHED ON THOSE.

GOING LOOKING BACK AT 2022, OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF CRASHES FOR THAT YEAR WAS 2919 AND WE HAD 23 FATAL CRASHES.

LOOKING BACK AT LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD 2745 CRASHES.

SO ALMOST A 200 CRASH REDUCTION. AND OUR FATALITIES WENT DOWN TO 11.

SO THAT IS A HUGE, HUGE IMPACT. THE FIRST PERIOD, THE FIRST PERIOD WAS 2022, CALENDAR YEAR 2022.

AND THEN LOOKING AT 2025 WE REDUCED THAT FATAL CRASHES DOWN FROM 23 TO 11.

SO THOSE ARE ACTUAL LIVES SAVED RIGHT THERE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, ON THE CRASHES.

WHAT ABOUT THE ONES THAT PEOPLE CALL IN. BUT BUT THE OFFICERS DO NOT RESPOND ON SCENE TO THOSE.

ARE THOSE STILL RECORDED? YES, MA'AM. BECAUSE USUALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THEY WILL FILL OUT THERE'S A BLUE FORM THAT YOU CAN GET FROM THE STATE, AND THEY'LL FILL OUT AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION FROM THERE. OKAY.

SO THEY HAVE TO GO UP TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET THOSE AFTER THE CRASH? NO, MA'AM. WE'LL USUALLY DIRECT THEM. THERE'S A WEBSITE. OKAY.

GOTCHA. AND I THINK TO BE ABLE TO FILE WITH INSURANCE, THAT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR THE INSURANCE AS WELL.

SO I THINK ANY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I AM, BUT ANYBODY WHO FILES INSURANCE ON A ON A CRASH WOULD WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THEY WOULD BE COUNTED. OKAY. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. SO GOAL THREE RECOGNIZES SOMETHING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TO MIDLAND'S COMPETITIVENESS.

PEOPLE DON'T CHOOSE A COMMUNITY BASED ONLY ON THE JOB.

THEY ALSO CHOOSE IT BASED ON THE LIFE THEY CAN BUILD THERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES PARKS, RECREATION, SPORTS, AND COMMUNITY AMENITIES, ALL OF WHICH ARE A PART OF GOAL THREE ARE THEREFORE NOT SIMPLY SERVICES.

THEY ARE A PART OF OUR RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT EFFORTS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE BEGIN TALKING ABOUT SPORTS TOURISM.

SO THE PROPOSED GOAL THREE BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY $30.1 MILLION, OR ABOUT 6% OF THE CITY'S TOTAL FY 27 BUDGET.

THE OVERALL INCREASE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR IS JUST ABOUT 2.8%.

SO JUST UNDER 3%. THE LARGEST DEPARTMENTAL INCREASE YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THAT THE PART IS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION ITSELF.

AND WHILE YOU'LL SEE THE SPORTS COMPLEX DECLINE SLIGHTLY, AND OIL AND GAS DOES AS WELL AS THE REVENUE GENERATED THROUGH THOSE FUNCTIONS IS DECLINING OVER TIME. AND THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION IS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THE ADDITION OF TWO NEW POSITIONS, BRINGING STAFFING FROM 74 TO 76. THOSE POSITIONS ARE FOR A TURF MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST AS WELL AS A GENERAL MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST.

AND REALLY, THE POINT THERE IS THAT WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO BRING A LOT OF OUR MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF OUR PARKS IN-HOUSE.

AND WE ARE ALSO GROWING OUR PARK SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY WITH PHASE ONE OF BEAL COMING ONLINE THIS YEAR AND LOOKING AT PHASE TWO COMING ONLINE NEXT YEAR.

SO THOSE POSITIONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE ASKING OUR PARKS TEAM TO MAINTAIN, AND TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION AND CONTEXT ABOUT WHY STAFFING AND MAINTENANCE MATTERS.

OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE STILL MAINTAIN 50 PARKS.

IF YOU DON'T MIND SCROLLING DOWN JUST A LITTLE, YOU CAN SEE A CHART THERE THAT GIVES SOME STATS ABOUT WHAT OUR SYSTEM LOOKED LIKE IN 2020 VERSUS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY. SO 50 PARKS, WE'VE HELD STEADY AT THAT NUMBER.

THE ACRES MAINTAINED HAS INCREASED TO 1406 ACRES.

THAT'S AN ADDITION OF 42. AND THAT'S REALLY REFLECTED THROUGH THE PARK EXPANSION.

ATHLETIC FIELDS HAVE INCREASED FROM 135 TO 189, WHICH WE KNOW IS A NEED AND WE KNOW CONTINUES TO BE A NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE'VE SEEN IMMENSE GROWTH IN YOUTH ATHLETICS THROUGH OUR REC AGREEMENTS OF JUST IN THE LAST YEAR 5% GROWTH.

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WE'VE CONVERTED A NUMBER OF FIELDS FROM TO SYNTHETIC TURF, INCREASING THAT NUMBER FROM 12 IN 20 20 TO 20 8 IN 2026.

AND THE REASON WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THAT INCREASES HOW MANY GAMES CAN BE PLAYED ON THOSE FIELDS.

WHEN YOU HAVE JUST GRASS FIELDS, YOU HAVE TO LET THEM REST AND RECOVER.

AND SO YOU CAN'T CONSTANTLY HAVE GAMES PLAYING.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE TURF FIELDS, YOU CAN HAVE MORE TURNOVER, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL.

SO JUST BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT AT HOW WE USE OUR EXISTING INVENTORY.

WE'VE ADDED 17 PLAYGROUNDS. NOTABLY IN THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE NOW HAVE A PLAYGROUND AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS WITH THE ADDITION OF HALEY PARK THROUGH THE ADVOCACY OF COUNCILMAN LADD AND THEN THE ADDITION, MOST RECENTLY OF GRASSLANDS PLAYGROUND THROUGH COUNCILWOMAN BURKE'S ADVOCACY THERE, WHICH BOTH HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF GOOD RESPONSE AND FEEDBACK.

BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THAT WE'RE NOW AT A PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START LOOKING AT AGING PLAYGROUNDS AND REPLACING THOSE.

IT'S A CONSTANT CYCLE. SO THAT WILL BE A FOCUS THIS COMING YEAR.

THOSE OLD METAL SLIDES THAT BURN YOUR BOTTOM WHEN YOU SLIDE DOWN, NOT A GOOD THING.

AND WE KNOW THAT SHADE IS IMPORTANT. SO BUILDING BETTER SHADE STRUCTURES INTO OUR PLAYGROUNDS IS ALSO GOING TO BE CRITICAL.

AND WE'VE PLANTED A HUGE NUMBER OF TREES. AND THIS I THINK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT DOES WONDERS FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF ADDING SHADE TO THOSE PARKS AND BEAUTIFYING OUR COMMUNITY. BUT IT'S ALSO THE RESULT OF A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH DIAMONDBACK AS WELL AS KEEP MIDLAND BEAUTIFUL.

THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY MADE THIS RESULT POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT RESULT TO NOTE HERE FROM THIS CHART IS THAT WE NOW IN-HOUSE, CHEMICALLY TREAT 155 ACRES OF OUR PARKS, SO MOSTLY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. AND THAT WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF HEARING FROM RESIDENTS THAT THE STICKERS ARE OVERWHELMING.

WE CAN'T TAKE IT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S DEAD SPOTS IN THE GRASS.

AND SO WE TOOK THAT IN-HOUSE SO THAT WE COULD DO IT MORE FREQUENTLY, HAVE CLOSER ATTENTION TO IT.

AND SO THAT THAT IS A HUGE I THINK RESULT. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THAT.

IT ALSO DOES DRIVE SOME OF OUR BUDGET INCREASES WHERE IT'S NOT JUST THE PERSONNEL, BUT WE'RE SEEING THAT INCREASE TO COVER THE COST OF CHEMICALS AS WELL AS UTILITIES THAT THE THE REST OF THE CITY IS SEEING THROUGH ELECTRICITY AND WATER.

AND SO, IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE NOT SIMPLY BUILDING MORE AMENITIES.

WE'RE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTAINING A LARGER AND HIGHER QUALITY PARK SYSTEM.

IN TERMS OF MAJOR INVESTMENTS OVER THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR IT WAS A HUGE TIME FOR INVESTMENTS.

WE COMPLETED THE $17 MILLION BEAL PARK SOCCER COMPLEX, PHASE ONE, WHICH HAS NOW COME ONLINE.

WE ALSO BROKE GROUND THE OTHER DAY ON PHASE TWO, WHICH IS A $22 MILLION PROJECT.

AGAIN, ALL OF THIS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH COUNCIL AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

AND AS WE LOOK TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE LOOK TO BREAK GROUND ON PHASE THREE AND COMPLETED AT THE SAME TIME AS PHASE TWO IS OUR GOAL.

WE COMPLETED IMPROVEMENTS AT BUTLER MUGS AND DIAMONDBACK ENERGY ATHLETIC COMPLEX OPENED.

ALL IMPORTANT TO OUR SPORTS TOURISM ASPECT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND.

AND WE LOOK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO BREAK GROUND ON TWO ADDITIONAL AUXILIARY FIELDS AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX.

COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE FUNDING PLAN FOR THOSE.

AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, YOUTH FOOTBALL IS THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'VE MADE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL IMPROVEMENTS TO NEW PLAYGROUNDS, WHICH MEANS THAT ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYGROUNDS NOW HAVE PARKS OR NOW HAVE PLAYGROUNDS. WE'VE ALSO DONE IMPROVEMENTS TO RESTROOMS. THE SPORT, THE SPARKS PARK RESTROOM WAS JUST INSTALLED LAST WEEK.

AND THAT WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH CDBG FUNDING.

WE'VE ALSO DONE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE OUTSIDE WALKING AROUND THEIR PARKS WHEN IT'S THE EVENING AND NIGHT TIME DURING COOLER WEATHER.

AND THEN OF COURSE, TREES. AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO EXTEND OUR POOL SEASON, WHICH JUST MEANS MORE REVENUE FOR US.

AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AS WE'RE FACING AGING POOL SYSTEMS, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS WILL NEED ABOUT $1.6 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS. AND SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD AND PUTTING TOGETHER A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN FOR OUR PARK SYSTEM AT HOGAN PARK OR THE COURSES AT HOGAN PARK. WE ARE LOOKING TO COMPLETE THE QUAIL COURSE RENOVATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

OUR GOAL IS TO OPEN THIS FALL. AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING TO BEGIN RENOVATIONS OF THE OTHER SYSTEM OF THE OTHER GOLF COURSE IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR. I THINK WHAT'S REALLY NOTABLE ABOUT THAT RENOVATION IS THAT OUR STAFF HAS REALLY WORKED HARD TO KEEP THE REVENUE COMING IN SO THAT THE

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MITIGATING REVENUE LOSS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE LOST THE USE OF ONE GOLF COURSE.

AND THEN DOING OTHER IMPROVEMENTS. WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO ROLL OUT A NEW A NEW UNIQUE SYSTEM FOR OUR APP THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN A TEE TIME COMES UP SO THAT THEY CAN JUMP ON IT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, RATHER THAN CONSTANTLY HAVING TO CHECK THEMSELVES, THEY GET A NOTIFICATION.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO ROLL THAT OUT IN THE COMING MONTHS.

AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW WE'RE OPERATING DIFFERENTLY, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO STRETCH CITY DOLLARS FURTHER.

AND THAT ONLY HAPPENS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL AS USING DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT CAN'T BE USED FOR OTHER THINGS LIKE HOT, WHICH IS HOW THE AUXILIARY FIELDS WILL BE FUNDED THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR.

FY 26 IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED PARTNERSHIPS WITH DIAMONDBACK ENERGY.

KEEP MIDLAND BEAUTIFUL FOR THOSE TREE PLANTINGS, SLB, WHICH HELPED MAKE THE GRASSLANDS PLAYGROUND POSSIBLE, AND THE AYE BELL HANGER FOUNDATION, WHICH WILL HELP US RENOVATE THE BELL RANCH HOUSE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE FIRE WE EXPERIENCED.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, BELL FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS DONORS TO BELL PARK.

OPERATIONALLY, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE IMPROVED HERBICIDE OPERATIONS BY TAKING THOSE IN HOUSE.

A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT WE DID IN HOUSE WAS WE DEVELOPED A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL TREE PRUNING EFFORT, INCLUDING NOT ONLY PARKS, BUT ALSO CODE ENFORCEMENT AND AS WELL AS SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS, SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE WHAT OUR TREES LOOK LIKE IN OUR PARKS, BUT ALSO IN OUR RIGHT OF WAYS.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT WITHOUT KILLING THE TREES, WHICH IS, WHICH IS KEY.

AND THEN WE LAUNCHED A NEW ONLINE PARKS RESERVATION SYSTEM TO MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY TO RESERVE OUR PARKS.

AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE REVENUE THAT WE GENERATE FROM RENTALS HELPS OFFSET SOME OF THESE COSTS THAT WE HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THE INCREASING COST OF CHEMICALS AND UTILITIES. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE GOING, FY 27 CONTINUES OUR INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN, BUT WITH A STRONGER FOCUS ON COMPLETING THOSE PROJECTS AND PROTECTING WHAT WE ALREADY OWN.

MAJOR DELIVERABLES, INCLUDING INCLUDE COMPLETING BEAL PARK PHASE TWO AND THREE, RENOVATING THE BEAL SKATE PARK, AS WELL AS POSSIBLY ADDING A NEW SMALLER SECTION FOR BEGINNERS AND REPLACING THE DENNIS THE MENACE SPLASH PAD, WHICH WE KNOW DESPERATELY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

AND THEN ALSO UPGRADING THE REYES MASHBURN NELMES FIELD LIGHTING SO THAT WE CAN EXTEND HOW LONG THOSE FIELDS ARE USED.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO ADVANCING THE WILDCATTER TRAIL.

LINDSAY AND HER TEAM ARE FOCUSED HEAVILY ON THAT, ACQUIRING THE NECESSARY RIGHT OF WAY AND FUNDING UPDATING OUR PARKS, HIKE AND BIKE MASTER PLANS BETTER INCORPORATING THOSE.

WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON WILDCATTER, AND IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE 2020 PARKS MASTER PLAN, ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE WANT TO SEE MORE OF IS TRAILS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO EXECUTE ON THAT. AND THEN JUST CONTINUE OUR EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND TREE PLANTING, BEAUTIFICATION. AND THEN THE REPLACEMENT OF PARK SIGNAGE.

WE HAVE THAT BUILT INTO THIS BUDGET TO BEGIN DOING THAT.

IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO GET THROUGH ALL 50 PARKS, BUT WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR LARGEST REGIONAL PARKS THIS COMING YEAR.

AND THEN CONTINUING IMPORTANTLY TO GROW YOUTH SPORTS TOURNAMENTS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMING, ESPECIALLY THAT YOUTH SPORTS COMPONENT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT BRINGS IN VISITOR DOLLARS TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN THEN BE REINVESTED INTO PROGRAMS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS SERVICES. AND SO JUST IN CLOSING, THE DIRECTION FOR GOAL THREE IS SIMPLE BUILD QUALITY AMENITIES, TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE BUILD AND USE PARKS AND SPORTS STRATEGICALLY TO MAKE MIDLAND A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES AND EMPLOYERS WANT TO STAY AND GROW.

AS OUR ASSETS EXPAND, THE FY 2011 BUDGET BEGINS ALIGNING STAFFING.

WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THAT IN THE COMING YEARS AS OUR SYSTEM CONTINUES TO GROW.

MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL REPLACEMENT. IT'S BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE THAT THE COUNCIL SET UP THE PARKS MAINTENANCE FUND, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE IN IT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS.

AND SO EXECUTING ON A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN THAT USES THAT FUND WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST GO AHEAD. SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN ON THE COURSES AT HOGAN AND JUST REALLY COMMEND THE TEAM OUT THERE.

MY YOUNGEST AND I HAVE PLAYED EVERY EVERY WEDNESDAY.

WE'VE BEEN IN TOWN THIS SUMMER OUT THERE. AND YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED REALLY UTILIZING THE TOURNAMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

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IT'S IN REALLY GREAT CONDITION, PROBABLY THE BEST I'VE SEEN IT IN A REALLY LONG TIME.

AND SO ON TOP OF THAT, ALSO THE STAFFING OUT THERE AND JUST THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS IMPROVED IMMENSELY.

AND SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO WANT TO COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR, FOR REALLY TURNING THINGS AROUND OUT THERE.

AND IT'S JUST BEEN A REALLY FUN SUMMER. SO THANK YOU.

THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. AND TO JUMP ON WHAT MISS PAUL WAS SAYING YOU KNOW, WITH US HAVING A DEFICIENCY OF GOLF COURSES, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE BEST THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN FOR THE PUBLIC AND MAKING SURE IT'S RAN REALLY WELL. AND SO I COMMEND THE TEAM FOR DOING THAT.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO BILL KIRBY AND HIS TEAM, WHO HAVE REALLY HELPED US WITH SOME GREAT IDEAS, HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND SO.

AND, AND HENCE, YOU KNOW, US WANTING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

SO I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT HE WAS A, A DRIVER IN GETTING SOME OF THESE THINGS DONE.

AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE AND I HOPE HIS FAMILY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE APPRECIATE HIM AS WELL.

AND I APPRECIATE TOMMY FOR GIVING HIM A PLATFORM TO, TO JUST VOICE THE THE VISION THAT HE HAD FOR HOGAN.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT ABOUT HIM.

HE WAS HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL. AND STAFF WAS VERY OPEN TO THOSE IDEAS.

COUNCIL FUNDING. A LOT OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS REALLY GOT STAFF MOTIVATED.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. I WAS AT HEALY PARK A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.

I MEAN, THEY LOVED THE THE PLAYGROUND. I WANT MY NEIGHBORS ARE THRILLED ABOUT IT.

I WAS HORRIFIED BECAUSE I SAW LITTLE KIDS RUNNING THROUGH THE GRASS WITHOUT SHOES ON.

AND I WAS LIKE, THEY'RE GOING TO GET STICKERS.

AND SO, I MEAN, THAT'S BEEN A BLIGHT IN MIDLAND MY ENTIRE LIFE.

PARKS HAVING STICKERS. SO I KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE I SAW HIM RUNNING AROUND BAREFOOT AND LIKE, THAT'S BAD PARENTING. AND ANOTHER THING OVER AT GRASSLAND PARK, I THINK THERE WERE 40 PLUS CARS OUT THERE.

I MEAN, THERE WERE A TON OF MOMS, A TON OF KIDS.

LIKE THEY ARE UTILIZING THAT AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE WANTING THAT. AND SO THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN GREAT. AND ALSO, THERE WERE SO MANY MOMS, THEY WERE SITTING ON THE GROUND OR TRYING TO FIND PLACES TO SIT. SO WE ADDED BENCHES, I BELIEVE YESTERDAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUICK RESPONSE AND SEEING WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN A WIN FOR US.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE PARKS TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB.

APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. YEAH. WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN ADDED IN THE LAST SIX YEARS, YOU GUYS PROBABLY NEED A NAP. LORI. OH, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THOUGH IS AND NOT TO BRING THE TEMPERATURE DOWN AND WHATNOT, BUT I KNOW WE PUT TURF FIELDS IN AND EVERYTHING.

AND SO IT'S REALLY LESS MAINTENANCE THAN, YOU KNOW, THESE GRASS FIELDS AND EVERYTHING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONSIDER MAKING SURE I KNOW WE HAVE IT IN PLACE, BUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE SWEEPING THESE TURF FIELDS PERIODICALLY, MAYBE MORE SO THAN WE'RE DOING NOW BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S TURF AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BRING IN FLOWER SEEDS AND THEY DO, AND THEY THROW FLOWER SEEDS ON THE TURF AND EASTER EGG HUNTS AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

SO IF WE CAN JUST, JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD HELP OUT TREMENDOUSLY.

ABSOLUTELY. WE WILL DO THAT. THANK YOU. I'LL TURN IT TO GOPHER.

THANK YOU. I WOULD SAY TOMMY, THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND DOING IT IN A WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND RESPECTS, AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YES, MA'AM.

YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. STAFF HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF KEEPING UP WITH THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES.

AND SO NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO GOAL FOUR. I'M GOING TO STAY OVER HERE SINCE I'M MANIPULATING EVERYTHING.

SO I'LL ASK GEORGE TO COME UP WITH ME AS WELL.

SO GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TAYLOR NOVAK.

I'M THE CHIEF OF STAFF. AS YOU ALL KNOW. GOAL FOUR IS TRANSPARENT AND CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION.

AND IT BRINGS TOGETHER STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

THESE TWO DEPARTMENTS HAVE VERY DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT THEY SUPPORT THE SAME OVERALL OBJECTIVE, MAKING CITY GOVERNMENT EASIER TO ACCESS AND EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.

SCROLL DOWN. SO GOAL FOUR REPRESENTS ABOUT $21.8 MILLION, OR ROUGHLY 4% OF THE OVERALL PROPOSED CITY BUDGET.

SO THE SMALLEST SECTION, BUT WE WOULD SAY HAS A GREAT IMPACT WITH THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT.

STAFFING REMAINS FLAT YEAR OVER YEAR. AND THEN NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO GEORGE BECAUSE IT HAS THE LION'S SHARE OF THIS BUDGET, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HIM TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE VARIANCES FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

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I GO BY GEORGE. I'M THE CIO FOR THE CITY OF MIDLAND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.

SO LIKE TAYLOR STATED, THE GOAL FOR IS A 21.8 MILLION, WHICH IS 4% OF THE CITY'S TOTAL BUDGET OF 505 MILLION.

IT IS 20.9 MILLION OF THAT. AND AGAINST THE FY 26 BUDGET, WE ARE AT 1.26 MILLION OR 6.4% A SPLIT TWO WAYS. OUR GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET IS 349,000, OR 3.9%.

THAT IS MOSTLY THE CITY WIDE MERIT AND COST OF LIVING INCREASES AS THEY APPLY TO THE IT STAFF.

AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS THE TECHNOLOGY FUND, WHICH IS UP 913,000 OR 8.5%.

THAT FUND IS NOT JUST THE IT DEPARTMENT MONEY, IT'S THE IT'S EVERY DEPARTMENT TECHNOLOGY CHARGEBACK PULLED IN ONE PLACE.

IT GREW BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

SOFTWARE RENEWALS AND THE HARDWARE REPLACEMENT INCREASES.

THANK YOU GEORGE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, IT'S REALLY THE EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION ARM FOR THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION. SO THIS DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS YOU ALL AS MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND EVERY DEPARTMENT THROUGH MEDIA RELATIONS, OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS, SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, CRISIS COMMUNICATION, GRAPHIC DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO AND EVENT PROMOTION. AND WHEN I LOOK AT FY 26, THE BIGGEST SHIFT FOR US IS THAT WE ARE INCREASINGLY MEASURE MEASURING WHETHER OUR COMMUNICATION ACTUALLY PRODUCES A RESULT RATHER THAN SIMPLY HOW MUCH CONTENT WE PRODUCE.

HOWEVER, WE DID PRODUCE OVER 3200 SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THIS LAST YEAR, AND MIDLAND REMAINS THE MOST FOLLOWED.

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN WEST TEXAS ON BOTH FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM.

WHEN YOU COMBINE ALL OF OUR ACCOUNTS TOGETHER, THAT REACH MATTERS BECAUSE WHEN THERE IS A ROAD CLOSURE OR A SERVICE INTERRUPTION, AN EMERGENCY OR A MAJOR COUNCIL DECISION, WE HAVE ALREADY BUILT THAT AUDIENCE THAT IS LISTENING.

THE NEWSLETTER IS ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.

SO THE PREVIOUS VERSION REACHED ABOUT 812 PEOPLE BACK IN 2023.

SINCE RELAUNCHING IT EARLIER THIS YEAR IN APRIL, WE ARE AVERAGING 8218 RECIPIENTS, A 4165 OPEN PER ADDITION AND A 50.6% OPEN RATE. SO WE KNOW RESIDENTS WANT INFORMATION FROM THE CITY WHEN IT IS USEFUL, TIMELY AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

WE HAVE ALSO CONTINUED USING COMMUNICATIONS TO SUPPORT OUR DEPARTMENTS DIRECTLY.

DOGGY DAY OUT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE CLEAREST EXAMPLES.

ANIMAL SERVICES HAD AN OPERATIONAL GOAL TO INCREASE THEIR VISIBILITY FOR THE LONG TERM STAY, SHELTER DOGS AND IMPROVE THEIR OUTCOMES. OUR TEAM BUILT A CAMPAIGN, COORDINATED THE MEDIA AND SOCIAL CAMPAIGN EFFORT, AND HELPED INVOLVE THE MAYOR AND SOME OF YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TAKE PARTICIPATION IN THAT.

ULTIMATELY, 15 OF THE 17 DOGS FEATURED IN THE PROGRAM ACHIEVED A LIVE OUTCOME, OR 88%.

SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT. AND THAT'S A REAL WORLD RESULT.

THAT IS WHERE I WANT STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS TO CONTINUE MOVING IN THIS NEXT YEAR.

WE START WITH THE CITIES OR THE DEPARTMENT'S GOAL, DETERMINE WHO WE NEED TO REACH, COMMUNICATE IT WELL, AND THEN ASK WHETHER IT ACTUALLY HELPED PRODUCE A RESULT FOR FY 27.

THE FOCUS IS MAKING THAT APPROACH MORE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.

I'LL SCROLL DOWN FOR YOU. FIRST, WE WILL ESTABLISH A STANDARDIZED COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR MAJOR CITY INITIATIVES.

COMMUNICATION SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WE THINK ABOUT THE DAY BEFORE A PROJECT GOES PUBLIC.

WE SHOULD KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING WHO WILL BE AFFECTED, WHAT QUESTIONS THEY'RE GOING TO ASK, AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THEM INFORMED. WE WILL ALSO CREATE COMMUNICATIONS TOOLKITS FOR COMPLEX OR HIGH PROFILE ISSUES, SO THAT EVERYONE ARE WORKING FROM THE SAME FACTS AND THE SAME INFORMATION.

WE WILL CONTINUE EXPANDING RESULTS FOCUSED MULTIMEDIA CAMPAIGNS AROUND STRATEGIC PLAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, TAXPAYER INVESTMENT, AND CITY SERVICES.

AND ONE OF OUR LARGER RESIDENT FACING DELIVERABLES WILL BE A SWITCH FROM EVERBRIDGE TO A NON-EMERGENCY OPT IN TEXT ALERT FOR THINGS LIKE TRASH SCHEDULE CHANGES, MAJOR ROADWAY IMPACTS, CITY EVENTS, AND OTHER SERVICE UPDATES THAT WILL REMAIN SEPARATE FROM ALERT MIDLAND.

THAT EVERBRIDGE SYSTEM, WHICH IS INTENDED FOR EMERGENCY AND URGENT INFORMATION.

ULTIMATELY, OUR JOB IS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR CITY.

THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHY WE ARE DOING IT AND HOW IT AFFECTS THEM, AND WHERE TO GO WHEN THEY NEED SOMETHING.

SO THAT'S THE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION SIDE OF TRANSPARENT AND CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION.

AND I'LL NOW PASS IT OVER TO GEORGE FOR THE ISD PORTION.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WE'VE SEEN A TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN THIS SPACE, AND I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN OVERSTATE HOW MUCH WE WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

WE'RE SEEING IT JUST EVEN IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH PEOPLE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AT THE GROCERY STORE OR AT A CHILDREN'S EVENT, PEOPLE SEE THAT WE'RE WORKING HARD TO COMMUNICATE THINGS OUT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT TEAM, AND THANK YOU TO THE REST OF YOUR TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I DO WANT SPECIFIC TO THIS PACKET THAT THAT WE'RE ALL REFERENCING AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.

WILL THIS BE MADE PUBLIC ON THE WEBSITE OR SOMEPLACE THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS IT? BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY IMPORTANT DATA POINTS IN HERE. YES, WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE IT

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MOST OF THE STATISTICS THAT FOLKS HAVE RATTLED OFF ARE RIGHT HERE IN THIS DOCUMENT.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED. WE CAN DIRECT THEM TO THAT.

SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY, MAYOR. I BRING THIS UP ALWAYS.

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. Y'ALL HAVE HAD FOUR MEETINGS ON THAT.

AND YOU SPEND TIME ALLOCATE THE TIME AND YOU'RE ALL VERY BUSY.

AND SO HAVING THAT PLANNING INSTRUMENT THAT THEN HELPS WITH THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST, WITH THE FIVE YEAR CIP CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND THEN THE EXECUTION OF THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL THOSE THINGS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO ON THE IT SIDE, JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN BUSY DELIVERING ON THE COUNCIL PRIORITIES.

WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM.

PERMIT PHASE TWO. WE EXPANDED ONLINE PERMITTING FROM EIGHT PERMIT TYPES TO 50, SO CONTRACTORS, DEVELOPERS AND RESIDENTS CAN APPLY WITHOUT A TRIP TO CITY HALL.

RESTAURANTS, POOL AND SPA PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS MOVED ONLINE AS WELL, WITH DIGITAL REQUESTS AND PAYMENTS LATER, LETTING OWNERS HANDLE THEIR THEM FROM THEIR BUSINESS INSTEAD OF CLOSING TO VISIT CITY HALL.

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPLICATIONS AND MEMBERS ONBOARDING MOVED ONLINE AS WELL, REMOVING THE PAPER PACKET BETWEEN AN INTERESTED RESIDENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE, AND MAKING IT EASIER TO STEP FORWARD AND SERVE THE OIL AND GAS PERMITS, IS NOW DIGITAL WITH STREAMLINED WORKFLOW, STREAMLINED WORKFLOWS, GIVING OPERATORS VISIBILITY INTO WHERE THEIR APPLICATION STANDS WITHOUT CALLING TO ASK.

PARKS AND RECREATION WELL. PARKS AND RESERVATIONS MOVED ONLINE AS WELL, WITH REAL TIME AVAILABILITY AND PAYMENT, LETTING FAMILIES SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND BOOK WITHOUT A PHONE CALL.

CITY ORDINANCES AND CODE ARE PUBLISHED AND SEARCHABLE ONLINE.

NOW, MAKING THE RULE THAT APPLIES TO SOMEONE FINDABLE WITHOUT A FOIA REQUEST ANYMORE.

WE ALSO BUILT A PUBLIC ZONING MAP THAT LINKS EACH PARCEL TO ITS ZONING AND RELATED ORDINANCES, WHICH LETS CITIZENS AND AND DEVELOPERS ANSWER THEIR OWN QUESTIONS RATHER THAN CALLING PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

AND THE LAST ONE ON THAT ONE ON THE LIST IS THE CITY'S AUDIT, CONDUCTED EVERY THREE YEARS BY THE TEXAS DPS, CLOSED WITH ZERO FINDINGS CONFIRMING THAT SENSITIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION IS HANDLED CORRECTLY FOR FY 27 PRIORITIES AND KEY DELIVERABLES. WE HAVE FIVE PRIORITIES.

THE FIRST ONE IS IMPROVED CYBERSECURITY AND RESILIENCE.

SECOND IS IMPROVE CITIZENS EXPERIENCE. THIRD ONE IS IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY FOR IS BETTER.

VENDOR AND INTERNAL EXPERIENCE. AND THE LAST ONE IS PILOT SMART TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS.

SOME OF THE KEY DELIVERABLES THAT WE PLAN ON DELIVERING IS.

ENSURE ADA. TITLE TWO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL DIGITAL ASSETS MEET ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS, SO THE CITY COMMUNICATES EFFECTIVELY ACROSS ALL POPULATION TYPES. THIS IS UNFUNDED UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDATE.

THE NEXT ONE IS GOLF COURSE DIGITAL EXPERIENCE.

WE PLAN ON IMPLEMENTING COURSE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE TO MONITOR PACE OF PLAY IN REAL TIME, MOVE MORE ROUNDS THROUGH THE COURSE, AND IMPROVE THE GOLFERS EXPERIENCE. THE NEXT ONE IS PERMIT MIDLAND PHASE THREE.

WE PLAN ON ADDING INSPECTION CATEGORIES, ADDITIONAL INSPECTION CATEGORIES, PLANNING CASES AND MORE PERMIT TYPES ACROSS MORE DEPARTMENTS FOR ONLINE SUBMISSIONS.

NEXT ONE IS EXPAND SECURITY COVERAGE CAMERAS.

EXTEND THE COVERAGE OF THE PUBLIC PARKS AND CITY FACILITIES TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND AND ACT AS A DETERRENT.

AND THE LAST TWO IS UPGRADE THE VENDOR SELF-SERVICE SO VENDORS CAN REGISTER ONLINE.

THEY CAN SUBMIT INVOICES ONLINE. THEY CAN CHECK THE PAYMENT STATUS WITHOUT CALLING CITY STAFF.

AND THE LAST ONE IS BUILT IN-HOUSE CONTRACT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM WHERE WE WILL CENTRALIZE CONTRACT RECORDS, REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, ELIMINATE MISSED RENEWALS, AND STRENGTHEN OUR PURCHASING POLICY COMPLIANCE, AND GIVE LEADERSHIP A CITY WIDE VIEW OF OBLIGATIONS AND RISK.

AND JUST TO ADD ON THE PARKS CAMERAS, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER EARLIER THIS YEAR, BACK IN THE SPRING, I THINK IT WAS AT REYES, MASHBURN, NELMS. WE HAD SOMEBODY COME IN AND GRAFFITI ON ONE OF THE BRAND NEW CONCESSION BUILDINGS.

AND BECAUSE WE HAD THESE CAMERAS IN PLACE, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE HIM AND THEN BE LATER ARREST HIM FOR THE DAMAGES THAT HE CAUSED.

SO THE CAMERAS DO WORK AT OUR PARKS FACILITIES, AND WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN THOSE ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT PARKS WITHIN THE CITY. SO YOU ALLUDED TO THIS, BUT BECAUSE OF THE YOUR TWO TEAMS WORKING TOGETHER, THE COMMUNICATION THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND THE AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION IS PROBABLY AS GREAT AS IT'S EVER BEEN.

WE GET SO MANY OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS EVERY YEAR.

NICHOLAS COULD RATTLE OFF THE NUMBER, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE THOUSANDS, MOST OF THOSE ARE RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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I'LL LET HIM FINISH THAT DISCUSSION, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D START IT.

NO, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT'S THE CONCEPT THAT WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GO AFTER.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS IN ITS ADMINISTRATION VARY ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND VARY DEPENDING ON WHO'S REQUESTING FOR OR WHO'S REQUESTING THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. SO WE ARE, WE ARE CAUTIOUS, BUT WE ARE AWARE THAT THIS IS AN AVENUE THAT IS THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE TO GO AHEAD AND, AND DAMPEN DOWN SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN THAT COMES WITH LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE REQUEST ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, IF THAT CAN NOT ALL BE AVOIDED. SO CAN YOU GIVE US THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS THAT WE'RE GETTING? LAST YEAR, LAST CALENDAR YEAR, I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST OVER 5800, 5800, WHICH YOU KNOW, WHEN COMPARED TO CITIES SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO GETS, YOU KNOW, 46,000.

RIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO RELATIVITY THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

WE HAVE PRIMARILY ONE PERSON THAT IS DEVOTED FULL TIME TO PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT ADMINISTRATION.

THE PD ALSO HAS A FEW INDIVIDUALS THAT HELP, GIVEN THE BRUNT OF THE REQUESTS THAT COME FROM OR THAT COME TO THE PD FOR INFORMATION THAT IT HOLDS. I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE NOW HAVE A NEW PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT SPECIALIST THAT WE HIRED, EFFECTIVE A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, AND SHE'S BEING TRAINED RIGHT NOW, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THE PROSPECT OF HER COMING IN AND HELPING US OUT.

SO IT'S A NEVER ENDING BATTLE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN GAIN SOME SORT OF EFFICIENCY IN SOME SORT OF LEG UP ON.

THAT'S GREAT. AND OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD NEVER PUT THE THE PD REQUEST.

NONE OF THAT STUFF WILL EVER BE MADE PUBLIC ON OUR WEBSITE. BUT FOR THE OTHER REQUESTS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING, THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH. AND SPEAKING OF THAT, MAYOR, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. THE INTERNAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS, LIKE WITH LEGAL, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? WHAT CAN WE PUT OUT THERE? THE JACKY 2.0 IF IT'S A SIMPLE THING WHERE WE MAKE IT EASY FOR THE CITIZEN TO GO IN THERE AND AND TYPE IN A QUESTION.

OH EXCUSE ME. TYPE IN A QUESTION AND THEY CAN GET THAT ANSWER PRETTY QUICK.

THEN THAT MAKES THEM WANT TO USE THAT SYSTEM MORE.

AND FOR THE PUBLIC, THE JACKIE THAT HE'S REFERENCING, THE 2.0 IS A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT THAT ACTUALLY ANSWERS QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC WHEN THEY CAN ASK ANYTHING AND IT'LL ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS AS BEST THEY CAN.

AND, AND IT'S A LEARNING AI. SO IT, IT DRAWS FROM ALL DIFFERENT WEBSITES.

I'VE USED IT ACTUALLY TO LOOK FOR THINGS THAT WE REFERENCE IN SOME OF THESE PUBLIC AGENDAS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS.

AND IT WORKS. I MEAN, YOU CAN GO IN AND ASK QUESTIONS AND TAILOR WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD IF YOU HAVEN'T TINKERED WITH IT, YOU SHOULD, BECAUSE I THINK IT GETS SMARTER AS WE, AS WE TINKER WITH IT. SO EXACTLY. WE LOVE THE, THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON THAT.

SO WE ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO GO IN THERE AND, AND TRY IT, TEST IT AND GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON IT.

AND IT DID RECEIVE THREE NATIONAL AWARDS THIS YEAR.

AWESOME. AND IT WAS ABOUT TO SAY IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT ONES AND ONE THAT ACTUALLY WORKS COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING, TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT I'VE GONE AND SEEN, THEY'RE PROBABLY THE LEAST EXPENSIVE ONE. YES, WE'VE SAVED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BY DOING IT IN-HOUSE.

ANOTHER PANHANDLE CITY HAS PAID HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO A PRIVATELY OR A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY.

AND WE HAVE DONE THAT FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR.

SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE IN-HOUSE CAPABILITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO DO THAT WITH.

THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. IT'S VERY COOL. AND SO NOW WE'LL PASS IT TO GOAL TEAM FIVE UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TODAY OF PRESENTING ON GOAL TEAM FIVE.

WE ARE MADE UP OF FINANCE, GENERAL SERVICES, HUMAN RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT, CITY MANAGEMENT, CITY GOVERNANCE, AND CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO GOAL TEAM 5TH MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THE DEPARTMENT THAT EVERYBODY IMMEDIATELY THINKS OF WHEN THEY THINK OF ABOUT CITY SERVICES.

BUT WE LIKE TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS THE GLUE THAT HELPS HOLD THE CITY TOGETHER.

WE SUPPORT EVERY DEPARTMENT AND EVERY EMPLOYEE IN SOME WAY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE BUDGET, HIRING AND DEVELOPING OUR WORKFORCE, KEEPING FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS MOVING OR HELPING TURNING COUNCIL PRIORITIES INTO ACTION.

OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REST OF THE ORGANIZATION HAS THE SUPPORT, STRUCTURE, AND RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO SERVE MIDLAND WELL.

SO GOAL TEAM FIVE REPRESENTS THE INTERNAL FOUNDATION THAT ENABLES EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT TO OPERATE EFFECTIVELY.

OUR PROPOSED ALL FUNDS BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 IS APPROXIMATELY 504 MILLION OF THAT AMOUNT.

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APPROXIMATELY 76% OF THAT BUDGET IS SUPPORTED BY NON-GENERAL FUND SOURCES, WITH THE REMAINING 24% COMING FROM GENERAL FUND.

FINANCE HAS CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG FISCAL STEWARDSHIP WITH THE GFOA TRIPLE CROWN.

FIVE OF THE SIX TEXAS COMPTROLLER TRANSPARENCY STARS, A THIRD CONSECUTIVE ZERO FINDING AUDIT AND TRIPLE A AND DOUBLE A ONE CREDIT RATINGS.

SO LOOKING AHEAD, AT FISCAL YEAR 27, THE FOCUS WILL BE ON EARNING THEIR SIXTH TRANSPARENCY, STAR STRENGTHENING, LONG RANGE FORECASTING AND CONTINUING TO IMPROVE AUTOMATION AND FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR HR.

WE HAVE FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING THE WORKFORCE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT, SAFETY, WELLNESS AND ENGAGEMENT.

THIS INCLUDES OVER 1000 IN-PERSON TRAINING ATTENDEES, A 57% REDUCTION IN MISSING MRS BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS, AND SOMETHING RARE FOR HR IS $147,800 IN DIRECT WORKER'S COMPENSATION SAVINGS.

THROUGH SOME OF THE TRAININGS THAT WE HAVE GIVEN FOR SAFETY. WE'VE ALSO CREATED A SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO PINPOINT SOME OF THOSE WORKER'S COMP CLAIMS AND HOW WE CAN MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE MOVING FORWARD. IN ADDITION, IN FISCAL YEAR 27, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK BY MODERNIZING SALARY STRUCTURES AND BENEFITS, STRENGTHENING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, AND EXPANDING LEADERSHIP AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO WORK ON IMPROVING OUR HR TECHNOLOGY AND WORKFORCE DATA ON OUR ON YOUR REPORT, YOU SEE BY THE NUMBERS, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF A LISTING AS OF EIGHT SEVEN, THE CURRENT POSITIONS AND THE VACANCY COUNTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE HAVE CITYWIDE 132 VACANCIES, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT A 10.9% VACANCY RATE, WHICH IS THE LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN MANY, MANY YEARS. WITHIN GENERAL SERVICES, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPORTANT OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, EARNING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN PROCUREMENT AWARD AND AN HONORABLE MENTION IN THE 100 BEST FLEETS CONTEST, WHILE ALSO ADVANCING FACILITY AND FLEET IMPROVEMENTS IN FISCAL YEAR 27, THE FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON STRONGER CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, MORE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, IMPROVED FACILITY WORK ORDERS, AND GREATER FLEET EFFICIENCY.

AND FINALLY, IN CITY MANAGEMENT, WE'VE CONTINUED TO MOVE MAJOR PRIORITIES FORWARD WHILE IMPROVING HOW WE MEASURE AND COMMUNICATE PERFORMANCE.

THAT INCLUDES STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, QUARTERLY KPI REPORTING, ENHANCED COUNCIL DASHBOARDS AND BRIEFINGS, MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND NEARLY 90% REDUCTION IN POLICE VACANCIES SINCE 2019.

IN FISCAL YEAR 27, THE FOCUS WILL REMAIN ON EXECUTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND CIP, ADVANCING THAT QUALITY OF LIFE AND LONG TERM UTILITY PRIORITIES, AND STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND CONTINUING TO IMPROVE COUNCIL READINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSPARENCY. SO OVERALL, THE WORK OF GOAL TEAM FIVE IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY HAS THE FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE, THE WORKFORCE SYSTEMS AND LEADERSHIP SUPPORT NEEDED TO OPERATE EFFECTIVELY.

THE 27 FISCAL YEAR 27 PRIORITIES BUILD ON THAT FOUNDATION BY FOCUSING ON STRONGER PLANNING, BETTER PROCESSES, CONTINUED TRANSPARENCY, AND THOUGHTFUL INVESTMENT IN BOTH OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT NICOLE'S BEEN A STALWART.

SHE'S BEEN A CHAMPION ON TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN PARTICULAR.

SO I WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER LEADERSHIP. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MARCIA FOR POINTING SOMETHING OUT TO ME. SHE ALWAYS WATCHES MY BACK.

I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT LINDSAY ADAMS GOT HER DOCTORATE DEGREE AS WELL.

I JUST WANT TO SAY $47,000 IN SAVINGS IN WORKER'S COMP IS AMAZING.

IT'S A BIG DEAL. YEAH. WE DON'T GET TO DO A LOT OF SAVINGS IN HR, SO WE'RE EXCITED WHEN WE GET THAT NUMBER.

YES, THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. YEAH, DEFINITELY. KUDOS TO JESSICA AND HER TEAM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN KILLING IT THERE ON THIS CHART THAT WE HAVE HERE.

THERE'S NOT CUMULATIVE NUMBERS. SO TAYLOR CAN YOU GIVE US THE CUMULATIVE NUMBERS ON TOTAL FTE AND THEN THE VACANCIES.

YES. SO THE FY 26 TOTAL BUDGETED FTE. SO THAT WOULD BE IF EVERYONE HAD A FILLED POSITION FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT WOULD BE 12,000 OR SORRY. 1290. AND THEN THE PROPOSED BUDGET GOES UP TO 1301.

AND RIGHT NOW WE SIT AT 126 VACANCIES. SO YOU CAN SAY ABOUT 1160 TOTAL EMPLOYEES ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW.

BUT OF COURSE, THAT CHANGES DAY TO DAY. SO WHAT IS OUR BIGGEST AREA OF DEFICIENCY FOR STAFFING? UTILITIES. UTILITIES. YEAH IT'S A CONSTANT TURNOVER THERE.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS GLAMOROUS. SO IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE IN AND KEEP PEOPLE THERE.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB WHEN THEY'RE THERE. BUT IT'S THAT RECRUITMENT IS ALWAYS HARD.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR US. THAT'S WHY ALL THE TECHNOLOGY YOU MENTIONED YESTERDAY, THE WATER IS DOING THAT.

CARL'S BEEN LEADING IS VERY HELPFUL. WE MET WITH A COMPANY YESTERDAY.

AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO DO MORE OF THAT SORT OF THING THAT THEY WANT TO THEY WANT TO COMPETE.

THEY WANT TO SEND IN PROPOSALS. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT WAYS WHERE TECHNOLOGY CAN BE HELPFUL.

AND YOU HEARD GORGES AND TAYLOR TALK ABOUT IT ALREADY, BUT COUNCIL HEARD THAT WE'RE WE'RE LISTENING YOUR PRIORITIES ABOUT USE MORE TECHNOLOGY.

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THAT'S THE ONLY GOOD THING MAYBE THAT CAME OUT OF COVID. IS THAT THE VIRTUAL ASPECT THAT IT'S PROVEN THAT WORKS, WORK SMARTER, WORK SMARTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE HEARD TODAY IN THESE REPORTS.

AND I WILL SAY WE LAUNCHED, WE'VE HAD IT PREVIOUSLY, BUT THIS YEAR WE BROUGHT BACK OUR INTERNAL CAREER FAIR THAT WE HOSTED OVER AT BUSH.

AND WE HAD SEVERAL. I MEAN, I THINK WE I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, BUT ABOUT 200 PEOPLE CAME TO THAT CAREER FAIR.

AND OF THOSE, THE MOST VISITED BOOTH WAS UTILITIES.

SO THE INTEREST IS THERE. IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S NOT PEOPLE THERE.

WE JUST GOT TO GET THEM IN THE DOOR AND GET THEM QUALIFIED AS WELL TO BE IN OUR IN OUR AREAS AND THEN RETAINING THEM.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WORK WITH UTILITIES ON CLOSELY.

YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT NOT BE BAD FOR US TO HIT SOME OF THESE OIL AND GAS JOB FAIRS AS WELL.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE PIPELINE INDUSTRY THAT START OFF AS LEVEL ONE TECHS, THINGS OF THAT SORT THAT I'M ASSUMING WE CAN PROBABLY BE PRETTY COMPETITIVE WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THE UTILITIES PAY AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.

SO I THINK EVEN MORE THAN THE PAY, WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME OVER FROM OIL AND GAS.

USUALLY THEY'RE OLDER BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE THEIR CAREERS IN OIL AND GAS AND THEY'VE MISSED OUT ON FAMILY. THEY'VE MISSED OUT ON HOLIDAYS, THEY'VE MISSED ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

THEIR BODY IS FAILING THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN IN OIL AND GAS. SO WE'RE ABLE TO TOUCH THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THAT KIND OF JOB STABILITY AND THAT RELIABILITY OF BEING HOME WITH YOUR FAMILY AND NOT MISSING IT OUT. SO DEFINITELY, WE HAVE A FULL TIME RECRUITER WHO'S PLANNING OUT THEIR YEAR ALREADY FOR THOSE CAREER FAIRS. SO WE'LL DEFINITELY ADD THAT TO THE LIST. EXCELLENT.

ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DO YOU HAVE YOUR LAST LAST GOAL. LOOK HOW WE'RE DOING SO GREAT.

WE'RE ALL ABOUT TO START FIGHTING OVER WHICH ROADS WE WANT FIRST THOUGH, SO I DON'T KNOW. IT'S GOING TO SLOW DOWN.

WE SENT YOU THAT LIST. WE'LL KEEP IT TIGHT. YOU'LL HAVE A LIST ALREADY. YEP.

AWESOME. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE'RE PRESENTING ON GOAL SIX.

IT STRENGTHEN AND SUSTAIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

GOAL SIX CONSISTS OF FOUR DEPARTMENTS. IT'S UTILITIES, ENGINEERING, SOLID WASTE OR SANITATION, AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT'S A DISTRIBUTION OF ALL FUNDS.

GOLD SITS OCCUPIES ABOUT 39%, ALMOST 40% OF ALL FUNDS.

ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS ABOUT 86% OF THAT IS NON GENERAL FUND REVENUE.

SO THREE OF THE FOUR DEPARTMENTS THAT WE MENTIONED IS FUNDED BY ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

AND SO THAT'S THE TOTAL IS ABOUT $199 MILLION AMONG THE FOUR DEPARTMENTS.

ONE THING TO LOOK AT IS STAFFING. WE HAVE FOR GOLD SIT ADDED EIGHT NEW POSITIONS.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FOUR POSITIONS FOR LITTER ABATEMENT.

THEY ARE HOUSED IN SOLID WASTE. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THOSE STAFFING LEVELS.

AND NOT ONLY DO THEY DO LITTER ABATEMENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE UNSIGHTLY WEEDS THAT YOU SEE AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THOSE AS WELL. AND SO JUST TO ADD, THERE'S ALREADY FOUR ON THE GROUND.

WE HAVE THAT FULLY STAFFED. WE ARE NOW ADDING AN ADDITIONAL FOUR.

SO THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL TEAM UP TO EIGHT.

AND SO ANYTIME YOU ALL OR OR CONSTITUENT MAYBE TEXT YOU OR EMAIL YOU ABOUT A LITTER ISSUE OR WEEDS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, PLEASE LET US KNOW. LET ME KNOW. I TEXT THE SUPERVISOR ALL THE TIME.

I ACTUALLY SENT HER OUT TO DOWNTOWN YESTERDAY AROUND THE RESTAURANT AREAS, AND THEY WERE THERE THAT SAME DAY PICKING UP THE TRASH IN THAT AREA.

SO PLEASE UTILIZE THEM. PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO UTILIZE THAT AS WELL.

AWESOME. AND WITH THAT, I'LL LET CARL TALK ABOUT UTILITIES.

GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD MORNING. I WANT TO STAY HERE FOR ONE SECOND. TAYLOR.

I KNOW PROBABLY ASKED THE QUESTION WHY. WHY DOES UTILITIES ADD TWO POSITIONS WHEN YOU JUST SAW WE HAD 37 OPEN POSITIONS? WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDING POSITIONS TO ENGINEERING TO INCREASE THE CAPABILITIES OF OUR INSPECTIONS, OF OUR PROJECTS AND THE ENGINEERING DESIGN OF OUR PROJECTS.

AGAIN, IT'S COLLABORATION. THAT'S WHAT WE DO WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS. WE'RE VERY CLOSELY TIED TOGETHER.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU JUST SAW 37 OPEN POSITIONS AND NOW YOU KNOW WHY AT THE END OF EVERY INTERVIEW, I SAY WE'RE HIRING. SO FOR UTILITIES, OUR OUR KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, I WANT TO POINT OUT THESE FIRST TWO.

AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THESE IN GROUPS AS WE GO FORWARD.

BUT THESE FIRST TWO IS EXPANDING OUR CAPABILITIES.

THE WEST, THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN. WE'VE HAD THAT AREA ANNEXED FOR 50 YEARS.

IT HASN'T HAD SEWER. IT HASN'T HAD WATER OVER THERE.

SO WE PUT IN SERVICE A NEW SEWER MAIN, AND WE'VE BROUGHT WATER FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN, ACROSS THE HIGHWAY DOWN. TODD, THE FIRST PHASE COMPLETED YESTERDAY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE EXTENDING THAT IN THE NEXT PHASE. THAT AREA OF TOWN HAS NOT HAD THOSE SERVICES FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

THAT HAS OPENED UP AN ENORMOUS SWATH OF LAND TO BE ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED FOR THE CITY OF MIDLAND, WHICH IS WHICH WE FEEL IS REALLY GREAT. IT WAS AN EXPENSIVE PROCESS, BUT WE'LL SEE FUNDS COMING IN FROM THAT FOR PROPERTY TAXES IN THE YEARS TO COME.

THE NEXT FEW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WATER PLANT. WE'VE MODERNIZED AND MAINTAINED OUR WATER PLANT WELL OVER THE YEARS,

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SO YOU'VE HEARD US SAY THE BACK DOOR RESERVOIR.

WE HAVE A 15 MILLION GALLON RESERVOIR AT THE PLANT THAT HADN'T BEEN CLEANED OUT IN 14 YEARS.

SO WE WERE ABLE, BASED OFF ROTATING SOME MAINS AROUND, I MEAN, SOME VALVES AROUND TO GET THAT RESERVOIR EMPTY AND TO CLEAN OUT A BUNCH OF THE SLUDGE THAT WAS IN THERE TO HELP WITH TURBIDITY AND MANGANESE IN OUR SYSTEM FOR YEARS TO COME.

AND WE, WHEN WE PUT IT BACK, WE MADE IT SO WE CAN NOW MAINTAIN THAT EVERY OTHER YEAR WE CAN DRAW IT DOWN IN THE WINTERS.

TAKE A LOOK AT IT, SEE IF IT NEEDS CLEANED OUT, AND THEN FILL IT BACK UP FOR THE SUMMER. SO THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND GOT IT DONE FOR $220,000 CHEAPER. YES WE DID. SO OUR FIRST OUR FIRST BID WAS OVER $600,000.

AND WITH THE HELP OF THE COUNCILMAN, WE GOT IN THREE BRAND NEW BIDDERS.

IT'S NEVER BEEN ON A CITY PROJECT AND IT CAME IN UNDER $400,000.

SO IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT HELP FOR US. WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT WONDERFUL VALVE ON 158, WHICH THE T BAR SYSTEM COMING IN AND THE VALVE THAT USED TO BE THERE.

AND I SAY USED TO BE THERE. IT WAS A VERY SOPHISTICATED VALVE.

IT WAS VERY COMPLICATED. WE FOUND A NEW VALVE THAT IS MUCH EASIER TO MAINTAIN AND MUCH EASIER TO OPERATE, AND WE SWAPPED THAT VALVE OUT AND LESS EXPENSIVE AND LESS EXPENSIVE VALVE.

SO WE SWAPPED THAT VALVE OUT. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WHEN I SAY WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT HIGHER TECHNOLOGY, SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO GO BACKWARDS A LITTLE BIT AND LOWER THAT TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE THINGS WORK BETTER. SORRY. AND TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY.

OUR SATELLITE LEAK DETECTION PROGRAM AND OUR PRESSURE SENSOR SYSTEM HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN OUR IN MIDLAND.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE PROCESS THAT HAPPENED NOT THAT LONG AGO.

WE USED TO HAVE MAYBE YEARLY, MAYBE EVERY OTHER YEAR, BOIL WATER NOTICES AT THE AIRPORT.

THE AIRPORT SYSTEM IS VERY SMALL, SO ONE WATER MAIN BREAK OUT THERE EMPTIED THE SYSTEM BECAUSE THE TANK OVER THERE IS ONLY 250,000 GALLONS.

SO WE HAD A VERY LARGE WATER MAIN BREAK THERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE HAD VERY LARGE WATER MAIN BREAK. OUR PRESSURE SENSORS PINPOINTED WHERE THAT WATER MAIN WAS PROBABLY BROKEN.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR OUR GUIDES, OUR PEOPLE OUT TO THAT AREA FASTER.

AND THEY FOUND IT WITHIN 30 MINUTES. GOT IT SHUT OFF.

IT DID EMPTY THE TANK, BUT THERE WAS STILL WATER IN THE SYSTEM.

SO THERE WAS NO BOIL WATER NOTICE? NO. BARELY ANYBODY NOTICED ANY PRESSURE CHANGE EXCEPT FOR THE VERY TOP FLOOR OF THE AIRPORT.

SORRY, JUSTINE. SO JUST POINTING THOSE OUT, WE NOW HAVE PUT OUT 95% OF THOSE.

THERE'S 3 OR 4 MORE TO GO, BUT WE ALSO MADE TWO MOBILE ONES.

SO WE'VE HAD A A CUSTOMER THAT'S BEEN WORRIED ABOUT PRESSURE IN LEGEND'S SUBDIVISION.

SO WE NOW HAVE TWO MOBILE ONES THAT ARE OUT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE CAN TRACK IT OVER THE THEY JUST GOT PUT IN YESTERDAY.

SO I HAVEN'T SEEN THE NUMBERS YET, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT OVER THE NEXT WEEK TO SEE IF THERE'S A TIME OF DAY WHY WE MAY BE SEEING HIGHER OR LOWER PRESSURES OUT THERE. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT TECHNOLOGY. CARL, REAL QUICK, HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK WE'VE POTENTIALLY SAVED OR OR HOW MANY LEAKS HAVE BEEN DETECTED BY THE SATELLITE SYSTEM? THE SATELLITE SYSTEM, I WOULD SAY WE HAVE FIXED THIS YEAR IS 20.

SO THAT'S ABOUT 52 LEAKS WE'VE SO FAR FIXED. THE MAIN THING IS THAT IS WHAT I TELL OUR GUYS IS THEY.

THEY WERE FIXING A LINE AT 2 A.M. IN THE MORNING A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

THAT LINE HAD AN X. THEY HADN'T GOT TO IT. IT WAS NOTICED BY THE SATELLITE LEAK DETECTION, BUT THEY HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THAT. SO I POINTED OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REASON THAT HAS AN X IS WE COULD HAVE FIXED THAT.

YOU WOULDN'T BE OUT HERE AT TWO IN THE MORNING. SO THEY REALLY RAMPED UP FOCUSING ON THAT INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON OTHER THINGS.

OVERALL, I WOULD SAY WE TWO YEARS AGO THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, WE HAD 97 MAIN BREAKS.

AND I LOOKED YESTERDAY, WE'RE ONLY AT 68. SO IT'S BEEN A 3030 MAIN BREAK DROP IN THAT TIME FRAME IS PRETTY AMAZING.

YEAH. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO. WE'VE HEARD SOME CONVERSATION AT THE STATE LEVEL ABOUT FOLKS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS.

SO MONEY THAT WE WOULD TAKE FROM FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND APPLY TO THE GENERAL FUND AND OTHER THINGS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN. I DO RESPECT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THAT.

AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THIS NECESSARY FOR US IS BECAUSE WATER OVERLAPS WITH SO MANY OTHER THINGS.

YOU'RE WORKING WITH ROADWAYS, YOU'RE WORKING WITH STORM DRAINAGE, YOU'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

WE, WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS RESPONSIBLE AS WE CAN BE.

AND WE HOPE THAT THE STATE DOES NOT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY ADDITIVE TO THE CITY SERVICES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO MIDLANDERS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD IN SAYING THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WAY THAT YOU DO WORK WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO. YEAH, WE'RE JUST VERY INTERCONNECTED.

IT'S WE ACTUALLY GOT A SURVEY ON THAT FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

IF WE THINK IT'S TOO MUCH. AND MOST OF THE QUESTIONS WERE, HAVE YOU NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO NEW TECHNOLOGIES BECAUSE OF WHAT TRANSFERS? AND YOU CAN SEE WITH JUST WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, MIDLAND HAS BEEN ABLE TO TRY OUT A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY TO BE TECHNOLOGIES TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE OUR MAINTENANCE AND OUR SYSTEM IS RAN TO THE BEST OF ITS CAPABILITY.

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YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED CITY CREWS ACTUALLY CHANGE OUT A SEWER LINE IN THE ALLEY BEHIND US ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.

AND THOSE CREWS REALLY LIKED DOING IT. SO THEY CAME TO ME AND ASKED FOR MORE TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE THINGS IN-HOUSE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ASKED TO DO IS WE HAD A PRIVATE COMPANY DOING WATER EXERCISING THROUGHOUT TOWN.

IT WAS A $250,000 A YEAR CONTRACT, AND THEY WEREN'T DOING A GREAT JOB.

THEY ACTUALLY HAD CREATED A PROBLEM WHERE THEY SHUT OFF WATER OVERNIGHT FOR AN ENTIRE STREET BECAUSE THEY CLOSED A VALVE, LEFT IT, AND WENT HOME FOR THE DAY. WE, WE LUCKILY GOT THE CALLS.

WE WENT OUT THERE AND FIXED IT, BUT WE'RE PAYING THESE PEOPLE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR US.

SO OUR CREWS DECIDED THEY WANTED TO TAKE THAT ON.

AND THEY'RE NOW HAVE A VALVE CREW THAT'S GOING AROUND.

SO NOT ONLY WORKING THESE VALVES, BUT AS SOON AS THEY FIND A BROKEN ONE, THEY FIX IT OR THEY GET A CONTRACTOR IN TO FIX IT.

SO WE HAVE BETTER VALVES WORKING IN THE SYSTEM.

THEY ALSO POINTED OUT THE NEXT THING WAS OUR FIRE HYDRANTS.

SO WE HAD HAD ABOUT 75 FIRE HYDRANTS THAT NEEDED REPLACE.

AND THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS TO GET ANY PARTS TO FIRE HYDRANTS TO GET BRAND NEW FIRE HYDRANTS.

SO WE JUST HAD A WHOLE BUNCH DOWN. SO OUR CREWS, WE BID IT OUT.

SO WE BID THAT PROJECT OUT AND THE BID CAME BACK ABOUT $1 MILLION, WHICH WE FELT WAS TOO MUCH MONEY FOR CHANGING OUT 75 FIRE HYDRANTS BECAUSE WE WERE BUYING THE FIRE HYDRANTS. SO THE CREWS CAME TO ME AND SAID, THEY CAN DO IT, BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT DURING NORMAL WORK HOURS.

WE WORKED OUT A WAY WITH SOME INCENTIVE PAY WHERE THEY'LL COME IN SATURDAY IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MAIN BREAKS AND SUNDAY AND HAVE TEAMS OF FOUR REPLACING FIRE HYDRANTS, THEY FOCUS ON ALL THE SCHOOLS THIS SUMMER. SO ALL THE FIRE HYDRANTS AROUND SCHOOLS ARE NOW WORKING. THERE WAS ONLY LIKE FIVE, BUT STILL THEY'RE ALL WORKING AROUND SCHOOLS. SO WITH THAT INCENTIVE PAY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SAVING THE CITY $630,000 BASED OFF WHAT THAT BID WAS GOING FORWARD.

SO JUST SHOWING WHAT CREWS CAN DO WHEN THEY THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND CITY MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE AND HR HELPING US, HOW CAN WE INCENTIVIZE THIS FOR THESE PEOPLE, FOR OUR CREWS TO DO IT THEMSELVES.

SO IT'S BEEN VERY WONDERFUL. AND A LITTLE EXTRA JINGLE IN THEIR POCKETS.

YES. WHICH IS GREAT FOR SUMMER SUMMER VACATION.

ANOTHER ONE WITH ENGINEERING. LIKE WE SAID, OUR COLLABORATION WITH ENGINEERING IS PAUL DAVIS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PAUL DAVIS A LOT. SO WE WANT TO REPLACE 18 MORE WELLS AT PAUL DAVIS. SO ONE OF OUR NEWER PPIS IS TAKING THAT DESIGN ON.

SO HE HAS DESIGNED IT MUCH FASTER THAN AT THE PREVIOUS DESIGN I HAD FOR PAUL DAVIS WELLS, TO A POINT WHERE HE'S READY TO GO IN THE NEXT MONTH TO GET WELL PERMITS, WHICH IS, I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT A YEAR FASTER THAN OUR THE CONSULTANT WE HAD DO FIVE WELLS.

SO IT'S BEEN WE'RE JUST REALLY GROWING OUR CAPACITY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I SAID THAT ONE POSITION IN ENGINEERING IT JUST TO EXPAND EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING. SO DELIVERABLES, WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF THE SAME.

WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON WATER MAIN REPLACEMENTS. WE'VE DONE TEN MILES THIS YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ANOTHER TEN MILES. WE HAVE ONE MORE YEAR ON OUR SATELLITE LEAK DETECTION.

WE'RE GOING TO EITHER KEEP THAT MOVING OR SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE WE WANT TO TEST OUT OR DO TWO.

BUT IT'S BEEN SUCH A GREAT FOCUS FOR US. WE'RE PRETTY SURE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE SATELLITE LEAK DETECTION PROGRAM AGAIN, AND WE'RE DOING SOME SLUDGE HANDLING AT BOTH THE WATER PLANT AND THE WASTEWATER PLANT. THE WATER PLANT PROJECT IS GOING TO FINISH UP THIS YEAR. THE WASTEWATER PLANT PROJECT IS GOING TO START AND WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THOSE. YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE MANHOLE REHAB PROGRAM.

WE'RE LOOKING TO DO ANOTHER 85 NEXT YEAR. AND IT'S AGAIN, THAT'S THE LAST YEAR OF THAT PROJECT, AND WE'RE GOING TO RELOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THAT'S THE BEST WAY FORWARD OR WE SHOULD TRY SOMETHING NEW. ANY QUESTIONS FOR UTILITIES BEFORE ENGINEERING? YOU TALKED ABOUT THE MOBILE UNIT AND LEGACY. CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT REAL FAST? YEAH. SO WE HAVE A SYSTEM CALLED PRESSURE RANGER THAT DOESN'T SOUND SIGNAL FIRE SIGNAL FIRE USING PRESSURE RANGERS.

AND WHAT IT IS IS EVERY FIVE MINUTES IT'S PINGING OUR SYSTEM TELLING US WHAT THE PRESSURE IS AROUND IT.

SO IT'S ATTACHED. SO THE MOBILE ONES GET ATTACHED TO A FIRE HYDRANT.

IT'S TELLING US WHAT THE PRESSURE IS IN THAT SUBDIVISION, IN THAT AREA AT THAT TIME.

SO WE PUT TWO IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THAT SUBDIVISION AND IT SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY I CAN GO UPSTAIRS AND IT SHOULD BE NOW ON MY SYSTEM WHEN I GO UP THERE.

AND IT'S AN ONLINE WEB THING. WEB THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND DECIDE, OKAY, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A PRESSURE DROP AT 12:00.

WHAT WAS THE TOWER OF? WHAT WAS THE ELEVATION OF THE TOWER? WHAT WAS THE PUMPS RUNNING AT THE PLANT? TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN CHANGE TO MAKE SURE THE PRESSURE DROP DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. FOR ENGINEERING, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE SEVERAL KEY PROJECTS TO HELP US KEEP UP WITH GROWTH AND EVENTUALLY GET AHEAD OF GROWTH.

TWO THAT WE DID IN HOUSE WERE ARLINGTON ROAD IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE STOKES BACKAGE ROAD.

AND SO THOSE ARE CRITICAL PIECES OF INFRASTRUCTURE, SMALL PIECES, BUT THEY HELP US KEEP UP WITH GROWTH.

WE ALSO COMPLETED THE WADLEY EXTENSION IN THE FAIRGROUNDS EXTENSION IN FISCAL YEAR 26 AND BEGAN BRIARWOOD PAVING BETWEEN AVALON AND STATE HIGHWAY 158 AND THE MOCKINGBIRD EXTENSION FROM FAIRGROUNDS TO PARADISE CREEK HAS IS UNDERWAY NOW, AND SO THOSE ARE KEY PIECES TO THE PUZZLE TO HELP OUR CITY GROW RESPONSIBLY.

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AND REALLY THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GROW OUR INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONSIBLY, RESPONSIBLY, AND EVENTUALLY GET AHEAD OF GROWTH IS TO WORK WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

SO WE PLAN TO CONTINUE THAT. ONE, HIGHLIGHTING THE PROJECTS.

ONE OF THEM IS THE STATE HIGHWAY 158 INTERSECTIONS, A $330 OR $330,000 INVESTMENT LED LED TO ABOUT $17 MILLION WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS AT TWO INTERSECTIONS AND ACCELERATED THE PROJECT BY ABOUT THREE YEARS.

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TOD DRIVE OVERPASS THERE.

THE CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY. BUT $1 MILLION MDC INVESTMENT LED TO A $26 MILLION PROJECT.

AND SO THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO, TO DEVELOP OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE OVER THE YEARS TO GROW IN-HOUSE PROGRAMS. AND SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ABILITY TO DO ASPHALT PAVING IN-HOUSE, CONCRETE PAVING IN-HOUSE. BUT ONE OF THE MORE RECENT IMPROVEMENTS OR ADDITIONS TO OUR IN-HOUSE CAPABILITIES IS THE STRIPING OF OUR ROADWAYS.

AND I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN BURKS MENTIONED IT IN MARCH WHEN WE HAD OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, THAT SHE WANTS TO STRIPE OUR ROADWAYS MORE.

WELL, SINCE WE PURCHASED THAT TRUCK, IT'S $1 MILLION VEHICLE, BUT WE HAVE DONE 22.5 MILES OF ROADWAY STRIPING WITH IN-HOUSE STAFF IN THAT VEHICLE. SO THAT MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT WILL SOON PAY FOR ITSELF.

SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT. GABE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE COST OF THAT 22 MILES, IF WE WERE TO NORMALLY BID THAT OUT, WOULD HAVE BEEN WE'RE EXPERIENCING ABOUT A 60% COST SAVINGS.

THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE'VE USED THROUGH OUR ANNUAL AGREEMENT COMES FROM THE FORT WORTH AREA.

SO JUST THEIR MOBILIZATION CHARGE ALONE TO COME HERE AND DO THE STRIPING IS, IS PRETTY HIGH.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE LUXURY OF BEING ABLE TO STRIPE ROADWAYS WHEN WE NEED THEM.

WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON THEIR SCHEDULE BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE CAN'T CALL THEM TO COME DO JUST A SECTION OF MIDKIFF.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF WORK FOR THEM TO MOBILIZE FROM FORT WORTH TO DO THE WORK.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET MORE DONE WITH OUR IN-HOUSE STAFF AND DO IT FOR MUCH CHEAPER.

I HEARD MY NAME. I DEFINITELY THAT'S ONE THING.

WE WERE, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER. AND THAT'S BEEN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY MY MANOR PARK FOLKS.

WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND MIDLAND.

SO THAT WAS IT SEEMS SIMPLE, BUT THAT WAS A HUGE THING.

SO THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THAT AND DOING THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. CROSSOVER TO PD AS WELL AS FAR AS SAFE PASSAGEWAYS.

YEAH, YEAH. AND I THINK TOO, ON SOME OF THOSE MAIN THOROUGHFARES, LIKE IN FRONT OF MIDLAND HIGH OR LEE.

THERE ARE PLACES WHERE WE'VE HAD REPEATED TRAFFIC ISSUES, AND SO THE ROAD DIETS THAT WE'VE DONE, WHERE WE'VE MADE THOSE NARROWER, AND THE STRIPING THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT REALLY HAS MADE AN IMPACT. IT'S NOT JUST OPTICS.

IT REALLY DOES HELP. YEAH. THANK YOU. ONE THING THAT WE'VE REALLY IMPROVED ON OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS KEEPING UP WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AT OUR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS. AND SO WE ARE IN REALLY, IT'S JUST THROUGH MAINTENANCE EFFORTS.

WHEN WE CHANGE THE SIGNAL DETECTION EQUIPMENT, WE ARE NOW USING EQUIPMENT THAT GIVES US REAL TIME DATA WHERE WE CAN ADJUST THE SIGNAL TIMING BASED ON REAL TIME SCENARIOS. RIGHT. AND SO ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THIS NEW EQUIPMENT IS THE POSSIBLE USE OF AI.

YOU PURCHASE A SUBSCRIPTION TO IMPLEMENT THIS.

WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO GET SOME GRANT FUNDING TO CONVERT FIVE INTERSECTIONS ON ANDREWS HIGHWAY TO AI.

AND WE'RE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING THAT NOW. AND SO WORKING WITH OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS OFFICE TO GET THAT GRANT FUNDING.

WE'RE GOING TO IMPROVE SIGNAL TIMING. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY AND WORKING WITH PD AND MAKING OUR INTERSECTIONS SAFER WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO DO SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION AND YOUR SIGNAL LIGHTS ARE WORKING CORRECTLY, YOU REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF RED LIGHT RUNNING, WHICH REDUCES CRASHES. AND SO WE'RE SEEING SOME REAL RESULTS WITH THIS.

AND CREDIT TO TOM AND HIS TEAM FOR KEEPING UP WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY.

THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IS THE SAME TECHNOLOGY THAT'S USED AROUND ARLINGTON STADIUM OR AT&T STADIUM.

I'M SORRY FOR EVENT TRAFFIC THERE. AND SO IT'S BASICALLY OPTIMIZING WHAT THE SIGNAL LIGHTS ARE CAPABLE OF.

AND SO KIND OF TRANSITIONING INTO 27 FISCAL YEAR 27 DELIVERABLES.

I THINK IN A NUTSHELL, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN FISCAL YEAR 26, BUT WE WANT TO DO COMPREHENSIVE ROADWAY PLANNING.

WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE ROADWAY DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE TO HELP US KEEP UP WITH GROWTH.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT STARTS WITH RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION THAT'S ALIGNED WITH THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN RESPONSIBLY AND PROACTIVELY ADDRESS OUR ROADWAY NEEDS AHEAD OF TIME AND GET AHEAD OF GROWTH.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO.

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AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE ROADWAY PLANNING, IT'S NEW STREETS TO KEEP UP WITH GROWTH.

BUT IT'S ALSO ADDRESSING OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

YOU KNOW, WE FEEL MORE THAN 26,000 POTHOLES ANNUALLY.

THE RESPONSE TIME IS JUST GREATLY IMPROVED. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE THOSE STREETS THAT ARE REDUNDANTLY POTHOLED AND REPAIR THEM PERMANENTLY.

WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO FILL 26,000 POTHOLES.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO PLAN TO REPAIR THOSE ROADWAYS WHEN NEEDED.

WE WANT TO COMPLETE SIGNAL LIGHT DESIGNS. WE KNOW WE HAVE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE PROBABLY WARRANTED NOW FOR SIGNAL LIGHT. SO WE WANT TO PROACTIVELY GET THOSE DESIGNED AND COMPASS.

WE HAVE TWO COMPASS PROJECTS THAT ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY DESIGNED NOW THAT WE WANT TO GET OUT TO BID.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TOO.

SO WE'RE ADDRESSING ALL NEEDS TRANSITIONING A LITTLE BIT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ENGINEERING. I DID, I WAS JUST KIND OF SURPRISED WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MOCKINGBIRD TO FROM 349 TO AYE STREET.

I THINK WE'VE GOT THAT DESIGN DONE. SO I WAS KIND OF WONDERING WHY WHAT THE SCHEDULE WAS FOR THAT MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THAT WAS, I THINK THAT'S IN THE SAME BALLPARK AS THE SINCLAIR CONVERSATION YESTERDAY.

IF WE DON'T GET AHEAD OF THAT ONE, IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

YEAH. SO UNFORTUNATELY, THE DESIGNS AREN'T FAR ENOUGH ALONG WHERE WE WOULD BE COMFORTABLE SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE READY TO GO TO BID IN, IN FY 27, CERTAINLY AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IT DONE. WE CERTAINLY WANT TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES.

THE OTHER CHALLENGE WE WILL HAVE IS THAT THE LIST YOU HAVE. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING SOURCES, SO SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE LIST WILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH, OKAY, HOW DO WE FUND THOSE PROJECTS? BUT I WOULD SAY THAT'S END OF FY 27 OR WOULD BE READY TO GO IN FY 28 THE RIGHT OF WAY.

WE ALREADY HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THAT. IT'S JUST A CONSTRUCTION PLANNING THAT'S NOT DONE FINAL BETWEEN A GOING BACK TOWARDS BIG SPRING.

WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY. OBVIOUSLY GOING BETWEEN GARFIELD AND EIGHTH STREET IS THE OTHER SEGMENT WE TALKED ABOUT. WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY THERE, BUT YES, BETWEEN WEST OF BIG SPRING, WE WOULD BE READY TO GO WITH THAT. OKAY. YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT ENGINEERING AND EFFICIENCIES KIND OF TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATIONS AND, AND GETTING SEVERAL PEOPLE READY TO GO WITH THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE EFFICIENTLY, EFFICIENTLY WATCHING OVER PROJECTS, MANAGING THEM EFFICIENTLY.

SO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE PLATFORM THERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. AND THAT'S STILL ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT'S STILL IN WORK IN PROGRESS.

WE HAVE HAD SOME TRAINING THAT'S TAKEN PLACE FOR PROJECT MANAGERS.

AND WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO IS BEEF THAT UP. IN FACT, CARL AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY. WHAT DOES THAT NEED TO LOOK LIKE CITYWIDE? WE DO HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER IN ENGINEERING. WE HAVE ONE THAT KIND OF IS A PSEUDO PROJECT MANAGER IN CITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE.

AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHERS THAT FUNCTION AT IN THAT CAPACITY.

SO WE ALSO HAVE INTRODUCED, AGAIN, COMPLIMENTS TO STAFF AND THE EFFORTS ON CLICKUP.

IT'S IT'S A PROGRAM THAT HELPS US TO ACTUALLY MANAGE PROJECTS.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DIGITALLY PUT TOGETHER THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT INFORMATION IN AND IT GIVES YOU LIVE RESULTS, LIVE UPDATES ON WHAT'S GOING ON. SO THAT ALMOST IN ITSELF IS ITS OWN PROJECT MANAGEMENT TYPE PROGRAM.

AND SO BEEFING THAT UP AND ADDING STAFF AND TRAINING THEM TO ALLOW US TO DO THIS CITYWIDE IS IMPORTANT TO US.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A CAPITAL PROGRAM OR CAPITAL CIP PROGRAM.

AND SO WE'RE STILL WORKING TOWARDS THAT AND TRYING TO BUILD THAT UP, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE.

ALL SIX GOALS HAVE PROJECTS, AND EACH OF THEM ARE WORKING INTERCHANGEABLY WITH EACH OTHER TO WORK, TO GET THINGS DONE. KUDOS TO THE STAFF. I MEAN, I'LL BRAG ON STAFF, EVEN THE LITTLE THINGS.

OKAY, WE TALKED ABOUT LITTER ABATEMENT. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'RE TEAMING UP WITH TRANSPORTATION AND SANITATION TO HELP WITH LITTER ABATEMENT.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE DEPARTMENT, IT'S TWO DEPARTMENTS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE AND THE SUBTLE IMPROVEMENTS YOU'VE SEEN OUT THERE. WELL, WE HAVE A TEAM, A CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM THAT ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

WE MAKE REFERENCE TO BILL KIRBY HAD A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS.

AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THAT, OKAY, SOME OF THOSE GREAT IDEAS DIDN'T REALLY TRANSITION OVER TO A PUBLIC TYPE FACILITY.

WE'RE NOT A COUNTRY CLUB, BUT THOSE IDEAS, OKAY, WE CAN PIVOT AND DO THIS AND DO THAT.

AND STAFF REALLY WORKED TOGETHER, MEETING EVERY OTHER WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO LITTLE SUBTLE THINGS LIKE WATER ALONG, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE ON HOLD, WHATEVER, I CAN GET SOME COLD WATER HERE.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE MISSING. AND SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING ADDED BECAUSE OF THOSE CROSS FUNCTIONING OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SOLID WASTE EXCUSE ME, UTILITIES AND ENGINEERING AND THEIR PARTNERSHIPS.

SO YOU'RE SEEING THAT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.

THE COLLABORATION IS HAS REALLY IMPROVED. YOU KNOW WE CAN ONLY ADD SO MANY STAFF A YEAR, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THESE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS AND THE CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS IS JUST THROUGH THE ROOF WHEN WE'RE GETTING DONE.

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SO YOU'RE SEEING THAT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.

AND I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, GOING BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION, IS THAT WE'RE STILL GOING TO WORK TOWARDS MAKING THAT PROGRAM EVEN BETTER. SO WE'RE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF IT, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE. WE FEEL THAT, OKAY, WE CAN ADD A COUPLE MORE STAFF MEMBERS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A GREAT SPOT TO WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE LIST, IT'S LIKE, CAN YOU GET IT DONE? I BELIEVE WE CAN BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING AND THE EFFORTS OF STAFF, AND THEY'RE MOTIVATED. AND I'VE SEEN JUST AGAIN, THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN STAFF MEMBERS.

IT'S IT'S BEEN FUN TO WATCH AND SEE STAFF GROW AND REALLY TAKE ON AND BE EMPOWERED TO DO THESE PROJECTS.

SO KUDOS TO STAFF FOR STEPPING UP. AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF TRAINING TO HELP OUT WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

LEAN SIX SIGMA IS ONE OF THEM. I FINISHED MY TRAINING.

STILL NEED TO DO THE PROJECT TO WRAP THAT UP, BUT WE, WE TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW TO OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY.

WE'VE USED THE TEXAS ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION TO HELP US OUT.

WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR CONTRACTORS AND VISITED WITH THEM ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT NEW STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS THAT MAKE OUR PROJECTS BETTER AND STREAMLINE PROJECTS.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STEPS TAKEN TO HELP STAFF WITH THE TOOLS NEEDED TO MANAGE THESE PROJECTS MORE EFFICIENTLY.

WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT JOB STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS TO SAY, HEY, WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.

IF YOU NOTICE, THIS YEAR WE'VE DONE A BETTER JOB DURING THE SUMMER OF COMPLETING PROJECTS PRIOR TO SCHOOL STARTING.

THAT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT AND COORDINATION BETWEEN CITY STAFF AND CONTRACTORS TO GET THAT DONE.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN MORE OF THAT. THERE'S BEEN MORE OF AN EMPHASIS ON IT.

AND SO I THINK IN THE END, WITH TRAINING, IT'S JUST WE'VE BEEN MORE RESOURCEFUL THAN EVER ABOUT GETTING THINGS DONE AND GETTING THEM DONE BETTER.

I WANT TO TRANSITION JUST A LITTLE BIT TO SOLID WASTE BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT KEEPING UP WITH GROWTH, OUR SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS TO KEEP UP WITH GROWTH.

WE DID OPEN ONE CITIZEN'S COLLECTION CENTER, A CITIZEN'S CONVENIENCE CENTER THIS YEAR WITH PLANS FOR A SECOND TO EVENTUALLY REPLACE THE ONE THAT'S AT SMITH ROAD. WE DID FINISH THE LANDFILL ENTRANCE ROAD THIS YEAR AND KIND OF PROACTIVELY KEEPING UP WITH GROWTH IN FISCAL YEAR 27, SOLID WASTE WILL START LOOKING AT DESIGN AND BID DOCUMENTS FOR ANOTHER LANDFILL CELL.

AND SO THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT AS WELL AS WE WORK TO KEEP UP WITH GROWTH AND SOLID WASTE.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE IN-HOUSE SOLID WASTE.

THEY OUTSOURCE IT TO REPUBLIC SERVICES OR OTHER THINGS.

SO THAT'S AND MIDLAND HAS A LOT OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WE MANAGE OUR OWN AIRPORT AND OUR OWN ANIMAL SHELTER.

AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ARE IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR A CITY TO DO 1 OR 2 OF THOSE THINGS, BUT THE CITY OF MIDLAND IS PROVIDING ALL OF THOSE SERVICES.

CITY. FULL SERVICE CITY. AND SO I THINK WHEN WE WE GOT TO BE ABLE TO WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME TIME IN TERMS OF ROADWAYS AND PARKS AND, AND SOLID WASTE AND ALL THOSE THINGS, IT IS A REALLY COMPLICATED HALF $1 BILLION BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE.

AND IT TAKES THAT KIND OF COLLABORATION. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I DIDN'T WANT TO MESS UP THEIR CADENCE BECAUSE THEY WERE ON A ROLL.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THEM AND WHAT YOU HEARD THROUGHOUT IN THIS, THIS GOAL IN PARTICULAR, COUNCIL HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, USING CERTAIN ENGINEERING FIRMS MAYBE TOO MUCH.

AND WE NEED TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. THAT'S WHAT YOU HEARD TODAY.

WE'RE DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY. WHETHER WE CAN BRING IT IN HOUSE, WE ARE. WE CAN DO IT FASTER, OR WE HIRE AN ENGINEER AND THEN DON'T HAVE TO PAY OR HAVE AN ENGINEER THAT WE CAN TRAIN, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS.

AND IN SOME CASES, IT'S LONGER. SO WE ARE LISTENING.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS TAKES TIME. THE REASON WHY, AND YOU'VE HEARD THIS A LOT FROM ME, THE REASON WHY YOU YOU HEAR LEAN SIX SIGMA QUITE A BIT. IT LISTENS TO THE VOICE OF THE CUSTOMER.

I KNOW YOUR BLACK BELT TRAINED COUNCILMAN STUBBS.

IT LISTENS TO THE VOICE OF THE CUSTOMER. IT DEFINES IT.

THE ISSUE MEASURES IT, IT ANALYZES IT, IT IMPROVES IT, AND IT CONTROLS IT, MEANING IT KEEPS IT IN PLACE.

YOU KEEP CHECKING WHAT YOU WHAT YOU EXPECT. YOU GO BACK.

YOU DON'T JUST LEAVE IT ALONE. AND WHEN YOU'VE HEARD THEM SAY THEY GOT TO DO A PROJECT WE DON'T RECOGNIZE AS AN ORGANIZATION, YOUR BELT UNTIL YOU'VE DONE A PROJECT, YOU DO THAT PROJECT THAT HELPS THE ORGANIZATION.

SO WE HAVE ALSO DONE THAT COST EFFECTIVELY BY DOING THAT IN HOUSE.

WE NOW HAVE A MASTER BLACK BELT TRAINED INDIVIDUAL THAT CAN DO THAT TRAINING IN-HOUSE.

SO THE BENEFIT IS THE EMPLOYEE. THE PERSON WHO GOES THROUGH IT CAN PUT IT ON THEIR RESUME.

IT IS A GOOD RESUME BUILDER IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT, AND IF YOU USE IT WISELY AND IT SAVES THE ORGANIZATION MONEY.

SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HEARING. THE TRAINING DEVELOPMENT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. THE WORK THAT'S GETTING DONE, THE RESULTS THAT YOU'RE SEEING IS COMING DIRECTLY FROM STAFF. WELL, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE AT THE LOWEST LEVEL.

THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO EXERCISE DISCRETION. YOU KNOW, EMPOWERMENT IS A IS A FANCY WORD.

ALL THAT MEANS IS YOU GOT TO TAKE THE HITS. THE GOOD AND THE BAD.

AND WHEN IT'S THE BAD, WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. OKAY? AND THAT HAPPENS. MISTAKES HAPPEN. AND SO WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.

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WE TAKE THAT AND THEN WE MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND WE CORRECT IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE HEARD TODAY. AND THEY'VE DONE A MASTERFUL JOB WITH THIS BUDGET.

IT COMES FROM THE DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVE. AGAIN, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING IS IMPORTANT. THE FIVE YEAR BUDGET FORECAST IS IMPORTANT.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THEN WEAVES INTO THAT AND THEN YOU GET THE RESULTS.

WELL, AND I WANT TO JUST EXPAND ON SOMETHING YOU SAID JUST A MINUTE AGO, TOO.

YOU DON'T ALWAYS NEED AN ENGINEERING SERVICE TO DO EVERYTHING FOR YOU. YOU HAVE SERVICE COMPANIES THAT HAVE A VAST AMOUNT OF EXPERTISE, ESPECIALLY IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, THAT A LOT OF THOSE TECHNOLOGIES TRANSLATE INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEY HAVE STAFF THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP AND HELP TEACH AND SHOW OUR OWN STAFF.

AND AGAIN, TO BUILD ON KIND OF WHAT SOME OF THEM ARE DOING WITH THE VALVE REPLACEMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.

IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. AWESOME. I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO RUN QUICK.

I JUST REAL FAST ON MOCKINGBIRD. THAT'S I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP MOCKINGBIRD.

AND THEN ALSO ON IN DISTRICT FOUR. DO YOU HAVE JUST A QUICK LITTLE UPDATE ON MOCKINGBIRD DISTRICT FOUR.

MOCKINGBIRD DISTRICT FOUR. YES. SO WORKING TO GET THAT OUT FOR BID.

FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 27. WE'VE WE HAD TO PULL THOSE PLANS BACK AND MAKE THE THE VENDOR GO BACK AND DO SOME REDESIGN ON THAT.

BUT IN THE END, GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL. WE SIMPLY COULDN'T BUILD A ROADWAY AS IT WAS DESIGNED AT THAT LOCATION.

DID WE TAKE THE ROUNDABOUT OUT AT ORIOLE BY CHANCE? NO, IT'S STILL THERE. IT'S STILL PART OF THE DESIGN, BUT THE DRAINAGE HAS BEEN REDONE.

THE DRAINAGE, THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS THEY'RE WORKING ON NOW, IS TO GET THAT ADDRESSED.

JUST SIMPLY WASN'T ABLE TO BUILD IT THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED. GOTCHA.

CAN I JUST ASK? I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS, BUT WHY DO WE HAVE A ROUNDABOUT THERE? SO I'LL OWN THAT ONE. SO I KNEW IT WAS YOU. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CONFIGURATION OF THAT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S VERY RESIDENTIAL COMING OFF OF THAT OF MOCKINGBIRD.

BUT MOCKINGBIRD IS ALSO A MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADWAY.

AND SO ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO NAVIGATE SPEEDING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A SIGNAL PEOPLE, WHEN FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU SEE THE YELLOW LIGHT, YOU DON'T HIT THE BRAKE, YOU HIT THE ACCELERATOR.

THE ROUNDABOUT ACTUALLY FORCES YOU TO NAVIGATE THAT INTERSECTION AT A SLOWER RATE, AND IT HELPS MOVE TRAFFIC MORE EFFICIENTLY.

BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A SIGNAL AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, A SIGNAL THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WARRANTED ANYWAYS.

AND SO FOLKS GET FRUSTRATED AND THEY START DOING THINGS THAT ARE INAPPROPRIATE.

SO BECAUSE OF THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT, THE VOLUMES AT THAT LOCATION, WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING IN A ROUNDABOUT WAS THE BEST APPLICATION FOR THAT INTERSECTION. ONE THING THAT I'LL KIND OF ADD TO THAT IS WE'VE HAD, AND THIS IS A LITTLE SIMPLER, I THINK, IS WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD BAD LUCK INSTALLING OR RECEIVED SOME NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, INSTALLING ANYTHING THAT FLASHES IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

FOLKS DON'T LIKE IT FLASHING IN THEIR LIVING ROOMS. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTIES THAT FRONT ROYAL AND MOCKINGBIRD, THERE SEEMS VERY SIMPLE, BUT I'M A LITTLE BIT WORRIED THAT WE'LL GET SOME NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE FLASHING LIGHTS IN LIVING ROOMS AND BEDROOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO ARE WE ANTICIPATING THE TRAFFIC TO BE THAT MUCH, THOUGH, TO WHERE A FOUR WAY STOP WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT? YES. SO THAT IS ONE PHASE OF MOCKINGBIRD. MOCKINGBIRD WILL CONTINUE TO GO WEST ALL THE WAY OUT TO AVALON, AND IT'S EVEN ON OUR THOROUGHFARE. PLAN TO GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO 158.

SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THESE THINGS. AS WE PHASE PROJECTS, WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE AND PUT IN THE RIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE IN ADVANCE VERSUS TRYING TO COME BACK AND RETROFIT IT LATER. KIND OF OUR CONVERSATION WE HAD YESTERDAY ABOUT, OKAY, LONG TERM PLANNING. THIS IS PART OF A LONG TERM PLAN, NOT A SHORT TERM SOLUTION. AND JUST THE FAMILIES GOING TO FASKEN ELEMENTARY.

I MEAN, I THINK THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF, OF THE DAY THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY INTENSE TRAFFIC.

I CAN SAY LIVING THREE BLOCKS FROM A TRAFFIC CIRCLE.

I HAVE BECOME A BELIEVER. I DON'T THEY'RE NOT RIGHT EVERYWHERE.

BUT IT IS IT IS FABULOUS. OH, I LOVE THE ONE BY THE HOSPITAL.

I THINK IT'S GREAT. BEST THING EVER. YEAH. JUST.

ALL RIGHT. LINDSAY, WE'VE WE'VE DRAGGED THIS OUT.

BUT WE DO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, SO BRING IT.

BRING IT HOME HERE. YES. WELL, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING LAST TODAY, SO I WILL NOT STAND BETWEEN YOU AND THE REST OF THE DAY REALLY QUICKLY.

YOU'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT EVERYONE'S PRESENTATIONS, THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS OFFICE HAS REALLY PLAYED A ROLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, HELPING DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN DIFFERENT AREAS. WE'VE HELPED, GABE MENTIONED WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH MDC MIDLAND COUNTY.

WE EVEN HAVE PARTNERSHIPS NOW WITH THE CITY OF ODESSA AND ECTOR COUNTY, AND THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO JUST PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BRING FUNDING IN FROM THOSE DIFFERENT ENTITIES. SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'RE PROUD OF IS THE VISION ZERO INITIATIVE THAT WE BROUGHT.

WE HAVE GRANT MONEY THAT'S COME FROM THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING YOU ALL THE NEXT VISION ZERO UPDATE RELATIVELY SOON.

WE'VE SEEN CONTINUAL DECREASE IN ROADWAY FATALITIES FROM THAT PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. MY OFFICE ALSO IS IN CHARGE OF THE WEST TEXAS WATER PARTNERSHIP.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WATER AT NAUSEUM, SO I WON'T GO ON ABOUT THAT.

MY OFFICE IS ALSO ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BASIN BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.

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AND THEN THE FUN STUFF WE HAVE IN THE LAST YEAR MONITORED OVER 750 FEDERAL BILLS AS CONGRESS IS IN SESSION, INCLUDING THE ROAD TO HOUSING ACT, WHICH WAS A BIG ONE THAT JUST PASSED. AND WE'VE ALSO APPLIED 104, 116 MILLION JUST IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR OF DISCRETIONARY GRANT DOLLARS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'VE HELPED WITH MOSTLY ENGINEERING AND UTILITIES PROJECTS AND KIND OF PURSUING THOSE AND PUSHING THOSE FORWARD AS WE CAN GET MORE FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIP.

I DO WANT TO MENTION SPOE IS NOT A DEPARTMENT THAT HAS ALWAYS EXISTED OR A DIVISION.

RATHER, WE'VE ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR THREE YEARS.

IN THOSE THREE YEARS, WE HAVE SUBMITTED ALMOST $160 MILLION WORTH OF GRANT APPLICATIONS, AND WE'VE BEEN AWARDED ALMOST $30 MILLION WORTH OF GRANT APPLICATIONS.

SO VERY PROUD OF WHAT MY TEAM DOES. WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT OVER 3500 STATE BILLS AND OVER 1500 FEDERAL BILLS.

SO THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT SEE US, WE'RE OUT THERE.

WE'RE WE'RE DEFINITELY GETTING THINGS DONE IN 27.

WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND BASE AND BEAUTIFICATION, INCREASE OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS WE ALREADY HAVE AND OBVIOUSLY LOOKING FOR OTHERS. VISION ZERO COMING RIGHT AT YOU AGAIN.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ART CONTEST THIS YEAR. AND THEN OF COURSE, KEEPING UP THAT ADVOCACY, OUR BIG FOCUS WILL BE THE 90TH STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO EXCELLENT. I HAVE A QUESTION I SEE ON THERE THE MPO ADA TRANSITION PLAN.

YES, MA'AM. AND THOSE WERE THE ROBOTS? YES, MA'AM.

WHERE DO WE STAND ON THAT? I AM STILL GETTING COMMENTS ABOUT THOSE ROBOTS, AND I DID NOT KNOW THEY WOULD ELICIT SUCH STRONG FEELINGS ON BOTH SIDES. ON BOTH SIDES? YES, MA'AM. SO I JUST WAS CURIOUS WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING. THIS PROJECT IS KIND OF MY BABY.

SO WE HAVE THE MPO HAS PAID FOR A STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MIDLAND TO UNDERSTAND OUR ADA NEEDS.

THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. AND SO A PART OF THAT WAS THOSE ROBOTS THAT EVERYONE SAW OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ANALYZED DATA. THEY ACTED AS AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO CROSS OUR STREETS, GET SOMEWHERE, TAKE A BUS, DO ALL OF THAT FUN STUFF. AND THEY COMPILED ALL OF THAT DATA.

WE SHOULD HAVE A REPORT IN THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY THAT SHOWS US EVERYTHING IN THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON AND IMPROVE FOR ADA.

ONE THING I KUDOS, ESPECIALLY TO GETTING THE MPO TO BE THE ONE THAT'S INVESTING IN THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY CONCERN IS, AND WE DEALT WITH THIS AROUND THE MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHWEST, WHERE WE PUT IN THESE ADA RAMPS TO NOWHERE. AND THEY WERE VERY DISRUPTIVE TO THE LOTS WHERE THEY WERE.

THERE WERE NO ADJACENT SIDEWALKS. THEY DIDN'T I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ACCOMPLISHED WHAT THEIR PURPOSE WAS.

I HOPE THAT AS WE GET THIS REPORT AND WE DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FROM THE REPORT, THAT WE WON'T WE WON'T ALLOW SOME OF THOSE THINGS TO GO FORWARD.

SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE MAY MAKE SOME IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, I WANT US TO BE JUDICIOUS ABOUT THAT. ONE WAS IN MY YARD, ONE OF THE ROBOTS.

YEAH. THAT GOES TO NOWHERE. NO ONE OF THE RAMPS. OH YEAH.

OH. THE RAMPS. YEAH. THEY'RE ON THE CORNER. YEAH. SO THAT IS WE JUST SHOULDN'T SPEND OUR MONEY ON THOSE KINDS OF THINGS GO RIGHT INTO THE GRASS.

I TALKED TO THE STAFF ABOUT THAT BEFORE. IT'S A GOOD POINT THAT YOU MAKE MAYOR AND TOLD THEM TO MAKE IT MORE ON, LIKE WHEN WE GET REQUESTS. I KNOW THAT THERE'S LEGAL COMPLICATIONS WITH THAT AS WELL, BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH DOLLARS, SO WE JUST USE IT IN WHERE IT'S MOST USED OR TRAFFICKED.

THAT MAKES MORE SENSE. WE NEED THAT AROUND MIDDLE AND HIGH. WE NEED THAT AROUND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE OTHER AREAS, BUT WE DON'T NEED IT.

SO WE CAN PRIORITIZE THE DOLLARS TO GO INTO HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS.

YES. AND I WILL SAY THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT THIS WILL CREATE WILL LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AND SEE IF IT'S CONNECTING TO NOTHING OR WHERE IT'S MOST NEEDED.

TO BE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED. AND THE OTHER THING IS THIS, THIS PLAN IS A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS.

SO ONCE THIS IS DONE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A POT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS IN THE PAST.

WONDERFUL. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. YOU DIDN'T REALLY MENTION IT, BUT YOUR OFFICE HAS DONE A LOT OF STUFF IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT TOO. SO I WANT TO I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF THE GROUNDWORK AND BEHIND THE SCENES WORK THAT Y'ALL DO, BUT IT IS VERY EXCITING WORK IN A NEW INDUSTRY FOR MIDLAND THAT Y'ALL ARE LEADING.

AND I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. WE WILL BE BRINGING THE SURF AGREEMENT TO YOU ALL WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, SO. EXCELLENT.

AWESOME. THANK YOU LINDSEY. THANK YOU DOCTOR.

YES DOCTOR ADAMS JUST REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE WE WRAP UP GREG HAS A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS HE WANTS TO MAKE.

OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN I WANT TO BE CLEAR. I I GOT BACK TO THE PD SAID HEY WHAT'S GOING ON? SO THE REPORTED ACCIDENT THOSE ARE ONLY IF AN OFFICER DRAWS A CASE NUMBER.

SO ON THE EVENTS THAT AN OFFICER DOESN'T SHOW UP, THERE'S NO CASE NUMBER DRAWN. SO THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THAT STATUTE. OKAY.

AND THEN I LOOKED I HAD THEM LOOK UP WHAT THE COMPUTER SAYS.

MS.. AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS THAT COUNCILMAN LADD ASKED SO IN THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2025, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MADE 1523 FELONY ARRESTS, 3895 MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS.

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CAN YOU SEND THAT TO US ALL? ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN CAN YOU.

SO THERE HAS TO BE A WAY FOR US TO TRACK THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF CRASHES, NOT JUST THE ONES THAT PD RESPONDS TO.

AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY RELEVANT NUMBER. SO IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE NUMBERS AS THEY'RE REPORTED FOR INSURANCE AND THAT SORT OF THING, I THOUGHT THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THAT. BUT I THINK THAT'S A LARGER CONCERN IS JUST IN THIS INCIDENT THAT I AM THINKING OF. I HAD A CONSTITUENT THAT THEY REALLY WANTED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS A THREE CAR ACCIDENT, AND BECAUSE NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, PD WOULD NOT COME OUT.

BUT IT WAS A SOMEWHAT CONTENTIOUS SITUATION. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLES.

AND I JUST I MEAN, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RECORD THAT? YES. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

AND I KNOW WHEN WE'RE SHORT STAFFED IN, YOU KNOW, ANY PARTICULAR TIME OF THE DAY, I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT HIGH PRIORITY IF EVERYONE IS OKAY.

BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS WORTH LOOKING INTO.

WELL, WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT FOR SURE. SO WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS.

AND AFTER TALKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ON MY OWN THAT THAT HAS BECOME BEST PRACTICE IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO NOT DO THAT ANY LONGER BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT JUST FACTORING IN THAT THE OFFICER HAS TO GO TO THE SCENE AND RECORD ALL OF THAT, WHICH TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME. BUT YOU HAVE TO FACTOR IN THE COURT CASES THAT THEY HAVE TO SHOW UP FOR MAYBE MULTIPLE TIMES TO BE A WITNESS IN THOSE SPECIFIC CASES. SO IT EATS UP A LOT OF CLOCK FOR OUR OFFICERS.

AND THOSE BEST PRACTICES ARE ARE NATIONWIDE. IN FACT, MY OLDEST DAUGHTER IS ABOUT TO BE A SENIOR.

I REMEMBER WHEN SHE WAS NEWLY BORN, WE GOT REAR ENDED IN ODESSA, NOT OUR FAULT.

AND EVEN AS FAR BACK AS THAT, WHICH IS ALMOST 18 YEARS AGO, THAT IS WHAT THE ODESSA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD ADOPTED THAT POLICY AS WELL.

BUT I DO WANT TO SERVE OUR OUR CITIZENS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE WILL ABSOLUTELY LOOK INTO THAT, AND THEN MAYBE THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO TRACK THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO THINK THROUGH AND TALK THROUGH THAT.

OKAY. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL QUESTIONS? OKAY. TOMMY, YOU HAVE ANY CONCLUDING REMARKS? I HAVE NO CONCLUDING REMARKS UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME.

THIS IS THE ENTIRE BUDGET. YOU GOT IT. $505 MILLION BUDGET ACROSS ALL CITY FUNDS, 188 MILLION WENT UP 197 IN THE GENERAL FUND.

NO NEW REVENUE BUDGET. REALLY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

SO TODAY THE PURPOSE IS TO SET THE CEILING FOR WHAT OUR TAX RATE WILL BE, WHICH MEANS THAT IN FUTURE CONVERSATIONS WE COULD LOWER THAT.

BUT WE COULDN'T GO ABOVE WHERE WE SET IT TODAY.

THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF, BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY, IS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDES THAT DELINEATE THAT? TAYLOR. I BELIEVE IT'S 65.2 MILLION AND THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS 2.4.

SO YOU ADD UP THOSE TWO NUMBERS. AND THAT'S WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS IS $67.6 MILLION.

IT'S THE SAME REVENUE WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR MINUS THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

NEW CONSTRUCTION GETS ADDED ON. THAT IS THE STATE'S DEFINITION, BY THE WAY.

IT'S NOT IT'S NOT THE NEW REVENUE. SO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS WHAT YOU HAD THE PREVIOUS YEAR WITH THE LAST THREE BUDGETS.

THIS IS THE FOURTH BUDGET THAT I'VE PUT TOGETHER. WE PUT TOGETHER AS A STAFF FOR THE COUNCIL, AND WE IN ALL OF THOSE BUDGETS, HAVE NOT PLAYED ANY GAMES.

WE'VE SAID THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION PERIOD, YOU KNOW.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. WE'RE NOT YOU CAN GO ABOVE THIS AND WE COULD RECOMMEND A HIGHER AMOUNT AND YOU CAN REDUCE IT.

WE DON'T DO THAT. WE JUST RECOMMEND EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING.

AND THAT'S IT. SO THAT THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION.

IF YOU LOWER IT YOU WOULD YOU WOULD TAKE DOWN DOLLARS FROM THE 67.6 MILLION.

AND WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND HOW WE WOULD DO THAT.

PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD BE THE LAST THAT I WOULD LOOK AT.

IT WOULD BE SET UP IN A CORE NEEDS AND WANTS.

THE WANTS WOULD GO FIRST. AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT THE WANTS ARE.

YOU CAN JUST LIST WHAT THOSE WANTS ARE. AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ATTACK FIRST AND BRING BACK AS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL.

IF YOU SO CHOSE TO DO THAT, THIS THIS BUDGET AND YOU PROVIDED TO ME AT MY REQUEST EARLY ON YOU.

REFERENCES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. BUT YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH IT LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM. YES, MA'AM. WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB.

IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY NOT LIGHT READING. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE TAKEN REALLY SERIOUSLY.

AND THERE'S, THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF FLUFF IN THIS.

AND I CAN SAY THAT HAVING READ THROUGH THAT. AND SO YEAH, YOU SAW SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

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AND THAT NUMBER, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, LAST YEAR WAS 965,000 MORE, AS YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WERE HEADING UP THAT CONTRACT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WAS WHAT THE NUMBER WAS. SO APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION AND WHAT THAT IS, AND I COULD GO INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE BROKE OUT WHAT WE COULD PUT INTO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO DEPARTMENTS SAW ADJUSTMENTS THERE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT.

AND SO WE KEPT WHAT WE NEEDED IN THERE THAT LIKE THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT PAYMENT, WE PAY THEIR BUDGET, OUR PROPORTIONAL SHARE. SO THAT'S IN THERE. SO THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE DID LISTEN AND MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AS COUNCIL REQUESTED.

MAYOR THIS IS NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I WAS FIRST ON COUNCIL THAT FIRST YEAR. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME TODAY TO.

PRESENT TO US AND FOR YOU PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE.

SO THANK YOU. AND FOR FOR CITIZENS WHO WANT TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE, ALL THESE MATERIALS, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ON OUR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN REQUEST THOSE THERE. SO ANY OTHER I DON'T WANT TO CUT US OFF TOO QUICKLY.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEN WE NEED TO CONSIDER ACTION FROM COUNCIL TO SET THE CEILING AT NO NEW NO NEW REVENUE.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN POOL AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN BURKS TO SET THE TAX RATE CEILING AT NO NEW REVENUE AS PROPOSED.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE LOGGED IN. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY.

WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 1123. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY.

WAHOO! ALL RIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.