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OKAY.

[00:00:02]

WE DON'T FORGET.

WE'RE, GO AHEAD AND, UH, CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

CAN I GET ROLL CALL PLEASE? MAYOR HAR.

HERE.

VICE MAYOR JOINER.

HERE.

COUNCILOR HARRIS? HERE.

COUNCILLOR ELLIS? HERE.

COUNCILLOR DAY? HERE.

COUNCILLOR STOKES? HERE.

COUNCILLOR HOLLOWAY.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM? OKAY.

UH, AT THIS TIME, IS THERE A MOTION TO ALLOW COUNCILLOR HARRIS TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY? NO, MA'AM.

SIR.

OKAY.

MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCILLOR DAY AND SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR ELLIS.

UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, MR. HARRIS, CAN YOU STATE FOR THE RECORD WHERE YOU'RE CONDUCTING THE MEETING FROM? FROM, AND THE REASON WHY YOU'RE REQUESTING AT MY HOME, AND IT'S FOR PERSONAL FAMILY REASONS.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

A A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT.

I KNOW IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN MEDICAL REASONS, BUT FOR, FOR PERSONAL REASONS, WE WOULD NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.

YOU SAID PERSONAL FAMILY? YEAH.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU GO INTO A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE DETAIL, A FAMILY EMERGENCY? THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

YEAH.

IS IT A FAMILY EMERGENCY? IT IS NOT AN EMERGENCY, BUT IT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO WELL, OKAY.

HEY, MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS HERE OFF WITH ME, AND WHAT IT IS THAT I'M NOT GOING TO DO IS LEAVE HER HERE BY MY, BY HERSELF WHILE I WAS THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

BECAUSE, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHERE MY SON IS GONNA BE HOME.

SO CHILD CARE, I DIDN'T WANT LEAVE HER BY, BY HERSELF.

IS THAT A GOOD, THAT, THAT I CAN JUST SAY CHILDCARE? THAT'S NOTED.

CHILDCARE IN THE MINUTES.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.

BUT, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HER HERE, UH, IN THIS PART OF TOWN BY HERSELF.

UNDERSTAND.

OKAY.

UNDERSTOOD.

ALRIGHT.

UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COUNCILLOR DAY? YES.

COUNCILLOR STOKES? YES.

VICE MAYOR JOINER? YES.

MAYOR PARTON? YES.

COUNCILLOR ELLIS? YES.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE TO ZERO.

DISCUSSION.

DISCUSSION.

GOING CLOSE.

NO DISCUSSION FOR CLOSED SESSION.

I NEED A QUESTION.

YOU CAN ANSWER.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

[CLOSED MEETING]

WE'RE GOING INTO A CLOSED MEETING.

YOU DIDN'T DO THE MOTION, SIR.

DO DO WE HAVE A, WE NEED TO HAVE HERE A MOTION.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

UM, CAN YOU MOVE THE, WELL, THAT'S OKAY.

I'LL JUST READ OFF HERE.

AT THIS TIME, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED MEETING UNDER VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 11 A ONE TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PERSONNEL MATTERS INCLUDING BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTEES, HOPEWELL REDEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE ASSIGNMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF SPECIFIC APPOINTEES AND EMPLOYEES OF CITY COUNCIL, ATTRITION FOR RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF CITY EMPLOYEES.

MR. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE ON THAT FIRST ITEM, I BELIEVE YOU HAD WANTED TO ADD, UH, ALSO SUBSECTION EIGHT, UH, CON CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ON THE FIRST ONE.

YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE SUGGESTED MOTION PLUS THE, UH, ADDITION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY? SO MOVED.

ALRIGHT.

MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCILLOR HARRIS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR S.

ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILLOR STOKES? NO.

I WAS GOING TO DISCUSS ON THE FAMILY PERSONAL.

OH, OKAY.

PRINT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

SEEING, UH, NO DISCUSSION, ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COUNCILLOR DAY? YES.

COUNCILLOR STOKES? YES.

VICE MAYOR JOINER? YES.

COUNCILOR HARRIS? YES.

MAYOR PARTON.

YES.

COUNCILLOR ELLIS? YES.

MOTION PASSES.

SIX.

ALRIGHT.

AT THIS TIME,

[RECONVENE OPEN MEETING]

UH, WE ARE COMING OUT OF CLOSED MEETING.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO COME OUTTA CLOSED SESSION? SECOND.

SECOND.

MOTIONS BEEN MADE BY COUNCILOR DAY, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR JOYNER.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NO LIGHTS? ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COUNCILLOR DAY? YES.

COUNCILLOR STOKES? YES.

VICE MAYOR JOYNER? YES.

COUNCILLOR HARRIS.

COUNCILOR HARRIS? YEP.

HE UP THERE, MAYOR? PARDON? YES.

COUNCILLOR ELLIS? YES.

MOTION PASSES.

FIVE TO ZERO.

MR. HARRIS, CAN YOU HEAR US OKAY? COUNCILOR HARRIS, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, I'M HERE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

WE DID THE, UM, MOTION FOR COMING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.

ARE YOU A YES? YES.

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ALRIGHT.

MOTION PASSES.

SIX TO ZERO.

ALRIGHT.

CERTIFICATION PLEASE.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 2D.

WE'RE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS.

ONE.

LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS AND TWO IDENTIFIED ENCLOSED MEETING.

MOTION DISCUSSED.

ENCLOSED MEETING COUNCILOR DAY COUNCILLOR STOKES.

YES.

VICE MAYOR JOYNER? YES.

COUNCILLOR HARRIS.

HERE.

MAYOR PARTON? YES.

COUNCILLOR ELLIS? YES.

MOTION PASSES.

[SPECIAL BUSINESS]

SIX TO ZERO.

ALRIGHT.

AT THIS TIME DO I HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO ADD SB ONE, UH, FOR A RESOLUTION APPROVAL AND TO MOVE THE BUDGET REVIEW TO SB TWO.

SECOND.

SECOND.

OKAY.

MOTIONS BEEN MADE BY VICE MAYOR JOINER, OR EXCUSE ME.

UH, COUNCILOR ELLIS AND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR JOINER.

MM-HMM .

.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO LIGHTS? ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COUNCILLOR DAY? YES.

COUNCILLOR STOKES.

YES.

VICE MAYOR JOYNER? YES.

COUNCILLOR HARRIS? YES.

MAYOR PARTON.

YES.

COUNCILLOR ELLIS? YES.

MOTION PASSES.

SIX TO ZERO.

ALRIGHT.

AT THIS TIME, IS THERE A MOTION, UH, DECLARING ITS INTENTION? THE CITY'S INTENTION TO REIMBURSE ITSELF FROM THE PROCEEDS OF ONE OR MORE TAX EXEMPT FINANCING, FINANCINGS FOR CERTAIN EXPENDITURES MADE AND OR TO BE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE CITY AS PRESENTED IN TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

OKAY.

MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCILOR DAY AND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR JOYNER.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NO LIGHTS ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COUNCILLOR DAY? YES.

COUNCILLOR STOKES? YES.

VICE MAYOR JOYNER? YES.

COUNCILLOR HARRIS? YES.

MAYOR PARTON? YES.

COUNCILOR ELLIS? YES.

MOTION PASSES.

SIX TO ZERO.

ALRIGHT, UH, MOVING ON TO, UH, BUDGET REVIEW.

DR.

MANOR, UM, MR. MAYOR, UM, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS COUNCIL, TONIGHT WE HAVE, UM, A BUDGET REVIEW.

WE HAVE TWO ITEMS TO CONSIDER IN THE BUDGET.

ONE IS THE CIP PROGRAM AND THEN TWO THAT'S IN YOUR BUDGET BOOKS.

IF YOU LOOK UNDER THE TAB THAT SAYS, UM, REQUEST FROM, UM, OH, I'M SORRY, THE RIGHT PERSONNEL REQUESTS.

UM, I WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO GO THROUGH THE PERSONNEL REQUESTS.

UM, AND THESE ITEMS ARE UP FOR YOUR DISCUSSION AND FOR CONSIDERATION IN TONIGHT'S, UM, REVIEW.

SO JUST TWO ITEMS. WE'LL START WITH, UM, THE CIP PROGRAM.

UM, THE ONE CIP PROGRAM IS LISTED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

IT'S THE OFFICE 365.

THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL OF THE ITEMS, BUT FOR FY 26, THE, UH, OFFICE 365 IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BRING OUR ATTENTION TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WITH THE RADIO COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT.

UM, AND THAT IS FOR THEIR, THEIR CAMERAS, UM, BODY WORN CAMERAS.

UH, THEY HAD HAND ME DOWNS FROM THE POLICE STATION AND THEY ARE NO LONGER, UM, WORKING.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF REALLY A PRIORITY, UM, IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

UM, THOSE ARE MY RECOMMENDATIONS AND I OPENED THE FLOOR UP FOR DISCUSSION TO TALK ABOUT OTHER OUTSTANDING ITEMS THAT CA COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO SEE INTEGRATED INTO THE BUDGET.

SO, SO FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE RADIO EQUIPMENT AND FOR THE, UM, BODY CAMERAS AND THE, AND THE RADIO COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, THE 30,000 THAT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET? NO, NOT, NOT IN THE, THAT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET.

THAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT'S IN THE BUDGET IS THE OFFICE 360.

OKAY.

GOTCHA.

UM, I THINK ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOK AT, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE, UM, SERIES OF EVENTS THAT HAPPENED TODAY WITH THE, UH, QUEEN AND PUMP STATION AND MANCHIN HILLS PUMP STATION ON VICTORIA STREET, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO GET A LIST OF THOSE, OF OUR 19 PUMP STATIONS MM-HMM .

AND THE, UM, THE, I HATE TO SAY INFLATED COSTS, UM, COST ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION ON WHAT THOSE WOULD BE.

UM, BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT THOSE HAVE, THOSE NEED TO BE UP THERE IN TOP PRIORITY.

UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, THE DEQ, UM, CONSENT

[00:10:01]

LETTER COMING.

UH, WE, WE DON'T NEED IT TO BE ANY WORSE THAN WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE.

AND WE HAVE 19, I THINK IT'S 19.

OKAY.

I, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I THINK I REMEMBER READING SOMEWHERE THAT SAID 19 TOTAL, UH, PUMP STATIONS.

ALRIGHT.

AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN LISTED HERE.

YEAH.

I, AND I, AND IT MAY BE THAT IT'S IN THE SEWER BUDGET.

IT'S IN THE SEWER BUDGET.

YES.

BUT I, I DON'T REMEMBER IN SEEING IN HERE, UM, BROKEN DOWN IN, IN LINE ITEMS THAT SAID WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, IT'S LIVE.

YEAH.

WE'RE GOING, RIGHT? YEAH, WE'RE WITH THE, THE NAMES ON 'EM.

LIKE WE'RE NOT GONNA GO DO THE ONE IN WOODLAWN OR WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THE ONE OVER IN FIVE FORK, SO, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER.

SURE.

OKAY.

WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU.

UM, AND, UM, HW OUR PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY ON TUESDAY.

SO ON TUESDAY.

OKAY.

I CAN HAVE THEM MAKE SURE THAT THEY LINE THAT UP FOR YOU AS WELL.

OKAY.

UM, I THINK ANOTHER THING, UM, ON HERE, LIKE WITH THE, THE PAVING PART MM-HMM .

UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE, I THINK DOGE GETS INVOLVED WITH CUTTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS UP THERE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

MM-HMM .

UM, I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO SEE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST GET ONE GOOD YEAR OF SOME EXTRA PAVING DOLLARS.

I MEAN, SOMETHING'S BETTER THAN NOTHING.

UM, I MEAN, EVEN IF IT'S ONLY 200,000, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL 200,000 MATCHED WITH VDOT S THAT GIVES US 400,000.

UM, BUT I MEAN, I I, I'D LIKE TO SEE US TRY TO GET SOME OF THAT, UM, BEFORE IT GETS CUT NEXT.

AND SO MOVING ON TO PERSONNEL, UH, THESE ARE ALL THE POSITIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED.

I DO, UH, I JUST WANNA BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY.

UM, THE NUMBER ONE, UM, IT'S BEEN REQUESTING THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR, UM, BUT THE RECOMMENDED POSITIONS ARE ALREADY IN THE BUDGET.

THESE ARE ALREADY IN THERE? NO, NO, NO, NO.

THE THE ONES THAT WERE, UH, IN THE BALANCE BUDGET WERE THE THREE FIREFIGHTERS.

MM-HMM .

THE ACQUA, ITS, AND THE ATTORNEY.

OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S, THE BUDGET WAS BALANCED ON THOSE THREE.

OKAY.

THESE ARE REQUESTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO THESE ARE IN ADDITIONS.

THESE ARE ADDITIONS.

AND WITH THE NEW ATTORNEY, WE'RE SHOWING THAT BEING OFFSET BY THE SAVINGS AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL.

YES.

AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL, BECAUSE I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, ALSO REALIZE THAT, THAT THAT IS A COST SAVING MEASURE, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

AND, AND, AND ALSO THE FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS CAME FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

RIGHT.

THEY UNFUNDED THREE TO GIVE TO THE FIRE.

RIGHT.

'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FILL THEM AT ALL.

WELL, SEVEN IS WHAT WE, SO THEY DECIDED THREE COULD GO TO CREATE THAT SECOND SHIFT, RIGHT? YEAH.

BUT THAT'S THAT, WELL, THE THIRD SHIFT, RIGHT.

BUT YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS MUTUAL BETWEEN THE TWO CHIEFS.

YES.

YES.

OFF SECOND.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

SO HONESTLY, THE ONLY REAL ONE POSITION IS THE AQUATICS.

YEAH.

THE, THE OTHER TWO WERE ALL SET OFFSET BY OTHER POSITIONS IN THE, BUT I THINK TABITHA ALSO TOLD US THAT BETWEEN NEW PROGRAMMING MEMBERSHIP INCREASE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WITH US, YOU KNOW, GOING UP ON RATES WITH THE, UH, SWIM TEAM, THAT SHOULD COVER MOST OF HER.

IT, YEAH, EXACTLY.

IT SHOULD COVER MOST OF THAT POSITION.

YES.

OKAY.

SO NET NEUTRAL REALLY ON THE NEW POSITIONS ARE NET NEUTRAL.

OKAY.

YEAH.

THESE ARE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS.

NOW IN THE, I KNOW THIS IS NOT A PERSONNEL RELATED ITEM, BUT IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU, THAT WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH IN MORE DETAIL, UM, ON TUESDAY AND THE WEEK AFTER.

YEAH.

NEXT TUESDAY AND THEN THE WEEK AFTER TUESDAY, UM, WE ARE STILL HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL $500,000 THAT'S BEING PUT INTO THE RAINY DAY FUND THAT OUR POLICIES ARE.

THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT.

RIGHT.

THAT WE NEEDED TO, THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA TAKE AWAY TO LOOK AT.

OKAY.

'CAUSE IN SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL SAVINGS, WE NEED TO PUT THAT MONEY AWAY IN THE RAINY DAY FUND.

YES.

OKAY.

I, YEAH, I, I JUST IN, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, JUST CONTINUING TO GO THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, A WAY THAT WE CAN STILL PUT THAT MONEY IN THERE.

MONEY, YES.

SO I'M, I'M OPEN TO ANY DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO

[00:15:02]

WELL, I ENTERTAIN, I MEAN, I GUESS I, I, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A MOOT POINT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE CLEARLY ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND YEAH.

TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

SO IT'S LIKE, WHY ARE WE, WHY ARE WE EVEN LOOKING AT THESE THINGS? WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR STAFF TO KNOW THAT THEIR REQUEST HAS BEEN REVIEWED.

SURE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

I GET THAT.

AND IF YOU HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING SPECIFIC I CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THAT REQUEST IS THERE.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

UM, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU.

YEAH.

IT'S JUST, I MEAN, SO WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE, WHICH IS THE THREE THAT WE DID RECOMMEND WERE OFFSET BY OTHER AREAS.

RIGHT.

SO THERE WERE NO REAL ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.

RIGHT.

IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A TOUGH, IT'S TOUGH YEAR.

THE, UH, IT STUFF IS THAT PRESSING? IT IS THERE.

UH, COME OCTOBER WE WILL NOT HAVE THE EMAIL.

OKAY.

YEAH.

THAT'S KIND OF PRECEDENT.

MM-HMM .

I THINK THEY REQUESTED POSITION.

OH, THE, IT, THESE ARE THE, THESE POSITION, IT KIND OF HAS TO HAPPEN.

GOTCHA.

UM, ALL THREE OF 'EM ARE, WELL THE THREE, THE OFFICE 365 IS IN, IS IN THE BUDGET.

YES.

IT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

UM, A QUESTION FOR YOU, AND THIS MIGHT BE MORE OF A MIKE CROCKER, UH, QUESTION.

UM, HERETIC AVENUE DRAINAGE PROJECT.

I SEE IT SAYS 2 14, 200 14,000.

UM, THE HERETIC A, UH, WE SHOWING THE ROLLOVER.

YEAH.

WE ACTUALLY ASKED FOR THOSE DOLLARS AND, UM, WITH, UH, GENERAL, UH, JENNIFER MCCLELLAN.

OKAY.

UM, AND SO WE'RE HOPING, LISTEN, THIS IS A LOT OF THE REQUESTS WE'VE ASKED, WE APPLIED FOR GRANTS FOR.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

YEAH.

BUT THIS IS JUST TO HOLISTICALLY SEE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL IS OUT THERE.

RIGHT.

I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ROLLOVER FOR, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT, I MEAN, IS THIS, THIS IS THE DESIGN MONEY MAYBE? I THINK YES.

'CAUSE IT'S VERY, THERE'S NOT THE WHOLE AMOUNT.

NO.

WELL, IT SAYS IT'S REALLY NOT.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

I, I JUST, YEAH.

OKAY.

TWO MAIN THREE.

AND THEN, UM, ALRIGHT, SO WE FUNDED THE WAGNER ROAD STORM LINE PROJECT.

DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THAT IS? 'CAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA SHOW A BENEFIT LIKE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BUT IT'S GONNA PREVENT MASSIVE SINKHOLE THAT RESULTED IN A PROJECT LIKE HERETIC AVENUE.

RIGHT.

BECOMING SO EXPENSIVE.

LIKE A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PROJECT.

AND SO I JUST, I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE FUNDED THIS.

'CAUSE IT SAYS ROLLOVER.

YEAH.

I JUST LIKE, IT'S JUST 69 AND NOTHING THERE.

RIGHT.

IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, UM, BUT IT'S, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT, IF IT'S BEEN COMPLETED, I'LL MAKE SURE HE HAVE GIVE YOU A REPORT OUT ON THAT.

BECAUSE REMEMBER LAST TUESDAY WE CONSOL CONSOLIDATED A LOT OF, RIGHT.

SO THAT WAY WE COULD UNUSED.

YEAH.

SO THAT WAY WE COULD GET RID OF OUR BACKLOG OF ALL THE PAVEMENT PROJECTS.

AND SO THEN THAT WAY WE CAN START ON A CLEAN SLATE WITH FRESH APPLICATIONS TO, UH, VDOT.

I MEAN, SOME OF THESE WE PROBABLY NEED MIKE CROCKER HERE TO YEAH.

TO PRIORITIZE AND, AND SO FORTH.

UM, I MEAN, I KNOW A LOT OF THIS IS, IS ROLLOVER.

I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE REALLY, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY GOOD CON SETTA MM-HMM .

I, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD.

UM, AND I KNOW MICAH IS BUSY, THIS IS PROBABLY MORE OF AN IT THING.

UM, BUT TO CREATE A DASHBOARD ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE THAT SHOWS ALL APPROVED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT THE, THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZED MM-HMM .

AND IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE AND THEN WE CAN SHOW WHAT'S BEEN SPENT, WHAT'S OUTSTANDING, AND THEN STATUS UPDATES ON OKAY.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

I, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE, AND ONE ALSO THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR, UM, IT'D BE WHEN THE DAY COMES THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, GET OUR, APPLY FOR OUR RATINGS BACK OR BOND RATINGS BACK.

WE CAN SHOW THEM COPIES OF THIS THAT SHOWS PROGRESS BEING MET ALONG THE WAY.

I LIKE IT ACTUALLY.

YEP.

AND THEN I ALSO THINK IT, IT WOULD PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH QUEEN ANNE FROM HAPPENING AGAIN? WELL, IT ALSO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE SPENDING DO DOLLARS ARE GOING TOWARDS PROJECTS.

RIGHT.

BUT IT, BUT, BUT THE THING, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT NEC IT'S NOT A APPROPRIATION ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF CAPITAL.

IT'S THE PROJECT EXECUTION

[00:20:01]

THAT WE GOTTA MAKE SURE IS, IS GETTING DONE.

UH, THAT, THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE.

AND I THINK SEEING THAT DASHBOARD UP THERE IS GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR EVERYBODY.

YEAH.

OKAY.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES.

UM, DR.

MAKER, SO ARE IS, ARE, IS THIS PAGE WHERE THEY'RE LISTING, WHERE YOU'RE LISTING, UM, YOU KNOW, REQUESTS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, JOBS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO HIRE PEOPLE FOR THESE POSITIONS? UM, IS THIS EVERYBODY? IS THIS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS? YES, THESE ARE, THESE ARE REQUESTS FOR NEW POSITIONS.

OKAY.

THEY, THEY ARE NOT VACANCIES.

THIS THE, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS I'M REQUESTING A NEW POSITION FOR IT, IT REASON.

OKAY.

UM, AND, AND THE FIRST PAGE JUST GIVES YOU A OUTLINE OF WHAT THEY ARE.

THE SECOND PAGE GIVE YOU THE TOTAL.

SO THERE'S A TOTAL OF $1.7 MILLION OF REQUESTS, AND THEN THE THIRD PAGES FROM THERE FOURTH ARE THE JUSTIFICATIONS THAT YOU CAN TAKE THE TIME TO READ.

SO, SO, SO THIS, THIS DOES NOT LIST, UM, CURRENT POSITIONS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY NEED TO BE FILLED.

YES.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

SO I THINK, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE ALL THE DIRECTION FROM COUNSEL.

UM, I CAN GO BACK OVER IT.

UM, FOR TUESDAY'S MEETING YOU WOULD LIKE, AND IN ADDITION TO THE PRESENTATION FROM HWR ARE THE, UH, 19 PUMP STATIONS AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INFLATION, AND THEN ANY DEDICATED, UM, RESOURCES TO PAVING DOLLARS.

AND THEN THE THIRD REQUEST, UM, LISTED IS THE DASHBOARD FOR LIST CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE SPENT IN A STATUS UPDATE.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE IF WE'VE GOT A CONSENT ORDER YET.

OKAY.

WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT AND HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO BE DAMAGED BY THAT.

AND, UM, I WILL AWAIT, UM, I I GUESS THE MAYOR OR THE VICE MAYOR CAN SEND ME AN UPDATE OF, UM, AFTER OUR DISCUSSION TODAY, UM, ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SAVINGS, A UPDATE OF OKAY.

WHERE YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO GO.

YEAH, WE CAN, IN TERMS OF THOSE SAVINGS.

ALRIGHT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

UH, THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? NO, MA'AM.

ALRIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE BE OPPOSED.

OH, I'M SO SORRY.

MR. HARRIS, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY? NO, I, I, I, I'M OKAY, I'M COVERED.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.

MEETINGS BEEN ADJOURNED.