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ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS
[Call to order and roll call]
MEETING TO ORDER.HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM A AT THIS TIME,
[CLOSED MEETING]
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE MEETING PUR, UH, PURSUANT UNDER VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 A THREE EIGHT AND 29 TO DISCUSS THE ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY WHERE DISCUSSION AND OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACT WHERE DISCUSSION AT OPEN SESSION WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE CITY'S BARGAINING POSITION.
AND TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS.
REAL ESTATE CONTRACT DISCUSSION.
SUPPORT AGREEMENT WITH THE EDA LEASE FOR CITY DEPARTMENT OFFICES.
2.2 DASH 3 7 11 A ONE TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS, INCLUDING APPOINTMENT TO THE RECREATION COMMISSION.
CITY ATTORNEY ANNUAL EVALUATION, CITY CLERK SIX MONTH EVALUATION AND REVIEW OF CITY MANAGER FINALISTS AND 2.2 DASH 3 7 11 A 29 HEALTH INSURANCE RENEWAL WITH ONE DIGITAL.
MOTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BY VICE MAYOR JOINER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR OLI.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS SEEING NO LIGHTS ROLL CALL PLEASE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO COME UP? A CLOSED MEETING? MOVED.
MOTIONS MADE BY COUNCILOR WHEAT AND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR JOINER.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? STAND NONE.
COUNCILOR OT, VICE MAYOR JOINER? YES.
CERTIFICATION UNDER VIRGINIA CODE 2.1 DASH 3 7 12 D FOR ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS.
LAWFULLY EXEMPT FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS AND TWO IDENTIFIED IN THE CLOSED MEETING.
MOTION DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING.
ALRIGHT, I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TO TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL
[REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER]
MEETING.UH, WE'RE GONNA START OUT WITH OUR REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER.
THIS EVENING WE'RE GONNA START WITH A PRESENTATION, UH, FROM ON THEWELL WATER RENEWAL FOR MY NEW NEW DIRECTOR, UH, MATTHEW ELLENS HOUSE.
UH, WE'D VERY PLEASED TO HAVE IT.
HE HAS, UH, PRESENTATION THAT HE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, MEMBER OF COUNCIL.
I'M, UH, DIRECTOR OF WATER RENEWAL.
AND AFTER, UH, A QUICK THREE WEEKS, UH, THOUGHT IT'S TIME TO COME BEFORE YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
SO, UH, FROM AN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT, UH, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, WE DO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES, BUT WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS DAILY.
UM, OUR MAINTENANCE PLAN IS IN EFFECT, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH EACH PROCESS LITTLE BY LITTLE TO CHIP AWAY AT SOME OF THE, UM, THE, UH, THE MAINTENANCE THAT WAS DEFERRED OVER TIME AND GETTING DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND OPERATING AND AS THEY SHOULD.
UM, SO WE'RE CATCHING UP ON THAT WORK.
AND, UH, WE ARE ALSO IN THE OP, UH, PROCESS OF KIND OF DOING OUR AMMONIA EVALUATION.
THIS IS, THIS IS GETTING THE STUDIES UP AND RUNNING TO FIGURE OUT HOW, WHAT AND HOW WE'RE GONNA COMPLY WITH THE MORE STRINGENT AMMONIA STANDARD, UH, FROM A PERMIT LIMIT STANDPOINT THAT GOES INTO EFFECT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AT THE END OF OUR PERMIT TERM, DEQ IS PROVIDING US, UH, THE ABILITY TO EXTEND THAT COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE WITH A COUPLE OF STUDIES AND, UH, AND SOME SORT OF DETAILED PLAN.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER NOW.
UM, WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT IN THE FUTURE.
AS THAT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR, THAT DEQ PLAN IS, UH, IS DUE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MONTHS TO WORK ON THAT, TO, TO BRING THAT TOGETHER.
UM, THE FOURTH SUPPLEMENT, UH, IS STILL UNDER NEGOTIATION.
I KNOW, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED SOME COMMENTS BACK FROM TECHNICAL COMMENTS BACK FROM OUR, UH, THE TECH COMMITTEE, THE INDUSTRY REPS THERE, AND I KNOW THE LAWYERS ARE DISCUSSING THINGS, UH, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
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GOING FORWARD, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UH, KIND OF GET THAT WRAPPED UP, UM, FROM A, FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, OR THE COMMISSION MEETING IN APRIL.SO WITH THAT FOURTH SUPPLEMENT THAT'S GOING TO, UH, REFLECT CHANGES FROM THE CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR.
SO THE FOURTH SUPPLEMENT IS THE, THE, THAT FACILITY ROOM IS MORE ON THE BILLING.
THAT'S, THAT'S BRINGING THE NITROGEN SHARE IN AND ESTABLISHING EMERGENCY FUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THE, THE CHARTER CHANGES WON'T BE UNTIL AFTER JULY ONE.
WELL, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF WE'RE CHANGING UP THE CHARTER AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE SUPPLEMENT AT THE SAME TIME, ARE WE LOOKING AT AS PART OF THAT FOURTH SUPPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IN, UH, PRINCE GEORGE AND FORT LEE CORRECT.
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE A PART OF THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, BREAKING DOWN OF, UH, OF THE, OF THE BILLING.
I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THAT PERSONALLY.
SO I, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS TO SEE IF WE SHOULD BE CONSULTING WITH THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE FOURTH SUPPLEMENT.
OR HERE IS THE FACILITY AGREEMENT AND THEY GET TO CHOOSE YEAH.
WHICH WAY THEY WANT TO GO TO, TO JOIN IN BASED OFF OF, YOU KNOW, THOSE FLOWS AND LOADING CALCULATIONS.
OR, OR STAY THE WAY THEY ARE POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, WHEN YOU WERE MAKING REFERENCE TO THE AMMONIA PROBLEM, IS THAT ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OR IN THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE? SO THAT IS BOTH THAT THE, THE, SO WE'RE AT A, WE HAVE ISSUES ON BOTH SIDES.
WE HAVE ISSUES ON BOTH SIDES BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A SINGLE LIMIT.
UM, AND, AND THE CURRENT LIMIT, UH, TOTAL NITRATE LIMIT'S LIKE, UH, 15 MILLIGRAMS PER YEAR.
AND THIS IS ULTIMATELY GONNA TAKE IT DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY THREE.
SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A LARGE CHANGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, THAT WILL AFFECT BOTH THE CITY'S SHARE AND PRIMARILY
AND ONE MORE QUESTION WITH THAT.
UM, IS THAT A PROJECT THAT'S GONNA BE ELIGIBLE, UM, FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, REAL SIZABLE, UM, UM, I, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TECHNICAL TERM FOR IT.
WORK QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUNDS, GRANTS, THINKING.
THOSE, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WORK WITH DEQ ON.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT REMAINS FROM AN ELIGIBILITY STANDPOINT AFTER WE COMPLETED PHASE TWO.
SO THERE WAS A SIZEABLE WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT FOR PHASE TWO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY CAPS OR LIMITATIONS ON HOW OFTEN YOU CAN GO BACK TO EQ FOR THAT.
UH, BUT, BUT WE ARE GONNA EXAMINE EVERY FUNDING OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE.
UM, AND FROM A FACILITY STATUS STANDPOINT, UH, STAFFING DOES REMAIN AN ISSUE.
UH, WE'VE GOT 56 FULL-TIME POSITIONS ALLOCATED.
WE'RE RUNNING AT ABOUT 10, 10 VACANCIES NOW, ALMOST 20%.
FORTUNATELY, WE ARE GOING THROUGH SOME INTERVIEWS, SO HOPE WE CAN GET SOME OF THOSE FILLED.
BUT, UH, UTILITY WATER, WASTEWATER UTILITY STAFFING IS AN ISSUE NOT JUST LOCALLY, UH, AND REGIONALLY, BUT STATE AND NATIONAL, UH, AS WELL.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM.
RECRUITING TALENT IS VERY DIFFICULT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, LAST THING, NOT ON THE SLIDE, BUT, UM, PUMP STATIONS AND THE COLLECTION SYSTEMS STATUS.
UM, I HAVE NOT HAD MUCH TIME TO GET INTO THAT SIDE.
A COUPLE OF PUMP STATION UPGRADES ARE IN PROGRESS, BUT, UH, I'LL BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL IN A MONTH OR TWO, UH, WITH AN UPDATE ON THAT.
SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT STUFF, UH, AT ANOTHER TIME.
NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS, UH, CAPITAL PROJECT STATUS.
UH, ALONG THE WAY, WE'VE, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR
OUR ELECTRICAL SWITCH GEAR HAS BEEN REPLACED.
THE INCINERATOR CONTINUOUS ADMISSIONS MONITORING SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACED.
AND ONE OF THE DOMESTIC FINE SCREENS IS, UH, FULLY REBUILT AND BACK IN OPERATION PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ACTIVELY GOING ON NOW.
GRAVITY, THICKENER ONE REHAB AND REBUILD THE INCINERATOR, FEED PUMPS AND EMERGENCY AIR COMPRESSOR TO SUPPORT THE O2 PLANT AS WELL AS PLC NUMBER SEVEN, UPGRADE.
NOW, ALONG THE WAY ON THE PLANT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT, UH, A CENTRIFUGE REBUILD, SECONDARY CLARIFIER REBUILDS, AND THAT'S MULTIPLE, UH, DIFFERENT CLARIFIERS GRAVITY THICKENER NUMBER TWO, DOMESTIC FINE SCREEN NUMBER TWO, CHLORINE CONTACT TANK AUTOMATION FOR HYPOCHLORITE FEED OPTIMIZATION.
AND THEN PRIMARY CLARIFIER REHABILITATIONS.
NOW IF YOU JUMP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE GRAPHICALLY, UM, WE'VE GOT KIND OF A LIGHT PINKISH COLOR.
WE'VE GOT A YELLOW AND A WHITE.
THE YELLOW ARE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
THE PINKISH COLOR ARE THINGS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS.
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HERE THAN THE ONES I HIGHLIGHTED.AND THEN ALL THE WHITE PROJECTS REMAIN TO BE DONE.
THERE ARE THE PLANNING STAGES.
YOU'LL NOTICE UNDER THE PRIORITY COLUMN, A NUMBER OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, ARE PART OF THE DEQ CONSENT ORDER REQUIREMENTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE A HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED, AS WELL AS UNDERWAY ARE RELATING RIGHT TO THAT CONSENT ORDER, WHICH HAS NOT GONE INTO EFFECT YET.
WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THEM IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET DONE.
THEY ARE A PRIORITY, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE CONSENT ORDER, BUT WE'VE GOTTA GET THEM OPERATING TO EFFICIENTLY RUN AND OPTIMIZE THE PLANT.
DO I NEED TO PUSH THE BUTTON, MR. MAYOR, IF I'VE GOT QUESTIONS? YEAH, I'M SORRY.
UM, SO SOME OF THESE ARE IN THE CATEGORY OF BUSINESS CASE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BUSINESS CASE MEANS THAT IT'S, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
WE HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED THE BUSINESS CASE TO GET, UH, I'LL SAY THE, THE FULL COMMISSION ON BOARD WITH MOVING AHEAD WITH THAT PROJECT.
IT'S, NOTHING'S, NOTHING'S BROKEN, IT'S FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.
HOWEVER, IT'S EITHER REACHED ITS USEFUL LIFE END AND, YOU KNOW, FAILURE BECOMES A PROBLEM TO DEAL WITH, OR IT'S HARD TO GET PARTS 'CAUSE IT'S OLD AND YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, REPLACEMENT MATERIALS ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO COME, TO COME BY.
AND SO WE'RE MAKING A BUSINESS CASE TRYING TO SAY, WELL, WE NEED TO DO IT FOR ALL THESE REASONS.
BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT, UM, IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY, BUT NO ONE'S MAKING US DO IT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL.
SO IT'S JUST A, A ROUND TO IT KIND OF THING.
WELL, THERE ARE, I'M SORRY, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT ARE D-E-Q-C-O ISN'T THAT REQUIRED? THEY THEY ARE REQUIRED, YES.
THAT OUR D-E-Q-C-O, BUT LISTED AS BEING BUSINESS CASE IS THE STATUS.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S TRYING TO WORK WHEN TO GET IT DONE.
SO THE CONSENT ORDER, IT'S NOT DOING IT, IT'S, IT, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE DOING IT, IT'S WHEN DO WE DO IT, UH, AS WELL AS IN SOME CASES, DO WE DO IT AT ALL.
SO THE DEQ CONSENT ORDER SPANS NUMEROUS YEARS.
AND SO IT'S MORE A QUESTION OF WHERE DOES IT FALL IN THE LIST ON GETTING THE WORK DONE.
THE, THE THE TIMING AND CASH FLOW FOR EVERYBODY.
AND WHEN YOU COME BACK IN, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO OR WHENEVER, UM, CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE US AN UPDATE, UM, WITH THE OXYGEN PLANT? YES.
IT JUST, AFTER HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THAT, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY YEARS AGO.
UM, AND THEN YOU HAD THE, THE FINANCIAL REPERCUSSIONS OF IT.
I, I JUST, I WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE.
CAN I, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH.
WITH REGARD TO THE OXYGEN PLANT REPLACEMENT, IT'S LISTED HERE AS A MEDIUM PRIORITY, UM, INSTEAD OF A VERY HIGH PRIORITY GIVEN THE BACKGROUND THOUGH, HE WAS JUST MENTIONING, AND OF COURSE WE KEEP TRYING, WE KEEP ASKING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR MONEY FOR THAT AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, I MEAN, IS IT, IS IT TRULY MEDIUM OR IT IT'S MEDIUM IN THE SENSE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE OXYGEN, IT COMES AT A COST.
IT, IT IS NOT THAT IT'S A OKAY.
AN EVEN SWAP, BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HIGHER PRIORITY.
THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION OTHER THAN FIXING WHAT'S THERE TO OKAY.
GOING ON TO THE LAST SLIDE, UM, THE CONSENT ORDER, UH, AND WHERE THINGS STAND WITH THAT.
SO, UM, JUST BACKGROUND, UM, CONSENT ORDER RESULTED FROM TWO NOTICES OF VIOLATION, UH, FROM JANUARY AND AUGUST OF 2025.
UH, AND THEN A SUBSEQUENT DEQ SITE INSPECTION IN NOVEMBER.
SO THERE WERE SOME NEGOTIATIONS BACK AND FORTH AFTER THEY COMPLETED THEIR INVESTIGATION AND ALL OF THAT.
AND IN FEBRUARY, THE CITY MANAGER SIGNED THE CONSENT ORDER.
IT WENT BACK TO DEQ WHERE THEY HAVE SOME PROCESSING TO DO.
AND CURRENTLY AS OF MONDAY, UH, IT WAS AT PUBLIC NOTICE, CONSENT ORDERS, GET PUBLIC NOTICE FOR 30 DAYS TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THEY HEAR FROM THE CITIZENS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE TREATING PEOPLE RIGHT OR NOT BEING TOO LENIENT AND ALL OF THOSE BIG THINGS.
SO IT'S CURRENTLY AT PUBLIC NOTICE THAT WILL COME OUT, UH, APRIL 8TH, AT WHICH POINT THERE'S A LITTLE PROCESSING TIME BEFORE IT GETS FINALIZED AND ISSUED.
SO I'M ANTICIPATING THAT BECOMING FINALIZED IN MID, UH, MID-APRIL.
UH, AT WHICH POINT, UM, ALL OF THE TIMELINES IN THE CONSENT ORDER, VARIOUS PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, IT TURNS INTO A, WITHIN 30 DAYS, YOU HAVE TO START THIS WITHIN, YOU KNOW, BY THIS DATE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE OF THESE WORKING, TWO OF THESE WORKING THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S ALL DETAILED IN THE CONSENT ORDER.
THAT'S WHEN THE CLOCK STARTS ON ALL OF THAT STUFF.
AS YOU CAN SEE BACK ON THE, UH, UM, THE CAPITAL
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PROJECT LIST, A NUMBER OF THOSE THINGS ARE EITHER ALREADY COMPLETED OR IN PROCESS.SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING AHEAD OF THE GAME WITH THE CONSENT ORDER.
UH, ONE GOOD THING TO KNOW IS, UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE DID HAVE SOME SUPPORT AT DEQ IN THAT NO CIVIL CHARGES, FINES, OR PENALTIES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH LOST CONSENT ORDER.
THEY KNEW THE MONEY NEEDED TO STAY HERE AND GO INTO THE FACILITY RATHER THAN INTO THE, UH, DEQ COFFERS.
UH, AND THEN, UH, AS I SAID, MANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY, SO ANY QUESTIONS? NO, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU'VE JUST GOTTEN HERE AND YOU'RE, I KNOW YOU'RE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT COMPLIMENTS, UH, FROM FOLKS UP AT DEQ, UM, MR. BAN, UH, MR. ROCK.
THEY BOTH, YOU KNOW, HAVE WONDERFUL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAPPY TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE.
AND, UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO, UH, ANTHONY AND MR. ROGERS, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH DEQ AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THESE CONSENT ORDERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST FROM, YOU KNOW, OVER A DECADE OF, UM, OF NEGLECT, UH, FROM COUNCILS AND, YOU KNOW, CITY ADMINISTRATIONS, UM, WHERE THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY JUST DID NOT INVEST IN THE UTILITY.
AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T.
AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'VE GOT A WONDERFUL TEAM HERE THAT'S REALLY PROBLEM SOLVING AND, YOU KNOW, PULLING ALL RESOURCES AND OPENING UP, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES TO TRY TO GET AS MANY PROJECTS, UH, FIXED AS POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW, HAT HATS OFF TO THE STAFF AT, AT WATER RENEWAL.
I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT FOLKS DOWN THERE AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.
IT'S JUST BEEN VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS IN WHICH TO, TO OPERATE IT, SO I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.
AND I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL TOO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST COUNCIL THAT'S REALLY GONE AGGRESSIVELY AFTER INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO EVERYBODY UP HERE.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO START REVIEW OF THAT, UH, OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE, UH, INCREASE.
WE, WE ARE, WE ARE REVIEWING THAT, UH, PROPOSAL NOW.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE ON GETTING TOGETHER.
OUR SCORING IS, IS BEING DONE CURRENTLY.
UH, SO ALL OF THE, UH, ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEIR SCORING IN, UH, BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
AND THEN WE'LL COMPILE THAT AND GET A DATE TO ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND START TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT, THE, THE PROPOSALS THEMSELVES AND PROS AND CONS.
SECOND, UH, UH, REPORT ON THE CITY MANAGER IS, UH, UH, THE CRIME REPORT, UH, CHIEF JAIL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR OF MEMPHIS CITY COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU THE MARCH CRIME CENTER REPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, MARCH, UH, ENDING MARCH THE FIRST AND, UH, VIOLENT CRIME TOTAL THROUGH MARCH.
THE FIRST VIOLENT CRIME WILL DOWN MINUS 40%, UH, PROPERTY CRIME AT THIS PERIOD WILL DOWN MINUS 6% TOTAL.
TOTAL, TOTAL MAJOR CRIME WILL DOWN MINUS 15%.
WE USE 2023 AS A BENCHMARK, AND WE COMPARE 2023 AND 2026.
UH, THE PERCENTAGE IS MINUS 44% DECREASE IN VALID CRIME, UH, PROFIT CRIME, SAME PERIOD.
WE'RE DOWN MINUS 29% FOR A TOTAL MAJOR CRIME, DECREASE OF MINUS 32%.
AND AS THE NEXT PRESENTATION I GIVE, WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE YEAR 2022 THROUGH 2026 AS WE STARTED THE TECHNOLOGY ERA.
SO IT'LL BE 2022, THE NEXT CRIME REPORT.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S GONNA HELP YOUR CASE WHEN YOU ASK FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, NEXT PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY.
ESPECIALLY, UH, DRUG OVERDOSES.
OH, UH, VICEMAN WINNER, CHIEF.
CHIEF, AND MAYBE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE DATE, UM, THERE WAS A, UM, A HOMICIDE THAT OCCURRED ON, UM, COSTON STREET.
WOULD, WOULD, AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDED HERE.
WAS IT A DATE THING? I MEAN, YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS ON THE SECOND.
WAS IT ON SECOND? ON THE SECOND OR THIRD? OKAY.
IT'S UNDER INVESTIGATION AND, UH, WE, WE, WE GOT OFFENDER AND THIS, UH, IT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
FI JUST KNEW IT WAS, WAS, DIDN'T SHOW UP IN THE VIOLENT CRIME.
UM, SUSPECTED OPIATE OVERDOSES.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD ONE THIS YEAR,
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UH, NON-FATAL.WE HAVE TWO GRAND TOTAL FOR 2026 IS THREE, UH, FOR THE PAST FROM 2021 THROUGH 20.
26 GRAND TOTAL FOR FATAL IS 13, SAME TIME PERIOD.
NON-FATAL IS 54 AND GRAND TOTAL FOR THIS TOTAL TIME PERIOD IS 67.
UH, THIS IS JANUARY THE FIRST, 2026 THROUGH MARCH THE SECOND 2026.
WE'VE HAD THREE SHOTS FIRED, VERIFIED SHOTS FIRED, AND 2024, YOU SEE, THE NUMBERS WAS 64 AND 2025.
UH, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETINGS.
UH, HIRING RECRUITMENT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.
UH, NEXT APPLICANT TESTING WILL BE MARCH THE 28TH.
IT'LL BE AT CREATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY.
UH, WE STILL HAVE THREE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION OPERATORS ARE VACANT AND ONE APPLICANT IS STILL IN THE BACKGROUND STAGE.
UH, SIX POLICE POSITIONS ARE UNFILLED.
UH, SEVEN, SEVEN APPLICANTS REMAINED IN THE BACK FIELD.
WE ARE, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON FILLING THOSE VACANT POSITIONS.
AND I HAVE A FINAL INTERVIEW, UH, NEXT WEEK WITH ONE ANOTHER APPLICANT ON MARCH THE SECOND.
OFFICER ALGA ARGA WAS A GUEST SPEAKER AT, UH, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE STUDENTS AT VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY ON MARCH THE 11TH.
UH, THE TRAINING RECRUITMENT TEAMS WERE, WERE, HAD ATTENDED THE, UH, CAREER FAIR AT, AT BRIGHT POINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE ON MARCH THE 14TH.
THEY ATTENDED THE PIVOT EVENT THAT WAS HELD AT THE RICHMOND CONVENTION CENTER, AND THEY ALSO WAS AT CHICKEN FILEA FOR THE TOUCH A TRUCK COMMUNITY EVENT AND RECRUITMENT.
AND ON MARCH THE 28TH, THE TEAM WILL BE ATTENDING THE JOB FAIR AT MANASSAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OUR COMMUNITY POLICING WARDS HAVE NOT CHANGED.
UH, WE'RE WORKING ON ADDING ANOTHER COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER.
THAT, UH, PROCESS HAS BEEN CLOSED, AND WE'LL BE IN THE PROCESS OF HOPEFULLY ADDING ONE MORE COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER FOR AWARD.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET, UH, SOMEONE FOR WARD SEVEN CENTER.
OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
THE NEXT CITIZEN ACADEMY IS, THAT HAS BEGUN, IT STARTED LAST THURSDAY, AND IT IS EIGHT WEEKS EACH THURSDAY NIGHT, BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM AND TO BE HELD AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE TRI CITY MEMORIAL BREAKFAST, STILL SCHEDULED FOR MAY THE SEVENTH.
WE GET IN AT 7:00 AM UH, WE DISCUSS THE SROS.
THEY, I IMPLEMENTED THAT, UH, HEROES AND TRAINING THAT HAS STARTED, THAT STARTED ON MARCH THE SECOND.
AND LASTLY, ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON MARCH THE 27TH, STAFF WILL BE ATTENDING THE CAREER DAY AT HARRY JAMES.
THAT'S FROM 8:30 AM TO 12:00 PM AND THEN THEY WILL BE AT CARTER G WOODSON FROM 9:30 AM TO 11:30 AM EXCUSE ME.
THE ACADEMY RUNS THROUGH APRIL 7TH, I BELIEVE, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
IT STARTED MARCH THE FIFTH, BUT IT'S EIGHT WEEKS, SO IT WILL, IT WILL NOT END UNTIL THAT LAST WEEK IN APRIL.
EACH THURSDAY NIGHT, SIX O'CLOCK, EIGHT WEEKS.
UH, THIS WAS CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL DATA AND SURVEYING SERVICES.
IT WAS CONDUCTED FEBRUARY THE 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH.
THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 25 MILES PER HOUR.
THE TIMES WERE FROM 7:25 AM TO 8:15 AM IN THE AFTERNOON FROM 2 45 TO 3:45 PM TOTAL VEHICLE CAMP TO, OF THOSE THREE DAYS, TOTAL VEHICLE CAMP WAS 1,800 VEHICLES.
NO VIOLATIONS OCCURRED DURING THE SCHOOL HOURS, AND 12 VIOLATIONS OCCURRED DURING THE NON-SCHOOL HOURS.
AND IF YOU FLIP THIS, IT BREAKS DOWN EACH DAY.
UH, EXAMPLE, I JUST USED THE FEBRUARY THE NINTH DATE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE VEHICLE COUNT, ALL OF THEM, SAME PATTERN, VEHICLE COUNT, ALL HOURS WAS 607 THAT DAY.
AND YOU WILL SEE NINE SCHOOL HOURS AND 607 VEHICLES, UH, NO VIOLATIONS DURING THE SCHOOL HOURS.
AND JUST SAME PATTERN IS FROM THE NINTH, 10TH, AND THE 11TH.
FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I, I WON'T GO OVER EACH DAY.
AND MY LAST, THIS THE POLICE EARMARK FUNDING REQUEST.
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THE, UH, FUNDING WAS OPENED BACK UP IN APRIL.UH, WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WE WILL BE APPLYING AGAIN FOR THE EARMARK.
UH, THE FUNDS WILL BE AWARDED, UH, MID TO LATE 2027.
AND THIS IS THROUGH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
AGAIN, JENNIFER MCCLELLAN AND SENATORS KANE AND WARNER.
UH, HOPE WILL REQUEST IS FOR ENHANCING THE PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY.
AND THIS, UH, NO MATCH IS RUN OFF TO A MILLION DOLLARS.
UH, AND IF YOU SEE WHAT IT WOULD INCREASE OUR FLOCK OS LEAK PACKAGE, OUR ENHANCED LPR UPGRADE FLOCK 9 1 1 2 FLOCK MOBILE SECURITY TRAILERS, WHICH IS THREE CAMERAS.
UH, FLOCK SAFETY VIDEO INTEGRATION, VIDEO VIDEO INTEGRATION GATEWAY.
THERE'LL BE EIGHT STREAMS PER PER BOX, WHICH WOULD BE 15 BOXES, AND IT WILL COVER A TOTAL OF, OF 10 UNITS COVERING 10 SQUARE MILES.
UH, THAT IS THE EARMARK THAT WE ARE REQUESTING.
AGAIN, AND ALSO, AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT THE PROCESS.
IF THIS EARMARK IS NOT GRANTED, WHAT DO WE DO? AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDING AND WE'RE TALKING TO FLOCK, AND I HAVE A ACTIVE, UH, CONTRACT, A ACTIVE QUOTE, AND THE ACTUAL, UH, TO, TO EVEN GET THIS STARTED, IT'S ALMOST $300,000, 299,000, $150.
THAT'S BEGINNING ADDING THE CONTRACT.
THEN AFTER THAT TWO YEARS, IT'LL BE, UH, CURRENTLY IT'LL BE A $292,000 A YEAR COST.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN, UH, CUT IT.
IF WE DON'T GET THIS EARMARKED, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET 10 UNITS, REDUCE IT TO SIX AND LOOK AT OTHER, UH, THEY GOT A SAFE CITY PACKAGE.
UH, THIS IS, WHICH IS A FIVE TO 10 YEARS CONTRACT, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD SAVE GOING THAT ROUTE.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH FLOCK REPRESENTATIVE TO DISCUSS THAT, THE LATTER PART OF THIS MONTH.
SO IT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS AND TRYING TO GET THE FUNDING DUE THIS EARMARK OR OTHER WAYS TO TRY TO GET THIS FUNDED.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, BUT THANK YOU CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK AND, UH, ALWAYS LOVE SEEING GOOD STATS SHOWING THAT WE'RE MAKING GREAT, UH, STRIDES IN REDUCING CRIME AND KEEPING CITIZENS SAFE.
I HAVE ONE COMMENT AND IT, UH, RELATES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH AND IT INVOLVES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
BUT BECAUSE, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETING FROM WARD ONE, WE HAD SOMEONE FROM THE FIRE, WE HAD OUR FIRE MARSHAL DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, HIS DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.
HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB, BEN GOMES.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, LET THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT THIS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME TO THESE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETINGS BECAUSE, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS GOING TO BE GOING TO A NUMBER TO ALL OF THE VARIOUS, UH, WARD NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH BOARD MEETINGS AND YOU CAN LEARN SO MUCH.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR THAT PARTICIPATION.
I KNOW WE GOT THE MEETING COMING UP ON MARCH THE 18TH, SO I'LL SEND THE INVITE TO THE CHIEF AND SEE IF THERE'S FIRE MARSHAL AVAILABLE TO ATTEND THE MARCH 18TH WARD ONE MEETING.
OKAY, MR. MAYOR, ONE FINAL THING.
I THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE TO, UH, THANK THE CITIZENS FOR SUPPORTING OUR, UH, OUTREACH EFFORTS, UH, FOR THE, UH, CITY MANAGER FORUM THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK.
UH, BOTH IN TERMS OF SUBMITTING, UH, QUESTIONS AND IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE.
UH, WE WERE ALL VERY PLEASED THAT PEOPLE CAME OUT TO MEET THE CANDIDATES AND HEAR WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
SO THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ALONG.
WE HAVE NO ACTIONS COMING OUT OF CLOSED MEETING, AND SO WE WILL MOVE INTO THE PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, THE PRAYER WILL BE DONE BY PASTOR HART, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE, UH, BY MYSELF, GRACIOUS FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
WE THANK THE OLD GOD FOR THESE, THE CITY REPRESENTATIVES AND THE CITIZENS THAT COME TOGETHER TO RESOLVE ISSUES AND TO IMPROVE THE CITY.
LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WILL BLESS THEM, HELP THEM TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW.
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OF AMERICA.OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, REPUBLIC FOR WHICH SAYS, ONE NATION, GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED.UH, MOTIONS BEEN MADE BY COUNCILOR DAY AND SECONDED BY COUNCILOR WHEAT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
[COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS]
UH, MOVING ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS.UH, MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE STATEMENT? A COMMUNICATION FROM CITIZENS PERIOD LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES OCCURS AT EACH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING PERSONS ADDRESSING COUNCIL APPROACH THE MICROPHONE GIVE THEIR NAME, AND IF THEY RESIDE IN HOPEWELL, THEIR WARD NUMBER, EACH COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
NO PERSON IS PERMITTED TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL REMARKS MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL.
AS A BODY, ANY PERSON WHO MAKES PERSONAL IMPERTINENT ABUSIVE OR SLANDEROUS STATEMENTS OR INCITE, DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS MAY BE BARRED FROM FUTURE COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS AND REMOVED.
FIRST ONE I HAVE SIGNED UP FOR TONIGHT IS MARK BURROWS.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK, SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO COORDINATED AND FACILITATED AND PARTICIPATED IN THE TOWN HALL FOR CITY MANAGER APPLICANTS.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ISSUES I HAD.
UH, FIRST I UNDERSTAND THAT AT THE LAST MEETING, THE CITY MANAGER APOLOGIZED FOR HIS QUOTE UNQUOTE DARE COMMENT.
UH, I DON'T ACCEPT HIS APOLOGY, RATHER, I APPRECIATE THE HONESTY.
IT WAS A POOR CHOICE OF WORDS, BUT IT ACCURATELY REFLECTED HOW HE FELT IN THE MOMENT.
AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH A FEW OF YOU ON THIS COUNCIL.
WITHIN THIS CITY AND WITHIN THIS STATE, YOU ACT AS THOUGH WE CITIZENS AND OUR CONCERNS ARE BURDEN WHEN WE SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY.
I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T LISTEN WHILE WE ARE SPEAKING AND EXPRESSING OUR CONCERNS AND ISSUES.
AND I WISH THAT YOU ALL WOULD ACT AS THOUGH OUR THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS HAD VALUE.
YOU ARE ALL CHARGED WITH TAKING CARE OF THIS CITY, AND YOU ARE AR ARGUABLY DOING BETTER THAN SOME OF THE PREVIOUS LEADERS.
BUT I HOPE THAT WHAT WE EXPRESS WILL BEAR SOME WEIGHT IN THE FUTURE.
NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT A DOLLAR, SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT THE DOLLAR.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, TO THE CHIEF'S POINT, UH, I UNDERSTAND THE FLOCK CAMERAS HAVE DONE A LOT OF GOOD IN TERMS OF CRIMINAL DETECTION IN SOME COMMUNITIES, UH, AROUND THE NATION.
UM, HERE LATELY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CITIES AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN KICKING FLOCK OUT OF THEIR CITY FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MYSELF 'CAUSE I KIND OF ASSUMED THE PROGRAM WAS COMING TO, TO OUR AREA.
UM, BUT I'VE YET TO FIND A REASON WHY COMMUNITIES ARE KICKING FLOCK OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR Y'ALL TO LOOK INTO BEFORE YOU INVEST INTO IT.
UH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PAVING SCHEDULE Y'ALL HAVE COMING UP IN WARD FIVE, AND I'M KIND OF AT A LOSS OF WHY RICHMOND STREET AND SOUTH 20TH HAVE O BEEN OVERLOOKED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT BOTH OF THEM STREETS ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEING PAVED ON BOTH SIDES AND TOP AND BOTTOM OF IT.
BUT THEM TWO STREETS AREN'T BEING VAPED.
AND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY WOULD YOU SKIP TWO STREETS IN AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD? AND BOTH OF THEM ROADS ARE IN JUST AS BAD A SHAPE AS THE REST OF THEM.
WELL, I CAN EASILY ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UM, REASON WHY THOSE ARE, UH, MISSED IS JUST AS MUCH AS, UM, UH, MR. BURROUGHS STREET WAS MIS, UH, MISSED OVER IN MANCHIN HILLS AND JUST AS MUCH AS, UH, FOLKS WERE MISSED OVER THERE IN APPOMATTOX HEIGHTS, UH, THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING CAUGHT UP BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT EXECUTED TIMELY WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
AND BECAUSE OF THE COST OF INFLATION, UH, CUTS WERE HAVING TO BE MADE, BUT THE CITY IS LOOKING AT
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TRYING TO, UH, RECTIFY THAT THROUGH ADDITIONAL PAVING.MOVING ON FROM COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS,
[REGULAR BUSINESS]
MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR BUSINESS.UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, TONIGHT WE ARE BRINGING, UM, HR AND ONE DIGITAL IS BRINGING THE HEALTH INSURANCE RENEWAL.
UM, OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
UM, THE RATE INCREASE IS 15.7% THIS YEAR.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS AND MARY JONES WILL GO OVER THE DETAILS.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, SO YES, AS SKA HAD MENTIONED, UM, THIS YEAR'S RENEWAL IS CALLING FOR A 15.7% INCREASE, UM, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IS A TOTAL INCREASE OF JUST SHY OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, OF THAT, THE, UM, CITY WOULD BE FACED WITH A $800,000 INCREASE AND THE EMPLOYEES WOULD BE FACED WITH A ALMOST 180,000.
SO WE HAVE, UM, COME TO THE TABLE WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND, UM, MAKE A DETERMINATION ON, UM, SOME, SOME CHANGES TO THE BENEFITS.
UM, WITH THAT, THE MEDICARE, YOU CAN SEE, UM, SO WE OFFER THE MEDICARE SUPPLEMENTS FOR THE RETIREES.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE PREMIUMS THERE WILL BE CHANGING AS WELL AS OF JULY 1ST.
UM, AND JUST LOOKING AT THE ANALYSIS OF THE RENEWAL FROM OUR FIRM'S PERSPECTIVE, UM, UNFORTUNATELY IT IS A FAIR INCREASE BASED OFF OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE MARKETPLACE AND, AND OVERALL HOW THE PLANS ARE RUNNING.
UM, THE OPTION FOR CONSIDERATION IS, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE AND WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS WE'RE RECOMMENDING OFFERING THE THREE, UH, FOLLOWING PLAN OPTIONS.
SO THE KEY ADVANTAGE 500, THE KEY ADVANTAGE THOUSAND, AND THE, THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN WITH THIS ADJUSTMENT IN PLAN DESIGNS.
SO WE'D BE ELIMINATING THE TWO 50 PLAN.
UM, YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM THE IMPACT, UM, FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE.
SO THE TOTAL INCREASE IN PREMIUMS WOULD, UM, BRING THAT TO 357, 350 7,000, OF WHICH THE IMPACT TO THE CITY WOULD BE ABOUT 293,000.
AND THE IMPACT OF THE EMPLOYEES, WE, UH, JUST, UH, A LITTLE OVER 64,000.
UM, SO THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WE ARE, UM, BRINGING TO THE TABLE FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE, UM, NEXT PAGE, WHICH PAGE FOUR, I WON'T GO IN DETAIL, BUT, UM, THIS BASICALLY JUST GIVES YOU, UH, A COMPARISON OF CURRENT VERSUS RECOMMENDED PLAN DESIGNS FOR THE JULY 1ST.
AND ANYTHING HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS WHERE THE PLANS WOULD, UM, HAVE SOME CHANGES.
THE NEXT SLIDE JUST OUTLINES SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT WILL BE COMING TO THE PLANS AS OF JULY 1ST RE REGARD, REGARDLESS OF WHICH PLAN SELECTION YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, SO, UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES TO THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE.
UM, CURRENTLY YOU HAVE A FOUR TIER DRUG, UH, UH, PLAN STRUCTURE FOR YOUR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
SO TODAY YOU HAVE TIER 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR.
TIER ONE IS ALL YOUR GENERICS.
SO ANYBODY TAKING A GENERIC DRUG WILL NOT SEE ANY IMPACT AS OF JULY 1ST.
HOWEVER, THE OTHER TIERS OF TWO, THREE, AND FOUR WILL SEE A, AN ADJUSTMENT TO WHAT THEY'RE PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR THEIR MEDICATIONS.
SO TIERS TWO AND THREE WILL NOW HAVE A $150 DEDUCTIBLE, UH, THAT WILL NEED TO BE MET BEFORE COPAYS COME INTO PLAY.
ON TIER FOUR, THERE WILL BE $150 DEDUCTIBLE FOR TIER FOUR MEDICATIONS.
UM, THEN IT WILL GO TO A 20% CO-INSURANCE TO A, UH, $200 SCRIPT MAXIMUM.
UM, THE LAST CHANGE TO THE MEDICATIONS OR THE DRUG LIST IS THE GLP ONE MEDICATIONS.
SO CURRENTLY YOUR PLAN, UM, ALLOWS COVERAGE FOR GLP ONE DRUGS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE TAKING THEM TO LOSE WEIGHT.
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A DIAGNOSIS OF ANOTHER CONDITION TO, UM, GET THOSE MEDICATIONS.
AS OF JULY 1ST, THAT WILL CHANGE.
SO AS OF JULY 1ST, SOMEONE CAN STILL GET GLP ONE DRUGS.
HOWEVER, IT HAS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A, UM, A CONDITION THAT IS RELEVANT TO WHAT THOSE DRUGS WERE ARE BEING ADMINISTERED FOR.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE A CHANGE FOR, UH, POTENTIALLY FOR FOLKS.
UM, SECONDLY, THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN YOU'LL SEE IS, UM, THE DEDUCTIBLES ARE CHANGING ON THAT PLAN.
UM, THIS IS AN IRS REGULATION.
SO, UM, THESE WILL HAVE TO CHANGE IN ORDER TO BE COMPLIANT TO OFFER A HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT IN ADDITION TO THIS PLAN.
SO YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE CHANGING FROM 3,300 FROM AN INDIVIDUAL TO 6,600, UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING TO 3,400 FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO 6,800 FOR ANYBODY WHO COVERS THEMSELVES
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OR DEPENDENT, UM, THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR THE EAP WILL NOW BECOME AVAILABLE TO EVERY EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY.UM, CURRENTLY THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO FOLKS WHO ENROLL IN THE LOCAL CHOICE PROGRAM.
UM, SO THIS WILL BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE KNOW, UM, OUR, OUR DUE, UH, TWO LOCAL CHOICE BY APRIL 1ST.
UH, LASTLY, SO, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION AGAIN IS TO CONSIDER THE ALTERNATE PLAN DESIGN THAT WE PRESENTED, UM, AND THEN, UH, APPROVE CONTRIBUTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'M NOT SEEING NO LIGHTS.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND YEP.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
TONIGHT YOU'LL BE PRESENTED WITH THE NEEDS OF SEVERAL OF OUR, OF OUR DEPARTMENT'S, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS, IT CITY CLERK, AS WELL AS PARKS AND RECREATION.
WE WOULD JUST ASK IF YOU WOULD JUST LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATIONS.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH BALANCING THE BUDGET AS WELL AS FIGURING OUT WHAT THE PLAN IS GONNA BE WITH THE HEALTH INSURANCE.
ONCE AGAIN, MY, UH, MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MANAGER, CITY COUNCIL, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE, UH, OUR BUDGET FOR THE HOPEWELL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS, UH, HOPEWELL POLICE DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO, IS COMMITTED TO PROVISION OF CRIME PROTECTION, LIFE AND PROPERTY, AND THE PRESERVATION OF PEACE AND PUBLIC ORDER DEPARTMENT IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IS IN THREE OPERATIONAL DIVISIONS, WHICH IS THE FIELD SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
THESE THREE DIVISIONS REPORT TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE, THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS ACCREDITATION.
LIEUTENANT REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS 68 SWORN OFFICERS.
UH, CURRENTLY THEY ARE 62 POSITIONS THAT ARE, ARE FIELD.
UH, THE DEPARTMENT HAS 23 AUTHORIZED FULL-TIME CIVILIAN POSITIONS, 20 FULL-TIME CIVILIAN POSITIONS OFF FIELD.
UH, THE DEPARTMENT HAS EIGHT AUTHORIZED PART-TIME CIVILIAN POSITIONS, AND SEVEN PART-TIME POSITIONS OF FIELD.
HOPEWELL POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DEVOTED TO THE DUTY OF KEEPING INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND THE HOPEWELL COMMUNITY SAFE THROUGH INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES.
COMMUNIC COMMUNITY CORP COLLABORATION AND EXEMPLARY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UM, I GAVE YOU THE DECEMBER, THE 31ST CRIME REPORT AT MY, UH, LAST ONE AT LAST MEETING.
SO I'M GONNA SKIP THAT, UH, END OF YEAR REPORT AND MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, I, I PRESENTED THE CRIME SUMMARY, SO I'LL SKIP THAT AND GO TO THE BOTTOM WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
AND AT THE BOTTOM, YOU, YOU WILL SEE THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26, AS OF FEBRUARY THE 22ND, 2026.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 26 AND 27.
THE, THE PROJECTION NUMBERS, IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, E 9 1 1 CALLS ANSWERED WAS 10,105.
AND WE'LL PROJECTING THAT THE INCREASE TO 16,000 WOW.
UH, ANIMAL CONTROLS CALL ANSWERED IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY FIVE, TWENTY TWENTY SIX WAS 1,978 AND WE POTENTIALLY INCREASED TO 3000.
UH, PHYSICAL ARREST, UH, WAS 402 IN 20 25, 20 26, UH, WITH PROJECTION, UH, A 700, 700, UH, PHYSICAL ARREST, UH, BUILDING CHECKS DIRECT PATROLS WAS 47,103 IN FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, AND IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE THE 52,000.
AND FINALLY, ACCIDENT REPORTS, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 26 WAS 355.
AND WE, UH, PROJECTING AN INCREASE TO FOUR.
I, I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE 9 1 1 CALLS ANSWERED.
WHY THAT BIG JUMP? AND I GUESS I'M, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT NUMBER.
SO, SO YOU'RE PROJECTING FOR 26, 27 ON THE RIGHT, BUT THE MIDDLE, WHAT EXACTLY IS IT? IT SAYS AS OF 2 22 26, WHAT? THOSE WERE THE NUMBER OF CALLS AS OF FEBRUARY THE 22ND OF THIS YEAR.
SO ALREADY, ALREADY YOU'VE HAD 10,000 CALLS FISCAL YEAR 25, 26.
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YES MA'AM.AND IT ENDED AS OF FEBRUARY THE 22ND OF 26, IT WAS 10,105 CALLS FISCAL YEAR.
MEANING STARTING JULY 1ST, 2025.
STILL, I STILL, WHY IS THERE SUCH A HUGE INCREASE THERE? THAT STILL SOMETHING DOESN'T, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECTION OF 16,000.
UH, BUT BECAUSE WE GOTTA LOOK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, NOT ONLY ANSWER 9 1 1 CALLS, WE GOT FIRED AS WELL IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND YOU GOT FIRE, POLICE AND MEDICAL CALLS, THE PEOPLE THAT CALL, UH, 9 1 1 DI DEALING WITH MEDICAL ISSUES.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE ARE BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND REPORT EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
BUT I JUST, I, THOSE NUMBERS DON'T, DON'T JIVE TO ME.
I MEAN, WHERE YOU GOING FROM 10 TO 16? SO, WELL, THAT'S, IT'S OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECTION? DOES, DID JUMPING PROJECTION, PROJECTED CALLS, DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ICE? NO, SIR.
UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATOR BUDGET BUDGET SUMMARY, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR ADOPTED BUDGET WAS $14,000,262 AND 95 CENTS, UH, FISCAL YEAR.
THIS IS PROPOSED BUDGET IS $14,000,864 $278.
IT REQUESTED INCREASES 602,000 AND 183.
AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT 602,183 IS INCLUDING SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND OUR SALARIES AND BENEFITS, UH, IS TAKES A QUITE OH YEAH.
UH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CONTRACTS CURRENTLY WAS $82,696 AND WE REQUESTED 91,988 A INCREASE IN OF $9,292.
AND THAT CONTRACT INCREASES BECAUSE OF, UH, CRADLE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACADEMY.
THE, OUR CONTRACT INCREASE, THAT'S WHERE WE GO TO GET OUR TRAINING AND EDUCATION, UH, PATROL, MEDICAL AND LAB SUPPLIES.
AND THAT'S JUST THE, UH, PATROL K NINE VET CARE COST INCREASES.
SO JUST TO HELP YOU SAVE TIME, SO JUST BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT IS YOU'VE GOT 150, ALMOST $158,000 INCREASE AND THESE REQUESTS YES, SIR.
AND THEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND THE 6 0 2 IS SALARIES? YES.
WHAT, WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING, OUR TOTAL OPERATION EXPENSES IS 157,602,000.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT OUR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES WOULD BE.
SO, UH, FOR ONCE AGAIN, UH, THE FISCAL YEAR 2027, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET AMOUNT AND, AND LIKE I SAID, INCLUDES SALARY INCREASES.
I THOUGHT I'D JUST SAVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BREATH.
YEAH, AND, UH, AT THAT POINT THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY BUDGET PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET TONIGHT.
UM, AS USUALLY I, I LIKE TO START OFF WITH A LITTLE, UH, EXAMPLE OF, OF THE KIND OF WORK THAT WE DO.
UH, THIS EXAMPLE OCCURRED JUST A FEW, FEW DAYS AGO, UH, ON FEBRUARY 20, UH, 26TH.
UH, WE GOT A CALL TO 100 KAK STREET, WHICH IS OUR HIGH-RISE HERE IN THE CITY, UH, FOR A REPORT OF A STRUCTURE FIRE.
UM, AT THE TIME WE ONLY HAD ONE, UH, ENGINE AVAILABLE.
UH, WE HAD, UH, TWO, UH, ENGINE TWO WAS ON A EMS CALL.
MEDIC ONE AND TWO ARE OUT ON CALLS.
AND ENGINE THREE, WHICH IS TYPICALLY OUR LADDER, UH, BUT CURRENTLY BECAUSE OF OUR APPARATUS ISSUES, UH, IT'S JUST AN ENGINE.
UM, IT WAS, UH, ACTUALLY OUTTA SERVICE BECAUSE MEDIC THREE, WHICH WERE, WE CROSSED STAFF WAS ON A CALL.
AND SO THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY.
ACTUALLY, THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY BACK FROM A CALL WHEN THIS CALL OCCURRED.
SO WHAT THAT MEANT IS THAT WE ESSENTIALLY HAD, UH, THREE PEOPLE ON ENGINE ONE.
WE HAD TWO OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, FOLKS THAT, THAT SHOWED UP TO THAT CALL.
UM, AND, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE, THE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR A CALL LIKE THAT SHOULD BE ABOUT 42 PEOPLE.
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UM, WE, WE WENT, UH, WE, IT, IT WENT VERY WELL BECAUSE, UH, WE, UM, UH, WE, WE, WE ROLLED THE DICE A LOT, UH, WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO RUN CALLS.UH, AND IN THIS CASE, IT WAS, UH, UH, A FAMILY THAT WAS IN THE HOUSE.
THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A FIRE, THERE WAS A COOKING FIRE.
UH, THE, THE, THE, THE MAN OF THE HOUSE SENT THE, THE, UH, THE WIFE AND, AND CHILD OUTSIDE WHILE HE ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT.
LUCKILY, HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN PUTTING THE FIRE OUT.
UM, AND SO, UH, IT DIDN'T TURN INTO, UH, ANYTHING MORE THAN JUST THAT.
AND WE WENT IN AND EVACUATED SMOKE AND, AND MOPPED UP AND MADE EVERY SURE EVERYTHING WAS SAFE.
UM, I PUT UP THIS, UH, THIS GRAPH HERE TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST WHEN IT COMES TO FIRES.
IN TODAY'S WORLD, UH, WE HAVE A LOT MORE, UH, UH, POLYCARBON AND THINGS THAT ARE, ARE MADE OF OIL.
AND SO, UH, THE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION, UH, GROW VERY RAPIDLY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE, I CIRCLED THE EIGHT AT THE BOTTOM EIGHT MINUTES.
UM, IS, UH, THE AVERAGE TIME THAT WE GO FROM THE INCIPIENT OF THE FIRE AND SOMEBODY NOTIFYING ON CALLING 9 1 1 OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS TO THE POINT, AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP OF FLASHOVER AND FLASHOVER IS THE POINT IN A ROOM WHERE NO ONE SURVIVES.
UH, EVEN A FIREFIGHTER IN TURNOUT GEAR, UH, IF HE'S INSIDE OF THAT, UH, INSIDE OF THAT ROOM AT THE POINT OF FLASHOVER WILL MOST LIKELY PERISH.
UM, OUR GEAR WILL NOT PROTECT US AT THAT POINT.
UM, OUR, OUR GEAR WILL, UH, SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE ROOM ALL THE SAME TIME.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES.
UH, IS IS THE AVERAGE TIME THAT WE HAVE TO GET TO THAT CALL AND TO, UH, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, INJURED OR NEEDS RESCUE AND TO GET IN TO GET THERE, GET IN AND MAKE A RESCUE, UH, AND TO GET THIS FIRE UNDER CONTROL.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, ON A REGULAR DAY, UH, THE, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SAW THERE FOR THAT CALL IS, ARE NOT UNUSUAL.
IT'S, IT'S VERY USUAL FOR US TO HAVE TWO AMBULANCES OUT OF OUR, ON A CALL.
IT'S VERY USUAL FOR US TO HAVE AN ENGINE OUT ON A CALL.
IT'S VERY USUAL FOR US TO HAVE, UH, UH, OUR CROSS STAFFED, UH, ENGINE AND OUR, ON OUR AMBULANCE, UH, OUTTA SERVICE BECAUSE THAT, THAT AMBULANCE IS OUT ON A CALL AS WELL.
'CAUSE WE GET A LOT OF EMAILS CALLS.
UM, AND SO I JUST WANT TO, UH, SHARE THAT WITH YOU AT THE BEGINNING JUST AS A, AS A, AS A REMINDER TO THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE ON A DAILY BASIS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CALL VOLUME.
SO, UM, FROM, UH, THE, SOME FROM, SO FROM OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET, WE WERE ASKED GOING IN, UH, BY THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO, TO GIVE A FIVE, 10% CUT TO OUR BUDGET, UH, BASED ON THE CHALLENGES, UH, WE ARE FACING, UH, IN THE BUDGET.
UM, AND SO A COUPLE NUMBERS THERE THAT I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT, UM, ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF, UH, OR ABOUT 9% OF OUR BUDGET IS, IS WHAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT CONSIDER TO BE, UH, UH, DISCRETIONARY, WHICH REALLY IT'S NOT.
IT, IT, IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT WE PAY FOR, FOR REPORTING.
IT INCLUDES TURNOUT GEAR, INCLUDES A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS, BUT THE REST OF THAT BUDGET IS ALL, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, UH, SALARIES AND, AND THINGS THAT WE REALLY CAN'T CONTROL.
UM, SO IF WE WERE TO DO A TRUE FIVE OR 10% CUT, THAT WOULD, THERE'D BE NO WAY FOR US TO DO THAT OTHER THAN CUT IN POSITIONS.
WHAT I DID PROVIDE BACK, HOWEVER, WAS A FIVE AND 10% CUT OF THAT EIGHT, UH, 0.8%.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE, UH, TRUTHFULLY, IF WE STAY AT A, AT A EVEN BUDGET, UH, ESSENTIALLY THAT'S A BUDGET CUT BECAUSE, UM, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN HERE, EVERYBODY KNOWS THE COST OF EVERYTHING IS GOING UP.
UH, IT'S THE SAME FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
THE COST OF OUR SOFTWARE GOES UP EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
THE COST OF OUR TURNOUT GEAR GOES UP, THE COST OF OUR HOSE, THE COST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE GOES UP, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY'S HOUSEHOLD.
AND SO, UH, EVEN A, A EVEN BUDGET, UM, MEANS A, A BUDGET CUT ESSENTIALLY.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT WHAT'S THAT? WHAT I HAVE PROPOSED BASED ON THE OTHER REQUESTS THAT I HAVE, UM, IS THAT WE MAINTAIN, UH, THE BUDGET, THE LEVEL BUDGET THAT WE, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO PROVIDED, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION WITH SOME, UH, CUTS IF NECESSARY WHERE THAT WOULD IMPACT US THE LEAST.
UM, ON THE CAPITAL SIDE IS WHERE OUR BIGGEST NEEDS ARE.
UM, SO, UH, STATION TWO CURRENTLY HAS A DETERIORATING, UH, UM, SEWER LINE.
UM, IT IS KIND OF A, A TIME BOMB WAITING TO, UH, TO GO OFF.
WE, WE HAVE, UH, FOLKS OUT THERE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO CLEAN THE LINE OUT.
IT'S, IT'S GOT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES.
THERE'S WHOLE SECTIONS OF IT THAT HAVE JUST DETERIORATED.
UM, THIS COST IS ABOUT $50,000.
UH, WE ARE GONNA ATTEMPT TO, UH, GET THIS FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UH, BASED ON, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO LOOK AT SAVINGS FROM THIS CURRENT YEAR AND HOW WE CAN SAVE TO TRY TO GET THAT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IF WE'RE UNABLE TO DO THAT, 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED HERE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UM, THEN FISCAL YEAR, I SHOULD SAY, THEN THAT WOULD, THAT IS ONE OF THE REQUESTS THAT I'VE SUBMITTED.
THE OTHER ONE IS THAT WE STILL HAVE LEAK ISSUES,
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UH, AT STATION ONE, UH, WATER LEAK ISSUES.UH, THAT STATION NEXT YEAR WILL BE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD, AS YOU KNOW.
UM, AND SO IT CONTINUES TO HAVE LEAKY, UH, A LEAKY ROOF, UH, WHICH WE WANNA REPLACE AS WELL AS, UH, LEAKING THROUGH THE WALLS THEMSELVES.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF PATCHING AND, AND REPAIRING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
UH, AND THAT COST IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
UM, THE LAST REQUEST IS, UH, OUR BURN BUILDING.
I'VE COME AND TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
WE HAVE A GRANT FOR, WE GOT A GRANT FOR, UM, UH, TO, TO REPLACE IT.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS A, THERE'S A, THERE WAS A MATCHING PORTION WHICH WE, THAT WE ACCOUNTED FOR.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE JUST PUT THIS OUT TO BID, THE PRICES CAME BACK EXTREMELY HIGH, UH, AND, AND SHOWED US A $590,000 DEFICIT ON THIS PROJECT.
WE DON'T THINK THAT THOSE, THOSE COSTS ARE TRULY REFLECTIVE OF WHAT IT SHOULD COST TO DO THIS PROJECT.
SO WE'RE GONNA CANCEL, WE'VE CANCELED THAT, THAT BID.
UH, WE'RE GONNA NOW SEPARATE THE PROJECT OUT BETWEEN THE, THE SITE WORK AND THEN THE BUILDING ITSELF.
AND WE'RE GONNA PUT IT BACK OUT.
UH, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THAT, UH, THAT DEFICIT DOWN TO ABOUT $262,000.
UM, WHICH IS THE REVISED, UH, REQUEST THAT I'M LOOKING AT FOR THIS, FOR THIS CAPITAL PROJECT.
WHEN SHE, UH, SHOULD YOU GET THOSE RESULTS BACK? UH, WE HAVEN'T PUT IT OUT YET.
SO, UM, WHEN AFTER WORKING WITH PROCUREMENT, UH, IT'LL PROBABLY BE ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE WE SEE WHAT, SO A 30 DAY, WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE.
UM, SO THE BIG REQUEST THIS YEAR IS PERSONNEL.
UM, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, THE NUMBER THIS YEAR IS RELATIVELY SMALL.
UM, AND WHAT THIS REPRESENTS IS SIX FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS.
UM, WHAT THIS WILL DO IS A TWOFOLD THING THAT THIS IS GONNA DO FOR US.
NUMBER ONE, IT'S GONNA ALLOW US, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW LADDER TRUCK COMING TO US IN MAY.
UM, THE, THE ISSUE THAT WE, THAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER, WHERE THAT THAT LADDER TRUCK GOES DOWN EVERY TIME MEDIC THREE IS, HAS TO MARK UP TO ANSWER A CALL WOULD BE ALLEVIATED.
SO WE'D BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT TRUCK IN SERVICE WITH MINIMAL PERSONNEL ALL THE TIME.
UM, SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM OF IT GOING OUTTA SERVICE WHEN WE GET OUR 30 MS CALL, WHICH HAPPENS FREQUENTLY.
THE OTHER THING THAT THIS WILL DO IS IT'LL ALLOW US TO CHANGE OUR, OUR SHIFT SCHEDULE.
AND, AND I KNOW THIS IS A, THIS IS A VERY LONG CONVERSATION THAT I'LL PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE WITH, WITH ALL OF YOU AT A, AT A DIFFERENT TIME, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANNA, UM, TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT.
UM, THIS WOULD BE CHANGING, UM, OUR SHIFT SCHEDULE FROM A 24 48, WHICH IS THE SCHEDULE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO A 24 72, WHICH IS THE CURRENT SCHEDULE THAT OUR EMS PROVIDERS, UH, ARE, ARE ON.
UM, NOW THIS REQUEST IS $59,000 IS CONTINGENT ON A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE IS THAT WE RECEIVE A SAFER GRANT, SO WE'LL BE REPLYING FOR A SAFER GRANT.
THAT SAFER GRANT THROUGH FEMA WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE 75% OF THE FUNDING FOR THE POSITIONS FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS, AND THEN 25% OF THE FUNDING FOR THAT, THOSE POSITIONS ON YEAR THREE.
UM, SO EVEN THOUGH THE, THE FIRST YEAR, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY HALF A YEAR'S FUNDING, 'CAUSE WE WON'T, WOULDN'T, WE WON'T FIND OUT ABOUT WHETHER WE GET THAT GRANT UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND THEN IT'LL TAKE US A FEW MONTHS TO ACTUALLY RECRUIT AND HIRE FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE A LIST, BUT IT STILL TAKES A COUPLE MONTHS TO PROCESS THOSE FOLKS SO THAT THE VERY EARLIEST WE COULD MAYBE SEE THOSE PEOPLE, UH, IN A SEAT WOULD BE JANUARY.
AND SO THAT 59,000 IS A HALF A YEAR REQUEST.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, JUST TO GET, UH, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, EVOLUTION OF, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, SCHEDULE, EVOLUTION, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY PRE 1900, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS A LOT OF VERY YOUNG GUYS THAT LIVED IN THE STATION.
THEY GOT PAID VERY LITTLE BECAUSE THEY GOT TO LIVE IN THE STATION.
UH, AND THEY HAD TO STAY THERE ALL THE TIME AND THEY DIDN'T GET A LOT OF TIME OFF.
WELL, AS FIRE DEPARTMENTS BECAME MORE IMPORTANT AND PEOPLE REALIZED THE BENEFIT, UH, THEY ALSO REALIZED THAT THEY COULDN'T RELY ON JUST THOSE, THAT GROUP OF FOLKS.
AND SO THEY STARTED RECRUITING PEOPLE THAT HAD FAMILIES AND THEY REALIZED THOSE PEOPLE NEEDED TO HAVE TIME OFF.
AND SO THEY STARTED CHANGING TO 24 HOUR SHIFTS.
UH, THE, THE NEXT BIG CHANGE WAS IN 1974 WHEN FLSA WAS, WAS AMENDED BY, UH, UH, CONGRESS THAT ADDRESSED FIRE DEPARTMENT SCHEDULE SPECIFICALLY.
AND, UM, THE 24 48 SCHEDULE MET ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS ALLOWING, UH, YOU KNOW, 24, UH, 7, 365, UH, OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, YOU KNOW, FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, UH, AT A REDUCED COST.
AND SO, UM, UH, THAT WAS ADOPTED VERY WIDELY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, SINCE THEN, NOT A LOT HAS CHANGED, AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
NOT A LOT HAS REALLY CHANGED, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, TO SHIFT SCHEDULING.
AT THE SAME TIME, EVEN THOUGH NOTHING HAS CHANGED FROM THE SCHEDULE PERSPECTIVE, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED AS FAR AS WHAT WE DO AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO, EVEN IN THE CITY OF HOPEWELL, UH, UH, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, OUR, OUR CALL VOLUME WAS, YOU KNOW, 570 CALLS IN A YEAR.
UH, AND SO A 24 48 SCHEDULE IS PERFECTLY FINE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAY
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ONE OR MAYBE TWO CALLS A DAY.TODAY, UH, THIS YEAR WE ALMOST RAN 6,000.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN CALL VOLUME.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF TRAINING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO, THE FACT THAT WE ALSO CROSS, UH, CROSS TRAIN AND EMS, THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE THAT WE HAVE TO DO AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THIS, THIS, THIS SHIFT CHANGE IS, IS, IS PICKING UP STEAM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE BEGAN TO CHANGE THAT, UH, BASED ON A LOT OF RESEARCH, UH, UH, FLORIDA PASSED A BILL ENCOURAGING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO CHANGE THAT.
UH, VIRGINIA HAS A SIMILAR BILL THAT'S EXPECTED TO PASS THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, THAT'S JUST AN ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE CHANGE, BUT I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALREADY FOUR LOCALITIES IN VIRGINIA THAT HAVE MADE OR ARE MAKING THE CHANGE, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER HALF DOZEN OR SO THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, MAKING THAT CHANGE OVER A PHASED APPROACH OR PLANNING TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
UM, AND, UH, AND SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UH, THE IMPACT THAT THIS SCHEDULE HAS ON FIREFIGHTERS.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT, UH, SLIDE, UM, YOU CAN SEE, UM, THERE, THERE'S JUST A QUICK SLIDE OF OUR, OF OUR CALL VOLUME, GOING BACK TO THE LATE NINETIES UNTIL TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT, UH, HOW THAT HAS GREATLY INCREASED OVER TIME.
AND SO BACK WHEN THAT, UH, 24 48 SCHEDULE WAS, WAS IMPLEMENTED, IT WORKED FINE.
YOU CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS A QUICK COMPARISON TO THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT FIREFIGHTERS WORK COMPARED TO A REGULAR CITY EMPLOYEE.
AND THEN ALSO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH ALSO IS A-F-L-S-A COVERED, UH, POSITION.
SO YOU CAN SEE OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, UM, UH, UH, IF YOU COMPARE THAT, WE WORK 60 ADDITIONAL 12 HOUR, IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN INTO 12 HOUR SHIFTS, WE WORK 60 ADDITIONAL 12 HOUR SHIFTS OVER OUR BROTHERS AND PD, UH, 91 ADDITIONAL EIGHT HOUR SHIFTS, IF YOU LOOK AT IT ON AN EIGHT HOUR PERIOD.
AND, UH, ESSENTIALLY 20 MORE 40 HOUR WEEKS, IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A NORMAL WORK WEEK, IS WHAT FIREFIGHTERS PUT IN.
UH, OF COURSE, THE BIG ARGUMENT ABOUT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, FIRE, YOU KNOW, THEY GET TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS HERE.
UH, 37% OF OUR CALL VOLUME HAPPENS AFTER 7:00 PM UH, 49% OF OUR FALL CALL VOLUME HAPPENS AFTER 5:00 PM AND SO A LOT OF OUR CALLS ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE NIGHT HOURS.
THESE GUYS ARE GETTING WOKEN UP CONSTANTLY.
UM, AND EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT THE ONE NECESSARILY HAVING TO GO OUT THE DOOR, THEY'RE BEING AWAKENED BY THE OTHERS THAT ARE HAVING TO GO OUT THE DOOR.
AND, OF COURSE, ALL THE SUPERVISION HAVING TO KEEP TRACK OF WHO'S OUT THERE, UH, ARE CONSTANTLY BEING AWAKE AND TRYING TO MONITOR WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, THE BIG THING, THE BIG STORY HONESTLY HERE IS HEALTH AND SAFETY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS HERE.
AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A REGULAR AMERICAN IS 79.
UH, A LOT OF NEW STUDIES ARE SHOWN FOR FIREFIGHTERS, IT'S ABOUT 57.
UM, SUICIDE RATES AMONG FIREFIGHTERS ARE 76% HIGHER THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION.
UM, AND, UH, 50% OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE DEVELOPING, UH, HEART CONDITIONS, UH, MID-CAREER.
UH, ALSO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, UM, HAS, UH, RECOGNIZED, UH, THE LACK OF SLEEP AS A PROBABLE CARCINOGEN.
AND OF COURSE, UH, UH, UH, CANCER RATES IN FIREFIGHTERS ARE, ARE HIGHER AS WELL.
UM, ALL OF THESE THINGS, UH, ARE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT FIREFIGHTERS AREN'T GETTING SLEEP AT NIGHT.
UM, GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN THEY SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT, MOST NIGHTS.
UM, MOST NIGHTS, THESE, THESE, UH, MEN AND WOMEN ARE UP RUNNING CALLS, UH, AND, AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING THAT, THAT, THAT SLEEP THAT THEY NEED TO RECOVER.
SO WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS A, A FOUR YEAR PHASED APPROACH TO THIS.
UM, THIS YEAR I'M ASKING FOR THOSE SIX FIREFIGHTERS, WHICH WILL ALLOW, UH, THESE FOLKS TO, UH, WORK EIGHT LESS, LESS SHIFTS A YEAR.
UM, AND THEN NEXT YEAR I WOULD ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FOUR, UH, POSITIONS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO WORK 16 LESS SHIFTS A YEAR.
UM, AND THEN IT JUST CONTINUES TO, IT CONTINUES TO PHASE IN OVER THE FOUR YEARS.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, FINALLY, IS THE QUESTION YOU'RE PROBABLY ALL LOOKING FOR IS WHAT IS THIS GONNA COST? UM, AND SO THIS YEAR, AS I SAID, WE'RE ASKING FOR FI $59,000.
THAT'S, AGAIN, CONTINGENT UPON THAT GRANT THAT WE RECEIVE.
SHOULD WE RECEIVE THE GRANT, WE COULD GET THOSE SIX FIREFIGHTERS, UH, AND, AND GET THEM STARTED AT 59.
UM, NEXT YEAR, IF WE WERE TO KEEP THOSE SIX AS WELL AS HIRE FOUR MORE, IT WOULD COST THE CITY 4 33 IN 2029.
IF WE ADDED ANOTHER ADDITIONAL FOUR, IT WOULD BE 8 42.
AND THEN FINALLY THE LAST YEAR, UH, WHEN IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE THAT WHOLE ADDITIONAL SHIFT, UH, HIRED.
IT WOULD BE 1.256, UH, MILLION DOLLARS.
IT WOULD BE THE COST TO THE CITY FOR, FOR THIS ENTIRE TRANSITION.
UM, ONE THING I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS THE FACT THAT, UH, IF WE, IF YOU WERE TO FUND THESE SIX
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POSITIONS THIS YEAR, UH, AND IF, IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, IF ANY OF THOSE FOLLOWING STEPS, THE CITY GETS TO A PLACE WHERE WE WERE UNABLE TO, TO, TO GO TO THAT NEXT STEP, UM, THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAD MADE WOULD BE A HUGE, UH, IMPROVEMENT TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS.SO EVEN IF WE ONLY GET THE SIX POSITIONS THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH THE PLAN, UH, WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, UH, OR DECREASE, RATHER, IN THE WORK HOURS THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS WOULD BE, UH, ASKED TO WORK.
BUT IT WOULD ALSO GIVE US THAT, THAT, UH, THAT LADDER TRUCKING SERVICE ALL THE TIME.
SO THERE'S TWO, TWO THINGS REALLY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS REQUEST.
UH, I KNOW IT'S A BIG ASK, UH, BUT I THINK THAT TO START WITH IT, IT KIND OF LETS US START OFF SMALL AND THEN, AND THEN BUILD FROM THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR REQUESTS? UH, VICE MAYOR JOIN.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT.
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE, UM, THE, THE OLD, OUR OLD STATION.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY'RE OUT THERE, BUT IF DHR BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THAT BUILDING, THAT'S VERY UNIQUE.
THERE MAY BE SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY DO SACRED STRUCTURE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT SORT OF THING, BUT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT EITHER THE, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THE NATIONAL TRUST OR THROUGH, UH, VIRGINIA'S DHR AND SEEING IF THERE ARE ANY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS THE ROOF ISSUES.
YEAH, I'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
I'M MONIQUE ROBERTSON AND I'M DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
EVENING AT MAYOR, EXCUSE ME, MR. MAYOR
UM, TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
I WOULD DO THE OPERATIONS BUDGET FOR ALL OF OUR OPERATIONAL FUNDS, AND THE INTERIM DIRECT DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF, UH, ENGINEERING AND STORMWATER WILL DO THE ENGINEERING AND STORMWATER CAPITAL, UH, PROJECTS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, AS I STATED, OUR UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS IN TWO DIVISIONS.
IT HAS THE OPERATIONS DIVISION AS WELL AS THE ENGINEERING AND STORM WATER.
UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT FUNDS.
WE HAVE THE SOLID WASTE FUND, WHICH IS THE REFUSE FUND, THE PERPETUAL CARE FUND.
WE HAVE, UM, OPERATIONS FUNDS, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS OUT OF GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN WE HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE.
AND, UM, STATE FUNDING, UM, I WON'T READ EVERYTHING, HOWEVER, WE DO PROVIDE MULTIPLE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, SOME OF THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED, WE'LL BE THE CITIZENS CONVENIENCE CENTER, THE EVENT TRAFFIC CONTROLS, UM, THE MARCH FREE MARCH AT THE CONVENIENCE CENTER, UH, REFUGE COLLECTION SERVICES, CITYWIDE CLEANUPS, LEAD COLLECTION SERVICES, SNOW AND DEBRIS REMOVAL FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, OPERATING BUDGET, THERE'S ONLY AN INCREASE FOR UTILITIES, IS ALL THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, THE UTILITY INCREASE IS $48,800.
THERE WAS A HIGHER INCREASE OF COST, BUT WE REDUCED SOME OF THE OTHER LINES TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THAT INCREASE.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE INCREASE FOR PUBLIC WORKS OPERATING BUDGET IS 48,800 BUCKS.
UH, THE SECOND FUND THAT PUBLIC WORKS OVERSEAS IS THE REFUSE FUND.
THE INCREASE FOR THIS BUDGET FUND IS $432, UH, $432,466.
UM, THE INCREASE FOR THAT IS BOTH IN SERVICE CONTRACTS AND IT'S THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, UM, WHICH EACH YEAR THE CONTRACTS GO UP NO MORE THAN 3%.
AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW BILLING CONTRACTOR OLE, AND THE INCREASE FOR THE COST FOR THAT HAS INCREASED 155,000.
THE SECOND SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR THE CONVENIENCE CENTER, THAT HAS INCREASED, AND THAT IS STILL THE CPI INCREASE.
AND THAT'S BASED ON THE TIPPING AND HAULING THAT'S DONE AT THE CONVENIENCE CENTER.
THAT FLUCTUATES DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH USAGE AND TONNAGE IS, UM, ACTUALLY USED AT THE CONVENIENCE CENTER.
ALTHOUGH IT'S BUDGETED, IT COULD BE A LITTLE LOWER, LOWER, HIGHER.
THE NEXT FUND THAT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS HAS IS THE CEMETERY BUDGET FUND.
THAT'S, UH, PERPETUAL CARE FUND.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY INCREASE
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IN THAT AT ALL.WE STILL REMAINING KEEPING THAT AT 65,000.
UH, STORMWATER, THE STORMWATER FUND BUDGET, UM, WITHIN ITS BUDGET FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED AND MOVED AROUND.
THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL INCREASE REQUESTED.
SO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE IS JUST SO THAT YOU WON'T HAVE TO DO A TRANSFER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, WE DID HAVE ONE INCREASE IN THE RENT FOR THE BUILDING, UM, THAT THEY CURRENTLY OCCUPY.
IT WENT UP $913, BUT NOTHING, THE BOTTOM LINE OF BUDGET IS STILL THE SAME, STILL ZERO JUST MOVED THE FUNDS AROUND WITHIN THIS BUDGET.
SO ON THE OPERATIONS, UH, SIDE FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WE ARE ONLY ASKING FOR, UH, 183,000 TOTAL.
THE ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS YEAR IS FOR A SEVEN YEAR LEASE FOR THE LEAF VACUUM TRUCK.
THE LEAF BACKING TRUCK IS APPROXIMATELY 27.
UM, IT'S EXCEEDED ITS USE FOR LIFE, USE FOR LIFE SINCE SEVEN TO 10 YEARS.
SO WE ARE THREE, FOUR YEARS, UH, THREE, FOUR TIMES THAT USE FOR LIFE.
UM, THIS ONE, THIS LAST SEASON, UH, ONE, ONE REPAIR TO THAT TRUCK WAS $16,000 JUST TO GET IT OPERA, KEEP THE OPERATION FOR THAT LEASE SEASON.
UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU SEE LISTED THERE, WE ARE DEFERRING FOR TO NEXT YEAR.
SO FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE SEVEN YEAR LEASE ON THAT.
THE, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS STILL PART OF THAT 180 3, THE STREETLIGHT IMPROVEMENT BUDGET, AS FOR REQUEST OF $20,000, UM, THAT IS THE LIGHTS THAT'S DOWNTOWN.
THE BLUE POLE LIGHTS THAT ARE NOT, THEY'RE CONTRACTOR LIGHTS THAT ARE NOT PART OF A REGULAR, UM, VIRGINIA POWER POLE LIGHTS.
AND FOR REQUESTS THAT MAY COME IN FOR MAN, A NEW LIGHT THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THEN WE HAVE THE 80 DA MASTER PLAN, $50,000.
WHEREAS EVERY YEAR, WE, UM, ASK FOR FUNDING FOR THE A DA MASTER PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING ON BOARD, UM, LOOKING INTO THAT.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS THE HVAC UPGRADE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.
THEY HAVE THREE UNITS ABOVE THEIR ROOFTOP THAT STILL HAVE NOT BEEN UPGRADED AS A TOTAL OF 10.
THAT'S CAUSING HUMIDITY ISSUES WITHIN SOCIAL SERVICES.
SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 50,000 BUCKS.
SO THAT IS ALL THE INCREASE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, FOR THE OPERATIONS, UH, SIDE OF PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET.
UH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL NOW HAVE MR. JOSH ELLI, WHO IS OUR INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING STORM WATER, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE PRESENTATION ON THE CIP PROJECTS.
HI, UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL.
I'M THE INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING AND STORMWATER.
UM, I'M HERE TO PRESENT OUR CIP PROPOSED CIP FOR FY 27.
UM, SO CURRENTLY OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING STORMWATER STAFF, WE CONSIST OF AN A ONE ONE.
UH, WE HAVE A PLAN REVIEW STAFF.
WE HAVE A THREE-MAN MAINTENANCE CREW, AND WE HAVE AN INSPECTION AND GIS INFORMATION SYSTEMS ASPECT TO OUR PROGRAM.
UM, I OVERSEE ALL OF OUR, ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS AS WELL AS, UM, JUST MAINTAINING OUR CIP.
UM, SO THESE ARE ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH WITH VDOT AND OTHERWISE, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FOR FY 27, WE ARE REALLY JUST ASKING FOR A ROLLOVER.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
UM, SO, UH, EXCEPT FOR OUR PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PLAN AT THE VERY BOTTOM, AS WELL AS A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT IS A CATTAIL CREEK DRAINAGE CROSSING, UM, THAT IS BEING PARTIALLY SUBSIDIZED BY VDM GRANT.
UM, AND WE WILL PROCEED FORWARD CONTINGENT ON FUNDING.
UM, SO NEXT, THIS IS JUST A PROJECT STATUS, HONESTLY.
UM, THE, THE SLIDES THAT FOLLOW THIS ARE REALLY JUST A INDIVI INDIVIDUALIZED VERSION OF THIS TABLE.
UM, SO THIS IS OUR, UH, ROUTE 1 56 INTERSET, UH, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT.
IT ACTUALLY COINCIDES WITH THE FOLLOWING SLIDE AS WELL.
UM, IT'S THE SAME PROJECT, JUST TWO DIFFERENT UPCS.
UM, CURRENTLY, UH, THIS IS CURRENTLY IN PE PHASE, AND IT'S SET TO BEGIN THE UTILITY SURVEY IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF THIS YEAR.
UM, THE LOCAL SHARE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT IS
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A COMBINED, UH, 50, OR I'M SORRY, 60,100, UM, DOLLARS.UM, IT IS A PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT, SO SIGNALIZE, CROSSWALKS, ET CETERA.
UM, YOU SAID YOUR, OUR SHARE IS WHAT IT TELL ME AGAIN.
YEAH, SO IT IS ENGINEERING OH OH ONE AND OH OH TWO.
UM, JUST TWO DIFFERENT UPCS OR PROJECT CODES.
THE LOCAL SHARE FOR THE FIRST ONE IS 35,500.
AND THE SECOND LOCAL SHARE IS 25,100.
SO, UM, THIS IS OUR NEXT ONE, ANOTHER PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ON SOUTH MESA DRIVE.
UM, I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE A BIT.
UM, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO GO OUT FOR ADVERTISEMENT IN APRIL.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UM, PROCEED INTO CONSTRUCTION LATER THIS YEAR.
UH, NEXT IS OUR ROUTE 10 SHARED USE PRO, UH, SHARED USE PATH PROJECT.
UM, IT IS SET TO PROCEED TO RIGHT OF WAY, UM, THIS DECEMBER, AND IT WILL BE IN CONSTRUCTION IN 2028.
UM, WE HAVE A LOCAL SHARE MATCH OF $521,000 REMAINING ON THE PROJECT.
UM, NEXT IS OUR CAL COURTHOUSE ROAD PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THIS RUN FROM ASHLAND STREET, UM, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ARLINGTON ROAD.
UM, CURRENTLY WE ARE CONCLUDING RIGHT OF WAY PHASE IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
AND HOPEFULLY, WE'LL, WE WILL BE AT CONSTRUCTION THIS FALL WITH A LOCAL SHERIFF, $600,000.
UM, NEXT IS ALSO ANOTHER LUMPED IN PROJECT FOR THE NEXT TWO SLIDES.
IT IS GONNA BE SET AT THE INTERSECTION OF HUMMEL ROSS ROAD AND ROUTE 10.
THIS IS A 100% SUBSIDIZED, UH, PROJECT FROM, UH, THE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR FUND.
SO, UM, WE WILL JUST NEED TO FRONT THE MONEY, BUT IT WILL ALL BE SET FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
UH, SO THIS IS OUR STORMWATER PROJECT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN DESIGNED AND I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN REQUESTED FOR FUNDING FOR QUITE A BIT.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING OUT SOME KINKS IN THE PE PHASE, BUT CONTINGENT ON FUNDING AGAIN.
UM, WE ARE PRETTY MUCH READY TO GO FOR CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS BEING FUNDED BY THE GO BOND THAT WE'VE RECENTLY RECEIVED.
UM, CURRENTLY WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SECURING EASEMENTS AND OTHER RIGHT OF WAY AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UH, BE SET FOR CONSTRUCTION THE SUMMER.
QUESTION, AND THIS MIGHT BE MORE FOR, UH, STACY MM-HMM
UM, I KNOW WE, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FOR THIS.
BUT WE GOT CONFIRMATION TO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM JENNIFER MCCLELLAN'S OFFICE OR CONGRESSWOMAN MCCLELLAN'S OFFICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME EARMARKED FUNDING FOR IT.
THE ADDITIONAL MONEY, HOW MUCH I THINK IT, SO IT'D BE AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS CAPITAL.
SO THAT IS OUR HERETIC PROJECT.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM.
IS THIS, IS THIS THE ONE IMPACTING, THERE'S SOMETHING, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S IMPACTING CEDAR LEVEL? IS THIS, IS THIS THE ONE THIS IS NOT ON CEDAR.
WELL, IT'S ADJACENT TO CEDAR LEVEL.
IS IT IMPACTING, YOU KNOW, WITH THOSE, DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE? I'M TA NEAR FARMINGDALE TOWNHOUSES.
IS THIS, IS THIS THE ONE? YES, IT IS BY FARMING DOWNTOWN OFFICE.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS THE ONE BY.
YOU WANT ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THIS PROJECT? YEAH, I MEAN, WELL, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, UM, AREN'T THERE SOME EASEMENTS THAT ARE YES MA'AM.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE EASEMENTS AND THAT KIND OF THING? YEAH.
BECAUSE I, I THINK THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH REGARDING, THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS, LET'S JUST SAY THAT.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE A BIT FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
SO ESSENTIALLY I'LL GIVE YOU THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
THE SCOPE IS WE HAVE A DETERIORATED CORRUGATED METAL PRO, UH, PIPE.
IT'S CALLED MANY SINKHOLES ON ALL THE PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THAT.
UM, SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY EASEMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SET IN PLACE.
AND SO WE NEED EASEMENTS IN ORDER TO WORK ON OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES.
SO IT'S GONNA INCLUDE, UM, A SANITARY EASEMENT, 'CAUSE THERE'S UTILITY RELOCATION INVOLVED WITH THAT.
IT'S GONNA RE RELY ON A DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
UM, FOR THE NEW STORM WATER, THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, A BUNCH OF UTILITY RELOCATIONS.
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JUST A, UH, A DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND A SANITARY EASEMENT.THAT KIND OF TELLS, I JUST, THIS IS GOOD TO KNOW.
WHEN THIS PROJECT STARTS, UM, YOU KNOW, PLEASE TRY TO ORGANIZE A NICE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THIS.
'CAUSE THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, SITTING ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME.
STEVE EDWARDS, YOU KNOW, DID A GREAT JOB, REALLY, YOU KNOW, HELPING BRING THIS THING UP TO FRUITION.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO INVITE, UM, THE CONGRESSWOMAN FOR, FOR HELPING US WITH THIS.
'CAUSE I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS HUGE, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND I MEAN, I CAN STILL REMEMBER SEEING THE PICTURE OF THE LITTLE KID PLAYING IN A, YOU KNOW, THREE FOOT, YOU KNOW, DEEP SINKHOLE HIDE AND SEEK AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ENOUGH TO YOU FINALLY EXPEDITE, UM, AND MOVE THIS PROJECT UP.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THE PROPERTY OWNERS MM-HMM.
ARE GETTING SUFFICIENT NOTICE.
WE'VE ACTUALLY SENT OUT, UM, I, TODAY, THIS, THIS MORNING I WAS OUT THERE DROPPING OFF FORMS, UM, FOR EASEMENTS AND OTHER, UH, IMPACTS THAT WILL BE DONE TO THEIR PROPERTY.
WE'RE WORKING WITH TIMMONS GROUP TO SECURE THOSE EASEMENTS.
UM, I'VE HAD THE MEETINGS WITH MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH FARMING DOWNTOWN HOMES MANAGERS, SO WE ARE CERTAINLY IN CORRESPONDENTS WITH ALL S YOU MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.
AND OUR PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PLAN, UM, THIS WILL BE UPDATED AS OUR CONDITION ASSESSMENT WITH TIMMONS GROUP COMPLETES, WHICH WILL BE DONE IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS.
UM, SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION SET FOR THOSE FINDINGS, UH, IN THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL.
UM, AND THAT WILL TELL US WHAT, HOW WE'RE GONNA PROCEED FORWARD WITH OUR PAVEMENT PRESERVATION.
SO NOW QUESTION WITH THE PAVEMENT PRESERVATION.
UM, SO I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE SET ASIDE MONEY IN THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR IT.
AND YOU'VE SHOWN HERE PREVIOUSLY IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ROLLOVER FUNDS.
ARE THOSE YOU, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THOSE BEING SEPARATE ITEMS OR IS IT THEY'RE SEPARATE.
SO THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND MONEY IS GOING TO BE IN ADDITION TO YES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, IF I REMEMBER IT WAS LIKE $2.8 MILLION IN PAVING.
MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS THAT JOSH POINTED OUT PREVIOUSLY MM-HMM.
HAVE ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED WITHIN THE BUDGET.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, REALIZE THIS MONUMENTAL STEP THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN OFFICIALLY SAY THAT WE ARE ON THE 15 YEAR PEYTON PROGRAM.
AND THEN THIS IS OUR CATTAIL CREEK DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
UM, SO THIS IS REALLY A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
UM, IT IS A
SO THE LOCAL MATCH ON THAT WOULD BE $150,000 RELATIVE.
UM, SO ON UPON THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE DESIGN ON THAT PROJECT.
SO YOU NEED ENGINEERING MONEY FOR THAT.
AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? CORRECT, MM-HMM
I'M WELCOME TO ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
WHAT? AND SO THIS, THE CATTAIL CREEK THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, IS THAT THE LAST OF ALL THE CATTAIL CREEKS? I KNOW, UM, AUSTIN ANDERSON HAD IT BROKEN DOWN, I THINK INTO LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT PHASES OR FOUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK WITH DEFINITIVENESS, BUT, OKAY.
UM, I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER CATTAIL CREEK PROJECTS.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE ON MY RADAR CURRENTLY.
SO I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT THOUGH.
THIS IS
I, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS THE MAN OF THE HOUR.
HE, HE ASKED YESTERDAY THAT THIS IS HIS FIRST PRESENTATION TO COUNSELING.
I CAN PROBABLY ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU, YOU WILL NOT HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THIS UNEX SAVVY CITY COUNSELOR.
WELL, UM, I'M PRESENTING THE BUDGET OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ THIS ENTIRE PAGE, BUT PRETTY MUCH THE IT DEPARTMENT'S, UM, MISSION IS TO SUPPORT EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT'S IN THE CITY.
SO WE SUPPORT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
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THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY.UM, THIS YEAR WE ARE NOT WORKING ON ANY LARGE PROJECTS, BUT WE DO SEE AN INCREASE OF AN AVERAGE OF 4.58% ACROSS, UH, DIFFERENT SERVICE CONTRACTS AND OTHER VENDORS THAT WE WORK WITH.
UM, OUR LARGEST INCREASE WILL BE WITH THE OFFICE 365, WHICH WILL HAVE A YEARLY COST OF AROUND $120,000.
UM, IT, I MEAN THE TILE TECHNOLOGIES COST INCREASE 'CAUSE WE'RE MOVING OVER TO THE CLOUD, UH, IS SEEING AN INCREASE OF $82,000 A YEAR.
AND FOR OUR DUAL DUO MULTIFACTOR, UH, VENDOR, WE HAVE TO FILL, FULFILL A STATE REQUIREMENT.
AND WE'RE DOING THIS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN THEY HAVE TO LOG INTO OUR VPN UM, CLIENTS, THEY HAVE TO USE A MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION IN ORDER LOG INTO OUR, UH, NETWORK ESSENTIALLY.
AND NOW MY PRESENTATION IS SHORT AND SWEET.
GETS A LITTLE NERVOUS IN FRONT OF A PODIUM.
LOOKS LIKE NEXT IS CITY CLERK.
I KNOW YOU HAD LAST MINUTE HAD TO COME HERE, SO I WAS GONNA LET YOU, UH, LET YOU SLIDE IF YOU NEEDED TO.
UM, SO THE TOTAL PHYSICAL YEAR 26 APPROVED BUDGET WAS $193,035.
THE PHYSICAL YEAR, 27 REQUESTED BUDGET IS JUST A $2,000 DIFFERENCE OF 1,901 $195,035 80 CENTS.
UM, AND THAT IS AN OVERALL INCREASE BECAUSE WE ARE NOW DOING ADVERTISEMENT FOR ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED.
SO NOW THIS IS PRETTY MUCH A SAVINGS ON THE ADA'S PART.
AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? MR. ROGERS? CORRECT.
EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I WILL BE RUNNING OUT OUR BUDGET PRESENTATIONS FOR THE NIGHT.
AND JUST LIKE RICO, I'M GONNA MAKE IT SHORT AND SWEET.
I'M, YOU HAVE OUR INTRO AND IN REGARDS TO OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT I DO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE SIX DIVISIONS WITHIN OUR OPERATIONS.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH CAPITAL ONE-TIME REQUEST.
WE ARE ASKING FOR A NEW A DA BUS.
UH, THIS WAS A PREVIOUS YEAR REQUEST AS WELL.
WE PROVIDED LAST YEAR WITH A LEASING OPTION AS WELL AS, UH, OUTRIGHT PURCHASE.
WE HAVE TWO VEHICLES RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE BOTH FROM 2004 AND 2005.
BOTH HAVING EXCEEDED 131 PLUS MILEAGE.
ONE IS GONNA BE DECOMMISSIONED, UM, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT MONTH BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN OPERATIONAL AND WE CANNOT FIX IT.
UH, THE SECOND ONE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE SHOP, SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY PUTTING THAT IN THERE.
SO IT'S AN INCREASE IN COST AS FAR AS THE MAINTENANCE GOES.
UH, THE REASON WHY THIS REQUEST IS SO IMPORTANT IS THAT WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR OVER 50 TRIPS THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO THAT INCLUDES ANYTHING FROM RESPITE, PICKING UP OUR SENIOR PARTICIPANTS, BRINGING THEM TO COMMUNITY CENTER, PROVIDING THEM WITH THAT SOCIAL INTERACTION, AS WELL AS, UH, TOURS AND TRIPS WITH THOSE SAME SENIORS OR DIFFERENT SENIORS.
SO OUR SENIORS ARE VERY ACTIVE AND THEY LOVE TO GO PLACES AND UNFORTUNATELY THE CURRENT BUS THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING IT WITHIN OUTSIDE OF THE 20 MILE RADIUS.
UM, SO WE ARE VERY LIMITED AS TO WHERE WE CAN TAKE THEM TO.
AND TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THAT, THEY WILL COME AND ASK YOU IF WE CAN GO TO MECHANICSVILLE, UH, MIDLOTHIAN, THEY WANNA GO OUTSIDE THE CITY.
AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST
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THIS ONE TIME CAPITAL MOVING FORWARD.OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS INCLUDE SOME OF THE ONES THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, WHICH IS A MATHIS FIELD IMPROVEMENT.
THE CONGRESSIONAL EARMARK REQUEST THAT WE'RE GONNA GO AFTER FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY COVER A LOT OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS FOR MATHIS PARK AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THAT.
UH, SPORTS TOURISM THAT I KNOW WHAT THE CITY NEEDS AND WANTS.
UH, PARK PAVILION RE RENOVATIONS.
THIS IS TO HELP US RE UH, REDO ALL OF OUR ROOFING, ESPECIALLY AT CRYSTAL LAKE AND AT WATER PARK.
THOSE ARE OUR MOST RENTED PAVILIONS.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME AND NOT FIXING THINGS AT THE LAST MINUTE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO DO RESURFACING OF COURTS AND PLAYING SURFACES.
THIS INCLUDES CITY POINT PLAYGROUND AS WELL AS PREVENTING, UH, INPUTTING A LITTLE, UM, BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A BIKE, UH, TOUR FOR OUR LITTLE ONES SO THAT IT'S LIKE A BIKE.
SO THAT TEACHES 'EM HOW TO MANEUVER IN THE STREETS IN A SAFE AND ENCLOSED AREA.
IN ONE OF OUR PARKS, WE HAVE PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS.
WE HAVE TO DO PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS AT HOPEWELL COMMUNITY CENTER, AS WELL AS AT WATER SOCCER COMPLEX.
AND THE MATHIS ONE IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE MATHIS PROJECT.
WE DO HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO TO OUR SHOP.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SHARING THE SHOP WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
OUR LITTLE SECTION DOES NOT HAVE PROPER AC EXCEPT FOR IN A SMALL ROOM THAT IS THE CONSIDERED THE OFFICE SPACE.
AND THIS IS WHERE OUR TEAM EATS LUNCH AND SO FORTH.
SO UNFORTUNATELY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE BAY DOORS OPEN.
IT'S NOT REALLY SANITARY FOR THEM.
AND SO WE JUST WANNA HAVE SOME FUNDING TO KIND OF PUT OFF AN ENCLOSED AREA SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A TRUE BREAK ROOM.
SO THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, CONDUCTED A THOROUGH, UH, INTERNAL REVIEW OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 27 REQUESTS.
UM, WE IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLOCATE EXISTING FUNDING SO THAT WE WOULD NOT COME TO YOU, UH, WITH NEW, UH, COSTS.
AND SO THROUGH THIS AUDIT, WE ARE REDIRECTING SOME FUNDING FOR SEVERAL PART-TIME POSITIONS, UM, INCLUDING OUR PART-TIME LIFEGUARDS AND REPURPOSING A POSITION NUMBER 2 34 TO BECOME AN AQUATICS PROGRAM SENIOR SPECIALIST.
UM, WE HAVE OUR ACT BEAUTIFUL ACTIVITY GUIDE, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE BACK.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT.
UM, BUT WITH OUR NEW AQUATICS PROGRAM MANAGER, SHE HAS ADDED ADDITIONAL FIVE PAGES OF STRAIGHT PROGRAMMING FOR THE AQUATICS DIVISION.
AND SO SHE IS ONLY ONE PERSON AND SO WE WANNA GIVE HER HELP BECAUSE WE ARE OFFERING THESE CLASSES AND PEOPLE ARE SIGNING UP.
AND SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE OFFER THAT OPPORTUNITY TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO NOT BURNING OUT AN AMAZING STAFF PERSON THAT WE BROUGHT ON BOARD.
THE NEXT ONE UP IS OUR RECREATION ASSISTANT POSITIONS AS WELL AS A PART-TIME CENTER SUPERVISOR.
THESE POSITIONS WILL BE REALLOCATED AND TO A PARK MAINTENANCE SENIOR SPECIALIST, SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR A HORTICULTURALIST.
AND THE REASON WHY THAT REQUEST IS HAPPENING IS BECAUSE OVER THE PAST INCEPTION OF OUR DEPARTMENT, WE'VE HAD THE SAME PERSONNEL IN OUR PARKS DIVISION, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN THE CRYSTAL LAKE DEVELOPMENT AT WATER SOCCER COMPLEX, THE RIVERWALK.
SO WE'VE HAD THE SAME, UH, STAFF MAINTAINING ALL THIS, BUT ADDING ADDITIONAL STUFF ON TOP OF THEM.
SO BRINGING THE HORTICULTURES ON NOT ONLY HELPS US MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE PARKS WITH, UH, SEASONAL LANDSCAPING AND SO FORTH, BUT IT ALSO HELPS ADD TO ANOTHER TEAM MEMBER TO THE TEAM TO HELP DIVVY UP SOME OF THAT WORK.
SO OUR TOTAL, UM, COST FOR THOSE FULL-TIME POSITIONS IS 126,780 WITH THE INTERNAL REALLOCATION IDENTIFIED AS $37,549.
SO THE DEPARTMENT REQUEST WOULD BE $89,230 AND 80 CENTS.
YOU'LL SEE OUR REVENUES, UH, WE ARE ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN 4%, UM, CURRENTLY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE PLAN ON ENDING OUT.
WE DO ANTICIPATE SHOOTING FOR 7% OF REVENUE NEXT YEAR.
MY GOAL IS ACTUALLY 10, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE I CAN PROVIDE THAT.
SO I'M SHOOTING FOR SEVEN, I'M SHOOTING FOR 10, BUT I'M HOPEFULLY LANDING AT SEVEN.
UM, SO THAT WILL BRING IN AN INCREASED REVENUE OF $88,242, WHICH WOULD ESSENTIALLY OFFSET THE, ALMOST OFFSET THE REQUEST THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
THAT SOUNDS, UM, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MM-HMM.
ALRIGHT, THE LAST ONE FOR THE NIGHT.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
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GOOD EVENING.UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, TONIGHT WE HAVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST RELATES TO 3 32 3 32 B MARYLAND AVENUE, ALSO IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL 0 2 4 0 3 3 5.
THE APPLICANT IS ASHLEY TURNER.
UM, THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY IS, UH, MR. ROBERT DURKEY AND THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED INWARD TWO ZONE V THREE.
THE REQUEST IS TO OPERATE AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP AT THIS LOCATION.
YOU MAY REMEMBER LAST YEAR WHEN COUNSEL, UH, AMENDED THE ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE THE CFP FOR THIS TYPE OF USE MAP.
HERE ON THE LEFT IS GENERAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY AND ON THE RIGHT, UH, CLOSEUP VERSION.
SO, UM, THIS IS RIGHT HERE AT WASHINGTON CIRCLE.
AND UM, I'VE GOT THE, I'VE GOT A LINE DRAWN ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE A SIDE, UH, USED TO BE THE SUB HUT, IT'S RESTAURANT SPACE B SIDE IS THE PORTION OF THE BUILDING THAT, UH, IS RELATED TO THIS APPLICATION TONIGHT.
SO AGAIN, WITH AN AUTO RELATED USE, IF YOU REMEMBER BACK TO WHEN THE CEP REQUIREMENT WAS ADDED, THERE ARE SOME PARTICULAR IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH THAT USE, POTENTIALLY AT LEAST.
UH, PARKING ISSUES, OUTSIDE STORAGE OR DISPLAY OF PRODUCT, NOISE POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION.
WE'VE GOT SOME, UM, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS AND CHEMICALS.
SO CONCERNS WITH WASTE DISPOSAL, SAFETY RISKS, AESTHETIC CONCERNS.
AND LASTLY, A POTENTIAL, UH, INCREASED RISK OF THEFT AND V VANDALISM, VANDALISM 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT VEHICLES THERE AT THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE APPLICANT'S POSITION IS, UH, BASICALLY THAT LOCAL MECHANICS SUPPORT LOCAL ECONOMY, ACTIVE BUSINESSES, STABILIZED PROPERTY VALUES.
THE SHOP PROVIDES AN ESSENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY AND THE APPLICANT HAS COMMITTED TO OPERATING A CLEAN, SAFE, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE BUSINESS.
UH, IN ADDITION, YOU, YOU MAY NOTICE ON THIS PICTURE THAT THERE'S REALLY VERY LITTLE OFF STREET PARKING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT HAS SECURED PARKING, UH, THROUGH A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT THAT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, UH, FROM THIS PROPERTY.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE ORANGE COLORED SQUARE.
ON THIS MAP IS WHERE THIS, UH, LEASED PARKING IS GONNA BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUSINESS.
UH, THERE HAS BEEN AN AUTO SHOP OPERATING IN THIS AT THIS LOCATION, UH, PREVIOUSLY MM-HMM
THEREBY THIS APPLICANT IS BEING FORCED TO ADHERE TO THE CUP PROCESS AND IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT HAS SECURED OFF STREET PARKING AND THERE'S ALSO AN ACCESSORY BUILDING HERE ON SITE THAT DOES ALLOW FOR INDOOR STORAGE OF ANY MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, UM, PRODUCT, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, UM, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, UH, THAT THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY IS TO BE KEPT CLEAN AT ALL TIMES.
NO OUTSIDE STORAGE OF MATERIALS, PARTS OR EQUIPMENT.
NO OUTDOOR DISPLAY OF ITEMS FOR SALE.
THIS OFF STREET PARKING LOCATION MUST RE UH, MUST HAVE A VALID, UH, SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT IN PLACE AT ALL TIMES.
ALL AUTO REPAIR WORK MUST BE INDOORS.
ANY INOPERABLE AND ABANDONED VEHICLES MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE ARE STORED INDOORS AFTER 30 DAYS.
AND THAT ALL LOCAL STATE, FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS MUST BE FOLLOWED.
WE DID RECEIVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, IT WAS IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
MS. TURNER IS HERE ALSO THIS EVENING OF DID YOU WANT TO HEAR HER AND SPEAK? SHE DID WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE BOTH AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE.
GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND THE MEMBERS.
I'M HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY
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REQUEST APPROVAL FOR A BUSINESS LICENSE TO OPERATE A MECHANIC SHOP IN THE CITY.OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE HONEST, RELIABLE, AND AFFORDABLE AUTOMO AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO OPERATING A CLEAN, PROFESSIONAL, AND WELL MAINTAINED SHOP THAT FOLLOWS ALL CITY ORDINANCE SAFETY REGULATIONS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES.
THIS BUSINESS WILL NOT ONLY HELP MEET THE GROWING NEEDS FOR LOCAL VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS, BUT IT WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THE COMMUNITY BY CREATING JOBS AND SUPPORTING THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
WE TAKE PRIDE IN BEING RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS OWNERS AND NEIGHBORS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY WHILE MAINTAINING A RESPECTFUL AND POSITIVE PRESENCE IN THE AREA.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BUILDING, WITH BUILDING A BUSINESS THAT BENEFITS BOTH THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I'M SEEING NONE.
GO AHEAD AND WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP FOR TONIGHT AND THAT'S MARK BURROWS.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO MAKE, GO AHEAD.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, APPROVE, UM, THE CEP REQUEST FROM, UM, ASHLEY TURNER TO OPERATE AN AUTO REPAIR BUSINESS ON PARCEL NUMBER OH TWO FOUR DASH OH 3 3 5.
ALSO IDENTIFIED AS 32 B MARYLAND AVENUE WITH THE CONDITIONS NOTED UNDER THE STAFF.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY, UH, VICE MAYOR JOYNER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR HARRIS.
AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST IS ENCORE PERFORMANCE.
UM, SO I HAVE TODAY A REQUEST FOR A WAIVER OF A DEVELOPMENT OF, UM, A ROAD.
UM, ACCORDING TO SECTION 33 DASH EIGHT OF OUR, UH, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, UH, CODE, IT ALLOWS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO GRANT AN EXEMPTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNOPENED STREET SO LONG AS THE PARCEL, UH, RESTS ON A, UH, CORNER LOT AND IT IS A SIDE STREET.
UM, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, SADE, THE PARCEL IN QUESTION IS ON THE VERY LAST PAGE.
UM, THAT IS JUST A LETTER FROM MR. TAYLOR, UH, FOR HIS CASE.
UM, WE'VE SPOKEN WITH CITY STAFF, WE'VE SPOKEN WITH OUR ON-CALL ENGINEERING FIRM, AND WE SEE NO REASON WHY THIS EXEMPTION, UM, CAN'T BE GRANTED.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR, UM, TO GRANT THE, THE EXEMPTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROAD.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO GRANT THE WAIVER REQUEST, UM, AS PRESENTED TONIGHT? SO, MOVE SECOND.
THAT MOTION'S BEEN MADE BY COUNCILLOR WHEAT AND SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR JOINER.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION SEEING NO LIGHTS ROLL CALL PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
ANY OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.