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ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT. LIKE THIS. A WORK SESSION? YEAH. GET INTO IT. GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE.
AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH. I'VE BEEN TOLD WE NEED TO GET THROUGH BY 5:00.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. SO WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH BY THAT TIME.
AND BUT STILL, I DON'T WANT TO RUSH EVERYBODY IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
THE POINT OF THIS IS, AGAIN, TO HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
AND WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TWO FRESHMEN HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND THEY WILL HAVE QUESTIONS.
SO QUESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. AND THAT'S OUR JOB HERE AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PUBLIC.
SO LET'S GET STARTED. AND MR. CITY MANAGER, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
[1. Presentation and discussion of the Proposed FY 2026-27 Operating Budget and Capital Program, and discuss all funds of the City, including but not limited to General Fund, Debt Service Fund, Internal Services, Enterprise Funds, Special Revenue Funds, Component Units, Related Entities, Debt and Debt Obligations, and Capital Improvement Program, and provide direction to the City Manager to make changes to said Budget.]
THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL. AND THIS MIGHT COME AS NO SURPRISE, BUT IN THE LAST 47 SECONDS, I'VE MANAGED TO MESS UP THE COMPUTER AGAIN. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO START WITH LAUREN.CAN WE SWITCH? GET THE INPUTS TO SWITCH. THANK YOU.
MAYOR. WE'VE MADE OUR BEST SHOT AT YOUR BUCKETS.
SO HERE WE GO. THE BUCKETS. AND SOME OF Y'ALL WILL NOTICE THESE NUMBERS.
OKAY. THE WAY THIS WOULD WORK, THE BUCKET ON THE LEFT, THAT IS YOUR RESERVE BUCKET.
THAT'S THE RESERVE FUND. THAT RESERVE FUND SAYS THAT YOUR POLICY LEVEL IS 20% OF OPERATING.
OPERATING WAS 280 MILLION IN THIS EXAMPLE. SO YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP 56 MILLION IN THE BUCKET FOR SAKE OF ILLUSTRATION, WE PUT ANOTHER TEN IN THE BUCKET.
THAT TEN IS CONSIDERED AVAILABLE. IT WAS THERE THE YEAR BEFORE.
SO THE NEXT YOU HAVE A REVENUE BUCKET. THE REVENUE BUCKET WAS BUDGETED TO HAVE $280 MILLION.
IT GOT ITS 280 OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR PLUS TWO SALES TAX MAYBE CAME IN GOOD.
SO WE BUDGETED 280 IN REVENUE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAD 282.
ALL RIGHT. EXPENSES. SO THE REVENUE BUCKET FILLS OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR THE THE EXPENSE BUDGET, OF COURSE, SPINS DOWN OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, $280 MILLION IN EXPENSES MATCHING THE 280 MILLION IN BUDGETED REVENUE.
WE GO THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, AND AS THAT WALKS THROUGH, IT SPENDS 277.
SO THERE'S 3 MILLION OF THE 280 THAT WAS UNSPENT.
SO WE TAKE THAT. WE PUT IT BACK IN THE FAUCET.
AND WE POUR IT INTO THE RESERVE BUCKET. OKAY.
WHEN WE DO ALL THAT, THIS IS WHAT THAT BUCKET LOOKS LIKE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
IT STARTED WITH THE 56 MILLION THAT WAS REQUIRED TO HAVE ITS POLICY RESERVE.
IT HAD TEN IN IT FROM A PRIOR YEAR. WE HAD 2 MILLION TO THE GOOD IN REVENUE.
SO AGAIN THAT DOESN'T GET SPENT BY THE DEPARTMENTS.
IT GOES INTO YOUR BUCKET. AND THEN WE UNDERSPENT OUR EXPENSES BY 3 MILLION.
SO THAT 3 MILLION WENT INTO THE BUCKET. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS ONE.
WHAT IT MEANS YOU HAVE YOUR 56TH THAT WE DO NOT GO BELOW TEN FROM PRIOR PLUS THREE PLUS TWO.
SO THERE ARE $15 MILLION OF AVAILABLE RESERVES BEFORE YOU GO DOWN TO YOUR POLICY LIMITS THAT MAKE THAT WORK THE WAY YOU WANTED IT TO. MAYOR. THAT'S RIGHT. QUESTIONS ON HOW.
AND THEY ALL WORK THAT WAY. THEY ALL WORK THAT WAY.
YES. EACH. EACH FUND INDEPENDENTLY. THE GENERAL FUND, FOR INSTANCE.
IT'S REALLY CLOSE. AND MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE THEN.
AND WHAT DO WE USE THOSE AVAILABLE RESERVES FOR AS WE GO FORWARD.
WE USE THE AVAILABLE RESERVES IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR TO FUND ONE TIME EXPENSES.
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YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR MID-YEAR THAT THE COUNCIL SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING. WHERE IS THE MONEY? WHAT'S IN THE AVAILABLE RESERVES? I'LL GIVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE TO ACQUIRE.THE GO TO KEY LIBRARY WAS NOT A BUDGETED PROJECT, BUT WE HAD AVAILABLE RESERVES.
SO THE COUNCIL APPROPRIATED AVAILABLE RESERVES IN THE AMOUNT OF THE PURCHASE.
CONGRATULATIONS. WE OWN THE LIBRARY, ONE THAT YOU JUST DID A MONTH AGO FOR US.
OUR EMPLOYEE EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WAS FUNDED BY ARPA HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND IT WAS GOING TO RUN OUT OF MONEY AND NOT BE ABLE TO COVER, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAD IN FRONT OF US.
YOU APPROPRIATED OUT OF AVAILABLE RESERVES THE DOLLARS TO KEEP THAT PROGRAM GOING THROUGH THE YEAR.
NOW SNEAK PEAK. I'VE GOT IT PROPOSED IN YOUR BUDGET TO BECOME A RECURRING ITEM.
ALL RIGHT. PRO TEM MAYOR PRO TEM SO KIND OF QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO ALONG THE STATEMENT.
SO FIRST QUESTION IS HOW MANY TOTAL RESERVE ACCOUNTS DO WE HAVE LIKE WITH EACH FUND.
SO WE HAVE GENERAL FUND. OH I'VE GOT A PAGE HERE IN THE PRESENTATION IN A MOMENT.
HAS EVERY ONE OF THEM ON A SHEET. THERE'S 15 OR SO DIFFERENT FUNDS.
I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY A MISUNDERSTANDING AMONGST, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS COMING IN OR CITIZENS THAT, OH, WELL, YOU HAVE RESERVE AND WASTEWATER. WE CAN JUST SHIFT THAT.
SO EACH RESERVE IS MAINTAINED SEPARATELY AND THEY ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IF I COULD JUST ADD A LITTLE TO THAT, WHEN I GO OUT AND DO PRESENTATIONS, I OFTEN HEAR, WELL, YOU HAVE WHATEVER, A $950 MILLION TOTAL CITY BUDGET, SURELY YOU CAN FIND ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR TO GO DO THIS. YES. IF YOU ADD ALL OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS UP.
THAT'S CORRECT. BUT IT'S NOT A SINGLE BUDGET.
IT IS DIFFERENT BUDGETS, JUST LIKE YOUR RESERVE FUNDS ARE DIFFERENT BUDGETS.
AND WE DON'T CAN'T GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THEM.
THEY HAVE TO STAND ON THEIR OWN. COUNCILMAN COLLINS THANK YOU.
JUST TO ALSO CLARIFY, THE 280 IS AN APPROXIMATION OF WHAT THIS YEAR'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHICH IS IN FACT 32 MILLION OR THEREABOUTS LESS BECAUSE WE HAVE MOVED SOLID WASTE.
AND SO MY ASSUMPTION IS, BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT THE SOLID WASTE RESERVE 20% WENT WITH IT.
IT DID NOT. IT DID NOT. NO, IT DID NOT. AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO BECAUSE IT'S BEEN IN THE GENERAL FUND, THE GENERAL FUND CARRIES A SHORT YEAR AND VICE VERSA, AND WE DON'T CHARGE IT BACK. WE WE TRY TO KEEP IT ON A YEAR OVER YEAR CASH BASIS.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE HAPPEN AT THE CLOSE OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, THE FISCAL YEAR 27, THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE RESERVE THAT YOU HAVE TO HOLD WILL BALANCE DOWN AT THAT POINT.
I THINK YOU WILL HAVE LIKE THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE VERY SHORT ON AVAILABLE RESERVES.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN A MINUTE, MUCH SHORTER THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO. BUT IS THAT 20% OF TOTAL? I DID THIS BASED ON THE NEW BUDGET. YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK A YEAR PRIOR TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER NUMBERS WERE.
SO NO, WE DID NOT MOVE THE MONEY OVER. BUT THAT'S WHY WE POINTED OUT WEDNESDAY.
AND THEN IT'LL BE TWO THROUGH SIX AND THREE THROUGH SEVEN AS IT GOES.
THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU.
IN THE BUCKET IDEA IS GREAT, BUT I THOUGHT YOU REALLY WOULD PUT SOME.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ANNA AND TO ADDISON.
I SAID ADDISON DOWN YESTERDAY AND TRIED TO DRAW THIS OUT ON A PIECE OF PAPER.
IT LOOKED NOTHING LIKE WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE HAPPEN.
SO I APPRECIATE BOTH OF THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF ANNE IS IN HERE, BUT I KNOW ADDISON IS THE BOSS.
YEAH, I REALLY THOUGHT LET'S JUST PICK THEM UP AND POUR THEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU SPILLED THE MONEY THAT GOT LEFT IN THE MIDDLE BUCKET. AND, I DON'T KNOW, THEY DID GREAT. ALL RIGHT. YOU READY TO JUMP IN?
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YES. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS A PUN BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT BUCKETS.LAUREN, COULD YOU SWITCH INPUTS, PLEASE, MA'AM? OKAY. SO, COUNCIL, WE ARE BACK. TODAY IS GENERAL FUND DAY.
OF COURSE. ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, WHETHER IT'S FROM WHAT WE DID WEDNESDAY OR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY, FEEL FREE TO TALK TO US. REMINDER WE DO HAVE A WORK SESSION OR A WORKSHOP POSTED ON MONDAY IF THE COUNCIL FINDS IT NECESSARY.
YOU ALSO HAVE IT POSTED AS WORK SESSION ON YOUR AGENDA TUESDAY IN FRONT OF YOUR REGULAR MEETING.
SO WE'RE STILL, STILL RUNNING WITH A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE.
REMINDER THAT TUESDAY YOU PROPOSE A MAXIMUM TAX RATE THAT IS NOT ADOPTING A TAX RATE.
YOU DON'T DO THAT UNTIL SEPTEMBER THE 1ST. OKAY.
THIS IS FISCAL YEAR 2026. THE CURRENT YEAR, YOU SEE THE TOTAL OF ALL REVENUES ON THE LEFT.
YOU SEE THE TOTAL OF ALL EXPENDITURES ON THE RIGHT.
THESE ARE BUDGETS. ALL RIGHT. THE GENERAL FUND PORTION WAS 317.3.
IT WILL BE LESS THIS YEAR. AND THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE PULLING SOLID WASTE OUT AND SETTING IT ON ITS OWN, WHICH WE REVIEWED EARLIER. SO THIS IS CURRENT YEAR IS A QUICK REMINDER ON THE PROPERTY TAXES WHAT YOU DID A YEAR AGO. COUNCIL, I WOULD REMIND YOU THAT A BIG PART OF THE 7/10 OF A PENNY TAX CHANGE TAX INCREASE YOU DID LAST YEAR WAS ACTUALLY TO RECOVER THE 1.9 MILLION THAT YOU LOST THAT TOOK YOU UNDER NO NEW REVENUE.
WE TOOK JUST A HAIR MORE THAN THAT, BUT THE MAJORITY COVERED THAT 1.9 LOSS.
ALL RIGHT. JUST GENERAL CPI STUFF FOR YOUR FUN.
YOU KNOW REALLY FOR US THAT BLUE LINE IS THE ONE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
AND THAT'S THE UNIQUENESS OF BUYING AND EQUIPPING A POLICE CAR, A FIRE ENGINE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENTS YOU SEE ON HERE WHERE WE HAD REALLY STARTED PULLING DOWN ON OUR VACANCY RATES, WE WERE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT. WE WENT OVER AND IT KIND OF CAME BACK UP.
I DID NOT GET THE NEW, I GOT NEW NUMBERS LATE YESTERDAY.
I DIDN'T GET THEM RERUN. WE'RE GOING TO BE UNDER THAT 7.35 I'M PRETTY SURE.
BUT THIS IS JUST WHAT WE LOOKED LIKE OVER THE YEARS.
HERE'S YOUR GENERAL FUND CHANGES IN REVENUE. THIS IS NOT JUST TAX.
THAT'S WHAT CAGR MEANS. NOW I'LL JUMP INTO KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR NEW BUDGET.
BEFORE I DO THAT, COUNCIL, YOU HAVE AT YOUR PLACE A MEMO FROM ME.
12.186 IS CORRECT. THAT $100,000 WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE OTHER ONE.
SO THE LOWER OF THOSE TWO NUMBERS IS CORRECT.
AND THEN I FLAT OUT TALKED ABOUT THE CEMETERY.
WRONG. THAT CAPITAL SPEND IS STILL ALL FOR THE IRRIGATION PUMP STATION AND THE PUMPS.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE A NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEM. WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID DOING THAT.
SO I TOLD YOU WRONG. THE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT, I WAS WRONG.
YOU HAVE TWO ATTACHMENTS. SO ANYBODY OVER THE WEEKEND THAT WOULD LIKE TO EXPERIENCE GREAT FRUSTRATION? OUR FAVORITE TAX RATE CALCULATION WORKSHEET IS ATTACHED FOR YOUR REVIEW.
WE HAVE ALSO IDENTIFIED THE PILOT PROJECTS FOR SEALCOATING.
THOSE WILL BE IN DISTRICTS ONE, TWO AND FIVE FOR ONE AND TWO.
THAT'S A COLLECTOR LEVEL ROAD. AND THEN MILWAUKEE, SOUTH OR SOUTH MILWAUKEE, THAT'LL LET US DO IT ON AN ARTERIAL AND BE SURE EVERYBODY'S HAPPY WITH IT. AND THEN GOING FORWARD WE'LL DO A LOT MORE.
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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BACK TO YOUR PRIORITIES. COUNCIL THESE WERE TAKEN FROM THE FINAL DISCUSSION LAST TIME.THIS IS ALSO GOING TO SERVE A LITTLE BIT AS A BUDGET SUMMARY.
SO STREET MAINTENANCE INCREASED FUNDING BY 500,000 AND START USING SEALCOAT.
THAT IS INCLUDED EMPLOYEES. COUNCIL COMMENTS WERE TO PROVIDE BENEFITS, COMPENSATION, STAFFING NEEDS AND TO STAY WITHIN EXISTING RESOURCES AS WELL AS POSSIBLE. WE'VE STAYED CLOSE. THIS BUDGET HAS A 3% COLA FOR NON CIVIL SERVICE.
REMEMBER THAT BOTH POLICE AND FIRE WILL BE IN THE PROPOSED MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENTS.
WE'VE ADDED FOUR NON PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES, TWO IN PARKS, ONE ADDITIONAL CODE INSPECTOR AND AN HVAC JOURNEYMAN TECHNICIAN FOR OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
BY THE END OF JULY, WE HAD COMPLETED REVIEWING ALL OF THE FROZEN LIST AS WELL AS THE OPEN VACANCIES.
WE HAVE EITHER VERIFIED AND RELEASED THOSE OR WE HAVE TAKEN SOME AND ELIMINATED THEM.
SO WE DO TRADES WHEN WE HAVE POSITIONS THAT JUST AREN'T FILLED AND THEY'RE NOT THUS BENEFITING US.
AND THEN WE INCLUDED MONEY FOR THE EMPLOYEE EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
MOVING ON. PUBLIC SAFETY. AND AGAIN THIS IS EXCLUSIVE OF MEET AND CONFER.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE ADDED FOUR POSITIONS AT LUBBOCK ANIMAL SERVICES TO FIELD ONE SHELTER OFFICER, ONE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING TO FUND THE CERTIFICATION PAY STRUCTURE FOR ALL OF THOSE EMPLOYEES.
IT'S SOMETHING THEY'VE LOOKED AT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. LUBBOCK POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE FIVE NEW CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, THREE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS, TWO RECORDS SERVICES OFFICERS, AS WELL AS A VERY EXTENSIVE CAREER LADDER FOR OUR COMM CENTER PEOPLE.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE'VE PUT A LOT AT THAT OVER THE YEARS.
IT'S BETTER. IT'S NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. AND WE REALLY THINK THIS CAN HELP.
LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE. THERE ARE NO NEW POSITIONS, NO NEW CIVILIAN POSITIONS.
BUT WE ARE DOING SOME RECLASSIFICATION WORK ON THEIR FLEET TECHNICIANS, THEIR MECHANICS.
THEY RUN THEIR OWN SHOP. THAT'S A GROUP THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM YOUR BIG CITY FLEET.
AND ONE OF THE PRIMARY THEY ALL HAVE TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE TECHNICIAN OR CERTIFICATION.
WE'RE DOING SOME NEEDED WORK ON THEIR LIGHT DUTY FLEET.
SET A RESPIRATORS FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE FOR THEIR INVESTIGATIONS.
AND THAT SAYS PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER RECLASS.
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE UNDER POLICE. SORRY. GOT THAT ONE WRONG CHART ON THE LOWER RIGHT.
SO WITH THESE ADDITIONAL THINGS, THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL EXPANDED LEVEL REQUESTS.
THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 MILLION INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
OKAY. FINALLY AND WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THIS.
WE DID IT WEDNESDAY, BUT SET UP SOLID WASTE AS AN ENTERPRISE.
AND THEN JUST A QUICK REMINDER, BECAUSE THE PILOT AND THE FRANCHISE FEE IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF YOU.
IT IS 50% IS ALL IT PAYS. THE FIRST YEAR IT PICKS UP THE SECOND 50%.
IN THE SECOND YEAR. THOSE WERE INCLUDED IN THE FUND MODELS WE LOOKED AT.
AND IT STILL KEEPS YOU POSITIVE. OKAY, HERE WE GO.
AND WE'LL BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH WITH TAX RATE STUFF.
BUT THE ITEMS I'VE JUST DESCRIBED AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE DETAIL PAGES LATER GOES LIKE THIS.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LANGUAGE ON HERE IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND LOGICAL, BUT IT'S OUR REQUIRED LANGUAGE.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU LATER ON THOUGH WHERE THAT MONEY KIND OF GOT NETTED OUT, BUT THAT WAS GOOD.
THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS RATE IS PROPOSED AT 1.485%.
SO LET'S CALL IT ONE AND A HALF OVER. NO NEW REVENUE.
THE INS RATE WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT LAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO PULL IT DOWN FROM 11.2 TO 10.7 CENTS.
EVEN WITH THE NEW ISSUANCES, WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP IT AT THE 10.7 FOR YOUR NEW YEAR.
MUCH BETTER. SO WE BUDGETED 103. REMEMBER WE CAME OFF OF THAT $5 MILLION SHORTFALL RIGHT NOW.
OUR FORECAST IS 105.8. WE GET THE NEXT NUMBERS NEXT WEDNESDAY NEXT WEDNESDAY.
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AND IF THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE WILL AND WILL REPORT THOSE TO YOU.OKAY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT ON A BUDGETARY BASIS, YOU'RE NEARLY 5% UP, NEARLY 5% UP.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT ON ACTUAL, IT'S 2.2. OKAY. YOU HAVE SEEN MOST OF THESE FEES. WE LOOKED AT THEM ON WEDNESDAY, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE PRESENT THEM ALL IN A SINGLE SET FOR YOU TO LOOK AT, AT LEAST FOR YOUR YOUR MAIN FEES. REMEMBER, WATER HAD A THREE HAD ON THE THREE QUARTER INCH BASE HAD A 65 CENT INCREASE.
THAT'S PER MONTH AND A 1% INCREASE ON VOLUME, $2 ON SOLID WASTE.
YOU SEE THE SUMMARY FOR HOW THAT TRICKLES INTO THE LARGER SOLID WASTE ACCOUNTS.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU FLIP BACK TO WEDNESDAY'S BOOK, THESE WILL MATCH THAT.
OKAY. SO HERE'S WHERE WE GO AND START TALKING REAL NUMBERS.
AND I'M GOING TO FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE HIGHLIGHTED LINES.
IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ON ANY OTHERS WE CAN DO THAT.
I'LL SHOW YOU THE ACTUAL DOLLARS. IT'S 1.3 MILLION.
PART OF THE REASON THAT SAYS 6.481 IS WE HAVE HISTORICALLY SHOWN THAT TRANSFER TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE APPROXIMATELY 3.6 MILLION WE HAVE SHOWN IT'S SEPARATE.
AND OUTSIDE OF ALL THIS, IT'S IT'S IN HERE THIS YEAR.
IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU MORE TO SPEND UNLESS YOU TAKE IT AWAY FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO THESE ARE THE DOLLARS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE CITY'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND WITH LEDA.
I'M SORRY. MARKET LUBBOCK. MARKET LUBBOCK. ALL RIGHT.
FRANCHISE FEES AND RIGHT OF WAY. THIS IS UP JUST A LITTLE.
A SMALL PART OF THAT IS THROUGH SOLID WASTE. BUT IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE YEAR THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE.
SO THEY'LL ROLL ROLL IN NOW NOT A NEW FEE. IT'S ONE THAT WE STARTED AND THEN STOPPED.
OKAY COMING ON WE'VE GOT LICENSES AND PERMITS.
AND AS A PERCENTAGE THAT'S VERY TINY. BUT IT IS UP INTEREST EARNINGS ARE DOWN.
OTHER REVENUES. THIS IS THE PILOT SIDE OF WHAT WAS IN THE OTHER.
AND THEN THE TRANSFERS ARE UP A BIT, MAINLY BECAUSE OF ARF AND BECAUSE MEADOWBROOK HAS JUST PAID YOU BACK OR WILL OCTOBER 1ST, THE FIRST HALF OF THAT MONEY THAT YOU FUNDED, THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE.
AND AGAIN, THE GROUP OPERATING MEADOWBROOK IS JUST HITTING HOME RUNS.
MOVING OVER, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE TOP IN THE YELLOW AND THEN ONE LINE ON THE BOTTOM.
SO COMPENSATION IS UP. THIS IS NOT THE 3% WE PROPOSED FOR A RACE.
THAT IS BECAUSE WE'VE ADDED THE NINE FTES THAT I PROPOSED UNDER YOUR PRIORITIES.
OKAY. THE STEP COST FOR POLICE AND FIRE IS STILL IN THERE.
AND REMEMBER, THAT'S $1,037,000 A YEAR EACH AND EVERY YEAR WITH NO RAISE.
OKAY. BENEFITS UP A LITTLE. AGAIN, THAT'S ROUGHLY THE 3.5% HEALTH PLAN SUPPLIES.
A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE IN OUR CHEMICALS.
PD IS CONTINUING THERE. IT'S EITHER 3 OR 4 YEARS, DEPENDING ON WHICH WE TALK ABOUT.
BUT THEIR ROLLOUT OF THE NEW WEAPONS MAINTENANCE IS DOWN.
JUST A LITTLE. ACTUALLY, IT'S UP JUST A LITTLE.
AND THEN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS AND EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND TRAVEL.
WE HAD PULLED THOSE BUDGETS WAY DOWN A YEAR AGO.
OKAY. SECOND FROM THE BOTTOM, IT SAYS COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENT 1.865.
THAT IS 3% FOR EVERYBODY THAT IS IN THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT IS NOT POLICE AND FIRE. SO IF YOU'RE A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY, THAT IS THE PROPOSAL.
AND 1.865 MILLION IS THE COST. ALL RIGHT. YOU SEE A LINE UNDERNEATH IT SAYS POTENTIAL.
M AND C MEET AND CONFER OFFSET 1.8. AND WE'LL SHOW YOU BREAKDOWNS OF THOSE NUMBERS HERE IN A MINUTE.
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BUT WHAT THAT IS BOTH OF THE AND I GOT TO SAY THIS RIGHT.MR. WADE PROPOSED, BUT NOT RATIFIED. MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENTS ARE FULL COST AGREEMENTS, SO IF THERE'S A RAISE IN THERE, IT'S IN THAT MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT. THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT IN THIS NUMBER. THE STEP COST TIES DIRECTLY TO THAT.
AND IF YOU ADD PEOPLE THAT TIES DIRECTLY TO THOSE AGREEMENTS.
SO 1 MILLION OF THIS NUMBER IS THAT STEP COST THAT IS IN YOUR MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENTS.
OKAY. THE 800 IS BASICALLY SAVINGS AND IT'S OVERTIME AND MEDIC TRAINING THAT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU IF THE FIRE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT IS ULTIMATELY APPROVED.
I'LL SHOW IT AGAIN HERE IN A MINUTE. BUT JUST KNOW THE WAY THIS BALANCES THAT DEDUCT IS IN THERE.
I KNOW THAT'S CLEAR AS MUD. AND WHEN I DO IT AGAIN, I HOPE WE GET CLOSER AND WE'LL KEEP DOING IT.
OKAY. GOING TO THE NEXT PAGE. SCHEDULED CHARGES IS A CALL OUT HERE.
MAINLY HIRE IT. AND TELECOM CHARGES. PROPERTY AND LIABILITY HAS STILL MOVING IN OUR FAVOR.
AND THAT'S BEEN UNUSUAL TO SAY, BUT WE'VE HAD TWO YEARS OF THAT NOW AS WELL AS OUR NATURAL GAS COST, OUR GAS BILLS HAVE GONE DOWN. CAPITAL OUTLAY AND REIMBURSEMENT IS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE THOSE SEVEN YEAR TAX NOTES THAT WE HAVE TAKEN FOR LONG LIFE EQUIPMENT, SOME OF THOSE ARE PAYING OFF. SO THAT'S WHY THOSE ARE DOWN.
AND THEN HERE YOU SEE THE 3.6. IT'S ACTUALLY INSIDE OF THE TRANSFER LINE ITEM.
THAT'S THE 3.6 OF PROPERTY TAX THAT FUNDS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND MARKET LUBBOCK.
SO IF WE'D GONE BACK TO THE OLDER VERSION AND NEXT YEAR THIS WILL BE MUCH, MUCH MORE CLEAR.
BUT YOU TAKE THAT $99 MILLION THAT WAS IN YOUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, YOU TAKE 3.6 OFF OF IT.
WHAT'S LEFT IS HOW WE FUND THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY.
I'M GOING TO TRY IT ONE MORE TIME. WHEN I SHOWED YOU THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES, IT APPEARED AS THOUGH THOSE WERE UP BY JUST A LITTLE OVER $6 MILLION YEAR OVER YEAR. $3.6 MILLION OF THAT IS THE MONEY THAT YOU TRANSFER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
YOU NET THAT BACK DOWN. YOU TOOK IT OUT TO GET TO WHAT WE HAVE TO PUT ON THE GENERAL FUND.
OKAY. WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT TO WHERE THAT SHOWS MORE.
BASICALLY, WHEN WE GET ALL THESE CHANGES MADE, IT'LL MATCH THESE WORKSHEETS THAT ARE IN HERE.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THESE WORKSHEETS, IT'S NOT GOING TO MATCH WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ADD IT BACK. SO YOU'VE ADDED THAT TRANSFER IN HERE ON THIS. WE IN WE INCREASED THIS TRANSFER BY THE 3.6.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT YES. ALL RIGHT.
DO I. YES SIR. COME RIGHT OUT TO THREE. HERE IS THE ROLL UP OF ALL OF THE STAFFING CHANGES THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED. GENERAL FUND IS AT THE TOP.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RADIO SHOP, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SOLID WASTE WATER.
WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THOSE. SO ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE STAND.
AS WE PULL THOSE TOGETHER, NET CHANGES BY FUND.
AND THE CODE OFFICER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S DOWN BY THREE.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU SEE A NEGATIVE HERE, THOSE ARE UNFILLED POSITIONS.
THEY'RE VACANT. WATER WASTEWATER IS DOWN BY EIGHT.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UP ONE. THAT'S IN THAT 3.6.
RADIO SHOPS DOWN BY ONE. SOLID WASTE DOWN BY TWO.
LUBBOCK POWER AND LIGHT. THEY ACTUALLY ADDED SIX AND TOOK AWAY THREE.
SO THEIR NET IS THREE. SO YOU'VE GOT ALL THE ONES THAT WERE TAKEN OUT ON THE LEFT.
YOU GOT THE ONES THAT WERE ADDED BACK ON THE RIGHT. OKAY.
THAT FIRST ONE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A REPEAT. 15 MILLION IS IN YOUR BUDGET FOR STREET MAINTENANCE.
MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH FROM YOUR GENERAL FUND AND 500 FROM GATEWAY.
OUR TOTAL CAPITAL PROGRAM IN THE GENERAL FUNDS 52.6 MILLION.
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28. TOTAL PROJECTS. 24 OF THEM ARE CASH FUNDED AT 20 MILLION.THE NEW POLICE AND FIRE DRIVING TRACK IS A TAX NOTE AT 6 MILLION.
EVERYTHING ELSE ARE YOUR APPROVED BOND PROJECTS.
YOU'VE GOT THE ONE COMING OUT OF 2022 AND THE TWO COMING OUT 2024.
ON OUR VEHICLES, WE ARE PROPOSING TO PURCHASE 126 VEHICLES.
87% OF THOSE ARE CASH. THERE ARE TAX NOTES ON 17.
THREE OF THOSE ARE THE FIRE PUMPERS. THERE ARE A MILLION AND A HALF EACH NOW.
SOLID WASTE A LARGE WHEEL LOADER. SAME WHEEL LOADER FOR WATER.
WASTEWATER. A VACUUM TRUCK AND TWO STREET SWEEPERS.
SO THE 109 THAT ARE CASH FUNDED ARE LISTED IN MORE DETAIL BELOW.
CAN YOU SEE THE BREAKOUT OF THOSE? AND ANY NEW POSITION THAT WAS ADDED.
SO THINK ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS. THE COST INCLUDES THEIR VEHICLES AS WELL.
THAT IS CORRECT. IF SOME OF THEM ARE, AIRPORT WOULD BE OUT OF AIRPORT.
CORRECT. THIS IS A COMBINATION OF EVERYTHING WE PROPOSE TOGETHER.
OKAY. VERY GOOD. YEAH. OKAY. HERE'S YOUR THREE AND A QUARTER ON THE HEALTH PLAN. THAT IS THE LOWEST INCREASE THAT WE HAVE HAD IN A NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO KUDOS TO THE TO THE HEALTH PLAN ADMINISTRATION PEOPLE.
ALEXA AND SHERYL'S OFFICE AND SEVERAL OTHERS.
THEY REALLY. AND I'VE SEEN ALL THEIR WORK. THEY, THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF IT.
I BELIEVE IN IT. OKAY. FISCAL YEAR 27. ALL FUNDING SUMMARY.
THOSE WILL ALL COME BACK TOGETHER. SO BACK TO WHERE DID Y'ALL WANT TO SEE THAT? I MOVED PRETTY QUICK ON THAT ONE. AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE IN YOUR HANDOUTS AS WELL.
OKAY, JUST A QUICK REMINDER. THE TOP OF THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL EXCEPT FOR THE TOTAL.
YOU SEE THE COST OF OUR VEHICLES AND OUR CAPITAL.
THAT'S $1.47 MILLION ABOVE NO NEW REVENUE. THOSE ARE THE EXACT COSTS OF THE OFFSETS THAT ARE INSIDE OF THE MEET AND CONFER ON THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE.
SO STEP SPLITS BETWEEN POLICE AND FIRE. AND IT'S SLIGHTLY MORE OF ITS POLICE THAN ITS FIRE.
OKAY. GO BACK ACROSS HERE. START ON THE PROPERTY TAX.
CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE 26 BUDGET IN THE 2017 BUDGET, SO FORTH.
AND THIRD FROM THE RIGHT, 92.9 VERSUS 99.4 SHOWING YOUR CHANGE OF 6.4.
AND REMEMBER THE 3.2 OF THAT IS THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
OKAY. IT'S NOT REALLY THAT WHOLE THING IS NOT A TAX INCREASE.
YEAH. SALES TAX WHICH MATCHES WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
WE COME DOWN TO WHERE IT SAYS TOTAL GENERAL FUND.
LAST YEAR 317 PROPOSED BASICALLY 293 DIFFERENCE OF 24,000,500. THAT'S AFTER YOU NET SOLID WASTE OUT AND ADD BACK WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED TO ADD BACK.
INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS ARE UP 1.7%. ENTERPRISE FUNDS YOU CAN READ ACROSS THE BOTTOM LUBBOCK POWER AND LIGHT FROM 181 TO 201. THOSE ARE IN MILLIONS.
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YOU SEE SOLID WASTE NOW SITTING ON ITS OWN EVERY YEAR FROM HERE OUT THOSE LINES FILL IN AND YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WATCH THEM.$5 MILLION INCREASE IN WATER WASTEWATER AND 1.4 FOR THOSE MINOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
SO THE CEMETERY, CIVIC CENTER, THOSE OTHERS THAT WE LOOKED AT ON WEDNESDAY.
SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM LINE WHERE IT SAYS TOTAL OF ALL FUNDING SOURCES, THE CITY'S BUDGET LAST YEAR AT 959 993, NEARLY 994 FOR THE NEW YEAR. THAT ROLLS IN EVERY CHANGE THAT IS ON THIS SHEET. SO IF YOU'RE ASKED WHAT'S THE TOTAL OF THE CITY'S BUDGET? THAT'S WHAT IT IS. OKAY EXPENSE.
SEE, ACROSS HERE YOU'VE GOT THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CULTURE AND REC DEVELOPMENT ET-CETERA.
THOSE COLLECTIVELY ARE THE FIVE MAJOR DIVISIONS, THE FIRST FIVE ROWS.
THOSE ARE THE MAJOR DIVISIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR GENERAL FUND.
SO COME OVER TO THE RIGHT AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES IS DOWN BY 557,000.
CULTURE AND RECREATION IS UP. JUST A LITTLE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS UP JUST A LITTLE MORE.
BIG THING ON THAT IS CODES AND RESTORING THE DEMOLITION MONEY.
PUBLIC WORKS IS DOWN. THAT'S MOVING OUT. SOLID WASTE IN THE ALLEY.
MAINTENANCE PIECE THAT GOES WITH IT. PUBLIC SAFETY IS UP BY 3 MILLION.
AND THEN YOUR OTHER EXPENSES THAT ROLL IN 1.4.
ENTERPRISE FUNDS CAN BE READ THE SAME WAY. OVERALL, IT'S A 2.3% CHANGE.
I'M SORRY. INTERNAL IS A 2.3% CHANGE. YOU CARRY ACROSS TO YOUR ENTERPRISES ALL IN.
THAT'S ABOUT A 13.8 ON THAT SOLID WASTE SHOWS UP HERE INSTEAD OF ON TOP.
SO IT'S REALLY NOT A VARIANCE. IT'S NET ONE AND REPLACE THE OTHER.
THE LARGEST INCREASE IS GOING TO BE AT LUBBOCK POWER AND LIGHT AT 19 MILLION.
COUNCILMAN GREEN OR MR. GREEN. SO ON THE HAVE YOU ALL DONE THE MATH? SO WE, WE SHOW THE GENERAL FUND AT -7.7, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY PART OF THE SOLID WASTE GOING AWAY.
HAVE WE DONE THE MATH TO SAY IF SOLID WASTE HAD GONE AWAY LAST YEAR, WHAT WOULD BE OUR INCREASE? SO WE HAVE A -7.7 IN THE GENERAL FUND. BUT LET'S SAY IT WAS ALREADY REMOVED.
WE COULD DO WE WE HAVEN'T. WE CAN. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO SEE LIKE THAT NUMBER TO SEE WHAT OUR ANY.
BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE AN INCREASE. BUT IT WILL BE A SMALL ONE.
GIVE US TIL MONDAY OR TUESDAY BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO PULL THAT BACK OUT OF THE 26 BUDGET ALSO.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE'LL BE TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
YOU GOT THAT, JOE? YEAH. AND IF WE GET IT EARLY, I'LL JUST EMAIL IT TO EVERYBODY.
MR. COLLINS. COUNCILMAN COLLINS, I GOT TO GET USED TO LOOKING DOWN THIS DIRECTION, AND IT'S OKAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. QUESTION. AND YOU JUST MENTIONED, AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SOLID WASTE.
AND I GUESS MAYBE IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'D HEARD YOU SAY THE ASSOCIATED ALLEY MAINTENANCE.
DOES THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT MANAGE ALL THE ALLEY MAINTENANCE, THE GRADING, ETC.? THE CORRECT WAY TO DO THAT IS FOR SOLID WASTE TO REIMBURSE PUBLIC WORKS.
SO IT'S IT'S IT'S DONE BY STATE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.
WE KEEP IT AS A SUB DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE THE TRUE COST OF IT. SO ESSENTIALLY SO THERE'S A THERE'S A FIXED NUMBER THEN IN THE SOLID WASTE BUDGET FOR ALLEY MAINTENANCE. THERE'S THE COSTS ARE IN THERE.
YEAH. AND IT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BOTH OPERATING AND CAPITAL FOR THAT.
GREAT. AND SO IF WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY WET YEAR, WHICH WE CAN ALL PRAY FOR THEY COULD BUST THAT BUDGET AS THEY SEND US HAVE MORE REQUIREMENT FOR ALLEY MAINTENANCE. IT'S POSSIBLE, YES, BUT IT STILL GETS DONE.
AND I KEEP GOING BACK TO THAT CREWS DEDICATED TO THAT WORK.
AND THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF EFFORT YEAR OVER YEAR REGARDLESS.
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SO THIS JUST TELLS ME THAT THE WORK'S STILL GOING TO GET DONE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT, AND THOSE DEDICATED CREWS ARE STILL GOING TO BE DRIVING THOSE DEDICATED MOTOR GRADERS AND.ET CETERA TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. YES. THANK YOU.
AND IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T SEEN THE ALLEY ROAD GRADERS, LET ME KNOW.
THEY'RE ALMOST CUTE. THEY'RE MINIATURIZED SO THAT THEY FIT IN ALLEYS.
ANYMORE ON THE EXPENSE SUMMARY. OKAY. SAME THING.
TURNED INTO BAR CHART. TURNED INTO PIE CHART.
THE BAR CHARTS WILL GIVE YOU THE PRIOR TWO YEARS SO YOU CAN SEE.
AND AGAIN, THIS THIS ONE IS TOTAL CITY. OKAY.
WAS ASKED ABOUT RESERVES EARLIER. AND HERE IS EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE RESERVE SHEET.
SO GENERAL FUND AT THE TOP WE PREDICT TO END THIS YEAR AT 14,869,000. WE PROPOSE TO USE 5 MILLION IN YOUR GENERAL FUND.
SO TWO NOTES. LAST YEAR WE USED 11.9. WE PREDICTED WE WOULD END CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AT JUST SLIGHTLY OVER 15. THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT WAS TAKING THE DOLLARS TO FUND THE EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THAT'S REALLY WHERE THAT WENT. IF THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT STAYS IN THE BUDGET, THE $5 MILLION, AND THAT'S CASH MONEY, THAT GOES TO ONE TIME EXPENSES, NEXT YEAR, WE WOULD END WITH 9.9 MILLION.
BUT AGAIN, THERE WILL BE A RECALCULATION OF HOW MUCH YOUR POLICY LEVEL RESERVE IS.
BUT YOU NEED TO RUN THAT PAST THE FISCAL YEAR BEFORE WE DO IT. OKAY.
QUESTIONS ON THE RESERVES. I DON'T SEE ANY. OKAY, BACK TO THE MORE CONFUSING THAN IT SHOULD BE STUFF. ALL RIGHT.
JUST SOME QUICK METRICS IF YOU ARE CURIOUS. THESE ARE ALL IN THAT ATTACHMENT I HANDED OUT.
THAT'S THE WORKSHEET WE GET FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS.
WE'VE JUST PULLED A FEW OUT THAT I THINK WOULD INTEREST YOU. LAST YEAR'S ADJUSTED TAXABLE VALUE AND ADJUSTED TAXABLE VALUE IS THE NUMBER UPON WHICH YOU DO YOUR CALCULATIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO NO NEW REVENUE AND SO FORTH.
LAST YEAR, YOU PUT A LEVY AGAINST 23.9 BILLION.
THIS YEAR, TAX VALUES WENT UP, BUT YOUR ADJUSTED TAX VALUE WENT DOWN.
YOU WENT FROM 23.9 TO 23.874. THERE'S A $25 MILLION DELTA ROUGHLY IN THERE.
LAST YEAR WE ADDED 408 MILLION IN NEW PROPERTY AND BASICALLY NO ANNEXATION PROPERTY.
THIS YEAR, NEW PROPERTY WENT UP TO 453, AND THAT IS REALLY THE NUMBER.
THAT'S THE BAROMETER OF THE INVESTMENT BY THE PRIVATE WORLD INTO LUBBOCK'S ECONOMY.
THAT'S THE NUMBER WE WANT TO WATCH. UNTIL A YEAR AGO, IT WAS RUNNING AT ROUGHLY A $600 MILLION A YEAR AVERAGE WHEN INTEREST RATES POPPED, THAT WENT DOWN. WE'VE GOT A DECENT RECOVERY, THOUGH.
SO FROM 408 TO 453, THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER. ANNEXED PROPERTY OVER THE YEAR 163 MILLION.
THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY HIGHLAND OAKS. REMEMBER YOUR TAX YEARS ARE VERY FAR BEHIND YOU.
SO ALL OF THESE TAX NUMBERS ARE BASED ON DECEMBER 31ST OF 2025.
ALL RIGHT. HERE'S THE NEW STUFF THAT CAME IN THIS YEAR.
THINGS CHANGED, BUT NOT THE SAME WAY. THEY CHANGED LAST YEAR.
LAST YEAR. WHAT WHAT THE CHART OR WHAT THE SPREADSHEETS CALL VALUE LOSS TO EXEMPTION WAS $29 MILLION 436 THIS YEAR. THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS THE INCREASE IN THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPTION.
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SO YOUR TOTAL EXEMPTIONS LOST IN YOUR NEW PROPERTY PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SAME.BUT WE STILL GOT ANNEXATION. IF YOU'RE JUST CURIOUS, WHAT IS AN EQUIVALENT REVENUE TO THAT 436 MILLION? IT'S ONE AND A HALF. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU LOST.
AND THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE A LOT OF THIS OTHER STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE HERE IN A MINUTE.
OKAY. THE AVERAGE HOUSE IN LUBBOCK WENT UP THIS YEAR 2.1% 4816.
REMEMBER, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN AVERAGE HOUSE.
THIS IS A MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION OF THE TOTALITY OF THE HOUSES.
OKAY. PLEASE DON'T THROW ANYTHING AT ME. WE SPENT A WHOLE DAY WORKING ON THIS LAST YEAR.
THIS IS ALL YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HEAR. LAST YEAR, THE COUNCIL LEVIED FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS $87.1 MILLION. BETWEEN WHEN YOU DID THAT IN SEPTEMBER AND WHEN WE GOT OUR NUMBERS ON JULY 31ST, THEY REDUCED YOUR LEVY TO 85.9. YOU REALLY DID COLLECT 87.
BUT THIS YEAR THE CALCULATION WORKED BETTER. SO INSTEAD OF LOSING, EVEN THOUGH YOUR TOTAL ADJUSTED VALUE IS DOWN, INSTEAD OF LOSING, YOU WENT UP SLIGHTLY, SO THEY RECALCULATED YOUR NO NEW REVENUE RATE BASED ON THAT RECALCULATED LEVY.
AND OUR NEW BASE LEVY IS 87.7 MILLION. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU STILL GOT SOME VALUE THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR NEW PROPERTY AND YOUR ANNEXED PROPERTY.
YOU JUST DIDN'T GET ALL OF IT. BUT IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN WHERE WE WERE A YEAR AGO.
SO LAST YEAR, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE THAT THE COUNCIL WORKED WITH WAS 36.46 PENNIES, WITH ALL THE MAGIC OF THE CALCULATION. YOUR NEW NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS 36.75 PENNIES.
THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THAT 87.7 NUMBER. OKAY, GO TO THE BOTTOM OVER 65 LEVY IS NOT AFFECTED BY TAX RATES. THESE ARE THE, QUOTE, FROZEN TAXES.
THAT NUMBER THIS YEAR IS 10.6 ALMOST 10.7. IT'S ACTUALLY UP NEARLY $1 MILLION FROM WHAT IT WAS A YEAR AGO, WHICH WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS A NUMBER OF BASICALLY 64 YEAR OLDS WITH A HOME TRIPPED INTO THE 65 YEAR OLD WITH A HOME.
OKAY. YOU ADD THAT TO THE NO NEW REVENUE LEVY.
SO YOU'VE NOW CALCULATED OR ACCOUNTED FOR THAT THE ORIGINAL LEVY, THE OVER 65, THE NEW PROPERTY.
THAT'S A POSITIVE. EXEMPTIONS ARE NEGATIVE. YOU MULTIPLY IT TIMES 99.5% AND YOU GET TO 97.9 MILLION.
SO THE REAL DOLLARS, IF YOU STAY AT NO NEW REVENUE OR 1.48 MILLION.
AND I KNOW IT COMES UP, SO I'LL ATTEMPT TO TO ANSWER IT.
NO, NEW REVENUE DOES NOT MEAN YOU DON'T GET AN EXTRA DOLLAR.
IT MEANS YOU GET THE SAME DOLLARS FROM THE SAME PROPERTY YEAR OVER YEAR, PLUS THE VALUE OF GROWTH, THE VALUE OF NEW PROPERTY. MINUS THE EXEMPTIONS.
OKAY. AND THEN LET ME JUST ASK A QUESTION HERE.
SO BACK A FEW SLIDES AGO WHEN YOU SAID THE 1.485% INCREASE, THAT IS THE AMOUNT THEN ABOVE IT IS NOW. SO IF IF YOU TOOK THE 97.9 THAT'S HERE AND ADDED THAT 1.3 NUMBER TO IT, YOU'LL COME BACK UP INTO THAT 99 OKAY.
OKAY. FOR THOSE THAT HAD TO HEAR ME DO THAT LAST YEAR, WAS THIS A BETTER WAY OF SHOWING IT? OKAY. THANK YOU. SOME SAID YES, SOME WON'T EVEN LOOK.
MR. COLLINS COUNCILMAN COLLINS, DO YOU DISAGREE THAT THIS IS A BETTER WAY TO DO IT? I DID NOT SAY THAT, SIR. OKAY. I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE TO DO MATH, SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO DO IT.
AND IT WAS IT WAS EASIER. I DO HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO PAGE 31. ADJUSTABLE TAX ADJUSTED TAXABLE VALUE.
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BUT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME HERE IN THIS ADJUSTED TAXABLE VALUE ROLE IS THAT WE'VE LOST $32 MILLION IN.WELL, EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. TAXABLE VALUE. IT IS THERE.
DO YOU HAVE A THOUGHT ON WHAT OCCURRED HERE? IS THAT OFFSET BY.
IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING THESE. VALUES TO THE EXEMPTIONS? YOU'RE CORRECT ON BOTH STATEMENTS TAKEN AT LARGE VALUES IN THE COMMUNITY WENT UP.
THAT'S THAT IS A CORRECT STATEMENT. THE SECOND HALF OF THAT IS THE DEDUCTIONS THAT COME OFF OF IT.
THE EXEMPTIONS PRIMARILY. THERE WERE OTHER SMALLER PLACES YOU GOT SUBTRACTED.
THE MAJORITY OF IT IS IN THIS VALUE LOSS TO EXEMPTIONS.
THAT IS A MUCH, MUCH BIGGER NUMBER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
THEY TAKE THAT. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR TAX BILLS, YOU HAVE A MARKET VALUE AND YOU HAVE A TAX VALUE.
THIS IS NOT EITHER OF THOSE TWO NUMBERS. THEY TAKE TAX VALUE.
THAT'S WHERE ADJUSTED COMES FROM. SO IT SEEMS NOT CORRECT.
BUT BOTH SIDES OF YOUR STATEMENT ARE CORRECT.
OVERALL IN THE COMMUNITY, TAXABLE VALUE WENT UP.
EXEMPTIONS AND OTHER LOSSES WENT UP ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THAT.
THANK YOU MAYOR. WELL, AND AND THIS IS NOT A COMMENTARY OF ANY FORM.
IT'S IT'S JUST A FACT. AN EXEMPTION DOES NOT REDUCE TAX FOR ANYBODY OTHER THAN WHOM RECEIVED IT.
IN TEXAS, IF ONE GROUP FREEZES OR HAS A VALUE REDUCTION BECAUSE OF EXEMPTION, THE REVENUE REPRESENTED BY THOSE ONE OR OTHER. BOTH OF THOSE CHANGES IS SPREAD AT LARGE ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF YOUR BASE.
AND THAT IS WHY BOTH SIDES OF YOUR STATEMENT CAN BE TRUE.
I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT I SAID, BUT IT WAS TRUE. BUT IT WAS A GREAT JOB, SIR.
MR. GREEN. OKAY. SO FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S WONDERING ON THE ON THESE EXEMPTIONS, YOU SAID THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPTION IS A NEW EXEMPTION. INCREASED EXEMPTION.
IT'S AN INCREASED EXEMPTION BROUGHT BY THE STATE.
CORRECT. AND MANDATED TO THE MUNICIPALITIES, TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS.
OKAY. SO IT'S NOTHING THAT WE DID TO EXEMPT THAT.
IT'S THE STATE THAT CAME DOWN WITH THAT EXTRA EXEMPTION.
THAT'S CORRECT. THUS THE DROP IN THE THE TAXABLE VALUE, THE ADJUSTED TAXABLE VALUE.
OKAY. MR. ATKINSON, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH THAT INCREASED? IT WENT FROM. WAS THAT PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION? WHAT DID IT GO FROM TO WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE NEW CEILING ON THE BPP? 25,000. JOE THINKS IT WENT FROM 25 TO 200 AND 20 TO 125.
IT WAS GOING TO GO TO 250. I THINK THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS 250.
AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED POTENTIALLY IN THE UPCOMING LEGISLATURE. YES.
SO THE THEORY BEHIND THIS IS WE WOULD REALLY TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS GROWTH.
YES. SUPPORT THAT? YES. BUT YOU STILL HAVE THE MATH BEHIND IT.
OKAY. THIS IS OUR STATE REQUIRED LANGUAGE. WE HAVE TO PUT THIS INTO THE RECORD.
THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY 3.1 MILLION, OR 2.5%. AND OF THAT, 2.9 MILLION, IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE ROLL THIS YEAR? THE PROPOSED TAX RATE IN THE BUDGET I AM PRESENTING YOU IS A TAX INCREASE.
SO TAX YEAR 2026 RATES. YOU SEE THE NO NEW REVENUE AT 47515 FOR
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WHAT I SHOWED YOU ON THE PRIOR PAGE IS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. SO NOW WE ADD BACK THE 10.7 CENTS ON YOUR INS RATE.ALL THESE CALCULATIONS RUN IN TWO DIFFERENT TRACKS.
THIS IS WHERE THEY COME TOGETHER. YOU HAVE A VOTER APPROVAL RATE OF 49.7.
YOU HAVE AN INCREMENT, AN UNUSED INCREMENT OF 1.6.
YOU HAVE A VOTER APPROVAL RATE WITH UNUSED INCREMENT OF 51.3.
REMEMBER, THE UNUSED INCREMENT IS BASICALLY IT'S AN INCENTIVE THAT IS BUILT INTO THE TAX CODE.
SO YOUR VOTER APPROVAL RATE IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM SHOULD BE 3.5% REVENUE INCREASE.
IT'S NOT QUITE ANYMORE. BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE SIMPLE WAY OF SAYING IT.
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DID A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WAS SAY, LOOK, ANY PART OF THAT THAT A CITY DOES NOT USE, IT ROLLS OVER INTO AN UNUSED INCREMENT. IT WAS TO ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO GO TO 3.5% IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE GOOD AND VALID REASON, AND THIS BODY HAS DONE THAT, AND YOU HAVE DEVELOPED OR YOU HAVE SAVED AN INCREMENT, THAT HAS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT VALUE TO IT.
SO YOU'VE DONE VERY PRUDENT BUDGETING IN THE PAST AND YOU'VE BUILT THAT ACCESS.
THERE WOULDN'T BE ONE IN THERE. SO GO TO THE NEXT LINE.
PROPOSED RATE. THIS IS TOTAL AND THIS IS MY BASE BUDGET 48.1206.
WE STARTED BUILDING THIS BUDGET BACK IN MARCH WITH A PRELIMINARY VALUE OF 29.1 BILLION.
OUR CERTIFIEDS CAME IN AT 28.8. SO ABOUT $280 MILLION SPREAD.
YOU'VE GOT THE TAX. YEAR 2025/65 LEVY 12.6. THE 2026 NUMBER IS 13.8. THAT'S WHERE I SAID IT WENT UP BY JUST ABOUT $1 MILLION.
THIS NOW INCLUDES M AND O AND I AND S. OKAY. FINAL STATEMENT CERTIFIED.
NEXT CERTIFIED NET TAXABLE VALUE OF THE CITY ROSE TO 28.8 BILLION, WHICH IS A 0.0042% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR, OR 119.4.
THAT'S NET THAT'S NOT ADJUSTED. MAYOR PRO TEM.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, MR. ATKINSON, DOES THE PROPOSED 2.5% INCREASE COVER ANYTHING FROM MEET AND CONFER, OR IS THIS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY SEPARATE? MEET AND CONFER IS SEPARATE.
THE THE REAL INCREASE IS 1.485% IN MY BASE BUDGET.
THIS PAGE WILL NEVER EXACTLY MATCH IT. IT'LL COME OUT IN THE END.
THIS IS THE PAGE THAT IN THE PAST YOU HAVE RAISED TAXES BY A NEGATIVE AMOUNT.
AND IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE USING NET VERSUS ADJUSTED AND THOSE THINGS.
OKAY. ANY MORE ON OUR STATUTORY LANGUAGE. NO. PROCEED. COUNCILMAN COLLINS.
YES. THANK YOU. TO BE CLEAR, WHEN WHEN YOU SAY TAX YEAR 26 RATES AND THIS IS THE 2627 BUDGET.
CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. AND SO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE FOR 2627 IS 0.497488.
THAT'S THE 3.5. THAT'S THE THREE AND A HALF. AND THEN THE UNUSED INCREMENT GOES ON TOP.
AND THAT THAT DOES NOT GO TO THE VOTER. SO THOSE ARE THE POSSIBILITIES.
BUT WHAT YOUR BUDGET PROPOSAL IS 0.48 TILL WE GET TO MEET AND CONFER.
YEAH. AND UNTIL WE GET TO MEET AND CONFER. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.
HERE IS HOW THOSE CHANGES WIND THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
AGAIN AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET.
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THAT FOCUS WAS ON M AND O MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.YOU SEE THE DEBT OVER OFF TO THE SIDE TAKEN TOGETHER.
THAT'S THE TOTAL AT THE TOP. OUR GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS ON THE AVERAGE HOME.
OBVIOUSLY WE WILL REDO THIS WHEN WE GET TO SEPTEMBER BASED ON WHAT THE COUNCIL INSTRUCTS US.
IS THE FINAL BUDGET. ALL RIGHT. READY. TALK ABOUT MEET AND CONFER.
A QUICK REMINDER. MEET AND CONFER IS A STATUTORY PROCESS THAT MODIFIES TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
CHAPTER 143 WHAT WE COMMONLY CALL CIVIL SERVICE.
SO THIS APPLIES ONLY TO SWORN POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.
YOU MODIFY 143 BY CREATING A BINDING CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY, YOU AND THE ASSOCIATIONS THIS COUNCIL AUTHORIZED OR INSTRUCTED MEET AND CONFER NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE LUBBOCK PROFESSIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION.
THE LUBBOCK PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION NOVEMBER OF 2024.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER IS WHERE WE IDENTIFIED THE UPCOMING $5 MILLION SHORTFALL IN SALES TAX.
SO LAST YEAR WE JUST SUSPENDED WORK ON THE FIRE SIDE AND ON THE POLICE SIDE.
WE BROUGHT FORWARD A NON-MONETARY ONE YEAR AGREEMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A MOMENT. SO THAT'S WHAT GOT US HERE.
THAT'S WHAT STARTED IT. AND HERE'S WHERE WHERE WE ARE.
AND I HAVE MR. WADE'S LANGUAGE PROPOSED NOT RATIFIED.
IT'S A 5% AVERAGE WAGE INCREASE. IT INCLUDES LATERAL HIRING.
WE'VE ADDED TWO SECTIONS ON MODIFYING THE PROMOTIONAL STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
THAT'S NEW. AND MAINTAINS THE PHYSICAL FITNESS WITHIN LATERAL HIRING.
THERE ARE REALLY A SECOND COMPONENT I DIDN'T LIST OUT SEPARATELY.
SO PREVIOUSLY YOU'RE LIMITED ON WHEN, WHERE AND HOW YOU CAN DO CIVIL SERVICE TESTING.
AND WE IN EFFECT CHANGE THAT IN THE CURRENT AGREEMENT TO SAY ANY TIME, ANY PLACE.
SO WE'VE DONE THAT. THE PROPOSED COST OF THE POLICE AGREEMENT FOR ONE YEAR IS 4.8 MILLION.
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT EXPIRES AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THAT LATERAL HIRING PROCESS, THAT'S IN THE CURRENT ONE, AND THE ABILITY TO DO MULTIPLE CIVIL SERVICE TESTS HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL. WE WERE AT 1.4% VACANCY THROUGH THE END OF JUNE.
WE HAD SEVERAL RETIREMENTS IN PD IN JULY. WE'RE UP TO 1.9%.
SO I PUT TWO ON THE ON THE PAGE. THE OPERATIVE THING TEN NEW OFFICERS AND EQUIPMENT 5% WAGE INCREASE THE MODIFICATIONS TO 143. THAT'S THE OTHER THREE BULLETS AND A ONE YEAR COST OF $4.8 MILLION.
JUST STEP ASIDE OR I WILL STEP ASIDE FOR JUST A MINUTE AS WE TRY TO GROW THE POLICE FORCE.
EVERY NINE NEW OFFICERS IS $1 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT.
THAT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO THAT. IT AVERAGES OUT TO $111,000 PER YEAR PER OFFICER.
SO THIS IS THE PROPOSAL. WHERE DOES IT STAND? WE FINISHED OUR WORK ONE WEEK AGO BETWEEN LP, P A AND THE CITY'S NEGOTIATING TEAM.
I HAVE SIGNED THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT. IT GOES TO THEM NOW FOR RATIFICATION BY THE MEMBERS.
AT THE POINT IT'S RATIFIED BY THEIR MEMBERS, I CAN IMMEDIATELY GET IT TO YOU.
SO THE COUNCIL SITS IN A REALLY UNUSUAL SPOT ON HOW THESE WORK.
I APOLOGIZE FOR IT, BUT IT IS STATUTORY REQUIREMENT UNDER CHAPTER 142.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE THAT IS. YOU BASICALLY WILL SIT IN JUDGMENT ON THESE AGREEMENTS.
SO AS QUICK AS THEY HAVE IT RATIFIED, WE WILL DEVELOP ALL OF THE DETAILED SUMMARIES.
THIS APPLIES TO BOTH OF THEM AND GET THOSE TO YOU.
I HAVE IT SET UP TO WHERE YOUR CONSIDERATION WOULD BE.
SEPTEMBER THE 1ST. THAT'S ALSO WHEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE BUDGETARY DECISIONS.
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SO I WANT TO PUT THEM, PUT THEM TOGETHER. SO MAYOR.SO THESE TEN OFFICERS ARE IN ADDITION TO THE FIVE THAT ARE ALREADY IN YOUR CURRENT BUDGET.
THESE ARE ALL PATROL OFFICERS, CORRECT? OKAY.
READY FOR FIRE? OKAY. THE FIRE AGREEMENT IS MUCH MORE DETAILED AND MORE COMPLICATED.
SO HERE'S THE SUMMARY THAT I CAN PUT OUT AT THIS POINT.
IT IS A SIX YEAR AGREEMENT. IT IS BASED ON ULTIMATELY IMPLEMENTING THE 2472 PATTERN.
BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN ANY SUBSTANTIAL FORM UNTIL YEAR SIX.
SO YOU ARE HIRING NEW FIREFIGHTERS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
THIS AGREEMENT, THIS CONTRACT HAS GOT DRAMATIC CHANGES FOR PROMOTIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, DISCIPLINE.
PHYSICAL FITNESS. THIS ALSO INCLUDES LATERAL HIRING COMPONENTS.
THIS AGREEMENT HAS GIVE BACK FROM THE ASSOCIATION, WHICH MEANS THE FIREFIGHTERS REDUCTIONS OF VACATION LEAVE, REDUCTION OF SICK LEAVE. WE TALK ABOUT FIREFIGHTING SCHEDULES AS 2448 AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WORK A DAY, YOU TAKE TWO DAYS OFF. THAT'S TRUE. BUT A 24 HOUR WORK DAY IS THREE SHIFTS.
SO YOUR FIREFIGHTERS WORK AN AVERAGE OF 56 HOURS A WEEK OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR.
IF YOU MAKE IT TO 2472, IT'S AN AVERAGE OF 42.
SO THAT'S THE REAL CHANGE THAT HITS IN YEAR SIX.
AND I'VE GOT THEM ON THE PAGE 3% THREE AND A QUARTER, THREE AND A HALF, THREE AND A QUARTER, THREE ZERO. SO SO THE YEAR THAT IT FLIPS OVER AND THEY SEE THE BENEFIT OF THAT NEW WORK SCHEDULE IS THE YEAR.
THEY ALSO ARE NOT TAKING A RAISE. THIS GETS WHERE IT'S GOING BECAUSE OF THOSE OVERTIME SAVINGS.
THE PARAMEDIC TRAINING SAVINGS THE GIVE BACK ON VACATION LEAVE AND SICK LEAVE.
THIS AGREEMENT AND I DIDN'T GET IT ON THE PAGE.
THE SECOND YEAR. SO THIS ONE IS A BITE UP FRONT.
BUT BY YEAR TWO THE SAVINGS NUMBERS WILL GET MUCH LARGER.
1.5% OR $1.5 MILLION A YEAR INCREASE FOR FOR FIRE IS ROUGHLY THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT A 3% RAISE NORMALLY COST YOU, AND THAT 3% IS BAKED INTO IT.
OKAY. MR. BRUEGEL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. AND THANK YOU TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR COOPERATING AS WELL.
MY QUESTIONS ARE TWOFOLD. ON THE FIRES, MEET AND CONFIRM THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT.
I'LL GIVE YOU MY TWO QUESTIONS AND TAKE THEM IN THE ORDER. AS YOU LIKE. NUMBER ONE, I'M CURIOUS HOW THE PHASE IN WILL WORK OVER THOSE SIX YEARS WITH THE HIRING OF NEW FIREFIGHTERS, MAKING THAT ALL WORK, AS WELL AS SPECIFICS ON THE ALS IMPROVEMENTS.
OKAY. EXCELLENT QUESTIONS. THE PHASE IN THERE IS ALMOST NO PHASE IN.
SO AS YOU ADD AND IT WORKS OUT TO 22 PER YEAR AND 23 IN THE FINAL YEAR, BUT LET'S CALL IT 22 A YEAR AS EACH OF THOSE COME IN, RATHER THAN MAYBE ONE STATION CONVERTING TO 24, 72.
THESE 22 ONLY GO TO WORK FOR OVERTIME REDUCTION AND CALL BACK REDUCTION.
AND OF COURSE, THE NEXT YEAR THERE'S 44. THAT'S WHY THE SAVINGS IS SO MUCH BIGGER AND THE COST IS LOWER IN THE SECOND YEAR, AND THAT CONTINUES TO BUILD. THERE IS A SMALL AND IT'S IT'S A VERY MINOR PIECE.
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT BIT OF PEOPLE THAT LAND IN BETWEEN 2448 AND 2472.
AS YOU RUN THROUGH THE DEALS, NOBODY ENDS UP AT 24, 72 UNTIL YOU'RE SIX AND ALL END UP AT YEAR SIX.
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AND IT'S BECAUSE OF NOT DOING THAT STAIR STEP PHASE IN THAT YOU GET THOSE SAVINGS THAT MAKE IT AFFORDABLE ONCE YOU GET PAST YEAR ONE FOR THE ALS CHANGES. SO TODAY, AND THESE ARE ROUND NUMBERS, I DON'T HAVE THAT PAGE IN THE BOOK OPEN.WE SPEND ABOUT $1.2 MILLION A YEAR FOR SOMEWHERE ON AVERAGE TO GET ABOUT 15 OF OUR PEOPLE UPGRADED TO PARAMEDICS, OUR LATERAL HIRING THAT'S THAT'S INSIDE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
GOT TO COME IN WITH TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE. SO EVERYBODY'S FULLY CERTIFIED WHEN THEY GET HERE.
AND THERE WILL BE SO MANY PREFERENCE POINTS ASSIGNED TO YOU BEING A PARAMEDIC.
THEREFORE, I DON'T NEED TO SPEND THAT SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY UPGRADING THE ONES WE HAVE.
WE HAVEN'T ZEROED THAT LINE OUT, BUT WE HAVE REDUCED IT SUBSTANTIALLY.
AND WE IT'S HARD FOR US TO GET 22 OF THEM THERE A YEAR ANYWAY.
AND NOW YOU'LL DO THIS. THAT SAME PREFERENCE WILL BE APPLIED TO WHAT WE'RE CALLING ATTRITION HIRES, JUST YOUR NORMAL RETIREMENTS AND SO FORTH. WE'VE AGREED TO ADD PREFERENCE FOR PARAMEDICS ON TOP OF THAT, ON THE TEST TO ENCOURAGE MORE OF THOSE, WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL COST SAVINGS AND MORE PARAMEDICS FASTER.
COUNCILWOMAN. MARTINEZ. GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR.
FOR THOSE WATCHING, CAN YOU GIVE SOME EXPLANATION ON THE REDUCTIONS IN VACATION AND SICK LEAVE? I KNOW YOU EXPLAINED IT, BUT GIVE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE LIKE, WHO'S GOING TO GIVE THAT UP? AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT NUMBERS TO IT.
BUT HERE'S THE CONCEPT BECAUSE FIREWORKS ON A 56 HOUR WORK WEEK, THERE'S GUARANTEED OVERTIME, THERE'S INCREASED VACATION AND SICK LEAVE THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THEM BECAUSE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, WE'RE EARNING AGAINST 40. ASSOCIATION IS OFFERING FOR ITS MEMBERS TO START CUTTING THOSE NUMBERS BACK.
AS WE WALK FROM YEAR TWO OUT TO YEAR SIX AND 2 TO 5, I'M SORRY, 2 TO 5.
THAT'S HOW THEY'RE PUTTING. IT'S NOT DOLLARS IN THE POT.
IT'S SAVINGS IN THE POT TO TO GET US TO WHERE THOSE NUMBERS WILL COME BACK TOGETHER.
THANK YOU. SO AGAIN, IT GOES FROM THREE AND A HALF IN YEAR 1 TO 1 AND A HALF IN YEAR TWO.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALMOST DONE TALKING ABOUT TAXES.
AGAIN THAT IS NO CHANGE. WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD THAT STATIC YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND IT'S DOWN FROM TWO YEARS AGO. THE BASE BUDGET IS 1.485% OVER NO NEW REVENUE.
AND THAT'S THE ASSOCIATED DOLLARS UNDERNEATH IT.
AS THIS IS SET UP, IT IS BASED ON THAT 1.8 MILLION SAVINGS.
THAT'S IN THE TWO AGREEMENTS THAT IF THIS IS WHERE WE LAND, THE BUDGET THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS FULLY FUNDED, INCLUDING THAT EXTRA MILLION AND A HALF AND ALL THE THINGS WE PUT IN BASED ON YOUR PRIORITIES.
AND JUST THAT 1.5 MILLION, 17% MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ABOVE, NO NEW REVENUE.
OKAY. SO GO TO THIS ONE. THIS IS NOT ROUND NUMBERS.
SO NOW YOU'VE GOT THE EXACT BETWEEN THE TWO AGREEMENTS.
THE TWO AGREEMENTS THEIR COST IS 3.2 PENNIES.
AND I'M GOING TO TRY TODAY TO SAY PENNIES AND PERCENTS SO WE DON'T GET CROSSWISE WITH THEM.
WE PUT THESE OUT TODAY TO TRY TO START GIVING YOU AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I'M ALLOWED TO DO BASED ON THAT PROCESS ALSO BECAUSE ON TUESDAY WE WILL ASK THE COUNCIL TO PROPOSE A MAXIMUM TAX RATE.
AND AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT ADOPTING IT. YOU'RE SETTING A CEILING NOT TO EXCEED.
OKAY. IF THE MEET AND CONFER ONE OR THE OTHER IS ULTIMATELY NOT APPROVED, I NEED TO GO BACK AND PICK UP POLICE OR FIRE OR BOTH RAISES AND THEIR STEPS.
SO WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SET OF NUMBERS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO KEEP THROWING CHANGES.
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THIS IS THE TOP OF EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE. OKAY.MR. GREEN. OKAY. SO THE PROPOSED GO BACK TO PAGE 33.
THE PROPOSED RATE IS $0.48 481206.
WITH THE MEET AND CONFER. WE ADD 3.2 OR 0.032.
YES. SO WHAT? YEAH. YEAH. SO WHAT DOES THAT COME OUT TO WITH THE 10.7.
SO. 51.351.3. OKAY. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMAN COLLINS. SO TO HELP CLARIFY AND EXPAND UPON WHAT MR. GREEN JUST ASKED YOU, .015959 IS UNUSED INCREMENT AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE TO FUND THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENTS. CORRECT. THAT NUMBER FULLY FUNDS THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE PRELIMINARILY SIGNED OFF ON.
OKAY. BUT THE 497 IS THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT WE CAN UTILIZE OUTSIDE OF THE INCREMENT BEFORE WE WOULD GO TO A ROLLBACK.
OKAY. YOU GO ABOVE THAT. YOU'RE HEADING TO A TAX RATE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
AND KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
ALL RIGHT. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THIS, THE BASE RATE 0.373620.
ALL RIGHT. PLUS THE I AND S ADDED ON TO THAT.
YIELDING THE FOUR EIGHT GOING BACK THERE 481206.
TOTAL PROPOSED RATE COVERS ALL INCREASES IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE MEET AND CONFER, IS THAT CORRECT? YOU HAVE TO ADD THE 3.2 PENNIES TO COVER THE MEET AND CONFER.
YOU'LL END UP AT $0.51. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS.
SO ON PAGE 40, YOU HAVE THE INCREASE EQUALS 0.032215 PLUS THE BASE.
SO IT'S THE ADDITION OF THOSE TWO NUMBERS TOGETHER, PLUS THE 10.107586 CORRECT.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE A BREAK RIGHT NOW ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S EVERYBODY GET BACK IN THEIR SEATS AND WE'LL GET GOING AGAIN.
I KNOW I'M TRYING TO TELL EVERYBODY. IT'S LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN.
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JUST SO YOU KNOW, I ASKED YOU THIS DRAWING, BUT WITH THE MEET AND CONFER INCLUDED IN IT SO YOU CAN SEE IT.I SEE MR. GREEN DECIDED NOT TO COME BACK FOR THIS.
I. WOULDN'T BLAME HIM. WOULDN'T BLAME HIM.
SO DEBT INVESTMENTS. HERE IS YOUR ANNUAL REPORT ON THE TOTALITY OF THE DEBT ASSIGNABLE TO THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS. THE TOP COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THERE. THESE TWO ITEMS ARE THE PORTION OF YOUR DEBT THAT IS ACTUALLY PAID OUT OF TAXES, OUT OF PROPERTY TAXES. THE DEBT BEING PAID ON BEHALF OF THE CIVIC CENTER BY PROPERTY TAX YEAR OVER YEAR IS DOWN BY 453,000. THE PORTION THAT IS PAID OUT OF TAXES FOR THE REST OF THE GENERAL FUND WENT UP BY $47.9 MILLION. THAT'S THE NET OF WHAT YOU PULLED DOWN FOR STREET BOND PROJECTS, MINUS WHAT WE'RE PAYING OFF EACH YEAR ANYWAY.
YOU YOU DREW DOWN MORE THAN $48 MILLION TO DO THOSE STREET PROJECTS.
THIS IS THE NET DIFFERENCE IN IT GOING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.
THESE ARE FEE SUPPORTED DEBTS WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE YESTERDAY, WEDNESDAY, LIKE HOW YOU USED TO COSIGN FOR WATER, WASTEWATER FOR SOLID WASTE AND ALL THAT, BUT YOU NEVER PAID FOR IT OUT OF TAXES.
IT PAID OUT OF THEIR FEES. THOSE CHANGES. SOLID WASTE.
YEAR OVER YEAR IS DOWN A LITTLE. IT'S A COMBINATION OF TAX NOTES AND CEO'S ON THE TRANSFER STATIONS.
WATER WASTEWATER IS COMING DOWN. STORMWATER IS COMING DOWN.
AIRPORT IS COMING DOWN. CEMETERY IS COMING DOWN.
LUBBOCK POWER AND LIGHT INTERNAL SERVICES IS UP A LITTLE.
THAT IS LARGELY WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR AND THE PRIOR YEAR AS IT RELATES TO THE RADIO NETWORK PROJECT, ADDING THE THIRD TOWER AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
GATEWAY IS PAYING DOWN THE COMBINED OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
SO PRIMARILY THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR TWO. YEAH, TWO OF THE TIFFS SHORT VERSION.
YEAR OVER YEAR, THE TOTALITY OF THE CITY'S DEBT IS DOWN BY $28.5 MILLION.
EVEN AS YOU ARE PULLING MONEY TO DO THE TWO ROAD BOND APPROVED PROJECTS.
YEAR OVER YEAR, THE TOTALITY OF ALL THE DEBT THE CITY OF LUBBOCK CARRIES IS DOWN BY $28.5 MILLION.
THAT'S AFTER YOU HAVE BROUGHT MORE DEBT IN FOR YOUR VOTER APPROVED ROAD BONDS.
ARE YOU READY FOR BUDGETS NOW? ALL RIGHT. THIS IS JUST A NEW PAGE THAT WE PUT IN THIS YEAR.
YOU ALL CAN TELL ME IF WE LIKE IT OR NOT. WE TOOK THE FIVE DIVISIONS INSIDE THE GENERAL FUND, AND THIS IS THEIR BOTTOM LINE SUMMARY. SO ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES IS DOWN A LITTLE OVER 550,000.
CULTURE AND REC IS UP 108. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES UP 408.
PUBLIC WORKS DOWN 190. THAT'S AFTER WE'VE NETTED ALL THE SOLID WASTE STUFF OUT.
AND ALL THOSE OTHERS ARE IN THAT NUMBER. SHORT VERSION GENERAL FUNDS UP BY 2.8 MILLION.
3 MILLION OF WHAT YOU'RE UP IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
DOES THAT INCLUDE. IT DOES. YES, SIR. PUBLIC SAFETY.
PUBLIC SAFETY. POLICE. FIRE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
ANIMAL SERVICES. PUBLIC HEALTH IS NOT IN THAT CALCULATION.
IT'S STILL IN THE SAME PLACE IN THE BUDGET BOOK. IT'S NOT IN THAT CALCULATION.
OKAY. HERE'S YOUR GENERAL FUND OVERVIEW. I'LL GO FAST THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF THESE.
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WE'LL GET INTO THE ACTUAL OPERATING BUDGETS GENERAL FUND AT 2.92.8.LET ME SEE YOUR CHANGES. YOU SEE THE BIG ORANGE BLOCK? THE -29. PUBLIC WORKS AGAIN. THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE NETTING OUT SOLID WASTE.
FIRST OPERATING BUDGET. CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE LAST YEAR 2.8.
THIS YEAR 2.6. MR. WADE AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE.
TERMINAL PAY BEGINS AT THE FUND LEVEL INSTEAD OF INSIDE THE BUDGETS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES UP.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARE DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR REDUCED TRAINING AND TRAVEL.
SCHEDULED CHARGES ACTUALLY CAME DOWN IN THIS GROUP.
AND THAT'S HOW THE CHARGE IS DIVIDED OUT. CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET UP JUST VERY SLIGHTLY, PRIMARILY IN THE BENEFITS AND THE SUPPLIES. CITY SECRETARY'S BUDGET HAS BEEN DECREASED FROM 1.93 TO 1.85, LARGELY BECAUSE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND TRAINING.
SUGGESTED FEE CHANGES AND COURTNEY, REMIND ME, WERE THOSE REALLY NEGATIVE NUMBERS? YES. WE RECENTLY HAD A WRECKING JUNKYARD PERMIT, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO TRUE IT UP BECAUSE IT WAS PRORATED.
THANK YOU FACILITIES. BUDGET. 5.1 MILLION TO 4.9.
NOTICE THOUGH THERE'S AN INCREASE SPECIFICALLY IN THE COMPENSATION AND IN THE BENEFITS.
THAT'S THE RESULT OF OUR SUGGESTED ADDITION OF THE HVAC JOURNEYMAN.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT DOWN FROM 4.0 TO 3.9. THIS IS LARGELY JOE'S BUDGET.
MISS BROCK AND HER CREW'S BUDGET. HUMAN RESOURCES IS UP SLIGHTLY.
NON-DEPARTMENTAL. THIS IS THE BUDGET WHERE WE DO THINGS LIKE PAY FOR THE PORTS TO PLAINS MEMBERSHIP, AND YOU SEE THEM LINED OUT ON THE RIGHT OVER THERE. TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, SOUTH PLAINS ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT, THE ONE UNDERNEATH THAT PATIENT CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH INSTITUTE, WHAT'S CALLED PCORI.
THAT IS A FEE THAT YOU PAY BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE A HEALTH PLAN.
SO THAT ONE'S NON-NEGOTIABLE. WE HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE LOBBYIST IS HERE.
OUR ZACH TAX SUBSCRIPTION THAT GIVES JOE AND HIS TEAM SALES TAX DATA.
AND WE CHARGE THE SHORT TERM RENTAL SOFTWARE PROGRAM HERE.
ONE I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ON THE BOTTOM. AND THIS IS IN YOUR SCHEDULED CHARGES LINE ITEM.
REMEMBER THE WITH THE MOVE TO ERCOT, THE MOVE TO COMPETITION, ALL THOSE CHANGES, THE GENERAL FUND HAD TO START PICKING UP A PORTION OF THE COST OF JUST OUR STREET LIGHTS. I WANT TO CALL OUT L P AND L AND THANK THEM.
THAT IS STATISTICALLY FLAT REALLY. OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS IT'S GOING TO START GOING UP, BUT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD YOU AT BASICALLY THE 2.1 FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
ON THE 25 BUDGET, THE FIRST 2 MILLION YEAR BUDGET WENT UP WAS FOR STREET LIGHTS.
COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT UP SLIGHTLY HERE.
BUILDING SAFETY DOWN VERY SLIGHTLY. I WOULD NOTE THAT WE HAVE RECLASSIFIED SOME POSITIONS THAT THEY ASKED FOR FROM ONE TO ANOTHER THAT HAD A SLIGHT SAVINGS.
WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED IN HERE THE COST FOR IN EFFECT RECLASSIFYING A BUNCH OF OUR INSPECTORS.
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TWO TWO MAJOR CHANGES HERE. THE ADDITION OF ONE CODE INSPECTOR AND PUTTING BACK DOLLARS FOR THE DEMOLITION PROGRAM.REMEMBER WE HAD PULLED THAT DOWN TO GET A BUDGET TO BALANCE.
YOU DID A MIDYEAR SLIGHT INCREASE OF IT, AND I'M TRYING TO GET IT BACK UP TO WHERE THEY WORK.
STEWART AND HIS TEAM ARE DOING A GOOD JOB ON THAT.
PROPOSED FEE CHANGES HERE. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WEEDS IN THE FRONT, WEEDS IN THE BACK, TRASH IN THE ALLEYS, MOST OF THAT IS CONTRACTOR WORK. AND IF WE CAN'T GET THEM TO DO IT FOR THE AMOUNT WE'RE OFFERING, IT DOESN'T GET DONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MATCH MARKET ON THAT.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND VECTOR CONTROL 2.4 TO 2.42 COUNCIL REMINDER, WE DO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY ON THE VECTOR CONTROL PORTION OF THIS. SO THEY PROVIDE A CONTRACTUAL PAYMENT THAT NETS OUT.
CHANGES HERE. SOMETHING YOU MAY FIND INTERESTING IN YOUR BUDGET BOOK.
SO A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE. PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT. PROPOSED FEE CHANGES. SECOND PAGE OF THAT.
LIBRARY BUDGET FROM 4.2 TO 4.2, ABOUT A $70,000 DECREASE HERE.
A LITTLE OF THAT IS IN YOUR COMPENSATION LINE, A LITTLE IN THE SCHEDULED CHARGES.
FEE CHANGES HERE YOU'VE GOT THE NONRESIDENT LIBRARY CARD AND THE FEE FOR PROCTORING TESTS.
CULTURAL ARTS AND MUSEUMS. I DID APPROVE FOR INCLUSION IN THE BUDGET AN EXPANDED REQUEST TO INCREASE THE PART TIME PAY. WE HAVE A VERY SMALL STAFF. JACKIE AND HER TEAM DO A BUNCH, AND WE COULDN'T RUN THEM WITHOUT THE PART TIME EMPLOYEES.
SOME PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE FEES, AS YOU SEE HERE.
THE FIRST IS THE GARDEN AND ARTS CENTER. SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THREE YEARS AGO WHERE JUST GARDEN AND ARTS WAS ABOUT FOUR PAGES OF FEES, AND WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF A WHOLE BUNCH. SO WE DON'T CHARGE FOR THE DISHES ANYMORE.
I NOTICED IT ALWAYS AMUSED ME THAT WE WOULD CHARGE FOR A TABLE SEPARATE FROM THE TABLECLOTH, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE CHAIR TO SIT AT IT.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CLEANED UP AND FIXED.
MUSEUMS. PARKS AND RECREATION BUDGET FROM 15.1 TO 15.28. REMEMBER, WE'VE ADDED PEOPLE HERE TO HELP AS WELL AS COLBY AND HIS CREW WERE ABLE TO OFFSET WITH SOME POSITIONS. SO WE'VE KIND OF TRADED BACK AND FORTH.
SHORT VERSION. HIS FIELD CREWS WILL HAVE MORE HELP THAN THEY'VE PROBABLY HAD IN ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
THEY JUST TOTALLY WENT AWAY. IS THAT BECAUSE NOBODY WAS USING THEM OR NO SPONSORSHIPS? NOBODY WAS USING THE SPONSORSHIPS. NOT NOT THESE.
OKAY. SAFETY CITY IS STILL BEING USED. YEAH. BUT I MEAN, NOBODY WAS DOING A SPONSOR, I GUESS SIGNAGE OR SOMETHING OUT THERE. OKAY.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 1.08 DOWN TO 802. LARGEST CHANGE THERE IS IN THE CAPITAL OUTLAY
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AND REIMBURSEMENTS. STREET DEPARTMENT 5.97 TO 4.10. COUNCILMAN.CAN WE GO BACK TO ENGINEERING REAL QUICK? THAT WAS A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE ON THE CAPITAL OUTLAY, AND I WAS CURIOUS WHY THE DECREASE WAS SO SUBSTANTIAL THIS YEAR.
YES, SIR. SO. YOU ARE. OKAY. SO YEAH IT'S A CHANCE FOR FOR TO THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. AND PLEASE INTERRUPT AS I'LL PROBABLY FLIP FASTER AS WE GO, SO MAKE ME STOP. STREET DEPARTMENT 5.97 TO 4.1. A BIG PART OF THAT IS THAT ALLEY MAINTENANCE COSTS, WHICH AGAIN, THIS IS WHO DOES IT.
THE EXPENSE IS SOLID WASTE. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT DOWN VERY SLIGHTLY. ANIMAL SERVICES 3.97 TO 4.42. AND REMEMBER THAT WE'RE ADDING FOUR PERSONNEL HERE TO WHICH CAME WITH AN ASSOCIATED VEHICLE.
THE VEHICLE COST IS NOT IN THIS BUDGET. IT'S IN THE CAPITAL SIDE.
AND I'M PERSONALLY A BIG FAN WITH CERTIFICATION PAY AS AN EMPLOYEE WANTS TO GET TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND LICENSES AND BE BETTER. I WANT TO PAY THEM FOR DOING THAT.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT DANGEROUS ANIMALS AND ALL THAT. IS THERE A REASON THAT WENT AWAY? IS THAT MR. GREEN MAYOR, CAN WE CALL MR. GREEN? IS IT BECAUSE OF A STATE REGULATION OR SOMETHING, OR THAT ONE'S ACTUALLY DEALING WITH, LIKE, DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS? OH, THIS IS LIONS AND TIGERS.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY OF THOSE SINCE. NOT DANGEROUS DOGS.
NOT DANGEROUS DOGS. DANGEROUS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS AROUND HERE. THE. NO, THE POSSUMS ARE NOT DANGEROUS, NOT UNDERSTOOD, NOT UNDERSTOOD.
I REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION. NOW, WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A LICENSE TO HAVE LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS.
THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS OKAY. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WE'VE ADDED ONE ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST.
ONE OF THE OUTCOMES FROM THE TRAGEDY OF JULY A YEAR AGO.
IT'S NOT READY TO COME TO Y'ALL YET, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A CONTRACT BETWEEN A PROPOSED CONTRACT BETWEEN OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SOUTH PLAINS ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE HELP TO SMALLER CITIES FOR A FEE. WE'RE GOING TO START THAT SMALL AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
BUT JUST THINGS AS SIMPLE AS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
TRAINING FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS TRIPLED FOR WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NOW VERSUS WHAT WE WERE DOING.
LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE TOP LINE COMPENSATION INCREASED DUE TO STEPS.
IT'S IN THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT. IF MEET AND CONFER ULTIMATELY DOESN'T HAPPEN.
MUNICIPAL COURT. MR. GREEN, ON THE MEETING CONFER THAT BUDGET ITEM WOULD BE 3 MILLION. 3.1 MILLION HIGHER.
IF MEETING CONFERS CONFIRMED, BUT A MILLION OF WHAT'S IN THIS BUDGET IS IN THE 3.1 NUMBER, RIGHT? I'M SORRY. THAT'S NOT NOT RIGHT. 450,000 OF ROUGHLY 450,000 IS THE STEP PAY JUST FOR FIRE.
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JUST OKAY. IT'S IN THE 3.1. WE WILL WE WILL NOT DOUBLE COUNT IT AT THE END.RIGHT. SO YOU TAKE THE 450,000 OUT OF THIS 77.4 AND THEN ADD IN THE 3.1.
CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YOU'LL YOU'LL ALSO SEE A YEAH, THE CHANGES WILL ALL COME OUT OF THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS LINE AND THE TRAINING LINE FOR THAT FOR WHAT'S IN THE MEET AND CONFER.
OKAY. YEAH. GOOD. OKAY. MUNICIPAL COURT.
PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE WE EVER STARTED, BUT COUNCIL, I HOPE YOU'LL NOTICE HOW MANY OF THESE BUDGETS WERE HELD VERY, VERY CLOSELY. THE ENTIRETY OF OUR CREW REALLY, AGAIN GAVE US STUFF TO WORK WITH THAT WAS VERY REALISTIC.
POLICE BUDGET. AGAIN WE ARE ADDING THE FIVE IN HERE.
STEPS ARE IN THIS, BUT IF THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT THE SAME THING, THEIR STEPS ARE ABOUT 550.
OKAY. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
ALL RIGHT. FOR THE NEW YEAR. 92,000 TO THE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
THOSE ARE THREE ONGOING CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT BELONG TO THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
INTERESTING PIECE OF TRIVIA. MARK AND HIS TEAM TAKE CARE OF 3.64 4,000,000FT² OF BUILDINGS.
A LOT OF BUILDINGS. LAST LINE ON THERE IS THE EMPLOYEE EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO I'M SUGGESTING 275,000 FOR IT. THIS ONE WILL FIX ITSELF NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE FISCAL YEAR AND EVERY OTHER YEAR DOESN'T LINE UP.
BUT ONCE YOU GET THIS ROLLING, IT'LL DO. WE WILL LEAVE IT IN A CAPITAL PROJECT SO THAT EACH YEAR WHEN I COME BACK TO YOU, YOU CAN SEE WAS IT ALL SPENT? WHAT WAS LEFT? IF IT WAS LEFT, ARE WE GOING TO ROLL IT OVER? WE FUNDED IT WITH ARPA FOR NEARLY SIX YEARS. SO AND YOU HAVE A NUMBER, A LARGE NUMBER OF CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE GOTTEN SOME LEVEL OF FORMAL EDUCATION THAT DON'T THINK THEY WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE HAD.
MAYOR PRO TEM MR. ATKINSON, WHAT HAVE WE SPENT YEAR TO DATE ON THIS PROGRAM? LIKE JUST THIS YEAR, YEAR TO DATE? IT HAD 250,000, I BELIEVE BUDGETED.
THAT STARTED LAST OCTOBER THE 1ST. AND IT RAN OUT.
MAY. MAY, MAY OR JUNE. SO THE MONEY. WE CAME BACK AND ASKED THE COUNCIL TO TAKE OUT OF RESERVES WAS TO CARRY US THROUGH THE SUMMER AND THE FIRST PART OF THE FALL SEMESTER.
DO YOU THINK THAT TOTAL WILL BE UNDER 275? SO DO YOU THINK THE TOTAL WITH THE EXTRA WE ROLLED IN WILL BE UNDER 275 FOR THIS YEAR? I THINK WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE OF THE 275 LEFT BECAUSE IT'S FIRST DOLLAR.
WE'LL SPEND ALL THE ARPA DOLLARS OUT ON THE FALL SEMESTER STUFF.
OKAY. IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON WE HAVE THAT UNDER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS? IF WE LEAVE IT AS A CAPITAL PROJECT, THOSE DOLLARS WILL STAND OUT THERE AND ALL THE ACCOUNTING STANDS ON ITS OWN.
OKAY, THE BUCKET BACK TO THE BUCKET. OKAY. VERY GOOD.
YEAH. JUST TO MAKE A NUMBER UP. IF IF THIS UNDERPINS BY 100,000, I WOULDN'T COME BACK AND ASK FOR 275 IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR BECAUSE I STILL HAVE 100 IN THERE. IF I PUT IT IN OPERATING BUDGET, WE CAN DO THAT.
IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT, AND WE TRY NOT TO CARRY OVER OPERATING BUDGETS FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
IF THEY'RE NOT USED, WE PUT IT IN THE BUCKETS.
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OKAY. CULTURE AND RECREATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 231,000 FOR AMENITY REPLACEMENTS FOR PARK.SIDE NOTE MR. HOWERTON AND MISS MURPHY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE POTENTIAL OF USING SOME CDBG DOLLARS TO SUPPORT PARK AMENITIES OVER THE NEXT YEAR. I'M NOT READY TO PUT IT OUT TO YOU, BUT JUST KNOW THIS IS GENERAL FUND CASH.
THERE MAY BE A WAY TO DO MORE WITHOUT HAVING TO PUT IT ON A TAX RATE OR SOMETHING SIMILAR.
MUNICIPAL MUSEUM IMPROVEMENTS 70,000. LAKE SIX FOUNTAIN INLET HAS BEEN THAT ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN PROJECT GOT CAUGHT UP IN OUR FREEZE PROGRAM. WE'RE ADDING SOME DOLLARS TO THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT DONE OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN PARK FACILITY DEMOLITION. AND THIS IS THE LAST OF THE POOLS.
MAYOR. MR.. MR.. ATKINSON, CAN YOU GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL ON THE AMENITY REPLACEMENT PROGRAM? WHAT TYPE OF AMENITIES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? THESE ARE GOING TO BE BENCHES, COVERS, TRASH CANS, THINGS LIKE THAT. EVERYDAY STUFF.
RIGHT. AND I DO BELIEVE BETWEEN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO CARRY OVER IN A CAPITAL PROJECT FROM THIS YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO GET AT LEAST ONE OF THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE NEED.
OKAY. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE PARK FACILITY DEMOLITION PIECE GOES, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT THERE AS WELL? THE POOL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. HAVE WE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW RESTROOMS AND PARKS, OR DO WE HAVE ANY MORE OF THOSE ON THE ARPA FUNDED RESTROOMS? YES, THEY'RE DONE COMPLETELY. OKAY. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TOTAL, BUT I THINK SOMETHING APPROXIMATING 14 MILLION IN ARPA DOLLARS WAS SPENT TO IMPROVE YOUR PARKS, WALKING TRAILS, RESTROOMS THE CATTAIL PROGRAM, ALL OF THAT. COUNCILWOMAN MARTINEZ GARCIA THEY'RE GOING TO GET REDONE. IS THAT BUTLER PARK BUTLER? YES. HOW ABOUT IS IT JUST ONE PARK THAT WE'RE DOING? WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE OTHER ONE. THAT IS EQUALLY JUST ONE.
OKAY, SURE. WE'LL GET CALLS ON THE OTHER ONE.
PUBLIC SAFETY CAPITAL 51,000 TO THE OUTDOOR WARNING SYSTEM.
WE DON'T PUT THAT MONEY IN EACH AND EVERY YEAR, BUT ALMOST EVERY YEAR.
THAT'S. EXCUSE ME. THE NEXT ITEM. PURCHASE INSTALLATION AND TRAINING OF SPECIALIZED CAMERA SYSTEM.
THAT IS A BIG FANCY WORD FOR THE POLICE AXON CONTRACT.
SO THAT IS YOUR BODY CAMS YOUR IN-CAR THE EVIDENCE SYSTEM AND I BELIEVE THE TASERS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF IT.
THERE'S NOT THERE'S NOT AS MUCH COMPETITION IN THIS ARENA AS THERE USED TO BE.
A LOT OF IT'S GETTING PULLED TOGETHER. THE AXON SYSTEM IS A TREMENDOUS SYSTEM.
IT WORKS VERY, VERY WELL. IT'S A HIGH LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT'S THE SHORT VERSION OF HOW THAT WORKS. SO 2.7 THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE NEXT YEAR'S NUMBERS 2.9.
AND JUST TO BE SURE, THESE ARE NOT FLOCK CAMERAS.
THESE ARE NOT THE FLOCK CAMERAS. NO, SIR. ANOTHER ROUND OF ELECTRONIC TICKET WRITERS, I BELIEVE THIS THIS PARTICULAR SET IS FOR THE MOTOR UNIT.
I HOPE YOU ALL SAW THE FACEBOOK PAGE ON THE MOST RECENT AWARD THEY HANDED OUT TO A MOTORCYCLE RIDER THE OTHER DAY, 143 MILES AN HOUR ON LOOP 88 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
THIS IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE BUNKER GEAR.
REMEMBER, WE SET THAT UP TO GET THE NEW STUFF ON A ROTATIONAL REPLACEMENT.
COME ON DOWN FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE FIRE HOSE REPLACEMENT REMODEL OF FIRE STATION 11, WHICH IS THE STATION AT THE AIRPORT, AND EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, APPLIANCES FOR THE NEW FIRE VEHICLES,
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BODY WORN CAMERAS FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.TOTAL OF 4,052,000. THAT IS ALL CASH. THAT'S FOR YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
STREETS UPLAND 50TH TO 66TH COUNCIL. IF YOU LOOK KIND OF ON THE END OF THOSE WRITTEN DESCRIPTORS, ANYTHING THAT HAS A B LIKE 22 B, IN A MINUTE YOU'LL SEE 24 B, THOSE ARE YOUR BOND PROJECTS.
SO UPLAND 50TH TO 66TH. STREET MAINTENANCE. HERE'S THE 14.5 FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
LAST PIECE OF BROADWAY 146 UNIVERSITY TO P.
50,000 FOR THE ONGOING ADA RAMP PROGRAM. AND THERE'S YOUR 6 MILLION AS A TAX NOTE FOR THE CERTIFICATION TRACK. THE DRIVING TRACK.
TRAFFIC. WE'RE CONTINUING THE PROGRAM TO PUT BACKUP POWER AT ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
CONTINUING OUR FIBER OPTIC EXPANSION. WE NEED ANOTHER 50,000 TO FINISH THE RENOVATIONS OUT AT TRAFFIC OPERATIONS FACILITY AND THE 75,000 FOR ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS.
THAT'S A REQUIREMENT. WE HAVE TO DO THAT. AND THEN FINALLY ANNUAL APPROPRIATION TOWARDS THE ONGOING ADDITION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS, ALL IN THE GENERAL FUND IS $52.6 MILLION OF CAPITAL.
20.1 OF THAT IS NEW CASH. 140 IS CASH WHERE WE'VE AGAIN CLEANED OUT OLD PROJECTS, 6 MILLION IN TAX NOTES AND 26.3 IN GEO BONDS. ALL OF THOSE GEO BOND PROJECTS ARE YOUR STREET BOND PROJECTS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE GOT TO THE LAST PAGE. ANY QUESTIONS? WE WILL PROVIDE COUNCIL WITH A PROPOSAL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON TUESDAY FOR THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE.
I'VE BEEN GIVEN SOME NOTES DURING THE BREAK. I'LL WORK ON THOSE WAYS OF DEMONSTRATING THIS AS WELL.
WE'LL HAVE THOSE FOR YOU AT THE LATEST BY TUESDAY.
MR. GREEN HAD ASKED US A QUESTION ON HOW TO COMPARE INSIDE OF PUBLIC WORKS.
SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE PRIOR YEAR'S BUDGET AND WORK THAT OUT AND GET THAT TO YOU.
AND THEN COUNCIL'S DECISION ON THE MONDAY WORKSHOP.
ALL RIGHT. ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CAN'T BELIEVE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE DONE FOR TODAY, RIGHT.
ARE YOU COMING BACK ON MONDAY? DO WE NEED TO? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. YOU ALSO HAVE THIS ON YOUR WORK SESSION TUESDAY.
I AND MYSELF, JOE. THAT'S THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
VERY IF OVER THE WEEKEND YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO AND YOU GO THROUGH IT AND YOU WANT TO COME BACK ON MONDAY TO ADDRESS ANYTHING FURTHER UP, THAT MIGHT NOT BE BAD. I DON'T I MEAN, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PRESSURED OR DON'T HAVE AN ABILITY TO ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE QUESTIONS DON'T COME TO YOU AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IT AS QUICKLY AS WE WENT THROUGH THEM TODAY.
SO I WOULD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME BACK FOR A TIME ON MONDAY TO FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS? MAYOR COMMENTS COULD ALSO OFFER. WE WE REMAIN ALL THAT TIME'S BLOCKED OFF.
OKAY. ABOUT ANYTHING THAT QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, BECAUSE I'M SURE QUESTIONS WILL COME UP.
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ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WON'T MEET AGAIN AS A COUNCIL ON MONDAY.TUESDAY AT 11.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.