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WELL, WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR STUDY SESSION.THIS EVENING, THIS WILL BE OR WORK SESSION.
THIS WILL BE THE KICKOFF OF OUR, OUR 20 2122 BUDGET.
THAT WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS.
NOW I DO WANT TO THANK I, I SAW, UH, THAT'S A MEMBER, ALEKS, ODIE HARRIS, AND NOW COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT CHRISTIE AND ELLIS.
LET ME SEE WHERE HE WENT, BUT I SAW HIM A MINUTE AGO.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, ALSO JOINING US AND WE'LL CERTAINLY WANT TO GET YOUR INPUT, UH, IN ALL OF THIS PROCESS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT EARLY ON THAT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE WITH OUR, OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND TURN THIS
[1. Presentation for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 Budget Kickoff]
OVER TO CITY MANAGER.THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT BUDGET OF THE FUTURE'S INSIDE AND THE THEME I'M STILL LOOKING FOR THAT FUTURE AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, AFTER THE YEAR WE'VE HAD, UM, BUT DEFINITELY IT HAS BEEN AN EXCEPTIONAL YEAR AND, UH, JUST WANT TO TAKE A, UH, SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE WORKED SO HARD THIS YEAR, UM, WITH ALL KINDS OF ISSUES GOING ON IN OUR WORLD, BOTH AT HOME AND AT WORK, UM, WANT TO, UH, UM, START OUR BUDGET KICKOFF, UM, FOR 2122, CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE ALREADY THERE.
UM, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS BUDGET KICKOFF TODAY.
UM, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'LL BE BACK.
AND WE HAVE A SCHEDULE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, FOR THE, THE TYPICAL SERIES OF BUDGET WORKSHOPS, ET CETERA.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I, WE ARE GOING TO DO SOME TAG TEAMING OVER HERE.
SO DAWN IS GOING TO KICK IT OFF FOR US.
WELL, DO YOU ALL SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN OR NOT YET? OKAY.
SO LET ME TAKE US BACK TO THIS SLIDE HERE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN PUBLIC THAT MAY BE TUNED INTO HERE.
THE FYI 20 2122 BUDGET KICKOFF DISCUSSION.
I AM DON LENGTHS, CITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES, DIRECTOR, AND CFO.
TONIGHT WE WILL BE, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE FISCAL FOUNDATIONS THAT WE RELY ON TO ENSURE SOUND FINANCIAL PRACTICES AND TO ENSURE OUR BUDGET MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR CAMERA'S CITIZENS.
THEN OUR CITY MANAGER, MARCIA REED, WE'LL DISCUSS SIGNIFICANT BUDGETARY CHALLENGES AND ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE TACKLED IN FYI 20 2122.
NEXT, UH, MATT DUNBAR, OUR CITY BUDGET MANAGER WILL DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2122 CITIZEN BUDGET SURVEY RESULTS.
WE WILL THEN HAVE AN UPDATE ON AC CARES AND ASK SOME BUDGET QUESTIONS TO HELP HOPEFULLY PROVIDE DIRECTION WHEN PREPARING THE NEW YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND THEN FINALLY MATT WILL DISCUSS COMMUNITY CAPITAL NEEDS AND WANTS AND BOND AUTHORIZATION AND END WITH KEY BUDGET DATES.
SO LET'S GET STARTED, NO CHEER.
WE LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY WHAT OUR COMMUNITY'S EXPERIENCING, AND WE TRY TO DEFINE A THEME FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER, AND WE COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH IT WITHOUT TEAM CHANDLER COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING TOGETHER.
THEREFORE, AS WE PREPARE FOR THE NEW BUDGET YEAR, THAT BEGINS JULY 1ST, 2021.
OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER.
WE THOUGHT OF ANOTHER THEME, UM, CALLED CHANDLER UNMASKED, BUT WE FIGURED THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE PREMATURE.
SO WE ENDED UP WITH THIS ONE, WHICH I THINK IS MUCH MORE TIMELY.
SO WITH THE CONTINUED TRADITION OF TRANSPARENCY, STRONG FINANCIAL POLICIES, CONTINUED EFFICIENCIES, FUNDING, ESSENTIAL SERVICES, AND A FOCUS ON MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE VISION SET BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF BEING A WORLD-CLASS CITY THAT PROVIDES AN EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE.
STRATEGIC POLICY GOALS CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE VISION OF ITS LEADERS.
THEY MAINTAIN FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AND PROVIDE GREAT VALUE TO OUR CITIZENS WITH CONSERVATIVE PLANNING AND FORWARD-THINKING OUR COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC GOALS OF BEING THE MOST CONNECTED CITY.
BEING A LEADER INTEREST IN TRANSPARENCY, MAINTAINING FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, ATTRACTING A RANGE OF PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESSES, FOSTERING A CONTEMPORARY CULTURE THAT EMBRACES UNITY AND BEING SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL
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AS WELL AS OUR FOCUS AREAS IN FILL IN DEVELOPMENT INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, MOBILITY NEIGHBORHOODS AND QUALITY OF LIFE CONTINUE TO BE A FISCAL FOUNDATION IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS.EACH SERVICE WE PROVIDE OR CAPITAL PROJECT THAT IS INITIATED OR PLANNED IS LINKED TO A GOAL AND FOCUS AREA, WHICH ALLOWS US TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE VISION SET BY OUR CITY LEADERS.
ANOTHER FISCAL FOUNDATION THAT MOVES US FORWARD OUR MARIN COUNCIL, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UM, PROGRAM GUIDELINES.
WE HAVE PREPARED OUR TENURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN UNDER THESE GUIDELINES FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
THE PLAN WOULD BE TO CONTINUE THESE FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 2122.
NEXT, THE CITY OF CHANDLER DEVELOPED STRONG FINANCIAL POLICIES MANY YEARS AGO THAT HADN'T BEEN IN CONTINUE TO BE THE HIGH STANDARD SET FOR STEWARDSHIP OVER CHANDLER'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
THEY ARE ALSO A GUIDE FOR SOUND, FISCAL PLANNING AND BUDGETING WHILE MAINTAINING FISCAL INTEGRITY.
EACH YEAR, THE FINANCIAL POLICIES ARE REVIEWED AND ADOPTED AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
A THOROUGH REVIEW AND UPDATE TOOK PLACE IN 2015 AND EIGHT WERE ADOPTED IN JANUARY OF 2016 BY MARIN COUNCIL.
SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN TWO UPDATES TO THE RESERVE POLICY AND THE PENSION FUNDING POLICY WAS ADDED IN 2019 AND UPDATED EACH YEAR SINCE THE UPDATES TO THE CITY FINANCIAL POLICIES CONTINUE TO INSTITUTIONALIZE STRONG FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES CLARIFIED THE STRATEGIC INTENT FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND DEFINED BOUNDARIES.
MANAGE RISK TO FINANCIAL CONDITIONS, SUPPORT GOOD BOND RATINGS TO MINIMIZE BORROWING COSTS AND COMPLY WITH ESTABLISHED PUBLIC MANAGEMENT BEST.
IT SAYS THE CITY SOUND PRACTICES SUPPORT OUR FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, MAINTAINING A TRIPLE A BOND RATING FROM MOODY'S FITCH AND SMP RATING AGENCIES CONTINUES TO BE A FOCUS AND OF COURSE, ADHERING TO ALL FINANCIAL FISCAL POLICIES THAT WILL CONTINUE IN 2021, 22 BEING STRUCTURALLY BALANCED IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FOCUS USING ONGOING REVENUES TO SUPPORT ONGOING EXPENDITURES AND ONE TIME REVENUES TO SUPPORT ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, MAINTAINING STRONG RESERVES.
UM, THE CITY HAS HELD A 15% GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY RESERVE THAT IS APPROPRIATED THAT, UH, ONLY THE CITY COUNCIL CAN APPROVE DRAWING FROM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
UH, THAT RESERVE WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING IT CONTINUE INTO THE NEW YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO WE'VE HAD A BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE THAT HAS CHANGED THE DOLLAR AMOUNT SLIGHTLY.
UM, BUT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN AT, OR ACTUALLY TWO YEARS HAS BEEN AT A $10 MILLION MINIMUM.
AND THAT, THAT IS ACTUALLY RESERVED.
THAT IS UNAPPROPRIATED, BUT REMAINS IN OUR INVESTMENTS.
SHOULD REVENUES NOT COME IN AS PLANNED OR THERE BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A PANDEMIC OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW FROM THOSE FUNDS AND MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN.
AND THEN FINALLY MANAGING EXPENDITURE GROWTH AND MAINTAINING EXISTING SERVICES, WHICH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO AS A TEAM SUCCESSFULLY DURING THE CURRENT YEAR.
AND THEN JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE THE CURRENT YEAR 2021, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES ENTERING INTO THE YEAR, UH, AND THERE WERE BUDGET SOLUTIONS PROPOSED.
THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF THOSE.
AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THESE AREAS AS WELL AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT, UH, THE COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO REDUCE THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FROM 1.1 TO EIGHT, ONE TO 1.1, TWO ZERO ONE PER 100 OF ASSESSED VALUE, NO WATER WASTEWATER OR RECLAIMED OR SOLID WASTE RATE CHANGES OCCURRED.
ALTHOUGH WE DID KICK OFF THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WERE MAINTAINED.
UM, SERVICE LEVELS WERE MAINTAINED EVEN WITH THE REDUCED REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BUDGET DURING COVID-19, WE'VE ADDED INCREASED CIP FUNDING TO MAINTAIN AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS FINISHING PLAN PARKS AND ARTERIAL STREETS THAT ARE THE FINAL PARTS, PARKS AND STREETS ARE IN OUR TENURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO ADDRESS THE PENSION DEBT THROUGH ADDITIONAL ONE-TIME FUNDING TOWARDS PAY DOWN OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL, RETIREMENT SYSTEM LIABILITY.
A COUPLE OF SLIDES, JUST GIVE AN IDEA OF HOW THE BUDGET CHANGED, THE PERCENTAGE THAT THE BUDGET CHANGED, UM,
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IN THE TEN-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.SO LOOKING AT THE CATEGORIES OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND STREETS, WE HAD ALREADY DONE QUITE AN INCREASE THE YEAR BEFORE.
SO IT WENT UP EVER SO SLIGHTLY AGAIN, PARKS WENT UP ABOUT 8% MORE AIRPORT, ABOUT 41%, UM, FACILITIES.
UH, WE INCREASED THE, THE AMOUNT BUDGETED TOWARD FACILITIES ABOUT 23% OVER THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD.
UTILITIES HAD A BIG FOCUS IN UTILITIES THIS PAST YEAR WHEN WE UPDATED THE TEN-YEAR PLAN, WENT UP 42% AND FINALLY PUBLIC SAFETY, 96, 3%.
WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO MARCIA AT THIS POINT.
UM, WANTED TO TALK A MINUTE ABOUT PERSONNEL AND THE ORGANIZATION, UM, AS, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES ARE OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE, THEIR MO OUR MOST EXPENSIVE RESOURCE IN THE CITY.
AND, UH, DEFINITELY WANT TO, UH, UM, SPEND JUST A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
UM, RIGHT NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE CHART, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POPULATION OF OUR CITY, WHICH IS JUST ONE THING TO LOOK AT, UM, WE HAVE ACTUALLY GONE DOWN IN TERMS OF STAFFING PER A THOUSAND POPULATION.
YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER THAT, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR TOWN NEXT DOOR, WE ARE THE LOWEST IN TERMS OF POPULATION, UH, PER, UH, OUR EMPLOYEES PER THOUSAND IN POPULATION.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE A LOT MORE PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES WE RUN, UM, OUTSIDE OF WHAT, UH, THE TOWN OF GILBERT HAS.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, WE SET RIGHT NOW WITH ABOUT 1,694, UH, FTES ON STAFF.
UM, 61 OF THOSE POSITIONS WERE ADDED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
25 OF THOSE WERE TO, UH, UM, HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR NEW FACILITIES, SUCH AS FIRE STATION 11, WHERE WE ADDED 18 FIREFIGHTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, PART OF THE GROWTH OF THE CITY.
SO, UH, A LOT OF, UH, THE REST OF THE REMAINDER OF THAT WAS ADDED IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT THIS CURRENT YEAR, WE DID NOT REALLY ADD ANY STAFF, ALTHOUGH WE DID CONVERT, UM, ONE STAFF PERSON TO A FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND, UH, AN SRO.
SO WITH THAT, UM, THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AFTER THE REDUCTIONS AND THE ROLLBACK OF THE $30 MILLION, UM, BETWEEN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR AND THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET.
UM, TYPICALLY YOU WILL SEE AS THE POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW AND THERE, UH, BECOMES, UH, THINGS NECESSARY TO SERVE THAT POPULATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME LOOK AT STAFFING.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT FROM THE EMPLOYEE STANDPOINT, I HEAR EVERY A DAY ALMOST, UM, ABOUT THIS BEING OUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE, UM, BETWEEN HAVING HELD POSITIONS THIS YEAR, UM, WHICH ARE NOW BEING, UH, CUT LOOSE, HAD BEEN FOR A WHILE.
SO WE'VE HAD POSTINGS OUT THERE, BUT WE'VE, UH, EXCEEDED OVER A HUNDRED VACANCIES IN, UH, FOR, UH, MANY MONTHS NOW AND STILL EVEN WITH THE HIRING, WE'RE STILL EXCEEDING THAT.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, THE FACT THAT ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE STILL WORKING AND WORKING FROM HOME, AND THEY'VE DONE EXCEPTIONAL THINGS THIS YEAR, UH, JUST A REMINDER TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT WE DID NOT PURSUE A MARKET ADJUSTMENT FOR EMPLOYEES, ALTHOUGH YOU DID APPROVE A 3% MERIT FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
SO, UH, EVERYONE COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDS THAT.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT AS WE GET INTO THE NEXT BUDGET SEASON, IN TERMS OF OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES.
I WILL TELL YOU IN THE EARLY BUDGET, LOOK, WE'VE GOT A REQUEST FOR 21 POSITIONS.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THIS YET.
UH, DON GAVE ME THAT INFORMATION AND ACTUALLY JUST THIS AFTERNOON, UH, WE ARE ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE CONTRACTS.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, UM, ABOUT THE NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE IN OUR CITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON THE, ON THE BACK BURNER, EVEN AT SOFT FORD, IN ORDER TO STAFF ANOTHER AMBULANCE, WE WILL NEED THREE FTES OF PARAMEDICS, UH, IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
SO THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOME DISCUSSION AROUND THAT AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND THEN ALSO JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS IN THE CITY AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY AS YOU KNOW, UM, ALWAYS, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, DON, MATT AND THEIR TEAMS, WE REALLY LOOK AT THESE HARD AND, UH, DON'T LOOK TO PROPOSE ANYTHING.
THEY DON'T FEEL ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE SERVICES THAT YOU ALL LOOK TO US TO PROVIDE.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO GIVE YOU A OUTLOOK IN TERMS OF, UH, THESE RESOURCES AND WHERE OUR ARE TODAY AND THOSE THAT ARE RETIREMENT ELIGIBLE AND COMING UP.
SO WITH THIS 1,710 POSITIONS, UM, IF YOU'LL NOTICE THEY'RE BELOW
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THAT 68% OF THOSE ARE IN ASR S OR ARE GENERAL EMPLOYEES 32%, OR ROUGHLY A THIRD OF THE ORGANIZATION IS PUBLIC SAFETY SWARM.UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, TODAY 112 VACANCIES.
UM, AND SO WE ARE WORKING TO GET THOSE FILLED.
MANY OF THOSE ARE IN PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT THERE ARE A HOST OF THOSE THAT WERE BEING HELD THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, WE'RE WATCHING THE BUDGET AND GRADUALLY, YEAH, TRICKLING THOSE OUT FOR POSTINGS, UM, THERE OF THOSE 112, A HUNDRED, AND TWO OF THOSE ARE GENERAL EMPLOYEES, AND I WOULD 10 AND PUBLIC SAFETY, RETIREMENT ELIGIBLE 278 WILL BE RETIREMENT ELIGIBLE.
IS THAT THE FIRST OF 2021? IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, UM, THAT'S ABOUT 16% OF THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY DOWN FROM WHERE WE WERE AT ABOUT 23% THAT WERE RETIREMENT ELIGIBLE PROBABLY ABOUT THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO.
SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RETIREMENTS IN THE ORGANIZATION, BUT STILL WE HAVE A LOT LEFT THAT WE KNOW CAN RETIRE.
THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT, UM, IN THE UPCOMING YEARS AS PART OF THIS BUDGET, AS YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT AT LEAST FIVE YEARS, UM, ON THE, UH, THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY SWARM THAT ARE IN DROP.
AND SO OF THE 42% OF ELIGIBLE POLICE AND FIRE SWORN THAT ARE, UH, THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN DROP AT THE 55%, I APOLOGIZE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.
SO IF YOU LOOK THERE, ESPECIALLY IN FISCAL YEAR, STARTING IN, UH, THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN 23, 24 AND 24, 25, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES OF PEOPLE WE KNOW WILL BE LEAVING THE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THEY ARE IN DROPPED.
AND WE'VE GOT TO START PLANNING EARLY AS YOU KNOW, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS, ESPECIALLY IN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET OFFICERS IN AND TRAINED AND UP AND READY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC, UM, FIRE THE SAME WAY, ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T HAD THE, THE HIRING ISSUES AND FIRE THAT WE'VE SEEN IN POLICE.
SO, UM, WE'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT.
WE USE OUR PUBLIC PSYCHE RESERVE HAVE HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW TO TRY TO DO EARLY HIRES FOR THOSE THAT WE KNOW ARE COMING UP IN DROP, BUT WITH THESE ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MORE TO COME AS WE GET INTO THE BUDGET SEASON CHALLENGES AND ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS, I WILL TELL YOU THIS LIST, IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR.
IF YOU GO BACK AND PUT, PULL OUT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET KICKOFF, I HAVEN'T, THE SLIDE HASN'T CHANGED A LOT.
SO, UM, FOR PERSONNEL AND STAFFING, AS I MENTIONED, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY RETIREMENT, BUT THIS IS THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY.
I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, ALEKS WILL BECOME FAMILIAR WITH, UM, AND SO WE'LL BE HAVING A BUDGET WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE FOR THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL ACROSS THE STATE TO MAKE THAT RETIREMENT SYSTEM SOLVENT AND KEEP IT THAT WAY FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES, UH, PTSD, CANCER INSURANCE LEGISLATION, UH, SOME OF THESE THINGS WERE MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.
UH, LAST YEAR, I KNOW WE HAD THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, YOU ALL ATTENDED, UM, BUT THESE THINGS WILL AGAIN, BE OUT THERE AND HOW THESE IMPACT OUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM, UH, WILL ALSO, UH, PLAY A PART IN PUTTING TOGETHER NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, PUBLIC SAFETY OVER TIME.
UM, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE BETWEEN, UH, UH, COVID AND ESPECIALLY THE PROTESTS WE SAW EARLY IN THE YEAR, UH, OR EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAVE REALLY SPENT A LOT IN PUBLIC SAFETY OVER TIME.
UM, WE HAVE HAD A, UH, IT'S TYPICAL THAT WE PAY A LOT IN OVERTIME BECAUSE THE STAFF THAT, UH, WE LOOK AT THAT EVERY YEAR IN BRINGING ON FTES VERSUS PAYING OVERTIME IN ANY OTHER WAY, WE CAN GET THESE THINGS COVERED, BUT NONETHELESS OVER TIME HAS BEEN AN ISSUE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS, UM, RETIREMENT AND VACANCY IMPACTS OF ALREADY SPOKE TO THAT, AND THEN MINIMUM WAGE, UH, CHANGES AND COMPRESSION.
SO, UM, DON AND TEAM ALREADY LOOKED, IT LOOKS LIKE MINIMUM WAGE MAY GO UP 15 CENTS THIS NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS ALL MUCH BETTER THAN THE DOLLARS THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO I'M PROBABLY NOT AS MUCH OF AN EFFECT ON OUR BUDGET AS WE'VE SEEN THE LAST TWO YEARS, BUT STILL JUST KNOW THAT THAT IS OUT THERE AND IT WILL GO UP, UM, BASED ON CPI IN THE FUTURE IN TECHNOLOGY.
UM, THIS YEAR HAS BEEN REMARKABLE IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY SANDEEP'S IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT I HAD SOFT TO OUR IT TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE TO HELP GET THROUGH.
COVID YOU ALL GOT TO USE OUR VIRTUAL OR NEW EQUIPMENT THIS MORNING AT THE LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST.
UM, ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, BUT SECURITY, UM, IS AN ISSUE WITH OUR SYSTEMS. UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HOLD MANY CREDIT CARDS.
WE HOLD ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN UTILITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ALL OF THAT ON OUR SYSTEMS, A VERY PRIVATE INFORMATION, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR SYSTEMS SAY VERY SECURE INNOVATION CONTINUES TO BE, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS OUT THERE, EVEN THOUGH
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WE'VE HAD COVID THIS YEAR AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON.WE CONTINUED TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN INNOVATE AS THINGS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND APPRECIATE THE, UH, ORGANIZATION'S ROLE IN THAT.
AND THEN JUST THE INTERNAL NEEDS FOR TECHNOLOGY.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S WILLINGNESS TO GIVE US 7.7 MILLION AND CARES, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MINUTE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE, THERE ARE STILL TECHNOLOGY NEEDS IN THE ORGANIZATION, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT THROUGH OUR BOND COMMITTEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING.
UM, OTHER AREAS JUST CONTRACT INCREASES, ONGOING OPERATIONS, SUCH AS LIKE THINGS LIKE PARK MAINTENANCE AND STREET MAINTENANCE.
AND THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, UM, CONTRACTS ARE GOING UP, CONSTRUCTION COST IS GOING UP.
AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT FOR THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, JUST THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT, UH, REGULARLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE.
UM, I'M EXPECTING, WE WILL SEE THE NEXT MONTHLY REPORT YOU'RE IN PROBABLY THE NEXT WEEK.
AND WE'LL BE GETTING THAT OUT TO YOU, BUT THINGS HAVE ACTUALLY LOOKED BETTER AS WE REPORTED OUT AT YOUR LAST QUARTERLY BUDGET DISCUSSION THAN WHAT WE HAD THOUGHT EARLY ON IN THE PANDEMIC.
AND SO, UM, WHICH IS GOOD FOR THE CITY AND CERTAINLY WILL HELP AS WE'RE LOOKING FOR ONGOING AND CAPITAL NEEDS INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN JUST OVERALL LEGISLATIVE IMPACTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH OUR, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM DISTRICT 17 AND 18 THIS MORNING, BUT WE, UH, ALWAYS ARE OUT THERE MAKING SURE, UH, WHAT MIGHT HIT US FROM A LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE, UH, SUCH AS DIGITAL GOODS THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING AND RYAN AND HIS TEAM, UH, WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, PROTECT OUR, OUR FINANCES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN EQUIPMENT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, UH, YOU HEARD, UH, FROM FACILITIES IN TERMS OF JUST FACILITY MAINTENANCE, BUT ALSO FLEET AND OTHER EQUIPMENT SUSTAINABILITY.
UM, WE DID A COMPLETE AN AUDIT OF OUR FLEET THREE YEARS AGO NOW, I THINK, AND WE ARE STILL UNDERWAY WITH AN EQUIPMENT AUDIT AND THAT SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP SOON, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO ABOUT SUSTAINING THAT, UH, COULD BE SOME DISCUSSIONS AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET MAYOR.
SO, UM, REED, WHAT MARSHA, SORRY.
SO, UM, I WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES, UM, AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
THEY ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE MOST DIALED, UH, YOU KNOW, RESOURCE, AND WE SAY THAT AND, BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE NOW OUT OF THE 112 VACANCIES, HOW MANY OF THOSE ACTUALLY HAVE WRECKS ON THE STREET? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, ORLANDO, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
UM, I DID NOT PULL THAT UP RIGHT BEFORE I CAME DOWN HERE.
I CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
I WILL TELL YOU, I SIGNED OFF ON A 17 MORE TODAY.
CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO RAY LYNN AS FAST AS I'VE BEEN SIGNING, THE NUMBER KEEPS CLIMBING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS HIRING GOES, THOUGH, IT HAS NOT GONE AS WELL AS I THINK THAT WE'D HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS UP HERE.
IT MIGHT JUST, UH, WITH PEOPLE WITHOUT JOBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT INTERNALLY AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT THAN A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE RIGHT NOW, TYPICALLY OUT OF EMPLOYMENT.
UM, A LOT OF OUR POSITIONS REQUIRE CERTIFICATIONS OR LICENSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS.
TYPICALLY OUR COMPETITIVE MARKET IS OTHER CITIES AND WITH OTHER CITIES IN THE SAME POSITION WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE PEOPLE REALLY LOOKING TO MOVE FROM CITY TO CITY RIGHT NOW, UH, GIVEN THE WHOLE COVID ISSUES AS WE'RE GOING ON AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME REALLY GOOD HIRES, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAVE SOME AREAS THAT I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO GET PEOPLE ON STAFF.
SO AGAIN, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD TALK MORE ABOUT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT A HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
MAYBE DON'T HAVE A CERTIFICATION HERE OR CERTIFICATION THERE, BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE AGAIN, I, I KNOW WE HAVE A THRESHOLD, BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, DO YOU HAVE A GOOD CANDIDATE THAT COMES IN HERE, BUT IT'S MISSING A CERTIFICATION? HOW EASY FOR THAT PERSON TO GET THAT CERTIFICATION ONCE HE OR SHE IS ON BOARD? UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE CASTING THIS NET WIDE WIDE, UH YOU'RE RIGHT.
I MEAN, I, WE, WE SHOULDN'T BE GOING TO SCOTTSDALE OR, OR TEMPE OR THE OTHER CITIES BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE SAME SHAPE WE ARE.
SO HOW DO WE CREATIVELY, UH, GET THESE CANDIDATES IN HERE, UH, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, UH, GET THE CERTIFICATION, UH, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, TO MOVE US FORWARD AND GET THESE, THESE, THESE WRECKS FILLED, I GUESS THAT'S MY QUESTION TO YOU AND COME
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BACK IF YOU WANT, GIVE US SOME ANSWERS, BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN UNDERSTAND A WASTE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN HELPED AND SAFETY, YOU NEED CERTAIN CERTIFICATIONS TO INSPECT.I GET ALL THAT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO SHORTCHANGE IT, BUT IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN INDUSTRY THAT HAS DONE SIMILAR OR MILITARY, AS IN SIMILAR THINGS, HOW DO WE TRANSPOSE THAT TO A JOB HERE IN CHAMBER? YEAH.
SO MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, I WILL GIVE YOU, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND DIVE INTO THIS AS DEEP AS THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HEAR.
BUT, UM, FOR ONE AREA THAT I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT IS OUR UTILITIES, OUR PLANTS, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE WATER OPERATORS, WASTEWATER OPERATORS, ELECTRICIANS WITH VERY HIGH LICENSES BECAUSE THEY'RE DEALING WITH EXTREMELY HIGH VOLTAGES OUT THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, MECHANICS.
UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE AREAS I WILL TELL YOU THOUGH, THAT, UM, JOHN CAN KNUDSEN AND IT'S BEEN WORKING WITH HR AND STARTED WHAT I WILL CALL LIKE AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM.
SO WE CAN GET SOME OF THOSE FOLKS IN THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN WORK TO GET THEM, THEIR CERTIFICATIONS IF THEY HAVE INTEREST IN THAT.
AND SO WE ARE DOING SOME OF THOSE THINGS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.
I DON'T KNOW THEM ALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE'D CERTAINLY BE A WELCOME TO COME BACK AND DISCUSS THOSE WITH COUNCIL OTHERS.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF OPENINGS IN POLICE RIGHT NOW.
AND DO YOU ALL KNOW WITH THE ENVIRONMENT OUT THERE IN THE WORLD, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO BE A POLICE OFFICER RIGHT NOW? AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO RECRUIT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK WE HAD ONE OF OUR BEST RECRUITMENTS IN THE LAST RECRUITMENT THAT WE'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE, I WANT TO SAY 10 OFFICERS, UH, THAT ARE NOW IN TRAINING.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING SOME SUCCESSES, BUT, UM, A LOT OF IT IS, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, EITHER PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT INTERESTED OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE, OTHERS ARE THINGS LIKE A MAINTENANCE WORKERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
A LOT OF THOSE ARE HITTING THE STREET AND THOSE, I THINK WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF APPLICATIONS.
SO IT JUST KIND OF VARIES DEPENDING ON THE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO DO SOME THINGS THAT, TO YOUR POINT WOULD HELP TO GROW INTERNALLY WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND I DON'T WANT TO BE, UH, BELABORING THIS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK THAT ISSUE.
BUT AGAIN, I LOOK AT THIS TWO 78 RETIRED ELIGIBLE AND YOU GOT THE 112.
NOW YOU POTENTIALLY COULD BE LOOKING AT 200 SOMETHING EARLY NEXT WEEK OR EARLY NEXT YEAR OR SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.
AND WE HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP ON 112.
SO I GUESS THE CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF US UP HERE IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD, UH, GET THIS NET WIDER, GET THIS NET, YOU KNOW, BE MORE FLEXIBLE, BUT GET GOOD SOLID PEOPLE IN HERE.
BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO BE THE TRAINING GROUND, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, WE, WE DO HAVE GOOD, GOOD, ROBUST SYSTEMS WHERE WE GET PEOPLE UP TO SNUFF AND CERTIFICATIONS.
AND IF WE HAVE TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE MONEY IN THAT AREA, THAT'S FINE TOO.
I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE RAELYNN COME.
AND IF YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN A PRESENTATION ON THAT, LET HER DO THAT FOR YOU AS OUR HR DIRECTOR.
AND I I'M, I'M NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING, YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU PUT IT ON THIS SLIDE.
AND THAT DEFINITELY WAS SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO TRY TO HIRE, BUT ALSO MONITORING OUR BUDGET.
SO ONE LAST QUESTION, MAYOR, AND I APOLOGIZE.
DO WE HAVE A RECRUITMENT, UH, BONUS FOR EMPLOYEES THAT FIND A CANDIDATE, A RECRUITMENT BONUS? YEAH.
SO IF I, IF, UM, AS, UM, AS A CITY EMPLOYEE, I GO OUT AND BUSINESS DOES THIS ALL THE TIME.
UH, IF I GO OUT AND FIND IT, PARTICULARLY IN ENGINEERING, IT WAS HARD.
UH, THEY HAVE A RECRUITMENT BONUS.
IS THAT A THOUGHT THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THAT MAYBE SOMEONE LIKE MATT WHO KNOWS SOMEBODY IN YOUR COUNTY BUSINESS AND WANTS TO MOVE OVER, HE GETS A NICE CHECK FOR REFERRING SOMEBODY I'M JUST PUTTING ON YOU, MATT, BECAUSE I THINK YOU YOU'D BE A GREAT RECRUITER.
IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE WE SHOULD LOOK AT? YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ONE TIME DOLLARS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD HELP, HELP US INCENTIVIZE OUR EMPLOYEES TO GET, UH, TO GO OUT THERE AND ASK THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVE WHOMEVER TO COME IN AND APPLY FOR A JOB.
WE ARE OPEN TO LOOKING AT ANYTHING THAT COUNCIL WOULD SUPPORT IN TERMS OF THOSE FINANCIALS.
SO CITY MANAGER RELATED TO THAT, I, I ALSO IMAGINE THAT AS MUCH AS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALK, THERE'S NOT SOME LATERALS, BUT I IMAGINED WE, WE DO TRAIN SOME FOLKS AND THEY, THEY GET, UH, THEY FIND AN OPERA.
THEY CAN'T REFUSE FROM A NEIGHBORING CITY OR TOWN.
AND IS THAT, HOW, HOW MUCH DOES THAT HAPPEN WITH, I MEAN, JUST THE CROSS STUFF.
THAT'S JUST WITH US WITH ANY CITY, IS THERE A SIGNIFICANT, SMALL, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY LEAVING OUR, I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN THE PAST YEAR IT'S BEEN UNUSUAL.
UM, I THINK WE'VE HAD A FEW MORE THAT HAVE ACTUALLY LEFT OR HAVE GONE HOME TO EITHER KEEP KIDDOS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND THEY HAD TO MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHOICES.
SO WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS PAST YEAR, BUT ON A REGULAR YEAR, UH,
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WE DO NOT SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE LEAVING HERE TO GO TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.AND I WILL SAY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ME, I HAVE TO, TO BREAK JUST A SECOND, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION ONCE A MONTH.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO ATTRACT FROM OTHER CITIES TO OURS AND IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING SOME OF THE THINGS, BECAUSE THEY'RE USUALLY ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS INTO THEIR BEING IN CHANDLER.
BY THE TIME WE SEE THEM IN THOSE AND, UH, DEB AND JOSH AND I REF, UH, ROTATE DOING THAT NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION, BUT IT IS, UH, AT LEAST WHAT I ALWAYS HEAR WHEN I'M THERE IS WOW CHANDLER, YOU KNOW, THEY SEE THE TEAM EFFORT THAT THE CULTURE HERE IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEY COME IN AND THEY APPRECIATE IT GENERALLY SPEAKING.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON JUST THE CULTURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE HELPED DRIVE HERE HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, YOU CAN SEE, WE CAN GET THE PRESENTATION BACK UP THERE IT IS.
SO, UH, OTHER THINGS THAT THAT ARE, ARE BUDGETARY CHALLENGES OR ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE AS DON MENTIONED, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT'S BEEN ONE OF COUNCIL'S GOALS FOR AWHILE IS MAINTAINING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, HIGHER CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE ALSO PLAYING INTO THIS AS WE'RE SEEING HIGHER COSTS IN OTHER AREAS, IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE, UM, THE, UH, STREETS AND PARKS AND TRYING TO KEEP THOSE MAINTAINED IS, UH, WE KNOW WHEN A COUNCIL'S, UH, DEFINITE GOALS OUT THERE, OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, OVERALL IN THE CITY, UM, IS SOMETHING WE, WE LOOK AT AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL BEING WILLING TO ADD DOLLARS TO THAT AS YOU SAW ON THE GRASS WHILE AGO FOR THE CURRENT TEN-YEAR CIP PLAN AND THEN TECHNOLOGY AND FIBER, UM, IS SOMETHING COME IN, UH, THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A FIBER STUDY THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEING LOOKED AT CURRENTLY BY WINNING YOUR BOND SUBCOMMITTEES.
AND I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AS WE COME FORWARD AND BYPASS THE AGING FACILITIES.
BUT, UM, MY CALLING'S WORTH WAS IN FRONT OF YOU A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR OUR FACILITIES.
AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, MAYBE TO HELP IN THAT AREA FOR UTILITIES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, INTEL, ONE OF OUR, WELL, THE BIGGEST, UM, OF OUR, UH, INDUSTRIAL USERS, BOTH WATER WASTEWATER, UH, ANYTHING THEY DO ON THEIR CAMPUS IMPACTS OUR REVENUES IN BOTH OF THOSE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
AND SO WE CONTINUOUSLY MEET WITH INTEL AND WHAT THEIR PROJECTIONS ARE.
UM, WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A COST OF SERVICE STUDY.
SO MORE TO COME AND, UH, NEXT YEAR ON, IN REGARDS TO COST OF SERVICE, UM, UH, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND UPGRADES, UH, ALSO IN OUR UTILITIES, OUR PIPES, UM, BOTH FOR WATER WASTEWATER PLANTS AND PUMP STATIONS, LIFT STATIONS, YOU NAME IT, OUR WELLS.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, HAVING A VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT, UM, MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND REPLACEMENT PROGRAM THAT IS NOW PART OF OUR CIP IN SOLID WASTE, AS YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH RECYCLING CONTINUES TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, ALSO LOOKING AT THE SOLID WASTE AREAS, PART OF THE COST OF SERVICE STUDY AND, UM, MORE TO COME THERE IN TERMS OF COLLECTION AND OUR RECYCLING, UH, FACILITY, UH, WATER, CARBON SOURCE PLANT IMPACTS.
UH, THIS HAS THE, UH, TRY HELL METHANE ISSUE THERE.
WE HAD AN EXCEEDANCE ON ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, CURRENTLY UTILITIES IS WORKING, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVEN'T COMPLETELY RESOLVED.
SO I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT IDEA WITH ANYONE.
UM, BUT THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO AT OUR PLANTS.
DO YOU, UH, UH, BETTER MONITOR THAT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OUT THERE AND THEN, UH, ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE OR AUTOMATED, UH, WATER METERS IS THEY'RE BETTER KNOWN.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT AND, UH, CURRENTLY WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION IS THAT WOULD BE A HUGE, UM, BENEFIT TO OUR CITIZENS AS WELL.
CONTINUING THAT FOCUS ON AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THESE TO YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE THEM THERE ON THE SCREEN.
UM, BUT WE MANAGE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, EVERYTHING FROM STREETS TO, UH, BUILDINGS, FIELDS, PARKS, WELLS, YOU NAME IT, AND THEN NOT TO MENTION OUR OWN FLEET.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE MAINTAIN.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ALWAYS HIGH AT LEAST, UH, YOU KNOW, WAS WE ARE GOING THROUGH OUR CIP AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THOSE AND HOW WE CAN KEEP THAT SUSTAINABLE GOING INTO THE FUTURE.
AND UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS SECTION, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO MATT DUNBAR TO TALK ABOUT THE CITIZEN BUDGET SURVEY RESULTS.
ARE YOU JUST AS TICKLED TO SEE US TODAY?
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UH, NOT AS UTTERLY TICKLED TO SEE THE TODAY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZEN BUDGET SURVEY IS A FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITIZENS TO ENGAGE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND REALLY GIVE US GOOD FEEDBACK ON HOW THEY FEEL WE'RE DOING AS A CITY AND, UH, PROVIDE EVEN COMMENTS.AND AS I LOOK AT OPENING THAT BUDGET SURVEY AND THOSE COMMENTS, IT ALWAYS TAKES ME BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL MATH CLASS OPENING MY MATH BOOK THAT'S POTENTIALLY FILLED WITH PROBLEMS. SO WHEN I OPENED UP OUR SURVEY THIS YEAR, THOUGH, UH, IT WASN'T THE CASE.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY PROBLEMS AS I THOUGHT.
UH, FOUR AND 80 PEOPLE TOOK OUR SURVEY, WHICH IS DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM THE YEAR BEFORE WE HAD 681 IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
UH, BUT THOSE 480 INDIVIDUALS GAVE US 328 COMMENTS THAT WE GOT TO GO THROUGH.
SO THE THREE MAIN QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK OF OUR RESIDENTS WHEN THEY TAKE THE SURVEY, UM, ARE INDICATED ON THIS SLIDE.
SO FIRST OF ALL, JUST THE QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, HOW DO YOU FEEL AS A RESIDENT OF CHANDLER IS YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS A VERY GOOD, GOOD, NEUTRAL.
UM, ARE YOU DISSATISFIED OR VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THAT? UH, 99% OF INDIVIDUALS HAVE RATED US VERY GOOD, GOOD OR NEUTRAL.
AND WE ASK THE QUESTION, HOW ABOUT A GOOD RETURN ON YOUR TAX DOLLARS? EVERYONE'S CONCERNED ABOUT PAYING TAXES.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU DO PAY TAXES, ARE YOU GETTING THE SERVICES YOU EXPECT FROM THE CITY? YOU'RE PAYING THEM TO 36% STRONGLY AGREE WITH THAT, WHICH IS A PHENOMENAL NUMBER, 47% ARE ON THE AGREE AND 13% NEUTRAL FOR 96 TOTAL PERCENTAGE, UH, WHICH IS ALSO VERY HIGH.
AND THEN JUST OVERALL FOR THE CITY SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, HOW SATISFIED ARE OUR CITIZENS WITH THOSE SERVICES? UH, 42% WERE VERY SATISFIED, 48% SATISFIED AND 8% NEUTRAL FOR A TOTAL OF 98%.
UM, AS AN ADDENDUM ATTACHED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO ASKS THAT WE PROVIDE A FIVE-YEAR COMPARISON OF THESE PERCENTAGES.
AND SO THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU.
IF YOU PULL UP THE, IS IT AN ELMO OR WHATEVER THE DOCUMENT PRESENTER IS, UH, IT'S ON THAT.
UM, BUT THAT JUST KIND OF SHOWS OVERALL FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, HOW THOSE PERCENTAGES HAVE CHANGED.
UH, ONE OF THE GREAT INDICATORS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY GOOD, STRONGLY AGREE AND VERY SATISFIED CATEGORIES, THOSE ALL FOR THE MOST PART HAVE GONE UP CONTINUALLY OVER YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO, WHEREAS FIVE YEARS AGO, 43% RATED AS VERY GOOD AT QUALITY OF LIFE.
59% NOW ARE RATING US AS VERY GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO THOSE INDICATORS, UH, WE, WE ARE TRENDING TO THE HIGHER SIDE OF ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY, THEY DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE COMMENTS AS WELL.
UM, AND JUST AS A KIND OF SOME VARIETY OF THE TOPICS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THERE, UH, THE NUMBER ONE TOPIC THAT WAS GENERATED THROUGH THE COMMENTS WAS ACTUALLY FOCUSED AROUND, UH, HOW MUCH PEOPLE LOVE CHANDLER.
THEY LOVE OUR FACILITIES, THEY LOVE OUR AMENITIES.
THEY LOVE THE CULTURAL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.
SO THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE COMMENT.
GETTER WAS JUST HOW MUCH PEOPLE ENJOY LIVING IN THE CITY OF CHANDLER AND LOVE WHAT WE BYE TO THEM.
UH, THE SECOND, MOST, UH, THE SECOND COMMENT, YEAH, THAT WAS THE MOST COMMON WAS RELATED AROUND PARKS AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE, UM, THAT THERE ARE SOME NEEDS AND SOME OF OUR FACILITIES AND SOME OF OUR PARKS FOR INCREASED MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THE NEXT WAS, UH, CENTERED AROUND LESS GROWTH.
UM, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT GROWTH AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING DOWN SOME OF THE AGRICULTURAL LANDS THAT PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH SEEING, UM, AS THEY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, PUT DIFFERENT, UH, DEVELOPMENTS ON THOSE LANDS, UM, WAS AN ANOTHER TOP COMMENT.
AND THEN AS WELL, ART AND PERFORMANCES, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMENTS, UH, THAT REALLY ENJOYED THE ARTS AND THE CULTURE THAT WE PROVIDE AND THE PERFORMANCES THAT ARE PROVIDED HERE.
IN FACT, UH, ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS, ARE THE QUESTIONS THROUGH THE SURVEY WAS AFTER COVID OR EVEN DURING COVID, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE EVENTS, UM, EITHER ONLINE OR IN PERSON AND BOTH RATED VERY HIGH, AS FAR AS YES, WE WOULD LIKE MORE IN-PERSON AND WE ASKED WE WOULD LIKE MORE, UH, VIRTUAL EVENTS.
SO, UH, PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY THE EVENTS AND THE AMENITIES THAT WOULD PROVIDE THEM.
UM, AGAIN, THE RESULTS, THE FULL RESULTS OF THE BUDGET SURVEY ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.
THE PUBLIC CAN GO OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK.
THEY CAN READ ALL THE COMMENTS.
UH, THEY ARE UNEDITED COMMENTS, SO PUNCTUATION, GRAMMAR, ERRORS ARE ALL OUT THERE.
UM, AND IT'S NOT THE CITY DOING THAT.
THAT'S WE JUST TAKE THEM AS THEY COME, BUT THEY'RE AVAILABLE OUT THERE FOR ANYONE TO SEE ALL THE RESPONSES, UH, A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION AND, AND OVERALL, YOU KNOW, JUST THE LOVE OF CHANDLER.
MA'AM SO MA'AM THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT THE, UH, BOTH MATS, MAN.
THANKS FOR ASKING FOR THE, FOR THE DATA.
AND THIS ACTUALLY IS VERY, VERY TELLING, AS YOU DID ALLUDE TO THAT.
UM, WE HAD THE HIGHEST EVER VERY GOOD, STRONGLY AGREE AND VERY SATISFIED, BUT IN THIS TIME, AND ESPECIALLY IN ARIZONA, IN CHANDLER, WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, SAY ARE LEERY OF OUR LEADER SOMETIMES AND DO QUESTION, UH,
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WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING WITH THEIR MONEY FOR TO SEE US TO SEE THIS KIND OF UPTICK IS ALL INSPIRING.AND THAT IS, UM, AGAIN FROM, FROM MANAGEMENT, UH, CITY MANAGER, TO THE STAFF, ALL THE DIRECTORS OUT THERE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND EVERYONE THAT TALKS AND INTERACTS WITH OUR, OUR CITIZENRY.
THAT MEANS THAT THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND THE TEAMWORK THAT WE'RE, UH, WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE IS SHOWING THROUGH.
UM, AND THEN ONE OF YOUR COMMENTS AND SOME OF THE, UH, KNOW PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE GROWTH.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE GENERAL PLANS, AND WE HAVE MASTER PLANS OF THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER THING WAS 40, SOME OTHER MASTER PLANS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, BUT WE DO PLAN FOR THIS GROWTH, UM, AND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, UH, WHY SHOULD WE EXCLUDE PEOPLE FROM COMING AND ENJOYING THE GREAT CITY OF CHANDLER? SO THAT'S MY SELLING POINT TO GET PEOPLE TO MOVE, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME EMPLOYEES TO COME OVER FROM SOME OTHERS NEIGHBORING CITIES IN THAT WAY.
I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THE BUDGET SURVEY.
I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO, UH, MARSHA, SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE AG CARES UPDATE AND BUDGET QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE RIGHT BEFORE THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR, UM, VOTE WAS TAKEN, UH, BY YOU ALL WE DID RECEIVE, UH, JUST SHORT OF $30 MILLION IN AC CARES, UH, FUNDING.
UM, WE SUBSEQUENTLY CAME TO COUNCIL AND ASKED FOR YOU TO PROGRAM THAT IN THREE PARTICULAR AREAS, BEING BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND OUR OWN OPERATIONAL CONTINUITY.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THESE AC CARES DOLLARS.
AND SO I'M GOING TO BRING UP SOME DIRECTORS.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MICAH TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THE FUNDING WAS PRIMARILY BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO PROGRAM AREAS.
THE I CHOOSE CHANDLER BUSINESS HIRING RETENTION PROGRAM, AND THE, I CHOOSE CHANDLER PPE, UH, DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM TO DATE, UM, 544 BUSINESSES HAVE RECEIVED THE ITUNES CHANDLER FUNDING, UH, TO THE TUNE OF $4 MILLION.
AND THE, I CHOOSE CHANDLER PPE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM SO FAR HAS DISTRIBUTED 515 KITS.
THAT PROGRAM IS ALSO RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
UM, THE, THE, UH, DISTRIBUTION IS REALLY A FUNCTION OF HOW MUCH PPE CAN THE PROCUREMENT TEAM BRING IN AND THEN, UH, GET THROUGH THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
SO THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO ON.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A DISTRIBUTION TODAY, UH, AT THE CHANDLER MALL.
SO THAT NUMBER OF PPE KITS, 515, IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER AND WE'LL GET THAT ACCOUNTING, UH, PROBABLY LATER TOMORROW FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AROUND EITHER OF THOSE PROGRAMS. OKAY.
HOW MANY, UM, IN TERMS OF THE PPE, YOU MENTIONED THE NUMBER, HOW MUCH WE HAD ALLOCATED A HALF A MILLION ON THAT.
SO THROUGH THE, UH, THE MAYOR, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, WE'VE SPENT, UH, APPROXIMATELY $237,000.
SO WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH, AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT, UM, ORDERING, UH, ANY MORE UNTIL YOU'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE WHAT WE'VE ALREADY PURCHASED OR OUR SUPPLIERS, UH, JUST BASED ON, UH, WAREHOUSING CAPABILITY.
HOW IS, UH, IS THERE A BACKLOG ON ORDERING MORE OR ARE WE KIND OF CRUSTING IN TERMS OF, ARE WE EQUAL TO DEMAND NOW AS OPPOSED TO BEING BEHIND DEMAND FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS? SO MAYOR WE'VE, UH, BUDGETED FOR, UH, ABOUT 1,875 KIDS TO GO OUT.
WE'VE ONLY DISTRIBUTED ABOUT 515.
AND PART OF THAT HAS JUST BEEN THE ABILITY TO GET FULL KITS, TO GET OUT.
SO AS WE'RE PUTTING THE SANITATION SUPPLIES TOGETHER, THE MASK, UM, THE STANDS, THE ADDITIONAL, UM, STERILIZING MATERIAL, WE'RE GETTING THOSE IN PIECE MEALS.
AND SO WE'RE NOT WANTING TO SEND, UH, KITS OUT OR SOMEBODY IS GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK.
SO THE PROGRAM IS GOING SMOOTH, OR WE ANTICIPATE, UH, GOING THROUGH ALL OF IT.
THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN DOING A VERY GOOD JOB, UH, WORKING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.
AND, AND WITHIN THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH CARE DOLLARS.
I, I, I BELIEVE I SPEAK FOR COUNCIL AT OUR COUNCIL, ALEXIS, THAT WE WOULD, IF THERE IS SOME INNOVATIVE IDEAS OF FURTHER WAYS TO GET THAT MONEY OUT, IF, IF WE'VE KIND OF PEAKED WHAT WE CAN CURRENTLY DO, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE ADVERTISED THIS WHEREVER WE CAN, AND
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SOME PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED OR NOT, BUT, UH, I BELIEVE WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO SEE HOW, HOW CAN WE AGAIN GET THE OTHER, UH, THE REMAINING OF THESE DOLLARS, THE OTHER 6 MILLION INTO THE COMMUNITY.SO WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO, UH, INNOVATION THAT STAYS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS LAID OUT FOR US.
AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE THAT REMAINING DOLLARS DISSEMINATED INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
HMM, NO MAYOR THAT'S MEMBER NUMBER, THE CLIMATES AND COUNCIL NUMBER ORLANDO.
THE, UH, MIKE, UH, UM, UH, TWO QUESTIONS, UH, ARE YOU CONSIDERING DOING, I CHOOSE CHANDLER PART TO THE DOUBLING OR ANYTHING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED A FEW MONTHS BACK? THERE'S AN AIR COUNTS MEMBER? UM, I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS TONIGHT IS WHERE DOES COUNCIL WANT US TO GO? SO WE'RE DEFINITELY ABLE TO GO FORWARD AND DO A, I CHOOSE CHANDLER BUSINESS RETENTION, HIRING PROGRAM.
IT'S A PROGRAM THAT, UM, WE'VE WORKED OUT ALL THE KINKS INTERNALLY AND WITH OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS.
UH, SO WE COULD DEFINITELY GO FORWARD, UH, IN LAUNCH THAT AGAIN, AFTER THE NEW YEAR, IF THAT'S SOMETHING COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO, IT'S SOMETHING I THINK FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, UM, WHERE WE SEE VALUE IN IT, WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE BUSINESSES WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT.
SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE FEEDBACK WE'RE LOOKING FROM A MAYOR COUNCIL NIGHT.
IS, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT US TO MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY? OKAY, GOOD.
I HAD A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION YOU SPENT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS IT RETENTION OR IS IT NEW HIRING? YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE RETENTION, RIGHT? SO THE, I CHOOSE CHANDLER PROGRAM HAD TWO COMPONENTS.
IT WAS FOR THE RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OR ADDING NEW.
SO, UM, AND A FEW MONTHS BACK COUNTS MEDIA APPROACH THE IDEA OF THE MATCHING GIFT CARDS AND TYING IT TO, UM, RETENTION AS WELL.
AND USING THAT, THAT MECHANISM.
HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO THAT PROGRAM THROUGH THE MAYOR, CUSTOMER CLIMATES? WE DID.
WE, WE BENCHMARK WITH SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES OUT THERE.
UM, WE DIDN'T SEE IT AS BEING SUSTAINABLE.
AND SO WE LOST A COUPLE OF OTHER PROGRAMS THROUGH THE ITUNES CHANDLER, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY BUYING THE GIFT CARDS AND THEN DOING ONLINE RAFFLES TO GENERATE INTEREST AT THOSE COMPANIES.
AND SO THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO DO THAT WAS VERY POSITIVE.
IT LEVERAGED UP ON THE SHOPPING LOCAL, WHICH WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO.
IT LEVERAGED UP ON GETTING PEOPLE INTO THOSE, UH, BUSINESSES AND GAINED THEM ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE OUTSIDE OF THOSE A GIFT CARD PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD BEEN SOLICITED.
SO WE LOOKED AT IT, WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT THEY JUST WEREN'T GETTING THE UPTAKE THAT THEY EXPECTED.
AND SO WE DID IT WASN'T FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF, YOU KNOW, IF I WENT AND PURCHASED A HUNDRED DOLLARS GIFT CARD, I'D ALSO GET ANOTHER A HUNDRED DOLLARS GIFT CARD.
SO ME AS A CONSUMER, I'M EFFECTIVELY DOUBLING MY MONEY.
AND THEN THE, THE, THE BUSINESS THAT WE'RE HELPING JUST, YOU KNOW, GAIN $200 IN REVENUE.
SO WE, WE HAVE GONE OUT AND WE'VE BEEN BUYING THOSE GIFT CARDS AND THEN RAFFLING THEM AS PART OF THE I CHOOSE CHANDLER PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE BASICALLY DOING THE SAME THING, BUT WE'RE NOT, UM, REQUIRING, UH, INDIVIDUALS TO GO OUT AND BUY A MATCHING AMOUNT.
I, I, I GUESS THE CONCEPT BEHIND IT IS IF THE RESTAURANT PARTICIPATED, JUST SAY, I CHOOSE CHANDLER AND THEY ALREADY QUALIFIED TO COLLECT 10,000, SO THEY COULD REAPPLY FOR THE GIFT CARD PROGRAM AND THEY COULD BE ENTITLED UP TO $10,000 IN GIFT CARDS.
AND THE WAY WE ISSUE THE GIFT CARDS IS IF THE CONSUMER GOES AND BUYS, IF I WENT AND SPENT A THOUSAND DOLLARS A GIFT CARDS, WE WOULD MATCH THAT.
AND SO THE, THE, THE CONCEPT BEHIND IT IS, IS IF WE ENDED UP GIVING A MILLION MORE OUT BY DOING SO WE'D ACTUALLY DOUBLE THAT BECAUSE THE CONSUMERS WOULD HAVE TO USE THEIR OWN MONEY OUT OF THEIR POCKET.
AND SO WE'D AMPLIFY THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GIVING THE BUSINESSES AND THAT'S, THAT WAS THE CONCEPT BEHIND IT, THAT, AND THERE WERE SOME LEGAL ISSUES AROUND THAT, ON THE, UM, ON THE GIFT CLAUSE SIDE.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PROHIBITED JUST THAT, THAT MATCHING AMOUNT, BECAUSE IT WASN'T TIED TO ANY SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE MEASURE, UM, THAT WOULD PROVIDE A DIRECT BENEFIT BACK TO THE CITY.
THE, THE, THE TIRE AROUND WAS, AS YOU COULD QUALIFY BASED ON RETENTION.
DID, BUT WE, WE DID LOOK AT IT AND WE LOOKED AT THE OTHER, UM, PRIVATE SECTOR SOLUTIONS AND THE FEEDBACK JUST BASED UPON THE EXPENSES GOING OUT AND WHAT WE WERE SEEING IN RETURN IT UPTICK.
IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A FIT FOR CHAMBER COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO.
SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO? I MEAN, WE HAVE 5 MILLION PLUS POTENTIALLY ANOTHER 6 MILLION HERE LEFT IN THIS POT OF MONEY.
UH, IT WAS GIVEN FROM US FROM, YOU KNOW,
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THE GOVERNANCE WHO CAUGHT FROM CONGRESS.CONGRESS IS TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER $129 BILLION, WHETHER THEY GET THERE OR NOT, UM, WHICH I'M SURE WE'LL GET A SHARE OF THAT YET.
UM, IF WE, IF WE'RE SPENDING FAST ENOUGH TO HELP KEEP THE ECONOMY GOING, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, DIPLOMATICALLY SAY HERE, WHAT DO WE DO? HOW DO WE GET THIS MONEY TO THE HANDS OF WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLENDON'S IDEAS OF, YOU KNOW, UM, I, CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF BUSY THEY'RE DOING THIS, THEY'RE COMING BACK AND SAYING, BUY A A HUNDRED DOLLARS GIFT CARD FOR $75.
THAT'S INCENTIVIZING THEM TO GET, GET THE CASH IN TODAY.
UH, CAN WE DO THE OTHER 25%? DID THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THESE, THESE BUSINESSES, UM, HELPING THEM OUT FOR THE NEXT, MAYBE FOUR MONTHS, FIVE MONTHS.
SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY TO 540 FOR A BUSINESS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN MONEY TO PLUS A 515 CHITS? I, I GUESS I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M FEELING THAT WE'RE HAVE WE STOPPED.
HAVE WE SLOWED DOWN? WHAT'S GIVE ME THE METRICS HERE.
THE, THE, THE BAROMETER, THE BAROMETER HERE.
SO THROUGH THE MAYOR, COUNSELOR ORLANDO, UM, THE, I CHOOSE CHANDLER BUSINESS RETENTION, HIRING PROGRAM CLOSED MID DECEMBER.
UH, WE CLOSED THAT OUT, UH, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
UM, THE BAROMETER FEEDBACK FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WAS THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE.
THE OTHER PART LOOKING FORWARD IS WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE REMAINDER? AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE QUESTION AT HAND, UM, GIVEN THAT IT'S A NEW YEAR, UH, THAT WE'RE HEADING INTO, WE COULD RE UP THE PROGRAM AND SATISFY ALL OF THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AROUND IT, LOOKING AT THE NET IMPACT TO THE CITY AND DO IT AGAIN.
THAT'S ONE THING WE'VE GOT OTHER IDEAS AROUND, UH, OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE COULD PROP UP TO SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE STILL STRUGGLING, UH, TOURISM, ONE OF THEM, OUR HOTELIERS AS A AREA OF CONCERN.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS WE CAN DO.
THE IQ CHANDLER PROGRAMS, THE QUICKEST AND EASIEST THING THAT WE HAVE OFF THE SHELF THAT FITS ALL OF OUR LEGAL FRAMEWORKS, UH, CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN.
AND I SEE KELLY NODDING HER HEAD OVER THERE.
THAT'S STILL A ISSUE WE HAVE TO DO THE PPE.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PPE KITS, UH, WITH THE CHAMBER PRETTY QUICKLY.
UH, SO I WOULD THINK WE WOULD WANT TO PUT MORE MONEY BACK TO THAT.
I THINK THE REALITY IS IS, YOU KNOW, 10 MILLION BUCKS, 20 MILLION BUCKS, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING TO US TO PUT INTO AN ECONOMY, THE SIZE OF THE CHANDLER SITE, THE SIZE OF THE CHANDLER TO SUSTAIN THE BUSINESSES AT THE LEVEL THEY'RE USED TO PRE PANDEMIC.
THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THESE BUSINESSES SURVIVE IS TO GET PEOPLE ENGAGING IN CONVERSE SAFELY AND LOCALLY.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE I CHOOSE CHANDLER.
THAT'S WHY EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE HAS LEVERAGED UP TO ENGAGING IN COMMERCE, LOCALLY, SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL BUSINESS IN A SAFE WAY.
AND SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO REALLY CONTINUE TO PRESS THAT MESSAGE FORWARD FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO SATISFY THIS.
WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY THROUGH THE STATE OR THE GOVERNMENT TO PROP UP ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS GET OUT THERE, SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
THAT'S WHERE THE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING REALLY LIES TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES.
WELL, I'M, I'M INCLINED TO LOOK W UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCLENDON SAY, I KNOW OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE SIMILAR PROGRAMS. I BELIEVE MESA DID.
UH, JEREMY, DO YOU REMEMBER TEMPE? IT WAS A, I APOLOGIZE IT, SO HOW DID THEY, HOW DID THEY DO IT? YEAH.
SO THROUGH THE MAYOR COUNCILOR ORLANDO, THAT WAS ONE OF THE PLATFORMS WE LOOKED AT.
UM, THE PERFORMANCE WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER SUBPART.
UH, I THINK THE AVERAGE, UM, BENEFIT TEACH BUSINESS WAS LIKE $40 IN CONSUMER SPENDING.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE PROGRAM THAT WE EVALUATED.
UM, THERE'S OTHER THINGS I THINK THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO, AND WE'LL DO, UH, CHANDLER RESIDENCE SUPPORTING THEIR LOCAL PAYMENTS.
I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS, BUT I THINK, UM, WHAT I LIKE TO SEE US DO, AT LEAST FROM MY STANDPOINT, IS COME BACK TO US EARLY, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR, PRIOR TO THE END OF THIS YEAR, GIVE US SOME IDEAS OF HOW WE GET THIS MONEY IN TO OUR COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE THE LAST THING THE WORLD I WANT TO DO IS, IS TO GO TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, OUR STATE DELEGATION, OUR GOVERNOR, AND SAY, I NEED MORE MONEY AND WE HAVEN'T SPENT, WE HAVE HERE.
SO I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE, PAY ATTENTION TO.
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UM, LEAH'S TEAM COMES BACK ALL THE TIME, BUT IDEAS, BUT I'M JUST, JUST CONTINUALLY, BUT YEAH, JUST KEEP SENDING YOU, RIGHT.SHE'S GOING TO WANT YOUR MONEY, SO YOU BETTER HURRY UP.
NOW SERIOUSLY, ALL KIDDING ASIDE.
WE WERE DEFINITELY OPEN TO WHATEVER IDEAS YOU HAVE TO, TO, TO GET THIS MONEY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF RE-UPPING, UH, FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THE, I CHOOSE TAYLOR BUSINESS RETENTION HIRING PROGRAM.
IT'S A SIMPLE ONE-PAGE APPLICATION.
SO THE NINE 40 ONES, YOUR W NINE AND $1,300 PER BUSINESS, OUR EMPLOYEE RETAINED, UM, IT'D BE WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
SO IT'S, IT'S A QUICK WAY TO GET MONEY OUT THERE.
IT'S PROVEN, UH, THE 4 MILLION BUCKS.
WELL, LIKE I SAID, I THINK YOU'RE, WE, WE WANT YOU TO SPEND THAT MONEY TO HELP US OUT.
UM, SO HERE WE ARE AT COVID, UM, I WOULD SAY ABOUT CARES DOLLARS.
THIS IS ABOUT ALL OF CHANDLER.
AND SO HERE ARE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUY, BUT THIS MONEY WAS ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AT ANY LEVEL AND ANY PLACE WHERE WE COULD, WHERE WE REALLY COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
AND I THINK COVID IS GOING TO PLAY US ALONG FOR ANOTHER.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT FOR ANOTHER YEAR, I BELIEVE, AND HOW MUCH IT WILL OR HOW LITTLE IT WILL, HOW MUCH IT WILL IMPACT THE ECONOMY, UH, OR PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT OF JOBS OR, UH, ARE EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, UH, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL TO SPEND THIS MONEY, UH, WHERE IT'S EFFECTIVE AND YOU MADE A SUGGESTION THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE USE IT TO PROMOTE BUSINESS, BUT TO TRY AND GIVE PEOPLE OUR BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUAL MONEY, UH, WASN'T THAT EFFECTIVE, AND YOU DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS THAT EFFECTIVE.
WELL, WE HAVE DONE THAT AND MAYBE, AND MAYBE THIS COUNCIL WILL WANT TO DO THAT, BUT, UH, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS MONEY SHOULD BE ON FIRE.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO, UH, IF WE TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO SPEND IT AND WE TAKE IT A LITTLE WHILE TO SPEND IT, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY GREAT ASSURANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A, ANOTHER GIANT POT OF MONEY, WE WERE, I THINK WE WERE SURPRISED THAT WE GOT THIS.
AND, UH, SO, UM, SO LET'S USE IT CAREFULLY AND, UH, AND MEANINGFULLY, AND, UH, IF YOU CAN SAY A MEANINGFULLY WAY, BUT, UH, SO ANYWAY, WE'LL LISTEN TO YOUR IDEAS AND LET'S TRY AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND MIKE, BY REED RE UPPING THIS PROGRAM, BUT THERE WERE SOME BUSINESSES I CAN THINK OF SOME RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA, THAT WERE FAIRLY NEW AND DIDN'T HAVE A COMPARISON.
AND SO THEY'RE ABLE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY IF THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE THE FIRST TIME AS WELL.
SO THEY FEEL ALL THE PAIN, BUT DON'T HAVE THE, THE HISTORICAL RECORD TO SAY THAT WE WE'VE RETAINED THROUGH.
ARE WE COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE PRE COVID? IS THAT CORRECT? UH, MAYOR, THAT, THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THE WAY THE INITIAL PROGRAM WAS SET UP, HAVING SOME SORT OF BENCHMARKS IN PLACE, UH, WERE REQUIRED, UH, IF THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR THE PAST YEAR, THOSE BENCHMARKS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.
UH, AND THEN THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.
AND WE EVEN BASED SOME TWEAKS THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT A QUARTERLY BASIS TO TRY AND, UH, MAKE IT EASIER FOR THOSE BUSINESSES WHO DIDN'T HAVE THAT DECEMBER NINE 41 OR A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP DATA IN PLACE, THEN TO LOOK BACK AT THE NEAREST QUARTER.
SO WE WERE LOOKING AT CREATIVE WAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO HELP GET THESE DOLLARS OUT THERE.
SO IF THEY WEREN'T OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT THAT TIME, THEY'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
NOW WE CAN GET THESE DOLLARS OUT TO THEM.
SO, UM, I, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, PART TWO, THE, THE DOUBLING, UM, BUT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF YOU LAST TIME WE LAYERED IT MOST EFFECTED THAN THE SECOND ONE.
I WOULD JUST SAY, DO IT ALL WIDE OPEN AND, AND, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROAD, THE ONLY, THE ONLY THOUGHT PROCESS THOUGH, AS FAR AS TRYING TO INJECT THE MONEY INTO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IF WE TRULY IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS ARE ABLE TO VACCINATE THE POPULATION SO PEOPLE CAN GET BACK TO SOME LEVEL OF NORMALITY, UM, IF WE CAN INJECT THE BUSINESSES AND KEEP THE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED SO THEY CAN SURVIVE DURING THAT TIME, THAT WOULD BE THE ANTITHESIS OF GETTING THE MONEY OUT SOONER THAN LATER, AT LEAST FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO THEY CAN RETAIN THE EMPLOYEES AND WHATNOT.
UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, REQUIREMENTS, THE TRUNK SYSTEM WE LOOKED AT FIRST WERE THAT WE WENT THE MOST IMPACTED TO THE SECOND MOST IMPACT INDUSTRIES.
WE ARE, OUR THOUGHT PROCESS NOW IS TO GO
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WIDE OPEN, FULL THROTTLE FROM THE GET-GO.UM, WE HAVE THE DATA, THE DATA PROVES OUT EVERYTHING.
WE THOUGHT THE MOST IMPACTED BUSINESSES IN THOSE INDUSTRY CLUSTERS OR THE COMPANIES THAT APPLIED THE MOST AND RECEIVED THE MOST FUNDING.
UM, AND WE STILL HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE.
SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY, WHENEVER COUNCIL GIVES US THAT DIRECTION, MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD SAY, ALL TRENCHES ARE OPEN, PLEASE APPLY.
UM, I GUESS SINCE MOST PEOPLE ARE COMING IN.
AND SO I THROW MY 2 CENTS INTO, UM, SO I KIND OF AGREE WITH A COUNSELOR ON THIS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, THESE DOLLARS ARE BEING EFFECTIVE.
UM, AND I GUESS, I MEAN, JUST THINKING THROUGH, UM, BIG ROOT CAUSE GUY, SO, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE PEOPLE GOING OUT ONE ADDRESSING COVID WITH PPE? UM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, WE REALIZE BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE, I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THIS WHEN WE SAY IT'S FREE BY THE COVID DOLLARS, IT'S, IT'S ALL OUR TAX DOLLARS, RIGHT? SO WE JUST LIKE THE MONEY THAT WE GET FROM OUR OWN CITIZENS TO RUN THE CITY.
WE WANT TO BE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WITH THOSE.
SO THESE ARE FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS THAT EVERYBODY DID, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTE TO OUT OF THEIR OWN WALLET IN ORDER TO GET TO.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING EFFECTIVE WITH IT.
SO MY OWN CONCERNING WITH IT, WITH THE, UM, UH, THE PART TWO OF THE DOUBLE ENGLISH I DO LIKE THE NAME THAT'S REALLY COOL, UM, IS AGAIN, IS, IS THIS GOING TO ADDRESS THE ROOT ISSUE OF PEOPLE SHOPPING LOCAL? SO IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE DOING A STOP GAP IN ORDER TO KEEP EMPLOYEES AROUND THAT HOPEFULLY POST COVID, THEY WOULD BE, UH, RETURNING BACK TO THE STORES, BUT I KNOW BARS AND RESTAURANTS, ONE THING, BUT THEN AGAIN, THE LOCAL RETAIL OR THE BOUTIQUE STORES, PEOPLE NOW HAVE SHIFTED TO A LOT OF ONLINE SHOPPING.
SO I CAN SEE WHERE I WOULD ALSO ENTERTAIN OR IMPLORE YOU ALL TO INVESTIGATE THAT I CHOOSE CHANDLER.
BUT AGAIN, FOR LACK OF BETTER TERM, YOU KNOW, TARGETING THOSE ONLINE RETAILERS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKING AWAY THE LOCAL BUSINESS ON SAYING, IT'S NOW JUST AS EFFECTIVE ON ORDERING ONLINE OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE INSTEAD OF GOING AND PAYING ALL YOUR DOLLARS AND ALL THE PROFITS TO COMPANY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
HOW ABOUT KEEPING THOSE PROFITS LOCALLY, THAT KIND OF ADVERTISING, BECAUSE THEN THAT GOES AFTER THE GROUP.
CAUSE ON THAT SHIFT, THAT'S CAUSING A LOT OF THAT PROBLEM WITH OUR LOCAL RETAILERS TO WITH, SO YEAH, THAT'S MY THOUGHT MAYOR, COUNCILMAN, THAT THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT.
THAT'S THAT ASSUMPTION THAT AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION, THAT IS PART OF THE ROOT PROBLEM.
LIKE HOW CAN WE GET THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO AREN'T PATRONIZING THEIR LOCAL BUSINESSES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS TO DO SO CONSUMER BUREAU.
CAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE TO TALK ABOUT HERE, BUT I WILL, UM, WE, WE REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN, UH, SOMEBODY MENTIONED THAT WE'VE GOT A BIG UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUE.
IS THERE A BIG UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUE HERE IN MARICOPA COUNTY AND CHANDLER WE THROUGH THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THE HISTORICAL UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS COMPARED TO WHERE WE ARE NOW IT'S HIGHER.
UM, THE MOST EFFECTED UNEMPLOYED ARE IN THOSE, UM, INITIAL ONES.
YOU LOOKED AT THE, THE HOSPITALITY, THE RESTAURANT, THE RETAIL THEY'RE HIGHER THAN NORMAL.
I THINK WE'RE AT ABOUT 7% IS THE LAST TIME LIKE LAST TIME WE WERE ABOUT 4%.
SO WE ARE ABOVE OUR NORM PRE COVID.
UH, BUT WE DROPPED DOWN QUICK BECAUSE WE KEEP ADDING JOBS.
AND SO WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I HAD HEARD THAT WE WERE ADDING JOBS AHEAD OF COMPANIES THAT WERE SHUTTING DOWN AND, UH, AND 7% USED TO BE ALMOST A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER.
AND HISTORICALLY, HISTORICALLY, AND WE WERE, I THINK PRE COVID ABOUT 3.3% UNEMPLOYMENT, WHICH IS FUNCTIONALLY ZERO UNEMPLOYMENT.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB, YOU CAN GET A JOB.
AND FOR MY MONEY, IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA HELP SOME OF THOSE COMPANIES THAT JUST DIDN'T GET IN ON THAT FIRST, UH, FIRST, UH, DISTRIBUTION I'M FOR THAT, UH, I, I'M NOT SURE.
I AGREE WITH GOING AND SAYING, LOOK, YOU DID IT BEFORE.
UH, BUT THAT'S A DISCUSSION WE COULD TALK ABOUT FURTHER.
SO, AND I'LL JUST SAY LAST LIKE IS PROBABLY READY TO MOVE ON, BUT I, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT HEALTHCARE OR OTHER SMALL MOM AND POPS THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN MAKE QUALIFY WITHIN THE LEGAL REALMS, UH, WHETHER THEY'VE RECEIVED MONEY OR NOT, TO ME, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT VICE MAYOR SAID, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE KEEPING FOOD ON THE TABLE AND RENTS BEING PAID PEOPLE IN BUSINESS, UH, IN CHANDLER, WE CAN FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO DO IT.
I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO WRAP UP, UM, WITH WHAT MICAH HAD SAID.
SO THE STAFF'S PROPOSAL IS TO CONTINUE TO SPEND THE NINE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO OPEN, AS MICAH MENTIONED, THE
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YOU EMAILS.I THINK MICAH SAID FISCAL YEAR.
SO THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR IN JANUARY, AND AGAIN, TO SOME OF YOUR POINTS, SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES MIGHT BE ABLE TO QUALIFY NOW THAT WE'RE RELATIVELY NEW, UH, THIS YEAR.
SO IS THAT AGREEABLE AMONGST COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DO THAT? I I'M HEARING A YES ON THAT IN TERMS OF, SO I'M SEEING HEADS NOD.
I'M PRETENDING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART'S HEAD IS NODDING.
I WOULD LIKELY A PAL TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE VULNERABLE POPULATION PIECE OF THE CARE'S DOLLARS WHILE SHE'S COMING FORWARD.
AS YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE, THERE IS AN ITEM THAT WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST MAYOR THAT THAT ITEM BE PULLED TO ACTION.
SO WE CAN HAVE A FULL CONVERSATION ON IT WHEN WE GET TO THAT, UH, POINT IN TIME THIS EVENING.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL LET LEAH TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE WITH THE VULNERABLE POPULATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL.
UM, SO YOU DID DO AN APPLICATION FOR THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS OF 1.855 MILLION ON THAT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE GONE OUT TO 32 NONPROFIT PROGRAMS. UM, ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE ENCUMBERED AT THIS POINT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE PROGRAM, WE NEED TO DO OUR REIMBURSEMENT ON OUR HEAT RELIEF, THE CHECK PLACE, THE SUMMER, THE REMAINING FUNDING, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THAT REMAINING FUNDING THAT YOU SEE.
AND THEN THE BULK OF THE REMAINING FUND IS IN THE STAFF PHYSICIANS THAT WE HIRED.
WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE OUR FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY SPECIALIST, TWO OUTREACH WORKERS, OUR CARES TEAM, AND AN ADDITIONAL NAVIGATOR, AND A PART OF ANOTHER POSITION THAT WE HAVE.
THAT'S WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE NONPROFITS TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY, CONTACT US WHEN THEY HAD PPE TO GIVE OUT TO NONPROFITS.
SO THAT ONE POSITION COORDINATES ALL OF THOSE DONATIONS TO THE NONPROFITS, AS WELL AS KEEPS UP WITH WHATEVER DRAGS THEY HAVE, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, THEY HAVE WHATEVER THEIR NEEDS MAY BE AND KEEPS ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT.
AND SO THE, THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS ARE FOR THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR DAMAGE MITIGATION FUND, WHICH QUITE FRANKLY, WE HOPE TO NOT HAVE TO SPEND THAT'S THE BACK-UP FUNDING IS SHOULD WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ANY OF THE HOTEL ROOMS THAT WE'RE USING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS? AND WE DO DID START A LANDLORD INCENTIVE PROGRAM, WHICH JUST BARELY KICKING OFF.
WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST LANDLORD THAT SIGNED UP, BUT THE IDEA BEHIND THAT IS TO GET MORE LANDLORDS TO COME ON TO THE SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN GET PEOPLE WHO HAVE VOUCHERS ABLE TO FIND HOUSING.
SO AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS REALLY ARE KIND OF LEFT ON OUR INTERNAL PROGRAMS AND WE'LL BE SPENDING THAT THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE NON-PROFITS GO, WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEM REALLY LITERALLY ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS.
I'M IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THEY'VE THEIR NEEDS OR THEIR, THEIR NEEDS ARE BEING MET, OR IF THERE'S ANY NEW CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY'RE ENCOUNTERING.
I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SOME COMMUNICATION WITH US AND WE CAN SEE IF WE HAVE PARTNERS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN HELP THEM FILL WHATEVER THEIR GAPS MAY BE.
WE DID COMPLETE OUR APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR, 21, 22, 2021 FUNDING.
UM, AND WE ARE, WE HAVE RECEIVED MORE NEW APPLICATIONS THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST, WHICH WE KIND OF ANTICIPATED.
AND THERE ARE STILL REQUESTS FOR THINGS LIKE PPE IN THOSE APPLICATIONS.
SO STAFF IS GOING THROUGH THOSE APPLICATIONS.
NOW THEY WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN THE EARLY SPRING FOR CDBG AND IN MAY FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
AND DEEPA DOCKY TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR IT INFRASTRUCTURE COUNSEL.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WHERE WE APPROPRIATED APPROXIMATELY APPROVED APPROXIMATELY $7.7 MILLION, UM, FOR THE CARES ACT TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY.
UM, A COUPLE OF THE AREAS THAT WE REALLY FOCUSED ON INITIALLY WAS ON THE MOBILITY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ON, IN, WITHIN THE MOBILITY, IT WAS TO DO WITH GOING FROM DESKTOP TO LAPTOP IN TOTALITY, THERE WAS ABOUT 1,416 THAT PROPS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE PURCHASING, THOSE PURCHASES HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 15% OF THOSE HAVE NOW BEEN DEPLOYED BY THE END OF DECEMBER, WE ANTICIPATE THAT NUMBER TO BE AT ABOUT 30%.
AND WE ARE ACTUALLY ON TARGET TO MEET THE DEPLOYMENTS BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, ALONG THE WAY, WE WERE ALSO EXPERIENCING SOME OF THE OLDER MACHINES THAT ARE UP FOR REPLACEMENT.
UM, THEY MIGHT FAIL OR WHATNOT.
SO SOMETIMES WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS KIND OF ADDRESS THOSE, GET THEM REPLACED AS WELL.
AND SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A COMBINATION OF, WE HAVE OUR ROADMAP FOR TARGETING DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT, BUT WHEN WE DO RUN INTO ISSUES,
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WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RESOLVE THAT.AND SO THAT'S REALLY ON THE, UM, LAPTOP FRONT.
THE SECOND COMPONENT THAT WE REALLY FOCUSED ON UPFRONT WAS THE CONFERENCE ROOMS. WE IDENTIFIED A TOTALITY OF APPROXIMATELY 27 CONFERENCE ROOMS HERE AT THE CITY, UM, THAT WERE CATEGORIZED AS PRIORITY A OR THE HIGHEST PRIORITY TO GET UPGRADED.
UM, WITH THAT RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE WERE AT IS ABOUT 41% OF THE CONFERENCE ROOM UPGRADES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AS 11 CONFERENCE ROOMS, 15, WE'LL BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
AND THEN BY APPROXIMATELY THE END OF MARCH, WE SHOULD HAVE THE REMAINDER COMPLETED.
AND THAT'LL TAKE US UP TO 27 CONFERENCE ROOMS WITH THE FULL UPGRADE, ALONG WITH THE UPGRADE THAT ENABLES A CONFERENCE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS, UM, WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE MICROPHONES, THE SPEAKERS, ALL OF IT'S ALL INTEGRATED, MUCH MORE SEAMLESS.
AND WE'RE ALSO ROLLING OUT TRAINING.
WE'RE DOING THIS CONFERENCE ROOMS TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE USING THOSE CONFERENCE ROOMS, TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO NOW, WHAT'S NEXT.
IT'S GOING TO REALLY FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND SECURITY.
THE MORE MOBILE WE GET, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE NEED TO PROTECT OUR INFORMATION AS IT'S GOING THROUGH THE INTERNET INTO, YOU KNOW, UM, WHETHER IT'S EMPLOYEES, HOMES OR OTHER REMOTE LOCATIONS THAT THEY'RE WORKING FROM WITH THAT SAID, UM, THAT TARGET COMPLETION FOR IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS IS FROM A CONNECTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE STANDPOINT.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE IS THE VPN COMPONENT AND ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ENABLES A COMPUTER TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE OFFICE AND THE CONNECT SECURELY TO OUR ENVIRONMENT HERE, RETARGETING BACK TO THE START HERE IN ABOUT A MONTH OR SO WITH A TARGETED COMPLETION TIMEFRAME AT ABOUT SEPTEMBER OF 2021.
THE NEXT COMPONENT THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IS THE INFORMATION SECURITY, UM, G SUB IT.
SO ALONG WITH THE PERFORMANCE STANDPOINT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS SECURE.
AND SO THAT REALLY ACTUALLY IS GOING HAND IN HAND WITH THE TARGETED COMPLETION OF ABOUT JUNE OF 2021.
WITH THAT WE'LL BE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
SO, SO YOUR PLAN IS TO UTILIZE THIS $4.6 MILLION WITH THESE OTHER CONDUCTIVITIES, THE SECURITY, THE ASPECT THAT IS CORRECT.
I GUESS THERE'S A LITTLE BIT, SO IT'S REALLY, WHEN YOU SAY ACTUAL ENCUMBERED, WE HAVE CONTRACTS FOR THAT.
AND I GUESS WHEN WE SAY ACTUAL PERSON CUMMINS INCOME, BUT THE ALLOCATION IS STILL 4.6 FOR THAT PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE A LINE OF SIGHT OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THAT 4.6 MILLION.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE MAYOR, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, IT'S A GOOD, UH, GOOD PRESENTATION.
I WILL ASK ABOUT THE VPN AND, UH, SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT HAVE POTENTIAL FOR SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT ONGOING EXPENSE.
HOW IS, IS THAT JUST FOR FUTURE BUDGETS TO WORK OUT OR IS THERE SOME PLAN TO USE SOME OF THAT FOR THAT, UM, UH, THROUGH THE MAYOR, A COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS ACTUALLY SUBMITTING FOR DECISION PACKAGES TO BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ONGOING COMPONENTS THAT WOULD GIVE YOU INCREASED THE DELTA SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE LAPTOPS AS WELL.
AND WOULD WE, UM, UH, WHEN AN EMPLOYEE WORKS FROM HOME, OUR W ARE WE GOING TO FURNISH THEM WHERE THEY LAPTOP THAT IS GOT ITS OWN INTERNET AND EVERYTHING? ARE WE GOING TO USE THEIR SERVICE, UH, TO THE MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE ENABLING THEM WITH A LAPTOP THAT HAS THE SECURED, THE VPN CLIENT INSTALLED IN THE LAPTOP.
THE INTERNET CONNECTION WOULD BE UTILIZING OR LEVERAGING THEIR SERVICE THAT THEY'VE ALREADY, UM, YOU KNOW, PAYING FOR FROM THEIR, UM, HOME TO THE RESIDENTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ONGOING MIGHT BE THAT MAY COME AS FAR AS THE VPN AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, THAT WOULD BE, UH, TO THE MAYOR THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON OUR SIDE, UH, ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE RESIDENTS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CITY'S FUTURE FINANCIAL LIABILITY, ONGOING EXPENSE THROUGH THE MAYOR.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATED TO THE VPN THAT IS ON THE CITY SIDE, NOT ON THE RESIDENCE.
AND IT'S REALLY TO THE MAYOR, UM, IT'S REALLY THREE COMPONENTS.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE HOME THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S IN THE INTERNET OR KIND OF LIKE IN THE CLOUD AND THEN ON THE CITY, AND WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR IS THE DEVICE THAT HAS THE VPN CLIENT IN IT.
AND THEN THE SECURE TUNNEL GOING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE STEPS BEFORE IT GETS TO THE CITY, THAT'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE, WE WOULD BE COVERED, BUT NOTHING TO DO OUT OF THE HOME.
I GUESS I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME ONGOING EXPENSES SORTED ATTACHED TO THE VPN, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ISN'T THROUGH THE MAYOR, NOT ON THE RESIDENTS, I JUST, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATED TO US ENABLING THAT CONNECTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, SO IF I MAY INTERJECT, MAYBE SO.
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YOU'RE ALLUDING TO POSSIBLY IS AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THE VPN HOSTS AND THE COLLECT COLLECTORS WITH THEM.I ALWAYS SAY COLLECTORS, AND I THINK I'M WRONG, BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE CONSOLIDATORS THAT THEY BRING ALL THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE WORLD.
AGAIN, YOU CAN VPN FROM ANYWHERE AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT AN INTERNET CONNECTION.
AND ALL I WOULD SAY IS THAT AS PART OF THIS, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THOSE AVAILABLE ONE-TIME FUNDS AND OR IF YOU FIGURED INTO THIS AS A STANDARD, MOST OF THOSE HARDWARE AND SUPPORT USUALLY COMES WITH A THREE YEAR, SOMETIMES TWO YEAR.
BUT IF WE PAY SOMETIMES A PREMIUM, YOU CAN MAYBE EXTEND IT TO FIVE.
AND SO THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE WHERE WE COULD PAY MAYBE A LITTLE MORE TO GET A DEEPER MAINTENANCE.
SO THAT WAY, UM, AGAIN, FOR OUR ONGOING, IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN POSSIBLY DELAY THOSE, UH, ONGOING MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS THROUGH THE MAYOR.
WAS THE THREE YEAR PERIOD THAT WOULD COME WITH THE UPFRONT WORK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, MOVING FORWARD, IT WOULD NEED TO SIT WITH ANY, ANY OF THESE CLOUD ABILITY.
AND AGAIN, WAS SUFFERS A SERVICE AND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO TRY TO PAD SOME OF THAT EXTENDED SERVICE AGREEMENTS ON, ON THE END, SO THAT, UM, SINCE WE HAVE MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO US TODAY AND NOT KNOWING WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD, UM, AND IT DOES JUST HELP POSTPONE THOSE, UM, THE FUTURE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO COME, BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO PAY IT UPFRONT, SOMETIMES WE GET A BREAK SO THAT WE'LL JUST KEEP LOOKING AT THEM.
WE CAN BRING UP THE PRESENTATION ONE MORE TIME.
UM, AND THEN NEXT SLIDE, UM, AND, UH, WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 2122 BUDGET QUESTIONS, A NUMBER OF THESE YOU'VE SEEN EVERY YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE THIS BUDGET KICKOFF, UM, BUT, UH, WE'VE ALREADY COVERED ONE A THERE, IN TERMS OF THAT USE CHANDLER CAMPAIGN, UM, THE ADDITIONAL NEEDS FOR CAP UTILITY AND RENT, UM, AS ARE REQUESTED, WE CAN MAYBE TALK ABOUT THAT MAYOR AT THE REGULAR MEETING AND THE INTEREST OF TIME AT THIS POINT.
UM, NUMBER TWO, MAINTAIN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TAX RATES.
THAT HAS BEEN A GENERAL STATEMENT BY THE COUNCIL, THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN YOUR MANAGER.
SO, UH, UNLESS THERE'S SOMEONE, UH, THAT WANTS TO DISCUSS THAT, I THINK WE, UH, HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD IDEA AS TO WHERE THE COUNCIL STANDS, MAINTAINING OUR AAA BOND RATINGS.
UM, CAN'T STRESS HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, WORKING WITH THE BOND COMMITTEE AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LEAD TO, UH, NEXT YEAR.
SO, UH, I KNOW THAT IS OF HIGH INTEREST OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE, AS DON MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A 15% RESERVE FOR GENERAL FUND, A $10 MILLION BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE.
UM, JUST OPEN THAT UP IF, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY, UH, WHICH IS DIFFERENTLY THAN THAT.
UM, MAYOR THE ONLY QUESTION I'LL SAY AGAIN, TO DISCUSS PRIMARY, SECONDARY TAX RATE, YOU KNOW, UH, AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEEDS ARE OR, UH, AND, AND WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT FIRST BEFORE WE START ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE.
SO AS I SAID, THE LAST PREVIOUS TWO YEARS, I'LL SAY IT AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME.
I REALLY CAN'T COMMIT TO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACCESS VALUE WILL BE, UH, WHICH COMES OUT IN AUGUST.
SO I THINK IT'S LATER THIS YEAR IN CASE THE CASE IS SO, UH, SO I REALLY CAN'T COMMIT TO THAT RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT AS LOW AS POSSIBLE, BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CHAMBER RESIDENTS ARE SEEING IT IMPACTED THEIR DOLLARS.
BUT I WOULD SAY I COULD COMMIT TO THE PRINCIPAL AND PLANNING ON GOING AHEAD.
AND IF THERE ARE SOME IRREGULARITIES THAT WOULD WARRANT TO THE LEVEL THAT IT WAS ON, IT SAVED MAYOR, UH, THAT'S A NUMBER ORLANDO IS WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING IT UP, BUT I, I THINK IT'S COMMITMENT TO THAT PRINCIPLE.
THAT'S, YOU'RE ASKING AND, UM, CAUSE WE'LL ALWAYS ADDRESS, UM, NEEDS AND IRREGULARITIES IN OUR BUDGET.
AND, UM, WE WILL BE, IF THERE ARE SOMETHING THAT INVOLVES, UH, THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WE WILL CERTAINLY BE BRINGING THAT UP.
WE ARE WAY EARLY JUST LOOKING FOR YOUR PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT.
UM, THE, UH, PSP RS PAY-DOWN PLAN.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.
UM, I'M ASSUMING THAT COUNCIL WANTS US TO CONTINUE AND BRING BACK, UM, IF WE HAVE ANY OPTIONS TO CONVENE AND YOU PAY DOWN OR UNFUNDED LIABILITY IN THAT REGARD.
UM, SO THAT IS A, ANOTHER THING ON THE LIST CONTINUING TO BE STRUCTURALLY BALANCED.
UM, I KNOW THAT THAT IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO YOU, UH, OUR CFO AND OUR BUDGET MANAGER AND ESPECIALLY, AND FOR MYSELF, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET OURSELVES OUT THERE USING ONE-TIME DOLLARS FOR ONGOING EXPENDITURES AND THAT JUST IS NOT MADE FOR GOOD BUDGET PRACTICES.
AND THEN ANY ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US TO ADD THIS AFTERNOON ON THE, UH, BUDGET
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PRIORITIES OR ANYTHING THAT YOU FORESEE, UH, CERTAINLY OPEN.AND WE'LL TAKE NOTE OF THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO THROUGH THE BUDGET.
WE START INTO THAT RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, JUST FOR ME.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A, A PUSH TO THAT.
THERE CAN BE A CERTAIN NEED IN THIS DEPARTMENT, OR WE CAN USE THAT AS AN ADDITIONAL FTES AND I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH BECAUSE I, AGAIN, I'M, I'M COMMITTED TO BEING ABLE TO BE FISCALLY SOUND, UH, 20, 30 YEARS FROM NOW BASED ON THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE TODAY AND THE HIRES.
SO TO ME, I, I'M ALWAYS, I ALWAYS LOOK AT SCRUTINY WHEN WE EXPAND OUR, OUR, UM, OUR EMPLOYEE BASE.
JUST BE, IF THERE'S A NEED, THEN WE NEED TO DO THAT.
BUT I DO REALIZE THAT EVERY PERSON WE ADD COMES WITH A PENSION AND A, A PLAN.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE BEING CAUTIOUS WITH THAT AND, AND SEEKING US OUT AND HAVING GOOD CONVERSATIONS OVER EACH OF THOSE REGARDLESS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE THE SAME THIS NEXT YEAR, CONSTANTLY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THUMBS UP.
WE ONLY HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION ON THE EMPLOYEES BEFORE, AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GO FORWARD.
WE'LL GET SOME MORE DEEP DIVES ON THAT.
CAUSE IT GOES BACK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, OF COURSE, BUT THERE COMES TO A POINT IN AN ORGANIZATION WHERE YOU CUT, CUT, CUT SO MUCH, OR YOU INTER YOU INNOVATE, YOU PUT IT INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT YOU'RE STILL NOT GETTING, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE WORK, DONE THE DEMANDS ON THE SYSTEM.
I'M LOOKING AT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MANS UNDER SYSTEM ARE BEING MET? UH, BUT YET, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT OBVIOUSLY BREAKING THE PIGGY BANK, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
BUT AGAIN, WE REALLY, MY CONCERN IS THOSE 242 EMPLOYEES THAT MAY, UH, GO NEXT YEAR, THEN WHAT DO WE DO? 112 LEFT THE BAY HIGHER.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION THAT YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE'LL HAVE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS OF WHAT WE DO WITH THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S, TO ME, I THINK THAT'S OUR, MY, YOU ASKED FOR GUIDANCE, THAT'S THE BIGGEST PRIORITY RIGHT NOW.
THE OTHER STUFF IS JUST STUFF BUILD OUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE COULD, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR AT THE TOP, THE DIALOGUE ON THAT.
AND I, I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ORLANDO, IS IT ON THAT SENSE, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ADDING NEWS WITH THOSE IT'S, IT'S KEEPING THE, THE, UH, ORGANIZATION AFLOAT TO WHERE THAT WE CAN, UH, THE WEEKEND, UH, REALLY PROVIDE THE, THE QUALITY THAT, THAT OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT AND THE NEEDS, YOU KNOW, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND WHETHER THAT'S IN WATER DEPARTMENTS, OUR STREETS ARE FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, WHERE THERE'S, WHERE THERE'S GAPS.
CERTAINLY WE NEED, UH, WHERE THERE'S VACANCIES AND THOSE VACANCIES ARE, ARE DEEMED AS ESSENTIAL, WHICH I ASSUME MOST, IF NOT ALL ARE ALL WILL BE, UH, UH, I'M MORE LOOKING AT THE EXPANSION SIDE WITH MY COMMENTS, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T ANTICIPATE IN ARTISTS ANY OF US UP HERE SAYING, OH, LET THEM GO.
WE WON'T REPLACE THEM BECAUSE TO ME THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE A FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE.
AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ALTHOUGH ALL NEW EXPANDED FTES ARE HEAVILY SCRUTINIZED BY MYSELF, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE BRING FORWARD.
AND, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS, UH, WHEN POSSIBLE THAT MIGHT BE CHEAPER LOOKING AT ALL THINGS, INCLUDING BENEFITS, UH, FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, OKAY.
IF NOT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER AT QUICKLY TO MATT DUNBAR, UH, TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WANTS, AND THOSE THINGS THAT EMERGED, UM, OVER THE LAST YEAR.
SO MARIN COUNCIL, WE'LL, UH, KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE NEEDS AND WANTS A LOT OF THESE WILL BE FAMILIAR TO YOU.
SO WE WON'T HAVE TO SPEND A TON OF TIME.
UH, WE HAVE INDICATED NEXT TO EACH OF THE ITEMS, IF IT'S IN OUR CURRENT CAPITAL PLAN, UH, IT HAS AN ASTERISK BY IT.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE JUST BRIEFLY, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH.
BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT AS WE LOOK THROUGH THESE LISTS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS YOU'VE HAD WITH CITIZENS OR WITH THIS IN GROUPS, UM, THAT MAY NOT BE ON THESE LISTS, PLEASE LET US KNOW THOSE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE PLANNING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS YEAR.
UM, SO FIRST ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE, UH, OUR FOCUS IS ON THE COMPLETION OF OUR MATERIALS.
WE'VE GOT TWO REMAINING, UH, AND THOSE ARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN FISCAL YEAR 23, 24 FOR, UH, CHANDLER HEIGHTS.
AND THEN LINDSEY IS SCHEDULED FOR 23, 24 AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE IN THE PLAN, UH, RELATIVELY RECENT OR SOON IN THE PLAN TO HAVE THOSE COMPLETED.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE ALMA SCHOOL ROAD AND GILBERT ROAD WIDENING PROJECTS.
UM, AND THOSE ARE PHASE PROJECTS THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
STREETLIGHT CONVERSION IS IN THE CIP.
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UH, THE EXTENSION OF AIRPORT RUNWAY, THE FUNDING IS IN THE CIP, UH, PAYMENT QUALITY INDEX.SO WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON OUR PAYMENT QUALITY AND ENSURING THAT THAT IS MAINTAINED.
UH, WE DO HAVE A PAYMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IN THE CIP CURRENTLY ABOUT 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UH, GOING UP TO ABOUT $12.4 MILLION THROUGH THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND THAT'S EACH YEAR ALLOCATED TO THAT PROGRAM, UH, TRYING TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THOSE STREET MILES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE IT, I'M SORRY.
WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, FOUR MINUTES BEFORE A MEETING.
CAN WE, UH, EITHER HAVE A SEPARATE BRIEFING ON THIS? OR CAN WE JUST TAKE THIS ON OUR OWN, LOOK AT THESE SLIDES AND GET BACK TO, TO STAFF ON ANY OTHER IDEAS WE HAVE ON THIS? OR IS THIS SOMETHING WE DESIRE? CAUSE WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO MAKE IT FOR FIVE OR SIX SLIDES HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO COVER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE, YOUR THOUGHTS, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THIS WILL? CAUSE WE CAN CONDEMN.
SO WE COULD THROUGH THE SLIDES IN THREE MINUTES AND THEN WE CAN HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS OR QUESTIONS AFTER THE FACT, IF THAT LET'S DO THAT.
CAUSE WE CAN, IF WE START OUR COUNCIL MEETING FIVE MINUTES LATE, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, SO AGAIN, TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN IS COMPLETE.
COUNCIL HAS SEEN THAT AND VOTED ON THAT TO INCORPORATE THAT PARKS MASTER PLAN IS IN ITS FINAL STAGES.
UM, AS YOU LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, NEEDS AGAIN WITH COVID-19, UH, WE'VE SEEN THAT THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY'RE NOT AS HEAVILY RELIANT ON CAPITAL, UH, NEEDS, UH, BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY NEEDS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET YEAR TO INCORPORATE THEIR NEEDS INTO THE BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AGAIN, PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS IS THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, YOU SAW IN OUR INCREASE FOR, UH, MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY RECEIVES ABOUT A 94% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR IN THE CAPITAL PLAN.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE SOME OF THESE, UH, THE CRIME LAB DETENTION FACILITY, UM, REBUILDING STATION NUMBER FOUR, ALL OF THOSE WERE ADDED INTO THE CAPITAL PLAN.
UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE AT SOME LEVEL INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL PLAN, BUT SOME OF THEM LIKE THE, UH, CRIME LAB IS JUST THE STUDY ONLY AT YEAR 10.
SO, UM, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THESE WILL ALL BE COMING FORWARD TO COUNCIL THROUGH THE BOND SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE HAVING THEIR MEETINGS NOW, UH, BUILDINGS AND FACILITY NEEDS, AS YOU KNOW, UM, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME NEEDS OUT THERE IN OUR BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES, AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.
OUR EXISTING CIP HAS ABOUT 1.1 MILLION UP TO ABOUT 1.7 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR THOSE.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU HEAR THAT NUMBER THAT MIKE HAS TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT, UH, WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL NEEDS THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING IN THIS CAPITAL PLAN, UH, COMING FORWARD AND THEN INCLUDING THAT AS THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH HAS SOME SIGNIFICANT NEEDS AND THEN AS WELL AS OUR CITY-WIDE PHYSICAL SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS.
SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT THAT LAST YEAR AND WE'LL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT COMING FORWARD.
AND THEN FINALLY, JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, WE DO HAVE A CITIZEN BOND EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW, AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF OUR BOND AUTHORIZATION, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL CATEGORIES OF BOND AUTHORIZATION, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY EITHER OUT OF BOND AUTHORIZATION.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR WATER WASTEWATER CURRENTLY HAS NON FOR ALL INTENSIVE PURPOSES.
PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE HAS, UM, ZERO, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE HAS JUST ENOUGH TO DO A STUDY OR A DESIGN, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY BUILD.
UM, AND SOME OF THEM WILL RUN OUT IN OUR CURRENT TENURE CIP.
SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT, THAT EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE IS FOCUSING ON IS ALL OF THE NEEDS, UM, IN OUR CIP, AS WELL AS OUTSIDE OF OUR CIP, COMING BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL ABOUT HOW TO INCORPORATE THOSE, UH, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER AUTHORIZATION TO COMPLETE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE FOR OUR CITIZENS.
AND THEN FINALLY, IT'S JUST A, A REMINDER OF KEY BUDGET DATES.
THIS IS IMPORTANT, I THINK FOR OUR CITIZENS TO BE IN TO KNOW, UM, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS TO BE INVOLVED, UH, TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR NEEDS THAT ARE, UM, THAT YOU OR YOUR NEIGHBORS NEED.
UH, THESE ARE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
SO WE DO HAVE WHAT BUDGET WORKSHOPS IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH A BUDGET LIVE PROGRAM, UH, WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 25TH, WE HAVE OUR ALL DAY BUDGET BRIEF, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC APRIL 23RD.
AND THEN OF COURSE OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS, WHERE WE COME BACK TO YOU WITH OUR AMENDMENT DISCUSSIONS, TENTATIVE ADOPTION, THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE TAX LEVY AND FINAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, AND THEN THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX LEVY ALL IN MAY AND JUNE TIMEFRAME.
SO ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSION THROUGH THOSE AS WELL.
AND WITH THAT MAYOR COUNCIL, WE'D BE WILLING TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COUNSEL, ANY FINAL QUESTIONS.
ANYTHING ELSE? NO MAYOR REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS AS WE'RE GETTING READY TO KICK OFF THE NEXT BUDGET.
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SO WE WILL SEE YOU IN FEBRUARY.SO COUNCIL, WHY DON'T WE TAKE ABOUT A FOUR MINUTE IF YOU NEED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, DO SO.
AND THEN WE'LL, UH, KICK OFF AT SIX OH FOUR.