[1. Call to Order by Mayor Darrell A. Davis.]
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LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER MONDAY, JUNE 13TH.
[2. Approval of City Council Meeting Minutes: May 23, 2022]
ORDER.NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 23RD, 2022.
SECOND SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THOSE MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
I'LL COME DOWN AND READ THOSE.
[A. Proclamation Recognizing 50 Years of Liberty Fest. ]
THE FIRST ONE IS GONE.THE LIBERTY FEST I'M GOING TO BE REALIZED LIBERTY FEST CELEBRATION THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE LIKE MAYBE NOT IN 50 YEARS OLD OR SO.
I LIKE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION FOR US IN THIS GLORIOUS SAVANNAH 50 YEARS OF LIBERTY FEST, WHEREAS EDMOND, JULY 4TH FESTIVAL IS A NONPROFIT OR OPERATIONS MADE UP OF INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS FROM THE EDMOND AREA.
ITS PURPOSE IS TO PRODUCE A SERIES OF FAMILY ORIENTED EVENTS AROUND 4TH OF JULY TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF THIS GREAT NATION AND THE HERITAGE OF OKLAHOMA.
AS THE HOST CITY OF LIBERTY FEST, EDMUND SHOWCASES A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT HELP ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND EDMOND SHOW PRIDE IN THE COMMUNITY, SUPPORT THE NONPROFIT AND THE CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
AND IN 1972, A HANDFUL OF ADMIN LEADERS CAME TOGETHER WITH THE IDEA TO RECOGNIZE THE 4TH OF JULY AND INCLUDE THE CITIZENS.
4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION IS A WEEK LONG SERIES OF EVENTS, CELEBRATIONS, UH, CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF EDMOND FUN FAMILY FESTIVALS, LIBERTY FAST BRINGS TOGETHER THE RESOURCES OF THE CITY OF EDMOND, THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AREA, BUSINESSES, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, FAMILIES, AND INDIVIDUALS TO SPONSOR THIS END SPORT, THE FESTIVE, BOTH EVENTS WITH THOUSANDS OF PATRIOTIC COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, MAKING AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE AND CELEBRATING HONORING EDMOND.
AND THEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
LIBERTY FEST IS COMPRISED OF 10 GRADE, UH, FAMILY EVENTS, WHICH UNITE AND ENTERTAIN FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE OUR GREAT COUNTRY.
THIS YEAR INCLUDE A FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY THAT WAS HELD YESTERDAY.
LIBERTY FEST BANNED THE CONCERT OF UCO, THE ANNUAL, UH, LIBERTY FAST RODEO, THE ANNUAL CAR SHOW, THE ANNUAL LIBERTY FEST KITE FESTIVAL AND YOU'LL ROAD RALLY, AND THE EDMUND LIBERTY FEST PARADE AND YOUR LIBERTY FAST PARK FEST AND THE NEWLY ADDED LIBERTY SPRINT AND THE ANNUAL LIBERTY FEST FIREWORKS SHOW.
THEREFORE I DARYL DAVIS, MAYOR OF CITY OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY FOOT PAIN, JUNE 12TH, 2022 THROUGH JULY 4TH, 2022 IS CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF LIBERTY FEST IN THE CITY OF EDMOND AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE LIBERTY FEST COMMITTEE AND EACH OF THEIR DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS FOR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS, THEY HAVE MADE TO THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS.
UM, HERE WE HAVE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT TIGHT FESTIVAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATION FOR LIBERTY FEST.
AND THESE GENTLEMEN HAVE A SHORTENED FEW WORDS FOR YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, I FEEL SLIGHTLY UNDRESSED OR DRESS DOWN I GUESS, WOULD BE THE, THE APPROPRIATE, BUT I'M HERE TO ADVERTISE LIBERTY FAIRS.
THAT'S BEEN MY PRIMARY CONCERN FOR THE LAST 32 YEARS.
UH, ANYWAY, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL AND ALL OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LITERAL, LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST 50 YEARS.
AND THE MANY THOUSANDS THAT WE'VE HAD THAT COME TO EACH OF THE 10 EVENTS WE'LL HAVE THEM.
AND, AND LIKE WAS JUST SAID THEY, THEY STARTED YESTERDAY WITH THE FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY AT THE FIRE STATION, FIRE STATION, NUMBER TWO, AND WE'LL KICK OFF WITH THE OTHER NINE EVENTS COMING UP ON THE 24TH.
UH, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY OTHER THAN THANK YOU AND LIBERTY
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FEST.THANKS YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION YOU'RE GIVING US.
I'LL JUST ADD ONE THING TO THAT AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT LIBERTY FEST.ORG.
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR UPDATES AND WHERE ALL THE EVENTS WILL BE AND THE TIMES AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO YOU CAN BRING YOUR FAMILY OUT TO THESE EVENTS AND THANKS TO TERRY AND DARYL FOR ALL THE HELP THEY DO WITH KYPHOSIS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THEY'RE TRUE PARTNERS IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE.
AND I JUST ASK EVERYBODY, IF IT'S GOING TO BE THIS WARM, MAKE SURE YOU HYDRATE OVER HYDRATE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
[B. Proclamation Recognizing June 20-25, 2022 as Amateur Radio Week.]
BROOKE SPOKE.THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE AMATEUR RADIO.
NOT AS GOOD LOOKING AS THE WARDROBE, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE BEST AMATEUR RADIO IN THE WORLD HERE IN EDMOND? DO YOU, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THEY KNEW BEHIND THE SCENES THAT HELP PROTECT US EACH AND EVERY DAY.
SO LET ME JUST READ THIS PROCLAMATION FOR YOU AMATEUR RADIO WEEK.
WHEREAS MORE THAN 500 CITIZENS WITH THE CITY OF EDMOND ARE DULY LICENSED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION AS AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS COMMITTED TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND SUPPORTING EMERGENCY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TESTING OF THE AREAS, OUTDOOR WARNING DEVICE SYSTEMS AND STORM SPOTTING AND MEMBERS OF THE EDMOND AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY OR EARS, A RECOGNIZED 5 0 1 C THREE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS VOLUNTARILY DONATE THEIR IMPORTANT SERVICES TO THE CITY AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS ALSO PROVIDE ONGOING RADIO COMMUNICATION SUPPORT FOR LOCAL PARADES FAIRS, MARATHONS AND OTHER CHARITABLE EVENTS AND EARS MEMBERS HAVE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AND WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE MIDST OF THE CITY'S PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND THE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS OF EARS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL RADIO RELAY LEE, THAT A H A R R L FIELD DAY OF ITS MANY RE ROUTINE OF EMERGENCY TRAINING EXERCISES.
THIS YEAR'S AMATEUR RADIO FIELD DAY WILL OCCUR JUNE 25TH AND 26.
AND THERE FOR DARYL DAVIS MAYOR, THE CITY OF EDMOND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF, UH, OF THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEAR BACK HER PRAYING THE WEEK OF JUNE 23, 27, 20 22 AS AMATEUR RADIO WEEK IN THE CITY OF EDMOND IN RECOGNITION OF THE VITAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SUPPORT AND OTHER VOLUNTARY SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AFFILIATED WITH EARS AND HIS RECOGNITION OF THESE CITIZENS PARTICIPATION IN AMATEUR RADIO FIELD DAY, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE.
I URGE EACH CITIZEN TO RECOGNIZE SHOW SUPPORT AND APPRECIATE TO THE HUNDREDS OF AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS OF OUR SPRAYED CITY.
GIVEN UNDER THE HAND, THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA, THIS 15TH DAY, 13TH DAY OF JUNE, 2022, DARIUS DAVIS.
WHAT'D YOU TELL HIM EVERYONE REALLY WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU ALL ABOUT AND, AND, AND THE SERVICE WE WE LIVE.
AND I, I, I, I SAY THIS, UM, FROM A TERM THAT I LEARNED IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF WHAT IF, UH, WHAT IF ONE DAY YOU PICK UP YOUR CELL PHONE AND IT DOESN'T WORK.
UM, HOW, HOW CAN WE GET A MESSAGE FROM POINT A TO POINT B? AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO ON FIELD DAY.
WE PRACTICE, UH, WHAT IF THIS GOES WRONG? UH, WE RUN COMPLETELY OFF OF, THERE'S NOTHING PLUGGED INTO A WALL.
WE RUN OFF OF GENERATORS AND BATTERIES FOR 24 HOURS AND WE TRY AND MAKE AS MANY CONTACTS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
UH, AND, UH, AS FAR AS THE PROCLAMATION, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS, UM, FIELD DAY IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
I ENCOURAGE YOU, MR. MAYOR, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO STOP BY.
UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SET US UP.
WE WILL HAVE FOOD, UH, RADIO OPERATORS TYPICALLY DO NOT STARVE.
UM, BUT WE'RE THERE IN CASE THE WHAT IFS.
UH, SO, UH, HOPEFULLY NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS ANYTIME
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SOON, BUT WE ARE READY.[4. City Council Nominations to Boards and Commissions:]
[a. Reappointment of Briley Moore to the Visit Edmond Tourism Advisory Board; term ends May 2023.]
THE CITY COUNCIL[1. Mayor's Nominations and Reappointments:]
NOMINATIONS TO BOARD AND COMMISSIONS FIRST OFF IS MAYORS NOMINATION TO REAPPOINTMENTS.WE APPOINTMENT OF BROADLY MORE TO THE VISIT M AND TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD TERM ENDS MAY, 2023.
WE'RE ONE NOMINATION TO REAPPOINTMENT NOMINATION OF BRANDY PINON TO VISIT EDMOND TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD REPLACE RAY HIBBARD TERM EXPIRES JUNE, 2025 REAPPOINTMENT OF KATHY WALLACE TO THE EDMOND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TERM EXPIRES JUNE, 2025.
NEXT ONE IS, UM, BOARD NOMINATION AND REAPPOINTMENT NOMINATION OF ANTHONY MORRISON AS AN EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EMPLOYEE PENSION BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE TO REPLACE RETIRED EMPLOYEE THAN TO CREEC A TERM EXPIRES JUNE 13TH, 2020.
FOR THOSE OF ALL OF OUR NOMINATIONS OF REAPPOINTMENTS, WE HAVE TO APPROVE TWO A AND B AND THREE.
SECOND MOTION SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, THOSE REAPPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS ARE APPOINTMENTS NOW.
[5. Discussion and Consideration of amending City of Edmond Ward Boundaries based upon 2020 Federal Census data.]
IS DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF AMENDING OF EDMOND WAR BOUNDARIES.BASED UPON THE 2020 FEDERAL CENSUS DATA.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THIS ONE, MR. MOORE, OR ARE YOU GOING TO START US OFF MAYOR COUNCIL? UH, THIS IS EVERY 10 YEARS WE STARTED THIS PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.
AND I THINK BEFORE CASEY MAKES A STATEMENT, I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS A SHORT STATEMENT.
HE WANTS TO CONVEY TO THE COUNCIL, THE STATE STATUTE SPECIFIES THE PROCESS WE ARE TO FOLLOW WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, RE LOOK AT OUR AWARDS EVERY 10 YEARS OR APPROXIMATELY EVERY 10 YEARS, AS SOON AS WE RECEIVED THE, UH, CENSUS DATA.
UH, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONSIDER AS WE LOOK AT THOSE AS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T SPLIT PRECINCTS, IT'S ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY ELECTION BOARD.
SO WE WILL, UH, MONITORING AND WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ELECTION BOARD TO SEE WHAT THINGS SEE HOW THEY WERE MOVING THROUGH THEIR PROCESS.
AND SO WE'RE NOW READY AS WE LOOKED AT, UH, UH, THE CENSUS DATA AND TO DO THE VERY BEST THAT WE CAN TO MAKE THE WARDS THEMSELVES EQUAL, UH, AS PRACTICAL AS IT CAN BE, AND ALSO WITHOUT HAVING TO SPLIT THE PRECINCTS.
AND SO I THINK CASEY HAS A PRESENTATION FOR YOU, BUT WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH THE STATE LAW AND THEN FOLLOWING OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT IN DIRECTION TO STAFF, WE'LL BE PREPARING THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE, WHICH WILL IDENTIFY THE ACTUAL BOUNDARIES OF THE SPECIFIC WORDS, AND WE'LL DO A PUBLICATION AND NOTICE PERIOD FOR THAT.
SO YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT RECEIVING SEEING THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE AT YOUR JULY 25TH MEETING.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME, UH, TALK ABOUT THIS.
WE'VE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, STUFF RELATED TO THE CENSUS FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AS, AS EVERYONE'S PROBABLY WELL AWARE, THE CENSUS TOOK MUCH LONGER TO PROCESS THROUGH THAN IT TYPICALLY DOES.
SO USUALLY AS A CITY, UH, WE WOULD, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE HERE IN THIS SPOT A YEAR PRIOR TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, BUT THAT'S HOW IT ALL WORKED OUT NATIONALLY THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE NOW HAVE ALL THE DATA THAT WE NEED AND ALL THE APPROVALS THAT WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO WE'VE GOT A BRIEF PRESENTATION, COUPLE OF OPTIONS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER, AND THEN YOU ALL CAN DECIDE WHERE YOU WANT TO GO FROM THERE.
SO, UH, WE'LL JUMP IN AND MR. MORAN MAY HAVE TOUCHED ON SOME OF THIS.
SO AWARD REDISTRICTING OVERVIEW, THIS IS BASED UPON DATA RECEIVED FOR EDMUND FROM THE 2020 FEDERAL CENSUS, UH, BEFORE LOCAL CHANGES CAN BE ENACTED ANY CHANGES TO FEDERAL STATE AND COUNTY BOUNDARIES MUST BE FINALIZED.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S ALL HAPPENED.
IN FACT, THE COUNTY, UH, JUST FINALIZED THEIRS IN APRIL, WHICH ALLOWED US TO START OUR WORK.
SO, UH, THAT WAS THE LAST ONE THAT NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, OUR OFFICIAL POPULATION.
AND THIS'LL BE OUR OFFICIAL 2020 POPULATION UNTIL 2030, UH, 94,608.
SO THAT WAS THE OFFICIAL NUMBER THAT WE RECEIVED.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN 2022 NOW.
SO THAT NUMBER MAY EVEN BE DIFFERENT.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS FOR THIS EXERCISE, IT'S BASED UPON THIS 2020 CENSUS.
UM, SO WITH FOUR HOARDS, THE TARGET POPULATION FOR EACH WARD IS 20 3006 AND SEVEN.
SO TRYING TO GET AS CLOSE TO THAT AS WE CAN, WITHOUT SPLITTING PRECINCTS OR MOVING A COUNCIL MEMBER OUT OF, OUT OF A PRECINCT OR OUT OF A WARD, I'M SORRY,
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A COUNTY PRECINCTS CANNOT BE SUBDIVIDED.EACH CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBER MUST LIVE IN THE WARD.
HE OR SHE REPRESENTS A HISTORICALLY HERE IN THE CITY.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS MADE MINIMAL CHANGES, UH, TO KEEP WARDS CLOSE TO THEIR CURRENT CURRENT FORM.
UH, ONE THING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER, AND WE SAY THIS EVERY 10 YEARS, SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS, NUMBERS OF APARTMENTS OR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE NOT CONSIDERED WHEN REDRAWING THESE BOUNDARIES.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE KIND OF OUR STARTING PLACE AND WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS GET TO THAT NUMBER AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE BY MOVING AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY AND KIND OF SEE WHAT OUR WARDS HAVE LOOKED LIKE OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES.
THEY REALLY HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THIS TIME.
UM, SO THIS, THIS IS THE MAP FROM 1990 TO 2000.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT REALLY DOESN'T LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
UM, WARD ONE ESSENTIALLY FITS THAT, THAT MIDDLE PART, UH, GOES A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH THAN IT DOES NOW.
UM, MORE FOR IS, IS VERY SIMILAR WHERE THREE'S A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THE MORE TWO AS HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY BIG BECAUSE OF THE RURAL NATURE OF, OF THAT AREA.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL PROBABLY CHANGE QUITE A BIT FOR THE 20, 30 CENSUS.
AND SO, UH, WE MAY BE SEEING MUCH LARGER CHANGES WHEN THAT CENSUS ROLLS AROUND, UH, 20 OR SORRY, 2000 2010.
SO YOU SAW A WARD, ONE SHRUNK, AND REALLY NOW BECAME KIND OF THE CENTER OF EDMOND AS WARD TWO EXPANDED, UH, UP TO THE NORTH.
AND AGAIN, THESE CHANGES WERE ALL NECESSARY TO TRY TO GET, UH, AS CLOSE TO EVEN POPULATION NUMBERS AS POSSIBLE, UH, 2010 TO NOW.
SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE, WARD ONE SHRUNK, EVEN MORE WE'RE TOO.
YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER WARD, FOUR GOT BIGGER AND A WARD THREE GOT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
AND THE REASON WARD ONE WAS SHRINKING BECAUSE IT'S MORE DENSELY POPULATED.
THE OTHER AREA IS NOT QUITE AS DENSELY POPULATED, BUT AS THINGS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, UM, YOU START TO SEE MORE, ONE'S GOING TO END UP GROWING AGAIN, AND WE'RE GOING TO OVER TIME, SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE BALANCE.
SO THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE GOT FROM THE CENSUS.
SO IF YOU TAKE THE NUMBERS INSIDE OF EACH OF THESE WARDS, UH, YOU CAN SEE, WE SAID WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO AS A TARGET POPULATION, 23,607, SORRY, I'M POINTING WITH MY FINGERS.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE WITH THAT, UH, WARD ONE IS PRETTY LIGHT ON POPULATION OR TWO PRETTY HEAVY ON POPULATION.
WE'RE, THREE'S A LITTLE BIT LIGHT WE'RE FOURS, A LITTLE BIT HEAVY.
SO WHAT WE KNOW IS IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE, THEN THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO TRY TO EVEN THESE THINGS OUT THESE RED DOTS.
THESE ARE THE RESIDENCES OF THE CURRENT SITTING COUNCIL.
SO AGAIN, THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE CHANGES, ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE'S CLOSE TO A BOUNDARY OR TWO, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE NECESSARILY.
CAUSE THESE PRECINCTS ARE PRETTY LARGE UP IN HERE.
UH, THAT LIMITS US FOR MAKING CHANGES HERE IN WARD THREE.
UH, REALLY, REALLY NOT MUCH OF AN ISSUE THERE EITHER.
SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OPTIONS TO LOOK AT.
SO FOR THE 2020S, THIS IS, THIS IS OPTION NUMBER ONE.
AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN THIS LINE THAT RAN RIGHT HERE.
I'LL GO BACK AND SHOW YOU, SEE THAT LINE RIGHT THERE.
SO BASICALLY YOU MOVE TWO SQUARE MILES OF POPULATION FROM WARD ONE TO WARD TWO.
WHAT DOES THAT DO? WELL, THAT PUTS WARD ONE ESSENTIALLY RIGHT ON IN POPULATION, BUT WE'RE TO ALMOST RIGHT ON POPULATION, NO CHANGES TO FOUR AND THREE.
UM, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE WE CAN'T SPLIT THE PRECINCTS.
THEN IF WE'RE GOING TO, IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO WITH FOUR AND THREE, CAN WE GET THEM A LITTLE BIT CLOSER MAYBE BY, BY SWAPPING SOME SPACE DOWN HERE? SO THAT'S OPTION NUMBER TWO.
UM, SO WHAT THAT DOES IS IT TAKES THIS AREA RIGHT HERE FROM WORK FOUR AND TAKES IT DOWN TOWARDS THREE.
NOW WHAT, WHAT ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE IS NOW WARD THREE IS A LITTLE BIT HEAVY AND WE'RE FOUR IS A LITTLE BIT LIGHT.
W WHICH ONE, TYPICALLY WE CAN'T, WHAT WE CAN'T DO IS TRY TO BASE OUR WARDS OFF OF FUTURE GROWTH.
BUT IN THIS SCENARIO, THAT'S ONE CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE DECIDING BETWEEN ONE OR THE OTHER POTENTIALLY.
SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE, IF WE GO BACK TO THIS OPTION, ONE, THESE BOUNDARIES STAY EXACTLY THE SAME AS THEY ARE NOW.
AND SO EVERYONE STAYS THE SAME WORKFORCE STAYS, SAME WARD, THREE STAYS THE SAME, WHAT WE, WHAT WE KNOW BASED UPON THE FUTURE PLANNING AND FUTURE GROWTH PATTERNS WORKFORCE IS GOING TO IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW FASTER THAN MORE THREE.
ALL OF OUR WARDS ARE GOING TO SEE GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS OR THREE MORE THAN LIKELY IS NOT GOING TO SEE AS MUCH GROWTH AS WAR FOUR.
SO IF WAR FOUR STARTS HEAVY, THAT MEANS THEY'RE GOING TO BE MUCH HEAVIER BY THE TIME WE GET TO 2030, AND THE THREE MAY CONTINUE TO LAG BEHIND AND WE'LL BE MUCH WIDER.
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OPTION, IT TAKES THIS.AND AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT THIS REALLY WEIRD SPACE RIGHT HERE.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A SECOND.
UM, THAT MAKES WORD THREE HEAVY.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO OUR TARGET POPULATION FOR BOTH OF THEM.
UM, AND WITH WHAT WE THINK WITH THE FUTURE GROWTH, WE'RE FOURS GOING TO GROW INTO THEIR POPULATION NUMBER.
AND WARD THREE IS GOING TO START OUT A LITTLE BIT, HEAD A LITTLE BIT AHEAD, WHICH PROBABLY WILL KEEP THEM A LITTLE MORE BALANCED.
NOW, AGAIN, WE KNOW WE'RE, TWO'S GOING TO SEE GROWTH AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF GROWTH AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HEAVY, BUT THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT BASED UPON WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH.
SO WITH THE PRECINCTS, UM, WHAT, WHAT THE COUNTY DID, THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THIS, THERE WAS A BIG PRECINCT RIGHT HERE, AND I THINK THEY TRY TO, THEY TRY TO MAKE THEM EVEN BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND THIS YEAR, WE DON'T HAVE THE PRECINCTS UP ON HERE, BUT TO DO THAT, THEY ESSENTIALLY JUST CARVED OUT THIS LITTLE THING RIGHT THROUGH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HERE.
SO WHAT IT DOES ALLOWS US TO GET BETTER POPULATION SEPARATION FOR US.
THE ONE COMPLICATION IS GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO MAKE, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE'RE LITERALLY GOING TO SPLIT INTO CHISHOLM BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN HALF, WHICH AGAIN IS NOT A PROBLEM.
WE JUST HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB OF EDUCATING THESE PEOPLE.
YOU'RE IN WARD THREE, I'M SORRY.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AND DISCUSS AGAIN, IF, IF WE WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGE IN OTHER WAYS THAN LITERALLY YOU MAKE A CHANGE, LET'S SAY WE MAKE A CHANGE HERE.
WELL, THEN THAT AFFECTS EVERYTHING.
AND IT JUST BECOMES THIS LARGE WHEEL.
AND OUR, OUR, UH, GIS DEPARTMENT DID A GREAT JOB TAKING THE DATA THAT THEY RECEIVED, REALLY WORKING WITH IT AND WORKED THROUGH A LOT OF SCENARIOS.
AND, AND HONESTLY, IF WE TRY TO MAKE AS FEW CHANGES AS POSSIBLE, THIS IS, THESE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE ENDED UP WITH.
OTHERWISE YOU END UP GREATLY CHANGING ALL THE WARDS AND REALLY MAKING A LOT OF, A LOT OF CHANGES FOR PEOPLE, UM, TO, TO MAYBE NOT BE, UH, REPRESENTED BY THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE ELECTED TO, SORRY, PEOPLE NOT REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THEY WERE LIKELY TO REPRESENT.
THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO KEEP THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO THIS SCENARIO ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.
AND TONIGHT IT'S REALLY FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO, HOW YOU'D LIKE TO PROGRESS AS MR. MURDOCH SAID, UM, IF YOU CHOOSE ONE OF THESE OPTIONS AND VOTE ON ADOPTING THAT, THEN WE'LL GO INTO A 30 DAY PERIOD WHERE WE CAN RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN COME BACK AND VOTE ON PUTTING IT INTO ORDINANCE AT YOUR SECOND MEETING IN JULY.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PROCESS, OR I'M ALSO HAPPY TO JUST LET YOU ALL DISCUSS.
SO LET ME BE CLEAR UNDER NO SCENARIO, COULD I POSSIBLY HAVE ARCADIA LAKE
NO, WE CANNOT OUT THESE SCENARIOS.
I KNOW YOU'RE THIS SMART TO DO IT BY MEMORY, BUT TELL US SOME MAIN ROADS.
SO, UM, SO REALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGES HERE, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MOVE THIS LINE? IT TAKES IT OVER AND IT SQUARES THIS UP ALONG BRYANT.
SO, UM, YOU'RE TALKING TO THESE TWO SQUARE MILES.
UH, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS YOU SEE IN THOSE YOU'RE TALKING, YOU'RE BROKE HAVENS, UH, TIMBER RIDGE.
UH, IF YOU THINK IN THAT PART OF TOWN, TIMBER, DALE, UH, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF IN THIS SQUARE MILE AND THEN THE SQUARE MILE TO THE NORTH OF THEM AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU GO BACK HISTORICALLY WARD, ONE USED TO ACTUALLY RUN RIGHT UP AND DOWN BRYANT.
AND SO NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY BACK TO THAT WITH WARD ONE RUNNING UP AND DOWN BRYANT.
THIS REALLY LOOKS A LOT MORE LIKE A HISTORIC ONE.
UM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER HERE, UM, WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE CUTTING, IF, IF WE GO HERE, THIS IS, UH, THIS, THIS IS OFF OF SANTA FE, I BELIEVE RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS SANTA FE BECAUSE THE CITY LIMITS DON'T GO ALL THE WAY TO WESTERN OVER HERE.
SO THIS IS SANTA FE RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN THIS WOULD JET UP OVER, THIS IS EDMUND ROAD ALONG HERE.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
ALSO DOING THAT FOR WARD THREE AND FOUR THEY'RE ON THE SAME VOTING CYCLE, RIGHT? THEY ARE CORRECT.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT, MR. MAYOR, WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO ELECTIONS HERE, UM, WARDS THREE, OOPS, SORRY.
I HIT THE ONE BUTTON AWARDS THREE AND FOUR ARE AT THE SAME TIME OR ONE AND TWO ARE AT THE SAME TIME.
SO FOR NEXT YEAR FOR ELECTIONS WARDS ONE AND TWO, THOSE SEATS ARE OPEN.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT PEOPLE WERE THINKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT THAT REALLY WOULD AFFECT WOULD BE PEOPLE IN THESE TWO SQUARE MILES THAT ARE GOING TO GO, BUT YOU GOING TO GO IN BOTH SCENARIOS, GO FROM WAR TO, TO WORK LINE AND THEY STILL VOTE REGARDLESS
I KNOW I WAS INITIALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT CUTTING THROUGH THAT
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NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE CONFUSING FOR THOSE FOLKS THERE.UM, BUT WITH THE NUMBERS, IT'S REALLY GOING TO PUT WORD FOR EXTREMELY HEAVY, IF WE DON'T.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE TO CUT THROUGH THERE TO, SO THAT YOU DON'T BREAK UP THE PRECINCTS, CORRECT? YEAH.
UM, AND WHAT WE DO KNOW WITH WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND RANDY, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
UH, WHEN YOU GET UP IN THIS AREA, THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A BIT THAT'S BEEN APPROVED.
THAT'S BEEN PLANTED THAT WE KNOW IS COMING.
UM, NOT AS MUCH IN WARD THREE, THERE'S HONESTLY JUST NOT AS MUCH OPEN AREA TO BE DEVELOPED WITHIN WARD THREE IS HARRIS SMITH ANYMORE.
SO IT'LL BALANCE OUT, RIGHT? THAT'S THE WHOLE.
AND SO AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE FOR VOTERS, UM, IT JUST LEAVES THAT WORD SO HEAVY.
AND I THINK WHOEVER'S A COUNCIL MEMBER IN, YOU KNOW, SIX TO EIGHT YEARS.
WE'LL PROBABLY BE VERY THANKFUL IF THAT'S THE ROUTE THAT YOU ALL CHOOSE TO GO, UM, THAT, THAT THERE EVEN, OR IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO THIS WAY, THEN, THEN THAT'S FINE AS WELL.
UM, BUT THE BENEFIT TO THIS IS LITERALLY NOTHING CHANGES OVER HERE.
SO NOBODY WOULD, NOBODY WOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT KNOWING ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, CERTAINLY THESE REALLY TRULY ARE THE TWO BEST OPTIONS.
UM, EVERY TIME STACY AND I, SINCE IT AFFECTED OURS AND WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAYBE NOT DIVIDE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, IF WE COULD, UM, THESE ARE THE TWO BEST OPTIONS.
AND I THINK THE POPULATION BALANCE IN MY MIND KIND OF TRUMPS, DIVIDING A NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ON THE SAME ELECTION CYCLE, IT MEANS YOU'RE STILL ELECTING A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE SAME TIME.
SO I JUST THINK KNOWING THAT WE'VE GOT GROWTH PLANNED AND APPROVED IN WARD FOUR AND NOT FOUR THREE, IF WE GO WITH THE OTHER OPTION, THAT'S ALREADY BALANCED.
WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE OUT OF WHACK IN EIGHT YEARS.
UH, BUT UH, THERE IS WHAT THE, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT WE'LL HAVE A VOTE HERE ON WHICH OPTION WE LIKE.
AND THEN TH THE, UM, COMMUNITY YOU HAVE 30 DAYS, WE'LL GO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU HAVE 30 DAYS FOR THE COMMUNITY, ALSO PROVIDE THEIR COMMENTS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE WILL, UM, RESOLUTION WILL COME BACK TO US FOR INCORPORATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO AN RECOMMENDATION? I MOVE THAT WE RECOMMEND, UM, OPTION NUMBER TWO AS PRESENTED BY CASEY MORTON AND EMOTION.
A SECOND, SECOND, THAT HAS BEEN PASSED FOR OPTION TWO.
IT'S CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE THEY'RE SO HARD TO BE.
NOW, NEXT ARE GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS, UM, CONSIDERATION
[A. Consideration of Approval of Administrative Items:]
APPROVAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS, APPROVE TRANSFER APPROPRIATION FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY SERVICES CONTRACT WITH SMITH ROBERTS LAND FOR 194,000 APPROVALS TRANSFER APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT, WITH THE POPE AND ASSOCIATES FOR DANFORTH AND KELLY INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS FOR $97,500.ACCEPTANCE OF DONATED RIGHT AWAY, DEDICATION FROM BECKY, JUNE STARKS, K F K A BECKY JUNE WOODY, RIGHT, AWAIT A DEDICATION FOR THE COBELL RANCH DEVELOPMENT NORTH OF DANFORTH ROAD, EAST OF AIR DEPOT BOULEVARD, AND APPROVAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE CITY LINK TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR, FROM GENERAL FUNDS FOR 235,000 IN APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE SCOPE OF THE SERVICES FOR THE EDMOND SHIFT, LONG RANGE MOBILITY PLAN, THE AMENDMENT REMOVES THE SCENARIO PLANNING TEST TASK FOUR DOT FOUR, AND ADD SAFETY PROJECT PRIORITIES.
THE AMENDMENT IS COST NEUTRAL, NO CHANGE TO THE CONTRACT.
DID COUNCIL, WAS THERE ANY OF THOSE THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS? ARE YOU HEARING NONE? THEN I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SPEND THE MONEY, SIR.
SECOND SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THERE'S CONSENT ITEMS ARE PASSED.
[B. Consideration of Ordinances and Resolutions:]
OF ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTIONS RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT[1. Receive Public Comment and Approval of Resolution No. ___ approving the Financial Plan of the Various Edmond Funds for FY 22-23: 1) General Fund, 2) Special Revenue Funds, 3) Capital Outlay Funds, and 4) Internal Service Funds.]
AND APPROVAL, A REVERENCE RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO DASH 22, 10 DASH 22, APPROVING THE FINANCIAL PLAN OR THE VARIOUS EDMUND FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 23, 1 GENERAL FUND TWO SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, THREE CAPITAL OUTLAY FUNDS.AND FOR INTERNAL SERVICES FINE, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION
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THIS, OKAY, SO WE WILL TOUCH ON BUDGET A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.IT WILL BE AN ABBREVIATED VERSION.
UM, SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, WE'VE HAD A FEW CHANGES AND I'LL TOUCH ON THOSE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS IS, UM, WHERE WE'RE ENDING UP RIGHT THIS SECOND, AND WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO DECIDE TONIGHT OR DISCUSS IS WHAT WE WILL ADOPT.
AND, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE, WE CAN, WE JUST NEED TO WORD OUR MOTION THAT WAY.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, THIS WILL BE VERY ABBREVIATED, BASICALLY HITTING THE HIGHLIGHTS AND, UM, I WILL CARRY ON HERE AND SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT FIRST.
SO THIS IS D THIS WAS OUR PROJECTIONS AND HOW WE DID IT THIS YEAR FOR 22, 23.
UM, WE ESTIMATED 3% GROWTH ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE BOARD FOR SALES TAX.
WE ACTUALLY ENDED THIS YEAR RIGHT AROUND 7%.
AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO.
WE TRY TO BUDGET CONSERVATIVELY.
SO WE DON'T OVERSPEND USE TAX.
WE BUDGETED AT 5% FOR ALL FIVE YEARS OR FOUR YEARS GOING OUT FORWARD.
AND, UH, WE ENDED UP AROUND 10% THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WE JUST BUDGETED AT 1% GROWTH, UH, AND ALL OF OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS LIKE, SO THE UTILITY TYPE FUNDS, THEY'RE ALL BASED ON RIGHT.
STUDIES AND HISTORY AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING UP WITH OUR REVENUE.
OUR EXPENDITURES ARE BASED, UH, BASICALLY JUST ON HISTORY, MORE OR LESS.
SO PAYROLL IS, UH, ONE OF OUR BIG EXPENSES AND IT'S BASED ON, UM, YOU KNOW, STEP INCREASES AND YOUR NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE.
UH, ADMIN EXPENSES ARE JUST BASICALLY BASED ON HISTORY, UH, OUR FLEET, OUR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, THAT KIND OF THING.
CAPITAL OUTLAY IS GOING TO BE QUITE CHALLENGING NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY SEEING LIKE 30% INCREASES.
LIKE EVERY TIME WE ASK, IT SEEMS LIKE IT GOES UP ANOTHER 10 TO 20%.
SO WE'VE TRIED TO DO OUR BEST.
WE HAVE WORKED IN SOME, UH, YOU'LL SEE A FEW INCREASES TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT, BUT, UM, I TALKED TO SOMEONE EVEN TODAY THAT, UH, IS IT, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF GOODWIN'S HERE, BUT IT WAS A FIRETRUCK ACTUALLY.
AND, UH, TO THEIR BID CAME IN OVER $200,000 MORE THAN THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.
SO JUST KEEP THAT KIND OF STUFF IN MIND.
UM, SO WHEN WE, WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE GAMUT OF WHAT ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDS AND THAT KIND OF THING, BUT I'VE CONDENSED IT DOWN TO ONE, BASICALLY OUR TOTAL BUDGET, WHICH IS ALL OF OUR RESOURCES, OUR RESERVES AND OUR REVENUE SOURCES IS 685 MILLION NEW REVENUE OR REVENUE THAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO COME IN FROM ALL OF OUR SALES TAX AND OUR UTILITY FEES.
AND ALL THAT TYPE OF THING IS 310 MILLION.
AND THEN OUR DIRECT COST BUDGET.
SO BASICALLY THAT'S OUR OPERATING BUDGET, UM, IS 397 MILLION.
AND WE STARTED THE YEAR, OR EXCUSE ME, ON OUR MAY 18TH MEETING THAT, OH, DARN IT.
UM, SO THIS NUMBER RIGHT HERE WAS 379 MILLION.
SO I'LL JUST TOUCH REAL BRIEFLY.
I CA I KIND OF HAD SENT TO YOU GUYS ANYWAY, BUT, UM, THE CHANGES ARE, UH, 17,802,000.
AND MOST OF IT IS CIP PROJECTS THAT WE DIDN'T COMPLETE IN 22, SO THEY WERE MOVED AND THAT WAS LIKE 9 MILLION OF IT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THAT'S THE LARGEST THING.
BUT ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAD TO DO, WE ADDED 250,000 FOR, UM, OUR WATER RESOURCES.
OUR CARBON DIOXIDE PRICES ARE ALREADY UP 50% FROM WHAT THEY WERE LAST YEAR AND LINE PRICES ARE UP 30%.
SO CHRIS KNIFING HAS ADDED ANOTHER 250,000 FOR THAT.
UM, LET'S SEE, WE'VE GOT ANDY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS TOO, BUT IN ADDITION TO MOVING LIKE $3 MILLION FROM THE CAPLINGER, UH, BASEBALL FIELDS, WE ARE ALSO THAT PRICE CAME IN, LIKE IT DOUBLED 3.8 MILLION.
IT WENT UP 3.8 MILLION FROM 3 MILLION.
SO, UH, THE 3 MILLION WE'RE MOVING FROM LAST YEAR ADDED ANOTHER 3.8 MILLION TO TRY AND GET THAT PROJECT COMPLETED.
AND THEN, UM, THERE'S ADDITIONAL 4 MILLION IN THERE FOR A LIBRARY.
SO THAT, THAT WAS A CHANGE FROM WHEN WE HAD IT ON MAY 18TH.
AND THEN ALSO FOR OUR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE WITHIN THAT RIGHT.
OF THE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE OR FLEET.
WE'VE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 450,000 FOR FUEL COSTS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, UM, WE BASED IT ON THE BURN OF GALLONS THAT WE HAD ACTUAL BURN OF GALLONS LAST YEAR.
AND WE WERE SEEING A 50 CENT PER GALLON INCREASE IN REGULAR FUEL AND 30% PER
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GALLON INCREASE IN DIESEL.SO WE JUST TOOK OUR, OUR, UH, OUR MILES BURNED AND TOOK IT TIMES AT INCREASED PRICE.
BOBBY HAD ALREADY PUT IN, I THINK, AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO WE'D ALREADY TRIED TO, TO, UH, SCHEDULE OR BUDGET FOR THAT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING UP EVEN MORE.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S 450,000, AND THEN WE JUST HAD A MINOR AUDIO VISUAL THING FOR OUR, UH, PRESENTATIONS HERE THAT WE KNOW ABOUT.
SO BASICALLY IT ALL ADDS UP TO 17.8 MILLION.
UM, SO JUST QUICKLY, ONCE AGAIN, OUR SOURCES ARE TAXES, GRANTS LICENSING, AND PERMITTING FINES, AND FORFEITURES CHARGES FOR SERVICES ARE BASICALLY OUR UTILITIES, UM, IN OUR APWA GROUP INTEREST.
AND THEN MISCELLANEOUS THINGS LIKE RENT, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO OUR MAJOR SOURCE OF FUNDS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS, UH, TAXES.
AND WE ESTIMATE WE'RE GOING TO GET ABOUT 101 MILLION IN TAXES, ALL TYPES OF TAXES.
THE MAJOR PORTION OF OUR REVENUE IS FROM UTILITY SERVICES AND WE GET 193 MILLION, 894 MILLION, 62% OF OUR BUDGET IS THAT, AND THEN THE REST ARE VERY SMALL, BUT WE BASICALLY FOR RUNNING THE CITY, WE RELY ON SALES TAX.
AND, UM, SO OF THE, OF THE TOTAL REVENUE, WHICH WAS THE 309 MILLION RIGHT UP THERE, A HUNDRED MILLION OF IT IS GOING TO BE TAXES, GENERAL FUND, WE'LL GET 64 MILLION OF THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS, FUNDS ARE, ARE LIKE, IT'S, IT'S OUR, UM, IT IS THE CAPLINGER, IT'S THE, IT'S ALL THE SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT WE DO THAT WE IT'S BASICALLY THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THE SPECIAL REVENUE IS BASICALLY FIRE EMPLOYEES.
SO OF THE 64 MILLION RIGHT HERE, THE GENERAL FUND ACTUALLY IS GOING TO KEEP ABOUT 21 MILLION OF THAT.
AND THEN THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS OUT TO POLICE AND FIRE LIKE 67% OF, OF THE HUNDRED OF THE 64.
SO WE, WE ARE SUPPLEMENTED, THE GENERAL FUND IS SUPPLEMENTED BY, UM, OTHER SOURCES LIKE RIGHT AWAY FEES.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME TRANSFERS OF, OF UTILITY FUNDS TO THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, SO ANYWAY, ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THE SUMMARY IN HIGHLIGHT OF, UH, OUR FINANCIAL POSITION JUST KIND OF WANT TO GO THROUGH A DEPARTMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY ON.
AND, UM, SO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEIR BUDGETS AROUND 34 MILLION THIS COMING YEAR, AND THEY ARE, UM, GOING TO BE BUYING SOME NEW APPARATUS.
THEY ARE PLANNING AN ADDITION OF A NEW FIRE STATION, UH, LOOKING TO HAVE NINE NEW RECRUITS, AND I'M LOOKING AT POSSIBLE LAND FOR MORE EXPANSION.
SO THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND KEEPING UP WITH THE DEMAND.
UM, SO THAT'S MONEY WELL SPENT.
UH, OUR POLICE, UH, SAFETY FUND IS, UH, IS DOING THE SAME TYPES OF THINGS.
THEY ARE, UH, GOING TO HAVE A NEW GRADUATE CLASS IN FEBRUARY OF 2023.
SO THEY SHOULD HAVE, WHAT IS IT? 12 NEW RECRUITS.
SO THEY'LL HAVE SOME, SOME NEW RECRUITS OR NEW, UH, POLICE ACADEMY GRADUATES STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.
AND SO, UH, THEIR BUDGET'S AROUND 27 MILLION, UH, EDMUND PUBLIC WORKS IS MADE UP OF ELECTRIC WATER, WASTEWATER, SOLID WASTE, DRAINAGE, AND ARCADIA.
SO OUR ELECTRIC FUND IS ABOUT A NINE $95 MILLION BUDGET.
THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN CITY OWNED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND, UM, THEY DID A GREAT JOB KEEPING OUR LIGHTS ON, AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OUTAGES DURING ICE STORMS OR THEY GET RIGHT ON IT.
THEY DO TRANSFER AT LEAST 7 MILLION A YEAR INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR ADVANCED METERING INITIATIVE.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF METERS IN PLACE AND THEY'RE REALLY STARTING TO PUT THOSE IN PLACE IN THE TESTING AREA.
AND THEN THEY ALSO GIVE SOME MONEY AND TO THE, UH, ADMIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
AND ONE OF THE PROJECTS DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THAT NEXT OR NOT.
SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY DID SORRY, WAS THE PARKING LOT FOR, UM, OKAY.
SO I DON'T HAVE IT THERE, BUT THEY, THEY DID, UH, THE PARKING LOT, LIKE FOR THE ICE HOUSE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT TYPE OF THING IS USED FOR.
UM, OUR WATER FUND, THEIR BUDGET IS ABOUT 46 MILLION.
WE HAVE 550 MILES OF DISTRIBUTION LINES AND 52 WATER WELLS.
WE'RE ADDING MORE WELLS AS WE SPEAK.
AND THE ARCADIA LAKE TREATMENT PLANT, WE ARE, UM, IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF A FIVE-YEAR
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FIVE-YEAR PHASED IN RATE INCREASE.AND THAT WILL TAKE EFFECT IN NOVEMBER.
THAT'S THE LAST OF OUR RATE INCREASES THAT WE'VE PLANNED FROM OUR WATER MASTER PLAN.
AND THE REASON, UM, THAT IT'S THE FOURTH OF FIVE YEARS, WE DID TAKE A BREAK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I THINK, AND WE DIDN'T DO A RATE INCREASE.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE USING DEBT TO WE'RE GETTING INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR WATER MASTER PLAN.
AND, UM, WHAT WAS IT? 250 MILLION TO 300 MILLION IS WHAT WE JUST HAD BEEN APPROVED FOR BY THE, UH, SRF DRINKING WATER AND CLEAN WATER ACT FUNDS FROM THE, UH, OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD.
SO THAT WILL BE COMING ON NEXT YEAR.
I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 26 MILLION SCHEDULED FOR NEXT YEAR CAPITAL OUTLAY.
SO, AND ONCE AGAIN, THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
ALL THE STORMS WE'VE HAD, HAVEN'T HAD ANY WATER LINE BREAKS, A WASTEWATER IS SOMETHING.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK WHAT IS WASTEWATER, UH, YOU KNOW, WHY AM I PAYING FOR IT? BUT IT ACTUALLY TREATS THE WATER THAT GOES DOWN INTO THE GUTTERS.
AND SO, UM, IT GETS TREATED AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COST TO THAT.
SO WHERE WE HAD, WHAT WAS IT, 520 MILES OF, UH, OR 550 MILES OF INCOMING LINES INTO YOUR HOME, THIS 450 MILES OF OUTGOING LINES.
AND THEY MAINTAIN ALL OF THAT.
THIS, WE WILL ALSO HAVE A RATE INCREASE IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR FOR WASTEWATER, BUT THIS WILL BE THE LAST INCREASE.
THEY DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T TAKE A BREAK FROM THAT.
SO THIS IS 3%, UM, SOLID WASTE.
THAT IS ACTUALLY OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR TRASH DISPOSAL, EVERYBODY THAT HAS THEIR CARTS ON THEIR SIDE OF THEIR CURB EVERY WEEK, 33,000 CUSTOMERS AND 20 RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, 2,600 COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
AND, UM, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY VERY HEAVILY RESIDENTIAL AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE RECYCLING, THE RECYCLING PROCESS, THE DRAINAGE FUND, IT'S A CITY OWNED MAINTENANCE OF DETENTION AREAS.
AND THE ONLY SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THIS IS OUR $3 MONTHLY RESIDENTIAL FEE.
AND, UH, SO COMMUNITY, THE GENERAL FUND AND COMMUNITY, UH, IMAGE AND FORESTRY SUPPLEMENT THAT FUND AND FORESTRY AND COMMITTED COMMUNITY IMAGE PROVIDES A LOT OF MAINTENANCE TO THE DRAINAGE AREAS AND, UH, ALSO BEAUTIFICATION.
SO, AND THEN THE GENERAL FUND, SINCE, SINCE ARREST ARCADIA LAKE BECOMING VERY POPULAR DURING THE PANDEMIC, UM, WE BRING IN A LITTLE OVER A MILLION A YEAR IN REVENUE.
THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCED A LOT OF USE AND GROWTH DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND, UH, SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY A PART OF OUR ARBOR FUNDS TO GET SOME WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT 2 MILLION.
THERE THERE'S A MASTER PLAN THAT WAS JUST APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE SHOULD SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS COMING TO ARCADIA LAKE SOON.
AND THEN OUR CDBG, THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY BLOCK DEVELOPMENT GRANTS, ABOUT 2.4 MILLION.
THEY HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF FUNDS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, CARES ACTS AND, UM, UH, CHRISTY BATTERSON WHO'S IN, IN CHARGE OF ALL OF THAT DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SEEKING AS MUCH MONEY AS SHE CAN FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
UH, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT THAT NEXT YEAR, PROBABLY OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH SHE HAD.
WE HAVEN'T HAD TO DO THAT THE LAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE WE DID HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, AMSA, IT HAS STAYED VERY STEADY.
WE PAY APPROXIMATELY 600 AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE WHOLE BUDGET OF ABOUT 660,000, I GUESS, A YEAR TO MC ITSELF.
AND IT'S A $3 PER MONTH CHARGE FOR PEOPLE THAT OPT INTO IT.
WE HAVE ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT OPT INTO THAT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT IT'S BEEN ABLE TO COVER THE COST OF THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
SO THAT ACTUALLY DIDN'T INCREASE THIS YEAR AGAIN, WHICH IS GOOD.
AND THEN OUR, WE CALL THEM OUR OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS OR THE FUNDS THAT ARE BASICALLY SELF-SUPPORTING KICKING BIRD.
WE'RE DOING A MAJOR RENOVATION THERE AS EVERYBODY PROBABLY KNOWS CITY LINK.
AND YOUR GO SHOP, DON'T TALK MUCH ABOUT YOUR GO SHOP, BUT IT IS A CO-OP OF MEMBER CITIES AND, UH, EDMUND ORGANIZES IT.
SO OTHER CITIES CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR PRICING THAT WE CAN GET.
SO THAT'S REALLY JUST A BENEFIT FOR OTHER CITIES, BUT KICKING BIRD GOLF COURSE, IT'S ANNUAL BUDGETS ABOUT 2.4 MILLION.
WE THINK WHEN IT, WHEN IT REOPENS, JUST BECAUSE OF COURSE WE'LL BE SO MUCH HOPEFULLY BETTER AND IT WILL ATTRACT A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT, UH, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT IT'S GOING TO AROUND 21 MILLION WHEN IT'S FINISHED.
AND, UH, IT'S ANTICIPATED TO OPEN THE, IN MARCH OF 23.
SO IT'S COMING, MAYBE WHAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE COLD, BUT, YOU KNOW, DIEHARD GOLFERS, THEY GO OUT THERE NO MATTER WHAT.
SO CITY LINK, UM, THAT'S OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AROUND THE, THE CITY ABOUT A $2.5 MILLION BUDGET.
IT'S IN ITS THIRD, 13TH YEAR OF OPERATION.
AND, UM, THE RIDERSHIP WAS DOWN DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT HE WAS PICKING UP AGAIN.
AND I KIND OF HAD, I THINK A COMMENT WE'D HAVE TO, UH, WE'LL,
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WE'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN ASSISTANCE TO CITY LINK AND THAT COMES OUT OF GENERAL FUND.UM, JUST WE'VE TOUCHED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.
WE DO KIND OF WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DO HAVE A SOCIAL IMPACT AND, UM, WE GIVE ABOUT ALL, ALL SOURCES ARE ALL THE RECIPIENTS TOGETHER ABOUT $2 MILLION A YEAR TO ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT NONPROFITS.
AND, UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US.
UM, WE WERE KIND OF LOOKING AT THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW JUST TO SHORE IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE SURE WE GET TO BE A CONSISTENT WITH ANY, ANY, UH, NON-PROFITS THAT WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR OUR GRANTS.
AND SO WE'D BE LOOKING AT THAT OVER THE NEXT, THIS NEXT YEAR, BUT WE GIVE IT ABOUT $2 MILLION SOCIAL AGENCIES.
WE GIVE, UH, 640,000 TO COMMUNITY IMPACT GROUPS.
THAT'S MORE LIKE LIBERTY FEST, UM, 568,000.
WE HAVE A NEW NEW TRUST THIS YEAR, THE PARK CONSERVATORY TRUST.
AND IF YOU WERE AT ANYBODY ELSE AT THE, UM, WORKSHOP TODAY AT THREE 30, THEY, UH, ARE GOING IN AT SECOND AND CULTURING AND, UH, IT WILL BE AN ART PARK.
AND THE, THE GOAL IS TO MIMIC A BIT THE GATHERING PLACE IN TULSA.
ONCE AGAIN, WE GIVE THEM ABOUT 250,000 COMES FROM OUR GENERAL FUND, BUT THEN WE MATCH THE DONOR MATCHING.
WE HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE WE MATCH UP TO $30,000 PER PIECE IF A DONOR DONATES TWO A PIECE.
AND THEN AS OUR, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE FINISHED THEY'RE IF, IF THE PROJECT IS OVER 250,000, WE GIVE 1% OF THAT TO OUR ART AS WELL.
AND THEN WE DO SUPPORT THE GUTHRIE EDMOND AIRPORT.
UM, WE HAVE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
SO THIS WAS JUST KIND OF A, THIS JUST TELLS YOU THE AGENCIES REALLY, THAT WE GIVE TO, UM, THERE'S THE 640,000 RIGHT THERE, AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT GROUPS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S LIKE THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS THAT SINCE DUDE LIBERTY FIST, UM, 568,000 THERE.
SO A TOTAL OF 1.2 MILLION, AND THEN THIS IS JUST KIND OF CONSIDERATION, JUST SO EVERYONE KIND OF KNOWS.
WE DO HAVE, IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING THIS NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF INFLATION.
INFLATION HAS BEEN GOING UP, OUR COSTS ARE GOING UP.
UH, IT'S REALLY JUST DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE.
HOPEFULLY WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN REVENUE INCREASES, BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL WILL CONTINUE.
UM, WE'VE SEEN RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS LIKE EVERY DAY, RISING FUEL COSTS, RISING EQUIPMENT COSTS.
UM, WE ALSO ARE HAVING SOMEWHAT OF A CHALLENGE IN OUR RECRUITMENT AND TALENT, UM, WORKFORCE, JUST PEOPLE ARE NOT WANTING TO APPLY.
SO IT'S, IT'S AN INTERESTING TIME.
UM, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE DEPARTMENTS THAT REALLY NEED TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE APPLY AND, AND, UH, COME TO WORK FOR US.
THAT'S INTERESTED TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AND COME WORK FOR US.
UM, AND THEN THE FINANCIAL PLATFORM OF OUR CITY, BASICALLY A SALES AND USE TAX RUNS OUR CITY MORE OR LESS.
THE UTILITY RATES ALL STAY PRETTY MUCH WITHIN THE UTILITIES AND, UH, RUNS THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
I WAS KIND OF QUICK AND DIRTY, BUT I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS NOW OR WE CAN HAVE ANDY COME UP AND DO A COUPLE.
WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK SLIDES ON THE CIP.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WE KIND OF COVERED IT ALL IN OUR HEARING, BUT YOU DID.
WE SPENT HOW MANY HOURS IN HERE? THREE AND A HALF, THREE MINUTES.
NO, WE SPENT LONGER THAN THAT.
BUT SITS DOWN BASICALLY GOING THROUGH THIS ENTIRE BUDGET AND UH, AND OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME ASKING A SERIES OF QUESTIONS.
ANDY WHAT'D HE HAVE FOR US TO SEE ME, UH, ANDY CONNER'S ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ADMINISTRATION, AS KATHY MENTIONED, UM, SOME OF THE LARGEST CHANGES TO THE BUDGETS SINCE YOUR BUDGET HEARING ON MAY 18TH INVOLVES CIP PROJECTS.
AND SO I WANTED TO QUICKLY WALK THROUGH WHY THAT WAS AND WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THIS CHANGE.
UM, SO THE, THE THREE PROJECTS INVOLVED IN THE CHANGE, UM, SO WHAT THIS IS RIGHT HERE IS JUST A FIVE-YEAR PROJECT LIST OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED THROUGH OUR TWO CIP TAXES.
UM, AND THE ONES I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ARE, UH, THE FIRST ONE WILL BE AC CAPITAL UNDER BALL FIELD UPGRADES.
SO WHY THIS IS, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IN OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
IT'S UNDER DESIGN DESIGN IS NEARLY COMPLETE, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT THIS YEAR.
SO WE HAD TO MOVE IT TO NEXT YEAR.
SO WHEN WE MET WITH YOU ON MAY 18TH, WE HAD IT BUDGETED THIS YEAR.
WE'RE SIMPLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AWARD THAT DESIGN CON THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, CAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE MEETING LEFT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
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IN VISITING WITH, UH, INTERNAL STAFF THIS MORNING, WE'VE RECEIVED ALL COMMENTS FROM THE SORRY, THE DESIGN CONSULTANT.AND WE, OVER THE NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT IN PLACING IT OUT TO BID ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO THEN ONCE IT'S PLACED OUT FORBID, IT WILL BE OUT FORBID FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 DAYS.
AND THEN WE WILL, UH, SEE IF WE GET A GOOD BID AND THEN COME TO YOU ALL FOR AWARD AT THAT BIT.
SO IT WAS SIMPLY MOVING MONEY THAT WAS BUDGETED THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO AWARD THE DESIGN CONTRACT.
UH, THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS ARE, UM, AND THEN THE S THE SECOND, UH, CHANGE INVOLVED, UM, CROSS TIMBERS EXPANSION PHASE TWO, WHICH IS UP HERE RIGHT HERE.
AND AGAIN, SAME SITUATION WITH THAT.
THE PROJECT IS UNDER DESIGNED DESIGN IS NEARLY COMPLETE.
UM, AT THE TIME WE HAD THE BUDGET HEARING, WE WERE ANTICIPATING AWARDING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
WE NOW KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO WE HAD TO SHIFT IT TO F Y 23.
SO SAME DEAL WHERE WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO PUT THAT PROJECT OUT TO BID.
I SEE SOME SHAKING BACK THERE FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS.
AND SO ONCE WE DO, THEN ASSUMING WE GET A GOOD BID, WE WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL TO AWARD THAT CONTRACT.
AND THEN THE OTHER MAJOR SHIFT WAS, UM, PURCHASING THE LAND FOR THE SECOND LIBRARY AND Y YMCA.
SO AS YOU KNOW, UM, THIS IS LAND LOCATED ALONG 15TH, AND
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AWARD THAT CONTRACT PRIOR TO THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE MOVED THAT MONEY TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE THREE CHANGES THAT WERE THE PRIMARY DRIVERS BEHIND THE BUDGET CHANGING FROM MAY 18 TO SIX 13 QUESTIONS FOR ANDY ON CIP.
SO CROSS TIMBERS WAS 6 MILLION, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND I WILL CAUTION JUST LIKE KATHY HAD TALKED ABOUT RISING COSTS.
UM, THE STEVENSON PARK IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAD BEEN PLACED OUT TO BID WE'RE EVALUATING, WE NOW HAVE CLOSED BID.
WE HAVE RECEIVED A BID OR EVALUATING THAT, BUT IF IT, IF WE DETERMINE IT'S A GOOD BRIDGE BID AND BRING IT TO YOU ALL, IT'S 25% OVER THE ESTIMATE THAT WE ANTICIPATED.
SO THAT WILL BE FOR YOUR NEXT MEETING.
SO WE'RE EVALUATING THOSE BIDS RIGHT NOW.
SO, SO WE'VE GOT FOUR PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR IN THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR.
WE'VE GOT OBVIOUSLY THE GOLF COURSE, CORRECT.
UM, WE'VE GOT STEVENSON PARK, ASSUMING YOUR WORD, THE BED.
HOW ABOUT A SOCCER BLAKE SERVICE? I WAS GOING TO, I KNOW ZACH, PATTY'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO, YEAH.
SORRY, AND MAKE US FOLLOW THE RULES AND EVERYTHING.
ZACH PAID CONTRACT COORDINATOR FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, SO CURRENTLY THAT 95%, UH, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PLAN SET IS AN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW.
UM, THEY'RE REVIEWING THAT ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE COMMENTS, FEEDBACK, UM, NEW CALCULATIONS, ANY INPUT THEY WANT PUT IN THOSE PLANS SETS, IT WILL TAKE 'EM JBC ABOUT TO THREE WEEKS TO DEVELOP THOSE PLANS, TURN THEM INTO US.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL, WE'LL START THE BID PROCESS.
SO I TAKE THAT, WE'RE PLANNING ON THAT BEING UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THIS, IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN ONE, I THINK SECOND LIBRARY AND YMCA, I I'VE HEARD THAT TIMELINE AND WE KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME DESIGNED TO DO, CORRECT.
UM, IT, IT WON'T BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT'S OUT, UM, ON, ON THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT'S ON MY MIND IS THE, UH, TURF FIELDS, THE RECTANGULAR FIELDS, A CHANCE FOR THAT TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THIS NEXT YEAR.
TH THERE'S A CHANCE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A MASTER PLAN.
ONCE WE GATHER ALL THAT FEEDBACK, THEN WE'LL DESIGN WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE MASTER PLAN.
BUT THERE IS A CHANCE ESSENTIALLY.
IS IT ABLE TO, WITH WHAT WE'RE WITH THE BUDGET WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW WITH WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED? YES.
I WILL CAUTION WITH 25 TO 30% INCREASES IN WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET PRETTY CREATIVE.
SO DO WE NEED TO GET CREATIVE NOW IF WE, IF WE WANT IT TO HAPPEN, CERTAINLY OPEN TO THOSE IDEAS.
W WHAT WE'RE TRYING, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE HAVE, WE HAVE TALKED TO YOU ALL ABOUT, UM, THREE LARGE PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD.
SO, WHICH WOULD BE THE SECOND LIBRARY AND YMC A, WHICH WOULD BE A NEW CITY HALL AND PARKING GARAGE, AND THEN KIND OF A LITTLE FALLEN IN THE WINGS OF THAT.
THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS GOING ON THAT ARE A LITTLE OUT OF OUR CONTROL IS AN INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX.
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WE WOULD ANTICIPATE IN ORDER FOR THESE TO HAPPEN, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE MORE MONEY BORROWED.SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH ANOTHER PROJECT NOT HAPPEN.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS WE CAN BEFORE HAVING TO ISSUE MORE DEBT.
IF I CAN JUMP DOWN, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK FROM OUR WORKSHOP ON THE 27TH, RIGHT.
BUT ARPA BRINGS SOME IDEAS THAT MAY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY REGARDING THE SECOND, SECOND LIBRARIAN.
AND THE IDEA IS IF WE CAN DO SOME THINGS WITH OUR PER DOLLARS, WITH THAT, THAT MAY FREE UP DOLLARS TO FILL IN SOME OF THE ESCALATIONS WE'RE SEEING ON ANOTHER PROJECT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO MITIGATE THESE ESCALATION OF COSTS, BUT THIS'LL BE AN ONGOING DISCUSSION WITH WHAT'S HER CAPACITY LAST, RIGHT? HOW WERE THEY ORDER THE ORDER OF NEED? YEAH.
AND IT KIND OF GOES BACK AND WHAT KIND OF GET A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER MAYOR, BUT BACK TO THE POTENTIAL HEADWINDS THAT WE LISTED THERE IS OUR CURRENT PLATFORM FOR CITY, FOR HEAVILY SALES TAX.
AND THEN WE DO TRANSFER FROM RESERVES OR FROM OUR UTILITIES, UM, THAT MAY BE SUFFICIENT.
AND SOMETIMES, BUT OTHER TIMES IT'S PROVEN TO BE INSUFFICIENT FOR LONG-TERM CAPITAL PROJECTS.
LET'S SAY FOR STREETS, FROM OTHER THINGS, WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY, I'LL CALL IT TODAY.
THIS ENVIRONMENT WE'RE SEEING TODAY AND PROBABLY WILL PERCEIVE THE FUTURE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
THIS IS JUST GOING TO GENERATE MORE DISCUSSION AMONG STAFF AND COUNCIL ABOUT A LOT OF PROJECTS WE WANT TO DO.
HOW DO WE FUND THOSE IN LIGHT OF WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IN THE, YEAH.
AND I CAN COMPLETELY APPRECIATE THE POSITION, THE SITUATION WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
UM, WHAT I'LL SAY IS, I THINK WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT AT LEAST THREE PROJECTS ON MY MIND THAT, UM, I WOULD HAVE HOPED TO HAVE BEEN FURTHER ALONG, UH, AC CAPLINGER STEVENSON PARK, UM, UH, UH, SERVICE BLAKE.
UM, I, I THINK, I THINK WE ALL EXPECTED THEM TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS ARE WE HAVE OTHER NEEDS THAT, THAT DON'T STOP AND, AND THEY KEEP HAPPENING.
AND WE, WE, WHEN WE VOTED ON FOR THE RECTANGULAR FIELDS, WHEN WE VOTED ON, UM, THE MASTER PLAN BEGINNING FOR THAT, WE SAW THAT FROM LACROSSE AND FROM FLAG FOOTBALL AND SOCCER, WE SAW THAT NEED, THAT SHOWED UP.
AND WE'RE SAYING, YES, WE NEED THIS, WE NEED THIS.
WE, WE WE'RE, WE'RE BEHIND ON A FEW PROJECTS, UM, AND WE NEED, AND WE NEED A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT HAVE POPPED UP.
AND FOR ME REALLY, I CAN SAY ONE RIGHT NOW.
I KNOW THAT I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE LIBRARY AND YMCAS PLAN, AND I KNOW THAT NEEDS TO BE PLANNED WELL, AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE, I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I THINK THE NEED IS THERE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO OTHER PROJECTS ARE GONNA POP UP.
BUT THE ONE FOR ME THAT I THINK WE, I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO FIT IN TO THIS NEXT YEAR AND KEEP IT MOVING FROM THIS MASTER PLANNING PHASE ARE THE RECTANGULAR FIELDS.
AND IF THAT MEANS THAT, UH, ANOTHER PROJECT NEEDS TO, UM, NEEDS TO BE DELAYED, THEN I'M, I'M READY FOR THAT CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT FOR ME, I DEVOTE ON THIS BUDGET.
I REALLY, THAT THAT IS A BIG ENOUGH NEED FOR OUR YOUTH ATHLETICS, FOR OUR SPORTS, FOR OUR TOURISM.
UM, THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR ME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS.
DO WE HAVE A COST ESTIMATE ON THE RIGHT TIME, THE OTHER FIELDS, OR WE DON'T YET BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN THE DESIGN PHASE, SO, CORRECT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND WE DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT, HOW MANY FIELDS WE WANT TO WRITE.
UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A PLACEHOLDER NUMBER OUT THERE.
UM, JUST BASED UPON SOME GUESSING THAT WE'VE DONE SO THREE TO $4 MILLION.
SO YEAH, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S THINGS A LITTLE SO, BUT IT'S, IT'S NEEDED AS ARE LOTS OF THESE THINGS.
THESE ARE GREAT CONVERSATIONS.
WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE IT BUDGETED, BUT IT'S THINGS, THINGS ARE, THINGS ARE TIGHT AND THAT'S WITHOUT TAKING ANY CONSIDERATION.
THESE ARE ESTIMATES THAT'S WITHOUT TAKING ANY CONSIDERATION, RISING COSTS OF THINGS.
WE TRIED TO PUT SOME BUFFER IN THERE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL SEE HOW GOOD WE'VE DONE.
SO ARE WE AT THE POINT WHERE YOU WANT THE COUNCIL TO TELL YOU ITEMS THAT WE THINK OUGHT TO OR GO IN ORDER TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE? I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE THERE YET.
I THINK THAT THAT CAN THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE A FUTURE CONVERSATION NOW, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO DO THAT.
YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION.
I MEAN, WE VOTE ON THE BUDGET, THIS BUDGET
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TONIGHT.ARE WE, ARE WE LOCKED IN? NO, SIR.
AND SO IF WE DO FIND WAYS TO BE CREATIVE WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS OR WE FIND THAT COSTS ARE EVEN MORE THAN WE'VE ESTIMATED, THEN WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRIORITIZE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING.
UM, YEAH, IT, IT CERTAINLY, AS DAVID SAID, I THINK WE CAN DO SOME PRIORITIZING IF WE HAD TO.
AND WE JUST DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THEN HAVE PROJECTS THAT WE FEEL LIKE ARE MAYBE NOT QUITE AS URGENT, GET PUSHED AHEAD.
WELL, WE DON'T WANT TO SAY HERE, SOMEBODY FROM STAFF SAY, CITY COUNCIL PASSED THIS BUDGET AND WE'RE GOING ALONG WITH THAT.
WE'VE WE'VE HEARD YOU LOUD AND WE'VE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
WE JUST NEED THE MASTER LIST AND THEN WE'LL START PRIORITIZING IT AND MARKING THEM OFF AND, AND UNDERSTANDING THE WHY IF, IF, IF THE COUNCIL FEELS THAT, UH, THE TIP OF THE WINK FIELD NEEDS TO GO UP ABOVE THE SWIMMING POOL, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, HYPOTHETICALLY THE HYPOTHETICAL'S.
AND, UM, THEN, THEN WE ALL APPEAR, CAN UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF CAN UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT WHY WE MADE THOSE DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INCREASED COST OF EVERYTHING.
SOMETIMES THOSE PRIORITIES HAVE TO BE REPRIORITIZED.
AND I, WE JUST NEED TO REMEMBER, WE'VE GOT TO GET FUNDS THROUGH ENGINEERING.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THINGS THROUGH PERMITTING.
THE SLOWNESS THAT WE'RE TAKING AND GETTING PROJECTS DONE, SOME PROJECTS ARE NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER IN GETTING THEM ACCOMPLISHED SO THAT THEY'RE LESS EXPENSIVE.
COUNSEL, WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT, I'M SORRY.
IS THERE ANY COMMENT? THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE CNN COUNCIL WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR? THAT'S GOING TO BE GONNA HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE.
DO YOU WANT TO VOTE ON, UH, THOSE TWO ITEMS AT THE SAME TIME DIFFERENTLY? WE GET A VOTE ON HAVING ANOTHER WOMAN MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE SECOND, HAVE A MOTION.
SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[2. Approval of Resolution No. __________ Authorizing the spending above the 90% limit as designated by the Oklahoma Municipal budget Act of 1979.]
NUMBER 11 DASH 22, 11 DASH 22, AUTHORIZING THE SPENDING ABOVE THE 90% LIMIT AS DESIGNATED BY THE OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL BUDGET ACT OF 1979.THIS IS A REAL THING PROCESS AND WE HAD TO DO AT OKLAHOMA WALL REGARDING HELPFUL MR. BY JACK, WHENEVER WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT 90% OR ABOVE OR CURRENT BUDGET YEAR, WE NEED TO GET A RESOLUTION BASICALLY TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH REGARD TO OUR EXPENDITURE.
SINCE WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR, BOTH IN BOTH WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS IN OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO SAY I WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? KIND OF.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM TWO SECOND.
MOTION SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
JUST TAKE A PERSONAL MOUNTAIN.
SAY THANK YOU TO OUR BUDGET STAFF.
IMAGINE THE STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY PUT ON THE LAST FEW MONTHS, ESPECIALLY FOR ME COMING IN.
I THINK I WAS SWIMMING AS FURIOUSLY AS A CANDIDATE TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE PROCESSES I'M STILL LEARNING IT.
I THINK WHAT I HEAR TONIGHT WHILE WE PASS THIS BUDGET, I THINK THE MESSAGE THAT ALL STAFF AND COUNCIL TOOK AWAY IS THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING DISCUSSION.
EVERY TIME WE DO A NEW PROJECT, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE SAME TYPE OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHERE DOES THAT PUT US ON THE NEXT BUDGET? WHERE DOES THAT PUT US ON PROJECT MANAGEMENT, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THE DESIRE TO, HOW DO WE EXPEDITE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES TO DO ENHANCE OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS, TO GET PROJECTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THAT MAY NECESSITATE WHETHER IT'S OUTSIDE SERVICES OR, UM, CREATING NEW POSITIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES, SUCH AS PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
BUT I THINK THIS IS AN ONGOING DISCUSSION AS WE BRING PROJECTS FORWARD.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WHERE DO WE, WHAT DO WE HAVE LEFT IN THE CHECKBOOK AND WHAT ARE PRIORITIES? UH, I THINK WE'RE SEEING THE PROGRESS ON OUR DISCUSSIONS AS FAR AS INDOOR SPORTS FOR YOU THAT MAY PROVIDE SOME OPPORTUNITIES,
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BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ARPA DISCUSSION AT BAY PROVIDES SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO PRE-OP DOLLARS.I THINK IT GETS DOWN TO KIND OF A TRIAGE AND WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT.
AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH, I ALMOST WANT TO SAY IT COULD BE A MONTHLY DISCUSSION WHERE THINGS ARE.
AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE ANNUAL RETREAT, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEP US BACK WHERE ARE THE PRIORITIES? BUT WE MADE A THOUGHT SOMETHING BEFORE IT WAS TWO STARS.
WHEN THEY SAY, NO WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY, WE GOTTA MOVE IT UP NOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA SAY RECESSIONS ARE A GOOD OR BAD THING.
SOMETIMES RECESSIONS PROVED TO BE HELPFUL FOR GOVERNMENTS AS WHY ARE THEY GOOD TO CAPITAL PROGRESS? BECAUSE WE HAD DOLLARS TO GO AND FUSE INTO A MARKETPLACE WHERE THE MARKET PLACE MAY BE DEPRESSED WITH OTHER THINGS.
SO I DON'T WANT TO EVER SAY WE'RE HOPEFUL FOR A RECESSION, BUT THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES IN RECESSION.
UM, I'M STILL VERY OPTIMISTIC.
WE'RE SHOWING WE THINK CONTINUOUS SALES TYPE GROWTH VERSUS LET'S TALK TO THIS REPRESENTATIVE IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
THEY'RE NOT PROJECTING A 2% SALES TAX LOSS THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
SO WE'RE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.
WE'RE GOING TO CONSTANTLY HAVE TO STAY IN COMMUNICATION.
THIS IS TO BE A FLUID SITUATION IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CITIZENS, TO BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE MONEY IN EDMOND,
[C. Approval of Purchases:]
PROVABLE PURCHASES TO HELP FINANCE WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE, APPROVAL OF CHANGE ORDER.NUMBER TWO OF TARA ESCAPES FOR TENNIS CENTER, LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION PHASE TO INCREASE $4,698 75 CENTS APPROVAL OF CONTRACT AMENDMENT OF POLLING ASSOCIATES FOR DANFORTH AND KELLY INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS $97,500 APPROVEMENT A RIGHT-AWAY SERVICES CONTRACT WITH SMITH ROBERTS LAND SERVICES, INC $460,000 APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH PROJECT 66 FOR ADDITIONAL CARES FUNDING FROM OKAY.
UH, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, C D B G DASH CV FOR $56,648 CONSIDERATION OF RENEWAL OF JAIL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY FOR PRISONERS INCARCERATED AT THE COUNTY JAIL ON EDMOND MUNICIPAL CHARGES WITH INCREASED PER DAY PER PRISONER RATE OF $56 AND 15 CENTS APPROVAL BUDGETED FUNDS FOR THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES FOR THE GUTHRIE EDMOND REGIONAL AIRPORT, MARCH, 2022 FOR $7,462 AND 9 CENTS.
THOSE ARE PURCHASES, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PULL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE A MOTION.
SECOND, SECOND, THESE GUYS, YOUR VOTE THOSE PURCHASES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[7. Update and consideration of direction to city staff regarding the property located at 1300 E. Ayers (OYO Hotel), declared a public nuisance on January 24, 2022.]
AND CONSIDERATION OF DIRECTION TO THE CITY STAFF REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1300 EAST HEIRS THAT, OH, YOUR HOTEL BE FAIR TO PUBLIC NUISANCE ON JANUARY 24TH, 2022, THE CASTLE, THE STAFF HAS CONTINUED TO MONITOR THAT SIDE.AND IN OUR LAST MEETING THREE WEEKS AGO, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER APPEARED.
WE WERE DISCUSSING THE ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT, UH, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN AND HAVE SOMEONE LIVE ONSITE FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES OR SECURITY PURPOSES.
STAFF WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT.
AND WE DID THIS AGAIN WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BUILDING DEPARTMENT, AND THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS THAT WE DID NOT BELIEVE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE SOMEONE LIVE THERE ONSITE, EVEN IF THERE WAS REMAINS SECURITY PURPOSE.
AND I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING, THERE WERE MAYBE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE STILL LEFT AT THE, AT THE LOCATION.
THEY WERE STILL LIVING THERE, MAYBE A COUPLE OF THEM IN THE CAPACITY OF MAYBE AN ONSITE MAINTENANCE OR SECURITY.
MY UNDERSTAFFED COMMUNICATED OUR POSITION TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT BABIES HERE THIS EVENING WILL PROVIDE US WITH AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS WITH REGARD TO HAVING MAKE SURE THE PROPERTY IS COMPLETELY VACANT.
SO MR. MCKENNA'S CENTER ON THAT BEHALF.
UH, I RAN INTO MR. MURDOCH EARLY THIS MORNING AND WAS ABLE TO REPRESENT TO HIM THAT THE PROPERTY IS A VACANT, COMPLETELY VACANT.
I DROVE BY THERE THIS EVENING ON MY WAY HERE.
UH, IT'S SECURED, UH, IT'S MARKED WITH NO TRESPASSING SIGNS AND THE ONLY ACTIVITY THERE IS, UH, ACTIVITY DURING THE DAY, UH, BY OUR CONTRACTORS THAT ARE ADDRESSING ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED EITHER BY US INTERNALLY OR BY THE CITY STAFF.
AS AN EXAMPLE, UH, CHIEF HITS, CHERYL GAVE US A LIST ON JUNE 3RD OF ITEMS THAT, UH, ADMITTEDLY WAS PARTIAL, BUT THEY GAVE US A LIST TO WORK FROM.
AND I BELIEVE MOST, IF NOT, ALL OF THOSE ARE COMPLETED, THERE'S ONE, THAT'S WAITING ON AN ITEM TO BE DELIVERED.
UH, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
WE HAVE AN APPLICATION WORKING THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO MODIFY OUR ZONING.
UH, RIGHT NOW THE PROPERTY IS ZONED AS A HOTEL USE EXCLUSIVELY.
UH, SO WE MADE AN APPLICATION TO CHANGE THAT TO MULTIFAMILY USAGE, WHICH IT WAS PRIOR TO THE HOTEL.
UM, JUST TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AS TO WHAT I KNOW, UH, I WAS CONTACTED BY OUR LENDER
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TODAY AND HE'D ASKED THAT WE NOT CHANGE IT JUST TO SINGLE IT TO MULTIFAMILY, BUT WE LEAVE HOTEL AND ADD THE MULTIFAMILY.SO I'M GOING TO BE MODIFYING OUR APPLICATION, UH, AT HIS REQUEST OR THEIR REQUEST.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS THAT WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
I THINK WE'RE 45 DAYS OUT OR SO BEFORE WE SEE YOU ON THAT, I'M NOT POSITIVE, BUT WE MADE A DEADLINE THAT WOULD GIVE US THAT 60 DAY WINDOW.
SO THAT'S A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH FACILITY, WHICH THANKFULLY, UH, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR US TO GET YOUR POINT OF ZERO SO THAT WE COULD BUILD THE PROPERTY BACK AND BRING IT INTO FULL COMPLIANCE AND LATER PROVIDE OCCUPANCY THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED TO ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS.
SO THEN REAL QUICK, MR. MAYOR, IF I BUY A CABINET HOPPER, ANYTHING RECENTLY THAT YOU AND I HAVEN'T VISITED ABOUT WITH REGARD TO ANY ACTIVITY AT THE HOTEL.
UM, MARIN COUNSEL'S SUGGESTION, I MIGHT SUGGEST WE, UH, PLACES CONTINUE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM FOR 30 DAYS, UH, TO OUR, UH, JULY 11TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, JUST TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND MAKE SURE ALL OF THEIR PROBLEMS HAVE CROPPED UP.
WE MAY BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN JUST, UH, AT THAT MEETING AND OUR GOAL WOULD BE PERHAPS TO TAKE IT OFF THE LIST, SO TO SPEAK AND LET THEM MOVE FORWARD WITH RESOLVING IMPLICATION.
ANY COUNSEL? ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT? UH, SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED A MOTION FOR 30 DAYS, CONTINUED TO JULY 11TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
PLEASE SUBMIT THE SECOND, SIR.
BUSINESS RECESS, EDMOND, CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND CONVENE, AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING.
WE'RE NOW IN THE APWA MEETING, UH,
[8. Approval of EPWA Meeting Minutes: May 23, 2022.]
APPROVED FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE APWA MEETING MINUTES OF MAY 23RD.THERE'S TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THOSE MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED OR APWA
[9. EPWA General Consent Items:]
CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE SEVERAL CONSENT ITEMS, UH,[1. Receive Public Comment and Approval of Resolution No. _______ approving the Financial Plan of the various Edmond Funds for FY 22-23: 1) Public Works Authority Utility Funds, and 2) Other Enterprise Funds.]
RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENT AND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 7 0 6 DASH 22 6 DASH 22.APPROVING THE FINANCIAL PLAN OR THE VARIOUS EBONY FINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, 23, 1 PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, A UTILITY FUNDS AND OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
THIS IS JUST WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED ON THE BUDGET.
WE CAN TAKE THESE INDIVIDUALLY, PLEASE.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? I SEE NINE COUNSELORS WOULD LIKE TO DO MOTION TO APPROVE.
PLEASE GET YOUR VOTE ITEMS. PASS.
[2. Approval of Resolution No. __________ Authorizing the spending above the 90% limit as designated by the Oklahoma Municipal budget Act of 1979.]
OF RESOLUTION NUMBER SEVEN DASH 22 7 DASH 22.AUTHORIZING THE SPENDING ABOVE THE 90% LIMIT AS DESIGNATED BY THE OKLAHOMA MUNICIPAL BUDGET ACT OF 1979.
WE JUST DISCUSSED IN THE CITY COUNCIL, MEETING COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? I SEE NINE COUNCIL.
SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE THAT ISLAND'S PASSED.
APPROVAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SOLID WASTE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL BUDGETS, 103,000 TOTAL AS FOLLOWED BELOW.
THERE'S A SUPPLEMENT APPROACH PAGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE SOLID WASTE COMMERCIAL BUDGET FOR FUEL FOR 35,000 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR SOLID WASTE RESIDENTIAL BUDGET FOR FEW, FOR 35,000 AND A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROACH BREAK APPROPRIATION FOR SOLID WASTE, RESIDENTIAL BUDGET, RESIDENTIAL CARS FOR 33,000 LIV TO APPROVE A MOTION.
SECOND SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE THOUGH.
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
[3. Approval of Supplemental Appropriations for Solid Waste Commercial and Residential Budgets; $103,000 total as follows: i. Supplemental Appropriations for Solid Waste Commercial Budget (Fuel); $35,000. ii. Supplemental Appropriations for Solid Waste Residential Budget (Fuel); $35,000. iii. Supplemental Appropriations for Solid Waste Residential Budget (Residential Carts); $33,000.]
[B. Approval of Purchases:]
IS APPROVAL OF PURCHASES.[1. Approval of Change Order No. 2 to the construction contract with Luckinbill Inc. for FY20 Waterline Improvement Project: Campbell South Phase 1; $79,500.00.]
OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR LUCKINBILL INC FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 WATERLINE IMPROVEMENT, PROJECT CAMPBELL SOUTH PHASE ONE FOR $79,500 WITH JACK BIDS[2. Reject Bids Received for a 42-foot working height hydraulic aerial device for Electric Department.]
RECEIVED FOR A 42 FOOT WORKING HEIGHT, HYDRAULIC AREA DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT.AND THE THIRD ONE IS ACCEPTANCE
[3. Acceptance of Easement from Saundra Dedek Owen for Wastewater Master Plan Projects: E1-1B, E3-1, E3-2, E3-3 and E3-4 (Coffee Creek Interceptor - Phase II); Parcel 15.1 & 15.2; $25,000.00.]
OF EASEMENT FROM SANDRA DE DICK ALL IN FOR WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN PROJECTS.[01:15:01]
CREEK INTERCEPTOR PHASE TWO PARCELS, FIFTEEN.ONE AND $15 TWO FOR $25,000.MOVE TO APPROVE B ONE, TWO AND THREE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
THOSE PURCHASES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED NEXT ORDER IS APPROVED A GERMAN OF THE M PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING AND RECONVENE THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING SOME A SECOND.
OH, SHE SECOND PLEASE GOT CHABOT.
[10. Planning Consent Items:]
ITEM NUMBER 10,[A. Case #ES19-00006 Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No._______ Closing an easement for Oklahoma Christian School, located at 2nd and Saints, east of I-35. (Oklahoma Christian School)]
PLANNING AND SET ITEMS, CASE NUMBER E S ONE 19 DASH 0 0 0 0 6.PUBLIC HEARING ANY CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 3903 39 0 3.
CLOSING AN EASEMENT FOR OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LOCATED AT SECOND AND SAINTS EAST ABOUT 35.
YOU JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE SHIRTS AND ITEMS, SHERMAN CASE NUMBER E S 22 DASH 0 0 0 0 3.
PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 49 0 4 39 0 4.
CLOSING AN EASEMENT FOR 7 0 4 SOUTH UNIVERSITY LOCATED ON SEVENTH AND EATER UNIVERSITY CIRCLE.
THEN WE HAVE CASE NUMBER
CLOSING A UTILITY EASEMENT LOCATED AT 7 1 6 PINE OAK DRIVE.
THEN WE HAVE CASE NUMBER D D TWO TWO DASH 0 0 0 0 6.
PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION FOR A LOT SPLIT 4 29 0 1 NORTH POST OR IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF POSTS AND COALVILLE.
THEN WE HAVE PACE NUMBER PR 19 DASH 0 0 0 2 4 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL PRELIMINARY PLAT LOCATED EAST OF OUR 35 SOUTH OF SECOND STREET.
AND THEN WE HAVE A CASE NUMBER PR 21 DASH 0 0 0 1 7 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION FOR A FINAL PLAN OF OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LOCATED EAST ABOUT 35 SOUTH OF SECOND STREET.
AND THEN WE HAVE CASE NUMBER PR 22 DASH 0 0 0 1 6, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE PROMOD PROMINTORY RIDGE LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SUNA ROAD, SOUTH OF SORGHUM MILL ROAD.
AND THEN OUR LAST ONE IS THE CASE NUMBER PR 22 DASH 0 0 0 1 FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION FOR A FINAL PLAT ONE MUTTON PARK LOCATED SOUTH OF WEST EDMONTON WILMINGTON COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE COMMENTS SINCE THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING ON SOME OF THESE, IF ANY, FROM THE AUDIENCE ON 10, A, B, C, OR D OR E OR F OR G AND H ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, NO COMMENTS FROM THE ODDEST COUNCIL.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THESE, UH, TO SEND ITEMS, MOVE TO APPROVE 10 A THROUGH H EMOTION AND THE SECOND, PLEASE GET YOUR VOTE.
[A. Case #SP22-00011 Public Hearing and Consideration for a Site Plan application for Edmond Storage, located at 4620 North Boulevard. (4260 N Boulevard Industrial, LLC)]
FOR PLANNING DISCUSSION ITEMS, CASE NUMBER SP TWO TWO DASH 0 0 0 1 3, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION FOR A SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR EDMOND STORAGE LOCATED AT 46 20 NORTH BOULEVARD, 46 20 NORTH BOULEVARD.INDUSTRIAL LLC IS THE AFRICAN AFRICAN HERE.
THAT'S REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A SITE PLAN WITH TWO BUILDINGS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COFFEE CREEK ROAD, EAST OF BOULEVARD.
AS THE SITE IS ZONED F1, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND THE BUILDINGS WILL BE FOR INDUSTRIAL OFFICE AND STORAGE USES.
UH, THE NORTH BUILDING IS 15,000 SQUARE FEET AND THE SOUTH BUILDING IS 18,500 SQUARE FEET.
UH, BOTH BUILDINGS HAVE METAL SIDING WITH A BRICK MANERA ON THE WEST SIDE FACING BOULEVARD.
UH, THE SITE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES PARKING LOT WITH 41 SPACES WITH ONE ACCESS ON THE BOULEVARD.
UH, THE REASONS BEFORE YOU DENIED IS THERE IS A VARIANCE TO THE LANDSCAPING WHILE THE CORRECT NUMBER OF PLANT UNITS WAS PROVIDED THE LAYOUT AND USE OF OVERHEAD DOORS ON THE BUILDINGS, MADE THEIR, UH, PROVISION OF TERMINAL PARKING ISLANDS, DIFFICULT TO INCORPORATE INTO THE SITE PLAN.
UH, SO THE REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCES MADE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR MAY 17 COMMITTEE COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT AND ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? ANYTHING COUNSEL WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ITEM? MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND, SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
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I GOT, I WAS APPROVED.[B. Case #SP22-00012 Public Hearing and Consideration for a Site Plan for Service Blake Soccer Complex, located southwest of Danforth and Kelly. (City of Edmond)]
ITEM IS CASE NUMBERIS THE APPLICANT HERE? YES, SIR.
WELL, IF YOU WANT ME TO, I'LL INTRODUCE YOU REAL QUICK.
I MEAN, THE CITY IS RENOVATING THE SOCCER FIELD COMPLEX, AS YOU KNOW, UH, SPECIFICALLY UPGRADING THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, WHICH INCLUDE THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN CONCESSION STANDS AND THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, UH, THE BULK OF THE SITE WILL REMAIN THE SAME WITH NO NEW FIELDS ADDED.
UH, THE AMOUNT OF PAVING FOR PARKING WILL BE THE SAME, HOWEVER, OR LIKELY TO BE STRIPED AND ADD SOME HANDICAPPED, SIX HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE SPACES.
UH, THE EXISTING LIGHTING WILL REMAIN THE SAME AND ACCESS ALSO STAYS THE SAME.
UH, THE METAL OR THE BUILDINGS WILL BE UPGRADED TO HAVE A BRICK AND STONE VENEER THAT WILL BE EARTH TONE ON ALL SIDES OF THE METAL ROOF.
UH, THE CONCESSION BUILDINGS, HOWEVER, WILL HAVE A ROOFTOP SIGN, WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED BY THE ORDINANCE.
SO IT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT TO GRANT A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THAT SIGN.
AS YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURE THERE, UH, PLANNING, COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR MAY 17TH MEETING AND THE APPLICANTS HERE.
BRILLIANT COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I'M JUST GOING TO ASK WHY YOU REMIND ME, IS THIS THE PERCENTAGE? WHY IS, WHY IS THIS SITE PLAN APPROVAL? UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE BUILDINGS.
YEAH, IT MET THE 20% RULE FOR BUILDING ADDITION IS WHY IT KICKED OVER INTO THAT.
AND THEN I BELIEVE WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE COMMERCIAL CAUSE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THERE AS COMMERCIAL, UM, I THINK SOME OF THAT.
AND THEN THE VARIANCE FOR THE SIGN.
IT'S A NEWSLETTER INTRUDE COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? WHAT'S GREAT.
WHEN CAN YOU START? YOU CAN GET A BUILDING PERMIT TOMORROW.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE, HOLDING THIS UP IN ANY WAY? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
UH, COUNSEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO ON THIS ONE MOTION TEMPORARY SECOND, YOUR MOTION SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
[C. Case #SP22-00015 Public Hearing and Consideration for a Site Plan application for a storage building at Peace Lutheran Church, located at 2600 East Danforth Road. (Peace Lutheran Church)]
NUMBER SP TWO TWO DASH 0 0 0 1 5 PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION FOR A SITE PLAN AMPUTATION FOR A STORAGE BUILDING AT PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH LOCATED AT 2,600 EAST DANFORTH ROAD PIECE OF LUTHERAN CHURCHES.THAT APPLICANT IS AFRICAN HERE.
APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A 1500 SQUARE FOOT STORAGE SHED, WHICH REQUIRES A SITE PLAN APPROVAL SINCE IT IS A NEW BUILDING AND NOT AN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING CHURCH, UH, THAT BUILDING WILL BE ROUGHLY LOCATED RIGHT THERE.
THE CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT.
UH, THERE IS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND A NEW BUILDING WILL TAKE ITS PLACE.
UH, THE SITE PLAN STATES, THE BUILDING WILL BE METAL, WHICH IS A VARIANCE TO BUILDING MATERIALS.
UH, THERE'S ALSO A LANDSCAPING VARIANCE BEING REQUESTED TO THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE ENTIRE SITE BE BROUGHT UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS.
UM, I THINK IT'S QUITE UNDERSTANDABLE FOR SUCH A SMALL CHANGE ON THE SITE THAT CHURCHES REQUESTING THE VARIANCE TO THAT STANDARD PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR MAY 17TH MEETING.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSELING QUESTIONS FOR STAFF HAPPINESS, MY DAD, ANYTHING, NO COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE COUNSEL TO APPROVE SECOND MOTION SECOND, PLEASE GET YOUR VOTE.
[12. Citizens Comments - (This is an opportunity for citizens, both resident and non-resident, to address the City Council on city related matters not on the council agenda. Citizens must sign up to speak either online by 3:00 p.m. the day of the City Council meeting, or in person by the start of the meeting. Remarks should be directed to City Council as a whole and limited to three minutes or less.)]
NEXT ORDER.INSTEAD OF THE COMMENT, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS, BOTH RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS TO ADJUST THE CITY COUNCIL ON CITY RELATED MATTERS, NOT ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
CITIZENS MUST SIGN UP TO SPEAK EITHER ONLINE BY 3:00 PM.
THE DAY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MANIA OR IN PERSON BY THE START OF THE MEETING REMARKS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES OR LESS.
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OKAY, NEXT PERSON.NEXT RESIDENT IS JOY WALLACE CITY COUNCIL MAYOR.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
I RESPECT THE OFFICE THAT YOU HOLD AS WELL AS THE TIME THAT YOU DEVOTE TO THIS CITY'S GOVERNMENT.
I ALSO HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THOSE CITIZENS WHO MAKE A CHOICE TO PARTICIPATE IN, ENGAGE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IT TAKES A LOVE FOR YOUR CITY AND ITS CITIZENS TO EXPEND TIME AND EFFORT TOWARD PURSUING COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR CITY OFFICIALS.
WE HAVE A MYRIAD OF COMMUNICATION OPTIONS AT OUR FINGERTIPS.
YET WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION HERE IN OUR CITY OF EDMOND.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, I HAVE PERSONALLY CITIZENS REQUESTING COMMUNICATION AND PLACEMENT ON THE AGENDA OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE REQUESTED AN AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE 11 CONCERNING THE RECALL OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE HAVE REQUESTED AN AFTER ACTION REPORT ON THE PROTOCOL OF THE HANDLING OF COVID-19 MEASURES IN OUR CITY.
WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE REQUESTED THE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC STATEMENT, BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE NOTIFICATION AND REASONING OF DENIAL OR REJECTION.
WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE REQUESTED COMMUNICATION ON THE EFFECTS OF AN IMPLEMENTED DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM AND THE HIRING OF A DEI OFFICER.
WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE REQUESTED COMMUNICATION ON THE LGBTQ PROCLAMATION ISSUED IN 2021.
AGAIN, WE, THE CITIZENS ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED.
IT APPEARS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS TOTAL CONTROL OF THE AGENDA AS IT STATES TO DENY REJECT AND STRIPE PROPOSED ITEMS WITH NO RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITIZEN AS TO REASONING OR JUSTIFICATION FOR SUCH DENIAL.
SO HERE'S OUR DELIVER NO COMMUNICATION UNLESS OUR CONCERNS ARE PLACED ON THE AGENDA.
AND WE DO UNDERSTAND THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, BUT ITEMS ARE TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA ONLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL, WHICH MAY STRIKE, DENY OR DELETE WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION TO THE CITIZEN.
I AM LEFT TO ASSUME THAT THESE ARE NOT PARAMOUNT CONCERNS TO THIS COUNCIL, THE RIGHT TO PETITION AND COMMUNICATE WITH OUR GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WRITE THE CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO THE BUILDING PROJECT DOWN THE STREETS.
I RECENTLY READ A STATISTIC THAT STATED LESS THAN ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE TRUST THE GOVERNMENT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
YOU ARE THE LINK BETWEEN CITY, GOVERNMENT AND THE CITIZENS.
THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION PROBLEM.
WHEN YOU CAMPAIGNED FOR THE POSITION THAT YOU HOLD, CITIZENS WERE WELCOMED TO TOTE CAMPAIGN SIGNS AND SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF.
YOU MADE APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC WITH GROUPS THAT WOULD PROPEL YOU FORWARD IN YOUR RIGHTS COMMUNICATIONS.
THE KEY TO SUCCESS COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M ASKING YOU TO DO WHAT THANK YOU.
NEXT RESIDENT IS LEONARD SCOTT.
YOU START YOUR TIMER NOW, PUBLIC SERVANTS.
AFTER 18 MONTHS DEALING WITH THIS REGIME, IT IS CLEAR YOUR COUNCIL CORE VALUES NEED UPDATING TO THE REALITY OF WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING IN THIS REGIME.
WE SEEK TRUTH AND ALLOW FOR FAIR AND THOROUGH DELIBERATION.
SO YOU ALLOW FOR FAIR AND DELIBERATION.
NO, THIS COUNCIL'S FIRST CRUEL VALUE IS NON-EXISTENT.
HOW WAS YOUR SILENCE FAIR? AND WHERE IS THE DELIBERATION? NUMBER TWO INTEGRITY.
WE OPERATE ON THE FOUNDATION OF TRUST BY HONORING HONEST AND OPEN DISCUSSION WITH EACH OTHER AND CITIZENS.
THIS HARDLY NEEDS ANY REMARKS FROM ME AFTER REFUSING TO PLACE IN THE AAR ON THE AGENDA.
WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE LOST ALL TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO CONDUCT AN AAR
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TO ENSURE YOUR PAST NEGATIVE ACTIONS NEVER HAPPEN.AGAIN, REMOVE THAT ONE FROM YOUR CORE VALUES, HONEST, OPEN DISCUSSION.
ANYBODY WHO ATTENDS A CITIZEN COMMENTS WILL FALL OVER LAUGHING.
YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO CONCERNS OR GRIEVANCES AT ALL.
YOU SIT SILENT AND RARELY RESPOND TO EMAIL.
PLEASE REMOVE THAT CORE VALUE TO PROTECT PROACTIVE.
WE BELIEVE IN VISIONARY LEADERSHIP BY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITIZENS AND TO GROW AND DEFINE OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IF IT PERTAINS TO UPCOMING OR PROCLAIMING A MONTH RECOGNITION FOR PROXIMITY, THEN THIS CITY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
60% OF OUR COMMUNITY IS FAITH-BASED.
THAT CORE VALUE IS NOT A CITIZEN CORE VALUE AND SHOULDN'T BE REMOVED COMMUNICATION.
WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIVERSE EXPRESSION OF THOUGHT AND DIALOGUE WHO WROTE THESE CORE VALUES.
THE LANGUAGE USES OUTLOOK, PROGRESSIVE WOKE DICTIONARY, DIVERSE EXPRESSION.
NONE OF THESE CORE VALUES WERE APPLICABLE TO THIS REGIME BECAUSE THIS COUNCIL IS NOT ENGAGED IN ACTUAL COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR CITIZENS.
DURING CITIZEN, CITIZEN COMMENTS, SERVICE, WE BELIEVE IN NURTURING AND ADVANCING UNIFIED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND OUR CITIZENS.
I GUESS THIS WRITER OF THESE CORE VALUES NEVER ATTENDED A COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THE LAST ONE IS REALLY SPECIAL.
WE HAVE HIGH STANDARDS WITH REGARD TO OUR MONETARY RESPONSIBILITIES, ACTIONS AND PERFORMANCE, AND WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THESE HIGH STANDARDS.
WHERE DO I START? YOU BELIEVE YOU WERE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE WE, THE PEOPLE, WHEN YOU ONLY GIVE THREE MINUTES TO US TO SPEAK, DON'T BE YOU DON'T RESPOND TO OUR CONCERNS AND GRIEVANCES.
IGNORE OUR REQUEST TO PLAY SLIDERS ON THE AGENDA AND EXHORT.
DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS, DON'T RESPOND TO OUR EMAILS AND TELL US YOU HAVE A HIGH STANDARDS WITH REGARD TO MONETARY RESPONSIBILITIES, REALLY ACCOUNTABILITY TO MONETARY RESPONSIBILITIES EXPLAINED TO US WHY YOU PAY THE CITY MANAGER MORE THAN A DALLAS, TEXAS CITY MANAGER BY OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO NEXT RESIDENT, A J THOMPSON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
DO YOU ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I STOOD HERE AND YOU ALL TOLD ME THAT YOU WOULD RESPOND TO MY EMAILS ABOUT THE CHARTER ARTICLE 11, RECALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS? WELL, I SPOKE FOR MY THREE, A LOT OF MINUTES, AND I EMAILED YOU ABOUT MY CONCERNS AND GRIEVANCES.
AND DIDN'T HEAR A WORD BACK FROM ANY OF YOU.
UM, WELL, GUESS WHAT IT WAS CRICKETS BECAUSE NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU REPLIED NOT EVEN YOU, MR. MAYOR WAS REALLY LET DOWN ON THIS.
UM, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T PLAY SOME ENDING ARTICLE 11 ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE NOT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD PLACE IT ON THERE FOR US.
SO I SPOKE DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS AND YOU TELL ME YOU CAN'T RESPOND BECAUSE THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
UM, SO ON THE ADVICE OF YOUR CITY ATTORNEY WHO SHOULD HAVE RECUSED HIMSELF A LONG TIME AGO, DUE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND YET YOU STILL TAKE HIS ADVICE, STRIKE TO MY LAST HOPE WAS THAT YOU WOULD RESPOND TO MY EMAILS, OPENING UP A DIALOGUE THAT I SPOKE ABOUT.
SO WE CAN COME TO SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT.
I STILL DIDN'T RECEIVE A SINGLE REPLY STRIKE THREE.
I DON'T RECALL RECEIVING AN EMAIL FROM YOU.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO USE THIS EMAIL AND RESPOND TO YOU TONIGHT.
BUT I DON'T RECALL GETTING AN EMAIL FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
I'LL FORWARD IT BACK TO YOU SHOWING THE DATE I SENT IT.
UM, TRUST ME, I DON'T LIKE STANDING UP HERE BERATING YOU GUYS.
YOU'RE PROBABLY NICE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I JUST WANT YOU TO DO YOUR JOB.
UM, SO AM I UPSET? YES, BUT I'M MORE DISAPPOINTED.
THE COUNSELOR, NOT TRUE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED THEM.
IT'S CLEAR THAT ALL OF YOU ARE NOT REPRESENTING US.
AND IT'S CLEAR HOLDING ONTO YOUR POWER IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ACTUALLY SERVING AND PROTECTING THE CITIZENS.
YOU SWORE AN OATH TO PROTECT YOUR ARTICLE.
11 IS A DIRECT ASSAULT ON OUR FIRST AMENDMENT, RIGHT? TO HOLD ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE.
THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW IS A JOKE.
YOU HAVE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED YOUR CONCERNS FOR WE.
I STAND HERE SADDENED TO SEE THE EXPOSED BY YOUR SILENCE AND NON-EXISTENT ACTIONS AS
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A VOTING CITIZEN, THE MOTHER, AND A PATRIOT.I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO RECALL ALL OF YOU FOR CALLS.
I TAKE NOTES, JOY IN DOING SO, BUT ALL OF YOU AND I MEAN, ALL OF YOU, INCLUDING YOU CITY MANAGER, I WILL BEGIN GATHERING ANGRY CITIZENS AND DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO GET YOU ELECTED OFFICIALS OUT OF OFFICE.
WE ARE PATRIOTS AND WE HAVE A DUTY TO RID OUR CITY OF SUCH A REGIME.
IF THEY CAN DO IT IN THE WOKE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, WE CAN DO IT HERE.
I REMIND THE COUNCIL, YOU'VE REAPED WHAT YOU'VE SOWN AND YOU'VE SOWN DIVISION AND FAILURE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE YOU SWORE TO SERVE.
NO NEXT RESIDENT IS MICHELLE LEE READY? I JUST GAVE ALL OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS, A COPY OF MY REMARKS.
AFTER WATCHING THESE MEETINGS ON TV, IT LOOKED LIKE YOU GUYS ARE BORED AND WANT ME TO GO HOME EARLY.
SO I COME TO THE LAST MEETING TO SEE FOR MYSELF HOW THIS ROUTINE WORKED.
I CAME TO VOICE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE OPEN MEETING ACT THAT YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY INTERPRETS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT HAVING TO RESPOND TO CITIZENS CONCERNING CONCERNS OR THEIR GRIEVANCES, UH, TOLD US CANCEL.
I DID NOT BELIEVE THE OMA WAS WRITTEN AS A BLANKET BLANKET, EXCUSE FOR NOT RESPONDING TO CITIZENS AND REQUESTED THIS COUNCIL TO FORM A COMMITTEE OR A COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE OMA RULES.
I GAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION TO YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND REQUESTED MY WAR COUNSEL, KEEP ME INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS OF MY REQUEST.
I ASKED WARD, COUNCILMAN, MR. TO LET YOU LET ME KNOW IF MY REQUEST WAS DENIED.
AND I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MR. MAURA, AND HE STATED, HE FELT THAT OMA REQUESTS WAS UNWARRANTED BECAUSE HE HAD ATTENDED AN O M A CLASS AND LEARNED IT WAS STATE LAW NOT TO DISCUSS CONCERNS OR GRIEVANCES UNLESS THE ISSUE WAS ON, ON THE AGENDA.
MR. MOORE ALSO STATED A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS.
I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN SPEAK DURING CITIZENS' COMMENTS.
I MEAN, REALLY WOULD THE PEOPLE ELECT YOU TO REPRESENT US? AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO FEEL FORTUNATE BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION AND BOARDED RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT ME AND PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
ALSO, I DIDN'T DID NOT ANSWER MY QUESTION OF WHY HE DIDN'T VOTE TO PLACE THE ISSUE ON THE AGENDA EXCEPT TO SAY ON ADVICE FROM COUNCIL.
I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE AS MY REPRESENTATIVE.
YOU SIT THERE AND TRYING YOUR BEST TO AVOID REPRESENTING ME, THAT CONCERN SYSTEM.
I GUESS I HAVE TO ASK, DO YOU WORK OR ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY REGIME OR DO YOU WORK FOR THE PEOPLE AND YOUR AWARD YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT BASED ON THE RESPONSE SENT TO MANY OF THEIR PEERS, YOU ADVOCATE FOR THE REGIME OVER THE PEOPLE OVER WE, THE PEOPLE, THEREFORE I REQUEST IS COUNCIL.
ALL YOU WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY, INCLUDING YOU, MR. MAYOR, EMAIL ME OR RESPONSE TO THIS QUESTION.
WHY WILL THIS COUNCIL NOT FORM A COMMITTEE AND CONSULT WITH DIRECTORS OR HEAD OF OMA? THIS IS TO ENSURE THEIR RULES ARE ACTUALLY WRITTEN TO KEEP CITIZENS FROM ADDRESSING THEIR GRIEVANCES AND CONCERNS TO COUNCIL, A COUNCIL WHO IS INSTRUCTED BY THEIR CITY ATTORNEY, NOT TO ANSWER CITIZENS CONCERNS.
IF YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING US, THEN REQUEST US TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT TO ENSURE YOUR CITY ATTORNEY IS CORRECT AND ADVICE, NOT ALLIANCES TO EXERCISE.
MA'AM YOU THROUGH MANSOUR UP NEXT RESIDENT, TINY THEATER,
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GOOD EVENING.THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO WE.
THE PEOPLE, THE CITY MAYOR'S POSITION IS CEREMONIAL.
ACCORDING TO SOME OF OUR DOCUMENTS, OUR CITY DOCUMENTS, UM, I WOULD BAG TO, I THINK THAT OUR WORD REPRESENTATIVES POSITIONS ARE ALSO CEREMONIAL BECAUSE WHEN WE, THE PEOPLE COME TO YOU WITH OUR REQUESTS, WITH OUR CONCERNS, WE DON'T GET MUCH MORE THAN, UM, I'LL ASK ABOUT IT.
AND WHEN THEY ASK THEY, THEY GO ASK OTHER OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHEN THEY GIVE A NEGATIVE REPLY, A NEGATIVE RESPONSE TO WE, THE PEOPLE'S REQUESTS, THEN OUR WARD REP COMES BACK AND TELLS US THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT FOR YOU.
SO AS THE PREVIOUS LADY JUST SAID, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY REPRESENTATION HERE.
WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE WORKING FOR US HERE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE GROUP IN FRONT OF US FOR THE GROUP BEFORE US.
WE HAVE PEOPLE ADDRESSING AND, UM, TALKING ABOUT AND DISCUSSING WITH PEOPLE THAT WILL ANSWER THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR REQUESTS AND THEIR DESIRES, NOT THE PEOPLE'S DESIRES.
THAT'S WHAT WE RUN INTO AS CITIZENS WE HAVE.
UM, AS ANOTHER ONE SAID, WE HAVE ONE OF THE, THE HIGHEST PAID CITY MANAGERS IN THE REGION, A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR OUR CITY MANAGER.
THE BASE, THE REGULAR AVERAGE SALARY OF A CITY MANAGER IS $99,000.
OUR MAYOR OF OKLAHOMA CITY IS $147,000 A YEAR.
OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER WAS GETTING $220,000 A YEAR.
WHY DID HE HAVE TO GET EVEN MORE? WHY DO YOU GUYS HAVE TO SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY ON THESE ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS? WHILE THE PEOPLE OUT HERE ARE DEALING WITH SHORTAGES ARE DEALING WITH DEFICITS, ARE DEALING WITH PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE HOMELESS TENTS IN THE PARK, LIKE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, YOU'RE RUNNING INTO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM, BUT THEY ARE HAVING ARGUMENTS AND FIGHTS WITH IMAGINARY PEOPLE.
THAT'S OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHEN YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GO SHOP OVER HERE ON BROADWAY AND 15TH, OUR CHILDREN, OUR STUDENTS ARE BEING ARE TOPPING IN AND OUT OF CARS ON BUSY STREETS BECAUSE THERE'S NO INGRESS FOR THEM TO GET INTO THE SCHOOLS, THE PARENTS, TO GET INTO THE SCHOOLS AND DROP THEM OFF ON TIME.
WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO ARE AT INTERSECTIONS, A LITTLE WAYS OUT FROM DOWNTOWN EDMOND WHO ARE WAITING, WHO HAVE TRAFFIC BACKED UP ALMOST THE MILE FROM ONE INTERSECTION TO THE NEXT TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, DEALING WITH THAT.
WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS. I THINK THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN EDMOND IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE REPRESENTATION.
WE ARE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE.
THAT BUREAUCRACY IS REPRESENTED HERE.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN HERE.
ONE IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND NUMBER FOUR PEOPLE AND PARTNERSHIPS.
WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.
THAT IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS GOVERNMENT.
MA'AM YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP.
WHY DO I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES UNDER WHOSE AUTHORITY IS THAT? THANK YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON A RESIDENT IS SHARON FERNANDEZ.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, I TELL THIS COUNCIL, WE, THE PEOPLE WOULD BE BACK.
IF YOU DID NOT PLACE OUR REQUESTS FOR AFTER ACTION REVIEW, BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA TO FORM A COMMITTEE OR A COMMISSION.
THE PURPOSE WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE COUNCIL'S ACTION.
DURING THE PANDEMIC, NONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FELT IT NECESSARY TO PLACE OUR REQUEST ON THE AGENDA.
WE KNOW IT WOULD ONLY TAKE ONE OF YOU TO DO THAT.
AND YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN ME ANY REASON OR JUSTIFICATION, WHY YOU WOULD NOT PUT OUR REQUEST ON THE AGENDA.
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ARE SHOCKED THAT THIS COUNCIL REFUSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE ACTIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC, THAT ARMED CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES, BECAUSE OF THIS, WE, THE PEOPLE MADE A DEMAND ON THE COUNCIL TO PLACE THE ISSUE ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE OF ITS IMPORTANT IMPORTANCE.AGAIN, YOU TOOK NO ACTION AND GAVE WE THE PEOPLE, NO REASON FOR JUSTIFICATION FOR NOT PLACING THE ISSUE, NOT ON THE AGENDA WHILE I'M BACK WITH TWO WORDS, YOU VALIDATE TEXAS.
EVERY AMERICAN KNOWS THE TRAGEDY.
MA'AM YOU'RE NOT THREATENING US.
ARE YOU? I DON'T BELIEVE I AM.
I JUST, I JUST ASKED THE QUESTION.
I'M UH, WE ALL KNOW, UH, THE TRAGEDY THE TOWN EXPERIENCED AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS ASKING THE SAME QUESTION.
HOW COULD IT HAPPEN? WEEKS FROM NOW, ANOTHER HYBRID COVID OMNICOM OR SOME OTHER NAME BARS COULD BE THE REPORTED.
WE, THE PEOPLE OF EDMOND WOULD THEN BE FACED WITH THIS COUNCIL TO MAKE DECISIONS ON WHAT TO DO THAT IS DOWNRIGHT SCARY THINKING.
WE WOULD TRUST THIS COUNCIL TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THEY DID BEFORE.
SHALL I GO OVER WHAT YOU DID? SHUT DOWNS, MASKED MANDATES, DECLARING EMERGENCY POWERS ALL WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY TO DO WHAT YOU DID.
UH, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW TO ENSURE YOUR PAST ACTIONS NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN.
AND HERE WE ARE FACED WITH AGAIN WITH THE CITY GOVERNMENT ACTIONS THAT BIOLASE DID OUR GOD GIVEN RIGHTS, AS WELL AS OUR CIVIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE NO PRESTON CONFIDENCE IN YOUR ABILITY TO HANDLE ANOTHER CRISIS BASED ON YOUR LAST PERFORMANCE, THE POINT COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS YOU SHALL HAVE TIME TO ADMIT AND CORRECT YOUR MISTAKES AND YOUR ACTIONS OF THE PAST NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN.
WE HAVE GIVEN EACH OF YOU THREE MINUTES.
I HAVE GIVEN EACH OF YOU THREE, A COPY OF MY THREE MINUTE ALOUD ON TO APPEAL TO YOU TO PUT ASIDE OUR NEGATIVE ACTIONS ON WE, THE PEOPLE INSTEAD AND DO THE RIGHT THING AND PLACE THE AAR AGENDA.
MA'AM NEXT RESIDENT? ADD MORE? Y'ALL ME A NEW CITY MANAGER.
I THINK WE HAVE A DEAD, BUT NEITHER IN MIND.
UH, THANKS FOR CALLING ME BACK BY YOUR DIAPERS.
UH, WHEN I EMAILED YOU, UH, UM, GENERALLY, UM, IMPRESSED WITH THE CALIBER OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES HERE IN EDMOND, UH, BOTH IN THE OFFICES, I'VE HAD REASON TO CONTACT PEOPLE IN THE DIFFERENT OFFICES AND ON THE STREET.
AND I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH THE CALIBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE, UH, HERE AND ADMIN, AND I'VE READ THE, UH, UH, QUALIFICATIONS OF THE NEW CITY MANAGER.
AND, UH, THOSE ARE IMPRESSIVE.
UM, BUT MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THIS SAME TIME.
UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD A PRIDE MONTH, UH, PROCLAMATION AND THE ADMIN HAD ALSO HAD AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO DO A, UH, DI POSITION, UH, THAT'S DIVERSITY INCLUSION AND EQUITY.
AND TO ME, DIVERSITY, YOU'LL SEE ON THE SHEET THERE, UH, IS DIVIDED PEOPLE INTO ENTITLEMENT GROUPS.
UH, INCLUSION IS INEQUALITY BECAUSE OF GROUP THINK.
AND THEN EQUITY IS AN EXCLUSION OF REASON OR MERIT.
IF WE ARE PUTTING OTHER HIRING PRACTICES ABOVE MERIT AND QUALIFICATIONS,
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WE HAVE PROBLEMS IN EDMOND AND WE ARE CAUSING DIVISION AND FEELINGS OF UNFAIRNESS IN THE WORKFORCE.AND WITH THE NEW MAYOR, I WAS A NEW CITY MANAGER, UH, THAT WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME.
I'D LIKE TO REQUEST EVALUATION OF THE NEED THAT WE HAVE FOR DIVERSITY INCLUSION, UH, EQUITY PERSON IN HIRING PRACTICES, LIKE SAY THE EMPLOYEES ARE RUN INTO OR BEST QUALITY.
AND, UM, I JUST LIKE TO MAYBE REVIEW THAT.
[13. New Business - (In accordance with the Open Meeting Act, new business is defined as any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting of the agenda.)]
NEW BUSINESS.AND OF COURSE WITH THE OPEN MEETING ACT, ANYBODY, THIS IS DEFINED AS ANY MATTER, NOT KNOWN OR WISH COULD HAVE NOT REASONING FOR SAYING PRIOR TO THE POSTING AND AGENDA COUNCIL, ANY NEW BUSINESS.
UH, I'M HERE BEFORE YOU ALWAYS HAD TO NEW BUSINESS SPACE BY SIR.
YOU PERSONALLY, I HAD A PERSONAL CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND I EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT THAT WAS AN ERROR ON MY PART, THAT WHEN I LET YOU SPEAK DURING NEW BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESSES FOR COUNSELING, YOUR, YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS CITIZENS COMMENTS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'VE GOT 19 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE SRO.
THIS IS, YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO YOU STARTED THE SRO.
IT'S A POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES YESTERDAY.
YOU ALL PROVIDE THE SRO SCHOOL.
WE MIGHT HAVING A MOTION TO ADJOURN.