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1, 2, 3.[1. Call to Order.]
HOW'S EVERYBODY TODAY? FANTASTIC.I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS WORKSHOP TO ORDER.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WORKSHOP TODAY ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGETS.
UH, WELL, UNLESS YOU'RE CITY MANAGER WANTED TO START US OFF WITH ANY YEAH.
TODAY WE'LL HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS, UH, WELL, THREE PRESENTATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AND THEN I'LL HAVE A, UH, SHORT PRESENTATION FROM ANDY FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
[2. Presentation and Discussion of Fiscal Year 2024-25 Fire Department, Police Department, Public Safety Communications, and Emergency Management Budgets.]
WE'RE GONNA START WITH CHIEF, ARE YOU UP? I CAN SAY CHIEF, YOU GOT A COUPLE OF THEM IN THE ROOM.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
CHRIS GOODWIN, FIRE CHIEF HERE TO DO OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION.
AND I THOUGHT WHAT I'D DO TODAY IS GO OVER THE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF OUR BUDGET AND HIT SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES AND PURCHASES IN SOME OF THOSE LINE ITEMS. AND THEN AFTER WE'VE DONE THAT, I'LL GO INTO YEARS TWO THROUGH FIVE OF THE BUDGET, JUST BRIEFLY SOME OF THE THINGS TO EXPECT, AND THEN KIND OF A LOOK OUTWARD FROM THERE, WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE NEXT SIX TO 15 YEARS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND, OKAY, I'LL START WITH OUR PROJECTED REVENUES FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR OF ABOUT $32 MILLION TOTAL.
OF COURSE, THAT COMES FROM THE QUARTER CENT FIRE PUBLIC SAFETY TAX OF JUST ALMOST $6 MILLION.
AND THEN THE 30% OF THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS COMING IN AT 25 5.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTED REVENUES.
UM, PRIMARILY THE INTEREST FROM OUR, UH, RESERVE ACCOUNT.
AND THEN SOME, WE, YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH ARCADIA FOR ABOUT $8,000 A YEAR AGREEMENT WITH LAKE AWASA FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES FOR ABOUT 6,000 A YEAR.
UM, AND WE'VE GOT A CELL PHONE TOWER THAT BRINGS IN SOME REVENUE ALSO.
SO THAT PRETTY MUCH WRAPS UP OUR REVENUES FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
OF COURSE, OUR BIGGEST CATEGORY OF OUR BUDGET IS OUR PERSONNEL SERVICES.
IT COMES IN AT ABOUT 76% OF OUR BUDGET.
UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 27 MILLION THIS NEXT YEAR.
UH, PART OF THAT IS WE ARE ADDING 15 NEW POSITIONS TO OPEN OUR FIRE STATION, UH, FIRE STATION SIX, AND THAT, ALONG WITH THAT, WE NEED THREE OFFICERS FOR THAT STATION, ONE FOR EACH SHIFT.
SO THE THREE CAPTAINS AND THREE DRIVERS FOR THAT STATION, AS WELL AS NINE FIREFIGHTERS.
WE ALL BE ADDING ONE ADDITIONAL FIRE PREVENTION OFFICER THIS YEAR TO HELP US, UH, GET MORE OF OUR INSPECTIONS DONE AND KIND OF CHANGE OUR INSPECTION SCHEDULE, UM, ON THE, ON THE BUILDINGS THAT WE INSPECT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THEN ONE CIVILIAN ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER POSITION.
OUR QUARTERMASTER IS THE, UH, INDIVIDUAL WHO ORDERS ALL OUR SUPPLIES, HELPS US WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR, UH, VEHICLES AND SUCH.
WE PUT A LOT MORE ON THAT PERSON'S PLATE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND WE, IT IS TIME WE NEED TO BRING IN AN ASSISTANT TO HELP WITH SOME OF THAT AND TO TRAIN THEM UP IN WHAT THAT INDIVIDUAL DOES.
ALSO, KIND OF AS A, UH, CONTINGENCY FOR WHEN THAT INDIVIDUAL RETIRES.
SO, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, EXPENDITURES, UM, A LITTLE OVER 1.2 MILLION.
WE'VE GOT TO REPLACE 15 SETS OF OUR BUNKER GEAR AT AGES OUT AFTER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY, EVERY FEW YEARS WE'RE REPLACING, UM, GEAR.
WE'VE GOT 15 SETS TO REPLACE NEXT YEAR.
OF COURSE, WE'VE GOTTA OUTFIT THOSE 15 NEW FIREFIGHTERS WITH THEIR NEW GEAR.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT APPARATUS COMING AND WE'VE GOT A RESCUE LADDER COMING IN ON ORDER THAT WE HAVE TO OUTFIT.
AND THE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR ENGINE SIX FOR THE NEW STATION.
ALSO, ALSO GOTTA REPLACE PROTECTED FACE MASK, ABOUT $68,000 WORTH OF, UH, OUR PROTECTIVE MASKS THAT THEY WEAR IN THE FIRES.
UM, WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE, SOME OF THE SEALS ON THOSE FACE MASKS, AND IT'S JUST TIME TO REPLACE THOSE.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT LOTS OF, UH, COMPUTERS TO REPLACE AND TO ADD FOR OUR NEW VEHICLES.
AND SO ABOUT A HUNDRED AND LET ME SEE, 152,000 I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT TO FOR COMPUTERS, SERVICES AND CHARGES EXPENDITURES, A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, A LOT OF THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE A HIRING PROCESS PROCESS GOING ON FOR THAT FIRE STATION SIX.
UM, BUT THE BULK OF THAT IS OUR UTILITIES AND OUR CONTRACT SERVICES.
UM, WE'VE SPENT A LITTLE OVER $258,000 IN UTILITIES, UM, FOR OUR FACILITIES.
UM, AND THEN OUR CONTRACT SERVICES ARE ABOUT 300,000 THIS NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S ANYWHERE FROM MOWING TO SPRAYING TO MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS, UM, TO PROMOTIONAL PROCESSES THAT WE'VE GOT PLANNED FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
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WE'VE GOT A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION IN CAPITAL OUTLAY OUTLAY, AND THAT'S FOR, AGAIN, THE FURNITURE FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT FOR, AND ARTWORK FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION SIX.WE'VE GOT THE FIRE STATION FOUR NORTHBOUND ACCESS SOLUTION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
THAT ONE MAY BE, WE MAY ENCUMBER THOSE FUNDS BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND IF SO, I'LL BE REMOVING ABOUT $400,000 FROM NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
UM, BUT FOR NOW, IT'S IN THERE.
UM, WE'VE GOTTA REPLACE OUR OUTDATED ALERTING SYSTEMS AT ALL THE FIRE STATIONS.
WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING PARTS FOR THOSE AND MAINTAINING THOSE.
SO IT'S TIME TO REPLACE THOSE OUTDATED, UM, ALERTING SYSTEMS. THAT'S THE LIGHTS AND THE, UH, AUDIO THAT GOES OFF AT THE STATION TO LET OUR FIREFIGHTERS KNOW THAT AN EMERGENCY CALL IS COMING IN.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 550,000 TO REPLACE ALL OF THOSE.
UH, WE'VE GOT TO REPLACE OUTDATED AUDIO VISUAL SYSTEMS AT SEVERAL OF OUR LOCATIONS.
FIRE ADMIN, FIRE STATION TWO, UM, AND OUR CLASSROOMS. AND THAT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THEN, UH, MISCELLANEOUS CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, UM, FROM DEFIBRILLATORS TO, UH, NEW RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO MANNEQUINS, TRAINING MANNEQUINS FOR OUR EMS SUPPLY, OUR EMS TRAINING TO THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS.
SO ABOUT $306,000 THERE IN OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY FOR THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN WE'VE GOT TRANSFERS AND ALLOCATIONS.
UM, THAT'S FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT INSURANCE, FLEET LEASE ASSESSMENT, AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE CHARGES THAT ARE ALLOCATED BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT.
THOSE FIGURES AREN'T IN JUST YET.
UM, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE FIGURES SOON.
AND THEN FINALLY, OUR FLEET EXPENSES.
UM, AGAIN, THE MONEY THAT WE PUT INTO THE FLEET REPLACEMENT FUND, WE'RE PUTTING IN A LITTLE OVER $900,000 FOR FUTURE REPLACEMENTS.
UM, WE'RE PURCHASING A REPLACEMENT BRUSH PUMPER THIS YEAR TO REPLACE A 2006 BRUSH PUMPER THAT WE'RE GONNA PICK OUT A SERVICE AFTER ABOUT 18 YEARS.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ALSO LOOK TO PURCHASE AN AMBULANCE THIS YEAR.
YOU'LL REMEMBER IN OUR AGREEMENT WITH, UH, A MR FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES, WE PUT IN THERE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PURCHASE UP TO THREE AMBULANCES, UM, TO RUN AS OUR TWO PERSON SQUAD VEHICLES AND TO ALLOW US CONTINGENCIES IN THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT IF WE HAD TO IN THE EVENT OF ANOTHER PANDEMIC OR OR EMERGENCY SITUATION.
UM, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LARGE VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH SEVERAL, UH, PATIENTS THAT EXCEEDS THE CAPABILITY OF THE, OF THE, UH, AMBULANCE SERVICE TO, TO TRANSPORT.
WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE ONE OF THOSE, AND WE DO GET TO PURCHASE THEM AT THEIR COST.
SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS THAT WE BUILT INTO THAT CONTRACT.
UM, I'LL KIND OF STOP RIGHT THERE BEFORE I GO.
WELL, NO, I'LL JUST KEEP GOING.
I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END.
SOME OF THE GOALS RELATED TO THIS BUDGET, UM, AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT I'VE GOT FOR YOU HERE.
WE'RE GONNA BE TRACKING SOME OF THESE PERFORMANCE MATRIX THIS YEAR.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA RES BE RESPONDING TO FIRE SUPPRESSION AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS INSTANCE WITH A TURNOUT TIME OF 80 SECONDS OR LESS 90% OF THE TIME.
SO THESE ARE THE CALLS WHERE OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE TO BUNK OUT INTO THEIR PROTECTIVE GEAR.
UM, NORMALLY WE TRY TO GET OUT OF THE STATION IN 60 SECONDS, BUT WHEN THEY HAVE TO BUNK OUT, PUT THEIR GEAR ON BEFORE THEY CAN GET GOING, WE, THEY ARE ALLOWED AN EXTRA 20 SECONDS TO DO THAT.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO DO THAT 90% OF THE TIME.
UM, AND SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, UH, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY ARE SLIGHTLY OVER THAT 90% THIS YEAR.
UM, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRACK THAT THIS NEXT YEAR.
ANOTHER PERFORMANCE MEASURE IS THAT WE'LL HAVE AN ENGINE COMPANY ARRIVE ON THE SCENE OF FIRE SUPPRESSION INCIDENTS WITHIN 320 SECONDS OF RECEIVING NOTICE NOTIFICATION FROM THE DISPATCHER, UM, THAT WE HAVE A CALL.
AND THAT 320 SECONDS IS, AGAIN, IT'S THAT 82ND TURNOUT TIME THAT THEY GET TO GET READY TO GO.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THEY GET GOING, WE WANT TO HAVE A 242ND OR LESS TRAVEL TIME, AND WE'RE SHOOTING FOR A GOAL OF 70% OF ALL THE INCIDENTS IN OUR CITY.
SO, UM, A LOT OF THOSE WE CAN MAKE NO PROBLEM IN THE CORE OF OUR CITY, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THE AREAS OF OUR CITY.
WE DO HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME ARRIVING WITHIN A FOUR MINUTE TRAVEL TIME.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TRACKING THAT THIS YEAR.
THAT MAY TELL US THAT WE NEED TO, UM, UH, HAVE IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM OR, OR MORE STATIONS OR MORE, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, BUT WE'LL GONNA TRACK THAT AND SEE WHERE THAT LEADS US THIS YEAR.
AND THEN WE HOPE TO PLACE OUR THIRD TWO PERSON SQUAD INTO SERVICE THIS NEXT YEAR.
SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST KIND OF AN UPDATE.
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YEARS AGO WE CAME TO YOU, UM, WANTING TO PUT THE TWO PERSON, OUR FIRST TWO PERSON SQUAD IN SERVICE.WE PUT A SECOND ONE IN SERVICE AND IT WENT WELL.
UM, AND SO I WAS GOING TO REPORT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE HAVE NOW HAD THOSE SQUADS IN SERVICE, ONE OF 'EM FOR OVER TWO YEARS.
ONE, THE OTHER ONE WENT IN SERVICE THIS LAST YEAR.
AND SINCE LATE 2020 ONES, THE SQUADS HAVE RUN ON 4,144 EMERGENCY MEDICAL INCIDENTS.
UM, AND THAT MEANS THAT IT WAS A 4,144 EMS CALLS THAT THE ENGINE COMPANIES DIDN'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO.
SO RATHER THAN SPENDING SENDING A MILLION DOLLAR RIG WITH FOUR PEOPLE FULLY STAFFED TO A FALL OR TO A LOWER LEVEL EMERGENCY MEDICAL CALL, WE WERE ABLE TO SEND A SMALLER VEHICLE, THINK IT'S MUCH BETTER GAS MILEAGE, MUCH LESS MAINTENANCE REQUIRED, AND IS STAFFED WITH TWO PEOPLE.
UM, SO IT, IT HAS WORKED VERY WELL.
UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING A THIRD WITH OUR CURRENT STAFFING.
WE'RE NOT GONNA TO ADD ADDITIONAL STAFFING.
WE'RE GONNA USE THIS CURRENT STAFFING THAT WE HAVE AND LOOK AT, UH, ADDING A THIRD ONE.
SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE ONE IN EACH STATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EVENTUALLY LOOKING TOWARDS DOING, AND IS SEEING HOW MANY WE ARE ABLE TO STAFF WITH OUR CURRENT STAFFING.
SOME OF THOSE, IF WE DO THAT, WILL NOT BE STAFFED 24 7 365.
THEY'LL BE STAFFED AS WE HAVE THE STAFFING AT THE STATION, THE EXTRA STAFFING WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T ON VACATION LEAVE AND, AND, AND LONG-TERM LEAVE AND SUCH.
UM, FOR FIRE PREVENTION DIVISION GOALS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UM, UM, THAT COMPLETE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY CODE INSPECTIONS, UM, FOR HIGH HAZARD OCCUPANCIES.
UM, AND THESE ARE HIGHER HAZARD OCCUPANCIES ARE OUR CHURCHES.
OUR, UM, UH, APARTMENTS COMPLEXES OUR SCHOOLS.
SO THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO GET IN EACH YEAR AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INSPECTING THOSE FOR FIRE CODE SAFE AND LIFE SAFETY ISSUES.
UM, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE GONNA DO IS SHOOT FOR A GOAL OF 100% COMPLETION OF THOSE THIS YEAR.
UM, REACH 100% OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE EDMOND CITY LIMITS WITH FIRE PREVENTION AND LIFE SAFETY EDUCATION.
THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS THAT WE WORK AND PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOLS.
THIS PARTICULAR GOAL IS TALKING ABOUT DURING OCTO OCTOBER, FIRE, FIRE PREVENTION, FIRE SAFETY MONTH, UM, WHERE OUR FIRE PREVENTION STAFF GOES OUT AND MEETS WITH EVERY SINGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NOT JUST PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF EDMOND, UM, AND THEN INCREASE EDUCATION TO BUSINESS OWNERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR FIRE PREVENTION STAFF HAS FOUND OUT OVER THE YEARS IS WE'VE, THERE'S TOO MANY TIMES WE'LL GO OUT AND DO AN, THEY'LL GO OUT AND DO AN INSPECTION.
THEY'LL FIND DEFICIENCIES AT SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES.
THEY'LL SET THEM UP FOR A REINSPECTION, THEY'LL GO DO THE REINSPECTION, IT FAILS A SECOND TIME, AND THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND DO A THIRD REINSPECTION.
AND SO THIS YEAR, THEY'RE GONNA REALLY TARGET INCREASING THEIR EDUCATION TO THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS DURING THAT FIRST INSPECTION, TRYING TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GO BACK OUT, UH, THAT SECOND TIME AND, AND NOT HAVE TO RETURN AS OFTEN FOR A THIRD INSPECTION.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DIVISION GOALS, UM, RESPOND TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL INSTANCE WITH A TURNOUT TIME OF 60 SECONDS OR LESS.
AGAIN, THIS IS A LITTLE LOWER, LOWER THAN THE 82ND, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO PUT THEIR PROTECTED GEAR ON TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL CALLS.
AGAIN, 90% OF THE TIME ARRIVE AT THE PATIENT'S SIDE WITH ALL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ON EMERGENCY MEDICAL INCIDENTS WITHIN 120 SECONDS OR LESS AFTER ARRIVING AT THE SCENE 90% OF THE TIME.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS GETTING TO THE SCENE, GETTING ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT, FINDING WHERE THE PATIENT IS, UH, AND THEN GETTING TO THEIR SIDE WITH THAT MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, PROVIDING CARE, AND THEN ACHIEVING A HUNDRED PERCENT AUDIT COMPLETION RATE FOR ALL LEVEL ONE TRAUMA PATIENTS, ENSURING ACCURACY OF DOCUMENTATION ADHERENCE TO PROTO PROTOCOLS AND TIMELY EXECUTION OF TREATMENT RENDER RENDERED.
SO THAT KIND OF WRAPS UP THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
UM, THIS NEXT ONE IS SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES IN THE YEARS TWO TO FIVE OF THE BUDGET.
UM, WE'VE GOT 55 MORE SETS OF BUNKER GEAR THAT WE HAVE TO REPLACE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
WE'VE GOT NINE VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE.
SOME OF THOSE ARE STAFF VEHICLES, SOME OF THOSE ARE APPARATUS.
WE'VE GOTTA RELOCATE FIRE STATION THREE.
WE'VE GOT THE PROPERTY NOW FOR FIRE STATION THREE.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AT RELOCATING THAT STATION FIRE STATION, ONE MAJOR RENOVATION ADDITION OF 2,665
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SQUARE FEET.UM, WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH AN ARCHITECT TO COME IN AND DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY, UM, TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF RENOVATING AND ADDING ONTO THAT STATION AT ITS CURRENT LOCATION VERSUS REBUILDING IT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WE'RE REVIEWING THAT REPORT NOW.
THEY, I, THEY ACTUALLY ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE RENOVATE, UM, AND ADD ONTO THAT STATION AT ABOUT $4.4 MILLION VERSUS REBUILDING THAT STATION, UH, AT ABOUT TWO AND A HALF TIMES THAT COST.
SO WE'LL BE STUDYING THAT INTERNALLY.
I'LL GET IT TO OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ALSO READ THAT STUDY, AND WE'LL MAKE A DECISION ON HOW TO PROCEED ON THAT.
BUT THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE, AT THIS POINT FROM THE ARCHITECT, IS THAT WE CONSIDER RENOVATING THAT STATION.
WE'LL BE LOOKING TO SE SECURE PROPERTY FOR A FUTURE FIRE STATION IN SOUTHEAST EDMOND.
UH, WE'LL BE REPLACING EIGHT LIFE PACK DEFIBRILLATORS.
THOSE ARE OUR LARGE DEFIBRILLATORS THAT OUR PARAMEDICS USE, UM, ADVANCED DEFIBRILLATORS.
AND THEY COME IN AT ABOUT 30, 30,000 PLUS, UH, DEFIBRILLATOR CHILDREN'S SAFETY VILLAGE WILL BE WORKING ON A, A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
WE'RE STILL EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY VILLAGE TO, UH, EITHER MAKE CHANGES TO THAT VILLAGE OR REBUILD IT.
UM, AND SO WE'RE SEARCH, WE'RE EXPLORING THAT PARTNERSHIP.
WE'LL HAVE A HIRING PROCESSES FOR 15 TO 20 EXPECTED RETIREMENTS.
UM, WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 51% OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE.
RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 34% OF THE DEPARTMENT ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE, BUT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THAT GOES UP SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE LOTS OF RETIREMENTS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND THEN RADIO REPLACEMENTS, UM, OUR HANDSET, UM, WE'VE BEEN INFORMED BY MOTOROLA THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER PRODUCING A LOT OF THE PARTS FOR OUR HANDSETS
AND SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT.
WHERE, WHERE DO WE GO? WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THOSE AS LONG AS WE CAN, BUT AT SOME POINT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK FOR, TO REPLACE ALL OF OUR HANDSETS.
AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, IN THE NEXT SIX TO 15 YEARS, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO ADD ON TO FIRE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT ABOUT 4,500 SQUARE FEET.
WE'VE ALREADY BROUGHT AN ARCHITECT IN FOR DO A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THAT.
WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE OFFICE SPACE.
UM, AS OUR CITY GROWS, AS THE DEPARTMENT GROWS, WE, WE NEED MORE SUPPORT STAFF, UM, TO HANDLE ALL OF THOSE FUNCTIONS.
UM, AGAIN, MORE VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS, I COULD SEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NORTHEAST FIRE STATION, POSSIBLY A SOUTHEAST FIRE STATION, ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS TO STAFF THOSE NEW STATIONS AND ADDITIONAL APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THOSE NEW STATIONS.
AND AGAIN, THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT STAFF, AND THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST FIRE STATIONS, UH, TO WORK.
IT'S A FIVE ROAD MILE MAP OF OUR CITY.
ALL OF THE AREAS IN WHITE ARE THE AREAS OF THE CITY THAT DO NOT HAVE A FIRE STATION WITHIN FIVE ROAD MILES OF THAT ADDRESS.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? WELL, YOU ALL REMEMBER WE WENT TO AN IO 1, 2 10, OKAY.
SO, UH, BEST, BEST AT THE TIME, AND I BELIEVE IT'S STILL THE CASE.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE BEST ISO RATING IN THE STATE.
UM, SO IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL TO OUR CITIZENS IF THEY HAVE A ONE OR A TWO RATING.
BUT TO HAVE A ONE OR A TWO RATING, THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN.
THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE A FI FIRE STATION WITHIN FIVE ROAD MILES OF THE STATION.
AND TO GET A ONE RATING THAT'S, THAT'S FOR A TWO RATING.
FOR A ONE RATING, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A FIRE STATION WITHIN FIVE ROAD MILES OF THE, OF THE ADDRESS AND A HYDRANT WITHIN A THOUSAND SQUARE A THOUSAND FEET OF THEIR PROPERTY.
SO A LOT OF THESE AREAS OUT IN EAST EDMOND, WE ACTUALLY HAVE HYDRANTS NOW, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A FIRE STATION.
AND SO WE, YOU, WE HAVE PURCHASED RECENTLY LAND FOR A NORTHEAST FIRE STATION SOMEDAY ABOUT, IN THIS AREA OF DOUGLAS AND COFFEE CREEK, WHICH WILL COVER UP MOST ALL OF NORTHEAST EDMOND AND GET THAT FIVE ROAD MILES OF A FIRE STATION THERE, WHICH LEAVES SOUTHEAST EDMOND.
SO I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR PROPERTY IN SOUTHEAST EDMOND.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO STRATEGICALLY LOCATE THAT PROPERTY, WE REALLY COULD HAVE ALMOST EVERY ADDRESS IN EDMOND WITHIN FIVE ROAD MILES OF A FIRE STATION, WHICH COULD SAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE PREMIUMS. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT MEASURES.
IT'S NOT THE ONLY MEASURE I MENTIONED, THE 242ND TRAVEL
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TIME, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NATIONAL STANDARD.AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE CALL VOLUME.
UM, SO JUST TO KIND OF PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, WHY I SAY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YEARS AWAY, UH, IF WE WERE TO TAKE AND GO RIGHT HERE AT, I THINK THAT'S DOUGLAS.
YEAH, DOUGLAS CUT OUR CITY RIGHT THROUGH THERE AND EVERYTHING EAST OF THAT.
THIS LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 190 CALLS FOR SERVICE EAST OF DOUGLAS.
WE MADE OVER 10,600 CALLS FOR SERVICE LAST YEAR.
AND 190 OF THOSE WERE EAST OF DOUGLAS.
SO IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT CALL VOLUME IN THAT AREA.
UM, BUT IT WILL, AS THE CITY GROWS, AS THEY PUT ON RAMPS AND, AND OFF RAMPS ON THE INTERSTATE THAT WILL HAVE, THAT COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT EFFECT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF, OF EAST EDMOND.
AND SO THAT NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE, UH, TO A POINT AT, AT, AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS WILL LINE UP AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT CALL VOLUME.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT FIVE ROAD MILE, THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT AND THE TRAVEL TIME.
SO, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD ASSUME WITHIN THE NEXT SIX TO 15 YEARS, WE'LL BE HAVING THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT WHEN'S THE RIGHT TIME TO BUILD THOSE FIRE STATIONS OUT EAST.
AND WE WANT TO BE PREPARED WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, DETAILED ANALYSIS OF TODAY AND, AND THE FUTURE AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA NEED AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
I DID HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT OUR SERVICE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO AWASA AND ARCADIA, AND I THINK IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FEES THAT WE ARE COLLECTING FROM THEM.
ARE WE, UM, WHEN ARE WE GONNA RE-LOOK AT THOSE AND SAY WE NEED TO RENEGOTIATE POSSIBLY FOR INCREASES, UH, TO THOSE COMMUNITIES? I LOOK AT THAT EVERY YEAR.
I, I'M HAPPY TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND PROVIDE IT TO YOU ALL AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A SYNOPSIS OF MAYBE WHAT THIS LAST YEAR OR TWO LOOKED LIKE.
UM, IT'S REALLY WHEN THEY, IF THEY HAVE A STRUCTURE FIRE, UM, WE WOULD BE THE FIRST RESPONSE TO THOSE AREAS FOR STRUCTURE FIRE.
AND FRANKLY, WE HAVEN'T HAD MANY OF THOSE SINCE WE SIGNED THOSE AGREEMENTS.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE OUR SIGNIFICANT COST GETS IN, IS IF WE SEND MULTIPLE COMPANIES TO ARCADIA OR HII, AND THEY'RE THERE FOR A LONG, YOU KNOW, FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME ON THAT FIRE, UM, THEN WE RUN INTO, YOU KNOW, HIGHER COSTS VERSUS IF WE GO OUT THERE FOR A SMALL GRASS FIRE AND WE'RE THERE FOR 30 MINUTES AND RETURN TO THE CITY.
SO HAPPY TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER, MAYOR, PLEASE, AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A, A UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT, WE, WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF, UH, MATERIAL REPLACEMENT BESIDES THE TRUCKS JUST FOR, UH, WALKIE TALKIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, REFRESH MY MEMORY, IS ALL THAT BEING BOUGHT OFF OF A STATE CONTRACT OR, UH, HOW DO WE GET A BETTER ECONOMY OF SCALE FOR THAT? SINCE EVERY TOWN COMMUNITY HAS A FIRE DEPARTMENT? I WOULD, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE'RE GETTING A BETTER ECONOMY OF SCALES FOR, FOR THOSE PURCHASES? WE DO.
WHAT WE STARTED DOING HERE, UH, ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, IS PURCHASING OFF OF THE, UH, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
SO RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO OUT TO BID EACH TIME, UM, WE'RE BASICALLY GOING OUT TO BID EVERY TIME BY GOING GETTING THE LOWEST PRICE IN THOSE THROUGH THOSE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
IT'S KIND OF POOLING THE PURCHASING POWERS, IF YOU WILL, OF THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
UM, I WILL GO BACK ALSO ON SOME OF OUR MEDICAL, UH, SUPPLIES THAT WE'RE PURCHASING, AGAIN, IN THAT CONTRACT WITH A MR, NOT JUST FOR AMBULANCES, BUT FOR SOME OF OUR, UH, ITEMS LIKE THE DEFIBRILLATORS I MENTIONED.
UM, WE'RE IN THAT CONTRACT, WE'RE ABLE TO PURCHASE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THROUGH A MR AT THEIR COST.
SO WE EXPECT SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS TO COME OUT OF THAT ALSO.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD, COUNSEL.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA BE UP HERE FOR YEAR SIX OR 10
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA BE SITTING UP HERE THEN.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO POLICE NOW.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
JD YOUNGER EVAN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, I GET THE PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT, UH,
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OUR PROPOSED BUDGET TO YOU, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I RECOGNIZE, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF LARRY CAMPBELL, WHO'S GOT PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY, UH, FOR NOT ONLY CONSTRUCTING, BUT KIND OF MANAGING OUR BUDGET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.AND ALSO DEPUTY CHIEF TIM DORSEY, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATIONS, WHICH THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THIS BUDGET GOES TO SUPPORT.
UH, BOTH OF THOSE GENTLEMEN AND THEIR STAFFS DO AN EXCELLENT JOB, NOT ONLY IN BUDGET PREPARATION, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND MANAGING IT, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ROUTINELY, UH, COME IN WITHIN BUDGET.
UH, SO I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM.
AND AS WE PRESENT THIS, SO AS I THINK IS PRETTY TRADITIONAL WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, I LIKE TO START WITH THE MISSION STATEMENT, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHY THE DEPARTMENT EXISTS.
AND SO EVERY PENNY THAT WE REQUEST OR PROPOSE TO SPEND IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS MISSION, AND WE BELIEVE TIED DIRECTLY TO A SERVICE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE START WITH THAT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
SECOND, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE MODEL OF POLICING THAT THE EDMOND COMMUNITY HAS DECIDED THAT THEY WANT TO RECEIVE.
AND SO, SINCE 1997, UH, THROUGH CREATION OF ORDINANCE, UH, THE CITY OF EDMOND HAS STOOD COMMITTED TO THE IDEA OF COMMUNITY POLICING, WHICH IS REALLY THREE SIMPLE CONCEPTS.
IT'S ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE.
UH, IT'S ABOUT LONG TERM PROBLEM SOLVING, WORKING TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY THE BEST SOLUTION, UH, WHICH FREQUENTLY IS NOT A LONG ENFORCEMENT OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOLUTION, ALTHOUGH WE CAN FACILITATE THAT.
AND THEN THIRD, ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION.
AND THAT'S CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING AT WHAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS AND HOW TO BEST PROVIDE THAT.
AND I THINK A GREAT EXAMPLE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS ESPECIALLY, HAS BEEN THE WORK THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAVE DONE IN THE AREA OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH, UH, TO DIMINISH, UH, THE REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE TO BE IN, INVOLVED IN CERTAIN ENCOUNTERS.
AND, AND AS A POINT OF OUR MEASURE OF SUCCESS THAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, UH, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS RECENTLY, OUR FIVE YEAR AVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH TRANSPORTS WAS 600.
SO 600 PEOPLE THAT SOMEHOW FOUND THEIR WAY TO A POLICE CAR, MOST GENERALLY IN HANDCUFFS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO A FACILITY FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT THROUGH A COMBINATION OF LEGISLATIVE CHANGES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND WITH OPERATIONAL STAFF WORKING WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND OUR PARTNERS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO A 50% REDUCTION, THAT'S HUGE.
AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN JUST BY OSMOSIS OR LUCK.
IT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE PROBLEM SOLVING THAT MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF CITY STAFF AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS PARTNERED TOGETHER.
SO I JUST THINK THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION.
ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE THE LAST THREE BUDGETED YEARS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN THE PROPOSED FISCAL 25 BUDGET.
UH, I WILL POINT OUT, IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, FISCAL YEAR 24, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY IN, AND YOU SEE THE, UH, THE 31 MILLION AS A REMINDER, 3 MILLION OF THAT WAS A CAPITAL APPROPRIATION TO EXPAND TRAINING RESOURCES AT THE TRAINING CENTER.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BUILD A TRAINING FACILITY THERE.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE STILL AT THE STAGE OF GETTING A, A, UH, A CONTRACT SETTLED SO WE CAN GO INTO DESIGN.
SO IT'S LIKELY THE FUNDING FOR THAT WILL NOT BE SPENT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR AND BE, IT WILL BE REBUDGETED FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT 'CAUSE IT WAS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UH, INCREASE IN THAT LINE ITEM.
UH, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS FOR.
UH, AND SO YOU MAY STILL SEE AN ADJUSTMENT IN THE FISCAL YEAR PROPOSAL AS WE MOVE THAT, UH, TO, TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SLIDE OF PROJECTED REVENUE SIMILAR TO THE CATEGORIES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESENTED, UM, WITH THE, UH, GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS BEING OUR LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE, UH, FOLLOWED BY THE 8 CENT PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, POLICE TAX.
AND THEN THE OTHER PROJECTOR REVENUES, AGAIN, OUR RESERVE ACCOUNT AND INTEREST OFF OF THAT GRANTS, UH, IS IN THERE.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO LARGEST COMPONENTS OF THAT OTHER REVENUE SOURCE STRATEGIC PLAN.
HOPEFULLY THIS DOESN'T LOOK, UH, TOO DISSIMILAR FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN YEARS PAST.
UH, THE FOCUS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REMAINS FAIRLY STATIC, UH, IN THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO PROVIDE, UH, THAT SERVICE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, FOR A SAFE AND INVITING ENVIRONMENT.
UH, SO CRIME AND TRAFFIC SAFETY IS ALWAYS GONNA BE KIND OF TOWARDS THE TOP OF WHAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, FOCUSES ON.
BUT HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE DO IT WITH GOOD PEOPLE.
AND SO WHILE WE HAVE BOTH, WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF SWORN AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF OR CIVILIAN PERSONNEL.
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ARE REALLY A FOCUS OF WHAT WE DO.ONE, BECAUSE THAT HIRING PROCESS IS, IS LENGTHY, UH, THE QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES THAT WE USE TO MAKE SURE THAT EDMOND IS GETTING THE RIGHT COMMUNITY SERVANTS TO SERVE IN THOSE POSITIONS.
SO IT, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, THAT WE WORK WITH INTERNAL STAFF THROUGH HR, UH, LEGAL, OTHER CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE HANDLING THOSE RIGHT AND WE'RE CONDUCTING THOSE ACADEMIES CORRECTLY.
UH, SO AS YOU WILL SEE IN, IN FUTURE YEARS, WE'LL ALWAYS PROPOSE, UH, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE TO RUN AN ACADEMY.
AND THIS YEAR WILL BE NO DIFFERENT.
WE ANTICIPATE OPENING THAT RECRUITING PROCESS UP THIS SUMMER AND STARTING ACADEMY 25 11 IN JANUARY OF 2025.
AGAIN, JUST HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A BIG ONE FOR US, AND YOU'LL SEE, UH, A REFERENCE TO THAT IN OUR PERSONNEL REQUEST HERE IN A COUPLE SLIDES.
UH, BUT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
WE THINK IT'S SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY APPRECIATES AND EXPECTS, UH, NORTH CARE, THEY'RE NOT OUR ONLY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PARTNER, BUT THEY ARE A PRETTY HIGH PROFILE PARTNER.
AND I THINK THEY REPRESENT, UH, JUST THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE THAT COUNCIL HAS INDICATED THAT THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON AS A, AS A CITY STAFF.
AND SO WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO DOING OUR PART IN THAT.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
WHILE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UH, HAS BEEN, UH, AGAIN, A HIGH PROFILE AREA THAT WE'VE WORKED, UH, WITH CHRISTIE BATTERSON IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE OTHER AVENUES, UH, THROUGH GRANT FUNDING, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT ON WHAT WE CAN DO ON THE JUVENILE FRONT, UH, EITHER THROUGH DIVERSION OR, OR OTHER, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THERE, UH, TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
SO, JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE THINK ARE ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN LAST, UH, POLICE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE EFFORTS THAT ALL OF OUR STAFF DO, UH, BUT ESPECIALLY OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, UH, THAT USE THE PROACTIVE TIME THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO 'EM, UH, TO REALLY BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, UH, WITH THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO AT TIMES WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED, UH, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP IN THAT MOMENT OF CRISIS.
UH, THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ALREADY EXIST AND WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM.
SO I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT THEY DO, UH, PROACTIVELY TO, TO KEEP THAT CULTURE GOING.
AND JUST TOUCH ON A COUPLE THINGS YOU'VE HEARD FROM US IN THE PAST, THE ARCADIA LAKE POLICE FACILITY.
UH, WE'RE UNDER CONTRACT, UM, WITH AN ARCHITECT TO DESIGN THAT FACILITY.
UH, IT'S ONE THAT WE'VE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH.
THEY DESIGNED OUR LAST TWO, UH, FIRE STATIONS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT, AND WE THINK THAT'LL BE MOVING FORWARD SHORTLY.
AND THEN, AS I'VE REFERENCED THE POLICE TRAINING FACILITY EXPANSION, THAT'S STILL ON THE DRAWING BOARD, AND WE HOPE TO BE UNDER CONTRACT SOON, UH, FOR AN ARCHITECT ON THAT.
THE NEXT THREE SLIDES, UH, ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT AREAS OF INTEREST.
UH, WE GET INQUIRES FROM TIME TO TIME ABOUT, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON IN EDMOND? WHERE ARE WE AT ON CRIME? WHERE ARE WE AT, ON, ON OTHER THINGS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ON? UH, SO I'M JUST OFFERING THESE AS EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE THINK, UH, REQUIRE OUR ATTENTION.
UH, THE THEME THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THESE THREE PARTICULAR, OR TWO OF THESE THREE ARE SANCTITY OF LIFE THEMES.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, IF, IF YOUR LIFE IS THREATENED OR IN JEOPARDY, YOU CAN'T ENJOY THE AMENITIES, UH, THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS TO OFFER.
SO WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN, UH, WHAT IS A THREAT TO LIFE IN EDMOND.
UH, WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT THEY ARE LOW, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UH, AVERAGE HOMICIDES ARE AROUND TWO, UH, AND A YEAR AGO WE HAD ZERO.
UH, SO FOR A, FOR A CITY OUR SIZE, THAT IS RELATIVELY, EXTREMELY LOW.
UH, WE DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD YEARS THAT WE'RE MORE THAN THAT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO PAY ATTENTION, UH, TO WHAT THAT IS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST HOMICIDES THAT CAUSE DEATH.
AND SO, JUST AS A MATTER OF DEFINITION, AN UNATTENDED DEATH IS ANYTHING THAT A DOCTOR WON'T SIGN A DEATH CERTIFICATE ON WHEN WE RESPOND TO, UH, SO IT WOULD INCLUDE NATURAL DEATHS, OR THEY DON'T HAVE AN ATTENDING DOCTOR, OR THE ATTENDING DOCTOR DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT THEIR DIAGNOSED CONDITION WOULD RESULT IN DEATH.
IT COULD BE A SUICIDE, IT COULD BE AN OVERDOSE, UH, IT COULD ALSO BE A HOMICIDE, BUT IT, IT, IT ENCOUNTERS ALL THOSE THINGS THAT A DOCTOR WILL SIGN OFF ON.
AND SO OUR INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION TRACKS THOSE PRETTY DILIGENTLY, UH, AND IS ABLE TO PROVIDE US DATA ON, HEY, WHAT'S, WHAT'S CAUSING DEATH IN EDMOND? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED IN TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, SHOTS FIRED? THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM AN ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, UH, TO SOMEONE INTENTIONALLY FIRING A SHOT AT SOMEONE.
AND SO THOSE ARE IMPORTANT TO US.
UH, AND WITHIN THAT 31, IT COULD ALSO INCLUDE SUICIDES.
SO IT'S ANY CALL WE GO ON WHERE A, WHERE A FIREARM HAS BEEN DISCHARGED.
UH, BUT PARTICULARLY, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S GOT OUR ATTENTION IS AN INCREASE OF INTENTIONAL DISCHARGES TOWARDS OTHER HUMANS.
UH, WE WERE ROUTINELY BELOW FIVE, UH, FOR A COMMUNITY.
WE'VE SEEN A, AN INCREASE IN THAT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UH, I CAN'T OFFER YOU A, A, UH, REASON, UH, OR A CAUSATION BEHIND THAT.
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WE ARE INTERESTED IN IT, IN TRACKING IT.UM, BECAUSE EVERY SHOT THAT'S FIRED, THAT DIDN'T HIT SOMEONE THAT'S JUST FORTUNATE, UH, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SOMEONE COULD HAVE DIED.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT.
AND AGAIN, OUR INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION TRACKS THIS AND REPORTS ON IT MONTHLY AND HAS A REALLY GOOD GRASP ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHERE IT'S GOING ON.
UH, I GET ASKED ABOUT CRIME RATE IN EDMOND, AGAIN, RELATIVELY SPEAKING TO OTHER CITIES OF OUR SIZE.
WE'RE LIKE IN THE TOP 12% ROUTINELY OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE NATION.
UH, BUT PEOPLE DO WILL STEAL YOUR STUFF.
AND SO WE WANNA PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE COMMON THEMES ARE THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WITH STOLEN CARS, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR KEYS TO BE LEFT IN A CAR, FOR A CAR TO BE UNLOCKED.
UH, BUT BY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS TRACKING THIS AND LOOKING AT THOSE ELEMENTS, IT ALLOWS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE, UH, THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND THROUGH IN-PERSON ENCOUNTERS ON WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO PARTNER WITH US TO KIND OF LIMIT THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO BE EXPOSED TO CRIME.
IT'S GOT A FANCY TITLE SUBSET, GROUP A, UH, YOU MAY RECALL IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, I EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CHANGED, UH, THEIR CLASSIFICATION TRACKING FOR HOW THEY DO CRIMES.
SO FOR ABOUT 80 YEARS, THEY TRACKED IT THROUGH WHAT THEY CALLED PART ONE OR INDEX CRIMES THROUGH THE UCR, THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORT.
AND YOU WOULD SEE EIGHT BIG CATEGORIES OF CRIME.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S REFLECTED HERE, IS THOSE TRADITIONAL EIGHT CATEGORIES.
SO THREE YEARS AGO, THE FBI SWITCHED TO A NATIONAL INCIDENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM, OR NEIGHBORS.
IT'S THE SAME CRIMES, IT'S JUST PRIOR TO 2020, IF MULTIPLE CRIMES WERE COMMITTED IN AN INCIDENT, THE FBI ONLY LISTED THE MOST SERIOUS.
SO ALL SUBSEQUENT CRIMES, THEY WERE REPORTED, BUT THEY WEREN'T TRACKED IN, IN THOSE EIGHT INDEX GROUPS.
THEY JUST DID THE MOST SERIOUS.
AND SO NOW THERE'S LIKE 50 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALIZED ITEMIZED CRIMES THAT ARE SUBGROUPS OF THESE EIGHT BIG ONES.
UH, WELL, THAT'S HARD TO PRESENT 50 DIFFERENT CRIMES AND, AND GIVE YOU ANY KIND OF COMPARISON MODEL WHEN EVERYBODY'S USED TO LOOKING AT THE EIGHT BIGGEST.
SO, SO THESE EIGHT ARE MEANT TO CONVEY WHAT TRADITIONALLY, UH, YOU HAVE BEEN USED TO SEEING OR THE PUBLIC'S BEEN USED TO SEEING.
AND AGAIN, WE COULD GET DOWN INTO THE DETAILS OF EACH ONE.
UH, I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS TRENDS.
ARE WE MOVING UP? ARE WE MOVING DOWN? IS THERE ONE THAT'S OUTSIDE THE STANDARD DEVIATION OF WHAT YOU COULD EXPECT? UM, AND, AND I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT'S KIND OF WHAT WE, WE, WE EXPECT IT'S LIKE A WAVE.
IT'S UP SOMETIMES DOWN OTHERS.
UH, BUT OVERALL, IT'S, IT'S TRENDING EITHER STATIC, UH, OR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DOWN DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.
SO YOU COMBINE THAT WITH OUR AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE OF POPULATION AT EDMOND.
I, I THINK WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO WELL.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF KIND OF THE THINGS WE FOCUS ON OR LOOK AT.
UH, ARE THERE AREAS WE SHOULD BE DEVOTING MORE RESOURCES TO OR LOOKING DEEPER INTO? AND THEN THESE ARE JUST CALLS FOR SERVICE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A CONTINUED TOPIC OF CONVERSATION, I THINK, AMONGST COUNCIL AND CITIZENS.
UH, AS WE INCREASE DENSITY, UH, IN DOWNTOWN EDMOND, AND WE ADD RETAIL AND WE ADD ENTERTAINMENT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO ENJOY THAT SAME QUALITY OF LIFE AND SAFETY FILL IN THIS AREA.
AND SO THIS DOESN'T REFLECT CRIME, THIS JUST REFLECTS CALLS.
UM, AND AS, AS A GENERAL RULE, MORE PEOPLE MORE CALLS.
AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE TIED TO SOME OF THE PERSONNEL STUFF.
I'LL HIT IN JUST A SLIDE OR TWO.
SO, PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES, AS CHIEF GOODWIN SAID, THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET, RIGHT AROUND 75% IS FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL, UH, FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS, WHERE WE PAY OUT FOR OUR SUPPORT THROUGH EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OR DISPATCH, OUR HR HELP YOU ADD THOSE INDIRECT COSTS, WE'RE ABOUT 80% OF OUR BUDGETS FOR PEOPLE, WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WE'RE A SERVICE ENTITY.
UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT OUR SUCCESS IS BASED ON, IS OUR PEOPLE.
AND SO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROPOSES ADDING NINE NEW POSITIONS, FIVE SWORN AND FOUR CIVILIAN OR PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
UM, I'VE ADDED IN PARENTHESES, WHAT WE INTEND TO DO ARE THE AREAS THAT WE INTEND TO FOCUS THOSE PERSONNEL ON.
UM, BUT ANYTHING THAT SAYS PATROL OFFICER UNDERSTAND, THAT'S JUST A BLUE UNIFORM WEARING PERSON ASSIGNED TO PATROL.
AND SO, LIKE WHERE IT SAYS DOWNTOWN FOCUS, WELL, WE HAVE OFFICERS NOW THAT DOWNTOWN IS IN THEIR AREA.
UH, SO IT, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT'S NEW, IT'S JUST WHAT WE HOPE
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IS BY INCREASING STAFFING, WE WILL INCREASE AVAILABLE TIME SO THEY CAN SPEND MORE TIME IN A PARTICULAR AREA.BUT I JUST DON'T WANNA GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE GONNA HIRE OFFICERS AND THEY CAN'T LEAVE DOWNTOWN.
THEY'RE GONNA BE PATROL OFFICERS.
THEY'LL GO WHERE THE, THE CALLS NEED, AND, AND THEY'LL HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.
THEY JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANNA FOCUS, UH, THEIR ATTENTION AND TIME DOWN HERE.
NOW, THAT IS ONE WHERE WE HAVE A SPECIALIZED UNIT, AND IT'S ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, AND THEY'RE DIRECTED TOWARDS TRAFFIC.
UH, IT USED TO BE 10 PERSONNEL.
IT'S BEEN REDUCED TO EIGHT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
PRI PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE NEED FOR RESOURCES IN PATROL.
UH, BUT WE KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE BIANNUAL CITIZEN SATISFACTION SURVEY, THE TRAFFIC IS ROUTINELY THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
AND WE TALK ABOUT EDUCATION ENFORCEMENT AND ENGINEERING, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN PLAY A ROLE IN TWO OF THOSE.
AND SO WITH AN INCREASE IN THAT TRAFFIC UNIT, UH, IN ADDITION TO HELPING WITH COLLISIONS, UH, AND ENFORCEMENT, UH, WE REALLY FOCUS ON ENGAGEMENT.
AND THAT COMES THROUGH IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT THROUGH TRAFFIC STOPS.
BUT IT ALSO COMES THROUGH OTHER PUBLIC AWARENESS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE ONE OF OUR MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS IN THAT UNIT STAFFED, UH, TO ATTEND BIKE NIGHT IN THE RAIL YARD, BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING, GET INFORMATION BACK FROM THE CITIZENS, UH, THAT WE CAN APPLY WORK WITH ENGINEERING ON DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS TO MAYBE AREAS THAT WE'RE SEEING ISSUES IN SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.
UM, I THINK Y'ALL KNOW WE HAVE 11 CURRENT SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, UM, THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO SECONDARY LOCATIONS.
OUR PRIMARY STAFFING, UH, FORMULA FOR THAT IS TWO AT EACH PRIMARY HIGH SCHOOL, ONE AT EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ONE AT BOULEVARD ACADEMY.
WELL, IF YOU ADD THOSE UP, THAT MEANS WE NEED 12.
SO THIS 12TH ONE SHOULD COMPLETE THAT COMPLIMENT, UH, OF STAFFING, AS I'VE JUST DESCRIBED, TO BE DEPLOYED.
UM, SO WE, WE THINK, AGAIN, THAT'S A COMMUNITY EXPECTATION.
AND THEN ON THE DETECTIVE, THE FEDERAL TASK FORCE, I WANNA BE CLEAR, WE HAVE TWO DETECTIVES ASSIGNED TO FEDERAL TASK FORCE AND HAVE HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UH, ONE AT THE DEA, THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, AND ONE WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, OR FBI, JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE.
I THINK THOSE ARE VERY POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS.
UH, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE TO EXPEND RESOURCES TO DO THOSE THINGS, BUT WE DO.
THE ISSUE IS, IS WHEN WE ASSIGN THOSE DETECTIVES, THEY WERE NEVER PRESENTED AND APPROVED IN A BUDGET SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT TASK.
THEY WERE JUST TAKEN FROM, TAKEN FROM EXISTING COMPLIMENT OF DETECTIVES AND ASSIGNED THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES.
WELL, OUR DETECTIVES AVERAGE ABOUT 120 CASES A YEAR FOCUSED IN EDMOND.
AND SO THAT'S 240 CASES ROUGHLY THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO OFFLOAD ONTO OTHER DETECTIVES.
AND SO OUR PROPOSAL, BOTH THIS YEAR AND IN FUTURE YEARS, IS REALLY JUST TO RECOGNIZE WE WANT THOSE TO BE PERMANENT, FULL-TIME POSITIONS FOCUSED ON THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
AND TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE RESOURCES, UH, BACK FOCUSED ON EDMOND TO HANDLE THE CASES THAT WE NEED TO ASSIGN HERE.
UH, SO I JUST, I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT CURRENTLY.
UH, THESE ARE REALLY MORE LIKE BACKFILL, UH, FROM A TRADITIONAL REASSIGNMENT OF DETECTIVES THAT ORDINARILY WOULD'VE BEEN HANDLING CASES, PRIMARILY HERE IN EDMOND.
AND THEN OUR, UH, CIVILIAN STAFF, UH, I PROBABLY DON'T SAY THIS ENOUGH, UM, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE NO POLICE SERVICE IF IT WASN'T FOR PROFESSIONAL OR CIVILIAN STAFF TAKING CARE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES THEY HAVE, UH, TAKING CARE OF PROPERTY, TAKING CARE OF PAYROLL, UH, COMMUNICATIONS PERSONNEL THAT WE PAY THROUGH TRANSFERS INDIRECTLY.
ALL THOSE PROFESSIONAL SLASH CIVILIAN STAFF ARE CORE TO THE SERVICE WE'RE PROVIDING.
AND I THINK THE FOUR YOU SEE UP THERE ARE JUST A CONTINUATION OF THAT RECOGNITION.
UH, THE TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UH, WITH THE INCREASE IN TECHNOLOGY, UH, EVERYWHERE, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, THE NEED TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR THAT.
UM, IF YOU EVER SEE AN OFFICER WALK OUT AND GET IN THEIR CAR, THEY'RE A WALK-IN TECHNOLOGY, BILLBOARD, GETTING INTO A, TO A TECHNOLOGY CAR.
UH, THEY'VE GOT COMPUTERS AND BODY CAMERAS AND, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WITH THAT.
AND SO RADIOS, WHAT ARE REALLY JUST LITTLE COMPUTERS? UH, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS REDUNDANCY.
UH, THIS WOULD GIVE US THREE TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTS.
AGAIN, WE'RE SERVING 178 INTERNAL CUSTOMERS, 24 7, 365.
AND SO THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK FOR THAT.
UH, THE TWO DETENTION OFFICERS, UH, THAT WOULD MOVE OUR STAFFING FROM 11 TO 13 IN THAT AREA.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE 11 PEOPLE RIGHT NOW COVERING 24 7, 365.
AND FOR ANYBODY THAT MANAGES PERSONNEL, YOU KNOW, HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS, UH, WITH THAT LEVEL OF STAFFING.
AND JUST IN THE LAST YEAR, UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME THINGS THROUGH ONE
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TRANSFERS FROM OUR DETENTION AREA THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR THE POLICE ACADEMY AND GOT IN.AND SO ONE DAY YOU MAY BE FULLY STAFFED, AND THE NEXT DAY YOU MAY BE 30% DOWN.
AND SO WITH THAT VOLATILITY, UH, AND WITH INCREASED NEED, UH, FOR THE STAFFING, UH, WE THINK ADDING TWO DETENTION OFFICERS IS A GOOD LONG-TERM PLAN FOR SUSTAINING THE OPERATIONS DOWN THERE.
AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL RECORDS SPECIALISTS, AGAIN, MORE PEOPLE, MORE REPORTS, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE PROCESSES THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION'S GETTING IN THE SYSTEM AND THEY ULTIMATELY GETTING TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.
WHETHER IT BE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT, UH, THEY DO, THERE ARE PUBLIC FACING, UH, COMPONENT OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO ANYBODY WALKS INTO THE POLICE LOBBY, YOU'RE LIKELY TALKING TO A RECORD SPECIALIST.
UH, SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFFING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
AGAIN, PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS SHOULDN'T, SHOULDN'T LOOK TOO DISSIMILAR FROM THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST.
I THINK WE'RE CONTINUING ON WITH THE THEME, UH, STAFFING.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO MAKE IT THE APPROPRIATE SIZE AND CLASSIFICATION.
UH, WE SAID BEFORE OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT'S ABOUT 75% SWORN, 25% CIVILIAN.
UH, BUT YOU SEE THROUGH THE PROPOSAL OF STAFFING FOR THIS YEAR AT A NINE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT A 55, 45 SPLIT ON THE SWORN AND CIVILIAN.
SO WE CONTINUE TO ANALYZE AND ASSESS, UH, WHAT POSITIONS NEED AN OFFICER, WHAT POSITIONS DON'T, AND WE BELIEVE WE'RE PROPOSING THE, THE RIGHT SIZE IN COMBINATION OF THOSE, UH, THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS.
UH, CAPITAL, AS I TOUCHED ON, UH, WE'RE ALREADY EXPANDING THE TRAINING FACILITY, BUT IN ADDITION TO EXPANSION, UH, WITH MULTIPLE FACILITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEED TO MAINTAIN THOSE.
MM-HMM,
UH, SO THE NEED TO CONTINUE FOCUS ON THAT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S UP TO SPEED, UH, AND REMAIN SERVICEABLE.
AND THEN EXPANDING SERVICE, UH, AGAIN, TIED TO THE PERSONNEL REQUEST.
DOWNTOWN EAST EDMOND TRAFFIC SCHOOLS, UH, THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE, UH, THE COMMUNITY WANTS, UH, TO FOCUS THE RESOURCES THEY'RE PROVIDING ON.
AND WE THINK THAT, UH, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET DOES JUST THAT.
THE WHY I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE THIS IN THERE.
I THINK IT'S EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN, AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, LET'S TALK ABOUT CRIME RATES.
UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT ARRESTS, LET'S TALK ABOUT CRASHES.
AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT, AND THEY DO TELL A STORY.
UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, I WOULD ARGUE YOU DON'T FUND A POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SEE HOW MANY ARRESTS WE CAN MAKE.
I THINK YOU FUND A POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, TO INCREASE SAFETY IN THE CITY AND GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BELONGING FOR ALL THOSE THAT WANNA COME HERE.
AND I OFFER THESE AS JUST A FEW OF THE EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TRYING TO DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE OTHER PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT WORK FOR YOUR CITY.
UH, AND I WOULD SAY WE'VE BEEN PRETTY FORTUNATE AS A COMMUNITY, UH, TO ACHIEVE SOME, SOME PRETTY, UH, HIGH STANDARDS IN THIS AREA.
AND SO WE, AGAIN, WE THINK THE PROPOSED BUDGET ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE, UH, SERVICE, UH, IN THE AREAS THAT HAVE COME TO BE EXPECTED.
ONE OTHER ITEM THAT THAT'S IN OUR BUDGET IS THE ASSET FORFEITURE.
UH, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE DON'T EVER PROPOSE REVENUE IN THIS AREA.
UM, WE DO GET REVENUE IN THIS AREA, BUT IT'S A BYPRODUCT OF WORK THAT'S CONDUCTED.
UH, WE DON'T START THE YEAR THINKING WE NEED TO GO SEIZE SOMEBODY'S DOLLARS.
UM, AND SO WE JUST WANT, WE REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT POINT, UH, THAT THAT'S NOT A PART OF OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL AND NEVER WILL BE.
UH, AND THE MONEY THAT'S EXPENDED OUT OF THE, OUT OF THIS, UNDER THIS CATEGORY, THERE'S A STATE AND THE FEDERAL COMPONENT IS TIGHTLY REGULATED, UH, BY WHAT IT CAN BE SPENT ON.
UH, IT'S USUALLY TECHNOLOGY STUFF, UH, MOBILE FINGERPRINT READERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ONLY SEEING THE PROPOSED SPENDING AND YOU'RE NOT SEEING A REVENUE SLIDE, BUT YOU SEE WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED LAST YEAR IS WHAT'S PROPOSED THIS YEAR, AND THEN ENDING FUND BALANCE AS OF JUNE 30.
WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, CHIEF, UM, FOR THE UPDATE.
UH, AS OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW AND TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO EXPAND, UM, I THINK YOU SAID WE WERE GOING TO ADD ONE MORE.
'CAUSE I WAS WONDERING IF THAT'S ENOUGH, BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY'S MOVING FASTER THAN WHAT WE ARE, CAN EX CAN FATHOM.
UM, WE GET, WE, WE DEVELOP A SOLUTION TODAY AND IT'S OBSOLETE BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
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THAT, THAT WAS JUST MY QUESTION AND MY STATEMENT BASICALLY, IS THAT ENOUGH? I, I THINK TRADITIONALLY THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TRIED TO BE REAL CONSERVATIVE, UH, WITH OUR PERSONNEL PROPOSALS, UNDERSTANDING THAT IF WE ADD A BODY, IT'S NOT JUST FOR THIS YEAR, IT'S FOREVER.UM, AND, AND SO OBVIOUSLY I WOULD TELL YOU I'VE GOT PLENTY OF TECHNOLOGY WORK, UH, FROM MAINTAINING CARS AND COMPUTERS TO REDACTING VIDEO REQUESTS, UH, TO WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE ONE IS THE APPROPRIATE ADDITION AT THIS TIME.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONSTANTLY EVALUATING WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT.
IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME, UH, TO SEE ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY PROPOSALS AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR, BUT DEFINITELY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE.
UH, BUT, BUT WE BELIEVE ONE AT THIS POINT IS THE PRUDENT THING.
UH, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT STAFF HAS HAD ABOUT, UH, REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND YEARS COMING.
UH, JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SUSTAINABLE.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT WE GIVE A GOOD SERVICE.
NOW, WE, WITH, WITH THAT GROUP, UH, THEY'RE ON CALL TWENTY FOUR SEVEN, AND IF YOU CALL 'EM, THEY ANSWER THE PHONE.
BUT WE THINK ADDING THIS ONE, UH, WILL ADD THAT ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF SERVICE.
UH, AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THE SUPERVISOR FOR THAT AREA, HE SERVES AS A SUPERVISOR AND AS A TECH.
SO HE'S ON CALL JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL ALLOW HIM, UH, TO ASSUME MORE TIME TO FOCUS ON SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES, LONG-TERM PLANNING.
UH, BUT I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION AND THE RECOGNITION OF THAT IS AN AREA OF GROWTH.
UH, AND I DO EXPECT TO BRING MORE TO YOU IN THE FUTURE.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COUNSEL? I DON'T THINK SO.
APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
AND NEXT WE HAVE THE UNSEEN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE THERE, BUT WE JUST DON'T SEE YOU.
WELL, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANKS FOR LETTING ME COME UP HERE AND TALK FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I'M BENJAMIN CURRY, THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY.
I WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES, JUST KIND OF TELL YOU ABOUT, UH, WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.
UM, WE'LL START WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HEAR THE TERM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THEY SAY, WELL, WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT? SO, UH, OUR BREAD AND BUTTER IS THE CITY'S EOP OR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.
UH, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE GO THROUGH THIS AND, UH, WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB THROUGH ONE SECTION AND MAKE SURE IT'S UP TO DATE.
AND THEN ONCE A YEAR, WE, UM, GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PHONE NUMBERS ARE UP TO DATE.
EVERYBODY'S NAMES, POSITIONS ARE ALL IN PLACE.
AND REALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS JUST DETAIL HOW THE CITY'S GONNA RESPOND, UH, TO A DISASTER.
UH, WHEN IT'S PRINTED OUT AND PUT INTO A BINDER, IT'S ABOUT SIX AND A HALF INCHES THICK, FULL OF PAPER.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, PLANNING THAT GOES INTO THAT.
THEN THERE'S THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, AND THAT'S LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET IN THE BASEMENT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER.
UH, WE ACTIVATE THAT, UH, WHEN WE HAVE A LARGE SCALE DISASTER EMERGENCY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WORK'S GONNA YELL AT ME IN A MINUTE FOR NOT KNOCKING ON WOOD.
'CAUSE INEVITABLY IF I SAY THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN.
BUT ANYWAYS, UM, THAT'S LOCATED OVER THERE.
UM, MOST RECENTLY WAS DURING THE WINTER STORMS. WE ACTIVATED, UH, A VIRTUAL EOC TO BE READY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE INFORMATION.
UH, WE'RE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA GO OUT, UM, AND, AND BE ON A SCENE OF A FIRE ON THE SCENE OF A MANHUNT.
UH, WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE, UM, BASICALLY IN THE BASEMENT PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THAT INCIDENT.
UM, PROVIDING RESOURCES THEY NEED, UM, GATHERING INFORMATION, MAKE SURE INFORMATION'S MOVING ALL AROUND, UH, WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE DO IS MONITOR THE WEATHER.
SO YESTERDAY WE HAD A BIG, UM, FIRE WEATHER DAY AS WELL AS SEVERE STORMS THAT EVENING.
SO WE WERE WATCHING THE WEATHER, UH, KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.
WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
UH, YESTERDAY THE STATE HAD A CALL.
WE WERE SET UP ON WHERE WE WERE, UH, TALKING WITH OTHER EMERGENCY MANAGERS AS WELL AS THE STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAVE US BRIEFINGS EVERY HOUR SO WE COULD SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
NOTHING REALLY BIG HAPPENED, UH, FOR OUR AREA OR THE METRO, UM, BUT WE WE'RE READY FOR THAT.
UH, ANOTHER BIG PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE IS WITH THE EDMUND AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY.
THEY'RE TYPICALLY GOING AFTER WHOEVER IS, UH, HAS THE BIGGEST STORM AT THE TIME.
WELL, WE'RE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CITIZENS IN EDMOND.
SO WE HAVE LOCAL SPOTTERS THAT ARE GOING OUT, UH, WITH THEIR AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTING, RELAYING THAT INFORMATION BACK, UH, TO SOMEBODY IN THE EOC, AND THEN HE'S ABLE TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION.
SO WE HAVE REAL TIME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, UH, FROM ACTUAL STORM SPOTTERS ON THE GROUND HERE.
UH, WE'RE ALSO THE ONES THAT SET OFF THE SIRENS.
UH, WE DO HAVE IT IN POLICY THAT SHOULD A, UH, POLICE SUPERVISOR, UH, FIRE CAPTAIN, SOMEBODY LIKE THAT, SEE SOMETHING COMING TOWARDS THEM.
UH, THEY ARE AUTHORIZED TO CALL DISPATCH.
AND WE CAN SOUND THOSE, UH, FOR THEM.
BUT TYPICALLY, IF IT'S SOMETHING WE KNOW ABOUT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE IN THERE WATCHING IT.
AND WE'LL, UH, GIVE AS MUCH WARNING TO CITIZENS AS WE CAN THROUGH THOSE, UH, THE PHASES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
SO THERE'S THE BASIC FOUR PHASES, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND MITIGATION.
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IS ALL THE PLANNING THAT WE GO INTO AND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE PARTNERSHIPS AHEAD OF TIME.WE KNOW WHO TO TALK TO, UH, TO GET THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED.
SHOULD THE INCIDENT GROW TO THAT SIZE.
WE SUPPORT THE INCIDENT COMMANDER.
THAT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA BE POLICE AND FIRE.
THAT COULD BE SUCH AS IN, UH, A CYBER ATTACK IF WE HAVE OUR IT PEOPLE OR HOW DO WE SUPPORT THEM, HOW DO WE GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED? IF THEY NEED A BUNCH OF COMPUTERS QUICK, WHO CAN WE GET AHOLD OF TO GET THAT FOR 'EM? UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BOAD, OUR VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER, SUCH AS YOUR RED CROSS SALVATION ARMY.
THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES, THEY COME IN AND HELP A LOT IN RECOVERY.
SO AFTER SOMEONE'S HOUSE IS BURNED DOWN, WE CAN CALL THE RED CROSS, UH, AND HAVE THEM COME OUT.
THEY'LL BRING OUT, UH, FOOD, UH, THE SALVATION ARMY.
WE A LOT OF TIMES GIVE VOUCHERS TO FAMILIES SO THEY CAN GO IN THEIR STORES AND BUY CLOTHING TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH UNTIL THEIR IN INSURANCE CAN KICK IN.
AND SO WE HELP COORDINATE WITH THOSE FOLKS.
AND THEN FROM THE MITIGATION SIDE, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS OUR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT.
IF WE HAVE A, A PLACE THAT'S CONSTANTLY FLOODING RATHER THAN IT, UH, BEING REBUILT MULTIPLE TIMES, MAYBE IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO GET A HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT AND BUILD THAT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER NEXT TIME.
SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, THREATS THAT, UH, COULD POTENTIALLY, UH, HIT THE CITY.
AND HOW DO WE MITIGATE THOSE? UH, THE MAIN PRIORITIES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ARE COMMUNICATION, COORDINATION.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A SITUATIONAL UPDATE IN THE MIDDLE OF ANY INCIDENT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LAST A HUNDRED YEARS.
EVERY TIME THERE'S A BIG CATASTROPHIC EVENT, LIKE A HURRICANE KATRINA, UH, AT THE END OF IT, WE SIT DOWN AND WE SAY, SO WHAT WENT WRONG? EVERYONE SAYS COMMUNICATION.
IT'S LIKE WE REALLY HAVEN'T OVER THE LAST A HUNDRED YEARS, LEARNED HOW TO COMMUNICATE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO, IS MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE INCIDENT AND MANAGE, UH, THEIR PART OF IT.
UH, THAT'S ALSO INFORMATION SHARING, SHARING THAT ACROSS THE MISS, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEN AS I SPOKE ABOUT THE RESOURCE SUPPORT.
SO IF THE INCIDENT BECOMES BIGGER THAN WHAT OUR LOCAL RESOURCES AND OUR LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMPACTS CAN HANDLE, THEN WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY TO GET ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
UH, THE STATE, WHETHER THAT BE LIKE THE NATIONAL GUARD TO BRING IN HELICOPTERS FOR WILDFIRES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THERE FOR.
UH, DOCUMENTATION IS BY FAR ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS.
SO WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE, UH, AFTER A PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION HAS BEEN DECLARED, THAT'LL COME IN AND ACTUALLY HELP THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS, UH, WITH THEIR NEEDS.
WE HAVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, WHICH REIMBURSES US FOR ANYTHING THAT WE MAY DO.
UH, AND THEN OUR DEBRIS MANAGEMENT.
SO AFTER ICE STORMS, AFTER TORNADOES, ALL THE LIMBS AND ALL THAT, UH, IF WE DOCUMENT ALL THAT, WHICH, UH, TJ WILL TELL YOU FROM THE PAST, THERE WERE STACKS AND STACKS OF STUFF HE HAD TO SCAN IN, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO GET, UH, MONEY BACK FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO A LOT OF TIMES, UH, IF WE'RE GIVING YOU PAPERWORK OR SAYING, HEY, WE NEED YOU TO WRITE THIS DOWN, IT'S SO THAT WE CAN, UH, THEN GO BACK AND PROVE THAT TO THE FEDS TO GET REIMBURSED.
NOW, I'M GONNA SWITCH HATS OVER TO THE 9 1 1 SIDE, UH, AND TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THE STATS THAT WE HAVE.
SO FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, UM, I MEAN 9 1 1 ANSWERED 400 AND, I'M SORRY, 45,000 157 9 1 CALLS.
AND, UH, OUR 10 DIGIT, OR OUR NON-EMERGENCY LINES WAS 147,636 CALLS.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE PHONE CALLS THAT THEY TOOK.
NOT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PHONE CALLS RESULTS IN ACTUALLY BUILDING AN INCIDENT IN OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM.
THAT'S THE NEXT BREAKDOWN THERE, WHERE THE CALLS BUILT.
SO YOU CAN SEE POLICE IS OUR BIGGEST CUSTOMER WITH 68,000 INCIDENTS BEING BUILT, UH, OR 83% OF THE CALLS THAT WE DEAL WITH.
THEN WE HAVE FIRE, UM, OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE, OUR PUBLIC WORKS CALLS, AND THEN WE HAVE ELECTRIC, AND THAT'S NON OUTAGES.
IF A, UH, ELECTRIC CALL, AN ELECTRIC OUTAGE COMES IN, WE'LL BUILD THAT IN THE OUTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S NOT JUST, UM, POLICE AND FIRE THAT WE FOCUS ON AFTER HOURS.
UH, M NINE ONE'S ANSWERING THE CALLS FOR BASICALLY ALL THE OTHER CITY PHONES ROLL TO 'EM.
SO IF SOMEBODY HAS A, UH, BACKUP IN A BUILDING, THAT KIND OF THING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THAT CALL COMES TO US.
WE THEN PAGE OUT THE ON-CALL PERSON.
SO CITIZENS ALWAYS HAVE A WAY TO GET AHOLD OF SOMEBODY IF THEY NEED TO.
UM, ALSO, YOU TALKED TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LOOKING AT THOSE AGREEMENTS.
WE, UH, ALSO DISPATCH FOR THE DEER CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE OAK CLIFF ER, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE ARCADIA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT'S A SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE FOR FREE THAT WE DON'T, UM, CHARGE EITHER OF THEM FOR.
BUT, UM, WE DISPATCH THOSE COMMUNITIES JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE AROUND AS WELL AS ANSWERING THE CALLS.
THE NINE ONE CALLS FOR THE SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY, UM, AREA.
AS FAR AS PERFORMANCE METRICS, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF SECONDS FROM BOTH FIRE CHIEF AND THE POLICE CHIEF TALKING ABOUT SECONDS.
AND, UH, OUR WORLD, WE SAY, UM, SECONDS SAVE LIVES AND DISPATCHERS SAVE SECONDS.
SO WE KNOW THAT ON AVERAGE, UH, SOMEONE WILL, UM, START TO HAVE BRAIN DAMAGE IF THEY'VE BEEN WITHOUT AIR FOR THREE AND A HALF MINUTES.
WE KNOW THAT FIRES DOUBLE IN SIZE EVERY 30 SECONDS.
SO EVERY SECOND THAT WE CAN SAVE ON OUR SIDE FROM THE TIME THE CALL COMES IN UNTIL WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE FIELD RESPONDERS, IS A SECOND THAT SOMEBODY MAY STILL BE ALIVE TODAY.
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A SUSPECT WAS CAUGHT AND PUT IN JAIL.SO FROM THE TIME THAT CALL RINGS UNTIL WE HAVE IT READY FOR DISPATCH, UH, WE GIVE OUR TEAM 30 SECONDS TO DO THAT.
AND THEN FROM THE TIME THAT THAT CALL IS READY FOR DISPATCH UNTIL IT'S BEEN GIVEN TO A UNIT, WE GIVE THEM ANOTHER 30 SECONDS.
SO FROM LAST SATURDAY TO THIS LAST FRIDAY FOR CALL TAKING, UH, THEY DID 16 SECONDS, AND THEN FOR DISPATCHING IT WAS 11 POINT, UH, ONE THREE SECONDS.
SO JUST BASED ON THAT, WE KNOW FOR A FACT THERE'S PEOPLE WALKING AROUND TODAY THAT ARE STILL ALIVE BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS THAT A DISPATCHER TOOK.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY, UH, ONCE A MONTH PULLING, UH, FIVE CALLS FOR EVERY SINGLE CALL TAKER.
AND WE COMPARE THAT AGAINST A CHECKLIST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR DISPATCHERS WAS A COURTEOUS, PROVIDED THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE EXPECT HERE IN ADMIN.
AND THEN THEY FOLLOWED OUR POLICY AND OUR PROCEDURES AND OUR PROTOCOLS.
SO THE GOAL IS WE WANT EVERY ONE OF THEM TO HAVE AT LEAST A 92% COMPLIANCE TO THAT.
AND IT WAS JUST OVER 96%, UM, FOR THIS LAST YEAR.
SO, AND THAT'S DONE EVERY MONTH.
SO STAFFING HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE.
UM, EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VERY REWARDING JOB, BUT IT'S A VERY HARD JOB.
UM, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY HERE 24 7, 365.
SO THAT MEANS THAT, UH, PEOPLE ARE MISSING, UM, BALLETS, THEY'RE MISSING, UM, FAMILY TIME.
THEY'S SOMEBODY HERE WORKING ON CHRISTMAS.
UM, I'M BUDGETED FOR FOUR SUPERVISORS, WHICH INCLUDES A TRAINING AND COMPLIANCE SUPERVISOR, UH, 15 DISPATCHERS AND TWO CALL TAKERS.
I CURRENTLY HAVE THREE SUPERVISORS, SO I NEED ANOTHER SUPERVISOR.
I HAVE TWO IN TRAINING RIGHT NOW, AND THEN I NEED ANOTHER CALL TAKER.
UH, LIKE I SAID, WE, WE GET TO HELP PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
EVERY PERSON THAT, UH, SITS DOWN IN AN INTERVIEW, UH, WITH ME AND ASK 'EM, WHY DO YOU WANNA WORK HERE? THEY SAY, BECAUSE I WANNA HELP PEOPLE.
SO I KNOW THAT'S THE RIGHT PERSON TO COME IN HERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH.
UH, WHEN SOMEONE CALLS 9 1 1, THEY'RE NOT CALLING BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING A GREAT DAY AND THEY WANT TO TALK.
SO, UH, THAT CAN KIND OF DRAIN ON PEOPLE.
YOU CAN TAKE A CALL OF A, A BABY NOT BREATHING, AND THEN YOU IMMEDIATELY TRANSFER THAT CALL OFF.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS SOMEBODY'S COMPLAINING THAT THERE'S A CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF A MAILBOX, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS A LOUD PARTY.
SO THAT CONSTANT UP AND DOWN CAN BE TOUGH FOR PEOPLE.
AND THEN, UM, I COMPETE ON PAY AGAINST, UH, FOLKS LIKE CHICK-FIL-A WHO WANNA PAY 16, $17 AN HOUR.
SO IF SOMEBODY WILL, WHY WOULD I COME WORK FOR YOU WORKING NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, UH, WHEN I CAN BE GUARANTEED SUNDAY OFF, YOU KNOW, FOR A LESS $2.
SO I GOTTA ALWAYS FIND THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVE THEIR HEART IN IT, THAT WANT TO BE HERE.
AND SO THAT'S, UH, DEFINITELY ONE OF THE STRUGGLES THAT WE RUN INTO THE RADIO SYSTEM.
YOU HEARD, UH, BOTH CHIEFS KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE RADIO.
SO WE ADMINISTER THE RADIO SYSTEM.
IT'S A TWO SITE, MEANING THERE'S TWO TOWERS, UH, FOR THE SYSTEM THAT, UH, THE CITY ACTUALLY OWNS THE RADIO SYSTEM.
BUT WE PARTNER WITH THE STATE AND CONNECT OUR SYSTEM TO OTHERS, UH, WHICH CREATES THE OKAY WIND SYSTEM.
SO THAT SYSTEM IS THAT GRAPHIC YOU SEE THERE TO THE RIGHT, THAT CONTAINS 43 TOWERS ACROSS THE STATE AND COVERS APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE POPULATION.
SO THEORETICALLY, WITH THOSE RADIOS, UH, RESPONDERS CAN TALK PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE STATE.
UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR, THAT SYSTEM'S GETTING AN UPGRADE.
AND A LOT OF THE NORTHWEST, UH, PART OF THE STATE WILL COME ONLINE WITH THAT.
UH, BASICALLY ANYBODY WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAS A RADIO USES THAT SYSTEM AND TALKS ON THOSE TOWERS.
SO, UH, NOT JUST POLICE FIRE, BUT AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS, ELECTRIC UTILITY FIELD SERVICES.
UH, THOSE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT AS WELL AS, UH, THE HIGHWAY PATROL DPS ARE ALL ON THAT SYSTEM.
UH, SO WE CAN ALL TALK BACK AND FORTH.
BUT, UM, ONE OF OUR RADIO TOWERS IS LOCATED AT MID DAN OVER BY THE WA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND THEN, UH, OUR OTHER ONE IS AT UCO AND WE WERE TOLD BY UCO, THEY WANT TO EXPAND THE, UH, AROUND THE FOOTBALL FIELD, PUT IN MORE SUITES.
SO WE'RE GONNA EVENTUALLY LOSE THAT TOWER.
SO THAT, UH, TOWER IS ACTUALLY OUT FOR AN RFP RIGHT NOW, UH, TO GET THAT REPLACED.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A SITE UP AT, UH, COFFEE CREEK AND BOULEVARD JUST TO THE SOUTH, UH, FULLY PLAN ON HAVING, UM, PUBLIC MEETINGS TO BRING IN THE FOLKS THAT LIVE AROUND THERE TO TELL 'EM ABOUT IT ONCE WE HAVE SOME DESIGNS.
UH, THERE'S A QUICK PICTURE THAT I SNAPPED WHILE I WAS, IT'S OVER BY, UH, LANGSTON COLLEGE WHEN I WAS DRIVING THAT AREA AND SAW SOMETHING THAT LOOKED VERY SIMILAR TO, UH, WHAT WE ENVISION, UH, ONCE WE GET DESIGNS BACK AND WE AWARD SOMETHING THAT, I'LL BRING ALL THAT BACK SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT IS.
BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS ON YOUR RADAR THAT, UH, YOU KNEW THAT WOULD BE COMING TO SOME POINT.
SO THE ACTUAL 9 1 1 SYSTEM, THE ROUTERS IN THE BACK END THAT, UH, WE USE TODAY, WERE PATENTED IN 1974.
SO, AS WE TALKED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND HOW FAST TECHNOLOGY CHANGES, UH, I CAN PULL OUT MY PHONE, GO TO THE UBER APP, AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I'M AT.
DOMINO'S KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE I AM.
BUT 9 1 1 TECHNOLOGY HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH THE SAME WAY, UM, THAT THE, THE PHONES HAVE.
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AND THAT'S MAINLY FOR A PRIVACY, UH, REASON.AND YOU CAN GO INTO THE, UM, DOMINO'S APP AND YOU CLICK ACCEPT OR I CONSENT TO THEM SEEING MY LOCATION.
WHEN YOU CALL 9 1 1, WE DON'T POP UP AND ASK YOU WHERE THAT IS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S DONE ON THE BACK END THROUGH THE FCC TO TRY TO GIVE US PHASE TWO LOCATION DATA OF WHERE THAT IS.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES THAT CAN JUST BE COORDINATES.
THAT CAN JUST BE A SECTOR OF WHERE A CELL PHONE TOWER IS.
IT'S NOT WHAT WE CALL A DISPATCHABLE LOCATION.
SO, UH, THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ACOG, SO THE ON EVERY CELL PHONE OR EVERY DEVICE IN OKLAHOMA THAT CAN CONTACT 9 1 1 PAYS A DOLLAR 25 A MONTH IN A 9 0 1 FEE, UH, OF THAT, I THINK IT'S LIKE 22 PERC, 22 CENTS GOES TO THE STATES.
SOME OF IT GOES TO THE TAX COMMISSION, BUT AROUND 88 CENTS OF THAT GOES TO ACOG.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE USE, UH, TO FUND THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN THEY IN TURN GIVE US 18 PER 18 CENTS OF THAT BACK, UH, THAT WE USE FOR TRAINING.
UH, AGAIN, THAT'S FEDERALLY REGULATED ON WHAT WE CAN USE THOSE 9 1 1 FEES FOR, UH, NOT, BUT THAT'S HOW WE DO THAT.
SO A COUPLE YEARS AGO, ACOG DECIDED WE WERE READY TO MOVE INTO WHAT'S CALLED NEXT GEN 9 1 1, WHERE WE MOVE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM INTO AN IP BASE.
SO IT'LL RUN ACROSS THE INTERNET.
WE CAN GET BETTER LOCATION DATA, WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION, WE CAN TRANSFER CALLS AND NOT LOSE INFORMATION.
RIGHT NOW YOU PICK UP THE PHONE AND YOU CALL AND YOU SAY, HEY, MY MOM'S IN WEATHERFORD HAVING A HEART ATTACK.
I, I, I PICK UP THE PHONE AND I CALL WEATHERFORD AND I PASS ON THE INFORMATION.
NONE OF THAT DATA GOES WITH IT, UH, WITH NEXTGEN 9 1 1.
THAT DATA THEN CAN BE TRANSFERRED FROM PSAP TO PSAP.
UM, AND I CAN STILL STAY ON THERE AND GET THAT INFORMATION, UH, TO THE NEIGHBORING JURISDICTION.
SO WE ARE SCHEDULED TO CUT OVER ON APRIL 16TH.
THAT'S WHEN WE GET OUR NEW CALL HANDLING EQUIPMENT INSTALLED.
AND THEN, UH, THE ACTUAL ESI NET OR THE ACTUAL BACKBONE, ALL OF THE IP UH, STUFF WILL HAPPEN IN ABOUT A YEAR THROUGH ACOG.
THEY'VE SIGNED CONTRACTS AND THEY'RE JUST BUILDING ALL OF THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TAKE A QUICK MINUTE AND SAY I AM HIRING DISPATCHERS.
UM, IT'S A VERY REWARDING CAREER.
UM, CURRENTLY WE'RE OFFERING A $2,000 SIGN-ON BONUS FOR IF YOU MIGHT KNOW ANYONE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
UM, PLEASE HAVE 'EM, UH, GO ONLINE AND, UH, FILL OUT AN APPLICATION.
'CAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO 'EM.
AND AFTER THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UH, GREAT JOB THAT YOU ALL DO APPRECIATE IT.
UH, REAL QUICK, IF, IF I CAN, SO I, I BROUGHT A, A LITTLE BIT OF MY STAFF HERE.
SHE'S THE SUPERVISOR FOR THE DAY SHIFT.
AND THEN MELISSA EDMONDS IS OUR ADMIN, UH, ASSISTANT.
AND THEN, UH, JENNIFER HUNT IS OUR INFORMATION ALARM, UH, COORDINATOR.
SO IN ADDITION TO ANY FALSE ALARMS, SHE'S THE ONE THAT SENDS OUT TO THOSE NOTICES.
AND THEN I'VE GOT, UH, BROOKE, I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW HER, BROOKE'S OUR EM COORDINATOR.
BEN, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED, DISCUSSED POSSIBLE UP UPCOMING TRAINING WITH COUNSEL ABOUT YES.
SO, UH, MY, MY PLAN IS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH KATIE AND MEGAN TO GET SOME TRAINING SET UP, UM, MAYBE 45 MINUTES AN HOUR TO GET YOU ALL TO COME DOWN TO THE EOC TO ACTUALLY SEE IT DOWN THERE AND KIND OF WALK THROUGH HOW AN INCIDENT WOULD ACTUALLY UNFOLD, UM, SO THAT WE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOUR ROLE WOULD BE IN, IN A GIANT IN, IN AN INCIDENT LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED.
ALSO, THIS NEXT MANAGEMENT STAFF MEETING, WE'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING ON HOSTING IT IN THE EOC SO THAT THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT STAFF CAN SEE WHAT THEIR ROLE WOULD BE IN AN INCIDENT LIKE THAT, SO THAT THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOWN THERE DOING ALL THIS ISN'T IN A, A LARGE SCALE INCIDENT.
I, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BECAUSE YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERNS ME ALL THE TIME IS WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? MM-HMM.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[3. Presentation and Discussion of Fiscal Year 2024-25 2000 and 2017 Capital Improvement Sales Tax Budgets.]
CAN WE, UM, TAKE A, A QUICK BREAK? DO, DO WE NEED ONE? I I PROMISE THAT I'M GOING.SO LIKE, IF YOU LISTEN TO PODCAST, I LOVE PODCAST AND I LISTEN TO A LOT OF 'EM ON 1.5 OR OR TWO, UH, TIMES.
AND SO WE CAN, UM, AND A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION COUNSEL WAS SHARED WITH YOU AT YOUR NOVEMBER STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.
SO I, AND THERE'S A LOT OF SLIDES IN HERE.
I PUT A LOT OF THAT MORE AS THE PUBLIC FACING PART OF THAT.
WHAT I'M GONNA SHARE TODAY IS, IS QUICKLY GO OVER THAT, SO, AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
UM, SO JUST SOME BACKGROUNDS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO TODAY I WENT AND BOUGHT A MOCHA FRA LATTE THINGY THAT, UM, HAD SOME COFFEE IN IT AS WELL.
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PORTION OF THAT, WHAT I PAY 3.75% OF THAT, 'CAUSE I DID SHOP LOCAL, UH, IS HOW MUCH I PAID IN LOCAL SALES TAX.SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY ARE THE TWO GREEN PORTIONS HERE, THE 2017 CIP SALES TAX, WHICH IS A HALF PERCENT.
AND THEN THE 2000 CIP SALES TAX.
THE PARK TAX WILL BE COVERED AT A LATER BUDGET HEARING.
SO, AND AGAIN, ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE PARKS, POLICE, FIRE, POTHOLES, ALL THE OTHER THINGS, JUST FUND ALL THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, SALES TAX TRENDS.
SO JARED CAMPBELL, OUR SENIOR BUDGET MANAGER, SHARED THIS.
BUT I THINK JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE VOLATILITY OF OUR PRIMARY FUNDING, THE UPS AND DOWNS OF SALES TAX, UH, REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR NEXT YEAR.
AGAIN, JARED SHARED THIS AT THE LAST ONE, BUT I JUST WANNA KEEP IT IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO WHAT WAS ADOPTED IN THE BUDGET BUDGET WAS A 2% GROWTH IN SALES TAX.
WHAT WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT IS SOMETHING LOWER THAN THAT, 0.45%, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THESE TWO BUDGETS AND DOLLARS IS ABOUT $800,000 LESS THIS YEAR COMING IN THAN WHAT WAS PROPOSED.
BUT WHAT, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT $800,000 IS FUNDED PREVIOUSLY THE PARK, UH, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT AT STEVENSON PARK, THAT WAS ABOUT $750,000.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $800,000 LESS THAN WHAT WAS PROJECTED.
UM, LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 0.5% GROWTH ABOVE WHAT, WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GONNA END THIS YEAR.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THESE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT UTILITY CAPITAL PROJECTS BECAUSE THOSE ARE FUNDED THROUGH RATES AND CHARGES.
SO WHEN I SAY UTILITIES, I MEAN ELECTRIC WATER WASTEWATER, SOLID WASTE AND DRAINAGE.
SO THE 2000 CIP, JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THAT.
HERE'S A HAPPY PICTURE FROM LAST JULY, THE OPENING AND KICKING BIRD OF WHICH THIS FUND HELPED, HELPED PAY FOR THAT, UM, UPGRADE TO THAT FACILITY.
SOME OTHER RECENT PROJECTS IS THIS ANNUALLY PAYS OUR RECONSTRUCTION RESURFACING OF STREETS.
IT ALSO PAID FOR THE SOONER ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THAT ARE NEAR THE NEW CREST THAT'S OPENED UP.
THAT WAS A, A LITTLE OVER A $3.3 MILLION PROJECT.
AND THEN IT ALSO, UH, IN PRIOR YEARS FUNDED THE QUIET ZONE, WHICH HAS LED TO A LOT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU SEE DOWNTOWN AND ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FOLKS AT ALL THE OTHER THAT LIVE NEAR THE OTHER 11 INTERSECTIONS IN TOWN.
SO WHAT'S PROJECTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25 IS 17 POINT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF REVENUE.
AND THEN WHAT'S PROJECTED TO GO OUT IS $12.2 MILLION, PAYING BACK SOME OF THE DEBT THAT'S BEEN ISSUED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
SO $40 MILLION THAT WOULD, WAS ISSUED IN JULY, 2021 THAT FUNDED THE IMPROVEMENTS TO KICKING BIRD TWO YEARS TO RESURFACE STREETS INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC SYSTEM, PHASE THREE, AND THEN THE UPCOMING DANFORTH AND KELLY, AND THEN THE $81.1 MILLION LOAN THAT WAS TAKEN OUT IN JUNE OF 2023, WHICH IS FUNDING THE CITY CENTER COMPLEX AND THE Y THE LIBRARY AND YMCA PROJECT.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, $12 MILLION WILL BE PAID BACK TO THE CITY FROM THE YMCA FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND THEN THE 2017 CIP SALES TAX.
SO AGAIN, IT'S A HALF CENT SALES TAX THAT DOES SUNSET CURRENTLY ON THE END OF MARCH OF 2027.
AND SOME OF THE RECENT PROJECTS IS THE TED ANDERSON PARKS SPLASH PAD THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SET TO OPEN BY MEMORIAL DAY OF THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO STEVENSON PARK, WHICH IS WRAPPING UP AT 6.5.
AND THEN, UH, THE RECENTLY COMPLETED INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT AT SECOND BRYAN COST SEVEN, SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25, THE REVENUE THAT'S EXPECTED TO BE GENERATED BY THIS FUND IS JUST UNDER $12 MILLION.
AND THEN THERE IS NO DEBT REPAYMENTS THAT COME OUT OF THIS SINCE THIS DOES SUNSET.
AND HOW DID, WHERE DID THESE PROJECTS COME FROM? JUST AS A REMINDER, THE PROJECTS FROM THE 11 ITEMS PREPARED BY THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL APPOINTED SHORT TERM TASK FORCE AND APPROVED BY EDMOND VOTERS IN APRIL, 2016.
SO THESE PROJECTS, KIND OF SMALL WRITING HERE, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS, WHICH IS WHAT WE WORK OFF OF THROUGH THE CIP COMMITTEE, UH, TRAFFIC ALLEVIATION TENNIS CENTER, EXPANDED, IMPROVED SPORTS FACILITIES, UM, EXPANDED, IMPROVED PARK SYSTEM, EXPANDED, IMPROVED TRAIL SYSTEM, ANIMAL SHELTER EDITION, WHICH IS COMPLETE CONSOLIDATION TO CITY OFFICES, AND THEN THE POLICE LAKE HOUSE REPLACEMENT, WHICH JUST SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND THEN CURRENT PROJECTS OR PROJECTS THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, IT'S A RE IT'S A REALLY EXCITING TIME WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, HOW ARE THESE PROJECTS SELECTED? THAT'S ASKED SOMETIMES.
JUST A REMINDER, THESE TWO FUNDS ARE ASKED TO DO A LOT OF THINGS, VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE 'EM, BUT THEY GET STRETCHED PRETTY THIN BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PROJECTS WITHIN A GROWING CITY.
SO THINK OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS INFRASTRUCTURE.
AGAIN, STREETS I TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS IS HOW WE, UH, MILL AND OVERLAY OUR STREETS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $4 MILLION.
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AND THEN THINK QUALITY OF LIFE.SO PARKS AND TRAILS, STEVENSON PARK, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND THEN ALSO A PORTION OF, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS ARE PAID FROM THESE FUNDS AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, PROJECT SELECTION, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE LIST THAT I JUST REFERENCED THROUGH THE COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN OF WHICH YOU GOAL SET ONCE A YEAR, AND THEN ALSO RESPONSIVENESS TO COMMUNITY NEEDS.
UH, I THINK OF THE PELICAN BAY PROJECT THAT IS, THAT IS LANDED ON OUR RADAR AS BEING RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS, UH, THROUGH, UH, CONTINUOUS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
AND THEN ALSO OUR BIANNUAL CITIZEN SURVEY.
SO JUST SOME PICTURES OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING.
AS JUST A REMINDER, JUST OUTSIDE OUR DOOR HERE, UM, THIS IS THE CITY CENTER COMPLEX.
HERE'S WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE BY MARCH OF 2025, WHICH IS A YEAR AWAY.
HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO.
IF YOU, IF YOU'VE SEEN TODAY, THEY'VE ACTUALLY, THIS IS, UM, THIS IS GONNA BE THE NEW CITY HALL.
AND SO THE SLAB HAS BEEN POURED FOR THE NEW CITY HALL RIGHT NOW.
AND AS I KEEP SAYING, IT'S ON TIME AND ON BUDGET, WHICH IS GREAT.
AS A REMINDER ON YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, IT'S A FOUR STAR GOAL.
UM, THE JOINT USE LIBRARY IN YMCA, IT'S A $30 MILLION PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT AND HERE'S WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S COMPLETE.
SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING A GROUNDBREAKING IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, AND IT IS A FOUR STAR GOAL ON YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT HAS RECENTLY COME BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL IS THE AC KALAN SPORTS COMPLEX.
SO 17 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS PROJECT.
UH, THE GROUNDBREAKING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY OF THIS YEAR, AND IT'S ALSO OUR FOUR STAR GOAL.
AND THEN AS WE TALK ABOUT TRAILS, WHICH ARE ALWAYS VOTED AS ONE OF THE COMMUNITY'S MOST POPULAR AMENITIES, THE CREEP BIN TRAIL, IT'S JUST TO ORIENTATE YOU.
HERE'S COLTRANE, HERE'S 15TH, HERE'S SECOND.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE CONSTRUCTED IN TWO PHASES.
THE FIRST PHASE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S THE RED THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
SO THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED NOW.
WE RECEIVED A GRANT TO DO THAT AND WE ARE RUNNING SHORT ON TIME.
SO WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON THAT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE SPENT THOSE GRANT FUNDING.
AND THEN THE CENTER SECTION HERE, THE CITY IS STILL WORKING TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY, UM, THAT RELATES TO A SEWER PROJECT THAT IS MUCH NEEDED IN THE AREA AS WELL AS A TRAIL.
PROPERTY ACQUISITION CAN'T CONSTRUCT THE TRAIL UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS ACQUIRED.
UM, TWO FUTURE TRAIL PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS ARCADIA LAKE ON THE SCREEN HERE.
SO I'LL TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE TOP LEFT.
SO THE ROUTE 66 TRAIL CONNECTOR CONSTRUCTION IS, UH, SLATED TO START THE LATE SUMMER OF THIS YEAR.
AND THIS IS A, A TWO STAR GOAL ON YOUR, ON YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO, UH, CITY DID OBTAIN $1 MILLION WORTH OF GRANT FUNDING, WHICH WAS GREAT ON THIS.
SO THAT'LL HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE COST OF THAT.
SO LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION STARTING LATE SUMMER, AND WHAT THAT WILL DO IS CONNECT TWO EXISTING TRAILS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS THE NEXT TRAIL TO COME ALONG WILL BE SPRING CREEK PARK TO CARL REMAN PARK.
SO THAT'LL CONNECT RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS SPRING CREEK PARK DOWN HERE TO CARL ROOM AND PARK.
AND THAT DESIGN WILL START THIS SUMMER WITH CONSTRUCTION TO FALL AFTER THAT.
THIS IS ALSO A PROJECT THAT THE CITY RECEIVED $1 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT IN GRANT FUNDING.
SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT.
AND THEN THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT AT DANFORTH AND KELLY, WHICH WILL ADD ADDITIONAL TURN LANES AND MEDIANS TO ONE OF OUR BUSIEST AND, UH, INTERSECTIONS AND ONE THAT HAS CONTINUALLY ONE OF OUR MOST ACCIDENTS AS WELL.
SO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, UM, IS LOOKING TO BE AWARDED THIS FALL.
AND AS A REMINDER, THE CITY DID RECEIVE SOME FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS CAPPED AT 7.2 MILLION.
AND THE CITY'S PORTION OF THAT IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $3 MILLION.
AND ON YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, IT'S A FOUR STAR GOAL.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT BEING BID THIS FALL, THEN CONSTRUCTION WOULD START IN THE EARLY SPRING.
SO THAT IS A ODOT PROJECT, AND SO THEY ARE OVERSEEING THAT BID PROCESS.
BUT THAT IS THE LATEST INFORMATION WE HAVE AS FAR AS WHEN THAT PROJECT MAY START.
DID THEY ESTIMATE HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE? UM, I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT.
IF, IF, UH, SECOND AND BRIAN IS ANY INDICATION.
I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE A 15 TO 18 MONTH PROJECT.
SO I, IF, IF SECOND BRIAN'S ANY INDICATION.
SO AGAIN, THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALL OUTDOOR PROJECTS ARE COMPLETELY WEATHER DEPENDENT, SO HOT, UH, CROSS YOUR FINGERS FOR HOT AND DRY, I SUPPOSE IF YOU WANT TO GET DONE QUICKER.
SO, BUT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF MESSAGING WHEN WE HAVE MORE DETAILS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA AND FOR PEOPLE THAT FREQUENT THAT AREA.
AND THE MESSAGE WILL BE, PLEASE GO VISIT THESE BUSINESSES.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO SPEND YOUR, YOUR HARD EARNED DOLLARS THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S OKAY DURING CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UH, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT IS, UM, CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN IS PHASE FOUR OF OUR INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC SYSTEM.
SO THIS IS UPGRADING THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY AT 22 INTERSECTIONS, WHICH WILL ALLOW, UH, TRAFFIC TO BE MONITORED AND ADJUSTED
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FOR IN REAL TIME.SO THIS, WE ALSO DID RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THIS, SO THAT'S CAPPED AT 7.3 MILLION AND THE CITY'S PORTION OF THAT IS AN ESTIMATED 5.8 MILLION, A FOUR STAR GOAL.
SO THIS WILL, UH, A LOT OF INTERSECTIONS FROM I 35 ON 33RD, UH, OVER TO BROADWAY, YES, BULL, SORRY, BOULEVARD, AND THEN AT BOULEVARD, AND THEN BRIAN AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, UPGRADING SOME OLD TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL ALLOW, UH, FOR BETTER TRAFFIC FLOW.
SO, UH, AND THEN THE PELICAN BAY IMPROVEMENTS.
SO IN THE IMMEDIATE, WHAT, UH, HAS OCCURRED AND WILL ALLOW IT TO BE OPENED, UH, FOR THIS SWIM SEASON IS IMPROVEMENTS TO REDUCE WATER, LEAK TO WATER LOSS.
AND THEN RIGHT NOW IT'S CURRENTLY A DESIGN PROCESS THAT'S PROVIDING AN ASSESSMENT CONCEPTS AND COST ESTIMATES.
SO THOSE COST ESTIMATES WILL BE RUN THROUGH, UH, THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU ALL AS FAR AS DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR FUNDING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
WHAT IS PRO UH, WHAT THAT POTENTIAL PROJECT MAY LOOK LIKE IS REPLACING THE DECKS, GUTTERS, NEW POOL BASIN, ADDING PARKING AND ADDING AMENITIES.
CURRENTLY $3 MILLION IS BUDGETED, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR IN THE 2017 CIP.
AND THEN WE ARE EXPLORING OTHER CITY FUNDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUNDING.
AND WHEN I SAY OTHER FUNDS, IT'S THE PARK TAX IN THE GEN IN THE GENERAL FUND AND FOUR STAR GOAL, UH, ON YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THEN ADDITIONAL PROJECTS NEXT YEAR.
SO, UH, UNDER THE MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION BUCKET, OF COURSE THE I 35 FRONTED ROADS, CONVERTING THOSE TO ONE WAY.
SO 10% OF THAT COST IS A CITY COST OF $4 MILLION AND THAT MONEY HAS BEEN APPROVED, BUT CONSTRUCTION WILL START NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN THE SECOND STREET SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS FROM I 35 TO SANTA FE CITY DID RECEIVE A GRANT FOR THAT.
UM, SO STILL ACQUIRING SOME EASEMENTS AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WILL FOLLOW FROM THAT.
AND THEN OUR ANNUAL RECONSTRUCTION RESURFACING OF STREETS, SO THREE STAR GOAL AND THEN ITS, UH, PHASE FIVE DESIGN AND THE MASTER PLANNING UPDATES, PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UH, IT'S YOUR FOUR STAR GOAL AND YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, IS ALSO SLATED TO BE BUDGETED NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, BEGINNING SOME ARCADIA LAKE MASTER PLAN IMPROVEMENTS, PRIMARILY WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN FOR YEARS ONE THROUGH FIVE, WE'RE LOOKING AT RESTROOMS AND ENTRY SIGNS.
SO THERE'S $500,000 BUDGETED FOR THAT NEXT YEAR.
AND WE'LL BEGINNING TO WORK WITH THE, UH, PARK, THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD AS WELL AS THE ARCADIA LAKE COMMISSION TO START TALKING ABOUT WHAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE.
AND, AND THEN THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE ALSO HAD IN NOVEMBER, SO I TITLED IT MIND THE GAP.
UM, JUST A REMINDER, VERY VISUAL OF A 10 YEAR FUNDING GAP FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO ON THE LEFT, AND AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NON-UTILITY, SO NON-UTILITY CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO ON THE LEFT YOU HAVE $495 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THEN YOU HAVE $158 MILLION WORTH OF FUNDS AVAILABLE.
AND THIS INCLUDES THE 2000 CIP, THE 2017 CIP, JUST TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF THAT.
SO THIS PROPOSES THAT IT DOES SUNSET AND DOESN'T GET RENEWED.
SO $495 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS AND $158 MILLION WORTH OF MONEY.
AND I THINK THE CONVERSATION IS IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT TELLS YOU THERE'S NOT A GAP, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THAT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY'S DOING, BUT THEY'RE NOT BEING HONEST WITH YOU, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A GAP, ESPECIALLY FOR A GROWING COMMUNITY.
I THINK THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S AN ACCEPTABLE GAP? SO, AND THAT'S WHAT STAFF IS HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL AND AS WELL AS WITH THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT SHOULD THAT GAP BE AND SO WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING.
AND SO JUST SOME BACKGROUND, THIS IS MORE FOR THE PUBLIC FACING, NOT FOR YOU ALL RIGHT NOW, BUT HOW DID, HOW DID STAFF ARRIVE AT THAT 4 95? SO IT'S THREE 16 OF MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'S 128 MILLION OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND THEN IT'S, UH, 69 MILLION OF TOTAL PUBLIC SAFETY.
BUT 51 MILLION OF THAT, UH, IS PROPOSED TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE CIP AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE CHIEF TALKED ABOUT ARE ON THAT LIST.
UM, AND THEN, SO WHAT'S ON YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS EXPLORING LONG ADDITIONAL LONG-TERM FUNDING OPTIONS.
SO OVER A FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK, CURRENTLY, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
SO CURRENTLY WHAT'S BUDGETED BASED OFF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY IS TOTAL USE OF ALL THE FUNDS WITHIN THE 2000 AND THE, AND THE 2017.
SO THE CONVERSATION AT THIS POINT FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, THE COUNCIL IS THINK PROJECT SUBSTITUTIONS NOT ADDITIONS.
SO IF SOMETHING COMES IN THAT'S NOT ALREADY BUDGETED, SOMETHING'S GOTTA GO OUT.
UM, THE 2017 CIP EXTENSION IS ALSO A WAY WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT EXPLORING LONG-TERM FUNDING OPTIONS.
SO AGAIN, IT EXPIRES MARCH 31ST, 2027, AND THEN THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN ELECTION IN ORDER FOR THAT TO
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BE EXTENDED.AND THEN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
AGAIN, UH, STATE LAW IN OKLAHOMA, YOU CAN'T USE PROPERTY TAX TO FUND OPERATIONS FOR CITIES ONLY FOR PROJECTS.
SO THINK FIRE TRUCKS, FIRE STATIONS, PARKS, THOSE THINGS, NOT THE PEOPLE THAT IT TAKES TO RUN THEM.
AND THEN OKLAHOMA AND, SORRY, I'M GETTING MY 1.5 IS GOING REALLY FAST NOW IT'S LIKE 2.5, SO I'M TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY OUTTA HERE.
EDMOND CURRENTLY IS THE ONLY CITY IN OKLAHOMA, OVER 50,000 PEOPLE THAT DOESN'T UTILIZE PROPERTY TAX TO RUN IT CITY.
AND THEN OF COURSE FOR ANYTHING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS WOULD REQUIRE AN ELECTION.
AND THEN ALSO THE CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGH THE CONSULTANT THAT WAS HIRED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.
AND SO THE THOUGHT BEHIND THIS IS NEW GROWTH PACE FOR ITSELF.
SO THINKS SO, THINK PARKS, ROADS, PUBLIC SAFETY.
THERE'S A STEADY ONGOING, UH, THAT THE CONSULTANT THAT WAS HIRED HAS DONE OVER 900 PLUS OF THESE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND THEN IN ORDER FOR A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE TO BE ENACTED, IT'S THROUGH ONLY A A COUNCIL ACTION.
THERE HAS BEEN PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
THERE IS A FOCUS GROUP THAT'S IN PLACE.
I BELIEVE THE NEXT MEETING IS IN EARLY APRIL.
UM, AND THEN THERE'LL BE MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL BEFORE ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN WITH THIS.
AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD TO PROJECTS FOR 25, 26 THROUGH 28, 29.
SO THINK ABOUT THIS FIVE YEAR OUTPUT, UH, IS MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, UH, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT AT SECOND BOULEVARD AS WELL AS DANFORTH AND SOONER.
AND THEN QUALITY OF LIFE, AGAIN, CONTINUING TO DO PROJECTS FROM THE MASTER PLAN AT ARCADIA LAKE TRAILS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY CHIEF YOUNGER MENTIONED THE POLICE SUBSTATION OF LAKE OFFICE.
AND THEN NEW FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE, TWO IS CURRENTLY BUDGET.
SO, UM, TAKEAWAYS, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, REALLY EXCITING TIME.
THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON, WHICH IS TREMENDOUS.
SO, UH, BY MY ACCOUNT IT'S A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF MAJOR, MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR ABOUT TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ONCE THE YMCA AND LIBRARY GETS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, AND THEN THERE IS WHAT'S PROPOSED TO BE FUNDED OUTTA THESE BUDGETS IS ADDITIONAL STAFFING TO HELP ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.
UM, I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW THERE'S CURRENTLY THREE POSITIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE PROPOSED TO COME FORWARD IN AN APPROVED BUDGET THAT WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THIS TAX BECAUSE ALL THEY WOULD BE DOING IS WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DONE ON TIME AND ON BUDGET.
AND THEN THE FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK, AGAIN, FUNDS ARE MAXED OUT.
SO THINK PROJECT SUBSTITUTIONS NOT ADDITIONS.
AND THEN, UM, WE'RE EXPLORING MINDING THE GAP, EXPLORING LONG TERM FUNDING.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE RUNDOWN BECAUSE IT, THIS IS EXCITING TIMES.
UH, IF WE WEREN'T A GROWING CITY WITH, UH, A LOT OF DEMANDS PLACED ON EVERYONE, UH, GUESS WHAT? WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING ANY DISCUSSIONS.
YOU BET, UH, POLICE AND FIRE WOULDN'T NEED EVERYTHING THEY NEED AND, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WOULD NEED TO BE LOOKING TO EXPAND AND, AND, AND CITY STAFF WOULDN'T BE LOOKING TO EXPAND IF WE, WE WEREN'T A GROWING AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY.
SO THESE ARE EXCITING TIMES AND, UH, AND THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE BEFORE US, OR I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE CEILING, THE SKY'S NOT FALLING.
THESE ARE THE TYPICAL CONVERSATIONS THAT ANY CITY THAT'S GROWING HAS.
I GUARANTEE YOU, IF A CITY'S NOT GROWING, THEY'RE NOT HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW.
MR. COYER, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE 10 YEAR FUNDING GAP SLIDE? IS THAT WITH OR WITHOUT THE 2017 CIP RENEWAL? THAT'S WITHOUT, SO THAT ONE, IF, IF THE 2017 WERE RENEWED, THAT 1 58 BECOMES 2 42 40, CORRECT.
SO INSTEAD OF 1 58 IT'S TWO 40.
JUST A REMINDER OF SOME OF YOUR, I'M SORRY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, IT'S GOOD.
SO HERE'S UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AS WE MARCH FORWARD TO BUDGET ADOPTION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 10TH AT YOUR REGULAR MEETING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS RIGHT NOW, COUNSEL? JUST HIGHLIGHTS NEEDS AND THINGS WE NEED TO ADDRESS FOR SURE.
UM, AND PRIORITIES AND CONSISTENT MESSAGE THOUGH THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, SO, CORRECT.
BUT THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN ROUGHLY AN HOUR AND A HALF.
UM, AND GUESS WHAT? THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION, A LOT ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.
YOU JUST SAW THE OUTLAY OF THE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS AND I APPRECIATE
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EACH AND EVERYONE FROM STAFF THAT IS HERE TODAY AND THE HARD JOB THAT YOU HAVE EACH AND EVERY DAY, UH, TO HELP RUN THIS CITY.THAT'S, AND WE ARE ALL HERE FOR OUR, OUR VARIOUS REASONS AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.
I'LL CALL THIS GREAT WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD ADJOURNED.