Apr 28, 2025 City Council Workshop - FY26 Budget

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, THIS IS A BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THE GENERAL FUND AND THE INTERNAL SERVICES FUND BUDGETS.

AND, UH, SO STOP ME ANYTIME IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D GO OVER REALLY WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR ENTIRE BUDGET.

SO WE HAVE GENERAL FUND, UM, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, AND INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.

SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON FOR MY PRESENTATION, GENERAL FUND AND THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.

UM, WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, WHICH BASICALLY WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO, IT'S FINISHED, UM, UNTIL WE GO OVER IT.

WE REALLY JUST TRIED TO LOOK AT EXPENSES, ASKED EVERYBODY TO KEEP, UH, MOST OF THEIR NON-PERSONNEL COSTS FLAT.

AND, UH, REALLY WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT TRYING TO DO WITHOUT THINGS WE MAY NOT HAVE TO HAVE THIS NEXT YEAR JUST SO WE CAN TRY TO STAY IN LINE WITH OUR REDUCED SALES AND USE TAX.

SO WE'VE BUDGETED 0% GROWTH IN SALES TAX FOR NEXT YEAR, THEN 1% OUT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, AND THEN USE TAX.

WE BUDGETED 4% GROWTH.

WE'RE ACTUALLY AT A, A NEGATIVE 0.69% RIGHT NOW IN SALES TAX.

SO BASICALLY FLAT.

AND WE'RE LIKE AT 4.8, I THINK ACTUAL USE TAX OVER LAST YEAR, WHICH IS UP.

SO TYPICALLY WE'VE SEEN ABOUT 17% GROWTH IN USE TAX AND ABOUT 3% GROWTH IN SALES TAX JUST OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 10 YEARS.

SO BUDGETING, UH, CONSERVATIVELY ON REVENUE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR, BASICALLY WHAT WE DID IS WE, WHEN WE GOT EVERYTHING TOGETHER, WE DID END UP ABOUT $2 MILLION DOWN IN OUR EXPENSES.

IN THE GENERAL FUND.

IN INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 7 MILLION AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A HIRING FREEZE FOR NEXT YEAR FOR ALL NON-UTILITY AND NON-PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS.

UH, THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA COME IN AROUND A MILLION MILLION DOLLARS.

SO THE GENERAL FUND, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, IT IS ONE FUND.

IT SHARES ALL THE REVENUE THAT COMES IN.

ALL THESE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS SHARE THAT REVENUE, BUT IT'S MADE UP OF THESE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WHICH ARE GENERAL GOVERNMENT.

THAT'S REALLY ANYTHING THAT, UM, THE PUBLIC, OH, OKAY.

WE JUST GOT IT BECAUSE WE JUST LOST OUR QUORUM.

OH, SORRY.

WE HAVE IT BACK NOW.

OH, NOW WE'VE GOT IT BACK.

OKAY, SO YOU WANT ME TO BACK UP? OKAY.

HELLO? DID YOU HEAR THIS BARRY ? I'LL JUST REPEAT THAT LOUD AND CLEAR.

INTERDEPARTMENTAL FUNDS 22.8,

SO I'LL CARRY ON.

WE'LL JUST GO ON TO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO BASICALLY THE GENERAL, THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND ARE THESE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS LIKE CITY COUNCIL, COURTS, PLANNING, CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, BUILDING AND SAFETY.

THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT FUND IS ONE THAT ANYTHING IN, IN A GOOD EXAMPLE IS LIKE OUR LOBBY AT NORTH TIMBERS IS WHEN THE PUBLIC COMES IN, WE WILL SPLIT COSTS TO THE, TO THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT FUND THERE.

SO OUR DOLLARS IN FOR OUR GENERAL FUND ARE MAINLY FROM TAXES, ABOUT 83%, 67.5 MILLION.

OUR GRANTS, THAT'S GONNA VARY EVERY YEAR DEPENDING ON WHAT WE APPLY FOR.

SOME OF THE GRANTS, UH, REQUIRE MATCHING.

AND SO SOMETIMES WE DON'T GO AFTER A GRANT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MATCHING FUNDS.

BUT THOSE ARE ALL GRANTS, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, LICENSING AND PERMITTING FINES AND FORFEITURES, WHICH IS ALMOST ALL COURT RELATED AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

CURB CUTS, UM, RIGHT OF WAY FEES ARE IN THERE, INTEREST INCOME AND MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS IS GENERALLY LIKE OUR CELL TOWER RENTALS OR PAVILION RENTALS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, SO NEW REVENUE IN IS 81.4 MILLION.

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WHICH I'LL SPLIT THAT OUT IN A MINUTE.

AND THEN RESERVES OF 400,000 TO GET TOTAL DOLLARS IN OF 104.6 MILLION.

THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL FUNDS ARE MADE UP IN THE 22.8.

WE DO HAVE A, PER OUR BOND INDENTURE, WE DO HAVE TO TRANSFER SALES TAX DOLLARS INTO EPWA TO SHOW THAT WE COULD COVER THAT DEBT IF WE HAD TO.

WHEN WE GET IN THE TRANSFERS OUT OR THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL OUT, YOU'LL SEE THAT SAME NUMBER BECAUSE WATER COVERS THEIR DEBT.

SO IT'S AN IN AND AND OUT.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT NUMBER, IT SKEWS IT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SHOW IT IN BOTH PLACES.

BUT, UM, SO ONE OF THE 200 THOUSANDS COMING IN FOR, UM, UH, ELECTRIC AND WATER FOR THE HOPE CENTER, UH, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT THE HOPE CENTER HAS TO PROVIDE UTILITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT THEY VET.

UM, THE EPWA SUPPLEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST REALLY DO EVERY YEAR.

ELECTRIC WILL TRANSFER 4 MILLION, AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS SOLID WASTE AND SOME OF THE OTHER EPA, BUT BASICALLY 4 MILLION FROM ELECTRIC REAL PROPERTY FUND.

THAT'S A FUND THAT JUST ACCUMULATES UNTIL THERE'S A PROJECT OR SOMETHING TO DO.

WE TRANSFERRED IT TO GENERAL FUND FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THIS NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN YOUR GOV SHOP ALSO, IT'S A, IT'S A FUND THAT GENERATES MORE REVENUE THAN IT USES.

SO INTERDEPARTMENTAL DOLLARS IN WHERE THE 22.8, WHICH WAS, UH, RIGHT THERE.

SO NOW THE DEPARTMENTAL DOLLARS OUT, THESE ARE USES THAT ARE BUDGETED BY EACH ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, AND IT'S SPLIT BY THE TYPES OF EXPENSES THAT ALL THOSE DIVISIONS HAVE.

SO PERSONNEL, WHAT WE DID DO THIS YEAR, WE ALLOWED ALL THIS NORMAL STEP INCREASES TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

WE DIDN'T CUT THAT AT THIS TIME.

MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, WHICH IS BASICALLY YOUR OFFICE SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES AND CHARGES, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIKE, UH, ATTORNEY CONSULTING FEES AND, UM, OUR AUDITORS THERE IN THAT, THAT IS THE, THE SPLIT OUT THAT WE HAVE IN EVERY BUDGET AND WHAT EVERYBODY WILL BUDGET FOR.

SO 13.5 MILLION IN THAT.

AND THEN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS, AGAIN, 90 MILLION, WHICH I WILL SPLIT OUT IN THE NEXT SCREEN.

AND THEN, SO TOTAL OPERATING DOLLARS OUT 103.8.

AND THE REASON I SAID IT'S OPERATING IS BECAUSE A LARGE PORTION OF THOSE INTERDEPARTMENTAL MOVEMENTS ARE FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT USE FOR THEIR PERSONNEL AND THAT KIND OF THING.

THEN ONE TIME CAPITAL OUTLAY OF 800,000, AND THAT'S BASICALLY 700,000 FOR ROADS STREET REPAIR.

WE GET A GAS TAX, UH, COMMERCIAL VEHICLE TAX OF ABOUT 700,000 AND WE HAVE TO SPEND IT ON THAT.

SO THAT'S MAINLY WHAT THAT IS.

SO DOLLARS IN WE'RE A HUNDRED FOUR FORTY, A HUNDRED FOUR 0.6 AND DOLLARS OUT, 104.6.

UM, SO THIS SLIDE REALLY SPEAKS TO THIS 13.5 PLUS THIS 0.8.

THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS THAT YOU SEE IN EVERYONE'S BUDGET.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.

SO IT'S PERSONNEL 7.4 MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES OF 600,000, UH, OTHER SERVICES, WHICH ARE BASICALLY CONSULTING AND STUDIES FOR 5 MILLION.

AND THEN CAPITAL OUTLAY OF THE 7 54, WHICH IS MOSTLY STREETS.

AND THEN THE, THE 90 MILLION, SO I'LL KIND OF POINT THIS OUT FIRST, BUT THERE'S THAT 16.1.

SO IT JUST WENT IN AND OUT, UM, PER OUR BOND INDENTURE.

SO ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE, IS BASICALLY OUR OVERHEAD.

AND IT'S JUST, WE DO THAT THROUGH ALLOCATIONS SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT EACH DEPARTMENT'S REALLY COSTING.

SO IF FINANCE GETS A COMPUTER, IT IS GONNA CHARGE FINANCE FOR THAT COMPUTER.

AND IT'S JUST A, IT'S A CIRCULAR FORMULA OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, THE FLEET LEASE AND ASSESSMENT MANAGEMENT FEE, INSURANCE ASSESSMENT, THOSE ARE TRULY ASSESSMENTS TO KEEP THOSE BALANCES WHERE THEY NEED TO BE TO PAY FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, INSURANCE CLAIMS WHEN WE GET IT, THAT KIND OF THING.

THE PWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT ELECTRIC GIVES US, UM, EVERY YEAR.

AND ONCE IT'S ANOTHER FUND THAT KIND OF SITS IN ACCUMULATES, AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE DID, LIKE THE ICE HOUSE PARKING OR ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THAT.

SO THEY'LL SAVE IT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THE MARIJUANA FUND IS FUNDS THAT WE'VE COLLECTED FROM THE SALES TAX OF MARIJUANA, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FEES.

THAT'S SO EVERYBODY CAN MAINTAIN THEIR, THEIR VEHICLES THAT THEY OWN.

UH, CIP FOR A DA, WE ALWAYS TRANSFER A HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR FOR A DA IMPROVEMENTS.

AND ONCE AGAIN, IF THERE'S SOMETHING BIG, THEY WOULD JUST KEEP IT

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FOR A YEAR AND DO A BIGGER PROJECT.

BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THEY, THEY, UH, SPEND ALL OF THAT CLINK KIND OF VARIES.

IT WAS SUBSIDIZED BY THE ARPA FUNDS AND I BELIEVE MAYBE THE CARES FUNDS TOO FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

AND, UM, SO THIS YEAR THE GENERAL FUND WILL BE GIVING THEM A MILLION DOLLARS AND FIELD SERVICES IS STREETS, AGAIN, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, IT'S POTHOLES, THAT KIND OF THING.

UM, SO THAT COMES OUTTA GENERAL FUND AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE LARGEST, AND THAT'S THE NEGOTIATED, UH, TRANSFER TO PUBLIC SAFETY FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

THEY GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ALL OF THE INCOME FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

SO WE KIND OF WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE GENERAL FUND POLICY.

UM, JUST SO YOU KIND OF KNOW, I'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 10% FUND BALANCE POLICY, AND IT'S THE, THE FUND BALANCE POLICY WAS ESTABLISHED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO COVER UNEXPECTED EMERGENCIES AND ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS.

AND WE'RE IN AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN RIGHT NOW.

SO THIS WOULD BE A TIME, ACTUALLY WE SHOULD BE USING THE FUND BALANCE.

UM, AND WE ARE SOMEWHAT, BUT NOT LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

UM, FUND BALANCE IS COMPOSED OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS.

SO WE CAN RESTRICT IT, COMMIT IT, ASSIGN IT, OR IT'S UNASSIGNED OR NONS SPENDABLE.

AND THOSE ARE ALL DEFINED IN OUR, UH, CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

BUT BASICALLY IT'S AN EFFORT TO ENSURE THE CONTINUOUS OF SOUND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC RESOURCES.

AND THE NOT, THE 10% IS ACTUALLY A GOAL.

IT'S NOT LIKE SET IN STONE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE 10% AND WE GET IN TROUBLE.

IT WAS, IT WAS OUR POLICY THAT ESTABLISHED THAT WHEN WE LISTENED TO OUR AUDITOR CRAWFORD ASSOCIATES, HE RECOMMENDS A MINIMUM OF 10, HE WILL SAY EVEN UP TO 30.

BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT.

SO, UM, WE JUST, IT'S A, IT'S A GOAL.

IT'S A, WE STRIVE TO KEEP 10%, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE IF WE DO GO UNDER THAT, IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.

AND REALLY, LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW IN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, THAT'S WHEN YOU'D WANT YOUR RESERVES THERE TO USE.

UM, SO RIGHT NOW IN THIS, OUR NEXT HEARING WILL BE THE BUDGET HEARING, AND YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THIS IN DETAIL AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT TOO.

BUT, UM, SO OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW IS 6.3 MILLION, WHICH IS 7.35%.

IF WE WANTED TO GET TO THE 10%, WE WOULD NEED TO 0.3 MILLION MORE.

SO BECAUSE OUR SALES TAX REVENUE IS DOWN RIGHT NOW, $880,000 IS 1% OF OUR GENERAL FUND, AND IT'S 1% OF OUR NEW REVENUE PLUS ANY INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS IN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S, YOU TAKE 10% OF THAT AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GETTING THAT NUMBER.

SO PERSONALLY RIGHT NOW, I THINK ESPECIALLY IN OUR ECONOMIC TIMES RIGHT NOW, I'M FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH 7.35%.

BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR AND WE NEED A BUDGET AMENDMENT, UNLESS WE REALLY, REALLY NEED IT, THE ANSWER WOULD BE NO, BECAUSE WE WANNA TRY TO MAINTAIN IN CASE WE HAVE A STORM OR SOMETHING AGAIN.

AND CAN YOU CHANGE THAT? IT'S NOT RIGHT.

MS. ROBINSON, CAN YOU GO TO PAGE NINE REAL QUICK? I HAVE A QUESTION.

OTHER SERVICES AND CHARGES? I MISSED WHAT YOU SAID.

SO THIS IS DOLLARS OUT, THAT'S MAINLY OUR, OUR CONSULTANTS, OUR CONTRACT SERVICES.

UM, THANK YOU.

YEAH, THAT'S MAINLY WHAT IT IS.

AND STUDIES, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO STUDIES, WEREN'T THEY ALSO THE OUTSIDE LEGAL FEES ALSO FOUR? YES.

THAT'S PART OF OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

YEAH, IT'S REALLY ANY OF THOSE, THOSE LARGER ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HIRE A CONSULTANT TO COME IN AND DO OR YOU CALL 'EM.

SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE ALSO, UH, THE CONTRACTORS REPAIRING SOME OF THE WATER LEAKS AS WELL? OR NO? IS THAT JUST GONNA BE WITHIN MAY? NOT SO MUCH IN GENERAL FUND, BUT YES, IF IT'S PART OF THE STREETS.

SO WE KIND OF CAUGHT SOME OF THAT IN 25, WHICH PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN 24, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

THAT, THAT'S WHERE THAT WOULD BE TOO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, THAT'S SO MR. STEWART.

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

SO NOW I'LL JUST MOVE ON TO INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.

THIS IS KIND OF A DIFFERENT ANIMAL AND I CALL IT OVERHEAD, PEOPLE CALL IT DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT BASICALLY IT'S ANY FUND, ANY DIVISION THAT IS, DOESN'T HAVE ITS OWN REVENUE SOURCE.

AND SO THE, ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDS GET CHARGED FOR THEIR USE OF ALL OF THESE IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THEIR PERSONNEL AND EVERYTHING.

THE FIRST FOUR, I THINK IT'S 1, 2, 3, 4.

THESE FOUR ARE NOT NECESSARILY, THEY'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S,

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IT'S INSURANCE.

AND SO WE HAVE GUIDELINES AND, AND JIM MILLS HAS ACTUARIAL STUDIES EVERY YEAR IT TELLS US WHAT OUR BALANCES NEED TO BE.

AND SO THE DIFFERENT, UM, DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S BUSINESS TYPE OR GOVERNMENTAL, WILL BE CHARGED THEIR SHARE OF THAT SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR RESERVES, WHAT THEY SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A, UM, ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING.

SO THE YEAR THAT WE DID HAVE THE TWO MAJOR ACCIDENTS IN PUBLIC, IN PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY FUNDED A LOT OF THAT UNTIL WE COULD GET OUR REIMBURSEMENT.

BUT WE'RE SELF-FUNDED FOR UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

LIKE, UM, I THINK IT'S 750,000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO SELF-FUNDED IN WORKERS' COMP.

SO WE KEEP RESERVES SO THAT WE CAN PAY OUR FEES, BUT IT'S, IT'S MORE EFFICIENT TO DO IT THAT WAY.

SO THOSE FIRST FOUR OF THAT AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, SAME THING.

WE, WE, EACH DEPARTMENT WILL BE CHARGED A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO MAINTAIN THEIR VEHICLE SO THAT WHEN IT COMES, IF THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, IT'S THERE.

THE RESERVE IS ALREADY THERE, THE REST OF THESE.

SO GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND YOU KNOW, LEGAL, MARKETING, HUMAN RESOURCES, CITY MANAGER, IT, FINANCE, UH, UTILITY, CUSTOMER SERVICE, EVEN THOSE ARE ALL CONSIDERED INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS AND THEY PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE WHOLE CITY.

AND THEN THERE ARE DRIVERS THAT WE DO, WE MIGHT HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT OUR ALLOCATIONS CONSULTANT AND THEY RUN IT THROUGH THEIR MODEL AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE DRIVERS AND THAT'S HOW IT, HOW ALL THE EXPENSES IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS GETS CHARGED OUT TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, DOLLARS IN, SO THINK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

IT DOESN'T COME FROM TAXES AND THAT KIND OF THING.

IT COMES MAINLY FROM ALLOCATIONS.

AND THAT'S THOSE DRIVERS.

AND IT'S WHERE EACH ONE WILL GET CHARGED.

WE MOVE THAT INTO THIS FUND AND THEN IT COVERS THE WHOLE FUND.

AND WE, WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE IN THIS, JUST LIKE WE DO ANYTHING ELSE WHERE IT IS THERE SO THAT YOU DON'T END UP A YEAR LATER, YOU KNOW, NEEDING $5 MILLION BECAUSE OF WHATEVER REASON.

SO IT DOES HAVE A RESERVE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

THE FIRST ONES ARE MORE, UM, SO LIKE THESE CHARGES INTEREST MISCELLANEOUS, THAT'S MORE OF THOSE FIRST FOUR.

BUT IT'S ALSO FLEET LIKE, SO FLEET, THE FLEET FUND, ONCE AGAIN, WE CHARGE ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE VEHICLES, FIRE, FIRE AND POLICE OR BIG ONES, YOU KNOW, UH, WHATEVER THE LIFE OF THAT ASSET IS, WE AMORTIZE IT AND THEY PAY INTO A PHONE SO THAT WHEN THEY NEED TO REPLACE THEIR FIRE ENGINE, THEY'VE GOT IT.

AND, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN, IN THIS, THIS GROUP OF FUNDS.

SO SORRY, 87.5 IN AND ON THIS ONE TOO.

WHEN YOU SEE USING RESERVES LIKE IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT'S THOSE LIKE THE FLEET AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

THIS YEAR PROBABLY JUST WE'RE SET TO REPLACE MORE VEHICLES THAN WE NEEDED TO CHARGE OUT THIS YEAR IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.

BUT IT'S COMING FROM THOSE BIG RESERVES SO THAT WE'RE READY WHEN WE HAVE A, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE OUT.

SO THE DOLLAR'S OUT 87.5 MILLION AND THIS IS REALLY WHEN YOU DO THE DRIVERS AND YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S THE SAME THING.

IT'S JUST THESE DIFFERENT FUNDS, THEIR PERSONNEL, THEIR OFFICE SUPPLIES, THEIR CONSULTANTS STUDIES AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS.

AND THEN, UM, ONE TIME CAPITAL OUTLAY AND THE AT THAT CAPITAL OUTLAY IS GONNA BE COMPUTERS, COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES BASICALLY.

SO THIS WAS JUST A COMPARISON TO 25, WHICH WE'RE NOT THROUGH YET, BUT WHERE WE EXPECT TO BE AT THE END OF 25 COMPARED TO 26.

AND WE TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BUT RESOURCES MAINLY WE'RE ESTIMATING WE'RE DOWN AND IT'S MAINLY SALES TAX, MAINLY BECAUSE SALES TAX IS DOWN.

INTERDEPARTMENTAL KIND OF THE SAME THING.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE UP BECAUSE THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL SUPPLEMENTS BASICALLY ARE MAKING IT UP SO THAT YOU KIND OF ABOUT THE SAME PLACE USES WE'RE DOWN.

AND THIS WAS REALLY BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET.

THIS YEAR WE'RE TRYING TO WATCH EXPENSES.

SO BECAUSE OUR REVENUE'S DOWN, WE'VE TRIED TO KEEP OUR EXPENSES DOWN AND THAT'S JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT THERE.

SO THAT'S THE GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN IN INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, IT'S THE SAME IDEA, BUT IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF ALLOCATIONS.

SO ONE THING WE DID IN 25 WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY WASN'T FINISHED AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE EFFECT WOULD THAT OF THAT WOULD BE.

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AND UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON YOU'RE SEEING THIS STEP INCREASES.

WE ALSO REDUCED OUR STEPS ON ALL OF OUR SALARIES FROM 17 STEPS DOWN TO 10.

AND IT'S JUST MORE EXPENSIVE.

SO THE OUT THE RESOURCES COMING IN, 'CAUSE YOU CHARGE EVERYBODY IS MORE BECAUSE OF THAT.

AND THEN IT'S, UM, SO ON THE USES WERE DOWN, WE HAD A COUPLE THINGS.

UM, I MEAN THERE WAS A FIRETRUCK AND THEY'RE PRETTY EXPENSIVE.

SO THAT WAS LA THAT WAS IN 25.

WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THAT IN 26.

SO CAPITAL OUTLAY KIND OF THINGS ARE ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, AND UH, IT'S JUST THE CAPITAL ALLY'S NOT AS HIGH IN 26 AS IT WAS IN 25.

SO, AND IT, ONCE AGAIN, IT JUST KIND OF GOES BOTH WAYS.

'CAUSE FLEET IS IN INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, BUT FIRE IS NOT.

SO YOU'LL KIND OF SEE THAT GOING BACK AND FORTH.

SO I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT, SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.

AND JUST KEEP IN MIND IT'S A BIG CIRCLE.

JUST A BIG CIRCLE DEBT SUMMARY.

WE'VE JUST KIND OF HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON DEBT AND WE'RE REALLY JUST KEEPING IT HIGH LEVEL AND SIMPLE HERE.

BUT NO MATTER WHAT THE DEBT THAT WE HAVE DRAWN OR WE HAVE GOVERNMENTAL DEBT AND THAT WAS WHAT FUNDED THE CITY COMPLEX.

THE AND THE Y AT LIBRARY, 124 MILLION AT 6 30, 24.

IT'S ACTUALLY DOWN NOW BECAUSE WE'VE MADE A COUPLE PAYMENTS, BUT THAT'S FUNDED WITH SALES TAX.

THAT'S, WE PAY THAT DEBT OUT OF OUR 2000 CIP, THE BUSINESS TYPE DEBT IS DIFFERENT AND THAT'S WHEN WE'RE BOUGHT, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THE WATER PLANT OR IT'S A LOT OF WATER.

IT'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT THAT WE ARE TAKING ON NEXT YEAR FOR ELECTRIC.

UM, BUT IT'S BASICALLY OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR PLANTS AND WELLS THAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING.

AND THAT'S PAID BY THE RATE PAYER, THAT'S WATER AND ELECTRIC AND WATER PAYS FOR THEIR OWN DEBT.

WE DON'T TAKE FROM, YOU KNOW, SOLID WASTE OR ELECTRIC TO PAY WATER'S DEBT.

SO IN A NUTSHELL, THAT WAS AT 6 30, 24.

KEEP IN MIND WE HAD ABOUT 185 MILLION MORE COME ON AFTER THIS.

AND THAT WAS THOSE RECENT THINGS WITH WATER.

UM, IT WAS DONE, IT WAS IN 25.

SO THOSE STARTED, UH, 10, ONE OF 24, WHICH IS FISCAL YEAR 25.

SO SINCE THIS WAS AT SIX 30, THEY'RE NOT IN THERE.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY UP, IT WENT UP.

SO THE, IT'S NOT DOWN.

GOVERNMENTAL IS DOWN, IT'S ABOUT 116 AT MARCH BECAUSE WE'VE MADE PAYMENTS AND WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ON ANY MORE DEBT.

BUT THIS IS UP, IT'S CLOSE TO 700 NOW, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN OUT PER OUR 2013 WATER MASTER PLAN AND WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO THE LAST PHASE, I BELIEVE IT WAS A WATER PLAN.

IT WAS A PRETTY BIG PROJECT.

AND THE OTHER THING IS, THIS IS PROBABLY TOO MUCH INFORMATION, BUT THE OWRB LOANS THAT WE GET A REALLY GOOD RATE ON THE OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD.

WE DON'T SHOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE IT UNTIL WE DRAW IT.

SO IT SITS AT OWRB.

SO THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL DRAWS ON THAT TOO.

SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ADD 185 TO THAT AND YOU DON'T GET SEVEN, IT'S 'CAUSE WE DO DID SOME MORE DRAWS, BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE, AND IT'S ALSO INCREDIBLY LOW INTEREST RATE.

YES, VERY GOOD.

AND WE DO HAVE THAT DATA AND YOU KNOW, JUST WHATEVER YOUR PLEASURE IS, WE ARE CERTAINLY GLAD TO BUILD A SCHEDULE OR WHATEVER, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.

T THIS IS PRINCIPLE AND TYPICALLY THAT'S HOW YOU SPEAK ABOUT DEBT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR HOUSE AND IT'S A $300,000 HOUSE AND YOU SAY I OWE 265,000 MORE ON IT, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE INTEREST.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOUR INTEREST IS GONNA TAKE IT UP.

SO THAT'S THE SAME THING.

THIS IS THE PRINCIPLE, THE DEBT, THE PRINCIPLE, BUT NOT ALL THE INTEREST.

SO, BUT WE HAVE THAT ESTIMATED TOO, SO WE CAN COME UP WITH WHATEVER YOU WANT TO.

AND UM, THAT 1.2 BILLION THAT REALLY WAS KIND OF OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC FOR A WHILE INCLUDED INTEREST AND IT WAS BEFORE SEVERAL PAYMENTS.

SO YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT SOME SORT OF SCHEDULE OR MORE EXPLANATION.

BUT MOST OF IT'S WATER.

WELL, AND OUR AUDITORS, BOTH THE PERFORM AUDITOR AND OUR OTHER AUDITORS WILL BE SPEAKING TONIGHT, SO YEP, MM-HMM .

PROVIDING SOME MORE PERSPECTIVE AND CLARITY.

OUTSTANDING IS PAID WITH WATER AND ELECTRIC REVENUE BY RATE PAYERS.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR, THIS DEBT SUMMARY, UH, IT'S PAID WITH WATER, UH, LIKE OUR BUSINESS TYPE DEBT

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TO ME, THAT'S NOT AN ACCURATE, WELL, IT'S AN ACCURATE PICTURE OR STATEMENT, BUT IT'S NOT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE, OUR CONSTITUENTS COME IN AND SAY, WE, THEY'RE COMPARING US TO ANOTHER CITY.

WELL, OUR BUSINESS MODEL OF EDMOND, WE DO NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR THOSE TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE HELPING PAY A HIGHER RATE INTO OUR WATER.

RIGHT? YOU LOOK AT OKLAHOMA CITY, THEY HAVE THE BIGGER BUSINESSES THERE.

YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES, THEY HAVE BUSINESSES IN THERE THAT ARE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THE COST OF THE WATER THAN WE HAVE HERE TO HELP CARRY THE BURDEN.

THEY HELP MM-HMM .

EXACTLY.

AND SO THAT HAS, YOU CAN'T FORGET ABOUT THAT.

WHEN WE RIGHT.

WELL WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT.

WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE CITIZENS WHO DON'T WANT THE BIG BUSINESSES HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVEN HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HAVE A BUSINESS OF THAT TYPE OF IMPACT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY OF THE WAY, LOGISTICALLY THE WAY WE'RE SET UP.

BUT THAT'S PART OF THE BUSINESS MODEL OF THE CITY.

WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SET UP LIKE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE THE, UH, OTHER ENTITIES THAT CAN CARRY MORE OF THAT BURDEN.

THE COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

AND I WILL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMAN MOORE.

HE, HE, HE, HE GAVE ME A VERY GOOD THING TO LOOK AT.

HE ASKED ABOUT NICHOLS HILLS AND THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH ALL GO BONDS AND IT'S LIKE 146 MILLION AND THERE'S ONLY 3,800 PEOPLE THERE.

SO THEY, THEIR DEBT LOAD PER PERSON'S LIKE $11,000.

IT'S HIGHER THAN OURS, , BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT TYPE OF COMMUNITY.

MM-HMM.

THEY DON'T HAVE COMMER, UH, COMMERCIAL EITHER, BUT THAT'S THEIR CHOICE.

BUT THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF GEO BONDS.

OKAY, SO THEN I WAS AT QUESTION.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANYTHING WE DIDN'T COVER OR TOO GENERAL? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE DOLLARS IN DOLLARS OUT.

WELL, YOU'RE WELCOME.

GET, LET ME KNOW IF YOU COME UP WITH ANYTHING OR WANNA KNOW ANYTHING.

I'LL BE GLAD TO SEND TO YOU.

WITH OUR COMMUNITY AGENCY REVIEW COMMISSION.

NEXT WE CHRISTIE

[3. Presentation and Discussion of Fiscal Year 2025-26 Nonprofit Organization Funding Requests as Recommended by the Community Agency Review Commission.]

GOOD AFTERNOON.

CHRISTIE BATTERSON, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

UM, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BRING FORWARD THE CLARK RECOMMENDATIONS OR COMMUNITY AGENCY REVIEW COMMISSION FOR YOUR, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

UM, JUST A REMINDER THAT WE DID BRING CART CHANGES, UH, FORWARD TO YOU, UM, IN FEBRUARY DURING A WORKSHOP.

AND YOU APPROVED THEM VIA ORDINANCE IN FEBRUARY TO PRIMARY CHANGES TO THAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING.

UM, IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE'VE DONE A 3% OF PREVIOUS SALES TAX, UM, AND WE CHANGED IT TO A FLAT $1 MILLION.

UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT BY REMOVING A FEW ENTITIES THAT TOOK US UP OVER THAT 1 MILLION LIBERTY FEST UTILITY ASSISTANCE THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY HOPE CENTER AND THEN THE EDMOND HISTORICAL MUSEUM.

UM, AND THEN, UM, THE NEXT STEPS, UH, ARE TO FUND THESE THREES THROUGH AGREEMENTS THAT WILL COME THROUGH IN, UH, JULY AFTER BUDGET APPROVAL.

UM, THE KEY CLARK RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY MET TWICE.

THEY MET TO HEAR ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS IN APRIL 2ND, AND THEN SPENT ABOUT FOUR HOURS ON THE THIRD DELIBERATING EACH ORGANIZATION THAT CAME THROUGH.

UM, I WANNA SAY THAT THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME EVEN BEFORE THE APRIL, BEFORE WE BROUGHT THE CART CHANGES TO YOU GOING OVER POLICY PROCEDURES AND IMPLEMENTING WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO OVER THE NEXT, UH, FEW YEARS.

THE WARDS WERE BASED ON $1 MILLION.

WE HAD 23 ORGANIZATIONS APPLY FOR FUNDING, TOTALING $1.6 MILLION, WHICH EXCEEDS THAT $1 MILLION.

UM, THEY CAREFULLY CONSIDERED EACH, UM, BY THE, USING THE DIRECTION THAT YOU ALL HAVE PROVIDED OVER THE SEVERAL YEARS.

UM, SIX NEW REQUESTS FROM AGENCIES WERE HOPE CENTER BROUGHT A NEW PROGRAM, THE FOOD PANTRY, UM, OASIS CLUBHOUSE, FOLDS OF HONOR, EDMUND LAND CONSERVANCY BE DIFFERENT.

AND HEARTLINE WERE THE NEW AGENCIES THAT BROUGHT, WERE BROUGHT FORWARD.

THEY ALSO IMPLEMENTED A NEW SCORING RUBRICS, WHICH, UM, I BELIEVE I SHOWED ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, SHOWING THE, UH, AMOUNTS THAT THEY RECOMMENDED.

31% OF THE FUNDING WENT TO AGENCIES PROVIDING COUNSELING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

EDMOND FAMILY COUNSELING, PEACEFUL FAMILY SOLUTIONS, LILYFIELD AND OASIS CLUBHOUSE, 25% SUPPORTED AGENCIES FEEDING EDMOND RESIDENTS, EDMOND MOBILE MEALS PROJECT 66

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FOOD PANTRY AND THE HOPE CENTER, 15% FUNDED AGENCIES OFFERING COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS SUCH AS FINE ARTS INSTITUTE OF EDMOND EDMOND, HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST, UCO SPORT PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS THE ENDEAVOR GAMES, EDMOND ROUNDUP CLUB, HEARTLINE AND THE LAND CONSERVANCY.

THE REMAINING 20 PER 29% OF THE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TO AGENCIES TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN.

EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION, UR SPECIAL FOSTERING SWEET DREAMS FOUNDATION, OKLAHOMA BAPTIST HOMES, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUCH AS TURNING POINT MINISTRIES, MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES, SUCH AS MINISTRIES OF JESUS AND SCHOLARSHIPS SUCH AS, UM, FROM THE YOUTH, EXCUSE ME, YMCA'S, COMMUNITY SUPPORT, FOLDS OF HONOR AND CHARACTER COUNCIL OF EDMOND.

THE ONLY AGENCY THAT DID NOT GET FUNDED WAS BE DIFFERENT.

UM, AND THEY CAME AHEAD, COME FORWARD WITH WANTING ENDOWMENT FUNDS TO BUILD A BUILDING.

UM, AND THROUGH THEIR PRESENTATION, UM, THEY DID NOT HAVE THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, WHICH IS WHY THEY WERE SCORED, WHAT THEY WERE SCORED AND DISQUALIFIED.

UM, SO UP HERE ARE THE SCORES THAT EACH MEMBER AS AN AVERAGE.

UM, WE HAVE A SIX, UM, MEMBER COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE A SEVENTH THAT'LL BE, HAS BEEN APPOINTED, BUT AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM.

UM, AND SO, UM, EACH, WE TOOK THEIR SCORES, AVERAGED THEM, UM, FROM ABOUT 70 UP.

IF YOU SCORED A MINIMUM SCORE OF 70, THEY GAVE FULL FUNDING.

THERE WERE A FEW THAT DID SCORE HIGH, BUT DID NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT HAD BEEN SET, UM, FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

AND IF YOU HAVE ONE IN PARTICULAR, I COULD LET YOU KNOW WHICH ONE, WHAT, WHY THEY DIDN'T.

UM, AND THEN EVERYONE BELOW, THEY CAREFULLY LOOKED AT EACH ORGANIZATION.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERY NEW ORGANIZATION GOT FULL, UM, REQUEST AMOUNT.

UM, BUT EVERYBODY DID GET AWARDED SOMETHING THAT APPLIED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BE DIFFERENT.

UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT SOME DID GET ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY ASKED FOR, THAT CLARK FELT THAT THEY DID HAVE SOME FUNDS BECAUSE OF ONES THAT THEY DIDN'T FULLY FUND.

THAT THESE WERE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE GOING TO BE ASKED IN FUTURE, IN PARTICULAR FOOD SERVICES AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT THEY FELT NEEDED THE ADDITIONAL FUND TO MEET THE, UM, MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT WAS ASKED BY EVERY ORGANIZATION WHAT THE NEEDS WERE.

ALL THE FOOD, UM, AGENCIES THAT DO FOOD PANTRIES WERE SAYING THEY HAVE SEEN AN UPTAKE IN THE REQUEST FOR FOOD.

UM, AND SO THE CLARK MADE A DECISION TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WERE FUNDED IN FULL BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE LOSING THEIR FEDERAL FUNDING.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY HAVE PRETTY SPORTY BOW TIE YOU GOT ON THERE.

I KNOW.

I JUST, I JUST NOTICED , THIS IS ANOTHER THING ABOUT OUR BUSINESS MODEL THAT IT'S DIFFERENT FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES, IS THAT THEY DON'T PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THEIR COMMUNITY THAT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED.

AND, UH, AND SO TO ME IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GREAT BECAUSE, AND I TELL EVERYBODY THAT YOU NEED TO GET OUT AND VOLUNTEER IN ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS MOBILE MEALS.

YOU DO THAT FOR ONE DAY FROM WORKING IN THE KITCHEN OR, OR DELIVERING THE FOOD.

YOU'LL BE A CHANGED PERSON WHEN YOU COME BACK HOME.

AND, UM, BUT THAT JUST SHOWS THAT OVER TIME, THE COUNCIL, THE STAFF HAVE FELT THAT THERE'S A NEED OUT THERE.

AND WE'VE, WE WE'RE GOING OUT THERE TO HELP WITH THAT NEED.

UH, IF WE, IF WE WERE HAD MORE MONEY, WE WOULD GIVE MORE MONEY.

THERE'S MORE, THERE'S MORE ENTITIES OUT THERE.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO.

THE FOOD INSECURITIES IS SCARY WITH.

AND THEN THERE WAS SOME ONE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO MAKE COME, BUT, BUT FOOD INSECURITY IS, IS REAL, IS CRITICAL.

AND I USUALLY START MY PRESENTATION BY SAYING WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT THESE NONPROFITS THAT HELP IN STEP UP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND I, I JUST SAY THIS EVERY YEAR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE AT THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THIS ISN'T A BIG THING, BUT FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T, IT'S A BIG THING.

UM, THEY'RE MY FIRST CALL WHEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS INSIDE EDMOND.

UM, EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS DO HAVE TO REPORT TO US MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, AND ANNUALLY WITH WHO THEY SUPPORT, HOW MANY, HOW IT WAS SPENT, UM, AND PROVIDE THOSE, UH, DOCUMENTATION THAT WE ASK FOR.

UM, WE DO ASK FOR SINGLE AUDITS FROM THEM AS WELL, OR AN AUDIT.

UM, SO WE DO MONITOR THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THIS FALL, I'LL BE COMING FORWARD WITH A REPORT FROM THIS LAST YEAR, BECAUSE IT'LL BE THE FIRST FULL YEAR THAT THEY'LL BE REPORTING THAT INFORMATION TO US.

SO THERE IS OVERSIGHT AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.

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AND, UH, YOU DO GREAT WORK AND I KNOW THAT YOUR HEART'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

SO THANK YOU.

WELL, IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR LITTLE ONES AND OUR ELDERS EATING OR NOT EATING, IT'S A BIG THING.

I WILL SAY PROJECT 66.

UM, AND EDMOND MOBILE MEALS HAVE BOTH QUESTIONED, UM, IF THEY'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING.

UM, PROJECT 66, THEY GET SOME OF THEIR FUNDING FROM USDA AND THE REGIONAL FOOD BANK, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN UNDER SCRUTINY.

AND, AND THE MILL MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM HAS BEEN UNDER SCRUTINY AS WELL AS BEING CUT.

UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM WITH EVERY, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL DOLLAR THAT WE CAN SUPPORT BOTH OF THOSE ENTITIES WITH.

UM, AND NOW THAT THE HOPE CENTER HAS COME FORWARD WITH THEIR FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM, WHICH THEY PARTNER WITH EDMOND MOBILE MEALS AND PROVIDING FOOD BOXES TO SENIORS AS WELL.

SO THOSE NUMBERS JUST KEEP GOING UP TOO.

YES.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

CHRISTY, THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR WORKING ON THIS.

I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE SCORING AND THE, THE MATRIX THAT, UM, THE CLARK VOLUNTEERS WERE ABLE TO, UM, ABLE TO USE BECAUSE ALL OF THESE NONPROFITS ARE AMAZING AND I THINK THAT IS A GOOD CALL FROM TO THE PUBLIC OF, WE MAY NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE GENEROUS IN OUR GIVING TO CHARITIES AT THIS TIME AS WELL.

SO I REALLY HAPPY WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.

I'M REALLY THANKFUL THAT THEY GAVE OF THEIR TIME TO SERVE IN THIS WAY.

UM, AND THANKFUL FOR YOU FOR, FOR YOUR WORK.

AND, UM, THESE NONPROFITS REALLY MAKE US THE KIND OF COMMUNITY WE ARE.

UM, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THEM AND APPRECIATE THEM.

ONE LAST THING, MAYOR.

MR. FISHER, THANKS FOR HELPING OUT ON THOSE THAT NEED SOME HELP WITH THE ELECTRIC BILLS.

I WILL, I WILL SAY MR. FISHER AS WELL AS, UH, MR. ING, UM, UH, THAT MONEY WILL BE COMING OUT OF THEIR FUNDS, UM, TO SUPPORT, HELP CENTER WITH THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE.

SO GOING FORWARD AND HELP CENTER.

IT'S THE 2000 2017 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SALES TAXES.

BISHOP, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DID NOT GET THE WEAR ABO TIME MEMO? I DIDN'T EITHER.

DARN.

I HAVE SEVERAL .

I GOT ONE FOR YOU.

ALRIGHT.

I, I CAN'T PUT IT ON MY NAME, BUT THANK YOU.

[4. Presentation and Discussion of Fiscal Year 2025-26 Non-Utility Capital Project Budgets to include: Presentation and Discussion of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 2000 Capital Improvement Sales Tax Budget; and Presentation and Discussion of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 2017 Capital Improvement Sales Tax Budget.]

YES, SIR.

MAYOR.

SO, ANDY CONYERS, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ADMINISTRATION.

I CAN SAY THIS IS MY FIRST PRESENTATION IN A BOW TIES .

I'M GIVE IT A GO JUST JUST FOR YOU.

LOOKS GOOD.

SEE HOW THIS GOES.

HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS HISTORICAL NIGHT.

YEAH, .

UM, SO I, I GET THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS ONE OF THE STAFF LIAISONS TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ADVISORY BOARD.

AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT, UM, FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS GOING ON, IT REALLY IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE.

AND IT TAKES A VILLAGE, UH, NOT ONLY IN THE COMMUNITY TO ACCOMPLISH THESE PROJECTS, TO TRUST US WITH THEIR DOLLARS, BUT ALSO ALL THE OTHER STAFF THAT HELPS MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS COME TO FRUITION.

SO I'M JUST THE ONE THAT IN A BOW TIE THAT GETS TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

SO, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THESE TWO FUNDS.

SO ON THE SCREEN, JUST FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THE GREEN.

SO, UH, CITY'S LOCAL SALES TAX PRESENTLY IS 3.75%, AND TWO, UH, A HALF PERCENT IS DEDICATED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS FROM THE 2017 CIP TAX.

UH, YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHEN THAT PASSED.

THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THAT CLEVER NAME.

AND THEN THE 2000 CIP TAX, WHICH IS A THREE QUARTER CENT PERMANENT TAX.

SO AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, THESE ARE NON-UTILITY CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THOSE TWO DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCES.

UM, SALES TAX TRENDS, I ALWAYS LIKE TO PUT THIS UP WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE AGAIN, THE SOURCE OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ONLY THROUGH SALES TAX.

SO HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT AND SPENDING IN OUR COMMUNITY DIRECTLY TIES TO THESE PROJECTS THAT, UH, THEN THEY SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION LIKE A STEVENSON PARK OR A TED ANDERSON SPLASH PAD.

SO, UH, THIS IS A HISTORICAL LOOK.

SO OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, THE AVERAGE YEARLY GROWTH IS 3.23%.

UH, AS YOU ARE AWARE, AS WE FOCUSED ON THROUGHOUT THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN A DOWNTURN IN OUR SALES TAX.

SO IF YOU'LL LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER ON THE RIGHT OF YOUR CHART, AND WE SEE, SAW IT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT LAST FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY AT THE NEGATIVE 2.23, I COULDN'T HELP BUT SEE THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN WHEN WE GO BACK TO ANOTHER TIME WHEN IT WAS A LITTLE LEAN HERE IN 16 AND 17, AND THEN WE SAW A BOUNCE BACK IN 18.

SO, UH, HOPEFUL FOR THAT, WE DON'T

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BUDGET FOR THAT.

WE'RE BUDGETING FOR, UH, ZERO GROWTH, AS KATHY MENTIONED IN OUR SALES TAX THIS YEAR.

AND TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THAT MEANS, IT MEANS ABOUT 608,000 LESS DOLLARS THAN TWO FISCAL YEARS AGO.

I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT WITH THAT DECLINING REVENUE COMES DECLINING PRICES, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT SIMPLY NOT THE CASE AS MOST PEOPLE CAN ATTEST JUST IN THEIR DAILY LIFE.

RIGHT? SO THEIR DOLLARS JUST AREN'T GOING AS FAR.

SO, UM, AND JUST AS A REMINDER, SO THESE ARE NON-UTILITY.

SO UTILITY RATES AND CHARGES, FUND UTILITY PROJECTS.

SO ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING, UM, AT OUR WASTEWATER PLANT, AT OUR WATER PLANT, ALL THE EXPANSION THAT'S GOING ON TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE GROWTH OF THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WONDERFUL OR ALL FUNDED THROUGH RATES AND CHARGES, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THESE PROJECTS.

THESE ARE JUST STRICTLY SALES TAX FUNDED PROJECTS.

SORRY, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS, ON THIS, IT WAS A FUN DAY RIGHT THERE, IT SEEMS LIKE A WHILE AGO NOW, BUT IT WAS ONLY ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO WHEN KINGBIRD OPENED MM-HMM .

SO, UH, THERE, THE FUND THAT IS REPAYING THE LOAN THAT, THAT, UM, WAS BORROWED FOR THIS CAME, IS BEING PAID BACK THROUGH THE 2000.

SO AGAIN, THE 2000 CIP SALES TAX IS A THREE QUARTER CENT PERMANENT TAX.

AND SOME RECENT PROJECTS JUST TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ANNUAL RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING OF STREETS, WHICH IS ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, UH, SOONER ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN FRONT OF CREST, WHICH IS A $3.3 MILLION PROJECT THAT HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED.

AND THEN OUR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

SO FOUR PHASES OF THAT.

SO THE FOURTH PHASE IS CURRENTLY ONGOING, AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT IT HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO CALL ATTENTION THROUGH THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION IS THE CITY'S ABILITY TO GET GRANT FUNDING TO ASSIST IN PROJECTS.

BUT WITH THE ITS SYSTEM, CURRENTLY THE CITY HAS COMMITTED $8.4 MILLION AND THROUGH GRANTS WE'VE RECEIVED OR WILL RECEIVE $25.5 MILLION.

SO $34 MILLION IN TOTAL MM-HMM .

AND ONLY 8.4 MILLION OF CITY DOLLARS.

SO AGAIN, WE DO HAVE GREAT PEOPLE THAT DO, UM, REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAKING GRANT APPLICATIONS AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THROUGH AND ACTUALLY DO THE PROJECT ONCE WE GET THEM.

AS CHRISTIE CAN ATTEST BEHIND ME.

SO, SO FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE BUDGET IS BASED ON A LITTLE OVER $17 MILLION IN SALES TAX REVENUE.

AND SOME OF THE MONEY THAT'S GOING OUT IS AGAIN, TO REPAY THAT DEBT.

SO, UH, WHICH IS $12.2 MILLION.

SO $40 MILLION WAS BORROWED FOR THE KICKING BIRD PROJECTS FOR TWO YEARS OF RESURFACING STREETS.

ITS PHASE THREE, WHICH JUST FINISHED IN THE UPCOMING DANFORTH AND KELLY PROJECT.

AND THEN $81.1 MILLION WAS BORROWED IN JUNE OF 23 FOR THE CITY CENTER COMPLEX, PLUS THE YMCA AND THE LIBRARY.

AND THEN JUST AS A REMINDER, THE YMCA OVER A 15 YEAR PERIOD WILL REPAID JUST A LITTLE UNDER $13 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT.

AND THEN THE 2017 CIP SALES TAX, WHICH IS A HALF CENT TAX, WHICH SUNSETS, UH, IN MARCH OF 2027.

SO JUST A LITTLE UNDER TWO YEARS AWAY.

SOME OF THE RECENT PROJECTS WITH THAT ARE THE TED ANDERSON PARK SPLASH PAD, STEVENSON PARK IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN THE SECOND BRYANT INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.

SO FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR, UH, STAFF PROJECTS THAT IT WILL GENERATE $11.4 MILLION AND THERE'S NO DEBT REPAYMENTS.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THE PROJECTS THAT THIS FUND IS ACCOMPLISHING CAME FROM A LIST, UH, THAT WAS PREPARED BY A COUNCIL APPOINTED SHORT TERM CITIZEN TASK FORCE, AND THEN APPROVED BY EDMOND VOTERS IN APRIL OF 2016.

SO I, I HIGHLIGHTED THE CIP ADVISORY BOARD EARLIER.

SO ONE OF THE BIG FOCUSES OF THAT GROUP IS MAKING SURE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT CAME WITH THESE FUNDING THEN THAT THESE THINGS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED.

SO, UH, PROJECTS, SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, SO PROJECT SELECTION.

SO AGAIN, THERE'S TWO FUNDS AND THEN THEY HAVE A VARIETY APPLICATIONS.

SO THEY HAVE THE NUTS AND BOLTS INFRASTRUCTURE, SO STREET MAINTENANCE AND WIDENINGS QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO I THINK PARKS AND TRAILS.

AND THEN A PORTION OF, UH, DO FUND PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, REMINDER, POLICE AND FIRE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL DEDICATED FUNDING OF WHICH FIRE STATION SIX, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED THIS SUMMER, IS BEING PAID SOLELY OUT OF FIRE FUNDS.

UM, AND THEN HOW DO YOU SELECT THESE PROJECTS? BACK TO THAT, AGAIN, THE LIST THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE TAX, UM, CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS EVALUATED, UH, CONSTANTLY, BUT ON, UH, IN THE FALL, TRADITIONALLY THE COUNCIL SITS DOWN AND TALKS ABOUT THINGS THAT, UH, NEED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN IT'S ALWAYS RESPONSIVE, COMMUNITY NEEDS AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK.

AND THEN THE CIP ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDS A BUDGET TO COUNCIL, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE WITH THE ONE THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

UH, JUST SOME PICTURES.

SO THERE'S NOT SO MANY WORDS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT.

LISTEN TO MY VOICE ANYMORE.

YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT PICTURES.

CITY CENTER COMPLEX, $44 MILLION PROJECT, SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION NEXT MONTH.

UH, IT'S A COUNCIL PLAN, UH, COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN, FOUR STAR GOAL.

SO I TOOK A SHORT LITTLE TOUR TODAY.

THINGS ARE

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GREAT.

UH, THINGS ARE, UM, LOOKING LIKE AN OFFICE SPACE, SO THAT'S GREAT.

UM, LOOKING LIKE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN PARK CARS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S TREMENDOUS.

UH, JOINT USE LIBRARY AND YMCA, THAT'S A $30.7 MILLION PROJECT, OF WHICH THE CITY'S COMMITMENT IS 29.9, LOOKING AT COMPLETION EARLY 2026.

AND THAT IS A FOUR STAR GOAL IN YOUR PLAN.

SO HERE'S THE RENDERING.

HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THE SOUTH HERE, HERE'S I 35, HERE'S 15TH STREET, AND THEN THIS WILL BE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE FACILITY.

THIS IS WHERE LITTLE JANE AND JOHNNY WILL GO SWIMMING.

AND THEN HERE'S THE MORE, UH, LIBRARY CENTRIC PORTION OF THE BUILDING.

AND THEN THE Y PORTION WILL BE BACK HERE.

SO THIS IS THE BASEMENT WHERE ALL THE GUTS OF THIS STUFF WILL BE STORED, AND THERE'LL BE A TWO AND A HALF STORY BUILDING WHEN IT'S DONE.

SO GREAT PROGRESS THERE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS WINNERS AND LOSERS WHEN YOU HAVE WET WEATHER.

AND THIS PROJECT IS A LOSER WHEN IT COMES TO WET WEATHER.

SO , THERE WILL BE SOME DELAYS WITH A PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY STILL BASICALLY AN ALL OUTDOOR PROJECT UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO GET INSIDE.

BUT THINGS ARE GOING REALLY WELL.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT PARTNER IN CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION WHO'S ACTING AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, UH, AC CAPLINGER, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT RECENTLY.

SO $18 MILLION PROJECT IS COM SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETE IN THE WINTER OF 20 25, 26.

AND IT'S A FOUR STAR GOAL.

SO AGAIN, UH, UH, WITH THIS ONE, UM, LOTS OF RAINS WILL SLOW US DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'VE GOT A GREAT PARTNER THAT WE KNOW CAN MAKE UP SOME TIME.

SO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS, UH, SPEAKING OF RAIN, WILL BE THE PLAYABILITY THAT THE FIELD WILL, WILL ALLOW WITH HAVING SYNTHETIC TURF INFIELD.

SO A LOT LESS RAIN OUT.

IT'S NOT ONLY FOR THOSE LEAGUES, BUT ALSO FOR TOURNAMENTS.

SO THE NAME OF THE GAME IN TOURNAMENTS IS HOW LIKELY IS THE TOURNAMENT TO MAKE IF THERE'S RAIN? SO OUR CHANCES GO WAY UP IF THOSE INFIELDS ARE, ARE SYNTHETIC TURF.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH IN WORKING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, UH, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT JUST KICKED OFF IS PHASE FOUR OF OUR INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC SYSTEM, WHICH AS A REMINDER OF WHAT THIS DOES IS REDUCE ACCIDENTS AND IMPROVES TRAFFIC FLOW BY UPGRADING THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY AT 19 INTERSECTION.

SO FOR THIS ONE, CONSTRUCTION BEGAN LAST MONTH AND IT'S SCHEDULED FOR 15 MONTHS FOR COMPLETION.

AND THE CITY WAS ABLE TO, TO GET A GRANT TIMES TWO.

SO THE COMMITMENT FROM, UH, THE FEDS IS $10 MILLION.

AND FOR THE CITY IT'S 2.5 AND THIS IS A FOUR STAR GOAL.

AND YOU PLAN AND THEN AN UPCOMING PROJECT, UM, THAT'S LONG BEEN ANTICIPATED AS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT DANFORTH AND KELLY.

SO WHAT THIS WILL DO IS ADD TURN LANES AND MEDIANS.

AND CURRENTLY THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION IS SET TO BID IN JUNE OF 2025.

AND THEN THE COST ESTIMATE IS $2.3 MILLION FROM THE CITY AND THEN $7.4 MILLION FROM THE FEDS.

AND SO THAT IS CAPPED AT THAT NUMBER.

SO THE ASSUMING A GOOD BID, THEN CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE A CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE THAT THAT FOLLOWS FROM THAT.

AND IT'S A FOUR STAR GOAL PLAN.

AND THEN PELICAN BAY, I, I'LL SAY WITH ALL THESE PROJECTS, THINGS LIKE THIS, AND I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE SAID ENOUGH, TAKE YEARS IN THE MAKING TO GET TO THE POINT TO WHERE WE TALK ABOUT, OKAY, DESIGN IS COMPLETE NOW, NOW WE'RE STARTING CONSTRUCTION.

SO OFTEN WHEN YOU THINK OF AN INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT FROM THE TIME YOU SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, IT'S A 3D FOUR YEAR PROCESS UNTIL IT'S COMPLETE.

SO A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE HEARD, ESPECIALLY, UH, MAYOR DAVIS, COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON, COUNCIL MEMBER MUG, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THESE, BUT I JUST THINK WE CAN'T HIGHLIGHT THESE ENOUGH, THESE WONDERFUL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO GET STARTED ON.

SO, UM, PELICAN BAY WILL BE ONE OF THOSE WHICH WILL REPLACE THE DECKS GUTTERS, IT'LL HAVE A NEW POOL BASIN, IMPROVE THE RESTROOMS, ADD AMENITIES.

ONE OF THE ADD ALTERNATES WITH THE PROJECT IS WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING.

SO $7 MILLION IS BUDGETED FOR THAT.

IT'S SCHEDULED TO BID IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND IF THERE IS A GOOD BID, THEN THAT'LL BE AWARDED IN JUNE.

AND THEN THE GOAL IS FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN AFTER THE SWIM SEASON.

SO THINK AFTER LABOR DAY OF THIS YEAR.

AND THE GOAL WOULD BE TO MINIMIZE THAT ANY LOST DAYS DURING THE SWIM SEASON.

SO POOL OPENS IN MAY, THEN IT CLOSES DOWN IN SEPTEMBER.

SO THE GOAL WOULD BE ASSUMING WE COULD DO IT, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THE GOAL WOULD BE TO MINIMIZE, UH, THE DAYS THAT WE ARE NOT OPEN DURING THE SWIM SEASON.

SO WE'LL GET THOSE, EVERYTHING, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN AWARD IN JUNE.

YOU'LL GET EVERYTHING ORDERED, EVERYTHING READY TO STAGE.

AND THEN AS SOON AS WE CLOSE DOWN, THEN THERE WE GO.

START CONSTRUCTION SEPTEMBER, AND THEN THE CREEK BEND TRAIL.

SO IT'S CONSTRUCTED IN TWO PHASES.

THE FIRST PHASE IS COMPLETE.

AND AGAIN, WE UTILIZED A GRANT FOR $600,000 OF THAT.

AND THE CITY'S PORTION WAS SEVEN 50, WHICH STILL HAS ONE MORE PROPERTY TO ACQUIRE, WHICH SOME ACTION WAS TAKEN ON RECENTLY BY YOU ALL.

THERE IS TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UH, BUDGETED THIS YEAR FOR, I'M SORRY, NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR THAT.

IT'S A TWO STAR GOAL.

SO AGAIN, THE ENDS HERE THAT ARE RED,

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THAT IS DONE.

AND NOW AS SOON AS THE LAST PROPERTY CAN BE ACQUIRED, THEN THE CITY WILL LET THE CONSTRUCTION BID FOR THAT.

SO WE CAN COMPLETE THAT TRAIL NETWORK.

WE'RE CONTIN, WE WILL CONTINUE.

UM, TWO OTHER TRAILS THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.

SO ON THE TOP LEFT, UH, THIS IS ARCADIA LAKE HERE.

UM, SO THERE'S THIS SECTION CALLED THE SPRING CREEK TRAIL RIGHT HERE THAT IS COMPLETE.

AND THEN THIS CONNECTOR UP HERE THAT'S VERY POPULAR AS WELL AS THE SPRING CREEK.

SO THIS ROUTE 66 TRAIL CONNECTOR.

SO THAT PROJECT WILL BID IN AUGUST OF 2025.

ODOT HAS THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A $1 MILLION GRANT AND $3 MILLION AS BUDGETED NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR THAT.

SO THERE'S BEEN SOME DELAYS WAITING ON SOME PERMITS AND TO GET SOME PERMISSIONS, BUT WE HAVE ALL THOSE NOW.

SO WE ARE FULL STEAM AHEAD WITH BID, AND THAT IS SCHEDULED LIT TO LET BY ODOT IN AUGUST.

SO THEN CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE WILL FOLLOW FROM THERE.

ANOTHER TRAIL THAT WILL CONTINUE THE CONCLUDING, THE NETWORK AROUND THE LAKE AS WE GO MILE BY MILE WILL BE THE SPRING CREEK PARK.

SPRING CREEK PARK TO CARL REMAN PARK.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT RIGHT HERE IN THE YELLOW.

SO DESIGN STARTED, UH, LAST SUMMER AND WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A GRANT FOR THAT AS WELL, UH, FOR $1 MILLION AND TWO AND A HALF MILLION BUDGET.

AND THEN ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, UM, ARE ANNUAL RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING.

THE STREETS FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IS BUDGETED NEXT FISCAL YEAR FOR THAT $400,000 IS, UH, BUDGETED FOR SECOND STREET SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THAT'LL BE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ALL THE WAY FROM I 35 OVER TO SANTA FE.

SO THREE STAR GOALS.

SO PREVIOUSLY THE CITY HAS SENT, UH, AGAIN, WE SECURED A GRANT FOR THIS AS WELL.

THE CITY SENT ONE $1.8 MILLION TO ODOT.

AND ODOT HAS, UH, A CAP CONTRIBUTION OF 2.1.

WE WON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT'S NEEDED, BUT THIS, THIS NUMBER, THIS ADDITIONAL 400,000 WAS BASED ON THE LATEST ESTIMATE.

SO THE LAST HAPPY TO, UH, SAY THAT THE LAST EASEMENT HAS BEEN SECURED FOR THAT.

SO, UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH WORKING WITH OL FOR THAT TO BID.

AND THEN $3 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO THE INTERSECTION OF SECOND STREET AND BOULEVARD, TWO STAR GOALS.

SO $3 MILLION IS BUDGETED NEXT YEAR, AS WELL AS THREE AND A HALF IS BUDGETED FOR DESIGN AND TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS ON COLTRANE NEAR SECOND STREET IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNCOMMON GROUND PROJECT.

UH, UH, MORE PROJECTS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO $5 MILLION IS BUDGETED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW POLICE FACILITY AT ARCADIA LAKE.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT CAME WITH THE LIST, UM, WHEN THE SALES TAX WAS REPURPOSED AND EXTENDED FOR THE 2017, THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THERE.

AND THEN, UH, THE MASTER PLAN FOR ARCADIA LAKE DOLLARS ARE BUDGETED NEXT YEAR TO, TO, UH, CONTINUE SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THAT.

SO RESTROOMS, ENTRY SIGNS AND TRASH MITIGATION SLASH PICKUP.

AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER PROJECT.

SO, UM, CHRISTIE MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED IT, CHRISTIE DID MENTION EARLIER ABOUT, UH, FUNDING THAT THE CITY CONTRIBUTES TO ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE HISTORY MUSEUM.

SO THE SPACE THEY ARE IN, UM, THEY'RE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.

THEY HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME IN.

I KNOW THAT, UH, THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAYS THAT THEY'VE DOUBLED THEIR ATTENDANCE OVER THE LAST YEAR.

SO CURRENTLY THERE IS A SPACE THAT THEY'RE ONLY UTILIZING FOR STORAGE THAT IS AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR PROGRAMMING SPACE.

AND THEN ALSO THERE'S RESTROOMS RIGHT THERE THAT CAN BE EXPANDED.

SO THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THAT WOULD BE $200,000 TO MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT TO A BUILDING THAT THE CITY OWNS, WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HISTORY MUSEUM.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE FUNDRAISING AS WELL TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR CHILDREN'S AREA.

SO THESE TWO PROJECTS WOULD KIND OF WORK HAND IN HAND.

SO, UM, ONE OF THE, I MENTIONED EARLIER, I'M JUST, UM, HUMBLED TO GET TO DO THE JOB THAT I GET TO DO.

AND ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WAS WHEN, UM, I GOT TO VISIT WITH AMY STEVENS ABOUT THIS PROJECT MM-HMM .

AND SO THEY BROUGHT THIS PROJECT FORWARD TO THE CIP ADVISORY BOARD AND THE CIP ADVISORY BOARD VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS WITH THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH THAT SPACE GET REPROGRAMMED AND THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UTILIZE THE SPACE THAT'S ALREADY HEAVILY UTILIZED.

SO IT'LL BE A FUN PROJECT.

UM, CHALLENGES AS WE'VE FOCUSED ON OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS JUST AGAIN, UH, DECLINING REVENUE, INCREASING COST AND NEEDS GROWING NOT ONLY TO EXPAND, BUT ALSO TO MAINTAIN.

UM, SO WHAT I'LL OFFER AS AN EXAMPLE, THE TRAIL THAT GOES AROUND MITCH PARK.

UM, SO THE CITY WAS ABLE TO UTILIZE, AGAIN, A VERY HEAVILY UTILIZED TRAIL.

THE CIVIL, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO LEVERAGE ARPA DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO REPET, UM, RESURFACE.

RESURFACE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MM-HMM.

MY BOW TIE'S GETTING TOO ME.

ABOUT 10 TO 15 YEARS AFTER WE PUT THEM IN MM-HMM .

IT'S CUT ENOUGH TO RESURFACE THAT, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, BILLS COME DUE ON ALL OF OUR TRAILS

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SO JUST THINK ABOUT MAINTAINING THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN ADDITION TO WONDERFUL PROJECTS THAT ALSO EXPAND OUR ABILITIES.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT'S HAPPENED AT KICKING BIRD, WHAT HAPPENED WITH EDMOND CENTER COURT? UM, AND THEN WITH THE, UH, 2017 CIP EXTENSION, AGAIN, IT EXPIRES, UH, 3 31 OF 2027 REQUIRES AN ELECTION IF THAT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER THAT DATE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDED WAS TO START PLANNING FOR THAT EXTENSION.

SO ALONG WITH, UM, THE BUDGET THAT THEY, UM, VOTED TO APPROVE FOR YOU ALL, WHICH AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ON THE BUDGET HEARING, THIS IS JUST VERY HIGH LEVEL, UM, WAS TO START PLANNING FOR THAT EXTENSION.

SO, UM, AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

SO, UM, WHEN THERE THE EXTENSION IS THERE, IT WILL LIST THE TYPES OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, RIGHT.

UM, THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY THAT EXTENSION OF THE SALES TAX OR GROUPINGS, AND THAT'S WHAT PREVIOUSLY HAPPENED.

UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WOULD BE A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE IF THAT'S THE WAY THAT YOU WANTED TO GO ABOUT STARTING TO PLAN FOR THAT.

UM, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CIP ADVISORY GROUP TALKED ABOUT WAS, UM, EXTENSION, EXTENSIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO FIND OUT WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE THAT ARE OF MOST INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT, THAT, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A COMPONENT.

IT, I WILL SAY FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, IT WORKED REALLY WELL WHEN IT CAME TO THE 2017 TAX.

'CAUSE PEOPLE KNEW EXACTLY, IF I PAY THIS, THEN I'M GETTING THIS.

AND SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED YEAH.

WERE LISTED.

ABSOLUTELY.

INCLUDING THE CITY CENTER COMPLEX MM-HMM .

YES.

BUT I THINK THAT WOULD, SO PEOPLE WHO SAID, WHY DIDN'T WE GET TO VOTE ON THAT? THEY DID VOTE ON IT.

CONSOLIDATION OF CITY OFFICES IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT, THAT CAME WITH THE LIST, ALONG WITH THE DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE.

WELL, I APPRECIATE, UH, TO ME THIS IS A FEEL GOOD PART OF THE BUDGET.

YOU SEE ALL THESE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

UH, YOU SEE WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM.

UH, ONCE AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S BASED ON RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.

UH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND STAFF CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THE ITS YES.

I THOUGHT WE WERE THE FIRST ONES IN THE STATE TO DO ITSI BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

CORRECT.

AND SO WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE STARTED TO MODEL THAT AND, AND ARE DOING THAT NOW.

BUT THE CITY IS THE FIRST CORRECT.

THE PARTNERSHIP RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE YMCA THAT WE, THAT WE DID AT MITCH PARK AND, UH, YMCA NOW HAS A ROAD SHOW.

THEY GO ACROSS THE COUNTRY DOING OTHER TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS BASED OFF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE STARTED HERE IN EDMOND.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER FIRST THAT WE, AND, UM, WE, WE, WE'VE HISTORICALLY STUCK OUR NECK OUT WHEN SOME OTHER COMMUNITY WASN'T DOING THAT.

AND, UM, EVEN WITH OUR WATER MM-HMM .

WE, WE DID THAT.

UH, ALL PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS, AND THEN APPRECIATE STAFF BEING WITH THE CREATIVITY, THE COMING UP WITH THE IDEAS.

UM, WHAT IS IT, CHRIS? $72 MILLION THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING IN GRANT MONEY.

SOMETHING ELSE I WOULD LIKE FOR PEOPLE TO, TO THINK ABOUT AND REMEMBER, START AT 15TH AND BRYAN, WE HAVE NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CHARLES DA PRESERVE THERE.

RIGHT? MM-HMM .

LET'S KEEP GOING NORTH PELICAN BAY.

WE'RE GONNA RENOVATE PELICAN BAY.

LET'S KEEP GOING.

NORTH KAGER.

WE'RE IN A MAGAZINE.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT KA CHURCH FOR TOURISM, ABOUT WHAT IT'S GONNA BRING.

ECONOMIC DRIVER.

LET'S NOT STOP THERE.

LET'S KEEP GOING NORTH.

SECOND IN BRYANT, THE INTERSECTION THERE WITH THERE, THE HELP WITH TRAFFIC.

AND ONE MORE TIME.

LET'S KEEP GOING NORTH.

LET'S GO TO DANFORTH AND BRYAN.

BURG.

UH, TO ME, THAT'S A LOT.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OUR CITY'S MOVING.

AND THAT'S JUST ONE STREET.

JUST ONE STREET.

, LIKE TWO MILES, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

SO I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND AS MR. CONYERS GOES THROUGH THERE, YOU SEE FEDERAL GRANT MONEY.

OR YMCA WILL BE PAYING BACK 12.7 MILLION.

CORRECT.

AND, UM, THE COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION AND, AND ON THE LIBRARY TOO, I MEAN, WE'RE SHARING PARKING LOT SPACE WITH HENDERSON HILLS BAPTIST.

UM, YMCA'S, CONTRIBUTING METROPOLITAN LIBRARY SYSTEM CITY.

SO WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE AND STRETCH THE DOLLARS WE DO HAVE IN SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WAYS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, WISH MORE PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC WERE HERE.

I KNOW .

FORMER MAYOR.

SHADED .

INCOMING COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

THAT'S, AND I THINK, AND OUR, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM NON DOC.

EVERYONE ELSE IS A CITY,

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A CITY STAFF PERSON.

SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF TRANS TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IF FOLKS WANT IT.

AGREED.

MORE TO COME AT OUR MEETING IS RIGHT.

SO WHO'S GOING TO HANDLE THE NEXT STEPS, KATHY? UM, OR YEAH, I, I'M HAPPY TO, MR. MOORE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I CAN.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UM, SO TODAY MARKS THE FOURTH, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT WE'VE HAD.

UH, WE KICKED IT OFF HEARING FROM A LOCAL ECONOMIST, DR. RUSSELL EVANS TO, UH, KIND OF GET THE LAY OF THE LAND AS WELL AS MS. PANIS SHARED SOME, UM, WHAT WAS GOING INTO BUILDING THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.

UM, HEARD FROM PUBLIC SAFETY AFTER THAT, AND THEN FROM OUR UTILITIES.

SO TODAY MARKS THE FOURTH WORKSHOP THAT'S BEEN HELD.

SO THE BUDGET HEARING WILL BE ON MAY 12TH AT 2:00 PM AND THEN ANY FOLLOW UP FROM THE BUDGET HEARING WILL BE, UM, TALKED ABOUT DURING MAY, THE MAY 27TH BUDGET WORKSHOP.

WHAT TIME OF DAY IS THAT, PLEASE? THREE 30.

THREE 30.

AND THOSE ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS? YES, SIR.

YEAH, THAT BE HELD RIGHT HERE.

AND THEN WE ARE, UM, SCHEDULED FOR BUDGET ADOPTION AT A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 9TH.

SO THAT WOULD BE NEXT STEPS.

VERY GOOD.

MAY I SUGGEST THAT THAT MAY 27TH MEETING START AT THREE O'CLOCK? WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.

I, I CAN'T MAKE THREE O'CLOCK.

OH, .

I KNOW.

I'LL SAY THAT BOW TIMES WORK, BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST MEETING.

I HAVEN'T HAD TO TELL HIM.

SPEAK UP.

SO IF I PASS OUT IN A MINUTE, PLEASE THOUGH.

ALL RIGHTY.

THAT'S OKAY.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN HERE COMING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL, COUNSEL, UH, THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

THEY'VE ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT WHENEVER YOU GET AUDITED, YOU TELL HOW, TELL WHAT YOUR PROCESSES ARE.

THE AUDITOR COMES IN, SHOWS THAT YOU SEES THAT YOU'VE DONE YOUR PROCESSES THE WAY YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA DO 'EM.

NINE TIMES OUTTA 10, YOU PASS YOUR AUDIT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN HISTORICALLY DOING, TELLING WHAT OUR PROCESSES ARE.

WE'VE BEEN AUDITED.

WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE AUDITS TONIGHT AGAIN.