* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. Call to Order of the Edmond City Council Meeting.] [00:00:05] GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO OUR JUNE 22ND MEETING, AND WE NOW HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS TONIGHT? WHERE'S KATIE? I DON'T HAVE A LIST UP HERE, SO I'M ASSUMING WE DON'T. MOVING ON TO NUMBER THREE IS [3. Appointments and Reappointments:] APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS. THERE ARE 31 APPOINTMENTS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. WE ARE PULLING ITEMS THREE, E, SEVEN, AND EIGHT. WE WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THOSE TWO. WE REAPPOINTMENTS TONIGHT. THEY WERE ACTUALLY VOTED ON IN APRIL AND SOME WIRES GOT CROSSED AND THEY GOT ADDED BACK TO THE LIST TONIGHT. SO THERE'S 29 APPOINTMENTS. CAN I GET A MOTION? MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR CITIZENS WHO SERVE ON THOSE BOARD AND COMMISSIONS. THAT'S A TON OF PEOPLE. . IT IS. MOVING ON [A. Case No. Z18-00005; Public Hearing and Consideration of Approval of Ordinance No. 4088 Rezoning Certain Property Generally Located on the North Side of Covell Road, East of Sooner Road, from “PUD Z18-00005” Planned Unit Development - Legacy at Covell to “PUD Z18-00005” Planned Unit Development - Legacy At Covell - Second Amendment and Providing an Effective Date. (Ward 2)] TO ITEM FOUR, CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. ITEM FOUR A IS CASE NUMBER Z ONE EIGHT DASH 0 0 0 0 5. PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 4 0 8 8 REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COVE ROAD, EAST OF SOONER ROAD. AND WE HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE APPLICANT TO CONTINUE THAT ITEM UNTIL THE JULY 27TH MEETING. SO IF I COULD GET A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU. ITEM [B. Consideration of Approval of a Budget Amendment for a Transfer of Appropriation from the Facility Maintenance Budget for Building Improvements to the Facility Maintenance Janitorial Contract Services Budget; $100,000.00. (Citywide)] FOUR B, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR A TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATION FROM THE FACILITY. MAINTENANCE BUDGET FOR BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITY. MAINTENANCE JANITORIAL CONTRACT SERVICES BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000. UH, DO WE HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT STAFF COMMENTS ON THIS. UM, WHO DO WE HAVE THAT'S ADDRESSING THIS ONE? MR. KRIEGER. BOBBY MASTERSON, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. CAN'T HEAR YOU AT ALL. BOBBY MASTERSON. THERE YOU GO. ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. SO THE SHORTAGE ON THE BUDGET, WE ORIGINALLY HAD TWO PROPERTIES THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE MAINTAINING AND THEY WERE RETAINED AFTER THE BUDGET WAS PUT TOGETHER. UH, AND SO WE HAD AN INCREASE THERE. AN INCREASE IN THE CITY, NEW CITY BUILDING FOR COST ASSOCIATED THERE AND THE JANITORIAL CONTRACT. UH, AND WE HAD SECURITY COSTS FOR THE CITY BUILDING THAT WERE CHARGED THAT WERE P PAID FOR OUTTA FACILITY MAINTENANCE THAT WERE NOT ORIGINALLY BUDGETED. QUESTIONS? ANYONE? I HAD A COUPLE YEAH. ON THIS ONE. UM, I GUESS WERE WE TRACKING THIS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND DID WE SEE THE, THE PRESSURE? IT'S A LITTLE BIT LAST MINUTE HERE. WE, SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE. WELL, TYPICALLY CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE CAN BE USED TO TAKE CARE OF JANITORIAL SHORTFALLS IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE. OKAY. BUT WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SECURITY CONTRACT, THOSE FUNDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO DO THAT AS WE WOULD'VE DONE IN THE PAST BECAUSE THE SECURITY CONTRACT WAS NOT BUDGETED. OKAY. MR. WATERSON, I THINK YOU'RE, BUT I THINK PART OF THAT QUESTION WAS IF YOU WERE TRACKING IT, IF WE KNEW THAT THEY'D LUMPED THE SECURITY ON THERE, WHY WEREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN JANUARY? SIX MONTHS AFTER WE MOVED INTO THIS BUILDING? YEAH. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BUILDING YET AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE FOR A SHORTFALL. OKAY. BUT IF WE KNEW WE'D LUMPED A SECURITY CONTRACT IN, WE KNEW THE AMOUNT OF IT. WHY DIDN'T WE AT LEAST HAVE THAT CONVERSATION? I MEAN, WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO THEN GET TO THIS POINT AND NOT HAVE TO DO ANOTHER BUDGET AMENDMENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE'D HAD THOSE WHERE WE'RE ALREADY DEALING WITH ABOUT 20 OF THEM. WE'D ALREADY HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH CITY MANAGEMENT PRIOR TO THAT. AND THIS IS THE, THE PATH THEY WANTED TO GO DOWN AT THAT TIME PRIOR TO AJ. OKAY. AND WHEN WE GOT A NEW CITY MANAGER, WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WE WERE GONNA BE AT THE CONTRACT. WE REDUCED THE CLEANING CONTRACT FROM THREE TIMES A WEEK TO TWO TIMES A WEEK FROM FIVE TO TWO TO TRY TO MAKE UP SOME OF THAT GROUND AND [00:05:01] DIDN'T ANTICIPATE OR KNOW THE COSTS THAT WERE GONNA BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BUILDING GOING IN. OKAY. I THINK WE'VE HEARD THAT ALL YEAR. SO YEAH, IT'S JUST KIND OF PUZZLING. 'CAUSE WE OPENED IT SO LONG AGO, IT SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD'VE, AND MAYBE YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING AT IT AND WE JUST DIDN'T SEE IT. AND I MEAN, HAVE YOU DUG INTO THIS AT ALL? I DON'T KNOW. I COULDN'T HEAR THE LAST PART OF YOUR QUESTION. HAVE YOU DUG INTO THIS TO GET THE BACKGROUND ON IT? NO, NOT MUCH MORE THAN UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, THERE WAS SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT THE COST FOR THIS BUILDING WOULD BE AND THAT, THAT THERE WERE ADJUSTMENTS MADE. BUT NOT TO THE DETAIL THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED TONIGHT. BUT I KNOW FROM HAVING, UH, HAD PREVIOUS KINDS OF, OF BUDGET AMENDMENT DISCUSSIONS AND ANSWERING THE QUESTION, WHY IS EVERYTHING A BUDGET AMENDMENT? I UNDERSTAND THE LARGER POINT I THINK THE COUNCIL IS MAKING, AND THAT IS A COUPLE THINGS, IF, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. ONE, AS A STAFF, WE NEED TO TRY AND ANTICIPATE WHEN THOSE BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY, BUT THAT'S ONLY AFTER WE'VE EXHAUSTED EXAMINING WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL BE NECESSARY. AND IF WE FIND OUT THEY'RE NECESSARY, THEN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAYBE EITHER PROVIDE EARLIER NOTICE OR OTHER ALTERNATIVES OF THAT KIND OF THING. YEAH. JUST SO WE CAN COLLECTIVELY, YOU KNOW, STEER THE OUTCOME RATHER THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, NOW WE HAVE TO SAY YES KIND OF. IT'S JUST, IT, THE PUZZLING PART IS JUST THAT CITY HEALTH'S BEEN OPEN SO LONG, SO IF IT HAD OPENED A QUARTER AGO, THIS WOULD MAKE TOTAL SENSE. IS THERE THAT, THAT'S THE PART I'M STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND, FRANKLY. TODD HILDEBRAND, FACILITY MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT. SO WHEN THIS BUILDING RIGHT BEFORE IT OPENED, WE DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THIS BUILDING MM-HMM . WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND THE, UH, LIABILITY ISSUE OF THAT, WE WEREN'T EVEN IN THE BUILDING. MY STAFF DIDN'T EVEN COME TO THE BUILDING UNTIL IT WAS ALMOST OPEN. SO HAVING MY CONTRACTOR COME IN TO MEASURE GLASS. YEAH. UH, CLEANING SURFACES. THERE WAS REALLY NO WAY FOR US TO BUDGET AN EXACT AMOUNT. AND THEN TO PUT ON TOP OF THAT, WE RAN FLAT AS A BUDGET. OKAY. AND THEN WE KEPT SEVEN NORTH AND, UH, CITY FIRST, WHICH WHEN I TALKED TO MY CONTRACTOR, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THOSE WERE GONNA GO AWAY. AND THE, SO TAKING THOSE AWAY WOULD GIVE US THE MONEY NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS BUILDING. WHILE WE HAVE THIS BUILDING, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE PARKING GARAGE. MM-HMM . SO THOSE ARE BASICALLY THREE ENTITIES ON TOP OF THE TWO THAT WE'RE KEEPING. SO THERE WAS REALLY NO WAY FOR US TO REALLY GAUGE THE EXACT NUMBER OF WHAT WE WERE GONNA NEED. OKAY. SO IT PUT US AT A DISADVANTAGE FOR BEING ABLE TO TRACK EXACTLY WHAT THAT NUMBER IS UNTIL WE HAD THE COLLECTION OF THESE. OKAY, THANKS. SO IT MAY SEEM LIKE IT'S BEEN A YEAR, BUT IN, IN ALL ACTUALITIES, IT'S, IF I MAY, I WOULD, I WOULD ALMOST SAY, I THINK TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME. ONE, I THINK THE POINTS THAT THAT ARE BEING MADE ARE PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE. THAT THERE WAS A LEARNING CURVE AND THAT, AND I DO KNOW FOR A FACT THEY MADE ADJUSTMENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, BUT I THINK THE COUNCILS OTHER LARGER POINT ABOUT TRYING TO ANTICIPATE WHEN BUDGET AMENDMENTS WILL BE NECESSARY AND NOT WAITING UNTIL LITERALLY THE LAST MEETING OF THE FISCAL YEAR TO HANDLE THESE THINGS. THOSE THINGS CAN BOTH BE TRUE. AND, AND I I DO HEAR THAT THAT IS A POINT YOU'RE MAKING ONE THEME OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA. SO YOU JUST HAPPENED TO BE FIRST, BUT, WELL, YOU'RE FIRST. I, I'M TRYING TO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THAT WAS PART OF, I USED THE FIN THE, UH, THE MONIES THAT I HAD IN CONTRACT SERVICES FOR FACILITY MAINTENANCE TO COVER THE, THE COST OF THE CLEANING. AND I'M BASICALLY WITH THIS TRANSFER, I'M JUST RECOUPING MY COST THAT I EXTENDED THAT BUDGET ITEM. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE DOLLARS ON THIS ONE. IT'S MORE JUST ABOUT THE PROCESS. AND ARE WE ALL, DO WE ALL HAVE THE DATA AND THE TOOLS TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO THAT WE AREN'T AT THE LAST MINUTE, LIKE MOVING FORWARD, OH, WE GOTTA GO DO A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT TO MAKE EVERYTHING LINE UP. IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AS BAD IF THE TWO PROPERTIES HADN'T BEEN RETAINED. THE ENTIRE BUDGET WAS BUILT IN ADVANCE WITH THOSE TWO PROPERTIES GOING AWAY. RIGHT. OKAY. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. SO WHEN THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, WE HAVE THE EXTENDED EXPENSE ON THOSE. WE KNEW WE WOULD BE HERE, WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHEN AND HOW MUCH. OKAY. STILL NEED A WORKSHOP ON THAT ONE. BY THE WAY. ON, ON THE ONE HAND, I'LL TELL YOU THAT I REALLY AND TRULY LIKE THAT IDEA OF WHETHER IT'S MAY OR FIRST MEETING IN JUNE, WE'RE DEALING WITH A SINGLE BUDGET AMENDMENT. MY CONCERN HERE WAS WHEN YOU FOUND OUT THAT THE SECURITY CONTRACT WAS LUMPED IN WITH IT, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE MONTHS AGO. 'CAUSE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A VERY LOGICAL ONE TO GO AHEAD AND DEAL WITH. UM, BUT THAT'S JUST LIKE, LIKE MR. WASHINGTON JUST SAID, THIS IS GONNA BE A RECURRING THEME, I THINK TONIGHT ABOUT HOW WE'RE HANDLING THIS AS WE START LOOKING AT HOW WE CLEAN UP PROCESSES MOVING FORWARD. UM, SO THE IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ME NOW, SORRY [00:10:01] TO JUMP IN, UH, IS WHAT DO WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR AND DO YOU THINK WE'RE OKAY IN TERMS OF OUR PLAN VERSUS WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA SAY? WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE SECURITY CONTRACT GOING FORWARD. SO THOSE FUNDS ARE GONNA BE LIKE THEY WERE PREVIOUS TO THE SECURITY CONTRACT THAT WE WON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE. AND THE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHICH BUILDINGS AND HOW MANY WINDOWS IS ALL LAYING, FLATTEN OUT, ALL FLATTENED OUT AND HAMMERED OUT. NOW THE, THE BUDGET YEAR AFTER THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REALLY SIT DOWN AND, AND COMPILE THOSE COSTS. AND THAT WILL HAVE TO BE AN INCREASE IN MY BUDGET TO, TO COVER THOSE. BUT FOR NEXT YEAR, I HAVE THOSE COVERED THROUGH, THROUGH THE SECURITY COSTS AND WE OWE YOU SOME DIRECTION ON YOU STAFF SOME DIRECTION ON THAT ONCE WE HAVE THAT WORKSHOP ON WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THOSE BUILDINGS AND ALL THAT. SO MM-HMM . MORE TO COME THERE. OKAY. THANKS FOR ANSWERING. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? SCENE NONE. COUNSEL, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? MOTION. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. MOVING ON TO ITEM [C. Digital Evidence Management System:] FOUR C, DIGITAL EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO THIS. C ONE IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUDGET FOR SPECIAL SERVICES, MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUDGET FOR SPECIAL SERVICES, CONTRACT SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND C TWO IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF NICE, PUBLIC SAFETY DIGITAL EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING HGAC BY CONTRACT RP 0 7 1 IN THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. CHIEF, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, JD YOUNGER, UH, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST TO, UH, MOVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, 26 BUDGET THAT'S CURRENTLY IN A CAPITAL ACCOUNT. UH, IT WAS BUDGETED FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE DIGITAL EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UH, BUT IT WAS BUDGETED AS CAPITAL INSTEAD OF CONTRACT SERVICES. AND SO OUR INTENTION, UH, IF THE TRANSFER IS APPROVED FROM THE CAPITAL TO THE CONTRACT SERVICES IS TO CONTRACT, UH, AS IDENTIFIED IN THAT SECOND, UH, UH, REQUEST, UH, WITH THE, UH, VENDOR TO PROVIDE THE DIGITAL EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. UH, JUST FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE LISTENING TO ME SAY THAT TERM AND NOT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. UH, AS YOU MIGHT SUSPECT, UH, IN, IN OUR FIELD, AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF INFORMATION IS DIGITIZED. SO WHETHER IT'S FROM YOUR CELL PHONE, UH, CAMERA, CAMERAS, VOICE RECORDINGS, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS DIGITAL EVIDENCE. UH, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM, UH, TO MANAGE THAT. UH, AND SO IT, IT LIMITS US AND, AND ADDS SOME SOME EXTRA STEPS FOR OUR PEOPLE TO, TO BOTH COLLECT AND STORE, RETAIN THE DIGITAL EVIDENCE. SO THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT, THAT IT WILL INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCY AND ALSO PROVIDE SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS WHEN WE ARE SOLICITING, UH, MAYBE PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UH, DOORBELL, CAMERAS OR OTHER VIDEO FOOTAGE OR AUDIO FOOTAGE. UH, A BETTER WAY TO SUBMIT IT. QUESTIONS CHIEF? I I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION. YES, SIR. YOU SAID THE MONEY'S GOING FROM CAPITAL TO WHAT CATEGORY? IT'S A CONTRACT SERVICES ACCOUNT. CONTRACT SERVICES. YES SIR. SO IN YOUR CAPITAL SECTION, WHAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR THE YEAR? I, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME NOW. MORE THAN, MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN CAPITAL. YEAH. I, FOR SOME REASON I THINK TOTAL IN THAT FUND WAS MORE THAN A MILLION. WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET THOUGH, NOT WHAT NECESSARILY SITTING THERE AVAILABLE TO YOU. RIGHT. I I THINK AT THE START OF OF FY 26, UH, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN THAT MUCH, OKAY, IF THERE WAS A MILLION DOLLARS IN THERE AND WHERE IT'S GOING UNDER CONTRACT SERVICES, I KNOW IT'S MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS. THAT WOULD BE UNDER THE 10% CAP THAT THIS COUNCIL APPROVED, THAT THE CITY MANAGER CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT TRANSFER WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL. UM, WE, WE, WE HAD A POLICY CHANGE WHERE IT'S 10% OR $10,000, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. SO JUST MOVING FORWARD KNOW THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU TO SPEED THE PROCESS UP, BECAUSE THEN ALL WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT IS THE ACTUAL CONTRACT YOU, YOU'VE GOT IS ITEM TWO. YES, SIR. I, I MAY HAVE MISSPOKE ON THAT BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE LAST COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM WE HAD A SIMILAR REQUEST. AND AT THAT TIME, UH, IN CONSULTING WITH, UH, FINANCE, UH, THEY DID, UH, DISCUSS THAT, UH, COUNSEL DIRECTIVE. AND SO IF, IF THIS IS ON HERE, JUST, JUST SPECULATING AGAIN, THAT GETS ME IN TROUBLE. I SUSPECT THAT, THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE ON THAT BECAUSE OF THE DISCUSSION WE HAD WITH THE PREVIOUS, UH, AGENDA ITEM. BUT, BUT YES, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, FINANCE IS VERY WELL AWARE OF THAT AND, AND HAS ADVISED US. SO [00:15:01] I WOULD SUSPECT THAT, THAT THE PROPOSAL IS BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER THAT TOTAL AMOUNT. BUT YES, NOTED. AND, AND I'LL DOUBLE CHECK NEXT TIME. SO, SO THEN LOOKING AT, AT SUB ITEM TWO HERE, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE, WE HAVE THE PURCHASE ORDER READY TO GO. WE CAN GET IT ISSUED BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. UH, WE, WE WILL NOT, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WILL NOT ISSUE IT IN JUNE. AND THAT'S BACK TO, I BELIEVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WAS IT IN THE BUDGET, UH, TO COVER THIS FOR FY 27. AND SO I THINK ONCE APPROVED, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WILL LOOK TO, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF THAT IN, IN JULY AGAIN. SO THEN ARE WE DOING THIS TRANSFER FOR 26 OR 27? I SUSPECT WE'LL ENCUMBER IT. UH, I JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE TIMING ON THAT, BUT WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR MONIES IN FY 27, UH, I WAS DIRECTED THAT THEY WOULD NOT, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE EXECUTED IN A TIME TO HAVE TO HAVE 'EM IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WITH YOU. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION THOUGH. IT WAS BUDGETED IN 26 AND WE'RE GONNA EXECUTE IT IN 27. IS THAT OKAY? ? I NEED TO LOOK INTO HOW IT'S GONNA WORK. CAN I PHONE A FRIEND AND ASK KATHY? SURE. ABSOLUTELY. YOU CAN ASK A FRIEND . IS SHE HERE ? BECAUSE WHAT I, WHAT I'M SEEING HERE WHEN I LOOK AT THE ITEM, IT'S SAYING FY 26. OKAY? IF IT'S FY 26, WE NEED TO HAVE THE PURCHASE ORDER ISSUED BY THE END OF THE MONTH. IF IT'S FY 27, IT'S A DIFFERENT MATTER WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE CONTRACT. I HAVE TO SIGN THE CONTRACT BY 26. CAN I AND SIGN THE CONTRACT? I'M ASKING OR WE COULD CONTINUE IT. SO I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME EITHER. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THIS WAS DOING, BUT WE'RE WE WERE TAKING IT FROM CAPITAL TO IT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON? I DO. OKAY, , WELL THEN WE'LL JUST MOVE IT OVER. PHONE THE WRONG FRIEND. MY FAVORITE, MY FAVORITE 50 50. UH, YEAH, SARAH, CO DIRECTOR OF IT. UM, THE EVIDENCE MAN, UH, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WE INTEND TO A LOT OF THESE, UH, PROJECTS WE HAVE TO GET ON THE BOOKS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT. AND SO THE INTENT IS TO ENCUMBER THE FUNDS FOR THIS INCOME TO CREATE THE PURCHASE ORDER TODAY, TOMORROW, TOMORROW. AND THEN BE ABLE TO, UM, SEND THE PURCHASE ORDER TO THE COMPANY SO THAT WE CAN GET ON THE BOOKS FOR IMPLEMENTATION. SO IT'S, SOME OF THESE IT PROJECTS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM THE PO IN ORDER TO GET ON THE BOOKS IN ORDER TO SCHEDULE FOR, TO IMPLEMENT. WELL, I, I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT. THE, THE QUESTION IS THOUGH, IS IT FY 26 BUDGET? YES. WHICH MEANS YOU GOTTA HAVE A PO ISSUED IN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. THAT WAS THE INTENT. I KNOW THAT. I'M AWARE THAT THAT IS THE INTENT OF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. AND IF IT DOESN'T, THEN WE JUST ROLL THAT C*M TO NEXT YEAR. WE DON'T ROLL. WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT FOR USE AGAINST FY 27 APPROPRIATED DOLLARS, NOT 26. THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR NEXT YEAR. YEAH. YEAH. WELL, BASED ON HER COMMENTS, AGAIN, FILLING IN THE BLANKS HERE. SO WE WILL ISSUE THE PO AND ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT, BUT THE SERVICE PERIOD WOULD NOT START UNTIL IMPLEMENTATION IS COMPLETED. SO I WAS TRYING TO CONNECT THE DOTS BETWEEN WHAT I TOLD YOU EARLIER ABOUT DO WE HAVE FUNDS BUDGETED TO CONTINUE THIS CONTRACT AND FY 27, WE WILL NOT NEED FUNDS IN FY 27 TO CONTINUE THE CONTRACT BECAUSE THE SERVICE PERIOD WILL NOT START UNTIL THE SOFTWARE IS ELIGIBLE FOR USE. SO THAT THAT HELPS CONNECT. SO THEN WE'RE ENCUMBERING FY $27. NO, WE'RE GONNA ENTER, WE'RE GONNA ISSUE THE PO TOMORROW THIS WEEK, WE WILL ISSUE THE PO. I I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT, BUT IF YOU ISSUE A PO TODAY FOR A 12 MONTH CONTRACT, PART OF IT GETS PAID FOR OUT OF FY 26. IF YOU HAVE TO PAY, IF YOU HAVE AN INVOICE DUE IN 26, THE REST OF IT THEN NEEDS TO BE ENCUMBERED AGAINST FY $27 BECAUSE IT'S A FY 27 EXPENDITURE ON A CONTRACT. THAT'S WHERE WE FUND THE FRIEND AGAIN. AND BASICALLY WHEN WE HAVE ENCUMBERED FUNDS, SO FOR A LOT OF OUR IT PROJECTS, IT WORKS VERY SIMILAR. WHEREAS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, WE ARE [00:20:01] IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY NOW. SO WE HAVE THE PURCHASE ORDER THAT WE HAD TO HAVE FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT AND THEY HAVE FLOWN, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE THE REST OF THE ITEMS. BUT YOU CAN ONLY PAY AGAINST AN FY 26 PO THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. AFTER THAT. IT HAS TO BE THE, THE NEW FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET THAT'S PAYING FOR IT. AND THAT'S THE PROCESS OF ROLE OF WHAT IS THE ROLE. OH, THEN WE, SO I'M GONNA SKIP THAT. OKAY. SO FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, I, I THINK I WOULD AGREE THAT IF THE SERVICES AREN'T GOING TO BE RENDERED UNTIL 27, IT WOULD NEED TO BE A 27 PO. SO IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANYTHING HAPPEN, NORMALLY THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, IF YOU'RE GOING FROM A, A CAPITAL ACCOUNT RIGHT, TO A SERVICE ACCOUNT, YOU'RE GONNA GET IT. YOU'RE DOING IT THAT FISCAL YEAR, RIGHT? SO CAN I, MAYBE I JUST SUGGEST WE CONTINUE THIS ONE. I'LL LET YOU GUYS WORK IT. THE MONEY'S THERE EITHER WAY, IT'LL EITHER BE IN YOUR CAPITAL RESERVES OR IT'LL BE IN THE BUDGET. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT EITHER WAY. WE CLEARLY DON'T HAVE WELL, YOUR BUDGET FOR BUDGET FOR 27 IS SET. YEAH. SO THIS IS AFFECTING THE 26TH BUDGET. IT'S EITHER AN AMENDMENT TODAY OR IT'S AN AMENDMENT IN A MONTH, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. THE MONEY IS WHAT IT IS. OKAY. YES. LET'S LOOK AT MAYBE LET'S LOOK AT THIS SO WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS. YEAH, I DON'T REALLY WANNA MAKE SAUSAGE HERE IN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS. I THINK WE CONTINUE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH. IT, IT SHOULDN'T IMPACT OUR SERVICE DELIVERY. SO WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO YOU AT A DIFFERENT TIME. OKAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION? WELL, I'M FINE WITH CONTINUING IT. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, BUT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF YOU ALL GETTING THIS SERVICE. YEAH, YEAH. SAME. YEAH, I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY, VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS. IT'S JUST WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S DONE CORRECTLY ACCORDING TO BOTH CITY ORDINANCE AND STATE LAW. YEAH. YEAH. SO I'LL MOVE TO CONTINUE TO JULY 27TH. YEP. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. OH WAIT, IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT. WHY IS IT PUBLIC COMMENT ? DO I, DO I NEED TO TAKE IT? OKAY, GOOD. I'VE GOOD. CAST YOUR VOTE. WELL, AND I NEED TO CONFIRM THAT I'M MOVING TO CONTINUE BOTH ITEMS TO JULY 27TH. IF YOU'LL SECOND THAT. YES, I DO SECOND, BUT WE'LL GET THERE. OKAY. MOTIONS PASSED. FOUR ZERO. ALRIGHT. ONTO FOUR [D. ODOT Grant:] D THE OO GRANT. UM, WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS, SUB ITEMS HERE. CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL AGREEMENT WITH THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO RECEIVE $50,018 IN GRANT FUNDING VIA THE SECTION 53 10 ENHANCED MOBILITY OF SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. GRANT FOR THE CITY LINK ACCESS PARATRANSIT SERVICE AND ITEM SUB ITEM TWO, CONSIDERATION, APPROVAL OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION RECORDING GRANT REVENUE, THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANT AWARD AND INCREASING CITYLINK BUDGET BY SET AMOUNT. $50,018. MS. BATTERSON. GOOD EVENING. CHRISTIE BATTERSON, DIRECTIVE OF HOUSING COMMUNITY RESOURCES. UM, THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF US, IN FRONT OF YOU, ODOT REACHED OUT TO US. THEY HAVE SOME LEFTOVER, UH, KRISA MONEY OR IT'S CORONAVIRUS, UH, MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN OUT IN 21. THEY HAVE TO SPEND IT ALL THIS YEAR OR HAVE TO PAY IT BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY KNEW THAT WE COULD SPEND IT QUICKLY. UM, THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OUR DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE. UM, AND SO THEY OFFERED $50,018, UM, FULL REIMBURSEMENT, 100% COVERAGE QUESTIONS. WE ACCEPT THEIR OFFER. . I THINK THE ONE QUESTION, AND SHE MAY HAVE ANSWERED IT BEFORE WHEN SHE REPLIED TO YOU ABOUT THIS 50,000, IT'S JUST BASICALLY FOR, FOR THE MOST PART IS REPLACING OTHER MONIES THAT WE ARE ALREADY SPENDING. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. IT'S JUST WE HAVE TO DO THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE WE GOTTA GET IT COMING OUTTA THE RIGHT FUND TO PAY FOR IT. THAT'S CORRECT. AND, AND THEN ESTIMATED COST. WHEN I CAME TO YOU A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WITH THE BUDGET, ANOTHER BUDGET OF AMENDMENT, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, AND ANTICIPATE AN ESTIMATE OUR PARATRANSIT COST, IT CONTINUES TO GO UP. I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ENOUGH COVERAGE AND THIS WOULD GUARANTEE THAT WE DO. OKAY. BUT IT WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CORRECT RESERVES THAT WE'RE USING. CORRECT. 'CAUSE IT'LL BE YEAH. YEAH. WE, WE WILL GAIN THE 50,000 BACK AND IT WON'T IMPACT FUTURE YEARS OTHER THAN WE'LL STILL BE LOOKING FOR AS CROSS INCREASE HOW WE HANDLE THEM. IT'S NOT [00:25:01] LIKE WE'RE THROWING 50,000 INTO THE MIX. IT'S GONNA MAKE US FIND 50,000 NEXT YEAR. CORRECT. OKAY. CORRECT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S ANOTHER WORKSHOP ON THE LIST THOUGH, IS LEVEL OF SERVICE VERSUS LEVEL OF BUDGET ON THIS GOING FORWARD. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE CARE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? SEEING NONE. COUNSEL, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR D. ONE SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE. ITEM FOUR D ONE PASSES. FOUR ZERO. MOTION TO APPROVE. 42. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS ITEM E OR IF THIS IS ITEM DI BUT IT'S E. YEAH, [E. Collective Bargaining Agreements:] TECHNICALLY E THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. AND WE'VE GOT STAFF COMMENTS. WHO'S WRANGLING THAT? UH, ITEM ONE E ONE IS CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM FIRE PUBLIC SAFETY LIMITED TAX FUND RESERVES TO THE FIRE PUBLIC SAFETY LIMITED TAX FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 27 IN THE AMOUNT OF 515 DO, UH, $515,461. CHIEF MAYOR COUNCIL. TERRY ESRY. I'M YOUR FIRE CHIEF. GOOD EVENING. UH, THIS AMENDMENT IS FOR, UM, TO FINISH UP THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS. WHEN WE SUBMITTED OUR BUDGET TO YOU EARLIER, NEGOTIATIONS WERE ONGOING, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE FIGURES YET. AND THIS IS JUST TO COVER WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THOSE MEETINGS. AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, MR. WATERSON? WELL, YEAH. WHY NOW IS MY BIG QUESTION. IF WE, UM, PER THE PACKET, IF WE HAVE EXPECTED UNDERRUNS IN THE PERSONNEL AREA, DO WE NEED TO DO THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW? OR CAN WE SEE HOW THOSE OFFSET AND THEN ADDRESS THIS LATER IN THE YEAR? MAYBE? UH, COUNCILMAN, THAT MAY BE ON ME. MAYBE IT'S A PROCESS ISSUE THAT I'M LEARNING THE BEST WAY THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU. I WAS, UM, WORKING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE COULDN'T COME TO YOU WITH THIS UNTIL WE HAD IT DONE. MM-HMM . BUT, UM, WE, WE COULD DEFINITELY DO, DO WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING. IT WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE SOME SACRIFICES ON THE OTHER END THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT. BUT WE COULD ABSOLUTELY LOOK AT THAT. COUNCIL WATERSON. UM, I WAS INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND JUST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN A BIT OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS, UM, AS, AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER OF NOT TRYING TO BRING YOU BUDGET AMENDMENTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND IT'S THE GOOSE IS COOKED. UM, WE, WE TRY WHEN WE HAVE AGREEMENTS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE HYPOTHETICAL MAXIMUM TO GO AHEAD AND, AND APPROVE THE BUDGET AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU AGREE TO THE AGREEMENT THAT THE BUDGET AUTHORITY IS THERE, UM, WE, WE DO EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE SAVINGS, UM, AND THAT WE WON'T USE THAT FULL BUDGET MAXIMUM. BUT WE WOULDN'T, OUR, OUR, OUR CONVERSATION WAS AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID GETTING TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND BASICALLY HAVING TO COME TO YOU AND SAY, WE NEED THIS MONEY BECAUSE THE CBAS AGREED TO. OKAY. YEAH. I DON'T LIKE DOING ANYTHING AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 'CAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE. SO, BUT I WAS THINKING MORE LIKE MIDYEAR AND, UM, I'M OPEN TO OPTIONS. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE, WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE CASH FLOW NEGATIVE IN THIS FUND NEXT YEAR. WHY, WHY WOULD WE DO THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT IF WE EXPECT TO HAVE SOME OFFSETTING UNDERRUNS? I I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SO REASON FOR THE URGENCY I GUESS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT AND APPRECIATE NOT WAITING UNTIL THE END NEXT YEAR TO DO IT. THE, THE WAY THIS IS LAID OUT THOUGH, IT'S ALL GOING INTO DESIGNATED FOUR DIGIT CODES UNDER PERSONAL SERVICES. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT CAN JUST BE USED ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES OR OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES. BUT IT'S PERSONNEL UNDERRUN, IT'S PERSONNEL. THIS IS ALL FOCUSED ON PERSONNEL. I KNOW, BUT THAT'S THE UNDERRUN THAT THEY EXPECT TO HAVE. YEAH, BUT I MEAN IT'S STILL, IT'S NOT LIKE IF THEY ARE GONNA BE UNDER, IT'S JUST MONEY SITTING THERE THAT'S NOT GONNA BE USED. AND SO IT LAPSES AND IS AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE YEARS. IT'S NOT LIKE LEAVING IT IN THE FUND AND THEN LETTING THEM COME BACK IN TWO MONTHS AND SAY, WELL NOW WE WANNA BUY SOME EQUIPMENT WITH THE FUND BALANCE. YEAH. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY, MAKE PAYROLL. YOU HAVE THOUGHTS? WELL, I THINK THAT, UH, I UNDERSTAND THE LARGER POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE NOW A FEW TIMES ABOUT PROCESS. I THINK I WOULD BE CRITICAL OF US IF WE DIDN'T AMEND THE BUDGET TO REFLECT WHAT WE ANTICIPATE TO BE THE ACTUAL COST TO STAFF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEXT YEAR. UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE MAY BE MID-YEAR CHANGES, THERE MAY BE EVENTS THAT CAUSE US TO LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY. I THINK I WOULD BE CRITICAL OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT [00:30:01] DIDN'T BUDGET EXACTLY WHAT IT KNEW IT NEEDED TO STAFF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. I THINK AGAIN, YOUR YOUR POINT ABOUT THE TIMING OF IT WAS AS MUCH IS AS MUCH DUE TO HOW LONG IT TOOK US TO COMPLETE THE NEGOTIATIONS AND HOW IT, HOW IT LINED UP TONIGHT AND JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE LAST MEETING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. BUT OKAY, I THINK EITHER WAY WE WOULD'VE PROPOSED THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. I'M NOT SUGGESTING DON'T FULLY STAFF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SURVEY'S CLEAR ABOUT THAT. IT'S MORE JUST ABOUT WHAT DO WE EXPECT THE BUDGET OR THE, THE EXPENDITURES TO BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND, AND HOW SHOULD WE ADJUST THE BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. SO THAT'S FINE. I THINK I HEAR YOU ALL SAYING LET'S DO IT. SO LET'S DO IT. . THANKS. THANK YOU. SO CAN I GET A MOTION ON E ONE MOVE APPROVAL OF E ONE MAYOR? OH, PUBLIC COMMENT. EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM NOW I'LL TAKE THAT MOTION. MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM E. ONE SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. ITEM E ONE PASSES FOUR ZERO E TWO. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF COLLECTING BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATED FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 2359 FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026. 2027 THROUGH 20 28, 20 29. YOU HAVE ANYONE THAT'S GONNA EXPLAIN THIS ONE? MS. PIERCE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CAROLINE PIERCE, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. UM, YES. ITEM TWO IS THE AGREED UPON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CBA FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, UM, WHICH WE REVIEWED WITH YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. UM, THE OUTLINE OF THOSE CONTRACT CHANGES ARE IN THE ITEM DETAILS. BASICALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN UPDATED OR REWORDED ADDED OR DELETED. QUESTIONS NONE. I, I THINK FROM HERE WE WE'RE GLAD TO GET THIS PIECE OVER WITH SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING AS A WHOLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. SO, UM, I THINK GETTING THESE CONTRACTS BEHIND US IS A GOOD START. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? SEEING DONE. COUNCIL, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM E TWO. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU. I'M JUST MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO, SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE WHO KEEP US SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO E THREE. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM POLICE PUBLIC SAFETY TAX FUND RESERVES TO THE POLICE PUBLIC SAFETY TAX FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27 IN THE AMOUNT OF $930,627 AND 62 CENTS. YOU DON'T GET TO PHONE A FRIEND ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR COUNSEL . SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, SIMILAR TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF IT'S A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT INSTEAD OF A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT. UH, AND I THINK THE DETAILS ARE ATTACHED, UH, SIMILAR TO TO THE IAFF AGREEMENT AS WELL. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD WHILE NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE CBA, UH, MISS ALL YOUR STAFF, UH, TAYLOR CLARK SPECIFICALLY, AND THEN CAROLINE PIERCE FROM HR. UH, I THINK THEY DO A REMARKABLE JOB IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR EMPLOYEE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES. UH, THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR FOR EVERYONE, SO WE WERE ALL KIND OF IN A NEW POSITION. UH, I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF GRACE GIVEN ON BOTH SIDES AND I THINK WE'VE COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT, THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE PROUD OF, UH, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR ORDINANCE THAT DIRECTS, UH, HOW WE ARE TO TREAT THOSE EMPLOYEES. AND SO, UH, UH, ONCE AGAIN, AS WE HAVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UH, REALLY MAINTAINED I THINK AN EXEMPLARY AGREEMENT THAT IS, UH, BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WOULD TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT IT, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, THEN I GUESS I'LL SPEAK FOR ALL OF US. ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE'RE THROUGH THESE NEGOTIATIONS. UM, AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THIS, THAT THE NEGOTIATION TEAM DID. UM, I ACTUALLY WILL TELL YOU, I THINK ALL THIS CAME TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THAN I THINK I WAS ANTICIPATING. SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? SEEING NONE, COUNSEL. WELL, I'LL MOVE TO CONTINUE, BUT AGAIN, WANNA THANK YOU. UH, WHAT DID I SAY? YOU SAY MOVE TO CONTINUE. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. I WAS SO EXCITED TO SAY IT. , [00:35:01] PLEASE DON'T. WHAT DID WE MISS HERE? CONTINUE. WHOA. UM, I MOVED TO APPROVE AND ALSO I'M THANKFUL. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. LIKE WHAT? MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO. WE ARE NOW ON TO E FOUR. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, LOCAL 1 36 FOR FISCAL YEARS 20 26, 27 THROUGH 27. 20 27, 28. MS. PIERCE, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. AGAIN, UM, THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FOR THE FOP FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, OUTLINING THE DETAILS OF CHANGE, UM, EITHER ADDING OR DELETING THINGS IN THE CONTRACT. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WOULD ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? SEEING NONE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU MS. PIERCE. YOU'RE WELCOME. I'LL JUST STAY UP HERE FOR ITEM FIVE. YOU WHAT? I'LL STAY UP FOR ITEM FIVE. YOU'LL STAY UP FOR ITEM FIVE. PERFECT. IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. SO E FIVE IS CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 21 DASH 2026 APPROVING THE CITY MANAGERS PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF CITY DEPARTMENTS, ADOPTING AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, REFLECTING THE SAME, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SO THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO, UM, AS A RESULT OF THOSE CBAS FOR BOTH FIRE AND POLICE, THERE WERE SOME ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES. AND SO THIS IS JUST UPDATING THOSE DEPARTMENT STRUCTURES. . QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WELL, THAT'S EASY. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE CARE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? SEEING NONE. WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM E FIVE. SECOND. HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM [5. Recess of the Edmond City Council Meeting and Call to Order of the Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting.] FIVE. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECESS THE EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING. CALL TO ORDER THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING. SO MOVED. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. WE ARE NOW IN THE [A. Arcadia Lake Water Treatment Plant:] PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS SIX SIX, A ARCADIA LAKE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. UM, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO SIX DASH 26 OF THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY. THE BORROWER AGREEING TO FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE APPROVE, THE IMPROVEMENT OF BORROWER'S, WATER SYSTEMS, AND AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS PERTAINING TO SAID FINANCING. WHO HAVE WE GOT PRESENTING ON THIS ONE, MR. KRIEGER? OH, HERE COMES MR. ING RIGHT NOW. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. UM, SO THERE'S FOUR ITEMS. ALL ALL RELATED ON THE WATER PLANT. WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS NOW. UM, AND SINCE 20 JUNE OF 2019, REALLY. UM, SO THIS IS THE LAST LARGE PHASE OF THE CURRENT WATER PLANT, THE FINANCING COMPONENT OF THAT. UM, SO, UM, EN I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT ALL FOUR ITEMS 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALL KIND OF RELATED OR ADDRESS 'EM SEPARATELY, BUT THIS, THE FINANCING PORTION, UH, UTILIZING THE OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD, UH, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM LOAN, UH, BASICALLY GIVES US THEIR AAA RATING AND, UM, UTILIZING THEIR FUNDING INSTEAD OF TYING UP SENIOR, UH, LIEN AGAINST THE UTILITY. SO DO YOU WANNA EXPLAIN WHAT, DO YOU WANNA EXPLAIN WHAT, UH, ITEMS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR ARE SO WE CAN JUST SURE. GET IT ALL LUMPED TOGETHER AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND VOTE ON THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES. YEP, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. UH, THE NEXT ONE SEEMS TO BE POPULAR. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. UM, IT'S BASICALLY GIVING US BUDGET AUTHORITY WITH THE CURRENT PROCESS THAT WE HAVE. UM, IN ORDER TO ENCUMBER FUNDS, WE NEED THE BUDGET AUTHORITY, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GIVING SO THAT WE CAN, UH, ENCUMBER THE FUNDS, THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION [00:40:01] AND THE CONSULTING CONTRACT THAT'S, UM, ON ITEM FOUR ARE NOT TILL FY 27. THAT'S HOW IT'S LISTED IN THE, UH, AGENDA ITEM. UM, AND THEN THERE'S A PORTION THAT'S OUT OF OUR RESERVE FUND THAT IS FOR, UH, CONTRACT FURTHER DOWN IN THE AGENDA. SO, AND LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST, THE, THE WHOLE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE IS THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ITSELF. UH, BIDS CAME IN, WELL, A BID CAME IN SINGLE BID, UH, WITH OUR CURRENT WATER PLANT, UH, CONTRACTOR, UH, FOR 377 MILLION. THIS DOES INCLUDE THE OWNER'S ALLOWANCE THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING. UM, SO THAT, THAT'S ALL INCLUSIVE OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT LAST PHASE OF THE WATER PLANT THAT WILL MOVE US FROM 12 MILLION GALLONS A DAY TO 30 MILLION GALLONS A DAY AT THE WATER PLANT. IT IS OUR SINGLE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN CITY INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, I SAY NOT EVEN CLOSE, UM, BUT IT DOES REPRESENT THE LAST LARGEST PIECE OF THIS, THIS WATER PUZZLE THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS NOW. AND, UM, THE REVISED PLAN THAT STARTED IN 2019 WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO CHANGE HOW THE WATER PLANT WAS GONNA BE PHASED IN. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS I HAVE, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW POINTS FROM OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING TOWARDS THIS. THE CITY HAS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW. THIS WAS THE REASON FOR THE RATE INCREASES. I WON'T GO INTO THE TALKING POINTS ON WHY THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY. I THINK WE EXHAUSTED THAT OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THIS, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE FINANCING OF THAT AND UM, SPECIFICALLY THE DEBT FINANCING OF THAT. WE DON'T LOVE HAVING DEBT, BUT IN THIS CASE, TO ME, IT MAKES SENSE TO SPREAD THE COST OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT OUT OVER FUTURE YEARS, OVER FUTURE USERS RATHER THAN ASKING CURRENT RATE PAYERS TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT. SO THAT'S PART OF THE LOGIC BEHIND WHY WE WANNA FIND, WHY WE DON'T WANT TO, WHY WE THINK IT'S BEST TO FINANCE THIS. THE, UM, NOT TO EXCEED COST THERE. FOUR 16 IS, UM, IT'S WHAT, WHAT IT SAYS, A NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER. WE EXPECT IT TO COME IN LOWER THAN THAT, BUT NEED TO SET A CEILING KIND OF FOR THE FINANCING. UM, IT IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE HAD PLANNED IN THE RATE STUDY. THAT BEING SAID, WE DON'T PLAN ON ADJUSTING RATES RIGHT NOW. THIS IS, WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE TIMING AND OTHER THINGS, OTHER VARIABLES WITHIN THE RATE STUDY TO WHERE WE DON'T THINK WE NEED TO MISS OR REVISIT THAT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE ALREADY PLANNED TO REVISIT THAT IN THE NEXT COMING YEARS. NOT PLANNING TO RAISE RATES AGAIN ANYTIME SOON. JUST TO BE CLEAR, UM, I THINK APPROVAL TONIGHT ALLOWS YOU ALL TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT PENDING FINANCING LIKE TOMORROW, RIGHT? OR TONIGHT. UM, AND THEN THERE'S A PROCESS TO GET THOSE FUNDS FROM THE OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD. WE DID LOOK AT SEVERAL OPTIONS IN HOW TO FUND THIS WITH OUR, WITH OUR COUNCIL HERE AND, UM, CONSULTANTS. AND, AND SO THERE WERE SEVERAL OPTIONS THAT WERE LOOKED AT USING THIS. OKLAHOMA FOP LOAN SEEMED TO BE THE, THE BEST BALANCE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, FACTORS. AND SO WE DID, JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW, WE DID DILIGENCE ON THAT, LOOKED AT SEVERAL OPTIONS. UM, SO WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO INVEST THESE FUNDS UNTIL THEY'RE USED, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD TALKING POINT. SO THERE IS INTEREST CHARGE WITH DEBT, BUT IF YOU CAN REINVEST THAT AT THE SAME RATE OR LOWER, THEN THAT GIVES US SOME OFFSET OF THE COST OF INTEREST THERE. COST OF MONEY, UH, THE REFUND TERMS ON THIS ARE FAVORABLE COMPARED TO OTHER SIMILAR ONES SEVEN YEAR REFUND TERMS. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IN SEVEN YEARS WE CAN LOOK AT THIS AND POTENTIALLY REFINANCE IT OR PAY IT DOWN OR DO OTHER THINGS. THAT GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH RATES AND, AND, UH, THE MARKET. UH, WE HAVE DISCOUNTED FEES FOR THE ADVISEMENT AND FROM OWRB ON THIS, WHICH IS, UM, APPRECIATED SINCE IT'S A BIG PROJECT. THEY WERE WILLING TO WORK WITH US A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. THE INTEREST RATE IS IN THE FOUR DOT SOMETHINGS, WHICH IS PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT WE ASSUMED IN THE RATE STUDY. UM, AND THEN THERE'S SOME CON CONTINGENCY BUILT IN BOTH ON THE OWNER SIDE AND ON THE SUB ON THE CONTRACTOR SIDE FOR SURPRISES. SO THAT INSULATES US A LITTLE BIT AGAINST COST SURPRISES. SO I THINK THAT'S SMART TO DO, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MEETING. SO MY TAKEAWAY WAS, AND I THINK I, I MIGHT BE QUOTING THESE GUYS FROM OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING THE OTHER DAY, BUT THE LOWEST COST OF FUNDS WITH THE, THE MOST FAVORABLE ABILITY TO PREPAY OR REFINANCE WAS KIND OF MY TAKEAWAY. SO FROM MY EVALUATION [00:45:01] OF THIS, AND WE'VE DONE A PRETTY DEEP DIVE ON IT, UM, SEVERAL HOURS. I THINK IT'S THE BEST BALANCE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE FOR FINDING THIS PROJECT THAT IS A, WAS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE CITY AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS AND WAS ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AS SUCH, UM, LAST NOVEMBER. SO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS UNDER THE HOOD. IT'S ALL BEEN TRANSPARENT. IT'S ALL OUT THERE IF PEOPLE WANNA LOOK AT IT. UM, IT'S A BIG MOVE FOR THE CITY, BUT ONE THAT'S STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT THAT I SUPPORT, SO APPRECIATE THE WORK ON IT. MS. MURDOCH NICHOLS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, MR. FRAME SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO? SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER FUN. I MEAN, YOUR FUND STARTS NOW, BUT, UH, IT, IT IS CRITICAL FOR GOOD WATER. AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE, WHEN WHEN IT'S EXPLAINED, UNDERSTAND THAT. SO, UH, GOOD WORK BY ALL AND TIME TO GET GOING. IT, IT'LL BE FUN WHEN IT'S COMPLETED. WHEN IT'S COMPLETE. YEAH. CONSTRUCTION IS HARDLY FUN. UM, I'M GONNA ECHO WHAT BOTH OF YOU ALL SAID. UM, THE, THE ONE THING MR. KRIEGER THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOMPLISH, AND, AND KATHY PANAS HAS HEARD ME SAY THIS UNTIL SHE'S PROBABLY SICK OF HEARING IT FROM ME, IS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE GOT TO SEPARATE OUT OUR CAPITAL BUDGET FROM OUR CITY BUDGET AND THAT WE HANDLE THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS CORRECTLY. BECAUSE WHEN WE ROLL EVERYTHING INTO A SINGLE BUDGET, WE LITERALLY, BY MAKING THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, ARE INCREASING THE BUDGET FOR A SINGLE YEAR BY $416 MILLION. AND WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND $416 MILLION IN ONE YEAR. RIGHT? AND IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD FOR OUR CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S A PIECE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IT OVER THE NEXT YEAR. UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS CLEANED UP SO THAT PEOPLE CAN REALLY TELL WHAT'S HAPPENING IN A YEAR. UM, AND THEN KNOWING WHAT OUR LONG-TERM CAPITAL PROJECTS LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE DEBT IS FOR THEM AND HOW WE PAY FOR 'EM. SO, UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS. 'CAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY. AND I KNOW MR. MOORE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. UM, BUT I THINK I CAN SAY FROM WHERE HE SITS THAT WE ALL HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THIS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO COME UP WITH THE PLAN. AND WE MADE A PROMISE WHEN WE APPROVED THE FIRST PIECE OF THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING, THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT THIS A YEAR FROM NOW AND A YEAR AFTER THAT TO SEE AS WE GET INTO THIS, IF THERE IS A WAY FOR US TO COME BACK AND REDUCE WATER RATES. IF WE CAN DO THAT, UM, I THINK WE OWE THAT TO THE CITIZENS OF EDMOND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE DO IT THAT WAY. SO, AND I THINK EVERYONE WAS IN AGREEMENT, SO I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK. UM, BUT THE WORK HAS JUST BEGUN. AND WITH THAT, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? SEEING NONE. WE NEED TO TAKE THESE IN ORDER AGAIN. SO NOW, WELL, ALAN OR CHRIS, DID I MISS ANY BIG POINTS ON THE FINANCING? OKAY, JUST MAKING SURE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX A. ONE SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. SIX A ONE PASSES FOUR ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON SIX A TWO. MOTION TO APPROVE. SIX A. TWO SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON SIX A THREE. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. AND NOW SIX A FOUR. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. WE'RE NOW [B. Consideration of Approval of Budget Amendments to Cover the Following Electric Equipment Replacements (Citywide): A Budget Amendment for a Supplemental Appropriation from Fleet Management - Electric Division Reserves to the Motor Vehicles Budget; $89,730.40; and A Budget Amendment for a Transfer of Appropriation from the Motor Vehicles Budget to the Machinery and Tools Budget; $310,000.00.] ON SIX B. CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO COVER THE FOLLOWING. ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS. BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM FLEET MANAGEMENT ELECTRIC DIVISION RESERVES TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE BUDGET, $89,730 AND 40 CENTS. AND A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE MOTOR VEHICLES BUDGET TO THE MACHINERY AND TOOLS BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $310,000. [00:50:03] GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GLEN FISHER WITH EDMUND ELECTRIC. UM, THIS ITEM ACTUALLY COVERS, UH, WE, WE, EDMUND ELECTRIC OPTED OUT OF THE FLEET LEASE FUND BACK IN 2014. AND IT RESOLVED BACK TO, UH, UH, WHEN I FIRST STARTED WE WERE LOSING MONEY. WE LOST $3.6 MILLION THE FIRST YEAR, $2.7 MILLION THE SECOND YEAR AND 5.6 MILLION TO THE THIRD YEAR. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WHILE WE WERE CHANGING RATES AND CHANGING POLICIES TO GET OURSELVES BACK ON PROFITABILITY WAS TO MAKE BUDGET CHANGES. ONE OF 'EM WAS TO OPT OUT OF THE FLEET LEASE FUND AND WE HELD ONTO VEHICLES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TILL WE BECAME FINANCIALLY SOLVENT AGAIN, AND THEN STARTED CASH FUNDING OUR VEHICLES, WHICH WE DO TODAY. UM, SO THIS, UM, ITEM WE DID ACTUALLY BUDGET IN ELECTRIC FOR THE PURCHASES OF THESE, UH, THIS EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES. UH, WE TYPICALLY TRANSFER THAT INTO OUR 6 5 3 ACCOUNT, WHICH IS ELECTRIC FLEET FUND ACCOUNT. AND THAT IS THEN, UH, ADDED INTO THE EXPENSES 83, OR EXCUSE ME, 84, 13 AND 84 14 ACCOUNTS. I MADE AN ERROR IN THOSE TWO ACCOUNTS. I, UH, DID NOT SEE THAT EVERYTHING HAD BEEN BUDGETED IN 84 14 FOR ALL THE THINGS. IT WAS A PICKUP TRUCK AND SOME WIRE PULLERS, WHICH IS A LATER ITEM, UH, GEN ITEM. AND SO I MISSED THAT DURING THE BUDGET IN THE 6 5 3 ACCOUNT, THIS ITEM CORRECTS THAT MISTAKE AND MOVES THE PROPER MONEY INTO THE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT AND INTO THE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCOUNTS. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANKS FOR THE EXPLANATION. THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT CRYPTIC IN THE PACKET. YEAH. I HAD TO GOOGLE WHAT A TENSIONER POLAR TRAILER WAS AND FROM CHATTANOOGA. SO LEARN SOMETHING ON THIS ONE. GOOD EXPLANATION THOUGH. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE PURCHASE ORDERS CUT AND OUT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. THEY WILL BE DONE TOMORROW IF YOU APPROVE THIS IN THE, UH, NEXT AGENDA ITEM. I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR EXPLANATION. SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HEAR SEVERAL OF US SAY WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS AT THE 11TH HOUR? BUT, UM, KNOWING THAT YOU MISSED SOMETHING, GREAT. I DID. WHAT HAPPENS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? COUNSEL, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION TO TAKE MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. WE VERY MUCH WE'RE ON SIX [C. Consideration of Approval of a Budget Amendment for a Supplemental Appropriation from Solid Waste Reserves to the Solid Waste Recycling Budget for Contract Services; $370,000.00. (Citywide)] C. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM SOLID WASTE RESERVES TO THE SOLID WASTE RECYCLING BUDGET FOR CONTRACT SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $370,000. MR. MASTERSON? YES SIR. UM, THIS PART, THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS PLANNED WHEN WE SET THE RATE STRUCTURE FOR RECYCLING, WE SET IT AT A RATE AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT TO GET US TO THE MID POINT OF THE CONTRACT TO BUILD REVENUE. AND THEN WE WOULD OPERATE IN A DEFICIT THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THAT CONTRACT AND DRAW OUT OF THOSE RESERVES IN REVENUE TO STABILIZE THE RATE. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS DESIGNED TO DO. UM, IT HAS ACCELERATED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE ADDITION OF THE UCO RECYCLING CENTER AND THE EXTRA VOLUME THAT'S COMING THROUGH THAT WE'RE OKAY TO COVER THAT. IT'S JUST WE'RE AT THAT POINT IN THE FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WHERE WE'RE NOW COMING OUT OF RESERVES TO COVER WHAT WE SET FOR A RATE. OKAY. BUT THE THREE 70 IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PLAN AND THE ACTUAL FOR THIS YEAR, RIGHT? WELL WE BUILT UP WITH THE RATE WE SET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AGREEMENT AND SO NOW WE'RE ON THE DOWNSIDE OF THAT BELL CURVE AND WE'RE PULLING OUT OF RESERVES TO MAKE THAT CONTRACT. BUT WOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN BUDGETED? WELL, WE BUDGET THE CONTRACT AMOUNT. YEAH, RIGHT. THAT THE, THAT THE VENDOR'S CHARGING US, THAT'S WHAT WE BUDGET. AND SO THE REVENUE WE'RE TAKING IN IS GONNA OFFSET ON THE BACKSIDE OF THAT, THEIR CONTRACT'S GONNA INCREASE EVERY YEAR. AND SO WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH THAT INCREASE EVERY YEAR. AND THE INCREASE IN PEOPLE COMING IN KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA OPERATE IN THE DEFICIT, THOSE FINAL TWO YEARS, IF WE RAISE THE RATE TO KEEP UP WITH OUR CONTRACT RATES, WE WOULD'VE HAD TO SET IT SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE FOR FIVE YEARS. OKAY. BUT I MEAN, I THINK YOU'RE SAYING WE PLANNED ON USING RESERVES TO COVER OPERATIONS HERE THIS YEAR? YES, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. IF WE COME TO, SO WHY IS IT, WHY ISN'T AMENDMENT NEEDED? IT'S, I THINK IT'S JUST FOR THE UCO COST CHANGE, RIGHT? NOT ALL OF IT, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT, THE CONTRACTUAL INCREASES IN THE CONTRACT AT 6.2% ON THE RECYCLING ARE ALSO PART OF THIS. OKAY. SO, SO WE ALWAYS KNEW THEN, IF I UNDERSTAND YOU, THAT [00:55:01] THE, THE SURPLUS ON THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS, DID WE KNOW IT WAS NEVER GONNA BE EQUAL OR ABLE TO COVER THE DEFICIT ON THE LAST THREE? OR WAS THAT JUST A SHOT? IT WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER JUST THE RECYCLING CONTRACT. WHEN WE ADDED UCO, IT BROUGHT ANOTHER FACTOR IN TO BRING THAT OKAY. A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN. OKAY. SO THAT ADDED TO THAT AND CORRECT. OKAY. AND COUNT, WE, WE'VE DONE THAT IN OCTOBER OF 24. IT WENT OPERATIONAL JANUARY OF 25. SO LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR WHEN WE'RE SITTING HERE IN A YEAR, DO YOU EXPECT TO HAVE TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT OR ARE WE PLANNING KNOWING THAT WE PLAN, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE UCO INCREASES. OKAY. SO WE SHOULDN'T SEE YOU BACK HERE NEXT YEAR ASKING FOR 300,000 OR SOMETHING MORE? N NO SIR. THIS IS OUT OF THE SOLID WASTE RESERVES TOO. I WANNA POINT THAT OUT. YEAH, IT'S OUTTA THE SOLID WASTE RESERVES. SORRY, IT'S NOT OUTTA GENERAL FUND. UH, DOES UCO PITCH IN AT ALL ON THIS SERVICE? THEY PROVIDE THE SPACE, THEY KEEP IT CLEAN AND THEY KEEP THE SIGNAGE UP AND DO THOSE THINGS. WE TAKE CARE OF THE RECYCLING AND THE COST. OKAY. I DO THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD SERVICE FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH TO HAVE THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN IS REALLY, IT'S REALLY TAKEN CONVENIENT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. YEAH, WE HAD AND IT'S ALWAYS FULL WHEN I GO BY THERE. YEAH. WE HAD NO IDEA THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE THAT MUCH VOLUME. YEAH. I MEAN IT REALLY TOOK OFF. YEAH. OKAY. I'M GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? SCENE? NONE. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? MOTION TO APPROVE. MOVE. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. 4 0 6 D [D. Consideration of Approval of a Budget Amendment for a Supplemental Appropriation from Solid Waste Reserves to the Solid Waste Commercial Budget for Landfill Disposal Fees and Landfill Fees (State); $247,000.00. (Citywide)] CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FROM SOLID WASTE RESERVES TO SOLID WASTE COMMERCIAL BUDGET FOR LANDFILL DISPOSAL FEES AND LANDFILL FEES TO THE STATE IN THE AMOUNT OF $247,000. YES, SIR. SO AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST BUDGET CYCLE, OUR BUDGETS WERE FLAT. WE PUT INCREASES INTO COMMERCIAL FOR THE CONTRACTUAL INCREASE AT THE TRANSFER STATION. THOSE WERE REMOVED SO THAT CPI INCREASE WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE BUDGET. SO WE SUFFERED THAT CPI INCREASE KNOWING WE WERE GOING TO BE IN A BIND AND BE CLOSE ON THIS BUDGET. VERY CLOSE AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE IN THE LINE ITEMS AND WHETHER WE CAN ADJUST BETWEEN THE LINE ITEMS TO COVER THINGS. THIS IS AN 8,300 EXPENSE, SO IS OUR FUELS AND THOSE THINGS AS WELL. SO WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET TO SEE HOW MUCH WE HAVE AND IF WE CAN USE THAT 8,300 FUND TO COVER ANY SHORTFALLS IN HERE THIS YEAR, WE WERE UNABLE TO DO THAT. THERE'S NO WAY TO DO THAT. WASTE DISPOSAL FEES VERY DRASTICALLY MONTH TO MONTH. WE CAN HAVE AS MUCH AS A $70,000 DIFFERENCE MONTH TO MONTH DEPENDING ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, DEPENDING ON RAIN, DEPENDING ON FUEL COSTS. SO IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE YOU ANY KIND OF DRASTIC ESTIMATE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSE. WE COULD BE OFF DRASTICALLY IF WE ESTIMATE TOO FAR IN ADVANCE. SO WE COULDN'T COVER IT WITH 83 HUNDREDS. WHEN DIESEL WENT TO $5 A GALLON, ALL THAT MARGIN WENT AWAY VERY QUICKLY AND EVERYBODY FELT THAT AT THE PUMP. SO DID WE IN OUR 83 HUNDREDS. AND SO THAT MARGIN WENT AWAY. WE HAD THREE MONTHS WHERE IT WAS WAY WETTER THAN NORMAL THAN WE ANTICIPATED AND FIGURED OUT THOSE MONTHS WERE IN $63,000 IN ADVANCE OF OUR AVERAGE FOR WASTE DISPOSAL COSTS. COMMENTS, QUESTIONS. SO YOU, SO YOU KNOW, MONTH TO MONTH HOW WE'RE DOING ON THIS, WE TRACK IT EVERY MONTH WE HAVE A MEETING EVERY MONTH TRACKING THE WASTE DISPOSAL COSTS. OKAY. WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO RUN THE LAST TWO OR THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. AND WE KEEP AN AVERAGE PER MONTH IS WHAT WE BUDGET WITH, RIGHT? MM-HMM . WE, WE USE THAT AVERAGE, BUT WHEN WE HAVE SPIKES OF 70, $73,000 BECAUSE WE PAY BY WEIGHT, WE PAY BY THE TON. AND IF WE HAVE 500 DUMPSTERS LEFT OPEN THAT FILL UP WITH WATER, WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR COST? IT SKYROCKETS. SAME THING THING WITH TRASH CANS LEFT OPEN THAT WE PICK UP ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. IF THEY'RE LEFT UNCOVERED, THEY'RE TWICE AS HEAVY. YEP. AND SO WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE ALL OF THOSE FACTORS. SO THE WAY WE WOULD INSULATE AGAINST THIS IS BY BUDGETING HIGHER KIND OF A WORST CASE NUMBER. AND IF WE BUDGET HIGHER THAN WE'RE TYING UP FUNDS, WE SHOULDN'T TIE UP AND WE'LL BE BACK DOING WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, TWO, TWO INFLATED A BUDGET OR WE COME BACK AND FIX IT THIS WAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? WELL, I THINK WHAT I HEARD MR. MASTERSON SAY AT THE BEGINNING IS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR IN AN ATTEMPT TO [01:00:01] CONTROL COSTS AND LOWER COSTS IN THE BUDGET THAT A CHANGE WAS MADE. THAT THEY WEREN'T ALL WAY ABLE TO, UH, I WAS GONNA SAY TO LIVE UP TO, IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THEY, UH, THEY FELL SHORT. BOBBY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE CONTROLLED THE RAIN AND SOME OF THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT WE TRIED. UH, BUT I I THINK IT'S A, IN THIS CASE IT'S A COST OF DOING BUSINESS. YEAH. OKAY. NO, NO HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF THOSE THINGS. HUH? DUMPSTERS? NO SIR. OR THE BOTTOMS OF THE TRUCKS PROBABLY DON'T WANT THAT. YEAH. SO YOU, YOU MADE ONE STATEMENT THAT I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU. I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH IT. WHEN YOU SAID IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT, YOU CAN PREDICT IT WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, OF REASONABLE USE USING SOME STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TOOLS THAT WOULD SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE A NORMAL PROCESS USING A PROCESS BEHAVIOR CHART, YOU'RE GONNA KNOW WHAT THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS ARE, AND THEN YOU CAN PICK THE LEVEL YOU WANNA BUDGET AT. AND THEN IF IT, IT GOES OUT THE TOP OR DROPS DOWN THROUGH THE BOTTOM, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT AN ADJUSTMENT INSTEAD OF JUST THINKING THAT THE AVERAGE IS GONNA GET YOU CLOSE AND THEN YOU'LL MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT AT THE END. I THINK THERE'S SOME TOOLS OUT THERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, THAT CAN HELP YOU WITH IT. AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING, GIMME A SHOUT, WAKE UP EVERY DAY, WILLING TO LEARN. UM, IT'S, IT'S WHAT I DO THE REST OF MY TIME WHEN I'M NOT UP HERE. SO, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, IS IT 2 47? THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? THE 270,000, IS THAT, WHAT ARE WE, I'M NOT 247,000 2 4 240 7,247,000. THAT, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WHAT'S THE TOTAL 247,000 IS THE DIFFERENCE THAT I KNOW. YEAH. WHAT PERCENTAGE IS THAT TO THE TOTAL? OH, TOTAL WASTE COST FOR SOLID WASTE IS ABOUT 3.4 MILLION. SO NOT THAT FAR OFF. WHAT IS THAT? SO THAT'S, SHE DID, I THINK, I THINK, I THINK WE CAN DIAL IT IN A LITTLE BETTER THAN THAT WITH SOME TOOLS. YEAH. AND NORMALLY, LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE OF THE LINE ITEMS AND THE WAY THEY'RE STRUCTURED, LEFTOVER IN FUEL CAN BE TRANSFERRED IN TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL. BUT WITH $5 GALLON A DIESEL AND NOT HAVING ANY FORECAST CAPABILITY FOR ANY OF THAT, THOSE FUNDS EVAPORATED VERY QUICKLY. YEAH. OKAY. WELL THE KEY, I THINK YOU'RE A VERY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET MANAGER FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. I, THE KEY TO ME IS JUST THAT LOOKING ACROSS ALL THESE THAT WE'VE HAD IN FRONT OF US TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE, AND WHEN I SAY WE, I REALLY MEAN PEOPLE IN THE BACK CORNER MOSTLY, BUT THAT YOU ALL HAVE VISIBILITY INTO HOW WE'RE SPENDING TO THE PLAN, LIKE MONTHLY. MM-HMM . SO THAT WE KNOW. AND SO WE CAN INFLUENCE OUTCOMES BEFORE THE LAST MINUTE. AND I KNOW MOST OF YOU DO THAT 'CAUSE YOU'RE DILIGENT. IF YOU DON'T, YOU SHOULD BE . UM, SO THAT'S REALLY THE POINT THAT I WANNA MAKE THROUGH ALL THIS IS JUST THAT WE, WE AS A CITY NEED TO BE REALLY DILIGENT ABOUT SPENDING TO THE PLAN. 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA GO OVER AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE RAINY THINGS AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE FIRE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT RETIRE. LIKE THIS IS ALL UNCERTAINTY AND EVERY ESTIMATE IS WRONG FROM DAY ONE WITHIN SOME RANGE, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID. BUT, UM, IT'S ABOUT HAVING THAT VISIBILITY AND JUST BEING DILIGENT ABOUT HOW WE MANAGE IT. SO THAT'S MY KEY THING, AND I BELIEVE YOU'VE DONE THAT HERE PHILOSOPHICALLY. WE COULD ARGUE ABOUT SHOULD WE BUDGET HIGH, SHOULD LOW MIDPOINT, WHATEVER. IT SOUNDS LIKE ON THIS ONE YOU KIND OF DO MIDPOINT AND THEN THERE'S SOME RISK. BUT AS LONG AS YOU KNOW THAT, AS LONG AS WE'RE MANAGING THAT AND WE LIKE SEE IT COMING, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT. SO YEAH, WITH THE FUND BALANCE OF SIX OR 7% VARIANCE ISN'T, YEAH. ISN'T, AND YOU HAVE RESERVES TO COVER IT. YOU'VE PLANNED FOR THIS, SO IT'S NOT BAD, I THINK. YEAH, IT'S FINE. APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION. THANKS. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WOULD ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM SIX D. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. ITEM SEVEN IS [7. Public Works Authority General Consent Items: Items listed under General Consent are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a member of the Public Works Authority. Members of the Public Works Authority may pull any item under General Consent for separate discussion and/or action.] PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY. GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. THERE ARE 15 ITEMS HERE. UM, I HAD NO REQUESTS BEFOREHAND TO PULL ANNIE, ANY REQUESTS AT THIS POINT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? SEEING NONE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? I WANNA MAKE ONE COMMENT ON ONE OF 'EM. WE DON'T NEED TO PULL IT, BUT 7.0. I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THERE WAS A FINAL PRICE DECREASE ON ONE OF OUR WASTEWATER PROJECTS. SO IT, IT DOES GO BOTH WAYS. I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT. SO GOOD JOB TO THE TEAM FOR THAT UNDER RUN. AND UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THE ITEMS UNDER, UH, AGENDA SEVEN. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. [01:05:01] WE ARE ONTO ITEM EIGHT EIGHT A. WE HAD NOTHING TO PULL. ITEM [B. Consideration of Waiver of Competitive Bids and Approval of Sole Provider Equipment Purchases for Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes for Fiscal Year 2026-27; Estimated $1,000,000.00. (Citywide)] B, CONSIDERATION OF WAIVER OF COMPETITIVE BIDS AND APPROVAL OF SOLE PROVIDER EQUIPMENT PURCHASES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 27. ESTIMATED AT $1 MILLION. THIS IS GONNA REQUIRE TWO VOTES. MR. KNIFING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CHRIS KNIFING, DIRECTOR OF WATER RESOURCES. UM, SO THIS ITEM THAT WE BRING FORWARD EVERY JUNE FOR THE, UH, UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. UH, JUST GET OUR SOLE SOURCE PROVIDERS, UH, BRING THE LETTERS, UM, GET THOSE READY FOR ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT, UH, ONLY HAS ONE MANUFACTURER REP IN THE STATE. SO, UM, STANDARD ITEM AND JUST BRING IT BACK TO YOU. AND YOU DO HAVE A LIST IN THE DETAIL THAT SHOWS THOSE? YES. AND ALL THE LETTERS ARE IN THERE FOR CONFIRMING THE MANUFACTURER HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH NOT TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY. NO. IT'S A LOT EASIER JUST TO PUT ALL IN ONE ITEM INSTEAD OF COMING BACK TO YOU 10 TIMES AND SAYING APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAD NO IDEA. SO WE DO HAVE AN IDEA AND WE TRY TO GET IT ALL IN ONE ITEM SO THAT WE'RE READY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SO, ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMENT ON EVERYTHING. THERE'S A, THERE'S TWO PARTS TO A SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION. ONE IS WHY WE NEED TO USE THIS. PART TWO IS WHY WE NEED TO BUY IT FROM THIS VENDOR. AND SO I THINK I SEE IN THE PACKET THERE ARE LETTERS THAT SAY WHY WE NEED TO BUY THE PART FROM THE VENDOR. I THINK MY TAKEAWAY FROM THE DESCRIPTION IN THE PACKET WAS THAT THE REASON WE NEED TO USE THESE PARTS IS BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE DOING SMART THINGS TO STANDARDIZE. UM, AND SO THE TRADE OFF THERE WAS MADE LONG AGO THAT WE WANT TO USE THESE STANDARD PARTS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE UNIQUE PARTS FOR OUR SITUATION. AND SO THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THE, THE NEED TO USE THESE PARTS WHICH ONLY HAVE ONE SOURCE, CORRECT? YEAH. THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. WITHOUT GOING WAY IN THE WEEDS, WE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO BUILD DOUBLE THE WAREHOUSE SPACE DOUBLE, YOU KNOW, OR CHANGE OUT A BLOWER WHEN WE COULD HAVE JUST CHANGED A COMPONENT ON A BLOWER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, THERE'S A LIFECYCLE COST TO HAVING UNIQUE PARTS SO IT MAKES SENSE. I JUST WANT EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY'S WATCHING THE VIDEO TO UNDERSTAND THERE'S DILIGENCE THERE ON BOTH, THERE'S REASONS FOR WHY YOU WANNA DO THIS AND THEY MAKE SENSE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMPETITIVE BID WAIVER. FIRST, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVIDENCE THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE VENDOR FOR EACH OF THESE PARTICULAR PARTS AND WAIVING COMPETITIVE BIDS. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. I NEED A SECOND MOTION. MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASES. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU COREY, FOR MAKING IT EASY ON US AGAIN. I KNOW. ALRIGHT, [9. Adjournment of the Edmond Public Works Authority Meeting and Reconvene the Edmond City Council Meeting.] I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY MEETING AND RECONVENE THE ED EDMOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO MOVED. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. WE'RE BACK IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE NOW UNDER CITY COUNCIL [10. City Council General Consent Items: Items listed under General Consent are usually approved as a group with the proper motion from a member of the Council. Members of the Council may pull any item under General Consent for separate discussion and/or action.] GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS. THIS ITEM, IT'S UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10. THERE ARE 38 ITEMS AND WE ARE GOING TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ITEMS. F, O, AND Q. SO CAN I GET A MOTION ON THE REMAINDER? UH, COREY, JUST MAKE SURE WE DON'T NEED TO PULL THE ONE FOR THE NAME SPELLING UPDATE THAT YOU DID, RIGHT. UM, IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO . OKAY. THEN ALSO PULL A, A, YEAH, AND A WE'RE PULLING A AS WELL, A, F, O, AND Q. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. THIRD, THE, UH, GENERAL CONSENT ITEMS UNDER 10 MINUS A, F, O, AND Q. SECOND I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE NOW [A. Consideration of City Council General Consent Agenda Items Pulled for Separate Discussion and/or Action.] I JUST HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS LIST HERE, DON'T I? WE'RE NOW ONTO 11 CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION. 11 A IS THOSE ITEMS WE PULLED? LET'S START WITH 10. A [01:10:01] CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MINUTES, REGULAR MINI MEETING MINUTES FROM JUNE 8TH, 2026. AND YOU HAD A CORRECTION? YEAH. ONE OF THE CITIZENS WHO SPOKE HIS NAME WAS MISSPELLED ACCIDENTALLY, SO I JUST SENT HIM AN EMAIL WITH THAT EARLIER TODAY. THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE THAT, THAT IS A CORRECTION ON PAGE 1 37. UH, MR. GATTI'S NAME HAS BEEN CORRECTED. THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE 10 A. OH, I'M SORRY. WHAT? AS AMENDED. THANK YOU. MOTION TO APPROVE 10 A AS AMENDED. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. 10 A PASSES. FOUR ZERO. WE ARE NOW ON 10 F CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAM FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR THE CHARLES D. LAMB NATURE PRESERVE. AND WE RECEIVED NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS, TEXT MESSAGES, AND EMAILS ON THIS ITEM. UM, AND WE HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT POSSIBLY JUST CONTINUING THIS MR. WATERSON, IS THAT WHAT YOUR SUGGESTION WAS? WELL, I THINK PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UM, CHEMICALS AND JUST SOME OF THE LANGUAGE AND THE INVASIVE SPECIES. I, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, I DUNNO WHO'S GONNA TALK TO IT. THERE'S TWO STANDING UP BACK THERE. JUST WHAT WE'RE, I KIND OF GET WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO DO, BUT CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE INVASIVE SPECIES REMEDIATION THAT WE'RE DOING HERE? SO THE PUBLIC, IF ANYBODY'S WATCHING OR PAYING ATTENTION, KIND OF UNDERSTANDS THE CONTEXT OF IT. UH, FRANK HILLWOOD, EDMONDS, PARKS. UM, BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT CLEARING OUT SOME OF THE DEBRIS THAT'S ON THE GROUND, UH, MAKING IT MORE FIREPROOF THERE, UM, BRUSH TYPE OF THINGS AND, UH, SOME INVASIVE SPECIES. BUT, UH, WE'LL TRY TO KEEP IT AS A MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE. UM, WE'VE GONE AS PART OF THIS GRANT EVEN AND OTHERS, WE'VE GONE IN THERE AND PLANTED, UM, DIFFERENT TREES, UM, MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SPECIES SIZES AND EVERYTHING. MM-HMM . SO WE WANT TO KEEP THE IMPACT AS MINIMAL, BUT WE WANT TO GET IT TO WHERE IT'S AT LEAST SAFE FOR P TO BE ABLE TO GO OFF TRAIL, UM, COMING FROM THE BRIDGE AND GO THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS. OKAY. YEAH, I THINK THERE'S JUST SOME PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT IT REGARDING THE CHEMICALS AND WANTING TO KEEP IT NATURAL. SO I KNOW THAT'S A BALANCE. BUT YES. UM, I COULD SAY THAT ON A GENERAL LEVEL, I MEAN WE'RE LOOKING AT MECHANICAL WAYS OF PULLING THIS, UM, EVEN WITH, UH, UTILIZING SOME VOLUNTEER EFFORTS AND SO FORTH MM-HMM . UM, AS OPPOSED TO KIND OF SPRAYING WITH ANY TYPE OF CHEMICALS. UM, I MEAN THAT'S AT LEAST OUR PRIMARY FOCUS THERE IS ON THE, THE, THE MANUALLY REMOVING SOME OF THESE INFA SPECIES, UM, PULLING UP SOME OF THE CLIMBING VINES, THINGS LIKE THAT AS OPPOSED TO, UH, DOING ANYTHING CHEMICAL. OKAY. IS THERE A TIMELINE AND URGENCY ON THIS FOR LIKE A GRANT STANDPOINT OR ANYTHING? UM, NOT FROM A GRANT STANDPOINT. UH, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING A LITTLE BIT OF WORK ON HERE. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE AMOUNT THAT'S, UH, FUNDED FROM THE GRANT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN SPECIFIC HERE, BUT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED SOME WORK THERE. WE'VE DONE SOME PROCESSES WHERE WE, UM, CLEARED SOME OF THE PATHWAY FOR THE TESTING EQUIPMENT THAT WENT TO THE ACTUAL BRIDGE SITE. UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME OTHER THINGS, THIS WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF THAT AND IT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY BETTER TO DO THIS IN EARLY AND EVEN LATE FALL THAN DURING THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER PULLING SOME OF THIS OUT SO THAT IT DOESN'T JUST COME RIGHT BACK. SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, SPARSING OUT OVER TIME AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE NECESSARILY WILL SEE A START AND END DATE ON. IT'LL BE SOMETHING WE KIND OF HAVE TO MANAGE GOING ALONG AS THIS IS OPEN. JUST LIKE WE, WE DO MAINTENANCE AT ALL OF OUR OTHER PARKS. OKAY. THOUGHTS? CAN I, SO I THINK IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO A GRANT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS EXTENDING THE DATE TO JULY 18TH, 2027. SO WE ALREADY GOT THIS GRANT. HAVE WE ALREADY USED PART OF IT? I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE USED ANY OF IT YET. OKAY. AND I THINK THE AMOUNT MAY HAVE CHANGED JUST SLIGHTLY. I THINK IT WAS ORIGINALLY 5,000 AND NOW, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY A 10,000. SO I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER MAIN CHANGE THAT WAS IN THERE. OKAY. IS THERE ANY URGENCY IF WE PUT [01:15:01] THIS OFF TO JULY 27TH? NO. AND HAVE, AND REQUEST THAT STAFF MEET WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO, SOME OF THEM LED THE CHARGE TO ACQUIRE THAT LAND FOR THE CITY. SOME OF 'EM ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HAYFORD PARK AND THE PRESERVE. UM, I THINK IF THEY KNEW WHAT THE PLAN WAS, AND I THINK A LOT OF THIS MIGHT BE THE REACTION TO WHEN WE HAD THE CONTRACTOR COME IN TO CLEAR THE PATH DOWN TO THE BRIDGE SITE AND THEY WENT CRAZY, SO TO SPEAK AND OVER CLEARED. YES. UM, I THINK IT MIGHT DO US ALL SOME GOOD TO ENGAGE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WANNA SEE THIS PROJECT FINISHED, UM, SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. THAT THIS ISN'T ABOUT GOING IN AND SPRAYING A BUNCH OF CHEMICALS AND KILLING THE WILDLIFE. WE'RE TAKING OUT ALL THE, THE EASTERN RED CEDAR SO THAT THE ANIMALS DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE UNDERNEATH. UM, I THINK IT MIGHT JUST MIGHT BE A WISE STEP IF WE'VE GOT THE TIME TO DO IT. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT AND BE GLAD TO MEET WITH THEM. UM, I MEAN, OUR DOORS OPEN NOW. WE WE CAN GIVE YOU ALL KINDS OF NAMES, FRANK. WE CAN TRY INTO IT. YEAH. , I THINK FROM THE EMAILS I'VE SEEN, IF WE CAN DETAIL A LITTLE BIT WHAT IT IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, YOU CAN GET RID OF EVERY SINGLE EASTERN RED CEDAR IN THE WORLD. UH, BUT MAYBE WE COULD HELP PLACATE THINGS A LITTLE BIT IF WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE REPLACING THEM WITH, WHETHER IT'S A, A JUNIPER OR WHATEVER. SO PROVIDES THE SAME KIND OF COVER, BUT YEAH. I MEAN THERE'S INVASIVE SPECIES THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY OF NO GOOD. IN FACT HURTS THE GROWTH OF THE OTHER TREES THAT ARE GOOD. SO, BUT IF WE CAN DETAIL THAT IN SOME OF THE GRASSES THAT MAKE SENSE AND SOME THAT DON'T, THEN MAYBE THAT WILL HELP. YEAH, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. DID WE HAVE LIKE A SOMEWHAT RESTORATION PLAN THAT URBAN FORESTRY PUT TOGETHER FOR THAT AREA? THAT GETS INTO SOME OF THOSE VERY DETAILED THINGS THAT ARE WAY BEYOND MY CAPABILITIES, BUT, UH, WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND WHOEVER HAS QUESTIONS AND WE CAN ABSOLUTELY GO FROM THAT. OKAY. I'M, I'M ALSO REMINDED THAT THE LAND IS BASICALLY PROTECTED BY A LAND CONSERVANCY DOCUMENT. YEP. AND THAT THE CHEMICALS LITERALLY, IT TALKS ABOUT CHEMICALS THAT CAN BE USED AND HOW YOU REMOVE INVASIVE SPECIES. AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE THAT'S INTERESTED IN THIS, UM, MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. BECAUSE I MEAN, IT WAS MY, I GOT THREE OR FOUR TEXT MESSAGES TODAY AND, AND TWO OR THREE EMAILS MY, THAT WAS JUST ME. UM, AND A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS ALL TODAY WHEN PEOPLE SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT. SO IF WE, IF WE CAN CONTINUE IT, I THINK IT'S THE SMART PATH FOR US. YEP. ABSOLUTELY. IS THE MONTH GOOD YOU THINK? I THINK THAT'LL BE ENOUGH TIME, YES. OKAY. I'LL MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS ONE TO JULY 27TH. 27TH. 27TH. I'VE GOT A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU. FRANK. MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO. WE ARE NOW ON O CONSIDERATION APPROVAL OF REIMBURSING C-C-M-S-I FOR GENERAL LIABILITY AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS PAID ON BEHALF OF THE CITY NOT TO EXCEED $1,473,000. UM, AND I GUESS WE COULD TALK ABOUT BOTH OF THESE AT THE SAME TIME BASED ON THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMAN FRAME AND I HAD IN A CONVERSATION, UM, LEADING UP TO THIS BECAUSE Q IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF REIMBURSING CCM SI FOR GENERAL LIABILITY AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS PAID ON BEHALF OF THE CITY NOT TO EXCEED $1,432,000. BEST WE COULD FIGURE OUT IS O IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, Q IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. JIM MILL SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT. ONE IS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. THE OTHER ONE IS TO REIMBURSE THEM THE EXTRA FUNDS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO THEY PAY ALL OF OUR CLAIMS OUT OF A ACCOUNT THAT WE FUND. AND THEN WE RAN OUTTA SOME FUNDS THIS YEAR, PAID ADDITIONAL CLAIMS. SO, SO WE OVERRAN 26 1 0.4 MILLION? NO, NO, WE'RE INCREASING IT. CITY COUNCIL ALREADY APPROVED IT LAST, UH, IN 25 FOR THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE JUST INCREASING THAT AMOUNT. I THINK $50,000 IN EACH LINE ITEM ONE FOR WORK COMP FUNDS AND THE OTHER ONE FOR GENERAL LIABILITY CLAIMS. SO, SO LET'S LOOK AT O FIRST WHEN WE HAVE, UH, CLAIMS UP TO BUT NOT TO EXCEED 400. IS THAT IN THE AGGREGATE, JIM? YES. OKAY. SO O IS FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. RIGHT. UH, AND THEN THE 1 0 7 3, THE 1,000,073, THAT'S THE AGGREGATE ON, ON THE UH, WORKERS' COMP CLAIMS? YES. CORRECT. YES. AND HOW, HOW DO WE GET THAT? JUST HOW THE [01:20:01] SAUSAGE IS MADE? I GUESS 73 VERSUS 75 OR 70. IT'S THAT MAGICAL UH, CRYSTAL BALL. NO, WE USE A ACTUARIAL SERVICE THAT COME, THAT'S A HARD NUMBER THAT ACTUARIAL, UH, STUDY GIVES US EVERY YEAR. AND THAT'S THE NUMBER WE GO WITH OUR BUDGET. OKAY. UM, UH, Q QUITE A FEW ITEMS. WELL, WITHIN THAT WE, WE'VE MOVED A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS AND, AND I THINK TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTION, WE, WE ESTABLISH A FUND, THE TPA PAYS OUT OF THAT FUND, THEN WE REESTABLISH THE FUND OR WHEN IT GETS LOW. IS THAT, IS THAT BASICALLY HOW IT OPERATES? CORRECT. YES. WE HAVE A AN ACCOUNT WITH THEM THAT WE FUND THE ACCOUNT AND WHEN WE HAVE A LARGE CLAIM, WE GOTTA PRE-FUND IT OCCASIONALLY, BUT, UH, WE HAD A COUPLE LARGE CLAIMS THAT WE PAID. I THOUGHT WE'D HAVE ENOUGH THIS YEAR, BUT WE MAY BE CLOSE ON WORK COMP, BUT WE, UH, WE'RE A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS SHORT ON THE, UH, UH, GENERAL LIABILITY FOR THE LAST INVOICE. THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME, IT JUST, IT VARIES ON HOW MANY CLAIMS GET PAID, HOW MANY CLAIMS WE HAVE AND HOW WHEN THEY GET PAID. I THINK MY CONCERN WAS, I, THE EXPLANATION OF O DIDN'T SHOW US THAT THIS IS JUST AN INCREASE. I MEAN IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOING, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOING EXACTLY FOR 26, WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR 27 QQQ IS THE INCREASE. QQQ IS AN INCREASE FOR Q. YES, O IS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. Q IS THE INCREASE. OKAY. SO I GOT 'EM BACKWARDS. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN THAT'S KIND OF THE PROBLEM HERE IS WHEN YOU READ THROUGH THE DETAIL THAT'S GIVEN TO US, YOU CAN'T TELL THAT ONE IS AN INCREASE. IT'S JUST GIVING US WHAT THE NEW TOTAL IS INSTEAD OF TELLING US THAT WE'VE GOT AN INCREASE. AS I WENT THROUGH THIS, I'M LIKE, OKAY, WAIT, I'M REALLY CONFUSED BETWEEN THE TWO FISCAL YEARS ALREADY AND NOW WE'RE COMING IN HERE AND WE'RE BASICALLY BREAKING THE MONEY DOWN AGAIN FOR WHAT THE, THE TOTALS ARE NOT FOR WHAT THE, THE CHANGE IS. IT, IT'S TO TO, FOR BUDGET AUTHORITY TO INCREASE 'EM UP TO THAT AMOUNT. WE'VE ALREADY HAD THIS CERTAIN AMOUNT, BUT WE STILL NEED TO INCREASE IT SO WE HAVE THAT FULL AMOUNT THAT WE'RE AUTHORIZED TO BUDGET IT OR TO, TO REIMBURSE THEM A HUNDRED THOUSAND INCREASE. YES. OKAY. YEAH. I I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN HELPFUL IF WE'D HAD WHAT FISCAL YEARS IN THE AGENDA ITEM TITLE ITSELF. OKAY. SO WE COULD HAVE FIGURED OUT. 'CAUSE EVERY TIME YOU START DRILLING DOWN ON THE TWO, YOU GET LOST WHICH ONE YOU WERE WORKING ON. SO, UM, IT WAS JUSTLY NOTED CONFUSION ON OUR PART. I'LL, I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT IT. AND FOR THE FY 26 1, WE DO HAVE RESERVES TO COVER THAT. WE HAVE ADEQUATE FUND BALANCE. IT'S CORRECT. IT'S BUDGETED. UH, IT'S UM, A LOT THERE. THERE'S A LOT THERE. I I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND OR REALIZE THE NUMBER OF EXPOSURES THAT YOU HAVE TO ANALYZE AND LOOK AT AND PROCURE POLICIES AND SO FORTH FOR IT'S, UH, IT, IT'S A TO Z. SO VERY GOOD JOB. AND YOU DO A GOOD JOB OF ANALYZING IT. I, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY NOT IN HERE, BUT I, I WOULD DISAGREE WITH SOME OF YOUR ANALYSIS OF JULY 4TH COMING UP EXPOSURE. BUT YOU KNOW, MR. MR. UH, MOORE IS NOT HERE, BUT AS HE IS KNOWN TO, KNOWN TO SAY, YOU AND I CAN TIDY THAT UP IN A CONVERSATION AT SOME OTHER TIME. ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH 10? OH MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO WITH 10 Q? I'D MOVE APPROVAL OF 10 Q SECOND AND A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. WE ARE NOW ONTO ITEM [B. Consideration of Approval of Resolution No. 24-26 of the City of Edmond, Oklahoma (the "City") Approving Action Taken by The Edmond Public Works Authority (the "Authority") Authorizing Issuance, Sale and Delivery of a Promissory Note of the Authority to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board; Ratifying and Confirming a Lease, as Amended, Pertaining to the Leasing of the City's Water, Sanitary Sewer, Garbage and Electric Systems to the Authority; Ratifying and Confirming a Subordinate Lien Sales Tax Agreement; and Containing Other Provisions Related Thereto; Not to Exceed $416,000,000.00. (Citywide)] 11 B, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO FOUR DASH 26 OF THE CITY OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA. THUS CITY APPROVING ACTION TAKEN BY THE EDMOND PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY, THE AUTHORITY ISSUE AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF PROMISSORY NOTE OF THE AUTHORITY TO THE OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING A LEASE AS AMENDED. THIS IS BASICALLY THE CITY COUNCIL'S SIDE OF WHAT WE DEALT WITH IN PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE 416 MILLION. ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? IS IT UNDER THE COUNCIL SIDE BECAUSE OF THE SALES TAX TIE IN THE LIEN? HERE COMES MR. BROOKS TO ANSWER THAT VERY QUESTION. [01:25:02] UNDER, UH, OKLAHOMA STATE LAW, A PUBLIC TRUST CANNOT INCUR INDEBTEDNESS WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE BENEFICIARY OF THE TRUST, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS THE CITY. SO IT'S STATUTORILY THAT IT, SO IT'S GOTTA BE BOTH SIDES. OKAY. YES, SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. ALRIGHT. THANKS ALL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO. MOTION TO APPROVE 11 B. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES. FOUR ZERO. [12. Comments from the Mayor and Members of the City Council.] WE ARE ONTO ITEM 12 ON OUR AGENDA. COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT. I, MY DAUGHTER RECENTLY ATTENDED THE FIRE SAFETY CAMP AT THE SAFETY VILLAGE AND SHE, SHE LEARNED A LOT. AND, UM, WHILE IT'S A FUN AND AFFORDABLE THING FOR KIDS TO DO, WHICH IS KIND OF HARD TO COME BY SOMETIMES, UM, THE AFFORDABLE PART, UM, I JUST, I REALLY DO SEE HOW, WHAT SHE LEARNED IN THAT DAY. IT IS, IT IS BUILDING OUR, UM, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. AND I JUST THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM AND I'M GLAD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES IT. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND GIVING ME A FREE DAY. UM, AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT LIBERTY FEST AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR CITIZENS KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP. I THINK THE FIRST EVENT KICKS OFF ON THURSDAY. IT'S THE CONCERT IN THE PARK WITH UCO AND THERE IS LOTS OF INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITE. UM, BUT I'M JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING AND, UM, IT'S A FAVORITE PASTIME OF MY FAMILY. SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE ON THE 4TH OF JULY AND BEFORE NOTHING. I'M GOOD. WHEN I STARTED IN THIS ROLE, SOMEONE DESCRIBED CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO ME AS A CITY BUSINESS MEETING THAT THE PUBLIC WATCHES AND THERE'S 17 PAGES OF STUFF THAT WE JUST APPROVED TONIGHT. UM, SO I JUST WANT TO, I MEAN, IT WENT FASTER THAN I THOUGHT, BUT JUST A REMINDER, YOU, YOU FORGOT THE DETAIL, THE 1100 PAGES OF DETAIL THAT CAME IN. YEAH. YEAH. 1,158 PAGES. THAT'S HOW BIG OUR PACKET WAS THIS WEEK. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT. AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND ALL OF YOU FOR SERVING THE WAY WE DO. THAT'S IT FOR ME. I THINK I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY FIRST OF ALL, MS. MURDOCH NICHOLS, WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT BACK FROM YOUR VACATION SAFELY. UM, I KNOW THAT SEVERAL OTHERS OF US ARE GONNA SLIDE OUT FOR A VACATION OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS. UM, AS MANY OF YOU ARE, PLEASE BE SAFE, BUT TRY TO ATTEND AS MANY OF THE LIBERTY FEST, UM, EVENTS AS YOU CAN. UM, I KNOW IT'S A HECTIC TIME OF YEAR WITH ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT EVENTS OUT THERE. UM, WE GOT A LOT GOING ON IN TOWN, SO, UM, I WOULD SAY TUNE IN AND PARTICIPATE AND THEN WE WILL SEE EVERYONE BACK HERE ON JULY 27TH. THERE WILL NOT BE A MEETING THE SECOND MONDAY OF JULY, SO IT'LL BE IN THE FOURTH. MONDAY OF JULY IS OUR NEXT MEETING. AND WITH ALL OF THAT, I WOULD, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURN. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTE AND WE'RE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.