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   Review of Proposed Departmental Budgets for FY21-22

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   Public Works Director Robert presented the proposed FY21-22 departmental budget for Public Works, covering 12 divisions including supervision, streets/right-of-way, facility maintenance, ground maintenance, stormwater, water production, water/reclaimed distribution, construction services, reclaimed water production, water pollution control, and sewer collections. Notable changes include converting a part-time janitor to full-time, unfunded state mandates for stormwater capacity analysis and lead/copper study, increased chemical and lease costs, and capital requests including Beach Street stormwater improvements ($506,000) and SCADA upgrades. The item was a presentation/discussion with no formal vote.

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   [00:00:48] Big thing on the agenda tonight is review of some more departmental budgets, so take it away. [00:00:53] Tonight we'll be presenting to you the Public Works budget, the Recreation and Aquatics budget, and the Fire Department budget. [00:00:59] And we'll be starting with Public Works. [00:01:01] Thank you. [00:01:02] So, a quick overview. [00:01:04] The Public Works department has four general fund divisions and eight enterprise divisions and a total of 91 employees. [00:01:12] The first division that we'll go over is the Public Works supervision. [00:01:18] I'm going to follow the same thing that we did the other day, where I'll just call out some of the increases. [00:01:26] And then before we move to the next division, if you all have any questions, I'll go ahead and answer them for you. [00:01:32] I noticed you put them in that dark color, so it's hard to see that. [00:01:35] They're in the new budget, you know. [00:01:37] A part of a trickery. [00:01:39] Oh, it sounds good. [00:01:41] So, we did not do anything in this division with our personnel services. [00:01:48] And so, when I talk to you about our division percentage increases, it doesn't count that top portion that you see. [00:01:57] So, this division was increased by 1.2%. [00:02:01] There were no capital equipment requests out of the division. [00:02:06] The line item number 44011, travel and training, we had zero budgeted last year. [00:02:14] That was due to COVID, as you're aware. [00:02:16] We have 3,000 in the budget now for this year, and that's the CEUs and certifications that we have. [00:02:23] And then we had an increase in our leased copier. [00:02:28] We went from 2,000 to 2,400. [00:02:33] That was line item 44481. [00:02:38] Are there any questions? [00:02:47] I'll go to the next one. [00:02:49] The next one is division 102. [00:02:52] This is streets and right-of-way. [00:02:54] We have an increase in line item 44463. [00:03:00] This is the leasing program. [00:03:02] We originally were at 23,730 last year, and we've gone up to 43,500. [00:03:10] That's with the addition of two service trucks. [00:03:14] We increased line item 44483. [00:03:18] That's with the addition of two service trucks. [00:03:21] We increased line item 45321. [00:03:25] That's the signs and sign materials. [00:03:28] That went from 24,000 up to 30,000. [00:03:33] We're taking into consideration the wayfinding signs that we had installed. [00:03:38] All those large ones, they're pretty expensive. [00:03:43] This division increased 5.47%, [00:03:48] and they had no capital equipment requests either. [00:03:55] Questions? [00:03:57] On the signs, Robert, I know we have all the wayfinding [00:04:01] and the new informational signs throughout the city. [00:04:05] Do you anticipate that cost to be constant going forward [00:04:10] as far as the maintenance of those signs and upkeep? [00:04:14] You don't expect a lot new installations, right? [00:04:19] Right. It would just be purely maintenance and vehicle accidents. [00:04:24] Of course, as always, if we have a police report and stuff like that, [00:04:28] we go ahead and go to the insurance company for reimbursement. [00:04:31] Your anticipation, though, is going forward, [00:04:34] it's going to be about 30 grand a year to maintain those signs? [00:04:37] Yes, sir. [00:04:40] Thank you. [00:04:48] Next division is Facility Maintenance 106. [00:04:53] We did have a change in the personnel services. [00:04:58] We're proposing to take the part-time maintenance worker or janitor [00:05:03] for that building and convert that position to a full-time. [00:05:08] As you're aware, that building is in operation 24-7. [00:05:13] It just seems like the part-time doesn't keep up the standards that it needs to. [00:05:20] So we move that position to a full-time. [00:05:24] Would that eat up some of the overtime wages? [00:05:28] It possibly could. [00:05:30] I don't know if the overtime would reduce immediately the first year [00:05:37] because we're still playing catch-up. [00:05:42] Line item 43-411, that's custodial janitorial service. [00:05:49] We went from 32 to 38 because we added the police department building into this. [00:05:57] Line item 43-499, contractual services. [00:06:04] That increased from 55-110 to 60,000. [00:06:10] That's just additional maintenance and historic expenditures. [00:06:16] Line item 44-33-1, trash removal. [00:06:21] We went up to from 20,000 to 625,000. [00:06:27] That was for additional pickup and solid waste assessment fee increases. [00:06:33] No capital expenditures in this division. [00:06:51] Next division is ground maintenance. [00:06:54] Division 110, our lawn maintenance. [00:06:59] Line item 43-3 went from 125 to 158. [00:07:07] That's with the addition of marine parkway, right-of-way, and code enforcement properties. [00:07:15] That money should come back to us eventually. [00:07:21] Line item 44-011, travel and training. [00:07:26] Again, we were at zero and we put back $3,000 in that. [00:07:30] That's for asbestos training, MOT training, and pesticide license for the maintenance employees. [00:07:38] Line item 44-611, maintenance to building and grounds. [00:07:44] The account went from 49,000 to 60,000. [00:07:50] Right now, we're into the maintenance and replacement of the playground structures in Sims Park. [00:07:58] Those types of things that can cause an increase in this line item. [00:08:02] Then 45-22-1, that's chemicals. [00:08:08] There was a $1,000 increase to cover our price increases of all of the chemicals and stuff used in that operation. [00:08:18] There were no capital equipment requests for this division either. [00:08:26] Any feel or do you know percentage of that cost associated with code enforcement? [00:08:35] What percentage of the total cost is that that we would expect to have back? [00:08:41] I'm not sure about that. [00:08:44] Is it minimal on a percentage basis of that number? [00:08:48] I would say it's better than what it used to be. [00:08:52] I think what we end up doing now is we keep track of it. [00:08:56] If we have a lien on the property, then we get our money back then. [00:09:00] You might not get it for a few years, but eventually we do recoup some of that. [00:09:06] I just didn't know of that number what percentage would be associated with that. [00:09:10] I would assume it's a relatively minor amount. [00:09:20] That line item included code enforcement as well as Marine Parkway. [00:09:32] Yeah. [00:09:34] Which line item is that? [00:09:38] 43-43-3? [00:09:40] Yes. [00:09:46] I guess what I'm saying is that $150,000, a third of that wouldn't be code enforcement, right? [00:09:53] No, sir. [00:09:55] That's what I'm saying. [00:09:57] I'm just trying to make sure. [00:09:59] Next division is 103 Stormwater Utility. [00:10:11] Line item 43-12-9. [00:10:15] I did want to call this out. [00:10:17] You have $15,000 that's proposed that will increase in the next draft to $40,000. [00:10:28] That is an unfunded mandate that came down from the legislature. [00:10:36] We have to, what they call, do a capacity management operation maintenance, stormwater analysis. [00:10:44] So it's the next step in our NPDES permit. [00:10:48] What number was that? [00:10:50] 43-1-2-9. [00:10:52] Okay. [00:10:54] Under engineering services, I'm sorry. [00:10:56] And then the line item 44-46-3, lease of automobiles. [00:11:04] Again, that went up from $20,000 to $36,000. [00:11:12] Robert, can you explain to me the differences, you know, an example, [00:11:18] the difference between engineering services and professional services? [00:11:22] Engineering services, obviously, is self-explanatory. [00:11:26] And so we would typically contract with the firm to do that feasibility study, [00:11:32] would be an engineering firm. [00:11:34] Professional services could be a biologist. [00:11:37] Or if, like our Indiana landfill, where we do our gas monitoring, [00:11:43] that's done with a firm that has scientists and biologists. [00:11:49] Yeah, those specialties. [00:11:51] Any kind of borings, where we do geotech, those types of things. [00:11:55] Those would all be professional services. [00:11:57] Thank you. [00:12:03] And so that's it for the operating costs. [00:12:05] This division did have a capital request. [00:12:11] And these capital requests are just redundancies. [00:12:14] They were in your CIP program. [00:12:17] We had the miscellaneous flood control projects at $100,000. [00:12:22] And then we had the Beach Street stormwater drainage improvements at $506,000. [00:12:42] The next division we have is 105. [00:12:45] It's water and sewer water production. [00:12:49] Line item 43-19-9, professional services. [00:12:55] That went from $60,000 to $100,000. [00:13:01] Or it's going to $100,000. [00:13:03] That is for lead and copper study, which is another unfunded mandate that came down. [00:13:12] We have to come up with a plan and meet certain goals [00:13:16] to make sure that we are reducing the lead and copper within our water system. [00:13:24] And then we have an elevated high service pump feasibility study for our elevated tank. [00:13:33] That's the one that we brought to you all a few days ago for the painting and stuff. [00:13:40] Right now it drains by gravity. [00:13:43] This study will do the modeling. [00:13:45] It will tell us what size pump we need, the whole nine yards, [00:13:49] as far as how we can get it to where now we can start utilizing that water [00:13:54] anytime we want to and not be dependent on gravity. [00:14:00] Did you say that was 43-19-9? [00:14:03] Yes, it's 43-19-9. [00:14:06] Mine says $50,000, not $100,000. [00:14:09] Okay, all right. [00:14:10] You said that, but I didn't know that. [00:14:13] It hadn't been updated. [00:14:14] It didn't get updated. [00:14:16] And the dollar amount was so large, I wanted to make sure that we brought it up and talked about it. [00:14:25] Next line item is 43-43-8, lab testing. [00:14:30] This went from $6,000 to $15,000. [00:14:34] And this was due to Tampa Bay Water. [00:14:37] Tampa Bay Water used to do the testing of our water at no charge. [00:14:44] They no longer do that, so we have to incur that cost now. [00:14:49] And of course, chemicals have gone up. [00:14:53] Our next one is 43-4-9-9. [00:14:57] It's contractual services. [00:15:00] This went from $35,000 to $45,000. They've called out some electrical work and [00:15:07] roof trim repairs and painting of the building that's out there. The next line [00:15:13] item, $45,000, $22,000 to laboratory supplies as well. That went up as [00:15:21] well due to price increase. [00:15:31] This division did have some capital requests. [00:15:45] That'd be on page 29. [00:15:49] You don't have page numbers. Okay, and so there's some of the requests that they have over [00:16:01] in the left-hand corner of the completion of the elevator, I'm sorry, [00:16:05] the elevated storage tank, the PAX mixer, which it's just an agitator. They [00:16:17] want to replace that. And then there's $20,000 for R&R. $46,000, $34,000 for city well [00:16:30] repairs. That's $10,000, that's R&R. $46,000, $34,000 for ground storage tank reserves. [00:16:41] Again, $15,000, R&R, that's for exterior prep and painting. $46,000, $39,000, nine [00:16:50] improvements other than buildings. They're looking for, we've got $55,000 [00:17:01] in equipment maintenance and repair. That's basically any items that arise [00:17:05] that's over $5,000 has to be capitalized. Used to be in operating, it's [00:17:11] just moved over. And it includes the high surface pump at the elevated tank that [00:17:18] we talked about and R&R for the emergency generator and processing [00:17:22] equipment. Line item 46, 41-7, that's $50,000 and that is the final phase of [00:17:34] the SCADA improvement upgrades. That's the smart system that we have. And then [00:17:39] finally we have line item 46, 43-1, special purpose equipment. That includes [00:17:47] the online ammonia analyzer, the replacement of ammonia, bulk storage [00:17:52] tanks. There's two of them. Ammonia line and high service pumps two and three, [00:17:59] check valves and roof at the pump room. [00:18:05] Just a question, go back to that $43,699 you said that we're putting in $15,000 [00:18:12] into R&R, but then next year we've got $300,000. Is our R&R not [00:18:18] going to be there? That's the pump, right? For next year? $22,000, $23,000. $43,699. [00:18:28] The high service pump and elevated storage tank. $22,000, $23,000. [00:18:34] Okay, sorry, but the next year it's $300,000. Correct, that's the purchase. [00:18:38] Okay, so we're not packed, our R&R isn't stacked up enough, you [00:18:43] know, we haven't been put in a way for it. I can't tell you what the [00:18:48] total, I don't have it here, what the total of the R&R that we have in there. [00:18:52] Okay. But whatever it is we deducted, if it wasn't the total cost, then [00:18:59] whatever we had would be applied to it. So that $300,000, the R&R maybe not in [00:19:06] there and maybe it's in there and the cost of this tank's going to be way up [00:19:11] there? It could be. Okay. We can get that information. No, that's fine, I just, you [00:19:16] know, we do an R&R for a reason, that's why. So we don't see those numbers. [00:19:22] Correct, it kind of keeps it even without spikes. [00:19:28] So our next division is 107 Water and Reclaimed Water Distribution. The line [00:19:47] item 43499, Contractual Services, went up from $30,000 to $35,000. Includes a census [00:20:00] customer portal that we're going to be installing. Line item 44331, Trash [00:20:09] Removal, that's a historical increase, it goes from 10 to 13, that's [00:20:16] basically debris from water breaks. 45225, Software License Support, from $26,000 to [00:20:27] $32,000, that's the Tyler Software and the AMI census support, that's for meters. [00:20:35] And then line item 45271, Meters, that went up from $33,000 to $70,000, that [00:20:46] directly related to that lead and copper role that we're talking about, where [00:20:50] there's longer lead times, there's possibility of price increases, so we [00:20:56] wanted to try to get as many of them as we could to go ahead and start changing [00:21:01] those out. And then line item 45272, Pipes, that went from $10,000 to $12,000, price [00:21:11] increase. And then I don't know if I mentioned, I don't think I mentioned this, [00:21:16] but there were increases in just about every division when it came to operating [00:21:23] supplies slash disaster, and that's so that we can have money in case like [00:21:29] for a hurricane. We did have a hundred in it and then we, everybody agreed that [00:21:35] we would go ahead and put $1,500 because obviously a hundred, we buy a couple [00:21:41] temperature things and you're already spent your your budget. This just gave us [00:21:46] some money that we could better keep track of what we were buying for those [00:21:50] emergencies. And typically it would get reimbursed at the end, through FEMA or [00:21:58] the county, that type of thing. [00:22:04] So when you're, this is a more financial question I guess, but when you're [00:22:09] budgeting for, you know, especially now with price increases on everything, [00:22:12] supplies, materials, we don't know if they're going up or going down, you put a [00:22:18] little buffer in that for in case it goes up even more based on what today's [00:22:22] prices versus, okay. [00:22:29] So this division did have capital requests. Line item 46-399, equipment [00:22:41] maintenance for repairs, that again is that capital expenditures over five [00:22:47] grand. Under line item 46-415, trucks and trailers, that's $8,000 in that for [00:22:58] R&R and our Vactron trailer that we have. And then we had R&R and line item [00:23:05] 46-416, heavy equipment. [00:23:10] Our next division is... [00:23:31] You can give me a second, I think I lost mine. [00:23:40] Is construction services. This is division 109. Actually, we had a [00:23:53] decrease in this division, so we have no increases. [00:24:05] With all that extra money. [00:24:10] The next division that we have is 111, that's reclaimed water production. This [00:24:18] is the one that Pasco County shares in the cost with the city. Line item 44-311, [00:24:27] electric, went from $275,000 to $300,000, or yeah, from $275,000 to $300,000. [00:24:38] And the next line item, 44-621, maintenance and equipment, went from $3,800 [00:24:47] to $5,200 due to lab equipment. And then line item 45-221, chemicals, went [00:24:57] from $90,640 to $115,000. That was one that we didn't, we still have [00:25:07] the $90,000 that got increased due to the ITB that we just awarded. So that [00:25:16] number will be a true number. But overall, that division decreased [00:25:23] almost 8%. Some of the capital requests that they had were line item 46-299, [00:25:36] building improvements. This was R&R. And then line item 46-399, improvements [00:25:46] other than buildings. We ended up having, let's see, $10,000 for equipment and [00:26:00] repair, items over $5,000. We had $10,000 for equipment upgrades, $21,000 [00:26:08] for 24-inch reject valve, and $17,000 to rebuild the sand filter number one. [00:26:15] Next division is 112. This is water and sewer or water pollution control. This is [00:26:33] also the other division that is with Pasco County. Engineering services went [00:26:46] from $50,000 to $80,000. This is due to our permit renewal, our FDEP permit [00:26:55] renewal operating. And finishing up a $20,000 discharge to the bayou study so [00:27:06] that we could complete the operating permit. And then $30,000 for that storm [00:27:13] water analysis feasibility that I had talked about in the storm water utility. [00:27:18] The wastewater treatment plants, those sites used to be exempt from your NPDES [00:27:24] permit, and they could operate under their their wastewater operating permit. [00:27:29] Well now the EPA wants us to include them in the NPDES report, so they need [00:27:37] to have their own separate one. So there's an increase for that. Contractual [00:27:43] services, another job. They just increased an employee in their budget. [00:27:51] Line item 43.499, contractual services went from $6,500 to $10,000. [00:28:05] Traveling training, $4,401 went from $4,000 to $6,200. Telephones was increased. [00:28:18] That does that all the fiber optics to the structure as well as two smartphones [00:28:25] that are in that division. Line item 44.351, that's water and sewer city. That [00:28:35] was a typo. Instead of $43,000 it should have been $48,000. Line item 44.361, [00:28:45] sludge removal. That went from $430,000 to $475,000. That was due to a price [00:28:54] increase. Line item 44.463, lease. Again that went from from $0 to $8,500. [00:29:06] We added a truck. 44.611, maintenance to building and grounds. That increase [00:29:15] of $5,000 was due to the head work pump work that needs to be done. 45.141, small [00:29:26] tools implements. That went from $2,000 to $3,500 due to the purchase of a [00:29:35] pressure washer. Laboratory supplies, 45.222, that had a $2,000 increase due to [00:29:44] the price increase. Janitorial supplies, 45.251, had an increase from $38 to $5 due [00:29:57] to price increases and then of course [00:30:00] The forty five twenty nine one operating supplies for disaster. [00:30:04] Increased. Division did have capital. Requests. [00:30:14] Online and forty six two nine nine building improvements on [00:30:18] those twenty thousand four are in our funds for structure [00:30:21] maintenance and repair. Line item forty six three nine nine [00:30:26] improvements other than building grounds. Is that. One hundred [00:30:33] and twenty one thousand. Fifteen thousand went to anything [00:30:38] over five. Thousand and then we had our in our [00:30:41] funds for power equipment at sixty thousand. And then [00:30:45] the purchase of her to activate granular carbon forty [00:30:48] six. Thousand. And then finally we had a line item [00:30:54] forty six four fifteen trucks and trailers this was. [00:30:58] R. and R. at ninety five hundred. For mac truck. [00:31:04] And in three thousand four. Trailer. And then sixty five [00:31:09] hundred four flatbed. Truck with a knuckle crane. Attachment. [00:31:17] Other than that. Place the area your boxes are shown [00:31:23] in future years. Hundred fifty thousand the next three years [00:31:28] is that. Set a cost of one year over three [00:31:32] years that each year with what we that's a that's [00:31:35] a cost of each. Each piece. There's four of them. [00:31:41] But I left it in there and I'm not I [00:31:44] really am not ready to. Make a decision yet on [00:31:48] whether we're going to proceed with those are not. We're [00:31:52] taking the other one and replacing it that was approved [00:31:55] this year. And we're going to dive into it. And [00:31:59] take the thing apart piece by piece and see exactly [00:32:04] what went wrong with that. Because all the other ones [00:32:08] are the same. And that that will determine of course [00:32:12] staff is going to look at it but we're also [00:32:14] going to have. Engineer take a look at it too. [00:32:18] That's going to determine whether or not. We take and [00:32:22] continue on and replace. The other ones or we just [00:32:25] replace them. As they go. I don't say that that [00:32:30] appears you know what's useful I've been that's pretty significant [00:32:32] expenses I was just trying to think is that something [00:32:34] you would not. Have an R. and R. set for. Well [00:32:39] in it would be something that we would start if [00:32:42] we if we don't have to change them out we [00:32:45] make that decision in the next. The next step would [00:32:48] be to start doing. So the next division we have [00:33:01] is one thirteen sewer collections. Line item forty four [00:33:10] zero eleven travel and training that went up. From [00:33:15] forty one hundred to four thousand six hundred and [00:33:18] seventy with a standby time. The only time is when [00:33:23] we have to we have to have people on [00:33:25] call. Next line item is forty four three eleven electric [00:33:34] city facilities went from ninety thousand to ninety five [00:33:38] thousand price increase. Line item forty four thirty three [00:33:46] one. Trash removal. It went from ten thousand twelve thousand. [00:33:53] That's for breaks and stuff like that that we [00:33:56] have to pull the stuff away. And then line item [00:34:00] forty four four six three. Leasing of automobiles we added [00:34:05] another truck that went from. Thirty seven nine forty [00:34:08] two sixty thousand all in all this division had [00:34:11] a reduction of. Six point seven three percent. Their capital [00:34:19] requests. That they have. Were line item forty six [00:34:26] three nine nine improvements other than buildings that was [00:34:30] fifteen thousand. For any items that are over five. [00:34:34] Forty six. Forty one five trucks and trailers. Eighty nine [00:34:40] thousand. Three hundred and eighty dollars that's the last [00:34:44] lease payment for the large back truck. But that division [00:34:48] uses. And then we had are in our funds out [00:34:52] of line item forty six forty one six. The amount [00:34:55] of sixty thousand four are in our funds. And then [00:34:59] finally we had line item forty six forty three one. [00:35:04] Special purpose equipment. That amount was fifty five thousand [00:35:08] dollars for the purchase of a. Four inch portable pump. [00:35:12] With all the accessories. This division uses it when. Their [00:35:17] lift stations go down and they need to put. Put [00:35:20] the station on bypass wall. For the most part the. [00:35:24] Pumps that are removed and taken and get repaired. And [00:35:34] our last division that we have is the fleet garage [00:35:38] five oh one. Line item forty three forty three six [00:35:51] paint and body work. Was increased from seventy five hundred [00:35:56] to ten thousand. Line item forty three four nine nine [00:36:04] contractual services. This went up from fifteen hundred to [00:36:09] six thousand and that cost is the shop lifts. That [00:36:16] we're going to be purchasing direct. We'll utilize those in [00:36:21] the existing structure. And then once the new structure is [00:36:26] built. We'll take and move those over. Remind me when [00:36:30] the new structure can be finished. Hopefully there's some [00:36:34] time this year if everything goes well but we don't [00:36:37] know where we're going to go out to bid probably [00:36:40] in the next couple months. And then depending on what [00:36:44] those that price comes back I guess is going to [00:36:46] dictate. How soon we could go to construction. It seems [00:36:53] to me there's gonna be a lot of. Expense moving [00:36:56] from one building to another building because of. The [00:37:00] quality of the building we're working out of now. The [00:37:05] buildings are. Just right next to each other next to [00:37:08] one another. So our thought process is anything that we're. [00:37:13] Asking to purchase in this division. It's moved over. [00:37:18] Into that one with all of our people moving. I [00:37:25] just say that was pretty old through that would get [00:37:27] a new one. Line item forty five twenty two five. [00:37:32] Software licenses. This went up from a thousand to [00:37:36] eleven thousand three hundred. Included. Fifteen hundred for the [00:37:41] all data. That's the online manuals. The mechanics can [00:37:47] go on now. And and look at. Sixty five hundred [00:37:51] for the purchase of a scanner. That's what the that's [00:37:56] the computer thing that they plug in. Has the laptop [00:38:00] that kind of tells them. Diagnostics of everything. And then [00:38:04] thirty three hundred is for the Tyler work order. System. [00:38:12] And in line item forty five twenty three two laundry [00:38:15] service that increased five hundred dollars. For. Rags and car [00:38:22] covers. The guys use in addition to the laundry. And [00:38:27] then finally we. Headline item forty five two nine nine [00:38:31] operating supplies. Went from forty five to eight. That's due [00:38:38] that's directly due to. Outfitting of the new vehicles we [00:38:41] do do some of the the work. With police vehicles [00:38:44] that come in that we outfit. And this division increased [00:38:48] one point one two percent. Capital requests that they did [00:38:57] have. Line item forty. Six forty three one special purpose [00:39:03] equipment. Ten thousand. For metal break and shear machine. [00:39:12] And then forty six thousand for. Column lifts. And that's [00:39:18] another item that were we would be purchasing directly. And [00:39:22] it would be one of the items that would move [00:39:23] over into the new building. So other than that that [00:39:28] concludes my report. You have any questions of course that [00:39:32] bears. Robert I had to ask a question here. You [00:39:38] know you know what I want to get to [00:39:39] the end but you know going back to. Want to [00:39:44] reclaim water production. And I know you also there was [00:39:47] one. Produced. Is there anywhere I didn't see it in [00:39:56] the budget and so maybe it's somewhere else. Is there [00:40:00] anything that we because I people ask about this from [00:40:03] time to time about expansion. Reclaim water for irrigation purposes [00:40:08] for residents. Do we have any and I know we've [00:40:12] had this discussion before that sometimes. That gets to be [00:40:17] expense you know. But you know I do have. You [00:40:22] know residents from time to time ask about it is [00:40:25] it is it are we going to expand it is [00:40:26] our program involved. I just wouldn't see the budget [00:40:30] wise for that and it. So just question about. That [00:40:35] is that you wouldn't we don't have a line item [00:40:39] in the operating for the capital equipment for that it's [00:40:42] in our C.I.P. And off hand I can't think. Of [00:40:47] the dollar amount I think I can get it for [00:40:50] you but we have a line item I think [00:40:53] it's called water reclaim expansion miscellaneous. And so if you [00:40:59] gave us a call and you said you know hey [00:41:01] is reclaim in my area. We would take a [00:41:05] look at our map and if you were. A block [00:41:09] away. Or something like that from our nearest. Line then [00:41:14] we can utilize that money to extend it out [00:41:18] to where you were at to where. You'd be able [00:41:21] to have reclaim available to you. But there isn't a [00:41:25] project that specifically is called out. This year for reclaim. [00:41:32] So I'm not sure how the infrastructure bill and all [00:41:34] that stuff is going to work out when it [00:41:36] comes to. Maybe some of those funds being available. [00:41:41] Also what we were doing was the cooperative funding with [00:41:44] swift mud we were we would ask for half [00:41:48] of the money and we would do a poll of [00:41:50] the neighborhood to see who was interested. Because the return [00:41:54] on investment on the reclaim can be looked at [00:41:57] as low we go for that grant and we [00:41:59] look for a lot of neighborhood input sort of [00:42:01] swift mud for that fifty fifty grant and so [00:42:03] we would see if certain neighborhoods would be interested. [00:42:06] That's like the first step and we've done that [00:42:08] a couple times I think to to see if [00:42:09] it'd be worth expanding so it requires a lot [00:42:12] of community input as well to make the big [00:42:15] jobs happen. That makes sense. [00:42:17] But if it's you know the the the bottom [00:42:20] line is is when you look at utilities you've [00:42:22] got water and sewer and reclaim is is like [00:42:26] that third one as far as on the priority [00:42:29] list of what you have to take care of. [00:42:32] And when you get down to it and they've [00:42:34] made the grant system a little bit harder [00:42:37] to get those funds. It's kind of like [00:42:40] OK well how much money are we going to [00:42:42] take and spend for that expansion of the system. [00:42:48] It's in our master plan. We still have a [00:42:51] minimal amount budgeted. I don't think we ever would [00:42:54] get away from it but the last item that [00:42:58] and I'll finish up real quick but the last [00:43:01] thing that we're kind of waiting on too is [00:43:04] Tampa Bay Water is taking over from SWIFMA [00:43:08] the handling of a lot of that when it comes to [00:43:12] the the monies and the value of reclaim. [00:43:16] And so we're hoping that within the next year [00:43:19] or two all the members of Tampa Bay Water are [00:43:22] going to know what we could they'll have a [00:43:25] price base to find out what it's worth if they [00:43:29] can get credit for it for you know against [00:43:32] the pumping of how much water they utilize all [00:43:35] of those types of things to where maybe we could [00:43:37] we could project a little bit better when it [00:43:40] comes to investment of the dollars to expand the [00:43:44] systems. And I know that you know the interest in [00:43:47] that oftentimes you know it peaks and valleys [00:43:51] along with rainfall and water restrictions and [00:43:55] and thus for and we haven't been in that for [00:43:57] some time. And I think Mary was talking about [00:44:00] the other day about the desal plan is offline [00:44:03] that the reservoir is still moving up each year. [00:44:05] But you know that's not always going to be the [00:44:07] case and particularly the population of Florida [00:44:09] growing and the demand for water increasing. You [00:44:12] know just thinking you know if there's some [00:44:17] systematic plan to to work and expand or the [00:44:21] reclaim water for the purpose. [00:44:23] Just decrease use of our portable water. [00:44:28] I think it's two related but separate issues. [00:44:33] Expanding the reclaim system into the [00:44:36] neighborhoods has always been something that the [00:44:40] neighborhood seemed to like if you can get over [00:44:42] half of the people to sign up which we haven't in [00:44:45] our neighborhood. The longer range issue as far [00:44:52] as Tampa Bay water is concerned. There is a. [00:44:58] Sharp project which. [00:45:00] which is the South Hillsboro Augmentation something project. [00:45:05] And the theory is that the Tampa Bay water [00:45:12] will inject reclaimed water near the coast [00:45:17] and it will allow SWFMUD to then up the pumping allowance [00:45:25] for potable water further inland. [00:45:30] And Tampa has a variation on that. [00:45:32] It was one iteration called SHARP, [00:45:36] I'm sorry, not SHARP, TAP, [00:45:37] and they're working on some things still along that line. [00:45:45] The rough idea is they would inject [00:45:47] the reclaimed water deep and then pull fresh water [00:45:53] from higher up in the water column. [00:45:57] It raises the interesting question [00:46:02] that you've got Hillsboro County [00:46:05] and the city of Tampa wondering what that water [00:46:10] would be worth to Tampa Bay water [00:46:13] so that it could get the credits for the additional pumping. [00:46:19] And I think it has crossed the minds of the folks [00:46:23] on the Pasco County Commission [00:46:25] that there is a similar issue [00:46:27] that has not been discussed yet, [00:46:31] but a significant amount of the reclaimed water [00:46:36] that is generated in Pasco winds up going [00:46:42] and then being, I think it may be being [00:46:48] added to surface water, which then percolates down. [00:46:52] I'm a little fuzzy on exactly the mechanics of that, [00:46:57] but essentially it's part of the mitigation efforts [00:47:03] that have been going on for years now [00:47:07] to restore the wetlands in Central Florida, [00:47:10] which were so horribly impacted by over pumping [00:47:13] back in the 80s and 90s. [00:47:17] But there is probably an economic value to that water also. [00:47:24] And so Tampa Bay water is trying to grapple [00:47:28] with what is a fair price for the reclaimed water, [00:47:35] regardless of how it gets used, [00:47:38] either injected into wells or sprinkled out over lakes [00:47:44] in Central Pasco or whatever. [00:47:47] And so the issue of how much reclaimed water [00:47:50] we might have left to be able to send [00:47:55] into the neighborhoods and do it [00:47:57] is also gonna be an open question until that gets resolved. [00:48:01] And I'm hoping sometime in the next six months or so, [00:48:05] we'll be able to come up with some numbers [00:48:07] that'll make sense. [00:48:09] Because if New Port Richey and Pasco County [00:48:13] and Pinellas County and the city of St. Petersburg [00:48:16] can all get some sort of credit [00:48:22] for the disposal of reclaimed water, [00:48:28] then the whole economic question of, [00:48:31] do you really wanna run pipes all over [00:48:35] through existing neighborhoods or not, [00:48:39] becomes a question you have to ask [00:48:40] from a financial standpoint. [00:48:43] You'd like to look at it of maybe having a balanced system [00:48:46] that could kind of satisfy both needs [00:48:49] because we found out that putting pipe in the ground [00:48:53] is not really helping you when you've got five, [00:48:56] six inches of rain coming down, [00:48:58] your wastewater treatment plant is full, [00:49:02] no one wants to turn their irrigation on [00:49:05] and you're discharging into the bayou. [00:49:07] So if you can come up with a plan [00:49:10] like replenishing the aquifers and stuff, [00:49:13] that gives you that volume opportunity to get rid of. [00:49:17] And if you think of it, if we were injecting water, [00:49:21] and I'm not suggesting we plan on doing this tomorrow, [00:49:25] but if we were injecting water here [00:49:30] inside the city limits of New Port Richey [00:49:32] and other places in West Pasco, [00:49:35] then the well fields, including the one [00:49:37] that New Port Richey sold to Tampa Bay Water [00:49:40] back 20 years ago, [00:49:44] would be able to potentially increase pumping [00:49:48] without harming the environment. [00:49:51] The theory being the water, [00:49:54] the reclaimed water sort of adds pressure [00:49:56] that brings the water levels up in further inland, [00:50:02] up higher because the water flow [00:50:05] goes from the center of the state out to the coast. [00:50:10] We have 46% rentals in the city, [00:50:15] and I don't really see people that rent [00:50:18] gonna be excited to get reclaimed water at their house, [00:50:22] but of the 54%, [00:50:26] what percent of those residentials [00:50:28] actually have reclaimed water? [00:50:30] Are we looking at a number that's even, [00:50:33] we made you an analysis when the program center, [00:50:37] he was just talking about it, [00:50:38] you're talking about gallons. [00:50:41] We can get that information. [00:50:43] I'm just curious, [00:50:44] I mean if it is growing, [00:50:47] are we not advertising it? [00:50:49] Or if it's really not that much water, [00:50:52] were you just saying if it's been, [00:50:54] you know, in May we would have loved it, [00:50:55] but right now we don't care whether. [00:50:58] Yeah. [00:51:00] By credits or selling that reclaimed water back, [00:51:05] does that then lower our cost of water access, [00:51:07] our cost of water? [00:51:09] And then so, because you know, [00:51:11] that's part two, you know, [00:51:13] sure, you're the environmentalist about, [00:51:15] hey, I wanna, you know, replenish, [00:51:17] but secondly, hey, I really want my water bill to go down. [00:51:19] No, there is a distinct economic value [00:51:23] to being able to do it. [00:51:25] The question is, what is that value? [00:51:27] And that's what Tampa Bay Water [00:51:29] and the various work groups that I believe include you guys [00:51:33] with Public Works are grappling with right now, [00:51:36] trying to figure out, you know, [00:51:38] what number is it? [00:51:40] And I've seen numbers that have been all over the map [00:51:43] and I wouldn't even want to repeat them in public [00:51:46] because I don't know that any of them [00:51:49] are real at this point. [00:51:53] But there is some value. [00:51:54] The question is what? [00:51:58] Okay, thank you, Robert. [00:52:00] Thank you, Robert. [00:52:01] Crystal, while we're switching departments, [00:52:04] could I make a request for the next time we do this? [00:52:08] Could we please pick an, [00:52:09] oh, it's much better in Recreation. [00:52:14] I'll tell you, that looks dark. [00:52:15] I think it's the printer. [00:52:17] Yeah, the dark blue we're using in the Public Works, [00:52:21] it's almost impossible to read the numbers. [00:52:24] They use reclaimed water to print the. [00:52:27] You know, it may have been, that would explain. [00:52:29] I think it was polluted water. [00:52:31] Yeah, that may be why Robert's making a quick exit [00:52:34] for the door. [00:52:39] Yeah, this looks like it's been chlorinated, [00:52:40] so we're ready. [00:52:47] We'll start with Kevin on Recreation. [00:52:51] Mayor, City Council, thank you for allowing me [00:52:54] to present the Recreation and Aquatic Budgets today. [00:53:00] In our Recreation, [00:53:05] you'll see that in our Personnel and Wages, [00:53:08] there's some changes in the line items [00:53:13] of regular full-time wages has increased, [00:53:19] and our part-time wages and temporary wages, [00:53:24] there's an offset there. [00:53:27] Post-pandemic, the department is seeing much more demand [00:53:31] to provide more programming and community events, [00:53:35] as well as more outside organizations [00:53:37] applying to hold events here. [00:53:40] Our presence on Facebook has increased measurably [00:53:44] for the period of April through June. [00:53:46] We've seen our Facebook followers increase 250%, [00:53:50] and this coincides with us moving a rec leader [00:53:53] into a part-time rec leader position [00:53:55] into our department's part-time marketing [00:53:58] and community outreach position, [00:54:01] and we are looking to move that position [00:54:03] from part-time to full-time [00:54:04] because of the anticipation of much more demand [00:54:08] for our department as far as events and programming. [00:54:12] Also, with the increased amount [00:54:15] of special event applications and the expected increase [00:54:18] in city-sponsored events for the community, [00:54:21] we're proposing to have [00:54:22] the special event coordinator position [00:54:25] to be focused predominantly on special event organization, [00:54:28] supervision, and liaison duties, [00:54:31] and move the other recreation department duties [00:54:34] from that position to a recreation manager position, [00:54:38] which is a position that was listed [00:54:40] in the new Cody and Associate Pay Study. [00:54:43] As well, we are proposing [00:54:45] to move a full-time recreation supervisor one [00:54:48] into a recreation supervisor two, [00:54:52] who has many years of experience [00:54:55] and is expected to perform higher-level duties [00:54:57] than a recreation supervisor one would. [00:55:02] We believe this will also help retain some good employees [00:55:06] as they will have next levels to try to attain [00:55:09] rather than finding these opportunities elsewhere. [00:55:12] To offset the increase [00:55:14] in the 41299 regular full-time wages budget, [00:55:21] we have cut, [00:55:25] eliminated two vacant part-time recreation leader positions [00:55:29] that we have not been able to fill, [00:55:31] as well as two temporary concession stand attendant positions [00:55:37] as the concession stand operation is a contractor service, [00:55:40] and those positions were in our budget [00:55:42] and are no longer needed. [00:55:46] Those are the big changes [00:55:49] in our personnel and wages budget on the recreation side. [00:55:56] I'm gonna, if you'll just allow me to add a little bit. [00:56:01] The marketing position was full-time in the department. [00:56:05] We cut it back to part-time during COVID, [00:56:09] so we're actually just restoring the position, [00:56:13] and in the recreation department, [00:56:15] we previously had an assistant director position, [00:56:19] and we took, well, we actually had a rec manager position, [00:56:24] and then we eliminated that position [00:56:26] and put in an assistant director position, [00:56:30] and when we eliminated the assistant manager position, [00:56:33] we did not replace it with a rec manager. [00:56:36] We are now finding that we do need the rec manager position [00:56:39] without the benefit of an assistant director. [00:56:48] Moving on, and you'll see increase in line item 45225, [00:56:59] software licenses and support. [00:57:02] Sorry, I'm on the wrong page. [00:57:04] That's my wrong page. [00:57:05] That's way down the list. [00:57:06] Sorry about that. [00:57:10] Line item 43499, contractual services. [00:57:15] There is an increase here, [00:57:17] and all that is that's moving some funding from 4621. [00:57:24] This is for FitnessLogic, [00:57:28] which is the company that is contracted [00:57:30] to work on our fitness equipment in the fitness center, [00:57:35] so you'll see that there's an offset in 44621 [00:57:39] to make the adjustment for this line item. [00:57:45] Line item 44011, travel and training. [00:57:48] We feel there's a need for professional development [00:57:51] for our rec staff. [00:57:53] We are hoping to get some training on childcare [00:57:57] for the ChildWatch attendance and customer service training, [00:58:01] as well as some of our senior employees [00:58:04] are hoping to get some certifications [00:58:07] through National Recreation Parks Association [00:58:10] and Florida Recreation Parks Association, so. [00:58:14] ChildWatch program growing? [00:58:19] We find that we don't run it in the summer, [00:58:23] so we're gonna be reopening it, [00:58:24] and it hasn't been open because of COVID for over a year, [00:58:29] so we're hoping to see it grow. [00:58:32] We are adjusting the times there. [00:58:36] We found that mornings, [00:58:38] we weren't getting anybody in there. [00:58:41] There was an average of one or two people [00:58:44] in there in the mornings. [00:58:45] Most of the ChildWatch operation was in the evenings, [00:58:52] where you'd see anywhere between 10 and 15, [00:58:54] so we're dedicating our staff to that, [00:58:56] and hoping to run some Mommy and Me programming [00:58:59] in the facility in the mornings [00:59:00] to try and draw in more people in those programs. [00:59:06] The next line item is 44134 data lines, [00:59:17] and that is for the fiber [00:59:19] for internal building communication [00:59:21] and the fitness equipment service. [00:59:25] And next line item is 44961 special events, [00:59:30] and you will see an increase there. [00:59:33] That is more programming post-pandemic [00:59:38] at the Recreation Center. [00:59:39] These are programs that we run, [00:59:42] that people come in and pay a fee to join, [00:59:46] and we expect that to be come, [00:59:50] we're getting much more demand, [00:59:51] a lot of people asking for more of our programming [00:59:54] to start up, so. [00:59:56] Thank you. [01:00:00] We're looking for a little increase there. Is that all, is that factored in that as [01:00:07] also what happens at Sims Park with the concerts? No, that's another line item [01:00:12] that's coming up. That's not a huge increase going back from 18-19, right? So it's [01:00:20] because you're getting back to more pre-COVID levels, right? And again, this is for [01:00:25] like programs that we run. So it would be like a Mommy and Me program that people [01:00:32] would come in and pay a fee for. It's not just your drop-in basketball and those [01:00:37] things. It's a program that we set up and organize and run. More structured. Yeah. [01:00:48] Line item 44963, recreation trips. There's a little increase there. This is [01:00:55] for camps and other field trips that we bring kids to and other people. And we're [01:01:03] seeing that there's a lot of these places have increased their prices, so [01:01:08] we're looking for a little increase there. 44965, city-sponsored program [01:01:15] expense. This is the one where concerts in Sims Park. Then I ask, then I'll [01:01:24] ask this, then how come, where do we spend the money during COVID? We really [01:01:31] haven't. So it's budgeted, but maybe not used? Right. It hasn't been used yet. [01:01:36] We're using it for the Labor Day celebration that we're having [01:01:41] coming up, but other than that, there hasn't been much use. So we're [01:01:46] looking at $40,000 there, which is an increase over FY18, but not as much as [01:01:53] FY19 and 20. We just aren't quite sure how people are going to respond. [01:02:00] Those are probably more exact figures than what's going on in the last year. Yes, exactly. [01:02:05] 44999, other charges, miscellaneous. This is from past expenditures from this [01:02:16] account were for things like the Chasco Fiesta floats and other events that [01:02:24] we run, just buying items to decorate the floats or use for other programs. You [01:02:30] have a lot to learn, Chasco. You're like, wow. Line item 45225 is software licenses [01:02:42] and support. You'll see an increase there, and a lot of that is due to our [01:02:48] new software registration system, ActiveNet, that we brought on, started in [01:02:56] April. It's replaced MaxGalaxy. It's really a benefit to our department, but [01:03:04] it is a little more expensive, so that's where that increase comes from. Line item [01:03:11] 45243, computer supplies. We're due for a computer replacement, I believe two [01:03:19] computers next year. 45246, ads and marketing supplies. Again, we're planning [01:03:27] on having a lot more program and events, and if we have the full-time marketing [01:03:32] position, we're going to need more money for advertising and marketing supplies. [01:03:40] With all that, the total operating comes in pretty flat to the estimated and [01:03:47] amended budget for FY 2021. There is capital project. The recreation and [01:03:58] aquatic center locker room and restroom upgrades. There is budgeted in this [01:04:07] current budget to do architectural engineering, so we are hiring a company [01:04:13] to do that, and that will be getting underway right away, and as [01:04:21] soon as we can, we can start that project, assuming the capital is approved. You do [01:04:30] see the senior center roof replacement. That is a mistake on there. That is a [01:04:37] senior center AC replacement. The roof replacement project was done this past [01:04:44] year, and you also see painting of interior gym walls. That is in our [01:04:53] capital program. The gym walls need an upgrade and get some painting done [01:05:00] for many years, and just to make the place look better. That is recreation. [01:05:10] Is the service program paid for itself? Yes, it does. I know there's restrictions on, I mean, we only get $3 a visit and up to, what, $30 a month, or something like 10 visits, and I didn't know if that covered their use. [01:05:30] Yeah, I mean, we had, I have a statistic right here, we have 25 new Silver Sneaker participants sign up to use our facility in June, and 1,271 active swipes from Silver Sneaker participants in the month of June, so. [01:05:48] We don't, you don't necessarily know whether each one of those 1,200 you got [01:05:54] $3 from, because they might have over, gone over 10 times. See what I'm saying? Yeah, that's true. [01:06:03] Something also that falls in that same category. I'll make sure they swipe my card and just don't wave me through. [01:06:08] The painting of the interior gym walls, you know, I'm just, rather than a capital, why is it set in a capital program as far as, you know, just maintenance, repairs, and, because, I mean, painting is, it's always going to be painting something, probably, you know, it's not gym walls, next time it'll be the hallways, it'll be the, just a question. [01:06:38] I don't know why it got moved into capital expenditures, rather than more of a maintenance issue. [01:06:44] Painting. I believe it's going to be contracted out. [01:06:48] And it's actually listed in bold. [01:06:52] Isn't it, Crystal? [01:06:56] So whose pocket in the other 20? [01:06:57] Well, it depends on how long, how often you're repainting, so if it extends out to seven or 10 years, you said it's been a while since we painted, and it's extending the life of the building. [01:07:09] So then it's considered an improvement to the building, so that's why we have to capitalize it, and then you look at the cost, if it's over 5,000, it has to be capitalized, so that's why we're capitalizing for it. [01:07:19] But you said you saw it somewhere else? [01:07:21] Well, you go back over there, there is a line item that says maintenance, repairs, building, and grounds, so I'm thinking painting is maintenance, you know, but it's not. [01:07:31] If it's a regular paint job, once a year, then no, but it's usually like a high latex, complicated paint that they're using. [01:07:42] Okay, sure, just... [01:07:47] If your wife could get you to paint on a regular basis, it wouldn't go into capital. [01:07:55] Change the color. [01:07:56] There, okay, and we will move on to aquatics. [01:08:05] So in aquatics, you'll also see in our wage lines, there is some changes there. [01:08:12] Part-time wages, there is an increase, and temporary wages, there is an offset there. [01:08:19] There's an increase in the part-time wages. [01:08:22] The part-time head lifeguard position, minimum pay level was increased with the coding associate plan, [01:08:29] as well as we have staff who each season have gained more experience, and they receive the next certification level to move from a part-time lifeguard to from a temporary lifeguard one. [01:08:42] So part-time wages has been increased so that we can cover those positions, and the reduction in temporary wages offsets, [01:08:54] because we have the same amount of staff, just at higher levels of certification, which would place them in the head lifeguard or the lifeguard two levels. [01:09:04] Next line item, 44611, maintenance, buildings, and ground. [01:09:19] We put $18,000 there, that's based on previous years, and we are averaging about $1,500 per month right now on maintenance and ground. [01:09:33] So we think that $18,000 is a good number to go forward with next year. [01:09:41] Line item 45231, clothing and wearing apparel. [01:09:46] You see that we have an increase of about 50% on there, and that is because it's approximately about $75 to outfit a lifeguard, and we have 17 staff. [01:10:01] So we did the work there and came up with that number. [01:10:10] They get bathing suits, shirts, hats, plus the pack that they carry, so it's about $75 per nose guard. [01:10:19] We got new shirts, what am I complaining about? [01:10:22] Line item 45243, computer supplies. [01:10:28] We are due for computer replacements in the aquatics offices as well. [01:10:36] See that this budget comes in under the estimated and amended for FY 2021. [01:10:44] There's also capital item, pool resurfacing for $50,000, and that was discussed at the capital presentation, but this will go for the activity or kiddie pool as it's known. [01:11:03] That one is the number one priority on our list to get resurfaced, and we'll be looking to resurface each pool over the next four years. [01:11:13] One per year. [01:11:20] Okay, just a comment. [01:11:23] Back when you were reviewing under recreation, some of your personnel changes, moving into more full-time positions, and your marketing, and you're preparing for more people. [01:11:37] I think those are, you're making some wise moves there from my observations. [01:11:43] We've got a great facility there that we can handle more people, and I think you're taking the next steps to maybe prepare and encourage the more use of that great asset the city has, so I wish you the best of success with that. [01:12:00] What a facility, and having a full-time marketer is, I think, going to make a difference. [01:12:07] We already see it, and since we put him in that role in March, we've already seen a big uptick in our social media and the things that we are putting out there to promote. [01:12:21] Are you getting input from the public on programs that they think they would like? [01:12:27] I think right now, a lot of people are just happy to be back, and they haven't really been asking for a lot different. [01:12:34] But I have a staff where some of them were hired right when COVID hit and really haven't had an opportunity to do a lot of things that they want to try. [01:12:44] And so I think we have a really creative staff, and I think at some point we'll probably, once we get things rolling here, we'll do a survey of the public and see if they can come up with some programs and let us know what they want to do. [01:12:59] That's just a card when they come in, and whether they give it to us back or not. [01:13:07] Some of those programs are such that someone outside the program that might do instruction or training or leading or so forth, is that situation where participants pay them, do they lease, do they rent space? [01:13:25] Or say, for example, tennis lessons, right? So they use the tennis courts, but then the people pay for the tennis lessons. And that goes – I'm just curious how that kind of works. [01:13:39] They're contracted through us. The instructor's contracted through us, and the registration goes through our department. So we collect the money, and then we pay the instructor based on our contract agreement. [01:13:54] Usually around 70-30, isn't it? [01:13:56] Right. It's in that ballpark, yes. [01:14:02] Other class? [01:14:04] I'd be more of the pupil rather than instructor. [01:14:09] Thank you very much. [01:14:10] Thank you, Kathy. Good job. [01:14:12] Thank you. [01:14:14] All right. She's set. You are off. [01:14:24] Where's Adam? Just kidding. [01:14:29] All right. Good afternoon, Mayor and Council. Thank you for the opportunity to present the 21-22 budget included in the Fire Department in two divisions, 071 Supervision and 073 Firefighting Division. [01:14:44] We'll start with 071 Supervision. [01:14:49] We had a total budget of $418,300 for 21-22 compared to a total budget of $312,000. [01:15:00] $359,270 in 2021. [01:15:05] And the main reason for, I'll go over the main reason [01:15:09] for the fluctuation of the $59,030 increase [01:15:14] is in large part due to part-time wages were brought [01:15:18] back to that division to include the part-time fire [01:15:25] inspector and the part-time residential rental coordinator [01:15:29] physician that was furloughed during the pandemic. [01:15:34] In addition to that, the one line below that 411 overtime [01:15:41] is a line that I included for next year [01:15:45] to allow for the senior administrative assistant [01:15:49] that a lot of times has duties above and beyond the normal work [01:15:55] schedule to allow her to get paid for those hours. [01:16:02] Still in operating part of the budget 4213 firefighter pension [01:16:09] fund, as you can see, $77,690 a city [01:16:16] is obligated to pay those pension fees, [01:16:21] again, starting next year. [01:16:24] So in the operating budget, those [01:16:25] are the reasons or the cause of the increase. [01:16:30] As we go down into, I'm sorry, in personnel, [01:16:32] as we go down to operating, travel training 44011, [01:16:37] we brought back some travel training dollars, $4,000. [01:16:43] It's consistent with previous years, [01:16:45] although we a lot of times don't use all that money, [01:16:48] but that allows for myself, Chief Darling, [01:16:52] to attend conferences, educational opportunities that [01:16:58] arise throughout the year. [01:17:02] Still in operating, go down to automotive 44463. [01:17:10] That's the new lease program. [01:17:12] There's two vehicles in this division [01:17:14] that are part of that lease program. [01:17:16] There's a slight increase due to some outfitting that [01:17:21] was done in graphics to two vehicles. [01:17:28] Going down to 45225, software license support, [01:17:32] there was just a little over $3,000 increase in that. [01:17:37] That fund pays for fireworks, which [01:17:42] is the operating system and reporting system for the fire [01:17:45] department, as well as we are incorporating [01:17:50] a robust, more technologically advanced system called a Knox [01:17:59] box key system in our fire trucks, which [01:18:01] secure the Knox box keys. [01:18:04] And those keys allow access to all [01:18:07] of the commercial buildings in the city that [01:18:10] have a Knox box on the outside, so we can gain entry [01:18:12] without having to force entry. [01:18:15] So there's a new system in place. [01:18:17] It's a cloud-based system, so we're [01:18:19] going to take advantage of that. [01:18:20] As a matter of fact, the new one just [01:18:22] got installed in the new ladder truck today. [01:18:25] In addition to that, it's a two-key system, [01:18:28] so we'll have the key for Pasco County, [01:18:31] as well as the key for our city. [01:18:34] And then the Pasco County fire stations [01:18:36] that surround the city limits will have our key as well [01:18:40] in their two-key system. [01:18:41] That way, if we're at a call and we're unavailable, [01:18:44] and there's a call within the city, [01:18:47] those apparatus will have a key to access our buildings [01:18:50] and vice versa. [01:18:54] Continue on down 45289, automotive parts. [01:18:58] We increased that slightly to install an instant command [01:19:03] cabinet in the back of one of the new support vehicles [01:19:08] that will allow for security of equipment in the command board [01:19:13] and allow the ability to command an incident scene [01:19:20] more so and easier than prior means [01:19:24] of not having that ability. [01:19:28] And there's no capital in this division. [01:19:31] I'd be unprepared to answer any questions. [01:19:34] OK, moving on to the firefighting division 073. [01:19:39] This division consists of all the firefighters [01:19:46] in the operations division, which [01:19:49] has 22 full-time firefighters and a pool [01:19:51] of part-time firefighters is what's [01:19:54] budgeted for next year, 21-22. [01:19:57] Total budget for next year, proposed budget [01:20:03] is $2,512,740 compared to the amended budget from 2021, [01:20:09] which is $3,088,360 for a reduction of $575,620. [01:20:16] And in large part, that reduction [01:20:19] reflects the ladder truck that's being used [01:20:25] the ladder truck, which was a big ticket [01:20:28] item for last year that's no longer in the capital. [01:20:36] So we'll start in the personnel services for 073. [01:20:41] Some significant changes to go over the division head. [01:20:47] The first three lines, division head salaries, [01:20:49] regular full-time salaries, and part-time firefighter wages [01:20:53] are all reflective of the current coding and associate [01:20:57] wage adjustment that was just recently approved by council, [01:21:01] as well as adding one firefighter, [01:21:04] full-time probationary firefighter [01:21:07] for the next fiscal year. [01:21:12] The rest of the lines in personnel, [01:21:15] stay consistent with previous years for the most part [01:21:19] until you get down to, again, the firefighters pension fund, [01:21:22] 42213, $92,310 is the city's obligation for that. [01:21:32] Continue on down into operating, contractual services [01:21:36] miscellaneous went up slightly. [01:21:40] That's our medical director got a slight bump in pay [01:21:45] that was approved by council here recently [01:21:47] in his newly signed two-year contract. [01:21:52] Travel training, 44011, we're getting back to normal times [01:21:58] now so that, again, that line item, [01:22:01] like the other departments, was depleted due to the pandemic. [01:22:06] And we're bringing that back, which [01:22:07] will allow for our firefighter paramedics [01:22:09] to continue their education. [01:22:13] Most of their education is certification-based, [01:22:15] so they have to do continue education hours [01:22:17] to complete their certifications and get [01:22:21] those renewed. [01:22:23] Automotive, 44463, there's a huge bump there. [01:22:28] That's because of the new leasing program. [01:22:32] We've got two vehicles in that program [01:22:36] that we just received here recently. [01:22:39] So that's the reason for that increase in that line. [01:22:44] The rest of them stay consistent for the most part. [01:22:47] There's a few reductions that we [01:22:51] reduce some of the accounts due to the new leasing program. [01:22:55] And they're all new vehicles, so they're all under warranty, [01:22:59] just like the ladder trucks. [01:23:00] We were able to reduce some of the maintenance line [01:23:06] items due to that reason. [01:23:09] Go down to bunker gear, 45235. [01:23:14] We increased that by 1,000 for the additional firefighter. [01:23:18] 45247 for state supplies was increased slightly, $2,000 [01:23:23] due to the increase in medical supplies. [01:23:28] Automotive parts, again, was reduced due to the new vehicles [01:23:33] under warranty. [01:23:36] Continue down to 45295, community education. [01:23:40] We increased that considerably to resume [01:23:47] some of our community involvement, community [01:23:50] outreach programs that we've done in the past. [01:23:54] And one of the new ones that we want to implement [01:23:56] is called a residential Knox Box campaign, which [01:23:59] allows for eligible residents in the city that [01:24:04] meet the eligibility requirements [01:24:07] to receive a residential Knox Box, similar to the ones that [01:24:10] are on the buildings. [01:24:12] The same key that we carry in the fire trucks [01:24:14] will gain access to that box, allow [01:24:16] us to gain access into a residential structure. [01:24:20] If it's a non-ambulatory resident that lives there [01:24:24] or somebody that has special needs that we need to get into, [01:24:28] they can. [01:24:29] And Pasco County recently had that same program, [01:24:32] and we've been fielding a lot of calls. [01:24:34] And just reading my mind, I was thinking [01:24:36] this sounds like something for some of our seniors [01:24:38] that really want to get in without busting the door down. [01:24:43] Yeah, so we propose some extra money in there [01:24:45] so we can start that program. [01:24:47] We actually applied for a grant through AARP [01:24:50] to fund that program, and we were denied, unfortunately. [01:24:52] So I'd really like to fund that program in the next coming [01:24:56] year. [01:24:58] 6110 Florida Avenue. [01:25:02] All right, I'm going to go back there. [01:25:04] You know, seriously, it makes a lot of sense. [01:25:08] It does. [01:25:09] Because some of us are not as young as we used to be, [01:25:13] and I don't know how many stories Choppers is, [01:25:18] but if I took a flyer coming down my stairs [01:25:22] and wound up on the floor, I might not [01:25:25] be able to get to the front door to unlock it. [01:25:28] And having something like that, or somebody [01:25:32] that's in a wheelchair or otherwise not very mobile, [01:25:37] I think it's a great idea. [01:25:40] I also want to compliment you. [01:25:43] We see in our reports once a month on your staffing, [01:25:48] you know, for the shifts. [01:25:50] And I started asking for that three, four years ago. [01:25:55] I started asking for that three, four years ago, [01:25:59] something like that. [01:26:00] And we saw a lot of fives back then. [01:26:02] I don't see fives anymore. [01:26:03] I don't know if you understand, but I don't see fives anymore. [01:26:06] I see all sixes and sevens. [01:26:07] That means we're more prepared when [01:26:10] we go out in an emergency situation [01:26:11] that we can have more people on the truck [01:26:17] and handle the fire situation. [01:26:20] So just a compliment. [01:26:21] I'd like to see the sixes and sevens. [01:26:24] So do I. Thank you for that comment. [01:26:29] I appreciate that. [01:26:31] Also, with the community education, [01:26:33] I'd like to add that we're going to resume the free smoke [01:26:36] detector program that we started pre-pandemic [01:26:41] with the American Red Cross. [01:26:42] That's an important program for the city residents [01:26:45] as well to start targeting neighborhoods [01:26:48] and getting some free smoke detectors installed. [01:26:55] Moving on in that. [01:26:56] How come they all go off? [01:26:57] How come the batteries all go, you know, [01:27:00] and the alarm goes off in the middle of the night [01:27:02] when the battery goes dead? [01:27:03] How come it doesn't go off during the day when you, [01:27:06] you know, it always goes off when you're asleep? [01:27:08] Actually, the new smoke detectors, the new fire code [01:27:13] in the state of Florida has a 10-year battery life. [01:27:17] So it's all sealed battery. [01:27:19] So you don't even need to replace the battery anymore. [01:27:21] If it goes bad, you just replace the whole smoke detector. [01:27:24] So there's no guessing game. [01:27:26] I like the old ones because ours do the same thing. [01:27:29] They will not go dead during the daylight hours. [01:27:32] It's always at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning. [01:27:34] Yeah. [01:27:35] And of course, they're 10 feet or 8 feet. [01:27:37] And you've got to get a ladder or a chair or something [01:27:39] to get on them. [01:27:41] Shotgun works too. [01:27:43] Pardon me? [01:27:44] Shotgun works too. [01:27:47] Usually results in a referral to the building department [01:27:51] for repairs. [01:27:53] In this division, there are two capital items [01:27:58] that total $62,000. [01:28:00] The first one is the heart monitor defibrillator. [01:28:04] You may remember three years ago, [01:28:06] we entered into an agreement with Zoll. [01:28:08] This will be defibrillator number 404. [01:28:11] So this will be the last year for that. [01:28:15] The other item that I requested was a golf cart, [01:28:20] ATV-type vehicle that's more conducive to operating [01:28:24] in Sims Park during special events [01:28:27] or in areas with heavy congestion, [01:28:30] pedestrian traffic. [01:28:31] The current one that we have, it meets the purpose somewhat. [01:28:36] But it's more like a dune buggy with the large treads. [01:28:40] And you can't really go through the grass in Sims Park. [01:28:44] And it's just it's time to look at something [01:28:47] to replace that with that will provide a better [01:28:50] service to the community. [01:28:52] I think it would be appropriate to when [01:28:55] we get finished with the square. [01:28:59] I think, and I'm not sure if it's Parks and Rec or Public [01:29:03] Works, has got some that I see in the park from time to time [01:29:07] that are real nice. [01:29:08] They've got the normal cab, but then they've [01:29:10] got a nice bed in the back, which [01:29:13] would be perfect for you guys carrying stuff. [01:29:18] I think that's Public Works. [01:29:20] Yeah, they do. [01:29:22] Because they, that's right. [01:29:23] Because it's their maintenance people going around the park. [01:29:26] And I don't know what those are, but that would be a good thing [01:29:31] for you guys to have. [01:29:34] That concludes my budget report, and I'm [01:29:36] prepared to answer any questions. [01:29:41] Thank you very much, Chief. [01:29:43] Thank you. [01:29:45] The technical solutions there, they took it out. [01:29:49] Yeah, we don't have any further presentations for you

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