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   Review of Proposed Departmental Budgets for FY24-25

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   Department heads presented proposed FY24-25 budgets for Technology Solutions/GIS, Development, and Fire (with Recreation/Aquatics and Police also on the agenda). Key items included a 10.5% overall TS decrease with GIS division moved in, a proposed grant-funded Community Development Specialist position, anticipated city engineer rebid, and Fire's near-completion of Station 2, a new firefighter paramedic position, and various grants.

   • direction:Council reviewed and discussed proposed FY24-25 departmental budgets for Technology Solutions, Development, and Fire. (none)

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   [00:00:19] Guess it's your gig. Okay, mr. Mayor members of council [00:00:23] We'll be continuing our first round of budget presentations to you this evening [00:00:29] and [00:00:30] Our first budget presentation this evening will be technology solutions and we have mr. Mike Miller who will be presenting that budget [00:00:38] Tonight we'll also be presenting the development department's budget the fire department budget recreation and aquatics [00:00:45] And the police department and we can go ahead and get started with you. Mr. Miller [00:00:52] Good afternoon, Mayor Davis City Council members and city manager man's [00:00:56] I'm be discussing the goals and initiatives of technology solutions in the GIS division today and going over our budget [00:01:06] We want to start here [00:01:17] So [00:01:19] overall we have had a [00:01:22] Change in our org structure. We have added the GIS division underneath [00:01:27] the [00:01:29] technology solutions [00:01:31] Department it's just a move. It's not an addition to the city. It's a move from [00:01:36] Development to to our department to more accurately reflect the duties of the that position [00:01:43] That is [00:01:45] one of the first increases you'll see we're actually down overall ten and a half percent and [00:01:50] The first increase you see for line 41 to 10 the exempt salaries is because we added the GIS division [00:01:59] technician into our department [00:02:09] The same cost no just [00:02:14] We [00:02:17] Modified our [00:02:19] Regular full-time wages. I think there was a plan at one point to try to add another person. Then we determined that it was not [00:02:27] Necessary for the volume of work. We were currently doing so that's why you see a decrease in our [00:02:33] regular full-time wages [00:02:36] down from the previous year [00:02:39] you'll see a change in overtime the 41 411 and a [00:02:44] 41 527 standby, it was more of a [00:02:47] Error on our part last year in figuring what time was required. We got that [00:02:54] Adjusted to accurately reflect what's actually being used in both of those [00:02:58] parts there [00:03:00] The [00:03:03] Next line for a [00:03:06] large adjustment is professional services [00:03:09] Our 43 199 line an increase of 57 percent, but that was also due to moving the [00:03:16] GIS division, so there's Esri [00:03:19] software that and the services from [00:03:22] Edmund Jones that has to be added in for that. That's the explanation for that increase there [00:03:28] The [00:03:30] Contractual services you see an increase there from previous year of 66 percent which has to do with moving our [00:03:39] Hosted VoIP phones and [00:03:43] The [00:03:46] Our backups our [00:03:49] 0365 our [00:03:51] Server backups and there's disaster recoveries to a more appropriate contractual line. I think they were in software [00:03:57] last year which causes a [00:03:59] change there [00:04:02] the next line of a [00:04:04] A big shift there is our 44 121 telephone local [00:04:10] There were several things that were in that line that were [00:04:13] Moved and so now that is a an adjust big adjustment down to 78 percent decrease down to 11 400 [00:04:21] Where it's only our cell phones for technology solutions and our iPads and stuff like that [00:04:31] Quick question if you don't mind [00:04:34] We talked about yesterday with all the additions [00:04:37] It was three added phones or an added computer and departments. Is that this reduction or that's completely separate? [00:04:44] That is not. Yeah, that's not this there each each department because I did a um in the previous year [00:04:50] I was able to do a consolidation and make everything into one bill and then divide it by department on that one single bill [00:04:57] So there may have been some adjustment there that happened, okay? [00:05:01] The [00:05:04] Next line where there was a [00:05:07] big change was [00:05:11] 44 621 repair and maintenance of equipment. We currently have all of our equipment where we need it in the [00:05:20] repair and replace phase [00:05:22] There's some stuff in capital where we need to replace [00:05:25] New machines, but everything now is currently on a [00:05:29] Maintenance contract so we are able to reduce that cost there rather significantly from [00:05:36] From 69,000 to 7,500 this year and a similar thing happened with the AV equipment [00:05:42] We've gotten all the changes we need to make into this year and we were able to just maintain maintenance contracts moving forward [00:05:51] The next big change is the [00:05:56] The lease of the automobile we had not previously had our own vehicle and now we have a [00:06:01] Gas Explorer, so there's now the lease for that so there's a pretty big increase there also in fuel [00:06:08] Later on there in the 45 to 11 line [00:06:11] The [00:06:14] 45 to 25 line that's a big one. That's our software line an increase of 49% up to [00:06:20] $758,000 is [00:06:23] GIS software for the because of the move of the of the person a renewal of our bit defender [00:06:30] security program for all the [00:06:32] Individual machines also for the server and email [00:06:36] We are starting a new city website and part of that was the redesign we're very proud of that and it should be online in [00:06:43] Fall and probably in October looks like there's also a change in the Novus that you actually use currently the Novus agenda [00:06:50] there's there's updates that it's [00:06:53] requiring a little output of cash there and [00:06:56] The other big thing is the VMware which is how we maneuver our virtual machines [00:07:01] Which is a server is a virtual machine hosted on a large [00:07:06] Rack of computers and so each server is not an actual real thing. It lives on a [00:07:12] distributed [00:07:14] section of that machine to better allocate resources and the way you manage that is through a software called VMware and [00:07:20] They were bought by a company called Broadcom who decided to increase their prices about tenfold [00:07:27] But they kind of corner the market so there's not much you can do there [00:07:34] No other real big swings here [00:07:40] We [00:07:42] Have some capital [00:07:44] program our [00:07:46] Big expenditure here is for our 46 417 communication equipment line [00:07:50] Which is our next generation firewalls and switches that we're able to replace [00:07:55] and that's just a matter of being proactive and [00:07:58] Keeping ahead of trends and not scrambling to catch up if anything were to happen [00:08:05] There is some software there that we're looking at even though it obviously went down from 204 down to just 45 [00:08:12] we're looking at a product called tenable and a product called zscaler tenable is a [00:08:18] Watchdog that keeps track of all of our [00:08:21] Devices at all times to see if there's a patch a software patch or any vulnerability [00:08:26] that's come up, and it will immediately alert us to be able to take care of that problem the [00:08:32] zscaler is it's kind of like a [00:08:35] Bouncer checking people's ID at the door, and if you're not supposed to be in there in our network. You won't get in [00:08:42] And I'm ready for any questions that you may have [00:08:47] Come on. It's Matt. You said you had several [00:08:51] Thank you. I'll just ask one quick one which is the data processing equipment, which you bought in the [00:08:57] 24 budget or you're expected to complete it by then [00:09:02] Your your estimate is less than your amended budget which [00:09:09] You know might be good news. I guess if it is because you got nothing in it, but after that [00:09:15] but your [00:09:17] Your expenses for your software license and support [00:09:22] Just you're now on the cloud so some of these big equipment [00:09:27] Purchases I know you still got the big room, and it's a seed and it's secured [00:09:31] But you're you're less reliant. I guess and have more redundant more backup [00:09:36] Yes, because we we were able to get off of a an older Datrium system [00:09:42] Was just not up to snuff anymore [00:09:44] And it actually started failing on us, and we had to do an emergency person [00:09:48] I know y'all approved it for the VX rail the Dale VX rail and our [00:09:53] Contractors from V Tech I would came to help us get that set up and it it now still houses all of our file services [00:09:59] That are then backed up in the cloud [00:10:01] But you still have to have that stuff on hand to or you can't say it's hard to run [00:10:05] From straight from the cloud it'll be a long time for anybody can run completely from the cloud [00:10:10] But your equipment needs have dropped it looks like they have kids [00:10:14] It was all we bought new for both the PD and for here at City Hall [00:10:18] And it was a one-time thing and once it got set up [00:10:21] It's really just maintenance at that point that unfortunately the VMware expense for software [00:10:27] Thank you [00:10:30] That's it, thank you [00:10:36] The next budget that will be presented this evening as I've indicated is the development department and in the absence of a [00:10:43] Development director, I'll be presenting that budget to you this evening [00:10:48] These significant accomplishments [00:10:51] Of the department is that we've issued building permits over the course of the current fiscal year [00:10:59] Exceeding a value of over 31 million dollars [00:11:04] And we process 46 development applications through the Development Review Committee and [00:11:11] 13 applications through the Land Development Review Board the large initiatives for the next fiscal year [00:11:20] include an update to our comprehensive [00:11:23] land use plan as [00:11:25] Well as [00:11:27] updating several ordinances in the city, which [00:11:31] You have requested of us to include our accessory dwelling unit [00:11:40] Ordinance our sign ordinance our [00:11:44] Landscape ordinance and our outdoor storage ordinance our priorities in the department [00:11:52] In terms of [00:11:55] The personnel for the department I am proposing a [00:12:03] Community development specialist be added to [00:12:07] the staff in that department [00:12:10] that would be a grant funded position and they'd largely be responsible for the administration of [00:12:19] community development block grant projects [00:12:23] Along with other [00:12:26] Grant funded initiatives that our grant specialist [00:12:33] Along with the community development specialists are able to secure [00:12:38] focusing largely on neighborhood [00:12:41] improvements in the city [00:12:44] we expect to be able to secure funding for a rental inspection program and [00:12:50] rental rehabilitation [00:12:52] As well as a good number of other initiatives through the HUD program [00:12:58] Which will upgrade the housing stock and improve our rate of home ownership in the city [00:13:07] So we will will they be able because it's a hug will they be able to go inside and inspect? [00:13:14] We will as part of some of the programs yes [00:13:18] Because I don't know what you offer past it best years ago to take a look at the outside [00:13:23] I just wonder if we're taking a look at the inside too. We will and the other component of this is if we can [00:13:30] Activate as I hope we're able to activate our historic preservation board [00:13:35] The community development specialists would work on that program as well [00:13:41] Every you said this was grant funded [00:13:43] It was the grant funded exclusively, do you know what position what what grants or grant largely? [00:13:50] It's going to be the community development block grant program, but different [00:13:56] Activities under that big funding source [00:14:02] Okay [00:14:05] Let me clarify [00:14:07] The position is funded here not from a grant because I heard grant funded you're saying there [00:14:13] They'll pursue grant funds through the CBDG or it will get additional funds [00:14:18] In addition to being in that position being funded by the right, okay, okay? [00:14:28] In terms of budget impact [00:14:32] the [00:14:34] You can see that we have [00:14:38] an increase in division head salaries [00:14:43] Related [00:14:44] to the addition of a position in the department all of the other personnel expenditures are [00:14:52] consistent with previous year spending [00:14:56] We expect this year [00:15:00] To go out to seek city engineer services rather than to renew our contract with our existing engineer. [00:15:12] As a result of that and the current marketplace, we expect that we'll be paying more for city engineer services in the coming year. [00:15:22] So I have appropriated an additional $10,000 in the budget to cover any additional expenditures that might be extended to the city in that regard. [00:15:34] Because we will be working on the update to our comprehensive plan, which is a very large project and a number of ordinance changes. [00:15:49] I did bump up our professional services expenditure to $135,000 for the following year. [00:15:59] I slightly reduced professional services miscellaneous from $70,000 to $35,000. [00:16:09] Contractual services miscellaneous, I increased by $25,000 to $50,000. [00:16:20] Travel and training, we reduced to $3,000. [00:16:29] If you don't mind me jumping in there, what was the $13,000 figure from the amended? [00:16:34] It was... [00:16:35] It seems like a pretty big jump from the last couple of years. [00:16:39] It was. [00:16:40] I think that's an error. [00:16:42] Is it a typo? [00:16:43] Because the estimate is still only $500. [00:16:45] It actually was a little bit higher. [00:16:47] It's not $500. [00:16:49] Maybe an extra zero. [00:16:52] Add a zero here, take one off there. [00:16:58] But we believe $3,000 is an appropriate figure to carry us into the 24-25 year. [00:17:06] And we'll have amended figures before the second reading on the budget for the 23-24 year. [00:17:16] We were able to make just slight reductions in some of the other operational expenditures. [00:17:28] We do have a large increase in the central garage, which we're going to verify, [00:17:41] because I don't remember it being that large when we put the budget together. [00:17:47] Yes. [00:17:48] These are the replacement batteries. [00:17:51] Oh, that's right. [00:17:52] We have electric vehicles in this division, as I recall. [00:17:57] Each vehicle has five batteries, and they're due for replacement. [00:18:01] So there's 10 replacements. [00:18:03] Thank you for reminding me. [00:18:08] And the batteries are not inexpensive. [00:18:14] We're also showing the amount of our grant funds that we'll be spending this year [00:18:23] on the housing rehabilitation incentive of $698,000. [00:18:40] All the other spending categories are consistent with previous years, [00:18:47] and there are no capital expenses in the department, [00:18:51] and I'm prepared to respond to any questions that you may have [00:18:53] related to the development department budget. [00:19:00] Yeah, I do. [00:19:02] You mentioned the projects that you are expected to work on. [00:19:08] I guess I would like to just say I would have hoped, [00:19:11] and maybe it's in our comprehensive land review or whatever, [00:19:18] these others may well be as well, [00:19:20] but the parking has been long argued to be old-style parking strategy [00:19:29] versus new thinking, walkability, shared parking, [00:19:34] and making a little more space for development and economics. [00:19:41] Thank you for reminding me. [00:19:44] Anybody else? [00:19:46] Thank you. [00:19:47] You're excused. [00:19:48] You're excused. [00:19:50] Thank you. [00:19:52] On the fire department, if there aren't any other questions. [00:19:56] Just a comment. [00:19:57] One last one. [00:19:59] If you look at the population, [00:20:00] which comes out in the same analytics from the state as the revenue reports, [00:20:07] the population of New Port Richey in the one-year change was, like, [00:20:13] 13 people or something like that, [00:20:16] only 13 people that were increased from year to year. [00:20:20] So when you say 31 million in development, [00:20:23] I'm wondering where they came up with that figure. [00:20:26] I know we don't have big CDDs and subdivisions. [00:20:30] Maybe we just didn't have a lot of houses completed in that particular year, [00:20:35] and a lot of what we had was short-term or hotels [00:20:38] and things that wouldn't change our population. [00:20:40] Right. [00:20:41] Yeah, the population. [00:20:43] I'll be curious to follow that because population drives revenue, [00:20:48] and it seems like there's a lot of houses and people moving in as well. [00:20:53] The town seems to be. [00:20:56] So whatever the case might be, I don't know why that number is there. [00:21:01] Yeah, we are seeing a lot of reinvestment in the residential housing stock, [00:21:06] in addition to the fact that we have had a couple of larger commercial projects. [00:21:12] Yeah. [00:21:17] And Chief Fitch is up next to represent the fire department budget. [00:21:22] All right, good evening, Mayor and Council. [00:21:25] Thank you for the opportunity to present the budget for fiscal year 2024-2025. [00:21:34] Some of the significant accomplishments from fiscal year 2024. [00:21:39] The obvious big one is the fire station number two construction project [00:21:43] near its completion. [00:21:45] It's a big deal for this city. [00:21:46] It's the first fire station we've built in 50 years, so we're all excited. [00:21:50] And it'll be a big improvement for our service, employment, [00:21:53] as well as the city as a whole. [00:21:56] Another significant accomplishment, we're awarding a $1 billion [00:22:01] state legislative appropriation for the fire station two construction project, [00:22:05] along with the funding for that project. [00:22:09] We made updates to the city's disaster preparedness guide, [00:22:13] which we do every year. [00:22:15] Established a city emergency management committee, [00:22:18] which meets periodically a representative from each of the department [00:22:25] to bring in collective ideas on how to strengthen our plan as a whole. [00:22:30] We were awarded a firefighter cancer decontamination grant [00:22:35] through the Florida State Fire Marshal's Office [00:22:37] in the amount of $48,713 for a direct source capture system for fire station two. [00:22:45] We gained accreditation through the State Fire Marshal's Office [00:22:49] for health and safety policies and procedures. [00:22:52] They did an on-site visit. [00:22:54] It was very comprehensive, very extensive. [00:22:58] We only had two or three procedures that we needed to ramp up, [00:23:02] and the rest of them were very well. [00:23:06] Some significant initiatives for fiscal year 25. [00:23:10] We began to operate service out of fire station number two. [00:23:14] Gained approval for additional staffing [00:23:16] to become fully staffed with eight per shift. [00:23:22] The scope of work began on fire station number one [00:23:25] as a result of the critical hardening grant that was awarded in 2022. [00:23:31] And see the CAT integration project with Pasco County come to fruition. [00:23:39] As far as the work chart for 071 fire supervision, [00:23:42] there's no proposed changes. [00:23:47] And we'll start with fire supervision in 071. [00:23:51] Personnel is all consistent with previous years. [00:23:54] There's no changes to report. [00:23:57] Operating expenses. [00:24:00] Travel training has been increased by $500. [00:24:05] Telephone local, you see a big increase there. [00:24:08] That's due to housekeeping. [00:24:11] We moved data lines, which is the 44134, [00:24:18] the one line below that was moved to telephone local. [00:24:23] Postage has been increased by $100 for increase in mailings. [00:24:28] Lease automobile has an increase, [00:24:31] but there's been no change to the model vehicles [00:24:34] or the type of vehicles that we have in that leasing program. [00:24:39] Building maintenance and grounds has been increased by $500 [00:24:42] to make some improvements to fire station one [00:24:46] with some paint on the exterior of the building [00:24:49] to kind of match the look of the new fire station two. [00:24:53] Well, some landscaping. [00:24:56] Office supplies 45111 has been increased by $1,000 [00:25:02] due to increase in costs. [00:25:05] Fuel has been reduced by $500 [00:25:08] due to both of the vehicles in 071 are hybrids. [00:25:12] We feel that that's a result of that reduction. [00:25:18] Software license support has been increased slightly. [00:25:22] That's our fireworks reporting software. [00:25:25] We added some modules to that program [00:25:29] to facilitate the fire inspection fees. [00:25:36] Computer supplies has been reduced slightly. [00:25:40] There's no computer needs within that program, [00:25:43] so we were able to reduce that amount as a contingency fund [00:25:48] in the event we do have any needs throughout that year. [00:25:51] Dues and memberships slightly increased, [00:25:55] and those are the dues and memberships [00:25:57] that we have within that division. [00:26:00] Florida Fire Chiefs Association, NFPA, [00:26:03] International Association of Fire Chiefs, [00:26:06] and New Portagee Rotary. [00:26:08] So those are the funds that come out of there [00:26:11] for a total operating budget of $100,580, [00:26:15] which results in a 5% increase roughly. [00:26:23] 073 Firefighting, House Electrical Operations Division, [00:26:27] some of the significant accomplishments within that division. [00:26:31] Responded to 6,077 calls for service, [00:26:34] which is the highest call volume we've had. [00:26:37] It's about a 2.8% increase from last year. [00:26:40] Completed just over 1,000 fire safety inspections. [00:26:44] Completed 5,486 hours of training. [00:26:48] Participated in 43 community relations events. [00:26:54] Our firefighter paramedics conducted AED and CPR training [00:26:58] with city staff in several departments, [00:27:01] as well as our firefighter chaplain and his staff. [00:27:05] Completed active shooter training [00:27:07] with the New Portagee Police Department. [00:27:10] And we had a ratification of a new IAFF union contract [00:27:14] for three years. [00:27:18] Fiscal year 2025 initiatives provide service [00:27:20] from the new fire station number two. [00:27:23] Begin the scope of work to fire station one [00:27:25] through the critical hardening grant, [00:27:27] gain more NFPA compliance with health and safety initiatives, [00:27:30] bolster our recruitment efforts, [00:27:33] and enhance community relations and community risk reduction initiatives. [00:27:40] Move on to the org chart. [00:27:41] I'm proposing the addition of one firefighter paramedic position, [00:27:46] and that has been included in the budget for six months. [00:27:51] So the addition that you see, [00:27:54] the additional addition to fire personnel that you see [00:28:00] reflects that six-month budgetary item [00:28:04] for that additional firefighter paramedic. [00:28:10] Down to operating expenses for 073. [00:28:18] Firefighter reserves, that's our live scan, [00:28:21] annual fiscal that we provide to all the firefighter paramedics, [00:28:25] as well as our new employees. [00:28:29] And those have gone up a little bit in cost. [00:28:33] Travel training was able to be reduced by $1,000. [00:28:38] Lease automobile, you see a slight increase there. [00:28:42] Again, there's no change in the amount of vehicles [00:28:44] that we have in that program, in that division. [00:28:47] We were able to make reductions [00:28:50] in several of the repair and maintenance items that you see, [00:28:55] from starting at repair and maintenance of equipment at 44621 [00:28:59] all the way down to repair and maintenance fire hose 44643. [00:29:03] So we've been able to make some reductions in those areas. [00:29:11] Same with office supplies, we're able to reduce by 500. [00:29:15] Small tools and equipment, 500. [00:29:18] Reduction in fuel, reduction in clothing and wearing apparel [00:29:23] until we get to bunker gear. [00:29:25] So bunker gear is the turnout gear that our firefighters wear, [00:29:29] everything from their coats to their pants to their boots. [00:29:33] We did do a comprehensive study on our bunker gear, [00:29:37] and we got elected to change our manufacturer of our bunker gear [00:29:42] due to increased costs and repairs, [00:29:45] and we just had a lot of issues with simple things. [00:29:48] Repairing GoPro and snaps and the names on them [00:29:53] and the reflective striping just didn't have good wear [00:29:57] with the current gear that we had, so we made the decision... [00:30:00] to change the manufacturer that has a better track record. [00:30:04] I think it's going to save money, save the city money in the long run. [00:30:09] So that year with the new manufacturer, just a little bit more expensive, [00:30:13] but I think in the long run we're going to save money. [00:30:17] Computer supplies were able to reduce from 5,000 to 2,600. [00:30:22] There's only a couple needs within that division with the new fire station [00:30:26] coming in with, I believe, it's two computers within that division, [00:30:33] or maybe at need. [00:30:36] Training supplies, 45254, that increased by $1,000. [00:30:43] That's our target solutions, computer software [00:30:46] that we use for all of our training with the promotional testing [00:30:54] and certifications that we have. [00:30:57] We're relying on that program a little bit more. [00:31:03] Automotive parts, we increased by $5,000 [00:31:08] due to some modifications that need to be made to our existing fleet [00:31:14] to accommodate the source capture system, the exhaust system [00:31:19] that we received a grant for. [00:31:20] So there's a certain kind of adapter that needs [00:31:23] to be put on the exhaust to accommodate that equipment. [00:31:29] Operating supplies, we were able to reduce by 1,000. [00:31:33] Books and publications, we increased by 200 [00:31:36] to allow the availability to purchase leadership books that [00:31:42] are required for promotional testing throughout the year. [00:31:48] For a total operating budget of $215,230, [00:31:53] it's only an increase of $110 from the previous year. [00:31:59] As far as capital, the only request that reflects in the 24 to 25 budget [00:32:06] is $18,000, and that's for an exfiltration commute tool. [00:32:10] And that would be placed on engine two that [00:32:14] will deploy out of the new fire station. [00:32:17] What that is, is that's a commute tool because it does two tasks at once. [00:32:23] So it allows for car accidents, the jaws of life. [00:32:26] It will spread and cut. [00:32:30] So that's what we're proposing in the capital budget. [00:32:34] Any questions? [00:32:36] I think we have any questions. [00:32:40] In your org chart for your stamping, the number of district chiefs, [00:32:49] when you said you wanted an extra person, [00:32:51] that person's called acting district chief. [00:32:53] So we currently have a vacancy in the district chief rank. [00:32:56] We lost a district chief that resigned. [00:32:59] So we have a captain currently acting as a district chief. [00:33:04] So we actually have, he's riding up as district chief [00:33:07] until we fill that vacancy through the promotion. [00:33:10] So the chart actually isn't correct. [00:33:13] We have three district chief positions only. [00:33:16] We just happen to have a captain riding up into one district chief position. [00:33:20] But in your full time equivalents, you're [00:33:23] pushing to have a acting district chief in 24, 25. [00:33:28] So that's not correct? [00:33:29] We're not, because that shouldn't be there. [00:33:31] Oh, OK. [00:33:34] So that little box on the right, you do [00:33:36] have three shifts and a district chief for each shift. [00:33:39] That's correct. [00:33:40] Thank you. [00:33:42] That number would still be placed back down under as a firefighter, captain, [00:33:47] or some positioned element. [00:33:49] Thank you. [00:33:51] Any other questions? [00:33:53] Thank you. [00:33:56] Thanks, Chris. [00:33:58] Is there a captain missing here, or is this? [00:34:01] So the captains that are listed here. [00:34:03] One of these already listed is acting as the chief, [00:34:06] or we need to add a captain to this? [00:34:09] We have three captains, and we have three district chiefs. [00:34:12] OK. [00:34:14] So the work that they had in acting captains, [00:34:16] but I think you took out one of the captains to make that. [00:34:19] So there was a captain taken off here? [00:34:22] Because I see one, two, three, three captains. [00:34:27] I see five captains. [00:34:27] However it worked, we got it. [00:34:29] Yeah, just keep the numbers right. [00:34:31] So there's five captains listed. [00:34:34] That's six captains, and one was a district chief. [00:34:36] So once we get that promotion and that vacancy filled, [00:34:39] there'll be three district chiefs, three captains. [00:34:41] OK. [00:34:43] Sorry. [00:34:46] Good. [00:34:47] Thank you. [00:34:49] I'll save my annual speech for another day about ambulances [00:34:54] and those kind of services. [00:34:56] And that's not in the budget. [00:35:00] All right. [00:35:02] Andre, Julian will be representing the Parks [00:35:08] and Recreation Department budget. [00:35:10] And he's going to bring Kevin along with him to help him. [00:35:18] Along. [00:35:21] Before we start. [00:35:22] Slide over to the mic. [00:35:27] That's fine. [00:35:28] That's good there. [00:35:32] Hello. [00:35:33] Good evening, everybody. [00:35:34] All right. [00:35:35] Yeah. [00:35:35] We'll get started. [00:35:36] Good evening. [00:35:37] Before we get started, I want to take just a second [00:35:40] to recognize a couple of new rec advisory board members [00:35:43] who are here tonight. [00:35:45] Tad Clements and Kevin Robinson, I believe, are back here. [00:35:49] They were kind enough to come join us. [00:35:51] And so we just wanted to take a second [00:35:52] to say thank you for doing that. [00:35:53] We really appreciate the support. [00:35:55] Yeah, that's great. [00:35:55] Yeah. [00:35:56] OK. [00:35:57] You must get up pretty early in the morning. [00:35:59] Huh? [00:35:59] You must get up pretty early in the morning. [00:36:01] Yeah. [00:36:02] That is true. [00:36:04] All right. [00:36:04] We'll get started with just some significant accomplishments [00:36:07] from over the past year. [00:36:10] The first of which is that utilizing some usage reports, [00:36:13] it really helped us with making a determination in terms [00:36:17] of changing the hours of operation in the facility. [00:36:21] So we basically eliminated some of the extended hours [00:36:24] that were unsupervised and added additional hours [00:36:27] towards the end of the evening, which [00:36:29] aligned with the idea of increasing programs for youth [00:36:33] and adults in the facility. [00:36:35] So that was something that I think was fruitful. [00:36:38] And I believe our community appreciated it. [00:36:41] The next is just improved engagement and satisfaction [00:36:43] through increasing summer camp, up from a seven-week program [00:36:48] last year to 11 weeks of camp this year, which [00:36:51] about a 36% increase. [00:36:53] Again, something that, through numbers, [00:36:55] about 500 or so additional registrations, which [00:37:00] for the most part, most of the weeks [00:37:01] were either full or close to full. [00:37:03] So clearly another thing that we believe was well-received. [00:37:07] And the last is just, again, increasing youth and adult [00:37:13] basketball seasons, as well as some e-sports featuring [00:37:18] video games like Fortnite, which for gamers I think [00:37:22] is a big deal. [00:37:23] So it's stuff that we're thinking that is popular, [00:37:25] and we're looking to try to make advancements there. [00:37:29] Initiatives moving forward, I think [00:37:31] one of the things that we really like the idea of [00:37:33] is really introducing and developing [00:37:36] a fitness, wellness, and sport programming [00:37:39] opportunity in the facility, especially because it aligns [00:37:42] now with these new hours of operation, [00:37:44] especially into the evenings. [00:37:45] We think that there is a market there [00:37:47] for group fitness programming, training, orientations, [00:37:51] fitness assessments, that kind of stuff. [00:37:53] And I think it's something that is fertile ground that we'd [00:37:56] like to try to address and move into moving forward. [00:38:00] Just additionally, to foster and enhance city park presence [00:38:04] by offering city park programming based [00:38:07] on something that was a part of a conversation [00:38:09] that we had with the mayor early on when we got here. [00:38:13] So it's something we haven't forgotten. [00:38:15] We'd like to look to commit to that. [00:38:17] And part of the presentation tonight [00:38:20] we'll try and sort of walk through how [00:38:22] we plan to get there in terms of personnel and other. [00:38:25] So it'll come up in a couple other places [00:38:28] in the presentation. [00:38:30] And then just to continue to focus on the community [00:38:33] at the end of the day, working with local schools, [00:38:36] organizations to increase after school programming, [00:38:39] because I think there is a window of opportunity there, [00:38:42] again, based on utilization of much more than just [00:38:47] the recreation center. [00:38:48] I think that's important. [00:38:49] And that's really what our focus is [00:38:50] going to be for moving into this next fiscal year. [00:38:55] So I think that sort of summarizes [00:38:57] some of the initiatives for this upcoming year. [00:39:00] So if there aren't any questions, [00:39:02] we can kind of jump right in and start [00:39:04] to talk about the budget. [00:39:06] You guys see a, what was the recruitment [00:39:09] like for camp counselors with the increase to the 11 week [00:39:12] program? [00:39:13] Can I ask Kevin to chat about that? [00:39:15] Because he's a camp guy. [00:39:16] They're still here. [00:39:17] And we were successful in recruiting them. [00:39:20] We had a lot of teachers, like we always do. [00:39:22] Even with the increased summer, they stuck around. [00:39:25] Right now, we're running into some of them [00:39:26] have some trainings this week and next week. [00:39:29] But we did the week 1 and week 11. [00:39:31] We went to 65 campers, knowing that we'll probably [00:39:34] lose half of our camp counselors. [00:39:36] So we planned accordingly to make sure [00:39:39] that when teachers left, they knew it. [00:39:41] And they didn't back down from the 11 weeks. [00:39:43] So we didn't scare them away. [00:39:47] Any other questions? [00:39:48] Yeah. [00:39:49] If not. [00:39:50] Just again, in honor of our budget, [00:39:52] as it's presented in discussion on that, [00:39:56] I'm hoping that as we present the idea of expanded services, [00:40:02] including if we do acquire the Schwetman Center [00:40:05] and it does become a recreational site, [00:40:07] the need for us to negotiate some revenue from the county. [00:40:12] All that stuff is something in the current discussion. [00:40:15] So we can't put it in the budget until we make it happen. [00:40:17] So I'm not going to say anything more about it, [00:40:20] only to say that personally, I see our city's reputation [00:40:26] being based in a strong part on its recreational assets [00:40:30] and its river. [00:40:30] And so I'll just keep my thoughts to another day. [00:40:35] But I'm hoping that the rec center becomes [00:40:37] a big and important partner in the enhancement of our river [00:40:42] life in the city. [00:40:44] I have a question on that I meant to ask you yesterday. [00:40:46] Which of the cities do you know are [00:40:49] looking to share revenue with the county on that? [00:40:53] Do you know if any have officially gone forward [00:40:55] with that, or some talking about it? [00:40:56] Well, the taxes has not, because the county just imposed it, [00:41:03] this is the opportunity for all the cities [00:41:05] to determine how they're going to deal with that, [00:41:07] because we won't have our citizens being [00:41:11] taxed on a military. [00:41:13] Just like in the fire department, [00:41:14] there's a service fee for the fire on their property taxes. [00:41:18] There will now be a tax on the county. [00:41:21] The city of Dade City has a park in which the county parks [00:41:25] department is operating for them. [00:41:28] So it'll be an interesting discussion, [00:41:30] because they're also looking at building a big park in there. [00:41:33] And so they'll now have two parks in Dade City, a super [00:41:36] park as well as another. [00:41:38] So the circumstances are flipped for us. [00:41:41] We own the facility. [00:41:44] The county, after our facility, had the parks and library fees [00:41:49] and built all of these other regional facilities around us. [00:41:53] And we continue to serve our district, so to speak. [00:41:58] So it's another big discussion, but the answer to your question [00:42:01] is, nobody has made any deals with them, [00:42:03] but this will be the time to discuss cooperation [00:42:09] and joint cooperation and projects. [00:42:11] And I think the county did one project with the school board, [00:42:17] which one of our speakers here from the orchestra [00:42:21] talked about, which is the Mitchell Ranch or the Starkey [00:42:26] Ranch library slash LCA, which is a joint effort. [00:42:33] So I think in order to save money, [00:42:36] with budgets going up, there's going [00:42:37] to be more interest in joint projects. [00:42:40] But it's too early to put it in a budget, [00:42:42] but I'm happy to see the enthusiasm [00:42:44] and hopeful to see us discuss that longer later. [00:42:50] Thank you. [00:42:51] Thank you. [00:42:52] All right, if there are no other questions, [00:42:54] I guess we'll move right into the org chart [00:42:56] and our personnel needs. [00:42:58] There is a change from FY 23-24 to 24-25, [00:43:04] and we are proposing two new part-time positions [00:43:08] since the hours of operation for the facility [00:43:10] has been extended and primarily into the evening for support [00:43:15] for youth and adult programs. [00:43:17] We'd like to have additional staff [00:43:19] available to help additionally. [00:43:21] These two positions would allow some [00:43:23] of our professional staff members who [00:43:25] are programmers to be refocused or reorged into the program [00:43:30] world to be able to get out to do programming, [00:43:33] both inside the facility but also outside [00:43:36] in other locations, to speak to some of what [00:43:39] was discussed when I onboarded very early this time last year. [00:43:43] So I think this is an opportunity for us [00:43:45] to do that, which is why the request for two [00:43:47] additional rec leaders, a rec leader one and a rec leader two, [00:43:50] would help us very much in moving in that direction. [00:43:57] So going to page three, we're jumping just [00:44:01] into expenditures here. [00:44:02] The first couple, honestly, are just corrections. [00:44:06] The regular exempt salary line and the regular full-time wages [00:44:11] line, we have simply made an adjustment because, [00:44:15] unfortunately, one of our full-time staff members [00:44:19] was listed in the exempt line. [00:44:21] However, that position is not exempt. [00:44:23] It belongs in the regular full-time wage line. [00:44:25] So we simply made that adjustment, [00:44:27] which is why you're seeing the numbers so different from last [00:44:30] year to this year. [00:44:31] It simply moved from the exempt line [00:44:34] down to the full-time line where it belongs. [00:44:38] Part-time wages, that number has changed. [00:44:40] And again, that is a reflection of the request [00:44:43] for two additional staffers, a rec leader one and a rec leader [00:44:46] two, to help, again, from a program standpoint [00:44:49] and to run the facility day to day. [00:44:52] All right. [00:44:54] Moving down. [00:45:00] line four three four two two which is here ads and marketing that number is [00:45:09] there it looks as though we are requesting an $8,000 increase however [00:45:14] there is there was the new software gravity helped us to identify a mistake [00:45:21] which Crystal is aware of so ultimately that amount is actually seventeen [00:45:26] thousand three hundred in the current in the amended budget for twenty three [00:45:29] twenty four which it's saying it's not but it is which would make this a [00:45:33] reduction slight reduction not not an increase okay but Crystal is aware of it [00:45:37] and we're going to work to to get that ironed out pretty quickly moving to the [00:45:43] next significant one four three four four three which is contractual services [00:45:48] for instructors again this increase is just due to paying instructors for for [00:45:53] increased an increased number of classes and leagues which was listed as [00:45:58] an initiative last year and obviously because of the increase we were able to [00:46:03] accomplish that additionally the historical spend in this line has been [00:46:07] consistent for the last few years which is it's showing that it should be right [00:46:12] in that same window fifty to fifty five thousand don't we return get some [00:46:17] return on those by the people signing up that is correct there is revenue [00:46:20] generated through signups for for all the above yes yep thank you all right [00:46:27] moving to the next line of significance the change is four four one two one [00:46:33] which is telephone local again we that was been reduced just based on the [00:46:37] historical spend in that line moving down four four one one three four four [00:46:43] one three four which is the data lines it's increase in the capability of the [00:46:49] speed of the data connection and provides just a solution that phases out [00:46:56] analog to digital cable and it increases our elan capabilities which was right [00:47:02] out of the mouth of IT person that wasn't me everybody's aware so I wanted [00:47:10] to make sure everybody was aware that moving down four four four six three [00:47:14] lease automobile good news is here is that it's decreased because we have [00:47:19] actually paid off one of the recreational vehicles and so that is [00:47:22] off the books now moving down further four four six one one which is [00:47:28] maintenance buildings and ground as everybody knows the facilities is [00:47:32] getting older and we are finding a number of repairs that that we need to [00:47:38] do to maintain and that's just simply increasing so we're expecting that's [00:47:43] same thing again next year and into the future so we're asking for some [00:47:47] additional funds to be able to predict that that's going to happen and be [00:47:50] prepared to handle it when it does where the drainage area is the reclaimed pond [00:47:55] that side it's pretty bad right now well I'm sure you guys are aware of it from [00:48:00] like the water days and everything but it's pretty bad over there good [00:48:07] all right next is four four six two one repair and maintenance equipment again [00:48:14] same thing here we're just getting older and is in need of increased [00:48:18] repairs as well as just more cleaning and upkeep and based again just solely [00:48:25] in the amount of usage that it's getting so multiple multiple areas both inside [00:48:29] and outside the facility is in need of a refresh and this this this funding that [00:48:33] we're asking for will allow us to address some of those things as they come [00:48:36] as they as they come up four four nine six one special events this is directly [00:48:43] related to the light up the night event it's basically increased spending to [00:48:48] enhance events overall but and but specifically it allowed us to enhance [00:48:53] the light up the night event this this year and again we would look to do the [00:48:58] same again going forward four four nine six three recreation trips again this is [00:49:05] a line that is directly impacted by the number of camp weeks to go from seven to [00:49:11] eleven it just required us to add more field trips and some of the associated [00:49:16] expenses with doing that for the camp four four nine six five which is the the [00:49:23] next significant change which is city sponsored events this one is strictly [00:49:29] due to the city run July 4th event the hometown extravaganza which I think we [00:49:35] all agree was pretty big hit and it this also contains funds for the concert [00:49:42] in the park series this isn't used for is this used for the in kinds on the [00:49:49] special events or is that a separate fund no I got all the credit by the way [00:49:58] for the 4th of July event it's nice when they come and say good that's [00:50:04] exactly where you guys did the work and I got the credit yeah we told everybody [00:50:09] you let the fireworks the next one is 4 5 2 2 5 which is software licenses and [00:50:24] support and this is strictly due to a price increase for our membership [00:50:29] database software and support for the facility next computers 4 5 2 4 3 this [00:50:38] year's budget allotment allows for for us to complete almost all of the [00:50:43] technology upgrades that we needed for the facility but for the year we [00:50:47] anticipate only needing a few computers in the next year's budget which allows [00:50:52] us to significantly reduce the request here from previous years 4 5 2 4 5 [00:50:58] recreational supplies again this is another camp line which just increased [00:51:03] due to the number of the additional weeks of camp that was added this year [00:51:09] the next one which is I referenced it earlier on which is the ads and [00:51:14] marketing again it's just a it's a glitch in the software 4 5 2 4 6 which [00:51:21] says accounting forms but it really is the the ads and marketing line and it's [00:51:28] something that we will fix however like I mentioned it's it's actually a [00:51:34] significant decrease not an increase or a request for 8,000 more and moving down [00:51:41] finally to capital improvements 4 6 3 9 9 improvement other than buildings so [00:51:48] the first one is for getting the floors done so basically sanding updating the [00:51:53] three-point lines the the city logo is outdated and would need to be updated [00:51:58] and then simply refinishing so that's something that has been in previous [00:52:03] year's budget but we weren't allowed we weren't able to get to it this year it [00:52:07] is our intention to do so and that's the request there and then the other is [00:52:12] security cameras the purchases recommended by IT for the rack budget [00:52:18] are for just new new and replacement cameras to bring us into compliance with [00:52:23] the NDAA there will be new ones there will be some new ones added but there's [00:52:29] also a number that are outdated and need to be replaced to become to to get into [00:52:34] compliance okay and I think that sort of brings us to the end of the [00:52:42] recreation component of of the presentation if there are no questions [00:52:47] there we can okay sure um pickleballs big hit yeah I mean there's not a tennis [00:52:56] court that doesn't have pickleballs up on it now and we do we do on ours too [00:53:00] but how are we promoting it in the community indoor or outdoor either one [00:53:06] so indoor we have such a consistent basis I actually think we could probably [00:53:11] increase promoting our outdoor for sure and maybe identify times where people [00:53:17] know that the courts available because we usually run into a tennis pickleball [00:53:22] conflict we can definitely increase our opportunity to promote pickleball across [00:53:26] the board and a lot of these people pickleball I understands in the morning [00:53:29] is that true that's correct yeah and we actually with additional evening hours I [00:53:34] think there's an increase are there would definitely be a need to add some [00:53:37] in the evening and it's a totally different crowd right yeah you know later [00:53:42] it gets the younger it gets right you know so that's just to say and then they [00:53:45] get and as far as how do you advertise how do you get the word out you're about [00:53:50] you guys all right excuse me how many excuse me how many how do we get the [00:53:54] word out currently we utilize our flyers it's definitely something I think we can [00:53:59] increase and get better at we have a thing called the bridge are you familiar [00:54:03] with a bridge yes sir I've never seen anything about the rec center and there [00:54:06] are not enough to talk about anyhow you know and that comes out that goes out [00:54:10] quarterly yeah so we're getting a new marketing person this week is that right [00:54:15] she will not start till the end of August but yes I guess okay but anyhow [00:54:20] you know you know I'd like to see more about in there in the bridge about not [00:54:24] only the pickleball but other things that are going on there okay besides the [00:54:29] summer program yeah I think you pretty much sold the summer program out yeah [00:54:33] yep okay anybody else you have a pickleball committee in house still yeah [00:54:39] we do okay yeah they working on anything advertising why are they just focus on [00:54:43] rules and stuff typically meet when there's an issue honestly I think it's [00:54:47] more it's typically about the rules I'd be curious if they'd be interested if [00:54:50] they're on Facebook groups or anything if they'd be interested in promoting it [00:54:52] as well and then I know in the last bridge article or maybe two back the [00:54:58] recreation supervisor was spotlighted and you talked in detail about some of [00:55:02] the programs the rec center does in the bridge so thank you for that thank you [00:55:06] I see your water and sewer doubled from last year do you know anybody over the [00:55:11] city maybe get you discount we could use one yeah yeah I have one more just the [00:55:23] accounting and forms I didn't I wasn't following that so that's the you're [00:55:27] saying it's the similar issue as the ads and marketing so what should be [00:55:30] there okay [00:55:45] without going to technical the budget is based on object codes and organization [00:55:52] codes your organization code is the first six digits which is the department [00:55:55] in the fund the last five digits are is your object code which is the [00:56:01] designation for each type of expenditure when we migrated out of our legacy [00:56:05] software Sun Guard back then you could create the same account number with a [00:56:10] different or code so you could create the same object code with a different [00:56:14] description and that's what was done so when we migrate into Tyler it accepted [00:56:18] it but gravity picked up and said no you can't reuse that same or code so if you [00:56:23] look in accounting and budgeting we have an object code of 452 46 okay [00:56:31] historically they've used 52 46 but they can no longer use it because we [00:56:36] identified that it was it's a line shouldn't be there at all yeah so what [00:56:41] I'm gonna merge these and you won't see accounting forms anymore okay so the two [00:56:44] accounts will merge and it'll just the data will merge into the one ads and [00:56:49] line okay yeah so it's just an error but that's part of the process and why we're [00:56:55] going into gravity Oh along those lines ads and marketing only had 118 dollars [00:57:03] in it so when you merge them it's going to include that 11,000 637 in actual for [00:57:09] 23 so that number moves over to the first page yeah so just a couple of [00:57:18] general comments one first being the the programs in the park the free [00:57:26] concerts the events you had one of the things that I suggested a while back I [00:57:34] think Matt you've jumped in and thought it might not be a bad idea was to try to [00:57:39] annually recognize all of the musicians that we have that came from our from our [00:57:45] city from our community by having like an annual Gulf High alumni musical jam [00:57:52] and it's really incredible how many good musicians we've had from the band [00:57:57] Shadowfax going back to the early days played with anyway long story if the [00:58:03] city was to do something like that it might set the opportunity for as example [00:58:10] I would think that we could not have to pay for the talent as getting an [00:58:16] organization like the alumni to recruit if the city could allocate one of its [00:58:23] musical programs and pay for the back line and the things that you put on [00:58:30] would you do that and so that may apply in other cases as well where you have [00:58:37] the chance to bring more talent to well like when we had the friendly Kia he [00:58:45] paid for the 4th of July music but if you had a program that I think there's [00:58:52] some some effort we had a lot of feedback on the on the Facebook [00:58:59] commentary of folks that said he might like to play Bobby Dulles who was a [00:59:05] classmate of mine it was heavy metal but he was big in the music industry and [00:59:11] was Eddie money's accountant of all things but also played in a in a [00:59:18] national rock band so if the Recreation Department I guess I'm thinking when [00:59:27] something like that comes up Debbie does that go to you to then have somebody [00:59:34] communicate so the next time that somebody wants I can't organize and I'm [00:59:40] not musically inclined I would like to dance to their music but don't ask me to [00:59:44] play anything how would that go would somebody come to the rec center and say [00:59:49] you know we'd have a could we talk to you about slotting something like that [00:59:54] right and and how would that work and and it would end [01:00:00] coming back to us or through you, however it works, yeah. Yeah, it would typically come in the [01:00:04] form of a call or an email and we, our team, would then get it organized and I [01:00:09] would present that to the city manager, get her blessing, and then we'd move [01:00:12] forward. Well good. The other question I had was just the reaction of the success [01:00:19] of some of the great explorations bringing in the observatory or, I'm [01:00:29] sorry, names escaping me, but that you used in some of your summer camps and [01:00:33] around. Was that, was that well received or how did that go? And thank you for [01:00:38] going and visiting because I saw that you did. Yeah, no, I think overall it was, I [01:00:43] believe that, especially during the hometown extravaganza event, I think we [01:00:50] we had a chance to chat during that event and the suggestion to to get them [01:00:55] a little bit of airtime I definitely believe impacted it. After that, a good [01:00:59] number of people, more people came to it. So I do think that in the future, having [01:01:04] something probably somewhere else in the park that allows them to advertise in a [01:01:10] way that will attract people to Peace Hall because left to its own devices in [01:01:14] that location, I think it was difficult for people to understand that that it [01:01:17] was there. Even though they had their, the van outside and we parked it in an [01:01:21] obvious location, it still would have been helpful if we had done some sort of [01:01:26] additional advertisement somewhere in the park, maybe on the opposite end of [01:01:30] the park, that would allow people who weren't coming to Peace Hall naturally, [01:01:33] potentially to go there. It was also air-conditioned, which was partly why we [01:01:37] did it because we thought it would be an option for parents to bring their kids, [01:01:42] cool them off, and also take advantage of the planetarium. And that's great. My [01:01:48] question is, during the course of some of your summer programming or maybe it was [01:01:52] a library, maybe it wasn't through recreation, was it well-received or attended? [01:02:00] From our perspective, it was integrated into camp so we really had sort of a [01:02:04] captive audience, if you will, and in those, in that situation, yes. But like I [01:02:09] said, I think left to its own devices, we would probably have to find ways to [01:02:12] promote it in order for it to be effective just across the board. But [01:02:16] relative to camp, yes. Thank you. That's it. Are we charging the orchestra to store [01:02:25] their music? Maybe we should be asking them to do a show for us? Yeah, they would [01:02:33] love to. Reach out to them and say, hey, we're storing your stuff for nothing, about doing a show for nothing. [01:02:44] Are you suggesting like during the summer concert series? Well, not summer [01:02:49] because it's too hot. I mean our concert series. Yeah. Okay, we can ask. Yeah, I mean, you know, they [01:02:56] came in bags and we gave it to them, so. Okay. You guys have your concert series already [01:03:04] lined up for next year or you got openings? We have just started working on [01:03:09] those. Yeah, we have some leads, but not nailed down quite yet. But yes, we have [01:03:13] started for sure. You bringing back Symmetry Band? I think they want to come [01:03:18] back. I'm not certain. I think they're ones that have reached out. Yeah. I think we [01:03:21] have. All right. They were apparently after that they went to the, they went to [01:03:32] the Boulevard, or not Boulevard, B-O-M, BOM, and performed there and that kind of [01:03:39] kicked them off. So they've gained some momentum because of coming to Sims Park. [01:03:42] They're called what? The Symmetry Band. We have a Taylor Swift tribute band coming [01:03:48] this year, so. Talk about youth programs. I'll tell you what, they really took your ideas to heart over there, man. I have one more question. Since there was a lot of shifts in [01:03:59] division head, in the regular exam salaries, and the regular time wages, I [01:04:04] know that there were a couple vacancies during, for example, fitness supervisor [01:04:10] and you'd probably be able to help me out. Just that one? The aquatics manager as well. [01:04:16] Aquatics, well that will come up. But my question is, how are we [01:04:21] reflecting that? So like, it's come up in the past where it's hard to tell how long [01:04:27] a position has lapsed when you're looking back at the amended budget from [01:04:32] prior years. How can we decipher what's just a change and what is a position [01:04:37] that was open for so long that the funds there weren't used? [01:04:42] Because my mind goes to a fitness supervisor that's been here for four [01:04:46] months, but we allocated for a full year. There's no way to reflect, there's no way [01:04:51] for me to visually be able to tell where those funds went. Or where, excuse me, [01:04:56] how much rolled in? How much were budgeted? How much was rolled back into [01:05:03] the budget? Yeah, normally it's reallocated across that department. If [01:05:09] there's, you know, if they've spent or needed funds in another area. But we [01:05:16] could track that, but it would be on an individual basis. It's not... And I [01:05:20] wouldn't ask for it for anything other than like a significant vacancy, like [01:05:24] almost the whole budget year. I'd just be pointing out those ones. Where we [01:05:27] budgeted for it, nobody's picked it up for six months. Now if it's an [01:05:31] individual line item, you would see that because you'd see it in the amended [01:05:34] budget. It would bring it down to zero. So if it was like a division head salary, [01:05:38] there'd only be one position there. But when it's included in regular exempt [01:05:42] salaries and regular full-time wages, it's harder to see it until you look at [01:05:46] the amended budget. So you can look at the original budget versus the amended [01:05:49] budget, and then you'd see the change. Unless it was a shift, right? If it was shifted, you would see it in the amended budget. Okay, perfect. Thank you. [01:05:59] But you may not see that until the end of the year. Right, in case that position... I was [01:06:03] asking for last year, because I know it was either the aquatics coordinator or [01:06:06] something which is coming up, and the fitness supervisor, that there was a [01:06:09] vacancy for a little bit. And I just can't really... Looking at this, it doesn't [01:06:13] look like it. So it's hard for me to... Because the fitness supervisor would be [01:06:19] full-time wages, and that went up because of the shift of personnel or [01:06:23] whatever, and the new two new positions. So there's no way to really see that [01:06:28] that position was vacant, and nobody was being paid out of it. I'll just make a [01:06:35] personal request then to the city manager. All right, so if there are no other [01:06:41] questions regarding the recreation side, Kevin will take the lead on the [01:06:45] aquatics. Thank you. Council members and city manager, I appreciate the opportunity to present this. Andre, thank you for [01:06:54] inviting me, and I look forward to presenting the aquatics budget. First and [01:06:58] foremost, just want to talk a little bit about our accomplishments for this [01:07:01] fiscal year. We brought back swim lessons, which have been a couple... At least last [01:07:06] year, we didn't have the opportunity to do it. It was a priority of mine when I [01:07:10] first started. A key to success for a good aquatics program is have swim [01:07:15] lessons, and I think once we bring it back, which we now currently have it, [01:07:19] we're gonna see so many things, I think, come from that, whether it's private swim [01:07:22] lessons, swim teams, all types of opportunities that I think, without a [01:07:27] doubt, there should always be swim lessons. A lot. I mean, it's hot in [01:07:31] Florida, so we can do swim lessons pretty much year-round, and we intend [01:07:35] to offer that throughout the year as we continue to grow. Unfortunately, [01:07:39] lightning has struck for the last six days in a row, so our afternoon classes [01:07:43] have been impacted, but I'll work on that. Then also, I'll present next year on that. [01:07:52] We also focused on making sure that our lifeguards became certified, which they, [01:07:59] in order to teach swim lessons how we teach them, we go through American Red [01:08:04] Cross, so our swim instructors obtained a WSI certification, which allows them to [01:08:10] teach the best possible swim lessons that we feel our community needs, and [01:08:14] then we also were able to offer additional staff member an AFO [01:08:18] certification on top of our aquatics manager, so there was two at the time, and [01:08:23] we intend to, by code, you at least have to have one, so if one's not there, [01:08:27] another individual with an AFO will also be there. So we increased that, and we [01:08:32] intend to make sure we do that in the future as well, and then continuing to [01:08:37] focus on just programming in the aquatics area, I think is a is a huge [01:08:42] need, and we started that, but we can continue to grow that, and we did bring [01:08:46] two functional heaters to the to the lap pool this year, and it's a warm 84 [01:08:52] degrees, I believe. They're currently not on, but if they if it rains, it goes down [01:08:56] to 80, and they complain to us, so we'll kick those on probably October 1st, and [01:09:00] two functional heaters haven't been operational for a couple years now, so [01:09:04] we're really excited to go through a winter season and have a nice heated [01:09:08] pool, so we got that done, and we're happy to to bring that to the table. As we look [01:09:14] forward to next year, we want to continue, as I mentioned, to continue to grow our [01:09:17] swim lessons, both fall and spring. We hopefully will have some in September [01:09:22] and October, and then it might get a little too cool, and then we intend to [01:09:26] bring it back around spring break to hopefully avoid some of our afternoon [01:09:30] storms, and then we'll carry that throughout the entire summer. We also [01:09:33] want to engage the users of the swim lessons currently. They're in a group [01:09:37] format, but I do think there may be an interest for private swim lessons at the [01:09:42] aquatics facility. Of course, that's an increased charge than a typical group [01:09:45] lesson, but I do think we may have an opportunity to explore that as well. [01:09:50] For adults also? Correct, yes, we can absolutely do that. I'm finding out that a lot of [01:09:57] adults don't know how to swim, and it's because of where they grew up or what [01:10:01] country they came from. Yes, we'll put that as an emphasis as well to cater [01:10:05] towards some of the adults. Anybody and everybody, we want to teach how to swim. [01:10:09] We also want to engage our users on when they're using the pools. You have a lot [01:10:14] of swimmers that actually want to use it really early in the morning, so [01:10:18] considering as we go through this year, figuring out what our niche is. We [01:10:21] currently open at 8 a.m., but there's multiple swimmers that, if you go to the [01:10:25] Y, I think you can swim at 6 a.m., so just figuring out what's our niche, and [01:10:29] then potentially later as well. So we're going to continue to engage our users [01:10:34] that currently do it and see what, so they have an opportunity to swim at any [01:10:38] time that they feel they need to, and we'll continue to do that throughout [01:10:41] this year. And then, as I mentioned a little bit earlier, looking at programming [01:10:45] in the pools, for me, as always, I was a camp guy, so if I translate that to [01:10:50] the aquatics, how do we do movie nights, specific holiday events, teen activities, [01:10:55] junior lifeguard courses, and many other ideas that could also create some [01:11:00] revenue growth. And there's also an opportunity, we talk about adults, but [01:11:04] partnering with some of our local schools, whether it's a third grade, fourth [01:11:08] grade, fifth grade class, to potentially look at offering some swim [01:11:12] lessons to them, because it's really important, I think, in that time frame to [01:11:16] capture them and at least teach them how to swim, so at least start some of those [01:11:19] initial conversations to see if that's of interest to some of our local [01:11:24] schools. And as we move into personnel, there is no increase to any requests, [01:11:33] although FY23-24 shows 9.26, FY24-25 is a total of 11.90, but in [01:11:41] utilizing our new software, that's actually what is reflected in the [01:11:44] current year and this upcoming year, so the numbers in FY23-24, we're not in the [01:11:49] new system, and we're not asking for any additional lifeguards. We have a great [01:11:54] staff, and we're fully staffed, so we've done a really good job. [01:12:00] Yeah, the aquatics coordinator position, we have, that position has [01:12:05] not been filled, I think, over the two years, and when we have an aquatics [01:12:09] manager, I don't know that aquatics coordinator is needed, especially with [01:12:14] the addition of an assistant director. Like, I'm trying to take a [01:12:17] priority in aquatics, so covering what potentially a part-time aquatics [01:12:21] coordinator would do is, I try to accomplish that on my end. [01:12:29] Cool. And then going into the budgeting personnel and operating, there's a slight [01:12:39] increase, just based on actuals and actual salaries in our part-time wages [01:12:44] for our head lifeguards, lifeguard ones and twos, just a tad, so there's a small [01:12:48] increase there, but not any additional bodies, and then actually temporary wages [01:12:52] is reduced based on actual numbers that have been projected for this upcoming [01:12:57] year, so we're in a good spot, and both those numbers meet the demand for [01:13:01] off-season and in-season during the summer. And then we go into operating, and [01:13:07] travel and training is increased by $500, because whoever we onboard, there's [01:13:13] a potential that we'll need to send them to appropriate trainings throughout the [01:13:17] state. Depending on their background, we may or may not have to spend that money, [01:13:21] but we think it's beneficial to put it in there to prepare for it, and there's a [01:13:25] lot of good trainings throughout the state. Of course, electric has gone up a [01:13:31] bit. I did want to highlight the gas significantly gone up, and that is [01:13:35] directly related to two functional heaters. It burns through gas. It's highly [01:13:40] efficient, however, the amount of gas that's used for two pool heaters is a [01:13:45] lot, so we anticipate that this upcoming year we'll spend more on gas, and we'll [01:13:51] do our best to limit that as best as possible, but we anticipate running the [01:13:55] heaters probably from October, mid-October, late October, through May. [01:14:03] Maintenance and building in the ground, we did reduce a little bit, and that is [01:14:07] directly related to the idea of going to a preventative maintenance program that [01:14:12] we actually think will help reduce repair costs that we've typically been [01:14:16] handling, and that preventative maintenance program would cover a [01:14:21] monthly site visit for the pools, the pump room, which is its own beast, [01:14:26] the lap pool heaters, and also the diving boards. So doing a preventative maintenance [01:14:31] program will get in front of it and try to be proactive and hopefully eliminate [01:14:36] some of those things that probably could have been prevented. Then the next one, [01:14:42] in the same conversation, we know that there's a couple items next year that [01:14:46] we'll have to replace some of those. One would be a diving board. Some of the [01:14:50] other items, the fish slide continues to have issues, and I think every year we [01:14:54] call somebody out to to repair it, so we anticipate that that may be a potential. [01:15:00] Another increased cost for this upcoming year. [01:15:02] So we do already know some of those costs [01:15:05] and we're planning accordingly. [01:15:07] Chemicals, just like public works, [01:15:09] we're dealing with the same beast. [01:15:11] As chemical costs go up, [01:15:13] our increased costs will continue to go up. [01:15:17] And later in the presentation, [01:15:19] hopefully we get some new filter media, [01:15:21] which hopefully will reduce the need [01:15:22] for some of the increased chemical costs. [01:15:25] Clothing and apparel, our intention there [01:15:28] is just to have a consistent look amongst all staff members [01:15:31] and make sure that we have enough in the budget [01:15:33] to provide new staff and old staff [01:15:35] to get everybody up to par so that we're ready to roll. [01:15:39] And it's a great looking facility, [01:15:40] both staff-wise and on the landscape, all types of things. [01:15:44] So we want everybody to look good out there. [01:15:47] Computer supplies, we did reduce [01:15:48] because we've been able to accomplish that [01:15:50] in this year's budget. [01:15:51] And there was probably one computer left [01:15:53] that we may need to upgrade. [01:15:55] Rec supplies have been slightly reduced [01:15:57] just based on being able to purchase things [01:15:59] throughout this past year. [01:16:02] And everything else is about on par [01:16:05] with some minor increases and decreases [01:16:07] throughout the rest of the budget. [01:16:09] And going into capital, as I mentioned a little bit earlier [01:16:13] with relation to chemicals, [01:16:14] we're proposing for this year's capital projects [01:16:18] into the aquatics area is filter media upgrades, [01:16:23] which we're planning to replace two, [01:16:25] one being the activity pool and one being the dive pool. [01:16:28] And we're actually hoping to change them from sand, [01:16:31] which it currently is, to glass. [01:16:33] And glass filter media is the new upcoming trend [01:16:37] and it actually should be more efficient. [01:16:39] It's literally pieces of glass broken down [01:16:41] and we'll be able to use the same canisters, [01:16:45] call it, filters, and we won't have to replace [01:16:48] the whole thing, we'll just take the sand out, [01:16:50] not us, a company, take the sand out, [01:16:53] dispose of it properly, and then we'll put in glass [01:16:56] and that'll be both for the activity and dive pool. [01:16:58] Activity is the one that we just resurfaced, [01:16:59] so that makes the most sense to do. [01:17:01] And then the dive pool is the one [01:17:02] that we consistently have issues with. [01:17:05] So we're hopeful that when changing the filter media, [01:17:07] that it'll actually help us maintain our chemical balances. [01:17:12] And then we plan to do that in future years, the next two. [01:17:16] And that'll wrap it up for my presentation [01:17:18] and I'm here to answer any questions. [01:17:21] Same question from before, [01:17:23] just so I can get clarification on that. [01:17:26] The aquatics coordinator was not filled [01:17:29] and it's zeroed out for this year [01:17:31] and was previously part-time, [01:17:33] but the part-time amended wages did not change. [01:17:37] So when do we expect to see a change there? [01:17:41] It stayed 167 and then was consistently still 167. [01:17:45] We'll change it at the end of the year. [01:17:47] You'll see a year-end budget [01:17:49] at the end of this fiscal year. [01:17:51] The current fiscal year, not this one? [01:17:53] Okay. [01:17:55] Not the upcoming one? [01:17:56] No, fiscal year 24 for September 30th. [01:18:03] Pete? [01:18:06] No, I'm good. [01:18:07] Thank you. [01:18:09] Your mouth is coming out. [01:18:13] I could have spoken, but I caught the glare [01:18:16] from somewhere over there. [01:18:20] Thank you. [01:18:22] All right, we'll be presenting [01:18:24] the police department budget next [01:18:26] and we have Chief Cochin [01:18:29] and we have Deputy Chief Latona also here [01:18:34] to present the budget. [01:18:40] Lieutenant Paschkelli, but I think he is not here. [01:18:43] They're both in the hallway. [01:18:44] They're in the hallway, I believe, yes. [01:18:46] Okay, wow. [01:18:48] They're holding up the hallway. [01:18:49] Yes. [01:19:01] You're set. [01:19:02] Oh, no, absolutely. [01:19:07] Well, leading mayor, council members, [01:19:08] the manager, finance director. [01:19:11] You'll also have Mike Golder with me tonight. [01:19:14] So really, a budget is really simply [01:19:17] just a financial plan to achieve your vision. [01:19:19] You have goals, missions, and objectives [01:19:20] and we believe working with the command staff [01:19:22] and the city manager, this budget definitely achieves that. [01:19:25] Just a quick overview of our budget. [01:19:27] We have six divisions, Division 61 through Division 67. [01:19:32] And before I get into those presentations [01:19:34] on those divisions, I want to kind of brag [01:19:36] a little bit about the department [01:19:37] and some of the things that are going on. [01:19:40] As you know, we have the CAG RMS project underway. [01:19:44] What you'll see in this budget is, [01:19:45] unfortunately, we're not anticipating a start date [01:19:48] probably until November, which would be in FY 24-25. [01:19:52] So we're gonna have to roll some of that money [01:19:54] from last year's budget into this year's budget. [01:19:56] Most of that goes into Division 61. [01:19:59] Accreditation, the city manager signed a contract [01:20:02] with the CFA, which stands for the Commission [01:20:04] for Law Enforcement Accreditation. [01:20:06] On 12-1-2023, we have two years now to achieve it. [01:20:10] And we are well underway. [01:20:11] I'm very confident that that will not be a problem for us. [01:20:15] But we still have a lot of work to do. [01:20:18] And my famous saying is, when it comes to being better, [01:20:20] there's never a finish line, never get complacent. [01:20:22] So a lot of good things going on there. [01:20:24] As you guys know about the Lyft team, [01:20:26] we've been on the news many times with them. [01:20:28] They're phenomenal, the things that they do. [01:20:30] And the training that they've done for the whole department, [01:20:32] like with mental health first aid, [01:20:34] and SIT training, which is crisis intervention training. [01:20:36] We have over 60% of the department trained. [01:20:39] That's a week-long school. [01:20:40] That's major training. [01:20:42] Most departments don't even have close to that. [01:20:44] So the goal is to get, over time, 100% of our officers [01:20:48] through that crisis intervention training. [01:20:50] So a lot of good things going on there. [01:20:52] As you may be familiar, last year, [01:20:53] we procured over $300,000 in grants. [01:20:57] And some of that money will roll over into this fiscal year, [01:21:00] because some of them are two-year grants. [01:21:02] Our response time in the PD is under three minutes. [01:21:05] That's phenomenal by state standards. [01:21:06] So our service levels are really high. [01:21:09] So a lot of good things going on in the police department. [01:21:12] With that said, we'll get into the budget. [01:21:14] We'll start off with Division 61, [01:21:17] which is the police chief, the deputy police chief, [01:21:20] and the admin assistant. [01:21:22] We only have three people in there. [01:21:25] When it comes to total personnel services, [01:21:27] really not much going on there. [01:21:28] It's pretty much even with last year. [01:21:32] The operating expenses, there have been a little increases. [01:21:34] And I'll go over some of them. [01:21:36] Professional services, you'll see for $87,000. [01:21:39] That's our accreditation consultant and other services [01:21:42] that are in there. [01:21:44] Our telephone expenses went up to $72,000. [01:21:47] And you'll see this year, our leased automobiles, [01:21:50] we had to get two new vehicles. [01:21:52] Now, we put in for two Ferraris, and the city manager [01:21:55] cut us back to two Ford Edges, which we're happy to have. [01:22:02] So obviously, we had certain. [01:22:03] I was looking forward to go for a ride. [01:22:04] Yeah. [01:22:05] We had to start a new lease program for those. [01:22:07] You see $21,000 there that was not there in previous years. [01:22:11] Fuel expenses are roughly the same. [01:22:13] Software licenses and support, $162,600. [01:22:18] We have our Pervis system in there, [01:22:21] which is actually a fire department alerting system. [01:22:23] It is a part of the CAD RMS system. [01:22:26] That's when they get toned out for calls. [01:22:28] That's for both stations. [01:22:29] So I think the finance director and I and city manager [01:22:32] talked about moving that money down into capital, [01:22:34] because a lot of that is hardware and not software. [01:22:37] Some of it is, but most of it's hardware. [01:22:38] So we'll be moving that down into capital, into Division 61. [01:22:45] Continue on operational. [01:22:46] Again, there have been some increases. [01:22:48] Most of them, again, rolling over some of them [01:22:50] CAD RMS figures into our division. [01:22:54] Our capital, this year we requested some building improvements. [01:22:57] Our building is 22 years old. [01:23:00] The floor, the tile is all starting to crack. [01:23:02] So we want to replace some of that flooring, not so much with tile, [01:23:05] with that nice, what's it called? [01:23:07] Vinyl. [01:23:07] Vinyl flooring. [01:23:09] And then, of course, we have software, which is $101,800. [01:23:14] And that is our CAD RMS cost for both of those, to get them up and going. [01:23:21] And then you'll see 46431, that says special purpose equipment. [01:23:25] It's blank, but that's where we want to move the Pervis money down. [01:23:28] It's about $90,000, want to put it in capital. [01:23:32] So, you know, for this division, there have been increases. [01:23:35] Again, most of them are for the CAD RMS program, telephone expenses, and [01:23:39] the two lease vehicles that we have. [01:23:41] I'll be happy to answer any questions in that division that you may have. [01:23:47] Moving on to Division 62, that's called Police Support Services, and [01:23:53] that pretty much comprises a lieutenant. [01:23:56] We have a records clerk, we have a crime scene tech, and [01:23:59] we have our victim advocate in that division. [01:24:02] It's overseen by Lieutenant Pascali. [01:24:05] Can I get an org chart for this one? [01:24:08] Oh, there it is. [01:24:08] Okay, perfect. [01:24:09] Thank you. [01:24:09] Did you see it? [01:24:10] Yeah, thanks. [01:24:11] Okay. [01:24:12] Any questions on that? [01:24:19] Okay. [01:24:20] Moving on, Police Support Services for our total personnel services. [01:24:24] Actually, a little bit of a decrease there. [01:24:26] Everything seems to be holding a line in personnel services. [01:24:30] We look at operating, slight increase. [01:24:34] Some of that is due to our software licensing and support. [01:24:38] That's basically for our consoles and dispatch and [01:24:40] some wiring and maintenance with those consoles. [01:24:43] So again, pretty much holding the line in this division. [01:24:47] We do have a capital expenditure in this division, and [01:24:50] it is related to the CAD RMS system, and that is $70,000 for what we call file on queue. [01:24:57] So when we go over to Axon, it's very important that we take all of our existing data and [01:25:03] migrate it over, or we'll be operating on two systems, paying software and license fees for the old system and the new system. [01:25:10] And every time we go to look at something, especially with integrating with the county where analysts can do a lot of crime scene work for us. [01:25:17] They can look at data for us. [01:25:18] They can do crime mapping. [01:25:20] They'll have to go into two systems. [01:25:22] So we want to migrate all the data from the old system into our property and [01:25:27] evidence division, which is a division really onto its own. [01:25:30] There's so much there with cases and so much areas of accreditation that hit that division. [01:25:35] But it's really important that we get that data conversion done. [01:25:39] So it's called file on queue, and it is related to the CAD RMS project. [01:25:44] So there's been a little bit of a slight increase in that division. [01:25:47] And then that is laid out in your capital expenditure sheet in 46418, it's called file on queue. [01:25:55] Question for you, Chief. [01:25:56] For the file on queue, is that the one when we go back to the first page of this, I guess this is division 62? [01:26:04] Yes. [01:26:04] So when we go back to this page, it's talking about dispatch, it's the fifth bullet down of accomplishments. [01:26:10] Dispatch services approximately 20,000 police and 46,000 fire related calls. [01:26:15] Is that where that data's pulled from, or is that a completely different? [01:26:19] Are you talking about the console? [01:26:22] The fifth item down. [01:26:23] Where's that data pulled from? [01:26:24] That's not pulled from the dispatched and services approximately 20,000. [01:26:29] He's looking at the page before the. [01:26:31] Okay. [01:26:31] If you're referencing the file on queue specifically, that is for [01:26:36] the property and evidence that we have collected and taken in and have to process. [01:26:40] Just property and evidence? [01:26:41] Yeah. [01:26:41] Yeah, it's a division onto itself. [01:26:43] So all that data will be just property and evidence, and there's a lot of it. [01:26:47] Okay. We have a lot of cases, a lot of old cases, so it's very important that we do that. [01:26:51] Which, what allows you to create the number 20,945 calls? [01:26:58] Is that through the system you mentioned earlier? [01:27:01] That is our current system. [01:27:02] Correct, current system. [01:27:03] That's the current system? [01:27:04] It is Southern Software. [01:27:05] Is there a way to pull specialized data when you're looking at, like, the LIFT, [01:27:11] or the LIFT team, and the specialized data that they have when it comes to, [01:27:17] whether it's a call for homelessness, is there a way to categorize that so it can be pulled? [01:27:23] It'll be more in our CAD system, but the new system that we're going to will be much better at grabbing some of that data. [01:27:28] Okay, yeah, because I've made requests to the city manager in the past, and [01:27:33] prior to public records requests, and I'm constantly told that it's hard to pull specialized data like that. [01:27:41] It is very time consuming in the current program. [01:27:43] Okay, anything council can do to help with that? [01:27:50] Approve our budget for the CAD integration. [01:27:54] I guess that's my question, is does that integration allow for that, or are we going to run into an issue where we integrate, [01:28:00] and then the question pops back up, and we're not able to- [01:28:03] We'll be able to track what they're doing. [01:28:04] Okay. [01:28:08] Any other questions on that division? [01:28:12] So we move on to Division 63, which is our Criminal Investigations Division, [01:28:19] as overseen by Lieutenant Melliker, and we have Sergeant Williams and some detectives in there. [01:28:25] That is a very core division in our department. [01:28:27] We basically bolstered it over the last year with another detective, and [01:28:31] we basically also have an option where we're working with the county, so we also can go unified if we want to. [01:28:37] So that division really is firing on all eight cylinders and doing a really good job. [01:28:42] So looking at their budget, total personnel services, slight increase. [01:28:49] Some of that could be overtime incentive pay for police, you'll see some increases there. [01:28:53] Off-duty pay, I just want to mention this, and the same across all the divisions. [01:28:59] That is reimbursed, because when they work off-duty, the vendor will reimburse us. [01:29:03] We do bill the vendor, and they ultimately reimburse us. [01:29:05] So I just want to let you know that you'll see off-duty pay throughout the divisions. [01:29:09] That is reimbursed to us. [01:29:11] Police pension fund, there's been some increases. [01:29:13] As you know, that's all actuarial. [01:29:15] They give us the numbers, and we put it in there. [01:29:17] Workers' comps have been some quite slight increases in that division. [01:29:21] Getting into operating, some increases again. [01:29:26] We had a big year for automobiles as we work with Public Works, and [01:29:30] we cycle out some of our old vehicles. [01:29:32] So we had to get some vehicles for them. [01:29:35] But other than that, really, the division's pretty much holding its own [01:29:39] when it comes to the budget, so it's funded properly and doing well. [01:29:43] Any questions on 63? [01:29:44] Thank you, moving on. [01:29:48] Moving on to the back end of the department, division 64, police patrol is obviously [01:29:53] the biggest chunk of our budget, has the most personnel in it, is responsible for [01:29:58] a lot of the [01:30:00] operations in our police department. [01:30:02] Lieutenant Mellicker oversees patrol divisions. [01:30:04] We have four shifts working on Alpha and Bravo squads. [01:30:08] They're on 12-hour shifts. [01:30:10] They also have a sergeant and corporal for every shift. [01:30:14] So basically, our shifts are set up by zones. [01:30:18] And they're set up to patrol in areas [01:30:20] not only for community policing and downtown, [01:30:23] but we also look at our problem areas as best we can. [01:30:25] And we try and do the best we can to mitigate circumstances [01:30:28] occurring there. [01:30:30] When we go over the budget, we look [01:30:32] at total personnel services. [01:30:34] There has been a little bit of an increase in their budget. [01:30:38] Again, you'll see off-duty pay. [01:30:40] That is reimbursed. [01:30:42] There's been some increases into regular full-time wages. [01:30:44] I believe that has to do with the union contract. [01:30:47] Social security matching, again, that's [01:30:49] a calculation done by finance. [01:30:52] And same with workers' comp. [01:30:53] Actually, there's been a little bit of a reduction [01:30:55] in workers' comp. [01:30:57] Getting into our operational expenses, pretty much, again, [01:31:03] with air, we have fuel. [01:31:04] But that's pretty much in line with last year. [01:31:07] Automotive parts has been a slight increase. [01:31:11] Other than that, the other thing I talked about [01:31:14] in the very beginning are leased automobiles. [01:31:16] You're going to see a good increase there [01:31:18] because we're into a new year where [01:31:20] we needed a lot of vehicles. [01:31:21] Everything is based on a cycle-in, [01:31:22] cycle-out program where we cycle out some of our old vehicles. [01:31:27] This is a big year for vehicles for us. [01:31:29] That's why you're going to see that increase there. [01:31:33] And then they have capital. [01:31:35] And this is really important capital for this division. [01:31:38] We need a new intoxilizer. [01:31:40] That's for DUIs. [01:31:41] There's all kinds of state mandates for that. [01:31:44] Also, we have tasers in there, in-car cameras, body cameras. [01:31:49] Those are critical for us. [01:31:50] We must stay up on that technology. [01:31:53] All the cars need to have cameras. [01:31:55] All the officers need to be wearing body-worn cameras. [01:31:57] So this capital budget of $163,510 [01:32:01] allows us to do that and includes the intox. [01:32:04] So these are all really important capital items [01:32:06] and much-needed capital items for this division. [01:32:09] So any questions on 64? [01:32:12] That reflects all the cameras and the tasers [01:32:16] reflect for all in this division? [01:32:19] Yes. [01:32:19] Of this division, correct. [01:32:25] Anything else? [01:32:26] All right. [01:32:27] Thank you. [01:32:27] Moving on to police code enforcement, Division 65. [01:32:33] That is overseen by a lieutenant. [01:32:35] Lieutenant Pascali oversees it. [01:32:37] We also have a code enforcement supervisor, Eric Jay. [01:32:40] And we have a bunch of inspectors in there. [01:32:42] We just added an inspector. [01:32:45] Division really works hard. [01:32:47] This division really is important, [01:32:48] not only for improving the quality of life in the city, [01:32:51] but working with the police department. [01:32:53] Some of our problem is getting in there [01:32:55] and holding people accountable. [01:32:57] But when it comes to personnel services, [01:32:59] this division's pretty much held the line, [01:33:02] if you're comparing it, looking for actuals for last year. [01:33:05] Getting into their operating expenditures. [01:33:09] As you remember, probably about a year ago or two years ago, [01:33:11] we got with the county and said, no, you [01:33:13] can't bill us for zip code, for animal control. [01:33:15] It's got to be the city of our jurisdiction. [01:33:17] That actually saved us a lot of money. [01:33:20] But that went up a little bit. [01:33:21] It went up from about $140,000 to $150,000 this year. [01:33:25] But that is an invaluable service for us. [01:33:27] The other thing we want to highlight in there [01:33:29] is the NICE program. [01:33:30] We approved that back in April of this year. [01:33:33] There is a lot of logistics with that program, [01:33:35] a lot of advertising. [01:33:36] We're ramping all that up. [01:33:38] This year, we had $17,000 budgeted, [01:33:40] because that is a percentage of fines collected. [01:33:43] And we were well into the fiscal year. [01:33:44] We do have that money. [01:33:46] We do have some applications on hand. [01:33:47] But we really plan to ramp up that program [01:33:50] in this fiscal year. [01:33:51] We have $20,000 for it. [01:33:53] I think it's going to be very successful citywide. [01:33:57] We've already done some stuff last year [01:33:59] with the city manager, code enforcement, police officers, [01:34:02] painting houses. [01:34:03] And again, brick by brick, we're really [01:34:05] trying to elevate these communities. [01:34:06] So I think that's a great program. [01:34:08] But pretty much, code has held its own. [01:34:11] But it's a really, really hardworking division, [01:34:13] really core of what we do, core for redevelopment. [01:34:17] And a lot of the things really going on [01:34:19] with that NICE program and them holding [01:34:21] some of our worst properties. [01:34:24] Do we search them out, or do they search us out? [01:34:26] Sorry? [01:34:27] Do we search them out, or do they search us out? [01:34:30] Well, we work in cases, right? [01:34:32] So we know houses, kind of both ways. [01:34:34] We want to search them out, but they'll come to us, too. [01:34:37] So when we work these cases, we kind of know who's eligible. [01:34:39] And then we'll get them to say, hey, [01:34:41] we have the NICE program available if you want. [01:34:43] Now, that's not going to work for repeat violators. [01:34:45] People that constantly violate our code [01:34:47] and don't want to work with us and don't want to do anything [01:34:49] to correct the violation, that program's [01:34:51] not meant for those people. [01:34:52] It's meant for people who want to work with us, [01:34:54] who can't afford it, want to fix up their property. [01:34:57] OK, thanks. [01:35:00] Any other questions on code enforcement? [01:35:03] Quick question. [01:35:04] I wasn't following with the org chart for this one. [01:35:06] I see four code inspectors and a code enforcement supervisor. [01:35:11] But the same amount of numbers here. [01:35:14] Who's the administrative code enforcement officer? [01:35:16] Is that just one of the code enforcement inspectors? [01:35:19] Yes. [01:35:21] That's Alec. [01:35:26] Just for my part, just for the record, [01:35:28] I have continually believed that this service belongs [01:35:34] in the Development Services Department. [01:35:37] So just putting it on the record, it's nothing personal. [01:35:41] But we obviously had a considerable amount [01:35:44] of complaints related to selective enforcement, [01:35:51] all those things. [01:35:52] I'm not suggesting that you do. [01:35:54] But when law enforcement comes to a house for code [01:35:58] enforcement, it's more than just fixing grasses too high. [01:36:04] So maybe there's a more collaborative way [01:36:06] in which certain types of code enforcements [01:36:09] can be worked in the future. [01:36:10] We don't have a planning department head right now. [01:36:14] But as you talk about how you're trying to help the community [01:36:18] from a redevelopment standpoint, I'm all in on that. [01:36:22] I think it could be more collaborative in the respect [01:36:24] of building inspectors who know when a house is in bad shape. [01:36:32] So I'll just say it on, I don't need to have a discussion. [01:36:35] I know I have no support, but I just [01:36:38] want to put it on the record that I [01:36:40] would like to see some evolution of our code enforcement. [01:36:44] And I'm excited that you have put the NICE program into effect. [01:36:48] And I know that you're doing your best. [01:36:50] The thing that's hard for me to see is when I drive down [01:36:57] most of the streets in the old section of downtown, [01:37:00] there's a real mix between new fixed up properties and folks [01:37:04] that are still parking on the grass. [01:37:07] And it's just the nature of our city. [01:37:10] And so it's very easy for someone to quickly complain. [01:37:18] Anytime you find a code enforcement violation, [01:37:21] that person can go out and find 10 more and say, you're picking on me. [01:37:25] So I'm not saying you are picking on somebody. [01:37:28] I'm just saying that we also, if I drive up and down the alleys, [01:37:33] as I've said before, or take Madison Street, for example, [01:37:39] and I don't know how we can address it, but if you take Madison [01:37:43] from Gulf Drive past the school, mostly that way, [01:37:48] and I'm not so sure back the other way, but it's curved all the way. [01:37:53] And grass is on this side. [01:37:55] The little section between the sidewalks and the curb is not in shape. [01:38:00] And these are residential kind of mixed properties. [01:38:04] That's curb appeal that's usually handled in the community development [01:38:08] district business by common areas. [01:38:12] We've always seemed to have the expectation [01:38:14] that homeowners would take care of their property and the right of way [01:38:18] out to the street. [01:38:19] I think businesses are required to do that, or are expected to. [01:38:23] I don't know all the code enforcement rules, [01:38:25] but it's those common areas that the city owns that are right of ways [01:38:32] that maybe we've got $500,000 to tell other folks to clean up their stuff. [01:38:42] And I don't know. [01:38:43] We don't have the money to do everything we want to do. [01:38:46] But at some point, how do we make our property look better? [01:38:55] And how do we do it? [01:38:58] So that's just a question throwing in. [01:39:02] Yeah, and I do appreciate your perspective, Councilman Altman. [01:39:06] And I want to at least reinforce to you that the ordinance department does [01:39:11] work with the development department to a high degree. [01:39:16] And it really requires a multi-department approach [01:39:20] to some of our ordinance-related problems, [01:39:24] whether we house them in police or development. [01:39:30] Cities differ on where they put it, but the function is the same. [01:39:39] People do say, from time to time, there's selective enforcement. [01:39:43] And 75% of the time or more, when they say that, [01:39:47] we're responding to a neighbor complaint. [01:39:50] And it's not that we're being proactive in that case. [01:39:56] We just don't always like to say, well, it's a neighbor that sent us here. [01:40:03] And I know you can keep busy with your staff answering complaints [01:40:07] when my comment is more towards maybe maintenance and public work. [01:40:12] So it seems like we have three divisions in our city [01:40:18] that maybe you create some kind of a task force among all of you [01:40:25] that can look at how we make the city look better. [01:40:29] Because only focus, and the city looks great. [01:40:34] And there's a lot of work in the downtown and [01:40:36] maintenance is doing stormwater ponds, major intersections. [01:40:42] It's those, it's those city streets that have curbs or, or otherwise, that, [01:40:48] that how do we get the residents to take ownership of them, to maintain them for us? [01:40:54] Or, or it's like we have to do it. [01:40:57] I think some of the problem is we're 45% rentals. [01:41:01] Yeah. [01:41:03] And so nobody's managing that curb or that sidewalk in front of their house. [01:41:06] It's true. [01:41:08] Anyway. [01:41:09] I'm a big, I'm a big proponent of the idea of, you know, eyes on the street. [01:41:13] And maybe necessarily there are renters who, given their financial condition, [01:41:18] they aren't in a position to be able to fix up the right of way. [01:41:22] It's not their highest of priorities. [01:41:25] It was brought to my attention in an email, and [01:41:26] I think this is a good time to bring it up since you, you did. [01:41:30] There are cities the closest to us would be Zephyr Hills. [01:41:34] St. Pete's another example that use this, and [01:41:37] I don't know anything about this program. [01:41:38] Perhaps someone who has more knowledge on it can speak up. [01:41:41] The seeclickfix.com portal. [01:41:44] And when you look at it, I just pulled up Zephyr Hills's. [01:41:48] It allows residents to make re, make a request. [01:41:51] Take a quick photo on their phone and upload it. [01:41:54] And Zephyr Hills has 16 requests in the last week. [01:41:57] They've acknowledged 10 of them. [01:41:59] Two of them have already been closed. [01:42:00] And so it looks like it's a pretty active and consistent program. [01:42:03] Code enforcement doesn't have anything listed really for [01:42:06] software licenses and supports. [01:42:09] And so I don't know if it's something to look into. [01:42:10] Maybe we can ask Zephyr Hills how much they pay for it or how much it costs. [01:42:14] Where residents can step up and, you know, inform code enforcement. [01:42:19] And the reason why I bring this up, other than the email, [01:42:22] is I, I did that right along with public works, the streets division. [01:42:26] And I'm not calling anyone out from code enforcement. [01:42:28] But they would, they call the streets division and [01:42:31] they have streets pick up if there's a dresser laying on the side of the road. [01:42:36] Streets has to stop what they're doing and pick up the items. [01:42:40] When I know code enforcement has those trucks that can pick up the items. [01:42:44] And so we were out there and we, me and Steve picked up an item. [01:42:47] And I said, they called you to pick this up? [01:42:49] They're, they're out here patrolling too. [01:42:50] And so maybe this would help that where we can flag it as acknowledged. [01:42:55] And one of the departments or departments can collaborate to go, okay, [01:42:58] I got this one and I'll go pick that up. [01:43:00] Looks very active over in Zephyr Hill, so. [01:43:02] And we do have a similar program for reporting. [01:43:06] It's only available on iPhones though, if I'm not mistaken. [01:43:09] I'll check into that. [01:43:10] Okay, because some residents have complained that they don't, [01:43:12] they can't access it on Android. [01:43:14] I think it's called the CRT or something like that. [01:43:18] I will say in response to that, we do pick up stuff. [01:43:20] We have pick up trucks, but we can't pick up everything. [01:43:22] But to your point, sometimes we will call public works, but [01:43:27] we pick up a lot of stuff in our pick up truck. [01:43:29] So I just want on the record that we do pick up a lot of stuff. [01:43:32] Okay, so thanks. [01:43:35] Yeah, yeah, yeah. [01:43:37] What is the law about the right of way in front of a rental property on the sidewalk? [01:43:43] Between the sidewalk and the road and the curb, is there any legal [01:43:50] requirement for a property owner to, to do it in our city? [01:43:54] I don't, I don't think it is. [01:43:55] Probably, it's probably our, it's probably the city's property between the sidewalk and the road. [01:44:01] It's always the property owner's responsibility to tend to the right of way between the sidewalk and the road, always. [01:44:09] Contiguous to their property line, yeah. [01:44:11] Contiguous to their property line. [01:44:12] That's ingrained in state law? [01:44:15] Is it a city rule? [01:44:16] Is it just something we tell them, or do we need to formalize it? [01:44:23] Just a question. [01:44:24] I'll have to ask the city attorney, because he'll, he'll know better than I. [01:44:28] Yeah. [01:44:29] But to match up, somebody said something about parking on your yard. [01:44:33] That's the rental people that park on the yard, they don't care. [01:44:36] Well, it's. [01:44:37] You know, you don't find the owners, you find the renters that park on the yard. [01:44:42] It's a retirement community that is now filled with families and kids in it as well. [01:44:47] So, I think you'll see it's, there, there's two, two levels of, of finish, aren't there? [01:44:56] Most of them may well be rental, but not everyone. [01:45:00] So we have one more division, it's called Police Special Traffic Enforcement, and that [01:45:09] is overseen by the Lieutenant of the Administration, which is Lieutenant Pascali. [01:45:14] We have a Code Enforcement Clerk in that division, a Traffic Enforcement Officer in that division, [01:45:21] and this division, really what's big in this division is our Red Light Camera program, [01:45:28] our body cam redaction program, whereby we have to redact all kinds of requests, public [01:45:33] records requests, from the State Attorney's Office, from the public, and that's a big [01:45:37] job because there's a lot of stuff that's not a matter of public record on those body [01:45:40] cam videos, and much of it has to be redacted. [01:45:44] So this, even though this division is very small, it really comprises a really big aspect [01:45:49] of what we do in the Police Department. [01:45:52] If you just look at their personnel services, really not much has changed there. [01:45:58] Pretty much the same with operational, not much has changed. [01:46:00] I will say, we do have to pay $727,000 to the State for their red light camera share, [01:46:07] and then the red light camera fee to the vendor, $274,000, there is offsetting revenue coming [01:46:13] into the general fund from the fines we collect, but there's a major traffic safety program. [01:46:19] 19, when we do all these grants for IPTM and a lot of our traffic enforcements out there, [01:46:24] it's essential to have these red light cameras out there because 19 is the most dangerous [01:46:28] highway that we have, and we've got to do everything we can to mitigate accidents, whether [01:46:33] it's car versus car, car versus pedestrian, so we do a lot of that. [01:46:37] So the city is very proactive with that, and the red light camera program is a big part [01:46:41] of that. [01:46:42] I watch a lot of these red light camera violations, and you just shake your head, it's bad, they're [01:46:45] dangerous. [01:46:46] They're not just running a red light, they're running a red light. [01:46:48] So it's a great program to have in place, and this division runs it. [01:46:53] So I'll be happy to answer any questions that you may have in this division. [01:46:57] You say it costs us roughly a million dollars, what's our revenue on the million dollars? [01:47:02] We don't have that figure, I don't have that figure, but we can provide you with a report. [01:47:07] Just a curiosity of what, I mean I know they charge a ton, but for what we get. [01:47:12] This isn't a suggestion, but when I was over at the Suncoast League of Cities program on [01:47:18] the East Coast, the former city manager of, it's weird how Orlando works where they share [01:47:27] their county, but over up there, he made the suggestion that with their red light camera [01:47:34] program, they pulled the cameras to save on the cost, but they left up the signs, and [01:47:40] apparently there was no reported change in how people interacted with seeing those signs [01:47:46] there. [01:47:47] Just food for thought. [01:47:50] I have absolutely no data on that, to support that one way or another. [01:47:53] I'll send over his information. [01:48:02] Any other questions on special? [01:48:03] I just want to make a comment for you and Robert, I appreciate the work that you've [01:48:08] done on Missouri, lighting that area up, and it's helped out some of the other businesses [01:48:13] in that area. [01:48:14] They feel a little more safer. [01:48:15] Thank you. [01:48:17] Thank you. [01:48:18] Thank you Mayor. [01:48:21] Thank you both. [01:48:22] Thank you. [01:48:23] Thank you. [01:48:24] Thank you. [01:48:25] Thank you Members. [01:48:26] Thank you. [01:48:27] Thank you. [01:48:28] Thank you. [01:48:29] Thank you. [01:48:30] Thank you. [01:48:31] That concludes the formal budget presentations for this evening. [01:48:39] Any communication? [01:48:40] If I could just get the job applications for the new development role. [01:48:48] Job applications? [01:48:49] I mean the job description for the new development role. [01:48:54] Okay, one hasn't been developed yet, but when it has we can certainly pass it on. [01:49:03] And then for the Code Enforcement Manager, so those two. [01:49:07] Are those on, when we do that, aren't they online when people go to open them up? [01:49:11] No, they are not. [01:49:12] The description of the job isn't online? [01:49:15] No, the job descriptions are not currently online. [01:49:20] Why would people look and not be able to? [01:49:22] When they're posted the descriptions on there. [01:49:25] Not that I'm aware of. [01:49:27] Yeah, they have to be, because how would you... [01:49:30] Why would you choose to... [01:49:32] I mean a summary is, but not the job description. [01:49:37] You have to apply... [01:49:39] A portion of it is, I understand. [01:49:41] Okay. [01:49:42] Because I was saying there must be something there for them to decide. [01:49:43] Just a summary is. [01:49:44] Summary to decide what they want to do. [01:49:46] But not the full description. [01:49:47] Oh. [01:49:48] Instead of having to keep an eye on the website for when it pops up, if you wouldn't just mind sending that over. [01:49:53] That helps me out. [01:49:54] I appreciate it. [01:49:55] Thank you. [01:49:57] I did learn something to share with you, which is our jewel on the river of our great preserve. [01:50:03] I noticed, and I think I mentioned that there had been that 10 acre purchase by the county of the property next to it. [01:50:10] And I learned from our former employee, Derrick Barrett Doe, who searched it down for me, that that was an ELAP purchase. [01:50:20] So it's the environmental land purchase. [01:50:22] So it's not been purchased for anything other than to protect it. [01:50:25] And in their application, they indicated that it was right next to the great preserve. [01:50:30] We might try to ask the county if we can annex that into the city. [01:50:36] We already have that enclave there off of Warren Avenue. [01:50:41] But if we have to watch what's going on in the nature park, and now it's vacant woodland, it would make sense that it should become part of the city, I think. [01:50:56] But anyway, the good news was they bought it to preserve it. [01:51:00] So now our 110 acre or 15 acre has another 10 acres protected land on it. [01:51:08] And it was zoned for residential and agriculture. [01:51:14] Other communication? [01:51:16] Move to adjourn.

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3. 3Adjournment