[Council Committee on Government Efficiency on April 13, 2026.]
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TODAY. IS MONDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2026. THE TIME IS 9:10 A.M.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SECOND, HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. NOW WE AT OUR BRIEFING ITEMS. ARE WE STARTING AT BRIEFING NUMBER EIGHT. OVERVIEW OF PARTNERSHIP AND STIPENDS ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAVE CFO JACK GARLAND HERE TO GIVE US THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD MORNING. MR. ALLEN. THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN JOHNSON AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
AS MENTIONED, I'M JACK IRELAND, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY.
AND YOUR FIRST BRIEFING IS ON AN OVERVIEW OF PARTNERSHIP AND STIPENDS ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS.
ON SLIDE TWO, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE JUST HAVE AN OUTLINE OF WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS CONVERSATION, A BACKGROUND ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND STIPENDS.
THEN WE GO THROUGH A FEW SLIDES OF DETAIL ON VARIOUS EXAMPLES OF PARTNERSHIPS AND STIPENDS.
WE HAVE A SUMMARY AND THEN A SLIDE FOR NEXT STEPS.
MOVING ON TO SLIDE THREE IS A POINT OF BACKGROUND.
AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION.
A CONVERSATION ABOUT DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS AND STIPENDS THAT WE HAVE WITH OTHER ENTITIES.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT IS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, APRIL 13TH, AS WE BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION PARTNERSHIP AND STIPEND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN APPROVED OVER MANY YEARS BY CITY COUNCIL, AND THEY ARE MANAGED BY ALL THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION, I WORKED WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE TO GATHER THE INFORMATION.
THE BUDGET OFFICE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
AS ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND STIPENDS ARE IDENTIFIED OR AS ADDITIONAL DETAIL IS NEEDED, WE DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE SHOULD COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE POSSIBLY IN JUNE TO KIND OF FINISH THIS CONVERSATION TODAY. I REALLY THINK OF IT AS YOUR FIRST STEP IN THIS CONVERSATION, BECAUSE IT IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ONE. ON SLIDE FOUR.
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GIVE GIFTS OR DONATIONS FROM THE CITY TO OTHERS.
ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION, THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION IS TO PREVENT THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PRIVATE USES OR PURPOSES. THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS HAS TO BE FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE.
MOVING ON TO SLIDE FIVE. A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS.
A COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT IN WHICH THE CITY AND ONE OR MORE AGENCY, NONPROFIT, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND OR BUSINESS WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE A SHARED COMMUNITY GOAL. THE POINT IS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, THROUGH A FORMAL RELATIONSHIP TO ACHIEVE A COMMUNITY GOAL.
IT'S NOT SIMPLY A CONTRACT FOR THE DELIVERY OF GOODS AND SERVICES.
WE DON'T HAVE A SHARED GOAL ON THAT OR OUR JANITORIAL CONTRACTS.
THERE IS NO SHARED GOAL. THOSE ARE JUST CONTRACTS.
THE PARTNERS SHARE WITH US COMMUNITY GOALS, SHARE AND CONTRIBUTION, SHARE IN RISK AND REWARDS.
IT'S NOT JUST SIMPLY THE CITY GIVING MONEY OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO AN ORGANIZATION.
THERE HAS TO BE THE COMMUNITY GOAL, THE COMMON PURPOSE.
ON SLIDE SIX. FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS.
ALL THE PARTNERSHIPS ARE DIFFERENT. SOME TAKE THE FORM OF STIPENDS OR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS.
SOME MAY TAKE THE FORM OF A FACILITY USE OR UTILITIES AGREEMENT.
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BE INFORMATION SHARING OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH OPERATION KINDNESS THROUGH DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES AS AN EXAMPLE.
FOR ANIMAL WELFARE, WE HAVE AGREEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH DALLAS PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION, SUCH AS FOR THE AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOR CULTURAL SERVICES.
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A PARTNERSHIP. WE HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH PLANO AND RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAMS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, ONE OF OUR LARGER ONES IS THE PARK DEPARTMENT'S AGREEMENT WITH THE DALLAS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, WHICH TAKES THE FORM OF A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT.
THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES. THERE'S AN APPENDIX THAT HAS OVER $67 MILLION OF ITEMS LISTED OVER VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT TAKE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FORMS. AGAIN, SOME ARE SIMPLE STIPENDS, SOME WOULD BE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS AND SO FORTH.
ON SLIDE EIGHT AGAIN, JUST DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS.
FOR EXAMPLE, AGAIN, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE ZOO, OR AS I MENTIONED, USE AGREEMENTS. IT MAY SIMPLY BE THE PERMISSION TO USE SOMETHING SUCH AS A CITY FACILITY OR VENUE SPACE.
WHILE AN ENTITY IS PERFORMING INDEPENDENT OF THE CITY, SUCH AS AGAIN, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DALLAS PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION AND OTHERS WILL BE CONTRACTS WHERE ENTITIES ACT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY IN SOME CAPACITY WITH VERY DEFINED DUTIES, DELIVERABLES AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS. WANT TO MOVE ON TO STIPENDS? BECAUSE STIPENDS IS MORE ABOUT A A DIRECT ALLOCATION OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT, BUT IT'S A FIXED, PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF PUBLIC FUNDING PROVIDED TO THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY GROUP OR PARTNER ORGANIZATION TO SUPPORT THEIR ACTIVITIES OR COSTS THAT SERVE A PUBLIC PURPOSE. AGAIN, THERE HAS TO BE THE PUBLIC PURPOSE.
IT MAY NOT BE A CONTRACT FOR A SPECIFIC DELIVERABLE OF GOODS AND SERVICES.
THE STIPEND IS NOT A GIFT AND AGAIN, I KEEP SAYING IT, BUT IT MUST ALIGN TO A PUBLIC PURPOSE.
THE STIPENDS PROVIDE FLEXIBLE FUNDING FOR A TRADITIONAL CONTRACT IS NOT PRACTICAL OR COST EFFECTIVE.
SOME EXAMPLES OF STIPENDS THAT WE HAVE ARE LISTED ON PAGE 11.
EXAMPLES OF STIPENDS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
OPERATIONAL FUNDING FOR ARTISTIC SERVICES. OUR SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATIONAL FUNDING FOR THE DALLAS ARBORETUM THROUGH THE PARK DEPARTMENT, SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICE DELIVERY THROUGH DOWNTOWN DALLAS, INC.
BOTH FUNDED THROUGH CONVENTION CENTER AND IN SUPPORT OF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE OR AN EVENT SUPPORT INITIATIVE SUPPORTED BY PARK AND RECREATION, OR THE STIPENDS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA FOR THEIR ANNUAL GAME.
SO THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF STIPENDS. SO JUST VERY QUICKLY GOING THROUGH ON SLIDE 12 SUMMARIZING THE LAST FEW SLIDES, THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER MANY YEARS. THE CITY HAS ENTERED INTO SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIP AND STIPEND RELATIONSHIPS TO HELP SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION, BUT ALSO PRIMARILY TO FURTHER THE CITY'S REACH IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
PARTNERSHIPS AND STIPENDS FURTHER THOSE PUBLIC GOODS AND INITIATIVES.
AND IN MANY CASES, THOUGH, THEY DO HAVE A COST IMPACT ON THE CITY'S BUDGET.
I'VE SAID IT I THINK TWICE ALREADY, BUT THE APPENDIX, $67 MILLION, THERE IS A COST IMPACT.
WE ARE SUPPORTING OTHERS TO FURTHER THE CITY'S MISSION AND OBJECTIVES.
PRIOR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS HAVE CONSIDERED REDUCING OR ELIMINATING CERTAIN PARTNERSHIPS OR STIPENDS.
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WHERE WE'RE REALLY FACING BUDGET REDUCTIONS AND TRIES TO RESTORE THOSE WHEN THE ECONOMY IMPROVES.IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE AS AN ORGANIZATION WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON? OR NOT? ON SLIDE 13, I DID ADD THIS SUBSEQUENT TO OUR APRIL 1ST CONVERSATION AT CITY COUNCIL, THE BUDGET BRIEFING. WE DID HAVE A FEW POLLING QUESTIONS IN THAT APRIL 1ST BUDGET BRIEFING THAT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN SENT A LINK ASKING YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT POLLING EXERCISE. BUT THERE WERE THREE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND STIPENDS.
BUT LET ME JUST MENTION THE THREE THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO STIPENDS AND PARTNERSHIPS.
AND SO. QUESTION 12 AND THE EXERCISES, TO WHAT LEVEL DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT THAT THE CITY SHOULD MAINTAIN STIPENDS TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS IF REDUCTIONS TO OTHER CITY SERVICES BECOME NECESSARY? AND SO THE QUESTION IS KIND OF EVEN IF WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE REDUCTIONS, WHETHER IT IS IN OUR OWN OPERATIONS, DO WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR OUR PARTNERS.
AND WHAT LEVEL DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? AND QUESTION 13 THEN ASKS, SHOULD THE CITY REDUCE THOSE STIPENDS? IF THE CITY IS HAVING TO REDUCE OTHER CITY OPERATIONS, SO SHOULD THE PARTNERS FEEL THE PAIN ALONG WITH THE CITY, IF THE CITY'S HAVING TO MAKE REDUCTIONS, SHOULD THE PARTNERS ALSO FEEL SOME LEVEL OF REDUCTION AND BELT TIGHTENING EFFICIENCIES THAT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE HAVING TO FEEL? AND THEN LASTLY, WE ASKED QUESTION 14 CITY SHOULD IMPLEMENT PHASE DOWN REDUCTION OF STIPENDS TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY FOR FIVE OR MORE YEARS.
DO WE GIVE THEM TO AS SEED MONEY TO HELP SOME OF OUR PARTNERS TO DEVELOP, TO BEGIN TO BUILD, AND THEN WE BACK UP AND LET THEM BE SELF-SUSTAINED? OR IS IT THE COUNCIL POLICY THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM YEAR AFTER YEAR, EVEN AFTER THEY'VE MATURED BEYOND 5 OR 10 YEARS? AND SO THOSE WERE JUST SOME OF THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE WERE SEEKING.
YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS ON ABOUT WHAT YOUR IMPRESSION ARE ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND STIPENDS.
FROM A BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE, AND SO ON. SLIDE 14.
JUST NEXT STEPS. TODAY, WE'RE HERE SEEKING YOUR, YOUR FEEDBACK.
I THINK IT WOULD BE NECESSARY THROUGH THE NEXT MONTH FOR, FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS, IDENTIFY OTHERS, IDENTIFY ANY ADDITIONAL RESEARCH THAT THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE, AND THEN IN JUNE COME BACK AND HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION AND GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, IT'S NEVER A GOOD IDEA, WHICH WE'VE DONE SOMETIMES TO SEE IT COME UP AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT AT THE LAST MINUTE AND DON'T GIVE THE PARTNERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACT. AND SO IF THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO APPROACH OUR PARTNERS, THE STIPENDS, DIFFERENTLY THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
ADVANCE NOTICE TO THEM WOULD BE VALUABLE TO THEM.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO HEAR IS KIND OF WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE AND FEELINGS ARE. AND WE DO NOT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO COME IN TODAY AND SAY, YOU KNOW, ELIMINATE FUNDING FOR THE ARBORETUM OR ELIMINATE FUNDING FOR THE ZOO.
MISS TOLBERT, IN DEVELOPING THE BUDGET. SO I'M JUST LAYING IT OUT THERE AND OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION AND ANY POLICY DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. AND WITH THAT, I WILL QUIT SPEAKING, SIR, AND TURN IT BACK TO YOU, CHAIRMAN JOHNSON.
THANK YOU, MR. IRELAND. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE GOING TO DO TWO ROUNDS. FIRST ROUND WILL BE FIVE MINUTES.
SECOND ROUND WILL BE THREE MINUTES. SO I'M GOING TO START WITH MY LEFT AND GO TO MY RIGHT.
COUNCILWOMAN. BLACKMON. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS, JACK.
HAS THERE BEEN A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS DONE? SO LIKE WHAT IS THE ROI TO EACH DOLLAR SPENT? NOT TO THE LEVEL THAT I THINK YOU'RE ASKING. WE DO HAVE SCRUTINY.
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NEVER MIND. SORRY. I'M SORRY. JUST A EDITORIAL.GO AHEAD. OKAY. THERE ARE PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR MANY, MANY OF THE PARTNERSHIPS.
AND SO THERE'S A REQUIREMENT OF SERVICE TO X NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN EXCHANGE FOR.
CORRECT. HOW MUCH DID YOU WHO DID YOU SERVE? WHAT DID THEY GET OUT OF IT? AND I GUESS TO SAY, TAKE A SCALPEL AND JUST X AND X AND XIN X IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD WAY TO BUDGET.
IT IS. IF WE CUT THIS, WHAT IS THE OUTCOME? IF WE.
BECAUSE SOME OF IT MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED, RIGHT? I MEAN, AND AND I WOULD SAY THAT THIS LIST IS INCOMPLETE BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FOR THE, IN THE, IN, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE APPENDIX, THERE'S WHERE IS THE ECO DEV STUFF? I MEAN, WHERE IS OUR EDC MONEY? WHERE IS I'M NOT FINDING IT.
AND SO SO IN MORE, I GUESS IT SHOULD BE WHAT ARE AMOUNTS GOING OUT OF THE BUDGET THAT AREN'T RELATED TO A CONTRACT AND ANALYZE IT THAT WAY AND MAYBE GO DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT VERSUS AND HAVE THEM DO THE BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO SOME THAT BRING REVENUE INTO THE, INTO THE.
AND SO WHAT IS THE OFFSET? SO THAT THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I DID SAY AS WE WORK TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF 27 BUT THIS REALLY YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT THIS LONG TERM AND NOT JUST IN ONE YEAR. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
AND I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR 20? IF WE COULD WE COMBINE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE AND GET A BIGGER IMPACT? AND, AND I AND SO. IT IS NICE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR OWN BUDGET AT HOME, YOU GO THROUGH THESE.
AND YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE SUCK, RIGHT? WHAT IS TAKING THAT, THAT MONEY THAT OVER TEN YEARS, IT ADDS UP TO 2 MILLION. YOU KNOW, AND SO AND SO I THINK THIS IS WHEN YOU SAID 67 MILLION.
YES. I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF CHANGE. IT IS.
AND I DIDN'T SAY THIS, BUT I APOLOGIZE. IT'S BOTH GENERAL FUND AND GRANT FUNDS.
YOU'LL SEE IN. HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT THAT WE'VE LISTED A LOT OF THE PARTNERS FOR SOCIAL SERVICE TYPES OF PROGRAMS IN, IN THAT DEPARTMENT. SO THOSE ARE PRIMARILY GRANT FUNDED.
AND AND SO I'M LOOKING AT MORE FOR OUTCOMES THAN NECESSARILY HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPENT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS TYPE OF FUNDING IS TO WHAT STARTS THE RIPPLE EFFECT.
AND SO WE EITHER NEED TO RECONFIGURE THE PROGRAM OR GET RID OF IT ALTOGETHER.
BUT THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE'RE SEEING MORE MONEY BALLOON OUT AND GO OUT.
THEN IT MAY BE A TIME TO SAY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME STIPENDS ARE GOING TO KEEP INCREASING.
CORRECT. AND SO IT IS AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, ARE WE GETTING WHAT WE NEED FROM THIS, THIS INVESTMENT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S LIKE WE'RE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WE'RE GIVING AN INVESTMENT OUT.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE SHARK TANK, I GUESS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO SEE, HEY, DOES IT ACTUALLY PRODUCE WHAT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO PRODUCE? AND I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE STAFF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A REALLY HONEST ASSESSMENT AND BRING THAT BACK TO US TO SAY, THIS ISN'T THE ROI, AND WE MAY NEED TO RECONFIGURE IT TO GET WHAT WE WANT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A SCALPEL AND JUST START SLASHING.
HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE A BUDGET WHEN WE DO THAT.
BUT I THINK IT'S MORE IT NEEDS TO BE MORE STRATEGIC AND FOCUSED.
AND THAT MAY BE WHERE THE DEPARTMENTS ARE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO DO THEIR OWN LITTLE MINI SHARK TANK AND HAVE THEM COME IN AND SAY, PROVE UP WHAT WE DID. WE GIVE YOU WHAT WE GAVE YOU.
DID YOU ACTUALLY GIVE US WHAT WE ASKED? AND IF NOT, THEN WHY?
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AND THEN MAYBE RECONFIGURE A PROGRAM. THANK YOU.AND I DID SAY EARLY ON, IT'S KIND OF PHASE ONE IN MY MIND.
AND SO I'M EXCITED TO TO WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS.
AND THERE ARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT AS A CITY, THAT IS OUR ROLE, RIGHT? AND SO SO THAT'S A LOT OF BALANCING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH A MATRIX AND MAYBE YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, GUIDELINES FRAMEWORK AND KIND OF ANALYZE IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, NONPROFITS DO IT ALL THE TIME.
AND SO IT'S NOTHING NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS TYPE OF WORK.
IT'S JUST SOMETIMES I THINK WE GET TOO BOGGED DOWN AND WE GET, LIKE I SAID, TEN YEARS LATER, WE'RE STILL GOING, OH, WAIT, WE'RE PAYING THIS FEE. AND IT MAY BE TIME TO TO LOOK AT THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ROFF. THANK YOU JACK.
THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT'S IT'S REALLY SORT OF ENLIGHTENING TO ME.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THE APPLICATION FOR STIPENDS AND GRANTS FROM, FROM THESE TYPE OF ORGANIZATIONS? HOW DO, HOW DO THESE, HOW DO THESE REQUESTS BUBBLE UP TO US? DO THEY COME FROM. IF YOU COULD SORT OF GIVE ME A QUICK TUTORIAL ON, ON HOW THE.
THESE THINGS COME UP. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT PROCESSES.
SOME ARE MORE DIRECT, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RELATED TO.
ARE WE GOING TO GIVE ADDITIONAL STIPEND TO GRAMBLING, PRAIRIE VIEW AND TEXAS, OKLAHOMA TO PLAY DURING THE FAIR? RIGHT. THOSE ARE GAMES THAT WERE GOING TO BE THERE.
FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT THE FAIR.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP.
SO DID NOT GO THROUGH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
OTHERS ESPECIALLY SUCH AS OUR GRANT FUNDED, HAVE VERY STRICT GUIDELINES ON HOW WE PROCURE THOSE THROUGH REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS THAT GETS ADVERTISED PROPOSALS COME IN A SELECTION COMMITTEE BEFORE IT'S AWARDED.
SO THEY ALL ARE DIFFERENT. SOME OF THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, IT WAS AGAIN, I DON'T THINK IT WENT THROUGH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
SO THEY'VE THEY'VE TAKEN DIFFERENT PATHS TO GET HERE AGAIN, OVER MANY, MANY YEARS.
SO THERE'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL ON THAT. SOME TAKE VERY STRICT PROCUREMENT PROCESSES THOUGH.
AND CAN PEOPLE JUST APPLY YOU KNOW, JUST A FOURTH, A FOURTH POSITION THAT A GROUP CAN SAY TO THE CITY, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO FUND US FOR SOME AMOUNT.
SO FOR, FOR THE ONES, FOR EXAMPLE, AGAIN, FOR SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THERE'S A, FOR DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A PROCESS, AN ADVERTISEMENT, THE RECEIPT OF THOSE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ANYONE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THAT.
THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE HAS A VERY SPECIFIC PROCESS.
THEY GO THROUGH RELATED TO ARTISTIC PARTNERS THAT THEY ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A FREE FOR ALL THAT THERE'S, THERE ARE PROCESSES.
AND THEN WITH THAT SORT OF IN MIND, WOULD IT AND AGAIN, I'M ASKING A QUESTION, WOULD IT MAKE ANY SENSE TO CREATE DIFFERENT PROCESSES FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF ASSETS TO SORT OF OPERATE IN SOME AREAS, LIKE A FOUNDATION WHERE A PERSON OR A GROUP COULD SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO FUND THIS KIND OF A PROGRAM. WOULD YOU ALL BE INTERESTED IN DOING IT RATHER THAN WAITING FOR US? AND THEN THAT WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT CRITERIA, A DIFFERENT ANALYSIS, A DIFFERENT VETTING BODY TO FIGURE OUT IF IT'S, IF IT'S A VIABLE CONTRIBUTION AND IT WOULD HAVE ITS OWN LITTLE FUNDING BUDGET TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE SO MUCH FOR CHARITY EVENTS OR I'D SAY CHARITY FOR, FOR OTHER EVENTS, FOR NONPROFIT EVENTS.
AND HERE'S YOUR BUCKET AND YOU GUYS FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
SO THEY'VE ALL STARTED WITH SOME NEED IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY.
OKAY. AND START FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, OUR, OUR NEED, ASKING FOR SOMEONE TO FULFILL THAT NEED.
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ACTUAL WORKING BEING DONE VERSUS STIPENDS AND CONTRIBUTIONS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO EITHER ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE OR SUSTAIN CERTAIN TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.AND I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR AS TO WHAT THOSE DIFFERENT BUCKETS ARE.
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE CRITERIA FOR THE APPLICATION AND ALSO THE ENDORSEMENT AND THE PROVIDING OF THE, OF THE FUNDS FOR THOSE. SO AGAIN, THAT'S A PROCESSING ISSUE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
AND I WANT TO REITERATE, THEY ALL DO COME THROUGH CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
ARE THERE THERE'S A FORMALIZED PROCESS OF CONTRACTING WITH THEM.
STIPEND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT. USE AGREEMENT. THEY ALL HAVE SOME TYPE OF FORMALIZED AGREEMENT.
SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED HERE ARE IN DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS.
SOME OF THEM ARE OUTSIDE OF DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS.
IS THERE IS THERE A WAY TO SORT OF FIGURE OUT WHERE THESE ALL THESE.
SO THEY ALL ARE THEY ALL ARE IN A DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
THEY ARE IN ONE DEPARTMENT OR THE OTHER ON THE APPENDIX, I BELIEVE IT'S THE FAR RIGHT HAND COLUMN.
I'VE IDENTIFIED THE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY'RE IN.
OKAY. THE ONLY EXCEPTION THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS INC.
THE PART THAT'S PAID BY THE GENERAL FUND IS IN NON-DEPARTMENTAL.
ALL OTHERS ARE IN A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET.
SO THESE ARE SO THE APPLICATIONS ARE REALLY BEING PROMOTED.
THEY'RE REQUESTED. THEY'RE BEING SUGGESTED BY THE DEPARTMENTS.
SO THE SO IF THE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET HAS A LIMITED FUND.
YES. OF OF ALLOCATION MONEY THAT THAT WE ADDRESS, WE CAN ASK THE DEPARTMENT TO START PRIORITIZING WHAT KIND OF STIPENDS, CONTRIBUTIONS, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES THAT THEY CAN BE HELPING US VET.
SO SOME. A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES AGAIN THAT I MENTIONED.
THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURAL IS AN EXAMPLE OF.
YOU APPROVE IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET AN ALLOCATION FOR THE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM.
IT IS A LINE ITEM IN THEIR BUDGET, AND THEN THEY TAKE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE APPROPRIATED TO THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF SEEKING PROPOSALS SCORING CRITERIA, THEIR DEFINED PROCESS, AND THEN THEY BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROGRAMS THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM.
AND THEY WILL THEREFORE GO AND DO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
THEY WILL GET THOSE PROPOSALS DEPENDING ON THE VALUE OF THE CONTRACT, IT MAY BE AWARDED BY ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION, OR IT MAY HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT APPROVAL.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS THE IS THERE AN ABILITY FOR FOR US? AND WHEN I SAY US, THE COUNCIL AND ALSO THE DEPARTMENTS AS A CITY, WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE ARE REQUESTING THINGS FOR STIPENDS, IN PARTICULAR FOR GRANTS IN PARTICULAR TO CREATE CRITERIA LIKE MATCHING REQUIREMENTS LIKE CERTAIN AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER BLACKMON WAS SAYING, DO WE, CAN WE IMPOSE SOME INCENTIVE TYPE OF OR METRICS THAT ARE VERIFIABLE AND QUANTIFIABLE TO HELP LEVERAGE OUR, OUR FUNDS INTO A MORE, MORE YOU LARGER COMMITMENT.
YOU CAN GOING TO DRAW AGAIN ON A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT EXAMPLE.
THERE IS A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DOLLARS FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
YOU ALL HAVE A POLICY Y'ALL APPROVED YEARS AGO, A RESOLUTION THAT SAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE X DOLLARS IN THE PROJECT FOR US TO GIVE FUNDING. SO THERE'S USUALLY A PROGRAM STATEMENT THAT GOES WITH THESE VARIOUS TYPES OF PROGRAMS. AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN FOR, TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS GET INCLUDED IN SOME INSTANCES ON MATCHING REQUIREMENTS, ETC..
I THINK, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO HELP PROMOTE ARTS AND CULTURE, TO HELP PROMOTE THE LIBRARY, TO HELP PROMOTE THE HOUSING. THESE ARE ALL VALUABLE INITIATIVES.
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BUT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ALLOCATE OUR FUNDS IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER SO THAT WE CAN OPERATE THIS THIS PLACE, AND WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH WHAT THE CORE SERVICES ARE.BUT THIS IS A TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A CITY TO STIMULATE THINGS THAT THAT ARE REALLY VALUE ADDED QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES FOR THE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE PROCESS FOR ME.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN RIDLEY THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, JACK, FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT'S RIGHT AND APPROPRIATE THAT THIS COMMITTEE LOOK AT THESE KINDS OF BUDGET EXPENDITURES.
I HAVE ONE TO ADD TO YOUR LIST. IT'S NOT THERE.
AND THAT WAS THE MILLION DOLLAR CONTRIBUTION TO THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK THAT WE JUST KIND OF GRATUITOUSLY, GRATUITOUSLY MADE OUT OF NOWHERE WITH NO CONTRACT THAT I'M AWARE OF NO PRIOR HISTORY OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
SO THAT CERTAINLY OUGHT TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST.
NOW, AS TO THE LIST IN THE APPENDIX. IT'S 11 PAGES LONG, AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET YOUR ARMS AROUND IT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CHAFF AMONGST THE WHEAT AND RYE CHAFF. I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF $0 COST ITEMS. THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF GRANT FUNDED ITEMS THAT WE HAVE NO REASON TO CUT, BECAUSE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM A THIRD PARTY SOURCE WITH LIMITATIONS ON WHAT IT CAN BE USED FOR. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS A CONDENSED LIST OF JUST THOSE DOLLARS THAT COME FROM, PARTICULARLY THE GENERAL FUND, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SAY OVER AND THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT, AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO FOCUS DOWN ON THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THOSE KINDS OF STIPENDS IN PARTICULAR GOING ON AND WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING OUT.
I ALSO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME INPUT FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AS TO WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE AMONGST THOSE PROGRAMS, SO THAT THEY CAN HELP US TO PRIORITIZE THOSE THAT PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RETURN VERSUS THOSE THAT PRODUCE A LESSER RETURN, SO THAT WE CAN AT SOME POINT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON TRIMMING SOME OF THOSE THAT AREN'T RETURNING THE EXPECTED INVESTMENT.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. BAZALDUA. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, JACK.
I, I AGREE WITH WHAT MY COLLEAGUE JUST REQUESTED.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL TO KIND OF SIFT THROUGH WHAT ALL WE HAVE.
AND THAT'S THE REASON I'M PUTTING POINTING IT OUT IS THE DD STIPEND.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED ABOUT FOR A WHILE.
I THINK THAT YOUR QUESTION ON THAT, YOU POINT OUT ON ON SLIDE 13 IN OUR SURVEY SAYS CITIES SHOULD IMPLEMENT PHASE DOWN REDUCTION OF STIPENDS, STIPENDS TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY FOR FIVE OR MORE YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S IT SHOULD BE THAT PRESCRIBED THAT IT'S FIVE OR MORE YEARS.
HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT WHAT WE DID TO CONTRIBUTE TO HELP THAT AS A SEED HAS SERVED ITS PURPOSE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS SPECIFICALLY THAT IS ESSENTIALLY ABLE TO PAY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HALF OF WHAT WE'RE GIVING THEM IN A YEAR. IT'S, IT'S, IT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO.
I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN OUR RETURN AND THEN SOME AND THEY'RE SELF-SUSTAINING.
AND MEANWHILE WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, FOR INSTANCE, THAT COULD USE THE SAME SEED THAT COULD USE THE SAME ASSISTANCE. AND SO IN EVALUATING WHAT THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS, I THINK DIDI IS AN AMAZING PARTNER AND I THINK THAT IT WAS VERY SMART OF THE CITY TO AGREE TO THE STIPEND AS IT STANDS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE US TAKE A MICROSCOPE TO THESE STIPENDS AND SEEING IF WE'RE CONTINUING THEM BECAUSE IT'S JUST THE STATUS QUO OR IF IT'S STILL SERVING THE SAME SIGNIFICANT PURPOSE THAT IT WAS MEANT TO IN, IN THE BEGINNING.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THERE ARE OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS SPECIFICALLY THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM US CONTRIBUTING TO THEM AND HELPING THEM GET OFF THE GROUND TO BASICALLY LOOK LIKE THE POSTER CHILD OF DI AND SEEING THOSE SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE AS A
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PARTNER TOGETHER. BUT MEANWHILE, IF WE CONTINUE TO THROW ALL OF OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET, WE ARE IN TURN NOT PUTTING THAT SAME EFFORT IN THOSE OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE AN EVALUATION SOMEHOW OF THAT.I'D ALSO DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE WERE GIVEN A QUESTION TO THAT NOTE.
IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT JUST HITTING AN ARBITRARY FIVE YEAR BENCHMARK, BUT INSTEAD WHAT IS THEIR OPERATING BUDGET? WHEN WE AGREED TO AND COMMITTED TO HELPING SEED AN ORGANIZATION VERSUS WHAT ARE THEY SUSTAINING AT NOW? WHAT IS THE INCREASE FROM THAT TIME THAT WE STARTED A STIPEND TO TO, TO NOW TO CURRENT IN THEIR PHILANTHROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY HAVE INCORPORATED INTO THEIR SUSTAINABLE OPERATING BUDGETS.
AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND FROM A 30,000 VIEW AND SAY THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BEEN ADVANTAGEOUS AND HAD A RETURN, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S TRULY BEEN EVALUATED ON WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE.
AND NOW JUST CONTINUING STATUS QUO. AND I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THESE FUNDING SOURCES, AS COUNCIL MEMBER RIDLEY MENTIONED, IF WE'RE GOING TO, I THINK IT SHOULD BE MUCH, HEAVILY, MORE HEAVILY SCRUTINIZED FROM OUR GENERAL FUND AND US BEING ABLE TO SPREAD THAT KIND OF.
TO MY POINT, THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT COMES FROM GENERAL FUND THAT COULD GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY ON WHAT WE COULD OR COULDN'T BE INVESTING TOWARDS. SO THAT WOULD BE MY, MY BIGGEST ASK ON MORE INFORMATION TO COME BACK FOR US TO EVALUATE.
YES, SIR. WILL DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND I THANK YOU, JACK, FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE.
I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE OBVIOUSLY SUPER IMPORTANT FOR US TO FIGURE OUT.
AND THAT'S RELATED TO THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT. YOU KNOW, ARE WE GETTING BANG FOR OUR BUCK? BECAUSE LOOK, BY LOOKING AT THE LIST, IT'S A GOOD GUESS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THAT A LOT OF FOLKS, AT LEAST IN DISTRICT FIVE, WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF CONTINUING TO, TO FUND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE ITEMS, IF NOT ALL OF THEM. AND SO ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING I THINK IS, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE HOW POSSIBLE IT IS TO GET ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE ONCE WE START MAKING SOME OF THESE DECISIONS, IF WE DECIDE TO CUT ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, WE COULD, THERE COULD BE SOME PUSHBACK. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS JUST OBVIOUSLY BEING AWARE OF WHATEVER UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THERE WOULD BE TO WHATEVER, WHATEVER CUTS WOULD BE PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IF CUTS ARE MADE IN ONE AREA WITH THAT INCREASE OR SHIFT COST ELSEWHERE OR WEAKEN OR SLOW SERVICES. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER.
RESENDEZ. I AGREE WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER POINTED OUT A GREAT MADE A GREAT POINT.
WHEN WE START CUTTING, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PUSHBACK.
AND THAT, THAT NORMALLY HAPPENS BUT WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE'RE WHAT I CALL BEING MORE CONSERVATIVE KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR BUDGET AND THE DILEMMA THAT WE MAY BE IN. LET'S GO WITH TO CITES.
SLIDE SEVEN. AND I BELIEVE IN YOUR PRESENTATION PLANO AND RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHAT WHAT PARTNERSHIP DO WE HAVE WITH PLANO AND RICHARDSON? ISD. SO I BELIEVE THAT IS FOR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.
SO DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, I BELIEVE HAS THEIR OWN POLICE FORCE.
THEY HAVE A SECURITY. AND I BELIEVE WE ARE PROVIDING SOME RESOURCE OFFICERS FROM THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. DO WE HAVE THAT BUDGET TO KNOW? HOW MUCH ARE WE DOING AND HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN I GUESS SUPPORTING.
YEAH, I CAN GET YOU MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON IT.
IT IS A BUDGETED ITEM. I WILL, I KNOW THAT WE ADDED FUNDING OR INCREASED FUNDING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER BUDGET AMENDMENT. IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO I KNOW IT'S IN THE BUDGET. WE'VE ADDED IT OVER TIME.
SPECIFICALLY AT THE REQUEST OF THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.
THANK YOU. AND I HAD A QUESTION ON SLIDE 12, BUT I CAN'T IT LEFT ME ON SLIDE 13.
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YOU GAVE SOME, I THINK, SOME GREAT QUESTIONS.HAS THAT ALTHOUGH HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS WENT OUT TO THE COUNCIL FULL COUNCIL, WILL IT COME TO THIS COMMITTEE FIRST AND THEN GO OUT TO THE FULL COUNCIL? NO, THIS GUY'S LAY THAT OUT. YES, SIR.
THANK YOU. SO THIS WAS PART OF OUR CONVERSATION.
LAST. WAS THAT JUST LAST WEDNESDAY? IN THE BUDGET WORKSHOP WE HAD INTENDED TO DO A POLLING EXERCISE AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, BUT INSTEAD WE SENT EACH OF YOU A LINK ON THURSDAY AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON TO, TO TAKE THAT AND I CAN RESEND THAT LINK TO EVERYONE. IT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR COUNCIL MEMBER THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BUDGET.
SO FAR WE'VE HAD TWO OF 15 ABLE TO COMPLETE IT, SO I'M HOPING OTHERS WILL CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE.
BUT I WILL SEND THAT. MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT AGAIN.
THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW ON THIS FIRST ROUND.
I'LL START WITH MY RIGHT. COME BACK TO MY LEFT.
COUNCILMAN RESENDEZ YOU AT THREE MINUTES FOR THE SECOND ROUND. COUNCIL MEMBERS STEWART.
THANK YOU. I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE RICHARDSON.
I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP IN THE NEXT BRIEFING.
IT'S ALSO ONE THAT WAS VERY HIGHLY POLITICIZED.
WHENEVER WE, WE BROUGHT IT UP, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A COMMITMENT ACTUALLY FROM OUR CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME TO WEAN US OFF OF THAT PARTNERSHIP. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN THE RESULTS OF THAT.
WELL, IT WAS IN, IN THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU JUST REFERENCED COUNCIL MEMBER MCGOUGH FOUGHT HARD TO KEEP IT IN BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IT TO HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS A SURPRISE TO HIM THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE WILL AND SUPPORT.
AND IN HIS DEBATE AND ARGUMENT TO KEEP IT, HE MENTIONED THAT HE SUGGESTED HAVING THAT STAFF WOULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LOOK AT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO HELP US SO THAT IT WASN'T JUST PULLING THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON SOMETHING THEY WERE EXPECTING GOING INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. HOWEVER, IT WAS ONE THAT WE COULD TAKE A MORE PRUDENT APPROACH TO MAKING SURE THAT THE IMPACT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WASN'T THERE, AND WE HAD A SOLID PLAN MOVING INTO SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGETS.
THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. AND IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING I THINK WE SHOULD BE REVISITING.
COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN RIDLEY. COUNCILMAN ROTH.
COUNCILWOMAN. BLACKMON. YES. I'M CURIOUS, ARE YOU GOING TO BRING BACK A MORE COMPLETE LIST OF STIPENDS, PARTNERSHIPS, I GUESS OUTLAYS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE.
WE'LL TRY TO GATHER PERFORMANCE METRICS. I'LL TRY TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT HOW LONG WE'VE HAD THESE, SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SORT IT BY GENERAL FUND WITH DOLLAR IMPACTS THAT I'LL TRY TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT IS A VALID EXERCISE GOING INTO BUDGET SEASON.
AND THEN LOOKING AT THE BENEFITS OF IT. AND AGAIN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BENEFIT OF THAT.
IT'S A BRINGS IN MONEY, BUT IT IS SERVING OUR CORE PURPOSE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
NO MORE QUESTION. I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. ARLAND, FOR THIS PRESENTATION THIS MORNING.
IT'S VERY HELPFUL. I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS.
WE JUST WITH THE MAYOR. WE JUST MET, AS YOU SAID EARLIER.
SO BEING CONSERVATIVE AT THE SAME TIME, BEING COMPASSIONATE AND GOOD PARTNERS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS SO THEY KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AND MAINTAIN A STRONG RELATIONSHIP THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, SIR, FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
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OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, I'M SORRY, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS DISCUSSION ON CITY PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.OF COURSE, OUR JACK IS STILL ON YOU. YEAH. YES, SIR.
STILL WAY TO LEAD INTO THIS. NEXT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.
SO ON SLIDE TWO, JUST AN OUTLINE. WE'LL GO THROUGH A PURPOSE.
JUST AS PURPOSE FOR THIS PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO TAKE US BACK TO THE MAYOR'S PRIORITY POLICY FOR THIS COMMITTEE, WHICH IS TO DRIVE THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE CITY BUDGET BY IDENTIFYING OPERATIONAL AND MISSION OVERLAP WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS SUCH AS DALLAS COUNTY, DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DALLAS COLLEGE.
AND SO I ADDED THE EMPHASIS OF THE UNDERLINE AND THE BOLD.
THE MAYOR DIDN'T DO THAT, BUT I DID IT BECAUSE THAT'S THE CONVERSATION TODAY IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO LAST TUESDAY CHAIRMAN JOHNSON AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH MAYOR JOHNSON, AND HE GAVE US SOME ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION FOR THE COMMITTEE THAT THAT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR ME. JUST AS WE ARE APPROACHING THE BUDGET AND AGAIN, IT DOES NOT JUST THIS UPCOMING BUDGET, BUT FUTURE BUDGETS THAT HE WANTED US TO SPEND MORE OF A FOCUS ON CITY PROGRAMS THAT OVERLAP WITH OTHER ENTITIES, ESPECIALLY OTHER TAXING ENTITIES. AND HIS FOCUS WAS NOT AS MUCH ON THE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, BUT WHERE THOSE OVERLAPS EXIST. AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TAXING ENTITIES.
I'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED SOME MISSING INFORMATION.
ON SLIDE FOUR, JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS OVERLAP.
THE CITY OF DALLAS BOUNDARY. AND THERE ARE 13 IDENTIFIED IN THE MAP ON SLIDE FOUR.
OBVIOUSLY, DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS BY FAR THE LARGEST, BUT WE DO HAVE DALLAS RESIDENTS THAT ATTEND YOU KNOW CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH IN THE NORTH LEWISVILLE, PLANO, RICHARDSON IN THE NORTH, AS WELL AS DOWN SOUTH AND TO THE WEST, GRAND PRAIRIE DUNCANVILLE CEDAR HILL LANCASTER AND OTHERS.
AND SO WE NEED TO THINK BEYOND JUST DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT A LOT OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, BECAUSE IT IS BY FAR THE BIGGEST ONE, OVERLAPPING THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND I JUST PULLED THE PIE CHART. THAT'S ON SLIDE FOUR AS WELL.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THAT ABOUT 45% OF A PROPERTY OWNER'S TAX BILL IS PAID TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. NOW THIS IS DIFFERENT DEPENDING UPON WHERE YOU LIVE.
IF YOU ARE IN COLLIN COUNTY IN PLANO ISD, THE PERCENTAGES WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THIS IS ASSUMING YOU'RE A DALLAS COUNTY AND A DALLAS ISD RESIDENT, BUT IT'S ABOUT 40 ALMOST 45% OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL GOES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND JUST OVER 31% TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO I REACHED OUT TO CITY DEPARTMENTS AND GATHERED INFORMATION.
THEY ONLY HAD ABOUT A 48 HOUR TURNAROUND TIME.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT RESPONDED.
I'LL SAY THAT STARTING ON SLIDE FIVE, MUNICIPAL COURT AND DETENTION SERVICES, A PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE, IT'S NOT A D ISD PROGRAM, BUT IT IS WITH THE ALL CITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM PROVIDED TO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE UNACCOMPANIED ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
WE HAVE 491 SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS AT 318 INTERSECTIONS.
SO IT'S A PRETTY BIG PROGRAM. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED BY RESOLUTION 23 0904 BACK IN JUNE OF 23, THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH ALL CITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
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IT'S A THREE YEAR CONTRACT. WE HAVE $8.5 MILLION IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT EXPENSE.I DON'T HAVE FOR YOU TODAY, BUT I WILL GET WHAT IS OUR REVENUE THAT COMES IN TO OFFSET THAT EXPENSE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE DO COLLECT REVENUES WE GET REVENUES THERE'S A $5 CHARGE ON PARKING TICKETS.
THERE'S A $25 CHARGE ON MOVING VIOLATIONS AND SCHOOL ZONES.
THERE'S A $20 CHARGE FOR PARENTS CONVICTED OF CONTRIBUTING TO TRUANCY.
THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS ON JURY DUTY TO MAKE A DONATION OF $6.
AND THEN THE THE LARGER ONE IS THE DOLLAR 50 THAT'S ON YOUR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE IN COLLIN, DENTON AND DALLAS COUNTIES THAT WE COLLECT ON.
THERE'S FREQUENTLY REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS.
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS THE FLOW CHART ON PAGE SIX THAT SHOWS THE PROCESS THEY GO THROUGH WHEN THERE'S A REQUEST AND HOW IT'S DETERMINED WHETHER A SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD IS WARRANTED OR NOT.
AND THEN THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES ARE GOING TO BE INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
THE TWO LARGEST THAT OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW ABOUT ARE THE ARCADIA BRANCH LIBRARY AND THE HAMPTON, ILLINOIS BRANCH LIBRARY. THOSE FACILITIES WERE OPENED AS CO-LOCATIONS FOR THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEY HAVE A CITY COST OF ABOUT 800 TO $850,000, WITH SOME OFFSETTING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ABOUT $160,000. SO THOSE ARE OUR TWO BIGGEST WITHIN THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT OF THEIR COLLABORATION.
BUT YOU WILL SEE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'VE LISTED THERE ON SLIDE SEVEN WHERE THERE'S SOME IN-KIND THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE NOT CHARGING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE USE OF SPACE FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEETINGS, ETC..
SO THAT'S FROM THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT ON SLIDES EIGHT AND NINE.
THEN THERE WAS THE ISLA THAT WE HAVE WITH RIVER SHAUN BASEBALL FIELD.
THERE'S A $5 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THAT PROJECT.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE I'LL MENTION ON PAGE NINE, WHICH ARE ONES THAT COME TO MY MIND MOST OFTEN WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PARK DEPARTMENT COLLABORATION, THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND THE OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM WHERE THE PARK DEPARTMENT COLLABORATES WITH DIFFERENT CAMPUSES ON THOSE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMS, MOSTLY FUNDED THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, BUT THEY'VE LISTED TWO PAGES OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER IN COLLABORATION.
SLIDE TEN ARE EXHIBITIONS PRIMARILY THAT ARE PROVIDED WITHIN OUR CULTURAL FACILITIES.
THAT WOULD BE AN IN-KIND SORT OF PROGRAM, NOT A COST TO THE CITY.
AGAIN, THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS MENTIONED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
WE HAVE VARIOUS DIFFERENT CULTURAL PARTNERS THROUGH OUR CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PROGRAM.
AND THOSE PARTNERS THEN IN TURN WILL COLLABORATE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON VARIOUS TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES. AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE, BUT WE'VE JUST LISTED THOSE.
SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE TRYING TO REACH AND, AND GATHER INFORMATION OF ANY CITY MONEY OR ANY CITY PROGRAM THAT MIGHT HAVE A COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE ON SLIDE 15.
IT'S JUST A QUICK TURNAROUND, AND I'M OPEN TO YOUR FEEDBACK AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DIRECTION YOU WANT US TO GO IN LOOKING AT THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH THE VARIOUS SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE'LL BE WILLING TO COME BACK.
OUR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS PROGRAM THROUGH HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IS NOT LISTED HERE,
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BUT IT IS A COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK AND HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME, WE WILL GATHER OTHERS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE FULLY AWARE.AND THE MAYOR'S COMMENT WAS ALONG THE LINES OF, AND I'M OBVIOUSLY PARAPHRASING, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY BE DOING, OR WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DALLAS COUNTY OR DALLAS COLLEGE OR OTHERS, IS IT A PROGRAM THAT WE SHOULD BE SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY ON, OR SHOULD THAT ENTITY BE SPENDING THEIR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE SHARING? I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE A VALUE JUDGMENT ABOUT THEM.
THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, MR. IRELAND. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MY LEFT.
YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, JACK. I AGREE, AS A GENERAL PROPOSITION THAT THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE USING ITS TAX DOLLARS FOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN SPACES ALREADY OCCUPIED BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS, AND THAT HAVE BEEN THE TRADITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CASE OF THE COUNTY, HEALTH RELATED PROGRAMS, INOCULATIONS, THINGS OF THAT SORT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN COUNTY RELATED AND THEY SHOULD STAY THERE. I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS HERE THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME OVERLAP.
AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT THIS PRESENTATION DOESN'T IDENTIFY FOR US.
IT JUST SAYS HERE ARE ALL THE CITY PROGRAMS THAT HAVE SOME RELATIONSHIP TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND SOME OF THEM, MANY OF THEM ARE ZERO COST ITEMS. SOME ARE OTHER COSTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CO-LOCATED LIBRARIES.
AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL WHEN YOU COME BACK IN JUNE TO IDENTIFY ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN THE SPACE. THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S HANDLED BY ANOTHER LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE A VALUE DECISION AS TO WHETHER WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FUND THOSE AT THE CURRENT LEVEL OR AT A DECREASED LEVEL, RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF ANOTHER ENTITY.
WITH RESPECT TO SLIDE FIVE. THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM, ISN'T THAT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO DO BY STATE LAW? YES, SIR. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. AND I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.
THE COST OFFSETS THAT YOU IDENTIFY IN THE LAST BULLET.
ALL BUT ONE DON'T REALLY RELATE TO THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE NOT GENERATED BY THE CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM.
THE ONE EXCEPTION IS THE MOVING VIOLATIONS IN SCHOOL ZONES.
HOW DID THE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES BECOME ALLOCATED TO THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM? AND WHEN I COME BACK, I PROMISE I WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
OKAY. AND I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO UNLESS SOMEONE IS HERE THAT'S ABLE TO SPEAK.
OH, GREAT. WE PHONE A FRIEND. HOW ABOUT THAT? FOR EXAMPLE, WHY WERE JURY DUTY DONATIONS ALLOCATED TO THIS PURPOSE? GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS OSIRIS MARQUEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT.
SO THE JUROR HAS THAT OPTION TO DONATE TO THAT FUND.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE ESTABLISH. EITHER THEY GET PAID OUT THERE $6 FOR THE DAY OF SERVICE, OR THEY CAN DONATE THOSE $6 TO THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM.
BUT WHO DESIGNATED THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM TO BENEFIT FROM THOSE DONATIONS WHO DESIGNATED.
SO WE, WE PRETTY MUCH WENT THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHEN WE WERE ESTABLISHING THE JURY SERVICE COMPENSATION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T USED TO COMPENSATE JURORS FOR THEIR SERVICE. AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE FUNDS THAT WE WE SELECTED AS A MUNICIPAL COURT AND WENT THROUGH APPROVAL OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE DONATIONS TO GO TO THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM.
SO THE CITY ATTORNEY REQUESTED THAT ALLOCATION.
NO, NO, NO, THE DEPARTMENT, COURT AND DETENTION SERVICES.
OKAY. AND COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN? I KNOW YOU'RE WITH COURT AND DETENTION SERVICES,
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BUT OSIRIS MARQUEZ. OKAY. AND YOUR POSITION IS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. GREAT. SO WHAT ABOUT THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES FROM THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES? HOW DID THAT GET ALLOCATED TO THIS? SO THOSE VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS COME FROM THE $1.50 OPTIONAL FEE THAT COME THAT INDIVIDUALS PAY WHEN THEY REGISTER THEIR VEHICLE'S EITHER A COLLIN THROUGH COLLIN DENTON OR THE DALLAS COUNTY.
AND SO THAT IS THROUGH LEGISLATIVE STATUTE. OH OKAY.
SO THAT'S OPTIONAL FOR THE VEHICLE REGISTRANT.
AND IT'S PURSUANT TO STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS THEM TO OPT TO PAY $1.50 FOR THIS PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
CORRECT. SO IT'S NOT AN OPTIONAL FOR THEM. IT'S INCLUDED IN THEIR TAX.
OH IT'S MANDATORY. IT JUST IDENTIFIED AS AN OPTIONAL FEE ACCORDING.
I BELIEVE OUR. THE FEE IN DALLAS USED TO BE $1 AND THEY.
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS THEY'VE INCREASED IT TO $1.50.
IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. AND DO YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE.
I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT ISN'T THERE A CAP ON HOW MUCH THEY CAN CHARGE? IT'S THE 150. OKAY. IT'S THE MAX. OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT THE PARKING TICKETS? AND THE TRUANCY FINES. HOW DID THAT GET ALLOCATED HERE? SURE. SO THE $5 COMES FROM THE PARKING CITATIONS THAT ARE ISSUED BY TRANSPORTATION, AND $5 THAT'S ALLOCATED FROM THAT PARKING FINE.
AND FEES ARE ARE THEN PRETTY MUCH DONATED TOWARDS THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD TO FUND IT FOR SAFETY.
OKAY. SO HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT? SAME THING.
STATE LAW. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT SEEMS WE'RE BEING HEMMED IN BY STATE LAW ONCE AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT. AND IT INDICATES THAT WE PROVIDE 491 CROSSING GUARDS AT 318 INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ARE THOSE JUST FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR DOES IT INCLUDE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL? SO IT'S ONLY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND THEN WE DO HAVE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS, BUT THEIR PRIMARY IS PRIMARY LEVEL EDUCATION.
OKAY. AND THERE ARE SET CRITERIA, I THINK IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE AS TO WHEN AND WHERE WE PROVIDE THE CROSSING GUARDS, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE AT INTERSECTIONS WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF THE SCHOOL OR THERE'S SOME DISTANCE THERE.
RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. BAZALDUA. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE THE QUICK TURNAROUND WORK.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE ROBUST CONVERSATIONS ON THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO, TO BRING UP, I, I WOULD, I'D BEG TO DIFFER ON THE OPINION ARTICULATED FROM THE MAYOR AND I THINK THAT THAT, THAT ALIGNS WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT JUST SPOKE, MR. RIDLEY. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A CONCERN OF DUPLICATIVE SERVICES OR THOSE THAT COULD BE, I GUESS TRADITIONALLY OUTLINED AS ANOTHER JURISDICTION'S RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IT MORE HOLISTICALLY AND SEE WHAT THE RETURN IS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN NECESSARILY QUANTIFY THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM AND PROVIDING QUALITY OF LIFE AND GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR YOUTH.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A RETURN FOR US AS A MUNICIPALITY IN PUBLIC SAFETY SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COMMUNITIES. SO INVESTING IN SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, I BELIEVE TO BE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR OUR CITY.
HOWEVER, I LIKE TO LOOK AT PARTNERSHIPS JUST AS THAT, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP.
AND WHAT I WOULD THINK IS MISSING FROM HOW THIS IS OUTLINED.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE SHOULD BE A WEIGHTED BURDEN ON ONE PARTNER VERSUS THE OTHER.
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THEIR LAST BOND. THEY HAD SOME DOLLARS SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR.HOW IT WAS. IT WAS WORDED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THERE WAS A PUBLIC BENEFIT.
THERE WAS THERE WAS A PROPOSITION FOR THE USE OF DOLLARS FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR PUBLIC COMMUNITY TYPE DEVELOPMENTS, ETC. AND IT WAS VERY UNORTHODOX FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE THAT IN THEIR BUDGET.
HOWEVER, I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ACCESSING ANY OF THAT POTENTIAL.
I ALSO HAVE NOT SEEN HOW ANY OF THAT INVESTMENT HAS COME IN TO TRULY WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY TO BRING IN BETTER INVESTMENT IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND TO HELP CHANGE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT IT WAS MEANT TO SERVE. THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF A BREAKDOWN ON THIS NEXT BOND THAT IS BEING FLOATED TO THE VOTERS CURRENTLY HAS AN EXCITING COMPONENT, WHICH IS THEIR ABILITY TO GO A STEP FURTHER THAN WHAT THEY SAID IN THE LAST BOND, WHICH IS TO PARTICIPATE IN HOUSING INITIATIVES.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW MORE WE CAN SEE MORE OF A COLLABORATION IN THOSE RESPECTS.
BUT IN THE LIBRARY AND PARK SYSTEMS, WHICH AND ARTS, WHICH I KNOW ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
HOWEVER, I THINK ONE COMMON DENOMINATOR THAT WE BOTH AS A.
AS JURISDICTIONS HAVE TO FOCUS ON IS OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION IN THE YOUTH.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE ROBUST PARTNERSHIP IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE HOUSING NEEDS.
AND I THINK WE WORK IN SILOS IN THAT REGARD. THE LIBRARY SYSTEM, I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE HUGE OPPORTUNITIES, ONE THAT WE ARE EXPLORING NOW, BUT THAT THERE WAS NEWS LAST WEEK ABOUT THE CHICAGO SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND MAKING AUTOMATIC ALL SCHOOL IDS ACTING AS A LIBRARY CARDS AS WELL.
SO EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THOSE.
AS WE FACE TOUGH DECISIONS WITH OUR LIBRARY SYSTEMS AHEAD OF US.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I BELIEVE THE PARKS PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE AS WELL.
I WOULD SAY THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE LAND TO USE, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY JUST AS MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPLORE HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE SOME OF THE PROPERTIES UNIQUELY SITUATED THAT DON'T HAVE A PARK ADJACENT TO THEM AND HOW WE CAN BRING RECREATIONAL SPACE.
I'LL WAIT FOR ROUND TWO AND I'LL JUST MAKE ONE MORE POINT.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. BAZALDUA.
COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'LL BE BRIEF AGAIN.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CITY COLLABORATING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE, SOME OF THE REASONS THAT MR. BAZALDUA MENTIONED. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, IT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE, AND WE WANT TO HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DISTRICT AND THE STUDENTS THAT ARE LIVING IN OUR CITY.
AND, BUT AGAIN, BACK TO THE RETURN ON, ON INVESTMENT POINT, AS LONG AS THAT'S, THAT'S HAPPENING YOU KNOW, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF CONTINUING TO COLLABORATE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INVESTING OUR, OUR FUNDS IN A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE MOST OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE CITY WOULD DO THE SAME, FEEL THE SAME WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. HARLAND, YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION OR ABOUT THE CBI PROGRAM EARLIER, THE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS THAT SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING.
I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE WITH THEM AS WELL.
CORRECT? YES, SIR. SO I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT'S, THAT'S MORE OF A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT IT'S OVER IN HOUSING, UNDER HOUSING, UNDER MR. THREE. SO TELL ME HOW PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDS GO INTO HOUSING.
YES, SIR. SO THE PROGRAM WAS BEING ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE AS A SOCIAL SERVICES
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TYPE OF PROGRAM. AND WHEN HOUSING AND THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE COMBINED TO BE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, IT STAYED WITH THAT DEPARTMENT. AND THOR, DO YOU WANT TO YOU OR JESSICA WANT TO COME AND TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS? IT'S SO IT'S AN OH, THERE'S AN OPEN PROCUREMENT, BUT WE CAN TALK PROGRAM BUT NOT I.SO AS IT RELATES TO THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS PROGRAMS, THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS THAT ARE ONGOING.
AND THEN THERE IS CURRENTLY AN OPEN PROCUREMENT THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, PUBLIC SERVICES DOLLARS. AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS OPEN.
AND WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT AT THIS TIME. OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I GUESS I'M ASKING.
WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THOSE FUNDS? SINCE THEY'VE BEEN MOVED FROM PUBLIC SAFETY, WHY WERE THEY MOVED TO THAT DEPARTMENT? SO. OKAY. EXCUSE ME. AS FAR AS FUNDING BEING MOVED, WHAT WAS MOVED WAS CONTRACTS.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE COMMUNITY BASED NONPROFIT PROVIDERS WHICH IS WHAT OUR OFFICE COMMUNITY CARE AND NOW HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IS A DEPARTMENT THAT ADMINISTERS A NUMBER OF CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY BASED AND NON-PROFITS.
AND SO IN A WAY, THIS RELATES TO THE DISCUSSION IN THE PRIOR ITEM SPEAKING TO HOW WE PUT CONTRACTS INTO PLACE, HOW WE SEEK PARTNERSHIPS, HOW WE CREATE METRICS AND MEASURE AND ALIGN REPORTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE KIND OF MONITORING IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE AND PROGRESS. AS FOR THE WHY, YOU KNOW, THAT DECISION WAS MADE TWO FISCAL YEARS AGO.
AND SO I CAN'T REALLY ARTICULATE THAT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE IPS WORK AND THE CREATION OF THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM. SO I THINK IT WAS REALLY AN EFFORT IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF RELATIONSHIP AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT FOR COMMUNITY BASED PROVIDERS.
SO FOR US TO JUST TO FIND THIS OUT, AND WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS INFORMATION FOR ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS, AND JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT IN OUR LAST PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING WAS SURPRISING.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE TWO ARE HELPING BECAUSE THAT'S TOTALLY SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF THE MEETING, BUT I'LL NEED YOU TO GIVE ME THAT INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON CONCERNING THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING BACK TO COUNCILMAN.
BLACKMON. COUNCILWOMAN BLACKMON. AND I IT SEEMS LIKE THE CROSSING GUARD HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONVERSATION, I THINK SINCE WE'VE BEEN ON HERE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE $8 MILLION, DO YOU HAVE THE DELTA AFTER ALL THE OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE? LIKE WHAT REALLY DOES COME OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND? IS IT THE 8.5? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S OFFSETS. SO WITH ALL THE STATED REVENUE SOURCES THAT WERE STATED HERE IN THE SLIDE THAT JACK PRESENTED, IT'S ABOUT $2 MILLION THAT IS COMES IN AS REVENUE TO OFFSET THE CONTRACT.
OKAY. SO IT'S ABOUT A 6 MILLION CORRECT. TO SIX AND A HALF.
I MEAN, THAT'S OUR LIBRARY THAT COULD FUND SOME OF OUR LIBRARY PROGRAMS, WHICH IN TURN HAS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS HAS A PLACE FOR, YOU KNOW, KIDS AND FAMILIES TO COME. HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING THIS BACK ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND EXPLORING CHANGING THE LAW? THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE BACK AND GO AHEAD AND START THE DISCUSSION.
I MEAN, OR AT LEAST MAKE IT TO WHERE THERE'S A, MAYBE A 2 MILLION OUTLAY AND THEN YOU HAVE, SO IT'S, IF IT'S 2 MILLION, 2 MILLION, AND THEN THEY PICK UP THE REST, RIGHT? I MEAN, BECAUSE I WILL SAY IT'S WE SHOULD PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT I THINK THIS WAS DONE IN A PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN BEFORE CITIES WERE CAPPED. AND SO IT MAY BE A BETTER COST SHARING REVENUE OPPORTUNITY.
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AND AND, AND I MEAN, IT MAY BE THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAM VERSUS OUR GENERAL FUND BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING MORE RESTRICTIONS ON THAT AND 6 MILLION CAN PAY FOR, LIKE I SAID DEFINITELY OUR LIBRARIES TO STAY OPEN AND EVEN GET SOME MORE AND PROBABLY EVEN REC CENTERS.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ROTH JUST A CLARIFICATION.
WHEN YOU HAVE ON YOUR TEMPLATE ON PAGE FIVE THE COST OF THE CITY BUDGET OF 8.5 MILLION.
IS THAT THE EXPENSE? THE TOTAL EXPENSE, OR IS THAT A NET NUMBER AFTER ALLOCATION OF OF THE REVENUE SOURCES? THAT'S THE NET EXPENSE. THAT'S A NET. AND SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S THERE'S 2 MILLION OF POTENTIAL.
SO THE SO THE GROSS BUDGET AMOUNT, THE EXPENSES TEN AND A HALF.
NO. SO I'M SORRY. SO IT'S THE PRETTY MUCH IT'S THE 8.5.
AS IT'S STATED, IT'S THE FULL COST OF THE. THAT'S THE EXPENSE.
YEAH. THE TOTAL EXPENSE. BUT IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T ALLOCATE SOMETHING TO THE POTENTIAL REVENUE, WHICH WOULD BE THE $2 MILLION THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
OKAY. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE EXPENSE LINE, THE GROSS EXPENSE.
IT'S THE GROSS. THAT'S YOUR GROSS. OKAY. TWO REVENUE NET EXPENSE, SIX AND A HALF.
YEAH. SO REALLY, SO THE EIGHT AND A HALF IS REALLY A NET COST OF SIX AND A HALF POTENTIALLY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. RIDLEY. COUNCIL MEMBER.
BAZALDUA. THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO JUST BRING UP ANOTHER POINT OF, OF A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AND ONE THAT I REALLY HOPE, I THINK SOMETIMES WE APPROACH THESE CONVERSATIONS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE COUNTY, RIGHT. BUT WE APPROACH THESE CONVERSATIONS IN A STANCE OF WHAT CAN THE OTHER JURISDICTION BE DOING BETTER? WHAT COULD THEY BE DOING? AND I THINK THAT IT'S BETTER FOR US TO REFRAME HOW WE COULD BE BETTER LEVERAGING THESE PARTNERSHIPS INSTEAD OF THE ONUS BEING ON THE OTHER JURISDICTION THAT WE QUITE FRANKLY, DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER.
AND AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I, SOME OF MY BIGGEST COMPLAINTS WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP OR LACK THEREOF WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR INSTANCE, IS BLIGHTED PROPERTIES. ISD IS THE LARGEST REAL ESTATE HOLDER IN OUR ENTIRE CITY AND MANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES SHOULD BE SURPLUSED AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS FAILED TO DO SO.
YEAR AFTER YEAR, MANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT SHOULD BE SURPLUS ARE IN SOUTHERN DALLAS AND COULD BE WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL FOR BOTH OF OUR ENTITIES. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A PROACTIVE APPROACH FROM THE CITY TO TRULY ENGAGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON HOW WE CAN BE BEST PARTNERS. WE'RE ASKING THEM IN MANY FRONTS WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING SPECIFICALLY TO SEE HOW THEY CAN COME, YOU KNOW, TO THE TABLE, WHICH I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY SHOWN THAT THEY ARE NOW WITH THE SECOND BOND AND KIND OF GETTING OUT OF THEIR NORM.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE A ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY WHERE OUR CORE FUNCTIONS ARE WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO TAP INTO, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THEIR FORTE FOR US TO SEE HOW WE COULD BE MAXIMIZING SOME OF THESE VACANT, BLIGHTED PROPERTIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, TO HELP IMPROVE THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ALL ARE SERVING, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE WAY THAT IT'S APPROACHED. I THINK IT'S MORE OF US THROWING OUR HANDS UP AND SAYING, WHAT COULD THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BE DOING BETTER BECAUSE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. THE REALITY IS, IS THAT WE AREN'T AS A CITY, WE'RE NOT DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, AND WE NEED TO HAVE A MORE PROACTIVE APPROACH TO THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND TO HELP GUIDE THESE OTHER JURISDICTIONS ON HOW WE CAN BEST PARTNER.
AND SO I WANTED TO BRING BRING THAT UP SPECIFICALLY TO THE THE VACANCIES.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO TOUCH ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPONENT.
I THINK THAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THE MOVE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH HB 1900.
IN, IN HAVING THINGS THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY A DIRECT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, NOT ITEMIZED IN THE LINE ITEM AS PUBLIC SAFETY OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY TO NOT BIND US TO A CEILING.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT AT ALL? YES, SIR. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WAS IN THE CALCULUS FOR WHERE? WHAT DEPARTMENT HAD RESPONSIBILITY? I BELIEVE IT WAS SIMPLY THAT THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE WAS THE BEST HOME FOR A CONTRACT SERVICE WITH A NONPROFIT.
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BUT I CAN, I CAN DEFINITELY INVESTIGATE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON THAT.BUT I'VE PERSONALLY WITNESSED SOME, SOME PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL, RESULTS FROM THE PRESENCE OF OUR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS AT MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES THAT WERE VERY PROBLEMATIC WITH OUR COMMUNITY PROSECUTION THROUGHOUT DISTRICT SEVEN.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE, IF WE COULD GET A MORE ROBUST BRIEFING OF, OF, OF TANGIBLE RESULTS OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT WHERE THE FUNDING LIES IS, IS MY, MY CONCERN MORE SO THAT WE'RE GETTING A RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THAT REGARD. BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FURTHER WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME GREAT LEADERSHIP IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THE, AT THIS CURRENT TIME THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF TO TO BRING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS TO THEIR GLORY. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR.
THANK YOU. I WAS LISTENING TO COUNCILMAN BAZALDUA AND I HAVE MY COMMUNITY THAT'S IS LISTENING AS WELL. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE TEXTING JACK HAVING A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
SO I THINK THAT IT SAID IT WAS DISSOLVED IT WAS DISSOLVED.
FROM THE INTEGRATED PUBLIC SOLUTIONS, WHICH WAS OVER THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE.
SO THERE'S A DEBATE KIND OF IF THERE WAS THE RIGHT HOME FOR IT OR NOT.
WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO THE DEBATE, BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW THE BUDGET.
HOW MUCH BUDGET IS THERE FOR OUR CBI PROGRAM? IF YOU CAN BRING THAT BACK OR JUST EMAIL IT THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING IT WAS DISSOLVED.
NO, THEY DISSOLVED THE IPS, WHICH WAS OVER THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE.
SO KIND OF GET THAT INFORMATION FOR US BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
I ALSO WANT TO, AS WE, BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM I WANT JUST TO READ AGAIN WHAT YOU PLACED HERE AND MAYOR ON SLIDE THREE. MAYOR'S PRIORITY POLICY FOR THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, DRIVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE CITY BUDGET BY IDENTIFYING OPERATIONAL AND MISSION OVERLAP WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS SUCH AS DALLAS COUNTY, DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DALLAS COLLEGE.
FOR SOME EXAMPLES, LEVERAGING. LEVERAGING THE SERVICES THESE PARTNERS PROVIDE AND ELIMINATING DUPLICATIONS OF EFFORT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TAXPAYERS OF DALLAS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO OUR GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE A LOT OF DUPLICATION, WHICH NOT ONLY IS IT IN WRITING, BUT OF COURSE COUNCILMAN RESENDEZ SAID THAT AS WELL.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR TAXPAYERS OF DALLAS AND I HEARD MY COLLEAGUE SAYING THEY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT AS WELL, IF IT'S BENEFITING, ETC.. SO I KNOW THAT'S A KEY THING THAT, MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING, BUT I WANT US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PRIORITY OF THIS COMMITTEE IS FOR. AND SO WHILE WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST BE COMPASSIONATE.
HOWEVER, WE CAN'T COME TO THE TABLE AND HAVE THESE TOUGH DISCUSSIONS AND WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE THE DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR TAXPAYERS. AND AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE THAT YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT IN THIS COUNCIL, THIS THIS COMMITTEE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT, CONCERNING.
I LIKE THE WICK PROGRAM, HOW THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO A LOT OF THE SINGLE PARENTS IN MY COMMUNITY.
SO THOSE THINGS AND THOSE PROGRAMS LIKE THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. AND I KNOW WE'RE GIVING YOU A LOT TO BRING BACK TO US.
THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE THE OVERVIEW OF OFFICE OF THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT.
RHONDA SMITH, DIRECTOR. SHE'S DIRECTOR OF OFFICE AND RISK MANAGEMENT.
GOOD MORNING, MISS SMITH. HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M DOING GREAT.
GOOD MORNING. IT'S ON YOU. ALRIGHT. CLASS IS ON HERE, RIGHT?
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ALRIGHT. GOOD MORNING. I'M RHONDA SMITH AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT.AND TODAY I WILL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF OUR STRUCTURE AND THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
OUR NEXT STEPS, AND THEN WE'LL LEAVE IT WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN FISCAL YEAR 2011.
I CAME ON BOARD IN FISCAL YEAR 2013. OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT IS AN INTERNAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND ALTHOUGH WE'RE AN INTERNAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WE ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES TO FUNCTIONS, I SHOULD SAY, THAT ARE PUBLIC FACING. AND WE'RE COMPRISED OF EIGHT DIVISIONS.
WE HAVE 56 POSITIONS. WE SERVE ALL 35 DEPARTMENTS.
WE ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 14,000 EMPLOYEES.
THAT INCLUDES UNIFORM AND CIVILIAN. WE SELF-ADMINISTER OUR WORKERS, WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAM, GENERAL LIABILITY, AND PARTS OF OUR AUTO LIABILITY PROGRAMS. WE HAVE 13 VENDOR SERVICE CONTRACTS. WE MONITOR INSURANCE COMPLIANCE FOR APPROXIMATELY 7000 PROJECTS, AND WE SERVE APPROXIMATELY 4000 ACTIVE VENDORS.
WE'RE SMALL, BUT WE'RE MIGHTY. OKAY, SO AS I MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, SOME THINGS I WILL READ WORD FOR WORD, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE SLIDES I WILL SPEAK TO, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED, IS FOR YOU TO READ IN YOUR LEISURE TIME IS IF YOU HAD ANY.
BUT MOST OF THE SLIDES I WILL BE TALKING TO, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, I WILL BE READING FROM AUM'S VISION IS FOR US TO HAVE A RESILIENT, PROACTIVE CITY WHERE EVERY DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH CONFIDENCE, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY TRUSTED RISK MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE.
THAT IS THE VISION WE HAVE FOR THE CITY. THE MISSION ON HOW WE GET THERE IS TO IDENTIFY, REDUCE AND MANAGE RISK ACROSS CITY OPERATIONS WHILE PROTECTING EMPLOYEES, SAFEGUARDING RESOURCES AND SUPPORTING RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND IF YOU'RE SITTING THERE AND WE SAY PROTECTING EMPLOYEES FROM A RISK MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, THE MOST, THE MOST VALUABLE AND MOST IMPORTANT ASSET THAT THIS CITY HAS ARE THE EMPLOYEES.
AND AS YOU, AS I TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, WHY THEY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THE MOST VALUABLE ASSET THE CITY HAS IS BECAUSE IT PROVIDES SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS. AND WITHOUT THE EMPLOYEES, THESE SERVICES CANNOT BE PROVIDED.
THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT.
AS I STATED EARLIER, WE ARE COMPRISED OF EIGHT DIVISIONS.
ON THE SCREEN YOU'LL SEE OUR ORG CHART AND WE'RE VERY LEAN.
IT IS COLOR CODED BY THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS POSITIONS TWO THROUGH 16 REPORT DIRECTLY TO ME, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS TO YOU. BUT THIS IS HOW WE'RE MADE OF.
NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, SO THE FIRST DIVISION WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. SO THIS IS COMPRISED OF TEN STAFF MEMBERS.
THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS DIVISION IS TO PROVIDE POSITION SPECIFIC TRAINING SAFETY TRAINING TO EACH EMPLOYEE IN THE CITY. THE ONLY TRAINING THAT WE DON'T PROVIDE IS TO DPD AND DFR.
SO WE HAD TO START PROVIDING TRAINING ON THE MULTI SHIFTS.
SO THOSE THAT WORKED AT MIDNIGHT SHIFT. WE HAVE TO PROVIDE SAFETY TRAINING TO THEM ALSO.
AND THOSE WE HAVE A LARGE SPEAKING, SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION OF EMPLOYEES.
AND SO WE HAD TO. WE IDENTIFIED THAT NEED AND STARTED OFFERING THE SAFETY TRAINING IN SPANISH.
AND SO THE SAFETY OFFICER ATTENDS, THEY ATTEND THOSE 50 SITE INSPECTIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
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AND THEY ARE PRETTY IN-DEPTH INSPECTIONS. NOW, PART OF THIS DIVISION IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE APPEALS BOARD PROCESS.AND AS I START TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY EQUIPMENT DIVISION.
YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHERE THE APPEALS BOARD PIECE COMES INTO PLAY.
SO WHENEVER AN EMPLOYEE IS INVOLVED IN A CITY EQUIPMENT INCIDENT AFTER THE INVESTIGATION HAS TAKEN PLACE, THAT INFORMATION HAS TO BE PROCESSED THROUGH AN INCIDENT REVIEW COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE PREVENTABILITY.
AND IF IT'S A PREVENTABLE CLAIM, THEN THE EMPLOYEE IS ASSESSED POINTS AND DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
IT'S RECOMMENDED. NOW THE EMPLOYEE, ONCE THEY RECEIVE THIS LETTER SAYING THAT THEIR INCIDENT WAS PREVENTABLE, THEY HAVE TEN BUSINESS DAYS TO APPEAL IT. THAT APPEAL PROCESS HAPPENS IN THIS DIVISION.
THE APPEALS BOARD IS MADE UP OF MEMBERS FROM EACH LARGE FLEET DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE. SO FIRE, POLICE, SANITATION, WATER.
THEY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE AT THIS APPEALS BOARD MEETING.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE FROM DPD AN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION OFFICER THERE.
NEXT SLIDE. WILL NOT READ THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES HERE.
BUT EACH ONE OF MY DIVISIONS WE HAVE STARTING OCTOBER 1ST OF EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND QUALITY OBJECTIVES THAT THEY HAVE TO ACHIEVE, OR THAT'S THE GOAL TO ACHIEVE AND WE TRACK IT MONTHLY.
SO ON SLIDE TEN HERE, YOU'LL JUST SEE THE ENDING OF THEIR PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR OES.
SO FROM THE NUMBER OF COURSES THAT TRAINING THAT WE PROVIDED TO THE NUMBER OF AUDITS TO THE WORKPLACE EXPOSURE, THOSE THINGS. NEXT SLIDE. THE NEXT DIVISION WE TALK ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS WORKER'S COMPENSATION AND RETURN TO WORK. THESE ARE TWO DISTINCT SEPARATE FUNCTIONS.
WE HAVE A SUPERVISOR AND TWO COORDINATORS ARE THAT ARE DEDICATED TO DFR TO THEIR WORK COMP INCIDENTS AND CLAIMS. THAT'S HOW THAT STAFFING IS MADE UP. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE WORK COMP CLAIM PROCESS, THIS IS IN REGARDS TO MY COORDINATORS. THEY ARE ON BOTH ENDS OF THE WORK COMP CLAIM PROCESS AND THE RETURN TO WORK.
SO THEY MAKE SURE THAT EVERY INJURY AND ILLNESS IS PROPERLY AND TIMELY SUBMITTED THROUGH OUR TPA AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE RULES OF THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, TEXAS WORK COMP COMMISSION, RIGHT. THEY MONITOR, MONITOR THE MEDICAL NETWORK NOTIFICATION, THEY IMPLEMENT AND TRACK INJURY LEAVE.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT THEY DO. SO DON'T GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
BUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I PROVIDED MUCH MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THE COORDINATOR SPECIFICALLY DID.
BUT WHAT I JUST SAID IS VERY HIGH LEVEL. AND THEN THEY ALSO MANAGE OUR THIRD PARTY VENDORS.
WE HAVE TRISTAR, WHICH IS THE TPA THAT HANDLES THE ACTUAL CLAIM HANDLING PIECE OF IT.
AND THEN WE HAVE INJURY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION IMO THAT PROVIDES THE MEDICAL NETWORK, JUST LIKE WE HAVE OUR HEALTHCARE MEDICAL NETWORK WHERE WE CAN GO SEE SEEK TREATMENT FROM A NETWORK. WE ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE ONE THAT IS SPECIALIZED FOR EMPLOYEES.
AND SO IMO IS THE CURRENT VENDOR AND THEY PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
AND AND AGAIN, WE ALSO USE PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS FOR SOME CLAIMS THAT WE FEEL THAT ARE FRAUDULENT.
AND THEN ALSO OUR COORDINATORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FILE REVIEWS.
SO THE NEXT PART OF THAT IS THE FACILITY IS, IS THE RETURN TO WORK.
SO THE COORDINATORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FACILITATING THE RETURN TO WORK ASPECT.
THERE SHOULD NOT BE ONE ENTITY THAT DOES BOTH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE COST CONTAINMENT PRIORITIES UNINTENTIONALLY INFLUENCES THE RETURN TO WORK DECISIONS.
SO I HAVE PURPOSELY STRUCTURED THIS TO BE SEPARATE FUNCTIONS.
THE RETURN TO WORK TO BE HANDLED BY THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND FOR THE ACTUAL DAY IN DAY AND TASK TO BE COMPLETED AND TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE TEXAS WORK COMP LAW TO BE HANDLED BY THE TPA.
NEXT SLIDE IS A MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION OF WHAT I JUST SAID.
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SLIDE 13 THAT SHOWS THE WORK COMP CLAIMS. PERFORMANCE MEASURES THEIR OUTCOMES.AND THEN JUST SO IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW THE CLAIM ACTIVITY, WE BREAK OUT OUR CLAIMS BY RECORD ONLY, MEANING THAT WE KIND OF CONSIDER THOSE NEAR MISSES, MEANING THAT THEY DIDN'T SEEK ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT NOR DID THEY LOSE TIME.
SO THOSE ARE YOUR MORE COSTLY CLAIMS. AND THEN WE HAVE MEDICAL ONLY WHERE THEY DIDN'T LOSE ANY TIME.
THEY CAME RIGHT BACK TO WORK. BUT THEY'RE SEEKING MEDICAL.
OKAY. AND JUST A FUN FACT. IN TEXAS, WE HAVE LIFETIME MEDICAL FOR WORK COMP INJURIES AND ILLNESSES, MEANING WE CAN'T BUY IT OUT TO SETTLE. AND SO AS LONG AS THE TREATING PHYSICIAN SAYS THIS PERSON NEEDS TO NEEDS MEDICAL TREATMENT, WE HAVE TO PAY IT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.
SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE WORK. FUN FACT. BUT HERE ON THIS CHART YOU WILL SEE.
WE ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE MORE MEDICAL ONLY CLAIMS THAN YOU DO INDEMNITY.
BECAUSE AGAIN, INDEMNITY CLAIMS ARE THE MOST COSTLY OF ALL THE CLAIMS. AND SO WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO DO THAT. OUR TRACK RECORD IS GOOD IN REGARDS TO THAT.
AND THE SECOND PART OF THE CHART, JUST FYI, IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WE SPENT FOR THOSE CLAIMS THAT HAPPENED THAT YEAR FISCAL YEAR 23, 24, AND 25. SO I PROVIDED THE LAST THREE YEARS INFORMATION.
NEXT SLIDE. THE NEXT DIVISION WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE CT EQUIPMENT INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS.
THIS DIVISION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2018 AS WE SAW AN INCREASE IN CLAIM ACTIVITY.
WE, I WAS TASKED WITH COMING UP WITH A WAY TO COMBAT THIS.
WE HAD SAFETY OFFICERS DOING THE INVESTIGATIONS.
SO IN THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME FOR SAFETY OFFICERS TO GET TO THE SCENE WAS 45 MINUTES FOR AN OFFICER WAS AN HOUR. SO ONCE WE PUT THIS, WE DEVELOPED THIS THIS DIVISION AND WE REVISED THE AD3-3.
OUR RESPONSE TIME IS NOW DOWN TO 22 MINUTES. POLICE OFFICERS ONLY COME OUT TO A CITY EQUIPMENT INCIDENT IF IT'S A FATALITY, OR IF ONE OF THE VEHICLES HAS TO BE TOLD. WE ARE NOW DISPATCHING INVESTIGATORS THROUGH 911.
AND SO THAT'S HOW WE GET OUR INFORMATION. THAT'S HOW I NOTICED IN MY INVESTIGATORS OUT.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE DID, WE START REQUIRING EVERY INCIDENT TO BE REPORTED BECAUSE IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ALL CITY EQUIPMENT INCIDENTS WERE NOT BEING REPORTED.
AND SO WHEN WE TWEAKED EVERYTHING IN 2018, SO THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET A LARGE NUMBER, THE NUMBER INCREASES, WHICH WAS ANTICIPATED. BUT THEN WE STARTED AGAIN.
BUT AGAIN, THE CITY EQUIPMENT INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS MADE OF TWO UNITS.
ONE UNIT IS FOR THE INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATORS TO HAVE TO GO OUT TO EVERY INCIDENT.
AND THEN THE SAFETY SPECIALISTS, THEY HEAD UP THE INCIDENT REVIEW COMMITTEE.
AND AGAIN, THE INCIDENT REVIEW COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF OUR SAFETY SPECIALISTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SPECIAL IRC WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY SERVICE IRC.
AND THAT IS THEY INCLUDE NOW A MEMBER FROM DPD AND A MEMBER FROM DFR.
THAT ALSO HELPS DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT AN INCIDENT IS PREVENTABLE.
PREVENTABLE AND WHAT HOW MANY POINTS SHOULD BE ASSESSED.
SO THEY HAVE VISIBILITY IN THE PROCESS. AND AND THEY ALSO HAVE A VOICE.
AND THEN WE ALSO CREATED THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING DIR PIECE.
SO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REQUIRES ALL OUR CDL DRIVERS, A PERCENT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO BE DRUG TESTED.
AND SO, BUT WE HAD TO PUT SOMEONE IN CHARGE PER DOT TO DO THIS.
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MY OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DOT DRUG TESTING.POST-ACCIDENT RANDOM'S REASONABLE SUSPICION. AND ANY EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN PROMOTED INTO A POSITION THAT REQUIRES THEM TO HAVE A CDL LICENSE. OKAY. WE DO KNOW WE NO LONGER DO THE PRE-EMPLOYMENT THAT IS HANDLED BY HUMAN RESOURCES, BUT IT'S ALL ONE CONTRACT, ONE VENDOR, SAME VENDOR, BUT HR HANDLES THE INTAKE AND ISSUANCE OF THE TEST IN REGARDS TO PRE-EMPLOYMENT. SO THAT'S THE SEGREGATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR US IN REGARDS TO THAT.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE. SLIDE 15. SO THE RED SIDE SHOWS THE PREVENTABLE CITY EQUIPMENT INCIDENTS SINCE 2019 TO THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 25. SO FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, THE CITY EQUIPMENT INCIDENTS HAVE DECREASED BY 98 INCIDENTS, AVERAGING A DECREASE OF 16.33 CLAIMS PER YEAR.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, RIGHT? BUT LOOK AT THE SLIDE NEXT TO IT.
OUR FLEET COUNT THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES HAS INCREASED BY 463 VEHICLES OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, AVERAGING 77 VEHICLES PER YEAR. SO IN THE FACE OF AN INCREASE OF VEHICLES, WE'RE STILL HAVING GOOD I SHOULDN'T SAY GOOD INCIDENT ACTIVITY, BUT WE'RE STILL NOWHERE WHERE WE WERE IN 2019.
SO NOW IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL, WHICH I BELIEVE WE WILL BE, AND BEING ABLE TO HIRE THE 300 NEW DPD OFFICERS, THAT'S GOING TO EQUATE TO ABOUT 150 NEW VEHICLES THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE STREET.
SO WE'RE STILL ALWAYS FACING THAT CHALLENGE OF MORE VEHICLES BEING ADDED TO THE FLEET.
SO, BUT ANYWAY, SO THAT SLIDE IN THE RED, IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
NEXT DIVISION IS GENERAL LIABILITY CLAIMS. SO THIS IS STAFFED BY FIVE TEAM MEMBERS ONE MANAGER, ONE SUPERVISOR AND THREE ADJUSTERS. THIS IS SELF-ADMINISTERED.
WE HANDLE PERSONAL INJURY LIABILITY PROPERTY DAMAGE.
WE HANDLE THESE CLAIMS FROM FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE UNTIL THEY CLOSE.
WE ARE NOW USING OVER. WE, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS 2016.
IT SHOULD BE IN MY CHART OF ACHIEVEMENTS ELECTRONIC CLAIM FILING.
THE ONE THING WHEN I CAME HERE IN 2013, WE WERE WALL TO WALL FILE CABINETS.
I HATE PAPER EVEN THOUGH I GOT A LOT OF IT IN FRONT OF ME TODAY.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS PUT TOGETHER A SYSTEM.
WE GOT A RISK MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM WHERE NOW WE HOUSE WE'RE ABOUT 95% PAPERLESS, WHERE WE HOUSE ALL OF OUR INFORMATION, ALL OF OUR WORK IS OUT HERE. ALL OF THE FILES NOW FOR THESE CLAIMS ARE NOW DIGITAL VERSUS PAPER.
AND SO, AND THAT INCLUDED NOW MAKING IT EASIER FOR OUR CITIZENS TO FILE A CLAIM WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAIL IN THE FILE, THE FORM, OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO FAX IT IN OR BRING IT IN IN PERSON.
SO WE STILL HAVE THOSE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO CITIZENS, BUT NOW THEY CAN GO OUT TO THE CITY WEBSITE, GO TO THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT PAGE AND FILL OUT THE FORM ELECTRONICALLY, UPLOAD ANY PICTURES THEY HAVE, GIVE THEIR STATEMENTS ON THERE AND IT'S SENT TO US IMMEDIATELY.
THEY GET AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AND WE HAVE A 24 HOUR CONTACT REQUIREMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT WHERE WHEN I GOT HERE, THE REQUIREMENT WAS ONLY 14 DAYS. THEY HAD 14 DAYS TO CONTACT A CITIZEN.
NOW WE CONTACT THEM WITHIN 24 HOURS. SO MOVING TO MORE OF A DIGITAL PROCESS MAKES IT A LOT EASIER AND PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE TO OUR CITIZENS. OKAY.
NEXT SLIDE. AND AGAIN FOR YOU READ LATER ON SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES WHERE WE ARE IN REGARDS TO AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, OCTOBER 4TH, WE SET THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND QUALITY OBJECTIVES FOR EVERY DIVISION AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE PERFORM HERE.
I WON'T READ TO YOU ON THAT, BUT I'LL GO OVER TO THE BLUE SIDE TO THE BLUE CHART, AND YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK HERE TO SEE THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE OVER THE YEARS. AND SO THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS FILED, THEY'RE INCREASING.
AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ARE OR POTHOLE CLAIMS. BUT WE ALSO DENY A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CLAIMS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AS THE CITY OF DALLAS CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITIES.
AND SO JUST FYI INFORMATION FOR YOU HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS,
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HOW MANY WE'VE DENIED, HOW MANY WE'VE ACCEPTED AND HOW MANY WE'VE PAID OUT ON.AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DENIALS, THERE'S NOT JUST ONE TYPE OF DENIAL.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE GOVERNMENTAL DENIAL TENDER TO CONTRACT.
AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE RISK TRANSFER.
BUT HERE'S JUST INFORMATION FOR YOU IN REGARDS TO THE CLAIM COUNT PAID IN THE TYPES OF DENIALS.
SEGREGATION. SEGREGATION IS CURRENTLY STAFFED WITH A MANAGER AND ONE ADJUSTER.
AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF WORKING WITH PROCUREMENT OF OUTSOURCING.
SEGREGATION. CERTAIN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT NOW.
ONCE WE'VE SELECTED THE VENDOR. THE TYPES OF SUBROGATION CLAIMS THAT WE GO AFTER OUR CITY EQUIPMENT INCIDENTS, WORKER'S COMPENSATION, FIRE HYDRANTS, TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNAL LIGHTS, AND OTHER BUILDING STRUCTURE.
TYPES OF SUBROGATION CLAIMS. SO I WENT BACK THREE YEARS.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN 20 FY 2023, WE ONLY COLLECTED 574 BECAUSE THAT YEAR I STOPPED THE, I KIND OF PUT A PAUSE ON COLLECTION OR RECOVERY BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO TWEAK THE PROGRAM AND BUILD BETTER REPORTING, A BETTER REPORTING PROCESS AND BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO ONCE WE DID THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE, IN 2024, WE WENT FROM 574 TO 1.1 MILLION, AND WE ENDED FY 25 AT 1.8. AND AND WE'RE, WE'RE ON A GREAT TRACK FOR FY 26 RIGHT NOW.
THEY'LL HAVE MORE RESOURCES THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOPEFULLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO COME FROM THIS.
SO. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON SUBROGATION.
I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A BOTTLE OF WATER UP HERE WITH ME. EXCUSE ME.
NEXT DIVISION IS RISK TRANSFER. I'M JUST GOING TO HIGH LEVEL COVER THIS.
SO THIS IS A STAFF OF SEVEN ONE MANAGER, SIX SENIOR RISK ANALYSTS.
THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO FOR EVERY PROJECT, EVERY CONTRACT THAT THE CITY IS ANTICIPATING ENTERING INTO THE SCOPE OF WORK HAS TO BE SENT TO THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT.
AND WE'LL PUT TOGETHER INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS AND WE'LL ISSUE THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN ONCE IT'S AWARDED THEN WE'LL CHECK FOR COMPLIANCE ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT VENDOR PROVIDED ENOUGH INFORMATION OR EVIDENCE OF THE INSURANCE. HERE'S ANOTHER FUN FACT THAT I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW.
A CONTRACT WILL NOT GET EXECUTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IF IT DOES NOT HAVE A MEMO FROM MY OFFICE SAYING THAT THE VENDOR IS IN COMPLIANCE, PERIOD, WHICH WAS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. AND BUT WE'VE HAD THIS.
EXCUSE ME, MISS SMITH, THIS IS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
SO I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMITTEE THAT'S MEETING.
SO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR US BECAUSE WE WANT TO TRY TO FINISH THE.
AND IT'S RIGHT AT 1150, 11:00. OKAY, SO WE'RE DOING GREAT.
TEN MINUTES, 10 OR 15 MINUTES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY. NO PROBLEM. WE'RE DOING GREAT. I THINK WE'RE AWESOME.
OKAY. NO, SERIOUSLY I JUST, I JUST, I THINK I PROBABLY JUST SKIPPED TO SOME OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, AND I'LL MAKE IT SHORT. SO AGAIN, FROM BEING ALMOST 95% DIGITAL IN THE OFFICE.
WE ARE WE ARE MORE EFFICIENT. IT WE'RE BETTER AT HOW WE DO THINGS AND OUR OUTCOMES ARE BETTER.
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE WON MULTIPLE SAFETY DRIVING AWARDS.
JUST HERE RECENTLY THE, THE AIRLINE COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL NORTH AMERICA
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AWARDED AND I SAY ME BECAUSE THEY GAVE IT TO ME, BUT IT'S REALLY MY TEAM BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET THE AWARD WITHOUT MY TEAM.AND THAT'S HUGE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THEY, THEY LOOKED AT WHAT WE DID AS A WHOLE AND NOT JUST WHAT WE DO AT THE AIRPORT, BUT I COULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT MY TEAM. AND, BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT.
AND AGAIN, WE WE WON THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL DRIVER TRAINING SAFETY AWARD TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
WE WON IT IN 23. WE WON IT IN 24. LET'S SEE. I GUESS I'LL JUST GO ON TO THE NEXT STEPS AND OUR NEXT STEPS. WE'RE GOING TO LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO OUTSOURCE SEGREGATION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT STRUCTURAL CHANGES. WE ARE DOING DIVISIONAL ASSESSMENTS.
WE'RE CONTRACTED WITH MARSH AS A RISK FOR, AS OUR RISK CONSULTANT.
AND SO PART OF THAT CONTRACT IS FOR THEM TO ASSESS EVERY SINGLE DIVISION OF RISK MANAGEMENT FOR OPTIMIZING PROCESSES AND ENHANCING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES. SO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN DO THINGS BETTER AND HOW WE GET BETTER OUTCOMES FROM THAT WE'RE REINSTATING THE ISO PROCESS IN THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND JUST FUTURISTIC THINKING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AI POSSIBILITIES. SO I WON'T READ THIS ENTIRE SLIDE.
BUT JUST TO SAY THAT WE'RE ALREADY WE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED ONE PART OF THIS.
WE WORK WITH THE DATA ANALYTICS DEPARTMENT WHERE THERE'S A CRASH REPORT, A STATE CRASH REPORT, RIGHT. WHERE WE WOULD MANUALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THERE AND CHECK FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE.
WE'RE NOW AI GOES AND READS THIS REPORT FOR US AND PULLS OUT THOSE SUBROGATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR US.
SO THAT'S JUST THE FIRST STEP THAT WE'RE USING AI.
BUT I GUESS I'LL END IT WITH THAT. THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO START WITH MY RIGHT OR TO MY LEFT.
COUNCILMAN. RESENDEZ YOU HAVE ANYTHING? COUNCILMAN.
YES. JUST BRIEFLY, HAVE YOU IN RECENT YEARS CONSIDERED PRIVATE INSURANCE FOR WORKER'S COMPENSATION IN TERMS OF RELATIVE COST TO SELF-INSURANCE. YES, WE LOOK AT THAT.
SO WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT EVERY TWO YEARS. AND THE CITY OF DALLAS IS A HIGH RISK.
AND SO THE PREMIUMS IT IT IS. AND SO IT WE CAN BARELY GET THE AUTO PROPERTY DAMAGE INSURANCE.
IT TOOK FIVE YEARS OF JUST KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE MARKET.
AND THE PREMIUMS JUST DO NOT SUPPORT IT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN ROTH. I REALLY GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I'M NOT GOING TO ASK THEM TODAY, BUT I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A, A PERSONAL OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND ALL MORE OF THE DETAILS OF THE RISK MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ALLOW ME TO, TO IMPOSE UPON SOME OF YOUR TIME AND TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO DO THAT.
I'D LOVE TO DO THAT. WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE PROPERTY COVERAGE RISKS, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND. WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE CLAIMS MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND HOW IT COMPARES TO OTHER TO OTHER SIMILAR SIZED COMPANIES AND OTHER SIMILAR SIZE RISKS. I WANT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE PAID OUT AS CLAIMS AS A CITY VERSUS HOW MUCH YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE A PRIVATE SECTOR CHARGE FOR, FOR, FOR ADMINISTERING A SIMILAR DEAL? IN OTHER WORDS, TO UNDERSTAND IF THIS IS A COST EFFECTIVE BUSINESS FOR US TO BE IN.
AND I WANT AND, AND US TO SORT OF JUMP ONTO MY COLLEAGUE'S CONNECTION.
THERE COULD BE, IS THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO SEPARATE SOME OF THESE INTERNAL CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SITUATIONS TO PRIVATE PROCESSORS THAT MIGHT BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE.
AND AND THEN ON AS FAR AS THE SUBROGATION AND THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR CLAIMS COSTS ARE RELATIVE TO DISPUTED CLAIMS. ALSO, IF WE CAN'T SETTLE A CLAIM AND WE END UP WITH A LAWSUIT OR SOME OTHER NON-COVERED CLAIM, WHAT IS OUR REAL EXPOSURE? OTHER THAN JUST IN AUTO AND, AND GENERAL LIABILITY CLAIMS.
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SO AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO TAKE UP SOME OF YOUR TIME IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME.I'D APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY. AND THERE'S A SLIDE ON THERE FOR THE RISK FUND BUDGET.
SO THAT THAT WAS $10 MILLION. I IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.
WELL, MAYBE I'M ON THE WRONG. WHICH SIDE WAS THAT? IT'S GOING TO BE THE BUDGET.
IT SHOULD BE SLIDE 25. WHICH ONE? SLIDE 25. 55.
25. 25. BUT I WILL GET ON YOUR CALENDAR. AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT IN DETAIL.
THIS IS, THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR ME AND I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMAN ROTH, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BRING IT BACK BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR YOUR CONCERN, BECAUSE I HEARD YOU SAY IT'S A PRIORITY FOR YOU IS DISCUSSED PUBLICLY AS WELL.
SO ASIDE FROM YOUR YOUR PRIVATE MEETING, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT, BRING THAT BACK.
SO I'LL GET WITH CHIEF ARLEN IRELAND AND HAVE THAT DONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILWOMAN THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE OUR FOLLOW UP ON DISCUSSION OF FLEET ON FLEET UTILIZATION. IT IS MEMORANDUM. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO QUESTIONS ON THAT.
ALSO WE HAVE OUR DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY UPDATE WITH JESSICA GALLISHAW.
MEMORANDUM. ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT? SHE DURING THAT WAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU TODAY.
AGAIN, IT'S APRIL 13TH, 2026. THE TIME IS NOW.
11 07A COMMITTEE OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU. HEY, LET ME KNOW.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.