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          YOU ARE WATCHING THE MEETING OF THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR ERIC L. JOHNSON, MAYOR PRO TEM JAIME RESENDEZ, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM MAXIE JOHNSON, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CHAD WEST ZANDY, GRACIE, JESSE MORENO, GAY, DANELLE WILLIS, LAURA KADENA, ADAM BASIL, DOA. 
          LORI BLAIR, PAULA BLACKMAN, KATHY STEWART, WILLIAM ROTH, KARA MENDELSON, PAUL E RIDLEY, CITY MANAGER KIMBERLY BYER. 
          TOLBERT CITY SECRETARY BILLY RAY JOHNSON. 
          AND INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY BURT VANDENBERG. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, 
          [Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance ]
WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          TODAY'S TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH, 2026, THE TIME'S 9:30 AM AND I NOW CALL THIS MEETING THE DALLAS STATE COUNCIL TO ORDER. 
          OUR INVOCATIONS IS GONNA BE GIVEN BY OUR COLLEAGUE, UM, CHAIRMAN ZAIN GRACIE, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT THREE. 
          I'LL TURN OVER TO CHAIRMAN GRACIE NOW FOR OUR INVOCATION, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          LET US PRAY. 
          GRACIOUS AND INTERNAL, GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS DAY AS STEWARDS OF THIS CITY, OF ITS PEOPLE AND THE TRUST PLACED IN OUR HANDS. 
          LORD, WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS ON THE COUNCIL, ON THE WORK BEFORE US ON EVERY DECISION THAT WILL BE MADE IN THIS CHAMBER TODAY. 
          YOUR WORD TELLS US IN GALATIANS SIX, NINE, LET US NOT BECOME WEARY IN DOING GOOD FOR AT THE PROPER TIME, WE WILL REAP A HARVEST. 
          IF WE DO NOT GIVE UP. 
          LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD, THAT YOU WOULD APPLY THAT PROMISE FIRST TO THE BUDGET OF THIS CITY. 
          THE WORK OF BUILDING A BUDGET IS SLOW, OFTEN THANKLESS WORK LINE BY LINE, DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT, PRIORITY BY PRIORITY. 
          IT IS EASY TO GROW WEARY IN THAT LABOR. 
          WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM FOR EVERY HAND THAT TOUCHES THESE NUMBERS, THAT WHAT IS PLANTED IN THIS BUDGET IN OUR STREETS, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR CHILDREN WOULD YIELD A HARVEST OF A STRONGER, SAFER, MORE PROSPEROUS DALLAS LORD. 
          WE LIFT UP THE STAFF OF THIS CITY, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SHOW UP EARLY AND STAY LATE, WHO SERVE RESIDENTS THEY WILL NEVER BE THANKED BY WHO CARRY THE DAILY WEIGHT OF MAKING GOVERNMENT WORK. 
          LORD, RENEW THEIR STRENGTH WHEN THEY ARE WEARY. 
          REMIND THEM THAT THEIR GOOD WORK, EVEN WHEN UNSEEN IS NOT IN VAIN. 
          AND LORD, WE LIFT UP THE PERSONAL BUDGETS OF OUR RESIDENTS, THE FAMILIES STRETCHING EVERY DOLLAR, THE SENIORS ON FIXED INCOMES, THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TAKING RISKS TO BUILD SOMETHING OF THEIR OWN. 
          IN A SEASON WHERE THE COST OF LIVING PRESSES HARD ON SO MANY, WE ASK FOR YOUR PROVISION AND YOUR PEACE. 
          GIVE THEM STRENGTH NOT TO GIVE UP AND GIVE THIS CITY THE WISDOM TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THEM IN RETURN. 
          FATHER, WHETHER, WHETHER IT IS THE BUDGET OF A CITY OR THE BUDGET OF A HOUSEHOLD, LET NONE OF US GROW WEARY IN DOING GOOD. 
          LET US TRUST THAT THE HARVEST COMES IN YOUR TIME, NOT ALWAYS OUR OWN. 
          WE ASK THIS IN YOUR HOLY NAME. 
          AMEN. 
          IF EVERYONE IS ABLE, WOULD PLEASE RISE FOR OUR PLEDGES. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YOU MAY BE SEATED AND SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS OR OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS, I BELIEVE THIS MORNING, MADAM SECRETARY, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, MR. MAYOR. 
          THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER 
          [BRIEFING]
TO OUR CITY MANAGER. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBERS. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          TODAY'S BRIEFING IS ON ITEM NUMBER A. 
          THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BIANNUAL BUDGET FOR 26 27 AND FISCAL YEAR 27, 28. 
          FOR MANY YEARS DURING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE COULD RELY ON RELATIVELY STABLE PATTERNS, PREDICTABLE REVENUE GROWTH, STEADY SERVICE DEMANDS, AND A WORKFORCE MODEL THAT DID NOT CHANGE MUCH FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          THAT ERA IS OVER. 
          DALLAS HAS ENTERED A PERIOD WHERE CHANGE IS THE NEW NORMAL AND WE CANNOT RUN AWAY FROM IT. 
          TODAY'S COSTS ARE RISING FASTER THAN REVENUE, AND THE PRESSURES ON OUR ORGANIZATION ARE GREATER THAN EVER. 
          PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAXES ARE TWO LARGEST. 
          REVENUE SOURCES ARE NOT INCREASING AT THE SAME PACE. 
          AFTER MONTHS OF HARD WORK AND THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS CITY COUNCIL, WITH OUR STAFF, AND WITH THE COMMUNITY, I AM PROUD TO PRESENT OUR PROPOSED $5.66 BILLION BALANCE BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES A MINIMAL PROPERTY TAX RATE DECREASE. 
          THIS BUDGET IS FOCUSED ON CORE SERVICES THAT OUR RESIDENTS RELY ON EVERY DAY, KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 
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SAFE, MAINTAINING STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPPORTING PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND RESPONDING QUICKLY WHEN OUR RESIDENTS NEED US THE MOST. 
          OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE TAKEN A VERY HARD LOOK AT HOW THEY DO BUSINESS. 
          STREAMLINING PROCESSES, IMPROVING EFFICIENCY, LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY, BUILDING NEW PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND MAXIMIZING REVENUES WHILE PROTECTING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE DALLAS RESIDENTS EXPECT AND DESERVE. 
          THIS BUDGET DOES REFLECT CRITICAL AND DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR WORKFORCE, INCLUDING REDUCTION OF POSITIONS AND CHANGES TO OUR INSURANCE PLANS TO AVOID FURTHER, DEEPER IMPACTS AND SUBSTANTIAL COST INCREASES. 
          THIS PROPOSED BUDGET IS MORE ABOUT THAN JUST BALANCING NUMBERS. 
          IT IS A PLAN DELIVERING SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S FUTURE FOCUS, AND IT'S ABOUT MAKING RESPONSIBLE, INTENTIONAL DECISIONS TODAY SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SAFEGUARD THE LONG-TERM HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR CITY. 
          OUR WORK DOES NOT STOP BEYOND THE BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS. 
          AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, JACK ARLAN, OUR DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, JEANETTE WHEATON, AND OUR INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, SUZANNE ZEMAN, TO PRESENT MY PROPOSED RECOMMENDED BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU MS. TOLBERT, AND GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AS MENTIONED, I AM JACK IRELAND, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY. 
          TODAY'S CONVERSATION IS INTENDED TO FULFILL THE CITY. 
          HEY, JACK, I'M GONNA STOP YOU RIGHT NOW. 
          NASH, IF YOU'LL PULL THAT MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO YOU. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          SORRY TO DO IT TO YOU. 
          HOW'S THAT? WE GOOD? IT'S A LITTLE BETTER. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, SO TODAY'S CONVERSATION IS INTENDED TO FULFILL THE CITY MANAGER'S DUTY TO PROVIDE YOU A RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO ON SLIDE TWO, YOU WILL SEE, UH, THE AREAS THAT WE WILL COVER AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. 
          I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE. 
          IT IS A LONG PRESENTATION. 
          UH, WE WILL TRY TO GO THROUGH IT, UH, IN A SUFFICIENT TIME THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN THINGS, BUT HOPEFULLY QUICKLY AS WELL. 
          WE WILL GO OVER THE BUDGET OVERVIEW. 
          WE WILL, UH, LOOK AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET BY FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURE. 
          UH, WE'LL DIVE DEEPER INTO GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND EXPENSES. 
          UH, WE'LL LOOK AT OUR GENERAL PURPOSE CAPITAL PROGRAM AND DEBT SERVICE, OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE, AND THEN, UH, END WITH A BUDGET TIMELINE BEFORE WE OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS. 
          SO ON SLIDE THREE, UH, JUST TO TAKE YOU BACK EARLIER IN THE PROCESS, IN MAY AND JUNE, WE SPOKE ABOUT A BUDGET SHORTFALL. 
          UH, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A $50 MILLION SHORTFALL IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          UH, TODAY I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I START OUT BY SAYING THE BUDGET IS BALANCED. 
          THE BUDGET IS BALANCED, UH, BOTH THE TOTAL BUDGET AS WELL AS THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, NOT ONLY BALANCED FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 27, BUT ALSO FOR THE SECOND YEAR OF THE BIENNIAL. 
          28, THE FISCAL YEAR 27 PROPOSED BUDGET IS $5.66 BILLION. 
          AND THE FISCAL YEAR 28 PLAN BUDGET IS $6.3 BILLION. 
          THIS IS ALL FUNDS, THIS IS ALL OPERATING FUNDS AND ALL CAPITAL FUNDS FOR THE GENERAL FUND SPECIFIC, WHICH IS THE PART OF THE BUDGET THAT WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT. 
          THE GENERAL FUND TOTALS $2 BILLION, WHICH IS AN $80 MILLION OR 4.1% INCREASE OVER THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET. 
          THAT $80 MILLION INCREASE CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO COMPONENTS, POLICE AND FIRE, WHICH INCREASED A NET OF $83.1 MILLION. 
          SO THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT INCREASING BY $83 MILLION, BUT THE TOTAL BUDGET ONLY WENT UP BY 80. 
          THEREFORE, THERE WERE NET DECREASES IN ALL OTHER GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET WITH NET DECREASE OF $2.9 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, THERE IS A MINIMAL, UM, REDUCTION TO THE TAX, UH, RATE, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.10 CENTS, UH, FROM 69.88 TO 69.78 CENTS PER $100 OF VALUATION. 
          UH, THAT IS BEING, UH, REDUCED FROM OUR DEBT SERVICE PORTION OF THE TAX RATE. 
          AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. 
          FIRST, WE'LL HAVE SLIDES THAT SHOW. 
          MOVING TO SLIDE FOUR, THERE'LL BE SLIDES SHOWING ALL FUNDS, AGAIN, ALL FUNDS BEING OUR OPERATING BUDGET AND OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          AND THEN WE WILL START DIVING 
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INTO, UH, DETAIL ON DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE BUDGET. 
          ON SLIDE FOUR, THIS GRAPHIC WE SHOW EVERY YEAR. 
          IT IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE BUDGET, UH, AND HOW WE SPLIT THE BUDGET INTO DIFFERENT FUNDS BASED UPON THEIR ELIGIBLE USES AND THE SOURCE OF FUNDS AND HOW, HOW THOSE FUNDS MAY BE SPENT. 
          THE OPERATING BUDGET IS THE PART OF OUR BUDGET THAT FUNDS OUR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
          IT'S $4.35 BILLION IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, WHICH IS THE PART OF THE BUDGET THAT IS THE INVESTMENT INTO THE FUTURE, INTO OUR LONG-TERM CAPITAL PROJECTS AS 1.3 BILLION. 
          UNDER EACH OF THOSE TWO, UH, LARGER HEADINGS, YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT MAKE UP THE OVERALL BUDGET. 
          UNDER THE OPERATING SIDE, THERE IS THE GENERAL FUND, AGAIN, $2 BILLION, WHICH IS MADE UP OF PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, FRANCHISE FEES, OTHER REVENUES THAT SUPPORT POLICE, FIRE PARKS, LIBRARIES, STREET MAINTENANCE, AND OTHER GENERAL PURPOSE, UH, OPERATIONS OF THE CITY. 
          OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE THOSE PARTS OF THE BUDGET THAT OPERATE AS BUSINESSES. 
          THEY'RE SEVEN SEPARATE BUSINESS UNITS OF SANITATION, AVIATION, CONVENTION CENTER, WATER UTILITIES, AND THOSE ENTERPRISE FUNDS OPERATING AS A BUSINESS CHARGE A FEE FOR OR FOR THEIR SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE. 
          AND THOSE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THOSE SERVICES. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, AVIATION FUNDS ARE CHARGED TO THE, UH, AIRLINES, TO THE PASSENGERS, AND THOSE FUNDS HAVE TO GO BACK INTO THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT. 
          SIMILAR WITH DALLAS WATER UTILITY. 
          UH, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS ON HOW THEIR REVENUES, THEIR CHARGES TO THEIR CUSTOMERS, UH, HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE USED. 
          THAT MAKES UP THE ENTERPRISE PART OF THE BUDGET. 
          THE GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SERVICE PART OF THE BUDGET IS AN OPERATING EXPENSE. 
          IT'S ABOUT $525 MILLION, AND THAT IS WHERE WE PAY THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THE DEBT THAT WE HAVE ISSUED. 
          SO YOUR BOND PROGRAMS WHERE WE'VE ISSUED DEBT, WE HAVE TO PAY THE DEBT BACK. 
          WE FUND THAT THROUGH THE GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SERVICE, $525.4 MILLION, PRIMARILY SUPPORTED BY PROPERTY TAX. 
          ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, UH, COME INTO THE CITY, UH, PRIMARILY THROUGH STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS, AND THOSE ARE USED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE GRANT AGREEMENTS. 
          ON THE CAPITAL SIDE OF THE BUDGET, WE BREAK IT DOWN BETWEEN GENERAL PURPOSE AND ENTERPRISE. 
          GENERAL PURPOSE WOULD BE PRIMARILY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF YOUR BOND PROGRAM, YOUR EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, UH, AND, AND OTHER GENERAL PURPOSE INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE. 
          WHEREAS THE ENTERPRISE CAPITAL WOULD BE AVIATION CONVENTION CENTER, WATER, UTILITIES, AND THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS THAT THEY DELIVER, UH, AS PART OF THEIR ENTERPRISE FUND. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT FUNDS, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT BUCKETS ADD UP TOGETHER TO BE THE 5.6, UH, $6 BILLION BUDGET. 
          GOING ON TO SLIDE FIVE, THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WE HAVE SEVERAL SLIDES THAT SHOW THE INFORMATION, UH, THAT I JUST PRESENTED, BUT IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT FORMAT. 
          SO ON SLIDE FIVE, YOU'LL SEE A PIE CHART, UH, SPLITTING THE, UH, OPERATING BUDGET VERSUS THE CAPITAL AND KIND OF BREAKS THAT DOWN. 
          THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE SHOWS THOSE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT ARE IN THE PIE CHART. 
          UH, THE MAIN THING I WANNA POINT OUT ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT 77% OF OUR $5.66 BILLION BUDGET, 77% IS FOR, UH, DAY-TO-DAY O AND M OPERATING COST OF THE BUDGET, WHERE 23% IS OUR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. 
          ON SLIDE SIX, UH, JUST MORE DETAIL, IF YOU LIKE TO LOOK AT IT IN A TABLE FORMAT WITH ALL THE NUMBERS. 
          UH, THIS PAGE MAY, UH, BE ONE THAT YOU, UH, PREFER. 
          UH, BUT SLIDE SIX SHOWS ALL FUNDS, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE BROKEN DOWN THE DIFFERENT ENTERPRISE FUNDS THAT I MENTIONED ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          SO NOT ONLY DO YOU SEE, UH, GENERAL FUND, BUT YOU SEE AVIATION CONVENTION CENTER AND THE DIFFERENT ENTERPRISE FUNDS. 
          UH, THE TOTAL BUDGET OF $5.66 BILLION IS AN INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT YEAR ADOPTED BUDGET OF 5.2. 
          THAT'S A $452 MILLION INCREASE. 
          MOST OF THAT, A BIG PART OF THAT INCREASES IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          THE OPERATING PART OF THE BUDGET WENT UP BY $102 MILLION OR 2.4%. 
          SO YEAR OVER YEAR, UH, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, UH, BUT WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN BETWEEN THE FUNDS, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE. 
          SLIDE SEVEN, JUST PART OF THE OVERVIEW, AGAIN, WANTING TO POINT OUT WHERE THE DIFFERENT REVENUES COME FROM TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET. 
          UH, GENERAL FUND REVENUES COME FROM PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX, FRANCHISE FEES, CHARGES FOR SERVICES AND OTHER SOURCES. 
          THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AS MENTIONED, UH, THEIR REVENUES COME FROM THEIR CUSTOMER, UH, CHARGES. 
          SO, UH, EXAMPLE, AGAIN, WATER OR SANITATION, WHERE WE CHARGE THE CUSTOMERS, GENERATE THE REVENUE TO 
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PAY FOR THE SERVICES OF THE ENTERPRISE FUND. 
          THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, AGAIN, THAT PAYS FOR OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST. 
          THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDS IS THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT IS ASSIGNED TO DEBT SERVICE. 
          ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, AGAIN, GRANTS TRUST AND OTHER RESTRICTED SOURCES AND GENERAL PURPOSE, UH, CAPITAL IS AGAIN SUPPORTED BY BOND PROCEEDS, UH, AND OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE BOTH MADE UP OF REVENUES FROM OPERATING TRANSFER OR FROM THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT. 
          SO, GOING ON TO, UH, SLIDE NINE JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, BUDGET BY FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURE. 
          THE BUDGET IS BUILT ON OUR CORE VALUES, OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND THE FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, UH, INCLUDING SAFE, VIBRANT, GROWING, LIVABLE, SUSTAINABLE, AND FISCALLY SOUND. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE 10 HELPS BECAUSE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES UP THOSE DIFFERENT PILLARS. 
          SO INCLUDED AN ORG CHART TO SHOW HOW DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ALIGN WITHIN THOSE PILLARS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE CHART, UH, SAFE, WHICH, UH, REPORTS TO OUR CHIEF OF PUBLIC SAFETY CHIEF ARTIST. 
          UH, WITHIN THAT PILLAR, UH, IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, EQUIPMENT, UH, AND FLEET MANAGEMENT, MUNICIPAL COURT AND DETENTION SERVICES, AS WELL AS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          SO AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU'LL SEE ON THIS CHART HOW DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY ROLL UP OR ALIGN TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE THAT ALIGN TO THE FOUNDATIONAL PILLARS. 
          ON SLIDE 11, UH, THE BUDGET BROKEN DOWN BY OUR FISCAL YEAR 27 TOTAL AND OUR FISCAL YEAR 28 TOTAL. 
          AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA SAY IT'S ALL FUNDS, ALL OPERATING FUNDS, ALL CAPITAL FUNDS, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE OUR BUDGET IS ALLOCATED ACROSS THE SIX DIFFERENT, UH, FOUNDATIONAL PILLARS, UH, THAT MAKE UP THE BUDGET. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE'RE INVESTING THE MONEY, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, BASED ON OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY, THE TOP TWO PRIORITIES WERE MAINTENANCE OF OUR STREETS AND POLICE SERVICES. 
          AND THOSE HAPPEN TO BE THE TWO AREAS THAT HAVE THE LARGEST INVESTMENT FROM OUR BUDGET. 
          SUSTAINABLE WOULD BE WHERE OUR STREET, UH, MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS ARE BOTH ON THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          AND THEN SAFE WOULD BE THE PART OF THE BUDGET WHERE POLICE IS LOCATED. 
          AND THOSE, AGAIN, ARE THE TWO PRIMARY AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY AND ROUTINELY SHOW UP AT THE TOP. 
          SLIDE 12, UH, A PIE CHART AGAIN, SHOWING, UH, SIMILAR INFORMATION, UH, FOR THE, UH, ALL FUNDS BUDGET BROKEN DOWN BY THE FOUNDATIONAL PILLARS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE BASED ON THE PIE CHART IS IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE INFORMATION, UH, SHOWS HOW THE BUDGET IS ALIGNED ACROSS THE SIX DIFFERENT PILLARS, UH, WITH SAFE AGAIN BEING 26.4% OF THE BUDGET, UH, SUSTAINABLE BEING 35.8% OF THE BUDGET. 
          SLIDE 13, UH, SAME INFORMATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 AND 28 IN A BAR CHART FORMAT. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, THE TWO TALLEST, UH, SECTIONS ARE SUSTAINABLE, WHICH IS WHERE YOUR STREET MAINTENANCE WOULD BE AND SAFE, WHERE POLICE WOULD BE. 
          SO AS WE MOVE ON, WE REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOME, UH, DIFFERENT KEY DRIVERS, UH, THAT ARE PART OF THE BUDGET. 
          AND, AND YOU'LL NOTICE ICONS IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENT, AS WELL AS IN THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, UH, HIGHLIGHTING OUR, OUR SIGNIFYING WHERE THERE'S INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY, INVESTMENTS IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS AND INVESTMENT, UH, TO ADDRESS EFFICIENCIES. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT. 
          SO AS WE MOVE INTO THE PART OF THE, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, THAT'S NEXT, I REALLY WANTED TO WALK THROUGH EACH OF THE PILLARS AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS, AND WE'LL START WITH SAFE. 
          THAT'S, UH, BEGINNING ON PAGE 15, UH, SAFE AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, POLICE, FIRE COURTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, WHERE WE HAVE A GOAL OF BECOMING THE SAFEST LARGE CITY BY REDUCING CRIME AND ELEVATING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO IF YOU LOOK ON SLIDE 16, YOU'LL SEE SOME DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING. 
          AND STARTING WITH POLICE SERVICES CONSISTENTLY RANKS AS A TOP PRIORITY IN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY. 
          RESIDENTS VALUE THE WORK OF OUR OFFICERS, UH, AND THEY EXPECT US TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN PUBLIC SAFETY TO SUPPORT THE MISSION. 
          UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN OUR STAFFING MODEL IN THE TWO YEAR BIENNIAL THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN, INCLUDING THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          AND NEXT YEAR, YOU'LL SEE AN INCREASE OF 750 POLICE OFFICERS, UH, HIRED OVER THAT TWO YEAR PERIOD. 
          AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL END FISCAL YEAR 28 AS PART OF THIS NEW BIENNIAL WITH 3,800 POLICE OFFICERS, UH, CONTINUING, UH, TO 
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BUILD UP THE STAFFING WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING OUR MARKET BASED PAY AND STEP INCREASES BY ENHANCING ENTRY LEVEL COMPENSATION AND MAINTAINING COMPETITIVE PAY. 
          WE ENSURE DALLAS REMAINS A REGIONAL LEAD LEADER AND CAN RECRUIT AND RETAIN THE TALENT NECESSARY, UH, TO DELIVER ON OUR, UH, GOAL OF BECOMING, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, SAFEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. 
          UH, IN THIS BUDGET, WE HAVE, UH, INCLUDED A 3.19% INCREASE, UH, BASED ON OUR MEET AND CONFER PHILOSOPHY. 
          IT IS A PHILOSOPHY WHERE WE, UH, DO A SURVEY OF PEER CITIES, AND WE USE THE AVERAGE FROM THOSE PEER CITY SURVEYS, UH, TO SET OUR SALARY GOING FORWARD, UH, OF 3.19%. 
          ALSO, IN THIS BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN DPD EFFICIENCY BY MODERNIZING, UH, LEGACY SYSTEMS, UH, DEPLOYING AI BODY CAMERAS AND USING DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          ALSO, WITH THIS, THIS BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE AN INVESTMENT THAT HELPS SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS WITH EARLY DETECTION WELLNESS STRATEGIES OF EXPANDED ACCESS ON ANNUAL PHYSICALS AND CANCER SCREENINGS. 
          AND IN THIS BUDGET, WE'RE ALSO BOLSTERING OUR OVERTIME ACCOUNTABILITY IN BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          THOSE ARE TWO LARGE EXPENDITURES, AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING TO IMPLEMENT ENHANCED TRANSPARENCY MEASURES AND CONDUCT STRUCTURED MONTHLY REVIEWS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE USING THE RESOURCES, UH, EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY. 
          SO, MOVING ON TO THE SECOND, UH, PILLAR, WHICH IS, UH, VIBRANT, UH, ON THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE 17, VIBRANT AGAIN INCLUDES LIBRARY ARTS AND CULTURE, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND PARK AND RECREATION. 
          SO WITHIN THIS PILLAR, UH, WE ARE REINVENTING LIBRARY SERVICES WITH THE LAUNCH OF OUR FLAG SHIP, UH, LOCATIONS AT FIVE SITES, AND A COMMITMENT TO ENSURE EVERY RESIDENT IS WITHIN A 15 MINUTE DRIVE OF A LIBRARY. 
          AND WE'RE DOING THIS WITHOUT CLOSING ANY OF OUR EXISTING LIBRARIES. 
          EVERY CURRENT BRANCH REMAINS PART OF THE SYSTEM. 
          WE'RE EXPANDING, UH, THE DALLAS' HOME THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT INCREASE HOUSING PRODUCTION, PRESERVES AFFORDABILITY, SUPPORTS HOME OWNERSHIP, AND STRENGTHENS OUR HOMELESSNESS ECOSYSTEM. 
          WE'RE CONTINUING TO MODERNIZE OUR GRANT APPROACH AND EXPAND OUTREACH TO ELEVATE DALLAS ARTS ECOSYSTEM AND SUPPORT THE CITY'S CREATIVE ECONOMY. 
          AND WE WILL BE LAUNCHING AN ARTS ENDOWMENT PILOT IN THIS NEW YEAR, AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON BUILDING A FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE PARK SYSTEM THAT DIVERSIFIES REVENUE SOURCES SO THAT THERE'S YES, LESS RELIANCE UPON THE GENERAL FUND FOR DELIVERY OF, UH, PARK SERVICES. 
          MOVING ON TO THE THIRD PILLAR, GROWING, UH, INCLUDED WITHIN THIS PILLAR, AGAIN, ARE AVIATION CONVENTION CENTER, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO WITHIN THIS PILLAR, UH, SHOWN ON SLIDE 20, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE ADVANCING THE LUD FIELD EXPANSION AIRPORT PROGRAM. 
          THIS YEAR, WE'RE MOVING FROM DESIGN INTO CONSTRUCTION WITH IMPROVEMENTS FOCUSED ON SAFETY, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. 
          WE'RE ALSO IMPLEMENTING DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, INCENTIVE POLICIES THAT SUPPORT MIXED USE PROJECTS, JOB CREATION AND RETENTION, SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT IN HISTORICALLY UNDER-RESOURCED NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS OUR TIF PROGRAMS, OUR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FUND. 
          WE'RE ALSO WITH DALLAS, NOW LAUNCHED IN THE CURRENT YEAR, UM, OR, OR LAST YEAR. 
          AND WITH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'RE CONTINUING TO PROVE, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE USE OF AI TOOLS TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE THE LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          SO PERMITTING AND ZONING REVIEWS ARE QUICKER, CLEARER, AND EASIER FOR RESIDENTS AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS. 
          AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADVANCE, UH, OUR ZONING REFORM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION, AND THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND, UH, MOVING TO THE NEXT, UH, PILLAR ON SLIDE 21, LIVABLE. 
          LIVABLE AGAIN INCLUDES CODE COMPLIANCE, FACILITIES, SANITATION, AND DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES. 
          THIS YEAR, WE'RE ENHANCING CODE COMPLIANCE BY EXPANDING THE RENTAL REGISTRATION COMPLIANCE SYSTEM. 
          THIS WILL ALLOW US TO GO FROM A MANUAL ANTIQUATED PROCESS TO A MORE AUTOMATED, UH, AND TECHNOLOGY BASED PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE MODERNIZING OUR SANITATION SERVICES THROUGH A TIERED RESIDENTIAL, UH, RATE STRUCTURE THAT'S TARGETING ALLY TO CURB TRANSITIONS. 
          WE WILL BE USING MORE AI ENABLED OPERATIONAL INSIGHTS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN STAFFING FLEET UTILIZATION AND ROUTE MANAGEMENT FOR SAFER AND MORE RELIABLE SERVICES. 
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WE'RE STRENGTHENING, STRENGTHENING OUR FACILITIES PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, UH, TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF OUR ONGOING DEFERRED MAINTENANCE BY INVESTING MORE IN PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. 
          MOVING ON TO SUSTAINABLE ON SLIDE 23, UH, SUSTAINABLE INCLUDES DALLAS WATER UTILITY, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, UH, IT, OUR BOND OFFICE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS. 
          STARTING ON SLIDE 24, UH, YOU'LL SEE AGAIN WITH THIS BEING THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IDENTIFIED OVER AND OVER THROUGH, UH, OUR RESIDENT SURVEY, WE WILL BE EXPANDING OUR LANE MILES, UH, THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR BY INCREASING FROM 759 LANE MILES IN THE CURRENT YEAR TO 800 LANE MILES. 
          IN FISCAL YEAR 27, WE WILL BE ADVANCING OUR ROADWAY SAFETY, UH, PROGRAMS AND STRENGTHENING, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK BY ENHANCING PAVEMENT MARKINGS, UH, UH, FOCUSING AND INCREASING OUR BRIDGE MAINTENANCE, UH, DELIVERING ON WARRANTED SIGNAL PROJECTS AND ADVANCING OUR VISION ZERO EFFORTS. 
          THERE ARE SEVERAL, UH, IT PROJECTS THAT WILL CONTINUE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEGUN THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MODERNIZE THOSE MISSION CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS SUCH AS OUR CAD SYSTEM, OUR RMS SYSTEM, UH, FIRE STATION, ALERT SYSTEM, MUNICIPAL COURTS, AND OTHERS. 
          THOSE HAVE BEGUN AND WILL CONTINUE IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENSURE RELIABLE, UH, WATER SERVICE AND LONG TERM, LONG TERM RESOURCES BY THROUGH OUR INVESTMENTS IN EXISTING AND ADVANCED INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE RELIABLE, UH, DRINKING WATER, UH, FOR THE LONG TERM. 
          ON SLIDE SIX, OUR FINAL PILLAR IS FISCALLY SOUND, FISCALLY SOUND, UH, BEING ONE THAT'S, UH, PRETTY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          IT'S THE PILLAR THAT I WORK MOST CLOSELY WITH, UH, THROUGH OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS THAT I, UH, WORK WITH. 
          BUDGET MANAGEMENT SERVICES, CITY CONTROLLER'S, OFFICE DATA ANALYTICS, CIVIL SERVICE, HR, PROCUREMENT, AND RISK MANAGEMENT. 
          SO, HIGHLIGHTS WITHIN THIS PILLAR ARE, AS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, REDUCING OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE, UH, BY 0.10 CENT, UH, FOR A MINIMAL, UH, REDUCTION. 
          AND THIS BEING THE 11TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, WE WILL BE, UH, CENTRALIZING OUR RECRUITMENT AND HIRING INTO OUR TALENT CENTRAL, UH, ONE STOP SHOP THAT WE, UH, STARTED DEVELOPING THIS YEAR. 
          AND THAT WILL INVOLVE, UH, UH, ELIMINATING POSITIONS FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND MOVING THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND ADDING POSITIONS IN CIVIL SERVICE SO THAT THERE IS ONE DESIGNATED DEPARTMENT FOR OUR INTAKE OF ALL, UH, APPLICANTS. 
          UH, WITH THE CITY, WE WILL BE ALIGNING OUR HEALTHCARE PLANS WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS, UH, WITH A FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING THE OVERALL SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS AND CONTROLLING THOSE COSTS. 
          AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET, THERE'S VARIOUS, UH, CITYWIDE EFFICIENCIES THAT HAVE TARGETED REDUCTIONS AND CONSOLIDATIONS AND STREAMLINED DIFFERENT SERVICES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THE ENTIRE BUDGET. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT, THE CONCLUSION OF THE SIX PILLARS, I'LL TURN IT TO JEANETTE WHEDON, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE NEXT SECTION. 
          GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU, MR. IRELAND. 
          I'LL START WITH THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AS MENTIONED, THE GENERAL FUND IS THE PORTION OF THE BUDGET THAT GETS THE MOST ATTENTION ON SLIDE, UH, 28. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN MAY AND JUNE, UH, WE SHARE PROJECTED DEFICITS IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          UM, AS MR. IRELAND MENTIONED, THOSE GAPS, UM, HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET IS NOW BALANCED. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO REITERATE THAT REVENUE CONTINUES TO GROW, UM, HOWEVER, IT IS AT A SLOWER PACE COMPARED TO OUR HISTORICAL TRENDS AND EXPENDITURES ARE RISING FASTER THAN OUR REVENUES. 
          SO OF COURSE, THAT CREATED PRESSURE ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          AND OF COURSE, IT WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE PRE, UH, PRESSURE ON FUTURE PLANNING. 
          SO THIS IS NOT SORT OF A ONE-TIME OCCURRENCE. 
          UM, THIS IS REALLY OUR NEW REALITY. 
          UM, THESE CHALLENGES ARE NOT UNIQUE TO DALLAS. 
          UM, CITIES ACROSS TEXAS ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR FISCAL CONSTRAINTS. 
          UM, YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THE HEADLINES. 
          SAN ANTONIO IS FACING $158 MILLION DEFICIT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND FORT WORTH HAS A SHORTFALL PROJECTED OF ABOUT 49 MILLION. 
          AND SO, UM, JUST TO REITERATE, UM, FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, AGAIN, UM, OUR REVENUES CONTINUE TO GROW, UH, AT A SLOWER PACE, AND OUR EXPENDITURES CONTINUE TO OUTPACE OUR REVENUE GROWTH. 
          ON SLIDE 29, UH, WE ARE SHARING, UM, OUR APPROACH TO HOW WE BALANCE THE BUDGET. 
          UH, WE, WE LOOKED AT, UM, CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. 
          UH, THE CORE FOCUS AREAS INCLUDED OUR STREET INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICE 
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SERVICES. 
          OF COURSE, THOSE REFLECT THE HIGHEST, UH, PRIORITIES FROM OUR RESIDENTS. 
          IN THE 2026 COMMUNITY SURVEY, AS MR. IRELAND MENTIONED, DEPARTMENTS IDENTIFIED EFFICIENCIES TO HELP CONTROL COSTS, UH, REALLY FOCUSED ON PERFORMANCE AND HOW TO SUSTAIN THEIR OPERATIONS THROUGH FISCAL YEARS. 
          UH, THE CITY DID ALSO LOOK AT PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND CAPACITY. 
          UH, WE EXPLORED, UH, NEW REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE BUILT ON THE FRAMEWORK, FRAMEWORK OF OUR PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING APPROACH. 
          ON SLIDE NUMBER, UH, 30, WE ARE REMINDING YOU OF OUR PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING, UH, JOURNEY. 
          UH, THIS BUDGET DEVELOPMENT CYCLE REPRESENTS THE SECOND PHASE OF PBB IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND SO FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS, UM, JUST A REMINDER, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND COMPILED AN INVENTORY OF OUR PROGRAMS, IDENTIFIED THE COST OF EACH PROGRAM, AND IDENTIFY PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR EACH OF THESE. 
          SO THESE STEPS ARE REALLY CONSIDERED THE FOUNDATIONAL WORK THAT'S NEEDED. 
          UM, TO CONTINUE OUR PBB UH, JOURNEY, UH, WE SHARED THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU IN THE APRIL 1ST BRIEFING. 
          UH, YOU'LL NOTICE PROGRAM DETAIL IN THE DEPARTMENTAL PAGES AND THE BUDGET DOCUMENT. 
          UM, AND THIS YEAR WE DEVELOPED AN EVALUATION CRITERIA OR A SCORING CRITERIA, UH, TO SCORE AND RANK OUR PROGRAMS. UH, WE CONVENED A CROSS DEPARTMENTAL TEAM, UH, THAT COMPLETED THAT SCORING, AND THEN THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM RANKED, UM, THOSE PROGRAMS BY FOUNDATIONAL PILLAR. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS INFORMATION WAS SHARED IN THE APRIL BRIEFING. 
          UM, AFTER WE RECEIVED, UH, THE RESULTS FROM THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, WE USED THE IMPORTANCE, UH, SATISFACTION RESULTS FROM THE SURVEY TO, UM, REALLY IDENTIFY, UH, THOSE KEY AREAS THAT SHOWED UP, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY. 
          SO IN THE APPENDIX OF THIS BRIEFING, WE HAVE ADDED, UM, THE PROGRAM RANKINGS BY TIER, UH, THE COMMUNITY SURVEY ALIGNMENT, AND THEN YOU'LL NOTICE CHANGES, UH, WITHIN PROGRAMS. SO THE WAY TO READ THE DOCUMENT IN THE APPENDIX, WE START WITH YOUR, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL ON APRIL 1ST, AND WE WALK YOU THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT OCCURRED AS PART OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          UM, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO. 
          UM, AND SO IN OUR NEXT PHASE OF, OF PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING, WE REALLY HOPE TO FOCUS ON, UM, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT AND TO FURTHER REFINE THE PROCESS. 
          ON SLIDE 31, YOU SEE A TABLE OF THIS YEAR'S RESULTS. 
          UM, WE ARE, UH, APPROACHING THIS FROM A SLOW AND STEADY AND DELIBERATE APPROACH FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          AS I MENTIONED LAST YEAR, WE STARTED PHASE ONE. 
          THIS YEAR WE STARTED PHASE TWO. 
          UM, WE REVIEWED THE IMPORTANCE SATISFACTION RESULTS WHEN DETERMINING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO YOU'LL NOTICE ON THIS CHART, WE'VE REVIEWED A TOTAL OF 377 PROGRAMS ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          WE'VE ELIMINATED SIX PROGRAMS, AND WE'VE REDUCED A TOTAL OF 111 PROGRAMS. AND SO, UM, AGAIN, THIS WORK WILL CONTINUE AS WE, UH, MATURE IN THE PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          ON SLIDE 32, WE IDENTIFY THE THREE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE USE TO BALANCE THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. 
          YOU'LL HEAR US TALK ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IMPLEMENTING EFFICIENCIES, UM, LOOKING AT WAYS TO REDUCE COSTS BY AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT WE PROTECT THOSE ESSENTIAL, UH, PROGRAMS. WE'VE MAXIMIZED OUR REVENUES, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR NEW REVENUES, BUT ALSO EVALUATING OUR PROJECTIONS. 
          WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW THEY'RE FORECASTING THEIR REVENUES. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, UM, OPTIMIZE STAFFING. 
          THAT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          IT INCLUDES ELIMINATING VACANT POSITIONS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. 
          UM, HISTORICALLY WE'VE HAD A PROCESS OF ELIMINATING POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR 12 MONTHS. 
          THAT PROCESS CONTINUED AGAIN THIS YEAR. 
          BUT THEN STAFFING ALSO INCLUDES, UH, DEPARTMENTS TAKING A LOOK AT HOW CAN THEY BE MORE EFFICIENT, UM, IN THE SERVICE, IN THEIR SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS. 
          ON SLIDE, UH, 33, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY PROJECTED A $50 MILLION SHORTFALL IN OUR JUNE BRIEFING. 
          AND SO, UH, REALLY WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE HAVE FULLY ELIMINATED, UH, THAT GAP. 
          UM, THE CLOSURE WAS ACHIEVED THROUGH A BALANCE MIX OF REVENUE MAXIMIZATION AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT. 
          AND SO ON THE REVENUE SIDE, JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN TERMS OF THAT, UH, 25.5 MILLION. 
          UM, WE LOOKED AT, UH, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN OUR FRANCHISE REVENUE THAT WAS ABOUT 6 MILLION, AND THAT 
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WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO, UH, AN INCREASE FROM ATMOS AT AND T AND OUR COMMERCIAL, UM, UH, HAULERS. 
          AND THEN UNDER PARK FEES, UH, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN PRIMARILY OUR RECREATION FEES. 
          THAT WAS ABOUT $2 MILLION. 
          UH, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN INTEREST EARNINGS, UM, YEAR OVER YEAR BASED ON CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS. 
          AND SO THAT REVENUE INCREASE TOTALS ABOUT 4 MILLION. 
          UM, ON THE COURT, UH, COLLECTION SIDE, WE WERE ABLE TO TRUE UP OUR COURT COLLECTIONS BY ABOUT 1.5 MILLION, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT 2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM, UH, THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT. 
          THIS IS A NEW UNIT THAT, UM, WILL BE LAUNCHED IN, UH, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, UNDER TRANSPORTATION, UH, AND, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, WE'VE HAD A, WE'LL REALIZE AN INCREASE IN OUR PARKING FEES. 
          UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, INCREASE, UH, FEES IN DALLAS FIRE RESCUE DUE TO THE FEE STUDY THAT WAS ABOUT 3.9 MILLION. 
          AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT SOME OLD FUNDS, AND THAT TOTALED ABOUT, UH, $7.6 MILLION. 
          SO, UM, ON THE REVENUE MAXIMIZATION SLIDE, AGAIN, OUR, UH, UH, CIRCLE AGAIN, IT WAS ABOUT 25.5 MILLION. 
          UM, MOVING OVER TO, UH, INVEST OR THE REIMBURSEMENTS, UH, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR REIMBURSEMENTS, UH, THAT INCLUDES BOTH ONE TIME ONGOING, ONE TIME, AND ONGOING REIMBURSEMENTS, SUCH AS CHANGES IN 9 1 1 FEES. 
          UH, WE ARE INCREASING OUR LANDLINE FEE FROM, UH, 62 CENTS PER MONTH TO A DOLLAR 30 PER MONTH. 
          UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS FEE HAS BEEN INCREASED, UM, SINCE 1992, AND THE CHANGE REFLECTS TODAY'S DOLLARS. 
          AND SO THAT INCREASE WILL GENERATE, UM, ONGOING REVENUE OF ABOUT 4.7 MILLION, AND THAT'S USED PRIMARILY TO SUPPORT POLICE AND FIRE. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS SLIDE YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE PREVIOUS, UH, $50 MILLION BUDGET GAP THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN JUNE. 
          AND THIS CHART KIND OF SUMMARIZES THOSE CHANGES, UM, THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, UM, OVER THE SUMMER. 
          SO INCREASE IN REVENUES, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR HEALTHCARE COSTS GOING UP, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT AS AN EXPENSE. 
          WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND ENHANCEMENTS, AND SO, UH, MR. IRELAND WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL WHEN WE GET TO EXPENSES. 
          AND THEN WE'VE MENTIONED THOSE DEPARTMENT EFFICIENCIES THAT TOTAL ABOUT 18.3 MILLION. 
          AGAIN, THAT, UH, IS A, A COMBINATION OF REDUCTIONS IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. 
          UM, AND THEN IN STAFFING OPTIMIZATION THAT REALLY REFLECTS, UM, POSITION DELETIONS AND, UH, THE NET OF CHANGES RELATED TO PERSONAL SERVICES. 
          SO AGAIN, UM, THE FISCAL YEAR, 27, 28, UH, BUDGET THAT'S PRESENTED BEFORE YOU IS BALANCED ON SLIDE 34. 
          UM, WE'RE SHARING KIND OF THE JOURNEY THAT WE'VE BEEN ON OVER THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS. 
          THESE, UH, TOTALS WERE SHARED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET PRESENTATION IN AUGUST OF 24, AND IN AUGUST OF 25. 
          UM, YOU WILL SEE THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 25, THERE WERE DEPARTMENT REALIGNMENTS AND OTHER OPERATIONAL EX, UM, UH, EFFICIENCIES THAT GENERATED 13.9 MILLION IN SAVINGS. 
          AND THEN THE CITY WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE DEEPER ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCIES, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 26 FOR A TOTAL OF 36.2 MILLION. 
          SO OVER THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS, FISCAL YEAR 25 AND 26, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE 49.3 MILLION IN SAVINGS. 
          MOVING ON TO, UH, GENERAL FUND REVENUES. 
          UM, I'LL START WITH SLIDE 36. 
          YOU'LL SEE THIS SLIDE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION JUST TO REMIND YOU ALL WHERE WE ARE, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, PRESENTING. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, AS MR. IRELAND MENTIONED, UH, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET TOTALS $2 BILLION. 
          THAT'S A 36.1%, UM, OR, AND IT REFLECTS 30, 36 0.1% OF THE TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          ON SLIDE 37, YOU CAN SEE A PIE CHART WHERE WE BREAK THE BUDGET DOWN INTO THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF REVENUE. 
          UM, PROPERTY TAX REMAIN THIS, UH, IT IS THE CITY'S LARGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE AT 1.17 BILLION. 
          THAT'S ABOUT 58% OF REVENUE. 
          AND THEN SALES TAX CONTRIBUTES 472.8 MILLION OR 23%, UM, OF TOTAL REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          ON SLIDE, UH, UH, 38, UM, WE SHARE KIND OF THE, UH, REV GENERAL FUND REVENUE OVER SEVERAL PERIODS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE FISCAL YEAR, 26 ACTUALS, THE 26, UH, ADOPTED AND AMENDED BUDGET. 
          OUR FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE, UH, PROPOSED AND THE PLAN BUDGET. 
          AND SO AS MR. IRELAND MENTIONED, UM, YEAR OVER YEAR, THE FISCAL YEAR 27 PROPOSED BUDGET IS 4.1%, 
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UM, GREATER THAN THE ADOPTED BUDGET FROM, UH, LAST FALL. 
          ON SLIDE 39, AND OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'M GONNA FOCUS ON, UM, OUR LARGEST REVENUE SOURCES. 
          AND SO, AS I MENTIONED, PROPERTY TAX IS THE LAR, UH, THE CITY'S SINGLE LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE. 
          UM, COMBINED, IT TOTALS, UH, 1.62 BILLION, AND THAT INCLUDES BOTH THE, UH, GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THE TAX AS WELL, AND THE DEBT SERVICE PORTION OF THE TAX. 
          UM, YOU ALL KNOW THAT PROPERTY TAX IS COMPOSED OF THREE FACTORS. 
          THE TAX BASE VALUE THAT'S CERTIFIED BY THE FOUR APPRAISAL DISTRICTS, EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE DEFINED BY STATE LAW AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, AND THE TAX RATE THAT'S SET BY CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND SO THESE FACTORS COLLECTIVELY DETERMINE HOW MUCH REVENUE THE CITY CAN GENERATE EACH YEAR. 
          ON SLIDE 40, UH, WE'RE SHARING THE YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGE IN CERTIFIED VALUES BY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. 
          THERE ARE FOUR APPRAISAL DISTRICTS IN DALLAS. 
          UH, THERE'S DALLAS, COLIN, DENTON, AND ROCKWALL, AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO CERTIFY VALUES BY JULY 25TH OF EACH YEAR. 
          UH, YOU SEE THE LARGEST, UH, INCREASE IN DALLAS, UH, COUNTY, UH, 5.3% IN CERTIFIED VALUES, AND THEN BOTH COLIN AND DENTON, UM, REALIZE A DECLINE, UM, PRIMARILY DUE TO PROTESTS. 
          BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LITTLE BULLET ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE, APPROXIMATELY 96% OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY VALUES WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY, WITH THE FOUR, WITH 4% LOCATED, UH, WITHIN THE RE REMAINING COUNTIES. 
          ON SLIDE NUMBER 41, UH, YOU SEE THE, UH, UH, METRICS, UH, ON THE CHANGE IN VALUE, UH, VALUES INCREASED, UH, 11.3 BILLION, UH, FOUR POINT UH, NINE, UH, THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 4.97%, UH, COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 26 CERTIFIED VALUES, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION MAKES UP 3.9 BILLION OF THE TOTAL GROWTH, ABOUT 1.7%. 
          UH, REAPPRAISED VALUE CONTRIBUTES 7.3 BILLION OR 3.24% OF THE TOTAL GROWTH. 
          UM, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE CITY'S TAX BASE IS BALANCED, UM, ACROSS PROPERTY. 
          TY, UH, TYPES 52.2% NON-RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND 47.8% OF RESIDENTIAL. 
          AND SO THIS SHOWS THAT, UM, THERE'S A HEALTHY MIX OF, UM, UH, OR DALLAS HAS A BROAD, UH, TAX BASE. 
          THERE'S AN EQUAL MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. 
          THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS PROTECTS THE CITIES, UH, DURING ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS. 
          UH, WHEN ONE SECTOR SLOWS, OVERALL VALUES REMAIN STRONG BECAUSE IT IS A DIVERSIFIED, UH, TAX BASE ACROSS THOSE THREE, UM, PROPERTY TYPES. 
          ON SLIDE 42, UH, WE SHOW HOW VALUES HAVE GROWN OVER TIME. 
          UH, THIS IS A BUSY CHART, BUT IT DOES SHOW, UM, ASSESSED VALUE IN THE SECOND COLUMN AND THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          UH, THAT THE FOURTH COLUMN OVER, UH, WE ARE SHOWING THE REAPPRAISED VALUE AND THE YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGE, UM, PER YEAR, AND THEN, UH, THE NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, ASSESSED VALUE HAS INCREASED FROM ABOUT 130 BILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 19 TO 230, UH, 7.7 BILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS REPRESENTS A STRONG AND EXPANDING TAX BASE. 
          UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION REMAINS STABLE OVER THAT SAME PERIOD. 
          UM, THIS INDICATES ONGOING DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, UM, WITHIN OUR OVERALL VALUES. 
          UM, IT, UH, IF YOU RECALL IN 2022, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT INCREASE, UM, ON THE CHART. 
          UM, THERE WAS A PEAK, UM, PERIOD IN THE PROPERTY VALUE MARKET WITH HOME PRICES AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES RISING ACROSS, UM, MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS. 
          AND SO THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN DEMAND, AND OF COURSE, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS UPDATED THEIR VALUES TO REPRESENT, UM, THAT PARTICULAR PERIOD IN TIME. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING IN FISCAL YEAR 23 AND 24. 
          UM, SINCE THAT TIME, UH, WE HAVE MOVED TO OUR HISTORICAL TREND OR OUR HISTORICAL 30 TO 40 YEAR AVERAGES. 
          ON SLIDE 43, UM, WE SHOW THAT LONG TERM HISTORICAL TREND. 
          UH, WHAT IT'S TELLING US IS THERE'S CONSISTENT AND SUSTAINED GROWTH IN DALLAS, UM, ACROSS MULTIPLE DECADES. 
          UM, OUR GROWTH RATE OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD IS ABOUT 8.9% OVER THE 10 YEAR PERIOD, 8%. 
          OUR 30 YEAR GROWTH IS 5.9, AND OUR 40 YEAR GROWTH IS 4.14%. 
          AND SO FISCAL YEAR 27, UH, CONTINUES THAT UPWARD GROWTH REINFORCING DALLAS HAS A STABLE AND EXPANDING TAX BASE. 
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MOVING ON TO EXEMPTIONS ON SLIDE 44, UH, THE CITY AUTHORIZES SEVERAL OPTIONAL EXEMPTIONS THAT DIRECTLY REDUCES THE TA, UH, REDUCES A RESIDENTS TAX BURDEN. 
          I'LL START WITH A 20 UH, PERCENT HOME, UH, SET EXEMPTION, UH, THAT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT ALLOWED BY LAW. 
          UM, BY OFFERING THIS EXEMPTION, THE CITY IS FOREGOING 146.5 MILLION IN REVENUE. 
          UM, WE ALSO OFFER 175,000 OVER, UH, 65 DISABLED EXEMPTION. 
          WE OFFER A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, CHILDCARE FACILITIES EXEMPTION. 
          AND SO THE TOTAL, UH, REVENUE FOREGONE FOR ALL OF THOSE EXEMPTIONS, UH, TOTALS 221 POINT OR 227.1 MILLION. 
          ON SLIDE 45, UM, WE'RE SHARING A, A BAR CHART OF TOTAL VALUE OF EXEMPTIONS, UM, THAT, UH, ARE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. 
          THAT TOTAL IS 75.1 BILLION, AND THIS REPRESENTS, UM, 524.1 MILLION IN REVENUE FOREGONE. 
          AND THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO 22.05 CENTS OF THE TAX RATE. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE THAT EXEMPTIONS HAVE GROWN STEADILY OVER TIME, RISING FROM ABOUT 22 BILLION IN FISCAL YEAR, UM, EIGHT TO ABOUT 75 BILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          ON SLIDE 46, YOU SEE THE TAX RATE IS SPLIT BETWEEN, UM, TWO COMPONENTS. 
          UH, THE GENERAL FUND PORTION, AS MR. IRELAND MENTIONED FUN, UH, SUPPORTS THE DAY-TO-DAY CITY OPERATIONS AND SERVICES, AND IT'S ABOUT 72.6 OR 72.7% OF THE TAX RATE. 
          UH, THE DEBT SERVICE PORTION OF THE TAX RATE, UM, IS ABOUT 27.3%. 
          UH, THIS BUDGET DOES INCLUDE A PROPOSED TAX RATE REDUCTION OF 0.10 CENTS MOVING, UM, AND THAT'S ON THE DEBT SERVICE PORTION OF THE TAX RATE. 
          AND THAT MOVES, UH, THE TAX RATE FROM 69.88 CENTS TO 69.78 CENTS PER $100 OF VALUATION. 
          ON SLIDE 47, UM, THE, WE'RE SHOWING THAT THIS BUDGET CONTINUES THE CITY'S LONG-TERM STRATEGY OF LOWERING THE TAX RATE. 
          UM, FISCAL YEAR 27 MARKS THE 11TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF A TAX RATE REDUCTION. 
          AND SINCE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 16, THE CITY HAS REDUCED THE TAX RATE BY A TOTAL OF 9.92%. 
          THAT EQUALS, UM, 12.4% DECREASE OVER THAT PERIOD. 
          AND BASED ON TODAY'S, UM, TAXABLE VALUE OF 237.7 BILLION, AND THAT CUMULATIVE CUMULATIVE TAX RATE REDUCTION OF 9.92%, THAT REPRESENTS 229.7 MILLION IN REVENUE FOREGONE. 
          AND SO MOVING ON TO SLIDE 48, UH, THIS CHART SHOWS YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGES IN THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX RATE DATING BACK TO, UH, 1984. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THE TAX RATE INCREASES ON THIS SLIDE, HOWEVER, YOU DO SEE THAT BEGINNING AND FISCAL YEAR, UH, 17, THE CITY, THE CITY SHIFTED TO A CONSISTENT PATTERN OF ANNUAL TAX RATE REDUCTIONS. 
          SLIDE 49. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY TAXES, UM, THAT ARE PAID BY RESIDENTS, UM, ARE NOT ONLY PAID TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT TO OTHER TAXING ENTITIES. 
          UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS ACCOUNTS FOR 31% OF TOTAL PROPERTY TAX BILL, UH, WITH SCHOOLS, UH, REPRESENTING THE, UH, LARGEST SHARE OF THE TAX BILL, UH, DALLAS COUNTY MAKES UP ABOUT 10%. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THOSE, THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES LISTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE. 
          UM, EACH ENTITY SETS ITS OWN TAX RATE, MEANING THAT THE TOTAL BILL VARIES DEPENDING ON WHERE YOUR PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN, UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND OF COURSE, THE CITY OF, UM, OF DALLAS SPANS FOUR COUNTIES AND 13 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          SO EACH INDIVIDUAL TAX BILL WILL DIFFER. 
          ON SLIDE 58, WE ARE SHOWING THE IMPACT OF, UH, PROPERTY TAX ON ATYPICAL OR AVERAGE HOMEOWNER. 
          AND SO THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE SHOWS A HOMEOWNER'S TAX BILL TWO WAYS. 
          UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A HOMEOWNER'S PROPERTY TAX BILL WILL VARY BASED ON THEIR VALUE AND THE EXEMPTIONS THAT THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. 
          AND SO, UM, COMPARING THE MEDIAN VALUE IN BOTH YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, A PROPERTY OWNER WILL REALIZE A REDUCTION OF $2 AND 99 CENTS. 
          WHEN YOU COMPARE THE FISCAL YEAR 26 MEDIAN VALUE TO THE FISCAL YEAR 27 MEDIAN VALUE. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UM, RESIDENTS WILL REALIZE A, UM, SAVINGS OF $61 AND 61 CENTS. 
          AND, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE THAT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT VALUE OR THE AVERAGE VALUE DID DECLINE, UM, IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, COMPARING 
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FISCAL YEAR 26 TO FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          ON SLIDE 51, UH, WE ARE SHARING THE TRUTH AND TAXATION, CALCULATED PROPERTY TAX RATES. 
          UM, AGAIN, OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE IS 69.78 CENTS. 
          THE TRUTH IN TAXATION, VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE IS 70.63 CENTS, AND THAT REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT THE CITY MAY ADOPT WITHOUT A VOTER APPROVAL ELECTION. 
          AND SO IF THE CITY WAS TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE UP TO THAT VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE, THAT WOULD GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL 19.7 MILLION FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, WHICH GENERATES THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AS THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S, UM, SAME REVENUE IN BOTH YEARS. 
          UH, THAT TAX RATE IS 66.20 CENTS, AND ADOPTING A NO NEW REV REVENUE TAX RATE WOULD DECREASE PROPERTY TAX, UM, REVENUE BY 82.7 MILLION FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UH, THE CITY DOES HAVE A-F-M-P-C REQUIREMENT THAT REQUIRES A NO NEW TAX RATE SCENARIO, AND WE WILL PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ALL, UM, THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY WITH THE FRIDAY MEMOS. 
          THE STATE REQUIREMENTS ARE LISTED HERE ON SLIDE 52. 
          UM, ON AUGUST 25TH, YOU WILL SET, UH, THE TAX RATE CEILING, WHICH WILL BE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. 
          YOU'LL TAKE A RECORD VOTE, YOU'LL SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          WE WILL POST A NOTICE, UM, IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON THE SAME DAY AS THE TAX RATE, UM, IS ADOPTED. 
          UM, MOVING ON TO SLIDE 53 WILL TRANSITION TO, UH, SALES TAX. 
          SO THE SALES TAX RATE IN DALLAS IS 8.25%. 
          UM, 6.25% GOES TO THE STATE, AND OF THE 2% OPTION AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, 1% GOES TO DART AND 1%, UM, GOES TO THE CITY. 
          UH, THE 2%, UH, LOCAL PORTION IS CAPPED BY STATE LAW. 
          AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO NOTE THAT 'CAUSE WE DO RECEIVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS REGARDING, UM, SALES TAX. 
          UM, THE SLIDE ON, UH, UH, SLIDE 54. 
          UH, THIS CHART SHOWS THE, UH, LONG-TERM UPWARD TREND OF SALES TAX REVENUE, UM, FROM 1984 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 28. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT SALES TAX HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY OVER TIME. 
          UH, THE GROWTH RATES, UH, DIFFER DEPENDING ON, UM, THE PERIODS OF GROWTH. 
          AND SO OUR FIVE YEAR GROWTH, UM, IS 3%. 
          OUR 10 YEAR GROWTH PERIOD OR GROWTH IS 5%, AND OUR 30 YEAR GROWTH IS 3.6%. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE THAT RECENT, UH, TRENDS INCREASES WERE DRIVEN PRIMARILY BY, UM, POST PANDEMIC, UH, CONSUMER SPENDING. 
          BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 THROUGH 27, OUR REVENUES ARE STABILIZING. 
          THE CHART ON SLIDE 55, UM, SHOWS THE YEAR OVER YEAR SALES TAX PERCENTAGE CHANGES. 
          AND SO THE GREEN BARS KIND OF HIGHLIGHT, UH, PERIODS OF CHANGE. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE THE RECESSIONARY PERIODS, UM, IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, UM, AND THEN THE GREAT RECESSION OF FISCAL YEAR, UH, 20 OR 2009, 2010. 
          YOU ALSO SEE, UM, REVENUES REBOUNDING AFTER THAT RECESSION. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, UM, THE SURGE IN, UH, SALES TAX GROWTH, PRIMARILY DUE TO FEDERAL, UH, STIMULUS, UH, FUNDING, AND THEN INCREASED CONSUMER SPENDING AFTER THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT FOR FISCAL YEARS 26 THROUGH 20 OR 31, OUR FUTURE PROJECTIONS REFLECT A CONSERVATIVE OR REFLECTS THE, THE ECONOMIST CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE, UM, IN A RANGE OF ABOUT TWO TO 3% GROWTH. 
          I THINK THE KEY MESSAGE HERE IS THAT, UM, SALES TAX IS HIGHLY, UH, SENSITIVE TO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. 
          ON SLIDE 56, WE ARE SHARING THE CITY'S REVIEW POLICY. 
          UM, OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. 
          NUMBER 12, DOES REQUIRE A FORMAL REVIEW OF SELECTED FEES EVERY FOUR YEARS. 
          UM, DEPARTMENTS MUST EVALUATE WHETHER FEES RECOVER THE FULL COST OF PROVIDING THE ASSOCIATED SERVICE OR, UM, UH, SOME, UH, AMOUNT LOWER THAN FULL COST RECOVERY, UH, WHEN IT'S FEASIBLE AND APPROPRIATE. 
          UM, THE CITY'S AIM IS TO SET FEES AT FULL COST RECOVERY. 
          UM, HOWEVER, THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE THE CITY MAY SUBSIDIZE CERTAIN SERVICES. 
          ON SLIDE 57, UH, WE SHARING WITH YOU THE 
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FEES THAT WERE REVIEWED HERE. 
          UM, DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, DALLAS FIRE RESCUE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE RESULTS OF THE FEE STUDY AND THE RECOMMENDED RECOVERY LEVELS ARE INCLUDED. 
          UM, IN THE APPENDIX, UH, THE RECOMMENDED, UH, REVENUE INCREASE FROM OUR FEE STUDY, UM, IS ABOUT 3.9 MILLION. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. IRELAND TO COVER, UH, GENERAL FUND EXPENSES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO AS WE MOVE TO SLIDE 59, UH, AS MS. WHEATON HAS TALKED ABOUT THE REVENUE THAT COMES INTO THE GENERAL FUND, THE REVENUE THAT'S USED TO SUPPORT THE EXPENSES, WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE EXPENSE DRIVERS THAT WE'VE DEALT WITH THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS. 
          SO AGAIN, ON SLIDE 59, UH, $2.04 BILLION BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND, $80 MILLION INCREASE. 
          UH, AS MENTIONED ON, UH, ONE OF THE EARLY SLIDES, POLICE AND FIRE INCREASED BY 83 MILLION REQUIRING A NET DECREASE IN OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENTS BY 2.9. 
          WE ALSO WANTED TO SHARE, UH, SOME HISTORICAL ON THAT THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS. 
          IT'S A GOOD THING. 
          AS MS. WHEDON MENTIONED THAT WE'VE HAD STRONG, UH, AND GROWING TAX BASE THAT HAS, UH, PROVIDED ADDITIONAL, UH, PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, UH, WITHOUT THE INCREASE IN OUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, UH, FROM THE INCREASED VALUES, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FUND, UH, THE, UH, POLICE AND FIRE YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASES THE LAST THREE YEARS, UH, THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, BUDGETARY INCREASES HAVE EXCEEDED OUR TOTAL, UH, INCREASES IN FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THE GENERAL FUND REQUIRING FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE NET DECREASES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IN ORDER TO BALANCE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DEMONSTRATED WITH A $12.8 MILLION REDUCTION IN OTHER GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS IN FISCAL YEAR 25, 3 $0.2 MILLION REDUCTION IN OTHER GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS IN 26. 
          AND FOR THIS NEW YEAR THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ANOTHER, UH, $2.9 MILLION, UH, NET DECREASE IN OTHER GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. 
          SO MOVING TO SLIDE, UH, 60, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY POLICE AND FIRE ARE OUR TWO LARGEST, UH, DEPARTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          UH, THE PERCENT OF THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND, UH, CONTINUES TO GROW IN FISCAL YEAR 24, UH, THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS COMBINED TOTAL 58%, 58.2% OF OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          AND IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET, THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS REPRESENT A 63.4 UH, PERCENT OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND, UH, SPENDING ON SLIDE 61. 
          AS WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND, A LOT OF NUMBERS ON SLIDE 61, UH, BUT IT BREAKS DOWN THE BUDGET, UH, BY CATEGORIES THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN OUR MONTHLY BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT, UH, FROM OUR PERSONNEL SERVICES EXPENSES, UH, EXPENSES FOR SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS CONTRACTS, CAPITAL OUTLAY AND REVERS REIMBURSEMENTS. 
          AND, AND THIS TAKES YOU FROM FISCAL YEAR 25, ACTUAL THROUGH THE 26TH YEAR TO 27 PROPOSED AND 28 PLANNED. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IN NON-UNIFORM PAY, THE TOP ROW NON-UNIFORM PAY HAS DROPPED FROM $298 MILLION TO RECOMMENDED TO BE $287 MILLION. 
          NON-UNIFORM OVER TIME HAS STAYED RELATIVELY FLAT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF REDUCTION OVER THE TWO YEAR PERIOD. 
          NON-UNIFORM PENSION, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE, THE PENSION, UH, FUNDING PLANS, UH, YOU WILL SEE THE NON-UNIFORM PENSION HAS GROWN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS FROM $43 MILLION TO $56 MILLION. 
          AND THEN WE MOVE INTO A FEW ROWS OF UNIFORM UNIFORM PAY, GROWING FROM 593 MILLION TO 677 MILLION UNIFORM OVERTIME. 
          WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH BOTH, UH, CHIEF CUOMO AND CHIEF BALL ON OVERTIME, AND YOU'LL SEE A REDUCTION IN OVERTIME, UH, PROPOSED FROM $87 MILLION ACTUALLY SPENT IN FISCAL YEAR 25 TO $71 MILLION PROPOSED FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          THEN YOU'LL SEE THE UNIFORM PENSION, HOW IT'S GROWN FROM $210 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 25 ACTUAL EXPENSES TO A RECOMMENDED $251 MILLION. 
          SO YOU SEE THOSE CHANGES IN THE PERSONNEL COST. 
          AGAIN, PERSONNEL COST REPRESENT ABOUT 73 TO 75% OF OUR GENERAL FUND SPENDING. 
          YOU'LL ALSO SEE OTHER COMPONENTS, OUR SUPPLIES, OUR CONTRACT SERVICES, AND IN THE CONTRACT SERVICES YOU'LL SEE GROWTH FROM FISCAL YEAR 25, UH, WHEN IT WAS 520 MILLION TO FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY $1 MILLION FOR THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. 
          AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, HOW CONTRACT COSTS ARE CONTINUING TO GO UP, UH, AND A LOT OF THAT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR LIVING WAGE POLICY AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAS. 
          AND, AND SO OUR 
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CONTRACT COSTS ARE GOING UP, UH, IN ADDITION, UH, TO OUR PERSONNEL COSTS. 
          GOING UP ON SLIDE 62 AND 63, UH, WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AN IMPACT ON OUR, UH, GENERAL FUND EXPENSES, AND THAT IS PROPOSITION U THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2024. 
          AND JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT THAT PROPOSITION, UH, REQUIRES, IT REQUIRES US TO LOOK AT, UH, AND PRIORITIZE 50% OF OUR UNRESTRICTED EXCESS REVENUE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATIONS. 
          AND SO WHAT OUR EXCESS REVENUES, WELL, IT'S THE YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH. 
          SO THE GROWTH BETWEEN YOUR FISCAL YEAR 26 AND YOUR FISCAL YEAR 27, HOW MUCH DID YOUR REVENUE GROW? BUT NOT JUST HOW MUCH DID YOUR REVENUE GROW, BUT HOW MUCH DID YOUR UNRESTRICTED REVENUE GROW? SO A LOT OF OUR REVENUE IN THE TOTAL BUDGET IS RESTRICTED. 
          DALLAS WATER UTILITY REVENUE IS RESTRICTED TO THE WATER. 
          UTILITY AVIATION REVENUES ARE RESTRICTED TO AVIATION. 
          UH, GRANT PROCEEDS ARE RESTRICTED TO THE USE THAT IS DESIGNATED IN THOSE GRANT AGREEMENTS. 
          OUR DEBT SERVICE, UH, PORTION OF THE TAX RATE IS RESTRICTED TO PAYING DEBT, BUT WE DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT UNRESTRICTED, UH, REVENUES PRIMARILY WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, THE, UH, PORTION OF OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND SALES TAX, FRANCHISE REVENUE, GENERAL FUND, INTEREST, EARNINGS, FINES, AND FORFEITURES TO NAME A FEW. 
          SO MOVING TO SLIDE 63, WE JUST WANTED TO LOOK AT THE MATH ON THAT. 
          AND SO OUR TOTAL BUDGET HAS GONE UP FROM FISCAL YEAR 25 TO FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          BUT WHAT DID OUR UNRESTRICTED REVENUE DO DURING THAT TIME PERIOD? SO OUR UNRESTRICTED REVENUE, UH, FOR THE NEW YEAR IS JUST UNDER $2 BILLION AT 1.96 BILLION, UH, COMPARED TO THE CURRENT YEAR, UNRESTRICTED REVENUE IN OUR TOTAL BUDGET OF $1.89 BILLION. 
          SO YEAR OVER YEAR, ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE, OUR UNRESTRICTED REVENUE IS GROWING AT $73.5 MILLION. 
          SO IF WE GO BACK TO PROPOSITION U AS DESCRIBED ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE, WE TAKE THE YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH IN OUR UNRESTRICTED REVENUE, AND WE TAKE 50% OF IT. 
          SO 50% OF $73.5 MILLION IS $36.8 MILLION OF 50% OF YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH IN UNRESTRICTED REVENUE. 
          THE PROPOSITION OUTLINES A, A PRIORITIZATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OBJECTIVES. 
          FIRST, IT, UH, DIRECTS THAT WE FUND DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT DIRECTED BY THE PENSION REVIEW BOARD AND OR THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. 
          YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR REQUIREMENT IN THE, UH, NEW YEAR FOR, UH, POLICE AND FIRE PENSION IS $246 MILLION, SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER THAN THE $36.8 MILLION THAT IS CALCULATED FROM THE 50% OF GROWTH IN UNRESTRICTED REVENUE. 
          UH, SO WE HAVE COMPLIANCE, WE HAVE SATISFIED THE REQUIREMENT OF THE PROPOSITION U THE PROPOSITION DOES GO ON TO SAY IF THERE IS ANY MONIES REMAINING AFTER, UH, FUNDING THE POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM IS DIRECTED BY THE PRB, THEN YOU TAKE THOSE MONIES AND YOU NUMBER TWO, UH, YOU FUND, UH, MAKE SOME CHANGES TO STARTING COMBINED SALARY AND NON PENSION BENEFITS FOR POLICE OFFICERS. 
          AND THIRD, IF THERE'S MONEY REMAINING AFTER THAT, THAT YOU INCREASE, UH, YOUR POLICE, UH, SWORN STRENGTH, UH, BOTH OF THOSE ARE INDICATED HERE IS NON-APPLICABLE BEGIN BECAUSE THERE ARE NO MONIES REMAINING AFTER FUNDING POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM. 
          NOW, THAT IS THE PROPOSITION THAT IS NOT THE PRIORITIES, AND MS. TOLBERT, UH, REALIZES I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL REALIZES WE'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICE SERVICE SPECIFICALLY IS A PRIORITY, THAT INCREASING PAY IS A PRIORITY, THAT HIRING MORE OFFICES IS A PRIORITY. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH PROPOSITION U IS COMPLETELY SATISFIED THROUGH THE PENSION CONTRIBUTION, IT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING TO ADDRESS THOSE OTHER OBJECTIVES, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO, MO, MOVING TO THE NEXT, UH, THREE SLIDES OR FOUR SLIDES, I WANTED TO GO THROUGH SOME OF OUR EXPENSE DRIVERS. 
          WHAT IS DRIVING THE COST IN THE GENERAL FUND? AND SO STARTING WITH, AS I'VE JUST MENTIONED, UH, POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM, UH, TO COMPLY WITH THE FUNDING SOUNDNESS RESTORATION PLAN THAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE PRB, OUR EXPENSE FOR, UH, THE PLAN WILL GO UP $20 MILLION FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, THEN POLICE AND FIRE PAY AGAIN, ALTHOUGH NOT REQUIRED BY PROPOSITION U, UH, WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS PAY. 
          UH, WE DID IMPLEMENT, UH, THE MARKET-BASED PAY ADJUSTMENT BASED UPON THE PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY THAT WE'VE USED SINCE 2019. 
          THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET, UH, RECOMMENDS AN INCREASE OF 3.19% 
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IN STARTING PAY. 
          UH, THAT IS BASED UPON DOING, UH, FOLLOWING THE METHODOLOGY THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE PREVIOUS MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENTS. 
          LOOKING AT 17 PEER CITIES AVERAGING, UH, THE STARTING PAYS TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR MARKET BASED PAY WOULD BE. 
          THAT WOULD, UH, ACTUALLY RESULT IN US STARTING AT STEP ZERO, WHICH, UH, IS $81,480, WHICH WOULD ONLY BE A 0.31% INCREASE OVER WHAT OUR STARTING PAY IS CURRENTLY. 
          SO WE LOOKED AT WANTING TO ENHANCE THAT AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT. 
          AND SO FOR A SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WE'RE NOT STARTING AT THE STEP ZERO AT THE MINIMUM, UH, BASED ON THE, THE, UH, SURVEY RESULTS THAT WE GET. 
          BUT INSTEAD, STARTING AT STEP ONE, WHICH AGAIN IS $83,822, WHICH IS A 3.19% INCREASE, WE DO LOOK AT, UH, THE PROPOSITION U COMPARATIVE CITIES THAT ARE OUTLINED, WHICH ARE ALL CITIES WITHIN A FIVE COUNTY REGION WITH A POPULATION GREATER THAN 50,000. 
          UH, WE'VE NOW ADDED FLOWER MOUND, MOUNDS, MANSFIELD, AND PROSPER TO THAT LIST. 
          SO THOSE CITIES HAVE GROWN IN POPULATION AND NOW ARE PART OF THE, THE SURVEY THAT WE DO. 
          AND SO, UH, BASED ON THAT INFORMATION, UH, DALLAS DOES, UH, FALL AT NUMBER 14, UH, AMONGST THOSE PEER CITIES. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, BASE PAY ONLY, HOWEVER, THE PROPOSITION, IF IT WERE APPLICABLE, UH, REQUIRES THAT YOU LOOK AT BASE PAY PLUS NON PENSION BENEFITS. 
          AND WHEN THOSE ARE ADDED TOGETHER, DALLAS RANKS SECOND REGIONALLY ONLY BEHIND ALLEN. 
          JUST ANOTHER POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT, UH, POLICE AND FIRE STARTING PAY. 
          UH, SINCE WE STARTED THE MEET AND CONFER, UH, METHODOLOGY IN 2019, UH, PAY WAS STARTING AT 54,263. 
          WE'VE HAD A 54.5% INCREASE SINCE THAT TIME IN WHAT THE STARTING PAY WOULD BE. 
          THIRD, ON THIS PAGE, WANTING TO POINT OUT, UH, AGAIN, UH, EXPENSE DRIVERS IN THE GENERAL FUND, ALTHOUGH, UH, NOT REQUIRED ACCORDING TO PROPOSITION U, UH, WE DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND INCREASE BECAUSE IT'S A PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL TO ADD OFFICERS TO THE POLICE FORCE. 
          UH, AGAIN, IN THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 26 AND FISCAL YEAR 27, WE WILL HIRE A TOTAL OF 750 OFFICERS, UH, CONTINUING THAT HIRING IN FISCAL YEAR 28. 
          UH, WE WOULD ACTUALLY END THE, THIS UPCOMING BIENNIAL WITH 3,800 POLICE OFFICERS. 
          AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HIRING, UH, WE ARE HIRING A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE CITIES THAT WE DID SURVEY AS PART OF, UH, THE PROP U ANALYSIS, UH, ALLEN, WHO DOES RANK NUMBER ONE, UH, FOR PAY PLUS NON PENSION BENEFITS, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS A TOTAL POLICE FORCE OF 155 POLICE OFFICERS. 
          IN FISCAL YEAR 26, THEY HIRED SIX OFFICERS, AND NEXT YEAR THEY PLAN TO HIRE TWO. 
          SO WE ARE HIRING MORE THAN, UH, THEIR ENTIRE FORCE IN ONE SINGLE YEAR. 
          SO, UH, WHILE THEY ARE PART OF THE COMPARATORS THAT WE DO LOOK AT, UM, EVERYONE CAN DRAW DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHAT, WHETHER THEY'RE COMPETITORS FOR RECRUITMENT. 
          UH, MOVING ON TO SLIDE 65, UH, UNIFORM OVERTIME, AS I MENTIONED ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO BRING THAT DOWN, UH, AND WE HAVE BROUGHT IT DOWN OVER OVERALL SINCE FISCAL YEAR 25. 
          BUT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN OVERTIME FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, UH, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE, UH, MINIMUM STAFFING REQUIREMENTS. 
          UH, AND WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE STAFF AVAILABLE, UH, TO FULFILL THOSE, UH, THE STAFFING NEEDS WITH EACH PIECE OF APPARATUS, UH, THAT THEY OP OPERATE, UH, DPD TECHNOLOGY, WE'RE MAKING SOME INVESTMENTS, ESPECIALLY, I WANNA POINT OUT THE, THE AXON CONTRACT. 
          THIS WAS REALLY A, A GREAT THING THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          IT PROVIDES A LOT OF ADDITIONAL, UH, TECHNOLOGY AND BENEFITS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE TASER TENS, THE BODY WORN CAMERAS, THE DIGITAL EVIDENCE, UH, MANAGEMENT SERVICES, SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THAT AXON CONTRACT. 
          UH, AND WE CONTINUING TO INVEST AND, AND TRY TO HELP OUR, UH, POLICE FORCE TO BE, UH, MORE EFFICIENT IN THEIR WORK. 
          UH, WE'VE MENTIONED THIS PREVIOUSLY ON ANOTHER SLIDE, BUT AGAIN, POINTING OUT IN DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, WE ARE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROMOTING THE WELLNESS OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS, UH, ADDING FUNDS FOR AN ANNUAL PHYSICAL, UH, TO EXPAND THAT FIT, UH, FOR DUTY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THEN CANCER SCREENINGS AND COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE BILL 1 98. 
          UH, WE'VE ADDED FUNDING FOR THAT. 
          UH, WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDIC PROGRAM WITHIN DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, AND WE'LL BE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF UNITS IN THAT PROGRAM, UH, FROM EIGHT TO 10 IN, UH, THIS NEW YEAR. 
          UH, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE RECRUITMENT 
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AND RETENTION INCENTIVES, UH, WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, THE RECRUITMENT INTENTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM HAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN IT. 
          AND THEN ALSO OUR FINAL, UH, PAYOUTS UNDER THE SICK LEAVE EXCHANGE PROGRAM, UH, WILL BE FUNDED IN FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          UH, TWO MORE PAGES OF EXPENSE DRIVERS, UH, NON-UNIFORM PENSION. 
          I MENTIONED IT ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          WE DO HAVE A FUNDING SOUNDNESS RESTORATION PLAN THAT'S BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE PRB, UH, BY, UH, OR FOR, UH, ERF AS WELL, UH, EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT FUND FOR OUR NON-UNIFORM EMPLOYEES. 
          AND THAT DOES REQUIRE SOME INCREASES, UH, IN THOSE CONTRIBUTION LEVELS, UH, EACH YEAR, UH, THE SAME AS THERE'S INCREASES IN, UH, THE POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM. 
          DIFFERENCE HERE IS IT DOESN'T ALL HIT THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SOME OF THAT EXPENSE IS SHARED BY THE ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS, UH, WHERE THERE ARE NON-UNIFORM EMPLOYEES, UH, FUNDED AS WELL. 
          OUR NON-UNIFORM MERIT, UM, WE HAVE THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAVE INCLUDED A 3% MERIT FOR OUR NON-UNIFORM EMPLOYEES, UH, GOING INTO THIS YEAR. 
          AS WE LOOKED AT OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, UH, BALANCE THE BUDGET IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THAT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE DID, UH, MAKE A DECISION TO LOWER THAT TO A 2% AVERAGE, AND WE DELAYED IT FROM AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST PAY PERIOD IN JANUARY TO THE FIRST PAY PERIOD IN APRIL. 
          AND BY DOING THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE SOME SAVINGS THAT THAT DID HELP IN THE BALANCING OF THE BUDGET. 
          BUT THERE IS A 2%, UH, INCREASE FOR NON-UNIFORM, UH, CIVILIAN POSITIONS. 
          AND THAT IS, UH, SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDING, UH, EXECUTIVE POSITIONS, UH, NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THAT 2% IN FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          UH, OUR TIFF PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE AN EXPENSE DRIVER IN TOTAL. 
          THE CITY, UH, NEXT YEAR WILL HAVE $139.9 MILLION THAT WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE TIFS. 
          UH, WE PAY PART OF THAT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, AND PART OF THAT OUT OF THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, THE GENERAL FUND PORTION IS GOING UP BY ABOUT $4.6 MILLION. 
          UH, WE HAVE SOME, UH, I MENTIONED EARLIER, CONTINUING OUR, UH, IT PROGRAMS AND SOME DIFFERENT ENHANCEMENTS. 
          UH, WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF $6 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN CONTRACT INCREASES, AGAIN, MENTIONED ON A PREVIOUS PAGE HOW OUR, UM, CONTRACT SERVICES ARE GOING UP. 
          UH, THE CUSTODIAL CONTRACT HAS GOT A $2.6 MILLION INCREASE. 
          OUR JAIL CONTRACT HAS A $1.5 MILLION INCREASE, AND OUR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM HAS A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE, JUST AS EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE INCREASES THAT WE'RE FACING THERE. 
          MOVING ON TO SLIDE, UH, 67, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, EXPENSE DRIVERS. 
          UH, I DID HIGHLIGHT SOME INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING THROUGH OUR PAVEMENT MARKING PROGRAM, THE BRIDGE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR PROGRAM, UH, AND OTHERS, UH, LISTED THERE INCREASES IN THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. 
          WE ALSO ARE EXPANDING OUR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, UH, PROGRAM FOR CITY FACILITIES. 
          AGAIN, TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, UH, AND DO A BETTER JOB AT THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR BUILDINGS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S ONLY A $1 MILLION INCREASE, AND WE'RE NOW UP TO $3 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 
          UH, ONE OF THE COST DRIVERS IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN EXPENSES RELATED TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. 
          AND SO WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN THIS BUDGET GOING FORWARD TO ADDRESS THOSE INCREASED COSTS. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, IN THE CURRENT YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN FACED WITH INCREASING COST RELATED TO OUR EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS. 
          AND SO GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR, WE HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON OUR EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT, UH, PLAN, UH, INCLUDING INCREASING THE CITY'S, UH, CONTRIBUTION TO THE PLAN. 
          BUT ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY ALREADY NOTICED IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER TO PLANS THE PCP AND THE HSA PLANS, BUT WE WILL BE ELIMINATING THE COPAY PLAN. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, UH, GONE AHEAD AND MADE THAT ELIMINATION. 
          UH, AS WE LOOKED AT RIGHT SIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, THE CONTRIBUTIONS WERE GOING TO INCREASE AT SUCH A HIGH PERCENT FOR THE COPAY PLAN THAT WE FELT THAT IT WAS JUST, UH, INAPPROPRIATE TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF PREMIUM INCREASES FOR EMPLOYEES. 
          AND SO JUST MADE THE DECISION TO ELIMINATE THAT PLAN. 
          EMPLOY EMPLOYEES THAT MIGRATE FROM THE COPAY PLAN TO ONE OF THE OTHER TWO PLANS WILL ACTUALLY SEE A REDUCTION IN THEIR, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, THEIR PREMIUMS. IF YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN ONE OF THE OTHER TWO PLANS, EITHER THE PCP OR THE HSA, YOU WILL SEE INCREASES. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE GOING FROM THE, THE MORE EXPENSIVE COPAY PLAN TO ONE OF THE OTHER TWO, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE A REDUCTION. 
          UH, WE ARE PLANNING NEXT WEEK ON THE 19TH TO HAVE A FULL BRIEFING ON EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS. 
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WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, AND WE WANTED TO, UH, BRING FULL INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, NOT JUST, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR, BUT KIND OF SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT FUTURE YEARS. 
          UH, IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE, THE PATH WE'VE BEEN ON, AND WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A DIFFERENT PATH FORWARD. 
          AND WE WANT, UH, TO, TO GET WITH YOU NEXT WEEK WITH A FULL BRIEFING ON THAT. 
          UH, ON SLIDE 68 AND 69, UH, JUST LOOKING AGAIN AT THE, UM, TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET, UH, LAID OUT BY, UH, UH, PILLAR, YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGES. 
          AND THEN MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, JUST OVERLAY THE EXPENSE SLIDE ON SLIDE 69 WITH THE REVENUE SLIDE. 
          UH, AND YOU'LL SEE HOW OUR PROPERTY TAX THAT COMES TO THE GENERAL FUND, NOT THE PART OF THE PROPERTY TAX THAT GOES TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, BUT THE PART THAT COMES TO THE GENERAL FUND, UH, IS FULLY, DOES NOT FULLY COVER THE COST OF WHAT OUR SAFE PORTFOLIO, OUR SAFE PILLAR INCLUDES. 
          IT ACTUALLY REQUIRES ADDITIONAL, UH, REVENUE FROM THE, UH, SALES TAX TO ACTUALLY EQUAL WHAT WE'RE SPENDING IN THE SAFE PILLAR. 
          AND AGAIN, I'M EXCLUDING THE, UH, PROPERTY TAX THAT GOES THROUGH THE DEBT SERVICE. 
          THIS IS A GENERAL FUND SLIDE. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK TO MS. WHEDON TO GO THROUGH, UH, CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. IRELAND. 
          SO ON SLIDE, UH, 71, YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL CAPITAL BUDGET IS LISTED HERE. 
          UM, IT TOTALS 1.3 BILLION. 
          THIS MAKES UP 23% OF THE TOTAL, UH, BUDGET PRESENTED FOR YOU TODAY. 
          AND THEN THE DEBT SERVICE BUDGET TOTALS, UM, 525.4 MILLION, AND THAT MAKES UP ABOUT, UH, 9.3% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET. 
          ON SLIDE 72, UH, THE GENERAL PURPOSE CAPITAL BUDGET TOTALS 523.3 MILLION. 
          THAT FUNDS PRIMARILY OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE FUNDED PRIMARILY BY, UH, GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT. 
          THERE IS SOME PAY AS YOU GO, UH, FUNDING IN THAT, UH, AMOUNT AS WELL. 
          UH, THIS YEAR'S CAPITAL PLAN WILL CONTINUE THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, WHICH VOTERS APPROVED IN MAY OF 2023. 
          AND SO, UM, WE HAVE DISCUSSED, UH, PRESENTING A FUTURE BOND PROGRAM TO THE VOTERS. 
          UM, IF THAT HAPPENS, THE CAPITAL BUDGET MAY BE ADJUSTED, UH, LATER DEPENDING ON, UH, VOTER APPROVAL OF THOSE PROPOSITIONS. 
          ON SLIDE 73, WE ARE SHOWING THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM STATUS. 
          UM, AGAIN, UH, VOTER IS APPROVED 1.25 BILLION ACROSS ALL PROPOSITIONS. 
          AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE A PLANNED UPCOMING, UH, UH, ISSUANCE, UM, IN NOVEMBER, UH, OF 250 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. 
          BUT AGAIN, UH, DEPENDING ON VOTER APPROVAL OF ANY UPCOMING PROPOSITIONS, UH, WE WILL, UH, REVISIT THE CAPITAL PROGRAM PRIORITIES. 
          DEBT SERVICE STARTS ON SLIDE 74. 
          UH, THE CITY USES PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO PAY ITS DEBT SERVICE ON GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT. 
          UM, CURRENTLY, UM, THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING PRINCIPLE IS 1.98 BILLION, AND AS, AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026 FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, UH, THE DEBT SERVICE BUDGET TOTALS 525.4 MILLION. 
          COVERING, UH, KEY COMPONENTS OF OUR PLAN ISSUANCE. 
          WE'VE GOT, UM, 451 MILLION OF OUTSTANDING PRINCIPLE AND INTEREST ON, UH, GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT. 
          WE HAVE, UM, NEW, UH, BONDS PLANNED, UM, AND FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, IT INCLUDES BOTH, UH, GEO BONDS, UH, MASTER LEASE EQUIPMENT NOTES, UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO SHOWING OUR, OUR TIFF PAYMENT AND THAT TOTAL OF 525.4 MILLION. 
          ON SLIDE 75, WE HIGHLIGHT HOW THE CITY USES, UH, EQUIPMENT NOTES, MASTER LEASE AND CASH FUNDING TO SUPPORT CRITICAL FLEET AND EQUIPMENT ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND FISCAL YEAR 27, A TOTAL OF 742 VEHICLES ARE PLANNED FOR REPLACEMENT OR ACQUISITION THROUGH THESE FUNDING MECHANISMS. AND AGAIN, THIS ALLOWS US TO SUPPORT, UM, OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES. 
          MOVING ON TO, UH, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, UH, STARTING ON SLIDE 77, UH, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, UH, MAKE UP 27.8% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET. 
          I'LL START WITH, UM, AVIATION ON SLIDE 78. 
          UH, THE TOTAL PLAN BUDGET, UM, INCLUDES 209.7 MILLION FOR OPERATIONS AND 223.5 MILLION FOR CAPITAL. 
          SO THIS SUPPORTS AIRPORT SERVICES FACILITIES AND THEIR UPCOMING LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. 
          UM, IN AVIATION, UM, PASSENGER ACTIVITY REMAINS PRETTY STRONG, AND EMPLOYS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE FROM 81.5 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 26 TO 8.7 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 27, REALLY REFLECTING THAT CONTINUED GROWTH AT, UH, DALLAS LOVE FIELD. 
          ON SLIDE 27, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR CONVENTION AND EVENT 
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SERVICES TOTALS 129.7 MILLION FOR OPERATIONS, 55.3 UH, MILLION FOR CAPITAL. 
          THIS SUPPORTS BOTH THE DAY-TO-DAY VENUE MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS LONG-TERM, UH, FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UH, THE BUDGET CONTINUES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE, UH, CONVENTION CENTER MASTER PLAN, UH, ENSURING ONGOING MODERNIZATION AND EXPANSION OF THAT CONVENTION CENTER CAMPUS. 
          AND THEN THEIR BUDGET ALSO, UH, SUPPORTS CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERAL OF THEIR MAJOR VENUES AND PARTNERSHIPS. 
          ON SLIDE 80, UM, WE'RE SHOWING THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, ENTERPRISE FUND. 
          THEIR TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET IS 62.3 MILLION, AND THAT SUPPORTS PERMITTING, UH, DEVELOPMENT REVENUE, OR, SORRY, PERMITTING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, LONG RANGE PLANNING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UH, THEIR FISCAL YEAR, UH, 27 INVESTMENTS WILL FOCUS ON CAPACITY AND MODERNIZATION. 
          UH, YOU WILL NOTE A, UH, 19% INCREASE IN PROJECTED REVENUES COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 26, AND THAT'S REALLY A REPRESENTATION OF THEIR STRONG DEVELOPMENT, UM, ACTIVITY. 
          ON SLIDE 81, UM, DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, UM, INCLUDES A 900.3 MILLION OPERATING BUDGET AND A 427.3 MILLION CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          THIS SUPPORTS THE, UH, DAILY SYSTEM OPERATIONS AND SOME OF THEIR LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES. 
          ON SLIDE 82, WE PROVIDE A REMINDER OF THE HISTORY OF DALLAS WATER UTILITIES. 
          IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1881 BY CITY CHARTER MAKING DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, ONE OF THE OLDEST, UH, MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS. 
          UM, THEY'RE, UH, THEY SERVE AS A REGIONAL PROVIDER OF WATER WASTEWATER AND STORM WATER ACTIVITIES. 
          THE MAP REPRESENTS, UM, THEIR CUSTOMER ACTIVITIES. 
          AND SO, UM, TOTAL ACTIVITIES FOR DALLAS WATER UTILITIES NOT, NOT ONLY INCLUDES, UH, PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO A REGIONAL PROVIDER. 
          ON SLIDE, UH, 83, UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 WILL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE, UH, SYSTEM OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND THEIR SUPPORT OF THEIR LONG-TERM CAPITAL NEEDS. 
          UM, THEY ALSO INCLUDE INVESTMENTS FOR, UH, FLEET REPLACEMENT. 
          ON THE CHART ON SLIDE 84, UH, WE ARE COMPARING, UH, THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WATER AND WASTEWATER BILL ACROSS REGIONAL CUSTOMER CITIES USING, UM, UH, THE ASSUMPTIONS OF A FIVE EIGHT, UH, INCH METER. 
          UH, DALLAS HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST RESIDENTIAL WATER AND WASTEWATER BILLS, UH, MAKING IT THE MOST AFFORDABLE AMONG ALL CITIES. 
          LISTED ON SLIDE 85, UH, STORM DRAINAGE MANAGEMENT, UH, THEIR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 IS 97.4 MILLION. 
          UH, THEY HAVE A CAPITAL BUDGET OF 78.2 MILLION, UH, TO SUPPORT, UH, THEIR, UH, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS OPERATION AND LONG-TERM FLOOD MITIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THERE IS A PROPOSED FEE INCREASE OF 7.5%, UM, AND THAT, UH, INCREASES THE, UH, TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL MONTHLY CHARGE FROM, UH, $10 AND 72 CENTS TO $11 AND 52 CENTS PER MONTH. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS, UH, INCREASE WILL SUPPORT SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, UH, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, AND SOME OF THEIR, UH, LONG-TERM CAPITAL INVESTMENT NEEDS. 
          UH, AND THEN AGAIN, WE'RE SHOWING THAT RATE INCREASE, UM, OVER TIME, UH, FROM FISCAL YEAR 27 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR, UH, 31 ON SLIDE NUMBER 86, SLIDE 87, UH, THE CAPITAL PROGRAM FOR DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AND STORM DRAINAGE MANAGEMENT SHOWS STEADY GROWTH OVER A FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK, UM, INCREASING FROM 494 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 27 TO 673 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 31. 
          SO OVERALL SLIDE, UH, 87 HIGHLIGHTS THAT CONSISTENT, UH, PLAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S CRITICAL, UM, TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, AND FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN THAT HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE. 
          ON SLIDE 20 OR SLIDE 88 SANITATION SERVICES, UH, THEIR TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET IS 171.5 MILLION, A CAPITAL BUDGET OF 22 MILLION. 
          UM, THEIR CURRENT RESIDENTIAL RATES ARE $40 AND 9 CENTS PER MONTH, AND THOSE RATES WILL STAY IN PLACE UNTIL JANUARY OF 2027. 
          UH, BEGINNING, UH, FEBRUARY ONE, UH, SANITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A TIERED, UH, RATE STRUCTURE. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY'LL OFFER CURBSIDE RATES OF $37 AND 76 CENTS AND ALLEY SERVICE AT $45 AND 22 CENTS. 
          AND SO THIS SHIFT BETTER ALIGNS THE RATES WITH THE TRUE COST OF SERVICE. 
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ALSO NOTED. 
          UM, ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE A GATE IN, UH, GATE RATE INCREASE FOR THE, UH, MACOMB BLUFF LANDFILL OF 5%, INCREASING THAT RATE FROM 43 60, UM, TO $45 AND 78 UH, CENTS PER TON FUNDING FOR, UH, UH, THIS, UH, THE RATE INCREASES WILL SUPPORT, UH, PERSONNEL RELATED INCREASES SUCH AS COMPENSATION, PENSION, HEALTH BENEFITS. 
          UH, THERE'S ALSO FUNDING, UM, AND TO SUPPORT BULKY, UH, TRASH CONTRACTS, UH, EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED ON SLIDE 89, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, TIERED RATE STRUCTURE THAT TAKES EFFECT ON FEBRUARY 1ST. 
          AND SO THOSE, UH, CUSTOMERS, UH, CURBSIDE CUSTOMERS WILL REALIZE A DECREASE IN THE RATES OF ABOUT 5.8% OR $2 AND 33 CENTS. 
          AND THEN ALLY SERVICE RATES WILL INCREASE TO $45 AND 22 CENTS, OR AN INCREASE OF 12.8% ON SLIDE 90. 
          UH, WE SHARE THE RATE HISTORY OF SANITATION SERVICES, UM, ON THE LEFT SIDE. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT RESIDENTIAL RATES HAVE INCREASED FROM ABOUT $21 AND 31 CENTS TO, UM, UH, $40 AND 9 CENTS, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 26. 
          AND YOU DO SEE A DECLINE FOR CURBSIDE CUSTOMERS STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          UH, THE CHART ON THE RIGHT, UM, COMPARES, UH, SANITATION SERVICES TO, UH, OTHER MAJOR, UH, TEXAS CITIES. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPOSED RATE, UH, STILL REMAINS COMPETITIVE AND IS STILL BELOW, UM, THE HIGHEST CITY, WHICH IS AUSTIN AT $64 AND 10 CENTS. 
          SLIDE NUMBER 91, YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTED MONTHLY BILL FOR AN AVERAGE TYPICAL UTILITY CUSTOMER. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE AGAIN THAT, UM, THE TOTAL UTILITY BILL IS PROJECTED TO REMAIN STABLE, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 27, UH, PROPOSED, UH, OVERALL BILL OF A DOLLAR THIRTY ONE, A HUNDRED THIRTY $1 AND 29 CENTS. 
          AND THEN OUR LAST ENTERPRISE FUND IS SHOWN HERE ON SLIDE 92, UH, WRR MUNICIPAL RADIO. 
          THEIR TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET IS 477,000. 
          UM, AND IT REALLY SUPPORTS THE REMAINING RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATION. 
          UM, JUST A REMINDER, UH, DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS WERE TRANSITIONED TO KERA IN JANUARY OF 23 UNDER A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT. 
          AND SO MOST OF THE OPERATING DUTIES, UH, UH, UH, THE OPERATING FUNDS SUPPORT, UH, THAT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT. 
          MOVING ON TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON SLIDE 93, UM, AS YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS A LARGE PART, UM, OF OUR PROCESS. 
          ON SLIDE 94, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CITY USES MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENT TOUCH, TOUCH POINTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO ENSURE RESIDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          UM, WE HOST, UH, COUNCIL HOSTED TOWN HALL MEETINGS, UH, THEIR PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          UM, WE PROVIDE SURVEY OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND, UM, SO OUR BUDGET PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE HELD ON APRIL 8TH AND MAY 27TH. 
          THERE IS AN UPCOMING, UM, PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 25TH, AND THAT GIVES OUR RESIDENTS A DIRECT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE COUNCIL. 
          UM, WE HOSTED OUR SPRING LISTENING SESSIONS, UM, THIS PAST MARCH. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WE LAUNCHED, UM, TWO, UH, SURVEYS THIS YEAR, THE 2026 COMMUNITY SURVEY, UM, AS WELL AS A 2026 BUDGET PRIORITY SURVEY. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UM, OUR AUGUST TA HALL MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE, UH, AUGUST 11TH THROUGH THE 25TH, AND THIS IS THE FINAL CHANCE FOR RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK BEFORE COUNCIL DELIBERATES AND ADOPTS THE BUDGET. 
          SO OVERALL, UM, THIS ENGAGEMENT STRUCTURE ENSURES THAT THE COMMUNITY, UM, INPUT IS COLLECTED AT A AVAIL AT MULTIPLE POINTS THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          ON SLIDE 95, WE'RE JUST REMINDING YOU THAT THE CITY CONDUCTED AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY SURVEY. 
          UM, IT'S ADMINISTERED BY ETC INSTITUTE. 
          IT WAS LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN THE RESULTS WERE DELIVERED TO, UM, YOU ALL IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR. 
          ON SLIDE 96, WE ARE SHARING THE IMPORTANCE AND SATISFACTION MATRIX FROM THE COMMUNITY SURVEY. 
          UH, THIS MATRIX DISPLAYS HOW RESIDENTS RATED, UH, IMPORTANCE AND SATISFACTION FOR MAJOR CITY SERVICES. 
          AND SO REALLY IT'S HELPING, UM, US TO, UH, DESIGN OR, UH, DETERMINE WHERE TO FOCUS OUR RESOURCES. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS THE MA THE MATRIX THAT WE USE TO EVALUATE OUR PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING PROGRAMS. ON SLIDE 97, WE SHOW 
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HOW EACH OF THE 47 COUNCIL, OR NOT 47 , THAT'S A LOT OF COUNCIL DISTRICTS, HOW EACH OF THE 14 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, UH, RANKED THEIR TOP THREE SERVICE PRIORITIES, UM, FOR IN THE 2026 COMMUNITY SURVEY. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT RESIDENTS SHARED AS THEIR PRIORITIES, UM, TO US. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ACROSS ALMOST ALL DISTRICTS. 
          UM, MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE APPEARS AS THE TOP PRIORITY. 
          IT'S EITHER RANKED, UM, NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER TWO, UM, HIGHLIGHTING A STRONG CITYWIDE EXPECTATION, UH, FOR IMPROVED MAINTENANCE. 
          AND THEN POLICE SERVICES IS CONSISTENTLY RANKED AS A TOP PRIORITY AS WELL. 
          APPEARING IN NUMBER ONE, TWO, POSITION IN NUMBER ONE, TWO POSITION IN MANY DISTRICTS. 
          AND SO, OF COURSE, UNDERSCORING, UH, RESIDENTS, UM, FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          SLIDE 98 KIND OF BRINGS TOGETHER ALL OF THE MAJOR, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT, UH, CHANNELS THAT ARE USED THROUGH DURING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE ACROSS, UM, ALL OF THOSE TOUCH POINTS. 
          UM, THE TOP, UH, PRIORITIES, UM, AS REPRESENTED OR PRESENTED BY OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO AGAIN, UM, OUR SPRING LISTING SESSIONS, UH, HIGHLIGHTS WERE POLICE SERVICES, UM, MAINTAINING STREET INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, THE THIRD ITEM WAS HOUSING FOR THE 2026 COMMUNITY SURVEY. 
          UM, THERE WAS MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICE SERVICES AS OUR TOP TWO PRIORITIES. 
          AND THEN OUR BUDGET PRIORITY PULSE SURVEY, UM, HOUSING AND FIRE AND ANIMAL SERVICES ACTUALLY ROUNDED OUT, UH, THE TOP PRIORITIES IN THAT SURVEY. 
          SO TAKEN TOGETHER, UM, THESE ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS SHOW A CONSISTENT MESSAGE, UM, RESIDENTS ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS REALLY WANT, UH, AN INVESTMENT IN, UM, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, STREET INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AS THE TOP ONE AND TWO ITEMS. AND THEN OF COURSE, HOUSING, UM, ROUNDED OUT, UH, THE, THE, THE THIRD SPOT ON SLIDE 99, UH, BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED AUGUST 11TH THROUGH THE 25TH. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS WILL GIVE RESIDENTS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET, BUT THEN ALSO TO SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          UM, DIRECTLY WITH, UH, UH, CITY LEADERSHIP, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 25 SESSIONS THAT WILL BE HELD. 
          AND SO, UM, AND IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH, UH, VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON SESSIONS. 
          AND THEN ON SLIDE, UH, 100, UH, WE ARE SHARING, UH, BUDGET RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP. 
          UH, WITH THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS. 
          WE'VE GOT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. 
          UH, THERE IS A CITY MANAGER, UH, VIDEO. 
          WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, A BUDGET AND BRIEF. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BUDGET ONE-ON-ONE VIDEOS THAT REALLY PROVIDE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY WORKS AND HOW FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE SHARING OUR TOWN HALL SCHEDULE. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. IRELAND TO CLOSE THIS OUT. 
          THANK YOU, MS. SWEDEN. 
          AS WE MOVE TO SLIDE 1 0 2, WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR THAT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS SOME ATTENTION ON, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          UH, AS I MENTIONED NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE BRINGING AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT, UH, PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S REALLY MORE OF A FOCUS ON FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          WE REALLY NEED TO BE WORKING ON FISCAL YEAR 28 AND BEYOND, AND WE ALREADY HAVE STAFF MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR THAT CONVERSATION, BUT THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO FIND A MORE SUSTAINABLE PATH FORWARD, UH, FOR, UH, REDUCING OUR EXPENSES. 
          UH, PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          WE DO HAVE THE TWO PLANS. 
          THEY'RE BOTH FULLY FUND WITHIN THE 30 YEARS. 
          THEY BOTH MEET THE PENSION REVIEW BOARD, UH, REQUIREMENTS. 
          UH, THEY, AS WE'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT, THEY DO HAVE, UH, INCREASING COST OVER TIME. 
          WE HAVE REACHED OUT AND, UH, STARTED SOME CONVERSATION WITH THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT FUND, UH, ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, UH, THOSE, UM, COMPONENTS WITHIN ERF. 
          AND THAT WOULD, ANY CHANGE TO ERF DOES REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL. 
          UM, SO WE, WE ARE STARTING WITH STAFF AT ERF WOULD WORK THROUGH THEIR STAFF, THEIR BOARD BACK TO COMMITTEE, AND FULL COUNSEL HERE, BUT WOULD ULTIMATELY REQUIRE, UH, IF THERE WERE ANY CHANGES RECOMMENDED TO GO TO THE VOTERS. 
          UH, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THIS BODY ABOUT, UH, PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS FOR DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM, WHICH COULD OVER TIME, UH, UNDER THE RIGHT, UH, MARKET CIRCUMSTANCES COULD RESULT IN SAVINGS TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND ACTUALLY A NET SA NET SAVINGS, 
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UH, TO THE CITY LIVING WAGE ORDINANCES, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED TO THIS BODY, UH, BEFORE ABOUT SPECIFICALLY, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF BRIEFINGS TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, ABOUT MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THE LIVING WAGE POLICY. 
          UH, AND THE REASON BEING, UH, THERE ARE, UH, CURRENTLY USING THE MIT LIVING WAGE AS OUR BENCHMARK RESULTS IN US PAYING HIGHER THAN MARKET ON CERTAIN TYPES OF CONTRACTS. 
          AND SO, UH, TO CONTROL THE COST FOR THE CITY AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UH, WE WANT TO RECOMMEND AND WE'LL BE RECOMMENDING SOME CHANGES TO THAT ORDINANCE, UH, THAT STILL ALLOW US TO PAY, UM, MARKET-BASED PAY, BUT NOT AN MIT LIVING WAGE. 
          SO WE WILL HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE. 
          UH, DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES ANIMAL CRUELTY, UH, AS I MENTIONED, BOTH IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND FOR NEXT YEAR, UH, WE WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE SOME BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION WITH THE BODY, UH, REGARDING, UH, THE PROCESSES, UH, RELATED TO, UH, INVESTIGATIONS FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY. 
          UH, WE'VE STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY REGARDING PARTNERSHIPS AND STIPENDS, AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, TO LOOK AT THOSE IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT REGARDING PARK AND RECREATION AND THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT. 
          UH, ALSO, THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM, UH, WE, WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND JUST WANT TO IDENTIFY IF THERE'S A, UH, WAY THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT DIFFERENTLY TO, UH, MITIGATE OR REDUCE OUR COST GOING FORWARD. 
          UH, SAME WITH SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. 
          UM, IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE PROVIDE, UH, THROUGH RICHARDSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THERE IS REVENUE AND EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT AS WE LOOK AT PROGRAMS AND WHETHER WE SHOULD CONTINUE THEM OR NOT, UH, THIS MAY BE ONE THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, CHANGE THE WAY THAT THAT, UH, IS BEING PROVIDED WITHIN THAT SCHOOL. 
          ALSO, THE FIRST OFFENDER PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE IDENTIFIED IT BEING ONE THAT WE WANTED TO WORK WITH DALLAS COUNTY ON, UH, AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD PAST FISCAL YEAR 27 AND POSITION OURSELF FOR FUTURE YEARS. 
          AND THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR WOMEN INFANT CHILDREN PROGRAM. 
          WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, UH, WITH THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. 
          WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 
          UH, IT WOULD REQUIRE, UH, BEING, UH, EXITING THAT CONTRACT. 
          UH, AND SO WE JUST WANT TO START THAT PROCESS OF BEING ABLE TO CONSIDER WHETHER WE LEAVE THAT, UH, UH, PROGRAM OR NOT. 
          UH, SO WE, WE JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME THINGS, SOME AREAS, ESPECIALLY AROUND EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS, UH, PENSION, LIVING WAGE. 
          THERE ARE SOME, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT TO, UH, START DOING MORE TO FOR LONG-TERM, CONTROLLING OUR COST. 
          UH, MOVING ON, UM, TO THE TIMELINE THAT REMAINS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. 
          UM, THERE'S A GREEN ARROW ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN, SHOWING AUGUST THE 11TH TODAY, UH, PRESENTING YOU WITH THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. 
          UH, YOU'LL SEE, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY THE 19TH. 
          WHAT WILL BE ON THAT AGENDA WILL BE THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS AND UNIFORM OVERTIME, UH, AND, UH, RESPONSE. 
          UH, SO THOSE WILL BE SOME BRIEFINGS THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BODY NEXT WEEK. 
          UH, MS. WHEDON MENTIONED THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          WE HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 26TH. 
          UM, WE WILL HAVE SEPTEMBER 2ND, UH, MEETING. 
          AND THEN SEPTEMBER 16TH IS THE DATE THAT WE WOULD BE ADOPTING THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE BASED UPON THIS SCHEDULE. 
          SO WE HAVE FIVE WEEKS FROM TOMORROW. 
          UH, SO IT'LL BE QUICK, AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH THIS AND START THE NEW FISCAL YEAR ON OCTOBER ONE, PROMISE THAT THE, UM, PRESENTATION THAT WE GIVE AT TOWN HALL MEETINGS WILL NOT BE NEAR THIS LONG. 
          SO I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, A HUNDRED SLIDES, BUT IT IS $5.66 BILLION WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BOTH OPERATING AND CAPITAL. 
          SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO SHORTCHANGE AND DO IT TOO QUICK. 
          SO WITH THAT, UH, MAYOR JOHNSON, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK, AND I WILL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          MEMBERS, YOU KNOW THE DRILL. 
          UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE PRESENTATION LONG. 
          UM, A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IN THERE AS USUAL. 
          UM, AND I'M SURE WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF OUR, IF OUR CHAIRMAN OF AIAN WANTS TO GO FIRST, BUT WE KIND OF DO THAT TYPICALLY IF WE CAN. 
          SO I'LL LET YOU, UM, GO FIRST. 
          IT'S, IT'S THE TYPICAL 5 3 1 TODAY, EVERYONE, SO YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY MAYOR. 
          AND I WANT TO FIRST OFF COMMEND, UH, THE ENTIRE CFO TEAM AND ALSO THE CITY MANAGER FOR, UH, TAKING ON THIS MASSIVE CHALLENGE OF, OF BALANCING THE BUDGET, UH, GIVEN THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS THAT, THAT WE 
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HAVE IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. 
          JUST A HIGH LEVEL QUESTION RIGHT NOW. 
          I MEAN, WHAT I'M GONNA DO, JACK, IS JUST KIND OF ASK SOME HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS, AND THEN AS WE CONTINUE THESE BRIEFINGS, UM, I'M PROBABLY GONNA HONE IN MORE OVER THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS. 
          UM, WHY IS IT THAT SAN ANTONIO, FORT WORTH, DALLAS, SOME OF THE BIG CITIES IN TEXAS ARE, ARE FACING THESE BUDGET SHORTFALLS RIGHT NOW? WHAT'S THE TREND? WELL, IN PART, AND I'LL LET JEANETTE HELP ANSWER THIS AS WELL, BUT, UH, WE HAVE, UM, REVENUE CONSTRAINTS THROUGH THE STATE, UH, ON OUR PROPERTY TAX. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S NOT LIMITED TO THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT YOU'LL SEE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, SOME CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY. 
          AND SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, OUR SALES TAX AND ALL OF OUR, UH, UH, CITIES IN TEXAS RELY ON PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAXES ARE TWO, UH, PRIMARY SOURCES OF REVENUE. 
          AND THEN COST INCREASE. 
          THERE'S INFLATION, UH, THAT WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS, WE'RE ALL DEALING WITH, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER TEXAS CITIES. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS NOT COMMON TO DALLAS, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S COMMON JUST TO TEXAS, UH, THAT REVENUES, UH, ARE CONSTRAINED AND EXPENSES ARE GOING UP. 
          AND JEANETTE, DO YOU WANT TO ADD MORE TO THAT? I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, MR. IRELAND. 
          THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD, BOTH SAN ANTONIO AND FORT WORTH REALIZED A, UH, DECREASE IN THEIR, UH, PROPERTY TAX VALUE. 
          SO I THINK THAT, UM, HAS ADDED PRESSURE TO THEIR SHORTFALL AS WELL. 
          JEANETTE, ON YOUR SLIDE THAT INDICATED OUR PROPERTY TAX VALUES, UM, AND NEW CONSTRUCTION TAX VALUES. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH SLIDE IT IS, BUT, UM, YOU MADE THE COMMENT THAT DALLAS IS SHOWING A, A STRONG PROPERTY TAX VALUATION. 
          WE'RE NOT FACING THE DECREASES THAT OTHER TEXAS CITIES, LARGE CITIES ARE, ARE EXPERIENCING. 
          UM, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? I MEAN, AND, AND THE NARRATIVE THAT I'M TRYING TO PUSH BACK ON IS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH DALLAS AND IT'S QUITE THE OPPOSITE FROM WHAT I'M SEEING HERE, UM, FROM YOUR REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SLIDE 42, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE SHOW KIND OF THE HISTORICAL GROWTH AND ASSESS VALUATION. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANNA POINT OUT ON THIS CHART, UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE 3.5%, UH, REAPPRAISAL CAP. 
          AND SO WE ARE BELOW THE CAP AT 3.24%. 
          THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THAT, UM, CHANGE IN REAPPRAISED VALUE, BUT WE'RE STILL GROWING. 
          UM, THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, UM, OUR PROPERTY VAC PROPERTY TAXABLE PROPERTY VALUE IS SPLIT BETWEEN, UM, COMMERCIAL AND, UH, RESIDENTIAL. 
          AND WE'VE GOT A PRETTY EVEN SPLIT. 
          UM, YOU HAVE NON-RESIDENTIAL AT 52.2% AND RESIDENTIAL AT 47.8%. 
          AND SO THIS ALLOWS, UM, BECAUSE IT'S A BROAD TAX BASE, IT'S DIVERSIFIED, UM, IT PROTECTS KIND OF THE CITY. 
          WHEN ONE SECTOR HAS A DECLINE, UM, THE OTHER SECTOR IS ABLE TO OFFSET THAT DECLINE. 
          SO I THINK FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, UM, BECAUSE OF OUR DIVERSIFIED TAX BASE, UM, WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING SOME OF THE DECLINES THAT YOU SEE IN OTHER CITIES AS WE LOOK AT THIS SLIDE. 
          AND YOU SEE THE, UM, APPRAISED VALUE, THAT'S OUR CURRENT PROPERTIES ON THE BOOKS, RIGHT? AND THEN THE PERCENT AND CHANGE OF TOTAL VALUE, WHICH IS CAPPED AT 3%. 
          UM, THE NEXT COLUMN OVER FROM THAT IS NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND THAT'S NOT CAPPED IN TERMS OF INCREASES, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          AND SO THE, THE CAP IS 3.5%. 
          AND SO THAT COLUMN THAT SHOWS THE PERCENT OF TOTAL VALUE CHANGE, WE'RE UNDER THE CAP AT 3.24%. 
          BUT YOU'RE CORRECT TO POINT OUT NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO, UM, NEW CONSTRUCTION, UM, HAS BEEN, UH, STEADY, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART SINCE FISCAL YEAR 19. 
          SO WE ARE, UM, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, VERY, UH, UH, STABLE NEW CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND SO YOU SEE THAT OVER TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I MAKE THAT POINT TO AS WE GO INTO, UM, ZONING REFORM AND AS WE CONSIDER NEW DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY AND ZONING CASES THAT COME FORWARD THAT ARE GONNA GENERATE NEW TAX VALUE FOR US, UM, WE JUST NEED TO ALWAYS BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION IS NOT CAPPED AND CAN BE A SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR US IN THE CITY. 
          UM, AND THAT'S, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONING CASES. 
          LIKE WE HAVE ONE COMING IN DISTRICT 13 SOON, AND, UM, SOME OF THESE OTHER CASES THAT COME FORWARD, YOU KNOW, EVERY, EVERY WEEK. 
          UM, I'M GONNA SEGUE INTO, 
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UM, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR A SECOND. 
          I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES EARLIER ABOUT THIS DEPARTMENT AND, UM, HOW THEY ARE A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THE CITY. 
          UM, CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE BUILDING EFFICIENCIES INTO THE, UH, PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN PROCESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE NEW DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME INTO THE CITY. 
          I'LL START AS I SEE THE DIRECTOR FOR THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO MY RIGHT. 
          UH, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, WE HAVE FOCUSED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, TO REALLY LOOK AT THE BUSINESS MODEL WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, UH, TO ENSURE THAT IT'S THIS DEPARTMENT IS A PART OF OUR GROW DALLAS PORTFOLIO. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE NEEDS THAT ARE DEVELOPING COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAVE, THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MEET, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE MOST EFFICIENT, UH, WAY POSSIBLE. 
          SO I'M REAL PLEASED THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE CREATED, UM, A LOT OF NEW, UM, PROCESSES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GETTING READY TO HEAR ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          UM, WE'RE, I THINK ON SEPTEMBER ONE, WE'RE GOING WITH SOME OF THE VIRTUAL INSPECTIONS NOW FOR PLUMBING. 
          BUT I WANT TO GIVE EMILY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE NOW AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVEN LEVERAGING, UM, THE USE OF, OF TECHNOLOGY AND AI AS PART OF OUR PERMITTING, UH, PROCESS. 
          SO I'LL LET, UM, EMILY JUMP IN. 
          SHE, SHE CAN'T WAIT TO TOO HORN. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND THANK YOU CITY MAYOR TOBER FOR THAT INTRODUCTION. 
          I'M VERY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY WE WERE ASKED TO MERGE A CITY MANAGER, SAID, EMILY, WE WANT YOU TO PROCESS THE PERMITTING, ALL OF THAT AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS. 
          I KEEP THAT IN MIND EVERY TIME. 
          UH, WE WORK ON OUR PROJECT AND I THINK I'M VERY GLAD REPORT WE HAVE MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, ESPECIALLY NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          UH, WE HAVE CUT IT ALMOST HALF OF THE REVIEW TIME FOR A NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND JUST THE OTHER DAY I WAS PART AND TRAIL COMMITTEE MEETING AND USED TO TAKE THREE WEEKS TO PROCESS A SOLAR PANEL. 
          NOW IT'S 24 HOURS. 
          WE ARE AT THE SPEED OF A APP. 
          SO VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE PROGRESS WE ARE DOING. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE PROGRESSES. 
          UH, YOU MAY ALREADY SEE IN THE NEW BUDGET WE ASKED FOR ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLAR TO HELP, UH, WITH AI. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON. 
          AND THIS NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          AND ALSO WE ARE JUST SOFT LAUNCH A PROGRAM, UH, USING VIRTUAL INSPECTION. 
          I THINK WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAY WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH EVEN WIDER. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY. 
          AND ALSO, YOU CAN SEE OUR REVENUE HAVE GONE UP TREMENDOUSLY AS WELL. 
          UH, LAST FISCAL YEAR, CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, I WOULD SAY WE HAVE A BUDGET ABOUT $52 MILLION. 
          AND OUR REVENUE, THE ACTUAL REVENUE OR THE PROJECTIVE REVENUE REVENUE INCREASED 12% THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND NEXT WEEK YEAR, I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE THE TREND. 
          UM, SO, UH, WE ARE GLAD TO REPORT THAT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR BUSINESSES, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZEN TO MAKE SURE, UH, WE ARE, UH, DOING, UM, HELPING THE CITY. 
          OUR, OUR MISSION IS TOGETHER, WE'RE PLANNING AND BUILDING A BETTER DALLAS FOR ALL. 
          AND WE'LL START WITH ONE PROJECT AT A TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THE FACT THAT I NEVER GET CALLS ANYMORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PERMIT OFFICE IS A REFLECTION ON YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, AND THE EFFICIENCIES YOU'VE PUT IN HERE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR PDD. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY UP THERE,  IF YOU WANT. 
          UM, THE, AND I'M GONNA FOCUS THE REST OF MY TIME JUST ON REVENUE GENERATION. 
          'CAUSE I THINK IF WE, IN MY BUSINESS, IF, AND WE HAVE EXPENSE PROBLEMS, IF WE JUST MAKE MORE REVENUE, IT KIND OF SOLVES A LOT OF THE, THE OTHER PROBLEMS. UM, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP, AND I'VE BEEN BEATING THIS DRUM FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW, IS, UM, BETTER UTILIZATION OF THE CITY'S 50,000 ACRES OF REAL ESTATE. 
          AND, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE A, UH, CBRE WORKING ON REAL ESTATE MASTER PLAN. 
          CAN WE GET AN UPDATE ON JUST GENERALLY WHERE THAT'S AT AND HOW THAT COULD BE A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR US FOR THE NEXT YEAR? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          AND I WILL SAY THAT, UM, WE HAVE, UM, BEGUN A LOT OF THE INITIAL PLANNING AROUND WHAT THAT MASTER 
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PLAN IS GOING TO BE. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME DUE DILIGENCE. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE SOME COMPARE COMPARISONS TO THE OTHER WAYS THAT CITIES HAVE LEVERAGED, UM, REAL ESTATE, JUST SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY STARTING FROM LIKE A, UM, A PLACE WHERE THERE'S NO DATA OUT THERE THAT SUPPORTS THE WAY WE MOVE THIS FORWARD. 
          AND SO I DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, BASED ON LAST WEEK, I'M LOOKING AT MR. JOHNSON TO MY LEFT, THAT WE ARE ALMOST READY, UH, TO FINALIZE, UM, THOSE SPECIFICATIONS TO BE ABLE TO GET, UM, THE SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. 
          I KNOW I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH, UH, LAST WEEK. 
          AND WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO LEVERAGE, UH, HIS EXPERTISE AS WELL IN HELPING MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR SPECIFICATIONS, UM, UM, INTACT. 
          SO JOHN, DO YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT OUR TIMELINE? BUT WE ARE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, WE UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITY THAT, UM, IS NEEDED AROUND IT. 
          UM, WE'VE DONE SOME LITTLE HERE AND THERE ON SOME OF THE REAL ESTATE, BUT I THINK TO GET TO THE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, PIECE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR REALLY DOES REQUIRE, UH, US MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT SOME REAL GOOD INDUSTRY DATA. 
          SO I KNOW THAT JOHN IS WORKING TO GET US THERE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, JOHN JOHNSON. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, TO DATE, WE'VE ENGAGED A CONSULTANT WHO'S ASSISTING US WITH THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLICITATION. 
          WE'VE ALREADY REVIEWED SOME REAL ESTATE MASTER PLANNING PRACTICES THAT BEEN, HAVE BEEN USED BY OTHER SIMILAR PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS. 
          WE HAVE THE, UH, INITIAL SPECIFICATIONS DEVELOPED WITH THE OBJECTIVES AND THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES. 
          WE'VE ALREADY PREVIEWED THOSE TO A CROSS SELECTION OF CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          WE'VE INCORPORATED THAT. 
          WE ALSO TOOK IT TO THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM. 
          WE GOT SOME GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THERE. 
          AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY INCORPORATING THEIR REVISIONS AND BASED ON THE CURRENT SCHEDULE, WE ANTICIPATE TO FORMALLY SOLICIT IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, SO OCTOBER, NOVEMBER TO SOLICIT AN EXPERT TO DRAFT THE REAL ESTATE MASTER PLAN? NO, SIR. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE THE CONSULTANT ON BOARD AND WE'RE DRAFTING THE SPECIFICATIONS. 
          SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY INITIATE AND AWARD THE WORK FOR THE MASTER PLAN TO BE COMPLETED. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE WORK WOULD BEGIN IN THE FALL. 
          AND THEN WHEN WOULD THE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE WORK WOULD BE COMPLETED. 
          WE DON'T. 
          WE, WE WOULD LEAVE IT UP TO THE CONSULTANT. 
          WE NEED TO SEE WHAT THE TIMELINE IS, WHAT THEY PROVIDE BACK TO US. 
          WE DO ALREADY HAVE AN INVENTORY OF ALL THE REAL ESTATE THOUGH, SO WE HAVE OUR INVENTORY, BUT ONE OF THE FIRST PHASES IS A BASELINE VERIFICATION. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM TO TAKE WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, LOOK THROUGH THAT WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECORDS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY MATCH UP AS WELL AS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICTS FOR ALL OF THE, UH, AREAS THAT DALLAS HAS REAL ESTATE IN. 
          AND THEN WE'LL PULL THOSE FILES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MATCH EVERYTHING UP WITH WHAT THEY HAVE AND WHAT WE HAVE ON OUR FILES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS CHAIRWOMAN. 
          STEWART, YOU'RE ANSWER FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR JOHNSON. 
          SO IF WE COULD GO TO, I THINK, SORRY, I'M GETTING FAMILIAR WITH ALL THESE SLIDES. 
          I THINK IT'S 63. 
          AND JUST TALK ABOUT, UM, THE PROP U. 
          SO FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, I HAVE REALLY FOCUSED IN ON, UM, WHAT I SEE AS THREE MAJOR PRESSURES ON OUR BUDGET. 
          AND PROP U IS ONE OF THEM. 
          OUR OBLIGATION, UM, TO THE PENSION FUND IS A SECOND ONE. 
          AND THEN THE CAP, UM, CAN BE A PRESSURE, MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS OUT THERE AND, UM, CAN BE A PRESSURE. 
          SO I THINK WHAT'S EXTRAORDINARY, UM, ABOUT, UM, OUR, UM, THE DECISIONS WE'VE MADE ABOUT HOW TO SPEND THIS INCREASE IS THAT SOME OF IT YES, GOES TO THE PENSION, UM, A GOOD CHUNK OF IT, BUT WE ARE ALSO COMMITTED BECAUSE THIS IS A PRIORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND IT BECOMES A PRIORITY OF THIS COUNCIL IN OUR CITY TO INVEST IN OUR POLICE OFFICERS. 
          SO IF YOU ALL WOULD WALK ME THROUGH EVEN KIND OF WHAT THE OVER AND ABOVE IS, ONCE AGAIN THAT WE HAVE IN, WE ARE INCREASING SALARIES, AND I BELIEVE WE ARE, WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO INCREASING THE NUMBER OF, UM, POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE HIRE. 
          AND THOSE ARE, UM, SOMETHING THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US NEED TO TALK ABOUT. 
          BUT I THINK OUR, I WOULD LIKE OUR RESIDENTS TO REALLY HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MIGHT, IT MIGHT NOT BE AN OBLIGATION, A TECHNICAL OBLIGATION TO DO THAT, BUT IT IS AN OBLIGATION BECAUSE IT IS THEIR PRIORITY AND HA AND IS ALSO OUR PRIORITY TO KEEP, UM, TO KEEP ALL OF US SAFE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, 64. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHICH DOES WALK THROUGH, UM, THE EXPENSES RELATED TO THOSE THREE PUBLIC SAFETY OBJECTIVES THAT WERE LAID OUT IN PROPOSITION U. 
          UM, SO I TRIED TO ARTICULATE THAT THROUGH, UM, OUR COMMITMENT AND OUR FUNDING FOR THE DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM IN FY 27. 
          WE HAVE SATISFIED THE REQUIREMENT FOR PROPOSITION U, BUT IT IS THE BODY'S PRIORITY. 
          IT'S, UH, THE MANAGER'S PRIORITY, UH, IT'S RESIDENT'S PRIORITY TO, TO DO 
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MORE THAN THAT. 
          AND SO, UH, ON SLIDE 64, YOU'LL SEE THE THREE DIFFERENT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY OBJECTIVES THAT ARE TALKED ABOUT IN PROPOSITION U. 
          SO POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM, UH, THERE'S $246 MILLION THAT WILL BE CONTRIBUTED NEXT YEAR, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 27 TO THE DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM. 
          SO THAT IS THAT INVESTMENT, UH, POLICE AND FIRE PAY. 
          UH, WE ARE INCREASING, UH, POLICE AND FIRE PAY STARTING PAY BY, UH, 3.19%. 
          SO WE'RE INCREASING THAT TO $83,822, UH, WHICH WOULD BE STEP ONE, WHICH WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD USE FOR OUR STARTING PAY. 
          UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE INVESTING THERE, UH, BY INCREASING PAY. 
          UH, WHEN YOU ADD OUR BASE PAY TO OUR NON PENSION BENEFITS, UH, THAT PLACES US SECOND IN THE REGION, IN THE FIVE COUNTY REGION. 
          UM, THE PROPOSITION TALKS ABOUT BEING IN THE TOP FIVE. 
          THE ONLY ONE THAT WE WOULD BE BEHIND WOULD BE ALLEN. 
          AND THEN THIRD, THE POLICE HIRING THE PROPOSITION TALKS ABOUT EVENTUALLY GETTING TO 4,000 THROUGH THIS BIENNIAL, WE WILL REACH 3,800 POLICE OFFICERS. 
          UH, SO WE'RE INVESTING IN, UH, CONTINUING TO HIRE ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS ABOVE AND BEYOND EXPECTED ATTRITION TO GET US TO 3,800. 
          IS THAT YES, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. 
          AND WE COULD SEE IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING YESTERDAY THAT WE ARE, UM, CONTINUING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT WE'RE HIRING AND GETTING THROUGH, UM, THE TRAINING ACADEMY. 
          SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY. 
          UM, WE'RE FACING A HUGE DEFICIT IN THIS BUDGET, AND YET WE HAVE, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE BALANCING THOSE FEARS AND THAT NEED TO, TO, UM, TO LOOK AT THAT DEFICIT AND GET AND, AND ADDRESS IT. 
          WE'RE BALANCING THAT THOUGH WITH, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY AND KEEPING THOSE PRIORITIES, UM, OUR COMMITMENT TO THOSE PRIORITIES, UM, FRONT AND CENTER AND GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. 
          MAYOR JOHNSON. 
          MR. BASIL, DO YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES? THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK Y'ALL, UM, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR WORK, I WANT TO, UM, START BY SAYING, UH, THANK YOU TO OUR CITY MANAGER. 
          AND THIS IS A VERY TOUGH YEAR. 
          UM, AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE, ARE NOT IDEAL, BUT I WILL SAY I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, UM, AT THE BALANCING OF THIS BUDGET AND, UM, THE MINIMAL, UH, AS MINIMAL AS POSSIBLE IMPACT, UM, TO ACTUAL SERVICES. 
          I KNOW THAT, THAT I, WITH THAT SAID THAT THERE ARE A DECENT AMOUNT OF POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE LOST. 
          UM, AND, AND I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT, UM, IS AT LEAST ARTICULATED CLEARLY. 
          UM, THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS 298 POSITIONS TOTAL. 
          IT'S ABOUT 296 AS OF TODAY. 
          AND THE HOPE, UM, COUNCILMAN ALDO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          UM, AS WE LOOK ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, AND I THINK, UM, WE CAN EXPECT THAT MANY OF THOSE ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY FILLED. 
          UM, BUT WE WOULD HOPE THAT IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES, UH, TO TRANSITION INTO OTHER POSITIONS, WE DEFINITELY WILL BE GIVEN PRIORITY. 
          BUT AT THIS POINT, THOSE ARE WORKFORCE IMPACTS THAT ARE REAL. 
          UM, AND THAT WILL BE A PART OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT THAT IS PART OF THIS BUDGET. 
          WELL, BUT I WAS GONNA ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT OF THE 2 96, HOW MANY ARE CURRENTLY FILLED? I THINK IT'S ROUGHLY 108, AND THAT WOULD BE MY NUMBER AS OF LAST FRIDAY. 
          UH, THAT WILL FLUCTUATE AGAIN BASED ON SOMEONE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, A YEAR OR A FEW DAYS AWAY FROM RETIREMENT, AND MAYBE THERE'S A TRANSITION IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW FROM FIELD POSITIONS, I THINK WITHIN THAT COUNT, I THINK IT'S ROUGHLY 108 THAT ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE SITTING IN THOSE JOBS. 
          I, I, I AGAIN WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR, UH, AGAIN, MAKING AS MINIMAL OF IMPACT. 
          I THINK THAT WHEN YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF POSITIONS THAT WERE PUT OUT, UM, UH, IN THE MEDIA HEADLINES, IT WASN'T, UH, VERY SPECIFIC TO, UH, THE AMOUNT OF BODIES THAT WERE ACTUALLY, UH, TRANSLATED TO THAT. 
          UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW I LOOK AT RIGHT OFF THE TOP, UM, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T BE A PART OF THIS EXERCISE SINCE IT'S ALREADY BEEN USED, IS TO SEE WHAT VACANCIES WE HAVE. 
          AND THAT'S USUALLY THE, THE, THE BEST SOURCE. 
          SO, UM, I APPLAUD Y'ALL'S USE OF THE VACANT POSITIONS. 
          UM, I ALSO APPLAUD ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR MAKING, UH, SOME TOUGH DECISIONS. 
          UM, I, HOWEVER, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE PLACES THAT COULD BE 
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CUT MORE. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE'LL GET INTO THAT MORE IN DETAIL ONCE WE DO, UM, AMENDMENTS. 
          UM, BUT I, UH, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE NOTION OF CUTTING TAXES. 
          THAT SEEMS TO ALWAYS BE THE TONE, UH, WHENEVER WE HAVE A BUDGET DISCUSSION. 
          AND I, UH, WANTED TO GET OUT AT, AT THE, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS DEBATE, JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TALK ABOUT WHY WE ARE HERE. 
          AND, UH, THE LAST THING THAT I WANT US TO DO IS TO CONTINUE TO CHASE HEADLINES FROM THE MEDIA AND ACT AS IF WE ARE, UH, MAKING DRASTIC CHANGES TO GROWING TAXES. 
          UM, HOW MUCH OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY TAX BILL ON THE, ON THE RESIDENCE IS THE CITY OF DALLAS? APPROXIMATELY 31%. 
          AND THE, UH, REMAINING, UH, 69% IS SPLIT WITH WHO, UH, IT'S SPLIT WITH THE COUNTY. 
          THE LARGEST PORTION IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, DALLAS COLLEGE, UH, PARKLAND. 
          UM, SO OTHER TAXING ENTITIES MAKE UP A TOTAL TAX BILL FOR A RESIDENT. 
          AND I THINK THAT, UM, WITH THOSE OTHER ENTITIES THAT WERE JUST MENTIONED, BOTH, UH, ARE RAISING TAXES TO THE TAXPAYER. 
          I, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BECAUSE NO MATTER WHO IS, IS OUR PROPERTY TAX BILLS ARE SPLIT AMONGST, UH, WE SEEM TO GET THE BRUNT OF, UH, THE, THE COMPLAINTS FROM OUR RESIDENT AS IF WE CONTROL THE TAXES AS A WHOLE. 
          WE HAVE MADE NOMINAL CUTS TO THE TAX RATE YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          UM, AND SO IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE CUT OUR TAX RATE. 
          UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, HOW THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, QUITE FRANKLY, THOSE WERE NOMINAL, BUT THEY ADD UP. 
          AND WHEN WE LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, WHICH IS THE CAP, WHICH WE HEAR EVERY SESSION COULD POTENTIALLY GO DOWN, AND WHEN THAT, UM, UH, OCCURS, WE HAVE TO STOP PUTTING OURSELVES IN THIS POSITION FOR NOMINAL CUTS TO SAVE SOMEBODY A COUPLE BUCKS ANNUALLY. 
          AND FOR US TO BE PUT INTO A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE SERVICE CUTS IN ORDER TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET IS NOT A PLACE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE. 
          AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT SERIOUS DISCUSSION THROUGH THIS BUDGET SEASON AND STOP CHASING HEADLINES TO SAY THAT WE'VE CUT TAXES. 
          'CAUSE IT'S DOING NOTHING FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          OUR RESIDENTS WANNA SEE THE POLICE RESPOND ON TIME, THEY WANNA SEE THEIR TRASH PICKED UP, THEY WANNA SEE THEIR ROADS REPAIRED, AND THEY WANNA SEE THEIR PARKS IN GOOD CONDITION. 
          THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, ONE THING I AM FOCUSED ON IN THIS BUDGET IS A, A, A DISPARITY THAT EXISTS BETWEEN WHAT IS BEING DONE TO THE, UH, UH, SALARIES ON UNIFORMED VERSUS CIVILIAN. 
          CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CIVILIAN PAY IS GOING TO GET WITH MERIT INCREASE AND WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR? SO AS MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, THE NON-UNIFORM MERIT INCREASE, UH, IS RECOMMENDED AT 2% EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST, 2027. 
          EXCLUDES EXECUTIVES, WHEN IS MERIT AVAILABLE FOR UNIFORMED FORMED. 
          SO UNIFORM, UM, THEY GET STEP PAY ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY. 
          UM, THEY GET THE, THE, UH, 3.19% CHANGE IN THE PAY SCHEDULE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE IN JANUARY. 
          UH, BUT THEIR STEP PAY THEN IS EFFECTIVE ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY DATE. 
          I'LL COME BACK TO THAT. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE'S ANY BONDS BEING ISSUED THIS FALL FOR, UH, PROP A BONDS FOR FAIR PARK? I THINK, I THINK WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK FOR THAT. 
          UM, BUT WE GET YOU THAT, SIR. 
          THANK YOU MS. BLAIR, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, UH, JACK AND, UH, MR. IRELAND FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          IT, UH, REALLY ENLIGHTENED ME ON A, ON A FEW THINGS. 
          I WANNA START WITH, UM, WHAT, WHAT, UM, CHAIR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BA DOULA STARTED WITH WITH THE TAX REDUCTION. 
          CAN YOU TELL US WITH HIS, UH, PROPOSED TAX RATE REDUCTION FOR A HOUSE OF 300 OR A PIECE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT'S VALUED AT 350 K, 400 K AND 500 K, WHAT THAT REALLY, WHAT THAT REDUCTION REALLY LOOKS LIKE ON THE TAX BILL? 
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SO ON SLIDE 50, WE SHOW THE SORT OF MEDIAN VALUE OF A PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          AND SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS TAX BILL? TWO, TWO WAYS. 
          IF YOU TAKE THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, UH, UH, 27 MEDIAN VALUE AND COMPARE IT TO LAST YEAR'S MEDIAN VALUE, TOTAL VALUES WENT DOWN YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          AND SO, UM, WITH THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, UH, A RESIDENT WILL REALIZE SAVINGS OF $61 AND 61 CENTS. 
          AND IF WE, SO, IF, AND LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER BA SAID THAT ONLY 31% OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES, THAT OF THE TOTAL BILL WE SEE IS FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, REST IS FOR OTHER ENTITIES. 
          SO WHEN OUR RESIDENCY, UH, AND I'M, I WANT TO HONE IN ON THE FACT WHEN OUR RESIDENCY, THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL GO UP, IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF US BECAUSE THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO SEE A, A, A ON AVERAGE AMOUNT OF $60 DECREASE IN THEIR TAX BILL. 
          AND IF THEY ALREADY HAVE LIKE AGE 65, THEY MAY NOT EVEN SEE THAT. 
          CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          IF YOU GO TO SLIDE, UH, 49, WE'RE SHOWING A PIE CHART OF THE OTHER TAXING JURISDICTIONS WITHIN, UM, UH, THE CITY. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES, THEY ALL SET, UH, THEIR OWN TAX RATE. 
          AND SO DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE, DEPENDING ON THE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY, UM, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT REALIZE AN INCREASE OR DECREASE COUNCILWOMAN BLAIR. 
          I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE IMPORTANT, CAN YOU ALL PUT UP SLIDE NUMBER 47? BECAUSE I THINK IT SHOWS HISTORICALLY, I KNOW OVER THIS LAST 10 YEARS HOW THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS FOCUSED ON HAVING, UH, ONGOING, UH, CONSECUTIVE, UH, REDUCTIONS IN THE TAX RATE. 
          I THINK IT'S BACK TO WHAT COUNCILMAN DUO WAS SHARING. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL SINCE 2016, IT'S ABOUT 9.92 CENTS, AND WE ACTUALLY SHOW THAT THAT IN DOLLARS IS CLOSE TO $230 MILLION THAT THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY GIVEN BACK TO OUR, UM, OUR HOMEOWNERS AS FAR AS TAX IN TAXES. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A COMPARISON OF WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THE OTHER TAX ENTITIES, BUT THAT'S JUST A GOOD EXAMPLE OF SHOWING YOU WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. 
          NO, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO, UM, CITY MANAGER AND, AND EVERYONE, IS THAT WHAT WE SEE ON OUR TAX BILL IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE DO HERE AT THE HORSESHOE. 
          WHAT WE SEE ON THE TOTAL TAX BILL THAT OUR REVENUES, THAT OUR, OUR RESIDENTS SEE, EVEN OUR BUSINESSES SEE IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE DO. 
          IT COULD BE OTHERS. 
          AND WE ARE NOT EVEN 50% OF WHAT IT IS THEY'RE BEING BILLED. 
          SO WHEN WE HEAR KEEP REDUCING, KEEP REDUCING IS AT THE EXPENSE OF, UH, WHEN THEY TELL, WHEN WE ARE HEARING, DO NOT CUT JOBS, DO NOT CUT SERVICES, DO NOT CUT TAXES. 
          WHEN YOU KEEP REDUCING AND NOT BRINGING IN MORE, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          IT'S JUST LIKE YOUR BUDGET AT HOME. 
          IF YOU BRING, IF YOU SPEND MORE THAN WHAT YOU BRING IN AND IF YOUR REVENUE, IF YOUR JOB KEEPS CUTTING YOUR CHECK, NOT INCREASING YOUR CHECK, YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO SPEND THE SAME AMOUNT THAT YOU DID BEFORE YOUR JOB CUTS YOUR CHECK. 
          AND WHAT I AM TRYING TO HONE IN, AND BEFORE WE EVEN START THIS, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S SOME OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY. 
          WE, IT MAY BE A NOMINAL CUT AND OUR RESIDENCY THAT WE ARE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING, THEY'RE GETTING CHARGED MORE, BUT IT MAY NOT BE US. 
          SO THEN I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAYBE WE CAN MAKE A, A BIGGER IMPACT. 
          AND I, I AM A BIG SUPPORTER OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT I WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN PROP USE THAT WE NEEDED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS WE HAD. 
          WE MADE THE CONSCIENTIOUS DECISION ALSO TO MAKE THEM THE PART OF THE TOP TIER IN HOW MUCH WE PAY THEM. 
          AND THEN LOOK AT THE OVERTIME, NOT THE AMOUNT, BUT THE HOURS FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, EXCLUDE JULY FROM, SO FROM JUNE TO JUNE, JULY IS ANOMALY BECAUSE WE HAD WORLD CUP AND EVERYONE HAD TO DO OVERTIME. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK FROM JUNE OF LAST YEAR TO JUNE OF THIS YEAR, HOW MANY HOURS WAS THE OVERTIME BASED, UH, UH, VERSUS OPPOSED TO WHAT WAS THE TOTAL COST 
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IN OVERTIME? I SEE MARTIN IS COMING OUT AND I, I'LL LET HIM GO INTO SOME DETAIL, BUT WE, BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE KNOW EVEN LAST YEAR AND THE WAYS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT OVER TIME AND SOME OF THE WAYS THAT OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF IS APPROACHING IT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FOCUSED BRIEFING ON THE 19TH THAT WILL BE ON NOT ONLY OVERTIME BUT RESPONSE TIMES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          BUT I KNOW THAT MARTIN CAN PROBABLY GIVE YOU A QUICK ANSWER NOW, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANNA GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER TIME WITHIN BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          MARTIN? YES. 
          THIS IS MARTIN RIOJAS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WHAT I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME IS YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, BUT WHAT I DO HAVE IS PROJECTED NUMBERS FOR THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO I, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN HOW MUCH WE SPENT YEAR TO DATE AND THE TREND THAT THAT, THAT CARRIES AND CARRIED IT FORWARD TO THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AND SO I HAVE, I HAVE THIS YEAR'S PROJECTION AND I, AND WE CAN COMPARE IT TO LAST YEAR. 
          AND WHEN WE DO THAT COMPARISON, WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT LESS HOURS, ABOUT 9.2% LESS THAN HOURS. 
          SO THAT, AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT LAST YEAR THE, THE, THE OVERTIME HOURS HAD REDUCED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR BY 12%. 
          AND SO WE WENT LAST YEAR OF, OF A 12% REDUCTION. 
          THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT A 9% REDUCTION. 
          AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE LOOKING AT A 17% REDUCTION. 
          AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE LAST TWO PAY PERIODS, WE'VE PUT, UH, FURTHER, UM, UM, OVERSIGHT IN PLACE AND NOW, AND WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO PAY PERIODS WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS A 30% REDUCTION. 
          AND, AND SO WE WE'RE SEEING, WE'RE SEEING ESSENTIALLY A DOWNWARD TREND FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR AND EVEN A MORE DOWNWARD TREND IN THE LAST MONTH. 
          AND THAT IS UNIFORM, UH, OPPOSED TO A NON-UNIFORM. 
          CORRECT. 
          THAT THIS IS ALL SWORN OVER TIME THAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU, UH, CHIEF CUOMO FOR BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL WITH THE HOURS AND NOT, AND ASKING ME NOT TO LOOK AT JUST THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING THERE. 
          UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, AND I KNOW I'M NOT GONNA HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY GET INTO IT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, OF, UM, OUTSOURCED RESOURCES THAT DO WORK FOR US. 
          DO WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS WE HAVE WORKING FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY'RE IN AND THE ACTUAL VALUE THAT THEY'RE BRINGING? THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL IN FRONT OF YOU, AS PART OF THE DEPARTMENTAL EFFICIENCY REVIEWS AND THE WAY THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT CONTRACT UTILIZATION OR UNDER UTILIZATION IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IS THAT CONTRACTS WHERE WE WERE NOT NECESSARILY, UH, GETTING TO, UM, DELIVERY OF OUR METRICS, UH, CONTRACTS THAT HAD BEEN JUST ON OUR BOOKS WHERE THERE WAS NO LONGER A NEED, WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY ELIMINATING THOSE CONTRACTUAL, UH, AGREEMENTS. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME CONTRACTS IN OUR BUDGET THAT HAVE, UM, UM, UM, REQUIREMENTS BUILT IN AROUND PERFORMANCE AND STANDARDS. 
          SO PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS HAS ALSO BEEN ABOUT LOOKING AT THOSE CONTRACTS. 
          UM, AND IF THOSE CONTRACTS ARE NO LONGER SERVING VALUE FOR THE CITY, JUST BECAUSE WE'VE HAD IT FOR THE LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS, WE HAVE NOT CONTINUED WITH MANY OF THOSE. 
          I DO WANNA POINT OUT, IF YOU GO TO THE SLIDE WHERE MR. IRELAND AT THE VERY END TALKED ABOUT OUR FUTURE FOCUSED EFFORTS, UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO. 
          AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE VERY BEGINNING BEYOND THE BUDGET ADOPTION, IT'S REALLY ABOUT CHANGING SOME OF OUR BUSINESS PRACTICES AND THE WAYS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND SO IF THERE IS A SERVICE THAT IS NEEDED THAT CANNOT BE DONE THROUGH OUR EXISTING EXPERTISE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, WE WANNA HAVE ESTABLISHED CRITERIA TO WHERE DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT JUST ENGAGING IN THIRD PARTY CONTRACTS AND IT'S NOT GOING THROUGH A PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OR THE NEED THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE WAY WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE WAYS THAT WE LOOK AT FURTHER, UM, WAYS TO CREATE LONG-TERM IMPACT, UM, BUT ALSO CONTINUE TO BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE IN THE BUDGET. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. 
          NO, YOU HAD ABOUT TWO OR THREE AND I'M SORRY, BUT YEP. 
          YOU HAVE NO, YOU DIDN'T. 
          UM, BUT WE'LL COME BACK. 
          CHAIRMAN, GRACE, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, I HAVE, I'M, I'M GOING TO KIND OF KEEP THIS, MY SECTIONS THE, 
          [02:15:01]
UH, I'M GONNA START WITH REVENUE AGAIN. 
          UH, THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR, UH, FINANCE CHAIR FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS UP. 
          THIS TOO IS AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND MY FIRST QUESTION IS, I KNOW WE REVIEW THESE EVERY FOUR YEARS. 
          HOW MANY REVENUE LINES ARE THEY, AND WOULD THIS BE A GOOD TIME TO REVIEW ALL OF THEM? I KNOW YOU LISTED THOSE THAT WE REVIEWED AND, AND WHAT, HOW BIG OF A TASK WOULD THAT BE AND IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY AND WOULD IT NET US, UH, IN TERMS OF THE LABOR THAT GOES INTO IT, WOULD IT NET US A A DOLLAR AMOUNT OR WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WOULD NET OR LET'S JUST START WITH THAT OPEN QUESTION FIRST. 
          SO TO THE FIRST QUESTION, THE NUMBER OF REVENUE LINES, UM, I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU IN TERMS OF, UH, CHANGING THE WAY, UM, OUR, UH, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA IS APPROACH, APPROACH AND LOOKING AT IT MORE THAN EVERY FOUR YEARS, WE DO THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. 
          SO IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR, BECAUSE OF COURSE, UM, FEE RECOVERY REVENUE IS TIED TO THE COST OF SERVICE. 
          YEP. 
          AND SO AS OUR EXPENSES INCREASE, DEPENDING ON THAT PARTICULAR REVENUE CATEGORY, WE MAY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT FEE SOONER THAN THREE YEARS OR FOUR YEARS. 
          SO THAT'S ALREADY PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          UM, SO, SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR, SO IT'S, IT, IT, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE PLANNED TO BE REVIEWED, BUT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, DEPENDING ON IF THE EXPENSES A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, THEN YOU'LL LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF, IF WE NEED TO INCREASE? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OR IF THE PROCESS CHANGE, BECAUSE THE FEE INCREASES THE COMBINATION OF THE SERVICE DELIVERY AND THE COST OF THE SERVICE. 
          AND SO IF THERE'S A PROCESS CHANGE, IF THERE'S A ORDINANCE CHANGE THAT, UH, DETERMINES THAT WE NO LONGER NEED TO DO THIS STEP, THEN WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT, AT THAT PARTICULAR FEE. 
          BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PORTFOLIO OF FEES ACROSS THE CITY AND DETERMINE, UM, THE COST OF KIND OF DOING A, UH, AN ANALYSIS AT ONE TIME ONLY IF IT'S WORTH IT. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY NOW I DON'T WANT TO JUST DO BUSINESS AS USUAL AND JUST REVIEW OUR REGULAR FOUR. 
          IF THERE IS A TRUE OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY, I THINK WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES TO, TO DO THAT. 
          SO THAT'S, AND I'LL SAY THAT DEPARTMENTS DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF COMING FORWARD WHEN THERE ARE CHANGES. 
          OKAY. 
          OR IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT A FEE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT WORK IS HAPPENING. 
          AND, AND I WANTED TO ADD TO THAT, UM, WHILE WE SAY EVERY FOUR YEARS WE HAVE 'EM ON A ROTATING SCHEDULE, SO RIGHT. 
          THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME FEES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT EACH FEE PROBABLY ONLY COMES UP EVERY FOURTH YEAR. 
          LIKE THE ONES WE DID THREE YEARS AGO, IS THE TIME UP, ARE WE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY? YES. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT SANITATION AND WATER UTILITY LOOK AT THEIR FEES EVERY YEAR. 
          THAT'S NOT ON A ROTATING SCHEDULE. 
          PERFECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEIR REVENUE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I HEARD THAT THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT, UM, BECAUSE I SEE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS ONE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR FEE ASSESSMENTS, IS THAT, WOULD THAT BE PART OF THOSE FEE ASSESSMENTS AS WELL? SO TRACK TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND I MENTIONED THAT, UM, WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CLOSE THE GAP. 
          YEP. 
          UM, SO THIS NEW UNIT, UM, THAT WILL BE LAUNCHED IN DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THINK THE PROJECTED REVENUE FOR THAT GROUP IS ABOUT 2.3 MILLION. 
          AND THAT'S ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE, LIKE TERMS OF CITATION REVENUE. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE THIS, AND WILL THAT INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, OBVIOUSLY THE SPEEDING THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WERE THERE SPECIFICALLY RACING IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY? IS THAT WHAT THIS UNIT, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET SOME UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS UNIT'S, UH, ROLE WOULD BE. 
          OH, I'LL NEED HELP WITH THIS ONE. 
          I SEE THE CHIEF. 
          SO YES, I WAS GONNA SAY, WE PROBABLY NEED TO BRING OUT OUR, OUR POLICE TEAM AND LET THEM TALK ABOUT HOW THIS NEW UNIT WILL, UM, COMPLEMENT, UM, AND ACTUALLY ENHANCE THAT ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND THERE IS THAT REVENUE GENERATING POTENTIAL THERE. 
          SO CHIEF RES EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF JESSE RES. 
          SO, UH, THE ENHANCED TRAFFIC WILL BE TO, UH, HANDLE SOME OF THE FREEWAY ACCIDENTS THAT DS O'S CURRENTLY HANDLING. 
          UH, BUT IT ALSO WILL BE USED FOR SOME OF THE RACING SPEEDING. 
          WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED RACING SPEEDING TEAM. 
          UH, AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO GET THAT UP TO PAR SO THAT WE CAN WORK ON SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND, AND WITH THAT DEDICATED, I'M, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING ANY OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT SPACE. 
          I KNOW IT'S HARD TO, TO TO CATCH AND ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS, BUT WHEN WE DO, ARE WE CHARGING THE, THE PROPER FINES ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH, WITH THE OFFENSE NUMBER ONE, BUT ALSO WITH THE DANGER THAT IT IMPACTS JUST TRYING TO GET REVENUE? YES, SIR. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY WITH EACH CITATION THAT WE ISSUE, YEAH, THERE'LL BE SOME. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          AND THEN THE LAST ONE ON THE REVENUE, THIS IS MORE ON THE ALLEY FEE. 
          UM, I SAW THIS AND I, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT MAYBE IT'S JUST COME TO MY LIGHT. 
          WHY ARE 
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WE CHARGING MORE FOR ALI PICKUP THAN CURB PICKUP? SO I'LL START AS I SEE STAFF ON THEIR WAY. 
          IF YOU'LL RECALL THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS YEP. 
          IT'S REALLY BEEN ABOUT THE COST OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SERVICING THE ALLEYS AND THE CURB. 
          WHEN WE CAME TO COUNCIL AND TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE TRANSITION THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE, WE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS AROUND WHAT ARE THE TRUE COSTS AND OUR CURRENT CURB CUSTOMERS SUBSIDIZING ALLEY CUSTOMERS. 
          SO WE WERE ASKED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT POTENTIALLY A MODEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CITY MANAGER, CLIFF GILLESPIE, DIRECTOR, SANITATION, UM, UH, MR. GRACIE, UM, MR. THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN RESEARCHING THE, THE ALLEY, UH, CURB, UM, COLLECTION, UM, METHODS, UH, THAT SANITATION PROVIDES, IT'S BECOME GLAD, LET, LET ME ASK IT THIS WAY. 
          UM, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AND, AND I FOLLOW ALL OF THAT PART, BUT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SHIFTING TO ALLEY WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT. 
          AND, AND I THINK I THOUGHT CREATE SOME SAVINGS IN, IN THAT. 
          SO IF, IF, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANTED, SO WE WOULD REDUCE, AND THEN SOME OF THOSE OTHERS, I JUST, I'M, I DON'T, IF IT'S MEANT TO REDUCE THE COST AND THE OPERATIONS, THEN WHY WOULD THE ALI BE CHARGED MORE THAN THE CURB? UH, IT'S THE ALLEYWAYS THAT ARE, UH, UH, EVEN WITH THE ONES THAT ARE BEING REDUCED. 
          'CAUSE NOW WE'RE FIXING, RIGHT. 
          IT'S CURBSIDE SERVICE THAT'S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT. 
          SO CURBSIDE SERVICE CAN BE DONE WITH FAIR ENOUGH. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH ONE VEHICLE, UH, ONE CREW MEMBER VERSUS THREE CREW, THREE STAFF. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          UM, IN THE ALLEYWAY. 
          SO THE PRIMARY COST DRIVER WITH ALLEYWAY COLLECTION IS STAFF AND EQUIPMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NOW MOVING ON. 
          UH, SLIDE 59, JACK, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT TO ME SLOWLY? WE WENT THROUGH THAT SLIDE PRETTY FAST AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M PROCESSING THAT. 
          AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE BRIEF IN, UH, ON THE 19TH, BUT I JUST WANT TO SLOW DOWN ON THIS SLIDE JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU SAID. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M ON THE RIGHT SLIDE. 
          SLIDE 59. 
          YES SIR. 
          THE PROPOSED GENERAL FUND IS 2.4. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, SO ON THAT SLIDE, UM, TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE, WHILE THE GENERAL FUND HAS GROWN THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR NEXT YEAR GROWING $80 MILLION, BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, GROWING $80 MILLION, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 26, GREW $59.7 MILLION, AND FISCAL YEAR 25 GREW $65.8 MILLION EACH YEAR. 
          OF THOSE THREE YEARS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET TOGETHER GREW BY AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN THAT. 
          AND THEREFORE IT REQUIRED REDUCTIONS, NET REDUCTIONS IN ALL OTHER GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO BALANCE. 
          AND SO I SAY NET REDUCTIONS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE CONTRACT INCREASES AND THERE WAS, UH, MERIT INCREASES OR EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT INCREASES, BUT THERE HAD TO BE REDUCTIONS THAT BROUGHT THE COST IN THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS DOWN IN ORDER TO FUND THE INCREASES IN THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH IS AVERAGING $74.9 MILLION OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. 
          AND AS A RESULT, A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE CUTS TO THE GENERAL FUND IS PRETTY MUCH BECAUSE OF THIS. 
          RIGHT. 
          I'M NOT GONNA SAY PRETTY MUCH, BUT YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT, IT, WE NEED TO BALANCE REVENUES AND EXPENSES AND, UH, REV REVENUES ARE GOING UP. 
          UH, BUT THE EXPENSES IN THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT UP ARE, ARE GOING UP MORE THAN THE REVENUES ARE GOING UP, THEREFORE, WE HAVE TO CUT OTHER PLACES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND, AND I'LL SAY IT THIS WAY AND I'LL JUST, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL STOP 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE COMING BACK TO BRIEF, BUT I WANNA MAKE BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT ABOUT DEFUNDING POLICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND EVEN SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE PENSION AND, AND EVEN THE POLICE AND HIRING AND ALL OF THAT. 
          WE'VE CELEBRATED A LOT. 
          THIS IS NOT ABOUT DEFUNDING, THIS IS ABOUT, UM, REALLY, IT, IT IT'S ABOUT BEING BETTER STEWARDS OF ALL THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          I'M PROUD OF THE WORK WE DO, AND I WANNA REITERATE THAT I'M PROUD OF THAT AND I'M PROUD OF HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE, UH, FUNDING AND HIRING AND MEETING THE NEEDS TO MAKE THIS CITY FEEL SAFE. 
          I'M PROUD OF THE WORK, PROUD OF CHIEF AND ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S BEEN DOING, BUT AT THIS POINT, WHEN THINGS ARE GETTING THIS TIGHT, IT'S JUST ABOUT BEING STEWARDS OF ALL THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN, SAID THAT IN MY PRAYER EARLIER. 
          AND I MEANT THAT, AND THAT'S REALLY FOR ALL OF US, EVEN AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, 
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BUT WE HAVE TO BE BETTER STEWARDS, UM, WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING. 
          UM, SO I'LL STOP THERE AND SAY THAT. 
          AND THE LAST ONE IS ON THE HEALTH BENEFITS. 
          ON SLIDE 67, JUST IN, AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THIS ONE AGAIN, BUT EXPLAIN, YOU SAID COPAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND, AND, AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AS IT RELATES TO ALL EMPLOYEES AND, AND ALL OF THAT? I'M NOT FOLLOWING THAT LOOKS, LOOKS LIKE I'M, I'M THE START IN LINEUP TODAY. 
          UM, I'M LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, BUT LET ME START WITH THIS. 
          OVER THE YEARS THAT I KNOW THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OVERSEE THE HR DEPARTMENT AND OUR BENEFITS PROGRAM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE APPROACHED IN 20 20 17 WAS REALLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENSURE THAT OUR BENEFITS PLAN WAS SUSTAINABLE. 
          AND WE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED OVER THESE LAST FEW YEARS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES THAT WE'VE NEEDED TO MAKE. 
          AND WE'VE DONE THAT. 
          WE STARTED WITH THIS NEW BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NETWORK. 
          UH, WE CONTINUE TO, UH, CARRY FORWARD THREE DIFFERENT MEDICAL PLANS. 
          BUT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THAT IS NOT WHERE THE INDUSTRY HAS TURNED. 
          IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON, AND THIS WORD HAS BEEN USED OFTENTIMES AROUND THIS HORSESHOE THAT OUR BENEFITS PLANS WERE TOO RICH. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THE ANALYSIS TO REALLY SEE WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES NOT ONLY TO HAVE SAVINGS ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT ALSO TO SAVE OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          THE COPAY PLAN IS A CHOICE PLAN, AND IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL MANAGED CARE COMPONENTS. 
          SO IT HAS A LOT MORE, UM, I WOULD SAY RANGE OF, OF, UM, OF FLEXIBILITY THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY COMPREHENSIVE UNDER A PRIMARY CARE, UM, PHYSICIAN KIND OF BEING THE QUARTERBACK. 
          AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO WATCH HOW THAT PLAN IN ITSELF IS INCREASING, UM, IN ITS, IN, IN A LOT OF WAYS, SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THIS CURRENT YEAR AND WHAT WE WERE PROJECTING GOING FORWARD. 
          AND SO THE INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED, AND WE KNOW THAT THE RISING COST OF HEALTHCARE RIGHT NOW IS GOING UP ABOUT 20%. 
          AND THAT'S THE NATIONAL TREND. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN MORE DETAIL NEXT WEEK, IS A WAY TO, NUMBER ONE, TO STABILIZE THE PROGRAM, UM, IN A WAY THAT WE WERE NOT GETTING READY TO MOVE INTO 45% INCREASES TO KEEP THOSE THREE PLANS IN PLACE. 
          AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE SEEING WITH ALL THE OTHER WAYS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, CREATING, UH, LONG-TERM VIABILITY WITH THOSE PLANS. 
          IT WAS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THREE PLANS AND THEN NOT HAVE THAT TYPE OF A COST INCREASE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          AS YOU WILL RECALL, EARLIER THIS YEAR IN APRIL WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THE HIRING FREEZE AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THE TRAVEL BAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE DEFINITELY SEEING IS THAT THE COST OF THEIR INSURANCE PROGRAM WAS CONTINUING TO GO UP AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE OVER BUDGET IN OUR BENEFITS FUND. 
          AND SO THAT IS A CONCERN AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. 
          UM, SO AS WE'VE GONE INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, WE STARTED TALKING TWO YEARS AGO ABOUT THE NEED TO MIGRATE INTO MORE OF THE PCP PLAN, WHICH IS MORE MANAGED CARE. 
          IT ALLOWS FOR MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH AND WAYS THAT WE CAN TRULY COVER THIS KIND OF TOTAL WELLBEING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. 
          UM, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR US GOING INTO THIS UPCOMING YEAR, UM, TO DO TWO THINGS. 
          UM, NUMBER ONE, WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, IDENTIFYING, UM, UH, SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT MIGHT CREATE BETTER, UM, HEALTHCARE, UH, PLANS IN GENERAL. 
          UM, BUT ALSO WHILE WE CAN HAVE THAT LONG-TERM COST CONTAINMENT. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DATA, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL CLAIMS THIS YEAR. 
          I THINK IT'S OVER 58 CLAIMS THIS YEAR ALONE THAT ARE OVER, UM, I WANNA SAY SOMETHING AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND A PIECE. 
          UM, AND SO WE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT HAVING A HEALTHY BENEFITS PLAN IS FOR OUR TEAM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AFFORDABLE AND IT WILL NOT, UM, PUT US IN A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN NO LONGER PROVIDE JUST THE BASICS. 
          SO THAT WAS A VERY LONG ANSWER. 
          I SEE OUR HR DIRECTOR, UH, TO MY RIGHT AND I WOULD ASK HER TO COME OUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ADDITIONALLY, UH, THAT SHE WANTS, UH, TO ADD. 
          BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT MOVING US MORE TOWARD WHERE THE INDUSTRY HAS ALREADY SHIFTED AND HOW WE CAN BETTER CONTAIN SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS, UM, THAT COPAY PLAN. 
          UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, NINA, THANK YOU. 
          NINA IS DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND, AND THANK YOU CITY MANAGER FOR THAT EXPLANATION. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE ALSO DID A STUDY OF WHAT OUR PEERS ARE DOING, AND THE TREND IS MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF TWO 
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PLANS AND MANAGED CARE. 
          SO WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO BE BEHIND THAT IN, IN AND THEN LOOK BACK AND IDENTIFY THAT WE'VE MISSED THE MARK. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING AT CURRENT TRENDS, AND THAT IS THE PROPOSAL FOR THIS YEAR IN THE BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU BOTH. 
          AND AGAIN, WE'LL GIVE YOU A DEEPER DIVE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I DID ALL THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE WILL HAVE A MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION THAT REALLY JUST TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE TRENDS. 
          I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR HEALTH BENEFITS FUND BALANCE, AND WE HAVE SEEN RED NUMBERS MM-HMM . 
          AND THAT IS JUST NOT, UM, IN MY OPINION, THE WAY WE WANT TO MOVE, UH, FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS IT NOW. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE BRING THAT JUST AGAIN, SOME OF THE, THE COMPARISON TO OUR AGREEMENTS AND ALL OF THAT COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES AS WELL, WE WILL DEFINITELY, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. MS. BLACKMAN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO KIND OF GOING ON THAT SAFE PILLAR. 
          UM, AND, AND GUYS, THANKS FOR DOING THIS. 
          I KNOW IT'S NEVER EASY AND IT'S NEVER FUN, BUT Y'ALL REALLY, UH, I THINK Y'ALL REALLY, UH, WHERE YOU REALLY WENT THE EXTRA MILE, AND I KNOW SOMETIMES WE CAN GET REALLY, YOU CAN GET REALLY HOT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS STUFF, BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL AND YOUR TEAM HAS DONE. 
          AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE WHOLE LONGITUDINAL EE EXERCISE OF THAT PILLAR, AND IT'S TAKING MORE AND MORE OF OUR INCREMENT AND, AND, AND SO IS THAT A, IS THAT GONNA, WHEN DOES IT LEVEL OFF? HAS THE, HAVE Y'ALL ASKED THAT QUESTION AMONG YOURSELVES? IS WHEN WILL IT FINALLY LEVEL OFF AND THAT INCREMENT WILL BE EQUAL, OR MAYBE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GO X OR Y OR Z OR IS IT ALWAYS GONNA BE THAT ALL OF IT'S GONNA GO TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE'RE GONNA START TAKING AWAY AND ERODING OTHER DEPARTMENTS? ? WELL, I'LL START WHEN, WHEN YOU JUST THINK ABOUT THE INCREASES THAT OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND I WOULD GO BACK TO 2017, GOING INTO THIS UPCOMING YEAR WOULD BE 10 YEARS, I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY SEEN ABOUT A 49% INCREASE IN JUST PAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT'S NOT THE INCREASE THAT YOU HAVE TO ALSO ACCOMMODATE FOR WHEN IT COMES TO JUST EQUIPMENT AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY MAKE THOSE TWO VERY HIGH PERFORMING DEPARTMENTS, UH, WORK EFFECTIVELY. 
          AND SO I DON'T FORESEE THAT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A, A SHIFT TO, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A SWEET SPOT BECAUSE, UM, JACK TALKED ABOUT JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ECONOMY, INFLATION, I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PRICING NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR COMPARED TO THREE YEARS AGO, WHAT THE COST WAS FOR AN AMBULANCE VERSUS A FIRE TRUCK. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WHAT WE'RE PAYING NOW FOR SQUAD CARS IS NOT WHAT WE PAID THREE YEARS AGO. 
          MM-HMM. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS GET FACTORED IN, AND I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT THE MARKET IS GOING TO SHIFT TO WHERE JUST THE COST OF PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES AND ALL OF THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE AROUND EQUIPMENT, THAT THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE. 
          I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A CONSISTENT, UM, COMMITMENT AND THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE ARE BUILDING IN GOING FORWARD AND JUST CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN WITHIN THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS I TALK ABOUT NO SACRED COWS. 
          THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT I HAVE THAT BOTH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS WILL ALSO BE AS EFFICIENT AS WE'RE ASKING ALL OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO BE. 
          AND THAT'S LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, WHETHER I KNOW THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT OVERTIME, BUT IT'S ALSO TECHNOLOGY AND IT'S THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO DO THAT I THINK YOU WILL SEE. 
          AND THERE ARE SOME EFFICIENCIES BUILT INTO THE BUDGET FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE EVEN GOING INTO 2027. 
          SO THAT WAS A VERY LONG ANSWER, JUST TO SAY THE MARKET IS CONTINUING TO DICTATE A LOT OF THE COST INCREASES THAT WE'RE SEEING, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE WILL GET TO A SWEET SPOT. 
          I DO BELIEVE THAT THE COMMITMENT THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS HAD AROUND HIRING, WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE WE WANNA BE IN 2028, AND I THINK THAT'S AT THAT 3,800, UM, MARK, BECAUSE THE CHIEF IS ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL, UM, TECHNOLOGY. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT DRONES AS FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP PUT MORE EYES AND EARS OUT ON THE ROADS AND HELP US REALLY FIGHT CRIME. 
          SO OVERALL, I THINK YOU'LL SEE THOSE EFFICIENCIES BUILT IN, BUT I CAN'T NECESSARILY GET TO WHERE THAT WOULD BE MAJOR REDUCTIONS OTHER THAN CONTINUING TO LOOK AT EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE TWO DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND WITH THAT, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR STARTING PAY IS, UH, ALMOST 84. 
          RIGHT? WHAT WAS IT LIKE 84? THAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE, IN THIS YEAH. 
          BUDGET. 
          YES. 
          SO THAT'S, I THINK MR. IRELAND EXPLAINED IT EARLIER. 
          THAT'S US ACTUALLY DOING THE MARKET ANALYSIS OF THE 17 PEER CITIES. 
          WE USED THE 17 PEER CITIES THAT WE HAVE USED IN ALL OF THE OTHER MEET 
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AND CONFER AGREEMENTS. 
          SO WE DIDN'T CHANGE THAT. 
          AND THEN WE DID THE ADDITIONAL LAYER WHERE WE LOOKED AT THE FIVE COUNTIES AND THE CITIES OVER 50,000 POPULATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO PUT OUR PROP U COMPLIANCE COMPONENT ON TOP OF THAT. 
          UH, AND BASED ON THAT, UM, THE MARKET DID NOT MOVE AS FAR AS WE THOUGHT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S THE 3.19% THAT MR. IRELAND, UM, DESCRIBED. 
          BUT THAT WAS WITH US. 
          UM, ALSO JUMPING A STEP. 
          WE COULD HAVE STARTED RIGHT AT STEP ZERO, RIGHT. 
          AND WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ANALYSIS OF THE MARKET. 
          BUT WE, AGAIN, LIKE WE DID THIS CURRENT YEAR, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE STEPPING OVER STEP ZERO AND GOING TO STEP ONE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND WHICH LEADS ME INTO WHY, WHY DID, I MEAN, WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT AROUND JUMPING OVER AND STARTING AT STEP ONE AND IS IT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS? AND SO IF I CAN JUST, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, UM, MEET AND CONFER PIER CITIES, UM, THE ACTUAL INCREASE WOULD'VE BEEN TO 81,480, WHICH WAS A 0.31%. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO THAT IS THE ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK THAT AS WE LOOKED AT THAT AND THAT BEING LESS THAN A HALF OF A PERCENT INCREASE, UH, BECAUSE THE MARKET DID NOT MOVE VERY MUCH, THAT WE WOULD, UH, INSTEAD START AT STEP ONE, WHICH IS THE 80, UH, 3 8 22 MM-HMM . 
          UH, AND AS FAR AS, HAVE WE DONE THAT BEFORE? YES. 
          WE DID IT IN THE CURRENT YEAR, LA FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. 
          UH, WE ALSO STARTED AT STEP ONE RATHER THAN AT STEP ZERO, UH, IN AN ATTEMPT TO, UH, INCREASE THE PAY MORE THAN THE, THE ACTUAL MEET AND CONFIRM METHODOLOGY WOULD'VE OTHERWISE RESULTED. 
          AND, AND PART OF IT, UH, AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS BECAUSE OF COURSE, IT'S MY PROPOSED BUDGET WAS REALLY BACK TO THE COMMITMENT THAT I KNOW THIS COUNCIL HAS ASKED US TO PLACE ON ENSURING THAT WE ARE BEING COMPETITIVE. 
          WE HEAR THAT OFTEN. 
          AND SO AS THE TEAM DID THEIR PART AND COMPLETED THE ANALYSIS USING OUR, UM, OUR, UM, OUR OUTSIDE EXPERTISE, UM, IT WAS MY DECISION THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO, UH, IN GOOD FAITH, UM, EVEN IF WE COULD DO MORE THAN WE WOULD. 
          AND SO THAT'S BEEN MY PHILOSOPHY. 
          THAT WAS THE PHILOSOPHY THAT I USED, AND WE CAN AFFORD IT FOR 20 AND THAT WE COULD AFFORD IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE PROPOSED WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED, UM, BASED ON THE CURRENT BUDGET AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AROUND US AND THE HIRING GOALS THAT WE HAVE COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES IN THE REGION, UM, WE, WE, WE ARE THE ONES HIRING AT LEVELS THAT, SO WE ARE SETTING THE MARKET. 
          WE ARE SETTING THE MARKET. 
          THANK YOU FOR OKAY. 
          FOR HELP FOR SUMMARIZING THAT FOR ME. 
          AND, AND, AND BACK TO THIS NOTION OF A MAGICAL NUMBER, UM, WE ARE LOOKING, UM, SO 26, 27 AT 36 51, AND THEN IN 27, 28 AT 30 804,000, IS THAT STILL A TARGET? I MEAN, THERE'S A POINT WHERE YOU HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE, I KNOW NORTHEAST IS BUSTING AT THE SEAMS AND YOU GET TOO MANY PEOPLE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. 
          YOU GET INEFFICIENT ACT, YOU ACTUALLY DO THE OPPOSITE WHEN YOU BRING MORE FOLKS IN MM-HMM . 
          SO I'M WONDERING WHAT IS THAT PLAN AROUND OUR MAGICAL NUMBER AND HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH DFR? BECAUSE THERE'S, THEY'RE NOT IN PROP U THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 
          AND I KNOW I'M GONNA HAVE PROBABLY THE POLICE CHIEF COME OUT. 
          UM, BUT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE HAVE REALLY LOOKED AT THIS, UM, WHEN WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY THAT WE WERE DUE MORE OF A RAMP UP OF THE HIRING, WE WOULD EVALUATE, AND A LOT OF THE MEASUREMENTS THAT WE'RE USING, UM, ARE REALLY AROUND RESPONSE TIMES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE DRIVERS OF WHAT OUR RESIDENTS WERE ASKING US FOR IS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS. 
          AND THE LONGER, UH, RESPONSE TIMES, UM, WAS NOT FAVORABLE. 
          UM, WHEN PEOPLE CALL, THEY WANT US TO RESPOND. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT THE CHIEF IS USING THAT KIND OF AS HIS MEASURING, UH, TOOL, UM, BASED ON THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DEPLOYING EVEN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE HIRING AND THEIR STAFFING UP PATROL. 
          AND SO RIGHT NOW, BASED ON WHERE WE ARE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS KIND OF TWO YEAR WINDOW, UM, THAT BASED ON OUR HIRING, WHICH WE ARE HIRING, AND IT'S GOING EXTREMELY WELL. 
          IN FACT, THIS YEAR'S HIRING GOAL, BECAUSE WE'RE SETTING THE MARKET, WE'RE SETTING THE MARKET. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED ON GETTING TO THE 3,800 OFFICERS BY 2028 THAT WOULD GIVE THE CHIEF AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'RE ADDING IN 27 AND 28, AND THEN WE CAN REVISIT AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IF THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL NEED TO GET TO THE 4,000. 
          BUT I'M GONNA LET THE CHIEF COME OUT AND EXPLAIN HIS THINKING. 
          UM, BUT WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS AROUND IT, AND WHEN I ASK QUESTIONS LIKE, WELL, HOW DO WE KNOW 4,000 IS THE NUMBER? 
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I DON'T THINK WE KNOW IF 4,000 IS THE NUMBER. 
          SO I'LL LET THE CHIEF, UM, CONTINUE. 
          I'LL LET HIM, UM, JUMP IN. 
          IS HIS TURN, SO I CAUGHT THE PART ABOUT 4,000 IS THE NUMBER, AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN TOLD TO US. 
          BUT I'M ASKING YOU THE PROFESSIONAL, IS 4,000 THE NUMBER OR IS IT 38 OR IS IT 36? IS IT MORE EFFICIENCIES? I MEAN, THAT'S THE THING IS YOU HAVE THIS EFFICIENCY CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD HELP WITH YOUR STAFFING COUNT IN DEPLOYING THE RESOURCES BETTER. 
          AND SO I'M LOOKING TO YOU TO TELL ME WHAT THAT ABSOLUTE NUMBER IS. 
          NO. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN I TOOK THE JOB AND AS I'VE BEEN HERE NOW FOR GOING ON 18 MONTHS, I'VE QUESTIONED WHERE DID THE NUMBER 4,000 COME FROM? I'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION, UH, WITH CHIEF ARTISTS AND WITH THE CITY MANAGER. 
          AND THEY TOLD ME IT CAME FROM PROP U. 
          AND I'M LIKE, NO, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          BUT WHERE DID THE NUMBER COME FROM? WHAT DATA DID THEY USE TO GET TO THE NUMBER? AND QUITE HONESTLY, NO ONE CAN GIMME THAT ANSWER. 
          OKAY. 
          IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A NUMBER THAT WAS JUST PULLED FROM THE SKY. 
          UM, IT'S MY BELIEF THAT, UH, WE'VE SHOWN THAT RESPONSE TIMES ARE GOING DOWN, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO BRING RESPONSE TIMES DOWN, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF TECHNOLOGY, AND THEN MAYBE REDISTRICT REDISTRICTING SOME OF OUR STATIONS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A ISSUE THAT WE ALSO HAVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          THE, THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN LIKE THAT RIGHT? FOR SO LONG. 
          AND THE CITY HAS GROWN NEW INTERSTATES, NEW TRAFFIC IN CERTAIN AREAS. 
          WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE SOME OF THE DISTRICTS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, WHICH THEN COULD ALSO HELP RESPONSE TIMES. 
          AND I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT, WE START LOOKING AT THE DATA. 
          4,000 MIGHT NOT BE A NUMBER THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED. 
          THE NUMBER COULD BE LOWER THAN THAT, BUT A LOT OF THAT'S GONNA DEPEND ON YOU AS A COUNSELOR TO ON WHICH DIRECTION WE GO. 
          BUT FROM THE POLICE SIDE, I'M NOT QUITE CERTAIN YET THAT 4,000 IS THE NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO BE EFFICIENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO HELP GUIDE US THROUGH THAT. 
          BECAUSE I DO THINK, UH, JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BIGGER DOESN'T MAKE IT BETTER. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE IT SMALLER AND MORE MANAGEABLE, IT, YOU CAN BE MORE NIMBLE AND GET THINGS DONE MAYBE WITH A SMALLER HEADCOUNT, BUT RESPONSE TIMES ARE SHRINKING AND PEOPLE'S SENTIMENT, THEIR FEELINGS, THEY FEEL SAFER. 
          I MEAN, THAT IS WHAT WE GO ABOUT. 
          YEAH. 
          I THINK I NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN THE SEAT TO MAKE SURE I CAN GIVE YOU AN ACCURATE PROPOSAL ON THAT. 
          BUT WE ARE GETTING THERE FROM SOME OF THE STUDIES THAT I HAVE REQUESTED THE TEAM DOES. 
          AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT NOW, AND A BIG ONE IS THE POSSIBLE OF REDISTRICTING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ONCE WE FINISH THAT AND WE GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE NINE DRONES THAT WE HAVE UP AS A DRONE, AS A FIRST RESPONDER, WE'RE SEEING SOME REALLY GOOD SUCCESS OUT OF THAT. 
          AND THAT CAN ALSO BRING DOWN THE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS THAT WE'LL NEED TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THESE CALLS QUICKLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, AND SO JACK, I KNOW ON PAGE SLIDE 102, I LOVE SAYING THAT WORD. 
          UM, THAT NUMBER, YOU TALK ABOUT FUTURE FOCUS. 
          WHICH ONE OF THESE, ARE THEY ALL PRIORITIES? ARE THEY NUMBERED IN A PRIORITY IN A NUMBER WAY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS OVER THE FIRST ASCENT VENDOR? ARE THESE JUST A LIST? IT, IT WAS NOT PUT TOGETHER AS A RANKED LIST. 
          OKAY. 
          IT WAS JUST LISTED, UH, THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS. 
          THE, THE PENSION, THE LIVING WAGE, UM, ARE HIGHER DOLLAR AMOUNTS PROBABLY THAN THE FIRST OFFENDER PROGRAM, WHICH IS NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. 
          SO IN MY PUTTING THE LIST TOGETHER, IT WAS MORE ABOUT KIND OF SIZE OF, UM, WHAT IMPACT COULD BE, HOW MUCH IS OUR PENSION, UM, PAYMENT FOR BOTH, NOT JUST FIRE AND POLICE IN THE UPCOMING, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          I THINK IT'S A LITTLE OVER 404 MILLION FOR BOTH. 
          AND, UM, I WANNA JUST GO BACK FOR JUST A MINUTE. 
          THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THIS FUTURE FOCUS, IT'S REALLY ABOUT, THIS IS SOME OF THE NEXT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER REAL RESULT AND IMPACT AROUND MM-HMM . 
          BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO MATTER. 
          AND THE WAY WE'VE APPROACHED THEM IN THE BUDGET IS THAT WE GOT SOME STOP GAPS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE HAD AN EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION AROUND SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS PROGRAM. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A WHOLE LEGISLATIVE PIECE THAT WE HOPE THAT WE WILL GET SUPPORT FOR, BUT IT'S THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING FRONT AND CENTER AND WE'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, WITH, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL IN ORDER TO MOVE THOSE FORWARD. 
          SO THEY ALL MATTER EQUALLY. 
          WHEN DOES THAT PENSION FOR BOTH REALLY START TO CLIMB? 400 IS JUST WHAT IT IS NOW? I THINK IN YEAR FIVE, MR. ALLEN, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S WAY BEFORE 20. 
          I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S 2029. 
          BUT I'M GONNA LET HIM JUMP IN. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, SO BOTH OF THEM, UM, HAVE FUNDING SOUNDLESS RESTORATION PLANS THAT HAVE FIVE YEAR STEP UP. 
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AND SO WE ARE PHASING UP OVER FIVE YEARS. 
          SO THE 60 OR FISCAL YEAR 30, UH, FISCAL YEAR, 29 30 WOULD BE THE YEAR THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR A HIGHER STEP UP THAN WE'VE BEEN EXPECTED. 
          DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT NUMBER? UH, NO MA'AM. 
          BUT, BUT IT'S PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL. 
          WELL, WE, WE'VE BEEN GOING UP, UH, FOR EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT FUND ABOUT $10 MILLION A YEAR. 
          AND FOR, UH, DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM ABOUT $20 MILLION A YEAR. 
          I EXPECT THAT IT WOULD BE MORE THAN THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, THESE ARE REAL BIG BULL BIG PAYMENTS THAT ARE DUE. 
          UM, AND I, UH, I, I HAVE QUITE A FEW FOLKS THAT ARE FOLLOWING, UH, DAN DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES IN THE ANIMAL CRUELTY. 
          WHAT, AND I NOTICED THAT WE INCREASED OUR BUDGET BY I THINK 800,000. 
          WHAT, WHAT IS THAT REALLY FOR? AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME PARAMETERS BECAUSE THESE ARE CRIMINAL CASES, SO YOU CAN'T, IT'S NOT LIKE ADOPTING A DOG. 
          IT IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SITUATION. 
          HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          AND WHAT IS THE NUMBER THAT YOU NEED TO, BECAUSE THESE ARE REAL CASES OF, OF, OF, OF CRUELTY TO, TO LIVING BEINGS. 
          YES. 
          WE HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE CONTINUE TO SEE A RISE IN ANIMAL CRUELTY. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT IT, UM, I KNOW QUITE EXTENSIVELY, UH, AS WE WERE PREPARING FOR THIS CURRENT BUDGET. 
          AND THEN GOING FORWARD, WE'RE SEEING THAT THOSE CASES CONTINUE. 
          THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM THE FORENSIC TESTING THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, I I THINK THAT WE TRY TO IDENTIFY SOME POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS WHERE WE COULD HAVE MAYBE A THIRD PARTY TAKE ON THE ANIMAL CRUELTY, UM, COMPONENT. 
          HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE DATA AND, AND SHOWING HOW THOSE INCREASES HAVE HAPPENED IN MANAGING THAT, WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TAKERS. 
          UM, SO WE'VE CONTINUED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT, UM, EVERYTHING FROM THE SURGERIES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO THE AFTER HOUR VETERINARIAN SUPPORT THAT THIS COUNCIL, UM, ENSURED THAT WE HAD FUNDING FOR A COUPLE YEARS AGO. 
          UM, IT HAS BECOME A SITUATION WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE, WILL NEED TO BE SOME POLICY, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNCIL AND WAYS THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE AND HELP DETERMINE WAYS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CREATE, UM, A DIFFERENT, UH, TRAJECTORY. 
          I'LL LET ALINA JUMP IN, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 
          UM, DO I HAVE A MAGIC NUMBER? I THINK THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AN EXTREMELY GOOD JOB WITH THE LEADERSHIP THERE IN FINDING WAYS TO KEEP US AFLOAT. 
          UM, AND WE DID MAKE THOSE INCREASES IN THE BUDGET, IN THE ANIMAL CRUELTY, UH, COMPONENT, JUST SO WE COULD AT LEAST ADDRESS AND MAINTAIN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, AND REAL QUICK BEFORE SHE IS, IS IT UNDER DPD OR IS IT UNDER DHDS? IT'S UNDER DAS. 
          IT'S ALL DAS. 
          SO ALL THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDER DAS, BUT THEY ARE LICENSED INDIVIDUALS TO CREATE, TO INVESTIGATE. 
          I THINK THE INVESTIGATIVE COMPONENT IS STILL THE, THE OFFICERS THAT ARE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE WORK ITSELF IS STILL UNDER DAS? YES, THAT IS ACTUALLY CORRECT. 
          SO WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN DPD, THEY ACTUALLY PROCESS THE, THE CASES, THE SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES, BUT WE DO HOUSE THE ANIMALS. 
          WE PROVIDE CARE, WE TRANSPORT THEM RESOURCES, SO UNTIL A DISPOSITION CAN BE MADE, SO THEY ARE IN OUR CARE AND YOU CAN'T, YOU, YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE CASE CLOSES BEFORE ANYTHING CAN BE DONE. 
          CASE CLOSES, UH, DUE PROCESS, APPEALS, ANYTHING THAT THAT'S INVOLVED. 
          YES. 
          DO YOU KNOW THE CASE LOAD? UH, THIS UNIT, WE CAN GIVE YOU AN ACTUAL BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE CASELOAD HAS INCREASED. 
          AND I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME, AT LEAST FOR ME, WHEN I HEARD ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO THAT WE NOW HAD TO CARE FOR SOME HORSES, THAT BECAME A LOT, A LITTLE BIT MUCH. 
          AND THE REALITY IS, IS THAT WHEN THOSE SITUATIONS HAPPEN, THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS REALLY COMING BACK TO THE CITY, UM, THROUGH EVEN WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL PARTNERS THAT HELP US. 
          UM, AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF HELPING, UM, ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE LOAD. 
          BUT THE ACTUAL REQUIREMENT FOR IT IS STILL ON THE CITY. 
          I WANNA SAY THAT WE ARE THE FOURTH LARGEST MUNICIPAL, UM, ANIMAL SHELTER. 
          PAUL, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IN THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, AND SOMETIMES, AND YOU'RE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS, WE'RE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS. UM, AND IT JUST APPEARS TO BE THAT THIS HAS BECOME LIKE THE NEW NORMAL. 
          I WOULD HOPE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, BUT I KNOW FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES HAVE JUST CONTINUED TO SKYROCKET. 
          AND I WILL JUST, BUT WE CAN GET YOU SOME DETAIL DATA. 
          AND I WILL JUST TELL YOU, LAST YEAR WE AVERAGED ABOUT 2,800, AND RIGHT NOW IS OF JUNE, WE'RE AT 3,300 AND WE ANTICIPATE WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA END UP AROUND 4,000 SUSPECTED ANIMALS FOR ANIMALS THAT WE'RE CARING FOR ANIMALS IN OUR CARE VICTIMS. OKAY. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ANIMAL, RIGHT? SO, AND THE 
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BIGGER THE ANIMAL, THE HIGHER THE COST AND, UH, LENGTH OF STAY DEPENDING ON WHAT MEDICAL NEEDS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE. 
          AND AGAIN, WHEN IT'S IN AC CRUELTY BUCKET, THERE'S ADDITIONAL TYPE OF TESTING THAT'S THEN REQUIRED THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PERFORMING. 
          SO, UM, IN, IN COACH, WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE PARTNERSHIPS DISCUSSION, UM, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          AND SO IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD FROM YESTERDAY, , UH, JACK OR KIM OR ANYBODY AROUND PARTNERSHIPS? BECAUSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS TO BENEFIT BOTH, RIGHT? AND, AND HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THAT, UM, THAT ABILITY THAT BOTH PARTIES ARE FULFILLED IN THEIR OBLIGATIONS, RIGHT? PARTNERSHIPS ARE DEFINITELY VERY IMPORTANT AND, AND ENABLE US TO, UH, HAVE A FURTHER REACH INTO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE SERVICES. 
          SO DON'T WANT TO ANYONE TO THINK THAT ALL PARTNERSHIPS ARE BAD, BUT WE DO NEED TO BE REVIEWING THEM AND DETERMINING THE VALUE. 
          YOU SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBERS THAT WERE BEING SERVED THROUGH DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS. 
          AND JUST LOOKING AT THOSE METRICS I THINK IS IMPORTANT, UH, AS WE EVALUATE THE FUTURE OF, OF OUR DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS. 
          UH, MR. BERT, DID YOU NO, I, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 
          PARTNERSHIPS HAVE TO HAVE BENEFITS ON BOTH SIDES. 
          AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE THOUGHT THROUGH THIS, UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, IT WILL BE A CHANGE, IS THAT OFTENTIMES OUR PARTNERS HAVE THE FUNDING AND WE HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO CONNECT THE FUNDING TO THE PEOPLE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND I THINK AS WE TALK MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT, I'LL GIVE YOU A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY THAT WE NOW HAVE. 
          AND, UM, AND I THINK IT'S KEY AND IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT, WE TALKED ABOUT CORE SERVICES AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN, AND IF THERE IS OTHERS OUT THERE PERFORMING A SERVICE, DO WE NEED TO BE DUPLICATING THOSE FUNCTIONS? AND I'LL TALK ABOUT ADULT LEARNING 'CAUSE THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE IN THE MEDIA WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE, THE FACT THAT THROUGH OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM, THAT THAT HAS BEEN A SERVICE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND WE CLEARLY KNOW THAT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS OF GREATER DALLAS AS WELL AS DALLAS COLLEGE, BOTH HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS. IT BECAME A PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY WHERE THEY HAVE FUNDS ALREADY THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE THAT AND THAT'S THEIR MISSION AND THAT IS THEIR MISSION VERSUS US TRYING TO TAKE THAT ON AND PERFORM THOSE SERVICES. 
          I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. 
          SO IT'S THOSE TYPES OF INTENTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT I THINK COUNCIL SHOULD EXPECT FOR US TO DO. 
          UM, I KNOW IT MAY NOT SOUND FAVORABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S SET IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR A A MINUTE, BUT AS I'VE EXPLAINED IT, WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT. 
          WE'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT'S OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED AND USED TO PROVIDE THIS IMPORTANT SERVICE. 
          SO THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE WAY WE'VE APPROACHED IT NEEDS TO BE A WIN-WIN, BUT IT NEEDS TO MAKE SENSE AND IT NEEDS TO CREATE A LONG-TERM STRATEGY, NOT THAT WE GET A PARTNERSHIP ON SOMETHING TODAY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A YEAR FROM NOW IT COMES BACK TO THE CITY. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THOSE LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET MY TIME GO BACK, BUT I'LL DO ROUND TWO AND I'M GONNA ASK ABOUT LIBRARY AND PATH GOING FORWARD. 
          SORRY. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO, WE'RE GONNA GO CHAIRMAN RIDLEY AND AFTER HIM WE'RE GOING TO RECESS FOR LUNCH FOR AN HOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD, CHAIRMAN RIDLEY RECKON US FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          I WANNA START WITH A GENERAL OBSERVATION THAT WE HAVE, UH, BEEN ABLE TO APPARENTLY CLOSE A $50 MILLION BUDGET GAP THIS YEAR, UM, WITHOUT SERIOUS REDUCTIONS IN SERVICES. 
          BUT IN LIGHT OF WHAT MR. IRELAND HAS RECITED AS THE LITANY OF INCREASED COSTS FOR LABOR, FOR GOODS AND SERVICES, UM, I, I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT AT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE ARE GOING TO BE CONTEMPLATING SOME VERY SERIOUS SERVICE REDUCTIONS IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE BUDGET AND BALANCE IT. 
          AND SO I, I THINK THERE ARE ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT WE CAN CUT THE BUDGET WITHOUT SERIOUS SERVICE INQUIRIES, BUT THEY'RE PRIMARILY INCREMENTAL. 
          AND THE RELENTLESS INCREASE IN COSTS THAT EXCEED THE INCREASE IN REVENUES THAT WE CAN REASONABLY ANTICIPATE IS GOING TO CREATE A REAL BUDGET CRUNCH NEXT YEAR. 
          BUT TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, UH, HAS THE CITY, UH, INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET, THE POTENTIAL REVENUE FROM MONETIZING OUR 2,600 VACANT PIECES OF REAL ESTATE. 
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I'LL START. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          AND SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WITHOUT HAVING A FULL PLAN THAT ESTABLISHES THE PRIORITY OF THE REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO AND BEING ABLE TO CREATE PROJECTIONS AROUND IT, FOR US TO BALANCE THAT AND HAVE THAT BE A PART OF THE BUDGET WITH THE UNKNOWNS RIGHT NOW, UH, WE WOULD BE FORECASTING IN A WAY THAT I DON'T BELIEVE WE WOULD, UH, WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE ANY CERTAINTY AROUND HOWEVER WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING, UM, AT MOVING THAT, THAT WORK FORWARD. 
          I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, UM, ASKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, UH, AND THAT WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS WHY WE HOPE TO HAVE THE RFP OUT ON THE STREET, UM, NO LATER THAN THE END OF SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. 
          THAT HOPEFULLY WILL GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO GET SOME DATA BACK ON WHAT WE CAN BEGIN TO START THINKING ABOUT, UM, AS IT RELATES TO SOME PIECES OF THE PORTFOLIO. 
          AND I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE EXAMPLES. 
          WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF TO DETERMINE WHO OWNS WHAT. 
          WE HAVE 300 ACRES SITTING IN THE CITY OF HUTCHINS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT QUITE EXTENSIVELY. 
          AND WE ARE PROBABLY GETTING VERY CLOSE TO, UM, HAVING THAT ACREAGE, UM, UM, SOLD BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH IT WITH THE CITY OF HUTCHINS. 
          BUT WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT 300 ACRES WAS ACTUALLY PURCHASED BY DWU. 
          SO WE NEED TYPE OF A, UM, A, UM, A RETURN OR WHAT WE WOULD GET BACK GOES BACK TO UTILITY. 
          AND I CANNOT AUTOMATICALLY TAKE THAT AND MOVE IT OVER TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US. 
          AS, AS JOHN, UM, JOHNSON MENTIONED, WE HAVE TO DETERMINE ALL THE PARCELS, HOW WERE THEY, HOW WERE THEY ORIGINALLY PROCURED, WAS IT PAID FOR OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND VERSUS ENTERPRISE FUNDS? AND THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE EVALUATION. 
          BUT I DO APPRECIATE, AND I I AGREE THAT WE CAN BUILD IT IN, BUT RIGHT NOW, UNTIL WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO THEN SAY WE'VE BALANCED THE BUDGET WITH THAT UNCERTAINTY. 
          WELL, I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T PREDICT NOW WHAT REVENUES FROM ANY PARTICULAR PIECE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY MIGHT BE TO PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET. 
          BUT WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN A PLAN FOR LIQUIDATING THAT UNNEEDED PROPERTY. 
          I KNOW THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR OVER A YEAR, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY CONCRETE PLAN OR APPROACH TO MONETIZING THOSE ASSETS. 
          SO I, I WOULD JUST REQUEST THAT RENEWED EMPHASIS BE PLACED ON THAT AS A POTENTIAL REVENUE SOURCE AND THAT WE MAKE ADDITIONAL PROGRESS WITH A DEFINITE PLAN AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO LIQUIDATE SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES. 
          NOW ON THE, THAT WAS ON THE REVENUE SIDE, ON THE COST SIDE, WHY HAS FIRE OVER TIME INCREASED BY 40% FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET? WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED, OR YOU HAVE INFORMED ME, MS. TOLBERT, THAT FIRE IS FULLY STAFFED. 
          SO WHY ARE WE HAVING TO PAY $28 MILLION FOR FIRE OVERTIME? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          AND I'M LOOKING FOR THE FIRE CHIEF, UM, TO COME OUT. 
          UM, I DO KNOW THAT IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UNLIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT THERE IS A MANDATORY STAFFING COMPONENT. 
          UM, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THE ADDITIONAL OVERAGE AND NOW, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT HOPEFULLY NOW THAT THE CHIEF IS HERE. 
          UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY FOCUSED IN THESE, THESE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. 
          UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT I THINK HAVE BEEN INCLUDED THAT HELP US DEAL WITH SOME OF THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT ARE MORE AROUND SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS AND MENTAL, UM, UH, MENTAL, UM, QUALITY OF LIFE TYPES OF, OF CALLS. 
          SO WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT CARE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL, UM, PROGRAM THAT WAS ADDED AROUND THE SINGLE ROLE, UH, PARAMEDICS, THOSE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET THAT WE HAD NOT HAD PREVIOUSLY. 
          BUT I'LL LET THE CHIEF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          SORRY I DIDN'T HEAR ALL THE QUESTION. 
          IT'S ABOUT THE INCREASE IN THE COST WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT KNOWING THAT YOU ARE AT YOUR OPTIMAL STAFFING LEVEL. 
          SO OF OVERTIME OVER TIME, IT'S, IT'S NOT INCREASED. 
          IT IS. 
          WE ARE, SO THIS YEAR WILL BE 300,000 HOURS LESS THAN LAST, WHICH EVEN WITH THE PAY CHANGES, ABOUT 10 MILLION LESS DOLLARS, UM, FROM THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, ABOUT 600,000 HOURS. 
          SO WE, WE ARE, WE'RE COMING DOWN, UH, WE ADDED 63 POSITIONS TO BRING DOWN THE OVERTIME A BIT. 
          UM, 600 POSITION, I MEAN 63 POSITIONS WORKS ABOUT 
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170,000 HOURS, 180,000 HOURS AND WE BROUGHT IT DOWN 300,000 HOURS. 
          SO, UH, IT'S WORKING, IT, THERE'S STILL OVERTIME. 
          UM, IT'S A BIT MORE THAN WE'D LIKE, BUT IT, WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME OVERTIME BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MANDATORY MINIMUM STAFFING AND IF WE DIDN'T ADD SOME THEN WE'D BE WAY OVERSTAFFED AND IT COST US MORE. 
          IT WOULDN'T BE AS EFFICIENT. 
          SO WE HAVE A MANDATORY STAFF IN A DAY OF 464 PEOPLE TO BE IN THE FIELD IN EACH SEAT TO BE SAFE. 
          AND IT TAKES 600, 600 ASSIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT WITH THEIR LEAVE. 
          UH, AND EVEN WITH THAT, THERE'S, THERE'S STILL SOME OVERTIME. 
          WELL, GIVEN THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS STATED THAT YOU ARE FULLY STAFFED MM-HMM . 
          AND YOU'VE BEEN MAKING INROADS ON THE NUMBER OF HOURS BILLED FOR OVERTIME, WHY HAS THE OVERTIME BUDGET ON PAGE 203 OF THE BUDGET INCREASED FROM 20 MILLION THIS YEAR TO 28 MILLION NEXT YEAR? UH, PAY RAISES, UM, THE EXTRA PEOPLE WE HAVE IN, UM, EXTRA DAYS THAT THEY'VE GOT OFF, UM, THERE'S DAYS THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE AND, UH, ONE DAY EXTRA THAT WOULD BE AFFORDED TO ALL OUR MEMBERS WOULD EQUATE TO THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR ONE DAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A MANDATORY MINIMUM STAFFING. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY GOES ON. 
          ANOTHER ISSUE, WHY HAS THE IT BUDGET INCREASED? 88% FROM 18 MILLION TO $32 MILLION IN THIS BUDGET. 
          GIVE US A SECOND, UH, CHAIRMAN, WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY COME OUT FROM IT DEPARTMENT A SECOND. 
          JEFF STOVALL, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, WOULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION PLEASE? I COULD ONLY HEAR IT PARTIALLY WHEN I WAS IN THE BACK. 
          WELL, PLEASE NOTE, DON'T CHARGE THIS TIME AGAINST ME SINCE I'VE ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          WE, WE, WE WON'T CHARGE THE AGAINST YOU BUT CAN YOU PULL THAT MICROPHONE JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO YOU, SIR? CERTAINLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          REPEAT THE QUESTION, BUT DON'T CHARGE THE TIME AGAINST HIM. 
          HE'S, HE'S REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THAT. 
          SO, UH, WHY HAS THE IT BUDGET INCREASED FROM 18 MILLION THIS YEAR TO 32 MILLION NEXT YEAR? AN 88% INCREASE. 
          I THINK YOU'RE ONLY, UH, REFERENCING ONLY PART OF THE IT BUDGET. 
          SO LET ME MAKE SURE THAT I AM REFERRING TO THE SAME PORTION THAT YOU ARE AS WELL. 
          LET ME HELP OUT WITH THIS ONE. 
          I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, IT 9 1 1, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. 
          SO THE INCREASE IS A COMBINATION OF TWO FACTORS I MENTIONED WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE CLOSE THE GAP. 
          WE ARE, UM, UH, RAISING THE FEE FOR 9 1 1 LANDLINES FROM 62 CENTS, UM, PER MONTH TO A DOLLAR 30 PER MONTH. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UH, THE BUDGET INCLUDES THE USE OF THUMB BALANCE, UM, AND THE 9 1 1 FUND. 
          SO OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, BECAUSE WIRE WIRELESS FEES ARE SET BY THE STATE, WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST THOSE. 
          UH, THE STATE HAS BEEN ALLOCATING GRANTS, UH, TO ENTITIES. 
          AND SO BECAUSE WE'VE USED GRANTS TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS, WE'VE REALIZED THE FUND BALANCE IN THE 9 1 1 FUND. 
          AND SO WE'RE APPROPRIATING THAT FUND BALANCE TO, UH, SUPPORT FIRE AND EXPENSES, UH, FIRE AND UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPENSES IN FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          SO THAT LINE ITEM I REFERENCED IS ONLY 9 1 1 CORRECT EXPENSES FOR IT. 
          SO IT'S 9 1 1. 
          UM, IT MANAGES THE 9 1 1 FUND, BUT THE EXPENSES SUPPORT 9 1 1 FUNCTIONS. 
          AND SO THE REIMBURSEMENT THAT IT'S THE, THE LINE ITEM IS A REIMBURSEMENT TO OFFSET POLICE AND FIRE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH 9 1 1. 
          AND DISPATCH. 
          SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE COSTS ARE NOT INCREASING, IT'S JUST REVENUES HAVE DROPPED? CORRECT. 
          SO THE REVENUE, THERE'S A REVENUE INCREASE. 
          THE WAY IT WORKS BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE, UM, FUND ACCOUNTING, I GUESS, UM, HERE AT THE CITY, IT'S AN EXPENSE IN THE 9 1 1 FUND. 
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UM, BUT IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT TO POLICE AND FIRE 'CAUSE IT'S USED TO OFFSET THEIR EXPENSES IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND NOW I'D LIKE TO TURN TO LIBRARIES. 
          THE BUDGET SHOWS THAT WE'RE CUTTING 70 POSITIONS IN THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. 
          HOW WILL THAT IMPACT SERVICE? GOOD AFTERNOON MANIA, SHORE LIBRARY DIRECTOR. 
          UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF IMPACTS ON SERVICES. 
          ONE IS THAT WE WILL NEED TO REDUCE HOURS AT MOST OF OUR LOCATIONS. 
          NOT ALL, BUT MOST. 
          AND WE ARE DISSOLVING THE ADULT LEARNING DEPARTMENT AND STARTING A PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
          HOW DOES THE LATTER RESULT IN, OR HOW MUCH REDUCTION WILL THERE BE WITH THE TRANSFER OF THE ADULT EDUCATION TO OTHER ENTITIES? SURE. 
          THE ADULT LEARNING DEPARTMENT IS $431,990. 
          SO HOW MANY POSITIONS DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO? THAT'S EIGHT POSITIONS. 
          SO OKAY. 
          THERE ARE STILL 62 OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING ELIMINATED? CORRECT. 
          NOW THOSE ARE FULL-TIME POSITIONS, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT ONLY HAS FULL-TIME POSITIONS, BUT YOU'RE TRANSITIONING TO PART-TIME, UH, WORKFORCE, AT LEAST IN PART, CORRECT? WE ARE TRYING TO, YES SIR. 
          WE NEED VACANCIES IN ORDER TO DO THAT AND WE ARE LOSING MOST OF OUR VACANCIES IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          BUT AS PEOPLE LEAVE THROUGHOUT NEXT FISCAL YEAR WHEN APPROPRIATE, WE WILL CONVERT THOSE POSITIONS TO PART-TIME. 
          SO SOME OF THESE 70 POSITIONS THAT ARE FULL-TIME WILL ULTIMATELY BE CONVERTED TO PART-TIME POSITIONS? NO, SIR. 
          WE ARE LOSING THOSE POSITIONS AND NOT REPLACING THEM WITH ANY PART-TIME, NO. 
          OKAY. 
          HOW WILL THIS RESULT, WHAT IMPACT WILL IT HAVE ON BRANCH HOURS? SURE. 
          SO ALL UH, LIBRARY HOURS WILL BE REDUCED AT ALL LOCATIONS EXCEPT BOOKMARKS. 
          AND THEN THE FIVE FLAGSHIP LIBRARIES, WHICH WE'LL SEE A RE UH, UH, INCREASE IN HOURS. 
          SO IT DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION BECAUSE OUR HOURS HAVE NOT BEEN STANDARDIZED. 
          UH, CURRENTLY IT'S, IT'S, IT VARIES FROM LIBRARY TO LIBRARY, THE REDUCTION IMPACTS. 
          BUT MOST OF THE LIBRARIES WILL END UP AT 44 HOURS A WEEK STARTING OCTOBER 1ST, AND THEY ARE EITHER AT 52 OR 53 CURRENTLY. 
          AND IS THERE AN EFFORT TO HAVE THE BRANCH LIBRARIES OPEN WHEN THERE IS THE HIGHEST DEMAND FOR LIBRARY SERVICES? IN OTHER WORDS, NOT NECESSARILY NINE TO FIVE, BUT EVENING HOURS, AFTERNOON HOURS, ET CETERA? YES. 
          IN FACT, EVEN WITH THIS REDUCTION, WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE EVENING HOURS THAN THEY HAVE NOW. 
          OUR BRANCH LIBRARIES CURRENTLY ONLY ARE OPEN UNTIL 8:00 PM TWO DAYS A WEEK WITH THE CHANGE, THEY'LL BE OPEN UNTIL 8:00 PM THREE DAYS A WEEK. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MR. IRELAND, THE TAX RATE CUT THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED AS A COUNSEL THE LAST 10 YEARS HAS ALWAYS BEEN FROM THE GENERAL FUND TAX. 
          THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE CUTTING THE DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE. 
          HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? AND STILL ABLE TO SERVICE OUR DEBT? SO THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M GONNA ASK TO PULL UP, UH, SLIDE 47. 
          AND SO ON SLIDE 47, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVEN'T, UH, JUST TAKEN OUR, UH, TAX RATE REDUCTIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, GOING DOWN THE DEBT SERVICE COLUMN, UH, THAT THE TAX RATE IN 2016 ON THE DEBT SERVICE WAS 2324. 
          IT DROPPED TO 2224, IT LATER DROPPED TO 21, IT DROPPED TO 2075. 
          SO WE HAVE REDUCED THE DEBT SERVICE RATE ON, OR THE TAX RATE ON THE DEBT SERVICE, UH, SIDE AS WELL AS REDUCTIONS TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND SO AS WE LOOK AT, UH, OUR FORECAST, OUR MODEL FOR DEBT SERVICE, UH, WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UH, PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH, THE TAX RATE, THE DEBT, OUR EXISTING DEBT, OUR FUTURE DEBT, AND ARE ABLE TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT. 
          UM, UNLIKE THE GENERAL FUND WHERE WE, UH, HAVE BEEN LIMITED ON OUR GROWTH, UH, TO 3.5% FROM REAPPRAISAL, WE DON'T HAVE 
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THE SAME LIMITATION ON THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE. 
          AND SO THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE IS ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MORE GROWTH THAN THE GENERAL FUND IS WHEN THERE'S MORE GROWTH, UH, LESS TAX RATE IS NEEDED. 
          SO WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO SERVICE OUR DEBT WITH THIS REDUCTION. 
          LONG ANSWER. 
          ABSOLUTELY, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          THE REDUCTION OF 0.1 DOES NOT, UH, INTERFERE WITH OUR ABILITY TO PAY OUR DEBT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ON 70, PAGE 73 OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, THAT CHRONICLES THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM, WHY ARE WE NOT SPENDING THE ALLOCATION OF 19 MILLION FOR THE HOMELESS? SO I'LL NEED SOME HELP WITH THAT. 
          I'M LOOKING FOR THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF THE BOND AND CONSTRUCTION AND OR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. 
          THEY'RE RIGHT HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ONCE AGAIN, IF THIC AND DIRECTOR OF HOUSING COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, IF YOU DON'T MIND REPEATING YOUR QUESTION FOR ME. 
          SO I HAVE FULL QUESTION. 
          THANKS. 
          SO I'LL TRY TO, SO IT'S NOT TAKING YOUR TIME. 
          THERE'S $19 MILLION IN THE PROPOSITION THAT HAS BEEN, UH, AUTHORIZED AND WE HAVE THOSE APPROPRIATIONS, BUT THEY'RE STILL $18 MILLION NOT SPENT. 
          THANK, THANK YOU, MR. IRELAND. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THERE'S A, THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE. 
          WE ARE REVIEWING FOR POTENTIAL SHELTER EXPANSION. 
          WE'RE REVIEWING FOR THE EXISTING PROPERTIES THAT MIRAMAR AND AWAITING THE FUTURE SALE OF THE HAMPTON PROPERTY, AS WELL AS THE INDEPENDENCE PROPERTY. 
          UM, THERE HAS BEEN RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH DEVELOPERS ON ALL FRONTS TO ENSURE THAT THE HOMELESS BOND MONEY CAN BE PUT INTO THOSE PROPERTIES. 
          WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING THE PELLET HOME SHELTER IN DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, WHICH IS IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR A GROUND LEASE RIGHT NOW WITH TDOT. 
          SO THERE'S A HANDFUL OF PROPERTIES UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF THE BOND PROPOSITIONS RELATED TO HOMELESS. 
          WELL, I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORT TO PURSUE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS OF BOND EXPENDITURES. 
          I BELIEVE THE, UM, THE BONDS WERE ALREADY SOLD IN THE FIRST YEAR FOR THOSE, SO THAT'S CASH ON HAND IN THE BOND. 
          AND SO WE'RE AWAITING THE, THE PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN BRING THOSE ITEMS TO COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO SELL THE FUTURE, UM, YEAR AS BOND. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY ALLOCATED IN THE FIRST YEAR. 
          SO, SO I'LL HELP EXPLAIN ON THAT. 
          ON PAGE 73, UH, WE HAVE ALREADY APPROPRIATED IN COLUMN TWO, THE FULL $19 MILLION. 
          WE'VE ALREADY IN THE FIRST TWO TRANCHES, WE SOLD THE FULL $19 MILLION. 
          AND SO THEY'VE SPENT 756,000. 
          THERE'S 18.2 MILLION THAT'S REMAINING AT THIS POINT. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL BONDS UNDER THIS PROPOSITION TO ISSUE. 
          THEY'VE ALL ALREADY BEEN FULLY ISSUED. 
          OH. 
          SO THIS TABLE JUST REFLECTS FUTURE BOND SALES IN THE FUTURE COLLEGE. 
          THE THE LAST THREE COLUMNS, 27, 28, AND 29 ARE, UH, THE ISSUANCES THAT HAVEN'T OCCURRED YET AND THAT PROPOSITION HAS FULLY BEEN ISSUED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          YES. 
          AND THAT WAS YOUR TIME FOR THIS ROUND. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SO WE ARE GOING TO STAND AT RECESS UNTIL, LET'S CALL IT ONE FORTY FIVE. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I'M TOLD WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          SO WE ARE BACK, UM, TO OUR BRIEFING. 
          MADAM CITY MANAGER, I'M GONNA THROW IT BACK TO YOU TO TEE YOUR TEAM BACK UP. 
          BUT IF YOU, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY TO REFRAME THIS BEFORE I JUST START GOING BACK TO QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN WE'RE GONNA PICK UP WITH MS. ADEENA FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA THANK THE CITY MANAGER, JACK, JEANETTE, AND ALL THE OTHER STAFF WHO WORKED ON THIS BUDGET. 
          I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN HERE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WORKING COUNTLESS HOURS, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF TIME THAT Y'ALL PUT INTO THIS. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT IN THIS BUDGET. 
          AND IF WE COULD JUST, I GUESS I WANNA KNOW WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF SOME OF THE REORGANIZATION OF THIS? SO I'LL START AND THEN HOPEFULLY, UM, GET SOME HELP FROM, UH, THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. 
          SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY MANAGER TASKED US WITH, WITH WAS TO LOOK TO, UM, GAIN GREATER EFFICIENCIES WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT YOU SEE REFLECTS AN EFFICIENCY. 
          UM, IT'S TAKING SOME HIGHER LEVEL POSITIONS AND TURNING THEM INTO KIND OF THE WORKER BEE POSITIONS SO THAT YOU GET A VERY SIMILAR 
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OUTPUT. 
          UM, BUT JUST A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I THINK AS ALL OF Y'ALL KNOW, BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE WITH WEST DALLAS, OF COURSE THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT IS VERY, UM, IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          AND SO, UM, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME MORE EFFICIENCIES, BUT ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SERVICES THAT OUR RESIDENTS NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ENVIRONMENTALLY PROTECTED AND SOUND AND CONTINUE OUR CCAP GOALS AS WELL. 
          AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP, UM, WITH THE RESPONSE RELATED TO HOW THAT WILL IMPACT, UM, THE CCAP GOALS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR, IS REGARDING, UM, THE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES. 
          UM, SO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES ACTUALLY, UM, IN MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT SIX. 
          SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO AND VISIT DOS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. 
          UM, THEY DO SOME WONDERFUL THINGS AT THAT FACILITY. 
          UM, PAUL AND HIS GROUP, UM, I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERS, THEY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          I DON'T KNOW, PAUL, IF YOU CAN COME AND JUST TALK ABOUT YOUR DEPARTMENT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND WHAT SOME OF YOUR NEEDS ARE AS WELL. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          PAUL RAMON, DIRECTOR OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND FOR THE, UH, STATEMENT. 
          DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES IS THE FOURTH LARGEST MUNICIPAL SHELTER IN THE NATION. 
          WE TAKE IN ON AVERAGE ABOUT 24,000 ANIMALS EVERY YEAR THROUGH THE FIELD, OVER THE COUNTER. 
          UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT SERVICES IN OUR, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP REMOVE BARRIERS AND ACCESS TO CARE IN THE COMMUNITY TO ALLOW THESE ANIMALS TO HAVE AN OUTCOME. 
          AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, UH, WE DO HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY VICTIMS WHO COME THROUGH DAS, AND WE DO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THOSE ANIMALS. 
          UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO OFFER IS OUR PET SUPPORT, UH, ACCESS TO FOOD AND RESOURCES AND, AND CARE. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE A, A QUITE A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS WHO ACTUALLY COME IN AND SUPPLEMENT SOME OF OUR, UH, WORK IN THE SHELTER WITH ANIMAL ENRICHMENT, ANIMAL MOVEMENT AND SO FORTH. 
          THEY ALSO GIVE US A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION RELATED TO THOSE ANIMALS. 
          IS HOW THEY INTERACT. 
          ARE THEY VERY ENERGETIC? IS THIS DOG BETTER TO BE A LAP DOG? HOW IS THIS CAT INTERACT WITH OTHER ANIMALS AND SO FORTH? SO WE HAVE, UH, DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK, UH, TO TRY AND, AND BUILD, UH, TO OUR PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT, UH, IM IMPACTING OUR BUDGET. 
          YEAH, AND I THINK THAT YOU, YOU ACTUALLY HELP STRETCH OUR DOLLARS BECAUSE OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND HAVE SOME OF THE MONEY THAT'S, THAT GOES THROUGH THESE ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES. 
          UM, BUT I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE PARTNERSHIPS, UM, TO HELP STRETCH THOSE DOLLARS EVEN, UM, FURTHER ALONG. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND WE HAVE A, UH, 5 0 1 3 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES. 
          UH, THEY ALSO HELP WITH SUPPLYING DIFFERENT THINGS TO SUPPLEMENT THOSE COSTS THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE ABSORBED BY THE CITY. 
          UM, ONE OF THOSE IS, UH, THEY'VE RECENTLY, WE'VE RECENTLY WORKED WITH THEM TO ADD, UH, AN EXTRA A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO SUPPORT, UH, SUBSIDIZED PAY AND NEUTER SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL. 
          I KNOW WE HAD AN EVENT RECENTLY IN THE DISTRICT AND ONE OF YOUR PARTNERS JUMPED RIGHT IN THERE TO HELP WITH SPAY AND NEUTER, UH, YOU KNOW, OFFERING THOSE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. 
          YEAH, NO PROBLEM. 
          UM, MY OTHER QUESTION IS FOR THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, SO IN THE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S MOSTLY BEEN UNDER AN A CM. 
          AND SO JOHN, I JUST WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW YOU THINK, UM, AND I KNOW WE TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WEST, BUT HOW, UM, MAYBE SOME OF THE CHANGES OR ENHANCEMENTS MIGHT COME BECAUSE OF THE RE YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S GONNA BE LOCATED NOW. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, JOHN JOHNSON. 
          UH, SO AS WE'VE MENTIONED, AND I'VE DISCUSSED WITH A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 24TH, WE'RE COMING TO PREVIEW SOME OF THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE UPDATES AND TO DEBUT A, A GOVERNANCE MODEL, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE DIRECT RESULTS OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH CBRE AND RESULTING FROM THIS BODY AS WELL, UH, INCLUDED IN THAT AS A SMALL PORTION ABOUT THE STRATEGIC REAL ESTATE MASTER PLAN THAT WE'VE ALSO SPOKEN ABOUT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, I THINK SOME OF OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES SHOW THAT WE'RE WORKING TO DECREASE TIMES FOR PROCESSING, UH, FOR ABANDONMENTS, SO TO SPEAK. 
          I THINK THE NUMBER WAS 260 BUSINESS DAYS, AND WE HAVE THAT DOWN TO JUST OVER A HUNDRED NOW. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SOME PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, IMPLEMENT 
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INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE, AND THEN LEVERAGE SOME OF OUR DATA, UM, TO HELP IMPROVE WITH OUR PROCESSING TIMES. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          UM, MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE BENEFITS FOR RETIREES, I'M DONE WITH YOU, UM, IS I, I'VE RECEIVED ALREADY SEVERAL EMAILS, PHONE CALLS FROM RETIREES, JUST WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE BENEFITS AND CHANGES. 
          AND I'M WONDERING WHO CAN THEY CALL IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS? THEY CAN MAKE CONTACT WITH THE, UM, CITY'S, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. 
          WE'LL PROVIDE A CONTACT NAME. 
          UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR ASKING THIS. 
          WE WILL WORK WITH DAVID ERIDGE TO GET SOME INFORMATION OUT TO ALL OF THE RETIREES THROUGH THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT FUND. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IF YOU COULD ALSO SHARE THAT WITH OUR OFFICES. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE COUNCIL, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED, BUT I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN QUITE A FEW, UM, INQUIRIES. 
          COUNCIL MC, IF I COULD JUST ADD AND THANK YOU, MR. ARLAND. 
          SO WE ARE ACTUALLY, UH, GOING TO BE HOSTING, UM, EMPLOYEE SESSIONS JUST ON BENEFITS. 
          AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION. 
          BUT WE'RE ALSO PUTTING TOGETHER AN EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FACT SHEET THAT REALLY TALKS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT EMPLOYEES WILL SEE AND THE WAYS THAT WE MAINTAIN CERTAIN BENEFITS LIKE THE WELLNESS, UM, BENEFIT THAT'S BEEN A PART OF THE BUDGET. 
          WE MAINTAIN THE VIRTUAL SCREENINGS AS PART OF THE BUDGET. 
          SO THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE THAT PROBABLY HAVE NOT BEEN COMMUNICATED AS PART OF THE BUDGET BRIEFING AND THAT WE WILL SHARE A LOT OF THAT NEXT WEEK. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE A FACT SHEET, UM, THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SO WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO EMPLOYEES. 
          WE HAVE A SET OF FAQS AND WE WILL BE DOING BENEFITS TOWN HALLS WITH OUR STAFF, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THOSE DATES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS I RECEIVED IS IF THE INSURANCE, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO USE THE INSURANCE OUTTA STATE IF THEY'RE NO LONGER IN THE DALLAS AREA. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT, UM, JUST GOING BACK TO THE LIBRARIES. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK BECAUSE OF WEST DALLAS, AGAIN, UM, BEING NEAR THE DALLAS HOUSING AUTHORITY, JUST WANTING TO KNOW WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE MIGHT SEE, UM, WITH THE MOVE TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FLAGSHIPS AND WHAT WE MIGHT SEE AT THE LOCAL BRANCHES. 
          GOOD QUESTION, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UM, UM, WORKING WITH US. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE, UM, CERTAIN NEEDS IN YOUR DISTRICT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WORKING WITH OUR NEW, UH, LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND WITH OUR TEAM IS HAVING A CONSISTENT SET OF HOURS THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN BEGIN TO RELY ON AND MAKING SURE THAT THE LIBRARIES ARE OPEN DURING THE TIMES THAT THEY NEED US, NOT THE HOURS THAT WE JUST WANT TO BE THERE. 
          AND I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, I KNOW WE USE THE WORD REDUCTION A LOT, BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE BRANCHES, IT'S REALLY A REDISTRIBUTION OF HOURS TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN HOW WE'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE RESIDENTS, UH, WITHIN THE SYSTEM. 
          AND AT THE SAME TIME DO THE, UH, EXPANSION OF HOURS INTO THE FLAGSHIPS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE MORE ACCESS, UM, MORE CONSISTENCY ACROSS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, THE END WITHIN A 15 MINUTE DRIVE OF A LIBRARY. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS OUR FIRST APPROACH IN MOVING THAT, UH, FLAGSHIP MODEL FORWARD IN 2027. 
          AND WE DO EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE MORE, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE, I THINK THIS WILL BE THE NEW ERA OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM, AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO SEE THE WAY THAT WE HAVE KIND OF REIMAGINED THIS. 
          BUT, UM, DIRECTOR SURE. 
          IF YOU WANNA ADD ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD SEE DIFFERENTLY, I, I'M VERY THANK YOU. 
          CITY MANAGER, TOLBERT MANSUR, LIBRARY DIRECTOR. 
          I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE FLAGSHIP CONCEPT. 
          UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE DALLAS RESIDENTS SOMETHING THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH ARE LIBRARIES OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK UNTIL 8:00 PM DURING THE WEEK. 
          WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY OPEN WHEN WORKING FAMILIES NEED US. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE CLOSE AT FIVE O'CLOCK MOST EVENINGS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. 
          AND SO BY CONSOLIDATING OUR SERVICES INTO THESE LARGER FLAGSHIP LIBRARIES, THE HOPE IS THAT NO MATTER WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO GO TO A LIBRARY, ONE WILL BE OPEN AND IT'LL BE WITHIN A 15 MINUTE DRIVE OR LESS FROM WHERE THEY LIVE. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THE REMAINING LIBRARIES OPEN. 
          SO I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD VERY STRONGLY FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM ALL OF YOU NOT TO CLOSE ANY LIBRARIES. 
          AND SO, UM, I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO FLAGSHIPS AS WELL AS KEEP LIBRARIES OPEN. 
          AND THEY STILL WILL OFFER GED AND LITERACY COURSES, JUST MAYBE THROUGH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS? CORRECT? YES. 
          THEN WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE A LIBRARY LED ADULT LEARNING DEPARTMENT, BUT WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS AND DALLAS COLLEGE, UH, FOR THEM 
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TO OFFER SOME OF THE CLASSES THAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER. 
          IT WON'T BE THE DEPTH AND BREADTH THAT WE DO NOW, BUT WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY LOOK AT THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE'VE HAD SUCCESS WITH THE ADULT LEARNING DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE OUR DIRECTION A FEW YEARS AGO WAS TO OFFER IT EVERYWHERE. 
          AND WHEN I SAT DOWN AND I LOOKED AT THE DATA, THE DATA DOESN'T SUPPORT DOING THAT. 
          WE HAVE VERY LOW ATTENDANCE AT A NUMBER OF OUR, OF OUR LOCATIONS, AND SO BY WORKING WITH A PARTNER, THEY'RE ABLE TO REALLY CONCENTRATE ON SPECIFICALLY THE FLAGSHIPS AS WELL AS ONE OR TWO OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WE KNOW HAVE, UH, LARGE ATTENDANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SURE. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          UM, THE LAST THING I JUST WANNA SAY IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR MY DISTRICT, THE TAX RATE AND TAXES ARE DEFINITELY A CONCERN. 
          UM, WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH WESLEY RANKIN AND BUILDERS OF HOPE WHO BRING RESOURCES TO DISTRICT SIX RESIDENTS SO THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EXEMP EXEMPTIONS. 
          MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE STAFF THAT WILL TAKE TIME AND TEACH THEM HOW TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY BLESSED. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALSO THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO DO THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU MR. ROTH. 
          YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK Y'ALL HAVE MADE, UH, IN GETTING THIS STUFF TOGETHER. 
          UM, REALLY MY QUESTIONS ARE ALSO GONNA BE SORT OF AT A HIGHER LEVEL. 
          I'M, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TAKE, HAVE THE TIME YET TO DIG DEEP INTO THE, UH, BUDGET BOOK. 
          UM, MY FIRST QUESTION ON PAGE A HUNDRED, WHERE, UM, Y'ALL WERE PROVIDING A BUDGET WEBSITE, I'M WONDERING IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO INCLUDE, UH, IN AN ONLINE PRESENCE, THE BUDGET BOOK THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE GET, UH, WITH THE COMPLETE PROJECTED BUDGET AS WHAT, AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED ON PAGE 30, UH, WHICH ARE SHOWING THAT WE'RE COMPLETED IN THE TRANSFORMING OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, IF WE COULD HAVE SOME BACK, IF WE COULD HAVE THOSE BACKUP INFORMATIONS. 
          UH, AND THE REASON IS, IS PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY ASKED BEEN CALLING ME CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROCESS AND WHO WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR, FOR THE VARIOUS THINGS. 
          SO IF WE COULD GET THE DETAILS OF THE COMPLETED ITEMS, UH, THAT WERE LISTED IN THAT, UH, PAGE 30 ITEMS, UH, ON A, ON THE WEBSITE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          UM, IS, IS THAT OKAY? ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND IN FACT, MANY OF THOSE ITEMS, UM, WERE, UH, PRESENTED IN AN EARLIER BRIEFING THAT WE DID IN APRIL. 
          AND SO WHAT WE TRY TO MAKE SURE IS THAT ALL OF THAT DATA IS SITTING OUT THERE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S PRETTY EXTENSIVE, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT FULL TRANSPARENCY AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IF WE HAVEN'T PUBLISHED SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE COMPLETED CHECKLIST THAT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT. 
          BUT A LOT OF THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF WHAT WAS PUT OUT THERE IN APRIL. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          ON PAGE 61, UH, I, JACK, COULD YOU CLARIFY AND JUST EXPLAIN TO ME, YOU DID IT BEFORE, BUT I MAYBE I, I MISSED IT. 
          UM, THE, UH, COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT CONTRACTUAL OTHER SERVICES AND WHAT REIMBURSEMENTS INCLUDE? I NOTICED THAT UNDER CONTRACTUAL, UH, SERVICES, WE HAVE A, ABOUT A $15 MILLION INCREASE THERE, BUT THAT WE HAD A, UH, $24 MILLION, UH, REDUCTION IT LOOKS LIKE, OR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE REIMBURSEMENTS. 
          I, I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE LINE ITEMS CATEGORIZE. 
          YY YES, SIR. 
          AND, AND SO YOUR CONTRACTUAL OR OTHER SERVICES WOULD BE, UM, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, VARIOUS CONTRACTS THAT THE CITY HAS, UH, WITH CUSTODIAL, UH, SERVICES, SECURITY SERVICES, UH, JUST A WIDE ARRAY OF CONTRACTS THAT COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, UH, OUR PROGRAMMING COSTS FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT OR DIFFERENT CHARGEBACKS FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT THAT GET CHARGED BACK TO THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT SHOWS UP AS AN EXPENSE AND CONTRACTUAL, UH, AND OTHER SERVICES. 
          UH, THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT WOULD SHOW UP AS A, UH, CONTRACTUAL OR OTHER SERVICE. 
          OUR CONTRACTS WITH DALLAS COUNTY FOR TAX COLLECTION, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICTS. 
          SO JUST A WIDE ARRAY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONTRACTS. 
          AND THEN OUR REIMBURSEMENTS, UH, REIMBURSEMENTS ARE MOVEMENT OF FUNDS, UH, FROM ONE CITY FUND TO ANOTHER. 
          IF, IF FUNDS ARE COMING INTO THE CITY FROM OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY ORGANIZATION, IT IS RECEIVED AS A REVENUE. 
          IF WE'RE USING, UH, A DIFFERENT FUND WITHIN 
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THE CITY, IT COMES IN AS A REIMBURSEMENT. 
          SO EARLIER MS. WHEDON SPOKE ABOUT HOW WE HAVE A 9 1 1 FUND AND REVENUES IN THAT FUND, BUT THE 9 1 1 FUND THEN REIMBURSES POLICE AND FIRE OR, UH, AVIATION MAY HAVE A REIMBURSEMENT, UH, FROM ONE FUND TO ANOTHER, UH, THE WATER DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE. 
          SO REIMBURSEMENTS IS MOVEMENT OF FUNDING WITHIN BETWEEN DIFFERENT CITY FUNDS. 
          AND SO FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, THE REIMBURSEMENTS, UH, WE ACTUALLY ARE HAVING MORE REIMBURSEMENTS THAN WE HAD IN THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          SO IT SHOWS UP AS A NEGATIVE. 
          IT SHOWS UP BECAUSE IT REDUCES EXPENSES. 
          SO BASICALLY IT'S BASICALLY TAKING, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO CATEGORIZE IT IN A, IN A WAY, IN A BAD WAY, BUT IT'S EITHER RESERVES OR IT'S TAKING FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BRINGING IT INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO OFFSET AN EXPENSE OR TO SUPPLEMENT AN INCOME, UH, FOR A PARTICULAR, UH, DEPARTMENT BUDGET ITEM, WHATEVER. 
          IT'S Y YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ON, UH, UH, AGAIN, MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES ALREADY UNDERSTAND THIS CLEARLY, BUT COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE THREE POINT A HALF PERCENT CAP ON THE TAX RATE THAT'S IMPOSED BY THE STATE, UH, HOW THAT IS, IS HOW THAT REALLY WORKS AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR ABILITY TO, UH, TO MANAGE OR TO CHANGE THE TAX RATE, UH, AND, AND WHAT THAT CAP REALLY, HOW IT'S IMPLEMENTED. 
          AND, AND SO I'LL ASK, UM, UH, KARINA, IF YOU COULD PULL UP SLIDE 42, AND I THINK JEANETTE WAS PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT. 
          I'LL LET YOU DO THAT. 
          UM, SURE. 
          SO THANK YOU, JACK. 
          SO THE WAY THE CAP WORKS, UM, THE STATE LAW STATES THAT THE YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH IN REVENUE, UM, SHALL NOT EXCEED 3.5%. 
          AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, CURRENT REVENUE COLLECTED THIS YEAR, IF YOU ARE REQUIRED TO COLLECT THE SAME IN ITS PROPERTY TAX REVENUE NEXT YEAR, CURRENT YEAR, COMPARED TO THE UPCOMING YEAR, IF THERE'S NO GROWTH, THAT'S THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO GROW 3.5%. 
          AND THEN ANYTHING ABOVE 3.5% DOES REQUIRE, UH, A VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE ELECTION. 
          AND SO THAT'S, IN ITS SIMPLISTIC TERM, THE CAP. 
          UM, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING ON SLIDE, UH, 42, REMEMBER YOUR, YOUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, UM, IS, IT'S THE VALUES APPRAISED AND TIMES THE TAX RATE. 
          AND SO WE'RE SHOWING THAT OUR APPRAISED VALUE WAS LOWER THAN THE 3.5%. 
          AND SO IN THEORY, YOUR, UM, YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH, UM, YOU'RE NOT AT THE CAP. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE ON SLIDE 42. 
          AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, UM, SO THE 3.5% CAP FOR THE GENERAL FUND, UM, APPLIES TO REAPPRAISED PROPERTIES, PROPERTIES THAT ARE TAXED IN BOTH YEARS. 
          IT DOESN'T APPLY TO NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO YOUR NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GETTING ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL, UH, DOESN'T, DOESN'T HAVE A CAP ON IT. 
          AND THEN EARLIER I MENTIONED ON ANOTHER QUESTION, OUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, WE DON'T HAVE A CAP ON THAT SIDE OF THE TAX EITHER. 
          IT'S JUST THE GENERAL FUND ON REAPPRAISED PROPERTIES. 
          AND THIS, THE STATE IS, SO IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A CAP ON THE TAX RATE, IT'S A TAX, IT'S A CAP ON THE REVENUE GENERATED BY THE TAX RATE. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          AND SO THE CAP IS, UM, AND, AND THE THEORY IS THAT IF VALUES GO UP, THEN YOU LOWER THE TAX RATE SO THAT YOU'RE NOT GENERATING MORE THAN 3.5% ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM THOSE REAPPRAISED PROPERTIES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COULD I JUST DOUBLE CHECK? IT LOOKS LIKE I ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES LEFT. 
          DID WE START WITH THREE, OR DID WE START WITH FIVE? UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME THAT WE, WE, IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE TAX, UH, AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE REAPPRAISAL IS ABOUT $50 MILLION. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? ON PAGE 38, WHICH LINE ARE YOU LOOKING AT ON 31ST? THE FIRST LINE, UH, BETWEEN 26 AND 27 WENT FROM 1 123 TO ABOUT A, UH, I MEAN 1.1 23 TO 1.176. 
          SO IS THAT THE INCREASE IN, IN TAX IN, IN REAL ESTATE TAXES? CORRECT. 
          ROUGHLY. 
          THAT'S PROPERTY TAX, BUT IT, IT INCLUDES, UH, CURRENT TAX, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES, 
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UH, PRIOR YEAR REFUNDS, BUT THAT'S CORRECT. 
          BUT BASICALLY THAT'S IT. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THAT NUMBER, UH, REALLY REPRESENT A HUGE PART OF THE $80 MILLION, UH, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RECOVER. 
          UH, IN THE, UM, ON PAGE 38, IT REALLY ALSO INCLUDES THAT REAL ESTATE TAXES APPLY FOR ABOUT FIF OUT OF THE 80 MILLION, 54 OF THAT IS REAL ESTATE TAXES. 
          SO IF WE'RE, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT TAX ABATEMENTS AS A SIGNIFICANT, UM, ISSUE IN FUTURE, UH, DECISIONS, POLICY DECISIONS LOOKS LIKE ALSO THE SALES TAX REPRESENTS ABOUT $8 MILLION OF YOUR PROPOSED, UH, COVERAGE OF THE SHORTFALL. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE IN, UH, PROMOTE DALLAS AS A SALES TAX, MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TRY TO RAISE MORE SALES TAX. 
          UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THOUGH IS IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT ABOUT $4 MILLION EXTRA IN INTEREST. 
          CAN YOU GIMME SORT OF WHAT YOUR PARAMETERS WERE ON THE INTEREST CALCULATION AND WHAT YOU WERE PROJECTING THEN? UM, SURE. 
          THE, UH, INTEREST, UH, CALCULATION IS ACTUALLY PROVIDED BY OUR CONTRACT ECONOMISTS. 
          AND SO THEY LOOK AT CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS. 
          UM, THERE'S PART OF THE FORECAST LOOKS AT HISTORICAL, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UM, PART OF THE FORECAST THAT LOOKS AT, UH, INTEREST RATES AS WELL. 
          SO, BUT IT COMES FROM OUR CONTRACTING ECONOMISTS. 
          WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU PROJECTING ROUGHLY? ARE YOU PROJECTING AN INCREASE IN, IN, IN INTEREST RATES AS WELL AS INCREASED RESERVES THAT YOU'RE GETTING INTEREST ON? OR HOW ARE YOU CALCULATING IT? IT, IT'S A COMBINATION OF A, OF ALL OF THOSE FACTORS. 
          SO, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL PORTFOLIO FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS, THAT'S PART OF THE, THE CALCULATION IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT WE CAN, UH, ACCU OR GROW YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          IT, IT ALSO LOOKS AT, UM, THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT, BOTH HISTORICAL, AND THEN THERE'S A PROJECTION BUILT INTO IT. 
          SO DON'T HAVE THE EXACT PERCENT THAT'S FORECAST FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDE, WELL, I WOULD HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE CONSERVATIVE. 
          THAT'S MY POINT, IS IT IS. 
          I DON'T WANNA OVER, OVER, UH, EXPECT, HAVE UPPER EXPECTATION ON 1 0 2 ON THE FUTURE FORECAST, UH, OR FUTURE FOCUS. 
          UM, I WOULD JUST, UH, SUGGEST THAT WE ALSO, UH, BE REVIEWING AND THINKING ABOUT, UH, THE NEEDS FOR INCREASED, UH, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR AND RESERVES FOR, UH, EXPENSES ON CAPITAL, ON BUILDING REPAIRS, AND, UH, OTHER, UM, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR TO OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR FACILITIES AS A, AS SOMETHING TO FOCUS ON FOR FUTURE. 
          THAT'S YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, CHAIRMAN MORENO, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, JACK, THANK YOU AND YOUR, YOUR TEAM FOR, UH, THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, FOR WORKING ON THIS AND THE CITY MANAGERS TEAM, UH, DURING THE SUMMER RECESS. 
          IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT BUDGET CITY MANAGERS THAT, THAT YOU'VE, UH, PRESENTED TO US, UH, DIFFICULT TIMES, UH, BUT NOT, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR, RIGHT? WE HAVE, UH, PROPERTY VALUES THAT ARE STAYING PRETTY STABLE. 
          IT'S HEALTHY, UH, AND SO HOW DO WE RETAIN, GROW AND ATTRACT, UH, OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION? SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE, UH, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO, UH, WORK WITH THE ECO DEV TEAM SO THAT WE CAN BRING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUES. 
          UH, WE GOTTA GET CREATIVE. 
          THERE'S, UH, PARTNERSHIPS, TECHNOLOGY, UM, AND KNOWING THOUGH THAT TECHNOLOGY ALONE CANNOT BE A REPLACEMENT OF STAFF MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR POLICE, UH, WE CAN'T, WE CAN RELY ON, ON, UH, DRONES AND WE CAN RELY ON CAMERAS, UH, BUT THE, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANYTHING LIKE AN ACTUAL POLICE OFFICER TO BE ABLE TO, UH, RESPOND TO THOSE NEEDS. 
          UH, I'M, UH, HAPPY TO SAY THROUGH ALMOST THE 800 PAGES THAT WE'VE ARE GOING THROUGH, UH, MINIMAL CUTS, UH, IN OUR PARKS, UH, THAT'S BEEN A BIG PRIORITY OF MINE, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLACE FOR OUR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO, UH, RECREATE, UH, OUR LIBRARIES. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE, UH, EVEN THOUGH, UH, THERE MIGHT BE SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE, UH, CONDUCTING OURSELVES, THERE'S GONNA BE OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO STEP IN, UH, WITH CLASSES FOR, UH, CONTINUING EDUCATION. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. 
          UM, ONE AREA THAT I STILL DON'T, I THINK THAT WE CAN, UH, DO A LITTLE BIT MORE IS THOSE COST TO RECOVERY. 
          SO WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF CALCULATIONS ON COST TO RECOVERY. 
          SO THAT'S AN AREA THAT I WANNA SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO, UM, GET FULL COST RECOVERY ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. UM, UH, THOR, UH, IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH, UM, HOUSING AND THEN JUST CITY MANAGER AS, AS HE'S COMING 
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UP, I, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, DEDICATING A FULL BRIEFING ON THE HEALTH AND BENEFITS. 
          I THINK THAT'S, UH, YOU'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THAT'S AN AREA THAT PEOPLE WANT MORE, UM, INFORMATION ON, AND SO WE JUST, I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO THEM. 
          UM, THOR, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, HOMELESS SERVICES, UM, YOU MENTIONED A, UH, OF, UH, SHELTER EXPANSION. 
          CAN YOU, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON, UH, SHELTER EXPANSION ON, I'M SORRY, THORAX AND DIRECTOR OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT SHELTER, AND WHAT, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESS SERVICES, YOU, YOU MENTIONED SHELTER EXPANSION. 
          SHELTER EXPANSION, UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, IN THE BOND PROPOSITION, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS DEDICATED DISCRETIONARY FUNDS SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, SHELTER EXPANSION. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FACILITIES THAT WE CURRENTLY OWN, AS WELL AS PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, LIKE DEVELOPING THE PALLET SHELTER, WHICH WOULD BE A NON-CON SHELTER OPPORTUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND THEN ON EXISTING PROPERTIES, UH, WHICH PROPERTIES, UM, HAVE WE IDENTIFIED? SO WE OWN THE BRIDGE, UM, AND WE OWN FAMILY GATEWAY. 
          UH, WE ALSO OWN SOME OF THE OTHER ASSETS THAT WERE PURCHASED WITH THE PREVIOUS BOND THAT I SPOKE TO EARLIER, THE HAMPTON, UH, THE MIRAMAR AND INDEPENDENCE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WHAT DISCUSSIONS HAVE, UH, HAPPENED WITH THE, UH, THE, UH, HOMELESS COMMISSION? THE HOMELESS CONDITION COMMISSION, A COMMISSION? THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP, ENGAGING IN THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING RESOURCES AS A COMBINED CAMPUS. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE. 
          OUR LEAD AGENCY HOUSING FORWARD IS LEADING A LOT OF THAT EFFORT, BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER, LOOKING AT WAYS TO SHARE RESOURCES AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTINUUM WORKS IN CONCERT TOGETHER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING, UH, ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          I KNOW WE'LL BE HOSTING ROUNDS OF TOWN HALL SO THAT WE CAN GET FEEDBACK AND, UH, APPRECIATE, UH, THE STAFF THAT'S GONNA BE THERE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, I WA UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT DALLAS, UH, REMAINS ATTRACTIVE AND AFFORDABLE FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
          SO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING GOING THROUGH, UH, THESE DISCUSSIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I'M DEPUTY MAYOR PROM, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UH, NOT TOO MANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU GUYS, UH, TO STAFF, CITY MANAGER, UH, THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, HAVE DONE TO TRY TO BRING US A BALANCE BUDGET. 
          I'LL MAKE A STATEMENT. 
          I KNOW LISTENING TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, FIRST OF ALL, WE RESPECT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, THE WORK THAT THEY BRING, AND THE COLLABORATION IS GREAT. 
          BUT AS THE, UH, CHAIR OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON THE DUPLICATIONS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON. 
          AND I KNOW ME AND YOU HAVE SPOKE, UM, JACK ABOUT THIS PLENTY OF TIMES AND SOME OF MY PARTNERSHIPS THAT, UM, THE CITY OF DALLAS IS DOING THAT, UH, WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING. 
          AND SO, UH, I WILL BE MAKING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, AS, UH, FROM OUR CHAIR, FROM THE CHAIR, UH, PERSPECTIVE AND THE COACH DEPARTMENT, UH, COMMITTEE, RATHER, TO TRY TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THOSE DUPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING THAT, UH, THAT I FEEL THAT HAS, UH, CONTRIBUTED TO SOME, UM, OUR, UH, BUDGET SHORTFALL. 
          UH, SO, AND I KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH IS, AS THE CITY MANAGER HAD SAID WITH THE CROSSING GUARD, UH, WITH THE SCHOOL IN RICHARDSON, THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE NOTICING, UM, THAT WE MUST TAKE CARE OF. 
          AND SO, UM, BE MAKING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          THIS IS A LOT OF WORK, UH, A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF HOURS, UH, AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILIES. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU CITY MANAGER FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING CONCERNING THIS PROCESS. 
          BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, HAVING A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION. 
          I KNOW THIS THURSDAY, UH, AUGUST 13TH, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR BUDGET MEETING IN DISTRICT FOUR AND GIVING ON OUR COMMUNITY, UM, SOME INPUT ON WHAT WE HAD IN THE EMPHASIS STAGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          SO OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING MANY MORE, BUT, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, A VERY INFORMATIVE MEETING THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS GONNA COME OUT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DOING THE WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JACK, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IS THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE? THE TAX RATE? I AM ALSO GONNA WANNA KNOW THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. 
          SO KARINA, IF YOU COULD TAKE US TO SLIDE 51. 
          SO ON SLIDE 51, YOU'LL SEE OUR CURRENT RATE PROPOSED RATE. 
          THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE IS 70.63 CENTS. 
          THE NO NEW REVENUE TOTAL 
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TAX RATE IS 66.21 CENTS. 
          UH, WITH EACH OF THOSE WE'VE IDENTIFIED HERE, UH, IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO MAKE A DECISION TO, UH, GO UP TO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, UH, THAT COULD RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE OF 19.7 MILLION, IF THE CITY COUNCIL WERE TO MAKE THE DECISION TO GO DOWN TO THE NO NEW REVENUE TOTAL TAX RATE, I WOULD REQUIRE A REDUCTION OF REVENUE BY 82.7 AND A REDUCTION OF EXPENSES OF 82.7. 
          UH, SLIDE 51. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO, CAN YOU TELL US HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THE SALES TAX PROJECTION FOR THIS BUDGET? SO AGAIN, WE USE A CONTRACT ECONOMISTS FOR OUR SALES TAX FORECAST. 
          THEY PROVIDE, UM, THREE SCENARIOS, UH, TO, FOR US, A BASELINE CONSERVATIVE AND OPTIMISTIC. 
          UM, THE SALE TAX FORECAST LOOKS AT, UM, THE, UH, INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT. 
          UH, THERE'S JOB GROWTH, UH, PROJECTIONS, UH, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, ECONOMIC VARIABLES. 
          THE FISCAL YEAR 27 FORECAST THAT'S PRESENTED TO YOU ALL IS THE CONSERVATIVE, UH, SCENARIO. 
          AND WHAT WAS IT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR? SO FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE USE THE BASELINE. 
          SO WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT WE WILL HAVE AN INCREASE OF $8 MILLION? SO, UM, THE $8 MILLION COMPARES THE, UH, AMENDED BUDGET TO THE, UH, PLAN BUDGET. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, UH, WE ORIGINALLY ASSUMED, UM, THAT WE WOULD HAVE, UH, GROWTH OF ABOUT 3.3%. 
          AND SO THAT BUDGET WAS 474.3 MILLION. 
          WE'VE SINCE REVISED THAT FORECAST DOWN TO, UH, 460, UH, 4 MILLION. 
          AND SO THAT IS A CONSERVATIVE GROWTH RATE. 
          IT'S ABOUT 2.1%. 
          SO, UM, WE FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT, UM, THAT IS A, A GOOD PLACE TO BE IN TERMS OF, UH, SALES TAX FORECAST, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST, STILL CONSERVATIVE, 2.4% OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          AND SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 28, YOU HAVE INCREASED IT EVEN MORE. 
          UM, IS THAT USING THE MOST CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE FOR NOW? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          THE ENTIRE FIVE YEAR FORECAST IS BUILT ON A CONSERVATIVE GROWTH ASSUMPTION, AND THAT'S THE CONSERVATIVE FORECAST PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACT ECONOMISTS. 
          YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH, UM, FROM FISCAL YEAR 27 TO 28 IS ABOUT 2.6%. 
          SO I, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, UM, WE BUDGETED BASED UPON THE ECONOMIST BASELINE, BUT IT, IT ENDS UP THAT WE'RE RECEIVING CLOSER TO WHAT THEIR CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE WOULD'VE BEEN AND THEREFORE GO IN FOR THE NEXT, UH, FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, WE FELT IT APPROPRIATE TO USE THEIR, UH, CONSERVATIVE RATHER THAN THEIR BASELINE, UH, FORECAST. 
          WELL, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT, BUT PERHAPS EVEN MORE SO. 
          UM, I THINK THAT WHEN WE'VE GONE THROUGH FURLOUGHS THAT IT'S TOO RISKY. 
          AND SO IN THE SCENARIO THAT WE DON'T MEET THE SALES TAX GROWTH THAT YOU'RE PROJECTING, WHERE DO YOU FORESEE CUTS IN A MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENT? SO WE AGAIN, UH, AS JEANETTE MENTIONED, AS MR. WHEDON MENTIONED, WE FEEL, UM, PRETTY CONFIDENT WITH THE FORECAST THAT WE, UH, DID RECEIVE FROM THE ECONOMIST AND GOING WITH THEIR MORE CONSERVATIVE, UH, ESTIMATE. 
          UH, SO AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT OUR, UH, UH, FORECAST, OUR PROJECTION ON THE REVENUE WILL NOT BE REALIZED, BUT THE SAME AS WITHIN EVERY YEAR, WE WILL MONITOR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, MONTHLY REPORT TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IF NECESSARY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO GO TO PAGE 30 OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 
          AND THIS IS ABOUT THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          AND I SPECIFICALLY WANNA TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING. 
          I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN SOLD SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. 
          SO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT YOU'VE SAID ARE COMPLETE. 
          WHERE HAVE WE SEEN THE COST OF EACH PROGRAM? I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE INVENTORY OF PROGRAMS. THE INVENTORY OF PROGRAMS I'VE SEEN ARE SORT OF VERY GENERALIZED DIVISIONS OF DEPARTMENTS. 
          THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY THE PROGRAMS. AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE OF DPD. 
          UM, I WENT BACK TO THE APRIL 1ST PRESENTATION THAT YOU EARLIER REFERENCED, AND IT'S GOT THINGS LIKE 
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INVESTIGATIVE FOR DPD, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THINGS LIKE AN ACTUAL PROGRAM LIKE THE UNIDOS PROGRAM, WHICH IS FANTASTIC, BUT THERE'S NEVER A CONSIDERATION OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA END THAT, OR WE'RE GONNA RANK THAT REALLY HIGH AND EXPAND IT. 
          BUT WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THE PROGRAMS AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. 
          IS THERE ANOTHER PLACE THAT THE PROGRAMS ARE LISTED BESIDES THAT APRIL 1ST BRIEFING? SO, IF YOU LOOK IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT, UM, WE'RE SHOWING, UH, DEPARTMENTS TWO WAYS. 
          SO FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING, UM, YOU SEE THE PROGRAM, UM, WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTAL PAGE, THERE'S A PROGRAM DESCRIPTION, THERE'S A PROGRAM COST, UM, FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING, YOU SEE THE, UH, DEPARTMENT PRESENTED IN ITS, UH, SERVICE LEVEL, WHICH IS THE HISTORICAL WAY THAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT. 
          YOU DO SEE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRESENTING THE BUDGET AT THE SERVICE LEVEL COMPARED TO A PROGRAM LEVEL. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S MORE DETAIL. 
          UM, IT MAY NOT BE AT, UH, THE LEVEL OF THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU PROVIDED, BUT WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE WORKED WITH, UM, A CONSULTANT AND THEY PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON OUR PROGRAMS. SO LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR PHASE ONE. 
          UM, OUR PROGRAMS WERE TOO BIG. 
          UM, THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK FROM THE CONSULTANT. 
          WE WENT BACK, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? THE PROGRAMS WERE WHAT THEY WERE, UH, SOME PROGRAMS WERE TOO BIG, TOO BROAD, SO ALMOST LIKE THE SERVICE LEVELS. 
          AND SO WE WENT BACK, WORK WITH THE, UM, CONSULTANT THIS PAST FALL. 
          UH, THEY PROVIDED FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF NARROW THIS, UM, FOCUS ON THIS, AND DEPARTMENTS CAME BACK WITH UPDATED PROGRAMS AND THE FEEDBACK WAS POSITIVE. 
          SO OF COURSE, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFINE. 
          AND SO IF THERE'S SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO REEVALUATE, WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO DO SO. 
          WELL, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOT USE THAT CONSULTANT AGAIN. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU GOT TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER. 
          I DON'T THINK YOU ACTUALLY GOT TO THE PROGRAM LEVEL. 
          I THOUGHT, I THINK YOU GOT TO A GENERAL DESCRIPTOR OF DIVISIONS. 
          UM, WHERE IS THE COST FOR EACH PROGRAM? UH, THE COST IS ACTUALLY IN THE DEPARTMENTAL PAGE AS WELL. 
          SO THE WAY THE, UM, DEPARTMENT PAGES ARE LAID OUT, YOU HAVE THE MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT, UM, THEIR GOALS, AND THEN THERE'S, THEIR PROGRAMS ARE LISTED. 
          IF YOU KEEP SCROLLING DOWN, YOU'LL SEE EACH PROGRAM WITH THE COST OF EACH PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR, YOU'LL SEE A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 AND A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 28. 
          SO THE COST PER SERVICE UNIT, SO AGAIN, I'LL USE THE TOSS, UM, PROGRAM. 
          IF THERE ARE 50 KIDS IN THAT PROGRAM AND THE PROGRAM COSTS $50,000, GUESS WHAT THE PROGRAM COST IS A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER KID. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF DETAIL. 
          THAT'S HOW YOU DO PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING. 
          AND YOU SAY THAT INVESTMENT IN A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER KID IN THIS PROGRAM IS THIS RANKING, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE RANKING THAT WAS DONE OVER THIS PROGRAM, THAT WAS 20,000 PER KID AND WASN'T DELIVERING THE SAME KIND OF RESULTS, BUT WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY DONE PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING. 
          SO I THINK, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, IN THE FUTURE TO LOOK AT KIND OF A STRATEGIC APPROACH BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A, UM, CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN, CITYWIDE STRATEGIC GOALS. 
          AND SO I, I THINK AGAIN, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECEIVE THAT FEEDBACK AND THEN GO BACK AND REPRIORITIZE PROGRAMS BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE A RANKING OF PROGRAMS. SO, UH, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SCORING PROGRAMS BASED ON A, UH, BASIC. 
          AND SO CAN I SEE THAT? WHERE WOULD I FIND THE SCORING OF THE PROGRAMS? SO WE SHARED IN THE APRIL 1ST BRIEFING, THE RUBRIC THAT WE USED FOR SCORING, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE SCORE THAT EACH PROGRAM RECEIVED, WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT. 
          I THINK THAT WAS A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I DEFINITELY THINK YOU SHOULD, I, IF YOU HIRED A CONSULTANT TO HELP WITH IT, YOU HIRED THE WRONG CONSULTANT. 
          YOU NEED TO HIRE SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS HOW TO DO PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING. 
          THIS WASN'T IT. 
          AND THIS HAS NOT HELPED US PRIORITIZE WHERE LIMITED DOLLARS SHOULD GO. 
          AND MY GUESS IS THAT 
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THE RUBRIC DOESN'T INCLUDE THE, THE SCORING THAT DETERMINES IF SOMETHING IS ACTUALLY AN ESSENTIAL PROGRAM OR NOT. 
          AND IF IT MOVES THE NEEDLE ON PRIORITIES OF THE COUNCIL, MEANING SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE, CORE SERVICES, THE LAST THING I WOULD WANNA DO IS HIRE ANOTHER CONSULTANT TO NOW TRY AND DO SOME KIND OF WILD STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          EVERY TIME WE HAVE TRIED TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S BEEN A FLAT OUT DISASTER. 
          UM, AND SO I WOULD NEVER, EVER WANNA SUGGEST THAT FOR THIS GROUP. 
          UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS THE FIRST THING YOU STARTED WITH, JACK, I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT WE'RE BEING SOLD SOMETHING THAT IS NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA END 27 WITH 3,651 OFFICERS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GETTING THAT FROM. 
          WE HAVE 3,370 AS OF WHAT WE WERE TOLD YESTERDAY, WE HAVE WAY HIGHER ATTRITION THAN WE DID THE YEAR PRIOR. 
          AND OUR HIRING IS NOT PROBABLY GONNA MEET OUR GOALS THIS YEAR. 
          CAN I JUMP IN FOR JUST A SECOND, MR. MAYOR? YOU CAN, BUT THAT WAS, UM, HER TIME FOR THIS ROUND, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM WAS COMING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO AT THE END COMING END OF MY TIME, CAN WE NOT END WITH A MANAGER DEBATING ME, MR. MAYOR? I WAS ONE REALLY JUST ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM TO COME OUT. 
          I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I WAS MAKING A COMMENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE I, UH, CLARIFY SOMETHING HERE. 
          UM, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS, THIS CAME UP LAST WEEK AS WELL. 
          UM, THE, THE CITY MANAGER, UM, IS NOT IN THE, IN A POSITION WHERE SHE'S ONLY ALLOWED TO SPEAK WHEN SPOKEN TO. 
          I TRY TO MANAGE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT ENGAGING IN DEBATES WITH CITY STAFF, BUT I AM, I CANNOT TELL THE CITY MANAGER THAT SHE CAN'T ADD SOMETHING TO A CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN A BRIEFING THAT SHE FEELS LIKE WE NEED TO KNOW. 
          I JUST CAN'T DO IT. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENT AND I'VE BEEN VERY FOR SEVEN YEARS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET IN A BACK AND FORTH. 
          BUT THIS HASN'T TURNED INTO A BACK AND FORTH YET. 
          YOU, YOU SAID SOMETHING DURING YOUR TIME, SHE WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO IT, BUT SHE'S NOT PROHIBITED FROM RESPONDING TO ANYTHING THAT A MEMBER SAYS. 
          SHE'S HERE TO ACTUALLY ASSIST US. 
          THAT'S THE ISSUE IS RESPONDING WHEN I'M OUT OF TIME TO THEN RESPOND AGAIN. 
          WELL, I DON'T THINK IT'S TACTICAL. 
          IT'S JUST LITERALLY YOUR TIME RAN OUT. 
          I WOULD DISAGREE YOUR TIME. 
          SO MADAM CITY MANAGER, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, UH, IF IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO HEAR IT SAY IT, BUT I YOUR POINT'S WELL TAKEN. 
          LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR SEVEN YEARS TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM DEBATING STAFF. 
          I DON'T THINK THIS WAS A DEBATE. 
          I THINK THIS IS HER RESPONDING WITH, WHICH IS WITHIN HER PURVIEW TO DO SO. 
          IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE, PLEASE DO. 
          OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO, UM, I'M GOING TO MR. RESENDEZ AND THEN, UM, CHAIRWOMAN WILLIS. 
          MR. RESENDEZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU, UM, TO, FOR, FOR THE INFORMATION AND, AND THE BUDGET THAT THAT WAS, THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, DALLAS VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROPOSITION U REFLECTED THAT. 
          UM, IT'S A PROPOSITION THAT WAS APPROVED IN A NOVEMBER ELECTION DESPITE THE OPPOSITION OF, UM, A LOT OF US ON, ON THIS BODY. 
          BUT OUR RESIDENTS ALSO EXPECT LIBRARIES, PARKS, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS, UH, ALONG WITH OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. 
          AND SO, UM, CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, MANY RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED CONCERN TO ME ABOUT THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS IN THESE AREAS. 
          AND SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THOSE RESIDENTS, AND IS IT POSSIBLE TO REASSURE THEM THAT THESE CHANGES WILL NOT RESULT IN A DECLINE IN THE SERVICES THEY RELY ON? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UM, UH, MAYOR PUTIN RESENDEZ, THE, THE GOAL ACROSS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN HOW DO WE BECOME MORE EFFICIENT IN THE DELIVERY OF THE SERVICES THAT WE KNOW THAT OUR RESIDENTS DEMAND AND WHAT THEY DESIRE AND WHAT THEY NEED. 
          WE'VE APPROACHED IT, LOOKING AT WAYS TO IDENTIFY OVERALL THE, UM, THE, THE WAY WE ARE UTILIZING OUR STAFF. 
          ARE WE TRULY DELIVERING SERVICES AT THE LEVEL THAT WE ARE, UH, PROJECTING AROUND OUR MERITS? I MEAN, AROUND OUR VERY, UH, METRICS. 
          WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT, I'VE HEARD DUPLICATION SEVERAL TIMES. 
          WE'VE APPROACHED LOOKING AT DUPLICATION AROUND DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 
          WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT WAYS THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY. 
          AND JUST NATURALLY FINDING THOSE WAYS TO BE, UM, MORE ROBUST IN HOW WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET. 
          I'VE HEARD SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO GET THE 
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SERVICES THAT THEY, UM, UM, THAT THEY DESIRE. 
          THE APPROACH HAS BEEN TO DO THAT TO WHERE WE WOULD NOT GET INTO DEEP CUTS AROUND SERVICES. 
          IT WAS REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE CREATING HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS AS WELL AS HOW WE DELIVER VARIOUS SERVICE MODELS. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THE WAY PEOPLE RECEIVE INFORMATION HAS CHANGED. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU SEE US TALKING ABOUT EVEN THE STRUCTURE OF HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LIBRARIES, THAT IS REALLY TO SET US UP FOR WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND NOT JUST BUDGETING FOR WHAT WE NEED TODAY. 
          SO WHAT WE CAN ASSURE THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS IS THAT OUR APPROACH HAS BEEN DELIBERATE, AND IT'S BEEN INTENTIONAL AROUND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE PRIORITIES THAT WE CONTINUE TO HEAR. 
          UH, WE APPROACH THIS BUDGET, UNDERSTANDING COUNCIL'S DESIRE THROUGH THE POLLING EXERCISE THAT MANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN, UM, THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STABILIZED. 
          HOW DO WE KEEP FROM HAVING CLOSURES OF OUR PARK AND REC FACILITIES? HOW DO WE KEEP FROM HAVING REDUCTION IN HOURS IN PARK AND REC? HOW DO WE STABILIZE OUR LIBRARIES? SO WE WENT IN WITH THAT APPROACH. 
          AND WHAT WE'VE DELIVERED IS A DIRECTIONAL, UM, PLAN WHERE WORK STILL HAS TO CONTINUE. 
          WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE. 
          I KNOW WE DO NOT HAVE A ROBUST STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GIVING US IN OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY. 
          WE'RE ALSO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING ABOUT WHAT OUR RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO SAY THAT THEY NEED MORE OF. 
          SO THIS WHOLE BUDGET IS REALLY WRAPPED AROUND THE LISTENING THAT WE'VE DONE, THE WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO FIND NON-TRADITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES. 
          SO YOU WILL SEE THINGS IN THERE THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING AROUND, UM, ADDITIONAL WAYS TO CREATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE. 
          WE WENT BACK, WE LOOKED AT FEES, WE TALKED ABOUT CONTRACT UTILIZATION. 
          ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE DONE TO WHERE WE WOULD NOT BE FACED WITH HAVING ACTUAL DEEP CUTS IN ACTUAL SERVICES TO RESIDENTS. 
          AND SO I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT WE HAVE DONE, UM, THE WORK, BUT IT WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND WE'RE NOT DONE. 
          WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH AND CONTINUING. 
          THAT'S WHY WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE FOCUS EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR NEW NORMAL GOING, UH, GOING FORWARD. 
          HOPEFULLY I'VE ADDRESSED YOUR QUESTION, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR COVERING SO MUCH. 
          AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE LIBRARY PIECE, UH, SEVERAL TIMES AND A COUPLE OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED ABOUT IT. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I ASKED ABOUT IT WHEN YOU AND I MET, UH, INDIVIDUALLY. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE ADULT LEARNING PROGRAM, I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE, THE PLAN IS FOR THE SERVICES TO CONTINUE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, UH, THAT THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE, UM, FOR MEMBERS OF MY COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO, TO THE ARTS AND, UH, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET DECREASES THOSE AREAS. 
          UM, AND SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN TELL THE PUBLIC HOW OR WHICH PROGRAMS WILL BE AFFECTED. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THE QUESTION. 
          SO WHEN WE GO OVER TO THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, THE ONE THING THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY TRYING TO DO IN THIS UPCOMING, UH, YEAR IS TO MAXIMIZE THE DOLLARS THROUGH THE HOT. 
          WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAXIMIZE NOW ABOUT $12.9 MILLION FROM HOT DOLLARS TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS RELATED TO A LOT OF OUR ARTS INSTITUTIONS THAT WE SUPPORT A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          THERE IS STILL A GENERAL FUND COMPONENT TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 15 MILLION THAT WE'RE STILL CARRYING ON THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THE GOAL WOULD BE AS WE CONTINUE TO ELEVATE AND ENHANCE THE HOT DOLLARS, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE MORE OF THOSE ELIGIBLE ON HOT EXPENSES OVER TO THAT PARTICULAR BUCKET. 
          BUT WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN INCREASE NEW REVENUE. 
          WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE MAJESTIC THEATER, THAT COULD END UP BEING A GREAT MODEL FOR HOW WE GO. 
          AND WE CREATE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WHERE THAT PARTICULAR, UH, ASSET HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE UNDER MORE OF A, I WOULD SAY, INDUSTRY LEADING, UM, TYPE OF AN ENVIRONMENT TO WHERE IT CAN NOW MAKE MONEY. 
          RIGHT NOW, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WE GET FROM THAT ASSET IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST. 
          AND I KNOW THAT I HEARD COUNCILMAN MORENO TALK ABOUT FULL COST RECOVERY, BUT WE'RE STARTING WITH, LET'S, INSTEAD OF WAITING, LET'S GET STARTED. 
          LET'S SEE IF THOSE MODELS AND HOW THE MARKET RESPONDS COULD REALLY GIVE US, UH, THE LEG WAY FOR HOW WE START LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR OTHER, UH, CULTURAL, UH, ASSETS, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LATINO CULTURE CENTER, THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER. 
          BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S GOTTA BE A PROCESS, 
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AND NONE OF THIS IS GOING TO BE OVERNIGHT, WHICH IS THE EXACT WAY THAT WE HAVE APPROACHED THE WHOLE PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING. 
          WE KNEW THAT WITH AN ORGANIZATION OF OUR SIZE, THIS WOULD NOT BE AN OVERNIGHT, UH, CHANGE. 
          THERE WOULD BE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO OVER SEVERAL YEARS AND WITHIN SEVERAL, SEVERAL PHASES AS IT RELATES TO THE OVERALL HOUSING UMBRELLA. 
          WHEN WE DID THE CONSOLIDATION OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS LAST YEAR, WE KNEW THAT IT WOULD TAKE TIME FOR US TO REALLY BEGIN TO LOOK AT THE WORK ON THE OUTPUT AND WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WE WERE TRYING TO DELIVER. 
          WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO NOW THAT WE'VE HAD A YEAR HAVING THOSE DEPARTMENTS COMBINED IS THAT I THINK THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REALIZE NOW IS CLOSE TO ABOUT $5 MILLION. 
          THAT THOSE ARE NOT PROGRAM CUTS, BUT THAT'S RE-LOOKING AT DUPLICATION OF POSITIONS. 
          UM, DID WE HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE DOING THE SAME THING? WHAT WAS THE BEST WAY TO OPTIMIZE THE STAFFING WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT? AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD SEE. 
          WE HAVE NOT, UH, TAKEN AWAY OUR INVESTMENT IN THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR HOUSING STRATEGY. 
          AS YOU KNOW, IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET, WE HAD SOME OUTSOURCING THAT WE'VE DONE FOR LIKE OUR MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM THAT'S CONTINUING ON OUR FIRST TIME HOME BUYER RESISTANCE PROGRAM THAT'S CONTINUING, BUT WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS NOW IN PLACE, SO WE HAD TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE STILL NOT HOLDING ON TO THE VERY THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY HAVING TO KEEP STAFF AROUND. 
          SO IT'S BEEN A COMPLETE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THOSE SAVINGS WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          BUT THAT'S NOT A REDUCTION AND THAT'S NOT US, UH, PULLING AWAY OUR FOCUS AROUND OUR HOMELESS EFFORTS. 
          THIS COUNCIL MADE AN INVESTMENT OF ABOUT $10 MILLION IN THE CURRENT BUDGET. 
          THAT INVESTMENT IS STILL IN PLACE AND IS STILL BEING UTILIZED. 
          SO WE DID NOT NEED IN 2027 TO GO AND IDENTIFY ANOTHER BUCKET. 
          WE HAVE THAT BUCKET THERE. 
          YOU CAN CONSIDER THAT KIND OF A MULTI-YEAR, UH, FUND. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THOSE PROGRAMS, UH, FORWARD. 
          BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT HOUSING PRODUCTION ACROSS THE CITY AND OUR WHOLE DALLAS IS HOME STRATEGY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WAS A, A GREAT, GREAT RESPONSE. 
          THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. 
          AND I'M ASSUMING THAT YOUR RESPONSE IS ENCOMPASSES THE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT PIECE AS WELL? YES. 
          THAT IS ALL ENCOMPASSING. 
          THAT INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT ARE PART OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. 
          WE STILL HAVE OUR FEDERAL COMPLIANCE AROUND ALL OF OUR, UM, REQUIREMENTS AROUND A DA, OUR VETERANS, UH, COMPONENT THAT WE KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN, UH, INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LIFTING UP. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ALL OF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS COMPONENTS ALL BUILT INTO COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. 
          UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES AS WE CONTINUE TO, TO LOOK AT THE COUNCIL'S POLICY AROUND THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY. 
          THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE SOME OF THE FUNDING THROUGH CDBG. 
          SO THE GOAL IS, IS TO CREATE THAT LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY TO WHERE EVERY YEAR IT'S NOT ABOUT THE CUTTING, IT'S ABOUT ARE WE TRUING UP THE RIGHT PROGRAMS TO DELIVER THE RIGHT RESULTS TO OUR COMMUNITY? AND ARE WE MAXIMIZING DOLLARS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THERE'S TRULY GOING TO BE MEANINGFUL IMPACT ACROSS THOSE PROGRAMS? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ONE, ONE OTHER, UH, BUCKET WHERE I SAW A REDUCTION, I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING IS, UM, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE. 
          AND, AND THE REASON I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING IS BECAUSE THE NARRATIVE, UH, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET PRAISES THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK AS IT RELATES TO FEE FOR PREPARATION, UH, THE RIGHT CARE PROGRAM, THE CITY ACTION STRIKE TEAM, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESPONSE, UH, AND ENCAMPMENT COORDINATION. 
          UH, BUT HOWEVER, LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE'S, THERE'S A REDUCTION, ALTHOUGH IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S 600,000, BUT I'M STILL CURIOUS TO KNOW WHY ARE WE REDUCING RESOURCES, UM, IN AN AREA THAT APPEARS TO BE MEETING OR EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          AND SO I'M, MR. OIN JUST WALKED OUT. 
          UM, AND HE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL. 
          SOME OF THAT IS EFFICIENCIES, UH, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, BUT I'LL LET HIM JUMP IN AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT'S CHANGING WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MAYOR PROTO AND, UH, CITY MANAGER KEVIN OWEN, DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE. 
          AND, AND AS THE CITY MANAGER ALLUDED TO, NONE OF THE, UM, OUTCOMES OR OPERATIONS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS DOING WILL, WILL CHANGE AS A RESULT OF, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          WHAT, UH, IF, IF YOU'LL RECALL, I THINK THREE BUDGET YEARS AGO, WE WERE INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, TWO BUDGET YEARS AGO WE BECAME EMCR, LAST BUDGET YEAR, WE ADDED, UH, THE DALLAS STREET RESPONSE, UH, THE FORMULA OF OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS. 
          SO WE'VE HAD NOW THREE YEARS TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR CHARGES, UH, THE OUTCOMES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AND THE SERVICES THAT WE CAN PRO PROVIDE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND SO WITH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO WHERE, UH, WE FELT WE COULD STILL OPERATE WITHIN, 
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UH, WHAT THE, THE RESIDENTS AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPECT OF US. 
          UM, AND SO WE, WE OFFERED UP CHANGES TO OUR, OUR MODEL THAT WOULD FIT THAT WHERE WE COULD STILL BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          OKAY. 
          SOUNDS GREAT TO ME. 
          I'M GLAD, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS CONCERNED, I WAS WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT CARE OR THE CITY ACTION STRIKE TEAM WOULD BE AFFECTED, BUT I I THINK YOUR COMMENTS ADDRESSED THAT. 
          UM, THE LAST, UM, QUESTION I HAVE IS RELATED TO POLICE OVERTIME. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THIS AREA HAS BEEN A, A RECURRING BUDGET CHALLENGE FOR THE CITY, AND I I VIEW IT AS ONE OF OUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY WITHOUT REDUCING PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THE, THE PROPOSAL HIGHLIGHTS IMPROVING OVERTIME ACCOUNTABILITY WHILE PROJECTING OVERTIME SPENDING BELOW THE CURRENT FORECAST. 
          SO I'M WONDERING WHAT SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED AND HOW ARE THOSE MEASURES EXPECTED TO REDUCE OVERTIME SPENDING? THANK YOU FOR THE CHRISTIAN MAYOR, TIM. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THE, UM, POLICE, UM, DEPARTMENT WILL COME OUT, BUT LET ME, LET ME START WITH THE WAY THAT WE'VE APPROACHED, UM, JUST EFFICIENCIES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION AND NO DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER IS EXEMPTED FROM IT, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WAS PLANNED IN THE OVERTIME BUDGET, WHEN WE LOOKED AT LAST YEAR FOR 2027, I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT 47 MILLION IN THE BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED. 
          THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN, UM, UH, WORKED THROUGH SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF AND, AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM. 
          AND THAT NUMBER IS NOW DOWN TO 42 MILLION, ABOUT A $5 MILLION, UH, CHANGE. 
          BUT A LOT OF THAT IS, UM, REALLY FOCUSED ON THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND DEPLOYMENT. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST SOME YEARS AGO, AT LEAST A COUPLE YEARS AGO, ABOUT LOOKING AT MORE CIVILIAN ROLES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW AND FREE UP SOME OF THE TIME THAT OUR UNIFORM OFFICERS ARE SPENDING DOING A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, AND HOW COULD WE MOVE THEM OUT OF THOSE FUNCTIONS TO WHERE THEY COULD ACTUALLY DO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TYPES OF WORK THAT HELPS WITH OVERALL RESPONSE TIMES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT THE CHIEF IS FOCUSED ON. 
          BUT IT IS ACTUALLY A GIVE AND TAKE. 
          I THINK WE'RE PROJECTING NOW BY 2028 THAT YOU WOULD SEE ABOUT A, I WANNA SAY ABOUT A 26% OR SO REDUCTION JUST THROUGH THE WAY THAT WE'RE HIRING MORE. 
          AND WE ARE EXCEEDING OUR HIRING GOAL FOR THIS YEAR, UM, WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS THE CHIEF CONTINUES TO, TO MOVE OFFICERS INTO THOSE CRITICAL AREAS, TO BE ABLE TO SEE ONGOING REDUCTIONS IN THE HOURS. 
          HOWEVER, AT THE SAME TIME, PAY IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD WILL GO UP ABOUT 29%. 
          SO YOU GOT A 28% POTENTIAL DECLINE IN THE HOURS, BUT THEN THE RATE, IF IT'S, IF THE, IF THE PAY IS GOING UP WITHIN THAT 29%, THAT PAY RATE IS THEN A HIGHER RATE EVEN IF YOU WORK THOSE SAME HOURS TODAY. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO WORK THROUGH AT THE SAME TIME, LOOKING AT THOSE EFFICIENCIES. 
          BUT I'LL HAVE MARTIN TO JUMP IN AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT. 
          YES. 
          HI, MARTIN RIOJAS, UM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE ARE, WE ARE SEEING A DECREASE IN OVERTIME HOURS. 
          THAT IS THE TREND. 
          LAST YEAR, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THIS, IN THIS MEETING LAST YEAR, WE SAW A 12% REDUCTION IN OVERTIME HOURS TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 
          AND THEN THIS YEAR, YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE, WE'RE AT 4% LESS OVERTIME HOURS. 
          UH, AND, AND OF COURSE, MY CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW IS NOT INCLUDING FIFA. 
          I'M TAKING FIFA OUT OF THE EQUATION. 
          SO I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT OVERTIME HOURS, NOT INCLUDING FIFA. 
          UH, YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE AT 4% LESS THAN LAST YEAR. 
          AND THE TREND HAS BEEN IN THE LAST MONTH A HIGHER DECREASE THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE DECREASE IN THE LAST MONTH THAN WE HAVE IN THE PREVIOUS, IN THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR. 
          AND SO NOW MY PROJECTION GOING INTO THAT LAST PART OF THE YEAR IS PROBABLY GONNA BE ABOUT 9%. 
          SO WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA REALIZE A 9% REDUCTION IN OVERTIME HOURS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. 
          AND SO LAST YEAR WAS A 12% REDUCTION. 
          THIS YEAR'S A 9% REDUCTION. 
          WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE REDUCTION NEXT YEAR. 
          AND A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT AS WE HAVE INCREASED OUR HIRING LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE, AND WE'VE SEEN OFFICERS MATRICULATE THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO BECOME INDEPENDENT OPERATING OFFICERS, NOW WE'RE HAVING MORE STRENGTH IN THE FIELD. 
          RIGHT? AND SO AS WE'RE ADDING MORE STRENGTH, AS WE HAVE MORE OFFICERS, OUR RELIANCE ON OVERTIME WE'LL START TO DECREASE. 
          WE'RE ALSO, SO WE'RE ALSO PUTTING IN MORE OVERTIME OVERSIGHT AT THE COMMAND STAFF LEVEL. 
          AND SO WE BASICALLY HAVE, IT IS A, IT IS A TOP PRIORITY, A FOCUS OF OUR, OF, OF ALL OF OUR DISCUSSIONS. 
          AND SO WE, WE HAVE INCREASED REPORTING GOING OUT WITH MORE DETAIL. 
          UH, AND SO WE, WE ARE, WE'RE QUESTIONING WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY SCRUTINIZING OVER TIME AT A REALLY GRANULAR LEVEL. 
          WE ARE, WE ARE SEEING MORE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD SO THAT 
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OUR RELIANCE ON OVERTIME IS NOT THERE LIKE IT WAS IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          AND AS WE CONTINUE TO HIRE, THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON MORE EFFICIENCIES IN TERMS OF LIKE TECHNOLOGY. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT DRONES, AND WE'RE USING DRONES AS, AS FIRST RESPONDERS, AND THAT ENABLES US TO CLEAR CALLS WITHOUT DISPATCHING AN OFFICER. 
          WE'RE ALSO USING THE 9 1 1 CENTER TO USE TO, TO RESPOND TO CALLS VIA THE PHONE IN SOME CASES WHEN THEY'RE LOW PRIORITY CALLS. 
          AND WE CAN DO THAT. 
          AND SO WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR USE OF, OF, OF THOSE TOOLS TO BASICALLY DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF DISPATCHED OFFICERS. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SCHEDULES IN THE INVESTIGATIVE BUREAU. 
          WE ARE MODIFYING SCHEDULES SO THAT THERE'S NOT EVERYBODY ON DAYS, LET'S SAY AS AN EXAMPLE, WE'RE, WE'RE SPREADING IT OUT TO WHERE THERE'S OFFICERS WORKING AT DIFFERENT HOURS OF THE SHIFT SO THAT WHEN THE CALLS ARE COMING OUT, PEOPLE ARE SCHEDULED AT THAT TIME. 
          AND SO WE'RE MODIFYING SCHEDULES, AND THAT'S ANOTHER EFFICIENCY. 
          SO THOSE ARE ALL THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE'RE DOING TO SEE THE DECREASE, BUT IT'S PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE MORE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD. 
          AND I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. 
          UM, IF, IF, IF NOT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          NO, I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD AND THOROUGH ANSWER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, O OVER THE YEARS, ONE OF THE BIG, UH, JUSTIFICATIONS FOR, UH, UH, HAVING SO MUCH IN OUR OVERTIME BUDGET WAS RELATED TO, UH, THE LACK OF PERSONNEL. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M, UM, IT'S ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THE TREND IS MOVING DOWNWARD, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HEAVILY INVESTING IN THIS AREA. 
          BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO MAINTAIN, UH, OR THERE, THERE ARE MANAGEMENT CONTROLS, UH, BEING IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE THAT OVERTIME IS NECESSARY APPROPRIATELY APPROVED AND CONSISTENTLY, UH, CONSISTENTLY REVIEWED. 
          SO I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE. 
          THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, MR. MAYOR, IS THAT, UH, WE KNOW THAT DALLAS RESIDENTS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          WITH THAT IN MIND, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BUILT NOT ONLY BY POLICE OFFICERS, BUT ALSO BY STRONG COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS. 
          AND MY GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT WE STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE AND AVOID ERODING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY'S FEEDBACK, UH, DURING OUR UPCOMING BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETINGS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR. 
          GENTLEMAN, WILLS YOU RECOGNIZE FOR FIVE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, SO ON MONDAY, I WAS IN THE ELEVATOR WITH OUR BIG BOOK I CALL MINE THE BEAST AND SCHLEPPING IT AROUND LIKE I KNOW WE'VE ALL BEEN DOING, AND A MEMBER OF YOUR BUDGET TEAM WAS ON THE ELEVATOR TOO, JACK, AND SHE SAID THERE'S A LOT OF LOVE IN THAT BOOK. 
          AND SO WHETHER WE LIKE SOME OF IT OR WE HATE SOME OF IT OR WHATEVER, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF LABOR AND TOIL INVOLVED IN THIS. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR NEW NORMAL. 
          IT MAY FEEL LIKE A CRISIS, AND IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN REPORTED AS THAT, BUT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT TO THE POINT. 
          UH, MY COLLEAGUE TO MY LEFT MADE, IT'S ABOUT STEWARDSHIP IN PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES, YOU'VE GOT STAKEHOLDERS THAT YOU STEWARD THEIR INVESTMENT ON NONPROFITS STEWARD MONEY FOR THEIR DONORS AND TO FULFILL GRANTS. 
          AND SO THAT IS INDEED WHAT WE ARE DOING. 
          SO IT SEEMS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE REPORTED SOME THINGS TO US. 
          I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE COLIN AND DENTON COUNTY NUMBERS AS THEY AFFECT THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          AND IT MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT WHAT PLANO AND DENTON ARE DOING THAT ARE LURING MAYBE MORE OF THAT VALUE THEIR DIRECTION. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S ALL JUST IN, UH, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY TAX CHALLENGES. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT IS A CONCERN. 
          UM, JACK, YOU MENTIONED CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO OUR SALES TAX GROWTH. 
          YOU KNOW, THOSE BIG NUMBERS ARE GONE AND WE SEEM TO HAVE OUR NEW NORMAL OF ABOUT 3%, BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST TOURIST DRAWS, THE BIGGEST TOURIST DRAW. 
          OUR CONVENTION CENTER IS GONNA BE OFFLINE FOR THREE YEARS. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S GONNA HURT US FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT WHEN IT COMES BACK, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE, UM, BLOWING THE DOORS OFF. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADJUST TO THAT AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. 
          SO PREDICTABILITY IS GONE. 
          OR MAYBE THE PREDICTABLE THING IS THAT IT'S UNPREDICTABLE. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S THE WORLD THAT WE'RE LIVING IN NOW. 
          AND AS FAR AS PROPERTY TAX OR OUR, OUR REDUCTION OF OUR RATE, IN ADDITION TO COST INCREASES IN LABOR AND MATERIALS, ET CETERA, I DO THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THAT TAXPAYER NUMBER IN MIND BECAUSE, UM, THEIR UTILITY BILLS ARE GOING UP AND A LOT OF COSTS ALL AROUND THEM ARE GOING UP. 
          AND I THINK THEIR CITY CAN ALWAYS USE THAT AS AN INCENTIVE TO TRY TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT IN THE CLIMATE IN WHICH IT MAKES SENSE. 
          AND I, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THAT OFF OF THE TABLE JUST YET. 
          I WANNA TALK TO OUR INSPECTOR GENERAL, UM, BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT OUR INTERIM INSPECTOR GENERAL, UM, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE ELIMINATION LIST FOR PROGRAMS AND POSITIONS, UH, WE'VE GOT ONE POSITION IN THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, YOU PRESENTED TO FINANCE ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I LOVE THE WAY YOU PUT IT, STRUCTURE UP, TRAIN UP, TOOL 
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UP, TOTALED UP. 
          SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BUDGET AND WHAT YOU'VE, YOU CAN POINT TO THAT. 
          WE COULD SAY THIS IS WORKING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          A BARRON ELIAS, AN INTERIM INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
          UM, OUR BUDGET IS, UH, ABOUT 1.5 MILLION. 
          UH, IN, IN THAT REPORT WE'VE GOT A CHART IN THERE CALLED THE SUNLIGHT EFFECT, WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, ABOUT THAT AMOUNT $1.5 MILLION IN, UH, LOSSES TO THE CITY THAT COULD BE AVOIDABLE OR THAT WE STOPPED 'CAUSE IT WAS ONGOING OR WE ELEVATED SOMETHING. 
          UH, AND THAT IS NOT REVENUE. 
          UH, NOBODY'S WRITING US A CHECK, BUT IT, BUT IT IS PROVIDING MARGIN IN YOUR BUDGET, UH, SINCE THE TIME WE DID THAT CHART, THE NUMBER'S UP NOW AT ABOUT 2 MILLION THAT WE'VE DONE. 
          UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME TOOLS STILL AT THIS POINT THAT I THINK WILL MAKE US, UH, BETTER AT GETTING THOSE RESULTS. 
          AND WE JUST HAVE TO DECIDE IF THOSE KIND OF RESULTS, UM, ARE GONNA BE ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY A CHANGE IN OUR BUDGET. 
          SO YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 1.5 MILLION THIS YEAR, YOU'RE GIVING US A NEW NUMBER OF IDENTIFYING AND THEN HOPEFULLY RECOVERING SOMEWHERE IN THAT ZONE, UP TO 2 MILLION THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED. 
          MM-HMM. 
          SO THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. 
          AND I THINK WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS, YOU COULD EVEN DO MORE OF THAT. 
          SO YOU HAVE ETHICS POINT, THAT WAS THE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IN THIS $114,000, THAT INCLUDES A DIFFERENT SYSTEM. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING YOU THINK COULD TAKE THIS LEVEL OF IDENTIFYING FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE EVEN HIGHER? IT, IT DOES. 
          AND, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, HOW TO PUT THIS ANY OTHER WAY. 
          AND, AND BELIEVE ME, I AM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE GIVEN THE BUDGET TALKS THAT WE'RE HAVING AND THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, UH, TO BE IN A POSITION TO BE ASKING FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 
          HOWEVER, UM, I'LL BET MY REPUTATION THAT I CAN FOREX OUR BUDGET WITH, WITH TOOLS AND PERSONNEL. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT WHAT YOU DO IS THAT EVEN IF IT CAN'T BE RECOVERED, IT CAN BE IDENTIFIED. 
          PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS, UH, AN INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE AND A TEAM TO INVESTIGATE. 
          AND IF IT BLUNTS FURTHER ACTIVITY AND MAKES PEOPLE THINK TWICE ABOUT COMMITTING FRAUD, WASTE, OR ABUSE WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, COUNT ME IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THAT'S $114,000 THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS OFFICE HAVE BACK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WEST. 
          I THINK YOU COVERED OFF ON THAT. 
          I WAS JUST CONCERNED BY THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS BEING ELIMINATED, BUT MS. LOU, UM, KIND OF GAVE ME SOME EASE ON THAT ABOUT HOW WE'RE USING TECHNOLOGY, ET CETERA, ON, THERE WAS SOMETHING ON THE ELIMINATED POSITIONS LIST, THE SUBROGATION ADJUSTER POSITION, AND I, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S GONE THIRD PARTY AND THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE, BUT IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT THE AUDIT WE HAD A FEW YEARS AGO ABOUT OUR CLAIMS OR HOW WE MAY NOT BE RECOVERING WHEN SOMEONE DAMAGES OUR PROPERTY. 
          UM, HOW WE'RE GOING AND GETTING THAT, UH, MONEY BACK. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I DO READ THE OCCASIONAL VENDOR EMAILS AND THERE'S SOMEBODY SAYING, I COULD HELP YOU GET BACK $45 MILLION. 
          THAT SURE WOULD COME IN HANDY. 
          CAN WE HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING AFTER THAT POTENTIAL REVENUE? YES. 
          AND IN FACT, UM, WE ARE BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE WAY WE'RE APPROACHING THE BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          I SEE THAT OUR DIRECTOR OF RISK MANAGEMENT IS HERE. 
          UH, NDA, IF YOU'LL JUST WALK THROUGH THE, THE THINKING AROUND IT AND HOW WE BELIEVE THAT WE'LL GET TO BETTER RESULTS GOING FORWARD. 
          SURE. 
          FIRST I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, UM, THE COMMUNICATION THAT'S BEING SENT FROM OUTSIDE VENDORS. 
          ONE, THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OUR DAMAGES OR ANY OF OUR LOSSES. 
          SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE ABSOLUTELY INFLATED. 
          THERE IS NOT $45 MILLION WORTH THE SUBROGATION DOLLARS TO RECOVER. 
          SECONDLY, WE ELIMINATED THE SUBROGATION ADJUSTER POSITION, UM, AND GAVE MONEY BACK TO THE BUDGET ON THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA SUBROGATE OR WE'RE GOING TO OUTSOURCE I THAT I JUST WANNA KNOW ABOUT WHAT WE ARE LEAVING ON THE TABLE IN TERMS OF DAMAGED PROPERTY. 
          AND I, WHAT IS THAT NUMBER THEN? WHAT DO YOU SAY IT IS? OKAY, SO, UM, IT'S AN ACCUMULATION OVER THE YEARS. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND A HALF MILLION TO SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          WE GO BACK FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOWING THE POTENTIAL THAT WE CAN COLLECT. 
          THAT SOUNDS LOW, BUT OKAY, THAT'S YOUR ROLE, SO I'LL TRUST YOU ON THAT. 
          HOWEVER, I'M CURIOUS, MIGHT BE WORTH A PHONE CALL TO WHOEVER'S THINKING THEY CAN RECOVER $45 MILLION FOR US, 
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UM, ON LIBRARIES. 
          UM, I'M JUST CONCERNED ON THE ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM THAT THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR CITIZENSHIP THAT UM, SOMEBODY MAY NOT BE A CITIZEN, BUT THEY MAY HAVE A BABY THAT IS, AND YOU'RE SOME OF THESE PARTNERS. 
          I GOT IT. 
          SOME OF THESE PARTNERS MAY CHARGE FEES KICK YOU OUT IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND REGULARLY. 
          AND I JUST THINK WE NEED TO CAREFULLY EVALUATE WHO OUR PARTNERS ARE AND ASK THEM FOR SOME FAVORABILITY. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS MAN, SHORE LIBRARY DIRECTOR. 
          UH, WE AGREE WITH YOU. 
          WE ARE VETTING OUR, OUR PARTNERS VERY CAREFULLY. 
          DALLAS COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
          THEY DO RECEIVE FEDERAL AND STATE MONEY. 
          SO THEY ARE REQUIRED TO ASK PARTICIPANTS TO PROVE THEIR, UH, LEGAL STATUS AND RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN OUR, OUR CURRENT PROGRAM, WHICH HAS A VERY LOW BARRIER TO ACCESS. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING IS LOOKING AT OTHER SMALLER LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT DO NOT HAVE THOSE BARRIERS TO ACCESS. 
          WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR LIBRARY LOCATIONS HAVE THOSE SO THEY CAN REFER PEOPLE TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE ON THE ROUND TWOS. 
          MS. BLACKMAN, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, STICKING WITH THE LIBRARIES. 
          HI MANIA. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU DID IN OUR BOOK EXPLAIN WHAT A FLAGSHIP LIBRARY MODEL LOOKS LIKE, BUT, AND, AND IT KIND OF OUTLINES IN VERY, YOU KNOW, HIGH LEVEL. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE THE USER, TELL ME WHAT THE USER OR CAN EXPECT WITH THESE. 
          I GUESS THERE'S SIX OR FIVE YEAH. 
          UH, FIVE LOCATIONS. 
          CORRECT. 
          THERE ARE FIVE OPENING IN FISCAL YEAR 27 WITH A GOAL OF TWO ADDITIONAL IN A FUTURE YEAR AS WE CAN STAND THEM UP ONCE WE OPEN ALL SEVEN, ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT OF DALLAS RESIDENTS WILL BE WITHIN A 15 MINUTE DRIVE OF A LIBRARY OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          WE'LL BE AT 87% ON OCTOBER ONE, I'M SORRY, IN JANUARY OF 2027. 
          THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST DIFFICULT THING TO ARTICULATE TO PEOPLE. 
          WHAT IS A FLAGSHIP? AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN DALLAS FOR A LONG TIME HAVE BECOME USED TO LIBRARY HOURS THAT ARE INADEQUATE FOR THEM. 
          AND SO IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO PICTURE WHAT MANY OF OUR PEERS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE, WHICH ARE LONG OPEN HOURS OVER MANY DAYS WHERE THEY CONCENTRATE THEIR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WHERE THEY HAVE MEETING ROOMS AND STUDY ROOMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, UH, RUNNING BUSINESSES. 
          THEY'RE LOOKING FOR JOBS, THEY'RE STUDYING AFTER SCHOOL. 
          UH, WE WILL ALSO HAVE, UM, UH, COLLECTIONS BOOKS IN THOSE FLAGSHIP LIBRARIES THAT OFFER THEM THE NEWEST ACCESS TO BESTSELLERS, TO NEW RELEASES. 
          IT IS A VIBRANT ACTIVE SPACE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN GET TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN JUST SHOW PEOPLE WHAT A FLAGSHIP IS GONNA BE BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS THE HARDEST THING FOR PEOPLE TO PICTURE. 
          SO, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK? YES. 
          IS THAT, UH, 12 HOURS A DAY, 10 HOURS A DAY, FIVE HOURS A DAY? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU CAN GIMME A RANGE. 
          SURE. 
          SO IT IS 59 HOURS A WEEK. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT WILL BE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 8:00 PM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM AND THEN SUNDAY FROM 12 TO FIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO IN THE BUILDING, MULTIPLE THINGS CAN BE HAPPENING HAPPENING AND THEY ALL MAY NOT BE THE SAME ONE AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FLAGSHIPS. 
          IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY FAIR STATEMENT BECAUSE WE SERVE EACH OF THOSE FLAGSHIPS SERVES A DIFFERENT REGION OF THE CITY WITH DIFFERENT NEEDS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO, AND WE HAVE 29 LIBRARIES NOW, CORRECT? FIVE ARE GONNA BE FLAGSHIP WITH TWO MORE. 
          SO THEN WE'LL HAVE 22 BUILDINGS THAT ARE LIBRARIES. 
          I'M JUST GONNA, THAT ARE STILL, THEY'RE STILL ORGANIZED AS A LIBRARY. 
          AND I I IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE MOVING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE FIGURING OUT THOSE BUILDINGS INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LIBRARY COR. 
          CORRECT. 
          CENTRAL STAYS OPEN. 
          SO CENTRAL PART OF ONE OF THE FLAGSHIPS? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE THEY GONNA, IS IT GONNA BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF THING IN ITSELF? CENTRAL ALREADY IS A DIFFERENT THING IN ITSELF. 
          OKAY. 
          CENTRAL IS NOT JUST A BIG BRANCH. 
          CENTRAL HAS, UH, ONE OF THE TOP 10 GENEALOGY LIBRARIES IN THE COUNTRY. 
          CENTRAL HAS, UH, THE DALLAS HISTORY AND ARCHIVES, INCLUDING THE JFK COLLECTION AND MORE. 
          SO CENTRAL'S ALREADY IN A DIFFERENT STRATOSPHERE THAN THE, THAN THE REST OF THE LIBRARIES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO AND THAT'S NOT PART OF THE 29, CORRECT? OR YES, IT IS. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          UH, SO THEN IT'S ACTUALLY 20, WE'LL HAVE 21 
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BUILDINGS. 
          AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GONNA BE MOVING, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL GONNA BE DISCUSSING THOSE, YOU KNOW, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THAT CON OR HOW THAT CONVERSATION'S GONNA GO AROUND THAT, THOSE BUILDINGS, HOPEFULLY WHAT THEY'VE SEEN IS NOW THEY'VE GOT A BUILDING THAT'S OPEN 59 HOURS A WEEK, SEVEN DAYS MM-HMM . 
          YOU KNOW, IN THAT WEEK. 
          AND, AND NOW THEY'RE KIND OF MOVING AWAY FROM THERE 'CAUSE IT'S 15 MINUTES DRY THAT THEY'RE MOVING MAYBE AWAY FROM THEIR LOCAL ONE OR THE LIBRARY. 
          THEY KNOW. 
          AND LOVE NOW IS NOT CLOSING. 
          IT IS STAYING OPEN. 
          CORRECT. 
          CORRECT. 
          BUT UM, BUT, BUT IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS, THAT COULD BE A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION POINT. 
          I'M JUST SAYING IT COULD POTENTIALLY, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT NOW THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE FLAGSHIPS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M CALLING THEM. 
          THEY'RE CALLING YOU CALLING 'EM WHAT? NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THOSE WOULD LOOK LIKE WHAT? THOSE LOOK LIKE. 
          THEY LOOK NOW, OKAY. 
          THEY'RE MORE COZY. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE WALK TO IF THEY'RE ABLE, THEY HAVE BRANCH LEVEL PROGRAMS LIKE STORY TIMES AND BOOK CLUBS. 
          THEY ARE WHAT OUR LIBRARIES ARE NOW. 
          SO THIS MAY DIVE INTO WHAT THE MAYOR HAS TALKED ABOUT, IS THEY COULD BECOME MORE OF A COMMUNITY CENTER, A HUB FOR A COLLECTIVE MAYBE. 
          AND A LIBRARY LIKE YOUR COFFEE SHOP. 
          I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT AND MAYBE AN INCUBATOR. 
          I'M JUST THROWING DON'T  YOU KIND OF GOING IN. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING. 
          'CAUSE I DO THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A TIME WHEN THIS COUNCIL'S GONNA HAVE TO SAY, IS THIS BUILDING GIVING US WHAT WE NEED? AND I THINK THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK. 
          BUT THEN WHAT IS THAT? WHAT, WHAT IS THAT, THAT THING THAT, THAT COMMUNITY NEEDS? AND IT MAY NOT BE A LIBRARY AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S FAIR. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          LIKE WHAT? THAT'S OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE. 
          AND, AND TELL ME WHICH LIBRARY, WHICH CITIES HAVE THIS KIND OF LIBRARY LIKE SYSTEM? LIKE IS THAT, DOES FORT WORTH HAVE IT? FORT WORTH HAS REGIONAL LIBRARIES. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          AND UH, I KNOW THAT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT YOU SAID. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BUT I'VE SLEPT SINCE THEN. 
          UM, SO THE INCREMENT OR THE DECREASE IN THAT BUDGET ITEM IN LIBRARIES IS DUE TO THE PROGRAMS MOVING OUT, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S, IS IT A $2,002 MILLION HIT TO THE LIBRARY SYSTEM? THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CHANGES COMING TO THE LIBRARY SYSTEM. 
          IN DOLLAR AMOUNTS. 
          IN DOLLAR AMOUNTS. 
          I'M LOOKING AT DOLLAR. 
          OH, I UNDERSTAND. 
          SO IN DOLLAR AMOUNTS BY, BY PROGRAM. 
          SO THE ADULT LEARNING PROGRAM IS, UH, THE, SO THIS IS ON, UM, PAGE 2 57 OF THE BUDGET BOOK IS THE MAJOR BUDGET ITEMS FOR THE LIBRARY. 
          THOSE ARE OUR PROGRAMS. YES. 
          GOOD. 
          AND THAT BREAKS DOWN, UH, THE BUDGET, THAT, THE MOVEMENT OF THE BUDGET BASED ON EACH OF THOSE, UH, PROGRAMS, THOSE MAJOR BUDGET ITEMS. AND SO WHAT'S THE DE WHAT'S THE DECREASE IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR? TOTAL? YES. 
          APPROXIMATELY 3.3 MILLION. 
          AND HOW MANY OF, HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS FOR ADULT PROGRAMMING? FOR ADULT, FOR ADULT LEARNING, ADULT LEARNING, THAT WAS, UH, $431,990. 
          WELL, UM, I GUESS THE BOTTOM LINE IS I HOPE WE DON'T TACKLE THAT I THIS ITEM AGAIN NEXT YEAR THAT WE SHOULD LET IT STABILIZE AND WORK ITSELF OUT. 
          UH, BECAUSE I THINK ANOTHER HIT COULD BE DETRIMENTAL. 
          MY THOUGHTS. 
          THANK YOU MR. ROTH, THE RECORD FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COULD YOU, UH, ON PAGE 24, COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT PHASE DATA CENTER MIGRATION MEANS? SO, UH, TO START WITH, AND I'LL BE WAITING ON, UH, JEFF IS ON HIS WAY OUT, BUT EARLIER THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A, UH, CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION TO, UM, MOVE PARTS OF OUR DATA CENTER OUT OF CITY HALL. 
          AND JEFF, I WAS HOPING YOU'D GET HERE. 
          , TAKE IT ON. 
          YEAH. 
          YES. 
          UH, THIS WAS THE MIGRATION OF OUR DATA CENTER TO A, UH, CO-LOCATION FACILITY. 
          JEFF, CAN YOU TALK INTO THE MIC JUST A LITTLE BIT? THERE WE GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, YES. 
          THIS WAS THE PLANNED, UH, RELOCATION OF OUR DATA CENTER INTO A COLOCATION FACILITY. 
          UH, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH? NO, BUT THAT'S OKAY. 
          I'VE HAD A LIMITED OF TIME. 
          JEFF, WILL YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGRATION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? YES. 
          SO OUR DATA CENTER HAS, IS AN OLD DATA CENTER THAT'S LOCATED HERE IN THIS BUILDING. 
          AND IT WAS DETERMINED, UH, THROUGH MANY STUDIES THAT THIS DATA CENTER NEEDED TO MOVE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE 
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THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR, UH, FOR OUR IT ENVIRONMENT FOR CITY OF OUR SIZE. 
          SO THIS WAS THE PLANNED RELOCATION FROM THIS BUILDING INTO A PRIVATE, A PRIVATELY OPERATED DATA CENTER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PAGE 66. 
          UH, JACK, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AN INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND TIFF PAYMENTS. 
          COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IS THAT MEAN? UH, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, UH, TIF PAYMENT INCREASE IT AFFECTS OUR BUDGET. 
          YES. 
          THIS IS A CHANGE IN THE USE OF FUND BALANCE, UH, BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE'VE USED FUND BALANCE IN THE ITS IN, UH, BUDGET ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          SO IN LAST YEAR, UH, WE USED ABOUT $11 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE, AND NOW IT'S BEING REDUCED. 
          SO THE REDUCED REDUCTION OF FUND BALANCE ALSO SHOWS UP AS A CHANGE IN THE ALLOCATION BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          UH, BUT I WAS TALKING ABOUT A T THE TIFF ISSUE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          SO I'M SORRY, I'M, I'M, I'M, I APOLOGIZE. 
          MAYBE MADE A, DIDN'T MAKE CLEAR. 
          SO ON SLIDE 66 REGARDING IT'S THE 4.6 MILLION. 
          YES, SIR. 
          UH, THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICTS. 
          SO, UM, THE CITY HAS SEVERAL, I BELIEVE 19 TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICTS. 
          AND, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THOSE BOUNDARIES ARE SET AND THERE'S A BASELINE YEAR. 
          AND THE INCREMENT ABOVE THAT, UH, IT GOES BACK TO THAT DISTRICT FOR USE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          AND SO EACH YEAR AS THOSE, UH, PROPERTIES WITHIN THAT DISTRICT ARE, UH, REASSESSED FOR THEIR VALUE, THEN THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT COMES INTO THE CITY, THEN WE PAY THAT INTO THE TS FOR THEIR OPERATION. 
          AND SO IT'S COMES FROM BOTH THE GENERAL FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUND. 
          AND SO IN TOTAL, UH, NEXT YEAR, THE CITY WILL BE PASSING A HUNDRED AND ALMOST $140 MILLION TO THOSE TIF DISTRICTS. 
          AND THAT WILL BE $4.6 MILLION MORE THAN THE CURRENT YEAR. 
          SO IS THAT REALLY AN EXPENSE? IT, IT IS RECORDED AS BOTH A REVENUE AND AN EXPENSE. 
          IT COMES IN, WE COLLECT, WE'VE BOOKED IT, THE REVENUE FROM THE, UH, PROPERTY TAX AS WE COLLECT IT, AND THEN WE EXPENSE IT, UH, WHEN WE MAKE THAT PAYMENT TO THE TIF DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE, UH, BUDGET IS GOING FROM 5.2 BILLION TO 5.7 BILLION. 
          UH, THAT'S ABOUT FOUR POINT 460 MILLION, UH, EXTRA. 
          UH, THE GENERAL FUND REPRESENTS ABOUT 80 MILLION OF THAT. 
          THE OTHER $380 MILLION, I'M ASSUMING, IS BROKEN UP WITH ALL THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND THE OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENT, THE OTHER, UH, ENTITIES. 
          COULD YOU GIVE ME A BREAKDOWN AS TO THE COMPARISON OF WHERE THE INCREASES ARE IN THAT, WHAT IS THAT $380 MILLION, UH, REPRESENT FROM 26 VERSUS 20 SEVENS PROJECTED? UH, YES, SIR. 
          AND SO I'LL, UH, DIRECT THIS CORINA, IF YOU CAN TAKE US TO PAGE SIX. 
          WHICH PAGE IS IT? PAGE SIX. 
          AND SO ON PAGE SIX, YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE CURRENT YEAR'S ADOPTED BUDGET FROM SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. 
          THE AMENDED BUDGET WOULD BE ANY CHANGES THAT COUNSEL HAS APPROVED SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER THROUGH, UH, THE CURRENT TIME, UH, OUR, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 27, AND THE PLAN BUDGET FOR 28. 
          YOU'RE CORRECT THAT FROM THE $5.2 BILLION TOTAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 IS AN INCREASE OF $452.6 MILLION. 
          UH, THAT'S AN 8.7% INCREASE. 
          UH, THE OPERATING BUDGET, WHICH IS SUBTOTAL JUST ABOVE THAT, THE TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET GOING FROM, UH, 4.2, UH, BILLION TO FOUR POINT, UH, THREE 5 BILLION. 
          SO THE OPERATING BUDGET IS GOING UP 102 MILLION, WHICH IS 2.4%. 
          SO THE BIGGEST PART OF THE INCREASES IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE SEE IN THE ENTERPRISE, UH, CAPITAL BUDGET, IT IS GOING FROM 473 MILLION TO 780. 
          THAT IS NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THAT CHART. 
          THE ENTERPRISE CAPITAL BUDGET GOING FROM 473 TO 780 MILLION, THAT'S A NEARLY A 65% INCREASE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          AND THAT IS PRIMARILY MADE UP OF THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT'S CAPITAL PROGRAM, THE DALLAS WATER UTILITIES CAPITAL PROGRAM, AND THE STORMWATER CAPITAL PROGRAM. 
          AND THOSE ARE BASICALLY, UH, UH, REIMBURSABLE SITUATIONS OR THEY'RE DEBTED THEIR, THEIR DEBT, UH, BASED SITUATIONS WHERE YOU'RE RECEIVING, UH, REIMBURSEMENTS THROUGH. 
          SO BOTH, UH, THEY'RE THE CAPITAL PROGRAM IN THE ENTERPRISE. 
          UH, FUNDS ARE PRIMARILY FUNDED FROM TWO SOURCES. 
          IT'S EITHER OPERATING, UH, REVENUE THAT'S BEEN GENERATED, AND SO SOME, UH, PAY AS YOU GO WITH CASH. 
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UH, SO THERE'S SOME CASH INVESTMENT IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THE DEBT THAT'S ISSUED BY THE WATER DEPARTMENT, UH, ARE DEBT THAT IS BEING ISSUED BY THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT AND THE STORMWATER DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, SO THOSE ARE, UH, NOT ON THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THOSE ARE NOT ON THE PROPERTY TAX. 
          THOSE ARE ON THOSE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES OF AVIATION, STORM WATER, DALLAS WATER, UTILITIES, ET CETERA. 
          THOSE WOULD TYPICALLY BE WASHES, THEY WOULD BE REIMBURSEMENTS FROM VERSUS, UH, THEY CAN USE ALSO, THEY, THEY WOULD BE PAID FOR BY THE CUSTOMERS OF THOSE UTILITIES, OF THOSE OF THOSE ENTERPRISES. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ON, UH, SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT, UH, I THINK GABE, UH, COUNCILMAN WILLIS BROUGHT UP THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE SHORTFALL POTENTIALLY IN A CONVENTION SERVICE BUREAU. 
          UH, IS THIS, UH, HAVE WE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, UM, WHAT, WHAT, TO WHAT EXTENT ARE WE WORRYING ABOUT AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE IMMEDIATE, UH, IMPACT OF CLOSING OF THE CONVENTION CENTER FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEAR, THREE YEARS? FOUR YEARS? Y YES, SIR. 
          SO I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS'S POINT WAS REGARDING, UM, THAT BEING SUCH A, UH, ECONOMIC ENGINE, UH, FOR THE CITY AND, UH, WITH IT BEING CLOSED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, UH, JUST THE QUESTION OF WHAT IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE, ESPECIALLY ON OUR SALES TAX, UH, FROM THE VISITORS TO THE CITY. 
          UH, AND SO THERE MAY BE SOME IMPACT. 
          AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE PLANNED BUDGET AND FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE'RE USING A MORE, UH, CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO OUR SALES TAX, UH, FORECAST RATHER THAN THE BASELINE FROM OUR ECONOMISTS. 
          SO I THINK WE'VE CONSIDERED THAT, UM, BUT THE ECONOMY WILL, UH, OBVIOUSLY HAVE AN IMPACT THERE AS WELL. 
          ON PAGE 34, UM, UH, COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE, UH, REDUCED SPENDING OF PRIOR YEARS? UH, DOES THIS REPRESENT ACTUAL SAVINGS PROVIDED, UH, FROM, FROM THOSE, FROM THE 25 26 BUDGETS? UH, ARE THESE PROJECTED OR, YEAH, I'LL LET, UH, MS. WHEDON EXPLAIN THOSE. 
          UH, SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY, THEY REFLECT ACTUAL SAVINGS. 
          SO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN FISCAL YEAR 25, UH, WE GENERATED SAVINGS OF 13.1 MILLION. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE FISCAL, UH, UH, FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE GENERATED 36.2 MILLION. 
          UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 25, UM, WE HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, REORGANIZATIONS AND CONSOLIDATIONS OF DEPARTMENTS, UH, SAME THING WITH FISCAL YEAR 26. 
          AND SO THAT MAKES UP THE MAJORITY OF THE SAVINGS WHERE THE CITY MANAGER HAS TAKEN A DELIBERATE APPROACH OF RECOGNIZING, UH, EFFICIENCIES AND CONSOLIDATING, UM, WHEN, WHEN APPROPRIATE. 
          SO THIS, THIS IS NOT BEING FACTORED INTO YOUR PROJECTED BUDGET FOR, FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET, BUT IT'S FOR HISTORICAL RECORDS TO INDICATE THAT, THAT THERE HAS BEEN SAVINGS DURING THE YEAR THAT THERE WOULD BE POTENTIAL, UM, REIMBURSEMENTS OR, OR SAVINGS OR, OR, OR, UH, ADVANTAGES, UH, IN, IN OUR OPERATION ON AN ONGOING BASIS. 
          CORRECT. 
          THIS IS JUST MORE OF A HISTORICAL, UM, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, UM, AND HOW WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS NOT A ONE YEAR PROCESS, THAT IT'S ONGOING. 
          UM, ALL DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED TO LOOK AT THEIR OPERATIONS RECOG, UH, IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES. 
          AND SO THE LOOK BACK WAS JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, BUT THEN TO ALSO, UM, STATE THAT MOVING FORWARD, THIS WILL BE A CONTINUOUS PROCESS. 
          UM, WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, TAX SITUATION, UM, THE STATE IS, UH, POTENTIALLY GOING TO, UH, CONTINUE THE CAP, UM, POTENTIALLY ON ASSESSED VALUES AND ALSO POTENTIALLY ON OUR ABILITY TO, TO, TO, UH, LIMIT, UH, ANY KIND OF REVENUE INCREASES. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING FOR OR, OR TRYING TO PLAN FOR IN THIS BUDGET, UH, WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE UPCOMING TWO OR THREE, FOUR YEARS? UH, WITH REGARD TO THAT, AND, AND IT'S NOT A LOADED QUESTION. 
          I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF Y'ALL FACTORED IN, UH, THE, THE POTENTIAL, UH, UH, LIMITATION IN FUTURE, UH, REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUES TIME. 
          MAY I GO? SO WE HAVE NOT, UH, FACTORED IN A REDUCTION TO REVENUE. 
          UH, WE ARE VERY MINDFUL OF THINGS THAT MAY HAPPEN, UH, THROUGH, UH, UPCOMING STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 
          UH, WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT. 
          UH, TYPICALLY ANY CHANGE THAT WOULD BE MADE AT A STATE LEVEL HAVE A, AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE FUTURE, UH, AFTER, UH, LEGISLATION IS PASSED THAT WE WOULD THEN FACTOR INTO FUTURE BUDGETS. 
          UH, BUT AS FAR AS ANY, UH, RUMORS, CONVERSATION, THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, THERE'S 
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NOT BEEN A, A REDUCTION IN OUR PROJECTIONS AS A RESULT OF THAT AT THIS POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSON, YOU RECOGNIZE FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE 800 LANE MILES IS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE RECONSTRUCTION OR OVERLAY? SO I'M GONNA ASK FOR, UH, DEV OR GUS, UH, TO COME HELP US WITH THE SPECIFICS ON THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          IT'S MORE TECHNICAL THAN ANY OF US WILL KNOW. 
          MS. MENDEL,  GU CARLY, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS. 
          I DON'T HAVE 'EM BY PERCENTAGE. 
          I DO HAVE 'EM BY LANE MILES FOR THIS YEAR. 
          SURE. 
          SO ON THE, I MEAN, I CAN SEND YOU THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LONG LIST, BUT, UH, I CAN GIVE YOU FOUR. 
          UH, FY 26, WE ARE PROJECTING ABOUT 96 MILES FOR THE, UH, PREVENTATIVE. 
          UM, AND THEN 138 FOR, UH, MAINTENANCE. 
          AND THEN, UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, TWO TRANCHES OF FUNDING ON THE FULL RESURFACING. 
          UH, SO WE HAVE 46 AND, UH, FROM ANOTHER, UM, SOURCE OF FUND FROM THE BOND IS 77 FOR RESURFACING. 
          AND, AND SO GUS, I'M ACTUALLY ONLY LOOKING AT WHAT'S IN THIS BUDGET. 
          SO THE, SO THE BUDGET HAS, OR THE 800 MILES BOND AND 800 GENERAL FUND, 800 LANE MILES INCLUDE THE BOND FUNDED PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL FUND FOR A TOTAL OF ABOVE. 
          OKAY. 
          I THOUGHT THIS WAS GENERAL FUND, NOT INCLUDING BOND. 
          SO THE 140 FEET, CAN YOU TELL US WHICH IS WHICH? YEAH, I CAN, I, I MEAN I HAVE HOW MANY LANE MILES ARE JUST GENERAL FUND? UM, IT'S ABOUT ON THE GENERAL FUNDS, I HAVE TO DO THE CALCULATIONS. 
          UM, IT'S ABOUT 687, UH, LINE MILES FROM THE GENERAL FUNDS. 
          AND OF THOSE, HOW MANY ARE FOR RECONSTRUCTION? UH, FOR RECONSTRUCTION, LIKE I MENTIONED FROM THE GENERAL FUNDS IS, UM, UH, FULL RESURFACING IS ABOUT, UM, FY 27, ABOUT 13 MILES FOR RESURFACING. 
          13. 
          13. 
          THAT'S NOT VERY MANY. 
          WELL, BECAUSE THE, UH, COST PER LANE MILE IS ABOUT $800,000 PER LANE MILE FOR RESURFACE FULL RESURFACING, WHICH MEANS THAT, UH, REMOVING, UH, THE PAVEMENT AND PUTTING IN NEW PAVEMENT. 
          SO WITH THIS ALLOCATION, ARE WE ACTUALLY IMPROVING OUR LANE CONDITION OR ARE WE JUST SLOWING DOWN FURTHER DEGRADATION? SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL THAT, UH, BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE IN THE IMP. 
          SO, UM, ON THE ROADWAYS THAT HAVE FULLY DETERIORATED, THEN WE NEED TO DO THE FULL RECONSTRUCTION. 
          DEFINITELY IT'LL BE A BRAND NEW PAVEMENT. 
          THERE ARE SOME LOCATIONS WHERE THE, UH, UH, ON A, ON A MILE STRETCH, WE ONLY NEED TO REMOVE A CERTAIN PANEL, FEW PANELS, LIKE ABOUT 40 TO 60% OF IT, UH, TO REMOVE AND PUT IN. 
          SO IN ESSENCE, IT'S A COMBINATION OF IMPROVEMENT AS WELL AS PRESERVATION OF THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL COME BACK TO THAT SEPARATELY. 
          UM, SO I SEE YOU'RE LOSING SEVEN POSITIONS FOR URBAN FORESTRY. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT URBAN FORESTRY IS? SO GENERALLY THE FUNCTION OF THE URBAN FORESTRY IS TO HANDLE THE, UH, LIKE TREE TRIMMING AND, AND, UH, MOWING ON THE, UM, ON THE, UM, ON THE ROADWAY, UH, WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. 
          SO HOW IS THAT GONNA GET HANDLED? SO WE'VE GOT, UM, IN, WITHIN TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS, WE'VE GOT SOME POSITIONS, UM, AND AS WELL AS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, LIKE DALLAS WAR UTILITIES THAT HAVE ALSO, UH, SOME OPENING. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA OPTIMIZE THE USE OF OUR, UM, UH, RESOURCES IN ORDER TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THAT SERVICE. 
          HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT'LL BE TAKING CARE OF THE MEDIANS? UH, SO CURRENTLY ON THE, UH, PAYROLL, WE WILL HAVE ABOUT, UH, SIX, UH, REMAINING, UM, IN THE URBAN FORESTRY, UM, POSITION. 
          AND DO YOU OUTSOURCE THAT OR THEY DO EVERY MEDIAN IN CITY. 
          SO WE'VE GOT ALSO THE ABILITY TO OUTSOURCE, UM, LIKE MOWING AND, AND UM, UH, LITTER PICKUP. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHAT IS THE COST TO KEEP THE LIBRARIES OPEN SIX DAYS A 
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WEEK AT THE BRANCHES? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, MENDELSSOHN MANIA SHORE LIBRARY DIRECTOR. 
          SO TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL DAY BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO HAVE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME. 
          OH, IS THAT OKAY? JUST ROLLING BACK. 
          JUST ROLLING BACK. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          THE TWO 2.6 2.6. 
          APPROXIMATELY 2.6 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          IF THE QUESTION WAS JUST TO ROLL BACK TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO FLAGSHIPS WITH THE 29 LOCATIONS AT CURRENT HOURS. 
          IS THAT THE YEAH. 
          YES, CORRECT. 
          THAT'S THE 2.6 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE WERE, UM, JUST TOLD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FLAGSHIPS TWO YEARS AGO, AND I WILL SAY THAT OVER THIS TIME I'VE HAD SOME VERY SERIOUS RESERVATIONS ABOUT WHAT I'VE HEARD. 
          YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT SAID THE LIBRARY WILL NOW PROVIDE MORE ACCESS. 
          AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU, MOST CERTAINLY IT WILL NOT FOR DISTRICT 12. 
          AND THERE IS, FRET PARK IS NOT WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF DISTRICT 12, CERTAINLY NOT THE COLLIN COUNTY OR DENTON COUNTY PORTIONS. 
          I LIVE IN THE DALLAS COUNTY PARK. 
          I CAN PROBABLY GET TO FRET IN 15. 
          UM, BUT IF YOU LIVE IN COLLIN COUNTY OR DENTON COUNTY, WHICH IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE DISTRICT, NO, YOU CANNOT GET TO FRETS IN 15 MINUTES. 
          AND THIS IS A TERRIBLE LOSS FOR, UM, FOR MY DISTRICT. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T IN ANY WAY THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. 
          UM, OKAY, MOVING ON TO MY NEXT QUESTION. 
          FOR THE REC CENTERS, WE'VE ALSO HAD QUITE A REDUCTION IN HOURS. 
          I BELIEVE WE'RE NOW AT 40 HOURS. 
          IS PARKS HERE TO CONFIRM? I I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYONE FROM PARK AND RECREATION HERE. 
          THE, THE QUESTION BEING, UH, REGARDING THE HOURS WITHIN THE REC CENTERS. 
          WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE, THE REC CENTERS CLOSE AT TWO O'CLOCK ON SATURDAY AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN OPEN ON SUNDAY. 
          SO THE, IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET, THERE'S NOT A CHANGE TO RECREATION CENTER HOURS. 
          MY QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO KEEP THE LIBRARY, THE REC CENTERS OPEN LATER ON SATURDAY? WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO BUILD THESE AND WE'RE NOT EVEN ABLE TO USE 'EM. 
          WE WILL WORK WITH THE, UH, PARK AND RECREATION TO DETERMINE AN ANSWER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UH, HAVE WE CONSIDERED MOVING RECYCLING TO AN EVERY OTHER WEEK ACTIVITY? AND SO, UM, SANITATION WAS IN THE BACK AND SO I'M SURE THEY'LL STEP RIGHT AHEAD HERE TO ANSWER THAT. 
          WHILE WE'RE WAITING, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE WORKING ON THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE PART OF THAT DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE? IF YOU'LL LOOK UP? YES. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, CLIFF GILLESPIE, DIRECTOR SANITATION. 
          UM, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THIS PREVIOUSLY. 
          UM, THE, THE SAVINGS THAT, UH, WOULD BE GENERATED AND PA AND ABLE TO PASS ALONG TO, UH, THE RATE PAYER, UH, WOULD BE MINIMAL. 
          UM, THE SAME VOLUME OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS WOULD HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO BE GENERATED, UH, WEEK AFTER WEEK. 
          SO WHILE WE'RE ONLY COLLECTING, WE'D ONLY BE COLLECTING EVERY OTHER WEEK OR HALF OF THE CITY ONE WEEK AND HALF OF THE CITY THE NEXT WEEK, YOU WOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE THE SAME VOLUME OR TONNAGE OF MATERIAL THAT WOULD NEED TO BE COLLECTED, THEREFORE REQUIRING THE SAME, UM, NUMBER OF TRUCKS AND, UH, EQUIPMENT STAFF TO BE ABLE TO, TO MOVE AND PROCESS THAT MATERIAL. 
          CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DUPLICATION OF THE EDC, UM, WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? THE QUESTION IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 
          CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DUPLICATION OF THAT WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT? 
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GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          ROBIN BENTLEY, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. 
          THERE IS VERY LITTLE DUPLICATION BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES. 
          IN FACT, WE AMENDED OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO CLARIFY WHAT THE EDCS FUNCTIONS ARE VERSUS WHAT THE CITY'S FUNCTIONS ARE. 
          SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, BUT THERE ARE, THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT ROLES. 
          AS YOU HAVE, UM, PROPOSED SHEDDING SOME OF THE FLEET, WHAT WAS THE THRESHOLD USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT VEHICLES WOULD BE KEPT? UH, VINCENT OLSON EQUIPMENT AND FLEET MANAGEMENT, UH, WE STARTED OUT WITH A THOUSAND, UH, MILES PER YEAR, BUT WE ALSO HAD TO EVALUATE, UH, STUFF IN HOURS. 
          SO WE, WHEN WE PRESENTED TO THIS, UH, UH, BODY, WE LOOKED AT THREE SEGMENTS, ZERO TO A THOUSAND, A THOUSAND TO TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED UP TO 5,000. 
          UM, THAT WAS HOW WE PRE THAT WAS HOW WE LOOKED AT IT INITIALLY. 
          IF YOU MOVE THAT FROM 1000 MILES PER YEAR TO 2,500 OR EVEN 5,000, HOW MUCH OF A COST SAVINGS WOULD THAT BE? WELL, THESE THINGS WERE IN, IN DIFFERENT GROUPS, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE, WE, THEY AVERAGE ABOUT $61,000 IN IS, IS A GROUP AVERAGE PRICE FOR EQUIPMENT AND SOME OF THESE VEHICLES. 
          SO, SO HOW MANY VEHICLES FELL IN THE 1000 TO 2,500 OR 2,500 TO 5,000 CATEGORIES? WELL, I'M GONNA GO IN SEQUENCE JUST 'CAUSE THAT'S HOW I REMEMBER IT WAS ABOUT 378 AND ZERO TO A THOUSAND. 
          AND WE'VE ACTUALLY MOVED THROUGH MOST OF THOSE VEHICLES NOW. 
          UH, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, 'CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE WATCHED THIS ALL ALONG AS WE'RE ELIMINATING THOSE VEHICLES, WE'RE ACTUALLY DRIVING THE OTHER DUE CATEGORIES UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO, UM, WE WILL, WE'RE PROBABLY DUE TO REEVALUATE IT NOW, WE'RE, WE'RE PUSHING THE OTHER TWO CATEGORIES UP HIGHER AS WE'RE ELIMINATING THOSE ZERO TO A THOUSAND UNITS. 
          SO, BUT INITIALLY THERE WAS 378, THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER 500 IN THE, IN THE SECOND CATEGORY, UH, IN THE LAST, UH, ZERO TO 5,000 OR 5 2500 TO 5,000. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          I'D HAVE TO GET THAT ONE FOR YOU. 
          BUT IT WAS ON OUR PRESENTATION, SO I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY GET THOSE NUMBERS. 
          AND THEN WHAT THE COST VALUE OF THAT FOR, UM, BOTH THOSE CATEGORIES, PLEASE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE TO CHAIRWOMAN WILLIS FOR THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE KNOW FROM THE SURVEY, RESIDENT SURVEY THAT PUBLIC OR PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE ARE OUR TOP TWO ITEMS, BUT HOMELESSNESS IS ALSO IN THERE AND HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY, AND WE DON'T REALLY NEED A SURVEY TO KNOW THIS BECAUSE WE SEE IT ON OUR STREETS. 
          SO, THOR, I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. ERICKSON AND ALSO THE CITY MANAGER. 
          I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE BOND MONEY THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOWARD, UM, PALLET HOMES OR TO PROJECTS. 
          AND I SEE WE'VE GOT OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LINE ITEM, WHICH I ASSUME IS FOR THE BRIDGE AND AUSTIN STREET AND OTHER PARTNERS. 
          BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PALLET, I HATE THE IDEA THAT IT MAY TAKE THEM LONGER TO LAUNCH IF THEY DON'T HAVE SOME OPERATIONAL MONEY TO START WITH. 
          SO CAN YOU ALL HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET AT THIS QUICKER? UM, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UM, PART OF OUR STRATEGY MOVING FORWARD IS PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, WE REALLY BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT A LOT OF THE, THE WORK WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO LEVERAGE THE PHILANTHROPY COMMUNITY, PRIVATE DONORS, THE FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS, REALLY SUPPORTING THE WORK FROM HUD. 
          AND SO IN PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT PROJECT, WE'LL BE, UH, WORKING ON A, ON A SOLICITATION FOR AN OPERATING VENDOR THAT WOULD ALSO COME WITH TRYING TO MATCH MAKE. 
          SO WE, WE PLAN TO HOST, UH, SOME FORUMS WITH A FAITH-BASED, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY, PHILANTHROPY COMMUNITY OF WAYS TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO CONNECT THEIR MISSIONS TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND THAT'S PART OF THE DRIVERS OF OPPORTUNITY FRAMEWORK. 
          AND SO WHILE THIS BUDGET DOESN'T NECESSARILY LAY OUT THE DIRECT OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR THAT PROJECT, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IS ONE WAY TO ENSURE SUCCESS IN A LOT OF OUR WORK GOING FORWARD. 
          AND I'M A BELIEVER IN THAT. 
          BUT I ALSO HEAR TIME, I HEAR ANOTHER YEAR TICKING BY ON THAT YOU GOTTA DO AN RFP, YOU GOTTA PICK THE PARTNER, THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO START FUNDRAISING TO PAY FOR THE OPERATIONS. 
          THAT'S WHY I'M WONDERING, DO WE IDENTIFY AN AMOUNT TO LAUNCH THEM FOR A SIX MONTHS? AND I MEAN, WE HAVE GOT, WE'VE VISITED PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY DOING THIS, SO WE DO HAVE AN IDEA OF BEST PRACTICES AND 
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COSTS. 
          THAT THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          UH, PART OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS WE'VE RUN OUR OPERATIONAL PROFORMAS. 
          WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT'LL, IT'LL COST TO GET UP AND RUNNING. 
          UH, WITH THE TIMELINE OF COUNCIL APPROVAL LATER THIS FALL, THE GROUND LEASES, THE, UM, THE DEMO OF SOME UNITS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW, UH, I BELIEVE THAT THOSE PROCESSES ARE RUNNING CONCURRENT. 
          UM, AND THAT IT'S NOT ONE AND THEN THE OTHER, UH, BUT IT'S, IT'S ACTIVATING BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME. 
          AND SO WE CAN, WE CAN WORKSHOP THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE FOR A TEMPORARY, UH, COST. 
          UM, BUT ALSO KNOW THAT THOSE TIMELINES ARE AGGRESSIVELY MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER. 
          COULD ONE OF OUR EXISTING CONTRACTED PARTNERS COULD WE AMEND A CONTRACT TO ADD A PALLET VILLAGE? SO WE, WE'VE UM, WE'VE SURVEYED OUR EXISTING AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT ANYONE JUMPING UP AND DOWN TO TAKE ON BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO DO IT. 
          WELL. 
          IT'S ALSO PART OF, PART OF THEIR MISSION AND A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SHELTER EXPERIENCE. 
          AND SO FINDING AN OPERATOR THAT'S WILLING TO WORK WITH A, A CERTAIN TYPE OF POPULATION THAT WE COLLECTIVELY THINK WOULD BE A GOOD ONE FOR THE PALLET, UH, REQUIRES MORE SPECIALIZED, UH, OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT TO THOSE, THOSE PARTNERS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE JUST ANOTHER BARRIER. 
          MORE TIME DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET ME ALSO ASK YOU, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOING AWAY WITH EVICTION INTERVENTION. 
          SO LAST YEAR WE ALL TALKED ABOUT THE FRONT END OF THE ISSUE TURNING OFF THE SPIGOT OF HOMELESSNESS. 
          IT CAUSES SO MUCH DISRUPTION WITH WORK AND SCHOOL AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING. 
          AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE? UH, THANK YOU. 
          FROM THE, THE, WHEN WE DO A PRIORITY BASED BUDGET, WE LOOK AT THE POPULATIONS WE SERVE AND THE UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS, UM, COME TO THE TOP OF THOSE PRIORITIES. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER, IT'S ABOUT, UM, GETTING THEM RESOURCES IN SHELTERS I, AND THEN GETTING THEM HOUSED AND KEEPING THEM HOUSED. 
          AND SO WHILE THEY'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WORK IS AROUND THE FOLKS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THAT ISSUE RIGHT NOW AND FOCUSING IN ON GETTING THEM, UM, STABLE AND CONTINUING THAT, THAT SUPPORT, I THINK THAT'S STILL A LITTLE SHORTSIGHTED. 
          I'D STILL LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS WHAT WE'VE GOT ON THE STREET. 
          WE DON'T GET TO THE BACKLOG IF WE DON'T TURN OFF THE SPIGOT. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, SHIFTING GEARS TO, WELL ACTUALLY ONE, ONE MOMENT. 
          FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS PROGRAM. 
          WHY IS THE CITY OF DALLAS IN THAT BUSINESS VERSUS A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION? PEOPLE HAVE TO, BANKS HAVE TO MEET THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT MEETING IT. 
          SO THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF INCENTIVE TO INVEST IN A PROGRAM LIKE THIS. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          A LOT OF BANKS DO OFFER MORTGAGE PRODUCTS TO FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS. 
          WHAT WE SEE IN THE MARKET IS THAT THE COST TO PURCHASE A HOME, UH, COMPARED TO A PERSON'S FINANCIALS, THERE'S STILL A GAP THAT EXISTS. 
          AND SO, UH, ELIGIBLE USE OF FUNDS FOR CDBG AND HOME IS TO PROVIDE THAT GAP KNOWING THAT THE COST OF OWNERSHIP IS OFTEN NOT ATTAINABLE TO PEOPLE THAT ARE 60 TO 80 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT A MI, JUST GIVEN THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HOME SALE AND, AND THEIR INCOMES. 
          AND SO THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE HISTORICALLY EXISTED JUST TO PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP TO STABILIZE THEIR INCOMES. 
          UM, BUT IT, IT'S ALL FEDERALLY FUNDED AS WELL OUT OF THE CDBG AND HOME GRANTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          I'M GONNA SHIFT GEARS TO OEQS, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, SUSTAINABLE, UM, OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          AND I THINK WE HAD SOME EXPLANATION ON THIS, BUT IF, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS SUPPORTED BY STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, I MEAN NOT JUST IN THIS DEPARTMENT, BUT OTHERS, HOW DID WE VET ALL OF THOSE AND WHETHER THERE'S OVERLAP AND WHETHER WE COULD MAKE A FURTHER REDUCTION THERE, UM, TO NOT HAVE THE CITY IN THE BUSINESS OF WHAT SOMEONE ELSE IS DOING? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR HODGES IS COMING. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT SINCE I THINK THIS DEPARTMENT WAS ESTABLISHED AT ONE POINT, I THINK THERE WERE CLOSE TO MAYBE A HUNDRED OR PLUS POSITIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED TO PULL INTO THIS DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, IN THE LAST YEAR, WE REDISTRIBUTED THAT STAFF BASED ON WHERE THOSE FUNCTIONS ORIGINALLY WERE BEING PERFORMED, I THINK BETWEEN DALLAS WATER UTILITIES AND SANITATION. 
          BUT ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE AND THE TECHNICAL SIDE, I THINK WHAT DIRECTOR HODGES WILL SHARE IS THE WAY THAT SHE'S LOOKED AT THE APPROPRIATE STAFFING LEVEL. 
          SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW IS ALMOST KIND OF A ROLLBACK. 
          I THINK THE STAFFING NUMBER IS ABOUT AT 44 OR 45. 
          SO DOWN FROM THE OVER A HUNDRED OR SO THAT YOU SAW BETWEEN YEARS 2020 AND 2020. 
          UM, 2026, AND I THINK IT'S BACK DOWN TO THE LEVEL THAT IT WAS AROUND 2017. 
          BUT I'LL LET DIRECTOR HODGE EXPLAIN THE WAY WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE TECHNICAL STAFF, BUT SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE HAD SOME OVERLAP AND SOME OF THE DUPLICATION AROUND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PIECES IS WHAT WE'VE FOCUSED ON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANGELA HOS SCOTT, DIRECTOR FOR OEQS. 
          UM, YEAH, SO THIS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN TRANSITION OVER THE PAST YEAR. 
          UM, BEGINNING OF OCTOBER 1ST, UM, THE, THE STORMWATER GROUP SEPARATED 
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AND WENT TO DW NO LONGER WITH OEQS. 
          UM, AND I ARRIVED ON OCTOBER 20TH. 
          AND SO SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE DEPARTMENT TO SEE HOW WE CAN FUNCTION MOST EFFICIENTLY. 
          AND SO EVEN THROUGH THIS YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REDUCTIONS AND, AND CHANGES TO THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN STAFFED. 
          UM, AS I CAME IN, I SAW THAT IT WAS A LITTLE TOP HEAVY, I WOULD SAY, FOR THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. 
          'CAUSE EVEN BEFORE THE REDUCTIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET, UM, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 50 EMPLOYEES, SO WITH TWO ASSISTANT DIRECTORS AND A SUPERINTENDENT. 
          AND THAT JUST WASN'T A GOOD BALANCE FOR THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WERE THERE. 
          SO, UM, WHAT IS PROPOSED IS THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT GROUPS WITH FIVE MANAGERS WHO REPORT TO THE DIRECTOR DIRECTLY. 
          AND, UM, FOR 44 EMPLOYEES, THAT'S THE RIGHT SIZE. 
          SO YOU THINK THAT IF THERE IS A CITY OF DALLAS EMPLOYEE, IT IS NOT SOMETHING BEING DUPLICATED. 
          IT MAY IN FACT BE DICTATED TO US TO HAVE BY THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          SO NN NO, THERE'S, THERE ISN'T DUPLICATION. 
          SO THE, THE GROUPS THAT I HAVE IN MY DEPARTMENT, WE PER, WE PERFORM AIR MONITORING AND AIR COMPLIANCE, UM, THAT IS NOT PERFORMED BY ANY OTHER GROUP IN, IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          UM, THOSE ARE BOTH UNDER CONTRACT TO TCEQ DIRECTLY. 
          UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, OUR AIR COMPLIANCE GROUP DOES INSPECTIONS AS IF THEY ARE TCAQ EMPLOYEES. 
          AND SO THEY DO ALL OF THOSE INSPECTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE STATE WITHIN, WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND ALSO RESPOND TO SERVICE REQUESTS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPLIANCE GROUP WHO IS FOCUSED ON, UM, PERFORMING THE AUDITS, INTERNAL AUDITS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED, UH, IN, IN THE EMS ARE ON TRACK AND COMPLYING WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. 
          AND THEN, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL RISK GROUP WITH THE DUE DILIGENCE AND MSD AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. 
          AND THEN, UM, FINALLY THE CA GROUP. 
          OKAY. 
          SO A LOT OF IT IS ABOUT COMPLIANCE THAT WE'RE MANDATED TO DO. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I KNOW THIS IS RANDOM, SO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME OUT HERE, PAUL, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE COST RECOVERY ON SOME OF THIS AND ON DANGEROUS AND AGGRESSIVE DOGS. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO MAX OUT WHAT WE ARE DOING. 
          'CAUSE IT'S USUALLY A MATTER OF SECURING AN ANIMAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMEONE REMOTELY. 
          WE'RE ON TO ROUND THREES. 
          ALRIGHT, MR. ROTH, DO YOU RECOGNIZE FOR ONE MINUTE, UH, THANK YOU. 
          ON PAGE 97, UH, UNDER THE PRIORITIES, I WANT TO JUST GET A CLARIFICATION OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOUSING AND HOMELESS PROGRAMS. MR. THOR, PERHAPS, OR SO YOU CAN YOU ALL PROVIDE THAT? GO AHEAD. 
          SO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, THERE WERE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATED TO HOUSING, NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS, AND THEN HOMELESS PROGRAMS DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO, UM, ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, UM, UM, MOVE PEOPLE FROM STREET TO SHELTER. 
          SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. 
          DO YOU CONCUR WITH THAT? UH, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MY, MY POINT IS GONNA BE THAT, UH, HOUSING HAS TO DO WITH A LOT OF OUR TAX ISSUES, A LOT OF OUR ENTITLEMENTS, A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE THE FOCUS OF OUR COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES. 
          HOMELESS IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION AND I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A CONFUSION, UH, IN OUR ALLOCATION OF PRIORITIES TO BUILDING APARTMENTS VERSUS TAKING CARE OF THE HOMELESS AND THE TAX ADVANTAGES AND INCENTIVES THAT MIGHT BE, UH, AND, AND PURCHASE OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE RELATED, UH, TO THAT IN TO THOSE ENTITIES. 
          UH, I'M ALSO A CONCERNED REGARDING OUR REC CENTERS AND LIBRARIES AND WE'VE GOT SOME CAPITAL CO COSTS, UH, IN, IN LACK OF AIR CONDITIONING, LACK OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IN SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF A, AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND, UM, PLAN FOR, FOR THAT SITUATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GONNA GO TO CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSSOHN FOR ONE MINUTE. 
          HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT ON TRAVEL AND FISCAL YEAR 26 AND WHAT'S PLANNED FOR FISCAL YEAR 27? WE WILL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. 
          HOW MANY EMPLOYEES 
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ARE IN A SUPERVISORY, MANAGERIAL OR DIRECTOR OR DIRECTOR POSITION? UH, AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO GET YOU AN ANSWER TO. 
          AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE HEAD COUNT IS FOR, UH, THIS COMING YEAR, THIS PROPOSED BUDGET VERSUS, WHAT WAS IT IN FISCAL YEAR 2017? SO THE HEAD COUNT IS A POINT IN TIME. 
          UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT, UH, TODAY, BUT THE TOTAL POSITION COUNT, WELL, I DON'T WANNA DO POSITION. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, YOU'RE ALWAYS GIVING US THE LECTURE ABOUT POSITIONS VERSUS HEAD COUNT, AND SO I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO KNOW A POINT IN TIME HEAD HEADCOUNT FOR THIS EXPECTED BUDGET VERSUS WHAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST, INCLUDING UP TO FISCAL YEAR 2017. 
          WILL YOU PROVIDE THAT ON? SURE. 
          WE CAN GIVE YOU, WE CAN PICK A POINT IN TIME FOR HEADCOUNT, LET'S SAY THE MONTH OF JULY, AND THEN GIVE YOU THE HEADCOUNT FIGURES FOR THAT MONTH FOR EACH YEAR. 
          GREAT. 
          BECAUSE IT'S, I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT THE FTES OR IT'S NOT THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS, BUT IT'LL BE A SPECIFIC DATE IN EACH YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COMPARE IS HOW MANY IN 2017 WERE A SUPERVISOR OR MANAGER OR DIRECTOR? BECAUSE I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENED IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HEARD FROM ENVIRONMENTAL, WHICH IS WE HAVE BECOME EXTREMELY TOP HEAVY. 
          HOW MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE A SPAN OF CONTROL WHERE THEY'RE SUPERVISING MORE LESS THAN THREE EMPLOYEES? IF YOU'RE IN A SUPERVISORY OR MANAGERIAL POSITION, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT NUMBER AND WHAT DEPARTMENT THEY'RE IN. 
          THINK I'M OUTTA TIME. 
          I KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA GET AN ANSWER OR NOT. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK, YOU'RE GONNA GET YOU TO GET IT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE'LL PROVIDE IT. 
          YOU HAVE TO GET IT. 
          GOTCHA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, CHAIRMAN WILL RECORD US FOR ONE MINUTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO MAYBE THIS WAS A QUESTION FOR THE BEGINNING, BUT UM, ON PAGE 30 WE TALK ABOUT TRANSFORMING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND IT SAYS DEFINE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. 
          UM, AND THAT'S PENDING. 
          AND SO IT'S KIND OF AMAZING THAT WE'VE GOT THIS DOCUMENT HERE LACKING A STRATEGIC PLAN, CITY MANAGER. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE LOTS OF PIECES, BUT HOW WOULD THAT HELP YOU GIVEN OUR NEW NORMAL, UH, IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO GO BY? THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMAN WILLIS. 
          I'M GLAD YOU BRING THAT UP. 
          UM, THAT HAS BEEN, UM, A CHALLENGE AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I TALKED ABOUT WHEN I CAME INTO THE ROLE AS THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, THAT WE NEEDED TO GET COUNCIL SUPPORT IN HELPING DEFINE WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE. 
          SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING EVERY SINGLE TIME. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING BASED ON INDIVIDUAL, UM, AND COMPETING PRIORITIES. 
          WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING THE COMMUNITY SURVEY TO HELP US, UM, IN THE ABSENCE OF, AND I WANTED TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING THAT MR. ROTH SAID ABOUT HOUSING IN GENERAL. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CITY SERVICES, THAT WAS ON SLIDE NUMBER 96 IN THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE MATRIX. 
          UM, IT'S NOT JUST THE HOMELESS COMPONENT THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE SAID THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND WHERE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE. 
          BUT HOUSING IS ACTUALLY LISTED AS A SEPARATE, UM, AS A SEPARATE, UH, PIECE. 
          SO WE HAVE USED JUST THE GENERAL FEEDBACK, UM, AROUND, UH, WHAT WE HEAR. 
          WE'VE UTILIZED THE SURVEY, UM, FROM YEAR TO YEAR, UM, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A CENTRALIZED SHARED VISION OR STRATEGY FOR THE CITY. 
          UM, IN MY FIRST 90 DAYS OR SO IN THE ROLE, UM, I DEVELOPED THE PILLARS THAT WE TALK ABOUT OFTEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE. 
          SO WE'VE DONE ALIGNMENT AROUND THE PILLARS. 
          WE'VE USED THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, UH, INFORMATION JUST TO CREATE SOME ALIGNMENT AND SOME CONNECTIVITY TO WHAT WE CONTINUE TO HEAR. 
          UM, I THINK OF A CITY OF OUR SIZE WHEN YOU GO AND LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A COMMON SHARED VISION, AND THEN THAT BECOMES THE, THAT BECOMES THE MEASUREMENT. 
          THE UMBRELLA FOR WHETHER OR NOT IF WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, I THINK WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY COULD SERVE THAT PURPOSE. 
          IT WOULD ALSO HELP US WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THIS RANKING AROUND PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING, CITIES WHO HAVE EFFECTIVELY DELIVERED PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING. 
          THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT WITH THE ABSENCE OF A STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          WELL, I'D LOVE TO SEE US, UH, CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, I'M HAPPY TO ASSIST AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN GET ON A PATH TO THAT SO THAT NEXT YEAR'S EXERCISE MAYBE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER. 
          UM, WHEN I LOOK AT THE SURVEY RESULTS AND I SEE THAT SIX DISTRICTS NOW HAVE DRINKING WATER POPPING UP, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION. 
          I'M SEEING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A CONCERN. 
          AND LAST YEAR, IN PREVIOUS YEARS THERE WAS A LOT MORE UNIFORMITY TO THIS AND 
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NOW IT'S SPREADING OUT A LITTLE. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE, UH, DISPARATE NEEDS, UM, IN A TIGHTER WAY. 
          BUT THANK YOU. 
          AM I OVERLOOKING ANYONE? I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE ONLINE AS I HAVE ONE REQUEST I WANNA MAKE. 
          I KNOW YOU, UM, ALL ARE BUSY. 
          JACK, YOUR TEAM, UM, EVERYONE WHO'S INVOLVED WITH THIS, UM, PROCESS IS, UH, COVERED UP RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO ASK YOU TO, UM, TO HELP US AS A COUNCIL TO KEEP IN MIND BY PRODUCING THIS INFORMATION AND, AND SOME FORM THAT'S UP TO YOU, UM, TO DETERMINE, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF VISUALIZE, UH, WHEN I THINK ABOUT COMPETITIVENESS, YOU KNOW, OF THE CITY, WE, I'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE COMPETITION. 
          I STILL BELIEVE THAT IS A, A FAIR WAY OF DESCRIBING IT. 
          HOW FRIENDLY YOU WANNA DESCRIBE THE COMPETITION IS THAT TO YOU AND ALL? I DON'T WANT GET INTO A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY TO USE. 
          I JUST KNOW THAT CITIES ARE, ARE LIKE COMPANIES OR LIKE COUNTRIES OR LIKE STATES WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN COMPETITION WITH OUR SIMILAR ENTITIES FOR INVESTMENT, RIGHT? SO THE CITY OF DALLAS IS IN A COMPETITION FOR INVESTMENT AND UH, I THINK OUR TAX RATE IS JUST ONE A WAY THAT WE COMPETE. 
          AND THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE A DEBATE THAT HAPPENS AROUND HERE. 
          UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, UM, AND AWARE OF AT ALL TIMES IS, UM, HOW WE ARE, HOW THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, PLAYING OUT IN TERMS OF, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION VERSUS, UM, REAPPRAISAL IN THE CITY. 
          SO I'M THINKING ABOUT THE, THE TREND OF IT. 
          I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DOING BACK OF THE ENVELOPE CALCULATIONS IN MY OFFICE ABOUT IT. 
          BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEE, FIRST OF ALL, COMPARED TO OURSELVES, LIKE JUST LOOKING AT THE CITY, HOW THE CHANGE YEAR OVER YEAR IS IN THAT MIX. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT PERCENT, IT'S A GREAT THING TO KNOW THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS STILL GROWING, RIGHT? IT'S A GREAT THING TO KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL SEEING, UM, GROWTH IN, IN OUR APPRAISAL VALUES, BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO SEE WHEN WE BREAK DOWN THAT GROWTH, THAT 5% THIS YEAR, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF IT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE GROWTH THAT IS REAPPRAISAL VERSUS NEW CONSTRUCTION AND HOW THAT COMPARES TO OURSELVES YEAR OVER YEAR, LAST YEAR, OVER THE YEAR BEFORE, YEAR OVER YEAR, THE YEAR, THAT YEAR BEFORE, OVER THAT PRIOR YEAR. 
          SO WE CAN SEE HOW WE ARE DOING YEAR TO YEAR IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR GROWTH THAT IS NEW CONSTRUCTION, HOW IT'S CHANGING OVER TIME, IF IT'S CHANGING. 
          AND THEN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO BE ABLE TO BENCHMARK THAT AGAINST OUR PEERS JUST TO SEE OF THE GROWTH. 
          WE KNOW THIS AREA'S GROWING FAST, WE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. 
          YOU READ ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. 
          INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COVERS HOW FAST THE THE DFW AREA IS GROWING. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US TO KNOW COMPARED TO OUR PEERS, UM, HOW MUCH OF OUR GROWTH FROM A TAX, UM, BASED PERSPECTIVE IS NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY VERSUS, UH, REAPPRAISAL. 
          SO I JUST THINK THAT WILL, THAT'S JUST A GOOD THING FOR EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL TO ALWAYS KNOW AND IN THE BACK OF THEIR MINDS ALWAYS HAVE AND BE ABLE TO PULL OUT AT ANY TIME AND THINK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE MAKING, UM, BUDGET DECISIONS AND TAX POLICY, JUST TO KNOW HOW ARE WE DOING AGAINST OURSELVES AND HOW ARE WE DOING AGAINST OUR PEERS IN TERMS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY, BECAUSE THAT'S FRANKLY THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE CITY, RIGHT? SO, UM, AND I THINK IT WILL, IT WILL SPILL OVER INTO DISCUSSIONS ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN. 
          IT'LL HAVE, IT'LL PLAY INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. 
          SO IF WE CAN GET THAT, I'VE NOT SEEN IT PRESENTED THAT WAY ANYWHERE. 
          AND I'VE TRIED, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN DOING IT ON MY OWN, BUT I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF THE WHOLE COUNCIL KNEW THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONTRIBUTION TODAY. 
          UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? MADAM STATE MANAGER BACK TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MAYOR. 
          WE DO HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING, UH, TONIGHT IN DISTRICT ONE AND WE WILL BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, UM, FROM TONIGHT ON THROUGH AUGUST THE 25TH AND AGAIN NEXT WEDNESDAY AS PART OF YOUR CITY COUNCIL BRIEF. 
          AND WE WILL BRING YOU A DETAILED DIVE AROUND OUR HEALTHCARE BENEFITS PROGRAMS, UH, THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE UPCOMING YEAR. 
          AND WE WILL ALSO BRING A DEEPER CONVERSATION AROUND, UM, OVERTIME. 
          AND WE'LL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MAYOR, THIS IS ALL WE HAVE FOR TODAY. 
          HAVE CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO TODAY? NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MR. MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL THEN THE TIME IS 4:08 PM AND THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU MEMBERS.
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