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OKAY, WE ARE READY TO GO.[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
IT IS 3:04 ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2021.THIS IS A STUDY SESSION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
CITY CLERK MAY HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THIS IS A TIME SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
CITY CLERK TO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS?
>> YES MER HAVE JONATHAN BECERRA ON ZOOM.
>> HELLO MET AMIR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MY NAME IS JONATHAN BECERRA FROM LOCAL RESIDENT OF VIDEO.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE THAT MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOME POSSIBILITIES FOR REINVESTMENT IN SOME OF OUR OLDER BUILDINGS.
I REALLY LOOK AT THE OLD MOVIE THEATER AND THE BURGER BUILDING SPECIFICALLY.
I THINK ALLOCATING SOME FUNDING TO DO SOME DIGITAL SERVICES, SOME ACCESS TO COMMUNITY SPACE WOULD BE VERY GOOD BENEFIT INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY OF INDIO.
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT NOW PUTTING IN THAT BUDGET CAN PREPARE US FOR GETTING SOME MORE MONIES FOR PROGRAMMING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
[3. PUBLIC COMMENT]
GETTING SOME BETTER TECHNOLOGY.GETTING ACCESS TO DIGITAL AVENUES FOR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND STUDENTS WOULD BE A GOOD USE FOR THE CITY TO PUT THE MANY TORRENTS.
I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND LOOKING AT THIS ARTICLE FROM NPR TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BEING PROVIDED IN LOCAL CVS IS IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK THAT COULD BE A MODEL FOR US TO ADAPT IN OUR LOCAL AREAS TO PUT SOME MORE MONIES TOWARDS THAT KIND OF STUFF MAKING REAL DIRECT ACCESS TO MAY BE OFFICE HOURS FOR MENTAL HEALTH FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO.
THOSE ARE BE MY ONLY COMMENTS.
I THINK INVESTING THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY WILL BE OVERALL BETTER.
I REALLY HOPE YOU GUYS CONSIDER THAT TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VERY GOOD COMMENTS JONATHAN.
I WANT TO SAY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
WE HAVE A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITY A BEING BUILT IN INDIO.
THE TARGET ARE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ARE TEENAGERS WHO ARE REALLY STRUGGLING THAT SOMETIMES AND CHALLENGED PARTICULARLY AFTER COVID.
NO THAT IS COMING DOWN THE PIPE AND WORKED LOOK AT SOME OF OTHER THINGS.
THANK YOU, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC?
>> THANK YOU STUDY SESSION ITEM A GENERAL FUND BUDGET DISCUSSION.
>> OKAY TO MOVE UP TO THE PODIUM SO EVERYONE CAN SEE ME.
[4.a. FY 2021-22 General Fund Budget Discussion (Rob Rockwell, Assistant City Manager & Director of Finance)]
>> IT ALSO ALLOWS ME TO BREATHE.
THESE ARE NICE INDIO MASKS BUT THEY ARE THICK.
>> I KNOW, KINDA BOLD, RIGHT? SO, I'M ROB ROCKWEL UP THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FINANCE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF INDIO.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FISCAL YEAR 21 Â" 22 NEXT YEAR CITY WIDE BUDGET.
A BIG PART WILL BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND.
WHILE MARK WILL BE GOING OVER SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GENERAL FUND THE COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED WHAT WERE YOU REFERRING TO AS A PRELIMINARY FISCAL 21 Â" 22 WORKBOOK.
HOPEFULLY EVERYONE GOT A COPY.
THE COPY WAS POSTED ONLINE AT THE END OF LAST WEEK SO THE PUBLIC CAN GO ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE UNDER FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND FIND A COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL.
BEFORE WE START TO TALK ABOUT THE KEY ISSUES.
MARK AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE WORKBOOK TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE INFORMATION PERTAINS TO.
IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING IF ARE NOT USED TO LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.
WORKING TO GO THROUGH THE WORKBOOK AND WHEN I'M DONE MARK WILL FOLLOW UP WITH SOME MORE DETAIL INFORMATION HE'S PUT ON THE WHITEBOARD.
IF YOU HAVE YOUR WORKBOOK IN FRONT OF YOU I'M GOING TO GO AND TURN IT TO PAGE 1.
PAGE 1 IS CITY OF INDIO GENERAL FUND BUDGET SUMMARY.
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WHAT YOU HAVE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE ON THE RIGHT COLUMN A BUDGET 21 Â" 22 PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.YOU HAVE THE FIRST 3 COLUMNS WHICH ARE HISTORY, HISTORICAL ACTIONS OF EXPENDITURES.
ON THE LEFT YOU HAVE GENERAL FUND DIVISIONS A DEPARTMENT ON WHAT WE CREATE BUDGETS FOR.
IN THE MIDDLE YOU WILL SEE 2 21 Â" 22 COLUMNS.
THE FIRST WOULD BE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET AND THE SECOND WHICH SAYS UPDATE IS THE BUDGET AS WE SEE IT AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR VERSUS HOW IT WAS DRAFTED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
IT'S BEEN UPDATED TO SHOW THE LATEST REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS ON SOME OF THE EXPENDITURE ASSUMPTIONS SO WE CAN DO COMPARISONS TO WHAT THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY.
YOU WILL SEE THAT ON THE VERY RIGHT SIDE THERE IS A ONE YEAR COMPARISON.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGET WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE.
THE BUDGET HAS BASICALLY BEEN ROLLED OVER.
THERE'S A FEW ENHANCEMENTS THAT MARK WILL GO OVER.
FOR THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL PART OF IT IT'S A ROLLOVER WHICH MEANS IT'S BEEN STRIPPED OF ONE-TIME FUNDING THAT WAS PROVIDED TO DEPARTMENTS OF THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS. SALARY AND BENEFITS ARE UPDATED.
PENSION LIABILITY COST HAVE BEEN UPDATED.
WE ALSO UPDATED SOME OF THE INTERNAL SERVICE HEAD OVERHEAD COST AND THOSE GET REDISTRIBUTED.
UNTIL OTHER THAN THE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN SALARY AND OVERHEAD COST THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE BUDGET.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE CHANGES YOU WILL SEE IN SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS MIGHT LOOK KIND OF STRIKING.
FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND LINE.
THERE'S A $15.4 MILLION INCREASE IN MEASURE X.
THAT OF COURSE IS BECAUSE WERE REALLY HOLDING BACK MEASURE X FUNDS IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
NOW WE BASICALLY PUT ALL THOSE FUNDS INTO THE BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR NEXT YEAR.
EVEN THOUGH ALL THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED ALL THE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN SETTLED ON YET AND EXACTLY HOW THOSE WILL BE SPENT AND WE WILL GO OVER THAT IN MORE DETAIL.
IF YOU LOOK FURTHER DOWN ON THIS PAGE 1 ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU WILL SEE IN SOME CASES LIKE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING THERE'S A 40 $8910 REDUCTION.
THAT'S BECAUSE PROBABLY THERE'S A REALLOCATION OF STAFFING OR BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME REDUCTION OF ONE-TIME FUNDING THAT WAS PUT INTO THAT PARTICULAR BUDGET UNIT.
IN OTHER WORDS PUTTING INTO THIS DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU SEE A NEGATIVE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A REALLOCATION OR REMOVAL OF ONE-TIME FUNDING.
IF YOU LOOK FURTHER DOWN YOU WILL SEE ANIMAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.
THIS IS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST BOX.
A REDUCTION IN THE ANIMAL SERVICE CONTRACT OF $244,000 THAT'S A DIRECT REDUCTION OF THE SERVICES AND COST OF THE BEEN PASSED TO US FROM THE COUNTY.
ALSO IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST BOX GOING OVER IT ONE MORE YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGE YOU WILL SEE THAT THE PERMANENT BUDGET UNIT IS UP $924,000.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT MENTION THAT THE GENERAL FUND HAS TO PAY FOR BOND DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT A COUPLE OF TH INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS CANNOT PAY FOR.
THERE IS ABOUT $470,000 INCREASE THERE.
OF COURSE WE ARE ASSUMING BETTER REVENUES GOING INTO 21/22.
WITH THAT COMES INCREASE TAX SHARING OBLIGATIONS FOR THE HANDFUL OF COMPANIES OR BUSINESSES WE HAVE TAX SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH.
THAT ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE OF THE SHARING AGREEMENTS IS ALSO REFLECTED IN THIS $924,000.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE WORKSHEET.
I WANT TO COMMENT THAT ON THE BOTTOM YOU SEE SOME OF THE SUMMARIES.
THE EXPENDITURE SUMMARIES AND THE REVENUE SUMMARIES.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE COLUMN THAT'S TITLED UPDATE 2021.
OF COURSE AS I MENTIONED THAT THE CURRENT YEAR PROJECTION.
WHERE WE THINK WERE GOING TO BE WHEN THE YEAR CLOSES AND OF COURSE WERE NOT THERE YET.
IT'S THE BEST BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE IT'S OUR BEST ESTIMATE.
YOU WILL SEE LOOKING AT TH BOTTOM OF THE COLUMN THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REVELER AND EXPENDITURES IS ABOUT $1 MILLION.
THAT'S ABOUT $1 MILLION SHORTFALL.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN WE ARE ASSUMING ABOUT $3 MILLION IN SALARY SAVINGS.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF POSITIONS THAT WE HELD VACANT THIS PAST YEAR.
WOULD IT HAVE A MECHANISM TO DISTRIBUTE THAT THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENTS.
WE CARRY IT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.
WE DO HAVE SOME EXPENDITURES ABOUT 1.278 MILLION WE KNOW OR BE PAID
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FOR BY ONE-TIME OWNING.THE LAST NUMBER $3.2 MILLION IS BASICALLY THE ASSUMPTION OF WHAT WE BELIEVE THE GAINS TO BE IN EXCESS OF THE LOSSES AT THE END OF THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS NUMBER IS 11 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF MEASURE X MONEY HAVE BEEN BUILT INTO THAT REVENUE ASSUMPTION.
WE KNOW OF THAT 11.5 MILLION ABOUT $2.6 MILLION IS BEING SPENT FOR THE PURPOSES THAT YOU APPROVED AND WHEN YOU ADOPTED THE BUDGET.
$3.2 MILLION WHICH IS AT THAT NUMBER ALMOST 3.26 IS NOT BEING SPENT.
THE OTHER $6 MILLION HAS BEEN ABSORBED FROM MEASURE X INTO THE BUDGET WHICH WILL ALLOW IT TO BALANCE AN ONGOING NEGATIVE.
THAT'S WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
MOVING ON TO THE COLUMN WITH A BLUE FONT.
YOU CAN SEE WERE ESTIMATED $96.2 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES.
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION SUPPORTED BY $83.6 MILLION IN REVENUE.
THE DIFFERENCE IN REVENUE EXPENDITURES IS $12.6 MILLION.
THAT AGAIN IS PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE ARE ASSUMING EXPENDITURES, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SIGNATURES MEASURE ETC. FUNDING BY DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SAVED IN A PRIOR PERIOD.
THUS WE GET 11 POINTS EXPLAINED DOLLARS THAT'S A REFLECTION OF SAVED MEASURE X REVENUE.
THEN YOU WILL SEE THERE IS NO NUMBER AFTER THAT WHICH IS REFERRING TO THE FACT WE DO HAVE AND WE ARE SUMMONING TO YOU A BALANCED BUDGET.
WHERE THE REVENUES AND THE RESOURCES AND EXPENDITURES TO MATCH.
SO, SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ON MEASURE X.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU UP PRELIMINARY WALK-THROUGH OF HOW THE BUDGET WORKSHEET WORK.
IF YOU WILL TURN TO PAGE 43 FOR ME.
AS A RETURN TO PAGE 43 THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR MEASURE X BUDGETARY DETAIL.
I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH THE WORKSHEET BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANY OTHER FUND IN THIS BOOK AND THE WORKBOOK CAPTURES EVERY CITY FUND.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET THE INFORMATION.
YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE WHEN WE DO BUDGETS FOR THE FUNDS WE BREAK UP THEM INTO CATEGORIES.
HERE WE HAVE A REVENUE CATEGORY OR RECAPTURE ALL THE REVENUE AT THE TOP.
THEN WE START WITH OUR EXPENDITURE SECTION AND EXPENDITURES ARE BROKEN DOWN TO SALARY AND BENEFITS.
OPERATING EXPENDITURES THAN INTERNAL EXPENDITURES COST.
THAT HE WILL SEE IN THIS EXAMPLE LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PREVIOUS EXAMPLE.
THE FIRST 3 COLUMNS ON THE LEFT ARE HISTORICAL ACTUALS.
YOU CAN GET A REFERENCE OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY SPENT IN THIS FUND IN THE PRIOR 3 YEARS THEN YOU HAVE THE 2021 CURRENT YEAR BUDGET AND THEN COLUMN TO THE RIGHT RIGHT BEFORE THE CHANGE IS THAT 21/22 PROPOSED TOTAL.
IN THIS CASE YOU'LL NOTICE AT THE VERY TOP THERE IS AN ASSUMED RIVER OF MEASURE ACCEPTABLE $0.3 MILLION.
I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT NOT TO MUCH, YOU WON'T SEE IN THE GENERAL FUND BUT IN OTHER BUDGET WORKSHEETS IS RIGHT ABOVE THAT WILL $0.3 MILLION IS A NUMBER THAT IS CALLED CASH EQUIVALENT.
THAT'S A NUMBER WE ANALYZE AND PUT INTO THE BUDGET AND WE EXPECT TO BE THE CASH AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR TO BE SPENT ON FUTURE EXPENDITURES.
IN THIS CASE BASED ON A ROLLOVER OF RESOURCES OF 11.6 AND $12.3 MILLION IN REVENUE THERE'S $23.9 MILLION IN RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET.
HAPPENS TO BE THE MEASURE X BUDGET UNIT.
BELOW THAT YOU'VE GOT EXPENDITURE DETAIL.
WE WILL DEATHLY GO THROUGH THE EXPENDITURE DETAIL WITH MARK BUT IN THIS CASE FOR MEASURE X SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES WE HAVE PROGRAMMED INCLUDE IN THE FIRST LINE OPERATING TRANSFERS.
ALSO IN THAT NUMBER IS 3 AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS.
DOWN BELOW $800,000 IS FOR FIRE LADDER TRUCK WE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN PUTTING MONEY ASIDE FOR THAT.
IT ALSO INCLUDES ANOTHER VEHICLE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
FOREIGN HALF MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY PROGRAMMED FOR ROAD REHABILITATION.
THE 345,000 AND $200,000 FOR VARIOUS STUDIES THAT MARK WILL DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL.
WHAT I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MIDDLE SECTION IN RED IS A NUMBER THAT SAYS IT TOTAL 7.1 MILLION Â".
THAT AMOUNT IS NOT PROGRAM FOR EVERY ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE WHITEBOARD AND IN DISCUSSIONS WITH MARK THAT'S FUNDAMENTALLY THE MONEY THAT'S IN THE BUDGET BUT NOT PROGRAM FOR
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ANYTHING.IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THAT NUMBER IF YOU WANT TO MOVE EXPENDITURES AROUND OF COURSE THAT IS YOUR PREROGATIVE.
>> ROB, THE 7.1 MILLION IS SET STRAIGHT MEASURE X MONEY ORDERS AT ALL THE MONEY?
>> THAT'S ALL MEASURE X MONEY.
IT'S HITTING IN HERE NOW IS AN EARMARK.
SHOWING WE HAVE A BUDGET BALANCE .
BUT HOW YOU ALLOCATE THAT $7 MILLION HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
IF I CAN DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS WORKSHEET UNDER THE PROPOSED 21/22 COLUMN.
THE WAY THE WORKSHEET WORKS IS AT THE VERY BOTTOM THERE'S ANOTHER CASH EQUIVALENT LINE.
THUS CASH EQUIVALENT IS BASICALLY A FORMULA TO SHOW YOU BASED ON ALL THE RESOURCES AND ALL THE EXPENDITURES WHAT'S THE EXPECTED UNUSED CASH AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THE OTHER BUDGETARY WORKSHEETS YOU WILL SEE IF THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT ARE NOT BE APPROPRIATED FOR USE.
IN SOME CASES YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK WHY.
IN THIS CASE THERE'S $5.8 MILLION THAT MEASURE X MONEY THAT'S NOT BEING UTILIZED AND THE REASON THAT IS THAT MONEY IS BEING UTILIZED BUT IS BEING UTILIZED THE BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S THE COVERS WE NEED FOR MEASURE X TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
IN OTHER WORDS IF WE DIDN'T NEED MET MEASURE X TO BALANCE THE BUDGET YOU WOULD HAVE CLOSER TO $13 MILLION OF RESOURCES.
THAT'S JUST NOT THE CASE HERE IN THE CITY.
>> WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MARK.
AND MOVE BACK TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE DOCUMENT AND IF YOU WILL TURN TO PAGE 3.
PAGE 3 IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENU ASSUMPTIONS.
ON PAGE 3 YOU HAVE A SUMMARY AND THEN BEHIND THAT ON PAGES 5 AND 6 YOU HAVE REVENUE, GENERAL FUND REVENUE DETAIL.
AGAIN, ON PAGE 3 IN THE SUMMARY SHEET WE HAVE SEVERAL SUMMARIES REVENUE IN THE CATEGORY WHICH INCLUDES PROPERTY TAXES, SALES TAX, MEASURE X SALES TAX AND GREATER CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST 3 COLUMNS ARE HISTORICAL ACTUALS.
GIVE THE BUDGET UPDATE AND THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUALS FOR 1920 YOU CAN SEE THE REDUCTION OF ABOUT 12.7 PERCENT AND OF COURSE THAT WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND THE LOSS OF THE FESTIVALS.
IF YOU LOOK OVER INTO THE 21 Â" 22 PRODUCTIVE ASSUMPTIONS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CURRENT BUDGET.
THE UPDATED 2021 BUDGET WE ARE ASSUMING 13.4 PERCENT OR 9 POINT ALMOST $9.7 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
NOW, A BIG CHUNK OF THAT IS ALL TIED TO THE FESTIVALS AND I LEFT THAT ON THE SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE 7.68 MILLION OF THAT IS DIRECTLY TIED T THE FESTIVAL.
4.2 OF THE 7 IS A PASS-THROUGH.
THEY PAY US AND THEY PICKED WE PAY ALL THAT SERVICES THAT COME THROUGH.
OUTSIDE THE 4.2 YOU WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN SALES TAXES, MEASURE X SALES TALKS, OCCUPANCY TAXES AND OTHER GENERAL FUND REVENUES.
THERE'S ALL REVENUE WE GENERATE THAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE BUDGET FOR EXPENDITURE FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES.
IF YOU WERE TO REMOVE THE CONCERT FROM THE REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS THEN YOU WOULD SEE THAT WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING OF GROWTH AT ABOUT 2.7 PERCENT AND AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $2 MILLION VERSUS THE 13.4 AND A $9.6 MILLION THAT YOU SEE HERE IN THIS DOCUMENT.
OF COURSE WERE ALL HOPEFUL THERE'S GONNA BE A CONCERT COME APRIL BUT, THERE STILL IS INSURGENCY IN REGARDS TO THAT.
WE WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.
I WANT YOU TO BE FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH SOME OF THE DETAIL.
THIS IS ALL THE INDEPENDENT REVENUE LINES AT MAKEUP IN THE SUMMARY.
FOR EXAMPLE YOU MIGHT WONDER WHAT'S GOING INTO THE PROPERTY TAX NUMBERS.
THE FIRST 2 LINES ARE PROPERTY TAXES AND VEHICLE LICENSE FEES.
SOMEONE MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO SEE THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE SO SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE TYPICALLY PROPERTY TAXES ARE SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS UNDER PROP 13 AT 2 PERCENT A YEAR.
WE HAVE SOME RECOVERY FROM THE TIME OF THE RECESSION.
GOING THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT WILL ALLOW YOU AND SEE IN DETAIL WHAT ARE THE CITIES REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, PROPERTY TAXES INCREASED TO 3.1 PERCENT.
PROPERTY TAX AND VEHICLE LICENSE FEES IS NOT ONLY BASED ON ASSESSED VALUES BUT ALSO POPULATION NUMBERS ALLOWS US TO ASSUME GREATE INCREASE IN THAT REVENUE SOURCE.
CERTAINLY HERE FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY.
IF ALL LEVEL DETAIL FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AND IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT IS CONCERNING OR STRIKING CERTAINLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND
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PROVIDE YOU MORE DETAIL ON THAT.ALL RIGHT MOVING ONTO THE NEXT SECTION.
THAT'S THE AUTHOR'S POSITION SECTION.
IT'S A SUMMARY PAGE FOR ALL THE AUTHORIZED POSITIONS IN THE CITY.
THIS DOCUMENT GIVES YOU EXPOSES ALL OF THE AUTHORIZED POSITIONS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET.
ALTHOUGH, WHEN YOU GET INTO BUDGETARY DETAILS OF THESE POSITIONS ARE PAID FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES.
I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE THE 2.
WHEN YOU GET YOUR FORMAL BUDGET DOCUMENTS IT DOES A BETTER DESCRIPTION ON HOW MUCH EACH POSITION IS FUNDED IN EACH BUDGET UNIT.
THIS IS A BROADER PERSPECTIVE FOR ALL THE POSITIONS OF THE CITY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM YOU WILL SEE THERE IS ONE POSITION THAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED IN THE BUDGET.
THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU BRINGING THE TOTAL 277 TOTAL FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
THAT ONE POSITION BEING RECOMMENDED IS IN THE WATER AUTHORITY.
TRISH BE GIVEN YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT WHEN SHE GETS HER TIME IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN I WAS PUTTING IN THE 1920 POSITION TOTALS.
I TOOK THE TOTALS THAT WERE FROM THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET NOT THE FINAL BUDGET.
THESE NUMBERS THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THESE TOTALS ARE LITTLE BIT SHORT.
IF YOU FOLLOW, YOU WOULD SEE HERE FROM 260 62 OR 76 FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
REALITY IS BASED ON THE POSITIONS WE ADOPTED IN 1920 IN THE FINAL BUDGET WAS 274.
WE'VE ONLY ADDED TO POSITIONS IN 2021.
THE >>> OF THOSE POSITIONS WERE ACTUALLY ADDED THE YEAR BEFORE.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION.
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO POSITIONS BEING RECOMMENDED RIGHT NOW ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S IN IWA I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS WE HAVE ADDED 46 FULL-TIME POSITIONS TO THE CITY OF INDIO.
46 POSITIONS THAT'S A POSITION INCREASE OF HOME IS 20 PERCENT.
WE'VE INCREASED POSITIONS 12 AND A HALF PERCENT.
WE'VE ADDED 31 FULL-TIME POSITIONS IN THE LAST 3 YEARS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND IT MIGHT NOT BE AS OPTIMISTIC AS YOU THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE.
OR YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY COULD WE BE UNDER AS FAR AS WE ARE.
I THINK THAT'S A RESULT OF US BEING BOLD IF YOU WILL AS FAR AS STAFFING NEEDS.
WE'VE ALWAYS HEARD FROM MARK FOR A SMALL RESORT CITY.
I THINK HE'S BEEN DOING HIS BEST TO CORRECT SOME WITHOUT.
I WANT TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO ASSUME WHERE WE ARE IS A DIRECT RESULT ONLY OF THE PANDEMIC.
I WILL TAKE THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED BY THIS THANKFULLY AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO ORIGINALLY.
SOME OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS OF OUR OWN MAKING IF YOU WILL.
IF YOU GO WITH ME KNOW TO PAGE 15.
PAGE 15 AND THE TABS THAT FOLLOW EXCEPT FOR THE LAST TAB ARE BASICALLY HOW WE CATEGORIZE ALL THE FUNDS IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
THE GROUP TOGETHER FOR LIKE REASONS.
IN THIS FIRST SECTION STARTING ON PAGE 15 ARE ALL THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET UNITS.
WTTW.COM/COMMENTS TALKED ON A FEW OF THOSE.
ON THE PAGE 14 THERE'S A SUMMARY SHEET FOR YOU.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE GROUP OF FUNDS HAVE IN COMMON AND IN THIS CASE THEY'RE ALL GENERAL FUND BUDGET UNITS.
THERE'LL USED TO COUNT FOR THE GENERAL SERVICES.
NOT SPECIFICALLY COVERED BY A RESTRICTED OR UNIQUE SOURCE OF MONEY.
EXPENDITURES ARE GOING UP TO 21.20 MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT'S MEASURE X AND THE CONCERTS.
THE ABSOLUTE MOST IN THE MILLION DOLLAR NUMBER.
REVENUES GOING UP 9.6 AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND SOME DETAILS A FEW MOMENTS AGO.
BEHIND THAT OF COURSE YOU HAVE THE BUDGETARY DETAIL FOR ALL THE WORKSHEETS AND I TALKED ABOUT EXACTLY HOW YOU CAN GO THROUGH THOSE WORKSHEETS AND SEE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
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THESE ARE THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
THESE ARE 32 FUNDS THAT ACCOUNT FOR THE REVENUE SOURCES THAT ARE RESTRICTED OR PERMITTED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES OTHER THAN DEBT OR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THIS IS VERY ORGANIZED FOR GRANT FUNDS.
A BIG PORTION OF THESE FUNDS ARE GAS TAX, MEASURE 8, ROAD MAINTENANCE REHAB, SB ONE AND A HIGHWAY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
WAS A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDS THAT GO INTO THE SECTION OF FUNDS WITH SPECIAL REVENUE.
YOU SEE A LOT OF RESOURCES BEING UTILIZED ON PUBLIC WORKS CIP PLAN WHICH YOU WILL SEE AT THE END OF THIS WORKSHEET.
IF YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TAB , PAGE 71.
THESE ARE THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS.
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14 FUNDS THAT COUNT FOR FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT ARE COMMITTED FOR OUTLAYS INCLUDE THAT OPPOSITION AND CAPITAL FACILITIES.YOU WILL SEE ALL THAT IMPACT FEES THAT ARE IN THIS CATEGORY.
AND SOMETIMES WE GET GRANTS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT FALLS OF THIS CATEGORY.
IN THIS CASE WE HAVE A CAPITAL PROJECT FUND WHERE WE FORCE ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECT WORK THROUGH.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MULTIPLE FUNDING SERVICES WE WILL DO TRANSFERS TO MOVE IT ALL INTO A CAPITAL PROJECT FUND WE WILL ACCOUNT FOR THE PRODUCT CHECK IN THAT CASE.
IN THIS CASE YOU WILL SEE REVENUE EXPENSES ARE UP CLOSE TO 11 MILLION DOLLARS.
A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT CAPITAL PROGRAM FUND IS ALL GOING THROUGH ONE FUND.
TO MANAGE THE PROJECTS AND AGAIN AND THIS REALLY INCREASES FROM THE DEAF CAN'T USAGE.
SOME, ANY OF THE CIP MONEY IS GOING TO BE FLOWING THROUGH THIS CAPITAL PROJECT FUND.
THAT'S WHAT THESE INCREASES ARE BASED ON THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
IF YOU WILL MOVE ON TO PAGE 95.
THIS SECTION IS OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
ONE REPORTS ACTIVITIES FO THE GOLF COURSE.
THE OTHER ONE COUNTS FOR REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE WATER AUTHORITY.
THIS IS NOT THE WATER AUTHORITY BUDGET.
THIS IS JUST FOR WE RECOGNIZE SOME PASS-THROUGH COST AND THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS THAT ARE LATER PASSED THROUGH THE WATER AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT AND BACK TO THE CITY.
NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES THERE APPEARED CERTAINLY THE DETAIL IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.
THIS SECTION OF FUNDS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRICTS THESE ARE REQUESTED BY DEVELOPER AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THESE ARE ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE BELARUS DISTRICT.
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT TH COUNCIL COULD DO AS FAR AS CHANGING THESE BUDGET UNITS.
WE DO HAVE TO ASSESS THESE ARE ALL FOR TO PAY BONDS THAT WERE PUT IN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
NORMALLY THEY HAVE 30 YEAR LIVES.
ALL OF THESE WILL EXPIRE ONCE THE DEBT PAYMENTS ARE PAID OFF.
THEN YOU CAN SEE IN THE NAMES USUALLY THE DEEP DICTATES WHEN THE SUBJECT WAS CREATED.
THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL IS IN THERE AS WELL FOR YOU.
111 ARE 2 SERVICE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS.
THIS MORNING'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
BECAUSE INSTEAD OF HAVING AN EXPIRATION THESE ARE 2 ONGOING SERVICE DISTRICTS.
THESE ARE OUR 2 PUBLIC SAFETY SURGERIES DISTRICTS.
WHICH ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT IS ANNEXED INTO THE SERVICE AGREEMENTS.
THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT USUALLY GOES UP RIGHT NOW.
PRONOUNCE ROUGHLY $490 A YEAR.
AND THAT GOES RIGHT INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO HELP COVER FIRE AND POLICE SERVICES.
YOU CAN SEE BASED ON THE NUMBERS HERE WE ARE ASSUMING REVENUE OF ABOUT 4 TO $0.2 MILLION ALL COMING THROUGH THE SERVICE DISTRICTS.
THIS IS THE BUDGET UNITS OF THE FINANCE AUTHORITY.
IT'S A CREATED AS A MECHANISM FOR THE CITY TO ISSUE DEBT.
SOMETIMES THAT AUTHORITY IS USED TO REFINANCE DEBT FINANCE DISTRICTS OR REVENUE BONDS THAT'S AN ARRANGEMENT TO ACQUIRE DEBT OF USUALLY FOR THE CITY FOR SOME PURPOSE.
SO THE FINANCE AUTHORITY BUDGETING UNITS HAVE REVENUE THAT'S PASSED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
SOMETIMES A GENERAL FUND TO COVER BOND OBLIGATIONS.
THOSE BUDGET UNITY TELLS IN THERE FOR YOU AS WELL.
LASTLY ON THE TAB, PAGE 12 AND ON PAGES 123 IS TH BUDGET UNIT DETAIL FOR THE INDIO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
WHEN CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO ADOPT THE BUDGET YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO MEET AS THE INDIO HOUSING AUTHORITY SO YOU CAN ADOPT THE BUDGET AND IF HE WORKED LOOK FOR THE WORKSHEET ON THIS PARTICULAR FUND YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH RESEARCH IS AVAILABLE.
NOT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURES.
SOME DECENT REVENUES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO COME IN MAINLY FROM THE PAYMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE SO IT'S THROUGH THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY WHERE WERE EXPECTED TO HAVE $3.6 MILLION IN THIS FUND AT THE END OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
BEYOND THAT THERE IS A CIP SUMMARY THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH IN MORE DETAIL.
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THAT SHOULD BE REFLECTED OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE BUDGET NOW.I HAVE A FEW HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS I WANTED TO COMMUNICATE BEFORE HANDED IT BACK TO MARK.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A LOT OF DETAIL.
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR BEING ULTRA-TRANSPARENT, RIGHT? YOU SEE THE DETAIL YOU'RE ABLE TO HOUSE THE QUESTIONS, THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO ASK THE QUESTION IT'S ALL OUT THERE.
THE FINAL DOCUMENT, THE FINAL BUDGET DOCUMENT IS FORMATTED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND ROLLS THINGS UP AND IS 3 TIMES AS THICK AS THIS ALREADY SO THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL IN IT TOO.
IT'S FORMATTED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
HOPEFULLY I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE YOUR DELIBERATIONS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
WE HAVE OUR SECOND COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 16 WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN TYPICAL AND IT TAKES FINANCE OF ABOUT 10 DAYS TO PUT TOGETHER THE FINAL BUDGET DOCUMENT ONCE THE NUMBERS STOP MOVING.
IF WE CAN SATISFY VIEW WITH A BUDGET BY THE END OF THE MONTH THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT NEED BE IF YOU NEED MORE TIME THAN WE DO HAVE 2 THURSDAYS, 2 WEDNESDAYS AFTER THE 16TH WITH HER SNOW CANCELED MEETING SCHEDULED THAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING IF YOU NEED MORE TIME TO DEBATE THE BUDGET.
WHAT THE WILL OF COURSE IS TO ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR THE END OF JUNE.
IF WE CAN'T COME TO CONSENSUS BY THEN THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS AND ROLLOVER APPROPRIATIONS.
WE NEVER HAD TO DO THAT BUT IF NEED BE IS THERE THAT WOULD BE THE MECHANISM TO MAKE SURE WE HAD SOME AUTHORITY TO PAY STAFF AND BILLS ON JULY 1.
OKAY, WITH THAT I WILL HAND IT BACK TO MARK AND I COULD GO THROUGH THE FUN STUFF.
DONE A LOT OF BUDGETS IN MY LIFE.
AND I REALIZE THAT I'M ACTUALLY STANDING UP HERE DOING THE LAST ONE.
I THINK THAT I'M GOING TO JOIN THE RANKS OF EXACTLY 0 CITY MANAGERS WHO HAVE EVER SET THE RETIREMENT DATE 2 DAYS AFTER THE PRESENTATION OF THEIR BUDGET.
IT'S PRETTY COMMON THAT IT GETS SET BEFORE THE DATE OF PRESENTING A BUDGET.
I WANT TO SAY FOR THE PUBLIC THAT THE PRESENTATION THOUGHT ROB JUST DID INCLUDES A LOT OF DETAIL AND IT INCLUDES A LOT OF REFERENCES TO PAGE NUMBERS FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE FRUSTRATED THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THOSE PAGES AVAILABLE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PUT SMALL PRINT LIKE THAT ON A ZOOM SCREEN.
IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ONLINE.
AND IT WOULD ONLY TAKE ANOTHER 35 MINUTES OF SOMEONE'S LIFE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE RECORDED PRESENTATION THOUGHT ROB JUST DID WITH THE BOOK IN HAND TURNING THE PAGES AND LOOKING AT THE PAGES.
WERE HAPPY TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS WITH THE PUBLIC ANYTIME THEY WANT.
THE WHITEBOARD THAT WE USE WORKS VERY WELL IN PERSON.
IT'S NOT SO EFFECTIVE ON ZOOM.
THE BUDGET WORKSHOP PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY FOR THE COUNCIL.
THIS IS OUR INTRODUCTION OF THE BUDGET TOPIC TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE WILL FOLLOW THIS UP AS ROB SAID WITH ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.
WILL FOLLOW IT UP WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
WERE NOT EXPECTING ANY DECISIONS FROM THE COUNCIL TODAY.
THIS IS JUST THE INITIAL PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL.
SO, I HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL FIND WAYS OF BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT.
WERE GONNA PUT ON THE SCREEN I BELIEVE A STATIC PICTURE.
BURGUM SHARE THE SCREEN WITH A PICTURE OF THE WHITEBOARD THAT I'M GOING TO BE WORKING FROM.
WHICH WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC CAN FOLLOW.
FOR THE 4 COUNCILMEMBERS HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE MY PRESENTATION AND POINTING AT THE DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE BOARD.
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I'M CAN HAVE TO WORK A LITTLE HARDER TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT TO LUPE WHO'S WATCHING ON ZOOM SO THAT SHE IS AWARE OF WHERE IT IS OF WHAT I'M ADDRESSING ON THE SCREEN.LOOKING AT THE ZOOM PICTURE APPEARED THERE, THAT MAKES IT BETTER.
LET ME GO THROUGH WHAT'S ON THE WHITEBOARD AND EXPLAIN FOR YOU WHAT WE DO WITH THIS.
I GUESS, THERE IT IS, BACK UP.
AND YES, THIS IS OLD-FASHIONED.
I'M AN OLD-FASHIONED CITY MANAGER THIS IS OLD-FASHIONED.
I LIKE USING THE WHITEBOARD BECAUSE I THINK AND ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SEE THE WHOLE CONTEXT OF THE BUDGET IN ONE PICTURE.
WHEN WE START DOING BUDGET THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE START WITH WHATEVER THE ASSUMPTIONS ARE.
I GO INTO CREATING THAT YEAR'S BUDGET.
THERE'S ALSO ROOTS OF ASSUMPTIONS.
SOME OF THE KEY ASSUMPTIONS THAT WENT INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FIRST OF ALL NONE OF THIS, NONE OF WHAT'S IN THE BOOK INCLUDES THE $21.7 MILLION THAT WERE EXPECTING TO GET OVER THE NEXT 2 YEARS.
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE ARPA FUNDS.
WHICH I PROBABLY WILL REFER TO AS ARPA.
I'M NOT SURE BUT THAT'S EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING BUT I'M DOING IT.
THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE ARPA MONEY.
WE EXPECT TO GET GARDENS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY ON MAY 10.
AND EVERYBODY IS SITTING AROUND WAITING AND WONDERING WHAT WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT FUNDING FOR.
THERE IS A PART OF THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE PRETTY SURE WILL BE ALLOWED TO BACKFILL FOR LOST REVENUE COMPARED TO THE LAST FULL FISCAL YEAR TO LAST YEAR.
WE BELIEVE THERE IS A PART ABOUT 21.7 THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE BECAUSE OF REPLENISHING THE LOST REVENUE.
IT'S FAR LESS THAN $21.7 MILLION WERE TALKING ABOUT.
WERE WAITING TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO WITHOUT MONEY.
THAT MONEY IN IT OF ITSELF MAY BE A COLD MIND WE CAN HELP PUT IN AND DO SOME OF THE THINGS WE DON'T OTHERWISE HAVE FUNDS FOR.
KEEP IN MIND IT WILL BE ON TIME MONEY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ONGOING MONEY.
THE REST OF THE MONEY WE ARE HOPING A GOOD DEAL OF IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR US TO USE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT'S CONFUSING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALSO WORKING ON AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND WERE NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT THE ARPA MONEY WILL BE RESTRICTED ON INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE MAY OTHER WISE CHOOSE IS A PRIORITY.
FOR INSTANCE THE ACT CALLS OUT WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND PROJECTS.
IT DOESN'T CLEARLY SAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE LIABLE TO USE MONEY ON OTHER THINGS LIVE AND LOCAL STREETS OR PARKS FOR INSTANCE.
WERE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE GUIDANCE THAT WE GET LAST WEEK.
THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE SOME IDEA OF THAT BY THE TIME YOU HAVE YOUR NEXT BUDGET SESSION.
FOR TODAY THERE'S NONE OF THAT MONEY IN THIS.
WE WILL REFER TO IT A COUPLE TIMES ALONG THE WAY.
THERE IS NONE ABOUT MONEY THAT'S ON THE BOARD.
ROB EXPLAINED SELLS TAXES OUT.
THE 5.8 PERCENT IS ADJUSTED TO TAKE OUT THE IMPACT OF THE CONCERT HOUSE.
OR ASSUMING CONCERT NEXT APRIL.
SO, ASSUMING THAT THEIR SALES TAX MONEY THAT COMES FROM THE CONCERT.
THIS NUMBER IS ACTUALLY ADJUSTED SO THAT'S THE GROWTH OTHER THAN CONCERT GROWTH.
THAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE THE UPCOMING YEAR.
SALES TAX HAS BEEN GREAT HERE.
HOPEFULLY IT CONTINUES TO STATE HI.
IF SO THIS NUMBER MIGHT ACTUALLY BE LOW.
THAT'S THE ASSUMPTION RIGHT NOW.
WE THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A PRETTY SOLID NUMBER.
WERE SHOWING 11.2 PERCENT INCREASE.
A GOOD PORTION OF THAT IS SHORT-TERM RENTAL TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX.
I KNOW THERE ARE CHALLENGES IN ANY COMMUNITY? SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DONE VERY DETAILED STUDY SESSION WITHOUT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AND WE'VE GOT A PROGRAM AND AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CODE AND ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING THAT WE THINK
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WE CAN BE EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE IN CONTROLLING THOSE PROBLEMS. THE REVENUE FROM SHORT-TERM RENTALS IS VERY KEY TO BEING ABLE TO MAKE OUR BUDGET WORK.IF ANYTHING THIS MIGHT BE LIGHT.
THE LAST INDICATION WE'VE HAD ON SHORT-TERM REVENUE IS IT'S ACTUALLY GOING UP EVEN MORE IT WAS BEFORE.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON.
THERE MAY BE SOME EXTRA REVENUE THERE.
LICENSES, PERMITS OF 3.8 PERCENT.
THAT'S GENERAL INDICATION OF LIFE IS NORMAL.
AS I SAID THE CONCERTS AN ROB EXPLAINED THAT ALREADY.
THE PART WE GET TO KEEP IS ROUGHLY ESTIMATED ABOUT 3 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
THE REST OF IT IS PASSED THROUGH.
THIS IS THE PART THAT ACTUALLY GOES TO THE BOTTOM LINE IN OUR BUDGET.
I'LL COME BACK TO THE UNFUNDED CIP HERE IN A MINUTE.
THAT WILL BE THE LAST THING I COVER ACTUALLY.
THIS IS JUST THE SUMMARY NUMBERS FROM WHAT ROB PRESENTED PUT INTO A VERY SIMPLISTIC FORM.
WE ARE TALKING HERE ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND.
ROB PRESENTED ALL THOSE OTHER FUNDS.
THE TROUBLE THE PUBLIC AS FOAMING GOVERNMENT BUDGETS IS ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT FUNDS.
WHEN THERE'S WATER FUNDS IN GOLF COURSE FUNDS AND YOU KNOW SPECIAL TAX FUNDS.
THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF CATEGORIES.
THE CATEGORY THAT'S THE DISCRETIONARY CATEGORY WITH WHERE THE CITY CAN FUN THINGS LIKE POLICE SERVICES AND FIRE SERVICES AND PARK SERVICES AND RECREATION.
THAT CATEGORY IS A GENERAL FUND.
ONLY GOVERNMENT WOULD NAME SOMETHING GENERAL FUND.
SO THIS IS ALL A DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT'S THE MOST COMPLICATED PART OF OUR BUDGET.
AND MEASURE X, OUR TAX MEASURE THAT WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR, MEASURE X IS ACTUALLY IN THE GENERAL FUND.
IT'S EMBEDDED IN THE GENERAL FUND.
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS BUDGET PRESENTATION OR SEPARATING IT OUT.
BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT SOURCE OF MONEY AND DECISIONS RELEVANT TO THAT ARE LITTLE DIFFERENT.
OR SEPARATING IT OUT SO HERE ARE THE GENERAL FUND, THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND MINUS MEASURE X LEAVES US WITH $71.3 MILLION IN REVENUE PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR.
EXPENDITURES OF 78.2 MILLION SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT OFF THE BAT WE HAVE A CHALLENGE.
WE ARE NOT PROJECTING REVENUES SUFFICIENT TO COVER EXPENDITURES.
KEEP IN MIND ONLY BUDGET EXPENDITURES WERE BUDGETING ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES.
WERE BUDGETING EVERY DIME OF THAT BUDGET GETS BENT.
THE REALITY IS CERTAIN NUMBERS OF POSITIONS ARE VACANT DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
THINGS HAPPEN THAT CERTAIN KINDS OF EXPENDITURES DON'T HAPPEN.
SO, AT THE END OF THE YEAR YOU END UP WITH EXTRA MONEY.
WERE VERY TIGHT ON SPENDING LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
WE ENDED UP WITH ENOUGH MONEY FALLING TO THE BOTTOM LINE WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID HAVING TO USE MORE OF THE MEASURE X MONEY.
SO, RIGHT NOW WE LOOK NEGATIVE.
IN ORDER TO BALANCE IT WORTH LOOKING AGAIN LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.
I'M MOVING A MEASURE X TRANSFER IN .
ROB SHOWED YOU THAT PAGE OF THE BOOK.
AGAIN, IF WE HOLD THE LINE HERE, IF WE HAVE EXTRA REVENUE HERE WE MAY NOT HAVE TO USE THAT MEASURE X MONEY.
OR, IF THE ARPA MONEY COMES THROUGH AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING THERE.
AGAIN, WE MAY NOT HAVE TO USE THE MEASURE X MONEY.
IT'S PROBABLE THAT WE WILL DO BETTER THAN THIS.
I THINK THIS IS PRETTY MUCH A WORST-CASE SCENARIO FOR US.
WE ALSO PUT $1 MILLION WORTH OF SALARY SAVINGS IN HERE.
IT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER.
I THANK YOU WANT US TO BE RELATIVELY CONSERVATIVE WE START OFF ON BUDGETING.
THAT LEAVES US WITH A ZERO BALANCE.
STAFF TRY TO GET ME TO PUT A HAPPY FACE IN THERE.
BUT, FOR RIGHT NOW THAT PUTS US INTO A BALANCED POSITION.
IT'S BALANCED, UNDERSTANDING OR MAKING A TRANSFER FOR MEASURE X THAT ULTIMATELY WE DON'T WANT TO DEAL.
OKAY, LET ME TALK ABOUT MEASURE X A MINUTE.
AFTER THAT I WILL GO OVER AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE
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BUDGET AND WHAT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET.THAT'S THE >>> OF WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES IS DECIDES WHAT YOU PUT IN BUT YOU NOT PUT IN, WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES.
MEASURE X FOR STARTERS ROB WENT THROUGH THESE.
THIS IS THE SAME NUMBERS THAT WERE IN YOUR BUDGET BOOK.
12.3 MILLION NEW REVENUE AND MEASURE X.
CARRYOVER FROM THE PAST OF 11.6 MILLION.
ENDS UP WITH A TOTAL OF 29 OR $23.9 MILLION THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US AS WE START DOING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE THEN LOOKED AT WHERE WE WOULD RECOMMEND SPENDING THAT $23.9 MILLION.
MEASURE X IS COLD MIND FOR INDIO.
SO THE PROJECTS WE ARE LOOKING AT, BORROWING UPON PAST COUNSEL DIRECTION.
WE PUT IN 4.5 MILLION FOR LOCAL ROAD PROJECTS.
TIM WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION ON CAPITAL BUDGET I THINK AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND TIM IS PROJECTED A ROAD PROGRAM THAT WOULD CALL FOR $5.4 MILLION A YEAR FOR 5 YEARS I THINK.
IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO AND ADOPTS THAT WE CAN GET TO 5.4 BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME MONEY LEFT OVER AT THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S BEEN A BIG, BIG COUNSEL PRIORITY.
WE'VE DONE A PRETTY FAIR JOB FOR DOING THE PROJECTS.
THAT REFERS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS.
THAT'S A NEW FIRE STATION, REPLACING OUR OLD HEADQUARTERS STATION ON JACKSON THAT'S IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.
IT BUILDS A NEW DISPATCH CENTER.
MADE THE DISPATCH CENTER TODAY IS TRAILER.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THAT'S THE SINGLE HIGHEST PRIORITY WE'VE GOT.
IS PUTTING OUR DISPATCHERS IN A REASONABLE WORKING CONDITION.
IT ALSO FUNDS WHAT WE CALL IT? PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES CENTER.
ONLY THE CITY MANAGER I DON'T KNOW THESE THINGS.
THAT IS SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE PERFORMED IN POLICE ADMINISTRATION AND EVIDENCE IN STORAGE.
IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICES.
FOR PHARMACY INSPECTORS OFFICES.
I THINK WERE PUTTING IN DETECTIVES IN THERE.
AND SO THAT FACILITY AS PART OF THE PHASE 1 OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS.
THERE'S A LOT OF SITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
THAT'S ALL PART OF THAT ROUGHLY $50 MILLION BUDGET.
WE ARE ASSUMING THIS IS A MEASURE X PROJECT AND WILL EVENTUALLY DO DEBT ISSUE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PAY THIS OFF OVER TIME.
WHAT YOU DO WITH LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS LIKE THIS.
WHICH WILL MEAN WE NEED TO PUT IN OUR BUDGET MONEY TO START PREPARING FOR THE MEASURE TO GO BACK ON THE BALLOT TO EXTEND MEASURE X TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
I POINT OUT OVER HERE I THINK, YES.
THAT'S ONLY PHASE 1 OF THE CAMPUS.
IT STILL DOESN'T CREATE A NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
WE DO CERTAINLY HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
THERE'S A DEBT SERVICE COMPONENT OF MEASURE X THAT WE HAVE THAT SETTLEMENT BOND THAT THE CITY DID SOME YEARS AGO.
THERE'S A LADDER TRUCK FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WERE ON AN AGREEMENT CONTRACT WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO BUY A NEW LADDER TRUCK AND THERE ARE $750,000 IN HERE FOR THAT.
$640,000 FOR ADA IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR PARKS.
THIS AGAIN WAS PART OF A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THE CITY DID SOME YEARS AGO.
OBLIGATED TO DO THIS WORK AND WE NEED TO DO THAT.
THIS IS A CARRYOVER PROJECT WE'VE HAD IN HERE.
I GOT TO LEAD DURING THE COVID YEAR.
WERE EXCITED ABOUT DOING THE WORK AND DOCTOR CARREON PARK.
THIS IS A PLAN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THE BROADBAND FOR THE CITY AND HOW TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THAT WILL SUPPORT THAT GOING FORWARD.
WE'VE BEEN A CHALLENGE DOING ADDITIONAL WORK IN THE DOWNTOWN.
IN FACT IT ALREADY HAS STRUCK US AS PLANNING ON THE OLD MALL SITE, THE
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INDIO MARKETPLACE SIDES WHERE OUR IDEAS IS CITING SOME CAPACITY ISSUES.I THINK WE HAVE A NEGOTIATING WITH IID THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ABOUT HOW THAT ALL GETS FUNDED.
RIGHT NOW IS THE STUDY TO DETERMINE WHAT EXACTLY THAT CAPACITY NEEDS TO BE.
WE PARTY STARTED THE ZONING CODE UPDATE.
WE NEED TO GET IT MOVING AND FINISHED AND IS GOING TO TAKE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO GET THERE.
THAT'S I'M TALKING ABOUT THERE.
SOME KIND OF A BUDGET TO ALLOW US TO GET THIS ON THE BALLOT AND GET MEASURE X EXTENDED.
I'M ASSUMING WE CAN PAY FOR THAT OUT OF THIS FUND.
WE WILL HAVE TO DO ANALYSIS LEGALLY TO SEE IF WE CAN IN FACT LOSE THAT MONEY FOR THAT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
WE'VE NARROWED OUR FOCUS ON THE DOWNTOWN PARKING STUDY AT THIS POINT.
WE NEED TO START WORKING ON A PARKING STRUCTURE THAT WE WOULD HOPEFULLY SHARE WITH COD.
THE WORK HERE IS TO GET THAT SCOPED AND GET THAT PROJECT STARTED.
THAT WILL BE A VERY BIG PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED IN OUR DOWNTOWN.
WE PROBABLY NEED A COUPLE FACILITIES.
THE FIRST ONE FIRST WILL BE NEEDED AT THE WHITE STEEL SITE.
AND THEN THERE'S THE $5.9 MILLION HERE.
SO THE ARROW HERE THAT WE WOULD BE MOVING OUT OF THE MEASURE X 23.9 MILLION TO ALLOW US TO SHOW THIS BALANCE.
BY THAT WE HAVE TO USE THAT MONEY WILL DEPEND ON OUR PUP MONEY.
IT'LL DEPEND ON HOW REVENUES COME IN.
IT'LL DEPEND ON WHETHER WE SPEND AS MUCH AS WE MIGHT.
THAT WILL DETERMINE WHAT PART OF THAT GETS USED.
HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY WERE EITHER NOT GONNA NEED IT OR WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BACKFILL IT.
WE HOPE TO HAVE ALL 5.9 THAT SPENT ON MEASURE X PROJECTS AT SOME POINT.
THAT LEAVES US WITH 16.76 MILLION.
WE HAVE ABOUT 7 I THINK ROB SPOKE SAID 7.71 MILLION.
THAT WE STILL HAVE AVAILABLE THAT THE COUNCIL CAN LOOK AT AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS MONTH.
TO DECIDE IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL PROJECTS YOU WANT TO DO.
FOR INSTANCE IF YOU WANT TO MOVE THAT TO 5.5 THAT WOULD TAKE 1 MILLION OF THAT.
OTHER PROJECTS THE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER.
ALL OF THESE UNFUNDED CIP PROJECTS FOR INSTANCE.
NONE OF THESE ARE FUNDED ANYWHERE IN OUR BUDGET.
I'M NOT TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.
WE GOT THE GRANT IN HOPING TO GET THE STATE FUNDING $8 MILLION FOR THE SPORTS PARK.
NEED ABOUT DOUBLE THAT IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE WHOLE MASTER PLAN.
SO SOME EXTRA MONEY FROM THERE.
OR MAYBE EXTRA MONEY FROM MARTHA OR MAYBE EXTRA MONEY FROM THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT HOPEFUL RIGHT NOW.
WE WANTED EVER SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE WE TALKED ABOUT FINISHING UP THE MASTER PLAN THERE.
COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ ASSESS LAST YEAR TO CONSIDER DOG PARK FOR INSTANCE.
WE'VE TRIED TO PUT ALL THE IDEAS WE COLLECTED LAST YEAR ONTO THE LIST HERE.
A PROJECT LIKE THAT FOR INSTANCE COULD COME OUT OF THIS FUNDING.
WE ARE READY HAVE MONEY WE PUT INTO THAT EVERY YEAR.
OUR GREAT MANAGER OF HER VEHICLE FUND HAS ALWAYS POINTED OUT HE THANKS HE CAN ACTUALLY SAVE MORE MONEY IF HE HAD MORE MONEY TO USE FOR REPLACEMENT THAT WE SOMETIMES KEEP VEHICLES BEYOND THE POINT OF EFFICIENCY.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERAPEUTIC PRINTERS AND INTERCHANGES.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION MENTIONS BRIDGES AND FREEWAYS AND AIRPORTS EVERY TIME THEY TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOME MONEY FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS.
SEE FAGG AT THE LAST EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO PLAN OUT THE INTERCHANGE PROJECTS INTO OUR FUTURE.
BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS ASSUME 75/25 IN THE SHARING AND RIGHT NOW SEE FAGG DOESN'T SEE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GET 50 PERCENT LET ALONE 7 PERCENT.
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IT WAS A WARNING SHOT TO ALL OF US THAT WE GOTTA BE LOOKING TO DC FOR EXTRA FUNDING IN ORDER TO GET THESE INTERCHANGE PROJECTS DONE.I MENTIONED RANCHO LOSS? OTIS.
THIS IS A STREET WE INHERITED FROM THE COUNTY AT ONE POINT.
THE STREET NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REDONE.
IT IS JUST FALLING APART FROM UNDERNEATH WHICH MEANS THE BASE HAS TO BE REDONE.
IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT.
IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A MILLION POINT SOMETHING JUST TO DO THAT ONE STREET.
IT'S ALMOST BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FUNDED UP TO THIS POINT.
MAYBE WE CAN FINALLY GET THAT DONE.
WE NEVER COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
IT'S BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE LIKE ONE SOLUTION SOME PEOPLE LIKE ANOTHER ONE.
PHASE 2 PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS I MENTIONED.
ANOTHER ONE WE TALKED ABOUT EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
THE STREETSCAPE, THERE'S 2 REAL BIG REVENUE SOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
TOT FROM THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN THE CONCERTS AND ALL THAT.
WE'VE GOT NEW CAR DEALERSHIPS COMING OUT HERE.
WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO MAKE THAT AREA AT WORK AS WELL AS WE CAN.
THERE'S PROBABLY A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS NEEDED TO DO A VARNER ROAD PROJECT THERE.
REMEMBER IN THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN.
WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A PLACE ON MILES AND SUMMER WHERE WE WOULD SET SOMETHING UP WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
WITH ERIC PASO ROBLES EXCITING NEW BUSINESS WE BEEN COLLECTING, GATHERING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER FOR ALL SORTS OF IMPROMPTU EVENTS LATELY.
WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A STRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THOSE THINGS.
THE MARKET IS TELLING US IT'S TIME TO HAVE A PROJECT THERE.
PROBABLY BE MONEY AND ARPA FOR THAT.
IF WE CAN PICK IT FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT PROJECTS ARE.
THE TRICK IS FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT PROJECTS.
TEEN CENTER, SENIOR CENTER IMPROVEMENTS.
I KNOW THE MAYOR HAS SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT THIS AS HAVE OTHER PEOPLE.
I KNOW WE ALL WOULD LOVE TO TAKE OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AND WORK WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP FIX UP THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR PRIDEFUL PEOPLE.
THERE COULD HELP US DO THAT IF WE CAN HELP THEM.
I HOPE THERE'S MONEY IN AL OF THIS FOR THAT.
IT'S NOT NUMBER ONE PRIORITY BUT SOMEDAY WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING THERE CITY HALL.
I CAN EVEN PUT THINGS LIKE BURGER BUILDING THAT JONATHAN MENTIONED ON THE PHONE A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER PROJECTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF REASON FOR HOPEFULNESS ABOUT WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO ON THE CAPITAL SIDE.
IT'S MORE TROUBLING YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND OPERATION SIDE.
AND SOLVING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES WITH ONE TIME MONEY DOESN'T REALLY SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM.
YOU NEED TO HAVE ONGOING MONEY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT.
SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE BUDGET IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ADD TO THE OPERATING BUDGET.
I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY TO ME, WHAT MAYBE YOU JUST NEED TO CUT THE BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY LAST TIME TO GIVE THE SPEECH SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO HEAR IT AGAIN.
WERE CITY OF ALMOST 100,000 PEOPLE.
THIS IS BY FAR THE SMALLEST STAFF PER CAPITA THAT I'VE WORKED WITH IN ANY OF THE CITIES OF MANAGED.
IF YOU LOOK AT FOR INSTANCE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN I'VE SAID THIS AT NAUSEA AND I WILL OVERDO IT.
IF WE LOOK AT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE STILL THE LOWEST STAFFING PER CAPITA POLICE DEPARTMENT AMONG FULL-SERVICE POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN CALIFORNIA.
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WE ARE NOT IN A GOOD POSITION TO DEAL WITH GROWTH UNLESS WERE IN A POSITION TO ADD TO THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT.I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE WILL SAY IT'S SUCH A HUGE PARTY YOUR BUDGET.
HOW CAN YOU NOT FIND MONEY TO CUT THERE? IT IS A HUGE PART OF OUR BUDGET.
IT'S ALSO HUGE PART OF OUR OPERATIONS.
EVERYTHING ELSE, MOST EVERYTHING BUT MOST EVERYTHING ELSE IS 8 TO 5 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BIGGER PART OF A BUDGET.
SO, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT REVENUES DON'T KEEP UP WITH WHAT WE NEED ON EXPENDITURES? THAT'S A TRICK AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO SPEND TIME FOCUSING ON GOING FORWARD.
IN THE GENERAL FUND WHAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS REVENUE NUMBER AND NOW FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ON THE SCREEN I'M TALKING ABOUT THE GREEN ITEMS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PICTURE.
AND YOU SEE AN ARROW THAT POINTS TO EXPENDITURES.
THESE ITEMS ARE ALL IN THE BUDGET THAT ROB HAS PRESENTED.
THE INCREASE IN PENSION OF $554,000.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE INCREASE THAT GOES TO THE WATER OR GRANT PROGRAMS FOR INSTANCE.
THIS IS JUST THE PART THAT'S GENERAL FUND.
THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO UNFUNDED LIABILITY FROM THE PAST.
UNFORTUNATELY NOTHING WE COULD DO ABOUT THAT.
IT'S JUST PART OF THE EQUATION.
THAT FORMULA EVENTUALLY STARTS TURNING DOWN IN 2026.
WE HAVE A PROJECTION GOING OUT INTO THE FUTURE.
IT ASSUMES CALPERS WILL TO 7 PERCENT RETURN ON INVESTMENTS.
IF THEY DO AND 2026 IT FINALLY STARTS COMING DOWN.
COUNSEL NUMBER MILLER'S GOING, GOOD LUCK.
IF IT'S WORSE THAN THAT IT GOES FURTHER.
THIS IS ABOUT WHAT WERE GONNA SEE EVERY YEAR BETWEEN NOW AND 2026.
WHEN I SAY THAT I MEAN MORE THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.
NOT JUST THE FLAT NUMBER THAT'S REAL HIGH.
IT GROWS BY THAT AMOUNT EVERY YEAR.
JP IA THAT'S HER JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY.
GREAT GROUP THAT WE ARE PARTY TO.
WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF THIS.
MANY CITIES IN CALIFORNIA ARE PART OF IT.
WE HAVE LIABILITY CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY, ONLY HAVE WORKERS COMP CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY.
IT'S MANAGED THROUGH THE JP IA SYSTEM.
WE END UP PAYING FOR THOSE COST THIS OVER TIME.
IN SOME OF OUR CASES WE'VE ACTUALLY HIT THE CAPS WHICH MEANS WE ALL END UP PAYING THE WHOLE COST OF IT.
EVEN AT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT $365,000 INCREASE THIS YEAR FROM JP IA.
I DO NOT EXPECT THAT TO START GOING DOWN FOR A WHILE.
WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD CLAIMS. IN FACT WE JUST GOT NOTICE I THINK THAT NUMBER, BY THE TIME WE DROP THE FINAL BUDGET LIKE THE COP ABOUT 100,000 MORE.
WE JUST GOT AN ADDITIONAL AUDITED NOTICE THAT SAYS THIS NUMBER WAS A LITTLE SHY.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT'S NOT HIGH.
COMPARED TO WHAT SOME PLACES ARE SEEING.
THAT'S RIGHT IN THE BALLPARK I THINK.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH FINALLY GETTING AROUND TO IMPLEMENTING NEW IT PROGRAMS WE'VE DONE OUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE'VE REALLY UPGRADED OUR ACT AND WE BEEN ABLE TO ADD THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE WAY BEHIND ON.
IAN AND HIS STAFF HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT NEW PROGRAMS YOU END UP WITH MORE MAINTENANCE ON THOSE PROGRAMS. THE IT CHARGES GOING OUT TO THE USER DEPARTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND ARE NOW 334 THOUSAND DOLLARS HIGHER THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
WHEN I TALK HERE ABOUT THE IED STUDY.
THAT'S A STUDY WERE DOING WITH I-80 THAT RELATES TO WHAT KINDS OF OPTIONS DOES THE CITY HAVE WHEN THE I-80 AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE ELECTRICAL SERVICE OUT HERE EXPIRES IN 2033.
WE ARE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT $85,000 THAT'S BASICALLY CONSULTANT COST FOR USING
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TO DO THAT STUDY.WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAILS I THINK WERE MAKING REALLY GOOD PROGRESS.
THAT JUST REFLECTS INCREASES IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR THAT RELATE TO LABOR FOR THINGS LIKE WHAT? WE'VE MOVED SO MONEY FROM POSITIONS THAT WERE PARTIALLY FUNDED OUT OF OTHER CATEGORIES INTO THE GENERAL FUND THAT RAISED AT SOME.
RE-RE-IMPLEMENTED MERIT INCREASES OF YEARS AGO.
AT THE TIME WE SAID THERE'S ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEAR PERIOD AND THAT'S AN INCREMENTAL COST.
THEN IT EVENS OUT AND YOU DON'T HAVE AN INCREMENTAL COST AFTER THAT.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AS A RESULT OF THAT.
I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW.
THOSE DOLLARS ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
LET'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET ARE ALL THESE THINGS DOWN BELOW AND I'M SURE I CAN FIND A CHAMPION FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE AMONG YOU.
I WISH, I WISH WE KNEW HOW WE COULD FUND SOME OF THESE.
SOME OF THEM I THINK WE ALMOST HAVE TO FUND.
SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE ON THE SAME QUICK BASIS I'VE BEEN DOING.
SO FOR PEOPLE AT HOME I'M TALKING ABOUT THE RED NUMBERS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
THE FIRST ONE APPEARS SAYS CD STAFF.
THAT'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF.
OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF IS REALLY GETTING SLAMMED WITH WORK.
THEY DIDN'T COMPLAIN AND ASK TO HAVE SOMETHING PUT ON HERE.
WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK IS SO MUCH OF IT IS FEE-BASED.
IN THEORY THERE SHOULD BE EXTRA FEE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
I REALLY THINK WE'VE GOT IT START ADDING SOME STAFF AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO KEEP UP.
IF WE LOSE OUR REPUTATION IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO DO BUSINESS IT'LL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON US.
WE GOT TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT.
THERE MAY BE REVENUE TO OFFSET SOME OF THAT.
WEBMASTER APPEARED WERE GOING TO A NEW INTERNET PLATFORM, WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
THE ONE THAT WERE ON IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SO WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DO ANY ONE.
WE'VE GOT BROOKE DOING MARKETING AND WE'VE GOT THE IT PEOPLE DOING ALL THE TECHNICAL SIDE ON THE WEB WORK.
SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO BE IN CHARGE OF ALL THIS AT SOME POINT.
THAT'S GONNA TAKE SOMEBODY WHO HAS A ROLE TO DO THE WEBMASTER FUNCTION.
THAT'S IN OUR FUTURE WEATHERS THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR.
2 YEARS AGO CHIEF WASHBURN CAME IN FOR THE COUNCIL AND SAID GIVEN GROWTH AND GIVEN OUR CAPACITY TO COVER THE CITY THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD 5 POLICE OFFICERS EVERY YEAR FOR WHAT? 5 YEARS? AND WE ADOPTED THAT EMILY ADDED 5 POLICE OFFICERS.
AND WE SAID WELL, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HIRE ANYMORE PEOPLE.
IN FACT EVEN LEFT POSITIONS VACANT FOR PART OF THE YEAR JUST TO SAVE ON MONEY.
BUT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SO LIGHTLY STAFFED THAT AT TIMES I THINK IT ACTUALLY BECOMES DANGEROUS.
THAT IS SOMETHING, I WAS ASKED LAST YEAR DURING THE BUDGET IF THERE IS ANYTHING UP HERE I WOULD ADD, WHAT WOULD IT BE? I SAID THE POLICE OFFICERS.
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THAT, WERE THAT SHINE.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IT BECAUSE WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE BUDGET THEY SEE THAT BIG CHUNK ON THE PIE CHART THAT SAYS POLICE.
BUT, PEOPLE NEED TO COMPARE IT WITH OTHERS AND LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS TO CITIES WHEN THEY FALL BEHIND.
I THINK THIS IS STILL A VERY HIGH PRIORITY.
I SAID, 556+ BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT INCLUDES VEHICLES.
DISPATCHERS, EVERY CITY HAS A PROBLEM WITH KEEPING DISPATCHERS.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO KEEP, HARD TO GET AND HARD TO KEEP.
OUR DISPATCHERS HAVE BEEN WORKING OVERTIME, FORCED OVERTIME IN ORDER TO GET
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THE JOB DONE.WE NEED TO HAVE MORE DISPATCHERS.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS IT'S HARD TO KEEP HIM.
IT SEEMS TO NEVER COST MORE MONEY.
BUT, IT DOES COST YOU BECAUSE IT COST YOU IN OVERTIME.
WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THE DISPATCHER FUNCTION VERY SERIOUSLY.
ITS LIFEBLOOD TO A POLICE DEPARTMENT INTO A COMMUNITY.
PROPERTY IN EVIDENT SUPERVISOR.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THE TOUR.
BUT, THE CHIEF CAN SHOW YOU THE TOUR OF WHERE OUR PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE STORAGE DONE RIGHT NOW.
THE WHOLE OPERATION NEEDS HELP.
AND THAT'S WHY THE CHIEF IS LOOKING FOR THE POSITION.
THIS PART, IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR AND 3 CODE OFFICERS.
THAT'S RELATED TO THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROGRAM THAT JASON ANDERSON PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL IN THE STUDY SESSION.
THE FEE INCREASE THAT HE IS PROPOSING WHICH IS VERY REASONABLE COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES.
WILL COVER THE COST OF THIS PROGRAM.
I PUT THAT APPEARANCE FEE-BASED.
I COULD JUST AS EASILY PUT DISAPPEARING GREEN BECAUSE OF WHAT THE PUT THE REVENUE IN AS WELL.
I THINK THAT PART PROVIDED THE COUNCIL AGREES TO COME FORWARD WITH THE FEE.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT.
RECORDS COORDINATOR APPEARED THAT SOMETHING FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
BECAUSE WERE CROWING RECORDS ALL THE TIME AND SOMEDAY WERE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW HOW TO FIND THEM.. DOWNTOWN MANAGER I DON'T THINK IN THIS BUDGET YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT.
I THINK BRENDA POINT WHERE WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO TAKES CONTROL OF MANAGING DOWNTOWN.
I THINK IT'S VERY DOABLE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE.
I DON'T KNOW MORGAN HAVE THE MONEY THIS YEAR.
FORGIVE ME FOR THIS BUT I BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN.
I VERY CLEVERLY BROUGHT THAT TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COVID CRISIS.
A MONTH BEFORE YOUR LAST ELECTION.
LO AND BEHOLD I DIDN'T GET MUCH ATTENTION TO IT.
IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE WE'VE ADOPTED FEES AND CHARGES AND INCREASES.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT PEOPLE SUBSIDIZING THINGS THAT THEY SHOULD BE SUBSIDIZING.
THAT WILL ADD MONEY TO THE BUDGET.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'LL BE DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH YOU WILLING TO CHANGE.
WE'VE GOT A MEET WITH THE BUILDING INDUSTRY OFFICIALS AND GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
OUT OF THEIR BUSY TIME OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND TIME TO DO THAT.
UNTIL WE DO THAT WHEN I COULD BE ABLE TO ADOPT THESE FEES.
THAT'S GOTTA BE ON THE WORK PLAN.
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE UPGRADE.
SOME OF THESE GET A LITTLE FUZZY OVER HERE.
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE UPGRADE.
THERE'S NO MAGIC TO THAT NUMBER.
I GET LOTS AND LOTS OF COMMENTS ABOUT CAN WE UPGRADE OUR MAINTENANCE.
THERE IS OTHER ISSUES INVOLVED JUST MONEY.
WE MAY BE, THIS IS THE YEAR WILL TALK TO DESERT ROCK ABOUT CONTRACTING.
WHEN I DO TALK TO DESERT RICK THEY SAVE WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT.
IF YOU WANT US TO LOOK LIKE WE DO IN OTHER CITIES YOU'VE GOTTA FIND IT BETTER.
WERE NOT FINDING IT AT THE LEVEL OF THE OTHER CITIES DO.
I DON'T KNOW WITH THE NUMBER IS.
BUT, IF THEY WANT BETTER ORGAN HAVE TO DO MORE.
I'M HOPING THIS MIGHT BE A SOURCE FOR THAT.
KEVIN AND HIS TEAM DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB GETTING THE BUSINESS GRANTS OUT.
WE ENDED UP $500,000 SHY OF BEING ABLE TO SERVE EVERYBODY WHO APPLIED.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IT'S OBVIOUS ENOUGH TO COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET LIKE THIS.
IT MIGHT COME OUT OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I WANTED TO PUT IT UP HERE AS A PLACEHOLDER.
THE SEA BAG HOMELESS FUND THE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR YEAR PROGRAM.
AGAIN THERE MAY BE OTHER MONIES THAT COULD BE FUNDED FROM.
BUT, I THINK MOST OF THE CITIES, SEE FAGG, THE IN-HOUSE PROGRAM DAVE STARTED IS DOING QUITE WELL.
I THINK THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY, NOT TO DETRACT FROM THE OTHER AGENCIES AT ALL.
NOT TO DETRACT FROM CVR M, BARTHES VILLAGE.
WE WOULD HOLD STEADY OR EVEN MAYBE INCREASE BUT, THE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR SEE FAGG THEY NEED AN ANSWER TO THAT SOMETIME IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
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I'LL PUT THAT UP HERE.THIS IS SIMPLY EXCUSE ME STREETSCAPE AND LANDSCAPE AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT.
WERE TO BE ATTRACTING MORE PEOPLE DOWNTOWN.
WE WANT TO HAVE OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD.
THAT'S 50,000 IS PROBABLY PEANUTS.
POLICE DEPARTMENT SCOTT TO CHANGE I THINK THERE BODY WORN CAMERA SYSTEM.
THE CHIEF MAY WANT TO ADDRESS THIS AT SOME POINT.
BUT, Y'ALL WANT TO COMMIT DO THIS? THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE.
OUR BODY WORN CAMERA SYSTEM IS AT END OF LIFE.
WERE BORROWING CAMERAS AND LITERALLY HAVE A SERGEANT CANNIBALIZING OTHER CAMERAS TO MAKE IT WORK.
OUR CURRENT VENDOR HASN'T BEEN HORRIBLY RESPONSIVE.
THEY BEEN PURCHASED BY ANOTHER VENDOR AND SO THE TECHNOLOGY IS ADVANCED GREATLY SINCE WE ACQUIRED THOSE.
THOSE WERE ALL PURCHASED AS KIND OF A ONE TIME PURCHASE.
THE MODEL IS YOU LEASE THEM SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT'S UP AND READY TO GO.
WE WILL ALSO RECOVER SOME TIME BECAUSE OUR CURRENT SYSTEM JUST HASN'T DOWNLOAD QUICKLY ENOUGH.
THAT'S BASED UPON THE FACT THAT WE HAD SEEN THE CAMERAS MOST CAMERA SYSTEMS, EACH OFFICER HAS THEIR OWN CAMERA THAT IS ASSIGNED TO THEM.
SO AT THE END OF THE SHIFT THEY JUST DOCKET.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE FOR IT.
IF WE WANT TO CONSIDER THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IF VARIABLE COULD COME OUT OF THIS NUMBER DOWN HERE ON MEASURE X.
THINK IT'S A VERY LEGITIMATE PROGRAM.
IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SAME THING WITH THE AV RETRACTING.
THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED AND LOTS OF DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND WHEN THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND REMOVE FROM IT THINGS THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE RELEASED AND IT TAKES TIME AND MONEY AND SO THE SYSTEMS ARE TALKING ABOUT IS ACTUALLY TO SAVE FOR THAT.
WE WILL FIND 60,000 SOME OF THAT.
>> SORRY MARK I THINK YOU SKIPPED ONE OF THE ITEMS UNDER MILES AVENUE STOREFRONT.
I THINK THAT'S EXTRA MONEY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE TO DO THE HOUSING ELEMENTS WORK THAT WERE DOING.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS THAT WE THINK WILL BE CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT WORK AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM IS.
BALANCING ELEMENT PRODUCT WILL BE GREAT.
COMMUNITIES NEED TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES.
SO I THINK THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO DO.
I WILL BE LABORING INTO THESE.
MARKETING ENHANCEMENT, BLACKBERRY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB GETTING US INTO THE PROFESSIONAL MARKETING WORLD.
BROOKE HAS NO STAFF AND SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE MONEY IN HER BUDGET TO BUY THIS.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE PLACEMENT, MANY FOR PLACING ADS AND PROMOTIONS.
WE JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST BUDGET.
SHE WILL WORK WITH THE CHAMBER ON EDGE BUDGET.
THERE'S $199,000 CHAMBER BUDGET ASSUMED IN THE GENERAL FUND.
WHICH IS HISTORICALLY WHAT WE SPENT LAST YEAR.
IT'S IN HERE IN THE HUNDRED 99.
THE CHAMBER HAS SENT TO US OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
MAYBE THERE ARE SOME THINGS WERE DOING THAT ARE LESS IMPORTANT AND SOME OTHER THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO.
WHEN THEY GET THEIR NEW EXECUTIVE WE WILL SIT DOWN AND DO IT BUT WE WON'T BUT BROOKE WILL.
SPANISH LANGUAGE, TRANSLATION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT.
PROGRAMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED OVER THE LAST YEAR AS WE'VE EVALUATED OUR BUDGET.
ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP TO US WAS TO REDUCE MONEY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUT IT INTO SOME OF THESE OTHER PROGRAMS. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT THESE ARE DESIRABLE PROGRAMS. I DON'T THINK IT'S EITHER OR.
I THANK YOU DO THE ONE AND YOU TRY TO FIND MONEY TO DO THE OTHER.
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ALL OF THESE ARE DESIRABLE AND HOPEFULLY AGAIN WE WILL FIND SOME RUNNING TO DO SOME OF THAT.WE ACTUALLY STARTED DOING A LOT MORE SPANISH TRANSLATION THE MOST CITIES DO.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ALWAYS MORE WE CAN DO.
THIS IS SOMETHING COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ BROUGHT UP WITH ME.
I THINK IS GOING TO ADDRESS LATER.
AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THE GRANT AND WE GOT THE PERSON EMBEDDED IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW.
IS THERE A WAY TO DO MORE OF THAT? YEAH, THERE IS IS JUST MONEY.
IT'S A VERY VALUABLE RESOURCE.
THE WORLD WILL BE BETTER OFF WHEN THOSE CAPACITIES EXIST IN SCHOOLS, AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND DIRECT DISTRICTS AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
VETERANS PROGRAMS ALL THESE THINGS THAT I KNOW MR. ORTIZ PLANS ON ADDRESSING.
I DID NEED TO TAKE YOUR INFORMATION.
AS WE START THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THE REAL TRICK I THINK, SEQUENTIALLY WERE GOING TO WANT TO FIND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WEEK AND WHAT WE FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT OTHER MONIES AVAILABLE.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO.
YOU MAY WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER WELL, YOU CAN CERTAINLY WANT TALK ABOUT THIS NUMBER DOWN HERE.
WHERE WE HAVE EXTRA MONEY FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS YOU WANT TO SPEND EVERY DOLLAR EVERY YEAR BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT IT.
BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO HAVE A LONGER-TERM PLAN.
THE TROUBLE WITH THE WHITEBOARD, IT'S ONE YEAR.
COUNCILS GOT A LOOK AT MULTIPLE YEARS.
WHEN TIM DOES THE CIP TO BE ON A MULTIYEAR BASIS.
AS YOU TALK ABOUT THIS OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WHERE IT GOES IN THE LONG-TERM.
SO, THAT'S MY MONOLOGUE ABOUT THE WHITEBOARD.
WE WILL STOP NOW AND SEE WHAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH BOTH YOU AND ROB.
JUST A TREMENDOUS EFFORT AS ALWAYS EVERY YEAR.
DO WE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS FROM COUNSEL?
>> AM THINKING ABOUT THERE'S A FEW THESE ITEMS THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TIE UP WITH THE DESERT RECORD MAINTENANCE.
THE LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE UPGRADE, IF WE TIE THAT IN AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE COMMUNITY EVENTS EASIER.
MAYBE WE COULD BUILD SOME SORT OF CONTRACT THAT BUILDS IN THE MAINTENANCE AND COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THAT WOULD MAY BE TIE IN THE YOUTH PROGRAMMING SENIOR PROGRAMMING A SMALL.
>> THINK PARTNERSHIPS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE PART OF THE SITUATION FOR GOVERNMENTS FOREVER.
STRENGTHENING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIO.
YEAH, I COULD SEE THE CITY CONTRACTING WITH DOESN'T WRECK TO DO ADDITIONAL SERVICES OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES.
SO YEAH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT.
>> COULD BE GET SOME MORE NUMBERS FROM DESERT ROCK ON SOME OF THOSE PROPOSALS?
>> WE COULD TALK TO THEM SEE WHAT KINDS OF IDEAS THAT THEY THINK THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PROPOSING I'M SURE.
>> COULD BE SOME OF THE 2 X 2 WOULD JUST WRECK?
>> IN FACT THEY RECENTLY CALLED AND ASKED FOR A MEETING.
SHELLEY WILL BE TRYING TO GET THAT SCHEDULED.
>> THEY ASKED FOR A MEETING IN BRIAN'S FIRST WEEK.
WE SAID WELL, LET THEM HAVE MORE THAN A WEEK.
>> CHIEF WASHBURN TO BE HAVE ANY POLICE POSITIONS OPEN AT THIS TIME?
I HAVE A TOTAL OF 14 THAT ARE OPEN.
SOME OF THOSE ARE ABOUT TO BE FILLED.
WE HAVE 11 SWORN POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN RIGHT NOW AGAIN.
GEARING UP TO PUT FOLKS IN THE ACADEMY IN THE FALL.
WE HAVE CANDIDATES FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
>> SO, HOW MANY DO YOU THINK YOU WILL HAVE REMAINING OPEN AT THE END OF THE BUDGET CYCLE?
>> AT THE END OF THIS BUDGET CYCLE?
>> NO NUDGE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE AFTER THE ACADEMY.
>> WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM.
>> OR LARGE ENOUGH WE WILL NEVER BE FULL.
THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS.
PEOPLE TEND TO RETIRE TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR.
PEOPLE DON'T REALLY ANNOUNCE THAT UNTIL THE READY TO GO.
WE HAVE HIRED 34 POSITIONS IN THE LAST 2 YEARS.
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AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE WERE NOT PUTTING THEM IN THE FRONT DOOR AS WELL.I'M NOT SURE IF THAT ANSWERS IT.
>> THAT'S ON THE SALARY SAVINGS NUMBER I PUT THAT STRESS ON IT BECAUSE THAT NUMBER IS ARTIFICIALLY LOW.
IT WILL BE HIGHER THAN $1 MILLION AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
>> YEAH, IN MY 18 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL WE'VE NEVER FILLED ALL THE POSITIONS.
SO TECHNICALLY WE COULD APPROVE THE 4 POSITIONS BECAUSE WERE ALWAYS IN RECRUITMENT MODE AND THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SALARY SAVINGS BECAUSE WERE ALWAYS PLAYING CATCH-UP.
I DON'T FEAR AUTHORIZING THE 4 POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE BUDGET.
I DO WANT YOU TO BE RECRUITING TO FILL THEM.
I THINK BY TIME YOU ACTUALLY FEEL ALL THESE POSITIONS I THINK WILL GO THROUGH THE CYCLES OF RETIREMENT.
AND BY TIME IT REALLY DOES IMPACT THE BUDGET IT'S GOING TO BE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
SO I'M NOT AFRAID TO ADD THE 4 POLICE OFFICERS OR THE 2 DISPATCHERS.
OF COURSE THE FEE-BASED POSITIONS THAT JASON PROPOSED I THINK ARE A GOOD MOVE FOR THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE UNFUNDED CIP'S SENSE THE UNFUNDED CIP'S SENSE THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME AVAILABLE MEASURE X FUNDS.
IN MARK I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE AV RETRACTING AND THE BODY CAMERAS CAN COME OUT OF MEASURE X.
ON UNFUNDED CIP'S MARK, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THA ANYONE HAS EVER MENTIONED A PRICE TO CLOSE? OTIS STREET.
WE BEEN ASKING FOR NEARLY A DECADE AND I THANK YOU SAID 1.5.
PLEASE PUT THAT NUMBER ON THE BOARD BECAUSE I THINK IT'S TIME WE COMMIT TO IT'S TIME WE COMMIT TO DOING THAT.
AND THE OTHER ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE UNFUNDED CIP THAT WE BEEN ASKING STAFF FOR A NUMBER 4 IS TO FINISH THAT ONE QUARTER MILE BETWEEN 111 AND 48 OF SHIELDS ROAD.
THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDER AND WERE STILL WAITING FOR HER NUMBER.
IF THERE IS MONEY FOR CIP, THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN HANGING AROUND LONGER THAN ME AND THEY HAVE BEEN HANGING AROUND LONGER THAN ME WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE I RETIRE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US INSTALL A COUPLE OF DOG PARKS.
WE HAVE ONE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
WE NEED ONE IN INDIO AND ONE IN SOUTHERN INDIO.
IN SOUTHERN INDIO WE HAVE PARK PROPERTY ON AVENUE 49TH AND MONROE.
THAT GOLDEN BOY USES PART OF IT FOR PARKING.
AND THAT MEET A POTENTIAL SITE FOR DOG PARK IF WE HAVE SOME CIP FUNDS AVAILABLE.
MY SCREEN IS DOING SOMETHING FUNNY.
SIMPLY CHANGING THE WHITEBOARD?
>> I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING IS MAKING SOME NOTES ON THE ONE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE.
AND I BELIEVE IT IS TRYING TO ANNOTATE THIS ON THE STATIC BOARD.
>> I THINK THEY TOOK AWAY PART OF MY WHITEBOARD.
THAT'S WHY WE USE A WHITEBOARD IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU USE A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM YOU CHANGE IT AND NO ONE CAN SEE WHAT CHANGED.
AS I PACK? YES, NOW IT'S BACK.
IN THE CIP IF YOU CAN PLEASE GET A NUMBER FOR THAT SHIELDS POP OUT TO 111 THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
AND LET'S GET THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEEN HANGING AROUND FOR DECADES.
EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT THERE I COULD STILL KICK HIM OUT.
THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN AROUND LONGER THAN ME.
IT'S TIME TO GET THEM OUT OF THE WEIGHT WITH OUR MEASURE X FUNDS.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORWARD THE NUMBERS FOR SHIELD AND FOR TOYOTAS I HOPE WE CAN PUT THEM BEHIND US THIS BUDGET CYCLE AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS.
I THINK SOME OF THEM CAN COME OUT OF BUDGET ACTS.
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THE OTHERS I THINK WE CAN FLOAT THEM.I'M NOT AFRAID OF ADDING THEM INTO THE BUDGET.
ASK OTHER THAN THAT I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
I KNOW WE HAVE NO MONIES TO SPEND.
THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING TO FIGHT ABOUT.
EXCEPT THAT LATER ON TODAY WERE GOING TO CONSIDER THE FUNDING FOR MARTHA'S AND FIND AND SEE VRM UNDER THE CDBG.
AND WERE SHORTING AT LEAST FROM MY ANALYSIS $50,000 THAT SOMEHOW NEEDS TO BE FOUND IN THESE NUMBERS SOMEWHERE.
I SHOULD HAVE THAT ON THE BOARD.
>> YEAH WHATEVER THAT DEFICIT IS.
IT NEEDS TO BE ADDED SOMEWHERE IN HERE.
I MEAN BRAVO, IT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION WITH HIS COLOR-CODED LITTLE BOOK AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR WHITEBOARD.
I STILL AM AFRAID OF USING MEASURE X TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
THUS FAR IT HASN'T PROVEN TO BE YOU KNOW, LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION WITH THE PANDEMIC AND HAVING TO DIP INTO MEASURE X FUNDS.
FOR NOW, IF IT'S A WAY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET I THINK WE WILL END UP BEING A BETTER POSITION THAN WE THINK WERE GOING TO BE A YEAR FROM NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO GIVE MY INPUT.
THANK YOU ROB AND MARK FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M GONNA TAKE THIS THING OFF.
BUT, I CONCUR WITH WHAT BOTH COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ AND ME SAID.
I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE PUT FORWARD WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS BECAUSE I THINK WILL NEVER FILL THEM.
ALWAYS HAVE A CONSISTENT SAVINGS BUT WILL ALWAYS BE RECRUITING IT WILL NOT LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THE INTEREST OF HIRING MORE PEOPLE.
BECAUSE WERE TO HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND FROM THE CHIEF RETIRING VERY SHORTLY HERE.
YOU HAVE TO GET THOSE POSITIONS FILLED UP TO.
I BELIEVE YOU HIT IT ON THE NOSE WHEN YOU SAID WE NEED TO START DOING A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS.
I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DESERT WRECK FOR A LONG TIME.
I DON'T THINK OUR PARKS ARE UP TO WITH THE SPEED AS I'VE SAID IN WORKING FOR CENTERED ON LINDA'S AND SENATOR STONE.
I WAS INTO MACULA MARIETTA AND THEY HAVE A DESIGNATED FUND, 1/4 CENTS I HAVE SENT THE PARKS ARE IMMACULATE AND MAINTAIN IT BUT IT'S DESIGNATED FUNDING.
I THINK WE NEED TO WORK WITH DESERT RECREATION ON HELPING US TO BRING JIM CURTIS OUT OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THEIR EXPERTISE AND HAVE THEM OVERSEE IT AND HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO IT AND THEN ROLE IN THE PROGRAMS I DO AGREE WITH OSCAR WE NEED TO DO MORE YOUTH SENIOR PROGRAMS ALONG WITH ENHANCEMENT OF THE MAINTENANCE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO SOMETHING WITH THE PENSIONS.
I HAVE SOME STUFF YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ANYTHING ROB HOUSE.
WAS A LOT OF THE CITIES AROUND WHO HAVE BONDED FOR THAT LOWER VERY LOWER RATE.
THEY CAN THROW A DART AT IT AND HIT IT.
IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO CONTINUE TO RISE.
ORGAN TO BE PAYING MORE ESPECIALLY MEDICAL.
WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO GET THAT TOWN THEN PAY THAT OFF.
IF WE CAN GET AT 2 AND A HALF PERCENT WHILE INTEREST IS LOW WE NEED A BOND FOR THE MONEY WE OWE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
I THINK MEASURE X WE REALLY NEED IS LUPE SAID TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE SPENDING THAT MEASURE X MONEY.
BURGUM HAVE TO DO CAMPAIGN ON THIS BECAUSE IT IS BEEN INVESTED BACK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE NEW PARKS THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO FIX THE ROADS.
INFRASTRUCTURE, THE BRIDGES, THE INTERCHANGES, WE GET BUSIER.
BUT ENOUGH TO COME UP WITH A PERCENTAGE FOR THE INTERCHANGES.
INCLUDING THE BRIDGES GOING OVER IT.
SEE FACT WON'T BE ABLE TO DONATE OR DEDICATE EXTRAS FUNDING TO IT FOR NOW.
THAT MEANS IF WE DON'T HAVE OUR FUNDING THE PROJECT SETS ASIDE AND WE NEED TO BE SHOVEL READY BECAUSE IF THERE IS EXTENSIVE PROJECTS COMING DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THE STATE WE ARE READY TO GO AND GET A LARGE PORTION.
25 PERCENT OF THE HUNDRED 50 TO 200 MILLION IS $50 MILLION.
GOTTA COME FROM MEASURES X AND OTHER FUNDING.
I DO THINK THE LOSS COYOTES IS A PRIORITY.
WE WAITED WAY TO LONG AND THIS PATIENTPEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT.
WE DID THAT STREET LOT NEXT TO THE LEFT THOSE OUT.
IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING TO THE GERBER RESIDENCE.
FROM THERE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE UNFUNDED CIP IS BASED ON WHAT WILL BRING US THE BEST DOLLAR INTO OUR CITY.
IF IT'S BROADBAND, OR TALK ABOUT EXISTING BUSINESSES DOING BETTER OR LOTTA PLACES ARE DOING ONLINE SALES.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A ROBUST BROADBAND SYSTEM.
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I THINK WE NEED TO INVEST IN THAT BECAUSE THAT WILL BRING MORE MONEY BACK.I THINK SOME THE OTHER STUFF LIKE AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHY WE GET THE ARPA MONEY.
IF WE COULD SURE A BUDGET BACKUP WITHOUT PUT THE REST AWAY AND START DOING SOME OF THESE PROJECTS I THINK WOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT IS NEVER GONNA BE ENOUGH MONEY.
WE REALLY GOT A LOOK AT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION PLAN OF HOW WE BUDGET THIS OUT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME OVER THE 10 OR 15 YEARS AND MEASURE X WILL BE A LARGE PART OF THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND WILL BE HER LAST I HAVE A FEELING YOU'LL BE VERY INVOLVED IN SOME THE OTHER THINGS WE DO.
THEY GAVE MR. SCOTT AND BROUGHT ROB FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SEEING ALL THESE THINGS UP ON THE WHITEBOARD AT RELEASE SHOWS A LOT OF PRIORITIES.
I WANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
COUNCILMEMBER MILLER JUST MADE A POINT AND IT'S A BIG WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON IS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT'S CAN BRING US REVENUE.
WHAT'S GONNA GENERATE REVENUE EVERY YEAR.
WHAT'S GONNA GENERATE REVENUE.
MY 41 YEARS HERE I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MANY PEOPLE DOWNTOWN A LONG TIME.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS IN THE MEETING.
I THINK WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR DOWNTOWN SO WE CAN MAKE IT TRACTABLE FOR MORE BUSINESSES TO COME.
I KNOW THERE'S GOOD THINGS ON THE HORIZON.
ANOTHER SOME THINGS WE COULD FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN WHERE WE CAN ATTRACT A SITDOWN RESTAURANT OR SOME ARTWORK FOLKS WILL GET A BEVERAGE OR WATCH A SOCCER GAME OR SUPER BOWL DOWNTOWN.
THOSE THINGS HAPPEN EVERY YEAR.
I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE DOWNTOWN MANAGER WILL SUFFICE.
MARKET WILL BE SO CRUCIAL I BELIEVE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE 3300 ENROLLED STUDENTS BY 2023 SPRING SEMESTER AGO LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL 5000 WITH EXPENSIVE PROJECT.
LET'S LOOK AT HOW WE CAN CAPITALIZE ON OUR COLLEGE KIDS DOWNTOWN.
I BELIEVE IF WE START ON INVESTING IN OUR DOWNTOWN WE WILL BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT FOR LONG TIME.
ALSO, THE PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT GOES UNQUESTIONED.
WE TALKED ABOUT RADIO SYSTEMS AND DISPATCH.
I THINK IN TOWARDS THE DISPATCH AREA AND THAT'S NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP.
OUR INVESTIGATIONS AND DETECTIVES THEY BEEN OUT IN TRAILERS.
I BEEN THERE IN THE SUMMERTIME.
THEY'RE USING, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONING.
WE BEEN GROWING INTO A SENIOR CENTER.
WE'VE GROWN INTO A TEEN CENTER.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AGE OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT I BELIEVE IT'S UP THERE IN AGE, RIGHT? I'VE BEEN INTO OUR EVIDENCE ROOM AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
THOSE THINGS GO WITHOUT SAYING THEY NEED TO BE FUNDED.
I SUPPORT THAT IN QUESTION I HAVE IS AS FAR AS ARPA.
I KNOW WERE TOUCHING IT TO MEASURE X FUNDING PARTIALLY BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO PAY BACK INTO THAT WITH SOME OF THE ARPA MONIES.
LET ME SEE IF I WROTE ANYTHING ELSE OUT.
I HAVE A QUESTION, IT MAY BE YOU TOUCHED ON IT.
OR MAYBE THE CHIEF TOUCHED ON IT.
WHAT DOES THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS CONSIST OF?
>> THAT'S, IT'S THE FIRE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING.
AS THE DISPATCH CENTER AND IT'S THE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE CENTER.
WHICH IS WHERE THE DETECTIVES IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE INSPECTORS AT ALL.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, I THINK THAT'S A NECESSITY.
OUR SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE GROWING.
THERE'S GOT A COME A TIME WHERE WE HAVE TO GROW OUR SERVICES TO WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A NECESSITY.
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ALL THE OTHER THINGS I THINK SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.Y'ALL DID AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THIS.
I THINK BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO GROW PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, SOME OF THIS STUFF WILL PAY OFF IN THE END.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MENTION.
>> I'M TRY TO KEEP TIMING GOING HERE.
>> TALKING ABOUT INVESTMENTS IN LONG-TERM IMPACT INVESTMENTS.
THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON OVERTIME.
IT IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE THAT OUR REVENUE SITUATION IS COMPARED TO NEIGHBORING CITIES.
SOMETIMES IT SALES TAX AND TOT.
PROPERTY TAX IS A BIG, BIG ISSUE.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU JUST GET GRADUALLY OVER TIME.
WE CAN INVEST IN ALL THE ACTIVITIES UNDER THE SUN AND IN RESTAURANTS WHICH ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND TO GET THE PROPERTY TAX YOU DON'T HAVE THAT LONG TERM STABLE REVENUE SOURCE.
IT NEEDS TO GO UP AND IT NEEDS TO STAY UP.
IN EVALUATING YOUR SUCCESS OVER TIME YOU WANT TO EVALUATE HOW YOU'RE DOING WITH PROPERTY TAX.
I'M NOT SURE WERE GOING TO GET TO THE WEATHER AUTHORITY.
>> WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET TO IT TODAY.
>> WE WERE JUST READY IN CASE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
>> THE OTHER COMMENTS I HAVE FOR PARKS.
WAS FOR THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS WHETHER WE USE, OR BE ABLE TO USE MEASURE X FOR THOSE FUNDS? OR ARPA ALL RIGHT MAYBE WERE ABLE TO USE ARPA.
I THINK FOR OUR PARKS WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN THAT DOESN'T DEPEND ON GRANT FUNDING.
I THINK THAT'S SLOWING US DOWN FOR WAY TO LONG.
SOME COMMENTS ON COMMUNICATION I DO GET A LOT OF RESIDENTS ASKING ME FOREVER GOING TO PUT OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS BACK ON TELEVISION.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S COST MUCH MONEY OR WHY WE STOP DOING THAT.
>> IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DOLLARS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN DOLLARS FOR CABLE.
>> WE DON'T GET AS MUCH PIGMENT AS WE ONCE DID.
SO MOST CITIES ARE NOT, SOME CITIES HAVE THEIR OWN STATIONS.
IT'S BECOME HARDER AND HARDER TO GET IT ON TV.
WE CAN LOOK INTO WHAT THE ANSWER OF THE QUESTION IS.
>> WE HAVE THAT ON, PEOPLE CAN GO ONLINE TO GET IT FAIRLY EASILY AS WELL.
>> THE OTHER ISSUE ON COMMUNICATION IS I THINK FOR TRANSLATION I DO RECOGNIZE WERE DOING A LOT BETTER WORK ON THAT.
I THINK WE COULD DO MUCH BETTER.
SO EVEN HAVING TRANSLATORS THROUGH OUR MEETINGS.
EVEN ON ZOOM THERE IS A FUTURE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A TRANSLATOR ON A DIFFERENT CHANNEL.
THAT TAKES YOU TO THE MEETING.
SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY GOOD.
LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS FROM THE SENSES WE HAVE A 24 PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION THAT IDENTIFIES AS NOT SPEAKING ENGLISH VERY WELL.
I THINK THAT'S A WHOLE QUARTER OF OUR POPULATION.
I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY THERE.
>> ON THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES I THINK I WAS LOOKING THROUGH SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND THE DESERT HEALTHCARE DISTRICT.
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT FROM 2019.
ONE OF THE SURVEYS THEY DID WAS ACTUAL MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
THEY ASKED HIM WHAT YOU THINK THE NEED IS FOR ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS, RIGHT? THEY COULD SAY THERE'S LITTLE NEED, THERE'S SOME NEED OR THERE'S A LOT OF NEED.
THE AREAS WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF NEED WITH MOST OF THEM.
>> MOST OF THEM WAS A LOT OF NEED.
OVER 70 PERCENT SAID THERE'S A LOT OF NEED FOR THESE DIFFERENT ONES.
THE SUBSTANTIAL NEED FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ANXIETY, THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE AND TRAUMA.
ANOTHER FACTOR HERE IS WHERE HAVING THE EXPANDING GEL THAT'S COMING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NEVER GOING TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE INCARCERATED THAT MIGHT BE STAYING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND FAMILIES IT MIGHT HAVE THOSE ISSUES.
NOW I'M LOOKING AT PROGRAMS ARE ALSO OFFERED THROUGH SOME OF THESE NONPROFITS.
THERE'S ONE THAT'S CALLED THE FATHER HOOD PROGRAM THAT HELPS MEN COMING OUT OF PRISON AND HELP THEM GET THEM REALLY SIMULATED WITH THEIR FAMILIES MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A HEALTHY HOME.
AND ARE ABLE TO GET BACK TO WORK.
ANOTHER PROPOSAL I RECEIVED FROM A NONPROFIT AS WELL WAS LOOKING AT
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PSYCHIATRIST.I THINK PSYCHIATRIST THERE'S ONLY ONE NONPROFIT THAT HAS COME FROM WHAT I WAS ABLE TO GATHER ONE NONPROFIT THAT HAS A FREE PSYCHIATRIST FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S ONLY PART TIME THERE COMPLETELY BOOKED.
RIGHT? THEN THAT, COUNSELING SERVICES ARE ALSO COMPLETELY BOOKED IN SOME CASES OR PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD THEM.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ISSUES THERE.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY SEES THE NEED FOR THAT ISSUE TO BE FIXED.
I THINK WE DO NEED TO TAKE A STEP FORWARD IN ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.
>> I DON'T THANK YOU'D FIND MANY CITIES THAT DO THAT KIND OF FUNDING ADDED GENERAL FUND AS OF TODAY.
AS THOSE ISSUES BECOME MORE AND MORE PROMINENT WERE ALL GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SOLUTIONS ARE.
I KEEP POINTING AT ARPA FUNDS AND ONE-TIME FUNDS.
THIS IS NOT A ONE-TIME PROBLEM.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING.
POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING INTO THAT WHEREVER THEY COULD GET THE FUNDS TO DO IT.
>> YEAH, IF IT'S WORKING WELL FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE ONE COUNSELOR THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT ADDING ANOTHER COUNSELOR.
HER HAVING MORE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM.
>> AT THE OTHER ONE I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ARE PREPARED AND FULLY STAFFED FOR THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT.
THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER ONE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE NOT IN NEED OF MORE STAFF TO ABLE TO HANDLE ALL THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT.
>> WE DON'T WANT TO BE BEHIND THE 8 BALL PARTICULARLY WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHEN THIS IS ALL COMING TO US.
AT TEXAS FOREVER TO GET THROUGH.
GOOD COMMENTS AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS I WAS GONNA MAKE AS WELL WITH RESPECT TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
ONE IS WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WITH INCREMENTALLY AND A SECOND ONE MIGHT HELP THERE AS WELL.
I THINK THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMPONENT IS GOING TO BE NECESSARY.
CERTAINLY WHEN I LOOK AT BODY WORN CAMERA SYSTEM THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT A DOUBT ARTICLE.
JUST KEEPING THE POLICE OFFICERS AS WE COMMITTED TO A FEW YEARS AGO AND THE DISPATCHERS KEEPING THEM IN THE MIX IS HUGELY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY.
FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY FROM THE QUALITY OF LIFE PERSPECTIVE.
PEOPLE LIKE TO PICK UP THE PHONE WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM THEY LIKE TO HAVE IT DEALT WITH.
I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
DEFINITELY THAT SHIELDS ROAD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 111 AND 48.
IT'S GONE UP I THINK A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
THAT'S A SPORT AND AS WELL AS LOSS OF COYOTES.
THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY OR ENHANCE THE CITY AND FIBER AND BROADBAND IS HUGE.
THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS PEOPLE, THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS COMPANIES TO COME IN THE CITY SO THEY CAN FUNCTION AND DO WORK ON A LARGER SCALE AND SHARE FILES WHETHER THEIR ENGINEERING FILES OR WHATEVER.
WE WANT TO HAVE A ROBUST ECONOMY AND BRING BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY ORIENTED BUSINESSES AT SOME LEVEL WE'VE GOT A HAVE THAT BACKBONE IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
SO, MY COMMENTS AND I KNOW I PROBABLY DRIVEN YOU NUTS OVER CAN WE PAINT THE TEEN CENTER AND THAT SENIOR CENTER IN THE CITY HALL.
MY THOUGHT OF THAT IS THAT'S OUR IMAGE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
WE LOOK AT MARKETING AND BROOKE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
WE LOOK AT HOW WE MARKET OURSELVES OF WHAT WE DO.
IT'S A BASIC LEVEL I'M SURE THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER UPGRADES.
VISUALLY, AESTHETICALLY TO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY LOOK NICE.
TO HAVE THAT FRESH COAT OF PAINT ON CITY HALL AND THE TEEN CENTER AND TO THE SENIOR CENTER APPEARED TO HAVE SOME BASIC LEVEL OF REFRESHING UP SOME AREAS WHERE THERE IS LANDSCAPE ISSUES.
WE TRY TO BRING PEOPLE AND DRAW PEOPLE IN.
WHAT HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT OURSELVES IN THE BEST POSSIBLE MANNER.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND.
I THINK SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS, THE ARPA FUNDS WILL COVER THE BUSINESS GRANTS THAT WOULD SUPPORT.
I'M HOPING WE CAN USE ARPA FUNDS FOR THAT TO GET THOSE REMAINING FOLKS SOME WORKING CAPITAL.
CERTAINLY THE HOUSING IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
IF WE CAN MANAGE THAT AND BRING IT UP-TO-DATE AND UP TO SPEED WE DON'T DO IT THAT OFTEN.
THAT COULD GIVE US A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS, MORE PORTLY AT SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO TO STAY UP-TO-DATE.
THIS WHITEBOARD ON THE REFER COURT WHEN HE DRAGGED IT OUT WAS A GREAT VISUAL.
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FOR ALL OF US TO BE ABLE TO SAY OKAY I WANT THIS I WANT THAT AT THIS IS IMPORTANT.THEN YOU COULD GO THROUGH A BOOK BUT IT'S NOT UNTIL YOU LOOK AT THAT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT WERE WORKING WITH.
AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE.
I ALWAYS ADMIRE STAFF BECAUSE WE ARE ALL SO PASSIONATE IN OUR NEEDS AND OUR REQUEST OR DESIRES AND TO BE ABLE TO PULL THAT ALTOGETHER AND BE ABLE TO PRESENT SOME INFORMATION BACK TO US SO WE ALL MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS.
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING I RESPECTED VERY MUCH.
WE WANT TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
>> JUST TO SET THE TONE FO THE FUTURE.
WITH YOUR PERMISSION WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER STUDY SESSION ON MAY 19 WHICH IS THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING DAY.
BRIAN MONTGOMERY WILL BE WITH US.
WATER AUTHORITY WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION AND TIM WILL BE AVAILABLE OVER THE CIP AND THERE MIGHT BE PROJECTS YOU WANT TO FUND.
AT THEM A FOLLOW-UP WITH ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE GENERAL FUND.
IF THAT SOUNDS AMENABLE TO YOU THAT UP WITH A PLAN GOING FORWARD.
NOTHING ELSE IT ANYWHERE FOR ONE'S EXPECTATIONS AND I'M SURE WILL NEED A MEETING AT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ARE THE MONTH OF THE FIRST WEEK.
HEY, LET'S SPEND 4TH OF JULY, OH, I THINK THAT SUNDAY.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE MONTH WE WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK TOGETHER AND FINALIZE ALL THIS AND APPROVE ALL THIS.
LET'S TRY TO KEEP OUR CALENDARS OPEN FOR THAT.
THAT TOOK A QUICK 5 MINUTE BREAK BEFORE WE COME BACK FOR THE 5 O'CLOCK MEETING.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.