>> I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF
[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
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INDIO, FOR THE STUDY SESSION FOR THE CITY OF INDIO CITY COUNCIL AND THE WATER AUTHORITY.I'M MAYOR GLENN M HAVE COUNCILMEMBER AMITH AND WE ARE WAITING FOR COUNCILPERSON FERMON.
MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS HEAR MYSELF SPEAK AGAIN.
WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS T TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD AND ONE PERSON THAT WANTS TO SPEAK VIA PHONE.
CITY CLERK COULD YOU READ IN THE RECORD AND THEN WE'LL CALL.
>>THE CLERK YES, THE FIRST COMMENT IS FROM VANESSA.
EVERYTHING GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.
MY NAME IS VANESSA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF INDIO.
I'M CONCERNED HOW T WILL BE DIRECTED THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
[3. PUBLIC COMMENT]
HEALTH AND EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY NOT FUNDING MORE POLICE.THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM CAMILO GOMEZ.
I'M AN IMMIGRANT THAT HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE DESERT FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
I'M A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST THAT HAS TOURED ALL OVER AMERICA.
WE ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY ON POLICE WHO WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING.
WE COULD APPLY SOME OF THAT BUDGET TO EDUCATION, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, CULTURAL AND ARTS PROGRAMS. I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS MORE ON KEEPING THE KIDS OUT OF THE STREETS INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON POLICE TO GET THE KIDS FROM THE STREET AND PUT THEM IN JUVENILE HALLS OR JAILS.
THEREFORE INITIATING THEIR LIFE INTO THE SYSTEM GOING TO KEEP THEM COMING BACK IN.
IF THIS IS THE C FESTIVAL, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THE LOCAL INSTEAD OF HAVING A BIG FESTIVAL AND HAVING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE FROM OU TOWN COME OVER HERE WHEN EVERYBODY LEAVES WE'RE STILL THE ONES HERE.
PLEASE FOCUS MORE ON COMMUNITY AND ON OUR FUTURE.
THEREFORE, INITIATING THEIR LIFE INTO THE SYSTEM GOING TO KEEP THEM COMING BACK.
IF THIS IS THE CITY OF FESTIVALS THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON LOCALS INSTEAD OF HAVING A BIG FESTIVAL AND HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN COME OVER HERE WHERE URVE LEAVES.
PLEASE FOCUS MORE ON COMMUNITY AND OUR FUTURE.
AND THAT'S THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU, NOW WE HAVE A CALL THAT WE NEED TO INITIATE.
>> I DO, LET ME SEE IF THEY'RE ON THE LINE.
I DO NOT HAVE THEM ON THE LINE.
WELL WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON FROM PUBLIC COMMENTS, CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 4 WHICH IS THE STUDY SESSION, WHICH IS ITEM A WHICH IS THE
[a. City Council Recommended Operating and Capital Improvement Budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 (Rob Rockwell, Assistant City Manager and Finance Director)]
CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION, RECOMMENDING OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET FOR 2020-2021.AND THEN WE'LL HAVE INDIO WATER AUTHORITY RECOMMENDED OPERATING AND EXAT IMPROVEMENT BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 20-21, FROM MS. RHAY.
>> I'M GETTING COMMENTS THAT THE LIFE STREAM ISN'T ON FACEBOOK.
DEPENDS WHETHER YOU ARE USING THIS ONE HERE IN THE MIDDLE.
OH THIS ONE RIGHT HERE? SADLY DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE FACEBOOK STREAM? OKAY THANK YOU.
WE JUST NEED TO MOVE IT OVER A LITTLE BIT.
AND WE CAN'T MOVE THIS OVER A LITTLE BIT? OKAY.
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PERFECT.>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PERFECT BUT IT'S BETTER THAN IT WAS LAST TIME.
>> MAYBE MAX CAN HONE IN A LITTLE BIT ON THE CAMERA OR SOMETHING.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US START OFF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET REVIEW WITH AN OVERVIEW ON THE WHITE BOARD.
I DO -- I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT FOR PEOPLE AT HOME, THERE ARE SOME WAYS TO MAKE THE -- MAKE IT LOOK BIGGER ON YOUR HOME SCREEN.
BUT I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW YOU DO THAT.
>> IF YOU CAN, FOR THOSE MEMBERS IN THE PUBLIC, AND IN THE ZOOM MEETING, IF YOU CAN LOOK ON YOUR RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THERE SHOULD BE THREE LITTLE DOTS ON THE CORNER AND IF YOU CLICK BE ABLE TO PIN THE VIDEO.
>> THAT IS AIS TECHNOLOGICAL AS I CAN GET TO CALL ON SOMEONE ELSE.
I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A REAL QUICK OVERVIEW ON THIS AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE ROB ROCKWELL GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS.
ROB UNDERSTANDS THIS MUCH MORE THAN I DO, AS BY THE FACT THAT I SPENT ALL THIS WEEKEND PUTTING TOGETHER AND HAVING ROB COMES IN AND SAYS THIS NUMBER BELONGS IN THIS COLUMN AND HE IS THE TRUE EXPERT.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IS WE HAVE LAID OUT THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGETS TO SHOW WHERE THE REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, STARTED OFF TH EXPECTING TO BE, HOW IT ENDS UP WITH A BALANCE AND A EMERGENCY RESERVE BALANCE OF 12 MILLION.
THE NEXT COLUMN IS WHERE WE THINK WE WILL END UP THIS YEAR WHICH IS FAR WORSE BECAUSE THE COVID THE CONCERTS LOSS, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS, EVERY CITY IN THE COUNTRY IS GOING THROUGH THIS.
WE'RE PROBABLY LUCKY THAT WE'RE NOT AS BAD OFF AS CITIES, WE DO NOT HAVE AS MANY HOTELS FOR INSTANCE AS OTHER CITIES.
AND THEN THE FINAL COLUMN IS THE COLUMN WHERE WE ARE PROJECTING NEXT YEAR TO BE.
AND AFTER ROB FINISHED GOING THROUGH THIS WE'RE GOING TO FLIP THE BOARD OVER, AND THIS WILL BE THE THAT BOARD.
THIS COLUMN WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THE OTHER SIDE.
AND I'LL COME BACK AND EXPLAIN THAT.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO EVERYONE IS, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS BUDGET REVIEW IS WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT A PRELIMINARY BUDGET BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
BUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AT THE END OF THE SUMMER AND DO A MORE DETAILED BUDGET.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US TO TRY TO DO A THOROUGH REVIEW WHEN WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE THE ECONOMY'S GOING.
WE HOPE TO KNOW MUCH BETTER BY SEPTEMBER, WHERE THE ECONOMY IS GOING.
AND WE ALSO, BY S WILL HAVE CLOSED OUT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO WE'LL HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT KIND OF MONEY WE HAVE LEFT OVER.
SO RATHER THAN TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO GO THROUGH THE PAIN OF BUDGET CUTTING IN A SCENARIO WHERE WE DON'T KNOW THE FACTS, WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT A PRELIMINARY BUDGET, WE'LL COME BACK AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE SCENARIOS ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE O BOARD.
SO ROB IF YOU COME OUT AND EXPLAIN THIS ONE I'D APPRECIATE IT.
>> AND IF I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT COUNCILMAN FERMON IS NOW ON TELECONVERSATIONS, HE IS ON THE MEETING WATCHING BY VIDEO.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. ROCKWELL.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO H AS MARK KIND OF ALLUDED, WHERE WE STARTED THE YEAR AND WHERE WE BELIEVE WE'LL START NEXT YEAR AND I'M GOING TO TRANSITION OVER TO A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION BECAUSE OF COURSE BUDGET ADOPTION ISFUL GREATER THAN THE GENERAL FUND.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 FUNDS IN THE CITY.
I'LL TRANSFER O WORKBOOK, I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER FUNDS AND WE'LL FINISH UP BY TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND ONCE AGAIN.
WE'LL START OFF WITH THE GENERAL FUND AND GO TO MORE DETAIL AND COME BACK TODAY.
AS MARK SAID, WE SEPARATED THE GENERAL FUND FROM MEASURE X ALTHOUGH MEASURE X IS GENERAL FUND MONEY WE'VE SEPARATED BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE HAVE BEEN DOING OUR BUDGETING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE STARTED THE YEARS ASSUMING WE WOULD VO $70 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND MONEY AND 11.4 MILLION IN MEASURE X REVENUE.
BECAUSE OF COVID-19 IMPACTS, THE GENERAL FUND IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 12 MILLION LESS AND THE SALES TAX THAT THE GENERAL FUND GENERATES WILL BE LESS.
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THE COUNCIL APPROVED $76 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR AND OF COURSE, THE EXPENDITURES WERE MORE THAN GENERAL FUND REVENUE.AND WE WERE GOING TO BRIDGE THAT GAP BY AN ASSUMED SALARY SAVINGS AND WE WERE PULLING MONEY OUT OF FUND BALANCE FOR SOME O TIME PROJECTS WE WERE FUNDING.
5.4 MILLION IN FUND B NOW THAT WE'VE HAD THE COVID IMPACTS, WE ARE ASSUMING $GAY MILLION IN REVENUE, 76 WAS THE ORIGINA EXPENDITURES, WE KNOW THIS 3.8 WAS THE CONCERT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT EXPENDITURE.
WE'RE ALSO NOT GOING TO HAVE THE REVENUE.
WE HAVE A -- WHAT I A SOFT HIRING FREEZE WHERE MARK IS ONLY ALLOWING ESSENTIAL POSITIONS TO BE FROZEN AND STAFF ARE ASKED TO CURB SPENDING AS THEY CAN.
WE HAVE AN ASSUMED SAVINGS OF 3 MILLION IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE MEASURE X MONEY WE ARE NOT USING ON PROJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT TO BRIDGE THE GAP, AND GENERAL FUND RESOURCES THAT WE RECEIVED IN A PRIOR PERIOD AND THAT'S HOW WE EXPECT TO BALANCE THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
REDIRECTION ARE C MEASURE X AND $6 MILLION FROM A FUND BALANCE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE ASSUMING $63 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
WE HAVE $75 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, THAT'S BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY NOT REFLECTIVE OF ANY CUTS AT THIS TIME.
WE ARE ASSUMING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SAVINGS NOT SALARIES BUT MAYBE A GREATER AMOUNT OF SAVINGS CURBING SOME SPENDING.
AND WE'RE GOING TO N WE'RE GOING TO REDIRECT MEASURE X MONEY, A LARGE PORTION OF THE MEASURE X MONEY THIS YEAR TO COVER GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS.
5.1 MILLION OUT OF ALMOST $8.7 MILLION IS GOING TO BE COVERING GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS.
WE'LL STILL N ABOUT 8 MILLION OUT OF OUR RESERVES, THAT IS A 12 MILLION NUMBER, IT TOOK US QUITE A WHILE TO BUILD IT U TO 12 MILLION AFTER THE RECESSION.
MARK WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'VE HAD TO ADOPT BASED ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND HOW WE'RE TRANSITIONING THAT INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET JUST AS A PRELIMINARY BASIS.
WHEN MARK BRINGS THE B BACK IN SEPTEMBER AND WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO ALLOW OR DICTATE AS FAR AS OUR REVENUES THEN HE'S GOING TO WANT TO HAVE A MORE DETAILED CONVERSATION WITH YOU, AS FAR AS DO WE WANT TO PULL THAT OUT OF RESERVES OR DO WE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS.
WITH THAT, I'LL T OVER TO THE POWERPOINT AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE FUNDS.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY OUT ON THE VIDEO, WAYMOND, LUPE, OSCAR? GO AHEAD.
DO YOU WANT THE BOARD MOVED FOR THE POWERPOINT?
>> ROB, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
OUT OF THE 12 MILLION WE HAVE THAT IS OUR CASH.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE PROPERTY AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE OWN.
THAT IS OUR LIQUID FUNDING RIGHT?
IT IS MONEY THAT ISN'T OBLIGATED FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
>> WE DO HAVE PROPERTY THAT EVENTUALLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO SELL TO PUT BACK INTO OUR RESERVES OR WHEREVER ELSE WE NEED TO.
>> WE HAVE RESOURCES SUCH AS LAND AND OTHER THINGS THAT IS PAYABLE.
>> MAYOR, DID YOU HEAR THAT I HAVE QUESTIONS?
>> OH I DID NOT SEE YOU, I'M SORRY.
>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE MEASURE X FUNDS THAT ARE BEING DIVERTED TO BRIDGE THE GAP.
IS THAT PREVIOUS YEARS MEASURE X FUNDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN EXPENDED BUT ARE ALREADY ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T COMPLETED? OR IS IT FUTURE MEASURE X DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN UNALLOCATED THAT WE'RE GOING TO EARMARK FOR BALANCING THE BUDGET?
>> IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
AND MARK AND I HAD THIS EXACT CONVERSATION YESTERDAY EVENING.
YOU REALLY -- IT IS A M OF HOW YOU WANTS TO DESCRIBE IT.
IT'S MEASURE X F WAY OR THE OTHER AND IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT'S FUTURE REVENUE THAT YOU ARE REDIRECTING FOR CORE SERVICES OR IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT'S THE SAVINGS FROM THIS YEAR THA REDIRECTING, WE CAN FRAME THAT EITHER WAY.
>> SO ESSENTIALLY THE GENERAL FUND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS ALL GENERAL FUND DOLLARS WE KNOW THAT ESSENTIALLY THE GENERA IS BORROWING FROM THE
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MEASURE X FUNDS WHETHER THEY BE FUTURE OR PAST ALLOCATED.EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALL THE SAME MONEYS, RIGHT?
AND REALLY, THIS YEAR MOST OF THE FUNDS THAT WE'LL BE USING TO BALANCE, WE STARTED THE YEAR ASSUMING GO TOWARD OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DELAY.
NEXT YEAR, IT'S ALL MONEY, IT'S ALL NEW MONEY AND MONEY THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE TO MOVE INTO THE GENERAL FUND IN ORDER TO BALANCE IT.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT, AFTER ROB DOES THE SLIDE, WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT PART OF IT IN SOME DETAIL IN A FEW MOMENTS.
BUT YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT USING ITS ONLY BECAUSE WITH ALL THE LOSS OF REVENUES, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TO CLOSE THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WITHOUT THE TRANSFER.
BUT ESSENTIALLY, IT'S USING MONEY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR CAPITAL SPENDING.
WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD THAT WE ARE USING IT FOR CAPITAL SPENDING.
>> SO THEN IF WE ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE BORROWING $5 MILLION THIS YEAR TO BALANCE THE BUDGETS, AND THEN NEXT FISCAL YEAR WE'R ASSUMING ANOTHER $5 MILLION MEASURE X DOLLARS THAT'S MILLION MEASURE X DOLLARS IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT, LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> AND THAT'S SO WE CAN MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
>> AND WE CAN -- I WANTED TO MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT JUST SO THAT PEOPLE AT HOME KNOW.
THE MEETING TODAY IS JUST SIMPLY TO PRESENT THE BUDGETS, TO START PRESENTING THE BUDGET.
WE'RE NOT ASKING THE COUNCIL TO MAKE ANY FUNDING DECISIONS TODAY.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING ON JUNE 20TH --
AND WE'LL ASK THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME TO ADOPT A BUDGET.
WE WELCOME ANYBODY'S IDEAS AND WE'LL WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
BUT TODAY WASN'T THE DAY THAT WE HAD INTENDED ON GOING INTO GREAT DEPTH.
BUT OF COURSE WE'LL ADDRESS ANYTHING THE COUNCIL BRINGS UP.
I CAN TALK ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET WHEN I'M DOING THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOARD, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT ON THAT, SINCE WE HAD TWO AND ANOTHER COMMENT, ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF DIVERTING SOME POLICE DEPARTMENT FUNDING.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
BUT WE'RE NOT ASKING T COUNCIL MAKE ANY DECISIONS TODAY.
ONE MORE QUESTION BECAUSE IT WAS NOTED ON THE WHITE BOARD, THE FESTIVAL REVENUE AND EXPENSES WASHING OUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FESTIVAL IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WHAT ARE WE PROJECTING FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR? FOR FESTIVALS?
>> SO THE BUDGETS RIGHT NOW ASSUMES THAT WE HAVE THE TYPICAL APRIL CONCERT SERIES.
BUT THAT THERE'S NO OCTOBER CONCERT SERIES.
NOT ON ANY INFORMATION THAT I'M AWARE OF, JUST ON SUGGESTION, THAT'S HOW WE APPROACH THE BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
>> THAT'S A CONSERVATIVE SUGGESTION.
>> ANYTHING ELSE MS. AMITH? OSCAR, WAYMOND, ANYONE?
>> I RECENTLY FOUND OUT THE MILES PARK GRANT WAS NOT GRANTED.
WHEN WERE WE GOING TO ALLOCATE SOMETHING FOR MILES PARK?
>> WE'LL HAVE MARK GO OVER EVERYTHING.
>> OKAY MATTHEW IF YOU WILL HIT THE POWERPOINT.
SO ALL THE COUNCIL AND WHAT WAS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE WAS A PRELIMINARY BUDGET WORKBOOK.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS.
AND IT HAS A COPY OF ALL THE FUND DETAIL AS WELL AS A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION THAT I'M ABOUT TO GIVE.
SO WHEN WE DO A G ACCOUNTING, IT'S ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE WE RECEIVED THE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSES WE RECEIVE IT.
WE DO A FUND ACCOUNTING, FOR THE CITY OF INDIO WE HAVE ABOUT 123 SEPARATE FUNDS SO WE MAKE SURE WE ACCOMPLISH THAT SEPARATIO PROPER USE.
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THE GENERAL FUND IS OUR LARGEST FUND, IT WHERE OUR DISCRETIONARY SPENDING IS BUT IN THE OTHER FUNDS IT'S REALLY RESTRICTIVE.WE'VE GROUPED THEM AND IN YOUR WORKBOOKS YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF TABS.
WE HAVE PUT THESE F GROUPS, GENERAL PROJECT FUNDS AND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS AND THERE'S A TAB FOR EACH OF THESE.
IN EACH GROUP I P SLIDE THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A SUMMARY OF ALL THOSE FUNDS IN ONE SLIDE.
WE CAN GET THROUGH THEM AT A FASTER PACE AND TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND.
THE IF FOURTH TAB AFTER THE SUMMARY IS A TAB THAT CONTAINS OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
THERE ARE 26 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND THESE FUNDS WHERE THE MONEY IS RESTRICTED FOR EITHER TRANSPORTATION, LIKE GAS TAX IN MEASURE A, WHENEVER WE GET A STATE GRANT IT TYPICALLY GOES INTO A FUND IN THIS PARTICULAR GROUP.
SO IN THIS GROUP OF FUNDS, THIS YEAR THERE'S ABOUT MILLION IN APPROPRIATIONS OR EXPENSES, AND $15 MILLION EXPECTED REVENUE.
AND THIS AGAIN INCLUDES LIKE CDBG.
A LITTLE BIT REDUCED THIS YEAR, MAINLY BECAUSE THE HBRP WHICH IS THE HIGHWAY BRIDGE REPAIR PROGRAM IS A LITTLE LESS FUNDING IN NEXT YEAR THAN WE HAVE IN THIS YEAR.
OTHER THAN THAT PRETTY MUCH OF THIS REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE ROLLING OVER TRADITIONALLY AS ROUTINE ITEMS. NO SIGNIFICANT I EXCEPT THE HIGHWAY BRIDGE REPAIR FUNDING, THAT IS FEDERAL FUNDING.
IN THE NEXT GROUP WE HAVE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS GROUPS.
THIS IS WHERE WE COLLECT MONEY THAT IS RESTRICTED FOR CONSTRUCTION.
WE REFER TO THIS AS BRICK AND MORTAR TYPE OF RESTRICTIONS.
MOST OF THOSE FUNDS ARE MITIGATION OR CAPITAL IMPACT FEE FUNDS, WHERE THAT MONEY CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
HERE WE ARE EXPECTING TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF $5.7 MILLION.
HERE YOU SEE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE FUNDING.
IN THE FUND WE ARE IN NOW WE MOVED ABOUT $16 MILLION OF MEASURE X MONEY INTO THE CAPITAL FUND IN ORDER TO FUND A LOT OF TH THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU BY MARK AND TIM AND THE PROGRAM.
YOU DON'T SEE THE SAME EXPENSES AND REVENUE YOU SAW IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
THE NEXT TAB IN YOUR B IS A DEBT SERVICE FUND.
AND TYPICALLY WHEN YOU I DEBT OF A GOVERNMENT, TYPICALLY YOU HAVE TO GET VOTER APPROVAL WHEN IT'S A GENERAL OBLIGATION.
YOU SEE THAT A LOT, WHEN THE STATE WANTS TO ISSUE BONDS IT NEEDS VOTER APPROVAL.
WHEN YOU GET VOTER APPROVAL YOU NEED A DEBT FUND.
IN THIS CASE THIS DIDN'T GO TO THE VOTERS BUT DEBT THAT WAS APPROVED THROUGH A COURT ACTION, THROUGH A JUDGMENT THAT WAS AGAINST INDIO.
SO HERE YOU HAVE A SERVICE FUND THAT IS REFLECTING THE TRANSFER OF REVENUE, PAYMENT FOR AJUDGMENT OBLIGATION BOND.
NOW THE CITY HAS OTHER DEBT THAT IT INCURS BUT TYPICALLY, WHEN A CITY TAKES ON DEBT MORE OFTEN NOW THEY DO IT THROUGH A LEASE-BACK SITUATION.
AND IN THAT SITUATION, THE CITY OF INDIO WORKS THROUGH LIKE INDIO FINANCE AUTHORITY WHERE THERE'S A LEASE AND A TRANSFER PAYMENT AND THEN THAT INDIO FINANCE AUTHORITY MAKES A PAYMENT ACTUALLY FOR BORROWING OF DEBT.
SO THIS DEBT SERVICE FUND ONLY REFLECTS A PORTION OF THE DEBT THAT IS REALLY CITY OF INDIO DEBT.
THIS IS A REFLECTION OF JUDGMENT OBLIGATION BONDS.
LATER IN ANOTHER S SHOW YOU INDIO FINANCE AUTHORITY.
ARE WHERE THERE'S CAPTURED MORE OF THOSE CHANGES.
THE NEXT SECTION OF Y BOOKLET IS THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.
THESE ARE FIVE FUNDS USED TO REPORT GOODS AND SERVICES REPORTED TO OTHER CITY FUNDS.
SO IN CASES WHERE WE HAVE INSURANCE, PROPERTY INSURANCE, LIABILITY INSURANCE, WORKERS COMP INSURANCE, WE CAPTURE IT IN THE INTERNAL FUNDS, IN THIS CATEGORY THERE IS BIT OF A DECREASE ABOUT $1 MILLION GOING FROM 17.8 TO 16.7 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES AND THAT AGAIN IS REALL TIDE TO MEASURE X WHY WE FUNDED A NUMBER OF SOFTWARE UPGRADES FOR THE I.T.
DEPARTMENT IN THE CURRENT YEAR THAT W REFUNDING THIS YEAR.
OTHERWISE MOST SIGNIFICANTLY DID OPERATIONS ARE THE SAME IN THOSE INTERNAL SERVICE
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FUNDS.THOSE ARE LIKE INSURANCE, BUILDING AND GROUNDS, FACILITIES MAINTENANCE, VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS.
ONE IS OUR MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE.
ON THE CITY SIDE, THIS WATER AUTHORITY FUND IS NOT MEANT TO REPRESENT ALL THE WATER AUTHORITY'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN INDEPENDENT BUDGET AND INDEPENDENT OPERATION.
THIS IS REALLY JUST REFLECTING THE SALARY SIDE OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE WE'RE CITY OF INDIO EMPLOYEES AND WE COLLECT THAT COST IN THIS ENTERPRISE FUND AND THEN GET REIMBURSED.
THIS IS NOT A FULL REFLECTION OF THE WATER THE AUTHORITY'S OPERATION.
WE STILL HAVE A P AUTHORITY WE OPERATE ON THE CITY SIDE AND YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES COMPARED TO THIS YEAR T NEXT YEAR NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
THERE ARE 52 FUNDS THAT ACCOUNT FOR LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALSO IN THE BUDGET.
YOU'LL BE ASKED PROBABLY LATER THIS MONTH TO ADOPT THE ENGINEER'S REPORT FOR THESE LANDSCAPE DISTRICTS.
ABOUT $2 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES AND CAN YOU SEE COMPARING THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR NO SIGNIFICANT FOR LANDSCAPE DISTRICT'S FUNDING AND EXPENDITURES.
THERE ARE 17 FUNDS, THESE ARE DEBT THAT THE CITY IS MANAGING TO PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR VARIOUS SITES THROUGHOUT TH COMMUNITY.
SO THERE ARE 17 -- INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FUNDS.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, AGAIN THIS IS JUST REFLECTING THE COLLECTION AND THE PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS TYPICALLY TO MAKE BOND PAYMENTS.
THERE ARE TWO SERVICE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS.
THESE ARE THE COMMUNITY -- THESE ARE THE PUBLIC SAFETY CFD'S, THAT STARTED IN 2004.
2004-1 AND 2004-2, WE'RE EXPECTED TO COLLECT ABOUT $4 MILLION IN REVENUE FROM THAT SOURCE.
THAT HELPS THE CITY OFFSET ITS COST OF PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES.
MAYBE ABOUT 10% OF THE ACTUAL COSTS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT TAB REPRESENTS.
AS I WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER THE INDIO FINANCE AUTHORITY IS A MECHANISM FOR THE CITY TO INCUR AND PAY DEBT, AS WELL AS OTHER SPECIAL DISTRICTS.
IN THIS CASE, $7.8 MILLION, NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BUT AGAIN THE REASON WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS DETAIL IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS DETAIL IS ALL OUT THERE.
WE WANT TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT IN MAKING SURE THAT YOU AND THE PUBLIC HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT ALL THE DETAIL IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE A BUDGET WE'LL ADOPT FOR THE INDIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE AREA WHERE YOU ADOPT INDIO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THERE IS A PAYABLE DUE TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FROM THE WITH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS BEING PAID OVER TIME.
SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CASH IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BUT IT'S NOT ALL BEING SPENT AT THIS TIME SO NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY .
I'M ONE SLIDE BEHIND, I SEE THAT NOW.
OKAY GETTING BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO OVERALL, THE EXPENDITURES, THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF MEASURE X NOW COMBINED INTO ONE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
AT THIS TIME WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT -- AND WE'LL BRING BACK THE BUDGET TO YOU OF COURSE HOPEFULLY ON THE 17TH.
ALMOST $84 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES SO 72.3 MILLION, AND OF COURSE THE GENERAL FUND IS WHERE ALL THE DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS ARE PUT THAT ARE NOT RESTRICTED FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE.
SO I PUT THE SLIDE TOGETHER JUST AGAIN TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A COMPARISON TO MAKE SURE THAT FUNDAMENTALLY WHAT THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION IS ISN'T KIND OF LOST IN THE DETAIL.
SO WHAT I HAVE IN THIS SLIDE IS A RECAP OF WHAT THE ASSUMPTIONS WERE.
WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING.
WHEN THE YEAR STARTED THE COUNCIL APPROVED MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, THAT WERE SUPPORTED BY 81.8 MILLION IN REVENUE.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EXPENDITURES AND THE REVENUE WAS ABOUT $11.9 MILLION.
NOW THE WAY WE ARE B THAT GAP WITH ABOUT $896,000 IN ASSUMED SALARY SAVINGS AND BECAUSE WE HAD BUILT IN SPECIFIC MEASURE PROJECTS SOMEWHAT THAT SPENDING PLAN WE WERE UTILIZING 5.5 MILLION IN MEASURE X MONEY THAT WAS IN FUND BALANCE FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
AND BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL WE TALKED ABOUT A BOLD PLAN AND A FEW MORE UPGRADES.
WE WERE PULLING $5.5 MILLION OUT OF FUND BALANCE TO PAY FOR THOSE UPGRADES.
EVEN THOUGH THE BUDGET LOOKS SIMILAR WE ARE USING BALANCE TO COVER THE GAP
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BETWEEN ONGOING SERVICES AND THE REVENUES WE ASSUME TO BE COMING IN NEXT YEAR.THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AS IT'S BUILT NOW HAS 83 MILLION FOR PLANS SUPPORTED BY 73.4 MILLION IN REVENUE.
WE HAVE ABOUT A $11.6 MILLION GAP AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE CONTINUE WHAT HIRING FREEZE, SOFT HIRING FREEZE, NONESSENTIAL POSITIONS, WHICH IS ASSUMED TO SAVE ABOUT $1.6 MILLION, AND THEN WE HAVE THE REMAINING GAP TO FILL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO R $5.1 MILLION OF MEASURE X RESOURCES, AND THEN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE WE'R GOING TO RELY ON $4.8 MILLION FROM OUR $12 MILLION RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY TO COVER THE GAP.
THAT'S JUST THE P COURSE, ADJUSTMENTS CAN BE MADE ALONG THE WAY.
BUT THE JOB IS WHEN THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED TO MAKE SURE IT BALANCES.
AND THAT'S THE GOAL OF HOW THE BUDGET IS GOING TO BALANCED WHEN IT'S PRESENTED TO YOU NEXT WEEK.
>> A NUTSHELL I KNOW I RUSHED THROUGH 100 FUNDS FAIRLY QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE YOUR FOCUS REALLY WANTS TO BE BUT I WANTED TO BE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD ALL THE DETAIL IN YOUR BOOKLET.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ON CERTAINLY WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LEADS US TO THE GENERAL FUND WHERE MARK WILL GO OVER A COUPLE OF DETAILS AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOU QUESTIONS.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING PRESSING NOW? SO MARK CAN MOVE ON.
WE STILL HAVE THE INDIO WATER AUTHORITY.
ANYBODY ON THE THE THE TELECONFERENCE?
>> I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THE THE TELECONFERENCE.
YOU KNOW THE WHOLE COVID CRISIS IS WAY ANYONE'S CONTROL.
SIMILARLY TO THE 2008 DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY WHEN WE HAD 25% IN RESERVES FOR A RAINY DAY.
AND NOT KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE HAD AT THAT TIME, WE MADE THE SAME DECISION THAT STAFF'S PROPOSING TODAY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT POINT FORWARD.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT UNCOMMON IN UNCERTAIN TIMES TO FALL BACK ON YOUR RESERVES, AND YOUR FUND BALANCE, TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS GROWN TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO PULL OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES.
SO BEFORE MARK GOT TOO DEEP INTO THE WEEDS ON THE BUDGET PROPOSAL I WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMPARISON BECAUSE THERE ARE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE DURING THESE TIMES THAT THE ECONOMY TAKES A SHIFT I OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE GOOD PLANNING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN PUTTING ASIDE HAVING ACCESS TO MEASURE X FUNDS THAT GIVES CITY STAFF AND CITY MANAGER MORE OPTIONS IN ORDER TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW COUNCILMEMBERS KNEW THAT THIS IS NOT ANYTHING UNCOMMON.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN PAST AND FORTUNATELY WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE A MULTITUDE OF OPTIONS.
SO MOVING FORWARD I HOPE THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE IN TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION, NO BASED ON STAFF RECOMMENDATION BUT ON PAST HISTORY, AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE WANT TO MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF SERVICE DON'T WANT TO GO BACKWARDS AND BE WHERE WE WERE YOU KNOW BACK IN THE 1990S WHEN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WAS VERY LOW.
I WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT NOW BEFORE WE GOT TOO DEEP INTO THE BUDGET DETAILS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER AMITH.
>> I AGREE AND SECOND COUNCILMEMBER AMITH.
AND I THINK IT'S S ON PAST PRACTICE AND ALSO IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT WAY HOW WE ARE ALLOCATING OUR, SHOULD I SAY REDIRECTIN MEASURE X FUNDS TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET.
SO I AGREE WITH IT, A THINK IT'S VERY SMART APPROACH, HOW WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
BECAUSE COVID-19, WE D SEE THAT COMING.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR FUTURE HOLDS SO I THINK IT'S VERY SMART TO MOVE THIS DIRECTION.
>> OKAY, ROB ON THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE, YOU'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SERVICES AS WE
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HAVE THEM NOW, NO ADDITIONAL ADDITIONS OR NO SUBTRACTIONS.BASICALLY WHATEVER WE HAVE AS OF TODAY IS WHAT THIS BUDGET REFLECTS BASICALLY?
>> THAT'S CORRECT, MR. MAYOR, AT THIS TIME WE ARE ASSUMING NO REDUCTION IN SERVICE LEVELS.
AND AS MARK MENTIONED HIS RECOMMENDATION IS ONCE WE COME BACK IN A FEW MONTHS ONCE WE HAVE REVENUE NUMBERS AND TRY TO MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS IF WE NEED TO ON WHERE SOME OF THOSE CUTS MIGHT BE IF WE NEE THEM.
>> AND MS. AMITH MAKES A GOOD POINT, AT THE START OF 2008 WHEN WE HAD CUTS, WE HAD NOWHERE LEFT TO GO BUT DOWN.
WE WILL REALLY LOOK AT IT, OUR RESERVES WILL ONLY GO SO FAR AND ONCE THEY'RE OUT WE'RE DONE.
WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS.
WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE MEASURE X, IT IS FUND MONEY, IT IS NOT AGAINST THE LAW TO USE IT, WE JUST CHOSE TO USE IT FOR EXTRA ACTIVITIES SO IN TERMS WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE, PARK IMPROVEMENTS, IT IS GENERAL FUND MONEY AND CAN BE USE FOR THIS SO I APPRECIATE THIS SO IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD MR. SCOTT.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE T TODAY THAT THE CITY HAD BACK IN 2009.
WE'RE RUNNING ON A PRETTY THIN MARGIN WITH $12 MILLION.
I'M SURE I CORRECTLY, WE WENT THROUGH $30 MILLION IN 2009, AND THAT'S THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
WHILE IT'S GOOD TO HAVE T BUFFER WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T AS ROBUST AS IT WAS DURING THE GREAT RECESSION.
>> WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND REASSESS WHAT WE HAVE AFTER THIS, TO HAVE A LARGER RESERVE SO WE CAN UTILIZE IT FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN BREAK IT DOWN TO WHERE IT GOES SO WE KNOW WHAT IT'S FOR.
IN FACT, WHAT, MUCH OF WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS IN THE COLUMN THAT ROB SHOWED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOARD.
THE ITEM AT THE BOTTOM THAT SAYS EMERGENCY FUND TRANSFER WHICH IS WHAT THE MAYOR'S JUST TALKING ABOUT, THAT IS -- THE THAT'S THE BIGGEST PART OF WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
BECAUSE THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR US.
TO HAVE TO DIP TOO FAR INTO THAT.
AND IT CAN AFFECT BOND COVENANTS.
IT CAN CERTAINLY AFFECT BOND RATINGS.
THE RECENT FITCH RATING IN FACT SAID WE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER HAD WE HAD A BIGGER RESERVE FUND AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EATING INTO IT.
WE WON'T BE ALONE, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY BUT NONETHELESS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I T PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE PROBABLY PERSPECTIVE ON, AND I'M GOING TO LOWER THIS A LITTLE BIT.
>> I'M DISTANCING FROM EVERYBODY AROUND ME.
THE PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE INDIO CITY GOVERNMENT IS ANYTHING BUT A HEAVILY STAFFED CITY GOVERNMENT.
WE'RE A CITY THAT'S APPROACHING 100,000 PEOPLE AND WE HAVE AUTHORIZED SOMETHING LIKE 274 POSITIONS.
FULL-SERVICE CITY WITH A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A WATER AUTHORITY.
WE DO OKAY WITH IT AND IT'S NOT A COMPLAINT.
OUR STAFF IS HARD-WORKING, RESILIENT AND WE DO OKAY.
BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE US A LOT OF ROOM TO WIGGLE, WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT POLICE IN A MOMENT.
I WANTED TO GO OVER ON THIS BOARD, THIS IS WHAT WE TYPICALLY GO OVER ON THE BUDGET.
AND WE START WITH THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT GO INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND ROB'S BEEN THROUGH THAT.
SALES TAX IS GOING TO BE DOWN.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS IN THE BOOK IT LOOKS LIKE IT GOES UP, IT GOES UP BECAUSE WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THAT BORROW OD SALES TAX THAT THE GOVERNOR ALLOWED ALL THE SALES TAX COLLECTORS TO KEEP WE'RE ASSUMING WE GET PAID FOR THAT.
I WILL TELL YOU THE T WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT ALL.
BUSINESS GOES OUT O BUSINESS WE'RE NOT EVER GOING TO GET THAT SALES TAX.
BUT WE'RE ASSUMING WE'LL GET REPAID ON THAT SO IT MAKES THE SALES TAX NUMBER LOOK BIGGER THAN IT ACTUALLY IS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET BOOK YOU MIGHT THINK GOING UP BECAUSE THAT'S ASSUMING THERE'S A CONCERT IN APRIL.
IS TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, THE TAX ON A HOTEL RENTAL OR AT-HOME STAY.
IT'S ABOUT 900,000 UP I THINK.
WE'LL HOPE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
USUALLY WHEN YOU H DOWNTURN LIKE THIS IT TAKES MORE THAN A YEAR BEFORE PEOPLE START GETTING REASSESSMENTS.
AND SO WE'RE THINKING T THE ONE RELIABLE SOURCE THAT WE HAVE, UNLESS SOMEBODY
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DECIDES TO LOAN THAT OUT TO PEOPLE.WE THINK THAT THE P TAX WILL BE SOLID, PERMIT FEES ARE PRETTY MUCH FLAT.
AND AS I SAID, THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION HERE, NO CONCERT IN OCTOBER, BUT THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION OF CONCERTS IN APRIL.
SO WE GO AND WE LOOK AT W DO WE HAVE TO HAVE IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR THAT IS NEW AND DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT D ADDS OF PROGRAM BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN COSTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE BUT TO INCLUDE.
CALPERS, THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PENSIONS, UNFUNDED LIABILITY, THERE IS A COST INCREASE THERE OF $540,000.
THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE MORE THAN THAT.
JPIA IS OUR JOINT RISK POOL WHERE WE HAVE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LIABILITY CLAIMS, WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIMS, THAT COST I UP $250,000 THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE OUR CAL FIRE CONTRACT, AND THE CHIEF IS HERE AND WE'RE VERY PROUD AND HAPPY TO BE WORKING WITH CAL FIRE.
THEIR CONTRACT INCREASE IS $300,000, SOUND BIG, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT A HUGE INCREASE.
IT'S ACTUALLY A BIG PART OF THAT IS, WE ADOPTED WHAT'S CALLED MUNICIPAL STAFFING LAST YEAR.
THE SECOND HALF OF THAT COST IS ATTRIBUTED TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
OTHER LABOR COSTS T THE CITY, WE HAD A MID YEAR INCREASE IN THE MEDICAL INSURANCE, SO WE HAVE TO PUT 12 MONTHS' WORTH I YEAR.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WITH GET MERIT INCREASES WITH ANNIVERSARY DATES.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT $400,000 THERE.
COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES HAS GIVEN US A $200,000 INCREASE.
WE MAY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET INTO THE DEPTH OF THE BUDGET.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BEING SOME STUNT THERE.
IT, THE CITY HAS BEEN WAY BEHIND IN IMPLEMENTING MODERN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
WE'VE HAD A GREAT YEAR THANKS TO MEASURE X LARGELY OF IMPLEMENTING NEW SYSTEMS AND WE HAVE REALLY BEEN GOING GANG BUSTERS.
IT WILL SLOW DOWN N BECAUSE THE COVID ISSUE AND THE LOSS OF MEASURE X MONEY.
BUT THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE ADDED ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE COSTS.
AND THEN FLEET MAINTENANCE AND BUILDING AND GROUNDS.
THOSE ARE JUST I COSTAS THAT WE CONTRIBUTE TO FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.
AND IT'S JUST BEEN UNREALISTIC TO THINK OUR BUILDINGS, OUR OLD BUILDINGS AND SOME OF OUR BEAT UP FACILITIES THIS THERE WEREN'T GOING TO BE HIGHER COST.
SO YEAR AFTER YEAR WE END UP BUDGETING ONE NUMBER AND SPENDING MORE, WE'RE BEING MORE REALISTIC ABOUT THE NUMBERS.
THAT IS PRETTY ARE MUCH WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ADDING TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGETS.
YOU WILL RECALL THAT IN THE PAST I ALWAYS HAD A BIG LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO ADD.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING T THERE AREN'T ANY WANT-TO-HAVES IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANY MONEY.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE END UP WITH THAT.
WITH MEASURE X ITSELF, IT IS VERY UPSETTING TO TO SEE THE MEASURE X MONEY GET DIVERTED INTO AND INTO OPERATING COSTS BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE SO WELL WITH THAT.
BUT THINGS HAVE HAPPENED AND THERE IS JUST NOT ANOTHER SOURCE TO TURN TO.
SO THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE SPENDING MEASURE X MONEY ON DIRECTLY, NOT TRANSFERRING TO THE GENERAL FUND, INCLUDE DEBT SERVICE FOR THE JUDGMENT OBLIGATION BOND THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT WE HAVE TO PAY EVERY YEAR.
THERE IS A LONG TERM DEBT SERVICE ON THAT.
THE PS CAMPUS STANDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS.
WE'VE GOTH FACILITIES THAT ARE WAY, WAY INFERIOR TO WHAT THEY NEED TO BE, I SAY FAR INFERIOR AND WE HAVE BEEN MOVING RAPIDLY IN DEVELOPING A PLAN TO BRING THOSE FACILITIES UP.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DISPATCH CENTER REALLY BAD.
AND THEN WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE FIRE STATION WHICH IS EQUAL, EQUAL DEFINITION, I THINK.
AND THEN ON THE THIRD STEP WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT WHAT WE CALL PUBLIC SAFETY OR PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING, THAT IS A COMBINATION POLICE AND FIRE, ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS.
WE'VE GOT ARCHITECTS, HOLD ARCHITECTS, LOCAL FIRM DOING THE ARCHITECTURE ON THIS.
AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN.
BECAUSE WE ARE INTO THE DESIGN.
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AND IT WOULD BE A R AND A COST TO STOP THAT BEFORE WE FINISH IT.SO WE'VE BUDGETED $1:MILLION FOR THE DESIGN.
WE'RE GOING TO H HARD ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE CONSTRUCTION PART OF THIS.
SO WE'RE GOING T REALLY STRUGGLE TO FIND A WAY TO DO THAT.
ANYBODY DOESN'T BELIEVE IT, THEY SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE OUR DISPATCHERS WORK.
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS, IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD LIKE $5 MILLION IN THAT CATEGORY.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING $240,000 FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THE LOCAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE WANTED TO DO.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING SO WELL ON IT.
I ACTUALLY WENT TO AN EVENT THE OTHER DAY WHERE SOMEBODY SAID TO ME YOU'VE GOT TO STOP SPENDING SO ON ROADS AND START SPENDING IT ON, FILL IN THE BLANK.
I'VE NEVER HAD ANYBODY SAY THAT TO ME BEFORE.
IN MY WHOLE CAREER, NOBODY HAS EVER TOLD ME THE ROADS ARE LOOKING SO GOOD YOU SHOULD SPEND THE MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE.
MAYBE FOR ONE YEAR WE CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS BUT IT IS A SHAME BECAUSE WE'RE DOING SO WELL.
ERICA IS THE COMMUNICATION STATEMENT, THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT IS USED BY MANY AGENCIES.
IT IS GOING T THAN $1 MILLION.
THIS IS THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS.
PEOPLE'S LIVES C RISK ON A SYSTEM LIKE THIS, IF IT DOESN'T WORK.
SO WE'RE PUTTING $1 MILLION IN.
WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE MINIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE TO DEDICATE IN THIS NEXT YEAR, AND CHIEF CAN TALK ABOUT THIS IF WE NEED TO.
AND THEN THERE'S $200,000, OUR SHARE OF A NEW FIRE TRUCK THAT WE AGREED TO LAST YEAR THAT IS THE JOINTSLY BEING PUNCHED BY L COACHELLA AND INDIO.
TO GO INTO PROJECTS THIS YEAR, PROJECTS AND CAPITAL SPENDING, THE OTHER $5.184, BECAUSE ALL WE'RE LOOKING TO COLLECT IS 8.79 MILLION.
THE OTHER 5.184 C HERE TO BE PART OF THIS NEXT YEAR'S PROJECTIONS THAT ROB HAS ALREADY GONE OVER.
THE NEXT LINE HERE TALKS ABOUT $1.64 MILLION IN SALARY SAVINGS .
COUNCIL ASKED, DOES THIS CONTINUE ALL SERVICES? YES, IT DOES, WITH THE ASTERISK, THAT TO THE WE DON'T FILL SOME POSITIONS BECAUSE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE, WE MAY HAVE SOME MARGINAL IMPACT ON OPERATIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT $1.64 MILLION AND WE THINK BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE CAN BRING THAT UP TO $2 MILLION.
BUT WE ALSO THINK SOME OF WHAT'S IN THAT LIST PROBABLY WE HAVE TO PUT BACK IN.
THERE IS FOUR SWORN POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS IN THAT LIST RIGHT NOW.
>> IF YOU COULD WAIT FOR ONE SECOND.
I'M UNDER THE I THAT OUR CAMERA WENT OFF IN OUR THING SO NOBODY CAN SEE YOUR BOARD.
THEY'RE JUST LISTENING TO YOU TALK.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS UP REAL QUICK, ONE SECOND SO THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
>> LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WITH ZOOM SO WE ARE GETTING OUR CAMERA BACK UP AGAIN SO CAN YO BOARD YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND WHAT HE'S DOING IN LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET, VERY IMPORTANT SO BEAR WITH US PLEASE FOR A SECOND.
>> I COULD SING IN THE MEANTIME.
LA DA DA DA DA FIRST M I EVER DID HERE I SANG THE FIRST WORDS TO "ANNIE." I HAD NO REQUEST FOR REPEAT PERFORMANCE.
SPENT ALL THOSE Y BEVERLY HILLS THOUGHT I COULD SING.
>> IF IT WASN'T SO IMPORTANT WHAT WE'RE DOING I WOULD CONTINUE ON BUT I THINK
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PEOPLE NEED TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE VELOCITY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE LOOKING TO TRYING TO UTILIZE.>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT.THAT'S FINE.
>> I WAS TELLING SOMEBODY THIS IS MY 42ND MUNICIPAL BUDGET THROUGH THE YEAR AND MY FIRST BUDGET WAS PROBABLY PRINTED ON A MIMEOGRAPH MACHINE.
>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I KNOW WHAT IT IS.
ALL RIGHT CONTINUE FROM SCOTT.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEARING WITH US.
>> SO THE ONE THING THAT IS NOT CHANGED IN MY 42 YEARS IS THE LOW-TECH WHITE BOARD.
IT NEVER GOES OFF THE AIR BY ITSELF.
SO I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER HERE, THAT'S SAVINGS AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN GET THAT BIGGER DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
BUT I WAS GOING TO EXPLAIN ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS IS THAT RIGHT NOW AMONG THOSE POSITIONS THAT ARE FROZEN ARE FOUR POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS.
AND I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT OUR BUDGETS THEY SEE A GREAT BIG NUMBER FOR POLIC FIRE.
AND I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS.
A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO BE STAFFED 168 HOURS A WEEK.
THAT'S HOW MANY HOURS THERE ARE IN A WORK POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGETS THAT SUPPORT OTHER FUNCTIONS, YOU NECESSARILY ARE GOING TO HAVE IS SMALLER NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COVERING FOUR TIMES MORE HOURS IN A WEEK.
SO POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ALWAYS LOOK BIG.
EVERY MUNICIPAL BUDGET IN THE WORLD THEY'RE LARGE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT INDIO'S THOUGH IT GIVES A IMPRESSION.
BECAUSE OUT OF OUR 33 MILLION AND YOU HAVE TO BACK OUT 3.6 MILLION THAT IS CONCERT REIMBURSEMENT DOESN'T COST THE CITY A PENNY, YOU LOOK AT IT AND WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS THAT THE WAY YOU EVALUATE POLICING, IN TERMS OF HOW WELL COVERED A COMMUNITY IS, IS IT'S WIDELY USED IN THE INDUSTRY AS SWORN POLICE OFFICERS PER CAPITA.
OUR INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WE COVERED IN DEPTH LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET PROCESS IS THE SMALLEST RATIO OF FULL SERVICE POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN CALIFORNIA.
THERE'S AN EXHAUSTIVE SURVEY ON THAT.
WE WERE DEAD-LAST ON THAT LIST.
IT'S OKAY TO BE LOW BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A STRONG DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE SUCH A STRONG COMMUNITY THAT RELATES SO WELL TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY VERY LOW CRIME RATE.
BUT THE STAFFING IS DRAMATICALLY LOW.
THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE UNDER ONE.
THE TYPICAL DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES IS 1.5.
AND THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE SMALLER.
CATHEDRAL CITY IS NOT MUCH BIGGER THAN US.
PALM SPRINGS IS ALMOST DOUBLE WHAT OURS IS.
SO WE'RE LOW AND THE CHIEF MADE A COMPELLING ARGUMENT LAST YEAR THAT WE NEEDED TO INCREASE IT.
THE PLAN WAS TO DO FIVE LAST YEAR AND COME BACK AND DO FIVE AGAIN THIS YEAR.
RIGHT NOW I THROUGH ON WHAT'S HERE WE WOULD UNDUE WHAT WHEREAS LAST YEAR WE WOULD BE AT .
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I'M NOT SURE THAT'S T WE WANT TO GO BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO FILL THE COVERAGE WE WANT TO FILL.I DON'T WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE THE IMPRESSION THAT THE NUMBER ON THE BUDGET IS BIG.
THERE IS NECESSARILY A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM ON THE STAFFING.
BECAUSE ANYBODY THAT STUDIES IT WOULD REALLY THERE'S NOT.
SO ANYWAY, THE SALARY SAVINGS NUMBER, GET IT BIGGER.
I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN IT RIGHT NOW CAUGHT IN THE FREEZE, WE PROBABLY WANT TO UNDUE.
OTHER THINGS WILL COME UP THAT WE PROBABLY CAN CUT.
THE IDEA IS TO KEEP SERVICE LEVELS SO WE WILL TRY TO WHERE WE CAN AND NOT CUT WHERE WE CAN'T.
SO THAT LEAVES U THIS $4.8 MILLION THAT COMES OUT OF THE RESERVE FUND.
WE THINK WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THE END OF YEAR NUMBERS MAY BE BETTER THAN WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING AND THE SAVINGS CAN BE BETTER THAN WHAT W ARE SHOWING.
WE ARE REALLY DISAPPOINTED IF 4.8 TURNS OUT TO NUMBER OR WORSE.
LET ME FOR A MOMENT GO THROUGH FIRST OF ALL THE RISKS THAT WE FACE AND THEN I WANT TO END OPPORTUNITIES.
THE RISKS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR OF COURSE, NUMBER 1, IS THAT THE ECONOMY GETS EVEN WORSE.
ANOTHER COVID SPIKE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE ECONOMY GETS WORSE.
THAT WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM.ISTS GOING TO A BIGGER PROBLEM FOR CITIES THAT ARE MORE RELIANT ON SALES AND T.O.T.
BUT IT WILL BE A BIG P FOR ALL OF US INCLUDING INDIO IF THAT HAPPENS.
IF THE CONCERT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN APRIL, NOT ONLY NOT IN OCTOBER BUT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN APRIL, THAT'S A 3.SOMETHING MILLIO HIT DIRECTLY PLUS THE T.O.T.
THAT WE GET FROM SHORT RENTALS.
THAT WOULD HAVE A HUGE IMPACT OPEN OUR BUDGET THAT WERE TO HAPPEN.
IF WE WERE TO HAVE HIGHER LIABILITY COSTS AND YOU HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, I'VE MADE SOME COMMENTS RECENTLY ABOUT HAVING TO SPEND MONEY ON LITIGATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE O THOSE ISSUES.
THEN OF COURSE OVER TIME THERE IS A RISK CALPERS.
IF CALPERS RETURNS END UP EVEN WORSE THAN THEY'VE BEEN AND THAT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THEN WE COULD END UP THIS NUMBER GET BIGGER NEXT YEAR AND THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM.
WHAT DO WE THINK WE CAN DO TO MAKE THIS NUMBER SMALLER? WE STILL ARE HAVING DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN IN INDIO.
I THINK THAT IS A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ALL THROUGH THIS LAST TWO MONTHS WE HAVE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND WE'VE DONE OUR BEST TO SUPPORT IT.
WE HAVE HAD SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE BEING EXPLORED IN INDIO THAT WE WANT TO KEEP PURSUING BECAUSE IN THE LONG TERM THE ONLY WAY WE GET OUT OF THIS IS FOR THAT TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN BIGGER AND BETTER WAYS.
WE NEED THE MAJOR OFFICE PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYERS.
WE NEED THE THINGS THAT CREATE WEALTH IN A COMMUNITY.
LAND SALES, RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT POTENTIALLY, LIKE $3 MILLION WORTH OF LAND THAT WE'RE LOOKING SELLING.
CAR DEALERSHIPS, THE APARTMENTS THAT MR. SHOEMAN IS LOOKING TO BUILD OR DIFFERENT LAND.
THERE IS ABOUT $3 MILLION OF ONE TIME MONEY.
ASSUMING WE GET ALL THAT, ASSUMING ALL THOSE THINGS GO THROUGH THAT COULD BE AN OFFSET TO SOME OF THE EMERGENCY RESERVE.
THE RALPH'S INSURANCE PROCEEDS, THE OLD RALPH'S BUILDING THAT BURNT DOWN.
WE CAN APPLY THAT BUT THE DOWN SIDE, WE THINK WE COULD GET ABOUT $4 MILLION.
IF IT'S APPLIED OFFSIDE, WE GET 2 MILLION.
WE HAVE DO DECIDE WHAT W GOING TO DO, I'M SURE THEY WON'T HOLD IT FOREVER, THERE IS ANOTHER $2.5 MILLION.
OPERATING SAVINGS, AS I SAID WE THINK WE CAN DO BETTER.
AND THEN POSITIVE END OF YEAR BALANCE.
WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR CLOSE-OUT IN AUGUST WE WILL FIND OUT HOW WE DID IN THE -- AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE A SENSE BUT YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL YOU GO THROUGH IT.
AND WE'RE HOPING T COMES IN A LITTLE BETTER.
IT USUALLY COMES IN BETTER THAN WE EXPECT.
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HOPEFULLY THAT C SOME OF THE EMERGENCY RESERVE TRANSFER.THE PROBLEM IS WHAT IF THE ECONOMY DOESN'T HELP? WHAT IF THE ECONOMY GOES THE WRONG DIRECTION? THEN WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES.
SO THAT'S PRETTY WELL WHAT OUR SITUATION IS.
AS I SAID, WE'RE NOT ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO DEEP DIVE ON THE BUDGET.
WE THINK IF THE ECONOMY IS NOT HELPING US, WHEN WE GET BACK WITH THE NEXT REVIEW WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE COUNCIL OF TO DO SOME DEEP DIVE ON THE BUDGET BUT NOT TODAY.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THAT TODAY.
MS. RHAY WHAT YOU TIME DO YOU KNEAD FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, TEN MINUTES.
WE'LL GO TIOND A QUESTIONS, VIA TELECONFERENCE.
ANYTHING YOU W AT, UNLESS WE LOOK INTO STARTING THE MEETING A LITTLE BIT LATER.
>> UNLESS WE WANT TO START OUR MEETING A LITTLE LATER.
WE HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES, IF WE HAVE TO WE'LL GO INTO OUR REGULAR TIME SCHEDULED MEETING, START OUR MEETING A LITTLE LATER.
MS. RHAY HAS ABOUT TEN MINUTES TO PRESENT THE WATER AUTHORITY BUDGET.
>> YES, I HAVE ONE QUESTION, CITY MANAGER WHEN YOU WENT OVER THE GREEN PORTION OF THE WHITE BOARD WITH THE INCREASES, AS THE ONLY KNOWN INCREASES, I KNOW THOSE ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL BUT WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE BUDGET I DID NOTICE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS BEING INCREASED BY $100,000.
AND YOU SAID THERE ARE GOING TO BE NO NEW PROGRAMS. WHAT IS THAT $100,000 REFLECTIVE OF?
>> OH, THAT YEAH, NASA ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT RELATES TO THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT.
YEAH, I'LL NEED TO GO THROUGH AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS NORMALLY YOU WOULD IT A CAPITAL BUDGET.
A STUDY THAT WHAT IS OUR OPPORTUNITY IN THE DOWNTOWN AS FAR AS POWER SOURCE.
MR. ORTIZ ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN AN INTERESTING TOPIC THE OTHER DAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO THROW INTO THE POT ABOUT THAT BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT STUDY IS ABOUT.
>> YES, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT SO RELUCTANT TO APPROVE IT UNLESS I HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
>> YEAH, WE WON'T ASK ANYBODY TO APPROVE IT AS PART OF THIS BUDGET.
IT'S A COMMUNITY BASED TRADITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S SPECIAL REVENUE TAB.
AND SO IT SAYS WE HAVE $420,000 THAT'S RESERVED INFORM TRAINING.
IS THAT THROUGH A GRANT OR WHERE ARE THOSE FUNDS FROM AND WHAT IS THAT TRAINING PROGRAM THAT THAT IS FOR?
>> SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR TRENDS -- OUR -- WHAT IS THE NAME OF IT? TRANSITIONAL HOUSING GRANT THAT DOES OUR CVM HOUSING STUFF.
THAT IS FOR PROGRAMMATIC TRAINING AND PROGRAMS AT CVRM.
SO THOSE ARE OBLIGATED IN CONTRACT.
>> THANK YOU, IT'S GRANT-FUNDED.
MY ONLY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ANIMAL SERVICES, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO -- WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE ON THAT?
>> WE WANT TO BRING THAT IN AN TALK ABOUT IT.
THERE WAS A SURPRISE A WHILE AGO THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR THAT BIG INCREASE.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE COUNTY IS ASKING ON CONTRACT SERVICES.
THEY ARE USING A MUCH HIGHER ALLOCATED COST LOAD IN WHAT THEY CHARGE.
BASICALLY WHAT T SAYING IS FOR THE SAME SERVICE THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVING US THAT THEY WOULD WANT THAT MUCH MORE MONEY.
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I'M NOT SURE THAT WE NECESSARILY THEN WANT TO RENEW ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE GETTING.THERE IS A PART OF THE PROGRAM YOU WILL RECALL THAT THEY BEGGED US NOT TO DROP LAST TIME THAT WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD CANVASSING AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY THEY THE EDUCATION IS SO IMPORTANT THAT THE US NOT TO DROP IT.
AND WE SAID WE'D GIVE IT A TRY AS LONG AS THEY WOULD PROMISE US THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CEASE INSPECTION APART OF THAT, THAT SEEMED TO BE OCCURRING.
WE DON'T GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.
BUT WE STILL GET C THAT PERHAPS THAT'S NOT BEING DONE RIGHT.
I'M JUST NOT SURE THIS YEAR THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO INCREASE THAT BUDGET.
AND WE MAY WANT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT REDUCING THE SERVICE LEVEL FOR THE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER OPTIONS OF WHERE TO GO FOR ANIMAL SERVICES?
NO, WE GAVE UP OUR ANIMAL SERVICES BUILDING A LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE OF THE RENOVATIONS IT NEEDED AN THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE WENT TO THE COUNTY IS THE COST OF RENOVATING THE BUILDING.
AND IT'S A SPECIALTY SERVICE ANIMAL SAMARITANS ALL THE OTHER ONES DON'T PROVIDE THAT KIND OF SERVICE.
>> I THINK THE ONLY OTHER ONE AND I ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS ALREADY, WE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOU ENFORCEMENT, LIKE AS FAR AS THE COST FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT BEING PART OF THE POLICE FORCE.
SO IF WE COULD R IN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT BY PUTTING THEM AS PART OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, SEEMS TO BE IT WOULD BE SIMILA COST ACCORDING TO THE CITY MANAGER.
IF YOU COULD JUST E THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR THE PUBLIC.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FUNCTION IS A NONSWORN FUNCTION.
AND AS A RESULT, THEY DON'T HAVE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PACKAGE THAT POLICE OFFICERS DO.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE THE SAME BENEFIT PACKAGE, IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AS THEY DO IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE OTHER P QUESTION WAS, WHAT ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT THEY'RE USING, THE VEHICLES THEY USE.
THE VEHICLES THAT ARE BEING DRIVEN BY CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE NOT POLICE PATROL PURSUIT VEHICLES, IS THAT CORRECT?
AND SOME OF THE FUNDING THEY GOT FROM TAKING CARE OF ABANDONED VEHICLES, THAT GOES INTO THAT.
>> THE PART OF THE MONEY THAT'S GENERATED COMES BACK TO US.
SO THAT WAS USED FOR THE CURRENT CODE FLEET, SOME OF THE CURRENT CODE FLEET.
THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES IN THE LAW THOUGH SO GET AS MUCH AS WE USED TO.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVINGS ON THAT.
I THINK THAT'S MY F ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, I KNOW WE SEE A LOT HIGH AMOUNTS OF OVERTIME PAY.
AND I'M WONDERING, WITH OUR ADDED POLICE OFFICERS, IS THAT GOING TO REDUCE, ARE WE EXPECTING TO SEE A IN THOSE OVERTIME PAYS AND ALSO, HOW MUCH OF THAT OVERTIME PAY IS ACTUALLY REIMBURSED BY THE CONCERTS AND HOW MUCH IS IT THAT WE'RE PAYING AS A CITY?
>> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
THE CONCERT OVERTIME I REIMBURSED.
WE DON'T PAY A DIME FOR THE OVERTIME OR FOR THE STAFFING THAT WE DO FOR THE CONCERTS.
IN FACT NOT ONLY DOES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
THERE'S OTHER OVERTIME IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THERE'S A LINEAR CORRELATION BETWEEN HAVING OFFICERS AND NOT HAVING ENOUGH OFFICERS WHEN IT COMES TO OVERTIME.
THE LOWER THE STAFFING GOES, THE HIGHER THE GOES.
AND OVERTIME HOURS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO IT'S PROBABLY -- IT PROBABLY REDUCED SOME, THE OVERTIME LOAD, WHEN WE HAVE MORE OFFICERS.
ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T HAD T MANY NEW OFFICERS ON THE STREET YET BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN IN TRAINING AND THEY'VE BEEN IN THE ACADEMY.
BUT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN THE WE STARTED FREEZING POSITIONS.
OUR OVERTIME IS NOT TERRIBLE COMPARED TO A LOT AGENCIES.
IF YOU -- IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK ON TRANSPARENT CALIFORNIA, AND GET A SENSE FOR THE KIND OF THAT IS PAID IN MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE TO SEE THAT.
AND OUR FOLKS DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF MANAGING IT.
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>> YEAH, WELL THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT.
BECAUSE ON THAT WEBSITE SOMETIMES WE SEE THAT THE OVERTIME PAY CAN BE AS MUCH AS HALF WHAT THE SALARY IS AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE'RE SEEING SOME CONCERN FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT W REDUCE SOME OF THAT OVERTIME PAY.
>> WHEN IT GETS THAT HIGH THAT'S AN INDICATION YOU COULD HAVE USED ANOTHER POSITION.
THE TROUBLE IS, THE OVERTIME DOESN'T ALWAYS FALL ON THE DAYS THAT YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE STAFFED.
SO THE OTHER THING THAT PLAYS INTO IT IS THAT DEPARTMENTS ALL OVER HAVE A FAIRLY HIGH NUMBER OF THAT ARE OFF ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEDICAL LEAVE.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT CAUSES YOU TO END UP CALLING PEOPLE OUT FOR EXTRA DUTY.
BUT WE DO PRETTY WELL, BUT THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHEN YOU HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE OVERTIME GETS SO HIGH THAT IT'S PENNY FOOLISH NOT TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A -- GOING INTO THIS THAT WE'RE CONSCIOUSLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WHAT WE CAN TO REDUCE THOSE OVERTIME HOURS AND SAVE SOME MONEY THERE.
YOU KNOW WITH RESPECT TO THE COUNTY THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND MONEY AND SO IT'S ROLLING DOWNHILL US ARE HAVING TO BEAR THE BRUNT.
I WAS SURPRISED A $200,000 INCREASE IN ANIMAL SERVICES.
THERE'S GOT TO B CAN MAINTAINS A LEVEL OF SERVICE.
I REALLY, OVER AND OVER, I COME UP WITH THE THOUGHT THAT WE ARE SMALL BUT MIGHTY.
OUR STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WORKS SO HARD EVERYTHING CONSISTENT.
WE ARE A SMALL BUT MIGHTY CITY AND ORGANIZATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS, I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH JUST UNDER 20 YEARS, TO SEE THE POSITIVE EVOLUTION OF OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WITH OUR FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS, WITH OUR YOUTH, WITH OUR FAMILIES, WITH OUR SCHOOLS, WITH EVERYTHING.
AND THAT HAS JUST CREATED A QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR CITY OF INDIO.
TO THAT END, I AM H TO, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, PUT THE BRAKES ON BRINGING ON OR TRAINING NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
IT'S A BALANCE, BECAUSE W CERTAINLY, IF THINGS GET WORSE, DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO LET ANYONE GO.
BUT THAT POSITIVE MOMENTUM IS STRONG, VERY, VERY STRONG.
AS ILLUSTRATED, LIKE I SAID IN THE FAITH BASED THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED WITH, MOUNTAIN PROGRAMS WITH RESCUE MISSION, PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING PRODUCTIVE LIVES DIRECTLY AS A RESULT OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKING, THE YOUTH WHO IS LIVES THEY L IMPACT, MAY WANT TO KEEP, MAY HAVE TO SLOW IT DOWN, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IF WE CAN FIND THAT EXTRA PENNY TO KEEP THA GOING.
CITY MANAGER, MR. ROCKWELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUDGET.
WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED WE HAD JUST GONE THROUGH AND MADE MAJOR CUTS.
THANK GOD WE HAVE A L BIT OF RESERVES HERE, WE HAVE MEASURE X THANKS TO OUR ARE RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE TOOLS, WE NEED TO SEE IF YOU CAN FIND SAVINGS IN ANY OTHER AREAS, I KNOW YOU ARE SCOURING IT.
I BELIEVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM SAYS, WE HAVE AN INVESTMENT IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR INVESTMENTS, WE NEED PEOPLE, WE SEEM TO BE ALWAYS UNDERSTAFFED ANYWAY.
IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE GOT TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET WITH MEASURE X, W TAKE IT SO LONG BECAUSE THE REASON WE TOOK MEASURE HAVE SO MANY OLDER BUILDINGS AND ROADS TO BE IMPROVED, THE FURTHER WE GET BEHIND THE FURTHER WE ARE.
I UNDERSTAND W CONTINUE TO RUN OUR BUDGET AND TWO MORE YEARS OF MEASURE X IS NOT GOING TO DEVASTATE US BUT SET US BACK $10 MILLION, WHICH CONTINUES TO BRING US LIKE THE NEW VALLAR SUPERMARKET COMING IN.
WE'VE GOT EVERY MAJOR BUILDER INCLUDING PULTE COMING IN.
WE HAVE TO INVEST MONEY T MAKE MONEY.
ONE THING WITH M WHICH I AGREED TO SUPPORT IT WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, IT WAS GOING TO BE A SUNSET OF 20 YEARS.
NOT NOW IS T OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY ASK HURTING, LONG TERM TO BOND TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THINGS THAT WE NEED.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M POPULAR AND HAPPY WITH IS THAT, BUT WE'RE INVESTING IN OURSELVES AND INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY, THA VALLARTA AND OTHER PLACES AND HOME BUILTERS SEE IN INDIO, THEY SEE US AS A GOOD INVESTMENT WHY THEY ARE NOT GOING AND BUILDING OTHER PLACES THEY ARE COMING HERE BECAUSE OF THE COMMITMENT
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FROM OUR STAFF, OUR COUNCIL AND OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE A IMMIGRATE COMMUNITY.SO I THINK WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE ON WITH THIS BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT TO WATCH OUR DOLLARS.
ROB HAS GOT TO HAVE A CASH FLOW.
I CAN SEE THE LOOK IN IN HIS EYES, WE HAVE A CASH FLOW CREDIT ISSUE.
PROTECTING OUR STAFF PROTECTS OUR RESIDENTS.
OUR INVESTMENT IN OUR STAFF IS AN INVESTMENT DIRECTLY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT IS THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT GOING TO NEED TO DO.
WE HAVE TO THINK OF OTHER WAYS TO BRING DOLLARS IN.
WE HAVE TALKED TO G VOICE ABOUT POSSIBLY HAVING A CONCERT, COUNTY FUNDING, AND THE SERVICES WHAT THEY HAVE SO WE'LL GET THER GOT GREAT CONFIDENCE IN YOU GUYS ABILITY.
I THINK THE R COUNCIL DOES TOO.
SO IF YOU CAN BRING THIS BACK TO US WITH WHAT YOU EXACTLY THINK WE NEED, GIVE US AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE, IF WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING AFTER THE 17TH BECAUSE WE CAN'T AGREE WITH IT, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO, WE NEED A BUY IN FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THIS UP BECAUSE THIS COULD BE ROCKY ROAD AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON A CAN ROAD, I APPRECIATE YOUR WHITE BOARD AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE INDIO WATER AUTHORITY.
I THINK ROB AND OTHERS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED.
PLEASE REACH OUT T MANAGER, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT OUT THERE SEND AN E-MAIL GIVE US YOUR COMMENTS ON WHAT IT IS AND ALSO COUNSEL IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU WANT PLEASE DO THAT.
DID WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM B WHICH IS THE INDIO WATER AUTHORITY'S RECOMMENDED
[b. Indio Water Authority’s Recommended Operating and Capital Improvement Budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 (“FY 2020-21”) (Trish Rhay, IWA General Manager)]
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.MS. RHAY, CAN YOU HANDLE THIS FOR US?
>> THERE WE GO, ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, MAYOR FRO TELL AND COUNCILMEMBERS OTHANK YOU.
THIS SHOULD BE QUICK, I'LL GO AS FAST AS I CAN.
>> PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME, IT IS IMPORTANT AS EVERYTHING ELSE.
IF WE HAVE TO START OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED FEW MINUTES LATE WE'LL SCHEDULE A FEW MINUTES LATE.
WE WANT TO GRATIFY YOU THE DIRECTION YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED.
SO FOR THE INDIO W AUTHORITY, WHILE WE ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND THAT IS A LITTLE LESS IMPACTED BY THE ECONOMIC SITUATION, WE AR SENSITIVE THAT WE HAVE CUSTOMERS OUT THERE THAT ARE STRUGGLING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO M THE IMPACT TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
BUT STILL ENSURE THAT W PROVIDING SAFE WATER.
SO OVERALL, FOR REVENUES FOR 2020-21, SUMMARY WISE WE ARE FLAT.
WE ARE PROJECTING FLAT REVENUES.
OUR PROPOSAL INCLUDES NO WATER RATE INCREASE REQUESTS.
WE ARE PROJECTING THE PAYMENT GROWTH WILL BE AT 2%.
OUR REIMBURSEMENTS ARE GOING DOWN.
THIS IS DUE DO B HEIGHTS AND WALLER TRACKING COMPLETED.
SO WE AREN'T RECEIVING ANY MORE REIMBURSEMENTS FROM THAT BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING A GRANT FOR CONSERVATION.
WE ARE ADJUSTING O REPLENISHMENT ASSESSMENT RATES, FOR LAST TWO YEARS, CVWD HAS PROPOSED I BELIEVE A SEVEN OR 8% RATE INCREASE.
NEITHER YEAR PASSED, BUT WE HAD ANTICIPATED AND PUT IN OUR BUDGET AN INCREASE.
SO WE ARE ADJUSTING IT BACK TO THE BASE BEFORE PROPOSED RATE INCREASES.
AND THEN INTEREST REVENUES AND TRANSFER IN ARE RELATIVELY FLAT.
BOTTOM LINE, MY GOAL WAS TO MINIMIZE AND ELIMINATE A POSSIBILITY OF RATE INCREASE AND ALSO LOOK AT HOW DO WE PROTECT OUR CUSTOMERS AND THEN ALSO PREPARE FOR SOME BIGGER DECISIONS IF THE COUNCIL STILL WANTS TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.
SO OVERALL, WE ARE REDUCING OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES BY 6%.
WE'RE CAN ACCOMPLISHING THIS BY ELIMINATING SIX VACANT POSITIONS.
THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT BY THE WAY, TODAY IS MY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF BEING WITH THE CITY AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
THESE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN VAIFNT SINCE I HAVE HERE, WE ARE FUNCTIONING
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WELL, I'D RATHER ELIMINATE THESE AND COME BACK AND ASK FOR THE ONES THAT WE THINK FIT BETTER FOR THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE.OUR INCREASES, WE ARE CONSOLIDATING OUR USE WITH THE CITY SO OUR INTERNAL SERVICE HAS GONE UP A BIT.
AND THE OTHER INCREASE WHICH YOU'LL NOTICE IS QUITE LARGE IS THE 328% INCREASE IN TRANSFER-OUTS.
THIS IS -- THIS DOESN'T REPRESENT INCREASED SPENDING.
THIS REPRESENTS A NEW STRUCTURE WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
MY GOAL IS TO G CAPITAL PROGRAM INTO ITS OWN FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE TRANSPARENCY ON COST EXPENDITURES OF ALL OF OU CAPITAL PROGRAMS AND KEEP THEM SEPARATE FROM OUR OPERATING EXPENSES.
AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
SALARIES ARE DOWN, WHILE WE CUT THE EQUIVALENT OF 4 FTES, WE DID HAVE INCREASES FOR CITY SUPPORT STAFF.
SO IT WAS KIND OF A WASH MANY BUT AT LEAST WE DIDN'T END IN RAISE INCREASES.
WE HAD A DECREASE CAN OF 17% IN SERVICES, AND CHARGES, AND THOSE WERE MAINLY FOR THE RACK, TRANSFERRING OUT TO THE CAPITAL PROGRAM.
THIS IS WHERE WE SAT WITH STAFF AND TALKED ABOUT NOW'S NOT THE TIME TO BE AGGRESSIVE.
BUT NOW'S THE T STEADY IN HOW WE MAINTAIN AND REHAB OUR SYSTEMS. SO LET'S DO WHAT WE NEED TO DID BUT LET'S NOT GO OVERBOARD UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO BE LIKE COMING UP.
OVERALL WITH THIS BUDGET ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN WE HAVE A SURPLUS OF A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION, SO WE ARE PUTTING INTO SURPLUS $2 MILLION THAT WILL ALLOW US TO COME BACK AND EITHER PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, OR IF OUR ESTIMATES ARE WRONG, THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE BOARD, COUNCIL, AND TALK ABOU ADJUSTMENTS WE'LL NEED TO MAKE.
THIS IS THE NEW STRUCTURE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WE HAD FUNDS, AND YOU'LL SEE THEM COMING UP, FOR ONES THAT ARE PAID THROUGH ASSESSMENT FEES LIKE THE WATER SUPPLEMENTAL, WATE SUPPLY FEE.
WE NEED TO DO WITH RATE REVENUE AND THOSE ARE THAT DON'T -- AREN'T IMPACTED BY DEVELOPMENT, PIPES ARE GETTING OLD, THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED, PUMP STATIONS ARE WEARING OUT, WE NEED TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE NOW CONSOLIDATED A OF THOSE PROJECTS INTO ONE FUND, FUND 12 AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER TRACK THE COSTS OF THAT.
THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE SHOWING, A WIDE VARIETY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS SOFTWARE.
AND KIND OF BASIC K THE OPERATION GOING.
SUPPLEMENTAL WATER SUPPLY, YOU'LL KNOW THAT COMING UP, I'VE PROMISED TO COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU BEFORE WE SPEND ANY MONEY ON THIS.
SO THE ONLY MONEY WE HAVE ALLOCATED FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPLY IS FOR VSD.
WE WERE ASKED BY THE EVRA BOARD TO LOOK AT LEASE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE COST OF SPREADING VERSUS INJECTION AT VALLEY SANITARY DISTRICT FOR RECLAIMED WATER.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, T IS ALREADY IN THE EVRA BUDGET.
BUT WE HAVE DO A BECAUSE WE WILL BE MANAGING THE PROJECT, WE HAVE TO SHOW IT ON THE BOOKS THAT IT WILL BE REIMBURSED.
THE WELL EQUIPINGS AND THIS IS A NEW WELL FOR US, BETTER CONTROL WATER FLOW IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY.
AND EQUIPMENT T ARE GOING TO BE TRANSFERRING $400,000 INTO THIS ACCOUNT, EVERY YEAR, SOME OF IT -- SOME YEARS IT YOU MAY AL GET SPENT, OTHERS IT WOINT, BUT IT WILL BE CARRIED OVER BECAUSE THIS IS A PROJECTION FOR ANNUAL NEED OF REPLACEMENT.
AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVIDE ME FEEDBACK.
WITH ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS BUDGET.
AND APPROVE COMING BACK ON THE 17TH FOR ADOPTION.
ANYBODY FROM THE TELECONFERENCE AMITH, FERMON OR ORTIZ, HAVE ANYTHING TO
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SAY FOR MS. RHAY? OSCAR, GO AHEAD.>> CAN YOU GO OVER THE TRANSFER-OUT AGAIN?
>> TRANSFER OUT, FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT COME OUT OF RATE OR FUND 10 SAY, SO THEY'RE COVERED BY OUR BASE FUND 10 REVENUE.
AND WHAT WE USED TO DO IN THE PAST IS, IT WOULD OUR OPERATING BUDGET IN ENGINEERING AND GET MIXED UP WITH ALL THE OTHER FUNDS, 10 OPERATING WORK THAT WE DO.
AND YOU DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD COST ACCOUNTING FOR HOW MUCH, HOW SUCCESSFUL WERE YOU BEING IN YOUR CAPITAL PROGRAM.
SO NOW WHAT QUEER DOING IS, WE'RE PICKING UP THE CAPITAL PROGRAM, RIGHT NOW THIS COMING YEAR IT'S $1.3 MILLION THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED FOR CAPITAL.
WE'RE GOING TO PICK THAT U OUT OF FUND 10 AND TRANSFER IT INTO FUND 12, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT AND MANAGE IT BETTER.
>> AND THEN YOU ALSO SAID YOU HAD $2 MILLION IN RESERVES, IS THAT RIGHT?
IT WILL BE USED WITHIN ALL OF OUR KIND OF RESERVES.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION I WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.
IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT A RESERVES AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE STRUCTURED.
I THINK WE CAN MAKE THEM BETTER.
BUT IN THE LONG RUN, IT IS FUNDS THAT ARE UNALLOCATED AND AVAILABLE FOR USE.
EITHER FOR RESERVE OR ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES.
>> THANK YOU MS. RHAY, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW CONSERVATION PROJECTS GOING THROUGH THE CITY.
>> PLEASE GIVE THEM OUR THANKS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.
WITH THAT WE ARE GOING TO END THIS MEETING AT 5:00.
I AM GOING TO TAKE A RECESS FOR 5:05, WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.