ALL RIGHT. WE ARE READY TO GET STARTED.
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OUR FIRST DAY OF THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET RETREAT.[1. Call to Order NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the City Council and to the general public that, at this work session, the City Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for discussion and consultation with the City’s attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3).]
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH, 2024.
I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER AND GIVING NOTICE THAT MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WE MAY VOTE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS FOR LEGAL ADVICE ON ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE ROLL CALL? MAYOR DAGGETT HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEW COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET. ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? BE GLAD TO STAND UP AS YOU'RE ABLE.
IS WHAT? COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT? TO BE ABLE. THE MISSION OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SWEET.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO READ THE LAND? ACKNOWLEDGMENT. MY HONOR.
THESE LANDS ARE STILL INHABITED BY NATIVE DESCENDANTS.
BORDER MOUNTAIN SACRED TO INDIGENOUS.
THEIR LEGACIES, THEIR TRADITIONS AND THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE CELEBRATE THEIR PAST, PRESENT AND WILL FOREVER KNOW THIS PLACE IS HOME.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S LET'S GET INTO IT.
[4. City Council FY 2024-2025 Budget Retreat Present City Manager's Recommended Budget for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 and receive Council direction.]
YOU FOR ME, MAYOR? YES.WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST, KJ.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR SPECIAL GUEST TODAY? AND WE'LL PUT HIM ON THE SPOT IN THIS ROOM FULL OF GROWN UPS.
CARTER. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE, EVERYBODY.
GREG CLIFTON, YOUR CITY MANAGER.
IN A MINUTE, I'LL INTRODUCE OUR FACILITATOR.
BUT I WANT TO JUST OPEN UP BY SAYING HOW IMPORTANT THIS RETREAT IS TODAY AND TOMORROW.
IS IT? THIS IS A TWO DAY RETREAT.
THIS KIND OF REPRESENTS THE FINAL STRETCH OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
AND WE STARTED OUT FOR THE YEAR AND THEN RETREATED IN FEBRUARY AND THEN HAD OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS RETREAT EARLIER CLIFTON IN APRIL OR LATE MARCH.
LONG PROCESS BETWEEN THE RETREATS.
THE THE FINANCE TEAM WHO REPRESENTS A GOOD PART OF OUR BUDGET TEAM, BEEN VERY BUSY.
ALL THE DIVISIONS HAVE BEEN BUSY AS WELL.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS.
I ESPECIALLY WANT TO POINT OUT HEIDI DERRYBERRY AND BRANDY.
BRANDY FOR HAVING A HARD TIME TALKING ALREADY.
RICK TADDER AND THE FINANCE PEOPLE AND THE ENTIRE BUDGET TEAM, WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, PUTTING TOGETHER EVERYTHING THAT WE'LL BE HEARING ABOUT TODAY.
SO LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR THAT GROUP.
LET'S. WE'LL GET AN INTRODUCTION OF THE BUDGET TEAM A LITTLE BIT LATER, I BELIEVE.
I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME YOU HERE AND TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT LIES AHEAD.
YOU KNOW DURING THESE BUDGET RETREATS, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PROTOCOL IN PLACE.
THE MAYOR WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT SHE HANDS IT OVER TO US TO KIND OF WITH THE MEETING.
IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT FREE FLOWING DURING THESE RETREATS.
I WILL JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WILL, SO WE CAN SEE YOU AND WE'LL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.
AND WE STILL NEED TO COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM TO GET THIS.
YES, WE DO. SO WE HAVE A MICROPHONE UP HERE.
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TURN IT ON. YEAH, RIGHT.WE'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BACK HERE.
ESPECIALLY YOU, SAM BECKETT IN THE VERY BACK.
SO IF YOU'RE ASKING A QUESTION OR YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR WE'RE ASKING YOU SOMETHING, FIND YOUR WAY SOMEWHERE UP IN PROXIMITY TO THIS AND SPEAK LOUDLY AND WE'LL PICK IT UP. BECAUSE THIS IS A RECORDED MEETING.
LAST NIGHT I GOT PINGED FROM MY PHONE AT 1:22 A.M..
YEAH. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GET PINGED AT 1:22 A.M..
IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WHAT'S GOING ON? I GET THIS EMAIL.
NO SUBJECT COMES FROM AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED DAVID.
EDWARD, GREETINGS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE COMPENSATION MONEY I SENT TO YOU THROUGH MY SECRETARY? FRANK. DONALD.
DONALD MISSPELLED FRANK WITH THE LOWER CASE F.
DID YOU GET THAT ALSO? I GOT IT DAMN.
AND DIDN'T KNOW QUITE HOW TO RESPOND.
OF COURSE NOT THINKING CLEARLY AT 1:22 A.M..
SO I GAVE IT MY BEST AND I SAID, DEAR MR. EDWARD, PLEASE INSTRUCT YOUR SECRETARY FRANK DONALD, TO SEND MY PERSONAL ACCOUNT, AND I WILL TO TO CONTACT ME FOR MY PERSONAL ACCOUNT INFORMATION, AND WE CAN WORK OUT THE DETAILS.
BELOW IS MY PERSONAL NUMBER WHERE YOU CAN REACH ME AT ANY TIME.
IN A SECOND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR FACILITATOR.
JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY I NEEDED TO GO OVER THE AGENDA.
GOT THE POWER? YEAH, THAT'S A CONCERN.
I HAVE THE CLICKER, BUT STACEY HAS THE POWER.
WHERE YOU'D BE NOTHING WITHOUT THE TEAM.
I WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT THE TEAM.
I. I REMIND MYSELF OF THAT AT LEAST ONCE A DAY.
I THINK WE WENT OVER THIS TODAY.
YOU KNOW, AS ALWAYS IN THESE RETREATS, WE'RE AT HIGH LEVEL.
BUT WE HAVE THE ENTIRE STAFF HERE.
IF WE NEED TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ON SOMETHING, YOU'VE GOT THE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM.
THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS IN THE ROOM.
IT IS A COMPLEX PROCESS WITH MULTIPLE COMPONENTS.
WE TRY TO KEEP IT VERY DIGESTIBLE FOR YOU.
GREAT AMOUNT OF STAFF DISCUSSION TO GET HERE.
I THINK I TOUCHED ON THAT WE'RE NOT HERE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. WE'RE HERE TO BUILD FRAMEWORK.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE RETREATS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT ONE CAME FROM, BUT I REALLY LIKE IT.
WE WANT TO THIS TO BE ENGAGED.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO WEIGH IN AS YOU FEEL THE NEED OR THE DESIRE.
AND PLEASE BE SUCCINCT, WHICH I'M NOT.
AND JEFF WILL HELP US STAY ON TRACK.
SO JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE A DETAILED AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU WITH ALL THE SPECIFICS AND THOSE WHO WILL BE PRESENTING.
THEN WE'LL HEAR ABOUT REVENUE UPDATES.
THIS IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS CHANGING.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE MEAT OF IT.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE WILL BE HEARING FROM OUR EMPLOYEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHO, BY THE WAY, HAS A SEAT AT OUR BUDGET TEAM AND IS INTEGRATED INTO THIS PROCESS THROUGHOUT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEW BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
LARGE DOSE OF THAT AT THE MARCH RETREAT.
BUT WE'LL RECAP ON SOME THINGS.
EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN TOMORROW, TOMORROW WILL NOT BE A FULL DAY WE DON'T THINK.
WE LIKE TO BE A LITTLE BIT NIMBLE WITH THESE AGENDAS.
SO IF WE GET AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, IT'LL END SOONER TOMORROW.
IF WE GET BEHIND, TOMORROW IS A BIT OF A RELIEF VALVE.
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THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT, BUT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON.SO THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO ONCE AGAIN PULL UP THIS BIO ON OUR WONDERFUL FACILITATOR, JEFF KENNEDY.
I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON THIS BIO BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SUCH A NICE READ.
JEFF KENNEDY WITH THE LANCASTER GROUP WILL BE FACILITATING.
JEFF BRINGS TO US 17 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A PASTOR, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, AND FACILITATOR.
TODAY'S SERMON IS ALL ABOUT BUDGET.
25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE RADIO INDUSTRY.
JEFF, WE'VE ALREADY ASCERTAINED THAT YOU'RE NOT A BRONCOS FAN.
BUT I WANT TO KNOW, ARE YOU A NUGGETS FAN? BEFORE YOU ANSWER, THINK ABOUT THIS.
THE NUGGETS HAVE ALREADY WON TWO GAMES.
ALL RIGHT SO FAR IN THE PLAYOFFS.
AND LAST YEAR THEY PLAYED THE LAKERS AND SWEPT THEM.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE NUGGETS.
I'M STILL NOT A NUGGETS FAN AND THAT IS A SORE SPOT.
SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO JUST LIKE LICK MY WOUNDS BEFORE I GET UP AND SAY ANYTHING ELSE.
YEAH. SPORTS TALK AND, OF COURSE, RELIGIOUS THEMED PROGRAMING.
25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN RETAIL MANAGEMENT.
JEFF IS ALSO A DEI DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION TRAINER AND COACH.
AND A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SERVICE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE EXPERIENCE AS A LINGUIST.
JEFF HAS MADE HIS LIFE'S PASSION AND MISSION TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS AND TO FIGHT FOR EQUITY OF ALL REGARDLESS OF GENDER, RACE, RELIGION, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
LET'S GIVE JEFF A WARM WELCOME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE DIG ON THE LAKERS, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FORGIVEN.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR DAGGETT, VICE MAYOR, ASHLAND CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN BEFORE WE GET INTO.
I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO KEEP US ON PACE, MAYBE GET US OUT A FEW MINUTES EARLY.
SO IF YOU START TO BE A LITTLE BIT LONG.
AT THE FIVE MINUTE MARK, I'LL STAND UP, REMEMBER, OVER HERE.
AND IF YOU GET IN KIND OF THAT ONE MINUTE WINDOW, I'LL WALK BACK TOWARDS THE DOOR.
THAT'S YOUR CUE TO WRAP IT UP.
I WON'T DO THINGS. YOU KNOW, THOSE NONVERBAL CUES LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ANNOYING.
OKAY. EVERYBODY AGREE WITH THAT.
REALLY COOL ACTIVITY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THAT.
SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION, AND I WANT YOU TO JOT THIS DOWN FOR ME.
AND THEN IN A MOMENT, I'M GOING TO ASK SEVERAL OF YOU TO SHARE, PROBABLY MAYBE A PERSON ON EACH ROW.
AND MOST OF US PROBABLY HAVE A MANTRA, RIGHT? WE HAVE SOME PERSONAL MANTRA OR A QUOTE.
SO IF YOU WOULD TAKE 100 AND 20S AND WRITE DOWN EITHER A PERSONAL MANTRA OF YOURS OR A QUOTE THAT YOU HEARD TODAY OR RECENTLY, THAT MEANT SOMETHING TO YOU.
TIME. YOU CAN'T USE THE ONE WE USE THIS WEEK BECAUSE I'M USING IT.
I GUESS I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH THE QUESTION.
LIKE EVERYONE HAS A PERSONAL MANTRA OR 2 OR 10, RIGHT? NO, NO. OKAY.
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THEY TEND TO KIND OF CHANGE OVER THE OVER THE YEARS.ALL RIGHT. ABOUT ANOTHER MINUTE.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY HAVE SOMETHING.
ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, I'M GOING TO START WITH THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND WORK FORWARD.
SO ALONG THAT BACK ROW, WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER BEFORE I VOLUNTEER YOU TO STAND UP AND TELL ME YOUR MANTRA OR YOUR QUOTE FOR TODAY. MR. SAM BECKETT, AND I REALIZE THAT.
YOU'RE PART OF SOMETHING GOOD. ANYONE ELSE ON THE BACK ROW? POOR PERSON, SAM.
REAL GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT ROW. LET'S MOVE QUICK.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. SOME SOMEONE ELSE ON THAT ROW.
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT GOING TO CALL ON YOU.
COME ON. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. NEXT TIME SOMEONE ASKS YOU THE QUESTION, YOU CAN SAY IT LIKE YOU THOUGHT OF IT.
NEXT. ROWE. WORK HARD, PLAY HARD, BE GOOD.
ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO USE THAT. I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT.
LIKE I THOUGHT OF IT. SOMEONE ELSE ON THAT ROW.
VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP.
WELL, KATE, I UNDERSTAND YOUR INTENT.
COMMUNICATE AND UNDERSTAND YOUR INTENT.
AGREEMENTS. ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST.
ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST. ALL RIGHT.
NEXT ROW. ONLY I SAY TO MY BOSS REGULARLY, LET IT GO.
THESE FIVE TIMES A DAY. YOU KNOW THAT ONE WORKS.
UNLESS IT'S YOUR KIDS TELLING YOU THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T GO OVER QUITE AS WELL.
ANYONE ELSE ON THAT ROW? SO THIS IS GOING TO BE. YOU WERE SITTING ON COMPUTERS.
LET IT GO. IT'S FUNNY THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.
I YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOU SAYING THAT OUT LOUD.
AND SOMEONE'S SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE THAT, RIGHT? THAT WASN'T VERY SUBTLE.
ALL RIGHT, UP FRONT. LET'S LET'S START HERE.
ANYONE ELSE OVER HERE? WELL, I RECENTLY READ THIS IN A BOOK, AND I KIND OF STUCK WITH ME.
JUST. IF YOU'RE ENOUGH LUCKY TO BE IRISH, YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH.
I JUST START OFF BY SAYING YOU'VE GOT THIS.
YOU'VE GOT THIS. ALL RIGHT. OVER HERE.
COME TO YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS, THIS ONE WE USE THIS WEEK SO PEOPLE HAVE HEARD IT.
THE FUTURE STARTS TODAY, NOT TOMORROW.
YES. BE GENTLE WITH YOURSELF AND STRIVE TO BE HAPPY.
A CALM SEAT IS NOT A SKILLED SAILOR.
DOES NOT A SKILLED SAILOR MAKE CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD.
IT CAME ON A 14TH AND IT STUCK WITH ME.
WELL, I TOOK YOUR EXERCISE LITERALLY.
EVERY MORNING I SAY TO MYSELF WHEN I WAKE UP, IT'S WAY TOO EARLY.
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OKAY. WHAT FOLLOWS THAT? I'M JUST CURIOUS.MAYOR DAGGETT STRONG LEADERS ENGAGE THEIR CRITICS AND MAKE THEMSELVES STRONGER.
WEAK LEADERS SILENCE THEIR CRITICS AND MAKE THEMSELVES WEAKER.
ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU HEARD? WE WENT AROUND THE ROOM, DID SOMETHING, GRABBED ANYONE? YEAH, BUT READ THE PLAQUE.
THE OTHERS. I'M SURPRISED EVERYONE DIDN'T SAY LET IT GO.
SO. SO I FOUND THIS QUOTE THIS MORNING.
PATRICK LENCIONI SAYS SUCCESS IS NOT A MATTER OF MASTERING SUBTLE, SOPHISTICATED THEORY, BUT RATHER OF EMBRACING COMMON SENSE WITH UNCOMMON LEVELS OF DISCIPLINE AND PERSISTENCE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS AND I HAVE I HAVE A NUMBER OF MANTRAS THAT THAT I LIVE BY.
YOU KNOW, I START WITH, WITH A SCRIPTURE QUOTE EACH MORNING.
BUT SOMETHING HIT ME BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU.
AND SOMETIMES WE TELL PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE IT'S THE MEANEST IN THE FIGHT OR THE OR THE, THE THE CRAZIEST IN THE FIGHT, OR THE BIGGEST IN THE FIGHT THAT WINS THE FIGHT. I ALWAYS LIVE BY THIS MANTRA.
IT'S NOT THE BIGGEST, THE MEANEST, THE CRAZIEST.
WHO WINS THE FIGHT? THE BEST FIGHTER MEANS TRUST YOUR TRAINING.
TRUST YOUR DISCIPLINE, TRUST THE PROCESS.
AND YOU WILL SUCCEED IN MOST BATTLES.
SO WITH THAT, LET'S GET STARTED.
WE'RE GOING TO STAY ON POINT, ARE WE? WE'RE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT ON TIME.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PICK UP ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
OKAY. SO WE'LL START OUT BUDGET OVERVIEW.
MORNING. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR COUNCIL HEIDI DERRYBERRY, THE CITY'S ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
SO IF YOU RECALL, BACK IN DECEMBER WAS OUR FIRST RETREAT WHERE WE KICKED OFF THIS BUDGET CYCLE.
THEN IN FEBRUARY, THE BUDGET TEAM WAS BACK FOR THE SECOND RETREAT NOT ON HERE IS IN MARCH.
WE DID HAVE THE CAPITAL RETREAT.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU WILL SEE AS REQUEST ITEMS AS WELL AS NEEDS.
WE SPENT A GOOD THREE WEEKS TOGETHER.
BUDGET TEAM WAS IN THIS ROOM ACTUALLY THAT WHOLE TIME.
AND THEN TODAY WE'RE HERE IN APRIL.
WE ARE HERE THIS MORNING TO PRESENT THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL.
SO YOU WILL HEAR LOTS OF GOOD STUFF OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
SO AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO ECHO GREG'S THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT HAS WORKED TOGETHER.
OKAY. WELL SO NEXT IS THE BUDGET APPROACH FOR THE CITY.
THE BUDGET TEAM KIND OF TOOK FOR HOW WE APPROACHED THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS.
SO THE FIRST ITEM WE HAD WHICH WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, OBVIOUSLY, IS COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.
AND THE LITTLE SMILEY FACE IS BECAUSE WE FELT THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS.
NOW WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, BUT WE HAVE DONE A LOT IN THIS AREA THIS YEAR.
THE SECOND IS KEY COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND OBJECTIVES.
WE'VE ADVANCED A NUMBER OF ITEMS IN THESE AREAS.
YOU'LL HEAR A LOT ABOUT PRIORITIES TOMORROW.
NEXT ONE IS OUR BASIC SERVICES AND OPERATIONAL NEEDS.
WE MADE A HUGE STRIDE IN THAT THIS YEAR.
WE DID SOME INTERESTING ANALYSIS AND MADE SOME CHANGES, AND WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE A BIG CHUNK OF OUR ONGOING OPERATIONAL NEEDS INTO THAT ONGOING BUDGET. YOU'LL HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN BRANDI PRESENTS TO YOU.
CONSTRUCTION IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE HAD A LARGE NEED.
THE CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN AGAIN, WE'VE DONE A LOT TO ADVANCE THIS.
YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT LATER TODAY AS WELL AS.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS BUDGET.
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AND WE FEEL AS A BUDGET TEAM THAT WE'VE HIT ON A LOT OF OUR KEY ITEMS THAT WE HAD HOPED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR.I WOULDN'T BE UP HERE IF I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT COLOR OF MONEY EVERY TIME.
WE DO HAVE THE COLOR OF MONEY IN THE CONVERSATIONS.
SO JUST KEEPING THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS WE HAVE TO PRESENT.
DID I GET OUR FIVE MINUTES BACK? YOU DID OKAY.
THANK YOU. AND RICK TADDER IS GOING TO COME TALK ABOUT REVENUE.
SO. AIR VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RICK TADDER MANAGEMENT SERVICE DIRECTOR.
MY THEORY IS GOING TO BE PRETTY BRIEF.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE.
YOU'RE PUTTING THEM TOGETHER. YOU JUST DON'T THINK ABOUT THE ORDER SOMETIMES.
SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT INVESTING IN EMPLOYEES.
HERE WE GO. I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF REVENUE UPDATE.
AND THE OUTLOOK FOR THAT AREA.
SO WE WE'RE COMING WITH YOU WITH SOME GOOD NEWS.
AS FAR AS RESOURCES AVAILABLE THAT WE AS A BUDGET TEAM WERE ABLE TO USE WITH OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.
DURING THOSE THREE WEEKS AND, AND MADE SOME GOOD STRIDES TO BETTER BUDGET.
THE LAST ESTIMATES WERE PROVIDED IN FEBRUARY, AND THOSE ARE BASED ON JANUARY'S NUMBERS.
THAT WE HAD. SO IT'S ALWAYS A TIMING ISSUE AS FAR AS WHEN WE GET THESE NUMBERS IN.
SALES, SALES TAX REVENUES ALSO.
SO THINGS ARE STILL GOING POSITIVELY, EVEN A LITTLE BETTER THAN WHAT WE SAW IN IN THAT RETREAT.
THERE WERE SOME CATEGORIES THAT HAD SOME SMALL MINOR ADJUSTMENTS DOWNWARD IN OUR SALES TAX.
THAT WAS OUR LODGING HOTEL, MOTEL, SHORT TERM RENTALS, THOSE TAXES.
AS WELL AS PUBLISHING AND ADVERTISING.
BUT THOSE ARE SMALLER REVENUE.
SO THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR ESTIMATES.
BUT WE DO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF VARIATION.
SO WE DO SEE A PROJECTED RESOURCE AVAILABLE THAT WE DID USE AS A BUDGETING ABOUT 485,000.
AND REALLY OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS COMPENSATION.
WE'RE STILL DOING WELL IN OUR IN OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO HERE'S HERE'S THE REPORT BY CATEGORIES.
YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF POSITIVES.
BUT THE MAIN POSITIVES WERE IN THE CONTRACTING SALES TAX.
SO THOSE WERE THE MAIN AREAS THAT WE SAW GROWTH.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS FOR OUR STATE SHARED REVENUE.
IT'S A DELAY. THROWING ME OFF A LITTLE BIT THERE.
JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON STATE SHARED REVENUES.
THESE ARE THE FOUR STATE SHARED REVENUES THAT COME TO THE GENERAL FUND ARE SALES TAX, URBAN REVENUE, WHICH IS INCOME TAX, AS WELL AS AUTO LIEU TAX REGISTRATION TAX. HERE YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF UPWARD MOVEMENT ON THE STATE SHARED REVENUES FOR SALES TAX.
WE ALSO HEARD THIS WHEN WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AT THE STATE.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
SO WE DID MOVE OUR PROJECTIONS UPWARD JUST A LITTLE BIT.
EVERYTHING ELSE, WE STAYED PRETTY FLAT.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE HUNDRED THOUSAND THERE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR'S IMPACT.
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WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN FEBRUARY ABOUT THE STATE URBAN REVENUE OR INCOME TAX.BUT WE'RE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT AND WORK THROUGH IT BECAUSE OF GROWTH IN OTHER AREAS AND SO FORTH.
BUT WE'RE STILL ON THAT NUMBER.
WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET THAT ADDRESSES THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THINGS ARE LOOKING OKAY IN THAT CATEGORY FOR NOW.
SO. TALKING ABOUT THE STATE BUDGET SIDE OF THINGS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THEM BEING $1 BILLION BEHIND IN THEIR REVENUES.
THEIR REVENUES WERE NOT MEETING THEIR PROJECTIONS THAT THEY HAD.
AS FAR AS WHAT PEOPLE ARE WITHHOLDING HOW TAX RETURNS ARE COMING IN.
SO NOW THEY GOT TO MANAGE THAT ONGOING EXPECTATION WITHIN THEIR BUDGET.
CURRENTLY THEY'RE AT ABOUT $1.8 BILLION SHORTFALL.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BETTER.
AND THEY WERE ABOUT 2.2 BILLION BACK THEN.
SO THEY'VE HAD SOME GAINS, WHICH IS GOOD TO SEE FOR OUR STATE.
BUT THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF DECISIONS TO MAKE IN THE, IN THE COMING WEEKS.
REALLY THAT PUT THE BUDGET TALKS ON THE BACK BURNER.
WE DID HEAR MOVEMENTS THAT YESTERDAY.
BUT IT'S EARLY FOR US TO SEE IF, IF, IF THEY WILL HAVE ANY IMPACT ON US.
WE'LL SEE OVER THE COMING MONTHS.
THEY GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO DOWN AT THE STATE AT THIS TIME.
THAT'S THE QUICK REVENUE UPDATE FOR TODAY.
THE NEXT SECTION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT WE INVEST A LOT OF OUR, OUR RESOURCES FOR THE BUDGET CYCLE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON REVENUE UPDATES? GREAT. RIGHT.
YOUR VICE MAYOR COUNCIL, JENNIFER CAPUTO.
I'M THE INTERIM HR DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY.
WE'LL ALSO SEE THAT WE MAINTAINED A FOCUS ON ENHANCING OUR COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE.
THE GENERAL FUND RECEIVED 37.33 REQUESTS FOR NEW POSITIONS THIS YEAR.
OUR RESOURCES WERE LIMITED DUE TO ONGOING CAPACITY THAT WAS REDUCED, SO WE WERE ABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF JUST OVER FOUR FTE.
IT'S A HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST.
SO WE RECOMMENDED THE INCLUSION OF A HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST.
THE SECOND ONE I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THE BUDGET DIRECTOR.
APPROVAL OF A BUDGET DIRECTOR WHO COULD LEAD THE NEW BUDGET SECTION WILL CREATE A DEDICATED TEAM THAT IS FOCUSED ON ANALYSIS AND PROJECTIONS, AND THE TEAM WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRIORITY BASED BUDGET USER STUDIES.
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THE NEW OVERSIGHT AND COST RECOVERY.WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE INCIDENCE AT THE MAIN LIBRARY.
IT'S DOUBLED OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND WE SAW THE NEED FOR AN INCREASED SECURITY AT THE LIBRARY.
SO WE RECOMMENDED A FULL TIME POLICE AIDE THAT WOULD BE STATIONED AT THE LIBRARY.
WE HAVE JUST OVER SEVEN REQUESTS AND WE INCLUDED FIVE FTE.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS RELATED TO TOURISM AT THE AIRPORT.
SO THESE TWO POSITIONS WOULD SUPPORT THAT FUNCTION OUT AT THE AIRPORT.
THE WATER SERVICES OPERATORS ARE CONTINGENT ON A RATE STUDY, SO THOSE ARE TO BE DETERMINED.
THE SUSTAINABILITY SPECIALIST ONE IS BEING FUNDED AND THE OTHER IS FOR GRANT WRITING ASSISTANCE.
IN TERMS OF RECLASSIFICATIONS.
THIS NEXT SLIDE TAKES US THROUGH THE HISTORY OF OUR OVERALL NUMBER OF FTES.
THE LEFT HAND SIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF FTES.
THE BOTTOM SHOWS THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND THE BARS REFLECT THE NUMBER OF EACH DOT THE FTE EACH YEAR.
SO CONSIDERING THE CHANGES THIS YEAR, OUR NUMBER WOULD GROW TO 972.6.
BUT THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE BUDGET.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO SOME RECRUITMENT TRENDS.
AND OVERALL, YOU SEE THINGS THAT HAVE DONE IN THE PAST HAVE HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR WORKFORCE.
TURNOVER HAS IMPROVED JUST SLIGHTLY AND OUR VACANCY RATE HAS DECREASED.
AND ALTHOUGH YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER OF SEPARATIONS INCREASE BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023, YOU'LL ALSO NOTE THAT WE HAD AN INCREASED NUMBER OF TEMPORARY AND CONTRACT SEPARATIONS SO THAT COULD ACCOUNT FOR THAT NUMBER.
THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF EXIT INTERVIEW DATA.
SO THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING THE ORGANIZATION.
THE LEFT HAND SIDE REPRESENTS THE PERCENTAGE RATING AND THE BOTTOM INDICATES THE ITEMS BEING RATED.
AND REALLY WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT BETTER PAY AND OR BENEFITS CONTINUES TO BE THE PRIMARY REASON THAT PEOPLE ARE LEAVING OUR ORGANIZATION.
THIS SLIDE DIVES A LITTLE DEEPER INTO OUR BENEFITS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE GREEN BAR.
AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SLIDE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO IMPROVE, ENHANCE OUR BENEFITS, AND ALSO LOOKING INTO SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL FUND BENEFITS THAT WE CAN OFFER TO EMPLOYEES. WHEN WE LOOK AT MORE CLOSELY AT OUR COMPENSATION RATINGS, WE SEE THAT WE'RE ALL RATED POORLY.
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WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS AREA.AS YOU'LL SEE, WHAT IS BEING BROUGHT TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, AND AS DEMONSTRATED BY OUR IMPROVED TURNOVER AND VACANCY RATES, WE ARE MAKING FORWARD PROGRESS, AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE RESULTS OF OUR ALL EMPLOYEES SURVEY ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE PAST FEW SLIDES EMPLOYEES EXITING THE ORGANIZATION, AND THIS ONE'S REFLECTING THE ALL EMPLOYEES THAT RESPONDED TO OUR SURVEY IN 2023.
AND AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT.
SO THE LEFT PORTION OF THE GRAPH IS TRENDS OVER TIME.
AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT WE'RE ON AN UPWARD TREND.
THE NUMBER 2.77% IS REFLECTIVE OF ALL OF THE CATEGORIES FROM STRONGLY AGREE TO STRONGLY DISAGREE.
SO EVERYTHING TOGETHER AT 2.77%.
AND AGAIN THAT'S ON AN UPWARD TREND.
IT'S THE HIGHEST WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE SURVEYS SINCE 2017.
AND THEN ON THE MIDDLE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE THAT 34% AGREE OR DISAGREE.
SO AGAIN, SHOWING US THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND POSITIVE IMPROVEMENTS.
NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR TRACTION TRENDS BETWEEN 2021 AND 2023.
IN 2023, WE HIRED 359 EMPLOYEES.
72 OF THOSE WERE INTERNAL MOVEMENTS, AND THAT'S 20% OF THE TOTAL PEOPLE WE HIRED WERE FROM THE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, AND THE REMAINING 287 WERE FILLED WITH EXTERNAL CANDIDATES.
SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASED NUMBER OF POSITIONS AS OUR FTE COUNT CONTINUES TO GROW.
WE DO SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF JOB OFFERS BEING DECLINED IS STAYING FAIRLY STEADY.
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTING OFFERS IS DUE TO ACCEPTING ANOTHER OFFER.
SO REFLECTING ON THIS FROM AN HR PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT WE REALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO SPEED UP THAT PROCESS, MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT, MORE EFFECTIVE, AND GET CANDIDATES ON BOARD BEFORE THEY GET OFFERS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
SO ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT IS RELATED TO INVESTING IN OUR EMPLOYEES, AND IT BRINGS US TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS YEAR.
CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL LEAD BENEFIT CHANGES.
ONGOING FUNDING FOR MERIT AND PAY FOR PERFORMANCE INCREASES.
MAINTAINING COST SHARE LEVELS FOR BENEFIT COVERAGE.
SO LET'S MOVE INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY INCREASE TO DENTAL OR VISION PREMIUMS. AND SO THE COST FOR THAT IS 115,000.
AND THEN I AM GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO OUR INTERIM CLASS AND COMP MANAGER EXTRAORDINAIRE, JESSICA, WHO IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CLASS COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT'S HELLO, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AS JEN SAID, I'M THE INTERIM HR MANAGER FOR CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION.
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RECRUITMENT FEEDBACK WE RECEIVE.THEY'RE THE APPROVAL OF THE ONGOING MERIT INCREASES, BENEFITS THE ORGANIZATION FOR SEVERAL REASONS, INCLUDING RETENTION, MOTIVATION, MARKET COMPETITIVENESS, EMPLOYEE MORALE, AND COST OF LIVING.
ONGOING MERIT INCREASES ARE IMPORTANT FOR FOSTERING A POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT, RETAINING TOP TALENT AND ENSURING THE LONG TERM SUCCESS OF TEAM FLAGSTAFF. ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION YOU'LL SEE IS THE ADJUSTMENT TO AN INCREASE TO THE STARTING WAGE ADJUSTMENT.
WITH FLAGSTAFF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASING AT AN ACCELERATED RATE AND THE INCREASING COST OF LIVING.
THE NEW STARTING WAGE THAT TEAM FLAGSTAFF IS PROPOSING IS $18.50.
THIS IMPACTS THREE OF OUR PAY PLANS AND THE REGULAR PAY PLANS.
SHOULD FLAGSTAFF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE ABOVE $18.50 ON JANUARY 1ST.
ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE MADE TO ADDRESS THAT ADJUSTMENT.
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE CITY HAS TRANSITIONED TO MARKET BASED PAY.
WE'VE HEARD THAT TERM QUITE A BIT RECENTLY, BUT MARKET BASED PAY, ALSO KNOWN AS MARKET DRIVEN PAY, IS A COMPENSATION STRATEGY WHERE WAGES, SALARIES AND OTHER FORMS OF COMPENSATION OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES ARE PRIMARILY BASED ON MARKET FACTORS.
SOME POSITIONS IN OUR ORGANIZATION ARE AT OR CLOSE TO THE MARKET.
SO SPENDING THE AVAILABLE DOLLARS TOWARDS THE GREATEST NEED OF THE ORGANIZATION WAS OUR FOCUS.
WE'RE IDENTIFYING A GREATEST NEED AS ANY POSITION THAT'S 7.5% BELOW MARKET.
OUR HR TEAM IS COMMITTED TO REVIEWING AT LEAST 25% OF OUR POSITIONS WITHIN THE CITY.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE CURRENTLY ON TRACK TO REVIEW 43% OF POSITIONS, AND THE INTENT IS TO CONTINUE REVIEWING AND ADJUSTING POSITIONS WITH THE $250,000 THAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO ADDRESS THE EMERGENCE.
THIS CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN EMPLOYEES SUPPORTS OUR COUNCIL GOAL OF BEING AN INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER OF CHOICE BY PROVIDING EMPLOYEES WITH THE NECESSARY TOOLS, TRAINING, SUPPORT AND COMPENSATION. THIS INVESTMENT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SUPPORTING ECONOMIC GROWTH, IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS, AND ENHANCING THE CITY'S OVERALL COMPETITIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. JEFF, WE'RE DOING GOOD TIME WISE.
I WOULD LIKE TO HOPEFULLY SPARK A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION, AND I'M WONDERING, ARE YOU ABLE TO DRIVE IN REVERSE ON THIS THING? CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE FROM THE EMPLOYEE SURVEYS? GOT A FEW GRAPHICS ON IT.
AND FOR EVERYBODY HERE LOOKS LIKE A BUSY SLIDE.
BUT THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION HERE.
I THINK I SHOULD START BY GIVING SOME PROPS TO C.J.
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A GOOD SURVEY. AND WE DO THESE EVERY FEW YEARS, BUT WE HAD LIKE OVER A THOUSAND COMMENTS FROM THAT SAMPLING AND THE IT TEAM UTILIZED SOME AI ASSISTANCE IN COMPILING THE NARRATIVE.AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE NUMERIC RANKING AS WELL.
SO THERE'S JUST A WEALTH OF INFORMATION IN THIS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE PRECEDING THIS SLIDE, JUDGE CAPUTO TALKED ABOUT EXIT SURVEYS.
AND EXIT SURVEYS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE THEY TELL US, WHY ARE PEOPLE LEAVING THE ORGANIZATION? BUT IT'S OBVIOUS WITH WITH THAT PARTICULAR SAMPLING WE ARE TARGETING ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY MADE A DECISION TO LEAVE.
AND YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT TO BE THE CASE.
NOT ALWAYS. I MEAN, SOMETIMES IT'S RETIREMENT OR OTHER THINGS.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, ASKING A MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THEIR WORK, THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENT, COMPENSATION AND SO FORTH.
IT'S IT'S MORE THAN JUST COMPENSATION.
IT IS THE REASON PART OF THE REASON, A BIG PART OF THE REASON THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT.
BOY'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN OUR MANAGER'S REPORT IN THE DEPUTY MANAGER, SHANNON IN PARTICULAR.
IS EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS, PROVIDES COUNSEL WITH OUR EMPLOYEE ANNIVERSARIES.
AND ALL THE RECOGNITIONS THAT THAT GO ON THE BOARDS OF EXCELLENCE AND SO FORTH, THIS ONGOING.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IN PART, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO ADDRESS EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION, WHICH IN TURN TIES TO SURVEY RESULTS FROM THE PAST. THE.
THESE SURVEYS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
AND WE LOOK THAT THE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT WE LOOK AT THESE RESULTS AND AND BY THE WAY, THE RESULTS OF THIS SURVEY WERE ROLLED OUT TO THE EAC, THE EMPLOYEE ADVISORY CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE RECENTLY.
AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING THESE OVER.
YOU'RE JUST GETTING A LITTLE SNIPPET OF IT RIGHT HERE.
BUT THERE IS SOME POSITIVE THINGS HERE THAT WARRANT SOME ELABORATION HERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT, WE'RE TRENDING UPWARD.
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT GRAPH FOR US IS WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT.
WE'RE NEVER GOING TO CHECK BOXES ON ON THESE THINGS.
WHAT'S THE TREND? ARE PEOPLE BEGINNING TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS OR ARE WE LOSING GROUND IN GENERAL TERMS? WE SAW A LOT OF POSITIVE TRENDS COMING FROM THIS SURVEY.
SO EVEN THOUGH IF YOU SHIFT TO THE RIGHT AND YOU LOOK AT THAT LOWER BAR GRAPH ON THE RIGHT AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, OH, BOY, YOU KNOW, ON COMPENSATION BUT IS THIS RETENTION BUT BASED UPON COMPENSATION, YOU KNOW, THE LAST.
AND THAT'S NOT GOOD. THAT'S THAT'S BREAKING THE LOWEST.
HOWEVER, THE TREND IS POSITIVE.
SO YOU TAKE THOSE THINGS AND YOU RECONCILE THEM TOGETHER.
YET WE CONTINUE TO SCORE LOW, BUT WE'RE DOING BETTER.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY HERE.
AND YOU CAN'T SEE IT. BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT GRAPH IS A PERCENTAGE, NOT THE 34%.
BUT NEXT TO IT YOU'LL SEE IN LIGHT GREEN POSITIVE 10%.
SO WE'VE IMPROVED 10% FROM THE LAST TIME THIS SURVEY WENT OUT.
AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE ASKING KIND OF THE SAME QUESTIONS EACH SURVEY.
AND AS JEN MENTIONED, THEY GO OUT EVERY 2 TO 3 YEARS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT COUNCIL TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS.
AND I WANTED TO BACK UP AND TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT UNDERLIES EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING TO YOU TODAY AS WE TALK ABOUT RETENTION, RECRUITMENT, COMPENSATION AND ALL OF THESE THINGS INVESTING IN OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE OF THAT THIS YEAR.
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AND I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, AS, AS YOU'RE HEARING ALL THIS DATA AND SEEING THE SUGGESTIONS COMING FORWARD.THE REPORT CARD SHOWS THAT WE'RE HEADING IN A GOOD DIRECTION.
NOW. WE WITH SOME OTHER TAKEAWAYS HERE.
YOU KNOW, RECRUITMENT, AS YOU HEARD FROM FROM JEN REMAINS A BIG CHALLENGE FOR US.
IT REMAINS A BIG CHALLENGE FOR ALL EMPLOYERS.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST NO DIFFERENT.
A FEW YEARS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW VACANCY RATES IN DISPATCH.
WE'VE HAD LARGE VACANCY RATES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE A HUGE VACANCY RATE IN OUR HUMAN RESOURCE DIVISION.
IT'S CIRCUMSTANTIAL. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF RETIREMENTS.
WE'VE HAD SOME LOSS, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BRING IN HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE RETIRED HAVE UNRETIRED.
THEY'RE HELPING US OUT AS FULTON'S PEOPLE HAVE MOVED ON TO OTHER DIVISIONS, ARE BACK HELPING US.
THANK YOU, FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR GIVING US JESSICA'S SERVICES FOR A BIT.
WE HAVE AN INTERIM DIRECTOR ALLISON, WHO HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.
THERE YOU HAVE IT. WE CAN GO ON AND ON WITH WITH EXAMPLES.
ANOTHER ONE THAT I'LL MENTION BRIEFLY, THAT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS IS OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
AND HOW MANY ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE'RE GOING INTO IT RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE FOUR VACANCIES WITH PROJECT MANAGERS, SO WE'RE SCRAMBLING.
IT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS ON.
AND THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THE CLASS AND COMP DISCUSSION AND OTHER THINGS.
BUT THERE ARE AGAIN, THERE ARE POSITIVES TO NOTE ONE POSITIVE THAT JEN MENTIONED, AND I'LL ECHO IT, IS GOING TO AN ONGOING BASIS.
I GUESS JESSICA MENTIONED IT FOR PAY FOR PERFORMANCE.
THEN IT WAS IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.
WE HAVE INSTITUTED PAY FOR PERFORMANCE AND WE WILL DO IT EVERY YEAR.
THAT GIVES OUR EMPLOYEES A LOT OF ASSURANCE THAT THERE WILL BE UPWARD ADJUSTMENTS TO TRY TO STAY NOT JUST THE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, BUT PERFORMANCE BASED ADJUSTMENTS TO TRY TO STAY COMPETITIVE.
LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION, I KNOW THIS IS A MOUTHFUL HERE.
MINIMUM WAGE REMAINS A BIG FACTOR FOR US.
THAT IS ONE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE DISCRETION.
AND WE, OF COURSE, ABIDE BY IT.
AND WE, OF COURSE ARE IMPACTED BY IT, LIKE ALL EMPLOYERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT GRAPHIC THAT YOU SAW WITH THE LOWER TIER PAY RANGES ALL MOVING UP? THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US.
AND, AND IT IS FOR ALL EMPLOYERS.
BUT WE ARE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS IN THESE LOWER PAY GRADES JUST TO TRY TO STAY PARALLEL WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH MINIMUM WAGE, WHICH IS EDGING UPWARD AND BY WHEN I TALK ABOUT THAT, I'M NOW REFERRING TO OUR WAGES AS STARTING WAGES BECAUSE WE ARE AHEAD OF THE MINIMUM WAGE AND WE NEED TO STAY AHEAD OF THE MINIMUM WAGE, NOT BY MUCH, BUT A LITTLE BIT.
SO AS IT GOES UP, WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE LOWER PAY GRADES.
ARGUABLY IT HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE LOWER PAY GRADES.
FOR QUESTIONS. I THINK YOU COVERED IT.
THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED OUR STARTING WAGE AT 18.
AND YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT FIREFIGHTERS, LIKE HOW ARE THEY IN THAT RANGE? SO IN THEIR PAY PLAN, PREVIOUSLY, THEIR STARTING WAGE WAS $18.19.
RISING. I'M HOPING WE'LL FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
HOUSING NAVIGATOR, ONE TIME MONIES.
I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED A LOT MORE MOVEMENT IN HOUSING.
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IT IS ONE OF OUR CRISES.EVERYBODY WHO LIVES HERE OR DECIDES NOT TO LIVE HERE IS A HOUSING.
SO I'M HOPING TO HEAR WHY IT'S ONLY A ONE FTE INCREASE.
THE 23.87 TURNOVER RATE IS NOT GREAT.
AND ALSO, YET, YOU KNOW, UPWARD TRENDS.
BUT 10% OVER FIVE YEARS IS NOT IMPRESSIVE AT ALL.
FOR ME. SO I THINK AS WE GO, I'M GLAD YOU GUYS WERE FIRST, BECAUSE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET AND WE SEE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDED EXPENSES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M THINKING OF, OKAY, WHAT IS NON-CRITICAL? BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE EMPLOYEES IN PROCUREMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT, WE CAN'T DO THESE OTHER THINGS.
AND SO I'M I'M FEELING LIKE WE'RE A LITTLE OUT OF BALANCE BECAUSE UNTIL WE GET SOLID EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HERE LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE AN IMPACT, WE CAN'T DO THESE OTHER THINGS. SO I, I'M.
I'LL TELL YOU, I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IMPROVING THAT NOT DOING BETTER.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO YOU GUYS.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. I'M JUST.
AND WE ARE EMPHASIZING OUR EMPLOYEES.
BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE CHARTS AND STATISTICS IS ONE OF MY MOST HATED THINGS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE SKEWED TO MAKE ANYTHING LOOK BAD OR GOOD.
BUT IN THE EXIT SURVEYS, YOU COULD COMBINE A LOT OF THOSE TOGETHER, LIKE, WELL, THEY TOOK ANOTHER JOB, BUT THAT WITHIN FLAGSTAFF BECAUSE DID THEY TAKE ANOTHER JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE? OR IF IT'S IN FLAGSTAFF MAY BE OKAY, BUT IF IT'S NO, I'M NOT COMING UP HERE.
IT WAS STILL BECAUSE OF HOUSING.
SO BECAUSE OF LACK OF COMPENSATION.
SO WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE PROBABILITIES, THAT PERCENTAGE THAT ARE NOT COMING TO WORK FOR US BECAUSE OF OUR COMPENSATION AND THE COST OF HOUSING IS MUCH GREATER THAN WHAT THAT CHART SAID.
SO I JUST WANTED TO AND ONE LAST THING I'M GOING TO POINT OUT, JUST AS A UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE, MAYBE AS WE MAKE DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE, HEARING THAT WE HAVE TO HIRE A POLICE AIDE BECAUSE OF INCREASED.
CAPTIVITY AND DANGER IN OUR LIBRARY.
IS. OTHER THINGS THAT WE MAKE DECISIONS ON THAT HAS CREATED THAT RISK TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND SO I THINK THAT WAS I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT AS OTHER THINGS COME UP THAT WE MAKE DECISIONS ON, THIS IS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE THAT THEN IS CREATED IN A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT AND IS COSTING SAFETY TO OUR EMPLOYEES, PLUS COST EXPENSE TO OUR BOTTOM LINE.
THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AS WELL.
HAVE YOU EVER ASKED IN EMPLOYEE SURVEYS HOW INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES ARE IMPACTED BY STAFFING LEVELS IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS? SPECIFICALLY, I MEAN, WE WE DO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT WORKLOAD AND BURNOUT.
I WOULD JUST BE WE TALK ABOUT IT SO OFTEN HOW MANY POSITIONS WE HAVE OPEN.
I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THE ACTUAL IMPACT ON EXISTING EMPLOYEES IS BY THAT LACK OF.
WE DEFINITELY HEAR IT INFORMALLY ALL THE TIME.
SO I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS.
SIGNIFICANT WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, ESPECIALLY WITH WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS.
AND MAYBE WHEN WE ROLL THIS OUT WITH COUNCIL, WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON THE SURVEY, AS I MENTIONED.
THE BURNOUT IS REFERENCED AND I CAN'T QUANTIFY IT.
THE NUMBERS AREN'T FRESH IN MY HEAD.
WE DID NOT SCORE WELL IN THAT CATEGORY, MEANING BURNOUT IS A FACTOR.
THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THAT BURNOUT, THE VACANCY RATE, AND WHICH IT UNDERLIES.
YOUR QUESTION. VACANCY RATE REMAINS HIGH.
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A HARD TIME RECRUITING, WHICH MEANS YOUR PEOPLE ARE DOING MORE WORK.WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE.
BUT ANSWERING THAT CALL AND I MADE REFERENCE TO A FEW.
RIGHT NOW AND IT REMAINS A FACTOR.
BURNOUT REMAINS A FACTOR, AND I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTING IF WE COULD SEE HOW MUCH TIME IS COSTING THE CITY, AND AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SPLIT OUT.
OR MAYBE IT DOES. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE SPLIT OUT BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS.
BUT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A SOBERING NUMBER AS WELL, AND WOULD JUST KIND OF INFORM THESE DISCUSSIONS. AND I'M.
SO THERE WERE 28 REQUESTS FOR STAFFING.
DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF WHERE ALL OF THESE EMPLOYEES WERE REQUESTED? YES, I THINK.
OH 38 AND BY THE WAY, SORRY TO INTERRUPT THE DISCUSSION.
THERE WERE. IT WAS MORE THAN THAT IN OTHER FUNDS, BUT JUST FOCUSING ON GENERAL FUND 38.
THANK YOU. YEAH, WE DO HAVE A LIST.
WE CAN GET THAT FROM BUDGET TEAM.
THANK YOU. AND SO THESE STAFFING INCREASES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND? THAT'S ONE TIME, RIGHT? THESE THESE POSITIONS WILL HAVE TO BE REQUESTED AGAIN IN FOLLOWING YEARS.
IS THAT CORRECT, OR DO I HAVE IT BACKWARDS? HE'S GOING TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THAT.
GREAT. OKAY? HE'S FINE. NEXT, DIRECTOR.
SO ONLY THE ON CALL MAGISTRATES AND THE OH, BASED COORDINATOR FUNDED ONE TIME.
THE REST OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE.
GREAT. AND THE OPEN SPACE COORDINATOR, WHERE IT SAYS GRANT.
IT'S ACTUALLY FUNDED WITH A GRANT.
AND THAT CONTINUES THAT THE SLIDE AFTER THAT IS CONTINUING THE GENERAL FUND.
IT STARTS WITH TOURISM AND THEN THERE'S WATER SERVICE FUNDED WITH OTHER FUNDS SOURCES.
SO TOURISM IS PAYING FOR THE VISITOR CENTER POSITIONS, WATER SERVICES CONTINGENT ON THE RATE STUDY.
WE HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES AND SO FORTH.
OKAY. THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS SOME GENERAL FUND SUPPORT IS THE THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR IS FUNDED 75% WITH HOUSING AUTHORITY AND 25% WITH THE GENERAL FUND.
OKAY. AND THESE ARE ALL ONGOING UNLESS IT SAYS OTHERWISE.
I'D JUST BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHO REQUESTED.
POSITIONS THAT WEREN'T FUNDED AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT.
BUT I'M JUST INTERESTED IN LIKE WHERE ARE THE BIG NEEDS IN THE ORGANIZATION? WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU.
I WILL GENERALIZE ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF THE ORGANIZATION, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT.
I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION.
YOU'RE RAISING MAYOR A YEAR AGO, WE FUNDED A LOT OF NEW POSITIONS.
YOU KNOW, THAT SOME FLATTENING OF REVENUES.
AND RECRUITMENT IS FOR POSITIONS THAT ARE BUDGETED.
WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME FILLING THE SEATS TO DO THAT.
AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO LOOK AT THE NEW REQUEST AND HONOR THOSE AS WELL.
CERTAINLY. YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE THE CASE IF, IF WE WERE ADDING NEW POSITIONS TO IT WOULD WE LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE SO THAT WE COULD REFERENCE WHAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO RECRUIT FOR? INDEED. A RESHOWING VACANCIES.
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DID YOU HAVE A GRAPHIC ON THAT ON THE VACANCY? IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY? WE HAD A SLIDE ON THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES, BUT I CAN PULL INFORMATION AND THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN OPEN THE LONGEST OR MOST FREQUENT, I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.I'LL LET YOU FIGHT IT OUT REAL QUICK.
REAL QUICK. FOR EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T COME ACROSS COUNCIL WE PROVIDE LIKE MANAGEMENT TRAINING, HOW TO MANAGE AND DEVELOP THE EXISTING EMPLOYEES, HOW TO BUT AMATEURS, IF THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING WELL AND HELP THEM GET UP TO SPEED.
SO PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A PATHWAY TO MAYBE ANOTHER STEP OR WE ARE WE INVESTING IN THAT AT ALL? IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND THANK YOU FOR IT.
AGAIN, WHEN WE ROLL THIS SURVEY OUT, WE'LL TOUCH ON THAT BECAUSE TRAINING IS A QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK WE SCORED THAT WELL IN THAT.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF IT.
WE HAVE OUR PLATFORMS THAT WE UTILIZE.
YOU KNOW, GOV. AND THESE TOOLS TO HELP US WITH WITH THAT ONGOING TRAINING.
SO I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS SPECIFIC TO CAREER ADVANCEMENT AND LEARNING NEW TRADES.
AND YOU KNOW, WE DO SOME THINGS.
WE HAVE EDUCATION REIMBURSEMENT AS ONE EXAMPLE.
WE ARE WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO PURSUE TRAINING THAT NOT NOT JUST WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE DISCIPLINES, BUT TRAININGS TO ADVANCE LEADERSHIP TRAINING.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB.
YEAH, THAT AND JUST THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN LOSE AN EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T MANAGING THE PROCESS, IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE THEY'RE STRUGGLING OR MAYBE NOT MANAGING YOUR PERFORMANCE WELL ENOUGH AND THEN THEY JUST FALL OFF AS OPPOSED TO.
REALLY STAYING ENGAGED WITH THE EMPLOYEES.
FIND OUT WHERE YOU KNOW SOME HOT SPOTS ARE.
MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING THE APPROPRIATE REACTION TO KEEP PERFORMANCE UP AND EXPECTATIONS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S A, IT'S AN EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT IS BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T KNOW THAT, THEY'RE KIND OF SLIDING OFF THIS WAY BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CORRECT THEM, THEY END UP LEAVING OR THEY'RE JUST DOING A.
OF SAND, A JOB WHICH DOESN'T HELP THE ORGANIZATION.
SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH, VERY GOOD COMMENT.
ONE SLIDE SHOWED THAT THE ONLY 34% BOYS WERE HAPPY WITH THEIR WAGE LEVEL.
SO I GUESS I WOULD ASK HR GOT A NUMBER WE REALLY CAN BELIEVE.
OR IS IT THE KIND OF NUMBER WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DID A SURVEY AT A COMPANY WHERE THE PAY WAS EXCELLENT, BUT YOU STILL GET 50% OF THE PEOPLE SAYING, I'M UNHAPPY? BUT CHRIST, AM I PHRASING THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT? ABSOLUTELY. OTHERS CAN SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL AS.
THIS AND I KNOW I AGREE, 10% IS NOT A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT SINCE THE LAST SURVEY.
BUT WE'LL TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET.
AND AND SO WE FOR ON THIS NUMERIC RANKING, IT WAS 35%.
NO. AM I GETTING THAT RIGHT? RIGHT NOW IT'S 34%.
AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREE ON THAT AT 45% DISAGREE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THIS, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE AS WE LOOK AT OUR MARKET ADJUSTMENTS.
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT BAROMETER FOR US BECAUSE IT SHOWS HOW WE'RE RANKING WITH OTHER.
VERY GOOD. YOU KNOW, TO TO LOOK AT.
WE'RE MAKING GROUND WHERE WE ARE FROM A MARKET STANDPOINT, A COMPETITIVE MARKET STANDPOINT.
AGAIN, 10% INCREASE OVER LAST TIME, WHICH IS GOOD.
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SO WE'RE DOING A COUPLE OF THINGS.WE'RE DOING ANNUAL PAY FOR PERFORMANCE FOR FOR ALL OF OUR.
SO GENERAL CATEGORY EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE STEP PLANS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOME WATER OPERATORS AS WELL.
THAT'S YEAR BY YEAR AND THEN 25% OF OUR EMPLOYEES EVERY YEAR.
THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING MORE THAN THAT, 42%.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS IN PLAY HERE.
BUT DOES THAT HELP WITH WHAT YOU WERE ASKING OR.
AND I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 10% INCREASE.
BUT IF IT'S STILL ONLY 34%, AND IF THAT'S A REALLY GENUINE NUMBER, THAT'S SCARY.
YOU HAVE MORE THAN THAT? YES. ANYWAY, MY BASIC PHILOSOPHY WAS HIRE THE BEST PEOPLE, KEEP THEM HAPPY.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.
OBVIOUSLY I DID OTHER THINGS, BUT THAT WAS THE MAIN PART OF IT.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE BEING TREATED WELL, THAT THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, AND WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
BUT I GUESS I STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT MOVING QUITE AS FAST AS WE SHOULD.
GOOD SUMMARY. GO AHEAD. JASON.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCCARTHY. SO WHEN WE ASKED THE QUESTION IN THE SURVEY, I BELIEVE IT'S WORDED SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF IT BEING COMPENSATED FAIRLY COMPARED TO OTHERS IN THE SAME LINE OF WORK OR SOMETHING SIMILAR.
TO THAT. AND OF COURSE, TAKING A SURVEY, WHO WANTS TO ANSWER A COMPLETELY AGREE I'M PAID.
THE DATA BEHIND IT ON MY END AND WHAT MY TEAM DOES IS PULL MARKET DATA.
SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF BENCHMARKS THAT WE'VE SELECTED AS A TEAM.
AND, AND THEY'RE REFINED OVER THE COURSE OF TIME TO CHANGE WITH THE, WITH THE MARKET.
I PERSONALLY REVIEW A LOT OF THOSE ANALYSIS.
AND THE DATA BEHIND IT IS MANY OF THE POSITIONS WE REVIEW ARE ARE TRULY BEHIND THE MARKET.
WHICH IS WHY WE WERE ASKING AND OR RECOMMENDING THE, THE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS.
SO THE DATA BEHIND IT IS, YOU KNOW, LET'S LOOK AT THE MARKET AND SEE, ARE WE PAYING OUR JOBS FAIRLY.
AND I WOULD SAY A FEW OF THE POSITIONS WE REVIEW WEEKLY ARE SHOWING THAT WE ARE BEHIND THE MARKET.
IT'S A VERY GOOD ANSWER AND I APPRECIATE THAT DETAIL.
COMMENTS KIND OF PUT THIS ALL INTO FOCUS.
SO I AGAIN, I'M AGREEING WITH LORI.
YEAH. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE'S LIMITATIONS ON HOW MUCH MONEY THERE IS TO GO AROUND.
THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE NEEDS.
BUT WE NEED TO KEEP THIS IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND.
CAN I JUST ADD, I SAW YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
GO AHEAD. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT.
YOU WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THE POTENTIAL CORNER WE COULD PAINT OURSELVES INTO DOWN THE ROAD.
IF REVENUES WE FIND OURSELVES IN A DIFFICULT POSITION.
SO JUST JUST GIVING A SHOUT OUT TO BALANCING THAT APPROACH WITH FUTURE POTENTIAL HARDSHIP.
THERE'S SO MUCH DATA THAT WE LOOK AT AND IT'S A VERY GOOD COMMENT.
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NOW WE'RE VERY COMPETITIVE AS A WHOLE.AND I THINK IT'S RELEVANT TO YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE WHEN THERE IS AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN OR EVEN CURRENTLY, WHICH IS NOT A DOWNTURN, BUT WE'RE WE'RE EXPECTING STATE REVENUES TO FLATTEN OUT. RIGHT. AND THE NUMBERS ARE YOU SAW THOSE EARLIER.
HOW DO WE WITHSTAND THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE ECONOMIES? WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION.
WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME RECRUITING.
AND WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO INVEST IN OUR EXISTING EMPLOYEES.
BUT WHEN THE ECONOMY GOES SOUTH I THINK WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
I NEVER MAKE PREDICTIONS, BUT WE'RE.
WE HAVE MORE TOOLS IN PLACE NOW TO DEAL WITH THAT.
YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT.
I MAIER ASKED MY QUESTIONS ON THE LIST OF WHO HAD REQUESTS.
AND IS THAT POSSIBLE TO HAVE FOR TOMORROW TO BE ABLE TO CIRCLE BACK? NOT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT IF WE CAN.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DIVING INTO THE SURVEY AND TAKING A LOOK AT THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT READY.
AND I JUST WANT TO REALLY APPLAUD EVERYONE FOR.
AND JUST AS SOMEONE WHO'S IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
OKAY. CLOSING IN ON A BREAK, BUT I THINK I WANT TO GO AHEAD.
THAT BE GREAT. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
JESSICA AND SETH. THEY MADE THE SCHEDULE CONVENIENT FOR ME.
I AM STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW AS THE CO-CHAIR FOR EAC, THE EMPLOYEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO I'M JOINED HERE TODAY WITH MY COLLEAGUE SETH GREGOR, WHO WILL SPEAK NEXT.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T AWARE, EAC OR EMPLOYEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS A COMMITTEE THAT MEETS TWICE MONTHLY TO DISCUSS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY LEADERSHIP CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT RELATED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, COMPENSATION, BENEFITS SAFETY, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THIS GROUP IS REFLECTIVE OF EVERY DEPARTMENT HERE IN THE CITY.
MANY REQUESTS. MANY OF THESE REQUESTS DO REQUIRE FUNDING WHICH IS WHY THE TEAM WILL MEET PRIOR TO THE BUDGET PROCESS IN ORDER TO PRIORITIZE THOSE REQUESTS FOR THESE DISCUSSIONS. DURING OUR LAST EAC RETREAT, YOU SAW THE EAC PRIORITIES, WHICH WERE TO CONTINUE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, COMPENSATION KEEPING, COST SHARING, SHARING ON MEDICAL THE SAME WITH NO INCREASE, THE ADDITION OF TWO NEW HOLIDAYS AND THE INCREASE TO PARENTAL LEAVE.
THREE OF THOSE TOP FOUR PRIORITIES ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
YOU'LL SEE THOSE ITEMS WITH A CHECK MARK ON THE SCREEN TO NOTE WHICH ONES THOSE WERE.
WE APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION AND THE TEAMWORK THAT CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE WITH REFLECTION AND REVERENCE.
NOW I'LL PASS IT ON TO Z. MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL SETH GREGOR.
I'LL BE REPRESENTING THE EAC AS WELL.
I'M USUALLY HERE WITH MY COHORT JARED WOJTASZEK.
SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HIM AND APPRECIATE HIS WORK ON THIS.
SO BUT LOTS TO LEARN AND VERY GOOD.
SO I APPRECIATE THE BUDGET TEAM LETTING ME SIT IN AND CHIME IN WHEN I CAN.
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SO THANK YOU. I'M JUST GOING TO WRAP IT UP WITH WHAT JESS SAID.ANNOYING GOES DOWN. BUT AS ALWAYS, COMPENSATION IS GOING TO BE COMING YOUR WAY IN THE FUTURE.
THE PARENTAL LEAVE DID NOT GET FUNDED THIS YEAR.
WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT AWARDS TO INCREASE THE VALUES OF THOSE.
THE WOW AWARD MORE SPECIFICALLY AND YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH COMPENSATION, WE'RE LOOKING AT MARKET RETENTION, PAY RETENTION BONUSES ONE TIMES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ENJOY.
TOGETHER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REAL QUICK FOR THEM BEFORE WE BEFORE WE BREAK.
I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SERVES ON THE EAC, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY. SO THANK YOU.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
SO LET'S TAKE A QUICK 15 MINUTE BREAK.
LET'S I'LL TELL YOU WHAT LET'S DO.
LET'S DO A LITTLE BIT SHORTER BREAK.
LET'S COME BACK AT TEN AFTER EVERYBODY SETTLED IN AT TEN AFTER.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN BRING IT BACK TOGETHER IN THE NEXT MINUTE SO WE CAN KEEP IT GOING.
YEAH. LAKERS. DODGERS. RAIDERS.
YES. WE JUST HAVE TO TALK SOMETIME.
THANK YOU. SEE, I KNEW THAT YOU HAD.
WHERE ARE WE? NEW BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS.
RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, BRANDY, YOU'RE ON.
THANK MAYOR BRANDI PSEUDO SERVING AS YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.
SO THE NEXT SECTION OF THE RETREAT IS TALKING ABOUT NEW BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS.
AND. SO AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2425 BUDGET PROCESS, DIVISION, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REQUESTS.
A NEW BUDGET REQUEST FOR NEEDS ACROSS ALL FUNDS FOR THE BUDGET TEAM'S CONSIDERATION.
OVER 60% OF THOSE REQUESTS WERE GENERAL FUND REQUESTS.
WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, WE RECEIVED $20 MILLION IN REQUESTS, INCLUDED PERSONNEL REQUESTS OF 5.3 MILLION AND OF ONGOING REQUEST, AS WELL AS 800,000 IN 1 TIME PERSONNEL REQUESTS.
OUR BUDGET REQUEST IN THE GENERAL FUND INCLUDED $22.9 MILLION.
7.6 MILLION OF THOSE REQUESTS WERE ONGOING NEEDS AND 15.4 MILLION WERE ONE TIME.
LOOKING AT ALL THE OTHER FUNDS.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 17.5 MILLION IN REQUESTS.
OF THOSE, 750 WERE PERSONNEL REQUESTS.
OF THOSE REQUESTS, 580 WERE ONGOING REQUESTS AND 167 WERE ONE TIME.
ALL OTHER REQUESTS AND OTHER FUNDS INCLUDED 8.7 MILLION.
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OF THAT. BUT WE'RE SORRY.EIGHT POINT 8.7 OF THOSE WERE ONGOING REQUESTS AND 8 MILLION WERE ONE TIME REQUESTS.
SO AGAIN, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REQUESTS FOR LIMITED RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
MOVING ON TO FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND, NEW INVESTMENT, NEW APPROPRIATION INVESTMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2425 RECOMMENDED BUDGET INCLUDE EMPLOYEE INVESTMENTS OF $3.4 MILLION WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
$230,000 IN THE NEW STARTING WAGE PAY PLAN ADJUSTMENTS 150,000.
IN ONGOING MID-YEAR MARKET ADJUSTMENTS $750,000 FOR POSITION SPECIFIC MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, AS WELL AS CHANGES TO OUR AD PACE.
THE $190,000 FOR THE TWO ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS.
AND LASTLY 85,000 IN MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR THAT ONE POINT.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO OUR BASE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.
INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS INCLUDES 235,000 FOR FLEET INVESTMENTS OVER THE BASE FLEET REPLACEMENT FUNDING.
3.1 MILLION IN FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND 475,000 IN IT.
SO IN SUMMARY HOW IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2425 RECOMMENDED BUDGET? THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE BETWEEN OUR AVAILABLE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WITH THE NEEDS REQUESTED AND RECOMMENDED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.
SO BACK AT OUR FEBRUARY REPEAT, WE SHARED THAT THE GENERAL FUND HAD VERY LIMITED ONGOING RESOURCES OF $700,000 AND 10.5 MILLION IN 1 TIME RESOURCES TO BE ALLOCATED FOR 2425.
SINCE THE FEBRUARY RETREAT, WE HAVE DONE SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 300 MILLION IN ONGOING AND 1.5 BILLION IN 1 TIME.
SO HOW DID WE DO THAT? SO WE, YOU KNOW, TURNED OVER THE COUCH CUSHIONS, LOOKED UNDER THE BED.
NO. SO WE DID SOME SEVERAL HISTORICAL ANALYSIS.
THAT WE'VE BEEN USING ONE TIME RESOURCES TO FUND AND THAT EQUATED TO $2.3 MILLION.
SO APPROXIMATELY 97% ON AVERAGE, WE CAN SAFELY SAY THAT WE SPEND OF THE BASE BUDGET REALLOCATION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID AN ANALYSIS ON HOW WE BUDGET FOR BENEFITS FOR VACANT POSITIONS VERSUS THE ACTUAL COST WHEN THOSE POSITIONS ARE ACTUALLY FILLED.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO REALIZE AN ADDITIONAL $660,000 IN ONGOING.
THE $1.3 MILLION OF ONE TIME IS RELATED TO ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURE SAVINGS IN THE 2024 BUDGET.
SO IN ADDITION, WE DID HAVE UPDATED REVENUE PROJECTIONS, AS RICK DISCUSSED EARLIER THIS MORNING.
PROVIDING 780, 485,000 OF ONGOING AND 400,000 OF ONE TIME RESOURCES.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, WE DID HAVE THE FUNDING ALREADY SET ASIDE ON MERITS AND THE MEDICAL INSURANCE.
$1.9 MILLION, ALMOST $2 MILLION FOR A TOTAL AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2425 BUDGET OF APPROXIMATELY 6.2 MILLION ONGOING AND 12.3 MILLION IN.
THOSE RESOURCES WERE ALLOCATED TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS.
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EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT OF 3.4 MILLION.ONGOING. ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT OF 5.8 MILLION IN 1 TIME, AND OF THOSE 29 MILLION OF NEW REQUESTS THAT WE SAW EARLIER IN THE SLIDE, APPROXIMATELY 2.8 MILLION OF THOSE ONGOING REQUESTS AND 4.8 MILLION IN 1 TIME REQUESTS ARE RECOMMENDED TO MOVE FORWARD FISCAL YEAR BUDGET WITH OUR LIMITED RESOURCES.
2.3 OF THOSE ARE THOSE ONE TIME ONGOINGS, AS WELL AS APPROXIMATELY A HALF $1 MILLION, IS RELATED TO BOTH NEW PERSONNEL AS WELL AS CLASSES AND FRAMEWORKS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
OKAY, SO WE GET TO SEE ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
THERE. THAT WE CAN CATCH UP SOME STUFF.
WE WILL BE GETTING INTO FURTHER DETAILS, I THINK IN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.
SO I'M PROVIDING A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DIG DEEPER SOMETIMES.
FROM. IN ADDITION TO OUR APPROVED BUDGET REQUESTS, THE GENERAL FUND IS PROVIDING ONE TIME RESOURCES OF $1.6 MILLION TO SUPPORT OTHER FUNDS. THIS INCLUDES OUR HOUSING FUND, SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE LIBRARY.
IN THE END WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY SPENT ALL THE ALLOCATED, ALL THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE 15,000 ONGOING AND 23,000 IN 1 TIME AVAILABLE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND DO WE INCLUDE DO WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY? SO IT'S NOT DOWN TO WE ONLY HAVE $15,000 OR SOMETHING.
GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS? I TALK ABOUT HOW OUR REQUESTS ALIGN WITH PBB AND OUR PRIORITIES.
THANK YOU. RANDY. YOU KNOW, CAN I JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? IF WE KEEP THE PROPERTY THE SAME, WHICH IS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA, THAT, IN EFFECT IS A LOWERING OF THE PROPERTY TAX AND WHEN ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CHRIS RODI ANALYST.
I GIVE YOU YOUR REGULAR PB LENS TO ALL OF THIS.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE SAME DATA POINTS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT MEANS AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME DIFFERENT INSIGHTS INTO WHAT THIS BUDGET WILL LOOK LIKE AS IT'S RECOMMENDED NOW.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE QUARTILES ARE GOING TO MEAN, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC REQUESTS AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TOWARDS AND HOW THEY SCORE OR PB SYSTEM. SO IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST SUMMER WE WENT THROUGH AND DID A WHOLE REVAMP OF OUR PRIORITIES AND OBJECTIVES.
THE QUARTILE INDICATES WHERE IT FALLS, WHERE ITS SCORE OF HOW IT WAS EVALUATED AGAINST THOSE PRIORITIES AND OBJECTIVES, AS WELL AS BPAS, WHICH WERE OUR BASIC PERM ATTRIBUTES.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT AREN'T THE PRIORITIES OR OBJECTIVES THEMSELVES.
IT'S THINGS LIKE, IS THIS PROGRAM MANDATED BY A LOCAL, FEDERAL OR STATE ENTITY? IS IT WHAT IS ITS COST RECOVERY LOOK LIKE? SO IT'S MORE OF THOSE GENERAL THINGS THAT APPLY TO ANY PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF.
ALL PARTIES OBJECTIVES YOU MAY THINK OF, BUT THOSE WERE ALSO TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT TO GET THE PB SCORE FOR EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS. I ALSO WANT TO JUST GIVE A REMINDER THAT THAT PB SCORE IN THE QUARTILE IS JUST ONE OF OUR METRICS THAT WE USED TO DETERMINE WHICH REQUESTS WE THOUGHT WERE WERE MOST WORTHY OF FUNDING.
IT IS NOT ANYTHING THAT WE'RE BOUND BY OR WE'RE BOUND BY.
WE DIDN'T LOOK AT TWO PROGRAMS AND SAY, WELL, THIS ONE SCORED AN 88.1, THIS ONE SCORED AN 88.2.
SO THE 88.2 GETS THE THE FUNDING.
THAT'S NOT EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS.
IT'S JUST ONE OF MANY TOOLS THAT WE USED IN OUR DELIBERATIONS.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT A DIRECT PROXY FOR HOW IMPORTANT PROGRAMS ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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AS I MENTIONED, SOME OF THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT ARE ARE NOT TIED STRICTLY TO THE PRIORITIES AND OBJECTIVES.ENDED UP IN QUARTILE THREE OR QUARTILE FOUR DOESN'T MEAN IT'S WORTHLESS AND WE SHOULD STOP DOING IT.
OFTENTIMES THERE ARE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS THAT FIND THEMSELVES IN THE LOWER END OF THAT SPECTRUM.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE DO THAT ARE IMPORTANT, AND THEY THEY FILL OUT THE BREADTH OF IT.
IT'S AGAIN, JUST ONE, ONE SYSTEM THAT WE USE TO EVALUATE OUR PROGRAMS AND TO ALLOCATE FUNDS.
AND THEN LOOK AT THE QUARTILES.
IF YOU SEE A QUARTILE ONE, THAT MEANS IT WAS IN THE HIGHEST QUARTER OF PERFORMANCE AND A QUARTILE FOUR WAS IN THE LOWEST QUARTER OF PERFORMING PROGRAMS. IT'S NOT BASED ON WHAT THEIR FINAL SCORE WAS, WHERE EVERYTHING ABOVE A 75 IS QUARTILE ONE, 50 TO 75 IS QUARTILE TWO.
WE DID IT KIND OF AS A NORMAL CURVE BASED ON WHERE THE SCORES CAME IN SO THAT THE MEDIAN SCORE IS WHERE WE SPLIT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AND THEN YOU KNOW, SO A QUARTER OF EACH ARE ALL THE SAME SIZE.
THIS SHOWS TWO LINES FOR EACH OF THE FOUR QUARTILES.
THE TOP LINE IS YOUR REQUESTS.
THE LINE IMMEDIATELY BELOW IT WAS OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS MOST APPARENT IN THIS GRAPH.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP 2 OR 3 LINES, HAVE A LOT MORE REQUESTS THAN THE BOTTOM.
SO. SO THIS REALLY SHOWS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES UNDERSTOOD THE ASSIGNMENT AND REALLY ADVOCATED FOR SPENDING MORE MONEY IN THE TOP SCORING PROGRAMS WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO.
SO THERE'S KIND OF A LANGUAGE YOU CAN JUST TRANSPOSE THERE.
ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR ARE RESPECTIVELY GO THROUGH IT REALLY CENTERED ON QUARTILE TWO PROGRAMS. AND QUARTILE FOUR PROGRAMS RECEIVED THE FEWEST REQUESTS, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT.
WHAT WE WOULD HOPE TO SEE FROM OUR IS AS THEY'RE NAVIGATING THE SYSTEM.
JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF PRESENTING IT.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT 45% OF THOSE REQUESTS WERE IN QUARTILE TWO.
AND IF YOU ADD THAT TO QUARTILE ONE, ALMOST 75%, 70% WERE REQUESTED TO BE ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN QUARTILE ONE OR QUARTILE TWO, AND ONLY 11% ORDERED THAT LOWEST QUARTILE.
RECOMMENDATIONS. HOWEVER WERE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
YOU MAY SEE HERE WE'RE STILL PUTTING A LOT OF FUNDS OR RECOMMENDING PUTTING A LOT OF FUNDS INTO THOSE TOP QUARTILES, BUT ONLY 63% OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDED FUNDS GO INTO THE TOP TWO QUARTILES VERSUS 70%.
SO WE ACTUALLY RECOMMEND FUNDING SOME OF THOSE LOWER SCORING PROGRAMS. AND YOU'LL SEE WHY HERE IN A SECOND.
YEAH. HERE'S THE PERCENT THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING BE APPROVED.
IN EACH OF THE FOUR QUARTILES.
THIS 1ST MAY LOOK SURPRISING AT FIRST GLANCE WHERE IT STARTS OUT CLOSER TO 50% IN QUARTILE ONE AND QUARTILE TWO, AND YOU GET DOWN TO QUARTILE THREE AND QUARTILE FOUR FOR PROGRAMS. WE'RE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING THAT WE APPROVE 90%, ALMOST OF THOSE QUARTILE FOUR PROGRAMS. AND AGAIN, THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE TO DO THEM.
SO WHAT THIS REALLY SHOWS IS THAT WHEN WE GOT REQUESTS IN THOSE LOWER SCORING PROGRAMS, QUARTILE THREE AND QUARTILE FOUR, THEY WERE REALLY NECESSARY USES OF FUNDS. IT WASN'T OUR EMPLOYEES SAYING, OH, WELL, I KNOW THIS PROGRAM SCORES REALLY POORLY.
WE WANT MORE FUNDS FOR IT ANYWAYS.
IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT THOSE ARE AREAS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES REALLY SCRUTINIZE.
SAID, NO, WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NEED THESE FUNDS TO CONTINUE THIS NECESSARY PROGRAM.
AND WHEN WE SAW THAT AT THE BUDGET TEAM, WE GENERALLY AGREED WITH THAT.
SO THE REQUEST FOR THOSE LOWER SCORING PROGRAMS ARE ONES WE ACTUALLY ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE FUND AT A HIGHER RATE, AND WE'LL GET INTO WHAT SOME OF THOSE LOOK LIKE, BUT THEY OFTEN ARE ONES THAT ARE MANDATED OR OTHERWISE JUST INCREDIBLY NECESSARY FOR OUR OPERATIONS.
YOU KNOW, REALLY KEYSTONE PIECES THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
IS IT? YES, IT IS JANUARY NEXT.
ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE QUARTILES ARE GOING TO WORK IS THERE EXPLAINED.
WE'LL GET INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE BUT WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT OVERVIEW.
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SO YOU HAVE THE CONTEXT AS WE HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS.SHANNON ANDERSON, ONE OF YOUR DEPUTY MANAGERS.
AS CHRIS SHARED, 56% OF THE TOTAL REQUESTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR QUARTILE ONE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE NEXT.
THE BUDGET TEAM RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $11.8 MILLION IN REQUESTS FOR QUARTILE ONE, AND THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 6.6 MILLION OF THOSE REQUESTS.
THE HIGHLIGHTS ON THIS SLIDE, AS WELL AS THE NEXT ONE, ARE AN ILLUSTRATIVE LIST.
SO NOT ALL INCLUSIVE OF WHAT'S INCLUDED IN QUARTILE ONE BY PRIORITY BASED BUDGET PROGRAM.
EACH PROGRAM IN THAT SECOND COLUMN HAS A COLOR OF MONEY INDICATOR.
ALL OF THE REQUESTS ON THIS SLIDE INDICATE THESE PROGRAMS ARE PART OF THE GENERAL FUND.
YOU WILL ALSO SEE THE ONGOING AND THE ONE TIME INVESTMENTS BY PRIORITY BASED BUDGET PROGRAM TO EXPAND A BIT MORE ABOUT A FEW OF THESE PROGRAMS. BUSTS IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET.
WE'LL START WITH MAKING IMPROVEMENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE DISPATCH CENTER HAS $206,000 IN ONGOING AND 489,001 TIME.
THIS SUPPORTS THE SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY KEY COMMUNITY PRIORITY.
IT ALSO INCLUDES SPIDER TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS A FULLY AUTOMATED IT GOES BACK TO THE VICTIM VICTIMS TO NOTIFY THEM OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THEIR PARTICULAR CALL, AND THEN ALSO THE PURCHASE OF DISPATCH CONSOLE RADIOS.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PARTNER WITH EXTERNAL INSPECTION SERVICE PROVIDERS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE INSPECTIONS ARE TIMELY FOR THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S THE 340,000 THAT YOU SEE IN ONE TIME.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME NEW COLOR OF MONEY INDICATORS ON THIS SLIDE.
FOR THE WELL'S WATER PRODUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE 651 TIME AND THE WILDCAT PLANT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE 373 671 TIME.
SO CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
OR I MAY CALL A FRIEND IF IT'S REALLY SPECIFIC.
OTHERWISE I'LL PASS IT ON TO JOANNE TO CONTINUE WITH QUARTILE TWO.
SO ON THE LIKE THE STREET MAINTENANCE AND STREETS ADMINISTRATION.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT IS? BECAUSE THAT'S AN ONGOING.
MUSTER. AND WHILE THE MAJORITY OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS ONE TIME.
ONGOING IS GOING TO BE MORE OF THEIR ONGOING OPERATIONS.
WHAT ONE TIME I KNOW THAT THE 300,000 IS THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS FOUR AND SEVEN.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN MAINTENANCE FOR THE 231? AND YOU MENTIONED ELECTRICITY, WATER PRODUCTION AND WILD PLANT.
YES. IS THAT AN INCREASE? WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THOSE EXPENSES.
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40. IF NOT ALL OF THOSE ONE TIME DOLLARS ARE FOR THOSE TYPES OF EXPENSES, ELECTRICITY AS WELL AS CHEMICALS.SO IS THAT USAGE OR RATE INCREASE? IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE OF BOTH.
OH GO AHEAD. THE YOU KNOW THE 231.
I'M IMAGINING THE 231 I'LL HAVE TO GO LOOK.
SO FOR THE STREET MAINTENANCE, IT'S JUST INCREASED MATERIALS AND MAINTENANCE.
SO JUST GENERAL STREET MAINTENANCE COST OF SUPPLIES, ETC..
AND I CAN GRAB MY LAPTOP AND COME BACK FOR MORE.
SO THINK IT'D BE SIMILAR FOR WATER? SO AGAIN A LOT OF IT IS THE PARTS, THE MAINTENANCE, THE REBUILDING, THE PUMPS OILS, GREASE.
THE BUDGET WE PRESENTED IS IN LINE WITH THE RATE MODEL.
BUT MANY OF THOSE TO YOUR POINT, THOSE ONGOING MAINTENANCE WOULD MOVE TO BILLING FUNDING AND THE ELECTRICITY COST OF THAT INCREASE OR USAGE INCREASE RATE INCREASE.
YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREAT MAN. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
I ALREADY PHONED A FRIEND AND I.
TODAY I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT QUARTILE TWO, WHICH IS PROGRAMS THAT ARE MORE ALIGNED.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS SLIDE THERE WERE 20 OVER 20 MILLION REQUESTS REQUESTED IN QUARTILE TWO.
AND IN THE BUDGET THAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED 11.3 IS BEING RECOMMENDED.
AND THAT'S 54% OF THOSE REQUESTS WERE APPROVED.
I'LL GO INTO SOME DETAIL OF SOME OF THESE ITEMS. AND IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I KNOW.
SO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS CAN BE ANSWERED.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE COLOR OF MONEY.
SOME OF THESE ARE GENERAL FUNDS.
SOME OF THESE ARE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
BY JUST PULLING OUT SOME ITEMS. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT CREATION, AS I MENTIONED.
I KNOW SARAH WILL BE GOING INTO MORE DETAIL, QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD RECOMMEND TO TO CREATE SOME UNIT CREATION.
AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS INCLUDED INCLUDE 200,000 FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM, TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO GET THOSE KEYS OUT AND, AND HELP OUR HOUSING STAFF MAKE SOME PROGRESS.
I THINK THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION THIS MORNING ABOUT STAFFING CHALLENGES AND BURNOUT.
AND WE REALLY, REALLY TRIED TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET.
THIS IS ONE TO BRING IN A CONSULTANT WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS SPECIFICALLY.
WE ALSO ADDED SOME FUNDING FOR LAND ACQUISITION, HALF MILLION AND THEN HALF A MILLION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL INCENTIVE POLICY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL.
JUST GOING DOWN AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION, RESILIENCE AND MOBILIZATION.
AND I KNOW JENNY WILL BE PRESENTING AND GOING INTO MORE DETAIL ON SOME OF THOSE REQUESTS.
WITHIN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, WE HAVE FUNDING IN THERE FOR A REAL TIME ALERT SYSTEM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEN CYBERSECURITY MANAGEMENT.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THESE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
ARE INTERNAL ITEMS AS WELL AS EXTERNAL ITEMS. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OUR OUR IT, OUR DESKTOP SUPPORT.
VERY IMPORTANT, OUR EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING.
AGAIN, I KNOW SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS MORNING.
WE DID APPROVE 41 OVER 41,000 FOR TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, AS WELL AS 45,000 FOR CITYWIDE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.
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AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UNDER POLICE TRAINING, WE APPROVED FUNDING FOR DESIGN FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING EXPANSION.IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE HAD THE, THE CIP RETREAT THE CHIEF PRESENTED ON TO PROVIDE AN ADDITION TO THAT BUILDING AND POTENTIALLY SOME OPTIONS FOR HOUSING.
SO WHAT WE DECIDED WAS TO PUT SOME FUNDING TOWARDS GETTING A DESIGN FOR THAT BUILDING AND POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR GRANTS FOR THAT PROJECT THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
FEYTI, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO MOVE INTO THREE.
IS THERE A QUESTION? YES, QUESTION ON THE CDBG MANAGEMENT.
I SEEING WAS ON THE SLIDE BEFORE.
ISN'T THAT COME OUT OF THE CDBG FUNDS? 177,000. THE QUESTION.
SARAH CAN ANSWER THAT. THAT'S $77,000.
ALL RIGHT, MAYOR COUNCIL SARDAR, HOUSING DIRECTOR, BECAUSE THESE ARE WITHIN.
BELIEVE ME. WITHIN THE PRIORITY BASED BUDGET PROGRAMS, I WAS LOSING MY WORDS.
WHICH ONE IS IT? THE PRIORITY BASED BUDGET PROGRAM.
GRANT MANAGEMENT HAS A COUPLE OTHER THINGS IN THERE.
AND THAT IN PARTICULAR IS CHAP, THE HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO THE $177,000 IS PROGRAM INCOME THAT'S COME IN.
THIS BEING REALLOCATED WITHIN THE CHAP PROGRAM.
WE MANAGE THAT CONTRACT MUCH LIKE WE MANAGE CDBG CONTRACTS.
AND THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE IT'S A SEPARATE EXPENSE THERE JUST FOR CDBG, NOT A SEPARATE EXPENSE.
IT IS PURE PROGRAM MONEY FOR CHAP.
THANK YOU. AND THEN, JOANNE WILL WE BE GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE CITY FACILITIES? CAPITAL REGION.
6 MILLION. MORE DETAIL ON THAT.
I THINK YOU GET INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE 2.3 MILLION.
SO I CAN TELL YOU THE TWO PROJECTS THAT MAKE THAT UP.
SO THERE IS THE NEW WINDOWS AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY.
SO THAT'S $2 MILLION PROJECT, AND THEN A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS TOWARDS SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN CITY HALL RELATED TO ONE OF THE AREAS THAT NEED SOME RE STRUCTURING TO FIT PEOPLE AS WELL AS THE DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOMS ARE NOT ADA COMPLIANT.
SO WORKING TO DO THAT PROJECT.
SO THOSE THAT'S ONE POINT OR ONE POINT.
THANK YOU. THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM.
COMES UP. WE ALL CAME OUT DRY.
IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE.
GOOD MORNING. SO LET'S LET'S GIVE THIS THIS LAST GROUP.
JOANNE. AND. SO GUESS WHAT? ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA, IT'S LUNCHTIME, SO WE'RE JUST BLOWING RIGHT THROUGH THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP IT MOVING.
DIRECTOR. SO I GET TO SPEAK ABOUT QUARTILE THREE, WHICH IS OUR LESS ALIGNED.
WE HAD 8.7 MILLION REQUESTED, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING IN THIS BUDGET 5.8 MILLION OF IT.
HAVE A DELAY. SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE ON HERE ARE SUPER IMPORTANT, SO I TOO AM LESS ALIGNED.
BUT WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE TAKING CARE OF THEM.
WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE MAINLY IS WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR MAINTENANCE OF OUR RADIO SYSTEMS. AND WE ALSO HAVE UTILITY INCREASES AT THE LANDFILL.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THE BULK OF THAT MONEY INTO THOSE TWO ITEMS. FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES.
WE HAVE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CREATIVE FLAGSTAFF.
WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CREATIVE FLAGSTAFF.
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DOOR FOR THE CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU, WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A NEW VISITOR STUDY.WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE SINCE 2017, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE CURIOUS HOW THAT LOOKS.
WE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THAT CAMPAIGN.
WE DO IT IN A LOT OF THINGS LIKE BUSINESS JOURNALS OUTWARD FACING TYPE OF MARKETING.
AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE LENDING MORE SUPPORT TO THE AIRPORT MARKETING ARM BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET SECOND SERVICE FOR THE DIRECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
THAT'S AN INCREASE IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
AND THAT, OF COURSE, COMES OUT OF THE HUD FUNDING.
FOR THE INSTANT INCIDENT AND PATIENT CARE REPORT MANAGEMENT.
THE CONTRACT SERVICES THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM.
THAT WILL BE NEW MONEY THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THAT PROGRAM.
ANY QUESTIONS THAT HEIDI DERRYBERRY COULD ANSWER FOR YOU? I HAVE A QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS BELONGS, BUT I KNOW IT'S FOR YOU.
EARLIER, I SAW A MENTION OF A AIRPORT VISITOR CENTER.
YES. SO IS THAT GOING TO BE SELF-FUNDED THROUGH RETAIL? IS THAT DOES THAT COME OUT OF THE ENTERPRISE, ALL COME OUT OF THE TOURISM B-BBEE FUND? SO IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AIRPORT.
THERE'S JUST A LOT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DAY.
SO INSTEAD BRIAN GALSTON, AN ENORMOUSLY GREAT JOB OF LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER AIRPORTS ARE DOING IN THIS UPSCALE, UPSCALE GRAB AND GO SERVICE SEEMS TO BE THE TICKET.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT IN ONE PART OF THE CAFE AND THEN THE OTHER PART AND EXPRESS.
I THINK I'M ALLOWED TO SAY THAT TRACY WARD HATES THE CERTAIN NAMES.
THE EXPRESS VISITOR CENTER, WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS ASKING FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT THEY TRAVEL WITH, AND THEN THEY ARE ALSO ASKING FOR INFORMATION WHEN THEY GOT THERE, LIKE, OH, I HAVE AN EXTRA DAY, CAN I HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE I CAN GO? SO THAT PART OF THE CAFE AREA WILL BE SOLELY FUNDED THROUGH THE CVB AND WITH THE TOURISM? SECTION. I'M SORRY, GREG, I DIDN'T MEAN TO.
NO. CAN I JUST ADD ON TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID? BECAUSE I THANK YOU FOR RAISING IT, VICE MAYOR.
THE QUESTION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO THAT.
THE CAFE OUT THERE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR TWO YEARS.
ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW. TWO YEARS.
UNSUCCESSFULLY. AND AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST LOST REVENUE TO THE AND.
AND I WAS THE LAST ONE TO HOP ON BOARD WITH THIS.
I'M HEIDI AND BRIAN AND OTHERS GET ALL THE CREDIT.
BUT THE DECISION WAS MADE AND WE CONSULTED WITH LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
DON'T EVEN BOTHER. NO ONE'S GOING TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL WITH THE CURRENT NUMBERS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ATTRIBUTED TO A NUMBER OF THINGS.
THE LOWER EMPLACEMENTS, BECAUSE WE LOST A CARRIER UNITED.
AND JUST EVER SINCE COVID KIND OF A REDUCED ACTIVITY IN THE TERMINAL.
NOW THINGS ARE PICKING BACK UP, BUT WE'RE NOT AT A POINT WHERE A CAFE CAN REALLY GO AT IT.
SO THE DECISION WAS, LET'S DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THIS? IS THAT THE BENDING APPROACH, AND WE'VE SEEN SOME SUCCESSES IN THE HOLDING AREA.
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IT'S NOT THAT IT'S PRODUCT, FRESH PRODUCT REGENERATED FREQUENTLY AND RESTOCKED AND SO IT'S A GOOD FOOD PRODUCT AND THEN THE COFFEE PRODUCTS AS WELL.AND THE OTHER THING I WILL ADD TO THE DISCUSSION.
AND THERE'S A BAR, AS THERE IS IN MANY AIRPORT TERMINALS, WE'RE LOSING THAT.
BUT WE'RE PURSUING INTERNALLY A LIQUOR LICENSE TO SO WE CAN SELL BOTTLED BEER YOU KNOW, TO BE CONSUMED ON PREMISES AT THAT LOCATION.
ALL IN AN EFFORT TO ENHANCE THE TRAVELING EXPERIENCE FOR FOR THOSE GOING THROUGH THE TERMINAL.
AND THAT'S IN PART THE REASON WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE SOME STAFF OUT THERE.
SO THE IDEA WAS TO COMBINE A ANY OR AN EXPRESS VISITOR CENTER WITH THIS GRAB AND GO FACILITY.
I'M FEELING MUCH BETTER ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN GO AND GET SOMETHING ON THE GO LIKE THIS.
SO IT WILL HELP US GET THE REVENUE STREAM BACK IN PLACE.
AND WE ALL HOPE IT'S SUCCESSFUL.
THE VISITOR CENTER DOWNTOWN HAS LOTS OF THINGS.
TRINKETS FOR SALE, TRAINSETS MONOPOLY GAMES, YOU KNOW, ETC.
THOSE SAME THINGS WOULD BE AVAILABLE AT THE SATELLITE.
THERE WILL BE THERE WILL BE ITEMS LIKE THAT THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S NOT AS LARGE AS THAT IS THE TRAIN STATION.
YOU WANT EARBUDS, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE TYPICALLY AT AN AIRPORT A STORE.
ALSO WITH THE GRAB AND GO THAT GREG'S TALKING ABOUT, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE UPSCALE.
I NEED YOU TO KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FRESH.
THEY WANT TO GET RIGHT THROUGH TSA AND THEN THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING THEIR THING.
AND THEN AS WELL, WHEN YOU'RE SITTING INTO THE HOLD AREA.
IT IS OUR PLAN B, BUT WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A SOLID PLAN B.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SCOTT.
THANK YOU. OH, SCOTT, YOU GET QUARTILE FOUR FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT QUARTILE OF THE DAY.
AND HEIDI HAS THAT FULL SPREADSHEET, BUT QUARTILE FOUR, YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND THINGS THAT MAYBE AREN'T REQUIRED OF THE CITY, BUT THEY JUST MAKE GOOD SENSE AND THEY FALL INTO A CATEGORY THAT IS QUARTILE FOUR.
NOT A BAD PLACE TO BE NECESSARILY, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO IT, LOOK INTO IT.
WHAT I DO OBSERVE AS I LOOK THROUGH THE DATA.
BUT MORE OF THE ONGOING RESOURCE I'VE NOTICED GOES IN THOSE MORE HIGHER PRIORITY QUARTILES.
SO THIS ONE THE REQUESTED 5 MILLION, 4.5 GOT FUNDED.
THERE'S A COUPLE REALLY BIG PROJECTS IN HERE THAT'LL EAT UP A LOT OF THIS.
A COUPLE BIG ONES I WANT TO POINT OUT.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE AQUAPLEX SIGHTING.
AND THE AQUAPLEX SIGHTING HAS BEEN FAILING FOR A NUMBER OF THEM.
THIS WILL GET THAT PROJECT DELIVERED 100% THIS YEAR.
SO THAT IS THE REALLY LARGE ONE TIME ITEM IN COUNCIL FOR 1.5 MILLION.
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THE GIFT SHOP RETAIL SALES.YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET INTO THAT SLIDE NEXT.
SO YOU'LL HAVE A REAL GOOD BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THAT GOES.
BUT QUARTILE FOUR IS STILL REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE STILL NEED TO DO IT ALWAYS GOING TO BE HIGHER PRIORITIES THAN OUR RESIDE.
BUT WE EVENTUALLY HAVE TO START TACKLING THESE PROJECTS.
SO SUPER EXCITED FOR THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION TO GET THAT ONE KNOCKED OUT.
AND I KEEP COMING BACK TO IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF QUARTILE FOUR FOR ME.
BUT ELECTION MANAGEMENT, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THAT'S CRITICAL, RIGHT? THAT'S A SERVICE WE CANNOT DO WITHOUT.
AND YOU ALSO SEE IT'S SIGNIFICANT, YOU KNOW, 300,001 TIME.
YES. SO THIS IS NOT A DISCRETIONARY EXPENDITURE.
BUT IT IS A QUARTILE FOR EXPENDITURE.
BUT YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES AS, AS YOU GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE ARE IMPORTANT.
AND THANK YOU, SCOTT, FOR WALKING US THROUGH THAT.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE NEXT PART WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SERVICE PARTNER CONTRACTS.
THESE HAVE BEEN ONGOING SERVICES THAT WE'VE WANTED TO PROVIDE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
JUST REMEMBER, THESE ARE NOT DONATIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS.
THESE ARE REALLY PARTNERS THAT WE WANT TO DELIVER THINGS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
SO WE GO THROUGH A CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENT WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP DELIVER THESE ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS TO AS NOTED, SCOTT NOTED, THE GOOD NEWS IS, EVERY YEAR WE WOULD ASK FOR ONE TIME MONIES FOR THIS TO FUND THESE.
THERE IS SLIGHT INCREASES TO ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS. BUDGET TEAM THOUGHT IT WAS WITH INFLATION AND COST GOING UP, WE FELT THAT THEY DO NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE THIS COMING YEAR AS WE DID IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE DID ABOUT A 5% INCREASE TO THESE THINGS.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE WILL KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHERE THE INCREASES ARE FOR THESE CONTRACTS NEXT YEAR.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WORKED WITH THE COUNTY TO DEFINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE GROWTH AND INCREASES IN THEIR CONTRACTS OVER THE YEARS. SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT CPI RATIOS THAT WE LOOK AT, ONE FOR THEIR ONGOING RESOURCE.
THAT CURES THAT NARROWING AND ALL THAT, AS WELL AS THE BUILDING UPI, THE MAINTAIN, MAINTAINING THE BUILDING, AND THEY COME BACK WITH DIFFERENT KPIS EACH YEAR, BUT THEY ARE CAPPED ALSO AS FAR AS HOW MUCH WE WOULD GIVE AS FAR AS INCREASE.
WE WE TIED DOWN EXACTLY WHAT THEIR INCREASES WILL BE FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO IT'S NICE TO HAVE THIS IN ADVANCE BEFORE WE COME FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO FOR HIGH COUNTRY MAIN, IT'S A 3% ON THEIR BASE CONTRACT.
AND THAT TYPES OF WORK, ALL OTHERS ARE LOOKING.
THEY DID REQUEST TO HAVE A 40,000.
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BUDGET NEXT YEAR, AND WE'RE CLOSE.WE DIDN'T APPROVE IT AT THAT LEVEL.
WE THOUGHT WE'D BE FAIR AND EQUAL WITH OTHER SERVICE PARTNER AGENCIES.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING THAT INCREASE.
OR MAYBE THEY'RE GOOD WITH THE 78, 38, $700 DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S THE EXISTING CONTRACTS AND WE'RE AT.
AND THE NEXT PART WE WANT TO GO OVER WITH YOU, COUNSEL, IS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD WHEN WE GET THESE TYPES OF REQUESTS FROM THE AGENCIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BEFORE THAT, I WOULD LIKE GREG TO SAY SOMETHING.
NO, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, I SAY A LOT OF THINGS.
BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND COUNSEL, I GUESS.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SHELTER SERVICES AND HOW IT IS THAT THAT WE NOW HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE? AND THIS GOES BACK TO A DISCUSSION AT THIS TABLE FROM A YEAR AGO.
RIGHT. YEAH. AND SO THE BUDGET TEAM LOOKED AT THIS AND, AND BROUGHT IT FORWARD LAST YEAR FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY WANT TO PROVIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR SUPPORT THEY NEED FROM US.
WE ARE WORKING ON THE CONTRACT STILL.
IT'S BEEN DELAYS ON, ON BOTH SIDES.
WE HOPE TO GET THIS COMPLETED AND WRAPPED UP BECAUSE IT IS 100,000.
IT WILL LIKELY COME TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT VALUE.
SO THIS IS ONE THAT PURCHASING IS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH FLAGSTAFF SHELTER SERVICES.
THAT'S THE COMPANY THAT REQUESTED THE FUNDING, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THAT TIED DOWN INTO.
THAT THE LEVEL? YEAH, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
MISSION GIVEN RECENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WARMING CENTERS AND THINGS AND STUFF.
AND THIS MAY NOT BE THE APPROPRIATE FORUM, BUT IT JUST SEEMS MORE LOGICAL THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE SHELTER SERVICES TO OPEN UP DURING THE DAY SO THAT CLIENTS THAT ARE LOOKING TO NOT HAVE TO BE DISPERSED OUT, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO WALK DISTANCES AND STUFF, MAYBE PROVIDING THAT ADDITIONAL SERVICE OR YOU HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO MAYBE PROVIDE IT SINCE.
ALREADY PROVIDING SO MUCH FOR THOSE.
AND A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE I DROVE THROUGH THERE THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE OF RECENT COMPLAINTS, AND EVERYBODY'S OUT ON THE STREET, AND THEN THEY'RE WALKING INTO TOWN, AND THAT'S JUST SOME TIME.
WE HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND IN THE ROOM.
GOOD MORNING. COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE MET AGAIN WITH THE SHELTER YESTERDAY.
SO THE MAIN REASON THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO STEP OUT OF THE SHELTER DURING THE DAY IS TO CLEAN.
AND TALKING TO THEM, IT JUST SEEMS THEY ARE LIMITED BY SPACE RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAD A WHOLE SEPARATE BUILDING.
THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, MOVE PEOPLE IN, PLAY POOL, PLAY GAMES, DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THAT.
AND THEY DO HAVE THEIR OTHER FACILITIES COMING ONLINE.
BUT NEITHER OF THOSE ARE THE LANTERN AND THE CROWN.
EITHER OF THOSE ARE SET UP FOR A DAY CENTER TYPE OPERATION.
AT LEAST THAT'S THE IMPRESSION I GOT FROM OUR MEETING YESTERDAY.
AND CHIEF, THEY'RE ONCE THEY'VE CLEANED, THEY ALLOW PEOPLE BACK INTO THE BUILDING.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF OUR MEETING, WAS TO TRY AND GET HARDENED, FOR LACK OF A BETTER PURPOSE, THE THE CHECK IN PROCESS. WE HAD SOME GOOD IDEAS.
WE JUST. NOT NOTHING CONCRETE THAT I CAN DISCUSS RIGHT NOW.
AND DID TELL ME DURING ONE OF THE REALLY COLD PERIODS THAT THEY WERE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO STAY IN WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE BY, LIKE MOVING EVERYONE TO ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
WHY THEY CLEAN THAT SIDE AND THEN MOVING BACK OVER? YES. ROTATING PEOPLE INTO DIFFERENT PORTIONS.
BUT LOGISTICALLY, THAT SEEMS TO STILL BE SOMEWHAT OF A CHALLENGE FOR.
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DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY.THANK YOU. RICK. MY NAME IS TIA HATTON.
THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING.
RICK IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT PAST CHALLENGES AND RECEIVING AND PROCESSING THESE REQUESTS.
AS WELL AS PRIOR FISCAL YEAR EXAMPLES OF REQUESTS.
AND I WILL GIVE YOU ALL AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONTENTS OF THE APPLICATION AND GUIDELINES.
BEFORE I MOVE ON, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN INTER DIVISION PROCESS WITH GUIDANCE FROM MANAGEMENT, SERVICES, PROCUREMENT, LEGAL AND EVEN THE HOUSING TEAM HELPING WITH APPLICATION INSIGHTS.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT BACK TO RICK FOR.
THE BUDGET TEAM COUNCIL CITY MANAGER.
WE'RE JUST GETTING MAYBE AN EMAIL, RIGHT.
HEY, I WANT TO DO THIS UPSTART PROGRAM.
SOME MAY HAVE BEEN JUST BY WORD OF MOUTH COMING FORWARD, AND WE THOUGHT, WELL, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GATHER ALL THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE SOUND DECISIONS? A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE BROUGHT A LIST OF REQUESTS FOR THE COUNCIL, AND WE HAD VERY LIMITED DOCUMENTATION AND RESPONSES TO YOUR QUESTIONS. AS COUNCILS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY FINANCIALLY SECURE? IS THIS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING RESOURCE? YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN THE NEEDS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND, AND US AS, AS BUDGET TEAM SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS.
WE DON'T GET THE LEVEL THAT YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE.
SO WE SAW THIS CHALLENGE DURING THE BUDGET RETREAT BACK IN FISCAL YEAR 20.
AND IT WAS INTERESTING CONVERSATION HOW WE GOT TO GET TO APPROVING THESE AGREEMENTS.
WE GOT THERE AS COUNSEL, YOU GAVE US DIRECTION.
YOU KNOW, SO QUESTIONS COME UP ABOUT WARMING CENTERS OR THESE KIND OF THINGS FOR FUNDING.
NOW WE'VE GOT SOMETHING IN PLACE TO HEAR.
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM, WHAT YOUR REQUEST IS AND THE DETAILS THAT SUSTAINABILITY, PURCHASING LEGAL HOUSING ALL WORKED OUT, I THINK REALLY TIE IN TO GIVE YOU THE BIG PICTURE AND WILL HELP US PRESENT THESE TO YOU IN THE FUTURE.
SO, YEAH. FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT RICK JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
TAKES A SECOND. YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY.
WE NEEDED TO CREATE SOMETHING TO HELP US WITH THESE CHALLENGES.
SO THE PURPOSE AND REASONS FOR CREATING THE APPLICATION AND SOLIDIFYING THE INTERNAL PROCESS ARE TO CREATE AN APPLICATION AND PROCESS THAT IS CONSISTENT, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS AND ENSURING THESE REQUESTS ARE IN LINE.
POLICE ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, SUCH AS OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
FURTHER, THE APPLICATION WILL ENSURE THERE'S MORE CONTEXT TO FUNDING REQUESTS, WHICH WILL GIVE DECISION MAKERS IMPORTANT INFORMATION THEY NEED TO EVALUATE THE FUNDER AND THE FUNDING REQUEST.
ALSO, CREATING THIS APPLICATION BRINGS GREATER TRANSPARENCY BY BRINGING IT INTO OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND CREATING CONSISTENT LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ALL INVOLVED AND BRINGING FORWARD THESE REQUESTS IN A CLEAR MANNER.
READ OUT FOR BOTH SERVICE PARTNERS AND STAFF.
AND LASTLY, THE APPLICATION AND PROCESS INCREASES ACCOUNTABILITY BY LAYING OUT THE SAME EXPECTATIONS AHEAD OF TIME FOR ALL REQUESTS AND FORMALIZING REPORTING FROM THESE SERVICE PARTNERS AFTER THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.
AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS APPLICATION, WE ALSO WANT TO NOT AND THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AN OPEN CALL FOR FUNDING REQUESTS BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ONGOING POOL OF FUNDS FOR MOST OF THESE.
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RIGHT. SO HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE FUNDING APPLICATION AND GUIDELINES DOCUMENT.WE PROVIDED JUST THE TABLE OF CONTENTS HERE TO SHOW YOU THE SECTIONS THAT WE INCLUDED SUCH AS ELIGIBILITY AND REQUIREMENTS, INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S MISSION, VISION, ORGANIZATION VALUES AND BUDGET PRIORITIES.
AND FOR EXAMPLE AN IF AWARDED SECTION.
FOR CONTEXT, THIS APPLICATION FRAMEWORK WAS DEVELOPED WITH EXAMPLES FROM SOME OF THE OTHER CITY LIKE GRANT AND FUNDING APPLICATIONS, SUCH AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY GRANT AND WITH REVIEWS AND INPUT, AS I SAID, FROM LEGAL, SUSTAINABILITY, HOUSING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND PROCUREMENT.
SO CONTINUING TO DISCUSS DISCUSS THE APPLICATION ITSELF.
HERE'S A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
IT ALSO SERVES AS A TOOL TO SHARE OUR CITY GOALS WITH REQUESTERS, AND REMINDS THEM TO CHECK FOR FUNDING WITH ENTITIES THAT WE HELP FUND, SUCH AS UNITED WAY OR CREATIVE FLAGSTAFF. SOME OF THE APPLICATION QUESTIONS INCLUDE CLEARLY AND CONCISELY DESCRIBING THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE AND ITS GOALS, DESCRIBING HOW THE PROJECT ALIGNS WITH OUR ORGANIZATION'S VISION, MISSION, VALUES, AND PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING.
IT'S TOO SMALL TO READ, SO I'M GONNA LOOK AT YOURS.
THIS IS OUR PREFERRED TIMELINE.
TO HELP ENSURE THAT THESE REQUESTS ALIGN WELL WITH OUR EXISTING CITY PROCESSES.
HOWEVER, WE DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT EMERGENCIES AND CRITICAL REQUESTS COME IN.
SO WE WOULD IDEALLY LIKE TO USE THIS PROCESS ON THOSE REQUESTS OUTSIDE OF THAT TIME FRAME AS WELL.
AND THEN STILL IN THIS FIRST BOX.
STAFF WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST WITH ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE APPLICATION TO SUPPORT THIS REQUESTER.
STAFF WILL PRESENT ALL THE FUNDING REQUESTS TO THE BUDGET TEAM DURING DIVISION REVIEW.
THEN AS IT COMES FORWARD THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS WE'LL BRING IT FOR OUR APRIL RETREAT IS WHEN WE'LL HAVE THE CONVERSATION, WHAT HAS COME FORTH AND SHARE INFORMATION WITH CITY COUNCIL AS FAR AS FUNDING REQUESTS, AS FAR AS BUDGET TEAMS, RECOMMENDATION RESOURCES AVAILABILITY AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL TO GET DIRECTION FOR APPROVED BUDGET.
IF APPROVED FOR THE FUNDING, STAFF WILL WORK WITH PROCUREMENT BASED ON DOLLAR AMOUNT.
WE'VE GOT CERTAIN PROCUREMENT THRESHOLDS.
WE MAY HAVE TO GO OUT AND BID THE SERVICE AND ASK THEM TO COMPETE.
IT MAY BE A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST WE'RE GIVING IT THAT THOSE DOLLARS TO THOSE PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TO FOLLOW PROCUREMENT LAWS AND RULES.
WE'LL WORK WITH LEGAL, GET CONTRACTS IN PLACE.
AND WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK TO YOU THOSE HIGH LEVEL CONTRACTS.
WE'LL ISSUE PURCHASERS AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN THE INVOICING PROCESS.
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THIS WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WHERE WE GET THESE REQUESTS.SO DEFINITELY A PROOF PROCESS FOR FLOW IN THIS INSTANCE.
I CAN SEE THIS TIMELINE WORKING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AGENCIES THAT WE'VE HAD TRACKS WITH.
AND THIS IS JUST A REVIEW, BUT POTENTIAL NEW AND I KNOW SOLICITATION OR AN ENCOURAGEMENT FOR OTHER APPLICANTS, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A REALLY LONG, DRAWN OUT PROCESS.
AND IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST A RENEWAL EVERY YEAR, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
BUT FOR MAYBE A NEW AGENCY THAT REALLY HAS A LEGITIMATE REQUEST, IT SEEMS, YOU KNOW, A YEAR TO WAIT.
SEEMS TO BE REALLY LONG TO MAKE THAT POINT.
AND THEN I WAS CURIOUS WHY IN OUR APPLICATION PROCESS.
THEY SCORE HIGHER OR LOWER IF THEY'RE NOT MEETING OUR OUR PARTY BASED BUDGETING.
I MEAN, THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A THING FOR US.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHY WE PUT THAT IN THERE.
CULINARY TEA HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP AND IT'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.
BUT THAT'S JUST ONE COMPONENT OF INFORMATION WE WANT TO KNOW HOW DOES IT REALLY ADVANCE OUR PRIORITY BASED BUDGETING? WE HAVEN'T REALLY GONE TO THE LEVEL TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO SCORE THESE.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT THAT MAYBE WE WORK ON BEFORE WE BRING THESE TO BUDGET TEAM, IS IS THERE SOME TYPE OF METRICS WE CAN DO FOR, FOR RANKING OR SCORING THESE THINGS? YOU KNOW, AN ONGOING RESOURCE VERSUS ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE.
THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT THOUGHT.
BUT IT'S NOT ALL GOOD INFORMATION.
ALL KNOW. BUT IF LIKE SCOTT SHOWED YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW IT WAS SIMILAR, NECESSARY, BUT NOT RANKED.
I SAY ONE OF THE STRUGGLES WITH SERVICE PARTNER CONTRACTS.
IT'S A LUMP OF CONTRACTS THAT GO INTO PB SYSTEM AND RANK.
IF YOU PULL THEM OUT INDIVIDUALLY, THEY MAY RANK DIFFERENTLY.
CIVIL COMMUNITY AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO THEY WORK ON THAT, RIGHT? COUNCIL LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER.
PUTTING YOUR ARM IN THE HALLWAY AND EMAILING YOU.
AND CAN YOU COME OUT TO MY FACILITY AND SEE IT? IT WAS A VERY INFORMAL, DISORGANIZED WAY OF APPROACHING IT, AND I REMEMBER THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD.
SO I THINK THIS WILL HELP THAT PROCESS.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE STILL HAVE JENNY AND SARAH.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOU IN BEFORE LUNCH.
THAT WE'RE MOVING REALLY WELL, SO MIGHT ACTUALLY GET OUT EARLY.
IT'S BACK TO AND IN THE WAY OF LUNCH.
PAIN. CAN EVEN FIND AN ACTION SECTION DIRECTOR.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE THIS.
WE WE STARTED DOING IT WITH THE EARLIER CLIMATE PLAN.
WE KNOW THAT IT IS ONE MORE QUESTION THAT YOU GET TO ANSWER.
BUT IT DOES PROVIDE US WITH A LOT OF VALUABLE INFORMATION.
THE CMP IS NOT JUST THE WORK OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE, RIGHT? IT'S THE WORK OF THIS ENTIRE ORGANIZATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T GET FAR IF WE RELY ON SUSTAINABILITY STAFF ALONE.
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AND SO WHAT THIS PROCESS ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO UNDERSTAND, EVOLVE THE BUDGET REQUESTS, RIGHT, WHICH ARE REALLY MOVING FORWARD, THE CMP, WHICH ARE ALIGNING WITH THE CMP, ETC..AND THIS DATA, IT'S REALLY A DATA COLLECTION PROCESS.
IT PROVIDES A NUMBER OF BENEFITS.
IT HELPS US TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORK OF THE OTHER DIVISIONS.
AND IT HELPS TO BUILD CAPACITY AMONG STAFF, HELPING THEM CONNECT THEIR WORK TO OUR CLIMATE GOALS.
ONCE WE GET THAT DATA THAT'S PROVIDED BY STAFF IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE THEN ANALYZE IT TO UNDERSTAND IF WHAT REQUESTS ALIGN OR ADVANCE THE CARBON NEUTRALITY.
TA DA! WE ARE THRILLED THAT THE BUDGET IS ADVANCING.
CLIMATE ACTION WITH ABOUT $4.7 MILLION IN FUNDING, 2.8 OF THAT MILLION REALLY ADVANCE THE CNP AND 1.8 MILLION ALIGN WITH THE CMP. PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE THE CMP ARE THOSE THAT REALLY MOVE US FORWARD ON OUR GOALS.
AND PROBABLY HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE CMP.
EXAMPLES INCLUDE ALL THE PROJECTS YOU SEE BELOW IN THE HIGHLIGHTS.
PROJECTS THAT ARE ALIGNED ARE THOSE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN ANYWAYS, RIGHT.
BUT THEY ARE RESULTING IN EFFICIENCIES.
SO MAYBE THOSE ARE ENERGY EFFICIENCIES OR TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIES.
YOU'VE SEEN MOST OF THESE PROJECTS ON EARLIER SLIDES, AND WE'RE JUST REALLY THRILLED THAT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS MAKE A DENT IN OUR WORK TO ACHIEVE OUR CLIMATE GOALS. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY.
THANK YOU. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF SLICING THIS DATA.
SO AGAIN, YOU SAW MOST OF THESE PROJECTS ON OTHER THINGS.
THIS IS JUST ONE OTHER LENS TO USE LOOKING AT IT.
RIGHT. IT'S ALSO A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE CO-BENEFITS OF CLIMATE ACTION, RIGHT? YES. THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR OPERATIONAL AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
IT'S ALSO GOOD FOR THE COMFORT OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
RIGHT. HAVING WORKING WINDOWS FACILITIES, CATASTROPHIC FUND.
IT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE BECOME A MORE RESILIENT ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE LAST ONE, CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, GOES FAR BEYOND EMISSION REDUCTIONS, RIGHT? IT'S ABOUT MAKING OUR COMMUNITY MORE RESILIENT AND MORE EQUITABLE.
OUR INDIGENOUS OUTREACH IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
FROM SCOTT OR SOMEBODY ABOUT 100,000 FOR A STRATEGIC FUND.
HOW MUCH CAN WE NOW HELP? THE BIG NUMBER, IT IS A BIG NUMBER.
SO WE HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PUT FUNDS ASIDE FOR CATASTROPHIC REPAIRS.
SO WE GENERALLY TRY TO REPLACE AND REPAIR THINGS AS WE GO.
SO WE FOUND 500,000 OF ONE ONE TIMES, CORRECT AT ONE TIME MONEY.
SO IS THAT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND? IT IS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
YES. THAT THIS WILL BE A ROLLOVER FUND.
SO WE HAVE A CATASTROPHIC FIRE ENGINE FAILURE, LARGE ITEMS, NO DIFFERENT WITH FACILITIES.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT DOES APPEAR TO BE A NUMBER THAT IS FAIRLY LARGE.
I WILL TELL YOU, IT IS NOT 1,000,000FT² AND OVER 120 BUILDINGS 50 OR 500,000 GOES AWAY REAL FAST IF YOU HAVE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF ONE SYSTEM.
I WAS PLANNING ON PRESENTING AFTER LUNCH WHEN FOLKS WERE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DIGESTING AND THINKING.
SO NOW I GET A ROOM OF ANXIOUS, ANGRY PEOPLE.
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SO. THAT'S ALWAYS EXCITING.IT'S A LAG. I WAS INVITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE INVESTMENTS THAT OUR ORGANIZATION IS MAKING AND FURTHERING OUR TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN AND COUNCIL'S OTHER HOUSING GOALS.
SO THE COVER OF THE PLAN YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH CREATE ONE WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST GOALS, WHICH IS INCENTIVIZING CREATION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS THROUGH PROGRAMS AND MECHANISMS. AND IT'S EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT THE BUDGET TEAM IDENTIFIED HALF $1 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS THE EXISTING INCENTIVE POLICY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST ALLOCATION, ONE TIME ALLOCATION DIRECTLY TO THE FUND THAT WE'VE EVER RECEIVED.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE FOCUS ON THAT.
STAFF ALSO REQUESTED TO SET ASIDE SOME MONEY FOR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION FUND FOR THINGS LIKE LIE TECH, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT WHEN FOLKS ASK FOR A MATCHING CONTRIBUTION AT THIS MOMENT IN THE TIME WHEN IT'S REQUIRED OR ASKED FOR BY THE TAX CREDIT APPLICATION, WE GO KNOCKING ON BUDGET TEAM'S DOOR. AND SO THIS YEAR WE SAID, HEY, HOW HAVE WE FOUND SOME MONEY? THERE'S REALLOCATED FROM A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE HOUSING BUDGET THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY BEING UTILIZED.
AND SO ASKED TO STICK IT HERE IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION FUND.
IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT OFTEN THOSE REQUESTS ARE NOT A LOT OF MONEY.
AND WE VERY RARELY SEE MORE THAN 1 TO 2 APPLICATIONS PER YEAR.
SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY LEVERAGE A VERY MINOR INVESTMENT 100,000 INTO A $30 MILLION PROJECT. BUT THAT $100,000 GIVES EXTRA POINTS THAT CAN PUSH AN APPLICATION INTO THE FUNDED COLUMN VERSUS THE NOT FUNDED COLUMN.
I LIKE TO LEVERAGE NUMBERS AT THAT LEVEL.
YEAH, I PUSHED THE BUTTON. THERE WE GO.
CREATE A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FLAGSTAFF.
AND WE REQUESTED MONEY FOR LAND ACQUISITION SLASH UNIT PRESERVATION, THAT IS.
OH, I SWITCHED SCREENS THAT IS COMING TO THIS FROM FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO.
AND IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE AND WE'RE ALLOCATING IT TOWARDS LAND ACQUISITION UNIT PRESERVATION.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE COME TO US WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO PURCHASE LAND.
WE USED TO HAVE A FUND TO DO THAT.
WE SLOWLY SPENT IT DOWN UNTIL THERE WAS NOT THERE ANYMORE.
EARLIER THIS MORNING, I TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THAT'S PROGRAM INCOME COMING RIGHT BACK INTO THAT, THAT PROGRAM AND GOING OUT.
AND THEN I PUT THE NEXT LINE UNDERNEATH IT BOND PROGRAMS, HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE, 3 MILLION.
I PUT THOSE TOGETHER SO I COULD TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE THE CHAP FUNDING PROGRAM INCOME COMING IN, WHICH WILL CARRY US THROUGH LIKELY THE TIME PERIOD WHERE WE'RE PUTTING IN THE HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH BOND FUNDS.
SO YOU'RE PROBABLY WHY THREE, NOT SEVEN? WELL WE ARE ANTICIPATE SPENDING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE HOUSING STOCK TURNOVER IN OUR COMMUNITY LIKE THAT.
AND THEN RENTAL INCENTIVE BOND PROGRAM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ALLOCATIONS TO THIS.
NOT TO THIS, BUT TO FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING FOR THE PROJECTS DOWNTOWN.
SO THAT MONEY WILL NOT BE SPENT BY JUNE 30TH.
SO WE'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD IN THIS COMING YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO THERE WAS THE 3 MILLION IDENTIFIED IN THE BOND PROGRAM FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE.
WE WENT AHEAD AND PROGRAMED THAT INTO THIS YEAR, NOT KNOWING IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE OR NOT.
WE CAN'T GET THERE IF IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET.
YES, MA'AM. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN MIND IN TERMS OF THE UNIT PRESERVATION? I KNOW SOME OF THE LIVE TECH PROJECTS ARE COMING UP, AND WE'RE LIKELY TO LOSE THAT AFFORDABILITY.
SO YES, THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THAT 500,000 IS NOT GOING TO TOUCH WITH THAT NEEDS.
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WAIT TO LINE UP A NEW BUYER, WE CAN RESCUE THAT OUT OF FORECLOSURE AND MAKE SURE IT GOES TO ANOTHER ELIGIBLE BUYER INSTEAD OF LOSING THAT PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE UNIT TO FORECLOSURE. SO IT'S REALLY A FUND TO RESPOND TO NEEDS IDENTIFIED DURING THE YEAR.SO JUST ADDING TO WHAT THE MAYOR ASKED ON THE UNIT PRESERVATION.
THEIR AVAILABILITY TO USE THAT 500,000 TO ASSIST, LIKE A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR ANOTHER AGENCY TO ACQUIRE, MAYBE A LIGHT TECH PROJECT THAT'S GETTING READY TO GO TO MARKET RATES TO SAVE THAT USED FOR. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING IS, BUT WE'RE NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING SITTING IN FRONT OF US THAT THAT IS AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN DEFINE IT TO THAT POINT.
I WANT TO POINTED AT THE SCREEN.
I'M GOING. CONTINUING WITH INVESTMENTS, PRIORITIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CITY OF FLAGSTAFF OWNED LAND DESIGNATED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE HAD AN APARTMENT COMPLEX YEARS, A FEW YEARS AGO.
PROVIDE $500,000 IN ADDITION TO SOME UNITS WITHIN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE SET IT ASIDE WITH THE THOUGHT OF RAD.
WE NOW HAVE SOME BOND MONEY COMING TOWARDS RAD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND A CONSULTANT TO HELP US GET THIS GOING AT A LEVEL.
JUSTINE AND I HAVE TAKEN A STAB AT IT.
WE TOOK A RUN AT IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE INTERNAL CAPACITY TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO MOVE THIS SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE TIME THAT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, SO THANK YOU FOR THE ALLOCATION OF A CONSULTANT TO REALLY CARRY THAT WATER WITH US.
THE HEAVY LIFTING ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
AND THEN NEXT 2.4 AND 3.1 BOTH HAVE TO DO WITH COMMUNITY HELPING THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE ROLE HOUSING PLAYS, BOTH WITH HOUSING THAT'S HEALTHCARE AND AS INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN A COMMUNITY.
AND SO JUST OVER 31,000 THERE TO ASSIST US IN GETTING THOSE MESSAGES OUT AND ALSO TO ASSIST US WITH WITH BRANDING OUR PROGRAMS. WE DON'T I MEAN, WE WE HAVE A LOGO, BUT WE HAVE NEVER PURSUED WHAT IS A CONSISTENT REPRESENTATION OF OUR EFFORTS THAT YOU SEE, SUCH AS WITH SUSTAINABILITY OR THE AIRPORT OR PARKS AND REC? WE NEED TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION TO HELP YOUR EFFORTS BE BETTER RECOGNIZED IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY TAKE PLACE.
SEE, JEFF DIDN'T EVEN WALK TOWARDS THE WHOLE DOOR YET.
HE JUST FIDGETED A LITTLE BIT.
SEE, WITH OUR OUR SHORTAGE AND SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS LIKE THAT.
LET'S BRING IN A CONSULTANT SO WE CAN STILL MOVE THESE PRIORITIES FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT.
IT'S IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS PICTURED US DOING ALL BY OURSELVES.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S MET ME BEFORE, BUT ASKING FOR HELP IN THIS SPOT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
FOR ALL CREATE A HOUSING NAVIGATOR OR ADVOCATE POSITION TO ASSIST LANDLORDS IN HOUSING CHALLENGED POPULATIONS IS ACTUALLY A SPECIFIC CALL OUT WITHIN THAT LARGER GOAL.
THANK YOU. THE NAVIGATOR POSITION IS NO LONGER ONE TIME FUNDED.
IT IS FUNDED ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
THE NEW ONE STARTED APRIL 15TH.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE SKILL SET HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE.
WE HAD A REQUEST FOR STAFF TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I HEARD FOLKS MENTION EARLIER BUT THE BUDGET TEAM, WHILE NOT ABLE TO FUND ANOTHER POSITION WITHIN HOUSING, DID SET ASIDE $25,000 TO ASSIST US WITH OBTAINING TEMP IN ORDER TO HELP CARRY SOME OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE TYPE WATER AND
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TASKS FORWARD, FREEING UP OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO HIGHER SKILLED HOUSING THINGS.AND SO WHILE THERE ISN'T A POSITION COMING TO HELP US WITH THAT, THERE IS A NOD THAT THAT NEED EXISTS AND ATTENTION GIVEN TO ONE WAY TO WORK TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS. THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR.
I THREW THE GRAPHIC ON THE TEN YEAR HOUSING PLAN, REPORTING AN IMPLEMENTATION CYCLE UP HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT WE WILL BE IN FRONT OF YOU IN JUNE WITH A NEW ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE THAT AREN'T DIRECTLY TIED TO ALLOCATION OF FUNDING.
THERE'S ALSO OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE WITHIN THERE THAT ARE NOT TIED TO DIRECT ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDING.
I'M GUESSING THAT THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR WORKS CLOSELY WITH FRONT DOOR.
AND TO STAY ON TOP OF WHAT THE OTHER HOUSING NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ARE.
SEE PEOPLE SMILING. SO MAYBE ANOTHER SECTION BEFORE LUNCH.
WHO IS STARTING TO GET HANGRY? ANYONE NO ONE.
WELL, NO ACTUALLY THERE IS LUNCH.
LUNCH IS HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BREAK FOR LUNCH.
OKAY, WELL, LET'S DO ABOUT 40 MINUTES.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME TO KILL, SO LET'S COME BACK AT 15 AFTER.
I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A NICE LUNCH.
AND I HOPE YOU'RE NOT TOO SLEEPY.
I THINK THERE'S THERE ARE COOKIES IN THE BACK, AND THEN AMY HAGEN'S COMING UP NEXT, SO SHE'LL WAIT.
MOVEMENT PROJECT RETREAT ON MARCH 28TH WAS A WHOLE DAY THAT WE WENT THROUGH PRETTY MUCH EVERY PROJECT THAT IS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
IT'S A GREAT START TO THE DAY.
AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON.
KIND OF SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE NUMBERS, REVISING SOME OF THE PROJECTS YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE KIND OF PROGRAM PROJECTS IN THE RIGHT YEARS.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK SINCE THAT TIME.
THIS IS. JUST AS A SUMMARY, THIS IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BROKEN OUT INTO OUR SECTIONS.
THAT'S WHY AMY AND ROSE ARE HERE NEXT TO KIND OF GO INTO THAT PROJECT A LITTLE MORE.
THAT WAS AN ITEM THAT COUNCIL WANTED TO DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY BIG LIST LIST AND A BIG TASK.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO JUST REMIND COUNCIL THAT I THINK MANY OF YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE EMBARKING UPON MANY YEARS OF SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL PROJECTS AND YOU KNOW, JUST GIVING THAT REMINDER TO THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT AS OFTEN AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
JUST A REMINDER THAT WHILE THESE PROJECTS ARE DIFFICULT AND THEY'RE DIFFICULT IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE REALLY NEEDED PROJECTS AND IMPORTANT PROJECTS FOR FLAGSTAFF OUR OBLIGATED EXPENDITURES IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR IS APPROXIMATELY 388 MILLION.
SO A LOT OF FUNDING STAFF, AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PROJECTS AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WE ARE ABLE TO DELIVER WHAT WE'RE PUTTING BEFORE COUNCIL, AND WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
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I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE, WE ASK OF YOU IS THAT COUNCIL SUPPORTS THAT WE, WE WOULD ASK YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR TIMELY DELIVERABLES AS BUDGETED.AND YOU'VE BEEN AMAZING AT GETTING THESE PROJECTS THROUGH.
BUT IF YOU DO HAVE A QUESTION ON SOMETHING, KIND OF THE SOONER THE BETTER TO ANSWER THAT.
AND. WELL, WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEXT ITEM.
OUR STAFF CAPACITY IS STRAINED.
I WILL SAY JUST AN UPDATE FROM THIS MORNING'S DISCUSSION ON THE PROJECT MANAGER SPECIFICALLY IS THAT WE WHILE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF POSITIONS OPEN, WE ARE MAKING SOME PROGRESS AND AND SEEING MORE APPLICANTS, MORE APPLICANTS COMING FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
JUST LAST WEEK, THE GOVERNOR ACTUALLY SENT OUT A DIRECTIVE TO STATE AGENCIES THAT BASICALLY PUT A HIRING FREEZE IN PLACE ON THE STATE LEVEL AND ASKED AGENCIES TO LOOK AT CUTS.
SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO GOING TO HELP OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THIS AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND THE TIME TO GET STAFF, YOU KNOW, TRAINED AND GET THEM UP TO SPEED ON PROJECTS.
BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY MAKING PROGRESS.
AND JUST THANKS TO FINANCE AND HR FOR FOR EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING TO, TO HELP WITH OUR HIRING.
UPON COMPLETION, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES FOR FLAGSTAFF.
JUST AN AMAZING LEGACY FOR ALL OF YOU AND THIS TEAM THAT'S WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS.
SO ON THAT MENTION, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO AMY AND TO ROSE CLICKER.
AND NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT HELP FROM THE ONE THE ONLY MISS ROSE TOHE BIG TIME.
YEAH. SO OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S IN FISCAL YEAR 2320 WHERE PROSE WAS FUNDED WITH $100,000 TO CONTINUE TO DO FURTHER MITIGATION, REMEDIATION, EXPLORATION, YOU NAME IT.
SO THE PERIMETER FENCE REMOVED GONE.
IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO GO SEE WHAT THE SPACE LOOKS LIKE.
YEP. THINK MISS NIEMAN LOOKS AMAZING OUT THERE AND IT LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME WATER LINE REPAIRS, INCLUDING WITH THE WATER SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO THANK YOU, WATER SERVICES, FOR HELPING OUT WITH THAT.
PLUS GOING WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE OBSTACLES WITH THE LOCAL PLUMBER TO JUST TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE CONNECTIONS ARE A-OKAY AT THE FUTURE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER. JUST RECEIVED QUOTES FROM TWO CONTRACTORS OR VENDORS TO DO KIND OF A FACILITY SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT ON THE BUILDING ITSELF THAT WILL BE UNDER $10,000, MAYBE AROUND SEVEN.
THAT'LL GIVE US A CLEAR GUIDEBOOK ON EVERYTHING STRUCTURAL WITH THE BUILDING.
I KNOW THERE'S NOT FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM INSIDE.
SO WHAT MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR THAT? EVERYTHING MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT, TOO.
THANK YOU EVERYONE IN IT THAT'S BEEN HELPING WITH THIS WITH AN INFRASTRUCTURE RELOCATION.
GO FIGURE. THE CITY HAS A HUB INSIDE THE FUTURE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER THAT FEEDS THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICES, AS WELL AS THE PARK SHOP AND THE THORPE SOFTBALL COMPLEX CONCESSION STAND.
SO WE'RE FIGURING OUT HOW TO RELOCATE THAT.
SO THAT WAY WE STILL HAVE OUR CITY OPERATIONS OUTSIDE OF THIS.
THE FUTURE USE OF THIS BUILDING THAT'S ESTIMATED TO EXPEND ANYWHERE FROM MAYBE 15,000 TO 60, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF IT INFRASTRUCTURE WE DO, OUR CHOICES WOULD BE A MICROWAVE TOWER.
THERE HAPPENS TO BE A CLEAR VIEW OF MOUNT ELDEN AND THOSE AMENITIES TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO.
WE COULD GO UNDERGROUND WITH A FIBER OPTIC LINE, WHICH WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT RIGHT NOW WITH IT.
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TO BASICALLY CREATE THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER.RIGHT. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW? YES, MAYOR. WHAT'S EXPECTED TIMELINE FOR WHICH PART FOR ALL OF THIS, SINCE THERE'S ONLY ONE COMPLETED? PRETTY ALMOST COMPLETE ON ANY WATER OR SEWER CHECKS AND BALANCES.
HOPE TO HAVE THE FACILITY ASSESSMENT OCCUR BY MIDDLE OF MAY.
SO ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY HAVE IT DONE AND THEN HAVE THAT REPORT BECAUSE THAT WILL THEN HELP ROSINEI COMPLETE KIND OF A SCOPE OF WORK, IF YOU WILL, FOR THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. THE ITPS, I ALSO THINK WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO DO THERE CAN OCCUR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO MAYBE IT'S SOMETIME THIS SUMMER AND YOU THINK THAT THE $100,000 COVER, IT WILL.
AND WHATEVER'S LEFT OVER, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO CARRY FORWARD THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE I HAVE TO POINT THAT WAY, DON'T I? BECAUSE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THERE'S $200,000.
YOU GUYS WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THAT I CAN.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME INTERACTION RIGHT NOW WITH CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE'LL GET GOING.
WE'LL GET A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OUT.
BUT THEN WHAT WHAT DO WE DO NEXT? PROSE DOES HAVE $200,000 FOR WHETHER IF THERE'S FUTURE REPAIRS, FUTURE REMODELING, FUTURE WHATEVER, WE DON'T KNOW. OR SEED MONEY IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT.
INTERESTED IN INTERESTED PARTY WITH A RESPONDENT FROM THAT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
YOU KNOW, BUT TO GET THERE, WE NEED THE RESULTS OF WHAT THAT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ENTAILS.
WHO ARE THOSE INTERESTED POTENTIAL PARTNERS OUT THERE, THEIR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE, TO MATCH WITH THAT $200,000 MAYBE. WHO KNOWS? AND THEN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IDEAS LIKE, WHAT DO WE PROVIDE NOW? THIS CAME UP IN OUR CAPITAL RETREAT.
SO DO WE USE THE $200,000 TO PROVIDE SOMETHING NOW OR AS IN AFTER JULY 1ST? THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE HAD ONE IDEA DURING THE CAPITAL RETREAT OF A TENT.
DO WE BUY A TENT IN ROSEN? I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
BUT THEN WHAT? THERE'S NO FLOOR FOR UNDERNEATH THE TENT.
THERE'S NO PLUMBING TO THE TENT.
SO IS THAT REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO? AND IF SO, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT, RIGHT? OR DO WE WANT TO TAKE $200,000 AND REMODEL SOMETHING INSIDE THE BUILDING WHERE THERE'S MAYBE IT'S NOT AS RUDIMENTARY AS OTHER PARTS OF THAT BUILDING TODAY? AND UTILIZE THAT.
WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? YOU ALL CAN FIGHT OVER IT.
SO. REAL BRIEFLY, JUST A THOUGHT.
WE'RE SPENDING $2 MILLION ON WINDOWS AT THE LIBRARY.
ANY WAY TO SAVE MONEY BY DOUBLING UP ON.
SIMILAR AGED ARCHITECTURE, FOR SURE.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, AN INSIGHT AND MAYBE IT'S HELPFUL.
THEN THERE'S THE SPACE THAT PROBABLY WILL TAKE A LOT MORE REMEDIATION THAN THAT SIDE.
INCLUDING WINDOWS AND HVAC, YOU NAME IT, IS GOING TO BE NEEDED IN THIS LOCATION.
THERE YOU GO. SO THAT'S NOT SHADOWING.
IT'S A GREEN BUILDING NOW INSTEAD OF THE CREAM.
OH, YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO HIT UP THESE PHOTOS? SURE. LET ME SEE IF THEY LOOK LIKE THAT WAS THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICES WITH THE FENCE UP.
SUSTAINABILITY OFFICES HAVE SINCE GONE THROUGH A HANDFUL OF REMODELS.
THEY HAVE A MURAL PAINTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE WALL AND PAINTED GREEN.
SO THAT'S THE SAME SPACE JUST WITH THE FENCE.
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IT IS NOT? NO.YOU TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT? THE FENCE THAT CAME DOWN.
THAT'S AWESOME. THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION IS I CAN'T SIT.
I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
THEY DID SO MUCH WORK ALREADY TO CONFUSE YOU.
I'M SURE WE CAN GO TO A MAP IF WE NEED TO SEE THE BUILDING.
SO WHEN WE DO THE FACILITIES SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT PARTICIPATE.
WE NEED A LOT OF WE DO DONE ON THERE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ANOTHER 200,000, BUT YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TINT THING.
AND I KNOW THAT IN THE INDIGENOUS COMMISSION MEETINGS AS WELL AS JUST MARK WITH HIS CLASSROOM, THEY ARE SO ANXIOUS TO GET OUT THERE.
SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE MAYBE IF WE DID A WALK THROUGH OR SOMETHING.
I KNOW THEY WANT IT SOONER THAN LATER, BUT WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO IN THE INTERIM? TO HELP CULTIVATE AND MAINTAIN THAT EXCITEMENT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT PARTS CAN WE LET THE YOUTH TAKE OVER? YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY'RE PLANTING SEEDS, YOU KNOW, FOR PLANTS THAT THEY WANT TO PUT OUT THERE.
WHAT DO WE DO IN THE INTERIM? THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS DOWN THE LINE IS READY TO BE OCCUPIED.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO POO POO THE TIN I DID, BECAUSE EXCEPT FOR HIGH WINDS.
DO WE JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT THE YOUTH WANT TO DO AND ACCOMPLISH THAT FOR RIGHT NOW? SO, ROSE, DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON THAT RIGHT NOW OR.
WELL THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WORK WITH AND HOW MUCH OF THAT DO WE WANT TO PUT, YOU KNOW, SPEND TOWARDS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE NEEDED ALL THE TIME. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SUMMER COMING, THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.
AND THE ONLY THING ABOUT IT IS AMY DID BRING UP THE BATHROOM SITUATION, WHICH IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE NEEDED IF THERE'S ACTIVITY GOING ON WITH, YOU KNOW, CLEANING UP AND WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE AROUND THE BUILDING.
SO THOSE THINGS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT THE YOUTH ENERGY AROUND THIS AND HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A BALANCE THERE TO THAT MONEY.
DO WE REALLY WANT TO SPEND AND THEN ALSO SUPPORT? WHATEVER THE STUDENTS REALLY WANT TO DO, THE YOUTH GROUP WANT TO DO.
CITY. AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW.
SOME CAN MOVE AND HAVE A PARTNER.
LIFE REFUNDS AND REALLY PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE OTHER NEEDS IN THOSE AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO GO INTO THE BUILDING. I REALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE YOUTH AND MAYBE GO OUTSIDE THE CITY FOR PARTNERSHIP ON TENTS AND HAVE VERY ELABORATE PORT-A-POTTIES NOW THEY DO.
YEAH. I WAS JUST ON A PNC MEETING LAST NIGHT, AND YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS SUSTAINABLE.
THEN FROM THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE.
IF WE HEARD REALLY A VISION FROM THEM AND THEN WENT OUT AND SAID, THIS IS OUR YOUTH AND WE COULD GO OUT TO OTHER AGENCIES, MAYBE SOME TRIBES, AND SAY, YOU KNOW, ON TEMPORARILY, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK AND CAN SUPPORT US? I THINK THAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY CRITICAL TO EVEN BEFORE THE RFP GOES OUT, BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO STAND BEHIND.
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AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT YOUTH GROUP RIGHT NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER MATTHEWS.AND FOR EVERYONE ELSE. SO WE HAVE LOCATED WITH THEY'VE RELOCATED AND WE PROVIDED SPACE IN THAT GREENHOUSE ON SITE THAT PARKS GERMINATES OUR POLLINATOR PLANTS.
AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH STEPHEN THOMPSON IN SUSTAINABILITY AND THE VOLUNTEER FORM FOR ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF THE PHYSICAL BUILDING ITSELF ON SITE.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE THE EFFORTS THERE WITH THAT GROUP.
COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSE HAS A QUESTION SLASH COMMENT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND ACTUALLY, I THINK IT WAS KIND OF ADDRESSED IN WHAT AMY AND ROSE JUST SHARED MY MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT HOW MUCH WE WERE ABLE TO BOTH ENGAGE WITH THE YOUTH ALREADY AND WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN THERE OVER THIS INTERIM PERIOD AND ANY WAYS TO ACTIVATE THAT SPACE.
SO HEARING THAT ABOUT UTILIZING THE GREEN THE GREENHOUSE AND AND BUILDING THOSE PLANTERS.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE SOME SORT OF SUMMER PROGRAMING WHETHER THAT WAS IN A COLLABORATION BETWEEN PROS AND LIKE THE INDIGENOUS CIRCLE OR THE INDIGENOUS COMMISSION.
BUT TO ACTIVATE THAT SPACE THROUGH THE SUMMER AS THAT OUTDOOR RECREATION AND CULTURAL CONNECTION SPACE THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT A LOT ALREADY.
I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND SHOW BOTH THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THIS AND TO SHOW THE THE, THE POSSIBILITIES THAT WILL HAPPEN AS WE START TO DEVELOP THIS, THIS CENTER EVEN MORE INTO THE FUTURE.
COME, SWEETHEARTS. I LIKE THE SUGGESTION SO FAR.
I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN DO A FIELD TRIP OUT THERE.
SOLUTELY. I KNOW WE'RE HOSTING THE INDIGENOUS COMMISSION NEXT WEEK ON MY WEEKS, RIGHT? YEAH. ON WEDNESDAY THAT AT THEIR USUAL MEETING THEY'RE GOING TO GO TAKE A TOUR.
WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE. WE COULD ALSO WE'VE SUGGESTED IT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AS WELL, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO HOLD ONE OF OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS THERE OR JUST TOUR IT AS A COMMISSION MEETING.
SO THE COMMISSION IS MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY.
THAT'S NEXT WEDNESDAY AT NOONTIME, MAY 1ST.
SWITCH. AND THEIR CONVERSATION OR DIRECTION REGARDING THIS $200,000 THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE COME JULY 1ST THAT WE CAN HAVE STAFF CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THE IDEA THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPLORE PRICE OUT.
WE'LL HAVE THAT FACILITY ASSESSMENT BY THEN, SO WE'LL KNOW WHETHER THERE'S SOME IMMEDIATE SUGGESTIONS ON ANYTHING TO DO, REPAIR WISE OR REMEDIATION WISE TO THE BUILDING ITSELF, AND CAN COMPARE THOSE TWO OR ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, BECAUSE PROS HAS HAS $5 MILLION FOR THAT CONCEPT PLAN, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE FUTURE IKE, BUT THORPE PARK ITSELF ROUGHLY NINE YEARS FROM NOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE HERE, BUT IT'S NOT ON MY CALENDAR ON THE MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY THAT IT'S ON TOUR SO SOON? YEAH, IT'S IT'S I'LL SEND IT OUT LIKE TODAY OR TOMORROW MORNING.
OUR. SO DO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THIS INDIGENOUS CENTER? IS IT GOING TO BE CLASSROOMS OR A BIG MEETING ROOM, OR IS THAT ALL TO BE DETERMINED? I'LL BE TO ALL TBD, TBD.
SO WE PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
MISSED. ONCE WE GO TO THE PERMANENT PLAN THAT WE WANT TO KIND OF PRIORITIZE.
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MONTHS OR WHATEVER, AND THEN IT'S GONE.THANKS FOR THE DISCUSSION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORTS.
AND I'M SORRY I WALKED IN AND HALFWAY THROUGH THE DISCUSSION.
SO MAYBE THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED.
WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO CURB THE ENTHUSIASM THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE, BUT I DO THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PRESSURE.
WE REALLY NEED TO GET THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS TO GET THROUGH THE BUILDING ASSESSMENT PROCESS.
THE BUILDING NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF TLC BEFORE IT CAN BE OCCUPIED FROM WITHIN.
I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT IT IT'S IN PART UNDERLYING WHY THERE'S SUGGESTIONS ABOUT A TENT AND SOME OF THIS OUTDOOR ACTIVATION BECAUSE THAT THAT IS A WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE ENTHUSIASM PRESENT WHILE TRYING TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, KEEP FROM USING THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WE'RE JUST NOT READY FOR. BUT THAT MAKES SENSE.
SEE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONVERSATION REGARDING THE FUNDS FOR NEXT YEAR? THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M TAKING OVER.
JUST KIDDING. I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE ONE.
EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING. AND LIVELINESS HERE.
WE LIKE THEM. MAIER LIKES THEM.
THERE ARE LOTS OF EMAILS FROM HER.
SO I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS ME.
STACEY BRECHLER-KNAGGS GRANTS.
WE'RE VERY AGGRESSIVE AT THEM.
ARE VERY HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WITH THEM.
WE HAVE THREE GRANTS AND CONTRACT SPECIALISTS.
THEY'RE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD.
THEY DO A LITTLE BIT OF GRANT SEEKING.
WE GET A LOT OF GRANT EMAILS TO SENT TO US.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE BIG WOW SLIDE OF WHAT WE HAVE IN FY 25.
AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME PROJECTS.
BUT WE DO A PRE PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT PART OF THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE GRANT.
AND THAT IS REALLY LOOKING AT PROJECTS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT FIT OUR COUNCIL GOALS, OUR, OUR PERFORMANCE BASED BUDGETING.
WE LOOK AT GRANTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CITY.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT THEY'RE NOT ONGOING.
THEY'RE NOT CONSISTENT REVENUE SOURCE FOR US EITHER.
THEY MIGHT REQUIRE MAINTENANCE.
SO WE'RE WE'RE CONSISTENTLY LOOKING AT THAT.
AND SO WE WE MAKE SURE THAT WE BUDGET ALL OUR GRANTS AND WE HAVE OUR MATCH AVAILABLE.
SO THERE'S COMPETITIVE GRANTS, WE HAVE STATE GRANTS, LOCAL GRANTS, FOUNDATION GRANTS.
WE HAVE ENTITLEMENT GRANTS, FORMULA GRANTS.
OUR COMPETITIVE GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE YOUR HIGHEST DOLLARS.
THAT'S THE BIG ONES. THAT'S THE BIG BAG OF CASH THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO FOR.
THIS IS THE APPLICATION PHASE OF THE PROJECT.
SO OUR OFFICE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF OR THE GRANT WRITER.
REALLY? MORE IN THE GRANTS MANAGEMENT SIDE.
WE HIRE OUTSIDE GRANT WRITERS, BUT OUR STAFF ARE WRITING THESE GRANTS.
THEY ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS.
THEY'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WRITING THE NARRATIVE.
OUR OFFICE WILL PEER REVIEW THOSE GRANTS, WILL HELP PACKAGE THE CERTIFICATIONS.
WE'LL WORK WITH OUR LOBBYISTS AND WILL GET CONGRESSIONAL LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
BUT WE'RE REALLY HELPING THEM PACKAGE THAT UP.
AND WE'RE HITTING THOSE CRITERIAS IN THAT GRANT APPLICATION.
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AND LORI, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH GRANTS.YOU'VE GOT TO HIT THE GRANT CRITERIA.
YOU HIT THE HIGHEST POINT THAT YOU CAN SUBMIT THAT GRANT THROUGH VARIOUS PORTALS, GRANTS.GOV.
WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HIT TO BE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT GRANT APPLICATION? IT GOES TO A PEER REVIEW PANEL AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL MOST OFTEN, OR THE STATE LEVEL.
HERE'S THE OTHER KICKER ABOUT THIS.
WE'LL GET A WE'LL GET A NOTICE THAT WE WERE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, BUT WE WEREN'T FUNDED.
WHY IS THAT? YOU DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT LINE.
YOU THEY WENT THROUGH ALL THE MONEY AND YOU WERE JUST BELOW THAT.
THE NEXT YEAR WE DO A EVALUATION SESSION.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PRE-AWARD STAGE AND APPLICATION PHASE.
AND THEN WE GET TO WE SIT AND WE WAIT.
WE WAIT FOR THAT, THAT GRANT AWARD.
THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF HAS A GOLD STAR.
LET ME TELL YOU, I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME FROM THE FEDERAL AGENCY.
THEY LOVE THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
WE DO WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH OUR GRANTS.
WE WE SPEND IT APPROPRIATELY, WE COMPLY.
AND SO. A LOT OF TIMES WHERE THAT THAT AGENCY.
YAY, RIGHT? WE'RE EXCITED WE RECEIVED THAT BAG OF CASH.
WITH THAT AWARD, THAT COMES A LOT OF STRINGS.
AND THAT AWARD PHASE, OUR STAFF IS ALL IN IS REALLY, REALLY ALL IN AT THAT.
AT THAT AWARD PHASE, WE'RE MEETING WITH THE STAFF, WE'RE DOING POST AWARD MEETINGS.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE OF THAT GRANT APPLICATION.
WE'RE WORKING. WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INVOLVING PROCUREMENT.
IF IT'S A SERVICE OR AN EQUIPMENT.
LEGALS REVIEWING THAT GRANT AGREEMENT.
BUT WE'RE REALLY IN THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT POST AWARD PHASE AND GOING THROUGH IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DELIVER THIS PROJECT, WE CAN DELIVER IT ON TIME WITHIN WHAT'S CALLED, YOU'LL HEAR A TERM IN GRANTS CALLED THE POP, WHICH IS THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE THAT COMES WHEN WE GET THAT POST AWARD, WHEN WE GET THAT AWARD AGREEMENT.
AND THAT PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS THE WINDOW THAT YOU CAN SPEND YOUR MONEY, YOU CAN'T SPEND IT BEFORE AND YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, SPEND IT PAST THE DEADLINE UNLESS YOU DO AN EXTENSION. SO SO WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH THE STAFF BRINGING IN THAT FULL TEAM AT THAT POST AWARD PHASE.
OUR OFFICE ALSO IS INVOLVED IN THAT IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE STAFF.
WE'RE WORKING WITH PROCUREMENT.
AND THEN WE'RE DOING MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH FINANCE HAS A VERY STRONG TEAM.
YEAH. FINANCE BY THE WAY, DO AN EXCELLENT JOB BY GRANT TRACKING.
WE ASSIGN A SPECIFIC GRANT ACCOUNT.
THAT'S THE GRANT PROJECT REP THAT'S OUT IN THE FIELD DOING THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION.
THEY'RE DOING PERFORMANCE REPORTING, AND THEY'RE SENDING THAT TO US.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER.
I REVIEW ALL THOSE PERFORMANCE REPORTS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS PART OF THAT GRANT OVERSIGHT AND MONITORING, BECAUSE I MIGHT GET A REPORT FROM THE FINANCE THAT SAYS ZERO FOR THIS QUARTER AND I GET A PERFORMANCE REPORT FROM A STORMWATER OR WATER SERVICES GRANT THAT SAYS WE'RE 50% COMPLETE.
AND THEN I'M LIKE, WHOA, SOMETHING'S WRONG.
RIGHT? I SOMETHING SOME A RED FLAG.
RIGHT. SO WE KNOW SO I'M ABLE TO KIND OF MONITOR MY STAFF IS TO KIND OF SEE REVIEW AND DO THAT OVERSIGHT AND KIND OF KIND OF WATCH ALL THE GRANTS WE HAVE ALMOST 200 ACTIVE GRANTS RIGHT NOW, VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVE, VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
BUT OUR RESOURCES AND CAPACITY, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, JOANNE DID THE ORGANIZATION IS TIGHT.
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SO GRANT MONEY IS GREAT.IT HELPS LEVERAGE OUR PROJECTS.
WE'RE I CAN'T THINK OF A PROJECT OUT THERE THAT DOESN'T HAVE SOME PROBABLY GRANT TIED TO IT BECAUSE IT'S A WAY FOR US TO HELP LEVERAGE THE FEDERAL AND STATE MONEY AND GET OUR PROJECTS DONE.
AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL WORK THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION.
I'LL BE OUT IN THE FIELD WITH THE STAFF.
I'M WALKING THE PROJECTS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
I'LL MAKE SURE THE FIRE TRUCK IS THERE, THAT.
YEAH, I JUST WE SAW THE FIRE TRUCK.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY WE. BUT IT DID BUY IT, AND WE AND WE HAVE IT.
WE'LL WORK WITH THE TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DONE THE CLOSEOUT PART OF IT.
DO WE RECEIVE THE FINAL PAYMENT? DO WE DID WE COMPLETE THE PROJECT ON TIME, ON BUDGET AND AND SUCCEED AND COMPLETING THAT PROJECT WITHIN COMPLIANCE. AND I'LL TELL YOU, THE COMPLIANCE SIDE OF GRANTS IS HUGE.
IF IF WE GET AN AUDIT FINDING ON ONE GRANT, THE WHOLE CITY GETS IT.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE THAT OUR AUDITS GO TO THE FEDERAL AGENCY.
THEY LOOK AT THOSE AUDITS, THEY SEE WHERE A LOW RISK ODDITY, THEY WANT TO FUND THOSE AGENCIES.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT PAST HISTORY.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE GETTING THAT GOLD STAR THAT OUR.
AND IT'S NOT ME. LET ME TELL YOU THIS IS A TEAM TEAM TEAM BIG TEAM, CITY WIDE EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR GRANT FUNDS, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE JUST. JENNY WE JUST SUBMITTED A $57 MILLION GRANT, THE HIGHEST IN MY CAREER HERE.
IF WE GET THAT AND I, WE JUST GOT THE DOWNTOWN MILE AND SOME OTHER ONES, SO.
SO PRETTY, PRETTY AWESOME IF WE CAN GET THESE BIG GRANTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO STAY IN.
AND COMPLIANCE WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDERS WANT TO FUND US.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, OUR LOBBYIST ROCKS.
YOU KNOW BOB HOLMES, HE SENDS ME EMAILS ALL THE TIME.
BUT WE'LL FINALIZE, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR OUTSIDE AUDITORS AND, AND CLOSELY WITH FINANCE AND GO THROUGH THE AUDIT PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLYING NOT JUST FINANCIALLY, BUT THE PERFORMANCE OF GRANTS AND THE COMPLIANCE WITH GRANTS.
AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT THERE'S NO DOCUMENT OR SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT WE GET A FINDING ON.
SO AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT INTERNAL CONTROLS AND THINGS THAT WE CAN ENHANCE OUR GRANT PROCESS.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRANT LIFE CYCLE AND WHAT OUR OFFICE DOES.
WE'RE VERY BUSY AND WE LOVE OUR GRANTS.
AND WHICH ONE DO I HIT TO GO DOWN.
SO THAT'S THAT'S YOUR UPCOMING GRANT? YEA. WITH ALL BETWEEN ALL THE DIVISIONS, FEDERAL AND STATE AND SOME OF FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS INCLUDE SOME COMMUNITY DIRECTED SPENDING. AND THERE WILL BE A SLIDE ON THAT THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER.
BUT BUT THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG DOLLAR AMOUNT.
AND BY, BY THE DIVISIONS, THESE ARE BUDGETED GRANT REVENUES.
REMEMBER, WE BUDGETED ALL OUR GRANTS.
SO WE HAVE THE EXPENDITURE APPROPRIATIONS.
WE DO HAVE GRANTS THAT COME UP IN THE YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT AND WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR.
WE DON'T WANT TO SAY NO TO IT APPLYING FOR THEM.
SO THE DIVISION HAS TO FIND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO FUND THAT UNTIL THE REIMBURSEMENT COMES IN.
SOME OF THESE ARE NOT NOT 100% GRANTS.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO MATCH THIS WITH CITY CITY MONIES.
AIRPORTS ARE A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE THEY'RE 90% FEDERAL.
I'M NOT GOING TO USE 91.6 BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE PERCENT IS.
BUT 90% A DOT HELPS PROVIDE 5% AND LOCAL 5%.
SO IT'S REALLY A FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL MATCHING GRANT.
SO WE'RE LEVERAGING TOGETHER AS AN ORGANIZATION TOGETHER WITH FEDS AND STATE.
YEAH, THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSING AUTHORITY.
IS THAT A NEW GRANT OR IS THAT PART OF ONGOING FUNDING THAT WE.
YEAH, THAT'S UNDER SARAH'S WHEELHOUSE.
AND, SARAH, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT 11 MILLION WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM.
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OUR AMOUNTS COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE USUALLY ADJUSTED ANNUALLY.SO YEAH, THAT'S OUR BASIC ONGOING PROGRAMS. THE BULK OF THAT IS ACTUALLY HALF FUNDS, WHICH ARE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS THAT GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, A PRIVATE LANDLORDS ON BEHALF OF LOW INCOME TENANTS.
SO THAT'S NOT JUST THAT'S APPROPRIATIONS, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COMING INTO THAT THAT SLIDE.
THEY MAY NOT BE CALLED A GRANT.
SO SOMETHING LIKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE, THE 595 PROGRAM IS NOT A GRANT PROGRAM.
THAT'S AN APPROPRIATION TO ARMY CORPS.
AND THEN THEY ISSUE IT LIKE LIKE A GRANT.
IT STILL SMELLS LIKE A GRANT, BUT IT'S NOT A FEDERAL LISTING GRANT PROGRAM, BUT IT'S STILL IS RUN UNDER OUR, OUR WHEELHOUSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MANAGING THAT APPROPRIATELY AND THAT WE'RE SPENDING THE FUNDS FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE.
SO ON, ESPECIALLY NEW GRANTS THAT COME UP.
AND THERE'S ALWAYS A MATCH COMPONENT TO IT.
HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE YEAR, YOU GET A GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR A CERTAIN PROJECT THAT YOU COULD FIT INTO IT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH THAT MONEY.
LIKE, WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM? DO WE HAVE SET ASIDE MONEY FOR MATCHING GRANTS OR.
THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER QUESTION FOR BRANDI AND HEIDI, BUT WE BUDGET OUR GRANT.
THE WE BUDGET TOTAL PROJECT COST, WHICH IS YOUR GRANT PLUS YOUR MATCH.
SO YOU HAVE THE FULL SPENDING APPROPRIATION.
THAT USUALLY COMES OUT OF THAT DIVISION.
SO EARLY IN IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, ALL DIVISIONS ARE ASKED TO PUT IN THEIR BUDGET THEIR GRANT PLANNED PROJECTS AND EXPENDITURES LISTING OUT. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT THEY THINK IS THE MATCH REQUIREMENTS.
IS IT A FEDERAL? IS IT A STATE? AND THEN AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR, WE REVIEWED ALL THOSE GRANTS AS A BUDGET TEAM.
AND SAID, YEP, WE SUPPORT MOVING THOSE FORWARD TO COVER THE MATCH.
AND THAT SO THAT IS BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.
WE LOVE OUR GRANTS, AND WE'LL WE'LL CONTINUE TO GO FOR THEM.
AND AND SUCCEED IN OUR GRANTS AND AND SUCCEED IN THE CLOSEOUT OF THOSE.
BUT I BUT I LOVE TO GET GRANTS TO SEE OUR PROJECTS GET DONE.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO GET TO GET OUR PROJECTS DONE AND LEVERAGE THAT THAT FUNDING.
WE WERE POINTING THE OTHER DIRECTION.
FIVE MINUTES. SO I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO BE BACK AND BE HERE WITH YOU.
I BELIEVE IT'S ROUTING RIGHT NOW IN THE STATE.
IS NOT ROUTING RIGHT NOW STUCK.
SO IT'LL BE THE 21ST INSTEAD OF 21ST.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE FINAL DOCUMENT I DON'T KNOW OKAY.
AND THEN THE THE ELEMENTS OF THAT GRANT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.
AND I'LL JUST IF I MIGHT TAKE A LIBERTY.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE A CRISIS IN, IN OUR STATE IN THE, EXCUSE ME, THE INSURANCE PREMIUMS THAT OUR TAXPAYERS ON OUR HOMEOWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING.
ITS INSURANCE PREMIUM INFLATION IN SOME CASES.
WE'RE HAVING FOLKS COME IN AND TALK TO US ABOUT WHY DID THEIR INSURANCE FOR FIRE GO UP THREE TIMES IN ONE YEAR AND MANY OTHER CASES? WHY AM I BEING COUNSELED AND I CAN'T FIND INSURANCE?
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IT'S AFFECTING OUR PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO GET MORTGAGES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T INSURE THE MORTGAGE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T OBTAIN HOMEOWNER INSURANCE.AND SO IT'S A PROBLEM IN ALL THE FORESTED AREAS.
THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS BEEN GETTING JUST CREAMED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH LOSS.
THERE'S NO CREDIT GIVEN TO FIREWISE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO THESE FUNDS, ALL THESE FUNDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO OUR EFFORTS.
ALL OF US ARE KIND OF COMING TOGETHER IN A COALITION EFFORT TO BEGIN TO PROVIDE BETTER DATA TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY THAN JUST UNINSURABLE. SO THE THE EDUCATIONAL EFFORT THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE THE FOUNDATION, THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE DEFENSE GRANT THAT'S ALLOWING US ON A PARCEL LEVEL TO BEGIN TO GET DATA ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY AS OPPOSED TO JUST PAINTING US RED, AND WE'RE UNINSURABLE.
AND THEN DIVISION OF FORESTRY, THIS IS A REALLY FUN LITTLE GRANT.
OUR TEAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN PULLING THIS TOGETHER.
WE CAN HELP THEM PAY FOR THAT.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES LEARNING NETWORK, THAT'S THAT'S ALSO A GOOD PROGRAM.
WE NEED TO PUT FIRE ON THE GROUND TO TAKE CARE OF THE FOREST AND REDUCE OUR THREAT.
WELL, THAT SMOKE CAN SOMETIMES HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON OUR CITIZENS.
AND WE KNOW THAT PRESCRIBED FIRE SMOKE IS LESS INTENSE AND THERE'S LESS OF IT.
SO THESE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT. AND WE GOT A LOT OF PARTNERS THAT ARE ASSISTING US IN ACQUIRING THESE FUNDS.
AND, AND A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE INSURANCE BECAUSE THAT IS A HOT TOPIC.
SO DO YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR COALITION THAT IT'S BEING FORMED? AT WHAT TIMELINE THAT YOU GO BACK TO THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND PRESENT, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND HOW IT MITIGATES FUTURE FIRES, AND HELP THEM ASSESS WHAT IS A HIGHER RISK OR A LOWER RISK.
WE'RE IN THE COALITION FORMING PIECE RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE ON ON HOW FAST WE CAN PRESENT OUR DATA.
THEY BUY THEIR DATA FROM A HANDFUL OF COMPANIES THAT ARE THAT PROBABLY ARE NOT TAKING ANY EFFORT.
THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE LOSS.
THEY'RE NOT TAKING ANY EFFORT TO LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN DONE TO REDUCE THE RISK.
WE ARE TRYING TO BREAK INTO THAT MARKET THAT SAYS, HERE'S THE REAL DATA YOU SHOULD BE USING, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING REALLY GREAT WORK TO MITIGATE FOR DECADES.
SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
WE'VE GOT ARIZONA FIRE CHIEFS ON BOARD.
WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING IN PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS OF ARIZONA AND THE ARIZONA FIRE DISTRICT, ALL THE POLITICAL MUSCLE THAT CAN SUPPORT THIS.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO STAY OUT OF A REGULATORY FIX.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DID IN CALIFORNIA.
I'M CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING ON A HOUSE THIS WEEK.
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I HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME GETTING HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE.BUILDING A HOUSE IN THE NEW JUNIPER POINT SUBDIVISION.
AND I TALKED TO SOME OF THE HOMEOWNERS IN THERE WHO THEY USED.
I HAD ONE ONE AGENT GIVING ME A QUOTE FROM TRAVELERS.
AND BEFORE I COULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DECISION.
HE SAID, TRAVELERS JUST INFORMED ME THEY'RE NO LONGER DOING NEW POLICIES AND FLAGSTAFF.
I FOUND SOME AGENTS THAT USE THE HARTFORD COMPANY.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE QUOTES AND THEN GEICO AS WELL.
THOSE WERE THE ONLY TWO I COULD GET QUOTES FROM FOR SOMEBODY THAT REPPED HARTFORD AND GEICO.
BUT. STATE FARM IS I DIDN'T HAVE AN AGENT THAT WAS REPPING STATE FARM, SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT, YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT TO GET IN.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OUTSIDE FUNDING.
BUT ON THE DOWNTOWN MILE, WE HAVE ALMOST $48 MILLION IN OUTSIDE FUNDING IN METRO PLAN.
OUR OUR FEDERAL GRANT, THE BNSF AND ADOT.
SO WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL THERE.
WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS, YOU'LL SEE IN A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW WE USE THAT AND HOW THAT KIND OF PROGRESSES TO OTHER PROJECTS.
WE HAVE THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT GRANT FROM ADOT.
THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG HELP FOR THAT PROJECT THAT WILL REALLY HELP IMPROVE THAT INTERSECTION.
ALL RIGHT. THEN THE BUTLER AVENUE.
WE WERE JUST AWARDED A $9.6 MILLION FOR A SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT $3 MILLION FROM THE DOWNTOWN MILE PROJECT.
AND LAST YEAR DURING THIS PROCESS, WE MOVED THAT TO THE TO THIS PROJECT.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THE THREE PROTECTED OR TWO PROTECTED INTERSECTIONS.
SO A LOT A LOT OF GOOD WORK THERE.
WE SUBMITTED A RAISED GRANT FOR $19 MILLION FOR THE BUTLER FORESTRY IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE SHOULD HEAR ABOUT THAT BY THE END OF JUNE.
WE ALSO SUBMITTED A SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT FOR PLANNING FOR A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION.
SO WE'RE WE'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT WE'LL GET THAT ONE.
SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK.
GOING AFTER THESE GRANTS A BIG HELP HAS BEEN METRO PLAN.
THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY STRATEGIC IN HELPING SO THE CITY, THE COUNTY GO AFTER GRANTS.
AND WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO AS LIKE.
IN WHICH WHICH ORGANIZATION IS GOING AFTER WHICH GRANT WE DON'T WANT TO COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER.
RIGHT. SO WE'RE DOING SOME REALLY GOOD WORK THERE.
TO A PLAN LIKE WE DID FOR THIS ONE.
WE DID A LOT OF STAFF AND METRO PLAN WRITING OF THIS GRANT.
THEY'VE DONE THAT WORK BEFORE FOR A RAISE GRANT.
SO WE HIRED THEM A LOT OF WORK.
METRO PLAN, HELPING TO REVIEW CITY, DOING MORE OF THE TECHNICAL REVIEWS.
SO REAL, REAL BIG TEAM EFFORT.
THE THING YOU TALKED ABOUT, THE QUESTION ABOUT, LIKE, HOW DO WE PAY FOR THESE WHEN THEY COME UP? AND LIKE FOR THE BUTLER FOURTH STREET, WE HAD THAT PROJECT FUNDED.
RIGHT? SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GO AFTER A GRANT TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THAT.
WE HAVE MONEY THAT WE CAN MOVE TO ANOTHER PROJECT.
THESE NOTICE OF FUNDINGS COME OUT AND THEY ONLY GIVE YOU A COUPLE MONTHS AT BEST TO REPLY.
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DONE, SOME GRAPHICS.SO WHEN WE KNOW THESE GRANTS COME OUT ANNUALLY, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD AND THEN WE CAN JUST REALLY WORK ON THE THE GETTING THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT, THE BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THEN ONCE YOU GET THE GRANT, YOU HAVE TO DO THEM RIGHT.
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE STAFFING TOO.
SO WE'RE KIND OF WATCHING THAT AS WELL.
THAT'S. THAT'S THE TRANSPORTATION.
AIR VICE MAYOR COUNCIL SHANNON JONES WATER SERVICES CONTINUING ON THE EXTERNAL FUNDING VERY SIMILAR.
THIS IS A REPAIR AND ARMORING PROJECT.
WATERLINE HAS BEEN REPAIRED, FUNCTIONING.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO RESTORE AND ARMOR THE THE ROADWAY.
THIS IS A DESIGN BUILD PROJECT.
NAVIGATE TO, I THINK, A PRETTY CHALLENGING PROJECT.
SO EXCITING TO SEE THE THE PROGRESS, THE PROGRESS THEY'VE MADE.
AND AS YOU BEGIN TO RAMP UP AGAIN, THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT, WHICH MEANS WATER SERVICES IS FRONTING THE MONEY AND THEN WILL BE REIMBURSED BACK FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND FIRE MANAGEMENT.
WE DO APPRECIATE THEIR FUNDING.
WE ARE LOOKING TO BUDGET THE REMAINING PORTION AND COMPLETE THAT PROJECT.
STACEY AND HER TEAM TALKED ABOUT, I THINK, 200, ALMOST 200 ACTIVE GRANTS.
I THINK, MAN, WE GOT TO BE 10 OR 15% OF THOSE.
SO WE KEEP HER BUSY. SHE KEEPS US IN LINE.
CITY MATCH DOES TAKE ABOUT 2 TO 4 YEARS.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT GRANT FROM THE GRANT SUBMISSION TO THE AWARD.
IT'S NICE WHEN IT DOES AND THINGS LINE UP.
A FEW PROJECTS LISTED TO THAT ARE LISTED THERE.
THAT ONE WE'RE SEEING ABOUT TAKES ABOUT TWO YEARS BETWEEN THE GRANT SUBMISSION AND AWARD.
A COUPLE OF PROJECTS LISTED THERE.
THE ARMY CORPS PRIMARY GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN.
THE PROJECTS ARE THESE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMPLETED.
WHEN WE RECEIVE THE MONEY OR THEY'RE.
YEAH. AND WHEN IT TAKES 2 TO 4 YEARS.
WHEN DO WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY? I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO THE PROJECTS LISTED FOR THESE GRANTS IT IS OUR INTENT TO GET THESE PROJECTS DONE.
WE'RE REALLY DEPENDENT ON IS THE GRANT FUNDING COMING IN AT THE RIGHT TIME WHEN THOSE ARE DUE, IN THE EVENT THAT THE GRANT FUNDING DOES NOT LINE UP WITH THE TIMING, WE HAVE TO PIVOT. WE MAKE PRIORITY DECISIONS.
HOW DO WE MOVE? HOW DO WE RESTRATEGIZE TO KEEP THOSE PROJECTS GOING? SO AGAIN, IT DOES IT IS NICE WHEN THE GRANT FUNDING ALIGNS WITH WHEN THE PROJECT IS GETTING ROLLED OUT.
IF THE GRANT FUNDING LAGS, WE HAVE TO REPRIORITIZE.
I THINK TYPICALLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ARMY CORPS GRANTS HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCES.
WE DO HAVE A LIST OF SEVERAL PROJECTS IN THAT SUBMISSION.
SO ONE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUALLY HEAR ME TALK ABOUT IS THE LAKE MARY SEDIMENTATION BASIN.
THAT WAS A GRANT APPLICATION THROUGH THE ARMY CORPS TWO YEARS.
THEY WERE LOOKING AT US AND WE WERE NOT SELECTED.
AND AS AGAINST CAUSING THAT PROJECT TO DELAY, WE HAD TO MAKE A HARD DECISION THIS YEAR WHERE WE WORKED WITH OUR WITH THE TEAM AND SAID, WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT OFF THE GRANT LISTING. WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE TO REPRIORITIZE, WHICH ALLOWED OTHER PROJECTS TO MOVE UP IN CONSIDERATION.
SO SOMETIMES WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT GRANT APPLICATION AND IT DOESN'T ALIGN.
AND THE PROJECT HAS TO BE DONE.
IS IS IS THE INTENT BEING VERY CONSCIENTIOUS OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME? SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE IMMEDIATELY, IF YOU CAN'T GET A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT WHERE WE COULD PAY FOR IT UP FRONT AND GET REIMBURSED, YOU MAY NOT WANT TO PICK A PROJECT THAT YOU GOT TO DO TODAY, KNOWING THAT IT MAY TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 YEARS TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
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SO HAVING THAT FORWARD THINKING AND TRYING TO BE AHEAD OF THAT CURVE.SO ARE THESE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED, AND WHEN ARE WE EXPECTING TO GET THE.
THESE ARE GRANT APPLICATIONS IN THE PROCESS.
I HEARD INLET IS COMING MAY 15TH.
AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HOPE TO HAVE IT FINALIZED BY.
THANKS. SO ISN'T THIS SPRUCE? THE CEDAR AVENUE CULVERT REPLACEMENT THAT FUNDED THROUGH THE PROPOSITION 41 FUNDING.
YES, SCOTT. I SAID I CAN SPEAK UP IF YOU WANT, OR.
STORM WATER. SECTION DIRECTOR.
AND APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING THERE IN PERSON.
WAS HOPING TO BE THERE, BUT I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT AN HOUR AHEAD OF TIME.
THAT'S $1 MILLION OF EXTRA FEMA FUNDING TO SUPPLEMENT OUR PROPOSITION 441 FUNDING.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE $26 MILLION IN PROPOSITION 441 FOR SPRUCE WASH.
AND CURRENTLY, WE'RE TRACKING ABOUT 35 TO $36 MILLION OF EXPECTED COSTS.
SO WE ARE SUPPLEMENTING THAT THAT PROPERTY SECONDARY PROPERTY TAX BOND WITH GRANT FUNDING.
AND THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE GRANTS SO THAT, THAT HAS BEEN AWARDED.
GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. AND REMEMBER, WE'RE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
AND SO THAT HIGHLIGHTS A COUPLE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE MULTIPLE THERE'S OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED.
WE DID HIGHLIGHT A FEW, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS OUR TWO SLIDES AND WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON, AND WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE AIRPORT. THANK YOU.
AFTERNOON. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL BRIAN GALL, AIRPORT DIRECTOR.
HERE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EXTERNAL FUNDING SOURCE.
FUNDING SOURCE IS AVAILABLE AT THE AIRPORT, HOPEFULLY IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.
SIMILAR TO THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS WE'VE SEEN ON THIS SUBJECT, THESE ARE GONNA LOOK REALLY FAMILIAR.
IF YOU'VE SEEN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PRESENTATION EARLIER.
SO FIRST OFF, WE WE DO HAVE OUR SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT BUILDING.
THIS IS OUR BIG HEAVY CAPITAL PROJECT LIFT SO MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE HERE.
IT'S ACTUALLY OUT FOR SELECTION FOR A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE'VE GONE OVER THE DETAILS ON THE CAPITAL RETREATS BEFORE.
IT'S A PROJECT TO STORE OUR SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT AND A CONCISE LOCATION ON THE AIRPORT, AND OPEN UP SOME OF OUR EXISTING FACILITIES FOR THEIR INTENDED USES, SUCH AS AIRCRAFT STORAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THE FUNDING FOR THAT STRUCTURE.
AND EACH OF THOSE FEDERAL GRANTS ALSO HAS A MATCHING STATE GRANT.
STACEY MENTIONED THAT WE GET THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE SIX TOTAL GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILDING.
SO IT'S A REALLY HEAVY LIFT FROM STACY'S TEAM.
WE APPRECIATE THEIR HELP VERY MUCH.
SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A ENTITLEMENT FUNDING.
THAT'S ROUGHLY THAT 90% FEDERAL FUNDING WITH A 5% STATE AND LOCAL MATCH EACH.
IT'S ALSO RECEIVING FUNDING FROM THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW FROM THE FAA.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT FUNDING STRUCTURE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY 100% FEDERALLY FUNDED.
SO WE REALLY LIKE THOSE GRANTS.
THOSE GRANTS ARE ARE EITHER IN PLACE OR ALREADY ALLOCATED TO THIS.
SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF ABOUT 11.7 MILLION.
THAT'S IN THE FORM OF AN FAA DISCRETIONARY GRANT.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR LOBBYISTS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH STACY'S TEAM.
SO THIS SUMMER WE NEED TO GET THIS SPRING AND SUMMER.
WE NEED TO GET THAT CONTRACTOR ON BOARD, GET A FINAL CONSTRUCTION NUMBER FOR THE PROJECT.
THEN WE CAN APPLY FOR THAT REMAINING DISCRETIONARY FUNDING.
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SO FOR OTHER GRANTS FOR THIS YEAR WE DO HAVE A STATE GRANT FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY ON THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY RIGHT NOW, A PORTION OF THE NORTH END OF THE AIRFIELD, INCLUDING THE VERY END OF ONE OF OUR RUNWAYS, IS ACTUALLY ON FOREST SERVICE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE AN EASEMENT WITH THE FAA REALLY SWITCHES AIRPORTS TO TRY TO HAVE DIRECT CONTROL OVER ALL THE PROPERTY WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES UNDER THE RUNWAY PROTECTION ZONES, WHICH IS AREAS INTENDED TO BASICALLY PROTECT THE END OF THE RUNWAYS FROM INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S A $2 MILLION STATE GRANT WITH A 10% LOCAL MATCH FOR A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF 2.2 MILLION.BUT THAT GRANT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE.
SO FOR GRANTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR, WE HAVE A STATE GRANT WITH THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST DESIGN FOR THE RELOCATION OF TAXIWAY WHISKEY ON THE AIRPORT.
THAT'S THE TAXIWAY THAT GOES DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT TERMINAL.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S AN INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE CURRENT STANDARDS FOR FAA ALIGNMENT.
BASICALLY, THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO A RUNWAY FROM AN AIRCRAFT PARKING AREA.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SHIFT THAT, WHICH MAKES THE AIRCRAFT TAKE A 90 DEGREE TURN.
THE ADDED BONUS IS IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE ON THAT COMMERCIAL RAMP.
SO WE DO HAVE FUTURE EXPANSIONS OR LARGER COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT COMING IN.
THIS WILL HELP ACCOMMODATE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
THAT FUNDING HAS NOT BEEN SECURED YET.
IT WAS ON OUR AIRPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY ADOT.
SO WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR IT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE FOUND OUT THIS WEEK THAT THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE STATE BUDGET PROPOSES A SWEEP OF THE AVIATION FUND, THE STATE AVIATION FUND, WHICH WOULD TAKE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE STATE AVIATION FUND'S BUDGET AWAY.
SO THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THIS PROJECT WILL GO AWAY, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IF THAT DOES COME THROUGH IN THE FINAL BUDGET, THAT OUR ADOT PARTNERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS THEY REVIEW GRANTS.
OKAY, WE NOT DO A LAND SWAP WITH THE FOREST SERVICE.
STACEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS.
I ASKED WHAT THEY COULD REALLY DO, BUT THEY WANT THE MONEY TO GO TOWARDS DOES THAT RIGHT? THEY REALLY WANT US TO PURCHASE IT AND SO THAT IT COULD GO BACK INTO THEIR ACCOUNTS TO HELP BUILD, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES AND STUFF.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO SELL IT.
THEY DON'T WANT TO THEY IT'S LIKE THE LAKE MARY TREATMENT PLANT.
AND THEY WANT TO THEY WANT TO SELL THAT.
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT.
I THINK WE OFTEN THINK OF VERY LARGE, MONOLITHIC PIECE OF PAVEMENT.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PAVEMENT SECTIONS.
WHAT WE SEE AS A RESULT OF THAT IS DIFFERENT WHERE PARTS WE'RE AT OF DIFFERENT TIMES.
SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY GETTING TO REPAIR SOME OF THE OLDER PAVEMENT ON THE AIRPORT RUNWAY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE LONGEST SERVICE LIFE WE CAN OUT OF THAT. AND THE LAST ONE WE SHOW THERE IS A STUDY FOR THE EVENTUAL RECONSTRUCTION OF OUR RUNWAY.
SO WE'LL GET A LOT OF SERVICE LIFE OUT OF THAT RUNWAY.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UP TO DATE ON WHAT THAT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE WHEN WE ACTUALLY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE FAA REQUIREMENTS IS GENERALLY THAT AS INFRASTRUCTURE IS REBUILT, YOU HAVE TO BRING IT UP TO THE CURRENT STANDARD.
AND OF COURSE, IF OUR RUNWAY WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1948 AND WE'VE HAD THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE WORKED ON IT OVER THE YEARS AND EXPANDED IT AND CHANGED ITS CONFIGURATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LATEST FAA REGULATIONS, BECAUSE THAT WILL, OF COURSE, IMPACT THE COST AND TIMING OF THE CONSTRUCTION. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE FEEL IS INAPPROPRIATE TO TRY TO MEET.
THERE IS A PROCESS WHERE YOU CAN REQUEST A MODIFICATION TO STANDARDS TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS.
SO THIS IS REALLY TO FIGURE THAT OUT UP FRONT.
SO THIS WOULD BE SOME OF THE DATA FOR ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PAVEMENT SECTIONS OUT THERE TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE BEARING CAPACITY OF OUR RUNWAY IS FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF HEAVY AIRCRAFT THAT WANT TO COME IN THERE.
THE AIRPORT HAS HAS NOT TRADITIONALLY GOTTEN VERY MANY OPERATIONAL GRANTS.
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THAT'S TO HELP PROVIDE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESENCE AT THE AIRPORT.BUT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT WE DID AT ONE POINT HAVE SOME OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FROM OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AT LEAST IN ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION.
WE HAVE APPLIED FOR TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
HOPING TO HEAR BACK FROM, I THINK STACEY IS THAT THE ONE WE HEARD BACK FROM TODAY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR? SO WE ARE GOING TO BE REQUESTING TWO DIFFERENT DIFFERENT BUDGET REQUESTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, THAT FUNDING PROGRAM.
AND THOSE ARE FOR EXPANSION OF THE TERMINAL AREA.
OUR LIMITING FACTOR IS THE SIZE OF OUR HOLD ROOM AND THE CAPACITY OF OUR TSA CHECKPOINT.
SO WE HAVE SOME LIMITED FUNDING REQUESTS FOR THE DESIGN OF THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOUR PROJECT'S NOT SHOVEL READY, IT DOESN'T SCORE VERY WELL.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN FIND JUST A SMALL BUDGET TO GET IT STARTED SO WE CAN GET THE DESIGN WORK IN PLACE SO WE CAN THEN BE VERY COMPETITIVE WITH THOSE REQUESTS FOR CONSTRUCTION FUNDING COME OUT.
AND THEN THE SAME THING WITH SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR TERMINAL APRON DRAINAGE.
ONCE THOSE CONSTRUCTION GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE.
SO I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FROM THE AIRPORT.
DOES ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS? I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
OTHERWISE, I'LL BE TURNING IT OVER TO JAY.
HELLO AGAIN. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
JAINISM IN CLIMATE ACTION SECTION DIRECTOR.
FOR THE MOST PART, WE ARE DOING PAPERWORK FOR A LOT OF THESE RIGHT NOW.
SO REALLY LIKE TO SHOUT OUT MEGAN AND KEITH AND SDK AND THE ENTIRE GRANTS TEAM.
AS WELL AS PATRICK AND PROCUREMENT, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF ALL OF THIS.
THEY'RE JUST SUCH INCREDIBLE HELP TO US.
SO THANKS. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT.
AS YOU KNOW AND WE TALKED ABOUT, I BELIEVE, LAST WEEK, TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE EPA HAS FUNDED OUR RESILIENCE HUB PROJECT.
WE'RE WAITING ON EPA REVIEW OF OUR WORK PLAN RIGHT NOW.
CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING FUNDS, $750,000.
APPS. OUR HEPA AIR FILTER PROGRAM IS KIND OF AN ONGOING PROGRAM.
WE DO 2 TO 3 DISTRIBUTIONS A YEAR.
IT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WILDLAND FIRE.
I'M PROUD TO SAY WE WILL BE DISTRIBUTING HEPA AIR FILTERS STARTING NEXT WEEK.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS FUNDING.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE APPLICATION THIS WEEK.
AGAIN, SHOUT OUTS TO MEGAN AND KEITH AND STACEY.
YEAH, THOSE HAVE EMISSION SAVINGS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT SAVINGS FOR OUR WORKERS.
RIGHT? FROM A NOISE STANDPOINT, FROM A VIBRATION STANDPOINT YOU CAN IMAGINE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, A DISH OR A GAS EQUIPMENT AND SOME ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE WILL ALSO BE INSTALLING HEAT PUMPS IN VARIOUS CITY FACILITIES.
SO SHOUT OUT TO JOE AND HIS TEAM AND THEN THE USDA GRANT.
THIS IS A FOOD SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT.
THIS IS HEAVILY SUPPORTED BY A NUMBER OF PARTNERS.
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GROWING FOOD AND FLAGSTAFF IS HARD.AND SO HOW DO WE SUPPORT OUR GROWERS? AND YEAH, JUST ONE OF THOSE FANTASTIC PROJECTS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S COMING NEXT.
THERE IT IS. SO THIS WE HAVE A $4 MILLION REQUEST FOR ANOTHER CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING.
THIS IS FOR THE WILDCAT HILL TREATMENT PLANT.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BIOCHAR.
AND SO YOU'VE HEARD US TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT FOR THE NEXT GRANT, BUT THE WAY THAT THIS WOULD WORK IS, IS WE REALLY TRY TO PILOT A BIOCHAR PROGRAM AT OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. WE THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN LEARN.
AND AND THIS HAS GONE INTO THE SORT OF ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS POT OF FUNDING FOR EARMARKS.
THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN THAT WE CAN LEARN FOR OUR WASTEWATER NEEDS.
BUT AS WELL AS OTHER FOLKS IN ARIZONA AND BEYOND, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE.
AND FINALLY Y'ALL HAVE HEARD US TALK A BIT ABOUT THIS AGAIN, GRANTS TEAM SBCC.
THIS WAS A HUGE LIFT AS WELL AS FROM OUR PARTNERS IN STORMWATER, SHANNON JONES, PARTICULARLY IN WILDLAND FIRE AS WELL AS IN SOLID WASTE.
SO, EVAN TO REALLY PULL TOGETHER A LOT OF FOLKS TO THINK ABOUT BIOMASS.
WE HAVE BIOMASS LIABILITY, LIABILITY, BIOMASS CHALLENGES IN FLAGSTAFF.
AND SO WE TRY TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT ALL OF THESE TOGETHER, THINK ABOUT THE INNOVATION THAT WE CAN DO, THINK ABOUT MARKETS, DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH NIU DOING RESEARCH TO TRY TO LIKE REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS.
IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND IN SOLID WASTE.
SO JUST REALLY PROUD OF THAT PROJECT.
AND A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO AGAIN ALL THOSE.
I'M JUST GOING TO PRESENT A COUPLE OF SLIDES FOR SARAH LANGLEY.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT ON THE SENATE SIDE.
ON THE HOUSE SIDE, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT NAME.
I BELIEVE IT'S COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING.
WE HAVE SUBMITTED ALL OF THESE REQUESTS TO BOTH SENATOR SINEMA AND SENATOR KELLY.
AND TODAY WE FOUND OUT THAT REPRESENTATIVE GALLEGOS PORTAL OPENED, AND WE HAD TO GET THEM IN TODAY.
SO I KNOW SARAH HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT TO GET THOSE ALL SUBMITTED TODAY.
IF HE'S TAKING US OUTSIDE OF HIS DISTRICT.
JUST A REMINDER, THESE ARE THE REQUESTS THAT THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED FOR OUR APPROPRIATIONS, OUR CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED FUNDING THE FLAGSTAFF AMTRAK STATION PLATFORM IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE'S THE AMOUNT AND YOU'LL SEE IN PARENTHESES WE HAVE THE ACCOUNT.
THOSE ARE ACCOUNTS THAT WE SELECT WHEN WE'RE SUBMITTING THOSE REQUESTS.
SO THAT'S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
ALSO IN ALL OF THESE REQUESTS WE HAVE A LOCAL MATCH REQUIRED.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOCAL MATCH IS AT THIS POINT.
BUT WE OBVIOUSLY ARE AWARE AND HAVE LET OUR FINANCE TEAM KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOCAL MATCH REQUIRED.
THE FLAGSTAFF AMTRAK PROJECT IS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN MILE.
AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL GET THAT ONE FUNDED THE FLAGSTAFF AIRPORT TERMINAL EXPANSION.
BRIAN JUST WENT OVER THAT ONE.
THE PLAZA VIEJA INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WE HAD ON OUR LIST, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE HAD IDENTIFIED FUNDING YET, SO WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD ONE TO SUBMIT TO TO GET FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT.
SO DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS? THERE WAS A PREVIOUS SOMETHING THROUGH ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS THAT CONGRESSMAN GALLEGO'S STAFF REACHED OUT TO US ABOUT, AND WE SUBMITTED SOMETHING HAVING TO DO WITH STORM WATER, I THINK.
I BELIEVE. SHANNON, WERE YOU IN THE LOOP ON THAT ONE? YEAH. I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY FOR ADVANCED WATER TREATMENT.
YEAH. WE HAD A MEETING WITH HER.
RIGHT. YEAH. SUBMITTED SOMETHING, AND I AM.
OKAY. NEVER, NEVER RECEIVED AN EMAIL BACK.
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AND SARAH'S OFFICE AND TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB WITH WORKING WITH ALL THE STAFF AND MY OFFICE, AND WE'RE REVIEWING THEM.BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS, ONCE THEY'RE SELECTED AT THAT FEDERAL LEVEL THE CONGRESSMAN OR THE SENATOR WANTS TO SUBMIT AND FUND THAT, THAT ONCE IT GETS FUNDED AT THAT LEVEL, THEY SEND IT TO THE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGENCY AND IT TURNS INTO A GRANT.
AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO US AS A GRANT.
SO THAT'S WHERE JOANNE WAS TALKING.
AND THEY SAY, OKAY, HERE IT IS NOW AS A GRANT, YOU OWE 25%.
SO THAT'S DIFFICULT TO TRACK REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY DIRECTED SPENDING.
THANK YOU. CERTIFICATION QUESTION.
SO IS THIS 4 MILLION FROM ARMY CORPS? IS IT PART OF THAT 50 SOMETHING MILLION FROM SUSTAINABILITY.
SUSTAINABILITY. SUSTAINABILITY DID HAVE THIS ON THEIR THEIR LIST.
SEPARATE. CORRECT. AND WHAT'S THE CITY MATCH ON? THE EPA GRANT WAS 100%.
SAY, I MIGHT LOSE MY JOB ON THAT ONE.
RIGHT TO RETIRE. BUT YEAH, SO MOST OF THE SUSTAINABILITY ONES ARE COMING IN 100%.
I'M NOT SEEING A LOT OF 5050 ANYMORE.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE 75, 25, 90 TENS.
DO YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT, GRANT? THE 57 MILLION ACTUALLY WAS A HERCULEAN TEAM EFFORT WITH SUSTAINABILITY, OUR OFFICE, MANY OTHERS, A GRANT WRITER.
WE WENT THROUGH IT, AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE SPENT MONTHS.
HOW MANY MONTHS ON THAT PRIOR TO THIS? FOUR MONTHS.
WE'VE HAD A FEW EPA GRANTS IN THE PAST.
THEY LIKE THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF.
I'D LIKE TO SEE OUR NAME IN THAT QUEUE.
GREAT. AND THEN JUST THE LAST IS THE THE FANNING WASP MITIGATION.
WE SUBMITTED A 3 MILLION THROUGH FEMA FOR THAT PROJECT.
JUST AS FAR AS TIMING GOES WE DID HEAR EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT ON THE SENATE SIDE THAT WE WILL LIKELY KNOW THIS WEEK WHETHER THOSE PROJECTS HAVE MOVED FORWARD IN THE PROCESS.
AND I THINK THE TIMING OF THE WASHINGTON, DC TRIP NEXT WEEK IS A REALLY GOOD ONE.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD YET ON THE HOUSE SIDE THE TIMING OF THAT, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO ONCE WE GET THAT WORD, I'M SURE SARAH WILL WILL SEND A NOTE OUT TO ALL OF YOU AND SHE'LL HOLD UP.
STACEY. GAYLORD, PAUL AND BRIAN.
GREAT JOB. AND ACTUALLY EVERYONE WHO WHO PRESENTED TODAY, WE WANT TO RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE GET READY TO CLOSE UP.
IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OUT THERE.
[5. Public Comment Related to the FY2024-2025 Budget]
TIME, BUT SORRY.I COULD NEVER DO MINE IN THREE MINUTES.
GREG. I'VE BEEN PRETTY PROLIFIC FOR SENDING OUT SOME INFORMATION AND POPULATION GROWTH.
IT'S VERY KEY TO EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.
I'D LIKE TO WALK THROUGH VERY QUICKLY, AND I BET I COULD PROBABLY GET UNDER GREG'S COMMENTS.
MAYBE NOT 15 MINUTES, BUT WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT.
WHAT I HANDED OUT WAS A FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S NOT HERE.
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PROJECT.ORG IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.AND WHAT IT SHOWS IN THE 70S, YOU HAD 4.4%, AND THEN IN THE 80S, 2.6, IN THE 90S, 1.9.
AND IN THE 2000, FIRST TEN YEARS OF THIS CENTURY, ONE ONE AND A HALF.
AND THE NEXT TEN YEARS, IT WAS 0.9%.
THE POINT IS THAT IT'S BEEN SLOWING, RIGHT? IT'S BEEN STEPPING DOWN EVERY TEN YEARS.
I BRING THAT, I GUESS I SHOULD I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IN THE PRESENTATION DONE BY CAROL FROM STANTEC, IF I GET THE NAME CORRECT, THERE WAS A PRESENT.
THAT CHART THAT WAS PUBLISHED SHOWED THE LAST TEN YEARS POPULATION GROWTH OF FLAGSTAFF.
1.4 THAT'S THE CITY, NOT THE MSA I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
FINE. THAT'S A THAT'S A FINE NUMBER FROM 2010 TO 2020.
THE PROBLEM IS SHE'S FORECASTING THAT FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS.
OKAY. SO THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN PARTICULAR.
WHAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS THAT THAT THAT GIVES YOU A POPULATION OF 118,000 AND A NEED FOR NEW WATER IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF. OKAY.
THAT'S THAT'S A TRIGGER POINT.
OKAY. SO LET'S GO BACK TO PRESENTATION ON NOVEMBER 28TH, GIVEN BY E POLLOCK, A GENTLEMAN WHO'S AN ECONOMIST NAMED DANNY COURT.
AND HE CONFIRMED ALL THE INFORMATION THAT HE SHARED WITH YOU.
IN PARTICULAR, THE KEY WAS ON PAGE FIVE.
I THINK IT WAS. LET ME SEE ON THE THIRD PAGE, PAGE FIVE OF HIS PRESENTATION FOR EVERYBODY WHO GOT A HANDOUT, IT SAYS THE TROUBLING GROWTH PROSPECTS IS THAT THE PEAK POPULATION IS FORECASTED TO 2040, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO CONTRACT FOR FIVE FLAGSTAFF.
SPOKE TO DANNY. I SAID, DANNY, WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR NUMBERS? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? DANNY SAID, WELL, I GET THEM FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF ARIZONA.
AND THAT IS THIS BIG SHEET THAT YOU ALL GOT THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT UP TO 2060.
THE POPULATION GROWTH IS GOING TO BE.
AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE IT.
POPULATION FOR COCONINO COUNTY, THEY DON'T GIVE THE CITY, BUT THEY GIVE COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
IT PEAKS OUT, AND IT'S SHRINKING BY THE TIME 26 IS HERE.
OKAY. SO I SAID, OKAY, THAT'S NICE.
I GUESS SOME QUICK FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE HERE.
THIS ONE HERE, THIS IS THE LAST 12 YEARS OF POPULATION GROWTH IN THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU COUNTY, ARIZONA AND THE US.
THE ANNUAL GROWTH FOR THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF LAST 12 YEARS ENDING 2022 WAS 1.1% FOR THE COUNTY.
IT WAS 0.5% FIVE NINE, EXCUSE ME, THE STATE 1.19 AND THE UNITED STATES 0.059%. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
NOW, WHAT'S THE DEMOGRAPHICS? LOOK AT THIS. THEY LOOK AT THREE THINGS.
THE ACTUARIES. AND ONCE YOUR FERTILITY RATE GOES DOWN, IT HASN'T REVERSED YET.
WE ARE NOW IN THIS STATE AT 1.66.
2.1 IS REPLACEMENT VALUE OKAY, SO WHERE ARE WE GOING TO START SHRINKING? AND THE THE THIRD VARIABLE, WHICH IS VERY UNKNOWN IS IMMIGRATION.
SO WHAT THE BUREAU OF CENSUS WILL PRODUCE.
AND YOU CAN GO TO THE WEB PAGE AND I HAVE IT HERE FROM 23 ALL THE WAY TO 2100.
NOT GOING TO GO DOWN AND LOWER.
THIS IS LET'S JUST KEEP IT THERE.
AND THEN THEY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT IMMIGRATION SCENARIOS LOW HIGH AND MEDIUM.
WELL, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
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44. IF WE TAKE THE MEDIAN IMMIGRATION NUMBER, WE PEAK IN 2081.SO THAT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE ARIZONA NUMBERS SHOWING THE YOU KNOW, IN FLAGSTAFF NUMBERS PEAKING AT 2040, THERE'S NOT A STRONG CORRELATION BETWEEN ERRORS, THE POPULATION GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY, POPULATION GROWTH OF ARIZONA AND FLAGSTAFF.
LET ME JUST JUST WRAP THIS UP ABOUT 45 SECONDS.
IF WE PEAK OUT AT 90,000 IN 2040.
WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WE DON'T NEED RED GAP RANCH.
WHAT THIS MEANS IS WE DON'T JUST SPEND THAT MONEY IN THE CPI AND WHAT IT ALSO MEANS.
I TALKED ABOUT INFLATION BEFORE THE CPI ARE SUPPOSED TO GO UP AT 4%, IN THAT IF IT ONLY GOES UP 2.4, YOU'RE SAVING $80 MILLION BY NOT BUILDING RED CAP RANCH.
IN TEN YEARS, YOU'RE SAVING OVER 180 MILLION.
YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE THIS THE FROM THESE THESE ARE THE PROFESSIONALS.
WE HAVE JUST ABOUT JUST ABOUT WRAPPED UP BEFORE WE DO SO.
PANEL COMMENTS FROM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? OH, OKAY.
1 OR 2 ITEMS OF BUSINESS LEFT BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
I NEED TO GET A GROUP PICTURE.
SO IF WE ONCE WE ADJOURN, IF WE WOULD JUST KIND OF EVERYONE COME FORWARD.
LET ME GET A GROUP PICTURE OF EVERYONE.
THAT'D BE GREAT. REMEMBER? REMEMBER HOW THIS GOES? IT'S TWO PICTURES.
ONE WHERE YOU LOOK SERIOUS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE GET STUFF DONE AND THEN THE OTHER.
AND WE ENJOY EACH OTHER WHILE WE'RE DOING IT.
OKAY. I'M ALWAYS IN AWE WHEN I COME TO THESE BUDGET RETREATS, AND I GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AND WATCH HOW CITY BUSINESS IS DONE.
SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU, COMPLIMENT YOU.
PATRICK LENCIONI, I GAVE YOU A QUOTE EARLIER TODAY.
TEAM SYNERGY HAS AN EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT ON BUSINESS RESULTS.
AND EVERY TIME I SPEND AN AFTERNOON WITH YOU, YOU DEMONSTRATE THAT.
SO ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.