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[SIDE CONVERSATION]

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With agenda item, discussing the current budget.

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And let me just kind of try to highlight the changes

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and make sure I wrote down everything correctly.

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I've tried to put in blue changes from last time

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in terms of this.

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I know my spreadsheet looks a little bit different,

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so I'll try to explain that.

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I've just really got, hopefully, here all the changes

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that we've got in direction from the council,

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from the proposed budget here.

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And I've tried to put down here a revised general fund

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revenue

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and general fund expenditures from the proposed budget.

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Are we going to have a closed session on the fireworks

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hot funds?

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OK, all right.

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So at least to see where we're at now,

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we've eliminated the facility study.

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If you remember, I'll go to a prior spreadsheet.

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We had reduced that by 50,000, but now we've

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eliminated it altogether.

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So that kind of positive numbers mean

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it's a reduction in general fund expenditures.

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We've increased the contract for the veterinary technician

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services, the 62,816.

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And we've added some funding for the little D bike racks.

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And I've also put down here to fund the mid-block crossing

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out of the traffic safety fund.

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Now, the one item I haven't put up in here,

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we'll really need to have some discussion with Emerson

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and determine how we want to do it.

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We've still got the parks maintenance supplemental package

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still fully funded out of the general fund.

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There may be a portion that can come out of those other

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funds,

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but I haven't built that in.

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But this scenario says it's fully funded

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from the general fund.

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So if there's some kind of contribution--

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Then that will just add to that.

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And what it shows in terms of remaining

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is based on the changes we've made right now,

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we have an additional 115,000 available

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within the general fund for additional--

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you know, those three options, additional supplemental

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packages, additional one time, or changes to the tax rate.

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Yes, Mayor Pro Tem.

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Thank you.

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Thanks for putting this sheet up.

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The parentheses around the police body cameras

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means that that has been removed?

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No, actually parentheses--

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just how I have to do it-- means it's been added.

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So the parentheses are either adding expenditures,

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or in the case here, reducing revenues.

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The positives are kind of eliminating expenditures.

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OK.

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I know it's a little bit confusing,

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but just to make the math work.

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So yeah, you're right.

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It just confuses me.

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Thank you.

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First of all, I appreciate, Chuck, for this,

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and I appreciate my colleagues for--

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I was commenting that this is probably

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one of the more comprehensive budget discussions

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I think I've probably been involved in on council, say,

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for maybe a year during the recession.

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I know that we talked about before the citywide economic

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development fund.

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We got the downtown incentive fund or investment fund,

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which we said we were going to have a conversation about

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that,

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which is separate.

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And we looked at $80,000 on the citywide economic

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development

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fund.

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It would be nice, I think, to really--

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I'm not saying put it all there, but it certainly--

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that's going to either-- we'd spend it somewhere

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it flows to the general fund is what my-- the fund balance

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is

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what my understanding is if the budget all comes out

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the way it is.

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So it'd be nice to maybe pop that a little bit,

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even if it's only $25,000 or $30,000 or $40,000,

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where you got maybe $120,000, $125,000

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in the economic development fund, the new one that we're

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trying to establish for special projects,

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not just for anybody to come.

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But it's those extra incentives that we

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need to really attract those kind of employers and

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businesses

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that we want.

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So I would throw that out there.

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I'm not going to be too hard on it,

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but I would like to see that.

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We're trying to develop some other funding mechanisms that

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would not necessarily have as big of impact on the general

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fund, but I think it'd be a pretty good start.

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It'd show a commitment, but those are just

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my comments on that.

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Yes, Council Member Rugg.

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I think that's a good suggestion.

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I like the nice round number of 150,000 for that.

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I don't know if that's bumping that up too much,

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but I think that's a good start to a fund.

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The question I have is we look at this--

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and maybe you can make a note in column E, perhaps, Chuck--

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just so we understand.

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Because when we were starting to look at our options,

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there was discussion of whether we're

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going to fill this out with one-time expenditures,

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recurring expenditures.

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So just so that we're aware, if we were to go down this

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list

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as to what is one time and what's recurring, could you--

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feel free to use abbreviations if it helps.

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Yeah, just tell us.

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Copy and paste, even better.

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Am I missing any that are one-time--

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Probably community enhancements.

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And the parking lot, I get-- well,

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there's no money added for that.

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That's coming out of somewhere else.

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I think the economic development fund

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we were talking about that being every year.

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Yeah, maybe not at that funding level.

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I mean, that'd be a policy discussion.

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Well, but we eliminate it.

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Mayor, I'm just saying we need to be

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cognizant of some of these things that right now we're

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planning for restricted funds.

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May not be.

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Yes, you're talking about primarily the hot funds,

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the $40,000.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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Would the eliminate the facility study be a one-time?

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Because that wouldn't be a reoccurring

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even if we did the study.

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I mean, if we come back next year,

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that would still be a one-time expense.

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Is that correct?

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Correct.

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OK.

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And if I may, along those lines, just to be clear,

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the $90,000 for office space, while that is recurring,

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the recurring fee will be--

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Much higher.

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--four times that, correct?

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Correct.

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OK.

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So Councilman Brodin, you had made

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a proposal of the citywide economic development

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fund to be $150,000.

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How does council feel about that?

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I mean, I'm OK with that.

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I see some heads nodding.

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I see some not nodding.

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But OK.

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All right.

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Yes.

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My question, Mayor, for that, given that that's a new fund,

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am I assuming correctly that there'll

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be some discussion as to what--

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Absolutely.

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--the criteria of that--

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--the policy.

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--the process?

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OK.

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Development of a policy for that fund.

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Yes, absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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Because I think that's critical.

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I mean, I think that's the most critical part

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of that whole discussion.

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And then if somehow there's a determination

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that the hot funds can't pay for the fireworks,

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then that $45,580 will reduce that by $40,000.

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Correct.

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Yeah.

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Gosh, I still remember my math.

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Jeez.

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Any other questions on this?

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Are we OK, at least with this presentation to this point?

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Yes.

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Question on one of the items that was in our packet.

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Was it the South by Southwest?

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The $22,000.

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Is that something we'll be discussing?

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OK, discussing.

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You know, Shane.

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Now, let me make sure I understand.

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That's currently in the budget.

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The $22,000 is not in the budget.

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That is not in the budget.

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OK.

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All right.

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OK.

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That's helpful to know.

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Yes.

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Yeah, sure.

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Police department just pointed out with the body cameras,

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it's the one time cost.

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But there are some recurring costs

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for the data maintenance and those kind of things.

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So it's one time for the cameras.

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But there will be some additional recurring costs,

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about $38,000.

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Councilmember Wasner.

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So question just on budget material.

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Because I understand this is a budget summary.

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Is there actually a big fat budget?

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Well, that's actually prepared by the budgetary staff

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in the couple of months after the budget's adopted,

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in terms of the more the detail.

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They're actually working on that now.

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But once the council finalizes it, we put that together.

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Part of that is we apply every year for a national award

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from GFOA in terms of budget disclosure.

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So we put it together to match that and for all the

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citizens.

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So there will be a--

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what you're used to seeing, the big budget book,

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that will be published.

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It takes us a little bit of time after the council

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makes the final budgetary decisions.

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And then we put that together.

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Good.

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Thank you, Chuck.

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But this spiral that we got, this

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is pretty much the meat and potatoes of the budget.

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The bigger document might have a little bit more narrative

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and things such as that.

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But as far as the detail of the numbers,

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this is pretty comprehensive.

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Correct.

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Correct.

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Any other questions?

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All right.

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We will now-- where's my sheet?

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Any other presentation, Chuck?

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No, sir.

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OK.

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All right, we will now go into closed session.

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Oh, no, I'm sorry.

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Hold on.

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Wrong one.

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I will convene the closed session at 1123

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on September the 1st, 2015.

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We will consider the following items.

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Consultation with attorneys under Texas government code

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section 551.071 and consultation with attorneys

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under Texas government code section 551.086.

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I want to welcome everybody back to our Denton City Council

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meeting Tuesday, September the 1st, 2015.

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We are now reconvening in our open session

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that began at 9 o'clock this morning.

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Having completed our closed session.

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And Mr. Springer, would you like to refresh us on the slide

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?

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We have a new number here at the bottom.

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We have a new number.

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And just to highlight the changes I've made,

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I'll try to put them in blue here.

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We reduced the funding of community event enhancements

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out of the general fund to $103,000

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and reflect to fund the remainder $150,000

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from the hotel occupancy tax fund, the convention and event

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fund.

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And the other change we've made is

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to leave the fireworks show to be

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funded out of the general fund.

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And the bottom blue one of the fund,

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South by Southwest marketing?

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Yes.

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To fund the South by Southwest marketing

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from the convention and event fund, $22,430.

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Mr. City Manager, do you have any comments?

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No.

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Well, other than to say, I think this is a real good mix

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of what Chuck has summarized leaves that--

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and Chuck corrected me if I'm wrong--

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that net balance and change at $155,000

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and what is not included here.

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Now, you've eliminated the funding for any facility

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study.

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Correct.

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After we do the work sessions and go over that 2002 plan,

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there may be some things we need to do to move forward

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with planning.

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And we have not funded in out years any lease amounts

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for moving folks out of City Hall West.

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So my suggestion to you is that we just roll that $155,000

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into the fund balance so that we'll

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have it to use in the out years for either of those two

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things

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that we might need to accomplish.

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I'm OK with that.

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Everybody OK with that?

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Dalton's not OK with it, but he's got food in his mouth.

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Fantastic.

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Go ahead.

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Oh, yes, I'm sorry.

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I would just like to ask that we keep that amount open.

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We are going to hear someone talk about the animal shelter

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for the homeless a little bit later.

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And so just kind of keep that open,

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because I think it's around the same, maybe even less,

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since Council Member Johnson also brought earlier

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requesting

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that the city do a little more for the homeless population.

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OK.

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Good observation.

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Thank you.

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Can I protest?

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I'm OK with the city manager's recommendation.

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I just want to call to everybody's attention

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that this is the first time since I've been on council

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that I have not been advocating for additional funds

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for bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

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I have exercised a great deal of self-control

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in not doing that.

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And I'm going to continue to do that this year.

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It will be back on the radar next year,

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because it's important for a lot of different reasons.

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But we just need to be mindful of some things that

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need to be coming up, because I've

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asked for a report in the Mobility Committee

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to hear what our status is.

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It's costing more than we thought it was going to cost.

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But I don't think that there's room in the budget

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this year for it.

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I'm not advocating it for it this year.

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And I think it's better to use that money,

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as the manager suggested, in reserve for the possible

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things

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that may be coming up.

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OK.

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All right.

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Mayor?

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Yes.

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Before we close this--

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so tonight, this is a public hearing item.

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People can still speak on the budget.

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Is that correct?

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I believe so.

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And then on the 15th, that's when we

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would go to vote on the budget.

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And the tax rate.

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And the tax rate.

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OK.

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Correct.

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Thank you.

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Any other comments for this particular work session

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that began at 9 o'clock this morning?

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I'm just making sure we don't confuse it with the one that

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's

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beginning at 1.

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Any other questions?

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I'm sorry.

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Mayor, I want to-- again, I really

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appreciate you all coming together

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and going through this kind of detail

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so we can be ready for next week.

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So thank you for your help.

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Fantastic.

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Well, seeing no other questions or presentations from staff

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,

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we will now adjourn this work session, this meeting,

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and pick back up with our new meeting at 1 o'clock.

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So we're adjourned.