>> Mayor Muns: I NOW DECLARE THAT THE PLANO CITY COUNCIL IS CONVENED INTO OPEN SESSION, THAT ALL COUNCILMEMBERS ARE PRESENT, COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS WILL BE HERE SHORTLY, OUR FIRST ITEM IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE 2022-23 BUDT AND COMMUNI INVESTMENT PROGRAM, MARK? >> MON RABBLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT YOU WITH MY RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR 23-24. ENCOMPASSES THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMMUNITY VALUES MADE PLANO THE PREMIER CITY IN NORTH TEXAS, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY THANKING TEAM PLANO FOR THEIR DEDICATED WORK ON THIS BUDGET. I MET WITH EACH COUNCILMEMBER TO HEAR THEIR PRIORITIES FOLLOWED BY EACH DEPARTMENT TO RECEIVE UPDATES ON CITY OPERATION, THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET RECOGNIZES THE CITY IS CHALLENGED TO KEEP UP WITH SERVICE DEMANDS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE IN A POST COVID ENVIRONMENT. THIS YEAR THE CITY SPENT THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR STUDYING FINANCIAL CHALLENGES OF MATURE CITIES AND COLLECTING FEEDBACK FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THIS STRATEGIC EFFORT CONFIRMED THE COMMUNITY STILL WANTS TO HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF SERVICES PLANO IS KNOWN FOR, HOWEVER THE CITY WILL SEE A SLOWING OF NEW REVENUE FROM GREEN FIELD DEVELOPMENT, AND WILL TRANSITION TO A LARGER FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE, COMMERCIAL AND CORPORATE REDEVELOPMENT AND LONG-TERM REVENUE SUSTAINABILITY. THE CITY HAS EXHAUSTED ALL PREVIOUS APPROPRIATED FEDERAL FUNDS. THESE FUNDS BUFFERED THE CITY AND ALLOWED US TO WEATHER THE COVID ECONOMIC ROLLERCOASTER WITHOUT IMPACTING SERVICE LEVELS. ADDITIONALLY OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS THE CITY HAS PASSED A TAX RATE AT OR NEAR THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE WHICH WAS AIDED BY THESE FEDERAL FUNDS. THIS YEAR THE CITY AND COMMUNITY HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT INFLATION, CONTINUED SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION AND LABOR SHORTAGES ALL OF WHICH ARE AFFECTING THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL CONDITION, ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE REDUCTIONS INCLUDING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX THAT IS REMOVED THROUGH CPTER 42 APPEALS, TAX REVENUE TAKEN AWAY THROUGH PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL SAVINGS FOR SENIORS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR PROPERTY TAXES FROZEN. IN TOTAL, THESE THREE SOURCES WILL REMOVE MORE THAN $10 MILLION WORTH OF REVENUE FROM THE BUDGET. THESE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO REFLECTED IN THE 23-24 CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET, WHILE MAINTAINING STAFFING IN INDUSTRY LEADING SERVICE LEVELS. THE CITY OF PLANO IS THE BEST VALUE FOR ANY CITY IN THE DFW REGION AND POSSIBLY ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. THIS IS DUE TO A COMMITMENT TO THE GOALS WHICH HAVE MADE PLANO THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE. WHILE MANY CITIES ACHIEVE ONE OR TWO OF THESE GOALS, THE ABILITY TO BALANCE ALL FIVE EACH YEAR MAKES PLANO THE ENVY OF MANY COMMUNITIES. THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET CONTINUES BALANCING THE SAME FIVE GOALS THAT MAKE PLANO THE CITY OF EXCELLENCE, AND THOSE GOALS ARE MAINTAINING OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES SO THE BUDGET BEFORE YOU IS MAINTAINS A BALANCED BUDGET AND THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO SOUND FINANCIAL POLICIES INCLUDING MAINTAINING RESERVES FUNDING LIABILITIES ANNUALLY, PAYING CASH FOR MAINTENANCE ITEMS AND FULLY FUNDING ENTERPRISE FUNDS THROUGH FEES, THE CITY HAS ALSO BEGUN A FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL ROAD MAP THAT WILL BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED DURING F.Y. 23-24 TO CREATE MORE PREDICTABILITY FOR FUTURE BUDGET CYCLES, FOR PERSONNEL, THE 23-24 RECOMMENDED BUDGET INCLUDES FUNDING FOR A 3% ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE, COMPENSATION PLAN ADJUSTMENTS, TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT AND 38 NEW POSITIONS. A SALARY INCREASE TOTALS $7.3 MILLION ACROSS ALL FUNDS AND THE NEW POSITIONS TOTAL $3.3 MILLION. THE CITY'S IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING OUR COMPENSATION PLAN PHILOSOPHY AND EXPECT RESULTS IN THE FALL OF 2023. ADDITIONALLY, IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH THE MARKET, AND ADJUSTMENT TO THE LONGEVITY PAY FROM $4 PER MONTH OF SERVICE TO $8 PER MONTH OF SERVICE IS INCLUDED WHICH TOTALS $1.3 MILLION. QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE IS ITEM 3 OF OUR GOALS, THE CITY IS A MATURE CITY, AND WE HAVE PRIORITIZED MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF OUR CITY ASSETS. THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE $300 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS DURING FISCAL YEAR 23-24 ADDITIONALLY PRIOR CIP PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE REQUIRE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING OF $1.3 MILLION AND THAT INCLUDES FIVE POSITIONS. FOR SERVICE AND PROGRAMS, THERE ARE NO NEW PROGRAMS OR SERVICES INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET. BUT THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A HIGH VALUE OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR OUR CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES. FOR AFFORDABILITY AND PROPERTY TAX, THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE IN THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL HOME VALUE IS UP 14.2% OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR IS NOW AT $564,111. JUST AS A REFENCE POINT IN 2019, IT WAS $379,000, SO WE'VE SEEN 48% INCREASE OVER THAT TIME FRAME. FOR MOST FAMILIES, THAT IS THEIR MOST SIGNIFICANT ASSET, SO SEEING A 48% INCREASE IN THAT PORTFOLIO IS POSITIVE, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS THAT HAS AS FAR AS THE TAX BILL GOES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE CITY HAS THE MAXIMUM 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND A SENIOR TAX FREEZE, A TOTAL OF 7.7 MILLION IN SAVINGS IS PROJECTED FOR THE 75 -- 65 AROUND OVER TAX FREEZE, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF YE.MILLION OVER LAST FISCAL AND LAST WHILE MARKET VALUE ON PROPERTY CAN INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY, THE STATE OF TEXAS LIMITS AND CAPS HOMESTEAD PROPERTY VALUE AT 10% PER YEAR FOR ANY -- PLUS ANY NEW IMPROVEMENTS. WHILE THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET TONIGHT INCLUDES ALL THE REQUESTS TO MEET SERVICE DEMAND, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS BUDGET IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED FINAL NUMBERS FROM OUR APPRAISAL DISTRICTS. KAREN HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT INCLUDING THIS AFTERNOON, AND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEK, INFORMATION REGARDING THE NO NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND THEOTER APPROVAL T RATE WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION. SO WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TONIGHT MAY CHANGE A LITTLE. IF THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT, STAFF WILL HAVE THOSE CHANGES AND IMPACTS CALCULATED AT THE AUGUST 14th MEETING. ADDITIONALLY, THE MAJORITY OF THE DISCUSSION IS TYPICALLY FOCUS ON THE PROPERTY TAXES, THIS YEAR I NEED TO MAKE NOTE THAT OUR COSTS AND WATER AND SEWER AND ESPECIALLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE SERVICE FUNDS HAVE INCREASED DUE TO OUR CONTRACTS, AND THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE FUNDS. THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET PASSES THROUGH INCREASE COST INTO THOSE RATES TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS PAY FOR THEMSELVES THROUGH THOSE FEES. IN CONCLUSION, I WANT TO THANK MY EXECUTIVE TEAM, ESPECIALLY MY DEPUTIES, SHELLEY SAM JACK AND LASHAUN FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK IN HELPING PUT THIS BUDGET TARGET, I WANT TO THANK KAREN RHODES-WHITLEY AND HER TEAM IN THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO PUT TOGETHER THIS BUDGET. WITH THAT, KAREN, COULD YOU PLEASE PRESENT THE 23-24 BUDGET? >> GOOD EVENING. KAREN RHODES-WHITLEY, BUDGET MARK WENT THROUGH HIS PRIORITIES, SO HE DID FOCUS ON SEVERAL OF THEM, THOUGH. WHEN WE WAS ADDING HIS PERSONNEL INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY, QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE CIP AND THEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. THE COMBINED BUDGET RESOURCES WHICH ARE YOUR REVENUES TOTAL $806 MILLION. THE NUMBER ONE IS TAXES. THIS IS BOTH PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAX, TOTALS 356 MIION, A YOU SECOND IS CHARGES FOR SERVICES WHICH TOTALS ABOUT 270 MILLION AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR WATER AND SEWER CHARGES FOR CITIZENS WATER AND SEWER. THE COMBINED BUDGET EXPENDITURES TOTALS 729 MILLION. THE NUMBER ONE, ONCE AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IS WATER AND SEWER, ACCOUNTS FOR 27.3%, AND OF COURSE THAT'S DUE TO THE CONTRACT MUNICIL WER DISTRICT.H THE NUMBER 2 IS WHAT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND THAT IS $187 MILLION OR 25.6% OF THE OVERALL BUDGET. I WILL STATE THIS, THE BUDGET EXPENDITURES FOR ALL THE FUNDS, 729, YOUR CIP, WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS HERE IN A MINUTE, TOTALS $339 MILLION SO WE'RE NEARLY AT 1.1 BILLION FOR YOUR WHOLE BUDGET. ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, TOTALS $392 MILLION, THE NUMBER ONE EXPENDITURE OF COURSE IS GOING TO BE YOUR PUBLIC SFETY, THAT ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY 50%, SECOND IN LINE THERE IS NONDEPARTMENTAL WHICH HOUSES ALL YOUR TRANSFERS, OUR TRANSFERS ARE THE ONES THAT GO INTO THE CAPITAL MAINTENANCE FUND. IT GOES INTO FUND THE PROPERTY AND LIABILITY LOSS FUND, SO THAT IS YOUR SECOND LARGEST EXPENDITURE, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR $90 MILLION. WE ALWAYS WANT TO SHOW THIS CHART EVEN THOUGH INFLATION IS EASING UP ACCORDING TO THE US BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, IT IS NOT EASING UP AS FAR AS OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE CONCERNED. AND WITHIN THE BUDGET, WE HAVE HAD TO ADD IN AN ADDITIONAL $2.7 MILLION DUE TO INFLATIONARY COSTS THAT HAVE HIT US THIS LAST YEAR, PLUS MANDATES THAT HAVE COME ABOUT FROM FEDERAL AND STATE MANDATES, SO WE DO HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION. AND WE HAVE INCLUDED THAT 2.7 MILLION WITHIN THE BUDGET. NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES AS MARK MENTIONED, WE'RE STILL COLLECTING DATA, WE ARE WAITING FOR THE SOFTWARE THAT WE UTILIZED TO COME UP WITH THE TRUTH IN TAXATION RATES OR THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, NO NEW REVENUE RATE. WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT TO BE UPDATED BASED ON SOME DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT THE STATE ARE DOING, BUT I HAD AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET, AND THESE ARE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS. WE PLAN ON GOING OVER THE WHOLE TAX RATE WITH Y'ALL AT THE MON AUGUST 14th WORK SESSION. IT'S LOOKING LIKE RIGHT NOW W MAY HAVE A NEW NO NEW REVENUE WAIT OF 38.65 CENTS. CURRENTLY WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET IS 41.76 CENTS, OUR NORMAL RATE FROM THIS YEAR. THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO ADD 3.5% ON TOP OF YOUR NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS AT 40.60 CENTS. AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THESE ARE NOT FINALIZED, THEY SHOULD BINALIZED NEXT WEEK, THOH. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE JUST LET Y'ALL KNOW, IF WE GO DOWN TO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, AND THAT'S YOUR RATE THAT YOU CAN PASS ALONG, AND WE DON'T NEED AN ELECTION, AND IT ACCOUNTS -- IT GIVES 3.5% OVER WHAT YOU COLLECTED LAST YEAR, IF WE PASS THAT ALONG, WE NEED TO CUT FROM THE BUDGET $6.2 MILLION. IF YOU WERE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THAT 38.65 CENTS, WE WOULD NEED TO COME UP WITH $17 MILLION OUT OF THE BUDGET. ANYWAY, WE JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND START GIVING Y'ALL A HEADS UP. MARK, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON THAT. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, KAREN AND I HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR THE 6. $2 MILLION AND WE'LL HAVE DETAIL ON THAT -- >> OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE WHOLE PROPERTY TAX RATE ON AUGUST 14th, AT THAT MEETING, Y'ALL WILL HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT ME TO PUBLISH THE NEXT DAY IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND THEN WE WILL GO FORTH FROM THERE, AND THEN OF COURSE YOU HAVE THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX RATE ON SEPTEMBER 11th. THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE. NOW, THIS IS THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE. WHAT THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE IS, IT ALREADY ACCOUNTS FOR YOUR 20% HOMESTEAD OUT. IT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN YOUR MARKET VALUE. LAST YEAR THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE WAS $338,000. THIS YEAR, THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE IS $373,000. OKAY? THERE'S A DIFFERENCE OF $34,000 THAT'S ALL DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE EXISTING PROPERTY VALUE. AS MANY OF Y'ALL KNOW, ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, WE CANNOT GO OVER 10% INCREASE ON YOUR PROPERTY VALUES AS FAR AS TAXING PURPOSES. SO IF EVERYTHING WAS TO REMAIN THE SAME, AVERAGE HOME VALUE, THEY WOULD SEE AN INCREASE OF $144. NOW, IF WE GO DOWN TO THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, THE TAX RATE WOULD GO FROM 41.76 CENTS DOWN TO 40.6 CREPTS, THAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE OF THAT, YOU'RE STILL -- THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASE OF $100, AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT EXISTING PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE UP. THIS IS A LOOK AT YOUR ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUES. THIS YEAR WE'RE NEARLY AT $58 BILLION, AS FAR AS THE TOTAL GOES. THE MAJORITY OF THIS ONCE AGAIN CAME FROM EXISTING PROPERTY VALUES. $4.7 BILLION IS WHAT THE INCREASE ON EXISTING PROPERTY VALUES IS. AT THE NEXT MEETING, I WILL HAVE THE BREAKOUT AND SHOW YOU WHAT CAME IN FROM RESIDENTIAL AND WHAT CAME IN FROM COMMERCIAL. WE JUST RECEIVED ALL THE INFORMATION TODAY. YOU DID HAVE NEW GROWTH OF $727 MILLION. THIS IS A LOOK AT YOUR TAX REVENUE AND THE REVENUE SAVINGS THAT ARE COMING ABOUT FROM EXEMPTIONS. YOUR AVERAGE MARKET VALUE, THIS DOES NOT HAVE ANY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ON IT. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY SENIOR TAX FREEZE. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT CAN GO FOR IN THE MARKET IS NOW $564,000. WE ARE SAVING OR OFFERING BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL REVENUE SAVINGS FROM EXEMPTIONS TOTAL $61.8 MILLION. MARK HAD ALREADY MENTIONED THIS: THE REVENUE SAVINGS FROM THE 65 AND OVER TAX FREEZE IS NOW INCREASED THIS LAST YEAR $2 MILLION. SO WE HAVE EVE MORE RESIDENTS THAT ARE TURNING 65 AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS TAX FREEZE. THIS IS THE AVERAGE MARKET VALUE FOR A HOME WITH ALL THE OTHER ENTITIES THAT THEY PAY TAXES ON. I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE AWARE THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THEY'RE GOING TO DO A VOTE ON NOVEMBER 7th, WHICH HAS PISD, OR THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS GOING FROM 40,000 FOR THEIR EXEMPTION UP TO 100,000. I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD PASS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT PROVIDES SAVINGS FOR A CITY OF PLANO PISD OF $730 FOR THE YEAR, SO THIS IS THE TOTAL RIGHT NOW, 8,716. NOW, ALL OF THESE RATES ARE THE RATES THEY HAD FOR THE 22-23. A LOT OF THEM ARE TRYING TO DECIDE JUST LIKE Y'ALL ARE WHAT OUR RATES ARE GOING TO BE. SALES TAX IS THEN REALLY, REALLY WELL, AND OF COURSE MATAINS OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES, WE HAVE BEEN UNDER A SALES TAX CAP POLICY FOR QUITE AWHILE SINCE 2008. THIS YEAR, WE TAKE THE AVERAGE OF THE SALES TAX, WHAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE DO AN AVERAGE, WE NET OUT ANY AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS, AND THEN WE GO IN AND ADD AN INFLATIONARY FACTOR WITHIN THERE. THE -- RIGHT NOW INFLATION IS 3% HOWEVER OVER THE YEAR, WHEN YOU CALCULATE IT OUT, WE HAVE INCREASED THAT BY 6%, BECAE THAS REALLY WHAT YOUR AVERAGE WAS OVER THIS LAST YEAR. THE RESULT OF ALL OF THAT, THOSE ARE JUST SOME FINISHIVES THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE 2008 WITH THE EXTRA SALES TAX, 24.9 MILLION GOING TO CAPITAL MAINTENANCE, 2 MILLION TO A RAINEY DAY FUND, 6. TO EC8 TOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN WE AVERAGE THE WHOLE CAP OUT, WE COLLECTED $108 MILLION IN 21-22. 22-23, WE ARE REESTIMATING AT 114 MILLION. MOST LIKELY, WE'VE GOT THREE MONTHS LEFT, COULD COME IN, 115, 116, AT THE END OF THE DAY, AFTER SEPTEMBER, MARK WILL COME BACK TO Y'ALL, IF IT COMES OVER THAT AMOUNT, SAY IF ITS'S AT 116, WE ESTIMATED 114, THAT 2 MILLION, Y'ALL DECIDE WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO. SOMETIMES YOU THROW IN CAPITAL MAINTENANCE. THIS LAST YEAR YOU PUT IN IT THE RAINEY DAY FUND. IT CAN GO FOR ONE TIME EXPENDITURES . IT'S A VYOOD FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT WE HAVE. THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE FOR NEXT YEAR IS $11.7 MILLION. THAT TAKES YOUR THREE YEAR AVERAGE AND WE HAVE INCREASED IT ONCE AGAIN BY AN INFLATIONARY FACTOR. SO THAT'S WHAT'S UP WITH SALES TAX. HERE ARE SOME BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS THAT ARE INCLUDED. AS MARK MENTIONED, WE HAVE NO NEW PROGRAMS OR SERVICES INCLUDED. THE GENERAL FUND IS BUDGETED AT 30 DAYS. WE DO HAVE GOING INTO THE ECONOMIC DELOPNT INCENTIVE FUND, $11.4 MILLION WHICH EQUATES TO TWO CENTS ON THE TAX RATE. WE DO HAVE A 3% ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, NONCIVIL SERVICE AND CIVIL SERVICE TOTALING $7.3 MILLION. WE'VE GONE IN AN INCREASED LONGEVITY PAY FROM $4 TO $8 PER MONTH PER SERVICE. EMPLOYEE -- THE DIRECT RESULT OF THAT IS ALL OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES ARE DOING THE SAME THING PARAGRAPH PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS HAVE ADDED IN OR GIVEN THEM $12.9 MILLION FOR THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. THAT INCLUDES 12 ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. THE INCREASE IN NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT CONTRACT COST TOTALS $9.7 MILLION. WE HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THEM ON JUNE 30th. I HAVE BEEN HEARING THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, THOUGH, NORMALLY THEY GIVE US EVEN BETTER NUMBERS AT THE END OF JULY, THE WATER YEAR WILL END JULY 31. RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE AN 11% INCREASE GOING IN FOR WATER. WE ARE NOT PUSHING FORTH THE 11%. WE DID VERY, VERY WELL LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF ALL THE SUNSHINE AND NOT RAINING LAST YEAR. SO WE ARE ONLY PUTTING FORTH A 6% INCREASE, NOT THE 11%. WE ARE MAINTAINING RIGHT NOW THE CAPITAL MAINTENANCE FUND TRANSFER AT $35.3 MILLION FOR THE GENERAL FUND. WE HAVE LIBRARY BOOKS INCLUDING DIGITAL MATERIALS AT 1.4 MILLION. CIP COMING ONLINE TOTALS $1.3 MILLION AND INCLUDES 5 POSITIONS PLUS EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS SUPPLIES AND ADDED MAINTENANCE. THAT ADDITIONAL REQUIRED FUNDING I TALKED ABOUT FOR INFLATIONARY FACTORS, ANYWAY, THAT'S THAT $2.7 MILLION. THAT ALSO INCLUDES SOME FEDERAL MANDATES, STATE MANDATES THAT WE HAVE HAD COME ON. THIS IS A LISTING OF ALL THE NEW BUDGETED POSITIONS, THERE'S 38 IN TOTAL. WE HAVE 12 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. 'VE GOT FIVE FOR CIP COMING ONLINE. AND THE REMAINING OF THE GENERAL FUND YOU WILL SEE THAT LIST ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. SO IN THE GENERAL FUND, YOU GOT $3.2 MILLION COMING ON IN YOUR SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR NEW POSITIONS. ALL OF THESE SHOULD BE STARTING OR THEY'RE PROGRAMMED IN TO START OCTOBER 1. WE STILL ARE HAVING SOME ISSUES IN HIRING PEOPLE, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW BUDGETING PURPOSES, WE DO HAVE THEM BEGINNINGCTOBER 1. E OTHER POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE OVER IN WATER AND SEWER, ONE IN CONVENTION AND TOURISM, THE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE NEEDS A CREW LEADER. WE HAVE SEVERAL OVER IN THE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AND THEN ONE IN EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE, SO THE TOTAL COST OF ALL NEW POSITIONS IS $4.4 MILLION. CIP OPERATING EXPENDITURES COMING ONLINE TOTALS $1.3 MILLION. IT INCLUDES COS FOR THE FIRE STATION NUMBER 5 AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEASE A FACILITY FOR PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE REDOING THAT BUILDING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO GO, OVER IN THE PARKS AND REC SIDE, WE HAVE VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL FULLTIME POSITION. ALSO WE HAVE ATHLETIC INFLATIONARY FACTORS GOING FOR OUR ATHLETIC FIELD MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE THE CONTRACT COSTS HAVE INCREASED. ARE ADDING ADDITIONALWOS FULLTIME POSITIONS DUE TO THE EXPANDED PROJECT LOAD COMING FROM PROJECTS THAT WERE VOTED ON IN THE 2021 BOND AUTHORIZATION. OKAY. WATER AND SEWER, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A RATE INCREASE. NORTH TEXAS AT THIS MOMENT IS PASSING ON AN 11% INCREASE. WE ARE ONLY GOING -- WE ONLY NEED A 6% INCREASE, SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE PROGRAMMED IN HERE. BASED ON PUBLICORKS, WHAT THEY SEE AS FAR AS HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO USE ON WATER THIS YEAR, IT'S 21.1 BILLION GAY JULY 31. WE DO HAVE A REVISED TAKE OR PAY WATER GALLONS. LAST YEAR WAS 25.8. WHEN WE BEGAN THIS WHOLE THING, IT USED TO BE 27.6. ANYWAY, THEY'RE GRADUALLY COMING DOWN, THANKS TO LEGAL -- I MEAN, PAGE ANDúMARK,T CNTRACT REDONE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, IT'S 25.1 BILLION IS WHAT THEY'RE ESTIMATING. ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND UPPER EAST FORK INTERCEPTOR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COST INCREASE OF 2.4 MILLION, WHICH WILL REQUIRE A 3% WASTEWATER INCREASE. ALL RATES ARE ASSUMED TO BEGIN NOVEMBER 1, 2023. IN ADDITION, DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE GOT EXTRA FUNDS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO HOT, WE WEREBLE TO INCREASE INTO THE WATER AND SEWER CIP THE YEAR BEFORE WE DID 12.5 MILLION, LAST YEAR WE DID 17.5. WE WERE ABLE TO GO UP TO $20 MILLION. THE WATER AND SEWER CIP DESPERATELY NEEDS THAT. AFTER THIS YEAR, IT COMPLETELY GOES INTO THE RED, AND IN FACT NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE BACK TO Y'ALL. WE HAVE THREE REALLY BIG PROJECTS IN THERE, AND IT HAS TRIPLED THE COST ON EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT BY PAYING CASH, SO WE WILL BE LOOKING TO SELL SOME REVENUE BONDS TO PAY FOR THOSE BIG PROJECTS. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE LOANED THE SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE FUND $2.5 MILLION. THE SOLID WASTE FUND HAS BEEN FLAGGED WITH VERY DIFFERENT PROBLEMS THIS NEXT YEAR. INCREASED CONTRACT COSTS. RISING FUEL COSTS. THEIR EQUIPMENT HAS GONE UP 4 FOLD THAT WE ARE HAVING TO PURCHASE. THE RECYCLING REVENUE IS A NO MORE ENTITY THERE. SO STARTING IN OCTOBER 1, 22024, THEY WILL PAY THE WATER AND SEWER FUND BACK. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE HIRED A CONSULTANT, NEW GEN STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING A PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL HOPEFULLY AUGUST 17th TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT THEY FEEL THAT THE SOLID WASTE RATE INCREASE SHOULD BE, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THEM OUT OF THE HOLE FOR EVEN NEXT YEAR. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WITH ALL THIS SAID AND DONE, THE FUND IS PROJECTED AT 79 DAYS OF WORKING CAPITAL, WHICH IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE, NORMALLY, OUR FINANCIAL POLICY WE LIKE IT TO BE AT 60 DAYS. THE ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE FUND, I JUST TOUCHED ON THIS. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH WHAT THEY PROPOSED THE RATE INCREASE TO BE FOR SOLID WASTE. WE HAVE CONTACTED VARIOUS CITIES IN THE METROPLEX. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE ALL GOING UP ON SOLID WASTE. YOU WILL GET A GMTION OF GLIMPSE OFTHAT ON AUGUST 17th. CIP, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER NOW TOTALS $339 MILLION, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS FOR STREETS, 104 MILLION PARKS AND REC CENTER, 61 MILLION, WATER AND SEWER. 42, MUNICIPAL DRAINAGE, 24. WE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND SALE OF $75 MILLION TO KEEP UP FIRE STATIONS FIVE AND EIGHT REMODELING. ALSO SEVAL CMUNI AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARK RENOVATIONS AND OF COURSE YOUR STREET REPAIRS. WE WILL BE ISSUING A TAX NOTE OF APPROXIMATELY $7 MILLION. THIS TAX NOTE WILL GO TO FUND SEVERAL -- THREE DIFFERENT VERY HIGH PROFILE TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS THAT WE COULD NOT FIT IN THE ACTUAL BUDGET AND CASH FUND THEM. THEY INCLUDE A PHONE SYSTEM REPLACEMENT, A FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM, AND MOBILE NETWORK REPLACEMENT AND STANDARDIZATION, AND MOBILE NETWORKING ASSETS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES. THE CAPITAL MAINTENANCE FUND. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A FINANCIAL POLICY THAT SAYS WE LIKE TO TRANSFER IN AN AMOUNT THAT IS EQUAL TO 75% OF THE ANNUAL DEPRECIATION. YOU'LL SEE THAT BLIP IN FY '22, 21-22, 96%, THAT WAS DUE TO CARES FUNDING, WHEN WE RECEIVED SOME OF THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS, WE THREW THEM IN THERE, AND THAT WENT FOR A CERTAIN PROJECT THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE BACK -- WE'RE ABOUT AT 75%. COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THE BUDGET CALENDAR THAT ARE COMING UP. OF COURSE TONIGHT THE CITY MANAGER SUBMITTED HIS RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND CIP. THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND THE LIBRARY'S TOMORROW. WE HAVE SCHEDULED A TOWN HALL MEETING ON AUGUST 10th, WHICH WILL GO OVER THE BUDGET AND THE CIP. AUGUST 14th IS GOING TO BE A VERY BIG NIGHT. YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. WE ALSO WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE OPERATING BUDGET AND THE CIP, AND THEN YOU WILL NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT YOUR PROPOSED TAX RATE WILL BE BECAUSE WE WILL NEED TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE NEWSPAPER THE NEXT DAY, AND THEN YOU WILL APPROVE THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL. WE HAVE MOVED THE COUNCIL BUDGET WORK SESSION -- NORMALLY WE HAVEHEM ON A SATURDAY, MADE THE DECISION THIS YEAR, WE ARE GOING TO TRY A THURSDAY EVENING STARTING AT 5:00. THIS ALSO WILL INCLUDE THE GRANT FUNDING AT THAT SAME WORKSHOP. AUGUST 28th I HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE. NORMALLY, WHAT Y'ALL DO, EVEN THOUGH THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS YOU'VE DONE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT NORMALLY Y'ALL LIKE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WENT AHEAD AND PUT THAT IN. AND THEN SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, YOU WILL ADOPT A BUDGET, CIP, SETHE TAX RATE, AND WE MOST LIKELY WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT NIGHT. AND THEN OCTOBER 1, WE BEGIN AGAIN. OH, TOMORROW, ALL THIS WILL BE IN ALL THE LIBRARIES, ON OUR CITY WEB PAGE, AND WE'VE ALREADY UPDATED AN OPEN BUDGET WEB PORTAL OR DASHBOARD FOR THE CITY OF PLANO. IT'S ALREADY OUT THERE. AT THIS TIME, I WILL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU, KAREN. >> YES. >> Mayor Muns: MAYOR PRO TEM? >> Prince: CAN YOU GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAD THE TAX RATE AND THE CHART WITH THE CHANGES BASED ON WHAT WE -- WHAT THE HOMEOWNER INCREASE? >> YES. >>> OKAY, IS THIS THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? >> Prince: YES. >> OKAY, NOW, THAT'S WITH THE VOTER APPROVED RATE. >> Prince: RIGHT. BUT YOU MADE A COMMENT, YOU SAID EVEN IF WE ADOPT THE PROPOSED RATE VERSUS THE VOTER APPROVED RATE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD YOU RIGHT, YOU SAID IT'S STILL GOING TO BE -- >> YES. >> Prince: THAT'S WHAT I'M -- >> EVEN IF YOU WENT DOWN, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED LAST YEAR, OR -- >> Prince: RIGHT. >> Y'ALL REALLY HAVE BEEN ADOPTING IT THE LAST FOUR YEARS, YOU HAVE AN INCREASE, AND THE INCREASE IS DUE TO THE CHANGE IN THE PROPERTY VALUE. >> Prince: RIGHT. >> IF IT HAD NOT CHANGED, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE AN INCREASE, BUT THAT ALL HAS TO DO WITH THE CHANGE IN THE PROPERTY VALUE. >> Prince: BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE INCREASE WOULD BE? >> KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS ON WHAT. >> Prince: YOU SAID ON HERE, CHANGED FROM PRIOR YEAR IS $100. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CHANGE WOULD BE AT THE DIFFEREN RATES? RIGHT HERE YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE CHANGE WOULD BE $100 FOR THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE RIGHT? >> YES. >> Prince: OKAY. SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE CHANGE WOULD BE AT THE ADOPTED TAX RATE? >> THIS IS THE ADOPTED TAX RATE. >> Prince: SO IT WOULD BE 144. >> YES. >> Prince: WHAT WOULD IT BE AT THE NO NEW REVENUE -- >> WE REALLY WERE HUSTLING TO GET THIS PART. IN FACT, COLLIN COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON SENT ME, OH, WE MADE A MISTAKE OVER HERE, SO WE HAD TO REDO EVERYTHING. I WILL HAVE ALL THAT FOR YOU ON AUGUST 14th. >> Prince: OKAY. AND THEN MY NEXTUESTION WAS ABOUT -- OH, DID YOU HAVE -- OKAY. YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT HAVING I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING AROUND $2 MILLION BUILT IN BECAUSE OF FEDERAL STATE MANDATES THAT HAVE COME DOWN TO US. DO YOU HAVE MORE SPECIFICS ON WHAT THOSE ARE, WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE? >> I WILL -- HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND. >> WE CAN GET A SPECIFIC LIST IF YOU'D LIKE. DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT WITH HER. >> Prince: OKAY. THEN MY LAST QUESTION WAS ON THE -- ON THE LIST OF NEW EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIRE, I SAW ONE THAT SAID -- I THINK IT SAID UNDER THE GENERAL FUNDS, ARTS AND EVENTS COORDINATOR. >> YES. >> Prince: SO I WAS CURIOUS WHY THE ARTS AND EVENT COORDINATOR WOULD BE UNDER THE GENERAL FUND VERSUS EITHER THE -- >> THAT IS UNDER THE SPECIAL EVENTS WHICH IS MICHELLE HAWKINS. AND I WANT TO SAY THEY'RE HIRING A PRODUCTION COORDINATOR FOR I THINK THE COURTYARTHEATER. >> MAYOR PRO TEM, WE'VE HAD A -- SEVERAL EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOTEL MOTEL TAXES AND THE USE OF THAT TOWARD THINGS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED OPERATIONS AS OPPOSED TO HEADS IN BEDS, AND THE OPINION WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW IS IT STARTS TO STRETCH THINGS PRETTY THIN AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OPERATIONAL COSTS VERSUS TRUE ELEMENTS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO PUTTING HEADS IN BEDS, INCLUDING MARKETING ALONG THOSE LINES, SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY THAT CONTINUES TO BE IN THE GENERAL FUND, VSUS COENTION AND TOURISM. >> Prince: OKAY. >> OKAY. AND JUST REAL QUICK, ON GOING BACK TO THE 2.7, I'M JUST GOING TO READ Y'ALL OFF A COUPLE OF THINGS. CITYWIDE NOTIFICATION POET POSTAGE, APPARENTLY NOW IN PLANNING THEY HAVE TO BAILOUT THESE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS, WE HAVE SEVERAL LISTING OF TCFP REQUIREMENT CHANGES. NOW, MAJORITY OF THESE ARE INFLATIONARY THOUGH. IN FACT EVERY SINGLE BIG DEPARTMENT, LIKE PARKS AND REC, FIRE STATIONS, POLICE, THEIR EQUIPMENT COST HAS JUST GONE THROUGH THE ROOF, SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING INFLATIONARY COSTS. WE HAD TO ADD TO THEIR BASIC BUDGET SO THEY COULD ACTUALLY PURCHASE WHAT IS REQUIRED. AND IT BASICALLY -- YOU'RE JUST KEEPING THE SAME SERVICE LEVEL, IT'S JUST COSTING SO MUCH MORE. >> THINGS LIKE PPE, THINGS LIKE CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS AND -- >> YEAH, CHEMICALS, CONTRACT COSTS FOR MOWING. WATER QUALITY MONITORING. THERE'S A BUNCH OF THEM. WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS? >> Mayor Muns: COUNCILMEMBER HORNE? >> HORNE: KAREN, THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND THEIR REQUEST FOR 11% RAISE OR INCREASE. A LOT OF THAT IS -- IS INCLUDED WITH RECAPTURE OF FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAKE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? IS THAT WHERE -- PARTICULARLY WHERE THEY'RE LEANING TOWARD? DO YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER? >> COUNCILMAN, IT'S -- THEY'RE SUFFERING A LOT OF THE SAME INFLATIONARY PRESSURES THEY'RE HAVING, BOTH ON THE LABOR SHORTAGES AND HAVING TO PAY MORE FOR LABOR, THEY HAVE THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES ON CHEMICALS, THE BOAT ARC IS A HUGE DEBT PAYMENT THEY'RE HAVING TO MAKE. THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CAPITAL THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, BUT THERE ARE PRESSURES THAT THEY HAVE A BIG PIECE OF THAT HAS BEEN AN INCREASE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN DUE TO BOAT ARC BUT IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE. >> HORNE: A SECOND THING I WANT TO ADD ONTO THAT, SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE, FOREVER CHEMICAL, IT'S PFAS, IT'S A WHOLE LIST OF COMPOUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FOREVER CHEMICALS. IT'S BASICALLY ATTRIBUTED TO SCOTCH GUARD, FOAM FOR FIREFIGHTING, AFFF FOAM FOR FIREFIGHTING AND FIND IT IN OUR GROUNDWATER. CURRENTLY THE EPA REGION 6 TIONWIDE AREEANI TO A MAXIMUM CONTAMINATION LEVEL OF 4 PARTS PER TRILLION. THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. HAVE THEY STARTED INVESTIGATING FIRST OF ALL, ARE THEY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE ANALYSIS OF THESE PFAS COMPOUNDS AND SECOND HAVE THEY LOOKED AT OPTIONS ON HOW TO TREAT THE WATER TO MEET THE MCL LEVELS? DO YOU KNOW IF THEY HAVE EVEN CONSIDERED THAT PART OF THIS 11% INCREASE? >> COUNCILMAN, I WILL JUST SHARE THAT I THINK I MADE A C IN CHEMISTRY, SO HALFF THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT BEYOND ME. SO -- BUT I'M HAPPY TO FIND OUT FROM THEM ON THE PFAS GET A REPORT FROM THE WATER DISTRICT AS FAR AS WHAT SORT OF OPERATIONAL DRIVERS THAT THAT MIGHT HAVE AS WELL AS JUST THEIR OVERALL APPROACH. >> HORNE: I GET THE 4 PARTS PER TRILLION THAT THE E.P.A. IS BEING BANTERED ABOUT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD DARE SAY IF CALIFORNIA IS PUSHING FOR THAT TYPE OF RESTRICTIVE TREATMENT THAT THE REST OF THE E.P.A. REGIONS WILL FOLLOW STND THEN WE'RE GOING TO S GOING TO BE A HICKUP THERE. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. >> Mayor Muns: COUNCILMEMBER RICCIARDELLI. >> Ricciardelli: YES, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO FIRST OF ALL, KAREN, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM, INCLUDING KC I SEE THERE FOR ALL OF THERD HARD WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS. ONE THING BEFORE I DIVE INTO MY QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO REQUEST, AS YOU GUYS WORK THROUGH THE INFORMATION FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND GET, YOU KNOW, A BETTER IDEA OF EXACTLY WHERE THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE IS GOING TO BE AND THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, IF WE COULD GET THAT IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING ON THE 14th IF POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IT CAN BE HARD TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THE FLY -- >> YES, I HAD TOLD MARK BEFORE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT SOFTWARE UPDATED BY MONDAY, SO REALLY WE SHOULD HAVE A FINALIZED NUMBER BY MONDAY. OH, YEAH, THAT'S THE DEFINITE. THAT'S A DEFINITE. >> Ricciardelli: WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, KAREN. I KNOW THAT IS INFORMATION FROM OUTSIDE THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT TO GET. DIVING INTO THOSE QUESTIONS, THE FIRST WAS, I NOTED IN THE KIND OF NARRATIVE DISCUSSION, THE LETTER FROM MARK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET, THE MENTION OF A DOZEN MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEXES COMING OFF OF THE TAX ROLLS, PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATIONS HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR TAX BASE, DO WE HAVE A NUMBER FOR EXACTLY HOW MUCH PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IS NOT BEING COLLECTED BY THE CITY, BECAUSE THOSE PROPERTIES ARE NO LONGER ON THE TAX ROLLS? >> I DID NOT HAVE A NUMBER -- >> CLOSE TO $3 MILON. >> Ricciardelli: $3 MILLION, WOW. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, I'LL CALL THEM UP, AND THEY WILL FIVE ME A NUMBER, BUT HE ALREADY HAS IT. >> Ricciardelli: BETWEEN YOU GUYS, I KNEW YOU WOULD HAVE THE ANSWER, TO THANK YOU FOR THAT . SECONDLY, JUST DOING SOME MATH, I NOTICED THAT THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER BEING AT $1,414 LAST YEAR, AT THE LAST YEAR'S ADOPTED RATE OF 41. 6 CENTS, WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE UP $144, WHICH I THINK IS A 10.2% INCREASE, AT VOTER APPROVAL RATE, THEY WOULD BE UP $100, IF I DID MY MATH CORRECTLY IS ABOUT A 7% INCREASE AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S KIND OF SOME VOODOO MAGIC IN THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE FORMULA, SOME THINGS WITH TIRZ ZONES AND OTHER THINGS THAT COME OUT, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS, WITH A 3.5% VOTER APPROVAL RATE CAP, HOW DO WE END UP WITH THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER BEING AT A 7% INCREASE? IS IT THAT CMERCL PROPERTIES ARE STAGNANT OR -- OR, YOU KNOW, SUCH THAT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ARE SEEING A BIGGER PART OF THE INCREASE OR WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THERE -- >> YES, AND THAT'S THE CONVERSATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON AUGUST 14th. I DID NOT HAVE TIME -- NORMALLY ON THE 14th, REALLY LAST YEAR I THINK I DID IT ON THIS MEETING BECAUSE WE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION SO MUCH QUICKER. ANYWAY, YOU WILL SEE JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I AM SURE THE MAJORITY OF THAT EXISTING PROPERTY INCREASE WHICH IS $4 BILLION IS ON THE RESIDENTI SIDE. SO IT DEFINITELY WAS LAST YEAR. IT IS AGAIN THIS YEAR. I REALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD START SLOWING DOWN THIS YEAR, BUT IT DID NOT. WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT PROPERTY TAXES AND ASSESSED PROPERTY VALUES, IT'S LIKE A YEAR -- A YEAR BACK. >> Ricciardelli: IT'S A WHOLE CYCLE. >> IT'S A WHOLE CYCLE. SO I'M HOPING NEXT YEAR WE WILL START SEEING DECREASES ON THOSE INCREASES. >> Ricciardelli: OKAY. GOT YA', AND THEN HOPEFULLY -- >> WE WILL BE TALKING -- YES, WE WILL BE TALKING IN MUCH MORE DETAIL ON AUGUST 14th. >> Ricciardell WELL, FANTASTIC, THEN, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY SEE, AS YOU SAID NEXT YEAR IN THOSE VALUATIONS, SEE THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX BASE START TO RALLY TO KIND OF MATCH THE GROWTH OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX BASE. >> YES. >> Ricciardelli: THEN A FINAL QUESTION, REGARDING -- OR I GUESS MAYBE A STATEMENT AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M DONE MY MATH WRONG, BUT IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, DURING MY FIRST BUDGET ON THE COUNCIL 6 YEARS AGO, I THINK WE WERE AT 48.86 CENTS VALUATION, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE, AND NOW IF WE -- IF WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SUPPOSE WE ENDED UP AT THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE OF 40.6 CENTS, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGE OF PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE DEVOTED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR POLICY THERE IS TWO CENTS OF PROPERTY TAXES, NO MATTER HOW MUCH ONE CENT OF PROPERTY TAXES IS WORTH, TWO CENTS GOES STRAIGHT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING A COUPLE OF DA AGO IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND WE NEED FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN PLANO'S COMMERCIAL TAX BASE, BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF WE LOSE THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE RESIDENTS PAYING EVEN MORE TO FILL THAT GAP, IF THAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TAX BASE GOES AWAY. THAT BEING SAID, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WE WERE AT 4.1% OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, YOU KNOW, IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, GIVE OR TAKE, BEING UTILIZED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, SIX YEARS AGO DURING MY FIRST YEAR ON COUNCIL, AND IF I'VE DONE THE MATH CORRECTLY, I THINK WE ARE AT 4.9% NOW, YOU KNOW, FOR AN INCREASE OF ALMOST 20% IN THE AMOUNT OF THE PERCENTAGE OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT'S BEING USE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT GOAL, BUT ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO EVALUATE DURING THIS PROCESS, AND TONIGHT MAY BE PREMATURE, INSTEAD OF SAYING TWO CENTS OF PROPERTY TAXES GOING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT WE SAY THAT IT'S THIS YEAR'S AMOUNT PLUS INFLATION FOR NEXT YEAR SO THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO KNOCK DOWN THE NUMBER OF CEN PER $100 OF VALUATION THAT WE'RE COLLECTING IN PROPERTY TAXES, WE'RE -- YOU KNOW, WE DON'T END UP WITH A DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGE SHARE BEING USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO SEE US INDEXING THE BUFFINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS TO INFLATION RATHER THAN POPULATION GROWTH, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW POPULATION IS NOT GROWING VERY FAST, PROPERTY VALUATIONS ARE GROWING VERY FAST, SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT ALLOCATION METHODOLOGIES, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GREATLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT FOR SOCIAL SERVICE IS THROUGH THE BUFFINGTON COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS INCREASE NOT AT THE SAME RATE, ANYWAY, I WOULD LOVE TO LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS INCREASING THEIR INDEXES TO INFLATION. >> COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE A LITTLE AHEAD OF ME, BUT THAT'S GOOD, I HAVE ACTUALLY TALKED WITH KAREN ABOUT CAPPING THE AMOUNT OF TRANSFER TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND AT $10 MILLION PER YEAR INCLUDING A CPI ADJUSTMENT GOING FORWARD, AS A WAY OF HELPING ADDRESS THAT $6.2 MILLION SHORTFALL AND SO WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS. WE THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION THAT W HAVE THAT STILL ADDS A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHICH BY THE WAY WILL BE COMING BACK ON THE 14th WITH A DISCUSSION ABOUT LAND BANKING AS WELL. BUT I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE ALREADY HAD SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PUTTING A CAP ON THAT, DUE TO SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT ALSO THE ASPECT OF WE THINK THAT'S A SUFFICIENT TRANSFER TO BE ABLE TO FUND THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. >> Ricciardelli: FANTASTIC, THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR, THANK YOU, MARK, AS USUAL, YOU'RE ONE STEP AHEAD OF ME, I HAVE TO SAY I DON'T BELIEVE YOU MADE THAT C IN CHEMISTRY SO -- >> IT WAS PROBABLY WORSE. >> Mayor Muns: SHELBY? >> Williams: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KAREN. I'VE GOT A HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, I'M SURE WE'LL TAP MARK EXCEPT ON CHEMISTRY QUESTIONS. SO IF I READ THIS RIGHT, I THINK THE ANTICIPATED DART REIMBURSEMENT ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE PEGGED THEM FOR. IS THAT ACCURATE? REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET. >> SO THE DART PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AS YOU WILL REMEMBER, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH SAYING HOW WE WANTED TO APPROACHART, WE'RE NOT GOING TO INCORPORATE THE DART FUNDS INTO THE BUDGET, BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE AT ANY GIVEN TIME COUNCIL MAY MAKE THE DECISION TO CEASE HAVING THE ILA, SO WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THAT AND APPROACH THAT, BUT THE FUNDS THAT COME BACK FROM DART, WHICH BY THE WAY WE SUBMITTED ANOTHER RECEIPT, I THINK FOR $1.4 MILLION, THOSE FUNDS WERE GOING TO GO BACK TOWARD THE CIP, THE IDEA IS THAT IS TAKING THOSE FUNDS AWAY -- TAKING THOSE FUNDS AND REPLENISHING THEM BACK TO THE CIP, AND THAT MIGHT IN TURN IMPACT THE SIZE OF THE NEXT BOND REFERENDUM, SO WE'RE INTENDING TO KEEP THOSE IN THE CIP. >> WE MAY NOT HAVE READ IT RIGHT, WE'RE NOT BANKING ON THAT AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. >> NO, WE'RE NOT. >> Williams: OKAY. PERFECT. THE NEXT IS DO WE HAVE -- I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS IN FULL, BUT DO WE HAVE A PROVISION IN HERE FOR THE RESULTS OF THE COMPENSATION STUDY? IF WE -- >> YES, WE DO. WE HAVE $2 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES THE COST OF THE CONSULTANT AND ANY KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS WHAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE RIGHT NOW. >> Williams: OKAY. SO 2 MILLION INCLUDE THE COST OF THE CONSULTANT AND APPLYING -- >> YES, AND APPLYING WHATEVER THEY COME UP WITH, YES. >> Williams: OKAY. AND FOR REFERENCE, THE 3% ACROSS THE BOARD PAY INCREASE, THAT TOTALED, WHAT, 7 MILLION -- >> YEAH, GIVE OR TAKE, UH-HUH. >> Williams: OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> YEAH. >> Williams: I SAW THE NINE NEW STAFF MEMBERS FOR FIRE, FOR OVER HIRING, THAT'S GOOD. WE HAD DISCUSSED THE POLICE STAFFING AT A COUPLE OF POINTS DURING THE PRESENTATIONS, WHERE THE OFFICERS WERE BASED ON A CALCULATION, BUT OTHER OFFICERS INCLUDING CIVILIAN STAFF WERE BASED ON WHAT DO WE THINK WE NEED? HAVE WE HAD ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ADDITIONAL NEEDS OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICER MODEL. >> SO THAT'S -- SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE INCLUDED INCLUDING DIGITAL MEDIA SPECIALISTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY LISTIN THAT EF WITH. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT WITH CHIEF DRAIN. >> Williams: THAT'S INCLUSIVE. >> ABSUTELY. HAD A SPECIFIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THE OVERHIRE THAT WAS INCLUDED BY COUNCIL A FEW YEARS AGO, AND WAS THE NUMBER OF TEN SUFFICIENT, AND WE HAD A VERY DETAILED DISCUSSION WITH THAT. CHIEF DRAIN FEELS CONFIDENT IT IS WORKING AND WE ARE ACTUALLY KEEPING THAT -- THE TIME LINE AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE WITH BEING ABLE TO REPLENISH POSITIONS, SO HE IS -- HE HAS STATED VERY EMPHATICALLY THAT HE WAS SATISFIED WITH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, AND HIS REQUESTS FOR THIS YEAR ARE INCLUDED WITHIN -- WITHIN THAT STAFF. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ON NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, I RECALL CORRECTLY, IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE HAD EARMARKED SIX ADDITIONAL ROLES UNDER THE ASSUMPTION WE WOULD BE GOING THROUGH STR REGISTRATION, ET CETERA. >> TWO. >> Williams: TWO? >> I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO POSITIONS. >> Williams: OKAY. >> I'LL DOUBLE CHECK, BUT MY RECOLLECTION WAS IT WAS TWO POSITIONS. >> Williams: WE DID INCREASE THE HEAD COUNT FROM -- BY SIX FROM 2021-2022 TO 2022-2023. I THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL FOR THE ASSUMED STR ACTIVITY. I COULD BE MISTAKEN. >> I WILL DOUBLE CHECK, MY RECOLLECTION IS TWO FOR STRs, OTHER POSITIONS ADDED IN FOR OTHER CODE ISSUES AND OTHER INSPECTION ELEMENTS, BUT MY RECOLLECTION WAS THERE WAS TWO, BUT I WILL DOUBLE CHECK, BECAUSE I'M GETTING OLDER EVERY YEAR, MY MEMORY IS GOING, SO WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT AND CIRCLE BACK -- >> Williams: OKAY. WHETHER IT'S TWO OR SIX, THE SAME QUESTION APPLIES, I'M ASSUMING SINCE WE'RE MARKED THOSE POSITIONS, WE HAVE NOT HIRED INTO THOSE STR POSITIONS CORRECT. >> YES. >> I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK HIRING, WE HIRED IN, AND WE MAY BE USING THEM FOR SOME PURPOSES RIGHT NOW, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY FILLED THOSE POSITIONS, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. >> Williams: IF WE HAVE NOT, WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING -- EVEN WITH THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING ADDITIONAL HEAD IN 2023-2024 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD, IF WE HAVE EARMARKED THE STR STAFF AND IT TURNS OUT WITH WHATEVER WE END UP DOING WITH STRs, WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEED THAT STAFF, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THAT ALLOCATION AT THAT POINT? >> SO AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE AN AGING COMMUNITY, WE'RE A TURE COMNITY, S WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT, WE WOULD REASSESS THE NEED FOR IT, WHAT WE MAY DO IS NOT FILL THAT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WAITING UNTIL THE NEED COMES UP IN BOTH PROPERTY MAINTENANCE OR OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE, BUT IF WE HAD THE AUTHORIZED POSITION, A LOT OF POSITIONS THAT WE GET AUTHORIZED, WE HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY FILLING, BUT SPECIFICALLY, IF WE HAD TWO ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY FOR STR, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THERE WAS A LEGAL OPINION, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE THE NEED FOR THOSE POSITIONS, WE WOULD PULL BACK TWO POSITIONS AND SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE, SO WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK FOR FURTHER EVALUATION, BUT WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY JUST AUTOMATICALLY KEEP IT ALONG THOSE LINES. >> Williams: OKAY. REMAINING TWO QUESTIONS ADDRESS THINGS RECENTLY COME OUT OF THE LEGISLATURE. THE FIRST, THE REQUIREMENT FOR SRO COVERAGE AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. IS THERE ANY REFLECTION -- I KNOW DISCUSSIONS ARE STILL ON GOING WITH PISD. DO WE HAVE ANY ANTICIPATION OR REFLECTION OF ALLOCATION FOR THAT IN THIS BUDGET. >> WE HAVE MET EXTENSIVELY WITH PISD WHO ARE STILL EVALUATING THEIR OIONS FOR COVERAGE AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE LAW. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT COST SHARING AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE WITH BEING EVEN ABLE TO RAMP UP THE SRO PROGRAM TO ACCOMMODATE 49 ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. AS Y'ALL KNOW, IT TAKES US APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS TO GO THROUGH THE HIRING AND TRAINING PROCESS TO GET AN SRO IN PLACE, AND SO FROM RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE EXTRA SR Os SITTING ON THE SHELF, OUR SROs ARE ALL ALLOCATED. TO HIRE 49 WOULD BE AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS THAT WE ADVISED WOULD TAKE BETWEEN O AND FOUR YEARS AND WE COULD ASK FOR THE SAME PARTICIPATION PERCENTAGES WE HAVE NOW. THE CHALLENGE WE ALSO HAVE IS STATUTORY REQUIREMENT WE HAVE WITH POLICE BUDGET, WE CANNOT REDUCE THEIR BUDGET BY A DOLLAR ON A YEAR OVER YEAR BASIS, SO WE'VE MADE IT CLEAR TO PISD THAT IT'S A LIFE LONG COMMITMENT, IF WE GO THAT DIRECTION. THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE EVALUATING MULTIPLE OPTIONS AND THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT ON THE 17th FOR THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THOSE SAFETY COSTS. WE DO NOT HAVE THAT BUILT IN THE BUDGET, B WE THINK THAT COMMUNITY SAFETY IS SOMETHING WE PARTNER IN, WE TAKE VERY SERIOUS, AND WE THINK WE HAVE SOME ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY WITH THAT, SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK FOR A DISCUSSION WITH CITY COUNCIL. >> Williams: OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE LAST ONE, WITH THE RECENT DEAL THAT WAS STRUCK BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE FOR PROPERTY TAXES, IN THE INCREASE TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, IF I UNDERSTAND THE BILL RIGHT, THAT'S COVERED BY THE SALES TAX SURPLUS FOR THISUP COMING BIENNIUM. >> I THINK SO. >> SO THE 100,000 -- ONE OF THE THINGS IS IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOW THE 100,000 APPLIES TO HOMESTEADS IN PLANO, I THINK THAT'S YOUR QUESTION. >> Williams: YES. >> SO IF YOU LOOK AT 100,000 VERSUS THE 20% ON THE AVERAGE HOME, 20% OF 564,000 IS MORE THAN 100,000. SO KEEPING THE 20% WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDES MORE OF A BENEFIT TO THE CITIZENS THAN 100,000 THAT THE STATE PASSED, SO WE ARE STILL ABOVE THE BAR THAT EVEN THE STATE HAS SET FOR THEIR 100,000, SO GOING TO 100,000 WOULD ACTUALLY LESSEN THE BENEFITS TO THE CITIZENS, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND WE STICK WITH THE 20%. >> Williams: OKAY. DO WE HE A LINE OF SIGHT INTO WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE AN IMPACT IN IF NEXT BIENNIUM AFTER THE SALES TAX SURPLUS WEARS OFF UNDERSTANDING THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH PROPERTY VALUES? >> I THINK THERE IS NO LIMITING WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN AUSTIN TOWARD CITIES, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD GET INTO A PRESCRIPTIVE MODE WITH THAT, BUT I CONTINUE TO THINK THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AND MOVING TOWARD A CONSUMPTION TAX. I THINK THEY'RE PUTTING PRESSURS TOWARD LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT THE BIGGEST ASPECT, THIS IS ON THE SLIDE HERE, IF THAT 65% IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND IT'S THEIR ONLY SOURCE OF REVENUE. OURS OBVIOUSLY HAVE SALES TAX, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH AND MONITOR THOSE ELEMENTS, AND WE HAVE A GREAT LEGISLATIVE POLICY PERSON THAT WILL BE DOWN THERE FIGHTING FOR US IF THEY DO GO THAT ROUTE. >> Williams: THANK YOU. >> Mayor Muns: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER HOLMER? SMITH? >> Salda>> Smith : THANK YOU, A THINKING QUESTION FOR YOU, MARK, AND LOOKING ON PD, ONE THING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A 3% ACROSS THE BOARD BUDGETED HERE, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE -- LINE ITEM ON PD SALARIES AND WAGES, BUT IT DOES SHOW THE 23-24 CHANGE WOULD BE 4.2% VERSUS THE 3%, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHICH ONE IS WHICH, IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER OR IS THAT -- >> SO COUNCILMAN, PART OF IT IS ADDING NEW POSITIONS AS WELL, THE ASSUMPTION OF POSITIONS IS IN THERE -- >> Smith : TIMING. >> CORRECT. >> Smith : THAT'S WHAT I ASSUMED BUT WASN'T SURE. ONE OTHER THING TO CONSIDER, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, AT OUR NEXT MEETING HERE, AND IT'S BEEN SOME TIME AGO THAT WE HAD CHANGED, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE GOOD PROGRAMS AND PAID, YOU KNOW, FOR QUALITY OFFICERS AND MAINTAIN THE QUALITY THAT WEAVE, AND I KNOW A FEW YEARS BACK, WE HAD CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE ALLOW OUR SWORN STAFF TO MOVE THROUGH THE SALARY SCALE 'TIL THEY GET TO THE TOP OF THE SCALE AND WE TAKE THAT AND MOVED IT WHERE IT USED TO BE, THREE YEARS I BELIEVE, AND IT MOVED UP TO I THINK 20 YEAR TURN AROUND. IF WE LOOK AT PERHAPS MOVING THAT BACK NOW TO A FASTER TRACK, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO ADD, YOU KNOW, AN IREASE IN THE BUDGET PER SE, BUT IT WILL IN ACTUALITY, BECAUSE IF WE'RE RAISING THEM UP QUICKER, IT IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE BUDGET, BUT I WOULD STILL LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT, AND IF WE COULD DO SOME KIND OF GUESSTIMATION WHAT IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE ON THE BUDGET TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ELIMINATING STEPS SO THEY REACH MAXIMUM -- MAXIMUM PAY GRADE FASTER. >> Smith : FASTER, EXACTLY EXACTLY. >> SO THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE BUDGET. THERE IS ZERO DOUBT THAT THAT -- BECAUSET WILL AFFECT PEOPLE IN POSITION RIGHT NOW, AND SO IT WILL -- IT WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE AN IMPACT, AND IT WILL -- THERE'S ALSO THE EQUITY COMPONENTS, WHEN YOU START REMOVING STEPS OF JUST THE INTERNAL EQUITY SIDE OF THINGS, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW, VERSUS PEOPLE COMING ON, AND MOVING A LITTLE BIT FASTER, THOSE ARE ALL DECISIONS THAT CAN B MADE, BUT WE DID LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS ON THE STEPS, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE COMPENSATION PLAN AND PHILOSOPHY STUDY, SO WE'VE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THAT, AND WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS WE ALLOW THAT STUDY TO BE COMPLETED, BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE ASPECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL. SO FOR US, I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT, IF WE START WORKING TO ELIMINATE STEPS AS PART OF THE BUDGET, AND THEN COME BACK WITH THAT STUDY, WE'RE KIND OF CHANGING IT MID STUDY, AND SO I WOULD -- I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE LET THAT COME BACK, BUT ADDRESS THAT ALSO AT THAT SAME TIME, MAKE SURE IF IT -- WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT -- >> Smith : I THINK SOMEWHEREAYBEA GOOD MEDIAN IN THERE, AND THE ADDITIONAL DATA WILL CERTAINLY BE A HELP TO US TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THE LEVEL OF QUALITY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR -- IN OUR PD AND FIRE AS WELL. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Smith : OUR TARGET HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRY TO BE MEDIAN PLUS 5%. >> AND THAT IS LIKELY TO CHANGE WITH THIS PHILOSOPHY STUDY, SO WHEN WE START THAT CHANGE, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, PROVIDED THEY DO RECOMMEND A CHANGE, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THAT $2 MILLION IS TO DO IS NOT ONLY THE STUDY, B TAKE MAYBE STEP ONE TO START POSITIONING US TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE DIRECTIONS. BUT WE ARE BEING MINDFUL BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOTH CHIEFS, I SEE ONE SITTING BACK UP THERE AT THE TOP, AND WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT STEPS. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT COMPETITIVENESS, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT COMPENSATION ACROSS THE BOARD, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY GROUP. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT MEANS THAT WE'LL BE THE HIGST A EVERY SINGLE PLACE, BUT WE WORK TOWARD MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN COMPETE WITH THAT COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY, AND IF OUR PHILOSOPHY IS NO LONGER MAKING US COMPETITIVE, MY STATEMENT IS WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT, WE NEED TO STUDY IT, IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE -- >> Smith : GREAT, I THINK YOU HAVE SUPPORT FOR ANYTHING TO BE DONE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU, KAREN, APPRECIATE YOUR WORK, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU MANY TIMES OVER THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF. >> OKAY. >> Mayor Muns: OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2023 BUSINESS SURVEY. JASON MORADO. >> ANYWAY, JASON MORADO WITH ETC, WE'VE USED THEM THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. ONE YEAR WE'LL DO A CITIZEN SURVEY, THE NEXT YEAR WE'LL DO A BUSINESS SURVEY, IN MAY THEY JUST COMPLETED THE BUSINESS SURVEYS, AND HE IS HERE TONIGHT TO GO OVER THE INFORMATION. I KNOW WE WERE SO BUSY GETTING THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND THE CIP TO EVERYBODY WE FORGOT TO SEND LISA THE ACTUAL BUSINESS SURVEY, SO I'M PRETTY SURE SHE E-MAILED YOU AND THEN YOU HAVE OPY IN YOUR HAND. GO AHEAD, JASON, AND YOU JUST SLIDE FORWARD, SLIDE REVERSE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. >> THANKS. THANK YOU, MY NAME IS JASON MORADO WITH ETC INSTITUTE, AND WE ARE A MARKETING RESEARCH FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN CONDUCTING COMMUNITY SURVEYS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND AS KAREN SAID, WE JUST FINISHED CONDUCTING A BUSINESS SURVEY FOR THE CITY OF PLANO. THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME WE'VE CONDUCTED A BUSINESS SURVEY. SO I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE KEY FINDINGS FROM THE SURVEY. I HAVE A LITTLE BACKGROUD ABOUT ETC INSTITUTE. WE'RE BASED IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA, WE'RE A NATIONAL LEADER IN PROVIDING RESEARCH FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK FOR OVER 40 YEARS, IN THE LAST TEN YEARS ALONE WE'VE CONDUCTED SURVEYS MORE THAN 1,000 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING A LOT OF CITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS. THIS IS REALLY THE TYPE OF WORK THAT WE SPECIALIZE IN. THIS IS A QUICK RUN DOWN OF WHAT I'LL GO THROUGH, I'LL GO THROUGH THE PURPOSE AND METHODOLOGY, KEY FINDINGS, SUMMY OF RESULTS AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS SURVEY IS TO OBJECTIVELY ASSESS THE QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED TO PLANO BUSINESSES, AND TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AS I MENTIONED THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME CONDUCTED BUSINESS SURVEY FOR THE CITY. THE SURVEY WAS ADMINISTERED BY A COMBINATION OF MAIL, ONLINE AND PHONE TO RANDOMLY SELECTED BUSINESS OWNERS AND MANAGERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THAT IS OUR STANDARD METHODOLOGY FOR THE TYPES OF SURVEYS. WE RECEIVED 401 COMPLETED SURVEYS. OUR GOAL WAS 400, AND THE RESULT OF THE 40 SURVEYS AT THE 95% LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE, A MARGIN OF ERROR PLUS OR MINUS 4.9%. IF WE CONDUCTED THE SURVEY THE SAME WAY A HUNDRED TIME, 95 TIMES THE RESULTS WOULD BE PLUS OR MINUS 4.9% FROM WHAT WE'RE REPORTING. SO THE RESULTS ARE NOT PERFECT, BUT THE MARGIN OF ERROR IS VERY SMALL. SO HERE IS OUR KEY FINDINGS FROM THE SURVEY. WE FOUND THAT BUSINESSES HAVE A VERYOSITIVE PERCEPTION OF THE CITY OF PLANO. OVER 90% OF RESPONDENTS ARE SATISFIED WITH THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE. THE OVERALL QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES AND THE OVERALL IMAGE OF THE CITY. JUST LIKE PREVIOUS YEARS, BUSINESSES RATED CITY SERVICES IS VERY HIGH, JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THAT 94% OF RESPONDENTS ARE SATISFIED WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY RECEIVE FROM THE CITY. AND THEN WE FOUND THAT THE CITY IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE RESULTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY POSITIVE, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF COMPARED TO THE LAST SURVEY IN 2020, WHICH WE'LL LOOK AT THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN THE MOST IMPORTANT CITY SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS FOR BUSINESSES ARE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE INSPECTION, TRASH SERVICES, AND THEN FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. AND THE REASONS THAT WE'LL HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON BUSINESS'S DECISIONS TO STAY IN PLANO FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS, MAINTAINING A LOW CRIME RATE, OVERALL IMAGE OF THE CITY, AND THE LEVEL OF TAXATION. SO FIRST, WE'LL LOOK ATOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF BUSINESSES THAT COMPLETED THE SURVEY. THIS SHOWS THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY. SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE RESPONSES FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES, AND THIS DISTRIBUTION IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE HAD ON PREVIOUS SURVEYS. THIS SHOWS THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT RESPONDENTS HAVE BEEN OPERATING THEIR BUSINESS IN THE CITY. SO WE HAD A GOOD MIX OF NEWER BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME. SO FOR EXAMPLE, 13% OF RESPONDENTS HAVE BEEN IN -- OPERATING THEIR BUSINESS IN PLANOORIVE YEARS OR LESS. 24% FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, AND EVERYBODY ELSE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. SO WE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO T THE PERCEPTIONS OF THE CITY. PERCEPTIONS OF PLANO IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS, DARK BLUE ARE RATINGS OF VERY SATISFIED, LIGHT BLUE OF SATISFIED. THE GRAY IS NEUTRAL. WE INTERPRET NEUTRAL AS AVERAGE OR MEETING EXPECTATIONS. 3 ON THE 5 POINT SCALE. THE PINK ARE RATINGS OF DISSATISFIED OR VERY DISSATISFIED. ONE THING THAT JUMPS OUT IS HOW FEW RESPONDENTS WERE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY OF THESE CATEGORIES. OVER 90% OF RESPONDENTS ARE SATISFIED WITH THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE, OVERALL QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES AND OVERALL QUALITY OF THE CITY. WE ALSO ASKED RESPONDENTS TO RATE THE OVERALL BUSINESS ATMOSPHERE COMPARED TO TWO YEARS AGO. I'VE GOT SEVERAL CHARTS LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION THAT SHOW THE RESULTS FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE YEAR, THE BLUE BAR ARE THE RESULTS FOR THIS YEAR'S SURVEY, THE GRAY ARE T RESULTFOR THE PREVIOUS SURVEY IN 2020, THE PINK ARE THE RESULTS FOR FIVE YEARS AGO IN THE 2018 SURVEY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE CHART IN 2020, 27% OF RESPONDENTS FELT LIKE THE OVERALL BUSINESS ATMOSPHERE WAS BETTER COMPARED TO TWO YEARS AGO. WHICH WAS A BIG DECREASE FROM 2018, BUT NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE 2020, WE WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF COVID. AND NOW THIS YEAR, 43% OF RESPONDENTS FEEL THE OVERALL BUSINESS ATMOSPHERE IS BETTER COMPARED TO TWO YEARS AGO. NOW THE RESULTS HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. BACK ABOUT TO WHERE THEY WERE IN 2018. WE ALSO ASKED RESPONDENTS HOW THE CITY OF PLANO COMPARES TO OTHER CITIES IN COLLIN COUNTY AND VARIOUS AREAS. DARK BLUE MEANS PLANO RATES MUCH BETTER, LIGHT BLUE IS BETTER, THE GRAY MEANS ABOUT THE SAME, THE PINK IS WORSE OR MUCH WORSE. SO RESPONDENTS RATED PLANO AND OTHER CITIES IN ALL DIFFERENT -- ALL OF THESE AREAS THAT WE COMPARED, THE AREAS WHERE YOU RATE ABOVE OTHER CITIES, THE OVERALL BUSINESS ATMOSPHERE, THE OVERALL IMAGE OF THE CITY, AND THE OVERALL QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES. WE ASKED RESPONDENTS HOW STISFIED THEY ARE WITH THESE VARIOUS AREAS. YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF THIS CHART, MOST RESPONDENTS WERE SATISFIED WITH HOW WELL THE CITY IS WORKING TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES, TO RETAIN EXISTING BUSINESSES, AND TO SUPPORTING BUSINESS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. NOW, THIS IS THE SAME QUESTION WITH THE RESULTS FOR THE PAST THREE SURVEYS. COMPARED TO THE LAST SURVEY IN 2020, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SATISFACTION WITH HOW WELL THE CITY IS WORKING TO WOING TO RETAIN EXISTING BUSINESSES, AND PROMOTING RESIDENT SUPPORT FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES. THERE'S ALSO BEEN A SMALLER INCREASE IN SATISFACTION WITH SUPPORTING BUSINESS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. THE ONLY AREA THAT'S HAD A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IS TRAFFIC CONGESTION. BUT THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THE LAST SURVEY WAS IN 2020 WHEN MORE PEOPLE WERE WORKING FROM HOME AND THE ROADS WERE JUST GENERALLY LESS BUSY. WE ASKED RESPONDENTS HOW LIKELY THEY WOULD BE TO RECOMMEND PLANO AS A BUSINESS LOCATION TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND COWORKERS. ALMOST 90% ARE LIKELY TO RECOMMEND BUSINESS -- PLANO AS A BUSINESS LOCATION, COMPARED TO ONLY 2% WHO ARE NOT LIKELY. AND WE ALSO ASKED RESPONDENTS HOW THEY WOULD RATE THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE AREA WHERE THEIR BUSINESS IS LOCATED, OVER 80% RATE THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AS VERY GOOD OR GOOD, COMPARED TO ONLY 4%, A RATING OF POOR OR VERY POOR. WE ALSO ASK RESPONSE TENTS HOW SATISFIED THEY ARE WITH CITY SERVICES. WE ASKED RESPONDENTS HOW SATISFIED THEY ARE. OBVIOUSLY THE POSITIVES FAR OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVE. THE LOWEST RATED AREA WAS STREET MAINTENANCE WHICH IS AT THE BOTTOM, EVEN FOR THAT, YOU HAD 60% WHO GAVE POSITIVE RATINGS WHO WERE SATISFIED, COMPARED TO 26% WHO WERE DISSATISFIED. STILL TWICE AS MANY POSITIVE RATINGS AS NEGATIVE FOR THE LOWEST RATED AREA. THE HIGHEST RATED AREAS ARE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, 911 SERVICES, FIRE RELATED SERVICES, POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOW, AS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION TO THAT, FROM THAT SAME LIST, WE ASKED WHICH OF THESE SERVICES DEPARTMENTS PROGRAMS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOUR BUSINESS? THE MOST IMPORTANT WAS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS SURVEYS. THE OTHER MOST IMPORTANT ARE FIRE INSPECTION, TRASH SERVICES, AND FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. WE ALSO ASKED RESPONDENTS HOW SATISFIED THEY ARE WITH THE OVERALL QUALITY OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. NOW, THESE RATINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY GOOD. EVERY TIME WE'VE CONDUCTED THE SURVEY, THIS YEAR THEY WERE EVEN HIGHER THAN FOUR, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP ROW, 62% OF RESPONDENTS RATED CUSTOMER SERVICE AS VERY GOOD, WHICH IS ABOUT 5 PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER THAN THE LAST COUPLE OF SURVEYS. ONLY 6% GAVE A RATING OF AVERAGE OR LOWER, WHICH IS LOWER THAN WE SAW IN PREVIOUS YEARS. WE ALSO ASKED RESPONDENTS ABOUT THEIR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE OVERALL QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES, 46% OF RESPONDENTS SAY THE QUALITY OF SERVICES IS HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY EXPECTED. 51% SAY MEETS THEIR EXPECTATIONS. ONLY 3% SAY THE OVERALL QUALITY OF SERVICES ISELOW THEIR EXPECTATIONS. SO WE ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO REASONS FOR LOCATING IN PLANO. SO THE FIRST PART OF THIS, WE ASKED RESPONDENTS HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR THESE VARIOUS ITEMS WHEN DECIDING -- WHEN YOU DECIDE TO LOCATE YOUR BUSINESS THIS PLANO? SO THE DARK BLUE MEANS THAT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT REASON. THE LIGHT BLUE MEANS VERY IMPORTANT, THE GRAY IS IMPORTANT, SO THE MOST IMPORTANT REASONS FOR BUSINESSES LOCATING IN PLANO ARE LOW CRIME RATE, THE OVERALL IMAGE OF THE CITY, THE ATTITUDE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TOWARD BUSINESS, THE AVAILABILITY OF TELE-COMMUNICATIONS, UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE, ACCESS TO MAJOR HIGHWAYS, THE LEVEL OF TAXATION, FOR ALL OF THOSE, MORE THAN 90% RATED THOSE ASSISTANT IMPORTANT. AS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, WE ASKED WHICH OF THESE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN YOUR DECISION TO STAY IN PLANO FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. SO THE MOST IMPORTANT BY A FAIRLY WIDE MARGIN IS THE LOW CRIME RATE. SECOND MOST IMPORTANT IS THE OVERALL IMAGE OF THE CITY, AND THIRD IS LEVEL OF TAX SAYS, AND THOSE WERE ALSO THE TOP THREE ON THE LAST SURVEY. THE SURVEY ALSO HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO COMMUNICATION. YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT MOST RESPONDENTS FEEL THAT THE CITY'S WEBSITE IS INFORMATIVE, THAT IT'S USEFUL, AND THAT IT'S EASY TO NAVIGATE. WE ASKED THE RESPONDENTS WHAT ARE THE BEST WAYS FOR THE CITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR BUSINESS, BY FAR THE MOST PREFERRED METHOD IS BY E-MAIL, FOLLOWED BY DIRECT MAIL, WEBSITE, SOME STILL PREFER PERSONAL CALLS, THESE WERE IN THE TOP SURVEY IN ORDER. IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE ABOUT CITY SERVICE, WOULD YOU KNOW WHERE TO CALL OR WHERE TO GO. AND THAT NUMBER IS CONTINUOUSLY GOTTEN BETTER OVER THE YEARS. IT'S 10 PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER THAN IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO. AND WE ALSO ASK RESPONDENTS OVERALL HOW WELL THE CITY DOES COMMUNICATING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS AND MANAGERS, 5% SAID VERY GOOD OR GOOD, COMPARED TO ONLY 11% WHO SAID POOR OR VERY POOR, THE OTHER 32% SAID AVERAGE. WE'VE GOT A FEW OTHER FINDINGS. WE ASKED IS THE CITY DOING ENOUGH STREET REPAIR? ALMOST TWO-THIRDS SAY IT'S JUST ABOUT RIGHT. 29% SAY NOT ENOUGH. 8 FEEL IT'S ACTUALLY TOO MUCH. AND THESE RESULTS HAVE BEEN SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS YEARS AS WELL. THIS WAS A NEW QUESTION ON THIS YEAR'S SURVEY. WE ASKED ABOUT THE LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT FOR VARIOUS AREAS, FOR ALL EIGHT OF THESE AREAS OVER 80% OF RESPONDENTFEEL THA THE LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT IS JUST ABOUT RIGHT. THEN WE ASKED HOW THE CITY OF PLANO'S PROPERTY TAXES COMPARE TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. SO THIS YEAR 43% OF RESPONDENTS FEEL LIKE THE CITY OF PLANO'S PROPERTY TAXES ARE HIGHER THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES. WHICH IS QUITE A BIT LOWER THAN THE LAST SURVEY. LAST TIME 50% FELT LIKE PLANO'S PROPERTY TAXES WERE HIGHER THAN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. AND THEN WE ASKED IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS IS YOUR BUSINESS CONSIDERING ANY OF THESE ACTIONS, 15% CONSIDERING EXPANDING THEIR BUSINESS IN PLANO. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT A VERY SMALL PERCENT ARE CONSIDERING RELOCATING OUTSIDE THE CITY, DOWNSIZING OR CLOSING. SO JUST A QUICK RECAP, WE SAW THAT BUSINESSES HAVE A VERY POSITIVE PERCEPTION OF THE CITY, A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF THAT THROUGHOUT THE REPORT, BUSINESSES ONCE AGAIN ARE VERY SATISFIED OVERALL WITH CITY SERVICES. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT REALLY A LOT OF OTHER AREAS AS WEL THINGSRE DEFINITELY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE RESULTS ARE VERY GOOD PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT THEY'RE EVEN A LITTLE BETTER THIS TIME. THE SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO BUSINESSES ARE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE INSPECTION, TRASH SERVICES, FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AND THE REASONS THAT WE'LL HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON RESPONDENT'S DECISION TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESS IN PLANO THE NEXT TEN YEARS ARE LOW CRIME R RATE, OVERALL TAXATION, THOSE ARE AREAS THAT VISITORS ARE SATISFIED WITH RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A GOOD SIGN. SO THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT I HAD. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU, JASON, I APPRECIATE IT. VERY WELL. ANY QUESTIONS? ANTHONY? >> Ricciardelli: OH, THANK YOU MAYOR. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION AND FOR THIS HELPFUL DATA. I JUST HAD A QUESTION AND THEN A COMMENT. THE QUESTION IS FOR THE SPONGES ABOUT THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE AREA IN WHICH A BUSINESS IS LOCATED, OBVIOUSLY ONLY 4% RATED THE APPEARANCE AS POOR, WHICH IS GREAT, YOU KW,6% A NOT SAYING THAT, BUT DO WE KNOW GEOGRAPHICALLY WITHIN THE CITY WHERE THOSE RESPONSES ARE COMING FROM, BECAUSE IF THERE'S A CLUSTER THAT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, SHOW US WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE WORK TO DO IN TERMS OF REVITALIZATION OR PROPERTY STANDARDS, ENFORCEMENT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. >> YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION, SO I CAN GET THAT -- I CAN GET THAT TO YOU. YEAH. >> Ricciardelli: FANTASTIC. I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S WIDELY DISBURSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IF THERE'S A CLUSTER, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY TELL US WHERE WE HAVE WORK TO DO, SO THAT WOULE GRE INRMATION TO HAVE. AND THEN THE COMMENT WOULD BE THAT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW, AS KASH ALWAYS KARES PRESENTS AND I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THIS, PLANO'S LEVEL OF TAXATION IS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES SO THE SURVEY RESULTS THERE WERE A BIT SURPRISING, THEY HAVE BEEN IN PAST YEARS, BECAUSE -- BECAUSE PLANO'S TAX BURDEN IS, YOU KNOW, IS LOWER THAN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND FRANKLY I THINK PLANO IS THE BEST VALUE IN AMERICA, SO ANYWAY, THAT -- MAYBE THAT IS JUST SOMETHING WHERE WE NEED TO GETTING THE WORD OUT TO BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, HERE ARE THE NUMBERS, BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A PERCEPTION THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY TETHERED TO REALITY SO -- >> Mayor Muns: TRUE. I AGREE. MAYOR PRO TEM? >> Prince: SO I HAD A VERY SIMILAR QUESTION TO ANTHONY'S, BUT MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE DO -- IS THERE A -- IS IT COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS OR IS THERE A WAY FOR SOMEBODY TO ADD THEIR NAME IF THEY WANTED TO -- THE SURVEY? >> ITS WAS COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS. >> Prince: OKAY. >> YEAH, WE DO KNOW THE LOCATION, SO WE CAN BREAK THE RESULTS OUT GEOGRAPHICALLY BUT YEAH WE DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL -- ACTUAL NAMES. >> Prince: OKAY. SO THEN IS THERE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO ADD COMMENTS IF THEY WANTED TO GO MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, WELL, PLANO CUSTOMER SERVICE I THINK IT'S VERY POOR, THIS IS WHY? >> YEAH, THERE WERE A FEW OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY ON DIFFERENT ITEMS. ONE RELATED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. ONE WAS I THINK MORE JUST KIND OF GENERAL COMMENTS, BUT THERE WERE A FEW PLACES WHERE YOU CAN -- >> DO YOU HAVE THAT INCLUDED IN BOOK. >> Prince: YEAH, IS THAT IN THIS PACKET WHERE -- >> I THINK IT'S A SEPARATE REPORT. IF I HAVEN'T SENT THAT TO YOU, KAREN -- >> I WITH US GOING TO SAY LET HIM SEND THAT TO US. THEY DO OUR CITIZEN SURVEY ALSO, AND YOU E-MAILED ME THOSE BEFORE, COUNCIL PEOPLE REQUEST THEM, SO LET'S GET THAT TOO. >> YEAH, YEP, I CAN SEND THAT. BUT THERE WERE A FEW OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY. >> Prince: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> Mayor Muns: DEPUTY MAYOR? >> Tu: SO I'D LIKE TO ADD ON TOP OF ANTHONY RICCIARDELLI -- COUNCILMAN RICCIARDELLI'S POINT ABOUT LOOKING AT THE SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE THEY ARE MORE DISSATISFIED AND SEE WHERE THE LOCATIONS ARE, BUT ACTUALLY I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT VERY LOYAL OR QUOTE, UNQUOTE -- I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT, BUT NOT AS DEDICATED AND ROOTED INTO PLANO, SPECIFICALLY THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ANSWERING IN THE GRAY AREA WHERE THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF QUESTION 25, I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT QUESTION 25. WHERE HOW DOES CITY OF PLANO COMPARE TO THE OTHER CITIES IN COLLIN COUNTY, AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN GRAY ACTUALLY INTEREST ME, SO I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS WITH THOSE PEOPLE, SINCE WE CAN'T GET -- I MEAN, IF THERE'S CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ANSWERING THAT WAY, LIKE WHAT -- WHAT BUSINESSES, WHAT -- WHAT AREAS OF, YOU KNOW, LINE OF WORK THAT THEY DO, IS IT PROFESSIONALS, IS IT WAREHOUSE? I LIKE TO SEE THAT. BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NONCHALANT. THEY'RE NOT AS ROOTED INTO PLANO, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE -- I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY, MAYBE THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. >> JUST A QUICK OBSERVATION BASED ON QUESTION 25 THAT DEPUTY MAYOR WAS REFERRING TO, AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS TABLE, HOW DO WE COMPARE TO FOLLOWING AREAS AND LEVEL OF TAXATION, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY SAID ABOUT THE SAME. BUT WHEN THEY WERE ASKED ARE OUR TAXES HIGHER, I THINK IT WAS 50% ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE SAID WE WERE HIGHER. YEAH, NOT SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN PERCEPTION. [ CHUCKLING ] >> I THINK A LOT OFT H TOO, THEY DON'T DIFFERENTIATE THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT ARE BEING TAXED, SO THEY THINK IT'S ALL IN ONE BUCKET. >> Williams: GOOD POINT. >> Mayor Muns: YOU CAN -- I'D RATHER HEAR FROM YOU, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT TAXING ENTITIES THAT TAX EACH -- >> YEAH, NO I AGREE, THAT DEFINITELY MAKES SENSE TO ME. I MEAN THE GOOD THING IS LAST TIME 50% THOUGHT THAT YOUR TAXES WERE HIGHER AND NOW IT'S 43%, SO IT'S PROVED -- A LITTLE BIT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JASON, GREAT PRESENTATION, THANKS FOR THIS. DO WE HAVE DATA AS TO THE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS ON THIS BUSINESS SURVEY? BECAUSE I THUMB THROUGH HERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF I SAW THAT. 401. DO WE HAVE A BREAK DOWN OF THE SIZE OF THE BUSINESSES THAT LOOKED AT THIS? >> YEAH, THERE WERE SEVERAL DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY. ONE ASKED HOW MANY FULLTIME EMPLOYEES THEY HAVEND HOW MANY PART TIME, SO THAT IS IN THE FULL REPORT. AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BREAK OUT ANY OF THESE RESULTS BY ANY OF THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS. OR REALLY BY ANY QUESTION ON THE SURVEY, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DRILL DEEPER INTO THESE RESULTS. >> OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER SMITH? >> Smith : THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY, I HAVE AN EASY QUESTION FOR YOU. AND YOU DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC -- THAT'S FINE, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, TO ME, THE PRESENTATION WAS GREAT, AND MAKES -- MAKES ME FEEL GOOD THAT SOUNDS LIKE WE AS A CITY ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB FOR OUR PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND WORK HERE. HOW -- HOW DO WE STACK UP AGAINST OTHER CITIES THAT YOU HAVE MEASURED OUR SIZE? I MEAN, ARE WE LIKE IN THE UPPER THIRD OR MIDDLE OR AT THE TOP 10 -- WHERE DO YOU THINK WE STAND? >> DEFINITELY NEAR THE TOP. NOW, FOR THESE BUSINESS SURVEYS, THEY'RE MORE CUSTOMIZED FOR EACH CITY THAN LIKE OUR RESIDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY WHERE WE ASK A LOT OF THE SAME QUESTIONS FROM ONE CITY TO THE NEXT, SO IT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO COMPARE, SO FOR A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN COMPARE, YOUR RESULTS ARE BY FAR BETTER THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES. YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT HERE, LIKE THIS SLIDE WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU SEE YOU'RE RATED HIATIONER IN THOSE AREAS THAN OTHER CITIES. >> Smith : GOOD ANSWER, I APPRECIATE THAT, GOOD JOB, MARK AND STAFF. >> Mayor Muns: THANK YOU, JASON, REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. >> GREAT, THANKS, EVERYONE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Mayor Muns: THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING IS ADJRNED.