all right um yes no yes Madam mayor we are ready to begin mad Madame inome clerk yes correct all right Madame mayor we are ready to begin in calling to order the Reno city council for January 24th 2024 all right good morning thank you so much we're going to start out with the Pledge of Allegiance and the flag I would love for ier baitman to lead us in the in the flag no why not you don't do the flag okay all right Terry the flag of the United States okay Madame clerk I'm going to send it back to you for or um roll call all right Madam clerk A2 is roll call for the r Senate council Reus I'm here derer here Martinez here eert Taylor here Rees here shibi here for the record Eber is absent at this time okay and Madame mayor with that we have a quorum for the Reno city council okay thank you so much at this time I'd like to go into item A3 public comment all right Madame mayor our first comment today's public comment members of the public may hear observe and provide public comment virtually by registering through the following link which could be found on reno.gov meanings the link reads as follows HTT PS colon Ford SL slash l i n KS period period r e n o period go oov SL 459 C8 y k it should be noted for those in attendance that comments are to be addressed to the mayor and Council as a whole comments heard under this item will be limited to 3 minutes per person and may pertain to matters both on and off the council's agenda Council may not take action upon any matter not agendized on today's agenda when you are called on for public comment please state your name for the record and begin speaking the timer will begin when you say your name and you'll be afforded 3 minutes for those participating in Chambers in accordance with Council rules 6.3 do11 while in this room please be respectful disrespect disruptive behavior from audience members like clapping yelling whistling Etc which impede the meeting May result in a warning issued by the presiding officer if the behavior continues you may be removed from chambers if you are an in attendance in the zoom meeting and would like to make public comment please raise your hand at this time at this time we have none registered we will begin public comment with Terry Brooks followed by Luis McGrill followed by Matthew wilky morning it's me Terry Brooks again and I am determined to have shared my thoughts on discrimination against people who are hearing impaired when people are hearing impaired and hearing is something they do without and they find themselves in a group of hearing people they sometimes feel a bit left out people who are deaf have learned how to read lips but when people are wearing masks the deaf can't see their lips the deaf have also learned to read other people's expressions and then they can repeat to other deaf people using their own Expressions discriminators refer to deaf people as the deaf and dumb I've gotten to know a few deaf people and they are in no way dumb I once worked for a company that had a very thoughtful boss she even hired me to work there and she hired people with hearing loss I worked with some contact with those who were hearing impaired I found their actions very interesting not that anyone else there cared I watched them signing to and watching each other I couldn't believe how they do it but it was obvious that to them there was nothing to it they were working in a noisy situation where hearing people couldn't hear each other but by using ASL American Sign Language those deaf workers could sign to each other and because of my contact with them they taught me to sign the alphabet they tried to teach me how to sign a lot of words but I still haven't learned many yet even though those people couldn't hear but could read what each other signed they could translate everyone's Expressions I felt like they could read my mind I've learned that when a lot of people lose one of their senses they wind up learning even better how to use the rest of their senses so when anyone discriminates against someone who doesn't need one of their senses they tend they need to stop and think about it and maybe come to their census I would like to thank you all for listening to me today and if you can't hear me e that's okay oh this is chapter 23 and just so you know I've only got 23 more chapters to go okay great and I just saw that you are going to be are you teaching poetry at the senior center yeah that begins uh next uh month February 12th that's great at 1:00 p.m. love it yeah all right I'm surprised that I was encouraged to do that going to be great I'm going to ask you're gonna next up is Louis McGrill followed by Matthew wilky followed by Ian Anderson hello and good morning Council uh my name is lwis mcgreal for the record and I am uh speaking today to ask for a status update and action items regarding the community Assistance Center or the CAC so it's been a few months just to jog our Collective memory here the CAC was a city-owned shelter that was located at 355 and 315 record Street and it was built something like 20 years ago with somewhere between 15 and $20 million in funding from federal grants local government funds and charitable contributions when the C was in operation it had over 150 rooms a health clinic a resource center and more and when I last spoke before Council on this issue at the September 27th meeting we discussed how the facility developed a number of serious problems over the years as a direct result of years of negligence so things like mold missing wiring and a broken elevator all of which led to the building being red tagged represent to me and several other people in the community a serious and ongoing failure to manage that property appropriately and frankly we're talking about a city-owned multi-million dollar 50,000 plus Square fac facility that kept thousands of people off the street over the years I'm not Al loone in thinking that the city should have responsibility and accountability for that disastrous waste of public resources and that we should never have allowed things to get so bad in the first place but now we are here and as such I want to call on this Council to take some action regarding that facility uh I think the need for movement on this is especially critical because we got a promise back in September when the motion to approve the 2022 Caper report was approved uh that the uh the CAC would be put on a future agenda sometime fourth quarter 2023 as far as I know that never happened and now winter is here and we don't have any progress on the fa's future so five action items the city should do immediately first first and foremost agendize further discussion as soon as possible on the CAC and get more public input on what should be done with that facility second the council should commit to reopening and repairing the CAC in order to continue providing services for our unsheltered neighbors I know that the city does not want to do that and that we're wiping our hands of direct service provision I think that's a huge mistake three if it turns out to be completely infeasible that the city reopens the CAC as such then we should be putting out a public request for proposals there might be a nonprofit a public entity even a kind-hearted developer out there that could take over manage the facility better than the city did and continue to provide some form of transitional or Bridge Housing Services action item four don't no matter what uh turn the CAC into another set of luxury apartments uh that property has a history it has a legacy it took money and sweat and blood and effort to make it run I think it would be the biggest betrayal imaginable if it was turned into inaccessible housing and five be transparent with any and all future actions regarding the CAC and by that I mean don't engage in back room deals that fail to benefit the community don't give preferential treatment to any of the yepy developers that I'm sure are knocking on your doors and don't hide the process from the public or surprise us with an already ined contract thank you so much for your time next up is Matthew wilky followed by Ian Anderson followed by ilot arborman first time addressing this board still a little nervous be with me uh my name is Matthew Wilkey uh for the record um and while the city is now um given houselessness Services over to the county you can't ignore the fact that 135 people died in the streets in 2023 and if they had housing um they would not be houseless thus ultimately their deaths fall on you the city one thing I heard multiple times throughout last week's 7-hour meeting was the phrase false equivalency um you are correct that it would be a false equivalency to compare being able to pay for one thing if if funds were allocated to another if if if that said thing ended up being taken care of in this case the CAC is not being paid for or addressed I urge the city council to prioritize Immediate Solutions for the houseless population such as fixing the CAC or giving that building over to the county um for Sheltering it is not enough to reallocate the job of houseless services um and then um it's not it is pardon me I'm sorry nervous um take your time don't worry action is needed to be taken address um I'm also urging the council members that are on the cab um to ask a meeting from chair Hill to hold another cab meeting since the county has now updated their website saying that any member of the cab can ask for a meeting at any time so I'm urging those members that sit on this cab to do so um please do not prove that false equivalency and ensure that action is taken to endure ensure the Urgent needs for the houses population in Reno put the CAC on the agenda at least for discussion I've seen this body bring items before this Council purely for discussion for less and the community has been asking for it purely to be at least talked about I know house is not cute nor fun to be talked about um but when members of of this body um even last week talk about that is more important to prioritize fixing the roof of a b of a bowling Stadium opposed to a roof of a of the CAC because it brings in um income is it's not right so please don't let another year go by where we come back again and discuss even more houseless deaths due to the inability to get things done um one thing while I do do have some time um I do want to bring up is I watch all the meetings at home it's my first time here in Chambers is one thing I want to discuss is the way you guys Talk Amongst each other and the way it comes across the community is awful the way I don't know if you guys know this but you guys talk to each other and it just it just comes off very berating to each other regardless of your viewpoints and it's it's not okay so I urge all of you guys to treat each other nicer please Matthew great message next up is Ian Anderson followed by Ilia arborman Madame mayor and counselors thank you for your time this morning my name is Ian Anderson and I'm a Youth Athletic coach I'm on the board of the high Seer lacrosse league and the Reno you Sports Association and I'm a recent member of the Reno Parks and Recreation Commission I'm here with Matt Rossy who's also on the commission um as you know this is an exciting time for the City of Reno Parks the downtown River plan the development at parks at M Street and Pembrook are wonderful initiatives that will greatly benefit families and Reno the increase of in uh of recreation infrastructure is a wonderful gift to our growing Community as I mentioned to you in December the city's Parks and Recreation Department is developing a maintenance plan for improving the quality of the existing inventory of City of Reno grass areas and playing fields this comprehensive plan will have an immediate positive impact for families better grass areas at the parks to play in and picnic on and an increased and safer athletic opportunities for our children the plan includes a spend to spend on equipment and staff to bring field maintenance and mowing inhouse after being outsourced for the last several years this change will result in increased quality and more frequent Mowing and increased fertilizing and ation uh resulting in better and safer fields for our children Reno Sports Association supports this initiative as it provides for immediate improvements to our current field inventory in support of this effort Reno you Sports Association has pledged $180,000 to help with the purchase of the Mowing and maintenance equipment $50,000 to help cover the cost of bathroom maintenance at at the city parks and increasing player fees over a three-year period that will help fund staff and maintenance as we move forward so as this budget uh as this budget item moves forward to you all I hope that you'll consider this proposal thank you very much for your time thank you next up is Ilia arbitman hi IIA arbitman for the record happy New Year everyone going to Echo a lot of what Lewis said um in September the Council made a commitment to agendize the CAC for further discussion and that has not happened yet um I understand that our plan um the Lefty weirdo community's plan is not necessarily everyone's plan and that's okay I think we're not necessarily asking for a single vision really we are just asking for public engagement and transparency on the process of what happens right I think that that is the key here we understand that there's going to be a lot of different thoughts but like leou said and I'm not going to repeat it the CAC is not just an alley abandonment it's not just an empty lot right this is a huge building with a lot of potential a lot of years and years of effort went into building it and operating it and it would really be a shame if it just kind of quietly disappeared or something you know turned into a parking lot or something along those lines um I'd like to uh after the Caper report we did reach out to HUD with some of our concerns and I'd just like to read part of an email back from jadia Hardman uh Reno's CPD rep and direct HUD contact where she says the city establishes its priorities through its elected leaders in consultation with the public and local stakeholders HUD encourages the public to continue to work with their leaders to decide what projects it should fund consistent with its priorities right so that's what we're doing here right we are just asking for a discussion around the CAC we learned last week that staff had actually already been working uh with a private developer with discussion of a potential sale of the CAC and that definitely raised some alarm Bells we're really not sure why there's any movement on the CAC prior to public discussion and we would hate there to be an agendized item in the future that uh presents this to the public as kind of a done deal I think there have actually been a lot of recent examples of public engagement that have gone well from like micr Mobility to the ward redistricting which I think you know people might have some issues with it but overall think the city did a pretty good job kind of engaging people around it right and those were you know the water ristic thing was a heavy lift the CAC in some ways it might be more complex but putting a discussion on the agenda is not so we are asking that that happens ASAP so we can talk about it and we are categorically and I think I don't speak for myself I think I can speak for the community at large right that if there's a if staff are talking to people that means those people are getting some kind of preferential treatment because there's no RFP put out there's no awareness that there's any movement with the CAC and if some people are being made aware that they have an opportunity to invest for example and others aren't right that's exactly the issue we're raising here right we need transparency in the process and RFP seems perfectly appropriate and at the very least a discussion so I look forward to seeing that on the agenda very soon hopefully in the next couple of weeks thanks very much thanks so much IIA you're still on the NAB right how's that going it's going great it's going good yeah and another example of public engagement so we're obviously committed to that right we're not just here talking and smack we're trying to do the right thing thanks Ilia that concludes our inperson public comment for the record we did received 12 comments of concern which were General in nature or not directly associated with an agenda item prior to 4 p.m. on January 23rd 2024 these comments were voicemail and or written correspondence received via our reno.gov online public comment form or by email to our office copies of these comments have been distributed to the Reno city council and are available to the public on the Reno of meeting portal with that Madam mayor we have no more further comments all right thank you so much at this time I'm going to send it to our city manager for any updates or clarifications on the agenda none today Madame mayor we're ready to rock and roll okay thank you so much at this time item A4 approval of the agenda so move I have a motion second I have a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries unanimously okay moving right along Item B consent agenda at this time Madame clerk um do you have any public comment on this item at this time we do have a public speaker Sarah Hines you are up right Sarah come on up and then Sarah let us know which item you are speaking on yes I'm speaking on item B6 okay great for the record my name is Sarah Hines I'm the executive director of good luck MC Beth theater and I just wanted to thank the council for its continued support of our Elevate campaign and all the Arts uh in Reno the Arts Community here is very vibrant and it's growing every day and the city support in that is a huge impact in making those Arts available to everyone and accessible and affordable for all of Reno so thank you very much that's fantastic and um I see this is from Council and breus that's very nice yes yeah thank you counc breus okay okay thanks so much okay at this time I'm going to ask council members I'll start to my left uh with u Megan Ebert councilwoman Ebert let me know if there's anything you want to pull off the agenda no not this time okay thank you so much councilman um Rees go ahead nothing Madam mayor all right councilwoman Taylor no councilwoman Martinez no thanks councilwoman brickus none okay with that being said may I get a motion to approve all items I have a motion from Council Reese a second from councilwoman Taylor all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries unanimously all right Madam clerk back to you with that Madame mayor we are on item C1 for the record proper notice was given at this time we will begin with public comment okay there are currently no speakers however for the record we did receive one comment in support which was which was given in general nature or not directly associated with an agenda item prior to 4m on January 23rd 2024 these comments were voicemail and or written correspondence received via our reno.gov online public comment form or by email to our office copies of these comments have been distributed to the Reno city council and are available to the public on reno.gov meeting portal with that Madam mayor we have no further comments okay thank you so much all right I'm going to send it over to hold on one second oh I do apologize Madame mayor I did forget to open and say that we are open now for the public hearing for items right um hold on I just want to I think my agenda is moving all over here right right here hold on a second okay um so just for the record let the record reflect that uh the city council is opening the public hearing at this time was proper notice given any correspondents received Madam Clerk yes proper notice was given and no we do not have any public comment in person but we did receive one ring comment in support which was General in nature or not directly associated with the agenda item prior to 4m. on January 23rd 2024 these comments were voicemail and or written correspondence receive reno.gov online public comment form or by email to our office copies of these comments have been distributed to the reen s Council and are available to the public on the reno.gov meeting portal with that Madam mayor we are now have no further comment okay thank you so much I'm going to send it over to um word three will you ask or any presentation would you like a presentation yes please thank you hi Leah com on up good morning Madame mayor members of the council for the record Leah pakati associate planner with the City of Reno development services and today I'm going to present an application for an abandonment for Line Drive I think there we go all righty so here you can see the subject site it's located between East 4th Street and Interstate 580 exit 15 offramp the total requested abandonment area is 18746 square ft here you can see a closer uh closeup of the area to be abandoned just to give you a little bit of background Line Drive currently dead ends and bisects the Nevada cares campus the car's campus was approved through an entitlement uh for a conceptual phasing plan back in 2022 basically the abandonment of line drive will tie the two car's campus Parcels together to support the expansion of the Nevada car's campus here you can see the area to be abandoned currently the only uh property served by line drive is the car's campus however you can see on the left hand side there the slider Family Trust property currently that property is accessed from the properties to the South but should that property ever be sold off or separated from those uh that abandonment area right there would be used to access that parcel so basically what you see on the left hand side of the screen is going to be abandoned to the slider Family Trust and what you see on the right hand will be abandoned to the car's campus here you can see the southern point of the abandonment area you can see the fence right there that's basically where that's going to be and currently it is fenced and has been fenced for some time cuz again it's only served by the car campus car's campus is on the right hand side of this photo The Cider Family Trust property is on the left hand side and that's line drive right down the middle As you move up line drive you can see this is kind of an old photo but you can see the pods off to the left hand side I believe now those pods have been moved down and that is going being developed as support housing for the car's campus and again the other side of car's campus is on the right hand side there uh the recommended abandonment finding is that the public will not be materially injured by the proposed abandonment staff has reviewed this and does recommend approval staff found that the abandonment will allow the campus to grow and continue to provide vital services to the unhoused communities of Reno and Washo County the recommended motion is on the board and I am available for questions and the applicant is here and available for questions too that concludes my presentation thank you great job Leah thank you so much okay I'm going to start uh with Council on breus I don't have any questions M okay councilman Martina I don't have any questions I'd just like to thank staff um and the care scampus for working um on this project and with the neighboring uh Parcels as well and making sure that they still had access and we in landlocked on that parcel thank you okay thank you Council Taylor anything I'm curious maybe you can go through the like what exactly is the vision I mean I I get why we're doing this but maybe some people don't understand uh why they are asking for this and also I'm a little curious just um and it's not a big deal but I know that that was an access point line right and so does is the plan to keep that open for Access or what does that look like I know everything's being completely um you know sort of with all the growth in there is being sort of redesigned so I but I'd like to just kind of know you know what's the broad Vision um I think I'm going to turn it over to the applicants so they can talk a little bit about the car's campus itself and what that vision is thank you so much good morning for the record Brett steinart was County capital projects um good morning Brett good morning how are you nice to meet you nice to meet you okay go ahead the entrance a line drive will be part of it maintained we have access to the new Resource Center uh directly off a line drive uh a little bit further not a whole lot um it'll be another entrance into to what's called as the accessible space uh development where they'll be building U permanent Supportive Housing there so be two entrances off of that um and then we'll be providing access to the slitter trust property okay all right thank you so much um councilman ree go ahead thank you so much and thank you uh to the county for bringing forward the application for the abandonment uh for my part I want to just share with my colleagues I was there at the campus last week for an afternoon and my goodness it's incredible to see the work that's going on especially the work that you're undertaking to transform that campus I had it had been probably six or nine months since I had been on the campus it was good weather when I was their last and even from then to today it's incredible to see the transformation and as I toured some of the Resource Center buildings the warming Center some of the resource offerings and even looked to the main part of the campus where there's some tremendous work being done to um provide for a kitchen for example and and all the ways that we need to be able to care for our our community that are there it really is tremendous and I go back in time to thinking about you know four or five years ago when we first started to build the original car's campus structure and where it is from then to where it is today and where I believe it's going is incredible transformation and I think for Generations it will be a safe and and happy home for many people the next step of course with the support of housing is perhaps the most exciting because it really is that transition from you know uh Street to shelter to um support of permanent housing to other housing options and so the Continuum is really important as we address everyone's needs uh which are all very unique every person that we encounter that has reason to spend time at the car's campus has a different story and their needs are different and so um really my I tip my hat to you for the work that you're doing with your team uh it is it's really mindblowing I I remember when council member um uh Jordan and I toured The Haven for Hope project in San Antonio and thought maybe someday we'll be something that other people will be looking to for what they have done and done well here and we're already starting to see that uh having spoken to them you've got folks coming in out all the time talking about how the safe Camp interacts with the main cares campus which interacts with a number of different projects even across the street as Highway 40 comes online so there is just a truly transformational effort going on there and really we owe a lot of thanks to the county for their leadership thank you we we do appreciate the city's support as well one second I got to get used to this councilwoman Ebert anything no I also would like to remind you and I believe Miss Scarlet that Council der is on the phone too as well Council would you like to weigh in at all any questions comments uh no I I understood the presentation and appreciate what what we're doing uh there is just one thing last time there was a request to change a street name right next to the to the car's campus Thro Hill and um I did not pull it off the agenda but it's just right next to where this is and uh as we move forward we just need to be cognizant of the historical impact of any streets that we're abandoning and and I'll just leave it right there for now council member dur thank you so much I'll come back to the body any other comments by Council Mr Martinez I'll look for a motion thank you just to clarify do I have to specify that we make a determination in the motion okay yes if you would please of course so I move to approve staff recommendation and make a determination that the public will not be materially injured by the proposed vacation and appr approve the abandonment subject to the conditions in the staff report and to be clear you have made the public determination that there is no material injury correct okay I have a motion and a second by Miss Taylor any additional questions or in the body I'll call for the question all those in favor please signify by saying I I I opposed motion carries unanimously Madam clerk with that we are on our next item D1 for the budget augmentation at this time we do not have any public speakers and for the record we received zero comments associated with the agenda item prior to 4 p.m. on January 23rd 2024 with that we have no further comments I'll welcome our staff to the podium for a presentation thank you and good morning good morning morning council members lindsy hfield Senior Management analysts with Finance uh my item is bringing forward the second quarter augmentation this augmentation covers the revisions and augmentations through December 31st of 2023 that's our second quarter on the second quarter augmentation um annually we we bring forward mostly fund balance true UPS this is following the audit and acceptance of the AER by Council that gives us a firm number as far as where our expenses ended in the prior year and so we're able to true that up with what our original projections were for that ending fund balance and to to bring that true up forward we do bring augmentations forward on a quarterly basis these allow us to be more Nimble to the needs of our community um they allow us to address those those changing needs as we go through the the Year we're also today recognizing grants and reimbursements some revenues that are coming in higher than anticipated we're also bringing forward the arpa revenue replacement that Council approved on March 8th of last year and proposing the addition of 14 new new FTE the additions to the general fund that are proposed are cost neutral to that funds for the general fund we're proposing appropriations of $12.4 million of that 4.2 million is a fund balance true up that is excess fund balance that we have from the prior Year we're bringing that forward and recognizing 5.2 million in arper Revenue replacement that again Council approved in March of last year these one-time revenues are being proposed for one-time expenses um to finish out the public safety center Moana pool and cover some Public Safety Severance and payouts that we're seeing in those those departments we also have 2.5 million in Grants and reimbursements that departments have received as well as 476,000 in revenues coming in higher than anticipated there are eight positions being proposed again these are cost neutral to the general fund six of these positions are um proposed for the fire department these are paramedic positions or Advanced emergency medical technicians these are fully funded via GMT reimbursement and they are um Revenue generating positions so adding these positions allow us to continue doing those transport services and receiving that reimbursement from the federal government there is no impact to the general fund for that they are covered by that reimbursement 100% we're also proposing the addition of a fire inspector this is funded via the building fund BAC did um recommend this to come forward to council at their meeting in May this position reviews does construction inspections and plan reviews we also have proposed a systems analyst for our information technology department um this position will focus on the service now software platform um and will be funded via Enterprise fund reimbursements so none of these eight positions are proposed against General funds um are main Revenue sources to the general funds these do have other sources of of funding for the street funds we're proposing the addition of four new maintenance workers for our maintenance and Operations Division these positions will focus on ride of-way maintenance for for Parkways and medians we are seeing that fuel tax come in above budget so we do believe that based on our long-term projections that this fund is healthy enough to absorb this these additional four positions these would be um dedicated uh the funding for this would be dedicated fuel tax revenues and that is um allowable per NRS and I have a little more detail on that in the staff report for the sewer fund we're proposing appropriations of $1.6 million this will cover primarily the addition of three new pieces of equipment for our sewer Fleet um two combo trucks that are used for cleaning sewer infrastructure and a 2 yard truck for crew and Supply transport additionally there are two positions proposed in this fund for the maintenance and Operations Division uh the first is a fabrication specialist the sewer infrastructure has some complex maintenance needs and this position um will allow for that specialized Focus additionally there is an equipment mechanic that would be dedicated to the Sewer Fleet um this is intended to reduce their equipment downtime and maximize that utilization for our sewer infrastructure outside of these items um the remaining items are revisions and those fun balance trups that I that I mentioned at the beginning and I'm available if you have any questions first of all thank you so much good job thank you because I don't think you've been up here before one time one time how are you feeling okay okay I think you did fantastic you should be proud uh okay I'm going to send it Council one breus go ahead thank you for your presentation and uh good job uh you know to the finance director and the team you all of you on bringing forward a an augmentation to close out last year's books and help us position for next year I do have a couple questions and they were followup you know from I have a lot of questions actually but high level the 5.2 um million from arpa which you are calling Revenue replacement I think um and you mentioned that last March we bucketed that aside um and I do recall that I recall a conversation with the finance director she wanted to hold back 5 million if revenues started to look a little dicey and the answer is yes we do need that put into our Revenue bucket is that is that kind of the determination because otherwise the council had discussions of other arpa eligible funds we were going to use so I just want to clarify that's the point we're at the $5 million is proposed to replace lost revenue from the prior fiscal year um so we were anticipating having a additional funds remaining at the end of last year that due to that Revenue loss were not available so now into this year we're proposing to use those funds for some onetime expenses onetime expenses or to fill Revenue gaps to we're proposing to use them for one-time expenses that we would have used the remaining revenue from the prior fiscal year but we did not receive that so I think I I I think I can add some clarity here there are no Revenue gaps existing in this year's budget if you'll recall one of the difficulties as we were budgeting last year is that revenues fell off against the budgeted um numbers from the last budget cycle and so as we came in about 3% under budget last year on the revenue side we had to build a budget that sort of started in a hole and so while we're on budget for this year and there are no budget gaps that Revenue replacement backfills against the revenues that came in under budget from the last cycle and now we're proposing cling that we use them for onetime expenses like the FFN at the Moana Springs aquatic center and the new Public Safety Center well um you know that begs two more questions because the 3.8 that we're rolling over from ending fund balance that's pretty healthy so that doesn't you know comport with that we you know had a shortage from last one because we're rolling over 3.8 and then I thought we just went into the contingency on the some of those needs or are we backfilling the contingency for those needs for the pool in the fire station we haven't been into contingency in this budget cycle at all what was the funds that we just used last meeting to to allocate towards those we didn't allocate funds towards those at all we were in the $2 account we were in the $2 account yeah no I know that okay okay the other question I have is counc breus I'm going to move on and I'll come back to you if no if no one else has any questions okay all right any other questions from Council Members councilman Martinez go ahead thanks so much Madam I appreciate it thank you for the presentation and the breakdown of that um I appreciate sort of the tying the positions into what accounts they're coming out of and looking at ways to maybe support um other departments I heard you say that you know like which one of the positions was Revenue generating I believe that was a fire Ms position that you were referring to um and just looking at ways to continue to support code enforcement I think we hear from our community members that um you know that service is very uh one that they want to see more of and continue to receive those services so I don't know if you can answer for me if there's a way for the funds that are generated out of Code Enforcement to be tied into a specific fund or do those go to the general fund those are currently recognized in the the general funds um and they do not exceed the cost of our code enforcement department so you're saying there's no additional correct Revenue support any growth at this time is what you're okay I just want to explore that possibility to see if there was a way um to get some more Code Enforcement Officers but thanks for the clarification you're welcome yeah all right go ahead councilwoman Taylor thank you madam mayor um thank you for your presentation and your work on this I wanted some clarification please you used two terms cost neutral and true up I was wondering if you just might be able to expand on what that means specific to some of the fire positions yes um so specifically for those fire positions um I use the term cost neutral because it's there is no impact to the general fund um th those positions we directly bill for the services that they provide and receive that funding back from the federal government so it's a wash so I just use cost neutral is so it's a benefit to the city yes okay and then um I I think I understand what true up is but if you could maybe just dig a little if you could explain it a little bit for me please absolutely so when we propos the budget in the spring of every year and that is adopted in May those are based on projections um we do still have a month and a halfish um at the end of the fiscal year so we project as best we can how we anticipate the funds ending um sometimes contracts aren't completely spent out um maybe we have some salary savings from BAC positions various things happen through operations um once the audit is complete The Following fall um and the act for is completed and accepted we then know 100% how that prior year ended um so we can do that true up to say we thought it would end this way it did end this way what's the net and so we recognize that and this is just recognizing that in paperwork great thank you very much my last um question is really just a comment I'm really excited about the resources that we're putting into the maintenance um Department I personally receive a lot of calls and emails about how we um the our residents would like to see more resources and effort put in that so I'm I'm very excited and I think it aligns with what our priority our priorities were for last year thank you all right thank you so much councilman ree madam mayor thank you I have no comments at this time all right thank you so much councilwoman Ebert nothing okay councilwoman der I'm fine thanks all right Council breus yeah you know I want to thank the manager for the clarification on the surplus funds for the uh public safety center and the Moana Springs but reiterate my request for a dashboard of the costs on those to know where we're at how much money we've spent I think I got confed used in remembering that um part of my concern about moving forward with the bonds or whatever funding plan we have or don't have for the fire station is based upon concerns that we're still putting money into the two projects for cost overruns that were not on the original budget and the lack of transparency on where we're at on those two projects so I I want to make that point but let me let's talk about those new positions you're adding to the general fund received a letter from uh remza which was unclear to me what their message was but they're not here so I I guess there's not an opposition but you're adding eight new positions for fire under this reimbursement framework and we added how many already under that in the last budget Cycles do you remember um I think he's checking to see if it need reset oh Jenny you're on Blue press no you're still not projecting uh we paused you for your time so question is under Financial Planning and I know you all run spreadsheets and projections all day long is if we're adding six or eight eight six six then we have nine already right and so you have some Financial modeling showing that those of all come through with all the reimbursements and how much we've received and you have some projections like you mentioned for the other ones because bringing on six new firefighters is a real big cons issue to me to make sure that we have this revenue and I'd like to see you know the backup data that you have historical for the ones we already have and the projections you're relying upon going forward how much of this pay patient reimbursement exists out in our market and how you're projecting what our share will be in lie of that I'm having um challenges accepting adding these positions on do you have some modeling and data like that we do yes um thank you for the question um we have received to date already um Revenue far exceeding the cost of these 15 positions so that is revenue we've already received and and yeah yeah I just I'm at the point where I want to see the metadata if you will on these sort of programs before I bring new people on now I have another uh set of questions for the um for the other people we're bringing on which are the street fund and um I know that we get a fuel tax um cut distribution but my understanding is that a past Council made a decision that that would be for Capital and not for personnel um so I'd like a little more history on that how we're trending you say we're trending high right and that's what makes you feel comfortable you can absorb these is it how many positions four four positions on um but I again I want to see the data on that and I want to see the past thinking why we didn't have positions on that before what internal discussions did you have about that um I don't have the data in front of me right now but we can follow up I believe that the fuel tax revenue should be reflected on the quarterly report that's coming out this month yeah okay because it is a policy decision for the council is if you cut out of the fuel tax other things that the fuel tax gone for aren't getting done and I'm not saying I'm opposed to maintenance and operations that's often a priority but I you know are we starting to see fewer Street op you know Street projects because that's in the mix of the street projects I think that rather than having on a SW swooped up augmentation the council needs to understand and have policy discussions about how we use this very competitive among our needs Revenue source and we're not having that here and that's that's not comfortable for me um and then my next question if I may continue on Madame mayor is on breast just to point out your two minutes over so you still have another minute yeah you know budgeting is our biggest job here in evaluating the manager four times a year we come and augment big time we do big augmentations I asked for a a little bit of a relaxation of the rules so the public knows that our head is on the financials and listen I have no problem with that but you know the reason I do it is so that other council members can get their questions on the record as well and you know I've always given you plenty of time so I want to make sure that everyone understands that I'm not just giving you preferential treatment I'm just asking for everyone so that they get their questions on the record as well so sure Madam mayor and since we have such a nice light agenda it's a great opportunity to kind of dig into this big augmentation but I'll yield if you want to go around and ask people because I'm not I'm not claiming you're giving I'm asking for preferential treatment I just want to have my questions answered so if you want to go around and ask others I'll just yield for a minute two sure thank you so much I appreciate that that's the reason why I try to give everyone three minutes to go back around so that it it's just everyone collectively has their questions answered okay any questions from councilman Martinez councilwoman Taylor go ahead thank you Madame mayor I just I guess I have a question based on my colleagues question are there things that we're not going to be doing in the capital project that we're scheduled that we were going to be able to get done with the addition of the new Personnel in the maintenance and operations that's not a part of what we're bringing forward okay thank you Madame mayor yes please go ahead uh for my part I agree with council member breus our most important role that we fulfill is is the valuation of the budget um at the same time those conversations don't always happen in this room because we're looking at staff workups so so we've already had briefings with you and with our colleagues uh through that process so it it's not an indifference as why we don't have questions I I want the staff to understand we've asked our questions that led us to the conclusions that we maybe have for my part I love hearing the discussion at the Das because it may generate other questions right and that's the beauty of it when I do my staff briefing and ask questions about the budget or the augmentations I get direct answers from staff and I get to hear the answers from the city manager office and even the department heads what I don't get to do is hear what my colleagues on the dis are thinking about in terms of that unless there is another one in my briefing so um you know I think you know real specifically and being very granular um I want to thank the city manager's office and chief Cochran because I do think there's something very important being called out here which is the additional resources of personnel for our fire department that's a huge win for this community um for the next part if I look at even just the street fund we we place so much responsibility on our M folks and we we like to talk a good talk about how they are heroes Frontline Heroes when they go out are having to plow our streets and but then we don't give them the resources to be successful so again in this augmentation I think you're doing a good job of saying hey we need more folks in maintenance and operations especially as it relates to how we maintain our rideways uh and in this case the Parkways that are there in front of the rideways I understand where the money comes from in terms of How It's allocated and why it's you know not a general fund item and and those sort of things so I'm supportive also for the recommendations that's been brought forward by staff the last thing I'll say with the time I have remaining is that um augmentations that happen in this quarter can sometimes be complex and difficult in part because you've got the whole year now to have caught up from the past um fiscal uh period but we're also getting ready to start budget workshops here in the next couple weeks where we'll look at the budget in its entirety um from top to bottom Department by department and so it's sometimes hard when you have this one before that one because the decisions we make today will impact that one um but again I'm supportive of the staff recommendations the augmentations that you presented I just want to make sure that when we get to budget we're all ready to talk about our priorities whether that's more Code Enforcement Officers as council member Martinez has has advocated for U additional police officer resources uh and for clean up along the river as council member Taylor has often advocated for uh budget's hard uh especially because we know we're getting into a pretty flat uh budget uh and so for my part I'll be looking forward to engaging in a more inovative process in the budget all right Council manber nope okay Council mayor councilwoman der yeah go ahead hey I also uh was going to make similar com comments to council member Reese I wanted to particularly call out what we're being able to do with fire in terms of parametic response because of the new approach to billing I I think that's outstanding um and really useful so thank you all right I'm going to send it back to councilman breus thank you go ahead you know um to follow up on Miss Taylor's comment the this statement that well it you know theine of questioning you know with putting positions on the mo motor fuel tax um you know does it cause us not to be able to do other things the backup data for that in my view would be seven years 10 years of the motor fuel tax to understand the growth Line's projection and you're saying that it you know it won't be so then you need would have from this year when we put on these other P positions a growth line projection that it's all going to get covered by going forward forward the growth will cover those new positions I'd just like to see that because if it's cutting into some baseline services that we do say it's a street neighborhood street project want to understand that and you know this is really normal questioning and backup a council would expect um the statement that will we get breathed and so on that may be true if you have data like this or you're shown but one is we want to do our work in transparency and two you know I'm the senior member here along with the mayor I have an embargo from the city manager on having those dialogues which is unfortunate because I think that I um I'll just leave it at that but um the next questions I have is did I see $4 million in payouts to in um s yeah s s how does that track historically with our payouts because I've never seen anything get up to 4 million well that that was split between police and fire yeah but even there I don't recall going that high we have had some some really high level retirements this year and they have some really large um acral Banks and so those have to be paid out when they leave by their contract let me just butt in Mr city manager I see that you so well that that trend is going to continue for a couple of years we went through a period of about a decade where we didn't really hire in the public safety realm and so we have essentially a a generational Gap in our fire and police departments and so as they retire we're going to have to cash out their their leave Banks and it's going to be expensive for a number of years and so that's why you're seeing such a large number in the in the in the severance space for police and fire that you'll see that for the next five or so years see so back on that in my mind would be historical how much we've expected how many how many individuals that equates to you could even do a very private you know not showing off who anyone is but show you know the average is this and the average is you know with people at 30 years and each department has this many years and you know that actually um that statement it kind of conflicts with what I understand of the fire department that we didn't hire for seven years so there's really a you know maybe the ones who were on then are are the ones coming out but there's actually a a breathing room of then very young folks so just the backup data is I think very important it doesn't include any sep payments because I know the manager has signed a number of settlement agreements with employees who you know don't work out those are confidential but I'm continue to wonder how those are getting paid out of it's just retirements out of that correct correct these are paying out acrs based on their their bargaining agreement okay okay and I'm going to cut you off there because you're about four and a half minutes over okay well I'd like to go to the Utility Fund next if you don't mind well we're now like at four rounds so hold on a second um I would love to hear from Chief Cochran I know you're sitting here but I want you to talk a little bit about that so that the council understands thank you mad Mary I appreciate that yeah I just wanted to be here in case there was any questions um and a couple of you have mentioned the the additional Staffing that we're bringing on and I'll just speak to the success of that program we brought on these and these are just to be clear these are not firefighters these are nonsuppression paramedics they're responding a two person crew on an ambulance part of our mission to get the right resource to the right call at the right time we've seen medic 3 which was the first one we stood up back in March they responded to over 3,000 calls last year now that's fantastic because that that's about when we target about 3,000 calls per apparatus that's kind of what we want for the max so what it tells us is there's the demand out there for that response but engine 3 also responded to over 4,000 calls so if you look at that there's almost 7,000 calls that would have been been all on engine three having brought this resource on we've now been able to spread that workload out and really bring a benefit to the firefighters in the stations because of the workload reduced workload and to the city because they're getting the right resource and I'll just throw in the one last tidbit vessa sandall on medic 3 delivered a baby a couple weeks ago so that's always a win definitely and if anybody has any specific questions about the program we're expanding that these additional positions will staff medic 2 or possibly station but a second medic unit that will be delivering those same services and again defraying the workload on the firefighters bringing better service to the community all of cost neutral and I also think I guess I get a little concerned because sometimes we still think we are in the small City category and we are now according to the census we are a mediumsized city so it is a whole new level that we have to I think be prepared for and I think you're doing a great job of that but I think overall all not just with fire but police other Sewer Service whatever whatever it looks like I think we all have to be cognizant that we are now a medium-sized city um go ahead Mr city manager so chief for some additional context with respect to the the workload demand um that we're looking at with engine 3 and and and rescue 3 um if we're targeting that that 3,000 call number how many firefighters would we have to hire to staff an additional truck um so if we were going to staff an additional apparatus we would bring on 15 at least 15 more firefighters okay how much does that cost close to $2 million $2 million range about $2.4 million if I remember the AFR that's sitting on my desk right now um and and so I think you know the the the benefit of the program you've designed you know we talk about it in terms of it being cost neutral but um not only is it cost neutral uh the alternative you've created here really is getting the most bang for our buck and it is um you know I think a real demonstration of being an excellent Steward of taxpayer money thank you very much Chief and I would just add that 15 number translates directly to the 15 EMS positions that we have that now deploy two resources out on the city that we didn't have before okay good all right thank you so much I appreciate it any questions for chief Cochran yeah so um hold on hold on one second Council mure her she had her hand up maybe she Sor sorry I didn't mean to have my hand up okay all right go ahead councilwoman breus go ahead yeah so I presume is the I think it's page oh page 38 um of my of the PDF is the Quasi external receipts the 10.3 are those the fire reimbursement ones coming in that has increased through the to the revised budget only 57,000 is that is that the money coming in for this purpose while L looks how we're tagging these while Lindsay looks I can tell you that the gemt program where that's where the fire money is coming from for the EMS positions that number is about 7.3 right now okay and that will fund these positions for the next two years even if we don't bring in another dollar and and let's let's kind of you know I'm really trying to have Baseline information about these things so it's exceeding revenues projections and this is because we're going out to people's insurance plans correct no how are we doing how are how are we getting fun we're only hitting Medicaid this is Medicaid reimbursement and the the simplified explanation is that Medicaid reimburses us for our overhead for the cost that we incur to be able to provide that service for the whole Community okay okay and Medicaid is solid okay okay okay now my next questions are about the sewer fund um people in the community brought it to my attention and I spent a little time looking on this oh did you figure out what that quasi external is on page 38 yeah so page 38 is actually our Fleet fund oh so you're call calling that 38 okay yeah fees have grown a lot and theyve become I think our second largest revenue source for Fleet general fund that's property tax Oh I thought when you rolled business licenses in it's okay okay so the question is the the Utility Fund is sitting on an oh sorry for Lindsay HFI for the record Property Tax oh no um our second property tax is property tax thank you so much okay yeah something jumped out at me at how much our fees um but that maybe is a bundle of fees franchise and business licenses um has ex has outpaced other growth so the Utility Fund is sitting on $80 million of of reserves the sewer fund the cash balance do could you direct me where you're what you're looking at well let what page does the sewer fund start on page 31 page 31 I just I'm looking for explanation on that because I'm getting a lot of feedback on one this year unlike I hadn't heard before people were hotter real hot about the sewer fund increase and some of the push back to the storm water fund is double if you will taxation which which I don't agree with but um but total operating let's see what is the cash balance in the sewer fund 150 million 115 million is the cash balance 5050 million yes okay how does that trend line from the last last 10 years of the sewer fund I'm sorry I don't have that information okay cuz it's a it's a big cash fund balance and we haven't had a conversation about that but we're on autopilot of the rates increasing and why are we R what is is that 150 million earmarked anywhere I I think maybe there's a a misunderstanding in the accounting details um could I defer to my director please of course I mean we budgeted what did we budget this year 70 million for the cash the Utility Fund for the Utility Fund um originally I believe 148 so we budgeted it down to zero I'm sorry I'm not understanding the question okay Madame mayor may I uh interject momentarily Miss Hatfield please understand we're not expecting you to know every line of every budgetary document that ever existed I don't want you to get flustered or frustrated by the inquiry in part because I know how difficult it is to do your job and so doing it up here in like 30 second increments and then trying to communicate back with us when maybe we're calling it the wrong thing or the wrong light item or going into a different fund you're doing exceptionally well but I want you to understand that I sense how difficult it is to engage in this process it's sort of why I said at the beginning uh for my part I try to ask the questions so that I know what the answers are rather than just sort of wandering and and and no disrespect to any of my colleagues you've got to get where you have to but I'm trying to help you understand I appreciate you I don't think you're flustered asking uh for our director to come forward you know this stuff better than we do we'll ever know it so thank you for your stick to ATIV yeah thank you and I I think you're doing a very very good job and guess what if you're not I mean up here and getting comfortable then you never will so we want you up here and I I actually think you're doing a fantastic job and I want to apologize we don't typically go this long in our rounds we have our Council book that we stick to so I would also just encourage councilman breus to anything in writing to make sure put it in writing so that you can also get those questions if something doesn't get answered so the group the body is about to get a very technical answer but the easiest the easiest answer to the question being asked is when you look at the sewer fund it is a conglomeration of connection fees and user fees and they go into the CIP that is approved by the group annually they go into the operations and the maintenance of the sewer system that we have in the city and every dollar is accounted for whether that is in the maintenance projects that we need to do on an ongoing basis or or the enhancements that need to go into the system that take a long time to develop the amount of Revenue needed to either Bond against or pay for in cash and that is why there is so much money in that account there is nothing cheap about running a sewer system and even at $150 million we're several hundred million dollar short of where we need to be to get to you know the projects that need to take place in the relatively near future to keep the community moving forward all right thank you okay miss me Bean take it away Vicki vamb and Director of Finance I just wanted to give a quick clarification Lindsay is absolutely correct that the beginning cash balance is 150 million but then we project all the expenses during the year and you'll see on that same page that you're looking at um council member breakast on page 33 the ending balance we project is at 31 million so there's lots of projects it's already earmarked for lots of projects we're not sitting on a lot of cash there we began the year with a lot of projects that came forward they don't just like in the street fund they don't just happen in one year they carry over from year to year so we start with a lot of money in the beginning and then we do a lot of projects and we end with about 30 million so okay Council M breus go ahead I want you to ask her some questions okay thank you Madame mayor I want to respond to some comments that were said here is um you know maybe this isn't the right Forum to have all these questions but there is not a forum for these questions there is not budget workshops mid year there are not um uh items coming forward specific and so there is no other option and I'm not going to ask questions um that I know the answer to um because you know I just don't want to be performative I want to I want to really D daylight and understand issues so you know there I'm not apologizing because I don't set the agenda and I wish we spent a lot more time on the fiscal I really really did I'm seeing things move around use this fund that fund that are really starting to concern me because you know we're putting this on Enterprise fund that we're putting that on Enterprise fund it shows stress to the general fund but you said we ended the year with we're projecting 31 million cash in yes that's correct how much did we project cash in last year cuz we rolled over 150 million right um I don't have that in front of me it's probably about the same because as we project the projects and they don't finish we carry that money forward and it continues until that project finishes well what I'm seeing over at tomwa is that Reno is not moving forward um on the agreement that tomwa has with Reno to advance the purification project and occasionally we hear why that is but not enough not enough to understand you know what the big number is out there so you know how much of the roll over is attributable to that North Valley's plant because we seem to spend pretty regularly at currently working on as you know we brought forward to council to look at some uh bonding options for that project we are still working on that okay that um approval that Council gave is good for three years we're working within that parameter we do have a lot of money on hand which is most of this money that you see here as for the first part of this project and that project is moving forward yeah I'm just I'm having a hard time seeing money build up in the bank for a project that's very Geographic specific for New Growth when every November I get the rash of calls about the sewer rates going up and that's that's a problem I'm having if if I could defend and say look the money's flowing out I'm seeing it you can see it built that's a that's that's getting there but if it's just cash building up a reserve you know that's just not resonating with the rate payers who get those bills coun thank you so much I've given you 15 minutes over so I'd like to move on Madame mayor if I could um I I do feel like we need to say now there is no stress on the general fund we are exactly on budget from what this Council adopted revenues are coming in as were projected within a percent I mean almost to the dollar uh and so as you see us moving things to Enterprise R funds or proprietary funds it's because we think it is a better policy to put that functionality or that position against a fee based system um particularly when you look at BAC that was so far over for so many years with respect to what was sitting there in the account I mean that was an overage that was caused for concern and um you know was going to result in some trouble against uh against the statutory schematic of of an Enterprise fund um with respect to you know I think the allegation that we're building up a reserve in the sewer fund you can see that the large balance of of what's going out the door is being spent on maintenance and operations of the existing uh system and you know we are moving forward with respect to the advanced purified water project in the North Valleys uh our engineering team I don't know if it's today but if it's not today it's tomorrow is sitting down with uh our partners with respect to whether or not we want to proceed with the the wiia program or the state revolving Loan Fund to figure out how exactly we can better finance that project and so you know nothing moves as quickly as any of us would be happy with um but it is a several hundred million doll project and it is going to take as long as it takes to get that across the Finish Line okay thank you so much I just want to reiterate to miss vanen I I want you to feel compelled to defend your reasons for doing something um because often times up here we we get it wrong you're the expert so I appreciate your responses and I and I really want you to feel like you have the ability to do that cuz sometimes I know it can feel a little overwhelming and I I also want the public to know that you know public speaking is like one of the number one fears it's the dentist public speaking and flying and Matthew he's back here he's like yes I can attest and it is it's you know you get up here your heart starts to be it's you're nervous it's not something you're comfortable with and so I just want to compel staff to make sure um and I hate to say this but I would not want to compel our team to feel like they can defend the reasons that they do what they do I think you have done a fantastic job Miss B BN of like every year I mean it's been a game changer I think since you have um been doing this but I want you to feel like it's okay to defend how you feel cuz sometimes I think it's it's a little overwhelming especially when we're not used to being up this dis all the time so thank you so much I appreciate it and then I would just say I appreciate councilwoman bre's questions but also I think that you know put them in writing so that everything that you are interested in getting a response from would be great so okay Madam mayor I moved to approve augmentations and revisions from October 1st 2023 through December 31st 2023 okay thank you so much I have a motion from councilman Reese second second from councilwoman breus and a discussion from councilwoman breus go ahead yeah now I the one question I didn't get answered is it does not appear that we're resetting any of the revenues um through this so I'm I'm understanding that this means that the revenues we're projecting through this augmentation are are not changed in any way so you know we're I that's not asking you that's just stating an understanding is the revenues um seem good it's been represented they're coming in right on Target and we're not adjusting them because sometimes when you revise the budget you're like well was that the the one we closed up in May or was it you know a change around in in in June or July or September or October now the the points that I've raised that prevent me from voting for this are wanting backup data for the positions we're adding show in the Medicare reimbursement past and projections forward to add on new fire paramedics likewise I want to understand the impacts to the street fund if this is growth you know where I hear where I hear fuel taxes actually are slipping with EVS so I don't know if it's some compounding thing or whatever but I do not have the Comfort to understand and move maintenance positions over to a Fuel Fund that is done hard projects that's just not a place for me the 4 million on Severance I need evidence and background on that because we've never budgeted to my knowledge that much and that's fine if we've got one firefighter or one police officer who put in 30 years and is cashing out what they're entitled to fine but I want backup data at least on a logitudinal basis so I can understand if this is an outlier we're looking at or or what's going on so these are very specific specific questions of data that I would have asked miss van Beren if any of my quarterly requests to meet with her over the last year two years have been met but they have not been and that's why I will bring it up at these points and I'm not going to submit to a written record that's a level of service that no one else on this body Pro is asked to do is required to do I met with Finance directors quarterly for 10 years that is absolutely an expected thing of anyone here to have that real data information and understand the ins and outs so for these reasons this information not in here gives me uh discomfort in augmenting the budget with these changes I have a motion and a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries all right moving on Madam clerk can I send it right back to you Miss Scarlet absolutely Madam mayor our next item is G W this is an appointment of the ward 3 na all right I'm going to send it to councilman Martinez go ahead thank you much so much Madame mayor I'd like to appoint Zachary Bolton second war three all right I have a motion I have a second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries unanimously Madam clerk going to send it right back to you we are on item G2 this is the appointment of the youth city council oh cool all right is that you councilman ree uh no Mr Martinez again oh go ahead yeah thank you so much Madam mayor uh luckily with this appointment we're going to fill uh the board so super excited to get the youth city council full and up and running and I'm happy to make the motion to appoint Addison gnon to uh the youth city council second all right fantastic I have a motion and second all those in favor say I I all those opposed motion carries unanimously good job okay Madam clerk sing back to you we are currently on item H1 for mayor and Council all right any comments or announcements from Council Members no okay moving on sending it back to you madam clerk with that Madame mayor we are on our last item which is closing public comment all right do you have any public comment at this time we do not have any public comment but for the record we did receive sorry Madame mayor we did receive one comment in support which was General nature or not directly associated with the agenda item prior to 4 p.m. on January 23rd 2024 these comments were voicemail and or written correspondence received via reno.gov online public comment form or by email to our office copies of these comments have been distributed to the Reno city council and are available to the public on the reno.gov meeting portal with that Madame mayor we have no further comment okay thank you so much so we we are on item K correct correct with we thank you so much councilwoman Ebert give me a motion um motion to adjourn adjourn second I have a motion a second all those in favor say I all those opposed motion carries unanimously thank you so much great job by the way thank you madam very impressed