WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:04.400 Welcome, welcome. Guess what, folks, it is time now for city 2 00:00:04.599 --> 00:00:07.400 matters. Yeah, that's right. If it matters to you, it matters 3 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:11.599 to the city. And it's a nice little representative government we have going on 4 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:16.839 here. But anyway, we uh we do have the trio in today because 5 00:00:17.239 --> 00:00:25.800 Tracy and uh Mike have decided to take the day away from US Court for 6 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:29.600 US today called in the C team. I guess no, not quiet. 7 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:33.840 I'd tell you what if either one of you three or missing we're in trouble, 8 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:38.880 things will run smooth at least probably on my end. But oh god. 9 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:44.159 So we've had a busy couple of weeks. Well we have we have, 10 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:49.560 um, just a couple of general announcements, um for the people that 11 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:53.920 are enjoying and using the path. We've had really mild weather here at least 12 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:59.439 this past weekend. But the Pathfinder is going to be closed just south of 13 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:03.640 Dinks for PSO for them to replace an overhead line that they have in that 14 00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:08.719 area. They're initiarily doing some clearing work that started here about a week ago 15 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:12.959 and that's anticipated to take another week to complete, and then they'll have the 16 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:19.079 transmission line of poll replacement portion of that project to do. So if you're 17 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:23.599 on the path and you notice that area is closed, that's what's going on 18 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:30.359 with that. Last week, council did approve or authorize the call of an 19 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:36.480 election on October the tenth to extend the General Obligation bonders for a general Obligation 20 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:42.319 bond, which uses property taxes to fund certain capital projects. So there's actually 21 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:47.480 going to be four propositions part of that bond election. We will talk about 22 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:51.280 that more in detail as we get closer to the election. Data itself there, 23 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:55.560 but if you want to see what's on the packet or what's set for 24 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:59.319 the election, those had to be established or set by council, which they 25 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:01.959 did last week. But you can go to CityBeat, which is just through 26 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:06.560 the city's website, and you can kind of follow a couple of links to 27 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:10.800 see what's on the proposition and all the projects that are being proposed or asked 28 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:15.319 other voters to approve through there, so a lot of information. If you're 29 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:16.840 not a subscriber to city Beat, we would encourage you to do so. 30 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:23.080 That's a wonderful resource for not only these types of items, but all the 31 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:28.319 news that is covering the city as well. As the water shortage that unfortunately 32 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:31.159 we're still dealing with. But you can sign up at the City of Barswell's 33 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:36.360 website. It's city Beat. Kelly Williams is the kind of the editor and 34 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:38.479 the content person for all that. She does a wonderful job for it. 35 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:42.439 So if you're not a subscriber, we encourage you to do so, but 36 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:46.479 those are contained in those in the CityBeat and as well as all the other 37 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:51.479 news that happens within the City of Barswell there and she's a tremendous job and 38 00:02:51.719 --> 00:02:55.919 for fingers ever getting sore, we're introl Yeah, absolutely, absolutely well with 39 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:00.039 this. This morning. We have Shelley McGill who's our director over the library, 40 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:06.280 and Jason Muniger who's our CFO city clerk, and I don't know what 41 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:09.960 other title that you carry, but there you go those two. So Shelley, 42 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:13.719 we've got it. We're right in the heart of summer and I think 43 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:15.960 you guys got some summer programs and different things that are going on with the 44 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:20.879 library, so let us know or inform us what's what's happening. Great, 45 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:23.400 Thanks, Terry. As you knew, I wear two hats. I'm the 46 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:27.000 museum and the library and I wanted to start with the museum. We've just 47 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:30.240 put up a new exhibit as of July fifth. It's called a Century of 48 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:35.960 Education and it's all about the education in Washington County as we traveled through our 49 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:38.199 history. And it's quite interesting. You know. We have that one room 50 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:43.400 schoolhouse that we give a lot of tours to and teach the children how it 51 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:46.039 used to be back in the back in the day. But now we have 52 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:50.680 a whole exhibit kind of detailing education, and that will be up through September 53 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:54.879 twenty ninth. We encourage you to come see it. Um we have a 54 00:03:54.879 --> 00:04:00.960 specific program that Granger Metter is putting on on July twentieth from twelve to one. 55 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:04.199 It's education past to present. And Granger, I think, knows everything 56 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:09.360 about education there is to know, and he's a He's a wonderful person to 57 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:15.080 hear speak. So I'm attending that myself and I hope anyone else would come 58 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:18.000 and attend that as well. You're welcome to come anytime after eleven thirty and 59 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:23.000 bring your lunch or we'll have light snacks available for you there as well. 60 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:27.839 I specifically on the library, hat wanted to talk about our summer Reading Program 61 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:31.040 and we're in our last month of that. It ends on the last day 62 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:34.040 of this month, and I wanted to tell you about some of the stuff 63 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:40.800 we're doing at the library, So let's talk about Today. We have Read 64 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:45.360 to Hodge program, which is a you can come and read to our special 65 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:48.480 dog and a lot of the kids like to read to him because it's very 66 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:54.959 non threatening. They can pet the dog and read their story and it's very 67 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:59.800 relaxing environment for the readers that may have trouble reading to people or a little 68 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:03.160 s And so that's from one to three. Today. We are having our 69 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:08.319 Magic show this evening at six pm and that's for all the kids that are 70 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:12.839 in the summer Reading program or anyone who would like to attend. Tomorrow is 71 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:15.279 our craft classes that we're having at the library, and they are from two 72 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:19.720 to four and six to nine. Those are mainly four adults, but we 73 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:26.759 do do children's craft classes all the time for teens. We're making dessert chartistory 74 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:30.519 boards at the library on Thursday, the thirteenth, and that is at six 75 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:33.959 pm, and we've had a lot of interest in that by the teens and 76 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:40.079 kind of excited about that. Saturday is our Lego Club. You can come 77 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:44.519 in as a family type activity. We often give you a challenge and as 78 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:48.040 a family or just a child can try to meet that activity and kind of 79 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:53.040 win in that situation. And it's a lot of STEM activities and a lot 80 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:56.279 of challenges. So we invite you to come once a month and play with 81 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:59.600 legos with your kids or just as a kid, came play, or as 82 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:01.240 an at all, come play, it doesn't matter. We let anybody play. 83 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:05.240 So um, next week we have a lot of other activities going on. 84 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:10.879 We're going to read to hodg again on Monday, which is the special 85 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:15.480 needs dog, and then we're going to have a throw together show which just 86 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:20.360 is a show by a performer at two pm and it's been raped about so 87 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:24.959 I can't wait to see what it's all about. And then on Tuesday the 88 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:29.839 teams are making felt succulents at three o'clock. And so those are all the 89 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:35.240 main events. Next week. We are having our read to hodg Aga in 90 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:39.839 the following Monday. It's every Monday. You're noticing a trend here from one 91 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:44.319 to three, you can sign up and get your get your time that's for 92 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:48.279 your child. On our website, we're trying something new. On Tuesday, 93 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:51.759 the twenty fifth, we're going to have a cuponing class and it's how to 94 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:58.360 digital cupon in today's digital h And so we've had a lot of people that 95 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:00.040 love to cupon, but they've kind of, you know, now that you 96 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:03.519 just don't cut them out of the newspaper anymore and go we use them at 97 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:06.240 the store as much as you used to. It's kind of hard to know 98 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:10.000 how to do that these days. And so if you want to learn how 99 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:13.839 to do que potting in today's digital age, that's on Tuesday, the twenty 100 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:17.360 fifth, and that will be from seven to eight in the evening. Final 101 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:21.120 thing for Summer Reading is our pool party. We had a hard time having 102 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:26.240 a pool party this year because the pools were closed, so we're gonna have 103 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:30.439 it at the YMCA on their indoor pool and it will be on Sunday evening 104 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:33.800 from five thirty to seven thirty. You must have participated in the Summer Reading 105 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:38.879 program to attend, unfortunately, So we're going to give out our prizes for 106 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:42.360 the year and we're going to have a good time. So we've had a 107 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:46.560 really good crew of Summer readers this year. Our programs have been well attended, 108 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:50.879 and the reading scores and times that we're seeing our above average. So 109 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:55.920 we love our kids, we love the times that we can share and read 110 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:59.519 in our summer reading program. And that'll wrap up our program for July. 111 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:03.279 Were good. Well, that was a ton of information. Is there a 112 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:07.240 place on the website or can they look to see all the upcoming events there 113 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:11.800 at the library? Where that? Where's that information? We are everywhere in 114 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:15.560 social media. You can you can check our Facebook and all those events are 115 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:18.480 on our Facebook. You can go to the website and those events are there 116 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:22.800 as well, and they're also in our newsletter which is available on the website 117 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:28.319 as well. We're on Instagram, we're on Twitter. Um, you can 118 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:31.480 call the library and we'll give you that information as well. Good phone still 119 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:37.320 works, We still answer the phone great. Well. On the lego program, 120 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:39.080 do they have to bring their own legos? You guys furnished legos or 121 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:43.639 how does that normally work? We actually did a program about five years ago 122 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:46.600 where we asked for donations of legos and we had a telephone booth and we 123 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:52.799 almost filled it up with our donations and so we have legos to go and 124 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:56.200 so no, you don't bring your legos. We have acres and acres of 125 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:58.440 legos, and you know, we didn't realize how expensive they were till we 126 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:03.000 started tried to start the program, and we couldn't afford it because they're too 127 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:09.279 expensive. So the community came together and they just were ridiculously generous and now 128 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:11.440 we have our own legos, and so don't bring your legos, and we 129 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:16.159 do worshoers occasionally bought a dishwasher and we run them through the dishwasher. But 130 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:18.559 yes, we have the legos, and we'll give you a nice set of 131 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:24.159 legos to work with. Fantastic, fantastic. So I think you guys normally 132 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:28.159 do a Lego build at some point. I don't know if it's already been 133 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:31.039 or if it's upcoming, or we did do it in April. Yes, 134 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:37.080 And you can look online at our Facebook page back in April and see all 135 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:41.000 the builds that we're done. I swear they get better every single year, 136 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:45.639 and you just drop your mouth. This year someone built a cornucopia and all 137 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:48.399 the fruits and vegetables coming out of it and it looked off in it, 138 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:50.840 and I'm like, how do you do that with Legos? But they did 139 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:54.960 it, so it was amazing, Wow, excellent. Well, how's the 140 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:58.720 new team? I know it's not quite brand new, but it's still new. 141 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:03.159 Where the tin edition there at the library? How's at working? It 142 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:07.120 has become exactly what we hoped it to be. The kids are coming and 143 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:13.240 enjoying it, and they're respectful of all the equipment and they truly feel blessed 144 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:16.080 that they have that equipment to use. Of course, you know, we 145 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:20.679 have an Xbox gaming station, we have a Switch gaming station. We have 146 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:24.240 two group gaming stations. Those are the two group gaming stations, and then 147 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:31.279 we have individual gaming stations, two PCs that we have game passes through Microsoft, 148 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:33.200 so they can sit down and pick whatever game they want to play and 149 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:39.080 just play. And then we have in a board games and a couple boosts 150 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:41.960 that you can set out and bring your own laptop or your own games or 151 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:46.679 play our games. We have a pinball game. Of course, the graphic 152 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:50.519 novel collection is up there so you can set and read. So they are 153 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:54.279 really loving it, and we're loving the group of kids that are coming. 154 00:10:54.600 --> 00:11:00.960 They're really great kids. Good kind of jealous because they're really sounds like fun, 155 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:05.200 yeah, fantastic and really kudos to you and your staff. It's not 156 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:07.960 the library, it's not just for books anymore. You guys offer a number 157 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:13.360 of programs and a whole host of opportunities. So it's been fantastic, especially 158 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:16.759 with the pools closed. I know that that's a viable alternate for the whole 159 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:20.600 family to enjoy and to get out of the heat and to do something maybe 160 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:24.519 they're not typically used to doing it at this time of year. So thank 161 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:28.240 you, Shelley. Anything else that you want to add for a museum library, 162 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:31.240 if I can do it, you bet. We have a group of 163 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:35.679 outdoor games now that we check out. So we've got the giant jinga set, 164 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:41.919 the giant yard yacht see. We've bought darts and horseshoes and croquet and 165 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:45.480 all those things that you can check out. Our intention is that if you're 166 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:50.919 having an outdoor party to get together just anything that you need some entertainment with, 167 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:54.799 you can either check it out, play it on the green space, 168 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:56.639 which is very close to the library, or you can take it home and 169 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:00.960 have it for your outdoor party. So those things check out for three days, 170 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:05.639 and we've got well over a hundred things from soccer to t ball, 171 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:09.360 that you can check out and just play with your family. So don't forget 172 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:13.159 if you're putting together some event to come check out something to have a lot 173 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:16.559 of fun. The Library of Things, yeah, it is, yes, 174 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:20.000 and to check something out that you just have to have a library card or 175 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:22.399 what's the You do have to have a library card in it only takes a 176 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:26.000 minute. If you don't have one, bring a form of ID, a 177 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:28.799 piece of mail with your name on it and we can sign you up and 178 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:33.000 have you a card and have you out the door in minutes. So it's 179 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:35.960 not hard. And we serve everyone within a thirty five mile radius, all 180 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:39.120 right. And the cost for signing up for a library card is it's free, 181 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:43.159 free, free, doesn't cost you a thing except just the time and 182 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:46.080 effort to be up there. So that's a fantastic community. And thank you 183 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:50.840 Shelley for all that you do with that. So we're gonna shift gears to 184 00:12:50.639 --> 00:13:00.559 a more dynamic topic here talking about money and accounting and everything that's reguards of 185 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:03.320 that. So Jason kind of phill cent on how we did with our financial 186 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:07.159 We're gonna start off with kind of how we ended the year on sales tax 187 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:11.639 and use tax and then go into what we've collected in this first first period 188 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:16.399 in the new fiscal years. So finished the year off very well in sales 189 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:20.679 taxes. I think everybody knows reported pretty much every month some pretty good, 190 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:24.200 pretty good uh increases. I will say, we didn't do a report on 191 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:28.799 June. We haven't done report on June yet. June actually was it was 192 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:31.440 down a little bit about half a percent, but I would say pretty flat. 193 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:35.039 It's comparing back to some monstrous numbers historically, So even being in the 194 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:41.960 ballpark is a win by our our estimations. So when you look at the 195 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:45.960 total fiscal year, we were seven hundred and sixty one thousand dollars over the 196 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:50.200 prior fiscal year. That's about a three point four percent increase over the previous 197 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:52.919 year's collections. But when you look at that budget leagues, we were pretty 198 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:58.039 conservative on budget. We were two point two million dollars over budgetary expectation, 199 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:01.840 which is a little over ten percent to finish the year, which is is 200 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:05.320 great news. Means people are spending money locally, keeping a lot of our 201 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:11.360 tax dollars here in Bartlesville and not our surrounding surrounding municipalities. So use tax. 202 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:18.960 That one was a little bit of a a little bit of unknown. 203 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:22.759 We hadn't how to use tax Bartlesville. There weren't certain the parameters of when 204 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:28.080 we instituted versus when the state collects it, when they were remitted. So 205 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:30.919 we had initially kind of thought we were going to get maybe three months of 206 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:33.639 that. We end up getting four months of it. We had budgeted four 207 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:41.399 hundred thousand dollars really conservatively, we received one point five million dollars in four 208 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:45.000 months. So a quarter, you know, no morning quarter, third of 209 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:48.080 the year, one point five I mean you guys can strapolate that out, 210 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:50.480 that'd be you know, close to four and a half million over a year. 211 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:54.120 Do we know if that's how it's gonna work. Not really, because 212 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:56.879 we don't know are those typically high months that we receive those in? Is 213 00:14:56.919 --> 00:15:01.080 there some months that are going to be relatively low, some one time buyas. 214 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:05.480 Because this is it is now an internet sales tax, but it also 215 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:09.320 is a traditional use tax. You can have big ticket items come into municipality, 216 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:13.159 you receive the tax, and those big ticket items move out, and 217 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:16.639 then you'll receive the percentage you have to rebate it. So a lot of 218 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:20.360 unknown, a lot of uncertainty in that moving forward. In this fiscal year, 219 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:26.559 we had budgeted based on the history we saw at those four months, 220 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:31.559 we budgeted two point five million dollars for the upcoming fiscal year. If that 221 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:33.519 being said, our first collection gun was three hundred and sixty eight thousand. 222 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:39.639 Obviously two point five twelve two hundred and eight thousand, so we're almost one 223 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:45.879 hundred and sixty thousand dollars over budget at this time one period in so we'll 224 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:48.480 see that's still unknown. Until we get you know, a full year, 225 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:50.279 probably two years of history on that, we won't really be able to trend 226 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:54.600 it and see what kind of volatility or fluctuations happen for month to month. 227 00:15:56.399 --> 00:16:00.120 Water the high months, you know, if it follows sales tax, it's 228 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:02.840 gonna be around the Christmas time. They're gonna be the large months. We 229 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:07.679 didn't we didn't have any collections in those times in our previous collections, So 230 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:10.799 I'm eager to see what those are going to generate moving forward. Yeah, 231 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:17.639 so let's talk about you know, we've got taxes that fund fertain certain activities. 232 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:22.279 So we get the general fund, so what's paid through the city services 233 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:26.360 by the general Fund. So the general Fund obviously it covers administration, covers 234 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:32.159 accounting, and finance, covers the library, history, museum, Street Park. 235 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:40.440 I'm legal Police Fire obviously, Police fire the main too. You know, 236 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:45.840 they're the two of the larger departments in the city, both with well 237 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:51.840 over seventy employees per department, and they equal. They take the lion's share 238 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:55.679 of the general fund budget. Between the two of them, that probably somewhere 239 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:59.360 around three quarters of the general fun budget probably goes to police and Fire. 240 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:03.799 The remaining departments get to divvy up the rest. But I mean, it's 241 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:07.680 it's obviously when you're talking health and safety, it's probably the number one priority 242 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:12.160 that the city can can offer to its citizenry. So well, and I 243 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:15.839 think those are our largest departments as far as personnel goes. But so the 244 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:19.519 general fund, that's actually the sales tax and when you talked about sales tax, 245 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:25.920 that gets routed to the general fund and pays for those types of sales 246 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:30.400 taxes. Split into three different categories, you'll get the general fund portion, 247 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:33.759 which is a little over seventy percent goes to the general Fund. Then you 248 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:38.079 get a portion that goes to our CIP sales tax fund the bonds capital projects, 249 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:41.440 and then we have a smaller portion that goes to economic development. So 250 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:48.119 it's broken into three. It funds three different three different uses within the City 251 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:52.000 of Artlesville. And then so the use tax is kind of a newer revenue 252 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:57.200 stream force. And as that being used to supplement the general fund or is 253 00:17:57.200 --> 00:18:02.799 that used for capital we're where are those times being the use taxes. It's 254 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:07.400 an unrestricted general fund revenue. So all of this proceeds go to the general 255 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:11.759 fund. It's kind of one of the same that it's not really known how 256 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:15.480 much it's going to generate. Over it's it's a twelve month period. So 257 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:21.519 for right now we're utilizing it to supplement the general fund. And so then 258 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:25.960 the last one is the bond election. Since I've opened with the bond election, 259 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:29.839 so that's uh, you know, so sales tax was approved by voters, 260 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:33.640 and we have the half sent sales tax that has a sunset and has 261 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:37.960 to be renewed by voters as well as this general obligation bond is a set 262 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:44.400 term, set period for the plus a set amount. Usually it's a three 263 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:48.000 to five year type of period to generate that revenue. But tell us a 264 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:53.440 little bit about on this general obligation bond issue, what's the revenue stream that 265 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:57.240 is funding that and how's that calculating? So I know people want to know 266 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:06.000 the real nitty gritty accounting wise how that gets calculated. So this bond in 267 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:10.279 particular, we're fixing to have aboved on seventeen point six million, and it's 268 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:15.640 I believe a five year bond. I think it's a five year bond. 269 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:22.240 So the way cities have to pay back channel obligation debt is through avalarm or 270 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:30.079 property tax. Our city has an informal tax levy that we impose on ourselves 271 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:33.119 of fifteen meals, which if you're not served, what a mill is, 272 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:36.599 it's a tenth of a percent, So a tenth percent of whatever your assessed 273 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:40.960 property value is, that's a millage point. We keep it around fifteen meals, 274 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:44.519 and that can fluctuate, you know, to fifteen and a fraction of 275 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:48.319 something, or fourteen in a fraction of something. Because we do all this 276 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:52.160 estimating on where we're going to be at for fifteen meals, not no one 277 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:56.920 where the county assessor's evaluation is going to come in every year and typically it 278 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:00.440 goes up, you know, very rarely is a go down. Oftentimes it 279 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:04.240 I don't know if you guys are like me, but you see your your 280 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:10.400 property increases. It usually increases by the statute maximum, you know, every 281 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:14.200 every time they reassess you. So it's constantly going up. So it does 282 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:18.640 give us more capacity that in that instance, but we have to wait for 283 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:22.839 other general obligation bond debt to roll off. The debt service cards payments. 284 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:26.359 We're paying them off as we're putting new ones on to try to maintain that 285 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:33.200 fifteen meal cap yep. And that's the reason that these will go over three 286 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:37.920 to five years is because old ones that were approved by voters are getting paid 287 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:42.279 off and new ones that are approved by voters are potentially being rolled in or 288 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:48.440 started to that. So it's a kind of constant balance of old ones going 289 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:52.720 off and new ones approved by voters coming on. Because they can have anywhere 290 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:55.960 from and depend on the type bomb. We've had some of them that are 291 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:00.000 really small bonds for like wastewater projects, would have a one year debt service 292 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:03.119 term, and then we'll have some that'll have, you know, a tenure 293 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:08.400 debt service term. So it just depends on the platform, the nature of 294 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:12.720 the bidders when they're bidding on the bonds. The overall dollar Now, obviously 295 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:18.720 in the seventeen point six there's probably gonna be a larger portion in there, 296 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:22.720 probably several you know, one and a half to two and a half million 297 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:25.680 dollars bonds and one that's probably gonna be a nine to ten million dollar bond. 298 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:27.960 Obviously, the nine to ten I'll have a longer debt service life than 299 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.960 than the one and a half to two and a half million dollar bonds. 300 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:37.720 Yeah, so quite an intricate process for all that. But you know, 301 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:41.759 we don't ever watch how the sausage is being made. We just eat the 302 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:44.160 sausage there at the end. So this is kind of the same thing. 303 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:48.200 Is that a lot of effort, a lot of things go into it. 304 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:52.680 But at least for this upcoming October bond election, again, if you want 305 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:56.079 to find out more information, go to CityBeat to have projects and the particulars 306 00:21:56.079 --> 00:22:00.559 for that. It's really going to be a heavy street issue. I think 307 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:03.799 the majority of the projects will be street but there's also projects planned for a 308 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:08.359 pathfinder um as well as a fire station, so kind of a wide range 309 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:11.920 of projects. That are included within the bond issue. So um again, 310 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:15.799 we'll be talking more about that as we get closer to that October election date, 311 00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:21.359 but just to get get everybody's uh, you know, maybe thinking about 312 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:23.079 it or if you really have a passion for it, you can take a 313 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:26.279 look at it and all the information is out there to uh you know, 314 00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:30.160 and it's available for you to view and to proves at your at your pleasure. 315 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:37.359 There where on our July salese okay, sorry there Jason July shal Sex 316 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:41.519 collection was one million, nine hundred and eighty six thousand dollars. It's five 317 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:44.799 percent over what our last July was, and last July was pretty dang good. 318 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:48.880 So uh compared to our budget, we had budget exactly what we had 319 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:52.440 received last year. So we're one hundred and one thousand dollars over over anticipated 320 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:55.839 budget one one period end of the year. Wow. So yeah, people 321 00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:59.559 are shopping locally at I love it. I really think COVID curbed. I'm 322 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:03.319 obviously some inflation factor and they're right, things cost more and people are spending 323 00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:08.039 their money here. But I think COVID curb spending habits pretty significantly for our 324 00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:12.599 municipality because we're seeing a lot more dollars spent within our borders. So yeah, 325 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:17.279 fantastic, thank you citizens. Yeah, everybody keep doing what you're doing, 326 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:22.279 spend locally. So talking about doing what we're doing was was talk a 327 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:26.680 little bit about drought. Let's talk drought. Let's talk drought. So last 328 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:29.640 week we had a nice little rain, had several nice little rains later in 329 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:36.640 the week, and fortunately that did not correlate to a substantial increase in our 330 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:41.079 lake levels or our water supply. So as of today, we're at fifty 331 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:45.799 seven point one percent of our overall water supply remaining. We're up from last 332 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:48.359 week, which we were at fifty six point nine percent, so that's encouraging, 333 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:53.680 but we're normally at one hundred percent this time of year. So the 334 00:23:53.799 --> 00:24:00.680 drought in Southeast Kansas has been a fairly significant drought. It's been an exceptional 335 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:07.039 drought as classified by the US Drought Monitor Group since August of last year. 336 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:12.319 So we're really in about month ten, month eleven of the highest or worst 337 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:18.000 classificational drought that the area can be classified at. That is really the postage 338 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:23.359 stamp that covers the watersheds that drain into both Heila and Copan Lakes, So 339 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:29.440 it's going to take quite a bit more rain and fortee to kind of overcome 340 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:34.319 some of that deficit that we've experienced so far. But we're I think anytime 341 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:37.359 that we go up from a week prior is a good week, especially during 342 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:42.079 the summer here. But we're still under the Stage three classification, which is 343 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:47.799 when our water supplies between fifty and sixty percent. So that's again just the 344 00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:51.119 one day a week on outside watering. So if you're an even number property, 345 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:56.680 that's Thursday. Odd number property is Friday, and we're just asking you 346 00:24:56.720 --> 00:25:00.720 to conserve water as much as possible indoors as well. So the biggest user 347 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:04.759 of water from an indoor perspective as shower, so shorten your shower if you 348 00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:11.160 can. You are able to water plants with rain barrel So there's been some 349 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:18.319 information or maybe some misinformation about rain barrels and collecting rainwater to use outdoors. 350 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:25.279 You can do both of those. There are no restrictions to that. You 351 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:30.200 can capture use sink water if you're washing dishes in the sink, you can 352 00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:33.640 bucket out some of that water to use for plants. I know a number 353 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:38.079 of people are using that are they're capturing that initial water to get warmed up 354 00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:41.119 for a shower to use outdoors. So there's a whole host of things that 355 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:45.880 you can do to capture water to use if you want to water outdoor plants 356 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:51.599 with that that wouldn't fall within those outdoor water restrictions with the one day a 357 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:55.880 week there. So anyways, we're at fifty seven point one percent as far 358 00:25:55.920 --> 00:26:00.119 as our water supply goes. Consumption was down from the week prior, So 359 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:03.960 last week we averaged four point eight nine million gallons of water used today, 360 00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:07.920 so the week prior were at five point four nine again, so everybody seems 361 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:11.559 to be doing well as far as conservation. We encourage people to continue to 362 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:15.599 do so. It is likely that we will carry this drought at least through 363 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:21.039 the summer UH and likely into the fall, just based on historic trends and 364 00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:23.960 where we're at currently. Um, but this is Oklahoma. You never know. 365 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:27.240 It could rain next week and all could be kind of a memory. 366 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:37.160 Huge rains yet several days. Kind of a couple of things here. Questions 367 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:41.240 from folks in the audience. One, you already answered it earlier this week, 368 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:44.960 But for folks who didn't hear it or last week, I should. 369 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:48.079 It's a bard lake, that's that's something we could tap into. Yeah. 370 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:52.480 So Bardu Lake was a city and it was owned jointly by the City of 371 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:56.880 bartles Hill, City of Dewey long long ago. That was sold in the 372 00:26:56.920 --> 00:27:03.240 early two thousands to a private owner, to an individual. That lake was 373 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:07.960 really never intended to be a water supply. I think maybe long ago when 374 00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:11.319 Bartlesville and to Be partnered to purchase that area, they thought it would be 375 00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:17.039 a water supply. But it's quite a bit smaller than our Hudson Lake and 376 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:21.480 just not an approachable amount of water that would would do us much good. 377 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:23.839 I think we probably use that within about three to five days. We would 378 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:27.279 dry that thing out. Oh wow, that's quick. Yeah, not a 379 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:33.519 ton of water that's there. But no, there's not a possibility to retap 380 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:37.319 that resource. Since we've sold that. The property owner has indicated that they 381 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:44.359 wanted to be have remain private, I guess, or you know, and 382 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:47.359 so it is, so it is. I don't think they were doing interviews 383 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:49.920 or anything else do there. But as far as a water source goes, 384 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:55.799 it's just not much water that that would benefit us to to pursue a second 385 00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:57.559 question from a listener, and I already know the answer to this one, 386 00:27:57.599 --> 00:28:00.400 but I just want to hear your version. They wanted to know if they 387 00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:07.519 could go up to Hula Lake it maybe like unload unpopular beer these days into 388 00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:10.920 Hula Lake and if that would cause you know, any kind of damage, 389 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:15.079 well, um, you know that's gonna be a core of engineer zone lake 390 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:18.039 and so you would have to get their permission to do so. From thinking 391 00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:21.200 the fish might have something to say about it. Yeah, I think the 392 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:25.160 environmentally they'll probably say no, Um, so you guys, you can't do 393 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:30.319 that. Yeah, so I knew this. Yeah that's yes, it's mostly 394 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:34.079 water, but the rest of it is probably they probably frown upon dumping in 395 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:38.599 bulk through there. Okay, yeah, that's a good option there, You 396 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:42.079 got that round you can't do it? Yeah? Yeah, Well, I 397 00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:45.720 mean, if you're into camping and you want to go up in camp at 398 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:48.039 Hula Lake, because it always seems to rain when people camp, help, 399 00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:52.880 we encourage you to do so. It would be a great recreation activity for 400 00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:56.519 you. SunFest one to hold their deal up there. Yeah, it always 401 00:28:56.599 --> 00:29:00.160 rains there in SunFest absolutely absolutely so. Al but we've got a couple of 402 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:03.359 seconds left. Do we have commissions and boards and things like that where people 403 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:08.319 can volunteer, We certainly do. I think we have over twenties. I 404 00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:12.000 think twenty four twenty five different committees and commissions that people can serve on. 405 00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:15.759 I don't have a list of what's opened right now, but I think there's 406 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:18.640 several. You can go to city Barsville dot org and if you go under 407 00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:25.000 the city Council there's boards, committees, and commissions and they have their openings 408 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:26.960 there, and the openings are also listed, I think typically in CityBeat as 409 00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:30.400 well. So again, subscribing you'll be in the know already. Thank you 410 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:33.119 very much everyone for being a part of City Matters.