WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:10.119 Good morning, good morning, good morning. 2 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:13.800 Welcome, welcome, welcome, meet It's time now for City Matters 3 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:15.000 program right. 4 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:17.320 Here on K one, the one you trust. We have 5 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:18.320 a full house today. 6 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:20.239 I'm going to try to expand the camera as much 7 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:23.559 as I can to get everybody in. But once again, 8 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:26.679 if it matters to you, it matters to the city. 9 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.920 Laris, the award winning Lauras Anders, I present. 10 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:32.520 To you, Thank you, thank you, absolute honor, but I 11 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:35.920 appreciate that. So we've got lots going on at the city. 12 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:38.840 I've got a full crew here today. I've got Jason Munninger, 13 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:42.159 he's our CFO and money man, and we've got Chief 14 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:45.759 Ikleberry with the Police Department, Micah Seemers with Engineering, and 15 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:49.560 then Keith Henry with our public Works department. And so 16 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:53.719 we've got lots of updates for you this morning. My 17 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:57.079 favorite one is we've spent so much time on the 18 00:00:57.079 --> 00:01:00.600 golf course and trying to get this project going, and 19 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.200 we were actually able to seed last week on the 20 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:05.599 twenty first, so it was twenty one days late, but 21 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:07.840 we did get to seed. And then I got a 22 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:10.599 text over the weekend where there was some little sprouts 23 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:13.159 like a text of sprouts, and so I was like, 24 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:14.640 that's exciting, that's great news. 25 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:18.200 And so we're taking these little victories really big. 26 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:23.319 Every way and you can get absolutely And so the 27 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:26.400 other thing I did want to remind everyone of is 28 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:28.920 that today is the last day to submit the city 29 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:32.920 wide survey. So if you haven't done that, now's your 30 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:37.319 opportunity to do that, to submit the survey. And then 31 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:41.159 we also have a workshop tonight. So our workshop tonight 32 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:43.319 is over budget, and Jason'll be able to talk more 33 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:46.159 about that and what to expect tonight, but it's at 34 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:50.400 five point thirty in the City Hall in the first 35 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:52.719 floor conference room, and so we do the workshops in 36 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:55.439 the conference room just to give the council an opportunity 37 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:58.159 to kind of spread out, be a little bit informal, 38 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:01.719 ask questions, and have some ussion and dialogue in that 39 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:04.120 room instead of in the council chambers. 40 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:06.480 We've been having a lot of those. Lady, Yeah, those 41 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:06.840 are good. 42 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:10.080 I think we've got one more after this one, Yep, 43 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:12.840 getting through our hot topics and so then we'll be 44 00:02:12.919 --> 00:02:16.120 back on maybe a more normal schedule for our council meetings. 45 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:19.520 And so yeah, so first up, I wanted to talk 46 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:23.400 to Chief Ikeleberry, he's got a police update for us, 47 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:25.680 and then they had an event a Day in the 48 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:27.400 Park and so I was going to get an update 49 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:29.080 from him on those two items. 50 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:29.719 All right. 51 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:33.520 Well, Day in the Park was last Saturday, perfect time 52 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:35.759 for the rain and we got lots of rain in 53 00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:38.240 the park. We had it at Lee Lake. We had 54 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:40.520 a good crowd show up and then we got washed out, 55 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:43.080 but it was good. We got to bring out our 56 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:46.400 two new golf courts that the city Council provided for 57 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:50.120 us to a grant, and our command us and some 58 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:53.120 other tools that we have, and we also gave some 59 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:55.680 rides on the park out in the park on the 60 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:59.280 pathfinder in the golf course. That was a hit until 61 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:03.599 it started rain, but really engaged with the community. 62 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:04.000 It was good. 63 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:07.840 We had some good partners out there with us. We 64 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:12.000 had raya Hope, which is an advocate center here. They 65 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:14.560 came out, and the Barswell Public Library brought some books 66 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:19.199 out and and just some really good interaction with our sponsors, 67 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:22.199 so to speak. Barswell Police Foundation was out. They're going 68 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:23.840 to give away They're still going to give them away. 69 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:27.400 They've they've got them two bikes, a boy and girl bikes, 70 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:29.800 so they're having a drawing for those to give those away. 71 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:32.560 But the idea was to get everybody back in the parks. 72 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:34.800 We've spent a lot of time out on the Pathfinder, 73 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:38.000 cleaning the Pathfinder and making sure it's a safe place 74 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:40.479 for everybody, and spent a lot of time out there 75 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:42.319 and really wanted to get the community back in the 76 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:45.120 parks and on the Pathfinder. And those that have been 77 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:47.919 out there really have enjoyed it. It's nice and clean 78 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:50.639 now and really just a nice place to hang out 79 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:53.360 and get some exercise and enjoyed nature. So I want 80 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:54.919 to keep that going. One other thing I want to 81 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.439 mention before I get off here is that we have 82 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:02.280 the Police Officer Memorials servis coming up on May fourteenth 83 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:05.199 at the Police Department at noon. We'll have a US 84 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:08.400 attorney from FOLS be our guest speaker and we'll do 85 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:14.800 that just memorizing the memorializing the officers that have fallen 86 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:17.160 in Washington County. And believe it or not, there's ten 87 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:20.240 or twelve of those that have fallen, so we'll memorialize 88 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:22.279 them like we do every year. So we want to 89 00:04:22.319 --> 00:04:24.600 have the public come out in front of the police 90 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:28.720 department be part of that celebration, sort of a celebration 91 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.519 memorial so that we can share their history and their 92 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:35.319 story with the community so they know what the officers 93 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:36.120 go through every day. 94 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:39.279 So yeah, those are the update from police Department. 95 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:42.639 All right, thanks Chief you. 96 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:48.279 So next we have Keith Henry. He's going to bring 97 00:04:48.319 --> 00:04:49.720 us our public works update. 98 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:52.959 Well, good morning. A lot going on in public works. 99 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:54.959 It's the time of year where everything's really fired up. 100 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:57.120 First thing we've got that we want to let the 101 00:04:57.120 --> 00:05:00.319 public know about is our leaf and grass collections coming up. 102 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:03.879 It is actually next week May the fifth through the ninth, 103 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:08.279 So as usual, if you've got leaves and grass and sticks, 104 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:12.040 you can put those out of the curb, buy your 105 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:16.319 polycart on your normal collection day. Material can be in 106 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:18.160 any bag you want clear. It doesn't have to be 107 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:20.839 a clear bag. It can be just the regular refuge bags. 108 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:23.800 And the sticks can be cut in links of four 109 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:26.759 foot or less and bundled up and weigh more no 110 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:30.920 more than fifty pounds. So this is for your residential customers. 111 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:33.279 Only get those materials out there next week and our 112 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:35.600 guys will be coming by to pick those up. It 113 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:38.560 won't be the automated truck that normally picks up your polycart. 114 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:40.800 More than likely it'll be a rearroad truck with a 115 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:45.079 crew guys. It'll come by and collect those things. Excuse me. 116 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:47.600 We encourage everybody to take advantage of that. It's a 117 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:50.879 good Program's really popular. People wait on it every years, like, hey, 118 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:53.160 when's that happening. Well, it's happening next week, So get 119 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:55.000 that stuff out there. If you've been holding on to it, 120 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:57.480 get it out to the curb, and we'll be by 121 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:00.600 to collect those no cost to you, no sticker required, 122 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:03.920 So just get that material out to the curb. Also, 123 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:05.759 elect to remind people as we're you know, we've had 124 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:08.439 a few holidays just passed by, and as always, anytime 125 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:11.519 there's a holiday, if it's a Monday or a Friday, 126 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:14.759 or whenever it falls, it's always collected. If your your 127 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:17.079 collection day falls on a holiday, the trash will be 128 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:18.920 picked up on that Wednesday of that week. 129 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:20.680 So always keep that in mind. 130 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:24.720 For the people that the holiday normally falls before the Wednesday, 131 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:26.839 it gets a little awkward because the time they figured 132 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:28.600 out they've done missed it in their week behind. So 133 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:31.439 any day there's a holiday that falls on your collection day. 134 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:33.360 The trash will be picked up on that Wednesday, so 135 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.480 keep that in mind. We've got Memorial Day coming up 136 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:38.600 here before long, and then you know, Fourth of July, 137 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:40.480 all that creeps up on us, So keep that in 138 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:44.800 mind for the holiday season. Something else we've got going on. 139 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:47.959 Believe it or not, I think the opening day for 140 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:50.240 the pools will be May the twenty fourth. 141 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:51.959 On the YMCA. 142 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:55.360 We'll be operating those again for us this year City Council, 143 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:58.639 just to prove contract with them again. We've been doing 144 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:02.199 this with the YMCA partnership for several years. Worked out 145 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.079 really well. I haven't talked to Robert recently, but I 146 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:07.120 would imagine they're looking for help like we are. 147 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:09.959 So again they're operated through the YMCA. 148 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:12.519 So if you're interested in probably a job at the 149 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:15.199 summer job at the pools, i'd get ahold of the YMCA, 150 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:19.879 Robert Phillips down there. I'm sure they're looking for help. Also, 151 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:22.199 we are looking for help. So parks department here in 152 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:27.439 town were usually hire six to eight people in the 153 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:32.000 parks department. Use those guys to weed eat, primarily do 154 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:34.519 some mowing, do some weed eating, click trash, just help 155 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:37.839 us with the heavy workload during the summertime, with all 156 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:41.120 the use of the parks and the facilities, it's a 157 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:44.079 good time to you know, increase our staff and get 158 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:47.040 the extra help we need. We've been struggling struggling a 159 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:49.480 little in the past getting help, so we're interested. And 160 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:51.920 then anybody is looking for a summer job part time job. 161 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:55.000 When I say part times, it's every day during the summer, 162 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:57.879 but it's just a summer job. Typically they can start 163 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:01.319 any time between now and usually run through through September, 164 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:04.800 sometimes spending on our workload. If you're sixteen year old 165 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:07.240 or older and got a driver's license, we'd encourage you 166 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:09.319 to come down to City Hall or get online and 167 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:12.519 apply for a summer job in the Parks department. So 168 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:16.439 we're looking for those people now. I mentioned the pools earlier. 169 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:18.079 A couple of things I wanted to mention about those 170 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:22.279 is we recently just had the slides at Frontier Pool reconditioned, 171 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:23.920 so we're really excited about that. 172 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:25.639 The guys just finished up last week. 173 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:27.920 That if you've driven by the Frontier Pool recently, you 174 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:31.240 know they're bright shiny blue. So they've been repainted. New 175 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:33.279 jail coat's been applied to the inside of them, so 176 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:35.200 they're super slick, so you can go sliding down the 177 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:38.519 pool this summer. So we got those all ready to go. 178 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:41.000 Does it have the Mike Bailey squeal like a child 179 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:41.960 seal of approval? 180 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:43.679 We may have Mike tried it out first just to 181 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:45.039 make sure it's all good to go. 182 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:48.200 So we've got that going on. 183 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:50.919 We've also got some new furniture ordered for out at 184 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:54.000 the Sooner Pool. With the expansion of the water slides 185 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:56.840 a couple of years ago and the expansion of the park, 186 00:08:57.399 --> 00:08:59.559 there was a need for a new furniture or more 187 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:02.360 furniture actually, because a lot lot more attendance out there 188 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:05.320 and we have a lot of older people coming bringing 189 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:07.639 their kids. So we're trying to help those people out 190 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:10.200 with providing some places for those to lounge around and 191 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:12.399 sit and enjoy the facilities out there. 192 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:16.120 So some good things going on there. So Keith on the. 193 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:18.600 Pools talk to us about what the process is for 194 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:21.200 opening the pools, because it seems like it's it's bigger 195 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:22.480 than maybe what people think it is. 196 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:23.240 It really is. 197 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:25.399 The guys that are already working on the pools right now, 198 00:09:25.759 --> 00:09:28.919 we operate the pools as far as from a maintenance standpoint, 199 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:32.559 winter rising and getting the pools up for operation. Each 200 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:35.159 spring we go out, you know, they've they all got 201 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.080 to be winter rise during the winter, so when you 202 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:40.360 bring them back up in the springtime summertime, amazingly, Yeah, 203 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:42.519 we've got water leaks, we've got busted pipes. 204 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:45.240 There's always seems to be something happens. 205 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:47.039 Even though we go through the process and we run 206 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:49.559 our rise and we blow out there the water lines 207 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:51.600 and do all those things, every time you go to 208 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:54.080 start them back up, there's always problems. Lots of electric 209 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:57.000 motors out there and pumps, so we go through those. 210 00:09:57.039 --> 00:09:59.240 We get the motors going. The shade structures have to 211 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:03.159 be and reinstalled. Usually we'll repaint some of the pool 212 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:07.080 liners they have a pool paint and we'll freshen those up. 213 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:09.759 Some of the equipment has to be gone through, so 214 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:12.600 it's a pretty lengthy process, especially with the expansion of 215 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:15.960 the slides that sooner there is more maintenance and a 216 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:18.799 lot more maintenance involved with it. We actually just replaced 217 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:23.480 new controllers at both pools also, so Sooner pool and 218 00:10:23.639 --> 00:10:28.799 a frontier pool. Now we're able to control those through 219 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:31.919 your cell phone basically so the guys can monitor and 220 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:34.360 operate them, you know, when they're off hours. And this 221 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:36.600 goes back to the why they actually do that part 222 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:38.039 of it. As far as once we get the pools 223 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:40.559 up and run them mechanically, we turn them over to 224 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:42.919 the y and they totally operate everything as far as 225 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.320 day to day maintenance, keeping the chemicals right. These new 226 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:49.440 controllers again, they can monitor those through their phones, which 227 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:51.519 makes it nice, you know, after hours these things that 228 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:54.559 they can see the pool levels, the chemical levels are accurate, 229 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:57.000 and if there's any problems pop up, they'll get alarms 230 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:58.960 and Robin will know it so they can make sure 231 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:01.679 it everything's safe at the pool. And it is a 232 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:04.840 lengthy process, but we're actually we're in really good shape 233 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:07.120 with the mentioning. The guys that's the building maintenance staff 234 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:09.720 of are again already been working out there. So we're 235 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:13.320 in good shape and excited about the season and working, 236 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:15.360 you know, doing some little improvements, a little painting, just 237 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:17.919 touching up, doing things like that. But we're excited for 238 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:19.639 the season and looking forward to it. 239 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:21.360 Right. 240 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:25.159 So, one thing I did have on my list, Keith, 241 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:27.759 was Mosquito Spring. Are we about in that season? To 242 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:29.399 start spring for mosquitos. 243 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:30.480 We actually are. 244 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:32.480 It could be any time, especially with all the rains 245 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:35.120 we've been having, and you know, the temperatures has been 246 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:37.639 somewhat cool, but we're starting to get some humidity and 247 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:40.320 as it heats up, we will start having mosquito calls 248 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:43.320 and mosquito problems. So far, we're doing good this year. 249 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:45.320 We actually did hire a gentleman that is going to 250 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:48.879 do our mosquito spraying force. We can use our staff 251 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:52.440 in the Parks department, but usually those guys are full 252 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:56.080 time duties mowing grass. So if it's available, we try 253 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:58.799 to hire part time help to do that and it 254 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:00.519 works out of we you know a lot of times 255 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:02.200 if it's a person that's just looking for a part 256 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:05.000 time job. The best time to spray mosquitos is in 257 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.919 the evenings when they come out usually dust hours, so 258 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:11.399 six o'clock in the evening typically what the guy will 259 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:15.279 work or whoever spraying for us from six to roughly midnight. 260 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:18.960 And if we have one individual spraying, they can spray 261 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:22.679 the whole town. If they work every night about four 262 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:24.720 hours a night, they can spray the entire town in 263 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:26.639 a week. So that we do what we have zones 264 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:29.279 in town that we break it up into and they'll 265 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:32.279 work about four zones a night and in a week's 266 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:34.519 time if they work every night. Saying that there's lots 267 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:37.240 of regulations that you have to comply with when you're spraying, 268 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:40.519 and the wind can't belee over ten miles an hour, 269 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:43.679 which is very restrictive here. Obviously in Oklahoma. A lot 270 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:45.600 of times, of course, the evening's the wind does lay down, 271 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:47.159 so it allows us to do it. If it's raining, 272 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:49.840 you can't spray, So there's lots of variables there. But 273 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:52.639 we do have a gentleman hired working right now in 274 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:54.639 the process to get him licensed through the state to 275 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:57.360 come on with us, and we have a couple sprayers, 276 00:12:57.360 --> 00:12:59.639 so if we do get heavy workload with a lot 277 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:02.720 of callllians on mosquitos, we will assign other staff to 278 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:05.039 work with him and we'll run two sprayers to make 279 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:07.519 sure that we're covering the town and keeping everybody safe. 280 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:11.200 The program has been going on ever since I've been 281 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:13.480 at the city. It's a public safety issue, so we 282 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:15.919 try to provide that for everybody to help us much 283 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:17.320 with mosquito control as we can. 284 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:21.240 All right, thank you, Keith, what's going on in your departments? 285 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:26.360 You So next up, we've got Jason. This is your 286 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:30.080 busy time. Jason Moninger our CFO. So he's our money 287 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:32.399 guy and he's going to talk budget for us. And 288 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:35.519 so I thought maybe we'd go through what the budget 289 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:38.039 process is for those that maybe don't know what that 290 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:38.840 process looks like. 291 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:41.279 Budget process for our departments a little different from the 292 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:44.799 rest of them. Now we do. We do obviously involve 293 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:46.720 every director in the City of Bartlesville because we need 294 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:49.399 their input on expenditures and upcoming expenditures for the next 295 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:52.720 fiscal year. So my staff will start putting that together 296 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:56.240 in January, starting to get our expensure estmas, put together 297 00:13:56.399 --> 00:14:00.639 personnel summaries, you know, trying to calculate, you know, where 298 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:03.000 we're going to finish the year at. We then turn 299 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:04.960 that stuff back out to the directors, have them kind 300 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:07.879 of spot check it. We don't know their budget as 301 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:10.000 well as they know their budget, so if we're trending 302 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:11.720 it out, but they think they're going to spend more 303 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:14.759 spend less, they make those adjustments to it. Get it 304 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:17.919 back to us. We compile everything together. Mike is a 305 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:21.799 big part of the budget process. He handles the capital side. So, uh, myself, 306 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:24.840 Alicia and Mike had probably the three heaviest lifters of this. 307 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:28.039 I'm gonna say Alisia's probably the heaviest lifter as far 308 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:31.559 as get it all compiled, put together then you you know, 309 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:35.879 we looked for everything, find significant issues, trend revenue out, 310 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:39.799 forecast revenue for the upcoming year, put it all together 311 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:42.120 in about a four hundred five hundred page document and 312 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:46.159 submit that sucker the council, which went out last Wednesday, 313 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:48.960 and look forward to the meeting tonight and we'll kind 314 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:50.480 of discuss discuss it from there. 315 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:52.000 Lift do you. 316 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:56.320 It's it's pretty lengthy, and we'll hit all this supplementary 317 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:59.960 information and it's probably about seven hundred pages of deformation 318 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:00.679 I took. 319 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:02.960 I took a look online. Yeah, and you don't get 320 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:04.279 to see the supplementary no. 321 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:06.639 No, no is the the stick of the doctor. 322 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:14.519 So yeah, right, So what can they expect of this 323 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:17.440 workshop because we typically do workshops like this every year 324 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:17.879 for a budget. 325 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:19.960 Yeah, Well, we'll just we'll put together kind of a 326 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:24.519 high level summary PowerPoint that we'll go through it kind 327 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:27.559 of hit the high level stuff, talk about some of 328 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:31.639 our larger estimations we make for sales tax, use tax, 329 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:36.200 go over utility increases. If there are any staffing changes 330 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.120 in this year, we always try to say conservatives. So 331 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:41.120 in this year, the two biggest things are sales tax 332 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:44.159 and use tax. So we're gonna we're gonna propose a 333 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:48.639 one percent decrease over actuals in sales tax, which will 334 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:50.679 give us about two hundred and thirty two thousand dollars 335 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:54.000 less in the next budget year than we actually received. Here, 336 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:56.159 there'll be a budgetary increase in sales tax, but an 337 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:59.559 overall reduction in the actual collections. UH use taxing me 338 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:01.000 the same way, it's gonna be a two percent wage. 339 00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:02.960 You're going to be about one hundred thousand dollars less 340 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:07.360 than actual from a high level company. Other summary high 341 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:10.440 level stuff staffing increase, we have eleven total full time 342 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:14.720 employee increase for those being in a fire department with firefighters, 343 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:19.200 two additional assistant golf professionals, two and a half full 344 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:23.240 time equivalent part time indoor pro shop staff, two and 345 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:25.960 a half full time Goloble part time outdoor pro shop staff. 346 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:28.320 Just to explain that on the golf course side, we 347 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:31.000 haven't had those look like their new positions, just because 348 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:34.080 we have not had the pro shop under the city 349 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.759 before that. 350 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:38.879 Was split and since you know, the retirement Jered benedicta 351 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:41.960 city overtaking all the pro shop activities, those are now 352 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:44.600 going to be city employees, which will want employees of 353 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:48.519 j the path, So just trying to get the staffing 354 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:50.240 where it needs to be, make sure the operations are 355 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:53.200 smooth out there. It's kind of a trial year because 356 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:55.000 we're not certain where this thing's going to go. We've 357 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:57.559 never been responsible, you know, for a full year for 358 00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:59.200 that side of it, so it's going to be a 359 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:02.240 kind of a you know, we're estimating what we need. 360 00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:04.200 We're not certain it's going to be adequately staffed. Over 361 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:05.799 staff it's just decisional need to make at the end 362 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:09.000 of the fiscal year and move forward. Utilities, we're in 363 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:11.799 the fifth year of a five year rate study we 364 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:15.440 did back I believe in twenty just your twenty twenty 365 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:19.680 twenty twenty one. Overall, the average customer against about a 366 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:21.880 four percent increase, which is about four dollars and fifty 367 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:28.759 three cents on average capital investment fee for water. Obviously, 368 00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:30.960 the waste the biggest, the biggest place. You can see 369 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:33.640 it's in the wastewater side with this new uh wastewater 370 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:36.119 creatment plant need to come online. The debt service again 371 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:38.839 it needed kind of be needed to repay that. It's 372 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:40.839 going to be you know, eighty five million dollars over 373 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:45.119 thirty years. So not certain what we're gonna get on 374 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:46.799 rate on that. We just have the construction note at 375 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:49.200 this point. So so let's see. So that's kind of 376 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:51.160 a high level if there's anything you want. 377 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:54.640 To so, okay, let's let's assume that everything goes good 378 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:58.799 tonight and there's you know, minimal changes if any. What 379 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:00.640 is the next step in that process? 380 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:02.720 The next step is we will bring a resolution to 381 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:06.680 council the following Monday, which is our regular meeting. In Monday, 382 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:10.240 we'll have a public hearing, you know, public chance you 383 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:13.640 have any input on it. If there's no input, well, 384 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:15.359 even if there is input, obviously they have a chance 385 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:17.559 to adopt the resolution at that meeting. We'll have a 386 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:20.039 small little presentation that goes with that. That that's kind 387 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:21.400 of it. 388 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:23.720 So what kind of checks and balances do we have 389 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:25.759 in place or how many eyes do we have on 390 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:29.400 the budget before it becomes approved? 391 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:35.039 Well, obviously every you know, council members have it, they 392 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:36.400 manager that you have it. 393 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:37.200 The state. 394 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:41.079 The state gets it after the fact, so it goes 395 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:43.200 to you know, goes to the state after the fact. 396 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:44.799 The party law, you have to turn your budget in. 397 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:47.759 I doubt they look at it. Last I knew they 398 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:51.079 had everybody's budget stored in the warehouse. You can't even 399 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:54.880 submit electronically, you have to mail it in. So I'm 400 00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:57.160 not certain what the state does other than maybe if 401 00:18:57.160 --> 00:19:00.960