ALL RIGHT, AT SIX THIRTY ON THE CLOCK, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND START THIS ON TIME,
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STARTING THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FOR APRIL 14TH AT THIS TIME CALLED ORDER. COULD WE GET THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? ERIN PAŞA, YOU'RE CYBER HERE, PATRICK WOODARD.PETER, FILIBERTO, YOU'RE IN A BOOT CAMP.
AWESOME, THANK YOU, I REMEMBER YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM MY PREVIOUS
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MEETING ON MARCH 10TH.WHAT IS THE DESIRE? MR. CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MEETINGS FROM.
A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I OPPOSED.
RIGHT, BUT GET OUT AND HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, A MOVE ON THE BUSINESS SIDE AND NO.
[1.Departmental Presentations - Police, Facilities, Parks and Recreation, InformationTechnology, Human Resources, Growth Management, and Building.]
ONE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS.GOOD EVENING. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? YOU THINK, SUZANNE? SO I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF OUR BUDGET FOR THE PAST FISCAL YEAR AND THEN OUR PLAN AND PROPOSAL GOING INTO THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
SO BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO GO THROUGH.
THE FIRST ONE IS OUR FUNDED DIVISIONS, AND NOW LATER ON, YOU WILL SEE A ORGANIZATIONAL CHART THAT GIVES YOU A VISUAL OF WHAT WE LOOK LIKE.
BUT THE FUNDING DIVISIONS ARE THE EXECUTIVE, WHICH ENCOMPASSES MY OFFICE, THE OFFICE OF DEPUTY CHIEF AND SUPPORT SERVICES, ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING PRETTY IMPORTANT. CURRENTLY, UNIFORM SERVICES KNOWN AS PATROL.
SO THE BIGGEST OF OUR DIVISION INVESTIGATIONS, WHICH INCLUDES MAJOR CRIMES BY SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT. CRIME SUPPRESSION UNIT.
SPECIAL UNITS, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THINGS LIKE OUR SWAT TEAM, OUR DOVE TEAM, OUR HONOR GUARD, ANY SPECIAL FUNCTION AND SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE CITY.
OBVIOUSLY, COMMUNICATION CENTER KNOWN AS DISPATCH AND THEN OUR VICTIM SERVICES UNIT KNOWN AS A TYPICALLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATE.
WE WANT. SO IN TERMS OF OUR BUDGET SUMMARY, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR GENERATED REVENUES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TYPICALLY WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF GENERATING REVENUE, BUT IT'S ALSO DEFINED IN THE GRANTS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT HELP US MANAGE THE ORGANIZATION. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A HEALTHY GRANT PROGRAM WHICH IS HELPFUL TO AUGMENT OUR BUDGET.
THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE DOJ, JACK GRANT.
THAT IS A RECURRING GRANT THAT TYPICALLY FOCUSES ON EQUIPMENT.
HISTORICALLY, WE USE THAT TO BUY VESTS, SOME RADIO ALLOCATIONS.
THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME ATAVIST BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE'RE IN NEED OF CURRENTLY.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE A RECURRENT GRANT IT AGAIN.
SECOND IS A BIG ONE FOR US, YOU SEE DOJ, THAT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANT FUNDED SIX OFFICERS THAT WE WILL BE ONBOARDING AS EARLY AS.
PERHAPS. JUNE OR JULY, YOU PLAN ON STAGGERING THEIR ENTRY INTO THE ORGANIZATION.
THOSE OFFICERS WILL BE GEARED TOWARDS.
I MEAN, YOUR SERVICES ALSO KNOWN AS.
COMMUNITY POLICING EFFORT, WHICH IS MAJOR IN ANY CITY CURRENTLY, CERTAINLY OURS AS WELL.
THE THIRD IS A FEMA GRANT FOR HARDENING OF OUR FACILITIES, IN THIS CASE, THE ROOF STORM SHUTTERS FOR OUR MAIN STATION OR OUR EAST STATION AS WELL AS GENERATORS.
ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR AGING FACILITIES IS CRUCIAL TO US.
THE VOLKER GRANT IS THAT UNIT THAT I TOLD YOU THAT FOCUSES ON A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES, IT ACTUALLY PAYS FOR THEIR SALARIES.
SO IT HELPS US AGAIN AND AUGMENT OUR BUDGET SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO OUR GENERAL FUND. UP TO THE RIGHT, YOU SEE, UH, JUDGMENTS AND FINDS THESE ARE MISCELLANEOUS FEES THAT WE COLLECT SOME BY STATUTE, FOR EXAMPLE, OR FINES, UH, COST OF INVESTIGATIONS AND CERTAINLY ELECTRONIC CITATIONS.
UH, SECOND, OUR FUNDING HAS TO DO WITH ANY EITEL THINGS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, ANIMAL
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SERVICES, THEY PROVIDE A FEE BACK TO THE CITY.FORFEITURES ALSO KNOWN AS LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND OR MAYBE FOR THIS, LET ME HAVE HEARD OF IT. THEY'RE BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL ALLOCATIONS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND NOT ONLY IN EQUIPMENT, BUT ALSO TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, TYPICALLY IN THE FORM OF COLLABORATING WITH PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS FOR THE YOUTH, FOR EXAMPLE, COOL COPS PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THIS PAST YEAR AND OTHER PROGRAMS FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY OUR YOUTH.
ARRANGE VISAS FOR THE USE OF OUR FACILITY OUT AT WHURLEY, THAT IS A.
THAT FACILITY IS GETTING PLENTY OF USE THROUGHOUT THE STATE, SOMETIMES OUT OF STATE WEST, AND THAT THOSE FEES ARE EXPECTED TO GO UP BECAUSE WE WILL BE INCREASING OUR COST FOR THE USE OF OUR RANGE. IT'S A SIMPLE SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
POLICE IMPACT THESE. THIS IS WHAT WE COLLECT FROM OUR REVISED IMPAC FEE SCHEDULE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S SEPARATED BY THE CODE AND THE EXPENSE THEREOF HAVE TO COME FROM EACH PARTICULAR RESPECTIVE ZIP CODE.
WE SET OUT JUST FIVE FORTY FIVE CHANGE.
THE NEXT ONE IS THE ACTUAL SNAPSHOT OF OUR BUDGET OVER THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS.
I'LL EXPLAIN SOME OF WHAT GOES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND, SO IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL, YOU SEE THAT WE WERE BUDGETED IN FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN FOR NINETEEN POINT NINE.
THAT WENT UP TO TWENTY EIGHT POINT EIGHT IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY.
AND THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES OR LESS THAN THE BUDGETED AMOUNT.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE OF OPENINGS.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN FISCAL YEAR 20, THAT AMOUNT WENT FROM IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN, WHICH SAYS ALLOCATIONS RETURN TO THE GENERAL FUND FROM THREE NINETY SEVEN, WHICH IS BETTER. IT'S A CONSISTENT AMOUNT FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT HOVERS IN TERMS OF SWORN OFFICER OPENINGS AROUND SEVEN TO EIGHT PER YEAR AND SOME RETIREMENTS IN FISCAL YEAR 20.
WE HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF OPENINGS BASED ON SOME ATTRITION THAT WE HAD SOME UNEXPECTED DEPARTURES FROM THE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE OF PAY.
COUNCIL WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THAT, AND WE SEE THE ORGANIZATION BEGINNING TO STABILIZE. SO YOU SEE A LOT OF THE ONE POINT ONE MILLION IS BECAUSE WE HAD ADDITIONAL SAVINGS, BECAUSE WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDED YET UNFILLED POSITIONS.
ON DOWN TWO, WE TALKED ABOUT OPERATING EXPENSES.
SAME APPLIES HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AMOUNT THAT WENT BACK.
WAS CONSISTENT, HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT THAT WAS ALLOCATED WAS LESS, WE, IN FACT CUT THE BUDGET IN OPERATIONALIZED FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 AND WE SPENT LESS.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR AND OUR BUSINESS, THE ABILITY FOR US TO TRAIN FOLKS, TRAINING CENTERS CLOSED, ANYTHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH TRAINING SEMINARS, ANYTHING THAT IT WAS EXTRACURRICULAR THAT WE NORMALLY PARTICIPATE IN DIDN'T HAPPEN LAST YEAR.
SO THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SAVINGS THERE.
SO IN TOTAL, YOU SEE THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 19, WE RETURN FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO TO THE GENERAL FUND IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY ONE, JUST OVER ONE POINT TO.
NOW WE SEE A SNAPSHOT OF OUR ORG ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP IS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH JUST BELOW AT THE FOUR OTHER DIVISIONS, THREE OTHER DIVISIONS.
SO YOU HAVE INVESTIGATIONS, YOU HAVE UNIFORM SUPPORT FROM SERVICES AND THEN SUPPORT SERVICES AT THE RIGHT AND INCLUDES OUR DISPATCH AS WELL, CURRENTLY SET AT ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALLOTTED FOR.
OUR CIVILIAN STAFF SITS AT SEVENTY FOUR FULL TIME AND FORTY TWO PART TIME FOR A TOTAL OF TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.
THAT INCLUDES OUR SWORN ANNOUNCEMENT POSITION.
ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT IS MAINLY ARE COPS WHO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR.
OUR PRIORITIES GOING INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR.
OUR STAFF AND CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, OUR ABILITY TO ANSWER CALLS FOR SERVICE MUST ALSO GROW ALONG WITH THAT POPULATION BOOM.
WE CURRENTLY SAID JUST OVER ONE POINT THREE, FOUR, THAT'S OFFICERS PUT THOUSAND IN THE STATE THAT RANKS FIFTH FROM THE BOTTOM OUT OF TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX MUNICIPALITIES.
WE FEEL THAT 12 OFFICERS GIVES US OUR ABILITY TO PROCESS TRAIN.
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AND PUT INTO OPERATIONAL USE THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS WE ENVISIONED OUT OF 12, EIGHT WILL GO TO PATROL. TWO, WE'RE ADVOCATING TO GO INTO OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS ON AN ODYSSEY, ONE, PINEAPPLE. THE OTHER TWO REMAIN IN QUESTION, ONE, I'M PRETTY CERTAIN WE'LL PUT TOWARDS OUR INVESTIGATIONS UNIT, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR MAJOR CASE IS LEADING THE WAY.WE HAVE CASES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, PARTICULARLY SOME COLD CASES THAT SOMETIMES HAVE TO BE SHELVED FOR THE CASES THAT ARE INCOMING.
AND THEN THE TOUGH POSITION IS IN FLUX AS A COMBINATION, THERE ARE SOME NEED FOR US TO HAVE ADDITIONAL ATTENTION TO OUR YOUTH SERVICES UNIT, BUT THERE IS A STRONG NEED AND EMERGING NEED FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AS WELL.
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND TRAFFIC RELATED ISSUES LEADS THE WAY IN OUR CITY IN TERMS OF CITIZEN CONCERNS AND CITIZEN COMPLAINTS, SO WE MUST BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT.
I HAD A CAMERA PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR SOME TIME, DON, IT'S A CONSIDERABLE TESTING OF TWO COMPANIES.
ONE LEADS THE WAY. CURRENTLY WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT THAT PUTS IT AT ONE POINT SIX MILLION.
THAT IS BROKEN DOWN AT THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE THOUSAND PER YEAR, SO WE'RE PUTTING IN FOR THREE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THAT IS FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION.
THAT GETS US ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE BODY CAMS AND ALL THE SOFTWARE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, AND EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS THE POLICE REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLES, CARS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US.
WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS THANKS TO COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT.
THAT CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WE CANNOT IGNORE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO AT BEST, WE CAN'T STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE SO WE DON'T GO INTO DEFICIT THAT WE HAD JUST TWO YEARS AGO. THIS YEAR, WE'RE ASKING FOR 30 VEHICLES THAT ENCOMPASSES MORE CARS, ONE CRIME SCENE THAN AND SOME OF OUR DETECTIVE VEHICLES THAT HAVE REACHED THAT THRESHOLD AS LISTED IN THE FASTER SYSTEM THAT IS MANAGED BY FLEET.
THOSE ARE OUR THREE MAIN PRIORITIES.
THERE ARE PERHAPS A COUPLE OF ANCILLARY ONES THERE THAT MAY BE IN DISCUSSION COMING UP AS WE TIGHTEN UP THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH THESE ARE THE MAIN ONES.
BIG QUESTION. SO I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK TO US, AND I'LL DEFER FIRST TO MY BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE FOR THE CHIEF.
SIDDHA, PER CAPITA IS ONE POINT.
SO THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I ALWAYS GET ASKED AND THAT THAT HAS MANY VARIABLES BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE DENSITY OF THE CITY, DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE CITY.
WITH MY TENURE AND EXPERIENCE, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE SHOULD SAFELY HOVER AROUND TWO HUNDRED AND SIX TO TWO HUNDRED AND TEN POLICE OFFICERS CURRENTLY NOTWITHSTANDING A FUTUREGROWTH. SO IF YOU WOULD ASK ME WHERE SHOULD WE BE TODAY? I WOULD SAY TWO HUNDRED AND SIX.
AND THAT'S BASED ON SOME ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE DONE IN-HOUSE TO DETERMINE WHERE THOSE NEEDS WOULD BE PREDOMINANTLY PATROL.
AND DON'T FORGET THAT THIS YEAR WE UPTICK OUR EFFORTS IN THE AREA KNOWN AS THE COMPOUND.
AS WE HAVE SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT.
THAT AREA NEEDS ATTENTION BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, BY NOW, UP UNTIL NOW AND IF THEY WENT OUT THERE, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANTED OUT THERE.
AND WE JUST CAN'T HAVE THAT, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC ISSUES ON THOSE ROADWAYS. AND IF WE FAIL TO MAINTAIN THAT AND HAVE A PERMANENT PRESENCE, IT WOULD BE A LOT HARDER TO REEL BACK ONCE WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS.
THAT IS A GOOD NUMBER, BUT I ALSO HAVE TO GAUGE THAT GROWTH WITH WHAT I CAN REASONABLY PROCESS INSIDE.
SO EVEN IF I GOT THIRTY FOUR POLICE OFFICERS TODAY, THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HIRE THEM, PUT THEM THROUGH A BACKGROUND PROCESS, SEND THEM TO ACADEMY AND TRAIN THEM ALL WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR. THAT WOULD BE.
YES, SIR. A BEST CASE SCENARIO, YES.
THANK YOU. SO I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN IF FORFEITURES IS THE SAME AS CIVIL FORFEITURE. EXACTLY.
THESE MONIES OR ASSETS FROM THOSE THAT COMMIT FELONIES IN OUR CITY, THAT INCLUDES ANY FELONY, TYPICALLY THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE DRUG TRADE, IT GOES TO A CIVIL FORFEITURE PROCESS.
SO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE A BULK OF MONEY TYPICALLY THAT IS SEIZED.
BUT IT TAKES SOME TIME FOR THAT TO GO THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS TO BE ACTUALLY FORFEITED.
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SO CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE WE HOWEVER, I WANT TO SAY AT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SOMETHING AND CHANGE AND ASSETS THAT ARE FORFEITED AND READY TO BE USED, THAT NUMBER VARIES GREATLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTIGATIONS AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY SEIZED.IN SOME CITIES, THE CIVIL FORFEITURES ARE SET ASIDE FOR COMMUNITIES TO APPLY AND USE THEM IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE MANY TIMES THE DRUG OFFENSES ARE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. AND SO HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HAVING THE FORFEITURE FUNDS FROM.
AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HAVING THE FORFEITURE FUNDS IN A GRANT PROCESS SO THAT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CAN APPLY FOR THEM AND USE THEM IN THE WAY THAT THEY FEEL MIGHT ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE DAMAGES THESE CELLS ARE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WE ARE OPEN TO ANY ENTITY THAT HELPS THE CITY.
TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDING, WE HAVE A PROCESS OF APPLICATION THAT RESULTS IN A COMMITTEE MEETING DISCUSSING THE APPLICATION AND ULTIMATELY DECIDING ON EXPANDING THE FUNDS, WE TYPICALLY LIKE TO COLLABORATE WITH FIVE ONE SEASON.
AS YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH A AUDIT PROCESS IN A CITY NOT LONG AGO.
AND SO FROM THAT, WE HAVE TO BE, NUMBER ONE, TRANSPARENT IN WHAT WE DO.
AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND SELECTIVE IN WHO WE COLLABORATE WITH.
IDEALLY, LIKE I SAID, FIVE AGENCIES, NOT FOR PROFIT OTHERWISE THAT WE WOULD IDEALLY COLLABORATE WITH. WE HAVE A STATUTORY MANDATE FOR THE STATE MONIES TO HIT A TWENTY FIVE PERCENT BENCHMARK OF GIVING BACK TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THOSE FUNDS.
IF YOU SEIZE FIFTEEN THOUSAND IN A GIVEN FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVEN'T SEIZED FIFTEEN THOUSAND THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT CHANGES.
RIGHT? MAYBE NEXT MONTH WE'LL HAVE A SEIZURE OF A LOT OF MONEY.
SO WE NEVER KNOW, BUT WE'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED THAT TWENTY FIVE PERCENT MANDATE BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE BACK AND WE HAD THAT FUNDING.
WE JUST WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THOSE THAT HAVE A NEXUS TO ANYTHING THAT HELPS OUR CITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT COLLABORATING ON TABLE INSURANCE.
RIGHT? WE WANT TO GIVE BACK TO PROGRAMS. WE PREFER TO GIVE BACK TO PROGRAMS THAT INVOLVE OUR USE.
THAT IS THE PRIORITY. YEAH, AND THERE'S MANY.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS AN APPLICATION PROCESS, IS THERE A TIME PERIOD WHEN THOSE APPLICATIONS COME OUT? LIKE WHERE DO YOU FIND THE PROCESS? IT IS AN INTERIOR PROCESS WITHIN A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND IN FACT, WHAT WE MAY DO MOVING FORWARD IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS FAIRLY NEW FOR THIS YEAR, IS WE MAY PUBLICIZE THAT A LITTLE BETTER ON OUR WEBSITE.
CURRENTLY, IT'S ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE QUARTERLY, BUT OBVIOUSLY IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT THAT IS PRESENTING SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO NEXT MONTH, I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THEM WAIT TILL MY QUARTER WILL.
WE'LL PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THAT IN THEIR.
AND SO IS IT THE SAME STATE MANDATE OF TWENTY FIVE PERCENT, UP TO TWENTY FIVE PERCENT, OR IS THAT TWENTY FIVE PERCENT IS A STATUTORY MANDATE THAT IS STANDING? AND IS THAT THE MINIMUM OR THE MAXIMUM? THAT IS THE MINIMUM IS THE MINIMUM.
AND MY GOAL IS TO EXCEED IT EVERY YEAR BY FAR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AS PART OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT. SO I'M A HUGE FAN OF POLICE AND FIRE.
FROM WHAT I SEE, GRANT'S OVER TWO POINT THREE MILLION, FIVE GRAND TOTAL, PROBABLY MORE.
UM. I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE ONE GRANT HERE FOR DOJ, UH, S.O.P, AS THE SIX OFFICERS OR SEVEN SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND THAT INCLUDES OUTFITTING THEM ACADEMY WORKS, CORRECT? YEAH, THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THEIR CAR.
SO WE AUGMENTED THE VEHICLES FOR THOSE POSITIONS THROUGH IMPACT FEES.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO EVERYTHING WE DO, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE AND GROW WHILE BEING VERY CAREFUL OF WHERE WE GET OUR FUNDING FROM BECAUSE WE'RE ALL COMPETING FOR THE SAME FUNDING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW TOPICS TO DISCUSS, AND I'VE MET WITH YOU SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST
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AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, AS ALWAYS.A COUPLE OF THINGS AND I'LL START.
FIRST OFF, THE IMPACT THESE AND YOU JUST KIND OF ALLUDED TO THE SIX CARS THAT YOU SUPPLEMENTED, OFFICERS FROM THE GRANT WITH FIVE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND CHANGE. I'M CURIOUS OR.
PEOPLE THAT ARE ASKING, WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO? COULD YOU EXPLAIN BRIEFLY, OUTSIDE OF JUST THE SIX CARS YOU GET IMPACT FEES, HOW IS POLICE TAKING THAT AND WHAT PURCHASES ARE MADE MADE DIRECTLY WITH THOSE FUNDS? SO THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC GUIDELINES THAT MANDATE HOW WE SPEND IMPACT.
THESE IMPACT FEES CANNOT BE SPENT FOR AUGMENTING PERSONNEL COSTS, FOR EXAMPLE, SALARIES AND BENEFITS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A POOL OF MONEY SITTING IN THOSE ACCOUNTS, BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY SPEND THOSE MONIES TYPICALLY FOR ANYTHING RELATED TO GROWTH AND ONLY THOSE THAT ARE OPERATING EXPENSES.
SO TYPICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT EITHER CAPITAL ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT OR CAPITAL ITEMS IN TERMS OF PERHAPS BUILDINGS OR EXPANSION, ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF THE CITY AND ITS POPULATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE CARS FEW YEARS AGO, WE HAD THE SAME DISCUSSION ON VEHICLES AND IT WAS TALKED ABOUT, I WANT TO SAY, AT THAT TIME.
THIRTY SOMETHING PERCENT WAS PAST LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THE POLICE FORCE.
YOU HAVE A PERCENTAGE RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULD SAY IS PAST LIFE EXPECTANCY AND USED ON THE ROAD. I CAN GET IT.
I DON'T HAVE IT TODAY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE 30 CARS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A REPLACEMENT ARE 30 CARS THAT HAVE MET OR EXCEEDED THE POINT SYSTEM.
AND THAT SYSTEM CALLED FASTER.
SO FASTER, THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW, IS A SYSTEM THAT IS MAINTAINED BY OUR FLEET THAT IS BASED ON THREE POINTS.
I WANT TO SAY AGE AND THE EXPENSE OF THE OVERALL REPAIRS SINCE THE THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLES, ALL THOSE FACTOR INTO A LIST IN ORDER OF WHAT CARS THEY RECOMMEND FOR REPLACEMENT. BASED ON THOSE THREE SPECIFIC FACTORS THESE 30 CARS HAVE MET OR EXCEEDED.
WEST POINT'S. WITH OUR UNFILED CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, HOW MANY UNFILLED POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE, SO WE HAVE 40 POSITIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO NAMES ATTACHED TO.
WE HAVE OTHERS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN DICHOTOMY.
SO WE HAVE IN THIS ACADEMY, I WANT TO SAY WE HAVE 10 THAT ARE GRADUATING IN JUNE.
I WANT TO SAY WE HAVE ANOTHER THREE THAT ARE GOING INTO THE APRIL ACADEMY.
SO THOSE ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE NOW AT FTE.
WE HAVE 14 THAT ARE CURRENTLY DO NOT WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE TEN POSITIONS OUT OF THOSE 14 WILL BE EASILY FILLED WITH SPONSORSHIPS, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET APPROVED BY CITY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL. ANYTHING THAT THAT WE CAN OFFER IN TERMS OF SPONSORING PEOPLE PAYING THEIR SALARIES BECOMES A MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR US TO BETTER RECRUIT PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN, THOSE 14 THAT YOU'RE SAYING NO ATTACHMENT ARE THOSE ARE ANY OF THOSE HAVE ANY CAPACITY BEING HELD FOR ME ON LEAVE SITUATION OR ANYTHING FOR THAT PARAMETERS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD BE SEMI PERCEIVED AS THEY ARE BEING HELD FOR SOMEONE OR HAVING TO BE HELD OPEN FOR A REASON? ABSOLUTELY NOT. THOSE ARE 14 TRUE VACANCIES.
SOME OF THEM ARE ATTRITION POSITIONS BASED ON RETIREMENTS, SEPARATIONS, THE 60 ODD POSITIONS THAT WE'RE STILL FILLING.
SO IT COULD BE ANYTHING AND KNOW FROM OUR PHILOSOPHIES THE MINUTE WE CAN GET SOMEONE THERE TO RECRUITABLE THAT CAN PASS UP PROCESS.
WE WANT TO WE WANT TO PUT A HOOK INTO THEM IMMEDIATELY, PREFERABLY FROM OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR SO MANY QUESTIONS.
NO, NO, YOU'RE FINE. YOU SAID EARLY FIFTH FROM THE BOTTOM IN THE STATE AGAIN A FEW YEARS AGO. WE DID THE SAME PROCESS AND I THINK WE WERE SECOND THE BOTTOM IN OUR RIVER COUNTY, WHICH IS WHERE DO WE RANK TODAY IN BREVARD COUNTY.
WE'RE STILL DOWN THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE'RE SECOND.
WITH WE JUST REACHED THE LOWEST.
ALL RIGHT. YET WE HAVE THE HIGHEST POPULATION.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND GROWING, ONE LAST THING IS GOING SHIFTING.
WELL, TWO THINGS, TWO MORE THINGS.
WHEN AN OFFICERS HIRED DO WE OUTFIT ALL THE NEW OFFICERS UNIFORMS, VESTS, THE ENTIRE EVERYTHING NEEDED TO DO THEIR DAILY DUTY ON THE STREETS? WE OUTFIT 100 PERCENT.
EVERYTHING, INCLUDING PENS AND A PAD OF PAPER OR TAKE NOTES WITH EVERYTHING, AND THEN THE LAST ONE WITH THE BODY THAT YOU SAID A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.
YES. I DO HOPE IT'S UNDERSTOOD AND I'M I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE ADDRESSED ALREADY
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THAT'S ALREADY CREATED A CYCLE PAST FIVE YEARS ANTICIPATING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE CONTINUALLY CYCLE JUST LIKE VEHICLES, LIKE ANY EQUIPMENT.THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE REASON THAT THEY DO A FIVE YEAR OLD IS NOT ONLY BEFORE OR THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. YOU DON'T SEE CONTRACTS TYPICALLY THAT GO BEYOND FIVE YEARS, BUT ALSO TECHNOLOGY CHANGES A GREAT DEAL BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THE NEXT BEST THING IN TERMS OF BODY CAMS WILL BE THERE.
THAT'LL PUT US INTO A NEW CONTRACT WITH NEW EQUIPMENT AND NEW FEES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR JEREMY.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT SIX, EIGHT POSITIONS ARE PART OF THE 14 VACANCIES.
GOOD EVENING, I'M GREG, MONOSODIUM DIRECTOR, CITY OF PALM BAY.
OK, THIS IS OUR DEPARTMENT MISSION AND OUR CORE SERVICES AND FACILITIES AS.
I'M SORRY, THERE'S A DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND HER CURRENT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 21 THAT WE'RE IN.
AND NEXT TO OUR CIVILITIES ORG CHART, I HAVE A TOTAL OF 18 POSITIONS.
THERE'S 18 POSITIONS, TWO OF THEM ARE PART TIME.
AND MY BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TO.
I KNOW THAT YOUR ACTUAL EXPENSES FROM 19 TO 20 WENT DOWN ALMOST TWO POINT FIVE MILLION, SO THAT HAS TO DO WITH ENDEMIC AND COVID REASONABLE.
I'M SORRY, WOULD YOU SAY THE QUESTION AGAIN, PLEASE, YOUR EXPENSES FROM 19 TO 20 WENT DOWN ABOUT TWO POINT FIVE MILLION.
IS THAT PARTLY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND COVID? AND NOTE FROM 19 OR 20, THE REASON IT WENT DOWN IS PART OF THAT INITIAL 5000 EXCUSE ME, FIVE MILLION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND THAT INCLUDED PART OF THE HONEYWELL CONTRACT THAT THE CITY HAD ENTERED IN PRIOR TO ME COMING IN.
SO THE HONEYWELL TOTAL OF THAT 5.2 MILLION WAS LOWED, TWO POINT FIVE MILLION.
THIS QUICK QUESTION HERE, YES, SIR, IF YOU NEED A CONTRACTOR TO DO ANY TYPE OF THIS WORK, DO YOU HAVE AN IN-HOUSE CONTRACTOR OR DO YOU GO OUT? WELL, WE DO THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS AND HOUSE, OBVIOUSLY, WE PULL PERMITS THROUGH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, BUT ALL MY PROFESSIONAL TRADES, AS I CALL THEM, ELECTRICIANS, AIR CONDITIONING AND HHC, ARE ALL LICENSED THROUGH THE COUNTY OR THROUGH THE STATE.
THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT, I WILL ASK AN INCREASE OF TWO TRADES WORKER POSITION, IS THERE SPECIFIC TRADE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TO ADD ON TO THE STAFF OR.
WELL, THE DIFFERENCE? WE HAVE TRADES WORKERS AND WE HAVE MAINTENANCE WORKERS.
TRADES WORKERS ARE A STEP ABOVE THE MAINTENANCE WORKERS.
THEY POSSESS A PRETTY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF CARPENTRY, MASONRY TYPE OR TILE DRYBAR.
SO WE SEE CONTINUING IMPROVEMENTS WOULD DO TO THE FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY.
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AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP A VICE CHAIR REGARDING THE CHANGE IN 19 TO 20 THAT AMOUNT. AND YOU BROUGHT UP THE HONEYWELL.I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD GIVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THAT PROGRAM OR WHAT EXACTLY THAT HAS DONE FOR OUR CITY.
I INHERITED THE THE HONEYWELL CONTRACT.
IT HAD ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE BEFORE.
I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE CITY ENTERED INTO AN ENERGY SAVINGS CONTRACT WITH HONEYWELL.
THEY GET ANYWHERE FROM PUTTING IN NEW LIGHT FIXTURES, NEW PLUMBING FIXTURES, CHILLER HVAC UNITS. AND THE INTENT IS A 20 YEAR CONTRACT.
WE HAVE TO REALIZE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF SAVINGS EACH YEAR IF WE DON'T REALIZE THOSE SAVINGS AND HONEYWELL ONLY HAS TO PAY THE CITY THE DIFFERENCE.
WE'VE RECEIVED ONE REPORT OF A FOUR YEAR REPORT, AND BASED ON THE REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED, THE CITY RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS IN ENERGY COSTS.
WHERE THOSE SAVINGS. I CAN GET AN EXACT NUMBER TO YOU, BUT IT WAS IF I REMEMBER IT WAS AROUND ONE HUNDRED NINETY SIX THOUSAND.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS ON THE CONTRACT? IT EXCEEDED, I THINK THE CONTRACT WAS ONE SEVEN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
LEGEND. GOOD EVENING, FRED, POPI, PARKS AND RECREATION.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE MISSION STATEMENT, YOU CAN READ THAT FOR YOURSELF, OF COURSE, SERVICES ADMIN, THE AQUATIC CENTER, TURKEY CREEK AT WHITLOCK AND TONY RESNICK, COMMUNITY CENTERS, PARKS MAINTENANCE AND REGIONAL PARK.
MINISTRATION CONSIST OF MYSELF AND AND STAFF MEMBERS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE BUDGETING AND PROCUREMENT, MARKETING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THE AQUATIC CENTER, IN ADDITION TO THE THINGS THAT STATES CARE ABOUT, SWIM LESSONS AND CAMPS AND AND AND DOVE TEAMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE ALSO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT ALLOWS THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO HAVE THEIR SWIM TEAMS, THEIR.
TURKEY CREEK, WHICH IS TO BE THE GEM OF THE WHOLE PARK SYSTEM, UM, PROVIDES ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIKING, CANOEING, KAYAKING.
UM, BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE DO THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND THAT THE TOURS AND THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY DID A VIRTUAL TOUR THAT WE WE JUST NOMINATED TO TRY TO GET A STATEWIDE AWARD.
VERY PROUD OF THAT. COMMUNITY CENTERS, THEY PROVIDE FOR CLASSES, DAY CAMPS, EXERCISE VARIOUS SPORTS AND YOUTH ACTIVITIES.
PARKS MAINTENANCE PROVIDES MAINTENANCE FOR ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PARKS, PARKS, BUILDINGS. AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ALL THE VARIOUS RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. AND THE REGIONAL PARK, WE HAD VERY, VERY MANY VARIED FACILITIES, SUCH AS WE HAD THE ONLY CRICKET FIELD I BELIEVE IN.
ALL OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, REALLY, WE HAVE SOCCER AND WE HAVE A BASEBALL SOFTBALL COMPLEX, WHICH WE'RE ACTUALLY DEDICATING TOMORROW NIGHT TO ROBERTO CLEMENTE, JACKIE ROBINSON AND HANK AARON. SO IF YOU HAVE TIME, JOIN US.
IT'S AT FIVE 30. THE OTHER THING WE REGIONAL IS AT.
BEING AT TWO HUNDRED ACRE FACILITY, IT'S ONE IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY WHERE WE CAN DO LARGER EVENTS, SO WE DO THINGS LIKE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA.
WE DID THE LIGHT FEST OUT THERE.
WE DID THE VIRTUAL THE DRIVE THRU PARADE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T HAVE THE HOLIDAY PARADE.
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AND WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THE LIGHT FEST AGAIN THIS UPCOMING YEAR BY DOING SOME UPGRADES, BY IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL OUT THERE.THIS SHOWS YOU THE OUR BUDGET FOR THE LAST FOUR BUDGET CYCLES, EXPENSES AND REVENUES, I WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE TWO LAST YEARS OF REVENUES, THEY'RE DOWN 19.
THE MAIN REASON IT WAS DOWN WAS THE AQUATIC CENTER WAS WAS CLOSED SO THAT THAT REDUCES OUR REVENUES BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY AND TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DURING THAT TIME FRAME. AND THEN THE OBVIOUS ONE 20 WITH COVID, NOT ONLY WAS THE AQUATIC CENTER DOWN, BUT VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES WERE SHUT DOWN FOR THE MOST PART OR HAD VERY MINIMAL USAGE. SO THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN REVENUES JUST BECAUSE WE WE DIDN'T OPERATE ANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS. THIS IS THE ORG CHART THAT KIND OF OUTLINES THE CORE SERVICES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, IT SHOWS YOU WHERE THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF AND HOW WE'RE ORGANIZED.
BUDGET PRIORITIES. I REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE LIST IS WAY, WAY LONGER THAN THIS.
BUT SO I TRIED TO CONCENTRATE ON ON THOSE THINGS THAT NOT ONLY HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT, BUT PROBABLY HAVE A MORE LONG TERM IMPACT.
I'M GOING TO BE ASKING FOR THREE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, ALL ON THE RECREATION SIDE, TWO OF THEM RECREATION LEADERS, ONE ONE FOR THE AQUATIC CENTER AND ONE FOR TURKEY CREEK.
MAIN REASON FOR THAT IS IN BOTH THOSE LOCATIONS.
I HAVE ONE PERSON THAT'S THAT'S A SUPERVISOR THAT THAT DEPENDS ON EITHER CONTRACTUAL STAFF, VOLUNTEERS OR PART TIME PEOPLE THAT I SHIFT AROUND.
SO TURKEY CREEK IS A THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE DAY YEAR OPERATION.
SO TO EXPECT ONE PERSON TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE ALL THAT IS IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT.
ALSO ASKING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR.
AND ON THE SURFACE, THAT LOOKS LIKE JUST SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO RUN SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE SENSE THAT I HAVE GOTTEN FROM THE COUNCIL IS THAT SPECIAL EVENTS AND DOING THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY ARE IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER THING I'M LOOKING AT FOR THAT SPECIAL EVENT COORDINATOR IS BASICALLY THE HANDLE THE ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT COME TO THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
IT'S DONE BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
AND WHAT I'M HOPING TO DO WITH THIS IS STREAMLINE IT WITH ALL THE EVENTS WOULD COME THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR PERSON AND THEN THEY WOULD COORDINATE WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ON HANDLING THOSE SITUATIONS.
THE NEXT ONE ON HERE IS VEHICLES.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT ONE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I DON'T HAVE ANY STATISTICS FOR YOU, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE VEHICLES WE DO HAVE, I THINK THE. THE NEWEST ONE IS PROBABLY 2009, AND THE OLDEST ONE, I THINK, IS PROBABLY 1999, MOST OF THEM ARE PROBABLY IN THE 2003 TO 2005 RANGE.
SO AND I THINK, UM, I THINK THE POLICE CHIEF TALKED ABOUT MAINTENANCE.
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU WHEN WE BRING THAT, BRING THEM IN, MOST OF THEM WILL NOT PASS THAT THAT QUALIFYING THAT FLEET HAS SET ASIDE.
SO WE DO WE WE WERE ABLE TO ALLOCATE MONEY FOR FOUR VEHICLES, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF PRODUCTION. THEY'RE NOT EVEN LOOKING TO PRODUCE THEM UNTIL SOMETIME IN JUNE OR JULY, WHICH MEANS WE PROBABLY WON'T GET IN UNTIL PROBABLY SEPTEMBER AND WE THINK WE AUTHORIZE THEM BACK IN OCTOBER OR SO.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S THAT'S THAT SITUATION.
REPLACEMENT PLAYGROUNDS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN RFP OUT RIGHT NOW THAT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET SEVEN PLAYGROUNDS REPLACE FOUR OF THE FOUR THAT WE HAD TO REMOVE.
A WHILE BACK AND THREE ADDITIONAL ONES, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT TWO ALTERNATIVES WHICH ARE ON THE LIST HERE, OK, VIEW AND POLIC.
IF PRICING COMES BACK GOOD, WE MAY ASK COUNCIL TO TO FUND THOSE TWO AS WELL AS THE SEVEN.
PAVILION REPLACEMENT'S, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR THAT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM ARE OLDER AND WE HAD SOME CAST AWAY.
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THERE WERE METAL THAT JUST DID NOT WITHSTAND THE CONDITIONS ARE BEING THE SALT WATER AND THE WIND AND MOIST CONDITIONS.THE POOL HEATER AT THE AQUATIC CENTER, WE DID WE DID SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO FIX THE ONE, THE HEATER THAT'S THERE NOW, BUT I'M ANTICIPATING THAT THING 13, 14 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT, AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO BE REPLACED.
ALL FIELD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT LAST YEAR, DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO EXPEND FUNDING AT THE AQUATIC CENTER, THE CITY MANAGER ALLOWED ME TO TRANSFER SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO THE BUYER, SOME MUCH NEEDED EQUIPMENT.
BUT WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL BEHIND IN THIS REGARD.
THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE A REPLACEMENT OF PIERS, A CASTAWAY POINT AND A GOOD PART.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT GRANT FUNDING TO THE GREATEST POSSIBLE EXTENT THERE.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE BRIDGE COMING OFF THE ST.
JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY INTO REGENT PARK TO TWO THINGS THAT ARE BENEFICIAL FROM THAT.
ONE IS THAT IT'LL BE A BETTER ACCESS FOR THE ARV'S COMING INTO THE FUTURE CAMPGROUNDS.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK, IS THAT WE HAVE A TWO HUNDRED ACRE FACILITY THAT HAS ONE LONG, MEANDERING ROAD IN AND OUT.
SO IF WE EVER HAD AN EMERGENCY OR COME BY ON A SATURDAY WHEN SOCCER, SOFTBALL, BASEBALL, DOG PARK, COMMUNITY CENTER, CRICKET OR ALL FUNCTIONING, A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THEN.
SO THE BOTTLENECK, TOUGH TO GET WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE CROWD, IS HARD TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR. AND IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE ITEMS WHERE I'M LOOKING MORE INTO THE PLANNING PHASES OF LOOKING AT RENOVATIONS FOR THE CAPTAIN'S HOUSE FACILITIES, A GREAT RENTAL FACILITY, GREAT LOCATION, BUT IT'S DATED I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH IT IN MANY, MANY YEARS. SO IT IT COULD USE A FACELIFT.
IT'S A VERY POPULAR AREA AND LAGOON HOUSE.
THOSE RENOVATIONS INCLUDE ALSO A LOT OF SHORELINE PROTECTION.
THERE'S A LOCK UP ON THAT ON THAT DUNE.
THERE'S A LOT OF EROSION AND PROBLEMS THERE.
BUT I'M LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THAT.
I'LL START OFF BY SAYING, DEFINITELY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE INFORMATION AND I'LL DEFER TO MY BOARD MEMBERS TO START. AS.
I WANTED TO FIND OUT I'M LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, SOME SUMMARY REVENUES AND EXPENSES IN TWENTY TWENTY, YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE DECREASE IN USAGE AND SO AND OTHER REASONS WHY REVENUE WAS DECREASED. IS THERE A REASON WHY EXPENSES WERE INCREASED DURING THAT TIME? WE JUST HAD A LARGER BUDGET TO START WITH, YOU HAD A LARGER IT'S BEEN.
YOUR EXPENSES INCREASED, EVEN THOUGH USES WHICH DOWN.
WELL, THAT WAS OUR THAT WAS OUR INITIAL BUDGET.
I THINK WHEN WE DID THAT, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A PANDEMIC.
SO MAYBE I'M MISSING SOMETHING, SO YOU USE MORE FUNDS THAT YEAR WHEN YOU SAY EXPENSES, MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTOOD.
NO, THAT WAS OUR THAT WAS OUR BUDGET FOR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR OR BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
WELL, THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY WHAT YOU USED.
THAT WAS YOUR BUDGET. THAT WAS JUST THE BUDGET.
YES, MA'AM. OK, SO THAT'S NOT EXPENDITURES AND USAGE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO ANGELICA FOR WHAT THE ACTIONS WERE.
OK, SO THESE ARE NOT EXPENSES THAT WAS USED, THESE ARE BUDGET BUDGETED BALANCES THAT YOU THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
OK, YEAH, I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION AND AND EMAIL IT OUT, UM, BUT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I OH OK.
YEAH THAT WOULD BE GOOD. THANK YOU.
MR. POPPER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, SIR.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS TO MENTION HERE, I'M GLAD YOU'RE GOING FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR THE PIERCE AT A GOOD PARK AND CASTAWAY POINT PARK FOR LAGOON HOUSE AND THE CAPTAIN'S HOUSE AS WELL FOR THOSE RENOVATIONS OF FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT MAY ALSO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THOSE AS WELL FOR GRANT FOR THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU LOOKED INTO THOSE.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING YOUR PLAYGROUND'S.
I DID SEE THE RFP, I THINK IT'S FOUR NINE NINE FACILITIES, ONE TO PLAYGROUND'S TO BE OF.
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FACELIFT HAVE A FACELIFT.WHAT? YOU EXPLAIN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS OF THOSE NINE FACILITIES OR AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THEM BASICALLY FROM START TO FINISH GEOMANCER? YEAH, IT'S A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
YES, SIR. AND SO WHAT IT OUTLINES IS THE LOCATIONS, WHAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS ONE COMPANY TO COME IN AND GIVE US A REALLY GOOD PRICE FOR FOR FOR THE QUANTITY BEFORE THE RFP WAS CREATED.
DID ANYBODY COME OUT AND GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE BEFOREHAND ABOUT EACH FACILITY OR ALL NINE FACILITIES? YOU SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PLAYGROUND'S, CORRECT? UM, YES, YEAH, SO YOU GET AN ESTIMATE AND THEN YOU DO THE RFP, SO YOU GET AN ESTIMATE NUMBER BEFORE THE RFP COMES OUT AND THEN YOU PUT RFP OUT EXPECTING THAT ESTIMATE NUMBER THAT BE CORRECT. UM, WHAT WE WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT WHAT WHAT THOSE PLAYGROUND'S ORIGINALLY COST AND THEN AND THEN WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE MARKET WAS AT THE PRESENT TIME.
BASICALLY, WHAT I'M WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT WITH THE ESTIMATE HERE THAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE RFP IS THAT A LOCAL PERSON OR SOMEBODY CAME OUT, GAVE YOU AN ESTIMATE TO REDO THE PLAYGROUND'S, AND THEN INSTEAD OF GOING WITH THAT LOCAL PERSON, WE DECIDED TO AN RFP FOR IT IN OTHER BIDDERS.
WELL, EACH OF THOSE WOULD REQUIRE THAT PROCESS SINGULARLY AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY THEY THEY WOULD BE BEYOND THE THRESHOLD OF A QUOTE.
OK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU. OH, I GOT YOU FOR IT.
OH, YOU GOT ME. I THOUGHT I WAS GONE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND I GUESS I UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE.
IT IS FRED POPPY, REGIONAL PARK.
THANK YOU. YOU'VE SERVED THIS CITY FOR EXTRAORDINARY TIME AND DONE EXTRAORDINARILY WELL OVER THE YEARS. START OFF BY SAYING THAT A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO ATTEST TO EXITING REGIONAL PARK AFTER A BIG EVENT.
I'VE WORKED SEVERAL SOCCER TOURNAMENTS.
THE TWO LANE ROAD ALL THE WAY AND EVEN BEFORE THE PARKWAY WAS OPENED, IT WAS EVEN WORSE.
SO DEFINITELY I CAN ATTEST TO THAT BEING A STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THERE WHENEVER THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. AS YOU KNOW, I'M AT BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE USE THAT POOL OVER AT PALM BAY AQUATIC CENTER.
I KNOW THEY'RE EXCITED TO GET IN THERE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO QUESTION, WAS THE POOL HEATER NOT PART OF THE REPLACEMENT WHEN WE REDID THE POOL AS IT WAS IN THIS OFF TIME? NO, THE FOCUS WAS ON ON STRUCTURAL, FOR THE MOST PART, BASED ON THE LAKE.
AND THEN WE DID DO SOME OTHER THINGS THAT THE THE HEATER BECAME AN ISSUE AFTER AFTER WE REOPENED. COULD YOU ELABORATE JUST A BIT ON THE CAMPGROUND PROGRESS OR WHAT WHERE EXACTLY IT IS IN THOSE STAGES AND WHERE THE TIME FRAME YOU SEE THAT COMING TO FULL FRUITION? YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAVE A MEETING TO TO DISCUSS OUR STRATEGIES.
WE WERE AT ONE POINT GOING TO LOOK AT TRYING TO DO SOME OF THAT IN THE HOUSE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THE STATE STATUTES READ, IF IT'S OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT, WE CAN'T. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KIND OF RECONVENE AND LOOK AT PUTTING TOGETHER A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BID PACKAGES FOR OR DOING THE THE MOST OF THE LAND CLEARING AND ALSO ALL THE UNDERGROUND, WHICH WOULD BE THE WATER, SEWER AND ELECTRIC.
AWESOME. OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ABOUT THE CAMPSITE, THE CAMPGROUND, HOW MANY SITES DO YOU EXPECT IN ANY REVENUES THAT YOU EXPECT FROM ITS MASTER PLAN FOR ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT FULL HOOK UP SITES AND.
WE PROJECTED THE FIRST YEAR REVENUES FAIRLY LOW, BUT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND, BUT ONCE WE GET IT UP AND RUNNING AND WORK OUT ALL THE BUGS, I MEAN THAT, UH, THE THE COUNTY FACILITIES ARE RUNNING ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS ANNUALLY.
YOU CARE. I JUST I WANT TO FOLLOW UP REAL QUICK TO, UM.
SO JUST TO JUST TO CLARIFY AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK OFFLINE WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR QUESTION, BUT TYPICALLY WE MAY GET PRICING AS ESTIMATES IN ADVANCE OF PREPARING FOR LIKE WE KNOW WE NEED SINCE AUGUST.
IF YOU HAVE THE BUDGET FOR SOMETHING, SOMETIMES THAT WILL HAPPEN.
I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION.
BUT, UM, TYPICALLY, IF WE IF WE ARE WELL BEYOND THAT SOME MONTHS LATER AND WE HAVE FIGURED OUT WHAT OUR BUDGET IS, WE'VE GOTTEN PERMISSION FROM COUNCIL TO GO FORWARD, WHICH
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IS HOW THIS HAPPENED. LIKE OUR REPLACEMENTS, WE STARTED OUT WITH JUST A HANDFUL AND THEN WE EXPANDED OUR SCOPE COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION FOR OVER FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE THEM. UM, ONCE WE GET THE BUDGET SECURE, THEN WE GO OUT, WE DO THE FULL RFP AND IT'S OPEN BIDDING FOR ANYBODY.BUT I'M HAPPY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING, BECAUSE REALLY PART OF THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE CAN TAKE IT OFFLINE.
BUT JUST JUST FOR THE PUBLIC HERE, MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO SOMEBODY LOCAL. I WANT TO GET THESE PLAYGROUNDS DONE.
GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE. SO LOCAL PERSON GIVES YOU AN ESTIMATE FOR THE PLAYGROUND AND THEN YOU GO BUY LOCAL PERSON AND WILL PUT OUT FOR RFP.
YOU GAVE ME THE ESTIMATE NUMBER THAT I NEED AND THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND APPLY FOR OUR.
AND SO I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, KIND OF HOW THE PROCESS SHOULD WORK TO SAY THAT IF YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH ME, I'M HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT AND HAVE OUR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND WORK THROUGH WHAT PROCESS ACTUALLY WAS HAPPENING, WHAT THE TIMING WAS, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THAT.
THAT'S THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF IT.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT FOR YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH ME, I'LL TAKE A LOOK.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK. ASKED A QUESTION.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO PROCUREMENT FOR A CITY AND AN RFP GOES OUT, ISN'T THAT A REQUIREMENT LIKE YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE A BID FROM SOME PERSONAL FRIEND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ISN'T A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU GUYS AND RFP PROCESS? YES, THERE ARE A LOT OF RULES AND REGULATIONS WE FOLLOW.
PRESENTATION IS NEXT TIME NEXT MONTH.
SO THE NEXT PRESENTATION, JULIET MOSCONA, OUR CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER, BE HERE AND SHE CAN SPEAK AT GREAT LENGTH ABOUT ALL THE DETAILS OF THE RULES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
SO THAT'S WHY I SPECIFICALLY FOLLOWED UP WITH, UM, MEMBER FILIBERTO TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET THAT INFORMATION AND CHECK IN.
PART OF MY JOB IS CHECK MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW OUR PROCESSES APPROPRIATELY.
UM, I'VE NOT RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION BEFORE AND I'VE NO REASON TO THINK THAT WE DID ANYTHING THAT WAS OUT OF NORMAL.
UM, AND CERTAINLY WE DO KEEP OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS CLEAN.
AND JULIET AND HER TEAM WATCH OVER THAT VERY CLOSELY FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVITIES.
SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS DONE BY THE BOOK. AND I'LL FOLLOW UP.
I GET EVEN MY NAME IS BRIAN ROBINSON, IT DIRECTOR, AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET AS WELL AS OUR PRIORITIES.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TONIGHT.
OUR MISSION, AS IT GOES INTO TO PROVIDE AND SUPPORT AN ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM THAT MEETS OR EXCEED AND USER NEEDS AND EXPANDS E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO CITIZENS, AND SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT YOU'LL FIND OUT FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE PROVIDE IS THAT WE ARE A SUPPORT SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE SUPPORT ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY.
SO NOT ONLY DO WE PROVIDE JOBS FOR OUR OWN ENVIRONMENT, OUR OWN DEPARTMENT, BUT WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ALL THE TECHNOLOGY NEEDS OF THE ENTIRE CITY.
ROUGH COUNT IS ABOUT FOR CITY STAFF IS ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE STAFF MEMBERS.
MY TEAM IS A TEAM OF 13 INDIVIDUALS AND WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE COVER FROM I.T.
PERSPECTIVE IS THAT WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ENTIRE NETWORK, BACKGROUND, BACKBONE, AS WELL AS ANY TELEPHONE DATA OR INTERNET SERVICES.
WE ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR COMPUTERS, SERVERS, APPLICATION PERIPHERALS, YOU NAME IT, WE SUPPORT IT. AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SUPPORTED IN-HOUSE, WE CONTRACT WITH A VENDOR AND WE PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT AS WELL.
SO THAT MEANS THAT FROM AN I.T.
PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE ALWAYS COLLABORATING WITH DEPARTMENT ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE CITY THAT'S GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT.
MY DEPARTMENT IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT DISCUSSION, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. WILL THIS ACTUALLY MEAN HOW IT IS GOING TO BE THE BUSINESS NEED WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL AS ITS COMPATIBILITY? RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SALES FOLKS ARE THESE DAYS ARE REALLY DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB OF SELLING US STUFF.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, THIS IS REALLY GREAT AND IT'S EXCITED.
AND YOU GET IN AND YOU COME TO US.
WELL, YEAH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT BACK IN NINETEEN SOMETHING, BUT IT WON'T FIT WITH THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
SO WE MAKE SURE WE ARE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.
KIND OF LIKE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
WE ARE FRONT LINE AND CENTER TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE CITY.
OUR CURRENT BUDGET OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, FISCAL YEARS FROM TWENTY NINETEEN, AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT THERE IS A DECREASE, THEIR DECLINE TO TWENTY FIVE, TWENTY AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT A SLIGHT INCREASE IN NY.
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TWENTY ONE. WHAT YOU WILL SEE HERE FROM NY 19, WE HAD SOME CHANGES IN PERSONAL FOLKS THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN OUR DEPARTMENT AT THAT TIME, AS WELL AS SOME HIGH END TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH AT A TIME THAT YOU'LL SEE OUR BUDGET WILL SPIKE BASED ON THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE'RE HAVING AT THE TIMES.YOU'LL SEE OUR BUDGET KIND OF GO UP A LITTLE BIT AND GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT BASED ON WHAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT AS A DEPARTMENT OR CITYWIDE.
OR OUR BUDGET FOR FLIGHT TWENTY ONE, WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THAT WE WERE AT TWO POINT EIGHTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS AND 40 PERCENT OF THAT IS IN PERSONNEL AND 60 40 PERCENT IN PERSONNEL AND 60 PERCENT IN OPERATING COSTS.
OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART STARVING MYSELF THERE WILL HAVE WE HAVE TWO NETWORK ADMINISTRATORS, A TELEPHONE ADMINISTRATOR, SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR, APPLICATION ANALYSTS, SUPPORT SERVICE COORDINATOR, WE HAVE FIVE HELPLESS INDIVIDUALS AND THEY ARE THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT WHENEVER SOMEONE CALL OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE PROVIDE A LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR YOU THERE AS WELL AS A WEB ADMINISTRATOR.
SO OUR DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, IS A TOTAL AT THIS POINT AT 13 INDIVIDUALS AND WE SUPPORT EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE EMPLOYEES FROM A BUDGET PRIORITY PERSPECTIVE.
HERE'S OUR TOP PRIORITIES AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
ONE TO EXPLAIN THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS A SECURITY SOLUTION EXPANSION.
THE VERY FIRST ONE HERE IS HOW I LIKE TO EXPLAIN IT IS SECURITY IS LIKE AN ONION.
AND SO WHAT WE DO IS TO CONTINUALLY ADD LAYERS TO THAT ONION.
SO NO MATTER HOW SECURE YOU PROBABLY THINK YOU ARE TODAY, THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER LAYER THAT YOU CAN CONTINUALLY LOOK AT IMPROVING AND MAKING THE CITY MORE SECURE.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS TO CONTINUALLY EXPAND WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE AS A SECURITY SOLUTION.
AND THAT WILL ADD THREE SPECIFIC LAYERS.
AND I'LL JUST KIND OF GO OVER THAT REALLY QUICKLY HERE.
ONE IS MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION, WHICH IS A BIG ONE.
AND SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY USING THAT TODAY.
WHEN YOU LOG INTO YOUR AMAZON ACCOUNT, IT SENDS YOU A PASSWORD AND YOU'VE GOT TO PUNCH THAT CODE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME THING.
BUT THIS INITIATIVE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO ROLL OUT CITYWIDE.
AND WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ADD AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF AUTHENTICATION FOR ALL OF OUR USERS. WITH THAT, WE ALSO WANT TO ADD EMAIL SECURITY.
NOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING, WELL, THEN WE ALREADY HAVE EMAIL SECURITY.
YES, WE DO. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER LAYER THERE.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ENTERPRISE FIREWALL, WE HAVE AN ENTERPRISE SPAM FILTER.
THE NEXT LAYER IS TO TRY TO STOP SOME OF THOSE SPAM EMAILS THAT YOU'LL GET THAT COMES THROUGH. SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER HOW MANY LAYERS YOU HAVE, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT ONE THAT KIND OF FILLS YOUR THE CRACK.
AND SOMEONE MAY BE A LITTLE INQUISITIVE, UNCLICK IN ON THAT ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR HOME DEPOT CARD AROUND CHRISTMASTIME.
YOU KNOW, JUST JUST AN EXAMPLE.
AND YOU'RE LIKE, IT'S SO ATTRACTIVE.
I WANT TO CLICK ON THAT. THEY'LL PROBABLY BUY THE PERFECT GIFT.
RIGHT. AND SO YOU MAY NOT WANT TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE CONTINUALLY ADDING MORE LAYERS AS WELL AS WE'VE ALREADY ROLLED OUT CITYWIDE SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY DOING THINGS TO ADD ADDITIONAL LAYERS.
WE CALL OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR PERSONAL FIREWALL, OUR DATA.
THEY HELP US TO DON'T CLICK ON SOMETHING.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY SEE THAT SUSPICIOUS, GIVE US A CALL REALLY QUICKLY AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
SO, AGAIN, THE STRATEGY IS TO CONTINUALLY DO THAT AND ADD ON TO THAT.
THE LAST ONE IS OUR ADVANCE THREAT DETECTION.
THAT MEANS THAT AT THIS POINT, CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE WOULD NOT BE AWARE OF, SOMEONE PLUGGING SOMETHING INTO A COMPUTER, WE CAN ALL AUTOMATICALLY DETECT WHAT'S GOING ON AND ISOLATE THAT COMPUTER FROM OUR NETWORK, WHICH IS VERY ADVANCED FOR US.
WE CURRENTLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ONTO THAT SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF TAKE CARE OF OUR PRIORITIES AS CONCERN OUR SECURITY STRATEGY, OR TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR SECURITY POSTURE. SECOND PRIORITY WOULD BE A DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR.
THAT PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US DEAL WITH ALL OF OUR NEEDS CONCERNING OUR DATABASE.
WE WE DO HAVE ON PREMISE OUR ON SITE APPLICATIONS THAT WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR.
AND THIS DEDICATED PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE ANY NEW IMPLEMENTATION OR MIGRATION OF DATABASE OR UPGRADING OF ANY DATABASE.
SO THAT PERSON IS VERY CRITICAL AND ESSENTIAL FOR OUR STAFF TO ADD THAT TALENT TO OUR TEAM. THE SECOND TO THIRD PARTY HERE WOULD BE TO ADD AN INFORMATION SECURITY ANALYSTS AND THAT WOULD HELP US WITH THE OUR MONITORING.
AND SO NOW WE'RE CONTINUALLY PUT IN ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF SECURITY IN PLACE.
WE WANT TO HAVE A DEDICATED PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO BE THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT TO KIND OF GO THROUGH ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE SEEING, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH OUR NET OPS TEAM CURRENTLY.
SO THIS WILL JUST STRENGTHEN OUR FOREFRONT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROACTIVELY MONITORING WHAT'S GOING ON ON OUR NETWORK AND KNOW HOW TO RESPOND QUICKLY IN THE EVENT OF
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A SITUATION THAT ARISE.LASTLY, ON OUR LIST AS A PRIORITY IS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON OUR BACKUP INFRASTRUCTURE.
SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET FUNDING LAST YEAR TO DO A DISASTER RECOVERY SITE. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN BUILDING THAT DISASTER RECOVERY SITE.
SO THERE WILL BE A SECOND LOCATION HERE IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING HAPPEN AT CITY HALL, THEN WE HAVE SOMEWHERE ELSE WE CAN ACTUALLY TURN IT UP PRETTY QUICKLY.
I KNOW I MIGHT DESCRIBE IT AS FLIPPING A SWITCH WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT. SO THIS SITE GOES NOW.
WE CAN FLIP THE SWITCH AND CONTINUE OPERATIONS.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN THERE.
BUT THIS LAYER HERE CURRENTLY WE HAVE.
MICROSOFT OFFICE 365, WHICH IS HOSTED IN THE CLOUD, AND OF COURSE, YES, THAT IS BACKED UP CURRENTLY, BUT WE WANT TO ALSO TAKE THAT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND HAVE A PERSONAL BACKUP OF THAT IN THE EVENT SOMETHING HAPPENS FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE WITH MICROSOFT.
SO, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST CONTINUALLY BUILDING ADDITIONAL LAYERS AND WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO EXPAND ON THE INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY HAS AND THAT'S IT FOR I.T.
WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE TONIGHT.
AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
YOU'RE WELCOME. BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU? YES, SIR. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCE FROM NINETEEN TO TWENTY TWENTY ONE. SIR, THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE TBD FOR THE ANALYSTS AND THE BACKUP.
YES. YOU HAVE ANY ESTIMATE OF THAT COST? YES. SO SO YOU LOOK AT THE INFORMATION SECURITY ANALYST POSITION THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY AT THIS POINT IN TIME WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY WRITING THIS, WE KIND OF STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT WITH OUR H.R. DEPARTMENT.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY BEING AROUND FORTY FIVE, FORTY SIX THOUSAND STARTING SALARY UPWARDS IN THE INDUSTRY.
THIS POSITION IS A VERY HIRING'S POSITION WHICH COULD BE IN THE HUNDREDS, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WORK YOU'RE ASKING THIS INDIVIDUAL TO DO.
SO WE HAVE I HAD TO BE VERY, VERY CREATIVE AS TO FIGURING OUT WHAT BASIC NEEDS WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO KIND OF FIT THIS POSITION TO KIND OF CREATE SOMETHING FOR THEM.
SO IT COULD BE MUCH AT LEAST STARTING TO START AT SOMEWHAT MID RANGE WITH THIS POSITION.
YES, SIR. YOU MENTIONED THE HOME DEPOT GIFT CARD.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU'RE TESTING WITH PHISHING SCAMS YOU GUYS IMPLEMENT TO EDUCATE EVERYBODY THAT HAS.
ABSOLUTELY. WE USE A PLATFORM CALLED KNOW BEFORE THAT PLATFORM IS ACTUALLY CREATED BY A FAMOUS HACKER IN THE 80S.
AND HE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL BACK IN THE 80S OF HACKING BANKS.
AND AFTER SERVING HIS TIME IN MANNEQUIN'S AMENDS WITH SOCIETY, HE CREATED THIS PLATFORM CALLED KNOW BEFORE, WHICH IS GIVEN YOU THE HACKERS PERSPECTIVE ON HOW TO, YOU KNOW, ALLEVIATE THESE ISSUES OR AVOID THESE EMAILS.
SO WE DO HAVE A PLATFORM IN PLACE, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS MANDATED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES TO TAKE EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS ABOUT CONTINUING EDUCATION.
UM, I KNOW YOU HAVE 60 PERCENT OF YOUR OPERATING COST BASED ON HOW MUCH OF THAT IS ACTUALLY DEDICATED TO CONTINUING EDUCATION.
SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE A PRETTY SMALL BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
BUT WHAT WE DID WAS WE ACTUALLY SUBSCRIBED TO A PLATFORM CALLED PLURAL SITE.
THAT PLATFORM ALLOWS US TO HAVE A GAMUT OF I.T.
SO INSTEAD OF JUST KIND OF LIKE JUST GO AND JUST DO ONE PARTICULAR TRAINING WE HAVE, THAT'S OUR MAIN PLATFORM THAT WE USE.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE BEING ROLLED OUT IS GET UPLOADED INTO THAT.
THERE'S A TRAINING VIDEO CREATED FOR THAT.
MY TEAM JUST GO IN ON THEIR OWN TIME, LEARN THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND IMPLEMENT PART FROM THAT. THERE'S ALSO A PART OF OUR BUDGET IS TO GO TO LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, OUR APOLOGIZER, OUR CONFERENCES THAT'S LOCATED TWICE A YEAR SOMETIMES IN BOCA.
BUT OF COURSE, WITH COVID, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DELAYS.
BUT WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT WE USED TO GO TO GET ANY TRAINING AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE INDUSTRY. LIKE THE REASON ONE IS THE FLORIDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
ONE, AND WE SEE WHAT OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY ARE USING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BROWARD COUNTY, BREVARD COUNTY, ALL THE OTHER COUNTIES.
SO WE SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I KIND OF LIKE OUR TABLE TALK, IF I COULD HAVE IT LIKE THAT, AND WE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A BIG BUDGET PER SAY, BUT WE'RE USING THE RESOURCES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
YOU MENTIONED YOU HAD THAT PLATFORM THAT THEY CAN GO ON ON THEIR OWN TIME.
YES. DO YOU HAVE ANY TRACKING AND SEE HOW OFTEN THEY'RE ON OR WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING? I DO.
AND SO WE PRETTY MUCH I REVIEW THAT AND WE GO, DO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO RENEW THE CERTIFICATION, THE LICENSES FOR THIS OR NOT? BUT PRIMARILY, ONCE YOU KIND OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY ROLLS OUT, YOU KIND OF START WORKING ON THAT. A MAJOR ONE WAS KIND OF LIKE WE'RE DEALING WITH ENCRYPTION FOR MICROSOFT.
AND SO KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THAT AND GET ALL OF OUR POLICE LAPTOPS ALL ENCRYPTED.
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IT WAS A LEARNING PROCESS FOR US.WE WENT IN, WE GOT THE TRAINING WE NEEDED AND THEN WE IMPLEMENTED.
SO IT WAS RIGHT ON POINT WHERE WHAT WE NEEDED AT THE TIME.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY A VERY AVAILABLE.
I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, SIR. YES, THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME. I WANTED TO SAY THAT THE WAY THAT YOU ALL HAVE TRANSITIONED IN THIS ENVIRONMENT OF MORE VIRTUAL PROCESSES, YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB AT THE CITY.
I AM NOT THAT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SAVVY, BUT I AM ABLE TO FOLLOW THE MEETINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? WE WORK WITH OUR COLLABORATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
OUR CMS TEAM REALLY WAS HANDLING MOST OF THE MEDIA INFORMATION THAT GOES OUT, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THE FACEBOOK LINKS ARE THERE AND EVERYTHING, THAT IT KIND OF HELPS FROM THE IN-HOUSE PERSPECTIVE OF WORKING TO MAKE SURE THE TEAM'S ENVIRONMENT IS ALL SET UP AND THE COMPUTERS ARE IN PLACE AND ALL OF THAT.
SO YOUR 13 MEMBER TEAM, DO YOU ALL MAINTAIN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NEEDS OF THE OFF SITE, THE OFF SITE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTERS AND ANY OF THE PARKS AND REC PLACES OR ANY OTHER OFFSITE FACILITIES THAT THIS CITY HAS? SURE. SO I WOULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN IT THIS WAY.
SO OUR OUR MAIN DATA CENTER IS HERE AT CITY HALL, AND SO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS PRETTY MUCH HAVE A FIBER CONNECTION BACK TO THE CITY.
SO EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITHIN THOSE DEPARTMENTS GET TUNNELS BACK HERE FOR, OF COURSE, FOR SECURITY PURPOSES AND FILTER IT AND ALL THOSE THINGS BEFORE IT ACTUALLY HITS THE WEB.
AND ANYTHING THAT GOES FROM THE OUTSIDE COMES BACK THROUGH OUR ENTERPRISE WEB, FIREWALL, SPAM FILTER, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES.
THEN IT GETS THROUGH TO YOUR DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE STILL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HANDLING ALL OF THE TRAFFIC THAT GOES IN AND OUT THE CITY. U.S.
IS 13 PEOPLE THAT DO THAT WITH TECHNOLOGY.
WE COULDN'T DO IT JUST PHYSICALLY.
THEY DO HAVE A GREAT TEAM, BUT WE DO USE A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY TO DO WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY.
YES. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY YOU SEE HERE THAT WE'RE ASKING TO ADD ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS HERE TO ASSIST NEEDED MORE TALENT THAN OUR TEAM TO GO FORWARD.
SO WE'VE BEEN PRETTY STEADY, BUT IT'S WE'RE GETTING READY TO GROW A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY YOUR PRIORITIES HERE ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD.
SECURITY ANALYST IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED.
THERE WAS A WATER PLANT HACKED RECENTLY HAPPENED HERE IN FLORIDA.
SO I DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN UPON BAY.
LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, THE HACKERS ARE EVER EVOLVING.
YOU FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING ONE DAY AND THEN TOMORROW THEY COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S CHANGED. YES. SO IT DEFINITELY YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK HERE.
I JUST ALSO WANT TO MENTION IT, 20 YEARS AGO WAS JUST HARDWARE, SOME SOFTWARE, BUT NOW IT'S. YOU'RE ALMOST A IT'S ALMOST A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE JUST LIKE THE WATER HACK THING, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
YES. SO YOUR JOB IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU, SIR. I ENDED UP BY SAYING, YOU HAVE A DAUNTING TASK EVERY DAY BECAUSE IT CHANGES ITS DYNAMIC, IT'S NEVER STATIC AS A BIT OF HUMOR.
I WAS CLEANING MY LAB THIS WEEK AT BAYSIDE AND I FOUND A BUNDLE OF THREE AND A HALF FLOPPY DISK AND I JUST KIND STUCK.
AND MY STUDENTS WERE SERIOUSLY ASKING ME, WHAT IS THAT? AND I JUST COULDN'T HELP MYSELF.
AND I'M GLAD YOU HAD A CHUCKLE THERE.
AND SO, YEAH, TIMES ARE CHANGING AND YOU GUYS ARE CHALLENGED WITH KEEPING UP WITH THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE YOU DO.
AND IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, THANKLESS OFTEN, I'M SURE.
MY NAME IS CHARLENA COX AND I AM THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, AND SO THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO PRESENT AN OVER A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, ALSO KNOWN
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AS THE HEART OF THE CITY OR OTHERWISE.FOR OUR DEPARTMENT MISSION AND SERVICES, THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IS COMPRISED OF TWO DIVISIONS, BOTH PERSONNEL AND BENEFITS, RESPECTIVELY.
OUR MISSION IS TO IDENTIFY, ATTRACT, EVALUATE, SELECT, DEVELOP AND RETAIN COMPETENT, DYNAMIC AND RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIVE WORKFORCE TO PROVIDE PROMPT AND PROFESSIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPPORT TO ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER.
WHILE REPRESENTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY'S HUMAN RESOURCES PROGRAM. OUR PERSONNEL DIVISION, IF I CAN BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU, THEY MAINLY OVERSEE POSITION, CONTROL, ONBOARDING, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT SEPARATIONS, DISCIPLINARY ISSUES, GRIEVANCES AND COMPLAINTS, AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND NEGOTIATIONS, JUST TO NAME A FEW, WHILE ADHERING TO LOCAL, FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS ON THE OTHER.
ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM, WE HAVE OUR BENEFITS DIVISION, WHICH MAINLY OVERSEES FMLA. THAT'S THE FEDERAL I'M SORRY, THAT'S A FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE.
ABSENCE OF ABSENCE ADMINISTRATION.
THE ADA IS AMERICAN WITH DISABILITY ADMINISTRATION AND THE FCPA IS TO FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSIVE ACT RESPONSE ACT STANDARD AND ELECTIVE BENEFITS FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SUCH AS MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION, SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFICIARY PAYOUTS, RETIREMENT AND ANY OTHER INSURANCE BENEFITS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE COORDINATE WELLNESS INITIATIVES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
IT'S VITAL THAT OUR EMPLOYEES STAY HEALTHY.
HEALTHY EMPLOYEE IS A HAPPY EMPLOYEE.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE TELL THEM ANYWAY.
HMM. FOR A THE THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET SUMMARY FOR BUDGET PURPOSES, H.R., THE DEPARTMENT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE FUNDS.
FIRST IS THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN THERE IS ALSO THE HEALTH AND THE OMB, WHICH IS THE OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND IN THE BENEFIT.
THE PERSONNEL DIVISION HAS NONREVENUE IT'S NONREVENUE BASED.
HOWEVER, OUR BENEFITS FUND CONSISTS OF, AGAIN, THE HEALTH AND THE OMB UNDER DIVISIONS 511 AND 513, AND THOSE ARE IN INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS IN THE RIVER.
WE HAVE THE REVENUES THAT ARE COMING IN THROUGH THE BENEFITS DIVISION, WHICH CONSIST OF HEALTH INSURANCE AND OMB ALLOCATIONS CHARGED TO OTHER FUNDS.
EXTERNAL REVENUES ARE RECEIVED BY ALLOWANCES.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS AND THERE'S A LOT I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ACRONYMS. H.R. DEALS WITH A LOT OF ACRONYMS. I SEE A RC IS OUR RETIREMENT FUND, AS WELL AS CIGNA WELLNESS FUNDS FOR OUR ICM RC.
WE RECEIVE AN ANNUAL ALLOW AN ANNUAL ALLOTMENT OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED QUARTERLY.
AND FOR OUR CIGNA WELLNESS FUNDS, WHICH IS PRIMARILY DEDICATED FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR HAPPY EMPLOYEES, WE RECEIVE SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
FOR OUR PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR EXPENDITURES, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU, THE TWO FUNDS, WHICH ARE FIVE, 11 AND 513 FOR FISCAL YEAR 19 AND 20, RESPECTIVELY, FOR FISCAL YEAR 19, THERE WAS ELEVEN POINT TWO AS OPPOSED TO ELEVEN POINT FIVE IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY. AND FOR THE 513 BUDGET, THERE'S THREE POINT ONE AND FOUR POINT TWO RESPECTIVELY.
WE ARE THE CITY OF PALM BAY IS SELF-INSURED WITH OUR HEALTH INSURANCE.
AND THIS WAS THESE TWO FUNDS INCLUDE INSURANCE CLAIMS AS WELL AS OUR OPERATING COSTS FOR THESE TWO BUDGETS.
NOW, TO GET INTO THE BREAKDOWN OF HUMAN RESOURCES SO THAT YOU CAN SEE A VISUAL.
IT IS THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.
YOURS TRULY UNDERNEATH IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY.
AND THIS IS A MULTIPLE TRAINING AND EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH WE WE CALL HER TED. WE HAVE OUR HUMAN RESOURCES CLERK PART TIME.
WE HAVE A BENEFITS MANAGER AS WELL AS WE HAVE A VACANT POSITION FOR OUR HUMAN RESOURCES
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MANAGER. AND UNDERNEATH OUR BENEFITS MANAGER, WE HAVE TWO BENEFITS ANALYST, AS WELL AS AN H.R. WELLNESS COORDINATOR UNDER OUR PERSONNEL DIVISION OR THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER POSITION, LIKE I SAID, IS CURRENTLY VACANT.WE HAVE THE HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST, TOO, AND THEN WE HAVE TO H.R.
ANALYSTS ONE. THIS YEAR WITH SEVERAL.
WE HAVE I HAVE TO PRESENT IT AND HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND THESE ARE THE PROPOSED HUMAN RESOURCES ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, BECAUSE MY ULTIMATE PLAN IS TO FLATTEN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART A BIT.
AND IT WOULD CONSIST OF HAVING THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY AND ADMINISTER AN ASSISTANT HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR AND H.R.
ASSISTANT. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, TO FLATTEN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, IT WOULD CONSIST OF A GENERALIST, ONE, TWO, THREE, AND A HUMAN RESOURCES OUTREACH COORDINATOR.
AND YOU MAY BE ASKING BEFORE YOU ASK, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ANALYST AND A GENERALIST? WELL, MY VISION OF THIS IS TO HAVE BOTH MY PERSONNEL DIVISION AS WELL AS MY BENEFITS DIVISION COMBINED.
SO HENCE THE GENERALISTS IN LIEU OF THE ANALYST POSITION.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF TWO POSITIONS.
AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN AN INTENSIVE CROSS TRAINING INTERVAL CROSS TRAINING.
AND SO FAR IT STARTED BACK IN, IF I CAN, I BELIEVE IT WAS SEPTEMBER AND SO FAR IS GOING VERY WELL, EXTREMELY WELL.
SO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2002 BUDGET PRIORITIES, DESPERATELY NEEDING AN ASSISTANT HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CAPACITATE ALL OF THIS GROWTH THAT IS COMING TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY WITH QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.
ALSO, WE NEED ASSISTANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE FRAUD INVESTIGATION.
WE HAVE AN ELECTRONIC FRAUD INVESTIGATION AND IS TO ESTABLISH WHERE WE HAVE FRAUD, ABUSE AND SUSPECTED, I THINK.
BUT IS IT FRAUD AND WASTE OF THE CITY? THANK YOU. IT'S FAIRLY NEW.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE THE WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO BE BOTH ELECTRONIC AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO WITH A HARD COPY.
AND ALSO WE THE SECOND PRIORITY WOULD BE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY, WHICH IS VITALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF RETENTION AND ATTRITION, NOT TO MENTION AMENDMENT TWO PASSED WHERE THERE IS GOING TO BE AN INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE.
ALSO, OUR THIRD ASK WOULD BE JUST TO JOB.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT IT WAS WE HAD TO PLACE IT ON HOLD LAST YEAR DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS BASICALLY THE CITY WE WORK WITH A VENDOR WHERE WE BASICALLY SUPPORT TWO TO I'M SORRY, TWENTY TO TWENTY FIVE HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH FROM VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND THEY WORK WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER SO THAT THEY CAN GANG THAT ON THE JOB EXPERIENCE.
OUR ANTICIPATED MAJOR CHANGES IS AGAIN THE REORGANIZATION AND SALARY ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE PASSING OF A TO AND RESULTS OF CLASSIFICATION IN THE COMPENSATION STUDY.
AND THE COSTS ARE TO BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE APPROVALS FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWO, WHICH WOULD TAKE EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST, 2021.
AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU AND BOARD MEMBERS, ANYTHING.
HAVE YOU I KNOW YOU'RE GOING FROM NINE DIRECT REPORTS, HELLO, YOU TO YES, ACTUALLY HAVING SEVEN. CORRECT.
SO WHAT IMPACT IS THAT GOING TO HAVE ON RESOURCES YOU'RE ABLE TO ALLOCATE TO THE PERSONNEL WITHIN THE CITY? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
YOU MEAN AS FAR AS REDUCING I KNOW, LOOKING AT IT VISUALLY, YOU'RE THINKING THAT IS REDUCING. HOWEVER, AS I PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE ANALYSTS, ONE AND A ANALYSTS, TOO, AND THEN WE HAVE BENEFITS ANALYSTS.
I HATE TO USE THIS TERM, BUT WE CAN GET MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM,
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BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE MY STAFF WILL BECOME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE IN DIFFERENT AREAS. YOU KNOW, IF I WANTED TO GIVE AN ANALOGY, IT'S LIKE THE TWIX COMMERCIAL.HOWEVER, WE HAVE CARAMEL AND CARAMEL.
BUT BASICALLY WE NEED TO BE DOING THE SAME THING.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT INTENSIVE CROSS TRAINING THAT IS THAT IS HAPPENING NOW.
SO THAT EACH OF MY PERSONNEL, THEY JUST WON'T THEY WILL NOT BE LIMITED TO JUST ONE SECTION OR ONE PORTION OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
THEY WILL BE FULLY CROSS TRAIN DOING MORE.
SO I KNOW SHE HAD THE BENEFITS MANAGER AND THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER.
IT'S VACANT, CORRECT? YOU MANAGERS. BUT IF THIS PROPOSAL.
COMES TO FRUITION ON OCTOBER 1ST, YOU NO LONGER NEED THAT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER THAT YOU'RE ASKING AS A BUDGET TO DO.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
WHAT I'M ASKING IS FOR THAT HUMAN RESOURCES VACANT POSITION TO BE RECLASSIFIED TO THE ASSISTANT HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR AND THE EXCUSE ME, THE BENEFITS MANAGER POSITION WOULD BECOME A SENIOR GENERALIST OR A GENERALIST.
THREE. OK, AND THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO OTHER.
EMPLOYEES ARE IN THESE POSITIONS NOW.
OK, SO THE ANALYST POSITIONS, THEY WOULD ALL BE RECLASSIFIED TO GENERALISTS, EITHER A GENERALIST, ONE, TWO OR THREE.
BENEFIT ANALYST, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM, I'M SORRY, IT BENEFITS ANALYSTS, THE BENEFITS ANALYSTS, OH, THEY WOULD BE CONSOLIDATED.
THEY WOULD GO INTO EITHER THEY WOULD BECOME THE GENERALIST.
ONE, TWO AND THREE WOULD DOUBLE UP.
MM HMM. OK, UM, EXPLAINS A BIT MORE.
AND I WAS LIKE, WE'RE GOING FROM 11 TO SEVEN.
BUT YOU'RE STILL MAINTAINING THE SAME.
I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ABSOLUTELY, AND I SEE SOME OF THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED AT THE RESOURCES THAT YOU WANT FOR TWENTY, TWENTY ONE, IT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THESE WERE ONE POSITION. BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP ALL SIX OF THEM.
OF YES. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS CONSOLIDATE.
SO ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE WHERE IT SAYS OUR ANALYSTS AND BENEFITS ANALYSTS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONSOLIDATED INTO GENERALIST.
AND THIS SIX YEAR OLD GIRL OF SIX IS WHAT I'M SAYING DOWN HERE.
CORRECT. SO OUT OF THE SAFE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ARE ANALYSTS, ONES AND TWOS.
AND THE BENEFITS ANALYSTS THEY WOULD GO TO ALL BECOME LIKE UNDER THE GENERALS, TWO TWOS AND THREES. HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU MANAGE UNDER YOUR DEPARTMENT? OH, MY GOODNESS. RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY THERE ARE 10.
THERE ARE 10. HOWEVER, I DO HAVE, LIKE I SAID, A COUPLE OF VACANT POSITIONS, CITY EMPLOYEES OR CITY EMPLOYEES.
HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH IN TERMS OF.
YOU MEAN MANAGING BENEFITS AND, OH, HOW MANY? OH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEM.
OH, WE TOUCH EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR.
NOW, WE DO HAVE PART TIME EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SAID BENEFITS.
HOWEVER, THEY MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR, LET'S SAY, IAP, WHICH IS EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TO SIT WITH THEM THROUGH, BUT MAINLY IS FOR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS SUCH AS MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION AND WHAT HAVE YOU. ARE THERE ANY CITY EMPLOYEES THAT YOU DO NOT HIRE? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEES FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS DO YOU HIRE FOR ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS, FIRE, POLICE AND YOUR EVERY DEPARTMENT? WE TOUCH EVERY DEPARTMENT.
YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I THINK CHRIS HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH HIS QUESTIONS NOW AND AS WE KNOW.
THANK YOU. ONE THING I WILL ADD, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IS I JUST WANT TO CLEAR JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND ANYBODY WHO DOES CHOOSE TO WATCH THIS LATER ON, AS CHRIS YOU TALKED ABOUT.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS PROPOSED PROPOSED ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE, THOSE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE WHERE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE COULD BE IN ONE OF THESE POSITIONS, CORRECT? THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
AND I SORRY, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT IF I DIDN'T MAKE THAT CLEAR.
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TWO OR THREE PEOPLE COULD BE IN ONE POSITION.THANK YOU. VERY OK. ABSOLUTELY.
GOOD EVENING, LARRY BRADLEE, DIRECTOR OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING. I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE BUDGET FOR GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO FIRST FIRST SLIDE IS THE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT WE DO, WE HAVE THREE DIVISIONS, THE ADMIN DIVISION, WHICH IS BASICALLY MYSELF, AND WE I PROVIDE OVERSIGHT AND LEADERSHIP FOR THE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A LAND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION WHICH ADMINISTERS LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WRITE STAFF REPORTS, REVIEW SITE PLANS AND SUBDIVISIONS AMONG ALL OF THEIR OTHER DUTIES.
AND CODE COMPLIANCE, WHICH INVESTIGATES AND PROCESSES CODE VIOLATIONS, EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT CODE COMPLIANCE AND PRESENTS CASES TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD.
THOSE ARE OUR BASIC FUNCTIONS OF WHAT WE DO NEXT IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
HERE ARE THE DIVISION SPELLED OUT.
I HAVE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WHO'S ALSO IN CHARGE OF LAND DEVELOPMENT AND A CODE SUPERVISOR OVER CODE.
LAND DEVELOPMENT HAS NINE FTE.
THERE'S TWO VACANCIES CURRENTLY IN LAND DEVELOPMENT, ONE OF WHICH IS ABOUT TO BE FILLED AS SOON AS THIS PERSON GETS ON BOARD AND THEY'RE COMING IN IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE JUST ONE VACANCY FOR A PLANNER, PRINCIPAL PLANNER, POSITION B ON THAT. SO IN TERMS OF OUR BUDGET SUMMARY ADMIN DIVISION, THERE IS NO REVENUES, IT'S IT'S MOSTLY JUST AN EXPENDITURE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLAR EXPENDITURE. THERE'S ONE POSITION AND NO VACANCIES.
THE LAND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION HAS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN REVENUES, THAT'S MOSTLY FROM OUR APPLICATIONS, OUR SITE PLANS, OUR SUBDIVISIONS AND THE APPLICATIONS. WE HAVE TWO HUNDRED AND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN EXPENDITURES, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE SHOULD ADD TO THIS, THERE'S ANOTHER 420000 SALARY.
SO THE ACTUAL TOTAL BUDGET IS ABOUT 600000 DOLLARS FOR THAT.
AS I SAID, THERE'S NINE POSITIONS, ONE VACANCY AND ONE ABOUT TO BE FILLED.
AND THEN THE THIRD DIVISION IS CALLED COMPLIANCE.
TOTAL BUDGET FOR THAT IS ABOUT 900000, 630000 OF WHICH IS THE OPERATING DIVISION.
AND THEN ANOTHER THREE AND AT 20000 IS THE ONE ON FIVE ACCOUNT, WHICH IS OUR NUISANCE ACCOUNTS. THAT'S WHERE WE GO AND DO THINGS LIKE MAINTAIN VACANT PROPERTIES OR ABANDONED PROPERTIES AND THE REVENUES OR THE MONEY THEY RECEIVE FROM CODE COMPLIANCE FINES AND FEES THAT IT'S A LITTLE HIGHER THIS YEAR.
IT'S ABOUT TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND BECAUSE WE HAD AN AMNESTY PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWED US TO BRING IN MORE REVENUE THIS YEAR.
TOTAL IS EIGHT FULL TIME POSITIONS.
AND I SAID ONE PART TIME POSITION.
FINALLY, OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR FCI 22, WE WANT TO REPLACE TWO VEHICLES, ONE FOR CODE, ONE FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT, AS WAS MENTIONED BY SOME OF THE EARLIER SPEAKERS, VEHICLES IN THE CITY ARE ALWAYS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
SO WE HAVE SOME VEHICLES THAT ARE WELL BEYOND THEIR USEFUL LIFE BASED ON THE CRITERIA I THINK CHIEF MOYAR MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
THESE TWO VEHICLES ARE CURRENTLY UP FOR REPLACEMENT.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO REPLACE A LARGE FORMAT PRINTER.
WE PRINT OUT LARGE MAPS FOR PRESENTATIONS AND FOR THE PUBLIC.
THAT IS A AN ITEM THAT WE HAVE AN OLD ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
IT'S OUT OF ITS WARRANTY AND USEFUL LIFE, PERIOD.
WE'D LIKE TO ADD ADDITIONAL ADMIN FOR THE ADMIN DIVISION TO ASSIST MYSELF, BUT ALSO TO HELP WITH OUR OFFICE STAFF BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE BUSY.
WE'RE GETTING A LOT MORE APPLICATIONS BOTH OVER THE COUNTER APPLICATIONS AND THINGS THAT WE REVIEW IN THE COURSE OF OUR DAILY ACTIVITIES.
WE HAVE A NEED TO REPLACE SOME CARPET IN OUR FRONT LOBBY AREA.
IT'S WE GET A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC IN THERE, A LOT OF CONTRACTORS.
SO THAT CARPET IS STARTING TO GET A LITTLE WORN OUT.
THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO MORE. IF I'M GOING TO ADD ONE THAT'S NOT ON THIS LIST.
WE'D LIKE TO INCREASE THE POSTAGE AND LEGAL NOTICE BUDGET AS WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE APPLICATIONS WERE ALREADY AT THE POINT THIS YEAR WHERE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE MONEY FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING MORE APPLICATIONS AND MORE MEETINGS AND THE COST
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OF POSTAGE IS GOING UP.WE SEND OUT HUNDREDS OF LETTERS EVERY YEAR FOR NOTIFICATION ABOUT APPLICATIONS.
AND THE LAST PRIORITY, WHICH I'M GOING TO ADD TO THIS LIST, IS THE NUISANCE VEG CONTRACTS WHERE WE GO OUT AND MOW AND CLEAR OUT VACANT LAND, VACANT PROPERTIES.
WE'RE ALREADY VERY, VERY LOW IN THAT ACCOUNT AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN THAT ACCOUNT AS WELL FOR NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. SO THAT'S A VERY QUICK SUMMARY.
I WAS TOLD TO KEEP IT TO DOWN TO TEN MINUTES.
SO I THINK I HIT MY MARK AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.
YES, DO YOU HAVE THIS POWERPOINT THAT CAN BE EMAILED THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO READ THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART? YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE IT'S A LITTLE A LITTLE SMALL, BUT YEAH, I THINK I EMAILED IT TO ANGELICA HERE AND SHE COULD SEND IT OUT TO ALL OF YOU.
LUBBOCK ISD SURE. I WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION, BECAUSE I WAS AT A COMMUNITY MEETING IN THIS CAME UP AS IT RELATES TO IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES.
SO THEY ARE, I GUESS, IS A CODE COMPLIANCE.
THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF ARE PAYING MONEY TO HAVE THE GRASS AND THE AREA IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME THAT IS CONSIDERED CITY PROPERTY.
IT'S BEEN MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF IT AND KEEP IT MOWED AND EVERYTHING.
AND SO ONE OF THE CITIZENS SAID THAT SHE HAS ALL THESE CARS THAT KEEPS WALKING IN THAT AREA. AND SHE ASKS THE QUESTION ABOUT, IS THERE CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUE AS IT RELATES TO THAT? IS THERE A WAY FOR HER TO GET PEOPLE TO STOP DOING IT? BECAUSE SHE SAYS SHE CALLED THE CITY AND THEY SAID THAT THERE IS NO ORDINANCE, THERE IS NO LAW. PEOPLE CAN JUST WALK ON IT ANY TIME THAT THEY WANT AND IS MAKING FUN OF HER HOUSE LOOK TERRIBLE BECAUSE THEY ARE KILLING THE GRASS? WELL, I SEE CHEAP OIL STILL HERE.
WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE A PARKING ORDINANCE PER SAY THAT WE DO NOT WRITE PARKING TICKETS FOR PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS IF IT'S NOT POSTED, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT PARKING ON THE PROPERTY AND KILLING, SAY, YOU KNOW, PARKING IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, ON YOUR FRONT LAWN, THAT IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT'S REGULATED BY THE PEOPLE PARK ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD.
AND THEY'RE NOT IN THE TRAVEL LANE.
THEY ARE PERMITTED TO PARK THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ON STREET PARKING ORDINANCE POLICY THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T BE ON THE CITY STREETS OR PARK OVERNIGHT IN CERTAIN AREAS.
SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS, YES, THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARK THERE AS LONG AS IT'S IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. PUBLIC WORKS IS SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN THOSE AREAS.
AND IF THEY DO PARK THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS, IT WILL BURN OUT THE GRASS.
BUT THERE IS NO ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM DOING THAT.
THEY USE THE PUBLIC WORKS, IS SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC WORKS, MAINTAINS THE RIGHT OF WAYS CODE COMPLIANCE CAN DEAL WITH THINGS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, WHETHER IT'S WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND CHIEF CAN BACK ME UP ON THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO OUT AND RENT A PARKING TICKET BECAUSE YOU'RE PARKED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD.
THAT IS, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO PARK THERE.
WE DON'T. AND YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE SIGNS POSTED ALL OVER THE CITY TELLING PEOPLE WHERE TO PARK. AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT ORDINANCE IN OUR REGULATIONS.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO ANSWER.
UM, YOU SAID MOWING THE VACANT LAND.
YES, PART OF THE BUDGET FOR LOW, AND THAT IS THAT LANDS AND LOTS THAT ARE OWNED BY SOMEBODY, BUT THEY DON'T LIVE HERE.
IT'S JUST. YES, WE ARE IN CHAPTER 93, WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A NUISANCE PFEG REGULATION, THIS CAME OUT OF I GUESS THERE WAS A LARGE SERIES OF FIRES THAT HAPPENED YEARS AGO.
SO WE FEEL THE NEED TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP THOSE LOTS MODE, ONE, BECAUSE IT IMPACTS PROPERTY AND PROPERTY VALUE, BUT ALSO FOR PUBLIC SAFETY POINT OF VIEW, WE DON'T WANT THOSE OVERGROWN LOTS GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO START CREATING POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. SO WE HAVE A SEPARATE REVENUE FUND CALLED THE NUISANCE FUND, WHERE WE WHEN WE COLLECT THE MONEY, WE ACTUALLY CHARGE THAT BACK TO THE RESIDENT OR THE PROPERTY OWNER AND SAY WE YOU DID NOT CLEAR YOUR LOT.
YOU WERE FOUND IN VIOLATION BY THE CODE BOARD.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU THE BILL ALONG WITH A FINE FOR THE MOWING THAT WE HAD TO DO.
AND THEN WE TRY TO COLLECT THAT MONEY BY PUTTING A LEAN ON THE PROPERTY OR WE HAD AN AMNESTY. WE GOT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE TO COME IN AND PAY THOSE HARD COSTS.
WE DID NOT REDUCE ANYBODY'S HARD COST TO THE CITY IN IN THE AMNESTY, JUST THE FINES THAT WERE ADDED. ON TOP OF THAT, WHAT IS NOW GOING TO FOLLOW MS. CHARGING? ARE WE ACTUALLY GETTING THOSE PAID TO US? WE ARE IN SOME CASES, THE AMNESTY HELPED QUITE A BIT.
BUT IF WE GET AND WE'RE NOT TO THE POINT WE HAVE, WE PUT LEAN'S ON THE PROPERTY.
SO THERE IS MONEY THAT COMES INTO THIS FUND BECAUSE PEOPLE PAY IT USUALLY WHEN THE PROPERTY IS SOLD WITH THAT GOES INTO THIS FUND AND THEN IT GOES OUT OF THAT FUND TO PAY FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S MOWING.
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SOME CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR REQUIRED A LITTLE BIT MORE MOWING.ACTUALLY, TOMORROW NIGHT AT COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO BE MAYBE LEVELING THAT PLAYING FIELD BY ROLLING BACK SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE MOWING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT ON A MORE FAIR AND EQUITABLE BASIS SO THAT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY HITTING PROPERTY OWNERS WITH LARGE EXPENSES TO MOW LARGE TRACTS OF THE PROPERTY.
SO BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE DO WE DO LAY OUT THAT MONEY AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR IT TO COME BACK. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS JUST THE COST EXPECTANCY OF YOUR BUDGET PRIORITIES.
OK, YEAH, I CAN I CAN RUN THROUGH THAT SO VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS, VEHICLES ARE GOING UP BECAUSE ALL MATERIALS ARE GOING UP, PLASTIC AND METAL, EVERYTHING'S GOING UP.
WE WORK OFF A CONTRACT, USUALLY STATE SHERIFF'S CONTRACT OR SOME OTHER STATE CONTRACT.
SO THE VEHICLES FOR CODE AND LAND DEVELOPMENT ARE RUNNING ABOUT TWENTY TO TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND LARGE FORMAT PRINTERS, ABOUT 20000.
THE FTE WITH SALARY BENEFITS AND THE SUPPORT LIKE COMPUTER, IT'S PROBABLY SIXTY SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND CORPORATE REPLACEMENTS, PROBABLY FIFTEEN THOUSAND.
THE NUISANCE I'M SORRY, THE POSTAGE INCREASE IS PROBABLY 1500 TO TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. AND THE NUISANCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, MAYBE TWENTY TO THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE IN THAT LINE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR LAWRENCE. SURE, SIR.
SO JUST WANTED TO DISCUSS THE LEGAL NEWS BUDGET REAL QUICK, IT'S THE CITY PAID FOR THOSE BIG LEGAL NOTICES THAT ARE ON A PROPERTY OR IS IT THE APPLICANT? I MEAN, THE SIGNS THAT ARE POSTED ON THE PROPERTY IS PROPERTY ITSELF.
YEAH, THE APPLICANTS PAY FOR THAT.
THEY GO TO A SIGN COMPANY AND THEY HAVE TO THE SIGN COMPANY WILL EITHER THE OR THE OWNER CAN GO OUT AND POST IT ON THE PROPERTY.
WHAT WE PAY FOR IS WE PAY FOR LEGAL NOTICES IN THE NEWSPAPER AND WE DO A MAILING TO PEOPLE WITHIN A 500 FOOT RADIUS.
OH, MAN, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT EITHER.
I JUST ALSO HAD ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION.
DO YOU HIRE OUTSIDE WORK AT ALL FOR CONSULTING OR WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS OTHER THAN THE ONES THAT DO OUR MOWING THOSE THEY GET PAID OUT OF THE NUISANCE FUND.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S ALL IN-HOUSE STAFF.
I'LL END IT BY SIMPLY SAYING THANK YOU FOR DOING THE MOWING, I RECALL I WASN'T PHYSICALLY HERE AT THAT MOMENT, BUT I DO RECALL THE FIRES IN 08 AND THAT IS A HUGE ISSUE DEFINITELY DURING THAT TIME TO THE CITY AND HUGE IMPACTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, WE TRY TO KEEP UP WITH IT.
IT'S IT'S IF YOU LOOK AT OUR AGENDAS, PROBABLY HALF OF THE CODE WORD AGENDA IS NUISANCE VEGETATION CASES.
IT'S A TOUGH JOB, AND I THANK YOU FOR DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT.
PLEASURE TO BE HERE, UH, CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL VALENTINO PEREZ, AS WE GO THROUGH THE SLIDES HERE, NOT SURE, AM I? YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN HELP ME, ANGELICA, I THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT. UM, NOT TO READ THE WHOLE STATEMENT, BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE MISSION STATEMENT, ESPECIALLY AT THE END WHERE IT SAYS WE'RE HERE TO FULFILL ALL WORK, TO BE FAIR, PROMPT AND CONSISTENT, BUILD AND MAINTAIN STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIPS.
UM. OUR CORE SERVICES, AS YOU'RE AWARE, ARE BASED ON PLAN REVIEW ACTIVITIES, INSPECTIONS PERMITTING, ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, HE'S BASICALLY LOOKING OUT FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS AND EVERY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GOES UP HERE IN THE CITY OF QUARMBY. OUR SERVICES INCLUDE ALL THE COMMERCIAL ASPECTS, THE RESIDENTIAL, WHETHER IT BE INSPECTIONS.
PLANS EXAMINING COMPLIANCE WITH OUR FLORIDA BUILDING CODE.
RECORD KEEPING HAS TO DO ALSO WITH PUBLIC REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION, WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, OUR BUDGET SUMMARY FOR FISCAL YEAR 20, OUR REVENUE IS JUST OVER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT CAME OUT OF THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES.
I DO WANT TO MENTION, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE ARE NOT ON THE GENERAL FUND.
SO ALL THE REVENUE HERE IS USED FOR SPECIFICALLY ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE'VE TAKEN FEES OFF PERMIT FEES, PLANCHET FEES, REINSPECTION FEES THAT NO, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT ALTHOUGH IN FISCAL YEAR 20, IT WAS A TWO HUNDRED AND
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THIRTY THREE THOUSAND BECAUSE OF THE ELIMINATION OF.WE INSPECTIONS FEED BY BY FAILING THE FIRST TIME THAT WILL BE REDUCED, WHICH IS A BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THE HOMEOWNERS HERE.
WE ALSO DO ANYTHING RELATED TO NEW CONSTRUCTION AS FAR AS FIRE PLANT INSPECTIONS AND ANYTHING THAT IS NEW CONSTRUCTION.
OUR ACTUAL EXPENSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, TWENTY TWO POINT SIX, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PERSONAL COST WAS ABOUT ONE POINT FIVE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF VACANCIES IN MY FIRST YEAR HERE ON THE JOB WHEN I TOOK THE JOB.
SO THAT DISPARITY IS BECAUSE THERE WERE WE WERE DEPLETED BUILDING DEPARTMENT THANKS TO GOOD LEADERSHIP HERE. THAT IS CHANGING, AS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WHAT WE TOOK IN AND WHAT WE EXPENDED.
OUR PRIORITIES ARE OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF A DESIGN PHASE FOR A NEW BUILDING HERE ON SITE, WHICH WILL BE THE LAST.
BUILDING THAT COULD BE CONSTRUCTED HERE AT CITY HALL, ROUGHLY AN ESTIMATE, ABOUT THREE POINT THREE THAT WILL COME OUT OF THE ENTERPRISE FUND TO.
TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THIS, IT'S PROBABLY LIKE A THREE YEAR PROJECT, YOU'VE GOT FOUR MORE VEHICLES AS WE'RE HIRING AND STAFFING IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO THE OTHER CONTRACTORS HERE IN THE PUBLIC.
IN THE MEANTIME, YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE THAT WE MOVED OUT OF CITY HALL HERE BECAUSE OF SPACE LIMITATIONS AS WE'RE GROWN AS A DEPARTMENT, SO WE'RE ACROSS THE STREET AT WINN-DIXIE. WELCOME TO VISIT US.
SAD TO SAY THAT WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE THERE, TOO, SO YOU SEE HERE A.
UP A PRIORITY TO PURCHASE A BUILDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE HERE OF THE TOWN.
IN THE MEANTIME, SINCE IT'S A THREE YEAR PROJECT FOR THE NEW BUILDING, IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT ONE POINT FOR. AND THERE IS A GENERATOR COST INVOLVED IN THAT FACILITY, AS OUR OPERATIONS HAVE TO DO WITH LIFE SAFETY, WE CANNOT GO DOWN.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES.
YOU'LL SEE IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, WE'VE GOT FOUR WE HAVE FOUR VACANCIES, I'M PROUD TO SAY IT'S ONLY FOUR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
THIS I'M I'M CLOSE TO A YEAR HERE ON THE JOB.
WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN FILLING A LOT OF THE VACANCIES.
WE'RE STILL FOUR ON THE INSPECTION SIDE.
WE JUST HOSTED A OUTREACH COORDINATOR TO IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE ASPECTS OF THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HERE, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WITH STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE STATUS OF OUR ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
SO I'M HAPPY TO FIELD QUESTIONS BEFORE I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO MENTION SHE'S HERE TONIGHT.
MS. BARNETT, SHE'S IMMENSELY I CAN'T TAKE THE CREDIT HERE FOR THE BUDGET.
SO I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN FOR THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
ALONG THESE LINES, THANK YOU, SO YOU LOOK AT YOUR UPBRAIDING.
TAKING MONEY OUT OF OR BY ONE AT TWO POINT SIX, SO.
I APPRECIATE THAT ONE 30 TO 40 YOU GOT.
OR VACANCES THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT 30 TO CORRECT.
SIR, I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IF, AGAIN, THIS IS WATCHED AGAIN, THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A NEW BUILDING HERE FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT.
NOT COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUND, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, THAT'S COMING OUT OF YOUR ENTERPRISE FUND, CORRECT? CORRECT, SIR.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AWESOME, BUT THEIR PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, GUYS, I DEFINITELY WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL YOU GUYS, MOYAR MINER ABBY ROBERTSON GOX'S BRADLEY SAYS, I'LL ADD THAT TO ME PERSONALLY.
IT SPEAKS VOLUMES THAT ALL OF YOU STAY FOR ALL OF YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
AS WELL AS VALUE THAT YOU GUYS DO CARE ABOUT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND ARE HERE TOGETHER AT WORK, UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS SCHEDULING, CHANGE POTENTIAL.
[2.Discussion of possible scheduling change(s) for CBAB meetings in July 2021.]
AND WE. ABLE TO DO ANYTHING POTENTIAL DATES ON THAT.[01:45:03]
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SEVENTH AND THE TWENTY FIRST.YOU LIE, RIGHT? YES, THE JULY DANCE.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO ADD A FOURTH AND THEN.
IF YOU'RE ME, IF I HAVE CLEARED A DATE, UH, WITH LEGISLATIVE, I HAVE NOT.
WHAT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOVEMENT TO TRY AND GET THOSE DATES SATISFIED ONE? AS FOR THE TWO DATES, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
THAT WOULD BE THE TALKING ABOUT THE SEVENTH OR THE TWENTY FIRST.
THAT'S. I CAN HONESTLY BE IN LIEU OF THE MEETING ON THE 14TH, ACTUALLY.
ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION.
SO, RUTH, WE JUST NEED TO CHECK PROBABLY TOMORROW WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND WE'LL CHECK FOR THOSE TWO DATES FOR YOU ALL AND WE WILL CIRCLE BACK BECAUSE YOU WERE ALL AVAILABLE THOSE DATES, CORRECT? AND YOU WANT THE TWO MEETINGS INSTEAD OF THE ONE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO BRING OUT?
[OTHER BUSINESS]
THAT'S. OTHER BUSINESS.WANTED TO BRING THIS CONVERSATION UP BECAUSE I BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE WITH THIS BOARD REGARDING THE POWELL SUBDIVISION AND THE FAR CHEMICAL EXPLOSIONS.
SO BACK IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR FOR CHEMICAL DID A MEETING WITH RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHEAST PALM BAY AREA.
I THINK THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED THAT THEY SEND NOTICES TO FOLKS WHO WERE FIVE HUNDRED FEET AWAY. SO MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE PRIMARILY AFFECTED BY EXPLOSIONS OR OTHER TOXINS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE CALLING TOXINS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SANITATION COMPANY THAT WE'RE USING, I THINK THE ORDINANCE SAID 500 FEET, BUT WE HAD PEOPLE THERE WHO WERE MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED FEET, LIKE FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT FEET AWAY. THEY WOULD THEY SHOWED UP.
AND SO THEY RAISED THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT REPORTS ON THE EXPLOSION AND ANY TOXIC CHEMICALS OR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WISE.
AND SO THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WATER AND SOIL POISONING.
AND WHAT THEY ARE REQUESTING IS WATER AND SOIL FOR THE CITY TO PAY FOR WATER AND SOIL TESTING. AND SO I WANTED TO READ TO YOU WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE MEETING.
AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS TO WE JUST GO VERBATIM.
SO RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WATER AND SOIL POISONING FOR CHEMICALS.
VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL MANAGER, INFORMED CITY COUNCIL BACK IN 2000, 19 OF THE EFFECTS OF LIVING NEAR A CHEMICAL PLANT THAT IT WOULD EXCUSE ME THAT THE EFFECTS OF LIVING NEAR A CHEMICAL PLANT. WOULD.
WITH. I'M SORRY I MIGHT HAVE TYPED THIS WRONG, BUT THE ISSUE WAS, IS THAT FOUR CHEMICALS TOLD THE CITY, AND I QUOTE FROM HIS QUOTE, THAT WAS IN THE FLORIDA TODAY PAPER, WE HAVE A GREAT WE HAVE A GREAT SAFETY RECORD.
OUR PEOPLE ARE WELL TRAINED, BUT ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY'RE LIVING RIGHT BESIDE A CHEMICAL PLANT, THIS STUFF CAN KILL YOU.
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AND SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO ME THAT THE CITIZENS ARE ASKING FOR SOIL AND WATER TESTING BECAUSE OF A STATEMENT LIKE THAT, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING EPA REPORTS. THEY IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING REPORTS FROM THE PALM BAY FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT RESPONDED, AS WELL AS, UH, FOR CHEMICAL THEMSELVES.AND SO I WANTED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ALLOWING THOSE RESIDENTS TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO THIS BOARD ABOUT WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.
AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, ADVICE OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, IS A BUDGET ISSUE.
SO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND TALK TO THIS BOARD AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME RECOMMENDATIONS WE CAN MAKE.
MAYBE AS SOMETHING THE COMPANY WHO HAD THE EXPLOSION NEEDS TO LOOK AT, MAYBE IS SOMETHING THE CITY SHOULD PAY FOR BECAUSE IT DID MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UH, WITH HAVING OTHER RESIDENTS LIVE LIVE LIVE NEXT TO THIS.
WELL, THESE ARE EXISTING RESIDENTS.
I THINK IN 2019, THE ISSUE WAS THE DEVELOPMENT, THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON ROBERT J.
CONNELLAN. AND SO IN TWENTY NINETEEN FOR CHEMICALS DID NOT WANT THE CITY TO PASS, TO REZONE, TO LET RESIDENTS LIVE NEAR MORE RESIDENTS.
NEW RESIDENTS COME AND LIVE NEAR THIS CHEMICAL PLANT.
AND SO THE EXISTING RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE ALL THIS TIME, THEY ARE ASKING FOR THIS TESTING. AND SO I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THIS BOARD THINKS ABOUT THAT, ABOUT GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK.
SO I HOPE I MADE IT CLEAR ON THEIR BEHALF.
I DON'T WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M REFLECTING WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO ME.
WELL, I DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I'M GOING TO START AND I DON'T MEAN ANYTHING TO BE RUDE OR DISRESPECTFUL.
I DON'T I DON'T THINK THIS BOARD IS THE PROPER CHANNEL FOR THIS.
AS WE'RE CHARGED WITH LOOKING AT THE CURRENT BUDGET AND WHAT'S PROPOSED FOR THE FOLLOWING BUDGET. I WOULD DEFER TO SUZANNE IF YOU COULD ADDRESS WHERE WOULD BE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION. DIRECT THESE. CERTAINLY.
THANK YOU. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO THINGS I WAS THINKING ABOUT, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT THE FIRST QUESTION IS REALLY DOES THE CITY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THE TESTING THAT IT'S BEING REQUESTED? SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WILL CHECK WITH OUR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, JOHN.
BUT SECONDARILY, AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT IS THE TYPES OF THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED DIRECTLY TO CITY COUNCIL THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE VENUE. IF THERE'S A GROUP OF RESIDENTS WHO HAD A MEETING AND WANT TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND BRING THOSE TO COUNCIL UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. BUT, UM.
HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, ALBERTA, MY INTENTION IS TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ANYWAY, TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU OUTSIDE OF JUST A NORMAL MEETING PROCESS ANYWAY.
LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND ALSO, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THE THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF WHETHER WE CAN MANDATE OR DO TESTING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY LIKE THAT.
THERE'S SOME THINGS WE'D HAVE TO LOOK OUT THERE.
I WANT TO STRESS I'M NOT TRYING TO BE DISTRACTED.
NO, NO, NO. THE RIGHT DIRECTION THERE.
THE BEST RESPONSE AS THEY ARE THERE LOOKING FOR YOU GUYS.
GOOD. I'M GOING TO BE JOINING YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE HERE AND I'M VERY INTERESTED, I ALSO WITH THE PALM BAY.
MAKING EVERYTHING CONNECTED AND GET FUNDED.
THANK YOU. THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING TONIGHT.
I WILL ADD, IF YOU DON'T IF IF YOU WILL TAKE THE SUGGESTION WE DID HAVE TWO PREVIOUS DATES OF PRESENTATIONS, I WILL GIVE YOU BACK.
IF YOU HADN'T HAD A CHANCE, I'D BE GREAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU WITH US.
AND IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, BUDDY, LAST CHANCE.
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GUYS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.