WANT TO ORDER. GO FOR IT. GOOD MORNING EVERY MORNING. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF NEW ALBANESE, 
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COUNCILWOMAN. THE 34 ANNUAL BUDGETS. PLEASE. YES. MAYOR SPAULDING COUNCIL MEMBER OF RISK HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER DEREK COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOWS COUNCIL MEMBER KISSED. HERE COUNCIL MEMBER SHAWN COUNCIL MEMBER WILL TRAP HERE. I HAVE SEVEN PRESENT FOR THE NOVEMBER 1320 23 BUDGET WORKSHOP. ANY MEMBER OF STAFF COUNCIL LIKE JUST ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO REJECT. I'VE 
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RECEIVED NO NOTES. LET'S MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION OF DRAFT BUDGET AND PRESENTATION BY STAFF. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AH. SO, UM BUT I THOUGHT WE WOULD DO TODAY IS JUST START OUT WITH OUR TYPICAL INTRODUCTION ABOUT OUR GOALS OR WHAT WE TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THROUGH THE FUNDING OF THE BUDGET. AH WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE. KEEP GOING ON THIS PAGE IS THE WE'VE ACTUALLY EXPANDED THIS FROM 3 TO 5 THIS YEAR. UH THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO ACCOMPLISH WITH OUR OUR PROGRAMMING AND OUR FUNDING AND PROGRAMMING. THE FIRST IS TO INVEST IN PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. UM SECOND IS TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ENCOURAGES PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW FUNDS. THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT ENHANCE THAT QUALITY OF LIFE. THE THIRD IS TO PURSUE CONTINUAL SERVICE AND OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN, UH, THIS YEAR, WE'VE ADDED TO MAINTAIN EXCELLENT STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC FUNDS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE UH, HAVE DONE BUT REALLY NOT ARTICULATED AND LAST INVEST IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELL BEING OF OUR WORKFORCE, WHICH AGAIN IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO? BUT WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY ARTICULATED AS A GOAL. UM. HOPING TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A GREAT DEAL IN TERMS OF ACROSS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS OF THESE THESE GOAL AREAS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS AGAIN. THIS YEAR. WE'VE CONTINUED TO DIVERSIFY THE TAX BASE WITH OUR ADDITIONAL, UM, BUSINESSES THAT HAVE CHOSEN TO ALBANY. WE'VE INCREASED OUR NATIONAL RECOGNITION DO ALBANY HAS NOW BECOME A, UH, LOOK TO LOCATION AS OPPOSED TO BEING A, UH, LITTLE KNOWN SUBURB OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, THE COLUMBUS REGION. WE'VE ATTRACTED ADDITIONAL GLOBAL BRANDS TO THE COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, WE STRENGTHENED OUR OVERALL FINANCIAL, UM, POSITION AS A RESULT OF THESE THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE'VE WE'VE ADVANCED OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. BOTH IN THE BUSINESS PARK AND IN OUR, UH, IN THE CENTER OF TOWN AND IN OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENTS OF WATER AND SEWER LINES, EXTENSION OF ROADS, IMPROVEMENTS OF OUR PARKS. AND OF COURSE, THE UM, BRINGING ONLINE OF TAYLOR PARK COMMUNITY PROGRAM, AND WE'VE ROLLED OUT SUBSTANTIAL NEW COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THIS YEAR. SENIOR CONNECTIONS HAS BEEN EXPANDED THE JUNETEENTH, UH, EVENT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN, OF COURSE THIS PAST WEEKEND AND THE WALLY EVENT WAS VERY HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT AND THEN, OF COURSE, GOVERNMENT, 101. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OF THOSE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHICH HAD BEEN PRETTY WELL ATTENDED AND SERVED TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE'VE CONTINUED TO ADD STAFFING TO RESPOND TO THE, UH INCREASED DEMAND FOR SERVICES AND THE INCREASED WORKLOAD RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE HAD NATIONALLY AWARDS THAT WERE ACHIEVED, UM, NOT ONLY IN COMMUNICATION, BUT BUT ALSO, THE CHIEF WILL HAVE MORE TO DISCUSS ABOUT THEIR, UM THEY'RE CLEAR RE CERTIFICATION, WHICH OCCURRED THIS PAST WEEKEND. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR SUSTAINABILITY AND IDEA PROJECTS WHICH ARE REFERENCED EARLIER IN THIS SLIDE. WHAT WE LIKE TO TRY TO DO GOING FORWARD IS TO GET INTO AND OVER OVERVIEW OF THE GENERAL FUND, AND WE'LL GET INTO A PRESENTATION BY EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST YEARS. AH SECOND DAY OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION WOULD INCLUDE COUNCIL BUDGET AND THE TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS SUCH AS THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND. BUT TODAY WE WANTED TO EMPHASIZE 
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OR FOCUS ON THE WILL START WITH THE AGAIN THE OVERVIEW OF OUR GENERAL FUND. AND THEN GO INTO WILL START WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN WORK THROUGH EACH OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS DEVELOPMENTS SERVICE, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, FINANCE AND. I BELIEVE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS FUND. SO WITH THAT, BETHANY. UM YES. I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT HAPPENED. LOOK IN THE BOTTOM PART POINT BOTTOM. I'M IMPRESSED ANYTHING, DO IT. OKAY SO THE GENERAL FUND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO OPEN TO YOUR BUDGET BOOK PAGES, 60 TO 61. I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH A GENERAL OVER VIEW OF THAT FUND, THE GENERAL FUND JUST AS A REMINDER IT'S THE MOST CRITICAL INDICATOR AND FINANCIAL HEALTH. THAT'S THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR CITY SERVICES AND OPERATIONS. AND IF YOU LOOKED THROUGH, UM ON PAGE 61 THROUGH ON THE BOTTOM, YOU SHOW IT SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A STRONG OVERALL FUND BALANCE. WE EXCEEDED 65% RESERVE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND WHAT'S PROJECTED TO THE FUTURE? IN 2024? WE HAVE A $4.7 MILLION OPERATING REVENUES OVER OPERATING EXPENDITURES THAT'S PROJECTED BEFORE ANY CAPITAL AND TRANSFERS. AND THIS IS EVEN WITH MULTIYEAR STAFFING INCREASES AND ADDITIONAL OPERATING COSTS. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE 2020 FOR INCOME TAX PROJECTIONS. UM WHEN I GO THROUGH AND DO THE ANALYSIS OF THE INCOME TAX OR SEVERAL FACTORS THAT I TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, AND THERE'S A LOT MORE THOUGHT PUT INTO IT NOWADAYS, BUT THE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHANGES THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT CONTINUE TO AFFECT OF REMOTE WORK RELATED INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING FOR SOME OF OUR MAIN EMPLOYERS. WE'VE CONTINUED TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT AND BASED ON PROJECTIONS ON THAT WE'VE CONTINUED THE INTEL RELATED CONSTRUCTION FOR INCOME TAX WITHHOLDINGS AS THEY'RE CONTINUING TO RAMP UP THEIR CONSTRUCTION. I WILL SAY THAT ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION, UM THAT THAT OCCURS FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT BUT ALSO ANY CURRENT CONSTRUCTION GOING ON THAT IS CONSIDERED IN THE BASE OF MY PROJECTIONS, SO I'M NOT GONNA REALLY TRACKING ANY OTHER CONSTRUCTION IN THE BUSINESS PARK OTHER THAN INTEL, BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONE THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. UM NET PROFITS AND INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES. YOU KNOW THAT VOLATILE SOURCE. FORTUNATELY IT'S BEEN POSITIVE FOR US IN THE MOST RECENT YEARS. SO UM, I'VE BEEN PROJECTING BASED ON AN AVERAGE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF NET PROFITS AND INDIVIDUAL SO IT'S NOT QUITE AS HIGH AS IT WAS IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THE LAST IN 2023 AND 2022, BUT IT'S STILL A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND ONE THING I DID WANT TO KNOW ON THE INCOME TAX. UM ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT PAGE 2025 TO 2027. GENERALLY IN THE PAST, I DID NOT PUT AS MUCH THOUGHT OR ANALYSIS INTO THOSE NUMBERS. BUT I'VE BEEN OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS SINCE THE PANDEMIC. UH AND SINCE WE HAVE SOME INCREASED ACTIVITY, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M PUTTING A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHT, AND WE ARE PUTTING MORE ANALYSIS RELATED TO DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT ARE GOING ON. WE'RE STILL CONSERVATIVE CONSERVATIVE GROWTH IN ALL AREAS OF INCOME TAX REVENUES DURING THIS PERIOD, IT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION WITHHOLDING, EXCEPT FOR THE INTEL THAT I HAD SAID AN ADDITIONAL ITEM THAT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW. WE'LL LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT LATER ON. IS THAT THE GENERAL FUND? INCOME TAX PROJECTIONS. UM. IT'S ALSO THE FUTURE INCOME TAXES BASED ON AH, THE NEW VILLAGE CENTER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND BEING APPROVED, AND SO THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL 1.5. SO THE PROJECTIONS THAT I HAVE FOR THE GENERAL FUND. WE'RE STILL EXCEEDING. AND CONTINUING TO GROW WITH EVEN PUTTING ASIDE THAT 1.5% AND REDUCING THE GENERAL FUND FROM 85% 83.5. 
          OKAY? MOVING ON TO THE OPERATING EXPENSES. UM THE GENERAL FUND AGAIN AS THE MAIN SOURCE FOR OPERATIONS, WHICH MOST OF THE EXPENSE IS GOING TO BE OUR PERSONNEL. AND THIS BUDGET CONTEMPLATES A COUPLE OF NEW STAFF. UM COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AND PROFESSIONAL 
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DEVELOPMENT. YOU'LL SEE AN INCREASED, UM FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS AND MOST DEPARTMENTS, ACTUALLY AND THEN ALSO, THERE ARE INCREASED COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON INCREASED IN COMMUNICATION BUDGETS, PROFESSIONAL EVENT CONTRACT SERVICES AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR ASSET MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING AND CONTINUING, AND THAT WOULD BE EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. LAST QUESTION. 
          GO BACK HERE. FOR YOU HAVE THE OTHER RELEVANT. IT'S DOWN FROM THE LAST YEAR. DUDE REASON WHY THAT WOULD GO DOWN. OTHER REVENUE. UM. IT'S NOT AS PREDICTABLE AS THE OTHERS SO THAT THE REIMBURSEMENTS CATEGORY THAT WE HAVE IN THERE OF 750,000 THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM THE MAIN REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE GET IS OUR TRUE UP FOR OUR INCOME TAX FEES. THE 2% SO THEY DO A TRUE UP AT THE END THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SO THAT'S GENERALLY AROUND 600 ISH 1000. AND THEN THERE'S OTHER REIMBURSEMENTS THAT COME INTO PLAY. BE IT, UM I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF SOME OTHER PROPERTY, SO IT'S NOT AS PREDICTABLE. UH AND SO THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY PUT IT HUGE EMPHASIS ON OTHER THAN THE THINK THE CATEGORIES THAT WE CAN, REALLY, UM PUT INTO PLACE. 
          THANKS QUESTION. SURE THIS 2024 PROPOSED NUMBER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE TAKING OUT THE 1.5 FOR THE DOG CENTER. IS THAT THIS? THIS PREVIOUSLY 2023 AMENDED WOULD BE THE 80 8585 MINUS 1.5. OKAY SO THAT EVEN THOUGH THE BOX LAST THAT'S DESPITE THAT, OKAY, RIGHT. DO SOMETHING WITH THAT. JOKE THAT MIKE, PLEASE SORRY WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT NUMBER. WE COULD BACK THAT BACK OUT AGAIN. AND THEN THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE ADJUSTED UP. YOU COULD MAKE IT A ONE YEAR TRANSFER IF YOU WOULD CHOOSE TO DO SO, UH BUT WE HAD TO HAVE SOME PLACE TO START FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES, SO WE PLUGGED IT IN, UH, IN ORDER TO, UM ACCOUNT FOR THE NUMBER IT IS THAT IS THAT THAT REDUCTION IS THAT CARRIED THROUGH ALL THESE OTHER POCKETS OR IS THAT JUST THE INCOME TEXT? IT'S JUST OKAY. ANYTHING. YOU'RE FINE. I. I WANT YOU TO HAVE QUESTION UM SO CONTINUING ON THE OPERATING EXPENSES. WE HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON PERSONNEL. THE COLOR THAT WE HAVE PUT IN THE BUDGET IS 3.0% FOR ANY NON UNION STAFF. CURRENTLY THE F O P IS IN NEGOTIATIONS SO THAT IS IN THERE AS ZERO. UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS PRETTY, UH, NOT NORMAL AND INDUSTRY OR IN THE GOVERNMENT TODAY IS THAT WE'VE HAD NO INCREASE TO OUR HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THREE YEARS. NOW. WE DO HAVE, UM YOU KNOW, WE'RE A MEMBERSHIP OF A CONSORTIUM THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE TO THE RESERVES WITH THAT, AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE NO INCREASE PLUS INSURANCE HOLIDAYS IN ORDER TO HELP WITH THAT COST, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT NORMAL. THIS BUDGET ALSO, UH, INCLUDES THE RESULTS OF THE COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY. THERE ARE A FEW POSITIONS THAT, UM, MOVED. AS A RESULT. TWO DIFFERENT GRADING DIFFERENT POINT. FACTORING IN DIFFERENT, UM TITLES DEPENDING ON THE MARKET, AND DEPENDING ON THE EMPLOYEE OR IN THE THIS THE CITYWIDE UM WORKFORCE, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ADMIN CAN MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT AND JUST JUMPING BACK TO HEALTH INSURANCE FOR JUST A MINUTE. I THINK I WANT TO. I WANT TO CREDIT OUR STAFF AND I WANT TO CREDIT LINDSAY. WE ROLLED OUT THE WE ROLLED OUT THE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS PROGRAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND WE HAVE A GOOD RATE OF PARTICIPATION. I THINK THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT ARE LOST EXPERIENCE OR ARE UTILIZATION OF HEALTH INSURANCE. UH, HIS HIS PERFORMED VERY, VERY WELL OVER THE LESS PROBABLY LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE. YES YES. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO RIGHT SIZE STAFF TO SUPPORT THE EXPANDED INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING. AND THEN, OF COURSE TRAINING AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S IN THIS BUDGET. JUST AS A REMINDER, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW IF YOU LOOK FROM YEAR TO YEAR WITHIN FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET OR LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL 2022 TO THE AMENDED 23 TO THE PROPOSED 2024 UM, WE HAVE A 
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HISTORY OF UH, UNDERESTIMATING OUR REVENUES AND OVERESTIMATING OUR EXPENSES. SO WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE, BUT WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO PREPARE FOR, UM WHAT IS NEEDED WITHOUT HAVING TO DIG INTO OUR RESERVES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO CREDIT STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS WHERE STILL BEING CONSERVATIVE AND NOT HAVING THE MINDSET THAT THEY HAVE TO SPEND EVERYTHING THAT THEY GET. IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT'S VERY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THEY CONTEMPLATE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND THAT'S BEEN, UM, HISTORY THAT YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UH, UTILIZE THE PEOPLE TO INVEST BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND PUT INTO OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL. LOOKING AT THE TRANSFERS ON PAGE 61. YOU'LL SEE THAT GOING FROM THE TOP DOWN WE DO HAVE A DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO PAY FOR. AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TRANSFERS TO OUR RESERVE FUNDS TO SEVERANCE LIABILITY. AH IS PUT INTO PLACE AND THEN ALSO, WE HAVE STARTED BACK UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT FUND UNTIL WE CAN GET IT THROUGH ANALYSIS OF WHAT EXACTLY THAT NEEDS TO BE MOVING FORWARD. UM BUT YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT $5 MILLION TO THE POTENTIAL NEW FUND VILLAGE CENTER IMPROVEMENTS AND AGAIN THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN , BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO PUT THAT IN THERE TO ILLUSTRATE THAT AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CREATING THAT FUND AND DETERMINING THE ALLOCATION. UM. WE HAVE PUT INTO THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. IT'S 3.2 MILLION, AND I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO WHERE WE'VE INCREASED THE INFLATION FACTOR FROM 2% TO 3% THIS YEAR. SO LAST YEAR WE WENT FROM 1% TO 2% NOW WE WENT TO 3% SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO PUT MONEY BACK IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT MONEY AVAILABLE FOR EQUIPMENT AND WE DON'T HAVE THE PRESSURE ON THE GENERAL FUND IN THE FUTURE. UM WE HAVE A TRANSFER TO THE HINTS AN AMPHITHEATER IN ORDER TO HELP, UH, WITH OPERATIONS UNTIL WE CAN GET ESTABLISHED TRUE OPERATING BUDGET, WITH REVENUES COMING IN AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT AND THEN ALSO THE TRANSFERRED TO THE CANINE PATROL TO KEEP TRACK OF THE COSTS RELATED TO PERSONNEL. UM IN ORDER TO KEEP THAT PROGRESS PROGRAM GOING. IN 2024. WE DO HAVE RETURN ADVANCES. UM IF YOU'RE A CALL, WE DID APPROVE IN ADVANCE OF THE BOND IMPROVEMENT FUNDING ANTICIPATION OF THE BIG PROJECT, BUT THAT MONEY WILL RETURN AND THEN OXFORD AND SLOPPY TIPS STILL ARE CONTINUING TO REPAY ADVANCES BACK FROM WHEN WE, UM PAID OFF OLD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS THAT WE HAD THAT I HAD HIGH INTEREST SO THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PAY BACK. THOSE ARE THAT ADVANCE MOVING FORWARD IS WE COLLECT RECEIPTS. REMINDER OF THE BUDGET LAYOUT. UM WE HAVE THE BUDGET MESSAGE, THE COMMUNITY PROFILE. I CAN SAY THAT WE'VE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THE COMMUNITY PROFILE WITH THE BUDGET PROGRAM. WE UM SOME OF THE MANDATORY CRITERIA IS INVOLVING, UM, WEAVING IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND GOALS AND ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND VALUES AND THEN ALSO HAVING THE DEPARTMENT UH, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO SHOW THOSE AND THEN YOU KEEP PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT CAN SUPPORT THE BUDGET AND ALSO INDICATE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO MAKE BUDGET DECISIONS. AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT SOME WORK INTO THAT IT'S STILL IN DRAFT FORM. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET THIS BUDGET ADOPTED WILL BE ABLE TO FINALIZE THAT AND SUBMITTED, UM WITH THE FINAL CORRECTIONS. THERE ARE SUMMARIES AND SO THAT YOU HAVE YOUR GENERAL OVERVIEW. AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE SUMMARIES THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL OF THE CURRENT, UM, BUDGET FOR 2024 WITH THE PROJECTIONS WOULD BE AND THEN WHAT REALLY WENT INTO THE CHANGES IF YOU SEE ANY, BUT IT ALSO EXPLAINS THE BUDGET PROCESS AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UM YOU KNOW, LOOK TO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS FAR AS ONE AMENDMENTS GO AND THEN YOU HAVE THE FUNDS AT THE FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES. YOU HAVE YOUR ALL FUNDS CONSOLIDATED BUDGET. THERE'S ALSO THE LISTING OF FUNDS THAT THE CITY UM IS BUDGETING OVER. BUT THEN AGAIN, YOUR MAIN PAGES, I WOULD THINK THAT YOU'RE LOOKING IN IN THAT SECTION IS PAGE 6061. BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE SECTIONS RELATED TO IT. SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS CAPITAL FUNDS THAT TWO FUNDS ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THOSE 
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FUNDS. THE DEPARTMENTS ALL HAVE, UM, BEEN WORKING PROGRESS WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO PUT MORE DATA RELATED TO THE GOALS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENTS, AND IT'S UM, ALSO LOOKING AT TRENDS THAT ARE RELATED TO THEIR AGAIN. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, UM, FINALIZING THOSE, BUT I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT HOW THEY'RE TURNING OUT. THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL IN GETTING THAT INFORMATION THAT THERE YOU HAVE YOUR CAPITAL SECTION THAT DETAILS THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT AND THEN ALSO THE PROPOSED CAPITAL PROJECTS. THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE BASED ON THE PRIORITIES THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR WORKSHOP. THE MEMO THAT JOE SENT OUT, UM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND REGARDS TO THAT AS FAR AS THE TIMING OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO INCLUDE IT IN THE BUDGET, AND THEN THE DEBT SECTION DETAILS ALL OF THE DEBT THAT WE HAVE OUTSTANDING AND THE PROJECTED FUNDING SOURCES TO WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO PAY THOSE. AND THEN THE APPENDICES HAVE, UM SOME HELPFUL INFORMATION RELATED TO DIFFERENT SUMMARIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE WAGE SUMMARY THE POSITIONS UM THE I T BUDGET IS IN THERE. AND THERE'S DIFFERENT HOPEFUL PAGES WITHIN THERE THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT. YOUR BUDGET READING EXPERIENCE. A COUPLE OF REMINDERS IF YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE FUNDS SECTION, ANYTHING WITH A GREEN BAND IS YOUR GENERAL FUND. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR MAIN OPERATING FUND. WHAT WERE, UM, PRIMARILY IN ALL OF TIME FIGURING OUT UH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN PUTTING INTO OPERATIONS. THE OTHER FUNDS ARE BLUE, ORANGE OR BROWN. AGAIN YEARS 2025 TO 2027 SHOWN THEY'RE THERE TO PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. YOU'RE NOT APPROVING THE 25 TO 2027 NUMBERS, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL GIVE YOU ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING. UM, FOR THOSE YEARS. I THINK THAT'S IT. POLICE PAGE 139 TO 156. NO. GOOD MORNING. SO WE'LL START OFF. THIS IS DEFINITELY A NEW DEVELOPMENT. WE THIS PAST WEEK AND WEEKEND WE WROTE THE CLEAR CONFERENCE, WHICH IS THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. IF YOU RECALL, WE WERE ACCREDITED BACK IN 2019, AND YOU'RE UP FOR RE ACCREDITATION EVERY FOUR YEARS, SO EVERY YEAR THEY GO OVER 25% OF OUR FILES THROUGH THE SOFTWARE WE USE, AND ON THE LAST YEAR THEY ACTUALLY VISIT THE PD TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH EVALUATION. SO WE WERE HAPPY THAT, UM, SATURDAY WE WENT IN FRONT OF THE CLEO, A COMMISSION. AND WE WERE REALLY CREDITED WITH NO CONDITIONS, MEANING THERE WASN'T ANY PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAD. BEYOND PROBATION FOR SO WE WERE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT. UM ALSO REFERENCE TO CLEAR THAT YOU KNOW THEY WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH THEM AND YET TO GO IN FRONT OF A COMMITTEE. AND I THINK THAT, UM HAVING THE CLEAN RE ACCREDITATION AND BEING INITIALLY ACCREDITED. UM I ATTRIBUTED TO. WE HAVE GREAT PERSONNEL. UM THEY DO A GREAT JOB. UM WE PROVIDE EXCELLENT TRAINING AND THE RESOURCES UM THAT THAT THEY NEEDED TO, UM, SUCCEED ALONG WITH IN IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES, AND I APPRECIATE TO JOE AND TO COUNSEL HER PROVIDING THOSE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OPERATE AT THE LEVEL WHERE IT OPERATES. SO THANK YOU. UM YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THERE WAS TO TASK FORCE THAT WERE MEMBER WITH IN REGARDS TO INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, THERE IS A CENTRAL OHIO TASK FORCE AND THE RECENTLY HOMELAND SECURITY. UM HOMELAND SECURITY, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE FEDERAL PART OF IT. THE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN APPROACHED US, ONE OF THE OFFICERS THAT WE THAT THEY WORK THEY WORK WITH IS PARTICULARLY SKILLED AND SOME OF THE COMPUTER AND SOME OF THE KNOWLEDGE AREAS SO THEY ASKED FOR US TO JOIN THAT ON A PART TIME BASIS, SO THAT'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT. UM ARE ICAC EFFORTS HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL? NOT ONLY WITH ICAC, BUT ALSO, UM, IT BRINGS ABOUT RESOURCES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE ANOTHER INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL. UM HOMELAND, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE. WE'RE ALSO PART OF THE CENTRAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE. UM WE'VE DONE UM, TO GIVE YOU BACK A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. WHAT WE WERE SEEING WAS SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME PROSTITUTION THAT'S SHOWING UP AT THE HOTELS TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT. UM WE HAVE DONE SEVERAL, UM, OPERATIONS AND MADE 17 ARRESTS THIS YEAR IN REGARDS TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. A LOT OF THOSE ARE ARRESTS WHERE WE ARE, THEY GO TO FRANKLIN COUNTY CATCH COURT AND WHAT THE COURT DOES AND WHAT WE DO IS OFFER RESOURCES TO TRY TO GET THEM OUT OF THAT TYPE OF PROFESSION, AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T SEE THEM AGAIN. THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
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WE HAVE THE SYSTEM, PLEASE. ACADEMY STARTING UP HERE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. UM, AND THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE UH, THIS YEAR WE STARTED THE, UM UM COPS AND ROBBERS, AND THAT WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WE ANTICIPATED. UM, THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF KIDS THAT SHOWED UP. 
          WE ALSO HAD TO RUN AND GET MORE BAIT BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF BAIT. SO THAT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A CLASS NEXT YEAR. WE SHOULD HAVE A CLASS NEXT YEAR, THE WEEK BEFORE THAT STARTS ON HOW TO BAIT A HOOK AND HOW TO TAKE A FISH OFF THE HOOK BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME RUNNING AROUND AND DOING THAT FOR KIDS. SAY THE ALSO THE COPS, THE BIKE HELMET ICE CREAM COUPONS. THAT'S BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL FOR YEARS. UM WE HANDED OUT ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 400 COUPONS THIS YEAR AND 362 OR 67 WERE RETURNED FOR ICE CREAM COUPONS. SO THAT WAS GOOD. 
          NONE OF THAT. IS OUR OFFICERS GOING IN FOR ICE CREAM. YEAH. UM SO RECRUITMENT CLASSIFICATION. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG THING FOR ACCREDITATION. I TALKED. I TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THURSDAY. 
          UM, ARE. RECRUITMENT EFFORTS HAVE BEEN, I THINK VERY GOOD, NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS GETTING THE OUTCOME. WE WOULD LIKE IT'S NOT OUT OF OUR CONTROL. BUT TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE YOU KNOW, WE DID RADIO ADS LAST YEAR. WE DO A LOT OF CAREER FAIRS. UM WE REACHED OUT TO, UM, THE COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AGO AND TRYING TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, AND WE'VE DONE HANDSHAKE. WHOLE BUNCH OF EFFORTS. UM ONE NICE STORY TO HEAR THAT A LITTLE CONFIRMATION THAT WE'RE MAKING SOME SOME STRIDES IS OUR MOST RECENT HIRE DISPATCHER. UM WHEN I ASKED HEY, HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POSITION AND SHE SAID, WELL, MY DAD HEARD IT ON THE RADIO. AND THEN MY, THEN I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO. AND THEN I WENT TO A JOB FAIR AND YOU GUYS WERE THERE, SO SHE KIND OF FELT IT WAS A SIGN THAT WE WERE KIND OF REACHING OUT TO HER, SO WE'LL CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS. BUT IT'S BEEN, UH, THANKS TO LINDSAY AND OUR STAFF. UM, UM WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF RECRUITING AND IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA THE LAST FEW YEARS. TRAINING THAT'S THE CORNERSTONE OF HAVING, UM, THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON TRAINING AND WITH, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS IS YOU CAN KIND OF WITH YOUR STAFF. KIND OF SOMETIMES THINK ABOUT YOU KIND OF REST ON YOUR LAURELS ABOUT REALLY WELL TRAINED STAFF, BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE WE KEEP BRINGING ON NEW PEOPLE AND WE HAVE TO BUILD THEIR THEIR TRAINING PORTFOLIO. UM TO BUILD THAT CULTURE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD OFFICERS OUT THERE AND DISPATCHERS. UM ONBOARDING, A NEW STAFF. THAT'S AGAIN. THAT'S JUST A LONG PROCESS. LINDSAY'S A GREAT HELP WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S AH, UM WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW DISPATCHES THAT ARE WORKING. NOW WE HAVE A NEW OFFICERS WHO'S IN HIS COACHING PERIOD RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER OFFICER OR CANDIDATE THAT WE GAVE A CONDITIONAL OFFER TO LAST WEEK. SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GORDON GRAHAM IS A IS A NATIONAL SPEAKER ON RISK MANAGEMENT AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE ALWAYS SAYS THAT YOU KNOW IF IT IS LOW FREQUENCY AND UM, AND HIGH CONSEQUENCES, IT'S SOMETHING YOU REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO, AND OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE. THANKFULLY WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EMERGENCIES BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE THE BEST PREPARED WE CAN. FOR WHATEVER THE EMERGENCY COMES DOWN THE ROAD IS IMPORTANT, SO THAT'S GONNA BE A FOCUS FOR US IN THE COMING YEAR. UM OUR CAPITAL REQUEST. UM SO WHEN WE HAD THE WHEN WE HAD THE ON SITE REVIEW FOR ACCREDITATION, ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WAS NOT. IT WASN'T A VIOLATION OF THE STANDARDS, BUT ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED IS TO HAVE CAMERAS ON THE PROPERTY ROOM DOOR AND A CAMERA INSIDE THE PROPERTY ROOM. UM OBVIOUSLY, THAT NEEDS TO BE WIRED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF COST INVOLVED IN THAT. WE'RE HOPING TO ADD THAT NEXT YEAR. POLYGRAPH EQUIPMENT. SO WE'VE BEEN RELYING ON THE STATE PATROL. UM AND, UM, SOME SUBURBS FOR POLYGRAPH, MAINLY THE STATE PATROL. UNFORTUNATELY IT'S THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, AND FOR YEARS THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE COULD ASK FOR, UH, FOR THEM TO DO THAT THEY WOULD SCHEDULE RIGHT AWAY. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IN A LITTLE BIT OF A PHASE WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO HIRE A LOT OF PEOPLE AS WELL. AND SO THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY DOING POLYGRAPHS FOR OUTSIDE AGENCIES AS THEY HAD DONE IN THE PAST, SO LET'S PUT A LITTLE BIT OF STRESS ON US AS FAR AS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE APPLICANTS THAT CAN BE POLYGRAPHED IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. IT'S ALSO TOUGH TO THAT. IF WE HAVE, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A SUSPECT THAT SAYS HEY, YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT INVOLVED. I'M WILLING TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF,H, ABO U UTORTAGESHF O PYGRAPHOLSERUT WE'RETH CAN GO TO.O WHAT S PLANNEG ON DINNGOIOPING H TOO D ISO ACTU TLYALEND, U S, ERIC TO LYGRAPPOH SOOLCH ANDO OBVI TSLYOU PURCHED THEAS LAOP ANDPTHAT'S  WEDED TNERUNO OUOWN POR GRAPHSLY AND. THAT FINITEDELY FEAR UOURP EE UPFRPARTIC, ARLYULHEN IT W THATE T HIRINOTHE TIG LINEME WUSED TE GETO  PEOPLON.E OK?AY THE CITAL EAPIPMENTQU. ONE'GUYSYO WOULDIKE TO LALL C 
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PH 25S4 THE BY WORNOD CARA, SOME THE BYOD WORN CERASAM ,  WHENSO WGOTE UH,  UMN IAR SI THIN. K S'S 20HE YEARS AGOPROBAB. LY ANDUM, , WE'VE H LIT THR. THE EETIREEN L THR ISEE T COMPAHENY AT MAKTHESHE BLA T BOXESCK F REPURAFTAIO THE SREY'ERY V A GRCOTAANY. TMPY'VEHEONE D T JOB.EA UM HOWEREV, THEREI SOLD FOF OSOMEBOR DY PUHASEDRC. I'NOT SUM  WHARET PPENEDHABUT, , UM, ITVOLVED E INTO NEW A CPANYOM A WITNDH THE ONTSEF BODY O WORN MERASCAUM, E SUGGLEDTRO KEEP TP EOM OF THREI COMTITORSPE .D SO, ANUM, WEUM,  I HE HADAV A APPASU O AESND IT'S COMEBE NTREHAT TH T'RE NOEYONGER L I GSS A LUEDER IEATHEIRN IELD, F SO WE A, UM,REANTING WO E THE CPANY, OME BTH T HECREASEIN OF CARAS IMEN T BODYE LAUR CAMASER A TALKIND TONG ABOUTENHE T TING, HIMEAD FOR WHEOOOURN  SERRSVE DUE PLACEMRETEN WHEN  REACHHEES WE S LIFE O THAT',REALLYS HEN W NEXTDOHO THAWHICH T ULD BEWO EAR. Y VEHICSLE TT ONE'HA SUGH. ITOEAN, M IST' TOUGHO GETT VECLESHI. IT'S TOUGHO GET  TEN A RE G GET THEM.T'S J ITUS LYAL CZYRA MKET WARH WITITH AND SHOAGESRT, WE WLDOU UMISERSRU ANDHEN BE TOLD T, THAT T, T HEY,HAOU'RE  YTNO GOA GETNNHOSE T TS WOULHIBED EAR IN YTOHE ORD T. YOUN GOINGO GET  TOSETH HAVTO PLAE CE A NEW OER BE ON O ETH LIST R THEFO NEXT SET OF CRUISERS. SO WE HAD A NUMBER OF DELAYS OVER THE YEARS. THIS YEAR HAS BEEN THE BEST. UM SINCE COVID HAD SET IN THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING CARS THAT WE HAD ORDERED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. COME IN. SO, UM UM YOU'LL SEE IN THE CAPITAL'S THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY IT'S PRACTICALLY GUARANTEED. WE WON'T GET ANY CARS IN 2020 FOR THE CARS THAT WE ORDER IN. 2024 WON'T SHOW UP TO 2025. AND EVEN THEN WE'RE KIND OF NOT SURE IF THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING WHERE THEY DELAY US. THE MOST RECENTLY, UM, IS THAT WE, UH WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THE TYPICAL CRUISER THAT WE PURCHASED, WHICH IS A FORD EXPLORER. SO WE WENT WITH A, UM CHEVYS TAHOE. TWO OF THOSE HAVE COME IN AND THEY'RE BEING UPDATED. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT VEHICLES. THE CAMERA. ARE WE ANTICIPATING ANY EXTRA CAMERAS AROUND ANYTHING MORE? WELL WE JUST WE JUST JOE MYSELF AND LAUREN JUST MET. I'M SURE JOE'S HAD OTHER MEETINGS. YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW THAT'S IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. IS IT SO IT'S NOT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, IT WILL SHOW UP IN OTHER PLACES. YEAH. THAT'S THE QUESTION, RIGHT? YEAH YOU KNOW, ROSE RUN WAS THE RECENT, UH WAS A RECENT CASE THAT WE HAD WE PUT UP SOME CAMERAS WE TYPICALLY USED FOR SURVEILLANCE. THEY'RE NOT INTENDED TO BE PERMANENT AND YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH, UM UM, YOU KNOW, CATCHING SOME KIDS THAT WERE DOING THAT, UM UM, BUT THE CAMERA THAT WE PUT UP WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT LONG TERM SOLUTIONS. YEAH YEAH, THOSE THREE CRUISERS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT IS FOR 2024 CORRECT CHEVY TACOS. THAT? NO. THE TAHOE'S WE ORDERED OVER A YEAR AGO. SO THE TALK WAS THAT CAME IN, UM THEY BASICALLY THEY WERE ORDERED. IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR THAT WE ORDERED THOSE. AND SO THAT WAS JUST CAME IN RECENTLY THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. ALL RIGHT, AND THAT'S THE THREE THAT I SEE. IN THE BUDGET HERE FOR THIS YEAR. THEN GOING OUT. NO NO, NO, THOSE WOULD BE NO. SO UM , SERVICE DEPARTMENT DOES KEEPS AN EXCELLENT. UM UM EXCEL SHEET OR SCHEDULE ON VEHICLE REPLACEMENT. SO UM, QUITE A FEW CARS WERE REPLACED THIS YEAR WITH THE CAR IS BEING DELIVERED, SO THIS ORDER WOULD REPLACE THE CARS THAT WE EITHER GO NEED TO GO OUT OF SERVICE. UH 2024 OR 25. AND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T IF YOU DON'T PLACE YOUR ORDER ON A CONTINUAL BASIS, AND THEY SAY WE'RE GONNA CANCEL YOUR NEED TO REORDER WE FALL WE FALL FURTHER AND FURTHER BACK IN LINE TO HAVE ORDERS FULFILLED. SO IF WE WERE GOING TO, UM UM IF WE PLACED AN ORDER, LET'S SAY TOWARDS THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THEY SAY, HEY, THE ORDER'S BEEN CANCELED, NEED TO REORDER. THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO KNOW WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DELIVER SO YOU COULD END UP WITH A SITUATION. IF YOU HAVE A CAR THAT'S TOTALED, OR YOU HAVE A CAR THAT'S JUST HAVING SOME SIGNIFICANT ISSUES. UM THEN YOU'RE REALLY YOU HAVE TO ACT WELL IN ADVANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN REPLACE THOSE CARS. SO THIS REQUEST INCLUDES REPLACEMENT VEHICLES THAT ALSO INCLUDES EXTRA VEHICLES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO MAINTAIN TWO OFFICERS PER CART. UH SO THAT WE IF YOU GET INTO A THREE OFFICERS PER CAR SITUATION, THE MILES AND HOURS IS RACK UP TOO QUICKLY, AND THEN THE CAR HAS TO BE RETIRED 
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SOONER. SO WITH INCREASING STAFF WITH OUR GOLD, MAINTAINING 22 OFFICER PER CAR. UM UM, SCHEDULE . WE NEED TO ADD VEHICLES, BUT I THINK THE LAST TIME WE PURCHASE CRUISERS WAS IN 2021. AND I THINK OUR 2022 ORDER WAS THE ONE THAT WAS CANCELED. WE HAD WE HAD THE REORDER OVER. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, UM SO WE HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF POLICE CRUISERS COMING IN, UH, THIS YEAR AND INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, YOU'LL START TO SEE THOSE HIT THE STREETS IN 2024. BUT IF IT TAKES US TWO MORE YEARS TO GET ADDITIONAL CRUISERS WILL HAVE WE'LL HAVE THE ONES THAT WE JUST PURCHASED. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT THAT WILL BE READY TO BE RETIRED. SO WE'RE TRYING TO. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO ANTICIPATE OUR NEEDS TWO YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. WITH THE CARS BEING CANCELED. IN 2020. 2023 FOR THE MOST PART OF 2003 UP UNTIL NOW. WE ACTUALLY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE TWO OFFICERS PER CAR BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE. WE WERE ADDING STAFF, BUT THE CARS WEREN'T COMING IN, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE TWO OFFICERS PER VEHICLE. SOME OF THE CARS ARE RUNNING ALL THREE SHIPS. AND SO WITH THE WITH THE CARS THAT ARE COMING, THE CARS THAT CAME IN MOST RECENTLY WERE ESSENTIALLY REPLACING ABOUT HALF THE MARK FLEET. UH UM, SO THE REMAINING CARS THAT WERE ORDERING AGAIN WILL BE REPLACING CARS THAT WILL BE DUE. 24 OR 25, BY THE TIME THEY ACTUALLY COME IN TO IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST MAKING UP FOR THE FOR THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT WE WERE SHORT FOR THE WAY WE WANT TO STAFF THEM TO CAR TWO PEOPLE PER CAR. UM BUT WE HAVE LAST YEAR YOU AUTHORIZE THREE OFFICERS, UM WELL, ACTUALLY, WE HAD SOME RETIREMENT THINGS LIKE THAT. SO UM WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO POSITIONS THAT WE STILL NEED TO FILL, UM, FOR THAT WAS AUTHORIZED IN 2023. UM. THE TWO OR 33. OKAY THREE. WE HAVE THREE POSITIONS THAT WE NEED TO FILL. 
          AND, UM THAT WERE AUTHORIZED IN 23, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IN 24. HOPEFULLY WE RECENTLY GAVE A CONDITIONAL OFFICER TO OFFER TO ONE APPLICANT, SO HOPEFULLY HE'LL MAKE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE'LL BE DOWN TO TWO PEOPLE. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS BETWEEN THE REPLACEMENT IS ON NEW. WE'RE JUST ALSO THAT ADDING THREE ADDITIONAL CARS TO THE FLEET. IS THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REPLACEMENT AND NEW? YEAH, YEAH. THE NEW WOULD BE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE STAFFING CHANGES. SO THANKS TO IS THAT WE ADDED, WE USED TO HAVE ONE CRUISER FOR THE SERGEANT'S, UM, AND EACH OF THE SHIFTS WOULD SHARE THAT THE SERGEANT DON'T PUT ON NEAR THE MILES. THEY DON'T RUN AS LONG SO ONE WAS FINE. UM BUT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, WE ADDED A SECOND, A SECOND SERGEANT ON 2ND AND 3RD SHIFT WITH OFFSETTING DAYS OFF, SO TO REDUCE OFFICER IN CHARGE DAYS. AND TO INCREASE THE PROVISIONS. SO WHEN YOU HAVE TO START THE DAY THAT THEY OVERLAP WHEN YOU HAVE TWO SERGEANTS, UM IT BASICALLY ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE TWO CRUISERS OUT IF WE NEED TO. THAT SERGEANT'S CRUISES REALLY HAVE AFTER WE GET THE THREE MEALS UH UM. MARK CARS. THE PATROL WISE. WE SHOULD HAVE, UM AH! UM 11. AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE, LIKE, UM YOU KNOW THE DARE VEHICLE LIKE THIS SUBURBAN, UM, THE PICKUP, WHICH IS THE PICK UP IN THE SUBURBAN ARE BOTH DRIVEN BY THE SCHOOL. TWO OF THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. ALSO IN REGARDS TO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AGAIN SOMETHING WE ORDERED LAST YEAR. UM, THE UM. 
          WE ORDERED A KINETIC SIDE BY SIDE A ELECTRIC SIDE BY SIDE. THAT HAS COME IN. IT'S GOT THE DETAILS ON IT. DETAILS DETAILS ON IT. IT'S STILL WAITING FOR THE LIGHTS TO BE PUT ON IT. AND SO WE HAVE THREE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, WHICH IS NEW THIS YEAR. UM SO ONE WILL DRIVE THE KINETIC UM AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WOULD RATHER SUBURBAN. THE PICKUP. A WEAK FOOLISH STAFF IN TERMS OF POLICE OFFICERS AT THIS TIME, THERE'S NO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT NOW. WE START TO SHORT. 
          YEAH WE'RE WELL, IF THIS IF THE PERSON THAT WE GAVE THE CONDITIONAL OFFER TO MAKES IT WILL BE TOO SHORT, CURRENTLY TECHNICALLY WEARING THREE SHORTS FROM WHAT WAS AUTHORIZED AND THEN UM, AND THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL OFFICERS REQUESTED IN 24. WE DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT TO NOT HAVE THOSE POSITIONS FILLED AND ASK FOR MORE ACTIVELY LOOKING TO FILL UP. OH, YEAH, WE DO. 
          LINDSEY CAN TESTIFY IT WE'RE ON IT WERE BUT BUGGING HER ALL THE TIME ABOUT IT. SO I ASKED THE QUESTION ALONG THAT SAME LINE ONE AND TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO DO WITH STAFFING CARS. IT'S A BIT UM, HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE LAST MONTH WITH A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO TALKED ABOUT TAKING SECURITY, VERY HIGH MARKS , BUT A LOT OF QUESTIONS CAME UP 
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ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE COMING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CONSTRUCTION, WITH ADDED EMPLOYMENT, ETCETERA LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEX IN ON OUR BORDER. GRANTED, THAT'S COLUMBUS. BUT THE BORDER IS THE BORDER. RIGHT? UM I WORK AT AN AVERAGE DAY, SO THAT'S THE SMARTEST. HOW MANY CARS MULTIPLE PART QUESTION. HOW MANY CARS AROUND AND ROAD IN GIVEN WITH MORE TRAFFIC ACTIONS, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. SHOULD WE BE LOOKING TO PUT MORE CARS ON THE ROAD, WHICH MEANS MORE STAFFING AND GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF HIGHER RANGE? SHOULD WE BE BOOSTING THE TARGET NUMBER OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF OFFICERS. ALL IN A POSITIVE WAY. NOT IT. YEAH EXECUTIVE TO THE DEPARTMENT. BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE HIGHER AND I'M SAYING WELL, THREE CARS, AND NOW WE'RE UMPTEEN MILES FURTHER EAST. TO REACT TO SITUATIONS. 
          YEAH SHOULD WE BE TRIPPING A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY? AMAZING THINGS. THAT'S ALL WE ACTUALLY LAST YEAR. YOU KNOW, WE DO A STAFFING ANALYSIS, AND WE USED TO DO THAT PERIODICALLY, LIKE EVERY SO MANY YEARS NOW WE'RE DOING IT EVERY YEAR. UM, BECAUSE THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH AND SO QUICKLY. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY WERE THE YOU KNOW THAT'S WHY WE ASKED FOR THE THREE OFFICERS LAST YEAR THAT THEY WERE AUTHORIZED FOR 2023. I SHOULD SAY. UM AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED THE EXTRA CRUISERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE VEHICLES TO DRIVE . UM THAT'S ALL PLAYS INTO IT. 
          SO THE. ONE OF THE FOCUSES IS A PREPAREDNESS OFFICER. SO WE ACTUALLY, UM, UM, ACCREDITATION, FOR EXAMPLE, ACCREDITATION IS A IS A BIG PROJECT AND SO IT UP UNTIL THIS POINT, AND WE'VE HAD AN OFFICER HANDLE ACCREDITATION, WHICH IS A FULL TIME JOB, AND HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB, BUT WE DID THIS YEAR WE HIRED A PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COORDINATOR WHO IS GOING TO NOW THAT WE'RE ACCREDITED. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A CLEAN SLEEP A CLEAN SLATE. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS NON SWORN PERSON TAKEOVER ACCREDITATION, WHICH FREES UP AN OFFICER, UM, TO DO WHAT OFFICERS SHOULD BE DOING. SO, UM IT'S PART OF THESE OF OUR STAFFING ANALYSIS THAT LOOK, WE HAVE A GOAL OF HAVING SO MANY OFFICERS ON THE ROAD, AND WE'RE NOT THERE YET. BUT IF WE GET TO THREE OFFICERS, UM, THAT IF WE CAN FILL THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE. AND IT'S NOT JUST SO IF YOU HAVE, LIKE, IF YOU WANT FOUR OFFICERS ON A SHIFT AND NOT INCLUDING THE SERGEANT, LET'S SAY YOU ESSENTIALLY NEED EIGHT OFFICERS WITH TRAINING AND DAYS OFF AND YOU KNOW, LEAVES OR INJURIES OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, UM AND LINDSAY CAN TALK ABOUT THIS IF YOU WANT, BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHIFT OR SHIFT RELIEF FACTORS AGAIN. ALL THAT, I GUESS I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE 30 THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR SIX. WELL THAT'S YEAH. GAME. AND I THINK IT'S A POSITIVE THING TO GET MORE FEW DIFFERENT STREETS AND IT TAKES A I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE SOMETHING GETS BIG BEYOND US. IN AND WERE THEN USED OF NOT BEING SHORT. FORESIGHTED ENOUGH TO SAY WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUILDING UP TO IT BECAUSE. REPUTATION AND CREDIBILITY. YOU HAVEN'T CONFUSION IN THE SAFETY OF THIS COMMUNITY IS HIGHLY REGARDED. YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T EVER WANT TO. EVEN PUT IT RIGHT. DELETE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. YEAH I'M IN FAVOR OF BUMPING. GET UP ANYTHING ELSE OR SOMEHOW SAY, GIVE YOU THE APPROVAL OF SIX OR SEVEN OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, IF YOU FIND THEM GRATEFUL THAT WE APPROVED HERE FOR BUT THEN YOU FIND MORE AND MORE. YEP AWAY TO ACTUALLY DO THAT. YEAH THAT'S WHY WE DO THE STAFFING ANALYSIS. SEE WHAT WE NEED, BUT I HAD. ACTUALLY I ASKED JOE SOMETIME AGO. I'M LIKE, HEY, I FEEL I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT. UM TO MAYBE PUT THIS IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET TO ASK FOR MORE OFFICERS, ONE. WE WILL SEE OUR STAFFING ANALYSIS SAYS AND TWO WE HAVEN'T FILLED THE POSITIONS THAT YOU AUTHORIZE FOR THIS YEAR. SO WE FELT LIKE IT'S JUST GONNA BE A COMPOUNDING THING. WHERE IF YOU ASK FOR MORE, UM AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS UNATTAINABLE GOAL OF TRYING TO ADD THESE OFFICERS AND RECRUITING IS REALLY CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. 
          IT USED TO BE JUST ANNOUNCED. WE'RE GOING TO TEST AND EVERYBODY SHOWED UP AND IT WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FIND THE PEOPLE NOW YOU HAVE TO WORK SO MUCH HARDER THERE SO FEW MANY PEOPLE TESTING. ALMOST ALL THE DEPARTMENTS IN THIS IN THE AREA OR HIRING, SO THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION AS WELL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS. SO WHAT I ASKED IS THAT YOU KNOW, LIKE I DON'T WANT TO WALK INTO TODAY'S MEETING, AND THIS WAS A LONG TIME AGO AND SAID, HEY, WE'D LIKE MORE OFFICERS THAN SOMEBODY SAY, WELL, HOW'S IT GOING, FILLING THE OFFICERS AUTHORIZED FOR THIS YEAR? BUT BUT SO AND JOE HAD HAD SAID, HEY, LOOK, IF WE IF WE COMPLETE THE STAFFING ANALYSIS, AND WE FILL THOSE THREE POSITIONS AND THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE, WE CAN GO BACK A MID YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND BRING THAT UP AND TAKE IT TO COUNSEL AND SEE WHAT YOU GUYS THINK. OKAY THAT'S GREAT. WE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO. OKAY BUT I 
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THINK MICHAEL'S SPEAKING TO WHAT WE DID RECENTLY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE, WHICH IS THAT THEY ARE SO EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH OUR POLICE STAFF. BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY EXPRESS POINT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, ABOUT WHO'S COMING IN FROM AROUND US GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE PASSING THROUGH BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE THERE ARE A LOT OF CAR STUFFED ISSUE. UM AND I THINK THE MESSAGE FROM FROM ME WHICH IS WHAT MIKE IS GIVING ME RAISE. THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT GOING. 
          YEAH I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH AND THEN IF WE IF IT'S OVER, IF THEY SAY A MONTH FROM NOW WE WERE ABLE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS AND WE COMPLETE THE STAFFING ANALYSIS AND WE'RE LIKE, HEY, WE NEED MORE PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, WE WORKED, JOE AND SAY, HEY, HOW DO WE WANT TO GO ABOUT THIS? UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, UM WE DON'T WANT TO FALL BEHIND, EITHER. IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR FROM WHEN THEY TEST. WHEN THEY GRADUATED FROM ACADEMY AND THEY'RE THEY'RE OUT WITH US. IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR FOR SOME PEOPLE, SO WE KNOW THIS LEAD TIME IS HUGE. BUT UM, WHAT SOME DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE IS THEY ASKED FOR, LET'S SAY THIS MONEY THIS YEAR THAN THIS THE NEXT YEAR AND BECAUSE RUDY RECRUITING IS SO TOUGH, THEY KIND OF COMPOUND ON EACH OTHER. AND SO YOU'LL SEE ALL YOU'LL SEE DEPARTMENTS THAT SAY THERE LET'S SAY THERE ARE 50 SWORN DEPARTMENT AND THEY'LL BE DOWN 13 BECAUSE IT'S BEEN COMPOUNDING FOR YEARS WHERE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FILL POSITIONS. YEAH, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY ABOUT THAT ALSO NOT ONLY JUST FOR INCREASED PRESENCE AND INCREASED, UM, YOU KNOW LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES BUT ALSO WITH RETIREMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU HAVE TO KIND OF ACCOUNT WITH THAT AS WELL. WHAT ARE YOU FINDING ISSUES WITH FINDING CANDIDATES IS A I DON'T WANT TO GO ON THE POLICE. LISTEN ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE YEAH. SO WHEN? WHEN MY INTERVIEW STARTED IN FRONT OF THE CLEAR BOARD, THEY SAID, HEY, I'M SURE LIKE ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN UP HERE. RECRUITING IS AN ISSUE FOR YOU AS WELL. AND THAT'S EXACTLY TRUE. YOU KNOW, THERE WERE AT OUR REGION THERE WAS MAINE, RHODE ISLAND, MICHIGAN, ALL THESE DIFFERENT STATES AND THEY WERE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING. THEY'RE HAVING TIME. HARD TIME RECRUITING. ONE. I THINK THAT, UM YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF REASONS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A RASH OF RETIREMENTS. PEOPLE ARE LEAVING LAW ENFORCEMENT. UM THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASED, UM, SCRUTINY AND ON LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT'S REALLY TAKING HIS TOLL ON A YOU'RE A YOUNG PERSON AND YOU WANT TO GET IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE'S THE MEDIA AND SHOWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S ALL PART OF MARKETING FOR PROFESSIONS AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF POSITIVE MARKETING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. I THINK THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT WHAT YOU SEE, COMING OUT OFTEN IS THE WORST AND WITH AS MUCH AS COVERAGES. EVERYTHING GETS THESE DAYS IN HIS HOUSE. QUICK IT HAPPENED. LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE 800,000 SOMETHING OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT INSTANTANEOUS DISEASE YOU'RE SEEING SOMETIMES NOT ALWAYS THE CASE, BUT SOMETIMES YOU'RE SEEING THE WORST OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOW UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THAT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU'RE BEING JUDGED BY THE WORST OF YOUR PROFESSION. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT'S WE'RE ALL RUNNING INTO THE SAME PROBLEM. IT'S NOT AN ATTRACTIVE PROFESSION BASED ON THE UNOFFICIAL MARKETING THAT'S OUT THERE. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RETIREMENTS. IT'S DIFFICULT. YOU KNOW THEY'RE THE EFFORTS TO IN SOME STATES, AND I THINK THEY'VE DONE THAT IS TO REMOVE, UM UH UM. SHOOT. UM, WHAT'S THAT? NO, UM. TRANSFER NO, THE PROTECTION OF THE LIABILITY PROTECTION. THAT QUALIFIED MEETING I WAS GONNA ASK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT BUT THE QUALIFIED IMMUNITY SO THERE'S BEEN AN EFFORT TO REMOVE QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. SO IF AN OFFICER ACTS PROPERLY AND THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE FACING, UM, SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS FOR THAT, UM, THE COURTS. WE'LL GIVE YOU QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, BUT THAT'S OFTEN EITHER NOT BEING GIVEN AS MUCH AS IT USED TO BE, OR SOME STATES ARE TRYING TO REMOVE IT ALTOGETHER. GOODBYE OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE MORE OUTDOOR AMENITIES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS ARE THERE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO DIVERSIFY HOW WE POLICE THESE AREAS OTHER THAN JUST THE TRADITIONAL 22 OFFICERS IN THE CAR. YEAH YEAH, WELL, THAT'S YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE A FORCE MULTIPLIER TYPE OF A SITUATION, SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT FLOCK CAMERAS. YOU HERE IN A MINUTE, AND THEN ALSO THE CAMERAS THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THE PARKS. SO YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED ARE FORCE MULTIPLIERS SO THAT IT HELPS US, UM, GIVING EXAMPLE WHICH I DON'T THINK IT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT OR NOT. THE PRIMARY INTENT WAS A TRAFFIC CAMERAS. UM ARE VERY HELPFUL IN US TRYING TO INVESTIGATE CRIMES, PARTICULARLY THE ONE AT, UH UM, SHEETS, UM, AND TURKEY HILL THERE SO THE CAMERAS CAN BE CAN BE TILTED AND ZOOMED IN SO WE CAN KIND OF GET 
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REAL TIME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. NEW RECRUIT TO YOU USE THAT. THE. 
          BACK THEN YOUR DEPARTMENT'S WELL FUNDED YEAH, WELL, WE USE EVERYTHING WE USED WELL FUNDED, GREAT CULTURE. WE REALLY LIVE UP TO OUR VALUES. WE PUT EMPHASIS ON OUR VALUES TRAINING. UH THE EQUIPMENT FACILITIES. ALL THAT'S USED. WE DON'T WE DON'T AT THIS POINT YOU DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING YOU KNOW TO CHANCE. WE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO THE SURVEYS THAT ARE DONE. UM AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR TOP QUALITY PEOPLE. THERE ARE SOME AGENCIES THAT WILL JUST TRY THAT, YOU KNOW, GRAB AS MANY CANADA DRAGNET APPROACH TO RECRUITMENT, BUT WE DON'T WE STILL WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE OUR DESIRE TO ATTRACT THE BEST OF THE POOL. ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION CHEAP REGULARLY BRINGS UP THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE CAN PUSH THROUGH. OUR FTO PROGRAM IS THREE WITHOUT REALLY, WITHOUT REALLY STRAINING OR STRESSING THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, SO IF YOU FIGURE WE CAN BRING THREE IN PER YEAR, GET THEM THROUGH THE ACADEMY. GET THEM TO FTL, UH, THAT THAT'S PRETTY COMFORTABLE FOR US BECAUSE YOU FIGURE EACH ONE OF THOSE OFFICER TRAINEES HAS TO ROTATE AMONG THE THREE SHIFTS. THEY WAS 15 WEEK PROGRAM, SO THERE'S SOME STAFFING LIMITATIONS THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS BRINGING NEW OFFICERS ON SO IF WE CAN GET THOSE THREE POSITIONS FILLED, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON THE WAY TO HAVING ONE OF THOSE THREE FILLED, UH, WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO COMING BACK TO COUNCIL MIDYEAR. 
          ASSUMING THAT THOSE THOSE THREE PEOPLE WILL BE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO GETTING THROUGH THE FTO PROGRAM. AND THEN WE COULD LOOK AT WHAT WE MIGHT NEED GOING INTO 2025 AND BEYOND. I'M JUST SURPRISED YOU'RE NOT FINDING MORE OFFICERS IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING THE SUPPORT. BUT THEY STILL WANT TO STAY IN THE PROFESSION AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND A NEW HOME. YEAH WE HAVE WE WE'VE, UM UM ARE NEWEST OFFICER WE HIRED FROM LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. UM SARAH VINCA . IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN THAT LONG AGO WE BROUGHT HER IN FOR SWEARING IN FRONT OF COUNCIL. SHE WAS STATE HYBRID STATE PATROL. UM TRAIN TRAINING. OH JOBE, WARNER OR THEIR OFFICER WAS ALSO HARD FROM STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. SO WE DO GET THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT BUT AH, WE HAVE A WE HAVE A LATERAL PROCESS FOR THEM. THEY ACTUALLY WORKED HARD ON THE LATERAL PROCESS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A REGULAR PROCESS. SO YOU DO SEE A LOT MORE APPLICANTS THAN I WOULD HAVE SAW. YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS AGO OR EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO, A LOT MORE APPLICANTS THAT ARE THAT ARE TRANSFERS BASICALLY. YEAH SO IT'S A YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS IS THAT, UM UH, YOU'LL SEE A NEWS STORY WHERE AN OFFICER'S DONE SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST INITIALLY APPEARS REALLY WRONG. AND THEN THEY'LL GO THROUGH THEIR PERSONNEL FILE AND THEY'LL FIND WITH ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. THEY HAD A SUSPENSION AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. AND IT'S LIKE THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF AN INDICATION THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF PROBLEM WITH THE HIRING. YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY LIKE THE STATE PATROL COLUMBUS AND IT'S GOT TO BE DONE IN BULK, SO IT'S CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT WE ARE SMALL ENOUGH THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR CULTURE AND THAT WE'RE GETTING QUALITY PEOPLE AND MAINTAIN YOUR THAT'S A IF YOU KIND OF CUT CORNERS ON THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL SEE THE IMPACT ON YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THEY'RE OUT ON PATROL. THANK YOU. UM THE INTOXICATION WHAT WE'VE BEEN WITHOUT ANTITOXIN EITHER FOR OVER A YEAR, THE IT TALKS KLEISER HAS TO BE. IT'S THE MACHINE YOU BLOW INTO IF YOU'VE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK AND YOU DRIVE. THE THAT'S BEEN DOWN FOR A LONG TIME. I THINK ALMOST SINCE I STARTED THAT MACHINE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GOING OUT OF SERVICE THAT IT'S BEEN THERE FOR DECADES. IT FINALLY BROKE AND WE CAN'T EVEN GET REPAIRED. JOHANNES IN THE SAME BOAT, I THINK MOSTLY AUNTIES AROUND YOU ARE AND SO, UM, WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE STATE TO APPROVE A NEW MACHINE AND THE LAST YEAR OR SO WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, UM FRANKLIN COUNTY TO HAVE JUDICIAL NOTICE OF MACHINES SO THAT THAT WHEN WE TAKE THESE TESTS TO THE TO THE COURT THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE THOSE AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, SO THAT WILL BE, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY THE OLDEST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WILL BE REPLACING FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? MACHINE'S NOT WORKING. WE TAKE YOUR URINE. NO, NOBODY. BASICALLY NOT. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE MACHINES, SO MOST OF OUR CASES WERE DOING URINE. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. THEY'RE HAVING A PEON. YEAH YEAH , YEAH, I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT WORK COMPUTING. CUT ANYTHING. PLEASE DON'T CUT THAT. BECAUSE OUR OFFICERS REALLY HATE TAKING URINE. YEAH NOBODY IS A FAN OF GETTING URINE FROM A DRUNK GUY, SO HE JUST WISHED HE'D KNOWN THE MACHINE WASN'T WORKING. YEAH. YEAH IT LOOKS LIKE IT FELL OFF THE SPACE SHUTTLE. OH YEAH, 
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WELL, WE JOKE WE JOKED AT THE SMITHSONIAN HAS FIRST DIBS ON IT ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH IT, SO HAS THE COURTS APPROVED? IT'S KINDA. YEAH IT SOUNDS IT SOUNDS LIKE IT. UM YOU KNOW, COLUMBUS AND THE COUNTIES BASICALLY SAID, HEY, WE'RE TIRED OF WAITING. WE'RE JUST GONNA BUY THEM AND RUN THEM THROUGH AND KIND OF THE ALLEGED PERSON. EMPTY BLADDER. WELL THEN, IF THEY DO, WE MARK IT AS A REFUSAL. WE GIVE THEM TIME THAT WE MARKET AS REFUSAL, AND THEN IT GOES TO COURT AND THEY CAN KIND OF YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. TAKE BLOOD SAMPLES. BLOOD ARE USUALLY OUT OF AN ACCIDENT. SO WE HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THEY'RE TRANSPORTED. WE CAN OBVIOUSLY CAN'T ASK HIM OUT OF THE HOSPITAL BED AND DO URINE. BLUE AND NOW WE HAVE A THERE'S A QUICK PROCESS. WE GET A WAR AND WE GET BLOOD. SHAPE OR WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ANY KIND OF SPECIAL NEEDS TRAINING OR EDUCATION AND LEWIS FOR ME MARIJUANA. OH, YEAH. YEAH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S THAT'S FRONT AND CENTER FOR US. KIND OF WILL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT. UM THAT'S PROBABLY LATER IN SLIDE, BUT ALSO IT NOT ONLY AFFECTS OUR OFFICERS, WE'VE ALREADY MADE CHANGES TOWARDS THAT DIRECTION. IS THAT FRANKLIN COUNTY A LONG TIME AGO, SAID THEY DON'T REALLY THE JUDGES DON'T REALLY WANT TO SEE USER AMOUNT MARIJUANA CASES SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN SETTING THOSE CASES. SO WE'VE BEEN TAKING THE MARIJUANA IMPOUNDING IT FOR DISPOSAL AND THEN AND THEN THEY'RE NOT GETTING CHARGED. UM IT'S REALLY WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO KIND OF GO WITH WHAT THE COURTS WANT. SO WE'VE ALREADY MADE A LOT OF THE CHANGES. THIS ISN'T AN ABRUPT CHANGE FOR US. 
          ONE OF THE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST IMPACT IS OUR CANINE, SO THE CANINE IS TRAINED ON MARIJUANA, AMONG OTHER DRUGS TO DETECT SO NOW THAT THAT MARIJUANA HAS BEEN LEGALIZED UM HE WON'T BE USED FOR DETECTION ON THE ROAD BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE HITTING ON HEROIN. OR IF WE'RE HEADING ON MARIJUANA. HE WE JUST KNOW THAT HE HIT SO, UM, IF YOU RECALL, THE CANINE WAS FUNDED, MOST OF IT WAS. THE INITIAL COST WAS FUNDED BY THE SCHOOLS. UM SO THE NEW LAW DOESN'T APPLY FOR ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 21, WHICH THAT'S MOST OF THE KIDS OVER THERE. AND ALSO IT'S STILL CONTRABAND ON THE SCHOOL'S CAMPUS, AND THE DOG ALSO TRACKS SO WE HAVE WE'VE HAD WALK AWAYS FROM LIKE AVALON. WE'VE HAD RUNAWAYS, WE CAN STILL USE IT FOR TRACKING AND ARTICLE SEARCHES. UH THERE WAS A PURSUIT THAT CAME THROUGH. THE GUY THREW A GUN OUT THE WINDOW AND WE COULDN'T FIND IT. AND AMIGO WAS OUT THERE LOOKING FOR THE GUN IS ABLE TO FIND ARTICLES. HOW DO YOU KNOW SOMEBODY'S INTOXICATED ON POP? UH A LOT OF THE SAME INDICATORS TO GET FROM ALCOHOL, BUT THERE'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS THAT THAT YOU CAN USE FOR DRUGS. SO THE MOST OBVIOUS ONE IS WHEN YOU WALK UP IN IT, YOU'RE LIKE THAT'S STRONG. YEAH THAT'S USUALLY THE FIRST CLUE THEIR OBJECTIVE CRITERIA. OH YEAH. IS IT IF ANYBODY'S HAD ANY MARIJUANA AT ALL THE CRITERIA? NO NO, NO, NO. THE CRITERIA FOR MARIJUANA, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. 
          THAT'S BEEN IN STATE LAW FOR A LONG TIME. SO THAT WON'T CHANGE. YEAH. SO WHAT? IF A YEAR AGO? IF YOU WERE SMOKING MARIJUANA YOU WERE YOU WERE STOPPED AND REST FOR D U I THAT WILL BE THE SAME NEXT YEAR. THAT DOESN'T CHANGE AT ALL. PROBABLY GET MORE INTO YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE INCREASE STATEMENT. NOW WE'RE IT'S DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY. THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE. 
          UM YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY HOPE IT'S NOT, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY ON THE RADAR. SO. UM, TASERS. SO MUCH LIKE IN THINGS IN TECHNOLOGY. THEY QUIT MAKING THE TASER THAT WE HAVE. SO WE'RE NOT ABLE. AND THEN I THINK NEXT YEAR THEY'LL QUIT SERVICING THE TASERS. WE HAVE SO BUT WE'LL GET ONE OF THE BROKEN THEY WON'T SELL US PARTS OR FIX IT ANYMORE. 
          SO WE'RE HAVING TO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO AH CAN DO AN INCREMENTAL CHANGE. WE'RE GONNA BUY SOME ADDITIONAL TASERS. EXACTLY THE ONES THAT WE HAVE NOW, UM, TO PREPARE LIKE IF AN OFFICER'S TASER BREAKS, WE CAN REPLACE IT WITH ONE THAT WE HAVE IN STOCK. AND THEN ALSO TAKE SOME OF THE FUNDS IF APPROVED, AND BY THE NEW TASERS, THE DIFFERENCE FOR US IS IT'S A COMPLETELY NEW TRAINING COURSE. YOU JUST CAN'T HAND THEM THE NEW TYPE OF TASER AND SAY, HERE YOU GO. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE BIT OF INCREMENTAL CHANGE. IN THAT SENSE, WE HAVE TO CHIEF. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE NEW TASER IS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S I'VE YET TO SEE. WE HAVEN'T GOT THAT FAR AS FAR AS REPLACING THOSE SO CERTAINLY COULD WELL, ACTUALLY, I KNOW IT. WILL THEY OPERATE DIFFERENTLY, SO THAT PART OF RELEASE WILL BE DIFFERENT. SO UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE WE HAVE, UM, A LARGE DRONE THAT HAS THE CAMERA ON IT. THE NIGHT VISION SPOTLIGHT AND SPEAKER. I THINK, UM, THAT DRONE UM IS, UM. WE YOU KNOW, WE DO SOFTWARE UPDATES LIKE YOU WOULD 
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ON THE COMPUTER ALL THE TIME. UM THAT DRONE IS DISCONNECTING, FOR INSTANCE, I WAS AT THE WALKING CLASSIC. AND THE DRONE WOULD DISCONNECT AND THEN IT BASICALLY TELLS IT TO GO BACK HOME, SO IT FLIES BACK AND TO THE TRAILER. SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN FIX WITH. UM UM, A SOFTWARE UPDATE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT DJ I WHICH IS THE COMPANY IS GOING TO. IT'S NOT A REPAIR THAT'S NEEDED. JUST JUST THE WAY TECHNOLOGY IS. IT'S GONNA HAPPEN OVER TIME. IT'S GOING TO GET SOME BUGS. SO IF YOU RECALL, WE SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THE DRONE. IF THE THOUGHT WAS THAT WE TRADE THAT DRONE IN, UM WE CAN GET A REPLACEMENT FOR THE NEW VERSION, WHICH IS GOT SOME EXTRA FEATURES A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER, A LITTLE BIT SMALLER BUT HAS THE SAME CAPABILITY. IT WOULD TAKE US $6000 TO DO THAT, UM THE OTHER OPTION, WHICH IS DEFINITELY AN OPTION IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE DRONE THAT WE HAVE UNTIL ITS VALUE DECREASES EVERY YEAR AS TECHNOLOGY CHANGES, SO WE HAVING SUCH A HIGH RESIDUAL VALUE. WE THOUGHT IT'D BE GOOD TO INCREASE THE CAPABILITIES AND THE AND THE PERFORMANCE AND CAN GET RID OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE DISCONNECTING HAS THAT BEEN ENFORCED? WE'LL TELL YOU THE MAYOR. ACTUALLY IT WAS EXAMPLES OF WHERE YOU YEAH, I DIDN'T MATTER MENTIONED THIS A LONG TIME AGO, AND I WASN'T ON MY RADAR AS FAR AS PROBABLY CAUSE. I'M NOT A TECHNOLOGY GURU, BUT I IT WASN'T ON MY RADAR OR SOMETHING. HEY, WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT UM, IT'S THERE'S THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, AND I THOUGHT, MAN, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA BE THAT SUCCESSFUL AND DRONES, ONE OF THEM. SO UH, PROBABLY THE ONE THAT'S MOST VISIBLE IS ON SPECIAL EVENTS WERE ABLE TO PUT THE DRONE UP. THE CEILING FOR WITH THE FAA IS 400 FT WERE ALMOST ABLE TO SEE THE ENTIRE YOU KNOW, RUNNING COURSE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE JULY 4TH AREA. IT'S REALLY HELPFUL WHEN YOU GET A REPORT. HEY, THAT WE HAVE REPORTED. THERE'S A FIGHT OVER HERE. WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THE DRONE WITH ALMOST NOT EVEN MOVING, ZOOM IN AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THE AREA PROVIDE INFORMATION. IT'S ALSO REALLY HELPFUL, PARTICULARLY LIKE GIVE AN EXAMPLE THE END OF FOURTH THE END OF THE FIREWORKS, FOURTH OF JULY. IT'S A LOT OF THE STREETS AROUND NEW ORLEANS OR LIKE A SPOKES ON A WHEEL. THE TRAFFIC IS CHALLENGING AT THE END. UM BUT REALLY, THE DRONE GIVES YOU REAL TIME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INTERSECTION IS REALLY BACKED UP, WHICH MEANS YOU NEED TO HAVE TWO OTHER OFFICERS START MOVING, LET'S SAY WESTBOUND TRAFFIC OUT OF THERE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPACTING ANOTHER AREA. WHAT ABOUT SEX CRIMINAL HAS FLED? YEAH, I SHOWED JOE A VIDEO. SO IT'S GOT THE NIGHT VISION ON IT. SO WE HAD A GUY TAKE OFF ON A, UM I FORGET WHAT HIS WARRANTS OR SOMETHING. I WAS WRONG WAY HE RAN BUT HE TOOK OFF ON OFFICERS WENT INTO A WOODED AREA OFF 161 BETWEEN KITS MORE AND 161. YEAH AND, UM, WITH THE NIGHT VISION. 
          UM IT WAS KIND OF YOU SAW THE OFFICERS WALKING IN FROM KITZMILLER ROAD. AND THEN YOU DON'T SEE THE GUY AT ALL, BECAUSE EVERYBODY THINKS NIGHT VISION SEES THROUGH TREES AND BUSHES THAT NOT IT DOESN'T USUALLY SO, UM, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE OFFICERS GOT CLOSER INTO WHERE THEY THOUGHT HE WAS. YOU SEE THIS GUY POP UP. RUN AND THEN GET DOWN AGAIN AND HIDE. SO ANOTHER OFFICER WAS STANDING ON THE OVERPASS AND THERE WAS IN THE IN THE DRONE WAS ABLE TO GUIDE THE OFFICERS IN AND THEN WHEN THEY CAUGHT THE GUY, HE SAYS, OH, I WAS JUST SLEEPING. 
          I'VE BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME. AND SO IT'S NICE WHEN YOU CAN PLAY BACK THE VIDEO AND SHOW THEM. THAT'S NOT TRUE. I'M GONNA STOP ASKING QUESTIONS, BUT THIS INTERESTS ME. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THEM TO DEPLOY? SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING WHERE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A UH, SUSPECT THAT'S FLED. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET THAT? NOT VERY LONG. IT'S UM LITERALLY. IT'S IN A PELICAN CASE. YOU OPEN IT UP. YOU EXTEND THE ARMS. YOU PUT A BATTERY INTO IT. IT GOES THROUGH A STARTUP MODE IN THE WAY YOU CAN GO. NOW WE HAVE A SMALL ONE FROM THE STATION, OR IS IT THAT WE CAN LAUNCH FROM THE STATION? OR YOU CAN LAUNCH IT FROM A CRUISER ANYWHERE? TYPICALLY DO YOU KEEP IT HERE AND THERE'S A SOMETHING GOING ON OVER TOWN. YEAH, YEAH, EXACTLY. WE'VE USED IT FOR AND TRY TO DIAGNOSE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES AROUND THE SCHOOL. WE USED IT TO KIND OF WATCH TRAFFIC. UM IT'S BEEN HELPFUL TOOL, SO IT'S BEEN USED FOR A LOT OF THINGS. JOSH'S JOSH'S TEAMED UP WITH US AND USE IT FOR ALL THE GREAT VIDEOS HE'S MADE, BUT IT'S BEEN A REALLY HELPFUL DEVICE. WE HAVE A SMALLER, MUCH SMALLER ONE, MUCH CHEAPER, ONE THAT WE GO THROUGH, UM, LIKE WE USE IT GOING THROUGH A AND F FACILITY AND A LOT OF THESE LARGE FACILITIES. WE CAN FLY EVEN THE SMALL DRONE THROUGH THE FACILITY ITSELF TO HELP SEARCH FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY THINK IS IN THE BUILDING. INSIDE INSIDE. YEAH. YEP. I'M NOT FLYING IT, BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. THANK YOU. SURE. UM. SO THE BOX TRAILER WAS SITTING OUT FRONT FOR A WEEK OR SO OUT HERE. WE DIDN'T PUT IT. THERE IS KIND OF, UH, A PROP FOR WHAT WE WERE BUDGING FOR. IT WAS UNRELATED TO THIS, BUT THAT TRAILER YOU SAW OUT THERE? IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT UM UM 
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THAT IT LOOKS GOOD FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT IF YOU GET UNDERNEATH IT, IT'S RUSTING AWAY . THE FRAME IS RUSTING AWAY, SO WE BROUGHT THAT IN. UH 2005. SO WE'RE WANTING TO REPLACE THAT. 
          AH WE HAVE A SILVER 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY. IT'S INVISIBLE. NOBODY CAN SEE IT. IT'S LIKE A STEALTH CAR. WE HAD RYAN SUTHERS WAS ONE OF OUR DETECTIVES WERE DOING HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATION. HE HAD PULLED IT IN AND WAS FACING INWARD. AND WAS COVERING THE PARKING LOT AND ONE OF THE, UM ONE OF THE SUSPECTS CAME IN AND THEN BACKED IN NEXT TO THE TOTAL CAMERA. SO THEY WERE BASICALLY DOOR TO DOOR. THE GUY NEVER LOOKED OVER. NEVER SUSPECTED ANYTHING. WE THINK IT'S LIKE INVISIBLE. SO UM, UM YOU CAN TAKE IT ANYWHERE. SO BUT UNFORTUNATELY RECENTLY, UH AND HE LIKES THE CAR LOT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HEAD UP ON THE RACK. AND IT HAS, UH, A LOT OF HOLES IN STRUCTURAL PIECES OF VEHICLE AND IT SHOULDN'T BE ON THE ROAD. IT LOOKS STILL LOOKS GOOD, THOUGH, DOESN'T MANY MILES I DON'T KNOW. MILLION I'M NOT SURE WHAT? IT'S A LOT. IT'S LIKE WE DIDN'T PAY. WE DIDN'T BUY IT. WE GOT IT OUT OF A DRUG SEIZURE. SO GET ANOTHER ANOTHER. YEAH YEAH, IT'S A VERY OLD MODEL. IT'S PROBABLY I'M GOING TO GUESS IT'S PROBABLY 2002. CAMERA YEAH, BASIS ISN'T THAT ISN'T THAT THE ONE WHO USED TO PUT ON THE STREETS SOMETIMES? YEAH, YEAH. 
          YEP YEAH, AND IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL. IT DEPENDS. YEAH IT'S KIND OF AGED OUT OF THAT FUNCTION. PEOPLE START THINKING. WHAT'S THIS PIECE OF JUNK SITTING HERE ON THE ROAD AND YEAH, YEAH, IT NEEDS TO. IT NEEDS TO KIND OF BLEND, SO IT'S NOT BLENDING AS MUCH AS IT USED TO. BUT WHEN WE GO INTO COLUMBUS TO DO INVESTIGATIONS, LIKES US A SHOT, THEN. YEAH IT WORKS GREAT. 
          SO AH, UM, SEE THE. OH, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THE CRUISERS. UM AGAIN. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. 
          I THINK THAT WE WOULD UM, WE WOULDN'T STRESS ABOUT LONG TERM NEEDS FOR CRUISERS AS MUCH. BUT NOW IT IS A SITUATION WHERE WE JUST CAN'T GET CARS. FOR EXAMPLE OF THE CARS THAT ARE IN SERVICE WE HAVE WE USUALLY HAVE ONE CAR THAT DOES IT HAS MINIMAL INTERIOR AS FAR AS UPGRADES. 
          IT'S KIND OF JUST A RELIEF CAR THAT IF WE NEED IT FOR A SPECIAL BENCH, WHICH WE USUALLY DO WE USE THAT CAR. BECAUSE IF WE HAD A CAR TOTALED TOMORROW OR HAD TO GO, EVEN GO INTO THE BODY SHOP WITH THE DELAYS AND BODY SHOP. WE'RE KEEPING ONE EXTRA THOSE CARS BACK, SO WE HAVE TWO OF THEM. IN CASE SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN TO A FIRST LINE FRONTLINE CAR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CARS OR SO YOU'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE THAT CAMERA? OH, YEAH. YEAH AND NOT WITH A NEW NOT WITH THE NEW WHERE WERE WE WANT TO REPLACE IT WITH A MODEST OLDER VEHICLE, SO. YEAH SO IF YOU HAVE ANY MODEST OLDER VEHICLES IN YOUR DRUGS DONATE TO THE CITY, YEAH, YOU'RE DONATING SITTING HERE, UM, I T REQUESTS. UM THE DEPARTMENT IS HEAVILY RELIANT ON SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY. UM RADIO ROOM OR CRUISERS. INVESTIGATIONS OF A LOT OF THIS IS JUST THE MAINTENANCE AND THEN THAT COMES WITH A LOT OF THAT SOFTWARE. SO LEADS ARE WHERE WE RUN CRIMINAL RECORDS AND DRIVING RECORDS. IT'S RUN BY THE STATE. UM, THEY ARE REQUIRING SOME SECURITY UPGRADES. I THINK LAWRENCE SAID IT WAS ABOUT $25,000 WORTH ITS MANDATED. WE HAVE TO DO THAT. THE UM LAUREN DOES A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING A SCHEDULE ABOUT WHEN CAR WHEN COMPUTERS, WHETHER IT BE AT THE STATION, OR WHETHER THEY BE PEER OR CRUISERS NEED TO BE REPLACED. UM SO, UM, HE HAS A SCHEDULE, REPLACE THE COMPUTERS IN THE CARS AND THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HERE. IF YOU WANT ANY MORE ABOUT THE COMPUTERS, IT'S OUT OF MY FEEL. AH THE ADDITIONAL MOBILE SEEN PD LICENSES. SO UM, WE HAVE, UM WE'LL GET INTO THIS ABOUT PERSONNEL, BUT, UM, REDACTION IS A BIG DEAL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE, UM, UM UM, OUR PROPERTY ROOM CUSTODIAN DOING THAT, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMING TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE. IS THAT IF YOU HAVE TO, WE HAVE A YOU KNOW, JUVENILE PARTY AND THERE WAS FOUR OFFICERS ON THE SCENE. THEY GOT COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT. WELL, THE JUVENILES FACES HAD TO BE BLOCKED OUT, WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON WITH THE VIDEOS. NOT FOR A COURT. THIS IS PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS SO YOU COULD PUT THIS YOU CAN PUT THIS BLURRY THING OVER THEIR FACE AND IT BUT IF THE IF THE PERSON LOOKS AWAY AND IT LOOKS BACK OR TILT THEIR HEAD DOWN, THAT IT DISAPPEARS IN THEIR FACES VISIBLE AGAIN. SO THEN YOU HAVE TO RESET IT. AND IT TAKES 20 SECONDS. ONCE YOU HIT THE RESET TO GET THAT TO BLURT OUT AGAIN, SO THAT'S FOUR OFFICERS, UM FOR CRUISER CAMERAS , AND THE EDITING HAS TO BE DONE 
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IN REAL TIME, SO BLOCKING OUT THE COMPUTER SCREENS AND THE CARS. UM IT'S A REALLY TIME CONSUMING TYPE OF PROCESS AND, UH UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S UM, THAT ADDITIONAL LICENSE WILL ALLOW ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO ACTUALLY MAKE THOSE EDITS. NOT JUST ONE PERSON. SO FLOCK YOU TALKED ABOUT KIND OF LIKE SOME OTHER OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO PATROLLING, AND UH AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE. FLOCK IS YEARS AGO, WE HAD A LICENSE PLATE REAR THAT WAS ON A CRUISER AND THAT KIND OF TIME YOURSELF OUT. AS FAR AS TECHNOLOGY GOES, THESE ARE STATIONARY LICENSE PLATE READERS THAT ARE SET UP ON LIKE MASTER ARMS OR OTHER OTHER UTILITY POLES THAT ARE AROUND THE CITY. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY ISN'T NEW TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          IT WAS IT WAS IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT THE PROCESS OF GETTING THOSE IN PLACE CONTRACTUAL AND LOGISTICS, UH, HAS TAKEN US THIS MUCH TIME, SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF REVISIT IT. 
          AND, UM, BUT THAT'S A GREAT THING. SO NOT ONLY DOES IT KEEP TRACK OF LIKE FELONY WARRANTS, UM STOLEN CARS, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE ENTERED. WE ARE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE FLOCKED WERE ABLE TO SEE THE SAME DATA THEY RECEIVE, AND THE PART THAT I LIKE THE BEST IS, LET'S SAY THAT WE HAD A, UM WE HAD A CAR COME THROUGH HERE. WE SUSPECT THAT WAS INVOLVED IN STEALING CARS OR STEALING ITEMS OUT OF THE CARS. WE CAN ENTER THAT PLATE INTO THE INTO THE SYSTEM. IF THAT CAR IS FOUND ENTERING THE CITY, UM AFTER THAT , WE WILL GET AN ALERT. THE OFFICERS IN THE CARS AND THE RADIO ROOM GET ALERT, SO THAT WAS IF THAT PERSON OR THAT CAR RETURNS WILL KNOW IT. IT IS A GREAT FEATURE TO HAVE WHAT IF THE CAR GOES TO NEW ORLEANS MEETING THEN THROUGH KAHANA? AND THROUGH WHITEHALL. THEY HAVE CAMERAS IN PLACE. I DON'T THINK YOU HANNAH DOES YET. I'M NOT SURE. BUT WHITEHALL HASN'T MATTER OF FACT, WE GET A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION FROM WHITEHALL SO THAT PEOPLE THAT COMMIT CRIMES IN NEW ALBANY HAVE ALSO DONE SO IN WHITEHALL OR LIVE IN WHITEHALL AND WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION, BUT IT COULD BE GROVE CITY. UM ANOTHER CITY HAS THEM. YEAH YEAH. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY GROVE CITY. 
          THERE'S A NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONS AROUND HERE THAT HAVE THEM. THERE'S ALSO, UM PRIVATE ENTITIES, SO IT'S NOT LIMITED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. UM PARK NOT TOO FAR FROM MY HOUSE, BUT IT'S A REALLY NICE PARK, BUT THEY HAVE A FLOCK CAMERA THAT'S OUTSIDE AT THE PARK ENTRANCE, AND THAT INFORMATION GOES TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WHERE THE JURISDICTION TO ONE OF OUR INTERSECTIONS YOU GET THE NOTIFICATION AND YOU JUST PATCHING OFFICER TO TRY TO YEAH, IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE IT'S A WARNER STOLEN CAR, OR YES THAN WE DO, UM IT CAN ALSO BE USED A LOT FORENSICALLY SO THAT IF WE HAVE A CARTILAGE STOLEN OUT OF NEW ALBANY, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENED, BUT THEN IT SHOWS UP ON A FLOCK CAMERA AND GROUP CITY. THEY WERE ABLE TO GO ASK CITY TO GO TRY TO FIND THE CAR OR, YOU KNOW, WERE ABLE TO TRY TO TRACK IT DOWN. BUT THERE'S ENOUGH FLOCK CAMERAS OUT THERE THAT IT'S I WOULD PROBABLY SAY 50% OF THE TIME THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TRY TO TRACK THOSE STOLEN CARS BY BY THE PLATE. UM ALSO ABOUT THE CAMERAS. THEY COLLECT DATA. 24 7. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT SECURITY. THEY DON'T SELL THE INFORMATION. 
          THEY'RE VERY STRICT ABOUT WHO'S WHO HAS ACCESS TO IT. UM SO THEY IT'S NOT. WE'RE ALSO NOT CUTTING EDGE HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE CURRENTLY USING IT. BUT IT WILL BE A GREAT TOOL TO KIND OF ONE OF THOSE FORCE MULTIPLIERS FOR US PURCHASE DATA EVERY 30 DAYS, SO THEY'RE STORING THE DATA? YEAH YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO COPY IT OVER. IF YOU PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU WANT TO DOCUMENT IF WE HAD. YEAH WE CAN. WE CAN HAVE IF WE IDENTIFY A VEHICLE THEN AND WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION CORRECT. BUT IN A MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR COURT THAT WON'T BE THERE. BY THE TIME OF THEIR SUPPORT. LET'S ASSUME THAT THERE WAS A MOMENT WHERE SOMETHING HAPPENED AND YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE. WHAT WAS ALL ABOUT? COULD YOU GET EVERY THAT THAT PARTICULAR? YEAH TIME AND YOU CAN DO A SEARCH RIGHT? SO YOU CAN DO A SEARCH AND I DON'T KNOW HOW DETAIL I DO KNOW LIKE IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR IF A WITNESS SAYS IT WAS A, UM, THAT SOMEBODY WAS BREAKING IN CARS, THERE WAS A WHITE UH, FOUR DOOR SEDAN. WE CAN ACTUALLY DO A SEARCH, UM, THROUGH THE THROUGH FLOCK. AND FIND WHITE FOUR DOOR SEDANS THAT WENT THROUGH THOSE CAMERAS IN THAT TIMEFRAME, SO THAT WE CAN. IT WAS 30 DAYS. AH I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK ONCE THE 30 DAYS IS UP, YEAH, YEAH. SO WE HAD TO HAVE PRESERVE IT, THOUGH. YEAH I DON'T THINK YOU CAN WHOLESALE PRESERVE THEM ALL. I THINK YOU HAVE TO PRESERVE CERTAIN ONES. YEAH. AH SO PERSONALITY WHERE I TALKED ABOUT SWORN STAFF. UM AT THIS POINT. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MORE. UM, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE 
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SURE THAT THEY ARE ON THE ROAD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BY RELIEVING THEM OF THINGS LIKE THE ACCREDITATION UM AND ONE OF THE AND AS THE CITY GROWS AS THE DEPARTMENT GROWS, UM THERE'S A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. SO ONE OF THESE WERE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR IS THE RECORDS ARE THE RECORDS CLERK, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WOULD DO THE EDITING FOR PUBLIC RECORDS. WE DO THE PUBLIC RECORDS, BODY CAMERAS. CRUISER CAMERAS AND THE TRAFFIC CAMERAS. UM AND THAT WOULD RELIEVE THE PERSON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROPERTY ROOM WHO IS ALSO A NON SPORTS PERSON. WE THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN REALLY DO TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY ROOM, BUT WHAT TIME IS A PROBLEM FOR THAT PERSON AT THIS POINT? AND THEN THE DISPATCHER WISE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS STRUGGLE WITH NOT JUST OURS, BUT. WE ARE ASKING FOR TWO ADDITIONAL DISPATCHERS. UM THERE IS A STATE 911. UH UM, UM. THE VISION AND WHAT THEY'VE MANDATED IS HAVE TO DISPATCHERS ON AT ALL TIMES FOR PEACE OUT, UM, PRIMARY OR, UM, PUBLIC SERVICE, ANSWERING POINTS AND SO WE'RE A PIECE AT WERE ABLE TO GET AROUND NOT HAVING TO AT ALL TIMES, PARTICULARLY IN GOLDEN NIGHT BY TRANSFERRING ANY TYPE OF ROLLOVER CALLS SAY WE GET FIVE CALLS RIGHT IN RIGHT IN A ROW BECAUSE OF AN ACCENT. UM SOME OF THOSE CALLS WILL ROLL OVER TO GHANA, WHICH WILL FULFILL THAT HAPPENED TO DISPATCHERS ON AT ALL TIMES. THE OTHER THING, TOO. IS THAT AS UM UM WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE DEPTH OF BENCH AND THE RADIO ROOM. SO IF SOMEBODY'S OUT FOR A SURGERY OR THEIR TRAINING OR ON VACATION , IT DOES CAUSE A LOT OF OVERTIME AND COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR CURRENT STAFF. 
          WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN A GOOD WORK ENVIRONMENT AND THEY'RE NOT BURNT OUT. SO UM, ADDING THAT TWO ADDITIONAL WILL REALLY, UM, HELP US WITH THE WITH THE SCHEDULING. UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SO WE GO TO, UH, CBD WHEN THEY BUILT A NEW ACADEMY OPENED UP THEIR TRAINING TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES. WE USE THAT A LOT OF STATE CONTROL. UM APART HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH SOME TRANSITIONS RECENTLY, BUT THEY'RE STARTING TO OFFER MORE CLASSES. BUT PARTICULARLY FOR EXPERIENCED OFFICERS OR OFFICERS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY POSITIONS. 
          THE TRAINING IS OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA, SO SOME OF THE TRAINING COSTS INVOLVED WOULD BE HAVING THEM TRAVEL TO COULD BE CINCINNATI, INDIANA OR WHATEVER THE CASE TO GO TO CLASSES THAT THAT WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY AND OUR OFFICERS ARE COMPETENT. UM, BUT THERE AREN'T OFFERED LOCALLY. I THINK THAT'S IT ANY QUESTIONS OR . PIECE OF WE'RE RIGHT ABOUT LUNCHTIME. I SAW CHRISTINA SNEAK IN. GO AHEAD, JEN. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. 1520 MINUTES. I THINK I MEAN, THE PLAN WAS TO WORK THROUGH IT. RIGHT, GET SOME PIZZA AND JUST KEEP GOING. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO START? HOW ARE WE IMPLYING? I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME CATCHING UP. WE'RE GOING TO BE LIKE 10 MORE DAYS. DON'T KNOW CHANGES SO. I THINK WE MADE THE PARK. I AGREE. I THINK WE KEEP GOING. WE HAVE THAT EATING LUNCH OR CHALLENGE, WORKING LUNCH AND EATING AND EATING. MAYBE JUST A WORKING LUNCH WITHOUT THE EVENING. WHAT DID YOU SAY? YOU WANTED TO HAVE YOU READ A LOT? KEEP CHIPS NOT FOR DOING. ALRIGHT SO, UM, JUST AN OVERVIEW AGAIN KIND OF THE SECRET TO OUR SECRET SAUCE IS THE KEY FUNCTIONS THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT , SO WE HAVE PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING SERVICES, ZONING AND BUILDING. I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES FUNDAMENTALLY THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR IS WE DID ATTEMPT LAST YEAR TO DIVIDE THE INTEL. UM EXPENSES OUT INTO A SEPARATE AREA AND REALIZED THAT THAT WASN'T VERY PRACTICAL FROM A FROM A RECORD KEEPING PERSPECTIVE. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE ENGINEERING PLAN REVIEW OR ENGINEERING INSPECTION THAT WE HAVE. IT WASN'T JUST SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO INTEL. THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE BUSINESS PARK RIGHT NOW THAT, UM , THOSE ENGINEERS AND THOSE INSPECTIONS INSPECTORS ARE OUT THERE COVERING ALL PARTS OF THE BUSINESS PART NOT JUST SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO INTEL. 
          AND OTHER EXAMPLES INCLUDE RYAN HANIGAN, WHO'S OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL. HE'S NOT JUST OVERSEEING THE INTEL RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT HE'S IN EVER SEEN CHIEF BUILDING 
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OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND ACTING AS OUR FEET ON THE GROUND IN COOPERATION WITH MY GREEK A WHO'S OUR CONTRACTS? CBO SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE ROLLED THAT BUDGET INTO THE REGULAR 101 BUDGET. AND SO IT MAKES THOSE LINE ITEMS LOOK LIKE THEY'VE INCREASED A LITTLE BIT, BUT ONLY BECAUSE, UM , BECAUSE THE BUDGETS HAVE BEEN COMBINED AGAIN. WE HAVE ALL THESE FUNCTIONS WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF A SURPRISE TO US THIS YEAR AS THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE'VE SPENT ON PRESENTATIONS AND VISITING COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE ASKED US WHAT OUR SECRET SAUCES AND WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT HOW WE GET THINGS DONE. SO WE'VE GIVEN PRESENTATIONS TO EVERYBODY FROM JOBS, OHIO AND THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN JOBS, OHIO TO AVON LAKE TO LIMA TO ALLEN COUNTY AND REALLY HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME REALLY SHARING OUR BEST PRACTICES WITH OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. OUR TEAM CAME UP WITH SOME GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT ALIGN WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS THAT WERE ALREADY DISCUSSED. THE FIRST IS TO EXCEED THE INDUSTRY STANDARD AND PROVIDING EXCELLENT AND TIMELY CUSTOMER SERVICE. SO, AS YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE YEARS WE'VE HAD CONTRACTS STAFF TO HELP US WITH PLAIN REVIEW INSPECTIONS AND REALLY BE ABLE TO SCALE APPROPRIATELY FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE. WE ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO KEEP OUR NUMBERS LOWER THAN WHAT THE STATE REQUIRED MINIMUMS ARE SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH A BUILDING PERMIT THEY'RE REQUIRED REVIEW TIME IS 30 DAYS. WE TRY TO HAVE OUR FIRST REVIEW DONE IN 21, ASSUMING THE APPLICATION IS COMPLETE, AND THINGS ARE ABLE TO MOVE ALONG THE SAME THING WITH OUR CONTRACT PLAYING REVIEW FOR ENGINEERING. UM THOSE ARE TYPICALLY ANYWHERE FROM 21 DATA, 30 DAY TIME FRAMES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES. CONTRACTUALLY WE LIKE TO HAVE COMMENTS BACK IN 14 DAYS. IT REQUIRES COOPERATION ON BOTH SIDES, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT ALWAYS PERFECT. IN FACT, WE ARE CURRENTLY OUT SEARCHING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL PLAN REVIEWERS BECAUSE WE ARE FINDING THAT WE'VE FALLEN BEHIND ON SOME OF THOSE TIMES A COUPLE A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS YEAR. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FREQUENT THAN WHAT WE LIKE. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO RAMP UP THAT STAFF AS APPROPRIATE. UM ALSO TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES THROUGH APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. UM YOU KNOW, OUR TEAM IS MANAGING $300 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT NOW IN THE BUSINESS PARK WE ARE ABOUT 60% OF THE WAY THROUGH THE INFRASTRUCTURE. UM WHAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW, OR WHAT'S BEEN COMPLETED REPRESENTS ABOUT 60% OF WHAT WE ASKED FOR. AND WHAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW IS ABOUT 55% DONE AT THIS POINT, SO WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG AND IF YOU'VE DRIVEN OR TRIED TO DRIVE ON MINK ROAD, GREEN CHAPEL, THE NEW ROUNDABOUT, YOU'LL SEE THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING. UM AND THEN ALSO WE WANT TO CREATE A HEALTHY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT THAT PROTECTS THE LOCAL TAX BASE. SO IT'S ONE THING TO WIN A PROJECT. IT'S A WHOLE ANOTHER ONE TO KEEP HIM HERE, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SOME PROGRAMS THAT ARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS BRINGING, INCLUDING THE BUSINESS EVENT THIS FRIDAY, WHICH IS THE KICKOFF TO OUR NEW BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAM. 
          WHERE THE CITY REALLY, UM, LOOKS TO ENHANCE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES AND THEN CONNECT THEM TO THE RESOURCES. ON A LOCAL LEVEL REGIONAL LEVEL ON A STATE LEVEL THAT CAN HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL HERE IN NEW ALBANY AND IN THE STATE OF OHIO. UM SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ABOUT WHAT THAT KICKOFF IS GOING TO MEAN FOR US AND FOR OUR BUSINESSES MOVING FORWARD. PEOPLE IN THE PAGE. CAN I ASK YOU HAVE ON THIS ANNUAL TRENDS? OBVIOUSLY, THEY KNOW WHAT NEW RESIDENTIAL NEW COMMERCIAL PERMITS ARE. WITH THE MASSIVE NUMBER. THAT'S NOT THOSE THE TOTAL PERMANENT TIMES SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT PEOPLE DOING CHANGES TO A HOUSE CENTER IS THAT FRONT EXCEPT LIKE A BACK PATIO. IT'S ALL PERMITS, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A NEW BUILD, BUT IT COULD BE, UM WE'RE KIND OF IN A DIFFERENT PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT IN OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED HERE YET. UM WE HAVE. I'M SORRY, RAGING BECAUSE HOMES ARE AGING, BUT ALSO BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOW LIVING IN THEIR HOMES AND THEIR ADDING THINGS LIKE PATIOS. INDEX AND POOLS AND ALL OF GAZEBOS ALL OF THE AMENITIES AFTER YOU'VE MOVED INTO A NEW NEW HOME, YOU'RE IN THERE FOR A COUPLE YEARS. AND YOU'RE LIKE, GOSH WOULD BE GREAT. IF WE HAD A PIZZA OVEN OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, AND I DIDN'T BUILD IT AS A PART OF THIS, AND SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THOSE DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT. SO WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OF TICKS. UM BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING A LOT OF MATURING IN THE COMMUNITIES AND THAT HAPPENS, PEOPLE START TO BUILD OUT. ALSO RENOVATIONS WITHIN THE AGING HOMES AS WELL. DO YOU FEEL LIKE. YEAH. KIND OF THE SAME QUESTION. I ASKED, PLEASE. DOES THAT? JUST FIND A DIVERSIFICATION OF THE TYPE OF STAFF THAT YOU HAVE. YOU HAVE CHANGES IN THE WAY IT'S DONE OR DOES THERE. SAME STAFF THAT'S CURRENTLY HANDLING RESIDENTIAL ALSO DO A PATIO OR JUST THAT NEED TO CHANGE AS WE'VE ORGANIZED. YEAH I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S THE SAME. IT'S THE SAME WORK. IT'S THE SAME STAFF. I 
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THINK WHERE OUR BIGGEST NEED IS, IS NOT NECESSARILY AN INCREASING OUR FULL TIME OR PART TIME EMPLOYEES, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY INCREASING OUR CONTRACTUAL STAFF. AGAIN KEEP IN MIND. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY GET PAID. IT'S PASSED THROUGH. SO THEIR PLAN REVIEW HOURS. UM, GET CHARGED BACK TO THE APPLICANT. AND SO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT, UM IS A CITY EXPENSE. 
          HOWEVER UM, I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO REALLY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, BUILDING INSPECTORS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THEM IN THE MARKET, AND WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT COMMERCIAL PLAN REVIEWERS. WE HAVE A LEAD ON TO RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE HOPING TO SNAG HERE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE FULL TIME STAFF. BUT JUST GETTING THOSE CONTRACTUAL STAFF. 
          UM THAT PART OF IT RAMPED UP. AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THAT IS THAT IT ENABLES US TO SCALE APPROPRIATELY, SO WE'RE NOT BRINGING ON STAFF FOR POTENTIALLY A, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEAR TREND WE CAN. WE CAN USE THE CONTRACTUAL STAFF FOR WHEN WE'RE BUSY AND THEN SCALED DOWN AS WE NEED TO. BUT THE MARKET ITSELF IS TOUGH RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF NUMBER ONE. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING INTO TRADES. NUMBER TWO. WE'RE NOT SEEING PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE TRADES AND GOING INTO PUBLIC SERVICE WORK A LOT OF THE FIRMS THAT WE'VE USED TRADITIONALLY FOR COMMERCIAL PLAN REVIEW BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE EITHER OF LICENSED ENGINEER REGISTERED ARCHITECT. UM. A LOT OF FIRMS THAT USED TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE DON'T ANYMORE BECAUSE THE BILLABLE HOURS CAN'T EXCEED THE RATE THAT WE CAN CHARGE FOR PLAIN REVIEW, AND SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET $300 AN HOUR. YOU'RE GONNA GET 90, WHICH IS IN OUR FEE SCHEDULE. AND SO THERE, THOSE ARE JUST NOT NECESSARILY POSITIONS THAT ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS AND ENGINEERING FIRMS ARE MAINTAINING ANYMORE IS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO IT'S A REAL CONCERN AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK EVERYONE NOT JUST US, BUT EVERYONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE POLICE SITUATION, BUT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH . COULD I ASK WHEN WE DO THIS ON HIM? PROBABLY. OUTSIDE OF THE BUSINESS, PART OF THE MOST IMPORTANT YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION DO WE CURRENTLY DO ? OTHER THAN PLAYING THE SIGN UP FOR THE ZONING IS GOING TO BE BEING CONSIDERED. LIKE A REZONING. SO ANYWHERE WE FOLLOW THE SAME PROTOCOL OR CODE HAS THE SAME PROTOCOL NO MATTER WHERE THE REZONING IS LOCATED, AND SO IT INCLUDES BOTH SIGNS WITH QR CODES. NOW THANKS TO THE MAYOR SUGGESTION, I THINK ONE OR TWO YEARS AGO THAT LINKS PEOPLE BACK TO THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED ON THE WEBSITE ABOUT THE APPLICATION, AND THEN WE HAVE REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE SENT TO NEIGHBORS WITHIN 200 FT. OF THE PROPERTY, AND THOSE ARE DONE ACTUALLY AT TWO DIFFERENT INCREMENTS. THE FIRST IS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOOKING AT GIRLS. THE FIRST IS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARS IT. AND THEN THE SECOND IS BEFORE COUNCIL HEARS IT, SO NEIGHBORS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TWICE PROPERTY ON DEVIL HUNTER. NOW THE REZONING MHM AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING. EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED . WHAT'S COMING? SURE OTHER THAN PUTTING THE SIGN UP, BUT KEEPING IT MORE. YOU HAVE QR CODE. NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE GOING TO STOP AND PUT THE PHONE ON IT. MAYBE SOMEWHERE. IS THERE ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN ALSO LIKE THE THEY DO ALBANY NEWS THAT JOSH POST ON FACEBOOK OR WHATEVER IN THE RESULTING IN THIS WHAT IT IS. SO BOTH CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED MORE TRANSPARENTLY, SO IT'S NOT KIND OF A. WHAT I'M SAYING. YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK ON THAT MANY DIFFERENT QUESTIONS WITHIN THE LAST WEEK. JUST ON THAT ONE'S OWN. YEAH ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON? YEAH. FOUR WITH WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. 
          CERTAINLY WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. I THINK THAT, UM YOU KNOW, WE WANTED THE VERY FIRST THINGS THAT WE DO WHEN THE APPLICATION IS COMPLETE, HAS PUT IT UP ON THE WEBSITE, AND SO IT IS ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE. EVEN WITHOUT THE QR CODE. IT'S PRETTY EASY. WE ALSO NOW HAVE A NEW SECTION ON THE WEBSITE AND I SAY NEW, BUT IT'S EXISTED FOR I THINK TWO YEARS NOW WHERE WE ALSO WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WHEN IT PUT SOMEBODY STARTS TO SEE A BUILDING. GO UP. UM AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS YET TO SIGN MIGHT NOT BE THERE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, MY GOSH. WHAT IS THAT? WHAT'S THAT NEW RESTAURANT? IS THAT ALL THE WHAT IS THAT GOING TO BE, AND SO WE HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. NOW THAT THE IT SPEAKS TO THAT. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY BRAINSTORM. IT WOULD BE SEE MORE. WOULD ALLOW FOR RESIDENTS TO SEE IT ON THE FRONT END CAP CONCERNS THAT COULD COME INTO PLANNING COMMISSION OR WHATEVER VOICED THEIR CONCERNS. SO THEY FEEL LIKE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING'S GOING ON. IT'S BEEN APPROVED AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY KNOW. BUT IT WAS SURE. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, ADRIAN MENTIONED THAT UPPER ARLINGTON HAS SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY BASED OR COMMUNITY DRIVEN. UM COLOR THE NEWSPAPER. 
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BUT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHERE THEY TRY TO PUT OUT COMMUNITY ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY. MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD FIT WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THAT WE CAN WORK WITH JOSH AND TRY TO DEVELOP SOME SOME CONCEPTS. UM YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE THAT WE CONTINUE TO USE THE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER IN ITS ITS CURRENT FORM, BUT COME OUT WITH A DIFFERENT UM, SOME OTHER TYPE OF PUBLICATION THAT COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS TOO. WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. YEAH I THINK FOLKS UP IN THE NORTH END IN PARTICULAR LITTLE HYPERSENSITIVE ABOUT HEALTH ZONING AS CHANGING AND THEY WANT TO BE INFORMED. 
          THE DANCE OF FILL THE NEED TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT IN TERMS OF HOW THEY COMMUNICATE WHETHER THEY'RE FOR IT OR AGAINST IT, OR DON'T EVEN CARE. BUT THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND ADVANCE INSTEAD OF GOING ALREADY BEING APPROVED BY CLINTON COMMISSIONER GOING DOWN THE ROAD. REALLY NOT HAVING THE VISIBILITY AND I KNOW APPRENTICE SIGNS UP BUT COMMUNICATING A LITTLE. A LITTLE MORE THAN ONE THING THAT I THINK WILL HELP. AND THIS IS THIS IS A HOMESPUN SOLUTION THAT WOULD NOT REPLACE ANY SORT OF LEGAL NOTIFICATION WHATSOEVER. BUT WE HAVE THESE COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS THAT'S GOING TO GET SET UP IN 2024, AND I THINK OUR FULL FOR THEIR UNDER THE IDEA OF UMBRELLA IS TO HAVE EACH NEIGHBORHOOD BE REPRESENTED BY SOME SORT OF AMBASSADORS, WHICH HOPEFULLY WOULD ALLOWED FOR THESE TYPE OF COMMUNICATIONS TO HAPPEN ON A GRASSROOTS LEVEL, OBVIOUSLY NOT REPLACING ANY SORT OF LEGAL OR CITY OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS, BUT I THINK ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THAT PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE. ACCESS TO CITY INFORMATION, RIGHT? SO YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO IS ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD . IT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR YOU TO GET THAT INFORMATION OS OR WHATEVER. A YEAH. AND I CAME UP. 
          I JUST WENT THROUGH THE LINKS. H O I FORD, IS IT ALL OF A SUDDEN, RIGHT? WHAT IS IT? YEAH MHM. 
          YEAH WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT. IN FACT, WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION NOT JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, AND IT'S BEEN A CONSTANT CONVERSATION INTERNALLY IS THAT WITH THE ABSENCE OF THE LOCAL PAPERS THE THIS WEEK NEWS IT'S REALLY REALLY PRESENTED. I THINK SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE JUST DIDN'T ANTICIPATE. AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WHETHER IT'S THE NEWSLETTER THAT JOE TALKED ABOUT , OR THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. UM CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING THAT IS IT'S AN EASY REQUEST FOR US TO START TO BRAINSTORM AND CONSIDER AND SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT AS WELL. JOKE STARTED OUT, BUT I WAS WHEN WE GOT TO JOSH AND PREJUDICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE LACK OF THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER WE FOUND DURING THE ELECTION THEME IN A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND I THINK THE SHORT NEWSLETTER TO INDUCE ME HAPPENINGS THAT YOU PUT OUT WAS DIRECTED. I WOULDN'T DO ANY OF THAT. BUT SOMETHING MORE EXPANDED LOOKING AT MAYBE WHAT ARLINGTON'S DOING WHERE WE CAN'T REALLY COMMUNICATE WITH WE COULD, UH RESIDENTS WOULD BE ACROSS MHM. WHETHER IT'S RUMOR. WHAT'S COMING. YEAH WHATEVER MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO BE IN SOMETHING ELSE. YEAH THERE IS A PLACE OF SOME OF THAT. YEAH OF WHAT? THE DISTRICT INVESTMENTS HERE. HUSBAND. I THINK IT'S JUST LIKE THE NEED TO JUST HAVE IT IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMATS AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE GET ALL THEIR INFORMATION FROM THE NEWSPAPERS FROM REASON OPEN THEIR MOUTH AND SOME JUST GET THEIR POSITION ON FACEBOOK. RIGHT SO I THINK THE CITY DID A REALLY GREAT JOB COMMUNICATIONS PASSED US ELECTION CYCLE BY RESPONDING AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND AS THE TECHNOLOGY EVOLVED. YOU JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO AS WELL. TONY, THIS IS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS? HERE'S WHEN THE HERE'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR WHATEVER SO THEY YEAH, WE GOT YOU GOT YOU. OKAY? WE I FELT LIKE THEY ALMOST NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF A CIVICS 101. TUTORIAL FOR OUR SAYS WELL, YEAH, BECAUSE WE CAN SAY YES. HERE'S A QR CODE AND IT TAKES YOU TO THE WEBSITE NEEDS HELP PEOPLE. IT'LL BE. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ON THE AGENDA AND YOU CAN LOOK HERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THAT MESSAGE UNTIL AFTER EVERYTHING IS GOING TO PROCESS APPLICATIONS IS LIKE 70 PAGES LONG OR WHATEVER. SO YOU HAVE TO. LIKE WHAT? YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. YOU KNOW, WE COULD JUST DO A SYNOPSIS. YEAH COULD BE A GOOD AREAS ON THE LINE BETWEEN NEW ALBANY ONE ON ONE AND HMM. YEAH BUDGET MEETING. YEAH. EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH JOE INTERNALLY, AND SO I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THERE SO MORE TO COME. IT'S I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE IT IN A MONTH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CERTAINLY WORK TO SOLVE IT AS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND WE'RE 
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EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM JUST TO RECAP. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 23. THE BUILDING DIVISION DID MOVE TO THE INTEL TRAILER SITE. WE DID RUN OUT OF SPACE HERE IN THE BUILDING. AND SO WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE IN MORE THAN ONE OFFICE PEOPLE ARE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. WE STILL HAVE THAT SITUATION, BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND MOVED ALL OF THE INSPECTORS UNDER RYAN'S GUIDANCE. UM AND THEN TWO OF OUR SUPPORT STAFF OUT TO THE TRAILER, AND SO THEY'RE BEING DISPATCHED THEN FROM THE TRAILER FOR ALL INSPECTIONS ACROSS THE CITY, SO THAT HELPED US FREE UP SOME SPACE, AND THAT'S WORKING OUT PRETTY WELL. IN THE INTERIM, UM, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE ELECTRONIC PLAN REVIEW SYSTEM FOR INTEL AND FOR THE ENGINEERING DIVISION. THEY HAVE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE IN PLACE FOR THE MEYLER'S. WE ARE. WE RAN INTO SOME SNAGS WITH THE FULL ROLLOUT OF THE ELECTRONIC PLAN REVIEW SYSTEM BEYOND INTEL. UM AND THAT WAS A GOOD TEST CASE. I THINK FOR US TO REALIZE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WERE CHALLENGED WITH AND WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR I T DEPARTMENT DIVISION WHO SAT WITH US AND HELPED US SPEAK THE LANGUAGE WITH THE FOLKS WHO IMPLEMENT THE SOFTWARE AND WE ARE SET TO STILL WORKING OUT SOME BUGS, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A FULL ROLL OUT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT BEYOND INTEL. UM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION DIVISION COLLABORATED WITH KODA AND THEY ESTABLISHED THE LINE 35, WHICH IS AWESOME. SARAH DID A FANTASTIC JOB GETTING THEM TO COMMIT AND IT WAS CERTAINLY A AN EXCITING PROJECT. THIS IS THE FIRST DAILY AND HOURLY SERVICE THAT'S PROVIDED BY CODA TO THE CITY. REMEMBER, THE FORMER SERVICE WAS FROM DOWNTOWN, AND THERE WERE SIX BUSSES IN THE MORNING AND SIX BUSSES IN THE EVENING THAT WOULD COME FROM DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS OUT TO NEW ALBANY. NOW THIS LINE 35 IS COMING FROM JUST WEST OF, UM, THE NORTHLAND AREA, AND SO IT'S REALLY A MORE HIGHLY POPULATED AREA WITH EMPLOYEES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY WORK IN THE POSITIONS WITHIN THE BUSINESS PARK. PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYEES THAT NEEDED TO GET ON THE BUS TO COME HERE WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY FIND A WAY TO GET FROM WHERE THEY ARE DOWNTOWN AND THEN DOWNTOWN OUT, TOO. NEW ALBANY. AND SO THIS IS A LOT MORE CONVENIENT WERE ALREADY WE STARTED THE SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK AND RIDERSHIP AS A RESULT OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION, SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. UM HOW MANY TIMES THEY'RE THEY'RE COMING OUT HERE. IT'S HOURLY. YEAH I'VE STARTED 24 HOURS A DAY. IT'S UH WHAT 12 TO IT'S UNTIL MIDNIGHT. I THINK SO. EIGHT SORRY. FIVE IN THE MORNING UNTIL 12 AT NIGHT. SO CODA DOES NOT HAVE SERVICE 24 HOURS. AND SO, UM, SO NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THAT LAST BUS HAD BEEN NIGHT. SO THEN THEY STOP UNTIL, LIKE, FIVE IN THE MORNING IS THE FIRST BUS THIS WEEKEND. IT'S DEFINITELY A SIGN OF OUR CITIES CHANGING WHEN YOU SEE IT AT COTA BUS ROLLING DOWN THROUGH NEW ORLEAN. SOMETHING THAT HASN'T OCCURRED, AND THAT'S WHERE IT BECOMES WARMER. RIGHT WELL, YEAH. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD IT SINCE 2014 BECAUSE WE HAD THE OTHERS THAT WE STARTED THIS SMART RIDE AND IN 14, BUT YEAH. UM SO, YOU KNOW. OH YEAH. I'M SORRY THEY DO. THEY HAVE BOTH NOW, BUT THE DOWNTOWN ONE IS ONLY TWICE IN THE MORNING AND TWICE IN THE AFTERNOON. YEAH. SO UM, WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE HAD YOU KNOW SUCH HIGH RIDERSHIP BEFORE COVID, AND THEN YOU KNOW THERE WERE THAT YEAR BEFORE 2019. WE HAD 24,000 TRIPS ON THAT. ON THAT BUS AND THE CODE OF US AND SO THEN COVID CAME AND THERE WAS NOTHING AND THEN THEY IMPLEMENTED THAT ON DEMAND SERVICE, WHICH PEOPLE WEREN'T REALLY GETTING THE HANG OF IT. 
          AND SO, UM, TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE SERVICE THE WAY THAT IT HAS, I THINK IS PRETTY MEANINGFUL FOR OUR BUSINESSES STOPS. THAT'S UM THAT WAS IN OUR STRATEGY PRIOR TO COVID, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DUST THAT OFF AND GO BACK TO THAT. IN FACT, THE BUSINESS CZECH GUY. 
          NUMBERS. I WORK WITH HAS SOME FUNDING ADDED WELL, THEY'RE ALREADY FUNDING A PIECE OF IT BECAUSE THEY GET CHARGES PART OF THEIR BUSINESS PARK ASSOCIATION FOR THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM ITSELF. 
          AND SO THAT WAS ALL ROLLED INTO KIND OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, SO WE JUST HAVE TO. IN FACT, I THINK YOU'RE THE ONE CHIP THAT CREDIT OUT BACK IN 2018. SO I THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO DUST OFF THIS CONVERSATIONS. WE HAVEN'T HAD THEM IN A REALLY LONG TIME BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS WE GET TO REVISIT. FOLKS ARE WAITING FOR A CODE OF US IN THE RAIN, AND IT'S LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE A SHELTER OR SOMETHING. YEAH YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO THIS DISCUSSION, RIGHT? UM OUT ON THE CAPITAL, JUST THE DRAFT ACCESSION OPPORTUNITY, FIVE POINTS. OH, IS THAT RIGHT? TONY THAT'S NEXT. UM SO, UM, ALSO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATED OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION EXPANDED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT WE'VE CELEBRATED IT. UM AND THEY VISITED 31 DIFFERENT 
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BUSINESSES WITH EITHER COFFEE OR COOKIES OR JUST TREATS AND REALLY HELP THEM FEEL SPECIAL AND HELP THEM FEEL CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY THAT TEAM CREATED THREE NEW TIFF AREAS AND THREE NEW SERIES SIERRA AREAS AND ADOPTED FOR NEW INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS AND AMENDED FOR INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS WITH COMPANIES THIS YEAR, SO IT'S BEEN PRETTY BUSY. IT'S FINE. UM THE PLANNING DIVISION WORKED WITH G I S AND LAUNCHED A G I S BASED ZONING MAP ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. THAT WAS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT IN 23. A LOT OF HARD WORK, UM CHRIS AND HIS TEAM AND WORKING WITH RYAN KELLY. IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THEY ALSO AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY WORTH NOTING, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS, UM OPENLY THIS PAST YEAR BECAUSE IT JUST HASN'T COME UP. THEY JUST KEEP THEIR HEADS DOWN, AND THEY DO THEIR WORK. BUT THE PLANNING DIVISION HAS PROCESSED 100 PLUS PLANNING APPLICATIONS THIS PAST YEAR. I MEAN, THAT BLOWS ANY RECORD THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, EVER HAD OUT OF THE WATER BY AT LEAST 25% AND SO THEY HAVE JUST BEEN AND THEY'RE NOT EASY APPLICATIONS WERE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE INFILL DEVELOPMENTS. AND SO EVERYTHING AROUND THEM HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED AND SO EVERYBODY'S MAD. AND UM THIS IS REALLY BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, UM, JUST WORK WITH WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT RESIDENTS, LOTS OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS, BUT THAT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PLANNING ACTIVITY, AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO THOSE APPLICATIONS, AND THE WORK THAT WENT IN THIS YEAR'S IS PRETTY REMARKABLE. THAT'S LINE. SO YOU THINK THAT WAS JUST A UNIQUE HERE? I THINK IT'S GOING TO SLOW FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THERE'S NOT REALLY A WHOLE LOT OF GROUND LEFT TO DEVELOP, SO I THINK WE'LL END UP SEEING IT. A DOWNTURN IN THAT, UM, IT JUST IT'S WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A LITTLE UNEXPECTED TO HAVE THAT MANY THIS YEAR. UM INTERESTINGLY ALSO, AS INTEREST RATES HAVE INCREASED IN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES SEEM TO NOT BE AS TOUGH TO COME BY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE JUST TRYING TO CAPITALIZE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF AN INTERESTING THING TO WATCH BECAUSE YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY WOULD GO DOWN BECAUSE IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD NOW THAN IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO, BUT, UM, WITH THAT, WITHOUT A NUMBER OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS, I THINK WE'VE WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MAYBE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SUPPLIES. QUICKER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SINCE 2020. THEN WE HAD SOME INTEL SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS. UM, 10 MILES OF NEW ROADS, AND RYAN ALI HAD SOME. KARA CREATED SOME FUN FACTS. THIS IS THE SAME DISTANCE IF YOU TRAVEL ALONG STATE ROUTE 161 ALL THE WAY FROM I TO 72 MINK STREET. UM 750,000 CUBIC YARDS OF EARTH WAS MOVED. THEY HAD ENOUGH DIRT TO FILL 240 OLYMPIC SIZED POOLS, UM, IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT THE ROADWAYS FOR MILES OF LARGE DIAMETER WATER PIPES WERE INSTALLED. A LIFT STATION WAS CONSTRUCTED AND 15,000 FT OF LARGE DIAMETER SANITARY SEWER HAS BEEN INSTALLED. UM AND THEN THAT'S ENOUGH SUPER PIPE TO STRETCH ACROSS 40 FOOTBALL FIELDS. SO IT'S BEEN PRETTY PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. EX CYCLES. A COUPLE OTHER MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS YEAR. OBVIOUSLY AMAZON WEB SERVICES WE KNOW THEY PURCHASED THE 450 PLUS ACRES. UM IN THE BEACH IN MILLER AREA IN 2022, BUT IN 23, WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATING INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WITH THEM FOR $3.5 BILLION INVESTMENT OVER UM OVER TIME. 
          DSV ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD BE WELL BUILDING AT 1.2 MILLION SQUARE FOOT FACILITY IN THE SUPPLIER PARK AND RING CAM, WHICH WAS THE FIRST SUPPLIER TO INTEL ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE SUPPLIER PARK AS WELL. MOST RECENTLY WE'VE HAD Q T S WHO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR YEARS AND YEARS. IN FACT, I THINK THEY CAME TO ONE OF THE REMARKABLE EVENING. UM EVENTS BACK IN 2018 AND UM, HAVE CLOSED IN ON TWO SITES THAT WERE RECENTLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND THERE'S UM TWO MORE SITES THAT WILL BE COMING ON COUNCIL'S NEXT AGENDA FOR THEIR FACILITIES AS WELL. SO LOOKING AHEAD. UM WE HAVE CREATED THE BUDGET TO REALLY TIE BACK TO THE GOALS THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU IN THE BEGINNING , WHICH THEN AGAIN ALSO GO BACK TO THE OPERATIONAL GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION. SO TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY WHERE WE SAW THE BIGGEST INCREASE. THIS IS ALSO DUE TO AN INCREASE IN STAFF FROM LAST YEAR. WE WERE ABLE TO FILL ALL THOSE POSITIONS. BUT NOW WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS, CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS. FOR EXAMPLE, PLANNERS, INSPECTORS ENGINEERS, THEY ALL NEED THOSE CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO, UM TO MAINTAIN THEIR LICENSES ALSO SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OUR STAFF TO ATTEND PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES AND SOME EXAMPLES ARE OKAY I, WHICH IS PLANNING CONFERENCE. E D 44 110 TECH, WHICH IS THE GREATEST ENGINEERING CONFERENCE IN THE WORLD IN A BOA, WHICH IS A 
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BUILDING, UM, CONFERENCE THAT THAT ARE BUILDING INSPECTORS AND SHOULD BE BENEFICIAL, ATTEND EVERY YEAR. UM AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OTHER MONIES BUILT IN FOR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH. WE HAVE A FAIRLY UM YOUNG STAFF WITH RESPECT TO EXPERIENCE LEVEL AND SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND JUST WORK ON A LITTLE BIT WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT, TRAINING, LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE PREPARED TO LEAD IN THEIR PARTICULAR AREAS OF EXPERTISE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. UM THE NEXT AREA WHERE WE HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE OVERALL, WAS CONSULTING IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. UM THE BIG PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON. FOR THIS YEARS. WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO SIGN A CONTRACT FOR THE FIBER TO THE HOME STUDY AND GET THAT ROLLING. THE FIRST IS A TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT, AND I THINK WITH SOME OF THE RECENT FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED NOT JUST ON FIBER, BUT ALSO ON SALE SERVICE. UM I THINK THAT ASSESSMENTS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE SERVED IN UNDERSERVED AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY. UM WE HAVE TO UPDATE OUR ECO STANDARDS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. WE REQUIRE ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES WITHIN THE LICKING COUNTY PORTION OF THE BUSINESS PART TO BE CERTIFIED WITH THE COAST, WHICH IS OUR VERSION OF THE GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS THERE. NOW WE'RE NOW OUT OF DATE BECAUSE THERE WAS A CHANGED SO MUCH OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. AND SO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM WITH THE NEW STANDARDS ARE HOW WE WANT TO UPDATE OURS AND MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT IN PLACE THAT PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO HIT THAT REQUIREMENT, AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIG SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AS A DEPARTMENT. UM AND THEN CONSULTING CONTRACTS PRETTY MUCH REMAINED THE SAME AGAIN. WE'RE LOOKING TO GET A FEW MORE COMMERCIAL PLAN REVIEWERS ON STAFF. THOSE ARE PASSED THROUGH MONEY, SO THAT WON'T BE SOMETHING THAT NECESSARILY LIKE ULTIMATELY IMPACTS THE BUDGET. THE MONEY THAT WE PUT ASIDE FOR THAT GET REIMBURSED THROUGH THE FEES THAT THE DEVELOPER PAYS. AND THEN FINALLY, UM WE DO NEED TO CREATE SOME WEB PAGES FOR SMART RIDE IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PAGE, AND THEN WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HOW THE B R AND D PROGRAM IS GOING TO TAKE OFF. WE HAVE THIS ANNUAL EVENT THAT IS GOING TO BE THIS FRIDAY THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WILL START NEXT YEAR TO REALLY CONTINUE TO OUTREACH TO THE BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM GET CONNECTED TO RESOURCES IN ORDER TO HELP THEM DO BETTER. CHOPPER YEAH, EXPLAIN JUST A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE FIRE WITH YOUR HOME STUDY. SO WHAT'S THAT MEAN FOR THE RESIDENTS, SO THE FIRST PIECE OF IT IS REALLY JUST AN ASSESSMENT AND SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT WE DON'T NEED WITHOUT DETERMINING WHAT ASSETS ARE OUT THERE AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED. 
          AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING. WITH A CONSULTANT THAT USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN TO REALLY GET SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW THEY DID THEIR THEIR WORK. AND SO WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT. YEAH IT'S SO WE JUST HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE NEED TO APPROACH THIS. AND SO, UM THE VERY FIRST PIECE OF IT WILL BE A TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT. WHERE DO WE HAVE? WHERE'S WHERE IS FIBER? HOW IS IT AVAILABLE? HOW MANY CARRIERS ARE IN CERTAIN AREAS INTO IDENTIFY IF THERE'S UNDERSERVED AREAS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY? WHICH THEN WE CAN TURN AROUND AND TAKE THAT ASSESSMENT AND, UM AND GO TO A STEP TWO, WHICH WOULD BE A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN WE CAN FIX THAT. AND SO WE DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE YET WE'VE WE'VE DECIDED THAT THE BEST APPROACH IS TO KIND OF STAY AWAY FROM PREDICTING BEFORE WE HAVE THE TECHNICAL DATA. WHAT THE WHAT THE ANSWER SHOULD BE, UM, WE KNOW WE HAVE OUR MUNICIPAL FIBER BACKBONE. WE KNOW WE HAVE. YOU KNOW THE SMALL CELL TOWER WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. WE THINK THERE'S A COMBINATION OF ISSUES. WITH PEOPLE GETTING CONFUSED AND COMPLAINING ABOUT CELL SERVICE. 
          AN INTERNET SERVICE. AND THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. SO WE NEED TO. WE NEED TO TEASE THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT AND REALLY UNDERSTAND THOSE TWO THINGS AND HOW THEY'RE DIFFERENT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO COLLECT SOME ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE. WE THINK IN EVIDENCE FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE FEELING AND WHAT THEY'RE WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING, BECAUSE WE HAVE SITUATIONS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE LINKS. UM THERE'S A I T PROFESSIONAL WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED TO WORK WITH US A LITTLE BIT AND KIND OF MENTOR US THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOT FIBER IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE, AND SHE USES IT AND IT'S GREAT. HER NEIGHBOR HAS THE SAME FIBER AND IT'S NOT SO GREAT. SO IS IT. IS IT THE ACTUAL AVAILABILITY OF FIBER OR IS IT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING WITH IT IN THEIR HOMES, ROUTERS? YOU KNOW, NEST SYSTEMS, YOU KNOW, GOOGLE NEST OR WHATEVER WHATEVER PEOPLE ARE PUTTING IN REPEATERS, AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO TEASE THAT OUT AND FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. AND UM, WE KNOW, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN HARLEY STREET, WE JUST RECENTLY HEARD FROM SOMEONE WHO'S VERY, VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO OTHER 
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THERE'S ONLY ONE PROVIDER IN HARLEY STREET. AND SO WHEN THEY SPECTRUM. YEAH AND SO, UM, SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW WE CAN SOLVE IT. AS A SERVANT. ALONG THAT LINE, NOT ON SITE WITH IT, BUT WE HEARD DEFEATED. LEE DURING ARE USUALLY ABOUT CELSER. WHETHER THEY'RE BLACK WHITE SPOTS FOR SERVICE DROPPING OR WHATEVER, AND I KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY POWERS OR IN THE WORLD THAT ISN'T BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BECOME MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE. HOW AWARE SO SERVICE FOR THE IMPROVED WHETHER IT'S TOO SMALL POWERS WHATEVER SHOW, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO GIVE THEM MORE STORIES BECAUSE IT CAME UP WITH THE PACE THROUGHOUT ARTIST. YES. COMPUTER SERVICE OR INTERNET SERVICE. IT WAS LARGE ON THE CELL PHONE. OKAY, SO I THINK THEY STILL CANNOT WRITE. THAT WAS MUCH MORE, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNICATION AND THE CIVIC 2001 THING. UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE. 
          PEOPLE CLEARLY MAKE UP THEIR OWN ANSWERS IF THEY CAN'T COME UP WITH THEM AND THEIR THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE FARMS WHO HAVE BECOME ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THAT NONE OF THEM HAVE SELF SERVICING THE FARMS ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THEM TELL, FOR EXAMPLE, NEVER RISING AS I AT HOME AND TELLS USING PREGNANT 18 UNTIL WE OUT OF THE TOWER, JOHNSTOWN. SO EVEN WHILE YOU'RE DOING STUDIES, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL PEOPLE. ASKING FOR GIVE US YOUR INFORMATION WE'RE BRINGING THIS IS THE CASE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEMS THEY'RE HAVING ON MORE INFORMAL BASIS, EVEN JUST BEING A TOTAL. THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. ONE OF THE, UM YEAH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE CONSULTANT IS DOING SOME LISTENING SESSIONS, RIGHT? AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, GARNERING FEEDBACK. I WE WANT THIS TO BE, UM, AND A LITTLE MORE INTERACTIVE PROCESS WITH OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. BUT THERE WAS LISTENING SESSIONS MIGHT HELP US AT THE END TO MAYBE CLEAR UP SOME MISPERCEPTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND TARGETED PLACES TO GO. THE QUESTIONING SESSION AND THAT'S GREAT. YEAH IT SEEMS THAT PUBLIC OUTREACH IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHERS WHO HAVE EITHER DONE THESE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS OR MADE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AS A RESULT OF THEM, AND THEN I THINK WE JUST HAVE SOME DECISIONS TO MAKE AS A COMMUNITY AS TO WHAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE WE BELIEVE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE. FOR IMPLEMENTING AND WHAT WE CAN BE ADVOCATES FOR WITH OUR PARTNERS. THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE OUR TECHNOLOGY OR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. UM I EAT. YOU KNOW THE CELL PHONES ARE SMALL CELL TOWERS WOULD HAVE SOME OF THOSE SOLUTIONS. WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT RESOURCES AROUND US, AND SO BRINGING THEM TO THE TABLE IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR A FRIEND HEARTLAND. WE SHOULD HAVE FIRST IN CLASS INTERNET CELL SERVICE OUT HERE AT SOME POINT. YEAH INDEED. AND I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN JUST IS TO BE VERY CLEAR. WE ARE NOT. UM THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I THINK ADRIAN AND I HAVE HAD IN OUR TEAMS LIKE THIS IS NOT OUR AREA OF EXPERTISE WERE NIGHT SOFTWARE. ALRIGHTY. PEOPLE AND SO NOT ONLY JUST TO DO THIS ASSESSMENT, BUT WE ALSO WE BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT WE NEED A CONSULTANT TO COME IN TO HELP US MANAGE THE ASSESSMENT BECAUSE WE JUST THIS IS NOT WHAT WE DO. AND WE'VE WE'VE LOOKED THROUGH DIFFERENT RFP S. WE'VE TRIED TO EDUCATE OURSELVES AND EVEN JUST MEETING WITH SOMEBODY DOES THIS HELPS COMMUNITIES DO THIS FOR A LIVING AND GETS THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS. THERE'S PROBABLY TWO CONTRACTS THAT ARE PART OF THIS ONE IS TO ACTUALLY DO THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS TO MANAGE. THE ASSESSMENT THIS? YEAH, BECAUSE WE JUST, UM IT. WE'RE TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE TRAINED IN . SUGGEST THAT WE CAN CONNECT THE START. I WAS WALKING MY DOG ABOUT A MONTH AGO. AND I LOOKED UP IN THIS TRAILS, STARTLING SATELLITES GOING RIGHT ABOVE NEW ALBANY. IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING. YEAH. SHAMING OF THEM. IT'S PRETTY COOL. YES. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THERE'S UM, JUST A MINOR REQUESTING CAPITAL. I THINK I ASKED FOR 12 TASERS. 
          CAN GET THE OLD ONES. CAN I HAVE THE ORDINANCE? YEAH. NO I DO WANT THAT SIDE BY SIDE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT I'D LIKE ONE TOO, ESPECIALLY IF IT LIGHTS UP. UM, SO THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE. 
          THE RACE. PIZZA IS AND. GROUPS YEAH. YEAH OH, HEY? YEAH ALL OF US MUCH OF THAT FAMILY. YOU CAN 
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ALWAYS SEE HIM WITH IT LIKE THAT WHEN I FIRST OKAY. RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN PUT YOUR LANGUAGE. FIND ACTUALLY. YEAH I DON'T KNOW. YEAH RIGHT. HOW ARE YOU? BACK TD AND WE CAN READ RECONVENE RE ADJOURNED AT ONE OF 4 P.M. RIGHT LIKE TO BRING THE ANNUAL BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING BACK IN THE SESSION. MR STEPHENS CONTINUE PRESENTATION FROM STAFF. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MA'AM, SO WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES UP NEXT ONE THING I WANTED TO, UM, JUST START OUT WITH THIS, UH, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS A IS A COLLECTION OF DIFFERENT DIVISIONS HERE THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTLY RELATED, BUT THEY ALL FALLEN UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF ADRIAN'S LEADERSHIP. 
          BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS FOCUS ON OUR I'LL CALL THAT OUR CORE FRONTLINE SERVICES, SO POLICE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE IMPACT THAT THE INTEL PROJECT WOULD HAVE ON OUR OPERATIONS. UM YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR PERSONNEL. SOME OF THOSE ARE RELATED. THEY'RE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE IMPACT OF INTEL WITH KIND OF WAITED ON ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES UNTIL EVERYBODY ELSE'S NEEDS WERE ADDRESSED, AT LEAST SIGNIFICANTLY ADDRESSED. IF NOT ENTIRELY, BUT THEN ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING THAT'S BEEN DONE AT COUNCIL'S REQUEST. 
          SO WITH THAT HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU DROVE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES IS A UMBRELLA THAT INCLUDES H R. I T A LOT OF OUR INTERNAL FACING FUNCTIONS. WE ALSO HAVE SUSTAINABILITY THE IDEA COMMITTEE AND THAT THOSE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL INITIATIVES, SO IT'S BEEN A FULL YEAR ON LAST YEAR. I THINK WHEN I MADE THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU, WE HAD APPLICATIONS. IN THE FOUR HUNDREDS FOR THE YEAR IN TERMS OF ALL THE POSITIONS THAT THAT WE HAD ADVERTISED AND FILLED AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A REALLY HIGH NUMBER WILL NEVER SEE NUMBERS LIKE THAT AGAIN. BUT THIS YEAR WE HAD 443 APPLICATIONS THROUGH OUR ONLINE, UM, HIRING SOFTWARE THAT WE HAD THAT THOSE WERE 437 HIRING PROCESSES AND WE ON BOARDED 34 POSITIONS, SO WE CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH. IN OUR WORKFORCE, NOT ONLY FOR THOSE DIRECT INTEL RELATED POSITIONS, BUT, UM KIND OF THE SUBSEQUENT IMPACTS AND RIPPLE IMPACTS OF THE SUPPORT THAT THOSE POSITIONS NEED. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO EXPAND OUR EMPLOYEE WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS AMOUNT OF GROWTH. I THINK AND 2018. WE HAD 88 EMPLOYEES AND I THINK THIS YEAR WE'RE UP TO 137. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH SOME GROWING PAINS, AND WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, MEASURES IN PLACE TO HELP PEOPLE FROM OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM. AND SO WE'RE SEEING GOOD RECORD NUMBERS OF OUR EMPLOYEES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WORKING OUT OVER AT THE HEIGHT CENTER. WE'VE ALSO ADDED, UM LINDSEY CHAMPION, BRINGING COUNSELOR ON BOARD A COUPLE TIMES THIS YEAR JUST TO HAVE AVAILABILITY FOR SOMEONE THERE FOR EMPLOYEES TO GO AND TALK TO. WE'VE DONE SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, 10 MINUTE CHAIR MASSAGES FOR EMPLOYEES JUST TRYING TO BUILD THE CULTURE AND RECOGNIZE PEOPLE FOR THE HARD WORK THEY'RE DOING, BUT ALSO TO KIND OF JEN LIKES THE CHAIR. 
          MASSAGES UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR EMPLOYEES NEEDS ARE HOW WE CONTINUED CITYWIDE TRAINING AND ALL THESE, UM YOU KNOW, BIG COMPLIANCE AREAS LIKE PUBLIC RECORDS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. WE ALSO ADDED IN CITYWIDE CPR TRAINING THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS IMPORTANT, UM, AND SOME FINANCIAL LITERACY LUNCHEON LEARNS AS PART OF OUR WELLNESS 
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PROGRAM, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO UTILIZE OUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE IMPLEMENTED THAT AND REALLY HAD USED IT. PRIMARILY FOR ON BOARDING, BUT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO USE IT MORE TO, UM, FOR TRAINING PURPOSES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO ENCOURAGING SUPERVISORS TO IDENTIFY IT WITHIN AN EVALUATION FOR AN EMPLOYEE. THEY'VE IDENTIFIED A NEED OR LEARNING OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIGN, UM, COURSES THROUGH THE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. UH TO HELP FOSTER THE TRAINING FOR OUR WORKFORCE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FROM AN IT STANDPOINT, THESE ARE MORE DETAILED ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT WE'VE DEPLOYED 10 NEW SWITCHES AND 16 WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS. WE HAVE ADDED MOBILITY ACCESS, UM, FOR THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF THEIR UTILITY LOCATORS AND THEIR SERVICE SUPERVISORS. THIS IS MUCH LIKE WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT. EARLIER THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE CRUISERS AND EVERYTHING IS MOBILE. UM THE SAME GOES FOR OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE MAINTENANCE WORKERS THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD. AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET THEM FULLY DEPLOYED SO THEY CAN DO THEIR WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY IN THE FIELD. WE ALSO DEPLOYED FIVE NEW SERVERS AND REPLACE 18 PCS. AND AS JOHN MENTIONED, UM WE ADDED THE INTEL TRAILER SITES, SO THAT HAS A TECHNOLOGY COMPONENT AND IT CONNECTION COMPONENT AND A SECURITY COMPONENT. AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS A NEW WORKPLACE SITE, SO WE'RE UP TO FIVE. 
          LOCATIONS NOW FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. FROM A GRES STANDPOINT, I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE HAS NOW THAT COULD CLICK ON THOSE LINKS. THANKS, DAD. SO, UM. YOU KNOW, AND IN ADDITION TO LAURA MACAULAY THAT FROM OUR I T STAFF RYAN KELLY IS ALSO HERE. HE'S WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO REALLY TRY TO MAKE JESUS AND BRING TOOLS, MAPPING TOOLS AND DATA ANALYSIS TOOLS TO NOT ONLY OUR DEPARTMENTS AND HOW WE DO OUR WORK, BUT ALSO PUBLIC FACING . SO THIS WAS ONLINE ZONING MAP THAT JEN TALKED ABOUT. SO NOW ANY CITIZEN OR ANY RESIDENT CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE. GO ON THIS MAP, CLICK WHERE THEY LIVE OR ADD IN THEIR ADDRESS OR THEIR PERSONAL NUMBER. IF THEY KNOW IT AND SEE WHAT THEIR ZONING IS, UM , THIS IS A TREMENDOUS TOOL NOT ONLY FOR STAFF, BUT FOR RESIDENTS TO TRY TO. I THINK IT GOES WHAT CHIP WAS SAYING TO TRY TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY AND BRING INFORMATION. TWO RESIDENTS BECAUSE OWNING IS KIND OF OPAQUE SITUATION. NOT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS IT, SO WE'RE DELIVERING TOOLS TO HELP HELP THE RESIDENTS GET INFORMATION. 
          AND THEN THAT SECOND LINK JEN IS ALSO ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW G I S CAN HELP US. DO OUR WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY AND PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. SO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THE OTHER POWERPOINT YEAH. RIGHT? YEAH. HMM. THE LEAF COULD LOOK YEAH. 
          SO UM, SERVICE INJURIOUS COLLABORATED TO CREATE THIS LEAVE COLLECTION DASH BOARD THAT WE PUSHED OUT TO RESIDENTS. SO IT ALL THE INFORMATION RELATED TO WHEN LEAVES ARE BEING COLLECTED. HOW MANY TIMES UH, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAD HIT THESE DIFFERENT ZONES WHEN THEY'RE SCHEDULED. WHAT'S IN PROGRESS? THIS IS UPDATED. MARRIED EVERYDAY. YEAH EVERY EVENING AFTER THEY DO THEIR RUN, SO THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT. THERE'S A STREET LIST YOU CAN POP IN YOUR STREET NAME. FIND OUT WHAT ZONE YOU'RE IN, AND YOU KNOW, AND SHOULD I RAKE? WHEN IT'S COLD OUT, OR CAN I WAIT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WHEN THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE BETTER? WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO GET TO MY STREET? AND SO A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW JS CAN HELP? UM PUSH OUT INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS AND BE TRANSPARENT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING? YOU JUST SAID THIS IS UPDATED. DAVID HMM. BY GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND SEE MY STREET IF IT'S GOING TO HAVE PICKED UP, YOU KNOW. YEAH I THINK THIS IS A LIVE RIGHT. THIS ONE IS LIVE. WE COULD PUT YOUR STREET IN, BUT YOUR STREET ACTUALLY, IT WAS A RESIDENT. 
          CONTACT. O AND SO OVER. I'LL GET IT FOR YOU. YEAH WE CAN LOOK IT UP, BUT YOU CAN GET THIS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. UM IT'S A GREAT LENGTH A GREAT TOOL TO USE. YEAH THANK YOU. SO ALSO FROM MADRID. 
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ES STANDPOINT, WE, UM UPDATED OUR AERIAL IMAGERY AND MOBILE MAPS FOR THE POLICE CRUISERS, WHICH YOU CAN IMAGINE IS PRETTY IMPORTANT WHEN, UM, GROUND IS CHANGING BY THE WEEK OR THE MONTH IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BEING BUILT OUT IN THE BUSINESS PARK AND THEN THIS LAST BULLET POINT. 
          WE UPDATED THE POLICE DATA SOCCER A 10 TIMES. AH THIS YEAR TO KEEP ADDRESS POINT STREET DATA, CORPORATE GROUNDERS. ALL THOSE THINGS CURRENT ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ALRIGHT. SUBSEQUENT IMPACT APPROVING AN ANNEXATION. WE NEED TO UPDATE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE THE DATA THAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB AND, UM THIS WAS DONE, I WOULD SAY HAPHAZARDLY BEFORE WE HAD G I S STAFF BUT NOW WE'RE KEEPING IT UP TO DATE. SO OUR OUR POLICE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD HAVE CURRENT DATA. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THEN FROM COUNCIL INITIATIVE STANDPOINT FROM SUSTAINABILITY BOARD, WE DID FIVE WASTE DRIVES, SO THAT INCLUDED E WASTE PUMPKINS. UH ELECTION SIDES. HOLIDAY LIGHTS AND THE HAZARDOUS WASTE DRIVE THAT WE DID FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAD TO APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED FOR A STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY GRANT BOTH REALLY, REALLY GOOD APPLICATIONS. IT'S SO ENCOURAGING TO SEE WHAT THESE STUDENTS COME UP WITH IN THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD REVIEW THEM AT THEIR MEETING LAST WEEK. AND THEN WE DID A FOUR WEEK OF ACTIVITIES TO CELEBRATE EARTH DAY TO ARBOR DAY. WE HAVE UPGRADED THREE PLAYGROUNDS THIS YEAR, NORTHWOODS LAMPTON AND PLANTER'S GROVE TAYLOR FARM PHASE ONE WAS OPEN IN PHASE TWO IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE DESIGNED THE ROSE AROUND TO PROJECT AND DID IT AND THEN WORKING WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. WE WORK TO ADD PLANTER BOXES IN DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE VILLAGE CENTER. AND THOSE CHANGE SEASONALLY. THEY WERE REALLY PRETTY TO SEE THEM GO FROM SUMMER TO FALL. AND THEN WE ADDED SOME BISTRO LIGHTING ON RAINS CROSSING, UM THIS SUMMER AS WELL AND WE PUT UP. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, ANGIE YOU MAY KNOW TRASH CANS AND RECYCLING CONTAINERS IN THE VILLAGE CENTER. A LOT LOT. I TALKED WITH . YEAH YEP, SO A LOT MORE LOT MORE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE HAVE PLANS TO DO TO ENHANCE I WANT TO ADD A LITTLE MORE OF THE BEAUTIFICATION FENCE THAT YOU JUST SPOKE TO. THE FOLLOWING AND SEEMS LIKE MORE LIGHT. OR PLANTING BENCHES. TRUE YEAH, WE PUT THAT WE'RE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR HOLIDAY LIGHTS. THEY'VE ACTUALLY PROBABLY SEEN THEM START TO PUT THEM UP ALREADY. UM AND YEAH, BENCHES. I THINK BENCHES OR TABLES WE'VE WE'VE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT DOING THAT. WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH UMBRELLAS. UM AND SO THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN HARD TO PUT UP. UMBRELLAS TO PROVIDE SHADE JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE STAFF ON SITE IN ANY OF THESE LOCATIONS TO TAKE HIM DOWN. WE TRIED WORKING WITH SOME BUSINESSES, AND IT JUST IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT. BUT I THINK FROM BENCHES AND TABLES AND SEATING AREAS, WE CAN LOOK TO INCREASE THOSE THE POINT THAT I LIKE TO THINK IS SOMETHING WHICH OTHER RETAIL AREAS FABULOUS PLANT THINGS MHM, AND THEY DO IT BECAUSE PEOPLE EXPECT PEOPLE WANT TO BE MHM UNVEILING DO MORE OF THAT. DOWNTOWN. DOWNTOWN. THEY WARNED. THAT'S INVITING NOW BUT YEAH, EXPERIENCE. YEAH YEP. WIN BETTER FOR BUSINESSES. ALL THAT, YEAH. SUGAR IN THE BUDGET IS GOLD CENTER BEAUTIFICATION UNDER IN THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING. UM WAIT, SO THAT BEGINS ON PAGE. 
          MOSTLY FREE. 1 83 1 93. SO IT'S ALL EVERYTHING IS IN THAT MISCELLANEOUS, UM, LINE ITEMS, SO THAT INCLUDES SUSTAINABILITY BOARD IDEA COMMITTEE, UM, VILLAGE CENTER BEAUTIFICATION HOLIDAY LIGHTING. UM I THINK OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANTS. EVERYTHING IS IN THAT LINE ITEM. 
          YOU KNOW, WE TALKED IN THE PAST TO MARLEY TALKED ABOUT IT OTHERS ABOUT JUST, YOU KNOW. ON THE BABY AND SOME OF THIS SUMMER MONTHS, AND WE PUT THE LIGHTING THAT REIGNS CROSSING. BUT MAYBE DOING THE TRAFFICS THIS JUST F AND ALL STRAPPED MHM JUST TO ADD A LITTLE MORE LIGHTING DURING THE SUMMER. YES WE EXPLORED STUFFING OFF CIRCLE. THERE IS SOME HESITATION TO PUT LIGHTING ON THOSE TREES. BECAUSE THEY'RE GROWING AND, UM, BUT WE COULD EXPLORE A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH. 
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UH YOU COULD PROBABLY PUT SOME POSTS UP AND PUT LIGHTS AROUND THOSE THAT WOULDN'T INTERFERE WITH THE GROWING TREES. UM I THINK RIGHT NOW, OUR CONTRACT OUR BUDGET FOR HOLIDAY LIGHTING THAT ACTUALLY INCLUDED THE BISTRO LIGHTING ON RAINS CROSSING THAT'S $50,000 THIS YEAR, AND WE SPENT THAT ENTIRE 50,000 ON THE HOLIDAY LIGHTING AND RANGE CROSSING. IT'S GOOD FOR BUSINESSES. PEOPLE WANTED MORE INVITING PEOPLE. YEAH YEAH, IF IT IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE THAT BUDGET, WE COULDN'T LOOK TO DO THAT. I HAD MANY PEOPLE COMPLIMENT THIS SUMMER. IT WAS JUST A VERY NOTICEABLE CHANGE TO A LOT OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FLOWERS AND THE VILLAGE OF UNIFICATION, SO I FEEL LIKE WE MADE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT THIS YEAR AND MAYBE THE KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AFTER THAT EVERYONE SUSPEND ANYMORE. YEAH BETTER CALL SUIT, SEEN THE NUMBER OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND VITAL WE HAVE THEM ALL THOSE LIGHTS ON ASKED CHRISTMAS, RIGHT, UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT SHOULD POINT, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER WHEN IT'S DARK SO EARLY. THAT'S GOOD FOR PEDESTRIANS AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES MORE INVITING TO COME TO THE CENTER WITH MORE LIGHTS IN THAT I'D LOVE TO SEE US DOING SOME OF THAT ALL YEAR ROUND. I THINK WE KEEP THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS UP THROUGH FEBRUARY NOW. YEAH. A LONG TIME AGO. MY ROOM BECAUSE WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME REQUESTS ABOUT THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, YES, THAT YEAH, OBVIOUSLY NOT TACKLED, BUT IN TERMS OF HAVING SOMETHING YOU KNOW, LONGER OR ALL YEAR. IT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ATTRACTIVE SO THERE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE IN THE VILLAGES. SENATE PURIFICATION IS THAT WITH ONE FENDER, DO WE GET THAT ON THE REGULAR BASIS? WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME WAS SENT OFF THE BED AND PAY LAST YEAR? SO UH, WE DID AN RFP FOR HOLIDAY LIGHTING. SO UM AND PROBABLY WHY, OKAY, BEAUTIFICATION WE CONTRACTED DIRECTLY WITH, UH, WE ACTUALLY USED THOSE PLANTERS ARE THE SAME PLANNERS THAT ARE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB AND SO WE CONTACTED DIRECTLY WITH THAT FABRICATE ER. 
          UH, TO HAVE THOSE BUILT FOR US. THE LETTER, THE LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE OF THE LANDSCAPING OR STREETSCAPE, I BELIEVE WAS A BIT OUT WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, MIKE CORRECT. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. THE VENDOR ON THAT IS ROBERT BORK. CORRECT YES, IT WILL BE UP. WE'LL BE SCHEDULED TO REBID THAT EITHER WHAT? 24 25 20 FOR THIS RING? I THINK, UM THEY. THE BUDGET FOR THAT IS IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YEAH FOR ALL OF THE TURF, KNOWING CONTRACT IS IN OUR LAND AND BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT WITH THAT'S WITHIN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. YES. LOW COST WAY THAT HAD A VERY NICE AMENITY TO THE CITY THAT ALL THE RESIDENTS CAN JOIN FIRE JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR INCREMENTALLY ANYWAY BEAUTIFUL CITY. LOW COST. THAT'S VERY NICE AMENITY BUSINESSES. THE RESIDENTS SOMETHING RESIDENTS CAN ENJOY AT ALL THE COST. 
          ADRIAN THOSE THOSE PLANTERS, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL AROUND. DEPARTURES ALLEY WITH THE. AND THEN OVER BY THE HEIGHT CENTER DOESN'T LOOK GREAT IN THOSE LIKE WE'RE GONNA WE OWN THIS. THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. YEP. TO GET THAT LOOK. BETWEEN 10 AND FOX IN THE SNOW. THEY JUST PLAN THAT WE HAVE THE FARMERS PARK BEFORE SOMEBODY IT COULD BE TRUE TO ACTION. WHICH UM. BUT AGAIN I MEAN, PILLS LOOK CRAZY. THEY TURNED OUT AWESOME AND I LOVE THEM SEASONAL PLANTED. I JUST THINK WE COULD HAVE TWICE AS MANY. PROBABLY THAT'S STILL WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH. OKAY YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'LL SEE HOW COUNCIL PROCEEDS ON THE BUDGET BOOK. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME SUPPORT TO SPEND MORE MONEY TO ENHANCES THE OLD CENTERED BEAUTIFICATION. OKAY, GREAT. WILL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT. AH, UM SO CONTINUING ON IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING IS THAT SAME BUDGET ON PAGE 193? WE INTRODUCED MANY NEW PROGRAMS THIS YEAR, SO HE INTRODUCED THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME WE DID OUR PRESCHOOL, THERE'S A PARTY IN THE PARK SERIES. WE SAW AN INCREASE IN EVENTS AND THEN EVENTS THAT WE PERMIT. SO HAVE SOME LOGISTIC. 
          UM PARTICIPATION IN AND THEN ALSO EVENTS THAT THAT WE PRODUCE OURSELVES AS A CITY WENT FROM 14 EVENTS LAST YEAR TO 33 EVENTS THIS YEAR, SO IT'S A LOT OF GROWTH IN THAT AREA, AND THEN A 
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DIFFERENT PROGRAM LINE OUR SENIOR PROGRAM SENIOR CONNECTIONS. WE ALSO INCREASED MEMBERSHIP IN THAT AREA, AND, UM , THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER FOR OUR SENIORS AS WELL. 
          NEXT PAGE SLIDE, PLEASE. SO IN TERMS OF JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY, BUT I THINK BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST YEAR WE REALLY DEALT INTO COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU SOME OF THIS INFORMATION. SO OUR CONCERT SERIES AND PRESCHOOL PARTY IN THE PARK. WE DID THREE CONCERTS. UM AND THEN WE HAD FOUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS. WE THINK WE ARE ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE IS ABOUT 900 FOR THE BANDS. AND THEN JUST OVER 200 FOR OUR STUDENT, ALRIGHT OUR CHILDREN'S PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NOBODY. WANNA ONE. THIS IS ONE OF THE PROGRAM LINES FROM THE IDEA COMMITTEE. UH THIS WAS REALLY THE WELCOME RECEPTION THAT WE BRANDED NEW ALBANY 101. WE HAD THREE EVENTS BUSINESS PARK TOUR, WHICH WE TOOK. ABOUT 52 PEOPLE ON THREE SHUTTLES THROUGH THE BUSINESS PARK. WE HAD OUR ABBEY, OUR, UM OVER AT THE HEIGHT CENTER IN THE SUMMER WITH ABOUT 50 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, AND THEN WE DID OUR TAYLOR FARM OPEN HOUSE WHERE ESTIMATING ABOUT 65 PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE. REALLY THE PROGRAM GOAL WITH THIS IS TO CONNECT RESIDENTS TOO. THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH WHAT'S GOING ON HOW TO BE INVOLVED. SO EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS WE INVITED APPROPRIATE BOARDING COMMISSION MEMBERS SO THEY COULD BE THERE AND TALK WITH ATTENDEES. SO WE DID HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM THE R B THE B C A R IDEA. PANELISTS UM, COME OUT TO EVERY EVENT AND REALLY PROVIDE GOOD. SUPPORTING A GOOD, UM, KIND OF SOUNDING BOARD FOR RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THEIR WORK IS. P T B PLANNING COMMISSION AND SUSTAINABILITY BOARD ALSO DOES A GREAT JOB OF VOLUNTEERING AT DIFFERENT EVENTS TO BE SHOW THEIR PARTICIPATION. AND THEN WE TOUCHED A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND THE CITY PLEASE. ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ALL THESE EVENTS . UM CLAIM TOWNSHIP TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE IS THE FIRE AND JOINTS PARK DISTRICT JUST SO WE CAN, REALLY I THINK IT GOES BACK TO THAT CIVICS 1012 TO START. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THAT THE J P D IS A DIFFERENT ENTITY THAN THE CITY AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO JUST GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE IS IMPORTANT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THEN THESE FESTIVALS THAT WE DID WE PUT ON THREE OF THIS YEAR, JUNETEENTH WAS HAD GREAT MEDIA COVERAGE. WE HAD CHANNEL 10, NBC, FOUR IN THE DISPATCH. I'LL COVER THE EVENT. WE ESTIMATED 600 PEOPLE ATTEND, AND THEN WE HAD A FOCUS GROUP OF 10 RESIDENTS THAT REALLY SHAPED OUT OF IT AND HELPED US PRODUCE AN EVENT THAT WAS AUTHENTIC. OUR SECOND MINI FESTIVAL WAS FAMILY FUN DAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH THE MIRACLE LEAGUE, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS NOT A GREAT WEATHER DAY, BUT WE STILL THINK WE HAD 300 PEOPLE 19 VOLUNTEERS, AND THEN WE HAD A LOT OF ADAPTED ACTIVITIES THAT WERE APPROPRIATE TO THE POPULATION OF THE MIRACLE LEAGUE AND REALLY HAD A FUN DAY OUT AT THE MIRACLE LEAGUE BALL FIELD. AND THEN OH, WELL. OUR LAST ONE WAS A SATURDAY SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO PUT A SLIDE IN. I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO. JOSH PUSHED OUT ABOUT THE DIWALI CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY. I GUESS RIGHT NOW IT'S OUR THIRD HIGHEST . UM I WATCHED A VIDEO THIS YEAR ALREADY WITH 10,000 VIEWS. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? YEP THIRD HIGHEST ON INSTAGRAM WITH MORE THAN 10,000. IN TOTAL. IT'S ABOUT 17,000 ACROSS THEIR PLATFORMS. REALLY BIG TURNOUT. I YOU KNOW, WE WERE THINKING 6 TO 700. THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO TELL. UM BUT IT WAS PASSED FROM 4 TO 6. THE FIREWORKS WENT OFF RIGHT AT SIX. EVERYONE LEFT THE TENT WE'RE DOING AND DYING, AND, UM IT'S A LITTLE BIT COLD, BUT IT'S STILL WAS NICE. IT DIDN'T KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FOR SURE. UM EVENT. IT WAS A LOT OF LOT OF FUN. A LOT OF ENERGY A LOT. YOU KNOW ABBY'S GETTING EMAILS FROM PEOPLE SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW ALL DAY TODAY, JUST THINKING THE CITY FOR THE EVENT THAT THEY PUT ON GETTING A LOT OF GREAT COVERAGE. OLIVER EVERYBODY'S GOOD. FIREWORKS WERE LEGIT. MM HMM. NOT YET, AND IT WAS SO CAREFULLY TO TECHNICALLY LAUNCHING RIGHT THERE. YEAH THEY WERE REPORTS OF JULY FIREWORKS STUFF GOT MORE OF A SIMPLE JOSH GOT HIS GREAT SHOT AT THEM IN THAT COMMUNITY CONNECTS US PRE. THAT'S THE END OF THE VIDEO. IT'S REALLY GOOD. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS DIWALI. UM AND SO FROM AN HR STANDPOINT, OUR GOALS SO THOSE ARE THIS YEAR'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS LOOKING FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR. WHAT OUR GOALS ARE WE WANT TO, AS YOU'VE HEARD 
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FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS REALLY EXPAND OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR A LOT OF THE REASONS, JEN SAID. AS WE HAVE ADDING STAFF, YOU KNOW THERE'S NEW MEMBERSHIPS AND YOU CONTINUING EDUCATION. UM AND A LOT OF OUR STAFF. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT DOES ONE THING AND JUST KEEPING THEM UP TO SPEED WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR PROFESSION IS REALLY IMPORTANT. UM WE STARTED WE ARE PAPER BASED AND A LOT OF WAYS AS AN ORGANIZATION. SO WE'RE TRYING TO START WHETHER IT'S ELECTRONIC PLAN REVIEW. MOVING INTO MORE ELECTRONIC BASED FORMATS, SO WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETE A PROJECT WE STARTED THIS YEAR, WHICH IS OUR INTERNAL PERSONAL ACTION FORUM. IF YOU COME ON BOARD THE CITY IF YOU GET MARRIED OR YOU MOVE AND TRYING TO DO THAT ALL INTERNALLY AND THEN OUR GOAL AS A CITY IS TO MAINTAIN UNDER 8% STAFF TURNOVER AND WE'RE HOLDING AN 8% RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE MEETING THAT GOAL AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AH FROM AN I T AND J S STANDPOINT, UH, JUST SAFETY AND SECURITY IS TOP OF MIND. I THINK FOR EVERYONE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND SO WE HAVE BUDGETED TO, UH, HIGHER TRAINER TO COME IN AND DO FISHING AND INTERNET SAFETY TRAINING FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES THAT JUST CAN'T. IT'S TOO IMPORTANT TO NOT MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS UP TO SPEED ON WHAT CURRENT, UM YOU KNOW, SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE WE'RE ALSO GOING TO START MORE ON WEDNESDAY, IMPLEMENT SOME PENETRATION TESTING TO LOOK FOR SECURITY FLAWS, UM, AND THEN CONTINUE TO REBUILD AND DOESN'T IT PAST THE CITY FACILITIES? WE ALSO HAVE CHIEF MENTIONED THE LEADS, UM, UPGRADES THAT WE NEED TO DO FROM A TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLYING WITH WITH THOSE STANDARDS ARE GOING TO BE A FOCUS FOR NEXT YEAR FROM AN IT STANDPOINT. I OPENED UP A PHISHING. NO ALL MY WALKED ME LEGS. ARE WE ON THE SYSTEM? WE ON YOUR NEXT ON THE NETWORK OUR EMAIL FIVE FISHED THAT SOMEBODY SENT ME A FISHING. EMAIL AND I OPENED THE LINK. AND THAT CONTAMINATE THE CITY'S NETWORK. BUT NO, NO. FIREWALLED OFF FROM THAT. UH OUR EMAILS HOSTED ON MICROSOFT SERVERS NOW SO YOUR DEVICE COULD POTENTIALLY BE COMPROMISED. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT ON OUR INTERNAL NETWORK, THEN YOU'RE MOST LIKELY FINE. BUT WATCH OUT FOR FISHING TESTING NEXT YEAR. SO THE FISHING TESTING YOU WILL BE PLANTED EMAILS TO SEE YEAH. GOOD AT TRYING TO GET PLOYS TO GO FOR THE BAIT. I WANT TO MAKE BUT THE YEAH. RIGHT TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. YEAH SNEAKY AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT NEXT YEAR FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL. JUST BE CLEAR. I'M NOT ASKING ANYONE TO BUY GIFT CARDS. YEAH BUT FORGIVE BANK ACCOUNT. YEAH ANOTHER OHIO TOWN. I GOT HIT YESTERDAY WITH THE RANSOMWARE ATTACKS HEIGHTS. YEAH ANOTHER ENTIRE SYSTEMS. MM THE ONLY ONE THAT REGULARLY GETS EMAILS FROM SLOW THIRTIES ONCE IN A WHILE, SERGENT. YEAH YEAH, I BOUGHT ON THIS COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO NOW WE JUST IGNORE ANYTHING. PLAN IS WORKING. YEAH DISAVOW. HMM NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YEAH. OH SORRY. 
          DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OKAY SO NEXT YEAR FROM A COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING STANDPOINT, WE'RE GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH ABBEY NICE. SOME SLIDES ABOUT SENIORS CONNECTIONS THAT WE HAD MET WITH MARLENE ABOUT THIS AS WE WERE CONTEMPLATING THE BUDGET, BUT WE WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN ADEQUATE COST RECOVERY FOR OUR PROGRAM. OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT A PROGRAM THAT IT'S NOT AN ENTERPRISE PROGRAM. I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE MONEY FROM THIS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OUR FEES THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN AS REVENUE ARE IN LINE AND APPROACH. GREAT RANGE OF OUR EXPENSES. UM AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, AND WHAT I RECOMMENDATION IS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. WE DO WANT TO TRY TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS FOR COMMUNITY, THE GENERAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND FOR SENIOR PROGRAMS . SO ABBY AND I HAVE SOME IDEAS ON MATERIALS TO CREATE AND KIND OF TARGETED OUTREACH TO SOME OF THESE, UM COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE ATTENDED THESE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR AND MIGHT HAVE INTERESTS BECOMING SPONSORS. AND THEN WE ALSO YOU KNOW, GOING FROM 14 TO 33 EVENTS. WE NEED TO BUILD OUT OUR DIVISIONAL STRUCTURE. JUST ASSURE WE HAVE FISHING 
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OPERATIONS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO MEAN TO PUT ON QUALITY EVENTS BECAUSE I THINK THE BARS YOU KNOW, PRETTY HIGH FOR THE TYPE OF LEVEL EVENTS THAT WE PRODUCE AND TO MAINTAIN THE WORKLOAD SO YOU WILL SEE IN THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS BUDGET, THERE IS A REQUEST TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMER AND THEN FULL TIME AND THEN PART TIME. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THAT WOULD MAINLY FOCUS ON ALL THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS. YOU KNOW ALL THESE. YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT VENDORS THAT COME TO EVENT THEY HAVE TO BE SIGNED UP. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GET THEIR VENDOR PAPERWORK. WE HAVE TO GET PURCHASE ORDERS REQUISITIONS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A LOT OF STEPS. IT'S A LOT OF SUB MINISTRY. THE SUPPORT THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING ALL THE FINANCIAL PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO DO BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY. SO I THINK THESE NEXT SLIDES ARE JUST GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH AND THERE'S I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF ALL THESE. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST POINT OUT THAT QUICK NUMBERS CHART FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT, SO WE'RE GOING BACK TO 2020, ALTHOUGH LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE TOOK THE PROGRAM, SENIOR CONNECTIONS PROGRAM OVER IN HOUSE BUT WE'VE GONE FROM 67 MEMBERS IN 2020 TO 229, AND THAT WAS, UM AS A SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR, SO OUR MEMBERSHIP HAS INCREASED. WE ONLY HAVE VISIT NUMBERS, SINCE WE HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE PROGRAM. BUT WE WERE 1800 TOTAL LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER 1ST. WE'RE ALREADY UP TO 1643. SO WE'RE SEEING GOOD NUMBERS WITH OUR VISITS. AND THEN OUR PROGRAMS, UM, WORK. I THINK WE'RE ON TRACK TO HIT ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF PROGRAMS WHICH, AS OF LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS 227. 
          SO YOU THINK EVERY WEEK WE'RE DOING OUR THURSDAY PROGRAM WE HAVE TO CART PROGRAMS. SOMETIMES WE HAVE A BOOK CLUB MEETING. UM YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE WE HAVE A SUNDAY MONTHLY SUNDAY BRUNCH AND BINGO. WE HAVE A MONTHLY EVENING PROGRAM. SO WE'RE PUTTING ON PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW. MANY PROGRAMS THAT WE GO OVER AT THE HEIGHT CENTER FOR THE SENIORS. UM SO 11 WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS YEAR, AND THIS BUDGET IS TO INCREASE OUR MEMBERSHIP PS AND OUR PROGRAM FEES SLIGHTLY JUST TO MAINTAIN THAT ADEQUATE COST RECOVERY AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS BUDGET IS THE YOU HAVE THE, UM WHAT WE HAVE SPENT ON 2023 IS IN THE RIGHT. IN THE MIDDLE IS WHAT WE BUDGETED. SO YOU HAVE BUDGETED AND ACTUAL AND THEN YOU HAVE. WHAT ARE 2024 REQUEST IS, UM SO I CAN'T SEE. IT'S NOT ON A PAGE. YEAH. UM. SO I GUESS JUST THE BOTTOM LINE HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHART, YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE. UH FROM OUR 2024 REQUESTS. UH, YES, RIGHT DOWN THERE. IT'S ABOUT $41,000. WOULD BE OUR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR EXPENSES AND OUR REVENUE. UM WHERE DO WE KEEP THE MILK CHIP? THEIR CAGE UPSTAIRS. YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW CHIP. YEAH FOLLOW YOUR GOOD. THAT'S SORRY. OUR ONLINE MAIL PLATFORM, SO THIS JUST SHOWS ALL OUR INCOME AND ALL OF OUR EXPENSES. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THAT MIGHT SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS JUST TO INCREASE THE RESIDENT RATES. SO NEW ALBANY RESIDENT THAT WANTS TO BE A SENIOR CONNECTION MEMBER FROM $10 A YEAR TO $20 A YEAR AND THEN WE ALSO PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE INCREASE IN THE RATE FROM ALL OTHERS. SO NONRESIDENTS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM WESTERVILLE KAHANA FROM THE TOWNSHIP THAT THAT OUR SENIOR CONNECTIONS MEMBER WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THAT RATE FROM 35 TO $50. UM, AND THEN WHAT YOU'LL SEE. THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS IF WE DO THESE INCREASES AH, WE WILL, UM INCREASE, YOU KNOW, INCREASE OUR REVENUE BY ABOUT $3000 NEXT YEAR. AND THEN SIMILARLY, THE NET SLIDE GOES, SO THAT'S JUST TO BE A MEMBER MEMBER TO COME TO ANY PROGRAM. UM NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SOME BRUNCH IN BINGO AND OUR SENIOR CONNECTIONS AT NIGHT. WE DO CHARGE A PROGRAM FEE JUST BECAUSE THOSE USUALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOOD. FRENCH AND BINGO. YOU CAN WIN A GIFT CARD IF HE WENT BINGO, SO THERE'S MORE EXPENSES FOR THOSE PROGRAMS . SO WE'RE JUST PROPOSING THE CURRENT FEE FOR BRUNCH AND BINGO. IT'S $5. POSTED IN TO INCREASE THAT TO 10. UM AND THEN SENIOR CONNECTIONS AT NIGHT IS SEVEN. ALSO PROPOSING TO GO UP TO 10 AND WE WOULD INCREASE OUR REVENUE BUT BY ABOUT $1600. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS JUST SHOWS THE BUDGET IMPACT OF THAT, 
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AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO POSITION TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUSTAINABLE IN OUR COST RECOVERY. IF WE IMPLEMENT THESE INCREASES WILL BE RECOVERING. DOES THAT SAY 46? YEAH WE'LL BE AT ABOUT 46% OF OUR COST RECOVERY WITH THESE INCREASES FOR THE PEACE. UM AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER SENIOR CONNECTIONS, THINGS. UH THIS WAS SO WE OFFER PROGRAM DISCOUNTS. SO IF YOU'RE A SENIOR CONNECTIONS MEMBER, AND YOU SIGN UP FOR A HEALTHY NEW ALBANY CLASS, YOU'LL GET A REDUCED RATE ON YOUR HEALTHY, HEALTHY NEW ALBANY CAT CLASS FEE THIS YEAR. WE USED TO DO THAT FOR ANY SENIOR CONNECTION MEMBER. THIS YEAR, WE SAID, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO DO THAT RECOVERY FOR CITY RESIDENTS, SO THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE ONLY COVERED ALSO THE DISCOUNTS TO RESIDENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS A BIT OF A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATIONAL PROCESS WITH THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S KIND OF ABBY'S SMILING. IT'S BEEN OKAY, UM. BUT WE FELT THAT WAS SINCE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, CITY FUNDS ARE GOING TO COVER THOSE DISCOUNTS. WE THOUGHT THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO OFFER. THOSE TWO RESIDENTS WERE BUDGETING 2500 IN THOSE DISCOUNTS, UM FOR NEXT YEAR, AND WE'VE USED 1400 TO DATE SO FAR. UM AND THEN YOU KNOW, THESE ARE JUST QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK OURSELVES EVERY YEAR WITH THIS PROGRAM IS JUST WHERE ARE WE DO WE WANT TO EXPAND IT? DOES IT FEEL LIKE IT'S THE RIGHT SIZE? UM, AND THEN DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT EXPANDING THIS DISCOUNT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAD WITH HEALTHY NEW ALBANY TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY? YOU KNOW IF MAYBE THERE'S A PICKLE BALL MEMBERSHIP WITH YOU KNOW IF WE COULD WORK WITH THE J P D TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. THOSE ARE SOME THINGS WE COULD DO WITH THIS PROGRAM. IF YOU GUYS FEEL THAT THAT WOULD ADD VALUE TO OUR RESIDENTS IMPORTANT TO ALSO NOTE. WE'VE GOT TO TURN ANYBODY AWAY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THAT'S RIGHT. WE DO BUDGET FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. SCHOLARSHIPS? YES. JUST YOU KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SOMETHING THOSE THINGS UP SLIGHTLY THE LEAST TURNED AWAY. ECONOMIC. SO IN THE COMMUNITY EVENTS CENTER SELF IN THE J P. 
          D. OR HAVE SENIOR PROGRAMMING. WHO US INVESTED INTO THAT? WE'RE GONNA WORK ON. I THINK IF THAT'S A GOAL OF CITY COUNCIL, THAT'S SOMETHING WE PROBABLY NEED TO START WORKING WITH THEM ON. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR THAT BIRD OVER THE YEARS. FROM THE SENIORS, AND I THINK THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO WALK TO WESTERVILLE OR WHATEVER COMMUNITY CENTER. THEY NEED A PLACE TO GET OUT AND WALK. TO BE ABLE TO EXERCISE IN THE SECTOR. THAT WOULD HELP MEET THAT. ME YEAH. I THINK THERE COULD BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE. THAT'S THE ONE PLACE WE DEFINITELY STILL GETTING A LOT OF KIND OF NEGATIVE KICKBACKS FROM SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY EARLY, WANT SOMETHING THAT HAS MORE OF A REAL BEST ACTIVE? YOU KNOW, OUR ANSWER IS ONCE THAT HIS PURPOSE ONCE WE GET THAT BUILDING SHOOT TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW. I THINK IT IMPORTANT EXPANSION POINT. OF COURSE IT'S ONCE WE GOT THAT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PICKLEBALL PIECE DEFINITELY EXPANDED FIRST. OKAY? QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ASK. OKAY FOR THEM RIGHT INTO THAT PROGRAM. 
          YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. ALRIGHT. SO FROM. COUNCILOR CONTINUING ON A COUNCIL INITIATIVE STANDPOINT, UM ANNA PUT TOGETHER SOME GREAT ANNUAL REVIEWS FOR BOTH SUSTAINABILITY AND OUR IDEA PANEL, SO WE WANTED TO, UH. HIS HAND THAT OUT TO YOU, ESSENTIALLY, UM WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU? IT'S THE PROPOSED 2024 SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BUDGET. UM I BELIEVE IT'S DOWN A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET IS, UM, THAT PRIMARILY IS RELATED TO THAT SLS GRANT. PROGRAM WE HAD BUDGETED, UM, KIND OF ON THE HIGH SIDE FOR THAT, AND I THINK OUR OUR TWO APPLICATIONS ARE COMING IN AT LIKE $3000, SO WE WON'T USE UM UP THAT ENTIRE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, BUT THAT THAT'S A DIFFERENT ONE. YEP. UM. SO THE N S WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD OVER THESE PAST FEW MONTHS TO REALLY TRY TO GUIDE THEM AND FIGURING OUT WHAT 
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THEY WANT TO FOCUS IN ON NEXT YEAR FROM A BUDGET AND WORK PROGRAMS STANDPOINT. SO WE WERE KIND OF, UM ORGANIZED INTO THESE KEY COMPONENTS THAT THE BOARD IS DOING AND THOSE ARE THESE THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM. ALL THESE RECYCLING EVENTS, BIRTHDAY TO ARBOR DAY ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY FEEL REALLY IMPORTANT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND THEY WANT TO CONTINUE. UH WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON PILOTING A PROJECT WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY SOIL AND WATER, WHICH I THINK WILL BE EXCITING. AND STARTED PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, I THINK IN THE SPRING WILL BE ABLE TO LAUNCH SOMETHING, AND THAT WOULD BE AN INVASIVE TREE AND TRUMP TRADE IN PROGRAM, UM, WORKING PIGGYBACKING ON SOME PROGRAMS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE THAT FRANKLIN COUNTY SOIL AND WATER AND TRYING TO PROMOTE NATIVE LANDSCAPING IN NEW ALBANY. AH, THEN I THINK THE BIG FOCUS THAT SUSTAINABILITY WANTS TO WORK ON NEXT YEAR IS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO EXPAND COMPOSTING PROGRAM TO COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. SO RESTAURANTS UM YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOLS HAVE STARTED COMPOSTING. THAT'S A BIG DEAL THERE, YOU KNOW, A BIG USER OF FOOD WASTE DRIVER IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO IT DOESN'T HAVE A BIG BUDGET IMPACT BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THIS YEAR TO FIGURE OUT. HOW DO WE EXPAND IT? UM AND THE BOARD IS COMMITTED TO WORKING ON THAT. AND UH, COMING BACK WITH SOME IDEAS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE EXPANDED INTO, UM, KIND OF COMPOSTING FOR WHETHER IT'S BUSINESS PARK BUSINESSES OR MARKET, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANTS AT MARKET SQUARE. HOW THAT MIGHT WORK THAT. ARE WE TAKING THAT FOURTH GO ZERO COMPANY CALLED GO ZERO. COMPOST FOR RESALE. YES. YEP. AND THEN THEY OFFER SOME BACK TO US FOR THE WE'VE CONNECTED THEM WITH THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AND OTHER THINGS THAT OTHER ENTITIES. SO THAT IS THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AND THEN OUR NEXT I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT THE IDEA COMMITTEE NEXT HERE'S ANOTHER ONE, JOE THEY LOOK ALIKE. UM SO THE THREE KIND OF PROGRAM AREAS IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN THE IDEA COMMITTEE OR PANEL IS ESTABLISHED, WAS TO FIGURE OUT A WELCOME RECEPTION PROGRAM AND THAT'S RNA 101 PROGRAM. UM IT WAS TO DO FESTIVALS. ORIGINALLY ONE BIG FESTIVAL THAT HAD THIS YEAR THAT WAS THREE SMALLER FESTIVALS AND THEN IMPLEMENT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. WE DID EVERYTHING THIS YEAR EXCEPT IMPLEMENT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. UM, BUT WE'VE WE'VE REALLY PUT TOGETHER A STRUCTURE AND A FRAMEWORK THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE VERY UM, BENEFICIAL PROGRAM AND REALLY ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT THAT THE FIRST IDEA GROUP WANTED TO ACHIEVE WITH, UH, PARTNERING AND BRINGING INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY, AND SO THIS YEAR WE HAD BUDGETED $100,000 FOR THESE PROGRAMS. WE'RE GOING TO COME IN RIGHT AROUND THAT AMOUNT. I DID INCLUDE A BUDGET REQUEST A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THIS YEAR TO IMPLEMENT THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM SINCE WE DID NOT GET TO THAT THIS YEAR, AND SO THEY TOLD UM, FOR THAT BUDGET THAT'S IN THAT COMMUNITY PROGRAM. LINING IS 1 13 500. THE FESTIVAL'S GOING TO CHANGE FOR NEXT YEAR OR SO. FESTIVAL OR MULTIPLE FESTIVALS? YEAH SO THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND THEY PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL. UM ON PAGE TOWARDS THE BACK. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. AH, THIS IS THE WORK PROGRAM THAT THE PANEL HAS PUT TOGETHER FOR 2024. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS CHART. AND SO FROM AN ANYONE OR ONE STANDPOINT, THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO A WINNER. SUPER SUPPER. UM WHICH IS AN EVENT WHERE YOU INVITE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO, UM UH, COME IN AND BRING A CRACK POT OF SOUP. AND THEN YOU INVITE THE COMMUNITY AND THEY HAVE A BOWL OF SOUP, AND THEY LEARN ABOUT DO YOU HAVE ANY BRIDGES OR THEY LEARN ABOUT THE FARMER'S MARKET OR THE FOOD PANTRY? UH THEY'VE ALSO REALLY LIKED THE BUSINESS. EVERYONE REALLY LIKES THE BUSINESS PARK TOURS, SO THEY RECOMMEND, UM CONTINUING THAT, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO AN OPEN HOUSE OF THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN FALL AMPHITHEATER TOUR AS PART OF OUR ANYONE ON ONE SERIES. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OUR MINI FESTIVALS OR COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS WOULD BE, UM, AN EVENT. UH AROUND THE WOMEN HAVE NEW ALBANY THAT WOULD BE IN THE SPRING, AND THEN THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED TO DO JUNETEENTH, UM AND THEN PENCILED INTO WALLY. 
          BUT WE KIND OF WANTED THIS WAS BEFORE WE HAD THE EVENT, SO WE WANTED TO HAVE, UH, PROOF OF 
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CONCEPT TO SEE IF THAT SEEMED TO WORK OR NOT, AND TO HAVE AN ADEQUATE TIME FOR THIS GROUP AND THE PANEL, TOO. TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO OUTLINES THE SCHEDULE FOR HOW WE LAUNCHED THE NEIGHBORHOOD AMBASSADOR PROGRAM SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A FOCUS OF THIS YEAR IS REALLY TO GET THAT OPEN RUNNING AND MAKE IT PROVIDE PROPER TRAINING TO PEOPLE. UM AND RECRUIT, YOU KNOW, DO SOME RECRUITMENT AND GET THE AMBASSADOR'S UP TO SPEED. WELL I LIKE THAT. ALSO LIKE THAT, IF I MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, SO THAT'S ONE FESTIVAL. WE'RE ALL THE CULTURES. MHM HAVE SPACE TO JUST SHOW YOU KNOW. SHOW THE CULTURE WHETHER IT'S THROUGH DANCE FOOD, MHM WHATEVER. YEP, I THINK I MEAN, I THINK THAT IF WE HAD UNLIMITED RESOURCES AND LIMITED DATES AVAILABLE ON THE CALENDAR. 
          EVERY THERE IS LIKE THE PANEL WOULD BE REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT EVENT. BUT THE POLICE. WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT AND KIND OF PIVOTED, UM AND THE PANELS STRONG RECOMMENDATION WAS HIS STAY WITH THE MINI FESTIVALS. FOR MANY REASONS. ONE IS THAT THEY ARE YOU THINK WE'RE SUCCESSFUL? RIGHT AT LEAST THAT JUNE, 10TH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AT THE WALL. IT SOUNDS VERY SUCCESSFUL. AND THERE THERE, DEAR TO AH, EXECUTE AND THERE, UM, YOU KNOW EASIER, HOPEFULLY SUSTAINED LONG TERM WITH, YOU KNOW, SPONSORSHIPS AND OUTSIDE FUNDING IF WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE WITH THOSE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, I'M SURE THAT THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A SUCCESSFUL EVENT AS WELL. OTHER ANOTHER EVENT THAT WE'RE ALREADY HAD. I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT WILL BE A GOOD GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OR ELSE TO DO MORE ON THE CULTURAL FRONT. 
          OTHER THAN JUST JUST SPECIFIC ONE CULTURES HERE. WE'RE NOT CELEBRATING? YEAH BUT IF YOU HAD ONE THAT WHERE YOU COULD, EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN SOME WAY. SO THAT IS I MEAN FOR THAT TO THAT, AND I THINK THE WINNER SUPER SUPPER IS PART OF THAT. I THINK THAT WHEN YOU ALREADY WANT TO LEARN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AMBASSADORS, RATHER NOT LIKE SPECIFICALLY CELEBRATING DIFFERENT CULTURES. IT IS REALLY DESIGNED TO HAVE SORT OF AN INSTANCE OF OKAY. 
          COMMUNITIES NOT DIVIDED BY, YOU KNOW, CULTURE, AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. THE PANEL, YOU KNOW? HOW DO YOU CHOOSE? THE HOLIDAYS CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE VERY, UM, MINDFUL. 
          EACH YEAR WE WERE THINKING ABOUT WHICH HOLIDAYS TO FOCUS ON WE WANT, YOU KNOW OF BROAD PROSECTION OF COMMUNITY MOMENT AND SUPPORT BECAUSE I THINK I THINK THE BEST PART OF JUNETEENTH AND JALALI IS FOLKS GROUPS THAT THAT WOULD BE NEEDED . AND YOU KNOW THESE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE CREATED IN THE VOICES THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE MORE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE CAN SEE THAT ACROSS CULTURES IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S A HUGE WIN. I'M LAURIE. I THINK THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC. I'M WORRYING FROM THEM. HMM I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE WALL, AND I HAVE A NEIGHBOR WHO HAS BEEN CELEBRATING THE WALL PRINTS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS UP MARK. THANK YOU BECAUSE OF THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS GO UP, SO IT'S JUST GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN. MORE AND MORE CULTURES ARE COMING AND UNDERSTAND THEM. YOU CAN SEE. UM, A CULTURAL A QUICK CAN AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS CONTEXT. I THINK WE HAVE. WE DO HAVE A BECAUSE SO MANY DECISIONS TO MAKE IN TERMS OF DIRECTION. I THINK NONE OF US COULD DRAIN WOULD SEE THE KIND OF ATTENDANCE AND OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT. YOU KNOW, I HAD A VISION JUST LITTLE MINDY HAVE JUST YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS COME OUT WITH YOU. NICE EVENING. I NEVER EXPECTED WALL EMERGING TO YOU TO HAVE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND ATTACK. I THINK THE QUESTION FOR US, YOU KNOW, AND I'M AND I'M SITTING HERE AND YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY, BACKGROUNDS AND INCLUDING MY OWN RIGHT NOW WE'RE STRUGGLING. THOSE JEWS IN THIS COUNTRY. AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WAS A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT. BUT WE HAVE MANY. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS THAT AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO KILL HIM. 
          IN MY INITIAL PART HAD BEEN THAT WE WERE GOING TO SORT OF DO THIS LITTLE A PROGRAM EACH YEAR. 
          ROTATE DOESN'T GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE. AND NOW IT'S HOW DO YOU TAKE THAT AWAY? DO YOU THINK THAT AWAY OR YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING EVERY MONTH? SO WHAT IS WE DO. AND ONE OF THE MESSAGES THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GIVE, AND I NOTICED STEPS. TRY TO SUPPORT ME ON THIS IS WE MAY BE YOUR SLEEP OR STARTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND HE'S FOCUS GROUPS MAY HAVE AN OBLIGATION AT SOME POINT NOW TO TAKE THAT INTO TO THINK WE PROTECT THE WORLD, INTRODUCING THEM TO CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP. WE HAVE TO SORT THAT ALL OUT. MAYBE THEY HAVE ANY GIRL WITH 
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DOING THAT, AND WE SIMPLY DIFFERENT SOME SUPPORT. BUT THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERPETUALLY THE CITY'S PROBLEM PROJECTS AND FUNDED PROJECT. I THINK THAT'S DIRECTLY YOU NEED TO CONSIDER I FULLY AGREE. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO. WE CAN'T WE CAN'T JUST BE TIED TO ONE HOLIDAY. YOU CAN'T BE TITLED THE CITY ONLY SUPPORTING ONE HOLIDAY EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? THIS HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT DYNAMIC AND IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE CULTURES. 
          BUT YEAH, LIKE THAT'S WHY I SAID THE BOOKS. SCRIPTS ARE SO GREAT BECAUSE WE START THEM. WE CEDE IT, YOU KNOW? CONTACT AND THEN YOU KNOW, ARE ABLE TO LOOK FOR CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS AND DONORS AND THEN HOPEFULLY EVOLVED AS SORRY. I COULDN'T HEAR IT JUST TAKES A LIFE OF ITS OWN AFTER RECEIVING AGAINST EXACTLY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GROW OVER TIME. IT IS IT IS SHOCKING TO ME. I REMEMBER THINKING ABOUT JUNETEENTH. I HOPE PEOPLE SHOW UP. OBVIOUSLY NOT OUR PROBLEM. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T TRY TO THROW THEM TOO LARGE. I THINK FROM EVENTS IN NEW ALBANY HAVE GOTTEN HIS FEET, YOU KNOW. VERY, VERY LARGE. AND, UM MR MICHAEL AT THE GIRLS ABOUT THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO BE SENSIBLE, AND I DO THINK THAT I SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ALL PROGRAMS AND YEAH, WHAT? WHAT DO WE SPEND EVERY YEAR ON THE OCTOBERFEST, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SELF FUNDING AFTER A FEW YEARS. 
          CLEARLY IT WAS JUST NOT A VERY POINT TO DO THAT. HOW MUCH DO WE SPEND ANNUALLY ON THAT? 60. 
          EVENT. SO THAT'S WHAT EVENT AND WE'RE LIKE. 113 FOR LIKE SEVEN EVENTS HERE. YOU WON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA DIAL BACK FUNDING FOR THAT, SO YOU HAVE TO STEP UP. SAYING THAT FOR YEARS, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT. WE NEED TO GO TO THEM AND SAY PRINTED TILE BACK AND WE KNEW DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE TO HAVE IT AT THE SAME LEVEL, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET MORE SPONSORSHIPS OR THAT BECOMES A COMMUNITY CULTURAL FEST THAT DAY THAT MONEY. THAT EXPECTATION. BYE. IT'S A VERY POPULAR. NEEDED TRUST. YOU GUYS, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON THIS. WHAT YOU WILL IS WITH THIS WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FESTIVAL FESTIVAL. I MEAN, WHAT IS THE FALL FESTIVAL? I DON'T KNOW. I LIKE COUPLE LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE OCTOBER FEST. I LIKED THE PHOTO. IT'S A GOOD TIME. HARVEST FESTIVAL. WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL DOESN'T NECESSARILY BE TALKED OVER. THE HEART OF WHAT HAPPENED AGAIN. OKAY. WHERE'S THE 113,500? WHAT BUDGET PERCEPTION IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON THAT PAGE 193 UNDER THE MISCELLANEOUS LINE ITEM IT'S IN WITH THAT. DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THE WAY IT'S BREAKDOWN. UM THE WAY IT'S ENTERED INTO THE WAY THE BUDGET SHOWS THAT JUST IT PUTS IT ALL TOGETHER. I DO HAVE A BREAKDOWN THAT I COULD SEND OUT. AND I HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. UM. IT'S ACTUALLY CONVERSATION. JOE AND I HAD LAST WEEK WHERE IN THE PAST, IT WAS IN YOUR BUDGET. AND SO I HAD THAT HISTORY OF THE HOTEL GRANT. AND THEN WE HAD THE COMMUNITY EVENTS BOARD FOR FOURTH OF JULY AND THEN OCTOBERFEST AS A SEPARATE ITEM. UM, WITHIN THAT LINE ITEM. 
          THERE'S ALSO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE MCCOY AND DIFFERENT, UM YEAH , THINGS THAT HAVE CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS FROM THAT LINE ITEM, BUT I CAN PREPARE FOR THE NEXT BUDGET MEETING A SIMILAR A SIMILAR BREAKDOWN LIKE THAT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO IN ORDER TO SHOW THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT HAVE ALWAYS GONE IN THERE AND THEN ADRIAN CAN GIVE THE INFORMATION FOR THE NEW. AND THEN I THINK AGAIN, WE REALLY NEED YOU GUYS TO THINK. GIVE US YOUR EYES INPUT ABOUT PARTIALLY FUNDING FUND UP TO CATS. DO WE SAY WE FUNDED ONE YEAR AND THEN? YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY NOW HAS TO, YOU KNOW THE LAST TIME YOU KNOW THIS, THIS MODELS ARE TAKING THEM TAKEN TO WHAT THEY WANT. WHERE? I'M SORRY. YOU KNOW? WHERE DO WE WANT TO DO YOU PREFER TO GO BACK TO THAT ORIGINAL DISCUSSION? ONE BIG MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL. UM I KNOW THE INSTANT WE GOT FROM STAFF ABOUT CHAD AND THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM, UH, SEATTLE LISTING FELT AFFECTED. HAVE THE LEVEL OF OSTENTATIOUS ITTY THAT THEY FELT LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE A CAMERA. WE EXPERIMENTED WITH THIS. SO UM IT WAS VERY STRONG, OKAY? YEAH RIGHT, AND I THINK THE DIRECTION YOU KNOW, WE DON'T 
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KNOW. WE MAYBE DIDN'T DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, BUT YOU KNOW THIS YEAR NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW THREE YEARS FROM NOW. YOU KNOW? DO WE DO THIS THIS PLAN FOR THIS YEAR AND THEN TALK AS A COUNCIL ABOUT HOW WE CAN SORT OF PUSHED THESE GROUPS SORT OF OUT INTO THERE. UM YOU KNOW TO HAVE THESE EVENTS BE MORE SOME STUFF GETTING HOW DO WE HOW DO WE BRING IN MORE CULTURES AND DIFFERENT EVENTS AS WE GO, SO EVERYONE FEELS INCLUDED. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? I THINK THAT'S YOUR CHALLENGE, BECAUSE THIS YEAR WE'VE WE'VE GOT A GREAT JOB WITH THE ONES THAT WE HAVE DONE. MHM MOVED FORWARD WITH THE SAME ONES THAT DO OTHERS FEEL LEFT OUT. RIGHT RIGHT. LOOK ABSOLUTELY WHICH I TEND TO THINK THIS MAY BE INVOLVED THEIR CULTURE WEEKEND YOU COULD ALMOST GET MORE FOLKS INVOLVED IN THE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE ONE DAY COULD BE EASY. WALLY. ONE DAY COULD BE YOU KNOW? A JEWISH HOLIDAY AND KNOWLEDGE, I GUESS THAT PEOPLE NEGATIVES AND TALKING ABOUT IT, YOU KIND OF GET OFF THE HOLIDAYS AND SHIP TRYING TO DO ONE BIG BOY. HEY KIND OF LIKE CELEBRATING CULTURE ALL YEAR ROUND VERSUS JUST A WEEKEND. IT'S EASIER TO EXECUTE WHEN IT'S IN THESE. SPECIFIC EVENTS TIED TO THE ACTUAL DEEDS OF THE HOLIDAYS. AND WE DID. WE DID ADD IN, UH, DIFFERENT EVENTS THIS YEAR. THIS WOMEN'S EVENTS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THREE SOME FEEDBACK AND BASED ON AN IDEA TO SORT OF EVOLVED THE PROGRAM, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. IT IS A PROBLEM. IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENT YOU KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO KILL IT, BUT IT WAS SPEAKING EARLIER. I THINK WE LIKE THE EVENTS. YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM GOING. HE JUST DON'T WANT TO COMMIT AS A CITY TO FIND THEM 100% OF OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THAT LIMITS US GOING FORWARD TO PICK UP THE DIFFERENCE. OKAY HOW MUCH OUTSIDE OF NEW ALL TODAY I KNOW IT'S PRETTY GOOD PERCENTAGE. BUT JUST IN GENERAL, UM WHERE THE ATTENDEES FOR OUR EVENTS. DO YOU THINK I ONLY ASKING THAT JUST BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE FUNDING IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE FOR BED TAX OR, YOU KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M ASKING. I THINK THERE WAS SLIGHTLY MORE NEW ALREADY PARTICIPATION, THEN SAY IT LIKE THE FOURTH OF JULY EVENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ON MY YOU KNI RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE HERE. UM I THINK THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS ATTENDING. BUT I YOU KNOW IT WAS THERE'S NO WAY TO REALLY KNOW THAT. I THINK THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME AGAINST YOUR POINT THAT I THINK THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME WITH ALL THE EVENTS WERE DOING IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SPRING EGG ABOUT TWO. IT'S LIKE IT'S WHAT POINT THE MORE WE DO THESE WONDERFUL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. YOU'RE WELCOME LEVEL AS WE CAUGHT LIKE TO CALL THEM EVENTS, THE MORE WE ATTRACT EVERYBODY ELSE FROM OUTSIDE. WE DON'T WANT TO BE WELCOMING TO EVERYBODY ELSE OUTSIDE. BUT ARE WE GETTING ENOUGH OF THE BENEFIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL BECOMES THE QUESTION? I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS WHERE YOU TUTOR BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE MONEY THAT TEXAS FIRST OTHERS, I MEAN OTHER EVENTS LIKE YOU KNOW, NOT THE CITY FOR THIS. NO LEAVE FOR OCTOBER. 1ST OCTOBER. YEAH AND THEN YEAH, I THINK YEAH, THAT'S WHY I'M JUST I'M LOOKING AND I HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT, AS IT MEETS. THOSE NEEDS THOSE MARKERS OF BRINGING OTHER PEOPLE INTO RIGHT TO GO TO OUR BUSINESSES, SO DO THEY DO THE SAME THING? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I MEAN, I WAS THOUGHT ALL THESE THINGS THE GOAL WAS TO OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS OF CANADA AND ALSO I'M FINISHED FOR POSTS THAT AREN'T FROM Y'ALL INVOLVING CORRECT THESE GREAT EVENTS AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOWCASE OUR COMMUNITY? I AGREE. UM THERE AREN'T A LOT OF 2 FT CELEBRATION, THEIR WALLETS, CELEBRATIONS SELF. WE HAVE LIMITED, YOU KNOW, POPULATION OF THOSE COMMUNITIES. SO IF IT WAS JUST ROCK COMMUNITY PRETTY SPARSELY ATTENDED. SO I LOVE IT WHEN FOLKS I MEAN THANKS FOR GIVING FOR MILES. YOU KNOW, NOT EVEN HAPPY IF PARTICIPANTS ARE COMING ALONG. IT'S A POINT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU KNOW MHM. SO ALL OF OUR EVENTS, I THINK FANTASTIC THING AND POSTED I SEE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HOMES ALL THE TIME. I WANT OTHER PEOPLE COMING VISITING. SEE HOW GREAT THIS PLACE IS SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT FEATURE FOR ALL THESE EVENTS THAT WE ARE ATTRACTING QUOTES FROM THE OTHER NIGHT AND SPEND THEIR MONEY HERE AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I AGREE. AND THANK YOU, MR ABOUT IT. AND ONE OF YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IDEA FROM THE BEGINNING, IT WAS WELL, THERE'S SORT OF TWO 
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DIFFERENT THINGS. WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ALL FEEL VALUED INCLUDED PART OF THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OUR COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WELCOME EVERYBODY HERE, AND THERE WAS CERTAINLY A LITTLE BIT OF AN IMAGE THING THAT WE WANTED TO WORK ON AND FIX AND I THINK THIS IS HOPING IT DOESN'T REMEMBERS STARTED THAT AND TO THAT POINT, BUT CORPORATE SPONSORS, YOU KNOW, INTEL THERE IN GOOGLE, THEIR FACEBOOK WAS THERE. I THINK THAT OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS REALLY APPRECIATE. 
          THOSE EVENTS AND WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND IT HELPS. HELPS PEOPLE SEE NEW ALBANY INTEGRATE LIGHT. 
          SO THIS IS THE PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT'S THE PLAN. THAT WAS THAT'S YEAH, PLANNED FOR NEXT TWO WEEKS, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO GO INTO WITH REALLY. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I WANT YOU TO GO HOME AND THINK ABOUT IT. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT WE AS COUNSEL. IF YOU WANT TO DO IN TERMS OF MOVING THESE THINGS LIKE I SAID, DO A. WE JUST SAYING WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE THIS IS FINE OR WE SAYING WE WANT TO CAPITAL A CERTAIN POINT WHERE WE'RE ONLY FUNDING IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. WHAT IS ART WE REALLY NEED TO CONNECT. I MEAN, WE INSERT AND THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP THE OCTOBER FEST CAUSE WE'VE SAID IT YEARS AGO, AND THEN WE NEVER COMMUNICATED AND WE NEVER DID IT. YEAH I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DECIDE RIGHT NOW. IT'S WELL. THIS IS IN ITS INFANT. YOU KNOW IT WAS, YOU KNOW. HOW IT'S SIMPLE. WORK INFANCY, INFANCY INFANCY THAT WE MAKE A DECISION AS A COUNCIL RIGHT NOW, THOSE OF US THAT STARTING THIS HALFWAY WHAT OUR INTENTIONS ARE MOVING FORWARD, AND THAT THE COMMUNITY HERE IS VERY CLEAR WITH WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED. YOU'RE FANTASTIC. WE'LL DO IT FOREVER, OR WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS. WE WILL COMMIT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN IT CANNOT BE. YOU KNOW, CITY TAXES WHERE IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE UP TO X DOLLARS. I WANT YOU GUYS ALL THINK ABOUT THAT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE CONSENSUS ABOUT THAT GOING TO THE YEAR THAT DIAL BACK AND YEAH , AND THEN YOU PLACE AND SELF FUNDED OR CLOSE TO SELF FUNDED. WHAT WE DO SOMETHING ELSE FOR THAT MONEY. BUDGETED. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING IN. I DON'T I WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH BETHANY AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT SPIT FROM THE FESTIVAL PIECE ABOUT THIS. IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD WORK THAT INTO. THE GRANT FUNDING PROGRAM. NOTHING BAD TO APPLY THAT TREATED SIMILAR TO THE JULY AND ALL THAT WHERE WE HAVE THE MONEY COMING FROM BED TAX. IF WE CAN AFFORD IT, I MEAN, IF IT IF THE NUMBERS WORK OUT, IT WOULD. IT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO YEAH. OKAY, WE'VE THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. WE'VE DONE THE INDEPENDENCE DAY IS THIS SPRING FEST AND OCTOBER. 1ST IS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL PROGRAMMING THAT MONEY. IN THERE SO. UM I THINK THAT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THAT WAS COUNCIL DECIDED. YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE GRANT PROGRAM. CORRECT THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS AND I THINK THAT IF YOU HAD SAID SPECIFIC FESTIVALS WERE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO. OUT OF THAT. I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT, UM, THEY TAKE OVER EITHER. I'M STILL SAYING WE DO THIS. I'M JUST SAYING FROM A TEXT PAIRS PERSPECTIVE, UM, THAT'S NOT COMING FROM THE TAXPAYERS. INCIDENTALLY IT'S COMING FROM THE BED TAX. I THINK SO. I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, OKAY, YEAH. I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW SOMETHING WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS FUNDING IS CONCERNED, SO THEY OCTOBERFEST THEY HAVE YOU KNOW, A BUDGET OF $123,000. AND SO THE CITY HAS JUST SUPPORTED THEM WITH THE 70 ISH $1000, AND THEY USE ALCOHOL SALES AND OTHER THINGS TO SUPPORT THE REMAINING COST OF IT, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE UTILIZING. SO UM, AND YOU KNOW THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. GET THOSE SPONSORS OR GET OR WHATNOT. SO I THINK THAT THE FOR THE FESTIVALS AND THINGS LIKE IF THERE IS A SPONSORSHIP COMPONENT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WHO GETS THOSE SPONSORS, I GUESS. BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT A LONG TIME TO TALK ABOUT LIKE, HOW DO WE GO OUT AND ATTRACT SPONSORS AND IN THE PROCESS FOR THAT? I WOULD MEAN WE WOULD HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW YOUR LARGE THAT BUCKET OF MONEY IN BED TAXES AND WOULDN'T COVER ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR DUTY CUT BACK ON OTHER PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THE IDEA. 
          BRAND. I WILL SAY THAT GENERALLY , YOU GUYS NEVER COME CLOSE TO THE ANNUAL MONEY THAT GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND FOR HOTEL TAX AGAINST THE TAX THAT ALSO HAVE IT COULD WORK FOR THEM. GOT TO GET KILLED AND WE WILL INEVITABLY GET MY POINT. WELL AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED SAID 
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GETTING MORE REQUESTS. YES SO WHERE WE FOUND A GOOD PERSON DOING AND HOW YOU'RE DOING IS GOOD FIGURE OUT. WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PONDER INTO THE FUTURE. I THINK YOU ARE SURE. YOU'RE A VICTIM OF YOUR OWN SUCCESS, PHENOMENAL EVENTS. I WOULD LIKE THEM TO SAY I'M NOT GOING TO DO IN ONE YEAR IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT SITUATION. I AGREE THAT AT SOME POINT CITY CAN'T BE MANAGING ALL OF THESE. AND IF THERE'S A GROUP THAT WANTS TO DO THE WALLEYE AND PROVIDE SOME FUNDING FROM WHATEVER S'MORES AND TAKE IT FROM BUCKET SEATS. I THINK SUPPORTING SOME OF THESE IS A POSITIVE USE OF OUR MONEY, BUT BEING IN THE BUSINESS OF PLANNING ALL OF THEM. AND IT'S. WE GIVE SO MUCH IN HERE AND AFTER THREE YEARS WE CUT IT BACK. THAT'S FINE. TEST 170 EVENTS WE WANT TO DO IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO COST, AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD PROVE. AND THAT'S SAYING YOU SHOULDN'T THIS ONE ABOUT THEM GOING TO PLAN? YEAH I THINK YOU GOT TO EVENTS FOR SURE. OH, MY GOD. THAT'S WHERE THE PANEL KINDA CAME TO WITH. THAT'S WHAT THIS PLAN IS BASICALLY TO YOUR POINT, MIKE. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I'M SAYING I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE SAYING AT THIS POINT , MICHIGAN WITH WHETHER WE SAY YOU KNOW FOR TWO YEARS OR FOR THREE YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL OF IT. AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A POINT WHERE WE CAP WHAT WE DO AND WEAKNESS THIS WITH THE PROGRAM THAT WE EXPECT VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE TO STEP UP AND TAKE IT OVER. I WOULD SAY THE NEXT FEW WEEKS THAT BEGINS IN THREE YEARS, YOU KNOW? BUT FOR THIS BUDGET THING, I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY THE PROGRAMS YOU DID THIS YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR AGAIN. SUCCESSFUL CONTINUE THEM IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT GO FORWARD DIRECTION WHETHER IT'S FUNDING THEIR SUPPORT FOR A DIFFERENT EVENT OR WHATEVER, RATHER THAN TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT IN THIS MEETING IS VERY DIFFICULT, BUT I THINK BETWEEN NOW AND THEN I WOULD HAVE PROVED DOING EVENTS REVIEWING THIS YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR. WE CAN AFFORD IT. VERY POPULAR IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN LET'S FIGURE OUT THAT DIRECTION DOWN THE ROAD. RATHER THAN TRY TO DO THAT IN THIS BUDGET. IT IS, YOU KNOW, FURNISHING YOUR STAFF THAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS IF YOU WANT IT. 
          THE ADS INPUT NOBODY'S GOING TO BE OFFENDED. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE STAGED A FUNCTION. IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE, IT'S OKAY. BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING I KNOW, I THINK THESE ARE GREAT DISCUSSIONS. I MEAN, TOOTH. TWO THOUGHTS. UM AND IT'S LIKE EXCITING TO BE IN LIKE THE INFANCY. LIKE YOU SAID OF THESE THINGS. UM I THINK FROM THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF THINGS AND FOR ABBY'S WELL BEING, AND FOR EVERYBODY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN GOING INTO 2024. WE PULLED OFF JUNETEENTH AND SIX WEEKS AND WE CAN'T DO THAT AGAIN. SO ESPECIALLY ACCORD DOING SOMETHING IN MARCH THAT PLANNING ABOUT SHOULD START NOW. UM AND SO I THINK HAVING A PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE EVENTS TO THE LEVEL THAT WE'VE HAD SOME KIND OF THE BASELINE THAT WE ESTABLISHED THIS YEAR. JEN AND I WERE JUST TALKING. I THINK YOU KNOW, THE FOCUS GROUPS FOR JUNETEENTH AND WALLY HAVE BEEN AMAZING IN THE STUDENT SUPPORT WE'VE GOTTEN WITH VOLUNTEERS. WE'VE INCLUDED STUDENTS AND THE FOCUS GROUPS, SO I THINK WE ARE BUILDING A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION. THEY ONLY CAME TOGETHER BECAUSE WE FOUND THEM AND EMAIL THEM AND CALL THEM SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A LONGER I DON'T THINK IT'S A FIVE YEAR THING, BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO BUILD THEM INTO AN ORGANIZATION'S SOMEHOW BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE. THEY'RE NOT NONPROFITS RIGHT THERE 10 RESIDENTS THAT SHOWED UP TO ZOOM CALLS WITH US. SO I THINK YOU NEED FOR US TO GIVE MONEY TO AN ORGANIZATION TO PUT ON AN EVENT THERE'S GONNA THERE'S NO ORGANIZATION THERE YET, SO I THINK THERE'S SOME ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY THAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT. MAYBE THAT'S OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS. YOU SIGNAL THE INTENTION. YOU KNOW YOU GET THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR BUYING TO START DOING THAT BECAUSE I WOULD ASSUME ANYONE WE WOULD GIVE MONEY TO HAS TO BE IN ON. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF STRUCTURE THAT WILL GO INTO THAT . BUT THAT'S AN AMAZING THING TO HELP BUILD AND IT LIKE, REALLY CREATE A SUSTAINING ORGANIZATION IN EVENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A NEXT YEAR THING. I THINK IT PROBABLY TAKES 2 TO 3 YEARS TO BUILD OVER TIME. 
          BUT I THINK MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE AS A COUNSELOR. ARE IN AGREEMENT ABOUT WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING SO THAT WE CAN THEN CONSISTENTLY REPEATEDLY COMMUNICATE THAT SO THAT THE EXPECTATION IN THE COMMUNITY CLEAR STARTING IMMEDIATELY. THAT'S THE POINT THAT I'M MAKING UM, I DO NOT WANT THE COMMUNITY OF THE SCENT. BUT YOU WERE DOING AN ANNUAL THING AND YOU JUST 
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SUDDENLY ARE DOING THAT. I KNOW. WE ALWAYS SAID WE WILL HELP YOU GET ACTUALLY BE UNIVERSAL FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS TO DO THIS, WE WILL GET IT OFF THE GROUND. THEY WILL SUPPORT IT. AND MAYBE WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SOME LIMITED STAFF INVOLVEMENT. FOR THAT EXPERTISE, BUT WE WILL BE PULLING OUT A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR TIME. LOOK I MEAN AT THE CHAMBER LUNCH THE FIRST THING THAT EMILY FROM INTEL SHOW ABOUT HOW PERHAPS HE WAS IN THE COMMUNITY WAS ARGUMENT IN CELEBRATION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAUGHT THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF CORPORATE MONEY OUT THERE THAT WANTS US TO BE DOING THIS. YEAH GREAT. THEY'RE GOING TO. THEY'RE GOING TO NEED OUR HELP THESE TEARS TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AS WELL. AND THEN I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, IT MAKES CLEAR AT SOME POINT. WE'RE PULLING OUT. THEY CAN'T SUCCEED ON THE LEFT. ALRIGHT WELL, I THINK WE COVERED THE WATERFRONT. 
          ON THE BUDGET STANDPOINT. LET'S PUT THIS ON IN THE UPCOMING AGENDA MAYBE JANUARY TO FLUSH OUT MORE IDEAS AND WHAT THE FUTURE OF HIS IDEA AGAINST LOOKED LIKE. PROBABLY THROW I TOLD HER FIST AND ITS FUTURE AS WELL. THE PARTS OF MONEY THAT ARE IT'S ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT TO THOSE ACTIVITIES. WE'RE GONNA HAVE REMORSEFUL DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT. MAYBE NOT THIS NEXT YEAR MOVING FORWARD WHAT WITH THE LARGER CAME UP SO OKAY FOR THE COMING AREAS. ARE THEY COMFORTABLE? BEFORE WITH THEIR CHILD. I GUESS IT'S THE PUBLIC JANUARY. THEY WERE JUST HERE TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE BUDGET AGAIN. WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY ARE YEAH. OKAY CONSERVATIVE NATURE OF OUR BUDGETING. HMM TO MAKE SOME CHANGES BEFORE, OKAY, I THINK WE'RE ALL SAYING WE LIKE WHAT WE SEE HOW WE WANT THEM TO. MANAGE IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THIRD CONFIRM THAT FOR STAFF SAYING THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION. I ONLY HAVE ONE MORE SIDE AND THAT'S JUST THAT WE HAVE ONE MORE PLAYGROUND THAT'S COMING TO CITY OWNERSHIP AND THEN IN TERMS OF OUR EXISTING COMMITMENTS ON PLATT NOTES AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN THE FUTURE. THIS WILL BE THE LAST ONE THAT COMES TO THE CITY. THIS IS THE WINDSOR NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH THE QUESTION THAT CAME BEFORE I ASKED, YOU MIGHT HAVE ENJOYED SO I APOLOGIZE. UM THE PLAYGROUND THAT'S AT THE CORNER OF CERTAIN PLACE THE LANTERN. HYPERTENSION NEIGHBORHOOD ALWAYS GETS FORGOTTEN. IS THAT WHERE IS THAT PLAYED INTO THIS? THAT CONVERSATION? HOW AFTER LOOK AT THE MAP. I DON'T THINK THAT ONE IT COMES OVER TO THE CITY. I FORGET THE NAME THAT WE CALL THAT ONE? THAT'S ACTUALLY MY QUESTION, WHICH IS KEY POINT BEEN ASKING WITH THEM GETTING MORE. WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS DON'T COME OVER TO THE CITY. AND I WANT TO KNOW. WHY THAT CHOICE IS MADE IF WE HAVE ANY HISTORICAL INFORMATION HOW MANY OF THEM ARE NOT COMING OVER WE? YEAH WHY? THAT'S YEAH. SO IN THE PARKS FRAMEWORK PLAN, AND I CAN, UM WE CAN PULL THIS INFORMATION OUT FOR YOU. THERE'S A COUNTING OF WE CATEGORIZE ALL ALL OPEN SPACE AND PARTS IN THE CITY, AND THEN WE PULLED OUT ONES THAT THE CITY HAS MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EITHER. NOW WHEN THAT PLAN WAS DONE, OR WHAT WE KNEW, WAS GOING TO TRANSFER IN THE FUTURE. UM YOU KNOW THE HISTORY I DON'T KNOW WHAT? HOW IT KIND OF HOW THAT ORIGINATED. 
          BUT ORIGINAL, PLATT NOTES ON YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES THAT WERE PLANTED IN NEW ALBANY HAD THIS COMMITMENT THAT THE CITY WOULD TAKE OVER OWNERSHIP AND SOME ARE 20. SOME ARE 25 YEARS AND THEN WHEN UM, CITY COUNCIL, PROBABLY IN 2008, OR NINE DID AN UPDATE TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY ABOUT THE PARK BANK IN THE UNIT BANK. UM THERE WERE SOME. THERE'S KIND OF A TRUE UP OF, UH, THESE PART NOTES. AND WHAT HAD BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMITTED ONE WAY VERSUS THE OTHER AND THAT WAS ALL KIND OF MEMORIALIZED, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MOVING OFF. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN MOVING FWARD WORITH SINCE THAT TIME, SO THERE IS AH BUT THESE ARE ALL. THE YEAH SO THAT'S NOT SCAR LOCK AND GREEN, IS IT? NO WHAT'S THAT ONE? DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF. TIM BURTON. LET'S DO IT. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S STUPID MIGHT BE TIVERTON. AM I NOT RIGHT? IT MIGHT BE TAPERING TO ME. SO WE CAN CONFIRM THAT IF IT'S TO 
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BARINGTON THAT'S H O A OWNED AND MAINTAINED. UM FOR POOPER FOR PERPETUITY. PLEASE GET IN THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO THE REST OF WHATEVER PERPETUALLY. YEAH YEAH, WE CAN GIVE THAT TO YOU. NOW, I WILL SAY. I DEVELOPMENT MAY CORRECT ME, BUT I WOULD THINK FROM. EVERINGTON CON MILLBROOK. UH AS PRACTICED, THE CITY STOPPED ACCEPTING AN OWNERSHIP RESPONSIBILITY. UM FOR THESE PLAYGROUNDS AND SO AND DID ALL THIS RIGHT? DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HONOR? YEAH IT SEEMS TO BE LIKE AFTER MANY THAT WERE COMING BACK TO US BEFORE ME. BACK TO US. SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A WEIRD CLIP IN THE MIDDLE. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. BECAUSE LOOK AT THAT TIMING. I THINK IT WAS AFTER UM, YEAH, THEY WERE THEY WERE. WE CAN LOOK AT THAT TIMING AND SEE HOW IT WORKED OUT. YEAH YOU KNOW, PART OF IT IS HOW IT DEVELOPER PROPOSED THE LANGUAGE ON THE PLATTE. I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS TO IT. SO JUST BE CLEAR THE ONES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO ROLL OVER THE CITY. THOSE H O S ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO UPDATE THIS PLAYGROUNDS WITH ANY STANDARDS. IMAGINE WHAT WE JUST DONE. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH UM, I WILL SAY FOR WINDSOR JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS LEARNING. UM I MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE DO SOME NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN HOUSES TO TALK ABOUT PLAYGROUND TO GIVE SOME OPTIONS ON DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT LINES THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE USED THERE AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT AMENITIES ARE IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE THAT USED THAT PLAYGROUND, THE MOST UM, AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WILL GO ABOUT THE UPGRADE FOR THE WINTER PLAYGROUND NEXT YEAR. 
          IT'S MY TURN. SO FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2023, MY MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS GETTING MY HEAD OUT OF THAT, PUMPKIN. THANKS TO JOE. THAT VIDEO, BY THE WAY, WAS OUR THIRD HIGHEST VIEWED VIDEO ON INSTAGRAM UNTIL DIWALI DIWALI SURPASSED IT. SO WE'RE SETTING THE BAR HIGH FOR COUNCIL WHO WILL TAKE PART IN ANOTHER OFFICE SPOOF VIDEO. HOPEFULLY THIS FRIDAY WILL SHOOT THAT. AND THANKS TO CHIEF JONES FOR PROVIDING A SPEED TRAILER FOR US. TO MAKE THAT POSSIBILITY YOU COULD WEAR WHAT YOU WOULD WEAR TO A COUNCIL MEETING WHEN WE DRESS UP. I WANTED TO LOOK LIKE SUITS AND TIES. YEAH SO IF WE COULD WEAR THAT, AND WE'LL HOPE THAT THE WEATHER COOPERATES OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS. FOR THIS PAST YEAR WE SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATED A STAFF TRANSITION. AS YOU ALL KNOW. SCOTT MCAFEE RETIRED IN JANUARY. I STEPPED INTO HIS SHOES, AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS WE WENT THROUGH A STAFF TRANSITION WITH THE P OPPOSITION. WE MODIFIED THE DESCRIPTION OF THAT AND THE TITLE OF THAT. SO IT'S NOW MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALISTS AND WE HIRED SAM FAHMY. HE'S BEEN A GREAT TODAY. ADDITION TO THE TEAM CAME AT THE RIGHT TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO PRODUCING MARKETING MATERIALS AND GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS SUCH AS JUNETEENTH. WALLY FAMILY FUN DAY, SO HE'S BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO THE TEAM AND WE HAVE WORKED HARD WITH OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS STAFF TO HELP MARKET THOSE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN. WE ALSO MANAGED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTEL RELATED COMMUNICATION EFFORTS. WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND A CONSULTANT TO REVAMP THE NEW ALBANY SILICON HEARTLAND WEBSITE. WE ALSO STARTED PRODUCING BI WEEKLY E BLASTS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THE SILICON HEARTLAND DEVELOPMENTS. SO OUR TEAM WORKS WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO MANAGE THOSE EFFORTS. WE ARE OFTENTIMES LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OUR OUTWARD FOCUSED COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC WHEN WE'RE PRESENTING IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, BUT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE INTERNAL EFFORTS THAT WE'VE DONE THE PAST YEAR OR SO BECAUSE TO ME THOSE ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE OUR OUTWARD FACING COMMUNICATION EFFORTS BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY STAFF MEMBERS TO BE ALIGNED WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS, AND ALSO TO FUEL, UM, RESPECTED AND APPRECIATED, SO WE'VE TRIED TO INCREASE OUR EFFORTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR CITY STAFF. LINDSEY AND THE SENIOR STAFF TEAM HAVE WORKED HARD AND PRODUCING ARE WEAK OR OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS TO EMPLOYEES AND ALSO OUR BI ANNUAL ALL STAFF MEETINGS, AND WE'VE SEEN SOME INCREASED GROWTH AND ATTENDANCE. 
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AT THOSE MEETINGS. OUR LAST MEETING THIS SUMMER HAD 94 EMPLOYEES ATTEND. SO THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AT THOSE EVENTS HAVE DEPARTMENT UPDATES, HAVE SOME ENTERTAINING VIDEOS, SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE FOR US. WE DID PICK UP FOR NEW AWARDS THIS PAST YEAR, BOTH ON THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVEL. THOSE WERE THROUGH, UM, PRS, A AND ALSO THROUGH THREE CMA ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL. WE CONTINUE TO PRODUCE COUNCIL LETTERS THAT WE SENT TO OUR RESIDENTS ARE ANNUAL REPORT. WE HAVE FIVE GUESTS COLUMNS THIS PAST YEAR AND THEN FROM A DIGITAL PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE PRODUCED 73 VIDEOS SO FAR THIS YEAR, OUR IMPRESSIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE TOPPED 4 MILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE OVER 30,000 ACCOUNTS FOLLOWING US ACROSS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND WE'VE PRODUCED 44 CONNECTS E BLASTS SO FAR, AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOWS THAT IS MALE CHIMP THAT WE USE FOR THE CONNECT IT'S SAD. WE KEEP HIM UPSTAIRS. WE FEED THEM A REGULAR DIET OF BANANAS, AND HE GIVES US AN OPEN RATE OF 70% THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. IT IS. SO WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, EMPHASIZED THE FACT THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AT NEW ALBANY. WE HAVE TWO FULL TIME STAFF MEMBERS. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS OF DUBLIN, WESTERVILLE HILLIARD AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WHAT WE PRODUCE STACKS UP VERY NICELY WITH WHAT THEY DO. AND IF YOU LOOK AT VIDEO VIEWS, WE CONSISTENTLY TOP WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND THAT'S DESPITE THE FACT THAT DUBLIN HAS A FULL TIME STAFF OF ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT COMMUNICATIONS FOLKS, PLUS INTERNS, SO WHICH IT'S A MUCH LARGER CITY. BUT STILL IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF VIDEO VIEWS WERE TOPPING THERE, SO I THINK IT'S ABOUT THE CONTENT THAT WE'RE PRODUCING. PEOPLE ENJOY OUR CONTENT. AND SO WE'RE DOING A LOT WITH A LITTLE, BUT, UH, ENJOYING IT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, WE'LL LOOK AT SOME OF OUR GOALS AND REQUESTS FOR THE COMING YEAR. AND UM, ONE OF OUR MAJOR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR'S AND ENHANCED WEBSITE. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY THE FACT THAT OUR WEBSITES KIND OF FALLING BEHIND THE TIMES. IT'S IN NEED OF SOME UPGRADES. UM IMPROVED NAVIGATION ON THAT WEBSITE, SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO MAKING THAT A TOP PRIORITY FOR THIS COMING YEAR. 
          I'M ALSO REQUESTING THAT WE INCORPORATE A THIRD STAFF MEMBER . IDEALLY I'D LIKE TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE ON MY STAFF, BUT WE'LL TAKE BABY STEPS AND ASK FOR A PART TIME POSITION, AND I ENVISION THIS POSITION HELPING TO TAKE ON THE WEEKLY E BLAST MANAGING THAT ASPECT OF OUR COMMUNICATION, HELPING TO MANAGE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. AND HOPEFULLY GETTING INVOLVED IN VIDEO PRODUCTION, POSSIBLY HOSTING SOME VIDEOS, SO WE ARE REQUESTING A PART TIME STAFF MEMBER FOR OUR TEAM FOR THIS COMING YEAR. VIDEO IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN, AND ONE PART OF THAT PLAN INCLUDES CREATING SOME STUDIO SPACE AND BETHANY'S FORMER OFFICE, SO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS GOING TO BE MOVING INTO THAT OFFICE AND HOPEFULLY CREATING A SMALL STUDIO IN THE BACK PORTION OF THAT OFFICE THAT WE CAN USE FOR VIDEO INTERVIEWS. 
          AND IF WE'RE TO LAUNCH A PODCAST AT SOME POINT, IT WOULD BE A GREAT SPACE FOR RECORDING THAT PODCAST. IN THE PAST. WE HAVE, UM USED CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE SOME TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF WHEN IT COMES TO CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC RECORDS, TRAININGS AND WE'RE PROPOSING ENHANCING THE USE OF CONSULTANTS WHEN IT COMES TO CRISIS, COMMUNICATION AND ALSO, UH EMPLOYING THEM TO CREATE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTENT FOR OUR WEBSITE. RIGHT GUEST COLUMNS AND OP EDS. SO THAT'S ANOTHER REQUEST THAT WE WILL HAVE FOR THIS COMING YEAR. BUT WE'VE REALLY ENJOYED WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS PAST YEAR. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL IN 2024 AND DOING EVEN MORE GREAT THINGS. THANKS, JOSH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOSH, BUT COMMUNICATION. EXCELLENT JOB. THANK YOU. HMM OKAY. PUBLIC SERVICE IS UP NEXT. 
          RIGHT? FOR EACH OTHER. I'M JUST GONNA WALK. NO NO, ALRIGHT, SO OF COURSE I'M A PROBLEM. YES SO I THINK I THINK PUBLIC SERVICES VERY MUCH FOLLOWING THE TREND THAT YOU'VE SEEN WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AHEAD OF AHEAD OF THIS PRESENTATION, JUST, YOU KNOW, ADAPTING TO A GROWING AND EXPANDED OPERATIONS AND JUST ADAPTING TO A LOT OF NEW AND DIFFERENT THINGS AND AT THE SAME TIME EVALUATING A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR MANY, 
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MANY YEARS. AND LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO DO A LOT OF THOSE THINGS BETTER. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF MY TEAM THIS YEAR. I THINK THAT WE'VE REALLY LOCKED IN AS A TEAM. I THINK THE CULTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT IS VERY STRONG AND COLLABORATIVE AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO PRESENT A LOT OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS YEAR AS A TEAM FIRST AND FOREMOST COMPLETION OF STATE ROUTE 62 AND I'M SORRY US 62 01 61. OUR PROJECTS IS BASICALLY COMPLETE. THE REMAINING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY THAT YOU SEE IS ACTUALLY IN COORDINATION WITH DOT AND THE WIDENING OF STATE ROAD 161, THE CORNER COMPOSING TEAM THAT'S IN PLACE UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE RIGHT NOW IS DOING SOME WORK. UM THAT IS STRUCTURAL WORK RELATED TO THE WIDENING OF THE BRIDGES ABOVE ALONG 161 SO THEY WILL BE CLEARING OUT OF THERE IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS, AND AT THE SAME TIME WE WILL BE FINISHING UP ALL THE FINAL ELEMENTS. OF THAT PROJECT, BUT THAT WILL BE CERTAINLY A PROJECT THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, AND HAPPY TO SEE COMPLETED HERE YET THIS YEAR, THE LIGHTING THE LIGHT. STREET LIGHTING WILL BE UP. CORRECT AND THAT IS THAT IS A LONG LEAD ITEMS, SO IT'S ONE THAT WE ORDERED WELL OVER A YEAR AGO. WE'RE EXPECTING THAT IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS, SO THINGS ARE TRACKING TO FINISH UP IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO UM AT THE SAME TIME, WE PROVIDED SUPPORT TO AN EXPANDED COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING AND SPECIAL EVENTS LISTS AS EVERY DEPARTMENT I THINK HAS DESCRIBED IN SOME WAY OUR TEAM HAS DONE A NICE JOB OF HELPING TO SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THOSE THOSE EVENTS. WE CONTINUE AS ALWAYS PROVIDE HIGH LEVEL OF RESPONSE AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SNOW AND ICE, AND CERTAINLY WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF LEAF REMOVAL RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY. PROVIDE REALLY HIGH QUALITY SERVICE, AND I'M PROUD THAT THAT CONTINUES. THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO DOUBLE THE AREA INCLUDED IN THE 2022 SHOULD UPDATE THAT INCLUDED IN THE 2022 SIDEWALK PROGRAM, AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER DETAIL ON THE SLIDE TO FOLLOW. AT THE SAME TIME WE'VE EXPANDED UM ARE STREETLIGHT FIRE HYDRANT TRAFFIC SIGNAL PAINTING PROGRAM? UM YOU KNOW, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS IN KIND OF A UNIQUE SITUATION AND THAT THE CITY AS A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MANY PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE RAGING, SO WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS MAINTAINED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD. SO IT'S ONE THING TO BUILD IT TODAY AND HAVE IT LOOK NEAT AND CLEAN AND FUNCTION. THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT AND PUT IN PLACE PROGRAMS THAT WILL ENSURE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTAINS THAT QUALITY FOR A LIFETIME. SO, UM SO WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A LOT OF NEW PROGRAMS THAT ARE REALLY TARGETING SOME OF THE ORDER AREAS IN TOWN. UM FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE, AND ALSO WE'VE EXPANDED OUR UTILITY INSPECTION TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AS WELL. X SLIDE, PLEASE. SO HERE'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO IS AS AS IT RELATES TO THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM NOTICE IN 2021, WE IMPROVED 2017 LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK AT A COST OF $200,000. YOU REMEMBER THIS WAS THE MORE NUCLEAR OPTION REGARDING ALL THE ALL THE TEAR OUT THEIR SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO RESIDENTS PROPERTIES TO STREET TREES TO, UM, PET, YOU KNOW, INVISIBLE FENCES AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND IN 2022 WITH COUNCIL SUPPORT, WE CONTINUED THE REGULAR STREET PROGRAM OR AT THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM. WE IMPROVED 3030 TO 68 LINEAR FEET. FOR THAT $200,000 AND AT THE SAME TIME WE IMPLEMENTED OR KIND OF ARE LEVELING WORK. WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ANOTHER 3000 FT FOR ABOUT $60,000 AND MOVING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO IMPROVE MORE THAN 7000 LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK FOR THAT SAME 200,000, OR BUDGET, SO I THINK THAT I'M PROUD OF THAT. I THINK THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW WHAT WAS ONCE A 10 TO 12 WEEK DISRUPTION AND A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO OUR RESIDENTS HAS TURNED INTO A ONE OR TWO DAY SCENARIO. SO I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY MUCH MORE TOLERABLE AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT MORE BANG FOR OUR BUCK. SO WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE THAT YES. IN THE RESIDENCE CON OKAY, THAT'S NO OR JUST WE HAVEN'T. I MEAN, OCCASIONALLY, YOU KNOW, I HEAR THE YOU KNOW. YEAH. YOU CAN LOOK DOWN AND SEE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE VERTICAL CHANGE IN ELEVATION. I THINK WHEN YOU'RE WALKING THE SIDEWALKS, I THINK THEY'RE VERY COMFORTABLE. UM, I THINK THAT TO ME AESTHETICALLY, YOU KNOW, UM UH, I THINK IT IT MEETS THE STANDARD. I THINK THAT THAT MAY BE THE ONE DRAWBACK OVERALL IS YOU DO HAVE SOME OF THAT VERTICAL CHANGE THAT YOU'RE ADJUSTING FOR, BUT I THINK WITH YOU KNOW THE INCREASED 
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PRODUCTIVITY THAT WE CAN DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IMPACT TO OUR RESIDENTS OVERALL. UM I THINK IT'S VERY MUCH MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE DO HAVE SOME CARE OUT AS WELL. THIS THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO LEVEL EVERYTHING. BUT WE ARE ABLE TO LEVEL ABOUT 80% OF THE PANELS WE ENCOUNTER. AND THERE ARE USUALLY 20% DO WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND TEAR OUT AND POUR? SO, UM YES. THIS YEAR. UM WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW STREET STREET LIGHT PAINTING PROGRAM WE PAINTED 221. STREET LIGHTS. 140 FIRE HYDRANTS ARE OUR STREET TREE PRUNING HAS REALLY CONTINUED TO RAMP UP. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO PURCHASE A DEDICATED FORESTRY BUCKET TRUCK AND WE HAVE THAT THAT THING HAS NOT SAT IDLE FOR A MINUTE. I THINK SINCE WE BOUGHT IT SO THIS IS THANKS TO MARY LOU, OUR CITY FORESTER AND HER TEAM. UM YOU KNOW, 1459 TREES THAT WERE PRUNING. AND THEN WE'RE HIRING CONTRACTORS AS WELL. TO HELP HELP SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THAT, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TREND IS REALLY MOVING IN A VERY POSITIVE DIRECTION AS IT RELATES TO A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF MAINTAINING OUR STREET TREES. SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ANOTHER THING. UH OUR OUR TEAM. UM SO OUR UTILITIES TEAM IN PARTICULAR HAS HAS REALLY, REALLY ELEVATED THE STANDARD. UM JUST A LOT OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS. AND WHAT ONE OF WHICH I WANT TO CALL IT IN PARTICULAR, BUT WE'VE INSPECTED 750 STORM CATCH BASINS. WE CLEANED 462. WE'VE REPAIRED 103 OF THOSE, SO YOU'LL SEE OUR TEAM ALONGSIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THE JACKHAMMER KIND OF CHISELING OUT THE CONCRETE AROUND THE AREAS WHERE THE CATCH BASINS ARE MORE ADDRESSING, ADDRESSING SITUATIONS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME SETTLEMENT OR OTHER ISSUES WITH THAT. UM INSPECTED OVER 3000 LINEAR FEET OF STORMS, WHO ARE THE BIGGEST ONE HERE IS WE HAVE INSPECTED STORM SEWERS KIND OF EASY BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM, YOU SEE IT. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE YOU SEE DRAINAGE. YOU SEE SOMETHING BACKING UP IN THE ROAD? THE THING THAT YOU DON'T SEE IS THE SANITARY SEWER, SO WE HAVE REALLY RAMPED UP IN PRIORITIZED. THE INSPECTION OF OUR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, BEGINNING IN THE OLDEST AREAS OF OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. SO LAST YEAR WE INSPECTED OVER 95,000 FT OF SANITARY SEWER. THAT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. 18 MILES OF SANITARY SEWER. UM AND BY WAY OF THAT INSPECTION WERE INFORMING MAINTENANCE, CLEANING, UM, MANHOLE REHABILITATION. THERE'S A VARIETY OF MAINTENANCE THAT IS INFORMED BY WAY OF THAT INSPECTION. THAT'S ABOUT 20% OF OUR TOTAL SANITARY SEWER INVENTORY, AND THAT'S OUR GOAL, FOR NOW IS TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS. WE'RE INSPECTING EVERY EVERY FOOT OF SANITARY IS WHO ARE. WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THAT TO FOUR YEARS AND THREE YEARS WOULD BE GREAT TO GET TO THREE. THIS IS A PROGRAM WE JUST STARTED LAST YEAR. SO I THINK WE'VE DONE A HECK OF A JOB , REALLY GETTING IT OFF THE GROUND AND MAKING IT MAKING THAT HAPPEN. UM ONE THING TO NOTE TWO. WE HAVE SOME NEW CERTIFICATIONS ON OUR STAFF. 
          THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION CALLED NAMASCO. SO NASCAR WAS KIND OF AN INDUSTRY STANDARD AS IT RELATES TO UNDERGROUND UTILITY CONSTRUCTION. THEY ARE KIND OF THE EXPERT WITH REGARD TO PIPELINE ASSESSMENT. UM, AND INSPECTION. THEY'RE KIND OF AN ADVOCACY GROUP THAT HAS A LOT OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO GROUPS LIKE LIKE OURS. SO THIS YEAR, OUR UTILITIES CREW OBTAINED THE PIPELINE ASSESSMENTS CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATION. THERE'S FOUR OF THEM TOTAL. THE LATERAL ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATION AND THE MANHOLE CONDITION ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATION. SO THERE'S THREE CERTIFICATIONS THAT FOUR OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS HAVE OBTAINED THIS YEAR. VERY PROUD OF THAT. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT AS A CITY WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD CREDENTIALS LIKE THAT. SO I'M LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT IN OTHER AREAS OF OUR OPERATIONS. SO. AT THE SAME TIME , TOO. I THINK WE'VE SEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUCCESS IN THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE FIELD. AND I HAVE TO GIVE TREMENDOUS CREDIT TO ANGIE HOBART. SHE HAD TO LEAVE. SHE SHOULD BE BACK HERE MOMENTARILY, BUT SHE IS THE GET IT DONE DEPARTMENT AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY SHE DOES A HECK OF A JOB WITH OUR SUPERVISORS. UH GETTING IT DONE AND WITHOUT HER EFFORT. I'M NOT SURE WE'D BE AS FAR ALONG AS WE ARE, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. BUT ANGIE IS A IS A HUGE PART OF THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE FULL CREDIT TO THAT. MOVING ON TO OUR GOALS FOR 2024. THIS IS A GOAL. BEGIN MARKET STREET CONSTRUCTION. UH WILL BE BE OUT TO BID HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE DO INTEND TO HOPEFULLY HAVE THE PROJECT AWARDED YET THIS YEAR AND THEN CONSTRUCTION IS LIKELY TO BEGIN THE BEGINNING OF THE 
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YEAR. UM ALSO RECONSTRUCT HARLEM ROAD BETWEEN US 62 AND JAMES RIVER ROAD, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HOW SOUTH HARLEM ROAD THIS IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RIGHT TURN LANE ALONG STATE ROUTE 605 IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL CAMPUS AND GENERALLY CROSS FROM CHATHAM GREEN AREA. UM, INTEND TO DESIGN . THE WANNABE BILHEIMER ROAD ROUNDABOUT. OF COURSE, THIS IS OUT BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HAS A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS WITH REGARD TO PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, OBVIOUSLY PROVIDING FOR A SAFE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC AT THAT INTERSECTION. ALSO CONSIDERING THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FIELDHOUSE AND PICKLEBALL AND ALL THE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT HAVE HELPED TO REALLY ACTIVATE THAT SPACE, WITH ALL CERTAINLY BE A PART OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS. AND AT THE SAME TIME JUST TO CONTINUE OUR OPERATIONAL EXPANSION RELATED TO THE ONGOING GROWTH IN THE BUSINESS CAMPUS, SO I THINK IT'S PRETTY PROFOUND. THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THAT RYAN AND JEN AND THEIR TEAMS ARE DOING. UM YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY 15,000 LINEAR FEET OF WATER LINE COMES TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. SO UM, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO GET THAT ON AN AGENDA AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT IN A VERY ACTIVE, VERY PROACTIVE WAY. 
          UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S ENOUGH FLOW OUT THERE THAT I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE SANITARY SEWER ANYTIME SOON, BUT NONETHELESS, WITH ALL OF THIS GROWTH COMES ADDITIONAL JUST MAINTENANCE AND OVERSIGHT. UM THAT OUR TEAM WILL TAKE ON EXCELLENT. PLEASE SORRY I GET THROUGH GOALS. YEP. ALRIGHT PUBLIC SERVICE CAPITAL. WE ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE ONE OF OUR ONE TON DUMP TRUCKS. UM WE'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE THREE SMALLER TRUCKS. THESE ARE GENERALLY F ONE FIFTIES OR SILVERADO, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE WHEN THAT TYPE OF THING. ONE OF THOSE IS NEW, TWO OF WHICH ARE GOING TO BE OUR PLANNED REPLACEMENTS. UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE OUR SEWER AND SUPER VAC AND JET TRUCK. WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE AS A AS A CITY. UM IT'S A VERY CRITICAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. FOR US. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE USE IT. 
          PRETTY FREQUENTLY, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WHEN IT'S NEEDED, IT'S CRITICAL. SO WE ARE ASKING TO REPLACE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEDULE THAT WE'VE HAD OUT FOR. UM, THANKS SINCE WE PURCHASED THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE A LEAF MACHINE. THIS WOULD BE A REPLACEMENT. WE DO HAVE TO LEAVE MACHINES THAT WE HAVE IN SERVICE. AND, UM FROM ONE OF THEM WAS WAS DOWN TODAY. I BELIEVE IT IS REPAIRED AND GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD HERE SHORTLY, BUT WE'RE KIND OF SOME OF THEM ARE ONE OF THEM IS LIMPING ALONG A LITTLE BIT, AND, UH, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO PUT A MORE PERMANENT REPLACEMENT IN PLACE. I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER MAYBE YOU'RE RETAINING SOMETHING AS A BACKUP. JUST TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SERVICE WHEN IT'S NEEDED TO GO. IT'S ALL THAT GOT REFLECTIVELY. I'M SORRY. THE LEAVES FROM WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH MCCULLOUGH'S LANDSCAPING, SO EVERYTHING IS BROUGHT TO MCCULLOUGH'S, AND THEY SIMILARLY THEY COMPOST AND REUSE IT FOR, UM, MAKING MALT AND OTHER COMPOSTING. GET IT. INTERRUPT YOUR MIKE. ONE OF THE LEAST, UH, VACUUMS THAT WE HAVE AS A SECONDHAND PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE BOUGHT FROM MORNINGTON AND THE GUYS REFURBISHED IT. 
          WE'VE BEEN USING IT FOR WHAT? THREE YEARS NOW. WE PURCHASED IT IN 2015 FOR $10,000, AND IT IS A 1989 UNIT, GOTTEN OUR MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF IT. WE HAVE, LITERALLY. WE LITERALLY DROVE THAT ONE OFF THE AXLE. HAVE SOMEONE WITH THE GUYS SITTING OUTSIDE ON IT. AND HE WAS LIKE, YEAH, THE ELEMENTS. YEP IT IS. AND THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE, TOO. SO UM, SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE JET TRUCK LEAF TRUCK. FUEL ISLAND IS ORIGINAL TO, UM, THE PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDINGS, SO THAT'S 2006 2007. SO ALL OF THE PUMPS THEY DO RECEIVE AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE SERVICE ON THEM. HOWEVER THEY ARE REACHING THE POINT WHERE THE SERVICE IS ONLY GOING TO GET IT. SO FAR. IT'S TIME FOR US TO MEAN TO REPLACE THOSE. SO THAT'S ALSO PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET AS WELL. THEN WE ARE ASKING FOR A UTV IN A TRAILER. WE HAVE A POLARIS WE USE THAT QUITE A BIT. WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT BUT JUST HAS MORE OF A UTILITY UTILITY FUNCTION TO IT SOMETHING THAT HAS A HIGHER CAPACITY. UM YES. 
          AND, UH, AT THE SAME TIME TO WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN PLOWING THE LEISURE TRAILS AND TAYLOR FARM. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED, UH UH, BIKE LANE ON US, 60 TO 161 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE. WE'RE GOING 
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TO BE CLEARING AS WELL, OF COURSE, ARE LARGER PLOWS CAN'T FIT IN THOSE AREAS. WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAT WE COULD USE TO ADDRESS THAT. AND AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK, JUST WITH WITH TAYLOR FARM PARK AND WITH ROSE RUN PARK, AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST CONTINUE TO GROW AND DO MORE AND MORE. I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE PUT TO GOOD USE, PROBABLY ON A DAILY BASIS, SO PARKS TRAILS OPEN DURING HIS NO. YES YEAH, CORRECT THE BOARDWALK. WE WANT. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. THAT'S THE SHORT ANSWER. BUT YEAH, THERE ARE SOME BRUSH OPTIONS DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF SNOW WE GET. I MEAN, WE COULD JUST EVEN USE A BLOWER, BUT CERTAINLY THOSE ICE EVENTS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOME TYPE OF TREATMENT. THAT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BECAUSE BECAUSE OF COURSE THOSE ARE SPANNING THESE VERY HIGH QUALITY WETLAND AREAS. BUT WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT THERE IS SIGNAGE. THERE WILL BE SIGNAGE IN FRONT OF THE BOARD BLOCKS THAT BASICALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE WALKING THEIR BIKES. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO ANTICIPATE THAT THEY COULD BE A LITTLE SLIPPERY IN THE WINTER, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO ADDRESS THAT IN A WAY. THAT'S NOT JUST COMPLETELY DETERIORATING. THE WOOD PRODUCT AND AFFECTING THE WETLAND CURIOSITY, I THINK ALWAYS ABOUT ALLOWING THE WALKING TRAILS. THE ISSUE OF WHAT YOU START TO DO IT THE EXPECTATION IF THEY'RE SLIPPING, FALL AND ICED ADULTS WHAT KIND OF LIABILITY YEAH, IF WE CAN BEGIN THE PROCESS I AM NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE LEGAL ASPECT, JUST LIKE IT WAS A RISK FACTOR. YEAH. IF YOU'RE NOT ARGUMENTS, NATURAL. AND TAKE THEIR OWN CHANCES ON IT FLOWERS AND THERE'S ICE SPOTS THAT PEOPLE FALL THEM. ARE WE LIABLE? OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. 
          JUST. BECAUSE HIS WORK DONE SURE. YEAH WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS RAPING. WE WERE DOING REAL FRONT TOO, AND I THINK WE MADE A DECISION. SOME OF THE TRAIL AREAS THAT ARE RIGHT AROUND STEPS THERE. WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND SPIT HER BECAUSE THEY'RE RACIST PART OF THE CITY AND THAT OTHERWISE WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO NOT DO THAT EVERYWHERE. IT WAS REALLY GOOD. THE COMMISSION TO GET ON THE SPORTS SCHOOL, RIGHT. JUST RIGHT. THERAPIST YEAH. SO WHY DID DEPARTURE FROM THE WALKING STANDING SETTINGS THING IS NOT DOING TRADE WAS IN THE WEAPON. WHY WOULD CHANGE THAT BLESSING? YEAH I THINK WE FELT IT WAS MORE OF A CONTINUATION OF THE STANDARD THAT WAS SET FOR ROSE RUN, AS OPPOSED TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. I THINK WE JUST ASSUME THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS A REGIONAL DESTINATION PARK. THAT YOU WOULD WANT THE TRAILS TO BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE LEARN DOING BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. RIGHT? AND THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PART. BUT I MEAN I AM COMPLETELY ON BOARD BECAUSE IT DOES GET FOLKS I'D RATHER BE RUNNING AND TELEPHONE UM, CLEARED TRAILS ON THE ROADWAYS BECAUSE OF MAJOR TRAILS ON THE FILE. YOU KNOW THE MORNING THEY'RE RUNNING. ON A SNOWBANK SORT OF IN THE LINK TRAFFIC. IN THE DARK, SO IT'S A SAFE PLACE TO GO TO STAY OFF, RIGHT? IN THE WINTERTIME, BECAUSE BELIEVE POSITIVE. 
          UNPASSABLE I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE GOING TO GO OUT THERE. RECRUITING ANOTHER, NOT HONORABLE. I HAD A LOT ABOUT WASTED MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS RIGHT IN THE DARK MIDDLE STREET ANYWAY, ALREADY BEEN DOING SOME TIME WHEN THEY'RE CLEAR, AND I DON'T MEAN TO SAY THAT AGAINST WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT'S AHEAD TO MAKE THAT POINT BECAUSE I FIND IT VERY FRUSTRATED. BUT I DO WORRY. I DO WORK CASEY ABOUT THE LIABILITY OF THE MONEY ON IT . I WOULD THINK THAT WE JUST CLEARED AND IT'S SLICK. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU DRESS THAT WAS SIGNED. THEN LIKE SOMETHING I MEAN. NOT YOUR OWN RISK SHARING. BORDEN'S IS A METRO PARK. CLEAR IT TRADE DO AND. I MEAN, PLACEMENT PRACTICAL CROSS BREAKFAST, SO THEY DON'T TREAT IT. BUT FOLKS THAT HAD LONG AFTER ALL TRADES. METRO PARK, SO I DON'T KNOW ROCKY FORK. THERE'S OF COURSE, YEAH. SPEAKING OF CRUSH ROCK. HOW WE DO THE PARKING LOT FOR TAYLOR IS THAT THE EASY WAY TO STILL REMOVED THE SNOW FROM THAT PARKING LOT BEING PREDICTABLE AND EVERYTHING. YEAH, UM WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT THAT THAT'S FOR SURE. THE BLADE THEY HAVE SKID PLATES ON THE BOTTOMS 
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OF THE BLADES THAT ALLOW YOU TO ELEVATE THE BLADE TO BE ABOVE THE SURFACE. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LOWER THE LOWER THE PLOW. HAVE IT, SIT ON THE SKID PLATES AND BE ABLE TO JUST KIND OF PUSH ALONG THE GRAVEL WITHOUT ACTUALLY DIGGING OUT THE GRAVEL PARKING LOT, SO I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. BUT I THINK YOU KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DOWN. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY CAN'T GET DOWN TO THE PAYMENT LIKE WE WOULD IN ANY OTHER PARKING LOT, SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE KIND OF REMOVE AS MUCH MATERIAL AS WE CAN, AND THEN PROBABLY JUST BE PUTTING MY BUYING SALT AT THE SAME TIME. I THINK THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THAT MATERIAL. I THINK WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE IN A POSITION TO HAVE A SLIPPERY SURFACE THERE. SO, UM I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AS CRITICAL AS AS A PAID SERVICE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO CONSIDER SOME SOME LEVEL OF CLEARING. I'M OKAY , WHICHEVER ONE WE GO. BUT IF YOU DO TAYLOR FARMS AND THEN GOING TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE DON'T EXPECT TO START CLIMBING ALL THE OTHER TRADES, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH SO IT'S KIND OF START. SOMETHING MAY NOT WANT TO START. SURE. INTO THE SCRUB. BILLS AND GET SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. I THINK JOE'S I MEAN, THERE'S A DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN THE PATERSON TAYLOR FARMS DEFINED SPACE. IT'S YOU KNOW THOSE THINGS. I AGREE TO SAY IT, YOU KNOW? I'M NOT SAYING ROCKING TO GET QUESTIONS ABOUT. OH, YEAH, THE ANSWER. PARTS. A DIFFERENT QUESTION FOR YOU GET PARKS AND THEIR SEWER BACK TRUCK. ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LADIES SO BAD AND GET ANYTHING BACK TO HELP PROCESS THE COST? POSSIBLY SO OUR CURRENT ESTIMATE IS BETWEEN 202 150,000, AND IT WOULD BE THE VALUE OF OUR EXISTING EQUIPMENT. SO THE. JUST AS A REFERENCE. UM, LET'S SEE. HMM. BECAUSE I SAW THE PRICE OF THE NEW ONE THAT STUFF IN PLACE. 
          THAT'S CRAZY. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UNDERCOVER VEHICLE. MARKETS MARKETS IF SOMEBODY STEALS IT SO YOU CAN SPEAK. 206 22 06. GOODBYE I THINK IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR. HE WAS SCARED OF. 
          THIS PLACE TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE WHEN WE BOUGHT IT AND COUNSEL AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS. IT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE VEHICLE WE EVER PURCHASED FOR THE CITY. WE PAID $250,000 FOR ROUGHLY AND RESIDUAL VALUE TODAY IS 250. THAT'S THAT'S AWESOME, ACTUALLY. 
          OKAY, SO YOU GOTTA GOTTA DEDUCTION ON IT. I LIKE IT. LATER ALRIGHT. THAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FROM WE HAVE ABOUT 300 SOME $317,000 SET ASIDE AS PART OF THE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE APPRECIATION OF EQUIPMENT. UM, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'VE GONE UP MUCH MORE THAN THAT, MIKE. WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S UH IN IN TOTAL WERE BUDGETING 825. THREE SECONDS. BUDGET FOR 24. AND AS CHIEF DESCRIBED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SIMILAR SITUATION COUNCIL AUTHORIZED US TO PURCHASE THREE NEW SNOW TRUCKS LAST YEAR. UM, I'M SORRY IN 23, AND WE ARE HOPEFUL TO GET THOSE NEXT YEAR, SOME POINT IN TIME, SO WE ARE AT THIS KIND OF MIDDLE GROUND HERE WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO MAINTAIN THE ONES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT. UH KIND OF KEEP THEM RUNNING LONGER, AND I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OF THAT. BUT THE LEAD TIME ON THIS IS IN THAT 18 MONTH RANGE AS WELL. GREAT JOB KEEPING THINGS ON THE ROAD FOR SURE. YEAH, I AGREE. ALRIGHT IF NOTHING MORE. I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO NEXT SLIDE. SO, YES. OKAY SO MOVING ONTO LAND AND BUILDINGS. SO ONE THING TO NOTE AND, UM BETHANY CAN CORRECT ME IF AND WHEN I'M WRONG, BUT WE WENT THROUGH A LOT HIGHER EFFORT THIS YEAR OF REALLY DELINEATING BETWEEN WHAT IS THE PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT IS THE LAND AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE? DEPARTMENT SO WE HAVE TWO GROUPS WITHIN WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE OUR FACILITIES TEAM AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE TEAM. SO JUST FOR CLARITY, OUR OUR FACILITIES TEAM AND OUR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE TEAM IS WHAT REALLY COMPRISES OUR LAND AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE 
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DEPARTMENT. OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THAT IS UNDER THE VEIL OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT. 
          YOU'LL SEE IF YOU GO THROUGH THE BUDGET. THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF CHANGE, VARIATION AND NUMBERS. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY OVERALL THAT, UM, THAT IS LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE REALLOCATING. FOR THE MOST PART EXISTING MONEY DIFFERENTLY. UM SO WHERE THERE'S YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS OR SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS, MOST LIKELY THAT'S RELATED TO WHAT IS REALLY JUST KIND OF A REORGANIZATION OF THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE BEHIND THOSE TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON A PARTICULAR BUDGET ITEM BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE PRETTY WELL BAKED ON THOSE AND FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. UM SO MOVING ON TO OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. UM YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WE DID ACHIEVE A PARKING LOT MAINTENANCE PROJECT FOR THE HEIGHT CENTER. UM YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS SIMPLE, NOT SIMPLE. THERE'S EVENTS ALL THE TIME. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT PARK AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH BUSINESSES AND OTHER OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS DONE GIVE CREDIT TO OUR SUPERVISOR, DOUG WHITMAN, WHO DID A GREAT JOB COORDINATING ALL THAT WORK. UH THE FRONT GATE IT HAS. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED AS OF LAST THURSDAY AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT. WE USED TO HAVE THOSE BIG GATES THAT KIND OF BLEW OPEN ALL THE TIME OUT THERE IN THE GREAT PLAINS. THEY DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THE WIND ALL THAT MUCH AND THEY JUST GOT BEAT UP OVER 15 YEARS, SO WE'VE REPLACED IT WITH A MORE APPROPRIATE IT IS A SINGLE GATE THAT JUST GOES UP AND DOWN. WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE SOME OPERATIONS OUT THERE TO WHERE THAT GATE IS GOING TO BE DOWN ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE A LOT OF RANDOM PEOPLE THAT JUST FIND THEMSELVES IN THE BACK OF OUR KIND OF OUR SERVICE YARD. WE NEED TO JUST DO A BETTER JOB OF CONTROLLING ACCESS, SO THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE ACHIEVED BY WAY OF THIS NEW GATE. UM WE ARE BEGINNING THE PARKING LOT ADDITION TO OUR PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITY. AS YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE IS ANY KIND OF MEETING OUT THERE. PARKING IS VERY SCARCE. 
          OVERALL WE HAVE A PLAN THAT IS GOING TO EXPAND PARKING IN THE VERY FRONT AREA OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING AS WELL AS ON THE SIDE PARKING AREA THAT'S IN FRONT OF OUR SEASONAL BUILDING. 
          WE LOOKED AT ABOUT 25 PARKING SPACES THROUGH THIS WORK. WE HAD THE CONTRACTOR LINED UP. THEY'RE GOING TO BE BEGINNING HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SO WE DO EXPECT THAT TO BE DONE YET THIS YEAR. UM AWESOME, SAME GROUP. THEN IT'S GONNA LINE THE ROAD COMING INTO. IT IS CORRECT. UM. 
          SO WITH THAT WE ALSO PROVIDED SUPPORT WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW PICKLEBALL FACILITY. WE WILL BE COMMENCING THE KITCHEN REMODEL HERE AT VILLAGE HALL AGAIN, JUST LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE JUST PRETTY WELL DATED, LOOKING TO HAVE KIND OF A MORE UPDATED INAPPROPRIATELY. UM. 
          EQUIPPED KITCHEN FOR ALL OF THE TEAM THAT WORKS HERE. I THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WORKED IN THIS BUILDING WHEN I STARTED HERE 10 YEARS AGO, COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE TODAY, IT'LL BE NICE TO JUST HIT THE REFRESH ON THAT FOR OUR TEAM AND GIVE THEM A BETTER PLACE TO EAT THEIR LUNCH AND KEEP THEIR FOOD AND HEAT UP THEIR FOOD AND ALL THAT, SO UM ALSO PROVIDED CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT OF THREE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND FOR TAYLOR FARM PARK. 
          I ALSO WANT TO JUST GIVE SOME SOME CREDIT HERE. THIS JUST IN OUR CITY FORESTER. MARY LOU, SHE OBTAINED HER. I SAY SHE IS NOW A I S A BOARD CERTIFIED MASTER ARBORIST SO OF OUR FORESTRY TEAM . ALL THREE OF THEM ARE CERTIFIED ARBORIST. SHE HAS TAKEN AN EXAM TO FURTHER THAT, AND SHE'S NOW A MASTER ARBORIST. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT NOW WITH THE ADDITION OF HER, THERE ARE NOW 17 MASTER ARBORISTS WITHIN 100 MILE RADIUS OF CENTRAL OHIO. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A VERY ESTEEMED ACCREDITATION, AND IT'S ONE THAT CERTAINLY IS FANTASTIC FOR NEW ALBANY. HAVE UM, ON ON OUR ON OUR BOOKS HERE, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER. UM OKAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. MHM AND THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE GOLD, SO WE WILL BE SUPPORTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF WINDSOR POCKET PARK, WORKING, HELPING WITH PLANNING BUT ALSO HELPING TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION AND ANY ANY SUPPORT WE CAN PROVIDE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, TAYLOR FARM PHASE TWO, WHICH CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED, BUT THAT WILL BE SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY THAT ONCE WE GET TO A POINT WHERE THAT'S GETTING CLOSE TO BEING TURNED OVER, THERE IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE MORE OF A SUPPORT NEED FROM OUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS BEING CARED FOR APPROPRIATELY. ALSO WE INTEND TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION OF A STORAGE BUILDING AND OUR PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITY. THIS IS A KIND OF A CARRYOVER FROM FROM A BUDGET ITEM FROM LAST YEAR. UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO ADD STAFF. WE CONTINUE TO ADD FLEET AND WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE WE 
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HAVE. THERE IS A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THAT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF LOT OF EQUIVALENT THAT IS JUST KIND OF LINING THE PERIMETER OF OUR PUBLIC SERVICE YARD. AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT HAVING THINGS OUTSIDE YEAR ROUND ISN'T ISN'T AN IDEAL SITUATION FOR OUR FACILITY FOR EQUIPMENT. SO UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME TO AESTHETICALLY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR FACILITY FROM PEOPLE HAMMER PARK. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT THE CLEANEST LOOK. SO WE'RE LOOKING BOTH TO DEAL WITH AN AESTHETIC ISSUE AND AT THE SAME TIME, A FUNCTIONAL ISSUE OF JUST HAVING AN APPROPRIATE PLACE AH TO STORE AND MAINTAIN ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT. WE HAVE EVALUATED. I THINK WHAT WE'VE BOILED DOWN TO IS THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE. SO UM, IS THAT GRASS AREAS CITY? IT IS, UM YEAH, WE HAVE. WE HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS. SO THE KIND OF GETTING INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THAT THE ELEVATION FALLS. THE ELEVATION FALL SIGNIFICANTLY FROM HERE. THIS IS THE HIGH POINT. AND EVERYTHING KIND OF FALLS DOWN. DOWN THIS WAY AND INTO THE PARK IS RIGHT HERE. SO YOU KNOW YOU WOULD LOOK OUT THERE AND THINK, BOY. THAT'S A PERFECT PLACE TO PUT THIS BUILDING RIGHT. THE PROBLEM BECOMES, THERE'S 7 TO 8 FT OF VERTICAL FALL FROM THAT HIGH POINT TO THE LOW POINT, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU HAVE TO KIND OF STAGGER THE BUILDING. IT REALLY REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A COMPLICATED BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. I WAS REALLY HOPING FOR MORE OF LIKE A POST AND BEAM TYPE CONSTRUCTION ALMOST LIKE A PAVILION THAT HAS SIDES AROUND IT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, TOO FANCY. UM UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, WITH THE VERTICAL ELEVATION CHANGE, IT'S REALLY NOT. IT'S VERY COST PROHIBITIVE TO GO ALONG THAT BACK. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AN OPTION OF SOMETHING ALONG KIND OF THIS THIS EASTERN PROPERTY LINE. WE DO HAVE SOME SOME ISSUES WITH AS FAR AS OWNING AND SETBACKS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS. I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT ANY OF THIS WITH WITH JOE YET, BUT, UM MORE TO COME, BUT THAT EASTERN PROPERTY LINE IS VERY FLAT SO THAT THAT REALLY SETS US UP FOR A MORE IDEAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. WE DON'T HAVE TO REGRADE THE WORLD OUT THERE TO MAKE IT FUNCTIONAL. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT MORE DEVELOPMENT ON THAT. UH THAT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. IN THE MEANTIME. UMEE. ALSO MANAGED THE OFFICE RECONFIGURATION PROJECT PLAN FOR THE 1ST 1ST FLOOR OF VILLAGE HALL. THAT'S BASICALLY THE AREA THAT USED TO BE KIND OF THE MAYOR'S COURT FUNCTION THROUGH THE DOOR THERE AND THEN KIND OF THE OPPOSITE BACK HERE. THAT'S NEEDED JUST TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL STAFFING. UM THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. AND THEN ALSO LEADING DIRECT DESIGN EFFORT TO EVALUATE BUILDING EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT. UM IT'S ONE THAT WE'RE I INTEND TO LOOK AT. YOU KNOW WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY IS FOR CONSTRUCTION ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EVALUATE THE FOOTPRINT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR. JUST LOOK FOR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY AND KIND OF REORGANIZATION. I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THERE'S SOME EFFICIENCY THAT CAN BE ADDED IN THE LAYOUT THAT THAT'S THERE TODAY. UM SO AGAIN, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO LOOK TO A LONG TERM SOLUTION. HOPEFULLY TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET 10 TO 15 YEARS OUT OF AND SET OF SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BUY US FIVE YEARS. IN THE MEANTIME. NOT SURE OF ALL THAT IS ACHIEVABLE OR NOT, BUT THAT THAT DESIGN EFFORT IS ONE THAT WE WILL BE COMPLETING HERE IN 2024. THAT'S ALL. I HAD SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. OKAY? QUESTION RIGHT ? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, FINANCES THE LAST ONE FOR THE DAY. THEY MUST HAVE PASSED LUTELY. OKAY? I ONLY HAVE, LIKE TWO PAGES, MAYBE THREE. SO FINANCE. WE'VE BEEN, UH I. IN A PRETTY GOOD JOB. UH REORGANIZING , TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE VOLUME OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT ARE COMING FROM ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS I DID NOT EVEN PUT IT ON TO THIS IS THAT WE DID FILL OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION WHO MORGAN IS SITTING RIGHT THERE AND SHE IS, UH DOING PRETTY WELL, LIKE GETTING UP TO SPEED ON. UM WHAT 
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OUR DEPARTMENT IS MADE OF, AND THE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE, AND SHE'S BEEN A HUGE HELP OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND SHE'S BEEN HERE. SOME OF THE AWARDS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED FOR THE NORMAL ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS THAT A CFR WERE PENDING REVIEW ON THAT THAT WAS SUBMITTED, UM, THE L S AWARD. WE'VE SUBMITTED FOR THAT. WE'RE NOT. WE DIDN'T SUBMIT FOR THAT. BUT WE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT WE'VE THEY'VE ACCEPTED OUR REPORT. BUT ONCE THE A CFR IS ACCEPTED THAT, UH, COULD ALSO COME THAT WAY. THE 2023 BUDGET WAS ALSO SUBMITTED, AND THAT'S SPENDING THE CASH FEST AWARD IS A NEWER ONE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THAT IS MAINLY FOR CASH MANAGEMENT. UM AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY STATING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR, UM DIFFERENT INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS IN CASH ACCOUNTS TO MAXIMIZE THE , UM LIQUIDITY AND ALSO THE INTEREST AND INVESTMENT INCOME THAT WE HAVE COMING. WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD TEAM WITH OUR INVESTMENT MANAGERS WITH RED TREE AND THEN ALSO CASH BUST IS AH, SOMEBODY THAT WE MEET WITH QUARTERLY TO ENSURE THAT OUR LIQUIDITY IS IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE. UH ANOTHER BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT AS WE DID RELOCATE OUR OFFICES IN APRIL. 
          THAT'S BEEN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TRANSITION, BUT IT'S BEEN A VERY POSITIVE ONE. WE HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM ADMINISTRATION AND MANDY AND THE FACILITIES AND I T AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PRETTY THANKFUL FOR. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SPACE TO WORK AND LOTS OF WINDOWS. UM AND IT'S PRETTY PEACEFUL OVER THERE. IT'S OUR OWN LITTLE KIND OF AWAY, SIS. I GUESS. UM BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OVER AND VISIT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE BUT OUR BUDGET QUESTIONS IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME. COME OVER THERE. UM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO BETTER WITH WITHIN OUR SOFTWARE IS TRACKING PROJECTS THAT ARE CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT THEN ALSO DIFFERENT. UM THERE'S BEEN MAINTENANCE PRACTICE PROJECTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS WITHIN OUR SOFTWARE. WE'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE THAT BETTER TO BE ABLE TO REPORT BETTER ON THE STATUS OF THOSE AND EVENTUALLY WILL BE WORKING WITH G. I S TO FINISH THE PROJECT THAT WE STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO REPORT ON CAPITAL PROJECTS OF THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN SPENT VERSUS WHAT'S BEEN BUDGETED. WE DID ADD 20 NEW PROJECTS. THERE'S SOME STATS IN THE BUDGET BOOK THAT I PUT IN, UM THAT I'M STILL FINISHING WORKING THROUGH ON THE 2023 NUMBERS. BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE ADDED, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT GO AWAY. BUT THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE TO GENERALLY MAINTAINED. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COMPOUNDING OVER THE COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE GENERALLY PROJECTS LAST A COUPLE OF YEARS. WE PROCESSED. 6300 AND VOICES SO FAR, UH, 2198 CHECKS AND WE'VE HAD GREATER THAN 150. A CH SHH IS OR WIRES? I WILL SAY CURRENTLY THAT A CH WIRE PROCESS IS PRETTY MANUAL, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A BETTER, UH SYSTEM WITHIN OUR, UM, CURRENT SOFTWARE TO MAKE IT LESS MANUAL, BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY PRETTY IMPORTANT. IT'S UM MORE SECURE THAN A CHECK. BUT IT ALSO HAS ITS CHALLENGES, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR INTERNAL CONTROL AND DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT BEING SUBJECT TO FISHING OR THE DIFFERENT SCHEMES THAT YOU SEE GOING ON. WE WERE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATED ANALYSIS AND RECONCILIATION. UM WE HAD BEEN UPDATING THE N D. A CHARGE PROJECTIONS FOR POTENTIAL THAT THAT WE ARE TAKING ON AH, WE ARE ABLE TO COME UP WITH OR BE ABLE TO ANALYZE THE REVENUE SHARING THAT WE'VE HAD AND LOOKING COUNTY THROUGH THE SCHOOLS AND COMPARISON TO THE TIFF REVENUE AND THEN ALSO IN COMPARISON TO THE ABATEMENT THAT WE HAD OR THAT THEY EXPERIENCE AND 2009. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON TO FRANKLIN COUNTY, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT DATA SOURCE, SO WE'LL HAVE TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME INTO THAT ANALYSIS. UM WE ALSO WENT THROUGH AND DID THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, RECONCILIATION AND LICKING COUNTY WITH JERSEY TOWNSHIP. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THERE'S NOT AS MUCH CONSISTENCY AT THE MOMENT WITH THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS AND JUST DIFFERENT TIMING, AS FAR AS I WOULDN'T SHARE IT AND WHAT IS NOT, AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE AND SO THERE'S I DON'T KNOW. 2025 DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS 
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THERE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE DIFFERENT TERMS. AND SO IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET THROUGH THOSE WITH THE HELP OF G. I S A MAP. I DON'T KNOW WHERE RYAN IS A PIECE HERE. THERE HE IS. UM HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING DREW GO THROUGH AND RECONCILE EACH PARCEL. THERE ARE SOME PARCELS THAT HAVE BEEN COMBINED THAT ARE SUBJECT OF FIVE DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS, AND SO WE HAD TO GO BACK THROUGH AND RECONCILE THOSE TO SEE WHICH PORTION OF REVENUE THAT WE HAD TO SHARE FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS ON THOSE UM, AND THEN I THINK THAT YOU KNOW THE ONE OF THE OTHER BIG ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAD, AS THE TURK WERE ABLE TO WORK WELL WITH DEVELOPMENT THIS YEAR AND KEEP BUILDING ON THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL TURK SEASON BETWEEN THE TWO OF US SO. THIS WAS JUST A SLIDE TO DEMONSTRATE. UM JUST THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THE PAYMENTS THAT GO THROUGH OUR OFFICE OVER THE YEARS, SO OBVIOUSLY WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT VOLUME AND DOLLAR AMOUNTS WITH THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON. BUT NOT ONLY IS THE MONEY SIGNIFICANT, THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS CONTRACTS, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, UH DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAYMENTS THAT COME THROUGH THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS. UM, IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO PREVIOUS PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, DEVELOPMENT DESIGN ALL OF THAT. 
          AND SO THIS WAS JUST A DEMONSTRATION. UM, THERE ARE OPEN GOV. SOFTWARE. OF THE BUSINESS, PART CAPITAL PROJECTS VERSUS GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY GROWN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 2023 EVEN IN THE. THE GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS IS A OR THE BUSINESS PARK CAPITAL. WHAT THE ORANGE IS THE GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS SO YOU CAN SEE HOW SIGNIFICANT THAT'S BEEN EVEN JUST THIS YEAR WITH TAYLOR FARM AND THOSE PARTICULAR EXPENSES. 
          SO 2020 FOR, UM, I FEEL LIKE I'VE HAD A LOT OF THE SAME GOALS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE I UH, END UP NEEDING TO, UH, KEEP UP WITH THE VOLUME THAT'S GOING ON AND WE PUT STUFF ASIDE FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE CONTINUALLY MAKING BABY STEPS TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS IN ORDER TO GET YOU MORE INFORMATION AND A BETTER WAY. UM SO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAXIMIZE THE AVAILABLE DATA SOFTWARE TOOLS. C I P REPORTING, WHICH IS CAPITAL. IN PROGRESS REPORTING AND TRACKING. DASHBOARDS WITH G. I S STREAMLINE THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          UM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE A SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE. THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO WORK. FIRST PLANNING, WE HAVE THAT UNDERWAY WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY GET DOWN TO THE DOLLAR AS FAR AS WHAT OUR PROJECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE BASED ON. THE DIFFERENT COST ELEMENTS THAT ARE RELATED TO A POSITION AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROJECT THAT OVER FIVE YEARS OR 20 YEARS OR HOWEVER LONG WE WANT TO PUT IN THAT. UM THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS SOMETHING THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS WHERE WE CAN PUT EACH OF THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE LISTING IN THE BACK AND HAVE SIGNIFICANT DATA AROUND THAT, INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS AND, UM DIFFERENT INFORMATION THAT WE CAN ALL REFER TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THOSE WITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALSO GI S, UM RYAN HAS A PRETTY CLIP DASHBOARD AS WELL WITH THOSE UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTINUE TO ENHANCE BUSINESS RELATIONS. AH YOU KNOW THE TRACKING OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS REPORTING AND MONITORING ENHANCED SCHOOL RELATIONS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR NEW MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS STARTING THE MONDAY AFTER THINGS GIVING, AND I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT HIM TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE CITY. HE HAS SOME PREDICTIONS OF BACKGROUND WITH DOING DIFFERENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WANTING HIM TO DO SO. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT MORE TO COME. HOPEFULLY, YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE. INFORMATION COMING OUT OF THAT ASPECT OF FINANCE GRANTS MANAGEMENT THERE REPORTING. AND THAT GOES ALONG WITH SOME OF THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE FEDERAL GRANTS AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT SERVICE HAS. BUT THERE ARE 60 TO 161 AND DIFFERENT THINGS. THERE'S QUARTERLY REPORTING AND MONITORING. BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO JUST TRACKING THOSE EXPENSES AND BEING ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS FEDERAL. 
          WHAT'S NOT UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT OUR AUDIT THIS YEAR WHICH YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN MY BUDGET. UM RELATED TO THAT THE AUDIT HAS INCREASED THE CONTRACT. WE JUST SIGNED A NEW MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT THROUGH THE STATE AND ITS INCREASED ABOUT $7000 A YEAR 
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JUST DUE TO THE FEDERAL HAVING TO DO A SUBSTANTIAL FEDERAL, UH, AUDIT BASED ON THE FEDERAL MONEY THAT WE'RE GETTING AND THEN THE LAST PIECE, UM YOU KNOW, 2024 WE YOU KNOW I HAVE UH HUH. AN AMOUNT OF MONEY IS THAT MY BUDGET TO HELP WITH TEMP SERVICES RELATED TO DIFFERENT, UM, ASPECTS OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE HAVING, YOU KNOW SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN OUR OPERATIONS AND IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, BE ABLE TO REGULATE ANY OUR STAFF WORKLOAD CAPACITIES, PROVIDE BACKUP PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND THE CAPACITY TO IMPLEMENT IMPROVEMENTS, THE PROCESS POLICY AND OVERALL EFFICIENTLY EFFICIENCY. I STUDIED EARLIER THAT I FEEL LIKE MY GOALS ARE THE SAME, YOU KNOW FOR 2024 EVERY YEAR. IT'S BECAUSE YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR I FEEL LIKE WE GET THAT PERSON IN PLACE AND WE START GETTING YOU KNOW MOMENTUM AND THEN YOU KNOW EITHER BIG PROJECTS HAPPENED OR OR OTHER THINGS HAPPEN AROUND THAT. WE CAN'T REALLY CONTROL AND WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE THE BEST THAT WE CAN OF THE INFORMATION WE HAVE. UM BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO KEEP UP. UM SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE YOU KNOW ARE PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENT ARE VERY SILOED. AND SO WE ONLY HAVE REALLY ONE PERSON THAT DOES SPECIFIC THINGS WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME CROSS TRAINING AND WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, REVIEW WE HAVE MANAGEMENT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF ONE PERSON IS GONE, IT'S DEFINITELY A PRETTY BIG. UM SPACE TO FILL AND THEN YOUR OTHER DUTIES GET KIND OF PUSHED ASIDE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW IS AN INVESTMENT IN A TEMP. UM, THE TYPE OF TENT THAT WE NEED IS SOMEBODY THAT HAS ACCOUNTING BACKGROUND SO THAT PARTICULAR TEMP IS PRETTY EXPENSIVE IN THE WORLD OF ACCOUNTANT IN THE WORLD TEMP AGENCIES, AND THAT'S ANYWHERE FROM 122 $130 AN HOUR AND THAT IS $270,000 A YEAR. SO ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS POTENTIALLY JUST BEING ABLE TO INVEST THAT INTO SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW, HIRE FULL TIME AND NOT HAVE TO KEEP RETRAINING PEOPLE BY HAVING THE TEMP COME IN. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE BUDGET AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AS A TEMP, BUT I'M REQUESTING AND WORKING WITH JOE TO SEE IF WE CAN ALSO BY THE SECOND RATING TURNED THAT INTO A PROFESSOR PER PERSONAL SERVICE, 20 $130,000. YOU COULD BASICALLY EMPLOY A CITY EMPLOYEE WITH WAGES AND BENEFITS FOR A FULL YEAR. UM I THINK GOING FORWARD, WE PROBABLY WILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE WORKLOAD FOR A SECOND FULL TIME PERSON HAS BETHANY SAID THAT WE HAVE WE REALLY HAVE A PRIMARY PERSON PERFORMING THAT EACH OF THE KEY FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. SO IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS, UH AN ILLNESS OR IS OUT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. IT REALLY PUTS A STRAIN ON THE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THINGS START TO FALL BEHIND. IN AN IDEAL WORLD. WHAT WE WOULD DO IS IN ADDITION TO CROSS TRADING HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BUILT IN REDUNDANCY WHERE WE COULD HAVE SOME NOT ONLY BREAK UP THE WORKLOAD A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT ALSO SHARE THE WORKLOAD A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WELL. UH ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ARE I THINK WHERE WE'RE EXPERIENCING THE MOST STRANGE RIGHT NOW, SO IF WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO WAS ABLE TO OPERATE IN BOTH OF THOSE SPEARS AH, OBVIOUSLY NOT AT THE SAME TIME FOR INTERNAL CONTROL PURPOSES. BUT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RELIEF AS AS NECESSARY I THINK THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. HONESTLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROJECTS WE HAVEN'T HAD THE COMPLEXITY OF MANAGER, THOSE THOSE PLUS THE ONGOING INTERNAL EXTERNAL REPORTING AND SEE THAT SLOWING DOWN. A PART TIME PERSON NOW BECOMES FULL TIME PERSON DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE. IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR YOUR REASONS AS WELL AS THE FABRIC. YEAH I MEAN, I THINK THE ONE THING THAT YOU KNOW, I WANT AS FAR AS THE TEMPEST CONCERNED, YES, THE FUNDING THE FUNDS IN THERE RIGHT NOW IS ONLY TO BE ABLE TO COVER SIX MONTHS. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I MEAN. WE'VE EXPERIENCED YEAR AFTER YEAR WHERE WE WOULD NEED IT THE FULL YEAR. UM THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION TO WE DO ONLY HAVE SEVEN OFFICES AND ARE BUILDING CURRENTLY. HOWEVER WE HAVE SPOKE TO THEIR LANDLORD ER TO BE ABLE TO LEAST ALSO THE BREAK ROOM, WHICH WAS COMMUNITY SPACE. UH AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HAVE TO INVEST IN ANOTHER OFFICE. I CURRENTLY DO HAVE 
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ANOTHER TEMP JUST TO BE ABLE TO DO SMALL PROJECTS AND DATA ANALYSIS, AND THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL. I WOULDN'T NEED THAT PERSON WITH THIS FULL TIME POSITION IF WE WERE TO BE ABLE TO PULL THAT IN, BUT CURRENTLY SHE'S SITTING IN THE HALLWAY AND THE OFFICE, WHICH WITHIN THE WINDOW OUTSIDE THE PAYROLL DOOR. SO THAT IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, AND MOVING INTO THAT SPACE. YOU KNOW, WE REALLY UM, YEAH, JUST YOU JUST DON'T KNOW AS FAR AS WITH YOU. YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO NEED THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WITH JUST THE TRANSITION THAT WE'VE HAD, BUT JUST EVEN THIS FALL HAS PROVEN, UM, PRETTY CHALLENGING TO OUR DEPARTMENT WITH DIFFERENT SIGNIFICANT ABSENCES AND POSITIONS AND THINGS AND SO I JUST THINK IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE DEPARTMENT AND THE PEOPLE AND, UM JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH GOOD INFORMATION AND KEEP UP TO SPEED ON THE STANDARDS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE OUGHT TO INVEST IN SOMEBODY. IN THE BUDGET OR JUST SAYING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO IT SOUNDS SO I SAID YES. SO THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET CURRENTLY IS UNDER CONTRACT SERVICES, WHICH IS 130,000. WE JUST ONLY PUT IN WHAT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR SIX MONTHS BECAUSE WE STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS LATER ON WHEN THE MONEY WAS ALREADY THERE, UM, THAT WE COULD TURN THAT INTO A FULL TIME PERSON JUST WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO. AND SO THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH TO UM, PROVIDE FOR IF I MOVED THAT WITHIN THE SECOND READING. IF I MOVE THAT TO PERSONAL SERVICES, I COULD PROVIDE. HMM ALWAYS TRYING TO BE CAREFUL. I PREACHED THIS TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT I DON'T WANT TO JUST CONTINUALLY ADD STAFF, UH, THAT THEY BE NECESSARY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. UM, YES, SO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND DIFFERENT NEEDS. 
          YOU KNOW, JEN TALKED ABOUT CONTRACTING OUT. THE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, CONTRACTING OUT FOR OUR THAT IT'S. THAT'S A BETTER SOLUTION. LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM. UH IN THIS CASE, I REALLY WANTED TO SEE THE DATA BEFORE WE MADE ANY KIND OF LONG TERM DECISION. THE LAST THING I WANTED TO BRING AN EMPLOYEE IN AND THEN THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, NOT HAVE ENOUGH WORK FOR THAT PERSON AND HAVE TO LAY THEM OFF. BUT IN THIS CASE, I THINK, UM, LEASED THE PRELIMINARY DATA SHOW THAT THIS THIS POSITION COULD BE SUSTAINED LONG TERM. UM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO SUSTAIN THEM LONG TERM BASED ON THE REVENUE STREAM THAT'S COMING IN THE DOOR AND WHAT WE PROJECT DOWN THE ROAD. UM AND I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE. TERMS OF REVENUE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. SENATOR THANK YOU VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE GROWING. YEAH, THAT'S THE STAFF. HAVE TO HELP. THE SUPPORT TO MAKE THOSE JOBS WORK AND NOT, YOU KNOW THEIR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, FRANKLY, AND THEIR ABILITY TO FUNCTION OF HIGH RATE OF. DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US LIKE THEY HAPPENED. TO SUPPORT THAT. UM, YOU BELIEVE. 
          ABSOLUTE YEARS LIKE THIS IS HOW THE GREAT SOLUTION OUT THE SUPPORT. SO IT'S JUST THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD TO DO IT. FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT. YES SO WELL BECAUSE OF THE CARRYOVER I'M SAYING, MM. WE HAVE THE M O. A CONTEMPLATES THREE YEARS OF FEDERAL AUDIT. AND THEN THE FOURTH YEAR IS NOT BUT WE MAY HAVE HAD TO DO ONE YEARS AGO BEFORE BETHANY GOT HERE. BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE OF, UM PROBABLY THE ERA AMERICAN LIKE THE R R A. I FORGET WHAT IT WAS. 
          AND THEN DO WE DO OUR ACT FOR IN HOUSE? WE DO NOT CONTRACT THAT OUT. WHAT ABOUT THE GAP OF WORK? THAT WE CAN'T WE PROVIDE THE DATA, UM INTERNALLY, BUT SO, FOR INSTANCE, I SPENT TWO WEEKS ON CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS TO GIVE TO MY ACCOUNTANT. UM SO IF WE DO MOST OF THE DATA GATHERING IN HOUSE JUST TO GIVE IT TO THEM IN ORDER TO GAP IT UP AND PUT IT IN THE REPORT. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THIS TO ME. NO OKAY, SO THAT'S TYPICALLY WE CONCLUDE. WE CONCLUDE WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AT THE END OF DAY ONE. AH, THE NEXT. THE NEXT MEETING WILL COVER THE COUNCIL 
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BUDGET, WHICH, SINCE WE'VE MOVED GRANTS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING TO ADMINISTRATION, IT MAY NOT BE AS UH, SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATION THIS TIME. I DON'T THINK YOU'LL SEE TOO MANY CHANGES THERE, AND IT WILL GO OVER CAPITAL PROJECTS AS WELL. THAT WOULD BE IT. I'M JUST LIKE TO STAY. I THINK I'VE BEEN I HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF BUDGET PROGRAMS AND A LOT OF YEARS. A LOT OF COMPANIES IN REALLY UM, WHO'S PACKAGE PRESENTATION PREPARATION? WHICH YOU BOTH GONE, TOO, IS REALLY AMAZING. INCREDIBLY DETAILED ABILITY TO GET THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS AND FIND ALL THE DATA. 
          HERE'S A GREAT TESTAMENT TO MINUS DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO TO THE DEPARTMENT HAD TO PRESENTATION. 
          I CAN'T BE LUCKY TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PREPARATION CONTROL AS WE RUN THE CITY GOVERNMENT. WELL DONE. GREAT. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING? AND BETHANY'S AVAILABLE I'M AVAILABLE. ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE. IT'S ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU DO THE REST OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATION OR MEETING ON DECEMBER? EXCUSE ME, NOVEMBER 21ST AND THE OTHER BUSINESS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. WE HAVE A COMMENT FROM STAFF. RETURN. CAN I GET A SECOND? THAT WOULD BE A
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