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[1. Call the meeting to order.]
EVERYONE.TODAY IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 2025.
WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING FOR THE BRIEFING SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I HAVE NOT SEEN COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING HE SHALL BE JOINING US TODAY.
UM, I WANT OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
[2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS.GOOD EVENING, MADAM CITY MANAGER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS AND THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME CALENDAR ITEMS I'LL GO OVER AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER THE AGENDA AND I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY THE TWO REALLY GREAT PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE BOND BRIEFING, UM, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM LINEBARGER ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
UH, THEY'VE WORKED WITH US FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND I'M, UH, WE SENT THE COUNSEL THAT BRIEFING PRESENTATION IN ADVANCE, UH, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM DELIVERING THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON LAGOON AT VIRGINIA WEAVER PARK 2025 SUMMER SEASON.
IT'S OUR SECOND YEAR AT THE LAGOON HAVING BEEN OPENED.
AND WE WILL, WE, WE HAD EVEN GREATER SUCCESSES THAN OUR FIRST YEAR.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THAT WITH YOU.
BUT FIRST, WE'LL GO OVER THE CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR IN YOUR FYI PACKET AND WE WILL TALK THROUGH THAT.
FIRST ITEM I WANNA MENTION IS ON THIS FRIDAY, UH, OCTOBER 17TH FROM SEVEN TO 9:00 PM IS THE CEDAR HILL CHAMBER AWARDS GALA.
AND VANESSA HAS MADE ME AWARE THAT THE ATTIRE IS SEVENTIES GLAM AND THAT'S NOT A COSTUME, IT'S DISCO GLAM.
SO FANCY DRESS IS, UM, REQUESTED FOR THAT EVENT.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T TOLD YOUR PARTNERS SPOUSES, MAKE SURE THEY KNOW SO THEY FEEL THEY CAN PULL OUT OF THE CLOSET WHAT'S NECESSARY.
THAT IS FROM SEVEN TO 9:00 PM ON FRIDAY.
THAT IS AM MAYA'S 18TH BIRTHDAY, SO I WILL NOT BE PRESENT AT THAT EVENING.
UH, WE WILL DO BE DOING 18-YEAR-OLD THINGS, I'M SURE CERTAIN OF IT ON SATURDAY.
OCTOBER 18TH IS THE ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FROM NINE TO 11:00 AM AND THEN ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH, WANNA MENTION HIS HISTORIC DOWNTOWN PROGRAM, CEDAR HILL SPOOKY TOUR FROM SEVEN AND 8:00 PM IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AT 600 CEDAR STREET ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, UH, 12 TO TWO IS THE D DE LOS STOS CELEBRATION.
UM, ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CALL JOINT MEETING CITY COUNCIL AND THE C-H-I-S-D BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE WILL HAVE OUR FACILITATOR, FELICIA JOHNSON PRESENT.
UM, REMEMBER WE HAD A WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, AND THAT WAS CANCELED, BUT THIS ONE IS STILL ON THE CALENDAR AGENDA FOR, UH, NOVEMBER 4TH, AND I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN ON ZINE.
DID YOU SAY YOU WEREN'T GONNA BE PRESENT? YOU, YOU WOULD BE THERE.
UH, IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, UH, C-H-I-S-D EDUCATION FOUNDATION, PURSES WITH THE PURPOSE EVENT FROM SIX TO 10:00 PM I DO KNOW THAT ARANDA, OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR, IS SELLING TICKETS FOR THAT.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BUYING TICKETS, UM, SHE IS SELLING THEM.
AND THEN OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH AT 6:00 PM ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? COUNSEL? UH, UM, COUNCILMAN MEMBER MCCARTY? UH, NOVEMBER 1ST IS THE LAKE RIDGE ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT, THE CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL GET, DON'T FORGET THAT.
AND IN LINE, OH, IN LIONS CLUB TOO.
WE'VE TEAMED UP WITH LIONS CLUB.
SO IT'S A DUAL, DUAL EVENT THIS YEAR.
CAN WE CLARIFY THE PURPOSES WITH PURPOSE? I HAVE AN INVITE FOR NOVEMBER 8TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY.
SEND THAT OUT TO COUNSEL NOVEMBER 8TH.
UM, AND MY APOLOGIES, COUNSEL, I FORGOT TO MENTION OUR SECOND MEETING IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH AT 6:00 PM HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL, WE'LL GET CLARITY ON THAT.
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LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE JOIN US AT 6 0 4.I, I GOT NOVEMBER 7TH ON MY COUNCIL CALENDAR.
YEAH, BUT THE, THE FLYER SAYS NOVEMBER 8TH, THE FLYER SAYS NOVEMBER 8TH.
OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL GET CLARITY AND WE'LL, PERFECT.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT FIXED.
ALRIGHT, WANT TO GO THROUGH THE COUNCIL CALENDAR? UM, TONIGHT WE DO SHOW HI KAREN.
WE DO SHOW AN INVOCATION BY PASTOR HANNAN COOPER, BUT THAT, UM, HE IS, UH, NOT DOING THAT INVOCATION INSTEAD, UH, PASTOR MIKE SIMMONS, WHO WILL BE RECOGNIZED ON THE AGENDA, WILL BE DOING THE INVOCATION TONIGHT.
HE IS MY UNDERSTANDING, NOT AWARE THAT HE IS RECEIVING THE GREAT IMPACT SERVANT LEADER AWARD, AND WE WILL BE HONOR HIM HONORING HIM TONIGHT FOR THAT, UH, FOR ALL OF HIS MANY YEARS OF SERVICE THAT'S WRITTEN IN YOUR PACKET.
SO, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT SOME PRESENTATIONS TO RECOGNIZE THE FRIENDS OF COUNTRY DAY ON THE HILL BOARD MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK AND ORGANIZING THIS YEAR'S 88TH, THIS LAST WEEKEND'S ANNUAL COUNTRY DAY ON THE HILL.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 11TH AS VETERANS DAY IN CEDAR HILL PRESENT A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2025 AS NATIONAL CODE ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION MONTH IN CEDAR HILL.
ANNUALLY WE DO THIS AND MOST DEPARTMENTS GET A WEEK IN CELEBRATION FOR THEIR WORK OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND THIS, UH, THIS MONTH, OCTOBER OF 2025, IS NATIONAL CODE ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION MONTH IS OFTENTIMES A THANKLESS JOB, BUT WE REALLY, AND OUR NEIGHBORS APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THE FIRST ONE IS CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN ZONING FROM LR TO PD, UH, FOR THE C-H-I-S-D TRANSPORTATION AND AUXILIARY CENTER.
LOCATED AT THE KIM LEWIS BUILDING ON 2 0 2 EAST BELTLINE ROAD AND THREE SOUTH CLARK ROAD.
UM, THE, UH, CITY STAFF, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR ANGELA SELF, WILL DO A PRESENTATION ON ALL, UM, ZONING CHANGES, UH, FOR COUNCIL.
REALLY QUICKLY, WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES THAT WE'LL PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL IN ADVANCE OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
AND, UM, THEN GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CASE NUMBER CUP, UH, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CUP FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RESTAURANT, WHICH IS ON THE BORDER.
UM, THE BORDER CHANGED OWNERSHIP, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND THEY NEED TO REVISE THEIR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR ALCOHOL SALES.
CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES MADAM CITY MANAGER.
UH, THEY CHANGE OWNER, BUT IT'S STILL ON THE BORDER, CORRECT? YES.
YEAH, SAME BRAND, JUST NEW OWNERSHIPS FROM BRINKER, I BELIEVE TO PAPA BROTHER.
CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES SEVERAL MEETING MINUTES, ADOPTING RESOLUTION, UH, APPROVING APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR CEDAR HILL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HIGH POINT PI.
AND THEN YOU HAVE FOUR OTHER RESOLUTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS OF THE CITY TO INCLUDE WATERFORD OAKS PI, WINDING HOLLOW PI, WINDSOR PARK PIT, AND CEDAR CREST PIT ITEM G IS THE, UH, AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION SUPPLIES FROM SITE ONE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY FOR AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 115,000.
ITEM H IS TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO PROVIDE MOSQUITO GROUND CONTROL SERVICES FOR NEXT YEAR FISCAL YEAR 2026.
ITEM I IS TO AUTHORIZE A MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PUBLIC HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO CEDAR RESIDENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.
WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR AND THE CURRENT AGREEMENT IS EXPIRED, SO WE JUST NEED TO RE-UP ON THAT ITEM JS TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF EMS MEDICAL SUPPLIES FROM BOUNDARY MEDICAL IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000.
ALL OF OUR AMBULANCES, UH, REQUIRE EMS SUPPLIES FOR, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT THE OUR PARAMEDICS DO.
AND THAT, UH, PURCHASE ORDER WILL INCLUDE, UH, ALL OF THOSE MEDICINE THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB UP TO AN AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING NO ITEM K IS AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF PERSONNEL.
FIRE PROTECTIVE GEAR FROM COSTCO INDUSTRIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $65,000.
ALL THE, UH, HELMET EQUIPMENT, THE PROTECTIVE GEAR THAT FIREFIGHTERS WEAR ANNUALLY, THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT PURCHASE ORDER REQUEST.
ITEM L IS TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT PROVIDED FOR AND APPROPRIATED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 25 26 ANNUAL BUDGET.
THIS IS CITYWIDE FOR POLICE FIRE, ALL OTHER, UM, ASSOCIATED VEHICLES THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED IN YOUR BUDGET.
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M IS TO AUTHORIZE A PURCHASE OF GOVERNMENTAL FUEL AND OIL FROM OFTEN PETROLEUM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 OUT AT THE SERVICE CENTER.ITEM N IS TO APPROVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, A FINAL PLAT FOR ADVANTAGE STORAGE EDITION.
THEY, WE NEED TO FILE THE FINAL PLAT SO THAT TACO CASA CAN GO IN ON THAT ADDITIONAL SITE TO THE NORTH OF THE ADVANTAGE STORAGE EDITION BUSINESS.
ITEM O IS TO APPROVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S.
RECOMMENDATION APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR THE ALVAREZ EDITION LOT ONE AND TWO BLOCK ONE ON PROPERTY ZONE SF 10.
THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO, UH, GET COUNSEL TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT.
ITEM P IS AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE FROM FIRST DUE FOR AN AMOUNT 63,778.
THIS IS FOR FIRE, UH, RESPONSE.
AND THEY ARE REQUESTING, WE'VE HAD THIS FOR I THINK TWO YEARS NOW.
THEY'RE REQUESTING UPPING THAT PURCHASE ORDER FOR THAT SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SERVICE FROM FIRST DUE.
AND ITEM Q IS RESOLUTION NUMBER R 25 7 65 DENYING ENCORE'S PROPOSED RATE INCREASE.
THEY ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY KENNETH CO CALLED ME TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA AND I AFFIRMED THAT IT WAS SO HE'S AWARE OF IT AND I BELIEVE HE'D BE PRESENT.
ITEM R IS CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 R 25,768, CASTING AN OFFICIAL BALLOT TO SELECT STANLEY KLOWSKI AS THE REGION 13 DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
HE IS THE INCUMBENT WITH THE CITY OF LANCASTER.
ITEM S IS TO CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER R 25,767, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE OFFICE OF TEXAS, TEXAS GOVERNOR TO ASSIST THE CEDAR HILL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO CLOSED SESSIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0 7 2 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER AND PROJECT PARK.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? COUNCIL? THANK YOU MEADOW CITY MANAGER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FROM THE COUNCIL, UM, ON THE AGENDA? ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT TO BE PULLED? PAUL TIM GLOVER.
I WOULD LIKE TO PULL A CONSENT AGENDA.
[3. Presentation from Linebarger Attorneys at Law.]
ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION FROM LINEBARGER ATTORNEYS AT LAW.I SEE PAMELA POPE HEADING UP TO THE MIC.
MAYOR MASON, COUNCIL MEMBER AND CITY MANAGER VALDEZ.
I'M PAMELA POP LEE, I'M YOUR, UH, ASSIGNED PARTNER WITH LOBAR, GOGGIN, BLAIR AND SAMSON.
AND OF COURSE I HAVE WITH ME KAREN BISHOP, YOUR, UM, CLIENT LIAISON PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION?
SO OF COURSE, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR TAX COLLECTION PROGRAM.
I'LL JUST START WITH A BRIEF HISTORY OF OUR, OF OUR LYBARGER.
MANY OF YOU, OF, MANY OF YOU KNOW US, BUT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T, UH, WE ARE A NATIONAL LAW FIRM.
WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS OVER 49 YEARS.
AND I THINK BACK, I THINK WE'RE RIGHT AT 50 YEARS.
UH, WE'VE REPRESENTED THE CITY OF CITY HILL SINCE 2009, AND WE IN DALLAS COUNTY, WE HAVE ABOUT 80 PROFESSIONALS BACK IN THE OFFICE WHO SUPPORT BOTH MYSELF AND KAREN IN REPRESENTING YOU IN YOUR DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTION, UH, PROGRAM.
WHAT WE VALUE, WE CERTAINLY VALUE OUR CLIENTS.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND REPRESENT YOU AND YOUR, UH, CITIZENS AND, UH, PARTICIPATE IN.
AND WE ARE COMMITTED IN PARTIC IN PARTICIPATING IN YOUR SUCCESS.
WE, OF COURSE, VALUE OUR PEOPLE.
WE HAVE AN EXPERIENCED GROUP OF INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS, UH, WHO ARE TEAM, TEAM MEMBERS, AND WE PO FOSTER INNOVATION, RESOURCEFULNESS, EMPATHY WHEN IT MATTERS MOST.
AND OF COURSE, WE VALUE YOUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WE TAKE PRIDE IN PROVIDING RESOURCES TO EDUCATE YOUR CITIZENS, AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE IMPACTING YOUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S VISIBLE AND INVALUABLE.
WE PROVIDE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LEGAL
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SERVICES FOR YOU.WE COLLECT YOUR DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES.
WE ALSO REPRESENT YOU ON IN STATE AND APPELLATE COURT WHEN NECESSARY.
WE HAVE A TEAM OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS IN AUSTIN WHO ARE WATCHING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS WHEN THEY'RE IN SESSION.
AND WE APPRISE YOU OF ANYTHING THAT MAY IMPACT YOU IN TERMS OF YOUR, UH, TAX COLLECTION.
AND THEN CERTAINLY WE ARE ALWAYS, UH, THERE, UH, REPRESENTING YOU IN BANKRUPTCY COURT.
AND WE ADVISE YOU ON COMPLEX LI LITIGATION.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE TIMELINE RELATED TO THE DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTION PROCESS.
EACH YEAR, YOUR TAX LIEN, TAX LIEN ATTACHES TO ALL OF YOUR REAL PROPERTY AND ANY BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
UH, BY APRIL 15TH, THE DEADLINE, UH, FOR BUSINESSES IS THE DEADLINE FOR BUSINESSES TO RENDER THE VALUE ON THEIR, UH, BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY.
AND THEN, UH, IN JULY, THE DALLAS COUNTY, DALLAS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS CERTIFYING YOUR TAX ROLE AT THAT TIME.
BETWEEN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR BUDGETS AND ADOPTING YOUR TAX RATE.
AND THE TAX BILLS ARE MAILED OUT BY JOHN AMES BY OCTOBER.
HE HOPES TO BAIL 'EM OUT, UM, IN THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, EACH OF EACH YEAR.
OF COURSE, THOSE TAXES ARE NOT DUE UNTIL JANUARY 31ST, AND THEY BECOME DELINQUENT ON FEBRUARY 1ST OF EACH YEAR.
UH, APRIL ONE OF EACH YEAR, THE BUSINESS PERSON PROPERTY TAXES, IF THEY REMAIN DELINQUENT, THEY'RE THEN TURNED OVER TO US TO COLLECT.
AND THEN ON JANUARY 1ST, EVERYTHING ELSE, YOUR REAL ESTATE AND ANY OTHER BUSINESS PERSON BUSINESS ACCOUNTS ARE TURNED OVER TO US FOR COLLECTION.
ONCE YOU TURN 'EM OVER TO US FOR THE COLLECTION, WE, WE, UH, LOOK, TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR ROLE.
WE IDENTIFY THOSE ACCOUNTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE IN THE COLLECTION PROGRAM WHEN WE REMOVE THOSE.
AND THEN WE BEGIN BY, UM, CONDUCTING MAILINGS.
SO WE SEND THE CITIZENS A NOTE TO REMIND THEM THAT YOU HAVE NOT PAID YOUR TAXES.
AND WE ALSO MAKE TELEPHONE CALLS AND RECEIVE PHONE CALLS ONCE THEY'VE RECEIVED OUR LETTER.
OF COURSE, IF WE CAN'T FIND THEM, WE CAN'T TALK TO THEM ABOUT RESOLVING THEIR DELINQUENT TAX, UH, ACCOUNT.
SO OF COURSE, WE ALSO SPEND TIME, UH, TRYING TO FIND 'EM BY USING OUR SCRIPT, SCRIPT TRACE PROGRAMS. WE ALSO TAKE TIME TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS.
AND THEN IF NECESSARY, WE CAN, WE WILL MOVE ON BY FILING A LAWSUIT ON THE CASE FILE A LAWSUIT SUIT ON THE CASE.
WE MOVE IT TO, UH, JUDGMENT, AND WE WILL SELL IT AT THE STEP STEPS TO SATISFY THE TAXES IF NECESSARY.
AND WE, UH, ALSO, WE CAN SEIZE AND SELL BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TO SATISFY THE DELINQUENT TAXES AS WELL.
THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE TYPE OF PAYMENT OPTIONS THAT WE ARE TALKING TO THE, UH, CITIZENS ABOUT.
WE ALWAYS, UH, THE BOTTOM LINE, WE, WE NEED TO COLLECT THE REVENUE.
UH, WE DON'T WANT ANYONE'S PROPERTY.
OUR, OUR POINT IS TO, UH, TALK WITH THEM ABOUT RESOLVING THE DELINQUENCY.
SO WE TALK TO THEM ALWAYS ABOUT PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS, UH, UP TO GENERALLY UP TO 12 MONTHS.
IF IT IS YOUR HOMESTEAD, WE CAN GIVE THEM UP TO 36 MONTHS TO PAY THE TAXES.
IF WE HAVE A JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU, WE ARE STILL TALKING TO THEM ABOUT PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS.
AT EVERY STAGE OF OUR COLLECTION PROCESS, WE'RE TALKING TO THE TAXPAYERS ABOUT HOW WE CAN RESOLVE THE DELINQUENCY, AND WE ALSO ARE TELLING THEM ABOUT THE OTHER OPTIONS, ANY EXEMPTIONS THAT THEY MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR.
OVER 65 EXEMPTIONS, UH, DISABILITY EXEMPTIONS, VETERANS EXEMPTIONS, AND DEFERRALS IF, UH, NECESSARY.
AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO KAREN TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT YOUR CURRENT, UH, TAX ROLE LOOKS LIKE.
I AM YOUR CLIENT LIAISON FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER THESE COLLECTIONS FOR TAX YEAR 2024.
AS PAM HAS ALREADY TOLD YOU, WE GET YOUR BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES ON APRIL ONE, EACH TAX YEAR.
AND THEN WE GET THE REMAINING TAX ROLL ON JULY 1ST, WHICH IS INCLUSIVE OF REAL PROPERTY, MOBILE HOMES, AND THE REMAINING BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN COLLECTED BETWEEN APRIL AND JULY WHEN WE GET THE, THE TURNOVER FOR EVERYTHING.
SO THIS PAST YEAR FOR 2024, WE GOT A BASE TURNOVER OF TAXES OF $730,253, WHICH WAS A 1.8% INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT THAT WAS TURNED OVER THE, IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN 2023.
SO THAT FOR 24, WE HAD 669 ACCOUNTS THAT WERE TURNED OVER, WHICH TOTAL THE 730,253.
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AND THAT IS, UH, CONSISTING OF REAL BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY AND MOBILE HOMES.YOU'LL SEE FROM THAT CHART, MOBILE HOMES IS NOT A LOT OF YOUR REVENUE, SO YOU WON'T SEE A BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY COLLECTED ON THOSE TYPES OF ACCOUNTS.
WHICH ONE OF THESE AM I PUSHING? JUST THE GREEN.
SO HERE'S YOUR TAX ROLL ANALYSIS BY SIZE OF ACCOUNT, AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS THAT ARE DELINQUENT FOR, FOR YOUR ENTITY, WHICH IS 1,107 ACCOUNTS.
THAT INCLUDES ALL TAX YEARS THAT ARE DELINQUENT, INCLUDING THE TAX YEAR WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, 2024, AND ALL YEARS PRIOR TO THAT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR TOTAL DELINQUENCY FOR THE ENTIRE TAX ROLL THAT'S DELINQUENT, WHICH IS JUST OVER $2 MILLION YOU'LL SEE THERE TO THE SLIDE ON YOUR RIGHT.
SO WHAT I DO AS YOUR CLIENT LIAISON, I DO WHAT PAM TALKED ABOUT.
I GO AND REVIEW ALL OF THE TAX ACCOUNTS.
I TYPICALLY LOOK AT THE HIGH DOLLAR DOWN ACCOUNTS.
AND SO I START WORKING FROM THAT, UM, VANTAGE POINT, GOING OUT, DOING SITE VISITS AND CALLING TAXPAYERS, VISITING BUSINESSES, HAND DELIVERING THEM A TAX STATEMENT JUST TO SAY, HEY, WE ARE HERE.
WE WANT YOU TO PAY THIS BILL, BUT IF YOU CAN'T, PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL AND WE'LL WORK SOMETHING OUT.
SO THIS, UH, IS WHAT I TYPICALLY DO ON A DAILY BASIS, IS REVIEWING ALL THE ACCOUNTS, LOOKING FOR ACCOUNTS THAT I CAN GO AND DO SITE VISITS ON AND TALK TO THE TAXPAYER BY TRYING TO COLLECT FOR YOU.
THIS NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR ALL PROPERTY TYPES.
SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE YOUR ACCOUNTS THAT WE CONSIDER COLLECTIBLE.
YOU HAVE ABOUT 55% OF YOUR ACCOUNTS THAT FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.
THEN YOU HAVE, UM, WHICH 614 OF THOSE TOTAL 1,107 ACCOUNTS.
YOU HAVE ABOUT 200 OF, OF YOUR ACCOUNTS, 18% THAT ARE ON HOLD.
AND THEN YOU HAVE 273 OR 26 AND A HALF, UH, OF PERCENTAGE OF YOUR ACCOUNTS THAT ARE WE, WHAT WE CALL UNCOLLECTIBLE.
AND AS YOU'LL SEE FROM, FROM THE CHART TO THE FAR RIGHT, THE STATUS OF ACCOUNTS BY COLLECTABILITY TELLS YOU THE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE COLLECTIBLE.
WE ARE, UH, AS PAM SAID, WE'RE MAILING NOTICES.
WE ARE DOING SKIP TRACING TO FIND BETTER ADDRESSES TO TRY AND, UH, SERVE NOTICE TO BY CITATION, UM, TO TAXPAYERS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR JUDGEMENTS ACCOUNTS THAT ARE IN LAWSUIT.
IF THAT ACCOUNT IS IN BANKRUPTCY OR IF THEY SHOULD FILE BANKRUPTCY AT ANY POINT DURING OUR COLLECTION PHASE, THEN THAT WILL ALLOW US TO CEASE TRYING TO COLLECT ON THAT ACCOUNT.
AND THEN OUR BANKRUPTCY DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE OVER BY FILING A CLAIM IN THE, IN THEIR BANKRUPTCY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR LAST OPTION IS THE PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS.
AND IN THE CENTER YOU WILL SEE THE, THE REASONS FOR ACCOUNTS BEING ON HOLD OVER 65.
OUR TAX DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS ARE HELD.
ANY TYPE OF ACCOUNT IS CONSIDERED EXEMPT THAT HAS THOSE DESIGNATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE GIVEN TO THE TAXPAYER BY APPLICATION THROUGH THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
AND AS PAM SAID, WE WILL, UH, ADVISE TAXPAYERS OR EXPLAIN TO THEM THEY HAVE THOSE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THEM, BUT THEY HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT THEMSELVES AND FILL OUT THE NECESSARY APPLICATIONS TO QUALIFY FOR THOSE.
AND THEN WE HAVE DISABILITY ACCOUNTS THAT ARE PROTECTED.
VETERANS ACCOUNTS HAVE PROTECTION AS WELL.
SO, UH, TYPICALLY WHEN WE ARE INTO A LAWSUIT AND THEY APPLY AFTER WE FILE SUIT, WE'LL EITHER ABATE THE LAWSUIT IF THEY GET THE EXEMPTION THAT REQUIRES US TO DO THAT, OR WE'LL PUT THAT ACCOUNT ON HOLD.
WE MAY TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO JUDGMENT, BUT WE WON'T FORECLOSE THE PROPERTY UNTIL THAT EXEMPTION SHOULD HAPPEN TO FALL OFF.
IF THE TAXPAYER SHOULD HAPPEN TO MOVE FROM THE HOME, OR THEY SELL THEIR HOME AND THE NEW HOMEOWNER DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR THOSE EXEMPTIONS, THEN THE, THEY'RE REMOVED FROM THE ACCOUNT.
AND SO OUR CO UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS OR ACCOUNTS THAT ARE PASSED THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR REAL PROPERTY, THAT WOULD BE 20 YEARS FOR BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY, THAT WOULD BE FOUR YEARS.
AND THEN ACCOUNTS THAT OWED $15 OR LESS.
SO THIS IS, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROGRAM, OUR COLLECTION PROGRAM SOLD FOR, UH, JULY, 2024 THROUGH JUNE, 2025.
WE FILED 23 LAWSUITS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL AND CEDAR HILL ID, WE HAD 33 OF THOSE ACCOUNTS THAT WERE DISPOSED OF.
AND THAT COULD HAVE BEEN EITHER BY JUDGMENT OR NON-SUIT OR DISMISSAL OR SOME, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
THERE WERE 11 OF YOUR ACCOUNTS THAT WERE IN BANKRUPTCY.
SO OUR BANKRUPTCY DEPARTMENT, UH, WILL
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BE HANDLING THOSE OR HAVE HANDLED THOSE.I WAS A BUSY GIRL 'CAUSE I WENT OUT AND DID 108 OF THOSE BAD BOYS LAST YEAR TRYING TO COLLECT FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.
WE FILED THREE, UH, SHERIFF'S SALES.
AND NORMALLY FOR THE SHERIFF'S SALES, I WILL SEND, UM, A LETTER OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER AND SHE, UH, GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN TO SAY, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO TRY TO WORK WITH THAT TAXPAYER, OR SHE'LL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND POST THAT FOR PROPERTY FOR SALE, BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN COLLECTING THAT ACCOUNT.
SO, AND THEN WE ALSO MAILED OUT 17, JUST OVER 1700 LETTERS TO TAXPAYERS IN THE MIDST OF DOING ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, WE ALSO CONTINUED TO MAIL.
AND WE HAVE MAILINGS AT SEVERAL POINTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, EVEN AFTER WE SELL, UH, EVEN AFTER WE PUT AN ACCOUNTING SUIT, WE ARE STILL MAILING TRYING TO COLLECT.
SO WITH ALL THESE ACTIVITIES, WE COLLECTED $751,379 ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND SCHOOL.
AND THESE, UH, THAT AMOUNT DOES INCLUDE THE BASE TAX, THE PENALTY INTEREST, AND OUR ATTORNEY'S FEES SO THAT IT IS NOT COSTING THE CITY ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY TO PAY US FOR OUR SERVICES BECAUSE THEY, THE TAXPAYER PAYS THAT FEE WHEN THEY PAY THEIR TAXES.
SO IT'S A COST FREE PROGRAM TO THE CITY.
THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
AND I KNOW YOU, I KNOW YOU GUYS ALWAYS ARE SEEING US OUT THERE.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW WHO WE ARE.
AND THEN THE TAXPAYERS WILL KNOW WHO WE ARE AND NOT JUST GETTING A LETTER IN THE MAIL SAYING, HEY, YOU OWE US TAXES.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY TIME YOU EVER SEE US.
SO WE TRY TO PARTICIPATE IN MANY COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES WITH, AMONG ALL OF OUR CLIENTS THAT WE REPRESENT HERE IN THE DALLAS FOR WORTH AREA.
AND THIS IS OUR TEAM, BRIDGET MORENO LOPEZ, WHO IS OUR MANAGING PARTNER, OF COURSE, PAM AND LILIANA GONZALEZ, WHO IS OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER.
SHE RUNS THE DAY TO DAY AT THE FIRM AND THEN MYSELF, WHO YOU PROBABLY SEE A LOT OUT HERE IN THESE STREETS,
I ENJOY TALKING TO THE TAXPAYERS AND EDUCATING THEM ON THE TAX PROCESS AND HOW THAT WORKS.
AND A LOT OF THEM APPRECIATE THAT WE TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT WITH THEM AND NOT JUST COME OUT KNOCKING ON THEIR DOORS ASKING FOR MONEY AND NOT BEING FRIENDLY.
I TRY TO BE FRIENDLY AND NICE.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY CALLING YOU GUYS UP SAYING, HEY, THAT KAREN BISHOP WAS OUT HERE AND SHE WAS RUDE TO ME.
SO WE WANNA ALWAYS, UH, PUT FORTH OUR BEST EFFORT ON BEHALF OF THE FIRM AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
SO THAT WOULD CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, WHAT I SAW IN THE PRESENTATION, IT, IT GOES DELINQUENT IN FEBRUARY AND THE REAL PROPERTY DOESN'T, UH, HIT YOU ALL UNTIL JULY.
AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS THAT GAP, WHY, WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG? I KNOW THAT BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY, IT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY IMMEDIATE.
UH, THAT ONE'S I SAW WAS APRIL, BUT ON THE REAL PROPERTY THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO JULY, UM, THAT'S, UH, A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.
THEY CAN ONLY TURN OVER IN JULY 1ST.
I'M NOT SURE THE THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT, BUT I WILL SAY THE DALLAS COUNTY, UH, ASSESSOR AND HIS OFFICE CONTINUES TO ATTEMPT TO COLLECT BETWEEN THAT TIME.
AND HE, AND HE HAS A VERY GOOD COLLECTION RATE.
HIS COLLECTION RATE IS OVER 90% BEFORE HE EVEN GETS TURNED OVER TO US.
COUNCIL MEMBER SIMS. COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.
SO BASED ON, UH, WHAT YOU'VE COLLECTED SO FAR, THE 751 NOW, IS THAT, IS THAT IT FOR 2024 OR DO YOU EXPECT ANY MORE IN THE PIPELINE? AND IF SO, UH, YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH? WELL, I, I, I'D HESITATE TO GIVE YOU AN AMOUNT AS TO HOW MUCH, BUT WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT AS LONG AS THEIR ACCOUNTS ARE DELINQUENT, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO TRY TO COLLECT THOSE.
AND AS YOU SAW, THERE'S OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN DELINQUENCY, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE.
SO SOME OF THOSE MAY ARE ON HOLD AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UH, GOING BACK SLIDES, LOOKS LIKE TWO SLIDES.
THE PROGRAM ACTIVITY AND RESULTS SLIDE 2020 4TH OF JUNE, 2025.
SO AT THE TOP IT SAYS THERE'S, THERE WAS 23 LAWSUIT FILINGS, BUT THEN WE HAD 33 LAWSUITS DISPOSED.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, THE DELTA BETWEEN THOSE? WELL, BECAUSE, UH, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER ALL
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THROUGH THE PROCESS, SINCE AS LONG AS WE REPRESENT YOU, WE WE'RE FILING LAWSUITS.SO IT'S NOT THE 23 THAT WE FILED THIS YEAR.
THERE'LL BE SOME THAT WE FILED THE YEAR BEFORE OR THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, THAT ARE THEN DISPOSED OF BY PAYMENT, JUDGMENT OR SALE OR, YEAH.
SO IT'S LITIGATION FROM PRIOR YEARS THAT CORRECT.
AND TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID LAWSUIT FILINGS FOR BOTH CITY AND SCHOOL ISD, CORRECT? YES.
IS THAT YOUR PRESENTATION? OKAY.
UM, I GUESS A COUPLE THINGS FOR ME, UM, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, UH, COLLECTING THIS EFFORT.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY BODIES AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO FOCUS ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, PROVIDING YOUR SERVICES.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM PAST CONVERSATIONS THAT I, I HAVE HAD WITH NOT JUST NINE EMBARGO, BUT ALSO RESIDENTS CONSTITUENTS HERE IN CEDAR HILL, UH, THAT LINEBARGER APPROACH IS FLEXIBLE.
UM, YOU'RE NOT JUST KNOCKING ON A DOOR AND, AND, AND, AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PUT A LIEN AND, AND TRY TO DISPOSE THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY.
BUT YOU ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM AND, AND BE FLEXIBLE TO TRY TO, UH, SEE IF YOU CAN TRY TO GET IT RESOLVED.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING FLEXIBLE OF THAT.
YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT FOR THAT? SURE, SURE.
YOU HAVE A COMMENT FOR THAT OR NO? UH, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST OUR, OUR, OUR, UM, THAT'S KIND OF OUR MISSION.
WE KNOW THAT YOU NEED THE CITI, WE REPRESENT YOU, THE, THE CITY WHICH INCLUDES THE CITIZENS.
SO WE KNOW THAT YOU NEED THE REVENUE RATHER THAN ANY OTHER THING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT SOLVING THE, UH, TAX DELINQUENCY BY PAYMENT SO THAT THE, THE, UH, ESSENTIAL SERVICES CAN CONTINUE TO BE, UH, PROVIDED, UH, BY THE CITY.
AND I GUESS THE LAST THING, UH, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'VE BEEN BUSY KNOCKING ON DOORS AND, AND, UH, TRYING TO COLLECT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, YOU, YOU ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, YOU DO SERVE YOUR TIME AND, UH, YOU DO HAVE A GOOD REPRESENTATION THAT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATES IN DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT'S GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST SAY CONTINUE TO KEEP DOING THE GREAT WORK.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? PERFECT.
ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
WE DO HAVE ONE MORE FOR THE BRIEFING SESSION COUNCIL PRESENTATION
[4. Presentation on the Lagoon at Virginia Weaver Park 2025 Summer Season.]
ON THE LAGOON AT VIRGINIA WEAVER PARK 2025 SUMMER SEASON.THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF.
UM, SO, UH, YEAH, WE HAD A GREAT SEAT, GREAT THIRD SEASON AT THE LAGOON.
UM, IT KIND OF JUST KEEPS GOING UP AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO OVER A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND, UM, FIRST WE'LL TOUCH ON OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES.
UM, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE A CITY OF DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER.
AND, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, WE WANNA PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY SERVICES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT ESPECIALLY AT THE LAGOON.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE PURSUING PREMIER.
UM, ONE OF THE WAYS, UH, WE'RE DOING THAT AT THE LAGOON SPECIFICALLY IS WE, UH, ARE SAFE.
UH, WE WANT TO PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO SWIM AND, UH, WE WANNA TEACH WATER SAFETY AS WELL.
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS TO ME ABOUT THE LAGOON IS THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND PROVIDE A PLACE FOR THEM TO, UH, BE TOGETHER OUTDOORS DURING THE SUMMER.
UM, SO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION CORE FUNCTIONS, WE TOUCH ON A LOT OF THESE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE THAT GREEN SPACE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE POOLS THERE.
WE HAVE 55 PLUS SWIM TIME, UM, AND THEN, UH, PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS.
AND SO, UM, GOING INTO THE HEART OF THIS, UH, WE WANNA KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND SO, UH, ONE OF THE MAIN FUNCTIONS WE PROVIDE IS WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTION, OUR SWIM LESSONS.
AND SO, UH, THE CDC SAYS THAT MORE CHILDREN AGES ONE TO FOUR DIE FROM DROWNING THAN ANY OTHER CAUSE OF DEATH.
UM, KIDS AGE FIVE TO 14 DROWNING IS THE SECOND, UH, LEADING CAUSE OF UNINTENTIONAL OR ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE KIDS ARE SAFE AROUND WATER AND KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND SO, UH, WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR SWIM LESSONS AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO GET COMPLIMENTS ON OUR INSTRUCTORS.
ALL OF OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE RED CROSS CERTIFIED AS WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTORS.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR THERE ARE 4,000 FATAL DROWNINGS, UH, ACCOUNTS TO 11 PER DAY.
MOST OF THOSE ARE AT UN LIFEGUARDED FACILITIES.
AND SO WE, UH, DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR FACILITY IS PROPERLY STAFFED.
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TEAM MEMBERS.UM, ALL OF OUR, UH, LIFEGUARDS ARE ALSO AMERICAN RED CROSS CERTIFIED.
AND, UM, UH, WE HAVE, UM, BETWEEN SUMMER OF 23 AND 24, WE TRANSITIONED A COUPLE OF OUR ROLES INTO A HEAD LIFE HERD AND A HEAD OF GUEST EXPERIENCES.
WE ALSO, UH, CHANGED OUR CASHIER'S TITLE FROM CASHIER TO, UH, GUEST EXPERIENCE AGENTS TO KIND OF BETTER REFLECT WHAT ROLE THEY'RE TAKING AT THEIR, SO NOBODY THINKS THAT THEY'RE JUST GONNA SIT BEHIND A CASHIER CASH REGISTER ALL DAY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A LOT TO PROVIDE A BETTER EXPERIENCE FOR OUR GUESTS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ASPIRE TO BE A PREMIER CITY WITH DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER, AND OUR TEAM, UH, HELPS PROVIDE THAT.
SO ONE THING THAT WE DID ADD THIS YEAR IS OUR, OH, SORRY, I'M GOING MISSED A TIME.
SO WE DID, UH, AMERICAN RED CROSS RECOMMENDS AN HOUR OF TRAINING A WEEK FOR EVERY 40 HOURS THEY WORK, UM, STATE MANDATES THAT.
AND SO WE DEFINITELY HIT THAT EVERY WEEK WITH OUR WEEKLY END SERVICES.
UM, SO WE HAD 900 CUMULATIVE HOURS OF TRAINING.
WE HAD AN UPTICK IN SAVES THIS YEAR AND FIRST AID, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.
UM, BUT, UH, WE, UH, ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF, UH, POPSICLES.
'CAUSE UH, NOTHING MOTIVATES A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT LIKE FOOD.
SO FOR ONE THING WE DID ADD THIS YEAR WAS WE ADDED THE LAGOON GAINS.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, WE SPLIT OUR TEAM INTO THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS, AND THAT WAS THEIR TEAM FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER.
SO, UH, THEY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT WAS DURING OUR INSERVICE, BUT THAT WAS ALSO DURING THE WEEK.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY MADE A SAVE AND FILLED OUT THE PAPERWORK, THEY GOT POINTS.
IF THEY ADMINISTERED FIRST AID AND FILLED OUT THE PAPERWORK, THEY GOT POINTS FOR THEIR TEAM.
SO MIDWAY THROUGH THE SUMMER, OUR ADMINISTRATION'S CALLS DOWN IS LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE LAGOON? WHY DO WE HAVE SO MANY MORE SAFES IN FIRST AID THIS SUMMER? AND I HAD TO ASSURE THEM, IT'S NOT THAT IT'S LESS SAFE, WE'RE JUST BETTER AT FILLING OUT THE PAPERWORK.
SO, UM, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS WE IMPLEMENTED THIS WAS BETTER TRAINING, BUT ALSO, UM, WE HAD KIND OF TALKED, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU'RE IN MANAGEMENT, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOUR CARROTS AND YOUR STICKS, RIGHT? AND WE HAD A FEW LEVERS THAT WE COULD PULL FOR OUR STICKS, BUT WE REALLY WANTED MORE CARROTS.
AND THIS REALLY HELPED WITH THAT A LOT.
YOU KNOW, ANYTIME SOMEBODY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND IS LIKE, HEY, YOUR TEAM GETS FIVE POINTS, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
AND IT REALLY JUST, UH, HELPED THE TEAM, UH, KIND OF COALESCE AND, AND DO A LOT BETTER JOB.
WE WERE REALLY KIND OF EXPECTING TO HAVE LESS STAFF RETURN THIS LAST SUMMER, UH, AMERICAN RED CROSS LIFEGUARD CERTIFICATIONS TWO YEAR CERTIFICATION.
WE ASSUMED THAT A LOT OF THOSE KIDS WOULD NOT GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING RE-CERTIFIED.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT AN EASY CERTIFICATION TO GET.
UM, WE ACTUALLY WENT UP IN OUR RETENTION RATE.
SO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 23 AND 24, WE HAD 56% OF OUR STAFF COME BACK FROM 24 TO 25.
SO, UM, AND SO, BUT WHY DO WE DO ALL THAT? WHY DO WE HAVE OUR STAFF TRAINED, YOU KNOW, AND, AND HAMMER THAT, HAMMER THAT SAFETY INTO THEM ALL THE TIME? WELL, THIS IS WHY, UM, YOU'LL NOTICE A LITTLE YOUNG MAN ON THE TOP RIGHT THERE.
UM, AMERICAN RED CROSS STANDARD IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A VICTIM AND REACH THEM WITHIN 30 SECONDS.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE DIFFERENT ZONES THAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THERE.
UM, THIS, THIS YOUNG MAN CAME OFF THE SLIDE, WASN'T WEARING A LIFE JACKET IMMEDIATELY.
EMILY, WHO'S LIFEGUARD ON STAYING HERE, NOTICES SOMETHING'S UP SO YOU CAN SEE HER.
SO WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, 30 SECONDS.
EMILY GOT THERE WITHIN 10, UM, WITHIN 15 SECONDS OF HER ACTIVATING OUR EMERGENCY PROTOCOL, HER STAND WAS FILLED BY ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT WAS ON, THAT WAS ON CALL.
WHILE HE WAS ON BREAK, HE WAS THERE WAITING TO FILL THAT SPOT.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DRILL REPEATEDLY.
'CAUSE NO TWO SITUATIONS ARE THE SAME, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, SO RECAPPING SOME OF OUR NUMBERS FROM THIS LAST SUMMER, UM, WE HAD, UH, 28,322 TOTAL USERS.
UM, IT'S A SLIGHT UPTICK OVER LAST YEAR.
UM, THERE YOU CAN SEE IT BROKEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE OVER WHAT KIND OF USERS THOSE WERE.
UM, WE AVERAGED ALMOST 400 PEOPLE A DAY, UH, DURING OUR REGULAR SEASON FROM MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND THROUGH AUGUST 10TH, UH, IT WAS ABOUT 425, UH, 36% OF OUR DAILY USERS.
OUR DAILY ADMISSIONS WERE FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF CEDAR HILL.
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AND 21% OF OUR SEASON PASS SCANS WERE FROM PEOPLE THAT LIVED OUTSIDE OF CEDAR HILL.SO, UH, WE HAD OUR BUSIEST DAY EVER THIS SUMMER, UH, JUNE 7TH, WE HAD 959 PEOPLE OUT THERE.
AND THEN, UH, JUNETEENTH AND THE FOLLOWING TWO DAYS WERE ALSO EXTREMELY BUSY FOR US THIS YEAR.
SO THERE'S, UH, A GRAPH KIND OF SHOWING HOW OUR ATTENDANCES ALLOCATED DAY TO DAY.
UH, THURSDAY IS SLIGHTLY SKEWED BECAUSE OF THAT JUNETEENTH NUMBER.
UM, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY LEVELING OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
UH, PREVIOUS YEARS IT WAS MUCH MORE, UH, PEAKED ON THE WEEKEND.
SO WE, WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING LEVELING OUT A LITTLE BIT.
IT MAKES THE LIFE LEVEL EASIER FOR US.
SO, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE HOURS THAT WE WERE, UH, OPEN FOR OUR, UH, FOR OUR GUESTS AND RESIDENTS.
AND, UH, ALSO YOU'LL SEE OUR, ON THE TOP, THERE'S OUR FLOATING SOUND.
WE HAD, UH, FLOATING SOUND AS WELL AS AQUA ZUMBA.
AND BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS WERE EXTREMELY POPULAR AND SOLD OUT ALMOST AS SOON AS THE OPEN REGISTRATION.
SO, AND THEN RENTALS AND EVENTS, WE HAD SEVEN DIFFERENT SPECIAL EVENTS INCLUDING A SENIOR SPLASH JAM.
UH, LET'S LIVE TOGETHER, INCLUSION, SWIM, AND, UH, TIME FOR MAYORS TEAM COUNCIL.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS THAT WE ADDED THIS YEAR WAS, UH, WE HAD A NEW PAVILION THAT WAS ADDED BEFORE SUMMER OF 24.
AND SO WE REALIZED LIKE, LET'S RENT THAT OUT AS ANOTHER OPTION FOR, YOU KNOW, GROUP SPACE.
UM, AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO THERE, KICK ANYBODY OUT.
SO YOU RENTED OUT, YOU RENTED OUT FOR THE WHOLE OPEN SWIM TIME PERIOD.
AND THE GROUPS THAT DID THAT SEEMED TO REALLY ENJOY THAT.
UM, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST VERY MUCH MORE RELAXED TIME, JUST COME AND GO.
THERE WASN'T NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, A, A LIMIT ON HOW PEOPLE THEY COULD HAVE IN THERE AND BRING WITH 'EM.
AND SO, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS NEW, WE DIDN'T REALLY PUSH IT, WHICH IS WHY THE, WE'D ONLY HAD 12 OF 'EM.
BUT, UM, IT, ESPECIALLY AS THE SUMMER WORE ON, IT BECAME MORE AND MORE POPULAR.
AND I DEFINITELY SEE THAT, UH, SEEING MORE OF THOSE NEXT SUMMER.
SO, SO LAST YEAR, UH, SOLD JUST OVER 2000 MEMBERSHIPS AND THIS YEAR WE SOLD EVEN MORE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT.
WE DID HAVE A FEW LESS OF OUR 55 PLUS MEMBERSHIPS, BUT WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IS THAT A LOT OF THOSE ARE GRANDPARENTS BUYING THE FAMILY MEMBERSHIP SO THAT THEY CAN BRING THEIR GRANDKIDS WITH THEM.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY SEE THE GROWTH EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND THEN HERE IS THE FEES THAT, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED A COUPLE YEARS AGO BEFORE WE OPENED IN 23.
WE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WITH EVERY, WELL INFLATION GOING UP EVERYWHERE ELSE, WE WANNA SEE, TRY TO PREVENT THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR OUR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THERE AS WELL THE RESIDENT DISCOUNT THAT WE, UH, OFFER FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR CITY.
AND SO, UM, AND THEN REVENUE WAS SLIGHTLY DOWN THIS YEAR, AND A LOT OF THAT IS FROM, WE HAD MORE USERS, BUT THEY WERE WE PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT MEMBERSHIPS.
AND SO, UM, PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AND, UM, UH, WE DEFINITELY NOTICED A LOT OF, UH, REPEAT CUSTOMERS AND PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST KIND OF CREATE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT OUR RESIDENT DISCOUNT.
AND SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER, RESIDENTS SAVED $30,000, UM, UH, VERSUS WHAT THEY WOULD'VE PAID AT THE LAGOON IF THEY HAD LIVED OUTSIDE OF CEDAR HILLS.
SO, AND THEN A COUPLE MORE THINGS REAL QUICK, JUST GOING BACK TO OUR OFF SEASON.
UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ASK ME, THE ONE QUESTION I GET IS, WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO THE REST OF THE YEAR? SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS WE KEEP TRY TO KEEP THE POOL BLUE AS BEST AS WE CAN.
YOU KNOW, THIS WAS RIGHT AFTER A STORM AND UH, THE, UH, WE, WE DID, WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP ON ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT MANAGERS.
AND SO HE WAS ACTUALLY WHO GOT TO CLEAN UP THIS MESS.
AND SO THAT'S BEEN A HUGE BENEFIT FOR US BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I DO IS I SPEND A LOT OF TIME, UH, GOING THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD 34 TEAM MEMBERS.
WE HAD WELL OVER A HUNDRED APPLICANTS LAST YEAR, CONDUCTED OVER 50 INTERVIEWS.
UM, AND SO, UH, FROM THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY GET JUST INCREDIBLE TEAM.
SO, UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO LAST OFF SEASON IS OUR FIRST ANNUAL, UH, POLAR SPECIAL OLYMPICS POLAR PLUNGE.
AND SO THAT WAS ON JANUARY 26TH.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH OUR FLEE POLICE AND
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FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IN THE UPPER FORTIES, HAD A NICE RAIN AND FOG AND MIST AND, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN WHEN, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE OVER $4,000 FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES, LOCAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES.SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN, UH, DISCUSSING THAT WITH THEM AGAIN ALREADY.
UH, WE DO HAVE THAT ON THE CALENDAR FOR JANUARY 25TH, UH, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
AND SO, UM, THERE THERE'LL BE MORE DETAILS TO COME, BUT, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
JT THANK YOU AGAIN AND FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, THAT YOU, UM, UH, EXHIBITED THIS PAST SUMMER.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, SO I'LL BEGIN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN.
SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY REALLY LOVES OUR LAGOON THERE.
SO, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE PERCENTAGE AND I DIDN'T CATCH IT.
APPROXIMATELY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF, OF OUT-OF-TOWNERS, UM, WHERE WAS THAT? UM, LET'S SEE.
IT WAS, SO, UH, I, HOW FAST I CAN GET BACK THERE.
I WAS THINKING, DID I HEAR 21% OR IT WAS, IT DEPENDS ON HOW WE'RE BREAKING IT DOWN.
UM, SO FOR OUR SEASON PASS SCANS, SO PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT SEASON PASSES AND THEN SCANNED THEM, 21% OF THOSE WERE FROM OUT OF TOWN.
THAT'S THE, UM, FOR THE DAILY ADMISSION, UM, THAT WAS 36%.
SO WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING QUITE A BIT OF INFLUX FROM, FROM OUT OF TOWN OR ON THAT.
UM, SO, AND AGAIN, WHAT IS THE SEASON? WHEN DO WE OPEN WHEN WE CLOSE? SO WE WILL OPEN TRADITIONALLY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, SO THAT SATURDAY UHHUH
AND THEN WE WILL, UH, WE'LL DO POPUP HOURS THROUGH LABOR DAY.
AND SO WE, WE ALL, WE STRUCTURED THAT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WELL ONE, WE LOSE MOST OF OUR LIFEGUARDS DURING THE WEEK, RIGHT? THEY'RE ALL GOING BACK TO SCHOOL MM-HMM
AND RATHER THAN COMMITTING TO IT UPFRONT, HEY, WE'RE GONNA BE OPEN THESE WEEKENDS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFF, UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY START BACK TO SCHOOL, THERE'S BAND, THERE'S FOOTBALL, THERE'S EVERYTHING ELSE, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, WE, AND PEOPLE GO OFF TO SCHOOL AND SO, UH, WE, WE'VE STRUCTURED IT SO THAT WE CAN SAY, HEY, SURPRISE, WE'RE OPEN.
RATHER THAN, HEY, SORRY WE'RE, WE CAN'T OPEN THIS WEEKEND.
SO, SO, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS, YOU KNOW, THE SEASON'S REALLY SHORT, BUT LOOK AT THE ACTIVITY AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING THROUGH THAT IN THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO, SO Y'ALL HAVE BEEN, UH, BEEN DOING REAL GOOD WELL IN THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? UM, I'LL TELL YOU, MY FAMILY LOVES TO GO TO THE LAGOON.
WE SAW A LOT OF YOU THIS SUMMER.
UH, ONE THING THAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, AS THE CITY MANAGER SAYS, UH, HOW THE SAUSAGE IS BEING MADE
UH, SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THAT, BUT EVERY TIME I HEAR A WHISTLE AND I SEE HOW EVERYTHING KIND OF JUST TRANSITION, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT SPOTS TO GO TO.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE ALERT, REALLY FELT SAFE.
UH, SOMETIMES THERE WAS SOME FALSE ALARMS, BUT STILL Y'ALL DON'T TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED.
UH, YOU GO OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME AID AND YOU GO FROM THERE.
UM, JUST, JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, I GUESS LITTLE COMIC RELIEF FOR EVERYONE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS TOLD FROM ONE OF THE LIFE, ONE OF THE FEMALE LIFEGUARDS THAT THEY ARE SPENDING MOST OF THEIR TIMES NOT GOING TOWARDS THE AID OF A FAKE CPR, UM, NEED IN THE, IN THE POOL, IF Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS FAKING, LIKE THEY'RE BEING DROWNED
UM, UH, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE GUARDS, UM, YOU KNOW, KNOW THAT THEY'RE PLAYING.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, THERE'S A LOT OF THAT GOING ON, BUT STILL, UH, THEY THOUGHT THEY WAS TAKING IT FOR GRANTED.
UH, IT'S GOOD TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS.
GREAT, GREAT LEADERSHIP FROM YOU AND YOUR TEAM, SO APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, ONE COUNCIL QUESTION I JUST FEEL RESPONSIBLE TO ASK.
UM, IS THERE ANY FUNCTION, ANYTHING THAT'S NEEDS, ANYTHING THAT'S NOT FUNCTIONING THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF, MAYBE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR, UH, THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR? OR IS THERE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE A LUXURY ITEM THAT WE MAY WANNA BE ABLE TO CONSIDER? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT NEED OR LUXURY? UM, THE BIGGEST THING IS, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR SWIM LESSONS.
WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY HOURS IN THE DAY.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADD MORE, UH, TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM.
UM, OUR SWIM LESSONS SELL OUT EXTREMELY FAST, PARTLY BECAUSE WE KEEP THEM SO CHEAP VERSUS
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WHAT'S AROUND US, WHICH IS BECAUSE WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT.RIGHT? UM, AND SO IDEALLY WE WOULD HAVE MORE SWIM INSTRUCTORS IN OUR BUDGET.
UM, BUT THAT'S, UM, THAT'S PROBABLY THE MAIN THING RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S STILL PRETTY NEW.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, A GENEROUS BUDGET FOR SOME THINGS THAT WE DO.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE, YOU KNOW, NEW VACUUMS AND THINGS TO KIND OF HELP, UM, OUR STAFF OUT.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, ONGOING COSTS, LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE BIGGEST THING IS JUST A, A COUPLE MORE POSITIONS TO KIND OF HELP, UM, WITH OUR SWIM LESSONS.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE ADDED THAT HEAD LIFEGUARD TWO YEARS AGO, UM, AND OUR HEAD LIFEGUARD, I JUST GOT THROUGH WRITING REC LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR HER.
SHE WAS AMAZING THIS LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT SHE'S ONE PERSON, RIGHT? SO SHE CAN'T BE THERE THE WHOLE TIME WE'RE OPEN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ADDING A SECOND HEAD LIFEGUARD TO KIND OF HELP, UM, WITH SOME OF THAT TRAINING STUFF AND, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME OF THOSE AUDITS AND THINGS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR STAFF IS ON TASK AND HAS THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I ASKED JT A QUESTION IF HE WANTED ANYTHING FROM THE COUNCIL.
MY TAKEAWAY FROM THAT WAS SAFETY FIRST.
ANYTHING AROUND SAFETY, UM, WE CAN BE ABLE TO USE MORE OF.
DID I GET THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
UH, COUNCILOR MCCURDY AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON.
HAVE, HAVE YOU ALL LOOKED AT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY GRANTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AVAILABLE FOR SWIMMING LESSONS? SPECIFICALLY FOR SPECIAL NEEDS, UH, CHILDREN AND, AND INDIVIDUALS? 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE CAUSES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH AMONG SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, AUTISTIC CHILDREN ON THE SPECTRUM, RIGHT? IS, IS DROWNING.
WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT SPECIFICALLY GRANTS FOR, UM, FOR SPECIAL NEEDS.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, IT'S KIND OF BEEN ON MY RADAR, UM, WORKING WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND THINGS IS WHERE DOES THAT FIT INTO OUR PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE? 'CAUSE IT IS VERY TIGHT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO MAKE TIME FOR.
RIGHT? UM, AND SO, UM, THE GRANTS EXIST AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF KIND OF HOW DOES ALL THAT PLAY TOGETHER FOR ON THE BACK END OF OUR BUDGET? LIKE HOW DOES THAT PROVIDE FOR ANOTHER POSITION BECAUSE THAT'S, IT'S NOT SO MUCH, IS IT ENOUGH FOR A BUDGET POSITION? IT'S NOT SO MUCH FOR, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING UH, COST RELIEF FOR THE PARTICIPANTS AS IT IS ON US FOR HOW DO WE PROVIDE FOR THAT EXTRA INSTRUCTOR.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU AGAIN.
I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES EVERYTHING ON OUR BRIEFING SESSION.
SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADJOURN.
UH, THAT'S NON FAVORABLE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
WE'LL RECONVENE AT 7:00 PM THANK YOU.