City Council - Regular Meeting

[Music] Good afternoon and welcome to the May 20th, 1:30 p.m. City Council meeting. At this time, we're going to have the pledge of allegiance and prayer by Councilman L. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Father God, we humbly approach the throne, Father, and Lord, we also give thanks, Father, that this is the day that you have made, Father. We will rejoice and be glad in it, Father. Lord, we ask that they for special prayers for uh Mayor Fer, for Karen, Lord, and we ask that you just uh send a comforter to her, Father, and to all of his family. And Father, we just ask God that you just give this counsel, wisdom, and knowledge of how we should go. And Lord, that we would walk in your uh guidance and like I said, in your wisdom. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. Um, at this time, do we have any questions or comments from any citizens? I see none. So, we'll move on to number five, the city manager monthly report. Mr. Spreadley, so as a normal, we'll kind of start with a little uh financial overview. You've got the uh reports uh in your budget or in your packet, the budget report in your packet. Uh so, everything's still looking pretty good in the general fund. uh revenue is still trending a little higher above budget expenditures are trending a little bit below our budget. Uh so overall we're still below our budgeted amount which is pretty good. We're officially 7 months through the budget year so we're getting there

towards the end. Uh we've also been keeping an eye on that EMS revenue as we've been planning on on what to do with that. It is still trending towards our amended budget amount. So we're still on track there. On the water and sewer side, uh without the transfer, remember we do have a pretty big transfer coming out this year to help offset uh the uh swimming pool project. Without those transfers, revenue remains well over our expenditures and our expenditures are right on budget, so they're performing well. Sales tax in April was up. 42% that was after that 11% drop last month. Uh so year to date, we're down about 2.35% from last year. Uh so, you know, with the economic changes and stuff like that, we're starting to kind of even out. We are still at our budget amount. If you recall, we budgeted sales tax flat. Uh so we're still on pretty good shape uh budget-wise on that. On the hotel occupancy tax, we actually saw a big pickup in April. So uh we had some more hotel stays coming in in April. Uh we're back above the 5-year average now and back above our uh budgeted amount. So that's kind of good to see as we get into the summer. That's is generally when the local industry starts having some projects, so that's not necessarily unexpected. Some project updates. uh Johnson Park Youth Center, the swimming pool is uh reached its substantial completion date. So, we're just kind of doing the final touches on that. We do plan to have a uh ribbon cutting on our first opening day, which will be May, Friday, May 30th. We expect that to be at 2 p.m. in the afternoon. So, that will be our free admission day like we've done in the past. Uh starting the season off with uh free admission. Uh we've got a agenda item a little bit later. We'll talk about the fees for the upcoming season and that that we previously discussed. Uh but uh everything's looking really really nice out there. I will just kind of reiterate that this project, you know, we had a pretty set budget for what we could do. The council didn't want to take out any debt for that, so we, you know, were working within a a project scope. Uh you will see it. It looks significantly

different, but the vast majority of the money you don't see. It's in the all new pump house and pump equipment, all the plumbing that is under the concrete, uh, the new gutters around the pool. And so, uh, it's going to be a lot better. Uh, in all the years and everything we've done out there, we have never touched the plumbing. And so, the plumbing dated back to the 50s. And so, as everybody knows, when we made this decision, the decision wasn't to renovate or not to renovate. It was to have a public pool or not have a public pool. And so, uh, that's kind of why it got some priority up there because it was failing pretty big. So, it's it's pretty good. I think it'll take it is different. It'll take a little bit of getting used to, but we've got a lot more flexibility. Uh, we do have lights in the pool now, so we'll be able to do things after dark, which I think will be cool, and open up some things. And we are treating about half the I think the old pool is about 180,000 gallons. This pool since we, you know, took out the deep end is about 130,000 gallons. So, it gives us more flexibility and more space. We can use more uh square footage of the pool because you don't have that area where you were transitioning into the deep end. So, it gives us a lot more flexibility. I think once people get out there and experience it, uh they'll understand with the with the zero entry and the kiddie pool attached. I mean, it it the flow around the pool is much much improved. It feels so much more open. I was really surprised with how different it feels. So, uh just be prepared for that. on the uh 30th uh city hall. We continue to pro progress uh here around at city hall. The basement, most of the work is going down the basement. We're finishing up floors on the uh upper level. So, those should go in. They're going to put actual the vinyl down, I believe, this Saturday while while we're closed. And then other than the bathrooms, that'll be everything on this front. We've got the new counter at utility billing. Uh IP's working on getting the community uh computer switch back over there. Uh there's now a little ledge so you can fill out your checks or write what you need to without holding it up on the glass. So that should be a

lot better serviced. We're getting ready to move Linda back out into the front window so that people can be greeted and we've started hanging a few things back on the wall. It has been a challenge to keep plumbing working as we're progressing through that. We are still having some leaks in the main plumbing line in the basement that you know it's getting replaced but apparently not fast enough. And so we've kind of been going in phases and every time we think we we've gotten ahead of it another section of old cast iron pipe starts leaking. And then I have to look at Stella's concerned face as most of that pipe runs through the records storage room and all of the old records. And so I'm trying not to give Stella a heart attack before she can uh officially retire in a couple of years, but it is there again kind of in this building. I know like this room, you know, now that we're on TV in the new room, I mean, this is the most visible, but the vast majority of the work here is not seen too. That is the plumbing changes and the uh HVAC. Some of that plumbing is actually dated back to Woolworth. So it's even earlier than the uh city hall renovation in 1984. And so it it the there again I know sometimes we get a little flack for for taking care of staff offices and stuff but it is the staff that responds to citizens needs and works for the citizens. We need to be able to go to the bathroom and you know feel comfortable in our workspaces. Right now there is not a functioning men's toilet in the building. We have urinals, but we don't have a toilet right now because of that line because we can't use our brand new ones that were supposed to be uh open because the cast iron line's getting replaced. Now, that's short-term fix, but just kind of it's a keeps things interesting. You never know what you're going to get into when you come to work, but it is progressing pretty well. Uh couple updates on the well 13. We are still just waiting for our permit back from the TCQ for the that's the redrill of the well that was sanded in. So, uh, we've got everything ready to go and put

that out for bid once we get the permit back from the TECQ. Uh, we are still in the permitting process of, uh, the additional well on Northwest Whalefield, too. But that is still progressing. And again, at the wastewater treatment plant, uh, we are still renting the pump because we have awarded that screw pump bid, but we're still waiting on the screw pumps. Uh, two weeks ago, we were down to a 26 week bleed time, so we're probably down to about 24 weeks. So, we knew that that there was going to be a little bit of a lead time on on that. So, we're still just waiting. Those screw pumps are custom made from the time that you're ordered. So, that's that's not a a piece that you can just keep in stock. You know, they're measured to the uh casing that they fit in and the uh height of every you know, every sewer plant's different. So, those are custom made and just take a little bit of time, but we're working through that. Uh just some other news uh at Yucka Estates, the housing development. So they poured the uh tie in to the existing street. Uh so that's about just about finished. We should start seeing home construction pretty soon. Uh so I know plan development has talked with them on the the permits. So we expect some uh house plans coming in pretty quick. So the the bulk of the work out there is now done. So that's exciting. We do have uh the flat uh in engineering for Fairlanes edition unit. what's going to be unit for 13 which is the six lot extension of Linda. Uh so that should be on the planning and develop uh planning and zoning agenda next month for approval of the plat for that and then we'll work through incentives on that as we go through our departments. Of course this is a busy time of the year for Michelle with all of our seasonal hires uh and working through some of the payroll uh fixes with our new software. It's getting a little better every payroll. The problem is unlike finance when you work with finance every day. Payroll happens once every two weeks. So you make a lot of progress and then you hope that you get it all fixed and then you don't know until you run the next

payroll and then you find a few new uh errors and you you go through that. But we are working through that and that's definitely kept her busy. In finance, our finance team went to the Tyler conference which was in San Antonio this year. So it comes around Texas about every four years. So we do try to uh send them off. So Michelle actually went with the finance team on that training too. So they got some hands-on uh experience with the new software and learned some tricks while we're there. We also hosted the TML's financial boot camp at the dome last month. Had about 77 attendees from all over the state. I was really surprised how far that they came. We had some people from Houston, Huau, uh you know, we hosted it up here trying to give our local smaller cities a place to come and get some of that training when they can't afford to go down to Austin or San Antonio. But it was really uh nice to see that many people come up for that. Had a lot of good feedback. TML was actually quite pleased both with the facility and the cost. Of course, we waved the cost for the facility and their total food for two days was about $2,300 for three two meals a day and snacks. She said that would have been over $8,000 in Austin. So that's the difference. But they are looking we're going to probably look at least by annual or starting to schedule quarterly trainings at the dome uh for TML financial training. So we're excited uh to get finance involved in that. Uh they've also been working on the last little details for the text payment on 10th Street. Uh so we've gotten them all the details and we think that that should be processed soon. Uh once that payment is processed, then we can start the process to abandon the state spur. It is still on the state highway system. Uh once we complete it and we get their payment, then it'll go in front of the transportation commission, the Texas transportation commission to to make that change. Once they make that change, then it will officially be ours and we can dictate what happens from that point. Has all

been taken care of. Yes, the punch list. So, uh, of course I know Terry, she she's ready for that million dollars. So, and I know there's been some push back and some some I know some people think are dragging our feet but on a few things that we need to fix, but but we're still trying to do everything tech's way because I don't want to do anything to jeopardize that million dollar payment. So, just kind of keep that in mind. Uh, Terry also kind of coordinated our summer intern program and so we've actually have uh five summer interns working right now. So, uh, and Marie is back with Nicole at the dome and, uh, Addison knows another A. They throw me with all these A's. Addison, apparently we didn't scare her off last year, so she's back in the, uh, finance department. Uh, Emma is back working through the summer in it. She has been part-time since her last she's been working one day a week uh, since last summer's intern and now she's back for the summer. This will be her last summer with us. And then we have two new interns this year. Uh Reed Huff is here doing some miscellaneous loading type projects and then so is uh Kayla Kyla Halt and so they're working with emergency services fire uh OEM doing some projects and stuff for there. Uh we got a lot of scanning and some things coming up and and as their summer ends we'll bring them all in front of you again to let them tell you a little bit about their experiences and what they've they've learned. Always find that exciting. It's uh always a big eye openener for them, I think, when they come and actually work for the city and and see what we deal with and how things happen. So, that's always good to get those interns in here, give them some practical experience, and then get them to go educate the the younger generation on what exactly is going on. So, uh we're glad to take care of them. And then, of course, uh finance team was also supported with the reality check event that was at the dome. Uh, I know that Perry is always at the Lifeline booth and that was a blast. So much I know

they don't really like her because she makes them give up everything before she gives them their free little handout. But I think they like her better than they like her husband because the sheriff was around giving tickets again. So, you know, they do uh learn about that. We'll talk about that a little later in public engagement. Emergency management Keith and Sydney both completed their advanced IC training. That's ICS 300 and 400. So, that's good that they're working with that. Of course, uh Pender uh had a big big part of the health and safety fair that was this last weekend. So, they had a lot of good vendors and stuff out there. I think attendance was down just a little bit this year. I don't know why. There's lots of good information, good booth out there, but uh they did get some some uh involved. We've also started our FCC licensing renewal, so that's always kind of a pro process. I don't think it's a problem, but anytime you you deal with uh the federal government, you know, there's always a process to it. U we're also starting to put some um working on our hazard mitigation plan for some uh we we're about to have access to another hazard mitigation grant from the uh fire that happened earlier this year. Uh so we're putting some stuff together with that. I think we're going to work on uh backup generation and some of our critical utility infrastructure, mainly looking at the wastewater plant and a few key lift stations. So, if we ever lose power, you ever everybody worries about water. Water isn't really the problem. You know, we we elevate a whole lot of water, but if you lose power and you can't treat the sewage, people are still using the water and flushing things. And so, that is kind of what we're looking at. I I know people might think that's a little counterintuitive, but we can get bottled water and we can do a lot of things to address water shortages. We already elevate about 9 million gallons of water. Our average usage for domestic water is about a million and a half. So, I mean, if we shut off industry, we have like seven days of elevated water. But sewer, the plant has about a million

gallon extra capacity before it starts overflowing. We in normal use put in about a million gallons a day. So you have like a day and spilling sewage is an issue. So but so that's kind of going to be our uh program for that. The the two grants that are still outstanding, they've made it to they've made it to step six out of nine is the fire detection system from the previous hazard mitigation grant. And then the uh storm water project, the third street storm water project has made it to step six, too. So we're hopeful that we can get some money there to offset our cost on those projects. Uh they've also been coordinating with the state that the uh airport for the fire air base that we're still working on that is pretty much been greenlighted by the state. The utility department is installing some water line. We'll talk about that out there, but but that's looking really good. Uh we also hosted a damage assessment training at the dome and had a pretty good regional turnout from that. Uh we're working on a donations management class for the p uh for the area in September. And then we also had Agriive fire mitigation drones up here. They were doing some test uh aerial testing on some of our mitigation areas. They're working on uh how their software can uh determine fuel loads from aerial thick pictures and stuff like that. And so since we've got some burn areas, you know, they can they can take the aerials of the areas we haven't burned versus the areas that we have burned and help fine-tune their software so that they can get better hazard threat assessment. Uh we are going to be featured in the Aggra Life magazine for our mitigation efforts. Uh so that's coming out. I've seen a draft of the article. It's really good once we get it finalized. They're they shared me a link that I can view it, but I can't download and share it yet. So since it's not approved, but once we get that either once we get that approved, I'll send that out. And of course, we'll put that out on all of our social media stuff, too. Uh at the in the utility department, of course, they laid 3,000

ft of 6 in to the airport. uh and four hydrants. Uh this is also giving us a chance to give a secondary feed to that area. That area has really just had one feed. Uh which is kind of funny because Chris was talking about that uh when the county road and bridge fills up their water trunk trucks from the uh overhead fill station at the south end of the airport, they have to tell the airport because when that happens, they can't flush their toilets because there's not enough pressure. So they have to close their toilets while the county road and bridge is filling up their water truck. So, this will also take care of some of that. So, uh but there is just a 4-in line servicing the airport now and it's deadended. So, when we get all this done, it'll be linked in on two sides so that they won't have that problem anymore. In addition to supporting, uh the well, also replaced a motor out at one of the the wells and uh in our monthly updates now, one of Chris's favorite updates is uh sewers running downhill. And if you recall, that's important because there for, you know, about 18 months, we had all those collapsed lines and it wasn't running and they were having to vacuum and and do it. So, we're back again, still staying ahead of all of that stuff. So, all of our sewer is running the way that it's supposed to. In uh fire department, Archie, he's completed his type 3 IC training, so he's now uh certified as a type three incident commander for uh responses. So, that'll probably make him a little more in demand, send him out, make a little more money going with that. uh fire department also worked on a joint training with Randall County for low angle canyon rescue. Uh kind of joking with Mike about that earlier. It is kind of funny because you know really in my time about that. Uh we do quite a bit of that just because of our terrain and I think I've used the ladder more at a negative incline than I ever did at a positive incline at the police department. So that's some some good training. I know that some people might think that that's funny, but most of the panhandle's flat. We're not flat and we do have a lot of those canyon areas. So,

that's definitely some good uh good training. In addition to that, the fire department taught the park and wreck employees CPR and first aid. You know, we approved our standards of care at a previous council meeting. That is part of that standard. They all get certified through CPR and first aid for our park wreck and our lifeguards. Uh the fire department took care of that. Uh they have started hydrant flushes. So, I'll just remind you, you know, depending on where you're at, you know, you might experience water discoloration when they do that. That's just sediment that a fire hydrant flows at a significantly higher rate than your average faucet. So when they open that, it shakes stuff loose. It is normal. It is safe. It's sediment that is naturally in the water that just settles out. It's been treated and it's so I mean it's not harmful. It's just dirty. Do they notify the areas before they do that? Yes, ma'am. All you do is unscrew your filters. I mean your screens on your things. Yeah. Let the water run a little bit and it it will uh it will uh subdue. We do try to do notifications through Facebook and other methods. I mean there again we try the best that we can. We cannot physically make contact with every house and wait until we have physically checked off every house. Uh but they are working through that. And then of course the fire department support a baby animal day, the Frank Phillips College job fair, the touch a truck at the uh church up here, reality check and a lot of our community events in public works. Uh they were at the touch a truck event too because they're not the only, you know, fire is not the only one with big fancy trucks. Uh they also helped set up at for the eighth grade formal. Uh we do have all the splash pads. The two splash pads are working again now. So we're back in that season. We are going to try to stay on top of that. We had one little equipment failure, but I think last year we hopefully everything's working. When we have a out of town like Peritton was here at Hero Park today, do we give advanced notice that they're going to be at Hero Park? Cuz I think it was about five buses from

Peritton. Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. They don't contact. Okay. It depends on what they need. In the past, I think what if they want to set things up, they normally do and we do have some requirements with that. Okay. Uh that's pretty common in the summer, you know. That's I guess they like the things we have at that park and it's there's normally at least three or four schools from the area that drive over to just spend an afternoon at the park. And of course this year with the new play equipment and some of the things we've done, it's definitely improved. Uh the bird sanctuary has now been completely removed and the dirt's all leveled. As we get into phase two of our planning for the the replacement, the the survey winner was the pollination garden/zen reading rest area. So, I thought it was Polynesian. Well, I'll put some bamboo out there and uh we'll have a a grass skirt policy on uh the first Sunday of the summer. Uh but so, we're working through that. That'll be pretty good. It'll probably be raised flower beds and some nice seating in some areas just to, you know, a, like I said, to me, I call it a zen garden because it's just kind of a place to go and relax. Of course, you've got all the flowers so that the bees can pollinate and you can have a little waterfall or something. Well, we're working through the scope and all of that. You know, like everything, you know, for some reason this the council doesn't like me to spend money without it being planned and approved. So, you know, that's true. I know some people think that's not the case, but that is the case. And so we're working through that. Uh we are still working through lighting issues at the sports fields. I mean, it's they're in process. We've got parts ordered and things are coming. The the wind's just been really hard the last little bit. And I will just kind of remind everybody and we've talked to the council about that. But uh in the early

budget process, there is a some money for an assessment to of assess those all the fields next year and get a capital plan together to see how we want to move forward with that uh as part of our next capital issuance project. And then of course they've been working hard at the swimming pool getting ready for the summer season there. Again, remember Friday, May 30th is the first day for the swimming pool to be open. It will be free admission and uh starting at 2. the police department. Uh, believe it or not, animal control second new animal control truck has been delivered. Oh, thank you. Slightly uh slightly ahead of what they had originally warned us about, but uh two years after we ordered it there about so well caught up, so I know that they're excited about that. They were also out at the health and safety fair and did a six lowcost microchips at the safety fair. So, we've got six more animals registered. Uh at the police department, they of course were involved at the health and safety fair as well. They had the both the motorcycle team out there and some other and doing the kit print. Did a few kit prints. Uh Captain Sims was off the Motorola conference learning about the CAD system and all of their cameras and all that type of stuff. They were also out at the baby animal day and the Frank Phillips College career fair as well. Uh we also hosted an interview and interrogation class taught by the Texas Rangers and had some regional people attending that. So there again, we are trying to kind of be a regional training hub for a lot of our different professions and services. So that's good. We actually have a big utility class coming up in a week or two at the at um actually the books are coming in. So we have definitely become a pretty good regional site for for training. Of course, that helps us because we need it and it helps also a lot of the smaller cities again because they don't have to travel as far to get some of that training that they need. and the fire uh police and sheriff's office also went out and helped put the crosses at West Lawn on the veterans uh graves and for preparation for Memorial Day. Uh in the city secretary's office and court,

Michelle and Evely both part passed a portion of their court clerk 2 certification test. So they're getting closer to being court clerk certified court certified court clerks too. They are both already certified clerk one. So that's just the next step. Uh we also had a trainer come in last week to uh set up and do some laserfish training and we've been doing much better with laserfish. Laserfish is our digital document management solution. Uh so as we start get getting things scanned in, we actually have a government contract. We'll be able to put some of that stuff out on our website to uh be uh publicly accessible through the laser fish portal. So like our invoices and a lot of things that we get a lot of common requests for, we can just put out there and say, "Hey, there it is. You can go find what you need and print off what you need." And so we are slowly trying to work through that. The first step was to get everything starting to get scanned back in. Uh but that's a lot of the work of at least what one of the interns is going to be doing if not probably a lot of them in some way or the other. And of course we did as Stella did complete the election and we've got all that wrapped up uh for this year. I know that uh it's always a big relief for her when we get to the end of that season. Uh it's easy for me because like I I joke all the time, I stay way out of that. My job is to work with whoever the citizens so choose to put up here. So I try to stay as far away from that as possible. Sometimes I think it's maybe hard on new candidates because I like ignore them like the plague during the election and then now all of a sudden we need to work with them. But Stella does a really great job keeping the candidates informed and giving them information that that we need. Uh it does look right now the uh bill that would have moved municipal elections to November has not made it out of committee. So, I think we might be staying the same for a little bit. Uh, but with city secretary in court, uh, they did pass a law that requires public notices to be posted 72 hours, 72 business hours in advance. Now, it was just 72 hours. So, just a fair warning after September or we might probably

start doing that earlier is for a Tuesday council meeting, we will have to publish and send everything out on Thursday now. So, it's going to shorten our window a little bit to get stuff ready and to get things out. Give y'all another day to look it over, which may or may not be good. I for the most part, I'm kind of neutral about it. It if I've got it done on Friday, then I'm less stressed on a If I got it done on Thursday, then I'm less stressed and st less stressed on a Friday. So, I'm not for sure uh what that really matters, business days versus full days. Uh the other thing we're going to have to work through and see what the state gives us guidance on as part of that bill is we now have to post a physical copy of our budget. And so I don't exactly know I mean our budget's a 180 page document. I don't know if how you post 180 pages every that's I'm assuming that they're going to do it something like the school district does the school districts the TEA has a has a spreadsheet that's their required information that has to be available to the public and it's a very high level summary it's like revenue and then expense categories like how much for instruction how much for transportation how much for facilities and so if we do that we can probably get the budget condensed to maybe three pages depending on what funds they want included. But that's something we'll be working through with this budget cycle. So, if you start seeing some some different charts or some different things, that's probably why. Just trying to keep up with that. In civic uh downtown Civic, old Nicole's things. Of course, they've had a pretty busy uh April, they did the mom's boozy brunch uh Mother's Day setup at the dome that was actually really successful. They had a lot of people come. the local vendors that were there all uh together did over $6,000 in sales from that event. So, it's always nice to, you know, we do try

to find ways to, you know, help and include local local businesses. I mean, we can't feed everything, but that's definitely supporting those that uh wanted to wanted to come. Uh she also helped with Dedra, but I'm going to I'm going to save some of Dra stuff for Dedra's thing, and she won't be here to make stumble over the words, so we'll we'll see. But we are getting ready for a lot of our summer events. You know, be sure we've got the second Saturday car cruise with music on Maine every second sun Saturday in uh the summer. We've got the uh fourth on Maine event coming up. Uh just lots of things if you haven't. We'll talk about the visit borger website in the next session too if you haven't. Uh there make sure you're looking at Facebook, social media, visitborg.com, your the uh boomtown beef that's going out that just went out in your uh water bills has got the summer event schedule on them. So, we are putting that stuff out there in multiple ways. So, just make sure you're paying attention to all of that. At the dome, McKenzie uh she finished and graduated with her bachelor's in strategic communication. So, big round of applause for uh McKenzie putting through that. And they've already got Dan Marie uh busy and working. And then, of course, the safety fair was there. We continue to put together our information for Main Street and data and we're working on our strategic plan as we work towards getting that Main Street designation. uh that group is working on educational materials for a possible uh liquor option election. Part of that feedback, you know, we the community's talked about that for a year. You know, the city can't sponsor that and the council can't do it. But right now, you can have liquor by the drink in this county, but to do it, you have to have a private club, which means the business has to buy it at retail. So, when we have uh chain restaurants and other things looking in, a lot of times they look at that and that can be a barrier to their profit margin. So, that's been some of the feedback that we're trying to assist with some education and and guide the community on that. Uh, we have 14 bands signed up for the Battle of Bands right now for Fest coming up and

we I we've made an offer for our uh celebrity judge. So, I'll just leave it at that. And so, as we get through that now, in community engagement, uh we completed our Fairlings 2 cleanup that was the biggest one so far. 4,80 lbs of bulk waste was turned in and allowed us to dispose of it. So, that's definitely always better than just people throwing it out. Uh, don't forget that code enforcement's also been busy with the with the grass and stuff. We've seen an uptick in our uh yard kits and so just remember we do have that. We've got the bulk waste trailers. We've got lots of ways to partner with our community to do that. I just I can't reiterate enough. It's not it's not the city can't afford and it's not our job to do everything. It is our job to partner with you to try to handle things the best that we can. And so we do have four different ways to partner with you. Whether it's a neighborhood cleanup, whether it's the self-help bull refuge trailer, we'll set it, you fill it up, we empty it. Whether it's the equipment we'll give you, if you don't have the mower, you don't have the weed eater, we've got one, we'll loan you, you know. So that's a But we're seeing a lot of uptake. I think they're getting used to having that. So hopefully uh we will have more of that. Uh our summer hands for code enforcement have started as well. Uh you're going to start seeing them in some of our you know we've slowly branded out u been rolling out some newer branded uniforms. So you know most of our work guys are wearing the blue reflective blue and black reflective stuff with our logo on the back of it. We also have some logoed uh reflective vest now. Uh part of that is like I was talking with the code enforcement crew is I want to make sure that they know it's the city doing this work you know and and I think people see them a lot more but they don't always know it's the city. So I want them branded to see what all we do. And so remember that text only mows rightways twice a year. We mow them once a month because the community wants that and we need it because oh my god if if we let those grow they mow at the

beginning of the season at the end of the season which means if we let them go by the end of the season and then of course the parks department is the one that's been handling the uh clover leaf so I don't want to leave them out but they do a really good job of maintaining that clover leaf the last couple years it's you know looked really good since we haven't if I get some community service individuals. And we decided to limb up those trees. Do I have to go talk to the highway department? I I mean, I just want to know because I might just go there and do it. We can depending on where you're working. We've got we've got some some guidance. They know we work out there. If it's a city vehicle and if we get a city vehicle out there flashing lights and get you in some city vest and some supervision, we can probably take care of that. I just want to make sure and for the most part all we need to do I think all they've really asked is that we notify them and so it won't be that hard. Then we had our Easter uh dog potty. I I don't want to disappoint Dedra and not say it. And then also the pause for consent event uh which was a pretty good I'm supposed to say that Jolene the Terrier became the unofficial pup cup taste tester. So, I'm not for sure who uh who who who Jolene the Terror became to, but apparently she stole the show. She had five pup cups of her own and tested everyone else's. So, she ended up with 12 total. And the crisis center was a great to partner with and we look forward to additional events with them. Uh so, that went really well. Of course, we had the reality check again which was really good. Class of 2025 had 190 students and we had 30 plus boosts this year. It went a lot smoother. you know, we definitely uh learned some things from the last year. And it's it's really interesting seeing the kids uh realize how expensive things are and how life really works, you know, when it's them having to pick everything.

They came to our booth for hair and it was hilarious how the husbands didn't want to pay for the because they'd have to pay for the whole family, kids haircuts, wife, and they're like, I came for their haircuts. I'm like, oh yes, you are. Well, in this year they didn't have a choice on their family. No. So it was randomly picked and they didn't have a choice on their job which was randomly last year. So your your job and your family were randomly assigned and so it definitely I think was a good reality check. I know again I think the students and the vendors all we always get positive feedback from that event on on both sides and everybody's always excited to come help with that. Uh so if you haven't noticed we've started our dump start for 2025. Those applications are out. If anybody's interested in submitting a proposal for art to be painted on the dumpster, there's some of those in the lobby on that table right out there or they can come in and talk to Dedra. Uh we've also started advertising for other upcoming events. The uh youth entrepreneur day, that's the replacement for lemonade day. So we've kind of taken that in-house and not using the registered so we can be a little more flexible on some of the things that we want to do. We already talked about the sat second Saturday. I do want to kind of throw this up here real quick because Dedra's done a lot of work on the visitborg website. If you didn't know this was out there, it is out there. visitborger.com. It's got all the events, things to do, where to shop, places to eat, places to stay. Your event calendar is all on here. Uh this is the same information you get if you download the Borger app. So if you go to the app and search Borger Texas, you can download all of this. But it is all out there in a lot of different ways. So I know that one of the comments on Facebook to something earlier was that and it was some weird off like fourth party magazine that did some survey named us one of the most boring towns in the country. Uh and Dedra did a pretty good responding to that that you know in

a in a given year we the city alone sponsors 30 events. So, you know, if you're bored or you're not doing anything, it's because Mhm. because you're not wanting to participate. But that that is out there. So, I just kind of wanted to throw that out there for everyone. It wasn't from a neighboring city to the east of us. I do not believe so. Okay. But, uh we're also then continuing to work with uh our ribbon cutting uh the centennial committee as we get ready for our centennial and then our ber. But that's what uh happened in April. I'll entertain any other questions that you might have. Good. No, that's good. Always like all right, so we will move on to uh number six, citizen presentation discussion with Jack Mustard regarding animal shelter intake, euthanasia rates, and animals at large. Mr. Mustard, come on up. Thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon, council. My name is Jack Mustard. I stand before you today not not only as a lifelong resident of this city, but someone who believes that how we treat our most vulnerable, including our animals, defines who we are as a community. First of all, I'd like to sincerely thank Coach Loftess for his decades of commitment to Borger's youth. Coach Loft has changed my life growing up and I'm one of the thousands touched by his guidance. Thank you, coach. Your legacy is part of the very soul of this town. I also want to recognize Borger Animal Advoc Advocacy Group, Sharon Prague, and your incredible team. Your dedication and fight to move animals from shelters daily uh matters. You're not alone. I'm here to help you. And thank you also to the Borger animal control officers, including Mr. Daryl. Um, I've heard from countless citizens about the excellent job you're doing under tough

conditions, and I want to want you to know that we see you, respect you, and are grateful. You're not only helping animals, you're helping build a better borger. I hope that what I share today encourages and supports your mission while strengthening the already growing connection with the department and the council. No mistake about it, we are in a crisis. Each year, thousands of dogs and cats are abandoned, neglected, and surrendered, often through no fault of their own. Tragically, many are euthanized simply due to the lack of space, funding, and support. Research shows over 80,000 dogs are euthanized each month in the United States with the highest rates in the South, including Texas. In the past three months, I've personally paid for the adoption fees of over 30 animals in the Texas panhandle that would otherwise have been euthanized. I don't share this for praise. I share this to show you that I'm invested. To each and every council member, I'm not asking you to carry the weight alone. I'm saying let's lead together. I've worked with advocate groups in Amarillo, Tulia, and right here in Border. The reality is clear. The number of good homes simply can't keep up with the number of animals entering the shelter. There's just no way. There's no comparison. We can't just keep mopping the floor. We have to turn off the faucet. Consider Tulia, where a 14-day euthanization policy sparked national backlash. Tulia is now known across the country as the Texas kill shelter town. They may have saved a few dollars shortterm, but the long-term damage to their reputation was far more costly.

Borger can and should choose a better path always. Um, I want to talk a little bit about what I've called mustard's law or mustard's principles. Um, can I approach and give y'all a handout? Thank you, sir. I'm good. These laws are practical, compassionate, and effective. The first component of this is a mandatory and lowcost spay and neuter program. Uh pet overpopulation is the root of the crisis. And I've seen this, it's not just B Mc Borger, it's it's everywhere. It's just overpopulation. Um, we must invest in prevention. Um, and I encourage the the council to think outside the box. I don't have all the answers. I don't come here to even project that I do. Um, the one of the things that we've talked about in several towns is the dollar solution on on water bills. For example, if you were to add just $1 a month to the water bill, that could generate $25 to $30,000 a month to fund and spay spay and neuter. That's real change from a small community investment. Number two, enforcable microchipping requirements. And I've talked a lot uh with Sharon about, you know, enforcing microchipping and how that would work in in the communities, but that's something that will pay huge dividends long term. It may not show up quickly, but when you start the process of, you know, mandatory microchipping, it can make a huge difference long term for the animals. Microchipping is inexpensive, effective, and proven to

reunite pets with families. Every animal adopted or reclaimed from shelters should be microchipped and registered with the city. And this should be enforced as much as possible. This isn't invasive. It's not invasive. It's pro protective and it promotes community responsibility. Enforcement is the key. We must follow through to see the results with a microchip. Stronger enforcement of animal cruelty and abandonment laws. Abandonment or mistreating an animal is not just wrong, it's illegal. Current laws allow for up to one year in jail and $4,000 fine for these acts. We don't need new laws. We need to enforce the ones that we have. That's the great news about this process. We don't need to make new laws. All we have to do is enforce the laws on Texas books. Use public education, fines, and even court-ordered community services to hold people who are accountable. Partnerships with local veterinarians. I recently had u a dog that I rescued from the Tulia Pound uh spade here in Borger and it was it was a little over $300. And when we paid for it, I was like, man, that's you know, quite a bit of money for for the process. and we we looked it up and even it called uh several other towns including Amarillo which it was actually lower to get your dog spayed here in uh Borger than it was in many of the the vets in Amarillo. So or as far as the the amount the cost to uh spay a dog uh say a terrier or a larger dog it's it's you know it's within the normal variance of what what other cities are or even a little bit lower but to spay and neuter

an animal say you get a a dog out of the pound to spay and neuter the dog is $300 to $400. So, um I think partnership, you know, partnerships with a local vet that has the same, you know, goals in mind would absolutely be amazing. Uh you know, many vets want to help. Um let's form a partnership maybe for subsidized care, uh public outreach and support programs that make human solutions more accessible. And I would just, you know, encourage the council to investigate more u you know, with the local vets or how that would work. But that would be something that would be huge. You know, maybe some form of subsidized care for these for these animals. And number five, create a community animal task force. Bring together advocates like Sharon. Y'all have so many people in this town that that love animals. And I know you guys do too, Darl back there. You know, everybody's trying to make a difference. And I see that on social media. I mean, you can see it. You know, people want to make a difference, but a lot of people say, "I just don't know how. I don't know where to go, but some form of community task force, you know, related to animals. Number one, it shows to the people that are wanting to come into to Borger that the community cares. That's one of the main things that I think gets overlooked a lot of times with animal laws. Yeah, we want to protect the animals, but just the amount of love and karma and good energy when people see that, you know, this is a town that takes care of their animals, it it's huge. You know, I I've mentioned Toya in contrast. Um, all you have to do is hashtag Toya Texas on social media and see the damage that was done. Um, this isn't about new ordinances. It's about empathy, responsibility, and a kind and the kind of city that we want to have and want to be. Dogs love without condition. They give us joy,

loyalty, purpose, and commitment. The very least we can do is to continue to return that love with dignity and increased protection. Let Borger be known as the city that leads. And once again, I encourage each and every one of you to think outside the box as relates to how this specifically relates to Borger itself. I don't claim to have all the answers, but I do think that collectively people in the town and the advocates and the council and the shelter between everyone, there could be some amazing things happen. And I think Borger could lead um be a leader in the panhandle for that. on one of the pages that I gave y'all that you you can see that uh Amarillo is now doing free microchipping and I know uh Garrett you had mentioned something about that too. You know that's a cheap in and it's not the only thing that we need to do but that is one in inexpensive way to really make a difference and to show the community you know that we care. Let's give our animals in the shelter a voice and a chance. I'm asking not for per for perfection. I'm asking simply for progress. Let's lead. Let's care. And let's be the city that others look up to. Thank you for your time and your attention and most of all your heart. Uh Sharon has my number. Coach Loftess has my number. Um I'm always willing to talk. Like I said, if I don't have the answer, I'll go find the answer. Um and it's just an honor to be here and I appreciate y'all. Thank you. Thank you, J. Thank you very much. What I'd like to do is is get you a I'm on the Amber Fund Committee, which is a fund through the Amarillo Area Foundation. Okay. So, there was a a lady in Gray County that had left a lot of money that solely for the use of animal care in Gray County and the counties

adjacent to Gray County. Right now, most of their money goes to PAUSE in Pampa, but they have a hard time getting other organizations to submit applications. We do need a nonprofit organization to do that, but that could fund lowcost spayneuter or free spayneuter or the lowcost or free microchipping. Okay. So, I might just I can get that that's the government can't apply for that money. We need that nonprofit or a 501 or something like that. Okay. And so I can we can help connect with that and that might be a way to get us some money to check off a couple of those. Anything that that would be a good start and once again that would help get the ball rolling and yeah cuz right now like it's doing uh it's paying for programs with Pampas Meals on Wheels to provide food to the elderly so that they can dog you know so that they can keep their animals who would otherwise normally not be able to feed them. Okay. Okay. Uh they helped buy Texas Tech a van for a mobile outreach clinic. Uh the veterary program and Amarello is part of that is on that committee as well. So we're trying to kind of work ways with them. I think that as you know I know that's a you know they just now graduated their first uh class of vets. I'm hoping that now that they're kind of getting their legs firm that we can have a lot of new ways to partner with them with their students and stuff to help. Well, I would love to be a part of that. Would you be willing to give uh that information to coach Loftess um and he can get that to? Yeah, I'll get you I'll get I'll get you I I've got Sharon's information somewhere, too. We'll get it to you one way or the other. I just there are avenues that we're already kind of working with. It's that nonprofit sometimes has been because we tend to be a little we've got a lot of volunteers, but we're a little more on the unofficial side of things that can kind of prohibit some of that. So, if we've got a way to get some official, we can any way we can connect the dots would be, you know, a blessing.

And like I said, I think it takes collectively, profits, nonprofits, city, non city, all everybody working together. And so, I'd love to be a part of that in any way. And I have to get to work. Is that okay that I'm uh that I'm released? Well, you go right ahead, sir. We just want to say thank you for bringing this and we definitely are going to take this into consideration. We appreciate the time. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Anybody have anything else that they'd like to say? There we go. Thank you, sir. We appreciate you. It's nice to meet you, Miss Sharon. I believe that's perfectly fine. I moved from bor nine years ago, but I've been the admin for the bor almost 11. I don't have a nonprofit. I don't care either, you know, but I am on some non I will look into that. Um yeah, and like I said, they could be as as long as the money it can flow through whoever. Yeah. So, I've I've got an idea. So, I will get that. Um Yeah, because I just I'm not interested. I haven't been interested. I've been on a lot of boards. No, it's a it's a it's a lot. Yeah. I mean, it's like a full-time job, you know. That wasn't me trying to suggest that you No, no, no. I'm just saying, you know, I have thought about it, but then it's like I have left a lot of boards, too. I have a lot to do personally, but I just want to reiterate what Jack was talking about with the the mandatory microchipping and city lure. Cities across the United across Texas are doing this already. We're behind. We're way behind on the license. Even FR has an ordinance that they don't enforce, but it's been on their books for years. Julia, White Deer, White Deer does enforce. They have very low stray numbers in white deer. are smaller, but you won't see that many animals at their animal. So, um, and it it being

2025, you know, tags can fall off, collars can come off, microchips forever, that is a permanent identification. It's legal identification if your pet is stolen or lost that it, you know, the police will get involved when there's a microchip involved. If there's not a microchip, it's a civil thing. So, it helps in those ways. um dogs have been hit or mauled by other loose dogs without microchip. decisions are having to be made by the city by animal control. If we cannot locate the owner fast, you know, whether they euthanize because, you know, vetting is not an op, you know, an option with city monies. I don't have the money to vet other people's animals, you know, that are mauled, hit by cars. We can find the, you know, the owners faster with the it does force responsibility back on the citizens as you know, Garrett spoke about you know, trash and stuff. They've they've got we've we've got to get something that helps animal control. Lower the intake, lower the stays of the intake that y'all are y'all are paying money for to deworm and feed and clean and the time it takes to clean the shelter. That would be with the city loer and mandatory month. So, I would really really like that before the end of my, you know, something to help y'all and help animal control because they do a fantastic job. I have no complaints whatsoever. They do things legally. They care about the animals. Good work. I've been working with if if they were difficult, I would have gone. So, that's why I'm not in Toya anymore. Thank you, M. That was one of the reasons. But I just I would like to see the registration and micro shipment being mandatory. That might cost y'all a little bit of money. We might have to bring the fees down from 35 to 20 like like we did on Friday. You know, maybe offer some free ones. I've done some free ones.

Microchipping is a is a minor cost in the scope of a lot of things that we can do. I That's I think Yeah, because you can get microchips for under $10. I can probably get you microchips free. And that's what we did in Toya. You know, we bought our first set and then for every microchip we use, we got a free one from FI Nano because I do think, you know, just from a from an operational standpoint, that's the mandatory microchipping to me has to come with free microchipping. It kind of does. It kind of does. And and I'm not saying get good or bad. I'm just I think to get it that's the Yeah, cuz they're going to Yeah, I get you. But you would also tie the You would tie the lensure and registration in with your rabies, too. So, we're cuz we do not see that many numbers coming into the shelter that have current rabies. It's astounding because the rabies vaccine is not for the dog. It's for the humans that they live with. That is a 100% fatal disease that is statemandated every 3 years. So we could like it's going to force people to be more responsible. It is, you know, which that is what laws do. You know, running a stop sign, beating, you know, all of that stuff. That's why they're all our law is to change behavior. So I I I really think eventually that the state's going to mandate the microchips and the registrations because that's that's the direction the state, you know, the cities in the state of Texas is going right now. There is a lot of cities that already have this in place. Amarillo is taking it before their city council next month. You know, I'm shocked that they haven't, you know, already done so, but they've got a board now that, you know, is going to be pushing it through. So, I would like to see us do that. We are bougie here. We really are. Like, when you compare yourself to other shelters in the area, you know, we're pretty fancy. We're doing some stuff that they're not doing, you know, already on this, you know, but we've got we've got to have some help. Yeah, we're at we're

at a standpoint economically rescue wise, you know, rescues are closing across the United States. Texas isn't even the highest in euthanasia rate anymore. You know, we were surpassed by California, Washington, and New Mexico. We've got a United States problem, you know, but all I can help is right here in this city, you know, as a worker. And I pulled out of every other city in the panhandle. I'm only focused on y'all. That's it. You know, that's that's where it is. And you know, that's where I'm back to square one almost 12 years ago, you know, almost like brand new, you know, but I just we I've never come to the city council before in the last 12 years. We're glad you came with him. I've never asked for anything from the city. I've done everything, you know, on my own with the help of volunteers, donors, you know, hustling and rescues from across the United States. today. I would really like to see the the licensers registration and the mandatory micro to help us control some of the intake numbers at the shelter. Thank you. We appreciate you coming. And I'm also going to step off my [Laughter] Well, thank you for coming and we appreciate you, girl. We thank you for what you do. Unfortunately, we have to go where I go. Yeah. There you go. Well, y'all guys have a good day. All right. Anything else? That good? All right, we're going to move on to the consent agenda 7 through 10. There any discussions on these? I believe we've I would just say I did make a a minor boooo. Uh I forgot the budget second reading last meeting to put it on the agenda, so I carried it over and then I forgot to ch change the title when I copied it. Okay. The motion is correct in your uh uh agenda memo. Yep. It's just not the it's not right on the the wording isn't right uh on the uh agenda. Of course, that that's not you know, I could have

been just simple and just put budget amendment. Okay. U but it is what we talked about and nothing has changed since we read the first time. I just focusing on the election items last month. Somehow I just skipped missed it. So it's on this month. Is there anything an agenda that you want to go over? Ready? Are we good? All right. I'll entertain a motion, please. I move to accept the consent agendas number 7 through 10 as written. Do we have to? Okay. Uh, I'll second that. Yeah. No, the the the agenda is correct. There's nothing there's nothing that needs to be Yeah. The ordinance is correct. Excuse me. Okay. I got you. So all in favor. All right, it [Music] passes. There is for a loop there, Garrett. All right. Uh number 11, items to be considered. Consider and take appropriate action to approve an interlocal agreement between the city of border and Hutchinson County. Hutchinson County for jail services. Too fast, Mr. Bradley. So I've been working with the new sheriff to kind of finalize this. I had we this this process had kind of started with the with the previous sheriff. Uh I had required they had wanted to update a few things. Uh mainly the price uh the first draft I got back there in the previous administration was lacking a few things that I felt we needed. Uh so now we've worked through all of that. It's got the legal language that that is necessary. Really the only thing uh that's changing is the daily rate which it it needs. I think that's fair. We haven't used this is just, you know, if we ever have to incarcerate a class C, if the judge uh feels that somebody with warrants or somebody on a municipal charge needs to sit out their time, this just gets her the flexibility. We have actually not had anybody in the county jail on city

charges for quite a while. Uh but Judge Ford has asked to retain the ability to have that option should somebody need it. Uh so other than that, like I said, it it's pretty much mirrors the previous contracts we've had. had the biggest change is just that daily rate going up. Okay. From 35 to 50. Yeah. And like I said, it was $35 a day when I started at the PD in 2010. Okay. So, okay. It definitely is fair to go up. We do have a line item in the municipal court's budget for that if it is ever used. I think it's $5,000. We haven't used it in the last three years. So, but it is nice to have the option. Okay. Anybody got anything? No. I'll entertain a motion. Then I move to approve the jail service agreement between the city of Borg and Hutcherson County and authorize the mayor to ex execute the agreement. I'll second. All in favor? It passes. Item 12. Consider and take appropriate action to approve resolution R-00007-25 adopting a policy establishing guidelines and procedures for the display of banners on city-owned street light poles. Mr. Sproutling, so we talked about this a couple months ago in our work session. Uh since we've added the decorative lighting down 10th Street and we've got the poles at the dome and some now on Main Street, we've had just a few uh informal inquiries about using it. We've even had some internal ideas. I know public engagement talked about, you know, using them to display seniors pictures. I know Stenette actually, I believe, did that on on their highway this year. So, there just some uh some things of some possibilities have come up with that. And so, we uh decided that if we were going to have that, we needed to have a policy and procedure for for who could do it, you

know, and what that looked like. And that's what this resolution does is set out those. So, it would limit eligibility to nonprofit or community- based organizations. uh we have to pre-approve the the banner that they want to put. Uh there is a typo in the agenda. I uh originally I had done a 30-day display limit. I thought that maybe that was a after we talked uh a little short. So the actual resolution bumped that up to 60 days. Okay. But at the same time, we don't want banners up advertising an event 6 months out. Uh and then only city staff may install and remove the banners. And because of that, there is a $250 fee to the city if you want to use those banners. Uh it does give me the ability to wave that for certain reasons depending on what the event is. Or maybe they don't want all of the banners, so they just want to put it at the dome. So maybe 250 isn't reasonable for that, but we don't want to have a floating scale. So that just it gives me the authority to kind of adjust that that if necessary. Uh, and then it makes the applicant responsible for the actual banner cost and and design. There's some other little requirements in there like their logo needs to be on it or who the sponsoring agency is so that that everybody knows, you know, I don't want to they need to know who's sponsoring the event or the banner. And then of course, if it's us, then we'll just do that. But, uh, other questions? Nope. Such a neat idea. Okay. How many banners are available for the There's 38 spots I think. Uh is that including me? Okay. Of course, the uh the wind has reduced that some here lately and so we're we're going to standards to require uh wind slits in the banners so that they take a little less.

Okay. Anything else? I don't see where it says that you can that they have to maintain them in good shape. That's since we put them up and take them down, we pretty much retain the authority of when to take them down. And I'm hoping that normally 60 days since they can only be up 60 days. My thought, my thinking is is that they shouldn't be destroyed in 60 days if the wind's not Well, normally when the wind destroys the banner, it destroys the banner pole holder, too. And we've got to get involved anyway. But, uh, we can take them down if we have to. So, we take them down, they pick them up. Yeah. Okay. We throw them away is what I was asking. We'll give them an opportunity to pick them up if they want them, but we're not going to hold them around. That's, you know, we're not a storage unit. I was getting that. Anything else? Entertain a motion. I move to approve resolution number R-00007-25 adopting a policy establishing guidelines and procedures for the display of banners on city-owned uh street light poles. Second. All in favor. Should I say the dome, too? That covers it all. Okay. All right. All in favor? And it passes. And I will just add I did do that as a resolution so that you know we can update the resolution at any time. So if we do run into any problems, it's uh real easy to update a resolution. Okay. Item 13, consider and take appropriate action to introduce on first reading ordinance 0-00007-25 amending section 1.07.043 of the code of ordinances to update the fee schedule for the Johnson

Park Youth Center. So, we talked about this during the work session, you know, with the new swimming pool opening. Uh, our fees have been set since 2015 out at the youth center. And so with a little bit of more investment in there, we talked about maybe making a slight adjustment. I know that there's been some discussion in the community about what those prices will be and some people, you know, worried about them going to be a whole lot. It's not, you know, the council, you know, in our discussions, you know, we're still looking at trying to be reasonable, but it's been 10 years since the price has gone up and and cost and everything has gone up a little bit. So, what this ordinance would do is change the daily admission from $2 to $3. So, that is still significantly cheaper than any other pool around. Uh, it would increase the season pass from $50 to $75, but it would add a family/group pass rate. So, if you buy three or more at one time, you can get it for $55 per person. So, if you're trying to send your family out there all summer and you pay for it up front, we can give you a little discount. And then we also ordered a uh are adding a new weekly pass. So, if you can't afford the season pass or you're going to be traveling a lot, you know, you can just do it at a week at a time and that will be $12 per person per week. So, if you paid the $3 for the six days we're open, that'd be $21. So, it's almost half price to do the weekly pass. So, this still definitely makes it a very reasonably priced entertainment option. Uh the fees have never we budget about $300,000 a year for salaries for the park wreck program and the swimming pool. Uh this fee brings in $24,000. So this is still definitely a community service that we're providing. We're not making money off of it. I do not anticipate this at the rate we're going up the 24,000 will probably turn into 30,000. So we're still

not not getting anywhere close. But uh I do think it is appropriate to adjust that just a little bit. Okay. On the after hour, we will no longer rent the facility after hours. We have not been doing that uh for the last 3 years. Uh we were renting there are certain exceptions, but when we were renting renting the pool takes it away from public hours. So, the pool used to be open from like 1 to 5 and then 5 to 7 for parties. So, what we do now is we keep the pool open from it's going to be a little later because we've got we talked about having lights, but but it last year it was open from 1 to 7 for the public. And then we had party packages and we had areas you could rent an area to have a party. You just didn't get exclusive use of the pool. And so the way that they were doing is people were getting exclusive use of the pool, but then we still have to pay the lifeguards to staff it and it limited the amount that the public could use it. So on average, we were limiting 2 hours a day every day and that benefited maybe 50 parties. So we decided that it was a better community benefit to keep the pool open and accessible to everybody than limiting the rental to those hours. Just wanted a clarification. Right. And like I said, we do still have party packages and we'll set you up in a little in the we've got those spaces down at the end of the community center that got the doors onto the patio that give you access to the pool. So we we'll still do that. You can bring a birthday cake and those are that's actually really reasonable. I mean what we do that for like with food packages for under 50 bucks and so we still get some of that but then we also keep the pool available to the public, right? You didn't say anything to say. Good.

Okay. So, I'll entertain a motion. I move to introduce on first reading art or 0-00007-25 amending section 1-07-043 of the code of ordinance to update the fee schedule for the Johnson Park Youth Center. Second. All in favor? and it passes. Number 14, consider and take an appropriate action to adjurnn. I make a motion to adjurnn. I'll second. All in favor? And it passes. Thank you guys for coming today. Anybody want to buy this? Anybody want to buy coach steak? He's hungry.