Nov 12, 2024 City Council

YOU THINK THAT. THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY IS NOW IN SESSION.

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IT'S JUST A REGULAR, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. LINK. SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. AND HAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR OPEN FORUM? ALSO, NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP FOR OUR OPEN FORUM SO WE

[CONSENT AGENDA]

COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? MILLER. ALL RIGHT. HI. HI. HI. HI. HI. HI. MOTION

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I'M THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER FOR THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY. IT'S A PLEASURE BEING HERE THIS EVENING. I KNOW IT'S WELL OVERDUE, BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS AN APPROVED BUDGET ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION. APPROVAL FOR THE HR PLATFORM BUILT FOR PUBLIC SECTOR. NEOGOV IS A CLOUD BASED SOFTWARE. AS A SERVICE PROVIDER OF HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE USED AS AN ONLINE HIRING SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS APPLICANTS TO CREATE A USER ACCOUNT PROFILE, APPLY FOR CURRENT JOB OPPORTUNITIES. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY USING ONLY INDEED TO REACH OUT TO OUR POTENTIAL NEW HIRES, AND THIS WILL GIVE US A WIDER RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH OUT TO MORE APPLICANTS. IT MEETS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR HR BY MANAGING THE ENTIRE EMPLOYEE LIFE CYCLE, STREAMLINING THE PROCESS AND AUTOMATED ROUTINE TASKS. THE ENCLOSED OMNI NATIONAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM GOVERNMENT PRICE. QUOTATION FROM NEOGOV FROM CARAHSOFT IS COMPRISED OF THE FOLLOWING. THE FIRST YEAR PRICE QUOTE TOTAL IS 15,076 AND $0.17. THE SECOND YEAR PRICE QUOTE IS 12,037, AND $0.03. THE TOTAL PRICE QUOTE FOR THE TWO YEAR CONTRACT IS 27,113 AND $0.20. THE PRICE QUOTATION CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING. FOR LINE ITEM ONE AND TWO, YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S AN ANNUAL LICENSE AND INSIGHT SET UP FOR THE GOVERNMENT. JOB CORP INCORPORATED IS PUBLIC SECTOR JOB BOARD. IT'S A JOB BOARD THAT HELPS FIND QUALIFIED JOB SEEKERS. SOFTWARE INCREASES JOB EXPOSURE, WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE AT THIS TIME. IT GIVES APPLICANTS VISIBILITY TO FIND IT. IT HELPS FIND, ATTRACT AND RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY CANDIDATES ON A MEDICALLY SCREENED AND RANKS CANDIDATES BASED ON RESPONSES TO SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS TO UNCOVER QUALIFIED APPLICANTS QUICKLY AND FAIRLY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY STRONGLY ENCOURAGING. DEPARTMENT MANAGERS AND EVEN THEIR SUPERVISORS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE JOB BOARD, WHERE THEY CAN VIEW THE POTENTIAL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS FOR A QUICKER RESPONSE FOR NEW HIRES. OUR NEW HIRE PROCESS CAN TAKE UP TO A MONTH TO TWO MONTHS PROCES.

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SOFTWARE AUTOMATICALLY IMPORTS, WHICH I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. A FILE A FILE OF A NEW HIRE FROM INSIDE ENTERPRISE TO AN FTP SITE WHERE THE CITY CAN PROCESS IT INTO THE CITY'S CURRENT. IT'S COMPATIBLE. TYLER TECHNOLOGY, ERP PRO HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM. THE INTEGRATION CAN BE SCHEDULED FOR SPECIFIC TIME OR SET UP AS A REAL TIME WEB SERVICE. THIS ELIMINATES US FROM HR DATA ENTRY TASKS AND PROCESSES, AND MANAGE CORE HR, PAYROLL AND BENEFITS.

AND TO SIMPLIFY THE COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT TO CENTRALIZE HOW WE MANAGE, UPDATE, STORE AND DISTRIBUTE POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND OTHER COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTATION. WE CAN STREAMLINE OUR DOCUMENTATION AND HOPEFULLY AVOID PAPER DOCUMENTATION WITH THIS INTEGRATION. LINES. ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT IS THE ANNUAL LICENSE RENEWAL COST, WHICH IS THE 12,037 AND $0.03. WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE ONLINE. SYDNEY CARTER AND GARY KERRY WITH NEOGOV FROM CARAHSOFT. TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THANK YOU MA'AM. OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MA'AM. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YES, SIR. COULD YOU PLEASE TURN YOUR MIC ON, PLEASE? ON A YEARLY BASIS. HOW MANY. OCCASIONS DO WE HAVE TO USE? HOW MANY OR HOW MANY HIRES ARE REHIRES DO WE HOW MANY POSITIONS DO WE FILL A YEAR? SOME YEARS ARE GOOD. WELL, ON AN AVERAGE, I'M JUST I'M SURE IT'S INCREASING AS WE GO, BUT YEAH, I WOULD SAY THIS LAST YEAR WAS ABOUT 10%. SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE OKAY. THIS IS A TURNOVER. AND LATELY HAS BEEN AN INCREASE. IT'S NARROWED DOWN OUR I THINK IN 21 2223. AND I THINK IN 23, 24 IT STARTED TO INCREASE A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THE PRIMARY BENEFIT OF THIS SYSTEM IS OUTREACH. OUTREACH TO GET MORE CANDIDATES OUT TO APPLY. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CANDIDATES THAT APPLY THROUGH, AND THAT'S THE ONLY RESOURCE WE USE AT THIS TIME, IS INDEED OKA.

FORGIVE ME, BUT BUT INDEED, I'M SORRY. AND I AND I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INDEED TOO. BUT HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS THIS RESOURCE REACHES OUT TO OTHER YES. TO OTHER OUTLETS? YES. NATIONAL WIDE SORT OF THING. IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM INDEED, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? INDEED, IT. EVERYBODY APPLIES. AND INDEED, IF YOU'RE QUALIFIED OR NOT. AND THEN WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO STREAMLINE AND LOOK AT THE QUALIFICATIONS. AND THAT CAN TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, ON PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS SUCH AS OUR DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST.

DIRECTOR INDEED HAS A CAP. WE CAN ONLY THEY CAN WILL ONLY ALLOW US TO HAVE. I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 20 TO 30 APPLICANTS WHERE A APPLICANT SUCH AS A PARKS MAINTENANCE WORKER, THEY CAN ALLOW US UP TO 100 APPLICANTS. SO THE HIGHER THE SALARY, THE LESS AMOUNT OF APPLICANTS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO USE THROUGH. INDEED, WITH NEOGA, WE HAVE A WIDER RANGE OF MORE APPLICANTS TO SCREEN AND HAVE BETTER QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR OUR NEW HIGHER POSITIONS. SHOULD THIS

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SO WE GIVE YOU THAT ABILITY THAT IF THERE IS EVER FINANCES EVER GET TO THE POINT OF BEING TOO TIGHT, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ENDS UP ON THE, YOU KNOW THE CUTTING BLOCK, THEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT GIVES YOU THAT OUT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS.

AND AGAIN, WE FOCUS ON WE ARE ONLY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SO AND I THINK THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, I WASN'T SURE WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER HAD ASKED THAT ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION PIECE.

WE SIDNEY, HAD MENTIONED WE CAN GO AS FAST OR AS SLOW AS YOU WOULD LIKE US TO GO, AND WE TAKE A VERY RISK AVERSE APPROACH. AND WHEN WE PUT THOSE TIMELINES OUT, WHEN WE SAY 8 TO 12 WEEKS, IT COULD GET DONE SOONER. BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. WE NEVER WANT TO BE IN A POSITION THAT WE OVERPROMISE AND UNDER-DELIVER, BECAUSE THEN THAT REALLY PUTS US IN A DIFFICULT SPOT. AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR NAME IS SO WELL KNOWN IN THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT OURSELVES IN THAT SPOT. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. SO I THINK THE INITIAL QUESTION, TOO, WAS IS THAT IT'S JUST IT STARTS WITH A TWO YEAR TERM. IF YOU WANT TO

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OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. I JUST HAD SOME COMMENTS. I COULD SEE THIS. WE WERE IN AN ORGANIZATION WITH ABOUT 3 OR 400 FTE POSITIONS, BUT WE'RE STILL SMALL. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, SIDNEY CARTER AND GARY KERRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. GO AHEAD. AND IS THERE A MOTION? I THINK IT'S A IT'S A BUDGETED ITEM. I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. MILLER QUIROZ A ORTEGA A RANDALL A PADILLA A MENDOZA A MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER 16. THIS IS

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FUNDING TO BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 59 OF THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. GOOD EVENING. LIEUTENANT VALDEZ. HERE BOTHERING YOU PEOPLE AGAIN? SO

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SO WE COULD LOOK WE COULD LOOK UP LICENSE PLATES FROM THE PEOPLE THAT OWN WARRANTS AND WE COULD SEE, WHOA. LIKE, THIS GUY GOES BY THE FAMILY DOLLAR ON DARRINGTON EVERY SUNDAY AT 5:00 PM. I GUESS HE'S VISITING HIS MOM OR WHATEVER, BUT HE'S GOING TO BE THERE MORE THAN LIKELY. SO WE HAVE TO DO IS HAVE A PATROL CAR SITTING NEARBY AND OH, THERE HE GOES. SO I MEAN, THAT'S ANOTHER BENEFIT OF A LICENSE PLATE SYSTEM LIKE THIS. QUESTIONS. HAVE A QUESTION. WHO WOULD BE MONITORING? LIKE YOU SAID, THE GUY AT THE DOLLAR GENERAL WHO'S GOING TO BE WATCHING THAT. YEAH. SO THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WITH OUR WE DO HAVE AN EXISTING LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR VEHICLES OR MOST OF OUR VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET HAS ONE. SO AS THE GUYS ARE DRIVING AND THEY GET THE, THE NOTIFICATIONS THAT, HEY, THIS CAR IS STOLEN POSSIBLY OR YOU KNOW, AND SOMETIMES AND THEY RECOVER 2 OR 3 STOLEN CARS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, YOU KNOW, JUST DRIVING PATROLLING NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE FOUND ONE ON A CAR CARRIER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE LICENSE PLATE READER ON THE, ON THE, ON THE UNIT. SO IT'S ACTIVELY RUNNING THAT CYCLE. AND SO THAT SYSTEM INTEGRATES WITH THE OTHER ONES. SO IT'LL GET SO THE OFFICER WILL GET NOTIFICATIONS. DISPATCH WILL GET NOTIFICATIONS. AND THEN THERE'S A MOBILE SYSTEM WHERE WE'LL GET NOTIFICATIONS. AND AS FAR AS LIKE WHEN THEY'RE RESPONDING TO A CALL THAT THERE WAS THIS, YOU KNOW, INCIDENT WITH SEVERAL VEHICLES OR WHATEVER MIGHT, MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED, FOR EXAMPLE, TODAY THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT WHERE A AMBULANCE WAS TAKING SOMEBODY TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY SWERVED TO AVOID A BUST THAT, YOU KNOW, ALLEGEDLY FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY. THE AMBULANCE OVERTURNED WITH A PATIENT IN THE AMBULANCE. BUT THE BUS DIDN'T STOP. YOU KNOW, THE BUS DIDN'T COLLIDE WITH THE AMBULANCE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT GUY DIDN'T STOP. SO NOW WE HAVE TO TRACK DOWN A BUS.

AND REALLY, WE COULD JUST PUT BUS AND, YOU KNOW, FROM THERE ON THE SCENE, LOG IN AND PUT BUS AND OH, IT WENT OUT THIS WAY. IT WAS THIS PROBABLY THIS BUS NUMBER. AND IT WOULD HELP US TRACK DOWN THOSE DRIVERS. SO IT'S JUST A GENERAL QUESTION. DO THE PLATE READERS GET REGISTRATIONS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES? YOU KNOW, WHEN IT GOES BY NUMBERS. SO WHILE IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY PICK UP THE REGISTRATION UNLESS THE DATABASE IS ENTERED. SO THE SYSTEM IS LIVE. AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU KNOW, NCIC CIC IS LOADING UP INFORMATION OF STOLEN CARS. AND IT'S LIKE A BIG, YOU KNOW, IMAGINE LIKE ONE OF THOSE DRUMS FROM THE LOTTERY, YOU KNOW, JUST PUTTING STUFF IN IT AND IT'S SPINNING. AND SO THE LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE JUST RUNNING NUMBERS. SO SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE A HIT AND YOU'LL GO, OH, BUT OH, IT'S FROM NEW YORK.

IT'S NOT FROM THE STOLEN PLATE, IT'S FROM LIKE KANSAS, LET'S SAY. RIGHT. BUT YOU LOOK AND IT'S LIKE, OH NO, THAT CAR WAS FROM NEW YORK. OKAY, THAT'S NOT THE CAR. BUT IT'S READING NUMBERS. SO YEAH, I MEAN, POTENTIALLY IF WE WERE LOOKING FOR LIKE LET'S SAY A MEXICAN PLATE WITH A NUMBER, IT'S NOT GOING TO KICK UP A REGISTRATION THE WAY IT WOULD IF YOU IF YOU SEARCHED IT ON THE, ON THE STATE DATABASE. BUT IT WOULD SAY THERE'S A LICENSE PLATE. IS THE SYSTEM SMART ENOUGH TO TELL YOU WHETHER IT'S A CAR OR STATION WAGON, OR IS IT JUST JUST RELYING ON REGISTRATION INFORMATION. SO IN OUR IN OUR EXISTING SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE AXALON, IT JUST READS NUMBERS. SO ON THIS OTHER ONE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE CAN START LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR DOOR TO DOOR BLACK CARS, BLUE CARS, RED CARS, NISSAN MIATA OR MAZDA MIATA OR YOU KNOW, WHATEVER PARAMETERS YOU PUT IN THERE, YOU CAN SEARCH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BUT THE SYSTEMS DO INTEGRATE. I GUESS THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHEN YOU REREGISTER YOUR VEHICLE, THEY'LL ASK YOU YOUR THE COLOR OF YOUR VEHICLE BECAUSE THAT GOES INTO THAT DATABASE. IT DOES. SO WHEN YOU GO IN YOUR REGISTRATION, YOU SEE THE FORM, YOU'LL SEE THE THING THERE AND A LOT OF THE TIMES, OF COURSE, WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE DO TRAFFIC STOPS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HUMANS. SO EVERY EVERY SO OFTEN THEY'LL BE LIKE, OH, THAT COMES BACK TO A BLUE CADILLAC, BLAH, BLAH BLAH. AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHOA, THAT WAS A HONDA. LIKE, SO YOU'RE ON YOUR TOES AND YOU'RE

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THE YOU KNOW IT'S FOR TWO YEARS. SO THAT'S WHY WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS FOR ONE YEAR BUT IT'S FOR TWO YEARS. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S TIMES TWO. BUT IT SAYS HERE YEAR ONE. AND THEN IT SAYS ANNUAL RECURRING YEAR AFTER ONE 6000. SO IT DOESN'T. SO IT'S 32,225 FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS. AND THEN 15,000 THEREAFTER. YOU THERE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THOUGH. OR THERE SHOULD BE. YEAH. IT SAYS 13,251ST. SO THERE SHOULD BE THERE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE TWO PDFS, NOT JUST ONE. SO THERE'S TWO BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GET INSTALLED IN 2 IN 2 PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE WILL BE THE I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THE OTHER PDF. OH OKAY. I THINK WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CONTRACTS THERE'S LIKE A SEPARATE LIKE A PURCHASE ORDER THAT HAS LIKE THE EQUIPMENT LISTED AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND INSTALLATION CHARGES. SO THAT MAY BE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING. BUT WE DO THAT THE FULL AMOUNT IS THE 32,002, 25 FOR THE FIRST YEAR. AND THEN 15 FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. WE'RE LOOKING FOR IT. IT'S NOT IN THERE. NO, THIS ISN'T THE IT'S NOT THERE BECAUSE I HOW MANY CAMERAS OUT.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE WELL LIKE I SAID I MEAN THEY BROKE IT DOWN INTO TWO FOR THE REASON THAT BECAUSE OF TEXDOT LIKE TWO OF THESE CAMERAS WILL BE ON THE TEXDOT SITE. AND SO THOSE DO TAKE LONGER TO INSTALL. SO ONCE THE CAMERAS ARE ACTIVATED, YOUR WARRANTY STARTS RUNNING AND EVERYTHING STARTS GOING. SO THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO START RUNNING THE WARRANTY. AND LIKE EIGHT MONTHS DOWN THE LINE, THAT'S WHEN THEY GOT INSTALLED. SO WE WASTED EIGHT MONTHS OF WARRANTY.

SO IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON HOW LONG TEXDOT TAKES TO APPROVE. AND EVERYTHING. BUT INITIALLY, THE FIRST INSTALLMENT IS GOING TO BE ALONG DERRINGTON BASICALLY NEAR THE FAMILY DOLLAR HERE ON EASTLAKE AND DARRINGTON, AND THEN THE OTHER ONES WILL BE FROM LIKE BY THE HIGH SCHOOL INTERSECTION AND OVER HERE BY THE HOSPITAL. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE WANTING TO DEPLOY THESE CAMERAS. SO THE FIRST THERE SHOULD BE TWO PDFS, ONE WITH THREE AND ONE WITH TWO. I DON'T HAVE IT HERE. IT'S NOT HERE. SO A TOTAL OF FIVE A TOTAL OF FIVE OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE THIS ONE'S ONLY TWO. BUT THE COMPLETE TOTAL FOR EVERYTHING IS TWO YEARS. AND THE INITIAL COST IS 32 TO 25 AND 15. AFTER THAT INITIAL BITE WILL BE WITH THE FOR THE CONFISCATED FUNDS. AND FROM THERE WE WILL BE SEEKING ALTERNATE FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THIS GOING WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, AFFECTING THE CITY. OKAY. DO WE NEED TO CORRECT THE AGENDA THERE BECAUSE IT VERY CLEARLY SAYS 32 225 FOR THE FIRST YEAR, RIGHT. SO I THINK THE NUMBER ON THE AGENDA IS THE HIGHER NUMBER. SO YES, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. I THINK IT SAYS NOT TO EXCEED 32 TO 25 FOR THE FIRST YEAR I BELIEVE SO. AND IF IT'S NOT WE'LL WE CAN BRING IT BACK AND CORRECT IT. BUT JUST SOME OTHER THINGS. THAT PART OF THE REASON WHY YOU ALL TABLED IT THE LAST TIME I HADN'T SEEN THE CONTRACT. NOW I'VE SEEN THE CONTRACT AND I'VE ASKED FOR SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE CONTRACT THAT FLOCK HAS AGREED TO. I GOT THEM, SO I JUST NEED TO CONFIRM THAT ALL OF THEM WERE WERE MADE. THEY JUST FOR THE RECORD TOO, IS WE GOT A SOLE SOURCE LETTER FROM FLOCK. THIS IS TECHNOLOGY THAT ONLY THEY HAVE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO PROCURE IT USING THAT SOLE SOURCE LETTER. WE MADE CHANGES TO THE CONTRACT THAT HAVE TO DO WITH RETAINING RECORDS AND TO TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. THEY DEAL WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THIS IS ACTUALLY A NATIONAL NETWORK. BUT FOR TEXAS, THEY DID GO IN AND MAKE THE CHANGES THAT ARE REQUESTED WITH REGARD TO DOCUMENT RETENTION. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW. OH, AND WE ALSO ASKED THEM TO BE ADDITIONAL NAMED INSURED ON ALL THEIR INSURANCE POLICIES, WHICH THEY AGREED TO. AND THEN THERE IS A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

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I WAS. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THANK YOU SYLVIA I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION. OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS RIGHT NOW, ANTHONY, IS THE ONE THAT'S READY TO LAUNCH AND THEN SOCORRO WILL BE JOINING SOON. AND THEN SOON AFTER THAT, EL PASO POLICE DEPARTMENT. WOW. YES, SIR. AND I THINK I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME, BUT I THINK I WANT TO MENTION IT AGAIN, THE SOURCE OF THESE FUNDING IS SEIZED FUNDS. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S ACTUALLY FEDERAL. IS THIS WHERE WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM? IS IT SOMETHING WE SEIZED? IS IT PART OF A FEDERAL PROGRAM? WELL, SO IF IT IF IT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD, IT WAS CONFISCATED FUNDS. SO IT COMES THROUGH THE PROGRAM WHERE WHEN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATES IN A CAPTURE AND THEY CAPTURE DOLLARS OR EQUIPMENT, ETC, THEN WE GET A PORTION OF THAT THAT MONEY BY STATE STATUTE IS SET ASIDE AND CAN ONLY BE USED FOR POLICE ACTIVITY. SO YOU'RE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ACTUALLY AUTHORIZING THAT EXPENDITURE FROM THAT FUND. THAT THAT THAT FUNDING IS SEGREGATED, KEPT IN A SEPARATE ACCOUNT ONLY USED. WE GO ANY, ANY TIME THEY TOUCH IT, WE GO THROUGH IT AND SAY, YEAH, THIS QUALIFIES. IT'S FOR EQUIPMENT OR SOME TRAINING.

THERE'S DIFFERENT. IT'S VERY CAREFULLY MONITORED. IT GETS SEPARATELY AUDITED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE MONEY THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE USED, BUT IT COMES REALLY FROM THE COURT. IT'S ACTUALLY A FORFEITURE ACTION THAT TAKES PLACE. AND IT'S USUALLY IN MOST CASES, IT'S DRUGS. IF IT'S CASH, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY PULL SOMEBODY OVER THAT'S GOT A BRIEFCASE FULL OF CASH OR SOMETHING AND THEY GET A SHARE OF IT. BUT IT'S ALL DONE WITH THE COUNTY, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THEY THEY TAKE ALL THE MEASURES TO CAPTURE IT. THIS ISN'T AN INTERNAL OR A HORIZON CITY SPECIFIC PROGRAM. NO, IT'S A AND THEN THE FORFEITURE STATUTE THAT GOVERNS HOW IT'S DONE. SO IT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER FROM THE FEDERAL. LET'S DO IT. WELL, OKAY. BUT JUST JUST TO ADD TO THIS, JUST TO ADD TO THIS FROM MY EXPERIENCE, OKAY, YEARS AGO, WE HAD AN OFFICER THAT WAS WORKING WITH HOMELAND SECURITY, AND THERE WERE MANY, MANY INSTANCES WHERE THERE WERE FOR CAPTURE OF GOODS AND WHATEVER THESE PEOPLE HAD. BUT IT TAKES FOREVER FOR IT TO WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM. SO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THESE FUNDS CAME FROM INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED 5 TO 10 YEARS AGO. SO, AND THERE STILL MAY BE SOME COMING FROM THAT TIME THAT OFFICER WAS WORKING THERE. SO JUST JUST TO ADD TO THAT, BUT THEY ARE FEDERAL FUNDS AND NOT STATE, OKAY. GOOD QUESTION FOR YOU.

YES, SIR. SO EXCUSE ME, IF WE APPROVE 16 WE HAVE TO APPROVE 17 THEN CORRECT. THEY GO TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT'S THE FUNDING SOURCE AND THAT'S REQUIRED IN OUR STATE STATUTE THAT THE, THE GOVERNING BODY, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS THE POLICE, THE POLICE CHIEF GETS TO DESIGNATE HOW IT'S SPENT AND IT'S SEGREGATED FROM THE BUDGET. THE COUNCIL IS STILL MADE AWARE OF IT AND AUTHORIZES THE EXPENDITURE, SEPARATE MOTIO. YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ITEM 16? NO. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A MAGNET CONTINGENT UPON FINAL REVIEW BY BY LEGAL AND I WOULD RECOMMEND A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT. YEAH. WELL IT SAYS NOT TO EXCEED ON ON THE AGENDA. YES, SIR. OKAY. SHE HAD SAID SHE HADN'T FINAL HAD DONE THE FINAL REVIEW. SO I JUST NEED THE FINAL. THE FINAL OKAY. CONTINGENT ON THE FINAL. SO YOUR

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MOTION CARRIES ITEM 18, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER 18, THIS IS DISCUSSION AND ACTION. THIS IS

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JUST HOW THE DESCRIPTION THAT MISS ELVIA PROVIDED, WE WERE ABLE TO VERIFY WITH WITH MCA.

THEY'RE THE VENDORS THAT OUR PROVIDER AND MOTOROLA EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE THE ONLY AUTHORIZED VENDOR FOR MOTOROLA THAT AUTHORIZES FOR THIS AREA. THE TOTAL AMOUNT THEY QUOTED US WOULD BE THE 22,723 WITH $0.23 FOR THREE APPS, 8000 RADIOS. WE DID. ALSO, I DID REACH OUT TO TWO OTHER VENDORS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED OR I'M SORRY, THAT ARE PARTNERS WITH MOTOROLA.

HOWEVER, THEY DID REDIRECT ME TO MOTOROLA AND ADVISED ME THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE ME A QUOTE FOR OUR AREA. AND JUST FOR THE SAME REASON THAT MCA IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT DOES PROVIDE THAT EQUIPMENT FOR OUR AREA. OKAY. THANK YOU. LADIES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? WELL, OKAY. SO THIS WOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED SOLE SOURCE? IT'S ACTUALLY I SEE IT'S A BY BOARD. SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THERE'S WELL IT'S ACTUALLY AN ISSUE OF INTEROPERABILITY AS WELL. THE WHOLE REGION. SO ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA USES THIS NETWORK. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND FEED THE NETWORK, THAT'S THE WHAT THEY NEED. SO IT IS IT'S NOT SOLE SOURCE. IT'S WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY GOT SOMETHING IN PLACE AND YOU'RE JUST ADDING ON TO ADDING ON MORE EQUIPMENT AT THE SAME TIME THAT IT CAN ONLY COMMUNICATE WITH THAT. SO I GUESS IT'S SOLE SOURCE, BUT IT'S THERE'S ANOTHER TERM FOR IT. I'M IF YOU ARE SELLING I FORGOT THEY HAVE. YEAH. THEY CAN'T THEY CAN ONLY USE THAT ONE IF THEY WANT TO BE CONNECTED TO THE NETWORK TO A SOLE SOURCE IS MAINLY IF THEY ARE THE ONLY. YEAH, BUT THEY'RE NOT. YEAH. RIGHT. BUT IF IT'S I GUESS THE DISTRIBUTOR FOR THE SAME PRODUCTS. SO. AND IT'S ALSO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN, IT'S THERE ARE SEVERAL EXCEPTIONS THAT QUALIFY FOR THIS PURCHASING REQUEST OKAY. ACTUALLY THIS IS WE'RE BEGGING FORGIVENESS TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE BEGGING FOR FORGIVENESS. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF. WELL, AND THAT ACTUALLY AND THAT LANGUAGE IS THERE ONLY BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S TECHNICALLY HAD BEEN COMMITTED LAST FISCAL YEAR, AND NOW THE EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE. SO WE BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU ALL BECAUSE IT WAS BUDGETED AND SET ASIDE, BUT NOT EXPENDED UNTIL THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO, SO THIS COMES OUT OF THAT. HOW DOES THAT COME OUT OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. IT'S NOT. IT'S TYPICALLY YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN. IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT IT'S ENCUMBERED. LAST YEAR IT WAS ENCUMBERED.

LAST YEAR. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. SO NOT LAST YEAR BUDGET. CAN WE CAN WE DO THAT. WELL WE'RE DOING IT NOW. SO WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING IS THAT IT'S JUST TO RATIFY THE PURCHASE THAT IT WAS THE PAPERWORK WAS DONE. IT WAS APPROVED IN LAST FISCAL YEAR. IT JUST TOOK THIS LONG TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A PURCHASE AT ELECTION. SO EXACTLY. OKAY. OKAY, OKAY. OKAY.

YES, SIR. JUST A VERY GENERAL QUESTION. WHO IS OUR PURCHASING AGENT? IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND

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SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU ZACH FOR BEING HERE WITH US. MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU GUYS. AWESOME. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? YOU GUYS ARE GOOD OKAY. THEY'RE GREEN.

AWESOME. THEY'RE DOING AWESOME. SO I NEED TO SAY SOMETHING. WELL, SO I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT THAT ZACH HERE IS HAS BEEN INVALUABLE TO US. HE'S HE'S ALWAYS THERE WHEN WE NEED HIM.

AND YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S EVER A SITUATION WHERE WHERE OUR IT DEPARTMENT HAS, HAS NEEDED SOME SUPPORT, HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE. NET TECH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE. SO I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT YES, THEY'VE BEEN PHENOMENAL FOR US AS AS A CITY, AS A AS A AS A SERVICE FOR US. SO YEAH, I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. THAT'S MY OPINION. SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MR. PRESIDENT, I GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? MILLER. HI, ORTEGA. HI, RANDALL. HI. HI. HI, MENDOZA.

HI. MOTION CARRIES COUNCIL. THANK YOU. ZACH. AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY MUCH, BUDDY. OH, CAN I TELL A JOKE FOR COUNCIL REAL QUICK? TWO SECONDS. WHERE DO YOU TAKE SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN IN A PEEKABOO ACCIDENT? YES, SIR. TO THE ICU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, SIR. MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. BYE, Y'ALL. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 20, THIS IS A

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GOOD EVENING CARRIE CASADA, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER. THIS IS OUR MONTHLY UPDATE ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. ON MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PHASE ONE. THE SITE WORK CONTINUES WITH THE PONDS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, PARKING CURBS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE CONCRETE SLAB ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE EVALUATING THE CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE FOR WAGE RATE RECONCILIATION. WHAT OCCURRED IS THAT AT THE TIME OF THE PRE-BID, THERE WAS ONE WAGE RATE THAT WAS GIVEN AS THE DIRECTION TO THE CONTRACTOR. BUT THAT IS NOT THE CORRECT WAGE RATE. SO NOW HAVING TO ADJUST THAT, WE'RE HAVING TO LOOK AT THOSE WAGE RATES FOR ELECTRICIANS. SO WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU ONCE WE HAVE FINALIZED OUR REVIEW. CURRENTLY THE PROJECT IS ON SCHEDULE AND I SAY THAT WITH SOME HESITATION BECAUSE THE MINUTE YOU SAY IT OUT LOUD, THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS. BUT WE'RE DOING WELL. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE IMAGES FROM OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.

THESE WERE TAKEN JUST LAST WEEK ON NOVEMBER 6TH. SO YOU CAN SEE THE REBAR AND THE CURB THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PROGRESS TO REPORT ON THE NEW REGIONAL PARK. WE ARE

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AS A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY THAT CONNECTS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE TIERS WITH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TIERS. COUNCIL MAY RECALL THAT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT HORIZON BOULEVARD AND THE TURNOUTS FOR THAT ROADWAY COUNCIL DIRECTED US, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO USE THAT ROADWAY. IT HAS MINIMAL UTILITY FOR TRAFFIC, BUT IT COULD HAVE UTILITY FOR PEDESTRIANS SIMPLY

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WHAT? HOW MUCH IS THIS ARE WE ASKING FOR IN A SIBLING NEIGHBORHOOD OF $7 MILLION? OKA.

AND THEN ON THE REGIONAL PARK, WHAT IS THE ACREAGE THAT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO GET THE APPRAISAL ON 20 ACRES, 20. AND IS THAT PART OF OUR 1920 19 OR 2023 BOND, 2023 BONDS? OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. THANK YOU DOCTOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS PRESENTATION AND UPDATE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT.

COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. MILLER. HI. ORTEGA. HI. HI. HI. HI, MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION

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THIS AMOUNT DOES NOT ADD ANY ADDITIONAL TIME. THIS WORK DOESN'T ADD ANY ADDITIONAL TIME TO THE CONTRACT, SO THEY'RE STILL PROJECTING TO BE DONE BY BY THANKSGIVING. AND THIS CHANGE

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SECOND. MOTION. AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? AYE. HI. HI. HI. HI.

HI, MENDOZA. HI. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. DOCTOR. ITEM NUMBER 23. THIS IS

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THE CITY OF EL PASO WILL HANDLE EACH ANIMAL, WHETHER IT BE TO REUNITED WITH ITS AND WITH ITS OWNER. QUARANTINE. IT, MAINTAIN FOR LEGAL PROCEEDING OR EUTHANIZE AND DISPOSE OF SAID ANIMAL. THE CITY OF EL PASO'S MISSION VALLEY SPAY NEUTER FACILITY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL CITY HORIZON RESIDENTS AND THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY FOR REGULAR AT THEIR REGULAR FEE BASIS. THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT IS FOR SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2024, TO AUGUST 30TH, 2025 AND WILL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW EACH YEAR. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL APPROVE THE FEE SCHEDULE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND A FORM OF INFORMAL THAT INFORMAL INFORM US OF THAT AFTER EACH YEAR WHEN THEY'VE APPROVED THEIR CITY COUNCIL BUDGET, THERE IS AN INCREASE TO THE ANIMAL SERVICES FEE SCHEDUL, AND FOR DOGS AND CATS, THE IMPOUND FEE IS GOING FROM $60 TO 120. SORRY, $110. THAT'S A $50 INCREASE. THE DAILY HANDLING FEE IS GOING FROM 18 TO 27. THAT'S A $9 INCREASE FOR OTHER ANIMALS.

AND THEY DESCRIBE THOSE AS ANYTHING FROM LIVESTOCK, CHICKENS AND PIGS. THE IMPOUND FEE IS GOING FROM 60 TO 60, SO THERE'S NO INCREASE THERE. BUT THE DAILY HANDLING FEE IS INCREASING FROM 23 TO 33. AND THE HORSE, A HORSE WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, IS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S AGREEMENT. THE IMPOUND FEE FOR A HORSE IS $85, AND THE DAILY HANDLING FEE IS $33. THE DAILY QUARANTINE FEE FOR UNOWNED ANIMALS IS GOING FROM $18 TO $27, AND THEY WILL BE CHARGING FOR CATS FOR SPAYING AND NEUTERING THOSE CATS. AND THEY WILL ONLY ACCEPT TEN CATS A MONTH. AND THAT FEES GOING TO BE $35. THERE WAS NO FEE LAST YEAR AND LAST YEAR'S AGREEMENT TEN CATS A MONTH, TEN CATS A MONTH THAT THEY CAPTURE? YES. THAT THEY SPAY AND NEUTER RIGHT NOW, JUST AS AN INFORMATION INFORM TO INFORM THE COUNCIL OF THE EXPENSES BY YEAR. THIS IS FOR THE LAST IS MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS. THE LAST AGREEMENT WE HAD WAS FROM 2017. SO FOR 2018 IT WAS 87,669. CURRENT YEAR 2024 WAS $32,029. I DID LOOK AT THE 2018 AND 2019 TO SEE WHAT THE INCREASE WAS, AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE EL PASO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS PICKING UP A LOT OF THE ANIMALS. AND IN THE MORE RECENT YEARS, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DOING THAT. SO THAT MAY ACCOUNT FOR THE DECREASE IN THE EXPENSE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? SO BEFORE YOUR QUESTIONS I DO I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH WITH THE THIS DEPARTMENT FROM THE EL PASO SHELTER ANIMAL SHELTER. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I FOUND WAS THAT

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IN YEARS PAST. SO THIS I HAVE ASKED THEM THAT ONCE THIS PASSES THAT EVERY TIME AN ANIMAL IS DROPPED OFF, THAT THEY VERIFY THAT THAT IS WITHIN THE HORIZON CITY MUNICIPALITY AND NOT IN THE COUNTY, BECAUSE MY SUSPICION WAS THAT THEY WERE WE WERE PAYING FOR ANIMALS THAT WERE BEING FOUND OUTSIDE OF OUR MUNICIPALITY. SO THAT NUMBER HOPEFULLY WILL GO DOWN AS WELL.

THAT TOTAL COST WILL GO DOWN BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE A LIST TO US EVERY MONTH AS THEY TAKE IN ANIMALS. THAT IS PART OF THE WHAT I ASKED FOR. SO ANY QUESTIONS? NO, JUST A QUESTION.

HOW MUCH DID WE BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR? WE BUDGETED $50,000. LAST YEAR OUR BUDGET WAS 27,000 AND THE TOTAL COST WAS 32. NOW THAT INCLUDES THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. WITH THE INCREASED COST. SO THAT WAS WITH THE NEW COST ALLOCATED. SO DID OUR ALLOCATION COVER IT? IT DID.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE SO YOU CAN SHOW. SO HOPEFULLY ONCE THEY VERIFY EXACTLY WHERE THESE ANIMALS ARE BEING PICKED UP, THAT NUMBER WILL DROP DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FOR US. SO THE AMOUNTS THAT FLUCTUATE PER MONTH, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY WHAT THEY COLLECT IN THE IN THAT MONTH. SO IT WAS REPORTED I SHOULD SAY RIGHT. YES. AND VALIDATED AND VALIDATED. YEAH.

SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION. NO. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? MILLER.

ORTEGA. HI. HI. HI. PADILLA. MENDOZA. HI. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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EARLIER THIS MONTH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. I JUST SAW IT TODAY AND I MOVED TO APPROVE. GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND AND A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? MILLER QUIROS. HI, ORTEGA. HI. HI. HI. HI, MENDOZA. HI. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 26. THIS IS ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF A ROADWAY AND

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U4 SUBDIVISION FOR MAINTENANCE AND TO ACCEPT A REQUIRED MAINTENANCE BOND AND TO RELEASE THE PERFORMANCE BOND. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD. SO THIS IS ALSO THE ACCEPTANCE OF, WELL, THIS IS FOR ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR HORIZON TOWN CENTER UNIT FOUR.

THIS IS A 39 UNIT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, AND IT'S THE LAST OF THE COMPLETED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE POND. THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH THAT. AND THEN FINALLY FINALIZE THAT.

SO THEY'RE COMING BEFORE YOU FOR THE FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT OR THE MAINTENANCE. AND THEN ALSO TO ACCEPT THE, THE MAINTENANCE BOND AND TO RELEASE THE PERFORMANCE BOND. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? WE'VE GOT A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? THERE IS A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? HI. HI. HI. HI. PADILLA. HI, MENDOZA.

HI. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 27. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM. THIS IS TO

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AND IT INCLUDES THE DIFFERENT SQUARE FOOTAGES FOR BUILDING ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING PERMITS. AND THOSE WERE THE CHANGES THAT WE WHEN WE INITIALLY DID IT. WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T CAPTURE THE CORRECT AMOUNT. SO AS YOU SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE IT SAYS ONE 5937 PLUS, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THEN IT WENT UP TO 207 18. PLUS WE DIDN'T CAPTURE IT CORRECTLY ON THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE. SO WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK ON THE RESOLUTION. I'M SORRY. AND WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO CORRECT THAT. SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS ARE LIKE BUILDING CARDS ALSO WAS NOT PROPERLY INCREASED. THE FEE, EXPEDITED FEE, COMMERCIAL TRADE FOR TRADE FEES ON ONE INSPECTION, DOUBLE FEES ON TWO INSPECTIONS AND THEN LANDSCAPING PERMITS. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE ONES WE BROUGHT BACK AGAIN, SOME SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE DID NOT INCLUDE IN THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION, AND THEN SOME OF THE ONES THAT WERE INCORRECT AS WELL. WE'LL CORRECT THOSE. AND THEN ON THE PLANNING SIDE, THE ONES IN GREEN ARE PRIMARILY FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION AND FEES. WE'RE WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL FEES THAT WERE THERE BECAUSE WE HAD DONE IT. HOWEVER, WE HAD NOT REVISED THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. SO WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ONES UNTIL WE'RE READY TO AMEND THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, AND WE CAN GO BACK AND CHANGE THOSE FEES AND PARKLAND DEDICATION AS WELL. AND ACTUALLY, THAT'S IN YELLOW. I'M SORRY. AND THEN THE GREEN ONES ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT AGAIN, AN OVERSIGHT. WE DID NOT INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE. AND THEN SOME OF THOSE WERE VERY LOW FEES. AND THEN WE'RE BRINGING THEM UP. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CANCELLATION OF THE SUBDIVISION WAS $25. AND THEN IN COMPARISON WITH THE CITY OF EL PASO, IT'S MORE LIKE LIKE CLOSER TO $100. ACTUALLY, THEY'RE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THAT. AND THEN THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT FEE AT $100 BROUGHT IT UP TO $500, BECAUSE THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF COORDINATION WITH DIFFERENT ENTITIES, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET THOSE DONE. AND IT'S ABOUT SAFETY AS WELL, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM FROM THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. NO. IS THERE A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL? MILLER. ORTEGA. HI. HI. HI. HI, MENDOZA. HI. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

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AND SO SOME SOME QUICK IMPACTS CURRENTLY, AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRACK, THERE ARE FOUR IDENTIFIED COMMERCIAL DAYCARE PROVIDERS WITHIN HORIZON CITY PAYING A TOTAL OF $14,500 IN TAXES. SO THIS ISN'T A BIG HIT ON OUR BUDGET, BUT IT DOES TRANSLATE TO A LOT TO THE FOUR DAYCARES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS HELPS THEM PUT MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS AND HOPEFULLY EXPAND THEIR SERVICES. THE APPRAISED PROPERTY VALUES, AS YOU ALL KNOW, ARE ESCALATING, BUT INCOMES ARE NOT. AND SO A REDUCTION IN PROPERTY TAXES HELPS DAYCARE BUSINESS OWNERS LOWER THEIR DEBT TO INCOME RATIO. THE FOURTH POINT IS REALLY ONE OF THE MAIN BENEFITS OF THIS POLICY. IT SERVES AS A POSITIVE INCENTIVE FOR DAYCARES TO OPEN THEIR DOORS UP, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, TO LOWER INCOME KIDS. SOMETIMES LOWER INCOME FAMILIES ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE MOST TROUBLE TRYING TO FIND DAYCARE FOR THEIR KIDS. AND SO THE WAY THIS FUNCTIONS IS THAT FOR THE FAMILIES OR FOR THE DAYCARES TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE SUBSIDY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 20% OF THEIR ENROLLEES BE LOW INCOME FROM LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

AND SO WE GET MORE DAYCARES. WE GET DAYCARES THAT ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR LOWER INCOME KIDS. AND THEN FINALLY THEY HAVE TO BE PART OF THE TEXAS RISING STAR PROGRAM. THAT BOUNCES BACK TO MY INITIAL STATEMENT WHERE WE THEN POSITIVELY INCENTIVIZE DAYCARES TO BECOME LEARNING CENTERS. AND IF YOU'VE SEEN WHAT THESE DO, THE TR CERTIFICATIONS IS THEY DON'T ALLOW DAYCARES TO, AS I MENTIONED, BASICALLY HAVE THE KIDS ARE EATING AND WATCHING TV, THEY BECOME LITTLE MINI LEARNING CENTERS. AND SO NOW YOUR KIDS ARE PREPPING FOR THEIR ENTRANCE FORMERLY IN SCHOOL. SO WE GET MORE DAYCARES, BETTER DAYCARES TO TRAIN THE KIDS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY MORE ACCESSIBILITY FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES. AND THEN FINALLY, THE TAX CUT FOR THIS IS A TAX CUT FOR CITY BUSINESSES. AND SO THIS SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE AREA COMMUNITY THAT HORIZON CITY SUPPORTS WORKING FAMILIES AND IS A BUSINESS FRIENDLY COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS THAT THE HORIZON CITY COUNCIL ALLOW THE MAYOR TO SIGN AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ADOPTION OF THE HORIZON CITY CHILDCARE FACILITY PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION POLICY, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

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IS THAT A RESOLUTION? THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE COUNCIL. MILLER. QUIROZ. HI. ORTEGA. HI. HI. HI, PADILLA. HI, MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 30. THIS IS A

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31 IS ALSO RELATED, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD NOW. AND ITEM NUMBER 31, THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE PARKS AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, TEXAS AND EIGHT SCAPE LANDSCAPING, LLC FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES. SO AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, COUNCIL AGAIN, EDDIE GARCIA WITH THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. SO THIS IS THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY EXTENDING GETTING A ONE YEAR EXTENSION WITH APES CAGE. THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT GO AROUND AND MAINTAIN PARKS AND MAINTAIN SOME OF THE ROADWAYS, AND THEY MAINTAIN THE PONDING AREAS FOR THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY. THIS IS THE CONTRACTOR THAT DOES THA. YOU HAVE A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THEM. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR OF THE CONTRACT. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR THAT YOU CAN EXTEND THIS CONTRACT. SO IN NEXT YEAR YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND TRY TO PROCURE SERVICES FROM THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR OR ANOTHER VENDOR. BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS ONE IS THIS EXTENSION TAKES GOES INTO EFFECT JANUARY OF 2025, AND IT'S GOING UP FROM 404,000 TO 410,000. AND THE REASON THAT IT'S GOING UP IS BECAUSE, AS YOU SEE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL SERVICES WITH OSBORN. AND PAULINE COMING ON BOARD. THOSE TREES WERE RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED BY THE TOWN OF ROY AND CITY. AND SO NOW THEY REQUIRE MAINTENANCE. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PONDING AREAS THAT NOW REQUIRE MAINTENANCE. SO THERE'S GOING TO THERE'S AN INCREASE IN IN THE EXTENSION HERE. THE FIRST INCREASE IS $110,000 FROM 400. AND FOR THE OTHER ONE IS GOING FROM $35,000 TO 169 TO 35,947. AGAIN, THESE ARE THE INCREASES HERE. THERE ARE THREE PONDING AREAS THAT YOU NOW HAVE TO MAINTAIN AND THREE RIGHT OF WAYS WHERE THERE IS A DOLLAR AMOUNT, 2034 AND 6205 FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY. THERE AGAIN, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THIS CONTRACT, HERE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL STAFF? I GUESS HAD THERE BEEN ANY. PERFORMANCE ISSUES OR ANYTHING THAT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE STAFF IS SATISFIED WITH HOW THEY'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY. AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE EXTENSION, RECOMMENDING TO EXTEND THIS CONTRACT WITH THEM. I WILL TELL YOU NOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO INCREASE THE BUDGET ON THIS. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE SOME MONEY INTERNALLY, BUT THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE THAT WE COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO GET THOSE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN FULFILL THIS CONTRACT. THE OTHER THING THAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT STAFF IS GOING OUT THERE, AND THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT SOME OF THE RIGHT OF WAYS ARE RIGHT NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTIO.

SO WE'RE NOT BEING CHARGED FOR THAT AS WELL. SO STAFF IS BEING MINDFUL OF TAX DOLLARS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT BEING CHARGED FOR RIGHT OF WAYS THAT AREN'T BEING MAINTAINED BY THIS COMPANY. SO WE EXPECT TO SEE $410,000, BUT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS,

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YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL FOR YES, I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. DO YOU SEE THE LANDSCAPING TO CAINAZZO TO HORIZON BOULEVARD? DO THEY DO THE LANDSCAPING? DO YOU SEE? OKAY, NOW TO HORIZON BOULEVARD FROM FROM EASTLAKE. FROM EASTLAKE. YES. AND EASTLAKE.

YES. OKAY. THERE'S A LOT OF TREES DYING. OH. IS THERE ON THAT ONE? A LOT OF TREES. AND ONE DAY I ASKED THAT PERSON TO WORK IN PUBLIC SERVICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND GO ASK.

GOOD MORNING. DO YOU SEE THE TREES? THEY'RE DYING. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND HE TOLD ME, DO YOU SEE THAT? TREES. THEY'RE GREEN. OH MY GOODNESS. OKAY. THE ANSWER ME LIKE THAT OKAY. THAT'S FROM STAFF. CITY STAFF. YES. OR WAS IT THE VENDOR. NO. THE CITY STAFF. OKAY. YES. SO YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE LANDSCAPING. AND IN THIS AREA ON CAINAZZO CAINAZZO. OKAY. PLEASE. OKAY.

WELL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. YEAH. WE'LL TALK. YEAH. I'M ALREADY TALK TO YOU. LET ME KNOW. LET ME KNOW THE LOCATION OF WHERE. AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN TAKE A LOOK. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE IN THAT ARE. YES. OKAY. THE CITY PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS. RIGHT, RIGHT. YES. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MOVE TO APPROVE 30 AND 31. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 30 AND AGENDA ITEM 31. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. SHE BEAT YOU JUST BY A LITTLE BIT.

IT WAS A LOT OF TIME. SO WE HAVE A SECOND. COULD YOU PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL RIGHT. HI. HI, HI, HI. HI, MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES FOR ITEM AGENDA ITEM 30 AND 31. ITEM NUMBER 32. THIS IS

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HI. HI. HI, PADILLA. HI, MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. HE'S FAST. WATCH HIM. HE'S FAST.

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