Mar 10, 2026 City Council

[1. Call to order; Pledge of Allegiance; Establishment of Quorum]

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CAUCUS, SO THAT'S EXCITING. THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF HORIZON CITY IS NOW IN SESSION. PLEASE RISE AND RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH US. 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. OKAY. WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO OUR MEETING TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING AS MAYOR, SO I WOULD PLEASE EXCUSE ANY OF MY MISTAKES, BUT AND ALSO TO IT'S KIND OF NICE THAT WE HAVE A DAYLIGHT SAVINGS IS BACK IN IN TURN NOW. SO GUYS WE HAVE MORE DAYLIGHT FOR HONEYDEW SO BE READY FOR THAT. THE WINTER BREAK IS OVER OFFICIALLY. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, AND I GUESS THE NEXT STEP IS FOR IS THERE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR OPEN FORUM? WE HAVE ONE. THANK YOU. OKAY, OSCAR SILVA, IF YOU COULD COME UP. YOU SHOULD BE. DO WE CONTINUE? WE CAN CONTINUE. IF IF HE HAPPENS TO SHOW UP, WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE THE ITEM BACK.

OH, LET'S DO THAT THEN. WE'LL JUST. IF HE'S PROBABLY BUSY. SO WE'LL GET HIM BACK OVER HERE.

OKAY. WE CAN MOVE ON TO. APPROVAL FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA AND EXCUSE COUNCIL MEMBERS

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[7. Discussion and Action]

WE'RE DOING THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. WE ALSO HAVE THREE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EL PASO TRANSIT AUTHORITY CIRCULATOR ROUTES WITH SOCORRO, UTEP AND HORIZON CITY PROGRAM TO LET IN THE YEARS 2027, 2028 AND 2029, RESPECTIVELY. WE HAVE ONE PROJECT IN THE DESIGN PHASE THAT IS DELAY, DELAY AND TRANSIT PLAZA. WE HAVE AN HUD HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT GRANT THAT IS BEING MANAGED BY OUR GRANT MANAGER, GIL FLOW CONSULTING SERVICES, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO APPLY FOR ANOTHER GRANT WITH THE EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY TO PROVIDE EV CHARGING STATION INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE HAVE ONE PROJECT IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE THAT IS NORTH ARLINGTON ROAD RECONSTRUCTION. THAT'S A TXDOT PROJECT, FARM TO MARKET NUMBER 1281. WE ALSO HAVE FOUR PROJECTS IN THE CLOSEOUT PHASE. WE HAVE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, PHASE ONE, LOCALLY FUNDED NORTH CANAL SAFETY, SAFETY, LIGHTING, TEXDOT AND FUNDED FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. AND WE HAVE SOUTH DARRINGTON SAFETY LIGHTING AND RODMAN SHARED USE PATH. WE'VE HAD A BUSY MONTH WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO CLOSE OUT PROCESS FOR FOUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. WE CONTINUE WITH CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, MONITORING THEM ON ONE ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. WE HAVE CONTINUED THE PLANNING PHASE ON FOUR PROJECTS. WE HAVE PREPARED

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THAT MEANS THAT TXDOT HAS TO PRETTY MUCH HOLD THEIR HAND DURING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.

AS AN EXAMPLE, ON THE COLUMN LEVEL THREE, THE SECOND ROW TXDOT HOST COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH OUR PROJECT AT NORTH DARRINGTON ROAD RECONSTRUCTION. WE'RE HAVING WEEKLY CONSTRUCTION REVIEW MEETINGS, AND THE TEXTILE OVERSIGHT SUPERVISORY ENGINEER IS OUT HERE ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS WITH HIS CONSTRUCTION INSPECTORS. AND NONE OF THAT IS FREE. THEY CHARGE US LATER FOR THAT. AND SOME OF THESE INSPECTION FREQUENCIES ARE GREATER AT THE DISCRETION OF TXDOT. SO THE CMAC ANALYSIS, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN OUR GRANT APPLICATIONS. THE CMAC ANALYSIS WAS PREPARED BY THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE, AND THE RESULT OF THE REPORT WAS THAT THE TRANSIT PLAZA, WHEN CONSTRUCTED, IT WILL RESULT IN MEASURABLE AIR QUALITY BENEFITS, WHICH IS A PLUS TO US. AND THOSE AIR QUALITY BENEFITS WILL INCREASE AS RIDERSHIP INCREASES WITH OUR CIRCULATOR PROGRAMS. THE COST OF THAT REPORT WAS $7,436, AND THAT WAS AN INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY MADE TO GIVE US A BETTER CHANCE OF INCLUDING THAT REPORT IN OTHER GRANT APPLICATIONS. OUR PARTNERS AT THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY HAS IDENTIFIED FOUR POTENTIAL GRANT SOURCES THE US EPA CARBON REDUCTION PROGRAM GRANT, THE US HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CDBG GRANTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUILD GRANTS, AND CONGRESSIONAL DIRECT SPENDING, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, PROVIDING SUPPORT LETTERS AND REQUEST LETTERS TO OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. ONE PROJECT IN THE CLOSEOUT PHASE IS MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PHASE ONE. THIS PROJECT IS 99.9% COMPLETE. WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AND WE'RE ONLY PENDING ONE FINAL CHANGE ORDER ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE IN AND EXECUTE THAT CERTIFICATE. FURNITURE MOVE IN STARTED TODAY. WE HAVE

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ADDITIONAL POWER DROPS TO POWER OUR SWITCH RACKS IN THE IT ROOM. THAT CAME AT A COST OF $18,260.90. ON THE LEFT IS A BEFORE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE RACKS, AND ON THE RIGHT IS THE AFTER PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE RACKS WITH OUR NEW POWER DROPS, CEILING MOUNTED RIGHT ABOVE THEM. CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 17 WAS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING ANTENNA FOOTING AT A COST OF $11,048.98. THE ANTENNA FOOTING WAS A SEVEN FOOT BY SEVEN FOOT CONCRETE PAD, SIX INCHES THICK, BUT IT ALSO HAD A STEEL REINFORCED FOOTING THAT WENT DOWN ABOUT FIVE FEET, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE IT NEEDED TO ACT AS AN ANCHOR FOR THE TOWER SO THAT IT COULD WITHSTAND ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS, ALL THE WIND LOADS. SO THAT WAS REMOVED. THE AREA WAS BACKFILLED AND COMPACTED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SOIL CONSOLIDATION. SO THE SOIL DOESN'T SINK. CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 18 WAS APPROVED FOR THE STEEL MESH REINFORCEMENT OF OUR HOLDING AREAS. WE HAD FIVE HOLDING AREAS FOR A TOTAL OF $6,219.09. ON THE LEFT IS A BEFORE PHOTOGRAPH, ON THE RIGHT IS AFTER, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE INSTALLED SOME CONCRETE RODS VERTICALLY. AND NOW THAT STEEL MESH IS MUCH STRONGER. CHANGE ORDER 19. WE HAVE STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE CONCRETE BENCHES AT A COST OF $15,174.90. YOU SEE THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON RIGHT NOW. ON THE LEFT YOU SEE THE STEEL THAT IS PUT IN PLACE, AND INSIDE YOU HAVE A CORE. AND THEY PUT THAT FOAM FILL JUST SO THAT THE CONTRACT DOESN'T HAVE TO ADD A WHOLE LOT OF CONCRETE. BUT THE CONCRETE BENCH WILL BE FOUR INCHES THICK ON BOTH DIRECTIONS, TIED TIED IN WITH STEEL FROM WALL TO WALL. CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 20 WAS APPROVED FOR THE PLUMBING FOR OUT AT A COST OF $4,510.63. ON THE LEFT YOU SEE THE BEFORE AFTER OF EXPOSED PLUMBING, AND WE FELT THAT THIS WAS A POSSIBLY A DANGER TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE DECIDED TO FUR IT OUT AND MAKE ANOTHER WALL. WE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE COMPONENTS VIA ACCESS PANELS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE RIGHT. WE HAVE A PROJECT IN THE CLOSEOUT PHASE. RODMAN SHARED USE PATH LAST MONTH WE SHOWED THIS ALSO IN. THE LAST THING THAT WAS PENDING WAS STRIPING ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE DOTTED STRIPING ON THE ACTUAL PATH, AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE CONTINUOUS STRIPING ON RODMAN STREET. SO THAT PROJECT IS 100% COMPLETE.

NOW WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE CLOSEOUT DOCUMENTS. NORTH DARRINGTON RECONSTRUCTION. THIS

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WE HAVE AN HUD GRANT OF $1.7 MILLION TO PAY FOR THAT DESIGN. WE ARE AUGMENTING SCOPE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTIES REQUIRED FOR THE PONDING AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, AND THAT PONDING AREA WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 0.6 ACRES. WE HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION PURPOSES. ACTUALLY, TOMORROW AT ABOUT 1:30 P.M. WE HAVE THAT DRAINAGE POND THAT IS BEING REPAIRED. AND WE HAVE THE DESIGN OF CROSS RIVER. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE WILL BE COMPLETING ALL ENVIRONMENTAL WORK AND COMPLY WITH FEDERAL FUNDING AND THE PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION COSTS SO FAR IN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE SHOWS THAT BILLY AND THE LAKE ARE APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION. CROSS RIVER IS AN ADDITIONAL $514,625.36, AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE SUBSURFACE UTILITIES. WE DID HAVE A HOWARD LOW PEDESTRIAN PATH PROJECT THAT WE WERE PLANNING ON, BUT IN SPEAKING WITH THE MPO, FUNDING HAS BEEN DIVERTED TO FOR PAYMENT OF OTHER PROJECTS AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT AT THE NEXT MPO MEETING NEXT MONTH. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THAT IS APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION. AND WITH THAT, LET'S OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR. SANCHEZ.

DO DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. SANCHEZ, COULD YOU JUST ELABORATE ON THE HOWARD LOW FUNDING? HOWARD LOW FUNDING? THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION HAD A. A

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AND THEN COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE CURRENT PROJECTS. COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THE SOCORRO CIRCULATOR WITH THE EL PASO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY? IS DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH OUR WITH OUR TOD ACROSS THE STREET, OR IS THAT A COMPLETELY SEPARATE REALM THAT IS RELATED TO THE TRANSPORTATION ORIENTED DESIGN? ALL OF THOSE CIRCULATOR ROUTES ARE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET FUNDING FOR PAYMENT OF THOSE. WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE GET THOSE CIRCULATOR ROUTES GOING TO GET OUR CHILDREN, OUR STUDENTS OUT TO UTEP, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, OUR FRIENDS, OUT TO OUR SISTER CITY OF SOCORRO, AND ALSO TO THE MISSION CAMPUS OF EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SO WE DO HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES FOR THOSE COSTS. AND THAT IS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. YES, SIR. AND THEN LET ME SEE. YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT THE RISK SCORE.

YOU SAID WE HAD A RISK SCORE OF THREE. YES, SIR. LEVEL THREE, MAXIMUM RISK AS OF RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WAS OUTSOURCING ITS PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO MY PREDECESSOR. BUT NOW WE'RE STARTING SOMETHING ELSE TO BUILD OUR CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THOSE PROJECTS ON OUR OWN. ONCE WE START MANAGING THOSE PROJECTS, THEN TEXDOT OVERSIGHT WILL BE MINIMIZED, AND THAT CAN SAVE US LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. AND THEN ALSO, I SEE THAT OUR STAFF IS GOING TO BE GOING OR UNDERGOING A CERTIFICATION PROCESS, RIGHT, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP OUR SERVICES IN-HOUSE. HOW LONG IS THAT CERTIFICATION PROCESS? SO WE ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE THE PROCUREMENT COURSE NEXT MONTH.

AND THE LAST COURSE IS PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AND THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY THE 17TH.

AFTER JULY, WE'LL HAVE THREE STAFF MEMBERS FULLY CERTIFIED 101, 102 AND 103. SO WE'LL WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL GET A BETTER RANKING, BETTER RISK SCORE FROM TXDOT. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. JUST ONE MORE, MR. SANCHEZ, FOR THE THE CM ANALYSIS. HOW GOOD ARE THOSE ANALYSIS FOR AN INCLUDING THAT IN OUR GRANT APPLICATIONS. SO IT MAKES OUR IT GIVES CREDIBILITY TO OUR GRANT APPLICATIONS. IT ALLOWS THE GRANT FUNDING AGENCY TO SEE OKAY ONCE THIS IS CONSTRUCTED IT'S GOING TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY. SO WHAT THEY DO TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE, THEY HAVE AIR SAMPLERS ALL OVER THIS REGION. AND THOSE AIR SAMPLERS, THE SAMPLES ARE OFTEN COLLECTED BY RESEARCH GRADUATE ASSISTANTS AT UTEP. AND THEN THEY REPORT THOSE TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE GRABS THAT INFORMATION FROM THEM, AND THEY HAVE MODELING SOFTWARE THAT CAN REALLY QUICKLY PREPARE THOSE REPORTS FOR THEM. WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF NOTIFICATION FOR THE PREPARATION OF THAT CMAC ANALYSIS, BUT BECAUSE HORIZON CITY HAS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TCI, WE WERE ABLE TO PROCURE THEIR SERVICES VERY QUICKLY. AFTER WE PROCURED THOSE SERVICES SERVICES, THEY PREPARED THAT CMAC ANALYSIS FOR US IN ABOUT ONE WEEK, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SQUEEZE IT INTO OUR GRANT APPLICATIONS. WOW.

AWESOME. THANK YOU, MR. SANCHEZ. YOU'RE WELCOME SIR. FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM ME. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? JUST A CONCERN ON THE RAISED MEDIAN FOR OFFICIAL USE. ONLY IF IN CASE WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING INTO CITY HALL TO CONDUCT OFFICIAL BUSINESS, WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO HOMESTEAD? OR IF NOT ROSALIND, TO MAKE THE TURNAROUND TO ENTER THE FACILITY THAT WOULD BE GOING WESTBOUND? THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'LL HAVE TO GO AROUND. SO TEX-DOT WILL INCLUDE SOME SIGNAGE WITH THAT CROSSOVER THAT SAYS FOR EMERGENCY USES ONLY. WOULD THAT KIND OF LIKE DETER PEOPLE WANTING TO COME IN? I'M JUST SAYING TO WEATHER PICK UP PERMITS, PAY CITATIONS, STUFF LIKE THAT. IT SHOULD DETER PEOPLE FROM USING THAT CROSSOVER. CORRECT. BUT I SUSPECT THAT PROBABLY SOME PEOPLE STILL WILL BECAUSE IT'S A ROLLED CURB THAT CAN BE DRIVEN OVER. OKAY. AS FAR AS IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY REPERCUSSIONS IF IN CASE THEY DO USE THAT, THAT WILL BE UP TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT, CHIEF, ON WHETHER SOMEBODY USES THEIR CROSSOVER FOR NON-EMERGENCY

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ORTEGA I AIMS I MENDOZA. I MOTION STANDS. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MR. SANCHEZ. MAYOR, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WE CAN TAKE ITEM NUMBER TWO. YES, ABSOLUTELY. I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THIS WILL BE OPEN FORUM. AND MR. OSCAR

[2. Open Forum]

I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. MY NAME IS OSCAR SILVA, THE SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER ELIANA OLGUIN. JUST HERE TO TAKE A LITTLE MOMENT TO REMIND FOLKS ABOUT A VERY SMALL REMINDER, BUT VERY IMPORTANT, WHICH IS OUR COUNTY. COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER THAT IS IN THE PLANNING CURRENTLY IS SEEKING PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC INPUT. I BELIEVE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WERE ALREADY MADE ON YOUR PAGES. WE HAVE TWO DAYS LEFT AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL IS REMINDED ABOUT IT. WE'LL LEAVE SOME FLIERS BACK HERE. IT THIS THIS SHELTER IS GOING TO COST JUST SHY OF $33 MILLION. AND SO COMMUNITY INPUT IS REALLY REALLY WARRANTED. A LOT OF VARIANCES CAN HAPPEN WITH IT. AND IT REALLY IS GOING TO LEAN ON ON THE COMMUNITY TO DECIDE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE. SO THAT'S MY ONLY REMINDER. I WILL ALSO SAY I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, VALERIA SOLIS, BACK HERE. SHE IS JOINING OUR TEAM AS ONE OF OUR SENIOR INTERNS. SO AS YOU REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE FOR ANYTHING, SHE'S ALSO PART OF OUR TEAM NOW THAT YOU CAN RELY ON AS WELL. SO ANY QUESTIONS? OTHERWISE THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SILVA. THANK YOU. SO ITEM

[8. Discussion and Action]

SORRY. MOTION STAFF. ITEM NUMBER NINE. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM.

[9. Discussion and Action]

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[10. Discussion and Action]

THIS IS ON THE RATIFICATION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AS CONSTRUCTED WITH THE VALENCIA UNIT ONE SUBDIVISION CONSTRUCTION PHASE ONE FOR MAINTENANCE AND TO ACCEPT THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE BOND AND A PARTIAL RELEASE OF THE PERFORMANCE BOND. PERFECT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL DAVID RUIZ, PLANNER WITH HORIZON CITY. THE NEXT ITEM IT IS A RATIFICATION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AS CONSTRUCTED ON UNIT ONE. PHASE ONE. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FINAL PLAT RECORDED PLAT OF UNIT ONE. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SOUTH PORTION, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NORTH PORTION. THE PHASE ONE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THE RATIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE FOR THIS SUBDIVISION. WE'RE LOOKING OUT OF THE RED AREA. THAT WOULD BE THE PHASE ONE OF UNIT ONE. THE SUBDIVISION ON THE THE PHASE ONE. I'M SORRY. IT INCLUDES 175 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNITS. IT INCLUDES ONE COMMERCIAL AREA, ONE AMENITY CENTER AND ONE POND.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE RATIFICATION OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF RIGHT OF WAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AS CONSTRUCTED ON UNIT ONE, PHASE ONE FOR MAINTENANCE AND TO ACCEPT THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE FUND AND A PARTIAL RELEASE OF THE PERFORMANCE BOND. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MR. RUIZ, COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY? SO HERE WE HAVE THE FINAL THE FINAL VERSION LAST MONTH WE HAD THE INITIAL VERSION, BUT THAT WAS FOR A DIFFERENT PHASE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT RUNNING INTO THE SAME ISSUE WE HAD WITH THE ROUNDABOUTS OR THESE TWO DIFFERENT MISTAKING. LAST MONTH IT WAS A UNIT FOR THE ONE THAT UNIT THREE OR UNIT FOUR, THE ONE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS GOING TO BE UNIT ONE, PHASE ONE. DOES THAT RESPOND TO YOUR. SO THIS IS PHASE ONE. SO IS THIS THE FINAL VERSION OF IT.

CORRECT. NOW THE THE AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR ACCEPTANCE IS GOING TO BE THE RED SECTION. SO THAT IS WHERE THEY COMPLETED THE THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT SUBDIVISION. THEY'RE STILL I'M SORRY. YEAH. SO FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS GONE OUT THERE AND THERE IS A FIX THAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE, JUST A LITTLE MORE CONCRETE TO THE AREA SO THAT THEY CAN MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. SO ALL THE OTHER PHASES I'M SORRY. THE OTHER STUFF WILL FOLLOW THE SAME THE SAME THINGS OKAY. AND THAT'LL BE MOVING FORWARD. CORRECT. OKAY. AWESOME. SOUNDS GOOD. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS WAS THE THE INITIAL ISSUE WAS THE FIRE LANES. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT, CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. ORTEGA I AIMS I CARDIO I MENDOZA I MOTION PASSES.

[11. Discussion and Action]

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WE HAVE THIS OLDER TYPE SYSTEM KIND OF LIKE A LIKE A FIX FOR ONE. BUT IN THE NEW IN THE NEW CHAMBERS ALSO MUNICIPAL COURT, IT'LL HAVE LIKE A BRAND NEW SOUND SYSTEM. IT'S ALSO NEEDED FOR THE CAMERA SYSTEM. WITHOUT IT, THEY CANNOT CONNECT THE CAMERA SYSTEM AS WELL. AND THAT WILL OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. SO MR. RUBIO, I'M ASSUMING WITH THE NEW SOUND SYSTEM, WOULD THIS BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO A NEW WEBSITE UPDATE? SO WHEN RESIDENTS ARE VIEWING OR LIVE STREAMING OUR MEETINGS THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THAT BETTER SOUND SYSTEM? THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. WE WON'T HAVE THOSE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING CURRENTLY. WE'RE SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T HEAR, YOU KNOW, THE AUDIO THAT'LL BE LIKE A, LIKE A PRETTY GOOD SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN. AND THEN ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S REQUIRED, SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT AGAIN IS GOING TO SUPPORT THE, THE VIDEO SYSTEM THAT SWAG IT THROUGH. GRANICUS WILL BE PUTTING IN AS WELL. BUT THEY'RE WAITING ON THE SYSTEM TO TO PUT IN THE CAMERAS AS WELL. THAT WAY WE CAN START USING THE CHAMBERS FOR THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AFTER THAT'S COMPLETED. AND ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE TO THE CHAMBERS. AND SO BY THE TIME WE HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING IN CHAMBERS, THAT AUDIO SOUND SYSTEMS WILL BE READY TO GO. IT SHOULD. YES, SIR. OKAY. IN OTHER WORDS, WE WON'T HAVE THE MEETINGS THERE UNTIL WE HAVE ALL THOSE SYSTEMS IN PLACE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. RUBIO. GO AHEAD SIR. YES. JUST DOES IT ALSO INCLUDE ANY KIND OF SUPPORT IF IN CASE WE HAVE ISSUES AS WELL AS ANY UPDATES IN CASE? YES, SIR. IT'LL HAVE LIKE A WARRANTY. IT'LL HAVE A TYPICALLY IT'S THE STANDARD ONE YEAR WARRANTY I BELIEVE. YES, SIR. AND THEN AGAIN ANY TYPE OF ISSUES WHATEVER THAT WILL HAVE THAT AS WELL. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE OPTION OF GETTING MAINTENANCE ON IT. OR IF OUR IT CAN CAN HANDLE IT DEPENDING ON THAT. BUT OUR IT IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SYSTEM THAT'S BEING PUT IN. SO DEPENDING ON THAT REALLY IT'S IT'S IF THEY CAN HANDLE IT GREAT. IF NOT THEN WE WILL GET THE MAINTENANCE FOR IT. AND AGAIN THAT INCLUDES THE ANY UPDATE THAT MIGHT POP UP LATER. YES SIR. THAT'S CORRECT. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. AND OUR IT WILL HANDLE IT. GREAT. YEAH PLEASE I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE I SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA.

ORTEGA I AIMS A MENDOZA. I THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MR.

[12. Discussion and Action]

MY NAME IS. I'M THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE HORIZON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN OURSELVES, THE 65 JUDICIAL COURT AND THE EL PASO COUNTY JUVENILE BOARD TO DESIGNATE A ROOM SECTION OF ROOM IN OUR NEW FACILITY AS A JUVENILE PROCESSING OFFICE. CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE A JUVENILE PROCESSING OFFICE. THE LAW IS VERY STRICT ON WHAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO HAVE A JUVENILE PROCESSING OFFICE. THE COUNTY GAVE US A CHECKLIST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE NEEDED. WE MADE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS UP TO THEIR STANDARDS IN THE NEW BUILDING. THEY CAME LAST WEEK AND THEY CHECKED ALL THE CHECKLISTS THAT THEY GAVE US, AND THEY GAVE US THEIR BLESSING THAT WE'RE WE ARE GOOD. THE NEXT MEETING THAT THE COUNTY HAS IS MARCH 18TH, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY WILL OFFICIALLY, WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WILL OFFICIALLY GIVE US A DESIGNATION AS JUVENILE PROCESSING OFFICE. CURRENTLY, IF WE TAKE A JUVENILE INTO CUSTODY, WE HAVE TO TAKE HIM TO A NUMBER OF SITES. SOCORRO ISD IS ONE OF THEM. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR JPD DOWN ON DELTA IS ANOTHER ONE. SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. SO WE CAN HAVE OUR OWN PROCESSING CENTER.

AND IT'S ALSO FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, NOT JUST OURSELVES. SO WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WE WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THIS FOR THIS PROCESS IN OFFICE. THANK YOU SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL CHIEF KLUGE, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL

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SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. ORTEGA HIGH AIMS HIGH.

MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 13, THIS IS DISCUSSION AND ACTION.

[13. Discussion and Action]

THANK YOU, MR. GRISWOLD. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL FEES THAT COME WITH THIS ACCREDITATION? YES, SIR. IT'S GOING TO BE A $2,000 FEE AND IT'S BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE DEPARTMENT. AND SO HOW LONG IS THAT ACCREDITATION GOOD FOR? IT'S FOR FOUR YEARS, SIR. SO EVERY FOUR YEARS WILL BE PAYING THAT. YES, SIR. THIS WILL BE THIS WOULD BE OUR SECOND REACCREDITATION WILL BE OUR THIRD TERM. OKAY. AND DO YOU KNOW HISTORICALLY DO DOES THAT RATE FLUCTUATE. DOES IT INCREASE. IT DOES. AND IT'S BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE DEPARTMENT. SO ALONG THE YEARS OUR DEPARTMENT'S MANPOWER HAS BEEN GROWING. SO THAT PRICE DOES GO UP OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. YOU GOT A GREAT VOICE MAN. YOU OUGHT TO DO PUBLIC SERVICE NOW. YEAH HE DOES. YEAH HE DOES. THANK YOU.

MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND, PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL.

ORTEGA. ORTEGA HIGH AIMS HIGH. GARCIA MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 14,

[14. PRESENTATION]

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FOR DISPATCHERS, THAT'S BEEN MOSTLY MET AND IT'S ONGOING. NINA REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE 3 OR 5 COURSES FOR SUPERVISORS. THEY'VE ALREADY COMPLETED THEIR COURSES. THE SHIFT SUPERVISORS HAVE COMPLETED TWO OF THE THREE, AND THEY'RE SCHEDULED FOR THE THIRD ONE COMING IN THE SPRING.

AND WE WOULD HAVE MET THAT ALREADY. BUT THE COURSES ARE PUT OUT AHEAD OF TIME, SO WE HAVE TO GET TO THEM. WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE IN THAT, BUT THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE SPRING TIME. AND GOAL NUMBER FIVE, INCREASED COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. WE MET THIS AT 100%. WE HAVE REAL GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WITH THE SOCORRO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. OUR FOR OUR CIT SERVICES AND ALL OTHER AGENCIES. OUR HONOR GUARD HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ESD, ONE HONOR GUARD, AND WE ARE COMBINED AGENCY HONOR GUARD NOW. SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING FOR US. OUR SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER. GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS WELL. GOOD EVENING. RAMOS COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE NOT ONLY DISPATCH FOR ALSO S1 AND S2. IT'S MYSELF, THE COMMUNICATION DISPATCHERS. FOR 2025, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 60,199 CALLS FOR SERVICE, WHICH WAS A 36% INCREASE. IF YOU SEE THE CHART ON 2024, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 32,574 CALLS. AND FOR 2025, WE WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE OF 52%, 52.93%, WITH A TOTAL OF 49,816 CALLS FOR ESD ONE AND 2024, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 6439 CALLS FOR 2025. IT WAS A TOTAL OF 7166, WHICH HAD A 11.29 INCREASE FOR ESD TWO. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 11,204 CALLS FOR 2024 AND FOR 2025 11,092, WITH AN INCREASE OF 1%. SO. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS YOLANDA HUERTA. I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT MANAGER FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION. WE DID COMPLETE A TCC

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WE ALSO FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THERE WAS OPPORTUNITIES TO GET CERTIFIED THROUGH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIES EMERGENCY. AND THEY CERTIFY AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL, FIRE AND POLICE DISPATCH. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE POLICE DISPATCH CERTIFICATION. ONCE WE DO GET THAT, THE THREE OF THE MEDICAL AND FIRE AND POLICE WILL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A PRO QA SOFTWARE AND THAT WILL GO THAT'S A PROVIDE STANDARD PROTOCOLS WHEN IT COMES TO CALL TAKING. WE ALSO DID OTHER TRAININGS, WHICH WAS A NINA CENTER MANAGER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, WHICH I ATTENDED. WE SENT TWO OF OUR DISPATCHERS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING OFFICER TO BECOME TRAINERS. TWO OF OUR DISPATCHERS ALSO ATTENDED THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TRAINING AND TWO OF OUR SHIFT SUPERVISORS. THEY COMPLETED THE BASIC LIFE SUPPORT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION, AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AND A SHIFT SUPERVISOR ATTENDED THE NINA CONFERENCE AND EXPO HELD IN LONG BEACH. FOR OUR GOALS FOR 2025, OUR STAFFING WAS PARTIALLY MET AT 89%. WE DO CONTINUE TO TO CONTINUE EFFORTS TO RECRUIT AND FILL ALL VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS THEY AROSE. WE ALSO DID ACHIEVE 100% OF RADIO ENCRYPTION. OUR PORTABLE AND MOBILE RADIOS WERE FULLY ENCRYPTED, AND THIS ENHANCED THE SECURITY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PROTECTING SENSITIVE INFORMATION. THE SOFTWARE THAT ONE IS, IT'S CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING ON THE INITIATIVES ON THAT TO IMPLEMENT IT, BUT WE DO HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED IN MEDICAL, FIRE AND POLICE, WHICH WE ARE WORKING ON, OUR STAFF TO BE CERTIFIED AND ALL THAT. WE UPGRADED OUR MOBILE RADIOS TO THE APS 6500 FROM THE 4500, AND THAT WAS ACHIEVE 100%. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOHN RODRIGUEZ. I'M THE PATROL LIEUTENANT. I WILL BE PRESENTING THIS EVENING ON OUR PATROL DIVISION. PATROL DIVISION OVERVIEW. WE'RE COMMANDED BY MYSELF, LIEUTENANT RODRIGUEZ. PERSONNEL. WE HAVE ONE LIEUTENANT, FOUR SERGEANTS AND 14 PATROL OFFICERS. OPERATIONS ARE 24 OVER SEVEN WITH ROTATING SHIFTS. THEY SHIFT 6 A.M. TO 6 P.M. NIGHT SHIFT 6 P.M. TO 6 A.M. ROTATING EVERY 56 DAYS. PATROL DIVISION STRATEGY. PROACTIVE AND COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING DATA DRIVEN POLICING TO TARGET HIGH RISK AREAS TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. DE-ESCALATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACHES.

PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR CRIME AND TRAFFIC SAFETY. AS FAR AS OUR OUR DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO TRAFFIC AND CRIME SAFETY, WHICH IS OUR OUR OUR MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS HAVE GONE UP 49.6%, FELONY ARRESTS 55.4%, CRIMINAL REPORTS, 26.5%. AS FAR AS OUR OUR CONTACTS, THEY HAVE GONE DOWN A BIT. BUT BECAUSE THE QUALITY OF THE STOPS HAVE GONE UP, WE ARE ABLE. THAT'S WHY OUR OUR ARRESTS HAVE GONE UP. 20, 24 AND 25 REPORTS GENERATED CRIMINAL IN 24 WERE 825. IN 2025, YOU CAN SEE A 26.5% CHANGE, WHICH WENT UP TO 1044. THIS IS DUE TO THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SPECIALIZED UNITS SUCH AS CIT, WHICH IS A CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM AND TRAFFIC UNITS, AS WELL AS AN ADDITION OF THE SERGEANT CID THAT HAS ENABLED OUR PATROL OFFICERS TO BE OUT THERE ON THE STREET A LOT MORE WITHOUT HAVING TO HANDLE AS MANY OF THE THE CRISIS CALLS AND THE ACCIDENTS. EACH ACCIDENT WOULD TAKE BETWEEN 30 TO 45 MINUTES SERIOUS ONE 4 TO 6 HOURS. SO WE'VE WE'VE GOT THE OFFICERS OUT ON THE BEAT AS FAR AS THE KEY LOCATION FOR THE ACCIDENTS, HORIZON IN DARRINGTON CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE HOTSPOTS DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT CLEARED UP PRETTY SOON. HORIZON AND ALSO EASTLAKE AND DARRINGTON, WHICH ARE THE MOST CONGESTED STREETS. I'D LIKE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE TRAFFIC FATALITIES. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES IN 2025. IN 2024, WE HAD FOR 2023, WE HAD FOUR.

THIS IS DUE TO THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF THE PATROL OFFICERS OUT IN THE STREET, OUR MOTORS THAT ARE ASSISTING US IN ACTUALLY BEING OUT THERE AND LETTING US BE VISIBLE INSTEAD OF BEING STUCK AT THE OFFICE. REPORT WRITING. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. THERE WAS A 1.4.

FORGIVE ME, 1.47 INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, 408 AND 2024 AND 414 AND 2025, WHICH IS EXPECTED DUE TO THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AS FAR AS OUR GOALS, THE DECREASE IN CRIME RATES, ONGOING EFFORTS TO REDUCE OVERALL CRIME IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PROACTIVE PATROL AND ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES, ACHIEVED CRIME

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EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AS I MENTIONED, GRANT RENEWALS. WE WERE ABLE TO RENEW OUR STONE GARDEN, STONE GARDEN, BORDER STAR, CAR SEAT GRANT AND STEP. WE ACQUIRED THE CITY AWARD GRANT. WE WERE AWARDED ONE FULL TIME OFFICER AND CLINICIAN AND WE ARE GOING FOR ANOTHER ONE.

ANOTHER TEAM IN 2027, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LIEUTENANT VALDEZ, PROGRESS TOWARD CIT CERTIFICATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT. ALL THE OFFICERS ACHIEVED. ALL NEW OFFICERS ARE ENROLLED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF HIRE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SO THEY CAN ASSIST AS WELL. WHENEVER THE CIT UNIT IS IS BUSY, WE STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITIES AND THE INFORMATION TO HANDLE THE CALLS CORRECTLY. WE'RE OUR GOAL OF 100% CERTIFICATION OF INTOXILYZER OPERATORS IS ONGOING. CLASSES ARE LIMITED TO DUE TO SPOT AVAILABILITIES. AS SOON AS THE THE POSTER COMES OUT, EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIGN UP. SO WE ARE NORMALLY GIVEN ABOUT TWO TWO SLOTS PER CLASS. FIVE OFFICERS NEED TO BE CERTIFIED FOR US TO BE AT 100%. TWO OF THEM ARE SCHEDULED TO BE GOING OUT THERE THIS MONTH. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. CHRISTIE VALDEZ, LIEUTENANT, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. THE DIVISION CONSISTS OF ONE LIEUTENANT, MYSELF. SERGEANT LUIS RODRIGUEZ OVERSEES THE DETECTIVE SQUAD. WE HAVE THREE IN-HOUSE DETECTIVES, AND ONE OF OUR DETECTIVES IS ASSIGNED TO THE FBI TASK FORCE. UNDER MY COMMAND. WE ALSO HAVE THE THE TRAFFIC UNIT, WHICH INCLUDES TWO SPECIALIZED COLLISION INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATORS. AND IN OUR STAFF, WE ALSO HAVE ONE TEMPORARY DUTY ASSIGNMENT OFFICER. THE 2025 CASELOAD BY INVESTIGATOR CHART HERE SHOWS THAT THE CASES THAT OUR STAFF WAS ASSIGNED, HOW MANY CASES THEY HAD OPENED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, AND HOW MANY OF THOSE CASES WERE FINALIZED. IF YOU JUST CARE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO, LIKE, STUDY IT, I'LL TAKE MYSELF. FOR EXAMPLE, CASES ASSIGN 146, AND THESE WERE JUST SOME CASES THAT I HAD TO REVIEW.

ALL OF THEM WERE RESOLVED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO 146 AND THAT'S ZERO PENDING CASES. AND YOU AND YOU HAVE THE REST OF THE INFORMATION THERE. WE ALSO OVERSEE THE FORENSIC UNIT. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE COMPLETE PERIODIC INVENTORIES OF OUR EVIDENCE ROOM AS PER THE ACCREDITATION STANDARDS. OUR STAFF GAVE 145 HOURS OF TRAINING. THIS INCLUDES IN-HOUSE AND TO OTHER AGENCIES, AND THEY SPENT SEVERAL THOUSAND HOURS, 1357 PROCESSING EVIDENCE.

THIS IS SIMPLE. THINGS LIKE FINGERPRINTING TOOLS OR EVIDENCE LEFT BEHIND THE CRIME SCENES TO DOING MORE ADVANCED PROCESSING METHODS SUCH AS FUMING OR USING GEL LIFTERS TO GET THOSE LATENT PRINTS OUT. THEY DID SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME ALSO PROCESSING OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS FOR SPECIFICALLY VIDEO TAKES KIND OF A LONG TIME BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOOTAGE GETS REVIEWED AND THAT THEY PROCESS IT AND REDACT THINGS AS APPLICABLE. THEY RESPONDED TO A LOT OF OUR ACTIVE CRIME SCENES, AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, EVIDENTIAL ITEMS COLLECTED. 81 OF THEM BROUGHT BACK SUSPECTS, 150 ITEMS WERE SUBMITTED TO THE LAB. AND AT THIS TIME WE RECEIVED 132 BACK FROM THE LAB. WHOOPS.

WELL, SO OVERSEE THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT UNIT. THIS PARTICULAR UNIT PLAYS A LARGE PART IN KEEPING HORIZON BOULEVARD AND OUR COMMERCIAL ROADS SAFER. IT FOCUSES ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND. A LOT OF THESE VEHICLES OBVIOUSLY TRAVEL, TRAVEL THE THE MAIN ROADS COMING IN AND OUT FROM THE QUARRIES ESPECIALLY. WE ALSO HAVE WAREHOUSES IN THE AREA. AND WHAT WE HAD SEEN BEFORE, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS UNIT WAS A LOT OF THOSE

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CRASH REPORTS FIVE AT THE TIME THAT THIS THAT THIS UNIT WAS STARTED. IT WAS A NEWER UNIT THE THE THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT GUY WAS A MOTORCYCLE GUY. SO THEN WE HAD TO BRING IN A NEW MOTORCYCLE GUY. SO THE STATISTICAL DATA FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR WILL BE MUCH HIGHER. FOR 2026. WE HAVE THE DATA DRIVEN INVESTIGATIONS INITIATIVE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE EMPLOYING ANALYTICS AND REAL TIME DATA TRACKING TO. TO PRIORITIZE OUR OUR APPROACH AND OUR STRATEGY TO HELP ENFORCE LAWS IN THE SPECIFIC AREAS OF INTEREST. VICTIM CENTERED CASE MANAGEMENT, WHICH MEANS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A VERY HIGH COMMUNICATION STANDARDS SO THAT PEOPLE GET CALLS AND THAT THEY NEVER FEEL LIKE THEY CALL HERE, AND WE'RE JUST TOO BUSY TO TO TAKE THEIR THEIR CRIMES SERIOUSLY. AND OF COURSE, DIGITAL EVIDENCE MODERNIZATION, WHICH MEANS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT THOSE AUDITS AND USING TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS BODY WORN CAMERAS AND USING OUR NEW LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERA SYSTEM IN ORDER TO TO COMPILE DATA AND USE IT TO SOLVE CRIMES. WE ALSO. WANT TO CONTINUE OUR TARGETED INTELLIGENCE BASED OPERATIONS, FOCUSING ON THE ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY, SUCH, FOR EXAMPLE, AS VAPES AND SCHOOL. THAT'S LIKE A REALLY, REALLY BIG ONE, NOT JUST IN HORIZON BUT NATIONWIDE. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT USING TECHNOLOGY AND AND STRATEGIC APPROACH, WE CAN HELP CURB THAT ACTIVITY. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE OUR INFORMATION SHARING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE REGIONAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AND

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AND IS THAT COMPETITIVE WITH WHAT THE COUNTY PAYS. NO, THE COUNTY IS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THE COUNTY EL PASO SHERIFF'S OFFICE START AT $23 AN HOUR. AND IS THAT FIRST YEAR NO EXPERIENCE? YES, SIR. AND THEN AFTER THAT IT GOES UP TO $25. ONCE THEY RECEIVE THEIR TELECOMMUNICATOR LICENSE. AND SO FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, WHAT'S A NUMBER THAT COULD MAKE US MORE COMPETITIVE WITH THE COUNTY? I MEAN, IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME, I WOULD SAY POSSIBLY 21 BECAUSE WE DO DO FIRE AND POLICE. LIKE I CAN'T COMPARE OURSELVES TO EL PASO SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THEY HAVE A BIGGER CALLS FOR SERVICE. HOWEVER, THEY DON'T DO THE DISPATCHING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. YOU SET THAT RATE AT LEAST TO START AT 21, I WOULD SAY SO. YOU KNOW, JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THIS IS JUST CONSIDERATION FOR NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOWERING THAT TURNOVER. RIGHT. HOW LONG WHEN WE GET A NEW DISPATCHER, I GOT TO MEET TWO OF THE NEWEST ONES A FEW WEEKS AGO. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET THEM ON BOARD, HAVE THEM ONBOARDED AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SO THEY CAN START LIKE THOSE FIRST CALLS? DO YOU MEAN LIKE, ONCE THEY'RE RELEASED TO BE ON THEIR OWN? MORE OR LESS. IT'S BETWEEN 3 TO 4 MONTHS. OKAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CROSS TRAIN THEM. SO IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER. AND SO RIGHT NOW, HOW MANY ARE WE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF TRAINING? THREE, THREE. OKAY.

THEN RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE 13 DISPATCHERS. DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? YES. THREE SHIFT SUPERVISORS, MY ASSISTANT AND MYSELF. AND FOR THE NUMBER DISPATCHERS WE HAVE, WHERE SHOULD WE BE RATHER THAN WHERE WE'RE FULLY STAFFED? WE'RE FULLY STAFFED. YES, SIR. OKAY.

CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO WHAT YOU WERE ASKING IS, IS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING BECAUSE OF THE PAY OR LEAVING BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE JOB FOR THEM, BECAUSE IT IS A VERY STRESSFUL JOB TAKING CALLS FROM PEOPLE AT THEIR WORST TIMES. SO WHICH DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF? HOW MANY? IS IT BECAUSE OF PAY OR HOW MANY OF IT'S BECAUSE THIS ISN'T FOR ME, OR I'M LEAVING BECAUSE I HAVE OTHER FAMILY OBLIGATIONS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? THAT'S RIGHT. I BELIEVE IT'S A COMBINATION. IT ISN'T FOR THEM. OR ALSO MAYBE OTHER OTHER LIKE PERSONAL LIFE COMMITMENTS FOR THEMSELVES OR LIKE MATERNITY LEAVE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S MORE THOSE REASONS THEY, IT'S NOT FOR THEM OR SOMETHING, A CHOICE THAT THEY MADE JUST BECAUSE OF SOMETHING GOING ON IN THEIR PERSONAL LIFE. BECAUSE WHILE I SEE THE NEED TO PAY PEOPLE MORE MONEY, I ALSO SEE THE NEED TO HAVE BALANCE BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN OTHER AGENCIES WHO HAVE HIGHER PAYING, BUT NOW THEY'RE IN A POSITION WHERE PEOPLE ARE TAKING FURLOUGH DAYS, THEY'RE GETTING HOLIDAYS IN LIEU OF PAY RAISES AND THAT KIND OF THING. I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. WITH SUCH A SMALL TOWN OF HORIZON THAT DOESN'T HAVE A GROWING TAX BASE. AND SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO. I HEAR YOU EVERY DAY.

SO I KNOW YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB, BUT I WANT US TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS IN LOOKING AT JUST HAVING THAT INCREASE. AND I AND I APPRECIATE MR. GARCIA'S COMMENTS ABOUT IT, BUT I JUST WANT US TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT, TOO, BECAUSE I SEE THE OTHER HAND IS WHEN YOU RAISE TOO FAST, SOMETIMES THE TOWN CAN'T HANDLE THOSE RAISES. OR THERE'S ADVERSARIAL REACTION TO IT. SO BUT I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S EFFORTS. THAT WAS MY AND I'LL LET YOU KEEP ON. THANK YOU, MISS AMES. I MEAN, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, BUT WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONSIDER NEXT YEAR? YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THAT WE HAVE EVIDENCE HERE THAT WILL SLOWLY INCREASE THAT TAX BASE? WELL, WE ALSO HAVE A NEW BUILDING. WE HAVE TO BALANCE EVERYTHING OUT, RIGHT? CORRECT. WE HAVE A NEW BUILDING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. THE INCREASE IN MAINTENANCE FEES, MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE FEES. AS FAR AS BUILDING, WE JUST GOT THE FIRST ELECTRIC ACCESS. JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, WE GOT THE FIRST GAS BILL FOR THAT BUILDING AND IT INCREASED BY ABOUT $800. AND THEY'RE NINE AND 26. SO BETWEEN THIS BUILDING AND THAT BUILDING WE HAVE ABOUT $100. SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S HOW ALL THE UTILITIES ARE GOING TO GO UP, BUT YOU CAN EXPECT AN INCREASE IN THOSE EXPENSES. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT ALSO. BUT THEY DO ALSO DEPENDS WHEN THEY COME ON BOARD, BECAUSE THEY DON'T COME ON BOARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. WE REALLY CAN'T COUNT ON THOSE PROPERTY TAXES. THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. SO BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

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AND THAT WAY THEY KNOW ALSO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL. YOU KNOW, WHAT ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS OR ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND SO FORTH. AND THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE IN THAT DEPARTMENT THAT APPLIES TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR ACROSS THE BOARD.

I THINK PAY SCALES IS DEFINITELY THE WAY TO GO ACROSS THE BOARD. WE'VE DISCUSSED IT AT LAST BUDGET. I FIND IT TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY KNOWS AND YOU CAN BUDGETARILY EXCUSE ME, PLAN FOR WHAT THE RAISES ARE GOING TO BE EACH YEAR. SAY THEY'RE 3% OR 5% BETWEEN THE STEPS. I THINK IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING, BUT I JUST WANT TO MENTION ON THE PROPERTY TAX, WHEN YOU'RE SOMETIMES LOOKING AT 2 TO 2 AND A HALF YEARS TO SEE THAT REVENUE COME TO THE DISTRICT. SO JUST BECAUSE THERE'S ALL THESE HOUSES COMING, IT'S NOT A QUICK FIX AND RESIDENTIAL IS NOT DOESN'T BRING YOU AS MUCH PROPERTY TAX AS YOU WOULD THINK AS COMMERCIAL OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO RESIDENTIAL IS GREAT, BUT RESIDENTIAL DOESN'T. YOU HAVE A LOT MORE POLICE REQUIREMENT, A LOT MORE COMMUNICATION VERSUS THE MONEY THAT YOU BRING IN. SO YOU HAVE A LOT MORE YOU TAKE OUT VERSUS WHAT YOU BRING IN. SO IT'S ALL A BALANCE. AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN CORRELATE ONE FOR THE OTHER. JUST IN MY EXPERIENCE, I DO WANT TO ADD. SO FOR ESD ONE THEY PAID 3.1DB FOR DISPATCH AND THEN ESD TWO WOULD BE SEVEN POINT WITH DECIMALS. AND THEN HORIZON WOULD TAKE OVER EIGHT POINT WITH DECIMAL. I DON'T KNOW THE CORRECT DECIMALS RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S A SPLIT SHARE BETWEEN THE THREE DEPARTMENTS.

OH, I SEE FOR THE DISPATCH PAY. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND EACH YEAR THE CONTRACTS ARE RENEGOTIATED BEFORE BUDGET TIME SO THAT GIVING EACH ENTITY THE ABILITY TO BUDGET FOR THE COST. THIS YEAR, IT WAS A DECREASE LAST YEAR. IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS IT'S BEEN INCREASES. BUT I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS IS, AGAIN, I CAN'T SAY PAY SCALES ENOUGH. IT'S JUST MAKES IT FAIR FOR EVERYONE. YES, I WILL ADD IF I CAN. WHEN I WAS IN CANUTILLO, I STARTED THE DISPATCH CENTER THERE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WANTED TO START AT A VERY LOW PAY FOR DISPATCHERS, AND I GOT ZERO INTEREST, AND I DID HAVE TO JUMP UP TO $22 AN HOUR IN ORDER TO GET A QUALITY DISPATCHER, AND WE ENDED UP GETTING TWO APPLIED AFTER AFTER WE DID THAT AND THEY STAYED AND THEY WERE THERE AT THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL THERE NOW. AND THIS WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.

AND I WAS ABLE TO I DON'T WANT TO SAY STEAL BECAUSE I'M A POLICE OFFICER, BUT I WAS ABLE TO BORROW PERMANENTLY A TWO DISPATCHERS THAT WERE VERY QUALIFIED AT THAT PAY SCALE. SO I SEE IT'S ALL A BALANCING GAME, RIGHT. WITH VALENCIA COMING IN, WE PROBABLY LIKE MISS AMY SAID, WE PROBABLY MIGHT NOT SEE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS. MAYBE CREATING A PAY SCALE OR A STEP SCALE FOR FOR FUTURE EMPLOYEES SO THAT WE CAN PLAN AHEAD AS WE PREPARE OUR BUDGETS.

BUT, I MEAN, I DO THINK COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE DOES HAVE TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A PAY SCALE, WHETHER IT'S INCREASED PAY FOR DISPATCHERS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE HIGH TURNOVER. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE DO WANT TO ATTRACT QUALITY CANDIDATES. BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING FOR THIS GOAL, IF WE COULD GO ON TO LET'S SEE OUR PATROL DIVISIONS.

BUT THANK YOU, MISS GAITAN. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. SO WE SEE THAT MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS ARE UP 49%. FELONY ARRESTS CRIMINAL. YEAH. AND FELONY ARRESTS FOR MISDEMEANORS. WAS THERE ANY SPECIFIC TYPE OF CRIME THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT 49% INCREASE? THERE'S NOT LIKE A SPECIFIC ONE. BUT THE THING IS, AS THE LIEUTENANT MENTIONED, OUR CONTACT FOR SHIFTS HAVE DROPPED, WHICH MEANS OUR TRAFFIC STOPS HAVE HAVE DROPPED. BUT WE FOCUS ON THE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CHIEF VARGAS HAD FOR US, FOR THE DEPARTMENT. HIS VISION. WE FOCUS ON, WHICH IS HIGH CRASH AND HIGH CRIME TARGET AREAS. AND THAT'S WHERE WE FOCUS OUR PATROL OFFICERS.

AND BY HAVING LIKE THE CIT UNIT, WHO CAN HANDLE THOSE CALLS, LIKE THE ONE WE HAD YESTERDAY WAS A PARTIAL ONE. AND OUR TRAFFIC UNITS WHO HANDLE THE ACCIDENTS, WE HAVE THOSE PATROL OFFICERS WHO CAN TARGET THOSE HIGH CRIME AND HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS, MAKE THE QUALITY STOPS INSTEAD OF THE QUANTITY STOPS. RIGHT. I'D RATHER SEE ONE TRAFFIC STOP THAT'S GOING TO

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IT'S JUST THEM TO THEY'RE DEDICATED TO THE TRAFFIC UNIT. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU ALL FOR PRESENTING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS I'LL MAKE TO APPROVE? BOY, IT'S JUST A IT'S JUST A PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION, PRESENTATION. YEAH, YEAH, BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM PLEASE. YES. YOU CAN JUST LEAVE IT THERE. ITEM NUMBER 15. THIS IS

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WE WERE APPROACHED BY MR. ROBLEDO, WHO'S THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TEACHER AT HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL, AND HE ASKED OUR OPINION IF WE COULD DO THIS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE FULLY SUPPORT. THIS IS GOING TO BE A WORK BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STUDENTS.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN RIDE ALONGS. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND AND PARTICIPATE AND SEE THE DISPATCH FUNCTIONS. AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING ULTIMATELY WITH THIS OURSELVES AND MR. ROBLEDO, IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A PIPELINE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO BECOME EMPLOYEES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S IN DISPATCH AND OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR BOTH. SOMETIMES IT CAN START A DISPATCH AND THEN COME OVER TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO WE ASK FOR APPROVAL FOR THIS MOU BETWEEN US AND CLINT ISD. THANK YOU SIR. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CHIEF KLUGE I KNOW THE MOU IS WITH CLINT ISD. IS THIS ONLY FOR THE HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS? YES, SIR. IT'S WITH CTE PROGRAM. OKAY. AND IS THERE A STUDENT CAP OR DO YOU HAVE A CAP FOR HOW MANY STUDENTS? THERE'S NOT A CAP. THERE'S NOT A CAP. BUT WE DID SOMETHING SIMILAR WHEN I WAS IN CANUTILLO. WE ASKED MR. ROBLEDO TO GIVE US. THEIR MOST QUALIFIED. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT REALLY SHOW EAGERNESS TO LEARN LAW ENFORCEMENT. SOME STUDENTS ARE. AND HE HE MENTIONED THIS AS WELL. SOME STUDENTS ARE PLACED THERE BECAUSE IT'S AN ELECTIVE THAT THEY NEEDED TO FILL. RIGHT. SO HE'S GOING TO GIVE US THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ARE HIGHLY DEDICATED TO THIS AND TO A FUTURE LAW ENFORCEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU CHIEF. YES, SIR. FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO EASTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL? I KNOW THEY ALSO HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. WE HAVE NOT. BUT WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I'LL MOVE TO

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ORTEGA I AMES I CORDELL MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 16. DISCUSSION AND

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THE COST IS $56.64 PER RADIOS. SO WHICH WILL INCLUDE OUR FIVE CONSOLES, OUR PORTABLE RADIOS, AND OUR MOBILE RADIOS, WITH PAYMENTS BEGINNING IN JUNE OF 2026. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR? HAVE WE LOOKED INTO GRANTS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? OR I KNOW THE COUNTY, WHEN WE HAD THE PRESENTATION BY I BELIEVE IT WAS SCOTT CALDERWOOD, WAS THAT THE TIME THAT IT WAS COMING TO AN END? WE WERE NOTIFIED IN AUGUST 8TH OF 2025. OKAY. AND AS FAR AS GRANTS RIGHT NOW, THE THE ONE THEY'RE OFFERING RIGHT NOW IS YOU HAVE TO BASE IT OFF OF TERRORISM. AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO APPLY LIKE FOR RADIOS OR LICENSES BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE. AND THAT WOULD ONLY BE FOR MOBILE RADIOS AND PORTABLE RADIOS. GOT IT? YES, SIR. COULD YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE. SORRY. THANK YOU. NO, I'M SORRY I WENT BACK. OH, SHE'S TRYING TO SAY I'M SO SORRY. DON'T TAKE IT. SHE NEEDS A HEADSET CONNECTED. OKAY, SO I'M WONDERING, DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER? WHAT IF THOSE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS LOOK LIKE IT'S.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY $34,000. AND IS THAT. I MEAN, WAS THAT OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, OR IS THAT. NO, IT IT INCREASED THE, THE PRICING PER UNIT INCREASED. I MEAN, COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT? YES. I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBER FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT BACK IN 2015, IT WAS $41 WITH CENTS. AND LAST YEAR IT WENT UP TO THE $56. SO HOW MANY TOTAL UNITS WILL WE BE? IT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 50. 50? YES. TO INCLUDE OUR RADIO CONSOLES, THE MOBILES AND THE PORTABLE RADIOS. AND SO HOW MANY OF THESE ARE WE INITIALLY GOING TO START USING, AND ARE ANY OF THOSE GOING TO BE BACKUPS FOR IN CASE WE HAVE.

NO, IT WOULD BE THE TOTAL OKAY. AND THEY'RE CHARGING PER RADIO ID. AND CAN YOU ELABORATE ON RADIO. YES. SO EACH EACH LIKE OUR CONSOLES ARE PORTABLES AND OUR MOBILES EACH CONTAIN A RADIO ID. SO WE'RE PAYING PER RADIO ID. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. NO MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND THE MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. HI, ORTEGA. HI. AIMS HIGH GUARDIAN. HI, MENDOZA. HI.

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THEY'RE THE OWNER OF THE SYSTEM AND WE HAVE TO ENTER AN MOU WITH THEM. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CHIEF. SO THIS IS PURELY PROCEDURAL. THIS IS JUST STANDARD. WE HAVE TO CORRECT TO GET THEM TO TO JUMP ON THEIR SYSTEM. CORRECT OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND THE MOTION WE

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CITY COUNCIL LIEUTENANT JAIME CRESPO, HORIZON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN AWARDED AN APPROVED FOR ONE SUV THROUGH THE TEXAS FACILITIES COMMISSION. THROUGH THIS APPLICATION, WE ARE AWARDED ONE VEHICLE FOR PROCESSING FEE OF $1,500, SO THAT WOULD GIVE US ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES THAT ARE NO LONGER IN USE BY DPS. AND WE CAN ADD THAT TO OUR FLEET. SO WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WITH THAT ONE ONE TIME FEE OF $1,500, WE CAN GO LOOK AT THEIR FLEETS. AND IF WE SELECT A VEHICLE WE CAN PURCHASE THAT VEHICLE ON SITE.

THAT'S COOL, THAT'S COOL. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. SO YOU ALL ARE HAVING TO GO AND SELECT.

IT'S NOT WE ALREADY HAVE A VEHICLE PICKED OUT. YES. SO THE STATE IS VERY VAGUE WITH THE RESPONSE. SO WE DO NEED TO TRAVEL OUT THERE, SEE IF THERE'S A VEHICLE OF OUR LIKING.

AND IF WE DO SELECT ONE WE CAN PURCHASE AND BRING THAT VEHICLE BACK. AND SO I'M ASSUMING THIS IS A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE WITH OTHER. YES THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. AND SO HOW DOES IT WORK? I MEAN WE SIGN UP FOR A SLOT AND THEN ANOTHER AGENCY, THEY GO THEY PICK THEIR VEHICLE. THEN BY THE TIME WE GET THERE IT'S WHATEVER'S LEFT. YES. OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE 30 DAYS FROM THIS NOTIFICATION. SO AS SOON AS WE GET AWARDED, WE ARE MAKING PLANS TO TRAVEL OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THE FLEET AND SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE. IF WE DON'T SELECT ANYTHING, WE'LL BE STILL ON THE LIST FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE TIME WHEN THEY HAVE VEHICLES AGAIN. OKAY, WHERE IS THIS AT? AUSTIN. AUSTIN, TEXAS. OKAY. WE SHOULD WAIT FOR A HELLCAT TO COME WITH. YEAH, THAT'D BE NICE. AS FAR AS WHAT'S THEIR TURNAROUND FOR VEHICLES? IS IT FIVE YEARS OR TEN YEARS? I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BUT MILEAGE. NOT UNBELIEVERS BY MILEAGE. BUT LAST YEAR WE WERE AWARDED TWO VEHICLES, SO WE DID BRING BACK A 2017 TAHOE AND A 2017 FORD SUV AS WELL. SO THAT'S BE SAFE TO SAY, ABOUT TEN YEARS, APPROXIMATELY. AS FAR AS MODIFICATIONS, WE DON'T.

I'M ASSUMING WE DON'T HAVE TO ADD LIGHTING. ANY KIND OF RADIOS STUFF IS LEFT IN THERE OTHER THAN THE DECALS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO. SO THERE IS PARTIAL ITEMS THAT ARE LEFT IN THERE. NOT EVERYTHING IS TAKEN OUT. AND AGAIN IT GOES BACK TO FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO SELECT THE BEST VEHICLE. AND THAT'S IN THE BEST QUALITY TO BRING BACK. BUT I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU UNTIL ONCE WE'RE THERE. YES SIR. THANK YOU. WHAT'S THE AVERAGE COST TO OUTFIT A VEHICLE FOR AN OUTFIT COMPLETELY NEW? ABOUT 100. 40 WITH THE OUTFIT IN THE VEHICLE. YEAH, I'M THINKING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. OKAY. YEAH. SO? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TRUCKS THAT WE PURCHASED, THE TRUCKS ARE AREN'T TOO EXPENSIVE. IT'S THE EQUIPMENT YOU PUT INTO THEM. SO WE PAY ABOUT 90,000, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, WITH THE TRUCK WAS 52, THE EQUIPMENT WAS 48. SO YES. YEAH. THAT'S THAT'S TURNKEY RIGHT. THAT'S TTL. GET IT OUT OF HERE OKAY. PLUS A CAR.

ARE FREE GAS FOR A YEAR. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION. DO YOU. WHAT DID YOU GUYS PURCHASE THOSE VEHICLES THAT WERE PURCHASED LAST YEAR FOR. YEAH. SO WE DID ASSIGN ONE TO OUR CAD DIVISION.

WHICH ONE OF OUR CORPORALS USES. HE IS PART OF THE SPECIAL TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION UNIT. SO IT'S BEEN DEPLOYED FOR THAT. THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER CORPORAL WHO IS OUR BAILIFF IS ALSO SPECIAL TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS AND IS ALSO DRONE OPERATOR. SO HE DOES USE THAT VEHICLE FOR DEPLOYMENTS FOR DRONE DEPLOYMENTS. OKAY. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU MIGHT USE THIS ONE FOR? NOT SURE YET. SURE. YOU HAVE A YEAH, I'M SURE YOU HAVE A LONG LIST TO DO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL A ORTEGA A. A A MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY.

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IT DOES CONNECT INTO THE FLOCK, THE FLOCK NETWORK AS WE CURRENTLY DO, BUT THE SOFTWARE WOULD BE ABLE TO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU HAVE BIG INCIDENTS LIKE THE ONE WE HAD YESTERDAY, HAD THERE BEEN VEHICLES INVOLVED, IT WOULD TIE IT GEOGRAPHICALLY, SO IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO TO KNOW WHO IS LEAVING AND COMING FROM THOSE AREAS. OF COURSE, IT ALSO HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON, ON ON THE CASE INVESTIGATIONS. AND OF COURSE, JUST AS A REASSURANCE, THE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM IS CONTROLLED AND AND LOGGED SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T USING IT FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR PERSONAL PURPOSES OR, OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSES OTHER THAN THE ACTUAL INVESTIGATION OF CRIME OR THE RUNNING UP OF DATA COMPILING FOR THE INVESTIGATION OR PREVENTION OF CRIME. AGAIN, I JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO SEE SOME OF THOSE NOVA SOFTWARE FEATURES. IN TERMS OF WHAT THE THE SYSTEM CAN DO. AND SO AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL GRANT AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE GRANT. THE APPLICATION HASN'T OPENED YET. SO THIS IS JUST LIKE BALLPARK NUMBERS. AND FOR SALARIES WE'RE LOOKING AT 80 260,000. THE IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE OF THE SOFTWARE 100,000. THE ADDITIONAL FLOCK EQUIPMENT LIKE THE CAMERAS 200,000 AND OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY, 100,000. SO WE'RE

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SO I KIND OF PUT BOTH OPTIONS TOGETHER BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET AN INVESTIGATOR HERE AND ONE INVESTIGATOR FROM SOCORRO. SO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO GIVE ME I'LL TAKE. IF YOU COULD JUST ELABORATE ON THE SOFTWARE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THESE ARE JUST ESTIMATES, BUT SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE 100 K IS THAT A ONE TIME EXPENDITURE OR IS THAT A REOCCURRING EXPENSE? IS THAT PER YEAR WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS HONESTLY, I WOULD BE TRYING TO WRITE THE GRANT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT HELPS US ESTABLISH THE PROGRAM NOT JUST FOR THIS YEAR, BUT LIKE FOR THE NEXT LIKE THREE YEARS, FOR EXAMPLE. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WITH OUR GRANT IS THE FIRST GRANT CAME IN, WE ASKED MONEY THAT WOULD HELP CERTAIN THINGS, YOU KNOW, FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, SO THAT THE NEXT YEAR WE ONLY HAD TO WORRY ABOUT SALARIES. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE THEN. AND SO AND LET ME KNOW IF I'M GETTING AHEAD. HOW WOULD YOU DATA SHARING WORK. IS THIS DATA. WOULD WE KEEP IT JUST WITHIN OUR AGENCY. WOULD WE COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES? HOW WOULD THAT WORK? SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. FOR THE MOST PART, THE DATA LIVES IN IN IN FLOCK, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN THE FLOCK SYSTEM, WE DON'T PULL DATA. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S IT WOULDN'T BE EASY TO JUST GO IN THERE AND PULL A LIST OUT. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THAT DATA THAT'S SHARED, IT WOULD BE OTHER FLOCK, YOU KNOW, CITY CLIENTS. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAD SOME LET'S SAY WE HAD A VEHICLE STOLEN, LIKE CURRENTLY WHAT WE CAN DO IS BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THE CAR PASSED THROUGH HERE AND THEN THROUGH THERE, AND THEN IT WENT DOWN TO LIKE MONTANA. AND THEN IT WENT OUT TO EL PASO AND THEN WENT INTO LIKE ABILENE. SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT THE, THE, THE NOVA SOFTWARE, IT IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO PULL IMAGES.

IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO TO MAP THE TRAVEL AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND SO ASSUMING LET'S JUST SAY IN THE FUTURE, WE IMPLEMENTED THE SOFTWARE AND MAYBE THE COUNTY HAS SOMETHING SIMILAR. SO CORE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR. LET'S SAY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CAME IN AND ASKED AND IS REQUESTING DATA ON A PARTICULAR WHETHER IT'S MASS DATA, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST WANT IT SHARED WITH THEM. HOW WOULD THAT WORK WOULD BE REQUIRED? DO WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER OUR DATA? WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THAT. THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED. WE WERE ASKED FOR ACCESS BY A FEDERAL AGENCY. WE DENIED THAT ACCESS. AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO DETERMINING DATA ACCESS, WHO GRANTS DATA ACCESS IS THAT AT THE DISCRETION OF CHIEF. AND SO ARE WE SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE CHIEFS THAT WE SHOULD NOT ENGAGE IN DATA SHARING, OR IT'S JUST AT THE DISCRETION OF WHOEVER OUR CHIEF IS AT THE TIME, THE FEDERAL AGENCY USUALLY WHAT'S SIGNED LIKE WITH THE FLOCK SYSTEM, IT'S IT'S IN-HOUSE. IF THERE'S ANOTHER AGENCY THAT RUNS A VEHICLE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, LIKE A VEHICLE THEFT, AS THE LIEUTENANT MENTIONED, AND IT HITS ONE OF OUR FLOCK CAMERAS, THEY WILL SEND US A FLOCK REQUEST AND THEY'LL TELL US WHY THEY NEED THAT REQUEST, AND THEN WE CAN APPROVE IT. OR I GUESS, I MEAN MORE IN TERMS OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ASK, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE POLICY THAT REQUIRES, LET'S SAY, COUNCIL APPROVAL, THEIR APPROVAL TO SHARE MASS AMOUNTS OF DATA WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCY? NO, I'M NOT AWARE. AND I KNOW THAT USUALLY LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE CHIEF AND FACT SPECIFIC, WHAT IS WHAT'S THE EVENT THAT'S TAKING PLACE THAT WE'RE JUSTIFYING. BUT IT'S I MEAN, THEY'RE INTENDED TO SHARE. I MEAN, MOST COUNTY WIDE EVERYBODY ALMOST EVERYBODY HAS FLOCKS. SO THEY'RE SHARING. WE'VE SEEN THE VEHICLE ENTER I-10 FROM THE EAST. IT'S HEADED THAT. SO THEY'RE SHARING THAT KIND OF INFORMATION ALREADY. SO THAT HELPS HIM RESPOND. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WOULD EVER BE I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WOULD BE THERE THAT THAT, LIKE THE FEDS WOULDN'T ALREADY HAVE ACCESS TO. AND THE FEDS HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT SYSTEM ON THEIR OWN. SO IF YOU GO TO A BORDER PATROL CHECKPOINT, YOU SEE ALL THE CAMERAS. THAT'S A WHOLE

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IT'S REALLY SHARED PER LICENSE PLATE. SO, SO THERE'S NO SURVEILLANCE OR IF THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASK IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY COMES IN AND SAYS, WE WANT MASS DATA TO HELP US IN ICE OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT. WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT DATA TO GIVE BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBPOENA OR WORK STRAIGHT WITH FLOCK. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? HAVE TO GO THROUGH JUDICIAL PROCESS FIRST? IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? I THINK SO, BUT I THINK I MEAN IT'S REAL TIME DATA, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU ALL ARE LOOKING THERE'S AN INCIDENT OCCURRING AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND, AND THEN THIS DEPARTMENT GETS WHAT THEY NEED BUT THEY DON'T LIKE, THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING.

RIGHT. EVEN IF THEY WANTED IT. RIGHT I MEAN, IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING? YEAH. YOU'RE CORRECT. I'VE READ THESE OVER AND OVER FOR THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO I RECKON THIS WORKS. BUT IT IS. YOU DON'T HAVE CAMERAS OVER THERE. I DOUBT IT. I THINK I NEED A LITTLE MORE EDUCATION ON THE FLOCK SYSTEM, BECAUSE. WASN'T THIS IN THE NEWS FOR THE CITY OF EL PASO? IS IT THE CITIZENS OR THE CITY THAT WANTS TO GET RID OF THE FLOCK CAMERAS? SO THEY DECIDED TO KEEP IT. THEY DECIDED TO KEEP IT. BUT WAS IT THE CITIZENS OR THE CITY COUNCIL? IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY CITY COUNCIL. BY CITY COUNCIL? YES. OKAY. AND THEN AFTER THE VOTE, THEY VOTED TO KEEP IT. GOT IT. OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE TRYING TO JUMP INTO THAT SAME SYSTEM. CORRECT. WE ALREADY HAVE. WE ALREADY HAVE IT. THIS IS A SEPARATE SYSTEM. OH GOT IT. IT INTEGRATES WITH THAT ONE. WE'LL BE UPGRADING OUR CURRENT SYSTEM AND TYING INTO SURROUNDING. GOT IT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SALARIES PORTION. IS THIS TO PAY FOR YOUR FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES OR TO ADD ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES. WELL THIS THIS PARTICULAR GRANT WOULD BE FOR OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND WOULD BE LOOKING TO WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD PEOPLE. RIGHT. SO THE POSITIONS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEN WE WOULD BACKFILL. SO THEN FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WE THE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO BUDGET FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES THEN OR ADD TO YOUR STAFFING TABLE. NO, THAT'D BE COVERED BY THE GRANT. FOR HOW LONG IS THOSE SALARIES COVERED BY THE GRANT? IS IT A YEAR OR IS IT THE GRANT WORKS THAT YEAR AT A TIME? YEAH, THIS IS THE SAME THING WE DID WITH CIT. SO WE'RE IN YEAR TWO AND WE'RE ABOUT TO GET YEAR THREE APPROVED AS WELL.

SO WE KNOW IN ADVANCE. AND IF IF FOR WHATEVER REASON THIS FALLS THROUGH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT SPOT THROUGH ATTRITION. OKAY. THAT'S JUST WAS MY CONCERN OR NOT MY CONCERN, BUT MY QUESTION OF WHAT'S THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE YEARS TO COME IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE THE GRANT? THANK YOU. AND I GUESS JUST I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY IF IN THE FUTURE THERE'S ANY INTERNAL POLICIES MUNICIPALITIES COULD ADD JUST TO SAFEGUARD DATA. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S. A JUDICIAL PROCESS AND DATA IS, YOU KNOW, FROM A JUDGE, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T PUT A HURDLE OVER THAT. BUT IS THERE AN INTERNAL POLICY YOU MIGHT RECOMMEND? I MEAN, THERE'S A WE JUST CAN'T GO IN THERE AND JUST TO SEARCH LIKE, I CAN'T JUST SEARCH YOUR VEHICLE. WE HAVE TO TIE IT INTO A CASE NUMBER. AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE SEARCHING, IF IT'S IF IT'S RELATED TO A MURDER, IF IT'S RELATED TO A BURGLARY, VEHICLE THEFT OF A VEHICLE, AND THERE'S AUDITS THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEING CONDUCTED THROUGH FLOC AS WELL, AND WE CAN DO THAT OURSELVES. AND IT YOU CAN'T JUST GO IN THERE AND GRAB WHAT YOU WANT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A JUSTIFICATION FOR IT. AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE REASON. THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL, WITH EL PASO. AND AFTER THEY REALIZED THAT THAT'S WHY IT WAS APPROVED, DID THIS AT ANY POINT TIE IN LIKE TO THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ONE ACTUALLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH RIGHTS, THE RIGHTS OF A MOTORIST FOR RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

YES. CORRECT. THE CONCERN WAS THE THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF TRANSPORTATION WHEN THE DRIVER IS NOT NECESSARILY IDENTIFIABLE OR THE VIOLATION WASN'T WITNESSED BY A POLICE OFFICER.

AND AS FAR AS THE FLOCK, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE MIGHT BE REGISTERED UNDER A CERTAIN

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RIGHT. SO LIKE THIS IS THE CAR. AND THE FIRST NUMBERS OF THE LICENSE PLATE WERE LIKE NPR.

AND I KNOW IT'S A BLACK CAMARO AND I DIDN'T GET THE LAST OF IT AND IT WENT THAT WAY. SO WE SEARCHED NPR AND WE LOOK UP A BLACK SEDAN. RIGHT. AND THEN THE FLOCK SYSTEM WILL BE LIKE THIS BLACK SEDAN, THIS BLACK SEDAN AND THIS BLACK SEDAN, ALL WITH NPR LICENSE PLATES. WE'RE AT THE WENT THROUGH AT THIS TIME AT THIS LOCATION. SO NOW IT'S ON US TO START SEARCHING THOSE LICENSE PLATES AND START SEARCHING GOOD OLD FASHIONED THE WAY WE DO BEFORE FLOCK. YOU KNOW, SINCE IT'S BASICALLY STARTING YOU OFF ON THE PROCESS OF FIGURING OUT WHERE THEY WENT AND IF THEY WERE IN THE VICINITY OF THE CRIME IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING, RIGHT? MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND AND I'LL GIVE THE SECOND TO MISS AMES ARE THANKS. OKAY. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL AND MENDOZA. ORTEGA. HI, ORTEGA. HI, AMES. I MENDOZA. I

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GOT IT. PLEASE PULL THE COUNCIL. ORTEGA. ORTEGA. HI. AMES. MENDOZA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

[21. Discussion]

FUNDS FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES AND LEASE EQUIPMENT. I'M SORRY. LEASE PAYMENTS FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING AND PROVIDING FOR REPEALER AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD. OH, YOU HAVE AN ITEM, DON'T YOU? I DO, SHE JUST WANTED TO LOOK AT YOU, THOUGH. YEAH, SHE JUST WANTS TO SCARE ME. REALLY? HOW ARE YOU? IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. WELL, BLAME IT ON THE TIME CHANGE. YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S IT.

THERE YOU GO. THAT'S THE TICKET. THANK YOU. THIS IS, AS I READ INTO THE MINUTES. THIS IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET. AND IT'S A TWOFOLD AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL 2526 BUDGET. THE FIRST PART OF IT IS FOR A VEHICLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT. AND THE SECOND PART IS TO EXTEND THE LEASE TO THE THIS BUILDING, THE POLICE AND COURTS LEASE LEASE, BASICALLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE NEW BUILDING READY AND THEY STILL NEED A PLACE TO STAY. OKAY. SO THE PROPOSED VEHICLE IS A FORD POLICE INTERCEPTOR UTILITY VEHICLE WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $50,000. THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ADDS THE VEHICLE BUDGET LINE TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT BUDGET, AND ADDS THE BUDGET LINE ITEM PROCEEDS FROM CAPITAL LEASE PRINCIPAL TO THE OPERATING BUDGET REVENUES FOR THE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE LEASE. SO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AN IN AND OUT. IT'S GOING TO INCREASE OUR REVENUES AND INCREASE OUR EXPENSES. BASICALLY, THE POLICE AND DEPARTMENT COURT LEASE WAS BUDGETED THROUGH JANUARY OF 2026, THE EXPECTED DATE OF THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW MUNICIPAL FACILITY. THE NEW MUNICIPAL FACILITY WAS NOT COMPLETED IN JANUARY 2026, AND THE BUILDING LEASE IS BEING EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE 2026 TO ALLOW FOR THE ADDITIONAL TIME NEEDED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COURTS TO TRANSITION TO THE NEW BUILDING. THERE ARE AVAILABLE FUNDS IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS GROUP, HEALTH BUDGET LINE AND THE BUDGET AMENDMENT REALLOCATES FUNDS FROM THAT LINE ITEM TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET DEPARTMENT'S LEASE EXPENSE BUDGET LINE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING SOME FUNDS FROM THE GROUP HEALTH, EXCEPT FOR THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. THERE WAS AN SOME LEFTOVER FUNDS IN THAT LINE

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I'M SORRY, THAT'S THE COST FOR NINE MONTHS OF 70,290 FOR. WE BUDGETED ONLY THROUGH JANUARY, FROM OCTOBER 2025 THROUGH JANUARY 2026. THAT WAS A COST OF 35,007 95. SO THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR IS 34,495. THAT STILL LEAVES US ABOUT 10,000 AVAILABLE FOR OTHER USES IN THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET. SINCE THIS IS A FIRST READING, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, MISS CAYETANO. ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL? COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE? AND SO US EXTENDING THE LEASE FROM FEBRUARY THROUGH JUNE, IS THAT BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO OR BECAUSE THAT'S THE MINIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO EXTEND? THAT WAS THE ESTIMATED WHEN WE TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THE ESTIMATED FINAL MOVE, MOVE TO THAT BUILDING. THAT WAS THE ESTIMATED DATE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HAVING I BELIEVE THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH THE FURNITURE. SO THE LAST WE HEARD, THE FURNITURE WAS COMING IN IN PHASES. SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE MOVING SOME FURNITURE IN AND THEN MAYBE SOME MORE FURNITURE COMING IN LATER. AND AS YOU HEARD MR. RUBIO ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE MOVING OF THE AUDIO AND VISUAL EQUIPMENT AND SO FORTH. SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE WITHOUT A BUILDING FOR OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO EVEN IF PD IS ABLE TO MOVE OVER THERE, PERHAPS THE COURT STILL HOLDS COURT HERE. AND WE STILL HAVE OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS AT LEAST THROUGH JUNE. IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO AMEND THE LEASE PERIOD? LET'S SAY WE'RE SOMEHOW ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE BUILDING A MONTH OR TWO EARLIER AND HAVE ALL EVERYTHING MOVED FROM THIS BUILDING. ARE WE ABLE TO COME BACK AND LOWER THAT LEASE EXTENSION? NO, WE HAD TO GIVE HIM A SIX MONTH NOTICE AND WE GAVE THEM THAT IN JANUARY. OKAY. SO WE PRETTY MUCH COMMITTED TO A SIX MONTH PERIOD. THANK YOU MISS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND, IT'S THIS DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY. SO THANK YOU. MISS GUYTON. I JUST WANT TO BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY AS MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. ANDY. IF YOU'RE WATCHING, MAYBE YOU ARE UP FOR PUTTING YOUR TRUST IN ME. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING OVER THERE IN DC. WE HOPE YOU GET BACK SAFELY.

AND I ALSO WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO SAY, TO GIVE A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER. SHE HAS A BIRTHDAY COMING UP ON THURSDAY, SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JULIANA! AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MOTION TO ADJOURNED AND WE ARE

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