1 00:00:00,17 --> 00:00:06,80 Or December the eighth two thousand and six. Mr 2 00:00:06,81 --> 00:00:12,82 Jones Mrs Keller here Mr di Genova you're Mr or Mr Hellinger 3 00:00:13,75 --> 00:00:19,07 safer Mayor thank you and very few will read. 4 00:00:21,49 --> 00:00:28,36 I've been to. Ordinance number fifteen one fourteen in 5 00:00:28,37 --> 00:00:33,02 ordinance amending the Delaware municipal court in Clerk of Court benefits and we 6 00:00:33,03 --> 00:00:38,37 policy in declaring an emergency emergency Klotz the ordinance is declared to be an 7 00:00:38,38 --> 00:00:42,54 emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public piece of 8 00:00:42,55 --> 00:00:47,29 property health safety and welfare of the city's emergency clause is required to 9 00:00:47,30 --> 00:00:50,91 not to change the fact that on December thirtieth two thousand and fifteen 10 00:00:51,02 --> 00:00:54,52 therefore this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its 11 00:00:54,53 --> 00:00:59,97 passage. Thank you first reading and if you move on item three. 12 00:01:04,65 --> 00:01:09,57 Ordinance number fifteen one fifteen in ordinance amending ordinance number fifteen 13 00:01:09,58 --> 00:01:13,56 to ASH eighty eight establishing the paying benefits for various part time and 14 00:01:13,60 --> 00:01:17,93 internment in seasonal employees of the city of Delaware declaring an emergency 15 00:01:18,79 --> 00:01:23,01 emergency clog this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for 16 00:01:23,02 --> 00:01:27,16 the media preservation of the public piece of property health safety and welfare of 17 00:01:27,17 --> 00:01:30,83 the city's emergency cause was required to enact the changes effective on December 18 00:01:30,84 --> 00:01:34,90 thirtieth two thousand and fifty five therefore the organist shall be info per can 19 00:01:34,91 --> 00:01:40,45 affect me upon its passage. And freedom then I'm going to put. 20 00:01:42,95 --> 00:01:47,38 Ordinance number fifteen that's one fixed enormous amending the management 21 00:01:47,39 --> 00:01:52,48 professional technical competence and supervisory employing the twenty page plan in 22 00:01:52,49 --> 00:01:56,93 declaring an emergency emergency clogs or going to declared to be an emergency 23 00:01:56,94 --> 00:02:00,79 measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public he probably helped 24 00:02:01,36 --> 00:02:05,78 to invoke for the city emergency calls is required to enact the changes effective 25 00:02:05,79 --> 00:02:09,16 on December thirtieth two thousand and fifteen which coincides with the new 26 00:02:09,17 --> 00:02:13,50 calendar year therefore this ordinance shall be in full force in effect immediately 27 00:02:13,51 --> 00:02:16,70 upon its. Thank you. 28 00:02:21,00 --> 00:02:24,86 Review just real quickly. Just 29 00:02:24,87 --> 00:02:28,85 a comment regarding the management pay plan we sent out just 30 00:02:28,86 --> 00:02:34,35 a little while ago back on Information Council regarding that so we can discuss 31 00:02:34,36 --> 00:02:39,41 that either later receiving or within the context of Monday I'll have 32 00:02:39,42 --> 00:02:43,65 a chance so I just want to get back to you if you have questions before then just 33 00:02:43,66 --> 00:02:48,94 let me know if you have problems with. And that required reading time. 34 00:02:51,02 --> 00:02:51,88 Back in your work. 35 00:03:03,73 --> 00:03:08,22 So that would those were just my comments regarding the only other item was just 36 00:03:08,23 --> 00:03:09,78 kind of housekeeping I sent 37 00:03:09,79 --> 00:03:14,17 a note out to everybody earlier we guarding Stacy Davenport to death and his family 38 00:03:14,18 --> 00:03:19,35 so he's not with us tonight so I'm recommending that his presentation be held as 39 00:03:19,36 --> 00:03:26,36 part of Monday night's work session. Right first up tonight in our 40 00:03:26,37 --> 00:03:29,44 at. Work or public utility. 41 00:03:41,52 --> 00:03:47,64 Thank you very much my pleasure to the discuss the two thousand and sixteen of the 42 00:03:47,65 --> 00:03:49,86 utilities budget just to go over 43 00:03:50,12 --> 00:03:55,19 a couple highlights from each of the different divisions and then provide an update 44 00:03:55,20 --> 00:04:01,64 of our own am on Project. Start off with water 45 00:04:01,65 --> 00:04:07,53 treatment. As Council will where highlights in two thousand and fifteen included 46 00:04:07,54 --> 00:04:14,29 the start up of the new and bring treatment plan. Our average flow from the 47 00:04:14,30 --> 00:04:19,08 plant is currently three point five million gallons May we have 48 00:04:19,09 --> 00:04:25,88 a rated capacity of seven point two. Please report in two thousand and fifteen we 49 00:04:25,89 --> 00:04:26,98 had zero E.P.A. 50 00:04:27,22 --> 00:04:34,11 Violations of our permit. With the new plan we are able to achieve our. 51 00:04:35,48 --> 00:04:40,31 Desired water hardness levels in the range of one twenty to one thirty milligrams 52 00:04:40,32 --> 00:04:47,27 per liter. As counsel fully where we did have an increase let's 53 00:04:47,28 --> 00:04:47,99 go cause with 54 00:04:47,100 --> 00:04:54,97 a new plan. Part of the two thousand Tipene operational goals of the 55 00:04:54,98 --> 00:05:00,40 water treatment plan including the developing operation operating procedures to 56 00:05:00,41 --> 00:05:05,89 improve the efficiencies of our lexical processes that the plan. To help either 57 00:05:05,90 --> 00:05:09,78 reduce our current lexical load or at least at 58 00:05:09,79 --> 00:05:16,27 a very minimum maintain the current electrical. Demands of the plant one thing that 59 00:05:16,28 --> 00:05:21,58 I will be and have discussed with the water plant staff is an E.P.A. 60 00:05:21,59 --> 00:05:28,28 Recommendation in the water hardness of once fifty. As I stated we are well below 61 00:05:28,29 --> 00:05:35,13 that we will be looking at some operational procedures that will 62 00:05:35,14 --> 00:05:41,49 allow us to keep that water hardness level more towards the one fifty and therefore 63 00:05:41,97 --> 00:05:47,47 reduce some of the electrical and chemical demands that we have when we do run. Our 64 00:05:47,48 --> 00:05:54,06 water hardness at that one twenty range. So that will hopefully decrease 65 00:05:54,07 --> 00:05:55,41 electrical and chemical costs 66 00:05:56,02 --> 00:06:01,54 a little bit to bring us more in line with what our two thousand and fourteen and 67 00:06:01,55 --> 00:06:07,81 two thousand and fifteen budget requests were but still will be. Increases just 68 00:06:07,82 --> 00:06:11,24 because of the electrical costs run every one of the processes through 69 00:06:11,81 --> 00:06:14,04 a pressurized system whereas before it was 70 00:06:14,05 --> 00:06:19,62 a gravity fed system one of the things off will be due in two thousand and sixteen 71 00:06:19,92 --> 00:06:20,66 is developing 72 00:06:20,67 --> 00:06:26,86 a groundwater monitoring program for the Pentateuch well field to look at the 73 00:06:26,87 --> 00:06:32,87 impact of running that well field on the ACO for up in that. Area of the 74 00:06:33,59 --> 00:06:39,14 city that cost is approximately fifty thousand dollars to develop that ground water 75 00:06:39,15 --> 00:06:43,43 monitored program and that's in the water had been budget. 76 00:06:46,01 --> 00:06:51,47 Wastewater Treatment. Our average daily flow at the wastewater plant of four point 77 00:06:51,48 --> 00:06:52,37 six million gallons 78 00:06:52,38 --> 00:06:58,96 a day we have seen we have seen in up crude an increase in our average flow 79 00:06:58,97 --> 00:07:02,33 a lot of that is from our wet weather we have experience here in the last several 80 00:07:02,34 --> 00:07:08,89 years we do have some inflow and infiltration within our. Temporary sewer system we 81 00:07:08,90 --> 00:07:12,09 do continue to address that Amit year with 82 00:07:13,05 --> 00:07:18,63 a budget amount to do with lining and grouting of our sanitary sewer but we still 83 00:07:18,64 --> 00:07:18,87 see 84 00:07:18,88 --> 00:07:26,19 a significant increase in our flow when we do get either snow melt or. A large rainfall 85 00:07:26,20 --> 00:07:33,11 that we do. As with the waste water treatment plant we do dispose of sludge. 86 00:07:34,59 --> 00:07:38,50 A daily basis we currently. Have 87 00:07:38,51 --> 00:07:43,93 a contract with. The quasar energy to haul our sludge and dispose of it at 88 00:07:43,94 --> 00:07:48,66 a bio gas facility. It looks like in two thousand and fifteen we're going to be 89 00:07:48,67 --> 00:07:54,27 disposing of sixty five hundred wet tonnes of sludge which is continually increases 90 00:07:54,28 --> 00:08:01,19 every year as are flowing creases. So the we're expecting to see that 91 00:08:01,20 --> 00:08:05,94 continue to increase and you'll see in the budget at that cost for sledge is both 92 00:08:06,55 --> 00:08:11,92 continues to increase. About five thousand dollars 93 00:08:11,93 --> 00:08:18,47 a year as with the water treatment plant. In two thousand and fifteen we had zero 94 00:08:18,48 --> 00:08:22,23 violations are M.T.V.'s per minute the wastewater plant which is 95 00:08:22,24 --> 00:08:28,83 a. Attribute of the staff that we have at the wastewater plant that they can. 96 00:08:30,25 --> 00:08:36,90 Continue to meet stringent. While he P A permits since our discharges into the sea 97 00:08:36,91 --> 00:08:37,44 nickel into 98 00:08:37,45 --> 00:08:42,93 a new river and we do have much more stringent permits and other communities that 99 00:08:42,94 --> 00:08:49,89 don't discharge into. A river like you know one to inject. In 100 00:08:50,07 --> 00:08:55,61 now the fifteen we completed design of Everest aeration system improvements that 101 00:08:55,62 --> 00:09:00,19 will construction installation of those improvements will take place to fix two 102 00:09:00,20 --> 00:09:05,58 thousand and sixteen that involved the installation of two new direct drive 103 00:09:06,08 --> 00:09:11,42 aeration blowers that provide the oxygen in the mix you know our ration tanks. Will 104 00:09:11,43 --> 00:09:17,14 be learning one hundred seventy two and nine hundred eighty six blowers blowers are 105 00:09:17,15 --> 00:09:21,28 much more energy efficient instead of running three or four blowers we get away 106 00:09:21,29 --> 00:09:27,06 with running one of the High Speed Turbo blowers that will help us improve all our 107 00:09:27,07 --> 00:09:32,85 energy efficiency and reduce electrical costs at the wastewater plant that project 108 00:09:32,86 --> 00:09:37,21 it's scheduled to start early in two thousand and sixteen and will be completed 109 00:09:38,00 --> 00:09:44,28 process we need to ten months later. We also have on budgeted for real time 110 00:09:44,29 --> 00:09:51,19 phosphorus monitoring equipment that will allow us to. Put some points 111 00:09:51,20 --> 00:09:55,70 and what we want to have as our phosphorous limit and the fair Clark chloride will 112 00:09:55,71 --> 00:10:00,87 feed off of that step going set of operators that went out there to manually adjust 113 00:10:00,88 --> 00:10:06,27 you have on a daily basis we anticipate chemical reductions of the fair to be 114 00:10:06,28 --> 00:10:07,83 a product MEAN TO thousand dollars 115 00:10:07,84 --> 00:10:12,83 a year so you'll see that. Foster's Quitman will pay for itself in approximately 116 00:10:12,84 --> 00:10:19,61 two years. Water distribution. And staff 117 00:10:19,62 --> 00:10:23,48 continues to make. Very 118 00:10:23,93 --> 00:10:30,79 a lot of the major improvements in our. Distribution System this year we replace 119 00:10:30,80 --> 00:10:35,65 waterlines them Fair Street Knoebels tree branch on earth and the contractors 120 00:10:36,11 --> 00:10:41,82 should wrap up the Park Avenue water line replacement in the next week or two we've 121 00:10:41,83 --> 00:10:47,50 seen. A reduction in our water main failures per hundred miles of water line 122 00:10:48,04 --> 00:10:52,40 improve water quality and improved fire flow protection with those the waterline 123 00:10:52,41 --> 00:10:58,67 improvement projects staff has painted and maintain 124 00:10:59,19 --> 00:11:04,77 this year pocketing two hundred fire hydrants we continue to provide maintenance 125 00:11:04,78 --> 00:11:06,97 and painting and build hydrants based on 126 00:11:06,98 --> 00:11:13,38 a. Visual inspection of the hydrants each year by staff we have installed over two 127 00:11:13,39 --> 00:11:18,69 hundred meter pits in two thousand and fifteen and our goal and our goal with the A 128 00:11:18,70 --> 00:11:23,41 My project to do another two hundred two hundred fifty next year just continue to 129 00:11:23,42 --> 00:11:30,13 get meters out of the homes of residents and out of meter pits. We oversaw 130 00:11:30,14 --> 00:11:35,71 the construction installation of the sixteen inch water mock water main Anselmo 131 00:11:35,72 --> 00:11:40,34 Parkway invasion Corp this year and in two thousand and sixteen our major water 132 00:11:40,35 --> 00:11:46,21 line improvement will be installed waterline and Burton Avenue from the road tracks 133 00:11:46,22 --> 00:11:51,11 to Kensington development. Center to 134 00:11:51,12 --> 00:11:53,82 a collection we see T.V. 135 00:11:53,83 --> 00:11:59,73 Over seventy five thousand keyed of super PAC This year in clean over nine thousand 136 00:11:59,99 --> 00:12:05,87 will continue to strive to Richey those goals each year and to help eliminate the 137 00:12:05,88 --> 00:12:10,39 amount of stew or back in the robot blockages that we see in the city we had 138 00:12:10,40 --> 00:12:14,57 approximately twelve of those issues and we like to get that down even more because 139 00:12:14,58 --> 00:12:20,34 it does provide the cost of the city and to the residents we do have the back of 140 00:12:20,35 --> 00:12:25,80 the blockage is. One important project that will be due in two thousand and sixteen 141 00:12:26,28 --> 00:12:30,91 it will be doing improvements at the slack road pump station to increase the 142 00:12:30,92 --> 00:12:35,59 capacity to accomplish the allow for the future sewer development of that 143 00:12:35,60 --> 00:12:40,03 industrial park or the on the southwest section of town we also are completing 144 00:12:40,04 --> 00:12:44,88 a sanitary sewer master plan which involves flow monitoring and Santeria fuel 145 00:12:44,89 --> 00:12:50,93 remodeling which will allow us to. Establish parameters for future sewer growth 146 00:12:51,53 --> 00:12:57,33 throughout the city of stormwater watershed management we have C.C.T.V. 147 00:12:57,34 --> 00:13:01,05 Over twenty five thousand linear feet of storm sewer I've cleaned product in 148 00:13:01,06 --> 00:13:06,68 fifteen thousand major projects in two thousand and fifteen where the life I'm part 149 00:13:06,69 --> 00:13:12,44 of proven and complete into the design of the boat last site that mango and Cherry 150 00:13:12,45 --> 00:13:17,16 Street that project had been designed and we hopefully will go out shortly on those 151 00:13:17,17 --> 00:13:22,62 projects and get those completed in spring two thousand and sixteen we also are 152 00:13:22,63 --> 00:13:23,22 undergoing 153 00:13:23,23 --> 00:13:28,94 a storm water master plan to help develop the pram unnerves for some water growth 154 00:13:28,95 --> 00:13:34,24 in the Southwest industrial park for the area in two thousand and sixteen we'll be 155 00:13:34,25 --> 00:13:39,34 doing the banal revenue from one improvements from South liberty to twenty three. 156 00:13:40,71 --> 00:13:47,50 And to ride city council with not take up our AM I system. Back in 157 00:13:47,51 --> 00:13:52,73 January of this year we had seats to help the engineering firm provide an overview 158 00:13:52,94 --> 00:13:58,23 of our my implementation process that the Public Works Committee. In April 159 00:13:58,24 --> 00:14:03,06 fifteenth we signed a professional service agreement with him C H two M. 160 00:14:03,07 --> 00:14:09,30 Hill to assist city with the implementation in my system in June of fifteen. 161 00:14:10,32 --> 00:14:13,52 C H two along with city staff completed the A at 162 00:14:13,56 --> 00:14:16,01 a mock functional assessment that was 163 00:14:16,02 --> 00:14:20,94 a document that summarize the medium interest of the city for the various am I 164 00:14:21,10 --> 00:14:27,96 capabilities and functions in August two thousand and fifteen C H two Hill in the 165 00:14:27,97 --> 00:14:29,99 city developed the R.F.P. 166 00:14:30,40 --> 00:14:35,26 That was solicited and advertised in September we had 167 00:14:35,30 --> 00:14:41,94 a vendor submit our piece to us they included Mueller Badger senses that are 168 00:14:41,95 --> 00:14:48,27 Neptune I try to clear Honeywell from their cities in my community in C.H. 169 00:14:48,28 --> 00:14:49,96 Two Hill we did 170 00:14:49,97 --> 00:14:55,93 a vendor evaluation and we narrowed it down to four vendors that provided. 171 00:14:57,25 --> 00:14:58,94 And interviewed with the city and we have 172 00:14:58,95 --> 00:15:03,79 a number of questions for them provided answers along with went through their our 173 00:15:03,80 --> 00:15:04,35 P. 174 00:15:04,85 --> 00:15:11,52 So for renewal or badger census and then are. And then we took about two weeks 175 00:15:11,53 --> 00:15:18,34 to evaluate those four vendors and we ended up in October twelfth 176 00:15:18,53 --> 00:15:24,08 two thousand and fifteen we did a better selection of newer systems they provided 177 00:15:24,09 --> 00:15:30,70 a cost proposal out to us. That cost proposal was one point six billion dollars. 178 00:15:32,10 --> 00:15:38,43 Below our estimated cost in the C I P They're not October fourteenth we provide 179 00:15:38,44 --> 00:15:38,77 a lot 180 00:15:38,81 --> 00:15:43,30 a recommendation letter to the city manager to begin contract negotiations with 181 00:15:43,31 --> 00:15:48,03 Miller for the implementation of our in my system we started those contract 182 00:15:48,12 --> 00:15:52,76 negotiations today no continue tomorrow the contract negotiations involve 183 00:15:53,06 --> 00:15:54,36 discussing approving 184 00:15:54,37 --> 00:15:58,81 a project schedule the different network requirements the installation requirements 185 00:15:58,82 --> 00:15:59,46 for the city 186 00:16:00,24 --> 00:16:06,01 a my software requirements the contract warranty and maintenance agreement along 187 00:16:06,02 --> 00:16:10,96 with our costs and fees will compete continue those discussions with Miller 188 00:16:10,97 --> 00:16:12,77 tomorrow and C.H. 189 00:16:12,78 --> 00:16:18,07 Two in his own city will put those agreements together and provide that agreement 190 00:16:18,08 --> 00:16:23,35 for the city manager and city council to review our goal is to have approved 191 00:16:23,36 --> 00:16:24,87 agreement and enter into 192 00:16:24,88 --> 00:16:30,54 a contract with newer systems for the in my system in January they would then be 193 00:16:30,55 --> 00:16:34,87 given the development of the software in the backbone of the system which is 194 00:16:34,88 --> 00:16:39,49 installing five collectors on city only infrastructure and then twenty eight 195 00:16:39,50 --> 00:16:45,59 repeaters throughout the city those reap the meter radio meters would then talk to 196 00:16:45,60 --> 00:16:51,58 repeaters into collectors dealers would host the data and the city would have 197 00:16:51,59 --> 00:16:56,72 access to that. Am I hosted system to. 198 00:16:58,60 --> 00:17:03,69 Provide the beginning of my system I can answer any questions about the my system 199 00:17:03,70 --> 00:17:09,21 or any other budget items. Were in utero. 200 00:17:10,74 --> 00:17:17,57 They're headquartered in North Carolina they do have offices in 201 00:17:17,73 --> 00:17:21,97 Ohio the actual Mueller Ibby N.A.M.I. 202 00:17:22,17 --> 00:17:25,83 System for Mueller but the distributor of the equipment is E.J. 203 00:17:25,84 --> 00:17:32,75 Prescott there out of Lima Ohio. They have several systems already installed in 204 00:17:33,02 --> 00:17:39,53 the state of Ohio including mommy Akron Levanon Warren County and several others 205 00:17:39,92 --> 00:17:45,32 we did did that mommy. And they are very pleased with their system installed there 206 00:17:45,33 --> 00:17:51,72 is two thousand and thirteen. Provides good customer interaction and they have 207 00:17:51,73 --> 00:17:52,45 a customer for 208 00:17:52,46 --> 00:17:59,17 a website that residents were able to access to the city's website and logging on 209 00:18:00,01 --> 00:18:02,32 inputting providing e-mail in 210 00:18:02,33 --> 00:18:06,97 a password logging onto the city's Web site access or customer portal. 211 00:18:10,63 --> 00:18:17,02 Brad. Then. They will have customers. 212 00:18:18,09 --> 00:18:24,38 For the Amish does he. Know 213 00:18:25,25 --> 00:18:32,20 that we both to paste and meters inside the homes. Right now our proposed system 214 00:18:32,21 --> 00:18:39,05 would be Mueller and do all the installs from the outside meters city 215 00:18:39,06 --> 00:18:43,61 staff would do all the installers for inside meters we have proximately seven 216 00:18:43,62 --> 00:18:50,24 thousand outside meters five thousand inside meters. Newer systems in Egypt 217 00:18:50,25 --> 00:18:56,31 Prescott with their installer would be able to get the outside. Nodes installed in 218 00:18:56,35 --> 00:19:01,90 about three or four months he would cried Dick city staff another four five we 219 00:19:01,91 --> 00:19:07,32 probably take eight months to get all the inside nodes installed but it would be 220 00:19:07,33 --> 00:19:13,23 done based on. Our different routes and books and they would be able to bring on 221 00:19:14,19 --> 00:19:15,54 there might be there will be 222 00:19:15,55 --> 00:19:21,35 a time where we were doing actual. Am I read and then still doing the. 223 00:19:24,82 --> 00:19:31,73 Yes. Right now our contract would be we 224 00:19:31,74 --> 00:19:34,56 would have. Ninety eight guaranteed 225 00:19:34,57 --> 00:19:39,28 a ninety eight percent success read mommy is actually C. 226 00:19:39,29 --> 00:19:45,25 And I'm ninety nine point nine percent they really. Sixty four hundred. 227 00:19:46,71 --> 00:19:47,08 Meters 228 00:19:47,09 --> 00:19:52,43 a month. Last month they only had unsuccessful reads of five of the sixty four 229 00:19:52,44 --> 00:19:59,26 hundred. After. We 230 00:20:00,25 --> 00:20:06,65 see the initial. Problem here with the May or June of next year 231 00:20:07,54 --> 00:20:12,17 it takes will take several months to get the backbone system installed the 232 00:20:12,18 --> 00:20:17,50 collectors and the repeaters along with the software integration with our C.M.I. 233 00:20:17,51 --> 00:20:23,92 And the meter system and then we also would start in January. The 234 00:20:23,93 --> 00:20:29,00 information public relations process in terms of getting the information out to our 235 00:20:29,01 --> 00:20:35,07 residents regarding the. The system and how to work and how their meters will read 236 00:20:35,08 --> 00:20:41,77 now Mueller will provide information they have videos that they would set up that 237 00:20:41,78 --> 00:20:47,88 can be linked to city Web site we also discussed setting up information at first 238 00:20:47,89 --> 00:20:54,62 Fridays at different city. Facilities such as City Hall libraries the winds 239 00:20:54,98 --> 00:21:00,19 and then we would also provide informational letters to send out every resident and 240 00:21:00,20 --> 00:21:06,58 we would. Look at hosting public meetings if there was enough interest and that 241 00:21:06,59 --> 00:21:12,59 would be done well ahead of the actual first install. It was the 242 00:21:12,60 --> 00:21:19,39 a money system in operation and. There will be no more and with 243 00:21:19,51 --> 00:21:25,09 little Actually actually any correction every month they'll get an actual rate. And 244 00:21:25,10 --> 00:21:30,15 they can view their actual usage each day on an hourly basis that's. 245 00:21:33,88 --> 00:21:36,24 What's right. I have 246 00:21:36,25 --> 00:21:40,76 a question on do you think that right now we're at one point two or something I'm 247 00:21:40,77 --> 00:21:45,47 harming the one hundred twenty we can go up to one that the V.A. 248 00:21:45,48 --> 00:21:50,15 Recommendation prior to the new plan we had hardness of one seventy five to two 249 00:21:50,16 --> 00:21:56,42 hundred. You know if US regulations or their recommendation is one fifty we 250 00:21:56,97 --> 00:22:00,20 inform the residents that we have below that one fifty right now we're at one 251 00:22:00,21 --> 00:22:06,24 twenty. To help reduce some of the electrical cause I think we can increase that 252 00:22:06,25 --> 00:22:08,83 one fifty and residents probably would not notice 253 00:22:08,84 --> 00:22:15,26 a difference now before we've learned complex and we can keep them I mean how much 254 00:22:15,27 --> 00:22:21,53 we're going to make like to see that's I mean it's something we would probably 255 00:22:22,72 --> 00:22:29,63 five Very know. If it's got up to you down the 256 00:22:29,85 --> 00:22:35,61 mountain remember all the complaints about the hard. With the just washers and the 257 00:22:35,62 --> 00:22:42,17 sound we're more hair than ever now we do you know we don't I would prefer. To be 258 00:22:42,22 --> 00:22:47,79 you know it really bothers me. You know but we did have 259 00:22:47,80 --> 00:22:53,34 a price just washing I don't buy it we're not going to spend that much if we really 260 00:22:53,35 --> 00:22:59,49 want to do that again we can be I mean what I would suggest is that we bring that 261 00:22:59,50 --> 00:23:01,64 up in cameleon just see if there is 262 00:23:01,65 --> 00:23:05,96 a threshold where we people start noticing that we get some callers that we can 263 00:23:05,97 --> 00:23:12,06 back it back down again but I really when I read your greatness again well I would 264 00:23:12,07 --> 00:23:17,96 never take I mean we would be at one fifty or less or an hour at one twenty we got 265 00:23:17,97 --> 00:23:23,67 to one fifty and save some incremental costs and I don't think. I personally don't 266 00:23:23,68 --> 00:23:25,20 think the residents would notice 267 00:23:25,21 --> 00:23:28,74 a difference I mean if we took it back up to one seventy five or two hundred they 268 00:23:28,75 --> 00:23:34,80 would but I don't believe they would want to. And that they did say that so I think 269 00:23:34,81 --> 00:23:40,68 you would need to you know we'll see what we can determine the savings once we 270 00:23:40,69 --> 00:23:46,90 start incrementally bringing that back up we'll see our lesser cost our monthly 271 00:23:46,91 --> 00:23:48,88 bill drops from thirty five dollars 272 00:23:48,89 --> 00:23:54,30 a month to thirty four thousand we might be able to. Bring that information back to 273 00:23:54,31 --> 00:23:56,81 council it's 274 00:23:56,82 --> 00:24:02,36 a major issue now terms of increased love right. 275 00:24:04,47 --> 00:24:09,50 Partly added but we've got our budget was three hundred three hundred twenty five 276 00:24:09,51 --> 00:24:13,47 thousand in two thousand and fifteen our budget requests for electric it's one 277 00:24:13,48 --> 00:24:20,33 hundred twenty five thousand one hundred sixty. But we're also going to have to go 278 00:24:20,34 --> 00:24:24,63 back and ask is with the increase in Perhaps you know interest and I want or should 279 00:24:24,64 --> 00:24:30,14 be the absolute best. Playing with it that you are not at home I think it should be 280 00:24:30,70 --> 00:24:35,66 not here is. My thought 281 00:24:37,73 --> 00:24:42,34 I don't know wire harness big thing I know people complain about lack. 282 00:24:45,61 --> 00:24:51,46 When you become well I mean we can certainly you know make adjustments but you said 283 00:24:51,47 --> 00:24:56,83 I won twenty one fifty. Will see I mean we could I came up made 284 00:24:56,84 --> 00:25:01,43 a big difference I'm one but when I come back as true that's when I will bid you 285 00:25:01,44 --> 00:25:07,47 know right now it's really good luck. I read. This and. 286 00:25:08,57 --> 00:25:15,38 That's right and you know. This my son and the other question the comment from 287 00:25:15,39 --> 00:25:21,94 Brant. You know I'm not thank you just regarding the rate increase I'd mention that 288 00:25:21,95 --> 00:25:28,81 my messages have to be evaluated. And considerate. Sitter 289 00:25:28,82 --> 00:25:35,41 and sixteen it's going to have to happen right here next well he's sixteen or 290 00:25:35,88 --> 00:25:38,33 seventeen. If we want to try to get 291 00:25:38,34 --> 00:25:44,97 a better handle on whether what it can be what our 292 00:25:45,76 --> 00:25:52,13 costs are going to be still getting things on line right to do that. This time next 293 00:25:52,14 --> 00:25:53,13 year making 294 00:25:53,14 --> 00:26:00,12 a recommendation on some type of. Increase overs here years like last I'm 295 00:26:00,13 --> 00:26:03,59 not the same. Way we did last time as 296 00:26:03,60 --> 00:26:10,39 a percentage over time we've also got to look at the cost side of things and 297 00:26:10,49 --> 00:26:17,10 if you're out with the cost the cost equation many areas where savings can be 298 00:26:17,44 --> 00:26:22,74 achieved. You know and that was a question that came up with E.M.I. 299 00:26:22,78 --> 00:26:25,37 If we would be saving I could have 300 00:26:25,38 --> 00:26:32,07 a meter reader edition however Brad is indicating position. On the other 301 00:26:32,08 --> 00:26:37,04 tasks Noveck with other duties but given how high our. 302 00:26:38,95 --> 00:26:43,66 And I have just to speak to Tom's point on that one I have spoken to 303 00:26:43,67 --> 00:26:48,22 a number of communities that did implement me in my system it was the same concerns 304 00:26:48,23 --> 00:26:54,08 that our city council had here in regards to. What we can do with the meter reader 305 00:26:54,09 --> 00:27:00,05 position they have allocated that position to the same things that we've discussed 306 00:27:00,69 --> 00:27:06,71 backflow surveys meter service meter testing of large meters so. 307 00:27:08,31 --> 00:27:12,76 There is that. Out there for additional duties as 308 00:27:12,77 --> 00:27:19,71 a meter reader can take along with the implementing the in my system. My 309 00:27:19,72 --> 00:27:26,68 system. Yes I mean that 310 00:27:26,69 --> 00:27:27,64 that's what it set 311 00:27:27,65 --> 00:27:37,09 a goal and so I think once we get. Into 312 00:27:37,10 --> 00:27:43,27 the back we can. Do one thing I counsel need to be aware I think you know 313 00:27:44,01 --> 00:27:50,26 some of the. Residents may see an increase or their bill might jump up that first 314 00:27:51,16 --> 00:27:57,47 month or two because. Some of the new the M I we are putting in new meters and 315 00:27:57,48 --> 00:28:01,55 those meters will read accurately whereas ten that we have 316 00:28:01,56 --> 00:28:06,57 a number of several thousand meters that are fifteen years or older and they just 317 00:28:06,61 --> 00:28:13,30 don't read as accurately so. That's one of the issues that we might face 318 00:28:14,68 --> 00:28:18,36 and I want to and one other thing we're looking at with the mine system is actually 319 00:28:18,41 --> 00:28:25,14 to purchase remote disconnect units were that we could 320 00:28:25,15 --> 00:28:31,74 actually. If we chose we could place these on several meters. 321 00:28:33,28 --> 00:28:37,46 Have remote disconnect and so the sending staff off there to do shut off and stuff 322 00:28:37,51 --> 00:28:39,28 so that's one option we're taking 323 00:28:39,29 --> 00:28:44,30 a look at there is them additional cost for that and so we do have to evaluate that 324 00:28:44,31 --> 00:28:48,96 cost versus what we currently cost us to do 325 00:28:48,97 --> 00:28:53,93 a shut off activity. But as one of the benefits. 326 00:28:56,11 --> 00:29:02,18 And it also we also it also has an option on there to do lead to tension leak 327 00:29:02,19 --> 00:29:04,40 detection sensors that we might want to take 328 00:29:04,41 --> 00:29:11,20 a down the road to all the. The My system is built so that additional 329 00:29:11,21 --> 00:29:17,84 options and upgrades can be put in place without overhauling the overall 330 00:29:17,85 --> 00:29:18,41 system. 331 00:29:25,08 --> 00:29:31,81 Common sense. Thank you very much and you very much in America have to question the 332 00:29:31,82 --> 00:29:37,58 prodigious maybe general housekeeping question. In the book is under the current 333 00:29:37,59 --> 00:29:42,98 level of service Grange how it was determined. To this community with my boys that 334 00:29:42,99 --> 00:29:47,64 you want that from that if the records those are all from the record yes I mean 335 00:29:47,65 --> 00:29:53,63 they're reviewed by the directions. OK. 336 00:29:57,17 --> 00:29:57,71 That is 337 00:29:58,13 --> 00:30:04,68 a that. Started. You wanted him. 338 00:30:06,84 --> 00:30:13,73 I never saw. Like the 339 00:30:13,74 --> 00:30:20,55 back of the. OK Well thank 340 00:30:20,56 --> 00:30:26,33 you I don't know how to follow Brad exactly but I'm going to try and build 341 00:30:26,34 --> 00:30:32,73 expeditiously maybe I'll just say that the Downtown way finding phase one is 342 00:30:32,96 --> 00:30:35,57 virtually complete So then to him question. 343 00:30:41,63 --> 00:30:46,50 As great a screwdriver season two and I hope you all like the one it was that was 344 00:30:46,51 --> 00:30:51,99 a large work product for us obviously twenty fifteen and for twenty fifteen as well 345 00:30:52,00 --> 00:30:57,06 so we're pleased to see that implement it finally go over 346 00:30:57,42 --> 00:31:01,44 a little bit some of the permit numbers is what I normally do with you during this 347 00:31:01,45 --> 00:31:05,88 time as well I just want to let you know that all our high side estimate of 348 00:31:05,89 --> 00:31:08,36 population for the city 349 00:31:08,55 --> 00:31:12,08 a question you might get asked from time to time we now estimate the city's 350 00:31:12,09 --> 00:31:16,51 population you know on the high side of our estimate to be over thirty eight 351 00:31:16,52 --> 00:31:22,13 thousand people in this town so some significant growth in the last ten years in 352 00:31:22,14 --> 00:31:25,63 the last twenty years really in twenty fifteen wingtips 353 00:31:25,64 --> 00:31:30,46 a paid ending year somewhere in the hundred seventy one hundred eighty single 354 00:31:30,47 --> 00:31:37,46 family permanent range which puts it right up there with the very highest 355 00:31:37,47 --> 00:31:42,84 side of the last year since about two thousand and five on single family house on 356 00:31:43,43 --> 00:31:44,33 multifamily was 357 00:31:44,34 --> 00:31:48,76 a down year for multifamily multiply anything over anything it's not single family 358 00:31:49,40 --> 00:31:53,24 put it that way. Comes in fits and starts as you know you have 359 00:31:53,25 --> 00:31:58,02 a big project or an apartment like well pass comes in Texas while pre-development 360 00:31:58,50 --> 00:32:02,39 and then construction happens in the permits get released that really haven't for 361 00:32:02,40 --> 00:32:09,37 phase one quail pass. Not in twenty fifteen and twenty fourteen and 362 00:32:09,38 --> 00:32:13,39 we were going through inspections in that sort of thing and twenty fifteen and 363 00:32:13,44 --> 00:32:17,36 getting that he know it's open we anticipate in twenty sixteen that the second 364 00:32:17,37 --> 00:32:23,02 phase which is about one hundred forty units will begin not all of those we 365 00:32:23,03 --> 00:32:24,93 anticipate would get next year but 366 00:32:24,94 --> 00:32:31,23 a but as of now of the change of course in the marketplace many of those units 367 00:32:31,24 --> 00:32:35,11 would come in for permitting and we're working through that process with the 368 00:32:35,12 --> 00:32:38,32 developer right now to modify. That puts 369 00:32:38,33 --> 00:32:42,09 a somewhere in the hundred seventy six hundred eighty six hundred ninety total 370 00:32:42,31 --> 00:32:48,42 residential permit range as you know we changed the room creased fees last year we 371 00:32:48,43 --> 00:32:53,54 went through an exhaustive process really of looking at the Is and you all decided 372 00:32:53,55 --> 00:32:58,54 to raise fees. Hard for me to estimate on the purple socks I would have to get 373 00:32:58,55 --> 00:33:02,61 through each permanent say what would that of cost versus what it cost day but on 374 00:33:02,62 --> 00:33:03,67 the residential side it's 375 00:33:03,68 --> 00:33:07,76 a little bit easier to give you some estimates last year I went back and took 376 00:33:07,77 --> 00:33:11,97 a look at those numbers and it appears if it's it resulted in about one hundred 377 00:33:11,98 --> 00:33:17,37 thousand dollars more than we would have gotten on the revenue side of the equation 378 00:33:17,38 --> 00:33:19,85 for the single family apartments if you get 379 00:33:19,86 --> 00:33:25,99 a lot of complaints I think in any call OK. At least that I'm her 380 00:33:26,45 --> 00:33:33,02 and that if staff got some then they didn't get reported to me. Now and that's 381 00:33:33,03 --> 00:33:39,93 a fair question. On the personal side again the last couple months have been have 382 00:33:39,94 --> 00:33:40,11 been 383 00:33:40,12 --> 00:33:44,00 a little heavier than the early part of the year we'll get on into spaded but we'll 384 00:33:44,04 --> 00:33:48,43 probably finish around two hundred twenty Kargil permits again that's over two 385 00:33:48,44 --> 00:33:53,81 hundred commercial premises are these are mostly some to some brand new but mostly 386 00:33:53,81 --> 00:34:00,68 . Rehabs and additions in the source. A lot number of the last known 387 00:34:00,69 --> 00:34:04,62 Valar downtown facade grandma talk about there is medically I think that program 388 00:34:05,05 --> 00:34:10,43 very very successful and by the end of the year we anticipate completing over seven 389 00:34:10,44 --> 00:34:17,38 thousand five hundred inspection actions as well which ranks will rank the euro 390 00:34:17,88 --> 00:34:24,88 right pretty high for the last five six seven years. Terms of 391 00:34:24,89 --> 00:34:27,65 code enforcement we went out for recruiting 392 00:34:28,15 --> 00:34:33,97 a few times for our part time position that's obviously not what we anticipated but 393 00:34:34,42 --> 00:34:41,25 we think we have the right person on board now NDA started. Some timber Brad Brewer 394 00:34:41,39 --> 00:34:46,24 and I don't think we had an opportunity to introduce him to yet he's learning our 395 00:34:46,25 --> 00:34:52,71 systems and he's obviously been. In with Jerry learning and learning how we do 396 00:34:52,72 --> 00:34:59,18 could force mint but we'll have the despite the fact that income onto third quarter 397 00:34:59,19 --> 00:35:05,51 of the year will produce probably seven hundred or so brand name code enforcement 398 00:35:05,52 --> 00:35:12,25 cases for the year many of those require multiple inspections. Letters that has 399 00:35:12,39 --> 00:35:14,83 those kinds of things and I We also noticed 400 00:35:14,84 --> 00:35:17,09 a little bit of an uptick and we can talk about this 401 00:35:17,13 --> 00:35:20,45 a little bit and blighted property around and we do have a little bit of 402 00:35:20,46 --> 00:35:25,46 a list again you don't have the benefit of some of the settlements that came 403 00:35:25,47 --> 00:35:29,23 through the state of Ohio and what have you that dispersed money throughout the 404 00:35:29,24 --> 00:35:34,59 counties in Ohio to deal with some blighted property issues so that list is build 405 00:35:34,60 --> 00:35:36,29 back up a little bit again and we've got 406 00:35:36,30 --> 00:35:40,21 a lot of good progress on them but we're at the point where you take them down it 407 00:35:40,62 --> 00:35:47,26 costs money. We also did our first annexation for new subdivisions since two 408 00:35:47,27 --> 00:35:52,79 thousand and eight and that was going wrong. So I think it's a bit of 409 00:35:52,80 --> 00:35:58,48 a watershed moment to clean house market as well and downtown facade Grant has been 410 00:35:58,49 --> 00:36:03,08 extremely successful I think by anybody's estimation I talk about this conferences 411 00:36:03,09 --> 00:36:07,36 in other places and they're just kind of amazed that our our city and our downtown 412 00:36:07,37 --> 00:36:12,97 but at that program in particular and we've completed sixteen grants to date it 413 00:36:12,98 --> 00:36:18,43 started in two thousand and twelve we have six in progress currently. We've 414 00:36:18,70 --> 00:36:22,43 allocated about three hundred thousand dollars in the word to grant room fifty 415 00:36:22,44 --> 00:36:27,32 fifty match if you recall minimum and that's leveraged over six hundred seventy 416 00:36:27,33 --> 00:36:28,48 four thousand dollars on 417 00:36:28,49 --> 00:36:32,62 a seven hundred thousand dollars more than dollar for dollar match and I think 418 00:36:32,63 --> 00:36:36,18 you've seen some major major impacts in our downtown facade as 419 00:36:36,19 --> 00:36:40,98 a result of that grant program it really what it is does property owners and 420 00:36:40,99 --> 00:36:43,48 business owners feeling like it's 421 00:36:43,49 --> 00:36:47,66 a really good place to continue to make investments and I think that's the most 422 00:36:47,67 --> 00:36:54,20 important thing but it helps our building stock remain. As current code as 423 00:36:54,67 --> 00:37:01,20 two hundred year old buildings can be viable in the current marketplace as well way 424 00:37:01,21 --> 00:37:04,50 finding phase one obviously completed one talk 425 00:37:04,51 --> 00:37:10,24 a little bit about. Twenty to sixteen and what we're looking to do. 426 00:37:11,85 --> 00:37:15,21 Twenty sixteen we're looking ahead to perhaps a conference 427 00:37:15,22 --> 00:37:18,81 a plan update this is in the manager's message if you get 428 00:37:18,82 --> 00:37:24,77 a chance to read that. But we're we're still engaged in this trying to find the 429 00:37:24,78 --> 00:37:29,57 capacity in the time really to update our base information terms of housing 430 00:37:29,58 --> 00:37:33,93 pipeline meant that really have been updated since the fall two thousand and nine. 431 00:37:35,42 --> 00:37:38,86 We are getting close to releasing that product in 432 00:37:38,87 --> 00:37:44,20 a school district and you all and everybody else we want to know that information 433 00:37:44,21 --> 00:37:49,42 and need to know that. Updating our zoning code in our conference plan after really 434 00:37:49,43 --> 00:37:54,48 making this more dynamic serving them up online and that's where things in our 435 00:37:54,52 --> 00:37:59,83 electronic resources what we're looking to do's really do that base work getting 436 00:37:59,84 --> 00:38:04,04 back into the comprehensive plan and to check against what we hope limited versus 437 00:38:04,08 --> 00:38:09,23 what we haven't implemented in this eleven year ten Latin year period that's part 438 00:38:09,24 --> 00:38:13,42 of the background work but doing that over twenty sixteen and twenty seventeen. 439 00:38:15,21 --> 00:38:19,06 With what we see coming down the development Pike which is likely pretty 440 00:38:19,07 --> 00:38:23,78 significant here and twenty sixteen and again twenty seventeen certainly in terms 441 00:38:23,79 --> 00:38:28,18 of predevelopment work which we would anticipate leading to permitting inspection 442 00:38:28,19 --> 00:38:31,19 work as well. And then look into 443 00:38:31,23 --> 00:38:35,57 a twenty eighteen twenty twenty you know full conference 444 00:38:35,58 --> 00:38:42,55 a plan. Rewrite process that would as of now we would book and we've looked in 445 00:38:42,56 --> 00:38:47,24 the past the doing that and hire a consultant to help us do then 446 00:38:48,21 --> 00:38:52,94 a lot of the public involvement part of that process that we're just going to have 447 00:38:52,95 --> 00:38:53,83 to do new volved 448 00:38:53,84 --> 00:38:58,10 a lot of our public which continues to grow and get more diverse in terms of 449 00:38:58,11 --> 00:39:05,08 geography. And Job Location and ultimately their ideas. So we'll 450 00:39:05,09 --> 00:39:09,35 have to take all that into account and I think we're looking at perhaps Tancred in 451 00:39:09,36 --> 00:39:13,48 wrong when twenty seventeen as we go into budgeting they're coming up with the 452 00:39:13,81 --> 00:39:19,05 potential number for what that might cost in mining you take 453 00:39:19,06 --> 00:39:22,32 a look at that other things we're doing is we're hoping to work and feed 454 00:39:22,33 --> 00:39:26,08 information into the server master plan that's really a precursor documents 455 00:39:26,16 --> 00:39:31,90 a cop plan update as well transportation plan. Transportation project 456 00:39:31,91 --> 00:39:36,91 transportation plan update process as well in the precursor documents but that 457 00:39:36,92 --> 00:39:41,62 require some lean to some planning and ground data and information. 458 00:39:45,74 --> 00:39:49,40 Talk a little bit about the blade in. Projects I know there was 459 00:39:49,41 --> 00:39:55,45 a question about why did we not insist they do any expenditure from this year's 460 00:39:55,46 --> 00:39:59,21 budget will we've been we started the work very early on in the year on these 461 00:39:59,22 --> 00:40:03,55 blighted properties not all of them are completely through code Forstmann to the 462 00:40:03,56 --> 00:40:08,45 point where we could literally hire a contractor and off them they are now there's 463 00:40:08,46 --> 00:40:10,67 a list of about ten of them to there's 464 00:40:10,68 --> 00:40:16,97 a lease. The Cape and you quote properties on the Central and you know you've 465 00:40:16,98 --> 00:40:20,56 already minute preparation for that is we pledge to try to use the grant funds for 466 00:40:20,57 --> 00:40:23,84 those dollars and I told you at that time that I was 467 00:40:23,85 --> 00:40:26,82 a trigger that those properties let alone the other properties with make it through 468 00:40:26,83 --> 00:40:32,33 the grant process they're still trying to make them all go through the grandpa. To 469 00:40:32,34 --> 00:40:39,21 the extent that we might have budget to be able to do that. You know is it is 470 00:40:39,25 --> 00:40:43,32 starting to appear is this unfortunately I might have been correct that 471 00:40:43,39 --> 00:40:46,49 a lot of these will not be able to make it through the grant process but we still 472 00:40:46,50 --> 00:40:50,14 have to work through those issues when they knew the state change rules 473 00:40:50,15 --> 00:40:54,86 a little bit you still do this program to CLI and now you have to do it address by 474 00:40:54,87 --> 00:40:59,27 address but you have to do all the addresses at the same time which makes it very 475 00:40:59,28 --> 00:41:02,57 very difficult to converse We also have that we talk 476 00:41:02,58 --> 00:41:06,95 a little bit about the estimates of property value spawn of the steps we've taken 477 00:41:06,96 --> 00:41:11,23 is we've sent those county honor mass these properties to the reappraise that 478 00:41:11,24 --> 00:41:14,10 process is to go through a process that took 479 00:41:14,11 --> 00:41:20,65 a lot longer than anybody anticipated it would and to do it outside the triangle 480 00:41:20,66 --> 00:41:24,26 reassessments we understand that in or actually has signed 481 00:41:24,27 --> 00:41:31,16 a waiver only one of those came back signed so that complicates matters and 482 00:41:31,17 --> 00:41:36,17 so what we have so that's the answer to the question. In here and we're in the year 483 00:41:37,09 --> 00:41:41,48 and you can't contract any of them to get through these grant precursor projects 484 00:41:41,49 --> 00:41:45,98 and that doesn't include environmental review start preservation reduce the number 485 00:41:45,99 --> 00:41:52,32 of hurdles to overcome. So what we looked at is given the persistent power limit 486 00:41:52,37 --> 00:41:57,84 you know that money all comes out of the revolving loan find. A large loan that's 487 00:41:57,85 --> 00:42:03,56 what the fund is for that will recharge itself assuming the loan gets paid back and 488 00:42:03,57 --> 00:42:08,83 what we had to do is really look at. Cutting that number down to about sixty 489 00:42:08,84 --> 00:42:14,33 thousand is what we have in the budget. Proposed to for next year and increasing 490 00:42:14,34 --> 00:42:18,54 our base code enforcement line item in this apartment or budget about twenty 491 00:42:18,55 --> 00:42:25,14 thousand dollars each demo is on the order of magnitude of about ten thousand 492 00:42:25,15 --> 00:42:30,25 dollars each you can think of it that way they're not all exactly that much. So 493 00:42:30,52 --> 00:42:30,96 that we have 494 00:42:30,97 --> 00:42:36,73 a list of ten of those appropriations only Kate we think we can probably accomplish 495 00:42:36,74 --> 00:42:42,87 the other eight with those between those two budget sources assuming we can make it 496 00:42:42,88 --> 00:42:47,30 through the grant process if not more based couldn't Forstmann dollars we can make 497 00:42:47,31 --> 00:42:52,27 it through we think another three demolitions to with the extra twenty thousand 498 00:42:52,28 --> 00:42:56,57 probably one in our normal program allocation that we would have every year in that 499 00:42:56,58 --> 00:43:01,07 program and of course those dollars are much more easily spent much more flexible 500 00:43:01,08 --> 00:43:06,12 so we can allocate to really the properties that are in worse shape and ready to go 501 00:43:06,16 --> 00:43:12,53 and really need to come down right now. Yes Yep 502 00:43:13,15 --> 00:43:19,83 So we have to correct first the black man correct and they still 503 00:43:19,84 --> 00:43:24,38 Lance and me to help them because if they can have done up and coming make money. 504 00:43:25,74 --> 00:43:28,57 Why don't we take at least half of it and put 505 00:43:28,58 --> 00:43:35,02 a lien against Langham. And try to recruit what is causing us I believe outside of 506 00:43:35,03 --> 00:43:39,82 the grant OK with our own dollars we can go ahead like any other code enforcement 507 00:43:39,96 --> 00:43:43,64 line item and should be able to there's no reason why we should be able to process 508 00:43:43,68 --> 00:43:48,68 the lien the cost of the demolition to probably. The thing to keep in mind here 509 00:43:48,69 --> 00:43:53,59 these are not new subdivision House wants that have 510 00:43:53,67 --> 00:43:59,44 a tremendous amount of value to begin with yes there were some and maybe there were 511 00:43:59,48 --> 00:44:04,34 more with the blight gone but they also remove the plating influence from that 512 00:44:04,35 --> 00:44:10,68 neighborhood which is impacting more than just that one property usually when there 513 00:44:10,69 --> 00:44:14,22 is this bad in a very very negative way it was 514 00:44:14,23 --> 00:44:17,89 a study several years ago conducted through at state of Ohio that if you can stand 515 00:44:17,90 --> 00:44:19,03 on your porch and see 516 00:44:19,53 --> 00:44:24,13 a blighted property or it can be condemned property your property value itself just 517 00:44:24,14 --> 00:44:30,83 went down seventy eight thousand dollars so the costs are exponential to really not 518 00:44:30,84 --> 00:44:35,62 taking down but I understand what she meant but the grant will have to make sure 519 00:44:36,59 --> 00:44:41,88 that we can do that I believe we can leave the properties with the grant. Is that 520 00:44:41,99 --> 00:44:47,11 not the. Films that have come down correct we should there is no reason why we 521 00:44:47,12 --> 00:44:53,63 should not be able to leave them on and we don't we look to have I know the plans 522 00:44:53,64 --> 00:44:58,73 of this out at the moment they are making money you know and then I want the Casa 523 00:44:59,08 --> 00:45:03,81 have to take it down because I think I don't think you could be one I don't 524 00:45:03,82 --> 00:45:04,19 disagree. 525 00:45:11,32 --> 00:45:16,39 I moved my find then in effect the other day Tom asked me to mention that too that 526 00:45:16,40 --> 00:45:20,81 was in his weekly update we're looking to potentially do an impact the update this 527 00:45:20,82 --> 00:45:22,95 next year will have to talk about the timing of that just 528 00:45:22,96 --> 00:45:27,46 a little bit because the first quarter first half of this year looks. Extremely 529 00:45:27,47 --> 00:45:32,34 busy with some potential major pretty moments come and some other projects that 530 00:45:32,35 --> 00:45:38,75 you're aware of coming on that plate but I think you know it's been ten plus years 531 00:45:38,76 --> 00:45:41,61 since those impacts these were a date and time think 532 00:45:41,62 --> 00:45:45,91 a look at those and even look at some of the new tools and in the impact the world 533 00:45:45,91 --> 00:45:51,33 . Out west do impacts these for Actually things like school even even here in 534 00:45:51,34 --> 00:45:56,70 extent in roadway some of the roadways are one of those. We would take 535 00:45:56,71 --> 00:46:01,11 a look at here too as of that draft are 536 00:46:01,12 --> 00:46:08,08 a. Couple of the news for next year and we did get 537 00:46:08,09 --> 00:46:11,22 a chip Grant I don't know if if you guys remember we got 538 00:46:11,23 --> 00:46:13,33 a chip grand about three hundred fifty seven thousand 539 00:46:13,34 --> 00:46:18,61 a lot of that is for tenant base rental systems. That that's pretty typical chip 540 00:46:18,62 --> 00:46:24,95 Grant portion of the program but other. A chunk of that money is for private owner 541 00:46:24,96 --> 00:46:30,27 or owner occupied rehabilitation we're in partnership with the county on this 542 00:46:30,28 --> 00:46:34,67 granted the state really required you get extra points in the granting process and 543 00:46:34,68 --> 00:46:40,41 that sort of thing so those projects would be in both the city and the canyon so if 544 00:46:40,42 --> 00:46:47,36 you know of private owners who might be low and moderate income in need of some of 545 00:46:47,37 --> 00:46:53,99 those sort of read rehabilitation repairs to their homes because certainly funneled 546 00:46:54,00 --> 00:46:59,22 employees to bank on through my staff and you can help work through that process. 547 00:47:01,29 --> 00:47:08,09 Makes no we don't you that month even. Next year so that we're actually you 548 00:47:08,10 --> 00:47:14,58 know this is this is meant this is not every year allocation This is in extremely 549 00:47:14,59 --> 00:47:21,43 competitive every other year grant process that frankly may not be in this form 550 00:47:22,03 --> 00:47:25,96 too much longer moving forward from what we're hearing from state to extremely 551 00:47:25,97 --> 00:47:31,76 competitive so what we have to do is we pledge with candy that will do X. 552 00:47:31,77 --> 00:47:35,58 Number of rehabs over the course of the next two years grant cycle and if we don't 553 00:47:35,62 --> 00:47:38,58 reach that number which I don't have 554 00:47:38,59 --> 00:47:45,29 a thought and I apologize. Then in the next I think round or to 555 00:47:45,52 --> 00:47:51,03 the chip grant program we expect that we lose enough points that we would define. 556 00:47:52,84 --> 00:47:57,28 And that did happen to us one year under other rules of the program as well. 557 00:47:58,58 --> 00:48:03,42 Opportunities. So it's important that it's important to get it then for granted 558 00:48:03,43 --> 00:48:07,44 purposes but more important that we get it done for people to project and 559 00:48:07,96 --> 00:48:14,15 ultimately. So yes we will work with Lee and and get the work as well right now 560 00:48:14,16 --> 00:48:16,80 we're working on Tenet based friend also since there is 561 00:48:16,81 --> 00:48:22,79 a lengthy to layoff of people that need that assess them and it's more administrate 562 00:48:22,80 --> 00:48:26,81 if there aren't as many hoops to go through from the grant side and support we get 563 00:48:27,03 --> 00:48:33,21 get that out soon as possible you know so that's what we focused our our efforts on 564 00:48:33,22 --> 00:48:37,08 today that saw him happy to answer 565 00:48:37,09 --> 00:48:43,82 a question. And your questions remain the same. You know. 566 00:48:45,08 --> 00:48:52,03 No workplace. You know sixty three if we file this here. 567 00:48:53,11 --> 00:48:58,53 We. Do not know the answer that question off the top my head I'm going to have to 568 00:48:58,54 --> 00:49:03,05 get your response I think they've changed all of the was 569 00:49:03,48 --> 00:49:10,45 a tax incentive package Bateman. Program guidelines at this point as we discussed 570 00:49:10,46 --> 00:49:14,69 last year it typically will happen is not a valentine we will contact me 571 00:49:14,70 --> 00:49:20,35 a bit later in the year and have experts on staff for that particular program let 572 00:49:20,36 --> 00:49:25,29 us know what they need from us in terms of support and help to neutral. 573 00:49:27,88 --> 00:49:33,48 I agree. The question again is we've already. 574 00:49:36,36 --> 00:49:38,70 Come leading and I don't one time have 575 00:49:38,78 --> 00:49:45,69 a. Lot of. Will now and then 576 00:49:45,70 --> 00:49:50,03 a great. That's 577 00:49:50,04 --> 00:49:55,48 a great question and in part that is why we are updating the housing pipeline map 578 00:49:55,52 --> 00:49:59,60 in more important not just that the data behind that map that will lead you answer 579 00:49:59,61 --> 00:50:04,42 your question I think in the next month or so we will be able to publish that 580 00:50:04,43 --> 00:50:08,10 they'll be able to give you much more specific numbers like you're used to seeing 581 00:50:08,11 --> 00:50:09,31 in the past and 582 00:50:09,32 --> 00:50:13,79 a lot of dynamic change in an area obviously last year well I think 583 00:50:13,80 --> 00:50:19,34 a lot of. Developers on the. 584 00:50:20,62 --> 00:50:25,27 Back of the line. If. 585 00:50:29,30 --> 00:50:32,10 I can tell you in the last. It. 586 00:50:35,82 --> 00:50:41,43 Cost. Us. Who's Still us on here. 587 00:50:42,93 --> 00:50:48,76 Is we have about. It is I think from the housing developers who we're starting to 588 00:50:48,77 --> 00:50:52,79 hear and want to see us play the part here 589 00:50:52,80 --> 00:50:59,74 a little bit of chatter about the not so much the distance between 590 00:50:59,75 --> 00:51:04,33 here in Columbus and the other suburbs but the congestion really on on US twenty 591 00:51:04,34 --> 00:51:10,44 three not necessarily sit it don't work just with down the townships and I do it 592 00:51:10,45 --> 00:51:14,29 and the reason why I say we have to continually evaluate this because obviously 593 00:51:14,30 --> 00:51:14,85 they've been doing 594 00:51:14,86 --> 00:51:19,11 a major project in twenty three and she said. Which is going to help 595 00:51:19,12 --> 00:51:20,90 a lot I think book to create 596 00:51:20,91 --> 00:51:26,96 a lot of chess you know in the meantime in the one. What's that So Hawk which some 597 00:51:26,97 --> 00:51:31,70 of the parkway certainly mind get you know the way. But then again we're not we're 598 00:51:31,71 --> 00:51:35,35 not. We're continuing to grow you know with an L. 599 00:51:35,66 --> 00:51:40,81 Outlet mall started townships continuing to grow some major projects potentially on 600 00:51:40,82 --> 00:51:45,41 her our horizon that's more traffic but I think that's just anecdotally that's 601 00:51:45,42 --> 00:51:50,53 something we're hearing that. Have the effect unintended on R.N. 602 00:51:50,57 --> 00:51:57,27 Too much or exactly what we could do about it in Delaware but it has the 603 00:51:57,28 --> 00:52:03,41 effect of. People looking down to the townships to buy you know home school to say 604 00:52:03,42 --> 00:52:09,07 it's all panties home that equal. Buying down there even though those houses are 605 00:52:09,18 --> 00:52:14,55 relatively more expensive and I think my position would be you get more and better 606 00:52:14,56 --> 00:52:21,23 services and so the elder for free or same dollars. So we're relatively competitive 607 00:52:21,24 --> 00:52:25,51 Mosen but we're not as competitive from what I'm hearing in the housing market for 608 00:52:25,52 --> 00:52:25,96 selling 609 00:52:25,97 --> 00:52:30,44 a house now having said that it was pretty robust housing here and I think that the 610 00:52:30,45 --> 00:52:36,76 issue that we saw is when developers did not have lots ready but as soon as they 611 00:52:36,77 --> 00:52:36,95 had 612 00:52:36,96 --> 00:52:42,08 a subdivision section ready to go in the infrastructure in an accepted I mean we got 613 00:52:42,09 --> 00:52:47,98 avalanched with her friends immediately. And they all got out the door so. 614 00:52:49,36 --> 00:52:51,03 Lots ready to go is obviously 615 00:52:51,04 --> 00:52:56,51 a developer group functions. So. 616 00:52:59,80 --> 00:53:02,08 It's a question Lisa did you have 617 00:53:02,87 --> 00:53:09,02 a. Follow up to the demolition question like properties you had asked 618 00:53:09,03 --> 00:53:11,47 a question about. Like 619 00:53:11,48 --> 00:53:17,82 a property definition and I'm thinking when I asked the question we didn't then and 620 00:53:18,01 --> 00:53:23,06 then we could. I don't have the thing here in front of me that it wouldn't hear of 621 00:53:23,38 --> 00:53:28,13 what we expected and then we actually bet we could help her but I don't think we 622 00:53:28,14 --> 00:53:34,77 can grow well who haven't gotten under the contract right if so that kind of been 623 00:53:35,69 --> 00:53:37,07 if it was able to get 624 00:53:37,08 --> 00:53:42,34 a contract in the next two weeks that's not going to happen with. Process the hard 625 00:53:42,35 --> 00:53:46,27 part is the length of time it takes to get them ready to tell 626 00:53:46,28 --> 00:53:53,09 a contractor personnel time to going home. That's a link the M.D.C. 627 00:53:53,10 --> 00:53:57,35 Helpful he won't come on. I don't think is right Grant not. 628 00:54:00,10 --> 00:54:06,87 What the earth or conversations they're. Spending. Side 629 00:54:06,91 --> 00:54:09,32 program outside of downtown to it's 630 00:54:09,33 --> 00:54:16,02 a street corner of the city. That's come up from time to time and 631 00:54:16,03 --> 00:54:21,92 the boundaries of the area in which we can operate the green are at the end of the 632 00:54:21,93 --> 00:54:26,02 day approved by the state has to be approved by the state their criteria by which 633 00:54:26,03 --> 00:54:31,96 you have to go through to get that approved. We took 634 00:54:31,97 --> 00:54:36,83 a look at whether they would entertain expanding it there that appear this point 635 00:54:36,99 --> 00:54:41,51 they've been looking at the core downtown area not even every property in that core 636 00:54:41,52 --> 00:54:47,72 downtown area qualifies for instance churches and houses in the area if we cannot 637 00:54:47,73 --> 00:54:50,67 spend this grant dollars on you or to us 638 00:54:50,68 --> 00:54:56,11 a. Curb out of the program and I think it's the will go over one side to it 639 00:54:57,96 --> 00:55:04,71 Christine see it expanded we could absolutely. Comes this sort of 640 00:55:04,93 --> 00:55:08,89 like should interest. That's 641 00:55:09,13 --> 00:55:14,04 a mistake again if you haven't. Met. 642 00:55:18,32 --> 00:55:18,53 We have 643 00:55:18,54 --> 00:55:29,71 a question for Knight. Thank you very much. You 644 00:55:29,72 --> 00:55:34,33 know I think that's because who's going to that was. 645 00:55:37,14 --> 00:55:38,29 All right you guys are perhaps the. 646 00:55:49,70 --> 00:55:54,91 You may or members of council all. Those can I are here to present the. 647 00:55:56,88 --> 00:56:03,15 Budget. Changes her request for two thousand six hundred through the 648 00:56:03,55 --> 00:56:10,45 ministry of services as you know I still oversee the department or division has me 649 00:56:10,95 --> 00:56:15,56 move it to call the division of the seamy enters oppositely but it's right now it's 650 00:56:15,57 --> 00:56:22,07 a department ministry of services the two most significant items in the budget 651 00:56:22,08 --> 00:56:24,62 request this year is for 652 00:56:24,63 --> 00:56:31,22 a part time Human Resources court meter and then. We are also 653 00:56:31,23 --> 00:56:38,05 requesting. I spend two thousand dollars urgently we are in 654 00:56:38,06 --> 00:56:44,28 a straight A student to be able to receive your US teacher am circulation and as 655 00:56:44,29 --> 00:56:49,41 for the part time personality just go explain what our expectations are to be at 656 00:56:49,42 --> 00:56:55,13 your court meter and how we are going to move around the responsibilities between 657 00:56:55,14 --> 00:57:02,09 two in just. I build it for you some highlights of what 658 00:57:02,16 --> 00:57:07,14 this new part time position would be responsible for primarily responsible for 659 00:57:08,05 --> 00:57:13,17 probably already if you didn't just real quickly highlight that primarily the 660 00:57:13,21 --> 00:57:18,28 position would be responsible for our recruitment cycle for all of our positions 661 00:57:18,29 --> 00:57:23,41 here with the city it would develop the recruitment plan and the timeline they 662 00:57:23,42 --> 00:57:28,75 would manage to wrap contract in the Senate which is. They would update and put the 663 00:57:29,41 --> 00:57:29,59 R. 664 00:57:29,60 --> 00:57:34,93 Update I'm sorry update the classifications and to me it gets to them they would also 665 00:57:34,94 --> 00:57:38,75 assist the directors and the front line managers in reviewing applications at the 666 00:57:38,76 --> 00:57:45,37 front end versus that task being done by the departments and then involved 667 00:57:45,82 --> 00:57:49,99 had ministry of services they would schedule and assist with conducting interviews 668 00:57:50,00 --> 00:57:53,30 before in reference to facts and coordinating any pre-employment something that 669 00:57:53,59 --> 00:57:59,44 becomes so that would be the primary core responsibility. Some additional tasks 670 00:57:59,74 --> 00:58:05,62 that we're looking to focus on are more active recruiting actively engaging with in 671 00:58:05,63 --> 00:58:12,11 educating the youth in our community out opportunities for careers in the public 672 00:58:12,12 --> 00:58:16,44 service and. The pertain to 673 00:58:16,48 --> 00:58:22,78 a few services there are safety courses. And the requirement for maintaining 674 00:58:22,79 --> 00:58:27,96 a drug free lifestyle so that's important information that we want to get out and 675 00:58:27,97 --> 00:58:33,19 educate in our community balance we also want to increase and broaden our minority 676 00:58:33,20 --> 00:58:38,40 of hurting efforts and we feel that the that should help us to better on that. We 677 00:58:38,41 --> 00:58:45,27 will have also the ability to. Expand our onboarding program right now I 678 00:58:45,28 --> 00:58:50,47 feel like we do and an adequate job with our own program but this position what 679 00:58:50,48 --> 00:58:57,45 Laois to have somebody who is the politically in place for not only the at 680 00:58:57,49 --> 00:59:03,52 initial onboarding piece but or monitoring their placement within their department 681 00:59:03,78 --> 00:59:07,24 and identifying whether or not it's effect then 682 00:59:07,25 --> 00:59:12,29 a fine whether or not there's training or education needs that need to be met it 683 00:59:12,30 --> 00:59:17,40 has to do with very scary valuations with those departments the well as well but 684 00:59:17,41 --> 00:59:20,76 then also coordinating that organisation delivery and development of those 685 00:59:20,77 --> 00:59:21,33 materials like 686 00:59:21,34 --> 00:59:26,56 a lot of the orientation. They would also be responsible for administering our 687 00:59:26,57 --> 00:59:31,93 city's on this program currently to Williams in office it's handling that primarily 688 00:59:31,94 --> 00:59:36,93 decades well but we would have one point person that would serve as the main 689 00:59:36,94 --> 00:59:41,12 contact for external vendors as well as our internal committee we have an internal 690 00:59:41,40 --> 00:59:47,68 committee made up of our departments. And staff and that this individual then 691 00:59:47,69 --> 00:59:52,34 helped prepare those Russian promotional materials in getting those out to 692 00:59:52,35 --> 00:59:57,52 encourage them to patient they would maintain the databases that are required and 693 00:59:57,56 --> 01:00:00,68 they would be able to report on the program activity engagement and help of kind of 694 01:00:00,69 --> 01:00:04,42 steer or efforts aside from that sounds like 695 01:00:04,43 --> 01:00:09,15 a lot but we would often ask for theirs and with any other type of H.R. 696 01:00:09,16 --> 01:00:14,65 Support functions for any of our city departments. So that's what the H.R. 697 01:00:14,66 --> 01:00:18,61 Coordinator would be doing what that would then allow me an H.R. 698 01:00:18,62 --> 01:00:24,37 Manager to do would be to focus more efforts on our professional development and 699 01:00:24,47 --> 01:00:29,52 after that something that we've been looking to do for several years we tried to 700 01:00:29,53 --> 01:00:36,38 include in those goals for phoria leadership institute those sort. But we 701 01:00:36,39 --> 01:00:38,24 want to start apartments in the Bella being 702 01:00:38,75 --> 01:00:44,22 a pipeline for available to within thirty department and develop prostrating plans 703 01:00:44,23 --> 01:00:48,95 and mentoring opportunities whether interdepartmental or interrupt. 704 01:00:51,44 --> 01:00:51,79 Will have 705 01:00:51,80 --> 01:00:57,92 a bilby to focus more on the valuation of our staff for the most part we don't 706 01:00:58,26 --> 01:01:03,88 actively do evaluations because majority of our boys. Department level 707 01:01:04,88 --> 01:01:09,70 are forms are outdated our process is that they did our training at that date that 708 01:01:10,37 --> 01:01:15,08 we would have the ability that I would be able to come in develop that customized 709 01:01:15,09 --> 01:01:20,50 evaluation format identify the pot and that we would use the technology that would 710 01:01:20,51 --> 01:01:25,59 facilitate that process and maintain that historic. Terms of that initial 711 01:01:25,60 --> 01:01:30,61 evaluation moving forward setting goals objectives measuring whether or not those 712 01:01:30,62 --> 01:01:34,80 goals and objectives are met and also developing training for management act 713 01:01:35,78 --> 01:01:42,46 accordingly. In addition. We would have time and and the resources to 714 01:01:42,47 --> 01:01:43,89 develop a formal H.R. 715 01:01:43,90 --> 01:01:48,91 Strategic plan on this is something that we actually just have not have the ability 716 01:01:48,92 --> 01:01:54,32 or the capacity to be able to enter but we need to abolition our priorities and 717 01:01:54,33 --> 01:01:59,20 goals and the minister to services are meant identify what actions are necessary to 718 01:01:59,21 --> 01:02:03,19 achieve those goals and strengthen our operations our relationships with the 719 01:02:03,20 --> 01:02:07,25 individual department and how better to focus our energy in our efforts we are 720 01:02:07,81 --> 01:02:12,33 a very small staff so we we definitely do try to do 721 01:02:12,56 --> 01:02:19,34 a lot with the resources to us. We also need to look to identify 722 01:02:19,83 --> 01:02:23,78 where our deficiencies are in terms of our technology needs as your where back in 723 01:02:23,79 --> 01:02:29,00 two thousand and twelve we were able to implement our on line hiring system which 724 01:02:29,01 --> 01:02:32,00 is the Ogaden So that was our first step forward in that direction and we're 725 01:02:32,01 --> 01:02:36,60 looking to make some more gains and that in that area that we want to be able to 726 01:02:36,85 --> 01:02:41,29 streamline and reduce time better so that spent on those administrate of kind of 727 01:02:41,81 --> 01:02:48,79 data tracking processing. Actions that we have to respond before we 728 01:02:48,80 --> 01:02:53,27 also would be focusing on already though the thing on the evaluation 729 01:02:53,28 --> 01:02:54,96 a limitation of 730 01:02:55,03 --> 01:03:00,97 a Human Resource Information System mostly for nature I asked which was identified 731 01:03:00,98 --> 01:03:04,89 in the IP. Will your to do with or without 732 01:03:04,90 --> 01:03:10,74 a payroll component and that would take time and considerable effort in terms of 733 01:03:10,75 --> 01:03:17,40 a limitation. And finally another area we'll be able to focus on is to develop our 734 01:03:17,41 --> 01:03:23,18 safety training protocols for department unfortunately just kind of. Thrust in the 735 01:03:23,55 --> 01:03:27,89 to the limelight with an injury earlier this year with one of our public works 736 01:03:27,90 --> 01:03:30,39 employees but the story department that was 737 01:03:30,40 --> 01:03:35,64 a pretty. Pretty critical injury that could result. In 738 01:03:35,68 --> 01:03:42,55 a completely different. Outcome for thank you Jackie but that has 739 01:03:42,56 --> 01:03:48,23 prompted us to to look at and give more consideration to identifying the treat 740 01:03:48,27 --> 01:03:55,04 training. That is necessary within the to be with the apartments and how we can 741 01:03:55,05 --> 01:03:59,44 help by utilizing the services of the peer group as compensation division of 742 01:03:59,80 --> 01:04:04,76 hygiene those reserves that's come available to us for free to payment of our 743 01:04:04,77 --> 01:04:05,93 premiums and so it's just 744 01:04:06,41 --> 01:04:12,28 a matter of better utilizing what is out there and be able to ask that it's coming 745 01:04:12,29 --> 01:04:18,10 at you know that we can assist our department. Time to review the majority of our 746 01:04:18,11 --> 01:04:25,08 five minute. Presentation to focus on. This in many ways 747 01:04:25,09 --> 01:04:31,13 and I. Would like. To this department 748 01:04:31,67 --> 01:04:38,49 and. The other section obviously is the training for. Two is our 749 01:04:38,92 --> 01:04:43,38 services specialist and the idea about getting totally clear if I would need that 750 01:04:43,61 --> 01:04:49,17 Julie. Is we are allowed to proceed with the hiring of the H.R. 751 01:04:49,17 --> 01:04:55,11 . Coordinator with all the sort of I would have the necessary training to perform 752 01:04:55,12 --> 01:04:57,82 and. The litany of H.R. 753 01:04:57,83 --> 01:04:59,70 Functions that need to be performed 754 01:05:00,14 --> 01:05:06,76 a special offer and with that being said I'm happy to address any 755 01:05:06,77 --> 01:05:12,66 questions we wanted to try to stay on schedule but the most important thing is 756 01:05:13,55 --> 01:05:20,03 requests for the party members. Where you. 757 01:05:23,19 --> 01:05:28,54 Should put this position when the five thousand dollars between no cost and what's 758 01:05:28,54 --> 01:05:34,16 . The benefit to the. 759 01:05:36,57 --> 01:05:43,39 Employees the universal leave. That added into that I would assume that 760 01:05:43,40 --> 01:05:47,49 there is also the worker's comp that's also in there as well 761 01:05:48,39 --> 01:05:53,88 a couple questions for sure I guess I'm just curious in two thousand and thirteen. 762 01:05:55,81 --> 01:06:02,57 What did your department do. To. Try to 763 01:06:02,58 --> 01:06:08,68 rethink to reduce costs. Well health care it actually falls under me and still in 764 01:06:08,69 --> 01:06:13,19 the cream manager's office with health care costs the base thing that we did Chris 765 01:06:13,20 --> 01:06:19,82 was really get the wellness program up and running. We negotiate 766 01:06:19,83 --> 01:06:26,13 our the benefits for our health care. Through the union contract so then that's 767 01:06:26,14 --> 01:06:30,53 kind of decided as you guys know that when we talk about the things we're going to 768 01:06:30,54 --> 01:06:36,10 be negotiating the benefits etc We also I work on 769 01:06:36,11 --> 01:06:40,24 a very consistent basis is going to be something that we hope to transition to. 770 01:06:42,53 --> 01:06:46,39 Sixteen seven in two thousand and sixteen that emptiness the some of the health 771 01:06:46,40 --> 01:06:52,22 insurance possibility but I work with a third party Mr to be our broker on 772 01:06:52,23 --> 01:06:55,45 a consistent basis to make sure that we're getting the best rate for our their 773 01:06:55,46 --> 01:07:00,82 party and ministry Toure's and our preferred provider organization which is what we 774 01:07:00,83 --> 01:07:07,77 have. And. So we stay on top of that we go out to bid 775 01:07:07,78 --> 01:07:12,62 for our stop loss insurance every single year our life insurance every single year 776 01:07:12,63 --> 01:07:13,96 so all of that done on 777 01:07:13,97 --> 01:07:20,36 a yearly basis. That's pretty much. The benefits 778 01:07:20,49 --> 01:07:24,87 negotiated with people staff and their families pay. 779 01:07:29,31 --> 01:07:35,24 The premiums the fifteen percent of the cobra Yes that was negotiated through 780 01:07:36,12 --> 01:07:40,33 contract. Yet it was from 781 01:07:40,34 --> 01:07:44,06 a contract those are just through the. 782 01:07:48,70 --> 01:07:54,45 Weather rain every year we get an update with our cooperate in April and. 783 01:07:55,84 --> 01:08:01,57 It would set. Two years ago that the nonunion 784 01:08:02,40 --> 01:08:08,89 particularly would pay fifteen percent of their COBRA every able every April I get 785 01:08:08,93 --> 01:08:14,12 the new report with the cobra rate is in it's going up slightly but that Kroger 786 01:08:14,13 --> 01:08:21,13 rate is but we still pay the fifteen percent so what's covered. Roads are 787 01:08:21,14 --> 01:08:25,48 always good they have been fifteen percent probably I think the last two to three 788 01:08:25,49 --> 01:08:32,30 years in different contracts have had different percentages I believe fire in we 789 01:08:32,64 --> 01:08:34,38 have been a fifteen percent only for 790 01:08:34,39 --> 01:08:40,79 a year and then. Where. Are you touch me after I wrote it 791 01:08:41,37 --> 01:08:46,73 works in water and wastewater I believe had been at fifty percent for the same 792 01:08:46,74 --> 01:08:51,69 amount of time that management has been and asked me to look at but I can get that 793 01:08:51,70 --> 01:08:52,46 information for 794 01:08:52,47 --> 01:08:58,17 a few bytes know exactly when the rates change the code or rate change every April 795 01:08:58,98 --> 01:09:03,50 and we get that information from our broker who uses 796 01:09:03,51 --> 01:09:08,73 a nationally accepted formula to determine where our parades are and that's what we 797 01:09:08,74 --> 01:09:13,39 base it off of that was negotiated that that would be the rate that we use to base 798 01:09:13,43 --> 01:09:15,38 our employee contributions on. 799 01:09:21,59 --> 01:09:28,11 So that I was fortunate to. Still see people who was what were some for. 800 01:09:29,24 --> 01:09:36,19 Which. I waited and. I would think seventy five 801 01:09:36,20 --> 01:09:42,29 percent are under your contract. So it. 802 01:09:46,19 --> 01:09:51,20 Sounds but it. Was or since. 803 01:09:55,45 --> 01:09:59,44 This is really becomes more and more important function I think going to the 804 01:10:00,07 --> 01:10:05,17 process or to the training involved or it took a lot of 805 01:10:05,18 --> 01:10:09,07 a little just my personal standpoint I fully support this because that's 806 01:10:09,69 --> 01:10:15,93 a pretty good. Point senator doing 807 01:10:16,49 --> 01:10:23,47 why. Whether this is going back and I think back on that we discuss issues to come 808 01:10:23,48 --> 01:10:27,00 up points up with what's a point of pride for me twenty eight hours 809 01:10:27,01 --> 01:10:31,28 a week OK so it doesn't have a stressful effect in 810 01:10:31,29 --> 01:10:36,40 a good value way because the city believe evaluate the they set the path that 811 01:10:36,63 --> 01:10:42,10 position what they're able to get done the calf the bike the jobs in the Senate and 812 01:10:42,11 --> 01:10:46,22 in the capacitor and then the compactness for the well yeah I mean that's the 813 01:10:46,41 --> 01:10:51,62 primary the primary back where you look to valuate. How the position is going to be 814 01:10:51,93 --> 01:10:55,86 everything to me if I stay calm the same way well are they going to be able to tap 815 01:10:55,90 --> 01:11:02,63 our heels have all the items and then be able to successfully shift over Joe to 816 01:11:02,64 --> 01:11:05,36 come back next year we need to be 817 01:11:05,37 --> 01:11:12,93 a full time this post about. Hiring 818 01:11:12,94 --> 01:11:14,22 somebody to be 819 01:11:14,23 --> 01:11:18,98 a twenty now or next week that you tell us with full time that person's willing to 820 01:11:18,99 --> 01:11:24,82 go part time you don't have to start all over treatment right well and I just said 821 01:11:24,83 --> 01:11:25,74 I will make 822 01:11:25,78 --> 01:11:31,37 a commitment to city council and that we are going to watch this because this is 823 01:11:31,55 --> 01:11:32,22 truly 824 01:11:32,96 --> 01:11:38,55 a huge benefit to the privy to Julie and Jess and I to be able to be able to have 825 01:11:38,56 --> 01:11:44,05 this other person we will make sure that we report back what we've been able to 826 01:11:44,06 --> 01:11:46,76 accomplish you know I'm not going to say that everything will be 827 01:11:46,77 --> 01:11:53,73 a win but to report back and let you know next year I have to be able to tell you 828 01:11:53,86 --> 01:11:59,73 why we could had so many successes I JUST HAVING need extra to hand and understand 829 01:11:59,74 --> 01:12:04,28 if you haven't had an opportunity to read the job description we set pretty high 830 01:12:04,29 --> 01:12:09,41 standards for this person we want somebody that's experience that has the education 831 01:12:09,41 --> 01:12:15,19 . We are at this point we're not looking for somebody that we need to take from the 832 01:12:15,20 --> 01:12:19,51 ground up not that there's anything bad with that if we were looking for 833 01:12:19,52 --> 01:12:24,56 a twenty eight hour person we want somebody that already has had boots on the 834 01:12:24,57 --> 01:12:24,87 ground 835 01:12:24,88 --> 01:12:31,09 a little bit and we can say you know we can use our entire famous ramp or now we 836 01:12:31,10 --> 01:12:34,69 can use our acronyms and not have to define them every time we turn around and 837 01:12:34,97 --> 01:12:36,17 we're hoping to really find 838 01:12:36,18 --> 01:12:42,52 a qualified person that is interested in coming to work here the city where on our 839 01:12:42,56 --> 01:12:48,93 small team Interestingly the city of Douglas currently recruiting the same time 840 01:12:49,43 --> 01:12:53,25 so be interested. We'll be able to compare notes with them it's like it was exactly 841 01:12:53,31 --> 01:12:58,05 like that our most recent efforts in part time positions were pretty successful 842 01:12:58,36 --> 01:13:02,34 just to kind of challenge our boys well it's 843 01:13:02,38 --> 01:13:09,02 a probably lower credit injury I'm not sure where we stand up with their I think I 844 01:13:09,03 --> 01:13:14,99 think what Tom is and we talk about the three of us to talk about is that we 845 01:13:15,00 --> 01:13:17,54 certainly want to reach out to some of those people be have 846 01:13:17,55 --> 01:13:23,20 a good repeat relationship with all of the partners in the area and certainly if 847 01:13:23,21 --> 01:13:26,62 they came down to maybe trip three that it was really 848 01:13:26,63 --> 01:13:31,71 a hard choice between we would want to know if they did other ones that didn't work 849 01:13:31,72 --> 01:13:34,88 so we could reach out from that they hate me now but talk about Delaware for 850 01:13:34,89 --> 01:13:41,54 a minute. That's not unusual we do it we've not had recruiting parts of positions 851 01:13:41,55 --> 01:13:46,92 we have pretty good success it's new economy that are home that might be doing 852 01:13:46,93 --> 01:13:53,72 something else and that time I have the skills and. And I think it's an attractive 853 01:13:53,73 --> 01:13:59,56 place and second place to absolutely it is. The question. 854 01:14:01,92 --> 01:14:03,06 Thank you all very much. 855 01:14:13,25 --> 01:14:19,71 You know. I don't really see. The 856 01:14:19,72 --> 01:14:26,12 signifier. Suiting the other five minutes. 857 01:14:28,95 --> 01:14:35,91 I think it's going to be. I'm from New England or so 858 01:14:35,92 --> 01:14:39,77 of them cute to being fast talker. So. 859 01:14:43,13 --> 01:14:46,27 I. Have a budgets 860 01:14:46,31 --> 01:14:52,38 a divisional budgets to talk about and I am only plan on giving the very highlights 861 01:14:52,43 --> 01:14:57,19 of each one I'll stop stop after each one of us asks any questions in that area 862 01:14:57,20 --> 01:15:01,19 before we move on another some specific questions the council members had so that 863 01:15:01,20 --> 01:15:05,39 be a good time to bring those up under those. Public Works does have 864 01:15:05,43 --> 01:15:10,22 a point six million dollars in combined budgets for the eight divisions that 865 01:15:10,23 --> 01:15:14,54 includes forty seven full time employees eight seasonal employees and one part time 866 01:15:14,55 --> 01:15:17,83 employee first division of the airport division which is 867 01:15:17,84 --> 01:15:20,17 a seven hundred forty one thousand dollar budget but 868 01:15:20,18 --> 01:15:24,83 a quarter the cost of personnel have to cost that budgets just fuels the US for jet 869 01:15:24,84 --> 01:15:29,81 fuel in general if the ation there are no staffing adjustments requested this time 870 01:15:30,26 --> 01:15:35,63 in the airport budget the balance of the items that I did talk about it's just the 871 01:15:35,64 --> 01:15:41,64 operational cost there was some concern that our general fund transfer it's 872 01:15:41,65 --> 01:15:44,68 eighteen thousand eight hundred dollars this year just to balance the budget right 873 01:15:44,69 --> 01:15:50,54 there as only represents actually to happen on the total budget. But there are 874 01:15:50,58 --> 01:15:55,19 significant infrastructure needs there we did take out painting one of the 875 01:15:55,20 --> 01:15:58,98 buildings we have pavement growing pavement need that won't be grant covered we 876 01:15:58,99 --> 01:16:02,75 have building roofing needs out there so it's going to have to be an additional 877 01:16:02,76 --> 01:16:08,21 resource revenue resource to be able to continue to manage that we are discussing 878 01:16:08,31 --> 01:16:10,78 right now I think you're we're reviewing the T. 879 01:16:10,79 --> 01:16:15,90 Hangar tied down associated fees and rate the airport to look at what's what if 880 01:16:15,91 --> 01:16:19,24 there's possible just there in order to balance out or E. 881 01:16:19,28 --> 01:16:23,59 Or even creates more revenue I imagine we'll take that information to the airport 882 01:16:23,60 --> 01:16:29,62 commission first for some discussion and back to the body at any question on the 883 01:16:29,70 --> 01:16:34,19 airport. Next is the 884 01:16:34,20 --> 01:16:37,35 a building maintenance division it's four hundred ten thousand dollars of the eight 885 01:16:37,36 --> 01:16:38,98 point six million yen about 886 01:16:38,99 --> 01:16:43,58 a quarter that cost is personnel on nearly half as materials and services to manage 887 01:16:43,59 --> 01:16:47,81 the buildings that we take care of up in the budget I think there's 888 01:16:47,82 --> 01:16:50,93 a there's an item in there under facility improvements showing twenty thousand two 889 01:16:50,94 --> 01:16:55,02 hundred dollars and has various things in there one of the items that we requested 890 01:16:55,03 --> 01:16:59,56 to put in there and city manager was improving twenty explained Street which is the 891 01:16:59,57 --> 01:17:03,99 former engineering building because it is looking pretty hunger the outside our 892 01:17:04,00 --> 01:17:08,08 estimates right now are for twenty thousand dollars maybe even more to take care of 893 01:17:08,09 --> 01:17:12,79 the painting repainting and replacing some of the wood work on that other items 894 01:17:12,80 --> 01:17:16,71 that we did it originally request were to do some work on the coupal here in City 895 01:17:16,72 --> 01:17:21,09 Hall and to do some change out of some the locks here so he halted electric system 896 01:17:21,86 --> 01:17:25,76 the twenty thousand two hundred can be divided either way but we can accomplish all 897 01:17:25,77 --> 01:17:30,98 those goals without money so at this point what to set our priorities in likely 898 01:17:30,99 --> 01:17:35,00 that building because it looks so bad up front probably needs when tension but I 899 01:17:35,01 --> 01:17:40,59 really think the big picture of what we do with that building keep still is in 900 01:17:40,60 --> 01:17:45,28 place so we're not it's winter time so we're not going to spend that money come 901 01:17:45,29 --> 01:17:49,40 January when you have some distant thought discussion how we do implement that 902 01:17:49,41 --> 01:17:52,32 particular line item. There was 903 01:17:52,33 --> 01:17:56,27 a staffing adjustment request of the non-approved that was to convert the part time 904 01:17:56,27 --> 01:17:59,37 . Technician means technician to 905 01:17:59,38 --> 01:18:03,98 a full time position that's it so we can improve our level sores on the customer 906 01:18:03,99 --> 01:18:07,95 service our internal customer service for building maintenance items and become 907 01:18:07,96 --> 01:18:13,63 more proactive in maintenance and trust me and issues specifically with dealing 908 01:18:13,64 --> 01:18:14,60 with one company for 909 01:18:14,61 --> 01:18:19,05 a place painting moving actions almost all the items and taking care of your house 910 01:18:19,43 --> 01:18:23,77 you know better manage predict those things and get on top of it the additional 911 01:18:23,78 --> 01:18:28,04 hours with that we'd be able to have that capacity right now we're very reactionary 912 01:18:28,05 --> 01:18:30,04 on a daily basis we get C.S.R.S. 913 01:18:30,05 --> 01:18:33,95 Every morning have to go take care of number of failed things in compliance and 914 01:18:33,96 --> 01:18:38,98 issues in the city so again that was an approved and will continue to supplement 915 01:18:39,20 --> 01:18:44,64 building maintenance by taking street street to Vision hours and have to supplement 916 01:18:44,65 --> 01:18:48,28 the building maintenance operation for example today the building maintenance 917 01:18:48,29 --> 01:18:52,91 neither one of the employees one part time was working today and Scott stock was 918 01:18:52,92 --> 01:18:56,63 off they were the sick child so our street department had to perform the building 919 01:18:56,64 --> 01:19:02,10 maintenance functions today let's talk. About this second get my head around this. 920 01:19:03,81 --> 01:19:09,97 Or this request to hear this because that's. Just for me. 921 01:19:11,51 --> 01:19:11,99 To git 922 01:19:12,04 --> 01:19:19,80 a. Part that first or reaction oh it's just more of an action. Yet 923 01:19:19,81 --> 01:19:26,69 to take over the street crews in order to do this. You know 924 01:19:27,00 --> 01:19:33,63 what does that mean. What's the cost what do you mean how many 925 01:19:33,95 --> 01:19:39,07 lives out of that out of the dollar cost to be employed. What we're not doing so 926 01:19:39,26 --> 01:19:42,54 we're doing really made until we see we're not doing street work now certain times 927 01:19:42,55 --> 01:19:46,58 a year if it's really poor maybe we can afford to have a street fellow on 928 01:19:46,59 --> 01:19:53,27 a rainy day or winter day help out but in general. From April through 929 01:19:53,28 --> 01:19:57,24 October we want to be doing as much street work as possible and we're putting three 930 01:19:57,25 --> 01:20:00,72 hundred dollars or four hundred hours of time into building maintenance to support 931 01:20:00,73 --> 01:20:04,97 supplement that just it's three hundred forty dollars on street work work social 932 01:20:04,98 --> 01:20:10,25 work with up to that was before and. I think some are some of the mentioned some of 933 01:20:10,26 --> 01:20:15,61 the. Good. Service to the H. 934 01:20:15,62 --> 01:20:20,52 Macy her home you know that stuff that they're all kind of having So those are some 935 01:20:20,53 --> 01:20:26,35 of the best get contracted out correct so I understand that since there's no one to 936 01:20:26,36 --> 01:20:31,34 do that sort of these objects tree person it was to the city that he got to not try 937 01:20:31,48 --> 01:20:35,94 that with that. Or with that custom contract that's up 938 01:20:35,95 --> 01:20:40,42 a little bit in both to him within the budget there is 939 01:20:40,43 --> 01:20:44,80 a significant cost for Contract Services that's including the budget nuggets of 940 01:20:45,41 --> 01:20:48,86 discomforts the system that works in Europe and in some of the work you have to 941 01:20:49,31 --> 01:20:54,94 think that since we. Are at. Sixty one. 942 01:20:56,57 --> 01:21:03,39 So you know through decreased Henjak service I have picked some street cred to do 943 01:21:03,40 --> 01:21:09,03 that. Yeah I think in terms of how much context of us 944 01:21:09,04 --> 01:21:13,47 a lot of the contracts are versus preventive maintenance type of things for systems 945 01:21:13,48 --> 01:21:17,62 like the glycol systems on fire suppression systems elevators that they're 946 01:21:17,63 --> 01:21:23,79 specialized Anyways those will continue to to be contracted out. 947 01:21:25,15 --> 01:21:30,62 It's it's it's more of the the day to day is the day to day call ins for. 948 01:21:31,84 --> 01:21:36,44 This door handles not working or restoring fixed that's the type of stuff that this 949 01:21:36,63 --> 01:21:40,89 part time position spends all the time working on as well as diagnosing some of the 950 01:21:40,90 --> 01:21:42,63 larger problems along with 951 01:21:42,64 --> 01:21:49,20 a full time employee as well as the cost difference between. Our time stepping onto 952 01:21:49,58 --> 01:21:53,18 a single vote. Person they're looking for 953 01:21:53,19 --> 01:21:56,94 a full time or taking have to all could be taking taking 954 01:21:56,95 --> 01:22:02,11 a part of the kind of the. I think those forty four thousand dollars is what Dean 955 01:22:02,12 --> 01:22:08,26 had in the intel to it it was what it was four times that's about twenty four 956 01:22:08,27 --> 01:22:13,41 additional forty four thousand Yes and they eat at 957 01:22:13,42 --> 01:22:18,18 a park in for. The little good that is. 958 01:22:21,88 --> 01:22:26,99 The current the current cost that position is twenty two thousand years on the part 959 01:22:26,100 --> 01:22:32,08 time so it's forty it's double the cost of the question. So that's why that part 960 01:22:32,09 --> 01:22:38,03 time that's that's. Sour the part time person twenty two thousand but that is I 961 01:22:38,04 --> 01:22:42,74 think us that you could because of the street we're going to come in you know we're 962 01:22:42,78 --> 01:22:48,02 in all that stuff correct so if you're still paying then you were tapped out it's 963 01:22:48,03 --> 01:22:53,00 just come just keep it up right. Since it's additional capacity the city would 964 01:22:53,01 --> 01:22:57,27 either obviously have more cost to it or not going to take with street workers 965 01:22:57,38 --> 01:23:01,20 costs we're still paying for that it just adds capacity within building maintenance 966 01:23:01,21 --> 01:23:07,46 to become what I'd like I'd like to say more proactive in that we do. On you know 967 01:23:07,75 --> 01:23:14,74 do more work is out there in and do other stuff too I skipped it's been going so so 968 01:23:14,75 --> 01:23:21,71 this part time person. The team want to learn the current person does 969 01:23:21,72 --> 01:23:23,88 not offer a quote I'm glad I'm 970 01:23:23,89 --> 01:23:30,69 a young lab and we also we also feel he indicated he can retire he came back 971 01:23:30,70 --> 01:23:36,20 to us when we had NO NO folks in the position he came back he stored for us to help 972 01:23:36,21 --> 01:23:38,81 us out his intention wasn't to become 973 01:23:39,36 --> 01:23:44,84 a point seven hour twenty seven forty per person which we have become and he's 974 01:23:44,85 --> 01:23:50,81 a great guy but you know it's very difficult He's also elderly but he can't do that 975 01:23:50,85 --> 01:23:56,57 he can't perform some of things like awesome Floyd and he has indicated that he's 976 01:23:56,61 --> 01:24:00,56 he's done his time here would like to be able to leave but doesn't want to leave us 977 01:24:00,57 --> 01:24:03,81 hanging So the question because we can get 978 01:24:03,82 --> 01:24:07,95 a qualified part time person back or part time person we've made 979 01:24:07,96 --> 01:24:14,91 a request for consideration for the full time so your request was to mine 980 01:24:14,92 --> 01:24:21,71 too good to. Know that was good that was request correct and I mean 981 01:24:21,81 --> 01:24:28,56 are you calling like. I have Hartman and we are going. They thought so 982 01:24:28,60 --> 01:24:32,26 then but what are clear is for him that what it does for the one of the age we have 983 01:24:32,27 --> 01:24:36,80 now is only our full time person can come in and do those things so our one full 984 01:24:36,81 --> 01:24:41,79 time person is the only person on call seven nights we can all weekend long every 985 01:24:41,80 --> 01:24:44,91 single week of so what we end up doing is if we do get 986 01:24:44,92 --> 01:24:49,71 a call that person out of town and would call around we can find usually 987 01:24:49,75 --> 01:24:55,54 a person from streets to be able to come in and assist with the cleanup or whatever 988 01:24:55,55 --> 01:24:58,90 the situation is and 989 01:24:58,91 --> 01:25:02,72 a lot of times would be Charles being the superintendent of that he'll be the one 990 01:25:02,73 --> 01:25:05,67 that would would have to do the call at work as well. 991 01:25:12,13 --> 01:25:19,06 I mean for the fact you know I think it was it came down just the cost and 992 01:25:19,13 --> 01:25:23,23 we were competing with in terms of the overall works like it's if you take 993 01:25:23,24 --> 01:25:23,60 a look at 994 01:25:23,93 --> 01:25:30,46 a transfer that went. Street agents or we were transferring it to pounce on the 995 01:25:30,47 --> 01:25:36,26 team which first we're transferring it to another sixteen to compete at St It's 996 01:25:36,27 --> 01:25:42,74 a canary it's still the same it's still single part I think it has merit in his 997 01:25:42,75 --> 01:25:47,56 council staff and that that that's the priority we would come back you in states is 998 01:25:47,57 --> 01:25:52,25 what you would just I would recommend you look at I guess is the question about 999 01:25:52,26 --> 01:25:58,32 whether to permanent part time positions. Versus one plant addition. 1000 01:26:00,30 --> 01:26:05,57 I think about what I want to lead and men think about what I'm yeah I mean look at 1001 01:26:05,58 --> 01:26:10,13 the Book of people to see what the students didn't see a problem because of 1002 01:26:10,14 --> 01:26:14,50 a yes. Or No First of all 1003 01:26:14,51 --> 01:26:20,37 a bit of. You know I'm not I'm not 1004 01:26:21,05 --> 01:26:26,58 entirely convinced that there's any you know I think there's been 1005 01:26:26,62 --> 01:26:27,80 a deep there probably is 1006 01:26:27,81 --> 01:26:34,27 a need skating's piece of that. Back is that we're going to reduce our contracted 1007 01:26:34,82 --> 01:26:41,51 color and. You know forty five thousand dollars because we I don't that's 1008 01:26:41,52 --> 01:26:47,25 less I was convinced of that and I mean she did lose the. Right. 1009 01:26:49,26 --> 01:26:54,98 And somebody to do productive work so well more. 1010 01:26:56,21 --> 01:26:57,38 Right that we do have 1011 01:26:57,39 --> 01:27:04,11 a full time building super wise I mean beneficently abolitionists we have 1012 01:27:04,12 --> 01:27:08,82 a lot we have a couple numbers but. I've you know that's 1013 01:27:08,83 --> 01:27:11,32 a priority I. It's just 1014 01:27:11,33 --> 01:27:15,71 a matter of what we're going to have to reduce to something is going to happen. In 1015 01:27:15,72 --> 01:27:21,97 reduced to fun and I think the question would be work for Bill perhaps not right 1016 01:27:22,03 --> 01:27:23,52 now but what if 1017 01:27:23,53 --> 01:27:28,36 a net cost of fifty pounds and I'll get one of these what is it not going to do I 1018 01:27:28,37 --> 01:27:34,68 don't have. To dig through it no you know I'm going to the other part of this is 1019 01:27:35,02 --> 01:27:41,53 step sixteen. Going to get exactly the you know just the condition you were just 1020 01:27:41,54 --> 01:27:46,34 talking out of the entire season on our positions you see in that description you 1021 01:27:46,65 --> 01:27:53,12 see so modest or parks in this and seasonal hours in cycling. In the second year 1022 01:27:53,16 --> 01:27:55,32 it's in there is. Just 1023 01:27:55,33 --> 01:28:01,54 a memory. From my brothers we give them sneakers and I would like to see 1024 01:28:02,36 --> 01:28:03,05 at least 1025 01:28:03,49 --> 01:28:10,23 a proposal that would have you. Know the meaning of the 1026 01:28:10,24 --> 01:28:16,37 act of going to church and what to get it would be to do Yeah that's yeah I think 1027 01:28:16,38 --> 01:28:22,83 any dollars to spend all day actually all he hands on work today 1028 01:28:23,73 --> 01:28:30,69 this is money that we've seen immediately turn There's this time for other type 1029 01:28:31,25 --> 01:28:34,18 of jobs that this man but we have 1030 01:28:34,19 --> 01:28:40,19 a need requires hands on news that we just need to grasp at the current time. 1031 01:28:41,82 --> 01:28:48,80 We're. Going to need some sort of you know I 1032 01:28:48,81 --> 01:28:53,26 know you do that with any which I work with Tom I'm going to provide information 1033 01:28:53,27 --> 01:29:00,03 just. Like you would cost and. I'll admit how many just what we 1034 01:29:00,04 --> 01:29:00,29 need 1035 01:29:00,30 --> 01:29:07,15 a lot of that snow this year was last welcomed ha. Ha well I mean Pops 1036 01:29:07,16 --> 01:29:13,75 tonight. Is going to be good we'll have used to clean it and painted 1037 01:29:14,50 --> 01:29:21,11 them. Last time we did the movie I. Just 1038 01:29:21,12 --> 01:29:28,11 always placed it. Thirty years ago. And I still want to get it we don't want 1039 01:29:28,12 --> 01:29:34,93 twenty thousand dollars to paint. Your opponent. Paint house 1040 01:29:35,72 --> 01:29:41,48 is one just painting right I think. The first was that what to do with it I didn't 1041 01:29:41,49 --> 01:29:45,81 think of that I think that would become Why didn't that work I don't want to fight 1042 01:29:45,86 --> 01:29:51,71 right now I want to be one of. The populated by the land or maybe. 1043 01:29:54,25 --> 01:30:00,43 It would probably occur. Should move on sir that are you OK 1044 01:30:01,26 --> 01:30:05,23 engineering traffic division traffic I actually talk about separately but 1045 01:30:05,56 --> 01:30:09,45 engineering is one point three million dollars of that mission number ninety three 1046 01:30:09,46 --> 01:30:13,78 percent is just the personal professional services its largest personnel cost and 1047 01:30:13,79 --> 01:30:17,90 that department for team building has been the item of the fourteen thousand dollar 1048 01:30:17,91 --> 01:30:22,92 cost to replace our large format printers our plan printer it's beyond its useful 1049 01:30:22,93 --> 01:30:27,12 life under maintenance continuously we can no longer get parts to replace to parts 1050 01:30:27,13 --> 01:30:31,80 for that and we've actually this is our fourth year that we've structured this into 1051 01:30:31,81 --> 01:30:37,34 trying to make it possible that longer. That we know well we're working to see 1052 01:30:37,38 --> 01:30:44,09 which is which is going to be the most economical way to do that. There's 1053 01:30:44,10 --> 01:30:46,78 a reclassification of our project engineer he became and is 1054 01:30:46,79 --> 01:30:52,73 a P one john green because of non engineer as he has since achieved his P.C. 1055 01:30:52,74 --> 01:30:57,80 Also become our primary flame developer reviewer is now on our to be our bikeway 1056 01:30:58,79 --> 01:31:04,25 master planner also when it comes to most a model isn't He's our lead C.I.V. 1057 01:31:04,81 --> 01:31:07,67 a Coordinator also and he has achieved 1058 01:31:07,68 --> 01:31:12,23 a speedy license so I'd like to promote him to the future position it's 1059 01:31:12,24 --> 01:31:16,20 a seven thousand dollars promotion and again he is a he's 1060 01:31:16,21 --> 01:31:22,73 a key person that apartment for capital. We can talk real quick about that we ask 1061 01:31:22,74 --> 01:31:26,73 for restoration right away inspector might program that position until two thousand 1062 01:31:26,74 --> 01:31:30,72 and eleven when he transferred utility at that time in the downturn we chose not to 1063 01:31:30,73 --> 01:31:35,72 fill that position and try to incorporate what was left of those duties time within 1064 01:31:35,73 --> 01:31:41,09 the department and that's largely worked up to the point where we had uptick again 1065 01:31:41,35 --> 01:31:46,96 and now we are able to between the engineering Public Works process applications 1066 01:31:46,97 --> 01:31:51,47 what we're really able to provide and the onsite inspection I'm at this point with 1067 01:31:51,48 --> 01:31:55,58 the staffing level of work we have right now so we know what's going on we can tell 1068 01:31:55,59 --> 01:31:57,16 you if something happened we get 1069 01:31:57,17 --> 01:32:01,10 a lot of calls we can find out who was there and call them but we can't actually 1070 01:32:01,44 --> 01:32:06,43 put our eyes on the work as it's going on like we used to be able to do so it's 1071 01:32:06,44 --> 01:32:10,18 just going to make you aware of what that filling up position or restoring the 1072 01:32:10,19 --> 01:32:11,43 position of Bentley is 1073 01:32:11,44 --> 01:32:16,47 a priority I think in the city to protect our infrastructure but it's at this point 1074 01:32:16,48 --> 01:32:18,63 again like so many dimensions it's 1075 01:32:18,64 --> 01:32:22,19 a balancing of what positions we can and can't but it's 1076 01:32:22,20 --> 01:32:27,48 a important I think for the city that that council years ago thought we need his 1077 01:32:27,49 --> 01:32:28,81 position and it's still 1078 01:32:28,82 --> 01:32:34,12 a lot of oil if we were to refill those positions some point would restructure to 1079 01:32:34,13 --> 01:32:38,89 have more broad based utility and strictly watch things out in the field the 1080 01:32:38,90 --> 01:32:45,69 provide assistance across multiple divisions. Any questions on the engineering side 1081 01:32:46,85 --> 01:32:53,05 I said just as you know. And support it that's right 1082 01:32:53,60 --> 01:33:00,05 actor as well as his determination interact. Issue went for Mitt Romney 1083 01:33:00,47 --> 01:33:07,30 eels is one of the that's just the ones dilemma where. Before 1084 01:33:07,66 --> 01:33:13,57 this year. It's been this problem has been on the front of the departments just 1085 01:33:13,58 --> 01:33:18,58 trying to get the applications timely managed were what what's happening is we're 1086 01:33:18,59 --> 01:33:25,06 having to take longer to fill in and process applications and. You know should we 1087 01:33:25,07 --> 01:33:27,65 not have this position ever again at least with 1088 01:33:27,66 --> 01:33:33,14 a piece of paper to backtrack to say well this is title so this is probably who it 1089 01:33:33,15 --> 01:33:37,64 was because I did work here four months ago so let's call them and see versus 1090 01:33:37,75 --> 01:33:40,25 having the eyes right there think well want to do this for 1091 01:33:40,26 --> 01:33:45,66 a standard as opposed to just like for example must control there was someone doing 1092 01:33:45,67 --> 01:33:49,24 gas service yesterday or in the right away under the sidewalk and I'm like I really 1093 01:33:49,43 --> 01:33:52,58 hope they restore that right but we don't have that from we would have had 1094 01:33:52,59 --> 01:33:56,49 a person right there to watch that but we you know least have an outpatient let us 1095 01:33:56,50 --> 01:34:03,35 know who's up there good work. What measures you. In. 1096 01:34:04,57 --> 01:34:11,42 One thing. We've got expecting this is going to 1097 01:34:11,43 --> 01:34:16,55 cost your US We'll talk about that other traffic yes we've got that cup and we're 1098 01:34:16,56 --> 01:34:22,09 going to get through it once we get something in terms of the thing yes that's. 1099 01:34:23,48 --> 01:34:28,88 Actually I'm almost going to look at it and I just it's happened here because we 1100 01:34:28,89 --> 01:34:35,53 didn't get this. So how far did it but that this is another one of people are 1101 01:34:35,54 --> 01:34:37,91 coming well because it's 1102 01:34:37,92 --> 01:34:43,15 a significant position and what we can what we can do is one of the company gas 1103 01:34:43,16 --> 01:34:45,14 projects which has struck the Northwest would be 1104 01:34:45,15 --> 01:34:50,04 a very destructive project or effect of the streets when the applicant finally 1105 01:34:50,05 --> 01:34:54,60 Smith we can ask them to pay the cost of providing an inspector for that type of 1106 01:34:54,61 --> 01:34:59,50 really large job and any job the code really does is that flexibility when someone 1107 01:34:59,51 --> 01:35:01,05 comes in and just wants to do 1108 01:35:01,06 --> 01:35:04,54 a minor improvement right away at their house it's harder to charge 1109 01:35:04,55 --> 01:35:09,70 a homeowner and just five hundred dollars to pay for the cost of hiring inspector 1110 01:35:10,10 --> 01:35:13,83 where we just have someone stop by and OK it's something that's being done how much 1111 01:35:13,84 --> 01:35:18,01 of the building department operates with those inspections. It is important to the 1112 01:35:18,02 --> 01:35:23,80 city and we do. Our program in terms of the residential lots actually new houses 1113 01:35:23,81 --> 01:35:28,25 come on very effective and it's probably caught well over ninety five percent of 1114 01:35:28,26 --> 01:35:32,88 deficiencies suffer most from came from we expanded that into the right away to try 1115 01:35:32,89 --> 01:35:37,20 to take care of issues there as well well the eyes out there there are some issues 1116 01:35:37,21 --> 01:35:40,83 that are probably happening in terms of damage to sidewalks until these things like 1117 01:35:40,84 --> 01:35:46,09 that so it is an important position it's one that we just have been 1118 01:35:46,10 --> 01:35:52,23 a to get by in the paperwork side but not so much in the field 1119 01:35:52,84 --> 01:35:56,34 don't have. Access to more money and 1120 01:35:56,35 --> 01:36:02,16 a lot methinks thinking because we're not there to see what's going on what I think 1121 01:36:02,17 --> 01:36:06,35 will I think on that specific project we're going to have to require plenty of gas 1122 01:36:06,78 --> 01:36:07,39 to provide 1123 01:36:07,43 --> 01:36:11,89 a full time Specter out there because Greg disrupts so many properties and so many 1124 01:36:11,90 --> 01:36:17,09 homeowners are NOT be satisfied with how. We'll hire will how we can hire 1125 01:36:17,10 --> 01:36:21,46 inspectors through our special for you know quality control section who give us for 1126 01:36:21,47 --> 01:36:26,04 inspectors from and we'll sign that person to that job and have the gas put on 1127 01:36:26,05 --> 01:36:30,91 deposit the estimated cost to put that person out there for six months or eight 1128 01:36:30,92 --> 01:36:36,74 months to thank the media and coming up with paper like craft OK so we can cover 1129 01:36:36,75 --> 01:36:42,89 those big issues. Grodd Rotary or fleet as we know is next. 1130 01:36:44,22 --> 01:36:48,20 There was no staffing adjustments requested with that and this is to stand items in 1131 01:36:48,21 --> 01:36:49,87 there this we requested 1132 01:36:49,88 --> 01:36:54,45 a higher dollar to. Purchase fleet management software which will do it also 1133 01:36:54,46 --> 01:36:57,56 everything by paper in fleet manager or trying to convert to 1134 01:36:57,57 --> 01:36:58,65 a digital to provide us 1135 01:36:58,66 --> 01:37:03,54 a lot more flexibility and accountability we can we reduce that mount down to ten 1136 01:37:03,55 --> 01:37:07,20 thousand dollars leaving there are some software packages out there that will get 1137 01:37:07,21 --> 01:37:10,67 us beginning steps of converting our Hopefully program into 1138 01:37:10,68 --> 01:37:16,69 a digital program first monitoring part ordering service request and that's that's 1139 01:37:16,70 --> 01:37:21,96 the beginning step it's an important step to take in I'm agreeable to the amount to 1140 01:37:21,97 --> 01:37:25,98 get that project moving forward to get some software involved in the fleet 1141 01:37:25,99 --> 01:37:32,64 management Russell skin to spend has been ten thousand five hundred to repair ads 1142 01:37:32,65 --> 01:37:36,39 and drainage improvements in the actual fleet for area that building was done in 1143 01:37:36,40 --> 01:37:40,53 a perfectly flat floor so in the winter time vehicles come in water comes off of 1144 01:37:40,54 --> 01:37:44,48 when it sits there and mechanics have to work in the water day and night so this 1145 01:37:44,49 --> 01:37:50,72 will just be able to drive that for people that for. Any questions on the garage to 1146 01:37:50,73 --> 01:37:54,83 Solid Waste Collection which is really combined refuse them just like an operation 1147 01:37:55,15 --> 01:37:59,12 it's one that's one of the largest budgetary two point eight million dollars of 1148 01:37:59,13 --> 01:38:03,44 costs forty percent personnel thirty percent is just to confuse of that money so 1149 01:38:03,45 --> 01:38:08,18 it's a significant amount again we have no purchased best most requested of them 1150 01:38:08,19 --> 01:38:13,43 a thousand hours of seasonal help we did request that's largely just to be in this 1151 01:38:13,44 --> 01:38:18,99 time but for right now to help with all the lease collection all the lead bags it's 1152 01:38:19,03 --> 01:38:22,30 again it's one of those operations that we have to supplement with different people 1153 01:38:22,31 --> 01:38:27,54 to make sure it happens if it becomes so heavy when someone calls or people call it 1154 01:38:27,55 --> 01:38:31,93 becomes very difficult to do that the season Mahler's will be that person just help 1155 01:38:31,94 --> 01:38:38,86 on the back of the truck throwing things all day. We are progressing in the budget 1156 01:38:38,87 --> 01:38:42,16 of news but by the cycling vehicle that's why there's 1157 01:38:42,17 --> 01:38:44,46 a two hundred thirty three thousand dollars item in there that that's 1158 01:38:44,47 --> 01:38:49,03 a very expensive truck but that's doubly how we collect our recycling and able to 1159 01:38:49,04 --> 01:38:53,90 do the separate fiber versus mixed we're also submitting a D.K.M. 1160 01:38:53,91 --> 01:38:57,70 Grant push here to help offset across of recycling Quitman 1161 01:38:57,74 --> 01:39:02,48 a million loader to help our sorting separating forms like the authorization if we 1162 01:39:02,49 --> 01:39:03,71 get that we can produce 1163 01:39:03,72 --> 01:39:09,32 a cost twenty percent for the city we are in promised still reviewing 1164 01:39:09,33 --> 01:39:13,11 a residential commercial collection rates and some questions regarding that we're 1165 01:39:13,24 --> 01:39:17,55 we're in process of the final steps that we meaning with us to be managed office 1166 01:39:17,56 --> 01:39:22,20 and would be to look for more at that but it looks like our rates are still very 1167 01:39:22,21 --> 01:39:26,09 competitive right where they are with with the private sector especially when it 1168 01:39:26,10 --> 01:39:31,21 comes to residential. And where I value store value in the commercial rates as well 1169 01:39:32,50 --> 01:39:37,00 we've already talked about evaluating downtown collection practices making some 1170 01:39:37,01 --> 01:39:41,31 policy adjustments. And then we are also looking at adding 1171 01:39:41,32 --> 01:39:46,88 a bulk item residential collection this year for our so we can pick up that lazy 1172 01:39:46,89 --> 01:39:52,12 boy or that couch or LPN or whatever residents like to throw out we can currently 1173 01:39:52,13 --> 01:39:57,83 handle. Those programs what my intention would be bring you know work fine to the 1174 01:39:57,87 --> 01:40:03,32 city manager and team and bring those back to Public Works Committee to talk some 1175 01:40:03,33 --> 01:40:07,79 real specific details about those before we bring it back for full council that's 1176 01:40:08,18 --> 01:40:12,20 the charge we have to house or that's what we're looking at right now to see how 1177 01:40:12,21 --> 01:40:15,91 that could fit into the time we have and the other probably have been charged with 1178 01:40:15,92 --> 01:40:21,65 assault to pay for the cost. But if we can package it well enough to get it charged 1179 01:40:21,66 --> 01:40:26,45 may be fairly minimal. I think no Most would talk to say if they could pay someone 1180 01:40:26,46 --> 01:40:31,07 twenty five dollars to come get rid of something that gladly that I So that's the 1181 01:40:31,08 --> 01:40:38,05 service we're trying to look at. Rob we're still evaluating 1182 01:40:38,06 --> 01:40:39,59 now I've sat and it's 1183 01:40:39,60 --> 01:40:44,30 a long discussion probably for that for this night. I've got the history of why the 1184 01:40:44,31 --> 01:40:48,44 problem exists we are right now to revamp or is working one on one with 1185 01:40:48,45 --> 01:40:52,44 a two prong collar Fenders but the two problem properties to try to see if we can 1186 01:40:52,45 --> 01:40:57,17 adjust their will is adjust their schedule to try to to try to address some of the 1187 01:40:57,18 --> 01:41:00,80 issues we see out there and that's our first line there's 1188 01:41:00,81 --> 01:41:05,09 a larger picture in terms of I want to be able to work with the committee and show 1189 01:41:05,10 --> 01:41:10,04 him exactly why things happen the way they do and then and then kind of bounce my 1190 01:41:10,05 --> 01:41:13,96 dues across the across Public Works Committee in terms of ways we could maybe 1191 01:41:13,97 --> 01:41:18,66 adjust it largely system doesn't work after spending the there's 1192 01:41:18,67 --> 01:41:23,15 a lot of refuse put out the streets on the sidewalk and plop it all collected 1193 01:41:23,36 --> 01:41:28,08 certain areas to stand out because of the location I guess here's my question on 1194 01:41:28,09 --> 01:41:32,11 that I was asked this question by the business owner why wouldn't I just put my 1195 01:41:32,12 --> 01:41:38,86 trash out on that walk why am I paying for it dumpster. Back. Again without getting 1196 01:41:38,87 --> 01:41:39,00 into 1197 01:41:39,01 --> 01:41:43,95 a lot of detail but people who put out front are going to we do have certain businesses 1198 01:41:43,99 --> 01:41:47,54 who are permitted to put out for him and you pay for that service as well so it's 1199 01:41:47,55 --> 01:41:51,45 a permitted service to have out there just not everybody is following 1200 01:41:52,22 --> 01:41:52,90 a prescription 1201 01:41:52,91 --> 01:41:57,56 a pipe supposed to do that or what day or time frame we want that out there not the 1202 01:41:57,57 --> 01:42:01,68 problem with this is some attendants just put it out there when they want to as 1203 01:42:01,69 --> 01:42:06,53 opposed to and when we'd like to. So we're trying to get more we're trying to 1204 01:42:06,54 --> 01:42:08,96 manage more with the new owners to have them 1205 01:42:09,00 --> 01:42:13,24 a little more liability in their tenants to say please make them do it at this time 1206 01:42:13,45 --> 01:42:17,42 we don't know what time are we acting people to do that but right now under 1207 01:42:17,43 --> 01:42:23,20 residential it's we will ask all trust to be out before seven am most put the trash 1208 01:42:23,21 --> 01:42:29,52 just like the neighborhood out the day the night for. An afternoon. Or. 1209 01:42:31,13 --> 01:42:36,81 That's not right how often are we picking it up three times was for I mean I mean I 1210 01:42:36,82 --> 01:42:40,83 think they're pick it up Monday morning the other items out Sunday and goes on to 1211 01:42:40,84 --> 01:42:41,02 get 1212 01:42:41,03 --> 01:42:47,83 a my going out I'll sit there all day and. This you know what I'm trying to understand 1213 01:42:47,84 --> 01:42:49,16 is we're picking up three times 1214 01:42:49,17 --> 01:42:55,11 a week from simply the same location downtown complex which were frequent because 1215 01:42:55,12 --> 01:43:01,96 of that volume OK because I live in the apartment above open I can put my 1216 01:43:01,97 --> 01:43:02,83 trash out three times 1217 01:43:02,84 --> 01:43:07,53 a leaf now we do it with you and for those who are subscribing to service Monday is 1218 01:43:07,54 --> 01:43:11,36 a collection time we service downtown three times may go up because we have 1219 01:43:11,37 --> 01:43:15,48 a camp downtown so it's run through and pick up on this public street in three 1220 01:43:15,49 --> 01:43:15,76 times 1221 01:43:15,77 --> 01:43:21,26 a week but Monday is the day we ask for those who subscribe to the service to have 1222 01:43:21,27 --> 01:43:28,22 the refuse out by Monday morning. So the. Hope is that there's 1223 01:43:28,23 --> 01:43:33,41 not more than just one week some in some go to some people do just agree to 1224 01:43:33,74 --> 01:43:36,87 everything in the day then why don't we just send them 1225 01:43:36,88 --> 01:43:41,61 a bill for having to pick up the trash if we're filling them for one final week and 1226 01:43:41,62 --> 01:43:48,55 we're having to pick it up more. That's. Up 1227 01:43:48,59 --> 01:43:55,25 to us yes we always are all good questions and I asked all these things questions 1228 01:43:55,26 --> 01:43:59,83 to try to understand exactly how these problems come up they're all very valid and 1229 01:43:59,83 --> 01:44:02,71 . And after spending 1230 01:44:02,97 --> 01:44:07,76 a couple hours understanding this issue I can say it's very very complex trying to 1231 01:44:07,77 --> 01:44:12,16 resolve just we're trying to get one hundred percent compliance we're talking about 1232 01:44:12,17 --> 01:44:14,17 ninety five percent one hundred percent is 1233 01:44:14,18 --> 01:44:19,07 a high high cost to get that last five percent compliance downtown like you'd like 1234 01:44:19,08 --> 01:44:24,29 in any problem trying to solve the big lad in that format talk and greater detail 1235 01:44:24,30 --> 01:44:31,14 regarding that. Bill I had two questions when just. Going 1236 01:44:31,15 --> 01:44:36,96 back to the truck incident or so I think 1237 01:44:36,97 --> 01:44:42,76 a fire burning in mixed streams so now it is at like we had this discussion here 1238 01:44:43,19 --> 01:44:50,07 some cardboard had to be circumcised right otherwise right is 1239 01:44:50,45 --> 01:44:55,41 this the same as you at the same and it's the same Yep same tribe same issues ask 1240 01:44:55,42 --> 01:45:02,10 the right parameters so it's the most part most presidents do break it down and the 1241 01:45:02,11 --> 01:45:06,60 odd case was on hold up the big box our guys now instead of leaving and ask you 1242 01:45:06,61 --> 01:45:10,77 know and have to go back out to her anyways they just work with US residents and 1243 01:45:10,78 --> 01:45:17,54 take care of it in one. It's like I don't that's why I don't recycle but but there 1244 01:45:17,55 --> 01:45:24,37 are limits to getting in there and I. Got the place. 1245 01:45:25,72 --> 01:45:31,49 Then the other question isn't talked about this year it's about looking at using 1246 01:45:31,56 --> 01:45:37,80 different size containers just not restricting that small container. To the album 1247 01:45:37,81 --> 01:45:43,68 really because we're too scared because you're testing that you have which you are 1248 01:45:43,69 --> 01:45:49,45 driving or cycling that's involved in our rate our rate now so if we look at the 1249 01:45:49,46 --> 01:45:53,93 capital cost of purchasing and distributing those what basis would be would risk 1250 01:45:54,04 --> 01:45:58,33 adjusted that's all part of that right evaluation that we can spend some work 1251 01:45:58,34 --> 01:46:02,50 session time on talking in detail about what would it mean to try to offer that 1252 01:46:02,51 --> 01:46:08,93 type of higher level service questions or come up. Dressed in. 1253 01:46:10,87 --> 01:46:16,75 Not just scenes. Thank you. 1254 01:46:18,74 --> 01:46:22,64 Up next is the street made its repair the administration division which is just 1255 01:46:22,65 --> 01:46:26,28 like it sounds it's just the administration superintendents myself administrative 1256 01:46:26,29 --> 01:46:27,53 support C.M.S. 1257 01:46:27,54 --> 01:46:30,97 The analysts are all grouped into that other again there was no staffing 1258 01:46:30,98 --> 01:46:35,05 adjustments or changes at this time requested and there there is some increased 1259 01:46:35,06 --> 01:46:36,95 training for our C.M.S. 1260 01:46:37,19 --> 01:46:43,49 Analyst to become better more protests and it J S As we start to integrate the 1261 01:46:43,50 --> 01:46:44,23 whole J.S. 1262 01:46:44,24 --> 01:46:48,31 And city works platform into the Public Works operation it's been very successful 1263 01:46:48,35 --> 01:46:53,86 over planning and utility and we're trying to bring that into public works now 1264 01:46:53,90 --> 01:46:58,56 under all levels everything we do so starting with additional training with our 1265 01:46:58,57 --> 01:47:01,87 analyst and I'll be attending both classes with 1266 01:47:01,88 --> 01:47:06,96 a Columbus Day and online course work as well as some other coursework publications 1267 01:47:07,42 --> 01:47:12,88 to become proficient at that. Next is the street maintenance division I we talked 1268 01:47:12,89 --> 01:47:17,46 a little about that already no stashing no staffing adjustment requests in this 1269 01:47:17,47 --> 01:47:18,98 budget put 1270 01:47:18,99 --> 01:47:23,80 a big however we got what larger work session discussion overall on transportation 1271 01:47:23,81 --> 01:47:24,36 and we can save 1272 01:47:24,37 --> 01:47:28,93 a lot of that big picture discussion of what is current staffing most more stop me 1273 01:47:29,35 --> 01:47:35,65 but for the future of Delaware when it comes to the transportation. Issues up those 1274 01:47:35,66 --> 01:47:39,85 three notable items in the budget that were specifically added in there that were 1275 01:47:39,90 --> 01:47:42,67 there two years ago that there's a snow ice management item 1276 01:47:43,15 --> 01:47:44,52 a bike path maintenance item in 1277 01:47:44,53 --> 01:47:49,35 a parking lot and I'm the reason we consolidate all of those expenditures into 1278 01:47:49,36 --> 01:47:53,71 there is we can track those objects separately from just the capital improvement 1279 01:47:53,95 --> 01:47:58,00 and we can begin to put our metrics to it so we know is this level of funding 1280 01:47:58,01 --> 01:48:02,25 adequate for the maintenance side what maintenance one of the things that come up 1281 01:48:02,26 --> 01:48:06,66 is and knows we're spending some attention to the downtown brick strip areas trying 1282 01:48:06,67 --> 01:48:06,88 to get 1283 01:48:06,89 --> 01:48:10,36 a handle on what's happening with those what's the cost really going to be to repair 1284 01:48:10,37 --> 01:48:14,98 those things so by putting those under the street is division we can really track 1285 01:48:14,99 --> 01:48:19,91 that and predict from that what amounts of money we should be considering to 1286 01:48:19,95 --> 01:48:23,72 achieve certain levels disorders or goals under those things that makes it more 1287 01:48:23,73 --> 01:48:27,59 manageable and more accountable that way so those items are now in their. 1288 01:48:31,63 --> 01:48:38,53 Yes I think when you know you yes. And you start piling into real priority 1289 01:48:38,54 --> 01:48:45,29 downtown. Not here we're actually we just finished we just forensically want to 1290 01:48:45,30 --> 01:48:50,49 part by letter street by the bank to see what's going on we repaired that one up 1291 01:48:50,50 --> 01:48:50,67 has 1292 01:48:50,68 --> 01:48:54,46 a slightly different look because if you concrete collar now around holding that tree 1293 01:48:54,47 --> 01:48:58,85 great frame together I've asked crews today to find in the locations and dusty 1294 01:48:58,86 --> 01:49:05,59 street has had no work done to an. Equal make that suggestion we want to completely 1295 01:49:05,60 --> 01:49:09,58 take it apart and and understand that the why these are failing and what we have to 1296 01:49:09,59 --> 01:49:14,99 do to get that back together and then there's the brick strip without the trees and 1297 01:49:15,23 --> 01:49:18,88 it's also having several issues that we're looking into what's the most economical 1298 01:49:18,89 --> 01:49:24,05 way to fix those things I just will say we did know when we had this discussion 1299 01:49:24,49 --> 01:49:26,79 eighteen years ago some years ago we put in 1300 01:49:26,80 --> 01:49:32,26 a putting brick pavers in means and trivets means ultimately maintenance and we're 1301 01:49:32,27 --> 01:49:36,51 seeing fifteen years later that we're having to start doing maintenance agree of 1302 01:49:36,52 --> 01:49:40,19 all the things we could do downtown prior top priority should be getting rid of 1303 01:49:40,20 --> 01:49:42,84 tripping hazards because some are three inches or more. 1304 01:49:47,48 --> 01:49:54,41 Yes. Two percent of. And they are. Right so I think it is 1305 01:49:54,42 --> 01:49:58,96 a priority we'll have we'll have more numbers again talk about the Public Works 1306 01:49:59,32 --> 01:50:02,59 Committee and say this is what it's going to really take to address these issues 1307 01:50:03,01 --> 01:50:07,42 some of the in-house probably more so you have contractor who knows how to do 1308 01:50:07,43 --> 01:50:11,46 a lot of brick work to get that restored looking that we want to and safe while 1309 01:50:11,47 --> 01:50:18,20 you're on such an antenna just mentioned. Heating 1310 01:50:18,63 --> 01:50:24,19 I have been under traffic specifically talk about that. Knows 1311 01:50:24,20 --> 01:50:28,61 a lot of things that I'm trying to respect for your time but your questions of 1312 01:50:28,62 --> 01:50:33,84 payment rating we haven't used our contracted ounces for the fourth year staff is 1313 01:50:33,85 --> 01:50:36,55 developed in-house we think the ability to do 1314 01:50:36,56 --> 01:50:40,40 a simple ratings that the market can understand so you flew on 1315 01:50:40,41 --> 01:50:41,58 a road it's going to be a a B. 1316 01:50:41,59 --> 01:50:46,10 Theme here after I think most will understand that it's easier for us to evaluate 1317 01:50:46,11 --> 01:50:50,60 that way it allows us to have all the roads prioritize so obviously we say we've 1318 01:50:50,61 --> 01:50:53,90 got X. Dollars a start we start the S. And do the D.S. 1319 01:50:54,25 --> 01:51:00,19 And get him fixed to move up that way that's I'm sorry I don't like letters. I 1320 01:51:00,20 --> 01:51:05,30 don't know it's just left out of most of these engineering rating systems. But 1321 01:51:05,76 --> 01:51:06,02 that's 1322 01:51:06,03 --> 01:51:09,27 a minute it's largely in-house effort and we're really pretty confident we're going 1323 01:51:09,28 --> 01:51:13,16 to produce information part of that you'll see in our transportation discussion. 1324 01:51:14,22 --> 01:51:18,56 How that will look and how you can take that information and make some decisions 1325 01:51:18,57 --> 01:51:22,57 based on you know where we have increased funding what that would mean in terms of 1326 01:51:22,71 --> 01:51:27,35 overall rating for our roads. Last one we had 1327 01:51:27,36 --> 01:51:33,19 a question about the street sweeping and falsely tweeting we are working with our I 1328 01:51:33,20 --> 01:51:36,70 could tell you our current contractor who does our springs meet all of our 1329 01:51:36,71 --> 01:51:38,30 downtowns we've driven twice 1330 01:51:38,31 --> 01:51:41,68 a month to throughout the year and they are coming back version X. 1331 01:51:41,69 --> 01:51:46,77 Week downtown one more time that contractor does not and I prefer MS afternoon 1332 01:51:46,78 --> 01:51:51,40 efforts but they pulled off the street sweeping last year because they are not with 1333 01:51:51,41 --> 01:51:55,15 and did not want to manage leave leave collection I thought that was the case 1334 01:51:56,10 --> 01:52:00,50 doesn't mean it can't be done we got to spend more time looking at what kind of 1335 01:52:00,54 --> 01:52:02,26 options are could be to restore 1336 01:52:02,78 --> 01:52:08,29 a residential street sweeping program that doesn't necessarily take ten weeks to do 1337 01:52:08,58 --> 01:52:11,84 and doesn't involve contract sweepers because they don't want to they don't want to 1338 01:52:11,85 --> 01:52:16,84 get involved and leave collection in they look at anything after mid October is 1339 01:52:16,85 --> 01:52:20,72 leave collection vs street sweeping but doesn't address our issue of 1340 01:52:20,73 --> 01:52:23,32 a select Well said and done a lease or picked up 1341 01:52:23,33 --> 01:52:27,94 a residence was like to get our herbs to be cleaned one more time before snows it 1342 01:52:27,95 --> 01:52:32,20 gets cold how do we compost that so we have to do some more research this was all 1343 01:52:32,21 --> 01:52:35,60 looked at several years ago again we talked about we buy 1344 01:52:35,61 --> 01:52:39,86 a secret we do it house and so it's really come back I think the same issue again I 1345 01:52:39,87 --> 01:52:44,26 want to get more pissed be done the discussions from several years ago and I 1346 01:52:44,27 --> 01:52:49,49 understand the issue where Concord contractor doesn't want to do the sweeping once 1347 01:52:49,50 --> 01:52:54,34 all the leaves are in the gutter because its quit is not set up for the. So that's 1348 01:52:54,35 --> 01:52:58,74 that's it we understand the issues out there and will research more of that 1349 01:52:58,95 --> 01:53:03,88 currently we're set up budget wise to to continue to do the spring sweep which is 1350 01:53:03,89 --> 01:53:09,69 the heavy time we get most material this year we did not do the Fall sweep in 1351 01:53:09,91 --> 01:53:14,45 residential areas in downtown grants and parking lots we've continued to do the 1352 01:53:14,46 --> 01:53:19,10 sweeping So that's bet something we need to look at and bring back some proposals 1353 01:53:19,40 --> 01:53:20,44 if the council wants 1354 01:53:20,45 --> 01:53:24,75 a false we back to the residence as residential areas again well to come up with 1355 01:53:24,79 --> 01:53:28,94 a different way to attack that so we don't get bogged down with the leadership one 1356 01:53:28,95 --> 01:53:32,91 is still talking. I don't think the six years. 1357 01:53:36,69 --> 01:53:42,60 Program works pretty well. And is doing the previous job of making these and in 1358 01:53:42,61 --> 01:53:48,69 getting. You have you shoot some. Of the other 1359 01:53:49,38 --> 01:53:56,28 but involved in the collection of the services being undertaken home. 1360 01:53:56,83 --> 01:54:01,63 About the human. Value just it's I'm getting some. 1361 01:54:04,84 --> 01:54:09,76 Idea for the dream right probably been Carolyn fourteen fifteen years ago. 1362 01:54:12,42 --> 01:54:16,18 It was about meeting and yet what is actually going to strike me they're not 1363 01:54:16,19 --> 01:54:23,12 related early. In the summer. Here is the content but 1364 01:54:23,13 --> 01:54:28,04 we talked to the committee who still do PA last so does some form of fall cleanup 1365 01:54:28,05 --> 01:54:32,56 so reach out and see what they're doing but I think largely third having 1366 01:54:32,57 --> 01:54:38,75 a presence pay for lease collection in some format when you are current on that I 1367 01:54:38,76 --> 01:54:41,16 actually did it week end of this week as well and 1368 01:54:41,88 --> 01:54:47,24 a lot of it Frank is your lack of time to put out your yard waste and then you 1369 01:54:48,12 --> 01:54:52,92 think that's correct yes yes thank you you didn't you. 1370 01:54:54,91 --> 01:54:59,53 Only in the notable thing under under street is the right away moaning operation 1371 01:54:59,54 --> 01:55:04,00 used to be with Parks was with streets for awhile is going is being put back under 1372 01:55:04,01 --> 01:55:08,99 the parks along with transferring the hours of seasonal labor into parks they're 1373 01:55:09,00 --> 01:55:15,90 better equipped to to have multiple people who know how to do smoking than against 1374 01:55:16,02 --> 01:55:17,52 because what happens is we use is 1375 01:55:17,53 --> 01:55:21,31 a labor do it as soon as that person can't show up R. 1376 01:55:21,32 --> 01:55:26,44 Is not able do it against the streets crews go over and do the moaning parks put in 1377 01:55:26,45 --> 01:55:30,71 the hours of their they have more people who know how to mow and comparable women 1378 01:55:31,03 --> 01:55:36,41 as physically but also just consolidates Hmong operation with folks who know and 1379 01:55:36,42 --> 01:55:40,73 lets people Street operations be with people who do streets best I think is just 1380 01:55:40,74 --> 01:55:46,43 a good practical approach to it. Didn't. Want to go back to New. 1381 01:55:47,77 --> 01:55:49,43 Orleans and a company in 1382 01:55:49,44 --> 01:55:53,93 a region won't pick it up because they are winning because we rent from one of the 1383 01:55:53,94 --> 01:55:54,78 towns have 1384 01:55:55,04 --> 01:56:00,75 a problem some that still think we can get them to come in then and you want to 1385 01:56:00,76 --> 01:56:04,74 find out that because you're not and Bill Nye we're talking about this today the 1386 01:56:04,75 --> 01:56:09,31 concern is that I think we have to applaud the residents most of us who do 1387 01:56:09,32 --> 01:56:13,84 a really good job sweeping they're sweeping the gutters and getting these up 1388 01:56:13,85 --> 01:56:18,85 because we can't just not universal work as the downtown area or the rental 1389 01:56:18,91 --> 01:56:23,32 properties so we could be here alone but I want to bring in 1390 01:56:23,33 --> 01:56:29,84 a big re fact people see you who will actually make an event it's. Great to have 1391 01:56:30,81 --> 01:56:35,38 what you talk about is really whether there's a sure you can do 1392 01:56:35,39 --> 01:56:40,66 a short window in the coming couple of weeks as opposed to the six weeks it takes 1393 01:56:40,67 --> 01:56:44,79 us in just trying to know people know public information they can't get you we 1394 01:56:44,80 --> 01:56:47,82 think it's really easy and that's 1395 01:56:47,83 --> 01:56:54,16 a lot they can just take the one from them and the guy or just clean. I'm not 1396 01:56:54,17 --> 01:56:59,35 looking to get him out of. There Joyce Is it because of the size of the city it 1397 01:56:59,36 --> 01:57:03,69 takes six to eight weeks been about rain to do it so some of that leaves haven't 1398 01:57:03,70 --> 01:57:08,13 solved and the program that anyone here could be trying to pull probably is out of 1399 01:57:08,14 --> 01:57:12,44 the gutter really whatever and the middle of the pile that we have left in the 1400 01:57:12,45 --> 01:57:16,96 gutter just people see the signs street sweeping and we've actually had people 1401 01:57:17,29 --> 01:57:19,25 regularly out in front as 1402 01:57:19,26 --> 01:57:23,45 a sweepers coming up the road thinking great we've collected so that's the issue 1403 01:57:23,46 --> 01:57:25,56 we're trying to deal with that Never mind that it's 1404 01:57:25,57 --> 01:57:31,15 a it's not traumatic and what would like that will bring back more details to 1405 01:57:31,63 --> 01:57:38,01 public works. Last last section is traffic maintenance division 1406 01:57:38,46 --> 01:57:42,95 again there was no just like streets there's no stopping just since this time but 1407 01:57:42,96 --> 01:57:47,11 this is tied directly to transportation routes in our future program in Delaware 1408 01:57:47,53 --> 01:57:51,67 and what they want what look at staffing levels that have been there for 1409 01:57:51,68 --> 01:57:55,44 a moderate levels and what we're able to do today and we want to make adjustments 1410 01:57:55,45 --> 01:57:59,37 in that the future some of the things that are in the budget and there's 1411 01:57:59,38 --> 01:58:00,69 a specific item for 1412 01:58:01,12 --> 01:58:04,73 a family increasing our what we call highway safety equipment that's 1413 01:58:04,74 --> 01:58:08,34 a trailer full of questions specifically for working out on twenty three and forty 1414 01:58:08,35 --> 01:58:12,97 two especially at nighttime we don't have the right safe equipment right now and I 1415 01:58:12,98 --> 01:58:15,93 was out with the chief Donahue on a truck rolled over 1416 01:58:16,37 --> 01:58:22,72 a few months and it's just it's all fearful being out there at one time and traffic 1417 01:58:22,73 --> 01:58:23,57 continues to move by 1418 01:58:23,58 --> 01:58:27,58 a fifty five sixty miles an hour and you don't have reflective cones and equipment 1419 01:58:27,59 --> 01:58:30,93 in the right science for these things we want to assure our crews are safe out 1420 01:58:30,94 --> 01:58:34,47 there and we have the appropriate equipment so this will allow us to purchase 1421 01:58:34,64 --> 01:58:38,41 appropriate equipment enough of that to get proper zones up there on the high speed 1422 01:58:38,42 --> 01:58:44,23 areas and keep our guys all that safer without the problem of the traffic to cause 1423 01:58:44,23 --> 01:58:48,79 . It's lest we think that there's 1424 01:58:48,80 --> 01:58:55,57 a little bit just. We couldn't let it if I don't think I can I can find out what it 1425 01:58:55,58 --> 01:59:00,33 is we we recently added the production phases in there I don't know if they're 1426 01:59:00,34 --> 01:59:04,33 doing additional upgrades to that signal system or just was 1427 01:59:04,34 --> 01:59:11,23 a glitch in the system move it's just what is this for the with the turns to. Find 1428 01:59:11,24 --> 01:59:16,76 out what you know is emitted. We are we're developing 1429 01:59:16,77 --> 01:59:21,60 a new standard for L E D for our street lights so our goal is to have 1430 01:59:21,61 --> 01:59:25,80 a pilot project out next couple months for everyone to look at to determine what 1431 01:59:25,81 --> 01:59:30,00 color we want and what sort of metrics are going to work in the residential areas 1432 01:59:30,95 --> 01:59:34,86 that will finalize that hopefully have that standard ready for the next whole big 1433 01:59:34,87 --> 01:59:38,79 subdivision that they puts out of here sometime in two thousand and sixteen so that 1434 01:59:38,80 --> 01:59:39,14 news and 1435 01:59:39,15 --> 01:59:45,68 a little bit will have an elegy standard and. We will also be bringing into public 1436 01:59:45,69 --> 01:59:51,88 works committee an evaluation of what it would take to upgrade our existing one 1437 01:59:51,89 --> 01:59:54,91 hundred plus signals to convert a valid use standard from 1438 01:59:54,92 --> 01:59:57,06 a high pressure standard There's obviously 1439 01:59:57,07 --> 02:00:01,96 a major capital cost to do that after savings in both energy and impute future 1440 02:00:01,97 --> 02:00:05,24 service and maintenance of those so we'll bring that forward and have those numbers 1441 02:00:05,25 --> 02:00:10,27 available so all the street lights in the city operated by the city or do they call 1442 02:00:10,28 --> 02:00:14,55 it you know the one hundred is just the city owned and operated life there's an 1443 02:00:14,56 --> 02:00:18,53 additional life out there that we pay to cost our own but A.P. 1444 02:00:18,54 --> 02:00:23,48 We pay for energy costs of those who and what we can summarize that as well that's 1445 02:00:23,49 --> 02:00:30,19 a significant number of lights as well. Tom mentioned about 1446 02:00:30,20 --> 02:00:35,09 downtown we are working we're working with all our contemporaries in the areas to 1447 02:00:35,19 --> 02:00:40,08 nail down the cost of it would take to repaint to improve our downtown street light 1448 02:00:40,09 --> 02:00:45,50 poles in our mass armfuls signal poles because they are in fifteen years old and 1449 02:00:45,51 --> 02:00:50,93 faded and working with Dublin who just recently did a city wide exams 1450 02:00:50,94 --> 02:00:57,47 a project I'm using they're using their cost modified for our smaller area you're 1451 02:00:57,51 --> 02:01:02,39 looking at around twenty five thousand dollars an issue to paint everything. And 1452 02:01:02,49 --> 02:01:08,65 that would get the and we can you know that jet shiny black color again and give 1453 02:01:08,66 --> 02:01:13,93 out seven to ten years life out of that about half the life of the current. System 1454 02:01:13,94 --> 02:01:16,04 is but that's what it would take to do that it's 1455 02:01:16,05 --> 02:01:22,18 a little disruptive to traffic but they can get in and get out fairly quickly he's 1456 02:01:22,19 --> 02:01:25,87 still in the that's the whole he has hired That's the whole thing that's the whole 1457 02:01:25,88 --> 02:01:31,63 NASCAR we did reach out to all of our. Member communities in that and try out your 1458 02:01:31,67 --> 02:01:36,77 group and ask for advice on this and we got several came back that said don't try 1459 02:01:36,78 --> 02:01:41,26 to spot paint areas that are bad and don't try to partially because out because 1460 02:01:41,38 --> 02:01:46,68 you're bad areas will stand out. Like it will really stand out next to that brand 1461 02:01:46,69 --> 02:01:50,01 new painted area so they all recommended you're going to do it here's 1462 02:01:50,02 --> 02:01:53,85 a good contractor that can do the metal painting and have the whole each individual 1463 02:01:53,86 --> 02:01:58,65 piece done dumb brokers into three years because of the size of their program but 1464 02:01:59,23 --> 02:02:03,78 and ours could be done the same we could do so much per year for several years and 1465 02:02:03,79 --> 02:02:07,80 try to upgrade those downtown Metal Works down through there become one of those 1466 02:02:08,24 --> 02:02:14,50 we're looking at coming to these become work is what it's about showing it that way 1467 02:02:14,51 --> 02:02:18,80 finding something you know that everything there nice and shiny Now you have Dave 1468 02:02:18,81 --> 02:02:23,93 Hall again yet another object. That it could be 1469 02:02:23,94 --> 02:02:29,20 a painting redo the principal needs right intersection now we've actually met with 1470 02:02:29,21 --> 02:02:33,33 the vendor and he's going to provide us detail cost estimates for doing this and 1471 02:02:33,34 --> 02:02:40,04 we'll going to have back and contemplate that one one area. We can swing 1472 02:02:40,05 --> 02:02:46,99 it. Perhaps microeconomic you consider it started sixty. And 1473 02:02:47,27 --> 02:02:51,58 sixty those numbers come back one of the things again we can roll into the whole 1474 02:02:51,59 --> 02:02:55,65 transportation discussion because all this is considered infrastructure for 1475 02:02:55,66 --> 02:03:00,74 transportation and we're out of maintaining everything we have ages falls apart as 1476 02:03:00,75 --> 02:03:05,55 to replace maintained so the building part of the discussion is your department put 1477 02:03:05,56 --> 02:03:12,06 up the lights for the trees now parks and not resort services it end. I was in 1478 02:03:12,07 --> 02:03:16,83 a bus with Lou Lou you're right it would take 1479 02:03:16,84 --> 02:03:23,84 a value that we cannot be for that. Is Dick Cheney. Who can we we 1480 02:03:23,85 --> 02:03:30,23 can. Consider that and we can that your. Friend Where 1481 02:03:30,27 --> 02:03:37,17 there's smoke. Up there that looks so pretty. That's 1482 02:03:37,18 --> 02:03:41,85 what that's the divisions right there are yes asking the questions concerning time 1483 02:03:41,86 --> 02:03:46,45 if you want I can give you just Cliff Notes update on the four projects that there 1484 02:03:46,46 --> 02:03:53,40 are some questions on the point and. Yes your budget will have more to do 1485 02:03:53,44 --> 02:04:00,25 I know that I would be five minutes were no questions. OK the 1486 02:04:00,26 --> 02:04:02,81 point intersection we are we're working with M.S. 1487 02:04:02,82 --> 02:04:06,97 Consultants on a proposal for them to assist in preparing 1488 02:04:06,98 --> 02:04:11,40 a detailed federal funding application to Morsi for S.T.P. 1489 02:04:11,41 --> 02:04:17,43 Dollars That application is June through August June is when it's due and then you 1490 02:04:17,44 --> 02:04:23,52 make modifications in August finalized. That would that would pronounce occasion to 1491 02:04:23,53 --> 02:04:25,37 provide up to eighty percent funding for 1492 02:04:25,38 --> 02:04:29,62 a fifty million dollars project we've talked before we are the star first year 1493 02:04:29,66 --> 02:04:34,10 enter into the competitive cycle for federal dollars instead of having allocation 1494 02:04:34,11 --> 02:04:37,64 of three hundred fifty four thousand year so you can understand it's 1495 02:04:37,65 --> 02:04:42,03 a good thing that we could apply for up to fifteen million dollars extend so he can 1496 02:04:42,04 --> 02:04:44,11 application into something a needle is 1497 02:04:44,12 --> 02:04:48,44 a point we really need the assistance from from and I must consult caliber to get 1498 02:04:48,45 --> 02:04:54,53 the application right in the complexity that. So that that Tom will be working with 1499 02:04:54,54 --> 02:04:58,50 Tom right now in terms of funding that and. Being able to make sure we can move 1500 02:04:58,51 --> 02:05:03,31 forward on that as early as January. Signal system update I think there is 1501 02:05:03,32 --> 02:05:09,28 discussion about that we we want to buy also put an application in the product or 1502 02:05:09,29 --> 02:05:09,68 Tom 1503 02:05:09,69 --> 02:05:13,72 a term for parallel in house but the Senate now occasion for federal funds also that 1504 02:05:13,73 --> 02:05:14,17 could be up to 1505 02:05:14,18 --> 02:05:17,91 a three million dollars initiative to actually improve all the signals the good 1506 02:05:17,92 --> 02:05:18,71 news is if we get 1507 02:05:18,72 --> 02:05:23,35 a good application approved signals are one hundred percent fundable through 1508 02:05:23,93 --> 02:05:27,98 certain federal programs for congestion uniter and so it's very possible we get 1509 02:05:28,52 --> 02:05:33,27 a successful application and get that much money coming back towards us the cabby 1510 02:05:33,28 --> 02:05:37,74 on the federal funds it doesn't doesn't come and sixteen or seventeen year to get 1511 02:05:38,30 --> 02:05:42,79 this meant money thing program doubts parsed they want or twenty two though we have 1512 02:05:42,80 --> 02:05:47,14 to do some expenditure ahead of time for design right away in property acquisition 1513 02:05:47,15 --> 02:05:53,43 and things like that so as the mechanism where we can all of that in one case. 1514 02:05:54,55 --> 02:06:01,38 Closed. Could be you know I guess one of the questions would 1515 02:06:01,39 --> 02:06:07,65 be our beer son improvements that we can make your existing system where we haven't 1516 02:06:07,66 --> 02:06:14,33 seen this. You know what we we still are going to get these are you. 1517 02:06:15,99 --> 02:06:19,91 And we can we can provide more detail or break down the three components the 1518 02:06:19,92 --> 02:06:25,31 signals one of the coordination to do is just the upkeep of the equipment replacing 1519 02:06:25,32 --> 02:06:26,42 the old equipment three is 1520 02:06:26,43 --> 02:06:31,15 a safety component that's converting to the back plate designs you see over the 1521 02:06:31,16 --> 02:06:34,65 place up my biggest concern is all the eastbound signals twice 1522 02:06:34,66 --> 02:06:38,96 a year when the sun is right behind those signals you can't see them so the safety 1523 02:06:38,97 --> 02:06:43,45 improvements modify those of the back plates but you have to have 1524 02:06:43,46 --> 02:06:48,27 a significant amount of of wiring harness him to be able to do that so that's part 1525 02:06:48,28 --> 02:06:52,53 of those three components would be what we call signal improvement and we can break 1526 02:06:52,54 --> 02:06:57,53 that down in more detail to answer that question about should we and can we do 1527 02:06:57,54 --> 02:07:02,40 components that time maybe still apply but we still drive do some in-house and the 1528 02:07:02,41 --> 02:07:07,94 coordination piece we do in-house and apply for if we can break it down that way 1529 02:07:08,71 --> 02:07:15,31 I'm still interesting Ken and I have the same concern so. Quick yes 1530 02:07:15,37 --> 02:07:22,37 yes. No Well I like the idea is already one which is yes. 1531 02:07:24,69 --> 02:07:29,96 But point well taken on the side traffic alternatives analysis we're also working 1532 02:07:29,97 --> 02:07:31,37 with M.F. Consultants on what we 1533 02:07:31,38 --> 02:07:35,87 a phased approach to look at what is the what is the solution the point separate 1534 02:07:35,88 --> 02:07:38,82 project there's a lot of things that happen out there in 1535 02:07:38,83 --> 02:07:43,17 a side when the point doesn't travel flow is down very well but there are still 1536 02:07:43,18 --> 02:07:48,57 some real West on restrictions such about like St I must consultants are looking at 1537 02:07:48,58 --> 02:07:54,38 least initially just develop some some of alternatives that we know will have value 1538 02:07:54,39 --> 02:07:59,30 regardless of what the big picture changes are there for example is it fiction 1539 02:07:59,31 --> 02:08:03,60 Channing street at Central Avenue fixing like street adding turbines those type of 1540 02:08:03,61 --> 02:08:07,27 projects that matter what we end up doing in the future they'll have some real 1541 02:08:07,28 --> 02:08:13,43 value we won't be waste money. Want to bring them on to help us with that help us 1542 02:08:13,44 --> 02:08:19,89 with that analysis of sort of those intersections and give us some projects by May 1543 02:08:19,90 --> 02:08:23,56 June of next year if maybe four or five projects that we could implement as 1544 02:08:23,57 --> 02:08:27,98 a city over the next five years six years with the money and be able to make some 1545 02:08:27,99 --> 02:08:31,91 improvements out there significant improvements but the other part the larger 1546 02:08:31,92 --> 02:08:36,35 phasing or require more money it's look at the big picture of how are we going to 1547 02:08:36,36 --> 02:08:41,92 manage long term traffic through the quarter on central and I'm and it may involve 1548 02:08:42,08 --> 02:08:47,34 changing fundamentally house on the traffic moves in an area unlike street it may 1549 02:08:47,35 --> 02:08:49,60 mean building a new link somewhere in 1550 02:08:49,61 --> 02:08:53,30 a quarter to move traffic differently and that's where that where there are 1551 02:08:53,31 --> 02:08:57,47 assistants and there are now six will come in very helpful to help determine that 1552 02:08:58,72 --> 02:09:04,69 it will be more discussion of that into the future as well. I. 1553 02:09:05,78 --> 02:09:11,11 Mean Street. Usually the street is in the second stage now 1554 02:09:11,47 --> 02:09:17,41 a three stage of design with OTA still plans for seventeen to eighteen bid that 1555 02:09:17,42 --> 02:09:21,41 will technically wide net street separate all your life turning movements every 1556 02:09:21,42 --> 02:09:25,88 intersection and drive it from your three movements being it's being advanced as 1557 02:09:25,89 --> 02:09:29,00 a safety project still we think with our S.T.P. 1558 02:09:29,01 --> 02:09:35,94 Allocation we still have the bank with Morsi plus the the. Earmark funds 1559 02:09:36,22 --> 02:09:41,42 we still think we're within our within our means to get the project completed. On 1560 02:09:41,43 --> 02:09:46,67 schedule it was done five years Bill but when the funding we have and hopefully by 1561 02:09:46,68 --> 02:09:49,84 the end of next year we'll be talking more definitive schedule less program for 1562 02:09:49,85 --> 02:09:55,40 construction so it's good that it is not happening in sixteen because three fifteen 1563 02:09:55,41 --> 02:10:00,67 and Pennsylvania projects are both. Bit building right now those projects will 1564 02:10:00,68 --> 02:10:07,06 happen in the next four or five months barring any any unforseen circumstance 1565 02:10:07,57 --> 02:10:12,43 so you know we are doing big things and in Delaware but it's always somebody else's 1566 02:10:12,44 --> 02:10:13,95 money right now we've got 1567 02:10:13,96 --> 02:10:17,09 a lot more big things to do in their goals to tap into as much at home state 1568 02:10:17,10 --> 02:10:20,10 resources as we can which comes a point where we got to start 1569 02:10:20,14 --> 02:10:24,82 a fun way to take care of some other issues that are eligible for federal state 1570 02:10:24,83 --> 02:10:30,93 funds like our local street condition is treated state interest to it's under it's 1571 02:10:30,99 --> 02:10:35,77 being bid now. Who asked him to have was 1572 02:10:35,78 --> 02:10:39,32 a trick with talking about printer patients obvious is an update coming your way 1573 02:10:39,62 --> 02:10:44,27 the first thing you're going to see is just an outline of what we our perception of 1574 02:10:44,28 --> 02:10:48,72 what needs to be in transportation program all the elements how those break down 1575 02:10:48,99 --> 02:10:53,28 and how we're funding how we're funding those major categories today and how 1576 02:10:53,29 --> 02:10:57,40 potentially an additional revenue source to be distributed to augment Each those 1577 02:10:57,41 --> 02:11:01,27 areas and that's the first thing would like to get before you within the next two 1578 02:11:01,28 --> 02:11:02,03 weeks to give you 1579 02:11:02,04 --> 02:11:06,23 a feel for are we thinking everything transportation you want included in 1580 02:11:06,24 --> 02:11:11,09 a comprehensive transportation program even including downtown bricks strips things 1581 02:11:11,10 --> 02:11:17,36 like that everything's on Cooper this that's all I 1582 02:11:18,00 --> 02:11:24,69 know I thought of. Arkema dunny canopies. I think we did that in 1583 02:11:24,73 --> 02:11:30,99 other funds look at this twenty thousand dollars and then we said hire 1584 02:11:31,32 --> 02:11:35,96 a consultant we have a scope of services that we receive what you saw and what was 1585 02:11:35,97 --> 02:11:37,59 a consultant not be confused 1586 02:11:38,07 --> 02:11:44,95 a. Lot of things all this in the business years may have given us that. Service 1587 02:11:44,96 --> 02:11:47,29 but I'll share with you it's because I'm 1588 02:11:47,30 --> 02:11:51,76 a man and then we'll make some recommendations on the address some of which might 1589 02:11:51,77 --> 02:11:58,76 be facilities some of the crime shuttle peak hours. But it's and it's recommended 1590 02:11:58,97 --> 02:12:04,91 and. I think I'll share with you Bill had shared with me with respect to this 1591 02:12:05,60 --> 02:12:11,73 area down next in the just as they could for the location work well. 1592 02:12:12,97 --> 02:12:19,45 For structure cost me saying very expensive. But it's in the budget 1593 02:12:20,18 --> 02:12:25,99 where it would tell me when funding is coming out of the parking lot the fun 1594 02:12:26,63 --> 02:12:29,79 meters OK And so we have 1595 02:12:29,80 --> 02:12:34,03 a professional status of professional service and I've been there so this is money 1596 02:12:34,04 --> 02:12:38,82 it's generated from the parking lot. So we're paying for the study with those 1597 02:12:38,83 --> 02:12:44,90 dollars That's what recommending only moment time we didn't turn any we not dine 1598 02:12:44,91 --> 02:12:49,26 out attractive party and we've not done this type of parking stuff gave him his 1599 02:12:49,27 --> 02:12:56,02 staff prepared. Because the inventory study was so 1600 02:12:56,08 --> 02:13:00,38 different with the manager part I have with the parking. Lot. 1601 02:13:07,23 --> 02:13:13,11 You stated our parents do with the. Zune Pass overall I support. 1602 02:13:14,84 --> 02:13:20,06 Our biggest concern one of our concerns is with the increasing amount of apartments 1603 02:13:20,07 --> 02:13:23,99 being done the second through Florence doing Republicans and more people moving 1604 02:13:24,00 --> 02:13:28,83 into the downtown that's going to put additional pressure in the evening on the 1605 02:13:28,84 --> 02:13:34,14 weekends in our existing capacity and what we don't want to do is we want to track 1606 02:13:34,15 --> 02:13:39,28 the let me know and understand downtown live here because it helps with this is an 1607 02:13:39,29 --> 02:13:43,50 place to park that's an issue I heard anecdotally over the weekend in front of ours 1608 02:13:43,51 --> 02:13:49,53 once income property Nissan sons stay in the psych you don't know where the park. I 1609 02:13:49,71 --> 02:13:54,80 would like to live downtown but the issue is. If you're constantly having move your 1610 02:13:54,81 --> 02:14:01,03 car around you know different places it's it's so hopefully we'll get some some 1611 02:14:01,04 --> 02:14:06,13 answers some options to look at right I'm not talking like we've seen 1612 02:14:06,14 --> 02:14:11,17 a big increase and then yesterday and what we've really seen is 1613 02:14:11,18 --> 02:14:12,20 a change behavior 1614 02:14:12,83 --> 02:14:17,31 a forty five percent increase the number of permits who have been taken off one of 1615 02:14:17,32 --> 02:14:23,59 the true meters in we changed behavior from some of the folks who in the past 1616 02:14:24,15 --> 02:14:29,14 was caught the kind of doing this it hasn't happened perfect we're still we're 1617 02:14:29,15 --> 02:14:35,48 still issues. Yes there are there are groups of the same sex. 1618 02:14:36,60 --> 02:14:41,84 We have expressed. And that's what we were able to do that past and that was an 1619 02:14:41,85 --> 02:14:46,42 example of you know I'm going to really bring up my own government change up and 1620 02:14:46,43 --> 02:14:49,82 see what the law here was 1621 02:14:49,83 --> 02:14:55,94 a lot of downtown you would down on Friday night to me it was every parking lot 1622 02:14:55,95 --> 02:15:02,26 near it was the I want to county build their parking lot that would help that 1623 02:15:02,38 --> 02:15:08,20 that's illegal help. Issues you have 1624 02:15:08,21 --> 02:15:12,30 a question for them. You didn't say you did 1625 02:15:12,31 --> 02:15:19,20 a bad job thank you you are now wearing every hat. And here now to 1626 02:15:19,79 --> 02:15:26,73 hear how do you forget you're going to the SO are you you know her well me 1627 02:15:26,77 --> 02:15:31,27 I think we're in that we're still we're still trying to adapt I mean that they 1628 02:15:31,28 --> 02:15:36,16 organise organise changes significant and with going from two directors to one 1629 02:15:36,17 --> 02:15:40,82 director to look at you know. Going to direct it's one you know we had to myself 1630 02:15:40,83 --> 02:15:43,31 and I'll just myself I'm focusing 1631 02:15:43,32 --> 02:15:49,86 a lot on trying to keep and authorized the next level of management utilized more 1632 02:15:49,87 --> 02:15:55,25 effectively and require more out of our superintendents and our supervisors I want 1633 02:15:55,26 --> 02:16:00,74 all staff to be in their office in the field and address issues and it's been very 1634 02:16:00,75 --> 02:16:05,04 effective in terms of it's been apparent to them to be able to be given the ability 1635 02:16:05,05 --> 02:16:06,56 make decisions and they make 1636 02:16:06,57 --> 02:16:11,69 a decision it's not exactly set and I made but it still works it's OK And you know 1637 02:16:11,70 --> 02:16:12,24 they're going through 1638 02:16:12,25 --> 02:16:17,38 a learning curve with that but that's it's taking some time to really program how 1639 02:16:17,39 --> 02:16:23,64 the operation works with the engineering operations just in transition right now 1640 02:16:23,65 --> 02:16:29,56 should be by the end of two weeks Iran will be over there. And there's been very 1641 02:16:29,57 --> 02:16:35,94 beneficial because the technical degree people are able to help out the supervisors 1642 02:16:35,95 --> 02:16:38,98 and superintendents side by side and make 1643 02:16:38,99 --> 02:16:43,14 a real difference in how they can see how to write reports not way to operate more 1644 02:16:43,15 --> 02:16:48,57 efficiently because of the real change information going on right now so I would 1645 02:16:48,58 --> 02:16:49,68 prospectus ask me again 1646 02:16:49,69 --> 02:16:55,71 a year from now how we're doing for six months now it's required in the men's 1647 02:16:55,72 --> 02:17:02,66 amount of two and overtime on my part I will hide at fifty hour sixty hour weeks or 1648 02:17:02,67 --> 02:17:07,25 more routinely for the past year have two years to make this work I'm committed to 1649 02:17:07,77 --> 02:17:14,64 make it work. I'm very encouraged by his counsels for and willing to address 1650 02:17:14,65 --> 02:17:16,73 this issue of transportation which is 1651 02:17:17,14 --> 02:17:21,93 a huge burden on the city and on this department to make it work across the board 1652 02:17:21,94 --> 02:17:27,10 with staffing levels or money to do these projects to see I think we have great 1653 02:17:27,11 --> 02:17:32,33 support and are our membership of Public Works feels you support them very well and 1654 02:17:32,34 --> 02:17:35,08 they're very appreciative that that's you through the winter time and planning 1655 02:17:35,09 --> 02:17:40,01 operations but to see the type of support I'm hearing tonight I can reflect you 1656 02:17:40,02 --> 02:17:43,66 know give that back to and out of the staff and they're very appreciative that 1657 02:17:43,67 --> 02:17:43,88 makes 1658 02:17:43,89 --> 02:17:47,44 a big difference to know that they are supported they're appreciated it's one of 1659 02:17:47,45 --> 02:17:51,29 those departments it doesn't really stand out that much we just fix things in the 1660 02:17:51,30 --> 02:17:55,76 middle of night or clean the masses but we do keep the infrastructure there and 1661 02:17:55,77 --> 02:18:01,85 we're going to hardworking crew so. With your support you know through Tom to me I 1662 02:18:02,12 --> 02:18:06,92 keep moving forward but it's I'm making some personal commitments I will say to 1663 02:18:06,93 --> 02:18:11,11 that to try to limit myself as to how much evenings and weekends I continue to give 1664 02:18:11,67 --> 02:18:17,83 to make it work and as I see must as I continue to improve the quality I get out of 1665 02:18:17,84 --> 02:18:22,04 the staff below me to have them effectively work and I don't have to do so much of 1666 02:18:22,05 --> 02:18:28,55 the work myself but I knew that going into it in the fundamental change in how 1667 02:18:28,56 --> 02:18:34,03 we're going to operate and I took that commitment I will so I appreciate you asking 1668 02:18:34,15 --> 02:18:38,39 and with continued support we'll see how it goes of the next six months twelve 1669 02:18:38,40 --> 02:18:44,06 months. Thank you for asking. OK. 1670 02:18:47,53 --> 02:18:54,33 We're out again that's. Part of our segment on financing meetings as I 1671 02:18:54,34 --> 02:19:01,13 have said you know. That it was going to be talking less because. 1672 02:19:03,22 --> 02:19:08,54 You know. What we do that should make 1673 02:19:08,55 --> 02:19:15,46 a window executive saying yes we can't let slide because. We would need to put 1674 02:19:15,47 --> 02:19:21,92 a break in the cup does not mean. That 1675 02:19:22,00 --> 02:19:24,29 OK you have to be on the T.V. 1676 02:19:24,30 --> 02:19:30,90 The ads OK what are you going Yeah yeah OK. I think you 1677 02:19:31,15 --> 02:19:37,77 have please let's he's. Trying to get into. Wi-Fi. 1678 02:19:39,39 --> 02:19:45,38 I think Dan look not. Because I have to. Get on. 1679 02:19:47,14 --> 02:19:48,62 I know I think. 1680 02:19:54,53 --> 02:20:01,38 There's no no I'm talking right. Along 1681 02:20:01,39 --> 02:20:03,40 the cliff here is how. 1682 02:20:09,01 --> 02:20:12,49 I got. The part of the problem. 1683 02:20:19,91 --> 02:20:26,45 I have. A little bit. 1684 02:20:32,68 --> 02:20:39,52 I think it makes more sense. From Philly Rustin started Yeah we're doing 1685 02:20:39,53 --> 02:20:46,09 media then I just programs. But you see 1686 02:20:46,37 --> 02:20:52,78 Snyder. Nick Michael. Jordan Michael Jordan did 1687 02:20:53,11 --> 02:20:59,26 eat some good at the invitation also. Brought up. 1688 02:21:01,98 --> 02:21:06,88 A little bit here. So I put all of me to the counter. 1689 02:21:14,44 --> 02:21:17,07 And we don't know we didn't know he made 1690 02:21:17,08 --> 02:21:24,05 a motion. That. We didn't have one 1691 02:21:24,06 --> 02:21:30,19 hope. That it was just this one. 1692 02:21:33,48 --> 02:21:39,41 Well. We have had like I'm twenty or you never see me on the. 1693 02:21:40,70 --> 02:21:46,93 Council we have like seven. And I could reply wondering how many yet. 1694 02:21:48,58 --> 02:21:55,54 How many. Oh awk I want. I don't know if you can trust that 1695 02:21:56,42 --> 02:22:02,40 So here is what I'm going to have. Right now. 1696 02:22:08,62 --> 02:22:12,29 But I want to hear this. 1697 02:22:17,03 --> 02:22:21,49 Show just listen for or why the golf course should. 1698 02:22:27,17 --> 02:22:27,92 I specifically. 1699 02:22:46,08 --> 02:22:46,39 I'll. 1700 02:22:53,32 --> 02:22:56,72 Address. The. 1701 02:23:00,82 --> 02:23:03,99 Big but the. The I want to. 1702 02:23:07,71 --> 02:23:12,60 Act. Good. 1703 02:23:14,63 --> 02:23:21,24 To figure out. In here that we are hearing I have we are. 1704 02:23:22,28 --> 02:23:27,81 I have. Jackie this is. Great. 1705 02:23:36,30 --> 02:23:41,79 The think is in the public mind. You supposed to come up to me. 1706 02:23:45,55 --> 02:23:51,67 First you. Heard it. Like I did. 1707 02:23:55,57 --> 02:24:02,43 Our public good bye I don't know if you. See the next time I did. So. 1708 02:24:12,34 --> 02:24:17,82 Good we're just. About 1709 02:24:17,83 --> 02:24:22,06 a. And that's. 1710 02:24:27,92 --> 02:24:32,72 Why I think they. Won't really know what they're. Doing. 1711 02:24:36,93 --> 02:24:43,77 Once my audience is check out. The menu around. 1712 02:24:45,46 --> 02:24:51,27 It. That's probably working like. 1713 02:24:58,82 --> 02:25:05,40 OK it's careening in here. I have to keep it all wake. Up. 1714 02:25:06,97 --> 02:25:13,82 I thought that was the order Apple George. And I think that I do I know 1715 02:25:13,83 --> 02:25:20,56 I'm. Being 1716 02:25:20,57 --> 02:25:26,48 good. In the job that. To get 1717 02:25:27,37 --> 02:25:27,71 sick.