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ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET
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SERVICES ROLE WITHIN THE CITY. HELLO AGAIN. I WON'T TALK AS LOUD SINCE I HAVE THE MIC.[00:20:53]
EVERYBODY SAY I GOT IT. I TALK LOUD AND CUT THIS. OKAY. AGAIN GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MY NAME IS SHALONDA OLIVER. I AM THE BUDGET AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR, AND I WILL GO OVER WHAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT DO HERE AT THE CITY OF DESOTO. OUR FINANCE STAFF CONSISTS OF TEN POSITIONS. WE HAVE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, WHICH IS TRACEY CORMIER. OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IS LAQUITA SUTTON, OUR PURCHASING MANAGER. THAT POSITION IS VACANT. SO ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN PURCHASING, WHAT DOES A PURCHASING MANAGER DO? THEY HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY OKAY. PROCUREMENT OKAY, THEN WE HAVE ANGIE PENTON WHO IS OUR COUNTY MANAGER, MYSELF. WE HAVE STEVEN JAMES, WHO IS OUR PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR. PAGE. CHRIS AND TIFFANY MCDANIELS ARE TIFFANY ARNAULT. NOW. THEY BOTH ARE OUR ACCOUNTANTS, CECILIA RODRIGUEZ, THAT IS OUR COUNTY ACCOUNT TECHNICIAN. SHE PAY OUR BILLS, AND THEN WE HAVE CONNOR MITCHEL, WHO BUY EVERYTHING FOR THE CITY. AND HE WORKS ALONG WITH THE, PURCHASING MANAGER. THE OVERVIEW. WE WILL DISCUSS OUR ORG CHART, OUR MISSION STATEMEN, THE ROLES IN FINANCIAL SERVICES, THE BUDGET. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 25, FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES. OUR BUDGET STARTS. OUR NEW BUDGET YEAR STARTS OCTOBER 1ST. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A PROPOSED. WE HAVEN'T HAD IT ADOPTED YET. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. THAT'S OUR AUDIT FOR THE YEAR, FOR OUR FINANCIALS. WE'LL GO OVER OUR DEBT SERVICE. AND WHAT THAT MEANS. AND WE WILL HAVE PURCHASING TO COME UP TO TALK ABOUT THE PURCHASING PART OF THE CITY'S, FAA FINANCE. SO THIS IS HOW OUR ORG CHART LOOKS, OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR AND HE IS HIS DIRECT REPORTS IS THE BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR AS WELL AS THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR AND THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR IS DIRECT REPORTS, IS THE ACCOUNTING MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING MANAGER WHERE THE ACCOUNTING MANAGERS, HAVE THE PAYROLL, THE TWO ACCOUNTANTS AND THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND THE PURCHASING MANAGER HAVE THE BUYER. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE YOU ARE SEPARATED BY COLORS, BY YOUR FOLDER COLORS. SO WHEN I GO OVER SOME OF THIS STUFF, REMEMBER THESE. REMEMBER WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT. BECAUSE WE HAVE A SPECIAL LITTLE SOMETHING AT THE END. OKAY KID, HAND OUR CHART. THE FINANCE MISSION STATEMENT IS FOR THE DEPARTMENT IS THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING EXCELLENT AND INTEGRITY THROUGH TIMELY AND ACCURATELY REPORTING TO ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. THE CITIZENS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THAT IS OUR FINANCE AWARD WALL, WHERE EACH YEAR WE RECEIVE THE AWARD FOR OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING FROM THE GFOA, WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE ORGANIZATION. SO THAT WILL ALL CONTINUE TO GROW WITH OUR PLAQUES. WE ALSO HAVE ONE FOR BUDGET. THE ROLES FOR THE, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FOR THE CITY IS BUDGET PREPARATION, FINANCIAL REPORTING, THE AUDIT OF OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS. WE HAVE INVESTMENTS, WE HAVE GRANTS, AND WE RECORD AND COLLECT ALL FUNDS THAT ARE RECEIVED BY THE CITY. WE HAVE PAY AND RECORD ALL VENDOR EXPENSES. WE HAVE PAYROLL AND PAYROLL RELATED TAXES. AND WE HAVE BOND SALES AND DEBT PAYMENTS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE PURCHASING. THIS YEAR, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, OUR PROPOSED REVENUE THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING, ANTICIPATING RECEIVING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 IS $64,371,761.[00:25:07]
SO WE ANTICIPATE TO GET MOST OF THAT, OUR EXPENDITURES WERE PROPOSING OF 63,000,887, $887,017. ACTUALLY, THAT NUMBER SHOULD BE WE HAD SOME CHANGES SINCE THIS, PRESENTATION. IT'S GOING. TO BE $63,914,017. A PROPOSED BUDGET FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES AS IT RELATES TO REVENUES IS 30 MILLION, $30,499,979. LET ME GO OVER THIS AGAIN. LET ME BACK UP. SO FOR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, MOST OF THE EXPENDITURES ARE FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS POLICE AND FIRE. AND IT'S FOLLOWED BY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO THOSE ARE LIKE OUR THREE LARGEST DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THE MOST EXPENDITURES ARE, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND THEN YOU HAVE OUR SMALLER CITIES LIKE PARKS AND RECS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, THE GENERAL ADMIN, NON-DEPARTMENTAL MUNICIPAL COURT. HINT, HINT EXPENDITURES. LARGEST DEPARTMENTS. POLICE. FIRE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. HINT HINT OKAY. YES, SIR. UNDER THIS, EXPENDITURES, I'D LIKE TO SAY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE, SALARIES AS WELL AS VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YES, SIR. WELL, FOR VEHICLES, WE HAVE ANOTHER FUND THAT WE ACTUALLY PURCHASE OUR VEHICLES OUT OF. SO FOR POLICE WE HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS OR SEVERAL FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE POLICE. WE HAVE THE POLICE OPERATION, WHICH IS YOUR GENERAL POLICE. YOU HAVE, ANIMAL CONTROL. YOU HAVE, CODE ENFORCEMENT, ANIMAL CONTROL, JAIL. BUT JAIL IS NOT UNDER THE GENERAL FUND. BUT. YEAH THAT'S MOSTLY MOST OF IT. IS THE SALARIES ANY OF OUR EXPENDITURES, THE MAJORITY OF OUR EXPENDITURES WILL BE SALARY, RIGHT. SO THEN YOU HAVE THE OTHER. WELL, WE HAVE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DONE SURVEYS. AND, COST STUDIES TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RECOUPING AS MUCH AS MONEY OR RECOUPING THE EXPENDITURES OR MAKING SURE WE PROVIDE GOOD SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS. PUT IT THAT WAY. YES, MA'AM. CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THEY ARE, WE HAVE OUR PLANNING AND ZONING AREAS UNDER THAT. WE HAVE OUR CITY ENGINEERS. WE HAVE OUR STREETS PROGRAM UNDER THAT, FLEET, FLEET. AND OTHER QUESTIONS, UNDER PUBLIC UTILITIES, ARE THERE BUDGET FOR EXPENDITURES? IS 30,000,005 21, 786,000. MOST OF THAT IS CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. MOST OF THE EXPENDITURES ARE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT, MR. LACEY? OKAY. I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO. SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE WATER DIRECTLY COMING OUT OF HERE, SO WE HAVE TO PURCHASE OUR WATER FROM DALLAS AND THEN WE HAVE THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY THAT WE MAKE CONTRACTS. SO THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO MUCH OF THAT IS GOING TO CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES. NOW LET'S GO ABOUT TALKING ABOUT OUR CITY AUDIT. PART OF THE GENERAL ACCEPTED AUDIT STANDARDS ARE WHAT WE CALL GAS. SO CITY GOVERNMENT LOVE TO USE ACRONYMS. OKAY. SO ACCORDING TO THE GAS, WHICH IS THE GENERAL ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS AND THE GOVERNMENTAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD, WHICH WE CALL GASB, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A AUDIT DONE EACH YEAR OF OUR FINANCIALS OF WHAT WE SPEND AND MAKE SURE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS, THE AUDITOR IS CONSIDERED THE CITY. THEY CONSIDER THE CITY INTERNAL CONTROLS, FINANCIAL REPORTING AND INTERNAL CONTROLS. AN OPINION IS ISSUED ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE CITY FINANCIAL POSITION. ONCE THE AUDIT IS COMPLETED, A REPORT IS ISSUED AND IS REVIEWED BY CITY COUNCIL AND IT IS MADE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE OUR, OUR AUDIT, YOU CAN GO TO OUR CITY[00:30:02]
WEBSITE. IT IS DESOTO, TEXAS.GOV. YOU ALL SELECT THE COMPANY TO DO THE AUDIT. SO EACH YEAR WE DO A ROUGH I CAN ANSWER I'M SORRY. EVERY FIVE YEARS WE DO OUR RFP. GO AHEAD. EVERY FIVE YEARS WE DO OUR RFP AND PUT OUT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR TO FOR THE AUDITORS, FOR AN AUDITOR TO COME AND AUDIT OUR FINANCIALS. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE AFTER THAT FIVE YEARS IS UP. SOMETIMES WE CAN DO A RENEWAL LIKE A 1 OR 2 YEAR RENEWAL DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CONTRACT STATES. THEN WE'LL GO AND SOLICIT TO ANOTHER FOR ANOTHER AUDIT FIRM. SO AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS YEAR WE HAVE A NEW AUDIT, AUDITORS THAT ARE AUDITING OUR FINANCIALS FROM WHAT WAS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.WHO MAKES THE DECISION ON WHICH COMPANY WE CHOSE? WELL, OKAY, WHEN WE WHEN THEY SUBMIT THEIR PROPOSALS, WE DO A RATING SCALE AND THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TO CITY COUNCIL WHO THE AUDITORS WOULD BE RECOMMENDATION. RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL VOTES. YES. AND THE COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE IT. YES. SO DEBT OR SOMEHOW MISS. EXCUSE ME.
MUNICIPAL BONDS. SO WE THINK ABOUT DEBT OF COURSE IS WHAT WE OWE A PERSON. OH WHAT THE CITY OWES. RIGHT. DEBT CAN BE REPRESENTED BY BONDS. WARRANT CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS OR EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS STATING REPAYMENTS OF TERMS. SO IT'S DEBT, SOMETHING WE OWE. WE HAVE TO PAY RIGHT. OUR MUNICIPAL BONDS ARE BONDS THAT ARE ISSUED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR ONE OF ITS AGENCIES. HINT HINT. THEY ARE GENERALLY USED TO FINANCE PUBLIC PROJECTS SUCH AS ROADS, BUILDINGS, AIRPORTS, WATER, SEWER SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED REPAIRS. HINT HINT OKAY.
THE ADVANTAGES OF ISSUING BONDS. IT ALLOWS MUNICIPALITIES TO FINANCE PROJECTS OF THEIR USEFUL LIVES. IT PREVENTS LARGE SINGLE OUTFLOW OF CASH. IT HELPS MINIMIZE IMPACT ON PROPERTY TAXES AND ITS FUTURE BENEFICIARIES HELP PAY FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT SERVICES.
SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE WERE USING NOW WITH SOME OF THE DEBT WE HAVE, IS THE HAMPTON ROAD, DANIEL DALE, PLEASANT RUN AND THIS IS IN THE PROJECT. THE NEXT TWO IS WITH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH WE HAVE WITH THE COUNTY, THE AQUATIC CENTERS AT MCCOY, MCCOWAN PARK AS WELL AS PUBLIC UTILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AND RENOVATIONS. YES, SIR. HAMPTON ROADS PROJECT WITH THE HAMPTON ROADS, THEY'RE GOING TO REDO AN ENTIRE HAMPTON ROAD, HAMPTON ROAD. I THINK IT'S FROM BELTLINE TO PLEASANT RUN. PLEASANT RUN, PLEASANT RUN. THE BELTLINE. AND WHAT IT. IT HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED. WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO YET. IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, AT THE PLANNING LEVEL, BUT THE ROAD WILL BE REDONE. IT'S GOING TO BE SURFACED. YES. THEY'RE GOING TO REDO THE ENTIRE ROAD. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SIDEWALK REDO THE SIDEWALKS TO. PARAMETER OF DISTANCE FROM THE ROAD FROM PLEASANT RUN TO, BELTLINE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION ON.
OH. I'M SORRY. OKAY JUST, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY. YEAH. YEAH I WAS THINKING THAT IT WAS HER QUESTION. HER QUESTION WAS, ARE WE GOING TO DO ANY. I DON'T KNO, YOU COULDN'T TELL ME? YES. AT THIS TIME, AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NO PLANS OF PURCHASING. YEAH OKAY. A GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ARE OUR GEO BONDS. IT REQUIRES AN ELECTION. OKAY. YOU HAVE THE, HAVE AN ELECTION TO AUTHORIZE THOSE BONDS, THE ISSUE FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE, SUCH AS, PROPERTY ACQUISITION OR REAL PROPERTY AND LAND ACQUISITION AND THAT IS AMORTIZED NOT TO EXCEED 40 YEARS. AND RIGHT NOW, WITH AMORTIZED MEAN, WE REPAY ME WITHIN 40 YEARS. BUT THE CITY, DOES IT REPAYMENTS FOR LIKE 20 YEARS. OKAY AND IN TEXAS SECURED BY ISSUE OF AD VALOREM TAX
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POWERS. SO OUR TAXES WILL PAY THAT. THAT'S WHY IT HAS TO BE VOTED ON. WHEN YOU DO A GEO BON.CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONS OR YOUR CO BONDS. IT DOES NOT REQUIRE VOTERS. APPROVAL. IT HAS TO BE SIGNED BY 5% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS. IT CAN BE, AND IT CAN FORCE AN ELECTION. BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED. A NOTICE OF INTENT IS ISSUED. NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE IS REQUIRED. SO WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HAVE TO PUBLISH IT IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
SO IF YOU GET THE DAILY LOCAL NEWS WHAT IS IT. DAILY FOCUS NEWS. IT WOULD BE PUBLISHED IN THERE. AND THE FIRST PUBLICATION MUST BE 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE DATE. WHEN SECURED SOLELY BY AD VALOREM TAXES, THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS ARE LIMITED TO LAND ACQUISITION, LIMITED TO LAND ACQUISITIONS, JUDGMENT FUNDING AND PURCHASE OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT WHEN IT IS SECURED BY THE VALOREM TAXES AND REVENUE PLEDGE, THEY CAN BE ISSUED FOR THE SAME LAWFUL PURPOSE AS A GEO BOND. OKAY TAX NOTES. SO THOSE ARE AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCES AND HAVE MAXIMUM MATURITY OF SEVEN YEARS OKAY. SO YOU CAN'T GO OVER TO SEVEN YEARS. IT IS SECURED BY THE, BY PLEDGING ANTICIPATED AD VALOREM TAXES OR REVENUES, PROCEEDS FROM BONDS PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED, BUT NOT YET ISSUED CURRENT REVENUE SOURCES ISSUED TO FINANCE THE FOLLOWING. SO YOU CAN USE THE FOLLOWING, YOU CAN USE IT TO FINANCE THE FOLLOWING, PUBLIC PURPOSE. IT MUST BE USED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE. PAY CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AND FOR CASH FLOW SHORTFALLS. BUT IT MUST FOR THAT ONE. IT HAS TO BE PAID WITHIN A YEAR. QUESTIONS CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE. IT SAYS THAT A PETITION IS SIGNED BY 5% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE CITY OF DESOTO. CAN YOU SAY THAT? HOW DID YOU GET THAT NUMBER? THAT'S THE PETITION. I'M NOT EXACTLY FOR SURE. THAT WILL HAVE TO BE ANSWERED BY OUR CITY SECRETARY OFFICE. I'M NOT, I'M NOT. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU ANY BAD INFORMATION. YES, SIR. OUT OF THESE, DIFFERENT, AREAS, THE BONDS AND THE CERTIFICATES, ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR ONES THAT THE CITY OF DESOTO TENDS TO UTILIZE MORE OFTEN THAN OTHERS? SEALS? YES. THE REVENUE BONDS, DOES NOT REQUIRE VOTER AUTHORIZATION. THEY CAN BE USED FOR WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM, DRAINAGE SYSTEM, SANITATION AND IT SECURED SOLELY BY THE PLEDGED REVENUES. SO YOUR AD VALOREM TAXES ARE NOT SECURED BY THE REVENUE BONDS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO TURN THE MIC OVER TO CONNOR. AND HE'S GOING TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASING AREA OF FINCE. HELLO AGAIN EVERYONE.
SO, LIKE MISS LINDA SAID, I'M WITH PURCHASING, I NORMALLY DIRECT TO OUR PURCHASING MANAGER, BUT, LIKE WE SAID, THAT ROLE IS VACANT, SO IT'S JUST ME, RIGHT NOW, ALL RIGHT, SO OUR PURCHASING MISSION STATEMENT, THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROCURE QUALITY GOODS AND SERVICES WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND MUNICIPAL PURCHASING LAWS. PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IN THE CITY COMES THROUGH US, LET'S SE.
SO THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUBLIC SECTOR AND PRIVATE SECTOR PURCHASING. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S MUCH MORE RED TAPE AND ACCOUNTABILITY ON OUR END THAN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR. THEY'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR STAKEHOLDERS. AND STOCK SHARE, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU ALL. WE ALSO HAVE SOME STATE AND LEGISLATURE MANDATES. WE HAVE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS, ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS, SOLE SOURCE EMERGENCY PURCHASING
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REQUIREMENTS. CONSTRUCTION CHANGE ORDER REQUIREMENTS. CONTRACT AWARDING REQUIREMENTS.WE HAVE CITY CHARTER AND CITY ORDINANCES. RECORDS RETENTION, PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY. AS I SAID BEFORE, FAIR AND OPEN AND TRANSPARENT. LET'S SEE. SO THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT PURCHASING PROCUREMENT TYPES, WE HAVE NONCOMPETITIVE MICRO PURCHASING, GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO BEST OBTAIN THE BEST PRICE, THESE ARE PURCHASES LESS THAN $3,000, WE ALSO HAVE COMPETITIVE, INFORMAL PURCHASES. WHICH REQUIRE THREE INFORMAL QUOTES. AND ANYTHING OVER $10,000 REQUIRES CITY MANAGEMENT APPROVAL, THESE ARE PURCHASES BETWEEN 3000 AND 1 DOLLARS AND $24,999.99, COMPETITIVE FORMAL PURCHASE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT GO OUT FOR, ADVERTISEMENT, THESE ARE SEALED BIDS, ADVERTISEMENTS. CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. THAT'S FOR ANYTHING OVER $50,000. WITH ACKNOWLEDGED FORM 1295 COMPLETED PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL VOTE, AGAIN, THESE ARE PURCHASES OVER 25,000. AND THAT'S IT FOR PROCUREMENT. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS THE ACKNOWLEDGED FORM 1295? WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT? DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW TRACY? EXACTLY WHAT THE 1295 DOES? I KNOW IT'S A CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PARTIES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I THINK, THAT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'S, COUNCIL HAS TO FILL OUT THAT FORM TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST. YEAH. ON THE COMPETITIVE, INFORMAL PURCHASE, YOU SAY YOU GET THREE INFORMAL QUOTES. DO YOU ALL SOLICIT THOSE THREE? YES, SIR.
FROM PEOPLE THAT MAYBE HAVE DONE BUSINESS WITH YOU IN THE PAST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YEAH, WE DEFINITELY DO. THAT DEFINITELY GOES A LONG WAY, OBVIOUSLY. BUT WE DO REACH OUT. IT'S KIND OF UP TO THE DEPARTMENT'S DISCRETION, IF THEY DO HAVE A VENDOR THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, GET QUOTES FROM, OF COURSE WE REACH OUT TO THEM, BUT WE LIKE TO GO WITH THREE LOCAL VENDORS, WE DO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE MWBE AND HUB PARTICIPATION. THAT'S BLACK. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, MINORITY WOMEN, DISABLED, ENTERPRISE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IT'S BASICALLY, HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS, WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO PRIORITIZE THAT WITH THE CITY BEING 66% BLACK.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE THING. YEAH. YES, MA'AM. ARE THOSE BIDS ARE IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER AS WELL, OR HOW DOES THE PUBLIC ARE THEY ANYWHERE? YES, MA'AM. WE ADVERTISE IN THE DAILY FOCUS. WE USUALLY DO LIKE TWO ADVERTISEMENTS, WITH THE LATEST ADVERTISEMENT BEING TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE BID CLOSES OR OPENS, RATHER, WE ALSO ADVERTISE ON PUBLIC PURCHASE.COM, WHICH THE LINK CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT WEBSITE, WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO TRY TO ADVERTISE ON THE STATE'S SMART BUY ADVERTISEMENT WEBSITE, IF YOU WANT. I COULD SEND YOU THE LINK TO THAT. I COULD TAKE YOUR INFORMATION DOWN AND SEND THAT TO YOU AS WELL, BUT YEAH, THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN WAYS THAT WE ADVERTISE OUR BIDS. AND THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. CAN YOU JUST GIVE US SOME EXAMPLE OF WHAT KIND OF ITEMS YOU MIGHT PURCHASE UNDER THE SCOPE OF THE 3000 TO 24,000, WHAT KINDS OF SERVICES, SO, IT COULD BE ANYTHING. LET'S SAY THERE'S LIKE SOME SOFTWARE THAT WE NEED TO RUN IN THE CITY CITYWIDE THAT'S GOING TO COST US LIKE $10,000, THAT'S WHENEVER WE DO WANT TO GET THOSE EXTRA QUOTES. THOSE THREE QUOTES, BUT IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, ANYTHING REALLY ANYTHING. AS LONG AS IT'S BETWEEN 3000 AND 20,000 OR 25.
YES, SIR. SO WHAT IS THE COMMON PROCEDURE IN THE ABSENCE OF THE, SO, LIKE, I SAID, I'M DOING MOST OF THE PURCHASING, I KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WAS TRAINED ON EVERYTHING, TRACY HELPS OUT A LOT OR, YEAH. CONNOR. CONNOR'S PRETTY MUCH HANDLING TWO JOBS RIGHT NOW, BUT STILL, THE AD
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WILL TAKE OVER ALL THE APPROVAL AS THE PURCHASING MANAGER DID.RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT'S THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR YOUR, YOUR SELECTION PROCESS AS FAR AS, VENDOR SELECTION? YEAH. I MEAN, IS IT DIFFERENT FOR THE, THE INDIVIDUAL PURCHASES THAT YOU PERFORM? YEAH. BECAUSE THE FORMAL PURCHASES THAT HAS TO GO TO BID. AND THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE WITH, STATE PROCUREMENT AND CITY PROCUREMENT POLICY, WHEREAS INFORMAL, WE JUST GO OUT FOR THREE QUOTES, LITERALLY, AND THE DEPARTMENT PICKS WHO THEY WANT TO GO WITH, AND IT COULD BE A RANGE OF FACTORS, BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH UP TO THE END USER. AND THE DEPARTMENT'S DISCRETION AS FAR AS THE SELECTION PROCESS.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES MA'AM. I'M SORRY. SAY THAT AGAIN. WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS IS FALLS UNDER THE 3000, IT COULD BE ANY BUSINESS. IT'S NOT REALLY A THING OF THE BUSINESS AS FAR AS OR AS MUCH AS THE PRODUCTS OR THE GOODS OR THE SERVICE. YEAH, THAT 3000 PERTAINS TO THAT. WHAT THEY'RE PROVIDING TO US, IT'S NOT REALLY A THING OF THE VENDOR. IT'S WHAT THEY'RE PROVIDING. WHAT KIND OF PRODUCTS MIGHT FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY, LIKE I SAID, IT COULD BE ANYTHING. FOR AN EVENT. YEAH, IT COULD BE. YEAH, PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THEY SPEND MONEY ON.
ANYTHING THAT WE SPEND MONEY ON, ANYTHING THAT WE USE. YEAH YEAH, LITERALLY EVERYTHING COMES THROUGH PURCHASING. YES, SIR. LIKE EVERY DEPARTMENT. YES, SIR. GOOD TO MEET YOU. THOSE ARE WHAT I REQUESTED. DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF AMOUNT, YOU HAVE TO PROCEED AS FOLLOWS. YES, SIR.
SERVICES AS WELL. YES, MA'AM. LITERALLY ANYTHING THAT THE CITY SPENDS MONEY ON, COMES TO US.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THAT COMING UP SIR. OH YEAH. THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE BRANDON LACY, OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. ONCE AGAIN, I AM BRANDON LACY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES. WE'LL GO OVER A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. OH. I MIGHT HAVE TO DO THIS. ALL RIGHT, SO PUBLIC UTILITIES PEOPLE USUALLY ASK WHEN I TELL THEM I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I'M THE WATER DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. RIGHT. SO I OVERSEE THE WATER AND SEWER FUNCTIONS FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. WHAT MAKES MY ROLE UNIQUE IS I COMMUNICATE WITH EVERY CITIZEN AND EVERY VISITOR ON A DAILY BASIS, BECAUSE BY A SHOW OF HANDS, HOW MANY OF Y'ALL DRINK AND FLUSH? BE PROUD. BE PROUD OF IT. RIGHT. SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF AVENUES THAT MOTHER NATURE ACTUALLY HAS OUR BACK, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THEM. MOTHER NATURE DOES HAVE MY BACK ON A DAILY BASIS, BECAUSE BY SHEER BIOLOGY, SHE KEEPS ME EMPLOYED RIGHT. SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING HERE. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER OPERATIONS AS WELL AS OUR UTILITY BILLING. I WANT TO ASK YOU ALL A QUESTION. AND SOMETIMES THE ANSWER IS RIGHT UNDERNEATH YOUR NOSE. WHAT IS THE CITY OF DESOTO'S TAGLINE OR HASHTAG? SO MUCH TO LOVE, RIGHT? SO THERE'S SO MUCH TO LOVE ABOUT OUR CITIZENS. THERE'S SO MUCH TO LOVE ABOUT OUR CITY. THERE'S SO MUCH TO LOVE ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT UTILITY BILLING TODAY. I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT CAN EVOKE SOME EMOTIONS, BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF LOVE, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A GRIPE SESSION. ALTHOUGH IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. BUT JUST NOT TRYING TO BE FUNNY OR TRYING TO BE RUDE.
BUT JUST BY THE NATURE OF BILLING AND ACCOUNTS AND SUCH LIKE THAT, THERE'S JUST CONVERSATION THAT WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE IN AN OPEN FORUM. SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSITIVE OR PERSONAL TO YOUR COUNCIL, WE'LL HANDLE THAT OFFLINE. WE'RE GOOD. COOL ALL RIGHT. SO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY. IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS MORE OF A DIVISION THAT FELL UNDER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. BUT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY GOT PASSED OFF BACK IN 2011 AS A PART OF A ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURE. SO WITH OUR CITY GROWING AND SUCH LIKE THAT, THERE WAS A NEED TO MAKE PUBLIC UTILITIES ACTUALLY ITS OWN DEPARTMENT. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE DIVISIONS, ONE OF THEM'S NOT UP THERE, BUT WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION, WHICH IS MYSELF AND MY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, CARMEN LEE. WE SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENTS IN VARIOUS AVENUES, WHETHER IT'S WITH, BUDGETING, INVOICE PROCESSING, ETC. THEN WE HAVE
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UTILITY BILLING. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT I AFFECTIONATELY CALL THE FACES OF THE FRANCHISE.THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU SEE IN THE FRONT HERE, READY TO TAKE YOUR BILLING OR ANY TYPE OF INQUIRIES THAT YOU MAY HAVE. AND THEN ALSO, WE HAVE OUR WATER MAINTENANCE TEAM THAT'S OVERSEEN BY ALAN MCDONALD. AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE DOING THE HEAVY HITTING OUTSIDE. THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE REALLY MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE CONTINUOUS WATER AND SEWER, SERVICES THAT YOU'VE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO. SO I WON'T GO OVER THE ORG CHART IN ITS ENTIRETY. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, IT'S MY POSITION. I'M THE DIRECTOR, AND I'M SUPPORTED BY TWO ADMINISTRATORS, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, WHICH IS NOREEN MITCHELL, WHO HANDLES THE UTILITY BILLING FUNCTIONS ON THE DAY TO DAY BASIS, AS WELL AS, ALAN MCDONALD, WHO'S THE MANAGER OF UTILITIES. HE OVERSEES OUR FIELD OPERATIONS STAFF. THOSE ARE THE STAFF THAT YOU KIND OF ROLL UP ON, ON THE ROAD AND PROBABLY GET A LITTLE MAD AT BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THE DETOURS SET UP, OR THEY GOT YOUR FAVORITE ROAD OR YOUR FAVORITE ROUTE CLOSED UP. SO FOR ALL THOSE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY TALK TO MR. ALAN FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR WATER MAINTENANCE DIVISION. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE 16 EMPLOYEES NOW OUR HOURS OF OPERATION I KIND OF SAY THAT TONGUE IN CHEEK UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS WE ARE HERE FROM 7:00 TO 4:00. BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE A CREW ON CALL WAITING TO ACCEPT ANY CUSTOMER SERVICE REQUEST THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WE ALSO ON THE BILLING SIDE, WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED OUR ANSWER FIRST SYSTEM. THAT'S WHEN YOU CALL AFTER HOURS THAT THOSE PHONE CALLS GET ROUTED TO OUR ON CALL PHONE. WE TYPICALLY TRY TO KEEP A FOUR MAN OR A FOUR PERSON ON CALL CREW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME JOBS ARE MORE INVOLVED THAN OTHERS. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IF ONE PERSON CAN HANDLE IT, IF IT'S A SIMPLE, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY TURN OFF, THEN THAT'S FINE. BUT SOMETIMES IF IT'S A MAIN BREAK OR ANY TYPE OF, INVASIVE ISSUE, WE DO HAVE A CREW THAT'S ON CALL 24 OVER SEVEN. SO UNLIKE MANY OTHER PLACES, WE DO NOT HAVE A TREATMENT PLANT HERE THAT HOUSES PEOPLE 24 OVER SEVEN. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY 24 OVER SEVEN. SO WE MONITOR THAT USING A TOOL CALLED SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION OR SCADA. SO BASICALLY THAT TRANSMITS EVERYTHING TO OUR CELL PHONES OR TO OUR COMPUTER. WE CAN SEE OUR TANK LEVELS. WE CAN SEE WHAT PUMPS ARE TURNED ON. WE CAN SEE PRESSURES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THAT'S HOW WE ARE ABLE TO MONITOR THE SYSTEM 24 OVER SEVEN. AND THEN WE ALSO GET ALARMS LIKE IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG, IF WE HAVE LIKE PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS, BECAUSE BY OUR REGULATORY AUTHORITY WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR PRESSURES AT A CERTAIN POINT. OR IF WE HAVE A TANK LEVELS THAT ARE TOO LOW, WE DO GET NOTIFIED VIA WHAT'S CALLED OUR 1911, WHICH IS OUR ALARM SYSTEM. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE ROUGHLY 19,000 CONNECTIONS HERE. SO ROUGHLY 19,000 ACCOUNTS. OUR CITY'S WATER SYSTEM COVERS ROUGHLY ABOUT 22MIā S. SO WE'RE DIVIDED REALLY INTO TWO PRESSURE PLAINS. THE 798, WHICH IS THIS, KIND OF GREENISH COLOR. AND THEN THIS LIGHT COLOR HERE IS THE 860 ZONE. SO AS MISS OLIVER MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DON'T TREAT OUR OWN WATER HERE. WE PURCHASE WATER FROM DALLAS WATER UTILITIES. SO I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE HINT HINT MOMENTS WHERE SHE SAID THAT THAT'S OUR BIGGEST, EXPENDITURE IN PUBLIC UTILITIES IS ACTUALLY OUR WATER PURCHASES THROUGH DALLAS WATER UTILITIES, AS WELL AS OUR SANITARY SEWER TREATMENT SERVICES THROUGH TRA. SO WHAT THIS ILLUSTRATES HERE WE HAVE TWO ENTRY POINTS INTO OUR SYSTEM FROM DALLAS WATER UTILITIES INTO THE HAMPTON ROAD PUMP STATION, WHICH IS UP THERE ON HAMPTON ROAD IN CENTER PARK. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION, WHICH IS RIGHT TO THE I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE TO THE SOUTH OF DESOTO WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO ALL IN ALL, AND THEN YOU SEE OUR ELEVATOR STORAGE TANKS AROUND THE CITY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ABOUT 5 MILLION GALLONS OF ELEVATED STORAGE AND 15 MILLION GALLONS OF GROUND STORAGE TANKS. SO ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE REALLY GET EXCITED ABOUT. SO WE HAVE A FEW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPE. A LOT OF THESE ARE REALLY WHAT'S CALLED EITHER CAPACITY DRIVEN OR CONDITION DRIVEN. SO BACK IN 2021, THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT DID WHAT WAS CALLED A MASTER PLAN. SO A MASTER PLAN REALLY LOOKS AHEAD, USUALLY SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 25 TO 30 YEARS TO SHOW BASED ON GROWTH PROJECTIONS, POPULATION PROJECTIONS, UPCOMING DEVELOPMENT, WHAT THE UTILITY REALLY NEEDS TO DO TO STAY UP FRONT. I'M SURE SOME OF US HAVE PROBABLY SEEN HERE IN THE NEWS LATELY, THIS MASSIVE INFLUX OF GROWTH THAT IS COMING TO THE NORTH TEXAS AREA. YOU'VE SEEN OTHER UTILITIES WHO HAVE KIND OF RAN OUT OF WATER, HAD TO PUT BOIL WATER NOTICES. WE TRY TO STAY OFF THE NEWS. YOU KNOW, I DON'T LOOK GOOD ON CAMERA. YOU KNOW, THE CAMERA ADDS 10 POUNDS, RIGHT? SO IN AN EFFORT TO DO THAT, WE ARE, EMBARKING ON A BIG PROJECT WHICH IS CALLED OUR BOLT AND BOOM INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK ONE SLIDE HERE, OUR BOLT AND BOOM PRESSURE ZONE IS REALLY THIS AREA NORTH OF TOWN, WHICH IS GENERALLY IN BETWEEN DANIEL DALE AND WHEATLAND ROADS. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THERE IS ADDING A NEW PUMP STATION, ELEVATED STORAGE TANK,
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AND 20 INCH TRANSMISSION MAIN. SO THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK IS GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE AT DANIEL DALE AND ARE PROPOSED TO BE RIGHT THERE AT DANIEL DALE AND WESTMORELAND ROAD. AND IT'S AND IT'S GOING TO HOLD APPROXIMATELY APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 500,000 GALLONS OF WATER.AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A BOLT AND BOOM PUMP STATION ALONG BOLTON BOOM ROAD. WE'RE GOING TO DECOMMISSION THAT STATION AND RELOCATE IT TO OUR HAMPTON ROAD PUMP STATION, AND THEN RUN A 20 INCH TRANSMISSION MAIN DOWN CENTER PARK UP TO WESTMORELAND ROAD. SO WHAT THAT'S GOING TO D, THAT'S GOING TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THAT WHAT WE CALL THE BOLTON BOOM PRESSURE ZONE. SO ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENT LIKE THE HOMESTEAD AT DANIEL FARMS, THE NEW DESOTO BUSINESS PARK, ALL THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THAT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR MASTER PLAN CALLED OUT BACK IN 21 WAS THAT WE WERE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ON THE CUSP OF WHAT OUR CAPACITY ON THE UPPER LEVEL OF OUR CAPACITY LIMITS BY THE YEAR 2030. SO OUR REGULATORY AUTHORITY IS THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, OR THE TSTC. THEY REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE SO MANY GALLONS PER CONNECTION, 200 GALLONS PER CONNECTION WITH 100 OF THAT BEING THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK. SO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE, THIS IS WHY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. AND THEN ANOTHER PROJECT THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS OUR WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION REHAB THAT IS ACTUALLY ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW TALKING ABOUT PURCHASING. THAT IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH CONNOR, THAT WE HAVE THAT OUT TO BID RIGHT NOW, AND THAT ACTUALLY GETS AWARDED OR NOT GETS AWARDED. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A BID OPENING ON SEPTEMBER THE 19TH, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP PROBABLY AROUND THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER, AND BRING THAT PROJECT FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL. AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO, THAT'S GOING TO REHAB A PUMP STATION THAT WAS ACTUALLY, COMMISSIONED BACK IN 1986. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU BLINK. WE'RE NOW 40 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. SO IT'S GOING TO REPLACE A LOT OF THE PUMPS. VALVING REHAB, BOTH OF THE 5 MILLION GALLON STORAGE TANKS, AS WELL AS ADD SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING. YES, SIR. SLIDE FIVE ON WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE PUMP STATIONS. DO THEY SERVICE THAT? HOW? YOU HAVE THE CITY DIVIDED INTO GREEN AND YELLOW. OKAY. ARE THEY SUPPORTING. SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO THE HAMPTON ROAD PUMP STATION, WHICH LIKE I SAID, IS THE ONE ON HAMPTON AND CENTER PARK THAT JUST SERVES THIS AREA RIGHT HERE. NOW, THE WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION, WHICH IS IN THE 860 ZONE, IT HAS TECHNICALLY, I BELIEVE, NINE PUMPS, EIGHT ACTIVE PUMPS. HALF OF THEM SERVE THE 860 ZONE, WHICH IS THE SOUTHWEST REGION. AND THEN THE OTHER HALF SERVES THE HAMPTON ROADS. SO THIS PUMP STATION IS ACTUALLY OUR LARGEST PUMP STATION, AND IT DISTRIBUTES, I DON'T KNOW, ABOUT 65 TO 70% OF THE TREATED WATER FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO. SO IT IS ACTUALLY CAPABLE OF SERVING BOTH. SO THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS WHY IT'S VERY CRITICAL TO KEEP THAT PUMP STATION UP AND GOING. SO ONCE YOU GET THE BOLT TO MOVE, STARTED, IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE THE CONFIGURATION OF WHERE THE WATER IS GOING OR THAT WILL CHANGE THE CONFIGURATION OF THIS ZONE. SO THIS ZONE WILL ACTUALLY BE EXPANDED. QUITE A WAYS TO THE SOUTH. RIGHT. SO A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ENCOUNTER WITH THIS BOLTON BOOM ZONE IS HAMPTON ROAD IS RIGHT HERE. SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE CYCLE ON AND OFF OUR PUMPS, THESE FOLKS RIGHT HERE IN THE MOST NORTHERN AREA OF THE REGION REALLY SEE A LOT OF PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS. SO BY BY HAVING A DEDICATED ELEVATED STORAGE TANK AND A PUMP STATION TO THAT AREA, AS WELL AS A WAY TO CONVEY IT WITH THAT 20 INCH WATER LINE, THAT WILL KIND OF STABILIZE THE PRESSURE AND NOT ONLY AND ALSO SUPPORT THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. YES, SIR. YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT ELEVATED STORAGE. OKAY. JUST GIVE US AN EXAMPLE. CURRENT LOCATION RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT ONE THAT I THINK REPRESENTS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NEAR THE FIRE STATION ON THE BELTLINE. THAT'S THE ONE I WAS GOING TO SAY. THAT'S CALLED OUR PARKS TOWER. THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S ON. IT'S TECHNICALLY ON PARKS DRIVE, BUT IT'S RIGHT BEHIND FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO. AND IS THERE A REASON LIKE A PARTICULAR ENGINEERING REASON, WHY YOU USE ELEVATED STORAGE AS OPPOSED TO SAY SOMETHING GROUND LEVEL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH. SO REGULATORY DOES REQUIRE THAT YOU HAVE AT LEAST A 200 GALLONS OF CAPACITY PER CONNECTION, WITH 100 OF THAT BEING ELEVATED STORAGE. RIGHT SO THE PURPOSE OF AN ELEVATED STORAGE TANK IS TO ACTUALLY PRESSURIZE YOUR SYSTEM. SO BY ELEVATION, YOU GET SO MANY POUNDS OF PRESSURE AS YOU UTILIZE THOSE TANKS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT. SO OUR GROUND STORAGE TANKS MORE SERVE AS A AS A HOLDING RESERVOIR FOR OUR PUMPING, OPERATIONS. GOOD QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. SO WOULD YOU EXPECT THE MOST? SO THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT AN 15% DESIGN. WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD OUR PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL DESIGN REVIEW ENGINEERING REVIEW MEETING ACTUALLY TODAY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE PROCUREMENT EVER SINCE COVID AND, YOU KNOW, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, WE REALLY HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC WITH HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ACTUALLY PAY ATTENTION TO LIKE THE COUNCIL AGENDAS AND STUFF LIKE
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THAT, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF TIMES WHERE UTILITIES IS ACTUALLY PRE PURCHASING EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH LONG LEAD TIMES. SO TO KEEP THAT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE REALLY FLUID, WE HAVE TO LIKE PRE-PURCHASE LIKE PUMPS AND MATERIALS THAT WAY WHEN WE ACTUALLY AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR, WE CAN ACTUALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. SO, WE'RE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY PRE PURCHASING THE PUMPS FOR THE BOLTS AND BOOM PUMP STATION I BELIEVE. AND I HOPE I TOLD TRACY THIS BECAUSE SOMETIMES HE GETS A LITTLE SURPRISED WHEN I SAY HE GOES, OH REALLY? I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY PUT THAT OUT TO BID MID TO LATE OCTOBER TO START PRE PURCHASING SOME EQUIPMENT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE DIFFERENT DESIGN PACKAGES. SO IT'S GOING TO BE THE, THE PUMP STATION, THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK AND THEN THE 20 INCH WATER LINE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT STARTING CONSTRUCTION ABOUT NEXT AUGUST. SO ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WHERE DO YOU EXPECT THE, THE STORAGE. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WESTMORELAND, YOU KNOW WHERE IT KIND OF THE ROAD GETS A LITTLE WONKY RIGHT THERE AT WESTMORELAND DANIEL DALE RIGHT THERE. IF YOU KEEP GOING WESTMORELAND UP TO THE NORTH. RIGHT THERE ACROSS DANIEL DALE ROAD, THERE'S LIKE A IS IT LIKE A HORSE PASTURE THAT YOU JUST SEE, LIKE A HORSE? THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE'RE LOOKING AT IT IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY, NOT NECESSARILY THAT PARTICULAR SPOT. THERE'S ACTUALLY ABOUT 2 TO 3 LOCATIONS THAT THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT THAT WORKS OUT HYDRAULICALLY FOR US. SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF WE'RE IN THE IN THE MIDST OF DOING LIKE TESTING, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE I THINK WE WANTED TO GO ON ONE SITE AND WE FIGURED OUT THAT THAT WAS A IT HAD LIKE AN OLD RETENTION OR DETENTION POND. SO OBVIOUSLY WE COULDN'T DO THAT. SO THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO ACTUALLY PLANNING WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT THOSE SITES BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT THEM. IS THAT PURCHASED BY CITY OR THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE. IT LOOKS LIKE HOUSE. OH BOY. SO THE SHORT ANSWER, THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. THE ORIGINAL PLAN. AND THAT THIS PLAN IS ACTUALLY STILL ON THE TABLE WAS TO YOU REMEMBER I SAID WE HAD THE BOLT AND BOOM PUMP STATION THAT WAS ALONG BOLT AND BOOM DRIVE KIND OF ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CEMETERY. THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO ACTUALLY DEMOLISH THAT STATION AND ACTUALLY PUT IT AT THAT SITE. WELL, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND FUTURISTIC PLANNING, JUST LAND USE THINGS THAT GO INTO IT. WE'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT ALTERNATIVES. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, INITIATING THOSE TALKS WITH OUR WITH VARIOUS PROPERTY OWNERS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT LAND OR SELLING THAT LAND TO THE CITY. AND WHEN IS THE TIMING ON THIS FOR THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK? WE'RE LOOKING TO ACTUALLY GET A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD AROUND AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR. SO WE'RE MOVING. WE'RE MOVING PRETTY QUICK. NOW, ONE THING I WILL SAY, AND THESE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU DO PROJECTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE, TYPICALLY SPEAKING EASEMENT ACQUISITION, PROPERTY ACQUISITION THAT USUALLY IS YOUR ACHILLES HEEL. AND THAT'S USUALLY WHAT SLOWS DOWN A PROJECT, LUCKILY FOR US, WE'VE GOT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE VARIOUS PROPERTY OWNERS. AND THEN, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HANG OUT THROUGH THE THROUGHOUT THE CIVIC ACADEMY, I'M ACTUALLY UTILIZING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WHO HAS THOSE KIND OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE VARIOUS PROPERTY OWNERS TO ACTUALLY INITIATE THAT TALK, THOSE TALKS. AND THAT'S REALLY HUGE FOR Y'ALL AS WELL FROM AN END USER STANDPOINT, BECAUSE THAT WAS A NEGOTIATION TOOL THAT I WAS ABLE TO USE WITH OUR CONSULTANTS. AS FAR AS NOT HAVING TO NECESSARY PAY A CONSULTANT FIRM TO DO EASEMENT OR PROPERTY ACQUISITION, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I FELT PERSONALLY THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY DO, DO SOME OF THAT IN HOUSE WITH SOME OF THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH PROPERTY OWNERS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY ON, ON THAT PART OF THE PROJECT AS FAR AS PROPERTY OR EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS. AND EXPANSION TO THE PROPERTY. I MAY BE GOING BACK TO SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER. YOU SAID EARLIER, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DISTANCE FROM HAMPTON ROAD TO BELTLINE TO WHAT THAT PLEASANT, PLEASANT RUN, THE BELTLINE, YOU HAVE NEW ROADS THAT GO TO THESE MAIN STREETS. THEY ARE ALL ARE WE LOOKING AT ANYTHING CONCERNING OR CORRECTING SOME OF THAT? SO JUST THE MAIN STREET. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE'S WHAT I WILL SAY REGARDING THAT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SAVE THAT QUESTION FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO HANDLE THE STREETS. NOW I WILL SAY THIS. OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT DOES COLLABORATE WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND DOES A WHAT'S CALLED A R&R OR REHAB AND RESTORATION PROJECT, WHERE WE GO INTO VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE KIND OF PARTNER WITH THEM TO NOT ONLY UPGRADE THE WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO RECONSTRUCT THE STREET, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO GO IN THERE AND DO ALL THE WATER AND SEWER AND TEAR UP A NEW STREET, RIGHT? SO THERE'S GOT TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF COLLABORATION THERE. BUT MY[01:05:04]
DEPARTMENT PERSONALLY DOES NOT MANAGE THE STREET RECONSTRUCTIO. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. YES, SIR. WHILE THE PROJECT IS, ONCE IT STARTS TO GET UNDERWAY, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH SERVICES. OR WHAT? WHAT CAN WE EXPECT AS A CITIZEN? IT'S JUST A SMOOTH TRANSITION OR SO AS A CITIZEN WITH THIS PROJECT, YOU WILL NOT SEE ANY DISRUPTION OF SERVICES. YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT SEE SOME TRAFFIC DETOURS WHEN YOU KNOW WE'RE BORING THE WATER LINE AND SUCH LIKE THAT. AS FAR AS YOUR WATER SERVICE, YOU SHOULDN'T SEE ANY, YOU KNOW, OUTAGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE INTENT IS TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO KEEP RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, WITH WATER SERVICE. AS MUCH, AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN SHARE BECAUSE I'M SURE SOME OF THIS IS YOU GUYS KEPT IN HOUSE. BUT WE TALK ABOUT OUR WATER STATIONS, THAT KIND OF SECURITY PROTOCOLS THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE FOR THIS. YEAH. NO, I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. SO OUR REGULATORY AUTHORITY REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SECURITY AS FAR AS INTRUDER RESISTANT FENCING, WHICH THE DEFINITION OF INTRUDER RESISTANT FENCING IS, IS SIX FEET WITH BARBED WIRE AND OR EIGHT FEET TALL FENCING. ALL OF OUR STATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE HAMPTON ROAD PUMP STATION, WHICH WE JUST PUT ONLINE BACK EARLIER IN THE YEAR ON NEW HAMPTON ROAD PUMP STATION, THAT WAS A BIG COMPONENT WAS SECURITY UPGRADES, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING CAMERAS. THAT'S WHY THAT KIND OF GOES BACK TO WHAT I MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR ALARMS THAT WE GET WE GET THOSE VIA OUR CELL PHONE. IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF INTRUSION ALARMS, YOU KNOW, GATE, YOU KNOW, OPEN DOOR OPEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE DO, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE ALARMS SO WE'RE CAPABLE TO MONITOR THAT 24 OVER SEVEN. ALL RIGHT. SO, JUST A SIMPLE OVERVIEW OF OUR WATER OPERATIONS. I ALREADY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE PURCHASED WATER THROUGH DWR. WE SENT OUR SANITARY SEWER TO TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY, ALLEN'S GROUP, THEY HANDLE THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. OUR BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLING. THAT'S ACTUALLY A STATE MANDATED AS WELL. THAT'S BASED ON YOUR POPULATION. SO HERE IN DESOTO, WE ACTUALLY TAKE 60 BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLES PER MONTH AT VARIOUS SITES THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM. WE DO WATER, WATER QUALITY TESTING. SO WE'RE TESTING ALL THE TIME THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE DAY, MAKING SURE THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE CHLORINE RESIDUALS ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE OUR PH. AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT IS WITHIN STATE MANDATED COMPLIANCE. WE ALSO DO WHAT'S CALLED HYDRANT FLUSHING. SO YOU MIGHT SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT DRIVE BY AND SEE A HYDRANT FLUSHING. BY OUR REGULATORY STATUTE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO FLUSH ALL OF OUR DEAD END MAINS, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE END OF THE WATER LINE. WE HAVE TO FLUSH THOSE AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. AND WE ALSO DO QUALITY CONTROL BY FLUSHING WATER THROUGH OUR HYDRANTS, YOU KNOW, OUR VALVE PROGRAM, EXERCISING VALVES, MAKING SURE VALVES WORK. YOU KNOW, THE TIME TO FIND OUT THAT THEY DON'T WORK IS NOT DURING AN EMERGENCY. SO WE TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT AS WELL. WE DO VARIOUS LINE LOCATES FOR OUR CONTRACTORS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN CONTRACTORS DO JOBS, THEY HAVE TO CALL 811. THEY HAVE TO LOCATE OTHER UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS YOUR GAS, YOUR WATER, YOUR SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE ACTUALLY GO OUT. THAT'S THE PAINT AND STUFF THAT YOU SEE ON THE GROUND WHERE WE MARK, YOU KNOW, WATER, SEWER LINES, ETC. AND ALSO, LIKE I SAID, WE MONITOR AFTER HOURS, AFTER HOURS AND DURING THE DAY THROUGH OUR SCADA SYSTEM. AND WE'RE ALL REQUIRED TO BE CERTIFIED. SO WE ALL HAVE SOME LEVEL OF STATE CERTIFICATIONS. AND NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE STATE CERTIFICATIONS, WE ALSO HAVE TO MAINTAIN THOSE. SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE AT LEAST 30 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS ON OUR ON OUR LICENSES. AND WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY RENEW THEM EVERY THREE YEARS. SO WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN OUR CERTIFICATIONS. SO AS YOU MENTIONED, THE HYDRANT FLUSHING, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL HYDRANTS ON THE STREET. YEAH. LIKE OUR OUR FIRE HYDRANTS. SO OUR FIRE HYDRANTS THAT ARE ON THE END OF THE WATER MAINS. WE HAVE TO FLUSH THOSE AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE LIKE 770. OH, I'M WAY OFF 185. OKAY. YEAH SO WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO AT LEAST FLUSH THOSE AND THEN LIKE I SAY OTHER THERE'S OTHER SCENARIOS THAT DICTATE THAT WE FLUSH HYDRANTS. LIKE IF THERE'S A MAIN BREAK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF A WATER QUALITY ISSUE IF WE GET A COMPLAINT FROM A RESIDENT THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF A TASTE AND ODOR ISSUE, THERE'S OTHER SCENARIOS THAT DICTATE US FLUSHING HYDRANTS. SO WE SHOULD SEE SOMEONE ONCE A MONTH AT LEAST. NOT NECESSARILY SO NOT EVERYBODY IS ON A DEAD END MAIN, CORRECT? RIGHT SO, IF YOU IF YOU ARE ON A DEAD END WATER MAIN, YOU SHOULD AT LEAST SEE SOMEBOD AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. BUT NOT EVERYBODY LIVES OFF OF IT. YES. AND IF THERE'S. YEAH, IF THERE'S A HYDRANT, IF NOT, WE FLUSHED WITH THE NEAREST HYDRANT AND. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK I'M GOING TO PASS THE BATON OFF HERE[01:10:05]
UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS TO ME, TO THE GUY WHO DOES THE HEAVY HITTING. MR. ALAN MCDONALD, OUR UTILITIES MANAGER. I'LL TALK ABOUT. HELLO, EVERYBODY. SO I TOOK ALL THE GOOD STUFF. ALL I'VE GOT IS JUST ALL THE OLD ISOM. I'M SORRY. BRANDON, THE OLD DIRECTOR. I'M SORRY. BRANDON. I APOLOGIZE BRANDON, THE OLD DIRECTOR, BRANDON TOOK ALL THE GOOD STUFF FROM ME, SO. I'M GOING TO START OUT WITH ALL THE GOOD, BORING STUFF FOR YOU GUYS, JUST IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A TYPICAL WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE WATER SIDE, YOU'VE GOT A WATER MAIN AND A FIRE HYDRANT STUBBED UP THERE. KIND OF OUT IN THE STREET AREA. AND THEN A TAP COMING OFF OF THAT WATER MAIN TOWARDS WHERE IT SAYS THE ANGLE METER. STOP IS AND THE WATER METER. SO I THINK MOST OF YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW WHERE YOUR WATER METERS ARE AT IN YOUR YAR. AND THEN THE SERVICE LINE, WHICH IS THE SEPARATION POINT BETWEEN WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE CUSTOMER'S RESPONSIBILITY, IS AT THAT METER, THAT CONNECTION TO THAT METER, TO THE HOME WOULD BE THE PRIVATE SIDE. AND THEN BACK FROM THE METER, BACK TO THE WATER MAIN WOULD BE WHAT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY IS FOR.AND THEN ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING ON THE SEWER CONNECTION, OTHER THAN THERE'S NOT A METER ON THERE, BUT THERE IS A CONNECTION AT THE MAIN PIPE COMING OFF OF THE MAIN TOWARDS THE HOUSE. THERE SHOULD BE A CONNECTION WHERE THE HOME PLUMBING MAKES A PHYSICAL CONNECTION IN THAT PVC PIPE. MOST OF THE TIME IT'S PVC. THAT CONNECTION BELONGS TO THE HOMEOWNER BECAUSE A PLUMBER MADE THAT CONNECTION. ANYTHING BEHIND THAT CONNECTION BACK OUT TO THE STREET, INCLUDING THE MAIN AND THE MANHOLES AND ALL OF THAT WOULD BELONG TO US. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES MA'AM. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY SHUT OFF THAT CLOSE TO THE HOUSE. MOST I SEE ARE CLOSER TO THE STREET AND THE SIDEWALK. THAT'S TRUE. SO WHAT IS THAT INTENT? I MEAN, IS THAT A TYPICAL EXAMPLE? THAT IS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU WOULD SEE WITH MOST NEWER HOMES.
PROBABLY MID 80S OR SO. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS A LOT OF TIMES IS THAT'S ALWAYS UP AROUND WHERE THE FLOWERBED AREA IS AND WHERE THE SHRUBS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT GETS BURIED, COVERED UP WITH LANDSCAPING, STUFF LIKE THAT. AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEIR CUT OFF IS IF THEY HAVE ONE. SO IF YOU'RE IN A RELATIVELY NEWER HOME, YOU PROBABLY HAVE ONE, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S AT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN COVERED UP OVER THE YEARS AND IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO IF YOU DO HAVE ONE AND YOU DO KNOW WHERE IT IS, TRY TO KEEP IT IN MIND BECAUSE IN A PINCH, IF SOMETHING WAS TO BREAK AND WE GET A LOT OF THIS INSIDE THE HOME, THE COLD WATER SIDE, OR THE HOT WATER SIDE OF YOUR WASHING MACHINE, THAT HOSE CONNECTION. THAT'S RIGHT THERE, YOU NEVER THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL CHRISTMAS MORNING AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT THING'S BROKE AND WATER'S GOING EVERYWHERE. AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN RESPOND. BUT IT TAKES US A LITTLE WHILE TO GET OUT THERE. IN THE MEANTIME, YOUR HOME IS FLOODING THE VALVE WON'T TURN OFF. BUT IF YOU KNEW WHERE THAT ONE WAS OUTSIDE, YOU COULD JUST RUN OUT THERE REAL QUICK AND CLOSE IT. SO IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE THINGS. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM.
NO PROBLEM. ANY WAY, I GUESS LESS PIPING OR WOULD THAT BE TAKEN CARE OF, THERE ISN'T ANY PIPING ON THE CITY SIDE THAT I'M AWARE OF. IS THERE A, COULD BE, COULD BE. MAYBE QUEST PIPING WAS POPULAR IN, I BELIEVE IN MOBILE HOME, MAYBE INDUSTRY. I'M NOT SURE. I'M NOT SURE, BUT I KNOW THAT ANYTHING THAT WOULD BELONG TO THE CITY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WHAT TERM WAS HE USING? WHAT TERM HE WAS ASKING ABOUT? QUEST PIPING. Q U E S T. YES. AND I NEED TO
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APOLOGIZE TO YOU GUYS. I HAVE NOT UPDATED THAT PHOTO TO THE RIGHT. THAT IS ACTUALLY THE OLD HAMPTON ROAD PUMP STATION. WE HAVE A BRAND NEW NICE, PRETTY BUILDING AND EVERYTHING OUT THERE THAT'S NOT BEING SHOWN. SO I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S THE OLD HAMPTON ROAD PUMP STATION.HOWEVER, THAT IS THE CURRENT WESTMORELAND PUMP STATION THAT BRANDON TOLD YOU GUYS WE WERE GOING TO BE ENTERING INTO A REHAB PROJECT HERE SOON. AND THE VERY IMPORTANT ELEVATED STORAGE TANKS, THAT'S THE THREE OF THEM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. YEAH, PARK'S THE ONE THAT'S OVER THERE BEHIND THE FIRE STATION. THERE ON THE UPPER LEFT. ON THE LOWER LEFT IS THE PARKERVILLE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK THAT KIND OF SITS ALL ALONG PARKERVILLE ROAD BETWEEN WESTMORELAND AND COCKRELL HILL, AND THEN BRIARWOOD ELEVATED STORAGE TANK THERE ON THE RIGHT, WHICH IS THE NEWEST. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A DIFFERENT DESIGN THAN THE OTHER TWO. AND THAT ONE ACTUALLY SITS DOWN MORE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE CITY, BACK OFF IN THE BRIARWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT STYLE IS THIS NEW ELEVATED? THE NEW ONE IS CALLED A HYDRO PILLAR. THIS ONE IS THE ONE ON THE RIGHT. YES YEP. THAT'S KIND OF MORE OF WHAT YOU SEE NOWADAYS BEING BUILT WHEN THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK IS BEING BUILT, WHAT DO YOU CALL THE ONES BEFORE? AND THEN YOU SLIDE THE FOUR CYLINDERS IN THE GROUND, THE, THE GROUND STORAGE TANKS. YES. YEP YEP. THOSE ARE THE BIG BOYS THAT ARE HOLDING ALL THE WATER. THEY'RE ALL HOLDING A LOT OF WATER. BUT THOSE HOLD A LOT MORE. I MEAN, GALLONS OF THOSE 3 MILLION, IT'S STILL 3 MILLION. YES. AND THERE'S OUR OLD BOLT AND BOOM STATION THAT'S GOING TO GET REPLACED AS PART OF THE NEW ELEVATED STORAGE TANK. AND THE 20 INCH WATER LINE THAT BRANDON WAS TALKING ABOUT. THAT STATION'S GOING TO GO AWAY. AND THANK GOODNESS IT'S BEEN THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO. BUT IT'S BEEN RELIABLE FOR WHAT WE NEEDED. OKAY, GUYS, THIS IS KIND OF PRETTY MUCH THE MAIN BREAK PROCEDURES THAT WE TRY TO FOLLOW AS BEST WE CAN. WHENEVER WE DO HAVE A WATER MAIN BREAK, KNOCK ON WOOD. I DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT. MOST YEARS ON A GOOD YEAR, WE HAVE LESS THAN TEN. WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD SYSTEM AND THAT'S THANKS TO THESE GUYS AND SOME OF THESE OTHER GUYS OUT HERE THAT ARE DOING THE JOBS THAT THEY'RE DOING. SO THEY'RE MAKING MY LIFE A LOT EASIER WHEN IT COMES TO WATER. MAIN BREAKS. 20 YEARS AGO, WE HAD A LOT. PRETTY SIMPLE. DEPENDING UPON THE SEVERITY OF THE WATER MAIN BREAK, YOU NEED TO ISOLATE THE WATER MAIN BREAK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE ALWAYS TRY TO NOTIFY IF WE CAN. IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY AND WE DO NOT HAVE TIME TO NOTIFY OUR CUSTOMERS, WE WILL AT LEAST TRY TO NOTIFY YOU AFTERWARDS. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S A LITTLE LATE. YOUR WATER HAS ALREADY BEEN TURNED OFF, BUT IF WE CAN ACTUALLY DO IT, THE WATER MAIN BREAKS NOT SO SEVERE THAT IT'S NOT DRAINING THE WATER OUT OF THOSE ELEVATED STORAGE TKS. IT'S NOT GOING TO CAUSE A HAZARD TO EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CITY. WE'LL DEFINITELY TRY TO NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED AHEAD OF TIME. TURN THE WATER OFF. DIG IT UP. EXPOSE IT. STICK THE REPAIR CLAMP ON IT, OR CUT IN A PIECE OF NEW WATER. MAIN GET IT BACK FILLED SAFELY AND CLEAN UP THE AREA.
REPLACE THE STREET OR A DRIVEWAY OR SIDEWALK IF IT NEEDS TO BE, AND GO HOME AND RESTORE THE CUSTOMER'S YARD. THAT'S OUR JOB. WE WANT TO PUT IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS, IF NOT BETTER, AND THAT INCLUDES YOUR YARD. I THINK WE GOT ALMOST GOT THE SAME SLIDE TWICE. IT'S SHOWING. WHAT ARE WE SHOWING? INFLOW I AND I OKAY, THIS THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING, SOURCES OF I AND I. SO INFLOW
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AND INFILTRATION. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS WHENEVER THERE'S RAIN EVENTS STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU'RE GETTING WATER. WATER CAN ACTUALLY GET INTO YOUR SEWER SYSTEM. THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS THAT IT CAN GET IN THERE. WE SEND OUR SANITARY SEWER TO THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY. WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT. SO WE WANT TO PAY FOR THE SANITARY SEWER THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND OURSELVES WERE PRODUCING, NOT RAINWATER OR ANY OTHER WATER THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN YOUR SEWER SYSTEM. THAT'S GETTING INTO IT. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE THAT AS A SITUATION. WE HAVE SEWER MAINS IN THE CITY OF DESOTO THAT ARE FOLLOWING ALIGNMENT, CREEK ALIGNMENT, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THEY'RE IN ALL SIDE AREAS.
THEY'RE HARD TO SEE. THEY'RE BEHIND ALLEYS AND IN CREEKS AND IN WOODED AREAS, AND THEY'RE HARD TO ACCESS. SO YOU GUYS, OR A LOT OF TIMES OUR EYES AND EARS OUT THERE, IF WE DON'T SEE IT OR KNOW ABOUT IT, A LOT OF TIMES YOU GUYS MIGHT, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE CITY. SO IF YOU SUSPECT ANYTHING GOING ON WITH SANITARY SEWER IN YOUR AREA OR YOU SEE ANYTHING, CALL US RIGHT AWAY. AS BRANDON WAS TELLING YOU, WE CONTRACT WITH TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY. WE SEND ABOUT 90 TO 95% OF OUR SANITARY SEWER TO THE TEN MILE CREEK PLANT, THE OTHER 5 TO 10%, DEPENDING UPON THE TIME OF YEAR, GOES TO THE RED OAK TREATMENT PLANT, WE DO ALSO CONTRACT WITH TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY FOR OUR INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM. AND WE DO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES ON THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. WE DO DO A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T. WE DO DO COURTESY LATERAL BLOCKAGE REMOVAL. SO IF YOU'RE HAVING A SEWER STOPPAGE OR YOU SUSPECT YOU'RE HAVING ONE, YOU CAN CALL US. WE'LL SEND A CREW OUT WITH A TRUCK. IF YOU ARE HAVING A BLOCKAGE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME, IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT WE CAN ASSIST WITH THAT BLOCKAGE. AND ACTUALLY CLEAR IT A BARE MINIMUM. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF WHAT'S GOING ON. WE DO DO CLEANING AND FLUSHING OF THE COLLECTION SYSTEM. WE DO DO SEWER LINE LOCATES FOR CONTRACTORS. DO DO I SAY DO DO. WE DO DO. WE DO. WE ALSO DO CAMERA INSPECTIONS OF THE COLLECTION SYSTEM. SO IF YOU'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH YOUR SANITARY SEWER LATERAL LINE, WE'VE YOU'VE CALLED US, WE'VE CAME OUT, WE'VE ACTUALLY CLEARED A BLOCKAGE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. WE HAVE A CAMERA THAT WE CAN SEND THE GUYS OUT AND INSERT THAT INTO THE LATERAL LINE THROUGH THE CLEANOUT AND ACTUALLY DO A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE INTERNAL CONDITION OF THAT PIPE. AND WE CAN TRACE THAT CAMERA. SO IF THERE IS A BREAK OR THERE'S SOME ROOTS OR SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CAUSING A BLOCKAGE, WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT, TELL YOU WHERE IT IS, LET YOU KNOW IF IT'S AN ISSUE ON YOU OR THE CITY, AND THEN GO FROM THERE. AND OF COURSE, OUR PERSONNEL ARE REQUIRED TO BE STATE CERTIFIED AND MAINTAIN THAT STATE CERTIFICATION. AND THAT UPPER PHOTO IS OUR TEN MILE CREEKS, NOT OURS. TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITIES, TEN MILE CREEK PLANT. AND THE LOWER PHOTO IS THE RED OAK CREEK PLANT. AND THAT IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF A COUPLE OF MY GUYS THAT ARE ACTUALLY UNSTOPPING THE SEWER SERVICE IN A CUSTOMER'S YARD. AND I THINK THAT'S ABOUT ALL I GOT. GUYS, IF Y'ALL GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. WHAT YOU GOT? I WAS KIDDING, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, OH, YOU DO, DO YOU? OKAY. NICE. GOTCHA ALL RIGHT, I GOT IT. I GOT IT. DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE. OH, I'M SORRY, YOU GOT A QUESTION? BACK TO THE WATER LINE. CUT OFF.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT AT THE HOUSE? OPPOSED TO THE ONE THAT'S AT THE SIDEWALK. SO IF YOU HAD A WATER LEAK ON THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE, DO YOU TURN THAT ONE OFF RIGHT
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AT THE HOUSE, OR DO YOU GO OUT TO THE SIDEWALK? SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE TWO? WHAT ARE THEY CONTROLLED? THEY WILL BOTH CONTROL THE WATER FLOW THAT'S ACTUALLY ENTERING THE HOUSE FROM THE OUTSIDE, THROUGH THE METER, THROUGH THE SERVICE LINE. EITHER ONE. YEAH. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS THE ONE THAT'S IN THE METER BOX THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY. SOMETIMES IF YOU CALL US, WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND. BUT IF YOU'RE IN AN EMERGENCY AND YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CUT OFF IS, THAT'S UP THERE BY THE HOUSE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO IT AND TURN IT OFF FASTER THAN WE CAN DISPATCH SOMEBODY, GET THEM TO DESOTO, GET THEM IN A TRUCK, AND GET THEM TO YOUR HOUSE. IT MAY TAKE US 45 MINUTES OR AN HOUR. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I SAY, IF YOU DO KNOW WHERE YOUR HOUSE SHUT OFF IS, AND I'M SORRY TO SAY, A LOT OF RESIDENTS KNOW HOW TO OPEN UP THEIR METER BOXES AND TURN THEIR ANGLE STOPS OFF AT THE METER AS WELL. WE DON'T RECOMMEND YOU GUYS DOING THAT, BECAUSE IF YOU BREAK THE ANGLE STOP, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF REPLACING IT. SO BUT I UNDERSTAND. YEAH, THAT'S THE CUT OFF. IF YOU BREAK THE CUT OFF YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR IT. I DON'T WANT TO BREAK IT. IS THERE A WAY FOR YOU TO FIND THE CUT OFF? THAT'S NEAR THE HOUSE THAT MAY BE BURIED? THERE IS. A PLUMBER. WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT. AND DEPENDING UPON THE MATERIAL OF YOUR SERVICE LINE. SO IF YOUR WATER SERVICE LINE IS COPPER OR SOME SORT OF A METAL, THEY CAN ACTUALLY HOOK UP A DEVICE TO IT AND THEY CAN TRACE IT. SO ONE THAT WILL TELL YOU THE LOCATION OF WHERE YOUR WATER SERVICE LINE IS ENTERING UNDERNEATH THE FOUNDATION GOING TO THE PLUMBING, UNDERNEATH THE HOME. THAT WOULD GIVE YOU AT LEAST AN IDEA OF WHERE THAT IS.YOU COULD DIG IN FRONT AND SEE IF YOU ACTUALLY FIND ONE THERE. IF NOT, THEN IT'S JUST A MATTER OF A LITTLE BIT OF HARD WORK WITH A SHOVEL AND A SHOOTER, AND YOU TRACE THE SERVICE LINE ALL THE WAY FROM THE METER TO THE HOME. SO IT SOUNDS CHEAP. NOT AT ALL, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. SO YES, YOUR CLEAN OUTS, YOUR SANITARY SEWER CLEAN OUTS AND YOUR CUT OFFS. IF YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT, KEEP TRACK OF THEM. DON'T BURY THEM THAT WAY. IF YOU EVER NEED THEM, YOU CAN GIVE US A CALL, I THINK. ARE THOSE TYPICALLY CLOSE TOGETHER, A SANITARY CLEANOUT AND THAT CUT OFF OR DO YOU THINK THEY. NOT NECESSARILY. NOT NECESSARILY. YEAH. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IN THE NEWS, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RECENT STORIES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HAD WATER CONTAMINATED OR THEY DON'T HAVE WATER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. DE SOTO HAVE PLANS IN PLACE THAT ARE ONGOING PLANS IN CASE THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULDN'T HAVE WATER FOR TWO THREE DAYS, DO THEY PROVIDE DRINKING WATER, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YES, YES. WE DO. ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OH, YES, MA'AM. OH, I WAS JOKING ABOUT THIS COMMENT BOX, BUT THE ANGLE IS PROBABLY EXACTLY IS THAT IT'S, IT'S ANOTHER IT'S THE PROPER NAME FOR THE CUT OFF THE STYLE OF CUT OFF THAT'S IN THERE IN YOUR METER BOX. OKAY AND THEY PUT IN A NEW THEY REDID BUT THEY DIDN'T PUT IN THE MIDDLE. THERE'S NO SLOT.
SO YOU KNOW THEY I GUESS WHEN THE, WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN AND THEY GO, OH OKAY. IT'S LIKE A GROUND INLET. OKAY. AND THAT AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO BACK THERE A LOT OF TIMES IT'S KIND OF LONG AND, BUT I CAN I TRY TO GET THE GOOD STUFF OUT. BUT I'M LUCKY. DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WATER FLOWING DOWN INTO THE. INTO THE SANITARY SEWER OR THE STORM SEWER? I GUESS BECAUSE WHEN IT RAINS, IT'S RIGHT IN THE DRAIN. OKAY. AND THEY BUILT IT TO KIND OF THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT STRIP UP. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STORM SEWER. THAT'S THAT'S TO PREVENT FLOODING. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SLOPED IN LIKE THAT ALLOWS THE WATER. SO THAT'S, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN
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YOUR SANITARY SEWER. CORRECT? YEAH. THAT THAT'S THOSE INLETS. AND THEN ALSO THE STORM SURGE OR THE STORM INLETS THAT YOU SEE ALONG THE CURB LINES, THAT'S TO PREVENT THAT'S WHAT WE REFER TO AS DRAINAGE, THAT'S THAT KEEPS FROM FLOODING. THE REASON. RIGHT. OH YOU GET DEBRIS COVERING IT UP WHERE THE WATER CAN'T RUN INTO IT. OKAY, OKAY. THAT IS ACTUALLY YOU CAN CALL OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM. THEY'RE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR DRAINAGE. AND THEY WILL GO OUT AND CLEAN THOSE OUT, BUT YEAH, THE CITY, THE CITY WILL CLEAN OUT THOSE INLETS. YEAH. OKAY, WELL, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE NOREEN MITCHELL. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A CLICKER. WHICH WAY TO GO? OH. I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE WATER BILLS. SO MUCH TO LOVE. SO, THERE'S ALREADY, OF COURSE, BEEN SOME. I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOU. OKAY ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, SOME OF OUR SERVICES AND FEATURES, OUR WATER AND SEWER RATES, AS WELL AS OUR METER READING TECHNOLOGY. WE WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSING SOME CAUSES OF HIGH WATER BILLS, HOW LEAKS AFFECT OUR OVERALL CONSUMPTION. AND JUST SOME REMINDERS IN RELATION TO OUR AQUA HAWK, WHICH IS OUR, CONSUMPTION MONITORING PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR LEAK ADJUSTMENT POLICY. SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS FROM A, THE PREVIOUS STRUCTURE, THAT STRUCTURE THAT THE DIRECTOR GAV. I'M SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE COPIES FOR THAT. SO YOU SEE IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT. WE CAN GET YOU THE EMAIL. WE CAN EMAIL YOU ALL THE COPIES OF THE PRESENTATION. GREAT THANK YOU, OKAY. SO WE'LL SOME OF THE SERVICES, OF COURSE, THAT WE PROVIDE IN UTILITY BILLING, ALSO KNOWN AS UB, AGAIN, AS IT READS THE HOW TO START CANCEL TRANSFER WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES, WE'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER METERS. WE, WHICH EVERY BILLING CYCLE, WE AUDIT THOSE METER READINGS FOR BILLING CALCULATIONS, WE, OF COURSE, PREPARE YOUR MONTHLY BILLS, THE CITY IS COMPRISED OF TWO CYCLES, SO WE BUILD TWICE A MONTH. WE ALSO OUR MEDIA SERVICES TEAM RESPONDS TO EMERGENCY WATER ISSUES IN CONJUNCTION OR IN ADDITION TO OUR WATER MAINTENANCE TEAM, SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT WE OFFER IS WITH REGARD TO A VARIETY OF METHODS OF PAYMENT, WE ALSO ACCEPT PAYMENTS FOR ALARM PERMITS. WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE LANDLORD AGREEMENTS, WE OFFER SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNTS. WE OFFER CREDIT ADJUSTMENTS IN RELATION TO BILLING FOR DIFFERENT TYPE OF LEAKS. AND WE ALSO OFFER PAYMENT EXTENSIONS AND PAYMENT PLANS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DISCOUNTS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS? HOW WHAT ARE THOSE OR ARE THOSE BASED ON FINANCIAL NEED OR JUST SENIOR CITIZENS? OKAY, SO I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S COMING UP IN ONE OF THE SLIDES, BUT THAT IS BASED UPON ANYONE IS ELIGIBLE THAT HAS AN ACCOUNT IN THEIR NAME. SO THEY HAVE TO BE THE ACCOUNT HOLDER AT 65, AGE OF 65. AND OLDER, AND THEY WOULD SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A SENIOR DISCOUNT. AND IT IS APPROVED AND APPLIED TO THE BILLING. BUT IT'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS WE GO THROUGH. OKAY SO HERE ARE OUR WATER RATES. SO OUR BASE RATES ARE OF COURSE BASED UPON METER SIZE. THE STANDARD METER SIZE FOR RESIDENTIAL LOCATIONS ARE EITHER THREE, FIVE, EIGHT BY THREE FOURTHS, WHICH IS THE RATE OF TEN, 64, AND ONE INCH. THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY, ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES HAVE THAT YOU'LL GET IN THE LARGER METER SIZES GO INTO MORE COMMERCIAL, SERVICES. WE ALSO BUILD VOLUME, WHICH IS YOUR ACTUAL CONSUMPTIO,[01:35:10]
AND IT IS IN THREE TIERS OR STEPS. AND THAT IS ANY WATER ACTUALLY USED BETWEEN 0 AND 15 000 GALLONS. AND WE BUILD PER THOUSAND GALLONS AS REFLECTED THERE AT 370, 15,001 TO 30,000 GALLONS IS FOR 58 AND 30,000 PLUS GALLONS IS AT 547, AND THAT IS OF COURSE DETERMINED BY WHAT WATER IS ACTUALLY USED DURING THE SERVICE PERIOD. SO WE KIND OF GOT AN EXAMPLE THERE TO KIND OF SHOW YOU IF THIS PARTICULAR RESIDENT USED 32,000 GALLONS IN THIS BILLING PERIOD, EIGHT 224 TO 9 224 THE CALCULATION IS BASED UPON A ONE INCH METER REFLECTING THE, $20.20 OF THAT FIRST, 15,000 GALLONS, A THOUSAND GALLONS IS INCLUDED IN YOUR BASE CHARGE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE IN PARENTHESES. THE 14,000 GALLONS TIME, THE FIRST TIER OR FIRST STEP AT $3.70 PLUS THAT SECOND TIER WOULD BE THE 15,000 AT THE SECOND TIER RATE OF $4.58. AND THEN YOU'D HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 2000 MAKING UP THE 32,000 AT $5.47. SO THAT WOULD BRING IN A WATER BILL FOR 32,000 GALLONS TO $151.64. UNDERSTAND ON THE CALCULATION 14. WHY WOULD IT BE 15,000 GALLONS TO THREE SEVEN AND THEN FROM THAT POINT ON, WHY IS IT JUST 14,000? RIGHT. BECAUSE YOUR FIRST REMEMBER THE FIRST TIER IS 0 TO 15,000 AND YOUR BASE CHARGE OF $20.20 INCLUDES 1000 GALLONS. SO THE DIFFERENCE OF THAT 15, THAT FIRST TIER IS 14,000. YES MA'AM. WHAT ABOUT IT? AND WE COULD PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION, IT SHOULD BE REFLECTED ON THE BILL. I DON'T THINK I SAW THAT BEFORE.IT'S NOT ON THE BILL, BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY GIVE YOU THAT. AS I STATED, MOST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ARE FIVE, EIGHT BY THREE FOURTHS OR ONE INCH. AND I COULD SAFELY SAY THAT THAT IS PROBABLY ABOUT A GOOD 99%. IT'S, SOME ANOMALIES THAT MAY EXIST, BUT OVERALL ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES STAY WITHIN THOSE METER SIZES. SO THAT BASE RATE IS THAT WE ASSUME THAT THAT'S CALCULATED BASED ON SOME SORT OF OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE. OR HOW HOW DID HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT DERIVE BASICALLY. SO ALL OF ALL OF THIS IS, IS DERIVED BY WE HAVE RATE STUDIES THAT WE DO.
AND IN THAT THEY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL COSTS THAT ARE RELEVANT. OUR PURCHASE WATER COSTS, OUR MAINTENANCE COSTS, ALL OF THAT IS CALCULATED IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH THESE DIFFERENT RATES. OKAY. SO I'M JUST THINKING LIKE INTUITIVELY, RIGHT. THERE'S A PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE YEAR. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SERVICING THAT FACTOR, BUT AT SOME POINT YOU CAN RECOUP THE COST OF THE METER RIGHT. SO I'M THINKING WHAT'S THE LOGIC BEHIND YOU PAYING FOR THESE RATES, BECAUSE IT ALSO SUPPORTS THE VOLUMES AND MOST SCENARIOS, MOST RESIDENTIAL, USAGE DOES NOT RECOVER THE COST OF SERVICE. SO BASE RATE HELPS US TO RECOVER WHAT WE'VE PAID TO PURCHASE THE WATER. OKAY AND THINK ABOUT IT FROM THE SERVICE ASPECT OF GOING OUT AND READING YOUR METER AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S COSTS THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS OPERATIONAL COSTS AS WEL.
I GUESS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BASE RATE IS DOWN FOR LIKE, LIKE MY WATER WAS OFF FOR
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