Sep 16, 2024 City Council Special Meeting

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR. IT IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH AND IT IS 6 P.M. I WANT TO CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE DESOTO CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE A ROLL CALL COMING FROM OUR CITY SECRETARY, MISS ALICIA THOMAS. MAYOR RACHEL PROCTOR HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM LETICIA HUGHES HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY PARKER HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL. HERE. SHE'S IN THE WAITING ROOM. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDRE BYRD HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER DIANA MARKS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CRISTAL CHISHOLM HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER NICOLE RAPHAEL. COUNCIL MEMBER. RAPHAEL, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, YOU'RE MUTED. YES.

HERE. SHE'S HERE. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. FIRST, WE

[a. Presentation of the Curtistine S. McCowan Citizenship Award]

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. LET ME GET SITUATED JUST A BIT HERE. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT? GREAT. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. SO I'M MAYOR PROCTOR, AND I AM JUST EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS THIRD ANNUAL. CHRISTINE S MCCOWAN 2024 CITIZENSHIP AWARD. CAN WE GIVE IT UP FOR THE LEGACY, THE LIFE, THE SERVICE OF MAYOR MCCOWAN? BEFORE WE GET INTO IT, I WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE SHE HAS HER FAMILY HERE. MR. MCCOWAN IS HERE. I'M GOING TO ASK IF THERE ARE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE LATE CHRISTINE MCCOWAN. PLEASE STAND AT THIS TIME. SO THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. I'M GOING TO ALSO ASK IF OUR MEMBERS AND THEY'RE THEY'RE KIND OF FLANKING THE ROOM AT THIS TIME. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IF DEEPAK WOULD PLEASE STAND AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY. LET'S GIVE THEM A GREAT BIG HAND CLAP. AND DESOTO POLICE. DEEPAK STANDS FOR DESOTO POLICE, CLERGY AND COMMUNITY. AND SO IT'S SO EXCITING TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THIS AWARD FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. AND I HAVE BEEN GIVEN SOME MARCHING ORDERS, BUT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALSO THOSE NOMINEES FOR THIS ANNUAL AWARD AT THIS TIME. WOULD YOU LIKE FOR THEM TO ALL COME TO THE FRONT OR. OKAY I'M GOING TO ASK WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT SO THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND WE CAN SEE YOU, AT THIS TIME, THE FIRST NOMINEE IS KIMBERLY STEVENS, AND SHE HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR HER ADVOCACY. LET'S GIVE HER A GREAT BIG HAND CLAP. WE ALSO HAVE MR. MARK BROWN, WHO I BELIEVE IS NOT WITH US HERE TONIGHT, BUT HIS NOMINATOR IS HERE. I'M GOING TO ASK THEM TO COME. HE'S BEEN NOMINATED FOR HIS PASSION FOR A CAUSE. LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND CLAP. WE ALSO HAVE MISS DENISE VALENTINE AND SHE HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR HER LEADERSHIP. AND LASTLY, WE HAVE MISS LORI JACKSON FOR HER VOLUNTEERISM AND HER PUBLIC SERVICE. LET'S GIVE HER A HAND CLAP. AND AGAIN, THIS AWARD IS BEING SPONSORED BY DESOTO POLICE, CLERGY AND COMMUNITY. THE CITY OF DESOTO WOULD LIKE TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE TO OUR GREAT CITY CITIZENS LIKE YOU. AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU MAKE DESOTO A GREAT CITY AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND SO DEEPAK HAS INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS A VERY, VERY TOUGH DECISION. I THINK EACH YEAR WE KNOW SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS NOMINEES, OUR PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS. IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND. WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AS WELL. MISS OPHELIA GREEN, MISS MYRA RAN, THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT. BUT EACH OF YOU EACH YEAR. THIS IS A VERY TOUGH

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OKAY. NO WORRIES.

[b. Presentation of proclamation honoring National Payroll Week]

TO OUR HONORABLE MAYOR AND TO THIS COUNCIL, IT IS MY HONOR TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS NATIONAL PAYROLL WEEK IS AN ANNUAL EVENT DEDICATED TO HONORING THE CRITICAL WORK OF PAYROLL PROFESSIONALS AND ENSURING TIMELY AND ADEQUATE, ADEQUATE, ACCURATE EMPLOYEE PAYMENT. ORGANIZED BY THE AMERICAN PAYROLL ASSOCIATION, THIS WEEK LONG CELEBRATION SHOWCASES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PAYROLL TEAMS NATIONWIDE WHILE EMPHASIZING THE CRITICAL LINK BETWEEN EMPLOYEES EARNING AND THE LARGER ECONOMY. IT IS ALSO. IT ALSO SERVES AS A PLATFORM TO EDUCATE WORKERS ABOUT THEIR PAYCHECKS, TAX WITHHOLDING, AND OVERALL PAYROLL SYSTEMS. AND

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PROFESSIONAL AND WITNESS THEREOF. I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, TEXAS, TO BE AFFIXED. THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024, RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR, ATTESTED ALICIA THOMAS, CITY SECRETARY. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CITY OF DESOTO AND TO THE CITY THAT I LOVE AND I LIVE IN, AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE RECOGNIZED THIS WEEK AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT I LOVE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MY DIRECTOR, ALSO, TRACY CORMIER, FOR ALL HIS SUPPORT. STEVEN DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR CITY, OUR CITY EMPLOYEES GET PAID, GET PAID, GET PAID THE RIGHT AMOUNT AND GET PAID ON TIME. AND THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU, STEVEN.

[c. Presentation of Proclamation honoring National Good Neighbor Day]

IT COULD BE ALMOST ANYTHING. BUT EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM HAS A NEIGHBOR, AND I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO SO. SO LET ME READ THAT PROCLAMATION. HOW ARE YOU? WHEREAS NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY CELEBRATES THE HIGHEST VIRTUES OF HUMAN KINDNESS BY PROMOTING CARE FOR OTHERS, FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING, LOVE, RESPECT, WHICH IN TURN STRENGTHENS BOTH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. AND WHEREAS THIS SENSE OF BELONGING AND UNITY IS OFTEN ROOTED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, FEEL AND FEEL A PART OF A LARGER COMMUNITY. AND

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AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY IS THAT BEING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE, EVERYONE TO AGREE WITH YOU ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY, THAT WE CAN DISAGREE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN I TELL YOU THAT THE FOLKS STANDING BEHIND ME, WE MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THRIVE. I USED TO SAY THAT WE WERE THE, YOU KNOW, BLACK SHEEP OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MEANING THAT WE AT THE BEGINNING OF DESOTO AND, GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING TO US. WE JUST GOT OUR ROADS PAVED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, JUST TO SAY THAT AGAIN, IT'S NOT ABOUT GETTING IN SOMEONE'S BUSINESS. LIKE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE NEIGHBORLY BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO BE INTRUSIVE. BUT FOR ME, IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. IT'S LIKE, I WANT TO LOOK OUT FOR YOU. IF YOU GO ON VACATION, I WANT TO LOOK OUT FOR YOU. IF YOU'RE SICK, IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT NEEDS HELP, AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THE ENTIRE TEAM BEHIND ME, WE ARE THOSE NEIGHBORS AND WE ENCOURAGE THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THANKS AGAIN FOR THIS. I'M SO HAPPY. TO WE MET EACH OTHER ACROSS. SO MUCH HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AS WE STRIVE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS ALL OVER THE CIT.

[d. Presentation of a proclamation honoring National Gear Up Week]

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THE ENTIRE TEAM INTO THESE STUDENTS. CAN WE GIVE THESE STUDENTS ONE MORE HAND CLAP. HAD AN AMAZING SHOWING TONIGHT FOR OUR GEAR UP PROGRAM. AT THIS TIME, MISS THOMAS WILL HAVE THE

[e. Presentation of Proclamation honoring National Hispanic Heritage Month]

WELL, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. WE HAD A PICNIC ON SATURDAY. WE DID. THEY TOLD ME YOU WERE COMING AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU WERE RECEIVING. COME ON UP, MISS LINDA. IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU. ALL AGAIN. HELLO, DE SOTO AND I AM GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. WELCOME YOU ALL. THANK YOU.

PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS EACH YEAR THE UNITED STATES CELEBRATES NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, HONORING THE CULTURE, HERITAGE AND NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH ANCESTORS NATIVE TO NORTH AMERICA, INCLUDING MEXICO, AS WELL AS THOSE FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, SPAIN AND THE CARIBBEAN. AND WHEREAS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH ONE WEEK OF COMMEMORATION WHEN IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED BY CONGRESSMAN GEORGE E BROWN IN JUNE 1968 AND WAS EXPANDED BY PRESIDENT REAGAN IN 1988 TO COVER A 30 DAY PERIOD STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH AND ENDING ON OCTOBER 15TH. AND WHEREAS HISPANIC AMERICANS HAVE WORKED TO OVERCOME MANY CHALLENGES, OFTEN IN THE FACE OF DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE, AND HAVE SUCCESSFULLY EMBRACED THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. AND WHEREAS TOGETHER WE RECOGNIZE THE LATINO COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF DESOTO, WHOSE LOVE OF FAMILY STRONG WORK ETHIC AND WILLINGNESS TO SHARE THEIR HERITAGE AND TRADITIONS HAVE MADE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE. AND WHEREAS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH OFFERS A REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY TO UNITE IN RECOGNITION OF THE VITAL ROLE HISPANICS PLAY IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION AND THE WORLD, IT'S A TIME TO CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE LATINOS AS EMPLOYEES, SUPPLIERS, CONSUMERS, AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. HISPANICS DESERVE TO BE SEEN, HEARD, AND VALUED AND ARE MORE INCLINED TO ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ACTIVELY INVEST IN HONORING THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS, WHICH ARE DRIVING AMERICA'S PROSPERITY, INFLUENCE, AND PROGRESS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RACHEL L PROCTOR, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DESOTO, DALLAS COUNTY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH AS NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN THE CITY OF DESOTO. WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO TAKE TIME THIS MONTH TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HISPANIC AND LATINO AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO SUPPORT THEM AS VITAL AND INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DESOTO TO BE AFFIXED. THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024, RACHEL L PROCTOR, MAYOR ATTEST ALICIA THOMAS, CITY SECRETARY. DON'T GO ANYWHERE. LINDA. LINDA GO TAKE A PICTURE. MAYOR PROCTOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. CITY MANAGER ALGAFARI.

MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. MY WIF, ALINA, AND I ARE HONORED TO REPRESENT THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IN DESOTO. WE CAME 50 YEARS AGO TO THE CITY OF DESOTO. DESOTO OPENED ITS DOORS, ITS HEART, AND WELCOMED US, GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN HERE, HAVE THEM GO TO DESOTO SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO TO SERVE AND IN OUR HEART. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A DEBT OF GRATITUDE THAT WE NEED TO REPAY. AND DESOTO HAS BECOME A VEHICLE FOR THAT REPAYMENT. THROUGH THAT, WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN OUR CHURCH. I HAVE SERVED ON THE DESOTO SCHOOL BOARD. TRUSTEES, AND IN

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[f. Presentation of Financial Report August 2024]

OKAY. TAKING A LOOK AT OUR AUGUST FINANCIALS, AS OF THE END OF AUGUST, WE ARE 11 MONTHS INTO FISCAL YEAR 2024, FIRST THING WE'LL DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE, OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUDGETED FIVE 58.5 MILLION YEAR TO DATE. ACTUAL IS 56.6 MILLION. WE ARE AT 96.8% OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET FOR GENERAL FUND REVENUE. YOU CAN SEE THE PERFORMANCE LISTED HERE FOR OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES. THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROPERTY TAX. SALES TAX, OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL LICENSING FEE. SEVERAL ARE OVER, THE PROJECTION FOR THIS TIME OF THE MONTH. BUT OVERALL RIGHT THERE AT 96.8% WITH REVENUE WITH OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, OF COURSE, THESE ARE LISTED HERE BY DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE OUR MOST UP TO DATE BUDGET LISTED, AS WELL AS OUR YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THE CORRESPONDING, EXPENDITURE PERCENTAGE ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE. SO MAJORITY OF OUR DEPARTMENTAL EXPENSES ARE BELOW THE PROJECTION. OVERALL WE'RE SHOWING AT 83.8% FOR OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S 85.6%. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE IN THE GENERAL FUND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. IN OUR PUBLIC UTILITY FUND ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU WILL SEE ALL OF THE MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES LISTED THERE FOR WATER, SEWER, THE MAJOR TWO ARE, OF COURSE, GOING TO BE OUR WATER SALES AND ACTUAL SEWER SALES. WATER SALES BUDGETED AT 12.6 MILLION OF REVENUE, AND WE RECEIVED 11.3 MILLION. THAT HAS US AS 89%. SIMILARLY, WE'RE AT 88.6% FOR OUR WATER SERVICE REVENUE. AND

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WE'VE EXPENDED 2.5 MILLION. UTILITY FIELD OPERATIONS IS WHERE WE PAY FOR OUR WATER FROM DALLAS WATER UTILITIES. IT'S AT 93.1% NON-DEPARTMENTAL 121.9%. THAT ONE IS A LITTLE BIT SKEWED BECAUSE OF OUR REVISED BUDGET, DID NOT YET SHOW THE BUDGET REVISION THAT COUNCIL APPROVED ON AUGUST 20TH, WHEN WE TRANSFERRED THE 1.5 MILLION FROM FUND BALANCE TO FUND CAPITAL CAPITAL ITEMS. SO IF WHENEVER THIS UPDATES, THIS WILL SHOW UPDATED ON OUR SEPTEMBER REPORT.

OUR REVISED BUDGET IS ACTUALLY 8.3 MILLION. SO WE'VE SPENT 8.3 MILLION OF 8.3 MILLION, WHICH WILL PUT US AT 100% FOR NON-DEPARTMENTAL. OVERALL. THAT DIDN'T CHANGE THE TOTAL EXPENSE.

TOTAL EXPENSE IS 99.9% FOR THE YEAR. THE GREAT NEWS ABOUT THAT IS WE'RE JUST ABOUT DONE SPENDING IN THIS FUND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. SO. THE SANITATION FUND HAS ITS REVENUE LISTED, OUR TAX RETAINED SANITATION FEES OF COURSE, OUR ACTUAL SANITATION FEES ARE THE IS THE REVENUE THAT WE COLLECT FROM CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS. OF COURSE WE KNOW THIS IS A SELF-SUPPORTING FUND. SO OUR REVENUE BUDGETED AT 5.9 MILLION, WE'VE RECEIVED 5.4 MILLION. THAT PUTS US AT 91.7% IN OUR LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE HERE. OUR SECOND LARGEST IS THOSE SAME FEES THAT ARE COLLECTED FOR OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. SANITATION AND COMMERCIAL WAS BUDGETED AT 1 MILLION, AND WE'VE RECEIVED 1.1 MILLION OVERALL IN THE SANITATION FUND. WE'RE LOOKING AT 96.8% OF REVENUE. AND THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE HAD RECEIVED 96.1%. SO SOMEWHERE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS LAST YEAR, THE EXPENSES IN THE SANITATION FUND OVERALL BUDGET IS 6.9 MILLION.

YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE RECEIVED 5.2 MILLION. THAT PUTS US 75.6% OF BUDGET. THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT 71.5% OF BUDGET. OUR OVERALL REVENUE BUDGETED FOR THE YEAR, 6.9%. I'M SORRY, 6.9 MILLION. OUR EXPENSE TOTAL BUDGET 6.9 MILLION. AND OF COURSE, WITH THIS FUND, OUR HOPE IS TO HAVE MORE REVENUE THAN EXPENDITURES SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN ADDING TO THAT FUND BALANCE IN THE SANITATION FUND. ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR REPORT IS OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION REPORT. OUR HUD REPORT, AND OUR YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS ON ALL OF OUR OTHER FUNDS, OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS AND ALL OF THE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE HAVE LISTED IN THE REPORT. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS SUTTON? COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MISS SUTTON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM WHAT YOU STATED. YOU STATED THAT FOR, LIKE, THE SANITATION FUND, THE REVENUE PIECE, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THAT WE'VE INCREASED THE RATE FOR RESIDENTS ON. WE YOU EXPECT TO SEE THE REVENUE HIGHER THAN THE EXPENSES BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE UNDER BUDGET FOR EXPENSES THIS YEAR. BUT THAT OVERAGE IS GOING TO GO TO OUR FUND BALANCE. CORRECT? OKAY OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE I'M STILL HAVING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS ABOUT THE RATE INCREASES THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE TRASH. I KNOW FOR US THAT SAT ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE TRASH PIECE TO THIS, WE HAD TO WRITE. WE COULDN'T GET AROUND

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NO NO NO NO NO NO, IT WASN'T THE CARTS. SO IF YOU LOOK ON IN SANITATION, WE HAVE A REVENUE LINE ITEM FOR CARTS BUDGETED 15, 15,000, RECEIVED 17,000, THIS WAS BEFORE, BEFORE, BEFORE THE RECENT CHANGE THAT WE MADE. RIGHT. SO THESE WERE FOR CARS THAT WERE RENTED THROUGH JUNE OF THIS YEAR THROUGH THROUGH MAY, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE COLLECTED THAT REVENUE, BUT THERE WAS NO INCREASE IN COST DUE TO CARTS. SO GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. SO COUNCILWOMAN PARKER, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. SO THE WHEN WE DID THE, WHEN WE WENT OUT AND DID THE RFP FOR, FOR, SANITATION SERVICES, AND THEN WE LANDED ON REPUBLIC, WHAT THE PRICE QUOTE, THE PRICING THAT THEY QUOTED US INCLUDED THE CARTS AT THAT TIME. SO THE CONTRACT RUNS THROUGH JUNE, FROM JUNE THROUGH MAY. SO JULY, JUNE 1ST REPRESENTED THE NEW CONTRACT YEAR. SO BUT AND THAT'S WHEN WE ROLLED OUT THE CARTS. BUT WE DIDN'T INCREASE. YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T INCREASE THE RATES ON ON CUSTOMERS WHEN WE ROLLED OUT THE CARTS, THE RATES THAT WE LAID IN, THE RATES THAT WE ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER ARE THE SAME RATES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, RIGHT NOW AS OF JUNE 1ST.

SO WE HAVEN'T INCREASED THE RATES. THE COST OF THE CARTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE RATES THAT WE, WE ADOPTED IN OCTOBER OF, OF THIS OF LAST YEAR. SO THE INCREASE THAT WE ARE REFERENCING NOW FOR 2025, IT JUST HAS TO DO WITH ONE THE CONTRACTOR CONTRACTUAL COST INCREASE.

REPUBLIC'S CONTRACT HAS A 3.5%, INCREASE CLAUSE FROM FROM THIS CURRENT YEAR GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR, IT'LL INCREASE 3.5%, AS WELL AS WASTE MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS THE LANDFILL COMPANY THAT WE USE. THEIR THEIR CONTRACT HAS A I THINK IT'S A 5% MAX CAP. THAT 5% IS EQUIVALENT TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OR 5%, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. SO THOSE ARE THAT IS WHY THE INCREASE IS BEING PROPOSED FOR FY 20. FY 25. IN ADDITION TO OTHER COSTS. RIGHT. OUR, SALARIES HAVE GONE UP. YOU KNOW, WE ANTICIPATE SALARIES TO INCREASE BY ABOUT 5% IN 2024, 2025. I'M SORRY, AS WELL AS FUEL COST, VEHICLE COSTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GO ALONG WITH PROVIDING THAT SERVICE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. OKAY DOCTOR MARX, THANK YOU, MISS SUTTON, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE. THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO.

LET'S SEE. GENERAL FUND CODE NUMBER 55 312. THAT'S LEGAL FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, UNDER WATER AND SEWER, IT'S FUND NUMBER 55 312. IT SAYS LEGAL CITY ATTORNEY. WOULD YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE BOTH OF THOSE? AND THEN OF COURSE, IN THAT GIVES ME AN EXAMPLE AS TO WHY ONE WOULD BE USED INSTEAD OF THE OTHER, JUST GIVE US AND I'M

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OKAY. AND PUBLIC UTILITIES, OF COURSE, CONSEQUENTLY IT ALSO HAS A NON-DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURE LINE ITEM OF THAT 6.8 MILLION THAT WAS BUDGETED. OF THAT, ONLY 5000 IS BUDGETED FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES. YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THE MAJORITY OF FEES FOR ATTORNEYS ARE COMING OUT OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT. IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WATER, SEWER, ANY EXPENSES THAT THEY INCUR, WE HAVE TO CHARGE THOSE TO THEIR FUND. THEY ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND. THEY SELF-SUPPORT. AND SO IF THEY INCUR ANY A LA CARTE SERVICES FROM OUR ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THOSE ARE BILLED BY THE HOUR AND THOSE ARE CHARGED RIGHT HERE. IN PUBLIC UTILITIES. OKAY. SO THAT'S OVER. AND ABOVE THE 175.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE 175, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS THAT WE HAVE, ARE THEY ALL IN THE SAME POT, ANY PAID FROM THAT SAME. YES. I WOULD SAY I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE GENERAL AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT. ABOUT 80% OF THE FEE. THE FEES ARE COMING FROM NICOLAS JACKSON, OUR MAIN CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND IF THERE ARE ANY CITY ATTORNEYS THAT THE CITY OR ANY OTHER ATTORNEYS THAT THE CITY MANAGER DEEMS NECESSARY TO COME IN FOR ANY WHATEVER REASON, IT MAY BE, THOSE CHARGES ARE ALSO GOING TO THAT SAME LINE ITEM. OKAY. SO IT COULD BE LIKE A SPECIAL AUDIT OR SOMETHING. IT WOULD GO OUTSIDE OF NICHOLS AND JACKSON. CORRECT. AND OF COURSE, ANY TYPE OF CONTRACTS, PHONE CALLS, CONTRACT REVIEWING OR WHATEVER WILL COME OUT OF THAT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? CORRECT YES, MA'AM. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I SEE NO MORE LIGHTS, THANK YOU,

[a. Presentation and discussion of final updates on the Stormwater Utility Fee Study]

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SO THAT FIRST ONE WAS THE IMPERVIOUS AREA RATE BASIS, I'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE. BUT THIS IS THE SIX DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. SO THE IMPERVIOUS AREA APPROACH OF THINGS WAS TO SWITCH FROM A METER BASIS, JUST THE NUMBER OF METERS YOU HAVE OR THE TYPE OF METER YOU HAVE PAYING BASED OFF OF THAT TO INSTEAD BASED OFF OF THE IMPERVIOUS AREA, WHICH IS HARD SURFACE. AND THE REASON THAT MATTERS IS, ROOFTOP PAVEMENT THAT KEEPS, PRECIPITATION FROM SOAKING INTO THE GROUND RESULTS IN MORE RUNOFF THAT NEEDS TO BE MANAGED BY THE CITY. AND SO INSTEAD OF HAVING FOR EXAMPLE, A SMALL PIPE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LARGER PIPE THAT CAN CARRY THAT LARGER PIPE IS MORE EXPEIVE. THAT'S THE MOST SIMPLE, KIND OF EXAMPLE TO THAT. THAT INCREASES THE COST, THAT INCREASES THE IMPACT TO THE SYSTEM. IT'S, A LARGE PART OF WHY YOU SEE EROSION ON CREEKS, IS THAT ADDITIONAL RUNOFF, NOT JUST IN VOLUME, BUT IN VELOCITY. OKAY NEXT FROM THAT IS A BASE FEE. FOR TYPES OF COSTS THAT REALLY AREN'T SO, FACTORED BY THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS AREA. SO AN EXAMPLE IS THE UTILITY ADMINISTRATION COSTS THEMSELVES THE MS4 COMPLIANCE COSTS AND THE LIKE. SO WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THAT IS FOR EACH, PROPERTY TO HAVE A $2 BASE FEE. SO EACH PROPERTY ITSELF WOULD HAVE A $2 BASE FEE. AND THEN, FOR THE RESIDENTIAL, RATES, WE PROPOSE THREE TIERS BASED OFF OF IMPERVIOUS AREA. THIS GRAPHIC HERE SHOWS, FROM A STANDPOINT OF, BY THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTIES, THE FREQUENCY OF THOSE PROPERTIES IN EACH TIER THAT THE, THE SMALLEST 10% OF PROPERTIES BY IMPERVIOUS AREA, WOULD BE IN TIER ONE, THE MIDDLE 40% WOULD BE IN TIER TWO. AND THE LARGEST, 50% WOULD BE IN TIER THREE BASED OFF OF IMPERVIOUS AREA. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WITH THAT BASE FEE, I JUST MENTIONED THAT EVERY PROPERTY WOULD HAVE A $2 PER RESIDENCE BASE FEE. AND FOR COMMERCIAL $2, IT'S REALLY PER PROPERTY, COMMERCIAL FEE. THEN A TIER ONE WOULD HAVE A $4, USAGE FEE, WHICH WOULD GIVE IT A $6 MONTHLY FEE. SO THE $2 PLUS THE $4 WOULD BE $6. SO FUNCTIONALLY, THE PROPERTIES IN TIER ONE WOULD SEE NO EFFECTIVE CHANGE IN THEIR STORMWATER RATE FROM WHAT THEY'RE PAYING CURRENTLY. OKAY TIER TWO, THAT'S 40% OF THE PROPERTIES WOULD SEE A TOTAL FEE OF $9, AND SO THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE FROM THE $6 THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY HAVE. AND THEN THE LARGEST TIER, TIER THREE WOULD BE AT $12 OVERALL FOR COMMERCIAL, IT WOULD BE THE $2 PER COUNT AND THEN $7 FOR WHAT WE CALL AN AIR CREW. SO FOR EVERY 3400FT■S OF IMPERVIOUS AREA, WHICH IS THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS AREA FOR A HOUSE IN DESOTO, FOR EVERY 3400FT■S OF IMPERVIOUS AREA, THY PAY $7. SO IF YOU HAD 6800FT■S, IT'D BE $14 PLUS THE $2 BASE FEE. SO IT WOULD BE A $16 FEE. OKAY, SO THE FOURTH OF THE SIXTH WAS TO RECOGNIZE, ANNUAL INFLATION COSTS. AND SO THE, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK IS THE BASIS FOR THE PROJECTION FORWARD. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, THE BLUE, YOU KNOW, VALUES ARE HISTORICALLY WHAT THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ADJUSTMENTS WERE, AND YOU SEE RANGES FROM AS LOW AS A 10TH OF A PERCENT TO AS HIGH AS 8% COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, ON AVERAGE, WHAT WE

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NOW, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED LAST TIME WAS ABOUT HOW TO HOW ARE WE GOING TO BILL DIFFERENT PROPERTIES? I WANT TO, SHOW THIS GRAPHIC AS AN EXAMPLE OF AN APPROACH THAT WE WOULD TAKE. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, GRAPHIC OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, YOU SEE MULTIPLE PARCELS, THOSE YELLOW BOUNDARIES ARE THE PARCEL OUTLINES, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM MIDDLE, YOU SEE TWO PROPERTIES WITH A PINK ONE PINK DOT EACH. THOSE PINK DOTS JUST REPRESENT A WATER METER ACCOUNT, A UTILITY ACCOUNT. THOSE ARE NICE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. THERE'S ONE UTILITY ACCOUNT.

THERE'S ONE, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY. AND SO THAT IMPERVIOUS AREA GETS CHARGED TO THAT ACCOUNT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SAY THAT PROPERTY ON THE FAR LEFT, THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT UTILITY ACCOUNTS OR MAYBE FOUR BUSINESSES THERE. OKAY. AND, AND SO PART OF WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS FOR THAT PROPERTY THEY'RE PAYING THAT PROPERTY OVERALL IS PAYING $96 A MONTH. IF IT WAS IN DESOTO, BECAUSE THERE'S FOUR ACCOUNTS EACH GETTING CHARGED $24. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS YOU PAY BASED OFF THAT IMPERVIOUS AREA, AND THE PREFERENCE IS TO CHARGE IT. IF THERE IS A PROPERTY OWNER, UTILITY ACCOUNT TO CHARGE IT TO, TO THAT OR MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT, BUT TO CHARGE IT TO A SINGLE ACCOUNT, WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING IS CHARGING, ALL THOSE ACCOUNTS, FOR THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT, YOU DON'T WANT TO DUPLICATE CHARGES, BUT FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN STANDPOINT, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO SET THINGS UP. SO YOUR STAFF IS NOT HAVING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH DIVIDING UP THOSE CHARGES. OKAY AND SO THAT'S WORKED VERY WELL ACROSS DOZENS OF CITIES. SO WE'VE GOT A PROCESS FOR THAT IS THE KEY. I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT. IT'S EQUITABLE AND IT MINIMIZES, ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN. SO YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR MONEY THAT YOU'RE COLLECTING ON WORKING, YOU KNOW, FIXING AND IMPROVING THE STORM SYSTEM, NOT ADMINISTERING BILLS. OKAY. SO THIS GOING BACK TO THAT SAME TYPE OF GRAPHIC, I WANT TO SHOW THESE THREE EXAMPLES THAT ALL HAVE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS. AND SO YOU SEE ON THE LEFT THERE CURRENTLY HAVE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS ON THAT FAR LEFT ONE, THEY'RE PAYING $144 A MONTH. BUT WITH THE NEW IMPERVIOUS AREA BASED APPROACH, THEIR FEE WOULD ACTUALLY GO DOWN. OKAY. SO THIS WOULD BE AN EQUITABLE APPROACH.

WHEREAS ON THE RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS, THEIR IMPERVIOUS AREA, THE MIDDLE ONE, YOU SEE THERE'S A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT TO WHAT THEIR RATES ARE. AND ON THE FAR RIGHT THERE'S A SINGLE ACCOUNT FOR A VERY LARGE PROPERTY. AND THOSE WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENT IN THEIR FEE. AGAIN, THE REASON FOR THE PHASED IN APPROACH OKAY. SO THAT'S NEW INFORMATION FROM LAST TIME. SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY I CAN PAUSE HERE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OKAY, YES. MR. CHANCE, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE KIND OF GOING BACK TO YOUR SLIDE THAT YOU JUST THAT YOU JUST SHOWED US WITH THE MULTI TENANT PROPERTIES, HAS THERE ANY HAS THERE BEEN ANY DETERMINATION ON HOW MANY PROPERTIES IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE TO DO THAT FOR, IN TERMS OF THE MULTI UNIT. SO THE MULTI TENANT THE MULTI TENANT I HAVE TO GET A COUNT ON

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COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, SO AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY OF DESOTO, THE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF A MULTI TENANT, IF A TENANT IS USING, 50% OF THAT IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AND ANOTHER TENANT IS ONLY USING 25%, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE BILLING IT TO THE SINGLE TENANT. I MEAN, THE SINGLE, OWNER AND THEN THE OWNER DIVVIES IT OUT EQUALLY. THAT'S STILL NOT EQUAL. IT'S REALLY TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY OWNERS, DISCRETION OF HOW THEY WANT TO DIVVY THAT OUT TO THEIR TENANTS, AND SO WHAT HERE'S WHAT WE FOUND. YOUR QUESTION IS VERY GOOD AND VERY VALID, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT, FROM A CITY, YOU KNOW, STAFF STANDPOINT, IF YOU'RE NEEDING TO GET INTO ADMINISTERING, YOU KNOW, LEASE AGREEMENTS AND DID SOMEBODY TAKE OVER SOME ADDITIONAL SPACE, YOU KNOW, OR THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENTS DIFFERENT, THAT THAT TAKES UP A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN. AND IT'S REALLY BEST LEFT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, TO, TO ASSIGN THAT AS APPROPRIATE. YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, I REALLY DO, BUT THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING IT IS BECAUSE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF SMALL BUSINESSES, THERE ARE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES SITTING IN THESE AREAS THAT WOULD BE UNDUE BURDEN FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF, I'M NOT USING AS MANY SPOTS AS MAYBE THIS BIG BUSINESS OWNER IS USING, AND YET I'M BEING I'M ACTUALLY I'M CHARGED THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT I JUST DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HOW IT CURRENTLY IS. I'M SORRY. IT ACTUALLY IS.

THAT'S CURRENTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING. IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S JUST BY UTILITY ACCOUNT, THAT EXACT CIRCUMSTANCE? THIS IS WHAT THIS IS GETTING AWAY FROM, RIGHT? BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S PAYING $24 FOR EACH OF THEIR METERS, SO THE SMALLSAY DRY CLEANER IS PAYING THE SAME AS THE LARGE BIG BOX, YOU KNOW, HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE. IF THEY EACH HAVE A SINGLE ACCOUNT, AND SO, SO THIS UPDATED APPROACH, YOU KNOW, WOULD REALLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT IS JUST ONLY FOR THE CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE YOU'VE GOT PROPERTIES WITH MULTIPLE BUSINESS OWNERS ON THEM. OKAY AND THIS REALLY GETS INTO A POLICY LIKE THERE'S NOTHING FROM A CITY ADMINISTRATION STANDPOINT THAT MANDATES THAT YOU MUST DIVIDE THEM EQUALLY OR, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN YOU CAN DECIDE HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT. IT JUST GETS YOU INTO A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT AND COST TO DO IT WHEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS IT WORKS BEST TO LEAVE THAT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, TO DIVVY THAT UP AND LET THAT NEGOTIATION HAPPEN BETWEEN PRIVATE ENTITIES. OKAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS, SO. OKAY. I'LL CARRY ON. YEAH. WE'RE CLOSE TO THE END, SO WE TALKED LAST TIME ABOUT THE SENIOR CREDIT CONSIDERATION. YOU HAVE A SENIOR CREDIT IN PLACE NOW, THE AND SO THAT'S FACTORED IN TO THE APPROACH FOR, AT YOUR REQUEST TO MAINTAIN THAT SENIOR CREDIT GOING FORWARD AS WELL. THE WHAT WHAT THIS DOES IS HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A REVENUE IMPACT IF YOU'RE AT THAT SIX, NINE AND $12 AMOUNT, THAT BECAUSE THERE'S THAT CREDIT, THERE'LL BE LESS REVENUE COMING IN. SO IT DOES HAVE SOME IMPACT ON THE REVENUE GENERATION, A KEY, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE YOU'VE GOT GOING RIGHT NOW IS WOLF CREEK, AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR FY 25, IT ALLOWS, YOU KNOW, FOR A MILLION DOLLARS IN CIP FUNDING STILL, WOLF CREEK IS PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT 2.4 MILLION, OVERALL, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, A SLIGHT, OVERALL FUNDING, YOU KNOW, IMPACT, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT IF YOU'RE PROVIDING A CREDIT. BUT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE FOR YOU, FROM A DEBT CAPACITY STANDPOINT OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS ASSUMING YOU ARE ISSUING, YOU KNOW, DEBT FOR YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUND ALMOST $17 MILLION WORTH OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. SO THAT'S WELL BEYOND WOLF CREEK. AND IT STARTS TO ADDRESS WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE IS GOING TO BE COMING OUT OF YOUR MASTER PLAN. OKAY SO DO WE EXPECT THAT THAT $17 MILLION WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL OF YOUR MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIED NEEDS? I DON'T I WOULD NOT, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT CONJECTURE. BUT I THINK IT WILL START TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DENT, IN THAT. OKAY, SO WE KIND OF BREEZED THROUGH THIS LAST TIME, AND WE'LL GO A LITTLE BIT SLOWER HERE ON THIS. ONE OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF THIS IS WHEN YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A FEE THAT HASN'T CHANGED IN 20 YEARS, IT TENDS TO BE OFF THE RADAR A LITTLE BIT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO INHERENTLY GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PUBLIC

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SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE FROM LUBBOCK, FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHERE THEY HAD A VERY SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE THEY WERE SHIFTING FROM A METER BASIS TO AN IMPERVIOUS AREA BASIS. THEY PROVIDED INFORMATION TO SHOW WHAT THE NEW TIER STRUCTURE WAS GOING TO BE. THE BASIS WAS, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT, THESE ARE JUST TRIPLITE COPIES OF THE SAME THING. EXAMPLES, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AND THEN ALSO LIKE AN INFOGRAPHIC. RIGHT. JUST INFORMATION TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF THE BASELINE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY EXCEPT IN MY HOUSE. TO MY WIFE'S CHAGRIN, THE SO THIS DIFFERENT KIND OF INFORMATION TO MAKE AVAILABLE AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, JUST CONTENT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO PUT ON YOUR WEBSITE TO POST TO SOCIAL MEDIA, TO PUT ON UTILITY BILLING, PUT ON BROCHURES, PAMPHLETS AND WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL INFORMED, THAT THEY'VE GOT A SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING. AND OUR ABILITY TO GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT THIS. OKAY SO ON THE SCHEDULE, WE SHOWED THIS LAST TIME, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT MUCH SPECIFICALLY. I WANT TO BE PARTICULAR ABOUT THE GREEN HIGHLIGHTED. DATES THERE, SO HERE WE ARE TONIGHT, SEPTEMBER 16TH. WE'RE DOING A BRIEFING.

THERE'S NO ACTION REQUESTED TOMORROW, IT'S ON THE AGENDA. AND THE REQUEST IS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AND VOTE ON MOVING FORWARD WITH A PUBLIC HEARING. NOTICE THAT IS ALL THAT IS, IS AUTHORIZING STAFF TO DO A PUBLIC NOTICE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO THEN CONSIDER, AND VOTE ON.

NOVEMBER 5TH OF WHETHER YOU WANT TO ADOPT A NEW RATE STRUCTURE AND NEW RATES. OKAY. SO A VOTE TOMORROW IS JUST FOR THE STANDPOINT OF, DOING THE PROCESS OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT THAT'S A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS A PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, THAT'S A REQUIREMENT OF STATE LAW. OKAY. AND SO THIS IS JUST THAT AUTHORIZATION THERE.

IF YOU ALL VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PUBLIC HEARING, NOTICE THAT REALLY COMMENSURATE, WE'D RECOMMEND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PUBLIC OUTREACH AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY SO THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO NOVEMBER FIFTH, THEY'VE BEEN HEARING INFORMATION AND ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GET ANSWERS ON THAT. AND THEN IF YOU WERE TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 5TH TO MOVE FORWARD AND A VOTE TO ADOPT THE NEW DRAINAGE UTILITY STRUCTURE AND RATES, THEN WE PROPOSE THAT THOSE GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST. SO THAT WOULD BE THAT NEXT ACTION DATE, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY WOULD REALLY NOT SEE THE BILLS BECAUSE YOU BILL IN ARREARS BACKWARDS, UNTIL FEBRUARY. OKAY. BUT THOSE RATES WOULD BE IN PLACE JANUARY. THEY'D START TO SEE, THE, THE BILLS WITH THE NEW RATES IN FEBRUARY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I ANTICIPATE YOU GET MORE QUESTIONS. SO AND THAT IS EVERYTHING. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PARKER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY WITH THIS? BECAUSE WE HAVE, COMING UP TO INCREASES IN THINGS THAT ARE BILLS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND THIS WOULD BE A THIRD, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO SEE WHAT FEBRUARY WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH ALL THREE ON A BILL? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE LET OUR PUBLIC KNOW, EMPTY OCEAN CITY ENGINEER? DEFINITELY. THAT IS POSSIBLE, I WOULD JUST NEED THE INFORMATION FROM OUR PUBLIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT AND OTHER DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE BILL FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER. WE CAN ADD OUR PORTION WITH THE ENGINEERING OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICE. ONLY MANAGE THE DRAINAGE UTILITY FEES. SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION. YES. OKAY THANK

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THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR PEOPLE'S ATTENTION, AND JANUARY IS TYPICALLY WHEN FAMILIES ARE HIT WITH, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF BILLS THAT WERE PROCURED DURING, YOU KNOW, THE HOLIDAY SEASONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AS WELL AS OTHER, YOU KNOW, NEW THINGS THAT COME ABOARD IN JANUARY. SO MY QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE TIMELINE. AND, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANY, HIT TO THE CITY IF WE DID NOT START AT THE TOP OF JANUARY, BUT THE END OF JANUARY OR THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. I THINK THIS IS A POLICY DECISION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE. WHATEVER DECISION YOU GIVE US, WE CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW BASED ON YOUR DIRECTIONS. AND, WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO KNOW THAT THE TODAY, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE PLANNING TO START OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, I MEAN, ONE WEEK FROM NOW, DEFINITELY, WE WILL NEED THAT DECISION OR GUIDANCE FROM EU, ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE WANTING TO IMPLEMENT IT. AND YOUR, VOTE ON NOVEMBER 5TH. THAT'S WHEN YOU WILL ACTUALLY TAKE THE FORMAL ACTION ABOUT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS NEW FEE. I WOULD JUST ADD ONE INFORMATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION EVERY MONTH. DELAY OF THIS NEW FEE STRUCTURE WILL WE WILL LOSE $63,000 REVENUE. IN ONE MONTH 63,000. YES COUNCILMAN BYRD. AND THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, TO MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENT, IF WE DO STAY WITH YOUR SCHEDULE, HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT AFFECT THEIR CASH FLOW UNTIL OCTOBER. UNTIL A MONTH LATER. IS THAT CORRECT? SO TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE CASH FLOW, ACTUAL AND NOT NECESSARILY THE BILLING, WE WOULD START THE BILLING IN JANUARY, BUT IT DOES NOT AFFECT THEIR CASH FLOW UNTIL FEBRUARY WHEN THE BILL IS DUE AFTER AFTER THE HOLIDAYS AND AFTER THOSE OTHER DAYS. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU ARE CORRECT, SIR. SO IN THE UTILITY BILL THAT THE RESIDENTS OR BUSINESS OWNERS WOULD RECEIVE IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, THEY WILL SEE THIS INCREASE IN DRAINAGE UTILITY FEE. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER. YEAH. AND HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I THINK WHAT I'VE MENTIONED TO STAFF, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, SERIES. I THINK WE NEED TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT, BECAUSE THIS FEE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR 20 SOME YEARS, AND SO IT'S

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YES POINT OF INFORMATION. JUST JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND. AND THIS IS JUST A ONE YEAR COST.

IT'S JUST ONE FLAT FEE. OR ARE YOU SAYING THIS IS MONTHLY? THIS IS MONTHLY. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AT THIS TIME, I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. SO WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE

[b. Presentation and discussion of 1-800-Boardup Victim Services]

COUNCIL, I'LL BE REAL BRIEF AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE STAR OF THE SHOW TONIGHT, WE'VE FORMED A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ONE 800 BOARD UP FOR VICTIM SERVICES.

THIS IS TO HELP OUR CITIZENS AFTER AN EMERGENCY. LIKE AFTER A FIRE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT GOING AND PUTTING THE FIRE OUT. THEN WE PUT UP ALL OUR STUFF. WE GO BACK TO THE FIRE STATION. AND FOR OUR CITIZENS, IT MAY BE THE ONLY TIME IN THEIR LIFE THEY EVER HAVE A FIRE, AND THEY'RE LEFT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. SO WE'VE PARTNERED UP WITH ONE 800 BOARD UP. I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO, RETIRED FIRE CHIEF LOUIS BROCK WITH ONE 800 BOARD UP TO GIVE A PRESENTATION. AND WE'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. SIR AND MY UP. THE HONORABLE MAYOR PROCTOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AS WELL AS OUR NEW CITY MANAGER. WELCOME TO DESOTO, SIR. AND AS SOON AS THEY HAVE ME UP, WE'LL GET STARTED. GREAT PRESENTATION. SO WHILE THAT'S COMING UP, I WILL SAY EARLY IN MY FIRE SERVICE CAREER, WE WOULD, OF COURSE, PUT OUT FIRES. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. BUT MANY TIMES WE WOULD LEAVE AND THE FAMILY IS STANDING ON THE SIDEWALK. AND I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO NOW? RIGHT? AND, RESOURCES HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN SLIM THROUGH THE YEARS.

EVEN IN DALLAS, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES TO PARTNER WITH, TO ASSIST FAMILIES AND VICTIMS OF THESE FIRES WHEN THEY OCCURRED. AND SO, ONE 800 BOUGHT UP WAS STARTED IN 2003, ACTUALLY. AND AT THAT TIME THERE WAS A DALLAS FORT WORTH OFFICE ESTABLISHED WHEN IT FIRST OPENED. BUT IT WAS NOT SUSTAINABLE, MORE THAN 2 OR 3 YEARS AT THAT TIME. AND SO FOR MANY YEARS THERE WAS NO 800 BORDEAUX TYPE SERVICE IN THE DALLAS AREA. SO IN 2022, THE BELFOR FRANCHISE GROUP ACQUIRED ONE 800 BORDEAUX, WHICH THEN PROVIDED A SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM

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AND SO THEY MAY NOT HAVE FAMILY OR FRIENDS, ETC. THAT THEY CAN CALL UPON TO HAVE A PLACE TO STAY. AND SO FORTH. AND SO AGAIN, VERY SHORT LIST OF WHAT I DO FOR IN TERMS OF THE VICTIMS, I'M THERE TO MEET ANY NEED. THEY HAVE SORT OF HELP THEM SORT OF CALM THE SITUATION DOWN FOR THEM AND SO FORTH. AND SO, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I EXCITE. NOT EXCITED. I HATE TO USE THAT WORD IN THIS INSTANCE, BUT I'M HAPPY THAT I'M ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE I ALWAYS FELT MY CALLING WAS TO HELP PEOPLE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THERE TO DO TO, AGAIN, HELP THEM SORT OF BEGIN TO GET BACK ON TRACK. WHAT DOES THE BORDER PEACE MEAN? SO YOUR HOME IS DEMOLISHED FROM A FIRE, DAMAGED HEAVILY, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE. ONE OF THE THINGS INSURANCE COMPANIES REQUIRE IS THAT YOU SECURE YOUR PROPERTY FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. YOU DON'T WANT VANDALS GOING IN.

CURIOUS KIDS, WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE. SO WE'RE ABLE TO BOARD UP YOUR PROPERTY AND SECURE IT UNTIL YOU'RE PREPARED TO MOVE ON TO WHATEVER THOSE NEXT STEPS ARE. I'LL STOP RIGHT THERE AND SAY, IN TERMS OF WHAT I DO FOR THE VICTIMS OR THE BOARD UP, THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO THE HOMEOWNER. WHETHER THEY WANT TO USE THOSE SERVICES OR NOT. IF I SHOW UP AND THEY TELL ME WE DON'T NEED YOU, THEN THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. AND I ONLY COME WHEN I'M CALLED BY THE FIRE

[01:30:01]

FAMILY MEMBERS DEALING WITH CANCER SITUATIONS. AND THEN I'M ALSO HAVING SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH DESOTO ON SOME OTHER SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO OUTSIDE OF HELPING VICTIMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, IS WE WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS. IF THEY'RE HAVING TRAINING EVENTS, WE'RE ABLE TO SPONSOR THOSE THINGS AND WORK ALONG WITH THEM IN THOSE EFFORTS. ALSO, IF I SHOW UP AT THE SCENE OF A FIRE, I'M ALSO SORT OF A SERVE AS A KIND OF A MINI REHAB, WE CALL IT, FOR THE FIRE OFFICERS THAT ARE THERE, I'LL TYPICALLY HAVE BIG COOLERS OF GATORADE, WATER, THINGS OF THAT NATURE FOR THOSE FIRE MEMBERS THAT ARE THERE WORKING, EVEN IF IT TURNS INTO A LONG TERM SITUATION OF 4 TO 6 HOUR EMERGENCY INCIDENT FOR THEM, I CAN BRING IN FOOD, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO I'M NOT ONLY THERE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE INCIDENT, I'M ALSO THERE FOR THE FIRE OFFICERS AS WELL, NOT TO GET TOO DEEP WITH THIS.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR FIRE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTRY. THERE ARE SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT SUPPORT WHAT WE DO, AND THAT'S IT. VERY SHORT PRESENTATION. NOT A LOT, BUT WE DO A LOT. THANK YOU, MR. BRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, CHIEF, AS WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM, ACTUALLY, COUNCIL MEMBER BIRD. LADIES FIRST. ARE YOU SURE? YES, MA'AM. OH, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. BRIGHT, DO WE STILL GET TO CALL YOU CHIEF BRIGHT OR WE STILL GET TO CALL? OKAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS BEING POLITICALLY CORRECT HERE. YES. ALWAYS A CHIEF, I LIKE THAT. THANK YOU, CHIEF BRIGHT, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE A MONETARY FEE FOR THE CITY T ACQUIRE THIS SERVICE. SO I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND, HOW IS THIS FUNDED? AND THEN SECONDLY, I SAW A LIST OF SERVICES AND MANY HAD TO DO WITH, LIKE, GOING INTO THE RESIDENTS HOMES. SO ARE YOUR VENDORS THAT PARTICIPATE INTO THIS SERVICE? ARE THEY BONDED? YES, THEY ARE BONDED. TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, SECONDLY, NO FEE TO THE CITY, IF THE VICTIMS DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT I DO AND THE VICTIM SERVICES PIECE AND THE BORDER PIECE, IF THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, DOESN'T MATTER. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THEM. THEY DO HAVE INSURANCE, YOU KNOW, WE GET INTO THAT AND TALK ABOUT INSURANCE COVERAGE AND SO FORTH. AND I THINK I ANSWERED ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. I MAY HAVE MISSED SOMETHING, BUT NO FEE TO THE CITY. IT'S JUST A RESOURCE FOR DEPARTMENTS. THEY CAN CALL ON US. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO WHEN WE ARRIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR BEING HERE, WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU CALLED DESOTO HOME AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. AND TO MY COUNCIL, COLLEAGUES, A QUESTION I SHOULD HAVE GONE FIRST BECAUSE I HAD THE EXACT QUESTIONS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, SO THIS IS IT'S A BENEFIT. IT'S ALSO IT'S A BENEFIT. IT'S ALSO A BENEVOLENCE, IF YOU WILL. SO IF MY HOME BURNED DOWN AND I DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, YOU WOULD STILL DO THIS PROCESS. YOU STILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. BUT OF COURSE, IF THERE ARE INSURANCES THEN WE WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AS WELL. THAT'S CORRECT, WHAT, I REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM SOME YEARS AGO. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY STATS ON WHERE IT'S WORKED AND HOW IT'S WORKED IN OTHER CITIES? OH, IT'S WORKED GREAT IN OTHER CITIES, IN FACT, THEY HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THOSE CITIES, SORT OF DOING SOME OF THE THINGS I DESCRIBED TODAY. AND ALL I CAN SAY TO THAT, IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. AND BECAUSE OF YOUR BECAUSE OF YOUR, YOUR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND, IT MAKES YOU WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU BE OVER THIS AREA YOURSELF? I'LL COVER THE WHOLE DALLAS FORT WORTH REGION. THAT'S A LOT FOR ONE PERSON. OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE PLANS IN 2025 TO BRING MORE STAFF IN, BUT RIGHT NOW MY FOCUS

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THE PROGRAM TO DESOTO. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHIEF, DO YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL DIRECTION FROM US? I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS WITH QUESTIONS. NO, MA'AM. THAT WAS WE JUST WANTED TO PRESENT AND SHOW Y'ALL WHAT WE WERE WORKING ON AND THEN MAKE SURE THE CITIZENS WERE AWARE. AND A BIG THANK YOU TO CHIEF BRIGHT FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE HERE. SO IT WORKS OUT REALLY WELL FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIM ON THESE TYPES OF THINGS. JUST THE LAST PIECE I WANTED TO SAY IS, AFTER THE EVENT IS OVER AND I'M DONE, SORT OF HAVE THE FAMILY SECURED, I PROVIDE AN AFTER ACTION REPORT TO THE FIRE CHIEF THAT HE CAN SHARE WITH WHOEVER HE WISHES TO, INFORM EVERYBODY OF WHAT OCCURRED. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER GODFREY. THANK YOU, CHIEF, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT. WHAT? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE. SO, YEAH, WE JUST WANTED WANTED Y'ALL TO BE AWARE THAT WE'RE OFFERING THIS SERVICE SO THE CITIZENS WON'T HAVE TO DO NOTHING IF WE'RE THERE, AND, THEY WE HAVE A FIRE. WHAT? THIS WILL ALLOW IT. ALLOW MY INCIDENT COMMANDER TO CALL OUR DISPATCH CENTER AND TELL THEM TO CALL BOARD UP FOR US SO THE CITIZEN DOESN'T HAVE TO DO NOTHING, CHIEF BRIAN WILL SHOW UP. AND LIKE HE SAID, IF THEY WANT HIS SERVICES, HE'S THERE TO PROVIDE THEM. AND IF THEY SAY NO, I DON'T WANT YOU, THEN THEN WE'RE DONE. SO THERE'S REALLY NOTHING FOR THEM TO DO. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT INFORMATIVE. CITY MANAGER GODFREY THANK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE. CHIEF, IF WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH AN MOU, WITH THE ORGANIZATION, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT UNDERSTANDING. AND THAT'S AN OFFICIAL, KIND OF RESPONSE TYPE OF PRACTICE OR PROTOCOL. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT, ESTABLISHING THAT MOU AND BRING IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I SEE NO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS AGAIN. GOOD TO SEE MR. BRIGHT. THANK

[c. Presentation and discussion of Paladin Drone First Responder Program]

NEXT WE HAVE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF PILOT AND DRONE FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM, MAKING THE INTRODUCTION AS POLICE CHIEF JOE ACOSTA. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A DRONE PROGRAM AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE. AND WE STARTED THAT IN 2018, TECHNOLOGY AND HARDWARE HAS PROGRESSED OVER THE YEARS. WE USE OUR DRONE PROGRAM NOW AS A RESPONSIVE, REACTIVE TO THINGS THAT HAPPEN. WE ACTIVATE THE DRONES AS, AS, ISSUES, EVOLVE. WE'RE LOOKING TO ENHANCE THAT TECHNOLOGY AND HAVE OUR DRONES BE A FIRST RESPONDER. AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BE USED AS SOON AS AN ISSUE ARISES, OR CALLS FOR SERVICE. WE CAN DEPLOY OUR DRONES, WE'RE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH PALADIN DRONES AND WE HAVE MATT GRIFFIN, WHO IS HERE ON ZOOM FOR US, HE REPRESENTS PALADIN, AND HE CAN EXPLAIN WITH THAT PROGRAM IS HOW IT OPERATES. AND, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD JUST SOME DISCUSSION AND A PRESENTATION TONIGHT, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MATT GRIFFIN IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND THE COMPANY YOU'RE WITH. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY YES WE CAN. AWESOME AWESOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PROCTOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER CHIEF ACOSTA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM. SO THE DRONE IS A FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND. 21 YEARS IN THE MILITARY AND IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND 2017 I RETIRED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT I'VE BEEN A DRONE ENTHUSIAST EVER SINCE. AND I'M VERY PASSIONATE WHEN IT COMES TO WHEN IT COMES TO USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND SO ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE FOUND WITH DRONE DEPLOYMENTS IS THAT THEY ARE LINE OF SIGHT. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT DRONES TYPICALLY USE WHAT'S CALLED RADIO FREQUENCY TO CONNECT BACK

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AND NOW WHEN IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT WE HAVE DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE LONGER THAN THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, CHIEF, I'M NOT ABLE TO CHANGE THE SLIDES IF THERE ARE OTHER SLIDES AS WELL. YEP AND SO WITH WITH THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE, YOU CAN BACK UP ONE SLIDE WITH THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE. IT WINDS UP BEING VERY REACTIVE FROM A DRONE PROGRAM. AND SO WHAT PALADIN OFFERS IS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS. THE FIRST ONE IS WE TAKE CARE OF THE CITY'S WHAT'S CALLED A PART 91 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION, WHICH IS WHAT THE FAA NEEDS FOR US IN ORDER TO LAUNCH A DRONE PROGRAM. AND UNDERNEATH THAT, UNDERNEATH THAT PART 91 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION, WE GET WHAT'S CALLED A BEYOND VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT. AND NOW ALL OF THAT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO BACK UP FLYING AT BEYOND VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT. AND THAT'S WHERE PALADIN COMES IN. PALADIN IS THE FIRST COMPANY TO HAVE CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY TO ATTACH TO DRONES AND SO WHAT CHIEF WAS SAYING ABOUT OUR DRONE PROGRAMS IS TYPICALLY THEY'VE BEEN VERY REACTIVE. AND NOW WE CAN BE PROACTIVE WITH THOSE PROGRAMS. AND SO WHAT PALADIN IS ABLE TO DO IS ABLE TO TAKE OUR XT MODULE, WHICH ATTACHES TO THE TOP OF THE DRONE, AND IT CONNECTS THE DRONE TO CELLULAR SERVICE. AND IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE, IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO LAUNCH A DRONE AND BE ABLE TO FLY AT 4 OR 5 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE WE'VE DEPLOYED IT, BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY LIMITED BY BATTERY LIFE AND NOT THE CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY OR THE RADIO FREQUENCY. THAT'S LINE OF SIGHT. HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES A LITTLE BIT OF SENSE. AND THEN THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY WITH THAT CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY IS THE ABILITY FOR US TO FLY FROM ANYWHERE AT ANY POINT. AND SO A LOT OF THE AGENCIES THAT I'VE WORKED WITH HAVE SEEN FROM CRIME RATE, THEY'VE SEEN A DECREASE IN CRIME RATE, THEY'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN OUR RESPONSE TIME THAT ARE THAT OUR OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE ABLE TO GET OUT TO THE CALLS. AND THEY'VE ALSO SEEN AN INCREASE IN TRANSPARENCY, HAVING THAT DRONE, BEING ABLE TO GET UP IN THE AIR FROM A CENTRALIZED LOCATION IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND BE ABLE TO BE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY OF DESOTO AND JUST ANYWHERE BETWEEN 60 TO 90 TO 100 AND 20S AND SO, TYPICALLY FROM A MISSING PERSONS STANDPOINT, IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO LAUNCH THAT DRONE, GET IT UP IN THE AIR, WHETHER YOU HAVE AN AUTISTIC CHILD OR AN ALZHEIMER PATIENT THAT HAS MOVED AWAY AND DO A GRID SEARCH FROM A THERMAL CAPABILITY OR FROM A ZOOMED CAPABILITY AS WELL. AND SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO PAUSE THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, ANY ANY COMMENTS OR ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT. AND, AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE, THE DFR ASPECT. THANK YOU, MISTER GRIFFIN, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I SEE NO LIGHTS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS SO YOU CAN CONTINUE. THANK YOU. AWESOME. AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE BENEFIT OF DFR FROM A FROM A CALL STANDPOINT, TYPICALLY FROM A FIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE, YOU HAVE HOUSE FIRES, BRUSH FIRES, VEHICLE FIRES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO AS FIRST RESPONDERS IS WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES BASED ON THAT 911 OR THAT DISPATCH CALL. AND SO NOW WITH THE ABILITY TO CLICK A BUTTON, HAVE THE DRONE AUTOMATICALLY GET GET TO THE CORRECT ALTITUDE AND GET OUT TO THE SCENE WITHIN A MINUTE TO TWO MINUTES, DEPENDING ON THE DISTANCE AND THE AND THE MILE PER HOURS OF THE WIND, WE'RE ABLE TO QUICKLY DETERMINE FROM A RESOURCE ALLOCATION STANDPOINT WHAT WE NEED ON SCENE, WHICH IS GOING TO SAVE A LOT OF MONEY FROM OUR FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS. BECAUSE TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, SAY WE HAVE A CAR FIRE OR A 911 CALL COMES IN THAT WE HAVE A CAR FIRE AND A SHIFT IS GETTING OFF DUTY. B SHIFT IS COMING ON DUTY. THEY'RE AT ROLL CALL. TYPICALLY YOU'RE GOING TO SEND TWO POLICE OFFICERS, MAYBE A LADDER TRUCK. NOW THE DRONE CAN GO UP. IT CAN GET TO THAT SCENE. IT CAN SIT DOWN OVER TOP OF THAT SCENE. IT CAN PROVIDE REAL TIME, REAL TIME VIDEO FOOTAGE TO THE RESPONDING OFFICERS AND GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED TO DEPLOY THAT TYPE OF RESOURCES. WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY SEEN FROM AGENCIES THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH IS ABOUT A 10 TO 15% DECREASE IN OUR FUEL COST, OVERTIME COSTS, AND ALSO THE WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR VEHICLES AS WELL. ONE OF OUR AGENCIES IN NORTH OR ELIZABETH PD IN NEW JERSEY, THEY RECEIVED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1400 CALLS PER WEEK. AND THEY RESPOND TO WITH

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WE'VE SEEN A DECREASE IN CRIME RATE. WE'VE SEEN THE ABILITY FOR OUR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS TO DECREASE THE RESPONSE TIME TO OTHER CALLS BECAUSE THEIR, THEIR RESOURCE ALLOCATION HASN'T BEEN NEEDED TO FIGHT TRAFFIC AT CERTAIN TIMES DURING THE DAY TO GO TO A CALL THAT'S MAYBE BEEN MAYBE BE CLEAR UPON ARRIVAL OR UNABLE TO LOCATE. AND YOU COULD DO THAT VIA THE CFR PROGRAM. AND SO AGAIN, I CAN JUST KIND OF LEADS BACK TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE PROGRAM, REALLY KIND OF WHERE WHERE DRONE, AS A FIRST RESPONDER COMPANY COMES FROM.

AND SO WITH THAT, IF WE COULD JUST MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AWESOME. AND THEN FROM A CITY MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT, WE TALKED ABOUT STORMWATER ROLL OFF AND WE TALKED ABOUT HURRICANES AND DIFFERENT ASPECTS LIKE THAT AS WELL. AND SO FROM A CFR STANDPOINT, ANYBODY AT ANY POINT, AT ANY TIME FROM ANY LOCATION THAT HAS INTERNET OR BROWSER IS ABLE TO FLY THE DRONE. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO DO SOME TRAINING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT A LOT OF OUR CITIES AND A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WE PARTNER WITH ARE ABLE TO USE IT FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, FOR ZONING, FOR DIFFERENT ASPECTS, ALONG ALONG THE LINES OF, CODE ENFORCEMENT, NATURAL AND MAN MADE SURVEILLANCE EVENTS, PARTNERING DOWNTOWN NATIONAL NIGHTS OUT FOOTBALL GAMES, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND AS WELL AS TRAFFIC. AND SO. AND SO AGAIN, US DRONES THROUGHOUT THE US POLICE DEPARTMENTS, WE'VE SEEN IN ALMOST A STAGGERING NUMBER OF INCREASE OVER THE PAST, OVER THE PAST REALLY THREE YEARS. THE FIRST KIND OF DRONE PROGRAM CAME OUT IN 2019. THE DRONE IS A FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM, CAME OUT IN 2019 WITH CHULA VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT. I ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THE FOUNDER OF THAT PROGRAM, AND SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO DRONE, AS A FIRST RESPONDER COMPANIES IS OR VENDORS, IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE WORKING WITH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT VENDORS IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY. AND SO FROM AN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY STANDPOINT, WE'RE SEEING THE ABILITY FOR INNOVATIONS YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. AND AS CHIEF HAS, HAS PROBABLY ALLUDED TO AS A COMPANY PALADIN ONLY ASKED FOR A ONE YEAR CONTRACT. THAT WAY WE KNOW THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A VALUABLE PROGRAM, WHETHER OR NOT THE ROI WAS THERE, AS WE, AS WE STATED, WAS GOING TO BE. AND THEN IT'S MY JOB FOR MY COMPANY TO EARN YOUR BUSINESS IN YEAR TWO. AND SO IF PALADIN HAS THE HONOR OF DOING BUSINESS WITH WITH THE CITY OF DESOTO, YEAR ONE WOULD BE WOULD BE, WE WOULD WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF EVERY ASPECT OF THE COMPLIANCE FROM THE FAA. WE WOULD DO ALL OF THE TRAINING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE WOULD DO ALL OF THE, THE SUPPORT AND THE MAINTENANCE. SO EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED INSIDE OF THAT YEAR ONE. AND AT THE END OF YEAR ONE, WE CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO CONTINUE FORWARD IN YEAR TWO. BUT THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THE ABILITY TO RENEW THAT CONTRACT FOR UP TO TWO YEARS. OR IF WE DON'T PROVIDE THE VALUE THAT THAT WE'RE PROMISING, YOU CAN WAVE GOODBYE WITH NO WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED, AND YOU OWN ALL YOUR EQUIPMENT AT THE END OF YEAR

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SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SUPPORT AND ALL THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THAT GOES WITH THAT. AS INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF DRONES. IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO IT.

AND MATT CAN SPEAK TO THAT IF, IF I'M, IF I'M OFF BASE ON THAT. NO, THAT'S THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT. AND GREAT. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, AND THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. FROM FROM YOUR LEGAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE, THE CONNECTIVITY, THE CONSISTENT CONNECTIVITY OF CELLULAR TO ALL OF YOUR, ALL OF YOUR FLIGHT LOG PERFORMANCE METRICS, THE ABILITY TO SHARE INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY THE LIVE FEED, ALL OF YOUR EQUIPMENT IS ALL COVERED UNDERNEATH YEAR ONE. AND FOR THE COST OF THAT EQUIPMENT, MSRP IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30 TO $35,000. JUST FOR AN FYI, YOU OWN ALL OF THAT AT THE END OF YEAR ONE. THANK YOU MATT. THANK YOU CHIEF, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU LIKE THIS FIRST. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. CHIEF FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MATT, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN TERMS OF DRONES, HE JUST MENTIONED THE LIVE FEED. HE JUST MENTIONED THE LIVE FEED. WHERE WOULD THAT. I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE DATA FROM IT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WOULD THAT RESIDE? WHERE WOULD THAT BE STORED? AS FAR AS IS THAT PART OF THAT $49,000 AS WELL? YES, MA'AM. MATT YOU CAN HELP OUT. IT'S STORED IN THE CLOUD. WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT LIVE FEED. YOU SURE DO. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. EXCELLENT QUESTION. EVERYTHING IS STORED IN IN THE AWS CLOUD. IT'S ALSO STORED LOCALLY. AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS FULL ACCESS AND FULL TRANSPARENCY. AND YOU AS A CITY, THE CITY OF DESOTO HAS FULL SOVEREIGNTY OVER ALL OF YOUR EVIDENCE AND YOUR EVIDENTIARY VALUE. IT'S ALL AUDITED AND TRACKED, JUST LIKE VERY SIMILAR TO HOW A BODY CAM WOULD BE TRACKED AS WELL. OKAY. AND THEN THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THAT'S AWESOME. AND SO, THAT ALSO WOULD INCLUDE ANY PICTURES, AND THEN AS FAR AS DRONE MAPPING TO SAY FLIGHT PLANS, IS THAT INFORMATION ALSO STORED TO SAY A DRONE STARTED AT THE POLICE OFFICE. AND ABSOLUTELY EACH SPOT THAT IT HIT BEING THAT IT'S ON CELLULAR DATA, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE IT WENT AND BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THAT SORT OF THING. SO THAT'S STORED WELL AS WELL WITH ALL LIVE VIDEO, EVERY TIME THAT DRONE IS DEPLOYED, YOU HAVE THAT THAT FLIGHT DATA WHERE IT'S WHERE IT ORIGINATED FROM, WHERE IT WENT TO, IF IT GOES DOWN AND WHEN IT GOES DOWN, CHANGE BATTERIES OR WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND, AND THE WHOLE FLIGHT PLAN

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OH, EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT QUESTION. MEMORIAL VILLAGE, GLENDORA, EDINBURGH.

GAINESVILLE. LUCAS. WILEY. WE'RE IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT, I WOULD SAY WE'RE IN SOMEWHERE NORTH OF 40 DIFFERENT STATES. NOW, THE BEST THING IS WE'D LIKE TO BE WE ALWAYS LIKE TO BE THE LEADERS IN TECHNOLOGY. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE AREA, AND WE WILL BE NUMBER ONE IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST. OKAY THANK YOU, I YIELD BACK. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHISHOLM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MR. GRIFFIN AND CHIEF PASTOR BOARD CHIEF PETE. OH, OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, CHIEF COSTA AND MR. GRIFFIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. AND A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE CONCERNS. I HOPE YOU CAN TALK THROUGH, ONE IS FROM A SURVEILLANCE PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE ARE IN A COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION ON THIS DAIS BEFORE ABOUT BEING OVER SURVEILLANCE, SO WILL YOU REQUIRE A WARRANT FOR THINGS THAT, LIKE, SUCH AS CROWD MONITORING OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD INTRUDE ON PEOPLE'S PRIVACY OR IN THEIR BACKYARDS, TOO, CONSIDERING DESOTO IS A DENSITY IN TREES, AND IF THERE WAS A CRASH, THINGS THAT I'VE READ ABOUT DRONES IS THAT IT COULD CAUSE MAJOR IMPACT INTO THOSE ENVIRONMENTS IF A CRASH TOOK PLACE. WHAT IS THE PROVISIONS AROUND THAT, BECAUSE THREE, WE ALSO HAVE, HIGHER POWER LINES THAT HANG RELATIVELY LOW AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND THAT CAN ALSO CAUSE CRASH. RIGHT AND THEN FOUR, I WOULD LOVE IF WE DECIDE TO GO THIS WAY. RIGHT, I THINK THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO TALK ABOUT A DRONE POLICY, ONE THAT IS, THAT HAS OUR CPAC INVESTED IN THAT PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN GET A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE OF THAT, BECAUSE I JUST THE CONCERNS OF MOVING BECAUSE WHILE HE QUOTED QUITE A FEW CITIES, RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE THAT STOOD OUT LIKE THE MAKEUP OF OUR CITY. AND THAT IS THE PIECE THAT IS MOST CONCERNING FOR ME, MAKEUP FROM ITS ENVIRONMENTAL TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF IT AND WHAT THIS WOULD DO, IF WE LAUNCH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO I'LL HANDLE SOME OF THIS, MATT. AND THEN YOU CAN, YOU CAN ADD IN. OKAY. SO THE.

YES, SIR. WE ALREADY HAVE A DRONE PROGRAM. AND SO WE, WE ARE GUIDED BY THE LAWS AND THE RULES THAT, THAT GUIDE NOT ONLY DRONES BUT US AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. SO WE CAN'T FLY OVER SOMEONE'S YARD AND BE PEEKING IN THE WINDOWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, THIS DRONE WILL BE DEPLOYED FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE, ACCIDENTS, FIRES, MISSING PEOPLE JUST LIKE WE DO NOW. EXCEPT IT WOULD BE INSTANTANEOUS WHEN WE GET THE CALL AND THAT THAT DRONE COULD BE DEPLOYED AS SOON AS WE GET THAT CALL FOR SERVICE, RATHER THAN WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO A SCENE AND THEN AND THEN PUT THE DRONE UP. IF WE DO SEARCH WARRANTS FOR A HOME AND WE'RE USING THAT DRONE FOR, OUR SWAT INTO ENTER A HOME, WE HAVE TO GET A WARRANT TO DO THAT. WE HAVE TO GET A WARRANT TO LOOK IN WINDOWS, TO LOOK AT THE LAYOUT OF THE HOME. AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT, AND WE'RE GUIDED BY FEDERAL RULES AND STATE RULES. WE ALREADY HAVE A DRONE POLICY, WE WOULD ENHANCE THAT DRONE POLICY TO INCLUDE THIS THIS PROGRAM AND THIS PROCESS, RUN IT BY CPAC. IF WE GET THE OKAY OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE WILL GET WITH CPAC AND EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH OUR DRONE PROGRAM AND ENHANCE WHAT WE'RE DOING ALREADY. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE YOU HAD. OH, IF POWER LINES AND THINGS, IF THERE'S A CRASH. IT'S THE SAME THING WITH RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL AND EXPERIENCED, OPERATORS THAT WILL BE FLYING THESE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT SOMEONE NEW JUST TO START FLYING. I COULDN'T GET THERE AND FLY IT. TO BE HONEST. I DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE TRAINING. WE'RE GOING TO TRAIN OUR, OUR OFFICERS TO BE THOSE OPERATORS, AND ONLY THEY WILL B, A FREE TO FLY. THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO, TO FLY, AT ALL. AND ESPECIALLY WITH OUR DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. CHIEF.

AND I SAID THAT ONLY BECAUSE OF IF THERE IS A CRASH. WE HAVE A LOT OF TREES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I'D LOVE TO SEE DATA AROUND THE FREQUENCY OF DRONES CRASHING IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IF WE INCREASE THE VOLUME WHILE WE DO IT TODAY. THE VOLUME IS NOT TO THE EXTENT TO WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO MOVE TO, AND JUST ONE LITTLE CORRECTION BECAUSE CPAC IS AN ADVISORY. I THINK IDEALLY IT SHOULD THEY SHOULD BE FIRST AND THEN THEIR FEEDBACK SHOULD COME HERE BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION. GOT IT, AND SHE IF I CAN ANSWER ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNSELOR HAD

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SO. YES, MA'AM. I SAID THAT ORIGINALLY, AND IT'S IN THAT LAST SLIDE. THE FIRST YEAR, 45,000 WILL BE FUNDED ENTIRELY BY OUR FEDERAL FORFEITURE, EQUITABLE SHARING ACCOUNT. AND THEN WE WOULD EVALUATE IT. CITY MANAGER AND MYSELF, AND SEE IF WE COULD AFFORD TO CONTINUE THAT AND IF IT'S FEASIBLE AND SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO MOVING FORWARD AND THEN PUT IT IN THE GENERAL GENERAL FUND YEAR TWO AND THREE. THANK YOU. SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BYRD. AND THEN WHO WILL BE OUR LAST. YOU GOOD. OKAY. COUNCIL STAFF IS LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON THIS ITEM IF WE WISH TO, SUPPORT TO SEE IT AGAIN. COUNCILWOMAN CHISHOLM, I THINK WE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR IN TERMS OF JUST GETTING ADVICE AND GUIDANCE FROM CPAC, IF AND WHEN WE CHOOSE TO SEE IT AGAIN, TO HELP DEVELOP THAT POLICY. SO COUNCIL WILL KIND OF GO AROUND THE DAIS JUST TO GET A CONSENSUS ON THIS ITEM. MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES I SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM YES, DOCTOR MARKS. YES I'M A YES. COUNCILMAN BYRD. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL. YES. AND COULD YOU REPEAT, LET ME MAKE SURE MY YES IS FOR IT. COULD YOU COULD YOU REPEAT WHAT WE'RE VOTING YES FOR? WE'RE NOT VOTING. WE'RE JUST GETTING CONSENSUS TO SEE THIS ITEM AGAIN, WILL. THERE, THERE. THIS IS JUST IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEM TO SEE IT AGAIN.

YES. AND I DIDN'T HEAR THE LAST PORTION OF WHAT YOU SAID WITH THE CAVEAT OF ALSO GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE ADVISORY COMMISSION WAS THAT INCLUDED COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM'S REQUEST WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET FEEDBACK FROM CPAC. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PARKE.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. CHIEF THANK YOU. WE'LL BRING IT BACK ONCE WE RUN IT BY CPAC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WE HAVE THE NEXT

[d. Presentation and discussion of the RollKall program for the management and tracking of Police Department part-time and off-duty job assignments]

WELCOME BACK, CHIEF. ALL RIGHT. I'M BACK AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, ROLL CALL IS A COMPANY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH, AND THEY WILL HELP US KEEP TRACK OF OUR OVERTIME HOURS AND OUR PART TIME HOURS AND ALSO HELP US RELIEVE ONE OF OUR OFFICERS FROM, SCHEDULING AND TRYING TO FIND OFFICERS TO WORK SOME OF THESE PART TIME JOBS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE PRIVATE ONES THAT OFFICERS COME UP WITH. SO I HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT FROM ROLL CALL. I'LL BRING THEM UP, STEVE, SARAH, AND THEY CAN INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND, AND THE COMPANY AND WHAT IT MEANS. AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. THANKS, CHIEF. HELLO, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M SARAH STOKES AND I AM THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR ROLL CALL TECHNOLOGIES. I'M GOING TO HAVE STEVE BRIEFLY INTRODUCE HIMSELF, AND THEN I'LL TAKE IT FOR THE REST OF OUR TIME WITH YOU. GOOD EVENING. SHE JUST BRINGS ME ALONG TO ADD SOME, LEVITY TO THIS, I AM A 44 YEAR VETERAN WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, RETIRED AND HAVE GONE TO WORK FOR ROLL CALL AS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT LIAISON FOR

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THANKS, STEVE. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN SO WE CAN GET TO ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. AND AS STEVE MENTIONED, WE COME FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE'RE NOT A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY THAT THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO GET INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT. CHRIS WHITE, FROM HIS HEART AND SOUL, WAS LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO SAW TECHNOLOGY NEED AND FOUND A WAY TO FILL IT.

WE DO SERVE BASICALLY THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM OF THE OFF DUTY PROGRAM, AND THE GOOD THING IS, YOU ARE NOT A GUINEA PIG HERE IN DFW ALONE, WE WORK WITH DALLAS PD AS WELL AS ABOUT 30 OF THE SUBURBS, RANGING UP FROM ARGYLE DOWN TO WACO. WELL WAXAHACHIE, IF WE'RE STAYING IN THE METROPLEX, THAT IS. AND WE'RE IN 40 PLUS STATES AT THIS POINT, WE WORK WITH AROUND 60,000 OFFICERS ACROSS A FEW THOUSAND AGENCIES. AND THE QUESTION IS WHY? WHY, WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR THIS? WELL, AS YOU KNOW, AS YOU CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND, THERE ARE MORE BUSINESSES, THERE ARE MORE RESIDENTS WHO NEED THAT OFF DUTY PROTECTION AND VISIBILITY, PRESENCE AND PROTECTION. THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. ONE OF THE PAINFUL REALITIES IS FOUND IN THAT NUMBER TWO DEPARTMENTS. ONCE UPON A TIME, DIDN'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO IT, AND THEY HOPED NOTHING BAD WOULD HAPPEN UNTIL IT DID. THIS GIVES FULL VISIBILITY, FULL TRANSPARENCY INTO WHO IS WORKING, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW MUCH. THERE'S NO HIDING BEHIND. WELL, I THINK HE'S WORKING A WALMART. I THINK SHE'S HELPING OUT AT THE MOVIE THEATER. THE DEPARTMENT HAS FULL VISIBILITY INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND THEN FINALLY, THE RISE OF TECHNOLOGY, WHETHER IT'S DRONES OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO MOVE FROM THOSE SPREADSHEETS AND FROM THOSE POST-IT NOTES INTO A CLOUD BASED SOLUTION THAT'S AVAILABLE 24 OVER SEVEN. THIS IS THIS IS YOUR CRASH COURSE IN OFF DUTY TECHNOLOGY WITH THIS SLIDE, THERE ARE TWO MAIN SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT. ON THE FAR LEFT SIDE YOU HAVE THE DIY DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE THE PERSONNEL AND THE DESIRE TO KEEP IT IN-HOUSE. THEY WANT TO ASSIGN SOMEONE, THEY, THEY USE OUR SOFTWARE AS A GREAT TECHNOLOGY TOOL. AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF DEPARTMENTS WHO DO THAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU HAVE THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM. THESE ARE THE ONES WHO WANT TO OUTSOURCE THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. IF SOMEONE CONTACTS THE DEPARTMENT, THEY'LL SAY, HERE'S A PHONE NUMBER, HERE'S AN EMAIL.

CONTACT THEM IN THAT TYPE OF SETUP, MY MANAGED SERVICES TEAM GETS THE INFORMATION, USES THE DEPARTMENTS ASSIGNMENT RULES TO GET THE JOB FILLED, SENDS THE INVOICE, COLLECTS THE PAYMENT, MAKES COLLECTION CALLS IF NECESSARY, START TO FINISH DESOTO PD'S PLAN IS TO USE WHAT MAKES US TRULY UNIQUE AND THAT'S THAT HYBRID MODEL IN THE MIDDLE. IN THAT CASE, THE DEPARTMENT ESSENTIALLY GIVES US TWO LISTS. HERE'S A LIST OF. USUALLY IT'S THE LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS.

MAYBE IT'S A CHURCH THAT AN OFFICER HAS DONE SECURITY FOR 10 OR 20 YEARS. THERE'S NO REASON FOR MY TEAM TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT RELATIONSHIP. THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHEN A DEPARTMENT WOULD TYPICALLY KEEP IN-HOUSE ON THAT OTHER LIST. YOU MIGHT HAVE NEW VENDORS, YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE OFFS, WEDDINGS, FUNERALS, QUINCEANERAS ROAD CONSTRUCTION, YOU NAME IT. THE POINT IS, WE DON'T TELL THE DEPARTMENT WHAT TO DO. THEY TELL US HOW MANY OF EACH THEY CAN EVEN CHANGE OVER IF THEY HAVE TROUBLE COLLECTING FROM A CERTAIN VENDOR, THEY CAN SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, ROLL CALL WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS OVER TO YOUR TEAM. YOU CAN HANDLE THEM STARTING NOW. THERE'S A COUPLE OF BIG CALL OUTS HERE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE IS ZERO COST TO THE DEPARTMENT. AND TO THE CITY AND TO THE TAXPAYERS. THE, I SHOULD SAY, THE TAXPAYERS WRIT LARGE. THE ONLY FEE THAT WE CHARGE ON TOP OF THE OFFICER'S RATE, VEHICLE FEE, WHATEVER THE DEPARTMENT IS CHARGING FOR, IS A PERCENTAGE TO THE RECIPIENT OF SERVICE. IT IS WHO IS ENJOYING

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NOT ONLY THAT, IT COVERS BOTH ON AND OFF DUTY WAGES. LOST STATE OF TEXAS POLICY IS 75%. I WORK WITH SOME DEPARTMENTS WHERE THERE ARE OFFICERS WHO MAKE MORE WORKING OFF DUTY GIGS THAN ON THEIR REGULAR JOB, SO PROTECTING OFFICERS, PROTECTING THE DEPARTMENT, AND PROTECTING THE RECIPIENT OF SERVICE IS A BIG PART OF THAT. AND I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CALL OUT. SO DESOTO PD'S PLAN IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT HYBRID OPTION. WE'LL HANDLE SOME, THEY'LL HANDLE OTHERS. THE FEE IS ONLY PAID BY THE RECIPIENTS OF SERVICE. AND AS YOU SAW BEFORE, AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT A GUINEA PIG. WE'VE DONE THIS ACROSS DFW, INCLUDING FOR DALLAS PD AND LITTLE BITTY ARGYLE. AS WELL. AND NOW I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS STOKES, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND THANK YOU. I AM BEWILDERED TO AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP CLEAR UP SOME WHY WOULD WE WANT TO MANAGE THE OFF DUTY POLICE? I'M NOT SAYING WE WANT TO. I'M SAYING SOME DEPARTMENTS ASK FOR IT. SO WE HAVE A TEAM THAT DOES THAT. OKAY, MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD THE RAMIFICATION OF YOUR PROGRAM.

I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT BENEFIT THE CITY WOULD HAVE BY BY INITIATING THIS THIS PROGRAM. I DON'T MIND IF YOU TAKE OVER, CHIEF. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN, THAT SO WE HAVE AN OFFICER THAT'S THAT DOES ALL THE SCHEDULING COORDINATES, ALL THE ALL THE PART TIMES. PUTS IT OUT, TRIES TO GET OFFICERS TO WORK SOME OF THESE PART TIME JOBS AND HAS TO GO OUT TO OTHER AGENCIES TO GET THAT TAKES UP A LOT OF OUR TIME. SO WE HAVE. AND THAT'S THE PART I WAS MISSING. SO WE HAVE AN OFFICER THAT FINDS THAT FINDS OUTSIDE GIGS FOR OUR OFFICERS. SHE DOESN'T FIND THEM.

IT'S IF, IF A COMPANY CALLS AND THEY SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING ON SOME, SOME TYPE OF EVENT AND WE NEED WE NEED SOME OFFICERS. TAKE FOR INSTANCE, THE REGGAE EVENT THAT'S COMING UP. SO THE REGGAE EVENT IS A PRIVATE EVENT. IT'S NOT A CITY SPONSORED EVENT. AND SO THEY WOULD THEY WOULD CALL, THEY WOULD GO TO ROLL CALL AND SAY, WE NEED 12 OFFICERS. WE NEED OFFICERS TO COVER WHATEVER IT IS AT THIS EVENT. ROLL CALL WOULD PUT THAT OUT TO OUR PEOPLE ON OUR PROGRAMS, AND THEY WOULD MANAGE FINDING THE OFFICERS, SCHEDULING THEM AND THEN KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THOSE HOURS. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND BETTER. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY LIKE A CONCIERGE SERVICE FOR YOUR OFFICERS. IT IS A SERVICE THAT REALLY WELL, IT WILL BENEFIT US BECAUSE IT HELPS US ON THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SIDE IF SOMEONE NEEDED. BUT IT DOESN'T DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE DEPARTMENT, IT WILL BENEFIT US BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK OUR OVERTIME AND OUR PART TIME HOURS. RIGHT NOW, WE OKAY, YOU'RE GOING TO CONFUSE ME AGAI, CHIEF. OKAY. WHY WOULD YOUR OVERTIME IF SOME IF AN OUTSIDE ENTITY WANTS FIVE SECURITY FIVE. THEY DON'T. OKAY. SO THEY STAY ON YOUR PAYROLL. THEY STAY ON YOUR PAYROLL. LET ME EXPLAIN. OKAY SO IF I WORK OVERTIME TODAY, I DON'T GET PAID OVERTIME, BY THE WAY. BUT IF I DID AND I WORKED OVERTIME

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THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF THE HOURS THAT OUR OFFICERS WORK ON ANY PART TIME. JOB THAT THEY WORK ON. OKAY. THIS IS AGAIN FOR OUR ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I CAN'T I CAN'T I CAN'T TRACK THOSE HOURS BECAUSE WE'RE RESTRICTED BY HOW MANY HOURS OUR OFFICERS CAN WORK IN A DAY. AND I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW IF THEY'RE WORKING OVER OR NOT UNTIL WE GO LOOK AT THEIR THEIR PAY ON ANY OVERTIME OR ANY CITY SUPPORTED FUNCTION, ANY PART TIMES ARE NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE PAID OUTSIDE BY OUTSIDE VENDORS.

THAT'S NOT KEPT TRACK OF THIS WAY HERE. IT'S GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THAT. AND THAT'S THE PART OF MY DISCONNECT. AND MAYBE I JUST NEED TO DO MORE RESEARCH BECAUSE IT IS THAT DISCONNECT. IF I AM AN OFFICER AND I'M WORKING ON AN OUTSIDE GIG, THAT DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT OR THE CITY IS NOT LIABLE FOR, THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO TRACK THAT. AND I JUST I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT OF HAVING IT FOR THE CITY OTHER THAN A COST OTHER THAN JUST A CONCIERGE SERVICE. SO IF COUNCILMEMBER, IF I IF I MAY ANSWER THE QUESTION, THERE'S SEVERAL BENEFITS THAT I, THAT I SEE WITH THIS. FIRST OF ALL, IT FOCUSES THE DEPARTMENT ON DOING CITY EVENTS AND TRACKING THE OVERTIME A LOT BETTER. SO THAT'S ONE TWO AS AS OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS WILL TELL YOU, THERE'S DIFFERENT VENDORS WHO WILL SAY WE NEED TO PAY DIFFERENT DOLLAR AMOUNT PER OFFICER OR CAN AFFORD IT. THIS STANDARDIZES THE PROCESS FOR EVERYONE, SO THERE'S NO INTERMINGLING WITH OVERTIME VERSUS STRAIGHT TIME. THE OFFICER CAN WORK DIRECTLY WITH WITH THE CONSULTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE THEY'RE SCHEDULED AND TWO, THAT THEY'RE GETTING PAID APPROPRIATELY ON TIME BECAUSE THE CONSULTANT WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE SERVICE REQUEST TO GET PAID. AND THEN THEY PAY THE OFFICER, HOWEVER THAT WORKS. THIRD THING IS VERY IMPORTANT, WHICH IS IT'S NOT GOING TO IT'S NOT GOING TO OVERBURDEN A POLICE OFFICER TO ENSURE THAT, HOURS ARE DIVVIED UP APPROPRIATELY, MEANING THAT AN OFFICER IS NOT GOING TO BE WORKING FIVE, SIX, SEVEN NIGHTS IN A ROW DOING SPECIAL EVENTS. AND THEN HE OR SHE IS GOING TO COME TO WORK THE CONSULTANT WILL TRACK THAT. SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AN EXHAUSTION OF A POLICE OFFICER WHERE HE OR SHE CANNOT PERFORM THEIR NORMAL DUTY, SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY'RE ABLE TO SCHEDULE THEM WHERE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN EXHAUSTION OF HOURS. AND SO ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN THAT, IN THAT PROCESS, I UNDERSTAND I UNDERSTAND FROM CITY RELATED FUNCTIONS. I TOTALLY GET IT FROM THE CITY RELATED FUNCTION, BUT FROM THE IDEA THAT A CHURCH NEED REGULAR FIVE OFFICERS EVERY SUNDAY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. SO MAYBE I CAN JUST GET CLARITY. THAT'S THAT'S THE PART THAT I'M MISSING. I UNDERSTAND IF MR. GLOVER NEEDED HAS A FUNCTION AND THAT THAT THAT OFFICER IS GOING TO STAY ON THE CITY'S PAYROLL AND THEN GET REIMBURSED. I UNDERSTAND THE REIMBURSABLE PART OF IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF THE RELATIONSHIP BECOMES A 1099 FUNCTION TO WHERE THAT OFFICER WORKS OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT CHURCH, AND THAT CHURCH IS EXPECTED AND BY LAW REQUIRED TO 1099 THAT OFFICER. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT PART. AND SO I'LL GET CLARITY LATER. YEAH.

THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT. SHE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT. YEAH THAT'S I SEE YOU'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH THAT IS A MAJOR BENEFIT ACTUALLY. AND, MR. CITY MANAGER, GOOD JOB ON YOUR RESTATEMENT.

VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE MAJOR BENEFITS WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR OWN TIME AND MANPOWER IS WE HANDLE ALL THE TAX DOCUMENTATION OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. IT'S ALL 1099 WORK, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH 95% OF TEXAS. SO WHAT WE DO IS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE SEND EACH OFFICER A SINGLE 1099 K FOR ALL OF THE JOBS THEY'VE WORKED. SO THE CITY DOESN'T DEAL WITH ANY TAX DOCUMENTS. EVEN THE BUSINESS DOESN'T DEAL WITH ANY TAX. TAX DOCUMENTS. YOU HAD MENTIONED ASKING ABOUT BENEFITS TO CHURCHES. THE RECIPIENTS OF SERVICE. FOR EXAMPLE. ONE OF THE BENEFITS FOR RECURRING CLIENTS, SUCH AS A CHURCH IS THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FREE CLIENT PORTAL, AND WITH THAT PORTAL, THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEIR UPCOMING JOBS ARE STAFFED AND FOR HUGE PEACE OF MIND FOR CHURCHES, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, THEY GET TO SEE A PICTURE OF THE OFFICER OR OFFICERS WHO WILL BE COMING. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER BENEFITS. THEY CAN ALSO MAKE MULTIPLE PAYMENTS, ALL WITH

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ONE THING THAT I ONE THING I DIDN'T MENTION, THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE DEPARTMENT AND MY TEAM, WHOEVER NEEDS IT, WOULD USE THE WEB BASED PLATFORM. ONLINE OFFICERS USE AN APP TO SEE THE JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO SIGN UP FOR THEM TO APPLY TO CALL OFF IF THEY NEED TO. SO THE OLD SAYING THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT FROM AN OFFICER STANDPOINT, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING AND IT MAKES LIFE SO MUCH EASIER. THEY'LL GET NOTIFICATIONS, HEY, JOBS ARE AVAILABLE, THEY'LL GET A NOTIFICATION IF JOB DETAILS CHANGED, THE LOCATION, THE HOURS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, SOMETHING NEW. THEY NEED TO KNOW. SO THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT THING THAT I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. THAT'LL BE OUR LAST QUESTION. AND CHIEF, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FROM US ON THIS ITEM? AGAIN? THIS WAS A PRESENTATION DISCUSSION AS WE'RE HAVING NOW. AND IF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT OF IT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THERE'S NO COST TO THE CITY OR TO THE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. YOU'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION. SMART MOVE. CHIEF, YOU SAID I'LL SEE HOW TO GET THEM UP OFF OF ME? THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S GENIUS. YOU AND OBVIOUSLY THE VENDORS PAY FOR IT. IT'S FREE TO THE CITY. IT'S ALMOST LIKE A TEMPORARY AGENCY, BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT GEARED, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S A NO BRAINER. AND I LOVE IT. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PARK I'M GOING TO START ON YOUR END THIS TIME AROUND GETTING CONSENSUS ON THIS ITEM. YES COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAE. SURE THING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAID IT. I'M SORRY THAT I MISSED IT, BUT WHAT IS YOUR LONGEST FOR THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT? WHAT'S YOUR LONGEST STANDING CONTRACT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND YOUR LONGEVITY. WELL, WE DON'T REQUIRE CONTRACTS. WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR OVER A DECADE, SO WE'VE GOT SOME DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US MORE OR LESS SINCE THE BEGINNING. I PERSONALLY HAVE NEVER LOST A CLIENT. SO THEY DON'T TYPICALLY LEAVE, IS MY POINT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CHIEF COSTA, I UNDERSTAND NOW. SO YES, THANK YOU. YOU SURE? A LITTLE BIT. NEXT TIME I'LL HAVE HIM DO THE WHOLE THING. DOCTOR MARKS, WE CAN TALK OFFLINE. YES.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM. YES. AND MAYOR PRO TEM, I THINK I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD. OKAY, SO WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON THAT ITEM. THANK YOU. AND GREAT

[e. Presentation and discussion of Axon Enterprise body cameras and Tasers]

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I'M ON A ROLL NOW. I'M ON A ROLL, CHIEF. JUST AS LONG AS YOU KNOW THIS IS THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. I KNOW IT'S THE LAST ITEM, SO WE DON'T MIND YOU BEING ON THE ROAD. I'M NOT PRESENTING THE WHOLE THING, SO KEEP ROLLING REAL FAST. WE'RE ROLLING WITH THAT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE BODY CAMERAS THAT ARE. THE AXON IS THE VENDOR AND THE DISTRIBUTOR OF THOSE BODY CAMERAS. THEY'RE ALSO A VENDOR OF OUR TASERS, AND WE'VE BEEN IN CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR MANY YEARS FOR THE TASERS. AND FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS FOR OUR BODY CAMERAS AND WE'VE GONE. BODY CAMERAS ARE IN-CAR CAMERAS. AND OUR INTERVIEW CAMERAS ARE ALL GOING TO BE AXON. SO WE HAVE ONE COMPANY THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR VENDOR FOR BODY CAMERAS.

AND ANY VIDEO THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT, OUR CONTRACT IS COMING DUE ON BOTH OUR, OUR TASERS AND OUR BODY CAMERAS. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A NEW CONTRACT, RENEGOTIATE OUR CONTRACT AND REDO IT FOR OUR BODY CAMERAS AND ALSO FOR TASERS. BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO ENHANCE OUR TASERS TO A NEW, THE NEWEST ONE THAT THEY HAVE OUT, WHICH IS THE BEST OF THE BEST, IF YOU WILL. AND IT'S THE MOST LIFE SAVING ONE THAT THAT THEY'VE HAD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THEIR, ORIGINAL TASER. AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JARED WILSON. HE REPRESENTS AXON. HE HAS A SHORT, SHORT PRESENTATION FOR US. AND WE'LL WE'LL GO ON FROM THERE. THANK YOU MAYOR. COUNCIL, THANKS

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ARE THESE THE SLIDES? LET'S SEE IF IT GETS ANY DIFFERENT HERE. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN HIT THIS. SO THE AXON AND DESOTO AGREEMENT IS COMING TO AN END IN 2025. WE ENTERED IT IN 2020. THERE'S A COUPLE KEY CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING WITH THE NEW AGREEMENT. BUT TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND ON WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, DESOTO PD HAS OUR AXON BODY THREE, OUR THIRD GENERATION BODY CAMERA. THEY'RE USING X26 TASERS. THAT'S A LEGACY TASER, AND THEN A FEW OF OUR SOFTWARES LIKE AUTO TAGGING AND UNLIMITED STORAGE. OUR STORAGE, WE LIVE IN THE CLOUD, SO EVERYTHING IS UNLIMITED IN THAT REGARD. THE NEW AGREEMENT. AND I'LL JUST I APOLOGIZE. THIS IS, THE EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW. SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO FIND WHERE WE CAN HIT ON SOME OF THESE THINGS. SO THE NEW AGREEMENT IS GOING TO COVER TASER TEN. TASER TEN. THE KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TASER X26 TASER TEN HAS TEN PROBES OR TEN CARTRIDGES. THAT GIVES THE OFFICER NINE OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE A CONNECTION, THAT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN OUR LEGACY TASERS, WHICH HAD ONE, SOMETIMES TWO CARTRIDGES. SO WHEN THAT ONE OR SECOND CARTRIDGE FAILED, THEN THE OFFICER HAS TO TURN FROM A LESS LETHAL OPTION TO A, ANOTHER OPTION TO STOP A THREAT AND A KEY PIECE OF AXON IS BEING ABLE TO PRESERVE LIFE OR PROTECT LIFE. OUR MISSION AND, I SHOULD SAY OUR MOONSHOT GOAL THAT WE MADE PUBLIC IN 2023 WAS TO CUT GUN RELATED DEATHS BETWEEN OFFICERS AND THE PUBLIC BY 50% BEFORE THE YEAR 2033. AND TASER TEN WAS RELEASED SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING US MAKING THAT STATEMENT PUBLIC. IT'S A DIRECT CORRELATION TO THAT MOONSHOT GOAL. AND, HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE NINE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT OFFICER TO CREATE CONNECTION IS A KEY COMPONENT OF THAT AS WELL AS WE GIVE THE OFFICER NOW, 45FT TO USE A TASER. 1045 45FT EFFECTIVE RANGE, AS OPPOSED TO LEGACY TASERS, HAVING A 25 FOOT EFFECTIVE RANGE. SO NEARLY DOUBLING THE EFFECTIVE RANGE THAT GIVES THE OFFICER NOT ONLY MORE TIME TO TRY TO DE-ESCALATE, BUT ALSO THE OFFICER HAS THE ABILITY TO NOW USE IT IN MORE SITUATIONS THATHEY MIGHT NOT COULD HAVE IN YEARS PAST, THE TASER TEN ALSO COMES WITH A FULL SUPPLY OF DATA THAT THE PD WILL HAVE ACCESS TO, WHETHER THAT BE HOLSTERING AND UNHOLSTERING EVENTS. ARMING AND ARMING, OR ANY 30 DEGREE ANGLE CHANGE. SO THE OFFICER WILL KNOW AND THE PD WILL KNOW WHEN AND HOW LONG THAT TASER TEN WAS OUT OF THE HOLSTER. IF IT WAS WHICH DIRECTION IT WAS POINTED, AND THEN ALL DATA AND FIRING LOGS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY LIVE DUTY DEPLOYMENTS. WE COVERED. WE COVER ALL TRAINING CARTRIDGES AS WELL, SO EACH OFFICER NEEDS TO FIRE AT LEAST THREE PROBES DOWNRANGE TO BE CONSIDERED TASER CERTIFIED. EVERY YEAR. WE COVER THAT FOR THE PD AS WELL AS ALL LIVE DUTY DEPLOYMENTS ARE, REIMBURSED BY AXON. SO WE'LL SEND OUT CARTRIDGES TO THE PD ANYTIME THERE'S A LIVE DUTY DEPLOYMENT, AND THAT'S COVERED IN THE PROGRAM. MOVING ALONG TO THE BODY CAMERAS, THE BODY FOR THE FOURTH GENERATION BODY CAMERA, THE KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BODY THREE AND THE BODY FOUR IS GOING TO BE THE LIVE MAPPING AND LIVE STREAMING CAPABILITY THAT THE BODY FOUR NOW HAS. NOT ONLY CAN YOU SEE LIVE IN REAL TIME, WHERE YOUR OFFICERS ARE ON A MAP, YOU CAN ALSO NOW LIVE STREAM INTO THAT CAMERA AS WELL AS COMMUNICATE TO THE OFFICER AND THE OFFICER CAN COMMUNICATE BACK TO YOU, TONS OF DIFFERENT USE CASES THERE, BUT REALLY IT'S A HUGE SAFETY ENHANCEMENT FOR THE OFFICER. WE'RE ALSO NOW ADDING, THE BIG ADD WILL BE DRAFT ONE. DRAFT ONE IS OUR NARRATIVE REPORT WRITER FOR THE OFFICER. THE BIG COMPONENT HERE IS GIVING THE OFFICER AND THE PD TIME BACK IN THEIR DAY. WE'RE SEEING HOURS AND HOURS OF SAVED TIME WITH THE OFFICER BY BEING ABLE TO HELP WRITE THEIR REPORTS, NOT WRITING THEIR REPORTS FOR THEM, BUT GIVING THEM A SKELETON OR A BODY OF THAT REPORT, AND THEN THE OFFICER COMING BACK AND MAKING THE NECESSARY EDITS THAT THEY NEED TO DO. SO AND THEN AS WELL AS WE'RE ADDING TRANSCRIPTION.

THIS SAVES TIME AND INVESTIGATIONS FOR TRANSCRIBING THE VIDEO. AND, GIVES A FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE OF THE VIDEO REPORT. SO I THINK THAT ABOUT COVERS IT. DO YOU GUYS

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IF THE CAMERA IS LOST OR IT GOES INTO A POOL OF WATER AND IT'S YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T FIND IT, THEN THAT VIDEO IS WITH THAT CAMERA. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT HAS BEEN THE PROTOCOL SINCE WE'VE HAD BODY CAMERAS. YES OKAY. WE HAVE THAT. THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED TO US YET. SURE. NO.

AND WELL, I MEAN, JUST IN GENERAL BODY CAMS EVERYWHERE. THERE'S NO BODY CAMERA THAT CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THE FOOTAGE TO WHERE IT CAN LIVE SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN ACTUALLY JUST ON THAT DEVICE. NOT UNTIL IT'S UPLOADED WHEN THEY COME BACK TO THE STATION, THEY CAN PUT IT IN THE CRADLE, THEY CAN UPLOAD IT, OR IT CAN AUTOMATICALLY GET UPLOADED. OKAY. IS THERE ANY HAS THERE BEEN TALK ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING SOMETHING OTHER THAN JUST THAT? I'M I'M ASSUMING THE REASON, MAYBE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD BODY CAMERAS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR WHAT, ALMOST TWO DECADES NOW. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S NOT AS, NOT AS BIG OF AN ISSUE WITH NOT BEING ABLE TO GET TO RETRIEVE THE DATA. IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH TO WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER TECHNOLOGY TO WHERE THE WHERE THE INFORMATION CAN BE ELSEWHERE, OTHER THAN JUST ON THE CAMERA. SURE. AND I MEAN, WE HAVE CERTAINLY HAVE AGENCIES THAT HAVE GONE DIVING FOR CAMERAS WHERE I MEAN EFFECTIVELY COMPLETELY WATERPROOF. SO, I MEAN, THAT EVIDENCE IS IMPORTANT. AND ANY EFFORT TO RETRIEVE THAT EVIDENCE, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE TO, TO RETRIEVE THAT IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT IS LOST BEYOND BEING ABLE TO BE FOUND, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT THE VIDEO DOES LIVE ON THAT CAMERA UNTIL YOU'RE BACK AT THE PD. OKAY.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAPHAEL. THANK YOU, RELATED TO TRANSCRIPTION, YOU MENTIONED TRANSCRIPTION, AND I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN RELATION TO WHEN YOU'RE SUBMITTING EVIDENCE, FOR COURT OR WHATEVER. AND I GUESS I WANT TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE ACCURACY IN TRANSCRIPTION, IS THAT SOMETHING, CHIEF, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE SUBMITTING, ARE YOU SUBMITTING JUST THE VIDEO, THE VIDEO AND THE TRANSCRIPT? I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT PART AS IT RELATES TO ACCURACY. SO THIS, DRAFT, ONE THAT WOULD, TRANSCRIBE THE BODY CAMERA, FOOTAGE AND THE, THE AUDIO, WOULD, WOULD MAKE IT INTO A REPORT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING IT WOULD LEAVE IT WOULD LEAVE X'S WOULD HAVE TO FILL IN THEE YOU BLANKS, AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO READ THROUGH THAT REPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACCURATE. AND IT'S GOT ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED FOR COURT, I'VE SINCE, SINCE WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS, I'VE TALKED TO THE DA AND THE DA'S OFFICE IS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. THEY'RE STILL LOOKING INTO IT, BUT THEY WE WOULD HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW IF WE USE DRAFT ONE TO PUT TOGETHER A REPORT. WE HAVE TO NOTIFY THEM AND SAY THIS REPORT HAS BEEN HAS BEEN, MANUFACTURED, IF YOU WILL, BY THE USE OF DRAFT ONE, AND I, WITH AXON, THEY KNOW ALL ABOUT IT AND THEY'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT IT. SO THEY ARE ACCEPTING THAT ON A LIMITED BASIS RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT OFFICERS REVIEW THEIR REPORTS AND MAKE SURE THEY FILL IN THE PERTINENT INFORMATION SO THAT IT'S A VALID REPORT AND IT'S ACCURATE. AND THE DA ALSO RECOMMENDED US GOING WITH THE TASER TEN. THEY SAID THAT THAT'S GOING TO SAVE LIVES.

AND JOHN CREUZOT IS BEHIND, THE USE OF THESE TASER TENS, ULTIMATELY. THANK YOU. AND COULD YOU ALSO SPEAK TO THE LEARNING CURVE. SO WE'RE SO SHOULD THIS MOVE FORWARD. WE MOVE IT FROM

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THANK YOU. CERTAINLY. COUNCILMAN BYRD, YOUR LAST COMMENT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE WHAT TRIGGERS WHAT CURRENTLY TRIGGERS THE BODY CAMS. I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS WATCHING SOME COP SHOW OR SOMETHING, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT TRIGGERS THE BODY CAM, RIGHT? ONE WAS WHEN YOU GOT WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THE CAR, AND ONE IS IF YOU PULL YOUR GUN VERSUS YOUR TASER, SO CAN, CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT CURRENTLY TRIGGERS THE BODY CAMS, AND WILL THERE BE ANY ENHANCEMENTS OF THE TRIGGERING? BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T HAVE TO JUST MANUALLY TURN THEM ON. SO RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE WHEN THE OFFICER TURNS ON HIS LIGHTS, THAT IT'LL TURN ON THE BODY CAMERA AUTOMATICALLY, WHAT, COUNCIL MEMBER CHISHOLM WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS WE DID HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A COUPLE OF OUR SQUAD CARS. DID NOT, ACTIVATE THE SWITCH. DID NOT WORK PROPERLY AND DID NOT ACTIVATE. BUT IF ANOTHER SQUAD CAR COMES AND THEY ACTIVATE THEIR LIGHTS, THAT'S GOING TO TURN ON ANYBODY. THAT'S NOT THEIR BODY. CAMERAS ARE NOT TURNED ON ALREADY. SO THERE'S THAT MECHANISM. WE DO NOT HAVE THE TRIGGER ON THE TASER, BUT WITH THE TASER TENS THAT WILL ACTIVATE THE BODY CAMERAS GOING FORWARD, AND THEN IF THEY GET OUT OF THE CAR THAT WILL ACTIVATE THE BODY CAM ITSELF, SO IT'S JUST WHEN THEY TURN ON THEIR LIGHTS, WHEN ANOTHER CAR COMES AND WHEN THEY GET OUT OF THE CAR, IT WILL ACTIVATE. SO EVERY TIME AN OFFICER GETS OUT OF THE CAR, IT WILL TRIGGER THE BODY CAM. IF IT'S NOT ON, IT WILL TRIGGER IF IT IS NOT ON.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND I AND THAT DOES NOT CHANGE WITH THE WITH THE NEW TASER. NOW THE NEW. SO WHAT'S DIFFERENT WITH THE NEW TASER TEN IS SIMILAR TO HOW IT WORKS WITH THE VEHICLE. ANYONE IN THE SAME WITH THE VEHICLE? ANYONE WITHIN 30FT? THERE'S A 32ND, BASICALLY A BLUETOOTH SIGNAL THAT GOES OUT AND ALL AXON CAMERAS, WHETHER IT'S YOURS OR HIS OR WHOEVER'S WILL TURN ON, IF IT'S NOT ALREADY, IF IT'S NOT ALREADY ON. AND SO THERE SHOULD NEVER BE A TIME WHERE A POLICE OR A POLICE COULD MISTAKENLY GO FOR HIS TASER, HIS GUN, AND NOT HIS TASER OR HIS TASER. NOT. AND THERE SHOULD NOT BE FOOTAGE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.

OKAY. THAT WILL BE CORRECT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM, WE'LL START WITH YOU, IN TERMS OF SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM, YES OR NO? YES YES.

I'M. YES. COUNCILMEMBER BYRD. YES. COUNCILMEMBER RAPHAEL. YES. BUT FOR THE PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE COMPARE AND CONTRAST THAT SECOND YEAR WITH WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING. SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU BRING THIS BACK. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PARKER. YES THANK YOU, THAT CONCLUDES OUR ITEMS. THANK YOU, MR. WILSON. NICE MEETING YOU, AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR HUGHES, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MAYOR PRO TEM HUGHES. THANK YOU. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH SECONDS ON THIS ONE, AND SECOND, BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO ADJOURN COUNCIL. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, IT'S 8:49 P.M. AND WE AR

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