Feb 11, 2025 Town Council

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I. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE PROSPER TOWN COUNCIL MEETING. TODAY IS

[Call to Order/ Roll Call.]

COUNCIL. LET US BOW OUR HEADS. WILL THE A MERCIFUL GOD. TODAY WE COME BEFORE YOU AS A COMMUNITY GATHERING WITH THE BEAUTY OF DIVERSITY, THE BEAUTY OF BEAUTY, OF GROWTH, THE BEAUTY OF WONDER AND QUESTIONS AND HOPES AND GOD AS WE COME TODAY, WE. WE BRING OUR VULNERABILITY.

WE ARE HUMAN. AND SO AS WE LOOK OUT UPON OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR TOWN, OUR STATE, OUR COUNTRY, OUR WORLD, WE CAN'T HELP BUT SEE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HURTING, PEOPLE THAT ARE HOPING AND WONDER IF THERE IS ANY HOPE LEFT. WE THANK YOU THAT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WE CAN BE A PART OF PEACEMAKING, PEACEMAKERS, PEACEKEEPING. LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US TO SEE WHAT YOU SEE, TO BREAK OUR HEARTS FOR WHAT BREAKS YOURS. WE ASK THAT AS A TOWN, WE SEE OURSELVES AS A PLACE WHERE THINGS CAN BEGIN AND CONTINUE. AND THIS HAPPENS IN THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS. IT HAPPENS IN THE YOUNGEST OF PEOPLE WHO COME WITH VOICE AND HEART. IT HAPPENS TO ALL THAT GET A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN AND TO ACT. BUT WE HAVE TO ACT. AND SO, LORD, GIVE US COURAGE TO BE ABLE TO DO SO. WE THANK YOU FOR A COMMUNITY THAT STAYS SAFE FOR THE FIRE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE THERE WHEN WE NEED THEM AND WHEN WE DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT. LORD, WE FORGET TO SAY THANK YOU. SO HERE TONIGHT, HELP US TO GIVE A MOMENT TO OFFER GRATITUDE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCENES HELPING, SERVING, AND CARING. WE OFFER ALL OF THIS IN THIS TIME OF GATHERING. IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND AFTER THE TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE BE SEATED.

I DO LIKE THE CHOIR ASPECT OF THE WAY THAT ALL WORKED OUT. WELL DONE, WELL DONE. ALL RIGHT.

[Announcements of recent and upcoming events.]

EX-GOVERNOR BACKSLASH. SPECIAL EVENTS REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL P-TOWN THROWDOWN PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT, BEING HELD ON SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH AT REYNOLDS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THE FORMAT IS MIXED DOUBLES FOR PARTICIPANTS 18 YEARS AND OLDER, WITH RECREATIONAL AND COMPETITIVE DIVISIONS BASED ON PLAYERS RATINGS. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT AT PROSPER.

EX-GOV. BACKSLASH. P-TOWN. THROWDOWN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE P-TOWN THROWDOWN IS SHOULD BE A COPYRIGHT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ANDERS, BECAUSE HE MENTIONED THAT A LONG TIME AGO. SO THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS HAVE THE COUNCIL JUST AND THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE RECOGNIZE THAT SUPER BOWL SUNDAY WAS NOT ONLY A BIG DAY FOR THE CHIEFS AND THE EAGLES, BUT IT WAS ALSO OUR TOWN MANAGER'S BIRTHDAY. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARIO. SO. NOTE I'M NOT GOING TO ASK HOW OLD OR

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[1. Presentation from the Salvation Army of North Texas regarding the 2024 Mayor's Red Kettle Challenge. (MLS)]

THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE THIS AND THE SUPER BOWL COMMENT. AT LEAST WE WERE THREE PEAS. OKAY.

OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT SOME MORE TO DO. ALRIGHT. SO THE FIRST ONE ENGINEERING. THANK YOU. GOOD. OH, THAT'S REALLY LOUD. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS A PROCLAMATION TO THE PROSPER

[2. Presentation of a Proclamation declaring February 16-22, 2025, as Engineers Week. (MLS) ]

THIS IS A TOWN OF PROSPER PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE PROSPER ENGINEERING TEAM FOSTERS A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGES, ENCOURAGES INNOVATION, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AMONG ITS MEMBERS. AND WHEREAS IT CONTINUALLY DEMONSTRATES A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE THROUGH CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION, MAKING STRIDES IN THE FIELD OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY. AND WHEREAS, IT IS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR PEERS IN THE COMMUNITY BY SHOWCASING THE POWER OF TEAMWORK, DEDICATION AND CONTINUOUS LEARNING. BY PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF STEM SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS. AND WHEREAS, IT SETS EXCEPTIONAL STANDARDS BY FOCUSING ON THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL MEMBERS THROUGH LEADERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITIES. AND WHEREAS, THE PROSPER ENGINEERING TEAM'S COMMITMENT TO DRIVING INNOVATION HAS LED TO REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS. NOW, THEREFORE, I DAVID F, BRISTOL, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16TH THROUGH 22ND, 2025 AS PROSPER ENGINEERING CLUB WEEK IN THE TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS. AND I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO INSPIRE AND SUPPORT STUDENTS IN ENGINEERING, ROBOTICS, AND STEM RELATED FIELDS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[3. Presentation of a Proclamation declaring March 2025 as Theatre in our Schools Month. (MLS) ]

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RAY WANTED ME TO SAY. THIS IS THE GREATEST SHOW IN NORTH TEXAS. YOU KNOW, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN. SO YOU GUYS ARE HANGING IN A BIT. THIS IS EXCITING. SO. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A TOWN OF PROSPER PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS PROSPER ISD THESPIAN TROUPE IS PART OF THE TEXAS THESPIANS CHAPTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY. AND WHEREAS THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE EDUCATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION AND IS A HIGH SCHOOL HONOR SOCIETY THAT RECOGNIZES STUDENTS IN THEATER AND WHEREAS, ARTS EDUCATION PROMOTES ACADEMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOL. AND WHEREAS, THE MONTH OF MARCH IS DESIGNATED TO RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THEATER EDUCATION WITH DEDICATED SPIRIT WEEKS. AND WHEREAS PROSPER ISD THESPIAN TROUPE PARTICIPATES IN PLANNED SEVERAL COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS, SOCIALS, PERFORMANCES, AND MUCH MORE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. NOW THEREFORE, I, DAVID F, BRISTOL, MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH 2025 AS THEATER IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH IN THE TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT RAISING AWARENESS OF THE BENEFITS BENEFITS OF THEATER EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS.

CONGRATULATIONS AND I GET TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THIS IS WONDERFUL. SO THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE TWO PHOTOS. LET ME GET ONE WITH YOU WITH THIS GROUP AND THEN WE'LL GO OKAY. OKAY. I SEE THE SAME THREE. OKAY. NOW I TAKE IT BACK. ONE MORE. OKAY. HERE. GO RIGHT HERE. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. ONE.

TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. SO, WHAT'S THE NEXT PERFORMANCE COMING UP? OH, NO. WELL, NOT AS YOU LIKE IT. WE HAVE. LEND ME A TENOR ON MARCH 10TH. LEND ME A TENOR. YES. ARE YOU A PRINCESS OF THE MOON AT WALNUT GROVE HIGH SCHOOL ON THURSDAY FOR FOURTH GRADERS. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW ONLINE. RIGHT. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. BEST OF LUCK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

SO I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR OUR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS WHO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES PROSPER A GREAT COMMUNITY IS THE INVOLVEMENT OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. AND JUST THE WAY THE TOWN AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE LINKED SO TIGHTLY TOGETHER. SO

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[6. Receive the 2024 Annual Racial Profiling Report for the Prosper Police Department as required by state law. (DK) ]

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WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ETHNICITY AND WHATNOT. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO TAKE NOTE THAT THE FUNDING THAT THE COMMUNITY PROVIDES FOR POLICE SUPPORT IS ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT 77% OF THOSE THAT ARE BEING CITED ARE NOT FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND TEAM FOR THE JOB YOU GUYS DO. AND WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SIX MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM RAY, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM BARTLEY. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ALSO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHIEF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. WELL, I WILL POINT OUT THAT THE CRIME ANALYST IS IN THE BACK ROW THERE, SO. HEY. OH, AND THE DOORS ARE LOCKED NOW. HE CAN'T GET OUT.

WE'RE ABOUT TO LOSE OUR CRIME ANALYST. AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING HE'LL BE AT AS A AS A EMPLOYEE OF THE TOWN, BUT BUT HE'LL BE BACK. HE'S GOING TO HE'S GOING TO WORK FOR FLOCK. SO WE WILL SEE HIM IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. AND I'VE LEFT THE LIGHT ON FOR HIM LIKE BOB BO DID, IN CASE HE WANTS TO COME BACK. THANK YOU CHIEF. ALRIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS CITIZENS COMMENTS. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC. HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST FORM AND PRESENT IT TO THE TOWN SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. IF MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS WISH TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC, THEY MAY YIELD THEIR THREE MINUTES TO ONE INDIVIDUAL APPOINTED TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF. ALL INDIVIDUALS YIELDING THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING, AND THE APPOINTED INDIVIDUAL WILL BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES. I DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FORMS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? MICHELLE,

[12. Receive an update regarding the Fire Department's 48/96 Scheduling. (SB) ]

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12 IS TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S 4896 SCHEDULING, AND IT SAYS ASSISTANT CHIEF SHAW WILL BE PRESENTING. WE ACTUALLY DUE TO SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, WE DECIDED THAT I WOULD PRESENT TODAY AND I'LL BRING HIM BACK AT ANOTHER TIME TO PRESENT FOR YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. BUT HE DID HELP ME WITH THE WITH THE POWERPOINT AND THE INFORMATION. SO HE DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. WE'LL START OFF THE THIS IS OUR ONE YEAR REVIEW. WE IMPLEMENTED THE 4896 SCHEDULE FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE ON SHIFT IN JANUARY 6TH OF 2024. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. AGAIN, IT WAS ON JANUARY 6TH. WE STARTED IT ACTUALLY WE STARTED SAME DAY AS THE MCKINNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT DID. IT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A PILOT PROGRAM, AND WE ALSO HAD A SIX MONTH REVIEW THAT WE BROUGHT, AND IT ACTUALLY DIDN'T COME TO COUNCIL. IT WENT TO IT WENT IN THE WEEKLY UPDATE TO YOU AT THE END OF JULY. SO WE DID A SIX MONTH REVIEW TO SEE HOW THINGS WERE GOING ON THAT SCHEDULE. THE 48, 96, THEY BASICALLY WORK TWO CONSECUTIVE 24 HOUR SHIFTS AND THEN THEY'RE OFF FOR 96. SO DIFFERENT THAN THE 2448 THAT THAT WE HAD DONE PREVIOUSLY. ONLY MINOR CHANGES. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO CHANGE A WHOLE LOT TO OUR STANDARD OPERATING GUIDELINES OR POLICIES OR PROCEDURES. SO MOST OF THOSE STILL FELL INTO PLACE AND STILL DID NOT HAVE TO BE MODIFIED.

SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE, I WON'T READ THEM ALL TO YOU, BUT THIS WAS SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT ARE OUR RESEARCH HAD GIVEN TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS. MAINLY IT WAS A IT WAS A HUGE FOR QUALITY OF LIFE. A LOT OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS DO NOT LIVE HERE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.

SO IT CUT THEIR DRIVE TIME IN HALF HAVING TO COME TO WORK ESPECIALLY WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT ARE 30 MINUTES TO OVER AN HOUR AWAY. SO THAT HELPED CONSIDERABLY. SOME OF THE THINGS WE WORRIED ABOUT WAS THE SHORT TERM FATIGUE BEING AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY FOR 48 HOUR SHIFTS AND OCCASIONALLY WORKING A COUPLE HOLIDAYS. THE QUALITY OF LIFE, MENTAL, PHYSICAL HEALTH THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO US. IT ALLOWS THE FIREFIGHTERS TO SPEND MORE TIME AT HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THEY DO WORK THE SAME NUMBER OF HOURS ANNUALLY THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS WORKED, SO IT JUST CHANGED THE SCHEDULE UP. IT GAVE THEM ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, GAVE THEM A FOUR DAY REST PERIOD. SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU WORK A 24, 48, YOU HAVE A REALLY LONG HOUR, REALLY LONG SHIFT. THAT NEXT SHIFT IS JUST

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AND THAT'S THAT'S THE LAST TIME WE WOULD HEAR FROM THEM. IT'S JUST THE WAVE. AND ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNGER FIREFIGHTERS, THAT THAT'S JUST THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO IS GOING TO BE THE 48, 96 DEPARTMENTS. SO SOME OF THE COMPARABLE METRICS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE VACATION HOURS ARE ARE DOWN SLIGHTLY. HOLIDAY HOURS DOWN SLIGHTLY ARE SICK TIME PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY. AND THAT WAS ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I HAD WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT WOULD BE IF SOMEBODY WAS ON 48 HOURS AND THEY WERE TAKING TIME OFF. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, WE WENT FROM JUST UNDER 6400 TO UNDER 5000. AND THEN WORKER'S COMP YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT DID GO UP A LITTLE BIT.

HOWEVER, WE DON'T BELIEVE THIS HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SHIFTS THE OR WITH THE CHANGE IN THE 4896 WE HAD TWO MEMBERS. THIS IS GOING TO FLUCTUATE EVERY YEAR. THERE WAS A FEW YEARS AGO I HAD FIVE PEOPLE OFF AT ONE TIME. THAT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO GET TO 700 PLUS HOURS. LAST YEAR WE ONLY HAD A FEW THAT WERE OUT FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, ONE THAT INJURED A BICEP.

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AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER MEMBER, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN FEBRUARY THAT INJURED HIS BACK, WENT TO REHABILITATION FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS TRYING TO GET IT BETTER, TRYING TO AVOID SURGERY. AND FINALLY THE PHYSICIAN SAID, YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SURGERY. AND THEN AFTER THE SURGERY, WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL, IT'S A FULL SIX MONTHS BEFORE THEY WOULD RELEASE HIM TO WORK.

SO MOST OF THE 722 HOURS THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE WORKER'S COMP WAS WITH TWO INDIVIDUALS.

THE OVERTIME IS ANOTHER THING THAT HAS DRAMATICALLY DECREASED. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE OUR MEMBERS. WHEN YOU HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE DO IT, IT WE HAVE A LOT OF HOURS THAT TAKE IT. THIS SCHEDULE DOES ALLOW FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T THEY THEY CAN TAKE ONE DAY OR TWO DAYS OFF AND HAVE A MORE EXTENDED VACATION TIME. AND SO I KNOW SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT ARE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, NOW THEY'RE TAKING LESS OVERTIME AND, AND BUT THEY'RE AT THE SAME TIME NOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY'RE ACCRUING MORE HOURS AND THEY'RE NOT TAKING THAT OFF. THEY'RE ACTUALLY FAIRLY SIMILAR TO THE SAME HOURS. THERE'S ABOUT A LOT LESS THAN JUST OVER ABOUT A 5% INCREASE IN VACATION HOURS. AND A LOT OF THAT IT COMES TO PLAY, BECAUSE FROM THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR THAT WE DID IT. AND A LOT OF THAT COMES INTO PLAY BECAUSE IN 2022, WE HIRED A LOT OF NEW FIREFIGHTERS WHEN WE WERE GETTING PREPARED TO OPEN AND STAFF CENTRAL FIRE STATION. SO THEY CAME ON EARLY FOR TRAINING PURPOSES AND TO GET READY FOR THAT STATION TO OPEN. AND AS PEOPLE ARE THERE LONGER, THEY ACCRUE ADDITIONAL HOURS.

AND EVEN OUR EXISTING PERSONNEL, WHEN THEY HIT THAT FIVE YEAR MARK OR THEY HIT THAT TEN YEAR MARK OR 15 YEAR MARK, THEY ACCRUE ADDITIONAL HOURS AS WELL. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TRAINING HOURS WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT WITH THAT NEW SCHEDULE DID NOT GO DOWN. A VERY GOOD QUESTION WAS ASKED ON THIS ABOUT, WELL, HOW MANY PEOPLE REPRESENTED THE HOURS OF TRAINING. SO IT VARIES IN ONE OF THE REASONS IT VARIES IS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE LIKE LIKE ANY DEPARTMENT DOES, EVEN THOUGH WE HOPE NOT TO HAVE THAT. WE HAVE TURNOVER IN 2023, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 79 AT THE WHAT WE CALL THE LINE LEVEL, WHICH IS OPERATIONS. THE GUYS THAT YOU ACTUALLY SEE ON THE FIRE TRUCKS AND THE AMBULANCES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO HOWEVER, WE NEVER HAVE MORE THAN 69 UNTIL WE OPEN STATION FOR 69 IS OUR MAXIMUM NUMBER. SO WE HAVE AT FULL STAFFING, WE HAVE 23 PEOPLE PER DAY, AND WE GO DOWN TO AS LOW AS 20 BEFORE WE HAVE TO DIP INTO OVERTIME. AT THAT POINT, WE HAVE TO GO INTO OVERTIME TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THE SEATS TO RESPOND TO THE CALLS. BUT SO EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 79 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND THEN LAST YEAR IT WENT DOWN TO 75. STILL, IT'S REPRESENTED ON A TOTAL ACROSS THE BOARD, NO MORE THAN 69 PEOPLE AT ONE TIME. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD JUST A JUST OVER A FIVE 500 HOUR INCREASE IN 2024. WE HAD ZERO AT FAULT FLEET ACCIDENTS. WE ALSO HAD ZERO MEDICATION ERRORS DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024. AND IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE SOME OF THESE ON A NORMAL, NORMAL BASIS ANYWAY, BUT AT ZERO MEDICATION HOURS. AND THEN AGAIN, WE HAD THREE WORK RELATED INJURIES THAT WERE REQUIRED MISSED WORK. AND THE THIRD ONE WAS ACTUALLY A VERY SHORT TIME.

IT WAS JUST FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS OR A SHIFT. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND FOR MEDICAL REASONS, AND THEN WAS SENT HOME 4 OR 5 HOURS LATER AND CAME BACK TO WORK THE FOLLOWING SHIFT. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME IS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTING THE 4896 SHIFT SCHEDULE PERMANENTLY, AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. YEAH, I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS, CHIEF, AND THANK YOU FOR REPLYING BACK TO THE. THE INQUIRIES I HAD WAS VERY HELPFUL. IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE COMPARABLE METRICS SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS BECAUSE FROM A FINANCE COMMITTEE PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S A COST ALLOCATION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IN MIND. SO TRAINING HOURS IT'S GOOD TO SEE WE HAD A 500 INCREASE TOTAL HOURS. IF I TAKE IT BY 69 PEOPLE, THAT'S ROUGHLY AND DIVIDED BY 12 MONTHS. THAT'S ROUGHLY THREE QUARTERS, 45 MINUTES MORE PER PERSON TOTAL YEAR, RIGHT? SO IF THEY'RE

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CORRECT. SO IT'S NOT REALLY A DECREASE. IT'S JUST A IT'S INCREASED OUR LIABILITY COMPONENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PAY THAT OUT IN A FUTURE STATE. WE DO HAVE CAPS IN PLACE FOR THAT. OKAY. TO MAKE SURE THAT AND THEY WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWERED ABOUT 6 TO 7 YEARS AGO.

AND THERE'S CAPS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ACCRUAL STOP AT SOME POINT, JUST LIKE THE HOLIDAY TIME EITHER IS USED OR IT'S GONE, OKAY. IT WILL DISAPPEAR. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP ON THIS BECAUSE IT HELPS ME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SEQUENTIALLY THINKING ON THE OVERTIME. I KNOW THAT THAT'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF HOURS. RIGHT.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY A LOT OF IT'S PART OF THE NATURE OF THE WORK. BUT AS WE BUDGET FOR THOSE, I KNOW THAT WE USED TO HAVE PART TIME FIREFIGHTERS AND WE'VE SHIFTED MORE TO FULL TIME.

SHOULD WE CONSIDER PART TIME AT A FUTURE STATE TO ABSOLUTELY NOT. OKAY, SO THERE IS NO PAID DEPARTMENTS, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA THAT'S DOING THAT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES THAT YOU HAVE WITH THAT IS ISO. SO ANYBODY THAT COMES ON, EVEN IF YOU'RE PART TIME OR EXPECTED TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME HOURS THAT ANYONE ELSE HAS, AND IF YOU ARE ONE OF THEM THAT GETS RANDOMLY SELECTED TO SUPPLY YOUR HOURS, YOU GET GRADED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE DID AWAY WITH THAT. I CAN'T THAT SOME OF MY YEARS RUN TOGETHER, BUT IT'S PROBABLY BEEN 6 OR 7 YEARS AGO NOW THAT WE DID AWAY WITH THAT AND THAT WAS FOR ISO PURPOSES, WAS THE PRIMARY REASON. ANOTHER WAS THAT IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN HERE AND KNOW YOUR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, KNOW WHERE YOUR STUFF'S AT ON THE AMBULANCE, AND WE CANNOT WAIT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME IN HERE AND GO. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S AT, BECAUSE I'M ONLY HERE ONCE A MONTH OR ONCE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING WE DO NOT WANT TO EVER GO BACK TO. OKAY. AND LASTLY, ON THE COMPOUND EFFECT OF THE OVERTIME WAS THAT CAPTURED IN OUR BUDGETARY FOR YOUR OVERTIME CALCULATIONS WITH THE 12 ADDITIONAL HOURS PER. AND SO THE WAY IT WORKS IN AND WE ON THE NOVEMBER 23RD ON THE WORK SESSION THAT THAT WE CAME THROUGH FLSA CAN BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE NOT DOING IT. IT'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL 12 HOURS EVERY SINGLE TIME. IT'S HOW IT'S CALCULATED. SO WE DID GO TO A, EXCUSE ME, THAT WE WENT TO A 14 DAY FLSA CYCLE INSTEAD OF A 28, WHICH WE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL. IT HAD AN ESTIMATED COST OF $85,050, WHICH WAS A ROUGH ESTIMATE THAT I HAD MADE AT THE TIME. JUST DOING THE BASIC MATH ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH EQUATED TO, I BELIEVE AT THE TIME IT WAS 1.09% OF THE OVERALL BUDGET. WE PRESENTED THAT TO COUNCIL. WE ALSO HAD WHEN WE HAD A COMMITTEE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, IT WAS NOT JUST A FIREFIGHTERS. WE PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER THAT INCLUDED FINANCE, PAYROLL AND HUMAN RESOURCES. THE COMMITTEE IN ITS ENTIRETY RECOMMENDED THE 14 DAY FLSA CYCLE. OTHERWISE YOU CAN ONLY YOU COULDN'T STICK WITH THE 27 DAY. YOU EITHER HAVE TO DO A 14 DAY, OR YOU HAVE TO DO A 28, OR EVEN IN THE HISTORY THAT IT IS THE HOURS THAT SPENT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE HOURS ARE CORRECT FOR FLSA CAN BE EXTENSIVE, AND IT ROLLS OVER INTO FINANCE. AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY MADE THE RECOMMENDATION. SO WE BROUGHT THAT FORTH. AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION THAT THE TOTAL THAT WE SEE TODAY WAS WHAT THIS

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THAT'S DOWN FROM BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE LITERALLY LOOKING AT THE FLSA CYCLES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE REGULAR HOURS THAT THEY WORK. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PULL MULTIPLE 2 OR 3 DIFFERENT PAYROLLS TO TRY AND MANUALLY COUNT THE DAYS TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET THEIR FLSA OR NOT. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. SO THAT'S WE DID BRING IT FORTH AND WE GAVE TWO OPTIONS ON ON THE NOVEMBER 28TH, I BELIEVE IT WAS 28TH. IT WAS THE LAST WEEK IN NOVEMBER WHEN WE DID THE WORK SESSION, AND I DID ASK FOR DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AND GAVE THOSE OPTIONS AND TOLD THEM WHAT THE COSTS WERE. AND THE DIRECTION THAT I GOT FROM THE COUNCIL WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 14 DAY CYCLE. BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM EVERYONE THAT WAS ON THE COMMITTEE. AWESOME. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS. I YEAH, I DO HAVE ONE. AND I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WAS, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S MULTIPLE CALLS AND THERE'S JUST FATIGUE SETS IN, YOU KNOW, AND ABSOLUTELY. SO I WAS JUST IN THIS YEAR THAT'S GONE BY. HAS THAT BECOME HAS THERE EVER BEEN THAT SITUATION COME UP OR IT IS NOT. NO. A LOT OF IT'S TREATED JUST LIKE IT WAS ON THE 24 HOUR DAY. SO THERE YOU COULD STILL EVEN WE WERE 24 AND TWO. KEEP IN MIND, ANY TIME WE WORK OVERTIME THERE'S ADDITIONAL HOURS. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE USED TO 48 HOURS ALREADY THAT WERE WORKING ANY ANY OF THE OVERTIME SHIFTS. WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT PROBLEM. WE HAVE A CONSTANT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN OUR OFFICER DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE. THE CONSTANTS THAT WE HAVE ARE THE COMPANY OFFICERS AND THE BATTALION CHIEFS. AND SO WE LEAVE IT UP TO THE COMPANY OFFICERS. IF THEY SEE THAT THAT ONE CREW IS GETTING WIPED OUT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THEY HAVE THAT OPTION TO THEN SWITCH PEOPLE AROUND TO TRY TO PUT THEM ON A SLOWER APPARATUS AND TO TRY TO GET THEM SOME REST. IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS, WE'VE HAD ZERO INCIDENTS WHERE THAT WAS REQUESTED FROM ANY PERSONNEL OR FELT LIKE IT WAS NEEDED FROM THE COMPANY OFFICER OR THE BATTALION CHIEF. OKAY, GREAT. I HAD MANY OF THE SAME CONCERNS, AND I THINK I BROUGHT THIS UP TO YOU GUYS WHEN WE DID THE WORK SESSION IN 2020 OR IN NOVEMBER OF 28. IN 23, I MET WITH SEVERAL OF THE DIFFERENT FIRE CHIEFS, INCLUDING THE MCKINNEY FIRE CHIEF WHO HAD WORKED IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR MANY YEARS, WHO HAD THAT SCHEDULE AND WAS A MUCH BUSIER DEPARTMENT.

AND I HAD THOSE SAME CONCERNS. WHEN I TALKED TO THE CHIEFS AROUND ME THAT HAD ALREADY SWITCHED TO THE 4896 SCHEDULE, THEY SAID, WE JUST SIMPLY HAVE NOT SEEN THAT. NOW, I WILL TELL YOU, IN MY OPINION, FOR SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS, IF YOU WERE A DALLAS, SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS, SOME OF THE STATIONS COULD DO IT, SOME OF THEM COULD NOT. THEY WOULD BE WIPED OUT. THERE ARE SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT DEPENDING UPON WHERE THEY'RE AT, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, DOWNTOWN DALLAS, THEY'RE LUCKY IF THEY GET TO EAT. I MEAN, THOSE GUYS LITERALLY RUN GET BACK STATION AND THEY GET ANOTHER CALL. AND THAT'S WHY MOST OF THEM, AS TENURE COMES, THEY ASK TO GET FURTHER AWAY OR THEY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME WHERE THEY GET MORE TIME TO DO THAT. BUT SOME OF THE BIGGER CITIES LIKE THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. SUBURB CITIES IS REALLY WHO FOCUSES ON THIS. AND LIKE I SAID, EVEN WITH EVERY WE MEET MONTHLY AS CHIEFS AND IT'S A VERY COMMON DISCUSSION BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET THERE.

BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, IN THIS AREA, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANYONE SAYING, HEY, WE WENT, WE COULDN'T DO IT. IT DIDN'T WORK. MOST OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS REALIZED THAT WHEN THEY DO THEIR EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES OR WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR RESEARCH ON IT AND JUST SAY, HEY, THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR US. CHIEF, JUST A TRIVIA QUESTION. YES, SIR. SO YOU WORK A FIREMAN, WORKS 48 HOURS. I KNOW THEY TRADE INTERNALLY SHIFTS A LOT. HAVE YOU SEEN WHERE GUYS ARE PICKING UP TWO 48 HOUR SHIFTS IN A ROW? NO, IT'S NOT ALLOWED. IT'S NOT ALLOWED. THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED. WE DID NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ON THAT. THAT YOU CANNOT WORK MORE THAN 72 HOURS IN ANY ONE GIVEN PERIOD WITHOUT MY DIRECT APPROVAL. THE ONLY TIME YOU WILL GET THAT IS IF A CATASTROPHE HAPPENS HERE. LIKE OUR SNOWSTORM. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I WAIVED THAT AS I NEEDED EVERY SEAT FILLED. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE RAN ALMOST PROBABLY ALMOST 500 WATER EMERGENCY CALLS THAT WEEK, ALONG WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WHO RAN A RAN JUST AS MANY. AND SO WE WERE WORKING TOGETHER. I NEEDED EVERY SEAT FILLED BECAUSE EVEN THE CHIEFS HAD WATER, KEYS AND EVERYTHING,

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IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I GUESS, YOU KNOW, AMONGST THE COUNCIL ONLY ITEM, YOU KNOW THAT I WOULD I KNOW WE'RE STILL EVALUATING THIS AND I WOULD TELL YOU OUTSIDE LOOKING IN AND HAVING A SON WHO ATTENDED A CPR COURSE, STAFF LIKES IT, RIGHT. YEAH. AND THE FIREFIGHTERS, IT IS A BOOST. SO I DON'T THINK WE GET AWAY FROM I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM. I JUST MAKING A PERMANENT CHANGE. I'D LIKE TO MAYBE REEVALUATE IN 12 MONTHS IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MY RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE FROM THE FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER THINGS COMING ONLINE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T SEE IT GOING AWAY. BUT AND I FULLY BELIEVE IN OUR OUR FIRE RESCUE TEAM. BUT I WOULD MAYBE THAT'D BE MY ONLY POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION. IS THAT ACCEPTABLE, CHIEF? THE YOU'RE THE COUNCIL YOU DIRECT. I WILL TELL YOU MY BIGGEST FEAR. IF IT EVER GOES AWAY THAT WE WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT TURNOVER IN STAFF. YEAH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO KEEP SOME OF THESE COSTS DOWN. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE JUST CAN'T CONTROL. I CAN'T CONTROL WHEN SOMEBODY'S SICK, WHEN SOMEBODY HAS SEVERE INJURIES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THE REST OF IT WE CAN AND THE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I TOLD OUR, OUR PERSONNEL LAST YEAR, THIS IS OURS TO KEEP AND THIS IS OURS TO LOSE. AND THEY THEY'VE IMPRESSED ME WITH IT. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. AND WE'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS AND I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITH THE HOURS. BUT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THEY HAVE THAT TIME AND ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, EVEN IF THEY MAX OUT, THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT ONE OF TWO WAYS, WHETHER IT GETS PAID OUT OR WHETHER THEY TAKE TIME OFF. WELL, KEEP IN MIND, WHEN THEY TAKE TIME OFF, WE DON'T ABSORB IT LIKE ANYBODY ELSE DOES. MOST OFFICES ARE OUR ADMIN STAFF ON THE SECOND FLOOR, INCLUDING EVEN OUR FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. NOBODY'S THERE. THE JOB JUST DOESN'T GET DONE AT THE FIREFIGHTER LEVEL AND THE OPERATIONS LEVEL. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU IF YOU ARE IF SOMEBODY TAKES OFF AFTER WE HAVE THREE, WHICH IS ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY AND LIKE I'VE GOT ONE SHIFT THAT'S GOT TWO INJURIES THAT OFF WORK OFF DUTY.

THEY WEREN'T THEY WEREN'T, BUT THEY'RE STILL OFF. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE MORE THAN THREE WE HAVE TO DO OVERTIME. SO WHILE I KNOW THERE'S SOME COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND I DON'T EXPECT OUR PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GOING TO USE THE PAY OUTS VERY MUCH, THEY JUST IN TRADITIONALLY HAVE NOT.

I THINK OUR TOTAL DEPARTMENT'S AROUND $11,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'RE GOING TO REACH A CERTAIN POINT WHERE THEY EITHER USE IT OR THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE IT.

THEY CAN EITHER SELL IT BACK, WHICH IS LIMITED. THEY CAN ONLY DO UP TO, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TWICE A YEAR. AND EVEN THEN THERE'S STILL STIPULATIONS IN THAT, THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME STILL IN THEIR BANKS THAT THEY, THEY CAN'T USE. AND MOST OF OUR PEOPLE WANT THEIR VACATIONS. THEY BID IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY BID EVERY NOVEMBER.

WE START IN NOVEMBER FOR JANUARY FOR WE DON'T MAKE THEM USE ALL OF IT BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THINGS COME UP, YOU FIND OUT SOMETHING'S COMING UP, YOU WANT TO TAKE OFF. WE GIVE THEM THAT OPTION, BUT THEY THEY NORMALLY DO 2 OR 3 WEEKS THAT THEY BID ON TO TRY TO GET WHAT SCHEDULES THEY WANT, WHERE THEY KNOW THEY CAN SCHEDULE CRUISES OR VACATIONS SOMEWHERE ELSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEY KNOW THEY'VE GOT THE TIME. YEAH. SO IS THERE IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO REVISITING THIS IN ONE YEAR? IT'S THE SAME REPORT. I DON'T MIND AT ALL COUNCIL ANY ANY OPPOSITION. OKAY. IS THAT OKAY, MARIO, TO SEE US AGAIN IN A YEAR? ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO ECHO TO WHAT MARCUS WAS SAYING, JUST FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE PERSPECTIVE, IS THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. IT'S VERY GOOD RESULTS. WE'RE WANTING TO GET THROUGH ANOTHER YEAR, MAYBE JUST TO DOUBLE VERIFY. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THINGS COME UP IN THE PAST SPECIFICALLY AROUND OVERTIME. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST BEEN A LITTLE OVERLY SENSITIVE THAT JUST SO THAT WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO BE AS PRECISE THERE IN OUR PLANNING, INCLUDING WHATEVER CONTINGENCIES CAN BE IN THERE, OBVIOUSLY THINGS CHANGE. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF VARIABLES, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, AS WE PROCEED AND ENTER INTO THE NEXT YEAR, THAT WE INCORPORATE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED. AND I'M REALLY SPEAKING MORE TO THE FINANCE

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ANYTIME YOU DO THAT, THAT THAT INCREASES YOUR OVERTIME AS WELL. BUT WE'VE WE'VE DONE WHAT I WOULD SAY IS A FAIRLY GOOD JOB ON OUR BUDGETS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

[13. Discuss and consider Town Council Subcommittee reports. (DFB) ]

THANK YOU. IT WAS KIND OF JUST A LAYING A FOUNDATION FOR THE BUDGET AND GOING GOING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU CEC. OKAY I MIGHT NEED HELP, BUT A SHORT MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEW RESIDENT PAGE AND THE NEW RESIDENT MAILER SORT OF FINALIZED THAT TALKED ABOUT THE GRAPHICS FOR THAT, TALKED ABOUT THE APP GETTING A NEW BUTTON ON THE APP, WHICH WOULD GIVE INFORMATION ON A VIDEO. THEY'RE DOING A VIDEO NEXT TIME TO WELCOME NEW PEOPLE. SO WHEN THEY COME TO THE LANDING PAGE, THAT'S THE FIRST THING THEY WOULD SEE WAS THE VIDEO WITH CEC MEMBERS WELCOMING THEM TO PROSPER AND INVITING THEM TO LOOK AT THE PAGE AND UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING FROM TRASH TO PROGRAMING TO ALL THE STUFF. SO IT'S A GOOD MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THAT ONE? DOWNTOWN COMMITTEE? DOWNTOWN? YEAH. GO AHEAD. CAMERA. YEAH. ON THE DOWNTOWN COMMITTEE. WELL I'M EXCITED I ACTUALLY WE HAVE BOLLARDS OUT THERE IN THE WALK PATH. BLACK BALLERS IS ABOUT TO GO ON A RUN THERE, BUT NO, IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. IT'S VERY CLEAN. WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW DIFFERENT POSSIBLES WITH SOME AREAS DOWN THERE, AND WE HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION FROM STAFF ABOUT SOME POSSIBLE DESIGN FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS. AND SO IT GAVE THE COMMITTEE A LOT OF ITEMS TO TALK ABOUT. AND WE HAD A NEW COMMITTEE MEMBER JOIN US FROM A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS PERSPECTIVE. AND THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL. SO YEAH, CAMERON, DID I MISS ANYTHING? AWESOME. THANK YOU. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE WAS TODAY AND WE SPENT A LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING TO OUR SUPPORT TEAM ABOUT SALES TAX IN THE FUTURE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT IT, AND I'LL LEAVE IT WITH THAT. I MISSED DUE TO SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. I COULDN'T I COULDN'T GET OFF OF ONE DEVICE AND ONTO THE OTHER ONE. SO I DON'T KNOW. ROBIN, DID WE COVER ANYTHING ELSE

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[Possibly direct Town staff to schedule topic(s) for discussion at a future meeting]

OKAY. JUST GOT STARTED ON FEBRUARY 1ST. YEAH, SURE. OKAY, THANKS. I'LL SAY FROM A RESIDENTS PERSPECTIVE, I STILL DROP STUFF OFF ON SATURDAY AND THERE WERE STILL PEOPLE OUT THERE TAKING AND DROPPING AND IT WAS VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. NO, NO. EVEN THOUGH YOU COULD JUST WALK IT OUT TO YOUR FRONT YARD REFRIGERATOR DIDN'T BREAK TILL THEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT THEN. IN

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SECTION 551.071. CONSULT WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH AMORTIZATION AGREEMENTS, ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED THERETO. SECTION 551.071. TO CONSULT WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES AND SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES, WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES AND ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED THERETO. TIME NOW 222. DID I ROLL OUT THREE. FOUR. ALRIGHT. THE TIME

[Reconvene in Regular Session and take any action necessary as a result of the Closed Session. ]