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NOT GOING TO GET THE NEXT GIRL. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. TODAY IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH YEAR.
[CALL TO ORDER]
2023 IS 302 IN THE AFTERNOON IF THEY WERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS INTO 22 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET.AND THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PUBLIC COMMENTS OF WHICH I DO NOT SHOW ANYBODY ON MY LIST. SO I'M GONNA ASSUME THERE ARE NOBODY NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP. WE WILL THEN MOVE TO DISCUSSION OF REGULAR MEETING AGENDA ITEMS. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON CANCELED, LIKE DISCUSS REGULAR MEDIAN ITEMS WITH STAFF HERE. PREPARED TO DISCUSS SUCH ITEMS, PLEASE MAKE THEM KNOWN. AND SEEING AND HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE TO OUR WORK SESSION ITEMS FIRST WILL BE
[Update on Municipal Courts]
23 0699 UPDATE ON MUNICIPAL COURTS. CLICK. YES. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW? HOW IS EVERYBODY? GOOD GOOD. ALRIGHT I'M CLAIRE PETTY. I THINK YOU ALL HAVE MET ME. I'M THE PRESIDING JUDGE FOR A COURT. I'M HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU A INFORMATIONAL UPDATE. SORT OF STATE OF THE UNION OF WHERE THERE ARE COURTS ARE AT. UM I AM VERY GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE I AM ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT GETS TO COME OVER TO COURTS VERY OFTEN. SO IT'S NICE TO SEE FACES AND INTERACT AND I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. I COULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF FOR AN HOUR. SO I'M GONNA GLOSS THROUGH SOME THINGS. AND IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, PLEASE INTERJECT. I DON'T MIND A HOT BENCH. THAT IS FINE. UM ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU WANT. SO WE'RE STARTING HERE WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT. AND REALLY, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN SERVING OUR CUSTOMERS WHILE DILIGENTLY IF EXECUTING AN EFFECTIVE, IMPARTIAL ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND I THINK THAT FIRST PART IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE A CITY DEPARTMENT WERE ALSO INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT I THINK IS THE DIFFICULTY SOMETIMES WITH COMING OVER TO COUNSEL BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO MAINTAIN OUR INDEPENDENCE AND IMPARTIALITY, AND THAT'S REALLY INTEGRAL TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. SO UM OKAY? MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STATE COURTS IN AND BROKEN DOWN IN DIFFERENT WAYS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, JUST IN CASE YOU WEREN'T SURE THIS GRAPHIC TELLS YOU THIS IS THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WE HAVE, UM 945 MUNICIPAL COURTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH IS YOU CAN SEE IS BY FAR THE LARGEST NUMBER OF COURTS. BY CATEGORY. JUSTICE COURTS WHICH WE DO HAVE JP COURTS, WHICH WE DO HAVE SOME CONCURRENT JURISDICTION WITH IF THEY ARE IN THE CITY LIMITS. UM THEIR COUNTY COUNTY COURTS. OF COURSE, THERE ARE 822 OF THOSE IN THE STATE. THERE ARE 522 COUNTY COURTS AT LAW, WHICH WOULD, UM GO OVER YOUR HIGHER LEVEL MISDEMEANOR CASES, DISTRICT COURTS WHICH WOULD BE OVER THE FELONY LEVEL, HIGHER, HIGHER CRIMINAL OFFENSES, AND THEN, OF COURSE, 14 COURTS OF APPEAL. ONE TEXAS SUPREME COURT FOR CIVIL CASES AND ONE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS. SO WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT MUNICIPAL COURT AS WE INTERACT WITH CITIZENRY? PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER, UM, TYPE OF COURT IN THE STATE. AND, OF COURSE, IF YOU'RE IN COUNTY QUARTER DISTRICT COURT, OUR APPEAL'S COURT, YOU'RE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY. THAT IS NOT THE CASE IN MUNICIPAL COURT. WE SEE CITIZENS DIRECTLY ONE ON ONE IT'S PART OF WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT. MY JOB IS THAT I ACTUALLY GET TO INTERACT WITH CITIZENS. UM AND OFTENTIMES WE ARE THE POINT AT WHICH CITIZENS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE COURT SYSTEM BECAUSE MOST OF US DO GET TRAFFIC TICKETS FROM TIME TO TIME. OR OTHER LOWER LEVEL, CLASSY OFFENSES. SO WE DO GET A LARGE PORTION OF THOSE PEOPLE FACE TO FACE. SO WHAT DO WE DO? WE ARE A COURT OF RECORD WHICH THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ON COUNCIL BACK IN 2019. WE DID GO TO COURT OF RECORD. IN THAT YEAR, THE CITY PASSED AN ORDINANCE MAKING US A COURT OF RECORD. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? KEEP A RECORD. THAT'S THE FIRST THING WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE NON COURTS OF RECORD DON'T IT JUST THEY I WON'T SAY THEY'RE LOOSER, BUT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO SEND ANYTHING UP TO HIGHER LEVEL COURT IF THEY'RE SCRUTINIZED AFTER TRIALS, BUT WE DO KEEP A RECORD NOW AND WE HAVE JURISDICTION JURISDICTION OVER CRIMINAL CASES. FINALLY MISDEMEANORS WHAT THAT MEANS IS NOBODY COMES OUT OF OUR COURT GOING TO JAIL. PEOPLE DO GET ARRESTED ON CLASSY TRAFFIC OFFENSES OR CERTAIN OTHER CLASSY PENAL CODE VIOLATIONS. BUT THAT'S NOT A PUNISHMENT, SO THEY COME TO OUR COURT AFTER ARREST, AND THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER AS PART OF COVERING THEIR FINAL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT FINALLY MISDEMEANORS, AND I THINK PEOPLE DO FORGET HOW IMPORTANT REGULATION ENFORCEMENT OF CLASS C MISDEMEANORS. FINALLY OFFENSES IS IF YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE TYPES OF OFFENSES WE SEE. OF COURSE, TRAFFIC SAFETY IS HUGELY IMPORTANT. THAT HAS TO BE ENFORCED THAT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. PUBLIC INTOXICATION TYPE CASES, THINGS THAT REALLY DO CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC ORDER AND QUALITY OF LIFE. IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT FUNCTION THAT THE MUNICIPAL COURT DOES PROVIDE. UM AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE ALSO HAVE JURISDICTION OVER ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS IN CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE CASES. OKAY SO COURT OF RECORD IN 2019. IN ADDITION TO KEEPING A RECORD, WE[00:05:06]
HAVE SOME EXPANDED JURISDICTION . SO NOW WE CAN HEAR CERTAIN CASES THAT WE POSSIBLY DID NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER BEFORE. THE BIG POINT ON THIS IS THE APPEALS PROCESS IS SELF LIMITING. SO IN A NON COURT OF RECORD, PEOPLE CAN JUST DECIDE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE IN OUR COURT AND THEY WILL APPEAL IT UP. THEY JUST SEND US A LETTER SAYING WE'D LIKE TO EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO APPEAL THIS AND THEY GO DEAL WITH IT IN A HIGHER LEVEL COURT. THAT HAPPENED A LOT BEFORE WE BECAME COURT OF RECORD. WE HAD MANY THOUSANDS OF THOSE ALL THE TIME. AND OF COURSE WE LOSE OUT ON SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT WOULD COME WITH HAVING OUR CASES CONTAINED IN HOUSE. UM AND THEN WHEN WE WENT TO COURT OF RECORD IT SHUT THAT PROCESS DOWN ALMOST ENTIRELY BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE TO KEEP A RECORD, THEN YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS LEGALLY FILED MOTIONS FOR A NEW TRIAL WITH OUR COURT. UM AND WE HAVE TO GRANT IT OR DENY IT. AND THEN THERE'S A RECORD. YOU GOTTA ORDER AND A BRIEF YOU GOTTA RIGHT AND IT GOES UP SO OUR APPEALS HAVE REALLY GONE DOWN VERY SIGNIFICANTLY. IT'S BEEN A HANDFUL THAT HAVE EVEN BROACHED THE SUBJECT OF APPEAL SINCE WE WENT TO THAT TO THAT COURT OF RECORD JUDGE IN A COURT OF RECORD MUST BE LICENSED ATTORNEY IN BOTH JUDGE CARLSON AND I ARE LICENSED ATTORNEYS. INTERESTING FACT. THERE ARE ONLY 183 QUARTS OF RECORD OUT OF THAT 945 MUNICIPAL COURTS IN TEXAS. ONLY 183 ARE COURTS OF RECORD AND IN COLLIN COUNTY. ONLY PLANO RICHARDSON IN MCKINNEY OR THE COURTS OF RECORD, SO I HOPE THAT WAS JUST A COOL PERFECT. AND IF I START SAYING THINGS THAT JUST DON'T MAKE SENSE, LIKE LEGAL TERMS OR ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE JUST HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT.PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I WILL ABSOLUTELY BACK UP AND SLOW DOWN . SOMETIMES I GET VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH TERMINOLOGY AND MY COMFORT LEVEL IS SUCH THAT I DON'T UM NECESSARILY EXPLAIN MYSELF, SO DEFINITELY LET ME KNOW. YES, SIR, MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF YOU PUT DOLLARS AND CENTS ON THAT FOR THE BALANCE OF THE COUNCIL BECAUSE WE GET TO KEEP A LOT MORE OF THOSE FINES AND COURT COSTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF FINES AND COURT COSTS THAT DO GET KEPT. I AM TRYING TO STEER A LITTLE BIT CLEAR OF TALKING ABOUT MONEY SIMPLY BECAUSE I DO WANT TO MAINTAIN MUNICIPAL COURT BEING UM. YOU KNOW, INTERESTED IN THE EXECUTION OF FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE? I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FINES AND COURT COSTS THAT COME IN, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE CASES FOR WHAT THEY ARE. BUT AS FAR AS THE APPEAL PROCESS GOES, THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM THAT. FROM THAT CHANGE THAT HAPPENED IN 2019. SO JUST SO YOU ALL ARE AWARE FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL YEAR STATS UP HERE BECAUSE WE PULLED THESE END OF JULY. OF COURSE WE'VE GOT ANOTHER MONTH. UM OR TO ACTUALLY THE STAGE LEFT. BUT FROM OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR THROUGH END OF JULY OF THIS YEAR 10,769 CASES, NEW CASES WERE FILED. 12,578 CASES WERE DISPOSED AND WE CLEARED 791. WARRANTS CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 3558 OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS ACTIVE WARRANTS CASES THAT HAVE NOT RESOLVED FOR WHATEVER REASON PEOPLE HAVE NOT COME IN TO HANDLE THEIR CASES. AND I'M COMPARING THAT WITH OUR NUMBERS FROM 2018, WHICH WERE 14,833 OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. UM AT THAT TIME PERIOD AND THE REASON I'M PICKING 2018 IS BECAUSE IN 2019, THERE WERE SOME SOME LAW CHANGES. THAT TOOK PLACE THAT CHANGED HOW WE HAVE TO, UM GRANT LAWRENCE OR ORDER WARRANTS. I'M SORRY. I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONGESTION AND ALLERGY STUFF LATELY, SO I'M I FEEL LIKE MY VOICE IS WATER. OKAY? THERE'S NONE BACK THERE, MR MINIONS SPRINGING US. UM, THANK YOU. UM ALSO FOR THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.
WE HAVE PURGED 1001 OLD CASES. AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE , UM, THERE WAS A LARGE BACKLOG OF CASES THAT ENDED BACK TO THE 19 EIGHTIES. SOME OF THEM UM, DEPENDING ON THE BOOKS, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY TOOK MARTIAL TIME TRYING TO HUNT PEOPLE DOWN. FROM A JUSTICE STANDPOINT, I REALLY DOUBT THERE ARE GREAT. UM EVIDENTIARY. UH, FINDING SOMEONE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT GUILTY ON A CASE THAT PENS BACK THAT LATE IS PRETTY DIFFICULT. SO FROM A JUSTICE STANDPOINT, THAT'S GREAT . AND FROM THE TIME THAT GETS PUT INTO THIS OLD CASES THAT REALLY DON'T GET YOU ANY VALUE. FROM A MARTIAL PERSPECTIVE AND A CLERK PERSPECTIVE. THOSE ARE GONE AND OUT OF OUR SYSTEM. SO WHAT WE DO. RECENTLY RELATIVELY RECENTLY, I REFERRED TO SOME OF THE LAW CHANGES THAT HAPPENED IN 2019. THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASING EVOLUTION OF THE LAW TOWARDS UM GREATER CONSIDERATION OF INDIGENOUS INDIGENCY REALLY PROTECTING A LOT OF DEFENDANT
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RIGHTS. AND SO THE LAWS HAVE EVOLVED 2017. THERE WERE SOME CHANGES 2019. THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT HAVE BEEN INCREASING THE COURT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE CERTAIN NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. SO ORDINARILY WHEN YOU GET A CITATION YOU GET YOUR CITATION AND ON THE CITATION, IT SAYS YOU MUST APPEAR IN COURT AT A CERTAIN DATE. IT'S USUALLY 20 DAYS WITHIN 20 DAYS OF GETTING THAT CITATION IF THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR THEIR HEARING AT THAT DATE OR RESOLVE THEIR CASE BY THAT DATE, THEN YOU COULD ISSUE A WARNING. THE LAW HAS CHANGED ON THAT POINT, AND NOW WE HAVE TO, IN ADDITION TO THAT ONCE THEY MISSED THAT 1ST 20 DAY DATE, SEND THEM NOTIFICATION THAT THEY ARE BEING SET FOR A HEARING 30 DAYS OUT, SO THERE'S ANOTHER 30 DAYS TACKED ONTO THAT AND ALL THOSE HEARINGS ARE SET 30 DAYS OUT. AND WHEN THEY DON'T SHOW UP FOR THAT HEARING, IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP FOR THAT HEARING AND THAT STAGE THEN WE HAVE OUR BAILIFFS RUN. WHAT'S CALLED A BAILIFF ABIT DAVID TO ENSURE THAT THEY'VE BEEN OUT IN THE HALL. THEY'VE CONFIRMED THAT THIS PERSON IS NOT APPEARED. FOR THEIR HEARING, AND THEN IT CAN GO THROUGH THE WARRANT PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE NOT SHOWED UP FOR THEIR HEARING. THEY HAVE NOT RESOLVED THEIR CASE OR DONE WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO, AND WE CAN SCRUTINIZE THAT. ALL OUR EFFORTS WERE CORRECT. ON THAT POINT, THINGS WERE SENT OUT TO THE RIGHT PLACE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ISSUING WARRANTS TO PEOPLE. WHO JUST FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS. WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WE ARE ALSO NOW REQUIRED. TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF PAYMENT USED TO BE. YES IF IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEBODY COULDN'T PAY, OR THEY STATED THEY COULDN'T PAY. YOU COULD INQUIRE ABOUT THEIR INDIGENCY STATUS. NOW WE HAVE TO. WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY ALLEGES AN INABILITY TO PAY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF AN INDIGENCY HEARING , SO WE HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST INDIGENCY DOCKET AND DURING THOSE HEARINGS PEOPLE WILL COME IN. THEY'LL COMPLETE AN AFFIDAVIT THAT GOES THROUGH THEIR FINANCES. WE REQUIRE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IN THE FORMS OF TWO'S TAX RETURNS. BANK STATEMENTS. OFTEN TIMES PEOPLE HAVE HAD MEDICAL PROBLEMS OR THEY'VE BEEN IN REHAB AND IN THOSE SITUATIONS, WE NEED DOCUMENTATION OF ALL OF THAT. IF THEY'RE RECEIVING GOVERNMENT BENEFITS FROM ANY SOURCE. WELL LOOK AT THAT DOCUMENTATION AS WELL, UM AND BASICALLY JUST RUN THOSE TRAPS GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEIR SITUATION IS, AND IF IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE INDIGENT, WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US. WE CAN CHOOSE TO GRANT THEM COMMUNITY SERVICE TIME. PARDON ME. CAN CHOOSE TO GRANT THEM COMMUNITY SERVICE TIME. UM USUALLY JUDGE CARLTON AND I, WE'VE GOT SOME LEEWAY ABOUT WHAT HE CAN GRANT. BUT USUALLY IT'S $100 FOR EVERY EIGHT HOURS. SOMETIMES WE GO UP FROM THERE.UM WE CAN CHOOSE TO WAIVE SOME OF THEIR FINE OR THEIR COURT COSTS. WE CAN DO PARTIAL WAIVER OR A WAIVER IN FULL AND THEN JAIL CREDIT, WHICH IS NOT REALLY AN INDIGENOUS CONSIDERATION SO MUCH AS SOMEBODY HAS BEEN ARRESTED AS I MENTIONED BEFORE. HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON A CLASSY TICKET TAKEN INTO JAIL AND THEN THEY'RE PLEADING GUILTY TO THEIR CASE, AND THEY WOULD LIKE JAIL CREDIT FOR THAT CASE. AND SO IN FACT, THE LAW HAS SAID IN THE PAST, WE HAVE TO GRANT $100 TOWARDS THAT NOW, IT SAYS, YOU HAVE TO GRANT $150. FOR EACH 12 HOUR SEGMENT OR 24 HOURS, STARTING IT EXCUSE ME, STARTING AT 12 HOURS FOR EVERY 12 24 HOURS, $150, AND WE'VE GOT SOME DISCRETION TO GO UP FROM THERE, TOO. SO THAT IS MANDATORY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OPTION ABOUT THAT. THE LAW SAYS WE MUST MAKE THESE CONSIDERATIONS AND GRANT THESE WAVERS OR CREDITS, UM AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE. UM SO WARRANTS AS WELL LIKE I TALKED ABOUT. WE DO HAVE SOME PREVENTATIVE MEASURES THAT ARE IN PLACE NOW. LEGALLY OUR COURT HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK IN PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. ALL THESE GUYS SITTING IN HERE HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR WARRANT PROCESS IS FLOWING PROPERLY. I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY MEETINGS WE'VE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LETTERS ARE GOING OUT TIMELY. OUR ADDRESSES ARE CHECKED THAT WE ARE SENDING THESE TO THE RIGHT RIGHT PLACES. SOMETIMES TO MULTIPLE ADDRESSES . I KNOW OUR PROSECUTOR DOES SOME WORK LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WATER BILLING AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT CORRECT ADDRESSES ON PEOPLE. UM AND THEN OUR MARSHALS, OF COURSE, ARE ENSURING THAT THOSE ARE DELIVERED. SAFELY AND. PROPERLY IN EACH CASE ARE MARSHALS HAVE ALSO STARTED TAKING OUT WITH THEM WHEN THEY GO TO SERVE A WARRANT. STARTED TAKING OUT WITH THEM PACKET SO THAT IT'S GOT A PLATFORM IN THERE. IF THEY DO WANT TO ENTER A PLEA ON SITE THEY CAN AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL SAY, RATHER THAN JUST TAKING ME TO COURT. I'LL JUST TAKE CARE OF IT HERE IN THE FIELD, AND THEY DO THAT. UM THE JAILS HAVE NOT WITH COVID BEEN TAKING CLASSES UNTIL VERY RECENTLY. DALLAS COUNTY STILL DOESN'T CALL IN COUNTY WILL TAKE CLASSES, BUT IT'S STILL I'M GONNA SAY IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS AS FAR AS GETTING CLASSY FOLKS TAKEN TO THE JAIL.
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SO WHAT ARE MARSHALS DO TRY TO DO RATHER THAN ARRESTING PEOPLE AND TAKING THEM TO JAIL? MOST OF THE TIME IS IF THERE IS A JUDGE AVAILABLE, WHICH PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS ARE THEY TAKE THEM TO OUR COURT, AND WE WILL ADDRESS THE WARRANT ISSUE AT THAT TIME. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR. OKAY? SO INITIATIVE UPDATES. THESE ARE NOT RECENT INITIATIVES IN THE SENSE THAT THESE HAPPENED BACK IN 2019, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE GIVING AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH SOME OF THAT, AND HOW THE PROGRESS HAS BEEN OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS WOULD BE A GOOD GOOD THING TO DO. AND SO BACK IN 2019. I CAME ON AS THE FIRST FULL TIME ASSOCIATE JUDGE IN 2020. I BECAME PRESIDING JUDGE AND JUDGE CARLSON WAS HIRED IN 2021. AS THE FULL TIME ASSOCIATE JUDGE. MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE PRIOR TO HAVING TWO FULL TIME JUDGES HAD ONE FULL TIME PRESIDING JUDGE AND THEN CONTRACT JUDGES WHO CAME IN PART TIME. TO MANAGE DOCKETS IS NEEDED. SO THE FULL TIME JUDGE IN 2019 WAS A NEW THING. I THINK THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A FANTASTIC INITIATIVE. I THINK IT'S WORKED BEAUTIFULLY. I WASN'T HERE, OF COURSE, PRIOR TO MY OWN TENURE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU JUST HAVING WORKED FULL TIME AND THEN BEEN ALONE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN HAVING JUDGE CARLSON WORK WITH ME, THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN ACCOMPLISH AS TWO OF US THAT THERE WERE JUST NEVER WOULD JUST NEVER HAPPENED WITH ONE JUDGE FROM A PERSONAL SUBJECTIVE STANDPOINT, JUDGE CARLSON IS JUST A FANTASTIC PERSON TO WORK WITH OUR STRENGTH REALLY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER. UM WE ARE VERY CONSISTENT. I THINK IN OUR APPROACH TO THINGS, AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR THE COURT AND AGAIN IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MUNICIPAL COURTS BEING APPOINTED, WHICH THE CITIZENRY IS KIND OF LOOKING AT, HOW THE COURT SYSTEM FUNCTIONS AND GETTING THEIR IMPRESSIONS FROM THERE, AND POTENTIALLY EVEN HOW THAT MUNICIPAL MUNICIPALITY FUNCTIONS, HAVING LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP THAT'S COORDINATED. CONSISTENT UNIFIED, WHICH WE DEFINITELY ARE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING. I THINK THAT FLOWS DOWN ALSO INTO THE MORALE FOR THE REST OF THE COURT AND HOW THEY FUNCTION AND HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS. SO THAT'S OBJECTIVELY OBJECTIVELY.TANGIBLE BENEFITS HAVE BEEN OBVIOUSLY THE BACKLOG REDUCTION , WHICH HAS BEEN HUGE. WE BOTH WORKED VERY HARD TO GET THAT TO HAPPEN IN COORDINATION WITH OUR PROSECUTOR AS WELL. UM CONSISTENCY. A LOT OF WHAT? I TALKED ABOUT CONSISTENCY. YOU COULD HAVE TWO JUDGES IN THERE AND GO. WELL IT COULD BE TERRIBLY INCONSISTENT BECAUSE YOU BOTH DON'T WORK TOGETHER OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. A LOT OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH CONSISTENCY IS SUMMER. SOME OF THESE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT SURROUND THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. WE CAN MAKE OUR PROCESSES MORE IMPROVED AND CONSISTENT BECAUSE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO GET THOSE IN SHAPE.
AND EFFICIENT. RESPONSIVENESS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. JUDGE CARLTON AND I ARE BOTH ON CALL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT 24 7. SHE AND I ARE ABLE TO SWAP OFF WEEKS WHEN WE DO ON CALL SERVICE, BUT I CAN'T THINK OF A TIME WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF A JUDGE SINCE GEORGE CARLSON BEING HERE PRIOR TO I'M GOING TO SAY COVID. IT WAS PRIOR TO COVID. UM THE POLICE WERE, OF COURSE, COMING TO OUR HOUSE TO SIGN WARRANTS THAT BE THREE. IN THE MORNING.
THEY COME, WHICH YOU KNOW. YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT THAT'S DISRUPTIVE TO THE HOUSEHOLD. THAT'S NOT EVEN THE ISSUE. WITH AN OFFICER COMING TO THE HOUSE WEREN'T ARE OFTENTIMES SENSITIVE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL DRIVE OVER TO THE JUDGE'S HOUSE, COME INTO THE JUDGE'S HOUSE AND GET THAT WARRANT SIGNED AND DRIVE BACK TO THE HOSPITAL. IT'S A LENGTHY PROCESS. IT SLOWS THE PROCESS DOWN. I HAD VISITED WITH IT. AND WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THAT POINT ABOUT GETTING, UM ELECTRONIC FAX TRANSMISSIONS FOR WARRANTS, UM IN PLACE. UM, AND THAT IT JUST IT WAS STARTING, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE SLOW OFF THE GROUND AND THEN COVID HIT EARLY.
2020. AND I THINK IT WAS ABOUT SIX HOURS TOOK ABOUT SIX HOURS FOR I T TO GET OUR FACTS, ADDRESSES OR FACTS SET SET UP FOR THE PD TO GET ON BOARD WITH ALL THAT, AND SO FOR ANYBODY, SAYS GOVERNMENT MOVES SLOW. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO. IT REALLY CAN VERY QUICKLY IF WE HAVE THE RIGHT INCENTIVE. UM RESPONSIVENESS TO EVOLVING LAWS. UM. THE LAWS ARE CHANGING THE ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH CASE IS GOING UP. JUDGE CARLSON I, WITH BOTH OF US WORKING ON THOSE THINGS CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING AS IT NEEDS TO BE STAYED ON TOP OF TWO JUDGES ALLOWS FOR DOCKET FLEXIBILITY. IF WE NEED TO RUN DOUBLE DOCKETS WE CAN AND WE HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE. UM SERVICE EXPANSION IS NEEDED. MCKINNEY'S GROWING.
THERE'S AN ISSUE WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE TIME WHERE WE NEED TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES. WE'VE GOT ABILITY TO DO THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN WE HAVE TWO JUDGES WHO CAN HANDLE TWO COURTROOMS OR SWAP OFF OR IF ONE IS ON VACATION OR ONES OUT SICK. WE'VE ALWAYS GOT THAT COVERAGE AS NEEDED. LONG
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TERM PLANNING AGAIN WITH TWO PEOPLE. YOU ARE REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE MORE IN DEPTH ISSUES BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT. YOUR HAIR IS NOT ALWAYS ON FIRE. YOU'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO SOME OF THAT LONG TERM PLANNING. AND OF COURSE, IMPROVED COMMUNICATION AND ACCESS. UM ONE OF US HAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE AND WE LIKE TO THINK THAT CLERKS FEEL WE'RE APPROACHABLE AND CAN COME TALK WITH US WHEN THEY'VE GOT QUESTIONS, AND WE OFTEN DO FIELD ON A DAILY BASIS QUESTIONS FROM OUR FROM OUR STAFF. OKAY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HBO INCLINED, AND I KNOW THE CITY IS BIG ON HBO AND REAL QUICK SHOUT OUT. I WENT TO THE LEADERS CONFERENCE LAST YEAR IN CHARLESTON AND MCKINNEY WAS ACTUALLY MENTIONED AS A CITY THAT'S GOT A VERY ROBUST HBO PROGRAM. THEY WERE VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THAT, AND I AGREE. I THINK IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC THING TO WORK WITH. I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT, BUT THIS IS JUST THE QUADRANT. WHEN IT'S A SINGLE JUDGE. YOU'RE WORKING A LOT ON QUADRANT ONE.YOU WERE REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S URGENT. WHAT'S GOT TO HAPPEN? WHAT ARE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO PUT OUT TODAY? AND YOU'RE GETTING THAT DONE, AND THAT'S CONSUMING YOUR TIME WITH TWO JUDGES. YOU CAN REALLY DIG INTO A LOT OF THAT LONG TERM PLANNING THE THINGS THAT I THINK, HELP MORALE THAT I THINK, HELP. UM ENSURE THAT WE ARE LEADERS IN, UM THIS SECTOR BECAUSE WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT WORK OF LEADERSHIP AND, UM THINK ABOUT LONG TERM. HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONSTRUCT A CORD? THAT'S THAT'S UM, WELL RUN EFFICIENT AND CAN TAKE ON VOLUME IF WE NEED TO TAKE ON MORE VOLUME. OKAY SO OTHER INITIATIVE UPDATES, WE SWITCHED OVER FROM AN ENTIRELY PAPER SYSTEM TO AN ENTIRELY PAPERLESS SYSTEM WITH ARE IN CODE SOFTWARE IN 2019.
THAT'S BEEN GREAT. IT'S EXPANDING THE FUNCTIONALITY AND ACCESS OF OUR ONLINE SERVICES.
WE NOW CAN, UM WE COULDN'T BEFORE, BUT NOW WE CAN TAKE PAYMENTS THROUGH ONLINE SYSTEM DO DIFFER. DISMISSALS THROUGH OUR DEFERRED REQUEST TO OUR ONLINE SYSTEM DRIVER SAFETY COURSE THROUGH ONLINE SYSTEM COMPLIANCE DISMISSALS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO REQUEST THOSE THEY CAN UPLOAD ALL THEIR DOCUMENTS REQUESTED ONLINE. UM AND GET BACK. SO I THINK CUSTOMER SERVICE WISE. THAT HAS BEEN REALLY AN EXCELLENT INITIATIVE AND FROM A JUDGE PERSPECTIVE AS WELL, UM IT ALLOWS A LOT MORE CONSISTENCY AND UNIFORMITY WITH OUR ORDERS AND OTHER COURT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE PROCESSED. ONGOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH. LAST YEAR, WE INSTITUTED A INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. THROUGH MCKINNEY. I SD SO WE HAD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
SIX OF THEM COME TO OUR COURT. TWO DAYS A WEEK ALL YEAR. UM AND WE KIND OF ROTATED THEM THROUGH.
SESSION WITH THE JUDGE SESSION WITH THE PROSECUTOR A SESSION WITH THE MARSHALS SESSION WITH THE CLERKS. THEY WENT ON RIGHT ALONG, AND WE'RE DOING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SYSTEM, PARTLY BECAUSE OF HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, MANAGING, UM MANAGING THEIR INTERN PROGRAM AND WHAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THEM TO START HAVING INTERNS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER THERE AND DOING SOME MOCK TRIALS AND, UM, SESSIONS WITH THE STUDENTS AS WELL. SO THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HAS BEEN A REALLY COOL THING, AND THOSE INTERNS ARE WORKING WITH US WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. ALLEN PD THIS YEAR UM AND THEN ONE OTHER ENTITY. SUDDENLY. WITH WITH MCKINNEY PD, RIGHT, SO WE'RE SHARING SHARING THOSE INTERNS AND THEN, OF COURSE, CONTINUED COLLABORATION OF THE SCHOOLS. WE HAVE RECENTLY INSTITUTED A TEXT MESSAGE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN FANTASTIC TO BEFORE WE INSTITUTED THAT TEXT MESSAGE NOTIFICATION BY TEXT MESSAGE NOTIFICATION. WHAT I'M REFERRING TO IS ORDINARILY, WHEN YOU GET A LETTER IN THE MAIL, IT'LL TELL YOU HEY, YOU'RE SET FOR HEARING ON THIS DATE, OR YOU OWE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY OR WHATEVER THE INFORMATION FROM THE COURT IS THAT NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATED. WE DO STILL SOME LETTERS. WE DO STILL MAKE PHONE CALLS. BUT RATHER THAN HAVING THE CLERKS MAKE 100 PHONE CALLS IN A DAY. TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE SET FOR HEARING OR THEY'RE MISSING A DOCUMENT OR WHAT HAVE YOU ARE? TEXT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM NOW GOES OUT TO THE PEOPLE. AND THEY CAN READ, UM, READ IT IN TEXT FORM. WHICH WE ALSO FIND REACHES PEOPLE MORE. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT ANSWERING THEIR PHONES THESE DAYS. AND YOU GET A TEXT MESSAGE THAT SAYS, HEY, YOU'RE YOU'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A WARRANT ISSUED OR SOMETHING. IT CAN REALLY GET ATTENTION, AND IT HAS GOTTEN ATTENTION. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PHONE CALLS JUST FROM THE FEW WEEKS THAT WE'VE HAD THAT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING IN A REAL WAY. SO I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. AND THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR MARSHALS AND OUR STAFF AS WELL.
GETTING THAT PUT TOGETHER. REGIONAL WARRANT INTERFACE. THIS IS NOTHING NEW ARE WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ON REGION, WHICH IS THE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS, SAY A DALLAS PD OFFICER. YOU KNOW TARRANT COUNTY COUNTY TO CEO, THEY'VE GOTTA MCKINNEY WARRANT AND ARREST SOMEBODY OUT IN ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS. UM DURING THE SWITCH OVER TO ENCODE. WE CAME OFF OF REGION, PARTLY BECAUSE WE HAD DIFFICULTY GETTING THE IN CODE SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL WITH REGION. THEN COVID HAPPENED AND WE JUST WERE NOT ISSUING WARRANTS DURING THAT PERIOD TIME FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. SO VERY RECENTLY. IT WAS IN JULY. WE'VE GOT THAT REGION INTERFACE BACK UP, AND SO ARE WARRANTS ARE ACTIVE ON REGION. WE DO HAVE MARSHALS NOW ON CALL ON THE WEEKENDS BECAUSE IF ONE OF OUR PEOPLE GET ARRESTED IN A DIFFERENT COUNTY OR A DIFFERENT CITY. THEY DO NEED TO GO PICK UP
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WITHIN 24 HOURS, SO WE DO HAVE MARSHALS ON CALL ON THE WEEKENDS. SO IF THEY GET A CALL ON A SATURDAY THAT THEY NEED TO PICK SOMEONE UP, THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE TO DO THAT. THE BASE.I WAS HERE. OF COURSE IN MAY TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE BASE PROGRAM THAT HAS RECENTLY GONE LIVE. WE'RE STARTING SLOW AND WE'RE JUST MAKING REPORTS ARE REPORTING PEOPLE TO THE OMNI BASED SYSTEM WHO HAVE WARRANTS RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE NOT. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ALL OF THOSE UP YET. I THINK THE NUMBERS I HAVE THERE ARE ABOUT 1500 OR SO THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO OMNI BASE COMPARED WITH THE MY NUMBER EARLIER. WE'VE GOT 3800 OR SO OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, SO IT'S ABOUT HALF THOSE WARRANTS A LITTLE LESS THAT HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN SENT ON THE BASIS OF SLOWLY RATCHETING THAT UP. THERE ARE A FEW BUGS TO WORK OUT WITH IT. THE FOLKS OVER AT OMNI BASE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY WONDERFUL WORKING, WORKING THROUGH, UM ANY ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR CHIEF MARSHAL EVERY DAY IS GOING THROUGH AND MAKING SURE THAT IF THESE PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE HOLDS PLACED ON THEM GET THEIR CASES RESOLVED THAT THAT'S BEING TAKEN OFF AND THAT'S THAT'S A DAILY PROCESS THAT HE IS MANAGING PERSONALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE HOLES ARE BEING TIMELY, TIMELY REMOVED. WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN CALLS AS WELL. BUT, HEY, I GOT A LETTER FROM THE BASE THAT SAYS BY, UM ABILITY TO RENEW MY LICENSE IS GOING TO BE SUSPENDED. SO CAN I TAKE CARE OF MY TICKET SO THAT WE'RE ALREADY SEEING EFFECTS, AND THIS IS ONLY BEEN A VERY, VERY, VERY RECENT IMPLEMENTATIONS. I'M VERY PLEASED ABOUT THAT. OKAY COMING SOON. UM THE FIRST TWO WEBSITE, CONTENT CHANGES AND CITATION UPDATE. KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND. UM WHEN I GET TO OUR FISCAL YEAR 24 OBJECTIVES WEBSITE CONTENT IS PART OF WHAT OUR ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES IS. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 24. HOWEVER, WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO UPDATE OUR CITATION. FOR THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH OUR CITATION. IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE A CVS RECEIPT. IT'S VERY LONG, UM SO WE'RE TRYING TO SHORTEN THAT AND WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS JUST PUT A QR CODE. TO OUR WEBSITE ON THE BACK SO SOMEONE COULD JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND GETFORMATION THAT WD ORDINARILY BE CONTAINED ON THAT, UM CITATION, WHICH IS ALSO GREAT BECAUSE THE PRINT ON THAT IS SO SMALL. I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE EVEN READ THAT, UM SENDING THEM TO THE WEBSITE. BUT WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE EVENT WE UPDATE THE CITATION AND GO LIVE WITH THAT. WE'RE READY TO GO LIVE WITH IT. WE JUST ARE WAITING ON GETTING THIS WEBSITE DONE BECAUSE WE WANT OUR WEBSITE TO BE IN GOOD. GOOD SHAPE BEFORE WE SEND PEOPLE TO THAT LOCATION AS THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE FOR INFORMATION. SO THOSE TWO THINGS ARE IN THE WORLD, SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH MARKETING, WE HAVE SAID THROW CONTENT OVER TO MARKETING WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE WANT, WHICH WANT, WHICH INCLUDE LEGAL CHANGES. TO REFLECT SOME OF THE NEW NEW STUFF THAT'S COME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. UM AND THEY'RE WORKING ON HOW TO FIT THAT INTO THE CURRENT FORMATTING ON THE WEBSITE. OUR CITATION IS WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH THE PD ON THAT OR CITATION IS READY TO GO. WE'RE JUST KIND OF COORDINATING.
UM, BEFORE WE GO LIVE WITH WITH THOSE INITIATIVES. THE JUDICIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM FOR JUVENILES . THIS IS A BIG THING, BECAUSE THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT JUST TOOK PLACE THERE IS NEW LAW THAT SAYS THAT UM WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE BACK UP. JUVENILES IN JUVENILES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THERE HAS BEEN A MOVE TOWARDS NOT PROSECUTING THOSE FOLKS AGE YOUNGER THAN 17. UM THAT MOVE IS BECOMING A MUNICIPAL COURTS EVEN MORE SO WITH THE NEW LAW, WHICH IS PEOPLE STARTING IN JANUARY, 2025 . WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CREATE A PROGRAM TO DIVERT JUVENILE ANYBODY WHO'S GOT A CLASS C FINALLY CHARGE OTHER THAN A TRAFFIC OFFENSE. TRAFFIC OFFENSE WILL STILL STILL SEE THEM IN COURT. BUT ANY OTHER TYPE OF CHARGE IF THEY ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 17 MUST BE DIVERTED. IT'S AN ABSOLUTE MANDATORY. THE STATE DOES HAVE VETO POWER OVER THAT, BUT THE STATE DOESN'T GET TO DECIDE. WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS PERSON MISTAKE AND SAY, HEY, JUDGE, I DON'T WANT YOU TO SEND THIS PERSON AND THEY CAN VETO THAT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO CREATE A PLAN TO DIVERT THESE JUVENILES INTO A REHABILITATIVE TYPE PROGRAM. WHAT THE LAW IS ACTUALLY SAYING NOW. DIVERSION IS DEFINED AS A MEANS. IT MEANS AN INTERVENTION STRATEGY THAT REDIRECTS A CHILD FROM FORMAL CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND HOLD THE CHILD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CHILD'S ACTIONS. SO BASICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIND PROGRAMS THAT THE CHILD CAN BE INVOLVED WITH THAT. RATHER THAN BEING PROSECUTED. THEY WILL DO THEIR SERVICES AND COME OUT OF THE PROGRAM THAT WAY. INTERESTING POINT OF THAT LAW TO IS THAT EVEN IF A CHILD DECIDES, NO, I WANT TO GO TO COURT. I WANT TO HAVE A TRIAL. GOES THROUGH THE TRIAL PROCESS, AND THE JUDGE DECIDES THIS PERSON IS GUILTY AT THAT POINT AFTER WE'VE HAD THE WHOLE TRIAL AND FOUND THIS PERSON GUILTY. AT THAT POINT, WE WILL STILL NEED TO GIVE THEM THE OPTION TO DIVERT AND GOING TO DIVERT AND RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH CRIMINAL PROSECUTION TYPE OF PUNISHMENT. SO VERY INTERESTING LAW, PARENT AND CHILD. BOTH HAVE TO AGREE TO
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IT, BUT THAT'S LIKE I SAID, COMING JANUARY OF 2025. WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THAT IN PLACE, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG THING WE NEED TO CREATE. WE DO HAVE A JUVENILE REDIRECT PROGRAM IN PLACE. ALREADY THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE HAVE CREATED THAT, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, THE FRAMEWORK EXISTS FOR IT. BUT THIS LAW, I WOULD SAY IS A REALLY SEISMIC CHANGE AND DOES CHANGE. THE LANDSCAPE IS GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT. UM A BIT OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH AND A LOT MORE WORK, BECAUSE NOW IT'S EVERY JUVENILE AND IT'S GOING TO BE RUN BY THE JUDGES AS WELL. SO WITH THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A POSSIBLE RESTRUCTURE SOME STAFF POSITIONS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE WORKS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH HR ACTIVELY IN THE CMOS OFFICE ACTIVELY TO GET SOME OF THESE THINGS. ACCOMPLISHED BUT THE BIG ONE OUT OF THAT WAS WITH THE NEW LAW. EVEN BEFORE THE LAW WAS PASSED. WE HAVE OUR ORGANIZATION CHARGES THAT CURRENTLY IS EXISTS. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A PART TIME JUVENILE CASE MANAGER POSITION CURRENTLY OPEN. AND THEN WE'VE GOT A MUNICIPAL COURT SUPERVISOR WHO ALSO ACTS PART TIME AS A J CM. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS COMBINE THOSE TWO POSITIONS TO HAVE ONE FULL TIME POSITION. UM AND I THINK WE ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME ON THIS BECAUSE WITH THE NEW LAW, MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE BORDER GOING TO WANT TO HAVE A JUVENILE CASE MANAGER WORKING ON ON THEIR JUVENILE CASES. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE.ALREADY BROACHED AND ARE ALREADY WORKING ON WITH HR, AND WITH THE CMOS OFFICE TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED, SO ONCE THAT'S PUSHED THROUGH, WE SHOULD HAVE A FULL TIME J CM WHO CAN HANDLE A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS AND, UM REVIEW OF THE CASES THAT WOULD BE COMING THROUGH THE DIVERSION PROGRAM. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL OF THIS? HOW AM I DOING ON TIME? UM WERE PUSHED A LITTLE BIT.
OKAY I'LL SO YOU'RE PROBABLY ARE AWARE OF OUR FISCAL OBJECTIVES FOR 2024 REAL QUICKLY AGAIN. THE SHOUT OUT TO THE DEAL DLT PROGRAM. WE HAVE SO MANY GOOD INITIATIVES AND WORK THAT IS ALREADY STARTED. EVEN BEFORE FISCAL YEAR, 2024 JUST BECAUSE OF OUR DLT AND OUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE ON WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH SOME OF THESE, SO WE'VE MADE PROGRESS ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE ALREADY. WE FORM SUBCOMMITTEES TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE AND THAT'S IN THE WORKS. OKAY I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE. RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A REALLY COOL ARTICLE THAT I GOT FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. BACK THEN IN 1966 WAS THE YEAR THAT ARE BUILDING WAS BUILT BACK IN THAT YEAR TO MCKINNEY ADDED TWO NEW PATROLMEN AND A NEW PATROL CAR, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO FIVE. IT WAS JUST A FUN LITTLE ARTICLE TO READ. WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS. UM THIS IS OUR BUILDING RIGHT NOW. I KNOW WE ARE AT SOME POINT LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY HAVING DIFFERENT SPACE. BUT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, THAT IS THE ESTABLISHING SHOT FROM ONE OF OUR, UM VIDEOS THAT. WE PUT OUT FOR OUR MARKETING PUT OUT FOR ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES. AND SO, UM CLEARLY THE BUILDING HAS SOME ISSUES. IT'S BEEN IT'S OLD . IT'S BEEN RECONFIGURED A NUMBER OF TIMES. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME ROOF LEAKAGE FOUNDATION ISSUES THROUGH SEWER BACKUP. ETCETERA THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS, BUT AT THE POINT WHERE WE ARE DEALING WITH THINGS ROUTINELY, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH ARE WE PUTTING INTO THE BUILDING VERSUS HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE HAVING TO PUT INTO THAT BUILDING WHERE WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE FEELING? WE'RE FEELING IT.
WE'RE FEELING IT. UM OKAY. THIS IS REALLY MY LAST SLIDE. I'M TRYING TO END IT ON A EVERYONE LIKES PIE NOTE. SO OUR MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK IS DESIGNATED EVERY YEAR ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS HAVE MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK WHICH YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE OF, BECAUSE WE COME HERE FOR THE PROCLAMATION THIS YEAR. IT IS NOVEMBER 6TH THROUGH 10TH, AND IT'S A WEEK FOR US TO REALLY JUST APPRECIATE. UM RECOGNIZE, THINK ABOUT THE ROLE THAT MUNICIPAL COURTS PLAY IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF THINGS GOING ON THAT WEEK. THERE'S SOME IN HOUSE STAFF TRAINING. UM WE'RE DOING MOCK TRIALS WITH THE SCHOOLS THAT WEEK, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IS A PIE CONTEST. SO INTERDEPARTMENTAL E. WE'RE HAVING, UM THE FLYERS PUT OUT THAT IF YOU COME ON NOVEMBER, 6TH BRING A PIE AND WE WILL EAT PIE AND THERE WILL BE PIE JUDGING AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT PLEASE COME OVER TO OUR COURT.
IT'S THE THIRD YEAR WE'RE DOING IT. THE SECOND YEAR WAS BIGGER THAN THE FIRST YEARS. I'M HOPING THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE EVEN BIGGER. UM, SO PLEASE, IF YOU'RE TALENTED AT BAKING, SUBMIT A PIE. UM, IF YOU'RE TALENTED AT EATING, COME EAT SOME PIE. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY OVER AT OUR COURT. UM WE JUST LIKE SEEING EVERYBODY AS WELL. OKAY, I HELPED REDUCE OUR PHONES. BAKE SALE. MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT . UH, ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? WHERE I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT MY QUESTION EARLIER BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE MAYOR AND I WERE ON THE COUNCIL WHEN WE MOVED TO MAKE YOU A QUARTER OF RECORD AS WELL AS THE INVESTMENT IN YOUR
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SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO THAT, AND TONIGHT WE'RE ACTUALLY CONSIDERING THE NEW BUDGET, AND I'VE NOTICED THAT YOUR NUMBERS ARE UP. OKAY I DO VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. YOUR PRESENTATION HERE TONIGHT IS GEARED TOWARDS THE IMPARTIAL. UM DISPENSING JUSTICE HERE IN MCCAIN. I APPRECIATE YOUR VIEWPOINT IN THAT REGARD, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WHO ARE BUDGET MINDED, ESPECIALLY ON THIS EVENING. AH IS A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE NUMBERS BEING UP FROM THE MUNICIPAL COURT RELATED TO CHANGING TOO. I QUARTER OF RECORD AND ELIMINATING MANY OF THE APPEALS CAN TELL YOU I DO HAVE THAT NUMBER HANDY. IT'S NOT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW. BUT I DO HAVE THE NUMBER HANDY AND I WANT TO SAY I'VE GOT THE GRAPHIC IN MY OFFICE. I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU AND EMAIL IT OVER. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, AND I CAN DO THAT THIS AFTERNOON AS SOON AS I'M BACK IN FRONT OF MY, BUT YOU ARE SEEING AN INCREASE AS A RESULT, WELL AS FAR AS THE APPEALS GO, ABSOLUTELY THERE IS, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE IT WAS IN THE THOUSANDS. THE NUMBER OF APPEALS WE WERE SEEING WHICH, OF COURSE, WAS REVENUE THAT WAS GOING UP AND NOT STAYING WITH THE COURT, AND NOW THAT'S THAT'S DROPPED DOWN TO. WE JUST DON'T HAVE APPEALS PERIOD TRYING TO TURN YOU INTO A PROPRIETARY FUNCTION ON APPRECIATE THAT IS LOOK AT THIS FROM A RETURN ON INVESTMENT STANDPOINT FOR THESE, GENTLEMEN.ALSO I NOTICED YOU BROUGHT SOME FOLKS WITH YOU. WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US A QUICK INTRODUCTION AND I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT TO BEGIN WITH. SO OUR ASSOCIATE JUDGE FULL TIME AS JUDGE CANDICE CARLSON. NICE TO SEE YOU. ADMINISTRATOR, APRIL MORMON. COURT SUPERVISOR ROSIE ROOSEVELT RUEDA. I CALL HER ROSIE. WE'VE GOT OUR JUDICIAL COURIC, MITCH CURRY. AND THEN OUR CHIEF DEPUTY MARSHAL IS TIM RICH, CHIEF MARSHAL CITY MARSHAL. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING IN YOUR COURT WITH NOT FOR ME, CHARLIE.
YOU WERE SLEEPING COS ACCOMPANYING SOME YOUTH THAT HAD TO APPEAR AND I WENT THERE TOO.
JUST GO WITH THEM AND, UM, BE A SUPPORT, I GUESS FOR THEM, BUT, UH, YOUR COURT, THE PASSION FOR WHICH YOU ALL OPERATE AND THE TIME THAT WAS TAKEN TO SPEAK TO THAT YOUNG MAN THAT INDIVIDUAL AND REALLY ENGAGE WITH HIM. THAT WAS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE AND SO COMMENDABLE AND I APPRECIATED THAT A LOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE HEARING THAT, TOO, BECAUSE THAT IS GENUINELY ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE JOB THAT I DO GET TO SEE PEOPLE ONE ON ONE. AND HERE THE HERE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM AND GIVE THEM THAT TIME, AND I LOVE THAT. AND I THINK JUDGE CARLSON.
DOES AS WELL. IT WAS EXTREMELY EVIDENT APPARENT AND IT AND IT AND IT MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR THAT YOUNG MAN. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE HEARING THAT. THANK YOU. WHERE YOU HAD MENTIONED RUNNING A DOUBLE DOCKET TO SEND MEAN DAY AND EVENING DOCTORS THAT TWO COURTS FUNCTIONING AT THE SAME TIME EACH WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A FORMAL EVENING DOCKET IN PLACE. WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. UM IT. WE KIND OF BASED ON NEED. ARE WE SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, ARE NEEDING THAT THAT SERVICE AND IF IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE HEADED THAT DIRECTION, THEN? YES WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE CAPABILITY TO EXPAND IN THAT MANNER. THE DOUBLE DOCKETS WERE CURRENTLY RUNNING OR IF WE HAVE, UM YOU KNOW, A TRIAL SET IN ONE COURT AND JUVENILE DOCKET IN ANOTHER COURT, WHICH HAS HAPPENED BEFORE , OR TRIALS RUNNING LONG. WE'VE GOT AN AFTERNOON DOCKET WERE BOTH THERE TO FILL IN AND HOLD COURT AS NEEDED. GOOD. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME JUDGMENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY
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MUCH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. 230700 CONSIDER. DISCUSS POTENTIAL 2024 MUNICIPAL BOND ELECTION, TREVOR THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION TODAY IN RESPONSE TO SOME CONVERSATION WE HAD DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP BACK IN AUGUST, ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF THE CITY'S CAPITAL PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY THE FUNDING OF THAT PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR 2019 BONDS. UM AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE UNFUNDED PROJECTS WERE THAT YOU SAW IN THE AUGUST MEETING WHERE THAT STANDS TODAY AFTER SOME DELIBERATION WITH STAFF AND REALLY ASK THE QUESTION OF WHERE WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO GO FROM HERE? AND WE HAVE SOME NEXT STEPS FOR THAT? SHOULD YOU WANT TO MOVE QUICKER THAN OTHERWISE, SO I'LL GET RIGHT INTO IT.EVERYTHING WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FLOATS UP INTO THE SIX PILLARS OF THE COUNCIL, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND GOALS. ALL OF THE PROJECTS SHOULD BE SUPPORTED OR NESTED UNDERNEATH ONE OF THOSE PILLARS, WHETHER IT'S IN ECONOMIC GROWTH OR PUBLIC SAFETY OR FINANCIALLY SOUND GOVERNMENT. AND THEN FINALLY TODAY, I TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT. I'M GONNA QUICKLY
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TOUCH ON THE HISTORICAL LONG TERM PLANS ON BOTH THE CAPITAL AND THE GENERAL FUND SIDE TOUCH BASED ON WHAT'S REMAINING FROM THE 2019 BONDS. LOOK AT THOSE UNFUNDED PROJECTS AND PROBABLY POINT OUT SOME CHANGES FROM THE AUGUST SESSION THAT YOU WILL HAVE IN THIS ROOM TO TODAY AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO WHAT'S NEXT. SO THIS EVENING. I SHOULD SAY THIS IS THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT YOU SEE ON FISCAL YEAR 24 IF APPROVED THIS EVENING ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE UNDER FY 24 THE PROPOSED IN S RATE OR DEBT SIDE OF THE RATE WILL BE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE TOTAL TAX RATE AT 14 CENTS. THAT'S WHAT WOULD SUPPORT ARE THERE. THAT'S WHAT SUPPORTS OUR CURRENT BONDS AND THE PAYMENT OF THOSE BONDS, AND THAT'S WHAT WOULD SUPPORT ANY FUTURE BONDS. SHOULD THE COUNCIL CHOOSE TO GO THAT ROUTE? YOU'LL SEE US SIMILAR TO THE PROPERTY TAX RATE OVERALL AS OUR VALUATIONS AND THE GROWTH OCCURS IN THE CITY, THAT RATE DOES COMPRESS SOMEWHAT. I MENTIONED IN THE OPENING COMMENTS. THOSE TWO PLANS WE HAVE A GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SERVICE PLAN THAT LOOKS AT A 10 YEAR WINDOW. AND THEN WE HAVE A GENERAL FUND PLAN THAT LOOKS AT A 10 YEAR WINDOW AND THOSE TO COMPLEMENT ONE OTHER ONE ANOTHER. THAT'S THE BRAINCHILD OF MR HOLLOWAY, THE CFO, AND THE POINT OF THAT IS THAT WHEN WE DO ISSUE DEBT IN ANY PERIOD WE HAVE A THOUGHT OUT PROCESS ABOUT HOW THE GENERAL FUND FROM A STAFFING AND PROGRAMMING STANDPOINT, WILL SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE NEW FACILITIES OR INITIATIVES OF THE COUNCIL. SO WE'RE NOT JUST ISSUING DEBT WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE ONGOING OPERATIONAL EXPENSES FOR THAT DEBT WILL MEAN FOR THE CITY. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. TODAY WE'LL SEE AN OUTLINE OF THE TOTAL DEBT CAPACITY. IT'S MAINTAINING THE CURRENT INS RATE THAT I JUST MENTIONED AT 14 CENTS, SO IT'S A VERY, VERY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER. IT'S NOT IMPLYING ANY KIND OF TAX INCREASE TAX RATES INCREASE MAINTAINING OF THE CURRENT RATE THAT WE CURRENTLY ENJOY. SO. IN 2019, THE VOTERS PASSED FIVE SEPARATE PROPOSITIONS GETTING US TO $350 MILLION FOR THE GENERAL USES THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THERE TODAY. WE'RE RIGHT AROUND $140 MILLION AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE AUGUST MEETING FOR THE WORK SESSION REGARDING THE BUDGET. WE WANTED TO LET THE COUNCIL NO, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DRAW DOWN A GOOD CHUNK OF THAT, OVER THE COURSE OF FISCAL YEAR, 24.UM AN EXACT NUMBER I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT ROUGHLY, YOU KNOW, 25 TO 30% WILL BE REMAINING AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET TO LEAN WITH THAT NUMBER, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE KIND OF THOSE HORIZONTAL INITIATIVES THAT WE DO ON A PRETTY FREQUENT BASIS. BUT THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE COUNCIL IN 2019, AND THAT WAS THE CHARGE GIVEN TO STAFF WAS TO ISSUE THE FUNDING, SPEND THE MONEY, BUILD THE PROJECTS. AND WE'RE HERE TO REPORT THAT. HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF 2024 WILL HAVE DONE THAT, UM SO YOU'LL SEE THERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILL JUMP RIGHT OFF THE SCREEN STREETS WILL GET PRETTY WELL USED UP. PARKS IS GOING TO BE COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL. I THINK IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS OR SO ONE SOME WORK THAT THEY HAVE TO DO AND THEN THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY IS GOING TO BE BLOWING AND GOING HERE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS. THIS IS THE MONEY SLIDE, SO TO SPEAK. THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TEAM STAFF TEAM, UM OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 2 TO 3 MONTHS, HAS MET AND DISCUSSED AND DELIBERATED OVER A VARIETY OF PROJECTS THAT SOME OF THESE WERE ON THE 2019 BOND AND JUST FELL BELOW THE WIRE. SOME ARE NEW INITIATIVES. SOME ARE RESPONSES TO GROW THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. BUT THERE'S FOUR SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WERE KIND OF KEYED IN ON AND THOSE BEING FACILITIES, PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS. PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. I WON'T DELVE TOO MUCH INTO ANY OF THE SPECIFIC ONES MENTIONED HERE . I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE SMALLER IN NATURE NOT REPRESENTED ON THE SCREEN. IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BOND PROGRAM FOR THIS NEXT CALENDAR YEAR IN 24, THE ASSOCIATED SUBCOMMITTEES ARE GOING TO GET AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST AND PRESENTATION OF UH, PROJECTS THAT COULD FIT UNDER FACILITIES OR PROJECTS THAT COULD FINEGAR PARTS OR MAYBE THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO ADD 1/5 ITEM OR SIXTH ITEM AND STAFFS PREPARED TO DO THOSE LONGER, MORE DETAILED BRIEFINGS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT. SHOULD YOU SAY YES AGO ? WE WANT TO DO A FISCAL YEAR. 24 DESPITE WHAT YOU JUST SAID. I'M GONNA ASK QUESTIONS. ANYWAY.
YOU MAY KNOW YOU MAY NOT, AND THAT'S FINE. UNDER PARKS. TWO QUESTIONS MULTI GEN FACILITY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO DURING COVID INTO IN 2019. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME SENIOR CENTER IMPROVEMENTS WITH PARKS FUNDING DURING COVID. THERE WAS A LENGTHY SHUTDOWN DUE TO COVID AND DUE TO SOME OF THE STATE EDICTS THAT WE RECEIVED, SO WE TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY TO
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PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO THE CURRENT SENIOR FACILITY AND COMPLETELY SHUT IT DOWN AND RENOVATE IT. UM THAT SAID, THERE'S STILL AN UNDERLYING NEED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER IN THE KIND OF I DON'T WANT TO SAY A SPECIFIC SECTOR, BUT WE ALL KNOW I MEAN THAT THAT'S IN THE PRETTY FAR SOUTH EAST PART OF THE CITY , AND WE'RE A BIG CITY, SO I THINK THE DIAGONAL ACCESS TO THAT IN THE NORTHWEST SECTOR IS PROBABLY THE BEST BET, BUT IT WOULD NEED TO BE A PRETTY LARGE FACILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS THAT WE'RE SEEING. UM, THIS ISN'T AN APEX EXPANSION. IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY A COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT IT IS A MULTIGENERATIONAL FACILITY THAT CAN HOST A WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY IS DESIRING AT THE MOMENT AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE DEBT CAPACITY AT THIS MOMENT TO DO AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, AND I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER THIS OLD SETTLER'S PARK RENOVATION THAT MEANS THE PHYSICAL OUTSIDE PARK BECAUSE ALL SETTLERS THE INTERIOR WAS JUST REDONE. THAT'S CORRECT, OK. HE DIDN'T PUT THAT MUNICIPAL COURT FACILITIES MUNICIPAL COURT IN THERE, SIR. YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT IT RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF FACILITY. THAT'S A WONDERFUL, MIDLEVEL MID CENTURY MODERN FACILITY THAT IS UNDERAPPRECIATED. I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU HAD A CITATION PENDING AND THAT'S HOW THAT WOUND UP. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW IF IN THAT ARTICLE FROM 1966 WAS MICHAEL QUINT IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT THAT TIME. NO I THINK HAUSER WAS AN ASSOCIATE THAT WAS IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE HOUSING ADMINISTRATION. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ONE ITEM ON THE STREETS JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF SHIFT OF HOW WE'VE APPROACHED TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE FROM KIND OF NOW GOING FORWARD TOWARDS WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. USUALLY WE'VE PRETENDED MAJOR STREET PROJECTS , YOU KNOW, ADDING LANES FIVE AND SIX ON VIRGINIA. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A BOND PROGRAM. UM WITH THE COUNCIL'S DELIBERATION AND CONCERT WITH THE CDC AND THE M E D. C OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS OR SO, AND REALLY TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON AGING STREETS. UM WE WILL LIKELY PRESENT AND RECOMMEND TO THE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE PUT A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY TOWARDS STREET RECONSTRUCTION. IF YOU REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS YOU'VE SEEN FROM GARY AND RYAN AND THE REST OF THE TEAM, IT DOES SHOW THAT THERE IS A GEO DEBT SIDE TO FOUR FUNDING FOR STREET RECONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DELINEATION FROM HOW WE'VE HISTORICALLY APPROACHED STREET INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING AT THE CITY. AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE ESTIMATES. THEY'RE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IF WE MOVE FORWARD . SO COMMITTEES THAT NUMBER IF YOU WERE WITH YOUR CALCULATORS RIGHT NORTH OF 400 MILLION, IT'S NOT THE SAME. RECOMMENDING 400 MILLION IS JUST A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT FOR YEARS ON END THAT WE WANTED TO PUT BEFORE THE COUNCIL. I WILL SAY THAT OUR CURRENT TENURE BOND CAPACITY AGAIN MAINTAINING THE IRONS RATE SO NOT INCREASING. THE RATE IS RIGHT AT 700, PLUS MILLION $712 MILLION OF DEBT CAPACITY OVER THAT 10 YEAR WINDOW. UM THAT WILL EVAN FLOW WITH EVALUATIONS THAT WE ENJOY HERE IN MCKINNEY, BUT IT'S A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF WHAT EXACTLY WE CAN EXPECT IN RELATION TO WHAT WE COULD IF WE WANTED TO JUST GO FOR MONTY. SO WITH THAT THE REAL QUESTION IN THE ROOM IS KIND OF HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO PURSUE A FISCAL YEAR 24 BOND GOT A TIMELINE HERE FOR YOU. IF WE'RE A LITTLE OVER OUR SKIS ON THIS, AND YOU WANT US TO WAIT FOR FISCAL YEAR, 25. YOU CAN JUST CROSS OUT THE YEARS ON THIS NEXT TIMELINE, AND WE'LL GO FOR 25 AND PROBABLY TOUCH BASE WITH YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE OUTLINED. AND WOULD PROBABLY BE THE SHEET MUSIC THAT WE'RE GOING TO SING FROM IT. THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE. SEEING SOME KIND OF. YEAH I WROTE HEAD. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD. NEXT YEAR. WE WILL BE UM, BILL WILL HAVE DEPLETED MUCH OF OUR CURRENT BOND. AUTHORIZED. THAT WILL ISSUE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE PROJECTS UNDERWAY AND I THINK IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT IF WE WAIT TILL 25 WE COULD DO IT. BUT WE WILL. WE WILL. CERTAINLY HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE LIKELY WANTED TO HAVE STARTED A YEAR EARLIER THAT WE I'VE WAITED ON YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTION COMING UP FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. FOUR OF US FOUR SEATER AVAILABLE AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AND I DON'T WANT THEM SITTING AT THEIR FIRST BUDGET MEETING WITH NOTHING TO WORK WITH. AND I DON'T WANT TO HAND THAT PROBLEM OFF. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO IT IN 24. SO THAT'S ONE LESS THING. A NEW COUNCIL WILL HAVE[00:50:05]
TO WORRY ABOUT. YES, SIR. THIS IS THE BLOCKING AND TACKLING OF THE CITY. THIS IS STREETS, PARKS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM QUALITY OF LIFE AND. THIS IS AN INTERESTING MEETING TODAY BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS . THE THINGS THAT DO GO TO ENHANCE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF MAKING THIS PLACE MORE ATTRACTIVE TO LIVE AND ULTIMATELY REDUCING THE TAX RATE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HOPING TO DO TONIGHT. THERE'S THINGS LIKE THIS THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER. WE CAN'T NOT INVEST IN NEW ROADS IN THE CITY. WE CAN'T NOT HAVE WORLD CLASS POLICE AND FIRE MCKINNEY IS THE DIE IS CAST IN MCKINNEY THAT WE HAVE A GREAT PARK SYSTEM AND THAT GREAT PARK SYSTEM HAS TO BE MAINTAINED. AND SO IN ORDER TO KEEP THE CITY RUNNING TO KEEP THE TAX RATE GOING THE WAY IT'S GOING AND KEEPING US BEING ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE. WE'VE SIMPLY GOT TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON THIS. THIS IS THE BLOCKING AND TACKLING WITH THE CITY. MCKINNEY DOES AND SO WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, MR MAYOR. YOU HAVE CONSENSUS. ALRIGHT. UM OUR ACTUALLY GO BACK HERE. JUST REAL QUICK. THIS IS THE GENERAL TIMELINE WILL GET DATES ON THE CALENDAR AND STUFF STARTS TO PERCOLATE A LITTLE BIT. THE REAL TAKEAWAY THAT I REQUESTED. THE COUNCIL IS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. YOU SEE SEPTEMBER 19TH IS THERE IS AN ACTION ITEM TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE. IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER IF YOU'LL SEND ME THE INFORMATION AND NAMES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO POTENTIALLY NOMINATE. WHAT WILL THEN DO IS PLACE THE LIST OF NAMES THAT WERE SENTENCED VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU JUST DID IN THE BOARD'S COMMISSIONING PROCESS, UM, WILL PLACE THOSE ONTO THE SCREEN. IF THERE'S GAPS. THAT'S FINE, BUT WE WANT TO GET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 30 TO 35 NAMES SO THAT WE CAN START MOVING INTO THE FALL AND INTO THE WINTER OF BRIEFING SPORE. THE BOND COMMITTEE NAMES BEFORE THE 19TH GREAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND I WOULD SAY THAT ULTIMATELY WE HAVE 35 NAMES. SEVEN MEMBERS ON COUNCIL, BUT I DON'T THINK WE ARE OBVIOUSLY SHOULD DIVIDE THAT UP. JUST 35 MONTHS, SEVEN BECAUSE THERE CAN BE SOME DUPLICATES. WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST? I WILL SAY THIS, UH SHOCKINGLY, WHEN WE DID THIS EXERCISE DURING 2019, THERE WAS NO DUPLICATES, WHICH BLEW MY MIND. UM, JUST AS A, YOU KNOW.CLOSET STATISTICIAN, BUT THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD BET. I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND GO AHEAD AND JUST SEND ME THE NAMES THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND. IF THERE ARE DUPLICATES. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE IN MASS. AND WE CAN MANAGE THAT. THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 19TH WILL PRETTY WELL HAVE IT TEED UP FOR ACTION, AND THEN JUST DO SOME OF THAT CLEANUP ACTION SUGGESTS SIX NAMES OF FIVE NAMES A PERSON. WELL, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO GO DOWN TO FIVE. I'M JUST A SILLY I KNOW THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A DUPLICATE LAST TIME. I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT. WE SHOULD COUNT ON THAT SECOND. I MEAN, FIVE IS FINE. YEAH I THINK FIVE GETS US AT 35. IT DOES WITH NO DUPLICATES. YEAH WITH NO DUPLICATES. YEAH, MAYBE BRING ANOTHER NAME IN YOUR BACK POCKET . ANY RESTRICTION ON PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND EAT ALREADY? THEY HAVE TO BE WITHIN THIS CORPORATE CITY LIMITS. THERE IS NOT IN THE PAST. WE'VE GENERALLY FOCUSED ON RESIDENTS, BUT THERE'S NO RESTRICTION. NO, SIR. YEP. YEP SO SUBMIT FIVE BUT HAVE ANOTHER NAME IN THE EVENT THAT I IMAGINE I WON'T MENTION IT. BUT I CAN SEE A COUPLE THAT WILL BE DUPLICATES. I BELIEVE ALL RIGHT . SO THIS IS JUST THE CALENDAR REAL QUICK. SOME HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BEFORE WE'LL GET WE'LL COME UP WITH THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE IS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. YOU ALL BE INVOLVED. OBVIOUSLY. THE BOND COMMITTEE THEMSELVES JUST TO GIVE A REMINDER THEY WILL COME AND GIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL LIKELY AT THE END OF DECEMBER EARLY JANUARY, MORE LIKE MORE THAN LIKELY EARLY JANUARY, AND THEN THE COUNCIL YOU ALL AT THE END, WE'LL DECIDE THE AMOUNT WHAT THE QUESTIONS WILL SAY WHAT THE PURPOSES OF THE DEBT ARE. SO WHILE THE BOND COMMITTEE CAN RECOMMEND AND THEY CAN DO IT PERMANENTLY. IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO EVEN CALL THE ELECTION AND THEN ALSO WHAT THE NUMBERS WILL BE FOR THAT CALL. THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID. AND THEN FINALLY, AS ALWAYS. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY CAN DO ALL OF THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO IN AN ELECTION CITY STAFF WERE GOING TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT. WE WON'T TAKE POSITIONS ON CERTAIN PROJECTS. CERTAIN PROPOSITIONS WILL GIVE INFORMATION AND THEN WE WILL LIKELY PROVIDE OBJECTIVE MATERIAL THROUGH VIDEO PRINTED AND DIGITAL MEDIA. BUT IT WILL BE ABOUT VOTE ON THIS DAY. THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BEFORE YOU NOTHING TO SWAY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. JUST ALWAYS WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BONDS ABOUT WHAT OUR ROLE IS FIRST WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S ROLE IS AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT I GOT. SO I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING SOME EMAILS FROM THE COUNCIL WILL GET THAT TEED UP FOR SEPTEMBER 19TH AND THEN WE'LL GET A TIMELINE PUBLISHED FOR THOSE MEETINGS WITH THE VARIOUS BOND COMMITTEE APPOINTEES. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR GO TAKE A SEAT. MISSIONS. THANK YOU, TREVOR TREVOR. MOVE TO ITEM 23 0701 CONSIDER AND DISCUSS
[Consider/Discuss Opioid Settlement Funds Application Guidelines and Process]
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OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS, APPLICATION GUIDELINES AND PROCESS. HELLO I'M SHIRLEY TO BETH COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY WITH HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THIS PRESENTATION TODAY IS BASED UPON INPUT THAT WE ARE WELCOMING FROM COUNCIL IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL SESSIONS YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT WORKING AT THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THE SETTLEMENT FUNDS TO BE USED IN AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND TO ALSO HAVE OF THE PROCESS TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY GRANTS ADVISORY COMMISSION. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE SHARING WITH YOU.JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS PROCESS AND GUIDELINES, A DRAFT THAT IS SUBJECT TO MINOR CHANGES AND WITH YOUR INPUT OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO PROCEED. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS PROCESS TO BENEFIT COMMUNITY RESIDENTS. AND THIS IS UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE INITIATIVES. SO JUST A BASIC INTRODUCTION. WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A CRISIS IN THE COMMUNITY. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPIOIDS. BUT UNDER COLLIN COUNTY, THEY HAVE SEEN A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN OUR COUNTY BASED ON THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S DATA, AND SO WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT AT LEAST AS AN INTRODUCTION THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. AND NOT ONLY IS IT REACHING IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO OUR SCHOOLS AND OTHER AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT FUNDS, HOW DID THIS COME INTO PLAY? SO JUST GIVING JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW? THIS WAS DONE IN. I BELIEVE IN MAY AT A COUNCIL SESSION WHERE IN 2021 TO BUILD THIS PAST BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE BODY, AND TO DATE WE HAVE RECEIVED 100. EXCUSE ME, WHILE 141,000 FROM THE TRUST FUND. FUTURE FUNDING MAY BE DISTRIBUTED, BUT AT THIS TIME CURRENTLY THERE IS A SETTLEMENT AWARD OF $100,000 THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE NONPROFIT AGENCY GRACE TO CHANGE. AND SO THAT REMAINS 41,000 THAT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE DISTRIBUTED. AND SO THIS IS THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY TO INTERRUPT YOU FOR A MOMENT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS INCORRECTLY IF YOU THINK I'M WRONG. IS THAT MCKINNEY SHARES 350,000. WE GOT 1 41 OF THAT WITH THE REST OF IT SOMETIME, COME SOMETIME OVER THE NEXT 17 YEARS, WHICH IS A LONG TIME. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN IN THAT 17 YEARS IS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED. IS THAT YOUR BASIC UNDERSTANDING? THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AT THIS TIME FOCUSING ON WHAT WE UNDERSTAND? YEAH. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SO IN THE REMAINING WHICH IS THE 41,000. WE WILL DISTRIBUTE THAT PROCESS. THIS IS GOING TO BE OPEN TO NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE FOCUS OF THIS FUNDING IS GOING TO BE TOWARD THE TREATMENT OF OPIOID YOUTH AND DISORDERS OR ANY CO OCCURRING SUBSTANCE. YOUTH DISORDERS. WE ARE LOOKING IN THIS DRAFT FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT THE AWARDED AGENCY . WHETHER IT'S FOR PROFIT OR NONPROFIT HAS TO BE BASED IN MCKINNEY SERVICES HAVE TO BE FREE. IT HAS TO BE WITHIN 50 LIMITS IN TERMS OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT THEY'RE SERVING AND THERE'S GOING TO BE PRIORITY IN TERMS OF SERVICES. IF THOSE SERVICES ARE GEARED TO 0 TO 80% ELLA MAI, WHICH IS LOADED MY INCOME CLIENTELE. OKAY I'M GONNA INTERRUPT AGAIN. I'M SORRY. YOU CAN GO BACK IF YOU DON'T MIND. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE FIT HERE. FOR PROFIT BUSINESS CAN APPLY, BUT THE SERVICES MUST BE FREE. SO TO ME, THAT MEANS THAT A FOR PROFIT BUSINESS WOULD EITHER HAVE TO BE BRINGING ON A WHOLE NEW LINE OF WORK THAT IS FREE TO QUALIFY FOR THIS, OR THEY MUST GIVE AWAY A SERVICE THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY CHARGING FOR. IS THAT THE WAY YOU SEE IT? IT COULD BE VERY WE DO HAVE WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO PROVIDE FREE SERVICES OR SLIDING SCALE SERVICES, SUBJECT TO THE APPLICATION IN WHICH THEY'RE MAKING THAT DETERMINATION. OKAY SO IF THEY DO DECIDE TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW THAT IS OPEN TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS IF THEY HAVE AN EXISTING PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE SHARING WITH US. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN HAVE AS WELL. OFTENTIMES WHEN WE DO HAVE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, THEY DO MODIFY THEIR SERVICES SOMETIMES SO, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE SERVICES ARE, THAT'S JUST THE DRAFT CRITERIA THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING RIGHT NOW. OKAY? AND I'M GONNA TRUST YOU ON THIS, BUT I SAID IT BEFORE, AND I THINK THAT MAYBE IN SOME CIRCLES I WASN'T VERY POPULAR. THERE'S A METHADONE CLINIC THAT SEEMED TO WANT TO
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GET INVOLVED IN THIS. THIS METHADONE CLINIC IS OWNED BY PRIVATE EQUITY AND PRIVATE EQUITY IS VERY GOOD AT MONETIZING PROBLEMS, AND, UM, IT JUST DOESN'T JIBE WITH ME THAT HAVE METHADONE CLINIC. THAT MAKES MONEY ON EVERY DOSE THEY GIVE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS TYPE THING, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE CAPABLE PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD AND I KNOW YOU'RE CAPABLE. AND I JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL ON THAT BECAUSE AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE FENTANYL IS A MAMMOTH PROBLEM.AND ONE OF THE REASONS FENTANYL IS A MAMMOTH PROBLEM. IS THAT THIS? YOU KNOW HOW ACCESSIBLE THAN NORMAL OXYCODONE OWNS OF THE DAY WORD EARLIER, BUT THIS IS A SERIOUS THING AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS COUNCIL FOR WHAT WE DID TO FUND THE NONPROFIT THAT WE DID, WHICH IS THE ONLY ONE IN IN COLLIN COUNTY THAT DEALS WITH YOUTH. UM AND CAN DEAL WITH THEM WITHOUT CHARGING.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S UNDERSTOOD AND THOUGHT OF AND I JUST I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOME OF THIS VERY PRECIOUS MONEY. GO TO A COMPANY THAT'S MAKING MONEY ANYWAY, ON THEIR ON WHAT THEY DO. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ? AND I WILL. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT WITHIN THE GRANT PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT GRANTED IS A SETTLEMENT FUND THAT'S ACTING WITHIN A GRANT PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY GRANTS ADVISORY COMMISSION. IT IS A PROCESS THAT IS HEAVILY VETTED. IT IS A PROCESS THAT IS OBJECTIVE COUNSEL. EXCUSE ME. OUR STAFF DOES NOT PROVIDE INPUT IN TERMS OF THEIR FINAL DECISION RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU, BUT WE DO PROVIDE THEM WITH VERY OBJECTIVE RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NOT ANY SKEWED TYPE OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT IT IS TOWARDS THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. I DID WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU BECAUSE WE DO AS STAFF HESITANCY TO TALK IN ACRONYMS. SO L M I LOADED MY INCOME. UM, AND SO THIS IS THE BASIS THAT CHART THAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT RANGE WOULD BE NOW, ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A HUD FUNDED GRANT, IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY HUG REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS JUST A RANGE IN WHICH WE'RE SHOWING YOU TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AS WELL AS THE APPLICANTS AND PROJECTIVE. SO IF YOU HAD A PERSON WHO HAD A FAMILY IF IT WAS BASED ON INCOME, ALTHOUGH THE SERVICES WOULD BE PROVIDED CONSIDERED TO BE FREE, THERE IS AN APPLICATION PROCESS. OF COURSE, THAT PROBABLY THAT ORGANIZATION WHETHER FOR PROFIT OR NONPROFIT. JUST TO GAUGE WHETHER THEY WOULD QUALIFY THOSE SERVICES. SO IF YOU HAD A PERSON WHO HAD A FAMILY OF EIGHT AND THEIR INCOME WITH NO MORE THAN 50,560. THEY WOULD FALL INTO THE EXTREMELY LOW CATEGORY ALSO IF THEY HAD INCOME RANGE OF FIVE PERSONS, AND THEY MADE COLLECTIVELY IN THAT HOUSEHOLD 89,100 NO MORE THAN THAT THAN THEY WOULD FALL INTO THE 80% CATEGORY, SO THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO USE THIS, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU A RANGE TO SHOW YOU. HOW ARE THE GRANT RESOURCES ARE SET UP. AND THIS WOULD BE AND IF THEY HAD A PRIORITY, THIS WOULD ALSO SHOW YOU IN TERMS OF THE APPLICANTS AND ALSO THE COMMISSIONERS, THE LOWEST RANGE OF PERSONS WHO WOULD NEED THOSE SERVICES AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROBABLY QUALIFY OTHERWISE, WITHOUT THIS INPUT. SO IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, WERE DRAFTED TO AWARD ONE OR MORE GRANTS TOTALING IN THAT GRAND POLL. 41,000 TO THE ORGANIZATION OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE DIRECTLY ADVANCE THOSE INITIATIVES AND AGAIN ALL TO BENEFIT TO REDUCE THE HARMFUL IMPACT. WITH OUR APPLICATION PROCESS, WE WILL OPEN THE APPLICATION ITSELF ON THE 11TH. BUT WE DO HAVE A PROCESS IN WHICH WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT THROUGH INFORMATION MEETINGS AND ALSO ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH ANY APPLICANT THAT WE HAVE, SO I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SHARE WITH YOU JUST THE PROCESS OF HOW THAT WOULD WORK. SO THE APPLICATION ITSELF WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON MONDAY. WE WILL HAVE ON THE 12TH AND INFORMATION MEETING SO THAT APPLICANTS AND AGAIN NON MANDATORY IF ONE WANTS TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IF THEY WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS. IT ALSO GIVES US A CHANCE OF STAFF TO GAUGE WHO IS INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THIS FUND. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED BY WAY OF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS AND THE GRANT WILL CLOSE ON THE 22ND AT FIVE PM THERE IS AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT HAS AT LEAST 21 QUESTIONS SO THAT WOULD GIVE US INSIGHT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE APPLICATION FOR STAFF RESPECTIVE AND TO ENSURE THAT IT IS PREPARED AND READY TO GO TO THE COMMISSIONERS. THOSE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY WILL DELIBERATE. THAT'S A COMMUNITY GRANTS ADVISORY COMMISSION FIJI A FEE THEY WILL DELIBERATE IN A REGULAR MEETING ON THIS STEP ON SEPTEMBER 28TH. AND THEN THEY WILL TAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL. AT THAT TIME, WE WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING WHICH
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COUNCIL WILL HAVE THOSE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS SIMILAR TO OUR COMMUNITY? GRANTS PROCESS THAT WE HAVE. AND WITH THOSE FUNDS THOSE AWARDED ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER FOR PROFIT OR NONPROFIT WILL BE UNDER A GRANT AGREEMENT . AND THAT PROCESS GOES THROUGH REVIEW NOT ONLY THROUGH OUR STAFF BUT ALSO THROUGH THE CITY'S ATTORNEY, AND THEN, OF COURSE, EXECUTED BY OUR CITY MANAGER. THE AWARD WOULD BE FOR ONE OF THE YEAR AND THEN THERE WILL BE AN ANNUAL REPORT SO WE WILL NOT CHANGE THAT PROCESS. WE WILL STILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WERE THAT ORGANIZATION HAS TO REPORT BACK HOW THEY USE THOSE FUNDS, HOW THEY IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY HOW THEY PROVIDED RESOURCES, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THEIR MEETING ANY STATE, LOCAL OR CITY REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT. UM JUST AS I STATED BEFORE, THERE WAS A BRAND AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE EXECUTED BY THE CITY MANAGER. WE IN OUR DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION UNDER HOUSING COMMUNITY ELOPEMENT. WE WILL MONITOR THAT. AND THE END OF THE YEAR REPORT WILL BE DUE ON OCTOBER. THE 4TH 2024 AND WITH ALL OF OUR GRANTS, WE PROVIDE COUNSEL WITH ANY UPDATES, AND SO WE WILL STILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT ACCORDINGLY. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST A VERY SHORT BRIEFING OF THAT. WE DID ALSO PROVIDE THE DRAFT APPLICATION. THIS ALSO INCLUDES CONFLICT OF INTEREST DOCUMENTATION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT VETTED AS WELL. AND SO I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENT.QUESTIONS. JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE FOLLOW ABOUT 30 YEAR. IS THAT JUST FOR US TO DOCUMENT DOCUMENT BECAUSE, LIKE THERE'S REALLY NO RECOURSE OTHER THAN YOU WOULDN'T. I GUESS THE PERSON WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED FOR ANY OTHER GRANTS THAT THEY DIDN'T USE IT AS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. THAT IS ALWAYS TRUE OF OUR GRANT. IT DOES ALLOW STAFF IN OUR DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT WE ARE MEETING THE GOALS THAT COUNCIL HAS IN TERMS OF QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO LEVERAGE OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC AS WELL. AND SO AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. THAT'S A PART OF THAT DOCUMENTING PROCESS WITH OUR OTHER GRANTS. I DO YOU WANT TO STATE THAT FOR COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS? WE HAVE OUR OTHER BRAND TEAS, TOO.
REPORT EVERY MONTH OR EVERY QUARTER. AND SO WE DID SHORTEN THAT PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A COMPLIANCE REPORT. IS THERE EVER A CLAWBACK CLAUSE? I'M SORRY. THERE'S A CLAWBACK AS WELL, I GUESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL THE A'S ON
[COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES regarding city Boards & Commissions]
UPDATES REGARDING CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. MR JONES. I KNOW UPDATES. UH, I THINK WE HAVE IN OUR MEETING HERE WE HAVE ONE OF THE THINGS COMPETING, Z WITH THAT THAT'S ALL WE GOT.WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION DISCUSSION ON ALTERNATIVE FUNDING THAT WOULD NOT AFFECT OUR BUDGET THAT MAY BE OF GREAT INTEREST TO EACH AND ALL OF US MOVING FORWARD. ANYTHING DOWN THERE. NOTHING FOR ME, MR MAYOR . WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, ACCORDING TO
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551071 CONSULTATIONS WITH ATTORNEY AND ANY WORK SESSIONS.SPECIAL SESSION REGULAR SESSION AGENDA ITEM CRYING, CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE NECESSITATED BY THE DELIBERATION , DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEMS. FACILITIES AGREEMENT BUYING BETWEEN SLC MCKINNEY PARTNERS BUILDINGS THE PARTIES IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THE TUCKER HILL EDITION MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY MCKINNEY, TEXAS AND SIERRA CEDAR LLC DID JANUARY 25TH 2021 SECTION 55187 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. PROJECT DELA VEGA PROJECT MONARCH AND PROJECT VIBES
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