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WE DO HAVE QUORUM, I THINK, TILO HAD MENTIONED HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.
CORRECT. HE SAID HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.
[1) CALL TO ORDER: Mayor]
THAT'S OK, LET'S GET STARTED THEN.GOOD EVENING, FOLKS. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER N-2920 NEWSOME ON MARCH 17, 2020 ALL MEMBERS THIS EVENING ARE JOINING THE ROUGHLY WEBINAR. AND WE NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
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AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC MADAM CLERK? MAYOR GARCIA AT THIS TIME I SEE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
VERY WELL, MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS, THE PRELIMINARY PROPOSED ANNUAL OPERATION BUDGET AND
[5) a. The Preliminary Proposed Annual Operation Budget and Capital Improvement Projects for the Fiscal Year of 2021-2022 (Perez-Hernandez)]
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 2022.HONORABLE MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? THANK YOU. LET ME JUST SHARE MY SCREEN.
MARIA ARE YOU ABLE TO? SWITCH ME AS THE HOST.
YOU'RE ON MUTE MARIA. GO AHEAD.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHARE IT NOW.
MAYOR, ARE YOU ABLE TO VIEW MY SCREEN? OK, WELL, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS ZOOM ATTENDEES. THIS IS OUR THIRD BUDGET WORKSHOP GOING OVER THE PRELIMINARY ANNUAL BUDGET REVIEW. OK, SO SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OR INCREASES FROM MEASURE X, WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN, WHICH WOULD BE FOR BODY WORN CAMERAS FOR THE THE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE SUBSTATION. WE ALSO HAVE FROM MEASURE X TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURE STUDY FOR SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ON THE PLANNING WILL BE CONSULTING SERVICES FOR ROGER MOBLEY, THE FORMER PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF WASCO AND A TOTAL OF THIRTY NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE.
ON THE BUILDING DIVISION, A TOTAL OF THIRTY THOUSAND FOR EMERGENCY BUILDING INSPECTOR SERVICES. AND FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, IT'S A JOB RECRUITMENT FROM THE LINE ITEM HAS RIGHT
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NOW SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY AND STAFF WILL BE UTILIZING THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND, WHICH IS A DIFFERENCE OF TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY.AND THE THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE IS THE STAFF IDENTIFIER THAT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS THERE WE WILL NOT BE SPENDING THE THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR JOB RECRUITMENT FOR CRUCIAL POSITIONS SUCH AS A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OR THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. WE ALSO HAVE FOR INFORMATION ON TECHNOLOGY, THE OPERATING COSTS ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX.
SO WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS LINE ITEM WAS THAT AT THE DETAIL LEVEL, THE THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE WAS CAPTURED.
HOWEVER, AT THE SUMMARY LEVEL, IT WASN'T IT WASN'T CAPTURED.
SO THAT JUST POINTING OUT THAT THAT AMOUNT WAS MISSING AND IT WAS EVEN NOTICED ON THE ON THE CHART. AND FOR THE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND FOR SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND ONE.
ON THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, BE TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND THIRTY EIGHT DOLLARS.
FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUND WOULD BE THIRTY TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE DOLLARS.
AND LASTLY, IT WOULD BE THE LIABILITY INSURANCE INCREASE OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE WHAT IS IT? THE RMA CONTACTED ALL OF THE 55 MEMBERS INFORMING THEM THAT THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE AND THEY WOULD BE BRINGING THAT TO THE BOARD ON JUNE TWENTY FIFTH.
AND THAT'S WHAT STAFF RIGHT NOW IS ANTICIPATING, A FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLAR INCREASE.
NOW, IF I'D [INAUDIBLE] HERE THAT THERE IS A THERE IS A DECREASE FROM WHAT THE BOARD APPROVES AT MIDYEAR, WE WOULD WE WOULD REDUCE THAT THAT FIGURE.
AND IF, IN FACT, WE OVER BUDGET.
THIS MOMENT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DIFFERENCE, THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT SINCE OUR MEETING IS ON THE 25TH OF JUNE, AND THOSE ARE THE SIGNIFICANT OPERATING CHANGES THAT FROM WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE JUNE 11TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE.
ISRAEL GO BACK GO BACK TO THE BODY WORN CAMERAS JUST TO ELABORATE MORE FOR THE COUNCIL.
THIS THIS CHANGE OF FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN DOLLARS WAS ADDED JUST LATE LAST WEEK AND EARLY TODAY.
THAT CAME ABOUT AFTER SUBSEQUENT APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL APPROVING THE DRAFT LANGUAGE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KERN COUNTY AND THE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. BOTH THE INCOMING CITY MANAGER, SCOTT AND MYSELF WERE INFORMED BY THE CHIEF DEPUTY THAT THE CONTRACT HAD LEFT OUT THE BODY WORN CAMERAS THAT THE COUNTY WAS WORKING ON A CONTRACT WITH AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH. THAT AMOUNT COMES OUT TO FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN, WHICH INCLUDES THE INITIAL PORTION OF PURCHASING THE BODY WORN CAMERAS, THE HARDWARE AND THE SUBSEQUENT MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE OF THE HARDWARE.
NOW, THIS DIFFERS FROM THE CURRENT BODY WORN CAMERAS THAT THE WASCO SUBSTATION DEPUTIES HAVE IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
ONE IS THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS DEPLOYING BODY WORN CAMERAS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
SO THIS IS PART OF A LARGER CONTRACT THEY HAVE WITH AXON TO OUTFIT THEIR DEPUTIES WITH THEIR THEIR AXON BODY WORN CAMERAS.
BUT ALSO THIS SHIFTS THE MODEL THAT WE CURRENTLY OPERATE IN THAT HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAD PURCHASED ORIGINALLY DATING BACK TO 2012.
WE PURCHASED A BODY WORN CAMERAS.
AND INITIALLY ALSO THERE WERE, I THINK, TWO IN-CAR DASH CAMERAS THAT WERE BEING UTILIZED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES IN WASCO.
THAT HARDWARE AND EQUIPMENT AND SUBSEQUENT UPKEEP WAS PAID FOR OUT OF THE CITY.
AND WE WERE INFORMED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS LOOKING AT POSSIBLY REPLACING OR ASKING CITY TO REPLACE THAT EQUIPMENT, GIVEN THE AGE OF THE EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS THE THE NEED TO HAVE TO REPLACE SEVERAL OF THE UNITS ALREADY.
JUST LAST YEAR, WE HAD TO APPROVE THE REPLACEMENT OF ONE OF THE HARD DRIVES THAT FAILED ON THE SERVER. SO THIS MODEL SWITCHES FROM THE CITY OWNING THE HARDWARE TO THE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYING ITS OWN HARDWARE AND ASSESSING THAT COST ON TO THE CITY AT THAT FIFTY FIVE
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THOUSAND DOLLARS RATE.THAT NUMBER WILL SLIGHTLY DECREASE OVER TIME.
WE'RE JUST GETTING THE DETAILS AND REVIEWING THOSE.
JUST GOT THOSE LATE LAST WEEK AND REVIEWING THEM.
THERE WILL BE A SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL LATER NEXT MONTH TO INCLUDE THAT ADDITION INTO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES CONTRACT.
BUT AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING, THE THE THE INCREASES TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY WOULD BE ABSORBED IN LARGE PART, WHICH WAS MEASURE X FUNDS. THANK YOU FOR THE ELABORATION DAN.
ANY QUESTIONS OR ACTUALLY, SORRY, AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM.
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ON YOUR TELEPHONE KEYPAD AND YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE NUMBER YOU'RE CALLING FROM WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENT ONCE YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED YOUR YOU WILL BE MUTED AT THIS TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? MADAM CLERK. ONE MOMENT, MAYOR.
AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THANK YOU COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS, MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA.
DANIEL, CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, THAT'S THE LARGEST OF THE ITEMS ON THIS LIST.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT INCLUDES? TELL ME. TRY TO REMEMBER THE SPECIFICS OF.
HERE IT IS, HERE'S THE ARE YOU ABLE TO VIEW MY SCREEN? YES.
MR. REYNA. OK, HERE'S A MAKE UP OF WHAT THE FOR THE INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND THAT IT IS CAPTURED IN THE DETAIL LEVEL FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR DUES AND FOR THE COMMUNICATION FOR SALE.
MM HMM. SO IT IS A SEE AND HERE FOR OPERATING COSTS ON THE BAR CHART, IT'S ALSO MISSING.
THAT'S HOW WE NOTICED THAT THIS FIGURE WASN'T CAPTURING THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND, WHICH MAKES UP THE MAJORITY OF IT, IS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM REYNA.
DANIEL, GOING BACK TO THE BODY WORN CAMERAS.
YOU SAID THAT WE WON'T OWN THEM EVEN WITH THAT FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR COST.
THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'RE SWITCHING OVER TO AXON.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE DEPARTMENT WIDE.
AND AXON IS, I GUESS, THE WAY I'VE EXPLAINED IT OR SAID IT SO FAR AS IF THEY'VE GONE TO MORE OF LIKE A A SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION MODEL, AS OPPOSED TO JUST SELLING THE HARDWARE, THEY'VE INTEGRATED SOFTWARE AND CLOUD BASED STORAGE INTO THE THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE, AS AN OVERALL PACKAGE SUITE, AS OPPOSED TO JUST SELLING THE CAMERAS OUTRIGHT.
THAT YOU SAID THAT OVER TIME THE COST SHOULD GO DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM THIS.
BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO LOOK AT IT LIKE A FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR ANNUAL FEE FOR TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SERVICE? THAT'S CORRECT. OK, THANK YOU.
MEMBER PALLARES. NO QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.
COULD YOU EXPAND ON BUILDING INSPECTIONS, THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR PEREZ? FOR THE THE THIRTY THOUSAND? YEAH. OK, SO FOR THIS THIS IS NORMALLY THE PLANNING, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR HAS ALWAYS SET ASIDE ROUGHLY ABOUT THIRTY THOUSAND IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS AN EMERGENCY LEAVE OF OUR CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR AND SOMEBODY IT'S LIKE A TEMP BUILDING INSPECTOR TO COME IN JUST SO THAT THERE IS NO PAUSE IN BUILDING PLAN REVIEWS, PERMIT APPROVALS.
AND THAT'S MAINLY THE THE PURPOSE OF THESE THIRTY THOUSAND, WHICH IN THE PAST HASN'T BEEN UTILIZED. BUT THIS IS JUST AS A WAY TO MITIGATING IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE IS ANY, NO MORE COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
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GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.THERE'S NO MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THIS ONE, IF THE IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. THERE'S NO OTHER REVISIONS, STAFF WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH SCHEDULING A SPECIAL MEETING LATER THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE, FOR THURSDAY, FINALIZING ALL THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS AND FIGURES TO HAVE READY FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
I WANT TO REASSURE OR GET REASSURANCE IF COUNCIL IS OK WITH THE FIGURES THAT THOSE PRESENTED OR ANY OTHER FIGURES OR INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE DOCUMENTS, IN THE PACKET AND PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED SO THAT WE CAN FINALIZE THAT OR BRING BACK AT ANOTHER MEETING FOR FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
I WAS JUST SO EXCITED TO GET IT APPROVED.
ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL JUST COME BACK AND HOPEFULLY SEE YOU GUYS LATER THIS WEEK.
SO, MAYOR, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, IF I MAY.
I WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BUDGET INCLUDES THERE WAS TALK ABOUT IT AT THE SIDEWALK REHABILITATION PROGRAM, AND THAT'S WHERE ADA RAMPS ARE GOING TO BE BUILT AND SIDEWALKS ARE GOING TO BE REHABILITATED.
IS THAT STILL PART OF THE BUDGET? YES, MR. REYNA, THAT IS PART OF THE BUDGET, I CAN PULL THAT UP RIGHT NOW [INAUDIBLE].
BUT THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES.
MR. REYNA THAT THAT IS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THAT WAS MONEY THAT WAS PROGRAMED EACH YEAR. THE ISSUE THERE IS THAT WE HAVE NOT FINALIZED OR DEVELOPED A PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU RECALL FROM THE LAST MEETING, THAT IS ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT KIND OF HIT THE BACKLOG BECAUSE OF CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS.
SO ONCE THAT DEPUTY DIRECTOR COMES ON BOARD, I THINK THAT WILL BE SOMETHING REASONABLE THAT STAFF CAN TACKLE.
OK, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED OUT THERE, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T APPROVE THIS BUDGET WITHOUT IT.
MR. REYNA, THE MONEY IS STILL BEING BUDGETED.
IT'S MORE OF A STAFFING MATTER AT THIS TIME.
RIGHT. WHICH WE ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PULLING THAT UP TOO DIRECTOR PEREZ.
THAT'LL BE ALL. THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ADJOURN IF THERE'S NO THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. AND I SAY JUST KEEP IT IN MIND.
SO IF THERE'S ANY REVISIONS OR QUESTIONS BEING BROUGHT BACK, I'M NOT GOING BE ABLE TO HELP STAFF NAVIGATE THAT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU FOUR ARE CLEAR AND THERE'S NO FURTHER INFORMATION OR FOLLOW UP FOR STAFF TO FOLLOW UP ON BEFORE MY FINAL DAYS HERE WITH THE CITY.
WELL, I WAS I DID HAVE THE ONE ITEM ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAMERAS PROGRAM AND HAVING THAT REPROGRAMED, BUT I WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO BRING THAT BACK WITH SCOTT.
AND TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS LIKE THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THE MEETING ON THURSDAY.
FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT AND I WILL GET IT RESEARCHED AND GET AN ANSWER BACK TO YOU AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE ON THURSDAY BEFORE THE VOTE.
THANK YOU, SCOTT. ANY OTHER ITEMS MEMBERS? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU AGAIN, DANIEL, APPRECIATE IT TONIGHT.
THAT'LL THAT'LL BE ALL. I BELIEVE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC OR THE MEMBERS.
WE CAN MOVE TO ADJOURN. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL, YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.
GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE. GOOD NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.