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Meeting Minutes - Final
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
9:00 AM
Budget Workshop
Council Chambers
City Council Workshop
Mayor Jerry Weiers
Vice Mayor Ian Hugh
Councilmember Jamie Aldama
Councilmember Samuel Chavira
Councilmember Ray Mainar
Councilmember Lauren Tolmachoff
Councilmember Bart Turner
City Council Workshop Meeting Minutes - Final April 19, 2016
CALL TO ORDER
Present 8 - Mayor Jerry Weiers, Vice Mayor Ian Hugh, Councilmember Jamie Aldama,
Councilmember Samuel Chavira, Councilmember Samuel Chavira, Councilmember
Ray Malnar, Councilmember Lauren Tolmachoff, and Councilmember Bart Turner
Also present were Kevin Phelps, City Manager; Michael Bailey, City Attorney; and Darcie
McCracken, Deputy City Clerk.
WORKSHOP SESSION
1. 16-159 FY16-17 BUDGET WORKSHOP
Staff Contact: Vicki Rios, Interim Director, Finance and Technology
Mr. Phelps introduced Ms. Rios
Vicki Rios - Financial Policies
Ms. Rios said staff will first talk about budget priorities, CIP projects, financial policies
and recommendations regarding fund balance. Each department will present their
operating budgets.
Mr. Phelps spoke about budget priorities. He complimented the budget team and said
they have done a great job. Sustainable budget priorities include establishing a $ 50
million unrestricted fund balance by FY19/20 and funding new positions with sustainable
revenues, and the city is on track to achieve that goal. Outcome based budget priorities
for FY16/17 included improving Public Safety high priority call response times and
addressing high employee turnover. Another outcome based priority is improving speed
to market in the Planning Department, increasing productivity through innovation and
technology and investing in capital improvements and infrastructure. Mr. Phelps said he
wanted to increase efficiency and as part of this budget process presented the
reorganization chart. He noted that good budgets start with good budget goals.
Ms. Rios introduced Terri Canada, Budget Administrator, and Tom Duensing, Assistant
City Manager. She provided budget highlights of the FY 16/17 budget and said there will
be no Primary Property Tax increase on existing property. There will be funding for
vehicle replacements in this budget, which includes funding for three new fire pumper
trucks. The compensation and classification study recommendations will be
implemented and this will cost about $3.1 million overall. This budget also funds two new
low acuity units for the Fire Department and funding to enhance the Pavement
Management Program. Ms. Rios said additional highlights of the FY16/17 budget include
hosting the NCAA Final Four event, adding Community Service Officers for the Police
Department, improving Planning Department speeds and increased park and custodial
maintenance costs. One-time funds for city elections are also included in this new
budget as well as diversity and employee recognition initiatives. The city can expect an
additional $230,000 in costs from new tenants in the Bank of America building and the
building is almost 100% occupied. Several new positions will also be added, including
technology personnel, a program manager for city contracts, a criminal investigations
sergeant and a Human Resources generalist. Ms. Rios explained there will be a
one-time cost for paramedic school. miscellaneous court cost increases as well as costs
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for offering Wi-Fi services at the community centers.
Mr. Duensing said an item to reclassify a position in the Finance Department into a
program manager to administer city contracts will be heard at next week's meeting. If
that is approved, this position in the budget will be changed back to the position in
finance they are giving up. This is being done so that we can get a contract administrator
hired sooner.
Ms. Rios provided a summary of the positions to be added in this budget year.
Departments adding new positions are Finance & Technology, Fire, Police and City
Attorney's Office. Positions are also being added in Community Services, Human
Resources and Public Works. There are 29 new positions being requested in this
budget.
Mr. Duensing said several General Fund Capital Improvement Plan projects have been
added since the last CIP workshop. These include repairs and maintdnance at Gila River
Arena and other city facilities, two pumper trucks for the Fire Department, repairs for
tennis courts at Paseo Park and fire equipment such as heart monitors and a second set
of turnout gear. Mr. Duensing provided a chart of General Fund Capital Projects. He
discussed repairs and land purchase at Camelback Ranch. He also discussed the
emergency vehicle preemption program and purchase of fire trucks. He said over $ 2
million was set aside in the General Fund to take care of urgent capital needs, and it is
anticipated there will be budgetary savings and those funds will also be used for CIP
projects and to fund these capital needs.
Ms. Rios provided a General Fund forecast and said they anticipate a budget surplus over
the next few years. She said they are on track to achieve the $ 50 million fund balance by
2021.
Mr. Duensing said they are fine tuning revenue estimates and have set a target of roughly
$1 million surplus each year to get to the $50 million fund balance. He explained the
Public Works Department has done a great job with their CIP budgets.
Ms. Rios provided an overview of financial policies, and explained policies are adopted as
part of the tentative and final budget adoptions. Those policies serve as a foundation for
financial stability. She explained those policies cover four areas, which are fiscal
planning and budget, expenditure control, capital asset and debt management, and fund
reserves and structure. She reminded Council that the fund balance policy was
highlighted at the February 16th Council Workshop. Ms. Rios said the city's budget
policies require ongoing revenues to be more than or equal to ongoing expenditures. Staff
prepared a five year forecast in accordance with policies and the budget last year was
properly adopted by Council. Even though policy allows for an increase of the Primary
Property Tax Levy to the maximum allowable, this budget does not include an increase.
There is also a cash and appropriations transfer policy and a policy that trust fund
balances exceed a 75% confidence level. Another financial policy states that non-voter
approved General Fund supported debt service shall not exceed 10% of the five-year
average General Fund ongoing operating revenues. Ms. Rios explained that the city is not
in compliance with this policy now or for the forecasted period but that this is due to past
decisions to issue debt and won't change until the debt is paid off. As part of the General
Fund balance policy, the unassigned fund balance should be equal to 25% of General
Fund ongoing revenue, and if the fund balance is below 25%, a plan should be developed
to replenish this over a maximum of five years. Ms. Rios explained the current policy
states all other major governmental fund balances should equal 10%, and staff
recommends revising the to 50% of ongoing revenue for the Water and Sewer Enterprise
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Fund, Solid Waste 10% of expenditures, Landfill 15% of expenditures, PSST 5% of
ongoing revenue, and HURF 15% of ongoing revenue.
Ms. Rios went over the presentation schedule for the FY 16/17 budget. Each department
will give a short departmental overview, outlining major functions. Departments will also
provide operational performance reports, the total budgets, as well as personnel
additions, other budget increase requests and any additional data that provides
justification for budget requests. She provided information on how the budget book is
arranged this year, and explained the budget book contains a budget summary memo,
budget summary by department and budget details by department. Ms. Rios outlined
FY16-17 notable changes in the budget book and said the salary & related budget
section now includes all personnel related costs in one section, which includes overtime
and specialty pay allowances but does not yet include costs due to the compensation
and classification study. The premiums/controlled budget sections are allocated to the
appropriate funds and departments. She explained the reorganization also affects
comparability from year to year and some non -department expenditures have been
centralized for easier viewing.
Mr. Duensing said there were some adjustments in the salary section of the books. If the
department is reorganized or if new positions are added, staff will make manual
adjustments to the appropriation sections of the budget book.
Michael Bailey - City Attorney
Mr. Bailey said there are 26 FTEs in this department, which includes the City Attorney's
Office, the City Prosecutor's Office and the Legal Counsel for the Police Department.
The City Attorney's Office provides both civil and criminal programs and functions. The
Civil Section are legal advisors to the city, its officials, departments, as well as boards
and commissions on matters that affect the conduct of city business. City attorneys
represent the city in all legal proceedings and directs the legal services provided by
outside counsel. The civil section prepares resolutions, ordinances and related legal
documents for Council consideration in order to implement adopted city policy. The civil
section also drafts and reviews all contracts considered by the city and issues opinions
on a variety of municipal matters.
Mr. Bailey said the criminal section of the City Attorney's Office works closely with the
Police Department to provide ongoing training of its officers relating to state and city laws .
The criminal section prosecutes any misdemeanor violation that occurs within city limits,
including violations of Glendale City Code, DUI and domestic violence cases. This
section also handles conflict cases for other cities as well as the Maricopa County
Attorney's Office.
Goals, measures and objectives for the City Attorney Department include attendance at
meetings, trainings and boards and commissions. His staff also reviews conviction rates
on the criminal side. He said most of the operating budget is comprised of salaries, with
10% in operating costs and 5% spent on internal services. He said the budget has
remained static over the last year. Operating budget requests include a new records
management assistant FTE, who will assist with additional duties that will be imposed on
the prosecutor's office with the implementation of over 300 body cameras at the police
department. This new FTE position will allow discovery requests and redactions of body
camera video to be completed in a timely manner without impacting the service level of
the department. The redaction of body camera footage can require an extensive amount
of time, depending on the case and the items submitted. The Prosecutor's Office is
required by statute to redact all victim locating and identifying information from any
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photographic, audio or video evidence. Mr. Bailey explained there would be ongoing
salary and software costs as well as a one-time cost for a computer.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if the outside legal fees were part of the Ice Arizona
settlement.
Mr. Bailey asked if she was referring to the 2015 actuals.
Councilmember Tolmachoff said yes.
Mr. Bailey said it was his understanding that it was expended and his office did receive
funds back, but those were not put back into that account.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if the funds went into the General Fund.
Mr. Duensing said these figures were the actuals that were expended.
Councilmember Aldama said he would like to have known in advance that a FTE was
going to be required when the new body camera technology was implemented.
Mr. Bailey thanked Councilmember Aldama for his feedback.
Kevin Phelps - Public Facilities & Events
Mr. Phelps said his goal was to take the city's primary assets and to market those sites
and create events to be held in the city. He said the performance measures and goals
will be significantly different next year. He said the Public Facilities and Events
Department budget requests includes funds for an increase in the landscape
maintenance contract that services 120 city facilities, enhanced programming at the
Amphitheatre and Murphy Park, and have more recreational events throughout the city,
Wi-Fi access at community and recreation centers, an increase in the custodial contract
at Foothills Recreation and Aquatics Center, and a special request to transfer funds from
the Civic Center CIP Building Maintenance Fund and put it into the operating budget to
address ongoing maintenance needs.
Councilmember Aldama said he noticed that the staffing for park rangers had been
reduced by one position, and asked for an explanation.
Mr. Strunk said that reduction took place in FY14-15 and shows up this year. He said
the park ranger positions were assessed. Staff determined that with the current full-time
positions and addition of a couple of part-time positions, staffing levels would remain
about the same after eliminating that position. He said after assessment, some of the
park ranger duties were incorporated into the service workers position. He explained that
the vacant park ranger position was transferred to community development about two
fiscal years ago.
Councilmember Aldama said he was concerned with homeless activity in some of the
parks and the lower number of staff to deal with that problem.
Mr. Strunk said he was aware of that and had a briefing with the Community Development
Advisory Committee Thursday evening to talk about strategies to handle this problem .
He said staff was collaborating with the Police Department on this issue, as well.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if employees were being shifted over to recreation
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administration and events, instead of the department adding new employees.
Mr. Strunk said there is movement within the divisions, and no additional FTE positions
are being added outside of two requests on the Library side.
Councilmember Tolmachoff said the youth and teen information showed no activity up to
this budget year, and asked if the department would be hiring a teenager.
Ms. Rios said she believed that change was due to the consolidation of the fund 1880.
Mr. Strunk said a series of self-sustaining funds are being blended into the General Fund.
Councilmember Aldama said the numbers for the Paseo Racquet Center went up
significantly and asked for an explanation.
Mr. Strunk said the city has a 10 year lease with Paseo Racquet Center and each month
$500 of the lease payment is set aside in a sinking fund which was established about 4
years ago. Those were the figures Councilmember Aldama was asking about. He said
those funds are set aside for the minor items that might be needed.
Councilmember Aldama asked if that was specific the $25,000 will cover.
Mr. Strunk said yes
Councilmember Aldama said that dollar amount is a result of the department's knowledge
of what may be needed thus far.
Mr. Strunk said this was done in partnership with the operator, and the money is
deposited into city funds. Staff meets with the Racquet Center regularly to get
information on what items might be needed and those items are paid from that fund.
Councilmember Aldama was concerned about the amount of the increase, but thanked
Mr. Strunk for his explanation.
Councilmember Turner thanked Mr. Phelps on the reorganization and said the city will
benefit from this change. He also mentioned the Civic Center and transferring $50,000
capital over to operations and maintenance to keep the place fresh and competitive. He
said Phoenix Business Journal ranked the Glendale Civic Center number 1 out of all
comparable facilities. He said most of the requests are modest, but is happy to see
$100,000 become available for irrigation and landscape. He is glad to see staff
responding to requests that the Council has made in this area.
Mr. Duensing said Councilmember Aldama was referring to the summary pages in his
last question. He said anything other than a fund 1000 is a non -general fund. He
explained Paseo Park fund 1885 is a self-sustaining fund and is not supported by the
General Fund whatsoever.
Candace MacLeod - City Auditor
Ms. MacLeod said the City Auditor provides audit services that strengthen internal
controls, reduce risk, maximize efficiency and enhance government transparency. The
auditor's office provides professional auditing services that promote transparency,
accountability, compliance and efficiency, including internal control reviews, revenue and
expenditure audits, and contract and lease agreement reviews. The auditor's office also
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provides continuous auditing in high risk areas such as cash handling and procurement
cards. Additionally, the auditor's office monitors the city's ethics hotline to receive and
evaluated reported fraud, waste and abuse of city resources. She said their department
goal is to complete 17 audits and have 98% of their recommendations accepted. Ms.
MacLeod said the auditor's office allocates audit resources to the areas that pose the
greatest risk to the city and develops a risk-based audit plan that strengthens internal
controls and reduces risk to the city.
Ms. MacLeod said FY2017 budget requests include converting funding for a vacant
part-time senior secretary position to funding for professional consultants. This request
will enable the completion of audits in highly complex and rapidly changing areas, such
as information technology and enterprise risk assessment. She said this will promote
the transfer of knowledge from subject matter experts to internal audit staff and will
enhance the effectiveness of the city's risk management process.
Councilmember Turner asked if converting the position to funding for professional
consultants was just a matter of transferring funds.
Ms. MacLeod said the money used for the senior secretary position would be used to
obtain professional consultant services.
Councilmember Turner said there will be no additional expense.
Ms. MacLeod said no.
Councilmember Aldama asked how the Auditor's Office dealt with any low risk audits if
the focus is on high risk audits.
Ms. MacLeod said the audit plan is based on risk and said an area may be overlooked;
however, their staff continually monitors and evaluates. She said she would like to work
with the City Manager next year to discuss staffing levels in the Auditor's Office.
Councilmember Aldama asked what the Auditor's Office staffing levels were from 2012
through 2015.
Ms. MacLeod said the highest staffing level was 5, but her staff has been at 2.5 for about
the last 4 years.
Councilmember Aldama asked Mr. Phelps to take a look at the staffing levels so the
Auditor's Office can focus on both high and low risk audits.
Mr. Phelps said it was an excellent idea. He said Ms. MacLeod does a risk
assessment, which is called for in best practices. He explained every year the Auditor's
Office does a new risk assessment, but he said staff can work on lower risk audits if
there is a compelling reason. He also complimented Ms. MacLeod on her
recommendation to use the funds for outside consulting. He said some of the audits
become very complicated and this gives staff the opportunity to bring an expert in to work
on those audits that require more specialized expertise.
Councilmember Tolmachoff said the department documents still show 2.5 employees,
and asked if that part time position would remain vacant.
Mr. Duensing said that should be corrected to 2.0 employees.
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A break was taken from 10:03 a.m. to 10:16 a.m.
Brian Friedman - Economic Development
Mr. Friedman provided an overview of the services the Economic Development
Department provides. He said one of Economic Development Department's functions is
business attraction, which includes targeting industries in the aerospace and
manufacturing, signature retail and entertainment, medical technology and advances
business services industries. Economic development also acts as a liaison for key
economic/business development agencies, which include the Greater Phoenix Economic
Council, Arizona Commerce Authority, Glendale Chamber of Commerce and Westmarc.
This department is also the primary point of contact for site selectors, brokers and
corporations seeking opportunities in this community. A second function of the
Economic Development Department is business retail and expansion with continual
outreach to major, mid and small business employers, connecting existing businesses to
workforce development resources and providing ombudsman services for expansion
projects. Economic Development also provides business assistance by linking
businesses to resources, supporting business assistance events such as job fairs,
procurement fairs and seminars, and assistance with navigating a variety of city
processes. Redevelopment and Centerline is also a priority and Economic Development
will seek and manage CDBG grant funding for the Visual Improvement Program.
Economic Development will also research and assemble an economic development
toolkit and will coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a unified
approach to a variety of redevelopment initiatives including events, place -making,
business attraction, adaptive re -use projects, and high speed transit. Mr. Friedman said
national events are also very important and staff will ensure necessary resources are
assembled and city obligations are met. A multi -disciplinary operational team will be
organized for the coordination and execution of all related activities and will serve as a
single point of contact for external partners and key community stakeholders.
Mr. Friedman said typical performance measures include the business attraction and
retention/expansion and increasing the number of businesses and jobs in the community
will ensure long-term financial stability. Economic development also supports citywide
efforts to create redevelopment opportunities in the Centerline area and will engage the
local business community to promote revitalization and repurpose underutilized
properties.
Mr. Friedman said Economic Development's FY2017 Operating Budget requests include
a request for potential participation with ACA and/or GPEC in a Visiting CEO Forum
associated with the 2017 NCAA Men's Final Four. Past events have included the
opportunity for Glendale's logo to be included in program materials. This is a limited
event with networking access to visiting CEOs. Additional, economic development
requests to support additional trade show participation, sales missions, business
outreach, and professional education. This includes participation in three target trade
shows reaching an international audience and three targeted GPEC sales missions to
promote Glendale to site selectors, brokers and developers in support of business
attraction initiatives, participation in business mixer events with partners, prospects, site
selectors, brokers, and major employers to establish and grow key business
relationships in support of the city's attraction and retention efforts, and professional
education coursework for Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) credential, planning
certification, and local government management to ensure the city is positioned to
address emerging trends in economic development and integration into strategic
objectives.
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Mr. Friedman said proactive and constant outreach to side selectors, brokers and the
development community is crucial to remaining competitive in the greater regional
market. Investing in business relationships with regional partners, major employers, local
service providers, community partners and prospective clients is critical to the continual
development of jobs in our community. Attracting and maintaining a talented, tenured
and productive staff is a top priority and investing in ongoing, industry -specific
professional development training is critical to this effort. Mr. Friedman provided several
key accomplishments, which included recognition by Westmarc as the 2015 West Valley
Economic Engine for the Aspera Project, Westgate Healthcare Campus and a drop in
Glendale's unemployment rate from 5.5% in February 2015 to 4.9% in February 2016.
Mayor Weiers said the city got left in the dust the last time the visiting CEO program was
available. He supports this program and thought it was a great idea.
Councilmember Turner asked about an overall summary for economic development
accomplishments, and said he would be interested in seeing it.
Chuck Murphy - Innovation & Technology
Mr. Murphy said his department currently has 27 FTEs and staff is requesting 3
additional FTEs in this budget. Mr. Murphy said Innovation and Technology programs
and functions include administration, a desktop service group, operations group,
applications group and project management. He explained administration handles
planning, budget, contracts, and technical consulting as well as chairing the Technology
Steering Committee. The desktop services group is the first line of technical support.
This group averages 623 calls per month and works with desktop PCs, phones and
infrastructure projects. The operations group manages servers, data storage and the
network. This group provides 24/7 on call support and provides SCADA support to Water
Services. The applications group manages and supports over 100 city software
applications, including Peoplesoft, Utility Billing and the Police Department's CAD/RMS
system. The project management group provides centralized project management
support for larger IT projects.
Mr. Murphy said IT's department goal is to improve service levels by providing effective
and efficient information technology support by ensuring technologies are highly available,
recoverable and the integrity of the data is maintained. Most of this department's budget
is operating costs.
Mr. Murphy said budget requests for this year include an information and technology
application manager who will manage staff responsible for configuration and support of
over 100 software applications, manage software support contracts and license fees, and
work with city staff to solve application issues. The request also includes an IT project
manager, which is an information security officer, who will ensure the city meets
compliance for State, Federal and industry security standards to include ACJIS, PII,
HIPAA and PCI, as well as monitor and update the city's security plan and provide
ongoing support for security issues. The third position requested for FY 16/17 is a data
architect, who will enable data based decision making utilizing business intelligence
tools. This position is responsible for data governance, data quality and data services,
and ensures appropriate infrastructure exists to support City reporting needs. Mr.
Murphy provided the IT staffing levels as compared to several other valley cities. Glendale
has some of the lowest staff levels in the valley.
Councilmember Aldama asked if adding the employees would make a significant
increase in efficiency.
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Mr. Murphy said recently staff has doubled up on positions and several people were doing
two jobs. Recently two employees left, which has left four positions open. The
department needs to restore the management structure in the IT department.
Councilmember Aldama asked if it would reduce staff and services to move to a data
center to store city information.
Mr. Murphy said last year staff looked at hosted services, because the department was
facing a couple of significant expenses. He said staff looked at private sector offerings as
well as partnering with a neighboring city. He said after making large investments into
two pieces of equipment that failed, the cost savings and return on investment just was
not there to move to a data center.
Councilmember Aldama said it sounds like staff has a vested interest in keeping what
they have since they have invested so much money into it already.
Mr. Murphy said staff is looking at outsourcing services at this time. He explained the
city's email is outsourced and there are several other applications staff is looking at
moving off site.
Mr. Phelps said sometimes with IT, it is important to look at what staff is not able to do.
He said there just are not enough resources to complete these important projects. His
goal over the next few years is to balance the growth of FTEs with better equipping
existing FTEs so they can perform. Increase productivity by making current employees
more productive and make sure they have tools and technologies to move forward.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if all desktops are being replaced or if there will be a
laptop option offered to those employees who do not need a desktop.
Mr. Murphy said those are questions asked of employees. He said they are starting to
push secure access from anywhere. As staff is educated on how to use these features,
they will be able to make better decisions on what technology works best for them.
Councilmember Turner asked about the change in title for the department from
Information and Technology to Innovation and Technology.
Mr. Phelps said this speaks to the changes they want to make in the department. This
will help create a culture that IT will be a resource across every department in the city.
He wants the IT Department to be able to stay on the front end of technology
advancement and equipping employees with the tools they need.
Councilmember Turner, asked about the change in sales tax collection and the data the
city will receive from the state.
Ms. Rios said Finance is working on code revisions for business licensing so the city can
continue to collect the type of data it currently receives. She said the data the city will
receive from the state will be different data and staff will have to use business intelligence
tools to compare it to data collected by the city. She said there may be' a need to
change some job duties of some employees to assist capturing and understanding this
data.
Mr. Duensing provided an example of this data collection. He said staff will have to
actively manage this new tax collection system by the state.
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Councilmember Turner asked about the many different software applications that are
managed by his staff.
Mr. Murphy said the IT department is not staffed to create software, and most of the
software used is off the shelf and vendor purchased.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if this is the most cost effective model in the long run.
Mr. Murphy said this is the most cost effective way to go for large application and
reduces risk. He provided an example of applications used in mobile phones and the
security issues that may arise from the many different types of cell phones.
Ms. Rios said a list of all the projects IT will be working on was in the packet provided to
Council.
Craig Johnson - Water Services
Mr. Johnson provided an overview of providing water services to the city. He said Water
Services is a 24/7 operation with over 203 FTEs. It is a self-supporting enterprise fund
with $785 million in capital assets. The department is regulated by federal, Arizona and
Maricopa County agencies. Mr. Johnson said plant operations include four water
treatment plants, 2 wastewater reclamation plants as well as a SROG Wastewater
Treatment Plant. He explained system operations includes water distribution, meter
maintenance, public service representatives, central system control, field customer
service, wastewater collection, storm water management, and irrigation. Mr. Johnson
said environmental, plans and programs include water and environmental resources, the
water quality lab, conservation and sustainable living, pretreatment program, employee
safety and Engineering/CIP.
Mr. Johnson said one of the department's goals is to operate water facilities and
distribution system in a safe, efficient and effective manner and meet potable water and
demand service levels. Another department goal is to operate wastewater collection
system and water reclamation facilities in a safe, efficient and effective manner by
maintaining O&M costs and cost per thousand gallons below target. Water Services will
also comply with all government environmental, health and safety regulations and submit
all federal, state and local regulatory reports by required dates. He explained that more
than half of the department's budget is operating costs.
Mr. Johnson said short-term objectives for the 2017 operating budget will be to maintain
existing water and sewer rates, continue to rehabilitate water and sewer facilities, and
continue to utilize technology to optimize the treatment and system processes. He said
the five to ten year long-term objectives for the department are to maintain operational
reliability and capacity for current and future needs of the city, to provide services and an
equitable and regionally competitive price and maintain fiscal stability based on bond
credit rating criteria for A+ stable systems.
Councilmember Turner spoke about the value of water, and said the Water Services
Department is staffed with amazing talent.
Councilmember Aldama commended Water Services staff on their safety rate. He also
asked if all cities charged for sewer based on the gallons used.
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Mr. Johnson said most of the cities do the metric that way.
Councilmember Aldama said he wanted the public to know that other cities also do it that
way.
Mr. Johnson said one of the programs the city offers is an appeal process for residents
with large gardens or yards who don't want to pay the high water bills. He said it was a
very simple process and once the paperwork is submitted, residents would not have to
submit the paperwork again for three years.
Councilmember Aldama said that program will serve citizens well. He asked about salary
increases and funds transfers.
Mr. Johnson said the department supports itself.
Councilmember Tolmachoff said she has toured the water facilities and was very
impressed. She asked if usage fees calculated in January through March are for
wastewater and all usage.
Mr. Johnson said it is just for sewer.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked what other months water usage is calculated.
She said a neighbor had a question about when to drain her pool.
Mr. Johnson said if there is an issue within those three months, customers can submit
an appeal for those charges.
Councilmember Tolmachoff said that was what she was getting at.
Mr. Johnson added the department has 157 licensed positions and each one of them
have 4 groupings they go in. He said his staff does a great job and wanted the Council to
know what a good job his staff does.
Sam McAllen - Development Services
Mr. McAllen said the building safety division provides excellent customer service through
cooperation and partnership with citizens and the development customers to ensure a
safer and stronger community. He said Code Compliance maintains established
standards that preserve and promote the health, safety and living environment of the
community and neighborhoods. The Planning Division provides professional customer
service in planning for future land use, development and redevelopment in harmony with
community values.
Mr. McAllen said Building Safety, is the central resource for building construction,
building code information, plan review, permit issuance and building construction
inspections. Additionally, cross connection ensures that the city's drinking water is safe
from cross contamination, and that 7,500 backflow prevention assemblies connected to
the city's water system must be tested annually. Code Compliance ensures properties
are in compliance with various city codes that preserve and promote the health, safety
and general welfare of Glendale's citizens. Planning Administration provides long range
planning and research, current planning, zoning administration and planning
administration functions. Mapping and Records is responsible for ensuring the city's GIS
mapping records are current and available.
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Mr. McAllen said there are four Boards and Commissions that fail under the Development
Services Department, which include the Board of Adjustment, Historic Preservation
Commission, Planning Commission and General Plan Steering Committee. He said
there is currently only one administrative staff member to handle all these posting and
notices of these committees.
Mr. McAllen said goals, objectives and performance measures for Building Safety include
the number of building permits issued, number of plan reviews completed and the number
of plan reviews completed electronically. Performance measures for Code Compliance
include number of cases opened and resolved, number of inspections performed and
initial response time to inspect a reported violation. Performance measures for Planning
include number of cases filed and completion of design review cases by due date. He
also explained the number of customers coming to the development services area has
doubled to about 3,500 visitors.
Mr. McAllen said all Development Services Department programs (DSD) will continue and
the base budget from FY2015 remains. Supplemental requests for the Planning Division
include the General Plan, and secretary and planner FTEs. Building Safety requests
include records retention, a development services rep and a building inspector. He
provided a slide that shows the effect of staff reductions on the Development Services
Department. He said Planning Division staff has decreased by 62% and business
license reviews, field cases and requests for service have increased. Planning Design
Reviews have also increased. Building Safety Division staffing has also decreased by
60%. The amount of customers has increased, fees processed have increased and there
have been several major events requiring safety permit and inspection reports.
Additionally, residential permits for FY15 doubled over those received in FY14.
Supplemental budget requests include the General Plan, a secretary, a planner, records
retention, a development services rep and a building inspector. Mr. McAllen said these
requests will address the state mandated General Plan and records retention obligations.
The city will be better positioned to address the growth that was projected by Moody's
Investor Services. The development community will be supported and economic
development will receive greater support. Further, the city's signature events, national
events and customers will be supported with better customer service.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if the Development Services rep would be a new
position and what would be that employee's scope of work and authority.
Mr. McAllen said this is not a new position. This position would receive customers when
they come in and call appropriate department staff to assist with plans. He said this is a
friendly face for customers turning in plans, and getting the plans turned around so
businesses can move forward with their project. He said they have four of these
positions, and are asking for one additional FTE.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if electronic submissions would still come through
those employees.
Mr. McAllen said that is how staff anticipates electronic submission will work. There will
not be a need to reduce customer service when electronic plan review begins, rather, they
will be working with the customer service team to communicate with customers about the
status of their projects. These employees will also process payments and handle
primary intake as far as revenue.
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Councilmember Aldama said he supports the two positions for the Planning Department.
He asked why he did not see an increase in Code Compliance.
Mr. McAllen said Code Compliance has received funding from CDBG for a Code Inspector
who is already working out in the field. There were remaining funds and the department is
opening a recruitment to hire one more employee. He said the department is trying to
support the city's efforts to build up reserves and be supporting of economic development.
These additional employees will help increase the time to market.
Councilmember Aldama asked how long those positions will stay on that funding.
Mr. McAllen said those position will stay as long as the department has the funds. He
said staff will put in applications for future funds to support those positions. He explained
that process begins in August. Staffs intent is to continue to use CDBG funds to keep
those positions active.
Councilmember Aldama said CDBG is a competitive process and no one knows where
that funding will go. He said Code Compliance is a priority, and he wants to see a
proactive approach to Code Compliance. He explained citizens want more Code
Compliance enforcement.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if it is the city's policy not to add anymore grant -funded
staff.
Mr. Phelps said they will not be using grant funds for permanent FTE positions.
Mr. McAllen said those positions are temporarily funded through CDBG grants.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if they were funded through the end of this fiscal year.
Mr. McAllen said it is an annual request, but the staff stays on until the funds are
expended, usually around 18 to 24 months. He said funds are available and will allow the
department to hire the second position. He said those positions are temporary.
Councilmember Turner said he was surprised the city was not adding Code Compliance
officers as well. He asked if the two positions are CDBG funded.
Mr. McAllen said there is one position that is currently funded and working out in the field
today. There is one position that is currently being recruited. The CDBG funding is
available for the second position.
Councilmember Turner said this is a temporary solution to a permanent problem. He said
the Code Compliance Division supports other aspects of the city, such as economic
development, housing construction and special events. He asked if CDBG funding
restricts where those officers can work in the city, and said he thought it was south of
Northern Avenue.
Mr. McAllen said there is a restriction where those officers can serve, and it was typically
identified as being south of Peoria Avenue.
Councilmember Turner said his concern continues and it is important to stay on top of
the code issues. He said the CDBG program very competitive and staff needs to review
whether this is the appropriate funding source for these employees. He asked why
business license reviews have increased so much.
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Mr. McAllen said business license reviews have been incorporated into normal business
practice due to a restructuring to prevent businesses from operating in an area where that
type of business is not allowed. This increase has had an impact on planning staff, as
well.
Councilmember Turner said that is a terrific change.
Mr. McAllen said the licenses are run through a whole process and they are reviewed
Councilmember Aldama said CDBG funds go to programs that the city is unable to offer
at this time. He would prefer those funds be used to support the youth and the elderly.
He said Code Compliance creates curb appeal for residents and visitors. He said his
mobile officer hours are filled with comments about Code Compliance. He asked staff to
consider funding those Code Compliance positions appropriately in this fiscal year.
Mr. Phelps said he is aware of the importance of Code Compliance and staff is taking a
logical approach this year. He will continue working with Planning Services to determine
the best way to make those positions permanent.
Councilmember Aldama said he was not implying Code Compliance lacks priority and
would like staff to look into other funding options for these positions.
Mr. Phelps said in speed to market discussions with him, Mr. McAllen wanted to add a
secretary position. Mr. McAllen could have asked for many higher level positions, but he
felt a secretary position would be able to support a number of existing planners to free up
the bottleneck in that department.
Councilmember Turner asked if the cost of adding FTEs included benefits.
Ms. Rios said that was correct and those positions were budgeted at the mid-range.
Councilmember Turner asked if the two CDBG code officer position allowed other code
officers to address other areas in the city, or if there was an overlap in coverage.
Mr. McAllen said the code compliance officer that is in the field today is doing work in the
CDBG eligible area, so the department is getting more coverage. He said staff is looking
at condensing other geographic areas to provide more coverage. He said the CDBG code
officers can only work in the CDBG eligible areas.
Councilmember Turner asked if the city is using CDBG funded inspectors to help the
department move other inspectors into other areas, it seems like siphoning of CDBG
funds outside of the CDBG area.
Mr. McAllen said in the CDBG requirements; blight elimination is one of the national
objectives, so it is a specified and eligible program that is something the city can do with
CDBG funds.
Councilmember Turner asked if it was citywide blight.
Mr. McAllen said blight elimination is an objective of HUD; therefore it falls under the
criteria and organizations that Councilmember Turner was talking about earlier.
Vice Mayor Hugh, made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Chavira, to go into
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Executive Session. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously.
Mayor Weiers said the meeting would resume at 1:00 p.m.
The City Council moved into Executive Session at 11:44 a.m.
The City Council recessed from the Executive Session at 11:57 a.m.
Vicki Rios - Budoet & Finance
Ms. Rios said Budget and Finance is made up of several divisions, which include
Customer Service, Tax and Licensing, Accounting Services, Materials Management,
Budget and Research, and Finance Administration. Customer Service provides customer
service at the Customer Service Center as well as utility billing. Tax and Licensing
handles business licensing, tax return processing, auditing and collections of delinquent
accounts. Accounting services provides financial reporting, debt and investment
management, accounts payable and payroll. The Materials Management Department is
responsible for doing all the procurements for the city and making sure those are all in
compliance with code. The Budget and Research Department prepares the annual
budget. Finance Administration oversees all the other divisions within Budget and
Finance.
Goals and objectives include keeping track of general obligation bond ratings as well as
monitoring bond ratings for the Water and Sewer Fund. Ms. Rios mentioned the recent
bond rating upgrades show significant improvement in this area. Other items the
department measures are the city's return on investment, the number of grants coming
through grants administration. One item measured is compliance with the Council's
adopted financial policies and the goal is to be in compliance with 7 out of 7 policies. The
department also measures how well they prepare budget and financial reports, how
quickly they pay the city's bills, how well materials management performs. She also
showed the call center operational statistics.
Ms. Rios said the Budget and Finance operating budget request includes a contract
administrator who will manage and administer major city contracts like the Gila River
Arena Management, Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center, Camelback Ranch,
wireless communications providers and development agreements. This position ensures
the city and the contractor are meeting obligations, coordinates contract compliance
work across multiple city departments, resolves questions about contract terms and
conditions, ensures the city is receiving and billing the correct amounts, assists in
preparing inventories of city assets and assessing the condition of the facilities, and
prepares performance reports and documentation. She explained that Council would be
seeing a reclassification of a current vacancy into this position on the April 24 voting
meeting agenda. If Council approved that item, the budget request would be changed to
a request for a Sales Tax Analyst. This position will be associated with TPT simplification
and they would analyze and do reports on sales tax revenue trends, investigates revenue
variances and uses new business intelligence and analytics tool to find potential lost
revenue and audit leads.
Councilmember Turner asked if the contractor administrator position was a position that
will look forward on the existing contracts of look back on these contracts.
Ms. Rios said the position will mainly look forward, except to the extent that there are
any unresolved remaining issues from the past on those contracts.
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Councilmember Turner said he has concerns about doing a deep review of these
contracts to determine if the city has gotten everything it is entitled to in the past, or have
given up something the city shouldn't have.
Kevin Phelps/Brent Stoddard - Public Affairs. Mayor & Council
(Public Affairs)
Mr. Phelps felt this was one of the more significant changes in his proposed
reorganization. He said he wanted to align the internal communication with the external
communication. He said they have combined Government Affairs and the Public
Information Officers, Channel 11, Digital Services and Creative Services. These divisions
will work together to have a unified strategy in communications.
Mr. Stoddard said Public Affairs Administration programs and functions include legislative
coordination and ensures Council adopted state and federal legislative agendas are
carried out. Public Affairs Administration researches and reviews state and federal
legislation, protects the city's interests in various stakeholder processes, works to
resolve city issues with external partners, and assists and coordinates with other city
departments who serve on state and regional technical committees. Public Affairs
Administration also supports the Mayor and Council on various federal, state and regional
policy committees, identifies and works to secure various funding opportunities and
supervises Council office staff.
Mr. Stoddard said the Cable Communications Department provides public information,
creative services and administration by providing print and electronic communications,
media strategies, marketing campaigns to enhance the city's image, and respond to
media inquiries. Glendale 11 and the Media Center serve as the city's government
television channel and provider of all online video content for the city's web and social
media sites. The Media Center is also for rent by outside agencies. The Digital Division
is responsible for the messaging and branding of all city digital informational initiatives,
including writing, editing, designing, maintaining updating and managing the city's
websites and social media pages for all city departments.
Mr. Stoddard said department goals include legislative awareness and impact and
keeping residents and the Council informed of legislative issues affecting the cities and
neighborhoods, as well as increasing and improving communications and transparency
with residents, stakeholders, community partners, businesses and visitors.
(Mayor & Council)
Mr. Stoddard said Council Office programs and functions support the Councilmembers
and works directly with constituents and city departments to resolve any issues or
questions about city programs and services, coordinates Council constituent
communications, discretionary budgets, capital projects, district meetings, special
interest projects, research and the general day-to-day operations of the Council office.
The Council office maintains Council calendars and completes weekly public events
postings and manages application, appointment and training process for 17 Boards and
Commissions, and also staffs the Government Services Committee.
Mr. Stoddard said the Council key priorities are transparency, fiscal sustainability,
economic development, signature events, creative, innovative systems, continuous
business policy improvement and public safety.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if there was a reason why the various funds available to
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the Council Office are separated out, instead of each district having just one fund for all
expenses.
Mr. Stoddard said in 2009, the Council adopted its Council Guidelines and enacted
discretionary spending for each Council district. At that time, Council decided to provide
two accounts, one for Council expenses and one for capital improvement. He explained
that each Council district has its own budget. The Council district funds are intermingled,
and are spent at each Councilmember's discretion.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if there was a way for each Councilmember's
expenses to be listed on their individual city webpages.
Mr. Stoddard said posting the ongoing budget control report (BCR) might be confusing to
the public. He said when Councilmembers expend those funds, they have to fill out a
form and backup documentation is available for expenditure of all of those funds. He said
it would be up to the Councilmember's discretion to post those documents for the public
to see. He said travel reports can also be posted on the website if the Council would like
that.
Councilmember Tolmachoff said she want to provide as much transparency as possible
to the constituents. She asked if the Council would need to vote to change the Council
guidelines if there was a consensus to combine on the funds into one account for each
Councilmember.
Mr. Stoddard said if it was consensus, staff could list all the funds into one budgetary
account, and staff would bring an item forward to amend the Council Guidelines. He
suggested if a Councilmember wanted to make some sort of capital improvement, a
Councilmember would have to follow certain steps to work through the city's system to
make those improvements.
Councilmember Turner said a conflict exists between the Council Guidelines and the
Council Budgets. He liked the idea of posting documentation or reports showing how the
Councilmembers are spending the funds. He said he liked the reorganization information
that was provided by Mr. Phelps.
Mr. Stoddard said each Councilmember has their own webpage and if they wanted that
information posted, staff would begin to do that.
Jack Friedline - Public Works
Mr. Friedline said public works mission is to maintain excellent public facilities and
infrastructure to enhance the high quality of life for residents, businesses and visitors.
Over 60% of the Public Works Budget is operating expenses.
Mr. Beard said the Engineering Division programs and functions include design,
construction, engineering inspection and plan review services. These design services
include in-house design, manage design consultants, construction management and
inspection services such as CIP and private development projects. The Engineering
Division is responsible for implementation of the city's Capital Improvement Plan for
Water Services and Transportation, and management of the Cell Site Program for right of
way and city -owned facilities. This plan currently oversees 42 wireless communication
license agreements. The Engineering Division is also responsible for the city's street
lighting system and traffic mitigation services, which includes monitoring 20,100 lights,
developing a LED conversion project, and renewal of street light monitoring agreement.
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Also, the Engineering Division oversees the property management program which
includes the Bank of America complex, property acquisition and disposition, procuring
easements and license agreements. The Engineering Department coordinates the
Floodplain Management and National Flood Insurance Program for the Community Rating
System, and 3 staff members are certified floodplain managers.
Mr. Beard said the Engineering Department's Goals are to deliver a Capital Improvement
Program that provides accurate information, optimizes available resources, and provides
needed projects for the community, and implements the Five -Year Pavement
Management Plan to address the complete street network through mill and overlay, slurry
seal and other surface applications.
Mr. Friedline said the Engineering Division's Operating Budget requests include 1 FTE
management assistant, and the benefits of this position will ensure complete cell site
application submittal complies with current industry standards, verify insurance, bonds,
etc., confirm accurate and timely invoicing, reconcile initial cell site license fees and
invoicing of fees, assist cell site project manager with administrative functions, conduct
market analysis and evaluate fee structures, and act as a liaison between Engineering,
Legal and the Finance department regarding cell site agreements.
Ms. Woytenko said the Field Operations Division programs consist of Solid Waste
Management, Landfill/Waste Diversion, Equipment Management, and Facilities
Management. Solid Waste Management includes residential collection of refuse and
recycle collection, bulk item collection, and household hazardous waste, commercial
sales of front load, roll off and customer service/sales, and education regarding
inspections/compliance and public education, and customer service. Landfill/Waste
Diversion is comprised of landfill operations, material recovery facility operations,
regulatory compliance, closed landfill maintenance, long range planning, waste diversion
programs, gas to energy and material sales and marketing. The Equipment Management
functions include fleet maintenance, fleet acquisition/disposal, replacement programs,
parts operations, and fuel operations. The Facilities Management functions include
building and park infrastructure maintenance, custodial services, facility planning,
construction oversight, and non -city operated facility oversight.
Ms. Woytenko said performance objectives include maintaining a consistent level of
achieving/surpassing key performance indicator targets to reach maximum efficiency with
available resources, and providing excellent service to all customers by effectively and
efficiently managing solid waste collected; reducing missed collections; and increasing
efficient disposal and processing services.
Mr. Friedline said Field Operations Division budget requests include 1 FTE equipment
mechanic specialist for the fleet services tire shop and convert contract services to fund 1
FTE at a cost of approximately $80,000 annually. Benefits of this request include $20,000
cost savings annually, and support for tire operations for all city vehicles, with police, fire
and solid waste as primary customers. This will allow tires on city vehicles to be
changed and replaced seamlessly and reduces down time for city fleet.
Mr. Ebersole said the Public Works Transportation Division is comprised of the Glendale
Municipal Airport, Transit, Transportation Planning, Streets, Traffic Engineering and
Administration. Functions of the airport include airport planning, airport layout plan and
the airport master plan, FAA coordination, operations and maintenance, Aviation Advisory
Commission, lease management and fixed base operator coordination, and airport CIP
development and oversight. Programs and functions of the Transit Department include
Dial -A -Ride, demand/ADA, fixed route for regional routes and circulator routes, light rail
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transit programming, grant administration and regional transit coordination.
Transportation Planning includes the transportation master plan update, long/short range
planning, federal aid project management and oversight, GO program oversight, project
programming and regional coordination. Streets programs and functions include
pavement management, streets maintenance for localized asphalt and concrete repair,
pothole repair and special projects, right of way maintenance for landscape maintenance,
alley cleaning and tree trimming, graffiti abatement program and Glendale Memorial Park
for operations and maintenance and burial arrangements. Traffic Engineering including
systems management for traffic signals, intelligent transportation systems, signs and
markings, barricades and event traffic management, and engineering for traffic and safety
studies, development review, project management and plan review. Administration
functions and programs include administrative functions, travel demand management of
the travel green program and employee survey, and traffic education for Bus Buddies/Bag
It, Safe Routes to School, and bike events.
Mr. Ebersole said the Transportation Division's goals include ensuring the safe, efficient
transport of people and goods within the city by providing effective systems to manage
traffic, planning for the city's transportation future, and providing street maintenance and
right of way landscaping in a manner that aesthetically pleasing and safe for visitors,
residents and businesses.
Mr. Friedline said the Transportation Division budget requests include GO program
management 1 FTE transportation planner, and convert professional services agreement
to fund 1 FTE at a cost of $92,000 annually. The benefits include $147,000 in savings,
and tasks would be better managed by in-house staff in a more cost effective manner, to
provide project and web updates to support federally funded projects, coordination of
ongoing meetings with regional partners, monitoring of federal funding opportunities and
preparation of federal funding requests, tracking and oversight of federally funded projects,
and mapping assistance for safe routes to school and bike programs. This request also
includes 2 FTE service workers II for streets maintenance, and will convert a service
contract to fund 2 FTEs at a cost of $120,000 annually, one- time cost for one 10 -yard
dump truck. The benefits include support over 748 miles of street infrastructure to ensure
safe road conditions, reduce unit price of asphalt work per square foot by $ 7/square foot if
work is performed by a city crew, and the savings will be redirected towards more cost
effective measures for potholes and street repairs, and increase flexibility of crews to
respond to and address critical issues.
Councilmember Turner asked about the anticipated 20% increase in airport activity.
Mr. Ebersole said airport activity has increased historically and staff estimates a 20%
increase next year.
Councilmember Turner asked if the number of Dial -A- Ride employees was accurate at
32.25 employees.
Mr. Ebersole said there is part-time staff and the 32.25 employees is an accurate
number.
Councilmember Turner said he had no idea there were that many employees in Dial- A -
Ride.
Mr. Ebersole said at any given time, there are 15 to 18 Dial- A -Ride buses on the roads.
Councilmember Turner asked if there was anything the Council can do to get the streets
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maintenance completed sooner. He said this is an important issue to his constituents.
Mr. Friedline said HURF funding has millions of dollars in carryover and staff is trying to
front load the mill and overlay contracts to expedite this process. Additionally, he hoped
to renew a contract in June to keep this project moving. He said they have a lot of catch
up work to do.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if there was a number that corresponds with the
flashing yellow arrow, and asked if they could move that back and save some money by
doing more streets now.
Mr. Friedline said the flashing yellow arrows are GO funded, which is a different pot of
money. He said there are contributions from GO, but most of those dollars are based on
the referendum and the projects outlined in the referendum.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if the street improvements are GO money.
Mr. Friedline said, in general, street maintenance and reconstruction are HURF funds.
He said the GO referendum had many intersection improvements for capacity and safety
that were GO funded. He said they will focus on those projects specifically, and once
those projects are completed, in years to come, they can look at the possibility of using
GO funds towards street maintenance.
Councilmember Tolmachoff said some of the yellow flashing arrow projects will require
street improvements, and asked if the street and arrow part of it is GO funded.
Mr. Friedline said that was correct and the first dozen are simple and inexpensive that will
be done in house. The next set of projects are more extensive and the last set of
projects are the most challenging because it will cost a lot of money and they haven't
identified funds for those projects yet.
Councilmember Tolmachoff asked if any research had been done on leasing the large,
expensive pieces of equipment, such as a dump truck.
Ms. Rios said they have looked at that possibility and there was a proposal from
equipment management, however with the availability of funds next year, they could not
justify paying interest on the lease. She said they do have an appropriate level of cash
funding for at least this fiscal year. She said additional funding is programmed in over the
five year forecast to take care of the fleet needs without incurring those interest costs.
Staffs recommendation is to cash fund these projects at this time.
Councilmember Aldama said there has been a reduction in graffiti in his district, and
asked if there were only two FTEs for the entire city.
Mr. Friedline said that is correct and said the department has a performance measure
which tries to address graffiti within 24 hours. He said the two employees do a great job
and occasionally others in their group take care of any graffiti they find.
Councilmember Aldama said the graffiti crew does a spectacular job. He asked staff to
take a proactive look at adding positions to the graffiti crew.
Mr. Friedline said staff removes over 13,000 spots every year, and that number is
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growing. He said there are two line items for graffiti and that is because one is funded
through HURF, but they don't want to use HURF dollars if it is not in the right of way.
ADJOURNMENT
Councilmember Malnar said the two areas of concern in his district are streets and code
compliance. He complimented staff for answering all of his questions during each
department presentation.
Mr. Phelps said there were no further items to discuss.
The City Council adjourned at 2:52 p.m.
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