* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] MELISSA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [CALL TO ORDER] AGAIN, WE DO HAVE KORU. WE'VE MET THAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU STAFF FOR THE PATIENCE. UH, LET'S SEE. THE AGENDA SHOULD BE A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AGENDA. AND AGAIN, THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE A SHORT MEETING. THE, THE EMPHASIS BEING ON OUR BUDGET. UH, LET'S SEE. MOVING, I MEAN, JUST BASICALLY GETTING STARTED, I THINK, UH, STAFF AND THIS COMMISSION WANTED TO, UH, DO SOMETHING SPECIAL PRIOR TO GETTING STARTED, AND THAT'S LITERALLY TO THANK A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL MEMBER. . GOOD MORNING, UH, COMMISSIONERS. RICHARD MIHAIL, ACTING DIRECTOR FOR AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY. UM, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, THANK ONE OF OUR, UM, FORMER COMMISSIONERS, UM, FOR HER SERVICE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WANNA DO THIS OR ANYTHING, BUT, UH, KAVA, IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP HERE. YES. NO SURPRISE. I THINK, UM, SO WE, WE HAD, WE CREATED A LITTLE, UH, CERTIFICATE, UM, AND IT SAYS TO KABA WHITE IS HEREBY AWARDED THIS CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION, HONOR OF OUR SERVICE ON THE ZERO WASTE ADVISORY COMMISSION. SO, OKAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. YOU'VE REALLY BEEN INSIGHTFUL FOR US. YOU'VE GIVEN US SOME GOOD, UH, LEADERSHIP AS FAR AS SOLID WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TO THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN, TO THIS COMMISSION. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE, . THANKS. JUST SPEAKING FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN WITH YOU AND HAS SHARED, UH, SHARED MANY, MANY MEETINGS WITH YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. I MEAN, YOUR INFORMATION, YOUR WEALTH, YOUR, YOUR PASSION COMMITMENT IS, IS WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE AND WHY A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE, HAVE GOTTEN OFF THE GROUND. AND I'M, GOD, I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THAT. AND, UH, STAFF, WHAT YOU DID IS WONDERFUL. AND IT'S YOURS. TH THANK YOU, JERRY. AND IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO, TO WORK WITH YOU AND THE REST OF THIS COMMISSION AND, AND ALL THE WONDERFUL STAFF AT ARR TOO. THESE ISSUES AROUND WASTE AND CONSERVING OUR RESOURCES ARE REALLY, UH, NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO GET TO WORK ON THEM FROM THE KIND OF COMMUNITY AND POLICY PERSPECTIVE. AND I APPRECIATE THAT EVERYBODY LIKE, COMES TO THESE MEETINGS WITH IDEAS AND INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, GENERALLY SEEMS REALLY LIKE COLLABORATIVE. AND I LOVE THE, THE WILLINGNESS TO KIND OF SHARE AND LISTEN AND, UH, AND MOVE THINGS FORWARD. AND, AND AS I WAS DRIVING HERE, I WAS THINKING ABOUT LIKE ALL THE GOOD THINGS WE'VE WORKED ON IN TERMS OF LIKE, OH, ABSOLUTELY. GETTING COMPOSTING OUT TO ALL THE, THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, INCREASING RECYCLING CAPACITY, GETTING COMP, UH, RECYCLING IN PARKS, AND, UH, NOW STARTING ON THE JOURNEY TO GET COMPOSTING AND MULTI-FAMILY. AND I, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE COLLECTIVELY DOING SOMETHING REALLY GOOD HERE. OH, WOW. I'VE APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, YOU SPEARHEADED MANY, MANY OF THESE, AND I THANK YOU AGAIN FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, FROM THIS COMMISSION. I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN A LEADER, AND GOD, DON'T GO TOO FAR. OKAY. REMEMBER. ALL RIGHT, I'LL, I'LL BE BACK. YOU WILL, YOU WILL BE BACK. I'LL BE HERE TO PALM MY FIST AND TELL YOU TO DO MORE . OH, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, RICHARD. THANK YOU. AND STAFF FOR THE WONDERFUL GESTURE. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. KAVA. WE WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A CERTIFICATE, BUT WE COULDN'T FIND A WATERWHEEL MODEL TO GIVE HER SO , BUT OH GOD. ONE OF YOU . THAT WAS GOOD. THAT WAS GOOD. AND IN YOUR HONOR, WE WILL GET THAT WATER WHEEL, I PROMISE YOU, TOWN LAKE. OKAY. OH, OH, LOOK OUT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE WATER WHEEL. JUST GET THE TRASH OUT OF THE CREEK DEAL RIVER. THAT IS A DEAL. THANK YOU. THANK. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS. MOVING ON. STEP OH, PARDONING GIFT FOR YOU AS WELL. I WAS GONNA ASK THAT SAME QUESTION. OH GOD. AT LEAST EIGHT. AND THEN PRIOR TO THAT, CUZ THE EIGHT YEAR RULE TOOK EFFECT AFTER SHE WAS ON. SO CLOCK STARTED AFTER THAT. SO IT'S BEEN A DECADE OVER HOW MANY YEARS? HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU, UH, BEEN SUFFERING WITH US? EIGHT YEARS. OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE WITH US BEFORE. NOPE. NOPE. I STARTED WITH THE, THE NEW COUNSELOR. OKAY. SO EIGHT YEARS. THERE YOU GO. GOD, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOD. TAKE MOM'S PLACE. GET UP HERE. . HERE YOU GO. GOD. . [00:05:01] OH, IT'S THAT BOOGEYMAN ON TV. YEAH. ALL RIGHT GUYS. COMMISSIONERS, MOVING ALONG. UH, THE FIRST ITEM IN [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] BUSINESS IS LIT. LITERALLY THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES AND THE MINUTES, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. HERE ARE THE APRIL 12TH MINUTES. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, FOR APPROVAL OR DISCUSSION. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES. THANK YOU, CRAIG. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION BEYOND SECONDS. HAVING A MOTION ON THE TABLE, HEARING ANY HEARING, NO DISCUSSION ON THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. WELL DONE. SIMPLE MOVING ALONG HERE, GUYS. GOD. ALL [2. Vice Chair Officer Election – Gerry Acuna] RIGHT. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS HERE. ONE OF OUR OTHER, UH, LONG-TERM, UH, COMMISSIONERS IS NO LONGER WITH US, AND SHE WAS THE VICE CHAIR. SO WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT REPLACING, UM, KATHY GATTUSO AS VICE CHAIR. AND I AM, UH, AGAIN, GOING TO OPEN THAT UP. AND I WAS GONNA THROW YOU UNDER THE BUS, BUT, UH, WELL, MELISSA'S BEEN HERE LONGER THAN ME. SO IF, UH, MS. ROTHROCK IS INTERESTED, UM, HEY, MS. ROTHROCK, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSS ROCKER. ROTHROCK, ARE YOU INTERESTED? DID I WILL ENTERTAIN THAT? IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE THAT REALLY WANTS THE ROLE, THEN BASED ON SENIORITY, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I'M, I'M WILLING TO STEP UP SOME PLAY. I MEAN, I'M, THAT'S, I MEAN, I'M WILLING TO DO IT. UM, YOU, YOU'VE BEEN ON LONGER, SO I DON'T KNOW. , DON'T BE BASHFUL. AGAIN, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD, UH, JOB. YOU BASICALLY DO ALL THE WORK. I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL. I MEAN, IT'S JUST, UH, SO IT SHOULD HAVE TO BE DECIDED TO BE HERE. YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY. SO OUR NEXT FUTURE MEETINGS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ORGANIZED AND WE CAN HAVE A, A VC AS WELL AS, UH, A CHAIR. BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY. WE HAVE OTHER, UH, ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING, WHICH IS REPLACEMENT MEMBERS FOR OUR VARIOUS COMMITTEES. WE'VE LOST, UH, WITH KABA GONE AND WITH, UH, KATHY, WE'VE LOST MOST OF OUR ORGANIC OR OUR U R O COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO FOCUS ON AT OUR FUTURE MEETING, WHICH IT, WHICH WILL BE IN JUNE. SO, ALL RIGHT. MELISSA, DO YOU WANT TO ENTERTAIN THAT OR DO YOU WANT ME TO THROW JANN UNDER THE BUS? IF JANN IS WILLING, I THINK YOU WOULD BE A GREAT VICE CHAIRMAN. WELL, NO PRESSURE . ALL RIGHT. LIKEWISE. BUT I'M, I'M FINE TO DO IT IF YOU, ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, MELISSA, YOU WANNA TOSS HIS NAME IN THERE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MELISSA MOVES, UH, JAN AS A VICE CHAIR NOMINEE. DO I HEAR HER SECOND? I'LL SECOND MELISSA. AYE, SECOND MELISSA SECONDS. ALL RIGHT. UH, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. I'M SORRY. DO I VOTE ? YES, YOU CAN VOTE FOR YOURSELF. , IT'S UNANIMOUS. WE NEED YOU TO VOTE, ACTUALLY, TO, TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL , SO, ALL RIGHT. WELCOME, WELCOME. [3. 2023-2024 Austin Resource Recovery Budget Update – Victoria Rieger] ALL RIGHT, GUYS. MOVING, MOVING ALONG HERE. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE, UH, ACTUAL A R R BUDGET UPDATE IN VICTORIA. YOUR FUN BEGINS. THANK YOU. OH, MAN. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME'S VICTORIA REER, AND I'M THE FINANCE DIVISION MANAGER FOR AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY. I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU JUST A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. UM, BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANTED TO, TO THANK THE COMMISSION, UH, FOR ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND FOR SUBMITTING YOUR RECENT RESOLUTION ON THE COMMISSION'S [00:10:01] PRIORITIES. THE CITY WILL FORMALLY ASK DEPARTMENTS TO RESPOND TO THE VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WILL THEN REPORT ON THOSE RESULTS, UH, OF THE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. THIS PRESENTATION IS, UH, PRETTY BRIEF. MM-HMM. , UM, THIS O THIS EVENING. I'M GONNA GO OVER, UM, UH, THREE BUDGET SCENARIOS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO PUT FORWARD AS PART OF OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST. UM, AND I PLAN TO UPDATE YOU JUST A, A BIT ON THE WINTER STORM ESTIMATED COSTS. AND FINALLY, JUST A BRIEF RECAP ON OUR OPERATING RESERVE, AS WELL AS THE BUDGET TIMELINE. OKAY. SO THE CITY'S FINANCIAL FORECAST WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 2ND. IN THE FINANCIAL FORECAST DEPART, ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS WERE ASKED TO PRESENT THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WITH DIFFERING RATE IMPACTS. UM, A NO RATE INCREASE WAS ONE SCENARIO, A BASE OPERATIONS, ANOTHER SCENARIO, AND AN ENHANCED OPERATIONS, UH, WAS THE LAST SCENARIO. UNDER THE NO RATE INCREASE SCENARIO, WE SUBMITTED A FORECAST THAT CONTINUES CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS WITH ABSOLUTELY NO RATE INCREASE OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. UNDER THE BASE, UM, BASE OPERATIONS SCENARIO, WE CONTINUE TO OFFER CURRENT SERVICES WITH BUDGET INCREASES FOR COST DRIVERS, SO THINGS SUCH AS PAYROLL RELATED COSTS AND CONTRACTUAL COSTS TO NAME, TO NAME A FEW. UNDER THIS SCENARIO, RATES OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD, WERE, WERE ALLOWED TO INCREASE BASED SCENARIO RATES. WERE SET AT A LEVEL THAT MEETS OUR BASIC OPERATING NEEDS. AND THIS SATISFIES THE RATE, INCREASED LIMIT GUIDANCE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US BY THE BUDGET OFFICE, BUT THEY ARE BELOW THE ACTUAL COST OF SERVICE RATES. SO UNDER THE BASE SCENARIO OPERATION, UH, BASE SCENARIO MODEL, UM, WE WOULD NOT MEET OUR ACTUAL COST OF SERVICE, AND IT DOES NOT FULLY MEET OUR OPERATING RESERVE REQUIREMENTS EITHER. SO, UH, THE LAST SCENARIO WAS CALLED AN ENHANCED OPERATIONS SCENARIO. AND UNDER THIS ONE, WE WOULD EXPAND SOME SERVICES AS WELL AS ADD NEW POSITIONS, UM, OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. THIS RATE, RATE IMPACT IS GREATER THAN THE BASE FORECAST SCENARIO. AND ALL OF THESE SCENARIOS ARE DETAILED IN THE CITY'S OFFICIAL FINANCIAL FORECAST DOCUMENT THAT'S POSTED, UH, ON AUSTIN FINANCE ONLINE. UM, AND DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE PRESENTATION, AND WHEN I HAD TO HAVE THIS, UH, PRESENTATION POSTED, UM, I COULDN'T GET THOSE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF YOU. UM, SO THEY'RE NOT IN THIS, IN THIS PRESENTATION. UM, AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN, UM, PROBABLY REALLY CONFUSING BECAUSE THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, WOULD'VE BEEN A LOT OF INFORMATION. UM, BUT ONCE WE, AS WE APPROACH THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH IS REALLY GONNA BE OUR ACTUAL, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE PLAN TO, TO PROPOSE TO THE CITY MANAGER, UH, AND CITY COUNCIL, I'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND PRESENT THOSE DETAILED NUMBERS. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, A R'S DEBRIS REMOVAL AND MONITORING COST ESTIMATES WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. UH, THEY'RE THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT TAKES THE LEAD ON SUBMITTING COST ESTIMATES AND DOCUMENTATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. FEMA THEN GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF VALIDATING, UH, ARRS OR THE CITY'S CONTRACTUAL COST ESTIMATES BASED ON SAMPLE SAMPLE DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED. ON APRIL 5TH, 2023, CITY STAFF MET WITH FEMA AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND PRESENTED THE CITY'S DISASTER RESPONSE STORY TO GIVE THE AGENCIES AN IDEA, UH, OF, OF THE, UM, DISASTER THAT WE FACED, AND, AND TO VISUALIZE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE SCALE OF THE RECOVERY EFFORT. THEN ON APRIL, UH, 22ND, UM, THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN, UH, PARTIALLY APPROVED THE STATE'S REQUEST FOR A MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION. SO, OUT OF THE 23 COUNTIES IN THE GOVERNOR'S REQUEST TO PRESIDENT BIDEN IN FEBRUARY, THE WHITE HOUSE APPROVED ACCESS TO FEMA, TO FEMA'S PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR 13 COUNTIES, WHICH INCLUDED TRAVIS COUNTY. SO THIS WAS REALLY WELCOME NEWS. UM, D AS MENTIONED IN THE [00:15:01] DIRECTOR'S REPORT, UH, DEBRIS COLLECTION IS COMPLETE, AND A R HAS BEGUN RECEIVING INVOICES FROM THE VARIOUS VENDORS, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF VALIDATING AND PAYING THOSE INVOICES. THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROVIDED BY FEMA WILL COVER 75% OF ELIGIBLE COSTS, AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER THE REMAINING OR TO COVER THE REMAINING 25%. AS SUCH, THE CITY COULD GET REIMBURSED AN ESTIMATED 15 MILLION, UH, IN ONE TO TWO YEARS. WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMING IS ON THAT. AND FINALLY, UH, JUST A BRIEF, UH, REMINDER OF OUR BUDGET TIMELINE. UH, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS DUE, UH, NEXT, ACTUALLY NOT NEXT MONTH, COUPLE WEEKS FROM NOW. UM, AND THE CITY MANAGER PLANS TO PRESENT THAT PROPOSED BUDGET TO COUNCIL IN JULY, JULY 19TH, SPECIFICALLY. AND AFTER A SERIES OF WORK SESSIONS, WHICH BEGIN IN AUGUST, THE OFFICIAL BUDGET READINGS AND ADOPTION, UH, WILL OCCUR AUGUST 16TH THROUGH THE 18TH. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. I KNOW THERE'S NOT, UM, DETAILED NUMBERS IN FRONT OF YOU. MM-HMM. , UH, AND AGAIN, I'M, UM, I PLAN TO COME BACK, UH, ONCE WE PROPOSE, UM, THE BUDGET TO CITY COUNCIL AND KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS. BUT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUE OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. I HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSION COMMISSIONER GREG? UH, YES. UM, SO WHAT WAS, UH, THE, THE, THE TOTAL BUDGET LAST YEAR, AND IF YOU GIVE, COULD GIVE US THE THREE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN GIVE US THIS AT THIS TIME, BUT SOME IDEA OF WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS IN THOSE THREE SCENARIOS THE CITY ASKED YOU TO FIGURE OUT. I MEAN, MAYBE YOU CAN'T TELL SOMEHOW WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM, HOW, YOU KNOW, SOME IDEA OF THE, UM, ORDER OF MAGNITUDE WE'RE LOOKING AT. SURE. AND, AND AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS DETAILED IN, UH, THE, THE FORECAST, THE OFFICIAL FORECAST DOCUMENT THAT'S POSTED ONLINE. BUT LET ME GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU. FOR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, MY APOLOGIES. 20 MILLION. OKAY. SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, OUR BUDGET WAS APPROXIMATELY 121.9 MILLION. AND UNDER THE VARIOUS SCENARIOS, SO WE'LL JUST START WITH THE BASE SCENARIO. OUR, UM, BUDGET WOULD BE PROJECTED AT 125 MILLION. LET ME MAKE SURE THAT'S CORRECT. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. I'M SORRY. AND THEN UNDER THE ENHANCED SCENARIO MM-HMM. , OUR BUDGET WOULD BE PROJECTED AT 127. WOW. AND UNDER THE NO RATE INCREASE, I MAY HAVE TO GET YOU THAT NUMBER CUZ I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE THAT NUMBER. THAT WAS LAST YEAR. UH, NO. YES, I DO. I'M SORRY. UM, NO RATE INCREASE WOULD BE 125 AS WELL. YEP. SO BASICALLY THE NO RATE INCREASE AND THE BASE ARE ONE OF THE SAME, ESSENTIALLY. AND DO YOU MIND REPEATING WHAT THE ENHANCED YES, THE ENHANCED, UNDER THE ENHANCED SCENARIO ARE REQUIREMENTS 127.5 MILLION. AND UNDER THE ENHANCED [00:20:01] SCENARIO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, EX EXPANSION OF SERVICES, UM, ADDING FTE UNDER THE BASE SCENARIO. UM, WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY FTE IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR. UM, BUT WE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO ADD FTE IN THE, IN THE, FOR OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD. SO, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR GUIDANCE FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE, UH, AND FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ABOUT WHICH OF THOSE SCENARIOS THAT THEY WANT US TO PUT FORWARD. SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD, UH, IDEA YET, UM, FOR WHAT WE'RE, WHICH DIRECTION WE'RE GONNA HEAD IN, IN TERMS OF, OF THE RATE IMPACT. SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD AT LEAST CONSIDER THE ENHANCES A MINIMUM. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT COVERING OUR COST OF SERVICE WITH THE BASE, AND OBVIOUSLY WITH THE NO RATE INCREASE, THAT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE CONSIDERING THAT, UH, AGAIN, ANOTHER POSSIBLE CHALLENGE COULD, UH, COULD PRESENT ITSELF IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I MEAN, UH, A STORM, A WHATEVER YOU NAME IT, IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE BUSINESS WISE. AND HAVING SAID THAT, I'M, UH, ACTUALLY CONCERNED, YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY GONE OVER THIS AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, BUT WITH THE, UH, BASE AND IN THE ENHANCED OPTIONS HERE, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE, UH, OH, SOME OF THE, THE NEW PROGRAMS WE HAD DISCUSSED, THE, UH, WHAT IS IT, THE EV PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE TRANSFER STATION, ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? DOES THAT, SO THAT FOR SURE IN THE ENHANCED SCENARIO, UH, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EV PROGRAM MOVING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, AN ULTIMATE GOAL. WE DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE SPECIFIC DOLLARS ALLOCATED, UM, FOR ANY OF THOSE, UM, NEW, NEW TYPES OF VEHICLES OR NOT. UM, THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO, UM, IN THAT FORECAST PERIOD. UM, UNDER THE BASE MODEL, UM, WE ARE, AGAIN, WE ARE THERE, THERE ARE NO EXPANSION OF SERVICES, BUT WE DO HAVE MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR, UM, FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR A TRANSFER STATION. OKAY. AND SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE BASE AND THE ENHANCED. SO I, I DID LOOK, UM, THANK YOU BY THE WAY, MS. RIGGER. SORRY, THE, UM, I'M, I'M NOT ABLE TO FIND WHERE THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS ONLINE. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE SHARED WITH US, THAT'D BE GREAT. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? WHERE THE, YOU SAID THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, WAS THIS ONLINE? YES. IF, IS THERE A LOCATION? YEAH, IT IS. AND I CAN SEND YOU THE LINK TO THAT. YEAH, IT'S, UM, UNDER AUSTIN FIN FINANCE ONLINE UNDER THE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS. OKAY. ON THE LEFT NAVIGATION, THERE'S, UM, UH, BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, UM, LINK. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHERE THE 24 THROUGH 28 FORECAST DOCUMENT LIVES. OKAY. GREAT. UM, YEAH, I THINK, I KNOW YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT PUTTING TOO MUCH INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US, BUT I, I, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY DEAL WITH EVEN A FIRE HOSE AND WE'LL JUST ASK SOME QUESTIONS MM-HMM. , UM, PARTICULARLY, YEAH, IT LOOKS HERE. SO WHAT I THINK I'M HEARING IS THAT EVEN WITHOUT AN A RATE INCREASE, WE COULD MEET THE CRITERIA FOR BASE OPERATIONS. SO THAT'S WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE THE SAME. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. WE WOULD NOT, HOWEVER, MEET OUR COST OF SERVICE, SO TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD. RIGHT. AND SO HOW, WHAT'S THE PLAN TO PRESENT THIS, I GUESS, IS THAT WHAT'S THE PLAN TO PRESENT THE PROS AND CONS OF, OR THE DETRIMENT OF THE PLANS THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL SO THAT THAT'S, UM, THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN, OR ACTUALLY THE BUDGET OFFICE IS, IS DELIBERATING. SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW, UM, IS THE BUDGET OFFICE MEETS WITH COUNCIL OFFICES TO KIND OF GET A SENSE FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT DIRECTION IS, UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THE VARIOUS SCENARIOS. UM, AND IT'S NOT UNTIL THEN THAT WE'RE GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE GREEN LIGHT ON WHICH OF THE SCENARIOS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. UH, AND IT MAY BE A COMBINATION OF, OF THE BASE SCENARIO WITH SOME ENHANCEMENTS. I JUST DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT. UM, YEAH. SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S REALLY ALL I CAN OFFER. SO WE WILL BE SEEING THE PROPOSED BUDGET ESSENTIALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME NEXT MEETING? CORRECT. SO THEY'RE GONNA PRESENT, UM, THE, ACTUALLY NOT NEXT MEETING, NEXT MEETING IS JUNE JULY. THEY WON'T PRESENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET UNTIL JULY 19. OKAY. SO, UM, YOU [00:25:01] KNOW, THAT'S AF EVEN AFTER I THINK THE, THE JULY'S WAC MEETING. UM, SO IF YOU WANTED TO, UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING IS COULD WE SEE IT PRIOR TO PRESENTATION IN JULY OR NOT REALLY? NO. OKAY. NO, UNFORTUNATELY NOT . SO WHAT CAN WE, CAN, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP, I GUESS, HELP YOU AND THE CITY MM-HMM. , UM, YOU KNOW, DRIVE TOWARDS A MORE REASONABLE AND HELPFUL BUDGET? RIGHT. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT YOU ALL WENT THROUGH AND, AND BY PUTTING FORWARD YOUR PRIORITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, WE AS A DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE, UM, AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS AND WHAT KIND OF RATE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE. SO THAT ENGAGEMENT, UH, PROCESS, UM, THE BUDGET OFFICE DOES TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. UM, DO YOU WANNA OFFER ANYTHING? UH, ACTUALLY I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME THING. WHAT YOU COULD DO IS WHAT YOU'VE DONE, I MEAN THE, THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH THE RESOLUTION AND, AND, UH, OFFERING UP THE IDEAS OF, OF, OF WHAT YOU ALL SEE AS PRIORITIES. I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO SEE AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT HELPS OUR CASE. SO, AND I'LL BE MAKING THE CASE, OBVIOUSLY, I, I THINK YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH GUESS WHICH, WHICH ONE I'M FOR, SO MM-HMM. , UM, WE'LL BE MAKING THAT CASE AS WELL TO, TO, UH, I'LL JUST REITERATE THAT THE MORE INFORMATION WE HAVE, THE, THE MORE WE CAN KIND OF PUT SOME, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO WOOD BEHIND THE ARROW OR WHATEVER OF THE CASE HERE. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT, WHICH PARTICULAR COMPONENTS WE BELIEVE ARE TOP PRIORITY BASED ON IMPACT, BASED ON VAL COST VALUE, ET CETERA. AND WITH WITHOUT THAT, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT HARD FOR US TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN SAY, YES, THESE ARE GREAT IDEAS, LET'S FOR SURE DO THEM IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. BUT IT'S A LITTLE HARD FOR US TO SEE WHAT'S NEEDED AND WHAT'S NOT POSSIBLE GIVEN THESE SCENARIO. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I UNDERSTAND. AND, UM, WE KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF COUNCIL AND, AND CITY MANAGEMENT AS FAR AS WHAT, WHAT DIRECTION THEY WANT US TO GO. SO I, I, I CAN'T REALLY OFFER ANYTHING UP MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW. SO, UH, AS FAR AS PROGRAMS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE KIND OF HEARD EVERYTHING YOU SAID. I, I DON'T KNOW THOSE IN OUR ENHANCED VERSION. I THINK WE REALLY, THE THREE MAIN DRIVERS WE WERE LOOKING AT WERE THE LITTER, UM, AND GETTING SOME ENFORCEMENT ON SOME OF OUR, OUR CODE ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ENFORCE. OKAY. UH, AND, UM, OUR HOUSEHOLD HASN'T WASTE, UH, ON CALL EXPANSION. SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE THREE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR ENHANCED THAT ARE REALLY PROGRAMS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED IF, IF THE CITY DOESN'T GO WITH ENHANCED. BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER ALTERNATIVES WE CAN, UH, PUT FORTH IF THOSE, IF THE ENHANCED VERSION DOES NOT GO THROUGH TO STILL BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THOSE PROGRAMS AND, AND PERHAPS AT LESSER FORM. SO. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION. SO THOSE THREE WOULD POTENTIALLY BE AT LEAST PARTIALLY, IF NOT ENTIRELY FUNDED IN THE ENHANCED VERSION, UH, CORRECT. SOUNDS LIKE MM-HMM. AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHERS, LIKE THE TRANSFER STATION, IT SOUNDS LIKE A STUDY COULD POTENTIALLY BE FUNDED THAT WOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED. THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IS, IS INCLUDED IN THE ENHANCED VERSION OF THAT AS WELL. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE STILL HOPED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AS WELL. OKAY. BUT FOR INSTANCE, ELECTRIFICATION SOUNDS LIKE THAT WOULD PROBABLY NOT MAKE THE CUT NO MATTER THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY SAID NO, THAT'S NOT IN OR OUT, ONLY BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY'S NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE RIGHT NOW. MM-HMM. , THE TRUCKS DON'T, JUST THE VOLUME, THE PAYLOAD'S NOT ENOUGH. THE DISTANCE I TRAVEL'S NOT ENOUGH. MM-HMM. AND, AND THE COST IS JUST ASTRONOMICAL RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE PUTTING THAT OFF, IT'S JUST THE, THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE TRUCKS AREN'T READY. WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S REASONABLE FOR US TO PUT IT OFF FOR NOW. YEAH. SO, UH, WE DO, WE, WE DO PLAN TO, TO LOOK AT, UH, ONE OF OUR PRIOR, UH, CHASSIS MANUFACTURERS HAS CONVERTED THE ENTIRE COMPANY TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. SO AUTO CAR WAS A, A, UH, A MANUFACTURER OF CHASSIS'S PRIMARILY FOR, UH, THE WASTE INDUSTRY. AND, UH, THEY ARE NOW BATTLE MOTORS, SO THEY'VE SWITCHED OVER TO, UH, ALL ELECTRIC. SO WE'RE LOOKING SHOULDN'T LOOKING THAT WE'VE HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH AUTO CARS, SO HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE A, A GOOD PRODUCT AS WELL. BUT IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE AT THIS POINT. AND, AND THAT'S WHY I BRING THAT UP. IT'S, UH, I THINK CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS ACTUALLY, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF, I THINK MAYBE THE AIR QUALITY CONTROL BOARD GOT A GRANT OUT THERE TO TEST 'EM, BUT I, I WANNA SAY THEY WERE AROUND $900,000 OR OVER THAT FOR PER TRUCK. SO, SO PROBABLY NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS, UH, WHERE WE NEED TO SPEND OUR MONEY. BUT, UM, THE SMALLER, THE LESSER TECHNOLOGY, THE SEDANS AND EVERYTHING, WE'RE DEFINITELY MOVING FORWARD TO THAT. WE'RE ALSO WORKING A LOT ON COST CONTAINMENT. SO WE'RE, OUR DEF FLEET DEPARTMENT IS, UH, CREATING A CAR SHARE PROGRAM. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OUR UNDERUTILIZED SEDANS AND LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES TO SEE IF WE CAN TURN THOSE IN AND JUST PARTICIPATE IN THE, THE CAR SHARE PROGRAM. SO, SO WE'RE NOT ONLY LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT GETTING THE RATES OR THAT WE MIGHT NEED, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN CUT COSTS INTERNALLY TO, TO KIND OF BETTER SURVIVE, UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT'S GOING THROUGH A LOT OF TOUGH CHANGES RIGHT NOW. THE GENERAL FUND IS REALLY, UH, PRESSED ON [00:30:01] WHAT THEY CAN DO. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO COGNIZANT OF THAT, UM, CUZ WE DO, WE DO PLAY A BIG PART IN A LOT OF THE GENERAL FUND PROGRAMS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, UH, HAD GONE TO COUNCIL HERE RECENTLY FOR THE EN ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP, UH, PROGRAM. SO WE'RE GONNA BE HELPING OUT PAR A LOT TO, TO CLEAN UP A LOT OF THOSE AREAS IN THE PARK. SO, UM, WE'RE KIND OF SPREADING OURSELVES ALL OVER TO, TO ASSIST OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. YEAH. AND I THINK THERE WAS, AGAIN, THAT WAS THE NEW, NEW FTES, I BELIEVE TO COVER SOME OF WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MM-HMM. THE LAST YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. AND THEN MAYBE, UM, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WAS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED SOMEWHAT, IS THAT CORRECT? MM-HMM. IS THAT KIND OF, THAT WOULD MAINTAIN WELL, UM, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OF OUR VENDORS, WE, IN OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM, WE ACTUALLY GET MONEY BACK THROUGH THE RECYCLING PROGRAM. SO, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, UH, GROUP TO SEE HOW THAT IS BEST, UH, BEST SPENT TO, UH, TO PROMOTE RECYCLING OR TO, UH, DISINCENTIVIZE UH, CONTAMINATION IN THE RECYCLING. CAUSE THAT'S BEEN A BIG PROBLEM. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT IF WE REALLY WORK ON WOULD BE A BIG MONEY SAVER FOR, FOR ARR, IS IF WE COULD REDUCE OUR CONTAMINATION LEVEL. CUZ WE'RE STEADY IN THE 18 TO 20% CONTAMINATION, UH, LEVEL AND, AND WE'RE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY TO HAVE THAT MATERIAL GO THROUGH A MURF PROCESSING SORT LINE ONLY TO BE THROWN AWAY AT THE END BECAUSE IT'S NOT RECYCLABLE MATERIALS, BUT IT IS IN FACT TRASH THAT'S ENDING UP IN THE RECYCLING CART. SO WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT AND GET THOSE COSTS DOWN AND THAT'LL, UH, HELP OUT OTHER AREAS OF OUR DEPARTMENT. AND THEN, IF I MAY, SORRY TO NO, NO, NO, BUT I BELIEVE ENFORCEMENT WAS ANOTHER AREA THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME PROGRESS ON, WHICH I THINK, UM, I SPOKE WITH ABOUT, UH, POTENTIALLY GETTING A REPORT ON HOW THAT'S GOING SO FAR, UH, SINCE THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS IN THAT AREA. AND THEN ALSO, WOULD THAT BE INCLUDED ANYWHERE HERE? ANY EXPANSION OF THAT? OR JUST IT'S A MAINTAIN, WERE WE TALKING ABOUT CODE CODE ENFORCEMENT? UH, YES. OR ANY VARIETY OF, UH, SO, SO THERE WAS PLANS FOR, UH, TO EXPAND THE COCO COMPLIANCE UNIT YEAH. WITHIN ARR TO, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE UNIVERSAL RECYCLING ORDINANCE AND THE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION DEMOLITION ORDINANCE MM-HMM. , UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, THERE'S A NEED FOR THAT. UM, BUT WE DO PLAN TO GROW THOSE. UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE ELSE WOULD WE LOOK? I DON'T KNOW, THERE MAY BE OTHER ORDINANCES IN THE FUTURE THAT, UH, WE MAY BE LOOKING AT. UM, WE HAVEN'T REALLY DELVED INTO ANY TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL ENFORCEMENT AT THIS POINT. UH, WE'D RATHER, UM, FOLKS FOLLOW THE CARROTS SET OF THE STICK. SO, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO DO WHAT WE CAN ON THAT. BUT WE DO KNOW THERE'S LIMITS. OUR, UH, OUR PARTICIPATION RATE AND OUR CONTAMINATION RATE HAVE PRETTY MUCH REMAINED UNCHANGED FOR A WHILE MM-HMM. . SO, UH, SOMETIMES FOLKS NEED A LITTLE NUDGING TO, TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU. RICHARD YON. THANK YOU. QUICK QUESTION HERE. NOT TO, NOT TO DEPRESS OR FRUSTRATE MYSELF, BUT WITH EITHER ONE OF THE, UH, OPTIONS, YOU'RE THE BASE AND THE ENHANCED, WHAT DOES THAT, UH, BUILD OUR RESERVE FUND? TWO. SO UNDER THE ENHANCED, ENHANCED SCENARIO, IT DOES HAVE A, A MORE POSITIVE IN IMPACT ON OUR FUND BALANCE. UH, WE WOULD BE IN CLIENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR RESERVE REQUIREMENT, UM, REALLY WITHIN, UM, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO, UM, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE RATE IMPACT ON THE ENHANCED VERSION. MM-HMM. PROBABLY SOMETHING A LOT HIGHER THAN THE CITY MIGHT WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH IN THE NEXT YEAR. BUT THAT, THAT ENHANCED VERSION DOES PUT US IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR RESERVE POLICY, UH, UNDER THE BASE MODEL OR THE BASE SCENARIO MM-HMM. , UM, WE WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE, UH, AT, IN ANY OF THE YEARS, UM, OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. SO REALLY ONLY UNDER THE ENHANCED VERSION. SO UNDER THE ENHANCED THAT LIFTS OUR RESERVED TO WHAT FIVE WAS IT? UM, IN TERMS OF DAYS, I DON'T HAVE THAT. UM, IS IT A MONTH AND A HALF OR IS IT, UH, SO THE CURRENT RESERVE POLICY IS 30 DAYS OF OKAY. OF, UH, OPERATING. UM, AND I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF DAYS, BUT WE WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE BY, UH, FISCAL YEAR 25. OKAY. AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT, I LOOK BACK AT THE, UH, AT YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION AND THE ACTUAL COST FOR THE CLEANUP MM-HMM. THE, UH, STORM CLEANUP. I MEAN, IF WE'RE LUCKY, WE'RE GONNA GET 75% BACK OF THE FUNDS THAT WE, THAT WE, UH, PAID, BUT YET THAT STILL LEAVES US, UH, WHAT LOOKING FOR 14 SOMEWHERE SOMEHOW MM-HMM. , AND AGAIN, THAT'S PROBABLY A GENERAL FUND ITEM THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO GET OUT OF THE CITY, BUT STILL [00:35:01] IT'S JUST, UH, IN PREVIOUS PREVIOUS YEARS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, STAFF PLEASE. IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO AT LEAST COVER THOSE TYPES OF, OF, UH, DISASTERS OR, OR CHALLENGES BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A RESERVE FUND THAT WAS BUILT, BUILT UP. AND AGAIN, I'M OBVIOUSLY BACK, WHAT, FIVE, SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD UH, A COUPLE, THREE MONTHS, AT LEAST THREE MONTHS WORTH OF RESERVE IN THERE. IS THAT? YES. BUT WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR POLICY AT THAT POINT, SO WE HAD TOO MUCH MONEY IN THE RESERVE. SO NO SUCH THING. OKAY. . BUT, UH, BUT NONETHELESS, I MEAN, GOING BACK TO THIS, AGAIN, JUST BEING RESPONSIBLE AND MAKING SURE WHAT, WHAT YOU WERE DOING AND YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR THE ENHANCED VERSION HERE, MAKING SURE WE DO HAVE THAT RAINY DAY FUND, CUZ THAT WILL COME BACK AND HAUNT US AGAIN. YEAH. WHAT WE LEAST EXPECTED. YEAH. AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE TOO, PRIOR DISASTERS WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR THE, UH, YOU KNOW, SCALE OF THIS ONE IN TERMS OF MONEY AND COST. SO THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. VICTORIA. I'M STILL ANOTHER QUESTION. OH, I'M SORRY, CRAIG, I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS. THE ENHANCED VERSION ABOUT DOLLAR AMOUNT, HOW MUCH WOULD THAT RAISE THE RATES TO THE, UM, AVERAGE CITIZEN? SO UNDER THE ENHANCED SCENARIO, THE BASE RATE WOULD NEED TO INCREASE IN FISCAL YEAR 24 BY A DOLLAR 65 HMM. PER MONTH. AND WE'D ALSO BE LOOKING AT AN INCREASE TO THE CARTS OF ABOUT 2 CENTS PER GALLON PER MONTH. AND CLEAN COMMUNITY FEE WOULD ALSO INCREASE BY ABOUT ABOUT 30 CENTS. SO YEAH, THE, THE ENHANCED VERSION, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE INCREASE THAN THE BASE VERSION OR THE BASE SCENARIO. AND AS A PERCENTAGE THAT, UH, IS WHAT VICTORIA, I'M SORRY, JUST, I'M SORRY. AS A PERCENTAGE THAT IT'S, THAT'S ABOUT NINE, 9%. NINE MM-HMM. , YOU SAID IT WAS 30 CENTS, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY FEE. MM-HMM. . AND THAT'S MONTHLY, CORRECT. SO 30 CENTS A MONTH? YEAH. YES. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS HERE, WE KNOW THE QUESTIONS. VICTORIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. AND GUYS MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE. THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. [DIRECTOR’S REPORT] ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD. AND I DID THAT LAST TIME TOO, MAN. THAT'S OKAY. THAT LONG. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. IT'S WORKING TOO LONG, BUDDY. GOOD. UH, GOOD EVENING. UH, SO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT. UM, WINTER STORM UPDATE IS INCLUDED IN THERE. UM, I THINK YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. WE'VE PRETTY MUCH FINISHED OUR LAST PASS. WE WILL STILL ACCEPT, UH, CALLS IN THROUGH THE END OF, UH, JUNE FOR FOLKS THAT STILL MAY HAVE SOME MATERIALS THAT ARE STILL, UH, NOT AT THE CURB. UH, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF MATERIAL COME DOWN OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS FROM THESE, UH, HEAVY WIND STORMS THAT WE'VE HAD AND SOME ADDITIONAL STORMS. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY GENERATED A COUPLE HUNDRED MORE SERVICE ORDERS, UH, OVER THAT TIME PERIOD. BUT, UH, BUT SLOWLY BUT SURELY WE'RE GETTING BACK TO, TO NORMAL. UH, WE DID INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS IN THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. MM-HMM. , THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AT THE LAST MEETING. SO THIS ALSO, UH, THE ONLINE VERSION HAS SOME LINKS THAT CAN ACTUALLY TAKE YOU TO THE SOURCE DOCUMENTS AS WELL FOR A MORE THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING. UM, AND THEN WE JUST, UH, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ON MATTRESS RECYCLING. WE STILL, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WITH, UH, WITH THE BUDGET, UM, UH, IF WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ONE. SO THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT WAS IN OUR ENHANCED, UH, PROGRAM. SO, UM, THE SCOPE OF WORK IS 99% DONE. WE'RE JUST KIND OF WAITING TO SEE THE DIRECTION THAT WE GO. SO, UM, I THINK, UH, UH, GOT THE MULTI-FAMILY COMPOSTING, THE STAKEHOLDER MEETING, UM, THAT WAS SCHEDULED ON THE 25TH, BUT THERE WAS SOME CHANGES I GUESS. I GUESS KATHY WAS ON THAT ONE, IS THAT CORRECT? MM-HMM. . CORRECT. SO, UM, I GUESS THERE'LL HAVE TO BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL TO THAT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. [00:40:01] RICHARD, ANY QUESTIONS FOR RICHARD? YEAH, QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION OTHER, BUT I WANT TO JUST STATE MY APPRECIATION FOR THE, THE NICE SUMMARIES, THE DETAILED SUMMARIES HERE AT THE FRONT, UM, IN GENERAL. OH YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST MY EYECATCHING THEM MORE, BUT THEY REALLY STOOD OUT AS, AS BEING VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND USEFUL. SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR, FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED. YOU CAN THANK ALL THESE PEOPLE. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T WRITE ONE WORD IN THERE, SO YEAH, NO, THAT, I LOVE THAT TYPE OF DIGESTIBLE INFORMATION, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT, YOU GUYS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, RICHARD? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, STAFF. GREAT PRESENTATION. UH, MOVING, MOVING ALONG [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS] GUYS. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS LITERALLY JUST FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND UH, OBVIOUSLY RICHARD, UH, HIT, HIT ON ONE OR TWO THERE AS FAR AS THE, UH, TRYING TO BEEF UP THE, UH, U R O SUBCOMMITTEE AND, UH, WHAT WAS THE OTHER, UH, KATHY WAS ON THE U O AND WE HAVE LITERALLY JUST ONE COMMITTEE. YEAH. AT ONE POINT WE DID C D, BUT THAT'S, YEAH. AND THE C D IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL PROBABLY LOOK AT LATER ON. AND THAT WAS YOUR, YEAH, YOUR BABY THERE. SO NONETHELESS, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, THE, UH, THE ELECTION OF, UH, SOME NEW U R O MEMBERS, PLEASE. AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY ANOTHER BUDGET UPDATE IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE TO DO. AND HOPEFULLY BY THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS AND, AND WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED ON THIS? THE ZERO WASTE UPDATE IS ALREADY OH YES, THE ZERO WASTE, I THINK THE ZERO WASTE UPDATE THAT IS ON THE OR THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE JUNE. SO. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONERS. ANYTHING ELSE? HEARING NOTHING ELSE. I'LL BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR AD GERMAN WITH LIGHT OUT ACTUALLY , WHICH IS GOOD. YES, I WILL MOVE TO ADJOURN. UH, JANN MOVES A GERMAN DO I HEAR A SECOND HERE, MELISSA? SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? NO DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU GUYS. COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU STAFF. WONDERFUL JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. I'M RUNNING MOON SHINE. GOTTA HURRY UP MAN. I GOTTA GO DELIVER TRUCK ON LOCATION. JOE. I REALLY GOT A BLACK AND WASTE NO TIME. I KNOW JOE IS LONG TO GET HIGH. HI MOON SHINE. YOU KNOW THAT SWEET MOUNTAIN WHISKEY IN THE STEEL REAL FIND WIN BURN BUS AND BLOWS YOUR MY MOON SHOT. YOU KNOW THAT SWEET MOUNTAIN WHISKEYS IN THE STEEL BURN BUS AND BLOWS YOUR MIND. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.