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UM, WELCOME EVERYONE TO THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
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ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY WILL BE TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY REGULAR MEETING HELD ON APRIL 20TH, 2022.DO I HAVE A MOTION? I SO MOVE.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? UM, ALRIGHT.
I AM GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM THAT VOTE BECAUSE I WAS NOT AT THAT MEETING.
UM, BUT ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? LIKE SIGNED MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[a. Receive and discuss the Baytown Area Water Authority's Fiscal Year 2022-23 Proposed Budget.]
WE WILL RECEIVE AND DISCUSS THE AUTHOR'S FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23.HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU THE FIRST DRAFT OF YOUR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, HUGE THANKS TO GINA AND OTHER STAFF IN MY DEPARTMENT WHO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
I'LL DO MY BEST TO, UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT THE CREDIT IS, UH, DUE TO THEM AND ALSO TO STERLING AND HIS TEAM FOR HELPING, UM, GIVE US THE, UH, THE INFORMATION TO SUBSTANTIATE THE FIGURES THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET BEFORE YOU.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AT THE OUTSET IS, IF YOU REMEMBER WE WENT THROUGH SOME, UH, CONSIDERABLE FLUX AND TRANSITION OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UH, WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID PANDEMIC IN TERMS OF, UH, CONSUMPTION AND THEN THE FACT THAT WE HAD A WHOLE NEW PLANT COME INTO OPERATION? SO ASSUMPTIONS WERE MADE LAST YEAR THE BEST WE COULD DO AT THE TIME, GIVEN THAT DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY.
UH, AND AS I SAY, FLUIDITY AND TRANSITION, UH, WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU FIGURES TODAY THAT I WOULD SUGGEST ARE BETTER FOUNDED ON ACTUAL EXPERIENCE AS OPPOSED TO OUR BEST ESTIMATES.
UH, THEY REFLECT THE REALITY OF THE CURRENT POSITION IN TERMS OF BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, REVENUES ARE DUE TO GO UP TO A LITTLE OVER 15 MILLION, UH, LARGELY DUE TO THE 6% INCREASE IN RATES THAT ARE ASSUMED.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, IN PRIOR YEARS, WE AT THIS FORUM DISCUSSED AND DEBATED, UH, THE NEED FOR THAT AND YOU TOOK THE VIEW THAT YOU WOULDN'T REDUCE RATES OF, UH, AN ADDITIONAL, UH, 6% IN RATES GOING INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE ARE SEEING AN UPTICK AS YOU WOULD EXPECT.
UM, I THINK EVERYBODY CURRENTLY IS, UH, SEEING THAT IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL FINANCES.
CERTAINLY IN THE CITY GENERALLY, WE ARE SEEING INCREASING INFLATION RATE PRESSURES.
UH, SO I WOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE INCREASE IN RAW WATER SUPPLY COSTS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THE OTHER INCREASE YOU WILL SEE IS IN DEBT SERVICE.
AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONTINUED PROGRAM OF INVESTMENT IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND ON PAGE FIVE, YOU WILL SEE THOSE LISTED.
UH, WE WILL BE CONTRIBUTING IF THIS BUDGET IS FINALLY APPROVED BY YOU.
UH, WE WILL BE CONTRIBUTING A FURTHER 1 MILLION IN CASH GOING INTO NEXT YEAR FOR THE CAPITAL PROGRAM AND INCREASING THE DEBT, UH, REPAYMENTS ANNUALLY BY A LITTLE UNDER 1 MILLION, UH, TO PAY FOR BONDS, WHICH WILL BE ISSUED FOR, UH, PREDICT FOR THE UH, ROLL WATER REHAB PROJECT AND THE EAST SURFACE WATER PLANT PHASE TWO EXPANSION.
THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED WILL RESULT IN WORKING CAPITAL.
ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL OF ABOUT 51 DAYS, UH, BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, THAT'S I WOULD SUGGEST FOR ME AS A CONSERVATIVE ACCOUNTANT, A LITTLE LOW, BUT IT'S DOABLE.
UH, OURS IS NOT TO HOARD MONEY, OURS IS TO DELIVER SERVICES.
UH, SO I THINK THAT IS REASONABLE.
I WOULDN'T LIKE IT TO SEE IT GOING BELOW THAT.
SO WE WILL PAY ATTENTION TO THAT OVER THE COURSE OF NEXT YEAR.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST WE WILL NEED TO GIVE THOUGHT AGAIN GOING INTO THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR, UH, THE LEVEL OF, UH, FEES THAT WE CHARGE TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
UH, BUT AS IT STANDS, MADAM PRESIDENT, WE ARE CONTENT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
THIS IS NOT ASKING YOU TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY.
IT IS MERELY PRESENTING IT TO YOU.
YOU WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH YOU WILL SET THE DATE FOR AFTER THIS
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ITEM.AND WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS FOR FURTHER DEBATE AND DISCUSSION.
FIRST QUESTION I HAVE, AND MAYBE I'M LOOKING AT SOMETHING WRONG ON MY SCREEN.
NUMBERS ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE GOT ON THE HANDOUT.
AS I SAID, UH, WE HAVE THE FINAL VERSION, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT YOUR, OKAY, SO WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN IS NOT FINAL.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S PRINTED IS CORRECT.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FAR AWAY.
ON THE, UH, CITY OF HOUSTON UNTREATED WATER RATES.
THE LAST ENTRY ON THE TABLE IS APRIL OF 21.
SO DID THEY NOT, THEY TYPICALLY INCREASE, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR.
DID THEY NOT INCREASE FOR APRIL OF 22? UH, YES.
HONOR PRESENT, UH, ON PAGE FOUR, DID I MISS THAT? Y YES.
UNDER EXPENDITURES THAT THE, UH, IT'S HIGHLIGHTED AT REAL WATER SUPPLY COST.
UM, WE RECEIVED A RATE INCREASE.
THAT'S UP TO 10 90, UH, CENTS ON APRIL 1ST.
AND MY SECOND QUESTION YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS, IT'S REALLY PROBABLY A PUBLIC WORKS QUESTION.
BUT REGARDING THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF THE, UM, EXISTING SURFACE WATER PLANT, UH, OFF OF I 10, THE OLD, WHAT WE CALL THE, THE FRITZ LANUM, THE OLDER, UH, TREATMENT PLANT, WE ARE, UM, EXPECTING TO EXPAND BY 6 MILLION GALLONS.
AND YET THE FUNDS, UH, HERE ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS 5.42 MILLION.
UH, THAT EVEN WITH AN EXPANSION, YOU DON'T PAY NEARLY AS MUCH AS YOU DO FOR A NEW PLANT 'CAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
BUT NONETHELESS, IN 2022, I JUST THINK IT'S ODD THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET 6 MILLION FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THAT ITEM IS, UM, UH, MISSTATED.
IT'S, THAT IS JUST FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES.
AND THE EXPANSION EXPANSION, THAT MAKES MUCH MORE SENSE.
AND THE EXPANSION WILL BE FOR, FOR BWA EAST, NOT THE MAIN THING I WAS GONNA SAY, BECAUSE THAT'S A BARGAIN.
IT, WE ANTICIPATE THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA COST AS MUCH TO DO AN EXPANSION AS IT DID TO BUILD THE PLANT.
BUT WE CURRENTLY HAVE COROLLA DOING A, A PERFORMING AN ANALYSIS FOR US THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SHORTLY THAT WILL GIVE US SOME UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, TECHNOLOGIES THAT COULD BE BUILT INTO THE NEXT EXPANSION THAT COULD SAVE, SAVE MONEY.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT ANALYSIS FROM THEM.
AND WE REALLY NEED THAT BEFORE WE COULD DETERMINE FOR SURE WHAT THIS IS GOING TO COST.
AND I DID MISS MISSPEAK, I TALKED ABOUT THE OLD PLANT.
I REALIZED WE'RE EXPANDING THE NEW PLANT.
SO YEAH, WE, I AND WE KNEW BUILDING THE BEAST THAT WE WERE GOING TO ALMOST IMMEDIATELY LOOK AT YES.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TO EXPAND IT.
'CAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, IT IS 24 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY CAPACITY PLAN.
SO YEAH, IT DOES
SO THIS WILL JUST GET US STARTED AND WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH PROPOSALS ABOUT HOW TO, TO FUND THE, THE FINAL EXPANSION.
NO, SO I HAD A QUESTION ON THE TRANSFER OUT THE MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY DOWN FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
UM, AND YOU EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN ABOUT WORKING CAPITAL.
UM, IF WE, IF WE ELIMINATED THAT, THAT OBVIOUSLY WOULD DOUBLE OUR WORKING CAPITAL, BUT THERE'S A REASON YOU'RE CALLING FOR THAT.
I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
YOU'RE AB YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, ON, ON PAGE FIVE, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE HAVE, UH, JUST A LITTLE OVER A, A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH FOR THE BACKWASH TO CAN PUMP REPLACEMENT AND FOR THE ADMIN BUILDING.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING UTILIZING IT FOR THAT.
SO, SO YES, WE HAVE A USE FOR IT.
UM, I, I WAS JUST REFLECTING THAT WORKING CAPITAL IS REALLY OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT DOWN TO THE, THE MARGIN AND IT'S NOT A WHAT IF NUMBER, RIGHT? I MEAN, WITH, WITH THEIR, THAT NUMBER'S DRIVEN BY WHAT WE PROCEED, WE, WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO.
NO, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'M GOOD.
[b. Consider a resolution calling for a public hearing regarding the Baytown Area Water Authority Fiscal Year 2022-23 Proposed Budget.]
WILL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE AUTHORITIES' FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 PROPOSED BUDGET.[00:10:01]
UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE PUBLIC HEARING? AND WE'RE JUST CALLING FOR IT.UM, I, THE RESOLUTION THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED ME INDICATES THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD DURING THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING ON JULY 20TH.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? LIKE, SO, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
[a. Receive the Baytown Area Water Authority Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending March 31, 2022.]
NOW WE'LL MOVE TO THE REPORT SECTION AND RECEIVE THE AUTHORITIES FINANCIAL QUARTERLY FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2022.THIS TIES NEATLY TO THE FIRST ITEM ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
UH, YOU WILL SEE AT THE HALFWAY POINT, UH, WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND ON REVENUES AS, UH, UH, I REFLECTED EARLIER, BUT THE FLUID THAT THEY PARDONED UPON ON TRANSITION THAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, UH, BUT THAT HAS MATCHED, UH, ALMOST DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE BY, UM, US BEEN SLIGHTLY BEHIND ON SPEND THERE, UH, PARTICULARLY IN PERSONNEL AND ALSO IN SUPPLIES OVERALL.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, THE BUDGET POSITION REMAINS CONSTANT, UH, ROUNDABOUT WHERE WE HAD EXPECTED TO BE, UH, ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SIDE.
YOU WILL SEE WE ARE SPENDING AND INVESTING IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
THERE'S NOTHING AT THIS STAGE THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ALARMING.
WE HAVE REFLECTED THE, UH, SLIGHTLY LOWER REVENUE FIGURES IN THE ESTIMATES WE JUST PRESENTED ALONG WITH NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND AS I SAID AT THE OUTSET, THE, UH, THE REVENUES ANTICIPATED IN THE BUDGET GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, UH, REFLECT THAT.
I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD, MADAM PRESIDENT, DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM.
[a. The next Baytown Area Water Authority meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at 4:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas 77520. ]
THE MANAGER'S REPORT.I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, GOSH, ABOUT THE SEVENTH TIME THAT I PRESENTED THE BUDGET, OR WE'VE PRESENTED THE BUDGET HERE SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY.
AND, UM, IN EVERY YEAR, UH, LEADING UP TO THIS, IT'S BEEN A MUCH DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT.
WE'RE ENTERING INTO A NEW ERA.
UH, I HOPE IT'S NOT AN ERA, I THINK, I HOPE IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, UH, A YEAR OR TWO.
I'VE GONE THROUGH SO MANY OF THESE FINANCIAL CYCLES AS EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND YOU ALL THAT, UH, WE KNOW, UM, THAT, UH, UH, THINGS, UH, GET TIGHTER WITH INFLATION.
I THINK THAT'S A HEADWIND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH AS A WATER AUTHORITY.
UH, THE LABOR MARKET IS THINNER.
THE, UH, THE, THE POOL OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS IS, IS FEWER.
UM, AND SO THERE'S SOME HEADWINDS THAT, UH, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN THERE'S THESE PRESSING NEEDS FOR CONTINUED DEDICATION OF FUNDING TO THE EXPANSION OF OUR WATER PRODUCING CAPABILITIES.
WE CAN'T IGNORE THAT, AND WE HAVEN'T FIGURED THAT OUT YET.
UH, SO, BUT I KNOW THAT WE, WE NEED TO START, UH, TAKING STEPS TOWARDS THAT LIKELY, UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT 12 MILLION GALLONS AS FAR AS AN EXPANSION, UH, POSSIBILITY, IF WE CAN PUT THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE.
SO THERE'S SOME VERY WEIGHTY DECISIONS THIS BOARD IS GONNA HAVE TO, TO MAKE IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA MAKE TOGETHER.
UH, BUT, UH, UH, I'M STILL CONFIDENT IN OUR STAFF.
WE HAVE A VERY PROFESSIONAL STAFF, VERY QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
AND, UH, JUST, I'M, I'M STILL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS COMING YEAR.
UH, AND I THINK THIS AGENCY, THIS, UH, AUTHORITY HAS PROVIDED AN AN AMAZING SERVICE FOR THE, FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE, UH, ANOTHER HEADWIND, WHICH IS CONTINUING, I WOULD SAY A POLITICAL, UM, RESISTANCE TO RATE INCREASES, PARTICULARLY IN ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGING TIMES.
IT'S A CATCH 22 BECAUSE WE CAN'T SERVICE THEM UNLESS, YOU KNOW, WITH HOUSTON, WITH A 14% INCREASE IN THEIR RATES AND THE, THE BEAST LOOMING STILL OUT THERE, THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO EXPAND SO WE CAN HAVE POTABLE WATER FOR THE GROWING COMMUNITY.
UH, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME TOUGH, UH, DECISIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL ABOUT, UH, FUTURE RATES AS WELL.
BUT I THINK LAST YEAR WE DID AS MUCH AS WE COULD IN ORDER TO SET US UP FOR, FOR SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE BY MAKING SURE OUT OF CITY, UH, CUSTOMERS PAID, UH, FOR THE WATER.
AND, UH, UH, I THINK THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
NIAGARA HAS NOT COME ONLINE YET, SO WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVE, WE'VE, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS NOT SEEN THAT, UH, IMPACT US YET.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA START SEEING, YOU
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KNOW, 2 MILLION GALLONS, UH, A DAY GOING INTO THAT PROJECT, WHICH LEAVES US WITH FOUR OUT OF THE SIX THAT WE, THAT WE JUST GOT THROUGH BUILDINGS.SO, UM, IT'S SOBERING, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PAIN ENOUGH THAT IT, WE'RE OPTIMISTIC 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T THEREFORE SEEN THE REVENUES THAT WOULD COME IN OFF OF THAT, THAT THAT NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME, MAYBE WE'LL SEE A CLEARER PICTURE AS TO HOW WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY FINANCE, UH, THE EXPANSION OF THE PLANT.
BUT IT WAS PROBABLY GOING TO, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE SOME GENERAL FUND, UH, MONEY.
IT'S GONNA REQUIRE SOME, OBVIOUSLY SOME REVENUES FROM, FROM B TO DO TO DO THAT EXPANSION.
AND WE'LL DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
IF WE CAN ONLY DO SIX, WE'LL ONLY DO SIX.
BUT THAT'S, IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO.
UH, OUTSIDE OF THAT, OUR, OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS JULY 20TH.
SO, AS I ALWAYS DO, I WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY, UH, 4TH OF JULY.
OH, UH, JUNETEENTH, 4TH OF JULY, WHATEVER OTHER HOLIDAY FALLS IN THERE.
YOU'RE ALMOST A PIONEER DAY IN UTAH.
UH, BUT I WON'T MENTION THAT ONE.
UH, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL.
YOU'VE DONE THIS, THIS COMING YEAR, AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE WITH YOU WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU EVERY BIT, UH, TO, TO MAKE THOSE.
BUT WITH RESPECT TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS, THE TIMELINE AND THE END OF MY TERM, HOW DID THOSE TWO THINGS I'M KIDDING.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN MY TERM IS.
I WAS JOKING ABOUT BOUNCING, BOUNCING OFF.
GIVEN THAT THERE ARE WAITING DECISIONS TO BE MADE AND ALL THE, YEAH.
THERE ARE WAITING DECISIONS TO BE MADE, ALL THE, YOU KNOW.
BUT YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT ALONE THOUGH.
YOU KNOW, COUNCIL COUNCIL'S ALSO, UH, GOTTA MAKE IT, MAKE SOME VERY TOUGH DECISIONS ALSO IN THE FUTURE.
IT, IT'S JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE TO THE CITY, IT WAS MORE LIKE CAMELOT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF KINDA WORKED OUT.
AND THEN WE HIT THIS, UH, THE, THE, UH, COVID PANDEMIC AND THEN COMING OUT OF THAT, WE SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THAT THERE WERE VERY SERIOUS ECONOMIC REVERBERATIONS OR IMPACTS, UH, COMING OUT OF THAT IN WAYS THAT WE NEVER COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UH, THAT'S, I THINK THAT PARTLY EXPLAINS THE 14% INCREASE FROM, FROM HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, TO BE SURE.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
MY ONLY, MY ONLY COMMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE, THE, THE INCREASE IN CAPACITY THAT WE NEED NIAGARA AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS.
YEAH, THAT'S A, THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST 50 YEARS AND, AND OUR TOWN IS CONTINUING TO GROW AND I THINK IT'S CONTINUING TO GROW IN THE RIGHT WAY, IN GOOD WAYS.
AND IF WE HAVE TO SPEND MORE MONEY AND EXPAND, UH, THE EAST PLANT, TO ME THAT'S JUST A, THAT'S JUST A GOOD THING.
AS FAR AS YOUR TERM LIMITS, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BY THE WAY.
SO KEEP MAKING DECISIONS AND, UH, KEEP SITTING IN THAT CHAIR.
I'LL DISCUSS WITH RAQUEL AFTER HONEY.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS, RICK.
VERY MUCH FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT WE DO UP HERE.
'CAUSE WE'RE VOLUNTEERS AND WE CARE ABOUT OUR CITY.
AND WE THANK YOU AND WE THANK THE STAFF FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
TAKE BACK ALL THE MEAN THINGS I SAID ABOUT YOU TODAY,
A AS THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA, I WOULDN'T ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.