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          ALRIGHT. 
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ALL RIGHT. 
          I WILL CALL THIS MEETING 
          [ CITY OF BAYTOWN  			 NOTICE OF MEETING 		 		 		 		 		 		 		 		 			 			 			 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SESSION BETWEEN 			THE CITY OF BAYTOWN 			AND  			THE BAYTOWN PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION 			  			MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2024 			3:00 P.M. 			  			BAYTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL 			2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 			   			AGENDA   			  			CALL TO ORDER 			 		 	    ]
TO ORDER BETWEEN THE COLLECTIVE NO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SESSION TO TO ORDER BETWEEN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND THE BAYTOWN PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION. 
          IT IS MONDAY, JUNE THE 10TH AT 2024 AT 3:02 PM THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS. 
          THERE ARE, THERE ARE NONE STILL. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ITEM NUMBER TWO 
          [a. Discuss and consider the City of Baytown's counter proposal for base compensation for Year 3 (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.]
IS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE CITY'S COUNT OR BASED OKAY. 
          FOR THREE MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          I PRESENTED THE 5% LAST TIME. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, BUT I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA COME AND FORMALLY PRESENT WITH A PIECE OF PAPER. 
          I HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER, IT'S ACROSS THE STREET, BUT I, WHEN I READ THIS, I WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY. 
          I GUESS WE'RE JUST GOING WITH THE 5%. 
          OKAY. 
          I CAN GO GET IT IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          THAT'S JUST WHAT I EXPECT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, WELL WITH THAT THEN, UH, BASED ON Y'ALL REQUEST FOR 5%, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE A COUNTER PROPOSAL PREPARED FOR TODAY. 
          UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WILL TELL YOU, UM, IN REGARDS TO THAT. 
          SO, UM, WHEN WE STARTED BUDGET LAST YEAR, LOOKING AT THE FY 24 BUDGET, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JAY KIND OF BROUGHT TO THE TABLE TO THE DIRECTORS TO COUNCIL AND THEN IN, IN THE EMPLOYEE MEETING GROUPS WAS, UM, OUR LINES OF EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES. 
          WHILE WE'VE HAD A LOVELY GAP IN THE PAST, THOSE WERE NARROWING AND AT A NOT TOO DISTANT PLACE IN THE FUTURE, THEY WOULD CROSS IF WE DIDN'T START DOING SOMETHING. 
          AND THOUGH, UM, THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF A FOCUS OF LOOKING AT THAT, UM, UNFORTUNATELY AS THAT CONVERSATION WAS GOING ON, WE WERE WRAPPING UP FY 23. 
          AND WHEN WE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE AFTER ADOPTING THE FY 24 BUDGET, UH, THE FY 23 BUDGET ACTUALLY WENT OVER BUDGET. 
          UM, IN, IN OVERALL TERMS OF THE SCOPE OF THE, IN SIZE OF THE BUDGET WE HAVE, AND THE AMOUNT WASN'T TERRIBLY SIGNIFICANT. 
          WHAT WAS SIGN SIGNIFICANT IS THE FACT THAT, UM, HISTORICALLY WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN UNDER BUDGET BY SEVERAL MILLION, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR CUSH. 
          UM, SO THAT GAP WAS ALREADY CLOSING. 
          AND THEN LAST YEAR, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE A COACH ANYMORE. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN CHARGED WITH, UM, IN RECENT MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR DIRECTORS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FY 24 BUDGET FROM HERE UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, UM, TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GO OVER BUDGET AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, COME BACK IN UNDER BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME GAPS TO FILL. 
          SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN THAT WILL SET OUR STARTING POINT FOR THE FY 25 BUDGET. 
          SO OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE SUBMITTED BUDGETS, UM, FAR 25, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FINALIZE 24 SO THAT WE CAN BETTER, UM, ASSESS 25. 
          WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH COUNCIL ON A COUPLE OF POLICY ITEMS THAT WILL DIRECT US IN OUR FY 25 BUDGET, UH, PREPARATION AS WELL. 
          SO THINGS SUCH AS RATES ACROSS, WHETHER IT'S TAXES, FEES, UH, WATER, SEWER, ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF, THAT, THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF, UH, POLICY POSITION AS WELL AS OUR DEBT STRUCTURE, UM, WHICH HAS, UH, IS IN PROCESS OF CHANGE, UM, BETWEEN, UH, COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR OTHER FINANCIAL POSITIONS. 
          SO THAT WAS ALL TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT OF WHY WE A DON'T HAVE A COUNTER PROPOSAL TODAY. 
          AND THEN ALSO TO TELL YOU THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS A PARTICULAR REASON TO HAVE A MEETING ON THE 18TH OF THIS MONTH. 
          I DON'T THINK WE WILL BE ANY FURTHER ALONG ON THE 18TH. 
          UM, WHEN WE MET WITH FIRE WITH POLICE, UM, WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH THEM ON THE 25TH, EVEN THAT ONE, UM, WE'RE NOT SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA, WE BE ANY FURTHER ALONG. 
          PROBABLY NOT. 
          WE HAVE MEETINGS SCHEDULED WITH COUNSEL ON JUNE THE 28TH. 
          UM, A SPECIAL SESSION TO BEGIN LAYING OUT THE BUDGET, UM, KIND OF WRAPPING UP 24 WITH THEM TO HOPEFULLY GET THAT SQUARED AWAY. 
          UM, AND THEN OUR WORK SESSIONS ON JULY THE 11TH AND JULY, THE ONE 20 SOMETHING, MAYBE 24TH, UM, DUMB HALL MAY TO THAT IT'S BEFORE THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED, UH, COUNCIL MEETING. 
          ALL OF THOSE 
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WILL BE STRICTLY DEDICATED TO BUDGET. 
          UM, SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT, AND THEN JULY IS ALSO WHEN WE GET OUR TAX, UH, PROPERTY TAX ROLES IN, UM, TO REALLY CONFIRM WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF WATCHING AND MONITORING ALL OF THAT BEFORE WE FINALIZE KIND OF AN OFFER BACK TO EITHER ONE OF THE GROUPS. 
          UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THOSE ITEMS. LIKE I SAID, I, I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, UM, OF A WHILE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE ONE TODAY, AND ALSO TO TELL YOU WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DELAY BEFORE WE GET BACK UP WITH MEETINGS TO BRING SOMETHING BACK. 
          SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I GUESS WE'LL JUST KEEP IN CONTACT AND FIGURE OUT WHEN WE CAN, WHEN Y'ALL GET EVERYTHING IN, WE CAN HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M ASSUMING SOMEWHERE AROUND AUGUST, I'M GUESSING. 
          YEAH, I WOULD SAY, I MEAN, I KEEP ASKING SCOTT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, CAN WE FIND OTHER WAYS TO MAKE MONEY? SO FAR HE'S LIKE, NO, . 
          UM, SO , ALL THOSE, ALL THOSE SUGGESTIONS ARE A LITTLE SKETCHY. 
          I KNOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          LEGAL, SKETCHY YOU CAUGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO ANYWAY, UH, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, IF IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MOVING QUICKER TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GETTING MORE CONFIDENT IN THE NUMBERS, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY REACH OUT AND START SCHEDULING THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS, LIKE I SAID, JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAVE AHEAD OF US AND LAYING THAT OUT. 
          IT'S LIKE, WELL, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE CLOSER TO THE END OF JULY, MAYBE THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, UH, BEFORE WE COME BACK. 
          SO. 
          GOOD. 
          [b. Discuss and consider the City of Baytown's Collective Bargaining proposals.]
ALRIGHTY. 
          UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO B, DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER THE CITY OF BAY TOWN'S COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROPOSALS. 
          SO NOTHING TO PRESENT, JUST THE STATEMENT AND THE REOPENER THAT WE CAN BRING FORTH AN ARTICLE AS PART OF THE REOPENER. 
          SO THERE'S NOTHING TO BRING AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AND POINT THAT OUT. 
          NO, THERE'S NOT NOTHING KNOWN AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, AND THEN ITEM 
          [c. Consider setting the time and date for the next Collective Bargaining session.]
C, CONSIDER TIME OF DAY FOR THE NEXT MEETING. 
          UM, AS I SAID, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE 18TH SCHEDULED. 
          I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A NEED FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN WE, WE'LL JUST FOLLOW UP WHEN WE'RE READY TO SCHEDULE THE NEXT ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WORKS. 
          ALL RIGHTY WITH THAT, MICHELLE, DURING THIS MEETING. 
          ALRIGHT, VERY.
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