[00:00:04] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AT THE TIME OF 6:06. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON TODAY, JULY 25TH, 2022. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL MYSELF BRIAN AT CHACON IS PRESENT, MR. DEFFIBAUGH? HERE. MR. KLEIBER? HERE. MR. OBERA? HERE. MR. WASHINGTON? HERE. AND MR. UNDERWOOD? HERE. ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT ON OUR WORK SESSION, WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM 2022 WORKSHOP 001 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE [WORK SESSION AGENDA] ACTION REGARDING THE CITY COUNCIL. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET. AMBER, IF YOU DON'T MIND PULLING UP THAT DOCUMENT THAT I EMAILED OVER TO YOU. ACTUALLY FIRST, IF YOU'LL JUST PULL UP THE ITEM THAT'S ATTACHED TO THIS. WE'LL GO THROUGH HERE FIRST. ALL RIGHT, GUYS. SO BUDGET TIME IS UPON US. ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO START GETTING IN THEIR BUDGET ITEMS OVER TO US. AND WHEN THEY DO SO, THEY HAVE CERTAIN GOALS THAT THEY TRY TO ALIGN WITH THAT MATCHES THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL. IN THE PAST, THIS IS KIND OF OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED. THIS WAS DONE IN 2020. MOST OF US WERE NOT HERE AT THAT TIME FOR 2020. BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF WHAT WE'VE ROLLED WITH SINCE THEN. IT'S VERY WORDY. SO IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THIS, THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, WHENEVER THE DEPARTMENTS ARE LOOKING AT THEIR BUDGET TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, THIS IS WHERE IT FALLS IN LINE WITH THESE PRIORITIES, THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING BY. AGAIN, IT DOES GET VERY WORDY IN THIS DOCUMENT AND IT'S. I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S LOOSE TO INTERPRET, BUT IT'S JUST IT CAN GET CONVOLUTED EASILY. IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES, THEY'VE KIND OF CHANGED THAT APPROACH AND THEY'VE HAD MORE HEADINGS. SO THEY'LL HAVE A DOCUMENT, THEY HAVE A HEADING, AND IT'S LIKE A GENERAL SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE BUDGET. SO DEPARTMENTS ARE ABLE TO GO INTO THOSE HEADINGS AND ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE PRIORITIES MAY FALL UNDER INDIVIDUAL ONES NUMEROUS TIMES, IT DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO SEE WHERE THAT BUDGET ITEM ACTUALLY FALLS VERSUS BULLET POINTS, FIVE, SEVEN, NINE, WHATEVER. WE CAN JUST SAY, OKAY, THIS IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? SO IT MAY COVER A BROAD AREA, BUT IT JUST HONES IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO LAST YEAR, OUR CFO, THAT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT GET OUR BEST SCORE ON. THEY ACTUALLY DID WANT US TO GO IN AND MAKE THIS DOCUMENT A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND JUST KIND OF STREAMLINE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IN THE BUDGET, SO THIS IS WHAT'S PRESENTED, YOU SHOULD ALREADY HAVE A COPY OF IT AS WELL. WHENEVER WE HAVE IT IN HERE, AGAIN, THOSE ITEMS ARE JUST BETTER, RIGHT? SO, AMBER, IF YOU WILL, PULL UP WHAT I EMAILED TO YOU. SO ALL OF THESE BULLET POINTS, THIS IS WHAT WE JUST LOOKED AT. I JUST MADE THE FONT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO READ, BUT MOVING DOWN IN THE RED, THESE ARE DIFFERENT HEADINGS THAT I CAME UP WITH. AMBER IF YOU'LL PUT ALL OF IT ON ONE SCREEN TOGETHER, THAT WAY WE CAN SEE THE RED AND THE BLUE ALL TOGETHER. THAT'S FINE. WE'LL ROLL IT THIS WAY. SO YOU CAN SEE YOU'VE GOT FINANCIAL HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE, SUSTAINABLE, SMART CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITY FOCUSED GOVERNMENT. AND THEN BENEATH THAT, WHAT WAS THE SEVENTH ONE? AMBER IT WAS ANOTHER GOVERNMENT, ONE EXCELLENCE IN CITY GOVERNMENT. SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THESE BULLET POINTS ARE GOING TO FALL UNDER THE SAME HEADINGS, RIGHT? SO IF YOU LOOK AT MAINTAIN A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK FOR THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO FALL UNDER OBVIOUSLY YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. BUT YOU COULD SEE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO FALL UNDER PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT AS WELL. SO IT HELPS ON THAT END BECAUSE IT GIVES OUR DEPARTMENTS A LITTLE MORE DIRECTION. SO WHEN THEY'RE PREPARING THEIR BUDGET, THEY CAN SAY, OKAY, DIRECTIONALLY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING, THIS IS WHAT COUNCIL WANTS US TO REALLY FOCUS ON. THESE ARE THE MAIN POINTS THAT COUNCIL WANTS US TO SEE, AND THEN THE LITTLE SUBHEADINGS WOULD BE UNDERNEATH THAT. SO FEEL FREE IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS CHANGE THIS. THE STUFF AT THE TOP DEFINITELY DOES NOT HAVE TO STAY SPECIFICALLY THIS WAY. I DIDN'T SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT, BUT IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED OR CORRECTED, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN THE BOOK ALSO FOR THE HEADINGS AS WELL. THIS IS A WORKING DOCUMENT, SO IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF HEADING THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS FURTHER OR TO CHANGE UP, ADD, THIS IS OUR TIME TO [00:05:08] DO THAT. SO THIS IS OUR WORKSHOP TO DO IT. AND MOST OF THESE ARE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. SO I MEAN, FINANCIAL HEALTH, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BUT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO FALL UNDER JUST MONEY, PERIOD, RIGHT? SO THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE KAREN'S WHEELHOUSE THERE. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT THAT ALSO COULD BE LIKE, SAY, OUR EVENTS DOES A BLOOD DRIVE. RIGHT. BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A BUDGET FOR A BLOOD DRIVE. IF WE MAKE THAT SOMETHING BIG. WELL, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S GOING TO FALL UNDER FINANCIAL HEALTH, BUT IT ALSO COULD FALL UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, BECAUSE WE'RE ADVISING THE PUBLIC ON DIFFERENT THINGS. SO THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER, BUT THEY'RE ALL SEPARATE AT THE SAME TIME. MAYOR I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE CONSOLIDATED ALL THE BULLET POINTS THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST IN THE. I DON'T KNOW THE WORD TO USE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. AND WE NEED TO CONSOLIDATE IT. DID ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS ON HERE OR TO CHANGE? [INAUDIBLE]. I ABSOLUTELY JUMP IN JUST FOR A MOMENT. SO JUST. SO WE WANTED YOU TO LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH AND THE 250 PAGE DOCUMENT, ONE OF THE. ONE OF THE GRADING SCALES, THAT IS. LOOKED AT BY GFOA IS HOW WE TIE THE THE DEPARTMENT'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND SO THEY WANTED US TO DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB ON TYING THAT DOWN IN THE DOCUMENT. AND SO MANY CITIES ARE, AS THE MAYOR EXPLAINED, UTILIZING A LITTLE BIT SHORTER HEADING THAT DESCRIBES THEIR OVERALL PRIORITIES SO THAT WE CAN POINT TO IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT WHAT SPECIFICALLY AND IT MAY BE TWO MIGHT EVEN BE THREE SPECIFIC HEADINGS THAT THAT DEPARTMENT TOUCHES. AND SO AS WE DEVELOP THE PAGES IN THE DOCUMENT, WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH A GRAPHIC IN SOME MANNER THAT WE PLACE IN THAT PAGE THAT QUICKLY REFERENCES THE PRIORITIES IN WHICH THAT THAT BUDGET WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT APPLIES TO SO THAT IT'S READILY IDENTIFIABLE. LOOK, WE ARE HITTING THE PRIORITIES WITH OUR OUR BUDGET. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS THE MAYOR AND I DISCUSSED. AND SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN TAKE IT FROM HERE, EITHER LIKE THIS OR WITH SOME TWEAKS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE BUILD THAT BUDGET DOCUMENT, WE CONVEY TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE HITTING YOUR PRIORITIES. THANK YOU, SIR. AND I DON'T HAVE IT UP THERE FOR AMBER TO SEE, BUT IT'S ON MY COMPUTER IF YOU GUYS WANT TO JUST LOOK OVER REALLY QUICK. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF FRISCO'S, SO THEY HAVE THEIR HEADINGS AT THE TOP AND THEN IT'S HIGHLIGHTED ON WHAT THAT SPECIFIC ITEM WAS. SO FOR THEIR OBJECTIVE, THIS IS GOING TO HIT EXCELLENCE IN CITY GOVERNMENT. AND THEN AS YOU GO ALONG THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE AND THIS IS KIND OF THE GRAPHIC THAT DEREK WAS SAYING THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP FOR US AS WELL. IT PROBABLY WON'T LOOK LIKE THIS, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO AS WELL, THAT IT'S A LITTLE MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR US TO LOOK AT. IT'S NOT SO WORDY AND IT JUST GIVES OUR DEPARTMENTS MORE DIRECTION FROM US THAT WE WANT TO SEE THEM HAVE IN THEIR BUDGET. PERFECT. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A MOTION? I AM LOOKING FOR A MOTION. WE NEED EMOTION FROM EVERYBODY. CORRECT? YEAH. JUST IF YOU'RE ALL DONE WITH DISCUSSION, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MAYBE GUIDE IN ANY MANNER THAT YOU MAY NEED, BUT ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE WANT TO GO AWAY FROM THIS EVENING WITH THIS DISCUSSION IS A DIRECTION ON WHAT THE PRIORITIES WOULD BE IDENTIFIED IN THE BUDGET ITSELF. AND IF THIS REPRESENTS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, THEN YOU CAN GIVE STAFF DIRECTION AND BUY A MOTION AND A VOTE. [00:10:02] SO JUST MAKE SURE THIS BOTTOM PART, THESE HEADINGS THAT ARE IN RED, MAKE FOR SURE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH BECAUSE STAFF WILL BE WATCHING THIS MEETING TONIGHT AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW MOVING FORWARD WHEN THEY'RE PREPARING THOSE BUDGETS THAT WE'LL SEE VERY SOON. THIS IS THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THIS IS WHAT COUNCIL IS SAYING THAT WE FEEL IS A PRIORITY FOR THE BUDGET AND THIS IS KIND OF THE DIRECTION WE WANT THEM TO MOVE IN TO ALIGN THEIR BUDGET. AND SO I KNOW I WROTE IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE WITH IT AND WE'RE ALL IN AGREEANCE TO IT. WE ARE. IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE THE HEADINGS WHICH WHICH HAS BEEN PRESENTED AND GIVE DIRECTION TO THE STAFF TO USE THAT IN DETERMINING THE BUDGET BOOK OR WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. THE MOTION CARRIES 5-0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE HEADINGS TO OUR BUDGET BOOK. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE. MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, PLEASE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL BE BACK AT 6:30 FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.