[FY 2026 Budget Workshop: Office of Business Opportunity on May 19, 2025.]
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AND HAPPY TO BE JOINED BY THE OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.WE HAVE DIRECTOR LENCIA HORDE AND CFO, PATSY JACKSON TO LEAD US IN OUR PRESENTATION.
SO WITH THAT, THE FLOOR IS YOURS, DIRECTOR.
TODAY WE'LL PRESENT THE PROPOSAL BUDGET.
THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL FOR BEING PRESENT, UH, FOR FY 26.
I'M JOINED TODAY, OF COURSE, BY PATSY JACKSON, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
I'M ALSO JOINED BY OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM IN THE BACK ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DR.
BRIDGET ROSS, OUR DIVISION MANAGER FOR CERTIFICATION AND DIVISION AND DESIGNATIONS.
ALSO, UH, JOINED BY OUR DIVISION MANAGER FOR CONTRACT COMPLIANCE.
LATRISA BROWN, OUR DIVISION MANAGER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, AND OUR COUNCIL LIAISON, BRANDON JONES.
TODAY WE'LL TOUCH ON THE ITEMS AND TABLE OF CONTEXT THAT'S OUTLINED ON PAGE TWO, BUT I WANT TO START BY REVIEWING A FEW OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE YEAR.
UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET, YOU'LL NOTICE WE'RE, AS YOU'RE AWARE, A VERY SMALL OFFICE, BUT I WANNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN REALLY GREAT.
UM, SO OUR DEPARTMENT SERVICES UNIT, WHICH IS THE UNIT THAT SETS THE GOALS, PROVIDES TRAINING ACROSS THE CITY ON GOAL SETTING.
THEY ALSO PROVIDE MEDIATION SERVICES AND, UM, ATTEND OUR PREBI CONFERENCES TO EXPLAIN THE M-W-S-D-E-B PROGRAM.
UM, THIS YEAR THEY'VE CONDUCTED TWO DEPARTMENT SERVICES TRAINING INSTITUTE EVENTS.
THEY'VE CONDUCTED THREE ROAD SHOWS.
THEY'VE REVIEWED 485 CONTRACT GOAL SETTINGS.
THEY'VE ATTENDED 137 PRE-BID MEETINGS, UM, AND THEY'VE HAD ONE STAFF PROMOTION IN THEIR AREA.
OUR PAYER PLAY PROGRAM, UM, WHICH IS THE, UM, INSURANCE SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING TO CRISIS DIVERSION AND CAPS PROGRAM.
AND FORMALLY ETHAN, UM, HAD 21 COMPLIANCE REVIEWS.
THIS YEAR THEY GENERATED $917,000 APPROXIMATELY FOR THE CRISIS DIVERSION AND CAPS PROGRAMS DIRECTOR, PLEASE SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, THEY ALSO FILLED IT FOR, UH, THE CRISIS DIVERSION PROGRAM FIELDED 4,601 CALLS, WHICH ENABLED THEM TO SAVE 2.8 MILLION IN FIRST RESPONDER RESOURCES TO BE REALLOCATED TO, UM, DIRECT SERVICES IN THAT AREA.
THERE WAS ONE STAFF PROMOTION.
OUR CONTRACT COMPLIANCE DIVISION MONITORED 736 CONTRACTS THIS YEAR, ATTENDED 115 KICKOFF MEETINGS, 140 PRE-CERTIFICATION MEETINGS PERFORMED 164 AUDITS PERFORMED 115 CONTRACT CLOSEOUTS.
WE HAD 84 OUTSTANDING RATINGS, UH, 19 SATISFACTORY DUE TO GOOD FAITH EFFORTS.
WE HAD 12 SATISFACTORY RATINGS AND 42 UNSATISFACTORY RATINGS.
WE COLLECTED OVER $15,000 IN PREVAILING WAGES, PENALTIES, AND WE ALSO HAD ONE STAFF PROMOTION IN THAT AREA.
OUR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION, WHICH IS OUR EXTERNAL FACING DIVISION, PROVIDING CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMMING, WORKING WITH WORKFORCE.
UM, THEY HAVE FIVE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS THIS YEAR.
FOUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WITH OVER 600 ATTENDEES.
ONE SUBCONTRACTOR CONTRACTOR EVENT WITH OVER 500 ATTENDEES.
AND WE HAVE ONE STAFF PROMOTION IN THAT AREA.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO VACANCIES THERE, OUR CERTIFICATION AND DESIGNATIONS DIVISION.
UM, WE APPROVED 358 NEW MW SBE, UM, 124 NEW DBES AND ACDBES.
UM, THIS YEAR WE HAD OUR TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS HUB AUDIT AND THAT AUDIT, UM, WAS WITH NO FINDINGS, SO WE DID GREAT ON THE AUDIT.
WE GRADUATED FIVE FIRMS AND THEN WE HAVE 450, EXCUSE ME, 457 NEW HIGHER HOUSTON FIRST APPLICATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED.
WE HAD SIX STAFF PROMOTIONS IN THAT AREA.
WE ABSORBED THREE AND THEN WE HAD TWO VACANCIES.
UM, THE LAST, UH, DIVISION OR PROGRAM IS THE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES PROGRAM.
UM, WE HAVE SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS WITH SEVEN ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS.
UH, WE HAD SIX CONTRACT COMPLIANCE COMMISSION MEETINGS.
WE HAD OUR FIRST, UM, CHAMPIONS OF DIVERSITY LUNCHEON, BUT OUR 10TH CHAMPIONS, WE GENERATED 40,000, A LITTLE OVER $40,000, UM, IN REVENUE.
WE ADOPTED OUR DISPARITY STUDY.
UM, WE ADDED THE VETERAN CERTIFICATION AND EXPANDED OUR SPE.
WE ALSO HAD 20 TITLE SIX COMPLAINTS THAT WERE RECEIVED, AND 19 OF THOSE WERE PROCESSED OUT AND DISMISSED.
WE HAD ONE CITY OF HOUSTON TITLE SIX LANGUAGE AND ACCESS TRAINING PROGRAM
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WITH HUNT OVER 100 PARTICIPANTS.AND WE ALSO HAD ONE TITLE SIX LIAISON, WHICH IS OUR ANNUAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TRAINING, UH, WITH 14 DEPARTMENT PARTICIPANTS.
SO THOSE ARE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE YEAR.
THEY'RE LISTED IN THE APPENDIX, AND SO I'LL GET INTO THE BUDGET.
YEAH, THAT'S ALL ON PAGE 26 AND 27 OF THE BUDGET.
I DO WANNA WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER TARSHA JACKSON TO THE HORSESHOE.
THAT'S A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF BIG NUMBERS IN THERE.
UM, THE WORK OF THE OFFICE ALIGNS WITH THE FOLLOW MAIL PRIORITIES, UM, GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
90% OF THE WORK OF OBO ALIGNS WITH THE GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PRIORITY AND 10% OF OUR WORK ALIGNS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR WORK SUPPORTS THE INNER WORKINGS OF CITY GOVERNMENT.
AS OBO SUPPORTS THE SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS LABOR AND EEO STANDARDS AND THE APPLICATION OF PREVAILING WAGES, WE MONITOR CITY CONTRACTS FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
THE REMAINING 10% OF OUR WORK SUPPORTS BUILDING BUSINESS CAPACITY AND OUTREACH AND INVESTING IN HUMAN CAPITAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS WAS OUR PLAN TO ELIMINATE GAP AND OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, OBO HAS ENGAGED IN REVIEWING OUR STRUCTURE TO MAXIMIZE OUR SPAN OF CONTROL WHILE PROVIDING A LADDER OF SUCCESS FOR OUR OFFICE AND OUR TEAM.
THIS RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF FOUR POSITIONS AND OVER 41,000 FOR OUR NON-PERSONNEL BUDGET.
THE TOTAL ELIMINATION OF GAP CAME TO AN OVERALL REDUCTION OF $345,000.
AS FAR AS THE VOLUNTARY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PAYOUT, OPTION, OBO HAD FIVE EMPLOYEES THAT QUALIFIED FOR THE V-M-E-R-P-O.
20% OF OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH WAS ONE, PARTICIPATED IN THE RETIREMENT PROGRAM THAT RESULTED IN A SAVINGS OF 275, APPROXIMATELY 276,000, AND THAT WAS AS OF APRIL 20TH.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, OPL HAS BEEN UNDERSTAFFED AND UNDERFUNDED FOR MANY YEARS, AND OUR CONTROL EXISTS WITHOUT MUCH SPAN.
BUT AS OUR TEAM REVIEWED OUR STRUCTURE, THERE WERE ONLY TWO LEVELS OF MANAGEMENT IN TWO DIVISIONS AND ONE LEVEL IN OUR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION.
THEREFORE, WE COULD NOT REDUCE OUR MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE, BUT WE DID CREATE MORE DIRECT REPORTS FOR THE EXISTING MANAGEMENT TEAM TO INCREASE OUR SPAN OF CONTROL.
IN ITS CURRENT STATE, OUR ORGANIZATION INCLUDES DIVISION MANAGERS WITH ONE SUPERVISOR AND OR SENIOR MANAGER REPORTING TO A DIVISION MANAGER.
IN OUR PROPOSAL, WE HAVE SPLIT OUT STAFF TO HAVE DIRECT REPORTS FOR BOTH DIVISION MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS.
THIS TOOK OUR SPAN OF CONTROL IN SOME INSTANCES FROM THREE TO SIX.
CURRENTLY, 45% OF OUR MANAGERS HAVE FOUR OR LESS DIRECT REPORTS, BUT IN THE PROPOSED NEW STRUCTURE, NONE OF OUR MANAGERS WILL HAVE FOUR OR LESS DIRECT REPORTS, AND WE WILL STILL ONLY HAVE TWO LAYERS OF MANAGEMENT.
EXPENDITURES FOR OBO ARE DENTAL FUND AND PERSONNEL RELATED FROM FFY 24 TO FR 25.
PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES DECREASED DUE TO VACANCIES AND TURNOVERS IN FY 26.
YOU WILL SEE A SLIGHT 1% INCREASE AS SOME OF THOSE VACANCIES WERE FILLED.
THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE FROM FY 24 TO FY 25 AND A REDUCTION TO 13% FROM THIS FISCAL YEAR.
THIS SLIDE IS A VISUAL DRAFT OF THE PREVIOUS SLIDE SHOWING THAT THE MAJORITY OF OBO SPENDING IS GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS GRAPH, THE MAJORITY OF OBO SPENDING FROM THE GENERAL FUND IS PERSONNEL RELATED AT 84%, OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS 4.8 MILLION AND OUR PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES IN FY 25 WITH 4 MILLION IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, MOST EXPENDITURES ARE ALSO PERSONNEL RELATED AT 80%.
WHEN WE TRACK EXPENDITURES BY PROGRAM, YOU WILL SEE THE FOLLOWING, A DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES FOR ADMINISTRATION SERVICES, BUSINESS SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EP SERVICES PROGRAM FROM FY 24 TO FY 26 DUE TO VACANCIES AND TURNOVER, YOU WILL ALSO SEE AN INCREASE, INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES, IN CERTIFICATION AND DESIGNATIONS, CONTRACT COMPLIANCE AND DEPARTMENT SERVICES DUE TO THE FILLING OF VACANCIES.
OUR ADMINISTRATION SERVICES PROGRAM IS COMPRISED OF OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM AND ALIGNS WITH THE GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PRIORITY.
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WE'LL LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, UM, IN THIS AREA, WHICH INCLUDE THE NEW ASPIRATIONAL GOALS FOR THE M-W-S-B-E PROGRAM.IT'S OUTLINED IN A NEWLY ADOPTED DISPARITY STUDY.
UM, COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S TITLE SIX PROGRAM IS ALSO A MEASUREMENT AS WELL AS OUR EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES.
YOU CAN SEE THE FOLLOWING THAT AN FY 24 AND 25, THE GOODS AND SERVICES WERE COMBINED IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEARS.
GOODS HAS A TARGETED SEPARATE GOAL OF 15% AND SERVICES HAS A SEPARATE TARGETED GOAL OF 19%.
THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES GOAL HAS A TARGET INCREASE OF 2% FROM 24 TO 26%, AND THE CONSTRUCTION GOAL REMAINS THE SAME AT 34%.
WE'LL ALSO MEASURE THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM AS WELL AS OUR ADOPTED BUDGET, EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES.
OUR BUSINESS SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ALIGNS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE OUR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEYS FOR CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS, WHICH WE TARGET AT 100% AND THE NUMBER OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, UM, ASSISTED BY THE SOLUTION CENTER.
YOU'LL SEE A DECREASE IN THE TARGETING FY 26 DUE TO AN INCREASE, A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FTES IN OUR PROGRAM.
IN OUR CERTIFICATION AND DESIGNATIONS PROGRAM, IT ALIGNS WITH THE GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS.
THE, UM, MEASURES INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF APPROVED HOUSTON FIRST DESIGNATIONS, WHICH WILL BE NEW FOR FY 26.
THE NUMBER OF NEW CERTIFIED FIRMS HAS BEEN ADDED ALSO FOR FY 26, ALONG WITH THE NUMBER OF FIRMS RENEWED.
WE ARE MAKING SOME PROCEDURAL CHANGES IN OUR CERTIFICATION AND DESIGNATIONS DIVISION, AND WE'LL BE TESTING, UM, OUR TIMEFRAME TO COME UP WITH A BETTER, BETTER MEASUREMENT OF THE NUMBER OF DAYS TO PROCESS CERTIFICATION APPLICATIONS.
SO WE DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN FY 26, UM, BUT WE HAVE SEEN, WE SAW A DECREASE IN THE TIMELINE OF THE MIDYEAR, BUT WE NOW SEEING AN INCREASE AGAIN WHILE WE AWAIT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE AND FILL OUR VACANCIES.
FOR THE CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAM, IT ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PRIORITY AND IT INCLUDES EXPENDITURES FOR PERSONNEL AS WELL AS THE PAYER PRO PLAY PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE INNER FUND TRANSFER THAT WE SPOKE OF EARLIER.
THIS PROGRAM ALIGNS WITH GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS BY MONITORING OUR PRIME CONTRACTORS' PERFORMANCE ON THE M-W-S-D-B-E-A-C-D-B-E GOALS, LABOR AND EE LAWS, AND OUR PREVAILING WAGES.
THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES INCLUDED ARE THE PERCENTAGE OF CLOSED CONTRACTS, MEETING LABOR STANDARDS.
WE ALSO LOWERED THAT TO A MORE REALISTIC MEASURE IN 2026, THE PERCENTAGE OF CLOSED CONTRACTS MEETING OR EXCEEDING GOALS AND OR PROVIDING REQUISITE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO MEET THE GOAL.
THAT WAS ALSO LOWERED FOR A MORE REALISTIC TARGET AS WELL.
AND THE PERCENTAGE OF VENDORS CHOOSING TO PLAY VERSUS PAY.
WE ALSO LOWERED THEIR TARGET FOR A MORE REALISTIC VALUE FOR 2026.
DEPARTMENT SERVICES ALIGNS WITH OUR GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS AND THE EXPENDITURES INCLUDE ALL PERSONNEL COSTS.
THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES WERE CHANGED TO INCLUDE THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF REJECTED PARTICIPATION PLANS INSTEAD OF THE NUMBER OF GOOD FAITH EFFORT REVIEWS.
THIS WILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO CURE PLANS AND WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S PRIOR TO THE SOLICITATION OF CONTRACTS WITH GOALS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ALIGNS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITY.
THE EXPENDITURES ARE PERSONNEL IN THIS PROGRAM AS WELL, AND THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE OF THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES AT WORKFORCE EVENTS.
WE HAVE INCREASED THIS TARGET AND THE PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDEES RECEIVING JOB OFFERS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES WAS ADDED AS WE WANTED TO ALIGN, UH, THE TARGET WITH AN INDUSTRY STANDARD, THEREFORE REMOVING THE PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDEES RECEIVING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ONLY.
THIS LAST ONE IS OUR INNER FUND AND DEBT SERVICES TRANSFER, WHICH IS THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS GENERATED FROM PAY OR PLAY, UM, OVER TO THE CAPS PROGRAM AND THE CRISIS CALLED DIVERSION PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE, PATSY.
THIS SLIDE IS THE REVENUE HIGHLIGHTS.
UH, THE 19% INCREASE IN REVENUE IN GENERAL FUND IS ATTRIBUTED TO A REALIGNMENT OF STAFF AND AN INCREASE IN PREVAILING WAGE PENALTY.
WE ALSO PROJECT A 4% INCREASE IN SPECIAL REVENUE FUND DUE TO AN ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS WITH H-P-W-H-A-S AND HCD.
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AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE REVENUE BY FUND, THERE WAS A DECLINE IN REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND FROM FY 24 TO FY 25.WHILE WE ESTIMATE THAT FY 26 WILL INCREASE.
THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE FOR FY 26 PROPOSED VERSUS FY 25 CURRENT BUDGET SHOWS A $290,000 INCREASE OR A 19% CHANGE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FOR FY 26 PROPOSED VERSUS FY 25 CURRENT BUDGET SHOWS A $49,000 INCREASE OR 4% CHANGE IN SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, BOTH RESULTING IN A 10.82% INCREASE IN REVENUE BY FUND.
REVENUE BY PROGRAM, WHEN WE TRACK REVENUE BY PROGRAM, YOU WOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN REVENUE FOR CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES THE PAYER PLAY PROGRAM BY EIGHT, I'M SORRY, BY 10.82%.
AND, AND THAT TAKES US TO OUR QUESTIONS AND I'LL REFER THAT TO OUR DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
WE KNOW THIS HAS BEEN AN ESPECIALLY HARD YEAR AND, AND Y'ALL PUT IN A LOT OF GOOD WORK.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK Y'ALL, Y'ALL BEEN DOING THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, LAST YEAR I SUBMITTED A, UM, AN AMENDMENT ALONG WITH, UH, THE CHAIR FOR A, UH, ASSESSING OR SEEING WHAT WE COULD DO TO ASSESS A FEE FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
UM, I KNOW WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY TIMELINES OR ANY, ANY UPDATES ON, ON THAT? IF YOU WILL, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR APPENDICES.
IF YOU CAN GO TO PAGE 28, PLEASE.
UM, SO WE DID INCLUDE IN APPENDICES, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UH, AROUND A FEE STUDY.
UH, THEY CONDUCTED THAT IN THE SPRING.
AND WE ARE, UM, HAPPY AND PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY HAVE COME TO A FEE SCHEDULE FOR US.
UM, AND THIS IS FOR, UM, APPLICATIONS AND RENEWALS.
SO WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ALL THE FEES, UM, AND WE HOPE TO BE IMPLEMENTING THAT, UM, HOPEFULLY THIS FISCAL YEAR.
WE DIDN'T HAVE AN AMOUNT FOR THEM.
UM, BUT THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO ADD TO THE REVENUE OF WHEN THEY GIVE THAT TO US.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT GENERATES AROUND $200,000, UM, INITIALLY, AND THAT IS JUST THE NEW APPLICATIONS.
UM, AND THAT, AND RENEWALS, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE EXPEDITING OR THE OTHER INTERAGENCY FEES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
THAT'LL BE PHASE TWO OF THEIR STUDY.
I KNOW, UM, AND WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION A LOT.
UH, WE DO THE HEAVY LIFTING FOR THE REGION WHEN IT COMES TO CERTIFICATION AND JUST THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE OTHER ENTITIES NEED TO STEP UP NOW.
UM, IF, IF THEY WANNA SEE THOSE FOLKS CERTIFIED AND UTILIZE THE CERTIFICATION THAT THEY'RE DOING, UH, THAT A LOT OF THE, THE STAFF AT OBO ARE, ARE, UM, ARE, ARE, ARE HELPING RIGHT.
THEN IT'D BE GOOD FOR THOSE OTHER ENTITIES TO START, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FOOTING THE BILL AS WELL.
KATE LER WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FEDERAL GRANTS THAT ARE AT RISK? NO.
UM, OBO DOES NOT RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING.
ALL RIGHT, DIRECTOR, MS. JACKSON, Y'ALL DID A VERY THOROUGH JOB AND APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND I WILL NOW CALL FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY THAT'S WHO HAS SIGNED UP, BUT IF ANYONE ONLINE OR IN THE CHAMBER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, NOW'S YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU AND THE GOOD WORK YOU DO AT OBO AND COLLEAGUES.
WE HAVE A NICE LONG BREAK NOW TILL ONE 30 TO COME BACK.
HAVE A GOOD DAY AND WE WILL BE HAVE, UM, HUMAN RESOURCES AT ONE 30, ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS AT TWO 30 AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THREE 30.