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I WANNA WELCOME HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM DIRECTOR JIM SISK AND CLINT STEVENS TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT BUDGET PRESENTATION.
BEFORE YOU START, I HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS AND I ALSO ATTEND REGULARLY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO IN THE MOST POLITE WAY, I CAN SAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH EVERY SLIDE OF, OF THINGS THAT WE'VE JUST SEEN AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IF WE WANNA JUST FOCUS ON THE, THE NUMBERS.
SO I'M GONNA, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WHIZ THROUGH THE FIRST WHIZ THROUGH THOSE.
WHIZ, IF YOU DON'T THE MIND THE FIRST ONES, AND THEN JUST, BUT YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK.
BUT, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE ALL HEARD THAT PRETTY RECENTLY.
UM, AND THEN NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
I'LL, I'LL KIND OF WHIZ THROUGH, UH, ONE OF THE ONES KEY THINGS, JUST A REFRESH OF WHAT WE DID WITH LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
UH, 62 MILLION PASSENGERS CAME THROUGH OUR AIRPORT SYSTEMS. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE GENERAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE, THE AIRPORT.
IT'S ABOUT $40 BILLION ANNUALLY.
UM, IMPORTANTLY FOR Y'ALL, IT'S ABOUT 2.4 BILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL TAXES THAT WE GENERATE, AND $0 FROM THE, THE CITY OF HOUSTON GENERAL FUND.
SO OUR, OUR KEY THING ULTIMATELY IS, IS THAT, IS THE REGION CONTINUES TO GROW.
THE AIRPORT CONTINUES TO GROW.
UH, AGAIN, BUT WE ARE MAKING, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AT THE AIRPORT.
SO THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US AS WE SPEND OUR MONEY WISELY.
UM, THIS IS A KEY ONE, THOUGH THAT'S A LITTLE BIT NEW THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY BROUGHT, UH, I DON'T THINK BEFORE Y'ALL, UH, BEFORE, UM, THIS YEAR'S LOOKING LIKE A RECORD YEAR FOR US AS FAR AS THE FACT THAT WE'VE WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY BETWEEN THE HAS AND THE AIRLINE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING AT THE AIRPORT, ABOUT $1.7 BILLION IS GETTING POURED INTO THE, UH, LOCAL ECONOMY.
UM, BETWEEN WHAT WE'VE DOING, WE ARE DOING AS THE AIRPORT, AND THEN ALSO THE TERMINAL B PROJECT AT UNITED, AND THEN UNITED'S, UM, FLIGHT KITCHEN, AND THEN GSE, AND THEN ALSO THE HOBBY PROJECT.
UH, AGAIN, OPENING THE NEW FACILITIES.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING FOR EVERYBODY.
AND THEN JUST TO GIVE SOME PICTURES OF THE TERMINAL B PROJECT, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE OPENING IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, THE HOBBY PROJECT THAT'S GONNA OPEN IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
YOU KNOW HOW HOBBY CONCOURSE EXPANSION, THE BIG THING THAT'S REALLY GONNA CHANGE THERE FOR THE GE GENERAL TRAVEL PUBLIC BE BESIDES THE, UM, THE, THE NEW GATES IS GONNA BE THE BAG HAUL.
UH, AND IMPORTANTLY, 'CAUSE AGAIN, MAYOR WHITMEYER IS VERY, UH, UM, FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE WE GOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE THERE.
THE RESTROOMS CONTINUE TO GET RENOVATED OVER THERE.
SO AGAIN, COMPLETING A LOT OF REV RENOVATIONS AT HOBBY AND THEN ALSO AT BUSH.
JUST OPENED A NEW SET ON FRIDAY OVER BY AMERICAN AIRLINES, UH, AND CONTINUING TO DO RESTROOM UPGRADES.
UH, AND THEN AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A SAFE OP SAFE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT FOR, FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC.
AGAIN, WE DO, WE DO KEEP TRACK OF SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT REALLY PARTICULARLY, UH, AND, UH, PROUD OF THE HOBBY TEAM.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY NAMED, UH, HOBBY WAS NAMED CLEANEST AIRPORT IN NORTH AMERICA THIS YEAR.
SO VERY EXCITED FOR THE TEAM OVER THERE.
I TOLD THEM THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
OKAY, SO NOW WE GET TO THE NUMBERS.
UM, JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT REVENUE FOR THE YEAR.
SO AGAIN, IF WE ARE PROJECTING A, A REVENUE INCREASE, UM, FOR SEVEN TO ABOUT 779, UM, MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, AND SO THAT'S AGAIN, AN INCREASE FOR US, UH, OVER LAST YEAR.
UM, THAT IS DRIVEN BY, UM, THE FACT THAT WE ARE GONNA RECEIVE ADDITIONAL MONEY AND LANDING FEES AND TERMINAL RENTS.
UM, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE OPENING NEW FACILITIES AND NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY CHARGE BACK THE AIRLINES.
UM, ALSO THE, UH, RUNWAYS, UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING SOME UP GAUGING AIRCRAFT THERE, SO WE'RE GONNA GET SOME LARGER AIRPLANES IN THERE VERSUS THE SMALLERS, UM, PARKING REVENUE.
WE'LL SEE AN, UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE AN INCREASE IN PARKING REVENUE.
UM, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR HELPING US FUND IT.
UH, BUT WE'VE INCREASED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, UH, FROM OUR PARKING OPERATION BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT NEW SYSTEMS IN THERE THAT EASE THE IN AND OUT.
WE'VE SOLVED THE TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT USED TO CAUSE PROBLEMS AT BUSH, UH, FROM A PARKING PERSPECTIVE.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE OPENING, UM, SOME, UH, EMPLOYEE PARKING, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO FREE UP SOME SPACE IN THE TERMINAL CORE AREA.
SO IT'S GONNA GIVE US MORE NET POSITIONS, UH, AT THE AIRPORT.
UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA SEE A, A MODEST INCREASE IN, IN AUTOMOBILE CONCESSIONS, RENTAL, UM, AND THEN OTHER ASSOCIATED RENTALS AND, UH, FEES THAT WE CHARGE AT THE AIRPORT.
UH, REVENUES, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THOUGH THE, THE, THE INCREASES ON THE RIGHT PERCENT CHANGE ON THE AIRLINE LANDING FEES, OUR TERMINAL RENTS.
AND THEN AGAIN, OUR GARAGE AND SURFACE PARKING IS ANTICIPATED TO GO UP ABOUT 6%.
OUR, UH, RETAIL AND CONCESSIONS, UH, GROUND TRANSPORTATION FEES ABOUT
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13%.UH, AGAIN, THE RENTAL CONCESSIONS ABOUT 2.6%.
AND THEN THE OTHER, UM, IS GONNA GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
AND THAT'S, AGAIN, THE ASTERISK IN THERE IS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAD AN UNBUDGETED, UM, WINDFALL FROM A LAND SALE THAT WE DID IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, SO THAT KIND OF SKEWS THAT NUMBER A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT IN GENERAL, UH, AGAIN, A GOOD REVENUE, UH, INCREASE FOR THE AIRPORT, UH, SYSTEM GOING FORWARD IS WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING FOR THIS, UH, COMING YEAR.
UH, I WANNA TURN THIS OVER NOW TO MY CFO TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, EXPENDITURES SO HE CAN, HE CAN TALK TO SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE.
UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, EXPENDITURES, THEY'RE INCREASING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER PACE THAN THE REVENUE.
UM, ON THE 8,001, ON THE OM SIDE, THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THAT LAND SALE THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, REDUCING THE INCREASE IN REVENUE BECAUSE IT WAS A ONE-TIMER.
WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE-TIMER IN FY 2027, WE'RE BUDGETED TO, UH, END UP AT ABOUT 510.4 MILLION.
AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 37 MILLION, OR ALMOST 8% OVER OUR FY 26 ESTIMATE.
UM, PERSONNEL BUDGET INCREASED BY 17 MILLION.
IT'S 11.2%, AND THAT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE INCREASE CAUSED BY THE FACILITIES.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE MORE CUSTODIANS.
WE WE'RE OPENING ALMOST A MILLION SQUARE FEET AND ALMOST TWO MILES A CURB, WHICH HAVE TO BE MANAGED AND CLEANED AND STAFFED, BY THE WAY.
SO WE'RE DE DECREASING OUR VACANCY FACTOR FOR THIS VERY SAME REASON IN FY 27.
ALSO, HEALTH INSURANCE AND HOPE INCREASE, WHICH YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN ACROSS OTHER BUDGET PRESENTATIONS, SUPPLIES OF NON CAP EQUIPMENT OR BUDGET INCREASE BY ABOUT 1.1 MILLION OR 8.6%, AGAIN, DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO THE ADDITIONAL SPACE THAT WE HAVE.
CONTRACTED SERVICES OR BUDGETED INCREASE 19 MILLION OR 6.1%.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO SCHEDULED, UH, CONTRACTUAL INCREASES IN A PARKING CONTRACT INCREASE.
AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE INFLATIONARY, UH, BY CONTRACT.
UM, OUR SHARE OF THE, UH, GENERAL FUND, UH, INTER FUND PAYMENTS IS ABOUT 1 41 0.2 MADE UP.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE FOLLOWING, WE'VE GOT A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN POLICE SERVICES.
UM, UTILITIES, UH, INCREASED A LITTLE BIT, 5.9% TECHNOLOGY AND COMM AS WE SWITCH TO, UH, A PAY BY USER RATHER THAN BUY A SOFTWARE, UH, WE SWITCHED TO A LICENSING.
WE'RE SEEING MORE IT COSTS FOR A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TO USE RELATED TO GATE MANAGEMENT AND RELATED TO, UH, PROP WORKS, OUR, OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND, AND THOSE THINGS.
SO WE'RE SEEING SOME MORE INCREASES THERE THAN WE WOULD OTHERWISE SEE, OR HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.
OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE, UH, INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY, ALMOST 10%.
UM, AND THEN WE SAW A DECREASE IN, IN THE RF, THE FIREFIGHTING, AND THAT WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE ONE TIMER THAT WE HIT LAST YEAR FOR THEIR ADJUSTMENT.
IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE, YOU CAN SEE IT ALL.
IN SUMMARY, WHAT I, WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, AGAIN, PERSONNEL IS, UM, ALIGNED WITH.
THE OTHER THING I WANNA POINT OUT IS THAT, UH, DEBT SERVICE AND OTHER USES LOOKS LIKE IT'S DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO LESS UTILIZATION OF COMMERCIAL PAPER AND THE DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH COMMERCIAL PAPER UTILIZATION.
SO WE FUNDED SOME MORE THINGS.
SO OUR A IF IS ACTUALLY GOING UP A LITTLE BIT, UM, NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'LL, UH, AIRPORT IMPROVE IMPROVEMENT FUNDS SO THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE MONIES TO DO SOME OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO WE HAVE LINED UP, LOOKING DOWN AT, UM, 80 12, 80 TWELVE'S, A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING.
UH, SEVEN, ALMOST 7 MILLION OF THAT IS CARRYOVER, UH, FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
SO WE BUDGETED ALMOST, OR JUST OVER 20 MILLION THIS YEAR.
AND AS YOU SEE, WE'RE PROJECTED ONLY HIT 13 MILLION, SO 7 MILLION OF THAT IS TRANSFERRING IN.
AND THEN YOU ADD, UH, ONE ARF TRUCK AND ONE BUCKET TRUCK, UH, THAT WE NEED TO REPLACE, UH, EXISTING EQUIPMENT.
AND THAT DRIVES THE, UH, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE 80 12 ACCOUNT.
IF YOU LOOK, THIS IS JUST A, A SUMMARY IS JIM SHOWED BEFORE IT'S GONNA MATCH THE, THE REVENUE IN TERMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THIS IS JUST A, A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE DID AND WHAT I MENTIONED ON THE, UH, 80 12.
SO IF YOU SEE THAT OUR, OUR PROJECTED IS COMING IN MUCH LOWER THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR THE YEAR, WE JUST HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE THE DELIVERIES.
ON A PERSONNEL VERSUS NON-PERSONNEL, UH, BASIS.
PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS FOR 33% OF OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES, OR THE NON-PERSONNEL ACCOUNTS FOR 342 MILLION OR 67%.
AND THEN ON THE NON-PERSONNEL SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S SPLIT BY THE PREDOMINANTLY COVERS OTHER CONTRACTED SERVICES, 188 MILLION OR 55%,
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UH, INTER FUND AT 1 41, AND THEN SUPPLIES AT A MUCH LOWER PERCENT.AND NON-CAPITAL IS RELATIVELY SMALL RELATIVE TO THE OTHER SPENDING.
YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE CHANGE IN OUR INTER FUND BUDGET YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR THIS YEAR, OUR KIND OF GOALS FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THE MONEY THIS YEAR IS CONTINUE TO GROW OUR AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT.
SO, AGAIN, WE'RE AT A 209 DESTINATIONS RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA CHANGE TO TWO 10.
'CAUSE YESTERDAY, UH, UNITED ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'RE GONNA BRING BRAC CARACAS.
UM, AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON NONSTOP FLIGHTS OUT OF HOUSTON TO NEW MARKETS.
UM, AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE, AGAIN, CONTINUE TO DO THE TERMINAL UPGRADES.
SO THOSE RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
UM, UNITED IS GONNA, AGAIN, ALSO, THEY HAVE STARTED THEIR RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS IN TERMINAL C AND E.
SO THEIR FIRST ONE SHOULD BE OPENING SOMETIME IN JUNE.
AND THEN THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO FURTHER UPGRADES THERE, AGAIN, TERMINAL CURBS, MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP THEM CLEANED, ENCODED.
AND THEN WORKING ON THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, PART, PART OF THE, THE FISCAL YEAR HAS A LITTLE BIT OF THE FIFA IN THERE.
SO THE, THE FAN EXPERIENCE THAT WE WOULD GET FOR THOSE PLAYOFF GAMES.
UH, AGAIN, STATE SUSTAINABILITY WISE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE AIRPORT COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL CARBON ACCREDITATION.
UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY AT LEVEL THREE, UH, AND THEN RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA, UH, BE IN LEVEL THREE FOR A LITTLE BIT AS WE WORK WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE NEXT KIND OF PHASE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
UM, UPDATED AMENITIES, AGAIN, CONTINUE TO COMPLETE THE, THE TRANSITION AT HOBBY FOR, UH, UH, CON, UH, CONCESSIONS AND FOOD OPTIONS THERE.
UH, REHAB THE COURT, UH, FOOD COURTS AT TERMINAL A.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A SENSORY ROOM AT HOBBY, AND THEN IDENTIFYING A PATH FORWARD TO A LOUNGE AT HOBBY AIRPORT.
UM, SO THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, AGAIN, WORKING ON FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND THEN FROM AN AIRFIELD PERSPECTIVE, UM, WE WE'RE COMPLETING SOME RE GROOVING PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT AT THE AIRPORT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG RUNWAY UPGRADE TO RUNWAY 4, 2 2 AT HOBBY.
UH, THAT'S, UH, AN ANTICIPATION OF A FURTHER UPGRADE TO HOW THESE BIG RUNWAY 31 RIGHT, THAT'S GONNA FOLLOW AFTER THAT.
SO WE WANNA GET 4, 2, 2 IN THE BEST SHAPE THAT WE CAN GET IT WHEN WE TAKE, UM, 13 RIGHT DOWN FOR A BIG IMPROVEMENT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING AS A SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UH, AN IMPLEMENTATION TO THAT.
SO THAT'S A SPECIFIC KIND OF AVIATION PROGRAM THAT WE WORK WITH TO TRY AND REDUCE THE, THE RISKS THAT WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE AIRFIELD.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A CLEARWAY EXTENSION AT ELLINGTON AIRPORT.
SO WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT, UH, ELLINGTON AIRPORT HAS, UM, SOME, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY GREEN GRASS ON THE END OF THE RUNWAYS.
AND FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT, WE CAN MAKE THE RUNWAY LENGTH A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAT THEY CAN PUT INTO THE COMPUTER.
SO THERE'S NO PAVEMENT CHANGES IN IT, IT'S JUST A PROCEDURAL CHANGE IN THERE.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, CONTINUING TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL TAXIWAY REHABILITATION, UM, ON BOTH AIRPORTS.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, SECURING THE NON NONSTOP, NO NEW SERVICE IS ALWAYS A FOCUS OF THE AIRPORT.
SO VERY EXCITED THAT THE NEW ROME FLIGHT TOOK OFF.
IT WAS, DID A, DID A GREAT, UM, SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THAT, THAT WORLD CAPITAL WITH HOUSTON.
AND NOW WITH THE CARACAS SERVICE RETURN RETURNING, THAT'S AGAIN, ANOTHER WORLD CAPITAL, UM, THAT WE'RE CONNECTING WITH, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
SO, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE, THE NEW SERVICE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BRING.
UM, AND NOW WE'RE READY FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THE SHORTEST ALL TIME PRESENTATION BY THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR, WE REALLY, YOU WANTED IT, YOU WANTED US TO BREEZE THROUGH.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR GOOD WORK AND, AND THANK YOU.
YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS THAT I SUBMITTED IN WRITING, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I'LL GO STRAIGHT TO THE QUEUE.
UM, VICE CHAIR CASTILLO, THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ON SLIDE 25, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE INITIATIVES FOR FY 27, ACTUALLY 26.
UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE INITIATIVES FOR FY 27.
SO ON THE A CI CARBON ACCREDITATION WE'RE AT LEVEL THREE.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP THERE? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO WHEN, SO LEVEL ONE AND TWO, WE KIND OF GOT THROUGH IN RECORDS PACE, AND THAT WAS KIND OF OUR INTERNAL, YOU KNOW, DO MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT OURSELVES SQUARED AWAY.
WHEN WE GET TO LEVEL THREE, IT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THAT'S WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE STARTING TO COORDINATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR EMISSIONS.
SO WORKING WITH AIRLINES, GROUND HANDLERS, THOSE FOLKS.
SO TO BE ABLE TO PROGRESS OUT OF THAT THREE INTO THE NEXT STAGE, WHICH IS CALLED THREE PLUS, UM, THAT IS, IS A LOT MORE WORK BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S JUST NOT US ANYMORE.
IT'S, WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ON THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S GONNA TAKE US A LITTLE LONGER AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND THEN, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY INITIATIVES IN FY 27 AROUND, UM, INTEGRATING OR UPGRADING EXISTING TECHNOLOGY AT OUR AIRPORT SYSTEMS? YEAH.
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IS ROBUST.UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL THINGS THAT WE'LL SEE IN THE TECHNOLOGY BUDGET, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON UPGRADING OUR CAMERA SYSTEM AT THE AIRPORT.
SO WE'VE GOT A, A CAMERA SYSTEM THAT AT, AT THE AIRPORT, THE SOFTWARE BEHIND IT.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET A MORE ADVANCED VERSION OF THAT TO BE ABLE TO BETTER, UM, YOU KNOW, TACTICALLY CONTROL WHAT WE CAN SEE ON A CAMERA PERSPECTIVE.
UM, OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS THE, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON A FAIL OVERSIGHT.
SO WE'VE GOT OUR EXISTING KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MOTHERSHIP OF WHERE ALL OUR, OUR IT IS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD A NICE, UH, REDUNDANT SYSTEM OVER THERE.
UM, OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS IN THE CEILINGS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE USING SOME CAMERA ANALYTICS TO BE ABLE TO COUNT OUR WAIT TIMES AND, AND DO OUR CURVES.
WE WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY BE SWITCHING TO A LIDAR BASED SYSTEM, UH, BECAUSE IT GETS A LITTLE MORE FIDELITY IN THERE TO BE ABLE TO COUNT THE HEADS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRACK ALL OF OUR, OUR WAIT TIMES FOR PASSENGERS THAT, THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THINGS IN THE AIRPORT.
SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GENERAL, UM, CUSTOMER SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO TRACK AND, AND, AND MONITOR THINGS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP WITH THE TSA WAS, UM, WHEN THE TSA, THE LINES WERE LONG WAS THAT, UH, HOUSTON HAD THE HIGHEST REPORTED TIMES.
WHAT THEY FAILED TO MENTION IN THAT REPORT WAS HOUSTON WAS THE ONLY ONE STILL REPORTING SOME OF THE TIMES BECAUSE
BUT THIS SLIDER WILL HELP US BE MORE ACCURATE AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE FOR OUR PASSENGERS.
AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE PRESENTATION QUESTION ABOUT, UH, FEDERAL FUNDING THAT THE AIRPORT SYSTEM RECEIVES.
WHERE IS THAT REFLECTED IN IN THE SLIDES? IF IT IS, IT'S, IT, IT'S SHOWED PRIMARILY AS AN OFFSET TO OUR DEBT SERVICE.
UM, I CAN SEND YOU A DETAILED SHEET THAT SHOWS, UM, WE TAKE OUR, OUR AMORTIZED DEBT AND THEN, UH, WE OFFSET THAT WITH THE, UH, FEDERAL FUNDING, THE GRANTS RECEIVED FROM THE FAA AND BALLPARK.
HOW MUCH DO WE RECEIVE, UH, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? UH, UH, I THINK WE'RE AT 109 MILLION YEAR TO DATE.
AND WE, WE TYPICALLY FORECAST ABOUT A HUNDRED, GIVE OR TAKE.
IT'S A HUNDRED MILLION A YEAR, UM, IN, IN FEDERAL FUNDING.
IT, IT REALLY DEPENDS, UH, ON THE, THE PROJECT, THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS WE'RE DOING AND HOW ATTRACTIVE THEY ARE TO THE FAA FOR, FOR INSTANCE, JIM MENTIONED SOME RUNWAY WORK.
RUNWAY WORK IS VERY ATTRACTIVE, UH, FOR FEDERAL FUNDING TO THE FAA, SO WE TEND TO GET A LITTLE MORE MM-HMM
BUT IT, IT VARIES YEAR BY YEAR OR, YEAH, AS WE GO, UH, AND, AND WE, AND THERE'S KIND OF LIKE THREE STREAMS OF THE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE GET.
SO WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED OUR ENTITLEMENTS.
SO THOSE ARE ONES THAT ARE, IT'S A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA BASED ON OUR CARGO ACTIVITY AND OUR PASSENGER NUMBERS, AND WE JUST GET AN APPORTIONMENT OF THAT.
THEN WE'VE GOT OUR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, WHICH IS THE FAA HAS THEIR BASICALLY POT OF MONEY THAT THEY CAN GIVE TO CERTAIN PROJECTS.
AND SO THAT'S THE ONES WHERE WE, AGAIN, THE, THE, THE RUNWAY PROJECTS SCORE VERY HIGH ON THAT.
AND SO AS WE DO RUNWAY PROJECTS, WE'LL PROBABLY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE, MORE MONEY THAN TRADITIONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, AND TAX AWAY PROJECTS SCORE WELL, SO WE'LL GET MONEY FROM THAT, FROM THE DISCRETIONARY POT.
AND THEN THERE'S OTHER, UM, FAA FUNDS.
AND SO WE'VE GOT, WE HAVE STILL SOME REMAINING GRANT FUNDING BASED ON THE, UM, OH, WHAT WAS IT? THE, THE BILL GRANT.
BILL GRANT THAT WAS PASSED A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO PUT SOME OF THAT FUNDING, UM, TO, TO WORK.
AND THEN WE HAVE OTHERS, SO WE MAY GET SOME, FIGURE OUT SOME WAYS TO, TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SOME STATE GRANTS OR SOME, YOU KNOW, ELECTRICAL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ELECTRICAL GRANTS, THOSE KIND OF OTHER ONES.
BUT THE, THE BULK OF IT IS THE FA GRANTS THAT WE GET.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT, ABOUT SLIDE 19, UH, WHICH IS EXPENDITURE HIGHLIGHTS A COUPLE OF THE ENTRIES THERE.
UH, POLICE SERVICES PROJECT, A 10% INCREASE, UM, AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING PROJECT, A, A ALMOST 16% DECREASE.
UM, AND THOSE ARE INTER FUND TRANSFERS.
UM, EITHER OF THOSE FIGURES INCLUDE, UH, OVERTIME FOR POLICE OR FIRE.
THEY, THEY, THEY BOTH INCLUDE PROJECTIONS FOR OVERTIME AND PART OF THE INCREASE IN THE POLICE, UM, MAY INCLUDE SOME FIFA O OVERTIME THAT, THAT THEY MAY BE HEDGING AGAINST.
NOW WE RECONCILE QUARTERLY MM-HMM
AND, UH, UNTIL RECENTLY UNTIL RECENT PAY ADJUSTMENTS, WE'VE TYPICALLY RECONCILED DOWN ON THE, UH, THE POLICE SIDE.
BUT LATELY, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME UPWARD ADJUSTMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, JUST A COMMENT, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
I THINK DC HAS PROVEN THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO CUT OFF FUNDING FOR, UH, SECURITY, AND IF WE COULD LOOK AT PRIVATIZING THAT WE, I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD THING FOR THE FUTURE.
WE, WE ARE, WE, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
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FACILITY CHARGES FOUR 50 STILL, RIGHT? CORRECT.AND WHERE IS THAT REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET? I MEAN, DO WE, IT'S NOT IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE, UH, AS THE GRANT FUNDINGS, IT'S AN OFFSET TO OUR, OUR DEBT SERVICE.
SO THAT GOES STRAIGHT TO DEBT SERVICE? YEAH, IT'S, IT IS EITHER USED TO, UH, PAY, GO TO PAY FOR PROJECTS DIRECTLY, UM, BUT TYPICALLY IT'S USED FOR DEBT SERVICE.
UM, AND IS THAT THE MAX, UM, FOUR 50? YES.
YEAH, WE, IT, FOUR 50 IS THE MAX.
AND WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE 4 39 AFTER AN 11 CENT, UH, PER PFC ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE.
THAT THE AIRLINES GET TO KEEP, WE, WE RECEIVE 4 39 PER BASIS.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER.
I THINK IT'S 20, UM, TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, THE SECOND, UH, BAR CHART VEHICLES ENROLLING STOCK, UM, FAIRLY LARGE PERCENT CHANGE THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COVERED IT IN THE PRESENTATION, MAYBE YOU DID AND I MISSED IT.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YEAH.
THAT, THAT GOES BACK TO THE, UH, THE, THE CONVERSATION WE WERE HAVING ABOUT THE DEFERRED ALMOST $7 MILLION, AND IT PRIMARILY RELATES TO, UH, OLD ARF TRUCKS USED A SPECIFIC KIND OF FOAM FIREFIGHTING FOAM.
WELL, TURNS OUT YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO USE NEW TRUCKS FOR THE NEW FOAM.
YOU CAN'T USE THE NEW FOAM IN THE OLD TRUCKS.
SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH A CYCLE WHERE WE'RE STILL USING THE OLD FOAM FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT, BUT WE HAVE TO REPLACE, SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN A REPLACEMENT CYCLE WHERE WE'RE REPLACING A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S, UH, THEY'RE ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF EACH.
SO THERE'S AN ANOTHER KIND OF INCREMENTAL, 3 MILLION BUCKS THAT, THAT COMES INTO THAT ROLLING STOCK.
AND THEN DELIVERY TIMES ON THOSE ARE, ARE, THEY'RE LONG LEAD ITEMS. YEAH.
IT SO THAT, THAT'S SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
AND THAT'S WHY, BY THE WAY, THERE'S, THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER, WELL, THERE IS ANOTHER RF TRUCK IN THE ROLLOVER, AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S SOME, AND THERE'S THERE, THERE ARE ALSO SOME, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE MEDIUM VALUE BUCKET TRUCK.
UM, WE, WE'VE RENT A LOT OF BUCKET TRUCKS AND WE HAD SOMEBODY DO THE ANALYSIS AND WE, WE RENT ENOUGH THAT WE COULD BUY ONE.
SO THAT'S ALSO IN THAT, IN THAT NUMBER.
AND LAST THING I'LL ASK YOU ABOUT IS IN THE APPENDIX, AND I THINK IT'S SLIDE 38, ALTHOUGH IT DIDN'T HAVE A NUMBER ON THE BOTTOM, IT'S, UH, COST EFFECTIVE, COST EFFECTIVE OPTION COMPARED TO PIER AIRPORTS.
AND, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A DOLLAR FIGURE THERE, LIKE IN THE FIRST, UH, UH, CHART, IAH IS $10 AND 66 CENTS.
WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT REPRESENT? SO, SO THAT'S COST PER EMPLOYMENT, SO THAT'S KIND OF COST PER EMPLOY EMPLOYMENT.
SO THAT'S IN GENERAL, THAT'S KIND OF AN AVIATION TERM THAT WE USE TO MEASURE THE, THE AIRPORTS.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IT COSTS FOR AN AVERAGE, UH, PERSON TO GO THROUGH OUR FACILITIES.
AND SO IT'S $10 AND 66, WHICH IS PRETTY REASONABLE.
WE MONITORED THIS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE COMPETE WITH OTHER AIRPORTS, AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE OTHER HUB AIRPORTS FOR OUR CARRIERS.
SO I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO OUR COSTS VERSUS CHICAGO O'HARE AND DENVER DUE TO UNITED.
AND THEN FROM A HOBBY PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THE COST THAT, UM, LIKE, UH, UH, UM, A ST.
LOUIS AND A, UH, A NASHVILLE AND A DALLAS FORT, UH, THE LOVE FIELD WOULD HAVE.
AND SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE USING OUR ME MEASURES TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY COMPETITIVE, UM, THAT ALSO, LIKE OUR BOND RATINGS STAY HIGH.
AND SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ANOTHER TOOL THAT WE DO, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF ACTUALLY PROUD OF IT THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE VERY REASONABLE COMPARED TO A LOT OF OUR PEER AIRPORTS.
HOW, HOW IS THAT COMPUTED? LIKE, HOUSTON IH IS $10 AND 66 CENTS, AND HOBBY IS $8 AND IN 1 CENTS.
SO IT, IT'S, IT'S LITERALLY THE COST.
SO THE FAA HAS A FORM, IT'S F FA FORM 1 27, AND THEN ALL THE AIRLINES AIRPORTS GO AND FILL OUT THIS FORM, PUT ALL THEIR COSTS AND EXPENSES IN THERE, AND THEY BASICALLY JUST TAKE THOSE EXPENSES AND THEY DIVIDE IT BY THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYMENTS THAT YOU HAVE.
AND THEN THAT'S WHERE THEY COME UP WITH THEIR COST PER EMPLOYMENT NUMBER.
UM, IT'S NOT EXACT SCIENCE BECAUSE THE WAY THAT SOME AIRPORTS MEASURE CERTAIN EXPENSES IS ALWAYS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT IT'S A GOOD GENERAL RULE OF THUMB THAT WE USE TO, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY LOOK FOR US COMPARED TO OUR PEERS AND WHERE WE SIT.
AND THEN WE ALSO USE IT FROM A COMPETITIVE STANDPOINT TO LOOK AT THE ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, SO EXAMPLES B IS IF WE'RE DOING PROJECTS HERE THAT MAY INCREASE OUR COST FOR EMPLOYMENT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER CITIES.
WE'VE GOT GOOD NEWS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE CHICAGO O'HARE, WHAT THEY'RE SPENDING THERE, THEIR NUMBERS ONLY GOING UP, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY.
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MAKES IT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO KIND OF PUMP SOME TRAFFIC THROUGH US.IF WE LOOK AT WHAT AUSTIN'S DOING, THEIR NUMBERS ARE GONNA GO UP.
SO THAT'S GONNA HELP OUT HOBBY AND BUSH, UM, POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO OUR COMPETITORS AND PEERS.
SO, AND DOES THAT AFFECT A, A PASSENGER, A FLYING PASSENGER'S BOTTOM LINE OR NOT? THEY, THEY WON'T REALLY SEE IT.
IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS LIKE KIND OF THE CHARGE THAT IS IN, INTO EVERYBODY'S TICKET.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO IF THEORETICALLY YOU COULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BUY A TICKET FROM BUSH, $10 AND 66 CENTS IS, AND THEN FOR BASICALLY THE AIRPORT FEE, UH, AND IF YOU BUY ONE AT, AT NEW YORK, YOU'VE GOT $34, IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN IN THERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S IN THERE, BUT YOU WON'T, YOU WOULD NEVER SEE IT ON A TICKET.
UM, BUT THAT IS KIND OF BUILT INTO THE, THE, UM, THE, THE, THE EXPENSES THAT THE AIRLINES ARE PAYING, ESPECIALLY AT THIS MOMENT WITH JET FUEL PRICES, ET CETERA.
AIRLINES ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, COST PER EMPLOYMENT, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE FOCUSING AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT RESULTS IN US BEING MORE ATTRACTIVE TO TRANSIT, UH, PASSENGERS, UH, FOR UNITED AND SOUTHWEST.
UM, WE DO REPORT THIS NUMBER AN AUDITED NUMBER IN OUR ACT FOR EVERY YEAR.
UM, I DO WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THIS IS AN AVERAGE ACROSS MM-HMM
OUR, OUR ENTITY OR ACROSS EACH AIRFIELD.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UH, COST PER EMPLOYMENT IN EACH TERMINAL, AND IT DEPENDS ON SPECIFICALLY THE PROJECTS RELATED TO THAT TERMINAL.
FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE NEW ICP AND THE NEW WEST D WEST CONCOURSE D'S COST PER EMPLOYMENT'S GONE UP RELATIVELY HIGHER THAN, FOR INSTANCE, C'S COST PER EMPLOYMENT OR A'S COST PER EMPLOYMENT.
SO, AND THAT IS NORMAL AMONGST AIRPORTS.
THAT'S IF, IF, IF YOU, IF THE, THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS AT ALL AIRPORTS GENERALLY ARE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN, THAN YOUR AVERAGE COST ON THIS.
BUT THIS IS JUST A GOOD KIND OF GENERAL GAUGE TO SAY THAT WE'RE RUNNING A VERY EFFICIENT OPERATION THAT KEEPS US COST COMPETITIVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN AIRLINES LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, OPERATING AT HOUSTON, UM, WE DON'T GET THE ATTENTION THAT A LOT OF THE OTHER AIRPORTS GET, UM, BECAUSE THE FACT THAT WE DO RUN A VERY, UH, EFFICIENT OPERATION HERE MM-HMM
SO I KNOW THAT WELL, I HOPE YOU'RE PUBLICIZING THIS.
SO WE, WE, WE REMIND THE AIRLINES, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOUR CUSTOMER EMPLOYMENT IS REALLY LOW, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY, THEY REALLY LIKE THAT AND THEY DON'T BOTHER YOU.
AND, AND I JUST ADD ONE FURTHER THING.
WHEN YOU ASKED ABOUT THE PASSENGER, WHETHER THE PASSENGERS SEE IT, IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
THE PASSENGERS WILL SEE IT UP TO THE POINT THAT THE MARKET WON'T BEAR IT.
SO FOR INSTANCE, IF, IF, YOU KNOW, IF AIRLINE A IS FLYING FROM HOUSTON, NEW YORK CITY FOR $300 AND AIRLINE B'S COSTS ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, $300 IS GONNA BE PLUS OR MINUS $9 PROBABLY THE ANSWER.
SO, UM, IT, IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A DIRECT PASS THROUGH, BUT YOU CAN IMPLY THAT IT'S IN THE COST OF THE TICKET.
YESTERDAY WHEN WE TALKED TO THE FLEET, UH, DEPARTMENT, THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO KIND OF HAVE YOU GUYS CONTRACT YOUR THREE, YOU HAVE THREE GARAGES THERE.
USE CONTRACT LABOR INSTEAD OF, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS CAN ABSORB THAT COST.
UM, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH EXTRA THAT'S GONNA COST YOU? NO, WE, WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT.
WE DON'T HAVE A, A GRASP OF THOSE NUMBERS.
IT'S PRETTY RECENT DEVELOPMENT FOR US, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WE CAN, IT'S, IT MAY BE A WIN-WIN FOR US.
IT SOUNDED LIKE THE SMART THING TO DO AND MM-HMM.
AND START SO THAT YEAH, WE CAN, UH, OKAY, GREAT.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
UM, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE GOOD WORK OF THE HOUSTON AIRPORTS.
WE LOVE, WE LOVE GOING TO THE AIRPORT.
AND, AND I DO WANT TO THANK MY BUDGET TEAM.
PERU, JAMES, CHERYL, ANNA DARCY'S OVER HERE, I THINK, UH, AND BERA.
AND THEN, UH, EVERYBODY WHO CONTRIBUTED THE BUDGET.
ITS A, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO ACCOUNT FOR, SO I, OH, AND TODD AND MAY, THEY'RE THE BEST.
UM, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND, AND ALL YOUR GOOD WORK.
AND THANK, KEEP UP THE GR IT'S, IT'S BOTH.
THE AIRPORTS ARE LOOKING GREAT.
PUBLIC SPEAKERS, LET'S LET LADIES FIRST THIS TIME.
LAURA GALLAGHER, YOU MAY WANNA STAY BECAUSE MY QUESTION'S PROBABLY FOR YOU.
UH, LAST DECEMBER I NOTIFIED YOU THAT THE, UM, US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAD ANNOUNCED A $1 BILLION GRANT FOR, UM, THEY, THEY'RE CALLING IT MAKE TRAVEL FAMILY FRIENDLY AGAIN, UH, $1 BILLION.
AND I JUST WANTED TO CHECK AND SEE HOW MUCH OF THAT HOUSTON GOT.
SO THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THAT CAME OUT, BUT THE, UM, THE, THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS IS CURRENTLY GOING ON, SO WE HAVE, WE
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DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ON THAT YET, SO, OKAY.CAN WE GET ALL 1 BILLION? PROBABLY NOT.
ON PAGE ONE OF THEIR BUDGET TALKS ABOUT LONG-TERM GOALS, UH, TO KEEP BOTH AIRPORTS AT FIVE STAR.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I CARE ABOUT THAT, BUT IT, THAT IS IMPORTANT.
I LIKE TO SEE US HAVE THE BEST OF EVERYTHING AND I HOPE THAT, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, I THINK HOBBY WAS FIVE STAR AND WHAT HAPPENED TO DROP IT DOWN TO WHEREVER IT'S AT.
BUT ANYWAY, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND IN THEIR PERFORMANCE MEASURES, I'LL TALK TO THEM AFTERWARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FLIP IN SOME OF THEIR PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
THEY'RE SAYING THAT, UH, UH, BUSH WAS DOWN TO 4.3.
IT'S JUST A FLIP IN THE REPORT.
BUT IN ANY CASE, THAT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THEY TALK, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE EXPENSES FOR FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
HAVEN'T THERE BEEN GOALS TO TRY TO WRAP BOTH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS INTO EITHER MELISSA OR LISA'S, UH, DEPARTMENTS? UH, I NEVER HAVE HEARD THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AIRPORT INTO FINANCE REALLY, BECAUSE IT'S SO SPECIALIZED WITH ALL THEIR FEDERAL GRANTS AND, OKAY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S ITS OWN WORLD OF, OF ACRONYMS AND, AND SYSTEMS THAT, THAT THEY, THEY HAVE TO HANDLE.
WHAT ABOUT TECHNOLOGY? SAME THING THAT, THAT, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I HAVEN'T ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ANY CENTRALIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE DO HAVE THE, UH, IT COMING IN TOMORROW FOR A WORKSHOP AND I'LL BE HERE SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT WITH HER.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT TRIED TO DO THEIR OWN TECHNOLOGY AND IT DIDN'T WORK OUT VERY WELL.
SO, AND ALSO THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE THEY'RE WELL, BUT PUBLIC WORKS IS ALSO AN ENTERPRISE FUND, SO, AND WE DO SOME OF THEIRS, BUT YEAH, IT'S AN INTERESTING, I'M THINKING, INTERESTING QUESTION, RIGHT.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT OKAY.
ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THE AIRPORTS? SEEING NONE, WE ARE DONE FOR THE DAY.
TOMORROW MORNING, WE'LL START AT NINE.
TOMORROW WE'LL START AT 9:00 AM WITH HEALTH, FOLLOWED BY MUNICIPAL COURTS.
AND IN THE AFTERNOON WE'LL HAVE, UM, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HITS, AND THEN A RA ADMINISTRATION, REGULATORY AFFAIRS, AND THEN HUMAN RESOURCES.