Forests_green_space

23:35 SO IT'S JUST ALL THINGS EQUAL, LIKE THE SAME STATUS QUO? IS THAT WHAT IT MEANS? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE US TO GO TO SLIDE 18. 18, SORRY. THERE YOU GO. WELL, MAYBE IT ISN'T 18 ON THIS PRESENTATION. IT'S ABOUT THE PARKS BUDGET. MAYBE GO BACK ONE. LET'S SEE WHERE WE ARE. I THINK WE'RE KIND OF INTERSPERSED THROUGH DIFFERENT SLIDES. WELL, SO MY QUESTION REVOLVES AROUND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A -- ON ONE OF THE SLIDES, MAYBE -- THERE IT IS. YEAH. OH, IT'S 19. IT'S AT 18. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITIONS FOR PARKS AND GENERAL SERVICES HAS CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE AROUND THAT IS KNOWING THAT WE'VE -- WE DEFINITELY CUT BACK ON PARK STAFF, PARK MAINTENANCE STAFF, YOU KNOW, IN OUR LAST

24:35 BUDGET TO THE DETRIMENT, IT APPEARS FROM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON PARKS MAINTENANCE AND JUST NOT HAVING ENOUGH STAFF TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. I MEAN, CLOSING RESTROOMS INSTEAD OF CLEANING THEM AND REPAIRING THEM, YOU KNOW, ISN'T REALLY A GOOD SOLUTION FOR PARKS. AND SO I'M WONDERING HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING IT BY HIRING A DEPUTY DIRECTOR INSTEAD OF PERHAPS UTILIZING THAT FUNDING FOR MORE STAFFING. OR MAYBE THERE IS A STAFFING THAT YOU'RE NOT HIGHLIGHTING. I CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE POSITION OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR. SO THESE TWO DEPARTMENTS ARE THE LAST TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT DON'T HAVE A DEPUTY DIRECTOR. AND WITH THE SIZE OF THE CITY, IT'S GOOD PRACTICE TO HAVE A DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE SIZE AND

25:35 LENGTH OF THE CITY, IN CASE OF ANY LEADERSHIP ISSUES OR WE WANT TO AVOID ANY POINTS OF FAILURE BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE DEPARTMENTS. AND AS FAR AS THE SERVICE LEVELS AND THE -- REGARDING THE DEPARTMENT, I'M GOING TO DEFER THAT QUESTION TO DAVE PURLICK. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S ONLINE. DAVE'S HERE. SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU, DAVE. I KNOW DAVE WORKED OUT A PLAN ON THIS POSITION SPECIFICALLY. OKAY. I WOULD SAY MY POSITION WAS EXACTLY YOUR POSITION IN THE LAST BUDGET. WE FOCUSED ON DEPLOYING STAFF AT THE LEVEL OF ENSURING WE MAINTAIN AS MANY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AS POSSIBLE. I'M STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSAL AND THIS BUDGET CYCLE, ONLY SPEAKING FOR PARTS, THE REASON BEING WE NEED TO HAVE A FUTURE AS WELL AS SUSTAINED SERVICE LEVELS AND ULTIMATELY

26:35 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIGNIFICANT WORK IN OUR PARKS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ALIGN A PROPOSAL FOR POTENTIAL LONG-TERM FUNDING AND WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT ANNEXING UP TO 35 FACILITIES WITH CLARK COUNTY AND WE CAN'T -- I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN ADEQUATELY PLAN FOR THE FUTURE WITH OUR CURRENT STAFF COMPLEMENT, FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON DEPLOYING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WE OFFER TODAY. SO I THINK THAT ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT WILL PRIMARILY BE FOCUSED ON THOSE PREPARING US FOR ANNEXATION GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE FUNDING. ARE YOU PROPOSING IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE STAFF? YES. YOU'LL SEE A PROPOSAL COMING THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET THAT WOULD RESTORE SEASONAL TEMPORARY STAFF AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE. SO THERE WOULD BE SOME -- AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN

27:35 ADDITIONAL PROGRAM BEING MOVED TO DEPLOY THAT POSITION TO BETTER SUPPORT EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA DURING THE SUMMER. SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE MAJOR SERVICE IMPACTS. I THINK ULTIMATELY WE WILL CONTINUE TO ONE STEP UP, MAYBE ONE STEP OR TWO STEP BACK AS WE