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Booth said the report benchmarks current performance against the same point in FY2024 and that some funds collect on different schedules than a straight quarter. \"These numbers are through December 31 of, 2024,\" Booth said, noting his report covers the general fund and nine major funds and that the city recently closed out March and will return to a regular quarterly cadence.

Key takeaways Booth gave council:
- General fund: budgeted at about $202.54 million, with revenues of roughly $65 million (about 32% of budget) reported for the quarter. State grant receipts pushed intergovernmental revenues above the FY2024 benchmark.
- Property tax: collections through February are at about 96.2% of the budgeted target and were $183,919 over the monthly target at the time of the presentation.
- Sales tax: collections through March were $4,368,155; Booth said year-to-date sales-tax receipts were projected slightly higher than budget but that April collections (which reflect February activity) were down 2% year over year.
- Encumbrances: several funds show expense percentages above the nominal benchmark because the city records purchase orders and other commitments up front; Booth explained encumbrance accounting as a reservation of budgeted money for contracts or annual payments.

Booth also summarized enterprise funds: water and wastewater funds were generally on track with charges-for-service and higher-than-expected interest income; the solid-waste fund showed lower revenues and a one-time previously approved settlement that increased reported Q1 expenses; the zoo fund recorded capital expenditures tied to a netting purchase; and the airport fund showed higher landing fees offsetting lower passenger facility charges.

Council members asked for more comparative information and metrics. Members requested that future reports include the street fund in the major-fund summary, a year-to-date budget column for comparison to actuals, and prior-year year-to-date actuals for easier year-over-year comparisons. Council members also suggested adding KPI pages for amenity funds (zoo, airport, golf course, Texas Ranger Hall of Fame) showing attendance and merchandise trends.

Booth said staff will add the street fund to the next quarterly report, include budget-year-to-date and prior-year columns, and consider KPI metrics for amenity funds. He also said staff expect to propose a budget amendment for the solid-waste one-time expense.

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City staff emphasized the move is intended to keep senior programming active and safe while the city evaluates the future of the Sewell Ross building.

Jonathan Cook, a city staff member who presented the update at the April 15 work session, said the city’s analysis looked at program needs, facility condition and alternatives. \"Today, we are going to review some of that senior programming and facilities and really dive in to the relocation that was recommended of programs from the Sewell Center,\" Cook said. He told council that the building is a roughly 15,000-square-foot former church, built in 1951, and that parts of the structure and the wooden dance floor are showing deterioration.

The proposal moves programs now based at Sewell Ross into several nearby facilities to avoid service interruption. The city identified the Dewey Community Center (under a mile away) as the primary relocation site for Meals on Wheels programming; the Lion’s Den (adjacent to the Harrison Center) as the planned home for the weekly Boot Scootin’ dance club; and the Cameron Park Clubhouse, South Waco gym, Doris Miller Community Center and other community centers as additional landing sites for bridge clubs, arts groups and ballroom dancers. Cook said planners prioritized accessibility, storage needs and continuity of schedules when matching groups to new sites.

Sewell Ross user groups and regular attendees told council the building is a longtime social hub. Sylvia Carrizales, a resident who addressed council during public comment, said, \"We are very sad to hear about the possibility of the closing of Saul Ross Senior Center,\" and described the center as a place for friendship and weekly activities. Linda Gomez, who described decades of dancing and local programming there, said the Boot Scootin' Dance Club has met at the site since 1978 and that attendance typically ranges \"anywhere from a 20 to a 69 or more\" with one recent night at 204 people. Louann Henderson, representing Meals on Wheels participants, thanked the city for locating a new home and invited council to visit the Dewey Center.

Several council members and the deputy city manager praised staff for detailed planning and outreach. Council members said they preferred relocation over suspension of services, citing the risks that programs will not recover if they stop. Cook said staff have inventoried and begun transferring equipment and storage, are coordinating custodial and staffing coverage, and aim to implement the transition by the end of the month. He said staff were aware of a May 1 deadline associated with moving activities and would try to smooth the transition; dance-club leaders asked for an extension to allow a final event before moving.

Cook listed key program moves and operational details: Meals on Wheels groups that meet Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays will move activity space to Dewey Community Center and will continue to operate at the Harrison Center as well; bridge clubs that meet multiple days per week will be accommodated with shared storage and scheduled lunch-to-afternoon transitions; the Lion’s Den has a permanent stage and the power and floor space needed for live bands and large dances; and the Cameron Park Clubhouse offers scenic space for smaller art groups. Staff said most relocation sites are within three miles of Sewell Ross.

City officials said the relocation is an interim step while the city assesses the longer-term future of the Sewell Ross Senior Center building and options to provide a high level of senior programming across community centers. Officials did not announce a final decision on the building’s status at this meeting.

Community members and staff agreed to continue working on schedules, equipment moves and outreach. Council and staff also signaled flexibility on the May 1 timeline for at least one user group; Mayor Holmes asked that the council and community plan to support a clean transition and encouraged public feedback.

The city’s next actions will be to complete the physical moves, finalize schedules at the new sites and continue facilities assessment for Sewell Ross. Staff said they would follow up with user groups individually to confirm storage, staffing and daily schedules.

(Ending)","City staff recommended relocating programs from the aging Sewell Ross Senior Center because of structural and safety concerns. Staff identified alternate locations, including Dewey Community Center and the Lion’s Den, and pledged to move programming with minimal interruption; seniors and program leaders urged extensions and preservation options.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6600769,"Planning commission recommends special permit for substation expansion and rezoning at 2200 Mistletoe",0,6753000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3020512-a0c7ce515e132c559d24a2cf022e19f6&start=6753&end=6753","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3020512-a0c7ce515e132c559d24a2cf022e19f6/thumbnail_6753000.jpg","/articles/6600769/Waco/McLennan-County/Texas/Planning-commission-recommends-special-permit-for-substation-expansion-and-rezoning-at-2200-Mistletoe","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6600769-e201eef250e6e0aad0b15290258e7367/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174560&Signature=AVzty5ih5DfIsvucsAUFCUnJkdRKSYnNaddQ6lfjgWby70-UonyQTEgrflyxMiHey3Vejw6nF34cxycP9xUyBO08jM0to0pecG7AEFfoZVe5ZEw4AidH6dB-xz~d9KYPz~kALbKsT~IeXXP5wAmoZFqpGT5-AxcFl7Xt0BV0QpkMMQpNHN1el9cAtAhIP-7~degq3djVwtmSZo0e8xt7Ryv9cCDmgoJHvI2Qjm3b5mO2rODaJfOdJtP06dE7t1f1ncI5xgpgzkujYCYQzvJ70-mqfdWLWqmblGRdR4AHxyCcoA2HA2Q6UM0xFdVEXG5c2RphTWMM3dVjdDVxyub68A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Planning staff briefed the council on two zoning-related items that the planning commission recommended for approval.

Clint Peters, a planning staff member, said both items carried a unanimous planning-commission recommendation (10–0) and that no members of the public spoke at the commission hearing.

The first item is a special-permit request from an electric-delivery company to expand an existing substation property at 3821 North 20th Street in the Cedar Ridge neighborhood. Peters said the substation currently occupies roughly four lots and the expansion would extend onto two adjacent lots (about 1.2 additional acres). As part of the proposal the company would replace the existing chain-link fence with a masonry screen wall and add landscaping to meet screening standards.

The second item is a rezoning request for a property at 2200 Mistletoe Avenue, shifting zoning from R-2 (two-family residential) to O-3. Peters said the change follows Texas Department of Transportation work on the I‑35 frontage and that the property now fronts the interstate; the requested zoning was described as compatible both with the frontage and with the nearby residential area.

Peters said staff did not receive opposition from nearby neighbors and that both items are on the council’s agenda for the evening’s regular meeting.

(Ending)","Two planning items scheduled for the city council meeting were recommended for approval by the planning commission, 10-0: a special permit to expand an electrical substation at 3821 N. 20th Street and a rezoning request for 2200 Mistletoe Avenue to accommodate frontage changes related to I‑35.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_47":104,"_49":105,"_51":106,"_53":107,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":108,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":109,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6600774,"Waco to replace legacy utility and work-order systems with SpryPoint and CloudGen; SpryPoint scheduled to go live July 14",1529,4524000,6053000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3020512-a0c7ce515e132c559d24a2cf022e19f6&start=4524&end=6053","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3020512-a0c7ce515e132c559d24a2cf022e19f6/thumbnail_4524000.jpg","/articles/6600774/Waco/McLennan-County/Texas/Waco-to-replace-legacy-utility-and-work-order-systems-with-SpryPoint-and-CloudGen-SpryPoint-scheduled-to-go-live-July-14","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6600774-88867511d2e6eac47b6f9429268eb4fb/orig.mp4?Expires=1771174560&Signature=Ur8BK6eCb1BozYlvuYd5AcyR6--qn4dM8tX0ZcwBMqk0ZoCprX9eePssGZNsVy~cQzyJAN0rmXaB4zF64SIIwSjz4OBg2gw7YIJOVQuQ~ix6kQYQwROaCx9MDfcB3LyhdU1tML672LaQPk~7V1Jy9-jjMz7bz~gr14ZaO-hIHR3vTS~ZMjXeKgDGBiIPN5FB8oyfX-8brWpW6nDUtfaITdVgfwjv5zOOrOshPa1nwWjDj5e~r6HaUuWhQsVyx1xrECme-LFE~c48Q2MEmUckLb3lzORC0yfdKGQE5~Rv4TPjmLlC-9QZRPYYF7hHHa9zRcIVGZsb8O3WRB~U-viE1A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City leaders described two concurrent technology projects intended to modernize customer billing, self-service tools and field operations during the April 15 work session.

Lisa Tyre, director of community engagement, described SpryPoint as a modern customer information system that will replace the city’s more than 30-year-old legacy billing system. The new system will provide an updated customer portal, live chat, text and email options, more frequent meter-data updates and built-in reporting and dashboards. Tyre said customers will be required to re-enroll for the new portal and, if they use bank- or card-draft payments, to reestablish those payment arrangements in the new system. The city plans to take the water office offline for a single day of cutover on July 11 and to bring the new portal online July 14.

\"This system will allow us to mimic exactly what the customer's looking at, allowing us to be able to assist them a little bit more efficiently,\" Tyre said, describing call-center improvements and real-time insights. She told council the five-year SpryPoint contract totals about $2.5 million; the city has spent just over $1 million to date on implementation and expects recurring maintenance costs to rise modestly each year.

Tyre showed a sample portal and bill layout intended to give customers clearer consumption trends, alerts for continuous-flow events and a cleaner bill design. The city plans an outreach campaign that includes a newsletter article, a June bill insert, a web page with tutorial videos and targeted emails to customers with valid addresses; staff said they will try to contact customers who appear to have active autopay arrangements to help them reestablish payments. Tyre said the city intends to avoid disconnecting customers during the transition and plans a grace period into mid-August to accommodate re-enrollments.

Mike Seawright, chief information officer, described CloudGen, an enterprise asset-management and work-order platform meant to consolidate asset records and field work orders across departments. CloudGen already went live for several utility-related divisions earlier in the year and entered a 90-day \"hyper care\" support period following that launch; further waves for water distribution, facilities and public works are planned. Seawright said the system enables mobile field updates, reduces paper handoffs and provides a single digital record for assets and maintenance activities.

\"One of the most exciting things about this system is it empowers our work, our staff in the field for real time updates around work orders, real time updates on assets,\" Seawright said. He added that the city plans to integrate CloudGen with the MyWaco app and other systems so that service requests flow into a single work-order environment.

Council members emphasized the need for broad communications and strong change management. Tyre and Seawright said staff have staged demos, pulled in departmental stakeholders during the RFP and implementation processes, and planned 90-day post-launch support to ensure adoption.

(Ending)","The city announced two major technology conversions: SpryPoint, a customer information system and portal that will replace a 30+-year legacy system and go live July 14 (system cutover July 11), and CloudGen, an enterprise asset and work-order system already phased into utilities and other departments.","actionData","errors"]

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