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The council adopted the minutes of its Jan. 15, 2025 meeting after a motion and second; the minutes were approved without recorded opposition. The city secretary then read nominations for multiple boards and commissions; council members moved and seconded the block of nominees and voted to approve the slate after brief discussion. A motion to separate one reinvestment zone nominee failed for lack of a second.

Mayor Johnson nominated Chloe Hawkins as chair of the Dallas Youth Commission. Hawkins' nomination was moved and seconded, and several council members offered remarks in support before the council voted. The motion to confirm Hawkins passed; the clerk recorded that an abstention was noted on the vote (the meeting transcript did not identify the member who abstained by name in the roll call language).

The full list of nominees read into the record included appointments to the Dallas Public Facility Corporation, the judicial nominating commission, the youth commission, reinvestment zone boards and other boards and commissions. Several individual nominations were specifically named by the city secretary during the reading. Councilmembers present debated only briefly on 1 reinvestment zone nominee and then voted to approve the remainder of the slate.

No contested roll-call tallies were recorded in the briefing transcript; votes were recorded in the meeting as \"the ayes have it\" or otherwise notated. City staff said the records and official minutes would reflect the formal vote tallies and any recorded no or abstention votes.

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A city manager's office representative described Thompson's tenure: staff said she launched a procurement quarterly report to improve transparency of solicitations, led pandemic-era purchases of personal protective equipment, updated an administrative directive (A.D. 4-05) to modernize purchasing procedures and implemented process improvements that staff characterized as Lean Six Sigma changes that reduced procurement steps by more than half. The presenter also noted Thompson's work on supplier-diversity efforts and a business enterprise hub to expand opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses.

Danielle Thompson, identified in council remarks as the outgoing director of procurement services, spoke briefly and said the job had become personal to her: \"My great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and brother, who are all now deceased, is named Dallas. So when I came here to serve, it became very, very personal for me,\" she said. Thompson thanked the city manager, CAO, her team and peers and said she was \"gracious for this opportunity.\"

Several councilmembers offered personal remarks. Chairman Gracie said Thompson's \"footprint\" is on some of the city's most historic procurements, Mayor Pro Tem Atkins praised Thompson's speed and adherence to process, Councilmember Schulz called the procurement department \"one of those unsung\" teams that manages complicated work and Chairwoman Sherilyn King Arnold linked the recognition to African American Heritage Month and praised Thompson's professionalism.

City staff included Thompson's work on the local preference program and a Procurement Business Enterprise Hub among accomplishments they said advanced transparency and supplier diversity. Thompson and councilmembers encouraged continued collaboration with local businesses and minority- and women-owned firms.

No formal council action was required for the recognition; the item was presented as a ceremonial acknowledgement and departure remarks.","City officials acknowledged Danielle Thompson's tenure as director of procurement services, citing process updates, supplier-diversity initiatives and pandemic procurement leadership; Thompson thanked colleagues and said her role was personal given family ties to the city name.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6677331,"City staff recommends reprogramming $7.7 million in ARPA redevelopment funds for public safety hiring",933,7743000,8676000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2228442-1cc8c2a270dd279c244680d212626243&start=7743&end=8676","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2228442-1cc8c2a270dd279c244680d212626243/thumbnail_7743000.jpg","/articles/6677331/Dallas/Dallas-County/Texas/City-staff-recommends-reprogramming-77-million-in-ARPA-redevelopment-funds-for-public-safety-hiring","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6677331-8733266aace768c101602a57b02bc38e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771166471&Signature=D5hz9rio2ViEe0jV~HbrB-nxZqi-edv6qGd75xBdMiHitVqtMPRdpL6DoNobHgwb2sCg-IHQjBMMoIY0hFUi4EbakszzGyrAXWpsLuUIYIGEzNdqSUL-THccJlgk5K8HHwHtcJk7en9l-79YqvVVKpUQ67GQaZykBkWu1z0hp4WqTod~LFuWFJAArv1srEFqCFTW8GewgI393gX5sI98PG6Bp1JUgh6f08zHAobNJRoh9EfzH74KFMFn79qasoz8R7aEazpnD8resJcnb1JfZr4ddm0Ynpc1Rk7JfkO97yMheCsbRlXTj2Ob4EF6u4JOLA~jErQ-wc4FdVigcg9NYQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City budget staff briefed the Dallas City Council on the financial status of federal grants, reviewed remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) resources and recommended redirecting $7.7 million in ARPA redevelopment fund balances to support public safety hiring and retention.

Jeanette Wheaton, director of budget and management services, told council the city initially received $355,400,000 in state and local fiscal recovery funds (SLFRF) under ARPA and that staff have reprogrammed portions of the awards since 2021 to respond to emergent needs. Staff reported $27,500,000 of U.S. Treasury grant funds are currently encumbered but unspent and that the ARPA redevelopment fund established by reallocating local salary dollars has a total budget listed in staff materials at $186,500,000.

Wheaton said staff have reviewed slow-moving and partially completed projects and recommended a new spending framework focused on four categories: revenue stabilization, public-safety hiring and retention, infrastructure investment/facility maintenance, and unmet resident needs. As part of that framework staff proposed reallocating a set of residual balances, interest earnings and completed-project carryovers into a $7.7 million pool to support hiring and retention in the Dallas Police Department.

Jack Ireland, the city's chief financial officer, told council that some of the reprogramming would cover one-time equipment and vehicle needs tied to recruiting and onboarding additional officers; he said roughly $3 million of the proposal would be for vehicles and equipment, and the remainder would be directed to personnel costs.

Wheaton and staff did not present a final appropriation ordinance at the meeting; instead they said they would prepare a budget amendment and return to council in May for formal consideration. \"Staff recommends reprogramming ARPA funds in the amount of $7,700,000 for public safety hiring and retention,\" Wheaton said, and added staff will prepare required budget documents for a May council action.

Councilmembers asked how the reprogramming would affect other community programs that had ARPA allocations, including mental health, family violence prevention, food insecurity efforts and other social services. Several councilmembers pressed staff to explain why multi-year ARPA projects remained partially unspent, to provide more granular status on each project in appendix materials and to ensure that reprogramming decisions do not leave critical social services underfunded. The city manager and budget staff told council they plan to continue monitoring ARPA balances and bring additional recommendations through the Government Performance and Financial Management committee.

The briefing also referenced the January White House Office of Management and Budget memorandum (later rescinded) that briefly paused certain federal awards; staff told council that agencies are still reviewing program priorities and that Dallas will continue to monitor potential impacts on active federal grants.

Staff said the proposed reprogramming is a recommendation; no final amendment was voted at the meeting and the budget amendment will be brought back for formal council action in May.

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The 2024 survey was conducted for the city by ETC Institute and yielded 2,118 completed responses, with a reported margin of error of \u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u00002.1 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. Jason Marotta, vice president and director of community research at ETC Institute, said the sample met the project goal of at least 150 completed surveys in each City Council district and was administered via mail, phone and online in multiple languages.

City staff and the consultant said major findings included generally favorable ratings for a range of city services; the highest satisfaction scores were for Love Field, public libraries and fire services, while lower satisfaction clustered around maintenance of infrastructure and police services. When asked which services should be the city's top priorities, respondents placed maintenance of infrastructure and police services at the top, followed by traffic management, social services and neighborhood code enforcement. The survey also found that access to affordable, quality housing was the single most important community characteristic residents wanted the city to address.

City staff emphasized that the survey's core advantages are trend-tracking and benchmarking. \"We conducted the 2024 community survey in April-May 2024 and presented results to council in June; the survey is designed to be repeated so we can measure trends over time,\" Jeanette Wheaton, director of budget and management services, told council.

Council members used the presentation to probe methodology and implications for policy. Questions focused on how responses vary by district, how multi-lingual outreach was handled (the survey was offered in English, Spanish and Vietnamese), and how the city should weigh satisfaction results against the share of the city budget devoted to those services. Several members asked whether some questions reflect \"importance\" or \"need for improvement,\" and ETC responded that the survey differentiates satisfaction from importance and that an \"important-satisfaction\" cross-tab identifies areas where low satisfaction and high importance overlap (maintenance of infrastructure and police services).

For 2025, staff proposed retaining the statistically valid random-sample instrument (the 2,100+ core sample) while adding a separate, optional online version available to any Dallas resident. Staff said the online version will not be included in the core statistics or benchmark comparisons but will be made available as a broader public input tool and will allow the city to display and analyze additional verbatim comments from residents who are not randomly selected. The 2025 timeline presented called for the main survey administration in February'March, draft results in May and a public briefing to council in June.

City staff said the online option would be used to expand outreach to equity-priority ZIP codes, busy parents, youth and immigrant communities, and that the city will distribute the instrument at libraries, recreation centers, cultural festivals and community events and through nonprofit partners. Staff also said they plan additional communications material and a short explanatory video to increase participation.

City leaders and staff agreed the statistically valid core will remain the decision-grade data that informs budget and performance benchmarking, while the open online instrument will provide broader qualitative input and additional context for outreach. Councilmembers asked staff to provide cross-tab reports by district, language used to complete the survey, and the redline of any question changes from prior years before the 2025 fielding.

Staff said they will return with final survey language for 2025 and that results will again be benchmarked against peer cities and compared to prior-year trends.

","City staff and consultant ETC Institute told the City Council that Dallas residents rated the city positively overall, identified maintenance of infrastructure and police services as top priorities, and recommended a 2025 survey approach that adds an open online instrument to broaden outreach while preserving a statistically valid core sample.","actionData","errors"]

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