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City of McAllen, Texas Adopted Budget 2023

Strategic Business Plan

Goal 4: Set the standard for public safety and emergency preparedness. (continued)

Total
Department / Estimated Budget
No. Objective Time- line Project Status - Rationale
Agency FY 21-22 FY 22-23
Cost
A comprehensive Animal
Shelter/Adoption Services
Feasibility Study� The City
4�2�4 Animal Intake Facility Engineering October 2022 $50,000 $5,000 $45,000 of McAllen is looking at
- March 2023
alternative methods to
Study
deliver sheltering, medical
treatment, and adoption
services�
This helps with the
installation of new street
lights in areas that do not
meet spacing requirements
4�2�5 Street Lights Engineering Program Recurring $100,000 $600,000 in new and existing
roadways� It also helps for
streetlight improvements by
District for existing arterial
roadways and established
neighborhoods�
Project Study-Vision Zero
is an approach that states
that no deaths or serious
injuries are acceptable on
our transportation system�
October 2022 McAllen’s Vision Zero will
Vision Zero-Traffic/
4�2�6 Engineering - September $150,000 $10,000 $140,000 use education, engineering,
Transportation Safety
2023 evaluation, enforcement, and
policy to provide a platform
to tie in our transportation
infrastructure while seeking
to eliminate deaths and
serious accidents�
Environmental Bucket Truck to help install
4�2�7 Environmental Health- Health & Code Program Program $0 $220,000 fleet of 30 cameras at sites
Aerial Bucket Truck
throughout city in order to
Enforcement curb illegal dumping�
Various throughout City -The
Health & Code Enforcement
Department is presenting
Environmental substandard, vacant
4�2�8 Involuntary Demolitions Health & Code In Progress Program $100,000 $150,000 structures to the Building
Board of Adjustments
Enforcement with recommendation for
involuntary demolition of
structures that pose threat to
public health and safety�
During a rainy year, 1/4 of all
Environmental lots mowed by Environmental
4�2�9 Environmental Health- Health & Code Recurring Program $0 $85,000 Health & Code Enforcement
will be over 10,000 square
Tractor Mowing
Enforcement feet requiring a large Tractor
for Mowing�
Environmental Mobile Dynamic Message
Dynamic Message Board
4�2�10 Health & Code Program Program $0 $54,000 Board to help educate public
with Trailer Hitch
Enforcement on no illegal dumping�
Environmental Environmental Health & Code
4�2�11 Tire Cleanup Health & Code In Progress $95,918 $50,000 $0 Enforcement-Tire Removal
Project of illegal dumping
Enforcement site with thousands of tires�
Strategy 4.3: Develop initiatives which prevent fire incidents in the city; deliver excellent fire service.
2022 Citizen Survey indicates
Continue high citizen continued improvement in
Fire
4�3�1 rating of Fire service Department Ongoing Program Program Program very high satisfaction rates
and low ratio of fires per
population for City’s fire protection and
safety�

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