City of Hurst Annual Report - Published 2022

A N N U A L

R E P O R T

PUBLISHED 2022

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Welcome to our Annual Report for 2021 In 2017, Hurst City Council established a strategic plan to guide the budget process for the coming years. Since the establishment of the strategic plan, staff focuses on six priorities as budget decisions are made each year. These priorities include redevelopment, public safety, leadership, innovation, economic vitality and infrastructure. These priorities were determined based on feedback you gave us in our citizen survey, by speaking to a city council member or staff member or through other platforms. Staff is responsible for making sure each project and budget request falls in line with these priorities to ensure the city is continuing in the right direction and with the future in mind.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we made some changes to our 2021 budget as a way to stay financially conservative and, based upon community feedback in the citizen survey, emphasized three of the six strategic priorities: Public Safety, Infrastructure and Economic Vitality. We will continue this focus during our 2022 budget. For more information on our 2022 budget, please visit our website at hursttx.gov/budget. We hope you feel encouraged after reading through this report and learning how your tax dollars were used in 2021.

Fire Calls for Service Fire

EMS

Hazardous Conditions Good Intent

2021

107

3,393

101

2020

88

3,034

2019

85

3,094

Vaccinations administered through the Northeast Tarrant Vaccination Clinic: HURST CITY COUNCIL Henry Wilson - Mayor Cathy Brotherton - Mayor Pro Tem David Booe - Council Member Jon McKenzie - Council Member John Miller - Council Member Cindy Shepard - Council Member Gary N. Waldron- Council Member

MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the City of Hurst is to provide responsive services and effective programs to ensure that Hurst remains a vibrant community.

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Service

446

247

1,084

21

152

440

274

916

31

145

435

234

857

162

188,186

Other

January 12 - June 30, 2021 Partnered with 36 different groups/agencies

Planning & Community Development

2,329 7,197

Code Enforcement inspections Building inspections

Hurst Intervention Team: 7 homes Assisted

Building Permits: 112 Value of Building Permits

$20,727,407

CPR: 11 home improvements valued at

$72,530

New Homes: 3

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Public Works Average daily water consumption was

4.97 million gallons per day

2.95

tons of household hazardous waste collected from residents

New asphalt overlay Brown Trail from Bluebonnet Drive to State Highway 10 TCC Road from Precinct Line Road to new animal shelter

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Concrete curb and gutter replaced totaling

1,260 linear ft.

Concrete sidewalk replaced totaling

305 linear ft.

sanitary sewer main stoppages cleared

More highlights:

Residential streets overlaid by city and county with hot mix asphalt totaling

5.03 lane miles

Residential streets seal coated with high density mineral bond totaled

6 lane miles

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Completed construction of the 46th Year CDBG Grant Project/ Livingston Drive from West Pipeline Road to 665 feet south.

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Completed construction of 2020 Miscellaneous Street Reconstruction Program.

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Completed the federal unfunded mandate of a Risk and Resilience Assessment & Emergency Response Plan and certified both with the EPA by end of December 2021 for our water system.

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Begin construction of West Pipeline Road improvements, Phase 3 from Lorean Branch bridge to Harrison Lane.

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Completed construction of 2020 Miscellaneous Sanitary Sewer Replacements Project.

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Completed restoration and repainting of the North Precinct Line Road Elevated Storage Tank.

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Parks & Recreation

Landscape & Irrigation Park Hours

completed at the new Animal Shelter and Adoption Center and Hurst Dog Park.

$300,000

TXDOT Green Ribbon grant for Hurst Boulevard median improvements.

Received Texas Amateur Athletic Federation (TAAF) “Member City of the Year Award”

updated to add the Hurst Dog Park.

Winter Storm Uri damage continues to be mitigated.

319 softball teams

2,750+

tennis lessons occurred at the Hurst Tennis Center.

participated in the Hurst softball league.

43

adult basketball teams participated in the Hurst basketball league.

More highlights:

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pickleball courts opened at the Hurst Tennis Center.

Over 130,000

Recreation Center visitors and offered more than classes through the Classroom program.

350

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Successfully awarded city-wide landscape contract

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Updated critical infrastructure maps to aid in faster irrigation testing and repairs

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Hosted the Hurst Tennis Center’s Inaugural Fall Pickleball Open

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Created a new sand volleyball league

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Hosted the TAAF Men’s 45 & Over State Basketball Tournament

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A new

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special events hosted which included the following:

Drive-thru Eggstravaganza Movie in the Park Series Hurst Stars and Stripes Christmas Tree Lighting

at Mayfair Park

A modified

fireworks show at Hurst Community Park

at the Hurst Conference Center

Dash & Splash

at Chisholm Park and Chisholm Aquatics Center

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Aquatics

Gold Ellis & Associate International Award received for Aquatics Professionalism and Safety.

Provided Learn to Swim classes for more than

1,000

participants at Central Aquatics Center.

37,000+ guests attended Chisholm Aquatics Center.

Doggie Dive-In attendance included

162 humans at

94 dogs

Central Aquatics Center.

Heroes’ Night at Chisholm Aquatics Center.

Play Safe Event: Drowning Prevention at Chisholm Aquatics Center.

Now hiring! for the 2022 aquatics season.

Special Needs Swim Time

at Central Aquatics Center.

Dive-In Movie

at Central Aquatics Center. Showed

Frozen 2

with

152 attendees

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Library

5,000+

virtual visitors served through Library’s website.

TMLDA Excellence in Libraries Award received.

First-Ever Teen Innovation Panel/Friends of the Hurst Library Fundraising Event – All Wrapped Up

21 patrons attended, $170.

and the Friends raised almost Teen volunteers wrapped Christmas gifts for patrons for a few hours on a Saturday.

“Up for Grabs” collection created This collection is a surprise, curated group of books for young readers (K-2nd grade) to check out! Each bag contains a mix of fiction and nonfiction books curated by your librarians.

Over 63,000

patrons served in person.

Year-long reading challenges introduced for youth and adults.

264 programs offered with over in attendance.

10,000

More than 266,500 items borrowed.

Hosted Library Showcase “Falloween” in October with

over 300 guests.

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Senior

15,000 guests

Over 62,100 guests

1,081

attended the classes and programs offered at the Senior Activities Center.

have visited the facility since the reopening in

May 2021.

During the holidays the Hurst Senior Activities Center members donated more than

10 60

boxes of food that benefitted Mission Central and more than toys for Toys for Tots.

More than 60 members have participated in the new cornhole program since its creation in October.

100

members saluted our veterans at our annual Veterans Day Salute event.

Over 1,500 members currently at the Senior Activities Center.

Hosted Craft & Holiday Market with more than

400 attendees.

More than 1,300 participants joined in Chair Volleyball which restarted in July.

695 guests

attended monthly social and specialty dances after they resumed in July.

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Economic Development

152

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newly opened or expanded businesses occupying more than

347,670 sq . ft.

17

new stores opened at North East Mall nearing new restaurants

Hurst Sustainable Neighborhood Plan continues to drive redevelopment including the opening of the $20M Provision at Patriot Place apartments.

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lots of new residential neighborhoods

$38,777,360

in new commercial construction

672

new families moved to Hurst with the purchase of existing single family homes at an average sales price of

$320K ;

a 16% increase over the year before

100% occupancy Hurst’s citizens approved packaged liquor store election 5 packaged liquor stores now open or soon to open.

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Fiscal Services Much of FY 2021 had us evaluating operations, the economy, various state and federal regulations related to the ongoing pandemic, and the potential impact of inflation. The General Fund budget was cut by 3.14% to ensure a balanced budget and we were pleased to see that sales tax revenue was not as severely impacted as we thought it would be. Council and staff focused intently on developing the FY 2022 budget in alignment with the citizen survey and the priorities outlined in the strategic plan. Following citizen input and council direction, staff presented a budget that supports returning to full operations. Stable property values and recovering sales tax revenue supported the 4.24% increase necessary to fund the restored services. However, the increase from pre-pandemic levels is only 1.13%. This increase helps ensure our ability to resume full operations and includes measures aimed at mitigating increasing inflation, especially in the wage and labor market. In the charts on page 6, you will see that over 50% of the General Fund budget is spent on public safety. This investment aligns with results from the survey and the council’s strategic plan. Additionally, you will see strong investments in infrastructure such as streets and sidewalks as well as in our parks and recreational facilities.

2022 Fiscal Budget Year Highlights • General Fund Budget increased by 4.24% but only 1.13% from pre-pandemic levels • Restores services in alignment with Council priorities and citizen feedback • Maintains funding for public safety • Establishes funding to support a strategic partnership with Humane Society of North Texas for animal adoption services The annual budget, or financial plan, represents the Council’s continued commitment to strategic planning and ensuring Hurst continues to provide high quality and affordable services.

On average, households in Hurst pay about $3.06 per day for all their general local government services. That’s less than a cup of coffee! For more details, please visit our website at hursttx.gov.

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General Fund Where the Money Comes From $17,018,541

Ad Valorem Tax

$8,772,509

Consumer Tax

$5,394,228

Intragovernmental

$2,515,000

Franchise Tax Charges for Services

$1,811,200 $760,580

Fines Licenses/Permits Intergovernmental Misc. / Reserves

$896,100 $272,491

TOTAL $37,935,080

$494,055

Where the Money Goes $ 11,682,032 $8,756,896

Police Fire/EMS

$6,110,695

Parks/REC/Senior

$3,081,746

Public Works Non-Departmental

$2,443,388

Library General Services Public Services Administration Fiscal Services Human Resources

$1,709,193 $1,580,271 $1,036,233 $631,411 $462,721 $440,494

TOTAL $37,935,080

Crime Statistics

17 19

17 23

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2021

Motor Vehicle Theft 2020

2021

2020

2021

2020

2021

Aggravated Burglary Theft Assault 2020

2021

2020

2021

2020

2021

2020

Sexual Assault Robbery Murder

1 53

40 94

63

103 102 712 822

* These are Part 1 crimes as defined by the Uniform Crime Reporting.

Overall crime has decreased 35% from 2016-2020. Hurst remains below national averages.

HURST CITY STAFF Clay Caruthers - City Manager Clayton Fulton - Assistant City Manager

Matia Messemer - Executive Director of Human Resources

Malaika Farmer - Assistant City Manager

Steve Bowden - Executive Director of Economic Development and Tourism

Greg Dickens - Executive Director of Public Works

Kyle Gordon - Executive Director of Community Services

Rita Frick - City Secretary Steve Niekamp - Police Chief

Michelle Lazo - Executive Director of Planning and Community Development

David Palla - Fire Chief

Shelly Klein - Outreach Coordinator