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FY 2021-2022 Highlights

Finance
The Finance Division has maintained its 'AA' long-term bond rating for the City's general obligation (GO) bonds and its
public property nance contractual obligations, which categorizes the City as having a stable outlook.
The Government Finance Of cers Association (GFOA) awarded the 26th consecutive year Distinguished Budget
Presentation Award for the scal year beginning October 1, 2021.
The Government Finance Of cers Association (GFOA) awarded the 24th consecutive year Certi cate of Achievement for
Excellence in Financial Reporting to the City of Bedford for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for scal
year ended September 30, 2020.

Municipal Cour t
Participated in the 2022 State of Texas "Great Texas Warrant Round Up" clearing 324 warrants, while generating $59,094 in
revenue.
Collaborated with Linebarger, Goggan, Blair, & Sampson LLP for area speci c increased collection efforts regarding
defendants with outstanding warrants.
Participated in the 2021 Municipal Courts Week whereby our efforts for advocating traf c safety and awareness were
recognized by the Texas Municipal Court Education Center in Austin, TX.
Established virtual attorney dockets to accommodate the prosecutor and defense attorneys to insure adequate
communication during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conducted a holiday food drive to increase warrant compliance and allow for defendants to start a payment plan.
Updated the Bedford Municipal Court Standing Orders and Bedford Municipal Court Policies and Procedures Manual.
Established a the Bedford Municipal Court Rules of the Court and the Bedford Municipal Court Emergency Operating
Procedures and Security Policy.
Created an online court case records and judicial records request form, whereby defendants, attorneys, and citizens are
able to make their request for court records online.
Updated the Municipal Court copy of the citation in the Brazos / Tyler Tech parking module to allow for the Bedford
Police Department's Volunteers in Police Service to have the ability to issue parking citations.
Implemented all Municipal Court mandates from the 2021 87th Legislative Update.

Teen Cour t
In May 2022, HEB Teen Court awarded one teen volunteer with a scholarship totaling $1,500. The teen recipient provided
over 63 community volunteer hours to the HEB Teen Court.
Completed new volunteer teen and adult training and orientation for 20 teens and 5 adults.

Customer Ser vice
Rate increase in the solid waste and recycling fees, effective January 1, 2022.
Rate increase in the storm drainage fees, effective January 1, 2022.
The department has spent the past year educating customers on the various payment systems that are available to pay
their city utility bill. This has resulted in a decrease of manual payments to just 1.1% average per month.
Staff coordinated with the bank to update the posting process of payments, timelines and implementing an automated
positive/match le after each billing so all accounts including new accounts are updated in the posting le.
Staff processed 15,000 plus letters to notify customers to change the mailing address to a new post of ce box.
Coordinated with Public Works and vendor (Badger/Beacon personnel) to ensure all meters and endpoints that needed
to be repaired or replaced due to equipment failure when ATT upgraded the system to the 5G network. We
communicated and organized manual reading lists to ensure all meters were read correctly and bills were processed and
mailed on time.

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