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FULL OF PARTS. I DON'T KNOW, I THINK. WHERE'S DAVID? OKAY GOOD . GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M
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GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING OF THE STUART CITY COMMISSION. IT'S OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP NUMBER TWO TO ORDER. MARY WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL? PLEASE MCDONALD HERE.MAYOR BURNER HERE. COMMISSIONER CLARK. HERE COMMISSIONER COLLINS COMMISSIONER RICH HERE. YOU'RE ALL JOINED ME FOR THE BUDGET ALLEGIANCE. BUT. EXPERIENCE GOD. YEAH. GOOD REASON CONTESTED.
[1. FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET - WORKSHOP #2]
OKAY LET'S SEE PRESENTATIONS. JOLIE ARE YOU GOING TO BE GIVING US OUR PRESENTATION TODAY? YES SIR. UNLESS THE MAN I WORKED FOR TELLS ME DIFFERENTLY, OKAY? SO UH, COMMISSIONERS WHO WE HAVE BACK HERE TOGETHER TODAY, SO WHEN LAST WE MET, YOU HAD SEEN THE BUDGET AS THE DEPARTMENT HAD REQUESTED IT. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS JUST CLEARLY. LET THE DEPARTMENT SENT OR WHATEVER THEY WANT, AND THEY ASKED FOR IT AND MADE REQUEST. THE REVENUES WERE MOSTLY PROJECTIONS ON THE PART OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE REVENUE MODELS OF VIEWS. AND SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF STUFF WAS STILL UNKNOWN. SINCE THEN WE FINALIZE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS.I WILL TELL YOU NOW THAT THE UNION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS ARE STILL BEING NEGOTIATED AT THIS MOMENT. SO EVEN TODAY, THIS BUDGET IS STILL WITH A TENTATIVE AMOUNT AGREED UPON FOR THOSE UNION CONTRACTS. ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW. THE STATE DID FINALLY RELEASE ALL THE REVENUES AND THEN EDITED SEVERAL OF THEM AFTERWARDS. THERE AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER CHANGES THINGS THAT WERE PRESSING ENOUGH TO MAKE IT INTO THIS BUDGET DOCUMENT. SO IT IS A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT. I AM I WILL TELL YOU NOW THAT BY THE TIME WE HAVE OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IN SEPTEMBER ON THE 11TH I BELIEVE AH, THE. THE BUDGET WILL BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. I'M SURE THE MANAGER WILL, AS IN PAST YEARS PASSED ON TO THE COMMISSION ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE BETWEEN HIS VERSION TODAY AND WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE BETWEEN HERE AND NOW AND THEN? AND SO HERE WE ARE. FIRST OF ALL, THE MANAGER HAS MADE HIS FIRST PASS AT THE BUDGET AND FIRST ROUND OF PUTS AND TAKES PUTS AND TAKES AS A PHRASE WE'VE BEEN USING FOR YEARS BECAUSE THERE ARE ADDITIONS AS WELL AS DELETIONS. HOPEFULLY THE ADDITIONS ARE ALL LIKE REVENUES, AND THAT TAKES ARE ALL EXPENSES. BUT NO, WE DO ACTUALLY ADD BACK SOME PROGRAMS THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN HERE. WE DID ASK THE DEPARTMENTS TO PRIORITIZE THEIR REQUEST AND THE MANAGER IN GOING THROUGH HIS CUTS WITH ME. HE TRIED TO KEEP WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO THE DEPARTMENTS. AND GET WHAT THEY SAID. YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST NICE BUT NOT NECESSARY. ALSO SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND SOME OTHER RESERVES HAVE BEEN USED TO TRY AND MEET THE GAP BETWEEN THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES THAT WE HAD PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY. STATE REVENUES HAVE NOW BEEN POSTED AND AMENDED A FEW TIMES SINCE I WAS JUST SAYING AND NOT ALL OF THOSE STATE REVENUE POSTINGS WERE FAVORABLE FOR THE CITY SOMEWHERE NEGATIVE. AND LASTLY, AS I MENTIONED, THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS ARE STILL BEING NEGOTIATED AND WE'RE WAITING TO SEE WHERE THOSE FALL OUT. BUT I'M I'M I'M HAPPY TODAY . I HOPE I HOPE MY BOSS IS HAPPY TODAY. THAT I CAN PRESENT TO YOU WHAT IS TECHNICALLY A BALANCED BUDGET TODAY WE'VE FOUND ENOUGH CUTS AND EXPENSES AND ENOUGH REVENUE SOURCES. THOSE SMALL LITTLE GUINEA PIGS WERE NOT UP.
PULL RABBITS YET. OUT OF HATS TO TRY AND COVER. THE SHORTS AND LOSSES HERE. SO RIGHT NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM THE MANAGER'S BUDGET IS 42,000,009 21 FOR GENERAL FUND AND 94 MILLION ALL FUNDS. UH THIS GRAPH THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU HERE SHOWS THOSE BALANCED BUDGETS ACROSS THE BOTTOM, BUT ALSO JUST AS A SCALE SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF LIKE HOW THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GENERAL FUND, YOU CAN SEE THE SCALE OF THE SIZE OF GENERAL FUND COMPARED TO WATER, SEWER SANITATION STORM. WHAT DO YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT THE SIERRA FUND IS ACTUALLY LARGER THAN THE SANITATION FUND OR THE STORM WATER FUND, SO THAT'S A TREND THAT SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE OF THE SIERRA CONTINUES TO PROSPER. UM, THIS IS WHERE THE REVENUES CURRENTLY STAND. WHAT YOU HAD ASKED FOR PREVIOUSLY IS THE DIFFERENCE COLUMN HERE IS STILL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MANAGERS RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. SO THE 23 BUDGET THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN AND WHAT THE MANAGER IS
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RECOMMENDING THE MANAGER'S BUDGET IS STILL A MILLION SIX LOWER THAN THE CURRENT YEAR AMENDED BUDGET. WHICH IS A 4% REDUCTION, AND THEN I'VE ADDED A COLUMN ON THE END ABOUT THE MANAGERS PUTS AND TAKES SO FROM THE REQUESTED COLUMN, THE ONE THAT SAYS REQUESTED BY DEPARTMENTS. THE MANAGER HAS ADDED $924,000 IN VARIOUS REVENUES. HE'S YOU KNOW, AND THESE ARE NET NUMBERS THAT WERE PUTS AND TAKES, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE DETAILS SLIDE IN A MOMENT.THERE WERE UM, REDUCTION PUTS AND TAKES IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPED REDEVELOPMENT. THE SIERRA. THE NET CHANGE WAS 86 CDBG IN MEETING WITH THE SIERRA COORDINATOR OR ADMINISTRATOR DIRECTOR, THEIR STAFF TALKING TO PANEL WE IDENTIFIED SOME REHAB PROPERTIES THAT WERE CDBG FUNDED , SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A HUGE INCREASE IN CDBG. THAT'S SIMPLY THAT WE'RE DRAWING IN MORE OF THAT $5 MILLION GRANT TO FUND THIS PORTION. UM WE TRY TO KEEP THIS TO A FISCAL YEAR AND NOT, YOU KNOW, HAVE THESE. ALLEGATIONS OF CONTRACTS THAT ROLE MULTIPLE YEARS AGAINST THE HARDER TO TRACK WATER SEWER CAME OUT ONLY ABOUT A $9000 ADJUSTMENT AND ITS REVENUES.
SANITATION THERE WAS SOME PROJECTS THAT DIDN'T NEED TO COME OUT OF FUN BALANCE. SO WE IDENTIFY DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES A LITTLE BIT OF DOUBLE COUNTING, WHICH WE CLEANED UP.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH THE RATE CONSULTANT CONCERNING THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND THEN THE STORM WATER FUND MANAGER. I SPOKE WITH MILTON AND MILTON IDENTIFIED THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW. FLOODING OF HOMES VERSUS JUST A SIDEWALK GETTING WET AND WE DECIDED WHICH PROJECTS NEED TO BE FUNDED, WHICH ONES NEED TO BE LAID AND IDENTIFIED FUNDING SOURCES OF THOSE FROM SOME CARRYOVER OF THE RP FUNDS IN THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE STILL YOU KNOW, UTILIZING SOME OF THOSE FUNDS WHERE THERE WAS MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN FULLY COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT THAT THEY ORIGINALLY EARMARKED FOUR OR SOME COST SAVINGS ON SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS. MANAGER REDESIGNATED. THOSE ARE THE FUNDS FOR THE STORMWATER PROJECTS AND THEN WE USE PART OF STORM WATERS ON FUND BALANCE TO FUND SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS. ON THE APPROPRIATION SIDE HERE. THE NET. PUT AND TAKE. WE'RE STILL HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE THE SAME NUMBER ON BOTH SIDES. YOU'RE STILL THIS BUDGET IS A MILLION, SIX LESS THAN THE CURRENT YEAR. THE PUTS AND TAKES NETTED 2 $284,000. YOU'LL SEE HERE IN SOME OF THESE. THESE TURNS WHERE WE'VE CUT EXPENSES BECAUSE WE HAD SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DECIDED WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE LONG TERM PROJECT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND DIDN'T FIND IT, BUT WE DID GO FORWARD WITH THE REHAB. PROJECTS IN SIERRA THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE CDBG, WHICH IS KIND OF A WASH. SO WHEN WE PULL THE CDBG MONEY INTO THE SIERRA THE EXPENSES AND REVENUE FUND EACH OTHER SO THAT THAT'S GOOD. WATER SEWER WAS A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT AND AS YOU CAN SEE SANITATION AND STORMWATER WE EVERY DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCED SOME KIND OF SNIPPING HERE FROM THE MANAGER. NEXT DETAIL OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES. YOU CAN SEE YOUR TAXES, ACTUALLY. COME IN THE MANAGER, HIS CHANGES THE REVENUES OF ACTUALLY NETTED IN A REDUCTION OF $130,000 IN TAXES. WE FOUND THE $500 A PIECE OF SOMETHING. I THINK GREASE TRAP INSPECTIONS CAME INTO THE PERMITS FEES. INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES NETTED OUT TO 50. WE DID ADD SOME GRANTS, BUT WE ALSO IDENTIFIED SOME ROLLOVERS THAT WERE RE BUDGETED THIS YEAR NEEDLESSLY. ALSO MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES. WE HAD SOME I ROLLED UP INTEREST EARNINGS BASED ON OUR MOST RECENT STATEMENT, AND THEN THAT OTHER SOURCES DINER IN 26,000 THERE THAT IS FUNDS FROM RESERVES AND THE TRANSFER IN WE ATTEMPTED TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET WITHOUT TRANSFERRING AS MUCH MONEY FROM THE LEAST PROPERTY FUND, WHICH IS JUST A SUBSET OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT I DID ACTUALLY UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS. SO I'M DRAWING MONEY OUT OF THE LEASE PROPERTY FUND TO ASSIST IN BALANCING THIS BUDGET. SO THERE WASN'T ANY GREAT MAGIC OR HUGE FINE. WE? WE WENT TO OUR REGULAR AREAS WHERE WE GO TO PULL IN THESE RESERVE MONIES AS A LAST RESORT. AS A ILLUSTRATION . HERE'S WHERE YOUR MONEY COMES FROM. AND THIS IS THE PIE CHART. FOR THOSE OF YOU. TAXES MAKE UP ROUGHLY 50% 50.3% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET COMES FROM TAXES. YOU CAN SEE WHAT COMES FROM PERMITS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES BEING GRANTS AND THE LIKE THE STATE APPROPRIATIONS AND THEN ALSO MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES. AND THOSE OTHER SOURCES I WAS TALKING ABOUT NOW THE NEXT SLIDE. SHOWS YOU THAT AVALON TAXES ARE 70% OF THE TAXES. SO 70% OF THE 50% IS WHERE 35% COMES FROM. SO THE CITY RELIES ON AVALON TAXES FOR 35% OF ITS REVENUE. UM SO YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT REALLY PAYING FOR THE GOVERNMENT WITH PROPERTY TAXES, BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHERE IT IS,
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SO WE RELY ON THOSE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES TO MAKE UP THE REST OF THE PIE. OKAY? UM THESE ARE THE CHANGES TO THE REVENUE SINCE OUR LAST MEETING LOCAL OPTION FUEL TAXES CAME IN THE MERIT ASKED ME LAST TIME. WHY THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THAT NUMBER. WELL, THERE WAS A CHANGE AND IT WENT DOWN. UH THE MARTIN COUNTY WOUND UP SPENDING 84% OF THE TRANSFER 84% OF THE TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS THIS PAST YEAR SPENT IN THE COUNTY SO THEY GOT A LARGER PORTION OF THE LOCAL OPTION FUEL TAX AND OUR PORTION WENT DOWN. THIS IS KIND OF MY TALK ABOUT POPULATION.THAT WOULD BE A SIMILAR THING WHERE YOU KNOW MARTIN COUNTY BEING A LARGER SHARE OF THE REVENUE OF THE EXPENDITURE OF TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES. RESULTED IN A REDUCTION IN OUR LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX, SO THE MANAGER WAS NOT THRILLED WITH THAT NEWS WHEN I GAVE IT TO HIM, BECAUSE THAT WAS ADDITIONAL CUTS HE HAD TO FIND STATE COMMUNICATION TAX, HOWEVER, THOUGH, IN A LITTLE BIT OF BACK PADDING MOMENT. THE OTHER STATE REVENUES WERE WAITING ON. STATE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNICATION SERVICE TAX, MUNICIPAL REVENUE SHARING SALES TAX. THOSE CAME IN AS YOU'LL SEE, OUR REVENUE MODEL WAS ONLY ABOUT $36,000 OFF. AND THE MUNICIPAL REVENUE SHARING WAS ABOUT $66,000 OFF. SALES TAX, THOUGH I HAD MENTIONED THAT WITH THIS MUCH POPULATION AND ACTIVITY IN THE STATE THAT HOPEFULLY WE WOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN SO $243,000 WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR AN INCREASE POSTED TO THE HALF CENT SALES TAX. I DON'T MIND THE MODEL NOT MATCHING THAT ONE. UM AND THEN ALSO, YOU'LL SEE IN THOSE STATE GRANT TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER THAT'S SOME OF THOSE ONES WHERE I SAID THAT WE HAD NEEDLESSLY BUDGETED WE HAD. WE HAD A REPEATED THE SAME GRANT AND REALIZED THAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE AND NOT A NEW ONE. THEN THE NET PUTS AND TAKES BETWEEN SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THEIR IN STATE GRANTS. OTHER AND THEN THOSE INNER FUND TRANSFERS IN THAT IS PRIMARILY MADE UP OF PROJECTS IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH THE SIERRA IS HELPING FUND SO AS THE PUBLIC WORKS, DIVISION AND STUFF. DOES SOME OF THAT WORK FOR THE SIERRA. WE KEEP THE EXPENSE IN THE DEPARTMENT, WHERE IT BELONGS. AND THEN WE HAD THE SIERRA TRANSFER MONEY TO THE GENERAL FUND HELPED FUND IT AS WELL AS A TRANSFER FROM THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FUND. TO HELP OFFSET THE TAX BURDEN TO GENERAL FUNDING. THIS IS WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ACCORDING TO OUR FISCAL POLICY, WE NEVER WANT PERSONAL SERVICES TO BE MORE THAN 70% OF GENERAL FUND BUDGET. IT IS CURRENTLY 61.2. OPERATING EXPENSES ARE 20% OF THE BUDGET. ESSENTIALLY CAPITAL IS AT 11, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE DEBT SERVICES DOWN AT 3.8% VERY HEALTHY RATIO FOR US. OUR GRANTS AND AIDS ARE AREN'T THAT LARGE? WE ALSO DON'T HAVE THOSE ART BUFFS MONIES IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET RIGHT NOW AND THE MANAGER'S PROPOSAL SERVANT THAT SERVICE 3.8% SERVICE NO, VERY WE? WE. STARTING BACK WITH COMMISSIONER ACROSS COUGH. WE KIND OF DID THE WHOLE LIKE LET'S PAY CASH IS WE GO RATHER THAN FINANCING, SO IF I EVER COME TO YOU WITH A FINANCING DEAL, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AT LEAST A GOOD ONE TO GO FOR. AND THEN THE THAT OTHER USES AGAIN. THOSE TRANSFERS IN FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS, THOSE RESERVES AND FUNDS. THEN HERE'S WHERE IT GOES, AS FAR AS YOUR COST CENTERS DO SO THIS IS A GRAPH. THIS IS HOW WE HAVE TO REPORT EXPENSES TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND IN OUR ANNUAL AUDIT IS BY FUNCTION AS I CALL IT. SO YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS 52.3% OF GENERAL FUNDS BUDGET. UH PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT , WHICH IS BASICALLY THE PUBLIC WORKS, PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE WHO WORK OUTSIDE IS 6.2% TRANSPORTATION IS 6.7. CULTURE AND RECREATION. WE SPEND 4.8% OF GENERAL FUND ON THAT. THAT OTHER USES. THAT IS OUR TRANSFERS TO RESERVES, SUCH AS THINKING FUN FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THE FLEET HEALTH INSURANCE BECAUSE WE ARE SELF INSURED. UM AND THEN GENERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH ARE THE PENCIL PUSHERS LIKE MYSELF.
THAT'S 21% AND YOU COMMISSIONED SORRY YOU'RE IN THERE ALSO. YOU'RE CONSIDERED GENERAL GOVERNMENT. SO AND THOSE THOSE OTHER USES. THAT'S PART OF THE CUTS THAT I WILL TELL YOU, THE MANAGER AND I BASICALLY PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE. WE'RE FUNDING SOME OF OUR RESERVES AT THE LEAST AMOUNT THAT WE CAN FUND THEM. HOPE FOR GOOD TIMES THIS YEAR HOPE THAT HEALTH INSURANCE RUNS RUNS ITS COURSE POSITIVELY. THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN BY DEPARTMENTS AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE IN THE PREVIOUS GRAPHICS AND PUBLIC SAFETY WAS 52 POINT. 3% OF GENERAL FUNDS BUDGET. THAT'S THE SAME 52% RIGHT HERE. HE'S TO THAT BIG PIECE OF SLICE SURPRISE DOWN, SPLIT INTO THE TWO DEPARTMENTS, POLICE AND FIRE. UH FIRE IS AHEAD OF POLICE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THEIR THREE LARGE CAPITAL PURCHASES. THEY'VE ASKED AND IN ANTICIPATION OF OUTFITTING STATION. THREE AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THERE THE SMALL SLICES ALL THE WAY AROUND FOR VARIOUS THINGS. YOU KNOW HOW
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MUCH WE SPEND ON BUILDING MAINTENANCE? UM RIGHT THERE. CITY COMMISSION IS A VERY SMALL SLIVER ITSELF. AND THEN TRANSPORTATION AND PARKS. THE GROUNDS COMMUNITY SERVICES 10TH STREET. AND THOSE VARIOUS ONES. THIS IS THE BY DEPARTMENT TOTAL . SO THIS IS THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET OF EACH OF THESE DEPARTMENTS. THIS IS WHAT THEY HAD ASKED FOR. THIS IS WHAT THE MANAGER HAS RECOMMENDED. THAT DIFFERENCE COLUMN THAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE AGAIN IS THE CURRENT MANAGER PROPOSED BUDGET AGAINST THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. AND THEN THE VARIANCE OF THAT, AND THEN OUT TO THE SIDE IS HOW MUCH THE MANAGER ACTUALLY CUT OR AROUND THE PUDDING INTO DEPARTMENTS BASED ON THEIR NET, SO RIGHT OFF THE TOP THERE BEFORE ANYONE STARTS WONDERING THE $500,000 REDUCTION IN CITY COMMISSION AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME. IS THE ARPA BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT YOU DID THIS YEAR TO AWARD SOME ARTICLE FUNDS TO WORTHY APPLICANT? AND THAT'S NOT IN THE MANAGER RECOMMENDED RIGHT NOW, SO IT LOOKS LIKE A $500,000 CUT THE CITY COMMISSION, BUT IT INCLUDES THAT BUDGET MOMENT. THE CUT THE CHANGES BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY THERE. THAT LITTLE FOOT FLOP IS BECAUSE SINCE THIS BUDGET WAS PRESENTED, YOU HAVE ADOPTED THE CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT. AND HE'S NOW PLACED IN THAT DEPARTMENT AND THE CAME OUT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WE'VE NOW BASICALLY ADOPTED WHAT WE'RE ADVERTISING. VACANT CITY ATTORNEY AT SO THIS IS THE NET CHANGE. AND THEN AS YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE DOWN THE LINE. SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS THE MANAGER WENT THROUGH AND UM CUT VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS CUT SOME STUFF . I WILL SAY DIRECTLY THAT AN UPDATE TO SAMMY THE SAILFISH COSTUME WAS CUT. UM. RECREATION IS UPSET ABOUT THAT, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TO CUT IT. THEY SACRIFICED. WELL YEAH, THEY OFFERED IT UP, BUT HE TOOK IT. UM SO I DO KNOW PERSONALLY THAT SAMMY THE SAILFISH WAS HOMEMADE THE FIRST TIME. SO I'VE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT LONG. I KNOW HOW WE MADE IT. BUT IT STILL IS IT STILL HOMEMADE, BUT THOSE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY SURPRISINGLY EXPENSIVE. IF YOU WANT TO BUY AN ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, STORE BOUGHT ONE. SO RIGHT DOWN THE LINE PUBLIC SAFETY DID OFFER UP SOME CAPITAL CUTS AND PUBLIC WORKS. EVERYONE PARTICIPATED. I SENT OUT A CALL AND SAID, IF YOU DON'T OFFER IT UP THE MANAGERS JUST GOING TO TAKE IT SO EVERYONE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE. AND I APPRECIATE THEIR HELP IN GETTING TO THIS LINE AT THIS MOMENT. HERE'S SOME OF THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS. THE MANAGER DID WIND UP REDUCING THE PROPOSED COLA FOR NON PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES. SO WHEREAS WE HAD BEGUN THIS BUDGET, WITH ALL THE EMPLOYEES GETTING THE SAME PROPOSED COLA IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BOTTOM LINE WORK. THE MANAGER MADE THE TOUGH CHOICE OF HAVING ME PROJECT A REDUCED AMOUNT. FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO AREN'T IN THE UNION OF POLICE AND PART OKAY? THE MANAGER ALSO CUT SEVERAL CAPITAL REQUEST. DEPARTMENT AGAIN. HE TRIED TO KEEP WHAT THEY SAID THEY NEEDED TO GET THEIR JOBS DONE AND CUT WHAT THEY SAID WOULD BE NICE TO GET THEIR JOBS DONE. ALSO THERE WERE SOME PROJECTS AND THE MANAGER KIND OF ASKED WHAT WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? ARE WE DOING IT JUST BECAUSE WE CAN UM YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT'S THE LONG TERM GOAL? HERE ARE THESE STREETS GOING TO CONNECT OUR THESE PEOPLE'S HOUSES, FLOODING, YOU KNOW WHAT DO WE NEED A NEW SAME OF THE SELFISH COSTUME. THOSE KIND OF THINGS AND SO THAT THAT THAT WAS OUR METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING THESE CUTS AND SOME OF THE LONG TERM STUFF. AND THEN ALSO, UH I TRY TO RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE MATCHING REVENUES TO EXPENSES. SO IF THERE IS AN ONGOING EXPENSE, I WANT TO MATCH IT TO AN ONGOING REVENUE, NOT MATCH ONE TIME. EXPENSES AND ONE TIME REVENUES. YOU KNOW, CROSS PURPOSES. YOU DON'T TAKE A BIRTHDAY, CHECK FROM YOUR MOM AND ACTIVATE A MONTHLY GYM MEMBERSHIP. RIGHT SO WE WANT TO MATCH THOSE UP. NOW WHAT WE DID NOT CUT. NEW POSITION REQUEST FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY. THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THIS VERSION. THOSE NEW REQUESTS I HAVE SPELLED OUT HERE FOR YOU TO SEE HERE SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE THREE ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS HERE, POLICE DISPATCHER AND TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AID POSITIONS KIND OF LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING. KIND OF PROGRAM AND THEN THOSE ADDITIONAL FIRE MEDICS TO WHEN YOU ADD EQUIPMENT AND PLAN TO RUN MULTIPLE ENGINES , YOU HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE ON THAT SHIFT TO RUN THAT ENGINE AND YOU CAN'T HAVE THE SAME THREE PEOPLE CONSTANTLY ROTATING IN A IN A 24 HOUR CYCLE, SO THIS IS WHAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO FUND THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE AND MINIMUM STAFFING REQUIREMENTS ON THOSE NEW APPARATUS. WITH OUR APPARATUS WITH OUR ULTIMATE GOAL TO BE INDEPENDENT FROM CALLING THE COUNTY FOR MUTUAL AID CALLS[00:20:02]
AND LOSING THOSE CALLS TO THE COUNTY INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS. CAN WE SEND OUT EVERY TRUCK IN THE GARAGE LIKE THEY DO TO COVER SERVICE FOR THEM. THEY COVER FOR UNFORTUNATELY AND HAVING DONE SOME WORK ON THAT. THERE YOU KNOW THAT. I BELIEVE THE COUNTY BUILDS US BASED ON NUMBER OF PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT COME TO THE CALL. I TALKED ABOUT LIKE SKIN IN THE GAME. AND SO WHEN WE ANSWER ONE OF THEIR CALLS, IT'S BASICALLY A THIRD OF OUR WORK. YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT AND YOU KNOW 12TH SIXTH OF OUR WORKFORCE WHEN THEY SENT OUT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. IT'S LIKE 1/40. OF THEIR FLEET AND ONE, YOU KNOW 20TH OF THEIR WORKFORCE, SO WE BEAT THEM ON CALLS A LOT OF TIMES BUT NOT NUMBERS OF EQUIPMENT THAT GOES OUT. SO I STILL WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ROLL EVERYTHING BECAUSE THAT WOULD PUT THAT STATION DOWN AND OUR GOAL IS TO NOT HAVE STATIONS BE DOWN SO THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING THOSE FEES TO THE COUNTY AND INSTEAD COLLECTING THAT REVENUE OURSELVES. I'M SURE THE CHIEF COULD GO INTO IT ON DEPTH. I'M SURE HE'S BACK THERE THE CHAIR TRYING TO SAY YEAH, THANKS. I GOT IT COVERED, THANKS TO THE AND THEN HERE AFTER THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT CUTS THAT THE MANAGER MADE. THIS IS STILL WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL CAPITAL REQUEST LOOK LIKE THROUGH GENERAL FUND. UM YOU KNOW, THERE'S $5 MILLION IN CAPITAL REQUEST HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, FIRE DOES HAVE A LARGE PORTION BECAUSE OF THOSE THREE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. UM AND THEN HERE'S THE. EXPENSE BY CATEGORY . YOU CAN SEE THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE CUTS INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS AND THE TOTAL BUDGET IS DOWN ON A ON A TOTAL HERE. THAT'S WHERE THE MILLION SIX WENT. THERE IS AN INCREASE IN PERSONAL SERVICES. BUT AS I INDICATED, WE'RE STILL ONLY 61% OF GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS THAT PERSONAL SERVICE EXPENSE? THAT IS MAINLY DUE TO THE NEW POSITIONS THEY DID, THEY DID ADD, PLUS THEIR BENEFITS. AND THEN CAPITAL OUTLAY. YOU SEE, WE HAVE HAD A CUT TO THAT AS WELL. AND THAT GRANTED AIDS AGAIN. THERE'S THAT PESKY $500,000.THAT WAS THE AARP A THING THAT WENT INTO A CITY COMMISSION BUDGET AMENDMENT. AND THEN THOSE, UM OTHER USES ARE THE TRANSFERS INTO RESERVES AND THINGS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR. WE AGAIN. HAD LOWBALLED SOME OF THOSE TRANSFERS AND THEN HAD TO USE SOME OF THOSE FOR BUDGET AMENDMENTS. SO I'M TRYING TO KEEP US YOU KNOW, IN A HEALTHY, GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION BY KEEPING OUR RESERVES FUNDED. AND AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING WE DID SET THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE OR PROPOSED VILLAGE RATHER NOT TENTATIVE. I APOLOGIZE. WE SET THE PROPOSED VILLAGE NOT TO EXCEED 5.25 MEDALS. THIS BUDGET THAT THE MANAGERS SHOWING YOU DOES HAVE IT IS BUILT ON THE 5.25 MILLS. AND THAT QUARTER MIL INCREASE GENERATED AN ADDITIONAL $760,000 AND HAVE ALARM BUT THAT GAVE THIS YEAR 100 AND 12,000 MORE AND IT RESULTS IN GENERAL FUND GAINING $647,000. NOW WE DID NOT USE THAT TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. I SIMPLY HAVE THAT IN A POCKET.
AND WE'RE HOLDING IT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE FLAVOR OF THE COMMISSION IS OR WHAT YOUR POLITICAL WILL IS. BUT THE MANAGER AND I DECIDED NOT TO BUDGET MONEY WE DON'T HAVE YET.
SO WE HAVE THAT IF WE DID KEEP SOME SORT OF MILITARY INCREASE. THE FIRST THING WE WOULD DO IS TRY TO PUT BACK MONEY INTO THOSE RESERVES THAT WE'VE UM FUNDED THE MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR AND ALSO RESTORE THAT COLA. TO THE EMPLOYEES. THAT WE REDUCED AND THEN ALSO, UM, RESTORE THOSE CAPITAL ITEM REQUESTS. AT LEAST YOU KNOW THE ONES THAT MAKE SENSE TO PUT BACK OKAY, SO WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IS THE CITY'S CURRENT TAXABLE VALUE THIS YEAR IS 3.2 BILLION, AND THE SIERRAS TAXABLE VALUE AS OF FIVE. THIS IS HOW WE STARTED THIS BUDGET THAT WOULD GENERATE 15 MILLION AND WE HAVE TO BUDGET 95% THAT WAS A LITTLE LAW THEY PUT ON PLACE ON CREATIVE FINANCE. GUYS LIKE ME WHO WOULD LOW BALL THE ADVIL OR, UM, AND THEN COLLECT MORE LATER, WE HAVE TO BUDGET AT LEAST 95. SO WE BUDGET THE 95% OF AVALON OR, UM, AND THEN THAT MEANS THAT GENERAL FUNDS GIVING C R A 2.2 MILLION, WHICH MEANS GENERAL FUND ONLY REALLY GETS 12 BILLION OF THAT NEW AVALON. IF WE DID UH, 5.1 MILLS. THAT WOULD GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL $258,000 TO GENERAL FUND AND ANOTHER 45,000 WOULD GO C R A IF YOU DID THE FULL 5.25 MILLS. THAT WOULD GENERATE THE 647,000. I WAS JUST REFERRING TO AND WE PUT ANOTHER 112 I REFERRED TO IN THE C R A BELOW. I'VE ADDED FOR YOU. I LOOKED IT UP THIS MORNING, ACCORDING TO THE MARTIN COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER, THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN STUART. THAT'S AFTER ALL , EXEMPTIONS IS 247,007 43. 8.1 MIL INCREASE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $24.77 ON THAT
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HOMEOWNER. AND IF YOU DID A 0.25 MILLION CREASE, THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $61.94 ON THAT HOMEOWNER. BOSS. I'M SORRY, RIGHT? I'M AT IT AGAIN. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH SO DO YOU HAVE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN . THE COLA VERSUS WHAT WE'RE WHERE WE'RE AT PUBLIC SERVICE.WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE COOLER THAT, UM BY REDUCING THE COLA FOR THE NON UNION, PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES. THE IMPACT YOU KNOW, TAX TAG AND TITLE ALL THE DOORS ABOUT $247,000. AND THEN WE PULLED OUT A RESERVE, WHICH I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND BETTER BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T BELIEVE GRASP YET, BUT WE PULLED ABOUT 900,000 OUT OF RESERVE. TO HELP BALANCE AS WELL. WELL NO, SIR. WE PULL RESERVE 400 THOUSANDS FOR THE PAVING PROGRAM. SO 400,000 OF THAT WAS ALREADY IN THAT DEPARTMENT. REQUEST NUMBER, OKAY? AND SO WE PULL $400, BUT WE ALSO PUT 400,000 IN SO 400,000 COMES OUT EVERY YEAR TO FUND THE PAVING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. THE FIVE ZONE REPAVING SYSTEM WHERE WE MOVE AROUND THE CITY. AND WE HAVE A GOAL TO KEEP THE ROAD IN A CERTAIN GRADE. WE ALSO PULL OUT MONEY FOR CAPITAL REQUESTS THAT WERE FUNDED. I THINK THE WORD RESERVE IS WHERE YOU GET A LITTLE OFF. WHAT IS THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FUND GENERATES RENT AND THAT RENT ACCUMULATES EVERY YEAR BEYOND WHAT THE CHARTER OR WHAT THE CITY'S RESERVE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE CITY TO OPERATE. WE CALL THE FUND. RESERVES BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING SPENT AT 100% PER YEAR. THAT'S OUR THREE MONTH OPERATING. THAT'S NOT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DISTINCTION IS. WE HAVE A RESERVE THROUGH OPERATING, BUT THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FUNDED THE RENTS WE RECEIVE FROM CITY PROPERTY THAT DON'T GET SPENT ANNUALLY ARE A SEPARATE RESERVE IN THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT. THAT'S A SEPARATE FUND OR ACCOUNTING PURPOSE OF IF WE RENTED OUT $100 WORTH OF PROPERTY, AND WE SPENT 50. WE'D HAVE $50 STILL IN THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT RESERVES, BUT IT DOESN'T GO TO THAT. 90 DAY IS LIKE AN INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT TO SITS. WHAT IS INTERESTING HELP, BUT IF THE IF THE ROOF OF ONE OF OUR PROPERTIES IMPLODED OR SOMETHING, AND WE HAD TO HAVE THAT MONEY AVAILABLE TO MAKE A REPAIR. FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE 28TH OF THIS MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HEARING BEFORE THE CAR A RELATES TO THIS PROPERTY NEXT DOOR, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL $100,000. IF THAT MONEY WASN'T IN THAT ACCOUNT. THE BBC WOULD BE CUTTING YOU'D BE CUTTING THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET INSTEAD OF PULLING IT OUT OF THAT WHEN WE SAY RESERVES, THAT'S OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT TO ASK IN THIS SETTING WITH THAT AMOUNT IS AND WHAT IS APPROPRIATE TO DO HAS THE ANSWER . THE EXACT BALANCE FUND HAS AN OLD HAS ITS OWN FUND BALANCE, BUT THE UNDESIGNATED UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE OF GENERAL FUND FOR THE 22 ON IT WAS ABOUT $10 MILLION. SO IN THAT REPRESENTED SO IS THIS 90 STICK TO PULL THAT 400 IS THIS AND THAT'S WHAT THE 400 FOLLOW EVERY YEAR. 400 IS ALREADY OUT. OKAY EVERY YEAR, SO EVERY YEAR THE 10 MILLION. WE TRY NOT TO TOUCH OR RAID BECAUSE THAT'S YOUR 90 DAYS, PLUS SOME OKAY OUT OF THAT. ALSO YOU HAVE POS SO AT 9 30 IN THE ENCUMBRANCES OR CONTRACTS WE HAVE WITH OUTSIDE VENDORS. WE RESERVE THAT AMOUNT. YOU DON'T GET TO COUNT THAT AS MONEY AT THE END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE YOU OWE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. WE ALSO HOLD OUT THAT 400,000 FOR THE PAVING ALSO HOLD OUT A MILLION FOR THE HEALTH INSURANCE RESERVE . AND SO ALL THOSE TOGETHER GET THAT OUT OF GET ADDED UP TO A TOTAL NUMBER. BUT WHAT YOU THE COMMISSION DECIDE ON IF SOMETHING DRASTIC HAPPENED, SO THE HURRICANE OR WHATEVER WE COME OVER AND SAY, WE WANT TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT FROM UNDESIGNATED UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE. THAT'S THAT 10 MILLION. AND WE'RE DIPPING INTO THAT. THESE RESERVES THAT WE DO AS WE SAY. WEE WANT TO KEEP A MILLION DOLLARS ON HAND FOR THE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. WELL IF THE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM IS POSITIVE THIS YEAR, WHICH WE WERE ONLY $30,000 POSITIVE. THEN YOU KNOW, I WANT TO PUT MONEY IN THAT BECAUSE WE'LL PROBABLY DIP INTO IT NEXT YEAR. SO YOU WANT TO KEEP FUNDING THAT RESERVE AND THEN YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHERE THE MANAGER AND I ARE. WE'VE MASSAGED SOME OF THE NUMBERS LIKE THE EQUALIZER ON YOUR STEREO. WE'VE YOU KNOW, WE'VE UPPED THIS ONE AND DOWN THAT ONE TO LEVEL OUT THE AMOUNTS SO WE'RE ONLY PUTTING A FEW 100,000 AWAY IN OUR VARIOUS RESERVES THIS YEAR. AT LEAST IN THIS VERSION OF THE BUDGET. AND THE REASON I ASKED ABOUT THE COLA DIFFERENCE WAS JUST MORALE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE MONEY ALL WORK, BUT I WONDER ABOUT THE MORALE FOR THE NON AND THIS ISN'T A STATEMENT
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TOWARDS YOU SORT OF JUST GENERAL, UM, AFTER WEAR BOTH HATS, COMMISSIONERS EMPLOYEE WHOSE CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS THAT HURTS MYSELF. COOK COOK. I WORRY ABOUT THE MORALE OF THE NON PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO NOT BE RECEIVING THEIR COLA WHEN PUBLIC SAFETY IS YEAH. THAT WAS ALL. MR CLARK. THANK YOU. HAVE THE SAME QUESTION. I PUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. MR CITY MANAGER. WOULD THAT, UM THE NON PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES. THE AVERAGE THAT THEY COULD GET, UH IN TERMS OF. PERCENTAGE ON THEIR, UM MERIT INCREASE. WOULD THAT BE LIKE 8% FOR THEM AND ABOUT 10% FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CURRENT PROPOSAL. OKAY? BUT THAT'S NOT THE SAME.OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A DISPARITY THERE. AND THERE'S. THERE'S A DIFFERENT MIX OF WHETHER IT'S AWARDED ON OCTOBER 1ST AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE YEAR. THE MERIT WOULD COME ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY DATE. SO YOU KNOW, THE PERCENT IS SPLIT UP LIKE THAT BETWEEN 10 1 IN YOUR ANNIVERSARY DATE MERIT AWARD. MR RICH. NO, I HAVE NO COMMENT AT THIS POINT. HMM CAN I ASK A QUESTION? MR CITY MANAGER.
WHAT PENCIL DID YOU USE NUMBER TWO. OKAY WELL, RED INK VAGUE, VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE IN THE NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT JOLIE HAS IF YOU'RE IN HIS OFFICE. HE CAN. ADD OR TAKE AWAY VERY MINOR CHANGES AND GIVE YOU HYPOTHETICALS AND SO WE WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE LOTS OF DIFFERENT TIMES AS HE WAS TAKING ME DOWN DIFFERENT PATHS AND SHOWING ME AND I ACTUALLY FOUND IT TO BE VERY INTERESTING. I LIKE BEING IN CHARGE OF THE MONEY DON'T LIKE SO MUCH ANY OTHER COMMENTS . JUST GLAD MIKE'S DRIVING THE BUS. THANK GOD WE HAVE SOMETHING DRIVING RIGHT OFF THE BRIDGE ON THE 5.25. SO. WE'RE GONNA AND WELL, I GUESS IT'S UP TO US IF WE DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PICK THE BUDGET. IT HAS THAT. WELL GREAT. SURE, THAT'S WELL, THAT'S IT'S UP TO YOU AT YOUR AT YOUR SEPTEMBER 11TH. YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO MEETINGS AT THE FIRST MEETING, YOU'LL SET THE TENTATIVE BUDGET AND THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE. AND SO THE CITIZENS ARE GOING TO RECEIVE A PROPOSED TAX BILL RIGHT NOW THAT SHOWS THE 5.25 MILS, SO THEY'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT THEIR PROPOSED TAXES WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO IN THIS CASE THAT HOMEOWNERS BILL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET ON THAT PROPOSED TAX BILL WILL BE $61.94 HIGHER. THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FEW JUST ADVERTISED IT AT FIVE. SO AT THAT FIRST MEETING YOU COULD LEAVE IT AT 5 TO 5. YOU COULD PUT IT AT FIVE.
OH YOU CAN BURN IT 51. I MEAN, I TRIED TO GIVE YOU A BUFFET HERE. IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT THE 5.1 MILLS IS ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT THAT THE COLA COST. FOR THE NON UNION EMPLOYEES. NO, I'M FINE.
THANKS. THANKS. WELL. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE AN INCREASE IN TAX AND I KNOW WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY THIS YEAR. WE'VE REALLY GOT A LOT ACCOMPLISHED, BUT WHAT? THE INFLATION AND EVERYTHING SO PRICEY AND EXPENSIVE IF WE CAN GET IT TO FIVE, I WOULD I COULD GO ALONG WITH THAT. WHEN YOU SAY GET IT TO 55 MINUTES NOW. OKAY I THOUGHT YOUR YES, AND I'M HAPPY.
I'M OKAY WITH THAT. YOU DON'T WANT TO SO IS THERE ANYTHING ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS WHICH I HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CHANGES WITH THE C R A BUDGET TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE MLK CORRIDOR AND TO GET THE PLANS GOING FOR THE 10TH STREET, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT THINGS THAT WILL BE ACTUALLY IN THE BUDGET, BUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING WITH ALONG THAT ROAD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LEAVING THOSE OUT AND THOSE PUTS AND TAKES AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO MR MARTEL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT FOR PUBLIC. THIS IS A HEARING AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM WE'RE FOLLOWING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE'RE KEEPING IN THE BUDGET. COMMISSIONER. I KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT PANEL GANDHI SAW DOES WILL BE PRESENTING THE SERIOUS BUDGET TO THE C, R A AND C EVER BE BOARDS
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WITH THE DETAIL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS AREA REQUEST. SO YES, YOU WILL GET A CHANCE TO SEE THOSE PROJECTS AND SEE THAT THEY'RE STILL INCLUDED. MR COLLINS JUST TO FOLLOW.COMMISSIONER BRUNNER'S, UH, PHILOSOPHY OR WHAT SHE SAID. I DO THINK THAT YOU KNOW? SPENDING GLASSES KEY, AND IT'S VERY EASY TO RAISE TAXES TO TRY TO GENERATE MORE INCOME. BUT I TRUST MIKE, I KNOW HE CAN MAKE IT WORK, HE CAN FIND A WAY. AND UM, HAVING THAT BE OUR CEILING, SO WE'RE NOT DOING LIKE WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES WHERE IT'S EVER INCREASING DEBT CEILINGS AND SPENDING MORE MONEY. LIVING WITH WITHIN OUR MUNICIPAL MEANS AND YOU KNOW PRIORITIZING WHAT NEEDS TO BE PRIORITIZED, SO WE'RE NOT RAISING TAXES ON PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY ATTACKS TO DEATH WITH AND EVERY WEAKENING DOLLAR AND SO ON AND SO ON. SO THAT'S MINDSET. OKAY UM, MIKE, JULIE? YES. ANY OTHER NEED ANYTHING ELSE? BOSS. I THINK WE'RE FINE.
OKAY GOOD. WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON MARTIN COUNTY, THE ARC COUNTY. DID THEY RAISE THE TAXES THIS YEAR? YES MA'AM ABOUT 3% HOW MUCH 2.667 THEY ASKED FOR 69 MILLS, AND THEY DIDN'T GET A UNANIMOUS VOTE. SO THEY'RE DOING 67 MILS HOUSE SINCE. MAYOR MAYOR BUDGET SHOPPING MCDONALD S APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. PLEASE PARDON APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. PROBABLY OKAY. YEAH, I GUESS
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THAT WAS AFTER WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AGENDA. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA IS PUBLISHED MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CARD SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE. MOTION PASSES ANY CAMERAS FROM THE PUBLIC. SAYING NONE. THE BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING IS ADJOURNED, AND WE'LL JUST GIVE THE CLERK A COUPLE OF MINUTES.SAY 10 AFTER FOUR WILL START THE REGULAR MEETING THAT GIVES THEM TWO MINUTES TO GET READY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.