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          IN DEFAULT. JUST ASK. MICROPHONES ARE ON. WE'RE READY. LET'S CALL IT TO ORDER. WHAT IS 
          [ROLL CALL]
WHAT IS THAT? MRS. DOES ANYBODY'S WATCHING ANYWAY? SHE'S READY. SHE'S READY. YEAH, IT IS WHAT IT IS. OKAY, LOOK AT THESE LEGENDS. ROLL CALL PLEASE, MADAM CLERK. LEGENDS. MAYOR RICH. YES, MR. CLARK? YES, COMMISSIONER. COLLINS HERE. COMMISSIONER GOBI HERE. COMMISSIONER READ HERE. 
          STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND THAT'S A FLAG OVER THERE. I DON'T HAVE COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS. NO, I SEEN NONE. COMMENTS BY CITY MANAGER? NO. SEEING NONE. DO YOU HAVE A 
          [APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
COMMENT? NO. I JUST WANT HIM TO READ THE ADOPTING FINAL MILLAGE RESOLUTION. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER. READ 
          [COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC (Non-Agenda Related)]
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NON AGENDA ITEM. 
          [COMMISSION ACTION]
SEEING NONE. MR. BAGGETT, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM ONE FOR OUR CONSIDERATION. ABSOLUTELY RESOLUTION NUMBER 81 DASH 2024 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA OF MARTIN COUNT, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE FINAL LEVYING OF AD VALOREM TAX TAXES FOR THE CITY OF STUART AND MARTIN COUNTY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE ARE NO CHANGES BETWEEN THE FIRST READING AND THE SECOND READING. I DID INCLUDE THE BUDGETED ITEM FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY, AND IN ITS MEETING IN THE CONSENT AGENDA, YOU ALSO ADOPTED THE PVA, AND IF, UNION CONTRACTS AS WELL, BY FLORIDA LAW, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS MUST BE HELD TO ULTIMATELY ADOPT THE FINAL MILLAGE RATES AND THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. THE FIRST OR TENTATIVE HEARING WAS HELD ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2020 FOR THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S SECOND PUBLIC HEARING OR FINAL IS TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES AND BUDGET, AMEND THE BUDGET IF NECESSARY, AND TO ADOPT A FINAL MILLAGE RATE AND CITY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN ADVERTISED VIA PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER OF COMMON CIRCULATION. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINAL BUDGET, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THEM NOW. SO LET'S GET A MOTION IN A SECOND, MR. MAYOR, WITH REGARD TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 81, DASH 2024, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT AND HAVE THE CITY MANAGER STATE THE MILLAGE RATE ON THE RECORD. PLEASE. IS THERE A SECOND? SO WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK, I THINK COMMISSIONER COLLINS GOT IN THERE. I BEAT YOU, SO THE FINAL WAIT, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. SEEING NONE. OKAY, SO THE MISTER MARTEL, THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA ROLLBACK RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 IS 4.7774 MILLS. THAT MEANS IT WOULD TAKE 4.7774 MILLS TO RAISE EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS WAS RAISED LAST YEAR, WITH FIVE MILLS BASED UPON THE PROPERTY VALUES AND NEW PROPERTIES ADDED TO THE CITY OF STUART. SINCE THEN, THE CITY IS PROPOSING A MILLAGE RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2025, WHICH EXCEEDS THE ROLLBACK BY 4.66%. THE CITY IS PROPOSING A MILLAGE RATE OF 5.0000 MILLS, WHICH IS THE SAME MILLAGE RATE THAT IT HAS HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE PURPOSE FOR THE INCREASE IS TO FUND CURRENT OPERATIONS AND ACCOMMODATE NORMAL INCREASES IN THE COST OF THESE OPERATIONS, AND I WOULD PROPOSE TO YOU THAT IF THERE'S ANY CITIES THAT YOU THINK DO A COMPARABLE JOB WITH US, YOU SHOULD LOOK UP THEIR MILLAGE RATE. AND I SUSPECT IT'LL BE ABOVE SIX. NO, I AGREE, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT AGAIN. I WAS AT A MEETING WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS, AND I WAS JUST SHOCKED HOW MANY OF THEM ARE RAISING THEIR RATES AND THEY ARE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER. I WAS LIKE, WELL, WE'RE STAYING AT FIVE AND THEY WERE A LITTLE INCREDULOUS. SO, JOB WELL DONE TO JOE LEE. AND MR. MARTEL AND, DESPITE THE ASSERTIONS OF RECKLESSNESS ON THE SOME PEOPLE'S PART, YOU REALLY THIS IS A TERRIFIC BUDGET. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO ANY COMMENTS BY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? NO COMMENT, NO ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 
          COMMISSIONER REED. YES, COMMISSIONER. COLLINS. YES, COMMISSIONER. SELBY. YES, COMMISSIONER. CLARK. YES, MAYOR. RICH. YES. MR. BAGGETT, ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. RESOLUTION NUMBER 82, DASH 2024, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE FINAL BUDGETS OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL 
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YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024. AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE, EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES AND ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE ADOPTING THE 600 PAGE BUDGET THAT WE'VE ALREADY GONE OVER. BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR YOU GUYS CAN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND VOTE. WELL, LET'S HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE. WITH REGARD TO RESOLUTION, NUMBER 82 2024, MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND, SO WE HAVE APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER CLARK AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COLLINS. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT SEEING NONE. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE 600 PAGE BUDGET IN DETAIL? ANYBODY THINK YOU DID THAT ALREADY? I DID, COMMISSIONER READ DID ACTUALLY, YOU ALREADY DID. I BET HE DID. YEAH, I BET HE DID TOO. SEEING NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMISSIONER CLARK. YES, COMMISSIONER. GOBI. YES, COMMISSIONER. REED. YES MAYOR. 
          RICH. YES, COMMISSIONER. COLLINS. YES SEEING NO OTHER ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. THIS MEETING IS. DO YOU WANT TO TRY TO GO TO MIDNIGHT JUST FOR. SENIOR STAFF IS STILL HERE. WHY DON'T WE JUST GO AHEAD AND HAVE STAFF?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.