May 12, 2021 Citizens' Budget Advisory Board

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS AARON PARR, AND I'M CALLING THE CDC'S BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD MEETING

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TO ORDER IF I COULD ASK TO HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CHAIRMAN PARR AARON.

VICE CHAIR CHRIS SEIBERT.

PATRICK WOODARD.

ALBERTA CLINKSCALES PRESIDENT.

IT FILBERTO VIRTUAL JANAE BEAUCHAMP HERE, SUSAN CONNOLLY HERE.

AWESOME, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ADOPTION OF MINUTES, AND I WOULD NEED A MOTION.

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BEAUTIFUL UNANIMOUS PASS.

AND THEN I WILL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, FOR NOT AGENDA ITEMS. WONDERFUL. NEXT UP, BUSINESS DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS, WHO WE HAVE GOING FIRST.

[1. Departmental Presentations – Community & Economic Development, Procurement, Finance, Fire, Public Works, and Utilities]

I'LL BE GIVING YOU THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION LEVEL BUDGETS.

SO OUR MISSION AS A DEPARTMENT IS TO FOSTER A VIBRANT, DIVERSIFIED AND HEALTHY ECONOMY WITH AN ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS, PROVIDING FOR A SUBSTANTIAL, SUSTAINABLE TAX BASE, BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY AMENITIES.

SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE DEPARTMENT HAS THREE DIVISIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY WIDE GRANT WRITING AND LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN PUBLIC INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS.

I WON'T READ THIS ENTIRELY, BUT THIS IS JUST A STATE THAT WE ARE NOT A REVENUE GENERATING DEPARTMENT, SO WE, UNLIKE SOME OTHER DIVISIONS, DON'T COLLECT REVENUE AND USE THAT TOWARDS OPERATIONS.

SO WE ARE SIMPLY OPERATING OUT OF A BUDGET THAT WE SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR.

AND IN SOME CASES WE HAVE A HAVE TRUST FUNDS WHERE ALLOCATIONS ARE PLACED INTO THOSE TRUST FUNDS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE FOR EITHER PROGRAMS OR SERVICES.

IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE OVERSEE AND MANAGE A TOTAL OF EIGHT FUNDS, SO WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS MOSTLY OUR PERSONNEL AND OPERATING OUR REDEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND, WHICH IS FOR THE BAYFRONT SCIARRA, A SHIP, KBG HOME AND NSP FUNDS.

THOSE ARE OUR STATE AND FEDERAL HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAMS. AND THEN AS OF 2020, WE RECEIVED ALLOCATIONS FROM THE KERES ACT OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND AND A CDC GCB ONE AND THREE FUNDS.

SO THIS SLIDE HERE JUST GOES OVER THE VARIOUS ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE CITY RECEIVES, THAT THE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERS, WE HAVE SHIP, WHICH IS A STATE HOUSING INITIATIVE, PARTNERSHIP CHEBEAGUE, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM.

LOOKING AT THE ALLOCATIONS, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN 20 21, WE RECEIVED AN ALLOCATION ONLY FOR CHEBEAGUE. WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE HAVE TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS AT THE END OF A FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE SOMETIMES HAVE A CARRY FORWARD.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IS REFERENCED IN THE FBI 2001 FUND BALANCE.

AND THEN THE LAST COLUMN IS THE FBI.

TWENTY ONE YEAR EXPENDED FUNDS.

SO WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, THOSE NUMBERS OF DOLLARS BEING EXPENDED BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO YOU'LL SEE THERE WILL BE A CARRY FORWARD AGAIN FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER. THE SLIDE REFERENCES THE COVID-19 FUNDING ALLOCATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED.

THIS IS A ONE TIME FUND ALLOCATION THAT THE CITY RECEIVED THROUGH CARE'S ACT.

IT IS THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND AND THE CDB, GCB ONE AND SEEB THREE TRANCHES THAT I MENTIONED. WE RECEIVED AND I SHOULD HAVE PUT A TOTAL THERE, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT IT WAS ESSENTIALLY ABOUT ONE POINT FIVE MILLION TOTAL THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH KERES.

CURRENTLY, THE CRF PROGRAM IS CLOSED.

SO WE KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE EXPENDED TO DATE AND COMPLETELY THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY

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IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO EXPEND MUCH BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE THE PROCESS THAT WE HAD TO ROLL OUT IN ORDER TO GET THE FUNDS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE WILL BE EXPENDING ALL OF THAT, IF NOT NEXT YEAR, THE YEAR THEREAFTER.

THE BAYFRONT SCIARRA, WHILE INACTIVE DUE TO AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY IN THIS ERA, WE HAD SOME EXPENDITURES LAST YEAR.

THOSE ARE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE LEGALLY AND LEGALLY, LEGALLY REQUIRED AND CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED. SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE SPENT SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR. MAJORITY OF THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE 2006 BOND REPAYMENT.

IN FISCAL YEAR 21, ADOPTED, WE PROPOSE NINE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN SEVENTY FIVE, WE WILL ONLY, WE ESTIMATE WILL ONLY SPEND ABOUT HALF OF THAT AT FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE THOUSAND. AND THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE IN 2021 WE HAD BUDGETED TO DO THE REPAYMENT TO A NORTH SHORE INCENTIVE INSTEAD OF AGREEMENT.

THEY DID NOT GET THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IN TIME.

SO THEY WILL ACTUALLY NOT RECEIVE THAT REBATE.

SO THAT WILL GO BACK TO THE CITY.

THIS SLIDE IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTUAL DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL AND OPERATING ACCOUNTS, AND WE DO HAVE DIVISION LEVEL FUNDS.

THIS SLIDE IS SPECIFIC TO OPERATIONS ONLY AND NOT PERSONNEL.

THE PERSONNEL WILL BE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE FBI 20 ACTUAL SPENT WAS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND. IN NY 21, ADOPTED BUDGET WAS APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED NINETEEN, 19000 PROPOSED, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL SPEND ABOUT TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR THOUSAND IN HOUSING IN NY 20.

YOU'LL SEE THE NOTATION AT THE VERY BOTTOM.

HOUSING DIVISION WAS PREVIOUSLY UNDER ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS REORGANIZED INTO COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OCTOBER TWENTY NINETEEN.

I BELIEVE. WHEN WE DID THAT, WE FINISHED OUT THAT BUDGET YEAR, WHICH WAS FCI TWENTY.

AND THEN WHAT WE DID IS WE MOVED THE PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES INTO THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE WHAT WE HAD, WHAT WE FOUND WE WERE DOING IS WE WERE PAYING FOR THE SALARIES OUT OF THE GRANT FUNDS AND THEN REIMBURSING WITH THE GRANT.

BUT THEN THERE WAS ALWAYS AN OVERAGE THAT THE GENERAL FUND THERE HAD TO PICK UP ANYHOW.

SO WE WERE HAVING TO PAY THE PROGRAM, THE GRANT PROGRAM BACK.

FROM AN AUDIT STANDPOINT, THAT DOESN'T LOOK VERY GOOD.

SO WE SWITCHED IT AND WE'RE DOING IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

SO YOU'LL SEE IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE OUR ADOPTED WE ACCOUNTED FOR OUR OPERATIONS.

THOSE ARE ONLY PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATIVE RELATED COSTS.

THE GRANT PROGRAMS ARE VERY SPECIFIC.

YOU CAN ONLY SPEND A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE PER GRANT TOWARDS PLANNING ADMINISTRATION.

SO WE DO ANTICIPATE SPENDING ALMOST TO THE FULL AMOUNT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

COMMUNICATIONS IS A OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION AND ANY SORT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, AND THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70000, 71000 ACTUALLY SPENT IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND 2021 IS WHEN WE STARTED TO RAMP UP THE MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE CITY.

SO YOU'LL SEE THE ADOPTED BUDGET WENT UP TO ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TEN.

AND WE ANTICIPATE ONLY APPROXIMATELY EIGHTY-NINE, 90000 OF THAT ACTUALLY BEING SPENT SIMPLY BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 WAS WASN'T WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO BECAUSE OF COVID.

THE SLIDE REFERENCES THE BUDGET AS IT RELATES TO PERSONNEL, I'VE INCLUDED THE ORG CHART THERE WE HAVE A TOTAL OF TEN FULL TIME POSITIONS.

THE ACTUALS, AGAIN, BROKEN OUT BY EACH DIVISION LEVEL ACCOUNT.

IN FLIGHT 20, WE EXPENDED TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY 26000, FAA 21, WE HAVE TWO HUNDRED NINETY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE.

HOUSING, AGAIN, WASN'T REPRESENTED.

IT WASN'T REPRESENTED IN THE BUDGET, IT WAS REPRESENTED IN THE GRANT FUNDS.

AND SO THEY'RE ALL THE STAFF AND FBI 20, 21 HAS NOW BEEN BUDGETED AT TWO HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND NINE FIFTY ONE.

SAME THING FOR COMMS, ROUGHLY ABOUT THE SAME AS ALL THE OTHER DIVISIONS.

BAYFRONT CCRA IN OCTOBER TWENTY NINETEEN.

SO ESSENTIALLY THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY IN HER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY COUNTY AND SCIARRA WAS ENACTED.

SO WE WERE BY REQUIREMENT OF THE AGREEMENT, UNABLE TO FUND ANY PERSONNEL.

SO IT WAS BUDGETED AT ZERO.

AND THE NUMBER SORRY, THIS IS A MISTAKE ON MY END, THE NUMBER IN NY 21 SHOULD BE ZERO.

THAT'S ACTUALLY OPERATING FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

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OR FISCAL YEAR 20, 22 BUDGET PRIORITIES, THE MAIN PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE RELATED TO PERSONNEL ONE ONE ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON TO HELP WITH ALL THE THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY GRANTS THAT NEED TO BE EXPENDED AND THE COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING AND ACCOUNTING REQUIRED FOR THOSE. 15000 OR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FRONT LOBBY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WE RELOCATED RECENTLY TO WHERE BUILDING DIVISION USED TO BE.

THAT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER.

WE ARE IN NEED OF REMODEL AND MODIFYING THE FRONT TO ACCOMMODATE THE BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS FUNCTION, WHICH THE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE TAKING IN STARTING FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY, TWENTY TWO, THE BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT FUNCTION AND PERSONNEL WILL REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THEY WILL BE LOCATED IN THE FRONT LOBBY OF OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST PRIORITY IS TO INCLUDE A BUDGET OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND. IT'S NOT A PERSONNEL OR CAPITAL PROJECT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS SHOULD BE OF NOTE BECAUSE IT IS SO SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY, 150000 PUT TOWARDS GRANTS AND INCENTIVES AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL.

THAT WAS MY LAST NIGHT. AWESOME, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME BEING HERE AND FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I'D LIKE TO START OFF.

I LEFT MY FAR LEFT IF ANYONE OF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

I THINK YOU YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE BAYFRONT SCIARRA IN THE COUNTY, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT? IT IS NOT ACTIVE ANYMORE.

CORRECT. SO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT ACTIVE, IT'S THAT WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO EXPEND ANY FUNDS FOR PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES THAT AREN'T LEGALLY REQUIRED OR ALREADY CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE COUNTY IS SEEKING TO RETAIN THEIR FUNDS. SO WITH THE BAYFRONT REDEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND, THE REVENUE FOR THAT FUND IS A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TAX REVENUE PUT INTO THE FUND.

AND THAT FUND THEN IS SUPPOSED TO FUND PROJECTS THAT ARE INFRASTRUCTURE OR CAPITAL INVESTMENT TYPE PROJECTS THAT BRING MORE TAX REVENUE TO THAT DISTRICT.

SO SINCE WE ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO SPEND FUNDS ON PROJECT RELATED ACTIVITIES THAT WEREN'T ALREADY CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY INACTIVE WHILE WE WERE STILL RUN AND OPERATE UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF 2024.

THAT HAPPENS, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE CIA? IS IT SOMETHING THAT ANOTHER AGENCY IS GOING TO PICK UP AND FUN OR IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE FUNCTIONING VIA GRANTS? IT WILL PROBABLY CEASE TO NO LONGER EXIST IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE.

AND SO WITH THAT, THE CITY WILL RECEIVE IT WILL RETAIN ITS CONTRIBUTION.

SO EVERY YEAR THE CITY AND THE COUNTY PUT FUNDS INTO THAT.

AND IT'S BASED ON A PERCENTAGE IT'S ABOUT 70, 30.

THE CITY CONTRIBUTES ABOUT 70 PERCENT.

THE COUNTY CONTRIBUTES ABOUT 30 PERCENT.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS ONCE THAT SUN SETS, THE SUN SETS, THE CITY AND COUNTY ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE.

SO THIS AREA WOULD SUNSET, NO LONGER EXIST.

WE WOULD DISSOLVE. IT IS THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SUBSTITUTION.

IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE A SUBSTITUTION, BUT IT WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO A SIARA.

THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ARE DIFFERENT.

SO AND THE MISSION OF THE BID IS DIFFERENT, BUT IT WILL FUNCTION VERY SIMILARLY.

THANKS. LIKE.

ALL RIGHT, A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO.

SHE WAS SAYING ABOUT THE CIA.

NOW, IF IT'S GOING TO DISSOLVE, IS THERE ANY SPECIAL WAYS THAT IT HAS TO BE DISSOLVED? BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU DISSOLVE SOMETHING, MONEY HAS TO GO BACK TO THE SOURCE THAT CAME FROM. CORRECT. OK, SO IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

THE COUNTY GETS ITS DIRTY AND CITY GETS A 70.

YES. SO THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT ACTUALLY REQUIRES US AT THE END OF EVERY FISCAL YEAR TO REIMBURSE THE GENERAL FUNDS BASED ON THEIR CONTRIBUTION.

SO ANYTHING THAT WAS UNSPENT OR IS SITTING IN ESSENTIALLY RESERVES ACCOUNT.

WE'LL GO BACK TO THE CITY AND COUNTY GENERAL FUNDS AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND.

VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE.

PUBLIC INFORMATION, YES, EVERYTHING THAT IS RELATED TO PUBLIC INFORMATION IS TO BE UNDER

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WE'LL MOVE TO THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER.

SO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER AND THE OUTREACH COORDINATOR.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE THOSE TWO THAT THAT FUNCTION, THE PEIO FUNCTION, THE COMMUNICATIONS FUNCTION IS A CITYWIDE FUNCTION.

IT REALLY DOESN'T BELONG TO ANY ONE DEPARTMENT.

THAT ROLE, THE ROLE OF THE PEIO IS TO PUT OUT INFORMATION FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.

OH, ANY IMPROVEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY? BUT RIGHT NOW, GO THROUGH THIS DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY.

YES, UNTIL THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE REQUESTING.

THE REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET.

AND SO THEY WILL BE REPORTING TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

THE HOUSING, IT SOUNDS LIKE, FOR YOU TO BE HIRING ANOTHER PERSON, THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL GRANTS COMING IN.

RIGHT. AND YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FOCUS OR THE PURPOSE OF THOSE TYPES OF GRANTS. BLU.

SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY OR CERTAIN TYPES OF HOUSING SO THAT THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAMS THROUGH BOTH THE CITY AND THE STATE ARE INTENDED TO SERVE A PURPOSE OF CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSISTING LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

AND THE WAY IN WHICH IT DOES THAT IS EACH PROGRAM IS DIFFERENT AND EACH PROGRAM ACTUALLY HAS DIFFERENT REGULATIONS.

SO FOR SCHIP, THAT IS YOUR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSE, WHICH NEEDS REHABILITATION, WHICH NEEDS EMERGENCY REPAIR LIKE A BROKEN WATER HEATER OR IN SOME CASES SOME SCHIP PROGRAMS TO RENTAL.

THE CDG IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

AND A LOT OF TIMES MOST OF THAT FUNDING IN MOST MUNICIPALITIES GOES TO PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES. THAT IS CAPPED AT 20 PERCENT.

WE ARE A LARGER CITY, SO WE DO GET A LARGER ALLOCATION.

SO 20 PERCENT ONLY MAYBE A QUARTER OF THAT, MAYBE HALF GOES TO PUBLIC SERVICES BECAUSE THAT'S THE 20 PERCENT CAP.

THE REST OF THAT GOES TO ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.

THOSE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS MUST BE WITHIN LOW TO MODERATE INCOME CENSUS TRACTS OR SERVE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS.

THAT CAN BE IMPROVEMENTS TO AN EXISTING PUBLIC FACILITY.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE CURRENTLY RENOVATING THE GREATER PALM BAY SENIOR CENTER.

THAT IS A PROJECT FUNDED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT BECAUSE THAT COMMUNITY CENTER SERVES SENIORS IN LOW TO MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS.

ALL RIGHT, MR. FILBERTO ON THE LINE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

JUST A QUESTION FOR JOAN.

GOING TO GO BACK TO THE GRANDMOTHER WHO YOU'D LIKE TO HIRE THIS GRANDMA TO ONLY BE SPECIFIC TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OR COULD HIS GRANDMOTHER BE RIGHT? I'M GOING TO FIRE POLICE, ETC..

SO THE GRANT WRITER IS THE POSITION IS NOT A GRANT WRITER POSITION, IT'S ACTUALLY A HOUSING PROGRAM SPECIALIST, TOO.

AND THE REASON WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THIS.

THIS POSITION WOULD REPORT TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, AND THAT'S THE DIVISION THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR SPENDING ALL OF THOSE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GRANTS THROUGH THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE ARE A LARGE CITY, SO WE DO GET QUITE A LOT OF MONEY.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN NONCOMPLIANCE FOR FOR SEVERAL OF THOSE PROGRAMS. PREVIOUSLY, WHEN THE CITY UNDERSTAFFED HOUSING DIVISION, A LOT OF A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WEREN'T MANAGED AND KIND OF WERE LEFT TO GET DUSTY.

SO WE ARE LOOKING TO RESTAFF GET GET THESE PROGRAMS BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.

THIS PARTICULAR POSITION IS NOT AN ENTRY LEVEL POSITION.

THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT COMES IN FOR THIS POSITION SHOULD HAVE ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE FOR HOUSING GRANTS, SHOULD BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER A GRANT PROGRAM IN ITS ENTIRETY.

WE'LL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR COMPLIANCE.

THAT MEANS GOING OUT MONITORING FILES OF PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES, MONITORING OUR OWN FILES. SO THE NEED FOR THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE MAKING THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOHN.

YOU'RE WELCOME. SOME THANKS FOR THE QUESTION, SURE.

THANK YOU, SIR, YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOAN.

THANK YOU. OR THE NEXT PRESENTATION.

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FIRST, I WANT TO TELL YOU BRIEFLY WHAT OUR MISSION IS IN PROCUREMENT, OUR MISSION IS THE FAIR, EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY, MAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF PUBLIC FUNDS THROUGH CENTRALIZED COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PRACTICES, AND TO SECURE QUALITY GOODS AND SERVICES, ALL WHILE ADHERING TO ALL THE LAWS AND GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES THEREIN AS AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUNCTION.

WE ARE A LIAISON WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE THREE WHAT I CONSIDER CUSTOMER BASES. WE SERVE OUR CITIZENS BY PROTECTING THEIR VESTED INTERESTS IN MAXIMIZING TAXPAYER DOLLARS. WE SERVE OUR DEPARTMENTS BY HELPING THEM DELIVER SERVICES BACK TO OUR CITIZENS, AND THEN WE SERVE OUR VENDORS BY FORMULATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM.

WE DO ALL THIS WITH THE MINDSET OF VALUE ADDED.

NO MATTER WHAT OUR CUSTOMER BASE WE WORK WITH, WE'RE ALL ABOUT INTERNAL SERVICE.

THE VALUES THAT GUIDE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, OUR ETHICS, IMPARTIALITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, PROFESSIONALISM, SERVICE AND TRANSPARENCY, AND WE USE THOSE IN OUR CORE SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE ISSUING BIDS, QUOTES AND PROPOSALS, PURCHASE ORDERS.

WE DO CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION, VENDOR MANAGEMENT, LEGAL AND POLICY COMPLIANCE, CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT AND VENDOR OUTREACH.

WE ALSO MANAGE THE CITY'S SURPLUS PROPERTY PROGRAM AND THE PICARD PROGRAM, AND WE PROVIDE TRAINING BOTH INTERNALLY TO OUR DEPARTMENTS AND TO OUR VENDORS.

WE ALSO DO MARKET RESEARCH.

AS A DEPARTMENT, MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT PROCUREMENT ACTUALLY DOES GENERATE REVENUE, WE GENERATE REVENUE BY SELLING SURPLUS PROPERTY.

AND I DON'T MEAN PROPERTY LIKE LAND, I MEAN VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT THAT ARE OBSOLETE ARE NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. WE AUCTION THOSE OFF.

SO IN FISCAL YEAR 20, WE GENERATED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF REVENUE WITH THAT PURPOSE.

WE ALSO GET A REBATE FROM OUR PICART OUR PROCUREMENT CARD.

THAT'S A CREDIT CARD PROGRAM.

WE GOT EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY.

AND WE ALSO GOT A REBATE FROM PURCHASING THINGS AT HOME DEPOT.

JUST NOTE THAT REVENUE DOES NOT GO BACK TO OUR DEPARTMENT.

IT GOES BACK TO THE FUND FROM WHICH THE ASSET IS DEPRECIATING.

SO IF IT WAS BOUGHT WITH STORMWATER DOLLARS, IT GOES BACK TO THE STORM, UNDERFUNDED AS A GENERAL FUND. IT GOES BACK TO A DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OR THE REVENUE.

WE HAVE SEVEN FDR DEPARTMENT, ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND WE DO HAVE ONE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN FULLY STAFFED SINCE TWENTY NINETEEN.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET COMES FROM SALARIES.

I'M PRETTY SURE I HAVE THE LOWEST OPERATING BUDGET IN THE CITY AT ELEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY DOLLARS ANNUALLY.

THAT'S TWO PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET.

MOST OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET GOES TOWARDS OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

THEY HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED OR WORKING TOWARDS CERTIFICATION IN ORDER TO WORK IN OUR DEPARTMENT. SO THAT INVOLVES THE USE APPLICATION FEES, EXAMINATION FEES, ET CETERA.

SO MOST OF OUR BUDGET IS RELATED TO TRAINING, SOME TRAVEL AND MEMBERSHIPS.

OUR BUDGET DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF CHANGES PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, ONE OF OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVES IS TO FOCUS ON MARKET RESEARCH, AS I'M SURE YOU'RE WELL AWARE, MARKET ON RAW MATERIALS, ESPECIALLY LIKE PLASTIC, LUMBER AND FUEL, IS VERY VOLATILE.

SO WE HELP ADVISE DEPARTMENTS WHILE THEY'RE BUDGETING ABOUT THOSE VOLATILITY AND WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT. WE DO A LOT OF VENDOR OUTREACH EVENTS, HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR PRIMARY FOCUSES AND WE PUSH THAT A LOT THIS YEAR.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR STAFF TRAINING LEADING TOWARDS CERTIFICATIONS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO WORK ON NEXT IS DOING E-PROCUREMENT.

SO THAT'S THE ABILITY TO SUBMIT ALL OF YOUR BIDS, PROPOSALS AND QUOTES TO US COMPLETELY ELECTRONICALLY ONLINE.

THERE'S NO COST TO THAT, THOUGH.

THE PLATFORM THAT WE CURRENTLY USE CALLED VENDOR LINK, WHICH WE ADOPTED IN TWENTY TWENTY, IT'S A TWENTY NINE HUNDRED DOLLAR A YEAR ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION WITH UNLIMITED LICENSES.

IT ALREADY HAS THAT CAPABILITY BUILT IN.

WE JUST NEED TO USE THE KEY AND OPEN THE DOOR.

THAT'S MY LAST PART. GREAT, AND THANK YOU.

AND AGAIN, I'LL START ON MY LEFT.

SALLY. YEAH, WHETHER IT'S HERE OR AT THE COUNTY LEVEL OR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE, I ASKED FOR THE

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I MEAN, SO AREN'T YOU REQUIRED TO KEEP THAT INFORMATION? BECAUSE WE RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS, WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO KEEP THAT INFORMATION.

THE REQUIREMENT FOR RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS.

WE ARE ALL OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDS ARE WE ARE THE GRANT RECIPIENT.

WE'RE SUBASSEMBLY AND IN SOME CASES WHEN IT'S A PASS THROUGH.

SO THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU DO MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH AND WE DO THAT VERY ACTIVELY AND WE ENGAGE THE FLORIDA DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS LIST.

WE REACH OUT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

I'VE GIVEN PRESENTATIONS TO THE BREVARD COUNTY MINORITY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, AND THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO AND LAST YEAR.

I KNOW THAT WAS THIS YEAR.

I DID A PRESENTATION TO THE VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY TO TRY AND ENCOURAGE OUTREACH.

WE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE OUR PROCESS SIMPLER, TO MAKE IT FAIR FOR EVERYBODY.

OUR POLICY AND OUR ORDINANCE IS THIRTY EIGHT POINT ONE NINETEEN IS THAT WE MAKE THE PROCESS FAIR FOR EVERYONE, NO MATTER WHAT.

SO TO DO THAT, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR EVERYONE.

WE'VE PUT TOGETHER SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.

SUSAN AND HER TEAM DID THAT.

THEY'RE UP ON OUR WEBSITE.

I WORKED WITH THE VIDEO PRODUCTION SERVICES COMPANY AND WE DEVELOPED FIVE SHORT HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY VIDEOS THAT WE WERE JUST FINE TUNING.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

WE HAVE DONE SUSAN DID A VIRTUAL WEBINAR ON HOW TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, WHICH IS THE MOST COMPLICATED SOLICITATION PROCESS.

AND WE DO WANT TO HOST A VENDOR EVENT TO TEACH ANY VENDOR THAT'S INTERESTED IN HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH US. COVID IS MADE THAT A CHALLENGE.

BUT WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION READY TO GO AND WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE OPENNESS AND COVID RESTRICTIONS.

LESSONING HOW DO YOU DO YOUR ASSESSMENT? HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOUR OUTREACH IS WORKING? I MEAN, HOW DO YOU YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE COULD YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON RESEARCH? BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S WORKING? DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY TO ASSESS? BECAUSE WHEN YOU JUST SAY MINORITIES, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I MEAN, THERE'S DIFFERENT GROUPS, YOU KNOW? SO HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU DOING? WE DO NOT TRACK THAT INFORMATION.

WE AREN'T REQUIRED TO BY OUR ORDINANCE OR BY THERE'S NO CITY POLICY THAT REQUIRES THAT.

SO WE DON'T COLLECT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE VENDORS THAT ARE SUBMITTING. UM, HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE SUCCESSFUL? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I WOULD SAY THAT THE QUANTITY OF BIDS THAT WE GENERATE, THE NEW VENDORS THAT RESPOND TO OUR SOLICITATIONS, AND THEN WE GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM CONSTANTLY ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESS.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT TARGETED TO ONE GROUP.

IT'S ABOUT MAKING THE PROCESS EASIER FOR EVERYONE.

AND. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

REGARDS TO THE THE PROCESS, BECAUSE I ASSIST A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY WITH COVID, I'VE NOTICED NOT JUST CITY OF PALM BAY BUT CITY OF MELBOURNE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST REQUIREMENTS IS YOU ALREADY HAVE TO HAVE A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH A MUNICIPALITY.

SO IF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S EQUAL FOR EVERYONE.

HOW CAN THE SMALL BUSINESS GET IN AND ACTUALLY GET A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, WORK FOR THE CITY IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT? BECAUSE AUTOMATICALLY THAT'S A DISQUALIFIER FOR THEM.

SO I'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT LIKE THE SMALL BUSINESSES I REPRESENT.

THEY'RE GETTING KICKED OUT BY COMPANIES FROM WEST PALM BEACH OR ORLANDO.

I MEAN, SO WE HAVE VENDORS WORKING HERE THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY PUTTING DOLLARS BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY. SO IT'S JUST MORE OF I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ACTUALLY GO INTO THAT WAY WHERE THE MONEY STAYS HERE.

LIKE THE MONEY SHOULDN'T BE GOING OUTSIDE OUR COUNTY.

IT'S JUST STAY HERE. WORKERS SHOULD COME FROM HERE FIRST AND THEN THE OUTSIDERS, VICE VERSA. I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT TO CIRCUMVENT THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN EXISTING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP AT ALL? IN FACT, WE GET NEW BUSINESS VENDORS IN ALL THE TIME.

I KNOW BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, OUR OFFICE SETS UP THE NEW VENDORS WHEN THEY ARE DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY AND WE GET THEM DAILY.

SO I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

WE DON'T HAVE A REQUIREMENT HERE.

THE ONLY TIME THAT I COULD SEE WHERE.

THAT COULD BE WOULD BE IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS, WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE A NARRATIVE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CITY AND SERVICE.

I'VE SEEN SOME ON LIKE YOUR BENEFITS COORDINATOR WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING FOR COMPANIES TO REPRESENT. THERE'S THERE'S A FEW OF YOUR POSTINGS THAT HAD THAT REQUIREMENT ON THERE, LIKE FOR THE JANITORIAL.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE APARTMENTS THAT THEY HAD TO HAVE A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH A MUNICIPALITY. AND YOU HIT THE LIST AND LIST THE REFERENCES SO THEY CAN VERIFY IT.

SO WE DO HAVE IN SOME SERVICES, WE DO LOOK FOR DOCUMENTED GOVERNMENT OR LIKE SIZE AGENCY

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SO, YES, WE DO LOOK FOR GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE OR LIKE SIZE AS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR SOME SERVICE SOLICITATIONS.

SPEAKING OF THE JANITORIAL, NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, THE BIG COMPANY ISN'T THE ONE WORKING, IT IS THE STUFF THAT'S ACTUALLY WORKING IT SO THEY CAN'T GET THE CREDIT BECAUSE THE CONTRACT ISN'T ACTUALLY THEIRS.

SO IN REGARDS TO THAT ASPECT, IS THERE A WAY THAT THEY CAN SHOW THAT EXPERIENCE? BECAUSE DEALING WITH IT, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE A SUB, YOU'RE REALLY DOING THE WORK.

EVEN THE 12 BUILDINGS, THE 800 EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE DOING THE WORK BECAUSE THE BIG COMPANY IS REALLY NOT DOING IT, IS JUST SUBBING IT OUT.

WE DO ASK FOR ANY VENDOR THAT SUBMITS TO US TO IDENTIFY WHO THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS ARE.

AND IF IT'S AN RFP PROCESS, WE MAKE THAT PART OF THE EVALUATION.

OUR CURRENT JANITORIAL SUPPLY COMPANY, BY THE WAY, WHICH IS OUR LARGEST SERVICE CONTRACT AS A PALM BAY BASED, MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS.

AND. THE GOOD PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. VERY IMPRESSIVE OPERATE ON SUCH A LOW BUDGET.

YOU MENTIONED MAKES IT QUITE EXCITING AND.

I, TOO, AM VERY INTERESTED IN MY FIRST EXPOSURE, SO.

I'M VERY INTERESTED IN OUR PROCUREMENT DEALING WITH PALM BAY RESIDENTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT.

THAT ARE UNEQUAL OR UNFAIR, BUT I THINK WITH.

DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH, THAT WOULD BE.

AND THAT WOULD BE PRIORITY AND IT BE OR.

THE CITY HAS HAD A LOCAL PREFERENCE POLICY IN THE PAST AND YES, IT HAS, WHERE IT BASICALLY GAVE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION TO BUSINESSES THAT WERE BASED IN PALM BAY.

I'LL BE QUITE HONEST, IT WAS A VERY LOW UTILIZATION RATE.

WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF PALM BAY BUSINESSES RESPONDING TO OUR SOLICITATIONS.

I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE USED IT ONCE IN A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, THE LAST TIME I DID AN ANALYSIS. IT'S ALSO BEEN CHALLENGED LEGALLY AS A.

IS THIS PRACTICE OR A PRACTICE THAT ISN'T? THE IDEA OF A BIT I MEAN, WE GET OUR BIDS IN A SEALED ENVELOPE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY'RE FROM, WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM.

WE OPEN THEM IN A PUBLIC MEETING AND THEY'RE LOCKED IN A CABINET UNTIL WE OPEN THEM.

THE IDEA IS THAT WE HAVE NO INFLUENCE AT ALL.

THAT'S OUR JOB, TO HAVE ZERO INFLUENCE ON THE SELECTION.

AND IN THE CASE OF THE LOW BID, WE PICK THE LOWEST BIDDER AS LONG AS THEY'RE QUALIFIED TO DO THE WORK. INSTEAD, WE FEEL LIKE A BETTER PRACTICE IS TO LOOK AT OUR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES AND IMPROVE THEM.

HOW CAN WE MAKE OUR PROCESS MORE INVITING TO BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH US? WHAT OUTREACH CAN WE DO TO ENCOURAGE THE VENDOR COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN PALM BAY SOLICITATIONS? AND THAT'S BEEN OUR FOCUS.

THE ANSWER? WELL, WE'VE BEEN DOING WE'VE BEEN DOING THE OUTREACH EVENTS WE HAVE BEEN DOING, THE VIDEOS ARE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, IMPROVING OUR PROCESSES.

WE WERE AT OUR ORDINANCE, WE WROTE REWROTE OUR 115 PAGE MANUAL TO TRY AND STREAMLINE THINGS. THAT'S IN THE E-PROCUREMENT, I THINK WILL BE HELPFUL TO TO MAKE IT SO THAT BUSINESSES CAN SUBMIT ELECTRONICALLY.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE OVERWHELMED BY YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT IT IN A SEALED ENVELOPE AND THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BUSINESS PEOPLE.

THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A PROFIT AND TIME IS MONEY.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL ENCOURAGE MORE BUSINESSES.

BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION IN OUR SOLICITATIONS.

I MEAN, MOST OF OUR SOLICITATIONS ARE OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND COME BEFORE COUNCIL.

AND AT MINIMUM, WE HAVE THREE BIDS EVERY TIME.

SOMETIMES I THINK LIKE WE HAD A PIPE CULVERT OPEN TODAY THAT HAD EIGHT OR NINE BIDS ON IT. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATION, INCLUDING SOME PALM BAY BUSINESSES, BUT THEY WERE NOT THE LOWEST COST.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE AWARD WAS BASED ON.

AND THAT'S WITH COUNCIL DIRECTION.

BY THE WAY, COUNCIL GAVE US THAT DIRECTION THAT THAT IS THEY DID NOT WANT THE LOCAL PREFERENCE BECAUSE IT DOES ULTIMATELY COST THE TAXPAYER MORE MONEY.

I UNDERSTAND, OF COURSE, THE SIDE OF THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GIVING IT BACK TO THE BUSINESSES, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR LOCAL PREFERENCE PREVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT PALM BAY BUSINESSES.

THEY WERE BREVARD COUNTY BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A PREFERRED COUNTY PREFERENCE AS WELL. ROCK'EM.

ALL RIGHT, MR. FILBERTO ON THE LINE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

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THE OUTREACH HERE HAS BEEN GOOD AND I THINK IT ALSO CAN ALSO BE IMPROVED.

I DO LIKE THAT. YOU GUYS ARE.

THE HELPING OF A TRAINING PROGRAM AND ALSO ENCOURAGING MORE LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESSES TO APPLY FOR OUR AND WITHIN OUR CITY, SO THAT AND I ALSO DID WANT TO MENTION THAT THE ORDINANCE CHANGED, THAT COUNCIL BID FOR PROCUREMENT WAS UNDERSTAFF ADVISEMENT.

I'M NOT SURE IF LOCAL THE LOCAL PEREZ WAS TAKEN AWAY.

CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GETTING BACK TO THE RIGHT TRACK OF INVOLVING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE CITY OF PALM BAY, AND THAT'S A BIG THING FOR ME.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

AWESOME, THANK YOU, SIR.

I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS MYSELF IN.

SO STARTING OFF WITH, I GUESS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE KIND OF CHIMED IN ON ABOUT THE LOCAL PREFERENCE, WHETHER IT BE PALM BAY OR BREVARD COUNTY, CAN YOU QUANTIFY THAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO BIDS? WHAT IS THAT PREFERENCE MEASURE? SURE. SO BUT PREVIOUSLY WE HAD A PALM BAY OF THE HIGHEST PREFERENCE THAT WE HAD WAS 10 PERCENT. AND IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR 10 PERCENT, YOU HAD TO BE A BUSINESS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. AND BY THE WAY, THAT MEANS A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT.

SO NOT OPERATING OUT OF YOUR HOME AND NOT HAVING A P.O.

BOX OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN 50 PERCENT OF YOUR STUFF HAD TO BE IT PALM BAY RESIDENCE.

THAT WAS WHAT WE CALLED A CLASS A PREFERENCE.

SO FOR A 10 PERCENT PREFERENCE, IF I HAD A ROOM AND DO THIS MATH IN MY HEAD, IF I HAD A BID, COME IN FOR A ORLANDO FIRM THAT WAS ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND A BID COME IN FOR A PALM BAY CLASS, A BUSINESS FOR ONE HUNDRED AND.

HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND, THANK YOU.

THAT'S WHY SHE'S UP HERE. 10 PERCENT, WE WOULD TAKE 10 PERCENT OFF OF THEIR BID WHEN COMPARING IT TO THE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR BID.

OK, SO BUT THEN WE WOULD PAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THAT WAS THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE.

I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION PERFECTLY.

I WANTED TO PUT IT IN MEASURE.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

SO MY NEXT THING WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THE KIND OF LIKE THE VENDOR FAIRE TYPE SITUATION, WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE PEOPLE ON BOARD.

HOW IS. I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING MORE VENDORS SIGNED UP.

WHAT IS THE MARKETING PROCESS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN? HOW ARE WE ANNOUNCING, PLEASE VENDORS? THIS IS WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT ALL OF YOU.

HOW ARE YOU ACHIEVING THAT? SO WE HAVE SEVERAL ASSETS THAT WE'RE UTILIZING FOR MARKETING.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, VENDOR LINK HAS BUILT IN MARKETING CAPABILITIES BECAUSE VENDOR LINK IS CURRENTLY USED BY BREVARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S USED BY CITY OF SEBASTIAAN, CITY OF COCOA.

AND I THINK ONE OTHER ONE I WANT TO SAY CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL.

SO WHAT THEY DID WHEN WE BROUGHT THEM ON BOARD IS AUTOMATICALLY ANY VENDOR THAT WAS ALREADY REGISTERED WITH ANY OF THOSE AGENCIES WAS AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED FOR US.

THAT MEANS THAT THEY AUTOMATICALLY GET ANY EMAIL NOTIFICATION OF ANY SOLICITATION THAT WE HAVE THAT WOULD MATCH THEIR COMMODITY CODE.

SO THEY SIGN UP AND SAY, I'M A JANITORIAL SERVICE PROVIDER OR, YOU KNOW, I'M A MOWING SERVICE PROVIDER. THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE'VE WORKED VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP AND WELL, NOW THE UNDER THE CITY MANAGER WITH THE PEIO AND THE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION, THEY HAVE HELPED BROADCAST SOME OF OUR SOLICITATION REQUESTS ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE ALSO HAVE AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE VIDEOS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TRYING TO THINK PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO READ A WEBSITE.

THEY WANT THE QUICK SNIPPET.

WHAT CAN WE GET FOR THEM? THAT'S A QUICK AND EASY SNIPPET.

SO THEN WHEN WE DO THE MARKETING EVENT, WHAT I'M ENVISIONING WE'LL DO IS WE'LL HAVE TWO TRAINING SESSIONS IN HERE.

WE'LL GO THROUGH HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY.

AND THEN THE IDEA IS THEY COME IN THROUGH HERE AND THEN THEY COME OUT INTO THE COURTYARD AND IN THE COURTYARD WE'LL HAVE A TABLE FOR EACH DEPARTMENT.

SO THEY DON'T WANT TO JUST TALK TO PROCUREMENT.

THEY WANT TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC WORKS PERSON OR THE PARKS AND RECREATION PERSON THAT'S ACTUALLY BUYING THEIR SERVICES.

THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY WANT.

SO THE IDEA IS THEY COME THROUGH THE TRAINING SESSION, GO OUT THERE AND GET THAT FACE TIME WITH EACH DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WE'D HAVE ANOTHER TRAINING SESSION IN THE AFTERNOON FOR THOSE WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT IN THE MORNING AND HAVE THE SAME PROCESS REPEATED.

AND WE WOULD USE THE COMMERCE DIVISION TO HELP MARKET THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

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THE MAYOR'S BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF PROMOTING PROCUREMENT AND WHAT PROCUREMENT DOES AS WELL. AWESOME.

NOW, YOU BROUGHT UP THAT VENDOR PROGRAM VENDOR LINK.

YES. I THINK IT'S KIND OF CHIMING IN WITH WHAT'S PREVIOUSLY BEEN SET UP HERE, IF SOMEONE'S ALREADY ASSOCIATED WITH SEBASTIAN RUDOLPH MUNICIPALITIES.

THAT DOESN'T HELP FOR SOMEONE THAT'S NOT ALREADY WITH THE MUNICIPALITY, NECESSARILY, DOES IT? SURE. SO HOW DO WE REALLY I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND SOCIAL MEDIA AND I MEAN, WHAT'S BEING IS THERE LIKE A ROUTINE? LIKE EVERY SO MANY DAYS WE PUT SOMETHING BLAST OUT OR IS THERE SOMETHING BEING DONE THAT CAN BE COUNTED ON THAT MARKET, THAT ACCESS? NOT CURRENTLY, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK ON.

WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO NANCY IN THE CHAMBER PALM BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT FOR HER.

SHE ACTUALLY DID ATTEND THE BOVARD VETERANS ASSOCIATION PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE AS WELL.

SO SHE KIND OF GOT A SNEAK PEEK AND I PULLED HER ASIDE.

I'M LIKE, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO FOR YOU GUYS.

SO I'M HOPING THAT I'LL GET THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE MARKETING IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK ON MORE AWESOME. AND MY LAST THING I KNOW PREVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN UP HERE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT YEAR FOR THE BUDGET.

I KNOW PREVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT INTERNAL CEO'S INTERNAL TRAINING FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT.

HOW IS THAT AS THAT PROGRESSED WITH YOU GUYS TAKING CARE OF THOSE THINGS INTERNALLY? YES. ONE THING THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS LOOK FOR OUR SILVER LININGS, RIGHT? A POSITIVE THAT'S COME OUT OF COVID IS THE MAJORITY OF THE COURSES THAT ARE CERTIFIED AND RECOGNIZED AS PROVIDING SEED USE HAVE MOVED TO A VIRTUAL PLATFORM, WHICH HAS GREATLY REDUCED OUR COST AND MADE THEM A LOT MORE ACCESSIBLE.

WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE ON OUR STAFF THAT ARE ALL ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS.

THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ADDITIONAL TRAINING SCHOLARSHIP.

AND WE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT, THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OFFICERS AND THE CENTRAL FLORIDA CHAPTER OF AN IGP. AND ALL OF THOSE PARTICIPATION DOLLARS COME BACK TO US AS SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP CERTIFY OUR STAFF.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OK, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, DO YOU? YOU SAID THAT THERE'S NO CITY ORDINANCE IN TERMS OF HOW CONTRACTS ARE ARE.

REPORT IT IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS, AND SO IS IT A CITY ORDINANCE THAT MAKES THAT KIND OF CHANGE? IS THAT A QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY? WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES THAT WE ENCOURAGE ALL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES SUCH AS SMALL BUSINESSES, LOCAL BUSINESSES, MINORITY OWNED AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE.

BUT THERE IS NOT A SET ASIDE, I THINK IS IS PROBABLY IF I'M UNDERSTANDING I'M NOT HERE TO SET ASIDE I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DATA.

I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT DATA SO THAT IT CAN BE LOOKED AT.

SO I WAS JUST SAYING YOU SAID THAT IT'S A CITY ORDINANCE, BUT I WONDER IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT OR IS THAT A THORNY QUESTION IN THE CITY? CREATE AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT WE LOOK AT CONTRACTS DIFFERENTLY BASED ON DEMOGRAPHICS. SO I'LL TAKE THAT JUST IN PART.

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. IT WOULD BE A CITY ATTORNEY QUESTION BECAUSE ANY KIND OF ORDINANCE CHANGE, WE WOULD RUN THROUGH THEIR THEIR OFFICE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WORDING IT APPROPRIATELY. IT'S LEGALLY SOUND ALL THAT THERE'S PROBABLY ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN DO OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

AND THAT THAT ALL IS QUANTIFIED FOR THE MOST PART IN THE ORDINANCES, SOME THINGS REFER BACK TO A STATE STATUTE WHICH GOVERNS A LOT OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF WHAT WE DO, WHICH IS FINE, TOO.

BUT, UM, AND SO I HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT THE TEAM IS SAYING.

SO WE HAVE. UNDER JULIA AND SUSAN'S LEADERSHIP, WE'VE TAKEN THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT TO A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, WHATEVER IT IS NOW.

AND SO WE WERE NOT THIS FOCUSED ON OUTREACH TO THE VENDOR COMMUNITY LIKE YOU'RE HEARING TODAY. THIS IS HUGE COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE OR WE WERE VERY MUCH INSULATED.

AND NO OFFENSE TO ALL THE PROCUREMENT PEOPLE IN THE PAST OR PRESENT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE WERE VERY MUCH JUST.

KNEW THAT WE HAD A BID THAT YOU COULD BID ON AS A VENDOR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD OR IN THE CITY. GOOD FOR YOU THAT YOU KNEW, BUT WE WEREN'T GOING OUT OF OUR WAY TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN LIKE, HOW CAN WE GET IN FRONT OF PEOPLE? SO TEAM WE HAVE NOW IS.

MOST OPEN TEAM I'VE EVER SEEN, AND I SAY THAT TO TELL YOU, WE WANT TO KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY.

WE WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN FURTHER IMPROVE OUR SERVICE LEVEL.

SO I KNOW THAT THIS TEAM IS COMPLETELY COMMITTED TO GOING OUT TO SPEAK TO ANY COMMUNITY GROUP, YOU KNOW, ANY BUSINESS THAT AS YOU KNOW WHAT, I, I KNOW I DO JANITORIAL.

I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS.

AND THEY WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY, HAVE THEM CALL US BECAUSE THAT'S A LEVEL OF

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WE WILL TALK TO ANYBODY, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT LENGTH TO GET THEM UP TO SPEED ON HOW IT IS THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE.

THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US, TOO.

AND JUST LIKE YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE LOCAL FOLKS, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US WHETHER WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE OR NOT. BUT WE KNOW THAT PART OF THAT IS OUTREACH.

WE NEED EVERYBODY KIND OF SHARING WITH US.

HOW DO I GET TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO KNOW? YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ON FACEBOOK DOESN'T MEAN PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING US ON FACEBOOK, AND JUST BECAUSE WE TALK TO THE CHAMBER DOESN'T MEAN PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE CHAMBER IS DOING. SO I SAY THAT TO SAY THERE'S AN WOODARD GROUPS.

YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S BUSINESS GROUPS, YOU JUST NEED TO LET US KNOW WE'RE OPEN TO SHARING WITH ANYONE AND EVERYONE.

AND THAT'S A BIG CHANGE FROM WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL BOARD, I'M SORRY.

MY NAME IS ANGELICA COLLINS AND I AM THE FISCAL MANAGER IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE CURRENTLY DOWN A DIRECTOR.

WE HAVE A NEW PERSON STARTING NEXT WEEK.

SO HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT MEETING YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MEET HIM.

SO I AM GOING TO RUN THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET AND I'M GOING TO COVER DEBT MANAGEMENT AS WELL AND I'M GOING TO TRY MY BEST.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT IN THE PAST TWO OR THREE MONTHS.

SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW, I PROMISE I WILL FOLLOW UP.

BUT I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT THAT WE KIND OF DO AND THE MAJOR THINGS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT DOES.

REALLY, OUR MISSION STATEMENT FOR OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH OUTSIDE OF OUR REVENUE DIVISION AND INTERNAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY AND WE REALLY PROVIDE FISCAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO CITY COUNCIL, CITY DEPARTMENTS, CUSTOMERS.

AND WE WE DO INTERACT WITH SOME CITIZENS AS WELL.

WE CURRENTLY MADE UP OF THREE DIVISIONS.

WE HAVE OUR FINANCE ADMINISTRATION DIVISIONS.

THAT'S WHERE OUR FINANCIAL AND BUDGETARY OVERSIGHT HAPPENS.

WE SAFEGUARD OUR CITY ASSETS.

WE DO OUR MONITORING RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS, MEANING THAT THIS IS WHERE ALL THE DEBT MANAGEMENT OCCURS AND WE ALSO DO OUR TREASURY WITHIN THAT.

SO THAT'S OUR FINANCE ADMINISTRATION DIVISION.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ACCOUNTING DIVISION WITHIN THE ACCOUNTING DIVISION.

WE PREPARE ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, OUR PAYROLL DEPARTMENT, OUR PAYROLL TEAM, I'D LIKE TO SAY, IS HOUSED UNDER ACCOUNTING.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE DO WHAT ANY OTHER ACCOUNTING DOES WITHIN ANY OTHER BUSINESS.

WE DO OUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE FIXED ASSETS AND UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S WHERE OUR BILLS ARE PAID.

SO IT'S LIKE STANDARD ACCOUNTING GROUP THAT YOU'LL SEE.

WE ALSO HAVE A REVENUE DIVISION.

OUR REVENUE DIVISION COMPLETES BILLING AND COLLECTIONS FOR OUR BETA'S OR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS AND FALSE ALARM FINES.

AND WE ALSO DO LEAN RESEARCHES, PASSPORT APPLICATIONS AND WE DO ALSO TAKE IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE OR SEE RECEIPTS.

AND THAT'S WHERE THAT IS PROCESSED.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS SO A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, WE HAVE NINE FULL TIME FTE POSITIONS.

I'VE COLOR CODED THEM ACCORDING TO THE PREVIOUS DIVISIONS THAT YOU SEE.

SO IN GREEN, YOU'LL SEE OUR ADMINISTRATION DIVISION, WHICH IS HEADED BY OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.

WE HAVE AN ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR REPORTING A FISCAL MANAGER, WHICH IS MYSELF.

AND I HAVE TWO REPORTS, A BUDGET ANALYST AND A FISCAL ANALYST.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A CASH MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR.

OUR ACCOUNTING DIVISION IS STAFFED BY OUR CHIEF ACCOUNTANT.

AND WITHIN THAT DIVISION, WE HAVE SEVEN FEES, WHICH MOSTLY ARE ACCOUNTING LEVEL POSITIONS AND OUR TWO PAYROLL INDIVIDUALS THAT PROCESS PAYROLL FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

OUR REVENUE DIVISION IN BLUE, IT FALLS UNDER OUR OR IS MANAGED BY OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR. AND WE HAVE A BILLINGS AND COLLECTIONS MANAGER IN FOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALISTS THAT REPORTS THAT BILLING AND COLLECTION MANAGER.

PREVIOUSLY, YOU'VE HEARD, JOHN, FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT MENTIONED THAT BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS ARE MOVING TO THE C AND C AND ED DIVISION, AND THIS IS CORRECT. SO OUR NEXT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART IS WHAT WILL BE PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY, TWENTY TWO. SO AS YOU SEE, THAT BLUE DIVISION OF THE REVENUE DIVISION IS NO LONGER FALLING UNDER OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

THAT HAS BEEN I DON'T LIKE TO SAY DISSOLVE BECAUSE THE IT'S SORT OF BEEN SPLIT UP.

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THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALISTS OUT OF THE FOUR WILL BE MOVING TO THE ACCOUNTING DIVISION. AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THAT GROUP, WHICH IS THREE CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALISTS AND THE BILLING AND COLLECTIONS MANAGER, WILL FALL UNDER OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION DEPARTMENT.

SO ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE GOING DOWN FROM 1950S TO 15 FTE.

AND THEN IN A LITTLE BIT YOU'LL SEE THAT WE WILL BE REQUESTING ONE FULL TIME ACCOUNTANT, ONE POSITION FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BACK UP TO 16 IN FISCAL YEAR 2022.

BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING DOWN WHERE WE'RE LOSING FOUR PEOPLE.

THE NEXT SLIDE, I WILL COVER OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC BUDGET.

WE ARE A GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENT.

WE DO NOT BRING IN ANY REVENUE AND WE SOLELY OPERATE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

I PROVIDED YOU WITH A THREE YEAR HISTORY OF ACTUAL EXPENDITURES IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 2001 APPROVED BUDGET. AS YOU SEE, MOST OF OUR FUNDING DOES LIE IN PERSONNEL SERVICES, WHICH IS FOR THOSE 1950 PHYSICIANS.

WE DO HAVE AN OPERATING BUDGET THAT MAYBE IS THE SECOND SECOND SMALLEST, I'M NOT QUITE SURE, BUT IT'S PRETTY SMALL.

AND AS YOU SEE, THERE HAS BEEN A SHIFT FROM FISCAL YEAR 20 TO FISCAL YEAR TWENTY, TWENTY ONE. THERE HAS BEEN A REDUCTION BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS, IS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY HAS CERTAIN CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS WITH CERTAIN CONSULTANTS THAT DO ASSET MANAGEMENT'S BANK SAFE, KEEPING OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS ANY KIND OF ARBITRAGE REBATE SERVICES THAT THE CITY HAS TO HANDLE FOR CITYWIDE ACTIVITIES.

AND THOSE HAVE BEEN MOVED SEPARATE FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO OUR NON DEPARTMENTAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

SO THEY'RE STILL BEING PAID.

THEY'RE JUST BEING REFLECTED AND ACCOUNTED FOR IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE CITYWIDE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PERFORMED.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE A BIT OF A REDUCTION IN ABOUT FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AS I'VE MENTIONED, FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO, WE ARE REQUESTING ONE FULL TIME ACCOUNT IN ONE POSITION WITH A TOTAL ESTIMATE OF ROUGHLY ABOUT SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE MAJORITY OF THAT WILL SIT IN SALARY AND BENEFITS AND ABOUT TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED WILL BE FOR IT SUPPORT TO HAVE THAT PERSON UP AND RUNNING LAPTOP AND ANYTHING THAT HAS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WITH THAT POSITION.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH I THOUGHT KIND OF FINE, WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT ALWAYS COMES UP DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS THAT WE HOST, OUR DEPARTMENT DOES HANDLE ALL DEBT SERVICE RELATED FOR THE CITY.

SO THAT MEANS ANY PRINCIPAL INTEREST PAYMENTS ON ANY BONDS NOTES, THESE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, ANY INTEREST DEPARTMENT TO LOANS IS MANAGED BY OUR DEPARTMENT.

I PROVIDED YOU WITH A THREE YEAR HISTORY OF ACTUAL SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THE TREND HAS BEEN ON DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE PAID.

AND THEN I'VE ALSO PROVIDED YOU WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY ONE APPROVED BUDGET.

AND I ALWAYS SAY THEY HAVE TO BE PAID BECAUSE DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE FIRST THING WELL THERE'S SOME OTHER FIRST THINGS WE LOOK AT, BUT THE FIRST THING THAT GETS BUDGET IS YOUR DEBT SERVICE. IT HAS TO BE PAID IS NOT NO BITS AND BUTS AROUND IT TO THE DOLLAR.

WE BUDGET THAT IT'S ALREADY IN FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY, TWENTY TWO AND MY BASE BUDGET.

AND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR.

AS YOU SEE, I HAVE A LITTLE ASTERISKS IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY, EVEN THOUGH THAT THE DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS AND HAS ALMOST DOUBLED FROM 19 TO 20.

WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN AND YOU ALSO HAVE IT IN YOUR POCKET.

I KIND OF PRINTED OUT WHAT OUR DEBT SERVICE FUNDS ACTUALLY ARE.

YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE A VERY LARGE INCREASE OF ABOUT 52 MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT NUMBER. AND I SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PRESENTATION, TOOK IT OUT AND MADE AN ASTERISKS, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT SOME FISCAL YEARS IS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND OUR BOND COUNCIL IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN FIND WAYS OF REFUNDING BONDS AND REFINANCING OUR DEBT THAT WILL HELP US SAVE MONEY LONG TERM.

THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO.

AND IN FISCAL YEAR 20, 22, WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE WE REFUNDED A BOND. SO WHAT HAPPENS? YOU HAVE FIFTY TWO MILLION COMING IN, BUT THEN YOU HAVE 52 MILLION GOING OUT TO PAY THAT DEBT AND YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY REFINANCING.

SO WHEN YOU'RE SEEING OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO GO, WOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S 52 MILLION, BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT THAT IS.

SO YOU'LL HAVE THOSE ABNORMALITIES THAT YOU SEE THROUGHOUT FISCAL YEARS.

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SO EXCLUDING THAT 52 MILLION IS WE DO HAVE THE HONEYWELL ENERGY CONTRACT THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND REFINANCE TO SAVE SOME MONEY.

AND THEN IN FISCAL YEAR 20, 20 WAS OUR FIRST YEAR THAT WE ACTUALLY DID OUR DEBT LEVY.

SO WE HAD AT THAT TIME ONE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, WHICH IS NOW CALLED THE 2019 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND OR GEO BOND FOR OUR ROAD PROGRAM.

AND THAT WAS OUR FIRST DEBT LEVY THAT IS COLLECTED VIA TAXES.

SO THAT IS REALLY ONE OF THE ONLY DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS THAT IS NOT FUNDED VIA A TRANSFER FROM ANOTHER FUND. SO THAT COMES STRICTLY FROM OUR OUR TAX REVENUE.

I WILL SAY FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO, YOU WILL SEE TWO DEBT LEVIES.

WE WILL SEE ONE DEBT LEVY PAYING TO GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR TAX BILL IS YOU STILL SEE THE ONE TAX LEVY THAT WILL COLLECT ENOUGH PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS TO NOT ONLY PAY IN 2019 GENERAL OBLIGATION ON PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENT, BUT THEY WILL ALSO BE PAYING FOR THE TWO THOUSAND IN TWENTY ONE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS.

SO YOU'LL SEE IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO, GENERALLY OUR PAYMENTS FOR THOSE DEBT LEVELS ARE ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION, SO IT'LL BE ABOUT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS THAT THAT WILL RECOUP THROUGH A TAX LEVY FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

OUR INCOMING REVENUE TO SUPPORT THE DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURES, A LOT OF IT IS GENERAL FUND. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS THAT I TAKE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS AND I TRANSFER THEM TO DEBT SERVICE FUNDS. SO HOW THAT WORKS IS THAT EACH BOND, EACH NODE, EACH DEBT LEVY THAT WE HAVE IS ACCOUNTED FOR IN ITS OWN FUND FOR STATUTORY AND REPORTING PURPOSES.

AND THE GENERAL FUND ESSENTIALLY FOOTS THE BILL.

AND I LUMP EVERYTHING TOGETHER IN A NICE AND CASH OVER TO THOSE FUNDS TO PAY FOR THAT.

WE DO HAVE SOME TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE FUNDING THAT WE USE, AND THAT'S ALL WITHIN BOND COVENANTS. AND THAT'S STRICTLY SPELLED OUT ON HOW THAT REVENUE CAN BE GENERATED AND HOW THOSE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE.

LIKE I SAID, IS AD VALOREM TAXATION IS THE OTHER WAY OF GENERATING REVENUE TO PAY FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS.

SO THE GENERAL FUND ACTUALLY DOES NOT PICK UP THAT BILL.

IS THAT THAT'S THROUGH THE ACTUAL TAXATION.

THAT WE DO WITH THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, AND THEN IT'S JUST ADDED TO THE TAX BILL AND THAT'S HOW THAT ARRANGEMENT WAS GENERATED, AND THEN I TAKE THAT REVENUE THAT COMES IN AND I SEND IT OVER TO THAT PARTICULAR FUND IN CASH IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THE PRINCIPAL INTEREST PAYMENT. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH OUR REPRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN IT. IF I DON'T KNOW, I MAY DEFER TO OUR ACTING DIRECTOR OR I MAY HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH NO AFTERWARDS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND JUST LIKE PREVIOUS START TO MY LEFT.

OH, THANK YOU. IT HAVE A QUESTION THAT I DON'T REALLY. YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO LET ME OFF FREERIDE.

MAYBE MR. FILBERTO ON THE LINE.

NO QUESTIONS, NO COMMENTS FOR FINANCE, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO AND THANK YOU.

I'M JUST GOING TO CHALLENGE YOU TO BECOME THE LOWEST OPERATING BUDGET.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST WE GOT TO MAKE THAT BETTER THERE.

BUT I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

IT EVENING, MY NAME IS LESLIE ROBSON, HOAGUE, I SERVE AS THE FIRE CHIEF FOR PALM BAY FIRE RESCUE AND THIS IS OUR PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR BUDGET FOR 2022.

MAKE SURE I CLICK IT THE RIGHT WAY, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, THIS IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY BEFORE WE HAD A VERY SIMPLE ONE, IT WAS A ONE LINE THING, BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO.

WE'VE EVOLVED AND AND ADDED A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT.

SO WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO SERVE THE PUBLIC THROUGH EMERGENCY SERVICE, FIRE, RESCUE AND FIRE PREVENTION.

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BUT THE LAST LINE IS WHAT WE REALLY HOLD OURSELVES TO, THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE THROUGH COMMITMENT AND EXCELLENCE AND DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO IN OUR DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET SUMMARY, WHAT WE WANTED TO POINT OUT IS MOST OF THE REVENUE THAT WE GENERATE BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T GENERATE REVENUE COMES FROM PARR INSPECTION FEES USUALLY, AND IT GOES ANYWHERE FROM 96 TO 110000 A YEAR THAT OUR INSPECTORS BRING IN.

HOWEVER, DUE TO COVID THIS LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR THAT.

SO THERE'S A HUGE DIP IN OUR REVENUE FOR THAT.

THE NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BECAUSE IN MAY WE'RE ADDING A THIRD INSPECTOR.

PREVIOUSLY WE HAD SIX INSPECTORS AND SO WE'RE COMING BACK UP BECAUSE THIS MONEY GOES BACK INTO GENERAL FUND. SO IN THE SLIDES THAT WE PUT IN HERE TO ILLUSTRATE OUR ASSOCIATED COST WITH RUNNING THE FIRE SERVICE, I'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE FOR YOU.

FIRE RESCUE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE ON GRANTS TODAY.

WE HAVE PUT THREE POINT THREE MILLION IN GRANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, AND THAT WAS TO OFFSET ANYTHING THAT WE COULD THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO HIT GENERAL FUND.

SO WE ARE VERY ACTIVE IN USING GRANTS, IMPACT FEES TO TRY AND STAY AWAY FROM TAPPING INTO GENERAL FUND BECAUSE THINGS ARE TIGHT.

SO WHAT WE WANTED TO SHOW IS PERSONNEL.

OUR COMMAND STAFF IS FIVE PEOPLE, STAFF AND LOGISTICS, INCLUDING EVERYBODY IN THE OFFICE, A SIX SHIFT PERSONNEL THAT ARE FIREFIGHTERS.

THOSE 112, WE HAVE FIVE FROZEN FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS AND WE WILL SOON HAVE EIGHT.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ARE GOING TO WORK WITH PD BECAUSE THIS IS JUNE 1ST.

BUT WE JUST GOT NEWS TODAY BECAUSE OF AN EQUIPMENT ISSUE THAT JULY 6TH DISPATCH WILL BE RETURNING TO PALM BAY PD.

SO WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN DISPATCH BACK INSIDE THE CITY INSTEAD OF UP IN BREVARD COUNTY AND ROCKLEDGE. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THAT'S SO CRITICAL IS THE TIME FRAME FROM WHEN YOU ACTIVATE 911 ONE TO GET TO US TO RESPOND.

THERE'S BEEN LAG'S PREVIOUSLY.

WE DIDN'T GET THE CALL.

IT'S NOT GOOD. SO NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY BECOMING WHOLE AGAIN.

SO THIS VERY TINY CHART IS OUR ORG CHART, THE COLORS YOU SEE IN GREEN ARE ACTUALLY A POSITION THAT'S HELD BY ONE PERSON HOLDS TWO POSITIONS.

SO THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL POSITION.

WE HAVE A DEPUTY CHIEF.

WE HAVE A CHIEF ASSISTANT CHIEF OF OPERATIONS WHO RUNS ALL THE OPERATIONS DOWN BELOW, WHICH COVERS TWO DIVISION CHIEFS.

ONE DIVISION CHIEF IS FIRE AND EMS, AND THE OTHER ONE IS FIRE AND TRAINING.

UNDERNEATH THEM ARE THE DISTRICT CHIEFS.

WE HAVE AN A, B AND C SHIFT AND THEY COVER ALL THE STATIONS.

THEY'RE BROKEN UP INTO THE EAST AND WEST.

SO THERE IS THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF THE CITY AND EACH SIDE HAS A DISTRICT CHIEF WITH THEM. SO WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT IS A REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL 2008, WE HAD A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED AND THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND I THINK IT'S 90.

RIGHT. THERE ARE CALLS WERE 97, 80.

SO WE DIDN'T EVEN HIT 10000 CALLS.

AND YOU CAN SEE IN COMMAND STAFF, THERE'S THREE.

THERE'S FOUR BATTALION CHIEFS.

THERE'S SIX DISTRICT CHIEFS.

WE HAD THREE CAPTAINS, NINETY NINE SHIFT PERSONNEL, SIX INSPECTORS, EIGHT STAFF AND SEVEN IN LOGISTICS. SO IF YOU COME UP TO 20, 21 ARE OUR POPULATION RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE THOUSAND.

OUR CALLS ARE OVER 15000 A YEAR AND WE REDUCED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHERE WE ARE.

I CAN'T GET ANY THINNER.

SO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN LOGISTICS.

WE'RE RUNNING MORE CALLS.

WE HAVE THREE STAFF DOWN FROM THAT.

WE ONLY HAVE TWO INSPECTORS.

THE THIRD ONE'S BEING ADDED.

OUR BENEFIT IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

WE HAVE NO CAPTAINS AND WE'RE DOWN TO TWO DIVISION CHIEFS AND THREE COMMAND STAFF.

SO WE'RE RUNNING IT AS TIGHT AS WE CAN.

SO BREAKING THIS DOWN, THIS IS OUR YEAR FOR SOME 2016 ALL THE WAY UP TO 20, 22 AND PROJECTED. SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE TRIED TO KEEP OPERATING AND CAPITAL ONLY WHERE WE NEED IT. IF WE COULD, WE COULD GET FUNDED THROUGH A GRANT.

WE DID THAT. IF WE COULD USE IMPACT FEES, WE DID THAT.

ALSO, THE REASON WHY SAYS ANY 2022 IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT APPROVED CAPITAL.

SO I DIDN'T PUT IT. THERE IT IS ON THE LAST SHEET NOW I'LL GO OR THAT.

SO THIS YEAR IN 2022, THE REASON WHY YOU SEE THAT 26 PERCENT JUMP FROM 2016 TO 2022 IS WE ACTUALLY NEED TO HAVE SOME THINGS PURCHASED TO KEEP US IN SERVICE.

PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS DIDN'T HAVE A REPLACEMENT PLAN AND THEY'RE NOT HERE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. HOWEVER, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO BUY THINGS WITH REPLACEMENT IN MIND.

AND WHAT HAPPENED IS CHUNKS OF THINGS WERE BOUGHT AND THEN THEY ALL EXPIRE AT ONCE.

SO WE HAVE AIR PACKS GOING OUT.

WE HAVE ENGINES GOING OUT OF SERVICE.

AND IT'S QUITE PAINFUL, QUITE PAINFUL.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A JUMP IN THE OPERATING.

SO HERE'S OUR CAPITAL NOW.

THERE IS A MISTAKE ON THIS CAPITAL WHERE THERE SHOULD BE ON YOUR HAND OUT A COMMA.

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I WISH IT WAS.

I'D MAKE MY BOSS REALLY HAPPY.

SO WOULD YOU SEE THERE A STATION SIX PUT INTO CAPITAL WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR STATION SIX? THAT'S A MODULAR HOME THAT'S OWNED BY BREVARD COUNTY FIRE RESCUE.

WE HAVE AN ENGINE OUT THERE AND WE HAVE AN OLD BRUSH TRUCK.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS IT IS A MODULAR HOME AND THEN AN OVERHANG.

SO THE CREWS HAVE OUR ENGINES SITTING OUT THERE AND IT'S GETTING SANDBLASTED AND HEAT AND THE SUN AND THE BRUSH TRUCK ACTUALLY SITS OUT IN THE OPEN.

AND ON RAINY DAYS WHEN IT'S STORMING OUTSIDE, THEY HAVE TO RUN FROM THE MODULA TO THE OVERHANG AND JUMP ON THE TRUCK AND SOAKING WET, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THINGS GO.

BUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS BUILD A FIRE STATION.

SO WHEN WE HAVE A HURRICANE, WE DON'T HAVE TO EVACUATE THAT STATION THAT ONCE WE EVACUATED. SO THAT WHOLE AREA IS NOT COVERED.

THOSE CREWS ARE RETRIEVED.

SO IF WE HAVE OUR OWN STATION, THERE ARE VEHICLES UNDER COVER BECAUSE ENGINES ARE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. SO WE HAVE THEM UNDER COVER.

THE CREW STAY IN PLACE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING IN THAT AREA GOING WRONG BECAUSE THE CREWS WILL BE THERE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUTTING A FIRE STATION SIX AND THERE WE HAVE ONE ENGINE IN THERE.

THE LIFE SPAN ON ENGINES IS 15 TO 17 YEARS.

WE HAVE THREE ENGINES THAT HAVE EXCEEDED THAT ALREADY.

BUT WHEN THEY'RE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, YOU JUST DON'T COME UP AND GO, I'D LIKE TO HAVE FOUR ENGINES BECAUSE PEOPLE FALL OUT OF THEIR CHAIRS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO PUT ONE ENGINE IN HERE AND THEN WAIT ANOTHER TWO YEARS AND PUT ANOTHER ONE IN SO WE CAN DO A REPLACEMENT PROGRAM AND KIND OF KEEP IT TO WHERE THEY'RE RUNNING WITH SOUND VEHICLES BECAUSE THE BRAKES GO AND THE LIGHTS GO AND THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND THE CHEVRONS ON THE BACK FADE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AN ENGINE IN THERE.

THE FOUR NEW FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS, THERE IS A METHOD TO THAT MADNESS.

THE PLAN IS TO EVENTUALLY, AFTER SIX IS OPENED, OPEN STATION SEVEN, IT BACK UP ON PALM BAY ROAD. THERE'S A GRANT THAT'S TEARING DOWN THE OLD STATION.

SO THAT'S A GREAT THING.

BUT FOR THAT CREW, INSTEAD OF COMING TO THE BOARDS AND ASKING FOR 12 FIREFIGHTERS TO OPEN IT, IF WE PUT FOUR IN THIS YEAR FOR A NEXT YEAR AND FOR THE THIRD YEAR, BY THE TIME THE STATION OPENS, THEY'RE TRAINED.

THEY JUST ROLL RIGHT. AND THEY'RE THERE TO GO.

AND HOPEFULLY BY THAT TIME, IMPACT FEES OF ADDED UP ENOUGH THAT WE CAN BUY THE APPARATUS TO GO IN THERE. THE OTHER THING, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GROUP PURCHASES THAT I SAID THAT THEY DID IT IN CLUMPS AND THEN THEY ALL GO OUT.

YOUR MODELS ARE GOING OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

WE HAVE 30 AIR PACKS AND THIS BUDGET, BUT YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT AGAIN IN THE NEXT BECAUSE WE HAVE 130 AIR PACKS AND BOTTLES AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING OUT OF SERVICE.

THERE'S JUST NO WAY AROUND THAT.

WE HAVE PUT IN FOR GRANTS FOR THAT.

BUT WE WERE TURNED DOWN ON THAT.

THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE A GRANT OUT RIGHT NOW AND THE AFG FOR A QUENT FOR 950000 AND THERE IS ALSO 70 AIR PACKS WITH MASK AND BOTTLES IN THERE FOR 617.

THEY STARTED GRADING THAT ON APRIL 30TH.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU WAIT FOR THAT UNDER FEMA, THEY START GRADING ON THE 30TH AND WE WON'T HEAR MAYBE ALL THE WAY TO SEPTEMBER.

SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE BUDGET THAT MAY SHIFT IF WE GET THOSE GET THOSE GRANTS.

SO FINGERS CROSSED WE GET THAT.

SO WHEN WE HAVE THE PRIORITY ONES LISTED, THE PROBLEM WITH OUR PRIORITY ONES, THEY'RE ALL CONTRACTUAL. SO EVEN THOUGH A FIRE TRUCK IS IMPORTANT AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE IMPORTANT, STATIONS ARE WE CAN'T LIST THEM AS A ONE.

BUT TO US, THEY REALLY ARE A ONE HOUR CALL.

VOLUME IS GOING UP AND THE CITY IS EXPANDING.

SO THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO GET AROUND BUILDING FIRE STATIONS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY OPTION POSSIBLE TO HAVE ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE BOX OF A DIFFERENT TYPE OF STATION TO BUILD.

BUT THERE IS ACTUALLY A FORMULA BASED ON DISTANCE, CALL, VOLUME AND GEOGRAPHY ON HOW YOU TELL WHEN YOU NEED A FIRE STATION.

AND LUCKY FOR US, OUR CITY IS GROWING IN ALL FOUR CORNERS.

SO SO WE HAVE PLANS TO DO THAT.

BUT IT'S IT'S STEP BY STEP TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IN THIS BUDGET.

YOU SEE THE CAPITAL GOING UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT WE JUST WE ABSOLUTELY NEED IT.

SO AND THE CAPITAL IS THE SAME WAY.

IT'S THINGS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO KEEP OUR SERVICE GOING.

SO THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION.

AWESOME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WILL START OFF FIRST BY SAYING THAT MY KNOWLEDGE SINCE I HAVE KNOWN YOU WORKING WITH THIS DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE BEEN AMAZING WITH GRANTS AND I KNOW WORKING WITH THIS BUDGET BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, IT'S IT'S AN INCREDIBLE LIFT OF A GOOD CHUNK OF A BURDEN AND DEFINITELY GREATLY APPRECIATED.

I'LL LEAVE IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

EVEN WITH THE LEFT AGAIN. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

IT'S NOT EASY. I WANTED TO ASK HOW MANY FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY WE HAVE, HOW MANY HOW MANY FIRE DEPARTMENT? HOW MANY STATIONS DO YOU HAVE? WE HAVE SIX. WELL, AND THAT'S THE THING.

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ONE IS BREVARD COUNTY. SAY WE COHABITATE WITH THEM.

YOU ONLY HAVE ONE ON PALM BAY ROAD.

I KNOW THAT WAS WHERE THE OLD STATION WAGON WAS.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S BEEN REMOVED.

AND THAT'S THE PLAN FOR STATION SEVEN TO GO THERE.

THAT WAY IT COVERS THE TOP THE NORTH PART OF THE CITY.

IT'S GOING TO BE TORN DOWN.

AND THE NEW ONE BUILT IN THAT SAME SITE SAYING WE WERE AWARDED A CHEBEAGUE GRANT.

SO THEY'VE ALREADY MITIGATED THE GROUND, ALL THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS THAT WERE TAKEN OUT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO LEVEL THE OLD POLICE DEPARTMENT, REMOVE THIS BESSUS, TAKE DOWN THE OLD FIRE DEPARTMENT SO IT'LL BE A CLEAN SLAB AND THEN WE CAN PUT A FIRE STATION ON TOP OF THAT. YOU SAID YOU HAD FIVE POSITIONS THAT WERE FROZEN.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, A FROZEN? YES, MA'AM. IN THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE, WE HAD VACANCIES.

AND BECAUSE OF NOT KNOWING WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH COVID AND REVENUE NOT COMING IN, WE WERE ASKED TO HOLD ON FILLING THOSE POSITIONS.

SO THEY ARE STILL SITTING VACANT.

WELL, THIS YEAR, YOU PLAN ON FILLING ONE.

YES, MA'AM, I HOPE FOR YES.

AND THE PRICE THAT I'M SEEING ME FOR IS WHAT'S IN PARENTHESES IS THE ACTUAL OF THE BENEFITS YOU'RE JUST PUTTING.

THE ONE IS PURE SALARIES.

AND THEN WITH BENEFITS, THERE'S A NUMBER NEXT TO IT THAT'S WE'RE ON TOP OF THE FIVE THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE. THE FATHER REFROZEN, SO WE WANT TO MAKE OURSELVES WHOLE AND THEN BUILD FOR THE NEXT STATION.

ALTHOUGH 155, 748, 32.

THAT IS SALARY ALONE.

YES, AND BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THAT, BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK AN ADDED MONEY TO IT BECAUSE THERE'S NEGOTIATIONS GOING TO START AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE A LOW BALLPARK. AND THEN ALL THE NEGOTIATIONS HIT AND IT'S ACTUALLY MORE SO WE ADDED THREE PERCENT TO WHAT THEIR STARTING SALARY WAS.

NOT THAT THEY'LL GET THAT, BUT I'D RATHER GIVE YOU A BETTER PICTURE OF IT AND NOT SURPRISE ANYBODY. OK, THANK YOU.

STATION SIX, THAT'S THE ONE TO SIT ON THE.

SOUTH SIDE OF BAYSIDE.

YES, MA'AM. NOW, IN REGARDS TO OUR FOUR STATION, SEVEN IN EIGHT, 12 SAID.

MY QUESTION IS, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE FOR.

WELL, WE THOUGHT IF WE DID FOUR, BY THE TIME THOSE STATION SEVEN WOULD PROBABLY BE IN SERVICE IS THREE YEARS FROM NOW.

SO THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR BY THAT, THE THIRD YEAR THAT'S ON THE STATION SHOULD BE OPENING AND THE WHOLE CREW IS THERE OR THE NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS WE NEED TO OPEN. THE STATION IS THERE.

NUMBER OF BRUSH FIRES, EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, SO YOU NEED NOW ARE WE GOOD NUMBERS THAT WE MEAN FOR BRUSH FIRES OR FIREFIGHTERS, THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING OK, ON BRUSH FIRES BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH FORESTRY.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REPLACE THE FLEET THAT WE'VE HAD, SO WE'RE USING IMPACT FEES TO ADD RUSH TRUCKS, WE HAVE OLD MILITARY TRUCKS AND FOUR OF THEM ARE 38 YEARS OLD.

BARELY, WE DON'T RACE DOWN THE STREET, THANK YOU ANYWAY.

I THINK. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A FIRE CHIEF, THREE YEARS, APRIL 30TH.

VERY IMPRESSED. YOU SOUND.

THEORY IN CHARGE OF YOUR MONEY, AND I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT YOU HAD BEEN ON THE JOB A LOT LONGER. ARE YOU WHO DOES YOUR GRANT WRITING OR THE DEPARTMENT? I DO. THING.

I WROTE GRANTS. I WAS WITH BREVARD COUNTY FIRE RESCUE AS AN ASSISTANT CHIEF, SO IT WAS SOMETHING I KNEW HOW TO DO SO.

PALM BAY HAD A LOT OF GOOD OPTIONS FOR WRITING GRANTS.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU SAID ONE GRANT WAS DENIED, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A PRETTY HIGH.

RESPONSE IS USUALLY PRETTY GOOD.

I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WHEN WE WERE TURNED DOWN FOR THE ONE, IT HURT MY FEELINGS.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH YOUR MANAGEMENT.

WELL, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR. FILBERTO ON THE LINE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS

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SO THAT RELEASED US TAXPAYERS.

SO I THANK YOU AS A TAXPAYER, AS A RESIDENT AND AS A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND YOU ARE EVEN TALKING ABOUT GRANTS FOR STATION NUMBER SEVEN.

ALSO, MAYBE THERE'S JUST A PERCENTAGE OF IT.

AGAIN, THANK YOU.

AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. DOING A GREAT JOB.

ALL RIGHT, I DID HAVE A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO NOTE THAT I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF YOUR BUDGET PRIORITIES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WAS GETTING THOSE DISPATCHES BACK HERE IN THE CITY. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

DOUBLE DIGIT MINUTES.

YES. AND THAT WAS SOMETIMES LITERALLY CALLS, JUST NOT EVEN BEING TAKEN.

AND AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I REMEMBER THIS BOARD, WE WERE UP HERE SAYING THAT'S JUST SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

THAT'S A BIG CHANGE. THAT'S A POSITIVE.

AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT HAPPENING.

SELFISHLY, BEING IN A SCHOOL TEACHER, A CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER, BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT STATION DISAPPEAR.

AND I'M HOPING SOMETHING CAN BE RETAINED THERE 100 PERCENT IN THAT EXACT LOCATION.

I LOVE HAVING THOSE GUYS IN MY BACK POCKET THERE DURING A FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME OR WHATEVER SPORTING EVENT THE RESCUE WILL STAY.

THAT THAT'S YOU KNOW, YOU JUST MADE MY NIGHT.

YOU JUST MADE MY NIGHT RIGHT THERE.

AND THAT'S A SELFISH LITTLE PLOY THERE.

BUT WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, I DID WANT TO NOTE OVER THE YEAR YOU BROUGHT IT UP SINCE, OK, FROM 08 TO 21, CONTINUALLY PROVEN TO DO MORE WITH LESS.

I COMMEND YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT AND OBVIOUSLY LARGELY STEMS FROM LEADERSHIP AND THE DIRECTION YOU'RE TAKING EVERYONE.

SO I DEFINITELY COMMEND YOU THERE AND.

AS SOMEONE WHO DEALS WITH PURCHASING IT IN MY CAREER, CYCLE IS ALWAYS KEY, AND WHEN PEOPLE IN GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT, SOMETIMES THINGS ARE BOUGHT IN BULK AND THAT HAPPENS AT SOME POINT YOU GOT TO SAY I GOT TO START PLANNING AN ANNUAL PURCHASE AS OPPOSED TO LUMP SUM IN ONE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND MAKING THAT HAPPEN. SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THOSE THINGS AND THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ONE MORE QUESTION. I'M SORRY.

YES, MA'AM. SINCE I HAVE YOU HERE.

WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR SOMEONE TO REQUEST REPORTS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? BECAUSE I PUT IN A COUPLE OF REQUESTS FOR THE SAME THING AND WE STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY FIRE REPORTS OR WHAT KIND OF REPORTS REGARDING FIRES THAT YOU'VE GONE TO LIKE PUBLIC BUILDINGS OR BUSINESSES OR ANYTHING LIKE CERTAIN ONES WE CAN.

AND IN CERTAIN ONES WE CAN'T DEPEND ON THE INSURANCE AND THE OWNER.

SO I'M THE OWNER OF A BUILDING AND I HAVE A FIRE.

I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT RELEASED.

AND IF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES INVOLVED WITH IT, IF THERE'S SOME INVESTIGATION GOING ON, THEY DON'T WANT US TO RELEASE THE FIRE REPORT.

WE CAN RELEASE IT TO THE OWNER OR THE HOMEOWNER.

BUT TO RELEASE IT TO ANYBODY ELSE, WE HAVE TO HAVE PERMISSION FOR THAT.

I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE CASE BECAUSE THAT WAS IT WAS SAID WAS IS THAT WE WILL EMAIL IT. WELL, IF YOU NEED IT JUST AT HEADQUARTERS, WE CAN GET IT OR I CAN GIVE YOU MY CARD AND YOU CAN CONTACT ME AND I'LL GET IT FOR YOU.

OK, THAT'S EASY.

OK, THANK YOU. THAT THE PROCESS THOUGH.

NO, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS SOON AS A PHONE CALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

HELLO AGAIN, MOSCONA, I'M THE ACTING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, I HAVE WITH ME IN THE AUDIENCE NANTICOKE MCGLOCKLIN, WHO IS THE PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNTANT.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ YOU OUR MISSION STATEMENT, YOU HAVE IT THERE, BUT WHAT I DID WANT TO ADDRESS WAS OUR CORE SERVICES AND WHAT WE PROVIDE, WHAT IS PUBLIC WORKS DO FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE OUR GENERAL OPERATIONS, WHICH IS MAINLY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE A CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE WE ADDRESS ANY COMPLAINTS RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY.

WE HAVE A FLEET DEPARTMENT LIKE PROCUREMENT FLEET IS AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUNCTION.

WE SERVICE EVERY VEHICLE IN THE CITY FOR ANY DEPARTMENT.

WE ALSO HAVE A INOR LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MALABAR AND MELBOURNE I'M SORRY, TOWN OF MALAMA IN TOWN OF MELBOURNE BEACH.

AND WE DO THEIR FLEET REPAIRS AND WE CHARGE THEM A RATE FOR SERVICES AS NEEDED.

THE STORM WATER UTILITY IS A SEPARATE ENTERPRISE UTILITY FUND.

THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES LIKE CANAL CLEARING AND MAINTENANCE, CULVERT PIPE REPLACEMENT, SWALE CLEARING AND MAINTENANCE, AND THEN, OF COURSE, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS LIKE

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WE ALSO DO OUTFALL PIPE REPLACEMENTS AND BHATHAL BOX INSTALLATIONS.

SOLID WASTE IS A SEPARATE ENTERPRISE FUND THAT COMPRISES THE ACTIVITIES OF SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FROM OUR FRANCHISEE, WHICH IS REPUBLIC PUBLIC SERVICES.

AND FINALLY, THE ENGINEERING DIVISION HAS FUNCTIONS LIKE DESIGN.

THEY DO DEVELOPMENT SURVEYING DRIVEWAY PERMITS, INSPECTIONS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS LIKE FROM ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD PAVING AND STORMWATER.

THIS VERY TINY CHART, I THINK I'D BEAT YOU, LESLIE, ON THE TININESS OF OUR CHART IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.

LIKE MANY DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY LAST YEAR DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WHEN WE WERE UNSURE OF WHAT REVENUES WE'D BE RECEIVING, WE ACTUALLY UNFUNDED QUITE A FEW POSITIONS AND WE STILL HAVE 19 UNFUNDED VACANCIES THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO BRING BACK INTO THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET FOR OUR FLEET DIVISION WILL BE FULLY STAFFED AS OF MAY 24TH.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUSINESS OPERATIONS IS FULLY STAFFED FOR THE OPERATIONS DIVISION. WE ARE INTERVIEWING FOR AN OPERATION MANAGER AND WE'RE ACTIVELY RECRUITING RIGHT NOW FOR SEVEN MAINTENANCE WORKERS AND ONE HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR.

AND WE'LL BE POSTING THE FOREMAN POSITION BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.

WE'RE FULLY STAFFED AND TRAFFIC, THAT IS THE ONE FTE WERE REQUESTING NEXT YEAR.

I'LL GET TO THAT IN ANOTHER SLIDE.

AND WE ARE NOW FULLY STAFFED, STAFFED AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.

WE JUST ADDED A NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE.

ENGINEERING HAS THE MOST UNFUNDED VACANCIES RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE VACANCIES IN DIVINE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEY.

AND ADMINISTRATIVELY, OF COURSE, I'M THE ACTING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WITH THE PERMANENT REPLACEMENT IS CURRENTLY ADVERTISED AND THAT PERSON WILL FILL THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND THE FINAL DIVISION MANAGER.

HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 2020 ACTUALS VERSUS BUDGET.

YOU'LL NOTE THAT WE DID SHIFT SOME OF OUR FUNDING TO AND EXPENDITURES OUT OF STORM WATER UTILITY AND INTO GENERAL FUND FOR FLEET.

I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THE CAPITAL PROJECT AND EQUIPMENT LINE ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE FOR THIS. SO REMEMBER, I SAID THAT FLEET IS AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUNCTION, SO ANY CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS ACTUALLY BUDGETED AND PURCHASED OUT OF THE FLEET FUND.

SO THAT THREE MILLION DOLLARS PRIMARILY REPRESENTS EQUIPMENT FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM THE NEW FIRE APPARATUS FOR THE CHIEF AND HER DEPARTMENT, ONE POINT TWO SEVEN EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT WAS A LEASE PURCHASE THAT WE ACQUIRED THE APPARATUS.

IT'S BEEN ROLLED FORWARD BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN DELIVERED.

CUSTOM BUILDS LIKE THAT GENERALLY TAKES SOME TIME TO DELIVER.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED IS WE HAD ADDITIONAL SALES REVENUE, SALES TAX REVENUE COME IN LATE IN THE YEAR.

THAT WAS MORE THAN WE WERE PROJECTING.

AND WE WERE PROJECTING A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DECREASE BECAUSE OF COVID-19.

SO WHEN THAT REVENUE CAME IN, THE CITY MANAGER, SUZANNE, PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THAT REVENUE TO FUND SOME FUTURE CAPITAL NEEDS OR CAPITAL NEEDS THAT PREVIOUSLY COULD NOT BE FUNDED WITH THIS ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT CAME IN.

SO THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT THAT THREE DOLLARS MILLION IS.

EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON THE SIDE, BY THE WAY, HAS EITHER BEEN ORDERED OR IT HAS BEEN DELIVERED. MOVING ON TO THE STORMWATER FUND, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE STORMWATER UTILITY REVENUE INCREASE, BUT I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE DID DROP THE RATE FOR STORMWATER UTILITY BY 20 DOLLARS FROM ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE DOLLARS PER HOUR DUE TO ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE DOLLARS PER LRU.

BUT THE INCREASE IN REVENUE IS TWOFOLD.

ONE, BECAUSE WE HAD MORE USE THAT'S ESSENTIALLY CREATED BY MORE CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE HAD MORE CONSTRUCTION COMING IN.

SO WE HAD MORE E.R. USE.

AND WE ALSO USED BALANCE TO HELP OFFSET ANY OF THE SHORTFALL IN REVENUE THAT WE HAD SO WE COULD FUND OUR OPERATIONS AND OUR EXPENDITURES.

WITH RARE EXCEPTION, ALMOST ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 ARE FOR PIPE REPLACEMENTS THAT COME BEFORE THE ROAD BOND PROJECT.

SO WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR GO ROAD PROGRAM OR ROAD ON PROGRAM EXCUSE ME.

AND WE JUST HAD PHASE THREE OF THAT PROGRAM APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY AND OVERSIGHT BOARD.

SO WHAT WE DO IS PRIOR TO PAVING THE ROAD, WE ASSESS THE PIPES, WATER PIPES AND INSTALL PIPES EITHER WITH OUR OWN CREWS OR WITH A CONTRACTOR.

DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PIPE REPLACEMENT.

THE SOLID WASTE CHANGE REPRESENTS PRIMARILY JUST THE CHANGE FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT, WITH ONCE A WEEK SERVICE TO REPUBLIK, TWICE A WEEK SERVICE.

AND OF COURSE, YOU'LL NOTE THAT WE REMOVED ALL THE EMPLOYEES FROM THE SOLID WASTE FUND.

SINCE REPUBLIK NOW MANAGES KAAT MANAGEMENT OR PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS DONE IN-HOUSE UNDER WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT.

OUR FISCAL YEAR, 20, 22 BUDGET PRIORITIES, THIS IS THIS IS NOT A PRIORITIZED LIST, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S WHAT WE ARE THINKING WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET NEXT

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WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD JUST ONE FTE, A TRAFFIC TECHNICIAN, TO THE VEHICLES THAT ARE LISTED UNDER GENERAL FUND.

ALL EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE IS A REPLACEMENT.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE SURVEY VEHICLE IS A TWO THOUSAND AND TWO VEHICLE, THE TRAFFIC EQUIPMENT, THE CONFLICT MONITOR, THE CRASH ATTENUATE, OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY DEVICES THAT ARE REPLACEMENTS. THE MOYA VISION SMART SIGNAL FOR MALABAR CORRIDOR IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ALLOWS THE SIGNALS ALONG MALABAR ROAD TO TALK TO EACH OTHER.

IT ALSO ALLOWS STAFF TO MONITOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND RESPOND TO ANY ISSUES REMOTELY GETTING A BETTER RESPONSE TIME.

WE ALSO HAVE SURVEY EQUIPMENT IN THERE AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT IS ALL REPLACEMENTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT WRIST BANDS AT BAYSIDE AND DEGROOTE AS TRAFFIC SIGNAL WRISTBANDS, BAYSIDE AND DEGROOTE, JUPITER AND CHILDREN.

JUPITER AND EMERSON AND JUPITER AND MALABAR.

WE'RE STORMWATER, WE DO HAVE A ONE HAVE TO CHANGE, IT'S MODIFYING A PART TIME HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TO A FULL TIME HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, IT'S VERY HARD TO FULFILL THAT POSITION PART TIME.

WE HAVE OTHER EQUIPMENT MEANS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE WITH ONE EXCEPTION.

THESE ARE ALL REPLACEMENTS.

WE WE ARE ONLY THERE'S ONLY ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD TO THE STORM WATER UTILITY OPERATION AND FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN ADDITION TO THE PHASE THREE UNITS, PIPE REPLACEMENT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DO A PIPE REPLACEMENT ON WALDEN, A PIPE REPLACEMENT ON FERGUSON.

AND WE ALSO HAVE TWO NUTRIENT BUFFER BOXES THAT WILL BE THERE, BASICALLY TREATMENT PROCESSES AT THE OUTFALLS NEAR THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON TO TREAT THE WATER BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE LAGOON ROAD BOND.

OF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT UNITS 13, 14, 20 TO 30, 37, 48, AND THEN PORTIONS OF 49 MA'ADEN AND OSMOSIS THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

WE WANT TO DEDICATE FUNDS TOWARDS ASPHALT REJUVENATION, WHICH IS A PROCESS THAT WE DO ON THE ASPHALT TO HELP EXTEND THE LIFE OF IT.

AND WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT DOING SIDEWALKS ON ELDERSON FROM BABCOCK TO SAN FILIPPO.

FINALLY, WITH OUR TIF DOLLARS, WE'RE LOOKING AT OSMOSIS DRIVE EXTENSION, WHERE THE SOUTH REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS NOW EXTENDING THAT TO DEGROOTE AND THE ST..

JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY AND BABCOCK INTERSECTION.

AS PART OF OUR INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH PREVERT COUNTY.

WE NEED TO WE MUST WIDEN EXCUSE ME THAT INTERSECTION AND PUT SIGNALIZATION.

SO THAT'S PART OF OUR PLAN FOR DOLLARS.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT I HAVE BEEN THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THREE WEEKS AND ONE DAY, SO THIS IS MY KIND OF HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW IN THAT TIME OF WHAT I THINK WOULD BE THE PRIORITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THE ROAD PROGRAM VERY INTENSELY FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE CAN REPLACE ROADS, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR SIDEWALKS AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CULVERTS AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EQUIPMENT.

AND LIKE THE CHIEF SAID, WHEN YOU LET YOUR EQUIPMENT LAG, THEN IT BREAKS DOWN AND IT CAN'T ACTUALLY BE REPLACED OR IT CAN'T BE FIXED.

IT MUST BE REPLACED. TRAFFIC SPANS AND ROAD REJUVENATION, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, THOSE ARE ALL THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

OF COURSE, CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT PERSONNEL.

BUT PLEASE NOTE, WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR IT.

WE ARE ASKING FOR ONE AND A HALF FTE NEXT YEAR, INCREASE IN FUNDING THE FROZEN POSITIONS THAT WE HAD. AS FAR AS THE SOLID WASTE RATE, WE ARE WAITING ON THE COUNT OF HOW MANY AREAS WERE EXPECTED AND SO WE CAN BEST DETERMINE THE RATE.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO NOT RAISING THE RATE THIS YEAR AND ALSO USING OUR FUND BALANCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET TO FUND OUR CAPITAL AND OPERATING NEEDS.

THE ROAD PROGRAM, OF COURSE, DOESN'T STOP, IT DOESN'T SLOW DOWN.

SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO KEEPING THAT ON THE PACE THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A KICKOFF MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH ALL PARTIES THAT ARE INVOLVED INTERNALLY TO GET ALL ON THE SAME PAGE TO START PHASE THREE OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT.

DEVELOPMENT, AS I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD FROM MANY DEPARTMENTS, IS AT A RECORD PACE AND OUR ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT TEAM ARE RIGHT AWAY.

TEAM AND OUR DRIVEWAY PERMITTING TEAM ARE REALLY FEELING THE EFFECTS OF WHAT THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT WE HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE 2008.

WE WANT TO MAKE REALLY INTELLIGENT AND WELL VETTED DECISIONS ABOUT THAT.

WE DON'T WANT TO JUST THROW PERSONNEL AT THAT BECAUSE THEN INEVITABLY THINGS SLOW DOWN.

WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING? SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF IT IN THE

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AND WE'VE ASKED THAT THEY CONSIDER THE DRIVEWAY PERMITTING PROGRAM, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE BUILDING PERMITTING PROGRAM IN THAT SOFTWARE.

SO WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AS WELL.

FINALLY, GRANT FUNDING.

WE NEED TO GET BETTER AT UTILIZING OUR GRANT FUNDING.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZES THAT THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE CAN IMPROVE.

WE DO HAVE TWO BITS OF GOOD NEWS.

OF COURSE, SENATOR MAYFIELD, RANTA TOOK THE LEAD, I SHOULD SAY, IN HELPING SECURE AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CITY FOR TWO BHATHAL BOXES.

IT REQUIRES A 50 PERCENT MATCH BY THE CITY.

WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR THAT.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE IT AS STATE LEGISLATIVE DOLLARS TO PROVIDE TWO SYSTEMS THAT WILL HELP IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY GOING INTO INDIAN RIVER LAGOON NEXT YEAR.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THEN ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY, MANY YEARS.

SPEAKING OF CHEBEAGUE FUNDING THAT JOAN MENTIONED, OUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE PUTTING IN AN APPLICATION FOR CDB FUNDING.

WE ARE HOPING TO PROVIDE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DRISCOLL HEIGHTS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE POWELL SUBDIVISION AREA.

WE WANT TO PROVIDE BETTER STORMWATER, KEEP THE STREETS CLEAR, MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER IS GOING IN THE RIGHT PLACE, AS IT SHOULD BE, IN NOT AFFECTING HOMES AND THEIR VALUES.

I BELIEVE THAT IS MY LAST LINE.

AGAIN, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DUE TO IT DEFINITELY KEEP IT UP AT WORK AND I'LL START ON MY LEFT AGAIN.

JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.

SO THE PRIORITY WITH THE WATER GOING INTO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.

WHY IS THAT A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY? THE TREATING THE WATER GOING INTO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, MAKE SURE THAT THE STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM THE CITY THAT'S GOING INTO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON IS AND I KNOW I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT IS CLEARED OF TOXINS THAT AFFECT THE ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE LAGOON.

ECOSYSTEM OF THE LAGOON.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THE ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM OF LAGOON.

OK, THANKS.

IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE THING, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

IN RECENT YEARS, AND THAT'S ALSO BEEN ADDED PENALTIES IN THE EVENT WE DON'T DO THAT.

IF I'M NOT, AM I AM CORRECT.

AREN'T I? YOU ARE CORRECT.

WE ARE ALL CITIES, OUR CITY INCLUDED.

WE HAVE A WE HAVE A LOT OF STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS.

WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH A STATE LEVEL.

WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED AN MMS FOR PERMIT.

BUT BASICALLY IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW WE HANDLE, TREAT AND DISPOSE OF STORMWATER THAT RUNS THROUGH OUR SYSTEM. SO AS A CITY WHERE WE'RE LOCATED, WE DISCHARGE OUR CANAL SYSTEM INTO A DIFFERENT POINTS, TURKEY CREEK AND THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON DIRECTLY.

SO EVERY TIME JULIET MENTIONED THAT PILLBOXES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING STRUCTURES IN PLACE THAT HAVE. PORN AND SEX, YOU CLEAN THE WATER BEFORE IT'S RELEASED INTO THE NEXT PLACE, WHICH IN SOME CASES LIKE IN GREEK, SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE THERE, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY PRIORITIZING SOME OF THAT WORK AND.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A STUDY GOING ON RIGHT NOW ABOUT TURKEY CREEK ITSELF, AND THAT WILL GUIDE FUTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THE QUARTER BEFORE GOES PLACES LIKE THAT.

THAT WAS A GRAND FUND, THAT STUDY.

THANK YOU.

WELL, YOU KNOW HOW MANY PERSONNEL ARE.

QUITE A FEW, BUT I DIDN'T SEE A TOTAL.

WE HAVE. ON THE TINY CHART, TRUE, BUT ALSO I'M GOING TO IT'S EITHER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR OR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT AND I'M SORRY THAT I DO NOT KNOW THAT NUMBER OFTEN.

NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE, SO, OK.

AND HOW DOES SOMEONE APPLY WHAT IS WHAT DEPARTMENT DID THEY GO THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT? YOU TELL ME IF THE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU KNOW OF SINCE YOU'VE ONLY BEEN THERE THREE AND A HALF WEEKS, WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS IS THERE ANY INNOVATIVE.

RELATIONS. WELL, CERTAINLY THE BAFFLE BOXES ARE AN IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT, WHAT THEY HAVE IN THEM IS THEY HAD TO DRAW ME A PICTURE BECAUSE I'M A VISUAL PERSON.

SO THE WATER COMES IN.

AND WHAT IT HAS IS I MIGHT BE SIMPLISTIC, RIGHT? IT HAS ALMOST LIKE A LIKE A FISH TANK FILTER AND IT HAS MEDIA IN THERE THAT'S CAPTURING SOME OF THE POLLUTANTS BEFORE THEY'RE DISCHARGED.

THE TURKEY CREEK FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT SUZANNE MENTIONED, PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR

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I'M VERY INTERESTED IN.

YOU USED EVREUX.

NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT TERM.

UM, ARE YOU AS EQUIVALENT UNITS? THAT'S THE TERMINOLOGY IN THE STORM WATER, THE CALCULATION FOR YOUR STORMWATER FEE OR ASSESSMENT. SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IN UTILITIES, WATER, SEWER WORLD WHERE THERE ARE.

INFECTION RATES THAT GET ESTABLISHED AND USUALLY THE SIMPLEST VERSION OF THE EU IS EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT, IT IS WHAT IS THE LOWEST.

RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO CHARGE FOR STORM WATER AND THAT USUALLY, IN OUR CASE, BECOMES A SINGLE FAMILY LOT AND THAT SINGLE FAMILY LOT ACROSS THE BOARD GETS TO A CERTAIN LEVEL OF RATE OR YOU RATE.

AND IT GOES UP DEPENDING ON VARIABLES ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY, WHAT'S ON IT AT.

LET'S JUST SAY IT'S NOMENCLATURE IN THE.

IN THE ASSESSMENT WORLD.

THAT MAKES THAT MAKES SENSE, AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS IS HOW MUCH OF THE PENETRABLE SOIL IS YOUR STRUCTURE? BLOCKING HIS SOIL BECOMES A NATURAL FILTERING SYSTEM FOR POLLUTANTS.

SO BY BUILDING A HOUSE, HOW MUCH ARE YOU BLOCKING OF THE SOIL FROM PENETRATING? SO EACH BUILDING DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S ASSESSED A CERTAIN DIFFERENT A DIFFERENT ERA, YOU READ, WRITE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FOR THE MOST PART ARE THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD JUST BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF MANPOWER TO CALCULATE EVERY SINGLE SINGLE FAMILY LAW.

BUT AS YOU GET TO LARGER SIZED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, THERE'S DEFINITELY CALCULATIONS THAT GO INTO FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT RATE SHOULD BE BASED ON EXACTLY WHAT JULIANNE SAID. AND WHEN ARE THESE ASSESSED.

ANNUALLY, WE ADOPT OUR FEE THROUGH A RESOLUTION.

BUT WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT THAT ACTUALLY EVALUATES WHAT THE RATE SHOULD BE, AND PART OF THAT LOOK AT WHAT THE RATE SHOULD BE IS NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT HOW MANY PROPERTIES WE HAVE AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT WHAT ARE THE PROJECT NEEDS. OR THE CITY.

SO DO WE NEED TO FIX A WHOLE BUNCH OF PIPES, BAFFLE BOXES, WHAT FITS IN OUR MODERN WORLD? A LOT OF THOSE COMPONENTS AND ALSO THE COST TO THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE WORK.

IS IT DONE WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT IS FINISHED? WELL, LET ME CLARIFY AND MAKE SURE I'M GETTING THE RIGHT SPOT FOR YOU SO WE HAVE A CITYWIDE STORM WATER.

RIGHT NOW. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ANALYZED ON A CITY WIDE BASIS, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTS ON ONE TIME IN PREPARATION FOR THE.

AS A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN PART OF THE PROCESS, THEY GO THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, WORKING WITH DIFFERENT TEAM MEMBERS IS WE WILL RECEIVE FROM THEM THEIR APPLICATION AND THEIR FLIGHT PLAN, REVIEW PROCESS, ALL THEIR ENGINEER PLANS FOR THEIR SITE.

AND PART OF THAT INVOLVES CALCULATION OF WHAT THEIR STORMWATER IMPACT IMPACTS.

THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE RATE THAT THEY ARE AFTER IT'S DEVELOPED AND OPERATE.

THAT EXPLAINER. THANK YOU, REALLY.

IT'S A KIND OF A COMPLEX YEAH.

BAFFLE BOXES, I KNOW THAT YOU WERE GIVEN TO THE CITY BY.

CONGRESSMAN POSI, ARE THESE THE SAME TWO? SENATOR MAYFIELD CHAMPIONED OUR LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION.

IT WAS TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS YOU RECEIVED FROM THE LEGISLATURE AND THE CITY IS PROVIDING A 50 PERCENT MATCH TO TUBERVILLE.

NOT FOR THIS MAN TO YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY YOU MUST BE LOSING SLEEP.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, I WOULD NOT HAVE GUESSED YOUR INTERIM.

IS THERE A PLAN TO HAVE SOMEONE IN PLACE SOON? WELL, YES, IT IS ACTIVELY POSTED.

I'M POSTING IT ON MY LINKEDIN AND SHARING IT AS MUCH AS I CAN.

WE'VE ALSO POSTED IT ON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION'S WEBSITE ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT THE BEST TALENT THAT WE CAN.

RIGHT. AND MR. FILBERTO ONLINE.

THANKS, CHAIR. NO QUESTIONS, NO COMMENTS FOR ABOUT SAID.

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THAT EVENING, EVERYONE, MY NAME'S CHRIS LITTLE ON THE UTILITIES DIRECTOR, AND BEHIND ME ARE THE PEOPLE THAT CONTROL HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY.

DONOVAN WATSON, ALISHA STROBEL AND LORI EMBRY.

YES, FLYING THEM.

SO THE PALM BAY UTILITIES DEPARTMENT OPERATES AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND DIRECTLY UNDER THE CITY GOVERNMENT WITH MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION PROVIDED THROUGH SEYFARTH.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE ARE A MUNICIPAL BUSINESS.

WE USE USER RATES AND FEES FROM OUR CUSTOMERS TO FUND THE DEPARTMENT, AND WE DO NOT USE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS AT ALL.

THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES WATER, WASTEWATER, RECLAIMED WATER SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF PALM BAY, THE TOWN OF MALABAR, AND MISCELLANEOUS AREAS WITHIN BRAVAS COUNTY.

WE HAVE SOME LINES IN GRAND ISLE AREA.

WE HAVE SOME SEWER IN MELBOURNE, A CURRENT CUSTOMER COUNT.

WE HAVE ALMOST THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND POTABLE WATER CUSTOMERS, A LITTLE OVER 18000 SANITARY SEWER CUSTOMERS AND A LITTLE OVER 500 RECLAIMED WATER.

CUSTOMERS ARE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE LIST SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE.

BUT FOR POTABLE WATER, WE HAVE TWO TREATMENT FACILITIES, ONE BY THREE.

HARRIS ON CLAREMONT'S.

IT'S A 10 MILLION GALLON WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND IT USES LIME SOFTENING.

AND THEN IN BAYSIDE, WE HAVE A FOUR MILLION GALLONS PER DAY REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER TREATMENT PLANT. WE HAVE SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR MILES OF WATER MAIN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND WITH THAT COMES ALL THE HYDRANTS, VALVES, SAMPLE POINTS THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN. ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, WE HAVE A TWO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SIDE BY SIDE.

ONE IS A FOUR MILLION GALLON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, CONVENTIONAL IRRIGATION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY A GENERAL DEVELOPMENT UTILITY PLANT AND ACROSS THE STREET.

SO ONE POINT TWO MILLION GALLONS OF WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, WHICH WE CAN USE TO GENERATE RECLAIMED WATER.

WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT LIFT STATIONS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, 230 MILES OF GRAVITY SEWER AND EIGHTY NINE MILES OF SANITARY FORCE, MAIN TO MAINTAIN.

THEN, ON THE RECLAIMED WATER SIDE, THE MAIN APPLICATION SYSTEM FOR RECLAIMED WATER IS TWO POINT THREE MILLION GALLONS PER DAY CAPACITY.

AND WE HAVE ABOUT TEN AND A HALF MILES OF RECLAIMED WATER MAIN.

FOR STAFFING, OVERALL, WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW.

SEVEN ARE AN ADMINISTRATION WHICH INCLUDES MYSELF, MY OFFICE MANAGER IN THE SECRETARIAL STAFF. WE HAVE A COMPLIANCE DIVISION THAT MANAGES OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, OUR WATER QUALITY AND OUR SYSTEM WIDE COMPLIANCE.

WE HAVE THE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION DIVISION WHICH HANDLES ENGINEERING, INSPECTION ENGINEERS AND CITY WORKS, SEEING THE MESS THAT HELPS US MANAGE OUR WORK ORDERS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. AND WE AND THE ENGINEERING GROUP ALSO MANAGES THE TWO CONTINUING ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS THAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE AN OPERATIONS DIVISION, THE LARGEST OUT OF THE DIVISION'S 88 EMPLOYEES THAT HANDLE THE TREATMENT PLANTS AND THEN THE DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTION SYSTEM AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND FINALLY, WE HAVE THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS DIVISION, WHICH HOUSES THIRTY FIVE TOTAL EMPLOYEES THAT HOUSES ACCOUNTING, THE CUSTOMER CARE, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR THE OPERATION AND FIELD SERVICES THROUGHOUT CITY.

AND THEN ALSO OUR BUILDING A CUSTOMER SUPPORT TEAM HANDLES CERTAIN THINGS FOR PUBLIC WORKS IS SOLID WASTE AND STORMWATER PROGRAM.

AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THIS WHOLE ORG CHART.

IT'S TINY, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY ONE TOTAL EMPLOYEES, BUT THEY DON'T COUNT OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY POINT FOUR FOR.

SUMMARY OF OUR FUNDS, WE HAVE MULTIPLE WE HAVE THE OPERATING FUND, WHICH IS THE DAY TO DAY OPERATION OF OUR UTILITY, AND THAT COMES FROM THE USER RATES AND THE FEES.

THEN WE HAVE THE CONNECTION FEE FUND OR UTILITY IMPACT FEE FUND THAT IS EXPANSION FOR OUR SYSTEM WIDE BENEFIT OR THE FEES FOR THE NEW CONNECTIONS.

WE HAD A RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT FUND WHICH ASSISTS IN THE REPAIR, THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND AGAIN, THAT COMES FROM THE USER RATES AND FEES.

AND WE HAVE THE MAIN LINE EXTENSION FUND FOR WATER AND SEWER THAT'S GOING DOWN NEIGHBORHOODS AND GETTING SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS.

SO THAT'S THE EXPANSION FOR LOCALIZED BENEFITS.

AND THOSE FEES COME FROM NEW CONNECTIONS.

AND WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF MISCELLANEOUS FUNDS, BONDS, LOAN SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND

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WE DO HAVE THREE BONDS, TWO SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, ONE COMMERCIAL LOAN FOR AN EXPANSION OF OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE BAYSIDE AREA, AND THEN ONE STATE REVOLVING FUND LOAN TO CONSTRUCT OUR NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND BAYSIDE.

FOR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, THE LAST TIME I DID THIS WAS A LITTLE COMPLICATED TO SEE SIMPLIFIED AT THIS TIME IN FISCAL YEAR 19 AND 20.

OUR REVENUES WERE AROUND FIFTY TWO TO FIFTY THREE MILLION DOLLARS AND OUR EXPENDITURES FOR FORTY FOUR TO FORTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE TABLE THAT WE'RE MAKING MORE MONEY THAN WE'RE SPENDING.

HOWEVER, THIS INCLUDES OR WHAT'S MISSING ON THE EXPENDITURES ARE THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED BUT HAVE NOT MOVED FORWARD.

WE HAVE A VERY LARGE BACKLOG OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, MAINTENANCE AND WE'VE BUDGETED AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001, WE HAD A BUDGET OF ALMOST SIXTY NINE MILLION DOLLARS WITH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES WELL OVER SIXTY EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THAT INCREASE THE DRASTICALLY COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEARS WHEN WE RECOGNIZED FUNDING FROM THE STATE REVOLVING FUND LOAN.

AND ONE THING I DIDN'T PUT ON HERE, JUST TO NOTE, OUR PERSONNEL EXPENSES ACCOUNT FOR 15 PERCENT OF THIS OPERATING IS 15 PERCENT.

40 PERCENT OF IT IS CAPITAL.

SO OUR AND OUR EXPANSION PROJECTS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THE REMAINING IS BETWEEN THAT SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS TRANSFERS OF BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AND THEN TO THE GENERAL FUND.

FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWO, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO KEEP THE SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING, I LISTED A HANDFUL OF THE MAJOR PRIORITIES.

ONE IS THE CITY HALL BUILDING.

E, OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE GROUP IS HOUSED ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN CITY HALL AND THEY'RE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT SPACE SO WE CAN EXPAND BECAUSE THE CITY'S EXPANDING HAVE VERY LITTLE CAPACITY.

I NEED MORE PEOPLE FOR A CALL CENTER.

I NEED MORE WINDOWS.

SO THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR US.

A LITTLE STATION MORE THAN RELOCATION.

THIS LIFT STATIONS IN THE OLD PORT MALABAR AREA, NE PALM BAY.

IT'S OFF PORT MALABAR BOULEVARD ON CATTLE DRIVE.

THIS LITTLE STATION IS PRETTY MUCH BETWEEN FOUR HOMES AND WE ARE RELOCATING IT TO A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE BOUGHT UNCATEGORIZED YEARS AGO.

AND THAT IS ACTUALLY UNDER DESIGN RIGHT NOW WITH THE HOPES TO HAVE A BUDGET FOR CONSTRUCTION THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR.

AND WE HAVE THE SANTRY SILVER LINING SYSTEM.

WE HAVE A VERY OLD COLLECTION SYSTEM AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CRACKED PIPES, FORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THE WATER TABLE SO HIGH, ALL THAT WATER GOES INTO OUR SYSTEM, IT DOESN'T LEAK OUT INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.

BUT WE DO NEED TO REPAIR IT BECAUSE WE'RE TREAT YOU KNOW, IF THEY WERE LEAKING IN WE'RE TREATING A LOT OF STORMWATER AND GROUNDWATER, OUR TREATMENT PLANT, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. AND WE HAVE THIS BUDGET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO TRY TO KEEP UP.

AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL HELP TO LINE BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN THOUSAND LINEAR FEET OF GRAVITY SEWER.

AND THEN AT OUR NORTH REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT PLANTS, WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS UNDERWAY FOR PRELIMINARY DESIGN.

AT ONE TIME THERE WAS A ONE A HALF MILLION GALLON REVERSE OSMOSIS TREATMENT PLANT THAT SUPPLEMENTED THE LIME SOFTENING PLANT.

IT WAS TAKEN OFFLINE YEARS AGO AS A COST SAVINGS MEASURE, BUT NOW WE HAVE A NEED TO BRING IT BACK. AND THIS THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING TO FULLY DESIGN IT.

AND IT'S IT'S EXPENSIVE TO BRING IT BACK ABOUT NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THEN ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S IMPORTANT IS CONVERTING OUR BALANCING SYSTEM FROM SULFURIC ACID TO CARBON DIOXIDE.

IT'S ALMOST EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND WHAT THIS DOES, IT HELPS ADJUST THE THROUGH THE CHEMICAL PROCESS OF TREATING THE LIME SALT IN WATER AND EVENTUALLY THE R.O.

WATER THAT WE GENERATE.

IT'S MUCH, MUCH THE CARBON DIOXIDE IS MUCH SAFER THAN DEALING WITH SULFURIC ACID.

AND FINALLY, SOUTH REGIONAL WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY.

SO THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.

WE NEED TO START PLANNING FOR NEW STAFF, A WHOLE WHOLE NEW SECTION WITHIN THE OPERATING DIVISION FOR THE PERSONNEL, OPERATING EXPENSES AND THE CAPITAL NEEDS.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF MONEY THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT PLANT UP AND RUNNING.

I HAVE. THANK YOU AS WELL, AND AS BEFORE I STARTED MY LEFT.

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THIS IS THREE TIMES POTABLE WATER, SANITARY WATER AND RECLAIMED WATER.

SO WHAT ARE THOSE? SO YOU HAVE POTABLE WATER, WHICH IS MORE OR LESS DRINKING WATER THAT GOES OUT TO THE SYSTEM AND SANITARY SEWER.

THAT IS JUST WASTEWATER GENERATED FROM THE CUSTOMERS.

AND THEN RECLAIMED WATER IS WASTEWATER THAT'S BEEN TREATED TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN SEND IT BACK OUT TO THE SYSTEM FOR THINGS LIKE COOLING TOWERS, FOR IRRIGATION, NON POTABLE USES. SO YOU WOULDN'T DRINK IT, BUT YOU CAN USE IT TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT YOU WOULD USE FOR WATER. IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO USE POTABLE WATER TO IRRIGATE YOUR LAWN.

SO RECLAIMED WATER IS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE AND CHEAPER ALTERNATIVES.

DOES SOMEBODY GET THAT IN THEIR HOME, LIKE WHEN SOMEBODY PUT AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN THEIR HOME, HE GOES, IT GOES IT'S CONNECTED TO YOUR PORTABLE WATER, RIGHT? GENERALLY, WE DISCOURAGE THAT BECAUSE IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

FOR INSTANCE, MY SUBDIVISION HAS AND MY HOUSE IS CONNECTED TO CITY WATER AND MY NORMAL USE MY WATER BILLS.

EIGHTY DOLLARS. BUT WHEN I USE MY IRRIGATION SYSTEM, IT'S OVER TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH. SO YOU WANT TO TRY TO EITHER IRRIGATE WITH A WELL IF YOU HAVE THE WATER QUALITY IS GOOD ENOUGH OR WITH THE WELL OR IF YOU'RE NEAR OR RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM.

AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLY CONCENTRATED AROUND THE COUNTRY CLUB AREA.

SANDY PINES, THEY HAVE RECLAIMED WATER.

WE'RE LOOKING TO EXTEND IT.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE IN THE INFILL OF THE CITY CONNECTED TO IT. BUT WE'RE TRYING THE BEST WE CAN.

AND THE NEW FACILITY IS SOUTH REGIONAL IN BAYSIDE.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE THAT SAME CAPABILITY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND LINES TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO OFFSET WHAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY USE FROM WELLS AND FROM POTABLE WATER TO IRRIGATE WITH RECLAIMED WATER.

THANK YOU.

UH.

YES, IT'S A RECURRING EVERY YEAR AND WE COULD ACTUALLY LEARN MORE, BUT WE HAVE MULTIPLE PRIORITIES. SORRY, MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE SANITARY SEWERS LINING PROGRAM EIGHT TO TEN THOUSAND. IS THAT JUST GOING TO BE WHAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY LINE? THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? YES, EVERY EVERY YEAR, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S BETWEEN EIGHT TO TEN THOUSAND FEET OF GRAVITY SEWER THAT WE CAN LINE. ALL BUILDING E, WHEN IS THAT TO BE COMPLETED? UM, BASED ON THE EVALUATION, I THINK IT'S TWO YEARS.

YEARS FROM NOW WILL COST.

NO, THIS IS ON, SO IT'S GOING TO BE FUNDED BETWEEN THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE PORTION, I BELIEVE, FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

THIS IS OUR ALLOCATION THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR THE SPACE THAT WE NEED.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 3000 SQUARE FEET IS WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF OUR CUSTOMER CARE GROUP AND THEN TO HAVE OTHER OF OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS TEAM REPORT THEIR.

ALL RIGHT, MR. FILBERTO ON THE PHONE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. NO QUESTIONS, NO COMMENTS FOR UTILITIES.

THANK YOU. AWESOME.

I JUST HAVE ONE.

AND IT'S ALMOST A BLAST FROM THE PAST.

I QUESTION. WORKING AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT, I'M ALWAYS ASKED BY MY PEERS AND BUYERS.

WELL, RIGHT NOW, WHEN IS CITY WATER COMING? MANY MOONS AGO, THERE WAS A SCHEDULE AT ONE POINT, LIKE ALMOST MAPPED OUT FOR DISTANCE FROM WHERE IT WAS. IS THAT EVER SOMETHING YOU SEE COMING BACK? AS I KNOW, THAT WAS DEFINITELY PUT ON.

I THINK THIS ISN'T HAPPENING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF BUDGET ISSUES.

OBVIOUSLY HAPPEN EVER SOMETHING YOU SEE COMING BACK AND STARTING TO COME BACK? WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.

IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.

FOR INSTANCE, I WAS READY FOR THAT.

SO FOR A THOUSAND OR A THOUSAND TO CONNECT A THOUSAND HOMES TO WATER TO EXTEND THE LINES, IT'S OVER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TO CONNECT A THOUSAND HOMES TO SEWER, ESPECIALLY IN DEVELOPED NEIGHBORHOODS.

YOU KNOW, YOU GO IN, WE EITHER RIP UP THE ROADS OR WE PUT IN ALTERNATIVE SEWER SYSTEMS

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I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS FOR FOUR MILLION AND UNTOLD MILLION DOLLARS.

AND IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST.

AND WHEN WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING, WILL THIS DEVELOPERS PUTTING IT IN, WHY CAN'T YOU GIVE IT TO US? AND WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN AS NICELY AS POSSIBLE THAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE PAYING EVERY BIT OF THAT COST TO RUN THE LINES, EXTEND THEM INTO THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANY MONEY INTO IT.

I WOULD LOVE TO EXTEND LINES EVERYWHERE, ESPECIALLY WATER.

IT'S JUST IT'S NOT IN THE CARDS RIGHT NOW BASED ON FUNDING.

SIMPLY ANSWERED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR PRESENTATIONS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THIS IS THE THIRD EVENING WITH PRESENTATIONS TO OUR FIRST ASK IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING THEY WANT TO ADD REAL QUICKLY BEFORE WE DO SOME FINAL COMMENTS HERE.

MR. FILBERTO, YOU GOT ANYTHING? LISTEN OVER TIME, THANK YOU.

OK, SOME MYSTERIOUS THIS REPUBLIC COMING.

IF YOU WISH TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS, SORRY, GO AHEAD, MAN, YOU'RE GOOD.

I DIDN'T WANT TO DISCUSS IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE HERE HAS A PASSION OR CARE FOR THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS OR MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WE CAN PUT SOME ON THE AGENDA, JUST AN OUTLINE AND DISCUSS THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WITH THE HUMOR DEPARTMENT HEAD.

AGAIN, IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.

I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE, MAKE SURE, OK.

I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO THAT AT ALL IF WE COULD MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

TO GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DETAIL ON THAT PROCESS ON.

WE COULD GET THAT ADDED TO OUR NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL, SOMETHING I WANTED TO JUST ADDRESS.

ALL OF US ON THIS BOARD.

I KNOW ALL OF YOU GUYS HAVE JOINED ME ON THIS BOARD.

I FEEL ALMOST LIKE A VETERAN, EVEN THOUGH I'M STILL I CALL MYSELF A YOUNG MAN.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO SAY IT'S AT THAT POINT WE'VE HEARD FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT, EVERY DEPARTMENT IS WHAT'S AWESOME IS I WANT TO ALSO KNOW, AGAIN, SOMETHING I'VE COMMENTED BEFORE IS THEY STICK AROUND FOR EACH OTHER.

THEY DO CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER.

THEY CARE FOR EACH OTHER'S ULTIMATE SUCCESS IN THEIR PLANS.

WE ALL WANT THIS TO WORK.

WELL, WE ARE ALL PALM BAY SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.

I LOVE PALM BAY AND I WANT US TO DO THINGS RIGHT.

BUT WE ARE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY AND WE'VE BEEN CHARGED ON THIS BOARD TO BRING OUR CONCERNS, WHAT WE FEEL AS CITIZENS, AS PRIORITIES IN THE BUDGET, TO EXPRESS THAT, TO COUNSEL AND TO EXPRESS THAT TO CITY LEADERSHIP FOR CONSIDERATION AS WHAT WE VIEW AS PRIORITY. I WOULD LIKE TO CHARGE ALL OF US.

OR SOME HOMEWORK, THIS NEXT MEETING TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED FROM THESE DEPARTMENTS, WHAT THEY VIEW AS BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR EACH AND ONE OF THEM.

I CHARGE US NOW TO GO AND LOOK, WHERE DO WE PUT OUR PRIORITIES AS CITIZENS? WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE? CITY LEADERSHIP AND COUNCIL TO FOCUS.

THEIR NEEDS AND WHAT THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON WHEN WE'RE ALL WORKING THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS. SO I DEFINITELY WANT US TO TAKE NOTICE OF THAT LOOK THROUGH THESE PRESENTATIONS AGAIN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE DO HAVE THEM ALL ELECTRONIC COPIES IN OUR EMAILS AS WELL.

SO WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO THEM.

AND ALMOST EACH OF US COME UP WITH OUR TOP PRIORITIES OR WE CAN RELAY THAT TO CITY MOM, ULTIMATELY WHEN IT COMES TIME, WE CAN SHARE THOSE PRIORITIES WITH COUNCIL HAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY SHOW SPECIAL ATTENTION IN THAT WAY.

WE VIEW THAT AS AN URGENT NEED AS CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? I KNOW. IN REGARDS TO OUR CHALLENGE NOW IS I KNOW BEFORE THE MEETING, BEFORE LAST, WE WERE DISCUSSING ABOUT THIS MEETING ROOM TO GO OVER THOSE QUESTIONS.

DID WE GET THOSE DATES SOLIDIFIED? IT WAS THE FIRST DATES, THE DATES OF JULY 6TH AND JULY 20TH ARE BEING HELD BY THE CLERK OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS STARTING AT 6:00 P.M..

PERFECT IN MY HEAD, WHEN WHEN IS OUR JUNE MEETING IN MY HEAD, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER.

THE NINTH IS WHAT I HAVE ON MY CALENDAR.

THAT'S THE. OK, AWESOME.

SO I GUESS THE FOLLOW UP IS WE HAVE THAT, I BELIEVE ON THE 9TH IS.

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WHAT IS THAT EXACTLY? SO LENDING CALENDARS HERE IN MY HEAD.

SO WHAT I ANTICIPATE TO HAPPEN IS USUALLY TOWARDS THE END OF MAY, EARLY JUNE, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER IS GOING TO SEND THEIR EARLY ESTIMATES ON WHAT THE VALUATIONS ARE.

AND WITH THAT, I CAN BEGIN CALCULATING PRELIMINARY MILITARY RATES.

BUT THE ACTUAL PROPOSED ON WHAT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO GO WITH WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL EARLY JULY. SO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WILL SEND THEIR FINAL VALUATIONS.

USUALLY IT'S BEFORE JULY 1ST.

SO THAT'S USUALLY THE TIME FRAME.

SO I WON'T REALLY BE ABLE TO DETERMINE ANYTHING UNTIL I HIT THAT THAT JUNE TIMEFRAME BECAUSE I HAVE TO HAVE THOSE VALUATIONS.

AND I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION THEN FOR CITY MANAGER.

WILL YOU HAVE YOUR PRIORITIES GENERATED BEFORE THAT JUNE 9TH? OR. YOU START YOU DON'T START LOOKING AT THAT A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW, SO SO WHAT HAPPENS IS USUALLY AROUND THAT SAME TIME FRAME.

SO IT'S USUALLY RIGHT AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE, EACH DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE FINANCE STAFF INDIVIDUALLY, AND THEY DISCUSS IN DETAIL ALL THE THE REQUESTS THAT THEY HAVE.

SO WHAT YOU KIND OF SAW TODAY WAS KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHT, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.

AND THOSE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN DETAILS.

AND WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS THEIR BASE BUDGET THAT THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER.

SO THAT'LL HAPPEN AROUND THAT TIME FRAME.

SO YOU REALLY, YOU KNOW, HER HEARD HER VALUATIONS OR HER DETERMINATIONS CAN'T HAPPEN UNTIL THE EARLIEST IS THE MIDDLE OF JUNE.

AND THAT KIND OF FALLS IN LINE WITH THE VALUATIONS FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS OFFICE AS WELL. OK, SO THEN WHAT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY, AS FAR AS OUR ASSIGNMENT FOR OURSELVES IS TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE VIEWING AS PRIORITIES BASED UPON THE PRESENTATIONS WE'VE SEEN.

WE CAN BRING THOSE.

CITY MANAGER AND EXPRESS, THOSE IS WHAT WE VIEW AS A CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD, AS CONCERNS, PRIORITIES PUT FORTH.

AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK IN JULY, THAT FIRST MEETING IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE MILEAGE RATE TO THIS COUNCIL FOR ADOPTING A PROPOSED MILEAGE RATE AT THAT MEETING OR SPENDING IN JULY.

AND THEN IT COMES BACK AND THEN WE PROPOSE A.

A SECOND MEETING IN JULY WILL BE WHEN WE DISCUSS OUR FORMAL RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ARE MAKING TWO COUNCIL BASED UPON OUR DISCUSSIONS UP TO THEN.

SO I DID WANT TO KIND OF OUTLINE THOSE NEXT FEW MEETINGS OR JUNE, JUNE 9TH, MEANING AS US TO FOCUS ON WHAT EACH OF OUR PRIORITIES IS.

AH, THAT'S RIGHT.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL, EACH OF US, IS BECAUSE WE ARE INDIVIDUALS, WE ARE INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS, AND I JUST ASK AS WE GO FORWARD IN THIS, WE GOT TO RESPECT EACH OTHER. AND WE ARE WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE SOME DIFFERENT PRIORITIES THERE.

WE'RE JUST BRINGING THOSE CONCERNS TO TABLE AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AND SHARE THAT WITH CITY MANAGER AND STAFF AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

AND THEN THAT FIRST MEETING IN JULY WILL BE DISCUSSING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE.

AND THE SECOND ONE, WE'RE DISCUSSING OUR RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? SO. HOW DO YOU ENVISION RUNNING MY.

PRIORITIES ARE PUTTING OUT OR YOU.

WELL. I'M GOING TO SAY, YES, ALL THOSE ASPECTS ARE A GREAT THING AND IT IS SOME HOMEWORK.

I'M NOT DENYING THAT AT ALL.

I CAN SAY I'VE BEEN A PART OF IT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, AND IT'S TAKES SOME TIME WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT IT AND WHERE IT'S REALLY BEGINNING TO BECOME.

HOMEWORK IS WHEN WE GET THAT PROPOSED MILITARY, WE GET THAT NUMBER AND WE'RE TOLD WE HAVE I REMEMBER ONE YEAR WE HAD ONE POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND LIKE 16 MILLION DOLLARS OF MEAT.

THEY'RE GOING, WHAT THE HECK, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S WHEN IT COMES TO US TO DISCUSS AS CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD.

NOW WE HAVE ONE POINT SEVEN.

WHAT DOES THAT NEED TO GO AS FAR AS THE CITIZENS? WHERE DO WHERE DO WE WANT TO SAY COUNCIL? THIS IS WHERE WE VIEW THE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THAT AND DEBATE IT, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, WE HAVE TO RESPECT EACH OTHER AT THAT TIME.

BUT YEAH, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO I HOW AM I ASKING YOU TO DO THIS? AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT IT NECESSARILY AS DOLLAR AMOUNTS IS. WHAT DO WE HAVE YET? I'M ASKING YOU TO COME TO THE TABLE AND SAY, THESE ARE MY FIVE THINGS I WANT TO SEE US ADDRESS, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER.

JUST. WE WON'T KNOW ONE NUMBER JUST YET, STILL BELIEVE THAT JULY.

[02:05:06]

I'M JUST USING A PREVIOUS EXAMPLE, ONE POINT SEVEN.

WELL, THIS ONE NOT EVEN AN OPTION, THIS ONE COULD POTENTIALLY, BUT THAT WE'D HAVE TO FOREGO ON THIS. AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION AS A BOARD.

THAT'S KIND OF A STEP BY STEP THAT I'M FOR SEEING US GOING.

HOPING I JUST ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

FOR THE POOR, THOUGH, PART OF IT WILL BE IF SEVERAL OF US PRIORITY.

A. THAT WOULD TEND TO GET WEIGHTED HIGHER.

YES. OK. AND TO COME UP WITH THE PRIORITIES IS THAT A COMBINATION OF JUST GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS AGAIN, OR IS IT ALSO TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE.

100 PERCENT. BOTH OF THOSE I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY LOOKING BACK AND WHAT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE THEY'VE PRESENTED TO US WHAT THEY SAID THEIR BUDGET PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THEY'VE TOLD US WHAT THEY FORESEE AS THE MAJOR NEEDS.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE TITLE OF THE BOARD REALLY SPEAKS TO ME.

CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD.

AGAIN, TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, TALK TO THE PEOPLE, YOU TALK TO YOU DAILY AND BRING THAT INFORMATION, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM THAT'S GOING TO COME TO THAT DISCUSSION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S OUR PRIORITIES? I TALKED TO 10 PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY ALL SAY ITEM X.

YEAH, ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M GOING TO EXPRESS THAT.

THAT'S A BIG INTEREST. I HAD A LOT OF SEVERAL PEOPLE TELL ME THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

YES, OTHER CITIZENS.

HUGE, HUGE IMPORTANCE AS WELL AS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST THE SAME AS THESE ARE PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS, THESE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US AND PRESENTED ON THE DEPARTMENT, THEY'VE PRESENTED WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE.

WHEN WE TALK TO CITIZENS, WHAT ARE THEY DOING ABOUT FIRESTATION? WHAT ARE THEY DOING ABOUT IT? WELL, YOU KNOW, LET ME PULL THAT UP FOR.

I KNOW WHAT THEIR VIEW AND HIS PRIORITIES COMING UP IS THAT THEY CARE OF KIND OF WHAT YOU THINK WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IF YOU'RE ACTIVE IN AA MEETINGS, A GREAT WAY WE CAN RELAY THIS INFORMATION AND SHARE THAT.

SO ANY WAY WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH MORE OF OUR CITIZEN PEERS AND BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK, THAT WILL BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

YOU. CHAIRMAN PARR, MAY I MAKE A COMMENT AND ALSO WE HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP IN MID-YEAR REVIEW SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 22ND, THAT IS I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND, PLEASE WATCH IT.

I KNOW THAT THE MEETINGS EITHER LIVE STREAMED OR THEY'RE ON THE WEBSITE.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT JUNE MEETING IS, IS THAT WE NOT ONLY DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWO BUDGET, WE ALSO LOOK AT A MID-YEAR REVIEW AS OF WHERE WE STAND TODAY.

AND FOR US, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, IN A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO PROJECT WHERE THE CITY IS GOING TO END THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND USUALLY BY THAT TIME FRAME, I HAVE PRELIMINARY EVALUATIONS ALREADY WITH PRELIMINARY REVENUES. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ALL OF THE REQUESTS THAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE SUBMITTING BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALL DUE TO OUR OFFICE BY THIS FRIDAY.

SO THE DEPARTMENTS ARE READILY PUTTING THOSE IN.

BUT I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ATTENDING BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY A DRIVER WHERE COUNCIL WILL GIVE US DIRECTION ON WHERE THEY WANT OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR OFFICE TO MOVE AND IN WHAT DIRECTION, BECAUSE ONCE JULY DOES COME, IT GETS VERY HEAVY, VERY QUICK.

SO THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING TO ATTEND.

THAT WAS A CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 22ND.

SO IT'S A BUDGET WORKSHOP AND THAT HAPPENS WITH WITH CITY COUNCIL.

SO IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT THERE ARE SPECIALTY WORKSHOPS FOR THOSE SPECIALTY TOP. IT'S ALREADY POSTED OR I CAN GO.

THAT IS THAT IS ALREADY ON THEIR CALENDAR.

IT'S STARTS AT SIX P.M.

I THINK THAT'S USUALLY WHEN WHEN WE HAVE THEM START AND IT'S ALREADY ON THE WEBSITE AND IT'S ALREADY ON THEIR CALENDAR.

SO IT'S JUNE 27.

ARE THERE OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OR ANYTHING ELSE RELATED OR JUST PRIMARILY THIS ONE? THIS IS THE FIRST OF OUR THREE BUDGET WORKSHOP SERIES.

SO WE HAVE ONE IN JUNE AND THEN WE HAVE TWO IN AUGUST THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

AND WHAT WE THEN DO IS DURING THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON JULY 15.

SO THAT'S A STANDARD REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IS WHEN THE CITY MANAGER OR WHAT WE PREPARE FOR HER IS TO ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD ADOPT BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THAT. BUT THAT'S WHEN WE OFFICIALLY WILL ADOPT THE PROPOSED MILITARY AND THE PUBLIC HEARING DATES. SO THAT WILL HAPPEN ON THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

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THEY'RE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS? AWESOME. THE LAST THING I'LL NOTE IS I KNOW WE DISCUSSED IT PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

THIS IS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE ABSENCE FOR MR. PATRICK WOODARD. I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT OR OUR BYLAWS, IT WILL BE.

OR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE ABSENCES, THAT'S CORRECT.

I BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE PER THE BYLAWS, AND I'LL HAVE OUR ACTING DIRECTOR COORDINATE THAT, I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING THAT GOES WITH LEGISLATIVE.

WHEELHOUSE, BUT YES, RIGHT.

AWESOME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND ONE LAST TIME, MR. FILBERTO FILBERTO, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT.

THIS TIME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SHARON OSBOURNE.

WITH THAT SAID, MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.