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IT IS 1800 HOURS, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS SPECIAL COUNSEL MEETING.
TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH, TWENTY FIVE TO ORDER.
I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCILMAN FOSTER TO PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE BEFORE WE DO ROLL CALL. AND.
I. ISD, THE ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THE NEW REPUBLIC WILL SUSPEND ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MADAM LEFLER, MAYOR MEDINA, PRESIDENT, DEPUTY MAYOR, JOHNSON, YOU'RE COUNCILMAN FOSTER, YOU'RE COUNCILMAN FELIX HERE, MS. SHERMAN HERE, MS. SMITH HERE.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT INTO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER TO MADAME SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO UNDER THIS ITEM, WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF THE TAX RATE MILDRED AND THE FINAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO, I HAVE A STATEMENT THAT I'LL BE READING OUT. FOR THE RECORD, THAT KIND OF GIVES THE SENSE OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
THE CITY OF PALM BAY, FLORIDA HAS TENTATIVELY ADOPTED AN OPERATING MILLAGE RATE OF SEVEN POINT FIVE NINE NINE FIVE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
THE TENTATIVE OPERATING MILLAGE RATE OF SEVEN POINT FIVE NINE NINE FIVE EXCEEDS THE TRIM CURRENT YEAR AGGREGATE ROLLED BACK RATE OF SEVEN POINT FOUR ONE FOUR TWO BY TWO POINT FIVE PERCENT. THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE BEING ABOVE THE THREE PERCENT CAP IS CAUSED BY NEW CONSTRUCTION BEING EXCLUDED FROM THE THREE PERCENT CAP CONTRIBUTING TO THE OPERATING MILLAGE RATE INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE IS INCLUDED.
ACTUARIAL REQUIREMENT INCREASES OF FOURTEEN POINT FIFTY FIVE PERCENT TO POLICE AND FIRE PENSIONS. DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENT INCREASE OF FIVE POINT NINETY SEVEN PERCENT ANTICIPATED HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFIT ASSOCIATED EXPENDITURE INCREASES OF FIVE PERCENT.
10 ADDITIONAL FULL TIME EMPLOYEE POSITIONS, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, FIREFIGHTERS, RECORD SPECIALISTS AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT TECHNICIAN TO ACCOMMODATE INCREASING CITYWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE NEEDS GENERAL FUND LIABILITY, STORM WATER UTILITY FUND INSTITUTIONAL EXEMPTIONS TOTALING TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN DOLLARS, AND THE ROAD MAINTENANCE FUNDING TO MEET THE GOAL OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND.
THE CITY OF PALM BAY, FLORIDA, HAS ALSO TENTATIVELY ADOPTED A DEBT MILLAGE RATE OF ONE POINT THREE FOUR TWO FOUR.
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, TO THE TENTATIVE DEBT MILLAGE, RATE SHALL GENERATE ESTIMATED REVENUES TOTALING SIX MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND THIRTY SIX DOLLARS.
BASED ON THE GROSS TAXABLE VALUE CERTIFIED BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS OFFICE, THESE REVENUES ARE RESTRICTED AND ARE DESIGNATED FOR PAYMENT OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SERIES. TWENTY NINETEEN DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT TOTALING THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS AND THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SERIES TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT TOTALING THREE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY TWO CENTS, BOTH DUE IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
TWENTY TWENTY TWO BUDGET YEAR.
ALL CONCERNED CITIZENS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX INCREASE, STARTING AT 6:00 P.M.
IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOCATED AT 120 MILE BAR ROAD, SOUTHEAST PALM BAY, FLORIDA, THREE TWO NINE OH SEVEN.
A FINAL DECISION ON THE PROPOSED TAX INCREASE AND THE BUDGET WILL BE MADE THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU, MAYOR MADAM SHERMAN.
CAN YOU JUST COVER WHAT THE CURRENT MILLAGE RATE IS TODAY AND WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING? UM, THE SEVEN POINT EIGHT, THREE, SEVEN EIGHT, YES.
OK, NOW CURRENT YEAR FISCAL CURRENT FISCAL YEAR MILITARY IS SEVEN POINT EIGHT THREE SEVEN EIGHT. WE'RE PROPOSING AN ADOPTED OPERATING MILLAGE RATE FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR OF SEVEN POINT FIVE NINE NINE FIVE, WHICH IS AT THE THREE PERCENT CAP RATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK OR AGAINST THE SYSTEM.
BILL BURTON 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE PACK, THE AGENDA PACKET, I DIDN'T.
THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT USING THE CARES ACT TO OFFSET A LITTLE BIT OF THE COST FOR THE TO GET PEOPLE TO HOOK UP TO CITY WATER AND SEWER.
AND I WAS AND I WAS AGAINST THAT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE IT AVAILABLE, THE CARES ACT, COULD BE USED TO BENEFIT MORE THAN JUST THE FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE IT AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD IT AVAILABLE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AND THEY'VE DECIDED NOT TO
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DO IT. IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THE CARES ACT, I'D PREFER THAT IT WENT MORE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE CITY AND FOR SOME OTHER TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, INSTEAD OF TO BENEFIT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WATER AND SEWER AVAILABLE, BUT JUST DECIDE NOT TO HOOK UP TO IT.THAT WAS THEIR CHOICE BECAUSE 80 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION DON'T HAVE DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT CHOICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DIDN'T SEE IT ANYWHERE IN THE PACKET, BUT I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST TRYING TO BRING IT UP.
THANK YOU, MA'AM, MADAM SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, MR BATTEN IS CORRECT THAT ACTUALLY IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AS OF YET. COUNCIL IS ONLY OFFICIALLY VOTED ON THREE USES OF THE RPA CARES FUNDING, WHICH INCLUDES PARTIAL FUNDING TO ASSIST WITH THE BODY CAMERAS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE NEW BUILDING E THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AT CITY HALL COMPLEX AND THE LAST TIME WOULD BE THE NEW SOFTWARE THAT WILL BE THE BACKBONE OF OUR OPERATIONS TO REPLACE HDR.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE THINGS THEY BEFORE FORMALLY VOTED ON SO FAR.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? ALSO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY FIRST, COUNCILMAN FELIX, SINCE YOU'RE ON THE LINE, YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, SIR.
FINE. YOU KNOW, READY TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED.
SO ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION AT THIS TIME, SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO BUSINESS.
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ITEM NUMBER ONE MADAM SMITH.RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT FORTY SIX.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING RATES, CHARGES AND FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE THREE ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER THIRTY THREE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM, MADAM SHERMAN.
OH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE IS JUST ONE MINOR CHANGE TO THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING VARIOUS FEES RELATED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS.
THAT LINE ITEM IS WOOD PRODUCTS.
IT WAS A 50 DOLLAR CHARGE TO STORE WOOD PRODUCTS, CHIPS, ET CETERA, AND THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED. NO LONGER NECESSARY, PER THE DEPARTMENT.
ALL OTHER RATES REMAIN THE SAME.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHED TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SHOW HANDS.
CNN. WHEN I ASK FOR A MOTION MOTION APPROVED RESOLUTION IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH FORTY SIX, I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING ABOUT COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION COUNCIL COUNCILMAN FELIX JUST JUST SAY YAY OR WHATEVER IT IS SO THAT YOU PROMPT ME ON ON WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK OR NOT.
ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT A MOTION IN THE SECOND DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER ALL IN FAVOR.
I PASSED HIS UNANIMOUSLY ITEM NUMBER TWO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY OF OUR COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING RATES, CHARGES AND FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY TWO PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE THREE ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER THIRTY SIX RECREATION DEPARTMENT RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS AND CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AND I'M SHERMAN THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM HAS THE FEES RELATED TO THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF CHANGES THAT ARE JUST WORDS THAT ARE NOT OVERLY CRITICAL.
FOR EXAMPLE, CHANGE REFLECTED IN THE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION WE DID EARLIER IN THE YEAR. YOU ONLY CHANGES TO RATES IN HERE AS WE'VE ADDED A GREEN SPACE RENTAL FEE RATE, WHICH WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY IN OUR OUR RESOLUTIONS, SO IT WASN'T A FEE THAT WE HAD LOCKED IN. THE OTHER THING WE'RE ACTUALLY UPDATING IS WHEN STAFF IS NEEDED TO BE A PART OF AN EVENT, FOR EXAMPLE, HELP WAS SET UP OR BREAKDOWN DOWN.
THE HOURLY RATE THAT WAS IN THERE WAS $25 AN HOUR.
TYPICALLY, WHEN OUR STAFF IS THERE, IT'S ACTUALLY A HIGHER RATE BECAUSE THEY'RE ON OVERTIME A LOT OF AFTER HOURS.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THAT RATE TO THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS.
AND AND THAT WOULD BE THE OVERVIEW OF THE CHANGES.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. HOW DO YOU GAUGE THE GREEN SPACE FEET? I WILL HAVE FRED POPPIER PARKS.
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EXCUSE ME, RECREATION DIRECTOR.COME ON UP AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
THE GREEN SPACE FEE IS USUALLY GOES ALONG WITH SPECIAL EVENT.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE AN EVENT THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE AT, SAY, THE AREA BEHIND TED WHITLOCK COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THEY WOULD USE THAT AREA EXCLUSIVELY.
PRESENTLY, THERE'S NO NO CHARGE FOR THAT OR NO FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
I CAN TELL YOU, WHEN I WORKED FOR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, WE HAD THE SAME FEE.
IT BASICALLY IS A RENTAL FOR FOR SPACE THAT THEY'RE UTILIZING FOR AN EVENT.
THERE AN AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FEE, DEPENDING ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OR.
NO, NO, IT'S IT'S IT'S A SINGULAR FEE.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS OFFHAND? THE PROPOSAL AND THERE'S $200, WHICH IS THE SAME AS A SPECIAL EVENTS FEE.
THAT'S SHADED. THANK YOU. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? THE FORWARD.
NATHAN WHITE, 13 01 SEABURY STREET, SOUTHWEST, WAS SEEKING CLARIFICATION THE GREEN SPACE FEE. AS THE USAGE OF THAT GREEN SPACE COST THE CITY ANYTHING.
AND THE OTHER ONE BEING UPPING THAT PER HOUR RATE TO THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY LABOR.
BUT I FEEL THAT SETTING AND I THINK I'M NOT ALONE IN THIS.
I FEEL LIKE SETTING AN HOURLY RATE THAT THOUGH YOU MENTIONED THIS WAS DUE TO THE CASE OF POTENTIAL OVERTIME SITUATIONS, SETTING THE HOURLY RATE FOR THAT EMPLOYEE AT A RATE THAT, IF WORKED AT THAT RATE FULL TIME, WOULD MAKE MORE THAN THE ENTIRETY OF OUR CITY COUNCIL PUT TOGETHER SEEMS A BIT EXCESSIVE.
MATH THAT GOES INTO WHERE YOU THINK IT WOULD BE OVER TIME OR.
THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THIS WOULD BE MY TWO QUESTIONS FOR THIS ITEM.
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT, MADAM SHERMAN.
RIGHT, I'M GOING ASK YOU TO COME BACK UP FOR ME.
I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO THE HOURLY RATE ON THE EMPLOYEES AND HOW THAT WAS.
THAT NUMBER WAS DERIVED, BUT I THINK PART OF THE GREEN SPACE ISSUE IS MORE ABOUT RESERVATION THAN IT IS ABOUT.
I MEAN, SETTING THE RATE WAS ONE THING, BUT RESERVING THE SPACE IS PART OF.
OTHERWISE, PEOPLE WOULD JUST GATHER AND WE'D HAVE CONFLICTING EVENTS.
BUT I'LL LET FRED SPEAK MORE TO THAT.
WELL, AS FAR AS THE GREEN SPACE FEE, THERE'S ALSO THE FACT THAT YOU'RE CHARGING BECAUSE SOMEONE'S HAVING AN EVENT ON THAT SPACE.
TYPICALLY, IF YOU UTILIZE A PAVILION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU PAY A RENTAL FEE.
AND PART OF WHAT THAT WHAT THAT COVERS IS THE COST FOR US TO MAINTAIN THAT AREA AND TO CLEAN UP AFTERWARDS.
SO I MEAN, TO ME, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN WE'RE CHARGING FOR OTHER FACILITIES FOR UTILIZATION, AND THE CITY MANAGER IS CORRECT.
THERE'S ALSO ONE OF THE REASONS YOU HAVE THE FEES IS SO THAT PEOPLE WILL RESERVE THAT AREA AND YOU CAN CONTROL THEIR USE.
IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, THEN IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE AND THEN IT WOULD INHIBIT THOSE GROUPS FROM BEING ABLE TO USE THAT SPACE.
AS FAR AS THE $35 AN HOUR, THE THAT'S IN PLACE BECAUSE THOSE ARE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH WITH PARKS, MAINTENANCE FOLKS.
AND THEY'RE THEY GENERALLY ARE AN OVERTIME SITUATION.
THE $25 AN HOUR IS FOR RECREATION, FOLKS.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THEM THAT WE CAN FLEX THEIR TIME AND CHANGE THEIR SCHEDULES.
BECAUSE THE PARK STAFF IS UNIONIZED, WE CANNOT DO THAT.
IF WE DO THAT, WE'RE VIOLATING THE CONTRACT BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE SCHEDULING THEM IN ORDER TO PREVENT PAYING THEM OVERTIME.
SO THE THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR HELPS US COVER THAT OVERTIME COSTS FOR THAT EMPLOYEE.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION.
I'LL BE THAT. AND WHEN YOU TOUCHED ON THE RECREATION AID, THE $25 CHARGE FOR THAT, MOST OF THOSE RECREATION FOLKS THAT YOU COULD COMP TIME WITH THEIR PART TIME EMPLOYEES OR ARE THEY? YEAH. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT I SAID IS THAT THE THE RECREATION FOLKS I CAN, I CAN FLEX THEIR TIMES OR OR ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES WITHOUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT UNIONIZED.
WHEREAS WHEREAS 99 PERCENT OF THE TIME WHEN WE'RE USING THE PARK STAFF, IT IS IN AN OVERTIME SITUATION.
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WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE PREVIOUSLY.BUT BUT THE TIMING OF IT WASN'T CORRECT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE THE SEPARATION OF DUTIES.
I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S FAIR THAT PARKS AND FACILITIES SHOULD ABSORB THAT EXTRA COST THAT'S GOING TO BE INCURRED IN COUNCIL.
ANY OTHER COUNCILMAN FOSTER DIRECTOR, POPPY THE GREEN SPACE.
GO BACK TO THREE YEARS, WE NEVER CHARGE FOR THAT, DID WE? WELL, IT WAS USUALLY TIED INTO SPECIAL EVENTS, SO WE JUST CHARGE A SPECIAL EVENT FEE, WHICH WAS THE SAME THING.
OK, THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE CHARGE.
YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION.
SO IS THERE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE NOW THAT OR IS IT JUST THE SAME? IS IT? THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THAT IF SOMEONE IS JUST WANTING TO, THERE'S OTHER EXAMPLES THERE WOULD BE LIKE IF SOMEONE'S WANTING TO DO A 5K, OK, THERE'S THERE'S OPERATIONAL IMPACT ON THAT.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD HAVE THEM CREATE A STARTING POINT AND THEY WOULD PAY A GREEN SPACE FEE TO HELP COVER THE COST OF STAFF HAVING TO CLEAN UP AFTERWARDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO IT JUST IT GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN DEALING WITH THE CUSTOMERS WHEN THEY COME IN AND IF THE GREEN SPACE HELPS BECAUSE THERE MAY NOT BE ANOTHER FEE THAT WE CAN ADEQUATELY ADDRESS IT.
THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN FELIX.
YOU'RE ON THE LINE, YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
NO, NO. I'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, SO I AM READY TO SUPPORT SUPPORT THAT AS PRESENTED.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY TO ASSIGN THE FEE ASSIGNED FOR GREEN SPACE IS A GOOD MEASURE TO USE TO ASSOCIATE A FEE ASSOCIATED TO TO THE EVENTS TO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AT ALL FACILITIES. HEY, THANK YOU, FRED.
YOU TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON LIKE MADAME SHERMAN SAID.
YOU TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO RESERVE THE SPACE.
COULD YOU ACCOMPLISH THAT SAME FEAT WITHOUT CHARGING THAT FEE? WELL, THERE WOULD STILL BE AN ASSOCIATED COST TO US THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD NOT BE RECOUPING.
WE HAVEN'T CHARGED UP TO THIS POINT.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE A GREEN SPACE.
THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS VERY FREQUENTLY.
IT'S IN THERE TO GIVE US THAT FLEXIBILITY TO TO DEAL WITH IT WHEN IT WHEN IT WHEN IT COMES OUR WAY. FEE WAIVER.
ALL THE FEES ARE WAIVED BASED ON PARTNERSHIP BASED ON, YES, WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES MAY BE. BUT YEAH, ALL THE FEES PER ORDINANCE CAN BE WAIVED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? YOU COUNCILMAN, I'LL NEED A MOTION MOTION APPROVED RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH FORTY SEVEN SECOND AND A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING IN MY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'M CALLING TO QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR.
RIGHT, HIGH PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, ITEM NUMBER THREE, MADAM SMITH.
RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT FORTY EIGHT.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING RATES, CHARGES AND FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY TWO PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE ELEVEN BUSINESS REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 117 ALARM SYSTEMS RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS AND CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
MADAME SHERMAN, THANK YOU, MAYOR STAFF IS NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGES TO THE EXISTING RATES IN THIS CHAPTER. THANK YOU.
DOES ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IN NON COUNCIL, I NEED A MOTION ALSO TO APPROVE RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT FORTY EIGHT. I CAN ADD A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING ABOUT COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? ONLY. IN THE QUESTION, ALL IN FAVOR, I GUESS, IS UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR MADAM SMITH RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT FORTY NINE.
A RESOLUTION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING RATES, CHARGES AND FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY TWO PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARKS OR RESOLUTIONS AND CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH, MADAM SHERMAN.
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALSO, THIS PARTICULAR CODE CHAPTER HAS NO CHANGES RECOMMENDED, SO THE RATES WOULD CONTINUE AS THEY ARE THIS YEAR.THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
WE'RE AGAINST SEEING NONE COUNCIL MOTION APPROVED RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE, FORTY NINE. I CAN ADD A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER COUNCILMAN FELIX ANY COMMENTS? NO, MAYOR, THANK YOU. I'M CALLING TO QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR, I GUESS, IS UNANIMOUSLY ITEM NUMBER FIVE, MADAM SMITH.
RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT FIFTY, A RESOLUTION TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING RATES, CHARGES AND FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE OF WITNESSES TITLE 17 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 171 FAIR SHARE IMPACT FEES, RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS.
CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM, MADAM SHERMAN.
THANK YOU. WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGES TO CHAPTER ONE SEVENTY ONE IMPACT FEES THIS YEAR, SO THE RATES WOULD REMAIN THE SAME ONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. THE NON COUNCIL MOTION APPROVE RESOLUTION, TWENTY TWENTY ONE FIFTY, I CAN GET A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER COUNCILMAN FELIX.
ITEM NUMBER SIX MADAM SMITH RESOLUTION 2021 51 A RESOLUTION THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA ADOPTING RATES, CHARGES AND FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY TWO PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE ORDINANCES OR CHAPTERS OF SECTIONS OF THE CODE AS SPECIFIED HEREIN.
RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS AND CONFLICT HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ADAM SHERMAN, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION HAS FIVE DIFFERENT CHAPTERS WITHIN IT.
I'M GOING TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE CHANGES, BUT ALSO WANT TO, FOR THE RECORD, STATE THAT THERE WAS AN AGENDA REVISION THAT WENT OUT THIS MORNING THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO CHAPTER ONE 50 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DUE TO AN OVERSIGHT ON STAFF'S PART.
WE LEFT THE OLD RATES IN THERE AND DID NOT INCLUDE THE NEW RATES FOR SOLID WASTE THAT ARE INCLUDE THE REQUIRED INCREASES, PER THE CITY'S CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC, WHICH INCLUDES A THREE PERCENT RATE INCREASE ANNUALLY.
SO THOSE RATES ARE IN HERE UPDATED IN THE GENDER REVISION.
BUT I'LL GO THROUGH WHAT ELSE IS CHANGING IN HERE.
SO THERE'S TWO CHAPTERS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR CHANGE.
CHAPTER ONE 18 IS LIENS LEVIED AGAINST PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT IT IS SPECIFIC TO THE CHARGES THAT WE MAKE FOR LEAN SEARCH CHARGES THAT WE ASSESS FOR LEAN SEARCHES.
SO TYPICALLY TITLE COMPANIES REQUESTING LEAN SEARCHES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
WE HAVE HAD FOR MANY YEARS IN THIS PARTICULAR CHAPTER, A RATE FOR A ONE WORKING DAY TURNAROUND FOR A LEAN SEARCH REQUEST.
THAT RATE HAS BEEN $40, AND IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, DOZENS OF LEAN SEARCH REQUESTS TO COME IN ONE DAY AND ARE REQUESTED FOR COMPLETION BY THE NEXT DAY.
SO BASED ON STAFFING, WE HAVE FOUND THAT THAT AND AND THE MARKET WITH A LOT OF ACTIVITY, WE FOUND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER ON CONSISTENTLY.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING A COUPLE OF CHANGES, ONE IS ACTUALLY TO INCREASE THE RATE ITSELF FROM FORTY DOLLARS TO SIXTY DOLLARS, AND THE OTHER CHANGE IS A REQUEST TO SAY THAT MULTIPLE UNITS ON THE SAME PARCEL WOULD BE TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS A UNIT.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'RE REQUESTING MULTIPLE LEAN SEARCHES PER PROPERTY, IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ON TOP OF THE BASE 60.
AND LANGUAGE HEALTH CARE FINANCE DIRECTOR CAN TALK TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THAT ONE. THE OTHER CHANGE THAT WE'VE WE HAVE IS WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHICH IS CHAPTER ONE FIFTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT.
SO THERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS IN THE CURRENT RATE STRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES THE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE PER MONTH OR PER QUARTER BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF BILLING. SO THOSE RATE CHANGES ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE THREE PERCENT INCREASE IN THE AGREEMENT. AND FOR EXAMPLE, A RESIDENTIAL SERVICE PER MONTH WOULD GO FROM TWENTY THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS TO TWENTY FOUR DOLLARS AND TWENTY CENTS.
ALSO, THERE ARE THE THREE PERCENT IS APPLIED TO THE ADDITIONAL CART FEES, WHICH IS WHEN SOMEONE REQUESTS A NEW CART OUTSIDE OF THE CARD EXCHANGE PROGRAM WE DEALT WITH LAST YEAR AND LAST TWO ITEMS ARE THE WHAT'S CALLED THE ADDITIONAL CART SERVICE FEE PER MONTH, WHICH IS A THERE'S A MONTHLY ONE AND ALSO QUARTERLY ONE.
BUT I'LL MENTION TO COUNCIL AS A REMINDER, IS THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS WE'RE TALKING TO
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REPUBLIC ABOUT ELIMINATING FROM THE CONTRACT ALTOGETHER.THESE ARE STILL IN HERE BECAUSE THERE ARE EXISTING RATES AND NEED TO BE ADOPTED FOR THIS PAST FIRST YEAR OF THE CONTRACT.
AT OUR REQUEST, REPUBLIC HAS NOT CHARGED THE EXTRA SERVICE FEE PER CART.
SO THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU LATER AFTER WE FINISH OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH WITH REPUBLIC, EXCUSE ME. AND THAT THAT IS THE SUMMARY OF WHAT IS CHANGING IN THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WELL, PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, MAN, WITH THE CARDS IS THEY DON'T HAVE ANY.
THEY HAVEN'T ORDERED THAT ORDERED, RIGHT? SO HOW WOULD THEY? WELL, I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE A RESOLUTION ON, WHICH IS THEY DO NOT HAVE IN STOCK CURRENTLY ANY OF THE 95 OR 96, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU CALL IT, GALLON RECYCLE CARTS. THEY DO HAVE INVENTORY ON ALL THE OTHER TYPES AND SIZES, JUST THAT ONE THAT THEY ARE BEHIND ON.
SO WORKING ON THAT TO GET A RESOLUTION, THAT IS A PROBLEM THEY NEED TO SOLVE.
BUT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT SEPARATE FROM WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WHEN IT SAYS EACH ADDITIONAL CART SERVICE FEE PER MONTH IN THE ORIGINAL NEGOTIATED CONTRACT, THERE WAS A STIPULATION THAT EACH PERSON WOULD GET RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, WOULD GET ONE RECYCLED CAR, ONE TRASH CARD, AND IF THEY HAD ANY CARTS BEYOND THAT PER CART, THEY WOULD PAY THAT PER MONTH.
SO WE'RE REQUESTING TO REMOVE THAT COMPLETELY FROM THE CONTRACT.
THE REALITY OF IT IS, MA'AM, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO REITERATE THAT IS THAT THIS THIS INCREASE IS IN THE CONTRACT.
WE JUST DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN THE INITIAL RESOLUTION, CORRECT.
IT WAS A STAFF OVERSIGHT AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S OUR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION TO INCREASE THE RATES BY THREE PERCENT PER THE CONTRACT.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND HE WENT IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
MR. CHIEF. YOU'RE BATTING 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE PRICE OF THE CART, WHICH WAS $10 A MONTH FOR AN ADDITIONAL CART, I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF EXPENSIVE.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE PAYING $120 A YEAR FOR THAT EXTRA CART.
THAT THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
I'M A FAMILY OF TWO, DOES NOT NEED IT.
BUT I WAS LOOKING AT THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR KIDS.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY FOR THEM TO GET THAT MUCH.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY BIG CHUNK, AND THAT'S EVERY MONTH FOR THAT PICK UP.
ON TOP OF THE TWENTY FOUR DOLLARS A MONTH YOU'RE ALREADY PAYING.
SO THEY'RE PAYING THIRTY FOUR DOLLARS A MONTH FOR THEIR OR THEIR GARBAGE PICKUP.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF EXCESSIVE FOR ONE OR ONE GARBAGE CAN.
THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, MADAM SHERMAN, THAT WAS PART OF THE CONTRACT, AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO ELIMINATING THAT.
YES. AND ALSO JUST TO RESTATE, WE HAVE NOT CHARGED ANY CUSTOMERS THAT RATE FOR THE SINCE THE CONTRACT STARTED LAST OCTOBER.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? STEP FORWARD, PLEASE.
NATHAN WHITE 13 01 SEABURY ST..
SO THIS CONTRACT WITH REPUBLIC.
IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, FORGIVE ME IF I'M WRONG, IT'S 20 YEARS, 10 YEARS, TEN YEARS, TEN YEARS. THANK YOU. A 10 YEAR CONTRACT.
SO IT'S GOING TO THE FEES FOR THE RESIDENTS, FOR ALL OF THESE VARIOUS.
SERVICES. AS WELL AS THE FEES FOR THE CARDS ARE ALL GOING TO GO UP BY THREE PERCENT FOR EACH OF THOSE 10 YEARS.
THAT'S HOW IT IS CURRENTLY STRUCTURED.
JUST SO BEFORE THE CONTRACT IS UP, EVERYONE WILL BE PAYING AT LEAST 30 PERCENT MORE THAN THIS. WHICH FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS I'VE SPOKEN WITH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IS DOUBLE OR TRIPLE WHAT THEY WERE PAYING BEFORE.
AND THE CURRENT CONTRACT SAYS IT'S GOING TO GO UP BY ANOTHER 30 PERCENT BEFORE IT'S THROUGH. I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY THAT I HAD THAT CORRECT.
IS THERE? I SUPPOSE MY QUESTION THAT I WOULD LEAVE US LEAVE YOU WITH IS.
DOES THE CONTRACT HAVE ANY STIPULATIONS FOR GUARANTEE OF SERVICE, I SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY, BECAUSE I'M HEARING DOZENS AND DOZENS OF COMPLAINTS EVERY EVERY WEEK OF FAILED PICKUPS, OF DAMAGE TO PROPERTY CANS BEING BROKEN, BROKEN IN VARIOUS UNIQUE WAYS, AS WELL AS THE EXTREMELY CONSISTENT FAILURES FOR PICKUPS, WHICH ARE ONLY FOR SOME AND NOT OTHERS, SEEMS TO BE AREA BASED.
I HAVEN'T FOUND THE COMMON FACTOR THERE YET.
ONE RESIDENT I SPOKE WITH, IN FACT, TOLD ME THAT THEY SPOKE WITH THEIR DRIVER, WHO
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INFORMED THEM THAT THEY WERE UNDERSTAFFED AND COULDN'T MAKE ALL OF THEIR PICKUPS IN TIME, SO THEY WERE CUTTING HOUSES OFF OF THEIR LISTS INDIVIDUALLY IN ORDER TO BE DONE ON TIME.SO I'M WONDERING IF WE HAD ANY INFORMATION ON THAT.
MADAME SHERMAN. I THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO REAL QUICKLY IN TERMS OF CONTRACTUAL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS THERE APP, IN TERMS OF THE PERFORMANCE, THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY A WHOLE RANGE OF ITEMS IN THERE THAT SPEAK TO VARIOUS THINGS, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, AMOUNT OF TIME.
IT SHOULD TAKE REPUBLIC TO COMPLETE A TASK, CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS OF RESOLVING MS. UP, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A VARIETY OF ITEMS AND THERE ARE ALSO WHAT WE CALL LIQUIDATED DAMAGES BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT.
WE ARE ACTUALLY IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND OUR ATTORNEYS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS BECAUSE WE'VE SENT THEM ONE LETTER ALREADY THAT SPEAKS TO A VARIETY OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.
WE ASSESS THEM FOR FAILURES EARLY ON IN THE CONTRACT, SO THAT'S AN ONGOING DISCUSSION.
SO THAT ABSOLUTELY IS BUILT IN THERE IN TERMS OF BROKEN CARTS, THAT'S 100 PERCENT SOMETHING THEY SHOULD BE FIXING.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY SERVICE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING HAVE NOT BEEN RESOLVED, ABSOLUTELY.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF PLACES YOU CAN SEND THEM.
YOU CAN EASILY GET TO MY OFFICE AND WE'LL ROOT IT FOR YOU, CITY MANAGER AT PALM BAY FLORIDA MORGUE.
WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS CUSTOMER SERVICE GROUP AND MHOOL IS BACK THERE.
HE'S OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
I'LL ASK HIM TO GIVE YOU HIS CARD TOO, SO THAT YOU CAN ROOT TO THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE.
BUT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE A DIRECT LINE INTO REPUBLIC TO GET THINGS RESOLVED.
IF CUSTOMERS HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING THE COMMENTS, YOU KNOW THAT SOMEONE REPORTED OF A DRIVER SAYING THAT THEY WERE UNDERSTAFFED AND CUTTING HOUSES OFF THEIR LIST.
THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING I WOULD HOPE THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING, BUT CERTAINLY BECAUSE I'VE HEARD IT. I WILL LOOK INTO IT AND CONFIRM THEY SHOULD HAVE FULLY STAFFED AS PER THE CONTRACTS IN TERMS OF VEHICLES AND PEOPLE.
CERTAINLY HAVEN'T HEARD THAT BEFORE, BUT THAT WOULD BE A SERIOUS VIOLATION OF THE CONTRACT IF THEY DID THAT. SO I APPRECIATE IT.
SIR, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? I WILL SAY, MR. WHITE, THAT I'VE WITNESSED SEVERAL RESIDENTS REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY, AND I FUNNEL THAT TO THEIR OPERATIONS MANAGER, MR. WILLIAMS, I THINK IT IS WILLIAM CONRAD AND HE'S JOHNNY.
WHEN WE'RE MADE AWARE OF THE SITUATION, THEY'VE RECTIFIED IT QUICKLY.
I I WILL SAY THAT, BUT THAT IS DEVASTATING TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE CUTTING SHORT THEIR ROUTES, AND I'M SURE OUR CITY MANAGER WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT, BUT THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE THAT. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IN AN OMINOUS FOR EMOTION, GENTLEMEN, MOST WOULD APPROVE RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE TO FIFTY ONE. LOOKING.
AND A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? HEARING NONE, I'M CALLING TO QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, MADAM SMITH RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE DIES AT 52.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE CLASSIFICATION AND PAY PLANS AND THE POSITION CONTROL PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY TWO RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS AND CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION IS WHERE YOU WOULD ADOPT THE FULL CLASSIFICATION PLAN.
SO THIS IS THE LISTING AND DETAIL OF ALL THE POSITIONS CITYWIDE AND ALL FUNDS POSITION TITLES, THE FTE COUNT OR FULL TIME EQUIVALENT COUNT.
AND THIS REFLECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TO EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE POINT EIGHTY NINE FTES THE DECIMALS BECAUSE THAT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR PART PART TIME POSITIONS, WHICH MAY BE HALF A POSITION OR IT COULD BE A COMBINATION OR A VARIABLE OFF OF THAT.
AND THAT EIGHT NINE ONE POINT EIGHT NINE FTES WOULD BE ELEVEN POINT EIGHTY TWO FTES OVER WHERE WE STARTED FISCAL YEAR TWENTY ONE.
THAT REFLECTS CHANGES THAT WE MADE DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, AS WELL AS ADDITIONS IN THIS YEAR'S OR UPCOMING BUDGET.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. JOHNSON ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHED TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
YOU KNOW, AND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION.
WAS IT APPROVED RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE? THAT'S 50 TO NOTHING.
THE MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGING ABOUT COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
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ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I'M CALLING TO QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR.ALL RIGHT. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ADAM SMITH RESOLUTION 20 TWENTY ONE DASH FIFTY THREE. A RESOLUTION TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
TWENTY TWENTY TWO THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY FIVE DASH.
TWENTY TWENTY SIX FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
FLORIDA VOTED FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AND CUE MADAM SMITH, MADAM SHERMAN.
I THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS ITEM IS THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM, IT INCLUDES ADOPTING THE FUNDING FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PROGRAMS ARE IN THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO INCLUDES ROAD FUND PROGRAMS, STORMWATER PROGRAMS AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAS A CAPITAL FUND AS WELL. SO THESE ARE ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BUDGETED AND ARE PROPOSING FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. ALSO INCLUDED IN HERE ARE THE BASED ON COUNCIL DIRECTION AT THE WORKSHOP.
THE TWO CAPITAL PROJECTS COMING OUT OF THE ARPA FUNDS THAT WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
SO IT INCLUDES THE $2 MILLION CONTRIBUTION FROM ARPA FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING E AND THE $2 MILLION TOWARDS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? RAISE YOUR HAND, STEP FORWARD, THE WHITE.
PLEASE CORRECT. NATHAN WHITE 13 01 SEABURY ST., PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BECAUSE THEN I WOULD JUST BE WASTING EVERYBODY'S TIME GRAND TOTAL UTILITIES, NON UTILITY AND NON UTILITY ADDITIONAL.
ESSENTIALLY, THE GRAND TOTAL OF ALL OF THESE PROJECTS BEING PUT FORWARD FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO. SO A MISUNDERSTANDING THAT.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU RESTATE THE QUESTION? AT THE VERY BOTTOM GRAND TOTAL UTILITIES, NON UTILITY AND NON UTILITY ADDITIONAL ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY SIX DOLLARS. THAT'S THE CAPITAL.
TOTAL PLAN FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
THAT'S THE IDEA. TWENTY TWENTY TWO SCHOOL YEAR.
I DON'T MEAN TO BE SLOW. I'M TRYING TO FIND YOUR NUMBER THAT YOU'RE READING OUT VERY, VERY WELL. WELL, THE LAST PAGE, YOU'RE ON THE VERY LAST PAGE.
GIVE IT TO ME ONE MORE TIME, I'M SORRY.
GRAND TOTAL UTILITIES, NON UTILITY AND NON UTILITY ADDITIONAL.
IT'S THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE MILLION THAT'S THE.
OK. YES, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE AT.
FOR ALL OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.
RIGHT? NO, THAT'S FOR A FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S FUNDING IN DIFFERENT COLUMNS.
THERE'S COLUMN HEADERS FOR DIFFERENT FISCAL YEARS, SO THE TOTAL WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT LAST PAGE, THE TOTAL JUST FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO WOULD BE THAT TWENTY THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION.
OK, THANK YOU, THEN THAT WOULD CLARIFY MY QUESTION, SO WITH THE AMOUNT, WHAT WOULD BE MY I SUPPOSE MY QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD BE THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TWENTY TWENTY TWO FISCAL BUDGET THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE TWENTY TWO ALLOTMENT OF THIS PLAN? GRAND TOTAL FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO FROM THIS PLAN.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL TWENTY TWENTY TWO BUDGET IS THAT? THE ALL FUNDS BUDGET, AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL IS THERE AND THE PERCENTAGE THAT THE CAPITAL COMPRISES OF THE ALL FUNDS BUDGET TOTAL JILLA, COULD YOU HAVE THE DEFENSE BUDGET NUMBER? I'M SORRY, ANGELA GOLDMAN, I SHOULD HAVE.
DO YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL LET YOU FINISH YOUR.
OK. JESSICA COLLINS, FISCAL MANAGER IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
SO IF I'M HEARING THE QUESTION CORRECTLY, SO OUR TOTAL BUDGET CITYWIDE FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO IS ROUGHLY $232 MILLION.
SO TAKING THAT PERCENTAGE WOULD BE YOU JUST MAKE IT.
SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY JUST LESS LESS THAN A PERCENT BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST, DID THIS CORRECTLY HOLD ON? NO, I MUST BE OFF.
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YOU. SEVEN.WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT, SO BASED ON OUR TOTAL AMOUNT THAT I HAVE.
WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT FOR NOW FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT IN TOTAL.
I THINK IF I HAVE IT RIGHT, UNLESS I DIDN'T PRINT.
OH, HOLD ON. I SHOULD BE 10 PERCENT, ACTUALLY.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE UTILITIES, I'M SORRY, SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE UTILITIES, WHICH IS 10 MILLION OF THE 23 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT, SO THE TOTAL WILL BE ABOUT 10 PERCENT IF YOU TO DOING TOTAL NON UTILITIES AND UTILITIES COMBINED. YEAH.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ASYLUM? YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION MOTION APPROVED RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE TO FIFTY THREE, OKAY MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SINGING BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION COUNCIL.
DURING NONE, THEM CALL INTO QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, WE'RE ON NUMBER NINE.
RESOLUTION TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH FIFTY FOR A RESOLUTION, THE CITY OF PALM BAY OF OUR COUNTY, FLORIDA, LEAVING THE AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX MILITARY FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES AND THE VOTE AT DEBT MILLAGE RATE FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BAY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST.
TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30 IS TWENTY TWENTY TWO PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH, MADAM SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS WOULD BE THE ITEM THAT FORMALIZES OUR PROPOSED AD VALOREM RATE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
SO ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, IT WOULD BE SEVEN POINT FIVE NINE NINE FIVE MILLS FOR AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX OPERATING MILLAGE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND WOULD ALSO INCLUDE ADOPTION OF THE VOTED DEBT MILITARY FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY TOTALING ONE POINT THREE FOUR TO FOUR MILLS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ANY QUESTIONS THAT.
NO. MAY I ASK THE AUDIENCE IF IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? THE FORWARD.
NATHAN WHITE, 13 AND ONE SEABREEZE ST.
SUPPOSE I GET TO ANSWER THE CALL A LITTLE MORE DIRECTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS ITEM. AND I'M CURIOUS AS TO THE EXPLANATION FOR WHY, AFTER ENDING THE MOST PROFITABLE YEAR FOR THE CITY IN THE LAST 10 OR 11 YEARS, WE ARE RAISING TAXES.
ENDED THE YEAR WITH ABOUT 20 SO MILLION DOLLARS IN AN UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE.
TRIPLED, DOUBLED OR TRIPLED EVERYBODY'S TRASH FEES ALREADY.
AND. ALL THAT EXTRA MONEY, WE'RE RAISING TAXES AGAIN ACROSS THE BOARD.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ASYLUM? AND WE TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THE MILITARY, WHAT WE WE'RE PAYING NOW, WHAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THIS ITEM CERTAINLY MIRROR.
SO THE CURRENT MILITARY TO SEVEN POINT EIGHT THREE SEVEN EIGHT, WE'RE PROPOSING GOING TO THE THREE PERCENT CAP RATE OF SEVEN POINT FIVE NINE NINE FIVE.
SOME OF THE REASONS INCLUDED FOR THE NEED TO STAY AT ROLLBACK RATE, EXCUSE ME, TO INCREASE OVER ROLLBACK RATE, WHICH JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, ROLLBACK RATE WAS SEVEN POINT FOUR ONE FOUR TWO, WHICH WAS TWO POINT FIVE PERCENT DIFFERENCE FROM WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE SEVEN POINT FIVE NINE NINE FIVE RATE.
BUT IRREGARDLESS, THE THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED THAT HAVE LED US TO THIS RECOMMENDED BUDGET INCLUDE THE INCREASED COSTS OF POLICE AND FIRE PENSIONS, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY YEAR.
WE DO HAVE SOME DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENT INCREASES.
THOSE WENT UP HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS.
THE CITY SAW ABOUT FIVE PERCENT INCREASE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD YEAR.
BUT THOSE THOSE REMAIN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH EACH YEAR AS WE'RE SELF-INSURED. WE ALSO ADDED IN THIS 10 ADDITIONAL FULL TIME POSITIONS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE INTENDED TO DEAL WITH THE GROWTH OF THE CITY.
SO THERE IS FUNDING IN THEIR PROPOSED FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS
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AND FIREFIGHTERS BECAUSE AS THE CITY HAS GROWN, WE DO NEED TO INCREASE OUR PERSONNEL IN THOSE AREAS. THERE ARE ALSO SOME FUNDING ITEMS IN HERE RELATED TO OUR DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BODY CAMERA PROJECT.SO THERE'S SOME STAFFING POSITIONS ADMINISTRATIVE BEHIND THE SCENES TO HANDLE THE THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT PORTION OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND ALSO, WE WERE ABLE TO FUND ANOTHER SEVEN OR FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS INTO OUR ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND. SO THOSE WERE THOSE WERE BASIC PRIORITIES THAT WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR. YOU CAN HEAR THE BULK OF THOSE OR PERSONNEL RELATED, BUT CERTAINLY THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO FUND THAT WE LEFT ON THE TABLE.
ONE GOOD EXAMPLE THAT I'LL JUST STATE AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW WE COVERED IN THE WORKSHOP IS THERE ARE NO OUTSIDE OF UTILITIES, STORMWATER ROADS, THERE ARE NO NORMAL GENERAL FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED IN HERE.
SO THERE'S BUILDING NEEDS THAT WE'RE NOT FUNDING.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF VEHICLE NEEDS THAT ARE NOT FUNDED AND THERE'S A VERY LONG LIST.
AS YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH THAT OF CAPITAL NEEDS THAT ARE NOT MET AND THERE ARE ALSO ADDITIONAL NEEDS TO GROW OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
BUT WE FOCUS ON OUR CORE SERVICES OF POLICE AND FIRE THIS YEAR AND HOPE TO GROW IN THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CITY IN THE FUTURE.
THOSE ARE SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS.
WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE RECAP, MA'AM, AND I REALLY WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, COUNCILMAN BECAUSE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS WORKSHOP AND AND A LOT OF COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT EVERYONE ON THIS COUNCIL STUCK TO, WE'RE NOT GOING ABOVE THE SEVEN POINT FIVE NINE NINE FIVE RATE.
AND AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL BECAUSE OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, RIGHT? AND EVERYONE HAS STUCK TO THAT WORD.
SO I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
YEAH, YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO HELP CLARIFY, I THINK WHAT HE WAS ASKING WAS WHY NOT USE THE MONEY IN THE UN DESIGNATED FUND? I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE WAS GETTING AT.
YOU JUMP ON DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE.
I CAN JUST GENERALLY SPEAK TO THAT QUESTION.
SO UN DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE, ESSENTIALLY FOR GENERAL FUND, IS CALLED THE SAVINGS ACCOUNT. BUT IT'S WHAT'S SOMETIMES WE HAVE EXTRA MONEY LEFT OVER.
WE DON'T SPEND, SO IT DROPS BACK TO FUND BALANCE.
SOMETIMES WE PURPOSELY DECIDE TO JUST PUT MONEY IN THERE.
HOWEVER, THE MONEY COMES TO BE THERE.
IT BECOMES ESSENTIALLY A RESERVE ACCOUNT.
SOME OF IT CAN BE SPECIFICALLY SET ASIDE FOR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OUR MONTHLY SPENDING SET ASIDE IN THAT SAVINGS ACCOUNT, ESSENTIALLY.
SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO BY LAW, BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU COULD JUST GO TO FUND BALANCE ON DESIGNATED AND USE IT.
TYPICALLY, HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET A CLEAN AUDIT REPORT EACH YEAR, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE YOUR OWN DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE FOR MEETING RECURRING NEEDS, SO RECURRING NEEDS FOR US WOULD BE PERSONNEL COSTS, OPERATING COSTS.
THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE US WHEN WE COME TO COUNSEL FOR UN DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE USE.
TYPICALLY, WE TRY TO USE THAT FOR ONE TIME.
COSTS LIKE A CAPITAL NEED SOMETHING BROKE.
WE NEED TO FIX IT OR, YOU KNOW, A ONE TIME PROJECT.
IF WE DO REQUEST FUNDING OUT OF UN DESIGNATED FOR A POSITION IN A MID-YEAR SCENARIO, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE FUND THAT AND CAN FULLY FUND IT FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
USING THE REVENUE THAT COMES IN NOT UNDER UN DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE.
SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE COULD CONTINUE TO USE IF THAT HELPS TO CLARIFY.
THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE MAINTAIN A BELIEF AAA RATING.
WE WENT THROUGH OUR REVIEW WITH THE THE BOND RATING AGENCIES EARLIER THIS YEAR.
JANUARY MAY BE TIME FRAME AND OUR BOND RATINGS WERE WERE STRONG, AND THAT'S BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THEY MENTIONED THE REPORTS WAS BECAUSE OUR RESERVES WERE HEALTHY AND SO THAT WAS A GOOD THING FOR US.
YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ON THIS SIDE OF.
AND ENTERTAIN THE MOTION AT THIS TIME, MOST IMPROVED RESOLUTION OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT FIFTY FOUR SECOND GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER COUNCILMAN FELIX ANY COMMENT, SIR? IT'S MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I I'M GLAD I THINK MS. SHERMAN DID A GOOD JOB EXPLAINING THE THE THE RAPE AS THE PRETEND TO THE VILLAGE WHERE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY AGREED TO KEEP IT AT THE CAMP, THE THREE PERCENT CAP.
I THINK WE ARE AT A GOOD PLACE AND I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT THE CITIZENS UNDERSTAND THAT TAXES ARE NOT BEING RAISED AND USING THE UN DESIGNATED FUND TO TO.
IT'S NOT A GOOD PRACTICE, SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT.
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I APPRECIATE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, TO AGREE TO KEEP IT AT THE CAP.ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCILMAN FOSTER, PLEASE? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT COUNCILMAN FELIX SAID AND THE CITY MANAGER SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE MONEY IN RESERVES.
AND AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THE NEXT DISASTER'S COMING, AND IT'S COMING OUR WAY.
CITY MANAGER, HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN EMERGENCY RESERVES FOR THE CITY.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE IF ANGELICA CAN PULL HER LIST, I DIDN'T BRING THAT CHART WITH ME, I THINK IT'S ARE WE IN LIKE THE 20 MILLION RANGE BALLPARK? IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE, SIR, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, AND THESE RESERVES ARE USED FOR DISASTER PAYING CITY WORKERS AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS LIKE THAT.
AM I CORRECT? YEAH, IT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY WHATEVER WHATEVER NEEDS CAME UP TO THE CITY THAT THAT IS A HUGE ONE AND WE'VE ONLY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS FORTUNATELY BEEN ABLE TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER RESERVE BALANCE FOR THOSE SITUATIONS, BUT WE ALSO HAVEN'T HAD TO TAP INTO IT EITHER.
SO WE WAS ABLE ALSO TO PUT MONEY TOWARDS THE ROAD BOND TO MAINTAIN OUR ROADS.
AND KEEPING AT THE AT THE CAP, THE MILITARY 7.8, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PAYING NOW.
AND THEN THE CAP IS SEVEN POINT FIVE.
OK, SO PEOPLE SAY YOU RAISE IN TAXES, I'LL SCRATCH MY HEAD, YOU'RE PAYING SEVEN POINT EIGHT AND YOU'RE PAYING SEVEN POINT FIVE.
WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TO THE ROAD BACK.
WAIT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE CITY FINANCIALLY.
SO WE'RE KEEPING IT AT THE CAP.
WE'RE DOING WHAT THE CHARTER ACTS IS TO DO.
THE ONLY REASON WE COULD GO OVER THE CAP IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY.
AM I RIGHT? CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE TO JUSTIFY EMERGENCY, RIGHT? YES. YES, SIR. AND THERE'S SOME OTHER CRITERIA.
I BELIEVE IN YOUR IN THE LAW THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW, BUT THE EMERGENCY IS THE BIGGEST ONE. THE HURDLE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE KEEPING IT AT THE SEVEN POINT FIVE.
I JUST WANT TO BECAUSE IT'S I SCRATCH MY HEAD WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS WE'RE RAISING TAXES AND WE'RE KEEPING YOUR WE LOWER YOUR MILK MILITARY.
AND NEXT YEAR, WE KEEP IT IN THE THREE PERCENT, IF NO.
GOD WILLING, WE DON'T HAVE NO EMERGENCY OR DISASTER, LIKE OTHER CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES HAPPENED. SO I JUST WANT TO JUST MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD.
ME, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ASYLUM? BURAK. OK.
AS YOU WERE, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY.
WELL, I HAVE THE MOTION, I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR, I II PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
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PUBLIC HEARING WITNESS TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT SIXTY ONE.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY OF OUR COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 20 UTILITIES CODE, CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED UTILITIES CODE BY ADJUSTING THE RATES, FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE CITY'S UTILITY SYSTEM AND SERVICES, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER TO MS. SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO THIS ORDINANCE AND THE NEXT TWO ORDINANCES YOU'LL BE CONSIDERING REFLECT CHANGES TO THE CITY'S UTILITIES RATES, WATER, SEWER RECLAIMED AND SOME MISCELLANEOUS FEES AND CHARGES, WHICH YOU'LL FIND IN IN THESE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, WHICH I'LL EXPLAIN UNDER EACH ITEM WILL BE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING A USER RATE INCREASE FOR WATER OF ONE POINT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT, A USER RATE INCREASE FOR SEWER AND RECLAIM SERVICES OF THREE POINT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT, AND THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TYPES OF FEES BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION RATE, WHICH THIS YEAR IS ONE POINT ONE SEVEN PERCENT. AND THAT'S IN FOLLOWING OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE THAT SPEAKS TO THAT.
SO THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE, NUMBER ONE, IS CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED OF THE UTILITIES CODE.
THIS IS WHERE IT INCLUDES OUR WATER AND SEWER USER RATES AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER MISCELLANEOUS FEES I MENTIONED.
SO THIS IS ONE WHERE YOU WOULD BE CONSIDERING THE INCREASE TO WATER USER RATES OF ONE
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POINT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT, THE INCREASE TO SEWER RATES OF THREE POINT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT AND THE ADOPTION OF THOSE OTHER MISCELLANEOUS FEES AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION RATE OF ONE POINT SEVENTEEN PERCENT.AND COUNCILMAN, ANY QUESTIONS I KNOW THAT WE COVERED THIS AT THE LAST HEARING, BUT PERHAPS ALSO PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE FOR THE PUBLIC SAKE, HAVE OUR OUR STAFF COME UP AND.
DEPUTY MAYOR, OH, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION FOR STAN BECAUSE I HAD ASKED BILL RIVERS, I HAD ASKED BECAUSE HE WAS SAYING OTHER CITIES OVER A FEW YEARS DID INCREASE THEIR UTILITIES RATES AND THEN THEY HAD TO.
ALL OF A SUDDEN INCREASE IT A LARGE AMOUNT.
SO I WAS JUST WANTING TO INQUIRE ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY DATA THAT YOU CAN GIVE US OR SHOW US, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER BIG KEY ISSUE IN REGARDS TO JUSTIFYING INCREASE.
GOOD EVENING. JEFF DYKSTRA WITH STAND TECH SERVE AS THE CITY'S UTILITIES DEPARTMENT RATE CONSULTANT. SO, YEAH, IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION, YOU EVER CAN THINK I CAN THINK OF A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES THAT I'VE DEALT WITH PERSONALLY.
CITY OF SAFETY HARBOR, FOR EXAMPLE, A UTILITY THAT WE'VE WORKED FOR FOR YEARS, SEVERAL YEARS BACK, DECIDED NOT TO IMPLEMENT MARGINAL INCREMENTAL INCREASES LIKE THIS ENDED UP HAVING TO APPROVE A FOUR YEAR PLAN OF TWELVE AND A HALF PERCENT RATE INCREASES.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO USE OTHER COMMUNITIES AS A DIRECT COMPARISON FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY. WHAT I WANT TO JUST SAY IS EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE EVEN WHAT'S RECOMMENDED TO THEM DOESN'T NECESSARILY REFLECT COUNCIL'S ACTION.
AND SO. WHAT I CAN DO IS PUT IT IN A PERSPECTIVE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF? RATE INCREASES THIS YEAR.
ALL OTHER THINGS EQUAL OR NOT IMPLEMENTED.
THE ONE, SEVEN, FIVE AND THREE SEVEN FIVE, I WOULD COME BACK NEXT YEAR WITH EXACTLY THE SAME NUMBERS AND YOU'D BE LOOKING AT, SAY, A FOUR PERCENT AND AN EIGHT PERCENT INCREASE, RESPECTIVELY, TO MAKE UP FOR THE FACT THAT THE ONE YEAR INCREASE WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT ADOPTED. AND IT ACTUALLY WOULD BE HIGHER RATES THAN WHAT YOU WOULD BE, WHAT THE RATES WOULD HAVE BEEN NEXT YEAR.
HAD YOU IMPLEMENTED THE INCREASE THIS YEAR.
SO I JUST USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, USE PROBABLY AN OVERUSED TERM, KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT EVERY TIME THAT HAPPENS, YOU MS. THE COMPOUNDING EFFECT OF IT, MATHEMATICALLY SPEAKING.
BUT WE ALSO PUT THE NEEDS OF THE UTILITY, YOU KNOW, IN FURTHER PERIL.
NOT NOT THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, A CRISIS AT THE MOMENT, BUT YOU'RE JUST DELAYING WHAT RENEWAL REPLACEMENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS AT THAT UTILITY HAS TO TAKE CARE OF.
SO I JUST WANT TO OFFER THAT PERSPECTIVE.
SO GIVEN THE GROWTH FOR PALM BAY WITH A LOT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, COULD WE IF WE DON'T INCREASE THIS? WHAT IMPACT WILL IT HAVE ON THE RACE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND WE WON'T BE GETTING NO ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO OFFSET THE LOAD COMING IN? YEAH. SO ALL OF THOSE FACTORS ARE CONSIDERED INTO, YOU KNOW, OUR ANNUAL ANALYSIS. SO WE CONSIDER MOST RECENT GROWTH.
MOST RECENT FUND BALANCES AS THE YEAR CLOSES OUT, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT UTILITIES HAS PLANNED THAT YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, YOU PROVE THE FIVE YEAR KIP.
SO AS THESE, THAT'S ALL FACTORED IN TO THE ANALYSIS, INCLUDING ABOUT TWO PERCENT GROWTH IN REVENUES DUE TO GROWTH.
SO ALL I CAN SAY IS ALL THOSE ELEMENTS, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, GROWTH, NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER NEW PLANTS THAT ARE PLANNED, AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONAL COST INCREASES THAT ARE JUST INHERENT ARE ALSO ALL FACTORED IN.
SO. IF WE TAKE, WE DON'T INCREASE THIS WILL ALSO AFFECT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, RIGHT? YES, SIR. LOANS THAT WE TOOK OUT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. WE WANT TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL REVENUES TO PAY OUR BILLS.
I COUNCILMAN FELIX WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY, DID YOU WANT TO SHARE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MM HMM.
I DON'T. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
I BELIEVE I HAVE SUPPORTED THIS ITEM BEFORE, AND I WILL IN FAVOR TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
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I THINK IT'S NECESSARY AS WE GROW.WELL, WE WE WE NEED TO TAKE THIS ACTION NOW.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION MOTION APPROVE ORDERS. TWENTY TWENTY ONE TO SIXTY ONE FINAL READING.
IT'S LOOKING. AT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER, ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN, CNN, I'M CALLING TO QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR HIGH PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM NUMBER TWO MADAM SMITH OR IT IS TWENTY TWENTY ONE SIXTY TWO AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY BURAK COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 20 UTILITIES CODE CHAPTER TWO OH ONE.
SEWER USE SUBCHAPTER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS BY ADJUSTING TO PERMIT FEES AND OTHER CHARGES RELATED TO THE CITY'S UTILITIES WASTEWATER SYSTEM PROVIDED FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES AND COMFORT HERE HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, MADAM SHERMAN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS CHAPTER TWO OF ONE SEWER USE.
THIS IS A CHAPTER THAT INCLUDES JUST A HANDFUL OF MISCELLANEOUS RATES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WOULD INCREASE BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION RATE OF ONE POINT ONE SEVEN PERCENT. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'D BE CONSIDERING ON THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALSO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE NRMA, I'M GOING TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION MOTION APPROVED ORDERS TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH.
SIXTY TO FINAL. SECOND MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR, HIGH PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ITEM NUMBER THREE ADAM SMITH OR IS TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE 20 UTILITIES CODE CHAPTER TWO OH TWO RECLAIM WATER BY ADJUSTING THE RATES, FEES AND CHARGES FOR RECLAIMED WATER PROVIDED FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE WITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND MADAM SHERMAN, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS CHAPTER TWO OF TWO REFLECTING RATES FOR RECLAIMED WATER.
THESE ARE PROPOSED TO INCREASE AS ALONG WITH IN TANDEM WITH THE SEWER RATES USER RATES BY THREE POINT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT AND ANY MISCELLANEOUS RATES WOULD BE PSC, BUT THREE POINT SEVENTY FIVE FOR THIS ONE AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL? YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO ASK ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK, PLEASE STEP FORWARD. MR. CHIEF. BILL BATTEN, FIVE EIGHTY SIX, OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST ON THE RECLAIMED WATER, BUT DOES NOT GET USED BY THE PEOPLE THAT USE THE RECLAIMED WATER.
IS THERE ANY MECHANISM FOR SALVAGING THAT, OR IS IT ALL GOING RIGHT BACK DOWN INTO THE DEEP WELL INJECTION WHERE IT'S NEVER RETRIEVED? SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ON THAT, AND IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE JUST PUMPING INTO THE DEEP WELL INJECTION WHERE IT'S GONE.
THEN. THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT.
AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS WHEN WE'RE PUTTING THE NEW LINES IN THE GO TO PEOPLE AND WE'RE ALREADY RUNNING THE LINES FOR WATER AND SEWER.
SO CONSIDER PUTTING THAT IN WHERE IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE, SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE PUTTING IN WELLS, SO EVERY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, THEY WOULD HAVE A CHEAP WATER SOURCE AVAILABLE INSTEAD OF GOING ON WELLS.
SO IF IT IS GOING DOWN THE DEEP, WELL.
BECAUSE ONCE IT'S DOWN THERE, WE NEVER GET THAT WATER BACK.
MR. LITTLE. AND I JUST SAW YOU JUST SHERMAN, SO YES, WE WERE IN SYNC.
THANK YOU. CHRIS LYTTLE, UTILITIES DIRECTOR.
SO THE FIRST THING WE TRY TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF RECLAIMED WATER WE MAKE, WE HAVE TWO WASTEWATER PLANTS ESSENTIALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM ONE ANOTHER.
ONE HAS A CAPACITY OF 1.2 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
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THE OTHER FOUR MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.BASED ON OUR ESTIMATED USAGE OF RECLAIMED WATER, WE TRY TO MINIMIZE WHAT GOES TO THE EARTH. THE 1.2 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY FACILITY, JUST SO WE DON'T TREAT WATER TO A VERY HIGH QUALITY, TO A HIGH STANDARD TO THEN THROW IT DOWN THE DEEP WELL.
SO THE EXCESS TREATED WASTEWATER DOES GO DOWN THE DEPOT, AND WE DO TRY TO MAXIMIZE OUR USAGE OF RECLAIMED WATER.
SECOND, WE TRY OUR BEST TO DO MAINLINE EXTENSIONS FOR RECLAIMED WATER IN THE NORTHEAST.
IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE MOST OF THE SUBDIVISIONS ARE BUILT OUT.
SANDY PINES IS ONE SET OF SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAS RECLAIMED WATER AND THEN COUNTRY CLUB LAKES ESTATES.
THEY'VE EXTENDED AND THEY HAVE RECLAIMED WATER.
BEYOND THAT, IT'S MOSTLY JUST SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES WITH NO MASTER IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO EXTEND INTO THOSE AREAS.
AND WE HAVE APPROACHED PEOPLE IN THE KIRBY CIRCLE AREA, THE NORTHEAST PART THAT COULD USE LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER.
AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS AND IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT GETTING PEOPLE TO USE IT BECAUSE THE QUALITY OF THE WATER IS NOT TO A LEVEL.
FOR INSTANCE, NC ASSEMBLY WAS ONE THAT WAS APPROACHED TWO YEARS AGO TRYING TO GET THEM TO USE IT TO CLEAN THEIR CIRCUIT BOARDS.
BUT THE QUALITY WAS JUST NOT THERE IN THE SOUTH, WHERE WE'RE BUILDING OUR NEW WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY.
IT WON'T BE SIDE BY SIDE WITH WATER MAY ENFORCEMENT EXTENSIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT IN PLACE ALREADY.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING IN OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN TO EXTEND RECLAIMED WATER OUT TO THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE MASTER IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND USE IT THERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND MAXIMIZE OUR RECLAIMED WATER USAGE IN THE SOUTH.
THANK YOU, CHRIS, ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHRIS.
APPRECIATE IT. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? CNN, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR EMOTION.
TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH SIXTY THREE FINAL READING THE SECOND THE MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? HEARING NONE, I'M CALLING TO QUESTION.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, MS. SMITH ORDINANCE TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT SIXTY FOUR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A FINAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATING FUND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH TWENTY TWENTY TWO, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEN OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING IN DEFERRED AMENDMENT SHERMAN. OH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
SO THIS IS THE FINAL STEP IN OUR JOURNEY TONIGHT TO ADOPT THE NEW YEAR NEW FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. OBVIOUSLY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT I DID WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MANY, MANY STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORKED VERY, VERY HARD TO GET US TO THIS POINT IN. THE BUDGET DEPARTMENTS HAD LOTS OF STAFF, JUST NOT JUST DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, BUT STAFF THAT WORKED HARD, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.
AND I HAVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ANGELICA COLLINS AND HER TEAM IN FINANCE AS THEY WORK TO PUT EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION TOGETHER INTO ONE DOCUMENT.
THAT MAKES SENSE. SO I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. MAYOR, THANK YOU, MADAM SHERMAN, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING KUDOS TO THE STAFF. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, MA'AM.
THAT'S A. THAT'S GREAT FOR MORALE.
NOW, SO MANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF AT THIS TIME.
ENFORCEABLE. JUST WANT TO SAY REITERATED WHAT THE CITY MANAGER SAID, THANKS TO STAFF, THANK YOU FOR WORKING HARD ON THIS BUDGET AND ALSO TO THE.
I KNOW I'M FAMILIAR WITH BUDGET, YOU ALWAYS ACTS AND YOU DON'T GET AND YOU ASK TO DO MORE WITH LESS. AND I HAVEN'T FORGOT ABOUT EACH DEPARTMENT AND WHAT WHAT YOU ASK WAS THE POLICE, THE FIRE, THE UTILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND RECREATION.
I HAVEN'T FORGOT THAT WE COULD HAVE DID A LOT MORE.
IT WOULD HAVE RAISED THE CAP, BUT WE DID.
CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK FOR CITY OF PALM BAY AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
COUNCILMAN FELIX, ANY COMMENTS? MR. MAYOR, I WOULD ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY SAID IT TAKES.
I'M SURE A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF PLANNING AND FROM EVERY STAFF MEMBER THAT ARE INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY THE DEPARTMENT HEADS CITY MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT.
YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THEY PUT INTO, YOU KNOW, THE FINAL PRODUCT.
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I'M GOING TO ASK IF ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.PLEASE STEP FORWARD. YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION POSTER TO PROVE AUDITS.
TWENTY TWENTY ONE DASH SIXTY FOUR.
SO I CAN GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SINGH, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? OUTSTANDING. I'M CALLING TO QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR HIGH PASSES UNANIMOUSLY SEE NOTHING ELSE IS ON THE AGENDA.
THIS MEETING IS HEREBY ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.