MAYBE NEXT TIME. OKAY. IT IS 1800 HOURS. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS WORKSHOP TO ORDER.
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COUNCILMAN MIKE HAMMER WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.PLEASE RISE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
ROCK. AND ROLL CALL. MAYOR MEDINA PRESENT. AND DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE PRESENT.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, WHO IS ABSENT. COUNCILMAN.
HAMMER. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN. MR. MORTON. MR. MORTON.
PRESENT. MISS SMITH HERE. OKAY. ONE ITEM OF BUSINESS DISCUSSION OVER A PROPOSED BUDGET
[1. Discussion of proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.]
FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. I'M DEFERRING TO MR. MATTHEW MORTON. THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.BUT WE DID GO BACK AND WORK ON THE BUDGET, REFINE IT.
AND SO I'VE JUST GOT A BRIEF INTRODUCTION ON ON THE BUDGET.
I THINK WE TRIED TO CRAFT AND PRESENT TONIGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE REALLY TRIED TO DELIVER A DYNAMIC AND THOUGHTFUL BLUEPRINT, BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS CRAFTED METICULOUSLY TO ADDRESS CRITICAL NEEDS TO FOSTER SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS BUDGET BEGINS TO ATTEMPT TO EXECUTE THE STRATEGIC VISION THAT THE CITY HAS LAID FORTH, REFLECTING INSIGHTFUL PARAMETERS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE EMERGED FOR NOT ONLY FROM THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS, BUT FROM COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FROM THE STATED GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT ARE ON RECORD FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S MY HOPE THAT THIS BUDGET STANDS AS AN INVITATION FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO CHOOSE ITS PREFERRED FUTURE, AND I THINK THAT IS BASED OFF WHAT YOU WILL SEE, WHICH IS AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE MORE THOROUGH FISCAL AND PRUDENT FISCAL MANAGEMENT, GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR, AND A BUDGET THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS AND DELIVERS THE ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES.
I DO THINK IT'S A GREAT STATEMENT ON THE CITY'S DEDICATION TO FISCAL EQUITY.
ONE, IT'S PRIORITIZING PUBLIC SAFETY FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS BUDGET IS STRATEGICALLY INVESTED TO SAFEGUARD OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE CRUCIAL ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TOWARDS POLICE AND FIRE VEHICLES, TOWARDS OUR ABILITY AND CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES CITYWIDE AND THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN ROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES.
IT ALSO IS INVESTING IN OUR SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU'LL NOTICE ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMMITMENTS IS THE EQUITABLE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, WITH A SUBSTANTIAL $3.25 MILLION CONTRIBUTION TO DEDICATED, ONGOING ROAD MAINTENANCE FUNDING, SUPPLEMENTED BY AN ADDITIONAL 1.25 MILLION FROM THE LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX.
FURTHERMORE, AS EVERYONE'S AWARE OF THE DEBT REQUIREMENTS MET ON THE GO BONDS FOR GO ROADS, WHICH CONTINUE TO TRY TO ADDRESS OUR MOST PRESSING TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION CONCERNS, WE TRY TO PRESENT A BUDGET THAT IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND ALLOCATES AND PLANS FOR THE STRATEGIC, CURRENT AND FUTURE USE OF IMPACT FEES, WHICH ARE MEANT TO ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY TO OFFSET IMPACTS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
WE DID FOCUS ON CORE SERVICES THAT AFFECT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
BUT PUBLIC WORKS HAS THE MANDATE TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS IN A PROMPT, COURTEOUS, SAFE, EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE MANNER.
WHILE THEY PLAN TO DESIGN, BUILD, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN A MANNER THAT RESPECTS THE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTIVATES A GENUINE, TRANSPARENT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CITIZENS, OUR VISITORS, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, OUR BUSINESSES, AND OF COURSE, ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS THAT COUNCIL BRINGS TO US. TRY TO DELIVER A BUDGET THAT SHOWS OVERALL FISCAL PRUDENCE AND ALSO HITS ON THE CORE KEY OF CONTROLLING PERSONNEL GROWTH, LEAVING NO NEW FTES WITH THE EXCEPTION POTENTIALLY OF ADDITIONS OF POLICE OR FIRE IN THIS BUDGET AND IN A COMMITMENT TO EVALUATE OVERALL PERSONNEL SERVICES WHICH REPRESENT A LARGE SHARE OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND I THINK IT ALSO EMPOWERED DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
EACH DEPARTMENT DID THOROUGHLY REVIEW THEIR FUNDING NEEDS.
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WHICH I THINK HELPED FOSTER EFFICIENCY AND OWNERSHIP OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS.AS YOU KNOW, WE TOOK SOME DEPARTURES FROM WHAT TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN PREPARED AS A BUDGET IN PALM BAY, AND I THINK WE'LL SEE THAT PROCESS EVOLVE EVEN TO BE MORE OBJECTIVE AND MORE TRANSPARENT MOVING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS WE PLAN TO START THE BUDGET IN JANUARY.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ANGELICA COLLINS.
I'M THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND I OVERSEE BUDGET AND CAPITAL AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.
I HAVE OUR TEAM HERE TONIGHT. WE HAVE CHAMBER.
HE'S OUR BUDGET ANALYST, JESSICA HINMAN. SHE'S OUR BUDGET PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.
AND THEN AFTER OUR PRESENTATION, YOU WILL HAVE SEAN SPILLERS OUR CAPITAL AND ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, A PROGRAM COORDINATOR COME UP AND TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THE CAPITAL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE BUILT FOR 2026.
SO WE ARE UP HERE. WE'RE GOING TO TAG TEAM THE PRESENTATION A LITTLE BIT.
SO WHAT I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO I'LL GET IT STARTED AND REVIEW OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
THIS EVENING, OUR PRESENTATION WILL BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST WORKSHOP.
SOME OF THE SLIDES WILL LOOK FAMILIAR. WE HAVE PRESENTED THEM PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE HAVE FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THEM AGAIN. I WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THEM JUST BECAUSE THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, BUT IT'S STILL AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS PRESENTATION.
WE'LL FIRST GO OVER YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET, REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES.
THEN WE WILL GO INTO THE BUDGET REQUESTS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE SOME TIME STILL TO TALK ABOUT OUR TAXABLE VALUES AND OUR MILLAGE RATES, HOW IT IMPACTS THE GENERAL FUND AND OUR LOADED DEBT MILLAGE.
THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND END THE EVENING WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
AND THEN TRY TO SET SOME GOALS AS WE LEAVE HERE THIS EVENING ON OUR LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE ACTUAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. SO OUR FIRST ITEM THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH IS OUR ALL FUNDS AND FINANCIALS.
GOOD EVENING. THIS SLIDE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW ESSENTIALLY ILLUSTRATES HOW THE $324.7 MILLION IN REVENUES IS SPLIT UP. YOU'LL PRIMARILY SEE AS A NOTE THAT THIS IS COVERING ALL FUNDS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, GETTING INTO PROPERTY TAXES.
NOW, JUST AS A NOTE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, THIS IS PURELY JUST GIVING YOU REVENUES AND EXCLUDES THE AMOUNT OF 191 MILLION IN CARRY FORWARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THAT FUND BALANCE THAT'S ALREADY ENCUMBERED TO PROJECTS AND OTHER EXPENDITURES.
SO THIS JUST IS PURELY GIVING YOU THAT THAT COMPOSITION OF REVENUE.
AND THEN AS WE GET INTO THIS NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE KIND OF HISTORIC BREAKDOWN FROM FY 24 TO FY 26 PROPOSED REALLY JUST SHOWING SOME OF THE CHANGES. FOR EXAMPLE, ON CHARGES FOR SERVICES, YOU EXPECT THAT TO GROW AS YOUR CUSTOMER BASE GROWS AS DEVELOPMENT GROWS.
SO OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT INCREASE.
YOU'LL SEE A MODEST INCREASE IN YOUR UTILITY TAXES KIND OF CORRESPONDING TO THAT DEVELOPMENT IN GROWTH, A SLIGHT DECLINE IN LICENSES AND PERMITS. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO A SLIGHT DECREASE IN DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
SO GOING INTO THIS NEXT SLIDE ON DECLINING ONE TIME REVENUES, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE HAD THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT DOLLARS OR AS IT'S OFTEN KNOWN AS ARPA. WE'RE ACTUALLY AT THE END OF THE ARPA STIMULUS ERA.
YOUR NEXT SLIDE IS ESSENTIALLY A 2 TO 3 YEAR HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE ALL FUNDS REVENUES, BASED ON THE TYPES AND DESCRIPTIONS THAT WE TAKE IN. SO YOU SEE A HISTORICAL TREND GOING BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 2022 ACTUALS, 23 ACTUALS AND 24.
WE'LL LOOK A LITTLE BIT AT THIS YEAR WITH OUR ADOPTED AMENDMENT BUDGET.
AND THEN ON THE RIGHT COLUMN IS YOUR ACTUAL FISCAL YEAR 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO THAT IS WHAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE LITTLE ORANGE BRACKETS THERE.
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ALL FUNDS AND THE GENERAL FUND IS WHAT SHANE HAD MENTIONED IS, IS THAT REALLY THE ALL FUNDS CHARGES FOR SERVICES IS YOUR HIGHEST REVENUE SOURCE AT APPROXIMATELY 121.3 MILLION OUT OF THE 515 MILLION, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE PRIMARILY YOUR UTILITIES AND STORMWATER FEES ARE COLLECTED.SO THOSE USER CHARGES IS WHERE THAT THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE REFLECTED.
FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, WE DO PUBLISH THIS AS THIS IS ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
OKAY. AND AS WE JUMP INTO EXPENDITURES AGAIN THIS IS COVERING ALL FUNDS.
BUT THIS REALLY GIVES YOU A GOOD COMPOSITION SHOWING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH INCLUDES YOUR PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES, MAKES UP 50% OF THAT TOTAL, FOLLOWED BY YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS YOUR POLICE AND FIRE OF 18%.
AND REALLY, THIS JUST SHOWS YOU OVERALL IN TOTALITY, WHAT DOES THOSE EXPENDITURES BY FUNCTIONAL CATEGORY LOOK LIKE FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY? FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, THE ALL FUNDS EXPENDITURE SIDE OVERALL.
SO AGAIN FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES THESE ARE ALL YOUR FUNDS ALL ALL DEPARTMENTS ACROSS ALL FUNDS MEANING GENERAL YOU WILL HAVE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, REVENUE FUNDS. I'M SORRY. HOUSING, ALL OF THAT.
GRANTS. FUNDS THAT ARE INCLUDED. SO THIS IS ACROSS ALL FUNDS, A HISTORICAL GOING TO THE SECOND PAGE, AS YOU SEE. WE HAVE UTILITIES COMING IN AT THE 115 MILLION OUT OF THAT 515.
SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE USER CHARGES ARE HEAVILY HIGH UP.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU WHEN IT COMES TO THE REVENUES AND HOW ALL THOSE REVENUES ACROSS ALL FUNDS ARE DEVIATED AMONGST ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT OPERATE WITHIN THE CITY. LOOKING AT THE EXPENDITURES FROM A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW.
WE GO AHEAD AND ACTUALLY BREAK THEM DOWN BY TYPE.
BY TYPE MEANS THAT WE REPORT ON PERSONNEL, SERVICES, OPERATING CAPITAL.
WE HAVE DEBT SERVICE. ANY TRANSFERS OR RESERVES THAT WE USE TO BALANCE THOSE FUNDS? THIS CATEGORY DIFFERENT THAN THE GENERAL FUND WITHIN THE ALL FUNDS, YOU WILL SEE CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS BEING THE LARGEST MARKER OUT OF THE TOTALITY OF THE 515 MILLION. WHERE 174 MILLION OF THAT ARE TOWARDS CAPITAL PROJECTS.
YOU WON'T SEE THAT SO MUCH IN THE GENERAL FUND.
THIS IS PRIMARILY YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF UTILITIES PROJECTS.
YOU HAVE YOUR GEO BOND ROAD PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED, AND STORMWATER PROJECTS.
SO ACROSS ALL FUNDS, THE CAPITAL SIDE WILL BE HEAVIER THAN IN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN THERE WAS 191. AND CARRY FORWARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING.
AND THAT IS PRIMARILY ALREADY ENCUMBERED TO PROJECTS PRIMARILY IN YOUR UTILITIES.
STORMWATER AND RELATED TYPES OF PROJECTS. SO THAT'S WHAT'S MAKING UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT.
BUT THIS JUST GIVES YOU ESSENTIALLY AN ILLUSTRATION OF HOW DO WE GET TO BALANCE OUR REVENUES TO THOSE EXPENDITURES AND REALLY THAT COMPOSITION OF REVENUE AND OUR CARRY FORWARD AMOUNTS. OKAY. AND THEN THIS GIVES US A GOOD SNAPSHOT OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS IN CONTEXT.
KIND OF SHOWING YOU THAT AS MENTIONED EARLIER, UTILITIES LEADS WITH THAT 115.
AND THEN YOU'LL NOTE THAT BUILDING IS NEXT WITH SOLID WASTE AND STORMWATER.
AND THEN THIS IS ALL 100% SELF-FUNDED VIA USER FEES AND CHARGES.
THE GENERAL FUND DOESN'T SUBSIDIZE THESE FUNDS AT ALL.
SO THIS IS PURELY GENERATED BY YOUR CUSTOMER BASE.
SO WE DID WANT TO BREAK THEM DOWN INTO YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
UTILITIES, CAPITAL FUNDS, YOUR BUILDING FUND STORMWATER UTILITY AND SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE AT THE 19 MILLION DOES NOT HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES. IT IS ESSENTIALLY A USER FEE PAYMENT FOR THE TRASH COLLECTION, AND THEN IT GOES BACK OUT TO GO AHEAD AND PAY FOR THE TRASH COLLECTION.
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A THE CAPITAL SITE OF THE $79 MILLION WHERE THOSE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PRIMARILY PROJECTS WILL TAKE PLACE.OKAY. JUMPING IN REAL QUICK TO LOOK AT PERSONNEL OVERALL.
AND OVERALL, JUST TO NOTE, THAT GENERAL FUND PAYS 73% OF THE SALARIES OF POLICE, FIRE, PARKS AND OTHER SUPPORTING DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN THE REST IS ESSENTIALLY SPLIT UP WITH YOUR OTHER FUNDS. AND THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE YOUR UTILITIES AND THEN SOME OF THESE OTHER INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.
AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE THAT IT'S PRIMARILY GOING TO BE GENERAL FUND IN YOUR UTILITIES OPERATING FUNDS, WITH THIRD BEING STORMWATER. YEP. AND THEN THIS CHART OR THIS THIS TABLE ESSENTIALLY JUST BREAKS THAT DOWN IN A IN A TABLATURE FORM.
SO THAT WAY YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT THAT COMPOSITION AND HOW IT BREAKS DOWN. AGAIN SHOWING THE THREE TOP ONES BEING GENERAL FUND UTILITIES OPERATING AND THEN STORMWATER UTILITY FUND. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
MOSTLY OUR PRESENTATIONS WILL FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND FINANCIALS, MAINLY BECAUSE THE AD VALOREM TAXATION RATE IS WHAT DRIVES THE REVENUE IN THIS FUND, WHERE ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF THAT IS ACTUALLY THE SOLE REVENUE OF THIS FUND THAT'S BASED TIED TO THE TAXATION RATE.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT REVENUES AND THE EXPENDITURES.
THIS SLIDE SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU. SO THIS IS WHAT WE PRESENTED AT OUR LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP.
WHAT WE HAD DONE IS WE WENT AHEAD AND BUILT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET ON THE 6.7339 TO TAX RATE.
SO WE ARE NOT INCREASING OUR TAX RATE. IT IS STAYING THE SAME.
SO WE ARE SETTING IT AT OH, WE HAVE PROPOSED IT AT THE 6.7339, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT TAX RATE.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, IS THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE INCOMING REVENUES FOR THAT AD VALOREM TAXATION BASED ON THAT RATE AND THE EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THE BASE BUDGET, MEANING THAT DEPARTMENTS WERE GIVEN AN OPERATING MAXIMUM.
SO OF COURSE THERE'S CONTRACTUAL INCREASES. THERE ARE UNION CONTRACT INCREASES TO PERSONNEL.
SO THAT WHOLE 8.2 ISN'T NECESSARILY AVAILABLE.
JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL DEBT SERVICE THAT HAS TO BE HAS TO BE PAID.
BUT THAT IS THE CALCULATION THAT WE CAME UP WITH.
WE'VE ALSO HAD A PLAN OF AGAIN, WE INITIALLY WENT TO THE FOUR MONTH RESERVE, BUT WE HAD REVERTED BACK TO THE TWO MONTH RESERVE ALSO INCLUDING THE STABILIZATION FUND OF THE 4.0%.
THAT'S USUALLY THE TARGET THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S THE SET ASIDE.
SO THAT WAS THOSE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAPPENED AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE WERE REVERTING BACK TO THE TWO MONTH, WE WERE SETTING ASIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO START BEGINNING TO INCREASE THAT RESERVE TO THE DESIRE THAT IN A FUTURE, FUTURE CHANGE. SO LOOKING AT ALL THAT WE HAD AN AVAILABLE BALANCE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ROLL FORWARD FROM FISCAL YEAR 24.
AND SO SORT OF WE ADDED THAT TOGETHER. SO IN TOTAL WE WERE ABLE TO SET ASIDE 15.5 MILLION BETWEEN NEW MONEY REVENUE AND ANY SAVINGS THAT WE HAD. AND WE WENT THROUGH THE LIST OF REQUESTS THAT JESSICA IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT.
AND WE LOOKED AT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO FUND WITH THAT.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE WENT AHEAD AND BASED THIS BUDGET ON.
AS I MENTIONED, IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE 8.26 OR 8.3 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE. SO WE FIRST HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR PERSONNEL.
WE HAVE UNION CONTRACT INCREASES FOR FIRE AND POLICE.
AND I KNOW NAJ IS CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATIONS. SO WE HAVE TO BUILD ALL OF THAT IN AND OF COURSE, OUR DEBT SERVICE. SO IF DEBT SERVICE WOULD INCREASE, THEN ALL THAT DOES HAVE TO BE PAID.
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SO THAT TELLS YOU THAT EVEN THOUGH WE KIND OF START WITH THAT 8.3 MILLION THOSE REQUIRED INCREASES FROM THAT, THAT PERSONNEL SIDE REALLY TAKES MORE THAN HALF OF THAT NEW REVENUE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TO PUT TOWARDS REQUIRED INCREASES TO PAY FOR PERSONNEL. SO FOR 26 OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR IAF RANK AND FILE AND SUPERVISORS UNIT WITHIN THEIR CONTRACTUAL INCREASES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO PUT A 10% INCREASE PER PERSON WITH FOP BETWEEN THE OFFICE OF SERGEANT AND LIEUTENANT UNITS.IT VARIES SLIGHTLY, BUT WE'RE LOOKING ANYWHERE BETWEEN A FIVE TO AN 8% INCREASE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES.
SO YOU WILL SEE THAT COME BACK MORE THAN LIKELY SOMETIME IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE NEW YEAR TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE.
I ALWAYS, ALWAYS FIND IT VERY IMPORTANT TO DISCLOSE OUR PENSION CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS.
AND OUR REQUIRED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 26 HAVE INCREASED BY TWO POINT ROUGHLY ABOUT 2.6 MILLION.
SO AS THE STAFFING INCREASES, BUT ALSO AS THEIR CONTRACTUAL SALARY REQUIREMENT INCREASE, YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT PENSION CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO PAY. THIS IS A NON-NEGOTIABLE ITEM.
SO MY PROJECTION IS THIS EVEN THOUGH WE ARE MAYBE NOT ADDING ANY FTS THIS YEAR, JUST MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACTUAL INCREASES FOR THEIR PAY, I WOULD STILL ANTICIPATE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FOR 27, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT ADD ANY ACTUAL FTES FOR 26 ACCORDING TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET. SIMILAR SLIDE AS WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ALL FUNDS REVENUE, BUT NOW WE'LL DIVE INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
AS I MENTIONED, THIS DOES LOOK DIFFERENT, AS IN OUR PRIMARY SOURCE OF REVENUES FOR THE $155 MILLION PROPOSED BUDGET IN THE GENERAL FUND WHERE A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF WOULD BE FROM YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH WOULD BE THE AD VALOREM TAXATION.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT 67.3 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES OR OUT OF TAXATION BASED ON THE 6.7339 RATE OF MAINTAINING IT CLOSE TO THIS YEAR. SO THAT WILL BE YOUR PRIMARY SOURCE OF REVENUE.
WE DO STILL HAVE CHARGES FOR SERVICES THAT ARE COLLECTED, BUT YOUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL WILL GENERALLY BE YOUR, YOUR SECOND ALONG WITH YOUR COMMUNICATION SERVICE TAX.
YOU WILL SEE A FUND BALANCE OF $20, $20 MILLION THAT WE HAVE BUILT IN.
YOU WON'T SEE THAT IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S ADOPTED BUDGET BECAUSE WE'VE SORT OF CHANGED THAT STRATEGY.
SO AS YOU SEE IN IN 25, AS WE CAME INTO THE FISCAL YEAR, YOU STILL SAW A LOT OF REQUESTS COME TO COUNCIL ON FREQUENT BUDGET AMENDMENTS, FREQUENT ASKS. AND WHAT WE ARE CHANGING AND PLANNING WITH DEPARTMENTS IS ACTUALLY FOCUSING ON PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE CONTINUOUS ASKS THROUGHOUT THE THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SAME METHOD OF BUDGETING. BUT INSTEAD OF CONTINUOUSLY AMENDING THE BUDGET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE'RE BUILDING IN THAT FUND BALANCE AND USING THOSE RESERVES TO GO AHEAD AND ALREADY OFFSET SOME OF THOSE REQUESTS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FUND WITH NEW REVENUE. AND THEN ALSO THOSE PROJECTS AND THOSE OPEN POS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, IT'S JUST THAT ONE PAGER.
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DEPARTMENTS WILL MAKE UP PROBABLY THE LARGEST PORTION IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WOULD BE YOUR POLICE AND FIRE.SO OUT OF THE 155 MILLION THAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR NEXT YEAR, BETWEEN FIRE AND POLICE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $85 MILLION, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THEIR PERSONNEL OPERATING AND IF ANY CAPITAL WAS IT WAS ACTUALLY INCLUDED.
SO THIS IS WHAT THE MAKEUP WOULD BE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR DEPARTMENTS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK WHAT GENERAL GOVERNMENT IS.
SO GENERAL GOVERNMENT WILL ACTUALLY INCLUDE ANY DEBT SERVICE THAT THE GENERAL FUND HAS TO PAY.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE, OR YOU WILL HAVE THINGS LIKE THE LIABILITY AND PROPERTY INSURANCE THAT THE GENERAL FUND ESSENTIALLY HAS TO PAY ANY FLEET SERVICE CHARGES. SO ANYTHING THAT IMPACTS MORE THAN ONE DEPARTMENT.
MAYBE GROWTH MANAGEMENT IF THEY HAVE A VEHICLE.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT. THE NEXT SLIDE AGAIN BREAKS IT DOWN BY TYPE.
SO THIS IS SALARIES BENEFITS, WORKERS COMPENSATION.
ANY ADD PAYS FOR ALL THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT OPERATE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO YOU'RE TALKING YOU KNOW, MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS OF THAT.
IS THIS ACTUALLY SET ASIDE FOR YOUR PERSONNEL SERVICE? THAT SERVICE IS $5.78 MILLION. SO WHAT WE DO IS, IS WE COLLECT ALL THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS, PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST THAT ARE DUE FOR THE NEXT YEAR. AND THOSE ARE LUMPED TOGETHER.
WE ALSO ARE CONTINUING TO SET ASIDE 1.25 MILLION FOR THE OUR LOCAL LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX REVENUE.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THOSE STATE SHARED REVENUES THAT COMES TO US.
SO WE ARE SETTING THAT ASIDE AS WELL. AND THAT IS TO SIMILAR ROAD MAINTENANCE TYPE OF NEEDS.
THE OTHER BIG ITEM THAT OUR CITY MANAGER HAS WANTED TO START FOR STARTING FISCAL YEAR 26 IS AN EMERGENCY FLEET REPLACEMENT FUND OR RESERVE. SO ESSENTIALLY THAT IS A SET ASIDE THAT WE ARE DOING FOR ANY TYPE OF URGENT VEHICLE REPLACEMENT NEEDS THAT WE MAY HAVE THAT COME UP THAT NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO COME TO YOU AND ASK FOR MONEY FROM FUND BALANCE.
PRIME EXAMPLE IS THIS THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD THREE VEHICLES THAT WERE THAT WERE TOTALED THROUGH A VEHICULAR ACCIDENT, OR ONE OF THEM WAS A FIRE. AND THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE WE NEED THAT QUICK TURNAROUND TO GET THAT POLICE OFFICER BACK INTO A VEHICLE.
SO WE'RE DEDICATING THE $600,000 TO DO THAT. AGAIN, WE HAVE CONTINUED COMMITMENT DEDICATED TO ROAD MAINTENANCE. WE HAVE THE NEW RESERVES ADDED FLEET REPLACEMENT.
AND WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT THE DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OF ACTUALLY USING FUNDS IN THE FUTURE TO OFFSET THOSE CONTINUED PROJECT AND PO OPEN PURCHASE ORDERS THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE PAID IN FISCAL YEAR 26.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT 70% IS MADE UP OF YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THAT'S HOW I ALWAYS LIKE TO ILLUSTRATE, IS THAT THAT LAST 20% REALLY SUPPORTS THE WHOLE OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND IT REALLY JUST ARTICULATES HOW MUCH OF THAT PERSONNEL SPEND IS SPLIT UP BETWEEN THE VARIOUS GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS.
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JUST AGAIN HIGHLIGHTING THAT THAT BREAKDOWN OF THOSE TOP 3 TO 4 DEPARTMENTS.SO NOW WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO JESSICA? SO ONE OF MY GOALS WITH COMING INTO THIS POSITION WAS WHEN WE WENT TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT IT IN A NEW WAY FOR CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND UNDERSTAND IT IN A RELATABLE SENSE.
SO THIS YEAR FOR THE FY 26 BUDGET, WE PUT FORWARD A BUDGET FOR A SHARED FUTURE.
AND IT REALLY STARTED WITH THE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL ON WHAT YOU WANTED TO SEE IN TERMS OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE ROADS, CAPITAL PLANNING AND PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT WHEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND WE PUT TOGETHER THIS BUDGET, THE REAL FOCUS WAS ON BUILDING A DESIRABLE COMMUNITY AND TAKING PART IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT WE WANT TO EXPLAIN IT IN A WAY TO WHERE YOU FEEL THE BUDGET.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST NUMBERS ON A PAGE, AND YOU SEE THE BUDGET IN THAT IN THE TIME THAT YOU'RE SPENDING LESS IN TRAFFIC, BECAUSE WE ARE INVESTING IN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, YOU SEE THE BUDGET IN BECAUSE YOU'RE CELEBRATING YOUR FAMILY MILESTONES AT OUR PARKS AND OUR FACILITIES BECAUSE WE'VE MADE INVESTMENTS INTO THOSE SPACES.
AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY FOR THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS.
AND YOU SEE IT IN IMPROVED RESPONSE TIMES, RESPONSE TIMES, BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING THAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE TRUCKS AND POLICE VEHICLES AND ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS AND POLICE STATIONS ALL THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS YEAR, THE OVERALL GOAL WAS A BUDGET FOR A SHARED FUTURE.
THE BIGGEST PORTION IS TOWARDS FIRE BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING THAT BIG IMPACT WITH FOUR FIRE TRUCKS.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE OF WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN BETTER.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO NOT GO BACK TO THE WELL DURING THE YEAR.
A QUARTER OF IT IS PART OF THOSE CONTINGENCIES.
ANGELICA TALKED ABOUT THE RESERVES. THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR FLEET SINKING FUND.
AND THEN WE HAVE 21% TOWARDS OPERATING. AND THERE'S JUST ONE CAPITAL PROJECT WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, AND THAT IS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. SO IN THE MINDSET OF HOME REPAIRS, YOU HAVE TO BE YOU HAVE TO PLAN AND YOU HAVE TO SET ASIDE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING AND CERTAIN MEASURABLE ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THOSE. SO THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, YOU DO HAVE A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION IN REQUESTS THAT ARE IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.
THAT INCLUDES THE FLEET SINKING FUND. WE'RE ALSO SETTING ASIDE $1 MILLION TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY FUND, WHICH IS TOWARDS LAND, POTENTIALLY FOR NEW FIRE STATIONS AND THE NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
BUILDING A TAKE BACK IS A SET ASIDE OR A CONTINGENCY FOR THE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MOVING INTO BUILDING B, AND THEN THOSE SOME OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS MOVING OVER TO BUILDING E AND BUILDING A, ALSO HAVING A DOMINO EFFECT OF DEPARTMENTS MOVING.
SO WE'RE PLANNING AHEAD, WHATEVER THAT DOMINO EFFECT IS.
WE'VE NEVER BUDGETED A LINE ITEM FOR THAT EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN A BIG PORTION IS CONTINGENCIES FOR TARIFFS, EMERGENCY REQUESTS AND NEGOTIATIONS.
OUR PLAN THIS YEAR IS TO START WITH A CONTINGENCY SET ASIDE THAT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.
SO OUR ROOF, OUR ROOF REPAIRS THEIR PROTECTION.
THE LARGEST PORTION IS FOR FIRE BECAUSE OF THE FOUR FIRE TRUCKS THAT ARE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
THEY ALSO HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REQUESTS RELATED TO THEIR IAF CONTRACT IN YEAR TWO.
THEY HAVE REQUIRED UNIFORMS AND GEAR FOR THEY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER PER POSITION.
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ON THE POLICE SIDE, YOU DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FOR TURNOVER FOR REPLACEMENT VEHICLES.AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN INCLUSION FOR ANOTHER TERADYNE GURKHA FOR THEIR SWAT TEAM.
AS THEY ADD THOSE NEW FTES, THEY HAVE TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM.
AND THAT IS AN ANNUAL REQUIREMENT OF THAT CONTRACT.
THE ONE PROJECT THAT IS IN THE GENERAL FUND IS THE BUILDING BE HARDENING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT IS THE ONE PROJECT THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
OKAY. SO OUR NEXT ROUND OF HOME IMPROVEMENTS ARE OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES.
THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR FACILITIES AND OUR HANDS ON ITEMS. AND THIS YEAR YOU HAVE A REAL FOCUS ON NOT ONLY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN TERMS OF TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT, BUT ALSO IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR FACILITIES. SO WITHIN OUR FACILITY, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE REQUESTS.
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO SEE THOSE IMPACTS. FOR INSTANCE, IN PUBLIC WORKS, 15% OF THE MAINTENANCE REPAIRS THAT YOU'LL SEE ARE SAFETY RELATED ITEMS IN OUR FLEET BAY, IN THEIR FACILITY OUT AT OUR MAIN STATION.
IN TERMS OF IMPROVING RAMPS AND WALKWAYS, WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO IMPROVE NOT ONLY THE WORK SAFETY ASPECT, BUT ALSO ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION SIDE. WE SEE REPAIRS TO RENTAL FACILITIES.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SAFETY TRAINING PARKS AND FACILITIES, HAS SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT THEY WANT TO BRING ON SITE THAT HELPS US IMPROVE OUR WORKMAN'S COMP AND RISK REDUCING OUR CHANCE FOR RISK.
AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE IN PUBLIC WORKS IS NEXT.
SO OVERALL IN PUBLIC WORKS, IT'S A LITTLE OVER 1.3 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS.
MOST OF THOSE COME FROM OPERATING. THE BIGGEST PORTION IS THE WRISTBANDS.
THEY ALSO HAVE A MOWING CONTRACT THAT HAS AN INCREASED COST.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO TAKE TREE TRIMMING SERVICES ALSO OUTSIDE.
THEY DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CAPITAL OUTLAY IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING A TRACTOR AND A BUSH HOG, AND THEN A FEW VEHICLES FOR THEIR WORK CREWS THAT GO OUT.
ONE ITEM THAT IS ON HERE IS THEIR TECHNOLOGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES.
SO THERE IS A BUDGET REQUEST BUILT IN FOR THAT ITEM, BUT WE LEFT IT OPEN WITH A CAVEAT.
IF THEY ALSO WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR FASTER SYSTEM, BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CHANGING THE WAY WE LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL ASSETS IN THE LIFESPAN, AND IF WE WANTED TO GET MORE OUT OF OUR FOSTER SYSTEM, WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL MODULES IF NEEDED. SO FOR ALL OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAD A FEW THAT HAD SMALLER AMOUNTS OF REQUESTS.
THEY AMOUNTED TO LESS THAN 5% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, BUT WE DID WANT TO TOUCH ON THEM.
SO IT IS OUR HUB. WE ALL KNOW IF THE POWER GOES OUT, WE CAN'T REALLY DO MUCH.
AND WHEN THE SERVERS GO OUT, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL IT HELPS US GET EVERYTHING BACK UP AND RUNNING. SO FOR THEM, THE PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE THIS YEAR IS THEY DO HAVE AN EDGE SWITCH UPGRADE, WHICH IS A CITYWIDE PROJECT.
SO THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THIS PROJECT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THEIR IT BUDGET, AS WELL AS THE RFP RENEWAL FOR YOUR HR, LEGISLATIVE AND FINANCE DEPARTMENTS. YOU HAD SOME MINOR REQUESTS RELATED TO A CLASS OF AN ADMIN SECRETARY, THE AUDIENCE CHAIRS FOR THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE HAD ADVANCED TRAINING WITHIN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN ALSO AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO RECRUITMENT SUPPLIES FOR HR AND THEN FOR OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THEY HAD THEIR RV STAFFING, WHICH THEY COME FORWARD EVERY YEAR FOR.
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WHAT THEY'RE DOING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IS THEY HAVE ASKED FOR THE FUNDS TO BE REOCCURRING SO THAT MOVING FORWARD, THEY'RE ABLE TO PLAN FOR THOSE SEASONAL STAFFING POSITIONS ALREADY WITHIN THEIR OPERATING BUDGET. AND THEN THEY HAD A MINOR REQUEST FOR INCREASED COSTS FOR CHEMICAL SUPPLIES.SO WHEN ALL OF OUR ENTERPRISE AND OTHER FUNDS THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN.
OUR LARGEST PERCENTAGE IS OF COURSE, THE GOLD BOND AT ABOUT 49%.
UTILITIES MAKES UP ABOUT 34% OF THE OTHER ONES, WITH THE LARGE PORTION BEING THEIR CAPITAL FUNDS.
WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IN HERE AND WHAT WE KNOW HAS COME UP BEFORE, ARE THE IMPACT FEE RELATED REQUESTS.
SO WE DO NOT ADOPT THEM THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. BUT WE DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN OCTOBER, THESE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE COMING BACK. YOU'LL BE SEEING A REQUEST FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR NEW HEADQUARTERS. THIS WILL BE THEIR INITIAL PRE-ENGINEERING FUNDING.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE FROM PARKS AND FACILITIES, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A PARKS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. AND THEN, OF COURSE, FROM THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES. YOU'LL SEE THERE'S TWO ONGOING PROJECTS WHERE THEY'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS, BUT THEN THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BRING FORTH SIDEWALK PROJECTS FOR EACH OF THE FOUR ZIP CODE AREAS, FOR A TOTAL OF $2 MILLION. SO OUR BUILDING FUND IS ONE OF OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
THEIR REQUESTS THIS YEAR WERE RELATED TO THE EDGE SWITCH.
THEY HAVE A $9,000 PORTION OF THAT OVERALL PROJECT THAT YOU'LL SEE AT THIS WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU'LL BE SEEING A CONTRACT COME FORWARD FOR CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS REMOVAL.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO ADD ABOUT $500,000 ANNUALLY IN THEIR BUDGET MOVING FORWARD.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL SEE GO INTO THERE.
THE LAST PORTION OF BUILDING E RELATED TO THEIR MOVE INTO THAT BUILDING OF THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
SO THERE IS A SMALL REQUEST RELATED TO FULFILLING THAT PORTION OF THEIR MOVE INTO THE NEW BUILDING.
AND THEN THEY DID HAVE A RECOURSE TO THAT IT ACTUALLY ENDS UP BEING A $19,000 SAVINGS BECAUSE OF THE VACANCY TO THE NEW POSITION AS A SAVINGS DUE TO SALARY. ONE ITEM THAT YOU'LL NOTE ON HERE IS THE BUILDING ONBOARDING COSTS FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES, THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE, THE ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE.
THE ORIGINAL REQUEST THAT CAME FROM PARKS AND FACILITIES IS LISTED IN THE BUDGET BOOK FOR $191,000 TOTAL, BUT ONLY $95,000 IS ACTUALLY A PART OF THE GENERAL FUND.
THE OTHER PARTS ARE COVERED BY BUILDING AND UTILITIES.
FOR OUR STORMWATER. THEIR OVERALL TOTAL AMOUNT WAS $6 MILLION.
A BIG PART OF THAT IS THEY'RE DOING THEIR CURED IN PLACE PIPES, WHICH WAS $2 MILLION.
AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT ASK FOR THEIR DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
AND THEN THEY HAVE THREE CULVERT REPLACEMENTS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO FUND IN FY 26.
UTILITIES FUND HAS JUST UNDER $19 MILLION ACROSS ALL THEIR FUNDS FOR REQUESTS.
THE BIGGEST PORTION IS $13 MILLION IN PROJECTS.
THE UTILITIES OPERATING FUND ACCOUNTS FOR THE SECTIONS THAT YOU SEE IN BLUE, AND THEIR LARGEST PORTION WILL BE RELATED TO THEIR PROJECTS OR THEIR CAPITAL OUTLAY. THEY HAVE SEVERAL VEHICLES RELATED TO ADDING ADDITIONAL CREW TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING A WAR MACHINE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE FUNCTIONS AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE IN-HOUSE VERSUS GOING OUT FOR SERVICES.
THEY DO HAVE AN INCREASE TO THEIR OPERATING. SOME OF THAT OPERATING IS FOR ADDING IN CDL TRAINING FOR TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES, BUT THEY'RE ALSO ESTABLISHING ANNUAL REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THEIR OPERATING BUDGET.
THESE WERE ALL ITEMS THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE REPORTED AS PROJECTS, BUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET THE CAPITAL THRESHOLD, WE MOVE THEM OVER TO THE OPERATING BUDGET. AND WE'RE CALLING THEM PROGRAMS AND BRINGING FORTH, SHOWING THAT THERE'S AN ANNUAL PROGRAM BEING FUNDED.
IT ALSO GIVES THE DEPARTMENT A LITTLE BIT MORE LEEWAY YEAR TO YEAR, THAT IF THEY HAVE A BIGGER NEED IN ONE, THEY HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THEIR OWN BUDGET TO SET WHAT THE PRIORITY FOR THAT YEAR WILL BE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR ROAD FUNDS. THE BIGGEST PORTION, AGAIN, IS THE GO ROADS FUND, WHICH IS $28 MILLION. WE DO HAVE $3 MILLION TOWARDS ROAD MAINTENANCE.
ALL OF THE GO ROAD BOND PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN PROJECTS.
AND THESE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THOSE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS WILL BE SORT OF THE LAST SECTION THAT WE'LL GO INTO.
SO ESSENTIALLY ALL THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND ALL THE PLANNING.
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TAKES US TO THE TAXABLE VALUE. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND REVIEW SOME OF THE SLIDES THAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO YOU IN THE PREVIOUS BUDGET WORKSHOPS, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES. WE'RE GOING TO GO AND REVIEW TAX BILL IMPACTS AND THE BREAKDOWN SAMPLES BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AT VALOREM TAXATION RATE AND YOUR DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE.AGAIN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BOND DEBT MILLAGE AND THEN WE'LL END IT WITH THE DOLLAR SPLIT IMAGE.
WHICH I KNOW COUNCILMAN JOHNSON ALWAYS LIKES TO SEE. SO WE LIKE WE LIKE TO INCLUDE THAT IN THERE.
THIS SLIDE SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU. SO THIS IS PRESENTED AT EVERY BUDGET WORKSHOP TO SORT OF GIVE AN IDEA OF THE TAX RATES AND HOW WE SET THEM. AND HOW IT COMPARES TO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
WHAT I HAVE DONE IS NORMALLY YOU'LL SEE THE 3% CAP RATE HIGHLIGHTED AS PER CHARTER.
THAT IS HOW WE SORT OF START PREPARING THE BUDGET.
I DID HIGHLIGHT THAT. SO AGAIN, IT'S A RECALCULATION OF THE TOTAL REVENUE THAT IS PROJECTED TO BE GENERATED BASED ON THAT 6.7339 MAINTAINED RATE FROM THE CURRENT YEAR.
IT DOES SHOW AN INCREASED REVENUE FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS THE 9.3 MILLION.
PLEASE KNOW THAT HOW IT SORT OF WORKS IS THAT WE PER THE 3% CHARTER CAP ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL IS EXEMPT FROM THE 3% CAP RULE.
SO A LOT OF THE REVENUE THAT YOU SEE WITH INCREASING, AT ANY RATE, THAT YOU SET SORT OF IMPACTS THAT AND OF COURSE, THESE ARE BASED ON TAXABLE VALUES. SO GENERALLY AS TAXABLE VALUES ON YOUR HOME INCREASES AS A HOME OWNER OR PROPERTY OWNER IN IN PALM BAY YOU WILL SEE THAT THAT REVENUE INCREASE JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A, A USUALLY A TAX INCREASE IF THAT THAT WERE TO HAPPEN.
SO THIS AGAIN IS FOR DISCLOSURE PURPOSES. IT'S SIMILAR TO THE LAST ONE THAT WE PROVIDED.
HOWEVER, THAT IS A DECREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR OF THE 691 MILLION.
SO IT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE'VE KIND OF INCREASED AND TAKEN A BIG JUMP, WHICH HAS HELPED US SORT OF KEEP THAT 3% CAP OR THAT THAT REVENUE EVEN EVEN LEVYING A 3% CAP HIGHER JUST BECAUSE THAT NEW TAXABLE VALUE IS EXEMPT.
HOWEVER, WE DO SEE THAT TRAJECTORY OF THINGS SLOWING DOWN AND THAT NEW TAXABLE VALUE IS DECREASING.
SO IF YOU WERE TO GO INTO THE BUDGET SEASON WITH A 3% CAP RATE, YOU, YOUR TAXABLE REVENUE OR AD VALOREM TAXATION THAT YOU DO GENERATE WILL DECREASE JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT DRIVING FACTOR OF THE HIGHER REVENUE FROM THAT NEW TAXABLE VALUE, BECAUSE IT'S DECREASING SLIGHTLY. PLEASE NOTE THAT AFTER THAT FIRST YEAR, THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT IS NOW SUBJECTED TO THE 3% CAP PER HOUR CHARTER. THE NEXT SLIDE, SAME INFORMATION, LOOKS AT IT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
SO PLEASE PUT YOUR EYES ON THAT FIRST LINE, AS THAT IS WHAT THE BUDGET HAS BEEN BUILT ON.
IF WE WERE TO GO AHEAD AND ADOPT A BUDGET AT THE ROLLBACK RATE OR THE 3% CAP RATE.
SO IF YOU WERE TO GO AHEAD AND GO INTO SEPTEMBER DECIDING DIFFERENTLY OTHER THAN THE 6.7339, THEN IF YOU WERE TO MAINTAIN A CAP RATE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE $3.6 MILLION FROM THE REQUESTS THAT JESSICA JUST REVIEWED. PLEASE NOTE THAT PER FLORIDA STATUTES, THERE ARE LIMITS ON HOW MUCH WE CAN INCREASE OUR TAX RATES. SO I ALWAYS DISCLOSE THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT OUR PROPERTY OWNERS AND OUR TAXPAYERS TO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE GO INTO ONE YEAR, WE CAN JUST INCREASE IT BY HOWEVER HOW MUCH WE WANT.
THAT IS NOT HOW THESE CALCULATIONS WORK. THAT ACTUALLY, PER FLORIDA LAW BASED ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S ADOPTED TAX RATE AND HOW IT'S VOTED AND HOW MUCH VALUES ARE OUR TAXABLE VALUES IN THE COUNTY ARE OR IN THE CITY DISTRICTS ARE.
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IT SETS A CERTAIN RATE THAT WE CAN ESSENTIALLY ADOPT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT VOTE THAT SIT ON THE DAIS.SO I ALWAYS DISCLOSE THAT, THAT BASED ON CERTAIN ADJUSTABLE RATES WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GO INTO THE YEAR AT A MAJORITY MAXIMUM VOTE OF 6.8962 AND A MAXIMUM RATE OF A TWO THIRDS VOTE OF 7.2072. SO JUST WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF FIVE, YOU REALLY WOULD HAVE THAT MAJORITY MAXIMUM VOTE.
SO WE COULD NOT COME TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, IN FISCAL YEAR 26.
AS THE YEARS CONTINUE AND YOU CONTINUE TO LOWER THE RATE.
MY EXPECTATION WOULD BE IS THAT THOSE RATE RATES REDUCE AT THAT SAME RATE.
THIS IS A GREAT SLIDE THAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO INCLUDE, AS IT KIND OF SHOWS OUR 20 YEAR HISTORY OF WHERE THE CITY OF PALM BAY SORT OF HAS BEEN AS FAR AS OUR PROPERTY VALUATIONS AND THE RATES THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW, LEVIED AGAINST THOSE AND HOW MUCH REVENUES WE TOOK IN.
SO FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, YOU'LL STILL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT IN 2013 IS REALLY WHEN WE TOOK THAT DEEP DECLINE AND THAT'S THAT BALL WHERE THE CITY SORT OF BOTTOMED OUT, WHERE OUR TAXABLE VALUE AT THAT TIME WAS $2.6 BILLION, BUT THERE'S A HUGE DECLINE.
AND WE REALLY DID NOT COME OUT OF THAT UNTIL ABOUT 2022.
SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING, YOU KNOW, 8 OR 9, TEN YEARS, REALLY OVER THAT COURSE OF THAT PERIOD, THAT'S HOW LONG IT TOOK THE CITY TO COME BACK OUT OF THAT FIVE YEAR DECLINE.
AND WHEN WE HAD THOSE PROPERTY VALUES TRULY DECLINE HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA I ALSO STARTED INCLUDING IN 2016, SORT OF THE RATES THAT WERE SETTING THE LINE IN THE GRAY WILL EITHER BE YOUR PROPOSED OR YOUR ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND THEN THE LINE IN THE YELLOW WILL ACTUALLY BE YOUR ROLLBACK RATE.
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL FIRST YEAR IN FISCAL YEAR 26, WHERE YOUR 3% CAP IS BELOW THE ROLLBACK.
I'VE BEEN WE'VE I'VE SEEN IT COMING FOR SOME TIME.
I WASN'T EXPECTING IT TO BE IN 26, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE CRA IS NO LONGER ACTIVE.
AND THAT WAS SORT OF OUR BUFFER THAT WE HAD THE BC CRA, WHICH WAS PART OF OUR TAXATION.
HOWEVER, THAT HAS SUNSET IT AND WE'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO USE THAT AS A BUFFER.
SO AFTER I SPOKE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE IN THE STATE, THEY MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORM.
AND THAT IS WHAT OFFICIALLY DROVE THE 3% CAP BELOW THE ROLLBACK RATE.
AGAIN, I WENT AHEAD AND KEPT THE 6.7339 SHOWING THAT WE DID NOT WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE RATE THAT WE'RE SIMPLY MAINTAINING AS THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'VE ADOPTED. AGAIN, TAX BILL IMPACT.
THIS IS JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. I BRING THIS TO YOU AT EVERY WORKSHOP.
I DID ADJUST THE PROPERTY VALUATIONS BASED ON COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S SUGGESTION AT THE LAST WORKSHOP.
SO WE DID KIND OF INCREASE THAT TO 300,000. SO THIS KIND OF JUST GIVES AN IDEA OF WHAT AN ANNUAL COST FOR THE CITY OF PALM BASED PORTION OF THE TAX BILL WOULD LOOK LIKE BASED ON PROPERTY VALUATIONS AMOUNT.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS ON THE TAXABLE NON-SCHOOL AMOUNT THAT IS ASSESSED.
SO IF YOUR HOME IS WORTH 500,000 HYPOTHETICALLY, OR 400,000, YOU'RE NOT TAXED ON THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT.
SO SORT OF FALLS INTO VARIOUS SORT OF LINES IS WHERE THAT COULD BE.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES TO SHOW WHAT THE ANNUAL COST VARIANCE WOULD BE.
THIS IS A GREAT SLIDE. THIS WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP.
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AND I KIND OF JUST TOOK IT, CLEANED IT UP A LITTLE BIT.AND COMBINED SOME THINGS. BUT IS THIS ESSENTIALLY HOW DOES THE MILLAGE RATE IMPACT YOUR ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX BILL AND THE CITY OF PALM BAY? SO REMEMBER, YOUR ENTIRE TAX BILL IS NOT DOES NOT COME TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
IT'S REALLY ROUGHLY MAYBE ABOUT A THIRD OR SO.
SO LET'S LOOK AT A TAXABLE VALUE, HOME OF THE $300,000 WHERE ARE CURRENT IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
WE DO HAVE TWO TAX RATES, SO WE HAVE OUR REGULAR AD VALOREM GENERAL FUND TAXATION RATES.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT YEAR FOR A HOME, HYPOTHETICALLY FOR A TAXABLE VALUE AT THE 6.7339 AND A TAX DEBT LEVY RATE OF 1.1210 YOU ARE LOOKING AT A TOTAL TAX IMPACT OF ROUGHLY ABOUT $2,350. SO THAT WOULD BE THE TAXABLE PORTION TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
NOW, IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WE HAVE A GREAT THING CALLED SAVE YOUR HOMES.
SO SAVE YOUR HOMES IS IS A SORT OF THAT TAX EXEMPTION OR IT'S APPLIED TO YOUR PROPERTY VALUES, MEANING THAT YOUR PROPERTY VALUES CANNOT INCREASE MORE THAN 3% OF WHAT YOU'RE TAXED ON.
SO ESSENTIALLY, THE STATE A HOMEOWNER OR PROPERTY OWNER ALREADY HAS A 3% SAFEGUARD, AND WE'RE JUST ADDING AN ADDITIONAL CAP ON TOP OF THAT. SO TAXABLE VALUE IN THIS CASE IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 3% INCREASE.
ROUGHLY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S $6,000 RIGHT. SO YOUR TOTAL VALUE OF YOUR HOME MAY INCREASE BY TEN.
BUT REMEMBER YOU'RE NOT TAXED ON ALL OF THAT.
YOU'RE ONLY TAXED ON WHAT THAT TAXABLE VALUE ACTUALLY IS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CARRY THAT 6.7339 RATE.
SO THAT WOULD BE ON THE NEW HYPOTHETICAL VALUATION INCREASE OF YOUR HOME MAINTAINING THE RAID.
WE'RE LOOKING AT $42 A YEAR. NOW, WE DO HAVE A DEBT LEVY ON TAX.
SO WE'RE NOT ADDING MORE DEBT. THAT RATE WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN.
RIGHT. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO COVER IN TOTALITY. 10 MILLION.
AND IF YOU'RE SPREADING 10 MILLION OUT OVER MORE PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE PAYING LESS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO THE NEW RATE FOR NEXT YEAR IS CALCULATED AT THE 93.
SO PROPERTY TAX BILLS ON THAT END FOR IN THIS SCENARIO, WHILE TAXABLE VALUE ON YOUR HOME IS GOING UP YOUR BILL PORTION IS ACTUALLY DECREASING. SO ON THAT SIDE, THE EXPECTED OR ANTICIPATED REDUCTION ON THAT TAX BILL IS $30.17. SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE NET IMPACT OF ONE INCREASING BY $42 AND THE OTHER GOING DOWN BY 30.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL TAX REVENUE THE CITY IS GENERATING OF $12.54 A YEAR.
SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN A DOLLAR A MONTH. SO AGAIN, THIS TALKS ABOUT OUR SAVIOR HOMES.
SAVE OUR HOMES. SAVE YOUR HOMES. A LOT OF PROPERTY OWNERS MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THAT, BUT THAT IS REALLY THAT THAT ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION THAT IS ADDED TO THE PROPERTY. PROPERTY OWNERS? COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL? ON THE BOTTOM WE LOOK AT AGAIN THAT VARIANCE.
WE ARE GENERATING 67 POINT ROUGHLY ABOUT $2 MILLION.
AND IF WE WERE TO REVERT TO THE 3% CAP, WE WOULD HAVE TO CUT ROUGHLY ABOUT $3.7 MILLION IN PROJECTED
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REVENUE, MEANING THAT ON THOSE REQUESTS, JESSICA, TO TALK ABOUT THERE WILL HAVE TO BE REDUCTIONS ON THAT.ANOTHER SLIDE THAT I FREQUENTLY ADD IS TAX BILL BREAKDOWN.
SO OUT OF THAT TAX BILL, IT VARIES FOR EVERYONE.
SO YOU DO HAVE BREVARD COUNTY THAT TAXES ON MULTIPLE TYPES OF LEVIES.
YOU HAVE THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT TAXES, AND THOSE ALL DO NOT COME TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
SO WE JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE. SO THAT WAY OUR COMMUNITY IS AWARE THAT WHEN THEY DO RECEIVE THE TAX BILL AND THEY SEE THAT TOTAL AMOUNT, THAT IS NOT ALL PALM BAY REVENUE THAT IS GENERATED.
IT DOES GO TO VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT ARE TAXED SEPARATELY.
AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THOSE. JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
AGAIN, THIS IS OUR HISTORICAL TAX BILL ANALYSIS.
THIS IS THE SAVIOR SAVE OUR HOMES REALLY SHOWING THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT THAT MARKET VALUE IS INCREASING ON THE TAXABLE VALUE SIDE, THERE ARE EXEMPTIONS PUT IN PLACE WHERE THAT TAXABLE AMOUNT ON THAT ASSESSED VALUE IS ONLY INCREASING BY 3%.
SO THAT'S A GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU GET YOUR TAX BILL OR YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR MARKET VALUE, YOU'RE NOT TAXED ON THE MARKET VALUE. YOU REALLY A LOT OF EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY PUT IN PLACE TO SORT OF RESTRICT THAT VALUE THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE TAXED ON. AND ON TOP OF THAT, NOT ALL THAT THAT TAXABLE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE PAYING GOES TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.
SO THERE'S MANY SAFEGUARDS THAT ARE ALREADY PUT IN PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE CAP THAT THE CITY HAS, IN ADDITION TO ALL THOSE OTHER EXEMPTIONS. AGAIN, OUR GEO BOND DEBT MILLAGE RATE AGAIN, JUST LIKE I JUST SAID, IS THIS THAT COMPARISON FROM THAT 1.1 TO 1 ZERO, IT IS REDUCING TO THE 83.
SO WHAT I DO IS, IS I ESSENTIALLY LOOK AT THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE FOR THE CITY.
THAT IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE IN FUTURE YEARS.
I BELIEVE FISCAL YEAR 25 WAS THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WHEN WAS THE FIRST YEAR ALL THREE WERE COLLECTED.
BUT NOW ALL THREE ARE ACCOUNTED FOR. SO UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER FUTURE CHANGES, WHICH IS OUT OF MY REALM, BUT IF THAT CONTINUES TO BE AS TAXABLE VALUE INCREASES, YOU SIMPLY JUST SPREADING THAT LIABILITY ACROSS MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS VERSUS JUST LIKE ANYTHING. RIGHT. SO I PROJECT THAT RATE TO CONTINUOUSLY GO DOWN, WHICH SHOULD REFLECT TAX SAVINGS FOR FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE FUTURE. I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S FAVORITE SLIDES.
SO WE DO DO THE DOLLAR SPLITS. SO THAT ESSENTIALLY MEANS THAT OF EVERY DOLLAR REVENUE THAT IS GENERATED IN THE GENERAL FUND, THIS IS THE SPLIT ON THE DEPARTMENTS THAT RECEIVE THAT CENT ON THE DOLLAR.
I KNOW OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ARE LESS THAN A PENNY.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE A LARGE PRESENCE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE IDEA OF OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SPLIT AT THE BIGGER END.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'RE IN. THE GENERAL FUND FIRE WILL BE TAKING THE LARGEST PORTION OF THAT.
SO FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS GENERATED FOR THE CITY AND REVENUE $0.28 ON THAT DOLLAR GOES TOWARDS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND $0.27 ON THE DOLLAR GOES TO POLICE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE THAN $0.60 ON THE DOLLAR IS DEDICATED TO OUR PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH OPERATES, YOU KNOW, THEIR PERSONNEL COSTS, THEIR OPERATING AND ANY CAPITAL NEEDS.
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SOME IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES. SO WE DID HAVE OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAD A MEETING IN THE MORNING.
AFTER I FILED ALL MY PAPERWORK AND THEY CHANGED ONE OF THEIR DATES TO JULY 10TH.
SO WE HAD TO DO SOME SHUFFLING AROUND. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH WAS THE ONLY AVAILABILITY BETWEEN THE ENTIRE WEEKS CALENDAR, STAYING WITHIN STATUTES AND COORDINATING WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL.
AND THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL HAPPEN ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, WHICH IS A WEDNESDAY AT 6 P.M.
SO THOSE ARE ALREADY SET. SO THOSE ARE ALREADY ON THE CALENDAR.
SO THAT IS WHEN WE WILL OFFICIALLY APPROVE OUR BUDGET.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS COMMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS.
AND GOALS FOR TODAY. IF YOU KNOW ME, I'M WE'RE VERY MUCH A PLANNING PLANNING GROUP.
I FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A GREAT PRODUCT WITH A LOT OF HELP WITH MY AMAZING TEAM, WHICH I WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT THEM. WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND WITH YOUR HELP.
I KNOW MY GOAL, AND THAT IS MY GOAL FOR TODAY.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS. IS TO WALK AWAY TONIGHT WITH A GOOD IDEA ON WHAT THE RATE WE'RE GOING INTO ADOPT WITH IN SEPTEMBER. MAINLY BECAUSE IT BECOMES A STATUTORY ITEM ONCE WE KIND OF GO INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE ADOPTION PROCESS. WE WANT TO FEEL CONFIDENT GOING INTO THOSE HEARING DATES AND KNOWING WHAT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET LOOKS LIKE.
SO THANK YOU, MA'AM. I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK EACH AND EVERYBODY FOR THE HARD WORK.
THIS THIS WAS DEFINITELY LABOR INTENSIVE ON YOUR PART.
I KNOW MISTER MORTON HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THAT AS WELL.
BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL AT THIS TIME AND ANY ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I GOT THAT. JUST RELAX. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THIS PRESENTATION? OKAY, I MISSED IT. DO YOU HAVE DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? QUESTION. OKAY. OKAY. FIRST ONE, IF WE DO FOLLOW THE CAP, WHAT DO YOU SUSPECT WILL BE TAKEN OUT? SO I WOULD DEFER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. MORTON.
WHAT I CAN SHOW IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE 3% CAP, WHICH IS THE 6.3658 THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CUT IS 3.6 $3.7 MILLION ROUNDED UP. SO THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR OUR CITY MANAGER.
WE REALLY GO BY HIS GUIDANCE ON WHAT HE SEES FIT TO BE ABLE TO CUT.
SO I THINK I THINK, YOU KNOW, PRELIMINARILY WHEN WE'VE LOOKED AT WHAT COULD SUSTAIN TO BE CUT BACK TO THAT RATE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE OUTRIGHT PURCHASE OF THE TWO FIRE TRUCKS INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO FOUR, WE DO TWO.
AND THEN CUTTING SOME OF THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL.
JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE ARE REALLY BIG LIABILITIES GOING FORWARD.
SO WE'VE PROBABLY SOME OPERATIONAL DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. AND AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, TRIM IT BACK TO TWO FIRE TRUCKS AND TRY TO COME BACK FOR TWO MORE NEXT YEAR. OR YOU KNOW, HOW THAT COULD ROLL INTO THE BUDGET.
SO THERE'S A LIST, I BELIEVE, OF I SAW TODAY OF 15 OR 16 PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE SEATED FROM THE BUILDING ENTERPRISE FUND, AND IF THEY FAIL TO SEEK COMPLIANCE, ULTIMATELY WE'D ENFORCE THE BUILDING CODE AND CORRECT REMOVE DERELICT STRUCTURES THAT ARE WITHOUT A PERMIT.
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JOHN JOHN PIERSON I'M SURE SARAH CAN SPEAK MORE DIRECTLY TO THAT, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE CODE COMPLIANCE, YOU HAVE NO ACTIVITY ON YOUR PERMIT AND YOU'VE PASSED THE WINDOW WOULD ALLOW US TO START AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS TO DEMOLISH THOSE BUILDINGS AND REMOVE THEM. YEAH. COUNCILMAN HAMRE, I THINK THAT'S SETTING UP FOR FOLLOWING IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE DIRECT IMPACT ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING. YEAH. WITH THAT WHAT IS IT, PINE. PINE OR PINE TREE DOWN THAT CHORD.WE'LL WE'LL BE SEEING THAT. THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR THURSDAY.
OKAY. AND JUST JUST TO NOTE, I KNOW THAT THAT IS IN AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
IT'S IN THE BUILDING FUND. SO IT HAS NO IMPACT ON THE TAXATION.
OKAY. AND MY LAST ONE IS IF WE DO GO AHEAD AND FOLLOW MAINTAINING THE MILLAGE RATE THE SAME. IS THERE A GUARANTEE WE CAN GET THAT THAT FUNDING GOES TO FIRE TRUCKS.
WE HAVE AN APPROVAL LETTER FROM SUTPHEN, AND WE HAVE TO ACT ON IT, WHICH WE'LL HAVE TIME TO ACT ON IT WITHIN THE CONDITIONS OF THE LETTER THAT INCLUDED BOTH THE PRICE REDUCTION AND, YES, THE THE PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT THAT THEY WILL TAKE THE THE DEBT REDUCTION AND THE THREE YEARS PAYMENT ON THE ROLL UP ENGINE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. HAPPY FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SIR.
ALL RIGHT. DEPUTY ME, MR. MARTIN, CAN THE NEW PUBLIC SECTOR COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE KAISER? YES, HE CAN. IN FACT, WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, KEVIN BRINKLEY.
WELCOME TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY. AND YOUR FIRST DAY, HE'S GOT HE'S GOT EXPERIENCE WITH THESE AND.
IT'S LIKE A SWEARING. SO HE UNDERSTANDS YOU HAVE SOME SOME AWESOME IDEAS.
AND HE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE HIS EXPERIENCES WITH YOU ON THAT.
YEAH. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MUCH. THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL.
YES THE KAISER S8 GATOR. SO IT IS A NEW REQUEST THIS YEAR.
IT WILL BE IN ADDITION TO THE FLEET AND IT IS A UNIQUE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT LOOKING IT UP ON YOUR OWN, YOU CAN GOOGLE WALKING EXCAVATOR.
YOU'LL FIND PICTURES OF THEM ON MOUNTAINSIDES ALL ACROSS EUROPE.
BASICALLY THEY TOOK SOMETHING THAT IS USED TO TRAVERSE MOUNTAINS IN EUROPE, DO IT ON A CONSTRUCTION TYPE WORK AND REDESIGN IT TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE DITCHES IN FLORIDA. THEY FOUND A PURPOSE FOR IT HERE. ESSENTIALLY, IT CAN GO PLACES WHERE YOU CAN'T TAKE A NORMAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
AND IT IS A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY REPLACE OVER TIME WORK THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY OUTSOURCING TO A THIRD PARTY. SO THE COST OF EQUIPMENT IS BETWEEN 6 AND 700,000.
FROM WHAT I BRIEFLY GATHERED TODAY I BELIEVE WE'RE OUTSOURCING CLOSE TO 500,000 ANNUALLY.
THEY ARE NOT CHEAP TO PURCHASE, AND THEY'RE NOT EASY TO KEEP RUNNING.
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE WORK. THAT IS WHY IT'S SO EXPENSIVE TO OUTSOURCE IT, BASICALLY BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS TO KEEP THEM RUNNING AND SOMEONE HAS TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK. PAY THE OPERATORS. SO WHAT WE DID AND WE JUST PURCHASED ONE A FEW YEARS AGO IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH.
WE TOOK OUT VOLUNTEERS FROM OUR CURRENT EQUIPMENT OPERATOR STAFF WHO WANTS TO LEARN THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT? CREATED TWO, TWO MAN CREWS. THAT WOULD ONE WOULD BE A SPOTTER AND THE OTHER WOULD BE TRAINING ON IT.
WE TRAINED THEM IN OUR CITY OWNED PROPERTIES FIRST, AND THEN NOW WE'RE GRADUALLY WORKING THEM OUT INTO SOME OF THE EASIER AREAS TO ACCESS, WITH THE IDEA THAT WE EVENTUALLY WOULD RAMP ALL THE WAY UP.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT ADDRESSED THE QUESTION. YEAH.
I KNOW THEY'RE COSTLY TO PURCHASE. AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE.
I DID A TOUR WITH PUBLIC WORKS, AND, YOU KNOW, I COULD SEE THE CHALLENGES THAT WERE UP AGAINST AND MAINTAINING THESE CANALS WITH RIGHT OF WAY, TYPICALLY ONLY ON ONE SIDE. SO I WAS WORRIED ABOUT NUMBER ONE, THE COST, THE MAINTENANCE.
DO WE HAVE THE OPERATOR FOR IT? AND THEN I DID A TOUR OF OUR TILLMAN CANAL.
AND I KNOW THE COUNTY OWNS ONE IN WEST MELBOURNE.
HISTORICALLY, WE HIRED THE COUNTY FOR FURTHER KAISER.
SO I JUST I WANTED A LIKE A WARM FUZZY FROM YOU THAT LIKE THIS WAS A SMART, ECONOMICAL PURCHASE, YOU KNOW, LIKE PROOF OF CONCEPT. SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH IT IN SMYRNA.
SO I REALLY WANT TO KNOW, LIKE, IS THIS A SMART PURCHASE? IT MAKES SENSE.
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I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE WHAT COMPANIES WE'RE OUTSOURCING WITH AND WHAT EQUIPMENT THEY'RE USING.SO WHAT ARE THEY USING? IT'S WHAT WE DID IN VOLUSIA COUNTY.
THERE'S EITHER MINCEY OR KAISER. MOST THAT WE INTERVIEW FOR, IF THEY WERE WITH MINCEY, THEY WERE TRANSITIONING TO KAISER BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER DEVELOPED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, AND PARKS SEEMED TO BE MORE READILY AVAILABLE.
BUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A LARGE MOVING APPARATUS.
YOU LOOK AT A FIRE TRUCK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THERE WITH ALL THE MOVING PARTS AND EXPENSIVE PARTS.
SO THERE EVERYONE'S GOING TO COMPLAIN AND KEEP THEM RUNNING.
BUT ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS I ASKED WAS, WELL, WHO'S CURRENTLY DOING A JOB? HOW MUCH WE PAY? AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING A PRETTY SIZABLE AMOUNT.
YOU KNOW, ONE YEAR'S WORTH OF THAT CONTRACT WOULD BE THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE VEHICLE. SO OVER TIME, I THINK IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE FAIRLY EASY TO GET BREAK EVEN.
YEAH, I'M SURE YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS NOW, BUT IT'S LIKE, HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING THE SUBCONTRACTOR FOR? HOW MANY MILES AND HOW MANY MILES CAN WE PERFORM? I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW. IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU, WITH COUNCIL'S CONSENSUS, LIKE YOUR MARKET, HAVE IT APPROVED IN THE BUDGET, BUT BRING BACK PROOF OF CONCEPT AND ANALYSIS FOR US TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE AT THAT TIME.
MR. MORTON, I'M TRYING TO GET MY MIC ON YOU, SIR.
WE APPRECIATE. AND FROM OUR CONVERSATION, I LIKE THAT APPROACH AND TALKED WITH THE NEW DIRECTOR THIS MORNING THAT YEAH, IF WE COULD EARMARK IT, DEFINITELY COME BACK BEFORE THE EQUIPMENT'S PURCHASE.
AND I THINK LEAVING IT FOR NOW, IF WE DECIDE TO YANK IT, IT'S WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU. MR. MARTIN SLIDES 21. I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT YEAR OVER YEAR SPECIFICALLY FISCAL YEAR END ESTIMATES FOR ITS PROPOSED BUDGET RELATED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
YOUR ESTIMATES FOR IT'S JUST SHY OF 7 MILLION.
AND IT'S PUSHING WELL, WELL NORTH OF 9 MILLION.
WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WHAT WHY THE JUMP.
THERE IN SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND THOSE EXPENSES ARE NORTH OF 20 AND 25%. SO JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE LANDED THERE.
SO MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN ADD. SO LIKE I MENTIONED IS, IS THAT WE'VE SORT OF CHANGED HOW WE DID OUR BUDGETING FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 AND ADOPTING VERSUS THE, THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WHERE WE INCLUDED ANY UNSPENT FUNDS ON PROJECTS AND PPOS IN THE APPROVED BUDGET ALREADY. AND SO THAT IS WHERE YOU'LL SEE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR, LET'S SAY IT, THE 6.3 MILLION VERSUS THE 9.2 ADOPTED TO THE PROPOSED BECAUSE THAT WILL INCLUDE ANY BALANCES ON ANY PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE CARRYING. SO THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.
SO THAT IS WHY WITHIN YOUR YEAR END ESTIMATES, YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT DECLINE.
RIGHT. SO THEY HAVE A 9.3 MILLION OF AN AMENDED BUDGET BECAUSE THAT FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THAT INCLUDES ALL POS PROJECTS, ANYTHING IN A FULL BUDGET, BUT THEY ONLY PLAN ON SPENDING 6.9 MILLION OF THAT.
SO THAT VARIANCE OF ROUGHLY 2.5 MILLION IS BEING CARRIED FORWARD IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO PAY FOR ANY BALANCES ON THOSE PROJECTS AND ANY OPEN POOLS THAT STILL HAVE TO BE.
RIGHT. THAT'S THE CONCEPT. IT WAS REALLY A CONCEPT AND ATTEMPT TO TRUE UP AND SHOW THE TRUE COST OF OPERATIONS INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, PIECEMEAL IT. SO YEAH. AND ERP SYSTEM IS YOUR LARGEST.
OKAY. AND SLIDE 22 I JUST REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE PERSONAL EXPENSES FROM JUST FISCAL YEAR 22 TO, TO LIKE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. IT'S I MEAN, I KNOW YOUR NEWEST REPORTING, BUT SINCE 2022, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 40% INCREASE IN PAYROLL PENSION.
AND, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT SACRIFICING QUALITY OF LIFE AND SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS.
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I KNOW THERE CAN'T. NOT MUCH CAN BE DONE ON THAT NOW, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GET UBER AGGRESSIVE ON ON FUNDING THAT IN THE FUTURE IN FISCAL YEAR 27 AND THE NEXT BUDGET SEASON. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.SO, MISTER MORTON YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW.
IS SEAN PRESENTING THE CAPITAL? YEAH. SO UNLESS WE WANT TO FINISH THIS SECTION FIRST, OR IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE CAPITAL, IT'S IT'S REALLY UP TO HOW YOU WANT. YES. YES, MA'AM.
I'D LIKE TO CONCLUDE EVERYTHING, OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN HAVE COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
OKAY. THANK YOU. HELLO. I JUST MADE SURE IT WORKS. ABSOLUTELY. I LOVE YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NOT ME. BUDDY. I ANSWER TO THE BIG ONE.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS SEAN SPILLERS. I'M THE CAPITAL AND ASSET PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE PROPOSED CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FY 26.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO GO OVER TONIGHT IS THE CURRENT PROJECTS AND PROPOSED FUNDING.
SO PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY GOING ON, SOME PROPOSED CAPITAL FUNDING FOR NEW STUFF FOR THE NEW ENTERPRISE AND THE NEW GENERAL FUND STUFF THAT IS BEING FUNDED OR BEING PROPOSED. AND THEN TO GO OVER THE TOTAL FUNDING.
SO WE SEE WHAT OUR ACTUAL BUDGET FOR FY 26 IS GOING TO BE.
SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW AS OF RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 103 MILLION ALMOST 104 MILLION CITYWIDE.
AND IT'S BROKEN UP BY DEPARTMENT RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF WHAT WE'RE ADDING TO OUR ALREADY EXISTING PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS NOTHING NEW. THIS IS ALREADY EXISTING PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD.
NOW WE'RE GOING INTO PROPOSED NEW FUNDING. THIS IS FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 17.6 MILLION GOING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE 2.6 FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY. AND YOU'LL SEE THE THE THE BAR OR THE PIE GRAPH RIGHT THERE SHOWING THAT THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE THE GENERAL FUND. SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND NEW STUFF.
SO WE HAVE 450,000 PROPOSED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE 7.5 FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY. SO THIS IS THE TOTAL FUNDING RIGHT HERE.
SO THIS IS EVERYTHING THE BALANCE FORWARD AND EVERYTHING PROPOSED.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD 56 MILLION IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET TO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, ON TOP OF THE 104 MILLION ROUGHLY TO TOTAL 160 MILLION TO BE USED IN FY 26. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY SEEN, BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME WE JUST BUDGET FOR NEW DOLLARS.
SO NOW YOU GUYS SEE WHAT'S MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.
AND THIS IS JUST HOW TO DO IT BY A FUNDING SOURCE OR A REVENUE SOURCE.
THE GENERAL FUND IS ADDING 7.9. SO IT'S GOING FROM 11.8 TO ALMOST 20 BUILDINGS ONLY ADDING 111.
STORM WATER IS ADDING 5.8. UTILITIES IS ADDING FOR 14.7.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE GO BONDS IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT.
AND OVER THERE YOU'LL SEE IT BROKEN DOWN BY REVENUE SOURCE UTILITIES BEING THE LARGEST ONE.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR FY 26. THIS ONE IS ALSO A REALLY GOOD ONE I LIKE TO DO.
THIS IS THE GENERAL FUND ONLY AND THIS IS GENERAL FUND ONLY DOLLARS.
SO THIS IS NOT ANY GRANTS THAT WE HAVE. THIS IS NOTHING BUT THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
SO WE SEE THAT FIRE IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT WITH A LITTLE BIT OVER 14 MILLION.
WE HAVE IT ALSO GOING NECK AND NECK WITH POLICE RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE PARKS AND FACILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS AFTER.
AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO DO THIS. THIS IS KIND OF AN ACCOUNTING THING.
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THIS IS HOW WE USUALLY ARE PRESENT ON OUR HACKFORD.AND IT SHOWS YOU WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GENERAL FUND ONLY DOLLARS.
SO WE SEE THAT THE LARGEST ONE IS PUBLIC SAFETY FOLLOWED BY IT.
AND THEN TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THEN PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT IS LIKE PARKS, BASKETBALL COURTS, ETC., ETC..
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED FOR THE FY 26 BUDGET.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
MR. MORTON, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE PREVIOUS SECTION? THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I'LL STAND.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO GET THE PUBLIC'S, COMMENTS.
PUBLIC INPUT. ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK? RAISE YOUR HAND.
PLEASE STEP FORWARD, SIR. LANCE FISHER, FLORIDA.
IT'S SO COVETED THAT FROM THREE UNION CONTRACTS OVER NINE YEARS, FOP REFUSED TO CHANGE THE RANKS OF MAJORS TO COMMANDERS JUST TO AVOID THE POTENTIAL SCRUTINY. THEY'RE AUTHORIZED TO DRIVE THEIR POLICE VEHICLES THROUGH ADJOINING COUNTIES FROM BREVARD. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE COUNTY LINES OF FLAGLER, SAINT LUCIE COUNTY, POLK COUNTY, LAKE COUNTY. THAT'S 359 MILES OF POTENTIAL ROADWAYS.
THE POLICY FURTHER ALLOWS FAMILY MEMBERS TO RIDE IN THEIR VEHICLES.
IN A CONVERSATION ON OR AROUND MAY 8TH OF 2024 WITH YOUR CITY ATTORNEY.
SHE INDICATED SHE WAS AGAINST EMPLOYEES USING CITY VEHICLES FOR PERSONAL USE.
AS THE DIRECTOR OF RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, SHE INDICATED THAT HAVING FAMILY MEMBERS, TRANSPORT AND CITY VEHICLES ADDED A NECESSARY LIABILITY TO THE CITY IN CASE OF THEIR CRASHES, WITH MULTIPLE PENDING LAWSUITS AGAINST THE CITY.
TAXPAYERS SHOULDN'T BE BURDENED WITH UNNECESSARY RISK OF POTENTIAL CIVIL CASES AGAINST THE CITY. DURING MY TENURE, WE HAD COMMAND STAFF MEMBERS USED THEIR POLICE VEHICLES FOR VACATIONS TO DISNEY DAILY KIDS SOCCER PRACTICES IN ORLANDO, AND ONE COMMAND STAFF MEMBER WHO EACH DAY DROPPED THEIR KID OFF AT SCHOOL AT NINE AND THEN LEFT AT 330 TO TAKE THEM TO SOFTBALL PRACTICE.
THE POLICY WAS SO BROAD THAT MULTIPLE COMMAND STAFF MEMBERS DIDN'T EVEN OWN A PERSONAL VEHICLE.
THEY SIMPLY USED THEIR ASSIGNED VEHICLES, THIS TIME TO POLICE VEHICLES.
IF LIEUTENANTS AND ABOVE USE ONE TANK OF GAS A WEEK FOR PERSONAL USE, IT WOULD COST THE TAXPAYERS, ON MOST CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES, $45,000 A YEAR.
CITY HALL OVERTIME COSTS THE TAXPAYERS OVER $100,000 A YEAR.
IN THE 2004 2024 STATS. A ONE YEAR POLICE SERGEANT WHO CONSISTENTLY WORKS THIS DETAIL IS THE 24TH HIGHEST PAID CITY EMPLOYEE, MAKING OVER $147,000 A YEAR. FOUR TIMES CHIEF OF JAIL HAS FILLED THESE VERY COUNCIL CHAMBERS WITH ON DUTY SWAT AND POLICE OFFICERS, THE LAST ONE BEING ON JULY 3RD TO ATTEND MY PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL.
THE SHOW OF FORCE HAS COST THE TAXPAYERS OVER $11,000 IN UNNECESSARY SPENDING.
EACH YEAR, THESE SAME SWAT MEMBERS TRAVELED TO ORLANDO TO PARTICIPATE IN SWAT ROUNDUP.
DO THE TIME ON THE DO THE TIME OF THE EVENT. IN PAST YEARS, THESE OFFICERS WERE PAID TIME AND HALF OF HOLIDAY PAY, AND ONE TIME THEY WERE GIVEN HOLIDAY OR HURRICANE EMERGENCY PAY.
THESE, FOR BUDGETARY CHANGES, COULD SAVE THE CITY OVER $170,000.
THESE MONIES SHOULD BE USED TO PURCHASE BODY CAMERAS FOR OUR COMMAND STAFF MEMBERS, SO THEY CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE LIKE THEIR OFFICERS. LASTLY, THESE SAVED MONIES CAN BE USED TO PURCHASE ONLINE REPORTING SOFTWARE TO ASSIST OFFICERS AND REDUCE THE RESPONSES TO MINOR INCIDENTS, THEREFORE SAVING SALARY MONEY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK EXCEPT PLEASE? BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
WELCOME ABOARD. GLAD TO SEE YOU. AND SINCE WE HAVE NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, IT'D REALLY BE NICE IF WE COULD SOMEHOW FIND A NEW CITY ENGINEER. A CITY ENGINEER? INSTEAD OF HAVING TO PAY OUTSOURCE, WE'D HAVE OUR OWN.
INSTEAD OF PAYING THE PEOPLE THAT SAY, HERE'S MY PLANS.
LOOK AT MY PLANS. WE'RE PAYING THEIR ENGINEERS TO LOOK AT OUR OWN DRAWINGS.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE A BUDGET THERE? I'M LOOKING AT THE SIZE OF THAT.
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IT'S A LOT BIGGER THAN WHAT I SAW ONLINE. THANK YOU.ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY. SEEING NONE.
COUNCIL. NOW IT'S UP TO OUR DISCUSSION. WHO WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN TO DISCUSS COUNCIL MANAGEMENT? SURE. I DON'T HAVE MUCH. JUST. I'M AT THE SAME POINT.
I THINK OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT DID A GREAT JOB. MR. MORGAN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB. AND ALL OF THE DIRECTORS AND THE STAFF THAT HAD TO PARTICIPATE THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. SO I LIKE WHERE WE'RE GOING.
AND ALLOW OUR NEW CITY MANAGER TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THEN COME BACK NEXT BUDGET SEASON AND, AND BUCKLE DOWN WHERE WE CAN. BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN A GREAT PRESENTATION AND IT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
IT REALLY IS A LOT. ME, MYSELF, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE 3% BE MAINTAINED.
AND I CAN'T SIT WELL AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT SAFETY CAN BE PROVIDED IN FOR A DOLLAR.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE COME TO SEPTEMBER, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING COME AHEAD TO WHERE WE CAN MAINTAIN THIS AND GET EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED.
BUT I AM GOING TO BE FOR FIRE TRUCKS, SO THAT'S AS LONG.
I MEAN, I NEED A GUARANTEE IT GOES TO FIRE TRUCKS.
I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE DO THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IT'S, HEY, WE NEED FIRE TRUCKS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY.
AND FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, I'M GOING TO BE ON ON GETTING OUR MILLAGE RATE DOWN.
I MEAN, OUR CITY MANAGER'S BEEN HERE FOR TWO MONTHS.
ALMOST THREE MONTHS. HE'S HE IS OVER HIS HEAD WITH EVERYTHING THAT HE'S LEFT WITH.
AND I, I TRULY WANT TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO WITH THIS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE THREE. YOU KNOW, THE 3% BEING MAINTAINED.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE FIRE TRUCKS GO AWAY. THANK YOU.
DEPUTY. MAYBE AGAIN. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB TONIGHT.
I KNOW YOU CHALLENGED YOU IN THE MEETINGS. I CHALLENGE YOU A LOT.
JUST OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS. I THINK MR. MORGAN IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. AND.
AND TO ALL THE DIRECTORS THAT, YOU KNOW, INPUTTED THEIR THEIR TIME AND ENERGY AND THEIR EXPERTISE INTO THIS PROCESS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE SACRIFICES WHERE YOU HAD TO, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WHOLE CITY TO, YOU KNOW, TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. I'M IN SUPPORT OF MAINTAINING THE MILLAGE RATE AND SEEING WHAT STAFF AND MR. MORGAN COULD DO THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR JUST TO PREPARE EVEN BETTER AND STRONGER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.
YOU HAVE BEEN MUCH COVETED, YOUNG MAN. WE HAVE NEEDED AND WANTED SOMEONE TO LEAD ON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. AND WITH YOUR CAPACITY. SO WELCOME ABOARD.
WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU DID COME. AND YOU'VE BEEN ENGAGING EVEN LONG BEFORE YOU'RE STARTING.
AND AS ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ELOQUENTLY STATED ABOUT AN ENGINEER, I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE PLEASED ON THE DIRECTION THAT THIS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS GOING IN WITH YOUR EXPERTISE.
WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE TIME THAT YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT WITH OUR TEAM COMING DOWN, EVEN WHEN WE HAD A LOSS OF LIFE. THAT'S BUILT CAMARADERIE AND BUILT A GREAT TEAM.
SO I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT THUS FAR. WELCOME ABOARD.
MY MY STANCE DOESN'T CHANGE. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW I STATED I WANTED TO MAINTAIN BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT AND TO TO GATHER. AND MOST OF YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING THIS WAY FOR YEARS, I DON'T CHANGE, BUT MOST OF YOU ALSO KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN A BIG PROPONENT OF OPERATIONAL BUDGET BUDGETS.
I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT FOR YEARS. I CALLED IT A FORENSIC AUDIT.
I'VE CALLED IT DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT NAMES. BUT I ALSO SAID AN IG.
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AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, A LOT OF THE CITIZENS WERE RAH RAH AND SUPPORTIVE OF THEM.I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE TODAY AFFECT US NOT ONLY NEXT YEAR, BUT YEARS TO COME.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN BRINGING PUBLIC SAFETY TO WHERE IT WAS.
IF YOU SAW THE GRAPH, THAT LOBE OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE WAS A TIME WE WEREN'T GETTING ANY ANY VEHICLES.
THERE WAS A TIME WE WEREN'T HAVING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
OUR RESPONSE TIMES WERE BEYOND THE CAPACITY, AND WE'VE EVER MOVED THAT EVER SO SLIGHTLY.
AND I WANT US TO TO RECOGNIZE I WAS ON A CALL, AND IN THAT CALL, WE ARRIVED BEFORE THE AMBULANCE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY FIRST AID TO A VIETNAM WAR VETERAN THAT HE WOUND UP LIVING THROUGH THAT EPISODE. RIGHT? AND IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF SECONDS.
A MATTER OF MINUTES. AND COULD YOU IMAGINE IF THAT RESPONSE WOULD HAVE EVEN BEEN MORE DETAINED? HIS WIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN A WIDOW. THAT YOUNG MAN STILL LIVES TODAY.
THESE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR WHOLE CITY TEAM DO IT OUT OF A PASSION BECAUSE NO ONE IS GETTING PAID.
I'M SURE A LOT OF OUR STAFF CAN GO GET MAKE MORE MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
SO I AM DEFINITELY FOR MAINTAINING SO THAT WE CAN INCREASE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
I WILL STRESS WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN HAMMER SAID.
HE WANTS THAT GUARANTEE. YOU HAVE. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU HAD A LETTER OF INTENT FOR THAT PRICE.
NOTHING CAN GO WRONG WITH TRYING TO GET THOSE THOSE FIRE TRUCKS AND SERVE THOSE THOSE MEN.
IS THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU? AND. SO THAT THIS BUDGET WORKSHOP IS NOW ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.