[00:00:03] IT IS 1800 HOURS. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS WORKSHOP TO ORDER. [CALL TO ORDER:] THE VERY FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SO PLEASE RISE. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. PLEASE FACE THE FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HURRAH! WE'RE NOW ON ROLL CALL. MADAM JONES MAYOR MEDINA PRESENT. DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFE IS ABSENT. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON PRESENT. COUNCILMAN HAMMER PRESENT. COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN HAS STEPPED AWAY. MR. ROBINSON. YOU CAN JUST YELL IT. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JASON. NO, NO, SHE'S JUST TAKING ROLL CALL AT THIS TIME. PRESENT. SORRY. AND MISS SMITH PRESENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'RE UP. NOW, MR. ROBINSON, WE'RE UP. [1. Discussion of the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget.] WE'RE ON YOUR ON ONTO YOU. WE'RE DEFERRING TO YOU AND CARRY ON. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JASON DILORENZO, WHO WILL PROVIDE AN OPENING STATEMENT FOR US. THANK YOU, JASON DILORENZO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE SOME HIGH LEVEL DETAILS ON THE FISCAL YEAR 27 DEPARTMENT BUDGET REQUESTS. BECAUSE WE ARE GATHERING EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE HAVE LITTLE CLEAR REVENUE FORECASTS. SO TONIGHT WE ARE FOCUSING ON GENERAL FUND ENTERPRISE CORE DELIVERY AND PRIORITY REQUESTS, AS WELL AS REQUIRED MANDATES LIKE PENSIONS AND STATE DRIVEN INITIATIVES. AS PART OF THE CITY'S DOGE EFFORT, WE ASKED EACH DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE OUR OFFICE WITH A 20% OPERATIONAL CUT THAT DID NOT IMPACT ON CORE SERVICE DELIVERY. IN INITIAL REDUCTIONS WERE PROPOSED BY DEPARTMENTS BUT ALSO ALIGNED WITH SERVICE DELIVERY COUNCIL PRIORITIES. CITIZEN EXPECTATIONS AND OPERATIONAL AND CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS. THESE BUDGET REDUCTION EXERCISES HAD DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DETAIL AND SUCCESS, AND HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETELY SYNTHESIZED TO MR. MORTON'S ALIGNMENT AND VALUE PERCEPTION. ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA MANUAL, DOGE IS NOT JUST ABOUT CUTTING. THE MANUAL SPECIFIES THREE DISTINCT BUT ASSOCIATED PARTS FISCAL DISCIPLINE AND REVIEW, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND SERVICE DELIVERY. IN OTHER WORDS, RIGHTSIZE THE BUDGET BY SETTING A BASELINE LEVEL OF SERVICE, ENSURING TAX DOLLARS ARE SPENT WISELY AND CAN BE TRACKED, AND PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE BY ELIMINATING RED TAPE AND OPTIMIZING WORKFLOWS. THIS THROWS INTO SHARP RELIEF THE NOTION THAT WE MUST FOCUS ON CORE SERVICE DELIVERY. THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE, WE WILL MEET WITH EACH DEPARTMENT TO DRILL DOWN ON THEIR PROPOSED CUTS AND CONSIDER THEM AGAINST PRIORITIES, OBJECTIVES, AND OUTCOMES WHILE CONSIDERING KPIS AND COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL EXPECTATIONS FOR LEVEL OF SERVICE. NOW, OUR EXCEPTIONAL FINANCE TEAM OF JESSICA, SHANE, AND SEAN WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE REQUESTS AND DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS ARE AVAILABLE SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE ALONG. THANK YOU. CARRY ON MA'AM. GOOD EVENING. I'M JESSICA HENCHMAN, THE BUDGET PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR. TONIGHT I HAVE SEAN SPILLERS, OUR CAPITAL ASSET ADMINISTRATOR, AND SHANE BIRD, OUR BUDGET ANALYST. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT TO COVER ALL OF THE FY 27 REQUESTS FOR YOU. OUR GOALS ARE SIMPLE. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ALL OF OUR OBLIGATIONS, SOME OF THE KNOWN AMOUNTS THAT WE NEED TO COVER IN THE BUDGET. WILL GO INTO ALL OF THE FY 27 REQUESTS WITH A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON THE GENERAL FUND. AND THEN WE'LL WRAP IT UP WITH OUR NEXT STEPS. OUR FIRST BIG IMPACT FOR FY 27 BUDGET IS ALWAYS PAYROLL. WHILE WE DON'T HAVE THE PAYROLL AMOUNTS RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATED PERCENTAGE INCREASES. SO FOR EACH OF THE DIFFERENT BARGAINING UNITS, WE HAVE THE FIRE AT 8% FOR BOTH OF THEIR UNITS. THE FOP OFFICERS ARE APPROXIMATELY 7%. THEY HAVE A BASE SALARY PLUS ONE MERIT STEP WITHIN THE YEAR, AS WELL AS FOR THE SERGEANTS AND LIEUTENANTS, THEIR INCREASE IS ABOUT 4% FOR THE YEAR. NEIGE BLUE AND NEIGE WHITE BOTH HAVE APPROXIMATELY 5%. THEY HAVE A BASE SALARY ADJUSTMENT AND A MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT ON APRIL 1ST. CURRENTLY, GENERAL EMPLOYEES ARE PROPOSED AT A 5% INCREASE TO KEEP WITH EQUITY WITH THE CITY WIDE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS. ONE ITEM THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE A CONTINGENCY FOR IS STARTING IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. FIRE ADDS THE RANK OF FIRE CAPTAIN, SO WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A FISCAL IMPACT FOR THOSE PROMOTIONS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS THOSE NEGOTIATIONS HAPPEN, WE'LL BE PUTTING A SET ASIDE SO THAT THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE ON OCTOBER 1ST. [00:05:10] ANOTHER BIG ITEM THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR ARE OUR PENSIONS. THE PENSION INCREASE FOR FY 27 IS 4.3 MILLION. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 39% INCREASE. THE BIG JUMP WE'RE SEEING IS FROM THE INCREASE IN FTES THAT WE HAD IN FY 24. WE ADDED APPROXIMATELY 35 POSITIONS BETWEEN POLICE AND FIRE THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT PENSION. PENSION IS BUDGETED BASED ON THE ACTUARIAL REPORT THAT WE HAVE. AND THAT'S USUALLY A YEAR OR TWO BEHIND. SO THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE FOR FY 27 ARE BASED OFF THE FY 25 REPORT. SO WE'RE JUST NOW STARTING TO SEE THAT IMPACT NOT ONLY FROM THE SALARY INCREASES FOR ALL THREE YEARS OF THAT CONTRACT, BUT ALSO THE INCREASE IN FTE COUNT. SO WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU IS THE FIVE YEAR HISTORICAL FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE. AS YOU CAN SEE FOR POLICE, IT'S ABOUT TRIPLED OVER THAT TIME PERIOD. AND FOR FIRE, IT'S INCREASED BY ABOUT ONE AND A HALF. BOTH DEPARTMENTS DURING THAT SAME TIME HAVE HAD A TOTAL FTE INCREASE OF 30 SWORN POSITIONS, RESPECTIVELY. AND ANOTHER ITEM WE WANTED TO ADD THIS YEAR IS THE WAY WE TRY TO ESTIMATE THE IMPACT IS WITHIN THE ACTUARIAL REPORT. WE GET A PERCENTAGE OF THE SALARY TO ESTIMATE FOR FUTURE PENSION. CURRENTLY IN THE IN THE REPORT, IT'S 41% OF THE SALARY FOR POLICE AND 46% OF THE SALARY FOR FIRE. SO AS AN EXAMPLE, A POLICE LIEUTENANT AT THE HIGHEST STEP, THE SALARY IS 116,575. SO OUR PENSION IMPACT WOULD BE ABOUT 47,000 FOR FIRE LIEUTENANT AT THE HIGHEST STEP, THE SALARY IS 1139 60 AND THE PENSION IMPACT WOULD BE 52,400. SO JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE. WE ALSO ALWAYS LIKE TO PROVIDE THE DEBT SERVICE. I KNOW COUNCILMAN JOHNSON ALWAYS LIKES TO SEE THIS SLIDE. THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE'VE HAD FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR IS WE'VE HAD THE CAPITAL LEASE PURCHASE OF THE LIFE PACK 35 FOR FIRE. THAT'S NOW A DEBT SERVICE OF ABOUT 156,000 THAT WE ADD. SO THE OVERALL FOR FY 27 WE ARE JUST UNDER 6.9 MILLION. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SEAN. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS SEAN SPILLERS. I'M THE CAPITAL AND ASSET PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR. RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST GOING OVER THE PRIORITY ONE CAPITAL OUTLAY. IT'S SMALL THIS YEAR, SO THAT'S GOOD. WE HAVE THE TWO FIRE RESCUE VEHICLES, THE FIRE TRUCKS, THE REPLACEMENT FOR 5182 AND 5188. WE HAVE PAYMENT TWO OF THREE. WE HAVE ONE MORE PAYMENT FOR THEM NEXT YEAR. AND THEN WHAT'S REALLY GOOD IS THAT THIS YEAR WE'VE ONLY HAD TO REPLACE ONE TOTALED VEHICLE. SO THAT'S OUR OTHER PRIORITY ONE. IT WAS OUR FORD TRANSIT CONNECT VAN FOR PARKS AND FACILITIES. NUMBER 4414. WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THAT AS WELL IS THAT WE HAVE SOME AN INSURANCE CLAIM TO OFFSET THE COSTS. SO THE NET IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND WILL BE $44,921. THANK YOU. AND THE ONE THING WE DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PRIORITY ONE REQUESTS, IF YOU SEEN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE HAD SEVERAL PRIORITY ONE REQUESTS. NORMALLY WE AVERAGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 CITYWIDE. THIS YEAR WE ONLY HAD ONE. AND THAT WAS THIS TOTAL VEHICLE BECAUSE WE REALLY WORKED WITH DEPARTMENTS TO FOCUS ON INCLUDING THEIR MANDATED AND OBLIGATED COSTS WITHIN THEIR OPERATING BUDGETS. AND SO THAT WAS A BIG ACHIEVEMENT FOR US TO REALLY THE ONLY REQUEST WE HAVE THAT'S A PRIORITY. ONE NEED IS THE TOTAL VEHICLE. SO OVERALL THIS YEAR FOR THE GENERAL FUND, OUR FOCUS WITH THE FIVE BUDGET GOALS, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 185 BUDGET REQUESTS. THE PREDOMINANTLY IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT, WITH 100 REQUESTS AT ABOUT 17 MILLION. RESPONSE TO SERVICES HAD A TOTAL OF 40 REQUESTS FOR JUST UNDER 15 MILLION. CUSTOMER FRIENDLY GOVERNMENT AND STRONGER ENGAGEMENT HAD 20 REQUESTS FOR JUST UNDER 2.5 MILLION. WHILE WE DID NOT HAVE ANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED REQUEST, WHAT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS A LOT OF THESE OTHER REQUESTS ARE GEARED TOWARDS DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, IMPROVING THE ROADS AND IMPROVING OUR PARKS FACILITIES AND AND IMPROVING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE TIMES. ALL THOSE WILL HELP LEAD TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE LONG RUN. AND THEN FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, WE HAD 18 REQUESTS FOR A LITTLE OVER 300,000. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR ALL OF THOSE REQUESTS. OF THE 185 REQUESTS, ABOUT HALF WERE PROJECT RELATED, 36% ARE CAPITAL OUTLAY, PREDOMINANTLY OUR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, AND THEN 10% OUR OPERATING NEEDS. AND AGAIN, THE 10% FOR OPERATING IS LOWER BECAUSE THE REAL FOCUS WAS ON DEPARTMENTS WORKING WITHIN THEIR CURRENT BUDGETS TO MEET THEIR OPERATING REQUIREMENTS. [00:10:07] SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FISCAL FITNESS THIS YEAR. AND SO ONE OF OUR BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS WHEN WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT IT IS INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WE TALKED ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE BEING LIKE THE TREADMILL. AND THE REALITY FOR US IS OUR TREADMILL IS AT THE HIGHEST, STEEPEST INCLINE, RIGHT? THE NEEDS OUTWEIGH WHAT WE HAVE TO ACHIEVE TO GET THOSE DONE. SO OUR FOCUS REALLY IS WE'VE HAD $17 MILLION IN REQUESTS FOR FY 27. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, BOTH PARKS AND FACILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS HAVE $6.4 MILLION ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGETS. AND THEIR BUDGETS ARE THAT HIGH BECAUSE THEY COVER CITY WIDE FUNCTIONS. THEY ARE TRUE INTERNAL SERVICE DEPARTMENTS, PARKS AND FACILITIES TAKES CARE OF ALL OF THE FACILITIES, BUT IT ALSO DOES THE JANITORIAL, THE ELECTRIC, THE WATER, THE SEWER, ALL OF YOUR NORMAL MONTHLY BILLS THAT YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU'RE AT HOME, PARKS AND FACILITIES IS COVERING THAT FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT CITYWIDE. AND ON THE PUBLIC WORKS SIDE, NOT ONLY ARE THEY HANDLING FLEET SERVICES, BUT THEY HAVE TRAFFIC OPS, WHICH IS ONLY A 3 OR 4 PERSON TEAM HANDLING EVERYTHING FOR THE CITYWIDE, THEY HAVE THEIR RROW, BEAUTIFICATION, SURVEYING AND ALSO INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THESE TWO DEPARTMENTS HELP FACILITATE A LOT CITYWIDE AND THEIR OPERATING ANNUAL OPERATING. ANY POTENTIAL CUT TO THEM WOULD IMPACT THE OTHER DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS. SO LOOKING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AT PARKS AND FACILITIES, THEY HAD A TOTAL OF $13.85 MILLION REQUESTS. AND THEIR REQUESTS COVERED NOT ONLY THEIR NEEDS, BUT THE NEEDS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED IN OTHER CITY FACILITIES STRUCTURES. AND WE'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE. OVERALL, THEY ALSO HAD 13 VEHICLES THAT FLEET REQUESTED ON THEIR BEHALF FOR 683,000. THEIR GOALS THAT THEY WERE REALLY FOCUSING ON WAS, OF COURSE, INFRASTRUCTURE, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT. THEY DID HAVE TEN REQUESTS RELATED TO RESPONSE TO SERVICES, AND SIX OF THEIR REQUESTS ARE RELATED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. NEEDS FOR UPDATING AT EACH OF THE FIRE STATIONS. SOME OF THOSE SOMETIMES ARE AC REPAIRS. SOME ARE FIXING THE BAY DOORS. ANYTHING THAT'S DEEMED A SAFETY RISK OR AN UPDATE NEEDED. THOSE REQUESTS ARE WHAT ARE INCLUDED HERE. AND SIMILARLY, WE HAVE SOME AT PUBLIC WORKS. A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE AT SOME OF THE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITIES, BUT THEY ARE AGING AND STILL NEED ADDITIONAL WORK FOR UPKEEP AND SAFETY. SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER BREAKOUT OF ALL OF THOSE REQUESTS AND HOW THEY IMPACT CITY WIDE OF THEIR PROJECTS. 82% ARE PROJECTS, 16 ARE OPERATING REQUESTS, MEANING THEY'RE NOT CAPITALIZED IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. AND THEN 2% ARE OUTLAY EQUIPMENT. SO TYPICALLY IT'S THE EQUIPMENT THAT THE MAINTENANCE STAFF REQUIRES. PUBLIC WORKS AND FLEET OVERALL HAD 27.27 MILLION IN REQUESTS FOR THEIR ITEMS. THAT INCLUDED THEIR REQUESTS FOR PARKS AND FACILITY UPDATES. IT WAS 49 TOTAL REQUESTS. THE BIGGEST THING FOR THEM WAS THIS YEAR THEY TOOK ON DOING THE CITYWIDE FLEET REQUESTS. THERE WAS 92 VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS AND NEW VEHICLES, COMBINATION THEREOF ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS AND FUNDS. I BELIEVE THE ONLY FUND THAT HAD NEW VEHICLE REQUESTS THAT WERE NOT A REPLACEMENT WAS UTILITIES HAD A FEW AND THE TOTAL WAS $15 MILLION. CITYWIDE FIRE HAD FIVE APPARATUS FOR A LITTLE OVER 8 MILLION. PUBLIC WORKS GENERAL FUND HAD 16 REQUESTS AT ONE POINT, JUST UNDER 1.6 MILLION. POLICE HAD 24 VEHICLES AT 1.4 MILLION PARKS AND FACILITIES HAD THE 13 STORMWATER FUND HAS SIX FOR JUST UNDER 400 K. AND THEN THERE ARE SMALLER ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS THAT TOTALED ABOUT A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION. AND THIS IS ANOTHER FURTHER BREAKOUT GROWTH MANAGEMENT. SOME OF THEIR VEHICLES ARE FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PROCUREMENT. THEY HAVE A VEHICLE THAT THEY USE TO, WHEN THEY'RE TRAVELING TO THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS AND FOR ANY OF THEIR ON SITE MEETINGS, WHEN THEY DO BRING OUT BIDDERS FOR THEIR PROGRAM, IT HAS A VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY RESPOND OUT TO DIFFERENT FACILITIES FOR REPAIRS AND UPGRADES. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN HR POOL VEHICLE THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY CITY WIDE TRAINING AND TRAVEL. SO ANOTHER BUDGET CONSIDERATION THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IS PUBLIC SAFETY. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THEM BEING OUR STRENGTH AND OUR WEIGHTLIFTERS. BUT AT SOME POINT THE WEIGHT BEGINS TO BE TOO MUCH TO CARRY. AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BALANCE AND BETTER PLAN OUT THAT WEIGHT SO THAT WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS. OVERALL, BOTH DEPARTMENTS FOR FIRE AND POLICE HAD $7.2 MILLION IN REQUESTS. I WILL ADD THE CAVEAT THAT THIS IS JUST GENERAL FUND MONEY. THERE ARE FIRE IMPACT FEE REQUESTS FOR ALL OF THEIR STATIONS, AND THERE IS NO REQUEST RIGHT NOW FOR THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL DOING THIS STAFFING STUDY. SO ONCE THEY HAVE A TRUE PLAN AND A TRUE ESTIMATE, THAT'S WHEN THEY'LL BRING FORWARD THEIR REQUEST FOR THEIR STATION. [00:15:02] SO THE 7.2 MILLION DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY STATION FUNDING. IT'S SIMPLY OPERATING OR CAPITAL OUTLAY NEEDS OR PROJECT NEEDS ON THE POLICE SIDE. TALKING ABOUT BOTH OF THESE DEPARTMENTS AND FOR THEIR ANNUAL OPERATING, BOTH POLICE AND FIRE COMBINED ARE 3.6 MILLION. I WILL SAY THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE EXTENSIVELY THIS YEAR. WE WENT LINE BY LINE THROUGH THEIR BUDGET AND LOOKING AT IT AND THEIR ANNUAL OPERATING NEEDS CURRENTLY EXCEED THE BUDGET THAT THEY HAVE ON AN OPERATING BASIS, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THESE NEW STATIONS COMING ONLINE. THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE FUNDING MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS THE ADDITIONAL STATIONS COME ONLINE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OPERATING REQUESTS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE CITY. BUT THEY ALSO, BECAUSE THEY ADDRESSED SOME OF THEIR MANDATED AND OBLIGATED NEEDS THROUGH THE THEIR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS, LIKE THEY HAVE CERTAIN SET OF BUNKER GEAR AND UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT. THEY HAD TO CUT BACK ON TRAINING. THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IS NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THEIR CURRENT ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET. SO THEY MADE IT REQUESTS BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED IN THE LONG RUN. FOR POLICE. THEIR FOCUS THIS YEAR WAS ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLES THAT FLEET REQUESTED FOR THEM, POLICE HAD THREE PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, AND IT'S ALL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE POLICE RANGE. SO OVERALL, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED $12.6 MILLION AND REQUESTS, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THEIR DIFFERENT FUNDS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. AGAIN, THEIR FOCUS WAS ON A LOT OF OPERATIONAL NEEDS IN TERMS OF TRAINING AND STAFFING. A LOT OF IT IS FOR RETENTION. THEY WANT TO CONTINUALLY KEEP UP WITH PARAMEDIC SPONSORSHIPS AND THAT PROGRAM. AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE REQUEST FOR THEIR NEW STATIONS AS THEY'VE GOTTEN STATION SEVEN AND STATION NINE OPEN. THEY'RE FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE. AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT LATER, IS USING IMPACT FEES TO GET THE DESIGN PART DONE BEFORE HITTING THE GENERAL FUND WITH AN IMPACT. FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, THEY HAVE JUST UNDER 3.5 MILLION IN PROJECT REQUESTS. AGAIN, THEY'RE ALL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE RANGE. YOU HAD THE DONATED KROGER BUILDING, WHICH NEEDS SOME ADDITIONAL OUTFITTING TO MAKE IT USEFUL FOR THEM. YOU HAVE THE FRANK TOBAR BUILDING, WHICH IS ONE THAT IS COMING UP AS A REQUEST THAT WILL BE ADDITIONAL FOR DUTY PRACTICE OUT THERE. AND THEN THEY HAVE ONE MORE. I WANT TO SAY IT'S A STORAGE FACILITY THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED AND ALL OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. SO POLICE AGAIN, 71% IS PROJECTS AND 30% ARE FURTHER VEHICLES. SO ITIT OVERALL HAD REQUESTS OF 2.4 MILLION. BUT THERE IS AN ASTERISK NEXT TO THAT. SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY PUT IN FOR, THEY ACTUALLY ARE SEEKING STATE APPROPRIATIONS FOR IF THAT'S RECEIVED 1.6 MILLION OF THIS ESTIMATE WOULD ACTUALLY BE COMING FROM GRANT FUNDING. SO THE TRUE IMPACT FROM THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE THE CURRENT PROJECT THAT'S OPEN. AND AN ADDITIONAL 14,000 WOULD BE THAT REQUEST. THEY ALSO HAVE ABOUT, I WANT TO SAY $65,000 IN THEIR OPERATING MAXIMUM THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING TO USE TO BUY CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. SO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE ON IN THEIR REQUEST TOTAL ARE FOR CAPITAL ASSETS. THEY'LL, THEY'LL ACTUALLY SELF FUND WILL JUST MOVE THEIR MONEY FROM THEIR OPERATING TO THE CAPITAL ACCOUNT TO COMPLETE THOSE PURCHASES. SO OVERALL, THEY DO HAVE 80% BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE LARGER THEIR LARGEST REQUEST IS RELATED TO THE PROJECT THIS YEAR. BUT THAT'LL BE REDUCED IF THE GRANT FUNDING IS RECEIVED. AND THE REAL TRUE IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND WOULD ONLY BE A LITTLE BIT OVER $200,000 FOR ALL OF THEIR ITEMS IN FY 27. NOW THAT WE'VE FINISHED UP THE GENERAL FUND. NOW THAT WE FINISHED UP THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DIVE INTO THE OTHER FUNDS, INCLUDING UTILITIES AND SOME OF THE OTHERS. FIRST STARTING OUT, WE HAVE RECREATION NOW TO HIGHLIGHT RECREATION. THEY'RE PRIMARILY SUPPORTED BY DONATIONS AS WELL AS THEIR PROGRAMMATIC INCOME. SO THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO SELF SUPPORT THEMSELVES. AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS REQUEST IS SHOWING IS $40,000 USE OF THOSE DONATION FUNDS WITH THE INTENT OF SELF-SUPPORTING THROUGH THEIR VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER. OKAY. AND THEN GETTING INTO PUBLIC WORKS. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE A LIST OF THEIR OTHER FUNDS THAT IMPACT THEIR REQUESTS. SO YOU'LL SEE THE LARGEST SHARE IS THAT IMPACT FEES OF 14 MILLION. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THE COMPONENT OF ROAD MAINTENANCE, CIP, STORMWATER AND FLEET SERVICES. NOW THAT FLEET SERVICES IS ESSENTIALLY A TRANSFER OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND INTO THAT. [00:20:01] SO FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES THAT 35 K BELONGS TO THE GENERAL FUND. BUT JUST TO SHOW THE COMPOSITION OF ESSENTIALLY HOW PUBLIC WORKS REQUESTS COME TOGETHER AND THEN ARE DIVVIED OUT AMONGST THEIR DIFFERENT FUNDS, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE LARGEST SHARE IS IN CIP AND PROJECT RELATED TYPE OF REQUESTS AT 16 OR ROUGHLY ALMOST $19 MILLION. AND YOU'LL SEE THE BIGGEST THEMES THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THESE FUNDS ARE THINGS LIKE ROADWAY INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, YOUR TYPICAL TRANSPORTATION RELATED TYPE OF PROJECTS, AND THEN GETTING INTO THE IMPACT FEE FUNDS. WE DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THESE HERE. OF COURSE, THEY'RE NOT ADOPTED AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, BUT WE DO WANT TO SHOW THAT THESE ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPE AS THEY DO, KIND OF CORRELATE WITH YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET. THESE REQUESTS WILL COME AT A LATER POINT, BUT OVERALL, IN THE COMPOSITION BETWEEN THE REQUESTS WE RECEIVE FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES, PARKS AND RECREATION AND FIRE, THAT'S A TOTAL OF ABOUT $27.5 MILLION. AND YOU'LL SEE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT IS SPLIT BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION AND PARKS AND REC THIS YEAR. AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT IS DEALING WITH ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, PARKS AND AMENITY AND RELATED TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS AS THE CITY GROWS. THE IDEA IS THAT GROWTH PAYS FOR GROWTH. OKAY. AND THEN KIND OF GOING IN, THIS IS JUST THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE COMPONENT OF 14 MILLION OR SO, ALMOST 15. AGAIN, JUST SHOWING THAT BREAKDOWN BETWEEN INTERSECTION ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND TRAFFIC SYSTEMS, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD BREAKDOWN IN TERMS OF YOU'RE SEEING IT SPLIT AMONGST THE THREE AREAS, THE THREE ZIP CODES. AND ESSENTIALLY THAT MAKES UP THEIR REQUEST. WE HAVE PARKS AND RECREATION. SIMILARLY, JUST ANOTHER BREAKDOWN OF THE COMPOSITION OF THEIR PARTICULAR REQUESTS OF ABOUT $11 MILLION. OKAY. AND THEN FIRE IMPACT FEES. AND THEN THIS IS AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER BREAKDOWN SHOWING THAT SPLIT ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE TWO AREAS OF SERVICE IN WHICH THEY WOULD BE USING THOSE IMPACT FEES. AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH FIRE STATIONS READINESS, BRINGING FIRE STATIONS ONLINE AND SERVING THAT CAPACITY, AS WELL AS TRAINING AND READINESS AND RELATED ITEMS THAT HELP SERVE THE PUBLIC THROUGH THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY PREPAREDNESS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S BACK TO ME. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE CRITICAL ONGOING PROJECTS. THIS IS OUR TIF FUNDS. THIS IS NOT GOING TO COME IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS. LIKE SHANE SAID, THIS WILL BE COMING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE FUNDED OR ELSE THEY'LL BE KIND OF DEAD IN THE WATER. SO I WANTED TO SHOW THIS JUST AS A HEADS UP FOR WHEN THE NEW YEAR STARTS AND WE'RE READY TO GO. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND AS YOU SAW EARLIER WITH GENERAL FUND, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE BREAKDOWN OF PUBLIC WORKS. AND THERE ARE OTHER FUNDS AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE REQUESTS RECEIVED BASED ON THE VARIOUS GOALS THAT THEY'VE ASSIGNED THOSE REQUESTS TO. YOU'LL SEE THE VAST MAJORITY IS TIED TO INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT AS WELL AS RESPONSE TO SERVICE, WHICH MAKES SENSE DEALING WITH PUBLIC WORKS. THAT'S THE PRIMARY AREA THAT THEY SERVE THE CITY, AND THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT $24 MILLION OR 23 MILLION. OKAY. AND YOU'LL SEE THE STORMWATER UTILITY FUND HERE BREAKDOWN PRIMARILY DEALING WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCREASING THAT SERVICE CAPACITY FOR THE STORMWATER SYSTEM. OVERALL, THIS YEAR, WE'VE RECEIVED 15 REQUESTS AT ABOUT $6.5 MILLION. AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST PRIMARILY ENSURING CAPACITY SERVICE. AND THOSE RELATED REQUESTS ARE FULFILLED AND MAINTAINING THE CITY'S OPERATIONAL NEEDS. OKAY. AND THEN GETTING INTO UTILITIES. SO UTILITIES, WE WANT TO WE WANT TO DISCUSS, OF COURSE, BECAUSE THEY ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND, THEY ARE SEPARATE FROM GENERAL FUND, THEIR RATEPAYER FUNDED. SO AS THEY OF COURSE HAVE SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS THAT HELPS FUND THEIR OPERATIONS. AND THEY HAVE MULTIPLE SUBFUNDS THAT HELP FUND DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THEIR OPERATION. AND WE'LL SEE THAT BREAKDOWN SHORTLY. AND NOW ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT AGAIN KIND OF COMPOSITION OF THE REQUEST RECEIVED SPLIT AMONGST THE VARIOUS GOAL OPTIONS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SELECT AGAINST. AND AGAIN, YOU'RE SEEING THAT KIND OF TREND WHERE WE'RE REALLY KEEPING UP WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY, GETTING INTO UTILITIES, ENTERPRISE FUNDS. AS I MENTIONED, YOU'LL SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE VARIOUS SUBFUNDS THAT ESSENTIALLY MAKE UP ALL OF UTILITIES AND THEIR REQUESTS. IT'S A PRETTY LARGE CHUNK NOW, SOMETHING I DO WANT TO ARTICULATE AND MENTION HERE IS THAT THESE FIGURES ALSO INCLUDE PROJECTS THAT WERE ONGOING, WHERE THERE'S RE BUDGETED AMOUNTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN FULLY EXPENDED THAT ARE CARRYING FORWARD TO THE NEW YEAR. HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT EXCLUDING ANY NEW REQUESTS HERE. SO THERE IS NEW REQUESTS INCLUDED. BUT THIS DOES INCLUDE BUDGETED FUNDS THAT WILL ESSENTIALLY BE CARRYING FORWARD FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, [00:25:04] JUST TO REALLY SHOW THE FULL COMPOSITION OF THESE UTILITIES PROJECTS AND, AND HOW THAT MONEY IS BEING PUT TO WORK TO SERVE THE CITIZENS AND ESSENTIALLY EXPAND THOSE SERVICES AND, AND GROW THOSE SERVICES. AND AGAIN, IT'S PRIMARILY DEALING WITH PROJECTS. YOU'LL SEE THAT BREAKDOWN THERE. IN FACT, THE VAST MAJORITY IS RELATED TO CIP AND PROJECT TYPE OF EXPANSION OF SERVICE, ENHANCEMENT OF SERVICE AND CAPACITY. AND THEN ON THIS ONE. AND THEN SO JUST ON THIS CHART, IT'S AGAIN JUST ANOTHER BREAKOUT SHOWING THAT SPLIT. YOU'LL SEE THE VAST MAJORITY IS IN REQUEST FOR THAT CIP AND PROJECT WITH ABOUT 8 MILLION IN CONTINUING OPERATING REQUESTS, WITH AROUND 3 MILLION IN THAT CAPITAL OUTLAY AND RELATED EQUIPMENT, JUST REPLACING EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED OR REQUEST FOR NEW EQUIPMENT. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE IMPACT FEES. THESE ARE CRITICAL ONGOING PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE FUNDING. THE FIRST ONE IS FOR THE NORTH REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE SYSTEM. AND THE SECOND ONE IS FOR SANITARY SEWER LINING IMPROVEMENTS. AND WHAT THOSE ARE IS THEY'RE IMPROVING WASTEWATER PIPES IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE NEXT ONE THAT WE HAVE IS OUR BOND REQUESTS. SO THIS IS FOR TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS. THIS IS FOR OUR SOUTH REGIONAL WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. FACILITY EXPANSION AND THE REQUEST FOR THE BOND IS 62 MILLION. WE ALREADY HAVE SOME MONEY SPENT ON THIS ONE THAT WAS OUT OF UTILITIES FUND. SO THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING MORE FUNDS FOR, AS WELL AS THE NORTH REGIONAL REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANT REHABILITATION. THIS IS ANOTHER BOND REQUEST. WE HAVE SPENT MONEY ON THIS AS WELL. WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR BOTH OF THESE. THE FIRST ONE WE BUDGETED 4.3 MILLION AND THE OTHER ONE WE BUDGETED 1 MILLION. AND THAT MONEY IS STARTING TO GET SPENT. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON TO THE NEXT STEP SOON. OKAY. AND THEN LASTLY, JUST, JUST GIVING A QUICK ALL FUNDS RECAP THERE. OF COURSE, WE, WE WANT TO DEMONSTRATE AND SHOW HOW UTILITIES KIND OF SKEWS THOSE FIGURES. AND THAT'S WHY OUR EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, WE REALLY WANT TO SHOW THAT THAT KIND OF DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THOSE MILLAGE RATE DOLLARS THAT HELP FUND THE GENERAL FUND VERSUS YOUR OTHER FUNDS, THINGS LIKE YOUR IMPACT FEES, WHICH WILL BE COMING TO YOU AT A LATER POINT TO BE ADOPTED. AND THEN, OF COURSE, UTILITIES FUNDS, WHICH ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND. SO THEY'RE FUNDED THROUGH RATEPAYER USE AND FEES. SO THIS JUST GIVES YOU THAT OVERALL AGAIN SNAPSHOT, KIND OF BRINGING IT FULL CIRCLE TO WHAT JESSICA HAD MENTIONED EARLIER AT THE VERY BEGINNING, GIVING US A TOTAL AMOUNT OF REQUESTS RECEIVED ACROSS ALL FUNDS OF 353, WITH A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $287 MILLION IN REQUESTS. SO THAT WRAPS UP THE OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE FY 27 REQUESTS. OUR NEXT STEPS AFTER THIS MEETING IS WE WILL BEGIN THE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS TO FURTHER GO THROUGH IN DEPTH EACH OF THE REQUESTS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE BUDGET WORKSHOP ON JULY 7TH, WHERE WE HOPE TO HAVE THE PROPOSED DATA AND REALLY A PROPOSED BUDGET ROUND IT OUT FOR YOU AROUND THAT TIME. AND THEN OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE DO HAVE THE DATE SET WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH AND WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD. THOSE ARE OUR HARD SET DATES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE APPROVED WITH THE STATE TO HOLD OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. I'M GOING TO HAVE COUNCIL HOLD OFF ON THEIR QUESTIONS FOR NOW. AND I WANT TO GET ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, I SHOULD SAY, OR JUST THEIR COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET. SO I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME. ANYONE WISH BY SHOW OF HANDS WISH TO COME AND SPEAK. STEP FORWARD PLEASE, AND STATE YOUR NAME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL DOUG HOOK PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. I'M HERE TONIGHT. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE BUDGET. I KNOW I'M NOT AN OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT THAT CAN MAKE REQUESTS, BUT I DID WANT TO REITERATE MY REQUEST THAT I MADE AT A PUBLIC HEARING AT ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THE PAST. THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD WOULD LIKE TO BECOME ACTION ORIENTED. TO DO THAT, WE DO REQUIRE SOME FUNDING. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET DONATIONS THROUGH THEM. WE DO NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL METHOD TO GET DONATIONS THROUGH THE CITY. OR WAIT TILL HOUSE FUNDS THROUGH THE CITY. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, IF THERE IS ANY WAY TO DO IT AND FIT IT INTO THE BUDGET. I THINK A MODERATE BUDGET, A MONTHLY BUDGET THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AND ALLOW US TO GENERATE OUR GENERATE PROJECTS AND FUND [00:30:08] PROJECTS AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO VOLUNTEER LABOR AND WE CAN BRING IN OUR OUTSIDE PARTNERS FOR THAT. PLANTS COST MONEY. MULCH COSTS MONEY. IF WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS, WE DO NEED TO HAVE THESE ABILITY. THIS ABILITY TO FUND OUR PROJECTS ON OUR OWN. SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF $500 A MONTH WOULD ALLOW US TO BUDGET AND PLAN FOR LONG TERM STUFF. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A MODEST REQUEST FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. IF WE HAVE A $4,000 PROJECT, THAT WOULD BE EIGHT MONTHS OF PLANNING. IT WOULD ALLOW US TO WORK WITHIN A BUDGET TIME FRAME, OR, AS COUNCILMAN HAMMER HAD SUGGESTED PREVIOUSLY, IF THERE IS A WAY FOR THE CITY TO ESTABLISH A DONATION CHANNEL TO WHERE I SAW THAT PARKS AND RECS IS ABLE TO FUND THEMSELVES THROUGH DONATIONS, IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD SOLICIT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD DONATIONS TO ANY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, AND THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. SO I WOULD JUST ASK AGAIN, RESPECTFULLY, IF WE COULD KEEP IN MIND THE WAY THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ACTION TO IMPROVE THE CITY, IF WE ARE ABLE TO KIND OF CARVE OUT FUNDS OR FIND A WAY FOR US TO FUND IT, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO? ANYONE ELSE HAVE COMMENTS REGARDING THE PRESENTATION? OKAY. SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO TEE IT OVER NOW TO COUNCILMAN LANGERMAN FOR ANY QUESTIONS HE MAY HAVE. AND THEN SO ON. WITH COUNCILMAN HAMMEL BEING NEXT. I'M GOOD TONIGHT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HAMER. I'M ALSO GOOD WITH WHAT I'VE READ. I KNOW OUR NEXT MEETING IS WHEN THE ACTUAL THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE RELEASED. THAT'S WHEN I'M GOING TO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. ALL RIGHT. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. SO JUNE MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS. AND IN JULY, WE'LL HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THE 20% REDUCTION FROM EACH DEPARTMENT. CORRECT. SO AS WE AS WE JUST KIND OF MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SYNTHESIZING THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY OUR DIRECTORS. THAT MEANS THAT IT MAY CHANGE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE WE HAD TO SEE THE ACTUAL IMPACT TO OPERATIONS. SO THAT NUMBER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A 20%, IT MAY NOT APPLY 20% ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS AND LOOK THROUGH OPERATIONALLY. HOW DOES THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE THINGS THAT ARE MAYBE MANDATED OR THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO OPERATIONALLY TO KEEP SERVICE DELIVERY UP? SO WE'LL WE'LL MASSAGE ALL OF THAT AND PUT IT INTO THE COMPLETE BUDGET WHEN YOU SEE IT IN JULY, JULY 7TH. OKAY. SO I'M JUST TALKING THROUGH IT AS I'M THINKING. SO POTENTIALLY IT COULD BE 22% REDUCTION WITH PARKS, BUT PARKS AND FACILITIES, BUT 18% WITH POLICING. CORRECT? IT WOULD KIND OF FLUCTUATE ACROSS THE BOARD. YES. OKAY. BUT ON AVERAGE ACROSS THE BOARD IT WILL BE A 20% REDUCTION CITY WIDE. SO YOU KIND OF JUMP TO MY CLOSING COMMENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE BIG GOAL AS MR.. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. SURE. GO AHEAD. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES, BUT I DON'T LIKE THIS ONE. OKAY, WELL, THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF HIS CLOSING COMMENT. OKAY. IS WHAT HE'S JUST SAID. SO CAN WE JUST HANDLE ALL THESE QUESTIONS ALL AT ONCE? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NEXT ONE. I GUESS IT'S MORE OF A, A COMMENT FOR ALL OF US. EACH YEAR BEGINNING WITH A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO WAS ON THE BOARD, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TRAVEL AND ALL, ALL OF THE TRAVEL FOR STAFF BEING, YOU KNOW, APPROVED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. BUT THEN EACH MONTH WE'LL CONSTANTLY HAVE MORE REQUESTS, MORE REQUESTS, MORE REQUESTS. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO JUST STICK WITH, HEY, MOST OF THESE EVENTS ARE ANNUAL, SO WE KNOW THEY'RE COMING. LET'S STICK WITH WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED IN REGARDS TO THIS IS THE APPROVED BUDGET TRAVEL. LET'S STICK WITH IT. IF YOU MISSED OUT ON SOMETHING YOU KNOW AROUND THIS TIME MAY OR BEFORE YOU CAN MAKE THAT REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST SEE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING GIVEN TOWARDS TRAVEL AFTER WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE BUDGET. FROM THE PAST YEAR. SO THAT'S NUMBERS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE UP IN JULY BEFORE WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT CYCLE OF THINGS. FOLLOW UP QUESTION. AND THIS IS KIND OF FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT, BUT HOW ARE THESE NUMBERS GENERATED FOR THE REQUEST. BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE THINGS WILL BE DONE, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH AN RFP, RFQ DESIGNED TO BUILD A BIDDING PROCESS. SO ARE THEY LOOKING AT PIGGYBACKS FROM OTHER CITIES OF WHAT THEY GOT THESE VEHICLES FOR OR WHAT THESE PROJECTS WERE FUNDED FOR? [00:35:04] SO I'M ASKING ALL THE QUESTIONS AND THEN, AND THEN ROAD MAINTENANCE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 2 MILLION. INITIALLY WE HAD THE FUNDING MECHANISM WITH THE BCRA AND HAD THAT FUNDING TRANSFERRED OVER WHEN IT SUNSETTED TO THE ROAD MAINTENANCE. HOW OR WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO DO TO KEEP THAT FUNDED BECAUSE THESE ROLES ARE GETTING WEAR AND TEAR. WE GOT MORE VEHICLES ON THESE ROADS, SO THEY'RE GOING TO WEAR AND TEAR FASTER. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS ENTAILED WITH COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUNDS. AND THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. SO THOSE WERE MOSTLY COMMENTS. THE LAST ONE APPEARED TO BE A QUESTION TO ME. IS THAT CORRECT. YEAH. YEAH. WELL ROAD MAINTENANCE WAS A QUESTION. COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUNDS WAS A QUESTION. QUESTION. HOW ARE THESE NUMBERS GENERATED FOR EACH DEPARTMENT. REQUESTS WAS A QUESTION. AND TRAVEL WAS A COMMENT. SO. SO I CAN ADDRESS THE REQUESTS AND HOW THEY'RE DEVELOPED. SO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS START WITH THEIR INITIAL REQUEST. AND THEN WE GO THROUGH AN INTERNAL SERVICE REVIEW. SO IF IT'S TECHNOLOGY RELATED IT PUTS THEIR HANDS ON IT. THEY MAKE SURE IT COMPLIES WITH OUR STANDARDS. BUT ALSO PROCUREMENT SEES IT. SO PROCUREMENT HAS SEEN ALL OF THESE REQUESTS AND THEY'VE KIND OF MADE A LOG. IF THERE WAS A CONTRACT LISTED IF LIKE IT'S FSA FOR ONE OF OUR VEHICLES. THEY'VE CHECKED OFF ON IT. IF IT'S A NEW CONTRACT, THEY'VE PUT IT ON THEIR LIST TO REVIEW. BUT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE REQUESTS AND AT LEAST PUT THEIR EYES ON IT TO KNOW WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPE SO THAT WHEN WE GO TO A PROPOSED BUDGET, THE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED, THEN THEY START HAVING ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT GEORGE BARBER STARTED WITH THIS CURRENT YEAR, WHERE AFTER WE HAD THE ADOPTED BUDGET, EACH DEPARTMENT HAD A ONE ON ONE MEETING WITH PROCUREMENT, WENT THROUGH EVERY REQUEST AND PRIORITIZED WHEN THOSE REQUESTS NEEDED TO HAPPEN. SO RFPS COULD BE PLANNED OUT EARLIER VERSUS LATER IN THE YEAR. CONTRACTS WOULD BE VETTED AND TAKEN THAT FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER. SO THAT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS THROUGH THE INTERNAL SERVICE REVIEW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US, AS IT PERMITS, TO TRANSITION MORE TO DESIGN TO BUILD PROJECTS. SO THAT WAY THERE'S NO LAPSE IN WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. MAYOR WITH CHANGE ORDERS ONE AFTER ANOTHER OR THE, THE MISHAP WE HAD WITH OUR, OUR WHO WAS IT WE FIRED. SELF. SELF. I'M NOT MENTIONING ANY MISHAP. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I GOT YOU MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. SO BUT JUST TO TRY TO PREVENT POTENTIAL BAD ACTORS IS WHAT I'M SAYING. SO, SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ALONG THAT SAME VEIN, I THINK MR. MORTON, WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY, RIGHT. HE'S ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT WITH PROCUREMENT. WE HAVE DAVID THAT'S ACTUALLY WORKING THROUGH THOSE BRINGING OUT SOME REALLY CORE ISSUES ON OUR NEW PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WHICH, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE DEBATED OVER THE LOWEST BID IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST BID, RIGHT? AND WE, WE LEARN, WE'VE LEARNED THE HARD WAY TO THAT. SO THEY ARE READDRESSING THAT THEY'RE ANALYZING THAT AND SEEING HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BRING FORTH A SOMETHING THAT'LL BE WORTH COUNCIL'S CONVERSATION, SIR. THEN THE LAST TWO THINGS WERE ROAD MAINTENANCE AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUNDS. ALL RIGHT. SO THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND IS A FUND GENERALLY USED WHEN WE HAVE EXTERNAL FUNDING SOURCES WITH A MATCH. SO WE'LL TAKE A MATCH FROM THE GENERAL FUND FROM LIKE A GRANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO USE THAT FUND FOR THE GRANT BUDGET AS WELL. SO IT'LL BE ALL OF IT COMBINED. SO IT CAN JUST GO INTO ONE LINE ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR QUESTIONS. ROAD MAINTENANCE. THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. SHOULD THAT BE. WHO, WHO WANTS TO TEE THAT OVER. THANK YOU SIR. I'M DONE. OKAY. YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, THE THE BCRA MONEY IS. OF COURSE IT HAS SUNSETTED. THERE IS STILL SOME MONEY SET ASIDE FROM BCRA BECAUSE THERE'S A LAWSUIT THAT'S CURRENTLY WITH THE CITY. ONCE THAT'S RESOLVED, IF THERE'S ANY RESIDUAL MONEY LEFT, OF COURSE, THAT WILL GO BACK TO EITHER THE CITY OR TO THE COUNTY, DEPENDING ON THE PERCENTAGES. WE ALSO HAVE A PLAN TO BE SETTING ASIDE THE TWO $2.5 MILLION ANNUALLY OF GENERAL FUND MONEY. THE. TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE OF THE BCRA MONEY. THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED YET, BUT THAT WILL BE DURING OUR CONVERSATION IN JUNE WITH THE CITY MANAGER. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU SIR. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO DOCTOR ROBINSON, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY MY GRATEFUL HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED [00:40:06] EVERY TEAM MEMBER I KNOW THIS EXERCISE HAS BEEN TASKING OR DAUNTING ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GOING THROUGH THAT EXERCISE AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AND PUT OUR CITY IN A IN A BETTER FINANCIAL STATUS. SO, DOCTOR ROBINSON, YOU YOUR CONCLUDING REMARKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO PRESENT. TONIGHT WE PROVIDED YOU WITH A PRELIMINARY BUDGET OVERVIEW. AS YOU KNOW, NOTICE TONIGHT WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF LEVEL OF DETAILS TO PROVIDE TO YOU AS WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR ACTUAL REVENUE NUMBERS, WHICH IS PROJECTED TO COME IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE AS WE LOOK THROUGH THAT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IS TO CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES AND ALIGN THE BUDGET WITH THE DESIRES AND PRIORITIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY. UPON MR. MORTON'S DIRECTION, WE ARE AGAIN GOING BACK TO WHAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WAS ALLUDING TO IS WHAT ARE WE AIMING TOWARDS IN TERMS OF REDUCTION. AND CURRENTLY THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE IS AROUND $15 MILLION. WE'RE LOOKING TO REDUCE OUR BUDGET BY. AGAIN, IT COULD COME IN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 13 TO 15 MILLION, BUT 15 IS THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE TRYING TO AIM TOWARDS. HOW WE ACHIEVE THAT IS AGAIN, ALWAYS GOING TO BE DISCUSSIONS AS WE COME THROUGH JUNE, AS WE GET INTO THE WEEDS ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO AGAIN, THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO COME. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS TO, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE COMPLETELY REVAMPED THE BUDGET PROCESS ALTOGETHER. WE'VE CHANGED SEVERAL PROCESSES ALONG THE WAY MIDSTREAM. IT WASN'T REALLY AN IDEAL SITUATION TO DO, BUT WE HAD TO DO IT BECAUSE OF THE MANDATE THAT WE HAVE FROM CITY COUNCIL TO TRY TO REALLY GET INTO THE WEEDS ON BUDGET. BUT WE'RE DOING THIS WHILE WE'RE ALSO GOING THROUGH AN ERP IMPLEMENTATION. SO THAT CREATED A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL OF, OF, OF, OF TASK FOR THE TEAM. AND WE'VE BEEN PUSHING THROUGH, THEY'VE BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB TRYING TO PUSH THAT INITIATIVE, AS WELL AS TRYING TO REVAMP THE BUDGET PROCESS IN THE IN MIDSTREAM. SO AGAIN, SOME OF THESE THINGS IS GOING TO ALSO HELP US TO ALIGN WITH TRANSPARENCY AS WE ALSO WORK THROUGH ADJUSTING CERTAIN BUSINESS PROCESSES, WE ALSO STRENGTHEN BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY. THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT MAY HAVE JUST, YOU KNOW, GONE TO CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT EVERYTHING BEFORE IT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. SOME THINGS WE'RE SAYING NO TO OR SOME THINGS WE'RE SAYING NOT NOW. SO WE COMPLETELY REVAMPED THAT PROCESS AS WELL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE ALSO PLANNING ON LONG TERM PLANNING, NOT JUST LOOKING AT TODAY'S BUDGET, BUT WE'RE ALSO WHAT IS THE IMPACT LONG TERM. SO WE'VE CHANGED SEVERAL THINGS TO CHANGE THE BUDGET PROCESS ON A WHOLE, TO MEET NOT ONLY THE DOGE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT ALSO TO MEET THE DESIRES OF CITY COUNCIL. SO WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL TIME TONIGHT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING YOU WITH A MUCH MORE DETAILED BUDGET, MUCH MORE DETAILED, DEVELOPED BUDGET AS WE GET INTO JULY 7TH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THOSE COMMENTS CONCLUDE THIS MEETING. UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. SORRY, JUST I REMEMBER INITIALLY, AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL ANSWERING THE CALL, DOCTOR ROBINSON, BUT I REMEMBER INITIALLY IT WAS CONTINUING TO BE SAID ABOUT 20%. OH, SORRY, I DIDN'T PRESS THE BUTTON. IT WAS SAID ACROSS THE BOARD 20% EACH DEPARTMENT. WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE, I GUESS MOMENT OR WHAT WAS THE FACTOR THAT SHIFTED FROM 20% EACH DEPARTMENT TO. ALL RIGHT. WE MIGHT HAVE. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT 20% ACROSS THE BOARD IN TERMS OF THE REDUCTION, WE'RE LOOKING AT A SOMEWHERE A NUMBER OF LIKE 3 MILLION OR SO. IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER AS WE LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD. SO WE NEEDED MORE THAN THAT. SO WE'VE, YOU KNOW, PIVOTED FROM JUST A SINGLE NUMBER. IT'S JUST 20% TO A MUCH HIGHER NUMBER, SETTING A MUCH HIGHER GOAL FOR OURSELVES AS A CITY TO LOOK THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF OPERATION, HOW WE DO EVERYTHING, ALL OF OUR DELIVERIES, ALL PROJECTS THAT ARE IN PLAY, THINGS THAT WAS BUDGETED HASN'T BEEN DONE. WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING ACROSS THE BOARD, SO WE'RE TAKING THE HIGHER NUMBER AS THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON AT THIS POINT. AGAIN, THE KEY HERE IS TO MAKE SURE WE DELIVER SERVICES. WE ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR FOLKS, OUR STAFF, BECAUSE WE OUR FOCUS IS TO CONTINUE TO CREATE A HIGH PERFORMING TEAM. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON WHERE CAN WE FIND EFFICIENCIES TO STREAMLINE OPERATIONS, WHETHER THROUGH TECHNOLOGY OR WE DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. INNOVATIVE IDEAS IS ONE OF THE IDEAS YOU SAW TONIGHT FROM THE RECREATION TEAM IS TO BE ALLOW, ENCOURAGE DONATIONS TO COME IN AND BE USED FOR SERVICES TO OFFSET SOME SERVICES. RIGHT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING WE I THINK WE'VE COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE BOX. WE'RE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AT THIS POINT. WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR ANY INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCY ON THE GENERAL FUND. AND WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST CONTINUING TO NAVIGATE FROM THAT STANDPOINT, SIR. [00:45:02] OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND TO EACH AND EVERY TEAM MEMBER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.