WEBVTT METADATA Video-Count: 1 Video-1: youtube.com/watch?v=M7ruYHFHpQI Part: 1 1 00:00:50.449 --> 00:01:00.993 ALPHA BRAVO CHARLIE DELTA. ALPHA BRAVO CHARLIE DELTA 2LINE. 2 00:01:00.993 --> 00:14:00.773 TEST TEST TEST. 3 00:14:00.773 --> 00:14:16.822 >> MAYOR: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. THE TIME IS NOW 5:30 WE WILL NOW TURN TO THE CITY CLERK FOR ROLL CALL. 4 00:14:16.822 --> 00:14:34.139 >> REBECCA SHELTON MAYOR. >> PRESENT. >> MACK McCRAY COMMISSIONER. >> PRESENT. >> AMY KELLEY, COMMISSIONER. >> HERE. >> WE HAVE A QUORUM. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT WILL BE BY COMMISSIONER MACK McCRAY F 5 00:14:34.139 --> 00:14:52.224 FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> LET US BOW TO THE CREATIVE MAKER OF ALL MANKIND. HERE WE STAND BEFORE YOU IN YOUR PRESENCE ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE BUT MOST OF ALL ASKING FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US A GUIDING HAND AND ALSO TAKE OUR MINDS AS WE DELIBERATE TONIGHT ON THE MEETING AND THE AMOUNT OF 6 00:14:52.224 --> 00:15:08.473 INFORMATION THAT IS BEFORE US. LET US BE COGNIZANT OF THE THINGS THAT WE MAKE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ONLY WILL AFFECT THE CITIZENS NOW BUT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. ALL THESE BLESSINGS WE ASK IN YOUR NAME BECAUSE YOU STILL LIVE. AMEN. 7 00:15:08.473 --> 00:15:30.628 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >> WE ARE NOW MOVING ONTO THE AGENDA APPROVAL ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND CORRECTIONS. LET'S BEGIN ON MY RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> NOTHING FOR ME, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR 8 00:15:30.628 --> 00:15:48.046 TURKIN. >> NONE, MAYOR ISSMENTS COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NONE, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER McCRAY. >> NONE, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ONTO PUBLIC AUDIENCE PORTION OF THE AGENDA. 9 00:15:48.046 --> 00:16:03.095 CITIZEN MAYBE BE HEARD CONSIDERING ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION. SPEAKERS MAY BE LIMED TO THREE-MINUTE PRESENTATIONS. AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR THIS THREE MINUTES MAY BE ADJUSTED DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF BUSINESS COMING BEFORE THE COMMISSION. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, 10 00:16:03.095 --> 00:16:21.479 PLEASE JOIN US NOW. AND THIS IS FOR THE CRA PORTION, AND THEN WE'LL IS FOR THE -- >> YOU'RE RIGHT. SO CITY PORTION NOW. ARE YOU CITY OR CRA? 11 00:16:21.479 --> 00:16:37.362 WE HAVE A MEETING -- >> DIDN'T HEAR YOU. >> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT FOR BOTH, SO. IT'S FINE. >> HELLINGO. SO I'M THREE MINUTES, GO AHEAD. >> YES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TASHAWN SMITH AND I'M 12 00:16:37.362 --> 00:16:54.413 A RESIDENT OF BOYNTON BEACH. I'M HERE TODAY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, BLIND, AND CANNOT DRIVE. BECAUSE OF MY VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, 13 00:16:54.413 --> 00:17:10.495 I RELY ON UBER AND OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO GET TO WORK AND DO DAILY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. SORRY. RIGHT NOW I CAN SPEND ABOUT $30 A DAY TO GET TO AND FROM WORK AND SOMETIMES -- SORRY, 14 00:17:10.495 --> 00:17:26.812 $30 A DAY TO GET TO WORK AND THEN $30 SOMETIMES TO GET HOME. OVER TIME, THAT BECOMES A SERIOUS FINANCIAL BURDEN. THE MONEY COULD BE USED FOR GOALS, THAT HELP BUILD FUTURE, 15 00:17:26.812 --> 00:17:43.595 PAYING BILLS, SHARING A BUSINESS, INVESTING IN PROPERTY, BENEFITS, AND BENEFITS. BOTH OF THOSE, I'M SORRY, BENEFITS. BENEFIT BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY. INSTEAD A LARGE PORTION OF OUR 16 00:17:43.595 --> 00:18:00.846 INCOME GOES TOWARDS TRANSPORTATION. SO WE CAN WORK AND REMAIN INDEPENDENT. THE SOLUTION I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH UBER. I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH LYFT, THE 17 00:18:00.846 --> 00:18:18.897 CHOICE PROGRAM, BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS LIMITED TO COUNTY. BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE -- I'M SORRY. I WANT TO MAKE IT COUNTY TO 18 00:18:18.897 --> 00:18:35.680 COUNTY. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD EXPLORE A RIDE SHARE SERVICE THAT CONNECTS WEST PALM AND BROWARD TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE TRANSPORTATION MUCH EASIER FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME AND OTHERS. FOR EXAMPLE IF I LIVE IN BOYNTON AND I WORK IN WEST PALM, OR IF I NEED TO TRAVEL INTO BROWARD 19 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:52.764 COUNTY FOR WORK, CURRENT COUNTY TO COUNTY SYSTEMS CREATE DELAYS AND EXTRA STRESS. IF I WERE USING THE CHOICE PROGRAM THAT LYFT OFFERS, I MIGHT BE JUST TO GET TO BOCA BUT 20 00:18:52.764 --> 00:19:10.115 I WILL STILLED HAVE TO WAIT -- I WOULD STILL HAVE TO WAIT AND ARRANGE ANOTHER RIDE SHARE SERVICE TO GET TO DEERFIELD AND NEARBY LOCATIONS WHERE I NEED, AND WHEREVER ELSE I MAY NEED TO GO. THAT DELAY CREATES STRESS, 21 00:19:10.115 --> 00:19:27.799 WASTED TIME, AND MAKES IT HARDER TO GET TO WORK AND RELY -- AND HAVE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER VISUALLY IMP IMPAIRED AND BLIND INDIVIDUALS WHO FACE THE SAME CHALLENGES. THIS IS NOT JUST MY SITUATION. 22 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:36.408 IT AFFECTS MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING -- SORRY. >> MAYOR: GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. SUPER NERVOUS. 23 00:19:36.408 --> 00:20:00.065 HERE WE GO. OKAY. SO BASICALLY I AM TRYING TO START A RIDE SHARE SERVICE THAT'LL CONNECT BROWARD AND BOYNTON AND WEST PALM TOGETHER 24 00:20:00.065 --> 00:20:17.549 DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO RIDE SURE SERVICE RIGHT NOW DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WORK IN DEERFIELD AND LIVE IN BOYNTON I WOULD HAVE TO RELOCATE JUST TO AFFORD TO CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE BECAUSE I'M BASICALLY -- PAYING 6 OR $700 A MONTH WITHOUT HAVING 25 00:20:17.549 --> 00:20:34.899 A CAR BUT I DO KNOW WITH MY CITY OFFICIALS AND OFFICE SITTING AND OFFICE SITTING INDIVIDUALS MAYBE WE COULD COME TOGETHER AND BASICALLY BUILD A PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WITH VISUALLY IMPAIRED -- WITH DISABILITIES THAT WOULD CREATE ONE RIDE SHARE SERVICE THAT COULD BASICALLY WOULD CONNECT ALL COUNTIES, REGIONALLY 26 00:20:34.899 --> 00:20:51.583 AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER DIVISION OF BLIND INDIVIDUALS AND MANAGERS THAT SAY THEY WOULD LOVE THIS IDEA BECAUSE EVEN I WENT TO FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND AND WITH MOBILITY, LIKE, THERE IS NOTHING THAT COULD HELP LIKE EVEN WITH 27 00:20:51.583 --> 00:21:06.364 BUS TRANSPORTATION YES THAT IS THERE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, JUST FOR ME WANTING TO GO TO THE STORE OR WANTING TO GO TO SCHOOL I CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE I'M PAYING SO MUCH MONEY IN MY TRANSPORTATION SO I'M REALLY ASKING YOU ALL IF WE COULD COME TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY TRY TO 28 00:21:06.364 --> 00:21:22.347 WORK ON A RIDE SHARE SERVICE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BASICALLY HELP US HAVE THAT FREEDOM TO TRAVEL WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCOUNT, ALMOST LIKE A DISCOUNT PROGRAM OR A PARTNERSHIP ALMOST AS IF IN JACKSONVILLE THEY HAVE 29 00:21:22.347 --> 00:21:39.164 SOMETHING CALLED USERVICE, SO INDIVIDUAL I KNOW UP THERE SHE PAYS ABOUT $3, $3.64 TO GET TO WORK AND 3- $3.64 TO GET BACK. I'M PAYING $30 JUST TO GET TO DEERFIELD AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING TO GO TO WORK AND THEN I'M DOING 30 00:21:39.164 --> 00:21:56.181 MY PART, I'M CATCHING THE BUS, I'M WALKING, I'M DOING THAT EXTRA MILE TO SAVE THOSE LITTLE COINS SO I CAN STILL STAY IN BOYNTON BEACH AND NOT HAVE TO RELOCATE SOMEWHERE WHERE I WOULD HAVE TO BASICALLY GET FAMILIAR WITH SO BASICALLY I'M HERE TODAY TO TRY TO GET YOU ALL SUPPORT TO 31 00:21:56.181 --> 00:22:13.999 SEE IF WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND MAKE TAT HAPPEN. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ANGEL, COULD YOU GET HIS CONTACT INFORMATION? , PLEASE? THANK YOU. MS. ROWE. >> HELLO, EVERYBODY, ELIZABETH 32 00:22:13.999 --> 00:22:30.449 ROW, 637 OAK STREET IN BOYNTON BEACH. I WANTED TO FIND OUT BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED IF IT WOULD BE THE CITY, COUNTY, CRA, WHAT IT MIGHT BE, IN REFERENCE TO THE RENT OYER BOAT PARK, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE EVER GONE IN OR OUT OF THERE, BUTS IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, 33 00:22:30.449 --> 00:22:46.531 IT'S VERY NARROW AREA, WHEN WE GO FISHING IF WE PULL A BOAT IN, IT JUST HAPPENED TO US RECENTLY AS SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO PULL OUT THEY ONLY HAD A PICK-UP TRUCK. WE WERE PULLING WITH THEIR BOAT. THEY HAD TO STOP, BACK UP SO WE CAN PULL IN TO GET IN AND OUT. IN THE PAST, BACK IN THE DAY, 34 00:22:46.531 --> 00:23:01.880 WHEN MAURY'S WAS AROUND THEY TOOK THAT AREA PUT ALL TREES, SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT WITH THE OVERLAY COMING IN AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, OVER AT THE PARK, IF THE CITY OR COUNTY OR WHO WOULD BE INVOLVED IN HAVING TO DO A SURVEY OR 35 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:19.264 SOMETHING WITH WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED AT THAT ENTRANCE. DO YOU NEED TO HAVE A LIGHT? DO YOU NEED TO HAVE YIELD? YOU KNOW? DO YOU NEED SOMETHING? I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THATT KIND OF HELPED BACK IN THE DAY TO PUT PARKING LOTS IN THE, IN THE PARK ITSELF, EVERYBODY USED TO PARK UP AND DOWN FEDERAL HIGHWAY. WHEN YOU HAD YOUR BOAT, YOU 36 00:23:19.264 --> 00:23:36.381 PARKED FROM GATEWAY A ALL THE WAY ALMOST TO THE SPILL WAY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PARKING SO I WASSATE LL CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. -- WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THATT. I HAD RECEIVED AN EMAIL AND I'M ALSO NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT CONSTRUCTION IS. I THOUGHT THAT CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE WHEN A PLACE IS BEING 37 00:23:36.381 --> 00:23:52.731 DEMOED THAT THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED CONSTRUCTION, AND I HAD TALKED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO BE WORKING ON 670 OAK STREET WHERE THE NEW PARK PROPERTY WAS, IS THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE USING OAK STREET AS ITS MAIN THOROUGH TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO DO DEMOLITION OR 38 00:23:52.731 --> 00:24:08.446 ANYTHING DOWN THE STREET. GUT BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THEY WILL BE USING OAK STREET WHICH IS A SMALL LITTLE STREET TO KNEE BRINGING THEIR TRUCKS AND THINGS DOWN THERE TO DO THE DEMO THAT'S GOING TO BE UPCOMING. SO THAT'S KIND OF WRUT -- WHERE I WAS AT THERE. WE HAVE A LITTLE STREET, IT 39 00:24:08.446 --> 00:24:26.363 NEEDS SOME WORK, I KNOW THAT. BUT ALSO MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS ONCE YOU START ENGS PANDING THAT PARK -- EXPANDING THAT PARK, THE ENTRANCE IS, IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. 40 00:24:26.363 --> 00:24:44.115 >> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, IS THIS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE ASSESSMENTS? ARE WE THERE? THIS IS WHAT -- THIS VENUE'S FOR? OKAY. SO HI, CINDY FALCO DECORRADO. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO EXPOSE ANY INCREASE IN THE FIRE ASSESSMENT OF THE BOYNTON BEACH RESIDENTS AS WE ARE PAYING ENOUGH TAXES. 41 00:24:44.115 --> 00:24:59.931 OUR FIRE-RESCUE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES SERVICES AND MANY OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THIS, NOT ONLY JUST FOR THE BOYNTON BEACH BUT ALSO FOR OCEAN RIDGE, HIPULUXO, OCEAN RIDGE, BRINY BREEZES, AND GULF VILLAGES. NOW THESE COMMUNITIES, THEY 42 00:24:59.931 --> 00:25:15.780 SHOULD BE PICKING UP ANY ASSESSMENTS, WE SHOULD NOT BE ASSESSED ANYTHING. PERIOD END OF STORY. WHY ARE WE CONTINUING TO PAY FOR MONIES OUT OF OUR ASSESSMENTS. WE ALREADY PAY HIGH TAXES. WHY AREN'T THOSE MUNICIPALITIES WHEN ARE USING OUR SERVICES NOT BEING DIVIDED NUP TO FOUR 43 00:25:15.780 --> 00:25:31.896 DIFFERENT GROUPS FOR THAT ASSESSMENT? WE THE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE PAYING FOR THAT WHATSOEVER. WE ALREADY PAY LIKE I SAID FOR CITY TAXES AND COUNTY TAXES, WATER, UTILITY BILLS, NUMEROUS OTHERRIFRIFY FEE -- OTHER FEES. DID YOU KNOW OTHER WATER IS BEING BOUGHT OUT BY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. WHY AREN'T THEY BEING CHARGED 44 00:25:31.896 --> 00:25:48.913 MORE MONEY AND WE'RE BEING CHARGED LESS? WHY IS THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH RESIDENTS PAYING OUT THE NOSE FOR ALL THESE SERVICES? WHEN WE ARE SELLING IT TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, THEY'RE BENEFITING THE BENEFITS FROM THAT, IT'S NOT FAIR, IT'S NOT RIGHT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS EVEN STARTED TO HAPPEN. 45 00:25:48.913 --> 00:26:05.797 I HAD NO IDEA UNTIL I SAT IN THE BUDGET MEETING TO FIND OUT THAT WE ARE SERVICING THESE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND THEY SHOULD BE PAYING AND COVERING THIS. NOT WE THE PEOPLE. YOU'RE HERE TO REPRESENT US TO SAVE ON OUR TAX DOLLARS. IT'S JUST UNFATHOMABLE TO ME SO 46 00:26:05.797 --> 00:26:22.847 I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT EVEN WITH OUR CITY TAX AND PARDON ME COUNTY TAX AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT PART OF THAT THE ONLY THING WE GET IS COUNTY ROADS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE PAY IN COUNTY TAXES? I PAY OVER $1,000. I'M NOT GETTING THE BENEFIT. THE PEOPLE HERE AND IF I'M ONE HOUSE CAN YOU IMAGINE ALL THE OTHER HOUSES? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO CUT 47 00:26:22.847 --> 00:26:39.496 OUR TAXES WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE IS ENJOYING THE FRUIT OF OUR HARD LABOR? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. 72 GOOD EVENING, HARRY WOODWORTH, BOYNTON BEACH. 48 00:26:39.496 --> 00:26:55.613 JUST HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS. AT THE COST REDUCTIONS FURTHER THIS EVENING. JUST ASK THAT MAYBE WE FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON THE LOT OF SPENDING IS DISCRETIONARY. I WON'T MAKE A LIST BUT YOU KNOW WHERE I COMING FROM AND THEN THERE IS MANDATORY OKAY IF I 49 00:26:55.613 --> 00:27:12.229 WANT A NEW KITCHEN THAT'S DISCRETIONARY. IF THE WATER HEATER'S LEAKING THAT'S MANDATORY. WE GOT THINGS ALL OVER THE CITY THAT WE'RE DISCRETIONARY, SOME OF THEM WORKED OUT, SOME OF THEM DIDN'T, YOU'RE GOING TO RIP ONE OUT THAT'S OVER BEHIND THE CHURCH SOON FROM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AFTER MILLIONS WERE SPENT, THOSE KIND OF THINGS MAYBE WE COULD CONSIDER A LITTLE MORE. 50 00:27:12.229 --> 00:27:28.412 THE OTHER THING IS GOING TO SOUND A LITTLE STRANGE COMING FROM ME, EVERYTHING THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD FOR FAIRNESS ISN'T. THERE IS COMMUNITIES IN THIS CITY, THERE IS PEOPLE IN THIS CITY THAT CAN BESTAND CUTS MORE THAN -- WITHSTAND CUTS MORE THAN 51 00:27:28.412 --> 00:27:44.229 OTHERS. THERE ARE DEPARTMENTS THAT CAN WITHSTAND CUTS MORE THAN OTHERS. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. YOU HAD AN EXAMPLE AT THE BUDGET MEETING WHERE SOMEBODY CUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OUT OF THEIR BUDGET. THEY DIDN'T BUY A BUNCH OF GOLF CARTS THIS YEAR THEY DID LAST YEAR. THAT'S FRA -- NOT A BUDGET CUT. THAT'S JUST DISCRETIONARY 52 00:27:44.229 --> 00:28:01.012 SPENDING THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR. MAYBE WE COULD TAKE THE DISCRETIONARY MANDATORY THING AND THEN ALSO THE EQUITY OF IT I GUESS IS THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR. THE CUTS DON'T HAVE TO BE THE SAME ACROSS EVERY DEPARTMENT. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE THE SAME ACROSS EVERY COMMUNITY THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY THAT CAN WITHSTAND SOME OF THESE 53 00:28:01.012 --> 00:28:18.163 CUTS TO SERVICES OR WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING TO BE BETTER THAN OTHERS, AND THAT THERE RIGHT MIGHT BE SOME CONSIDERATION FOR THAT. I GET THE BUDGET. THAT IS WHAT IT IS. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. >> DAVID KATZ. I KNOW THE COMMISSION DOESN'T LIKE TO RESPOND TO THOSE PEOPLE 54 00:28:18.163 --> 00:28:33.511 BUT I THINK CINDY NEEDS TO KNOW, AND I HOPE YOU DON'T MIEWNLD ME CALLING YOU -- MIEWND ME CALLING YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME THAT THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT GET OUR WATER ALSO PAY A 25% SURCHARGE ON TOP OF THAT. ON TOP OF THAT AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THAT'S A A LOT OF MONEY THAT 55 00:28:33.511 --> 00:28:50.461 COMES INTO THE CITY. THE OTHER THING IS THAT RECENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW INTERESTING ARTICLES IN THE PALM BEACH POST ABOUT OUR CITY. AND THE AUTHOR THIS CHRIS PRISAD I FOUND OUT YEARS AGO HE WAS IN THE FIELD OF JOURNALISM AND LEFT 56 00:28:50.461 --> 00:29:07.645 THERE TO WORK FOR THE PALM BEACH POST. >> MAYOR: IF THERE IS NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE, WE'LL MOVE ONTO ONLINE. NO ONE? >> MAYOR, THERE IS NOIBD ONLINE. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE NOBODY ONLINE SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. WE WILL NOW BE MOVING ONTO ITEM 2A. 57 00:29:07.645 --> 00:29:24.161 STAFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN? >> YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR. >> MAYOR: DO YOU WANT TO READ IT IN? >> CATHERINE, DO YOU WANT TO READ IN -- >> MAYOR: DO YOU WANT TO READ IT IN FIRST. >> IT'S A RESOLUTION. YOU CAN READ IT INTO THE RECORD 58 00:29:24.161 --> 00:29:40.912 IF YOU WOULD LIKE BUT IT IS A RESOLUTION. >> MAYOR: THAT WAY PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. >> PROPOSED RESOLUTION R26-123, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING AND RESTATING RESOLUTION NUMBER, 26-110, RELATING TO THE 59 00:29:40.912 --> 00:29:56.661 PROVISION OF FIRE-RESCUE SERVICES, FACILITIES, AND PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA. REVISING THE ESTIMATED FIRE-RESCUE ASSESSED COST, AND ESTIMATED FIRE-RESCUE AASSESSMENT RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027. DESCRIBING THE METHOD OF 60 00:29:56.661 --> 00:30:12.744 ASSESSING FIRE-RESCUE ASSESSED COSTS AGAINST ASSESSED PROPERTY, LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL, AUTHORIZING A PUBLIC HEARING AND DIRECTING THE PROVISION OF NOTICE THEREOF PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SUPERSESSIONS, 61 00:30:12.744 --> 00:30:30.427 SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. STAFF? >> HELLO, MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSION, BRIEFLY WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE DURING THIS SPECIAL SESSION AROUND THE ROLL BACK FIRE ASSESSMENT AND GENERAL BUDGET OVERVIEW. 62 00:30:30.427 --> 00:30:46.878 WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW FROM THE MILLAGE AND FIRE ASSESSMENT PERSPECTIVE IS THAT THE CURRENT MILLAGE IS 7.775. WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED RIGHT NOW IS 7.4257, WHICH IS ROUGHLY A $2.7 MILLION REDUCTION TO OUR 63 00:30:46.878 --> 00:31:04.061 CONSTITUENTS HERE IN THE CITY. THE IMPACT TO THE CRA SWEM IS AROUND $700,000. WITH THAT THE FIRE ASSESSMENT CURRENTLY STANDS AT $145. AND IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE $170 WHICH IS ROUGHLY ONLY 64 00:31:04.061 --> 00:31:20.445 $1.5 MILLION IMPACT SO THE DELTA RIGHT NOW IS AROUND 1.2, THAT WE'RE GOING TO ABSORB INTO THE BUDGET WHICH I'LL WALK THROUGH ON THE NEXT PAGE. JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, HERE IS THE UPDATED BUDGET OF THE GENERAL 65 00:31:20.445 --> 00:31:35.393 FUND. THERE IS NO CHANGE TO WHAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO PRESENT YOU GUYS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. THAT'S NOT CHANGING. THERE ARE SOME ASSUMPTIONS THAT HAVE CHANGED AS WELL AS I WANT TO WALK THROUGH THE COLA AND ULTIMATELY KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE ADD BACKS THAT ARE IMPACTING THE BUDGET AS WELL AS ANY 66 00:31:35.393 --> 00:31:52.110 REVENUE AND REDUCTIONS IN EXPENSES. THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IDENTIFYING. THROUGH OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SHIFTED OUR SIX-MONTH HIRING FREEZE TO 12. WE'VE GONE THROUGH WORKED OUT WITH H ARE,. THAT'S -- HR. THAT'S GOING TO ADD BACK A 67 00:31:52.110 --> 00:32:08.826 REDUCTION OF ABOUT $1.5 MILLION AND AS YOU SEE I'VE GONE AHEAD AND IDENTI IDENTIFIED THE ASSUMPTION THAT $2.7 MILLION IMPACT DUE TO THE ROLLED-BACK RATE OF 7.425. NOW JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, AND FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, WALKING THROUGH THE COLA THAT WAS CURRENTLY ZERO, AND THE BUDGET 68 00:32:08.826 --> 00:32:25.709 THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS THREE MONTHS AGO, SO THE COLA IMPACT IS ROUGHLY $2.9 MILLION THAT'S JUST GENERAL FUND ONLY. $800,000 OF THAT IS GENERAL EMPLOYEE. 1MILLION OF THAT IS PD. NEW FIRE IS 1.1, AT THE TIME THAT WE WERE DOING THE ANALYSIS, 69 00:32:25.709 --> 00:32:42.326 I DID NOT HAVE THEIR STEP PLAN BUT A BIG PORTION OF THAT ACTUALLY IS A STEP PLAN FOR FIRE I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT WITH THE CHIEF, ON TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT NUMBER BUT WE KNOW THE TOTAL IMPACT TO THE COMPENSATION IS AROUND $1.1 MILLION. NOW WITH THE ADD PAYS, AS WELL 70 00:32:42.326 --> 00:32:59.443 AS THE PD STEP PLAN YORE LOOKING AT A TOTAL IMPACT OF THE COMPEN SCISSION THAT WAS NOT IN THE -- COMPENSATION THAT WAS IN THE PLAN PRESENTED ROUGHLY AROUND $3.8 MILLION. SO SHIFTING TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE ON THED A BACKS YOU SEE THE 2-POINT -- THE ADD BACKS, THE 300,000, THERE IS YOUR 71 00:32:59.443 --> 00:33:14.459 $3.8 MILLION IF YOU ADD THAT UP TOGETHER AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ROLL BACK OF $2.7 MILLION. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS AT THE TIME THAT WE PRESENTED THE BUDGET, THERE IS $6.5 MILLION IMPACT TO THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE TO GO FIND. RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THE FIRE ASSESSMENT WOULD TAKE UP A 72 00:33:14.459 --> 00:33:30.241 MILLION AND A HALF OF THAT, BELOW THAT THE VACANCIES THAT I SHOWED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE, 1.5, AND THEN I HAVE ADDITIONAL PLAN REDUCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, PD AS WELL, I'VE FOUND RIGHT NOW ABOUT $1.7 MILLION. WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WHAT THAT 73 00:33:30.241 --> 00:33:46.390 MEANS RIGHT NOW IS THE DRAW ON THE FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW IS SITTING AT ABOUT $1.8 MILLION. WE HAVE $30 MILLION SITTING IN OUR FUND BALANCE, BUT RIGHT NOW THE IMPACT WOULD BE DRAWING FROM FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $1.8 MILLION. 74 00:33:46.390 --> 00:34:02.406 NEXT STEPS. SO THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE HAVE IS WE ARE NOT STOPPING AGAIN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT BUDGET. BUDGET IS NOT A THREE-MONTH EXERCISE. IT IS A 12-MONTH EXERCISE. REER NOT STOPPING WITH THAT -- WE ARE NOT STOPPING WITH THAT. 75 00:34:02.406 --> 00:34:18.523 THE COMMITMENT IS TRY TO LIMIT THE EXPOSURE OF THE 1.8. I'M FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT WILL HAPPEN BUT MORE WORK IS STILL NEEDED AND WHAT WE WILL DO IS THAT I WILL GIVE UPDATES TO THE COMMISSION AS NEEDED TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY OF WHEN WE HIT THAT GOAL OF REDUCING THAT EXPOSURE. BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL 76 00:34:18.523 --> 00:34:36.574 GET THERE. JUST A REMINDER THAT OUR FIRST BUDGET HEARING IS SEPTEMBER 8th, AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 16th, IS OUR FINAL BUDGET HEARING. WITH THAT I'LL TAKE SOME 77 00:34:36.574 --> 00:34:52.356 QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR: NEE QUESTIONS? NO -- NO QUESTIONS? NO COMMENTS? >> NO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, TO GO BACK TO THE ROLLED-BACK RATE WHILE EVERY OTHER CITY IS LOOKING TO RAISE TAXES IS A, IS A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT 78 00:34:52.356 --> 00:35:08.305 THE FIRE ASSESSMENT, THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD APPROVE IT WITHOUT AN INCREASE WITHOUT DOING THIS ROLLED BACK BECAUSE WHAT THAT DOES IS GIVES THE COST SAVINGS TO EVERY RESIDENT WITHIN THE CITY, AND THOSE WHO HAVE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THOSE WHO MAYBE DON'T HAVE THE MEANS ARE STILL 79 00:35:08.305 --> 00:35:25.456 ELIGIBLE FOR THAT FIRE ASSESSMENT WAIVER, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO PAY LESS THAN THEIR MILLAGE RATE. AND SO FOR THOSE WHO TRULY NEED THAT WAIVER AND THAT RELIEF, THIS HITS THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN TWO WAYS, AND THEN ALSO THERE WAS A COMMENT ABILITY MANDATORY 80 00:35:25.456 --> 00:35:41.138 SPENDING AND -- ABOUT MANDATORY SPENDING AND DISCRETIONARY. WITH THE FIRE ASSESSMENT, THAT IS REGULATED TO WHERE IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SO IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY BY REDUCING THE MILLAGE RATE AND THE AD VALOREM 81 00:35:41.138 --> 00:35:57.688 REVENUE AND ALMOST SHIFTING THAT YOU'RE RESTRICTING THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS TO WHAT I THINK I WOULD BELIEVE IN MOST RESIDENTS WOULD BELIEVE IS A MANDATORY SPENDING WHICH IS PUBLIC SAFETY. EVERYONE'S RIGHT. 82 00:35:57.688 --> 00:36:13.337 AND SO I THINK YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY I COULD GO FOR THIS IS IF WE GO FOR THE ROLLED-BACK RATE AND YOU KNOW I THINK THAT WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE $3 MONTHLY THE CHANGE WILL BE. SO THIS TRADEOFF WILL PRODUCE A 83 00:36:13.337 --> 00:36:30.154 LARGER TAX CUT WHILE EVERY OTHER CITY IN THE COUNTY IS LOOKING TO THEIR MILLAGE RATE GIVEN WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER, AND SO I JUST WANTEDS TO COMMEND THE CITY MANAGER ALAN AND THE REST OF STAFF FOR TAKING THIS APPROACH 84 00:36:30.154 --> 00:36:46.370 AND WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION YESTERDAY, ALAN, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT YOU NEED, WHAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED, AND WHEN YOU -- AND WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE IT, AND YOU DON'T HAVE IT FOR SIX MONTHS, YOU REALIZE YOU ROAM REALLY DON'T NEED IT SO YOU CAN 85 00:36:46.370 --> 00:37:04.188 ELIMITINATE THAT SERVICE, THAT POSITION, WHATEVER IT IS SO IT'S THAT TYPE OF METHODOLOGY THAT I THINK WILL ULTIMATELY CONTINUE TO PROPOSE INITIATIVES LIKE THIS TO WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES BUT DO IT MORE EFFICIENTLY AT A LOWER COST FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S MY OPINION. >> MAYOR, THANK YOU. 86 00:37:04.188 --> 00:37:20.571 MY TAKE ON THE FIRE ASSESSMENT, YOU KNOW, I WAS HERE WHEN THE FIRE ASSESSMENT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON. WHEN IT CAME ON, I TOLD THEM I SAID THIS IS GOING TO BE A TAX THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TAXED FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES AND THEY 87 00:37:20.571 --> 00:37:35.886 TOLD ME IT WAS NOT. THE FIRE ASSESSMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SUNSET WITHIN SEVEN YEARS BUT WITH NEEDING FIRE STATIONS MORE EMPLOYEES, ET CETERA, IT KEPT GOING ON. AND THEY TRIED TO ASSURE ME SAYING COMMISSIONER McCRAY ONCE THIS GET IN AND WE DO WHAT 88 00:37:35.886 --> 00:37:54.504 WE HAVE TO DO, IT WILL GO AWAY. IN GOOD FAITH BECAUSE OF DISTRICT 2, AND THE MEDIAN INCOME OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS OVER THERE, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AN INCREASE. I'M JUST SAYING FAIRLY GO BACK 89 00:37:54.504 --> 00:38:10.053 TO MY COMMUNITY AND SMILE AND SAY I DID THE BEST THAT I CAN. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY NO ON THE FIRE ASSESSMENT ONLY FOR THAT REASON. THANK YOU. >> SO -- >> MAYOR: NO, COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THE FIRE ASSESSMENT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DECREASING 90 00:38:10.053 --> 00:38:26.470 TAXES FOR EVERY RESIDENT IN THE CITY. SO-- >> AND COMMERCIAL. >> IF YOU LOOK AT IT, VOTING AGAINST THIS, WOULD ACTUALLY BE HIGHER TAXES FOR EVERY RESIDENT. I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU LOOK AT NI IF YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH SOMEBODY PAYS SO EVERYONE'S PROPERTY VALUE IS DIFFERENT. 91 00:38:26.470 --> 00:38:41.385 >> YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT THE SENTIMENT TO BE OUT THERE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE COST BURDENSOME WHEN IN REALITY, IT COULD ACTUALLY HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT AND BE MORE OF A COST SAVINGS FOR RESIDENTS. IF THAT IS OUR CONCERN. >> THANK YOU, I DO UNDERSTAND 92 00:38:41.385 --> 00:38:59.269 THAT IT IS A COST SAVINGS. BUT EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN DISTRICT 2 OKAY, WE HAVE A LOT OF RENTAL PROPERTIES. OKAY? AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS THEY'RE HURTING NOT PAYING FOR RENT, ET CETERA, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A COST SAVINGS, I OWN 93 00:38:59.269 --> 00:39:14.985 THREE PROPERTIES, IT'S GOING TO BE A COST SAVINGS FOR ME THREE WAYS, ONE WAY AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE TO ME THREE WAYS ANOTHER WAY. BUT I'M JUST SAYING, BECAUSE OF THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN DISTRICT 2, AND THEY'RE ALREADY CRYING OUT THAT WE'RE ALREADY 94 00:39:14.985 --> 00:39:30.434 HURTING, I COULD VOTE FOR THE REST OF THIS BUT LIKE I SAID, I CANNOT VOTE FAIRLY AND FEEL CONFIDENT AND GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE CITIZENS AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO BE HIT WITH ANOTHER $25. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'M SAYING. I KNOW WE WASTE MONEY DOING WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO, HOW WE 95 00:39:30.434 --> 00:39:48.685 WANT TO DO IT BUT IN GOOD FAITH EVER SINCE WE HAD THE FIRE ASSESSMENT, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO SUNSET IN SEVEN YEARS, I HAVE NEVER SUPPORTED IT BECAUSE OF THAT REASON. I STILL HAVE TO HOLD TRUE TO WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> I WOULD BE OPEN TO DISCUSSING AND HAVING ANOTHER WORKSHOP TO CUT SO WE CAN GET TO TO THE 96 00:39:48.685 --> 00:40:04.101 ROLLED-BACK RATE IF WE WANT TO CUT SERVICES TO GET THERE TO PRODUCE A REAL TAX SAVINGS FOR OUR RESIDENTS I WILL JOIN YOU IN THAT AND I WILL SHOW UP HERE ANY DAY, ANYTIME SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER AN IMPACT. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN, YOU BROUGHT UP A GOODINT PO. 97 00:40:04.101 --> 00:40:20.450 I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT -- A GUPOINT. I THINK IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO EDUCATE. YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE THE WAIVER PROGRAM IT'S VERY IMPORTANT I PUSH IT OUT. YOU KNOW AND WHEN I HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS IF YOU, IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT THAT TRULY HAS A NEED, AND YOU JUST DON'T HATE TAX. NOBODY LIKES TO PAY TAXES AND I 98 00:40:20.450 --> 00:40:37.401 DON'T LIKE TO PAY MY TAXES BUT I PAY MY TAXES BECAUSE I LIKE MY CLEAN WATER AND MY YOU KNOW FIRE TO SHOW UP AND MY POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SHOW UP WHEN I NEED THEM. AND I LOVE THE SERVICES THAT WE PAY FOR AND THAT'S WHAT OUR TAXES ARE FOR. BUT YUN WE DO HAVE WAIVER SYSTEM IN PLACE AND MAYBE WE LOOK AT 99 00:40:37.401 --> 00:40:54.618 THE WAIVER CRITERIA AND SEE IF WE CAN YOU KNOW CHANGE THAT UP SO THAT IT DOES BENEFIT MORE RESIDENTS THAT TRULY HAVE A NEED AND THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO PAY THE TAX -- BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY THE TAX. OR THE ASSESSMENT OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. BUT IF THEY TRULY HAVE A NEED 100 00:40:54.618 --> 00:41:12.335 YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE A MECHANISM FOR THAT TO ASSIST THEM WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. SO MAYBE WE RELOOK AT MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING WE CAN LOOK AT THE WAIVER REQUIREMENTS AND SEE IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY ADJUSTMENTS AND SEE YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO IF ANYTHING IF 101 00:41:12.335 --> 00:41:27.751 YOU KNOW HOW AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW I KNOW I ASK THIS LAST YEAR TOO, HOW MANY RESIDENTS REQUEST WAIVERS, AND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE IS A SCALE THAT WE CAN UTILIZE TO SEE, YOU KNOW HOW MANY ARE ASKING FOR THEM. 102 00:41:27.751 --> 00:41:44.634 HOW MANY ARE WE WAIVING, AND APPROVING AND HOW MANY ARE WE DENYING AND WHAT THOSE CRITERIA ARE THAT WE'RE DENYING SO WE CAN SEE IF THERE ARE ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE APP APPLYING AND THEIR 103 00:41:44.634 --> 00:42:00.684 APPLICATIONS ARE NOT GETTING APPROVED WHAT IS THAT, WHAT'S MAKING THEM NOT APPROVE. IS IT, IT'S A $5,000 DIFFERENCE IN THEIR INCOME VERSUS REQUIREMENTS I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN AS WELL. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY? 104 00:42:00.684 --> 00:42:16.266 JUST SO YOU KNOW I APPROVE ALL THOSE. EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS ACCEPTED LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE LAST. THE CRITERIA IS PRETTY SIMPLE. IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT THE RESIDENTS THAT ACTUALLY DO THAT SO NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER BEEN DECLINED. WE WORK WITH THOSE RESIDENTS AND 105 00:42:16.266 --> 00:42:31.982 I LITERALLY HAVE DRIVEN OUT THERE TO PEOPLE'S HOMES TO MAKE SURE THE FORMS ARE FILLED OUT CORRECTLY. SO WE DO WHATEVER WE CAN HERE FOR THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THE CONSTITUENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. SO NOBODY GETS DENIED WITH THAT FORM FILLED OUT. >> RIGHT AND I THINK IT ALSO COMES DOWN TO EDUCATING AND 106 00:42:31.982 --> 00:42:49.666 LETTING OUR RESIDENTS KNOW, ESPECIALLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE THAT THERE IS THIS OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REACHING THAT COMMUNITY YOU KNOW WHEN THEY DON'T MAYBE IT'S THE ONES THAT YOU KNOW ARE LATE TO PAY THEIR UTILITIES AND WE KNOW THEY'RE IN YOU KNOW A CERTAIN AGE BRACKET MAYBE WE CAN JUST 107 00:42:49.666 --> 00:43:05.582 YOU KNOW MAKE SURE WE'RE EDUCATING THEM TOO. THANK YOU. >> EXCUSE ME, I DO NEED TO SAY SOMETHING IN REGARDS TO THIS YOU KNOW ASSISTANCE THAT PEOPLE GIVE I KNOW IT'S IN THERE BUT YOU DID NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT COMMISSIONER KELLEY ASKED YOU SAID HOW MANY. 108 00:43:05.582 --> 00:43:21.632 FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS CAME BEFORE YOU ALL AND ASKED FOR -- >> IT'S NOT A LOT AS YOU WOULD THINK IT IS. IT'S ACTUALLY I'M VERY SURPRISED AT HOW LOW IT IS ON THE REQUEST. I CAN GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU AT THE SITTING ON A DESK OUT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING 109 00:43:21.632 --> 00:43:37.147 TO MAKE THE COUNT NOW TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACT IS BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU BY THIS WEEK. >> I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT AS WELL AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT WOULD BE ENPLACE FOR THIS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, BUT I AM IN FAVOR OF THE ROLLED BACK BUT I'M JUST SAYING I'M GOING TO STILL HAVE TO SAY RIGHT NOW I'M GOING 110 00:43:37.147 --> 00:43:54.498 TO HAVE TO HOLD FAST WITH WHAT I'M SAYING IN REGARDS I HEAR THE WHOLE STORY I'M IN FAVOR OF THE ROLLED BACK BUT AS FAR AS THE FIRE ASSESSMENT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW SAYING WE HAVE TO DO THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN DONE IS FIRE STATION 3. 3 THE PRE-- THE REPLACEMENT OF 111 00:43:54.498 --> 00:44:13.383 THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE REASONS. IF YOU CAN GIVE ME THE INFORMATION AT THE NEXMEETING I CAN SAY I CAN VOTE FOR THE ENTIRE THING. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO STAND RIGHT NOW NOT VOTING FOR THE FIRE ASSESSMENT UNTIL I GET SOME MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. >> CHAIR: FAIR ENOUGH. 112 00:44:13.383 --> 00:44:30.534 OKAY. >> NO, THERE NEEDS TO BE A VOTE THIS EVENING WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BECAUSE YOU'RE SETTING WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE THE MAXIMUM RATE. >> THAT DOESN'T FINALIZE THE RATE. >> CORRECT YOU HAVE A FINAL HEARING IN SEPTEMBER WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRE ASSESSMENT. 113 00:44:30.534 --> 00:44:47.484 AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO HEARINGS IN SEPTEMBER REGARDING THE FINAL VILLAGE RATE. BUT WHAT GOT OUT ON THE TRIM NOTICE WILL BE THE MILLAGE RATE THAT YOU ADOPTED AT YOUR BUDGET HEARING ON THE 30th AND EITHER THE FIRE ASSESSMENT RATE THAT WAS ADOPTED THAT DATE OR IF IT'S 114 00:44:47.484 --> 00:45:04.167 CHANGED THIS EVENING. BUT WHAT GOES OUT ARE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS THAT THIS BOARD WILL CONSIDER IN SEPTEMBER. >> SO WITH THAT BEING SAID I WILL HAPPY TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR IT NOW UNTIL WE HAVE THE NEXTWO HEARINGS. >> MAYOR: RIGHT. >> YES. >> YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT. >> I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE 115 00:45:04.167 --> 00:45:21.285 PRELIMINARY BUT AT THE NEXT TIME BE COME UP, IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES THEN YOU KNOW, MY MIND CAN GO A DIFFERENT WAY. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO -- >> I HAVE EI ONE QUICK QUESTION. >> OKAY. >> WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE 116 00:45:21.285 --> 00:45:36.633 REVENUE GAP AS FAR AS LIKE IF WE DIDN'T INCREASE THE FIRE ASSESSMENT, AND WE DID GO THE ROLLED BACK. >> WELL THE REVENUE GAP RIGHT NOW IS IF WE GO BACK, IS THE 117 00:45:36.633 --> 00:45:52.749 REVENUE GAP RIGHT THERE IS SQUARE BETWEEN, $1.2 MILLION. >> $1.02. >> $2.7 MILLION TO THE BUDGET. >> 2.7. WITHOUT. >> AS OPPOSED TO 1.2. >>> OKAY SO 2.7 WITHOUT THE FIRE ASSESSMENT. 118 00:45:52.749 --> 00:46:10.067 >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> 1.2. >> SO EITHER WAY YOUS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH 1.2. >> WE'RE GOING TO DO A FUND BALANCE APPROPRIATION LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL, EVERYTHING WE DO FROM BUDGETARY STANDPOINT IS PROJECTIONS. THE BEST WAY WE CAN PROJECT, AND 119 00:46:10.067 --> 00:46:24.881 I CAN TELL YOU LIKE LAST YEAR WE WERE GOING TO -- WE HAD A $2.2 MILLION FUND BALANCE ALLOCATION WE ENDED UP I WANT TO SAY CLOSE TO 3.2 IN THE GREEN VERSUS THE APPROPRIATION THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR SAME THING. THIS IS A PROJECTION OF WHAT 120 00:46:24.881 --> 00:46:43.366 WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO DO AS FAR AS A FUND BALANCE APPROPRIATION OF $1.8 MILLION. IF YOU WERE NOT TO DO N R THE, THE FIRE ASSESSMENT THIS YEAR, AND ONLY DO THE ROLLED BACK, THAT WOULD GROW TO RIGHT AROUND 121 00:46:43.366 --> 00:46:58.982 3.3. $3.3MILLION AS FAR AS A FUND BALANCE APPROPRIATION WHICH I THINK -- >> PULLING FROM THE FUND BALANCE? >> 3.3 TO PULL FROM THE FUND BALANCE IF WE DIDN'T DO THE FIRE ASSESSMENT? >> CORRECT. AND THAT'S OKAY IF YOU HAVE A CAPITAL EXPENSE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE DONE AS FAR AS SAY WE HAD TO 122 00:46:58.982 --> 00:47:15.899 BUILD A FIRE STATION OR WE HAD TO BUILD A NEW REC CENTER. BUT WHEN YOU GET INTO THE OVERALL ASPECT OF YEAR TO YEAR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES FROM AN OPEX STANDPOINT IT IS NOT GOOD BUDGETARY PRACTICE TO DO FUND BALANCE. I HAPPENED I WANT TO DO THAT 123 00:47:15.899 --> 00:47:32.048 MINIMUM THIS YEAR WE ARE ASKING FOR 1.8 TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEED TO GEET DONE, AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS OUR BEST PROJECTION THAT WE'RE PROVIDING YOU GUYS, SO NEXT YEAR I CAN COME BACK AND TELL YOU GUYS POST-AUDIT WHEN WE'RE DONE, IT COULD BE 2 MILLION SURPLUS INTO 124 00:47:32.048 --> 00:47:49.132 THE, INTO THE FUND BALANCE. AS FAR AS A DELTA FROM WHAT WE SAVE SO AGAIN, THIS IS OUR BEST ESTIMATE AS FAR AS LIKE COMING IN AT 1.8, 3.3 I WOULDN'T BE COMFORTABLE DOING A FUND BALANCE BECAUSE THAT'S GROWING COMPARED 125 00:47:49.132 --> 00:48:03.980 TO THE 2.2 WE PROJECTED LAST YEAR. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SO RIGHT NOW WE JUST NEED TO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION, AND THEN WE CAN AMEND IT TO GO LOWER SO 126 00:48:03.980 --> 00:48:20.597 MY, MY ASK WOULD BE AND I'LL PROMOTE THIS TO MY COLLEAGUES IS WE THAT MOVE FORWARD ASKING THE CITY MANAGER TO GO BACK IN ONE MORE TIME AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN TRIM AND SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE 127 00:48:20.597 --> 00:48:36.646 NOT RAISE THE FIRE ASSESSMENT AND STICK WITH THE ROLLED-BACK RATE. OR PROPOSE DIFFERENT VARIANCES WITH THAT FIRE ASSESSMENT SO IT'S NOT, NOT YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT, $25 NOW, STILL GOING TO BE 128 00:48:36.646 --> 00:48:54.264 LESS THAN, THERE IS A SAVINGS IF WE GO BACK TO THE ROLLED RACK BATE. >> IF I CAN FIND IT, I'LL YOU KNOW. FAIRLY DIRECT WITH ALL OF YOU. SO WE HAVE LEGISLATIVE BREAK COMING UP FOR ABOUT A MONTH. I'M SURE SOME OF US ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR EUROPEAN VACATIONS. [LAUGHTER] BUT YEAH WE'LL SHARPEN OUR PENCILS AND COME BACK TO YOU 129 00:48:54.264 --> 00:49:13.983 GUYS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WE'LL DEFINITELY MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >> OKAY. >> SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M JUST SAYING SO THAT WE CAN GET THINGS OUT THAT NEED TO BE GOT ON A TIMELY MANNER I'M GOING TO OFFER THAT RESOLUTION, 26-123 BE 130 00:49:13.983 --> 00:49:27.997 APPROVED. >> MAYOR: HOLD ON A SECOND. COMMISSIONER CRUZ WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND SO -- >> FOR DISCUSSION. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> I DO WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE STAFF'S LOOKING INTO 131 00:49:27.997 --> 00:49:46.149 POSSIBILITIES OF REDUCING THE MILLAGE. THIS IS VERY COMPLICATED TIME AND THERE IS A LOT ON MY MIND BUT I DO WANT TO SAY YOU KNOW AS IML WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS -- WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS AND WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO BARE BONE TYPE OF 132 00:49:46.149 --> 00:50:01.965 BUDGET THIS YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT MAYBE NOT HAVING INCREASES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, YOU KNOW I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE COMMITMENTS WE'VE MADE IN THE PAST WHEN IT COMES TO CBAs AND COLAS AND ALSO PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR GENERAL 133 00:50:01.965 --> 00:50:21.485 EMPLOYEES TO GET A COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER, AND THESE ARE VERY CHALLENGING TIMES IN GOVERNMENT OVERALL WITH REGARD 134 00:50:21.485 --> 00:50:37.767 TO THAT. I WOULD CAUTION OF JUST BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR APPROACH RIGHT NOW BECAUSE ANY CHANGES WE MAKE THIS YEAR ARE GOING TO BE THE BASELINE FOR NEXT YEAR AND WHAT I WOULD NOT WANT TO DO IS GOING ROLL BACK 135 00:50:37.767 --> 00:50:53.449 THIS YEAR AND THEN NOVEMBER GOES A CERTAIN WAY AND THEN WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THE NOT WE BUT THERE WOULD POTENTIALLY BE AIRGT TWENTY TWO THINGS, EITHER A NEED FOR -- EITHER TWO THINGS. EITHER A NEED FOR SIGNIFICANT CUTS AND POTENTIAL LAYOFFS, 136 00:50:53.449 --> 00:51:10.834 WHICH IS NOT WHAT ANYBODY WANTS NOR WHAT I WANT. OR WE WOULD NEED TO CHANGE THAT RATE TO BE, AND WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN THE BOARD AND EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN OPINION AND DISCRETION. I'M NOT SAYING I KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR BUT I 137 00:51:10.834 --> 00:51:27.350 JUST WANT TO CAUTION US TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN OUR APPROACHES AND TRY NOT TO USE FUND BALANCE IF POSSIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO THE CUST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS I DO WANT TO ASK YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CAN WE DO -- WHAT CAN WE DO? 138 00:51:27.350 --> 00:51:44.200 ARE THERE ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR REDUCTIONS? YOU KNOW SINCE WE DO WANT TO HONOR THE CBAs AND WE DO WANT TO PROVIDE THAT 3% FOR STAFF OVERALL IN ADDITION TO THE CBAs, WHAT CAN WE DO TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER FROM 1 MILLION TO 139 00:51:44.200 --> 00:52:00.249 LESS? WHAT CAN WE FIND? I DO WANT TO ASK FOR US TO LOOK FOR TRIMMING MORE FAT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT WE CAN. I THINK WE CAN DO IT. I DON'T SEE WHY WE COULDN'T, AND YOU KNOW THANKFULLY WE'RE NOT IN 140 00:52:00.249 --> 00:52:18.001 A YOU KNOW CATASTROPHIC POINT YET BUT WE DO NEED TO DO THAT EXERCISE AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE ELSE WE CAN DECREASE BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE YOU KNOW COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS, LIKE WHERE 141 00:52:18.001 --> 00:52:33.916 CAN WE MAKE SOME MORE, I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD CUTS BUT WHERE CAN WE TRIM SOME FAT FROM, YOU KNOW BOTH OF YOUR BUDGETS IN A DIFFERENT PLACE SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF? THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM. THANK YOU. 142 00:52:33.916 --> 00:52:50.233 >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, ALAN REAL QUICK, I FEEL LIKE YOUR LAST SLIDE KIND OF TOUCHED ON, AND YOU TOUCHED ON IT VERY BRIEFLY, THAT YOU WERE GOING TO CONTINUOUSLY LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO BRIDGE THAT GAP. DID I -- >> 100%. NO, 100%. SO TO GET WHAT COMMISSIONER CRUZ IS SAYING IS THAT THIS EFFORT IS 143 00:52:50.233 --> 00:53:06.382 NOT STOPPING. RIGHT THERE ARE WAYS, THERE IS MONEY, RIGHT, I MEAN WE'VE KEPT THE BUDGET FLAT ALREADY YEAR OVER YEAR WHICH THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY THAT HAS EVERRENED. THERE ARE WAYS TO MAKE SURE THE CONTRACTS, OUR VENDORS ARE GIVING THUS PRICES THEY GUARANTEE. I WORK WITH ANDREW R TO MAKE 144 00:53:06.382 --> 00:53:22.599 SURE THAT HAPPENS. YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED WHAT TRIES TO SLIP UNDER THE YOU KNOW SLIP BY THE GOALIE. AND IT'S MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE PROPER WORK FLOWS, PROCESSES AND CHECK AND BALANCES IN PLACE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THE MONEY IS THERE. THE TERM THAT WE ALWAYS USE ALL THE TIME IS LITERALLY THE FIRST 145 00:53:22.599 --> 00:53:39.115 MEE MEETINGS I DID WHEN I STARTED AT THE CITY IS I AM NOT PAYING THAT. YOU NEED TO SHARPEN YOUR PENCIL IF YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY. THAT SHOULD BE OUR FIRST STATEMENT. TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY. IF IT ISN'T, IT BETTER BE. AND THAT'S BEEN OUR, THAT HAS BEEN OUR MESSAGE WITHIN OUR TEAM AND PROCUREMENT. AND IT IS SAVED HUNDREDS OF 146 00:53:39.115 --> 00:53:56.499 THOUSANDS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ALREADY. AND ALSO MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE PROPER INVESTMENT PLATFORM THAT THE MONEY WE RECEIVE IS INESVED NAT WE'RE GETTING THAT 3.5, CLOSE TO 4% THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ZERO. THESE THINGS ADD UP OVER TIME. AND IT LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, HEMORRHAGES THE CITY SOMETIMES WHEN THINGS, BECAUSE IT ADS UP. 147 00:53:56.499 --> 00:54:14.283 $5MILLION OVER 5, YOU KNOW, IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT COULD BE USED SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO WE LOOK AT THAT EVERY DAY AT EVERY ANGLE. AT THE GREAT THING IS THE TEAM HERE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE AMONG ALL, DOES MATTER, PUBLIC WORKS. 148 00:54:14.283 --> 00:54:31.768 IT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC THE WAY EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SCRUBBING EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SCRUBBED AND FIND THE DOLLARS THAT NEED TO BE FOUND. >> YEAH BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK GLOBALLY OVER THE WHOLE CITY BECAUSE I KNOW -- THIS IS -- CITYWIDE YOU KNOW IN EVERY 149 00:54:31.768 --> 00:54:48.318 DEPARTMENT CAN LOOK AT WHAT THEY CAN CURB AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT YOU KNOW THE ONE-TIME THINGS AND I KNOW YOU TOUCHED ON THAT AND IT WAS ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF GOING TO THIS JOREO BASED BUDGET IS -- ZERO BASED BUDGET IS IT REALLY HAD ALL THE DEPARTMENTS LOOK AT THINGS THAT MAYBE HAVE ACCIDENTALLY GOTTEN LEFT ON THE BUDGET THAT WERE A 150 00:54:48.318 --> 00:55:04.100 ONE-TIME THING OR WE PURCHASED IT EVERY THREE YEARS AND TO REALLY CLEAN UP THE BUDGET AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THIS YEAR IS TRULY WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE NEED TO SPEND THIS YEAR. BUT I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, $1.2 MILLION WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE 151 00:55:04.100 --> 00:55:20.683 CITY AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS, EVERYONE CAN FIND A LITTLE BIT TO SHAVE OFF, AND TRUE SAVINGS NOT NECESSARILY JUST A SHIFT BECAUSE WE SEE THAT TOO. WE'LL JUST PUT THAT IN THIS BUCKET AND WE'LL PUT IT TO, TO YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO A BUDGET 152 00:55:20.683 --> 00:55:37.433 AMENDMENT WHEN WE FIND THE MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT YOU KNOW TO REALLY SEE THAT SHAVEN AND SAVINGS AS OPPOSED TO JUST A SHIFT I THINK IS WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT. >> WELL ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT WITH ANDREW R IS SIMPLE THINGS. 153 00:55:37.433 --> 00:55:53.550 NAT JUST OPERATIONALLY MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FROM, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE. I DON'T NEED TO HAVE A LANDSCAPING COMPANY THAT DOES JUST UTILITIES AND THEN PUBLIC PARKS. IT SHOULD BE ONE CONTRACT. YOU LEVERAGE THAT VENDOR TO GET THE LOWEST COST POSSIBLE AND YOU SHARE THAT ACROSS THE 154 00:55:53.550 --> 00:56:09.465 ORGANIZATION. THESE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS SO I DON'T HAVE ONE ORGANIZATION OR DEPARTMENT TO NEGOTIATING IT'S ONE CONTRACT. THAT BRINGS DOWN THE PRICE. IT'S THESE SIMPLE THINGS THAT ADDS UP OVER TIME A LOT TO THE CITY. >> SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING 155 00:56:09.465 --> 00:56:25.448 HOW WE MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE BECAUSE I HAVE FAITH YOU CAN MAKE THAT UP MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> I DO TOO. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: WE'RE GOOD. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAD THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 156 00:56:25.448 --> 00:56:41.898 THERE IS NO OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS, THEY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN WE HAVE A SECOND WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 6:12 P.M. STAFF WILL TAKE HOW LONG DO YOU NEED? 10 OR 5? WHAT DO YOU NEED? 10? 157 00:56:41.898 --> 00:56:52.641 10 MINUTE BREAK. AND THE REGULAR -- WE'LL JUST START AT 6:30. AND REGULAR CRA MEETING WILL START AT 6:30. 158 00:56:52.641 --> 00:57:30.012 >> PERFECT.