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>> 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.
>> 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
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
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.
[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
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.
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,
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?
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
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,
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,
$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,
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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.
IT AFFECTS MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING -- SORRY. >> MAYOR: GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. SUPER NERVOUS.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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.
>> 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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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,
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.
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
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
$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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
$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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
>> 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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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?
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
>> 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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?
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
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
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
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.
>> 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
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
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
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
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.
$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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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?
10 MINUTE BREAK. AND THE REGULAR -- WE'LL JUST START AT 6:30. AND REGULAR CRA MEETING WILL START AT 6:30.
>> PERFECT.