How are you? By the way, this looks right now. Very good. Okay. Uh, I will call the meeting to order at 502. [Music] Um let's see. We will postpone the roll call for a second. Uh public hearing on the millage rate is now open
and we have yet to have anyone that wishes to speak. Uh I was going to make a comment about uh civil discourse and that comments would be welcome but they would need to be made once recognized upon filling out the forms and upon being called to the podium. Otherwise, comments would need to be held um and that there would be a three minute time aotment to any comments as well. And so um having made that comment and we could want to uh proceed with
reading the uh this time we can also say that we will read the first paragraph of the resolution. More information regarding the resolution can be obtained on our website and the first one would be resolution 202515. Um a resolution of the Escambia Children's Trust adopting the final millage rate to be levied for the 2025 tax year going from October 1 through September 30. uh and declaring the
percentage change in the property tax level as defined under Florida statutes section 200.065 065. What's the formal legal way of stating that to my legal is it 200-200 point or chapter whatever. Okay. Um I'm announcing that the proposed millage rate as we discussed at the initial uh preliminary meeting was to uh go with a roll back millage rate of 0.3798
which is a 0% increase over the roll back rate of the 0.3798 and that the total millage rate is 3.798. The operating millage rate will be the same at 0.3798. I have read the title of that. And again, we have no one here from the public at 504 unless either of you all would like to make comments in this topic. Certainly welcome you to do so. Uh recognizing you are
also members of the public. Um, and with that in mind, are we able to close the section for public disbate or discussion at this time? Okay. So, we will do that and close the public hearing with no further public comments. I'm going to close the public hearing on the proposed millage rate. Ask for any comments or questions from the board members in attendance this time.
And hearing none, um at this time, uh this is where we will need a quorum and a vote. So we will wait for our next representative to arrive, whomever that may be. Five minutes. Okay. And I've got 505. We'll go for five. 555 and hopefully we will have someone within that five minutes.
Do we want to place any guesses on who the next member may be while we're just just to make it interesting? Let's see. We suspect that Commissioner May is going to be here because his uh colleagues are here and his paperwork is here. So, that would be one to go with. Not sure where
we know the judge is not going to be here. hear that somebody is out. Oh, that could be another one. I was wondering who else. Okay, Tina Lumen. We know Judge is not be the other one. Okay. And for anyone who was like myself and wondering what TRIM was,
I've been informed that that acronym is truth in millillage. We only Okay. She was so mad.
Too much. Our
next meeting is October 14th. 9:00
as the majority of the voting members unless So actually so Tina can leave. Just kidding. Roll call, please. Miss Kane, here. Mr. Leonard here. Commissioner May. Dr. North here. Miss
White here. Mr. Williams, Judge Williams, Miss Woods. Thank you. Okay. And uh Tina to bring you up quickly to where we stand. We've gone through if you look at the agenda we have gone uh through items one through eight and uh unless you have any question or comments regarding the millillage the proposed millillage part of anything. Okay. So at this time then
uh we are at a point uh of looking at voting on this. No further public comments, no further board comments. Uh, if the board is content and ready to vote, do I have a motion to adopt resolution 2025-15 as recommended by the finance committee and as discussed in our prior committee uh meeting as well allowing for the millage rate of 0.3798.
Motion. Second. Any further discussion? All right. Alma, could you conduct a roll call vote, please? Yes, sir. Dr. North? Yes. Miss Kaine? Yes. Miss White? Yes. Mr. Leonard? Yes. Commissioner May's absent. Mr. Williams. Judge Williams is excused. And Miss Woods. Yes. Thank you. Okay. By a vote of 5 to zero, resolution 2025-15 has been approved for the final hearing. And that
sets the millillage rate at this time. And now we will proceed to a discussion and a public hearing on the proposed budget for the 202526 fiscal year. At this time, I'm going to open the public hearing for the proposed budget for that. And I will read the resolution by title only. And again, anyone uh requesting or interested in more complete information can find that information
on our website. This resolution 2025-1 2016 is a resolution of the Escambia Children's Trust adopting the final budget for the fiscal year 2025 to 2026 which will go from again October 1, 2025 through September 30th of 2026. And any comments from the public? If so,
again would need to grab a form. Have three minutes to speak before the uh board here. Seeing none and uh hearing none, assuming again our two uh individuals in the back do not wish to speak to the board. If you do, again, I'm in all seriousness are welcome to do so. Uh if not, we will close the public hearing on the proposed 202526 budget. uh and if there are any comments from the board or questions or anything regarding the budget as proposed.
Seeing and hearing none, I will then ask if there is a motion to approve resolution 2025-16 as recommended by the finance committee and as previously discussed in our prior meeting approving the 2526 proposed budget. Seconded. All right. Moved and seconded. Further discussion hearing? None. Uh,
Miss Alma, could you a roll call vote on the proposed budget? Dr. North? Yes. Miss Kaine? Yes. Miss White? Yes. Mr. Leonard? Yes. Commissioner May, Mr. Williams, the judge is excused. And Miss Woods, yes. Thank you. Thank you. with a vote of 5 to0 or unanimously. Resolution 202516 has been approved for the final hearing. And is there any further
business any of the board members have? And if not, we will stand adjourned at 17:15. Always wanted to do that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And everyone be safe on traveling to their next meeting.