Yes. Hold on. Good. Good evening. Can you hear us? >> Good evening. Good evening by managers. Yes. Yes, I can. Okay, we're ready to we are ready for you to begin and call it
to order once you are as clerk. We also have the chief for the pledge of allegiance as well. >> Okay, >> is the is the is the clerk on? >> Yes, she's
okay. So, we'll call this meeting into order. It's approximately 5:39 on Thursday. It is July 16th. Madam clerk, roll call and we will go to the pledge of allegiance by our chief, Chief Gos
>> here. Vice Mayor >> here. Councilman presents >> present. >> Mayor, here's proceedings. >> Thank you so much, manager. The floor is
all yours. >> Would you like to start with the pledge? >> Yes, I'm son. everyone to join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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, and to the Thank you. >> Thank you, Rob. I'm sorry, Madam Manager. I thank you and your team, Mr. Attorney, Mesa. It's all
Good afternoon, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and honorable council members. Thank you for joining us for today's fiscal year 2027 budget workshop and welcome to all of the residents who are watching. Today's workshop is an important step in the
development of the next year's budget. We will review our preliminary budget assumptions, discuss the city's financial outlook, and most important hear your feedback to ensure that proposed fiscal 2027 budget reflects your vision and priorities for the city
of North Miami. The administration's focus is to present a balanced budget that aligns with the council's priority while maintaining the city's long-term financial stability. Over the past year, we have continued to make meaningful progress across our organization.
We have continued to invest in our community services to continue to make a measurable difference. From our twice monthly food distribution programs to the hot meals that we provided to rehabilitating over 21 homes
using federal and state funding and providing rental security deposit business to 42 households. We have supported residents through home buyer education, workforce training, counseling, tutoring, and other essential community services.
Economic development also remains strong. During the past year, the city approved six new development projects representing approximately 213 new residential units to assist us in developing housing here in the city of North Miami. We are committed to
continuing to expand our residential base and strengthening our future tax base and providing housing and affordable options for our residents. Infrastructure continues to be one of our highest priorities. We have begun construction of the Northeast 131st
Street pedestrian bridge, completed the Northeast 121st drainage project, and have additional drainage improvement projects that are moving forward. During this past year, we also adopted the city's storm water master plan to guide future flood mitigation efforts. We have
also invested in technology and critical infrastructure by upgrading pump stations and replacing essential equipment. While we are proud of this progress, we also recognize that fiscal year 2027 presents different new challenges. Recent changes in state law and also at
the same time we continue facing rising personnel cost, healthcare expenses, inflation and increasing operational costs. Despite these pressures, the administration remains committed to presenting a balanced budget without increasing the mill rate while maintaining the high level of service
that our residents expect for our revenue. The proposed budget will prioritize public safety, infrastructure, parks, housing assistance, and neighborhood services. For our business community, we continue modernizing city operations through
expanded services to improve efficiency and reduce weight times. For our employees, the proposed budget maintains merit and cost adjustments that recognize their dedication and help us recruit and retain a talented workforce. Additionally, we are continuing to
negotiate with our reertified IDBA bargaining and those are ongoing. Although the property values continue to increase, the pace of growth has slowed significantly compared to previous years. Approximately one-third of the
increase in a loan revenue will be allocated to the community redevelopment agency limit the amount available to support general fund operations. We have also made necessary decisions regarding our enterprise funds based on the recommendations of our water rate
study. The proposed budget includes the water rate adjustments needed to maintain our utility infrastructure and ensure long-term financial sustainability. A new rate study will also be initiated to guide further planning. In addition, several important capital projects remain priorities,
including playground replacements, the CGI park improvements, stats of pool repairs, forest main replacements, drainage improvements, and plan for future water plant investments. Based on our current assumptions, the proposed
fiscal year 2027 budget is approximately $244 million. More importantly, we anticipate a balanced budget while adding to the city's reserves. Today's workshop is attended to continue the conversation that we had with our
residents during our town hall and with you. staff will be will present the preliminary financial assumptions, discuss the proposed budget, and receive your direction before we return with the recommended budget for the public hearing for September. I also look
forward to meeting individually with each of the council members over the coming weeks to further discuss your priorities and ensure they are reflected where appropriate in the proposed budget. With that, I will turn the presentation over to our chief financial
officer, Angela Rea Santana, who will welcome your questions and discussions following the presentation. Thank you. >> Good evening everyone and welcome to the virtual budget workshop for fiscal year 27. My name is Angela Santana and I am
the chief financial officer. Topics for discussion tonight will be the fiscal year's development timeline, the historical operative mill rate, the general fund revenues and expenditures overview, the citywide revenues and expenses overview, our capital
improvement project, service numbers for for fiscal year 27, key areas addressed in the budget proposal, and the fiscal year 27 budget impact. The budget development timeline. Budget development.
>> Our budget development timeline began in the beginning of the fiscal year and the budget preparation starts from November to January. During the months of February and March, we have our budget kickoff and our detal submissions. From April to May, we have the department
meetings um with the city of the budget department and the city manager's office. In June, as we all experience, we have our four uh budget town hall meeting. And then now from July to August, we have the mayor and council retreat and our virtual workshop, which
we're doing right now. Trip notices are released in August. In September, you'll have your first public budget hearing September 4th and then the final public budget hearing September 15th. Our historical operating millage rate in the past years, you can see that we have
sustained uh a 7.4 million range since fiscal year 2023. Our fiscal year 27 general fund revenues and expenses are about $18 million. 42% in
revenues from taxes and 7% from license and permits, 9% from intergovernmental revenues, 9% from charges and services, 1% from fines and forfeitures, and 30% come from other sources of revenue. In
our expenses, we do have 61% of personnel cost, 25% of operating expenses, and 14% of other expenses. Our overall fund revenues and expenses make up the 244
million where taxes 58% of our revenues. Licensing permits now become 10%. Intergovernmental is 9%. Charges for services are 40%. 1% is made up of fines and corporate and 55% of miscellaneous revenues. On the expense side, our
general fund is 44%. Our special revenue fund is 22% and the enterprise fund is 30%. 4% is attributed to the internal service funds. As you can see, we have several um capital improvement projects that are um
ongoing through our general fund. They include Arch Creek Preserve for others, city hall repairs, storm water drain construction repairs, uh restrooms at Moa. And in parks and recreation, we have several projects that include the
Sugarman Tennis Center, hurricane shutters, park operation center, park security camera system, playground replacements, and playing field LED conversion parks. In our other funds, we have the building department facility, interior buildout,
sidewalk, and ride of weight improvement as well as roadway surfacing capital projects. We also plan to take on utility operation center improvements, some pump rehabilitation, lift stations, structures and improvements,
water main improvements and sanitary sewer rehabilitation. Additionally, our storm water master plan project implementation and swell maintenance. The fiscal year 2027 budget includes
expanded operating hours, staffing for the new park opening during the fiscal year and statemandated program adjustments. Staffing for Cagney North will be opening FY 2027. Additionally, we will have the utility
wholesale rate. There will be an 8.5% utility rate adjustment to support the financial sustainability of utility operations. We also have noticed an increase in the wholesale water consumer rate increases past. Some of the key areas that are addressed
in the budget proposal as we as we are today is to fund the mandated obligations, strengthen our general fund reserves, staffing and programming for our new amenities and extended park operating
hours and enhancing existing facilities to optimize operations. There are several key pressures that are influencing the 2027 budget and it requires strategic allocation of available resources to address operational heat. We have we will be
putting online a brand new park full in operation. We also will be having an adjustment for cola merit health FRS and FICO all that have come at an increase. And we also have impacts from collective
bargaining agreement. Our property valuation growth rate has slowed down. However, we still are seeing in we are we are still seeing an increase. However, it is more slowly and we would be reducing future revenue growth.
Our utility reval rates as stated before are also increasing with respect to staffing and positioning. Currently based on additional staff for public safety, art,
building and public works. We expect 22 additional part-time and 14 additional full-time positions. That concludes our presentation and we are opening for discussion and any questions.
>> Thank you, Madam Manager, for the budget. I I do want the public to know I know we have a couple of folks um on here. This is our first time as council members looking at this as well. We're going to work with administration, our prospective offices to come up before um
we have the actual the balancing um before we have the actual first um official budget hearing which I think it's September I'm sorry is it um September September 4th. >> Okay. So it'll be on a Friday because we have to wait after the county's budget
for us to do ours and this year it is on a Friday. So that will be the first opportunity. Um I will have um some questions by manager we will go into um once we get a chance to meet up in person we'll go into some of these
recommendations and and what you have to move on from. So I don't let any of my other colleagues on here have any other questions or any um members from the community have any other questions. The floor is open. Okay. Hearing none.
>> Yes. >> Yes. Good evening all madame manager city administration. Thank you so much for the presentation. Um, I look forward to discussing um the the budget to make sure that um the the the city as in particular the
residents of district three are getting the services and the requests that they want. So I look forward to discussing that with you. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you so much, Councilwoman. Um I think that's
the screen. Oh, vice chair. >> Yes, ma'am. Can you pull the last slide that show the last slide that you guys show that show? >> So this is a total of 22. So is that your budget?
Yeah, those are part-time. So, if you see there's about 18 um 18, yes, there's about 18 um part-time lifeguard positions for academy pools. Um and there's four part-time positions as recreation aids for the Galvan Center
increased operations hours. Madame manager, what's the total cost for um all the I guess this is 22 plus 14 um so about 36 um if I may have this correct but I know Charles is here.
What what's the total cost to this? >> I believe 1.5 million additional from these positions. >> That's it. That's it. The 1,000 Remember that both of them are part-time.
>> Okay. >> Um and then >> the 10 opening is about 900,000. The remaining are the other um 500,000. >> So what are we what day are we saying that is going to be open? I know you're
buding them in this year um all throughout the year. Yeah, this this is these are positions for once it um opens up and that's that's the whole year. Okay, thank you. >> Any other questions?
Did I hear someone? I can't see um >> Councilman trying to check in and see good afternoon. Very nice presentation. So nice to see the good work that we're doing. As the mayor said, I have a few
questions on my side, but uh I'll just wait once we get everything down and I'll sit with the manager and um you know go over my question, but um so far I'm happy to um hear that we're moving in the right direction. Just want to say thank you and uh that I'm just waiting
for the big day September 4. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you all. I think um Councilman Burns, are you on um any anything? You good? I think he's good. Um I don't see him,
but I think he's good. Thank you, Madam and the team, and you will get along with us and we'll go over what he Thank you. Thank you all. Have a wonderful evening. >> Thank you so much.