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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. WELCOME BACK.
WE'VE BEEN OFF FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, SO GLAD TO BE BACK.
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE CITY COMMISSION BUDGET WORKSHOP, MEANING FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18TH.
TO ORDER. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE.
THE REPUBLICAN. ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
COMMISSIONER CUTLER HERE, MAYOR WALKER HERE, VICE MAYOR MEYERSON HERE, COMMISSIONER BREYER HERE, THANK YOU.
[4.A. FY 2022 Proposed Budget]
IT'S ALL YOU. ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.WELL, WELCOME BACK FROM YOUR SUMMER BREAK.
FOR THE RECORD, HER NAME IS CHRIS JOHNSON, FINANCE DIRECTOR.
AND TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE FOR THE CITY COMMISSION BUDGET WORKSHOP.
THIS IS THE THIRD, THIRD STEP IN THE BUDGET CALENDAR FOR YOU ALL.
AND THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK YOU ALL MAY HAVE AFTER READING YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
GO BACK AND KIND OF RECAP A FEW OF THE THINGS WE WENT OVER BACK IN JULY WHEN YOU ALL SAID THE MAXIMUM MORTGAGE RATE.
SO THIS CURRENT YEAR BUDGET FOR F Y TWENTY TWENTY TWO IS BASED ON AN INCREASE OF OUR TAXABLE VALUE OF ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THAT IS MADE UP OF TWO HUNDRED TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ABOUT ONE POINT THREE OR ONE HUNDRED THIRTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION OR EXISTING VALUE. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO MILLION REPRESENTS TWO POINT THREE PERCENT OF OUR YEARLY INCREASE. SO THAT PROVIDES US ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AS WE GET CLOSER TO BUILD OUT AND ONCE WE ULTIMATELY REACH BUILD OUT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT TO TWO TO THREE PERCENT IS WHAT WE WILL RECEIVE EVERY YEAR GOING FORWARD ONCE WE ONCE NEW CONSTRUCTION STOPS.
SO THAT WOULD BE KEY IS THEY GET A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
SO, AGAIN, BACK IN JULY, THE MAXIMUM MILITARY THAT WILL SHOW UP ON RESIDENTS NOTICES THAT SHOULD BE SHOWING UP HERE SOON IS FOUR POINT TWO NINE SEVEN NINE.
AND BASED ON THE NEW VALUES AND THE EXISTING VALUES OR EVEN MORE, REVENUE WILL INCREASE ABOUT ONE POINT FOUR DOLLARS MILLION.
AND OFFICIALLY, THIS WILL BE RIGHT INTO THE RECORD ONCE WE PASS THE IN SEPTEMBER THE ROLLBACK RATE, WHICH WILL BRING US ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE AS LAST YEAR, IS FOUR POINT TWO ZERO ZERO ONE.
SO FOR THIS YEAR'S FIRE ASSESSMENT, BACK IN JULY, WE PASSED THE PRELIMINARY RATE OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
OUR FIRE SERVICES CONTRACT INCREASED ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND.
AND THE AVERAGE FIRE SYSTEM HERE IN OUR COUNTY IS JUST UNDER THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
SO HERE'S JUST A SMALL LITTLE HISTORY OF WHERE WE WERE BACK 20 YEARS AGO.
TWENTY THIRTEEN AT 210 FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO 50.
THIS WAS RAISED BACK IN TWENTY NINETEEN WITH THE CONTRACTIONAL INCREASES AND THE ADDITION OF THE RESCUE UNIT AT FORTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO.
AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT HERE IN NY TWENTY TWENTY TWO MONEY IS BUDGETED TO UPDATE THIS RATE STUDY AND POSSIBLY EVALUATE ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY FOR FIRES ASSESSMENTS.
THIS THIS STUDY WAS LAST DONE IN 2010, SO IT IS PROBABLY A GOOD FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS OVERDUE. SO IT'S THE TIME THAT WE DO THE STUDY ANYWAY.
THE SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENTS INCREASING JUST UNDER FOURTEEN DOLLARS FROM THREE EIGHT NINE TWENTY EIGHT FOUR TWO NINETY SIX.
THIS IS STRAIGHT A STRAIGHT PASS THROUGH A PRICE INCREASE PER HOUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT.
AND WANT TO NOTE THAT THE COMMERCIAL FEES ARE COLLECTED BY WASTE MANAGEMENT PER SHARE FOR OUR FRIENDS OR FRANCHISE.
SO AS RESIDENTS START GETTING THEIR NOTICES IN THE MAIL HERE, I LIKE TO POINT OUT HOW MUCH OF THEIR TAX BILL ACTUALLY COMES TO PARKLAND.
AND THIS GRAPH REPRESENTS BASED ON THE PROPOSED RATE YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR TREMULOUSNESS, THAT BROWARD COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD MAKE UP OVER SIXTY FIVE PERCENT OF YOUR TAX BILL, THE CITY OF PARKLAND ONLY RECEIVES ABOUT TWENTY THREE PERCENT OF YOUR YEARLY TAX BILL. AND THEN THE REMAINING 10 OR SO PERCENT IS MADE UP FOR THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL, THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE LIKE TO DO IS KIND OF COMPARE OURSELVES TO WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES AND PARKLAND THIS YEAR WITH THE SAME MILITARY OR FOUR POINT TWO NINE SEVEN NINE IS WELL OVER TWO POINT MILES LOWER THAN MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES. WITH MORE, I'M PROPOSING A SEVEN POINT SEVEN ONE MILLAGE AND TAMARACK JUST UNDER
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SEVEN POINT THREE.SO AS WE DOVE INTO THE GENERAL FUND A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS ADDED A NEW FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.
THIS WAS MAINLY A RESULT OF DISCUSSIONS, HAD A STRATEGIC PLANNING BACK IN THE SPRING TIME. THIS IS TO INCREASE THE SERVICE LEVELS OF THE PARKS.
SO WE'RE ADDING TO MEANS TECHNICIANS AND CONVERTING SIX PART TIME POSITIONS TO SIX FULL TIME POSITIONS TO HELP INCREASE THE SERVICE LEVELS.
IN ADDITION, WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING MOST OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING PROCESS IN-HOUSE, SO THAT ADDS NEW TO NEW POSITIONS TO THE BUDGET, THE RELEVANT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR AND A SENIOR PLANNER.
AND WE WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ALSO DO HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THE TWENTY, TWENTY TWO YEAR BUDGET TO HELP WITH THAT TRANSITION FROM THE OUTSOURCE PLANNING AND ZONING SERVICES TO THE IN-HOUSE PLANNING AND ZONING FUNCTION.
AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WE'RE CONVERTING ONE PART TIME ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR TO ONE FULL TIME ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR, AND THEN WE'RE ELIMINATING THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR.
SO THAT'S HOW WE GET TO TEN NEW FULL TIME POSITIONS.
THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES A THREE PERCENT COST OF LIVING INCREASE AND MERIT INCREASES RANGING FROM ZERO TO THREE PERCENT, THAT YOUR PAY FOR PERFORMANCE FOR THE EMPLOYEES.
THE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION IS UNCHANGED, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE WATCHING AT HOME REALIZES THAT WE DO NOT OFFER A TRADITIONAL PENSION PLAN LIKE SOME CITIES DO. SO WE'RE NOT TIED OR BOUND TO LONG TERM PENSION OBLIGATIONS THAT TEND TO HAMSTRING LARGER CITIES THAT HAVE TRADITIONAL PENSION PLANS.
SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE IT A POINT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS FOR ALL OF OUR RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS BASICALLY GO INTO A 401K.
HEALTH INSURANCE IS BUDGETED TO INCREASE TO 10 PERCENT, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE FINAL AMOUNT AS OF YET.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT HERE SOON.
SAME THING WITH OUR GENERAL INSURANCE AND THAT'S OUR PROPERTY CASUALTY LIABILITY, AUTO, ETC.. THIS YEAR FOR A TWENTY TWO HOUR CONTRACT INCREASED JUST UNDER FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, CORAL SPRINGS FIRE RESCUE CONTRACT INCREASED TO ABOUT THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND. WE'VE ALSO ADDED ABOUT TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL MONIES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. THAT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DEFINITELY PRIDE OURSELVES ON AS A CITY IS MAINTAINING A STABILIZATION RESERVE THAT IS EQUAL TO TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF BUDGET EXPENDITURES FOR FIVE TWENTY TWO, THAT THE STABILIZATION RESERVE IS ABOUT TEN POINT SIX DOLLARS MILLION.
THAT MONEY CAN BE USED FOR ECONOMIC DOWNTURN OR A HURRICANE.
AS AN EXAMPLE, BACK IN FY 2017, WHEN HURRICANE IRMA HIT, WE USED ABOUT ONE POINT SIX ONE POINT SEVEN DOLLARS MILLION OF THIS FUNDING TO PAY FOR THE DEBRIS REMOVAL MONITORING.
AND SOME HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN FULLY REIMBURSED BY FEMA.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT OUR STABILIZATION RESERVE IS BACK FULLY, FULLY FUNDED, AS IT WAS BEFORE HURRICANE IRMA.
WE HAVE AN INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE THAT COVERS TWO POINT FIVE PERCENT OF OUR COVER PROPERTY AT SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND KEY FOR THIS YEAR IS WE ARE INCREASING THE FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, REPLACEMENT AND EQUIPMENT, REPLACEMENT PLANS FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING. WE'RE INCREASING TO ONE POINT SEVEN DOLLARS MILLION.
THAT'S AN INCREASE OF THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND OUR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND IS FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND WITH AN INCREASE OF FIFTY THOUSAND FOR THIS CURRENT.
FEW OF THE OTHER AND GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS ARE KEEPING THE LOBBYIST AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, JUST AS WE HAVE IN THE LAST FEW FISCAL YEARS AND NEW FOR THIS YEAR, WILL PROBABLY BE KIND OF ONE OFF TYPE PURPOSES, IS WE BUDGETED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A BRANDING CONSULTANT AND THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FOR THE BRANDING. THAT'S AGAIN, A DIRECT RESULT OF DIRECTION GIVEN THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING.
BACK IN APRIL, WE ADDED FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A GENERATION STUDY THAT'S BEEN ADDED SINCE WE MET IN JULY.
THAT IS ONE ONE CHANGE WE'LL SEE FROM THE PROPOSED TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS BUDGETED FOR THE FIRE ASSESSMENT AND NEW POTENTIAL NEW FIRE METHODOLOGY.
NOW, ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT OUT A FEW OF THE CHARITABLE DONATIONS THAT WE MAKE EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE NINETEEN THOUSAND BUDGETED FOR THE AREA WIDE COUNCIL ON AGING FOR BROWARD OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND PARKLAND PROCEEDS.
THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED BECAUSE THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO AND THEN THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION.
SO CHANGES WHERE WHEN WE FIRST SET UP HERE IN JULY, WHERE WE ARE NOW AND THE FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WAS I JUST MENTIONED FOR THE SOLID WASTE THAT WE HAVE ADDED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR HISTORICAL SIGNAGE, WE WENT THROUGH A FINE TOOTH
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COMB WITH THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND CAME OUT WITH ABOUT FORTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS OF SAVINGS. BY DOING THAT THEN.THROUGH A FEW OTHER FINE FINITUDE, COMB CAME UP WITH ABOUT SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS OF SAVINGS, SO YOU CAN SEE WITH WHAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE BUDGET HAS BEEN OFFSET BY DECREASES WE FOUND THROUGH THE BUDGET AS OF NOW.
SO WE'RE WE'RE IN PERFECT SHAPE AS OF RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THOSE NEW ADDITIONS ALL UPDATED FROM AN OPERATING PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE AT ABOUT A SIX PERCENT INCREASE COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE. SO I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
THERE'S PLENTY OF DETAILS ON THE BOOK, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST KIND OF.
TELL YOU THAT OUR TOTAL CAPITAL PLAN IS JUST OVER 11 MILLION DOLLARS, AND THAT'S MADE UP OF SEVEN POINT FIVE DOLLARS MILLION FOR THE KAPLAN PROJECTS FUND, TWO POINT ONE MILLION AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND AT ONE POINT FOUR IN THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND.
AND THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT OR THE LEVEL ONE, LEVEL TWO ENHANCEMENTS APPEAR MORE PARK IN THE THIRTY SIX ACRE PARK THAT WE JUST TOOK THE LOAN OUT FOR. AND THEN IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, JUST ENHANCEMENTS TO TERROR, MORE PARK CENTRAL PARK AND SHARE THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND THE BIG ONE FOR THE KAFALA REPLACEMENT THAT'S BEEN BUDGETED ALL ALONG FOR TWENTY TWO IS THE FIRINGS OR REPLACEMENT THAT TAKES UP ALMOST NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THAT POT. SO WITH THAT ALL SAID, I DO WANT TO KIND OF BRING US BACK TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE. AS AS I STOOD UP HERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE THE ECONOMY WAS GOING.
WE. ALL THE A LOT OF THE REVENUE ESTIMATES WERE TRENDING DOWNWARD.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE WE AS A CITY HAVE COME OUT VERY WELL AHEAD OF THE CURVE, SO TO SPEAK. EVERYTHING THAT ALL THE VARIOUS FORECASTS WE HAD PUT TOGETHER LAST YEAR, I THINK WE'VE FAR EXCEEDED ALL OF THEM.
THERE WAS I REMEMBER THE KIND OF THE THE ARMAGEDDON SOLUTION, SO TO SPEAK, THAT NEVER PANNED OUT. AND EVEN THE THE QUICK RECOVERY, I THINK WE'VE REBOUNDED QUICKER THAN THAT.
SO I CAN SAY THAT OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND OUR ASSESSMENTS ARE FULLY COLLECTED FOR THIS YEAR. REVENUES RECEIVED FROM THE STATE HAVE BEEN HIGHER THAN EXPECTED AND HAD REBOUNDED MUCH QUICKER THAN EXPECTED OR FPL RELATED REVENUES HAVE BEEN HIRED ESSENTIALLY DUE TO PEOPLE STAYING HOME USING MORE ELECTRICITY AGAIN.
KUDOS TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE BEHIND ME.
EVERYONE'S SPENT VERY CONSERVATIVELY THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC WHERE THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, THIS YEAR, EVERYONE'S REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB.
YOU WITH THERE SPENDING. AND THERE ARE TWENTY TWENTY ONE EXPENDITURES OR LESS THAN THE AMENDING BUDGET, AND ONE OF THE BIG, BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM HERE IS THAT THE DEBT SERVICE THAT WE TOOK ON BACK IN JULY, WE BUDGETED ONE POINT THREE DOLLARS MILLION OF DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS IN FY TWENTY ONE.
I WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THAT OUR FIRST DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT WILL BE DECEMBER 1ST OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE. SO THAT'S IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
SO THAT ONE POINT THREE DOLLARS MILLION DEBT SERVICE RIGHT THERE IS SURPLUS THAT GOES IN TO THE FBI.
TWENTY ONE COFFERS, SO TO SPEAK.
SO THIS IS KIND OF WHERE IT ALL PLAYS OUT, IS THAT WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT A SIX POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS AND FOR TWENTY TWENTY ONE, AND IT'S BASED ON REVENUES EXCEEDING WHAT WE THOUGHT EVERYONE TOLD ONLINE EXPENDITURE WISE AND AT ONE POINT THREE DOLLARS MILLION SAVINGS FROM THAT SERVICE.
GOING FORWARD, YOU SEE, WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A BALANCED BUDGET HERE FOR EVERY 20, 20 TO TWO, SO YOU'LL SEE WE GOT A ZERO THERE.
WE THINK AT FOUR POINT TWO NINE SEVEN NINE EIGHT, WE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPLUS IN NY. TWENTY THREE, IT'S FIVE.
TWENTY FOUR IS WHEN WE'LL NEED MILITARY INCREASES AS WE GO INTO THE DEFICIT.
AND THAT IS DUE TO EVERYTHING ON THIS SLIDE.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE'LL BE CLOSE TO BUILD OUT.
SO WE WON'T BE RECEIVING ANY NEW REVENUE FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THE NEW OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR THE THIRTY SIX AIRCRAFT WILL BE.
IMPLEMENTED AND DURING THE FISCAL YEAR AND OUR INCREASES WITH VSOE IN CORAL SPRINGS, OUR APARTMENT WILL BECOME HIGHER THAN THE TWO TO THREE PERCENT AVALLONE GROWTH WE RECEIVE EVERY YEAR. AND JUST AS KIND OF AS A FRAME OF REFERENCE RIGHT NOW, AN INCREASE OF FOR EVERY POINT, ONE MILLION IS ABOUT SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEY HAVE A LONG TERM REVENUE. SO I KNOW THAT IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGER TOPIC ITEMS WHEN WE MEET THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING NEXT SPRING IS TO HONE IN ON HOW TO REDUCE THAT GAP STARTING IN
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TWENTY, TWENTY FOUR WITH WITH MODERATE INCREASES.AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY FEEDBACK YOU ALL MAY HAVE ON THE BUDGET.
GREAT. CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFF DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR KEEPING EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL.
AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, AS USUAL, THANK YOU, NANCY, FOR KEEPING US INFORMED IN GREAT FINANCIAL STANDING. SO IT'S VERY APPRECIATED.
WE CAN CONTINUE OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE AND WE CAN KEEP OUR MILITARY THE SAME.
SO IT'S IT'S PUTS US IN A GREAT PLACE.
SO WE CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? AND A COUPLE COMMISSIONER AS WELL.
SO I AGREE, I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS IS JUST ASTRONOMICAL.
SO I GIVE EVERYONE A LOT OF CREDIT.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TOUCHED ON SO THAT YOU SOLID WASTE STUDY. WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE DID OUR LAST ONE TO SOLID WASTE STUDY? VICE MAYOR WOULD KNOW THAT BEFORE THAT TIME, THE SOLID WASTE STUDY IS A COUNTY STUDY FOR A DECISION MAKING OF IT, SOLID WASTE AND WORKING GROUP.
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO? ACTUALLY, THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT THE PROJECTED COST IS GOING TO BE A LOT LESS THAN WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO INITIALLY, I THINK IT WAS LIKE A TWO MILLION DOLLAR PRICE TAG FROM THE COUNTY AND NOW IT'S PROBABLY LIKE A MILLION.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS JUST ON THE DONATIONS.
I MEAN, I GUESS YOU YOU'D SAID THAT THESE ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'D MADE IN THE PAST.
YES. I JUST CAN YOU GIVE JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT SOME OF THESE TWO AGENCIES, I GUESS, OR THREE. LET ME GO BACK.
THE AREA WIDE COUNCIL ON THE AGING, THEY THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SUPPORT A LOT OF THE SENIOR PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND THEY DO PROVIDE SOME BENEFITS TO SOME OF THE PARKLAND SENIORS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE THAT THE THE CITY COMMISSION.
BEEN VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE SAME THING WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION THAT IS ONE OF THOSE TO HELP GET YOUNG KIDS READING AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY EDUCATION NEAR AND DEAR TO EVERYONE'S HEART UP THERE, SO THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE THAT THE CITY HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED FOR.
I'VE BEEN HERE 10 PLUS YEARS AND I THINK WE'VE CONTRIBUTED TO EVERY YEAR I'VE BEEN HERE, OBVIOUSLY. AND SO IS THERE ANY METHODOLOGY TO HOW WE DISCERN THE AMOUNT THAT GOES TO EACH? A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL STILL SEND A LETTER REQUESTING A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND WE CAN FIND IT IN A WAY TO FIT IN.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. YEAH, JUST TO, I GUESS, SOME PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
A LOT OF THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE MAKE ARE MATCHING FUNDS.
YES. SO, AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING WHATEVER THE AMOUNT IS FOR AREA FOR AID AGENCY, WHAT THEY DO WITH IT IS THEY GO OUT THROUGH DIFFERENT AGENCIES OR WHATEVER, AND THEY USE THOSE FUNDS TO ACCUMULATE MORE DOLLARS.
SO WE'RE BASICALLY BENEFITING A TWO FOLD, THREE FOLD OR EVEN FORKFUL.
COMMISSIONER CUTLER, THANK YOU, CHRIS.
IN SOME OF YOUR DISCUSSIONS, YOU TALKED ABOUT BUILDOUT.
YES. IS THAT BASED UPON WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEFORE US FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. SO IT IS NOT BASED UPON WHAT MIGHT BE OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE.
THAT HASN'T YET. THAT IS CORRECT.
THIS IS BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW AT THIS TIME.
OK, SO SO THE PROJECTIONS FOR TWENTY TWENTY FOUR COULD CHANGE IF NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN. ABSOLUTELY, YES.
OK, WE'RE GOING AT THIS FORECAST BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW AT THIS TIME.
OK. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT YOU AND ANYONE ELSE I HAVE ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO.
TO BRING UP GET A REPLACEMENT, JUST ONE THING THAT I BECAUSE I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH WITH NANCY ABOUT AND JUST TO KIND OF ALERT EVERYBODY IN THE BUDGET BOOK ON PAGE ONE FORTY ONE, IT LISTS INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT FUNDING PLAN, SO.
YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT WHAT ARE WE FUNDING FOR THE FUTURE? THIS IS ALL PLANNED OUT.
I MEAN, I'M SURE NANCY CAN GIVE US DETAILS INDIVIDUALLY, BUT THIS IS ALL DETAILED OUT.
SO WHEN I HAD ASKED HER, I SAID, WHAT ABOUT SIDEWALKS? SHE SAYS, IT'S IN THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR, BUT IT'S IN THERE.
SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO SIDEWALKS FOR THE COMMUNITY OR OTHER PROJECTS.
SO JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, SO THE ONE THING I HAVE IS I KNOW WE'RE DOING FIELD C AND D, WE'RE DOING A STUDY NOW TO REVAMP FIELD C AND D AT TERRAMAR.
MY QUESTION WOULD BE, SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE PLANNED, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT NEXT YEAR, THE
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YEAR AFTER WE HAVE PLANNED TO TURF FIELD A AND B, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO TURF FIELD C AND D SOONER? AND SINCE WE'RE PLANNING THOSE C AND D IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TERRAMAR PARK.SO IF WE'RE ALREADY DESIGNING TO TO RECONFIGURE C AND D CHANGE THE PARKING LOT SO WE HAVE MORE PARKING AND MAKE THE FIELDS THE RIGHT SIZE, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO DO C AND D NOW THAT WE'RE PLANNING THAT? AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD ENCOMPASS FIELD THREE? I WOULD ASSUME SO WE CAN PACKAGE ALL THE TURF TOGETHER.
SO WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE TO DO THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER? I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION FOR FOR BILL AND OR CHRISTINE.
GOOD EVENING. YES, WE'D LOVE TO SEE IT, C AND D, SINCE WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE WORK OUT THERE TO LENGTHEN THE FIELD, TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL PARKING, THE PARKING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FIELDS OTHER THAN WE'RE GOING TO ADD MORE SPACING.
IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO DO THAT.
AND IF WE HAD THREE AND ON THAT, WE GET SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE.
WE BID THIS THING OUT POTENTIALLY.
I THINK WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
I BELIEVE THAT IF WE DO ALL THREE FIELDS AT ONCE FROM A FROM A MATERIALS PURCHASE, WHOEVER, THE VENDOR THAT WE SELECT FOR THIS THROUGH THE BID PROCESS PROBABLY IS GOING TO GET A MUCH BETTER DEAL ON THE FABRIC.
AND AND THAT WOULDN'T AFFECT OUR BUDGET IN ANY WAY, WOULD JUST BE SHIFTING DOLLARS FROM ONE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
SO INSTEAD OF DOING THE DESIGN IT JUST TO ME, I THINK IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO BE TOUGH BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING NOW OF DOING A AND B, WHICH IS KIND OF OUT OF THE WAY.
MORE PEOPLE WILL USE C AND D, IT'S BY THE PICKLEBALL, WHATEVER, AND WE'RE ALREADY HEADED TO RESEARCH FOR REDOING THOSE.
SO I WAS MY THOUGHT WOULD BE TO REDO THOSE AS TURF AND DO THOSE NOW.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THREE, JUST BECAUSE YOU BUY EVERYTHING AT ONCE WILL SAVE MONEY ON THAT. AND SO THAT WAS JUST A THOUGHT THAT I HAD.
I DON'T KNOW IF. HOW EVERYBODY ELSE FEELS ABOUT THAT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING SWAP ONE OR SWITCH OUT TWO FOR THE OTHER? I MEAN, IN ESSENCE, WE WOULD BE.
WE'RE ALREADY BUDGETED TO DO SO AND CORRECT, SO INSTEAD OF DOING THOSE AS SOD, WE WOULD BE DOING THOSE AS TURF, BUT WE WOULD BE PULLING SOME MONEY FORWARD.
RIGHT. SO WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO DO THE EXPANSION OF SEA AND IN THE FIELDS AND THEY WERE TO GO BACK AS TURF FIELDS.
ALONGSIDE OF THAT IS AS WE MOVE INTO LEVEL TWO, WE WERE TO REPLACE THE TURF ON A AND B WITH ARTIFICIAL TURF.
WELL, SINCE WE'RE DOING THE WORK THERE, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BRAND NEW SPANKING FIELDS THAT POTENTIALLY WE CAN PUT A SURFACE ON THERE TO MAKE IT PLAYABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN ANY KIND OF ANY KIND OF CONDITION.
IT IS THE MOST IT'S THE CLOSEST FIELD TO THE TENNIS COURTS.
IT'S KIND OF THE FIELD YOU SEE, AND IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO PUT A NEW SURFACE.
AND ALL WEATHER SERVICE ON TWO FIELDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE NEW ANYWAY.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A COST DIFFERENTIAL, RIGHT? SURE, THERE IS A COST DIFFERENTIAL, BUT WE BUDGETED FOR THREE FIELDS, THREE ARTIFICIAL FIELDS. WE'RE JUST SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO DO C, AND THAT'S WHY WE DO OUR CAPITAL WORK THERE. SO IT'S IT'S APPLES TO APPLES, BUT IT IS MOVING IT UP BY ONE YEAR. YEAH, RIGHT.
YEAH. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL TWO ARTIFICIAL TURF STRATEGIC PLANNING WAS IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE.
CORRECT. SO THAT I BELIEVE IT'S THREE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS FROM TWENTY, TWENTY THREE TO TWENTY TWENTY TWO IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
BUT WE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT IN THE BUDGET.
SO I WOULDN'T AFFECT A MILLAGE.
CORRECT. IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE WE WOULD BE SPENDING A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY THIS YEAR AND THEN LESS MONEY. CORRECT.
RIGHT. WE WE HAVE THE FUNDS ALREADY AVAILABLE TO DO THIS.
YES. WELL, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY AFFECT THE BUDGET, BUT WOULDN'T IT THEN NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE I THINK WE WERE AT TWENTY, TWENTY THREE, IT WAS A ZERO BUDGET BALANCE.
RIGHT. SO ARE WE THEN GOING TO HAVE.
DEFICIT IN BECAUSE WE COULD WE COULD COVER THIS THREE POINTER WITH THE EXISTING RESERVES AT THIS TIME RIGHT NOW. YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I MEAN, I JUST I MEAN, I'M OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND THOSE FIELDS ARE GETTING BEATEN UP TERRIBLY. MY ONLY CONCERN, AND I GUESS I YOU KNOW.
NOT NECESSARILY, BILL, BUT CHRISTINE IS IN THE UTILIZATION OF THOSE FIELDS BECAUSE, AGAIN, NOW THAT THEY ARE, THE INTENT IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASTROTURF IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET BE ABLE TO GET MORE USAGE OUT OF IT.
CAN THE PARKING AND OTHER FACILITIES SUPPORT THAT USAGE OR DO WE NEED TO KIND OF LOOK AT
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THAT AS WELL, OF MAYBE MAKING MORE PARKING SOMEWHERE OR DOING SOMETHING ELSE? I MEAN, OTHERWISE.I MEAN, DEFINITELY ECONOMICALLY.
I THINK IT YOU KNOW, WITHOUT RUNNING NUMBERS, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WE KEEP ON REPLACING THAT SAW EVERY YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.
SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION IN REGARDS TO PARKING, THAT'S PART OF THE CURRENT PROJECT TO DO AND IS ALSO TO EXPAND THE PARKING LOT OUT THERE, TOO.
SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THAT.
NO, I'M JUST SAYING WITHIN THOSE SO YOU COULD PUT FIVE RUN EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR, NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RAIN MAKEUPS AND WHATEVER, WHICH WILL HELP THE OTHER FIELDS AT PINE TRAILS AS WELL TO KIND OF GIVE SOME REST.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TELLING EVERYBODY TO GO TO TERRAMAR AND THEN WE'VE GOT A PARKING ISSUE.
BUT I DEFINITELY I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
ANTHONY, I GUESS, IS THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE THE DIRECTION OF THIS IS THE WORKSHOP, SO HELP PASS THE BUDGET FOR FIRST READING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANT TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE, SHERRY, TOO, IS OUR BUDGET MANAGER.
SHE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING THIS BUDGET BOOK TOGETHER AND A LOT OF SCHEDULES.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR US, GETTING THE ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE STATE FOR THE 30 DAYS OR SO.
WE ARE SO HAPPY AND APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE HER ON BOARD AND TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT ONE POINT FIVE DOLLARS MILLION GRANT FOR THE THIRTY SIX ACRE PARK IS JUST SUCH GREAT, GREAT NEWS FOR THE CITY. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS PROPERLY RECOGNIZED FOR HER EFFORTS IN GETTING THE GRANT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT.
GREAT. THANK YOU. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS PHENOMENAL TO WATCH.
THAT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE? SO MOTION TO ADJOURN, I GUESS WE'RE DONE HERE.
OK. SEE YOU AT 7:00.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.