[1. Call to Order]
[4A. FY 2023 Proposed Budget]
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MONIES, SO WITH TOTAL 15. AND THEN STILL ANOTHER FIVE.[00:13:13]
CORRECT? >> ANOTHER FIVE EAR MARK WITH
2024. >> A TOTAL OF $20 MILLION
BUDGETED FOR THE 36-ACRE PARK. >> YOU ARE 100% CORRECT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> THE APPROXIMATE COST SAVING FOR THE FLEET SERVICES MECHANIC INHOUSES.
DO WE DO THAT NOW? >> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A FLEET SUPERVISOR WHO IS KIND OF A ONE MAN SHOW SO TO SPEAK.
AND IF HE IS OUT FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME AND OBVIOUSLY OUR SERVICE LEVELS WOULD DECLINE. SO OUR FLEET CONTINUES TO INCREASE. THIS GIVES US A BACK-UP PLAN, TRANSITION PLAN, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, AN EXTRA SET OF HANDS ON DECK TO FIX VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT AS WELL.
>> COMMISSIONER, WE DID AN ASSESSMENT BACK A FEW YEARS AGO BEFORE WE EVEN BROUGHT THE FLEET IN HOUSE.
AND AT THIS TIME, SINCE IT IS ONLY ONE MECHANIC, IT IS DEFINITELY BENEFICIAL TO DO THE WORK IN-HOUSE.
NOW WE ARE ADDING ANOTHER MECHANIC, BUT OUR FLEET HAS INCREASED QUITE A BIT. SO I AM NOT TO OVERLY CONCERN IT WOULDN'T BE BENEFICIAL TOO DO IT IN-HOUSE.
>> HERE ARE JUST SOME SMALLER -- SMALLER PROPOSED CAPITAL ITEMS
THAT I WON'T GET THROUGH THESE. >> BEFORE YOU GO THROUGH THAT, I AM LOOKING AT THE BOOK PAGE 11, AND INDICATES THE FIVE LARGEST BUDGETED CAPITAL PROJECTS INCLUDING THE 36-ACRE PARK AND $10 MILLION DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT I DIDN'T SEE
ON YOUR LIST UNLESS I MISSED IT. >> WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET.
>> I THOUGHT THIS WAS IN DESCENDING SCALE.
>> BY FUNDING CATEGORY. HE IS IN THE CAPITAL FUND RIGHT
BECAUSE IT SAID BUDGETED CAPITAL PROJECTS SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY I
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WAS CONFUSED. >> THIS IS SEPARATED BY FUNDING
THANK YOU. >> SO HERE -- HERE YOU GO.
[LAUGHTER] HERE -- HERE ARE THE TWO PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
4.9 MILLION AND TURN BRIDGE AT PINE TREE AT $1.5.
I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT YESTERDAY THE STATE SENT US OUR FINAL $8.55 MILLION DOLLARS. ONE OF THOSE I SAW A MEMO COMING THROUGH THAT WITH THE STATE I WILL TAKE THIS ATTITUDE I WILL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT AND I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT.
THE DETAILS ARE IN THE BOOK BUT THE LIVERY PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
IT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
AND PINE TRAILS PARK PLAYGROUND IS MOVING OUT OF THE REPLACEMENT FUND INTO THE CAPITAL AND REMOVING $400,000 FROM HERE MOVING IT OVER TO THE CAPITAL AND ADDING THE $100,000.
AND THE REST OF THESE ARE PROGRAMMED INTO THE RIVER REPLACEMENT PLAN WITH THE PATHWAYS, THE FENCING, AND AT THE TENNIS CENTER, THE SIDEWALKS, AND APPEAR FEW OTHER SMALL ENHANCEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BETWEEN SIDEWALKS AND AC. SOME WORKSHOP.
SOME CONFIGURATION HERE. AND THE CHAMBERS.
SOME ADDITIONAL FUND FOR PARKLAND.
AND THEN HERE ARE THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENTS OF SOME OF OUR VEHICLES AND FLEET ITEMS. THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE NEAR OR AT AT THE END OF OUR USEFUL LIFE.
SO THESE OLD ITEMS AS THEY CYCLE OFF, WE WILL TRY TO SELL THEM FOR WHAT WE CAN GET. AND THESE WILL BE THE
REPLACEMENT ITEMS FOR THOSE. >> I GOT TO GO BACK TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT -- THE VEHICLES.
SO CAN WE ORDER THEM NOW AND PAY FOR THEM? HOW DOES THAT WORK? BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE, LIKE, TOWARD THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY.
>> ONCE THIS BUDGET IS APPROVED, THAT SEPTEMBER 25 -- IF I AM DOING MY MATH CORRECT WITH THE CALENDAR.
AS SOON AS THAT BUDGET IS OFFICIALLY APPROVED, YOU CAN START ORDERING THESE VEHICLES AT THAT TEAM.
>> BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE, AS I SAID, ON THEIR LAST
AND I KNOW IT -- IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO ORDER THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HOW LONG IT IS TAKING FOR EVEN EXISTING ORDERS TO COME IN. THE QUICKER WE CAN ORDER THEM THE QUICKER WE CAN GET THEM IN WITH THE VARIOUS SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, INFLATION ISSUES. THINGS LIKE THAT.
GOOD POINT. >> I AM WONDERING WHETHER WE CAN START NOW. OBVIOUSLY --
>> START THE HOMEWORK, BUT UNTIL IT IS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED.
I WOULDN'T PLACE THE ORDER. >> OKAY.
>> THE HOMEWORK CAN BE DONE NOW. >> CHRIS, I HAD ONE QUESTION OF
COMPUTER REPLACEMENTS. >> YES.
>> I HEARD YOU SAY WE SELL -- WE TRY TO SELL SOME OF THE STUFF WE ARE REPLACING. I IMAGINE FOR COMPUTERS, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO RECOUP TOO MUCH OF THAT COST.
LOOK TO ADDING MORE TO THE LIBRARY OR HAVE MORE ACCESSIBLE
FOR KIDS TO COME DO HOMEWORK. >> WE REALLY HAVEN'T AND I DON'T SEE THAT AS A PROBLEM AS LONG AS THEY ARE LOCKED DOWN AND NOT
MOBILE, SO TO SPEAK. >> THAT WILL BE GOOD TO LOOK INTO, BECAUSE I CAN IMAGINE YOU WILL NOT GET TOO MUCH ON THE
DOLLAR FOR WHAT YOU PAID FOR IT. >> I WILL TAKE NOTE OF THAT.
SO -- SO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING ALL OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS, YOUR ARPA FUNDS, YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT AND CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUNDS, TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS $23 MILLION FOR THIS CURRENT -- THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. WITH THAT I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. AND I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO SHERRY WHO HAS PUTS TOGETHER THIS BOOK.
I WANT TO THANK NANCY AND ALL THE FELLOW DEPARTMENT HEADS BEHIND ME BECAUSE A LOT OF THEIR SUBJECT MATTER, EXPERTISE GOES INTO WHAT THESE PROJECTS ARE AND WHAT THE DAILY OPERATION ENTAIL.
I WANT TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE AS MUCH BEHIND THIS AS ANYONE ELSE IN HERE. WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND IF THERE ARE ANY DEPARTMENTAL SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE, DIRECTORS ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS FOR YOU. >> ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> YEAH, JUST ONE. YEAH, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENT.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT BUDGET. OBVIOUSLY IT IS BALANCED.
I WANT TO THANK SHERRY, BECAUSE SHE STARTED TO GIVE US, I GUESS,
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THE QUARTERLY OR WHATEVER UPDATES THE STUFF WE ARE WORKING AT. THAT TO ME IS VERY EXCITING BECAUSE TO ME, IT IS FOUND MONEY.>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN, GRANTS? >> WHAT?
EARNED. SO WE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER $1.5 MILLION THIS YEAR, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.
SETTING THE BAR HIGH. >> THE OTHER THING WANTED TO POINT OUT AS WELL BECAUSE THE BUDGET FOR THE 36-ACRE PARK, BUT NOT FACTORED INTO THAT IS THE $1.5 MILLION.
DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL GET THAT EXACTLY, BUT IT IS IN THE
PIPELINE. >> WE WILL PROBABLY BE OVER THE $20 MILLION BY THE TIME WE FINISH BUILDING IT.
NANCY, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT -- AND I GUESS -- CHRISTINE AT LIGHTS AT THE QUIGLEY CENTER, THE TENNIS CENTER.
>> YES. I ALSO HAD SOME REQUESTS -- IF WE CAN CONSIDER INSTALLING LIGHTS OR REDOING THE LIGHTS TO A STRONGER LED TYPE OF LIGHT OVER AT QUIGLEY.
>> I HAVE SPOKEN -- I WENT TO A COUPLE OF MEETINGS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND A LOT OF THE PARTICIPANTS, THE MEMBERS, HAVE TROUBLE SEEING THE TENNIS.
I THINK PART OF THAT IS DUE TO THEY PLAY IT MULTIPLE FACILITIES. MOST FACILITIES HAVE LED LETTING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, I GUESS, NOT CONCERNS ME, BUT THEY PAY FOR THEIR MEMBERSHIP, RIGHT.
THEY PAY $$400 A MONTH OR WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, SO THEY ARE PAYING MEMBERS. SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE -- SINCE THEY ARE PAYING FOR IT, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE BEST -- YOU KNOW, OR AS CLOSE TO -- YOU HAD SAID, CHRISTINE, THE LIGHTS WERE DONE AT 25016.
THEY ARE NOT DUE TO BE REDONE, BUT YOU HAVE DONE SOME TESTING.
AND THEY DOVE MEET THE STANDARDS OF, BUT I KNOW IT IS INDUSTRY STANDARD, BUT -- IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD.
>> THEY MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR RECREATIONAL PLAY. OF COURSE, LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS AND ELITE PLAYERS PLAY ALL OVER THE AREA AND SO FORTH. THOSE COMPETITION LEVELS ARE HIGHER THAN WE HAVE AT OUR FACILITY.
SAVING THEM TO LED. SOME SAVINGS AND LONGEVITY OF
THOSE TYPE OF LIGHTS. >> WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS AND I THINK WE HAVE IT PROGRAMMED FOR THE NEXT YEAR BUDGET, BUT YOU WANT US TO IT IN THIS YEAR AND OKAY WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, WE CAN EASILY FIND THE MONEY FOR THAT.
>> YES. IS THERE LIKE AN IN-BETWEEN APPROACH RATHER THAN REPLACING THE ENTIRE LIGHTNING STRUCTURE THAT YOU CAN ADD LEDS TO THE EXISTING.
>> EXACTLY THE PROJECT THAT WE RESEARCHED.
BECAUSE IN ORDER TO DO LED SPORTS LETTING AND BRINGING IN IT, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THE POLES OUT THAT WILL CREATE A LOT TALLER POLE AND NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WHAT WE RESEARCHED AND PRICED OUT IS CHANGING THE FIXTURE, KEEPING AND CHANGING OUT THE
FIXTURES TO LED. >> DO WE KNOW THE PRICE -- I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING.
DO WE KNOW THE PRICE DIFFERENTIAL IS FOR JUST
CHANGING OUT THE FIXTURES? >> AT THE TEAM IT WAS ROUGHLY 200,000. WE ARE LOOKING AT $200,000
UNLESS THERE IS AN INCREASE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION OF THE LIGHTING ITSELF AND THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY.
WHAT KIND OF SPILLOVER ARE WE GOING TO HAVE.
>> LED IS MUCH BETTER. >> TECHNOLOGY HAS COME A LONG WAY. I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE SPILLAGE -- TECHNOLOGY COMES A LONG WAY AND MUCH IF TO THE COURT AND WHERE THE LIGHT IS SHINING AND NOT
MUCH SPILLAGE OVER. >> I KNOW IF YOU WILL INCREASE
THE LIGHTS -- >> THAT IS WHAT IS REALLY GOOD WITH LEDS. THEY ARE BRIGHTER.
NO ONE WILL SEE. >> WE WILL GET A LOT OF
COMPLAINTS. >> THEN WHY DO IT.
>> YOUR NEIGHBORS WON'T SEE IT. >> WE WILL MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON THIS PROJECT AND THE SPILT LAGE IS.
>> IF THERE IS THERE IS A SHIELDING THING OR WHATEVER
NEEDS TO HAPPEN. >> IS THE MEMBERSHIP TIED TO THE BUDGET OF THE OPERATION OF THE ORGANIZATION?
>> NO, IT'S PART OF CITY REVENUE.
>> I KNOW. BUT HOW DO WE CALCULATE THE MEMBERSHIP FEE. IS THAT TIED INTO THE BUDGET FOR THE OPERATION OF THE TENNIS CENTER?
>> SO WE DO REVENUES VERSUS EXPENSES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO TRACK THAT. RIGHT NOW THE TENNIS CENTER IS
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IN THE RED. SO IT IS NOT RECOUPING ITS COSTS, IF THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE ASKING.BUT THE MEMBERSHIP ITSELF IS ALSO DONE THROUGH A VARIETY OF WAYS SUCH AS SURVEYS AND WHAT IS BEING DONE IN THE AREA AND THE INDUSTRY AS FAR AS TENNIS MEMBERSHIPS TOO.
>> WHEN WE -- WHEN WE DO THIS BECAUSE, AGAIN, ONCE YOU START DOING ONE, SOMEONE ELSE WILL WANT AND CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THE LINE. SO CAN WE DO THIS KIND IN A COMPREHEND SELF WAY WHERE IF WE ARE DOING THE TENNIS CENTER THIS YEAR, WE ARE DOING PICKLEBALL COURTS NEXT YEAR AND SOMETHING ELSE SO AT LEAST THE RESIDENTS KNOW AHEAD OF TIME THIS IS WHAT IS COMING DOWN THE ROAD AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW --
>> YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT, BUT ALSO, REMEMBER, WHEEL THE TENNIS CENTER IS NOT NECESSARILY MAKING MONEY, EACH MEMBER PAYS $400.
IT IS NOT A FREE SERVICE. IT IS A PAID MEMBERSHIP TO PLAY AT THE TENNIS CENTER. I AM JUST POINTING THAT OUT.
>> BUT A REVENUE LOSS. I MEAN, IT IS NOT A -- IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY -- THE MEMBERSHIP COST DOESN'T NECESSARILY PAY FOR THE COST OF MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT NORMALLY YOU WOULD HAVE, LIKE IF YOU WERE JOINING A PRY ZAT, YOU KNOW, COUNTRY CLUB WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE
PROVIDING A SERVICE. >> I KNOW IT IS A LOSS, BUT ANYONE WHO PLAYS PICKLEBALL OR TENNIS AT TERRAMAR PARK.
100% LOSS. >> THEY ARE PAYING TAXES.
>> SO ARE MOST MEMBERS WHO PLAY THE THERE. I KNOW TERRAMAR AND TENNIS CENTER -- IN YOUR DISTRICT TOO. TOP PIGGY BACK, THROUGH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT PLAN SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE THINKING AND TALKING ABOUT. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU BROUGHT UP PICKLEBALL. WHEN WE REDO THE COURTS, LIGHT SOMETHING PART OF THAT WHICH INCLUDES LEDS.
DOWN THE ROAD WHERE LIGHTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT AND SO FORTH, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE LOOK AT.
>> BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT GET ANY MORE DETAILED OR GRANULAR
ASSESSMENT. >> WE WOULDN'T VOTE ON THIS.
WE WOULD VOTE ON IT WHEN WE DO THE FINAL BUDGET.
THEY STILL GOT TO -- IT IS JUST A MATTER OF SAYING, YEAH, GO AHEAD AND PUT IT IN IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU CAN GET THOSE ANSWERED BUT WE ARE NOT VOTING ON IT TODAY.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY WAY TO ASSESS BASED ON INSTALLING THESE FIGURES OF $200,000 OR HIGHER.
WHAT THE ENERGY SAVINGS WILL BE TO OFFSET IT.
>> I WILL LOOK INTO IT. >> DO -- ARE WE CURRENTLY ON A WAITING LIST FOR TENNIS MEMBERSHIP, OR MEANING IT IS MAXED OUT OR STILL ACCEPTING NEW MEMBERS.
>> WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING. >> IF WE ARE MAXED WE CAN CONSIDER INCREASING IT, BUT IF IT IS NOT EVEN THERE.
>> THE MEMBERSHIP IS LIKE A -- IT FLUCTUATES.
AT ONE POINT WE WERE PRETTY MUCH AT CAPACITY, IRONICALLY ENOUGH DURING COVID. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE LEVELED OFF. E PRECOVID BUT STILL HAVE AVAILABLE.
>> YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE MOVING IN AT THE FALLS WHICH WILL PRESUMABLY GO THERE. OKAY.
SO IS IT GOOD TO GO AHEAD AND PUT IT IN AND SEMITIC NEEDS HIS ANSWERS AND BOB WANTS TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY IN HIS DISTRICT
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO IT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT
ANYONE WOULD HAVE. >> A GREAT PRESENTATION AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE REITERATE THAT OUR REVENUE INCREASES ARE THE LOWEST IN BROWARD COUNTY.
EVERY -- THIS YEAR, WHICH IS -- TELLS YOU WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, EITHER CUTTING COSTS, RAISING TAXES, OR FINDING ADDITIONAL MEANS OF REVENUE.
SO WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND SO FAR WE ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. OUR STAFF IS FANTASTIC.
OUR FINANCING IS ALWAYS TOP-NOTCH.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY FOR DOING THAT.
>>MAYOR WALKER: VERY WELCOME. >> AND WE ARE DONE, RIGHT.
>> UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> MOTION TO
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