[1. Call to Order]
[4.A. Proposed Redistricting Presentation with Public Input]
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BELOW 11%. AGAIN, TAKE -- I AM JUST SAYING
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FOR ME, YOU KNOW THAT PART WHERE IT COMES ALL THE WAY DOWN AND[00:48:23]
INCLUDED IN DISTRIT TWO. CLEARLY THAT IS NOT NECESSARY.[00:48:26]
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS ENOUGH HOMES IF YOU CAN MAKE THOSE[00:48:29]
NUMBERS POTENTIALLY WORK. KEEP IN MIND WE DO VOTE CITY[00:48:45]
WIDE. AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER, THE[00:48:48]
DISTRICTS DON'T MATTER TOO MUCH. THEY NEED TO BE EVEN BECAUSE WE[00:48:51]
VOTE CITY WIDE. WE ALL WILL ANSWER EACH OTHER'S[00:48:55]
-- YOU KNOW IF DISTRICT ONE CALLS, I AM NOT GOING TO HANG UP[00:48:59]
AND SAY I CAN'T HELP YOU. SO IT DOESN'T -- THE DISTRICTS ARE ONLY SO THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR ARE SEPARATED SO EVERY PARTS AND BITS AND PIECES OF PARKLAND IS REPRESENTED.AS LONG AS WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT, I AM HAPPY.
>> THAT IS MY POINT. IF WE ADOPTED.
IF WE ADOPTED -- CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE.
IF WE ADOPTED PLAN A OR PLAN B TOMORROW, WE KNOW FOR A CERTAINLY THAT THE NUMBERS IN DISTRICT 1 AND DISTRICT 2 ARE VASTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT PLAN A OR PLAN B PROVIDE FOR.
>>MAYOR WALKER: YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY SAY THAT.
AGAIN, WE ARE USING THE LATEST DATA.
>> RICH. >>MAYOR WALKER: LET'S NOT ARGUE OF DATA THAT WE KNOW IS THE LATEST DATA.
TO SAYS IT VASTLY DIFFERENT. WE DON'T KNOW THAT TO BE THE
CASE. >> LET'S USE WHAT WE DO KNOW.
LET'S ASSUME THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE 2020 FROM THE
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CENSUS EVEN THOUGH WE BUILT OUT MORE OF THE WEDGE IN THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS, IF YOU USE NONE OF THE CURRENT DATA AND WE KNOW WE WILL PUT UP TO 260 HOMES IN DISTRICT ONE, AND IF WE ASSUME ON A VERY CONSERVATIVE BASIS THERE WILL BE TWO PEOPLE PER HOME, THAT IS 520 PEOPLE THAT ARE AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO BE ADDED TO DISTRICT 1 BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT TIME WE REDISTRICT. THAT MEANS THAT DISTRICT 1 IS OUTSIDE OF THE 4.5% DEVIATION. THEY ARE ABOVE THE OPTIMUM.>>MAYOR WALKER: IT IS NOT UNTIL FOUR YEARS.
LISTEN, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY OFFER A SOLUTION.
ALL WE ARE DOING IS TRYING TO DISCREDIT THE TWO PLANS THAT THEY HAVE PUT FORWARD. SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS, WE EITHER DO NOTHING, WE EITHER TRY TO GET A LITTLE UNDER THAT 10% OR SOME NUMBER UNDER THAT 10% OR ADOPT PLAN A OR PLAN B.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT -- I -- I WILL BE HONEST.
TALKING ABOUT 2020 CENSUS DATA AS BEING OUTDATED IN A GOVERNMENT ATMOSPHERE, TO ME DOESN'T HOLD MUCH MUSTER.
SO WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS. DO NOTHING.
MAKE LESS DRASTIC CHANGES. OR ACCEPT PLAN A OR PLAN B.
THOSE ARE OUR OPTIONS. IT DOESN'T MATTER -- NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. THOSE ARE OUR OPTIONS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS WHICH OPTION WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE.
>>COMMISSIONER CUTLER: CAN I THROW IN ONE OTHER CONSIDERATION THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT YET.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE WAY THAT THE DIVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. WE HAVEN'T REALLY TRIED VERY HARD TO KEEP, LIKE, A GIVEN COMMUNITY WITHIN A DISTRICT.
WE ARE SPLITTING DISTRICTS IN HALF.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE A COMMISSIONER OF A PARTICULAR AREA, YOU KIND OF KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT AREA AND YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE CONSTITUENTS OF THAT AREA. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I INHERITED THE -- THE COUNTRY CLUB OR BOB INHERITED PINE TREE OR THAT STUFF. YOU HAVE THE WHOLE AREA, BUT THE MAP IS SORT OF PARSING, AGAIN, COMMUNITIES.
AND SO THAT I THINK SHOULD BE AT LEAST SOMETHING WE HAVE A
CONSIDERATION OF. >>MAYOR WALKER: SO OPTION 2 IS WHAT COMMISSIONER CUTLER IS IN FAVOR OF AND DOING THE BEST YOU CAN TO KEEP ALL COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW, IS THE WAY I SEE IT ON THIS PARTICULAR MAP, PARKLAND GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB IS SEPARATED INTO TWO.
I DON'T NOTICE ANY OTHER HOA BEING SEPARATED IN TWO.
IF I UNDER STAND TO YOU CORRECTLY, COMMISSIONER CUTLER.
YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF OPTION 2, DOING SOMETHING LESS DRASTIC OF WHAT YOU PROPOSED IN PLANSA&B, AND DO SOMETHING SO WE CAN GET UNDER THE 10% THRESHOLD, DOING THE BEST YOU CAN TO KEEP ALL
COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. >>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: DO WE KNOW THE NUMBERS THAT COMMISSIONER CUTLER ASKED FOR OF THE NUMBER OF HOUSES BUILT AND IN THE LAST THREE YEARS?
>>MAYOR: THAT IS HER JOB. OUR JOB TO SET -- OUR JOB IS TO SET DIRECTION. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY --
>>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: THE DIRECTION WOULD BE -- THE DIRECTION WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE -- MUCH LIKE WHAT WE DID THIS 2019, AT LEAST MY DESIRE. WE ARE USING A DATA SET AS CLOSE TO ACCURATE FIGURES TODAY, PUT ASIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPROVED, BUT USING THE DATA SET AS CLOSE TO ACCURATE FIGURES TODAY BECAUSE CHANGING FOR CHANGING SAKES WHEN WE MAY NOT NEED TO, TO ME, IS
UNNECESSARY. >>MAYOR WALKER: BUT YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT TO MIX DATA. SO WE ARE EITHER MIXING DATA OR NOT. BEFORE YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT TO MIX DATA. THAT WAS THE REASON THAT PEOPLE
USE THE -- >>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU CAN USE -- >>MAYOR WALKER: THE LATEST DATA
-- THAT DOESN'T MIX ANY DATA. >>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: MAYBE I CAN BE MORE CONCISE. ONE FORMULA OR THE OTHER, I DON'T KNOW THAT MIXING DATA LONG TERM MAKES SENSE.
WE SHOULD COME IN LINE WITH THE CENSUS OR WHAT OTHER DATA SET WE ARE GOING TO USE. BUT WE ARE IN A IMMEDIATERY PERIOD WHERE WE ARE FOUR YEARS --
>>MAYOR WALKER: I AM NOT HEARING ANYTHING YOU SAID.
I AM NOT HEARING YOU. >>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: CAN YOU NOT
HEAR ME? >>COMMISSIONER CUTLER: I HEAR
YOU. >>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: CAN YOU HEAR
ME, MAYOR? >>MAYOR: I WILL BE HONEST, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR AN HOUR.
>>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN.
>>COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN: I GUESS IN MY PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE
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TRYING TO RIGHT THE SHIP. SO CHARTER REVIEW IS COMING UP.THEY WILL REVIEW THE CHARTER AND AT THIS POINT, MY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THEM AND TO ANTHONY IS TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT THIS REDISTRICTING. TO ALIGN IT SO IT IS EVERY TEN YEARS OR WHATEVER TIME WE ARE ABLE TO USE, WHICH IS THE BEST DATA IS THE CENSUS DATA. WHICH WOULD BE THE 20 -- OR THE 2030 CENSUS DATA WHEN WE DO REDISTRICTING, IT IS A LITTLE MORE ACCURATE. THAT IS NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO AS COMMISSIONER CUTLER SAY WHERE ALL COMMUNITIES ARE TOGETHER AND NOT SPLITTING UP.
I GUESS TO KIND OF BALANCE THAT OFF, AND, AGAIN, I TURN TO YOU, IS WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN USE THE -- WHAT IS IT, THE BIEBER -- THE BIEBER DATA TO KIND OF SEE IF -- WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND CALL IT NUMBER C, AND SEE HOW THAT ALIGNS OF HOW WE KEEP COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AND WORK THROUGH THAT.
THAT WOULD BE MY, YOU KNOW, SUGGESTION AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE CAN MAKE A DECISION TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS BEST.
>> WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THE DATA LIKE WE DID IN 2019. SO WE CAN DO THAT.
AND -- BUT MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE WHEN THERE IS THE CENSUS OUT THERE WHICH IS NOT LIKE NINE, TEN YEARS OLD FOR YOU LIKE IT WAS LAST TIME, THEN YOU COULD USE THE CENSUS.
BUT LIKE FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, YOU SHOULD USE, LIKE WE DID FOR 2019, YOUR ESTIMATES. SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
BECAUSE, YES, CENSUS TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT, TIME AND MONEY.
SO THAT'S WHY THE CENSUS BUREAU DOES IT EVERY TEN YEARS.
BUT MY THING IS, IF IT IS AVAILABLE AND IT IS OBSOLETE BUT NOT THAT OBSOLETE LIKE LAST TIME.
ANY TIME YOU ARE WITHIN TWO OR THREE YEARS OF THE CENSUS, YOU SHOULD USE CENSUS DATA. WHEN YOU ARE, LIKE, FURTHER OUT,
USE THE ESTIMATE. >> LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO KEEP ON CHANGING DATA, WHAT DATA WE USE CENSUS OR BIEBER DATA, KEEP IT CONSISTENT. AND I AM HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL BE RECTIFIED WITH THE CHARTER REVIEW AND A BALLOT AMENDMENT THAT WILL SAY HERE IS WHAT WE ARE DOING MOVING FORWARD.
>>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: ALTERNATIVELY, WE TALKED OF FOUR YEARS, SIX YEARS AND TEN YEARS. IF WE THINK TEN YEARS IS TOO LONG, MAYBE GO TO FIVE YEARS AND WE LINE IT UP WITH THE CENSUS SO THAT AT LEAST EVERY OTHER REDISTRICTING WE ARE -- WE ARE GOING TO THE CENSUS. AND IN THE IMMEDIATERY YEAR OR THE IMMEDIATE DISTRICTING USING A HYBRID.
MY WORRY IS -- IF WE ADOPT IT AND SO MUCH IN THE CITIES THAT WE ADOPTED OUR 2020 CENSUS TODAY AS THE GOSPEL, WE ARE ALREADY VASTLY OUTDATED IN TERMS OF THE DATA.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE USING THE 2020 CENSUS AS A STARTING BLOCK WHERE WE HAVE GROWN AND WHAT DISTRICTS, EVEN ON AN AVERAGE OR
ESTIMATE SINCE 2020. >> AND ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THAT 2020 CENSUS IS A NICE BASELINE TO START WITH.
WE CAN LOOK AT WHATEVER DATA THE COUNTY -- THE CITY IS ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH, AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU IF THAT WILL HELP YOU ALL.
>>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: I KNOW YOU HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THIS NIGHTING, BUT PER THE CHARTER, YOU HAVE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC FOR THEM TO COMMENT AT THIS WORKSHOP.
>>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: ALISON, ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> OKAY, SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THEN IS REVISE IT BASED ON THE DIRECTION FROM THE MEETING AND WE HAVE FIRST READING SCHEDULED FOR OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEET WIG IS ON THE 13TH. AT THAT NEXT COMMISSION MEETING AND FIRST READING WE WILL MAKE THE REVISED RECOMMENDED CHANGE.
[4.B. FY 2024 Proposed Budget]
>> I WAS SAYING THANK YOU. >>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: NEXT ITEM FISCAL YEAR 2024 PROPOSED BUD
BUDGET. >> MAYOR, COMMISSIONER CUTLER,
CAN YOU STILL HEAR US. >>COMMISSIONER CUTLER: YES.
>> CAN WE DO ANOTHER PHONE CALL-IN.
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>> I CAN TRY. >> AND BRING HIM IN.
>> OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO PUT YOU ON HOLD.
>>COMMISSIONER CUTLER: OKAY. >> BACK ON THE CONFERENCE LANE.
KEN? >>COMMISSIONER CUTLER: YES.
>> I AM GOING TO TRY TO HANG UP WITH YOU AND CALL YOU RIGHT BACK
TO CONFERENCE IN THE MAYOR. >>COMMISSIONER CUTLER: OKAY.
>> OKAY, THANKS. >> LET ME DISCONNECT.
>>MAYOR WALKER: HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> MAYOR, ARE YOU BACK IN? >>MAYOR: YES, CHRIS, I HEARD
>>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: CAN YOU HEAR US, MAYOR?
>> WE WILL SEE WHY THEY CAN'T HEAR US IN HERE.
GIVE US ONE SECOND. >> OKAY, DO YOU WANT TO TRY?
I HUNG UP WITH KEN. >> YOU HEAR US.
MAYOR? >>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR US?
>>COMMISSIONER CUTLER: I CAN HEAR YOU.
>> WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE MAYOR IN TOO.
>>COMMISSIONER CUTLER: I CAN'T SEE YOU.
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AND I ALSO CAN'T -- DOESN'T LOOK -- DOES CHRIS HAVE ANYTHING UPON THE SCREEN OR ANYTHING? >> JUST THE STATIC -- THE BUDGET BOOK. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO MERGE IN THE MAYOR ON A CONFERENCE CALL ON YOUR CELL PHONE?
>>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: KEN'S CELL PHONE SIGNAL SOUNDS TERRIBLE.
WOULD YOU ABLE TO MERGE HIM WITH ANOTHER TERRIBLE CELL LINE? DO YOU HAVE MINT MOBILE OR SOME
SOMETHING? >> NEED A LAND LINE.
>>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: I DO HAVE A LAND LINE.
WHY DON'T WE -- WHY DON'T WE CONTINUE --
>> WE ARE TRYING TO GET YOU ON. >>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE HAVE 54 MINUTES LEFT. MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?
>>MAYOR: YEP. >>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: COMMISSIONER
CUTLER, CAN YOU HEAR US AS WELL. >>COMMISSIONER CUTLER: I CAN.
>>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: OKAY, GREAT. WE WILL GET STARTED.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, CHRIS JOHNSON, FINANCIAL DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
WELCOME EVERYONE BACK FROM YOUR SUMMER BREAK.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A NICE LITTLE BREAK FROM YOUR REGULAR DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS. TONIGHT IS OUR LITTLE BUDGET PRESENTATION FOR YOU, COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN ALL PROVIDE US ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE FROM YOUR BUDGET BOOK THROUGH OVER THE SUMMER.
THE THIRD OF A FIVE-STEP PROCESS WHERE YOU ALL GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK. AND THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE SEPTEMBER 13 AT 7:00 WHERE WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST READING TO ADOPT THE MILLAGE RATE AND THE BUDGET AND THE SECOND FINAL READING FOR THE FIRE, SOLID WASTE, AND NEW STORMWATER ASSESSMENTS. ON SEPTEMBER 20, THAT MEETING AT 6:00. THAT WILL BE THE FINAL MEETING TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET.
SO THIS -- THIS 2024 BUDGET IS BALANCED BASE AND A PROPERTY TAX VALUE OF $7.5 BILLION. THAT IT WAS AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY $937 MILLION, WHICH IS -- EQUALS ABOUT -- A LITTLE OVER 40% INCREASE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
SO FOR THE CITY, THAT -- THAT MEANS AN ADDITIONAL 3.6 IN ADDITIONAL AD VALOREM REVENUE FOR NEXT YEAR.
WITH THIS, WE ARE -- IN THE BOOK YOU WERE PROVIDED BACK IN JULY, PROPOSING KEEPING THE MILLAGE RATE 472979 MILLS BASED ON THE $7.5 BILLION TAX VALUE. THE ROLLBACK RATE AS CALCULATED THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS 3.9405 MILLS.
HAND THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT COME VOTING TIME IN SEPTEMBER, BUT I WANT TO AT LEAST MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT NOW.
OOPS, WRONG BUTTON. SO IN YOUR BOOK, BACK AT STRATEGIC PLANNING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU ALL INSTRUCTED US TO INCREASE THE FIRE ASSESSMENT BASED ON THE FIRE CONTRACT. THIS YEAR, THE FIRE CONTRACT INCREASED 3%. INCREASING THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FROM $290 PER UNIT TO $298.70. SO JUST TO KIND OF IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE RATE HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY IS ABOUT 317. SO YOU CAN SEE WE ARE BELOW THE COUNTY AVERAGE. THEN HERE -- AND AS YOU ALL KNOW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE DID AN UPD UPDATED RATE STUDY OF THE NEW GROWTH HAPPENING IN THE WEDGE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. FISCAL 2024, THE LEGAL MAXIMUM FOR FIRE ASSESSMENT IS $375 PER UNIT.
SOYOU CAN SEE WE ARE WELL -- WELL BELOW THAT LEGAL THRESHOLD.
AND, AGAIN, BASED ON YOUR GUIDANCE OF PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS. WE WILL DO INCREMENTAL INCREASE TO THIS ASSESSMENT TO KEEP UP WITH INCREASES IN THE PARKLAND FIRE CONTRACT. THEN WE HAVE OUR SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT. THIS IS A -- THIS IS GOING TO BE INCREASE BEING $15 PER YEAR TO $431.64.
THIS IS A STRAIGHT PASS THROUGH BASED ON OUR CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT THAT IS CAPPED AT A 3.5% INCREASE PER YEAR.
AND ALSO THIS YEAR FOR FISCAL YEAR '24, THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF WHAT IS A MULTIPLE YEAR PROCESS STARTING BACK IN 2019 TO BRING THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT TO FRUITION. SO YOU ALL PASSED RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES THROUGHOUT -- EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AND WE WILL COLLECT APPROXIMATELY $500,000 IN
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REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR '24 BASED ON THE SIX DISTRICTS LISTED THERE ON THE GRAPH RANGES FROM $37 PER RESIDENT TO $172 PER RESIDENT IN THE RANGES FOR THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT.SO I MENTIONED THIS BACK IN JULY.
AS THE COST OF GOODS AND SERVICES CONTINUE TO INCREASE, AS WE APPROACH BUILDOUT, WE WILL ONLY RECEIVE ABOUT A 2% TO 3% INCREASE IN OUR AD VALOREM REVENUE.
STARTING POTENTIALLY IN 2026, THE INCREASES FOR FIRE AND POLICE WILL POSSIBLY OUTWEIGH -- INCREASE HIGHER THAN THE AD VALOREM GROWTH WE RECEIVE. 2026 WITH BUILD-OUT, THE -- ALL THE CONSTRUCTION WITH WEDGE PRESERVE PARK, THE PERSONNEL BEING ADDED TO IT AND ALL THE ADDITIONAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES NECESSARY TO OPERATE THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME. FUTURE MILLAGE INCREASE ALSO BE NECESSARY. THOSE DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HAD AT STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS, BUT JUST AS A FRAME OF REFERENCE RIGHT NOW, .1 OF A MILL EQUATES TO 700,000 IN AD VALOREM REVENUES. KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND. SO THIS -- ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT THIS OUT FOR YOUR RESIDENTS WATCHING AT HOME AND HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. THE CITY OF PARKLAND DOES DOES NOT GET 100% OF YOUR TAX BILL. I THINK THAT IS COMMON MISCONCEPTION AMONG RESIDENTS. YOUR TAX BILL IS BROKEN INTO SEVEN DIFFERENT TAXING AUTHORITIES OF WHICH THE CITY GETS APPROXIMATELY 23% OF YOUR TAX BILL.
BROWARD COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD MAKE UP ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF EVERY -- EVERYONE'S TAX BILL EVERY YEAR.
THEN YOU HAVE A LITTLE SMALL PORTION FOR THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, SERVICES COUNCIL. SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT AND THE THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT.
SO ALWAYS -- HERE IS THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATES FOR SOME OF THE NEIGHBORING CITIES. HERE YOU CAN SEE WE ARE AT 4.297. AND THE SOUTH OF CORAL SPRINGS.
6.2. OUR FRIENDS AT MARGATE IS 7.6.
USING VALUES, THE AVERAGE TAXABLE VALUE OF A HOME IN PARKLAND IS $630,000 BASED ON THEIR DATA.
THAT SAME HOUSE IN CORAL SPRINGS WILL PAY ABOUT $1200 MORE IN TAXES. AND IN MARGAT $2800 MORE IN TAXES. I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT WE HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST TAX RATES HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY.
SOME OF THE GENERAL FUND HIGHLIGHTS THAT WERE NOTED IN YOUR BUDGET BOOK IS THE AADDITION OF THREE FULL-TIME POSITION. HERE IN GREEN ONE MOTION, THE IRRIGATION TECHNICIAN THAN IS HAS BEEN ADDED SINCE I PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION TO YOU BACK IN JULY.
WE HAVE LEAD PROGRAM SPECIALIST PREVIOUSLY ELIMINATED BEING ADDED IN MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN FOR WATER SERVICE AND STORMWATER. AND SERVICE TECHNICIANS.
COST OF LIVING 5% ACROSS THE BOARD.
MERIT INCREASES THE SAME AS WE HAD IN THE PAST.
30% TO 3%. AND UP TO 11% TO ENHANCE THE BENEFIT PACKAGE FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THIS IS NOT A PENSION PLAN.
SO THE CITY IS NOT SUBJECTED TO ANY POTENTIAL UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITIES THAT MANY OF THE OTHER CITIES HAVE STRAPPED WITH AND HAVE A HARD TIME FUNDING. WE HERE IN PARKLAND, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM. AGAIN TO ENHANCE OUR BENEFIT PROGRAM, WE OFFER A 4% MATCH IF AN EMPLOYEE -- A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTES 4% OF THEIR SALARY TO THEIR 457 PLAN, THE CITY WILL MATCH THAT 4%. A GREAT PROGRAM THERE FOR THE EMPLOYEES. HAND THIS YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING AT A MINIMAL HEALTH INSURANCE RATE CHAINS CHANGES.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL HEALTH BENEFITS TO FURTHER ENHANCE OUR ROBUST BENEFITS PACKAGE TO KEEP AND RETAIN OUR HIGH QUALITY EMPLOYEES. GENERAL INSURANCE, THAT IS PROPERTY, CASUALTY, AUTO, HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL TAKE A PRETTY BIG HIT WITH HURRICANE IAN DECIMATED THE PROPERTY MARKET PRETTY GOOD STATEWIDE. SO WE ARE -- WE ARE BUDGETING A PRETTY LARGE INCREASE THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGETS. AND WE WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. BSO APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION.
FIRE RESCUE A 3% INCREASE. STABILIZATION RESERVE.
I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS EVERY YEAR.
RIGHT NOW IT IS ABOUT $12.2 MILLION.
THAT IS 25% OF BUDGET EXPENDITURES.
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WHAT THAT POT IS FOR IN THE EVENT OF ANY ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES AND OR NATURAL DISASTERS.SO WHEN HURRICANE IRMA HIT IN 2017, WE INCURRED ABOUT $177 MILLION AND $1.8 MILLION DEBRIS REMOVAL AND PERSONNEL COST.
WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT STABILIZATION FUND TO PAY FOR THOSE EXPENDITURES. WHILE WE -- YOU KNOW, WHILE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING IT REIMBURSED FROM FEMA WHICH HAS BEEN FULLY PAID BACK TO THE CITY.
WE HAVE OUR INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE OF 5% OF OUR COVERED PROPERTY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS DO IS SET ASIDE MONEY FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT PLANS, OUR -- AND OUR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PLANS. SO YOU WILL SEE WE ARE INCREASING THE INFRASTRUCTURE EVER SO SLIGHTLY WHILE MAINTAINING THE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUNDING AT $500,000.
THIS YEAR, GIVEN ALL THE -- YOUR PRICE UNCERTAINTIES WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS AND WHATNOT. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADD $1 MILLION TO FUND THE CAPITAL PROJECTS RIGHT OFF THE BAT AS WELL. THIS IS KIND OF A GENERAL SNAPSHOT OF WHERE SOME OF THE OPERATING PROTECTIONS WE WILL SEE. OVERALL, IT IS ABOUT A 5% INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD. AND NOT TAKING INTO EFFECT THOSE TRANSFERS OUT TO -- TO THOSE REPLACEMENT FUNDS AND THE CAPITAL FUNDS. HERE -- HERE IS THE LIST OF THE PROPOSED CAPITAL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THESE ARE IN YOUR BUDGET BOOK WHICH OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST -- THE BIGGEST PROJECT COMING ON BOARD IS THE WEDGE RESERVE PARK AT $22, $23 MILLION. MULTIYEAR PROJECT AND DESIGN PHASED IN AND THIS WILL FUND THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF IT GOING FORWARD. WE HAVE SOME OTHER PROJECTS.
HILLSBORO LIGHTING. I.T. REPLACEMENTS.
IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE PARKS.
SOME LIGHTING. SOME -- SOME ADDITIONAL REMODELING AT TERRAMAR, PINE TRAILS.
AT THAT FEW EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AND WHATNOT.
SAME THING FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENTS.
HERE YOU WILL SEE TWO ITEMS IN GREEN THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED SINCE THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS PRESENTED TO YOU IN JULY.
ONE IS FOR LIBERTY PARK PLAYGROUND FENCING ADDING $175,000 FOR THAT AND FIRE SERVICE REPLACEMENT AT STATION 42 AND STATION 97 FOR $85,000. OTHERWISE, MOST -- THESE WERE ALL PROGRAMMED REPLACEMENTS FOR BASEBALL FIELDS, FENCE DUGOUTS AND SOME ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.
CITY HALOGEN RATER. TERRAMAR IMPROVEMENTS.
VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS AT PINE TRAILS.
TENNIS CENTER AND CITY HALL AND THE LIBRARY AS WELL.
OUR CAPITAL REPLACEMENTS, WE HAVE ADDED SOME $61,000 AND SINCE JULY, THAT IS TO TAKE CARE OF EXTRICATION EQUIPMENT THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS. OTHERWISE THESEF-150S, 250S GTORS, AND MOWERS ARE ALL PROGRAMMED AS REPLACEMENTS OF END-OF-LIFE OF THE PREVIOUS ITEMS AND GETTING THE NEW THINGS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY ORDERING A TRUCK OR A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING TO SAY THE LEAST. AND IT IS TAKING IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER AND EVER JUST TO GET A SIMPLE F-150 OR F-250 DELIVERED.
IN ADDITION, IN THIS BUDGET, THERE IS $3.2 MILLION BUDGETED FOR THE RANCH'S ROADWAY RESURFACING.
ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION FOR PINEWOOD ESTATES AND $37,000 FOR PINE TRAIL DRAIN OUTFALLS. THE IMPROVEMENTS AND PINE TREE DRAINAGE WILL BE CONTINUED WITH FUNDS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. SO OVERALL, OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM IS $31.5 MILLION OF LARGE, ROBUST, YOU KNOW -- A LOT OF IT IS TAKEN THROUGH THE WEDGE PRESERVE PARK.
AND SOME OF THESE NEW PROJECTS ON BOARD.
WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY -- FIELD ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY THEY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO ASK OF THEM.
IF I CAN'T ANSWER MYSELF, EVERYONE -- ALL HANDS ARE ON DECK. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL.
>>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: MAYOR OR COMMISSIONER CUTLER, DO YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS? >>MAYOR: I MEAN, I AM JUST GOING TO DO MY NORMAL BROWN NOSING AND SAY WHAT A FANTASTIC JOB YOU GUYS ALWAYS DO. BUDGET IS PERFECT.
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YOU GUYS -- ALWAYS ON POINT. YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU GUYS LISTEN TO US WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING.IT GOES NOT JUST FOR YOU, CHRIS, BUT OBVIOUSLY NANCY AND ALL THE STAFF. I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU GUY DO
FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND. >>CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON: THANK
YOU. >>COMMISSIONER CUTLER: I JUST WOULD HAVE REITERATED THAT AND THE MAYOR BEAT ME TO IT.
GOOD JOB, GUYS. I THOUGHT THE BOOK WAS PUT
TOGETHER VERY WELL. >>VICE-MAYOR BRIER:
COMMISSIONER ISROW. >>COMMISSIONER ISROW: I WILL ECHO THAT AS WELL. NO, SIR AN EASY TASK.
ONE QUESTION OF THE BSO CONTRACT, A MILLION NINE IN ADDITION. THE CONTRACT INCREASE WAS 788.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE REMAINDER OR THE DIFFERENCE IS THE NEW OFFICER? IS THAT --
>>CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON: THAT WAS ACTUALLY A NEW OFFICER WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED, BUT THEN WHEN WE GOT THE REVISED NUMBER IN JULY AFTER THE FRS NUMBERS CAME OUT BASED ON THEIR RETIREMENT RATES, THAT ATE UP THE $200,000 RIGHT THERE.
SO THERE IS THE ANSWER TO THAT, UNFORTUNATELY.
>>COMMISSIONER ISROW: I GOT IT. THANK YOU.
>>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN.
>>COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN: FIRST OF ALL, I MET WITH NANCY AND CHRIS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S CLARIFICATION.
WHEN WE ARE TALKING OF CAPITAL PURCHASES, ESPECIALLY, VEHICLES.
ALTHOUGH YOU SHOW THE PRICE OF $40,000 OR $50,000 FOR A VEHICLE, WE STILL SURPLUS THE OLD ONE SO THERE IS MONEY THAT COMES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
>>CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON: WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE USE TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE THE RETURN AND ESTABLISH IT IF WE GET $2,000, $3,000, $4,000. WHATEVER WE GET GETS PUT RIGHT
BACK INTO THAT REPLACEMENT FUND. >>COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN: I WANTED THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
$50,000, $60,000, WE GET SOME OF THAT BACK BASED ON THE SALE.
IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THERE. >>CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON: YES.
>> I WANT TO ECHO THAT EVERYTHING THAT COMMIS COMMISSIONER ISROW AND COMMISSIONER CUTLER AND MAYOR RICH WALKER HAS SAID. IT SEEMS LIKE AN EASY PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO AND IT IS NOT ANYTHING BUT. MY ONLY QUESTION -- THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK AND DOING AN AMAZING JOB ON THE BUDGETING.
MY ONLY QUESTION OF THE WEDGE PRESERVE PARK? IS THERE A DEAFIATION FACTOR BUILT IN? I KNOW WE ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGES AND THERE MAY BE BUDGET OVERFLOW, BUT IS ANY OF THAT FACTORED IN OR TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT SOME BUFFER. >> THERE IS A CONTINGENCY IN THERE. I DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. OF THE PRICE REGULATIONS AND OVERRUNS THAT WE WILL INEVITABLY RUN INTO.
>> THANK YOU, CHRIS. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER
MAYERSOHN. >>COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN: I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A BUDGET ITEM BUT OBVIOUSLY IT INVOLVES MONEY. A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS AS WELL AS MYSELF AND OTHERS HAD ASTRONOMICAL INCREASES IN HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE. I JUST THROW IT OUT THERE FOR A QUESTION. IS THERE ANY WAY, ANY GRANT PROGRAM, ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE FOUND THAT CAN KIND OF HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THAT COST FOR OUR RESIDENTS? I KNOW THERE MAY BE STATE PROGRAMS OR FEDERAL PROGRAMS, BUT I KNOW SHERRI IS GOOD AT GETTING GRANTS ALL THE TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL FEEL THE PAIN.
AND, YOU KNOW, I AM JUST LOOKING AT WAYS TO HELP MITIGATE THAT.
>> WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF WE CAN.
WHAT WE WOULD DO IS SEND IT OUT THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS.
>>CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>VICE-MAYOR BRIER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING. NO PUBLIC COMMENT? THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WITH THAT WE WILL ADJOURN THE WORKSHOP AND SEE YOU BACK HERE AT 7:00 FOR OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED COMMISSION MEETING. AND MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.