[1. Call to Order]
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>> I WOULD LIKE TO START THIS MEETING WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD. THE MICROPHONE SOUNDS DIFFERENT.
AT 6:00 P.M. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE.
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, WITH LIBERTY AND JUST FOR ALL.
COMMISSIONER MURPHY SAL LOAN? >> HERE.
>> COMMISSION ISROW? >> I APOLOGIZE I HAVE TO DO MY
HAIR. >> CAN'T USE THAT EXCUSE ME
ANYMORE. >> VICE MAYOR BRIERE?
[4. Approval of the Agenda ]
>> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER COMMANDERMAN?
>> HERE. >> APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
>> MOTION APPROVED. >> SECOND.
MOTIONED BY VICE MAYOR BRIERE AND COMMISSIONER CANADA /*
[5. Final Public Reading of the FY2027 Millage and Budget ]
KANTERMAN. >> ITEM ITEM FIVE. THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 MILLAGE AND BUDGET. ANTONY, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU. ITEMS 5-A, AND 5-B.
>>ED OR FIRE ORDINANCE -- THE PARKLAND FLOOR DAY DON'TS MILL AVERAGE RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER 21, 2016.
ITEM 5-B. BUDGET SECOND READING.
ED OR MANSLAUGHTER OF CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND FLORIDA ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER 1, 2026 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2027.
PROVIDE FOR CONFLICTS SEVERABILITY AND INFECTIVE DATE.
THE CITY OF PARKLAND FINAL OPERATING MILLAGE RATE FOR 2027 IS 4.2979... THE TOTAL MILLAGE RATE FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2027 IS 4.2979 MILL. >> THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. KELLY SCHWARTZ, FINANCE DIRECTOR. WE ARE PROPOSING THE OPERATING MILLAGE RATE OF 4.2979, WHICH IS 4.44% GRATER THAN THE ROLL BACK RATE OF 4.1151. AND YOU WILL SEE IN DETAIL THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED -- RECEIVING AING ADDITIONAL 1.57 MILLION IN ADVER HOPPLE RUM REVENUE. SO THERE ARE OTHER INCREASES WHICH WILL COVER IN MORE DETAIL. I WILL GO FASTER TONIGHT BECAUSE OF COURSE WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF THOSE DETAILS AND DISCUSSIONS AT OUR WORKSHOP THAT IT WAS IN AUGUST AS WELL AS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS A LAST WEEK.
WE DISCUSSED HOW PROPERTY VALUE HAS 4.81% INCREASE.
WE ARE 9.1 BILLION AND AT PARKLAND INCREASE WAS LESS THAN THE COUNTRY AVERAGE. WE ARE MOSTLY EXEMPT RESIDENTIAL, SO THEY ARE RECEIVE THE SAVE OUR HOMES 3% INCREASE.
97% OF OUR PROPERTIES ARE RESIDENTIAL.
AND 82% OF THOSE HAVE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS.
WHEN YOU COMPARE US TO SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES, AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD WITH B.C.P.A. PROPERTY APPRAISER PUT OUT THAT PARKLAND IS THE MOST RESIDENTIAL AND WE ARE THE MOST EXEMPT WHICH IS WHY WE WILL HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT FROM AMENDMENT THREE IF IT WERE TO PASS.
WE WILL GO OVER THAT IN THE FUTURE SLIDE.
AND THIS IS JUST HOW WE COMPARE TO THE NEIGHBORING CITIES.
IN TALKING ABOUT OUR MILLAGE RATING WE HAVE -- PROPOSING 4.2979. THIS WILL BE THE 7TH STRAIGHT YEAR THAT WE HAVE THAT SAME MILL AM RATE.
AND IT WAS DECREASED FROM THE TWO PRIOR YEARS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 SO HAD BEEN AT 4.1 AND LOWERED TO 4.29.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS EVEN WITH OUR SMALLER
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MILLAGE RATE -- PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES, AS WELL AS PUT MONEY AWAY FOR CAPITAL. SO THE CITY HAS DONE AN DEPE EXCELLENT JOB OF MANAGING FINANCES OVER THE PAST DECADE. WHEN YOU COMPARE US TO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE LOWEST. WE ARE ONE OF THE LOWEST IN ALL OF THE COUNTY AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT CAP THAT THE STATE IMPOSES OF 10 MILLS WE ARE WELL BELOW THAT.WE HAVE A LOT MORE ROOM THAN A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES IF WE WERE TO NEED AN INCREASE IN THE FUTURE.
WHEN WE CONSIDER WHERE OUR TAXES GO, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT PARKLAND GETS A MAJORITY OF THE BILL BUT THIS IMAGE SHOWS THAT THE REALITY IS BURR RAND GET THE MAJORITY OF THE TAX BILL DOLLARS, 75% GO TO THOSE TWO AGENCIES AND SOME SMALLER AGENCIES THAT ALSO RECEIVED A VELOUR RUM REVENUE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT A LOT HERE AND I PROBABLY WILL NEVER STOP EMPHASIZING IS THAT SAVE OUR HOMES IS AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM THAT WORKS. IT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WHILE NOW AND WHEN YOU OWN YOUR HOME, YOU ARE ONLY GETTING THOSE MAXIMUM OF 3% INCREASES. THIS YEAR IT WAS 2.9 WITH THE C.P.I. THIS IS JUST A CHART TO SHOW WHEN THE PUBLIC IS TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH TAXES ARE GOING UP, THE REALITY IS OVER FIVE YEARS, A PART LAND HOME ONLY UP 15.2%.
ALL OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES WENT UP MUCH MORE AND LOOK UP GAS, 42%, AUTO INSURANCE, 757% AND THE PROPERTY INSURANCE INCREASES. THEED A VELOUR RUM INCREASES HAVE BEEN VERY LOW AND STABLE. OUR TOTAL BUDGET BEFORE YOU IS 69.8 MILLION DOLLARS. THAT IS AN 8% DECREASE FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET. GENERAL FUND IS 60.9 MILLION.
THE DEPARTMENT FOCUSSED ON ZERO DOLLAR NET INCREASE IN OPERATING BUDGETS SO OF COURSE THERE ARE SOME INCREASES ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONAL AND HEALTH INSURANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTROL BUT THEY WORKED REALLY HARD TO KEEP THEIR OPERATING COSTS IN CHECK.
AND WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING A CAPITAL FUND BUDGET OF 7.7 MILLION WITH THE CAVEAT THAT ALL CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE BASICALLY GOING TO BE MONITORED AND POTENTIALLY ON HOLD, PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT ARE THE NEED AND WANTS.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WE COFFERED IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, THAT WE ELIMINATED POSITIONS, THREE FULL TIME POSITIONS. ONLY ADDED ONE PART TIME FOR WEDGE PARK. THE COST OF LIVINGEN INCREASES WERE BUDGETED 3%. RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION IS UNCHANGED. AND WE RECEIVED A HEALTH INSURANCE RATE CHANGE OF 5%. I GOT A CALL AND THE POLISAID, -- FIRE DOES RECEIVE FIRE ASSESSMENT BUT THAT IS SMALL PIECE OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET SO THIS A GOOD IMAGE OF THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES, 61% OF THOSE ARE PROPERTY TAXES. THE NEXT CATEGORY DOES INCLUDE ASSESSMENT IS THE CHARGES FOR SERVICE AT 11%.
BUT WHEN YOU ADD UP ALL THOSE OTHER CATEGORIES, IT DOESN'T EVEN COME CLOSE. STILL DOESN'T COME CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY TAXES. AND WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE SALES TAX REVENUE, WHEN YOU ADD OUR SALES TAX AND HALF CENT SALES TAX, WE ARE NOT EVEN RECEIVING 5 MILLION DOLLARS FROM THAT. SO IT'S A MUCH SMALLER PORTION
THAN OURED A VALOR REM. >> WHERE DOES IT GO? PUBLIC SAFETY IN GENERAL. 47% OF GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS POLICE AND FIRE. THAT IS SOMETHING, PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY AND IT IS A CORE WHEN YOU LOOKS AT LINE ITEMS -- PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE AND FIRE,
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THAT INCREASE WAS OVER 1.6PUBLI THAT INCREASE WAS OVER 1.6 MILLION. POLICE AND FIRE ARE GOING UP 1.6 MILLION. THIS SLIDE DOCUMENTS HOW HARD THE DOCUMENTS WORKED TO KEEP THEIR OPERATING BUDGETS DOWN.MOST OF THEM WERE VERY, VERY SMALL.
COUPLE PERCENT AND EVEN WHEN YOU SAY OOH, THS BUDGET WENT UP 9%.
IT WAS ONLY 11,000 DOLLARS AND THAT WAS REALLY JUST THE REALLOCTION OF ONE EXPENSE FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER.
KEEPING BUDGETS IN LINE AND WORKING WITH REALLY LONG WITH BUDGET STAFF SHERRY AND THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT A VERY CONSERVATIVE BUDGET BEFORE YOU.
WE TOUCHED TO ON THOSE PROPOSED CAPITAL BUDGET COSTS OVERALL.
IT'S 7.7 MILLION. THE LARGEST BEING THE ROUND ROAD ROUND ABOUT. THERE IS A LOT OF ITEMS MONITORED, PENDING NOVEMBER AND EITHER PUSHED BACK OR POSSIBLE ELIMINATED. OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY HAVE A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION SET UP AND WE WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE OF THOSE DETAILED DISCUSSIONS BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS ON HERE LIKE THE PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE GENERATOR, THAT IS NOT A WANT. THAT IS NEED.
CAN'T HAVE THE FIRE STATION WITHOUT POWER.
THERE WILL BE CAPITAL COSTS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER.
THESE ARE THE CHANGES FROM THE JULY BOOK.
I WENT OVER THOSE IN A LOT OF DETAIL LAST TIME BUT JUST THE HIGH LEVEL. THE BIGGEST PIECE WAS THE B.S.O. INCREASE DUE TO THE F.R.S. INCREASE THAT THE LEGISLATION APPROVED FOR JULY 1ST.
ALSO, THE EXTRA DETAIL SERVICE BUDGET AND THE POLICE PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS. THE DEPARTMENT CHANGES ONLY NETTED 710,000. WE WERE ABLE TO BALANCE THOSE INCREASES BY DECREASING OUR CONTINGENCY AM.
SO NOW TO GO INTO A LITTLE OF AMENDMENT THREE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ARTICLES OUT THERE IN THE PAPER.
THERE IS SOME TALK ON SOME OF THE NEWS STATIONS BUT JUST TO PGIVE YOU A QUICK REVIEW OF IT, AND BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2027, THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY EXEMPTION WOULD INCREASE 50,000 TO 150,000. FOR NON-SCHOOL LEVIES.
BEGINNING THE FOLLOWING YEAR, HOMESTEAD WOULD INCREASE TO 250,000. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THERE IS INDEXING FOR INFLATION. AND THEN WITH NO DEADLINE SPECIFIED IN YEAR THREE, THEREBY IS LANGUAGE IN THE AMENDMENT THAT THE LEGISLATURE WOULD CREATE A SCHEDULE UP TO FULL ELIMINATION OF HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAXES.
AND WE DID CHECK THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE MATCHED THE REVISED LANGUAGE ON THE BALLOT. SO THAT WAS ONE AREA THAT DIDN'T CHANGE. SO NOT SOMETHING A LOT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS STILL IN THAT BALL WILL THE LANGUAGE. WOULD REDUCE THE CAP OF ASSESSMENT FOR NONHOMESTEADED PROPERTY FROM TEN TO 5%.
IT WOULD REQUIRE FIVE YEAR FLORIDA RESIDENCY PEER BEFORE NEW RESIDENTS CAN QUALIFY FOR THE EXTRA EXEMPTION.
AND IT SETS UP A LIST OF 7 CATEGORIES THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES COULD SPEND THEIR AD VALOREM DOLLARS ON.
WHAT THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT DO IS SPECIFICALLY PROTECT POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE SERVICES. IT DOES NOT CREATE A STATE TRUST FUND AND IT DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR ANY REPLACEMENT REVENUES.
THE REVENUE WE SHOW THAT PARKLAND WOULD DECREASE, THERE IS NO PLAN, NO ALTERNATIVE. ING SO THAT IT WAS THE OVER ALL AMENDMENT THREE PICTURE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR PARKLAND IN YEAR ONE? ESTIMATE TO LOSE 4.3 MILLION IN AD VALOREM REVENUE. AND YEAR TWO, THAT NUMBER INCREASES TO 8.5 MILLION. IN YEAR THREE, UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. DEPENDS ON WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DECIDES TO GO AND WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS PLANNED FOR THE UPCOMING LEGISLATION PERIOD OR FUTURE ONE. IF IT WERE TO INCREASE TO 500,000 EXEMPTION, IT WOULD BE OVER 17 MILLION DOLLAR LOSS IN PARKLAND. AS WE MEET ON THESE TOPIC TOS AND WE HAVE HAD MANY MEETING, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
OBVIOUSLY PLANNING FOR HOW THE CITY WOULD LOOK IN THE FUTURE.
THERE IS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN CONSIDER.
ON THIS PICTURE, ON THE LEFT SIDE, IS THE POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT WE COULD MAKE TO REVENUE SUCH AS INCREASING THE MILLAGE
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RATE. AND INCREASING OTHER TAXES AND FEES. OR INCREASING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. OF COURSE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS SCALE IS CUTTING EXPENDITURES, SO REDUCING EVENTS, REDUCING PROGRAMS AND SERVICE LEVELS INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY, DELAYING REPAIRS. AND MAINTENANCE AND THEY ARING TO OR ELIMINATING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.THESE WERE WHEN WE DRILLED INTO THE EXPENDITURE SIDE FURTHER.
WHEN YOU CONSIDER 5.8 MILLION, WON'T BE ONE OR TWO LINES TO FIND TO MAKE A CUT LIKE THAT. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOK AT WOULD BE WOULD WE NEED TO ELIMINATE NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS? ELIMINATE VACANCIES AS THEY OCCUR, REDUCE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT, ELIMINATE TRAVEL AND THE STATE OF THE CITY. ELIMINATE AID TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, ELIMINATE SENIOR PROGRAMS, CUT EVENTS POSSIBLY UPTOWN HALF. LEASE OR PRIVATIZE CITY FACILITIES, REDUCE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES INCLUDING LAND SCALE SERVICES FIELD MAINTENANCE AND WE WOULD TURN TO OUR DEPARTMENTS ONCE AGAIN AND ASK THEM WHERE ELSE CAN THEY CUT? AND IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO FIND PLACES TO CUT BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING VERY EFFICIENTLY. THIS WAS A GREAT CHART THAT COMMUNICATIONS PUT TOGETHER WHERE FINANCE DECIDED TO TAKE THE STATE C.F.O. FORMULA AND SELF-DOSE, YOU CAN SAY.
WE CALCULATED USING THEIR EQUATION WHERE YOU TAKE YOUR 2020 BUDGET, INCREASE IT FOR C.P.I. AND POPULATION INCREASES, AND YOU COMPARE TO THE 2025 BUDGET.
THE C.P.I. AND THE POPULATION INCREASES COMBINED HERE IS OVER 38%. OUR FIVE YEAR BUDGET CHANGE WAS LESS THAN 37%. 36.7%.
JUST A LITTLE QUICK MATH CALCULATION FOR THAT, WE WERE ABOUT 870,000 UNDER WHERE THAT CALCULATION WOULD HAVE LEFT IT AS AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL AND THEY ACTUALLY ADD AN EXTRA 5% BUFFER.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAYING DOES THIS INCLUDE THE 5%?
>> DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 5% BUFF PER WHEN THE STATE IF DOING THE CALCULATION, THEY HAVE DONE FIVE.
I HAVE SEEN 10% BUFFER. THIS IS UNDER THAT AMOUNT.
THAT WOULD BE A GREATER GAP. SO THAT WAS THE EXTREMELY FAST REVIEW OF THE SLIDE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FROM STRATEGIC PLANNING TO THE JULY INITIAL MEETING TO THE AUGUST WORKSHOP, TO THE MEETING LAST WEEK, AND TODD GAVE ME A GOOD CADENCE TO FOLLOW AS WE PENTOSEWENT FORWAR EVENING.
I ALWAYS ALL HERE FOR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE.
BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE PRESENTED A VERY STRONG CONSERVATIVE FISCALLY BUDGET AND THAUNTH DPARTMENT AND SHERRY AND CITY MANAGER FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS.
>> YEAH. I MEAN THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I MEAN WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY AGAIN OVER THIS BUDGET NOW QUITE A FEW TIMES.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> A COUPLE.
KELLY THANK YOU. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL BUT WE ARE DOING THE BEST JOB.
QUESTIONS I HAVE ARE ONE IS ABOUT FINANCE.
LOOKED LIKE AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME, 22% FROM LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR, ACTUAL, WHAT KIND OF COMPRISE? THE REASON IT CAUGHT MY EYE IS NOT LIKE AN ABSOLUTE SENSE BUT RELATIVE TO THE LIBRARY. RIGHT? ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS ABOUT THIS UPCOMING VOTE IS SOMEONE AT THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS A CHERISHED THING, WILL END UP BECOMING A NEGLECTED OR FORGOTTEN AND THE REASON I WORRY ABOUT THAN IS BECAUSE OF THIS EXEMPT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WANTS AND NEED AND A LOT OF ITEMS IN THE BUDGET THAT WE CAN ALL DEBATE, WHETHER THEY ARE WANTS OR NEED.
SOME FAMILIES ARE CONSIDER THEM DIFFERENTLY BUT I JUST THINK IF WE ARE LOOKING AT ALLOCATION OF FUNDS I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND FOR A LIBRARY WHICH IS ALREADY KIND OF WORKING ON ITS, YOU KNOW, BEST IT CAN WITH WHAT IT HAS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IF FINANCE, IF THERE IS WAYS TO HELP REDUCE THE EXPENSE OF FINANCE PERSONALLY, OPERATIONAL, OFFICIALLY, THAT PUTS MORE MONEY TOWARDS THE ISSIVE THAT THE RESIDENTS GET TO KIND OF USE INSTEAD OF INHERENTLY GET BENEFIT OF BUT NOT REALLY. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> WELL, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THAT PERCENTAGE INCREASE BUT I THINK IT IS KELLY'S DEPARTMENT SO I WILL LET
HER TAKE IT. >> TAKE IT AWAY, KELLY.
REQUEST HONESTLY IT WAS REALLY >> HONESTLY IT WAS REALLY ONE MAIN LINE ITEM. WE KNEW WE HAD TO DO THE IMPACT STUDY LAST YEAR. I REACHED OUT TO A COMPANY THAT
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DONE IT FOR US PREVIOUSLY AND SAID HOW MUCH IS AN IMPACT STUDY GOING FOR? WE PUT IN THE PRELIMINARY PROPOSED BUDGET AND THEN WHEN WE WENT OUT TO R.F.P. BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TO, THE STATE HAS CHANGED SOME LAWS, THAT FOR STATE REQUIREMENTS WITH IMPACT FEES AND THEY ADDED A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW REQUIREMENTS. SO WHEN WE GOT OUR BIDS IN, THEY WERE 40,000 MORE THAN WHAT I ANTICIPATED.AND WHAT WE WERE PRELIMINARILY GIVEN AS AN ESTIMATE.
THATS AFTER THE MAIN ITEM THAT CHANGED OUR BUDGET.
>> GOT IT. >> SO IT IS ONE-TIME CHARGE?
>> ONE TIME. >> IN OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN STUDIES OCCUR AND EVERY DEPARTMENT WE ALL HAVE THIS, IS THAT ONE TIME CHARGE WILL INFLATE THE BUDGET
FOR THAT ONE GIVEN YEAR. >> ANY WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT KELLY MENTIONED, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK A LOT OF RESIDENTS DON'T REALIZE AND DON'T UNDERSTAND, A LOT OF TIMES THE STATE WILL CHANGE LIKE THEY DID IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE FOR THE IMPACT STUDIES AND IT HAS TO BECOME MORE ROBUST AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE END UP BEARING THOSE COSTS. BUT THE STATE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING TO SUPPLEMENT THOSE THINGS.
INSTEAD OF MAKING REGULATIONS EASIER AND MAKING THINGS SO WE CAN DO THINGS CHEAPER, THEY MAKE IT MORE ONEROUS AND MORE INTENSIVE SO THAT WE END UP HAVING TO SPEND MORE MONEY TO SATISFY THE LAW AND REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES THEY PUT INTO
PLACE. >> JUST TO TOUCH ON THAT, TOO, IS YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOUR IMPACT FEES WITHOUT THAT STUDY.
IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FEE, UP OR DOWN, IT IS AN ANALYSIS OF YOUR CURRENTS SITUATION, YOU HAVE TO USE REALLY CURRENT DATA AND CURRENT STUDY.
THAT IS WHY YOU PUT IT OUT TO BID AND GET THE BEST YOU CAN.
BUT YOU APPROVED THAT AT THE LAST MEETING AND THAT WAS THE RATE WE WERE LOOKING AT. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE
FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. >> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> ONE FOR QUESTION.
>> ONE MORE. >> LAST TIME I BROUGHT UP THE COMMENTS WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SPLASH PAD AT LIBERTY PARK. I WOULD GET CLARIFICATION.
MAJORITY WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD BUT I THOUGHT MORE DISCUSSION OF ARE WE WAITING UNTIL AFTER THE VOTE?
>> WE WILL DISCUSS THAT WHEN AND IF IT COMES BACK TO THE AGENDA.
DOESN'T AFFECT THIS BUDGET. >> IT'S PLANNED TO COME -- ALREADY IN THE 2026 BUDGET SO ALREADY BUDGETED AND APPROVED IN THE MONEY IS SITTING THERE. BUT WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, WE DECIDED AT THE MEETING TO POSTPONE THAT DECISION UNTIL AFTER TAX REFORM. SO IT IS GOING TO COME BACK TO
YOU FOR DIRECTION. >> CAN'T MAKE THE DECISIONS IN THE VACUUM. WHETHER IT WAS A DIFFERENT MEETING OR NOT, I JUST -- I PERSONALLY DON'T VIEW THEM AS IN ISOLATION. I THINK THE LAST MEETING COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN MADE A COMMENT WHICH I RESPECT BUT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO RESPOND. SAID NOT FAIR WE BUDGETED FOR THIS AND THE RESIDENTS EXPECTED NEW SPLASH PAD.
WELL, I THINK EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND, IS ALL EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING RIGHT NOW.
WHICH IS THEY HAVE A LOT OF WANT AND HOPES AND DREAMS AND THINGS THEY HAVE ALL BEEN PLANNING FOR BUT RECOGNIZE THEY HAVE TOO PRIORITIZE. SO THE WAY I COMPARE IS IF THERE IS SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO IS WAITING TO BUILD A POOL.
THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE COVID.
THEY HAVE BEEN STORING AWAY THE MONEY AND THE CONTRACTOR SAID IT IS YOUR TURN. I THINK MOST OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION AND SAY, LOOKING GUYS WE WANT TO POOL. OF COURSE WE WANT A POOL.
LET'S BE REAL. LET'S TAKE THIS ONE DAY AT A TIME UNTIL WE SEE WHAT IS GOING AHEAD.
THAT IS WHAT I THINK WE WOULD DO AS A FAMILY MEMBER, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT AS THE STEWART OF THE CITY'S FUNDS WE WOULD ACT THE SAME WAY. WHICH IS OF COURSE, IF WE HAD ALL THE MEANS IN THE WORLD OUR SPLASH PAD WOULD LOOK LIKE ISNY WORLD, RIGHT? BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS I DON'T KNOW IF WE LIKE THE IDEA WE WILL DISCUSS THAT THEN. ONCE THESE BUDGETS ARE APPROVED NOW WE ARE WORKING BACKWARDS. HOLD ON, GO BACK AND INCORPORATE WHAT WE MAY HAVE SEEN COMING. WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL BUT WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS BASED OFF OF RACIAL BASIS AND DATA AND
FACTS. >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WHEN THAT BUDGET ITEM COMES UP, IF WE DECIDE NOT TO DO IT, THOSE WILL BE ADDITIONAL FUNDS INTO OUR BUDGET BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY BUDGETED. SO --
>> BUT THAT IS MY POINT. NOT SAYING DON'T USE THE MONEY.
IT IS USE IT FOR DIDN'T PURPOSES.
REALLOCATING IT. THAT IS THE CONVERSATION WE ENDED OUR LAST MEETING ON. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS FEELS OUT OF PLACE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A CONTINUITY
OF THAT CONVERSATION. >> I PERSONALLY NOT SEEN IT THAT WAY BECAUSE THE BUDGET IS THE BUDGET.
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WE DON'T TALK ABOUT EACH PARTICULAR ITEM.BECAUSE EVEN WHEN WE BUDGET FOR WE HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BUDGETED IN 2026, FOR 2027, THOSE ITEMS WILL ALSO COME UP AT THE TIME TO VOTE AND WE CAN STILL DECIDE YEA OR NAY AND THOSE FUNDS GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUNDS.
SO AGAIN, CAN ONLY AFFECT THE BUDGET POSITIVELY AS FAR AS GIVING US ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO POTENTIALLY USE ELSEWHERE.
GOING FORWARD. SO I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
NOT ADISAGREEING. JUST THERE IS GOING TO BE TONS OF THINGS THAT COME UP THAT WE HAD BUDGETED THAT WE MAY DECIDE LATER THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
THAT MONEY IS BUDGETED. DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO SPEND IT. IT JUST MEANS WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR IT. IN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS.
>> BUT ISN'T THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKSHOP, DIDN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ANY OF YOU ABOUT MY VIEWS UNLESS WE ARE ON THE -- HOLD ON. LET ME SPEAK.
IF I'M SITTING HERE SAYING THAT -- KELLY STARTED THIS CONVERSATION OFF. IT IS TIME TO START TALKING TO AND PUTTING ON OUR OXYGEN MASK FIRST BEFORE WE HELP OTHERS.
EVERY TIME I KEEP SAYING IT, WE KEEP SAYING WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT. PUTTING THE OXYGEN MASK ON.
PROACTIVE. IN A WORLD WHERE WE HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS TO COME TOMORROWMENT THAT IS THE JOB TO BE PLANNING AND PROACTIVE. MY POINT IS YOU STARTED BY SAYING WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WANT AND NEED.
IF YOU ARE TELLING ME WE WON'T HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS A WORKSHOP, TO ME VOTING ON IT AT THE OFFICIAL VOTE, THAT DOESN'T BENEFIT WE ARE NOT HAVING THE DIALOG WHY I AM MAKING THIS CONSIDERATION. ONE OF THE THINGS ON THERE IT WAS AT MOBILE STAGE. I HAVE BEEN SAYING I CONTINUES TO SEE HOW A MOBILE STAGE IS A NEED BUT IT IS ON THERE.
WHAT I'M HEARING THAT IS THERE. IT IS WHAT IT IS.
WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE IT AND IF I'M MISUNDERSTANDING, TELL ME. BUT THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO
GET TO. >> AGAIN, THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS WE WILL VOTE ON WHEN THAT ITEM COMES UP.
AND AT THAT TIME, WE WILL DECIDE WHETHER -- SO BASED ON WHAT YOU ARE SAYING WE SHOULD REALLY GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE LINE ITEM
TODAY AND VOTE ON IT NOW. >> ISN'T IT THE POINT -- OTHERWISE WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING?
>> TO APPROVE THE BUDGET. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE SPENDING THE MONEY. IT MEANS WE ARE APPROVE PRAYING T ING -- APPROVING THE BUDGET.
AS ITEMS COME UP, THOSE ITEMS AT THAT PEOPLE WE WILL VOTE ON.
>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER, SHOULD AMENDMENT THREE PASS, WE WILL BE HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A LOT OF ITEMS IN THE BUDGET GOING FORWARD. THAT ARE GOING TO END UP NOT GETTING APPROVE BECAUSE WE JUST WON'T HAVE IS THE MONEY FOR THEM. IN OUR SPLASH PAD, WILL PROBABLY BE THE LEAST OF OUR CONCERNS AT THAT POINT OR SMALL PORTION OF
IT. >> WASN'T AT THE LAST MEETING.
>> NO, I DON'T THINK AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN NOVEMBER, IT IS PREMATURE TO DECIDE ALREADY SOMETHING THAT IS BUDGETED FOR ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN WITHOUT THAT KNOWLEDGE. WE HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS WE CAN MAKE AT THE TIME WE MAKE THEM WITH THE INFORMATION AT THAT TIME AND THE MONEY WE HAVE AT THAT TIME.
THINGS WILL CHANGE AND I'M NOT SAYING TO PREPARE FOR THE -- THE BUDGET IS THE PROJECTED SPENDING IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL SPENDING.
THIS WHAT WE PROJECTED TO CHANGE WHICH WE CAN CHANGE.
WHEN WE DON'T APPROVE AN ITEM THAT IS BUDGETED THEN WE DON'T APPROVE AN ITEM THAT IS BUDGETED.
AND THAT WILL BE FRUGAL AND RESPONSIBLE WHEN WE HAVE TO DO AND THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE BUDGET GET APPROVED PRIOR TO
THAT. >> I WILL JUST ADD WHETHER AMENDMENT THREE PASSES. OR NOT WE WILL HAVE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE COME NEXT LEGISLATURE EVEN IF AMENDMENT THREE DOESN'T PASS THIS YEAR THERE MAY BE PROPOSALS IN THE NEXT LEGISLATURE ABOUT PROPERTY TAX REFORM AGAIN.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE -- IT WOULD BE FAR MORE DRAMATIC IF IT WERE TO PASS. WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE BELT TIGHTENING CONVERSATIONS AS WE GO FORWARD BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE END OF THE PROPERTY TAX REFORM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? LET'S GO -- SO WE WILL GO WITH AGENDA ITEM F-5; FISCAL YEAR, 2027, MILLAGE RATING SECOND READING IN ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?
>> PETER, COME ON UP. >> GOOD EVENING TO EVERYBODY.
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MAY Y-- MAYOR, COMMISSIONER... EVERYBODY OUT HERE.AND KELLY FOR HELPING ME OUT. I'M THE PERSON SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. THE PHONE CALL.
SO SORRY TO POINT AT YOU BY THE WAY.
IT WAS MORE OF A --TY DIDN'T PHRASE IT RIGHT.
I KNOW THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF -- YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AMENDMENT THREE. AND TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING. AND SOMETIMES I WONDER IF YOU GUYS ARE REALLY MEETING UP TO YOUR OBLIGATIONS.
OOH, WAIT I FORGOT TO SAY THIS. I PUT THIS DOWN.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT. RIGHT UP FRONT.
OK. FOR THE ENTIRE COMMENT SECTION.
I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER ISROW BY THE WAY.
YOU HAVE SIX STRATEGIC GOAL AND OBJECTIVES.
I DIDN'T BOTHER TO GO SEE IF THEY ARE STILL THERE.
WENT BACK AND PULLED UP THE NOTES WHERE I SPENT 20 MINUTES.
MY WIFE SAYS DON'T SPEND ANYMORE TIME THAN THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME BUT YOU HAVE SIX STRATEGIC GOALS.
ONE IS SUSTAINING TO AND FINANCIAL SOUND CITY GOVERNMENT AND INSIDE THAT TIS ONE OF THE GOALS.
HERE IT IS. HAVE COST BOURNE BY THOSE RECEIVING SPECIAL BENEFITS AND YOU SEEM TO -- SEEMS TO IGNORE THAT GOAL. AND OBJECTIVE.
I HAVE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES.
MANY TIMES. YOU USED TO SEE ME ALL THE TIME.
I HATE SAYING THAT. YOU STOP TO TALK ABOUT SPENDING MONEY, $2 MILLION, $3 MILLION FOR ROADS AND DIDN'T THINGS THAT ARE -- SAME THING WITH -- STARTING SOMETHING IN THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR IS $30,000 TO WHAT IT IS COUNTRY ACRES TO STUDY FIRE SUPPRESSION, WHETHER THEY NEED HYDRANTS OR A WELL OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE OR REPLACE A DRAFT.
THAT IS JUST THE STUDY THEN IF YOU KEEP ADDING IT UP, IT WILL BE MORE AND MORE. YOU SPENT BACK IN 2016, 17, 18, ALMOST 3 MILLION DOLLARS IN TO THE RANCHES.
IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING ANOTHER -- HOW MANY MILLIONS TO DO THE ROAD AND HYDRANTS AND THE RANCHES AND DON'T MENTION ASSESSMENT.
THE ONLY TIME ASSESSMENT IS MENTIONED IS INVOLVING PINE TREE ESTATE. THERE IS A FORM THAT IS PULL FULFILLED OUT AND THE ERE -- IF SAME PROJECT IS DONE IN ANOTHER AREA, IT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, GOOD FOR THE CITY. I'M DONE.
MAINLY COME BACK LATER FOR THE >> THANKS, PETER.
>> I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU OVER THE FENCE ON THIS.
AT OUR USUAL CONVERSATION. I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS WITH YOU
>> OK. >> ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC
SEEING NONE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> GO AHEAD. >> WE HAVE A MOTION PRESSURE MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2027 MILLAGE RATE.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE MAYOR BRIER AND
COMMISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE. >> ITEM 5-B. SECOND READING.
ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING THERE IS NONE. MOTION.
>> >> THE BUDGET IS KNEADED ITEM.
WITH NEED TO APPROVE OUR BUDGET AT THIS TIME FRAME.
SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND THEN ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS AS WE GO FORWARD TO ITEMS THAT ARE ALLOCATED WHETHER IT IS BECAUSE OF SHORT FALLS THAT WE ANTICIPATE IN REVENUE FROM TAXES OR ANYTHING ELSE CAN BE DETERMINED ON AN AS THEY COME UP BASIS, AND NOTHING IS SET IN STONE JUST BECAUSE IT IS IN THE BUDGET. WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEARER FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE LISTENING THAT WE ARE APPROVING A BUDGET BUT IT IS OUR -- THERE CAN BE FLUCTUATIONS AND COULD BE CHANGES BY THIS DAY AS BASED ON OUR CONCERN THAT REVENUE ANY
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DECREASE OR DO MORE BELT TIGHTENING IN CERTAIN AREA.WE CAME BACK TO THIS YEAR WITH A MID YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT.
BUDGET 60 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR CLOSE, SO THAT IS THROUGH NOVEMBER. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A YEAR END BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR YOU. IF WE FEED ANY INCREASES, OR CHANGES BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS OR FUND, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO DO IT AS BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH IS ORDINANCE THAT IS HEARD THROUGH TWO READINGS. IF IT IS SOMETHING YOU DECIDE NOT TO DO, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO AMENDMENT IT.
YOU CAN JUST LET THAT FUNDING GROW BACK INTO THE FUND BALANCE OF THE CITY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION. YOU CAN IF THAT IS YOUR DIRECTIVE BUT YOU CAN JUST LET THAT -- MONIES ROLL INTO FUND BALANCE. BUT ANY INCREASES OR TRANSFERS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS OR FUNDS, WE CAN AMND THROUGHOUT
AMENDMENT. >> I WILL ADD IN, THIS NOT FOR TONIGHT BUT NANCY, MAYBE ADD TO THE WORKSHOP ITEM OR SOMETHING.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC GOALS AND IF THERE ARE ANY UPDATE OR ANY DISCUSSIONS AROUND THOSE.
>> WE WILL BE PRESENTING IN NOVEMBER.
>> OK, PERFECT. >> WE GO THROUGH THAT ON A
RESIDENTS COMMENT THOSE ARE WORTH REVISITING AND MODIFYING
WE WILL HAVE AN EARLIER STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION BASED ON TAX REFORM STATUS. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, ANY TIME THE CITY PURCHASE AN EXPENDITURE GREATER THAN $50,000, IT NEED YOUR APPROVAL. SO YOU WILL SEE IT ON AN AGENDA.
AND THAT IS WHERE WE SIT DOWN IN THE ONE-ON-ONE AND DISCUSS IT AND EXPLAIN WHY WE NEED IT. MAYBE WE DON'T.
AND THOSE -- HOW WE WILL MOVE IT FORWARD.
YOU WILL VOTE ON IT OR NOT. SO YOU WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY AND ANYTHING GREATER THAN 50,000 IS NOT LIKE A REOCCURRING CONTRACT THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED.
>> THANK YOU. >> ANYONE MOTION?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BRIERE AND SECOND BY EXHICOMMENTER
[6. Approval of Minutes ]
KANTERMAN.>> PLEASE SHOW, PASSES 4-1. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
>> COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. SECONDED BY SALOMONE.
[7. Comments from the Public on Non-Agenda Items ]
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NON-AGENDA ITEMS? IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WOULD LIKE IN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT.COMMENTS BY THE COMMISSION? SO WE HAVE -- START DOWN AT THE END. COMMISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE.
>> THANKS, MAYOR. WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON TONIGHT WITH VILLAGE IN THE PARK. I WILL JUST SAY THAT HOPE THAT EVERYONE THAT OBSERVES YOM KIPPUR HAD AN EASY FAST AND A TIME OF REFLECTION AND RENEWAL. AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FALL AND ALL THE WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING OUR GREAT PUMPKIN PATCH ETC. ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT OUR STAFF DOES AND ONE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS NOT THAT IS LAST, BUT ADDITIONALLY, IS OUR SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY, MOVE FORWARD NOW THAT WE GOT THE VOTE.
WE ARE FAST TRACKING THE R.F.P.'S THAT WILL HELP US TO EXECUTE ON THE MASTERPLAN. AND WE GOT A FANTASTIC LAST WEEK PRESENTATION BY THE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH FOLKS THAT IS JUST PHENOMENAL BRING IT TO THE SCHOOL, INCLUDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS. AND JUST REALLY EXCITING AND WE WILL -- THIS COMMISSION WILL HAVE A ROLE IN IT AND I WILL CERTAINLY TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT. BUT REALLY EXCITING.
SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANKS, MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> COMMISSIONER ISROW?
>> THANK YOU. LY KEEP IT SHORT.
-- HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAS A NICE HOLIDAY.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. >> COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN?
>> NO COMMENT. JUST NICE TO KNOW THE FLORIDA PANTHER ARE BACK AND PRE-SEASON IS GOING.
THAT IS ALL I GOT. >> ARE THEY GOOD THIS YEAR?
>> BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. >> AS LONG AS EVERYBODY STAYS
>> WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS ALWAYS.
WE HAD A FRIEND PASS IN THE FAMILY AND IT'S BEEN A ROUGH WEEK, WITH THAT I DON'T WANT TO MISS MY WIFE'S BIRTHDAY IS SUNDAY. TERESA, I LOVE YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. REQ . HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TERESA.
AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY.
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SATURDAY? >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COMMISSIONER AS WELL. 21 AGAIN.
>> BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29.AT 6:00 P.M., THE PARKLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS HAVING A PANEL TO DISCUSS AMENDMENT THREE TO TALK ABOUT HOW PARKLAND WILL BE AFFECTED WITH THE POTENTIAL AMENDMENT THREE.
ONE THING I KNOW, KELLY ALWAYS DOES A GREAT JOB AND SHE WAS VERY GOOD AT EXPLAINING BUT WANT TO REITERATE.
ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE ARE NOT TALKING ENOUGH AROUND ARE YEAR ONE. IT'S 150,000.
ADDITIONAL OR NOT ADDITIONAL, TOTAL HOMESTEAD.
THAT WILL IMPACT PARKLAND, HOW THAT WILL IMPACT PARKLAND, YOU KNOW, WE WILL NOTICE SOME POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES.
YEAR TWO IS 250,000 DOLLARS. AGAIN, THAT WILL BE A DEEPER IMPACT TO THE CITY OF PARKLAND. CITY OF PARKLAND WILL LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT DOES TODAY. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS OF TODAY, THE U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT RANKS THE CITY OF PARKLAND AS NUMBER ONE CITY IN FLORIDA TO LIVE.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE STAFF AND OUR COMMISSION FOR THAT RECOGNITION.
VERY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT.
BUT, THEN, YOU STEP TO YEAR THREE, WHICH KELLY WAS VERY GOOD AT POINTING OUT. IT IS VERY VAGUE.
BUT THERE IS LANGUAGE THAT SAYS UP TO FULL I ALELIMINATION OF PROPERTY TAXES. FULL ELIMINATION OF PROPERTY TAXES WOULD MEAN A 75% CUT TO PARKLAND'S BUDGET.
ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT FINANCE OR BUSINESS, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I DON'T KNOW ANY COMPANY, ANY GOVERNMENT, ANY BUSINESS, ANYONE WHO CAN SUSTAIN A 75% REDUCTION IN THEIR BUDGET AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN A WAY THAT OUR RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE IN SEE. SO THOSE WILL BE -- THAT WILL BE A VERY DIFFICULT PILL FOR US TO SWALLOW.
IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, I DON'T THINK IT IS POSSIBLE TO DEPU DEDUCT 75% FROM THE BUDGET AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE. THAT WILL NOT BE A DECISION THATLY MAKE ALONE. THAT WILL BE MADE BY THE RESIDENTS. SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH AMENDMENT THREE BUT LEAVING SOMETHING SO VAGUE IN AND COCONSTITUTIONAL ITEM, GIVES FAR TOO MUCH POWER TO AN ENTITY THAT DOES NOT KNOW THE INNER WORKINGS OF OUR PARTICULAR CITY.
I AM A HUGE PROPONENT OF GOVERNMENT BEING DONE BY THOSE CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE WHICH IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WE, AS A COMMISSION, STAFF, WE ARE OUT IN THE CITY EVERY DAY TALKING TO OUR RESIDENTS, SEEING THEM AT BUSINESS, SEEING THEM AT PARKS, I FEEL I HAVE, WHICH I'M SURE YOU FEEL THE SAME, A VERY GOOD FEEL OF WHAT OUR RESIDENTS EXPECT FROM OUR US, EXCEPT FROM STAFF, AND EXPECT FROM OUR GOVERNMENT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE IN TALLAHASSEE HAVE THAT SAME FEEL OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND OUR CITY, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY -- AT 75% YOU HAVE TO SAY IT.
POTENTIALLY BANKRUPT OUR FINE CITY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ME.
AND I DO WANT TO BRING UP BECAUSE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT.
WELL, THE GOVERNOR WILL HAVE GRANT.
THE GOVERNOR HAS ADMITTED THAT THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR GRANTS, WHICH SAYS HE'S ADMITTING THERE WILL BE A NEED FROM CITIES TO COVER THE SHORT FALL JUST TO OPERATE.
HOW WILL THOSE GRANTS BE PAID FOR? WHO WILL GIVE OUT THOSE GRANTS? HAS NOT BEEN TALKED ABOUT, HAS NOT BEEN TOLD TO ANYONE, HOW THAT WILL WORK.
WILL THEY DECIDE TO GIVE EVERYONE GRANTS? AND IF THEY DO, WHERE IS THAT MONEY COMING FROM? THEY ARE NOT GETTING THOSE GRANTS OUT OF ANYONE AIR.
SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE DOLLARS TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO CITIES WHO HAVE A SHORT FALL JUST FOR THE BARE NECESSITIES.
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I KNOW TODD DOESN'T LIKE WAY I BRING IT UP BUT I BRING IT UP ALL THE TIME AND HE KNOWS WHAT I WILL SAY.THERE ARE 13 COUNTIES IN THE STATEMENT OF FLORIDA THAT HAVE PROPERTY VALUES UNDER $250,000. WHICH MEANS THEIR ASSESSED VALUE ARE UNDER $250,000. SO IF THE HOMESTEAD GOES TO $250,000, THERE IS 13 COUNTIES THAT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY. SOMEONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE 13 COUNTIES TO KEEP THEIR RESIDENTS SAFE.
AND WON'T BE THEM. IT IS GOING TO BE OTHERS.
SO THERE WILL BE MONIES IN OTHER AREAS THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO PAY TO COME UP WITH THOSE SHORT FALLS.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE IS NOTHING AND THE REGULAR AGENDA.
THERE IS NOTHING. MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE HAVE NEXT MEETING IN 11
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.