[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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HMM HMM. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING . TODAY IS SEPTEMBER. 13TH 2022 . WE'RE HAVING A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. 23 BUDGET HEARING THAT TIME IS 501. I'D LIKE TO CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER WE'RE GONNA ROLL CALL PLACE, COMMISSIONER MORE. YES, MA'AM. YES MA'AM. MR. GRIFFITHS IS ABSENT. COMMISSIONER HAM? YES, MA'AM CHAIRMAN CAROL? YES, MA'AM. TODAY'S INDICATION WILL BE LED BY JEREMY PRIDGEN FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY MR MIKE BUTLER FEUD ALL PLEASE STAND LET'S PRAS AT THE END OF THIS DAY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER TO REFLECT ON THE VALUES THAT WE HOLD, DEAR , IS THIS COMMISSION CRAFTS A BUDGET TO LEAD AND GUIDE YOUR PEOPLE HERE IN BAY COUNTY? WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY GOOD GIFT THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN AND FOR THE LABOR THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED THAT HAS ENTRUSTED RESOURCES FOR COMMON GOOD AND THE COMMON PURPOSE. AND AS WE PUT THOSE DOLLARS TO USE TO, UH HELP IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS HERE. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE YOUR WISDOM TO OUR LEADERS AND THAT THE THINGS WE DO WOULD BE IN LINE WITH YOUR VALUES FOR ALL OF YOUR PEOPLE.
WE PRAY THESE THINGS TO CHRIST NAME. AMEN. MY PLEASURE, PLEASE TO LOOK LIKE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE SAME ONE NATION GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU BOTH.
[a. Budget Public Hearing]
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING WILL OPEN IT UP IN A FEW MINUTES TO ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO MISS MIRANDA GRIFFIN, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO CONDUCT HERE. FLOOR'S YOURS. GOOD EVENING. WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE MILLAGE WRITE REVIEW. BEFORE YOU IS A GENERAL FUND MILLAGE RATE OF 4.4. 362 MOSQUITO CONTROL 3620.2. MM STU . FIRE IS 1.38 FOR A TOTAL OFFICE AT 6.162. THIS IS THE SAME MILITARY AS LAST YEAR. WE DID NOT INCREASE. UM. JUST AS THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE COME IN NUMBER SEVEN IN THE STATE. AS FAR AS MILITARY LOWEST MILITARY RIGHT. OUR AGGREGATE ROLLED BACK RATE IS 4.7264. AND THE AGGREGATE MILITARY RATE IS 5.707 . THIS IS A 7.28% INCREASE. IN THAT IS YOUR MILITARY REVIEW? UM I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN JUST TO MAKE SURE WE READ THIS BECAUSE IT IS A REQUIREMENT. THE AGGREGATE ROLLBACK MILLAGE FOR FY 23 IS 4.7264 MILLS. THE TOTAL AGGREGATE MILLAGE IS 5.70 MILLS , AND THAT IS AN INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK MILITARY OF 7.28.THE TOTAL. MILITARY RATE IS 6.162 THAT IS BROKEN DOWN WITH THE GENERAL FUND AT 4.4362.
MOSQUITO CONTROL IS 0.2. AN ILLNESS TO YOU. FIRE IS 1.38. AND WE ASK THAT YOU MAKE A MOTION AND APPROVED THESE VILLAGES. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FOR PRESCRIPTION? WHAT WE DO HAVE TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO COME SPEAK ON THE BUDGET. IF YOU WOULD JUST COME LINE UP ONE AT A TIME. COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS REGARDING THE BUDGET. EVERYBODY DONE SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND WE HAVE WE NEED A MOTION MOTION. SECOND THE MOTION A SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE COMMISSIONER MORE. YES, MA'AM. YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER HAM CHAIRMAN CAROL? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? NO, I JUST WENT TO THE NEXT ONE. OKAY WAIT TILL THE END YOUR DEAL. WE ARE ADJOURNED. WHAT HAPPENED? OH WE HAVE THE BUDGET. WE HAVE TO GO OFF. WHAT WAS ALL APOLOGIZE. WE'RE NOT WE HAVE ONE MORE TO DO. WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR. SAME THING. IT WOULDN'T ON
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THE AGENDA. SO THEREFORE I WENT ON. ONE MEMO. MOVING INTO THE UM BUDGET. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF ALL FUNDS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE INCREASING TOTAL 3.32. UM. WE'LL GET INTO WHAT MAKES UP THOSE INCREASES. UM A LARGE PORTION OF THE TRANSFERS. THAT 19.8 MILLION IS THE PANAMA CITY BEACH FRONT.BEACH ROAD C. R A THAT PAYMENT THIS YEAR IS 16.1 MILLION. WE DO GET, UM, HER AGREEMENT. WE GET A PORTION OF THAT BACK 233,000. UM THE GENERAL FUND IS SLIGHTLY DOWN. UM THIS IS DUE TO WE'VE MOVED OUR THINGS OUT TO HIS OWN FUND TO SEPARATE THOSE. TRANSPORT IT, AND TRANSPORTATION IS SLIGHTLY UP. THE SURTAX IS UP. UM MOST OF THAT IS MOST OF IT, BUT A GOOD PORTION OF IT IS BECAUSE THEY HAD CASH FROM UNUSED PRIDE. UNUSED PROJECTS ARE RUN COMPLETE PROJECTS. UM THEY PUT SEVERAL PROJECTS ON HOLD DURING THE FEMALE PROCESS TO SEE WHAT ROADS WOULD QUALIFY FOR THAT. THOSE ARE PRETTY MINIMAL. UM THE IMPACT THE FOR THE ROADS. WE DON'T COLLECT THOSE ANYMORE. THAT'S JUST INTEREST TRANSITS UP SLIGHTLY. TOURIST DEVELOPMENT. IT IS LARGE BECAUSE THEY ARE ROLLING THEIR CASH FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. AND THOSE HOUSING. AND THAT'S CHANGED YOU TO US, ADDING THE FUND AND STUFF UM DISPERSING MONEY. COVID WE DID RECEIVE THE SECOND TRANCHE OF OUR FUNDS IN AUGUST, SO WE HAVE RECORDED THAT AS CASH. THOSE ARE MINIMAL, UM, INCREASES THERE FOR THOSE FUNDS. WORKERS COMP AND INSURANCE. UM THOSE HAVE HAD INCREASES RECENTLY. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE COME DOWN. FROM WHERE THEY WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET CYCLE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE FUNDS. OKAY UM, THE CAPITAL. EQUIPMENT. WE DID CUT EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. THERE WERE ADDITIONAL REQUEST.
BUT WHAT WE'VE REMAINED WITH IS THE 1.3. DO YOU WEAR PROVIDED A LIST OF ALL THESE EQUIPMENT ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET IN YOUR BOOKS? PROJECTS HERE'S THE TOTALS FOR THOSE AND AGAIN YOU WERE PROVIDED THE DETAILED LIST OF ADDING YOUR BOOKS. AUTHORIZED POSITIONS. OVERALL, WE ARE GOINE ARE 35 OF THOSE POSITIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT ARE UNFUNDED. THEY HAVE BEEN UNFUNDED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. JUST A FEW NOTES ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND THE PROJECTS IN EXPENDITURES WE HAVE IN THAT, UM WE HAVE CHOSEN TO TAKE THE STANDARD ALLOWANCE FOR THE LOST REVENUE. WE CAN USE THAT FOR ANY GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES OR EXPENSES. MOSTLY WE ARE USING THAT FOR REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE ON FACILITIES AND PARKS. THE JAIL. WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO PAY WALTON COUNTY FOR HOUSING SOME OF OUR INMATES DUE TO OVERCROWDING, UM FROM THE BACKLOG OF CASES WHEN COURTS WERE CLOSED. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO PAYING FOR PERSONNEL INSIDE OF THEIR COVID ISOLATION. AREA. UTILITIES. THERE'S A FEW PROJECTS THERE. UM. ON 2 31 AND IN CEDAR GROVE THAT THEY'RE WORKING IN. THOSE ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE CLEAN WATER. STATE.
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REVOLVING FUND IN THE DRINKING WATER. QUESTION DO YOU HAVE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PAYING WALTON COUNTY FOR THE OVERCROWDING NUMBER JAIL DO KNOW THEY JUST RENEWED THAT CONTRACT AND THE ESTIMATE ESTIMATE THAT WE WERE GIVEN WAS 1.8 FOR A YEAR. 1.8 OKAY? IT'S AVERAGING AROUND. UM 160,000, I THINK MARCH RIGHT NOW. OKAY ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE NUMBERS? THE MEMO BEFORE YOU AND THE BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED HAVE A TOTAL TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FY 23 AT 465 MILLION 511,94A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVED. THIS BUDGET. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. YOU GO WITH THEM AGGREGATE ROLLBACK RATE. HOW WE GOT AN INCREASE. THAT IS, ACTUALLY THAT ACTUALLY COMES FROM OUR, UM, FLORIDA D O R. UM THE DDR 4 20. WORKSHEET AND FLORIDA TREND. CALCULATES FOR US. UM. WE. IS THE TOTAL OF THE ADMIRAL TAXES PROVOKED PROPOSED LOVELY DEFIED THE TAXING AUTHORITY IN HIS DEPENDENT DISTRICT. DISTRICTS BY DIVIDING THE CURRENT YEAR'S GROSS TAXABLE VALUE FOR OPERATING PURPOSES. UU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, OKAY? ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW? AS I REMEMBER THAT. WHAT WE'RE SEEING THEM LIKE YOU HAD IN THE NOTES HERE THAT DOING THE INCREASE OF THE PROPERTY VALUES IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO UP AS WELL IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. SO IMAGINE THAT ROLLBACK RATE IS WE'LL SEE AN INCREASE AGAIN NEXT YEAR AS WELL, WHICH IS NOT REALLY A BAD THING. WITH PROPERTY VALUES AS YOU KNOW, GOING ON.INCREASINGLY, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. OKAY, THAT'S IT. THIS TIME WE WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WISHING TO COME SPEAK ABOUT THE BUDGET WILL COME ONE AT A TIME TO THE PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. ALRIGHT SEEM NONE. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET, AS IS SECOND IN THE SECOND WORLD COMPLEX. COMMISSIONER DOZER YES , COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM, MA'AM, MA'AM CHAIRMAN CAROL YES, MA'AM. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? YES, I
[G. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
JUST WANTED TO, UH THANK STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE. I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR OF WORKING AND GETTING THIS BALANCED BUDGET. THANK YOU JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF. I'LL BE GOOD WORK YOU HAVE DONE. I HAVE AN EXCELLENT STAFF. YEAH THAT COULD THE SAME THING AND ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO ALL THE OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.EVERYONE HAS TO WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO KEEP THIS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITHIN OUR MEANS, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU ALL WHO PUT THIS TOGETHER? SURE. WITH THAT.
MAN. MM PART. THANK
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.