[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD. EVENING LIKE TO CALL OUR SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER THE TIME IS 501 SEPTEMBER 20TH 2022 . THIS IS TO ADOPT A BUDGET COMPLEX COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. YES MA'AM. GRIFFITH IS ABSENT. COMMISSIONER HAM? YES, MA'AM. CAROL? YES, MA'AM. INDICATION WILL BE LED BY ASSOCIATE PASTOR DAVID FLAT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY ANTHONY WORKMEN, IF YOU WOULD ALL PLEASE STAND. FATHER THANK YOU FOR THESE MEN AND LADIES WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM YOUR WISDOM. A SENSE OF YOUR JUSTICE, FAIRNESS AND MERCY. OPERATE THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT THEM AND BLESS THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE. AND THESE THINGS WE ASK IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. AND YOU DO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. THANK YOU BOTH. ALRIGHT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE
[a. Mandatory County Funding & Public Health Services Contracts FY2023]
FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 FINAL MILLAGE, RIGHT? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.MR MIRANDA, IF YOU'D START US OFF YEAH, I HAVE THE MILITARY. ON THE SCREEN FOR US, AND I'M JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK AND THEN YOU CAN HOLD YOUR PUBLIC HEARING. UM. THE GENERAL FUND IT AT FOUR POINTS WORTH 362 MOSQUITO CONTROL AT 3620.2. MM STU FIRE IS AT 1.38.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO A TOTAL MILLAGE OF 6.162. AGGREGATE ROLLBACK RATE IS 4.7264 THE AGGREGATE MILITARY IT IS 5.707. AND THIS, UH, RATE IS AN INCREASE OF 7.28. I WANNA HOLD YOUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS. I'LL READ THEM ONE MORE TIME BEFORE WE VOTE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT TERM REQUIREMENT IN THERE. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THE MILITARY. YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO THE PODIUM.
AND I JUST ASK THAT YOU PLEASE COME SINGLE FILE ONE AT A TIME. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. AND SEEING DONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY UM, WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVED THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE FOR FY 23. THE PROPOSED AGGREGATE MILLAGE RATE IS ABOVE THE AGGREGATE ROLLED BACK RIGHT BY 7.28. THE TOTAL AGGREGATE MILLAGE RATE IS 5.707. AGGREGATE ROLLBACK RATE IS 4.7264. THE GENERAL PHONE. MILLAGE IS 4.4362 MOSQUITO CONTROL'S POINT TO AN L S T U FIRE IS 1.38 AND WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVED THESE. MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL MILITARY. SECOND MOTION. SECOND ROLL CALL , PLEASE. COMMISSIONER DOES YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER HAM CHAIRMAN CAROL YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FINAL BUDGET. MISS GRIFFIN. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF OUR FUNDS. UM WE HAVE INTER FUND TRANSFERS OF JUST OVER 19 MILLION. UM THAT BRINGS US TO A TOTAL BALANCE. NET BALANCE OF 4.65. I'M SORRY, 465,000,500 9 43. THIS IS A 3.32% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.
THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. UM. YES, THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. IS THAT 6.8? UM THOSE ARE THE FUNDS, THE GENERAL FUND SPECIAL REVENUE ENTERPRISE. INTERNAL SERVICE. THE DETAIL FOR THESE WERE IN YOUR BOOKS THAT WERE GIVEN BEFORE THE LAST HEARING THIS THESE NUMBERS HAVE NOT CHANGED.
AND THE SAME WITH THE IMPACT THE PROJECTS AND THE PROJECT. THESE NUMBERS AGAIN DID NOT CHANGE.
THOSE ARE THE AMOUNTS LISTED BY FUND BY THE TYPES OF FUNDS. AUTHORIZED POSITIONS. UM. WE HAVE A TOTAL IN THE FLIGHT 23 BUDGET 771 35 OF THESE ARE UNFUNDED, BUT THE POSITION COUNT WARRANT REMAIN IN THERE. AND IF YOU WANT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM I WORRIED THE TOTAL
[b. Budget Public Final Hearing]
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BUDGET AMOUNT ONE MORE TIME BEFORE EMOTION IS MADE, OKAY? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING OUR FINAL BUDGET, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING.MY NAME IS VICTOR WALSH, THE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE AND MAY COUNTY. I'VE BEEN WITH THE O H APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS AND SO I WAS JUST TALKING TO MISS MIRANDA THERE ABOUT. I'VE SEEN IT LONG ENOUGH TO JOIN THE DROP RECENTLY, SO MY BOSS.
MR. SPELLING SAYS, MAKE SURE I STILL WORK MY FIVE YEARS, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SINCERELY AND HUMBLY, THANK YOU. FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH MANY OF YOU. AND SO, MR CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE COUNTY MANAGEMENT. YOU'RE REALLY GO UP IN MY 20 YEARS AS A BUSINESS MANAGER, FINANCIAL MANAGER EVEN WITH OTHER COUNTIES, I'VE SEEN THAT THIS THIS BOARD IS VERY GENEROUS AND DOES A FANTASTIC JOB. SO THANK YOU. NOT ONLY IS IT CONTRIBUTION, BUT IT'S ALSO ANOTHER AREAS THERE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS WELL. AND I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE AMOUNT THAT WE WERE BEING GIVEN THIS YEAR, AND IT'S BEEN REDUCED. AND UH, WE RESPECTFULLY UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT YOUR DECISION AS THE BOARD BECAUSE WE'RE JUST VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT YOU DO HELP US WITH WE WERE JUST A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK WITH THE $200,000 THAT WAS ALLOCATED FROM RE ALLOCATED FROM US TO THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS. SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, THAT I CAN ADDRESS IT IN THE PAST AND THE LETTER TO YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. AND TO MR MIKE, YOU'RE HERE ON AUGUST 18TH FROM MR SPELLING ARE HEALTH OFFICER. WE ADDRESSED THAT THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BAY DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND JUST FINISHED THEIR GREAT SCHOOL HEALTH PLANNING PROCESS AND ETCETERA. THE PAST TWO YEARS. WE'VE HAD SOME LAPSE RATE WITH VACANCIES, SO WE'VE HAD SOME EXTRA MONEY IN OUR SCHOOL HEALTH. THOSE SCHOOL HEALTH DOLLARS GO STRICTLY FOR SCHOOL HEALTH. NOTHING ELSE. NONE OF YOUR DOLLARS THAT COMES TO US GOES TO SCHOOL HEALTH. IT'S ALL FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDED. SO WE HAD SOME EXCESS LEFTOVER BECAUSE OF LAPSE RATE. AND SO WHAT I DID WAS WITH MR SPELLINGS PERMISSION . I CONTACTED THE SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM AND ASKED HIM IF WE COULD GIVE THIS MONEY. HELP WITH THE SCHOOL BOARDS. AT THAT TIME THEY WERE HIRING A COVID NURSE. AND AN ASSISTANT. AND SO I WOULD ASK IF WE COULD USE THESE DOLLARS EXCESS DOLLARS. TO HELP THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OUT. AND THEY SAID, SURE, ABSOLUTELY. SO FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE GIVEN PER CONTRACT. APPROXIMATELY 51,000 THE FIRST YEAR. A LITTLE OVER 40,000 LAST YEAR TO HELP THE SCHOOL BOARD OUT WITH THEIR NURSING STAFF. AND SO WHEN I WAS APPROACHED THIS YEAR, I SAID, WELL, WE ARE PLANNING ON BEING FOUR STEP WILL HAVE TO CUT ONE POSITION IN OUR SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM. AND ALSO UH, UNTIL WE CLOSE OUT OUR PHYSICAL YEAR THAT ENDS IN JUNE, 30TH MAY I PLEASE HAVE A FEW EXTRA MINUTES? I PROMISE. IT WON'T BE LONG. UM THAT ONCE WE CLOSE AT OUR YEAR IN JUNE, AND ACTUALLY IN AUGUST, WHEN EVERYTHING IS RECONCILED.
IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS LEFT OVER, I'LL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO GO TO THE SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM OFFICER UNIT D. O H AND I'M SURE ONCE AGAIN, THEY'LL BE VERY FAVORABLE ON THIS HELPING OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE IT THIS TIME. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THAT WE WERE VOLUNTARILY ASSISTING THEM WITH THAT THAT IT WASN'T A FUNDING SOURCE THAT WERE THEY APPLIED TO US AND WE DENIED IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT. SURE ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
THANK YOU. RESPECTFULLY ASK IF, UH FUTURES CONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY WE, UM WE ASK THAT YOU ADOPTED THE RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FINAL BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF 465,000,511. $943. FOR FY 23 AUTHORIZED THE PREPARATION OF THE FINAL BUDGET AND FINAL MILLAGE FOR EXECUTION AND PRINTING. FOR THE MOTION MOTION MOTION. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE COMMISSIONER MORE YES, MA'AM.
COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER HAM? YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN CAROL? YES, MA'AM. THE FINAL ITEM WE HAVE IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 MANDATORY FUNDING AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE CONTRACTS. YES THIS IS THE LAST ITEM AND THESE, UM EVERY YEAR. WE COME TO YOU AT THE END OF THE BUDGET MEETING AND ASK YOU TO APPROVE ARE MANDATORY AND PUBLIC HEALTH TYPE OF CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN THE
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BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THEY ARE LISTED HERE ON YOUR MEMO. HOWEVER ONE DEBATE DISTRICT SCHOOLS IS NOT ON THE MEMO. THE, UM ATTACHED CONTRACT IS IN YOUR PACKET. SO IF YOU YOU CHOOSEO ADOPT THESE, WE ASK THAT YOU ADOPT THE LIST ON THE MEMO. WITH, UM DEBATE DISTRICT SCHOOLS MEMO THAT IS ATTACHED ALSO. QUESTIONS STAFF. REALLY GOOD, OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING ON IT. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONTEXT.OKAY? IT'S LISTED UNDER PUBLIC HEARING, SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING ALLOWING ANYONE TO SPEAK ON REGARDING THE MANDATORY FUNDING AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES CONTRACTS. THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. ALRIGHT SEEING THAT WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC PORTION. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO YOU WANT TO REPEAT? THE NUMBERS WERE GOOD. I'LL REPEAT IT. UM WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVED THE LISTED CONTRACTS. WITH THE BAY DISTRICT SCHOOLS CONTRACT, DOES IT THAT IS ALSO ATTACHED. AND THIS BEFORE, GET US ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS FOR THIS YEAR. SECOND THE MOTION IN THE SECOND CONFERENCE. COMMISSIONER DOES YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MORRIS? YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. HAM YES, MA'AM. CAROL? YES, MA'AM.
AT THIS TIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ANYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. TODAY YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME ADDRESS. THE COMMISSION. SEEING THAT ONE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT DO WE
[G. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? UM ONCE AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE AND ALL OF THE EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED. THERE'S A LOT OF I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, WORK PUT INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, AND WE JUST APPRECIATE IT FROM EVERYBODY.THANK YOU. JUST LIKEWISE. APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK YOU GUYS DO. I KNOW THIS TIME OF YEAR GETS THAT FOR YOU. THIS IS LIKE TAX SEASON FOR YOU READY FOR IT TO BE OVER. WELL WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL STAFF AND THE SUPERVISORS ALL THE CONSTITUTIONAL EVERYONE WORKING WITH THEIR BUDGETS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COME IN AND MEET THE BUDGET CRITERIA AND AGAIN, NOT RAISING THE BLOOD RATE YET AGAIN, SO WITH THAT WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.