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ALL MR HERNANDEZ? YES, MR HERE. YES SIR. YOU SEND MAN AT THE AIRPORT? YES, SIR. MR F.E. DO WY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. UH, PLEASE MAKE NOTE THAT OCTOBER, 1ST WILL BE OUR NEXT MEETING. TWO O'CLOCK, SAME PLACE I WOULD ASSUME UNLESS YOU HEAR OTHERWISE. AND DON'T SEE, KEITH. ARE YOU GONNA IS JOE SEASON SEARS. YOU WERE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. COME ON UP, ALL RIGHT, JUST COME ON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I GIVE YOU ALL A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR C IP PROJECTS. UH, ON THE FIRST PAGE. UH, WE ARE CATCHING UP WITH SOME OF THESE, UH, RESURFACING PROJECTS. LONG ROAD, NEW CHURCH, ROAD RISOTTO BEACH ROAD. MERRITT BROWN ROAD. UM WHILE WOULD PINE LOG ROAD? UM, THE LAST ONE ON THAT LIST IS GOING TO BE EAST CALLOWAY AND S PROGRESS. UM SCOTTS FERRY ROAD ON THE SAME PAGE IS NOW IN DESIGN. AND, UH, MAGNOLIA BEACH ROAD. UM TO THE COST. WE HAD TO SPLIT THAT IN TWO PHASES, SO THE FIRST PHASE IS COMPLETE. AND THE SECOND PHASE WE HAVE, UM IN PROGRESS. SO THOSE WERE, UH IN ADDITION THERE ON THAT. OUR SECOND PAGE. UM JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS. UM COUNTY ROAD, 2297 RESURFACING IS IN PROGRESS ALMOST COMPLETE. UH, WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON OUR ANNUAL RESURFACING AND PAVEMENT PRESERVATION. UH, TRANSMITTER. ROAD INTERSECTION IS COMPLETE. UH, HUGE IMPROVEMENT ON THAT CORRIDOR. UH, MINCH BRANCH CONNECTOR IS NOW UM OUT TO BIDS. SO WE SHOULD SEE THAT, UH, IN THE NEXT, UM, MONTH OR TWO UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, COMPLETED THE PURCHASE OF TWO HOME BUYOUTS , UH, ON KUNA CIRCLE IN NORTH LAGOON DRIVE. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THE HOME PURCHASES AND NORTH AGAIN. UM, REPETITIVE LOSSES SO FREQUENT UM LIGHTING. THANK YOU. FROM I HAVE ONE QUESTION. UH, OF THESE HAD WE UPDATE THESE ARE THESE UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE THE AEN SALES TAX. PRETTY REGULARLY OR DO YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. I KNOW. I UPDATED EVERY TIME WE HAVE ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S PASSED ALONG, SO WE THE WEBSITE I CAN CHECK AND THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE IT IS. I KNOW WE RELY ON THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO DO THEIR PART, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DO OR NOT, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BECOME MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE GONNA TRY AND DO IT. IT, RIGHT? YES. YEAH. I'LL CHECK AND MAKE SURE WE LET YOU GUYS KNOW. THANK YOU TO SEE WHERE ALL THE MONEY GOES. IT'S A VERY GOOD TOOL FOR EDUCATING THE PUBLIC. HI. OK BEFORE YOU FOR THE REVENUE. YOU WILL, UM, SEE THAT OUR LAST MONTH DECEMBER WAS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE. AND WE DO HAVE, UM, JANUARY'S NUMBER THAT CAME IN AFTER THIS PACKET WAS PREPARED. IT IS LOWER THAN LAST JANUARY. IT CAME IN AT, UM 1,091,000, SO WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A SLIGHT DOWNWARD. TREND OR POSSIBLY A FLAT TREND. UM HOWEVER, WE ARE STILL LOOKING PRETTY GOOD OVERALL. THAT PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE SALES TAX HOLIDAY, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DECEMBER, RIGHT? UH WELL, NOT NOT NECESSARILY THE SUMMER.
UM AS YOU KNOW THIS YEAR, OR MAYBE YOU DON'T. BUT UM, THIS YEAR, THE GOVERNOR SIGNED IN A LOT OF SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS, INCLUDING BABY ITEMS. UM, SELF CARE. ALL OF THAT DOES GO INTO PLAY HERE. THAT WE'RE FORECASTED NOT TO HIT BUDGET BASED ON THE FIRST TRENDS OF THE FIRST THREE MONTHS, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT BECAUSE WE DID PUT THE BUDGET AT 17 MILLION. UM TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THOSE, UH UH, EXEMPTIONS AND A REDUCTION IN REVENUE, AND LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED 19.7 MILLION, SO WE'RE JUST SLIGHTLY UNDER WHERE WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME,
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SO I THINK WE'LL STILL BE OK FOR BUDGET. BECAUSE WE WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH THE BUDGET.THOSE DOLLARS EVERY YEAR. MILLION DOLLARS LAST YEAR. MHM A LOT OF MONEY. BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE COUNTY'S PART. THIS IS JUST THE COUNTY'S PART. WE DO NOT SEE THE MUNICIPALITIES. THEY GET THAT DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE. REMEMBERING CAUSE THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT AS THE SCHOOLS TOTAL OF 23 24 MILLION. EVERYBODY. WHICH HE OTHERWISE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO. I JUST GOT THEM ON THE T DC BOARD, AND WE JUST GOT THE NUMBERS AND THE YEAR TO DATE. WE'RE IN A PHYSICAL YEAR AND WE'RE DOWN 2. ON BED TAX. THROUGH FEBRUARY, SO DOWNWARD TREND EVERYWHERE.
AIRPORTS UP. THEY'RE JUST NOT STAYING HERE. Y? YES OUR OUR STATE HAVE SENT REVENUE SHARING THAT IS IN OUR GENERAL FUND FOR DECEMBER. IT WAS DOWN OVER 6. WE ARE. WE ARE SEEING THAT DOWNWARD TREND. HOPEFULLY, IT DOESN'T DEAL TOO TOO FAR DOWN. SIX PER CENT A LOT. SORRY. IT'S 6% A LOT. UM NORMALLY YES. BUT WE DID PREPARE FOR IT AND OUR BUDGET DUE TO THESE EXEMPTIONS, WE PREPARED. UM, WE REDUCED THAT REVENUE STREAM IN THE BUDGET SIGNIFICANTLY, UM AND WE ARE STILL MAKING THAT BUDGET WE WE'RE NOT UNDER THAT YET. SO WE'RE WE'RE GOOD. I THINK WE PREDICTED 11% OR DECREASE FOR THAT ACCOUNT. UM SO AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T GO DOWN BELOW 11. THE GENERAL FUND SHOULD BE OK FOR THAT ACCOUNT. QUESTIONS FOR MIRANDA. THAT WAS THE REVENUE BUT I DO HAVE THE EXPENDITURE. UH, REALLY, THERE'S NOTHING TO GO OVER ON THE EXPENDITURES OTHER THAN YOU DO. HAVE UM FY 23 . THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE FY 23 AND THEN PACK IT. OUR AUDIT IS COMPLETE. UM AND THEN WE HAVE FY 24. AND WE ARE BARELY STARTING THE 24. WE DO STILL HAVE SOME ITEMS. IN LIMBO WITH FEMA AND HURRICANE MICHAEL. SO, UH, SPENDING IN FY 24 IS A LITTLE SLOW RIGHT NOW. BALLPARK. IF YOU DIDN'T OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, HOW MUCH DO YOU HOPE? THAT FEMA WILL REIMBURSE STILL. I DOLLAR AMOUNT WE, UM THE LAST TIME I LOOKED, IT WAS AROUND 90 MILLION, THEY STILL HAD UM TO COME OUR WAY BETWEEN THE A AND THE STATE. AS IF ALL THE PROJECTS. THAT THAT'S IT IF ALL THE PROJECTS ARE PAID OUT, BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE IN A HILLS.
THAT I WANNA CATCH UP TOO SOON. THAT'S ALL ANY QUESTIONS FOR MIRANDA? VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER BUSINESS? IT WAS APPARENTLY THE TIME WHERE WE ELECTED CHAIRMAN AND A VICE CHAIRMAN. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE VICE CHAIRMAN IS NOW. JOE, YOU'RE THE VICE CHAIRMAN. YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN BEING THE CHAIR. DO YOU WANNA HAVE YOU AN INTEREST IN BEING IN THE CHAIR? YOU DO A GOOD JOB ON THE WHEEL, I NOMINATE WILL MAKE A MOTION. OK SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY NA ALL RIGHT. ABOUT SHARE. I NOMINATE JOE SECOND, IT ALL IN FAVOR. SAY I ANY OKAY, THERE WE GO AND BE SICK A LOT.
TWO TIMES A YEAR, TWO TIMES, BOTH TIMES. YOU YOU CAN COME IN SICK BECAUSE IT'S A 10 MINUTE MEETING. THE GERMS WON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SPREAD THAT YOU'D BE OK. NO FINE. KEEP SITTING NEXT TO ME AND SEE IF YOU SAY I'M FINE WITH IT. WELL THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO MAKE THIS SO EASY AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, LET US KNOW. AND IF YOU EVER GET THIS PACKET AND YOU WANNA GO INTO MORE DETAIL THAN WE WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT NOW YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.