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GOOD. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. CALL THIS REGULARLY. SPECIAL MEETING TOGETHER OR TO ORDER.
IT'S 501 SEPTEMBER. THE 17TH, THIS IS OUR BUDGET. OUR LAST BUDGET MEETING OF THE YEAR. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER DOZIER. YES, MA'AM.
COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER PIECE. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. HAM. YES, MA'AM. OUR INVOCATION WILL GET COMMISSIONER DOZIER TO DO THAT FOR US THIS EVENING. AND WE'LL GET MISTER JONATHAN DIEGANS TO LEAD US AGAIN IN THE PLEDGE. THANK YOU. DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR THE DAY YOU'VE GIVEN US. FATHER AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO US. AND AS WE DISCUSSED, THE BUDGET FOR BAY COUNTY TODAY, I JUST ASK YOU,, FOR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM FROM YOU AND ALL THIS. I PRAY IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN 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 JUSTICE FOR ALL. GOOD. OKAY. NEXT WE'LL GO INTO
[ FY 2025 Budget – Final Public Hearing]
PUBLIC HEARING. FOR FY 2025 BUDGET. MISS MIRANDA. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. WE WILL READ THROUGH THE MILLAGE RATES. THIS EVENING, THE GENERAL FUND IS AT 5.4362. MOSQUITO CONTROL IS 0.0 OR 0.2000. AND MCU FIRE IS 1.3800. THE TOTAL MILLAGE FOR ALL. THREE IS 7.0162. THE AGGREGATE ROLLBACK RATE IS 5.9136. THE AGGREGATE MILLAGE RATE IS 6.0912, AND THIS IS A 3% INCREASE. AND THOSE ARE YOUR MILLAGE RATES FOR THIS PROPOSED BUDGET. WE ASK THAT YOU HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING. HAVE ANY DISCUSSION THAT YOU NEED. AND I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY.ALL RIGHT. I GUESS WE'LL DO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST IF WE WANT. BUT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? EVERYBODY COME ALL AT ONCE AND WE'LL TAKE TURNS. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR AND WE'LL GO INTO DISCUSSIONS. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING. COMMENT. READY TO MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. MOTION TO APPROVE THE, MILLAGE RATE, AS IS SECOND MOTION IN MULTIPLE SECONDS. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL, COMMISSIONER DOZIER. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER. KAREL. YES, MA'AM.
COMMISSIONER. PEACE. YES MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. HAM. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. WE WILL NOW GO INTO THE BUDGET PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE HAVE A SUMMARY FOR YOU OF ALL FUNDS. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TRANSFERS THERE ARE 35 MILLION. 26 MILLION OF THAT IS THE FRONT BEACH ROAD CRA. THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER 2.4, IN THERE FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES, CAPITAL THAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED BUT COULDN'T FUND. AND THEY, THEY HAD HAD THIS THESE REQUESTS FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND ARE IN DIRE NEED. NEXT IS THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT REQUEST AND THOSE ARE LISTED THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THERE YOU WERE PROVIDED A COMPREHENSIVE LIST IN YOUR BUDGET BOOKS A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND THEN NEXT WE'LL HAVE THE PROJECTS. THESE DO INCLUDE THE IMPACT FEE PROJECTS LISTED THERE IN THE MIDDLE. AND THEN OUR AUTHORIZED POSITIONS. WE ARE ADDING 20 POSITIONS. MOST OF THOSE ARE IN FIRE AND EMS THIS YEAR. AND THAT IS YOUR BUDGET. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. BUT WE DO ASK THAT YOU OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AND HAVE ANY DISCUSSION. YOU NEED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. AND WE WILL ALSO OPEN THE FLOOR. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS ON THIS TOPIC. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE WE'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR AND HAND IT OVER TO THE BOARD. I MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE FINAL BUDGET AS PRESENTED. SECOND. MOTION. SECOND. PLEASE
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CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER PEACE. YES, MA'AM.COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER DOZIER. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. HAM. YES MA'AM.
[ FY 2025 Mandatory County Funding & Public Health Services Contracts]
REGULAR. REGULAR AGENDA, YOU HAVE A LIST OF MANDATORY MANDATORY CONTRACTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES CONTRACTS TOTALING OVER $3.4 MILLION, MANY OF THESE CONTRACTS ARE STATE REQUIRED. SOME ARE PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES THAT WE FUND IN ORDER TO HELP KEEP OUR MEDICARE PAYMENTS DOWN. ALL ARE LISTED ON THE MEMO. AND WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THESE CONTRACTS AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THEM. OKAY MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND TEN A SECOND, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER MOORE. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER DOZIER. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER PIECE. YES, MA'AM. CHAIRMAN. HAM. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS. WE'LL GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. THE FLOOR IS OPEN. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK THEY PERTAIN TO BAY[COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
COUNTY OR NOT. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR. GO INTO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. OR ANYTHING FOR YOU. JUST THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID PULLING THIS TOGETHER, I SAW YOU WALK BY THE OFFICE MANY A TIME MOVING FASTLY AND JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DID AND TO THE REST OF THE STAFF AND THE TEAMS AND THE DIFFERENT VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONALS AND WORKING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER TO SERVE THE CITIZENS WE APPRECIATE IT. YEAH.SAME HERE. JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU AND YOUR, YOUR STAFF HAS DONE.
AND AND FOR EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER AND KNOWING THAT WE HAD TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. AND SO I'VE BEEN THIS IS MY LAST BUDGET HEARING. AND SO I APPRECIATE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR EVEN GOING BACK TO ASHLEY STUCKEY AND ALL LIKE THAT. YOU WORKED WITH ASHLEY AND COMING UP THROUGH AND SO WE'RE JUST BLESSED HERE TO HAVE SUCH QUALITY, SUCH A QUALITY BUDGET ANALYST AND PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACES TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE IN BAY COUNTY. SO IT'S JUST AN HONOR TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SO, BILL, THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE YOUR LAST ONE. YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND VISIT. SO YEAH, NEXT, NEXT YEAR I'LL BE THE ONE PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE. WE NEED SOME MEMBERS TO KEEP. KEEP IT ORDERLY AND KEEP EVERYONE IN A SINGLE FILE LINE AS THEY COME DOWN TO MAKE ALL THEIR COMMENTS. SO NO. YEAH AS ALWAYS, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. CONSTITUTIONALS EVERYONE WORK TOGETHER? EVERY, EVERY DEPARTMENT CAME TOGETHER, A LOT OF TIMES THE ASK IS MORE THAN WE CAN AFFORD, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT A GREAT BUDGET HERE. KEEPS THE MILLAGE RATE TO WHERE IT WAS, AND SO JUST EXCITED TO MOVE ON WITH ANOTHER YEAR. SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.
PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU ISN'T QUITE ENOUGH FOR ME. SO I GOT TO GIVE YOU A SPECIAL THANKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH ALL MY MANY, MANY, MANY QUESTIONS AND REDOING SPREADSHEETS. THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. I DO HAVE A GREAT TEAM. YES, I JUST ECHO THE SAME THING.
ANYTHING ELSE I WOULD SAY WOULD BE REDUNDANT? THEY KIND OF TAKEN THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH AS WELL, AND IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, EIGHT BUDGET CYCLES. SO, YES, IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS, KEEP THE MILLAGE FLAT FOR ANOTHER YEAR. AND AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE ON TOP OF IT. SO. SO I THINK THAT'S A WIN WIN. OKAY, WITH THAT, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE. SO WE ARE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.