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UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.WELCOME TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
[1. ROLL CALL]
THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE A ROLL CALL.[2.A. Proposed Fiscal Year 2027 Budget ]
PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET BY MR. KEVIN MASSENGALE, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.MADAM CHAIR, ARE THERE ANY DISCLOSURES THAT NEED TO BE, THEY WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT FIRST? YES, GO AHEAD.
I'LL, I'LL START AT THE APRIL 28TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE DEITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I, CASEY M DOOLEY, INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO 2036.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR DEITY COUNTY.
THE BUDGET AND CIP WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE AT THE DENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, INCLUDING COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES.
I'M EMPLOYED BY DENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE BUDGET AND CIP AFFECT THE EMPLOYEES OF DENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND I AM ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
I, I'VE GOT A STATEMENT AT THE APRIL 28TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE DIMITY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND FISCAL YEAR 2027 THROUGH 2036.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR DIM WITTY COUNTY.
THE BUDGET AND CIP WERE DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY IS APPROPRIATED TO THE DIMITY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THE DIMITY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
THE BUDGET CIP AFFECT ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE DIMITY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, AND I AM ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AT THE APRIL 28TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE DENWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
I, DANIEL D. LEE, INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE BUDGET FOR FY 2027 AND THE FFY 2027 THROUGH 2036.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR DENWOOD COUNTY.
THE BUDGET AND CIP WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY IS APPROPRIATED TO THE DENDY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THE DEITY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, THE BUDGET AND CIP AFFECT ALL EMPLOYEES OF DENDY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, AND I AM ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSACTION FAIRLY OBJECTIVELY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
I'M EMPLOYED BY THE APPOMATTOX RIVER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
AS SUCH, I WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY DISCUSSION PERTAINING TO THE APPOMATTOX RIVER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD.
HEY, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
IT'S MY PLEASURE AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO PRESENT, UH, THE FY 27 PROPOSED COUNTY BUDGET, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR THE COUNTY.
AND SO FIRST I JUST WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT IN GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET AS YOU DO EVERY YEAR.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THINGS THAT THE GOVERNING BODY CAN DO IS TO, TO GO THROUGH AND DEVELOP, UH, THIS BALANCE BUDGET.
SO EVERY, EVERY GOOD BUDGET STARTS OFF WITH THE OVERALL VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES OF THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS KIND OF THE UNDERPINNING, IF YOU WILL, OF ALL COUNTY BUDGETS AS YOU TIE IT INTO YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND ON YOUR OVERALL, UM, FINANCIAL, UH, DAILY WORK.
SO THE VISION STATEMENT OF DENWOODY IS THAT WE CHERISH OUR HERITAGE, EMBRACE OPPORTUNITY, AND OFFER AN EXTRAORDINARY, UH, COMMUNITY IN WHICH TO SPEND A LIFETIME.
SO WE GET A CHANCE TO TALK A LOT TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AS WELL AS TO OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES, SPECIFICALLY WHAT THIS MEANS.
SO EVERYTHING BUDGET RELATED, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WE DON'T WANNA LIVE IN THE PAST, WE WANNA LOOK AT FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY HERE IN DIM COUNTY.
AND WE SAW, WE TALKED ABOUT AN EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS BEEN A LIFETIME, AGAIN, THAT SERVICES.
AND I LIKE TO SAY WE, WE DELIVER, UH, KIDS, BABIES, UH, BY OUR DISPATCH.
AND UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES, UH, WHICH THAT LAST PHONE CALL AND, AND IT'S, UM, AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION.
SO IT'S THE TOTAL SPAN OF A LIFETIME.
UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE, THE MISSION OF THE COUNTY, IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH A, A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE AT DEWIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS HERE TO DO.
AND AGAIN, IT'S THAT IDEA OF EXCELLENCE, UH, IN PUBLIC SERVICES, THE OVERALL GOAL AND MISSION CORE VALUES.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE UPDATED THESE BACK IN 2020, UH, TO GIVE US THE VALUES THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE DIDN'T START OFF WITH THE WORD STRIVE.
THAT WAS OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY THAT WE SAY IS A GOOD SCRABBLE PLAYER.
'CAUSE HE WOULD'VE CAME BACK AND SAID, LOOK, IF YOU TAKE THE FIRST LETTER OF EACH ONE OF THESE AND, AND ALIGN 'EM CORRECTLY, IT SPELLS THE WORD STRIVE.
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UH, STEWARD SHOOK TEAMWORK, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, VALUE ADDED, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICES IS REALLY GOING THE EXTRA MILE.AND AGAIN, THAT EXCELLENCE AND AT THE HEART OF THAT YOU'LL SEE IN GREEN IS THAT INTEGRITY PIECE.
AND WE SAY, IF YOU HAVE THAT, YOU CAN, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.
NEXT FEW SLIDES IS, IS JUST RECOGNITION OF IN DIMITY COUNTY, UM, EIGHT TIMES NOW.
'CAUSE I DID CHECK WITH MARIE JUST FOR COMING DOWN HERE, 2025.
WE ACTUALLY GOT TWO RECOGNITIONS ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.
UH, BUT AGAIN, FOR LOOKING AT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS, UH, SINCE 20 16, 8 TIMES WE'VE SUBMITTED A, AN ACHIEVEMENT FOR THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WOULD COME FORTH.
AGAIN, JUST TO, TO SHOW ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, WE'RE DOING WHAT HE'S PERFORMING.
ANN HAMILTON, UH, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FINANCE AND WHOSE FINGERPRINTS IS ALL OVER THIS BUDGET.
UH, AND THE OVERALL STEWARDSHIP.
WE TALKED ABOUT STEWARDSHIP FOR VALUES.
UM, THERE'S NO ONE IN DIMITY COUNTY THAT, THAT TREATS THE TA THE, THE TAXPAYER DOLLAR, QUITE LIKE ANNE HOWERTON DOES.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE, WE APPLY FOR EVERY YEAR IS THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, GFOA EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT REPORTING, THE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS.
AND EVERY YEAR SINCE 2015, WE HAVE CONSECUTIVELY SINCE THAT TIME BEEN RECOGNIZED, UH, FOR THAT 2025 JUST HASN'T COME OUT YET.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT ONE, I'M SURE.
UH, NEXT SLIDE IS MORE ON A STATE LEVEL.
AND SO YOU ALL KNOW THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE VERY INVOLVED WITH THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, WHICH IS OUR LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION IN VIRGINIA.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED, YOU CAN SEE HERE, FROM 2012 TO 2019.
AND THE ONES IN BOLD 20 20, 20 23.
IN 2025, WE WERE RECOGNIZED AS, UH, BEST SMALL COUNTY.
AND THOSE WERE FOR, AGAIN, MODEL PROJECTS THAT WE DID THAT, UH, OUTPERFORMED THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
AND WE SAY SMALL COUNTY, THAT'S COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA UNDER 50,000 IN POPULATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE UNDER 30,000.
SO THERE'S, UM, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE, THE SMALLER ONES IN THE COUNTY.
SO AGAIN, I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS WON MORE THAN ONCE.
AND, UH, AGAIN, HOPEFUL AGAIN FOR, FOR THIS YEAR.
IT STARTS WITH GOOD LEADERSHIP.
AND SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR, OUR LEADERSHIP THIS YEAR ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
WE HAVE OUR CHAIR, UH, BRENDA ARON BONNER, AS WELL AS CASEY DOOLEY AS OUR VICE CHAIR.
AND AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY DISTRICTS TWO, THREE AND FOUR, UH, MAKE UP THE, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
WE ALSO HIGHLIGHT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, UM, 'CAUSE THEY'RE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF, OF OUR BUDGET, UH, AGAIN, FROM OUR SHERIFF TO THE, THE CIRCUIT COURT CLERK TO THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY, COMMISSIONER, REVENUE, AND OUR TREASURER SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
UM, I KIND OF PUT THESE INTO TWO DIFFERENT SLIDES THIS YEAR.
UH, BUT IN THIS SENIOR LEADERSHIP, UH, YOU HAVE ME AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, TYLER SOUTH HALL AS YOUR OTHER CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEE AS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE ANN HOWERTON AGAIN AS YOUR FINANCE.
UH, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, TAMMY COLLINS, THE DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OPERATIONS, AND THEN CHIEF KISSNER.
SO I WAS ADDING THIS UP TODAY.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THESE FIVE INDIVIDUALS, WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY OVER 76 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN DIMITY.
IF YOU ACTUALLY WENT BEYOND DIM WOODY, THAT NUMBER GOES UP QUITE A, QUITE A BIT, ALMOST APPROACHING A HUNDRED YEARS OF ACTUAL SERVICE.
SO, UM, THESE LEADERS, THE OTHER LEADERS THAT YOU HAVE THAT MAKE UP THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM, LASHONDA LEE, OUR HR DIRECTOR, MARIE GRANT IN RELATIONS, NORMAN COHEN, IT, DONNA HARRISON, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND THEN KAISHA BROWN, OUR CLERK AND MY ASSISTANT.
SO JUST A REMINDER FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT THAT THE VIRGINIA CODE PROHIBITS VOTING TONIGHT, UH, FOR THE FY 27 BUDGET.
AND CIP, UH, WHAT THE GOAL IS TONIGHT IS TO RECEIVE IN INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, AND THEN DELIBERATE.
AND YOU ALSO HAVE THIS IN THIS DELIBERATION PROCESS, BE ABLE TIME TO, TO TALK TO YOUR DISTRICTS AND, AND PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET INPUT FROM.
UH, AND THEN ACTION IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON MAY 5TH OF, UH, THIS YEAR.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THAT'D BE AT FOUR O'CLOCK, WHICH IS YOUR NORMAL WORKSHOP.
IT'S GONNA BE A SPECIAL MEETING TO ALLOW YOU TO VOTE.
AND THAT'D BE BACK IN THIS, THIS OFFICE, THIS ROOM ON APRIL 7TH.
THE BOARD ELECTED TO KEEP THE SAME, UH, CALENDAR YEAR TAX RATES AS YOU DID IN, UH, 2025.
SO THIS IS JUST A REFERENCE OF WHAT YOU ALL ADOPTED AT
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THAT MEETING.UM, AND TALKING WITH THE TREASURER AND COMMISSIONER REVENUE, THOSE TAX BOOKS HAVE BEEN BUILT.
AND SO, UH, AGAIN, THE, WE'VE ALWAYS FOUND IF WE CAN GET TAXES OUT EARLY, THEY HAVE A BETTER RESPONSE AND BEING PAID OFF, UM, ON TIME.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THIS YEAR.
THE BUDGET'S BASED ON THOSE TAX RATES AND THE PROPOSED REVENUE BUDGET THAT I'M GONNA GO THROUGH.
SO PEOPLE TALKING AND SAY, KEVIN, WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM? YOU KNOW, WHERE'S, WHERE IS THE LOCAL, UH, GENERAL FUND REVENUE COME FROM? AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, WE GOT THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL BUDGET REVENUE THIS YEAR IS, IS DOWN TO $57,000.
SO, SO WE, WE TALK ALL THE TIME, HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? THIS IN MY NEARLY 20 YEARS AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HERE, THIS NUMBER CONTINUES TO GET LOWER AND LOWER AND LOWER.
YOUR STATE BUDGET REVENUES ARE ABOUT 8.6 MILLION OF THE TOTAL BUDGET.
AND THEN YOUR LOCAL REVENUE IS, UH, 61.2 MILLION.
SO IF YOU BREAK THAT DOWN INTO SOME PERCENTAGES, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE TOTAL 69 MILLION THAT'S COMING IN THAT GREEN SHARE MAKES UP 88% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU'RE A LOCAL TAXPAYER, LOCAL MONEY IS SUPPORTING YOUR LOCAL SERVICES IN A GREAT WAY.
THE COMMONWEALTH'S, UH, 8.6 MILLION, NEARLY 12% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET.
AND AGAIN, THAT GOES TO SUPPORT MAINLY YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AS WELL AS SOCIAL SERVICES.
BUT AGAIN, THAT MAKES UP YOUR, UH, THE STATE MONEY THAT COMES IN.
SO THIS SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO PUT IN REFERENCE, THIS IS, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S OVER 30 SOME DIFFERENT FORMS OF REVENUE LINE ITEMS THAT'S IN YOUR REVENUE BUDGET.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE TOP 10.
AND SO ON THE, THE FAR LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE GRAPH, YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE REAL ESTATE SIDE, YOU'RE ABOUT $23.6 MILLION COMING IN ON REAL ESTATE.
YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY IS ABOUT 13.6 MILLION.
JUST THOSE TWO ALONE MAKE UP 53% OF YOUR OVERALL REVENUE BUDGET.
IF YOU INCLUDE THIS TOP 10, THE TOP 10 IS OVER 81% OF YOUR TOTAL REVENUE BUDGET.
SO WHILE YOU HAVE OTHER FORMS OF REVENUE, THESE ARE THE, THE MAJOR ONES THAT, UM, ARE PUT IN PLACE.
AND AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL PROPERTY IS BEING THE LARGEST ASPECT OF THAT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS SHOW, I THINK, A, A, A MORE HISTORICAL LOOK OF RATES, TAX RATES.
SO THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES KIND OF GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
SO I LOOKED AT, UM, REALLY FROM 1983 TO, TO TODAY, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT OVER THE LAST 43 YEARS, UH, WE'RE AT AN ALL TIME, UH, LOW WHEN IT COMES TO REAL ESTATE RATE.
THAT'S REAL ESTATE RATE IS AGAIN, AT 64 CENTS, SAME AS LAST YEAR.
THAT TREND LINE JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU THAT WE WERE AT THE TOP OF OUR, OUR RATE IN ABOUT 2005 TO 2008, WHERE WE WERE AT 87 CENTS.
AND SO THAT AVERAGE IS GOING DOWN AND OBVIOUSLY AT THE 64 CENTS, THAT'S GOING TO PROBABLY CONTINUE TO BE THAT WAY AWAY.
UM, SO SOMETIMES I GET ASKED, YOU KNOW, KEVIN, WHERE, WHERE IS THE REST OF THE RICHMOND MSA, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS TAX RATES? SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, THE CITY OF PETERSBURG IN OUR, UH, MSA IS THE HIGHEST AT A DOLLAR AND 27 CENTS FOR REAL ESTATE.
COLONIAL HEIGHTS AT ONE 20, HOPEWELL AT ONE 17, EMPLOYEE AT 92 CENTS.
AND THESE ARE YOUR CITIES, AND TYPICALLY CITIES ARE GONNA HAVE HIGHER TAX RATES, REAL ESTATE RATES THAN THAN YOUR COUNTIES.
SO WE GET INTO CHESTERFIELD 89, HENRICO 83, PRINCE GEORGE 82 PALATAN AT 75 CENT LOUISA, CHARLES CITY, DIM, WITTY AT 64 CENT, CAROLINE AT 58, SUSSEX AT 53, AND BRUNSWICK 50 AND 1,000,046.
THIS NEXT GRAPH JUST SHOWS THE SAME INFORMATION, BUT IT PUTS IT IN A GRAPH FORMAT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DIM WOODY, WE'RE NOT IN THE MIDDLE, WE'RE KIND OF ON THE MORE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE GRAPH.
AND WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO PICK UP NODAWAY.
NODAWAY IS 45 CENTS MECKLENBURG.
AND, UH, LUNENBERG, IF YOU'RE TRIVIA, ARE THE TWO LOWEST, UH, TAX RATES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
UM, AND THEN I BELIEVE THIS YEAR, MECKLENBURG IS ALSO LOOKING AT DOING SOME ADDITIONAL REDUCTION OVER THERE.
UM, SO WE HAVE ABOUT 11 JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE ABOVE US.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE THE, THE FIVE JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE BELOW US.
AND IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT THE GRAPH, I JUST, PRINCE GEORGE PALATAN, LOUISA AND CAROLINE ARE JURISDICTIONS THAT I SAY ARE MORE SIMILAR TO US, WHERE THAT RICHMOND MSA FRINGE.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE'RE OUTPERFORMING LOUISA PALATAN AND PRINCE GEORGE AS FAR AS TAX RATE.
CAROLINE, WHICH IS A, A GOOD COMPARABLE TO DIM, WITTY.
NOW THEIR POPULATION'S GOING A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN
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WE ARE, BUT YOU'LL SEE THERE AT 58 CENT, AND THIS IS JUST A TIME TO PAUSE TO SAY YOU ARE, YOU DO KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING ANOTHER REASSESSMENT.AND SO THERE'LL BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES, UM, TO LOOK AT THAT EFFECTIVE RATE AND DOING SOMETHING AGAIN NEXT YEAR ON THAT.
UM, FROM YOUR HISTORICAL PERSONAL PROPERTY WHERE, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE TIME WE WERE AT FOUR 90 FOREVER IT SEEMED LIKE.
AND SO WE, WE WERE AT ALL TIME HIGH AT, AT $5 AND 40 CENTS.
AND THEN NOW WE'RE AT, AT $4 AND 60 CENTS.
NOW, I, I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY ADOPTED THE, THE TAX RATES, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS BOARD HAS SAID, YOU KNOW, KEVIN, IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT TRYING TO DROP THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RATE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER IN, IN FUTURE BUDGET YEARS.
SO LET'S MOVE AWAY FROM REVENUE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EXPENDITURES.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES OF DIM WITTY COUNTY AS A GENTLEMAN IN MR. DOOLEY'S DISTRICT, IRVIN MEYER, WHO IS A AVID QUAIL HUNTER.
AND I GREW UP AS A QUAIL HUNTER, AND HE SENT ME THIS PICTURE AND HE SAID, KEVIN, THIS IS IN, IN DISTRICT ONE.
AND I WOULD'VE THOUGHT IT WAS SOMEWHERE OUT OUT WEST, BUT JUST TO SHOWS YOU THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE, IF YOU LOOK REAL CLOSELY, YOU'LL SEE A BIRD DOG ON POINT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, OF THE PAGE THERE.
ALRIGHT, SO MOVING ON TO OUR EXPENDITURE BUDGET.
UM, WHAT THE GOAL WAS, WAS TO DEVELOP A CONSERVATIVE BUDGET.
WE TRY TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR REVENUE USUALLY OUTPERFORMS WHAT OUR PROJECTIONS ARE AND OUR EXPENSES USUALLY COME IN, UH, BELOW THOSE, UH, EXPECTED EXPENSES.
OUR GOAL WASN'T REALLY TO PUSH TOO MUCH THIS YEAR, BUT IT WAS TO REALLY MAINTAIN THE SERVICES THAT THAT WE OFFER AND, AND REALLY KIND OF ENHANCE CERTAIN TYPES OF SERVICES AS WE COULD.
IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT AS FAR AS OUR PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE TO TRY TO, UH, MAINTAIN AND ATTRACT, UH, THE STAFF.
AND AGAIN, MAKING SOME STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS.
YOU ALWAYS SAY, KEVIN, WE WANNA LOOK AT THAT FIRST PART OF THE DOLLAR WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ALL ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE, NOT ONLY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE, BUT THEN WHEN HE IS GETTING MORE AND MORE TOURIST.
AND SO THE PEOPLE THAT DECIDE TO VISIT OUR COMMUNITY.
SO HOW DO WE BREAK DOWN THE GENERAL FUND? WELL, ABOUT 60% GOES DIRECTLY TO OPERATE THE COUNTY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THAT LARGER GREEN PIECE OF THE PIE.
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS MORE THAT YELLOW COLOR.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S, UM, ABOUT $17.6 MILLION, NEARLY 24% OF THE GENERAL FUND OPERATION AND TRANSFERS GOES TO SCHOOLS SPECIFICALLY FOR OPERATIONS AND SMALL CAPITAL ITEMS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE SECTION, THAT'S THE SECTION RELATED TO COUNTY DEBT.
AND THEN BESIDE THAT, YOU'LL SEE THE AMOUNT THAT WE TRANSFER FOR SCHOOL DEBT.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOCIAL SERVICES AS WELL AS THE, UM, OPERATING CAPITAL FUND, WHICH IS WHAT I CALL THE REPLACEMENT FUND.
YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LATER.
AND THEN YOUR CIP IS THAT ORANGE SLICE BESIDE, UH, THE, THE COUNTY OPERATION PIECE.
NEXT SLIDE SHOWS, UM, REALLY LOOKING AT THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, HOW YOU BREAK 'EM DOWN.
AND SO WE'RE IN THE PEOPLE BUSINESS, AND SO ABOUT 63% IS JUST IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS ALONE.
SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE GONNA PAY YOUR PEOPLE, THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT CREATING A, YOU KNOW, PRODUCTS OR OFFERING SERVICES TAKES PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
UM, ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE, THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT SALARY AND BENEFITS, EXCLUDING WHAT WOULD BE INTERNAL CAPITAL ITEMS, RIGHT? SO YOUR OPERATIONS SIDE IS ABOUT 36%, AND THEN THE INTERNAL CAPITAL IS, IS ABOUT 644,000.
WE'VE GOT A A PRETTY SPECIFIC LIST OF THIS, BUT JUST TO HIT SOME OF THE TURNOUT GEAR WAS TALKED ABOUT SPECIFICALLY, UH, IN, IN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS, YOU KNOW, THAT MAKES UP, UM, OVER A HUNDRED SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THAT REQUEST.
UM, THE STRYKER EQUIPMENT TRACTOR BUSH HOGS, AND, AND THAT KIND OF IS IN THAT NUMBER AS WELL.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, AGAIN, IT'S TO MAINTAIN THE PRESENT LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT I THINK THE CITIZENS OF DIMITY HAVE COME TO EXPECT.
NOT ONLY FROM THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, BUT THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE, AND REALLY THE NUMEROUS OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE, UH, ALLOW US TO OFFER SERVICES THAT WE COULDN'T DO OURSELVES.
UH, HOW DO WE DO THAT THIS YEAR? SO TARGET, INVESTMENT WISE, UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES IN YOUR BUDGET THIS YEAR WAS A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE REQUEST.
AND SO AXON, UM, ENTERPRISES, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND ABOUT TWO HOURS, UH, WITH THEM, UH, FROM OUR LAST MEETING TO THIS MEETING TO TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT IS NECESSARY IN A MORE MODERN DAY, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT ENVIRONMENT.
AND IT'S BIGGER REALLY THAN THAT.
IT TALKS ABOUT OUR DISPATCH CENTER, OUR ANIMAL
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CONTROL, UH, AND SERVICES.SO WHAT I PUT HERE, IT REALLY KIND OF STRENGTHENS TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRUST.
UH, NOT ONLY BETWEEN ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT THE CITIZENS THAT WE SERVE.
SO WE, WE THINK ABOUT BODY CAMERAS, BUT THIS IS MORE THAN THAT.
THIS IS DIGITAL EVIDENCE SYSTEMS. THIS IS REAL TIME COMMUNICATION TOOLS, UH, THAT IMPROVE DEPUTY SAFETY, ENHANCE INCIDENT, UH, DOCUMENTATION AND SUPPORT MORE EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS.
SO AGAIN, WHAT THAT BODY CAMERA CAN PICK UP TODAY IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
AND IT CAN ACTUALLY, NOW USING SOME OF THE MORE AI TECHNOLOGIES WILL ALLOW REPORTS TO BE WRITTEN IN A MORE COMPREHENSIVE WAY.
UH, IT IS JUST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF, UM, OF, OF TECHNOLOGY.
SO THIS LAST BULLET THAT I PUT HERE IS THAT THE, THE TECHNOLOGY POSITIONS THE COUNTY TO AGAIN, BECOME THAT, UM, MORE MODERN DAY, UH, POLICE HAVING MORE STANDARDS THAN, UH, AGAIN, TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS, UH, AND THE PERSONNEL THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO MANY OF Y'ALL KNOW, I I GREW UP IN A FAMILY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT I CAN REMEMBER AS A CHILD IS WHEN MY DAD WALKED OUT NOT KNOWING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WEARING A UNIFORM, WOULD HE BE ABLE TO COME BACK HOME THAT NIGHT? THESE TYPE OF INVESTMENTS HELPS SOLIDIFY THAT.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
AND, AND WE LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY.
IF THERE'S NON-LETHAL OPTIONS, THEN THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT THING.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TASERS, UH, UNBELIEVABLE ACCURACY WITH THESE TASERS.
AND JUST AGAIN, UH, WE'RE, WE ARE EQUIPPING OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH THIS BUDGET, WITH SOME EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE, WHICH IS NOW GONNA MAKE US MUCH MORE, UM, LEVELING TO PLAY IN FIELD.
NEXT AREA IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS, WE HAD A REGRADE POSITION.
WE HAD A REQUEST TO REMOVE THE SERGEANT OF THE SECURITY UNIT TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT.
AND SO I, I KNOW I PUT HERE THAT IT JUST STRENGTHENS THE, UH, SHERIFF'S OFFICE CHAIN OF COMMAND.
UH, SECONDLY, IN TALKING TO SHERIFF ADAMS AND MAJOR KNOT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS ADJUSTMENT REFLECTS REALLY INDUSTRY BEST STANDARDS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT SHERIFF'S OFFICES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT LAYERED, SUPERVISION IS IMPORTANT IF YOU HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE.
SO YOU LOOK AT APPROPRIATE SPAN OF CONTROL AND THEN DEFINE LEADERSHIP TIERS.
SO IF THIS OPERATES IN A WAY THAT'S CONDUCIVE TO THESE TYPE OF ELEMENTS, IT CAN BE EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE.
I THINK THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ORGANIZATION ALSO LOOKS AT STRONGER LEADERSHIP OVERSIGHT.
AND AGAIN, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IF THEY WANNA MEET MODERN PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, WHICH YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF MOVING TOWARDS BEING THE FIRST ACCREDITED SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THIS IS, THIS IS, UM, KIND OF NECESSARY TO GET TO THAT POINT.
AND I THINK WE KNOW THAT WE LIVE AT, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THE DATA AND SO ON THE FIRE AND EMS SIDE, BUT ALSO ON THE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SIDE, WE SEE CALLS FOR SERVICE INCREASING, UH, IN THIS, IN THIS AREA.
UH, NEXT AREA IS GONNA BE MORE TO CHIEF KISSNER AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A, UH, PART-TIME POSITION.
AND THIS IS THE PART-TIME EMERGENCY MANAGER REQUEST.
UM, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE FUND THAT.
SO AGAIN, IT JUST KIND OF STRENGTHENS THE PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS AND THE COORDINATION OF, UM, AND OUR RESPONSE CAPABILITIES WITHOUT HAVING THAT FULL-TIME COST.
AND SO WHAT WE APPRECIATED ABOUT THIS REQUEST IS THAT IT'S NOT A FULL-TIME POSITION YET, BUT IT IS A PART-TIME AND WE CAN, AT THE SAME TIME BE PROACTIVE AT OUR ABILITY TO MANAGE THROUGH NOT ONLY NATURAL DISASTERS, UM, BUT OTHER TYPE OF HEALTH EMERGENCIES AND ANY OTHER TYPE OF CRITICAL INCIDENT THAT WOULD BE PUT BEFORE US.
UM, AND IT GIVES A DEDICATED POINT OF LEADERSHIP.
SO THERE WILL BE AN INDIVIDUAL SPECIFICALLY IN THE, IN THE COUNTY THAT IT'S THEIR DAY TO THINK ABOUT DI'S WORST DAY.
AND SO HOW WE SEAMLESSLY COORDINATE ALL THAT INFORMATION AND THE IS GOOD BEFOREHAND 'CAUSE IT'S HARD TO MANAGE IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS NECESSARY.
UM, IN ADDITION, WE HAD A PART-TIME EMT THAT WE WANTED TO PUT INTO A PART-TIME LOGISTICS TECHNICIAN.
SO WE, YOU HEARD THIS AT BUDGET, SOME OF THE BUDGET HEARINGS, BUT IT SPECIFICALLY HERE, IT JUST KINDA REALLY FOCUSES OUR, OUR OVERSIGHT OF ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT APPARATUS BEING READY AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT AND ENSURING THAT PERSONNEL HAVE WHAT THEY NEED WHEN, WHEN REALLY SECONDS MATTER MOST.
AND SO THIS ROLE IN, UM, REALLY IMPROVES THAT OPERATIONALLY THE EFFICIENCY BY STANDARDIZING THE, UM, THE INVENTORY, COORDINATING MAINTENANCE AND REDUCING DOWNTIME.
SO AGAIN, YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS TO, FOR OUR EQUIPMENT AND TRYING TO GET THAT BACK ON THE STREET AS FAST AS
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WE POSSIBLY CAN.AND AGAIN, IT ALLOWS, UH, THE COMMAND STAFF TO FOCUS ON, ON OTHER ISSUES THAT MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT.
SO AGAIN, WE THINK OF PART-TIME, AGAIN, JUST SWITCHING FROM A EMT TO A PART-TIME LOGISTICS TECH IS, IS NECESSARY.
WE'LL MOVE TO EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, WE HAD A REQUEST TO GO TAKE ONE OF OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION OFFICERS AND MOVE THEM TO A TRAINING SUPERVISOR.
AGAIN, I THINK THIS RECOGNIZES THE GROWING COMPLEXITY OF OUR 9 1 1 SYSTEM.
AND AGAIN, WE, WE JUST RECOGNIZE, UH, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS WEEK AND WE HAD SOME OF OUR DISPATCHERS HERE.
UM, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN A PROFESSIONAL, A PROFESSIONAL DEPARTMENT, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE HAVE GOOD TRAINING.
UM, YOU, YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'VE WROTE HERE AS FAR AS THE OTHER ITEMS. I WON'T READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT IT, IT O OVERALL WE JUST STRENGTHENS TREMENDOUSLY.
I THINK OUR, OUR, UH, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, THE OTHER ONE HERE UNDER CHUCK LEWIS IS THE MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS.
UM, THAT WAS A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE CONTRACT INCREASE.
AND YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS, UH, FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT.
WE KNEW WHEN WE DID THE, THE COMPLETE UPGRADE TO THE, UM, TO THE RADIO SYSTEM THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE IN THE WORKS.
AND AGAIN, THIS WAS TO, UM, ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THIS WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE UPGRADE AS WELL.
THERE'S AN INCREASE FOR THEM IN OUR INCREASE HERE TOO, AS, AS IN THIS BUDGET.
UM, WE HAD TO REQUEST THIS YEAR FROM OUR TREASURER TO LOOK AT REALLY GOING FROM A DEPUTY FOUR TO A CHIEF DEPUTY ONE POSITION.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE DOING BY APPROVING THIS IS REALLY ALLOWING THAT CHIEF DEPUTY, WHICH CAN BE THAT SECOND IN COMMAND, SOMEONE THAT CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF LAYER, UH, THIS TO THE TREASURER TO THE, THE LINE LEVEL STAFF.
AND I PUT HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT DAILY OPERATIONS, YOU THINK ABOUT SOME FINANCIAL CONTROLS, AND THEN THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH BEING THE TREASURER.
IT JUST KIND OF PUTS THAT LITTLE BIT OF PLANNING IN PLACE.
UM, LAST YEAR WE DID THE CLASS IN COMPENSATION.
THERE WERE A COUPLE POSITIONS THAT QUITE FRANKLY, WE MAY HAVE MISSED.
AND SO ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT SPECIFICALLY HERE WAS REGRADING AN ANALYST TO A NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR AND A NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
THAT SECOND PIECE IS JUST ENTITLED ALONE.
THE FIRST IS ACTUALLY REFERENCING WHAT THAT INDIVIDUAL DOES EVERY DAY.
AND WE FELT LIKE WE GOT IT ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT BEFORE, BUT WE REALLY, AFTER LOOKING AT THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES, FEEL LIKE THESE TWO REGRADES ARE NEEDED.
SO WANTED TO BRING THOSE TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, LASTLY, WE HAVE ANOTHER TARGETED INVESTMENT UNDER QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR SECTION, UH, HANNAH CAME BEFORE US THIS YEAR, AND IF YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, SHE WANTED A FULL-TIME POSITION.
AND WE SAID, HANNAH, USUALLY YOU GO FROM PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME.
IT SAYS STRAIGHT INTO THE DEEP END, UH, FULL-TIME.
BUT I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN JUST LIKE I HAVE, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPRESSED BY WHAT FOUR H DOES.
AND SO THIS PUTS THAT PART-TIME POSITION TO A FULL-TIME POSITION THERE.
AND HANNAH IS ONE OF OUR SHINING STARS WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT FOUR H IS ACCOMPLISHING HERE.
SO LET ME, NOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS, LET ME JUST GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO OVERVIEW.
SO WE, UH, WHAT THIS YEAR, WHAT WE'RE DOING WHEN IT COMES TO SALARY AND BENEFITS IS FOR THE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR THE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES, OUR CONSTITUTIONAL EMPLOYEES.
SO REALLY YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A ONE STEP INCREASE.
SO THAT'S A, A 2.832% INCREASE FOR ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES, UH, WHICH IS FIGURED INTO THIS BUDGET.
THE BOTTOM PART, JUST, I WANTED TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN HEALTH INSURANCE WISE.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE SAW 12.6% INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE AND WE'RE KEEPING THAT SAME, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY PASSED ON THE, UH, PERCENTAGES AND Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED THAT FOR OUR HEALTH INSURANCE.
BUT WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU, UNLIKE 2024 WHERE THERE WERE NO INCREASE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST FIVE YEARS, YOU'VE HAD A 43.5% INCREASE IN HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS.
AND SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
UH, DR. MOORE AND I ATTENDED A MEETING OF THE, THE CRATER HEALTH DISTRICT, THE, I MEAN CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT THE OTHER DAY.
AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE AVERAGE IN THE ROOM WAS CLOSER TO 17 18%.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BELOW THAT.
AND I THINK THE CITY OF EMPORIA, WHICH IS, HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS AN EXTREMELY UNHEALTHY COMMUNITY.
AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ONLY HAD LIKE A 6% INCREASE THIS YEAR.
SO AGAIN, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A WHOLE LOT WORSE FOR US.
BUT 12.6 THIS YEAR FOR US, WE TALK ABOUT SCHOOLS SPECIFICALLY.
AND, AND THIS YEAR, UH, WHICH IS AGAINST LARGEST PART OF YOUR BUDGET, SCHOOL
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BOARD CAME TO YOU AT THAT JOINT WORKSHOP AND SAID WHAT THEY WOULD REALLY PREFER IS ABOUT AN $808,000 INCREASE A YEAR OVER YEAR, UH, FOR, FOR THE SCHOOLS.AND SO WHAT WE ENDED UP FUNDING IS 650,000 FOR THE SCHOOLS.
AND SO I, I WANTED, YOU KNOW, I HAD ANN THIS YEAR KIND OF REALLY BREAK DOWN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF, OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND SO THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER THIS IS THAT, THAT $17.3 MILLION THAT GOES TO HELP THE SCHOOLS AND YOU'RE WELL BEYOND THE LOCAL REQUIRED EFFORT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUTS OUT.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE FUNDING MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
UM, BUT YOU ALSO KNOW THAT YOU COULDN'T FUND THEM, WHAT THE STATE SAYS AND STILL OPERATE A SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO THE COMMONWEALTH'S GOT A LONG WAY TO GO IN MEETING THOSE JARC REQUIREMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS.
I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, THE 382,000, THAT'S THE COUNTY GENERAL FUND THAT WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
SO I, I KNOW WE, WE JUST WANNA KEEP THAT IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE THIS BOARD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY.
WHEN THAT MONEY GETS SHIFTED AWAY AND YOU NO LONGER HAVE THE GRANTS, DO YOU PAY IT OR DO YOU NOT DIG RID OF THE POSITION? AND WE'VE ALWAYS SAID WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THOSE POSITIONS.
YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT A PENNY IS WORTH, THAT'S ABOUT A PENNY, UH, JUST IN THAT ALONE.
SO YOUR DEBT SERVICE IS BROKEN DOWN INTO YOUR TRANSFER OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS YOUR MILL TAX.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE 2.3 AND THE 1.45.
AND THEN IF YOU, YOU GO DOWN TO THE SCHOOL'S, UH, CIP, SO THAT, THAT 142,000, WE'LL GET INTO THAT ON THE CAPITAL SIDE.
UM, THAT'S THE PROJECT AT MIDWAY.
AND THEN YOUR OPERATING CAPITAL FUND, WHICH AGAIN IS WHAT I CALL THE REVOLVING FUND.
THAT'S FOR YOUR SCHOOL BUSES THIS YEAR THAT'S GONNA BE COMING OUTTA THAT POT.
AND THEN YOUR GENERAL FUND TRANSFER FOR SCHOOL CAPITAL, THAT'S LIKE OUR CAPITAL.
BUT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE INCREASED FROM 150 TO 300, ADD IT ALL UP, YOU'RE ABOUT 22.4 UH, MILLION DOLLARS.
SO AGAIN, JUST TO DRAW A REFERENCE TO YOUR REAL ESTATE, WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN ON REAL ESTATE, NEARLY 96% OF ALL YOUR REAL ESTATE GOES DIRECTLY TO PAY, UH, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO IT'S NEARLY ALL YOUR REAL ESTATE TAX IS, IS WHAT WE'RE PAYING TO, TO DO THE SCHOOL.
SO IF YOU WANT TO SHOW THAT COMPARATIVE, THE, UH, WHAT I CALL THE REPLACEMENT FUND, KIND OF A BUSY SLIDE, I'M NOT GONNA READ IT ALL, BUT THE BOTTOM, UH, LITTLE SECTION THERE TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE RAISED TAXES 5 CENT AND HOW IT GOES INTO THE SPECIFIC FUND.
AND I CAN'T BEGIN TO, TO THINK WHAT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WOULD'VE LOOKED LIKE IF YOU HADN'T HAVE DONE THIS LAST YEAR.
UH, A LOT OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY WOULD JUST WOULDN'T BE DONE.
UH, SO THAT BEING SAID, WHAT WE DO ARE PLANNING THIS YEAR IS TO FUND SIX SHERIFFS PATROL VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS, THREE FIRE AND EMS VEHICLES, ONE AMBULANCE, THREE SCHOOL BUSES.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE SOME NETWORK SWITCHES FOR THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, PUT IN PLACE HERE.
SO THIS SLIDE IS JUST THE, THE SLIDE THAT I LIKE TO SHOW THAT EACH ONE OF THESE REPRESENT.
AND IT'S NOT ALL OF THEM 'CAUSE I COULDN'T FIT 'EM ALL ON ONE SLIDE, BUT IT'S, IT'S ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE, UH, ENTER INTO WHERE WE DON'T NECESSARILY THINK GOVERNMENT SHOULD NECESSARILY OFFER THE SERVICES, BUT IF WE CAN PARTNER, THEN WE CAN KIND OF PUNCH ABOVE OUR WEIGHT.
AND SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE, AND I THINK AT EVERY MEETING SINCE FEBRUARY, JANUARY, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, WE'VE HAD EACH ONE OF THESE OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS KIND OF COME IN AND TALK TO YOU.
AND THESE, AGAIN, WHO WE PARTNER WITH TO OFFER SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO HOW DOES THE BUDGET GET BALANCED? AND SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE $69.9 MILLION WORTH OF REVENUE COUNTY OPERATIONS THAT WE JUST EXPLAINED IS AT 43.5, YOU, YOU TAKE OUT THE SCHOOL OPERATING AND CAPITAL TRANSFER, THE DEBT SERVICE, THE COUNTY DEBT SERVICE, UM, SOCIAL SERVICES AND CSA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND TRANSFER, AND THEN THE COUNTY OPERATING CAPITAL TRANSFER, AGAIN, WHAT I CALL THE REPLACEMENT FUND.
SO YOU'RE LIKE, WHOA, KEVIN, YOU'RE OUT OF, YOU'RE OUT OF BUDGET, RIGHT? SO THEN WE LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WELL, THAT CIP IS USING ONE TIME DOLLARS, RIGHT? SO THE, THE WHOLE GOAL HERE IS REOCCURRING REVENUE HAS TO PAY FOR REOCCURRING EXPENSES, TAKE OUT THE TRANSFER FOR CIP WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A GRANT MATCH WITH THE DIMITY AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY.
SO THAT WAS 75,000, THAT'S ONE TIME THE GENERAL REASSESSMENTS NOT EVERY YEAR.
SO THAT'S NOT A REOCCURRING EXPENSE.
SO YOU TAKE THOSE OUT, YOU'RE AT A ABSOLUTE, UM, 27 REVENUES, LESS EXPENSES AT BEING ZERO.
SO YOU'RE AT A, YOU'RE AT A BALANCED BUDGET, WON'T SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON THIS, BUT
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THIS IS THE, THE DAN AND LEAF DOLLAR BILL THAT, THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, DAN'S LIKE, JUST SEND ME THE DOLLAR BILL AND, AND LET'S, LET'S WORK FROM THERE.BUT, UM, YOU CAN SEE K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION, AGAIN, IS JUST UNDER 30 CENTS.
AND THEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FIRE AND EMS ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT MAKES UP, UM, A LION SHARE OF YOUR DOLLAR BILL.
GENERAL SERVICES, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY GENERATES WASTE.
YOU KNOW THAT, THAT AREA, UH, 9.60 CENT OF EVERY DOLLAR COUNTY DEBT.
AND THEN AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE RESIDUAL PIECES OF THE DOLLAR.
SO WHEN PEOPLE ASK, HEY KEV, WHAT'S, WHERE'S MY LOCAL DOLLAR? HOW'S IT, IT SPENT? THIS IS, THIS IS THE BEST, UH, REPRESENTATION WE HAVE OF HOW THAT LOOKS.
SO I'M GONNA REAL QUICKLY GO THROUGH YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS A, A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH OF, UH, TO PLANNING AND FINANCE, UH, FINANCING MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN, IN THE AUDIENCE IS FRANK HALTON, WHO IS OUR COUNTY ENGINEER.
SO WE GAVE FRANK A A BREATHER THIS YEAR AND THE FACT THAT HE HAS BEEN PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, UM, NEXT YEAR, HE'S GONNA RUN IT.
AND SO HE'S, UH, NO SMALL TASK IN ADDITION TO ALL OF HIS, UH, REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS COUNTY ENGINEER, BUT WE ARE SO, SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE FRANK IN IN DENWOODY COUNTY.
AND SO THIS NOT ONLY JUST A PHENOMENAL PERSON, BUT A TREMENDOUS PROFESSIONAL.
AND I THINK WHAT HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS IS YOU'RE KINDA GETTING THE C TEAM AND ME, BUT YOU GOT THE A TEAM AND FRANK THAT'S COMING UP NEXT YEAR, UM, TO, TO MOVE THROUGH THE, MOVE THROUGH THE, THE OVERALL PROGRAM.
SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A GUIDE AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO HELP US THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE HEADING IN OUR, IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S ALSO TIED TO THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN.
SO IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
SO THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT IS WE, WE EVALUATE AND PRIORITIZE, YOU KNOW, YEAR ONE IS THE FUNDING YEAR, SO THAT'S URGENT.
YEARS TWO AND THREE ARE KIND OF HIGH PRIORITY, MEDIUM YEARS ARE IN THAT FOUR TO FIVE WINDOW AND THEN LOW PRIORITY YEARS THAT CAN BE SHIFTED AROUND.
ALL OF THIS CAN BE SHIFTED BASED ON NEED IF WE NEED TO, BUT THE URGENT YEAR IS THE YEAR THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR.
SO AGAIN, UM, A WORKING GROUP WAS FORMED WITH THE, UH, COUNTY'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR, DAVENPORT.
AND SO THEY LOOKED AT THE CREDIT RATING, THEY LOOK AT OUR PEER COMPARATIVES, THEY LOOK AT OUR GENERAL FUND, THEY LOOK AT, UH, OPERATIONS, THEY LOOK AT HOW MUCH WE PAY IN CASH VERSUS HOW MUCH WE GO OUT AND BORROW.
AND THAT LOOKS AT OUR FUND BALANCES.
UH, THEY LOOK AT OUR EXISTING TAX SUPPORTED DEBT PROFILE.
UM, AND THEN OVERALL THERE'S AN ANALYSIS THAT'S DONE ON DEBT CAPACITY AND THEN JUST LIKE BUYING A HOME, YOU MIGHT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BUY A HOME, BUT THEN THERE'S AN AFFORDABILITY PIECE THAT COMES IN AND THEY HELP US THROUGH, THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
SO THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB THIS YEAR.
WE MET FOR I GUESS SIX, SEVEN TIMES FOR A FEW HOUR MEETINGS EACH TO KINDA WORK THROUGH ALL THE VARIOUS PROJECTS AND ALL THE VARIOUS YEARS.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY THOSE THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING TONIGHT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT THE FY 27 TO 36 CIP TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT WHICH TIME EVERYONE PRESENT RECOMMENDED THAT, THAT YOU ALL, UH, APPROVE THE CIP.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL GET A OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THAT.
NEXT PIECE IS JUST RIGHT, WHAT ARE WE FUNDING? SO IN THESE AREAS YOU HAVE THE COURTHOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT THAT YOU ALL ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH, BUT THAT'S A, A REMODEL OF THE, BASICALLY THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING OF THE, THE COURTHOUSE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A NEARLY 30-YEAR-OLD BUILDING AND THE MECHANICAL, AGAIN, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING NEED TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED.
UH, AS WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THOSE ITEMS, WE SAID IT WOULD BE BEST JUST TO, TO BRING THAT BUILDING TO THE STANDARD OF THE REST OF THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S LOOKING AT THAT, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE FUNDING SOURCE IS OTHER 'CAUSE THAT WILL BE A BORROWED.
UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT TAKING DOWN THE HISTORIC SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION CENTER, CAFETERIA BUILDING THE OLD SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND JAIL.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, I PUT THIS AS THE BRICK HOUSE, BUT IT'S THE, THE SMALL HOME THAT WE ACQUIRED ADJACENT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING WITH THE EXPECTATION ONCE THAT COMES DOWN, WE CAN A, ACTUALLY HAVE SOME OVERFLOW PARKING.
UM, AND IN THE LANDFILL, YOU KNOW, TIMMY CLARIN CAME IN THIS YEAR AS OUR DIRECTOR AND SAID, HEY, IF, IF WE CAN TAKE AWAY THE COMPOSTING ASPECT OF THIS, WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD BUILDING.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, DEMOING THE TOP AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE SOME OF THE PROCEEDS.
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THEN IT GIVES US THAT UNIFIED BUILDING AT THE LANDFILL THAT WE KIND OF NEED FOR THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT REALLY.SO THAT'S, UM, LOOKING TO BE FUNDED OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND.
WE HAVE TWO TANKERS THAT ARE BEING REPLACED.
AND WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE LEAD TIME ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF OUR TANKERS, THAT'S ABOUT 1.5 MILLION CARDIAC MONITORS ARE, ARE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.
THEY'RE COMING TO THE END OF USEFUL LIFE.
AND THEN MILL, UH, MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GYM FLOOR, UH, WAS, IS WHAT WE PROPOSED THIS YEAR.
AND THEN, UH, AT THE ON RIVER ROAD IN DR.
MOORE'S DISTRICT, THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DEITY COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION AND THE SUTHERLAND TON CLUB.
UM, THEM MORE SO ON THE, TO KEEPING IT SAFE AND CLEAN SIDE US ON THE SIDE OF BUILDING A WALKING TRAIL, UH, AT THAT LOCATION OF WHAT IS WHAT WE CALL THE HEART ROAD LOCATION.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE $88,000 ON OTHER CIP PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME TO COMPLETION.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THAT $88,000 BE SPENT ON, ON DOING THIS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WALKERS IN THAT END OF THE COUNTY THAT SOME OF THEM USE THE SECONDARY ROAD SYSTEM TO WALK ON.
AND THIS ACTUALLY GIVES A MORE SAFE PLACE FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
SO THE TOTAL COST, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE IS ABOUT 17.7 MILLION AND WE'RE BREAKING THAT INTO ABOUT 2.4 MILLION OUTTA CASH.
AND THE REMAINING 15.3 WOULD WOULD BE A BORROWED.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S A BUDGET NUMBER.
THAT NUMBER CAN GO UP BASED ON BID, MAYBE IT GOES DOWN, BUT I USUALLY IT GOES UP.
SO WE, WE HAVE THAT IN MIND AS WE WORK THROUGH THE, THE CIP UM, I DEBATED TO CODE THROUGH THE, ALL THE PROJECTS FOR ALL THE 10 YEARS.
AND SO WHAT I DECIDED TO DO IS JUST KIND OF COLOR CODE THIS FOR YOU GUYS.
AND SO YOU, WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN THIS IS, AND AGAIN, THAT URGENT YEAR AT 17.7, NEXT YEAR AT 24 MILLION.
SO WHAT WE DID ORIGINALLY THAT WAS LOOKED AT FY 29, WE TRIED TO MOVE THAT TO 28.
MAIN REASON FOR THAT, ABOUT 18 MILLION OF THAT IS, UM, THE DIM WIDY MIDDLE SCHOOL TO BE RENOVATED.
AND SO WE HAVE A BEEN AWARDED A GRANT, UH, A SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GRANT, A SCAP GRANT THAT SCAP GRANT IS OFFERING 5 MILLION.
THE CHALLENGE IS WE MAY LOSE THAT GRANT.
SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
I THINK THE SCHOOL SYSTEM MAY HAVE ASKED TOO SOON FOR THE MONEY 'CAUSE THERE ARE SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY SPEND THE STATE MONEY, BUT NONETHELESS, UH, THAT'S SHOWING IN, IN, UH, FY 28.
NOW FY 29 YOU'LL SEE GOES TO 13.9 AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE REMAINING YEARS HERE.
SO THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET YEARS, YOU KNOW, ONE THROUGH FIVE IF YOU'RE ON THE PLAN TO MOVE THAT IN A, IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION EVERY YEAR.
SO IF SOMEBODY SEES IT ON THE PLAN, THEN THEY CAN REALISTICALLY EXPECT IT TO BE DONE.
SO THIS SLIDE JUST IS A RECOGNITION SLIDE.
UM, THIS YEAR WE HAD HAD SAM HAYES FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT BROUGHT HE'S CHAIR THIS YEAR THERE AND DID A TREMENDOUS JOB.
UH, YOU SEE SHARON YATES IS ALSO REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COUNTY, IDA, UM, MANY OF THE OTHER PLAYERS THAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, WITH THE ADDITION OF FRANK AS COUNTY ENGINEER AND TIMMY KLAIN AS OUR GENERAL SERVICES, BUT JUST WANNA ESPECIALLY THINK, UM, ALL THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR THEIR, THEIR DILIGENCE AND ASKING SOME REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.
I THINK ALVIN LANGLEY GETS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST QUESTIONS ASKED THAT NIGHT, BUT, UH, REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS ASKED ALONG THE WAY.
SO AT THIS TIME, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'LL PAUSE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND AGAIN, I JUST WANNA ESPECIALLY THANK, UH, ANNE HOWERTON.
ANNE AND I HAVE BEEN A TEAM AT THIS FOR QUITE A FEW OF THOSE 76 YEARS OF COMBINED EFFORT.
AND UH, SO IT IS, IT'S BEEN, UM, THIS YEAR I, LIKE I TOLD THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, IF I, IF KEVIN COULD SUM UP, SUMMARIZE IT FOR YOU, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CUTS THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE COUNTY SIDE AND I'M, I'M CONFIDENT THAT ON THE SCHOOL SIDE THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS INTERNALLY AS WELL.
UM, BUT, BUT IF YOU RECALL, THE PROBLEM STATEMENT WAS YOU HAD OVER SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF REQUEST AND YOU HAD JUST OVER $3 MILLION OF REVENUE.
SO IN ORDER TO FIT ALL OF THIS INTO THE BUDGET, NOT EVERY COUNTY DEPARTMENT, EVERY COUNTY DEPARTMENT, UH, WAS REDUCED IN SOME WAY OR THE OTHER TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO NOT EVERYBODY GOT EVERYTHING THEY ASKED FOR, AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT DENWOODY.
EVEN WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT THAT EVERYBODY CAN'T GET EVERYTHING THEY ASK FOR, THEY REALLY KIND OF JUST SALUTE IT AND CLICK THEIR HEELS AND GET READY TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THE BEST SERVICES WE CAN.
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I JUST SIMPLY DO PRESENTATIONS AND SHE STILL FINDS ERRORS IN MY ACCOUNTING, SO IT'S A GOOD THING SHE'S DOUBLE CHECK THIS BEFORE YOU TODAY.BUT MADAM CHAIR, ANY QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS THAT YOU HAVE FOR US AT THIS TIME? ANY QUESTIONS? UH, COMMENTS? NO, WE'RE GOOD.
SO WE NEED TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE USE THIS TOGETHER, TYLER, TO DO, I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, IF THAT'S OKAY.
BUDGET FIRST AND WHICH ONE YOU DO FIRST.
BUDGET, I THINK DO THE BUDGET FIRST.
SO MADAM CHAIR, IF WE COULD OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FY 27, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET.
OKAY, AT THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA OPEN, OPEN THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE, UM, FISCAL YEAR OF 2027.
HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP? MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
OKAY, AT THIS TIME WE WILL CLOSE THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET REQUEST.
[2.B. Proposed Fiscal Years 2027-2036 Capital Improvements Plan Budget]
HAVE, YEAH, MADAM CHAIR.NOW THE NEXT IS THE, UH, PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.
AND, AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU TOO, UM, AT EACH ONE OF YOUR SEATS WE HAVE MR. RAGSDALE THAT'S HERE THAT OFFERED HIS COMMENTS, UM, BY PAPER.
SO THOSE ARE ARE LAID OUT IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND, UM, I MENTIONED TO MR. RAGSDALE LATER THAT HE AND I WILL GET TOGETHER, UH, AT SOME POINT TOO.
BUT YEAH, NOW IS YOUR, YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.
OKAY? UM, ALRIGHT, WE ARE OPEN PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN BUDGET.
HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP? MADAM CHAIR? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.
OKAY, AT THIS TIME WE WILL CLOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PLAN, BUDGET.
AND MADAM CHAIR, THE ONLY, UM, ONLY OTHER ITEM TONIGHT IS ADJOURNMENT, BUT AGAIN, I JUST, I WANT YOU TO TAKE THE TIME TO GO BACK.
ALL THE BUDGET INFORMATION IN DETAIL HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL, UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
AND THIS PRESENTATION WILL GO ONLINE TOMORROW.
I ASSUME THIS LINK TAKES YOU TO ALL THE BUDGET DETAIL.
AND SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE THAT, AND OF COURSE, THAT THAT'S BEEN ACTIVE NOW SINCE WE PUT THE AD IN THE PAPER.
SO ALL THAT, UM, KIND OF DETAILED INFORMATION IS THERE FOR THE, FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR, UM, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND BEING MY SOUNDING BOARD AND FOR ANN AND I TO, TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS BUDGET.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL ADOPT ON OR TAKE ACTION AT YOUR NEXT SPECIAL MEETING ON MAY 5TH.
ANY CONCERNS, COMMENTS, GUYS? YEAH, I, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD
UM, BUT I QUESTION THAT WHEN COVID IS THE REASON I CAN'T GO TO THE BUDGET MEETING, UM, COVID BUDGET MEETING.
UM, BUT I THINK I'D RATHER COME TO THE BUDGET MEETING, BUT I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK IT IS.
I DON'T LIKE EVERYBODY, UM, ASKING FOR THEIR NEEDS BECAUSE I WANT TO FUND EVERYTHING AND THAT, AND THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
UM, TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, UM, I APPRECIATE WHAT, AND DOES I EVEN APPRECIATE MORE WHAT AM DOES WHEN YOU SPELL IT OUT LIKE YOU DO AND, AND HOW THIS BUDGET IS PREPARED AND WHEN YOU, AND THE GOOD PART OF THIS BUDGET IS WE HAD SOME REVENUE TO WORK WITH.
SO, UM, AGAIN, NOT EVERYBODY GETS WHAT THEY WANT, BUT, UM, WE SPREAD IT AROUND AND, AND I THINK Y'ALL DO A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.
UM, THINGS I'VE KICKED OUT OF, UM, UM, THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, $1,450,000 IN MEAL TAX FOR CITIZENS EATING IN DEWINE COUNTY.
AND TO ME THAT'S A HIDDEN TAX THAT HELPS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IMMENSELY AND OUR MEALS IN DENWOOD ON ANY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN PETERSBURG OR COLONIAL HEIGHTS OR ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT THAT TAX HELPS THAN WOODY, UM, SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WELL, IT HELPS EVERY CITIZEN, INWOOD, THAT'S $1.4 MILLION THAT THE TAXPAYER DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY.
HE'S PAYING IT, BUT HE'S GETTING A MEAL LIGHT OF IT TOO, SO MM-HMM
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL FUND $22 MILLION, UM, FOR SCHOOLS, UM, CAN'T ANYBODY SAY EDUCATION IN THE PRIORITY AND THEN WHEN HE COUNTY, IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE PRIORITY AT
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THAT.AND SO I THINK I PULLED THOSE TWO THINGS OUT.
UM, THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE, UM, WITHIN THIS BUDGET.
UM, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS THAT WORK ON THIS BUDGET AND THE, ALL THE EMPLOYEES OF DENVER COUNTY.
I'LL ECHO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF, I I THE COUNTLESS HOURS AND I SEE YOUR CAR HERE ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
UM, YOU KNOW, KEVIN'S THE SAME WAY AND I PULL IN PARKING LOT SOMETIMES SEVEN 30 AND KEVIN USUALLY BEATS ME TO THIS COMPLEX AND HIS CAR IS HERE LONG AFTER I LEAVE.
UH, SO IF EVERY CITIZEN COULD SEE YOUR DEVOTION AND UH, I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE VERY PLEASED.
THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.
YOU HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE THAT'S COMING TO YOUR PLATE THAN THAT YOU WANT, BUT WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE AND THANK YOU FOR THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU BRING, TYLER, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN CRAZY BUSY WITH, WITH ALL THINGS AND, UH, I I JUST WISH THAT OUR, OUR COMMUNITY KNEW THE, THE VESTED WHAT YOU INVESTED IN, IN YOUR JOBS FOR THEM.
UH, 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY ABOUT THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT HE SAID.
I KNOW YOU WORK HARD, SO THANK YOU.
UM, AGAIN, I'M ECHOING EVERY, EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID THAT WAS BEING SAID.
IT'S A LOT TO PREPARE A BUDGET.
IT'S A LOT WITH THOSE NUMBERS.
AND I KNOW ANN HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT NUMBERS DON'T TALK BACK TO YOU.
SO SHE JUST
IF NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT YOUR AREA.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND WATCHING OUT FOR US.
AND, AND TYLER ALSO LOOKING OVER AND KEVIN BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO FUND THINGS THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN DO.
AND THANK YOU, UM, ALL FOR ALL THAT BECAUSE IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND IT'S A BUDGET THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT.
AND THANK YOU KAISHA FOR KEEPING US IN LINE AND WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
OH YEAH, SHE'S GETTING READY TO TRAVEL.
UM, AT THIS TIME I NEED A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.