[3:22] » Sara Baxter: THANK YOU SO

[3:25] MUCH.

[3:25] IF YOU ARE ABLE, STAND FOR THE

[3:27] PLEDGE OFALLEGIANCE .

[3:32] » Maria Sachs: GOOD EVENING

[3:33] EVERYBODY.

[3:35] A PRAYER FOR OUR SOLDIERS.

[3:38] GRACIOUS GOD, LET'S PRAY FOR

[3:39] OUR SOLDIERS.

[3:41] LET YOUR GRACE BE A PROTECTIVE

[3:45] SHIELD GUARDING THEM FROM HARM

[3:46] AND KEEPING THEM CLOSE TO YOUR

[3:47] LOVE AND COMPASSION.

[3:51] MAY WE ALWAYS REMEMBER THEY ARE

[3:52] THE ONES WHO FACE THE HORRORS

[3:53] AND DANGERS OF WAR FIRSTHAND

[3:57] THE COUPLES HONOR THEM FOR

[3:57] THEIR COURAGE AND CARE FOR THEM

[4:00] WHEN THERE IS DAMAGE TO THEIR

[4:02] BODIES OR SPIRIT.

[4:07] WHEN THEY ARE LONELY AND AFRAID

[4:08] AND LONG TO BE WITH THE SURE

[4:09] KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR PRESENCE AT

[4:10] ALL TIMES THAT WE ARE CARING

[4:12] FOR THEM HERE AT HOME.

[4:15] IN WAR AND PEACE LET THEM FEEL,

[4:18] DEEP IN THEIR HEARTS THAT YOUR

[4:20] LOVE IS ALWAYS THERE

[4:21] SOUNDLESSLY, UNCONDITIONALLY,

[4:24] AND ETERNALLY.

[4:27] LET US HOPE DEAR LORD THAT

[4:28] THOSE OF US WHO STAND HERE

[4:29] TODAY DO YOUR DIVINE WILL.

[4:32] AMEN.

[4:38] >>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE

[4:47] » > I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE

[4:47] FLAG AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR

[4:48] WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION

[4:48] UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH

[4:49] LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[4:56] SCRIBBLE I WOULD ENTERTAIN A

[4:57] MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.

[4:58] MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO,

[5:00] SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WOODWARD.

[5:09] ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED?

[5:09] PLEASE SEE THE MOTION CARRIES

[5:11] 7/0.

[5:11] I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO

[5:12] RECEIVE AND FILE PROOF OF

[5:12] PUBLICATION.

[5:13] MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO,

[5:14] SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WOODWARD.

[5:15] ALL IN FAVOR?

[5:24] THE OPPOSED?

[5:24] SEE THE MOTION CARRIES 7/0.

[5:25] UNDER TERM WE ARE REQUIRED TO

[5:26] READ INTO THE RECORD THE

[5:27] PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN MILLAGE

[5:28] OVERALL BACK RATE AND SPECIFIC

[5:29] PURPOSES FOR AD VALOREM TAX

[5:30] INCREASES.

[5:37] » THANK YOU MATT AMERICAN VICE

[5:38] MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY

[5:39] COMMISSIONERS.

[5:40] ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRUTH IN

[5:40] MILLAGE TRIM BILL, THE BOARD OF

[5:41] COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL HOLD

[5:42] HEARINGS ON THE TENTATIVE

[5:43] BUDGET PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE.

[5:45] AS STIPULATED IN THE TRIM BILL,

[5:46] THE FIRST SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE TO

[5:47] DISCUSS SHALL BE THE PERCENTAGE

[5:48] INCREASE IN THE MILLAGE OVER

[5:51] THE ROLE BACK RATE NECESSARY TO

[5:52] FUND THE BUDGET.

[5:56] IF ANY OF THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE

[5:57] FOR WHICH AD VALOREM REVENUES

[5:58] ARE BEING INCREASED.

[6:01] ON PAGE 4 PALM BEACH COUNTY

[6:03] PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 4.500

[6:04] ZERO IS 5.44 PERCENT OVER THE

[6:08] ROLE BACK RATE THIS REQUIRES A

[6:11] SUPERMAJORITY VOTE.PALM BEACH

[6:13] COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT'S

[6:16] PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 0.459

[6:18] ONE IS 5.3 PERCENT OVER THE

[6:23] ROLE BACK RATE.

[6:24] THIS REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY

[6:26] VOTE.

[6:27] PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE,

[6:30] MS TO YOU, PROPOSED MILLAGE

[6:31] RATE AT 3.458 ONE IS 5.25

[6:35] PERCENT OVER THE ROLE BACK

[6:40] RATE.

[6:40] THISREQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY

[6:41] VOTE .

[6:43] PALM BEACH COUNTY AGGREGATE

[6:44] PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 6.188

[6:48] NINE IS 3.80 PERCENT OVER THE

[6:49] ROLE BACK RATE PALM BEACH

[6:51] COUNTY COUNTYWIDE VOTED DEBT

[6:56] MILLAGE RATE IS 0.0210.

[7:02] WE TURN TO PAGE 5 BUT INCREASES

[7:03] OVERALL BACK RATE FISCAL YEAR

[7:04] 27, AN EXPLANATION OF THE

[7:06] INCREASES.

[7:08] COUNTYWIDE SHERIFF THAT

[7:09] INCREASE 86.8 MILLION.

[7:15] INCREASE AND OTHER

[7:16] CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS

[7:19] INCLUDING JUDICIAL IN ZERO

[7:19] MILLION.

[7:23] DECREASE IN BCC OPERATIONS NET

[7:26] REVENUES 15.6 MILLION PICK

[7:29] INCREASE IN CRA

[7:30] NON-DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 7.9

[7:35] MILLION.

[7:39] INCREASES IN RESERVES 26.7

[7:40] MILLION.

[7:43] INCREASE IN MAJOR REVENUES AND

[7:44] GAS TAX 12.4 MILLION.

[7:53] INCREASE CAPITAL PROJECTS LINED

[7:53] OUT DECREASE IN DEBT SERVICE

[7:54] 3.8 MILLION.

[7:57] 42 NOT MY MILLION.

[8:03] 36 MILLION, ADDITIONAL TAXES

[8:08] FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION I

[8:09] ROLLBACK RATE, CRA ROLLBACK

[8:11] ADJUSTMENTS AND TAX LOSS BY THE

[8:14] VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD 24.6

[8:17] MILLION.

[8:23] THE INCREASED TOTAL IS

[8:23] $85,302,887.

[8:30] COUNTY LIBRARY.

[8:30] INCREASE IN LIBRARY OPERATIONS

[8:31] NET THE REVENUES 1.3 MILLION

[8:32] DECREASES IN RESERVES 880,000.

[8:38] INCREASE FOR TRANSFER TO

[8:39] LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS AND

[8:40] EXPANSION FUNDS 10.5 MILLION.

[8:43] INCREASE IN BEGINNING BALANCE

[8:47] BROUGHT FORWARD 4.3 MILLION

[8:53] PICK ADDITIONAL TAXES FOR NEW

[8:54] CONSTRUCTION AT ROLLBACK RATE

[8:55] IN TAX LAWS OR REGULATIONS BY

[8:56] THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD

[9:00] $317,104.

[9:03] FIRE RESCUE MST YOU INCREASE OF

[9:07] FIRE RESCUE OPERATIONS NET OF

[9:09] REVENUES 53.1 MILLION.

[9:14] INCREASE IN RESERVES 8.0

[9:15] MILLION.

[9:15] DEGREES FOR TRANSFER TO CAPITAL

[9:18] PROJECT FUNDS 661,000.

[9:27] INCREASE IN BEGINNING BALANCE

[9:28] BROUGHT FORWARD 27.3 MILLION.

[9:29] ADDITIONAL TAXES FROM THE

[9:31] CONSTRUCTION AT ROLLBACK RATE,

[9:33] CRA ROLLBACK RATE IN TAX LAWS

[9:34] OR REVELATIONS BY THE VALUE

[9:35] ADJUSTMENT BOARD 75 MILLION FOR

[9:36] A TOTAL INCREASE OF 25 MILLION

[9:43] $650,174 PAGE 6 HIGHLIGHTS THAT

[9:53] INCLUDES PROPOSED TRANSFERS AND

[9:55] AMENDMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR

[9:55] 2027 TENTATIVE BUDGET PICK PAGE

[9:56] 7 THROUGH EIGHT CONTAINS

[9:58] PROPOSED TRANSFERS AND

[9:59] AMENDMENTS TO THE TRANSFERS AND

[10:02] AMENDMENTS DO NOT RESULT IN

[10:05] INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES AND

[10:06] IF I MAY POINT OUT THE CLERK IS

[10:10] WITHDRAWN 2.5 MILLION

[10:13] SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT WILL

[10:16] BE SUBSTITUTED AS AN AMENDMENT

[10:20] IN THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING.

[10:21] THANK YOU MADAME CLERK.

[10:29] » Bobby Weiss: THE NEXT ORDER

[10:29] OF BUSINESS IS TO ACCEPT ON THE

[10:30] TOTAL COUNTYWIDE FUNDS BUDGET

[10:31] DEFENDANT BUDGET AND PROPOSED

[10:32] BUDGET MANY CARS DO WE HAVE?

[10:46] 12 PUBLIC COMMENT

[10:47] CARDS.

[10:47] AT THIS TIME WE ARE NOT GOING

[10:48] TO TAKE ANYMORE ONCE WE START.

[10:50] AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLEASE

[10:52] CALL UP.

[11:01] » Joel Flores: ALL RIGHT.

[11:02] I HAVE EVAN ORIANA, PAM COLE,

[11:21] LAURA BLOOM, ROSARY IS.

[11:26] IF TWO PODIUMS.

[11:27] PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE

[11:28] YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE

[11:28] RECORD.

[11:35] » MY NAME IS SCOTT LEWIS 256

[11:35] E. 22ND CT., RIVIERA BEACH.

[11:38] I'M COMING TODAY BECAUSE THE

[11:39] TRAFFIC STUDY THAT CAME OUT

[11:41] ABOUT OUR FUTURE GRIDLOCK IN

[11:47] RIVIERA WE HAD 16 PROJECTS

[11:47] COMING UP ON BROADWAY.

[11:49] SEVERAL MEETINGS HAVE SHOWED UP

[11:50] AND SAID LISTEN, IT'S TERRIBLE

[11:56] ALREADY WE ARE GOING THERE IN F

[11:57] WHICH IS WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICE

[11:58] ON THE ROAD AND IS A WHAT WE

[12:00] HAVE CARVEOUTS FOR PALM TRAN TO

[12:03] TURN INTO THE 2010 BUS AND I

[12:07] USED TO HAVE A CDL AND DRIVE A

[12:08] US IN A FORMER LIFE AND THE

[12:10] ANSWER IS NUMBER THEY CAN HAVE

[12:15] TURNOUTS.

[12:19] THEY COME IN AT TIMES IN THERE

[12:19] AND IN A SECTION IN YOU GET

[12:21] BEHIND IN 20 10 BUS AND IT

[12:23] STOPS.

[12:26] THE PEOPLE IN THEIR COND?

[12:26] SWERVING AROUND IT TRYING TO

[12:30] GET OUT OF THE WAY VERSUS

[12:31] HAVING A CUT OUT THAT INCREASES

[12:33] YOUR TRAFFIC FLOW FROM

[12:36] DEVELOPERS WHO ARE READY TO GET

[12:39] THAT KIND OF THING AS PART OF

[12:39] THEIR REZONING.

[12:45] BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.

[12:45] YOUR AGENCY WON'T WITH THE

[12:46] CITIES DO THAT.YOUR AGENCY

[12:50] PICK ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE

[12:51] ONES IN YOUR BUDGET.

[12:53] HAVE ASKED THE COUNCILMAN TO

[12:54] ADDRESS IT IN RIVIERA.

[12:56] THEY CAN'T BECAUSE YOU TO KNOW.

[13:00] I REMEMBER 25 YEARS AGO MAYBE

[13:04] IT IS 20 YEARS AGO.

[13:04] BOB SITTING HERE SAYING THE

[13:08] PALM TRAN BACK THEN WAS THE

[13:09] BIGGEST SUBSIDY THE COUNTY DID

[13:10] AND IT WAS $25 A SEAT.

[13:15] DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS TODAY.

[13:16] A GOOD GUESS WOULD BE 60 TO 75

[13:20] BUCKS A SEAT.

[13:21] BUT RATHER THAN SPENDING MONEY

[13:21] ON A THOUSAND PAGE SURVEY THAT

[13:22] TALKS ABOUT BIKE LANES, WHICH

[13:28] WORKERS ARE GOING TO USE BIKE

[13:28] LANES IN SOUTH FLORIDA WHEN

[13:29] IT'S RAINING IN THE AFTERNOON.

[13:34] RATHER SEE YOU DO A TIGHT

[13:35] ANALYSIS ON PALM TRAN.

[13:38] WHERE THE STOPS IN TERMS OF

[13:38] YOUR INTERSECTIONS.

[13:41] WHERE CAN YOU IMPROVE THE

[13:41] TRAFFIC FLOW.

[13:46] WHY DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT PALM

[13:47] CONNECT INSTEAD HAVING ONE

[13:47] PERSON IN THE VAN I'M A NATIVE

[13:52] HERE.

[13:56] WHY NOT USE UBER DOESN'T STOP

[13:58] AT A RAILROAD TRACK.

[14:03] UBER DOESN'T TAKE A CHAUFFEUR

[14:04] LICENSE DOESN'T REQUIRE

[14:09] EXPENSIVE TRANSPORTATION.

[14:11] DO SOMETHING.

[14:16] TO TRY TO DO REAL MEANINGFUL

[14:17] IMPROVEMENTS ON TRAFFIC THAT

[14:18] ISN'T ABOUT ADDING BIKE LANES.

[14:28] » 624 MACINTOSH'S WISH PALM

[14:29] BEACH.

[14:31] THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

[14:31] TO SPEAK TODAY.

[14:34] I'M HERE NOT ONLY AS A RESIDENT

[14:35] BUT AS THE REGIONAL MANAGER FOR

[14:36] THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION HERE

[14:41] TO SPEAK A BIT ABOUT PARKING

[14:41] FEES IN OUR BEACH PARKS.AS AN

[14:44] ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT

[14:48] DEDICATED TO PROTECTION

[14:49] ENJOYMENT OF OUR OCEAN WAVES

[14:50] AND BEACHES THROUGH OUR

[14:51] VOLUNTEER NETWORK.

[14:54] WE ARE 12 CHAPTERS IN THE STATE

[14:55] OF FLORIDA HERE REPRESENTING

[14:56] OUR TREASURE COAST PALM BEACH

[14:57] AND BROWARD COUNTY CHAPTERS.

[15:02] FIRST, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

[15:02] THE RESIDENCE AND CAN

[15:03] CONTINUING TO KEEP BEACH

[15:04] PARKING FREE.IF THE PROCESS

[15:22] IS COMPLICATED OR REQUIRES

[15:23] EXTENSIVE PAPERWORK IT WOULD

[15:24] END UP EXCLUDING VITAL MEMBERS

[15:25] OF THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING

[15:26] SENIORS, WORKING FAMILIES,

[15:26] PEOPLE LIABLE INTERNET ACCESS

[15:27] AND MORE PICK WE ARE ASKING YOU

[15:28] TO PRIORITIZE ACCESSIBILITY AND

[15:29] SIMPLICITY IN THE PROCESS FOR

[15:30] THE COUNTY PAST THERE SHOULD BE

[15:31] MULTIPLE WAYS TO SIGN UP ONLINE

[15:34] BY MAIL, BY PHONE AND IN-PERSON

[15:35] UNPUBLICIZED WELL BEFORE FEES

[15:42] GO INTO EFFECT THE PEOPLE OF

[15:42] TIME TO PREPARE THEMSELVES.

[15:43] SECOND I WANT TO RAISE CONCERNS

[15:51] ABOUT PARKING FEES PLANNED FOR

[15:52] NON-COUNTY RESIDENTS.

[15:53] MANY PEOPLE HOBE SOUND COME

[15:54] DOWN TO THE FREE PARKS EVERY

[15:55] SINGLE DAY TO RECREATE WITH

[15:55] THEIR FAMILIES AND THE BEACHES

[15:56] ARE PART OF THEIR HISTORY AS

[15:58] THEY ARE OURS.

[15:59] FOUR DOLLARS AN HOUR ADDS UP

[15:59] QUICKLY AND FEES TEND TO GO UP

[16:00] ONCE THEY ARE IN PLACE

[16:03] FLORIDIANS FROM NEIGHBORING

[16:05] COUNTIES FREQUENTLY BEACHES,

[16:05] LIKE I SAID.

[16:07] BEFORE IMPOSING THE PARKING

[16:08] FEES WE ENCOURAGE THE COUNTY TO

[16:16] SURVEY THE BEACH FROM BETTER

[16:17] INSIGHT INTO ACTUAL USE IN THE

[16:19] PROGRAM COST IS MOVING FORWARD

[16:19] WITH FEES FOR NONRESIDENTS,

[16:23] PRICING SHOULD STILL BE

[16:24] ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE AND

[16:25] TRAUMA CHICKEN INCREASE IN

[16:26] EXEMPTION OPTIONS FOR SENIORS,

[16:27] DISABLED VETERANS AND MORE

[16:28] PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NEED IT.

[16:29] FINALLY, WHATEVER REVENUE DOES

[16:32] GENERATE NEEDS TO COMMUNICATE

[16:39] TO THE PUBLIC.

[16:40] IT SHOULD GO BACK INTO

[16:41] IMPROVING BEACH MAINTENANCE,

[16:41] WATER QUALITY AND PUBLIC ACCESS

[16:42] POINTS, MANY THAT ARE IN

[16:43] DISREPAIR AND NOT DISAPPEAR

[16:44] INTO A GENERAL FUND.

[16:46] AT SURFRIDER AND ALL OF US I

[16:51] BELIEVE OUR BEACHES BELONG TO

[16:52] EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR

[16:52] KEEPING A BEAUTIFUL AND

[16:53] MAINTAIN IT USED TO COME.

[17:10] » GOOD EVENING MAYOR BAXTER,

[17:10] VICE MAYOR WOODWARD AND

[17:11] COMMISSIONERS.

[17:11] MY NAME IS LAURA BLOOM, THE

[17:12] DIRECTOR FROM PALM BEACH SOIL

[17:13] AND WATER CONSERVATION

[17:14] DISTRICT.

[17:15] WAS HERE ON TUESDAY ALONG WITH

[17:16] OTHER SUPPORTERS WHEN

[17:17] SUPERVISOR SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT AND ASKED THE

[17:21] BOARD TO RESTORE $79,000 OF

[17:21] COUNTY INVESTMENT REMOVED FROM

[17:24] THE UPCOMING BUDGET.

[17:25] I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER

[17:28] POWELL RECOGNIZING OUR DISTRICT

[17:30] DURING TUESDAY'S MEETING.

[17:31] WE TRULY APPRECIATE THAT.

[17:36] OUR WORK SUPPORTS PALM BEACH

[17:36] COUNTY'S PRIORITIES.

[17:37] WATER CONSERVATION, AGRICULTURE

[17:40] BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES,

[17:42] ENVIRONMENT WILL EDUCATION AND

[17:45] PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES

[17:49] AND OUR WORK GOES BEYOND

[17:50] AGRICULTURE.HROUGH OUR

[17:51] IRRIGATION PROGRAM WE HELP

[17:52] BUSINESSES, HOMEOWNERS,

[17:56] MUNICIPALITIES IDENTIFY

[17:59] IRRIGATION PROBLEMS AND REDUCE

[18:00] WATER WASTE AND RUNOFF.

[18:01] WE ARE WILLING TO BE MEASURED.

[18:07] OVER THE PAST 10 MONTHS WE

[18:08] DELIVERED APPROXIMATELY

[18:08] $392,000 IN CONSERVATION

[18:09] SERVICES SUPPORT ABOUT $39,000

[18:12] INVESTMENT.FOR EVERY DOLLAR

[18:17] THE COUNTY INVESTED.

[18:23] WE REPORT OUR RESULTS ANNUALLY

[18:24] TO THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION

[18:25] INCLUDINGSERVICES DELIVERED ,

[18:25] CUSTOMER SERVED WATER CONCERT,

[18:28] IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENTS

[18:31] EDUCATION AND UNDER OTHER

[18:31] FUNDING PARTNERS.

[18:33] WE ARE A LOCAL PUBLICLY

[18:37] ACCOUNTABLE PUBLIC DISTRICT

[18:37] WORKER BOARD MEMBERS ARE

[18:38] ELECTED WE REDUCED STAFFING,

[18:49] CLOSED IN OFFICE REMOVE

[18:52] SERVICES AND ADDED FEES WERE

[18:52] APPROPRIATE.

[18:54] WE ARE ACTIVELY DEVELOPING NEW

[18:57] PROGRAMS AND REVENUE SOURCES WE

[18:59] ALSO RECEIVED LETTERS OF REPORT

[19:01] OF SUPPORT FROM GROWERS,

[19:03] RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS

[19:04] ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND SOME

[19:07] OF THOSE WE PROVIDED TO EACH

[19:08] ONE OF YOU.

[19:12] WE ASKED THE BOARD TO RESTORE

[19:13] THE $79,000 COUNTY INVESTMENT

[19:17] IN CONTINUAL PARTNERSHIP

[19:18] DELIVERED MEASURABLE VALUE

[19:19] THROUGHOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY.

[19:20] THANK YOU.

[19:32] » THEY GIVE FOR GIVING ME THE

[19:33] OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

[19:34] MY NAME IS ROSA AND I RETIRE

[19:39] AFTER 33 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH

[19:40] THE NATURAL RESOURCE

[19:41] CONSERVATION SERVICE FOR 16

[19:46] YEARS I SERVE AS A DISTRICT

[19:47] CONSERVATIONISM PALM BEACH

[19:48] SERVICING LANDOWNERS PROTECT

[19:49] THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND MAKE

[19:52] SOUND OF NORMAL DECISIONS THE

[19:55] MAJOR PART OF MY ROLE WAS TO

[19:56] BRING FEDERAL CONSERVATION

[19:59] PROGRAMS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

[20:02] THAT WOULD AND OFTEN POSSIBLE

[20:07] WITHOUT THE HELP OF PALM BEACH

[20:08] WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

[20:11] ENTERED THE STRONG

[20:11] RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE

[20:12] COMMUNITY.

[20:16] NOW IS A NATURAL RESOURCE

[20:17] MANAGER FOR THE DISTRICT HAD

[20:19] THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE

[20:19] OTHER SIDE WITH A DIFFERENT

[20:22] PERSPECTIVE RECENTLY WITH THE

[20:26] ORGANIZATION OR REORGANIZATION

[20:28] OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

[20:29] EXPERIENCED LOSING STAFF,

[20:34] REDUCTION IN EMPLOYEES IN EACH

[20:35] OFFICE, THIS HAS CREATED A

[20:39] GREATER NEED FOR THE LOCAL

[20:40] SERVICES AND PARTNERS LIKE THE

[20:40] DISTRICT.

[20:45] JON CAREY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

[20:46] INTO THE COMMUNITY.

[20:48] THIS YEAR ALONE NOT HAVING A

[20:51] FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE IN OUR

[20:52] OFFICES, WE FACILITATED

[20:58] $580,000 IN FEDERAL

[21:02] CONSERVATION PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL

[21:03] FARMERS.

[21:06] THESE HELP THE PRODUCERS

[21:07] IMPLEMENT BEST MANAGEMENT

[21:07] PRACTICES THIS YEAR BUT THERE

[21:11] WAS A POSSIBILITY TO CLOSE OUR

[21:12] OFFICE AND THEY DECIDED NOT TO

[21:15] DO SO.

[21:19] I BELIEVE IT WAS HOW STRONG THE

[21:20] RELATIONSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO

[21:23] THE COMMUNITY AND THE

[21:24] AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY PICK OUR

[21:26] DISTRICT IS COMMITTED TO

[21:28] SUPPORTING THE PARTNERS IN

[21:32] LANDOWNERS WE SERVE THE GUY

[21:35] WANTED TO CONCLUDE BY REMINDING

[21:38] YOU THAT THE 79,000 YOU HAVE

[21:42] INVESTED IN THE DISTRICT IN THE

[21:43] PAST HAS RETURNED MORE THAN A

[21:47] HUNDREDFOLD AND THE BENEFITS TO

[21:48] THE PEOPLE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY

[21:49] LIKE MISS BLOOM SAID THAT

[21:53] INVESTMENT HELPED BRING FEDERAL

[21:54] PROGRAM RESOURCES SUCH ASSISTED

[21:56] TO OUR FARMERS LANDOWNERS AND

[21:59] THE COMMUNITY.

[21:59] THE REAL QUESTION, SO I ASK

[22:04] WILL YOU CONSIDER REINSTATING

[22:05] THE 79,000 IN THEBUDGET .

[22:09] MUCH AS A 70,000 COST US.

[22:14] WHAT DO WE LOSE IF THE 79,000

[22:17] IS NOT REINSTATED.

[22:23] I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO

[22:24] REINSTATE THE 79,000 AND

[22:25] CONTINUE THIS INVESTMENT IN OUR

[22:28] COMMUNITY, OUR PARTNERS AND OUR

[22:29] NATURAL RESOURCES.

[22:30] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[22:39] » Sara Baxter: A TALK ABOUT

[22:40] SUPPORTING AGRICULTURE.

[22:41] TO DETERMINE THIS IS SOMETHING

[22:41] THAT NEEDED TO BE ELIMINATED?

[22:45] » IT WAS IN A BASELINE BUDGET.

[22:46] EVERY DEPARTMENT CAME IN WITH

[22:49] CUTS.

[22:54] » Sara Baxter: WHICH

[22:54] DEPARTMENT CUT THIS ONE?

[22:55] » IT WAS THE COOPERATIVE

[22:56] EXTENSION THIS IS A STATE

[22:59] AGENCY.

[22:59] WHERE THEY ARE FEELING THE

[23:00] IMPACT I BELIEVE THE

[23:01] LEGISLATIVE SESSION AFTER WE

[23:02] STARTED SETTING THE BUDGET THE

[23:05] STATE CUT THE BUDGET BY 300,000

[23:06] OR SO.

[23:11] THAT IS THE POSITION THAT

[23:11] THEY ARE IN RIGHT NOW.

[23:14] » Sara Baxter: 'SOF THE STATE,

[23:15] IT.

[23:18] OF ALL THE THINGS THIS IS

[23:19] SOMETHING THAT THE CO-OP

[23:20] DECIDED TO ELIMINATE BUT THEY

[23:24] HAVE ALL THE LETTERS FROM

[23:25] GROWERS ON FARMERS IN SUPPORT

[23:26] OF KEEPING THEIRFUNDING .

[23:27] WAS ANY OF THAT TAKEN INTO

[23:29] CONSIDERATION?

[23:32] » NO BECAUSE MANY OF THE

[23:38] LETTERS CAME IN AFTER WE

[23:42] STARTED ADJUSTING THE BUDGET.

[23:46] WE HAD TO MAKE TOUGH CUTS TO

[23:47] GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

[23:48] » Sara Baxter: LET'S GET THE

[23:49] PUBLIC, AND WE WILL READDRESS

[23:51] THIS.

[23:52] » Joel Flores: WE HAVE PAM

[23:54] COLE, DARCY GORDON, MERCY,

[24:04] KEVIN SULLIVAN, AND JERRY.

[24:07] ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO PODIUM

[24:10] .

[24:10] COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR

[24:11] NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE

[24:12] RECORD.

[24:16] » I AM PAM 5407 FERNLEY RD.

[24:16] AND HER FRIENDS TO THE GYM

[24:19] BRANDON EQUESTRIAN CENTER THAT

[24:23] HAVE A SHORTFALL EVERY YEAR THE

[24:24] BUDGET WANTED TO SAY GOVERNOR

[24:31] DESANTIS HAS BEEN PUBLIC ABOUT

[24:32] FINANCIAL SUPPORT USING THE

[24:33] STATE SURPLUS BUDGET FOR ANY

[24:37] BUDGET SHORTFALLS THAT MAY

[24:41] OCCUR BECAUSE OF THE AMENDMENT

[24:42] THREE.

[24:44] HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS OR

[24:46] OTHERS CONSIDER THIS WHEN

[24:49] SCRUTINIZING YOUR PROJECTED

[24:50] SHORTFALLS FOR GYM BRANDON

[24:52] CENTER.

[24:56] THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS

[24:56] AND I WANTED TO INVITE ALL OF

[25:04] YOU OUT TO OUR HORROR SHOW THIS

[25:05] WEEK AND AT THE GYM BRANDON

[25:06] EQUESTRIAN CENTER BOTH SATURDAY

[25:07] AND SUNDAY SO YOU CAN SEE HOW

[25:07] OUR EXHIBITORS ARE REALLY HAPPY

[25:08] TO BE THERE.

[25:16] » MY NAME IS DARCY GORDON

[25:17] 4692.

[25:17] » Sara Baxter: EXCUSE ME.

[25:18] COMMISSIONER WEISS, DID YOU

[25:19] HAVE A QUESTION NO.

[25:22] » Gregg Weiss: I JUST HAD A

[25:23] QUESTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR.

[25:25] MR. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, HAS

[25:27] THE STATE OFFERED TO COVER ANY

[25:31] SHORTFALLS TO PALM BEACH

[25:33] COUNTY?

[25:35] » THINK YOU COMMISSIONER.

[25:37] MADAME MAYOR?

[25:38] NOT AT ALL BECOME BELIEVE THAT

[25:42] THE RESIDENT MAY BE REFERRING

[25:42] TO COME IN THE LEGISLATURE WAS

[25:44] FUNDS FOR SMALL AND RURAL

[25:44] COUNTIES IF AMENDMENT THREE

[25:51] WIPED THEM OUT.

[25:52] THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE

[25:52] LANGUAGE SO NOT EVEN THE

[25:53] COUNTIES THAT MAY NOT MAKE IT

[25:55] STATEWIDE ARE COVERED TO.

[26:02] I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY

[26:03] COMMUNICATION OR COMMON SENSE

[26:04] AMENDMENT THREE WAS PLACED ON

[26:04] THE BALLOT THAT THE STATE

[26:05] RESERVES WOULD BE USED TO COVER

[26:06] ANY COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY.

[26:09] THANK YOU.

[26:12] » Sara Baxter: YOU MAY

[26:12] PROCEED.

[26:19] SPOKE DARCY GORDON 4692 122ND

[26:19] DOCTOR I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU

[26:23] THREE REASON TO KEEP GYM

[26:24] BRANDON EQUESTRIAN CENTER AS A

[26:25] COUNTY PARK.

[26:27] THE ECONOMY IS FUELED BY THE

[26:28] EQUINE INDUSTRY WHICH INCLUDES

[26:33] ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO OWN

[26:34] HORSES, MAKE A LIVING, SHOW

[26:34] HORSES AND COME TO THE COUNTY

[26:35] BECAUSE IT'S EQUINE INDUSTRIES

[26:41] THIS CREATES JOBS IN BUILDING,

[26:42] LAND MANAGEMENT, LANDSCAPING,

[26:43] REAL ESTATE AND MORE.

[26:49] THIS TRICKLES DOWN NOT ONLY TO

[26:50] VENDORS WHO PROFIT FROM EQUINE

[26:51] RELATED INVENTORY BUT THE

[26:52] RESTAURANTS, MARKETS, RETAIL

[26:53] OUTLETS IN ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES

[26:53] IN OUR COUNTY GYM BRANDON PARK

[27:00] PROVIDES A SPACE FOR THE

[27:01] AVERAGE CITIZEN TO TRAIL RIDE

[27:02] COMMERCIAL AND PRACTICE

[27:02] INDIVIDUAL DISCIPLINES AS THERE

[27:03] ARE NO OTHER PARKS PROVIDE

[27:04] STABLING SHOWINGS AND PRACTICE

[27:05] DRILLS FREE AND CAN PROVIDE AN

[27:11] AVOIDABLE WERE SHORT OF THE

[27:11] MANY PEOPLE ON A LIMITED BUDGET

[27:16] AND DESERVE A CHANCE TO BE

[27:17] INVOLVED IN EQUINE SPORTS

[27:21] EQUALLY TO THOSE WHO PLAY

[27:22] BASEBALL, SOCCER AND OTHER

[27:23] SPORTS THE COUNTY FULLY

[27:24] SUPPORTS IN THE COUNTY PARK

[27:24] SYSTEM.

[27:25] LOSING THE PARK WOULD BE

[27:31] DETRIMENTAL TO HUGE POPULATION

[27:31] OF CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN TAXES

[27:32] AND PALM BEACH COUNTY.

[27:33] THE PEOPLE WHO STAY BECAUSE OF

[27:34] THE REPUTATION AND

[27:35] ACCESSIBILITY TO THE PROPERTIES

[27:35] AND TO THOSE WHO COME FROM ALL

[27:39] OVER THE WORLD TO BE A PART OF

[27:40] WHAT THE COUNTY HAS BECOME

[27:41] KNOWN FOR NATIONALLY AND

[27:42] INTERNATIONALLY.

[27:57] » AND I GET THIS?

[27:57] OKAY.

[27:58] THOSE SITTING OUT IN THE

[27:58] AUDIENCE THE PHOTOS I BROUGHT.

[28:03] SO THECHILDREN IN THESE PHOTOS

[28:04] SHARE 99.9 PERCENT OF THEIR DNA

[28:08] WITH THE REST OF US HERE THESE

[28:12] ARE THE CHILDREN OF HUMANITY IN

[28:16] ORDER TO LIVE AND THRIVE IN

[28:22] UNLIKE SO MANY OF US IN PALM

[28:23] BEACH COUNTY WHO ARE FORTUNATE

[28:24] ENOUGH TO TURN ON A TOP FOR

[28:26] CLEAN WATER, THESE CHILDREN ARE

[28:30] IN GAZA.

[28:38] THEY HAVE CONTAINERS HERE,

[28:39] DIRTY CONTAINERSBECAUSE THEY

[28:39] ARE GOING TO BE FILLING THEM

[28:40] FROM A HOSE ON A WATER TRUCK .

[28:44] THEY WILL GET INSUFFICIENT

[28:44] AMOUNT ON PURE WATER WHAT THAT

[28:49] IS WHAT THEY HAVE TO TRY TO

[28:50] LIVE FOR ANOTHER DAY.

[28:51] THE SITUATION THESE KIDS ARE IN

[28:53] IS NOT AN ACTIVE NATURE.

[28:57] THIS IS A RESULT OF ISRAEL'S

[28:57] ATTACK ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON

[29:01] GAZA.

[29:04] IS COUNTY HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY

[29:05] INVESTING INTO ISRAEL BONDS.

[29:13] CAN BE IMPROVED BY

[29:14] COMPASSIONATE ACTION FORGOT THE

[29:16] LEAST I AM ASKING FOR DECENT

[29:19] STEPS SUCH LIKE NOT REINVESTING

[29:25] IN HIS OR BONDS COME NOVEMBER

[29:26] 1. PLEASE DON'T PUT 37.5

[29:31] MILLION BACK INTO THESE.

[29:38] I DON'T WANT THE MONEY, SURE

[29:43] PEOPLE CAN SAY THE SAME, TO

[29:44] EVER BE THE REASON WHY A CHILD

[29:45] IS WAITING ON A WATER TRUCK FOR

[29:46] CLEAN WATER.

[29:46] THANK YOU.

[30:00] THIS DEFINITION IS IN THE US

[30:00] HOLOCAUST MUSEUM'S WEBSITE.

[30:01] THE LEGAL TERM GENOCIDE REFERS

[30:02] TO CERTAIN ACTS COMMITTED WITH

[30:03] THE INTENT TO DESTROY A

[30:04] NATIONAL ETHNIC RACIAL OR

[30:05] RELIGIOUS GROUP .'S

[30:09] INTERNATIONAL CRIME ACCORDING

[30:10] TO THE PREVENTION OWNED AND

[30:11] PUBLIC PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME

[30:13] OF GENOCIDE AND HERE IS A

[30:13] PARTIAL LIST OF THE JEWISH

[30:15] GENOCIDE SCHOLARS HOLOCAUST

[30:19] LEADERS WHO DECLARED ISRAEL IS

[30:22] COMMITTING GENOCIDE IN GAZA

[30:27] PROFESSOR OF HOLOCAUST AND

[30:28] GENOCIDE STUDIES AT BROWN

[30:28] UNIVERSITY.

[30:32] FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE

[30:32] MOSSAD INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.

[30:36] PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL

[30:37] RELATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

[30:38] OXFORD.

[30:41] AMOS GOLDBERG PROFESSOR OF

[30:42] HOLOCAUST STUDIES OF THE HEBREW

[30:44] UNIVERSITY ANTHONY MOSES,

[30:45] PROFESSOR OF THE CITY

[30:45] UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND

[30:49] EDITOR IN CHIEF OF THE JOURNAL

[30:50] OF GENOCIDE RESEARCH.

[30:52] DOUG, GILBERT THOUGHT THEY

[30:53] SHOULD CHAIR UP PROFESSORS AT

[30:56] UCLA.

[31:00] SIMEONE, IS REALLY RESEARCHER

[31:01] AT THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF

[31:02] ISRAEL PICK RON SIEGEL, IS

[31:04] REALLY GENOCIDE STOCKTON

[31:05] UNIVERSITY.

[31:12] FORMER ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER

[31:14] AND PERHAPS THE INSTITUTE FOR

[31:19] GENOCIDE PREVENTION IS NAMED

[31:22] AFTER RAFAEL, THE HOLOCAUST

[31:23] SURVIVOR WHO CREATED THE TERM

[31:25] GENOCIDE.

[31:28] IN APRIL 2024 OVER TWO YEARS

[31:29] AGO THE INSTITUTE DECLARED

[31:33] ISRAEL IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE

[31:37] IN GAZA.

[31:38] THIS INFORMATION IS RELEVANT OF

[31:39] LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS.

[31:46] WAS OUT ON THE DANCE OF

[31:46] ADULTERY WEEKS AGO HAS BEEN

[31:48] CHARGED WITH A CRIMINAL ACT AND

[31:52] FOR THAT REASON HAS BEEN

[31:52] REMOVED FROM HIS ROLE.

[31:58] IN SOME INSTANCES THE COUNTY

[31:59] WOULD NOT TOLERATE BEING

[32:00] ASSOCIATED WITH A LEGAL ACTIONS

[32:02] AND YET IN SPITE OF A MASSIVE

[32:03] AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE THERE SEEMS

[32:06] TO BE AN INCLINATION ON THE

[32:09] PART OF SOME COUNTY LEADERS TO

[32:12] ENGAGE WITH THE NATION THAT IS

[32:15] IRREFUTABLY GUILTY OF ON THE

[32:16] MOST HEINOUS CRIMES KNOWN TO

[32:19] HUMANKIND THIS DEFIES

[32:26] COMPREHENSION.

[32:26] OBAMA YOU CAN GRASP HOW THIS

[32:27] REFLECTS ON US INDIVIDUALS AND

[32:29] RESPOND CORRECTLY TO THE

[32:30] MANDATE TO DIVEST FROM IMMORAL,

[32:34] IRRESPONSIBLE ISRAEL BONDS AS

[32:37] OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE

[32:38] ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

[32:45] >> Joel Flores: I HAVE JERRY

[32:46] CAPRIO, SUSAN COLLINS.

[32:50] I'M SORRY?

[32:52] ELIZABETH, MARINO SULLIVAN AND

[33:00] PEGGY SPOKE ELIZABETH,

[33:06] WELLINGTON FLORIDA GOTTEN HERE

[33:12] IN SUPPORTED GYM BRANDON BUT I

[33:13] DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON

[33:16] THE RELATIONSHIP THAT PALM

[33:17] BEACH COUNTY HAS WITH THE

[33:17] SOUTHWEST FAIRGROUNDS AND HOW

[33:20] THAT MIGHT BE REVISITED TO HELP

[33:21] OUR COUNTY PROPERTY AS OPPOSED

[33:24] TO A PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY.

[33:31] AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE COUNTY

[33:32] DOES NOT CHARGE THE SOUTH

[33:33] FLORIDA FAIRGROUNDS ON THE USE

[33:34] OF THEIR 64 ACRES FOR EVENTS

[33:36] LIKE THE FAIR AND THE BARRETT

[33:38] JACKSON EVENTS.

[33:44] I THINK THAT HAS BEEN IN

[33:44] EXISTENCE SINCE 2002.

[33:45] SALT FLORIDA FAIRGROUNDS ARE

[33:48] OPERATING ON A BUDGET SURPLUS

[33:49] OF $4 MILLION OVER THE PAST

[33:51] THREE YEARS AND HAVE BEEN

[33:56] CONTINUOUSLY IN ANOTHER BUDGET

[33:57] SURPLUS BUT I DIDN'T LOOK ANY

[33:59] FURTHER BACK INTO THAT BUT THEY

[34:05] ARE IN COMPETITION FROM JIM

[34:06] BRANDON 3.6 MILES DOWN THE

[34:07] ROAD.

[34:08] THERE ARE RODEOS HELD THAT I

[34:09] HAVE ATTENDED AT THE

[34:10] FAIRGROUNDS.

[34:11] IT IS CONFUSING WHY WE ARE

[34:16] SUPPORTING A PRIVATE ENTITY

[34:18] FLOURISHING AS OPPOSED TO

[34:19] SUPPORTING OUR COUNTY OWNED

[34:22] PROPERTY WITH THE SAME

[34:23] DILIGENCE.

[34:25] I THINK LOOKING INTO THE VALLEY

[34:26] OF THE PARKING AND HOW WE MIGHT

[34:28] RECRUIT SOME OF THAT MONEY

[34:30] INSTEAD OF GIVING IT AWAY FOR

[34:30] FREE.

[34:37] IN 2023 THE BCC APPROVED UP TO

[34:37] $1 MILLION TO REIMBURSE FOR THE

[34:40] BUILD AND DESIGN OF THE EXPO

[34:41] CENTER.

[34:44] WHY COULDN'T WE HELP THE

[34:45] PROPERTY WE OWN.

[34:52] THE OTHER POINT IS COMING UP,

[34:53] BUT I DON'T THINK GRANTS FROM

[34:59] THE TRIAL PROGRAM IN THE PALM

[35:00] BEACH COUNTY SPORTS COMMISSION

[35:00] ARE OPTIONS FOR HELPING OUT JIM

[35:03] BRANDON.

[35:08] ONE OTHER POINT IS WE ARE

[35:09] RENTING A 7000 SQUARE-FOOT

[35:10] BUILDING FROM THE SOUTH FLORIDA

[35:13] FAIRGROUNDS AND NOT COSTS US

[35:13] ABOUT $130,000 A YEAR.

[35:18] WE DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO BUILD

[35:19] SOMETHING IN THE BACK NEAR THE

[35:22] WATER TREATMENT AREA?

[35:23] A SIMILAR STRUCTURE OWNED BY US

[35:25] INSTEAD OF GIVING MONY TO A

[35:26] PRIVATE ENTITY BECAUSE HE

[35:28] MISSED OPPORTUNITIES AND

[35:29] POSSIBILITIES FOR CANNIBALISM

[35:35] 3.6 MILES DOWN THE ROAD WERE

[35:36] ONE OUR FACILITIES COULD GET

[35:37] USED OR SUBSIDIZED AND SO I ASK

[35:39] WE LOOK INTO THE PRIVATE

[35:40] RELATIONSHIPS IS THAT IS WHAT

[35:43] WE ARE LOOKING FOR FOR JIM

[35:44] BRANDON MAYBE WE CAN AVOID THE

[35:47] DATA IN SUPPORT WHAT WE HAVE IN

[35:48] CHARGE PRIVATE ENTITIES MORE.

[35:52] THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[36:03] » SUSAN COLLINS 1343 MARCELLA

[36:03] BLVD. IN LOXAHATCHEE.

[36:07] I HAVE A SMALL FARM, MY HUSBAND

[36:08] AND I RIDE OUR HORSES ON OUR 4

[36:11] ACRE PARCEL.

[36:16] » Sara Baxter: COULD YOU SPEAK

[36:17] INTO THE MICROPHONE?

[36:24] » WE APPRECIATE THE

[36:28] OPPORTUNITY FOR NORMAL PEOPLE

[36:31] IF YOU LIKE.

[36:33] WE ARE NOT THE GATES AND JOBS

[36:34] CLASS TO ENJOY THE OPPORTUNITY

[36:40] TO GET OUR HORSES OUT AND

[36:40] SOCIALIZE WITH OTHER

[36:43] LIKE-MINDED FOLKS AND IT HAS

[36:44] BEEN REALLY VERY REWARDING TO

[36:47] SEE WE HAVE THAT QUALITY

[36:49] LOCALLY AVAILABLE TO FOLKS LIKE

[36:50] US FOLLOWING UP ON THE

[36:55] CONVERSATION I HEARD TUESDAY

[36:56] AFTERNOON AND WAS STRUCK BY THE

[37:01] SUGGESTION.

[37:03] IT SEEMED THAT P3 PRIVATE

[37:05] PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP CAME ACROSS

[37:08] AS A DONE DEAL AND I AM SURE

[37:09] GIVEN THE BUDGETARY REALITIES

[37:12] WE FACE, IT MAY HAVE SEEMED

[37:19] LIKE A CONVENIENT SOLUTION TO A

[37:20] PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS ONLY A

[37:21] PORTION OF THE RESIDENCE.

[37:25] I WILL TELL YOU, WHERE I LIVE

[37:26] WE ARE SURROUNDED BY THE HORSE

[37:30] FARMS.

[37:31] THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS WHO

[37:31] WRITE UP AND DOWN MY STREET

[37:34] THAT IS WHO IS ENJOYING THIS

[37:35] FACILITY.

[37:37] I HAVE A LOT ON CONCERNS OF

[37:41] OUTSOURCING AND MANAGEMENT TO A

[37:42] THIRD PARTY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN

[37:45] THAT BEFORE IN A PREVIOUS LIFE

[37:45] WE HAD SIMILAR FACILITY WHERE

[37:47] HE LIVED IN GEORGIA WE WENT

[37:48] THROUGH THE SAME EXERCISE.

[37:54] WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BRING THE

[37:55] THIRD PARTY IN AND THEY ARE

[37:56] RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATING

[37:56] COSTS REJECT THE FEES OF THEM

[37:59] OF THE SERVICE GOES DOWN

[38:00] BECAUSE IT BECOMES A FOR-PROFIT

[38:01] ENTERPRISE AND THAT IS TRUE IN

[38:03] A NONPROFIT ORIENTATION BECAUSE

[38:06] THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THIS FOR

[38:07] FREE.

[38:08] WE ARE PAYING A BOATLOAD OF

[38:10] MONEY TO THE FOLKS WHO MANAGE

[38:13] THAT PROPERTY TODAY AND IS NOT

[38:21] CLEAR TO ME WHY THEY COULD NOT

[38:21] OPERATE THE PARK IF NECESSARY

[38:22] WITH SUPPORT FROM AN EQUESTRIAN

[38:23] ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF SOME TYPE

[38:25] TO PRODUCE THE SAME KIND OF

[38:26] RESULTS A THIRD-PARTY OPERATOR

[38:28] WOULD BE EXPECTED TO.

[38:31] OF THAT IS ADDITIONAL EVENTS

[38:35] THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS TO GO

[38:38] ABOUT THIS AND I URGE YOU TO

[38:39] CONSIDER THEM.

[38:43] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[38:45] » REPRESENT WELLINGTON CLASSIC

[38:51] DRESSAGE, ONE IS A FOR-PROFIT

[38:55] ENTITY, ONE IS A

[38:56] NOT-FOR-PROFIT.

[38:57] I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR

[39:01] LISTENING TO CONCERNS AND

[39:04] TRYING TO HELP US COME TOGETHER

[39:06] WITH SOLUTIONS AND GIVE US

[39:07] INFORMATION.

[39:11] I DO WANT TO REPEAT WHAT WE

[39:12] DISCUSSED BEFORE BUT I WANT TO

[39:13] INVEST EYES THEIR UNIQUE EVENTS

[39:17] HOSTED AND THERE IS OUR CIRCUIT

[39:18] BELOW THE RADAR OF THE HIGH

[39:23] LEVEL SHOWS WE OFFER THAT

[39:23] pSUPP

[39:24] COMMUNITY.

[39:28] MANY PEOPLE DONE ON THE ABILITY

[39:29] OF THE FUNDS TO GO TO THE

[39:30] EXPENSIVE FACILITY AND SO THE

[39:33] ABILITY TO HAVE THE TRIAL

[39:34] RATING SYSTEMS HOSTED AND JIM

[39:36] BRANDON, IT IS SUCH A UNIQUE

[39:39] AND WONDERFUL FACILITY WE DO

[39:42] REALLY DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT.

[39:46] OUR SHOW DATES WHEN THEY HAVE

[39:47] EVENTS WE ORGANIZED AND WE

[39:53] SUPPORTED THE PARK SINCE 2026

[39:54] SO THAT'S 20 YEARS OF A

[39:55] RELATIONSHIP OF HAVING

[40:03] SCHEDULED EVENTS.

[40:03] SOME OF WHICH WHEN THEY ARE

[40:04] LICENSED EVENTS WE CAN CHANGE

[40:05] THE SHOW DATES IF WE DON'T HAVE

[40:06] A WINDOW OF TIME TO REORGANIZE

[40:07] A SCHEDULE, WE MAY LOSE THOSE

[40:08] DATES.

[40:10] THAT OPPORTUNITY MAY GO AWAY OR

[40:12] GO TO THE COMMERCIAL ENTITY AND

[40:19] IT DOESN'T EVER COME BACK TO

[40:20] US.

[40:20] WE APPRECIATE THE VISIBILITY

[40:20] AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP

[40:23] PICKING ALL YOU GUYS ARE

[40:24] LOOKING INTO DIFFERENT OPTIONS

[40:25] AND I THINK TRYING TO GET

[40:26] PRIVATE FUNDING I WOULD LIKE TO

[40:28] BE PART OF A TASK FORCE IF

[40:29] THAT'S POSSIBLE.

[40:32] I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT

[40:33] PEOPLE WHO ARE THE ORGANIZERS

[40:35] AS WELL AS THE EVENT USERS THAT

[40:38] HAVE INPUT BECAUSE EQUESTRIAN

[40:39] EVENTS HAVE DIFFERENT CONCERNS

[40:42] BECAUSE OF SAFETY IN THE RANGE

[40:47] OF PEOPLE USING FACILITIES FROM

[40:48] KIDS ON PONIES TO THE

[40:51] INTERNATIONAL LEVEL OF SUPPORT.

[40:58] I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO

[40:59] SUPPORT THE OPEN COMMUNICATION

[41:00] WITH COMMUNICATION AND TRYING

[41:01] TO PUT TOGETHER A TASK FORCE.

[41:04] MAY BE OF THINGS WE HAVEN'T

[41:05] BEEN AWARE OF THAT WE ARE

[41:06] TRYING TO WORK ON WHETHER WE DO

[41:07] IT IN THE GROUPS OURSELVES OR

[41:07] WORK ON A TASK FORCE WE WORK

[41:11] WITH THIRD PARTIES.

[41:15] I THINK IF WE CAN KEEP THE

[41:16] ORGANIZERS AND THE USERS AS

[41:16] PART OF THE PROCESS, I THINK

[41:18] IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

[41:19] WE HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER

[41:22] CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THIS

[41:23] WONDERFUL FACILITY BECAUSE

[41:24] THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT

[41:34] >> PEGGY FROM BOCA RATON HERE

[41:35] REPRESENTING THE PALM BEACH

[41:36] COUNTY HORSEMEN ASSOCIATION.

[41:39] NOTHING LIKE GOING LOST IT

[41:40] BECAUSE EVERY ONE HAS HAD

[41:41] EVERYTHING.

[41:43] I AND NEAR TO SUPPORT BRANDON

[41:44] PARKER.

[41:49] JOE FLOREZ WAS NICE ENOUGH TO

[41:50] SPEND TIME WITH US TODAY AND

[41:51] EDUCATE US ON WHAT WAS GOING O

[41:54] .

[41:54] THE THINGS YOU ARE TRYING TO

[41:54] PUT TOGETHER TO KEEP US IN

[41:55] BUSINESS BASICALLY WE JUST NEED

[42:01] THE SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY.

[42:06] WE ARE A NOT-FOR-PROFIT

[42:06] ORGANIZATION.

[42:07] WE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1968.

[42:10] WE HAVE 300 SOME NUMBERS AND

[42:11] EVERYONE ENJOYS THE FACILITY.

[42:12] WE WERE SHOWING AT THE MAIN

[42:14] SHOW GROUNDS AND WE HAVE MOVED

[42:16] OVER.

[42:20] IT WAS NOT AFFORDABLE FOR OUR

[42:21] ASSOCIATION AND SO WE MOVED

[42:24] OVER TO BRANDON HARKIN EVERYONE

[42:25] IS JOINTED.

[42:29] THEY ENJOY SHOWING THEIR.

[42:31] I GOT A LAW THAT INFORMATION

[42:40] AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR

[42:41] THE PARK IN PALM BEACH COUNTY

[42:42] HORSEMEN ASSOCIATION.

[42:43] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[42:47] » Joel Flores: DID SUZANNE

[42:48] COLLINS COME UP AND SPEAK?

[42:51] WE HAVE FOR OTHER CARDS IN

[42:55] SUPPORT OF JIM BRENNAN

[42:55] EQUESTRIAN CENTER.

[42:56] NONSPEAKING.

[43:06] » Sara Baxter: THANK YOU.

[43:07] AT THIS TIME IT DOES RETURN TO

[43:08] US THE BOARD ON THE COUNTYWIDE

[43:09] FUNDS IN PROPOSED COUNTYWIDE

[43:10] MILLAGE RATE WE DISCUSSED

[43:12] TUESDAY ABOUT POTENTIAL

[43:13] AMENDMENTS.

[43:16] WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS

[43:17] THOSE?

[43:17] NOW?

[43:18] » YES, PLEASE.

[43:22] » Sara Baxter: COMMISSIONER

[43:24] FLORES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

[43:28] >> Joel Flores: I GUESS I WILL

[43:28] KICK THINGS OFF I SPENT ALL

[43:35] MORNING TODAY AT THE EQUESTRIAN

[43:37] CENTER AND ACROSS FROM.

[43:39] [NAME].

[43:43] I THINK MY BIGGEST TAKE AWAY

[43:47] FROM SPENDING THE MORNING WITH

[43:52] OUR STOP BY THE WAY, IS

[43:53] JENNIFER HERE AND PAUL?

[43:57] I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MAKING

[43:58] YOURSELF AVAILABLE ON THE TEAM

[43:59] FOR TAKING THE TIME TO EXPLAIN

[44:02] NOT ONLY TO MYSELF BUT THE

[44:03] NONPROFITS HERE TODAY SOME OF

[44:07] THE OPERATIONS AND SOME OF THE

[44:08] BUDGET.

[44:10] WE WENT LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM

[44:13] AND WE EXPLAINED WHERE WE ARE

[44:16] AT TODAY BUT MY BIGGEST TAKE

[44:20] AWAY I WANT TO SHARE WITH THE

[44:21] BOARD AND I THINK THAT THE

[44:24] BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION WHEN YOU

[44:27] TALK ABOUT EQUESTRIAN IS THAT

[44:32] EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATES IN

[44:34] THIS SPORT IS WEALTHY AND I

[44:42] COULD BE THE MAKE BIGGEST

[44:43] MISCONCEPTION OUT THERE.

[44:47] NOT EVERYONE HAS THE MONEY TO

[44:48] BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO DO THIS.

[44:53] SOME FOLKS HAVE ONE OR TWO

[44:54] HORSES HANDED DOWN OR THERE IS

[44:55] A STARTUP.

[44:59] THEY NEED A PLACE TO TAKE THEM.

[45:02] AS YOU LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTY

[45:05] THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE UNLESS

[45:05] YOU ARE PAYING A HEFTY FEE TO

[45:10] GO.

[45:11] AS WE WERE WALKING AROUND WE

[45:15] HAD A COUPLE OF TRAILERS SHOW

[45:19] UP AND SOME HORSES GET OUT AND

[45:20] WITHOUT A FEE OR ANYTHING BE

[45:23] ABLE TO GET OUT AND WALK THE

[45:26] TRAILS.

[45:29] THERE WAS A RING OPEN TO THE

[45:30] COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN TRAIN

[45:33] THEIR HORSES AND DO WHAT THEY

[45:34] DO.

[45:34] I'M NOT AN EQUESTRIAN PERSON,

[45:38] I'M NOT A BIG HORSE PERSON.

[45:41] I THINK I HAVE RIDDEN A HORSE A

[45:42] HANDFUL OF TIMES IN MY LIFE.

[45:44] TO ME, THE BIGGEST TAKE AWAY IS

[45:53] I THINK CHILDREN HAVE AN

[45:54] OPPORTUNITY AND THEY CURRENTLY

[45:55] TODAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO

[45:56] PARTICIPATE IN THIS EQUESTRIAN

[46:00] WORLD WHERE IF THIS IS NOT OPEN

[46:04] TO THE PUBLIC IN THE MANNER IT

[46:06] IS TODAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT

[46:07] THEY COULD PARTICIPATE.

[46:11] I KNOW MY PEOPLE IN MY

[46:12] NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD NOT BE ABLE

[46:15] TO AFFORD TO BRING THEIR KIDS

[46:16] OUT TO WELLINGTON AND SOME OF

[46:19] THESE OTHER COMPETITIVE PLACES.

[46:25] IN ADDITION TO THAT, SOME OF

[46:26] THESE HORSES WHEN THEY RETIRE

[46:26] THEM FROM WHATEVER COMPETITIVE

[46:32] SPORT THEY PARTICIPATE IN

[46:33] COMMONALITY OF A SECOND LIGHT

[46:33] BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO COME

[46:34] OUT HERE.

[46:36] TO ME THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST

[46:37] TAKEAWAYS.

[46:39] I KNOW A LOT OF THE FOLKS WHO

[46:42] SPOKE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT

[46:43] THIS.

[46:46] I BELIEVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF

[46:47] THEM WORKS WITH A NONPROFIT.

[46:53] WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE

[46:54] COMMUNITY TO TEACH A NEW

[46:57] GENERATION ABOUT RIDING HORSES.

[47:02] ABOUT MAINTAINING HOW TO TAKE

[47:03] CARE THE HORSE.

[47:09] I THINK THAT THIS WILL

[47:10] BLINDSIDED THE COMMUNITY.

[47:12] WHAT I WOULD LOVE THE BOARD

[47:12] TODAY WAS DEALT FIND A WAY TO

[47:14] FUND THEM THROUGH THE NEXT

[47:20] YEAR.

[47:20] THEY WANT TO PUT A TASK WAS

[47:24] TOGETHER TO SEE HOW THEY ARE

[47:26] ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE

[47:27] SHORTFALL AND I THINK -- HE

[47:37] MENTIONED TO US LAST TIME TO

[47:37] KEEP US OPERATING THROUGH THE

[47:41] END OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR

[47:42] WHICH WOULD BE THE END OF

[47:43] SEPTEMBER.

[47:43] IT WOULD IT BE 427,000.

[47:49] I WOULD ASK THIS BOARD CONSIDER

[47:53] THAT.

[47:58] IN ADDITION, WE HEARD FROM THE

[48:05] LAND OF SOIL AND WATER.

[48:10] THERE IS A POSITION $79,000 WE

[48:15] BEEN FUNDING.

[48:16] I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO

[48:16] CONSIDER FUNDING THAT.

[48:17] 'S CLAIM BRINGS US TO HAVE $1

[48:20] MILLION.

[48:26] .

[48:26] AS WE ARE LOOKING FOR IT TO DO

[48:28] THIS, WAS RECENTLY ALERTED THAT

[48:34] PBS OH DID NOT UTILIZE THE FULL

[48:38] REQUEST FROM LAST YEAR MEANING

[48:41] THEY DID NOT UTILIZE THEM.

[48:43] THEY WANTED TO ROLL DOLLARS

[48:44] OVER.

[48:46] BELIEVE IT WAS $21 MILLION

[48:49] BECAUSE I CORRECT?

[48:54] IT SEEMS THERE IS FUNDING

[48:55] AVAILABLE PERHAPS TO CONSIDER.

[49:05] » WE RECOMMENDED TO CARRY

[49:06] FORWARDFIVE .

[49:17] SPOKE FURTHER I WOULD ASK OF OF

[49:17] THE BOARD CONSIDER FUNDING

[49:20] HOUSING.

[49:22] WE PUT A ZERO DOLLAR AMOUNT

[49:27] CARRIED FORWARD TO 2027 PICK IN

[49:28] THE PAST WE FUNDED IT BETWEEN

[49:30] SIX.

[49:35] I STRONGLY CONSIDER AND URGE

[49:35] THE BOARD TO CONSIDER PUTTING

[49:40] DOLLARS INTO OUR AFFORDABLE

[49:44] WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM.

[49:49] » Sara Baxter: ARE YOU TALKING

[49:50] ABOUT THE HOUSING INITIATIVE

[49:52] FUND?

[49:53] THERE ARE ZERO DOLLARS GOING

[49:54] TOWARD THAT?

[49:56] » THIS YEAR WE DID ELIMINATED.

[50:00] WE STILL HAVE ARPA AND OTHER

[50:01] FUNDS.

[50:06] » Sara Baxter: THE PROJECT

[50:06] STILL COMING ON BOARD RELYING

[50:08] ON THOSE DOLLARS.

[50:16] » AVAILABLE WITH IN PRIOR

[50:16] YEARS, YES.

[50:17] THE UNSPENT DOLLARS IS CARING

[50:18] FORWARD.

[50:25] » Joel Flores: THE PAST HAS

[50:26] BEEN 8 MILLION.

[50:33] » IT WAS 9 MILLION FOR THE

[50:36] FUNDS AND 1.5 THAT WE REMOVE

[50:38] THAT WAS INCLUDED LAST YEAR.

[50:40] MED IT IS CARING FORWARD WHAT

[50:43] WAS THERE.

[50:47] » THIS YEAR WE ARE NOT

[50:47] ALLOCATING ANY NEW DOLLARS.

[50:50] ONE SINGLE PROJECT WOULD

[50:51] UTILIZE THE 7 AND A HALF OR $1

[50:57] MILLION.

[51:02] I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE

[51:03] BOARD TO CONSIDER.

[51:03] IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WERE FUNDS

[51:07] NOT UTILIZED LAST YEAR AND

[51:08] COULD BE UTILIZED LAST YEAR.

[51:13] » Sara Baxter: VICE MAYOR

[51:14] WOODWARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

[51:19] >> Marci Woodward: BEFORE I GET

[51:20] TO MY QUESTIONS, TO BE CLEAR I

[51:25] THOUGHT THAT WE WERE OUT OF

[51:26] BALANCE UNTIL YOU JUST DID SOME

[51:27] STUFF.

[51:30] WHERE THESE FUNDS YOU'RE

[51:31] TALKING ABOUT COMING FROM?

[51:40] » ON PAGE 5 OF THE PACKET IF

[51:40] YOU LOOK AT THE INCREASE OF

[51:42] RESERVES TO 26.7 MILLION WE

[51:47] HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OUR CREDIT

[51:48] RATING AGENCIES THE RESERVES

[51:50] ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LONGER

[51:53] DISCUSSION.

[51:54] AND SO WE TOOK THE 60 MILLION

[51:57] AND MOVED THEM INTO THERESERVE

[51:58] POT .

[52:02] ESSENTIALLY ANYTHING BUT BACK

[52:03] AND WE WOULD BE PULLING OUT OF

[52:04] RESERVES.

[52:07] SO ANY DIRECTION WOULD BE

[52:07] COMING OUT OF THE 26,000

[52:08] MILLION.

[52:14] » Sara Baxter: THAT IS AN

[52:14] INCREASE TO WHAT NUMBER SPOKE

[52:28] OF 392.

[52:33] » Sara Baxter: WE ARE ADDING

[52:34] ANOTHER 26 TO THAT?THAT

[52:37] INCLUDES THE 26?

[52:42] » Marci Woodward: TO BE CLEAR

[52:43] THE CREDIT RATING AGENCY

[52:44] RECOMMENDED, DOES THIS PUT US

[52:48] TO KEEP THE AAA BOND RATING?

[52:52] » YES, VICE MAYOR BIG WAS MORE

[52:55] INTENSE THAN USUAL JUST FOR

[53:02] CONTEXT I HAVE TO GO IN FRONT

[53:03] OF ALL THREE SEPARATELY.

[53:06] IT IS A FULL DAY.

[53:06] THEY ASKED ME A SERIES OF

[53:08] QUESTIONS.

[53:11] IF WE KEEP OUR AAA BOND RATING

[53:12] OR NOT.

[53:12] THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT

[53:13] AMENDMENT THREE 90% OR MORE WAS

[53:16] ANSWERING AMENDMENT THREE.

[53:21] THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT

[53:22] THE DROP TO THE REVENUE IN THE

[53:22] BOTTOM LINE ON AMENDMENT THREE

[53:28] AND IT'S CLEAR TO ME AND I THE

[53:29] QUESTIONS LISTED OUT.

[53:29] I WILL PROVIDED TO THE BOARD SO

[53:30] I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO SEE

[53:32] HOW SERIOUS THIS IS IN IT WAS

[53:36] SAID MULTIPLE TIMES YOU NEED TO

[53:36] KEEP YOUR RESERVES WHERE IT'S

[53:40] AT.

[53:44] MOODY'S I WOULD SAY THE MOST

[53:44] STRINGENT.OU DISAGREE WITH

[53:45] ANYTHING I AM SAYING, PLEASE

[53:46] CHIME IN.

[53:49] » Marci Woodward: WITH OR

[53:50] WITHOUT AMENDMENT THREE THEY

[53:52] HAVE A SPECIAL EXPECTATION

[53:55] WHERE IS IT IN ARE WE THERE?

[53:57] » CORRECT AND THEY NEVER GIVE

[53:58] ME AN EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT.

[54:02] WE TOOK OUT 38 MILLION.

[54:08] WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN NOT

[54:09] REPLENISHED YET.

[54:11] WE EXPECTED IN THE OPEN THE

[54:14] PORTAL TO DRAW DOWN THE MONEY

[54:15] SO IT IS IN PROGRESS.

[54:20] IT JUST HASN'T COME BACK SO YOU

[54:21] WON'T SEE IT FALL BACK INTO

[54:21] FUND BALANCE UNTIL PROBABLY

[54:23] NEXT FISCAL YEARS WE ARE

[54:24] EXPECTING THE FUNDS JANUARY

[54:27] 2027.

[54:27] WE HAVE AN EXPLANATION OF WHY

[54:28] IT DROPS SOMEWHAT.

[54:32] THEY ARE JUST CONCERNED WE

[54:37] CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A RESERVES

[54:38] AND THAT THEY USE ANY WE HAVE A

[54:39] PLAN TO PUT IT BACK.

[54:44] » Marci Woodward: OKAY.

[54:45] AND SO IF WE WERE TO ADD

[54:45] EVERYTHING LISTED, EVERYTHING

[54:49] BEING REQUESTED, HOW MUCH WOULD

[54:50] NOT REDUCE OUR RESERVES?

[54:56] IF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WERE

[54:57] BEING MADE.

[54:57] » JIM BRANDON.

[55:01] THE SOIL IS ABOUT HALF A

[55:02] MILLION.

[55:07] » Marci Woodward: THERE WAS

[55:08] HOUSING REQUESTED TO.

[55:11] » Sara Baxter: HOLD ON.

[55:12] ONE AT A TIME.

[55:14] 79,000 WAS FOR SOIL AND WATER

[55:18] CONSERVATION AND 27,000 WAS FOR

[55:18] JIM BRANDENBURG THERE IS NO SET

[55:20] AMOUNT BECAUSE WE WERE MOVING

[55:23] FORWARD OVER EIGHT BILLION THAT

[55:25] HASN'T PREVIOUSLY BEEN USED.

[55:35] DID YOU HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT

[55:36] THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THE

[55:37] HOUSING FUND?

[55:39] » IT IS UP FOR US TO CHOOSE.

[55:41] I WOULD BE WILLING TO GO SIX

[55:45] BUT IN THE MIDDLE WOULD BE

[55:46] EIGHT.

[55:51] LET'S SAY EIGHT FOR RIGHT NOW.

[55:55] 8+ BEFORE 27 AND THE 79.

[55:59] » WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE THEM

[56:00] FOR DEMARCATING?

[56:04] » WE HAVE DONE IT AS TO LINE

[56:04] ITEMS.

[56:08] BACK IN JUNE WHEN WE DISCUSSED

[56:09] THIS WE SENT AND RAMON.

[56:16] WE HAD ABOUT 110 MILLION

[56:16] BETWEEN THE HOUSING INITIATIVE

[56:17] FUNDS

[56:23] >> WE HAVE 40 MILLION.

[56:31] » AS OF JUNE IT ON 37 MILLION

[56:32] AVAILABLE

[56:36] >> HOW MUCH IS AVAILABLE ON THE

[56:37] BOND?

[56:40] » Marci Woodward: IT'S NOT ALL

[56:45] BEEN ALLOCATED.

[56:45] THERE'S AT LEAST 60 MILLION MAY

[56:46] BE?

[56:49] » I DIDN'T BRING THE HOUSING

[56:50] BOND WITH ME.

[56:52] WE ISSUED 94 MILLION WE WILL

[57:00] ISSUE AT SOME POINT WE ARE

[57:03] GOING TO THE PROCESS NOW.

[57:07] » NOTHING WILL CURRENTLY GET

[57:08] CAUGHT.

[57:13] » Marci Woodward: I HAD A LIST

[57:14] OF OTHER QUESTIONS BUT WILL

[57:20] START BY SAYING WE ASKED YOU TO

[57:21] COME IN AND REDUCE OUR BUDGET

[57:22] AND KEEP US ON BALANCE NOT HAVE

[57:25] TO RAISE THE MILLAGE.

[57:25] ARE ASK US TO HELP YOU LOWER

[57:28] THE MILLAGE.

[57:29] WANTED TO GO TO ROLL BACK.

[57:29] THAT WAS AMBITIOUS WE WANTED TO

[57:33] HAVE A REDUCTION.

[57:33] WE CAN'T GET TO DOCTOR IF THERE

[57:37] WAS ANY EXTRA MONEY TO BE PUT

[57:38] BACK INTO THIS BUDGET FIRST OF

[57:44] , THERE'S A LONG LIST OF

[57:45] DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN CUT

[57:46] .

[57:46] HAVE YOU CUT PRETTY MUCH ACROSS

[57:48] THE BOARD?

[57:52] » YES, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

[57:55] » Marci Woodward: I'M NOT OKAY

[57:56] ADDING ANYTHING BACK ERICA

[57:59] MOKAY WITH THE BUDGET THAT YOU

[58:00] PUT FORWARD.

[58:05] AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND I HAVE A

[58:06] LONG DISCUSSION.

[58:06] I DIDN'T GO VISIT BUT I HAD A

[58:07] DISCUSSION ON THIS AND IF WE

[58:13] WERE TO MOVE FORWARD BRINGING

[58:13] IN AN OPERATOR, DO WE NOT HAVE

[58:14] THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE TO

[58:15] MAKE SURE THAT THE CONCERNS --

[58:18] IT IS OUR PARK.

[58:19] IF WE ARE GOING TO OFFER THIS

[58:23] UP TO SOMEONE WE CAN ADDRESS

[58:24] THE CONCERNS TO MAKE SURE THAT

[58:28] IT DOESN'T BECOME THIS HUGE

[58:29] PROFITABLE BUSINESS.

[58:29] IS THAT NOT CORRECT?

[58:35] » A FEW OF THE PUBLIC

[58:35] COMMENTS, THIS WILL ALWAYS BE

[58:37] IN MY ESTIMATION THE COUNTY

[58:41] PARK.

[58:41] IT WAS SIMPLY THE OPERATOR.

[58:45] $1 MILLION OUT OF OUR BUDGET.

[58:49] WE RECEIVED 250,000 IN REVENUE.

[58:52] WE OPERATED A $750,000 LOSS IF

[58:58] THIS IS TO NEGOTIATE TO

[58:59] NEUTRAL.

[58:59] IN OUR ESTIMATION WITHOUT MAJOR

[59:00] FEES TO THE PUBLIC BUT TO

[59:06] ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY,

[59:07] THAT WAS THE WHOLE INTENT TO

[59:08] PUT OUT AN RFP.

[59:09] MAKE SURE THE PARAMETERS KEPT

[59:09] IT IN THE REALM OF

[59:15] PARTICIPATION FOR THE SPEAKERS

[59:15] WE HEARD TODAY.

[59:21] WITH AMENDMENT THREE, YOU ARE

[59:30] LOOKING AT 35 MILLION IN CUTS

[59:31] THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED.

[59:36] THE MINIMUM WE HAVE 125,000 AND

[59:37] THEN 24 MONTHS IT WOULD IT BE

[59:38] 250 MILLION WE ARE TALKING

[59:44] ABOUT HAVE A BUILDING DOLLAR

[59:49] CUP.

[59:53] WHAT I AM SAYING IS THIS ALSO

[59:56] SET UP A LEGACY THAT WE MIGHT

[59:58] HAVE TO CUT PROJECTS WITHOUT

[1:00:01] ANY OPTION TO COME BACK.

[1:00:02] THIS KEEPS JIM BRANDON.

[1:00:06] » Marci Woodward: I AGREE.

[1:00:08] I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE

[1:00:12] GOING AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT

[1:00:13] MOVING FORWARD TO.

[1:00:17] YOU NEGOTIATED WITH THE SHERIF

[1:00:23] .

[1:00:23] HE CAME IN AT A MUCH HIGHER

[1:00:23] NUMBER AND YOU NEGOTIATED DOWN

[1:00:26] 20 MILLION, IS THAT RIGHT?

[1:00:32] CLOSING WAS AN ISSUE BUT WE

[1:00:33] HAVEHOUSING DOLLARS .

[1:00:36] THERE WAS ROLLOVER AND BOND

[1:00:38] MONEY THAT HAS BEEN SPENT.

[1:00:44] IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE NO

[1:00:45] HOUSING MONEY.

[1:00:45] THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THE

[1:00:47] BOARD HAS APPROVED THAT IS

[1:00:48] COMING I'M NOT IN FAVOR.

[1:00:55] IF WE FOUND A POT OF MONEY WE

[1:00:57] COULD ADD THIS BACK INTO,

[1:01:00] THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE

[1:01:01] WHO WOULD ONE TO COMPETE WITH

[1:01:02] IT AND NOT JUST TO HAPPENED TO

[1:01:05] SHOW UP RIGHT NOW.

[1:01:08] WE WOULD NEED TO PROCESS.

[1:01:10] I HAVE A SENIOR CENTER IN SOUTH

[1:01:11] COUNTY VICKI WERE ON THE

[1:01:15] MEETING WITH ME YESTERDAY.

[1:01:16] AT $200,000 CUT FOR SENIORS

[1:01:18] BROUGHT INTO A COMMUNITY PLACE

[1:01:19] TO HAVE A MEAL PICKED A LARGE

[1:01:23] BUS GET THEM AND BRINGS THEM IN

[1:01:29] THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS

[1:01:30] THAT I'M BEEN DONE AND WE ARE

[1:01:31] FINDING WAYS TO WORK AROUND IT.

[1:01:32] 'S THIS IS THE REALITY OF IT.

[1:01:38] IF THERE IS EXTRA MONEY IT HAS

[1:01:39] TO BE THAT TYPE OF A PROCESS

[1:01:42] BUT I WOULD SAY WE GIVE IT BACK

[1:01:43] TO THE VOTERS BECOME NOT OKAY

[1:01:47] WITH US JUST HATE WE FOUND THIS

[1:01:48] EXTRA MONEY WHERE CAN WE SPEND

[1:01:49] IT.

[1:01:52] WHERE IS THE MILLAGE AND WE

[1:01:53] WILL SEND IT BACK.

[1:01:57] IF THE MONEY IS TO BE SPENT IN

[1:01:58] THE COUNTY, WE HAVE TO HAVE A

[1:02:02] PROCESS OF WHO GETS IT AND IT

[1:02:02] NOT CAN'T JUST BE TONIGHT ON A

[1:02:05] WIN HALF VANILLA DOLLARS FOR

[1:02:08] $200,000 IS WHAT IS CUT FROM

[1:02:12] THE SENIOR CENTER.

[1:02:15] I TALKED TO THEM AND EXPLAIN TO

[1:02:15] THEM WHY WE CAN'T DO THIS AND I

[1:02:17] APOLOGIZE.

[1:02:17] I WISH WE COULD.

[1:02:19] I TOLD HIM DON'T BOTHER COMING

[1:02:20] TONIGHT BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT.

[1:02:22] LET'S PUT IT IN THE PAPER AND

[1:02:23] LET EVERYONE KNOW EVERYBODY WHO

[1:02:25] TOOK CUTS COMPLETE YOUR CASE,

[1:02:29] LET'S HEAR ALL OF THE STORIES.

[1:02:34] THERE'S A LOT OF THEM.

[1:02:34] THERE'S A LOTTA GOOD WORK THAT

[1:02:35] WE ARE NOT PAYING FOR AND I

[1:02:37] THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO

[1:02:38] HEAR ANYONE IN EVERYONE WHO

[1:02:41] WANTS TO BE HEARD IF WE ARE

[1:02:42] GOING TO ADD A SINGLE DOLLAR

[1:02:43] BACK INTO THIS BUDGET.

[1:02:46] » Sara Baxter: ADMINISTRATOR,

[1:02:52] IT IS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING IF

[1:02:53] SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE THE BUDGE

[1:02:54] THIS IS WHY WE HAVE PUBLIC

[1:02:55] HEARINGS .

[1:02:56] IS THAT CORRECT?

[1:03:00] » YES, MADAM MAYOR.

[1:03:00] » Sara Baxter: WHAT WOULD BE

[1:03:01] THE PROCESS IF SOMEONE DIDN'T

[1:03:02] LIKE SOMETHING.

[1:03:04] WOULD IT BE SHOWING UP TONIGHT

[1:03:05] AND MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD?

[1:03:09] » YES.

[1:03:09] » Sara Baxter: COMMISSIONER

[1:03:10] WEISS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

[1:03:17] >> Gregg Weiss: TO FOLLOW UP ON

[1:03:17] THE COMMENTS, A COUPLE OF

[1:03:26] THINGS.

[1:03:26] AND TO SHARE WITH MY

[1:03:27] COLLEAGUES.

[1:03:29] I USED TO BE IN EQUESTRIAN.

[1:03:32] I USED TO HAVE A HORSE.

[1:03:33] I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY.

[1:03:37] WAS IN MY 20S IN CALIFORNIA.

[1:03:45] I DIDN'T SHOW MY HORSE BUT

[1:03:46] NOBODY WOULD WANT TO SEE ME OR

[1:03:46] MY HORSE.

[1:03:47] ANYWAYS, IT WAS RECREATION.

[1:03:50] I DID ONE UNDERSTAND THAT.

[1:03:58] MY FEELING ABOUT THIS IS

[1:04:04] BECAUSE YOU HAD ALREADY PUT IN

[1:04:05] THE BUDGET FOR SEVEN MONTHS FOR

[1:04:11] JIM BRANDON AND IT WOULD TAKE

[1:04:12] 427,000 TO FINISH OFF OF THE

[1:04:15] YEAR.

[1:04:20] MY SUGGESTION WOULD TO BE TO

[1:04:21] PUT THAT IN.

[1:04:27] PREPARE THAT FOR NEXT YEAR AND

[1:04:33] TO MAKE SURE THE CONCERNS CAN

[1:04:34] BE ADDRESSED WHICH THEY CAN BE.

[1:04:39] WHEREVER THEY HAVE SEEN IT DONE

[1:04:40] ELSEWHERE THERE IS ALWAYS A

[1:04:43] BETTER WAY TO DO IT AND I KNOW

[1:04:50] THAT YOU WILL FIND THE RIGHT

[1:04:51] WAY TO DO THAT.

[1:04:55] WE'RE NOT GOING TO POTENTIALLY

[1:04:56] FUND THINGS THE WAY THAT WE DID

[1:04:57] IN THE PAST BECAUSE IT RELATES

[1:05:03] TO THE SOIL AND WATER

[1:05:04] CONSERVATION DISTRICT, I KNOW

[1:05:07] THAT WE PAY THEM FOR SERVICES,

[1:05:10] BUT THAT WAS OUR ONLY

[1:05:11] CONTRIBUTIONS AND I AM OKAY

[1:05:15] FUNDING NOT THIS YEAR.

[1:05:20] » I'M SORRY, IRMA HAS ALSO

[1:05:24] >> WE FUND THEM FOR SERVICES.

[1:05:29] I SOMETIMES FORGET WHAT I SAY.

[1:05:38] IT'S THEY ARE ON NOTICE.

[1:05:47] IT IS LIKELY WE WON'T BE ABLE

[1:05:48] TO FUND.

[1:05:48] AS IT RELATES TO THE HOUSING

[1:05:49] IDEA, MY SUGGESTION IS THE

[1:05:54] WEIGHT UNTIL MID YEAR WHEN YOU

[1:06:00] DO THE MIDYEAR UPDATE AND

[1:06:04] POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO FUND IT

[1:06:04] AT THAT POINT.

[1:06:05] THERE ARE MILLIONS, TENS OF

[1:06:09] MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE ARE

[1:06:10] CARRYING FORWARD FOR THAT FUND

[1:06:12] FOR THOSE FUNDS.

[1:06:14] IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP PROJECTS

[1:06:17] MOVING FORWARD THIS YEAR BUT

[1:06:21] THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE

[1:06:24] NEED TO BE.

[1:06:29] AND THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION

[1:06:30] ON HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

[1:06:38] » THANK YOU.

[1:06:40] ARE RECOGNIZED.

[1:06:46] » Maria Sachs: I WANT TO SEE

[1:06:47] COMMISSIONER WEISS ON THAT

[1:06:48] HORSE.

[1:06:50] ESPECIALLY IN LA.

[1:07:01] WE ARE LOOKING AT PROJECTS THAT

[1:07:04] MAY BE NOT TOO MANY OF US KNOW

[1:07:07] IS INTIMATELY AS THOSE WHO COME

[1:07:11] BEFORE US ENOUGH TO COMMEND MY

[1:07:16] COLLEAGUES FOR SPENDING THE DA

[1:07:22] .

[1:07:22] IT IS SO EASY.

[1:07:23] WE JUST CUT.

[1:07:26] WHAT ARE WE CUTTING?

[1:07:32] UNTIL ONE GOES THERE, EVERY

[1:07:37] TIME I TALK ABOUT WAYSIDE HOUSE

[1:07:37] I GO THERE.

[1:07:39] I GET A SENSE OF WHAT IS GOING

[1:07:44] ON THERE.

[1:07:47] THE WASTE THE MONEY ARE THEY

[1:07:49] TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE?WE

[1:07:57] ARE NOT OPERATING IN A VACUUM

[1:07:58] WITH THESE CUTS.

[1:08:03] PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT WE ARE

[1:08:04] SWORN TO PROTECT AND SO I

[1:08:08] COMMEND YOU FOR GOING THERE AND

[1:08:09] SPENDING THE DAY SEEING THE

[1:08:10] KIDS AND THE HORSES AND THIS IS

[1:08:15] THE WAY WE MEASURE.

[1:08:20] KNOW THAT REPRESENTATIVE LONG

[1:08:24] WAS A HEAD OF THIS FOR A WHILE.

[1:08:27] THERE IT IS.

[1:08:30] THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR LAND

[1:08:34] AND DEPARTMENTS.

[1:08:38] IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT WE ARE

[1:08:39] DOING IT BUT IT IS IMPORTANT WE

[1:08:40] LOOK AT IT NOT WITHIN

[1:08:43] ENGINEERING I BUT A

[1:08:43] HUMANITARIAN THAT'S WHY WOULD

[1:08:46] SUPPORT FUNDING THESE TWO

[1:08:49] PROJECTS.

[1:08:52] » Sara Baxter: DID YOU WANT TO

[1:08:53] WEIGH IN ON HOUSING INITIATIVE

[1:08:54] FUND?

[1:09:02] » Maria Sachs: HAVE CRITICIZED

[1:09:03] THIS MANY TIMES AND MR. BROWN

[1:09:04] KNOWS THAT.

[1:09:07] WE HAVE A HOUSING ISSUE HERE

[1:09:07] THE HOUSING CRISIS, BUT WE NEED

[1:09:11] TO LEAN MORE INTO STATE AND

[1:09:17] GRANTS BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE

[1:09:18] DEEP CUTS INTO.

[1:10:33] » Marci Woodward: THAT IS LESS

[1:10:37] THAN THREE MONTHS OF OPERATING

[1:10:38] DOLLARS.

[1:10:38] AND WE ARE AAA RATED BECAUSE

[1:10:40] IT'S SOMETHING HAPPENS BEING

[1:10:49] AAA RATED MEANS WE CAN GO OUT

[1:10:50] ON BOND QUICKLY.

[1:10:52] WE CAN'T DO THAT IF WE DON'T

[1:10:56] HAVE RESERVES AND THEY WOULD

[1:10:57] KEEP US IN OPERATION FOR

[1:11:01] BASICALLY 2.5 MONTHS SO I AM

[1:11:01] FINE WITH THE DOLLARS YOU SET

[1:11:02] ASIDE TO PUT INTO RESERVES 26

[1:11:05] MILLION THAT BRINGS US UP TO

[1:11:06] 392 SHOULD NOT DO ANYTHING WITH

[1:11:14] THE RESERVE DOLLARS.

[1:11:17] IT IS IMPORTANT WE HAVE IT AND

[1:11:18] AS I SAID IT IS ONLY 2.5 MONTHS

[1:11:20] OF THE OPERATING BUDGETS.

[1:11:26] AS FOR THE HOUSING COMMITTEE OF

[1:11:27] AVERAGE DOLLARS SPENT AND HOW

[1:11:28] OFTEN TO BE CARRIED DOLLARS

[1:11:29] FORWARD?

[1:11:34] IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH A

[1:11:35] NUMBER THAT MIGHT HELP THE REST

[1:11:36] OF THE OARD UNDERSTAND WHAT WE

[1:11:37] ARE ACTUALLY SPENDING AND

[1:11:38] HOUSING EVERY YEAR AND HOW MANY

[1:11:43] PROJECTS AND IF WE DON'T ON

[1:11:44] PROJECTS THAT COME TO US WE

[1:11:45] DON'T SPEND AT THE DOLLARS.

[1:11:53] MEANS THAT THEY WEREN'T SPENT

[1:11:56] AND THEY WEREN'T SPENT WHY ADD

[1:11:57] TO THEM.

[1:12:00] THAT WOULD TO BE A COMMENT ON

[1:12:02] THE HOUSING DOLLARS.

[1:12:03] ON AMBIVALENT ON WATER AND SO

[1:12:09] WITH THE BOARD SO CHOOSES THEY

[1:12:10] SOCHOOSE .

[1:12:13] FOR BRANDON I CAN UNDERSTAND

[1:12:14] THE POSITION.

[1:12:16] WE ARE NOT CLOSING THE FACILITY

[1:12:20] BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING

[1:12:21] THAT WENT OUT THERE.

[1:12:21] WE'RE NOT CLOSING THE FACILITY.

[1:12:24] WE TEST OUR ADMINISTRATOR LAST

[1:12:27] YEAR FINDING WAYS TO CUT THE

[1:12:28] BUDGET THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT

[1:12:36] CUT THEIR BUDGET IS SITTING IN

[1:12:38] THE ROOM RIGHT NOW.

[1:12:41] THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE BCC IS

[1:12:44] THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT CUT

[1:12:45] THE BUDGET.

[1:12:54] HE WANTED OVER 100.WE ARE

[1:12:59] GOING DOWN IN OUR DEPARTMENT BY

[1:13:00] 15 MILLION.

[1:13:04] SO I THINK THE ADMINISTRATOR

[1:13:05] HAS DONE THEIR JOB.

[1:13:07] WE ASKED HIM TO FIND PLACES TO

[1:13:08] CUT.

[1:13:13] AND I REALIZE PEOPLE IN THE

[1:13:14] ROOM ARE WONDERING WHY US, WHY

[1:13:17] THAT DEPARTMENT WE HAVE A

[1:13:26] SENIOR CENTER THAT MIGHT NOT BE

[1:13:27] ABLE TO FEED SENIORS.

[1:13:32] I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THE

[1:13:33] BUDGET WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

[1:13:35] I WOULD SUPPORT THE MILLAGE THE

[1:13:37] BUDGET PROVES OUT.

[1:13:38] 'S I WOULD SEE EVERY

[1:13:44] OPPORTUNITY IN OUR FACILITIES

[1:13:47] TO DO PRIVATE PUBLIC

[1:13:49] PARTNERSHIPS, THIRD-PARTY

[1:13:50] PARTNERSHIPS.

[1:13:53] WE DO THAT IN A LOT OF OUR

[1:13:54] PARKS.

[1:13:54] OUR GOLF COURSES PAY FOR

[1:13:56] THEMSELVES.

[1:13:59] I ALWAYS HAVE TO THROW THAT IN.

[1:14:02] BEING A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER I

[1:14:04] ALWAYS HAVE TO PUT THAT IN.

[1:14:11] WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR

[1:14:12] TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND THERE'S A

[1:14:14] LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T THINK

[1:14:15] THAT.

[1:14:18] BUT GIVEN WHAT OUR

[1:14:18] ADMINISTRATOR WAS TASKED TO DO

[1:14:23] WHICH WOULD CUT THE BUDGET THAT

[1:14:24] HE CAN CUT.

[1:14:29] YOU CAN'T CUT THE CRA BUDGET.

[1:14:35] THE ONLY BUDGET YOU CAN CUT IS

[1:14:36] THIS EASY BUDGET.

[1:14:36] THANK YOU FOR THE JOB YOU AND

[1:14:37] ALL OF YOU HAVE TRIED TO DO

[1:14:40] MAKING A BUDGET WHERE WE DIDN'T

[1:14:42] PUNISH FOLKS.

[1:14:47] I BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE

[1:14:48] BUDGET THAT WE HAVE.

[1:14:51] AS FOR THE BRANDON CENTER, WE

[1:14:53] TALKED ABOUT THE 2.$5 MILLION

[1:14:56] THE OTHER DAY THAT WE ARE BEING

[1:15:00] BROUGHT BACK FROM THE CLERK'S

[1:15:01] OFFICE.S WHEN WE HAD THIS

[1:15:03] DISCUSSION TUESDAY, WE WERE ALL

[1:15:05] IN THE IMPRESSION THAT THE PALM

[1:15:10] BEACH SOIL AND WATER WOULD COME

[1:15:11] FROM THAT.

[1:15:14] SO ANYTHING THE SHERIFF CARRIES

[1:15:15] OVER, LET'S PUT THAT INTO

[1:15:17] RESERVES.

[1:15:20] WE NEED TO KEEP OUR RESERVES

[1:15:21] THE WAY THAT THEY ARE.

[1:15:22] I THINK I ANSWERED EVERYTHING

[1:15:28] ON MY LIST.

[1:15:28] » Sara Baxter: I THINK HE HAD

[1:15:29] A POINT OF CLARIFICATION,

[1:15:30] ADMINISTRATOR?

[1:15:31] » I WANT TO MAKE THE BOARD

[1:15:33] AWARE THAT THE SHERIFF IS UNDER

[1:15:37] MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BUDGET

[1:15:38] DIRECTOR TODAY OPPOSED OF

[1:15:40] PUTTING THAT INTO RESERVE.

[1:15:46] WILL LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT.

[1:15:54] AND NEGOTIATE WITH HER THE

[1:15:55] SHERIFF TO GET THEM FROM 94 TO

[1:15:56] 74, WHICH HE AGREED TO.

[1:15:56] 'S A MONTH AGO A MONTH AGO THEY

[1:16:07] SENT IN THE REQUEST THAT BY THE

[1:16:09] WAY WE DIDN'T SPEND THE MONEY.

[1:16:11] WE WOULD LIKE TO CARRY IT

[1:16:12] FORWARD, WHICH WAS ALMOST

[1:16:14] EXACTLY THE CUT HE AGREED TO.

[1:16:17] HE WAS ANTICIPATING BRINGING

[1:16:18] THAT MONEY OVER TO HIM.

[1:16:20] I BELIEVE IT'S PRETTY CLEAR TO

[1:16:22] COVER THE REDUCTION THAT HE

[1:16:23] MADE.

[1:16:25] WE NEVER CARRIED FORWARD TO

[1:16:27] CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.

[1:16:29] THAT TYPE OF BALANCE FORWARD.

[1:16:32] WE HAVE?

[1:16:35] » IT IS RARE FOR THE DOLLAR

[1:16:37] AMOUNT.

[1:16:38] » PLEASE.

[1:16:41] » Maria Sachs: IT SINCE I WAS

[1:16:42] HERE AND YOU WERE NOT.

[1:16:47] » IT IS RARE FOR IT TO BE THAT

[1:16:47] MUCH.T IS AROUND SEVEN OR 8

[1:16:48] MILLION.

[1:16:49] THERE HAS BEEN A YEAR WHEN IT

[1:16:50] WAS 16.

[1:16:56] IT IS THE HIGHEST EVER BUT IT

[1:16:58] IS ON THE HIGHER END.

[1:17:01] » Sara Baxter: LAST YEAR HE

[1:17:07] GOT 110 MILLION OVER WHAT HIS

[1:17:08] PREVIOUS BUDGET WAS.

[1:17:08] DOES HE NORMALLY GET THAT MUCH?

[1:17:17] » THE 110 WAS THE HIGHEST

[1:17:18] INCREASE.

[1:17:18] » Sara Baxter: IF HE KEPT THE

[1:17:19] 21 MILLION HE WOULD BE BACK TO

[1:17:20] 95?

[1:17:26] » AGAIN, WHATEVER DOLLAR

[1:17:30] AMOUNT IS WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT

[1:17:33] CONTINUE IN RESERVES ON FOR THE

[1:17:36] 2.5 MILLION WE WERE TOLD ABOUT

[1:17:40] ON TUESDAY IF WE ARE GOING TO

[1:17:42] ADD ANY ITEMS BECAUSE THAT

[1:17:46] ISN'T REFLECTED IN HERE THIS

[1:17:52] BOOK YOUR PACKAGE WAS ALREADY

[1:17:53] OUT AND THIS WAS DONE AND WE

[1:17:57] WOULD BRING THAT AS AN

[1:17:58] AMENDMENT AT THE SECOND PUBLIC

[1:17:59] HEARING.

[1:18:07] » Maria Sachs: IF THEY FUND

[1:18:07] THIS WATER DISTRICT IT'S IRONIC

[1:18:08] THAT THIS IS A STATE PROGRAM IN

[1:18:09] THE STATE CUT THEIR FUNDING.

[1:18:15] UNFUNDED MANDATES AND HOW MUCH

[1:18:16] DO WE HAVE IT IN UNFUNDED

[1:18:17] MANDATES.

[1:18:21] AND IF YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE

[1:18:22] WHAT IT IS FOR EVERYBODY, THAT

[1:18:22] WOULD BE GREAT.

[1:18:26] » THESE ARE WHAT THE STATE OR

[1:18:27] OTHER GROUPS THEY DEFUNDED.

[1:18:28] IT IS ALMOST $54 MILLION.

[1:18:35] » IF AMENDMENT THREE PASSES

[1:18:35] ARE WE GETTING AN ADDITIONAL 54

[1:18:39] MILLION FROM THESTATE ?

[1:18:42] » NOT AT ALL.

[1:18:45] FACILITIES FUNDS ALMOST 6.2

[1:18:46] MILLION TO MAINTAIN ALL OF OUR

[1:18:49] COURT RELATED FUNCTIONS IN THE

[1:18:51] BUILDINGS PICKED IS ALMOST $12

[1:18:58] MILLION UNDER ARTICLE 5. FOR

[1:18:59] COMMUNICATION SERVICES RADIO

[1:19:00] SYSTEMS THE MEDICAL EXAMINER

[1:19:09] MANDATES OFFICE AND THE MEDICAL

[1:19:10] EXAMINER'S DUTIES WITH

[1:19:11] RESPONSIBILITIES ASSIGNED TO

[1:19:12] COUNTIES AND ASSOCIATED

[1:19:13] REVENUES 7.$2 MILLION.

[1:19:16] THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BIG

[1:19:17] THINGS WE HAVE OUR TROLLEY RAIL

[1:19:20] SUBSIDY.

[1:19:25] AT HIS TWO OR THREE OR $4

[1:19:26] MILLION IN OUR MEDICAID MATCHES

[1:19:30] 5.9 MILLION.

[1:19:34] » THE STATE TELLS US WE SPEND

[1:19:38] $55 MILLION AND THEY DON'T GIVE

[1:19:39] US ANYTHING FOR IT.

[1:19:41] OUR ADMINISTRATOR HAS DONE A

[1:19:42] REALLY GOOD JOB GETTING OUR

[1:19:46] BUDGET TO WHERE IT IS.

[1:19:47] ESPECIALLY SINCE 55 MILLION

[1:19:48] OTHER YOU ALL HAVE TO COVER

[1:19:50] BECAUSE THE STATE TOLD US THAT

[1:19:52] WE HAVEN'T DONE IT BUT THEY ARE

[1:19:55] NOT GIVING US ADDITIONAL

[1:19:55] DOLLARS.THANK YOU.

[1:19:57] I'M FINISHED.

[1:19:57] » Sara Baxter: COMMISSIONER

[1:20:00] FLORES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

[1:20:01] 'S.

[1:20:04] » Joel Flores: I WANT TO TALK

[1:20:05] ABOUT PBS OH.

[1:20:12] YOU MENTIONED THAT LAST YEAR

[1:20:12] THEY REQUESTED 110 MILLION THAT

[1:20:15] IS WHAT THEY ENDED UP GETTING?

[1:20:21] I KNOW THAT WE REDUCED A LITTLE

[1:20:22] BIT.

[1:20:26] » THERE WAS A SMALL REDUCTION

[1:20:26] BUT WE GAVE ANOTHER 10 MILLION

[1:20:29] SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL COUNT THAT

[1:20:30] ONE.

[1:20:31] MY CLOSE IS 110 MILLION.

[1:20:41] » IT WAS 124 MILLION INCREASE

[1:20:41] IN EXPENSES.

[1:20:50] AND THEN WE GAVE THEM AN

[1:20:51] ADDITIONAL 10 MILLION AT THE

[1:20:53] MIDYEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT.

[1:20:55] WE GAVE THEM AN ADDITIONAL 10

[1:20:56] MILLION.

[1:20:59] » WE GAVE THEM 124.

[1:21:02] ON TOP OF HIS REGULAR BUDGET.

[1:21:07] NOW, THAT WAS 2026.

[1:21:12] FOR 2027 HE ASKED ORIGINALLY

[1:21:14] WHAT?

[1:21:17] » 94 MILLION.

[1:21:23] WE NEGOTIATED 74.2?

[1:21:28] >> OUT OF THE 134 HE DID NOT

[1:21:29] UTILIZE 21.

[1:21:38] IT'S CAPITAL.

[1:21:45] WE REQUIRED EVERY SINCE IT

[1:21:46] WASN'T SPENT SO THERE WERE

[1:21:47] CAPITAL ITEMS ORDERED BUT NOT

[1:21:51] RECEIVED AND THAT IS WHAT HE

[1:21:52] ASKED FOR TO CARRY FORWARD TO.

[1:21:55] » WHAT HAS CAUSED THE

[1:21:56] DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE SO

[1:22:03] DRASTICALLY OVER THE LAST

[1:22:03] YEARS?

[1:22:04] THESE ARE TOTALING $200 MILLION

[1:22:07] WITHIN TWO YEARS.

[1:22:09] » I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.

[1:22:12] » Joel Flores: HOW COME WE

[1:22:13] DON'T KNOW?

[1:22:14] » WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL BUDGET.

[1:22:17] WE CAN MAKE ASSUMPTIONS OUT OF

[1:22:18] IT.

[1:22:25] » IS THERE A WAY TO GET

[1:22:27] DETAILED BUDGETS?

[1:22:32] » WE CAN REQUEST A BUDGET OUT

[1:22:33] THE SUB OBJECT LEVEL BY THE

[1:22:34] BOARD.

[1:22:38] » Joel Flores: WHAT THAT

[1:22:39] INCLUDE A BREAKOUT OF THE JAIL?

[1:22:42] » IT SHOULD.

[1:22:50] » Sara Baxter: I HAVE A MOTION

[1:22:51] TO RECEIVE A -- SAY THAT AGAIN?

[1:22:52] » A BUDGET FROM THE SHERIFF.

[1:22:57] » Sara Baxter: MOTION BY

[1:22:58] COMMISSIONER FLORES .

[1:22:59] ALL IN FAVOR?

[1:23:04] ANY OPPOSED?

[1:23:05] SEE THAT THE MOTION CARRIES 7/

[1:23:06] .

[1:23:08] » Joel Flores: I GUESS GOING

[1:23:09] BACK TO MY QUESTION, HOW DO WE

[1:23:13] KNOW THAT BY INCREASING HIS

[1:23:20] BUDGET THIS YEAR, 74 ON TOP OF

[1:23:21] THE 134 THAT WE GAVE LAST YEAR,

[1:23:28] THAT HE ACTUALLY NEEDS IT AND

[1:23:28] HE IS GOING TO UTILIZE THE

[1:23:29] ENTIREAMOUNT WHEN LAST YEAR HE

[1:23:30] DID NOT UTILIZE THE ENTIRE

[1:23:31] AMOUNT .

[1:23:38] LET IS A VERY INTERESTING

[1:23:39] QUESTION.

[1:23:41] WE GUTTED DEPARTMENTS.

[1:23:44] WE MADE MAJOR CUTS TO OUR

[1:23:46] DEPARTMENT BUT YET WE ARE

[1:23:55] FUNDING A HIGH LEVEL.

[1:23:56] ANOTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER

[1:23:57] BUT HE'S NOT UTILIZING THE

[1:23:58] FUNDS.

[1:24:02] HOW DO WE ENSURE THESE DOLLARS

[1:24:03] ARE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY

[1:24:04] NEEDED?

[1:24:06] » WE DON'T.

[1:24:12] » THAT IS VERY INTERESTING.

[1:24:13] THANK YOU.

[1:24:17] » COMMISSIONER POWELL, YOU ARE

[1:24:19] RECOGNIZED.

[1:24:21] >> THANK YOU MADAME MAYOR.

[1:24:29] ADMINISTRATOR AND YOUR TEAM,

[1:24:29] THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER

[1:24:30] THE BUDGET AND MOVING US

[1:24:31] FORWARD.

[1:24:32] I HAVE A QUESTION.

[1:24:32] AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT.

[1:24:34] LAST YEAR WE WERE WAITING ON

[1:24:37] FUNDS BECAUSE WE HAD GIVEN THE

[1:24:41] SHERIFF WHERE WE HAD TO PAY THE

[1:24:44] SHERIFF MONEY.

[1:24:49] IT WAS $40 MILLION IN THAN IT

[1:24:50] WAS SUPPOSED TO BE INCREASING.

[1:24:51] I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY TALK

[1:24:53] ABOUT IT.

[1:24:59] » THE PRESIDENTIAL.

[1:24:59] SO BEFORE HE WAS SWORN IN

[1:25:09] THROUGH 9/30/25 THE EXPENSES

[1:25:09] WERE $38 MILLION BUT THERE WAS

[1:25:15] AN APPROPRIATION TO REIMBURSE

[1:25:16] US FOR THAT.

[1:25:17] WAS LATE GETTING THE PORTAL

[1:25:19] OPEN TO REQUEST THE

[1:25:23] REIMBURSEMENT, HOWEVER, THE

[1:25:24] SHERIFF'S OFFICE REQUESTED IT.

[1:25:32] WE KIND OF THOUGHT WE WOULD

[1:25:33] HAVE ADDED BY NOW, BUT IT LOOKS

[1:25:34] LIKE IT WOULD PROBABLY BE

[1:25:35] JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WHEN WE

[1:25:35] WILL ACTUALLY GET THAT CASH.

[1:25:36] » Bobby Weiss: WHEN WE GET IT

[1:25:37] WHERE DOES IT GO?

[1:25:38] » IT GOES BACK INTO THE FUND

[1:25:44] BECAUSE WE PULLED IT OUT OF THE

[1:25:45] RESERVES TO FUND IT.

[1:25:51] » WE OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE

[1:25:51] TO CONGRESSWOMAN FRANKEL.

[1:25:52] SHE STEPPED UP TO HELP US GET

[1:25:53] THE REIMBURSEMENTS FROM FEMA.

[1:25:56] » THANK YOU ADMINISTRATOR.

[1:26:01] COMMISSIONER MARINO TALKED

[1:26:02] ABOUT US TO INTERPOLATE RATED.

[1:26:04] .

[1:26:07] WHAT THAT AMOUNT AND 26.7

[1:26:12] BILLION WE WOULD BE ADDING TO

[1:26:13] THE RESERVES PICK THE QUESTION,

[1:26:17] WHAT ELSE CAN THEY BE USED FOR

[1:26:18] INTERMS OF PROJECTS .MONTHS

[1:26:21] WORTH OF OPERATING BUDGETS IS

[1:26:25] SOMETHING MAJOR WERE TO HAPPEN.

[1:26:26] BUT WHAT ELSE COULD WE USE THE

[1:26:27] FUNDS FOR IF NECESSARY.

[1:26:32] CAN THEY BE USED FOR CAPITAL

[1:26:35] PROJECTS?

[1:26:35] » THE MOST PRESSING NEED SET

[1:26:39] BY FEMA AND EMERGENCY

[1:26:40] MANAGEMENT TELLING US WE NEED

[1:26:43] TO FRONT MONEY ON THEIR OWN IF

[1:26:47] WE HAVE A HURRICANE NATURAL

[1:26:48] DISASTER OR A HORRIFIC EVENT

[1:26:54] THAT WE MAY BE ON OUR OWN THEN

[1:26:54] YEARS PAST THAT THOSE RESERVES

[1:26:56] WOULD BE VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR

[1:26:59] THAT.

[1:26:59] HURRICANE WOULD BE THE MOST

[1:27:00] LIKELY.

[1:27:06] » Bobby Weiss: THERE'S A MAJO

[1:27:07] CAPITAL PROJECT WE NEEDED FUNDS

[1:27:08] FOR ?

[1:27:12] » IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY WE WOULD

[1:27:17] LOSE OUR AAA BOND RATING BUT

[1:27:20] HIGHLY LIKELY.

[1:27:20] WHICH MEANS WHEN WE BOND OUT WE

[1:27:22] WILL BE PAYING A HIGHER

[1:27:23] INTEREST RATE WHICH WILL COST

[1:27:26] THE TAXPAYERS AND US A LOT MORE

[1:27:28] MONEY.

[1:27:30] » FROM A LOCAL LEVEL I THINK

[1:27:33] IT WAS LEE COUNTY WITH

[1:27:36] HURRICANE IAN ON THE COUNTY

[1:27:41] SPENT $350 MILLION ON DEBRIS

[1:27:42] REMOVAL AND A YEAR LATER THEY

[1:27:46] HAD NOT GOTTEN ANY

[1:27:47] REIMBURSEMENT.

[1:27:51] THAT'S WHY RESERVES ARE HERE

[1:27:52] FOR ANY KINDS OF THINGS.

[1:27:59] » Bobby Weiss: THE OTHER

[1:28:00] CONCERN I HAD WAS I HEARD

[1:28:01] CONVERSATION WITH REGARD TO

[1:28:01] HOUSING.

[1:28:02] AND WE TALKED ABOUT ZEROING OUT

[1:28:05] THE BUDGET BASED ON FUNDS THAT

[1:28:06] WERE OR WERE NOT USED WAS

[1:28:10] AVAILABLE TO USE.

[1:28:17] IN THE SAME TONE AS

[1:28:18] COMMISSIONER FLORES, WOULD LIKE

[1:28:20] TO SEE ADDITIONAL FUNDS PUT

[1:28:25] INTO HOUSING.

[1:28:25] I THINK THE CHALLENGES THE COST

[1:28:28] TO HOUSING IS INCREASED SO

[1:28:33] DRASTICALLY THAT FUNDS HAVE

[1:28:33] BECOME AVAILABLE, WHETHER THEY

[1:28:36] HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON THEM ARE

[1:28:41] THE DEVELOPERS OF THE

[1:28:42] INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO SEEK THE

[1:28:44] FUNDS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO USE

[1:28:48] THEM.

[1:28:49] IF THE PROGRAMS ARE ACCESSIBLE

[1:28:50] THE MONEY GOES RIGHT OUT AND SO

[1:28:51] TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS WE

[1:28:55] CAN FUND.

[1:28:55] I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN

[1:28:56] OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NOT HAVE

[1:28:57] ADDITIONAL FUNDS GO TOWARD

[1:29:01] HOUSING.

[1:29:01] IF WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK, I

[1:29:05] WOULD FALL IN LINE WITH

[1:29:06] COMMISSIONER FLORES BECAUSE

[1:29:11] THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE.

[1:29:12] WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE

[1:29:13] INDIVIDUALS OVER THE AGE OF 65

[1:29:18] LOSE HOUSING AND BECOME

[1:29:19] HOMELESS.

[1:29:23] WHAT EVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE

[1:29:24] SURE THAT WE ARE NOT

[1:29:26] ELIMINATING BUT MITIGATING THAT

[1:29:27] PARTICULAR AREA I WOULD BE IN

[1:29:31] FAVOR OF AND THOSE ARE MY

[1:29:31] OBSERVATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE

[1:29:33] BUDGET.

[1:29:35] » IF I MAY MAKE A SUGGESTION,

[1:29:41] WE OBVIOUSLY REPORTED THERE ARE

[1:29:43] TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

[1:29:45] NO PROJECTS ARE BEING CUT.

[1:29:50] I HATE TO GO THIS DIRECTION

[1:29:51] EXCEPT TO LOOK FORWARD.

[1:29:52] IF AMENDMENT THREE DOES NOT

[1:29:53] PASS, WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF

[1:29:54] REVENUE PICK ONE OTHER CAVEAT

[1:29:57] THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH

[1:29:59] AMENDMENT THREE, THE PROPERTY

[1:30:05] APPRAISERS ARE CAPPED AT

[1:30:06] ASSESSMENTS FROM 10% TO 5%.

[1:30:11] RULE OF THUMB LET'S SAY WE

[1:30:12] RECEIVED WE HUNDRED MILLION

[1:30:12] DOLLARS IN EXTRA REVENUE

[1:30:15] BECAUSE PROPERTY TAXES WENT UP,

[1:30:15] THAT WOULD BE CUT IN HALF.

[1:30:22] WE WOULD ONLY BE RECEIVING 50.

[1:30:23] IT IS NOT ONLY US TAKING THE

[1:30:23] HIT BUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE

[1:30:30] RECEIVED FROM PROPERTY VALUES

[1:30:30] BUT GOD WILLING THEY CONTINUE

[1:30:31] TO GO WELL FOR HOMEOWNERS, THAT

[1:30:32] WOULD BE CUT LIKELY IN HALF AS

[1:30:33] WELL OR TO SOME LEVEL.

[1:30:35] I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER

[1:30:40] PICK THE REVENUE WOULD NOT COME

[1:30:41] IN AS IT DOES TODAY.

[1:30:43] IF IT DOES NOT PASS WE SHOULD

[1:30:48] HAVE PLENTY OF REVENUE TO DO A

[1:30:49] LAW WITHIN SERVICE THE

[1:30:50] COMMUNITY IN A BIG WAY OR THE

[1:30:54] OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS MAKE A

[1:30:55] SUBSTANTIAL TAX CUT THAT IS FOR

[1:30:59] YOU TO DIRECT ME ON THE BUDGET

[1:31:00] STAFF HERE.

[1:31:06] BARRING THAT WE HAVE THE

[1:31:07] REVENUE COULD TO CONTINUE THE

[1:31:08] PROJECTS, I JUST WANT TO BRING

[1:31:12] A POINT.

[1:31:12] WE HAVE THE MONEY TO CONTINUE

[1:31:13] THE PROJECTS ON THE HOUSING

[1:31:15] FRONT IF IT IS THE BOARDS WILL

[1:31:23] WE CONTINUE TO FUND IT, PULL IT

[1:31:29] OUT OF RESERVES AND THEN OF

[1:31:30] COURSE WE WILL DO THAT.

[1:31:32] » I WILL SAY THIS.

[1:31:35] MY COMMENTS ARE CONDITIONED

[1:31:39] UPON IF AMENDMENT THREE DOES

[1:31:40] NOT PASS.

[1:31:43] IF IT DOES PASS THAN MY

[1:31:44] COMMENTS WOULD OBVIOUSLY GO

[1:31:48] AWAY AND WE WOULD HAVE TO

[1:31:50] ADDRESS THE SITUATION WHERE IT

[1:31:55] STANDS ONCE WE SEE WHERE WE ARE

[1:31:56] AT.

[1:31:57] I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

[1:31:57] WE WILL PUT A CONDITION ON.

[1:31:59] THANK YOU.

[1:32:08] » Sara Baxter: THE MAJORITY OF

[1:32:09] THE BOARD TO SUPPORT THE 79,000

[1:32:09] FOR SOIL AND WATER.

[1:32:12] IT ALSO SUPPORTS, THE MAJORITY

[1:32:13] OF THE BOARD SUPPORTS FUNDING

[1:32:16] JIM BRANDON TO THE NEXT FISCAL

[1:32:17] YEAR.

[1:32:20] I'M NOT HEARD A MAJORITY

[1:32:20] SUPPORTING HOUSING INITIATIVE

[1:32:23] FUNDS.

[1:32:23] I WILL MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT.

[1:32:29] THE REASON A LOT OF THEM

[1:32:30] WEREN'T USE IS THEY HAD NO IDEA

[1:32:31] THAT THEY EXISTED.

[1:32:33] NOW IT IS ON THEIR RADAR SO NOW

[1:32:37] WE HAVE PROJECTS IN THE WORKS

[1:32:38] AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE

[1:32:41] WHATEVER THEY'RE TRYING TO GET

[1:32:48] THE DOLLARS WE ARE NOT STOPPING

[1:32:49] THEM.

[1:32:49] I DON'T KNOW THAT I SUPPORT

[1:32:51] ADDING ANYMORE IF YOU SAY WE

[1:32:51] HAVE 40 ROLLING OVER FROM

[1:32:53] PREVIOUS YEARS.

[1:32:58] THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER

[1:33:01] CONVERSATION TO THE BOARD.

[1:33:04] A FEW QUESTIONS.

[1:33:06] FOR RESERVES IN OPERATING, IF

[1:33:09] OUR TOTAL COUNTY COMMISSION

[1:33:11] BUDGET IS 600 MILLION AND WE

[1:33:14] ARE GOING TO 400 MILLION IN

[1:33:14] RESERVES, HOW IS THAT ONLY TWO

[1:33:17] MONTHS OF OPERATING?

[1:33:24] » IT'S LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE

[1:33:25] BUDGET BECAUSE WE FUND THE

[1:33:26] CONSTITUTIONAL'S, WE HAVE DEBT

[1:33:27] SERVICE.

[1:33:32] » LET'S SAY A NATURAL DISASTER

[1:33:35] HAPPENS, DOESN'T IT OF THEIR

[1:33:36] OWN RESERVES?

[1:33:44] » Sara Baxter: SO WE ARE NOT

[1:33:45] TALKING OUR RESERVES HAVE TO

[1:33:48] FUND EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE HAVE

[1:33:48] OVER $4 BILLION.

[1:33:52] WHEN YOU TAKE ALL OUR

[1:33:53] DEPARTMENTS AND ADD THEM UP.

[1:33:54] » CORRECT.

[1:33:57] IT IS JUST IN THE GENERAL FUND.

[1:34:00] » Sara Baxter: THANK YOU.

[1:34:14] » IF WE ARE LOOKING AND NOT

[1:34:19] TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE HALF A

[1:34:20] MILLION, 26 MILLIONS IN

[1:34:21] RESERVES.

[1:34:23] DOES THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE

[1:34:24] 21 THE SHERIFF WANTS TO

[1:34:25] ROLLOVER?

[1:34:27] » CORRECT.

[1:34:27] » Sara Baxter: THAT IS NOT

[1:34:28] GIVING ABACK ?

[1:34:32] » IT IS GIVING HIM FIVE AND

[1:34:33] DROPPING THE 16 AND THE

[1:34:34] RESERVES.

[1:34:46] » I'M ALWAYS HOUNDING US TO

[1:34:47] REDUCE SPENDING.

[1:34:52] WHEN IT COMES TO JIM BRANDON,

[1:34:53] I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE FUNDING.

[1:34:55] WHEN WE HAVE UNIQUE FEATURES

[1:35:01] SUCH AS EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES

[1:35:04] FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A TON

[1:35:05] OF MONEY, IT'S NOT THAT YOU CAN

[1:35:12] REBUILD IT IN DOWN THE ROAD.

[1:35:12] WE HAVE DECADES OF

[1:35:14] ESTABLISHMENT OF PEOPLE GOING

[1:35:15] THERE ON FAMILIES AND KIDS

[1:35:24] RELYING ON SOMETHING.

[1:35:24] WE SENT THE MESSAGE LOUD AND

[1:35:25] CLEAR TUESDAY THIS WAS A ONE

[1:35:26] FISCAL YEAR AND IT GIVES THEM

[1:35:27] TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO

[1:35:28] ORGANIZE AND PUT THINGS

[1:35:28] TOGETHER AND WE DID DISCUSS

[1:35:33] HAVING A TASK FORCE FOR THEM

[1:35:34] WHICH WOULD BE AMAZING.

[1:35:37] I WANT TO STATE IF I WAS GOING

[1:35:38] TO CUT SOMEWHERE BECAUSE

[1:35:39] COMMENTS WERE MADE, THIS ISN'T

[1:35:43] WHERE I WOULD START.

[1:35:43] I THINK WHERE I WOULD START HAS

[1:35:45] BEEN OBVIOUS.

[1:35:46] IF ANYONE WATCHED THESE THE

[1:35:53] BOARD DOESN'T SUPPORT THINGS

[1:35:54] THAT I WOULD CUT SO I

[1:35:54] APPRECIATE THEM KEEPING

[1:35:55] SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES A LOT

[1:35:58] OF RESOURCES FROM THE

[1:35:58] WELLINGTON AREA, THE EQUESTRIAN

[1:36:02] COMMUNITY WHICH IS HUGELY MY

[1:36:03] DISTRICT.THANK YOU FOR

[1:36:05] SUPPORTING THAT.

[1:36:08] SOIL AND WATER SUPPORTING

[1:36:09] AGRICULTURE.

[1:36:14] THIS WILL BE A MUCH DIFFERENT

[1:36:15] CONVERSATION SHOULD AMENDMENT 3

[1:36:16] PASS.

[1:36:17] I WOULD RATHER SEE US INSTEAD

[1:36:19] OF ADDING $26 MILLION TO

[1:36:21] RESERVES.

[1:36:24] WHEN I TOOK OFFICE NO ONE WAS

[1:36:25] ABLE TO GIVE ME A NUMBER PICK

[1:36:25] OUT WHAT POINT DO WE LOSE OUR

[1:36:28] AAA BONDING.

[1:36:33] » THEY WON'T GIVE ME A

[1:36:34] SPECIFIC BUT WHEN WE WERE

[1:36:35] COMPARING OURSELVES TO OTHERS

[1:36:35] AAA IN THE FLORIDA, THE

[1:36:38] AVERAGES 35% OF REVENUES.

[1:36:47] WE WERE 30% PRIOR TO TAKING

[1:36:48] MONEY OUT AND SO WE ARE

[1:36:48] PROBABLY AROUND 24 OR 25% OF

[1:36:51] THIS POINT.

[1:36:55] TO BE MORE COMPARATIVE WOULD BE

[1:36:56] CLOSER TO 30 TO 35%.

[1:37:00] I'M COMFORTABLE AT 25 TO 30.

[1:37:04] THE STATE SET A PRIORITY AT 25%

[1:37:04] SO WE ARE RIGHT WHERE THE STATE

[1:37:07] IS AT THIS POINT.

[1:37:12] » Sara Baxter: I WILL FEEL I

[1:37:16] FEEL IT HAS BEEN A SCARE

[1:37:16] TACTIC.

[1:37:16] I UNDERSTAND AAA MIGHT TO GIVE

[1:37:19] US A LOWER INTERESTRATE , BUT

[1:37:22] UNTIL WE CAN GET SOMEBODY.

[1:37:24] WE WERE 100 MILLION LESSON WE

[1:37:26] WERE STILL AAA WE ARE STILL AAA

[1:37:32] BUT 100 MILLION MORE WHY COULD

[1:37:34] NOT PUT LESSON RESERVES AND

[1:37:39] GIVE RESIDENTS A BREAK AND

[1:37:39] REDUCE OUR MILLAGE RATE ALL AT

[1:37:41] THE SAME TIME AND KEEPING AT

[1:37:44] THE SAME.

[1:37:47] IF WE ARE GOING TO FIND WAYS.

[1:37:51] I ASKED TO CUT ON THIS BOARD

[1:37:51] DISAGREES WITH PALM TURN.

[1:37:53] ANYONE WHO HAS READ MY ISSUES

[1:37:56] WITH PALM TURN AND SPENDING

[1:38:02] PROBABLY THINKS I PAID THE MAN

[1:38:02] TO COME HERE TODAY BECAUSE HE

[1:38:03] SAID A LOT OF THINGS OUT LOUD

[1:38:04] THAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR A

[1:38:05] LONG TIME BUT IT IS UP TO A

[1:38:09] BOARD DECISION AND NOT MINE.

[1:38:10] I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT

[1:38:23] WAYS AND I DON'T THINK ADDING

[1:38:24] TO RESERVES HELPS OUR

[1:38:25] RESIDENTS.

[1:38:25] YES, THERE MIGHT BE A NATURAL

[1:38:26] DISASTER BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO

[1:38:27] CAN'T AFFORD GROCERIES AND

[1:38:28] CAN'T AFFORD THE DAY-TO-DAY

[1:38:28] EXPENSES AND YET WE ARE STILL

[1:38:29] NOT REDUCING WE ARE STILL

[1:38:30] ADDING AND ADDING TO A RESERVE

[1:38:31] POT THAT DOES NOTHING FOR THEM

[1:38:32] NOW.

[1:38:33] WITH THAT BEING SAID I'M GOING

[1:38:34] TO TURN INTO COMMISSIONER

[1:38:35] SACHS.

[1:38:38] >> Maria Sachs: THAT WAS A GOOD

[1:38:40] ENTR?E, THANK YOU.

[1:38:41] YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB TO KEEP

[1:38:45] THE AAA RATING.

[1:38:49] EVERYTHING HAS GOTTEN MORE

[1:38:50] EXPENSIVE.

[1:38:52] WENT TO PUBLIX YESTERDAY.

[1:38:56] WENT IN FOR BREAD AND MILK AND

[1:38:57] CAME OUT 200, $300.

[1:38:58] THAT WAS A LONG OF MILK.

[1:39:04] A LOT OF BREAD.

[1:39:04] I DIDN'T EVEN GET ANY BEER OR

[1:39:05] WINE.

[1:39:13] I THINK WE NEED TO BE PRUDENT

[1:39:14] WHEN IT COMES TO SERVICE LIKE

[1:39:18] LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CUT NOW IN

[1:39:19] ANTICIPATION OF AMENDMENT

[1:39:20] THREE.

[1:39:23] THESE ARE IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE

[1:39:23] IN THE COUNTY.

[1:39:25] NOT JUST OUR DISTRICT OR

[1:39:26] COMMISSIONER WEISS OR

[1:39:28] COMMISSIONER MARINO.

[1:39:32] LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHETHER IT'S

[1:39:34] MUNICIPALITIES OR THE SHERIFF'S

[1:39:36] OFFICE IS IMPORTANT TO

[1:39:38] EVERYBODY AND THIS IS SOMETHING

[1:39:39] WE NEED TO MAINTAIN.

[1:39:46] WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING, THESE

[1:39:47] ARE ISSUES.

[1:39:52] WE ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING WE

[1:39:52] DON'T EVEN KNOW IS GOING TO

[1:39:53] HAPPEN WITH AMENDMENT THREE.

[1:39:57] I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HOLD

[1:39:58] ONTO THE SALES MONEY JUST IN

[1:39:59] CASE IT PASSES BECAUSE IF

[1:40:03] YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE SO MUCH

[1:40:04] FROM US WE CAN HOLD BACK FROM

[1:40:04] THEM AS WELL AND I'M SAYING

[1:40:06] THIS IS A FORMER LEGISLATURE.

[1:40:11] I THINK WE HAVE DONE A GREAT

[1:40:12] JOB.

[1:40:12] I DON'T LIKE TO SEE IT CUT TOO

[1:40:12] DEEPLY INTO ESSENTIAL SERVICES

[1:40:16] AND THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING

[1:40:21] THIS IS WHERE I MET.

[1:40:21] HOUSING IS IMPORTANT BUT ALSO

[1:40:25] WITH REGARD TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

[1:40:26] I KNOW CONGRESSWOMAN WRINKLE IS

[1:40:31] WORKING HARD TO GET US THE

[1:40:31] MONEY BACK FROM THE FEDERAL

[1:40:36] GOVERNMENT.

[1:40:36] I THINK THAT WE HOLD STUDY.

[1:40:40] I AGREE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN SAID

[1:40:41] BY MY COLLEAGUES AND I THINK

[1:40:47] THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONSERVATIVE

[1:40:48] AND PRUDENT AND I THINK WE

[1:40:49] SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO SO.

[1:40:52] I AGREE MOST DEFINITELY WITH MY

[1:40:53] COLLEAGUES AND I CONGRATULATE

[1:40:56] YOUR STAFF IN KEEPING THE SHIP

[1:41:03] RIGHT ON SALE FORWARD.

[1:41:03] I APPRECIATE IT.

[1:41:05] THANK YOU.

[1:41:07] » MADAME MAYOR?

[1:41:10] TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE.

[1:41:11] IF WE DID DROP, EVERY MILLION

[1:41:17] DOLLARS IF THEY COULD GO UP TO

[1:41:18] 20 BITS IT WOULD COST US AN

[1:41:25] EXTRA 20 MILLION IN INTEREST

[1:41:26] OVER THE COURSE OF A 20 YEAR

[1:41:27] BOND.

[1:41:27] » Sara Baxter: THE PROBLEM IS

[1:41:32] WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DOLLAR

[1:41:33] AMOUNT WOULD GO TO THE AA FROM

[1:41:36] THE AAA.

[1:41:37] » I CAN ONLY.

[1:41:38] » Maria Sachs: IN THESE

[1:41:39] MEETINGS AND WHAT SHERRY SAID.

[1:41:40] THE AVERAGE ACCOUNTINGS ARE 35

[1:41:41] MILLION.

[1:41:42] WE KNOW THAT.

[1:41:48] HAVE BEEN TOLD.

[1:41:49] AS MY WITNESSES, BY THE BOND

[1:41:52] RATING AGENCIES HIGHLY

[1:41:54] RECOMMENDING WE DO NOT DROP

[1:41:56] FURTHER DIRECTLY WHAT SIX WEEKS

[1:42:00] AGO?

[1:42:07] AMENDMENT 3 THAT PASSES.

[1:42:08] I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO

[1:42:09] HYPOTHETICALS AND IT WILL BE

[1:42:09] BRIEF.

[1:42:10] THAT CHANGES A LOT BECAUSE WE

[1:42:12] ARE LOOKING AT THE REVENUE

[1:42:13] COMING IN BUT THEY'RE LOOKING

[1:42:16] AT OUR BUDGET OF WHAT WE ARE

[1:42:17] SPENDING.

[1:42:20] WHEN YOU FIRST CAME ON THE

[1:42:20] BOARD IT WAS A MUCH DIFFERENT

[1:42:24] BUDGET PICTURE INCLUDING OUR

[1:42:24] EXPENSES UNTIL DATA SHIFTED AND

[1:42:25] GONE UP SO THEY KNOW WHAT THE

[1:42:29] CORE EXPENSES ARE IN THE

[1:42:30] ATTRIBUTE OF WHAT WE HAVE

[1:42:32] COMING IN LATE AND WE GET TO

[1:42:33] RESERVES.I BELIEVE WE DEPLETE

[1:42:38] THOSE RESERVES WE WILL DROP TO

[1:42:44] A DOUBLE A+ AND IF AMENDMENT

[1:42:45] THREE PASSES THAT MAY HAPPEN ON

[1:42:46] ITS OWN.

[1:42:48] » Sara Baxter: COMMISSIONER

[1:42:49] MARINO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

[1:42:59] >> Maria Marino: THE MAYOR AND

[1:43:00] I HAVE THE SAME ATTITUDE WHEN

[1:43:01] IT COMES TO PALM TURN BECAUSE

[1:43:04] PALM TRAN IS A VERY LARGE

[1:43:08] DOLLAR AMOUNT OUT OF OUR AD

[1:43:13] VALOREM TAX DOLLARS AND I THINK

[1:43:14] I ASKED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO

[1:43:18] FIND OUT WHAT WE ARE LEGALLY BY

[1:43:20] GRANT DOLLARS RESPONSIBLE TO DO

[1:43:25] AND THAT SHOULD BE THE BUDGET

[1:43:26] WE START AND GO WITH.

[1:43:31] THE REASON I SAY THAT IS WE

[1:43:32] HAVE A SERVICE.

[1:43:33] I'M NOT TAKING AWAY FROM

[1:43:37] RESIDENTS WHO TRAVEL ON PALM

[1:43:37] TRAN, BUT WE HAVE A MERCEDES

[1:43:43] SERVICE AND ARE GRANT DOLLARS

[1:43:45] DON'T NECESSARILY MATCH THAT.

[1:43:49] I THINK I ASKED THE COUNTY

[1:43:49] ADMINISTRATOR WHAT ARE WE

[1:43:51] REQUIRED TO DO TO MATCH THE

[1:43:54] GRANT DOLLARS.

[1:43:56] YOU HEARD ME SAY BEFORE BURN IT

[1:43:58] TO THE GROUND BUT SEE IT RISE

[1:44:00] LIKE A PHOENIX MORE EFFICIENT

[1:44:05] MANNER.

[1:44:05] WHAT IS OUR FREQUENCY MODEL.

[1:44:07] WHAT ARE THE ROADWAYS THAT CAN

[1:44:08] TRAVEL ON.

[1:44:13] IT BE GREAT IF WE COULD HAVE

[1:44:14] CUT OUTS FOR THE BUS.

[1:44:15] THERE'S A WHOLE ISSUE INVOLVED

[1:44:16] WITH THAT WITH RIGHT-OF-WAY AND

[1:44:17] BUSES COMING BACK INTO TRAFFIC.

[1:44:20] WE ARE NOT EVEN GOING THERE

[1:44:21] TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT

[1:44:22] TALKING TRAFFIC.

[1:44:22] BUT I DO AGREE WITH LET'S SEE

[1:44:24] WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT PALM TRAN.

[1:44:28] WE ARE IN A TOUGH POSITION

[1:44:28] BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING TO

[1:44:29] HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER BUT WE ALSO

[1:44:35] HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY MIDYEAR.

[1:44:36] WE DO A MIDYEAR CLEAN UP.

[1:44:38] I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO

[1:44:45] ANYTHING EXTRAVAGANT AND LET'S

[1:44:46] SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THE MIDYEAR

[1:44:47] CLEAN UP AFTER WE SEE WHAT

[1:44:47] HAPPENS IN NOVEMBER SO THANK

[1:44:48] YOU.

[1:44:54] » VICE MAYOR WOODWARD, YOU ARE

[1:44:55] RECOGNIZED.

[1:44:58] » I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE

[1:45:00] RESERVES PART OF IT.

[1:45:04] I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF

[1:45:05] DOING ANYTHING THAT JEOPARDIZES

[1:45:06] IT.

[1:45:08] IF YOU'RE TELLING US THIS IS

[1:45:09] THE NUMBER WE NEED TO BE AT, IT

[1:45:10] IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IT.

[1:45:17] WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS AND

[1:45:18] WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO NOT

[1:45:19] HAVE A TRUE NATURAL DISASTER

[1:45:19] HIT US.

[1:45:23] WE GOT A FEW INCIDENCES AND

[1:45:24] TORNADOES AND STUFF THAT

[1:45:25] HAPPENED, BUT WE HAVE BEEN

[1:45:27] BLESSED.

[1:45:28] IT'S FLORIDA.

[1:45:34] IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON

[1:45:34] BORROWED TIME.

[1:45:35] IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP

[1:45:36] THIS BECAUSE ON SOME POINT IN

[1:45:40] MY LIFETIME THERE'S GOING TO BE

[1:45:42] ANOTHER ONE OF THESE THINGS

[1:45:43] THAT HAPPENS.

[1:45:45] IN THE FUTURE I FEEL LIKE THIS

[1:45:46] IS US PREPARING EVERYONE WHO

[1:45:48] COMES AFTER US TO BE IN A GOOD

[1:45:53] PLACE WHEN THE NATURAL DISASTER

[1:45:54] DOES COME, AND THEY ALWAYS DO

[1:45:55] AT SOME POINT, WE ARE READY.

[1:45:57] THE RESIDENCE ARE GOING TO BE

[1:46:00] RELY ON THE ONE WHO EVER IS

[1:46:01] HERE TO DO A LOT OF THINGS I

[1:46:04] NEED TO BE DONE IN THE WORST

[1:46:05] POSSIBLE SITUATIONS FOR THEM.

[1:46:07] WE CALL IT A RAINY DAY FUND.

[1:46:12] THAT FUND NEEDS TO BE SECURED.

[1:46:21] I POINT OUT TO PEOPLE I WAS

[1:46:21] ELECTED IN 22, EARLY IN 23 WE

[1:46:22] VOTED ON THE FINAL INSTALLMENT

[1:46:27] FROM FEMA FROM HURRICANE WILMA,

[1:46:28] WHICH WAS WHAT 2005?

[1:46:31] IT TOOK THAT LONG TO GET THE

[1:46:32] LAST PERMIT THE COMMON AND SO

[1:46:35] WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS

[1:46:36] HAPPENS WE HAVE TO PAY OUT

[1:46:39] MONEY TO GET THE COUNTY BACK UP

[1:46:40] AND RUNNING.

[1:46:43] POWER GRIDS, WHATEVER IT TAKES

[1:46:44] TO GET RESIDENCE BACK INTO A

[1:46:45] GOOD PLACE.

[1:46:46] THAT IS WHAT WE PAID FOR IT.

[1:46:48] AND THEN WE WAIT AND WE HAVE TO

[1:46:53] GO THROUGH ALL KINDS OR

[1:46:54] HURDLES.

[1:46:54] IT COSTS US MONEY TO GET THE

[1:46:55] REIMBURSEMENTS.

[1:46:56] THAT IS PART OF ALL OF THIS.

[1:46:59] THAT IS SACRED DON'T TOUCH IT

[1:47:02] AND DON'T DO ANYTHING WE BORROW

[1:47:08] THE BOND MONEY.

[1:47:11] THE VOTERS VOTED ON THAT.

[1:47:12] WE ACTUALLY GET MORE BANG FOR

[1:47:17] OUR BUCK BECAUSE HE THE HIGHEST

[1:47:18] BONDRATING .

[1:47:22] GET A LOWER INTEREST RATE.

[1:47:23] PARK BOND IS GOING TO BE ON THE

[1:47:24] BALLOT.

[1:47:31] HER AAA BOND RATING WILL MAKE

[1:47:31] THE DOLLARS GO FURTHER AND IF

[1:47:33] THAT IS WHAT THE VOTERS CHOOSE.

[1:47:33] AND SO OUR BONDRATING , WE ARE

[1:47:34] ONE OF A HANDFUL IN THE COUNTRY

[1:47:36] THAT HAVE IT.

[1:47:39] OUT OF THE THOUSANDS OF

[1:47:40] COUNTIES, THERE'S DOUBLE DIGIT.

[1:47:44] I HAVE IT ON THE POWERPOINT.

[1:47:48] THAT IS SOMETHING FOR US TO BE

[1:47:48] PROUD OF BUT IT MAKES MONEY GO

[1:47:51] FURTHER SO NOTHING WE DO SHOULD

[1:47:52] JEOPARDIZE THAT SO THAT'S ALL I

[1:47:55] WILL SAY ON THE.

[1:47:58] » Sara Baxter: COMMISSIONER

[1:47:59] POWELL, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

[1:48:01] >> Bobby Weiss: I WOULD SAY I

[1:48:04] HAVE A FEW THOUGHTS.

[1:48:06] THE REASON I ASK THE QUESTION

[1:48:09] WITH REGARD TO CAPITAL PROJECTS

[1:48:15] IN OUR RESERVES IS JUST LIKE

[1:48:16] LIFE IN OUR OWN PERSONAL

[1:48:17] BUDGETS, THINGS HAPPEN.

[1:48:21] IF THE ROOF IN THE BUILDING

[1:48:27] WERE TO COLLAPSE TODAY THE

[1:48:27] QUESTION WOULD BE HOW DO WE PAY

[1:48:28] FOR IT.

[1:48:31] THAT'S WHY ASKED THE QUESTION

[1:48:31] WITH REGARDS TO RESERVES.

[1:48:38] THE STATE BUDGET HAS BEEN A FEW

[1:48:39] YEARS AND THIS YEAR IT IS $117

[1:48:39] BILLION IN FLORIDA WE HAVE TO

[1:48:41] HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.

[1:48:48] EVERY TIME THE STATE DOES ITS

[1:48:49] BUDGET, THE INDIVIDUALS IN

[1:48:54] TALLAHASSEE WHO ARE

[1:48:55] LEGISLATURES AND STEWARDS OF

[1:49:00] THE FUNDS BUT IF YOU BUILD IN

[1:49:01] DOLLARS IN RESERVES.

[1:49:02] IT'S INCUMBENT TO ECHO THE

[1:49:05] SENTIMENTS OF VICE MAYOR

[1:49:07] WOODWARD, WE PUT FUNDS IN

[1:49:08] RESERVES SO WE DO MAINTAIN THE

[1:49:12] AAA BOND RATING.

[1:49:13] LIKE LIFE, IF YOU TAKE

[1:49:15] INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE IT CREDIT

[1:49:20] SCORE PAY MUCH LESS IN TERMS OF

[1:49:21] INTEREST AND ABILITY TO BORROW

[1:49:26] MONEY THAN THOSE WHO HAVE A 500

[1:49:27] CREDIT SCORE EVEN THOUGH THEY

[1:49:28] ARE IN A DIFFERENT FINANCIAL

[1:49:29] SITUATION.

[1:49:30] I DO RECOMMEND I WOULD LIKE TO

[1:49:34] MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE

[1:49:35] MAINTAINING OUR RESERVES AT A

[1:49:37] LEVEL THAT KEEPS US AAA BOND

[1:49:38] RATED.

[1:49:46] I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A

[1:49:47] STICKING POINT OF COMMISSIONER

[1:49:49] FLORES.

[1:49:57] LINKS TO COMMISSIONER MARINO AS

[1:49:59] WELL WHEN YOU SAY REBUILDING

[1:50:03] THE SYSTEM.

[1:50:04] MAKING SURE THAT THE SYSTEM

[1:50:05] WORKS.

[1:50:08] INSUFFICIENT.

[1:50:13] A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE USING

[1:50:14] PALM TREND DON'T WAKE UP IN THE

[1:50:15] MORNING I'M CHOOSING PALM TREND

[1:50:21] AND I HAVE A BUNCH OF OTHER

[1:50:22] OPTIONS AND I WANT TO USE PALM

[1:50:23] TREND.

[1:50:26] THIS IS THE OPTION THAT THEY

[1:50:26] HAVE TO GO WITH BECAUSE MANY OF

[1:50:29] THEM DON'T HAVE CARS AND A LOT

[1:50:35] OF STUDENTS GOING BACK AND

[1:50:36] FORTH TO SCHOOL.

[1:50:42] PARENTS MAY NOT BE HOME OR MAY

[1:50:43] NOT HAVE A CAR ENOUGH TO USE

[1:50:44] PALM TRAN.

[1:50:46] THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SYSTEM

[1:50:47] SHOULD BE IN QUESTION, THE IDEA

[1:50:52] THAT I'M TOLD AND STATED OVER

[1:50:53] AND OVER AGAIN.

[1:50:55] THERE'S NO PUBLIC TRANSIT

[1:50:55] SYSTEM MAKING MONEY AND PALM

[1:50:58] TRAN IS NOT GOING TO MAKE

[1:50:58] MONEY.

[1:51:01] IF THERE ARE WAYS TO MAKE IT

[1:51:02] MORE EFFICIENT WE LOOKAT THOSE

[1:51:03] .

[1:51:05] BUT THE PEOPLE WHO USE PALM

[1:51:08] TRAN ARE NOT IN HERE TODAY.

[1:51:09] WHAT IS INTERESTING, I SAY THIS

[1:51:18] IN MY TOWN HALLS.

[1:51:19] THE PEOPLE WE NEGLECT THE MOST

[1:51:24] ARE THE HOMELESS PICK THEY

[1:51:25] DON'T COME TO COMMISSION

[1:51:26] MEETINGS THE INDIVIDUALS WHO

[1:51:38] BEEN FORMALLY INCARCERATED,

[1:51:41] THEY MANY TIMES DON'T COME HERE

[1:51:46] AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS BECAUSE

[1:51:46] THEY HAVE OTHER ISSUES.

[1:51:53] THE PALM TRAN ISSUE, WE HAVE TO

[1:51:53] FUND PALM TRAN.

[1:51:58] THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT

[1:51:59] BECAUSE THOSE UTILIZING THE

[1:51:59] SYSTEM UTILIZE IT TO GO TO WORK

[1:52:02] AND SCHOOL.

[1:52:05] MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST

[1:52:06] JUMPING ON PALM TRAN BECAUSE

[1:52:08] THEY WANT TO SPEND MONEY AT THE

[1:52:10] MALL AND SO WITH A FIGURE THAT

[1:52:11] OUT.

[1:52:11] AND WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY

[1:52:16] TO DO TO OR SEND UTILIZE THE

[1:52:16] SYSTEM.IT WOULD TAKE ME TOO

[1:52:25] LONG TO DO IT.

[1:52:25] I MAPPED IT OUT BECAUSE PALM

[1:52:29] TREND HAS A WEBSITE THAT ALLOWS

[1:52:30] YOU TO MAP OUT YOUR TRIPS.

[1:52:33] IF IT WERE QUICKER I WOULD DO

[1:52:34] IT BUT IT'S EASY TO JUMP IN MY

[1:52:37] CAR AND DRIVE HERE.

[1:52:42] BUT THAT IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE

[1:52:43] AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN GET

[1:52:43] AROUND IT.

[1:52:53] YES, WE NEED OUR RESERVES THAT

[1:52:56] WOULD KEEP THE RESERVES WHERE

[1:52:57] THEY ARE AND PALM TRAN FOR ME,

[1:53:03] I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY

[1:53:03] TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT BUT

[1:53:09] I'M DEFINITELY AGAINST ANY

[1:53:10] REDUCTIONS IN FUNDING FOR THE

[1:53:12] PEOPLE WHO ARE THE MOST

[1:53:12] VULNERABLE OF OUR POPULATION.

[1:53:14] » LOOK, AS YOUR ADMINISTRATOR

[1:53:17] AND DIRECT STOPPERS INCOME I'VE

[1:53:22] HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT

[1:53:22] OPINIONS, WHICH IS WHY I

[1:53:26] BROUGHT IT FORWARD BEFORE THE

[1:53:26] BUDGET PROCESS STARTED.

[1:53:29] » Sara Baxter: EXCUSE ME.

[1:53:30] PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE

[1:53:31] MICROPHONE.

[1:53:31] » I WANTED TO HEAR FOR YOU.

[1:53:34] THIS IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE

[1:53:39] OUTSIDE THE SHERIFF AND THE

[1:53:40] GENERAL FUND IT IS OUR LARGEST

[1:53:41] LINE ITEM.

[1:53:41] I WANT TO BE VERY UPFRONT AND

[1:53:44] HYPOTHETICAL.

[1:53:51] WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS

[1:53:52] WITH AMENDMENT THREE IN THE

[1:53:53] IMPLEMENTING BILL IF IT DOES

[1:53:53] PASS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BUT I

[1:53:54] APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS MAKE

[1:53:58] THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STATISTIC

[1:53:58] AND LAST TIME A 3100 COUNTIES

[1:54:00] IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY 55

[1:54:03] ARE AAA AND ONLY FIVE IN THE

[1:54:06] STATE OF FLORIDA.

[1:54:11] I KNOW OUR BDP WHEN THEY

[1:54:11] ATTRACT BUSINESSES ONE OF THE

[1:54:12] FIRST LEADS IN TO SHOW THAT WE

[1:54:15] ARE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE TO

[1:54:16] COMPANIES COMING DOWN, THEY

[1:54:18] TOUT OUR AAA BOND RATING.

[1:54:22] VERY IMPORTANT AND THANK YOU

[1:54:23] MADAM MAYOR.

[1:54:28] » Sara Baxter: BEFORE WE MOVE

[1:54:29] ON I'M GOING TO WRAP UP MY

[1:54:30] COMMENTS.

[1:54:38] OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE COULD

[1:54:38] SPEND A LOT LESS MONEY ON PALM

[1:54:39] TRAN.

[1:54:40] IT WOULDN'T BE NOT ADDING TO

[1:54:40] RESERVES, BUT OF COURSE I WOULD

[1:54:44] LIKE TO KEEP A AAA BONDING.

[1:54:45] THE LOWEST INTEREST RATES

[1:54:46] POSSIBLE.

[1:54:52] WE ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER PEOPLE

[1:54:53] ARE WORRIED ABOUT WAY MORE

[1:54:53] OTHER THINGS THE NUMBER BOND

[1:54:55] RATING SO LET'S KEEP THAT IN

[1:55:00] MIND GOING FORWARD.

[1:55:00] OMMISSIONER WEISS, DID YOU

[1:55:01] HAVE MORE COMMENTS?

[1:55:08] » Gregg Weiss: I SOMEBODY IN

[1:55:08] DISTRICT 2, WE HAVE A LOT IN

[1:55:14] PEOPLE FINANCIALLY CHALLENGED

[1:55:16] IN OUR DISTRICT.

[1:55:22] THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO

[1:55:24] AFFORD A CAR BUT THEY GO TO

[1:55:25] WORK, THEY SUPPORT THEMSELVES

[1:55:29] AND THEY DEPEND ON PUBLIC

[1:55:33] TRANSPORTATION AND WE TALK

[1:55:34] ABOUT TRAFFIC BEING BAD.

[1:55:37] WELL, IF YOU FORCE THESE PEOPLE

[1:55:43] INTO SINGLE PASSENGER CARS, YOU

[1:55:44] ARE EXACERBATING YOUR TRAFFIC.

[1:55:47] I DON'T DISAGREE WE CAN MAKE IT

[1:55:49] MORE EFFICIENT.

[1:55:52] I DON'T DISAGREE THAT WE COULD

[1:55:53] MAKE IT BETTER.

[1:55:56] BUT TO SAY YOU ARE GOING TO GET

[1:56:01] RID OF THE SERVICE SO MANY

[1:56:02] PEOPLE DEPEND ON, IT DOESN'T

[1:56:07] SPEAK THE VALUES OF THE PEOPLE

[1:56:11] WHO ELECTED TO ME TO BE HERE.

[1:56:25] » Sara Baxter: WE DID GIVE

[1:56:25] DIRECTION ON THE TWO FUNDINGS.

[1:56:28] JIM BRANDON END OF THE SOIL AND

[1:56:29] WATER.

[1:56:34] DO WE NEED TO CHANGE ANY OF THE

[1:56:38] DOLLAR AMOUNTS WITH THE NEW

[1:56:39] DIRECTION?

[1:56:44] WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US WITH

[1:56:44] THE ADJUSTED AMOUNT OF THE NEXT

[1:56:45] HEARING?

[1:56:49] » WE CAN MAKE THE CHANGES OR

[1:56:50] BRING THE AMENDMENT AND THAT

[1:56:51] WAY WE CAN BRING THE REAL

[1:56:53] DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

[1:56:56] » Sara Baxter: WE SHOULD

[1:56:57] CONTINUE WITH THE AMOUNTS

[1:56:57] LISTED?

[1:57:02] » IF YOU APPROVE IT AS IS WE

[1:57:03] WILL HAVE THE AMENDMENTS FOR

[1:57:04] THE 79,000 AND THE JIM BRANDON.

[1:57:10] » Sara Baxter: YOU ARE

[1:57:11] RECOGNIZED.

[1:57:12] » ARE WE VOTING ON ADDING

[1:57:12] THOSE AMENDMENTS AT THIS POINT?

[1:57:16] I DON'T RECALL A VOTE

[1:57:16] HAPPENING.

[1:57:25] » Sara Baxter: DISTRICTS TWO,

[1:57:30] THREE, FIVE AND SIX SUPPORTIVE

[1:57:31] FUNDING JIM BRANDON AND SOIL

[1:57:32] AND WATER.

[1:57:33] COMMISSIONER POWELL DIDN'T SAY

[1:57:37] EITHER WAY.

[1:57:43] AND COMMISSIONER POWELL.

[1:57:47] » Bobby Weiss: PUT ME IN THAT

[1:57:48] CHAT.

[1:57:53] » JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR WE ARE

[1:57:54] NOT ADOPTING THE BUDGET YET

[1:57:55] BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO DO THE

[1:57:56] MILLAGE FIRST.

[1:57:57] THIS IS TO JUST DIRECTION AS TO

[1:57:58] THE ITEMS.

[1:58:09] » Sara Baxter: I WILL

[1:58:10] ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AMEND

[1:58:11] CERTAIN BUDGET TRANSFERS AND

[1:58:12] AMENDMENTS AS MORE SPECIFICALLY

[1:58:12] SET FORTH ON PAGES NINE THROUGH

[1:58:13] 21 THE SEPTEMBER 23 26 PUBLIC

[1:58:14] HEARINGBUDGET COMMENT , BUDGET

[1:58:15] DOCUMENT SUCH TRANSFERS AND

[1:58:17] AMENDMENTS TOTALING

[1:58:21] $94,215,736.

[1:58:24] MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO,

[1:58:30] SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FLORES.

[1:58:31] ANY OPPOSED?

[1:58:34] PLEASE SEE THAT THE MOTION

[1:58:35] CARRIED 7/0.

[1:58:38] >> Maria Marino: I WILL MAKE

[1:58:38] THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE

[1:58:39] TENTATIVE MILLAGE OF 4.5 WHICH

[1:58:42] IS 5.44 PERCENT OVER THE

[1:58:44] ROLLBACK RATE OF 4.267 EIGHT

[1:58:50] AND THE COUNTYWIDE VOTED DEBT

[1:58:51] MILLAGE RATE OF 0.0210.

[1:58:59] » Sara Baxter: MOTION BY

[1:59:00] COMMISSIONER MARINO, SECOND BY

[1:59:02] COMMISSIONER FLORES.

[1:59:03] PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

[1:59:09] » COMMISSIONER SACHS.

[1:59:13] » Maria Sachs: YES.

[1:59:13] » Gregg Weiss: YES.

[1:59:16] » Joel Flores: YES.

[1:59:20] » Maria Marino: YES.

[1:59:23] » Bobby Weiss: YES.

[1:59:24] » Marci Woodward: NO.

[1:59:26] » Sara Baxter: NUMBER PLEASE

[1:59:34] SEE THAT IT PASSES 5/2.

[1:59:34] » Maria Marino: I WILL MAKE A

[1:59:35] MOTION TO ADOPT THE PALM BEACH

[1:59:36] COUNTY COUNTYWIDE TENTATIVE

[1:59:37] BUDGETS OF 8 MILLION

[1:59:52] 260,263,837,552.

[1:59:55] » Sara Baxter: MOTION BY

[1:59:55] COMMISSIONER MARINO, SECOND BY

[1:59:58] COMMISSIONER FLORES.

[2:00:00] VICE MAYOR WOODWARD?

[2:00:06] » Marci Woodward: JUST FOR

[2:00:07] CLARIFICATION, WHAT WAS LAST

[2:00:08] YEAR'S BUDGET TOTAL?

[2:00:16] ROUGHLY.

[2:00:19] » THE TOTAL WITH ALL THE FUNDS

[2:00:23] IS 9.8 BILLION.

[2:00:30] WE ARE ABOUT TO DO THE MOTIONS

[2:00:30] FOR THE OTHERS, BUT THE 9.THEY

[2:00:34] DOES EVERYTHING.

[2:00:48] » 8035.

[2:00:51] » Sara Baxter: ALL IN FAVOR?

[2:00:53] ANY OPPOSED?

[2:00:56] PLEASE SEE THAT THE MOTION

[2:00:57] CARRIED 7/0.WE WILL RETURN TO

[2:01:01] THE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION ON

[2:01:02] LIBRARY DISTRICT.

[2:01:03] DOES ANYONE HAVE COMMENTS?

[2:01:05] » Joel Flores: I WANT TO MAKE

[2:01:05] THE MOTION TO ADOPT PALM BEACH

[2:01:07] COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT IS

[2:01:13] 0.549 ONE WHICH IS 5.33 OVER

[2:01:14] THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 0.253.

[2:01:20] » Sara Baxter: MOTION.

[2:01:21] A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER

[2:01:22] POWELL.

[2:01:26] SEE THAT THE MOTION CARRIES

[2:01:27] 7/0.

[2:01:27] » Joel Flores: I WOULD LIKE TO

[2:01:28] MAKE THE MOTION TO IT ON

[2:01:29] LIBRARY DISTRICT TENTATIVE

[2:01:30] BUDGET 326,174,281.

[2:01:36] » Sara Baxter: SECOND BY

[2:01:40] COMMISSIONER MARINO.

[2:01:42] ALL IN FAVOR?

[2:01:42] ANY OPPOSED?

[2:01:42] SEE THAT THE MOTION CARRIES

[2:01:43] 7/0.

[2:01:46] WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS

[2:01:47] MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING

[2:01:48] DISTRICT.

[2:01:50] ANYONE DISCUSSION?

[2:01:51] WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE

[2:01:52] MOTION.

[2:01:54] » Maria Marino: TO ADOPT HIM

[2:02:01] STD YOU TENTATIVE BUDGET OF

[2:02:02] 133,792,313.

[2:02:11] ALL IN FAVOR?

[2:02:12] ANY OPPOSED?

[2:02:12] SEE THAT THE MOTION CARRIES

[2:02:13] 7/0.

[2:02:14] DISCUSSION OF FIRE RESCUE.

[2:02:19] COMMISSIONER POWELL, PLEASE

[2:02:20] PROCEED.

[2:02:27] » I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A

[2:02:28] MOTION TO ADOPT THE TENTATIVE

[2:02:29] MILLAGE OF 3.458 ONE.

[2:02:31] THE 4.25 PERCENT OVER THE

[2:02:31] ROLLBACK RATE OF 2.386.

[2:02:36] » Sara Baxter: ALL IN FAVOR?

[2:02:38] ANY OPPOSED?

[2:02:41] PLEASE SEE THAT THE MOTION

[2:02:42] CARRIES 7/0.

[2:02:44] >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A

[2:02:44] MOTION FOR TENTATIVE BUDGET OF

[2:02:49] ONE BUILDING 270,419.

[2:02:55] I'M SORRY.

[2:02:56] $1,270,419,093.

[2:03:00] » Sara Baxter: MOTION BY

[2:03:01] COMMISSIONER POWELL, SECOND BY

[2:03:02] COMMISSIONER WEISS.

[2:03:05] SEE THAT THE MOTION CARRIES

[2:03:05] 7/0.FOR UNINCORPORATED

[2:03:10] IMPROVEMENT FUND.

[2:03:10] WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE

[2:03:11] MOTION.

[2:03:12] » Maria Sachs: I WOULD LIKE TO

[2:03:13] MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MST

[2:03:21] YOU UNINCORPORATED IMPROVEMENT

[2:03:22] FUND BUDGET OF $18,505,489.

[2:03:33] TENTATIVE AGGREGATE MILLAGE

[2:03:33] RATE.

[2:03:34] WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A

[2:03:34] MOTION.

[2:03:34] LEASE PROCEED.

[2:03:38] » I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A

[2:03:39] MOTION TO WITHOUT THE TENTATIVE

[2:03:40] AGGREGATE MILLAGE OF 6.188 NINE

[2:03:44] WHICH IS 3.80 PERCENT OVER THE

[2:03:45] ROLLBACK RATE OF 5.957 SEVEN.

[2:03:50] » A MOTION.

[2:03:51] AND A SECOND.

[2:03:53] ALL IN FAVOR?

[2:03:55] ANY OPPOSED?

[2:03:56] SEE THE MOTION CARRIES 7/0.

[2:03:58] PLEASE DO

[2:04:01] >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A

[2:04:02] MOTION TO ADJOURN.

[2:04:05] » Sara Baxter: WE ARE

[2:04:05] ADJOURNED.

BCC Budget Public Hearing 09-03-26

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