[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.