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test test test test test.

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>> chair: we are going to call

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this meeting to order.

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Okay.

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>> and I know there's one we

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need a -- there was one we need

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a supermajority on.

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I was in your seat, but

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commissioner cornell is about

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five minutes out, so we're going

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to get started f. We need to go

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slowly.

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>> chair: we'll go slow.

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>> well, I guess, we have four

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people here, so we would need a

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unanimous if he is not in the

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room.

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>> chair: okay.

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All right.

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Welcome back, everyone.

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The alachua county board of

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county commissioners convenes

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this public hearing on the

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alachua

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alachua county 2027

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proposed miltage rates and

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representative budget as

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required by florida statutes 129

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and 200 and as advertided in our

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truth in millage notices.

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If anyone is here for the

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purpose of contesting their

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assessment, a petition shall be

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filed by 5:00 P.M.

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SEPTEMBER 14th.

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>> we jump ahead to the budget.

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We need to do the assessments

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first.

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I'm sorry.

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>> chair: that's the only thing

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I have.

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I'm reading what I have been

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given.

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>> the first item is going to be

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the fiscal year 2027 fire

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services non-ad valorem

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assessment final rate

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resolution.

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>> that was good information.

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>> chair: good information.

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>> now he is going to have to

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read the script.

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>> MADAM Chair, this is the

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fires services non-ad valorem

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services assessment final rate

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resolution.

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Existing rate that we have.

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Tier 1 is 132.47 per parcel.

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Tier 2 is $7.28 per equivalent

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benefit unit.

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The fy '26-27 expected revenue

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is 24,420,271.

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We would recommend you adopt the

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fire service service rate for

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26-27 and authorize the chair to

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forward the roll to the tax

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collector.

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>> MADAM Chair?

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>> chair: I thought you said the

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motion.

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>> yeah, no, you

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I was going to

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say the motion.

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All right, I move that we adopt

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the fire assessment final fire

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service final assessment rate

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resolution for fiscal year

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2026-27 and authorize the chair

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to certify the non-ad valorem

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assessment roll to the tax

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collector.

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>> second.

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>> chair: okay, we have a motion

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and a second.

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Do we have any comments on the

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fire services non-ad valorem

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assessment?

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Please come forward.

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State your name and you'll have

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up to three minutes.

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>> james carington.

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I live here at 10015 northwest

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52nd terrace, gainesville,

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florida, 32653.

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I definitely am a fan of the

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fire department.

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Watching so many issues

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especially with 9/11 coming so

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shortly after -- I mean, 25

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years or whatever is, you know,

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i want to thank all our

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firefighters and emergency

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medical people.

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But I do want to make the

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commission aware that we need a

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better way than just assessing

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homeowners, fire protection.

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I've never seen a fire hose even

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to empty the fire hydrants at

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brook point where I live.

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A fire truck comes out there

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when an emergency medical person

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ask needed.

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-- is needed, but it doesn't

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seem to ever come out there for

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any other reasons in the 29

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years that I've lived there.

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So the simply put, the

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assessment is not -- we can

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afford it out there.

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I like paying my taxes.

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It needs to be done.

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But now my problem is is that

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all of us is that's an old

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community.

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Nobody's working anymore.

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And this assessment is what?

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33% higher than last year's?

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Do we know what this is.

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>> it's staying the same?

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>> huh?

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>> it's remaining the same as

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last year.

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>> $644?

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>> it's remaining the same.

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>> it MAY be also a valuation

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because our assessment is based

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on value.

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You have tier 1 --

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>> chair: right, the property

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appraiser MAY have increased the

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value of your home, which

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increases your EBUs but we

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have not had

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increased the taxes

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at all.

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>> okay, that's a good way and

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that's how we've juggled it all

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along property appraisers with

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taxes -- millage rates we could

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never get those straight and

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still haven't gotten them

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straight.

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But simply it's too much.

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Thank you.

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>> chair: thank you.

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Any other comments?

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>> MADAM Chair, jim konish.

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I'm an expert in florida

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taxation and utility law.

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You had a press release trying

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to duck the commotion caused by

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gru jacking their fire

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assessment up simultaneous with

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shifting stormwater and solid

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waste off the gru bill onto the

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trim notices.

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>> this is for the fire

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assessment though.

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>> yes but you have been

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differentiating your flat lining

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of all these fees from that.

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Because people blame you for

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that as you know.

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Your blame for what goes on in

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the municipality.

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I just want to make a note of

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the simple fact out there.

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Now, in with the trim notice,

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you talk about hardship

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assistance.

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But you don't give any, and let

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me explain why.

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In the alachua county code, you

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have a number of sections that

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provide for hardship

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assistance.

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The applicant must apply every

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year.

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It's administered by the alachua

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county department of community

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support services, there's no one

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in the office out by the health

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department.

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It's abandoned.

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And there's some at home workers

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that maybe can get through to

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them and maybe you can't.

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Ma'am.

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It's not funny because people

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may lose their homes over these

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non-ad valorem assessments.

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Now, the form you need to get

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this assistance is not available

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online.

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And when you ask for it, they

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kind of imply that they -- that

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you have to prove you're a

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homestead owner to get it which

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is a flagrant violation of the

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public records law.

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I did get a form emailed today

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but they don't make them readily

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available because they don't

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want anyone to have the help.

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Few important things to note.

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Number one, the same standards

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apply to all four non-ad valorem

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assessments so if you qualify

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for fire, you automatically

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qualify for the whole suite of

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four non-ad valorem

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assessments.

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deadline because at anytime in

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the year you can apply for the

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next year and if you get it, it

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there is a way to force the tax

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collector to take the money away

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from you and give it back to the

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property owner going back three

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some hard deadline to ask for

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hardship assistance is, is, is

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misleading at the very minimum.

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So in the city of gainesville,

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16 people despite the huge

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increase in these non-ad valorem

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assessments have qualified so

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far.

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16.

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So I will be talking about this

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matter with respect to all your

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non-ad valorem assessments to

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try to explain to people what

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these things are, you don't

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dispute it with the value

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adjustment board.

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You dispute it with the unit of

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government imposing the non-ad

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valorem assessment.

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That's a totally different

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process.

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>> chair: thank you.

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>> thank you.

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>> chair: I'll pass the gavel

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back to you.

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We are on the non-ad valorem

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fire assessment.

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We have a motion on the floor.

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And that was public comment.

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We're closing public comment,

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and we will move it back to the

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board.

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>> chair: okay.

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Any further discussion?

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All those in favor, say aye.

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Any opposed?

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Motion passes.

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Unanimously.

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Okay.

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MR. Clerk, next item.

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>> MR. Chair up next is in

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fiscal year '27 solid waste

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non-ad valorem same final rate

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resolution and the recommended

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action is to adopt the solid

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waste final assessment

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resolution for fiscal year

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26-27.

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And authorize chair to certify

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the solid waste non-ad valorem

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assessment roll to the tax

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collector.

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>> chair: okay and the solid

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waste rates will re main the

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same again and go ahead, you're

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recognized.

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>> MR. Chair, as you said, the

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solid waste will remain the

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same, approving the waste

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assessment rates for fiscal year

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26-27 will allow the county to

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collect approximately

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$13 million in non-ad valorem

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assessments to fund the

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universal curbside collection

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rural collection center, and

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solid waste management

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programs.

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And you have the breakout based

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upon the accounts that are

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there.

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Staff is recommending approval

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adopting of the resolution and

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authorizing the chair to certify

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the assessment roll to the tax

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collector.

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>> so moved.

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>> second.

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>> chair: got a motion and a

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second to adopt the solid

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waste.

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Any discussion?

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Any public discussion on this

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item?

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MR. Konish, welcome back.

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>>> sir, I would reiterate again

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that all citizens are entitled

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at any time to apply for a

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hardship exemption from the

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stormwater non-ad valorem

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assessment, which will be

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combined with the ad valorem

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taxes, and if not paid could

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trigger sale of a tax

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certificate and loss of your

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property, sir.

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There is a fundamental

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difference between an ad valorem

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assessment and a non-ad valorem

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assessment.

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The first difference is ad

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valorem assessments are based on

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value, non-ad valorem

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assessments are not based on

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value.

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Ad valorem assessments are

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imposed by a taxing authority.

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Non-ad valorem assessments are

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imposed by a unit of city

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government.

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So to challenge that, you have

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to go to public works handling

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solid waste.

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As a matter of fairness, if I'm

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paying for the rural collection

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center, and using it, I don't

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need curbside collection.

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so I don't think it serves any

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public purpose to have two solid

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waste assessments forcing you to

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have curbside collection on a

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second home.

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Like on the river.

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That's ridiculous.

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And that's exploitive.

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Thank you.

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>> chair: thank you,

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MR. Konish.

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Anyone else?

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All right, back to the board,

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any further discussion?

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>> wait, we got another one.

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Another gentleman.

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>> chair: oh, yeah, please, come

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forward.

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Introduce yourself.

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>> james carington, 10015

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northwest 52nd terrace,

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gainesville, florida.

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Again, my neighborhood and where

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I live which is city of alachua

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although it's a gainesville

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address, does a wonderful job of

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picking up our solid waste.

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I'm not sure that any of my

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neighbors even know where there

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is solid waste collection

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center.

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I think the rate needs to be

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based on something other than

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just across the board simply

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put, everybody's going to pay

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for it.

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We can certainly afford it, and

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we'll continue to pay for it if

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that's what you vote on, but

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there needs to be a greater look

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into this than just passing it

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simply.

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Thank you.

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>> chair: thank you.

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Anyone else?

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Going once, going twice, bring

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it back to the board.

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Any discussion by the board?

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All in favor, aye.

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Opposed?

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ken cornell is back in the

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room.

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Okay.

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Next item, MR. Clerk.

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>> MR. Chair, the fiscal 2027

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stormwater non-ad valorem

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assessment final rate resolution

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adoption hearing.

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And the recommended action is to

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adopt the stormwater final

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assessment resolution for fiscal

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year 2026-27, and authorize the

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chair to certify the stormwater

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non-ad valorem assessment roll

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to the tax collector.

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>> so this one is the actual

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stormwater assessment and again

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it remains the same.

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You're recognized.

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>> the rate will remain at

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$60 per equivalent residential

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eunice, and will generate a mx

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maximum estimated of

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$3.6 million in revenue.

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>> I move we adopt the

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stormwater final assessment

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resolution for fiscal year

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2026-27 and authorize the chair

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to certify the stormwater non-ad

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valorem assessment roll to the

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tax collector.

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>> chair: got a motion and a

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second.

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Any discussion?

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All right, back to the public.

436
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MR. Konish, welcome back.

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>>> MR. Chair, I would like a

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little leeway to try to educate

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people.

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>> you got three minutes, takes

441
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a much time as you need in

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that.

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>> so I'm going to -- with the

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city of gainesville, I'm

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challenging mine.

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And I expect -- I suggest

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everybody take a close look at

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what they're doing.

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They're quadruple the price at

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$150 an e, u instead of 40 and

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their methodology is weak with

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respect to the duck pond and

453
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many other neighborhoods.

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Systematically.

455
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But it's important to note that

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stormwater is estimated.

457
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It's polluted.

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It's billed up front.

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Annually.

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Discount for early payment,

461
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penalties apply.

462
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As with the other four non-ad

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valorem assessments for fire and

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solid waste, other three for a

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total of four, there is hardship

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exemption.

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And usually when you get it for

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fire, you get the whole suite

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that can be done anytime, and if

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it's wrong for next year, it was

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wrong probably for the last

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three years, and you can get

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your money back.

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Believe it or not.

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There is a mechanism to do

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that.

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And not that you would want

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anyone to do that because if

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that happens you have to pay it

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back out of general funds.

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So that's why you know these

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forms are not floating around.

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That's why you don't have

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someone when you're walking in

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the door offering you this

486
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because you don't want to pay

487
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people stormwater, you'd rather

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them just eat it.

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If the city of gainesville, they

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estimate out of stormwater,

491
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tring they're going to

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generate -- they think they're

493
00:15:11,531 --> 00:15:13,931
going to generate $11.6 million

494
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and they estimate $1500 to

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$3,000 in hardship exemptions

496
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and sir, it would be surprising

497
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to me if you surpassed these

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numbers.

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Given how secret this

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statutorily mandated mechanism

501
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is because of your policies.

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Thank you.

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>> chair: thank you,

504
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MR. Konish.

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So the city's getting a little

506
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preview of MR. Konish's comments

507
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on thursday.

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Ours is $3.6 million.

509
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Next speaker, please.

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>> james carington, 10015

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northwest 52nd terrace,

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gainesville, florida.

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We in brook point don't pay for

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any stormwater runoff.

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And I'm just wondering, I

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00:16:00,414 --> 00:16:03,414
wonder, I can't contribute to

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the taxing authority for our

518
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neighborhood, we all live on

519
00:16:08,756 --> 00:16:08,989
turkey creek or a branch

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thereof.

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>> chair: thank you.

522
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Thank you, sir.

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All right, anyone else?

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00:16:12,192 --> 00:16:13,600
All right, back to the board.

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Commissioner prizzia, do you

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have --

527
00:16:14,694 --> 00:16:15,896
>> no, I just -- we do have our

528
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community support services

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office here, so I thought maybe

530
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they could share with us their

531
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operating hours, when there are

532
00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,136
people on site, and how people

533
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can access the hardship

534
00:16:27,708 --> 00:16:28,800
exemption form.

535
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Recognized.

536
00:16:29,430 --> 00:16:30,577
>> thank you, MR. Chair.

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Claudia tuck, director of

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alachua county community support

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services.

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We are actually open 24/7

541
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effectively many of our programs

542
00:16:38,118 --> 00:16:39,860
operate we have residential

543
00:16:39,860 --> 00:16:41,550
program, we also have the crisis

544
00:16:41,550 --> 00:16:42,656
center, and victim services that

545
00:16:42,656 --> 00:16:44,656
work after hours.

546
00:16:44,859 --> 00:16:46,560
We have 97 FTEs, and about 80

547
00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:48,560
positions are filled.

548
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And most of the employees are in

549
00:16:50,497 --> 00:16:51,799
the office monday through friday

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8:30 to 5 oo clock.

551
00:16:52,766 --> 00:16:54,669
however, many of our staff are

552
00:16:54,669 --> 00:16:56,136
out in the field you know more

553
00:16:56,136 --> 00:16:57,605
than half of our social services

554
00:16:57,605 --> 00:17:00,410
staff are out in the field

555
00:17:00,410 --> 00:17:01,642
visiting clients.

556
00:17:01,642 --> 00:17:02,510
So it will varate times.

557
00:17:02,510 --> 00:17:03,711
>> chair: so folks -- if they

558
00:17:03,711 --> 00:17:03,978
want to request a hardship

559
00:17:03,978 --> 00:17:05,112
exemption.

560
00:17:05,112 --> 00:17:08,516
>> they do have to call and that

561
00:17:08,516 --> 00:17:09,183
are on wereobe site -- that's on

562
00:17:09,183 --> 00:17:11,183
our web site.

563
00:17:11,252 --> 00:17:13,721
Right now we're in the midst of

564
00:17:13,721 --> 00:17:15,923
making our forms ada compliant,

565
00:17:15,923 --> 00:17:17,592
that's one of them so that's why

566
00:17:17,592 --> 00:17:19,660
it's not online and we can go

567
00:17:19,660 --> 00:17:20,627
back several years.

568
00:17:20,627 --> 00:17:21,863
>> chair: gu u you

569
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gu -- you

570
00:17:22,630 --> 00:17:23,397
good?

571
00:17:23,397 --> 00:17:25,397
Anything else?

572
00:17:25,666 --> 00:17:28,660
All in favor, aye.

573
00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:29,737
Opposed that passes.

574
00:17:29,737 --> 00:17:31,672
>> MR. Chair, fiscal 2012 sugar

575
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to the oaks cedar ridge special

576
00:17:33,241 --> 00:17:35,641
districts for non-ad valorem

577
00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:36,311
assessment rates adoption

578
00:17:36,311 --> 00:17:37,578
hearing.

579
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And had recommended action is to

580
00:17:43,952 --> 00:17:46,120
adopt the sugarfoot oaks cedar

581
00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:47,488
ridge special assessment

582
00:17:47,488 --> 00:17:47,989
district final non-ad valorem

583
00:17:47,989 --> 00:17:48,756
assessment rate.

584
00:17:48,756 --> 00:17:49,757
>> we got a motion.

585
00:17:49,757 --> 00:17:51,757
And a second.

586
00:17:52,126 --> 00:17:53,928
Any further discussion?

587
00:17:53,928 --> 00:17:56,397
>> can I just see the gentleman

588
00:17:56,397 --> 00:17:57,332
in the back?

589
00:17:57,332 --> 00:17:58,266
Thank you.

590
00:17:58,266 --> 00:17:58,433
>> there he is, we appreciate

591
00:17:58,433 --> 00:17:59,567
you.

592
00:17:59,567 --> 00:18:00,668
All right, any public discussion

593
00:18:00,668 --> 00:18:01,469
to the sugarfoot?

594
00:18:01,469 --> 00:18:03,405
Back to the board.

595
00:18:03,405 --> 00:18:03,938
All those in favor, say aye.

596
00:18:03,938 --> 00:18:05,938
Any opposed?

597
00:18:08,109 --> 00:18:08,576
That motion is unanimous.

598
00:18:08,576 --> 00:18:09,310
>> chair: good job.

599
00:18:09,310 --> 00:18:09,511
>> chair: okay, MR. Clerk, next

600
00:18:09,511 --> 00:18:11,511
iitm.

601
00:18:11,613 --> 00:18:13,248
>> that takes us to fiscal year

602
00:18:13,248 --> 00:18:14,349
2027-public hearing to adopt the

603
00:18:14,349 --> 00:18:14,749
tentative millage rates and

604
00:18:14,749 --> 00:18:15,450
tentative budget.

605
00:18:15,450 --> 00:18:17,450
>> read the script.

606
00:18:18,386 --> 00:18:19,387
>> MR. Chair, I just wanted to

607
00:18:19,387 --> 00:18:20,355
explain real quick because this

608
00:18:20,355 --> 00:18:21,289
came up with the first motion

609
00:18:21,289 --> 00:18:22,991
and then was mentioned again in

610
00:18:22,991 --> 00:18:25,526
the second, the way our fire

611
00:18:25,526 --> 00:18:26,940
assessment works at the a

612
00:18:26,940 --> 00:18:27,696
two-tier process.

613
00:18:27,696 --> 00:18:28,263
The first tier is a plat

614
00:18:28,263 --> 00:18:30,263
flat

615
00:18:30,565 --> 00:18:31,866
rate that is basically can serve

616
00:18:31,866 --> 00:18:32,660
as a standby rate that everybody

617
00:18:32,660 --> 00:18:33,502
pays.

618
00:18:33,502 --> 00:18:36,437
The second tier is based on the

619
00:18:36,437 --> 00:18:36,705
value of the structures on the

620
00:18:36,705 --> 00:18:38,540
property.

621
00:18:38,540 --> 00:18:40,800
So vacant property doesn't get a

622
00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:40,976
two-tier, second tier valuation

623
00:18:40,976 --> 00:18:42,243
because there is no structures

624
00:18:42,243 --> 00:18:43,478
to protect.

625
00:18:43,478 --> 00:18:46,415
But those that do have

626
00:18:46,415 --> 00:18:49,415
structures is based on per 5,000

627
00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:52,321
of value so those so that's how

628
00:18:52,321 --> 00:18:54,188
the second tier of the rate

629
00:18:54,188 --> 00:18:56,188
itself is determined.

630
00:18:56,591 --> 00:18:58,794
So if there is a change in the

631
00:18:58,794 --> 00:19:01,194
structure value, that triggers

632
00:19:01,196 --> 00:19:03,265
another threshold then the next

633
00:19:03,265 --> 00:19:05,801
tier of payment would apply.

634
00:19:05,801 --> 00:19:06,702
So that's why I said that it's

635
00:19:06,702 --> 00:19:09,738
based -- it could be based on a

636
00:19:09,738 --> 00:19:11,506
change in the value if there was

637
00:19:11,506 --> 00:19:12,941
a change in the value of the

638
00:19:12,941 --> 00:19:14,443
structures on the land.

639
00:19:14,443 --> 00:19:15,210
>> chair: okay, thank you,

640
00:19:15,210 --> 00:19:16,845
MS. Lieberman.

641
00:19:16,845 --> 00:19:17,513
Okay, tommy I think we will get

642
00:19:17,513 --> 00:19:19,470
started on this.

643
00:19:19,470 --> 00:19:19,648
We will take a break at 5:30 for

644
00:19:19,648 --> 00:19:20,249
public comment.

645
00:19:20,249 --> 00:19:21,283
>> we ask

646
00:19:21,283 --> 00:19:22,417
we should be done.

647
00:19:22,417 --> 00:19:22,618
>> chair: all right, let me

648
00:19:22,618 --> 00:19:23,519
start.

649
00:19:23,519 --> 00:19:23,719
I start?

650
00:19:23,719 --> 00:19:24,386
Okay.

651
00:19:24,386 --> 00:19:26,188
i can read it.

652
00:19:26,188 --> 00:19:27,122
The alachua county board of

653
00:19:27,122 --> 00:19:28,230
county commissioners convenes

654
00:19:28,230 --> 00:19:29,624
this public hearing on the

655
00:19:29,624 --> 00:19:31,626
alachua county fiscal year 2027

656
00:19:31,626 --> 00:19:34,260
proposed millage rates and

657
00:19:34,129 --> 00:19:35,364
florida statutes chapter 129 and

658
00:19:35,364 --> 00:19:36,732
200 and as advertised in the

659
00:19:36,732 --> 00:19:37,766
truth in millage notices.

660
00:19:37,766 --> 00:19:39,100
If anyone in our audience is

661
00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:41,270
here for the purpose of

662
00:19:41,270 --> 00:19:43,670
contesting their assessment, a

663
00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,308
petition for adjustment with the

664
00:19:46,308 --> 00:19:49,308
value adjustment boardtial be --

665
00:19:49,478 --> 00:19:49,845
should be filed 5:00 P.M. Monday

666
00:19:49,845 --> 00:19:51,845
SEPTEMBER 2026.

667
00:19:53,549 --> 00:19:53,783
This was included in trim

668
00:19:53,783 --> 00:19:54,616
notices.

669
00:19:54,616 --> 00:19:57,253
This evening we will take a

670
00:19:57,253 --> 00:19:58,254
number of actions related to the

671
00:19:58,254 --> 00:19:59,889
adoption of the proposed millage

672
00:19:59,889 --> 00:20:01,890
rates and budgets.

673
00:20:01,890 --> 00:20:03,158
The final public hearing on

674
00:20:03,158 --> 00:20:05,161
these matters will be held

675
00:20:05,161 --> 00:20:06,696
tuesday, SEPTEMBER 22nd, at

676
00:20:06,696 --> 00:20:07,763
5:01 in this same location the

677
00:20:07,763 --> 00:20:09,198
alachua county administration

678
00:20:09,198 --> 00:20:09,498
building jack durance

679
00:20:09,498 --> 00:20:10,866
auditorium.

680
00:20:10,866 --> 00:20:12,301
I urge if you haven't already

681
00:20:12,301 --> 00:20:13,302
done so to get a copy of the

682
00:20:13,302 --> 00:20:15,400
agenda so you MAY easily follow

683
00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:16,706
the proceedings this evening.

684
00:20:16,706 --> 00:20:17,573
Is citizen comments will be

685
00:20:17,573 --> 00:20:18,474
taken after the overview of the

686
00:20:18,474 --> 00:20:19,642
tentative budget by the county

687
00:20:19,642 --> 00:20:21,744
manager and the assistant county

688
00:20:21,744 --> 00:20:22,178
manager for budget and fiscal

689
00:20:22,178 --> 00:20:24,178
services.

690
00:20:24,246 --> 00:20:26,549
The county will present the

691
00:20:26,549 --> 00:20:27,483
truth in millage followed by the

692
00:20:27,483 --> 00:20:28,951
explanation of the proposed and

693
00:20:28,951 --> 00:20:31,351
rolled back millage rates.

694
00:20:31,854 --> 00:20:33,854
MADAM Attorney.

695
00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:34,757
>> so in 1980 the florida

696
00:20:34,757 --> 00:20:36,926
legislature adopted what is

697
00:20:36,926 --> 00:20:38,895
known as the truth in millage

698
00:20:38,895 --> 00:20:39,195
legislation or trim as it's

699
00:20:39,195 --> 00:20:40,960
called.

700
00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,732
The goal of the legislation was

701
00:20:42,732 --> 00:20:44,100
to ensure that taxpayers were

702
00:20:44,100 --> 00:20:45,568
advised of the public hearings

703
00:20:45,568 --> 00:20:46,669
at which the local taxing

704
00:20:46,669 --> 00:20:49,690
authorities budgets and millage

705
00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:49,305
rates were to be considered and

706
00:20:49,305 --> 00:20:51,274
adopted.

707
00:20:51,274 --> 00:20:52,709
Each year the property appraiser

708
00:20:52,709 --> 00:20:54,210
completes an assessment of the

709
00:20:54,210 --> 00:20:55,345
value of all property and

710
00:20:55,345 --> 00:20:57,614
certifies to each taxing

711
00:20:57,614 --> 00:20:59,249
authority the taxable value of

712
00:20:59,249 --> 00:21:00,160
the property within its

713
00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:00,883
jurisdiction.

714
00:21:00,883 --> 00:21:02,418
Each taxing authority then

715
00:21:02,418 --> 00:21:04,687
notifies the property appraiser

716
00:21:04,687 --> 00:21:06,389
of its proposed millage rate,

717
00:21:06,389 --> 00:21:07,957
its rolled-back rate, and the

718
00:21:07,957 --> 00:21:09,159
date, time, and place of the

719
00:21:09,159 --> 00:21:11,940
public hearing to consider the

720
00:21:11,940 --> 00:21:12,829
proposed millage rate and the

721
00:21:12,829 --> 00:21:13,930
tentative budget.

722
00:21:13,930 --> 00:21:15,999
Once the property appraiser

723
00:21:15,999 --> 00:21:17,734
receives the information, their

724
00:21:17,734 --> 00:21:19,402
office sends a notice by first

725
00:21:19,402 --> 00:21:21,371
class mail to every taxpayer on

726
00:21:21,371 --> 00:21:22,772
the assessment roll.

727
00:21:22,772 --> 00:21:24,600
The notice contains the

728
00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:25,842
information from the taxing

729
00:21:25,842 --> 00:21:27,430
authorities as to the proposed

730
00:21:27,430 --> 00:21:29,178
millage rate and the time and

731
00:21:29,178 --> 00:21:30,380
place of the public hearing.

732
00:21:30,380 --> 00:21:31,748
The notice sent to taxpayers is

733
00:21:31,748 --> 00:21:33,917
called the trim notice.

734
00:21:33,917 --> 00:21:35,485
The trim notice lists what the

735
00:21:35,485 --> 00:21:37,220
taxes were for the prior year,

736
00:21:37,220 --> 00:21:38,422
what the taxes will be if the

737
00:21:38,422 --> 00:21:40,822
proposed budget changes are

738
00:21:41,725 --> 00:21:43,590
made, and what the taxes will be

739
00:21:43,590 --> 00:21:44,126
if no budget changes are made.

740
00:21:44,126 --> 00:21:45,562
This information is listed for

741
00:21:45,562 --> 00:21:47,562
each taxing authority.

742
00:21:48,650 --> 00:21:49,599
The notice also lists all voted

743
00:21:49,599 --> 00:21:51,234
levies for debt service.

744
00:21:51,234 --> 00:21:53,971
The purpose of the trim notice

745
00:21:53,971 --> 00:21:55,739
is to provide taxpayers with

746
00:21:55,739 --> 00:21:56,706
sufficient basic information to

747
00:21:56,706 --> 00:21:58,942
enable them to participate in

748
00:21:58,942 --> 00:22:01,342
the public hearing process.

749
00:22:01,745 --> 00:22:02,412
>> chair: thank you,

750
00:22:02,412 --> 00:22:03,460
MS. Lieberman.

751
00:22:03,460 --> 00:22:04,715
>> one of the requirements of

752
00:22:04,715 --> 00:22:07,160
the truth in millage legislation

753
00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:08,218
is to provide information about

754
00:22:08,218 --> 00:22:10,554
why proposed millage rates

755
00:22:10,554 --> 00:22:11,655
differ from the rolled back

756
00:22:11,655 --> 00:22:12,890
millage velocity.

757
00:22:12,890 --> 00:22:13,230
Rates.

758
00:22:13,230 --> 00:22:13,624
The proposed millage for the

759
00:22:13,624 --> 00:22:16,240
board of county commissioners

760
00:22:17,861 --> 00:22:20,261
countywide levy is 7.2107 mills,

761
00:22:21,565 --> 00:22:24,234
which is 0% greater than the

762
00:22:24,234 --> 00:22:24,635
rolled-back rate of 7.2117

763
00:22:24,635 --> 00:22:25,769
mills.

764
00:22:25,769 --> 00:22:26,369
The proposed millage for the

765
00:22:26,369 --> 00:22:27,871
board of county commissioners

766
00:22:27,871 --> 00:22:30,271
municipal service taxing unit

767
00:22:31,675 --> 00:22:34,750
law enforcement levy is 3.5678

768
00:22:35,879 --> 00:22:38,279
mills, which is 5.47% greater

769
00:22:38,415 --> 00:22:39,683
than the rolled-back rate of

770
00:22:39,683 --> 00:22:41,318
3.3829 mills.

771
00:22:41,318 --> 00:22:43,387
Rolled back millage rate is

772
00:22:43,387 --> 00:22:45,356
defined as the millage rate

773
00:22:45,356 --> 00:22:46,656
which exclusive of new

774
00:22:46,656 --> 00:22:47,992
construction, additions to

775
00:22:47,992 --> 00:22:49,992
structure, deletions, and

776
00:22:50,828 --> 00:22:51,629
property added due to geographic

777
00:22:51,629 --> 00:22:53,797
boundary changes will provide

778
00:22:53,797 --> 00:22:56,200
the same ad valorem tax revenue

779
00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,268
for each taxing authority as was

780
00:22:58,268 --> 00:23:00,271
levied during the prior year.%

781
00:23:00,271 --> 00:23:03,441
the trim process requires that a

782
00:23:03,441 --> 00:23:03,874
notice of tax increase by ad --

783
00:23:03,874 --> 00:23:05,900
be adhave

784
00:23:05,900 --> 00:23:06,944
advertised when the

785
00:23:06,944 --> 00:23:09,344
current year proposed aggregate

786
00:23:10,470 --> 00:23:10,915
millage rate exceeds the current

787
00:23:10,915 --> 00:23:12,316
aggregate millage rate.

788
00:23:12,316 --> 00:23:13,417
The aggregate rolled back

789
00:23:13,417 --> 00:23:14,418
millage rate is calculated by

790
00:23:14,418 --> 00:23:15,720
dividing the prior year

791
00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,120
estimated property tax revenue

792
00:23:18,456 --> 00:23:20,324
by the current year taxable

793
00:23:20,324 --> 00:23:20,557
property value, multiplied by

794
00:23:20,557 --> 00:23:22,292
1,000.

795
00:23:22,292 --> 00:23:24,280
The current year taxable value

796
00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,300
does not include new

797
00:23:26,300 --> 00:23:27,980
construction and tax increment

798
00:23:27,980 --> 00:23:29,980
cra values.

799
00:23:31,350 --> 00:23:34,350
For the 2026 tax year, the

800
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,406
proposed aggregate millage rate

801
00:23:38,943 --> 00:23:39,477
of 8.6608 is.81% greater than

802
00:23:39,477 --> 00:23:41,877
the aggregate rolled back

803
00:23:44,515 --> 00:23:46,915
millage rate of 8.5909 resulting

804
00:23:47,852 --> 00:23:48,119
in advertising a notice of tax

805
00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:50,119
increase.

806
00:23:51,656 --> 00:23:55,256
The current year fy '26 property

807
00:23:56,270 --> 00:23:59,627
tax revenue for all taxing units

808
00:24:02,734 --> 00:24:03,368
excluding voted millage is

809
00:24:03,368 --> 00:24:05,368
$229,156,150.

810
00:24:05,503 --> 00:24:08,503
The fy '27 tentative budget

811
00:24:19,784 --> 00:24:20,585
property tax revenue of

812
00:24:20,585 --> 00:24:22,200
$232,577,218 is

813
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:22,621
$3,421,068 greater than fiscal

814
00:24:22,621 --> 00:24:24,522
year 26.

815
00:24:24,522 --> 00:24:25,289
The increase ipproperty tax

816
00:24:25,289 --> 00:24:26,958
revenue -- in property tax

817
00:24:26,958 --> 00:24:27,692
revenue is necessary to fund the

818
00:24:27,692 --> 00:24:30,920
appropriations to operate the

819
00:24:30,662 --> 00:24:32,970
general county and mstu law

820
00:24:32,970 --> 00:24:33,397
enforcement taxing units.

821
00:24:33,397 --> 00:24:34,932
Tommy crosby assistant county

822
00:24:34,932 --> 00:24:35,933
manager for financial and

823
00:24:35,933 --> 00:24:37,235
facilities resource management

824
00:24:37,235 --> 00:24:39,971
will now present an overview of

825
00:24:39,971 --> 00:24:41,172
the tentative budget for fiscal

826
00:24:41,172 --> 00:24:41,972
year 2027.

827
00:24:41,972 --> 00:24:43,341
>> chair: MR. Crosby.

828
00:24:43,341 --> 00:24:46,770
>> MR. Chair, the total county

829
00:24:46,770 --> 00:24:49,770
tentative budget for fiscal year

830
00:24:51,683 --> 00:24:54,830
2027 is $974,151,842 which is a

831
00:24:55,954 --> 00:24:56,922
net increase of

832
00:24:56,922 --> 00:24:58,557
$25,200,300 compared to the

833
00:24:58,557 --> 00:25:00,957
county manager's proposed budget

834
00:25:05,163 --> 00:25:07,131
of $948,951,942 the details of

835
00:25:07,131 --> 00:25:08,500
the changes reflected in the

836
00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:10,102
fiscal year 26-27 tentative

837
00:25:10,102 --> 00:25:10,335
budget included in your agenda

838
00:25:10,335 --> 00:25:12,204
packet.

839
00:25:12,204 --> 00:25:14,372
I have a quick presentation

840
00:25:14,372 --> 00:25:14,606
similar to last year's to go

841
00:25:14,606 --> 00:25:16,141
through.

842
00:25:16,141 --> 00:25:17,308
I want to update you on our

843
00:25:17,308 --> 00:25:18,243
property tax data and summarize

844
00:25:18,243 --> 00:25:19,277
some of the expenditures that

845
00:25:19,277 --> 00:25:22,277
the board had requested during

846
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:23,282
our meetings.

847
00:25:23,282 --> 00:25:23,515
>> chair: tommy, hold on one

848
00:25:23,515 --> 00:25:24,716
second.

849
00:25:24,716 --> 00:25:25,583
Is there anyone here for public

850
00:25:25,583 --> 00:25:27,583
comment at 5:30?

851
00:25:27,753 --> 00:25:28,186
okay, let's go ahead and pause

852
00:25:28,186 --> 00:25:29,388
the public hearing.

853
00:25:29,388 --> 00:25:30,122
That way we can have public

854
00:25:30,122 --> 00:25:31,560
comment not related to the

855
00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,250
public hearing and then when we

856
00:25:33,250 --> 00:25:34,259
get back we'll proceed with your

857
00:25:34,259 --> 00:25:34,994
presentation if that's okay.

858
00:25:34,994 --> 00:25:35,694
>> sure, sure.

859
00:25:35,694 --> 00:25:36,462
>> because I don't want to rush

860
00:25:36,462 --> 00:25:37,296
through that.

861
00:25:37,296 --> 00:25:38,960
And I think it's important

862
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,650
information so we're going to go

863
00:25:40,650 --> 00:25:42,601
ahead and open up public comment

864
00:25:42,601 --> 00:25:43,269
at 5:30 which is not the public

865
00:25:43,269 --> 00:25:44,369
comment for the public hearing.

866
00:25:44,369 --> 00:25:45,137
This is public comment not

867
00:25:45,137 --> 00:25:48,137
related to the public hearing.

868
00:25:49,408 --> 00:25:50,409
MR. Konish, you're recognized.

869
00:25:50,409 --> 00:25:53,612
>> MR. Chair, you know, I see

870
00:25:53,612 --> 00:25:54,446
these massive utility projects

871
00:25:54,446 --> 00:25:56,415
going in the county

872
00:25:56,415 --> 00:25:58,415
right-of-ways regional

873
00:26:02,989 --> 00:26:05,989
wastewater systems, and I know

874
00:26:06,158 --> 00:26:08,558
property along northwest 282nd

875
00:26:13,499 --> 00:26:17,136
drive that goes up to the now

876
00:26:17,136 --> 00:26:19,972
dead poe springs and the

877
00:26:19,972 --> 00:26:20,740
systemic failure to regulate

878
00:26:20,740 --> 00:26:21,941
right-of-ways.

879
00:26:21,941 --> 00:26:24,100
These people go in there,

880
00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:24,677
they're unrelation regulated,

881
00:26:24,677 --> 00:26:25,645
nay don't pay anything.

882
00:26:25,645 --> 00:26:26,746
Then you will have people who

883
00:26:26,746 --> 00:26:29,581
want to go in there but you want

884
00:26:29,581 --> 00:26:30,483
to save four trees but you don't

885
00:26:30,483 --> 00:26:31,150
have any jurisdiction.

886
00:26:31,150 --> 00:26:33,180
I don't understand why we go

887
00:26:33,180 --> 00:26:35,221
decade after decade once they

888
00:26:35,221 --> 00:26:38,221
get through the county, sir,

889
00:26:38,725 --> 00:26:40,460
they're gone.

890
00:26:40,460 --> 00:26:44,960
You won't be able to put the

891
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:44,964
the

892
00:26:44,964 --> 00:26:46,650
brakes on.

893
00:26:46,650 --> 00:26:47,366
Probably be a few miles closer

894
00:26:47,366 --> 00:26:48,368
in the future, but you know I

895
00:26:48,368 --> 00:26:50,436
just don't, I really don't

896
00:26:50,436 --> 00:26:51,970
understand that.

897
00:26:51,970 --> 00:26:54,907
The, our sky high gru bills is

898
00:26:54,907 --> 00:26:57,210
not a good tax base for you.

899
00:26:57,210 --> 00:26:58,211
Because they're already

900
00:26:58,211 --> 00:27:00,213
exacerbated by surcharges that

901
00:27:00,213 --> 00:27:01,714
you don't care about.

902
00:27:01,714 --> 00:27:04,116
And then you're putting your

903
00:27:04,116 --> 00:27:07,530
county utility tax on in a

904
00:27:07,530 --> 00:27:08,254
pyramid

905
00:27:08,254 --> 00:27:09,756
in a pyramid fashion.

906
00:27:09,756 --> 00:27:11,524
The bills are a problem, sir.

907
00:27:11,524 --> 00:27:15,124
The bills are a big problem,

908
00:27:16,863 --> 00:27:18,631
particularly for businesses.

909
00:27:18,631 --> 00:27:18,898
Although they are a problem for

910
00:27:18,898 --> 00:27:20,699
everybody.

911
00:27:20,699 --> 00:27:24,299
I just really wish, like even

912
00:27:27,707 --> 00:27:29,142
hutch at one point suggested

913
00:27:29,142 --> 00:27:30,877
rolling back the utility tax.

914
00:27:30,877 --> 00:27:32,779
Even at one time he suggested it

915
00:27:32,779 --> 00:27:34,800
admitting that, okay, we had a

916
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:34,848
bad contract, something along

917
00:27:34,848 --> 00:27:36,615
those lines.

918
00:27:36,615 --> 00:27:37,183
And maybe we'll roll back the

919
00:27:37,183 --> 00:27:39,152
utility tax.

920
00:27:39,152 --> 00:27:41,540
But the bills are a problem.

921
00:27:41,540 --> 00:27:44,654
And you don't need to be

922
00:27:45,225 --> 00:27:49,425
stepping on them the way you do.

923
00:27:50,997 --> 00:27:52,966
And going back to northwest

924
00:27:52,966 --> 00:27:56,360
282nd drive, a guy went into

925
00:27:56,360 --> 00:27:57,737
an abandoned log cabin he paid

926
00:27:57,737 --> 00:27:59,339
too much for.

927
00:27:59,339 --> 00:28:00,106
Put in a pole in the

928
00:28:00,106 --> 00:28:02,106
right-of-way, underground

929
00:28:03,443 --> 00:28:05,778
service, big 200-amp service to

930
00:28:05,778 --> 00:28:06,113
his dilapidated building in the

931
00:28:06,113 --> 00:28:07,948
right-of-way.

932
00:28:07,948 --> 00:28:09,249
Other people are paving their

933
00:28:09,249 --> 00:28:12,249
driveways like right into the

934
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,520
county right-of-way.

935
00:28:15,923 --> 00:28:17,570
Building them up, exacerbating

936
00:28:17,570 --> 00:28:17,825
flooding, hurting adjacent

937
00:28:17,825 --> 00:28:19,426
property owners.

938
00:28:19,426 --> 00:28:21,862
And you don't seem to care.

939
00:28:21,862 --> 00:28:23,730
I asked clay electric, how can

940
00:28:23,730 --> 00:28:24,640
you put the pole in the county

941
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:25,699
right-of-way?

942
00:28:25,699 --> 00:28:26,967
They said we do it all the time.

943
00:28:26,967 --> 00:28:28,969
And then, you know, someone

944
00:28:28,969 --> 00:28:29,670
wants to bring an underground

945
00:28:29,670 --> 00:28:30,837
internet.

946
00:28:30,837 --> 00:28:32,837
Well, guess what.

947
00:28:35,750 --> 00:28:35,376
There's obstacles all over the

948
00:28:35,376 --> 00:28:37,376
place.

949
00:28:39,113 --> 00:28:39,313
It's just no way to manage an

950
00:28:39,313 --> 00:28:41,313
asset.

951
00:28:41,315 --> 00:28:43,384
free use of right-of-way, city

952
00:28:43,384 --> 00:28:46,286
and county, is on gru books as

953
00:28:46,286 --> 00:28:48,221
an asset worth 800,000.

954
00:28:48,221 --> 00:28:50,758
And you sued them for the

955
00:28:50,758 --> 00:28:52,393
privilege fee in the '90s.

956
00:28:52,393 --> 00:28:53,694
>> chair: thank you, MR. Konish.

957
00:28:53,694 --> 00:28:54,894
Anyone else wants to address

958
00:28:54,894 --> 00:28:58,494
this board on anything not on

959
00:28:59,466 --> 00:29:01,235
the agenda?

960
00:29:01,235 --> 00:29:04,235
>> my name is james cergton.

961
00:29:06,140 --> 00:29:09,100
I live at 10015 northwest 52nd

962
00:29:09,100 --> 00:29:10,778
terrace gainesville, florida.

963
00:29:10,778 --> 00:29:12,513
And you can see I dressed up to

964
00:29:12,513 --> 00:29:13,848
come here today, so you'd

965
00:29:13,848 --> 00:29:17,448
remember me and the real reason

966
00:29:17,618 --> 00:29:21,489
that I came here today is not so

967
00:29:21,489 --> 00:29:23,291
much the simplicity of a budget,

968
00:29:23,291 --> 00:29:23,657
which I thank you for every

969
00:29:23,657 --> 00:29:25,657
year.

970
00:29:31,650 --> 00:29:31,866
And I thank you for what you

971
00:29:31,866 --> 00:29:33,866
have accomplished.

972
00:29:34,469 --> 00:29:37,238
This is my county commission.

973
00:29:37,238 --> 00:29:41,142
But what I want to speak for is

974
00:29:41,142 --> 00:29:43,678
the seniors in our county.

975
00:29:43,678 --> 00:29:44,779
I'm an octogenarian.

976
00:29:44,779 --> 00:29:47,582
I'm nervous all the time.

977
00:29:47,582 --> 00:29:49,582
I shake.

978
00:29:51,319 --> 00:29:54,919
I can't articulate like I did

979
00:29:55,456 --> 00:29:56,925
when I was a radical at the

980
00:29:56,925 --> 00:29:59,925
university of florida as a

981
00:30:00,962 --> 00:30:03,310
graduate student in philosophy.

982
00:30:03,310 --> 00:30:03,264
But I do want to speak for the

983
00:30:03,264 --> 00:30:05,264
seniors.

984
00:30:09,504 --> 00:30:11,972
My wife and I attend the senior

985
00:30:11,972 --> 00:30:14,175
center by the fire station and

986
00:30:14,175 --> 00:30:16,575
highway patrol station on 121

987
00:30:17,445 --> 00:30:19,445
and 441, that area.

988
00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:24,953
City of alachua is building a

989
00:30:24,953 --> 00:30:27,353
hathcock center for seniors.

990
00:30:28,924 --> 00:30:33,724
And I would like you to focus on

991
00:30:34,950 --> 00:30:36,640
a picture of our community all

992
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:37,599
pulling together in budgets and

993
00:30:37,599 --> 00:30:39,999
everything else, you know.

994
00:30:40,435 --> 00:30:42,170
And one of the things is that

995
00:30:42,170 --> 00:30:45,770
children are on one hand and

996
00:30:46,675 --> 00:30:49,675
seniors are on the other.

997
00:30:50,812 --> 00:30:51,113
Seniors are your homeless, your

998
00:30:51,113 --> 00:30:53,113
unemployed.

999
00:30:53,548 --> 00:30:55,951
Every senior who is over 80, wow

1000
00:30:55,951 --> 00:30:58,353
dare say, is probably close to

1001
00:30:58,353 --> 00:31:01,353
being unemployed or wished they

1002
00:31:02,291 --> 00:31:04,291
were unemployed.

1003
00:31:05,827 --> 00:31:06,494
And, you know, children get bus

1004
00:31:06,494 --> 00:31:08,494
transportation.

1005
00:31:09,297 --> 00:31:09,665
Do seniors get bus

1006
00:31:09,665 --> 00:31:10,666
transportation?

1007
00:31:10,666 --> 00:31:13,134
I don't have long and we're not

1008
00:31:13,134 --> 00:31:14,336
going to solve the proble here.

1009
00:31:14,336 --> 00:31:17,940
But what you are going to solve

1010
00:31:17,940 --> 00:31:22,140
the problem is we don't want our

1011
00:31:23,545 --> 00:31:23,811
seniors treated less than our

1012
00:31:23,811 --> 00:31:25,811
prisoners.

1013
00:31:26,515 --> 00:31:28,684
Be careful with your budget.

1014
00:31:28,684 --> 00:31:30,986
And I speak first to the

1015
00:31:30,986 --> 00:31:32,821
sheriff's office, you know.

1016
00:31:32,821 --> 00:31:35,821
The prison is the biggest

1017
00:31:36,825 --> 00:31:39,160
expense you've probably got.

1018
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,160
I speak to the other

1019
00:31:43,980 --> 00:31:44,966
constitutional agencies.

1020
00:31:44,966 --> 00:31:46,735
What are your constitutional

1021
00:31:46,735 --> 00:31:48,671
agencies and your own agency

1022
00:31:48,671 --> 00:31:50,671
being paid?

1023
00:31:51,540 --> 00:31:53,275
Seniors get 2.7% and I

1024
00:31:53,275 --> 00:31:56,875
understand this year we MAY go

1025
00:31:57,513 --> 00:31:58,848
up to 3% budget increase in our

1026
00:31:58,848 --> 00:32:00,848
social security.

1027
00:32:00,850 --> 00:32:02,351
Remember that, keep in mind,

1028
00:32:02,351 --> 00:32:04,954
look at the big picture.

1029
00:32:04,954 --> 00:32:06,122
Let's balance this big picture.

1030
00:32:06,122 --> 00:32:07,255
Children, seniors.

1031
00:32:07,255 --> 00:32:09,655
Thank you so much.

1032
00:32:09,658 --> 00:32:10,760
>> chair: thank you,

1033
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:11,920
MR. Kerrington, thank you.

1034
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:13,920
Anyone else?

1035
00:32:13,950 --> 00:32:14,296
We're going to close the 5:30

1036
00:32:14,296 --> 00:32:15,497
public comment and reopen back

1037
00:32:15,497 --> 00:32:16,999
the public hearing and we're

1038
00:32:16,999 --> 00:32:18,167
back up to MR.

1039
00:32:18,167 --> 00:32:20,167
Crosby's review

1040
00:32:20,736 --> 00:32:21,360
of the fiscal year '27 budget

1041
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:21,204
highlights.

1042
00:32:21,204 --> 00:32:22,605
MR.

1043
00:32:22,605 --> 00:32:24,605
Crosby, you're recognized.

1044
00:32:26,509 --> 00:32:28,410
>> thank you, MR. Chair.

1045
00:32:28,410 --> 00:32:30,460
So you have a presentation that

1046
00:32:30,460 --> 00:32:30,513
was included in the packet as

1047
00:32:30,513 --> 00:32:31,813
well.

1048
00:32:31,813 --> 00:32:33,583
Just kind of updating the data

1049
00:32:33,583 --> 00:32:34,683
we normally go through and we

1050
00:32:34,683 --> 00:32:37,586
have added a couple of

1051
00:32:37,586 --> 00:32:38,487
expenditure slides at the end.

1052
00:32:38,487 --> 00:32:40,456
The 2025 county millage rate

1053
00:32:40,456 --> 00:32:44,560
which was for the current fiscal

1054
00:32:44,193 --> 00:32:45,894
year we're in ranked in 67

1055
00:32:45,894 --> 00:32:47,363
counties is the last -- some of

1056
00:32:47,363 --> 00:32:48,598
this data is old data just

1057
00:32:48,598 --> 00:32:50,299
because that's where it comes

1058
00:32:50,299 --> 00:32:52,299
out of dor.

1059
00:32:52,468 --> 00:32:52,902
They haven't updated for current

1060
00:32:52,902 --> 00:32:54,902
year.

1061
00:32:55,271 --> 00:32:58,740
Last year's -- the year we're in

1062
00:32:58,740 --> 00:33:01,277
fiscal year '26 data, we ranked

1063
00:33:01,277 --> 00:33:04,277
52nd in aggregate millage at

1064
00:33:06,716 --> 00:33:08,716
9.0492 mills.

1065
00:33:09,219 --> 00:33:11,619
And 41st at 7.6 mills.

1066
00:33:13,123 --> 00:33:15,825
So the value of this information

1067
00:33:15,825 --> 00:33:17,393
is we are annually accused of

1068
00:33:17,393 --> 00:33:20,363
and said that we are at the top

1069
00:33:20,363 --> 00:33:22,599
of the list and the most taxed

1070
00:33:22,599 --> 00:33:23,366
millage in the state and we are

1071
00:33:23,366 --> 00:33:24,767
not.

1072
00:33:24,767 --> 00:33:27,571
We're 41st and we'll talk a

1073
00:33:27,571 --> 00:33:28,938
little bit more about how it

1074
00:33:28,938 --> 00:33:29,239
could be less and why it's not

1075
00:33:29,239 --> 00:33:30,840
less.

1076
00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:32,342
This board has done a very good

1077
00:33:32,342 --> 00:33:32,842
job over the years of reducing

1078
00:33:32,842 --> 00:33:34,842
millage.

1079
00:33:36,212 --> 00:33:38,281
The per capita rate which is the

1080
00:33:38,281 --> 00:33:40,516
tax per citizen on the county

1081
00:33:40,516 --> 00:33:42,516
government levies, alachua

1082
00:33:43,220 --> 00:33:44,654
county is at $761.

1083
00:33:44,654 --> 00:33:46,654
State average is $991.

1084
00:33:46,856 --> 00:33:48,491
So we're the 32nd lowest

1085
00:33:48,491 --> 00:33:50,891
property tax per capita.

1086
00:33:52,695 --> 00:33:53,596
I think that's an important

1087
00:33:53,596 --> 00:33:54,631
distinction as well.

1088
00:33:54,631 --> 00:33:56,332
>> chair: there's the big one.

1089
00:33:56,332 --> 00:33:57,901
>> that's the big one that we

1090
00:33:57,901 --> 00:33:59,970
tout but I believe it's better

1091
00:33:59,970 --> 00:34:02,906
to see it in writing and be able

1092
00:34:02,906 --> 00:34:04,740
to publish it so people can

1093
00:34:04,740 --> 00:34:06,474
understand 10 straight years we

1094
00:34:06,510 --> 00:34:08,910
have reduced general fund

1095
00:34:12,316 --> 00:34:14,316
millage by 1.7183 mills.

1096
00:34:14,518 --> 00:34:15,152
It's almost a 20% reduction in

1097
00:34:15,152 --> 00:34:17,152
10 years.

1098
00:34:17,888 --> 00:34:19,423
>> chair: tommy, if you could

1099
00:34:19,423 --> 00:34:19,956
add leon county to the slide

1100
00:34:19,956 --> 00:34:21,625
next year.

1101
00:34:21,625 --> 00:34:22,493
i was talking to some folks from

1102
00:34:22,493 --> 00:34:24,995
tallahassee over the weekend and

1103
00:34:24,995 --> 00:34:25,395
that's our peer county.

1104
00:34:25,395 --> 00:34:27,395
>> sure.

1105
00:34:28,966 --> 00:34:30,667
>> chair: because 10 years ago

1106
00:34:30,667 --> 00:34:33,804
we were way above them and we

1107
00:34:33,804 --> 00:34:35,306
are now below them.

1108
00:34:35,306 --> 00:34:37,706
>> property tax data, the 2026

1109
00:34:39,976 --> 00:34:41,712
tax roll for '27, again this is

1110
00:34:41,712 --> 00:34:43,414
talking about what's not on the

1111
00:34:43,414 --> 00:34:45,282
assessed roll and why we have to

1112
00:34:45,282 --> 00:34:45,449
be at the level we are currently

1113
00:34:45,449 --> 00:34:47,449
at.

1114
00:34:48,180 --> 00:34:50,854
Alachua county taxable value, we

1115
00:34:50,854 --> 00:34:51,355
have 68% of our value is on the

1116
00:34:51,355 --> 00:34:53,355
roll.

1117
00:34:54,124 --> 00:34:56,326
That means there's 32% roughly

1118
00:34:56,326 --> 00:34:58,896
that are off the roll, mainly

1119
00:34:58,896 --> 00:35:00,765
because the university of

1120
00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:02,700
florida, state properties, etc.,

1121
00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:04,700
federal properties.

1122
00:35:07,338 --> 00:35:07,938
The state level, the average is

1123
00:35:07,938 --> 00:35:09,730
83.88%.

1124
00:35:09,730 --> 00:35:11,410
We're the 8th lowest

1125
00:35:11,410 --> 00:35:12,443
percentage in the state of

1126
00:35:12,443 --> 00:35:14,111
assessed value.

1127
00:35:14,111 --> 00:35:16,113
And that is the other seven are

1128
00:35:16,113 --> 00:35:18,513
all very small counties.

1129
00:35:18,749 --> 00:35:19,684
So the lafayettes of the world

1130
00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:22,386
where it's all national forest

1131
00:35:22,386 --> 00:35:23,888
and those up in the panhandle,

1132
00:35:23,888 --> 00:35:25,888
taylor county, etc.

1133
00:35:30,828 --> 00:35:32,330
Our alachua county taxable value

1134
00:35:32,330 --> 00:35:34,499
is 56.3% of just value.

1135
00:35:34,499 --> 00:35:36,166
The impact of assessed value

1136
00:35:36,166 --> 00:35:39,166
verse taxable value in alachua

1137
00:35:39,203 --> 00:35:41,606
county, our assessed value is

1138
00:35:41,606 --> 00:35:41,939
$39.2 billion, taxable is

1139
00:35:41,939 --> 00:35:43,939
$26.8 billion.

1140
00:35:43,974 --> 00:35:46,770
So when you see it in raw

1141
00:35:46,770 --> 00:35:47,512
numbers, that's $13 billion of

1142
00:35:47,512 --> 00:35:50,512
value off of the books.

1143
00:35:50,882 --> 00:35:52,350
State average again is 84%.

1144
00:35:52,350 --> 00:35:54,452
If we were at the state average

1145
00:35:54,452 --> 00:35:55,386
that would generate another

1146
00:35:55,386 --> 00:35:57,786
$6.3 billion worth of value

1147
00:35:57,854 --> 00:36:00,758
which could reduce our millage

1148
00:36:00,758 --> 00:36:02,994
down to 5.85 mills and generate

1149
00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:03,361
the same property tax rate.

1150
00:36:03,361 --> 00:36:05,361
>> chair: wow.

1151
00:36:06,798 --> 00:36:09,198
>> we have talked briefly

1152
00:36:09,534 --> 00:36:10,340
knowing it's never going to

1153
00:36:10,340 --> 00:36:10,902
happen.

1154
00:36:10,902 --> 00:36:12,902
Payment newnans

1155
00:36:16,107 --> 00:36:17,409
in lieu of taxes, the

1156
00:36:17,409 --> 00:36:19,376
ocala national forest gets it.

1157
00:36:19,376 --> 00:36:21,513
The state doesn't pay taxes but

1158
00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:22,446
if we could do something to help

1159
00:36:22,446 --> 00:36:24,490
counties with large state

1160
00:36:24,490 --> 00:36:25,684
holdings in their county.

1161
00:36:25,684 --> 00:36:29,154
Because we do supply services to

1162
00:36:29,154 --> 00:36:29,454
a lot of those properties.

1163
00:36:29,454 --> 00:36:31,454
>> right.

1164
00:36:31,455 --> 00:36:33,855
>> tax and assessment sources.

1165
00:36:34,492 --> 00:36:36,227
These are our major tax funds.

1166
00:36:36,227 --> 00:36:36,895
Again, the board has seen these

1167
00:36:36,895 --> 00:36:38,730
many times.

1168
00:36:38,730 --> 00:36:39,960
It's more for public

1169
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:40,632
information.

1170
00:36:40,632 --> 00:36:43,632
Our general fund which includes

1171
00:36:48,706 --> 00:36:50,542
property taxes, utility PSTs,

1172
00:36:50,542 --> 00:36:52,410
CSTs, sales tax, state shared

1173
00:36:52,410 --> 00:36:56,100
funds and fees the largest is

1174
00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,517
ambulance fees, the mst for law

1175
00:36:59,517 --> 00:37:01,860
enforcement is of property

1176
00:37:01,860 --> 00:37:04,860
faxes, msbu is fire assessments.

1177
00:37:05,356 --> 00:37:05,624
We do contribute 30% -- 40%,

1178
00:37:05,624 --> 00:37:07,624
thank you.

1179
00:37:08,930 --> 00:37:09,928
40% of our sales tax, utility

1180
00:37:09,928 --> 00:37:11,863
tax and communications service

1181
00:37:11,863 --> 00:37:13,598
tax split to fire.

1182
00:37:13,598 --> 00:37:14,866
Msbu for stormwater and solid

1183
00:37:14,866 --> 00:37:17,866
waste are all assessments and

1184
00:37:19,571 --> 00:37:19,838
tipping fees for the solid waste

1185
00:37:19,838 --> 00:37:21,273
facility.

1186
00:37:21,273 --> 00:37:23,675
Road maintenance is gas tax and

1187
00:37:23,675 --> 00:37:25,244
then we supply communication,

1188
00:37:25,244 --> 00:37:26,211
20% communication service tax to

1189
00:37:26,211 --> 00:37:27,446
them now.

1190
00:37:27,446 --> 00:37:30,446
We started doing that three

1191
00:37:30,749 --> 00:37:30,949
years ago to help operational

1192
00:37:30,949 --> 00:37:32,949
costs.

1193
00:37:33,218 --> 00:37:34,986
Conservation lands, parks master

1194
00:37:34,986 --> 00:37:35,921
plan, pavement management master

1195
00:37:35,921 --> 00:37:38,321
roads and housing infrastructure

1196
00:37:40,993 --> 00:37:42,861
are part of the 1 cent surtax.

1197
00:37:42,861 --> 00:37:45,230
Equestrian center and the sports

1198
00:37:45,230 --> 00:37:46,532
event center and grants is from

1199
00:37:46,532 --> 00:37:48,867
the tourist development tax.

1200
00:37:48,867 --> 00:37:49,235
>> MAY I say something?

1201
00:37:49,235 --> 00:37:50,690
>> chair: yes.

1202
00:37:50,690 --> 00:37:52,690
Commissioner alford, sorry.

1203
00:37:52,571 --> 00:37:54,740
>> tommy, do you mind making the

1204
00:37:54,740 --> 00:37:57,209
point that while we do have all

1205
00:37:57,209 --> 00:37:59,780
those taxes for all of those

1206
00:37:59,780 --> 00:38:00,779
things, all of those taxes do

1207
00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:02,214
not provide all of the funding

1208
00:38:02,214 --> 00:38:04,214
for those things.

1209
00:38:04,716 --> 00:38:05,885
So, for instance, while we have

1210
00:38:05,885 --> 00:38:07,520
the gas tax and road

1211
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,520
maintenance, it is nowhere near

1212
00:38:10,389 --> 00:38:10,689
the amount we need to do that

1213
00:38:10,689 --> 00:38:12,158
maintenance.

1214
00:38:12,158 --> 00:38:13,526
That's the question I get asked

1215
00:38:13,526 --> 00:38:15,327
over and over and over again.

1216
00:38:15,327 --> 00:38:16,629
So I just wanted to make it

1217
00:38:16,629 --> 00:38:18,597
clear that while we do have

1218
00:38:18,597 --> 00:38:20,266
these sources of funding, those

1219
00:38:20,266 --> 00:38:21,266
sources of funding are not

1220
00:38:21,266 --> 00:38:22,334
adequate to provide all the

1221
00:38:22,334 --> 00:38:22,702
funding necessary.

1222
00:38:22,702 --> 00:38:23,302
>> yes, ma'am.

1223
00:38:23,302 --> 00:38:25,710
Happy to.

1224
00:38:25,710 --> 00:38:28,875
So a couple of those that are

1225
00:38:28,875 --> 00:38:30,743
critical in nature, ambulance

1226
00:38:30,743 --> 00:38:32,177
services we subsidize about 30%

1227
00:38:32,177 --> 00:38:34,446
to 35% of those fees.

1228
00:38:34,446 --> 00:38:35,948
The rest come from fees.

1229
00:38:35,948 --> 00:38:36,249
Outside of that comes from tax

1230
00:38:36,249 --> 00:38:38,249
dollars.

1231
00:38:38,951 --> 00:38:41,951
The other one you just

1232
00:38:42,955 --> 00:38:45,758
mentioned, gas tax that's why we

1233
00:38:45,758 --> 00:38:46,826
subsidized 25% to maintain it

1234
00:38:46,826 --> 00:38:48,694
because gas tax collections

1235
00:38:48,694 --> 00:38:50,396
unlike the state who has indexed

1236
00:38:50,396 --> 00:38:51,831
theirs, ours has been at the

1237
00:38:51,831 --> 00:38:53,833
same rate since it was imposed.

1238
00:38:53,833 --> 00:38:55,601
So it's not enough as inflaton

1239
00:38:55,601 --> 00:38:56,970
has gone up to keep up with

1240
00:38:56,970 --> 00:38:58,838
those costs.

1241
00:38:58,838 --> 00:39:01,400
And those would be the two major

1242
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,342
ones that do that.

1243
00:39:03,342 --> 00:39:06,342
>> chair: to MR. Konish's point,

1244
00:39:06,379 --> 00:39:08,147
if we eliminate that cst tax, it

1245
00:39:08,147 --> 00:39:09,581
would eliminate road money.

1246
00:39:09,581 --> 00:39:09,916
Thank you for bringing that up,

1247
00:39:09,916 --> 00:39:10,884
commissioner.

1248
00:39:10,884 --> 00:39:12,118
Is he still here?

1249
00:39:12,118 --> 00:39:14,587
>> I'm not sure why this second

1250
00:39:14,587 --> 00:39:15,321
block did something very

1251
00:39:15,321 --> 00:39:15,754
different.

1252
00:39:15,754 --> 00:39:16,222
>> oh.

1253
00:39:16,222 --> 00:39:17,856
>> chair: whoa.

1254
00:39:17,856 --> 00:39:20,856
>> it didn't like your font.

1255
00:39:23,663 --> 00:39:26,630
>> I would say so.

1256
00:39:26,299 --> 00:39:27,166
It says it on the paper.

1257
00:39:27,166 --> 00:39:27,967
>> chair: 191 million.

1258
00:39:27,967 --> 00:39:29,967
>> anyway, okay.

1259
00:39:30,370 --> 00:39:31,771
One of the things the board --

1260
00:39:31,771 --> 00:39:33,106
that is so weird.

1261
00:39:33,106 --> 00:39:33,740
>> chair: tommy, put this on the

1262
00:39:33,740 --> 00:39:35,408
overhead.

1263
00:39:35,408 --> 00:39:37,811
Yeah, just stick it -- can we

1264
00:39:37,811 --> 00:39:38,770
have overhead, please.

1265
00:39:38,770 --> 00:39:39,346
[Laughter]

1266
00:39:39,346 --> 00:39:41,346
>> thank you.

1267
00:39:41,681 --> 00:39:42,982
>> we've been hacked.

1268
00:39:42,982 --> 00:39:44,184
>> converting it to a

1269
00:39:44,184 --> 00:39:46,353
presentation, to a powerpoint,

1270
00:39:46,353 --> 00:39:47,554
strange things happen in the

1271
00:39:47,554 --> 00:39:47,753
machine.

1272
00:39:47,753 --> 00:39:49,523
Okay.

1273
00:39:49,523 --> 00:39:50,957
So one of the things the board

1274
00:39:50,957 --> 00:39:52,592
had asked a while back -- and we

1275
00:39:52,592 --> 00:39:56,196
have doe some of this and I

1276
00:39:56,196 --> 00:39:58,698
think this is a better

1277
00:39:58,698 --> 00:40:01,698
definitive way to do it.

1278
00:40:02,536 --> 00:40:04,705
You have a $974 million budget

1279
00:40:04,705 --> 00:40:06,373
and you ask why can't you put

1280
00:40:06,373 --> 00:40:07,541
more to roads if you have this

1281
00:40:07,541 --> 00:40:09,276
much money in your budget.

1282
00:40:09,276 --> 00:40:10,744
And collectively, you have tried

1283
00:40:10,744 --> 00:40:12,179
to express that all that is not

1284
00:40:12,179 --> 00:40:12,378
available for us to put to

1285
00:40:12,378 --> 00:40:13,981
roads.

1286
00:40:13,981 --> 00:40:16,116
And we are limited in what we

1287
00:40:16,116 --> 00:40:17,851
can move forward.

1288
00:40:17,851 --> 00:40:19,354
Also, the fact that a budget is

1289
00:40:19,354 --> 00:40:21,321
not a fire assessment, it is a

1290
00:40:21,321 --> 00:40:23,556
plan of action and a lot of

1291
00:40:23,556 --> 00:40:24,825
that budget moves money between

1292
00:40:24,825 --> 00:40:25,125
funds so that we can account for

1293
00:40:25,125 --> 00:40:27,125
it.

1294
00:40:28,395 --> 00:40:29,930
It has nothing to do with

1295
00:40:29,930 --> 00:40:30,531
expenditures or cash outlay if

1296
00:40:30,531 --> 00:40:32,531
you will.

1297
00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:34,567
What we have taken is your

1298
00:40:34,567 --> 00:40:36,637
$974 million budget and we have

1299
00:40:36,637 --> 00:40:38,380
it into five different boxes.

1300
00:40:38,380 --> 00:40:41,380
We'll talk about these boxes.

1301
00:40:41,542 --> 00:40:43,510
the first one is internal

1302
00:40:43,510 --> 00:40:44,445
budgetary transactions

1303
00:40:44,445 --> 00:40:46,380
$191 million goes through the

1304
00:40:46,380 --> 00:40:47,915
budget for things like

1305
00:40:47,915 --> 00:40:48,682
transfers, reserves, things that

1306
00:40:48,682 --> 00:40:49,984
are never spent.

1307
00:40:49,984 --> 00:40:51,619
They are just between funds.

1308
00:40:51,619 --> 00:40:53,453
Some of them look like they are

1309
00:40:53,453 --> 00:40:56,256
duplicate but it's a matter of

1310
00:40:56,256 --> 00:40:59,590
using one fund to another.

1311
00:40:59,590 --> 00:41:01,280
Outside agency funds,

1312
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:02,563
$251 million, we'll talk about

1313
00:41:02,563 --> 00:41:03,196
those as through constitutional

1314
00:41:03,196 --> 00:41:05,196
officers.

1315
00:41:05,299 --> 00:41:05,699
>> chair: tommy, hold on.

1316
00:41:05,699 --> 00:41:06,967
>> yes.

1317
00:41:06,967 --> 00:41:07,167
>> chair: anna brought up a good

1318
00:41:07,167 --> 00:41:09,167
point.

1319
00:41:12,206 --> 00:41:15,806
If you take the 974 minus the

1320
00:41:17,978 --> 00:41:20,378
991, you are immediately at 780.

1321
00:41:20,715 --> 00:41:21,820
>> 780 round numbers.

1322
00:41:21,820 --> 00:41:22,917
>> chair: 785.

1323
00:41:22,917 --> 00:41:23,350
>> that's where we're going,

1324
00:41:23,350 --> 00:41:25,119
yes, sir.

1325
00:41:25,119 --> 00:41:27,521
We'll go through the boxes,

1326
00:41:27,521 --> 00:41:28,723
internal budgetary transactions

1327
00:41:28,723 --> 00:41:30,723
19.6% of the budget.

1328
00:41:30,858 --> 00:41:33,258
$45 million in budget transfers.

1329
00:41:33,627 --> 00:41:34,495
You have $67 million in internal

1330
00:41:34,495 --> 00:41:36,495
service funds.

1331
00:41:36,531 --> 00:41:38,466
That's things like our phone

1332
00:41:38,466 --> 00:41:39,566
system that we charge out to

1333
00:41:39,566 --> 00:41:40,535
different departments.

1334
00:41:40,535 --> 00:41:42,136
The biggest one is health

1335
00:41:42,136 --> 00:41:42,936
insurance fund, our

1336
00:41:42,936 --> 00:41:44,936
self-insurance fund.

1337
00:41:45,206 --> 00:41:46,440
Then you have reserves of

1338
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,509
$79 million to set aside

1339
00:41:48,509 --> 00:41:50,509
hopefully not spent.

1340
00:41:51,946 --> 00:41:52,880
So then you're down to

1341
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:54,880
$780 million.

1342
00:41:57,185 --> 00:41:58,920
Then we have $250 million to go

1343
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:00,855
to outside agencies.

1344
00:42:00,855 --> 00:42:02,290
If you pull that off your

1345
00:42:02,290 --> 00:42:03,691
number, the outside agencies is

1346
00:42:03,691 --> 00:42:05,691
25% of your budget.

1347
00:42:06,260 --> 00:42:06,360
The sheriff receives

1348
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:08,360
$152 million.

1349
00:42:09,531 --> 00:42:11,566
That's for the jail.

1350
00:42:11,566 --> 00:42:14,566
The law enforcement agency, the

1351
00:42:14,769 --> 00:42:16,400
ccc and the court bailiffs, so

1352
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:17,104
it's $152 million.

1353
00:42:17,104 --> 00:42:19,740
The hospital assessment which we

1354
00:42:19,740 --> 00:42:20,542
are just a pass-through agency

1355
00:42:20,542 --> 00:42:22,760
of $65 million.

1356
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:23,645
We don't even touch that.

1357
00:42:23,645 --> 00:42:27,245
That's to help the hospitals at

1358
00:42:27,248 --> 00:42:28,550
their reques.

1359
00:42:28,550 --> 00:42:30,550
Other constitutional officers,

1360
00:42:32,654 --> 00:42:33,622
this is the other four

1361
00:42:33,622 --> 00:42:34,856
constitutionals.

1362
00:42:34,856 --> 00:42:36,856
Careersource $5 million.

1363
00:42:40,262 --> 00:42:41,996
And the mtpo $1 million.

1364
00:42:41,996 --> 00:42:42,764
250 million to outside agencies

1365
00:42:42,764 --> 00:42:45,164
at their request or

1366
00:42:51,506 --> 00:42:52,600
appropriation or etc. Or their

1367
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:54,600
assessment.

1368
00:43:02,350 --> 00:43:04,152
Next box are inmates.

1369
00:43:04,152 --> 00:43:05,190
In -- mandates.

1370
00:43:05,190 --> 00:43:07,190
$34 million in mandates.

1371
00:43:07,222 --> 00:43:08,623
This is our debt service funds

1372
00:43:08,623 --> 00:43:10,623
for prior obligations.

1373
00:43:13,829 --> 00:43:14,162
The medicaid state match,

1374
00:43:14,162 --> 00:43:15,464
$5 million.

1375
00:43:15,464 --> 00:43:17,566
Debt service of 14 million.

1376
00:43:17,566 --> 00:43:19,566
Medicaid of $5 million.

1377
00:43:19,968 --> 00:43:21,269
Juvenile justice $4 million.

1378
00:43:21,269 --> 00:43:23,269
Inmate medical $3 million.

1379
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:25,841
Medical examiner $2 million.

1380
00:43:25,841 --> 00:43:26,141
State court administration,

1381
00:43:26,141 --> 00:43:27,876
$4 million.

1382
00:43:27,876 --> 00:43:30,276
This includes state attorney,

1383
00:43:30,946 --> 00:43:31,180
public defender and the judicial

1384
00:43:31,180 --> 00:43:32,781
branch.

1385
00:43:32,781 --> 00:43:34,820
And the health department

1386
00:43:34,820 --> 00:43:34,850
$2 million.

1387
00:43:34,850 --> 00:43:36,180
That $34 million comes off the

1388
00:43:36,180 --> 00:43:37,853
top as required.

1389
00:43:37,853 --> 00:43:40,220
So the next two blocks are

1390
00:43:40,220 --> 00:43:40,355
really what the board has to

1391
00:43:40,355 --> 00:43:41,523
spend.

1392
00:43:41,523 --> 00:43:44,260
And some of them are again

1393
00:43:44,260 --> 00:43:44,560
outside of your ability

1394
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,560
flexibility.

1395
00:43:47,529 --> 00:43:48,830
So we have left right at

1396
00:43:48,830 --> 00:43:50,265
$500 million so half of your

1397
00:43:50,265 --> 00:43:53,865
budget has been spent before it

1398
00:43:54,336 --> 00:43:56,538
is in your hands really to look

1399
00:43:56,538 --> 00:43:58,538
at.

1400
00:43:58,807 --> 00:43:59,608
37.5% or 366 million of that are

1401
00:43:59,608 --> 00:44:00,775
restricted funds.

1402
00:44:00,775 --> 00:44:02,770
This goes back to commissioner

1403
00:44:02,770 --> 00:44:02,978
alford's point she just made a

1404
00:44:02,978 --> 00:44:04,978
few minutes ago.

1405
00:44:06,115 --> 00:44:07,820
We have our infrastructure

1406
00:44:07,820 --> 00:44:08,183
suforts $133 million of that.

1407
00:44:08,183 --> 00:44:09,885
That has to go for

1408
00:44:09,885 --> 00:44:11,286
infrastructure and things

1409
00:44:11,286 --> 00:44:11,586
outlined in the ballot

1410
00:44:11,586 --> 00:44:12,922
initiative.

1411
00:44:12,922 --> 00:44:15,322
We have targeted taxes.

1412
00:44:15,324 --> 00:44:17,660
These are your gas tax, your

1413
00:44:17,660 --> 00:44:21,260
cst, your pst, those things that

1414
00:44:21,330 --> 00:44:21,597
have to be used for specific

1415
00:44:21,597 --> 00:44:23,597
purposes.

1416
00:44:25,340 --> 00:44:25,234
You have your public safety

1417
00:44:25,234 --> 00:44:27,234
acfr.

1418
00:44:29,972 --> 00:44:31,730
This is your fire assessment of

1419
00:44:31,730 --> 00:44:32,675
$77 million and your fees and

1420
00:44:32,675 --> 00:44:34,110
your ambulance fees.

1421
00:44:34,110 --> 00:44:36,579
So there is a caveat, some of

1422
00:44:36,579 --> 00:44:37,780
this is subsidized by taxes.

1423
00:44:37,780 --> 00:44:39,682
But those obligations are also

1424
00:44:39,682 --> 00:44:40,550
made through your collective

1425
00:44:40,550 --> 00:44:41,884
bargaining agreement.

1426
00:44:41,884 --> 00:44:43,753
Things like kelly days and

1427
00:44:43,753 --> 00:44:45,187
staffing plans and how many

1428
00:44:45,187 --> 00:44:47,587
units you have open.

1429
00:44:47,590 --> 00:44:49,225
Your grants of 22 million, and

1430
00:44:49,225 --> 00:44:49,625
then your solid waste fund

1431
00:44:49,625 --> 00:44:51,194
$30 million.

1432
00:44:51,194 --> 00:44:52,528
So those are restricted sources

1433
00:44:52,528 --> 00:44:53,296
that have to be directed to a

1434
00:44:53,296 --> 00:44:55,296
certain area.

1435
00:44:55,998 --> 00:44:57,990
And those are built in, baked

1436
00:44:57,990 --> 00:44:58,634
into the budget if you will.

1437
00:44:58,634 --> 00:44:58,868
Some of those you do have to

1438
00:44:58,868 --> 00:45:00,736
approve.

1439
00:45:00,736 --> 00:45:01,571
Some of those you get

1440
00:45:01,571 --> 00:45:03,439
automatically from the state.

1441
00:45:03,439 --> 00:45:06,809
Some of those have been approved

1442
00:45:06,809 --> 00:45:09,209
a long time ago.

1443
00:45:11,381 --> 00:45:12,782
That leaves $133 million or 13

1444
00:45:12,782 --> 00:45:13,916
to 14% of your budget is really

1445
00:45:13,916 --> 00:45:15,618
now what you are looking at when

1446
00:45:15,618 --> 00:45:15,952
we do our annual budget

1447
00:45:15,952 --> 00:45:17,654
presentation.

1448
00:45:17,654 --> 00:45:19,422
That's what you are left with.

1449
00:45:19,422 --> 00:45:21,570
This was a big point for the

1450
00:45:21,570 --> 00:45:21,825
commission during our meetings

1451
00:45:21,825 --> 00:45:23,825
this year.

1452
00:45:24,427 --> 00:45:26,629
It's helping people understand

1453
00:45:26,629 --> 00:45:27,396
when they are frustrated of,

1454
00:45:27,396 --> 00:45:29,432
okay, this is where all those

1455
00:45:29,432 --> 00:45:32,335
dollars are going, this is how

1456
00:45:32,335 --> 00:45:33,169
much we are limited to, it is

1457
00:45:33,169 --> 00:45:33,970
how much flexibility we have and

1458
00:45:33,970 --> 00:45:35,404
what we're doing.

1459
00:45:35,404 --> 00:45:36,706
In addition to reducing your

1460
00:45:36,706 --> 00:45:39,706
millage to reduce your tax

1461
00:45:39,976 --> 00:45:40,510
burden, we really are allocating

1462
00:45:40,510 --> 00:45:42,450
$133 million.

1463
00:45:42,450 --> 00:45:43,280
37 million of that is your

1464
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,150
maintenance of physical plant.

1465
00:45:45,150 --> 00:45:46,416
That's your utility bills.

1466
00:45:46,416 --> 00:45:48,718
That's your renovation plans.

1467
00:45:48,718 --> 00:45:50,586
That's your rehab, keeping your

1468
00:45:50,586 --> 00:45:52,422
roofs, our air conditions fixed.

1469
00:45:52,422 --> 00:45:54,324
That's travis' team.

1470
00:45:54,324 --> 00:45:57,324
That's the utility bills, etc.

1471
00:45:57,827 --> 00:45:58,428
And your property insurance.

1472
00:45:58,428 --> 00:45:59,829
Roads, 24 million.

1473
00:45:59,829 --> 00:46:01,865
This is over and above what's

1474
00:46:01,865 --> 00:46:02,990
restricted by the infrastructure

1475
00:46:02,990 --> 00:46:02,966
surtax.

1476
00:46:02,966 --> 00:46:03,866
This is your general fund

1477
00:46:03,866 --> 00:46:05,302
commitment to roads.

1478
00:46:05,302 --> 00:46:06,436
So this is over and above it.

1479
00:46:06,436 --> 00:46:07,571
We'll talk about the combined

1480
00:46:07,571 --> 00:46:09,439
roads budget in a minute.

1481
00:46:09,439 --> 00:46:10,840
That's an additional 24 million

1482
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:13,840
you have allocated to roads.

1483
00:46:15,112 --> 00:46:16,346
County operations, $21 million.

1484
00:46:16,346 --> 00:46:18,115
This would be everything that

1485
00:46:18,115 --> 00:46:19,750
runs the county, H.R., my

1486
00:46:19,750 --> 00:46:21,285
office, manager's office, county

1487
00:46:21,285 --> 00:46:21,618
attorney's office, your office,

1488
00:46:21,618 --> 00:46:23,618
etc.

1489
00:46:23,854 --> 00:46:26,756
These are all of your county,

1490
00:46:26,756 --> 00:46:28,358
typical county operations.

1491
00:46:28,358 --> 00:46:30,326
Housing and community support

1492
00:46:30,326 --> 00:46:32,726
services is at 16 million.

1493
00:46:32,863 --> 00:46:33,730
Those are departmentally program

1494
00:46:33,730 --> 00:46:35,730
based dollars.

1495
00:46:35,999 --> 00:46:37,401
Parks, environmental and land

1496
00:46:37,401 --> 00:46:39,801
conservation, outside again of

1497
00:46:39,870 --> 00:46:40,737
their infrastructure surtax

1498
00:46:40,737 --> 00:46:42,706
$13 million.

1499
00:46:42,706 --> 00:46:45,800
Court services, that's our

1500
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:45,609
operation of court services, our

1501
00:46:45,609 --> 00:46:47,609
employees, $11 million.

1502
00:46:49,647 --> 00:46:50,681
Planning and economic

1503
00:46:50,681 --> 00:46:52,681
development.

1504
00:46:53,316 --> 00:46:53,617
And then animal resources of

1505
00:46:53,617 --> 00:46:55,186
5 million.

1506
00:46:55,186 --> 00:46:57,188
So I think it's important for

1507
00:46:57,188 --> 00:46:58,122
the public to see that

1508
00:46:58,122 --> 00:46:58,689
$133 million is kind of the

1509
00:46:58,689 --> 00:47:00,524
allocation method.

1510
00:47:00,524 --> 00:47:02,260
And again 37 of that is physical

1511
00:47:02,260 --> 00:47:03,590
plant, so you're limited to what

1512
00:47:03,590 --> 00:47:04,929
you can control there.

1513
00:47:04,929 --> 00:47:05,896
So you're under $100 million

1514
00:47:05,896 --> 00:47:07,565
that you're actually allocating

1515
00:47:07,565 --> 00:47:08,332
out to programs and have a lot

1516
00:47:08,332 --> 00:47:09,800
of flexibility over.

1517
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:12,470
So again, we wanted to combine

1518
00:47:12,470 --> 00:47:13,571
the bottom to show the county's

1519
00:47:13,571 --> 00:47:13,871
priorities, the board's

1520
00:47:13,871 --> 00:47:15,871
priorities.

1521
00:47:16,941 --> 00:47:18,409
That is public safety at

1522
00:47:18,409 --> 00:47:19,376
$252 million allocated to public

1523
00:47:19,376 --> 00:47:20,577
safety across the budget and

1524
00:47:20,577 --> 00:47:22,577
roads at $106 million.

1525
00:47:22,746 --> 00:47:24,114
This is just in the '27 budget.

1526
00:47:24,114 --> 00:47:25,449
So I think that's important for

1527
00:47:25,449 --> 00:47:26,584
y'all to understand.

1528
00:47:26,584 --> 00:47:26,984
>> chair: this is really great,

1529
00:47:26,984 --> 00:47:28,285
tommy.

1530
00:47:28,285 --> 00:47:29,920
Really helps with the

1531
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:30,554
transparency of what our budget

1532
00:47:30,554 --> 00:47:32,554
reflects.

1533
00:47:32,756 --> 00:47:33,357
What really stuck out to me is

1534
00:47:33,357 --> 00:47:35,757
$358 million is public safety

1535
00:47:36,193 --> 00:47:37,228
and roads of the 500 billion

1536
00:47:37,228 --> 00:47:38,596
restricted and remaining for

1537
00:47:38,596 --> 00:47:39,396
county operations.

1538
00:47:39,396 --> 00:47:40,497
>> yes, sir.

1539
00:47:40,497 --> 00:47:40,831
>> chair: questions,

1540
00:47:40,831 --> 00:47:41,532
commissioners?

1541
00:47:41,532 --> 00:47:41,799
>> MR. Chair, that concludes my

1542
00:47:41,799 --> 00:47:43,100
comments.

1543
00:47:43,100 --> 00:47:43,467
I'll be happy to answer any

1544
00:47:43,467 --> 00:47:45,467
questions.

1545
00:47:45,836 --> 00:47:46,503
>> chair: any questions,

1546
00:47:46,503 --> 00:47:47,572
commissioners?

1547
00:47:47,572 --> 00:47:47,972
>> wonderful.

1548
00:47:47,972 --> 00:47:48,473
>> chair: okay.

1549
00:47:48,473 --> 00:47:50,408
Tommy, thank you.

1550
00:47:50,408 --> 00:47:51,943
I would now like to go ahead and

1551
00:47:51,943 --> 00:47:53,578
invite citizens to comment on

1552
00:47:53,578 --> 00:47:55,279
the fiscal year 2027 proposed

1553
00:47:55,279 --> 00:47:55,880
millage rates and the tentative

1554
00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:56,614
budget.

1555
00:47:56,614 --> 00:47:57,682
Please come forward to the

1556
00:47:57,682 --> 00:47:58,816
podium if you wish to address

1557
00:47:58,816 --> 00:48:00,816
the board.

1558
00:48:01,190 --> 00:48:01,752
We do request each speaker limit

1559
00:48:01,752 --> 00:48:03,455
comments to three minutes.

1560
00:48:03,455 --> 00:48:04,689
The hearing will continue until

1561
00:48:04,689 --> 00:48:05,856
everyone who wishes to address

1562
00:48:05,856 --> 00:48:07,625
this commission has had an

1563
00:48:07,625 --> 00:48:08,159
opportunity to speak.

1564
00:48:08,159 --> 00:48:09,930
Okay.

1565
00:48:09,930 --> 00:48:11,796
Citizen comments on the budget

1566
00:48:11,796 --> 00:48:14,196
and the tentative millage.

1567
00:48:15,833 --> 00:48:17,936
Going once, going twice.

1568
00:48:17,936 --> 00:48:20,336
>> you skipped the manager.

1569
00:48:23,974 --> 00:48:26,974
>> chair: he just did that.

1570
00:48:27,110 --> 00:48:28,213
We'll go ahead and close public

1571
00:48:28,213 --> 00:48:28,780
comment of the public hearing.

1572
00:48:28,780 --> 00:48:28,946
All right.

1573
00:48:28,946 --> 00:48:30,682
MR.

1574
00:48:30,682 --> 00:48:31,750
Crosby.

1575
00:48:31,750 --> 00:48:34,150
>> MR. Chair, the budget

1576
00:48:35,820 --> 00:48:36,988
documents before you, the fiscal

1577
00:48:36,988 --> 00:48:38,723
year 2027 tentative budget

1578
00:48:38,723 --> 00:48:39,691
includes the changes that were

1579
00:48:39,691 --> 00:48:40,725
described earlier.

1580
00:48:40,725 --> 00:48:42,594
Any additional adjustments to

1581
00:48:42,594 --> 00:48:43,695
the budget can be made by motion

1582
00:48:43,695 --> 00:48:44,429
at this time.

1583
00:48:44,429 --> 00:48:46,429
>> chair: all right.

1584
00:48:46,998 --> 00:48:47,232
Any adjustments by the board?

1585
00:48:47,232 --> 00:48:49,232
Okay.

1586
00:48:49,734 --> 00:48:50,869
Seeing none, MS. Lieberman.

1587
00:48:50,869 --> 00:48:52,869
>> I'm just kidding.

1588
00:48:56,410 --> 00:48:56,307
I just like to give a scare.

1589
00:48:56,307 --> 00:48:58,210
[Laughter]

1590
00:48:58,210 --> 00:49:01,210
>> chair: not nice for a

1591
00:49:01,646 --> 00:49:02,346
commissioner in her 8th year.

1592
00:49:02,346 --> 00:49:04,282
Okay.

1593
00:49:04,282 --> 00:49:04,582
MS. Lieberman you are

1594
00:49:04,582 --> 00:49:05,383
recognized.

1595
00:49:05,383 --> 00:49:07,552
>> florida statutes require the

1596
00:49:07,552 --> 00:49:09,854
name of the taxing authority,

1597
00:49:09,854 --> 00:49:10,788
the millage rate to be levied,

1598
00:49:10,788 --> 00:49:11,390
the rolled-back rate and

1599
00:49:11,390 --> 00:49:13,390
percentage change over

1600
00:49:13,392 --> 00:49:13,792
rolled-back rate be publicly

1601
00:49:13,792 --> 00:49:15,494
announced.

1602
00:49:15,494 --> 00:49:16,940
Accordingly, the alachua county

1603
00:49:16,940 --> 00:49:17,696
board of county commissioners

1604
00:49:17,696 --> 00:49:20,696
has determined that a proposed

1605
00:49:20,932 --> 00:49:22,667
millage rate of 7.2107 mills is

1606
00:49:22,667 --> 00:49:23,468
necessary to fund the tentative

1607
00:49:23,468 --> 00:49:25,468
general county budget.

1608
00:49:25,971 --> 00:49:27,973
The proposed millage rate

1609
00:49:27,973 --> 00:49:30,373
represents a 0% increase over

1610
00:49:31,310 --> 00:49:31,876
the rolled-back rate of 7.2107

1611
00:49:31,876 --> 00:49:32,277
mills.

1612
00:49:32,277 --> 00:49:33,945
>> chair: okay.

1613
00:49:33,945 --> 00:49:34,446
Mary, you want to get us

1614
00:49:34,446 --> 00:49:34,746
started?

1615
00:49:34,746 --> 00:49:36,746
>> yeah.

1616
00:49:38,216 --> 00:49:41,216
I move adoption of resolution

1617
00:49:41,553 --> 00:49:43,953
2026-59 establishing the fiscal

1618
00:49:43,989 --> 00:49:44,890
year 2027 proposed general

1619
00:49:44,890 --> 00:49:45,224
county millage rates.

1620
00:49:45,224 --> 00:49:45,857
>> second.

1621
00:49:45,857 --> 00:49:47,593
>> chair: motion and second.

1622
00:49:47,593 --> 00:49:49,395
Any discussion?

1623
00:49:49,395 --> 00:49:50,763
All those in favor, say aye.

1624
00:49:50,763 --> 00:49:51,620
[Ayes]

1625
00:49:51,620 --> 00:49:53,620
Any opposed?

1626
00:49:57,690 --> 00:50:00,690
That motion is unanimous anna.

1627
00:50:01,407 --> 00:50:04,143
>> I move that we adopt the 2027

1628
00:50:04,143 --> 00:50:04,710
tentative general county budget.

1629
00:50:04,710 --> 00:50:06,312
>> second.

1630
00:50:06,312 --> 00:50:06,545
>> chair: motion and couple of

1631
00:50:06,545 --> 00:50:07,779
seconds.

1632
00:50:07,779 --> 00:50:09,247
All those in favor, say aye.

1633
00:50:09,247 --> 00:50:10,182
[Ayes]

1634
00:50:10,182 --> 00:50:12,182
Any opposed?

1635
00:50:12,584 --> 00:50:13,452
That passes unanimously

1636
00:50:13,452 --> 00:50:14,320
MS. Lieberman.

1637
00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:15,200
>> the rolled-back rate and the

1638
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:16,856
percentage change over

1639
00:50:16,856 --> 00:50:17,523
rolled-back rate be publicly

1640
00:50:17,523 --> 00:50:18,857
announced.

1641
00:50:18,857 --> 00:50:19,524
Accordingly, the alachua county

1642
00:50:19,524 --> 00:50:21,227
board of county commissioners

1643
00:50:21,227 --> 00:50:24,227
has determined that a proposed

1644
00:50:25,731 --> 00:50:27,366
millage rate of 3.5678 mills for

1645
00:50:27,366 --> 00:50:28,167
the municipal service taxing

1646
00:50:28,167 --> 00:50:30,336
unit law enforcement is required

1647
00:50:30,336 --> 00:50:31,804
to fund the tentative municipal

1648
00:50:31,804 --> 00:50:32,438
service taxing unit law

1649
00:50:32,438 --> 00:50:33,839
enforcement budget.

1650
00:50:33,839 --> 00:50:36,239
The tentative millage rate

1651
00:50:36,776 --> 00:50:39,176
represents an increase of 5.47%

1652
00:50:41,514 --> 00:50:42,481
over the rolled-back rate of

1653
00:50:42,481 --> 00:50:44,481
3.3829 mills.

1654
00:50:46,184 --> 00:50:49,184
>> move the adoption of the

1655
00:50:49,288 --> 00:50:51,288
resolution 2026-61 establishing

1656
00:50:52,758 --> 00:50:54,626
fy27 proposed municipal service

1657
00:50:54,626 --> 00:50:55,628
taxing unit, law enforcement

1658
00:50:55,628 --> 00:50:56,295
millage rate.

1659
00:50:56,295 --> 00:50:57,363
>> econd.

1660
00:50:57,363 --> 00:50:57,930
>> chair: motion and a second.

1661
00:50:57,930 --> 00:50:58,231
All those in favor, say aye.

1662
00:50:58,231 --> 00:51:00,231
[Ayes]

1663
00:51:00,766 --> 00:51:02,766
Any opposed?

1664
00:51:02,935 --> 00:51:04,837
That motion is unanimous.

1665
00:51:04,837 --> 00:51:05,104
Commissioner wheeler.

1666
00:51:05,104 --> 00:51:07,104
>> okay.

1667
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:10,400
Move adoption of resolution

1668
00:51:10,276 --> 00:51:12,276
2026-62, adopting changed

1669
00:51:12,445 --> 00:51:14,547
revenue estimates in the fiscal

1670
00:51:14,547 --> 00:51:16,547
year 2027 tentative municipal

1671
00:51:16,782 --> 00:51:18,151
service taxing unit law

1672
00:51:18,151 --> 00:51:18,785
enforcement budget.

1673
00:51:18,785 --> 00:51:19,652
>> second.

1674
00:51:19,652 --> 00:51:20,720
>> chair: motion and a second.

1675
00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:20,920
All those in favor, say aye.

1676
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:21,454
[Ayes]

1677
00:51:21,454 --> 00:51:23,560
Any opposed?

1678
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:24,156
That motion is unanimous.

1679
00:51:24,156 --> 00:51:25,758
Okay.

1680
00:51:25,758 --> 00:51:26,793
This concludes the tentative

1681
00:51:26,793 --> 00:51:27,894
budget hearing.

1682
00:51:27,894 --> 00:51:29,863
Reminder the second and final

1683
00:51:29,863 --> 00:51:31,865
public hearing will be held

1684
00:51:31,865 --> 00:51:34,265
tuesday SEPTEMBER 22nd right

1685
00:51:36,202 --> 00:51:37,300
here 5:01 in the alachua county

1686
00:51:37,300 --> 00:51:38,438
building.

1687
00:51:38,438 --> 00:51:41,174
12 southeast first street on the

1688
00:51:41,174 --> 00:51:43,430
second floor.

1689
00:51:43,430 --> 00:51:44,511
And I believe that concludes our

1690
00:51:44,511 --> 00:51:45,178
business for the night.

1691
00:51:45,178 --> 00:51:45,745
Tommy, great job.

1692
00:51:45,745 --> 00:51:47,113
Thank you.

1693
00:51:47,113 --> 00:51:47,814
We'll see you again in a couple

1694
00:51:47,814 --> 00:51:49,814
of weeks.