1 00:00:04,150 --> 00:00:08,490 All right. I was in follow. We need to work towards the especially the Belk County 2 00:00:08,490 --> 00:00:10,330 Commission's for four wins. The honest. 3 00:00:10,590 --> 00:00:14,590 The question is rise for the indication of the vice president in the budget. 4 00:00:14,590 --> 00:00:15,530 So the question runs. 5 00:00:16,290 --> 00:00:16,590 Right. 6 00:00:16,870 --> 00:00:20,570 Well, it's a question. I'm going to thank you for the study. Thank you for adding 7 00:00:20,570 --> 00:00:24,430 bless us and now you take care of us, Lord. I actually just to forgive us when we fall short. 8 00:00:24,770 --> 00:00:27,710 And we would listen to you and seek your direction and everything we do. 9 00:00:27,710 --> 00:00:29,870 and it makes us much better, 10 00:00:30,150 --> 00:00:31,510 pleasure for us to live in this day. 11 00:00:31,670 --> 00:00:32,630 Well, thank you for loving us. 12 00:00:32,750 --> 00:00:33,810 It's in Jesus' name, threat. 13 00:00:34,090 --> 00:00:34,250 Amen. 14 00:00:36,110 --> 00:00:38,290 I would certainly be interested in why 15 00:00:38,790 --> 00:00:40,450 I'm the United States of America 16 00:00:41,050 --> 00:00:43,530 and consider about it before we just say this. 17 00:00:43,990 --> 00:00:45,730 One nation can have a lot of 18 00:00:45,730 --> 00:00:48,850 and it is for the liberty of justice, for all. 19 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:52,270 One nation can have a lot of 20 00:00:52,270 --> 00:00:53,650 the needs to be in justice, 21 00:00:53,650 --> 00:00:57,090 on the state on the agenda. 22 00:00:57,570 --> 00:00:57,570 Thank 23 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:04,220 you, Josh. 24 00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:11,060 The next item on agenda is presentation of the FY 2027 budget. 25 00:01:11,860 --> 00:01:12,400 Oh, my. 26 00:01:14,180 --> 00:01:17,300 And if you pull that up on the stream right now, 27 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:18,780 I think that's in your slides. 28 00:01:22,260 --> 00:01:24,280 And then following that, we'll have a public hearing 29 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,580 on the tax rates for budget. 30 00:01:27,580 --> 00:01:31,720 about any budget that we wrote for you to ask. 31 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:37,360 All right, well, commissioners, I was in attendance online. 32 00:01:38,180 --> 00:01:44,800 We did a presentation of the budget and our, I think it was our last meeting on the 10th. 33 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:45,820 Yes, August 10th. 34 00:01:45,820 --> 00:01:46,820 I think I get those dates. 35 00:01:46,820 --> 00:01:48,040 Maybe I'll be counting here shortly. 36 00:01:48,660 --> 00:01:50,180 But we did a presentation on August 10th. 37 00:01:50,460 --> 00:01:53,920 I think this is the abbreviated version of that presentation. 38 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:59,820 Again, the hearing tonight, the public hearing tonight is on the proposed tax rates, which 39 00:01:59,820 --> 00:02:04,620 the county sets, as you'll hear in just a moment, we set two tax rates, both the county 40 00:02:04,620 --> 00:02:08,600 what's called the bell county tax rate and then the road of the bridge tax rate for bell county. 41 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:15,840 Those are two separate tax rates for legal purposes and statutory notification purposes under state 42 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:21,040 legislation. Those are combined in our notice process and we'll talk about that. I'll talk about that. 43 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,440 All right, next slide, please. 44 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:24,280 Or do I have a comment? 45 00:02:24,780 --> 00:02:30,160 So, this is a public hearing on the proposed tax rates 46 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:30,740 as far as said. 47 00:02:30,860 --> 00:02:32,620 There is no action that we take tonight. 48 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,200 Only a public hearing, the action items will follow 49 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,980 on Monday, August 24th. 50 00:02:39,180 --> 00:02:41,340 And that's the date the court has set to vote 51 00:02:41,340 --> 00:02:45,280 on the both tax rates, as well as the point 52 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,080 in terms of the next slide. 53 00:02:50,980 --> 00:02:57,120 And I really can't read any of that right now, but I think that's our budget calendar. 54 00:02:58,060 --> 00:03:02,760 The calendar is what we begin working on in February of every year. 55 00:03:03,020 --> 00:03:08,440 It usually takes us six, seven, eight months as we go through that process to work toward 56 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,940 in the August when we adopt our budget. 57 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:17,580 And really, I think, I just put that up there just to show you that the process we take to 58 00:03:17,580 --> 00:03:24,480 get to this evening and to get to Monday is not something we did in one meeting or two 59 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:30,900 meetings or three meetings. It's many many many hours and I want to say thanks to the commissioners 60 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:36,080 for the hours that they had put in on working on budget actually once they thanks to our apartment 61 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:40,520 heads, our elected officials who are integral in that process also and certainly to our 62 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,760 Ardor's office, Tina and Christine for their work on the budget as we go through. 63 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:47,520 Yes. 64 00:03:49,660 --> 00:03:54,440 There is the notice published in the paper that notice is required by state law. 65 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,080 And again, I apologize. I had some high surgery yesterday. 66 00:03:59,220 --> 00:04:02,600 So I can see there's people out there, but that's about all I can see. 67 00:04:03,740 --> 00:04:05,120 So I certainly can't read that. 68 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:20,060 I had a driver. My driver is present. So that's the notice that the public hearing was published. I won't go over that again. 69 00:04:20,180 --> 00:04:29,160 It's in the paper. And I think we put these on our website, these presentations on our website after these presentations. So you can look at it for a measure if you didn't see it in the newspaper. 70 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:35,860 It's also known that the notice that's required, again, it identifies what we're 71 00:04:35,860 --> 00:04:38,380 statutorily required to post or publish. 72 00:04:41,260 --> 00:04:45,020 Here's what the state dictated notice doesn't really tell you though. 73 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:51,600 The state notices or, you know, I plug the legislature for wanting to ensure that your local 74 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:56,040 government process is both the school district and county and the city and all our special 75 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:57,720 districts are as transparent as possible. 76 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,740 but I've never really thought that those notices do a whole lot in terms of 77 00:05:01,740 --> 00:05:05,420 informing or educating our residents about what's really happening. 78 00:05:06,220 --> 00:05:08,880 With your tax rates or with your budget this is very... 79 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,480 The counter, as I said, when I started, it sets two separate tax rates. 80 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,440 One of them, I call the general fund tax rate. One of them is the road of 81 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:21,720 bridge tax rate. The general fund tax rate is what most of you are probably 82 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,440 most familiar with and you can associate with. 83 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,980 with that's our maintenance operations fund, primary fund, 84 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,100 and it funds things like the Sheriff's Department, 85 00:05:30,380 --> 00:05:33,140 which is our largest single expenditure in the budget, 86 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:34,380 is the Sheriff's Office. 87 00:05:35,660 --> 00:05:38,140 That's nothing new, that's not new to this budget, 88 00:05:38,340 --> 00:05:39,620 it wasn't new to the last budget, 89 00:05:40,020 --> 00:05:43,620 and I suspect it's been that way for decade upon decade 90 00:05:43,620 --> 00:05:44,280 upon decade. 91 00:05:45,060 --> 00:05:48,180 The public safety is a high, high priority, 92 00:05:48,420 --> 00:05:50,580 and it's also a high, high mandate by the state 93 00:05:50,580 --> 00:05:52,960 that counties provide public safety services 94 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,560 in the J.O.'s, the single-business fence in the Sheriff's Department. 95 00:05:57,140 --> 00:05:57,740 Our Sheriff's Department. 96 00:05:59,380 --> 00:06:00,820 The courts are also in that budget. 97 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:06,240 So the district courts are kind of court law courts, kind of court law courts, kind of 98 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:06,860 J.P. courts. 99 00:06:07,220 --> 00:06:10,680 They're all expenses in the general fund budget associated with all the courts. 100 00:06:11,100 --> 00:06:16,620 And the criminal justice system and the administration of that, because the state has 101 00:06:16,620 --> 00:06:21,800 with that requirement along the county government that we administer those courts, 102 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:27,300 or have those courts in place, and that we fund the line share of costs in the criminal 103 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:33,260 justice system at the level level. And that's the your property taxes primary. Sales tax is 104 00:06:33,260 --> 00:06:36,980 involved, those are two big square minutes sources, property taxes, sales tax, and the primary 105 00:06:36,980 --> 00:06:50,180 response. The general fund tax rate is currently set at 3128, 3128. It is proposed to increase 106 00:06:50,180 --> 00:07:01,020 to 3167. That's the general fund. That's an increase of 0.0039 cents. So very, very small 107 00:07:01,020 --> 00:07:09,880 percent increase relative to the overall increase is associated with the county tax rate. 108 00:07:12,100 --> 00:07:15,900 More of what the state dictated, notice doesn't want to tell you, the road in this road 109 00:07:15,900 --> 00:07:22,140 and bridge district tax. Currently, that tax rate harshly supports road and bridge maintenance 110 00:07:22,140 --> 00:07:30,500 operations. Historically, the road and bridge district tax rate has funded about 50% of the 111 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:38,900 cost associated with road and bridge activities across the county. And 50% of it has been subsidized 112 00:07:39,540 --> 00:07:44,980 by the general property tax rate or the general fund rates. And that's been that way also 113 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:52,460 for decades and decades and decades. This year for the first time that I'm aware of anyway 114 00:07:52,980 --> 00:07:58,360 in the history of the county, the commissioners court asked that that tax rate, the road and 115 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:07,380 bridge factory fully support and fully fund road and bridge operations. Again, that has never 116 00:08:07,380 --> 00:08:12,620 occurred because the general fund has always been subsidized. So your current road and bridge, 117 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:18,440 current road district tax will just use the short version. Road district tax is a little less than 118 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:22,280 the two cents per hundred dollars valuation, 0.0199. 119 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:29,800 The proposed increase is to 0.0 or 6.8. 120 00:08:30,020 --> 00:08:34,840 This is like the eye chart, 0.0 or 6.8. 121 00:08:35,180 --> 00:08:38,540 So that's an increase of about a little more than two cents, 122 00:08:38,980 --> 00:08:42,320 which is substantial percentage increase. 123 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,580 But in terms of tenions on the tax rate, 124 00:08:45,580 --> 00:08:51,920 It's a relatively small amount when you consider and we'll show you a slide shortly about what your school district taxes are 125 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,820 What's your city taxes are and what other county taxes are? 126 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,540 And you'll see they're all substantially higher than that 127 00:09:00,620 --> 00:09:01,140 So 128 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:06,020 What is the other factor there's actually two other factors? 129 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:10,780 I don't think I have a slide on the other factor, but there's two other factors besides your tax rate 130 00:09:10,780 --> 00:09:15,740 that causes property taxes in which you pay a property taxes to increase. 131 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:22,720 Those two factors that can cause one of them is certainly the tax rate that the entity sets. 132 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:28,880 So when the county sets a tax rate, or the school district, or the city, or a clear water, or the college, 133 00:09:29,340 --> 00:09:32,680 or wherever the tax community is, they set a tax rate. 134 00:09:33,580 --> 00:09:39,860 But none of those entities, in Belk County anyway, assess the value of the property. 135 00:09:39,860 --> 00:09:41,860 that's done by the appraisal district. 136 00:09:42,180 --> 00:09:44,480 The appraisal district is an entity separate 137 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:45,680 and apart from the county. 138 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,460 They have their own processes that they go through, 139 00:09:49,620 --> 00:09:50,760 they have their own board of directors 140 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,560 and that is the one that sets the value of the property. 141 00:09:55,200 --> 00:10:00,460 And those two factors are what I call the transparent factors 142 00:10:01,020 --> 00:10:03,360 or what you're paying property taxes. 143 00:10:03,740 --> 00:10:04,700 So it's not just about the right, 144 00:10:04,860 --> 00:10:06,480 it's also about the value of property. 145 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:11,560 when those two are combined, you get the direct rate for what's your property tax. 146 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:17,620 There's a third factor I would submit to you that's involved in how much you paid property 147 00:10:17,620 --> 00:10:24,620 taxes and that's what the state requires fund public education and what the state requires 148 00:10:24,620 --> 00:10:33,900 to fund public education is not necessarily the most transparent fact because the state will 149 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:40,320 will tell appraisal districts how they need to appraise property in order to meet state 150 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,280 funds, state requirements for education. 151 00:10:43,260 --> 00:10:46,000 That process is not transparent in my opinion. 152 00:10:46,140 --> 00:10:52,380 That process is not transparent at all, but it is a factor of the process of how much money 153 00:10:52,380 --> 00:10:54,240 the state needs on public education. 154 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:59,120 So if your property values are increased by the appraisal district, even if the county 155 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:05,080 where to decrease the tax rate, you could see a tax, a property tax in your bill, property 156 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:09,020 tax bill increase, because the values might not be even if the tax rate looked down. 157 00:11:10,420 --> 00:11:11,800 So you always have to look at both of those. 158 00:11:13,830 --> 00:11:17,690 But what did property values do or what do we think they have done? 159 00:11:18,670 --> 00:11:25,690 This chart goes over the past, over the 10 years or so, and if you look at the bars on 160 00:11:25,690 --> 00:11:32,130 like graph to see increased significant increases in assessed values over the past 10 years or so. 161 00:11:34,010 --> 00:11:40,170 Notwithstanding the current year, FY27, or at least what's projected for an FY27, 162 00:11:41,050 --> 00:11:47,370 and that is, I think, again, I don't remember the numbers, but I think it's the smallest increase 163 00:11:47,370 --> 00:11:50,190 in assessed values that we've seen on the chart. 164 00:11:52,210 --> 00:11:55,130 So, and then there's another box on the very bottom 165 00:11:55,130 --> 00:12:00,090 there that I can't read either. So somebody have to read that for me, but there's two factors 166 00:12:00,090 --> 00:12:06,630 in assessed values. One of them is the reappraisables. In other words, the existing property is reappraised, 167 00:12:06,730 --> 00:12:11,090 and the value goes up. And the other is new value, something that was built brand new, and that's 168 00:12:11,090 --> 00:12:17,210 values added to the tax role of this year. Historically, and again, I'll ask the auditor 169 00:12:17,210 --> 00:12:22,050 correct me from the state this, but historically over the past several years, reappraisables have been 170 00:12:22,050 --> 00:12:24,470 and a pretty significant in terms of the new value 171 00:12:25,050 --> 00:12:29,830 and our new assessment, taxable assessment values. 172 00:12:30,270 --> 00:12:34,650 And the new value added was not as much or less than 173 00:12:34,650 --> 00:12:36,710 the reappraisal value that's added. 174 00:12:37,050 --> 00:12:40,990 I think in this current year, in this FY27 process, 175 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,630 we actually saw new values increase pretty significantly 176 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,850 and reappraisals, reappraisals, 177 00:12:47,850 --> 00:12:54,350 actually went down. That is also something that is not ordinary, or at least it has not been 178 00:12:54,350 --> 00:13:00,830 ordinary for many, many years. And that's either good or bad, necessarily. It's just what your 179 00:13:00,830 --> 00:13:04,850 president district information we have that we get from them this year. 180 00:13:08,450 --> 00:13:09,710 Also, what we're going to 181 00:13:09,710 --> 00:13:17,010 talk about tax rates. I don't like to talk about those in a vacuum because if you ask anybody in a 182 00:13:17,010 --> 00:13:23,830 vacuum if the tax rates are high, I've never gotten an answer other than yes, it doesn't matter. 183 00:13:24,410 --> 00:13:31,030 They're always denied. I also think you need to look out of the context of other taxing entities 184 00:13:32,750 --> 00:13:39,250 because that's important. You should not look at them in vacuum. The bell county column is 185 00:13:39,250 --> 00:13:45,690 highlighted there in the gray box or bluish gray box and then you see city of temple, city of 186 00:13:45,690 --> 00:13:50,010 clean, city of Belton, city of Harcar Heights, the school districts, the three largest 187 00:13:50,010 --> 00:13:54,670 school districts are on the bottom left, the Temple of Belton and Colleen, and then 188 00:13:54,670 --> 00:14:00,370 on the bottom right is the percentage of a tax bill for Belcanon depending upon which 189 00:14:00,370 --> 00:14:02,530 school district you live in and which city you live in. 190 00:14:03,590 --> 00:14:13,910 And historically, your share of the accounting property tax that you pay, that share of your 191 00:14:13,910 --> 00:14:23,130 total tax bill, historically ranges between, I want to say it was 16 and 25 percent, 18 and 23. 192 00:14:23,350 --> 00:14:31,670 18 and 23, between 18 and 23 percent. So the vast majority of any property owners tax bill, 193 00:14:31,670 --> 00:14:37,650 if you live in a temple-calling health or highest or out into county, and in English school districts, 194 00:14:37,650 --> 00:14:42,870 is going to be another taxing entity. Usually it's two other taxing entities. 195 00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:48,490 that have a much higher rate of value as we did. 196 00:14:50,510 --> 00:14:51,790 Again, there are asterisks on there. 197 00:14:51,950 --> 00:14:53,330 I think the asterisks on there usually 198 00:14:53,330 --> 00:14:56,670 are just to indicate what one thing their current rate is 199 00:14:56,670 --> 00:14:58,730 and if you know what their proposed rate is. 200 00:14:58,930 --> 00:14:59,670 And on some entities. 201 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:10,980 And some may not have yet. But this is the post tax rate for the FY 2021 budget for both the Bell 202 00:15:10,980 --> 00:15:19,540 County and the road district rate. I receive current rate at 31.28, the current road district 203 00:15:19,540 --> 00:15:30,560 tax at the less than two cents for the total of $33.27 and in the proposed rate for 204 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:39,820 bell counting is $0.3167 and then the road district and it's about $0.4, more than $0.336.35. 205 00:15:39,820 --> 00:15:48,660 some changes, the known revenue rate, and the voter approval rate, which is in the bottom 206 00:15:48,660 --> 00:15:53,340 right side, and those are all published also. 207 00:15:54,680 --> 00:16:04,880 This is the history chart for a property tax rates, and you'll see since 2017, I think 208 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:09,740 I remember the chart show, but just about every year I've been able to drop the tax rate 209 00:16:09,740 --> 00:16:16,160 I think there's been a couple of years when this being one of those years, in terms of 210 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:16,880 total tax rate. 211 00:16:17,380 --> 00:16:22,500 I think the other year was when we added a significant number of jailers as a result. 212 00:16:23,420 --> 00:16:30,100 And we opened up the new each-banded part of the jail and had a higher 50 or 60 different 213 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:31,120 positions there. 214 00:16:31,580 --> 00:16:34,080 And that also necessitated some grease right away. 215 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,300 So what's the tax rate of back on an average home value? 216 00:16:41,860 --> 00:16:45,440 You'll see the 2026 rate and the 2027 approach rate. 217 00:16:45,820 --> 00:16:47,920 There are two assumptions that are important on the chart. 218 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,760 One of them is that the average taxable home value is to 1978. 219 00:16:55,060 --> 00:16:56,520 Your home may be more than that. 220 00:16:56,660 --> 00:16:57,280 Your home may be less. 221 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,460 But that's the average taxable home value in the county right now. 222 00:17:01,460 --> 00:17:06,020 and the appraise of value from 2026 did not change. 223 00:17:06,780 --> 00:17:09,600 Those two assumptions, if those two assumptions are made 224 00:17:10,120 --> 00:17:14,400 then under the proposed tax rates, 225 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,460 there would be an increase of $5.64 a month 226 00:17:18,460 --> 00:17:20,480 on your county tax bill. 227 00:17:23,830 --> 00:17:25,870 We also look at, and I know I'm all the stuff, 228 00:17:26,270 --> 00:17:29,010 we also look at the surrounding county tax rates. 229 00:17:29,290 --> 00:17:31,130 I forgot how many of you are on the screen there, 230 00:17:31,130 --> 00:17:36,230 but there's 12, 13, 14, 15 different counties around Bell County. 231 00:17:36,770 --> 00:17:40,590 We look at what their current tax rates are, and if we know what the proposed tax rates are, 232 00:17:40,890 --> 00:17:48,950 we need those on-screen. And, you know, get read all those right now, but I think what it shows, 233 00:17:49,250 --> 00:17:56,170 what it historically has shown is that your Bell County tax rate is still one of the lowest 234 00:17:56,170 --> 00:18:00,430 tax rates in the region and certainly around around us. 235 00:18:02,990 --> 00:18:04,050 And that was the last slide I got. 236 00:18:04,690 --> 00:18:15,770 So, um, the missioners, any questions, comments? We'd like to make the floor open the public hearing. 237 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:23,940 This sector is talking about here. We approved is the preliminary tax rate, 238 00:18:23,940 --> 00:18:29,540 which can be proved that can no longer go up, but still can come in that. 239 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:38,880 That is correct. This is what we're setting tonight is to propose something to these call it the preliminary tax rate. 240 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:48,880 Once you set this rate, you cannot go above that rate marching toward, but we can go lower than that if you choose. 241 00:18:48,880 --> 00:19:01,520 So just know, as you know, I know you know this, but the public, if the court said the budget that we've talked about discussed so far is based on this tax rate. 242 00:19:01,940 --> 00:19:14,200 So if we did decide if the court didn't side on money to lower the tax rate, which we could do, there would have to be some corresponding cuts in the budget making. 243 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:20,100 which is something else I say usually in all the budget proceedings as we are not the federal government. 244 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:24,160 We did not print money, which means our budget has to balance. 245 00:19:24,780 --> 00:19:27,180 There is no choice to work the balance. 246 00:19:27,540 --> 00:19:31,040 So we just have to be aware of that. 247 00:19:31,300 --> 00:19:33,020 I don't give commissioners very much aware of that. 248 00:19:33,260 --> 00:19:41,400 But if any lowering the factory from what we said today would require also lowering expenditures. 249 00:19:44,130 --> 00:19:47,190 Any other questions or comments before I open the public area? 250 00:19:51,810 --> 00:19:51,930 All right. 251 00:19:52,310 --> 00:19:53,630 All right. 252 00:19:53,810 --> 00:20:05,610 At this time, the next item on our agenda is to conduct a public hearing on the proposed FY27 tax rates for the Vell County budget, the County Road district tax. 253 00:20:07,070 --> 00:20:10,470 I have one for those that have here for this item. 254 00:20:10,990 --> 00:20:14,990 But what we ask you to do is fill out a public participation form. 255 00:20:15,150 --> 00:20:19,930 I have one person who has filled this out, but if you fill one of these out, I'll call 256 00:20:19,930 --> 00:20:26,230 your name and ask you to come forward, state your name, your general area of residency, 257 00:20:26,550 --> 00:20:30,410 and you'll have five minutes to make whatever comments that you would like to make relative 258 00:20:30,410 --> 00:20:34,970 to the tax rates, and that will be it. 259 00:20:36,570 --> 00:20:40,390 If there's someone else who would like to speak, again, if you would fill out the phones that 260 00:20:40,390 --> 00:20:41,890 that we've got this, we can keep all of these, 261 00:20:42,030 --> 00:20:44,210 they go in as part of the record, right? 262 00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:46,690 At this time, I'll open the public hearing 263 00:20:46,690 --> 00:20:49,070 and you're gonna call on the specie guard. 264 00:20:51,330 --> 00:20:52,890 I'm sorry, that's fine. 265 00:20:53,090 --> 00:20:54,670 That's okay, it's all gonna be good. 266 00:20:55,450 --> 00:20:58,230 It's all fun, so thank you, thank you. 267 00:20:58,450 --> 00:20:58,850 Welcome. 268 00:20:59,470 --> 00:21:02,950 Thank you, thank you, I don't know. 269 00:21:04,250 --> 00:21:07,350 You know, I don't know how long students sit down 270 00:21:18,590 --> 00:21:23,490 I don't know. I've kind of given up on what I can figure out about what temples do. 271 00:21:23,610 --> 00:21:25,730 And so I'm going to come back a little bit. I guess. 272 00:21:26,910 --> 00:21:30,790 Okay. So I'm not sure you're trying to decrease. 273 00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:36,450 for the road and bridge and set ready for the first time in history. 274 00:21:38,910 --> 00:21:44,410 You've been giving about $5 million or so to that out of the general fund, 275 00:21:44,910 --> 00:21:47,970 but this tax is only going to raise 3.2. 276 00:21:52,010 --> 00:21:53,390 I thought I had a slide. 277 00:21:53,910 --> 00:21:54,730 I did not make it in there. 278 00:21:55,370 --> 00:21:56,790 It's in the budget presentation. 279 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,120 You see if I can remember it. 280 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:08,140 in the state clearly is probably more like $7 million that came out of the general fund 281 00:22:08,140 --> 00:22:20,760 to the road bridge and he also can remember each penny is what about $3.8, $3.9 million 282 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:28,360 per penny but it went from two pennies to almost four pennies. 283 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:58,340 So what are you planning on doing with that money that you will no longer be spending on 284 00:22:58,340 --> 00:23:04,700 general fund and funding road we were still spending the money and road of 285 00:23:04,700 --> 00:23:09,640 rich but we were taking it from general fund and filling it in road of 286 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,860 rich and making it whole and so really we're just 287 00:23:12,860 --> 00:23:16,900 moving the money word where you spend it we're still spending it over here 288 00:23:16,900 --> 00:23:21,700 general fund and moving it over okay and so we took the money out of general 289 00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:26,160 fund and put it where we spend it and and it's saying and 290 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:37,460 broke the bridge. That makes sense. So three, so that money which equals approximately 3.2 million. 291 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:42,160 No, it's like like seven and a half million. Two pennies. 292 00:23:43,620 --> 00:23:53,040 Right. Okay, according to the, according to the news article, it said that Tina said that it would 293 00:23:53,040 --> 00:24:00,880 generate this new revenue would generate $3.2 million per rodent bridge. Is that 294 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,000 interesting? That's not accurate. 295 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:15,080 I'm going to say I'll have to make a moment for just a second. But what I'd like for you 296 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,820 to do is if you've got some other questions or comments, go ahead and make those. 297 00:24:18,060 --> 00:24:26,760 Okay, so how much is rodent bridge spending now? I mean what was the budget 298 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,220 last year is compared to what they wanted to spend for this next year. 299 00:24:33,260 --> 00:24:40,300 The expenditures are about the same. So let me just talk in general. The personnel for 300 00:24:40,300 --> 00:24:46,080 road and bridge were in general fund up until what we're going to do for next year. So general 301 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:52,000 fund tax was paying for those personnel and the precinct funds were only paying for the material 302 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:57,380 equipment and things like that. So we're trying to make road and bridge hole. So we're moving 303 00:24:57,380 --> 00:25:03,840 those expenditures over and because we're doing that we have to raise the road and bridge tax 304 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:13,640 to cover those expenditures if that makes sense. But the last couple of years we've budgeted 305 00:25:15,540 --> 00:25:21,480 expenditures more than the revenue and we were using fund balance to cover those in the precincts. 306 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,160 and trying to get some of the road work done, 307 00:25:24,820 --> 00:25:26,180 but we can't do that forever. 308 00:25:26,660 --> 00:25:30,340 So this is, the increase is going to cover making that whole, 309 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:31,920 if that makes sense. 310 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:34,160 Okay, all right. 311 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,400 So instead of the general fund ever donating basically 312 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,900 money to road and bridge, everything is just going to be in. 313 00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:48,640 Run bridge tax will pay for run bridge activities. 314 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:54,860 Okay. And general fund tax will pay for public safety or okay. All right. 315 00:26:02,130 --> 00:26:12,370 Okay. So which expenses that are paid for through the general fund are going to move to the personnel personnel personnel and benefits. Okay. All right. 316 00:26:12,610 --> 00:26:20,800 All right. That makes sense. So how much will that reduce the general fund? 317 00:26:22,820 --> 00:26:30,280 It reduced the general fund, I believe about 4 million, it was about 7, 8 million for 318 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:34,800 personnel, but then there was 3 million of road and bridge tax that's collected by the 319 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:40,180 tax assessor, so the net of that is what's moving, so it's about 4, 5 million. 320 00:26:40,180 --> 00:26:41,180 and so 321 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,600 that's 4.5 million just for the general 322 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,000 son to play with. 323 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:50,580 Sorry. 324 00:26:52,780 --> 00:26:55,860 But we're we're still raising the overall rate 325 00:26:55,860 --> 00:26:56,840 the combined rate. 326 00:26:57,860 --> 00:26:59,840 Three cents. 327 00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:00,260 Three cents. 328 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,180 No, but yes, but one set of that is just to get us 329 00:27:03,180 --> 00:27:03,820 another revenue. 330 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:06,920 The other two are actual increase in revenue. 331 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,760 Our mental rate is our we had to increase the rate 332 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,160 almost depending just to get to no to no new river. 333 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,960 Okay. What's confusing about it is how we have to 334 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:30,100 report it. So we did raise the rate enough to raise new revenue and that new revenue is enough. 335 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:37,440 I don't remember the total amount. The current rate is 3327 and the no new revenue rate is 3463. So not 336 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:42,480 yet any new revenue because the price of valuations actually the price of valuations didn't really go 337 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:47,520 down that there were new exemptions put into place the last legislature that took our 338 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:52,200 taxable valuations down. So to get the same revenue we got the year before we had to raise 339 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:58,660 the tax rate one cent just to get the same revenue we had last year. Then we raised an additional 340 00:27:58,660 --> 00:28:05,180 two cents because we out of our precinct funds were funding a deficit of about five million dollars a year 341 00:28:05,180 --> 00:28:06,900 last year, at least last year, 342 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:08,980 around the previous years. 343 00:28:09,180 --> 00:28:11,120 About five months, $5.5 million. 344 00:28:11,980 --> 00:28:14,040 Instead of raising taxes last year, 345 00:28:14,300 --> 00:28:17,220 we funded that out of our road and bridge, 346 00:28:17,940 --> 00:28:20,620 reserve funds this year, 347 00:28:21,180 --> 00:28:24,300 and at least I was expecting to get additional revenue 348 00:28:24,300 --> 00:28:28,820 off of new profit this year until that tax exemption had occurred 349 00:28:28,820 --> 00:28:31,080 and the unique exception increased dramatically 350 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,740 again this year, which wiped out any new growth 351 00:28:34,740 --> 00:28:39,640 that we would have had to the tuna for about $3.7 million because we had to raise the factory 352 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:45,120 in almost one cent just to recoup it. Okay, so it's always been, but John have always had 353 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:51,340 the separate precincts, they've always had a dedicated spot. Yes, it's always been the 354 00:28:51,340 --> 00:28:57,140 road bridge fund. They just outrew itself and expenses. We never would, again, going back to the, 355 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:03,560 when the legislature changed the law and we could only raise three and a half percent new revenue 356 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:10,800 year without triggering other things, we never increased the road and the bridge rate because 357 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:18,180 if you increase two cents by 0.35%, that's still two cents. You can't really get it there, but 358 00:29:18,180 --> 00:29:22,020 in fact, one year we did increase the bridge, the max we could, which was I think $200,000. 359 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:27,320 Years and years ago, it was one of the first years that came in the play, and it just, it changed 360 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:34,740 a very, very little bit. We hadn't disclosed it as a rate increase, not just a rate increase, 361 00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:40,080 but our maximum rate increase. I don't know, maybe it wouldn't even do it, but I think it's like 362 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:49,200 $50,000. So it's very valuable. It's very valuable. That's 67 years ago, maybe. But so the expenses for 363 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:54,840 Roman Bridge have just gone through the roof in the last five years. COVID, everything is associated with 364 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,780 code with all this then you just you look at what it costable. 365 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:29,420 All the road now, versus what it cost to maintain a road now versus two years, three years, four years, five years ago, it's nearly double. And so, we have augmented that two cent road bridge tax. Pay scroll, all really only paid from materials, anyway, but the materials and the equipment, all that is gotten so expensive, but not only will we before paying for employees out of the general fund, we started to at least this last year, a five million on this and buy materials. 366 00:30:29,420 --> 00:30:36,240 some emotions and machinery. And we just can't sustain that. And so this was the year that we said, 367 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:41,960 hey, let's write size road and bridge. Now that we know we can and not trip all the crazy wires 368 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:48,240 and everything, let's go ahead and call it what it is. But I don't want to, at least right now, 369 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:53,240 at this point, I don't want to say that we're not rates of taxes because we are raising taxes 370 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:58,800 two cents to get two cents worth of new revenue. And that's basically going to offset that $5 million 371 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:05,520 dollars that we were we're already behind okay well that's about the $5 million and then that's 372 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:12,300 we were we were budgeting to use reserves in the in the precinct funds because there were so much 373 00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:17,920 need for the roads but you can only raise so many taxes with the current rate that we had and so 374 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:22,560 we're trying to shore that up and make it whole so we're trying to bring in enough revenue to cover all 375 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:28,400 expenses that need to happen. Okay so from now on general funding will not. We'll have no 376 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:34,120 part of anything in road and bridge. Correct. That's correct. So road and bridge may continue to try to 377 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:40,560 increase taxes to continue and to try to make improvements. If we have to build roads, all this 378 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:44,900 is just remains. We have to build roads in the future. What we like to do is if we ever go to the 379 00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:49,140 people in Bill County and say you want to bond the build new roads, we want to associate that with 380 00:31:49,140 --> 00:31:53,300 the road and bridge tax. And I have that tax to just road and bridge. Okay. That way 381 00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:56,860 is it goes away. It goes away. You're not sticking that general fund. And that may never 382 00:31:56,860 --> 00:32:02,520 go. That's right. Is debt in countries. Can I ask which percent has been in the most money now? 383 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,900 Oh, it's all was. I'm pretty close. I think it's always been my percent. 384 00:32:09,180 --> 00:32:17,920 Three is that I have the roads in the county. Yeah. And so, but that works out. I think we're 385 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:23,820 all relatively happy with where it works. Precinct three pays about half of the cost 386 00:32:23,820 --> 00:32:31,300 of all the equipment of the capital equipment, materials and then we just kind of just share that. 387 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:32,340 We share that. 388 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:33,380 Share that. 389 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:38,420 That's a variety of ways from the number of things that he's precinct has. 390 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:44,660 precinct three has I think the E3, 54% of somewhere in the neighborhood. 391 00:32:44,660 --> 00:32:47,900 to put all the labels in the counter in the other half, 392 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,260 we'll just trigger it once the other three reasons. 393 00:32:51,060 --> 00:32:54,500 We'll stop approving more and more roads 394 00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:57,060 and subdivisions in pre-sake three, please. 395 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:01,000 So we can control that a little bit, okay? 396 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:03,520 I'll take that under bed. 397 00:33:03,860 --> 00:33:04,480 Please do. 398 00:33:05,580 --> 00:33:06,060 Thank you. 399 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:08,500 Any questions, though? 400 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:09,000 Thank you. 401 00:33:14,210 --> 00:33:14,570 Yes. 402 00:33:15,670 --> 00:33:16,750 Well, sorry. 403 00:33:17,170 --> 00:33:17,510 Yes, sir. 404 00:33:17,670 --> 00:33:18,170 Thank you. 405 00:33:19,070 --> 00:33:19,930 Say your name. 406 00:33:20,930 --> 00:33:21,290 January, 407 00:33:21,930 --> 00:33:24,210 and again, I've been pretty, you know, on the time. 408 00:33:24,390 --> 00:33:25,650 We've got just a couple of folks. 409 00:33:26,010 --> 00:33:26,430 Yes, sir. 410 00:33:26,490 --> 00:33:26,810 Thank you. 411 00:33:26,870 --> 00:33:27,050 Thank you for that. 412 00:33:27,250 --> 00:33:27,890 And it's welcome. 413 00:33:28,010 --> 00:33:28,770 Resident and Parker Heights. 414 00:33:30,050 --> 00:33:31,590 So my grandpa was told me. 415 00:33:31,730 --> 00:33:32,010 Yeah. 416 00:33:32,130 --> 00:33:32,230 Yeah. 417 00:33:32,570 --> 00:33:33,350 If you don't ask for it. 418 00:33:33,430 --> 00:33:34,830 So someone's got to ask for it. 419 00:33:34,910 --> 00:33:38,210 So first, first of all, I do want to thank you all for doing this. 420 00:33:38,470 --> 00:33:40,110 I spend a lot of time going out. 421 00:33:40,110 --> 00:33:46,590 And observing, engaging with the tax process throughout the county and many of the other 422 00:33:46,590 --> 00:33:47,850 taxing agencies you talk about. 423 00:33:48,270 --> 00:33:53,970 This is a very impressive forum and I think the only thing at this point to be a little 424 00:33:53,970 --> 00:33:59,430 bit is there are a lot of local folks out there online who talk a lot about everything that's 425 00:33:59,430 --> 00:34:05,470 happening right here and they're not here to talk about getting a lot of really good information 426 00:34:05,470 --> 00:34:13,230 that, quite frankly, everything they're saying is making sense. However, it's a very tough 427 00:34:13,230 --> 00:34:17,490 environment out there right now. And I would tell you that the talking points you gave tonight 428 00:34:17,490 --> 00:34:24,250 are true. It's also the same ones that other taxing entities are giving. I suspect that this 429 00:34:24,250 --> 00:34:29,530 hospital district will give them the very close to it, and we're not talking anymore about the 430 00:34:29,530 --> 00:34:34,150 addition of an extra cup of coffee each month. We're getting close to a car payment at this point. 431 00:34:34,150 --> 00:34:37,730 And for the families of this county, that's that's that's 432 00:34:37,730 --> 00:34:42,790 challenge. And so I think to address this, so my specific 433 00:34:42,790 --> 00:34:45,150 ask I would ask of there and it's the same I've been 434 00:34:45,150 --> 00:34:48,350 given to everyone. I spoke last night, heart crates, I spoke 435 00:34:48,350 --> 00:34:50,350 CTC, my KISD. 436 00:34:52,730 --> 00:34:57,490 I DNN in our rates, I think is what I would ask everyone to do 437 00:34:57,490 --> 00:35:00,290 your best or to stay at the current rate that you're asked. 438 00:35:00,450 --> 00:35:03,430 One of the to whichever is sort of higher, I recognize that 439 00:35:03,430 --> 00:35:08,130 And the way that this is evaluated when the property comes out, when those additions of 440 00:35:08,130 --> 00:35:12,490 property valuation come in, that sort of sets the value you need as the governance 441 00:35:12,490 --> 00:35:18,110 to properly maintain, to service the roads and things we need for good governance. 442 00:35:18,650 --> 00:35:19,470 So that makes sense. 443 00:35:20,410 --> 00:35:26,150 In the environment we're at, and that constriction of the NNR, that then sort of limits of not 444 00:35:26,150 --> 00:35:28,010 letting that revenue get out of control. 445 00:35:28,810 --> 00:35:30,170 Or staying through a detractment. 446 00:35:30,170 --> 00:35:32,390 and it derives there and taxpayers to pull, you know, 447 00:35:32,570 --> 00:35:34,870 and no one's been recalled because of it, then, you know, 448 00:35:35,250 --> 00:35:36,810 hold right there and then they give you a little more 449 00:35:36,810 --> 00:35:38,970 and because for us, that's the case going on down 450 00:35:38,970 --> 00:35:40,970 in our price, what if they're in an lower, 451 00:35:41,730 --> 00:35:43,230 they decided to go way higher 452 00:35:43,230 --> 00:35:45,290 and pull a whole lot of revenue 453 00:35:45,290 --> 00:35:47,230 that previous council that said they didn't need 454 00:35:47,230 --> 00:35:48,590 and now we're going to throw it all in there. 455 00:35:49,130 --> 00:35:51,310 And I would remind again that the point was made 456 00:35:51,310 --> 00:35:54,870 that this is a proposal, a lot of work is obviously going 457 00:35:54,870 --> 00:35:56,310 and it's great that they appreciate. 458 00:35:56,530 --> 00:35:58,790 As taxpayer, I appreciate saying that, 459 00:35:58,790 --> 00:36:04,570 that amount of due diligence, but there is still time to decide otherwise, and I would 460 00:36:04,570 --> 00:36:11,210 ask that you consider staying at the dinner normally, and then us figure out how we can 461 00:36:11,910 --> 00:36:17,730 tighten up to get there. It's the same ask I'm asking you every entity, but I do recognize 462 00:36:17,730 --> 00:36:27,370 that that's going to hurt somewhere, but I think that that also gives the insight to taxpayers 463 00:36:27,370 --> 00:36:29,650 of why, as long as it's connected to that, 464 00:36:31,010 --> 00:36:32,890 like this is why, if I can't do those things, 465 00:36:33,090 --> 00:36:35,050 well, you wanted the tax rate to stay there 466 00:36:35,050 --> 00:36:36,850 and this is what's gonna happen. 467 00:36:37,070 --> 00:36:39,330 So it may spur that further down, 468 00:36:39,470 --> 00:36:40,670 tax rate to the side, okay, well, 469 00:36:40,850 --> 00:36:42,270 maybe I am willing to do that. 470 00:36:42,510 --> 00:36:43,810 And you all get a lot more insight 471 00:36:43,810 --> 00:36:45,050 from across the county, 472 00:36:45,270 --> 00:36:46,530 and maybe that's the feedback you're getting. 473 00:36:46,710 --> 00:36:47,490 And so that might be right. 474 00:36:47,870 --> 00:36:49,170 But for my standpoint, what I've asked 475 00:36:49,170 --> 00:36:51,210 was try to keep taxes right where they're at. 476 00:36:51,590 --> 00:36:53,030 I think the danger that we're at, 477 00:36:53,510 --> 00:36:55,310 there's a lot of eyeballs, a lot of talk 478 00:36:55,310 --> 00:37:24,430 of the state side and they got come in and unfortunately as well as this body is doing with this that is not the case where a lot of entities out there be quite frankly grab that whatever tax dollars they possibly can get and unfortunately everyone is going to bear the brunt of what the the total tax cycle ends up becoming a problem is an area is going to be everyone who raised taxes gets a lump into that and 479 00:37:24,430 --> 00:37:26,450 And I hope that that doesn't happen. 480 00:37:27,110 --> 00:37:29,730 So I appreciate if you can translate that in an hour right now. 481 00:37:29,790 --> 00:37:30,250 Thank you for your time. 482 00:37:30,590 --> 00:37:31,290 Thank you very much. 483 00:37:31,470 --> 00:37:31,810 It's making. 484 00:37:33,250 --> 00:37:35,870 That's the last public participation form that I have. 485 00:37:37,830 --> 00:37:38,710 All right. 486 00:37:39,110 --> 00:37:41,050 All right, this time I'll close the public hearing. 487 00:37:41,670 --> 00:37:47,630 And again, Monday, next Monday, August 24th, 488 00:37:48,090 --> 00:37:51,470 is when we will set the official tax rate for FY27 489 00:37:51,470 --> 00:37:54,550 as well as a tough budget for FY27 also. 490 00:37:55,150 --> 00:37:57,190 Thank you both for being here, thank you for your comments, 491 00:37:57,430 --> 00:37:59,030 thank you for your questions, thank you for your insight. 492 00:38:00,810 --> 00:38:03,510 It's always helpful to hear, and thank you. 493 00:38:04,970 --> 00:38:08,010 Exciting one, our agenda is to consider the appointment 494 00:38:08,010 --> 00:38:10,050 of Bill Kennedy Magistrate through, 495 00:38:10,170 --> 00:38:11,750 I have a motion on this item. 496 00:38:12,470 --> 00:38:12,990 Thank you, Bruce. 497 00:38:14,030 --> 00:38:15,890 Motion by Chris Schneider is both. 498 00:38:17,030 --> 00:38:17,770 That's Bob. 499 00:38:18,930 --> 00:38:22,050 You'll be in, don't, don't drive. 500 00:38:29,270 --> 00:38:31,850 This John's a few come forward NOW. 501 00:38:33,810 --> 00:38:38,230 Going you in a second, but gives you an opportunity to make a few comments of any 502 00:38:39,910 --> 00:38:49,630 I mean, you know, Bell County sought legislation in the last session to allow a naval 503 00:38:49,630 --> 00:38:52,950 legislation to allow us to create the office of a Bell County magistrate. 504 00:38:54,050 --> 00:38:57,030 We got more successful in new legislation past. 505 00:38:57,730 --> 00:39:00,830 We did fill that position, but the position became vacant. 506 00:39:00,830 --> 00:39:06,970 Our commissioners went through a process that they used and conducted those recently. 507 00:39:07,910 --> 00:39:14,590 And the outcome of those interviews was an extension of a conditional offer of employment 508 00:39:14,590 --> 00:39:16,930 to this Jones as the Bill County and I just rate. 509 00:39:17,430 --> 00:39:23,270 That was conditioned upon court action tonight this evening that the court would refer and 510 00:39:23,270 --> 00:39:24,230 make that appointment. 511 00:39:25,370 --> 00:39:28,190 So with that, that's the background, brief background anyway. 512 00:39:28,430 --> 00:39:30,510 Miss Jones, can you say a little bit about your background? 513 00:39:30,510 --> 00:39:35,670 who you're looking for? Well, my name is Bernie Jones. I've been a resident of Bell County for 514 00:39:35,670 --> 00:39:41,830 about the last 15 years. I love this community. This is where I actually got my professional 515 00:39:41,830 --> 00:39:48,770 start as a criminal defense attorney and then as a misdemeanor prosecutor. I am an introvert outside 516 00:39:48,770 --> 00:39:55,190 of the courthouse, but in the courtroom is when I really come alive and I really do appreciate and 517 00:39:55,190 --> 00:40:04,410 value the courtroom. So I'm very glad to be back in the courtroom. And it is my honor to serve my community. 518 00:40:06,530 --> 00:40:10,830 Mr. President, comments, questions. Thank you for your answer. 519 00:40:14,410 --> 00:40:21,270 We've got some paperwork to open office, so swear me in. And your effective day, I think we've got 520 00:40:21,270 --> 00:40:26,350 settled for September, August 31st, excuse me, on the state first. 521 00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:54,460 All right, four is right, and if we have anyone to say hi, I'm very jealous, you're 522 00:40:54,460 --> 00:41:01,380 I'm following swear, before I turn, that I will basically execute the duties of the office. 523 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:02,680 The duties of the office. 524 00:41:03,020 --> 00:41:04,020 The law can't be mandatory. 525 00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:10,500 The state of Texas, the state of Texas and will to the best of my ability. 526 00:41:10,780 --> 00:41:15,470 Preserve, protect me, preserve, protect and avenge the Constitution. 527 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:20,580 The Constitution involves the United States and laws of the United States and of this state. 528 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:21,360 So I'm not being honest. 529 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:22,220 So I'm not being honest. 530 00:41:22,220 --> 00:41:24,400 Thank you. 531 00:41:29,430 --> 00:41:29,670 Thank you. 532 00:41:31,530 --> 00:41:33,650 Actually, I do friends and family. 533 00:41:33,890 --> 00:41:34,570 I have my husband, 534 00:41:34,770 --> 00:41:36,330 and you know that jealousy standing up. 535 00:41:36,710 --> 00:41:38,710 And then my friend, 536 00:41:39,010 --> 00:41:40,210 Mr. Cal Rowland. 537 00:41:40,810 --> 00:41:43,370 And this door features in the back. 538 00:41:43,630 --> 00:41:44,650 Very well. 539 00:41:44,990 --> 00:41:45,950 Thank you. 540 00:41:45,950 --> 00:41:46,690 Okay, Mr. Jen, 541 00:41:46,730 --> 00:41:47,910 I'm going to swim right here. 542 00:41:48,090 --> 00:41:49,430 This is going to be a long way. 543 00:41:50,330 --> 00:41:50,890 This 544 00:41:53,060 --> 00:41:54,960 one will be recorded 545 00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:58,240 and the official code of records in the county court office. 546 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:44,500 That's a little minor detail, um, I do have a motion. 547 00:42:44,500 --> 00:42:45,020 I'm just running, I'm running. 548 00:42:45,020 --> 00:42:45,920 You're like my story. 549 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:49,740 I'm very proud of that. 550 00:42:50,460 --> 00:42:50,760 I'm very proud of that. 551 00:42:51,540 --> 00:42:53,100 This is more of a ratification. 552 00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:56,000 I'm very proud of that. 553 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:56,200 I'm very proud of that. 554 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:56,400 Thank you. 555 00:42:57,340 --> 00:42:57,640 All right. 556 00:42:57,780 --> 00:43:01,800 I do have a motion in a second to ratify your appointment, 557 00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:05,060 and the squarely in of the street Jones 558 00:43:05,060 --> 00:43:06,560 as the candidate has to show you. 559 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,020 All those will favor me to keep us saying I 560 00:43:08,660 --> 00:43:11,260 can you pose, be absent, sorry. 561 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:12,200 Now it's easy. 562 00:43:12,300 --> 00:43:14,200 Now it's easy. 563 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:24,220 All right. Next item on our agenda is item D. Consider an approved resolution regarding 564 00:43:24,220 --> 00:43:30,860 a notice of application for an air quality standard permit for an animal park is considered. 565 00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:36,140 There's a motion on this item. Motion by Commissioner Schneider is your second, Senator. 566 00:43:36,140 --> 00:43:37,540 I'll answer your question. 567 00:43:37,540 --> 00:43:38,780 The second question is, 568 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:44,140 commissioners, we did some discussion last workshop about a 569 00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:51,340 CCQ air quality permit that was filed for an 570 00:43:51,340 --> 00:43:52,490 Anthropoccus incinerator. 571 00:43:53,260 --> 00:43:55,080 Don't run to the location, but it's on the 572 00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:56,740 Resolution that you have in front of you. 573 00:43:57,540 --> 00:44:01,420 The City of Elton and Delta and ISD both indicated some 574 00:44:01,420 --> 00:44:05,860 As in questions or concerns that they wanted to address in that application process 575 00:44:06,810 --> 00:44:12,130 You clear the county has no approval or denial authority in terms of 576 00:44:12,720 --> 00:44:16,960 It is solely in the province of Tc and State 577 00:44:17,850 --> 00:44:26,440 But we are committed and we did receive notice 30-day window and we could file any any resolution that we might have 578 00:44:26,910 --> 00:44:29,460 Any questions any issues that we'd like to have addressed 579 00:44:29,460 --> 00:44:44,300 I think the resolution and somebody else when you read it, but the resolution that you have in the packet identifies the concerns that were voiced by 580 00:44:44,300 --> 00:44:48,320 Health and ISD and by the City of Belton also. 581 00:44:49,260 --> 00:44:54,520 The recollection is it was just wanting to make sure that T-SET would consider the location, 582 00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:59,540 and others, noise, any cultural public health impacts. 583 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:21,400 We simply ask the reaffirms of what the city and the school district have both asked for in terms of the evaluation. In the past, then on this resolution, be submitted to GCQ, so that they can consider it in their process, whether they approved it or not. If you have any questions, if you have any. 584 00:45:23,550 --> 00:45:25,870 See none. All is available and you get my saying aye. 585 00:45:25,870 --> 00:45:37,550 I want to be opposed to the abstinence, I think, for item E is consider authorizing the 586 00:45:37,550 --> 00:45:44,610 candidate's contract with centrifugal castings for the sale of Belk County on property 587 00:45:45,590 --> 00:45:53,230 located 34-1 range road to Potexas and that is legally described as follows being 3.0 acre 588 00:45:53,230 --> 00:46:02,110 improvement to the J. F. Ferguson abstract, a bunch of letters and numbers, a city of 589 00:46:02,110 --> 00:46:14,450 Temple, Belk County, Texas, and it's the Belkab property ID, 1-883-0 in the amount of 1,835,000 590 00:46:14,450 --> 00:46:14,750 dollars. 591 00:46:15,110 --> 00:46:16,150 There's a motion on this item. 592 00:46:24,490 --> 00:46:35,450 I'm talking about this property also, I think you've got, oh, Jeff, this item if approved 593 00:46:35,450 --> 00:46:41,850 allows judge to participate in the closing, that is set for August 24th of the set properly 594 00:46:41,850 --> 00:46:48,350 the amount listed in the agenda and it's necessary for closing documents to have in the record. 595 00:46:51,750 --> 00:46:58,730 And we've had this, this property actually reverted to us from, you know, 596 00:47:00,330 --> 00:47:05,690 services that had the property for many, many years that didn't need the property. So, 597 00:47:05,830 --> 00:47:10,670 the reverted clause on the board can be brought back to County. We had discussions about whether 598 00:47:10,670 --> 00:47:13,070 not mean whether the property will be 599 00:47:13,070 --> 00:47:15,830 beneficial in our hands or back on private 600 00:47:15,830 --> 00:47:17,850 sector hands and so this puts it back in your 601 00:47:17,850 --> 00:47:21,770 front because I just want to say I just 602 00:47:21,770 --> 00:47:24,110 laid my eyes on the tween first very 603 00:47:24,110 --> 00:47:27,470 fine and misproved by the ones who did 604 00:47:27,470 --> 00:47:29,970 all the work to get there. So I want to 605 00:47:29,970 --> 00:47:33,270 real appreciate all the work everybody's 606 00:47:33,270 --> 00:47:35,770 going to get us to help sell the property. 607 00:47:36,770 --> 00:47:37,970 All right. Any other questions? 608 00:47:37,970 --> 00:47:40,990 Mr. Cummins, not a whole favorite kicker saying aye. 609 00:47:41,450 --> 00:47:44,110 As opposed to the abstentions. 610 00:47:44,570 --> 00:47:46,490 All right, questions for the last item on our agenda. 611 00:47:46,730 --> 00:47:48,570 Unless we can get to the next item. 612 00:47:48,870 --> 00:47:53,150 So for the business court, we adjourn. 613 00:47:53,350 --> 00:47:53,730 Thank you all. 614 00:47:54,350 --> 00:47:54,990 Thank you. 615 00:47:57,090 --> 00:47:57,570 Thank you.