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September 15, 2026, regular city of Bellevue Commission meeting. If everyone could please rise for a moment of silent prayer and the pledge of allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God and in the rule with liberty and justice for all. The first item in our agenda is a roll call of the commission.

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Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Dwyer, Commissioner Livesay, Mayor Dupckowski.

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Here.

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The next item on our agenda we're going to move forward with the approval of the minutes

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of August 18th, 2026, September 1st, 2026, and August 25th, 2026.

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Commissioners do we have any amendments or a motion to approve? Motion to approve

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there. Second. Okay, we have a motion and a second. I'm sorry, did you have a second?

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We have a motion and a second. Leslie, call for the vote please.

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Mr. Smith? Yes. Mr. Dwyer? Yes. Mr. Livesy? Yes. Mayor Dupckowski? Yes. So Mike

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texted me he will be here in about 15 minutes. Okay, how long is your

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presentation Jim.

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Okay do you want to go ahead and we'll get you on and then we'll

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go go we'll move backwards to the budget portion. All

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right so it's full screen. Oh I'm sorry I did

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not.

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There it is. Perfect. Good evening Jim Kuhlard, Marion County Parks and

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Recreation Director. I'm here to share an update with you on our Parks and

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conservation funding program that is heading to the ballot this November.

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Many of you know that Marion counties has an extensive park system and that we

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have fallen way behind in our capital replacement and deferred maintenance program.

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So we've been working with the Board of County Commission since about mid-summer

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2024 on providing different types of funding options for our department going forward.

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So I have a quick presentation for you.

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So, these are some of the issues that we've been dealing with, maintenance backlog, deteriorating facilities, unsafe conditions, parkland, deficiency, and high growth areas, and lack of inconsistent funding, or consistent funding to help us budget and plan projects correctly.

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Marion County has seen a huge population growth, I'm sure you've recognized that around your community as well with the amount of houses that are coming out of the ground these days.

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North-West and Southwest Marion County have seen growth in the 31 to 35% range

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respectively. These numbers are updated from Bieber for 2025 because you're in

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the middle of two senses and the numbers have actually grown. March was our

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last cutoff for new data and we have new data coming out right now that shows

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is even more growth, so you're over 100,000 people

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within the past 15 years.

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So what the need is, obviously we talked about

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a maintenance backlog.

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We've re-examined every park in our inventory

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and then that list grew to over 60,000.

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Then you add in new regional parks and some other projects,

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land conservation and water resource protections.

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And then that list jumped up to 196,000 million.

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So, explored various funding ideas to provide funding to the department including bond funding,

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impact fees, grants, corporate sponsors, tourism development doctors, excuse me, taxes,

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and then obviously dedicated military property tax. So, based on our need, which is lumped some

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funding, the board elected and has directed me to pursue bond funding. This is a list that's

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It may be a little hard to see on your screen, I can email the program to Mariah so she should be able to print it out if you don't have a clear copy for you.

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This is broken down by all five commissioner districts.

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You can see the number of parks in each district, 15 in district one, five in district two, that's a high growth area and it will have five parks, three in district, ten in district three including Belby sportsplex.

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that's Commissioner McLean's district, 18 in Commissioner's Alex's district,

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low growth area by the high density of parks and only six parks in the northwest.

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Commissioner Stone, she also had a lot of growth. We broke down our listen to asset replacements, meaning depreciation, life cycle replacement costs, newer expansion projects, an example of something like that would be adding a new bathroom to an existing park, or actually adding amenity that actually improves or increases the amount of available play. For instance, our conversion of soccer fields at rotary sportsplex from grass to synthetic turf,

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has increased triple the amount of play time right now with little to no maintenance.

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There is a long-term capital replacement maintenance for synthetic turf fields but

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we have 10 to 15 years to budget for that.

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And then we also have the new park category on the lower part of the spreadsheet so

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you can see that we're looking at seven different new facilities, two new parks out and

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or two new acquisitions out in Commissioner Bryant area three up in Commissioner Stones.

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So we have acquisition costs, development costs of those lands and sub-totals.

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So when you take a look at both existing and potential new parks and sites,

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our bottom line right now is $196,75,000.

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We did work through a series of prioritization exercises.

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is we developed eight different metrics and measures and we scored every park and every

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project within each park. According to all eight measures, that came up with a numerical

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prioritization list and then I met with every commissioner one on one and asked them that

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important question. Here's the list that came out prioritized for your district. What are

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your individual priorities? So district one, Shocker Park and the land next to it. Fort

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Mark King National Historic Landmark, Marion County, has a three-way memorandum of understanding with the Four King Heritage Foundation, the City of Ocala and Marion County.

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We're responsible for capital investments and land acquisitions, that's what we help when we can.

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District two, that's Southwest, so Independence Land Swap, there's a piece of land that we own on the green way that we're looking to swap with DEP for land along Southwest 49th Ave.

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have a new Southwest regional park, they're in dire need of that because it's not just retirees

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moving to Marion County, there's a ton of families out west.

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And then land acquisition for resource protection, either habitat protection or water resource

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protection.

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District three, you'll note the number one project on that list is Belby Sportsplex.

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The value of improvements based on our costs estimates for that park right now because when

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did our master plan in 2017 was $10 million.

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It's at $22.1 million.

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So that figure is included in all of these numbers.

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We have some work plan for Carnegie Island,

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road response flex, just converting more fields to synthetic.

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And that's it, because square, flat, green, lighted places

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are our hottest need right now,

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because of soccer, football, flag, football, and the cross.

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They all use the same fields.

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District 4, Ray Waysaw, you may remember that as the O'Cali boat basin, that needs completely to be re-overhauled and focused on paddle craft.

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Horseshoe Lake Park, District 5, a new park, a new regional park out further west north of 27.

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We have a hundred and eight, a hundred and four acre park, normal west brick park that needs to be developed.

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And more acquisition looking at conservation easements and other fee simple acquisitions for the lower wildlife corridor working with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and DEP and leveraging our grant dollars to go to a four to one bump so every dollar we spend will match it with four from state funding.

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It does take money to go after grants you have to have matching dollars so this gives us that leverage.

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Then we have two county wide projects, one's a multifunction facility.

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That's a combination facility between a special needs shelter, an indoor recreation center.

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And on weekends it would be used for indoor tournaments and increased tourism in our area.

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There's no dedicated location for that yet, so it's not assigned to any district.

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And then we'll be going through every sportsplex in Marion County and

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replacing all of the inefficient light systems with LED.

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That's one of our biggest maintenance costs across the county park system.

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Is there any questions on this prioritization list before I move on?

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Okay, so here's the ballot language that you'll see on this year's ballot.

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So it's to Mary County General Obligation Bond referendum for parks, trails,

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clean water, protection, farms, and forests to acquire and

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approve lands and conservation easements for parks, trails, and recreation facilities,

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for serving for tech natural lands, farms, forests, and quality of drinking water sources.

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Lake, lakes, shall Mary County issue bonds up to 140 million, principal amount, maturing within 20 years of each issuance, bearing interest, not exceeding the maximum legal rate, able from countywide ad valorem tax is not exceeding 0.35 mils with full public disclosure in all spending. So I'll walk you through what some of the key languages on that ballot. So 140 million is the maximum that we can issue bond.

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We do not have the capacity to issue all $140 million all at once, so we'll be executing bonds as there are needs and the ability to execute them with a small lean team of design professionals, bearing interest, we all know loans take interest, right?

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Banks like to make their money back.

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Payable from a countywide avalorum tax, not exceeding 0.35 mils.

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So the big elephant in the room is amendment three.

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Obviously if amendment three does pass, and this is pretty much the only thing I can really say about it, I'm not here to advocate for against anything here cuz this has already been turned over to the supervisor election.

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My job is education and information only, but we will not be able to execute $140 million of

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bonds because paying those back at a military to 0.35 will not be palatable.

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Bond markets are looking very interestingly at the state of Florida.

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They're wondering what's going on.

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You may have heard bond markets are softening a little bit.

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Yields are increasing, so there's a lot of concern about whether we'll be able to implement a total of 140 million.

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Our first plan that you saw that prioritization list is probably value just about 35 million total.

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And then we do have a couple of other options when it comes to how this works out.

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Countywide Referendum, like I mentioned, November 3rd, up to an aggregate principle of 140,

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meaning total bonds, authorizes bonds yet does not require the county to issue them.

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This is just a 20-year authorization.

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So yes, vote does not create instant debt.

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That's important for everybody to understand.

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And this gives the county the ability to pursue bonds.

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Each issuance requires a specific resolution approved by the board and our bond council.

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The board maintains full discretion to issue all or portion or none of bonds and

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can use a pay as you go approach using the tax, it says level, but

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that should say levy, tax levy revenues.

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So the 0.35 mill, if we just say a amendment 3 does not pass and the bond does pass effective for our FY 28 budget, we'll be able to budget close to $12 million just based on the levy if the board decides to go with the full 0.35 and we'll be encouraging the to follow that path.

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The resolution was passed by the board on August 18th and a 5-0 unanimous decision so they're in full support of this measure.

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They were at the time what we turned it over to the supervisor.

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So here's a quick breakdown of the two different or main funding streams, issue bonds or pays you go using the millage levy revenues approved during the normal budget process, just like you're going through here tonight.

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If not used for paying bond debt services, revenues may be used for projects, which is pretty neat.

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Or we can do a combination of both.

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We can sell bonds, we can always use milled revenues.

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So cumulative spending allocation, we have three separate buckets, the first bucket and

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this is all under authorization and implementation resolution.

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up to 10% of all total proceeds to be used towards project controls, contract administration and maintenance tied directly to program projects.

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So if we build new or we renovate, those are included and if we're funded through this, then we can use this money to help pay for the maintenance of it, which is a very nice strategy.

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If there's a lot of other counties that are wishing there are this far along with these types of bond or payment

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Resolutions heading into this this election because this gives you a lot more flexibility

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No less than 10% and no more than 20% will be used towards land acquisition and preservation

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That's a big number especially pulling in state partners and other private donors

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trust land trust that can actually help do these fee simple or conservation

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Asian project projects, and then the balance of it, no less than 10 percent or 90 percent

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70% minimum will be used for capital improvement, so that's planning, design, permitting, site work, construction, and renovations.

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So this is a long-term funding solution. If you think about the 20-year maturation of bond funds, and say we don't issue any bonds until year 19, and then all of a sudden we start issuing bonds, we have 20 years to pay that off. So that could relate out to a 39-year funding.

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program for our department. This is a phenomenal opportunity for our community. Just to make

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sure that everyone understands the amount of oversight that's included with this is not

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just staff running this show. So we have a millage priority clause in the resolution that

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all millage avalorum taxes have to pay bond any pay back any bond debt services first.

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And then any surplus revenues are within the 10 mil cap of the county's budget.

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We're below four right now on our budget.

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Public transparency and reporting quarterly updates, so publicly published online.

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Dashboard report detailing revenue collected.

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Bond proceeds, active project budgets, payees, contract status, and spending allocations.

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That's on us to do that our team.

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And then every year we have to bring an independent auditor that will provide us an independent financial and compliance audit and then also present it publicly and post it online.

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Many of you know that we have a Parks and Recreation Advisory Council.

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Kathy Funk is actually on our council.

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You may know her from Bellby Sportsplex.

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She is a big advocate of this program.

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She's been, it's been really good to have her on our council.

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That council expands if this is a positive vote to serve a two additional member.

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So we'll have two additional members, there'll be members at large.

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Their collective expertise, we're no longer just accepting people who know a buddy.

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We want to have people on that council that have expertise in financing or

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auditing, engineering, construction, construction twice, I guess that'll work.

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Parks and recreation, water resources, conservation, agriculture, forestry, and community representation, and then their duties change.

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Prack is no longer just being informed, they have to review our program plans, our financial methods, our millage classifications, quarterly reports,

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annual audit and compliance and funding allocations, with all of that being reported to the commissioners, at least annually.

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So, I hope I made it through the presentation in 15 minutes, I don't know if anybody

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time me.

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Okay.

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Good.

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I'm here to answer any questions you may have.

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Again, I'm here just to educate and inform the public in this commission.

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Just out of curiosity because I don't know much about the bond, how it works with these

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things that go on the ballot, do you happen to know what percentage of the time the voters vote for these types of things?

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So in Florida, we've had tremendous success across the state.

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So our big partner in this whole project is the Trust for Public Land.

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They're a national nonprofit that focuses on these types of projects.

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Their success rate in the state of Florida is about 83% out of 26 initiatives.

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So they don't really invest a whole lot in programs they don't believe in.

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They will recommend no, but they have been really pro on this with our help.

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They are running eight different campaigns.

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There's multiple cities and counties within Florida that are also doing this right now.

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And she's running more campaigns up in South Carolina.

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Obviously, they don't have the property tax amendment hanging over their head like we do.

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But the pennies for parks passed at 53%.

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It only takes 50, this is not a constitutional amendment, this is 50 plus one.

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This pulled a couple months ago at 68% approval.

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The softer things in the ballot, the protection of land and water resources pulled in the high 70s.

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I mean, you got into some of the questions if you knew this would cost you $40 a year,

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$47 a year. It brought the number down a little bit, but it was still well above passing.

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So, yes, these have a lot of support behind them, and once you start sharing,

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hey, it could cost you a total of $4 a month for this program.

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people recognize that as an additional cost.

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So there is that. There is a political action committee now running this. It's called parks, people for parks and preservation. They're accepting donations to run that campaign and they're handling all the marketing and superstickers and yard signs and all that. Okay, well, commissioners, is anybody have questions?

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I'm trying to figure out how I want to work this. I know we went through this sometime back and we, I think we all had the feeling that we were getting

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the construction that was going to be done at the ballpark, the way it was explained and just looking for insurance says on the record that the citizens won't come back to us again and say, we heard from this you from before and now you're telling us, oh, there's a possible 39 year plan.

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So, you know, how, how tight of a window can we possibly expect to see some stuff move?

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So, with the perfect scenario, like I mentioned before, bond passes, sales tax doesn't.

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Our plan really is to start design because it's going to take a two-year process to go through design and permitting for that park.

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There's a lot of unknown features I've been working with Bob.

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There's flood areas that we want to help your community address.

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You have a historic landfill.

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We do not know the extent of what is underneath those baseball fields, but

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we know we've pulled up a whole lot of stuff over our years of managing it.

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There is a documented landfill underneath that park.

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So remediation of that, that lower 17 acres that's owned by the city.

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The line item for that is $4 million.

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dollars to convert that into a community park with court sports, picnic,

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pavilions, you name it, big playground, that's for your community, everything

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north of that on the county parcel will be all new sportsplex.

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Some of the facilities will get touched, you know, feels renovated.

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So our plan is we budgeted a year and a half to two years to go through that full design,

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public participation, permitting process with construction following right after that.

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And that matter fact, that project, I believe, is the first project that triggers the need for a bond.

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So pay as you go, funding out of the millage will help us allocate that $2 million for

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planning and design and permitting of the project.

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And then when you start getting into the big numbers of 14, 15, 16 million, 20 million for this park is your first bond allocation.

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commission. This was Commissioner McLean's number one project on his priority. He understands

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the need for this park. He also understands the need of the community. So it's out of my

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hands, but I can tell you where it is. It's in the first five years of the program. It's the

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first project to draw bond.

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Any other questions?

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Okay, thank you.

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So I'll just spend more time with you if you need to, we can get together and I can show you all the details if you'd like, set up a lunch.

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All right, that'll work, thank you.

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Thank you for your question, appreciate it.

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Okay, thanks, Jim.

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Thanks for this opportunity, I appreciate it all.

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Okay, okay, for the record, I just want to note that Commissioner Goldman is now present and we're going to move into our budget presentation.

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For

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the record, Donna Collins, Milestone Professional Services, our address is 1970 East Aseola Parkway, Sweet 16, Kissimmee, Florida, 347, 430.

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I had to look that up because I don't have to quote that very often.

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So I appreciate the privilege to come before you again.

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We're going to do two things and then obviously questions.

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We're going to kind of fly through a little bit of what we've talked about last time we were together because it's been several weeks.

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And then I'm going to talk about the minor things that we did adjusting what we talked

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about last time to this time.

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So I got to put my eyes on.

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I got it.

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Oh, I'm driving.

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Sorry.

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All right.

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So last time we were together, the commission advised us to please bring back a budget with

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the military to 5.25 and one at the military to 5.5.

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So we're going to focus on those two things because that was our directive.

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You can see here the total budget based on that, those milleges.

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What the property tax piece would be, salaries, of course, would remain the same. There were increases, as we discussed previously, and we'll discuss in a later slide. But of course, they're not adjusted for any millage change. And then the reserves, which get adjusted because they reflect the increase in the property tax amount would flow into reserves.

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So, this is the summary of all funds. Again, the two millages that we're focusing on, and I realize that print is a little small, and the commission has that in front

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of them but just looking at where we are, this is kind of telling by fund, of course you'll

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notice that the other funds don't adjust because the main difference that we're bringing

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before you is just strictly a change in millage.

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And so the reserves and salary amount remain the same but you can see that the general fund

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budget does increase and the corresponding reserve increases.

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So, let's look at a little more detail of what's in this budget, and again, I'm flying through a little bit because this is what we discussed last time at just kind of as a refresher taxes in this presentation as a financial statement line, so it's property taxes, but it also includes gas, tax, sales, tax and utilities.

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We don't really have any grants currently in the budget, we are expecting to get a bulletproof vest and some other things, but since they haven't been finalized, they weren't included yet in the 27 budget.

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But miscellaneous revenue, the biggest piece of that is interest income.

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We've done very well in our interest income this past year and expect that to continue.

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The transfer in that you see there is consistent with what was presented in the July 21st meeting.

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And that is consistent with what we've done for the past several years from our water and sewer fund.

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So let's look at expenses for just a minute.

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Most of them in the proposed budget are fairly consistent with the amended budget that we're operating under currently.

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Again, you see you've got a column for 5.25 and the 5.5 milligrate.

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So just reminding us that our IT budget increased from our current amended budget.

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We're operating under because we're adding things that we needed to do like $130,000 for the server project.

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You will recall that there were many projects that were put on hold in the 2026 year because we were a little uncertain as to

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to exactly where our financial status was and what our reserves were.

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So some of those things are flowing into the 27 budget.

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So in IT, it's 130,000 for a server, that's a big project that have been put on hold in the cemetery.

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We have markers that are going to be included in that budget.

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And the streets, we moved some of the street money around.

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So we're going to utilize our infrastructure surtax money more efficiently.

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We talked about that last time that we actually set up a new fund for infrastructure surtax.

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So some of these numbers when you're comparing the amended budget to the proposed, there are some changes in what you'll see there.

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Recreation, there's a decrease as well because we moved some of the expenditures that originally we had been budgeting traditionally.

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in our general fund budget we moved and moved to the recreation impact fee fund.

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You'll see that there's a fairly large reserve, a 4.7 million that primarily relates to,

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excuse me, a transfer out that relates to amount money that we're moving to the new fund we're setting up primarily.

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The other thing you'll notice that we talked about last time is we've changed our budget and

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we're going to talk about that in the next slide.

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but our cash balance forward, we've brought in all of the fund balance from our prior year audit.

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We've estimated what we think revenues and expenditures would be, so the net would be through 26 to come with a true cash carry forward number.

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That isn't necessarily how we've been budgeting, but that is what is included in this budget.

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What's not needed or not appropriated in the current budget flows through to our reserve for contingencies.

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And we're going to talk about that a little bit more in just a minute.

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Let's talk about the Water and Sewer Fund.

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You'll notice that the expenditures in the proposed budget decreased significantly

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on capital outlay.

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That's because we are in the, we completed our waste water treatment plan.

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Do we get it done, done?

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Almost.

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Almost done, done.

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October, right?

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Yep.

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Okay.

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So in the 20 to the 7 budget, that number decreases significantly due to completion

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for that.

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As a gentleman who was just up here a few minutes ago was talking about we've experienced

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quite a bit of growth in our community, in the county in general.

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And so our impact fees continue to grow so you'll notice that those estimates are increased.

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And again, we talked about the cash balance carry forward, how we've changed, how we handle

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that and the reserve.

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Let's talk about the CRA for just a moment. Our fund balance at the end of last year's audit was $683,000. So, we have a fairly large cash balance forward. Again, the audit at number last year was $683,000. When we projected what we think we're going to be able to add to that fund balance through the activity for 2026 it increases it to the 921 you see there. You'll see that expenditures of 20

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We talked about this last time, we included the Christmas lights in the CRA budget that was approved by this commission, and so we've moved them to the correct place.

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Capital projects there, budgeted in the 27 year, include Lake Lullian and Cherokee parks,

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restrooms at those locations, as well as sidewalks, parking, and some picnic areas.

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The transfer, in the past, we transferred money from our CRA fund to the General Fund and

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expanded it there, but instead we're trying to keep track of our buckets of money where

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they come from and where we spend them.

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So we're not having a transfer from the CRA to the General Fund, we're actually going

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to expense the projects that we pay for with CRA money in the CRA fund.

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So that's just a little bit different.

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Recreation impact fee, again, you'll see the impact that our impact fees are increasing.

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They have been for 2026, well over budget for 2026, we're anticipating that growth to continue.

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So that number increases for 2027.

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The capital projects included in the 27 budget are projects that like Lillian and

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Cherokee Park that can be paid forward to recreation impact fees, monies.

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Again, police impact fee is another special revenue fund that we have.

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And you'll notice the increase in our impact fees in the 27 proposed budget, again,

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consistent with what we've discussed.

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The capital projects there,

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sorry, I apologize, I hadn't forwarded mine.

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Yeah, so impact fees have increased consistent with what we've seen in general with growth.

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We do have a cash balance carry forward of $299,229 of that came from last year's audited fund balance and we're expecting growth through the end of the year because of revenues that are being gathered and accumulated in 2026 and we haven't been spending them.

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So we're trying to now utilize our restricted monies such as the police impact fund more fully for the things that legally can be used for.

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So we have some capital projects you see in the 27 budget for control room expansion, a new vehicle, and some equipment.

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Again, we're trying to utilize money in the bucket where it's being earned.

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The other thing is, and we talked about this last time briefly, but

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impact fees have a life to them.

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So we have to be able to utilize them.

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I believe it's within 10 years of when they're actually collected.

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So we want to be mindful to not end up with a whole bunch of money.

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we can't spend because we didn't spend it in an appropriately time fashion.

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Okay, and this is our new fund that we've discussed now a couple times.

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It is to track the collection and expenditure for infrastructure surtax.

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So you had the money that previously had been sitting in the general fund,

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we transferred it in here to establish this fund.

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These are the estimates we expect for 27 for miscellaneous revenue.

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I believe we're going to get as local options sales tax.

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That number actually comes from the state of Florida, they provide us an estimate.

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So that number comes from them, transfers in, where we brought the money in from the general fund.

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We previously had these monies sitting.

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The capital projects include drainage projects and some tree removal.

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So we still have a pretty healthy fund balance.

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That's the money left over from this revenue source.

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Those funds can be used for transportation, they also can be used for law enforcement.

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So, there are probably in days ahead, we'll be some discussion with this commission as to how we want to more fully utilize those funds.

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But this way we can track them and keep a better handle on what we have available.

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Okay, so that's kind of my really quick kind of what we did last time.

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We are going to just walk through real quick, what did we change this year?

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We changed the budget approach from what we had done in the past.

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We included all of our fund balance and estimated a cash-carried forward amount.

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Traditionally, that it hasn't been something that has been done, at least what I've seen in our budgets in the past.

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So we wanted to make sure you knew what was truly available.

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We created applicable reserves trying to look for where are the buckets of money?

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What can they be restricted for so that there's a more clear mapping of what is available to be?

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We aggressively looked for ways to utilize restricted revenue sources, because our policy says we're going to utilize restricted money's first before we hit general fund regular. So we're trying to make sure that we're actually fulfilling that. And then we established the new fund. So in this budget, we have personal services increases, 3% cost of living raises, a very small amount, but from the salary study, the commission had authorized. There's some additional increases there.

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We added some new positions as we discussed last time, and we're pulling out and creating an actual building official role.

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And you will recall that as we discussed this, and it had been previously presented that actually is going to result in a cost savings to the city by creating that role, because we're not paying an outside company to provide that.

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So these are the positions we discussed that are new, that this commission so far has said, yep, we agree with those.

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And that's the salary amount, so of course there would be benefits, but just reminding you what we discussed.

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Talking about capital, what's in the capital budget.

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We have a vehicle and laptop for the new building official.

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We have quite a bit of IT equipment which we previously had not spent money for because we weren't sure if that would be prudent.

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So now that we have a little clear picture of where we are, we're spending so much needed projects there.

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doing some projects at the CRA, excuse me, at the Lake Lillian and Cherokee Parks, including the restrooms, sidewalks, parking, we're doing some street improvements, including the 55 Avenue Project, which is something that's been talked about for several years, but we actually put money in the budget to begin that process some drainage projects, water and wastewater projects include lift stations, three of them, I believe in the 27 budget, and then each year we're going to be taking care of some additional needs there, the baseline 92 loop extension,

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the hydro tank for well-5 and water main extensions, and I just wanted to again express what the gentleman before me expressed, you know, he was talking about how they had an area that had been budgeted for 10 million and now it's 22 million.

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So we, as a city, talking about the hydro tank for well-5, our cost went up significantly.

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So some of our projects, the cost has significantly increased.

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The needs are there.

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We want to go ahead and get started on this project.

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So that's what's in the capital.

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What we talked about last time were our reserves for contingencies.

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We have as a commission for a while now had, we've called it different things, but basically

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it's two months of what we think our cost to operate is that we've always kept in reserves.

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So we have that.

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We've also had for a while now what we call an emergency reserve, whatever you want to call.

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We live in Florida, we have hurricanes and stuff that happens.

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So those items are included and then we had a remaining reserve for contingencies in the last

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presentation of 3.36. You're going to see as we'll look at in just a minute that's of course

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increasing with the millage increase we've been discussing. Those are the contingency reserves

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for the other funds, they remain unchanged. All right, so what the heck did we do to the budget

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since the last time we were together? That's the summary of kind of what we talked about previously.

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Obviously, we did just a couple things.

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As I mentioned just a few minutes ago, this state of Florida provides revenue estimates for

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several of our very large revenues.

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We did not have in the last meeting their estimate yet for community services tax or

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the local option gas tax.

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The community service tax, we got the new number, it dropped our expected revenue by roughly $9,000 for

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that revenue line.

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And we had pretty good gas tax numbers because Marion County had provided them, but there was a small change in what the state put out.

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So we have adjusted the budget for those revenue changes.

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We added another account to our infrastructure surtax, new fund, it's not funded with any expenditures identified yet currently.

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But it recognizes the fact that that money can be used not only for the transportation projects.

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We currently have identified for infrastructure surtax, but the funding can be used for law enforcement as well.

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So we went ahead and created the account.

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It's sitting there, no dollars in it, but this commission could move dollars into it at whatever point it projects that weren't, that would be identified.

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I've included in the presentation the 5.25 millitrate and the 5.5 millitrate that increases our property tax revenue and that flows down to the reserves we've been talking about.

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Is the need to prepare for what might happen to us in general with what's going on in the state and the vote that's coming up, as well as just growth that we're identifying for our community because we've been growing.

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00:39:52,140 --> 00:39:59,940
So just kind of a summary, our reserve for contingency in the general fund has, as we discussed a moment ago.

401
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:28,080
So, a cash reserve, which is two months of operating expenditures, which, again, we've had that for a while, we've just called it different things. Of 1.33 million, we have an emergency reserve, which could be used for hurricanes as a thing that comes into my mind most of all, but for whatever this commission would deem would be appropriate. We keep those amounts always kind of set aside. We have remaining reserves, as you can see, they're based on the military and the total amount of reserves. This is general fund we're speaking of now.

402
00:40:30,890 --> 00:40:35,650
So depending on whether the commission wants to move forward with the 5.25 or the 5.5

403
00:40:35,650 --> 00:40:39,570
millage rate, your total budget amount is identified in this slide.

404
00:40:40,790 --> 00:40:45,570
And that's the end of my presentation, but I'm glad to entertain any questions you may

405
00:40:45,570 --> 00:40:45,830
have.

406
00:40:46,010 --> 00:40:48,410
And I'm commissioners questions.

407
00:41:02,930 --> 00:41:05,630
So we have a presentation, we have the packet.

408
00:41:05,630 --> 00:41:23,930
Okay so we need to look at our before we do the resolution because I need to know which one to read we have to it's not going to be an actual vote but if I could get a consensus of whether the commission is looking at 5.25 or 5.5.

409
00:41:24,930 --> 00:41:37,550
Well, I know we talked last time, and I was leaning more hopefully we could get by with the 525 and looking at one of the last pages of the difference.

410
00:41:38,470 --> 00:41:48,270
We don't get me wrong. $100 plus thousand is a lot of money in this game of things.

411
00:41:48,270 --> 00:41:55,470
but I'm just looking at the difference of the two and again, I'm still questioning

412
00:41:55,470 --> 00:42:03,390
are we able to get by with the 525 until we see what happens and then if

413
00:42:03,390 --> 00:42:08,190
we need to raise it I mean I know the way we talked before go ahead and raise

414
00:42:08,190 --> 00:42:15,350
five, two, five, and then we're good and make sure lower, you know, it's kind of like

415
00:42:15,350 --> 00:42:15,850
of course.

416
00:42:16,050 --> 00:42:23,490
The challenge we're doing it that way is that if the sales tax amendment three passes

417
00:42:23,490 --> 00:42:31,290
in November then we have until the following year to basically stockpiles and money to

418
00:42:31,290 --> 00:42:34,330
help offset the loss and revenue that we're going to get.

419
00:42:34,330 --> 00:42:43,430
If we do the 5.25, now we basically lose the opportunity to stockpile that.

420
00:42:43,650 --> 00:42:50,130
And then if we raise it next year, it's not going to have the same impact on our budget.

421
00:42:51,790 --> 00:42:58,090
If that's our strategy, and that was why I wanted to go with the 5.5, then I recommend we do the 5.5,

422
00:42:58,090 --> 00:43:02,810
because that will give us the, you know, as you can see, especially with our reserves,

423
00:43:03,330 --> 00:43:08,070
it gives us, you know, a good amount more in reserves that we have,

424
00:43:11,380 --> 00:43:13,780
you know, when, you know,

425
00:43:13,940 --> 00:43:18,480
when we lose some of that revenue, if it passes, but if it doesn't pass, then the following year,

426
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:23,620
then we can lower it to 5.35 or even lower, because we'll be, we'll be okay then.

427
00:43:24,460 --> 00:43:30,600
So this is just purely just to have that, to have that little bit of cushion because we

428
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:34,460
don't want to not be able to fund our necessary services.

429
00:43:34,740 --> 00:43:36,500
And that's what I'm worried about.

430
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:38,840
I agree with you.

431
00:43:39,020 --> 00:43:48,620
I think if we do the five, five now, and then with the nine towards being able to roll back

432
00:43:48,620 --> 00:43:52,800
if that's possible with the way everything goes in November.

433
00:43:53,420 --> 00:43:58,920
I think it's better to put more in the reserves now, rather than play catch up.

434
00:43:59,140 --> 00:44:06,700
Because just like Jim said tonight, our ballpark went from $10 to $20 million in nine years.

435
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:12,520
So we got to try to stay ahead a little bit for our projects upcoming.

436
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:16,700
What do you think commissioners see?

437
00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:19,040
I'm saying 5.5.

438
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:19,560
Okay.

439
00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:20,720
Can I see the golden?

440
00:44:21,100 --> 00:44:21,260
Okay.

441
00:44:27,850 --> 00:44:33,210
You know, if we do 525 or 55, 5.5, only 5,

442
00:44:35,730 --> 00:44:42,430
we're going to hear it that we raise the

443
00:44:42,430 --> 00:44:44,870
taxes from everybody, no matter what.

444
00:44:45,730 --> 00:44:53,470
And I think the safest way is to 5.5 because then we can lower it next year if we need to.

445
00:44:53,470 --> 00:44:59,910
but I think we need to protect the city right now and not knowing

446
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:30,920
Everything is going to happen in the next few months, years. I think we'd be the safest by going to 5.5. Whether you raise it at 525 or 5.5, if the amendment doesn't pass, then I imagine this commission would lower taxes back down to 5 mils next year. I was just going to say that. I appreciate the mayor's concern because at 525, if one next year,

447
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:36,520
it would be diminishing returns as the amendment is it starts to take effect the amount that

448
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:44,980
we have to raise the military to compensate would be greater so I can appreciate the five-five

449
00:45:44,980 --> 00:45:53,340
now because if it doesn't pass we're going to lower it next year and if it does pass then if we have

450
00:45:53,340 --> 00:45:55,640
to raise it next year it won't be as bad.

451
00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:03,940
I think you're okay with that. Okay so for the resolution

452
00:46:04,060 --> 00:46:10,060
then I am going to read the tenetive millage resolution at 5.5 mills.

453
00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:11,720
Let me just get to that.

454
00:46:12,220 --> 00:46:13,640
That's 26-09.

455
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:15,300
Thank you.

456
00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:15,680
Okay.

457
00:46:22,130 --> 00:46:28,330
Resolution 26-09, a resolution of the City Commission of the City of Bellevue, Florida,

458
00:46:28,970 --> 00:46:33,630
adopting the tenetive levying of adflora and taxes for the City of Bellevue, Florida,

459
00:46:34,110 --> 00:46:39,030
for the fiscal year 2026-2027 and providing for an effective date.

460
00:46:39,030 --> 00:46:46,810
The percentage in millage over the rolled back rate needed to fund the budget is 15.56%.

461
00:46:46,810 --> 00:46:52,050
The reasons ad valorem tax revenues are increasing are due to growth and increased property

462
00:46:52,050 --> 00:46:52,450
value.

463
00:46:52,930 --> 00:46:54,930
The taxing authority is the city of Bellevue.

464
00:46:55,290 --> 00:46:58,670
The rolled back rate is 4.7596.

465
00:46:59,450 --> 00:47:04,150
The percentage of increase over the rolled back rate is 15.56%.

466
00:47:04,150 --> 00:47:12,490
The milled rate to be levied is 5.5 mils and with that I am going to ask for public comment

467
00:47:12,490 --> 00:47:17,990
This is a public hearing is there anyone in the audience who would like to speak for or against this resolution?

468
00:47:18,250 --> 00:47:18,770
I'm

469
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:28,680
going to close the public portion and I'm going to turn it back to the commission commissioners

470
00:47:39,460 --> 00:47:42,440
I mean we can we can do either

471
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:42,940
That's right.

472
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:44,380
I mean, we already had the discussion.

473
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:44,560
Yeah.

474
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:45,420
We have to discuss it.

475
00:47:45,940 --> 00:47:49,660
I'll make a motion to approve 26.009.

476
00:47:49,940 --> 00:47:50,440
Second, Mayor.

477
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:51,280
Okay.

478
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:52,380
We have a motion and a second.

479
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:53,560
Is there any further discussion?

480
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:57,840
Let's call for the vote, please.

481
00:47:58,360 --> 00:47:58,500
Right.

482
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:03,340
I believe we also need to deny the 26.08 in that same motion.

483
00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:06,740
Or do we leave it as a vote?

484
00:48:06,780 --> 00:48:06,860
Right.

485
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:14,900
So we had prepared two resolutions because we weren't sure if it was going to be 5.25 or 5.5.

486
00:48:15,660 --> 00:48:26,840
She just read the 5.5 so shouldn't we vote on that one and then just go through and vote no on the 5.25 because we haven't, we just haven't prepared and they were on the agenda.

487
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:31,140
Or should Leslie wants to know if they should include it all in one motion?

488
00:48:31,140 --> 00:48:38,180
Do it in, well, do the 5.5 that's on the floor.

489
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:52,280
What I would say is that the 5.25, I guess the better practice would be to vote no on

490
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:55,440
the 5.25, yes, on the 5.5.

491
00:48:55,440 --> 00:49:04,760
Okay, so the motion and the second on the floor is for resolution 26-09, so we had a motion

492
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:08,140
and we had a second, so let's call for a vote on that one, please.

493
00:49:08,580 --> 00:49:08,900
Okay.

494
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:09,940
Commissioner Smith?

495
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:10,500
Yes.

496
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:11,380
Commissioner Goldman?

497
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:11,740
Yes.

498
00:49:11,980 --> 00:49:12,640
Commissioner Dwyer?

499
00:49:12,900 --> 00:49:13,060
Yes.

500
00:49:13,260 --> 00:49:13,900
Commissioner Livesay?

501
00:49:14,040 --> 00:49:14,220
Yes.

502
00:49:14,420 --> 00:49:15,060
Meredith Kowski.

503
00:49:15,380 --> 00:49:15,500
Yes.

504
00:49:16,460 --> 00:49:19,680
Do you want me to read the resolution 26-08?

505
00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:25,080
You don't have to vote on it if you don't bring it on the table.

506
00:49:25,080 --> 00:49:25,580
Okay.

507
00:49:26,340 --> 00:49:26,740
Yes.

508
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:27,420
That was it.

509
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:29,280
Couldn't we just market it?

510
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:30,420
We never read it.

511
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:31,220
Okay.

512
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:31,420
All right.

513
00:49:31,500 --> 00:49:31,660
Thanks.

514
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:32,720
Okay.

515
00:49:32,860 --> 00:49:43,450
So now we're going to move forward with our budget resolutions, which that's going to be the

516
00:49:43,450 --> 00:49:44,610
26-11.

517
00:49:45,150 --> 00:49:45,310
Okay.

518
00:49:45,790 --> 00:49:51,410
And same question for that as long as we don't bring 26-10 to the table, we need to do anything

519
00:49:51,410 --> 00:49:51,610
there.

520
00:49:51,610 --> 00:49:58,050
Okay, just 26-11 matches the military that we just voted on.

521
00:50:00,050 --> 00:50:04,610
I'll see the title here. Apologize. Let me do this. Okay.

522
00:50:16,100 --> 00:50:18,120
Having technical difficulties bear with me.

523
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:49,540
Okay. I don't know what I did, but I can read it from here. Resolution 26-11, correct? Yes. Okay. Sorry. A resolution of the city commission of the city of Bellevue adopting the tentative budget for the city of Bellevue for the fiscal year 2026 stat. 2026-2027 and providing for an effective date. And this is a public hearing and this is to adopt

524
00:50:49,540 --> 00:50:54,860
our budget matching the military that we just voted on. Is there anyone in the audience who

525
00:50:54,860 --> 00:50:57,000
would like to speak for or against this resolution?

526
00:51:00,890 --> 00:51:02,650
I'm going to close the public portion and I'm going

527
00:51:02,650 --> 00:51:04,450
to turn it back to the commission commissioners.

528
00:51:07,840 --> 00:51:11,040
Second. Give me a minute. Second is there any further

529
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:20,280
discussion? Is this the one we're turning down? No, this is the one that matches the military that we

530
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:25,040
We just passed, so they created a budget that was in line with the 5.5-millage.

531
00:51:25,580 --> 00:51:27,080
We're not going to bring forward the one.

532
00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:30,460
We're not even going to bring the other one up because it wouldn't.

533
00:51:30,860 --> 00:51:34,480
It would be incorrect. This is the correct budget for what we just did.

534
00:51:35,300 --> 00:51:37,340
Okay. Any other questions?

535
00:51:39,710 --> 00:51:40,810
Okay, let's look out for the right place.

536
00:51:41,110 --> 00:51:41,610
Mr. Smith?

537
00:51:41,910 --> 00:51:42,050
No.

538
00:51:42,310 --> 00:51:42,990
Mr. Goldman?

539
00:51:43,370 --> 00:51:43,570
Yes.

540
00:51:44,050 --> 00:51:44,710
Mr. Dwyer?

541
00:51:45,090 --> 00:51:45,330
Yes.

542
00:51:45,650 --> 00:51:46,290
Mr. Livesy?

543
00:51:47,750 --> 00:51:47,850
No.

544
00:51:47,850 --> 00:51:50,070
But we're not bringing forward the one that we're churning down.

545
00:51:51,150 --> 00:51:55,570
So now you're voting on the budget that matches the knowledge that you just voted for.

546
00:51:55,570 --> 00:51:56,930
I'm sorry I misunderstood you.

547
00:51:56,970 --> 00:51:57,510
It's okay.

548
00:51:57,690 --> 00:51:59,410
Yeah, we want to make sure that everybody understands.

549
00:51:59,850 --> 00:52:00,890
I mean, it's okay if you vote now.

550
00:52:00,970 --> 00:52:06,010
We want to make sure you understand that this, we're voting on the budget that matches the

551
00:52:06,010 --> 00:52:15,470
knowledge if we don't pass that budget then it's going to happen because it's

552
00:52:15,470 --> 00:52:20,130
based on the knowledge that we just that we just it's agreeing with the 5.5 you

553
00:52:20,130 --> 00:52:24,770
just approved this resolution right so this is just carrying that over yes okay

554
00:52:24,770 --> 00:52:29,810
my voters yes okay so let's look let's start over we had a mission and we had a

555
00:52:29,810 --> 00:52:34,990
second then we had some unexpected questions so we're gonna go ahead and call

556
00:52:34,990 --> 00:52:35,630
for the vote again.

557
00:52:36,270 --> 00:52:36,850
Mr. Smith?

558
00:52:37,030 --> 00:52:37,210
Yes.

559
00:52:37,410 --> 00:52:38,110
Mr. Goldman?

560
00:52:39,010 --> 00:52:39,490
Yes.

561
00:52:39,890 --> 00:52:40,790
Mr. Dwyer?

562
00:52:41,050 --> 00:52:41,270
Yes.

563
00:52:41,510 --> 00:52:42,250
Mr. Lipsy?

564
00:52:42,470 --> 00:52:42,650
Yes.

565
00:52:42,930 --> 00:52:43,550
Mayor Dupcowski.

566
00:52:43,830 --> 00:52:43,990
Yes.

567
00:52:44,550 --> 00:52:44,950
Thank you.

568
00:52:45,910 --> 00:52:47,730
I have a question real quick before I run.

569
00:52:48,330 --> 00:52:49,950
We passed the military 5-0.

570
00:52:50,110 --> 00:52:52,090
Did we have to have 5-0 for the budget amendment?

571
00:52:52,810 --> 00:52:53,530
5-5.

572
00:52:54,130 --> 00:52:54,290
Okay.

573
00:52:54,750 --> 00:52:55,390
I just needed it.

574
00:52:55,690 --> 00:52:57,830
It's like I knew we had to have 5 for the-

575
00:52:57,830 --> 00:53:01,970
You adopted a budget based on a 5.5-0.

576
00:53:02,110 --> 00:53:03,370
I understand your question.

577
00:53:03,370 --> 00:53:08,210
And I don't think it, I don't think we had to have a, we didn't have to have a unanimous vote for that.

578
00:53:08,550 --> 00:53:09,910
That's a different thing.

579
00:53:10,170 --> 00:53:11,290
I don't think we needed to.

580
00:53:12,090 --> 00:53:14,230
Yeah, no, he could have stayed at now.

581
00:53:15,110 --> 00:53:19,550
It only took forward to adopt the, it only took forward.

582
00:53:20,270 --> 00:53:21,250
I'll have a good evening.

583
00:53:25,100 --> 00:53:25,940
Okay, sorry.

584
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:27,720
Track, yeah.

585
00:53:28,240 --> 00:53:30,960
Okay, so we're going to move forward with our presentations.

586
00:53:32,320 --> 00:53:33,980
And I'm just going to go to the podium.

587
00:53:33,980 --> 00:53:36,040
and then I'll see which one I'm going to do first.

588
00:54:00,580 --> 00:54:02,420
Okay, Kevin, can you join me at the podium please?

589
00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:04,300
And Matt, which makes it come also?

590
00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:06,700
Okay, and this is our presentation

591
00:54:06,700 --> 00:54:08,980
for National IT Professionals Day.

592
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:14,520
Whereas National IT Professionals Day was created in 2015

593
00:54:15,020 --> 00:54:18,400
and it celebrated the third Tuesday of September each year.

594
00:54:18,860 --> 00:54:22,000
And whereas it is with acknowledgement and appreciation

595
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:24,980
of the technical experts, network engineers,

596
00:54:24,980 --> 00:54:45,820
system administrators, data-based administrators, business systems analyst, GIS analyst and service desk technicians who ensure our networks, applications, tools, technology and information are kept secure, ensuring technical processes, systems and devices operate smoothly.

597
00:54:45,820 --> 00:54:51,840
And whereas the City of Bellevue supports the skilled work of IT professionals to strengthen

598
00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:56,820
community communication and resiliency, connect people with technology and each other,

599
00:54:56,820 --> 00:54:59,960
And, whereas, National IIT...

600
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:29,540
Professional stay recognizes the importance and benefits of IT professionals as an integral role, enriching the lives of our community members, securing a desirable place to live, work, and visit. And whereas the most important part of this day is taking the time to thank the IT professionals who make modern life easier for all of us. And now therefore, I, Christine Dubkowski, mayor, do you hear my proclaim September 15th, 2026, as National IT professional stay?

601
00:55:29,540 --> 00:55:35,380
in the city of Bellevue and encourage all residents and employees to recognize the work

602
00:55:35,380 --> 00:55:41,520
IT professionals who do the critical but often unseen work to keep our networks and applications running.

603
00:56:06,890 --> 00:56:11,750
Okay, next we have our HR professional saying we don't have anyone here to accept this.

604
00:56:12,210 --> 00:56:13,410
Oh, Maria's going to accept it, okay.

605
00:56:14,050 --> 00:56:15,670
All right, great.

606
00:56:16,630 --> 00:56:21,350
Whereas the human resources professionals shall be recognized for the important work

607
00:56:21,350 --> 00:56:27,310
that they do to support all city employees and whereas HR professionals help employees

608
00:56:27,310 --> 00:56:32,770
adapt to an ever-changing and competitive environment while responding to workplace needs and economic

609
00:56:32,770 --> 00:56:38,470
challenges. And whereas these professionals enable positive organizational development and

610
00:56:38,470 --> 00:56:43,790
service strategic partners to meet public service goals by recruiting and retaining qualified

611
00:56:43,790 --> 00:56:49,890
diverse candidates for employment, recognizing our standing employee achievements, projecting

612
00:56:49,890 --> 00:56:55,570
13 trends in the market and providing workforce planning, developing equitable compensation

613
00:56:55,570 --> 00:57:01,810
and benefit structures, facilitating change management, and preserving the integrity

614
00:57:01,810 --> 00:57:06,430
of the organization by ensuring compliance with state and federal laws, and whereas

615
00:57:06,430 --> 00:57:12,050
HR professional service leaders, business strategist, problem solvers, talent developers,

616
00:57:12,050 --> 00:57:17,170
teachers, culture curators, advocates, while displaying integrity and dedication.

617
00:57:17,890 --> 00:57:23,390
And whereas HR professionals live their mission daily by enhancing organizational decisions

618
00:57:23,390 --> 00:57:29,770
that depend on and impact people by listening, engaging, attracting, developing and supporting

619
00:57:29,770 --> 00:57:31,570
one public servant at a time.

620
00:57:32,030 --> 00:57:38,150
And whereas HR professional day is an opportunity to show appreciation for human resource professionals

621
00:57:38,450 --> 00:57:40,490
and the valuable work they do every day.

622
00:57:40,490 --> 00:57:46,150
Now, therefore, I, Christine Dupkowski, mayor of the city of Bellevue to hereby proclaim

623
00:57:46,150 --> 00:57:50,850
September 26th, 2026 is human resources professional day.

624
00:57:51,490 --> 00:57:56,050
In the city of Bellevue, and further extend appreciation to our HR professionals in the

625
00:57:56,050 --> 00:58:00,970
city of Bellevue for the vital services they perform, their dedication and their relentless

626
00:58:00,970 --> 00:58:03,290
contributions to the city of Bellevue.

627
00:58:03,290 --> 00:58:04,010
And

628
00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:20,400
we have, finally, Florida redevelopment wait, is it Shantana?

629
00:58:20,780 --> 00:58:21,160
I don't know.

630
00:58:21,700 --> 00:58:22,260
I wasn't sure.

631
00:58:22,580 --> 00:58:23,080
Okay.

632
00:58:24,740 --> 00:58:31,260
Whereas, community redevelopment agencies and redevelopment programs play a vital role in

633
00:58:31,260 --> 00:58:36,840
revitalizing neighborhoods, addressing areas of slim and blight, strengthening local economy,

634
00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:42,200
revitalizing downtowns and improving the quality of life for residents and businesses throughout

635
00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:43,000
the state of Florida.

636
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:58,140
and whereas redevelopment initiatives encourage private investment, support small businesses, improve infrastructure, enhance public spaces and expand housing opportunities, thereby fostering vibrant, resilient and equitable communities,

637
00:58:58,580 --> 00:59:12,460
and whereas the Florida Redevelopment Association, in partnership with municipalities, counties and community stakeholders, promotes best practices, professional education, and collaboration to advance community redevelopment efforts

638
00:59:12,460 --> 00:59:17,440
throughout Florida. And whereas Florida redevelopment week serves as an

639
00:59:17,440 --> 00:59:21,800
opportunity to recognize redevelopment achievements, highlight transformational

640
00:59:21,800 --> 00:59:25,940
projects, engage residents and stakeholders, and celebrate the economic,

641
00:59:26,360 --> 00:59:31,340
social, and cultural benefits of community revitalization. And whereas the

642
00:59:31,340 --> 00:59:35,140
observance of Florida redevelopment week will raise awareness of the importance

643
00:59:35,140 --> 00:59:39,800
of community redevelopment and inspired continued public and private investments

644
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:43,180
in Florida's neighborhoods, downtowns, and commercial corridors,

645
00:59:43,600 --> 00:59:47,440
in Florida's neighborhoods, downtowns, and commercial corridors.

646
00:59:49,010 --> 00:59:52,450
Now, therefore, I, Christine Dubkowski, the air commissioner, do hereby proclaim

647
00:59:52,940 --> 00:59:57,130
September 14 through the 18th, 2026, as Florida Redevelopment Week

648
00:59:57,130 --> 00:59:59,910
in the city of Bellevue, and encourage all residents

649
01:00:00,660 --> 01:00:06,040
Businesses, community organizations and public officials to recognize and celebrate the contributions

650
01:00:06,040 --> 01:00:11,060
of community redevelopment programs and to participate in activities highlighting the importance

651
01:00:11,060 --> 01:00:13,860
of revitalization efforts across our communities.

652
01:00:45,440 --> 01:00:47,240
Okay, we're going to move into our public hearings

653
01:00:47,240 --> 01:00:54,720
and for the record, commission or Goldman is no longer at the meeting. And we're going to move

654
01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:56,600
in to the

655
01:00:59,250 --> 01:01:07,170
first reading of Ordinance 2026-19 which is abandoned and vacant real

656
01:01:07,170 --> 01:01:16,450
personal property. Ordinance 2026-19 in Ordinance Amending Article 7, Chapter 2 of the City Code,

657
01:01:16,470 --> 01:01:21,430
providing for maintaining abandoned buildings in the city, providing for maintaining and

658
01:01:21,430 --> 01:01:26,630
enforcing an accurate registration record of all abandoned buildings and vacant buildings in the

659
01:01:26,630 --> 01:01:31,990
City, providing for a statement of purpose and intent, providing for definitions declaring

660
01:01:31,990 --> 01:01:37,150
abandoned buildings a public nuisance, providing for applicability, providing for penalties,

661
01:01:37,630 --> 01:01:43,370
providing for registration of abandoned property, providing for registration fee, providing

662
01:01:43,370 --> 01:01:49,090
for maintenance requirements, providing for structural and building standards, providing

663
01:01:49,090 --> 01:01:55,210
for security requirements, providing for immunity of enforcement officer, providing for authority

664
01:01:55,210 --> 01:02:01,670
of Development Services Director, providing for inquiry, inspection, and notice enforcement

665
01:02:01,670 --> 01:02:06,230
officer, providing for vacant and abandoned buildings, fund, and expenditures, providing

666
01:02:06,230 --> 01:02:07,570
for an effective day.

667
01:02:07,810 --> 01:02:08,710
Shana, is that a review?

668
01:02:09,350 --> 01:02:09,510
Yes.

669
01:02:10,110 --> 01:02:17,110
The original ordinance, ordinance 2026-7 was adopted on final reading at the April 7th commission

670
01:02:17,110 --> 01:02:17,450
meeting.

671
01:02:18,190 --> 01:02:24,210
Finally, its staff subsequently identified an error in section 2.269, which incorrectly

672
01:02:24,210 --> 01:02:29,710
granted authority to the clerk or does any for the collection, allocation, and expenditures

673
01:02:29,710 --> 01:02:30,590
of said revenue.

674
01:02:31,270 --> 01:02:36,310
Ordnance 2026-19 corrects this language to vest the authority in the city administrator

675
01:02:36,310 --> 01:02:37,090
or does any.

676
01:02:37,470 --> 01:02:42,630
In addition, the prior ordinance referred to a vacant and abandoned building fund that shall

677
01:02:42,630 --> 01:02:44,510
be administered in a separate line item.

678
01:02:45,270 --> 01:02:49,730
This ordinance replaces the phrase with the vacant and abandoned building fund.

679
01:02:50,570 --> 01:02:53,770
I'm staff recommends approval of ordinance 2026-19.

680
01:02:54,650 --> 01:02:59,550
Okay, this is a public hearing, is there anyone in the audience who would like to speak for or against his ordinance?

681
01:03:02,560 --> 01:03:06,220
Okay, I'm going to close the public portion, and I'm going to turn it back to the commission.

682
01:03:10,540 --> 01:03:15,340
Motion to approve, ordinance 2026-19.

683
01:03:15,940 --> 01:03:16,160
Second.

684
01:03:17,480 --> 01:03:20,840
Okay, we have a motion and a second, is there any further discussion?

685
01:03:21,480 --> 01:03:28,920
I just have one question Sean are they are the fees that we're going to be assessing enough or should they be more?

686
01:03:29,660 --> 01:03:36,600
I know we talked about it a little bit last time, but it just it seemed kind of low for like some businesses that sit on for four.

687
01:03:36,620 --> 01:03:48,120
But it starts out at 3.50 but in each additional year after two years it goes up so I do think that it's it goes up significantly up to like after five years.

688
01:03:48,540 --> 01:03:53,860
Okay, it kind of plots. Oh, so you're good with those. I'm good with the thing. Okay.

689
01:03:56,050 --> 01:04:00,610
Okay. Did we have a second this man? Okay. We have a motion a second. Any further questions?

690
01:04:01,850 --> 01:04:03,130
Okay. Leslie call for the vote, please.

691
01:04:03,510 --> 01:04:04,390
Mr. Smith. Yes.

692
01:04:04,690 --> 01:04:05,650
Mr. Eduardo. Yes.

693
01:04:05,910 --> 01:04:06,710
Mr. Olivia. Yes.

694
01:04:06,970 --> 01:04:07,610
Meredith Kowski.

695
01:04:07,810 --> 01:04:14,690
Yes. The next item in our agenda is a public hearing for the final reading of ordinance 2026-10

696
01:04:14,690 --> 01:04:15,150
10

697
01:04:18,920 --> 01:04:27,880
annexation for U.S. 441 development LLC, ordinance number 2026-10, an ordinance annexing

698
01:04:27,880 --> 01:04:32,340
to the city of Bellevue, Florida, certainlyans in Marion County, Florida, pursuant to

699
01:04:32,340 --> 01:04:37,420
chapter 171 Florida statues, providing for terms and conditions of set annexation and

700
01:04:37,420 --> 01:04:40,860
describing the area to be annexed and providing for an effective date.

701
01:04:41,380 --> 01:04:41,400
Anna?

702
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:42,120
Yes.

703
01:04:42,120 --> 01:04:48,120
The subject parcels are commercially-zone properties owned by US 441 development LLC.

704
01:04:48,700 --> 01:04:52,720
This application was initiated by the property owner and annexes the properties into the

705
01:04:52,720 --> 01:04:53,420
city of Bellevue.

706
01:04:53,780 --> 01:04:58,300
The properties are surrounded by commercial and residential properties and have convenient

707
01:04:58,300 --> 01:04:59,960
access to US Highway 440.

708
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:28,440
31 and Southeast 100th Street. Partial 368-6200-00-00, which is located on the corner of U.S. Highway 441 in 100th Street. Appears to be connected to city water. Both city and water city water and sewer are available for these three parcels. And this item was approved on first reading at the August 18th, 2026 commission meeting. Staff recommends approval of ordinance 2026-10.

709
01:05:28,440 --> 01:05:31,980
and final reading.

710
01:05:32,500 --> 01:05:36,900
Mayor, if anyone makes a motion to adopt this ordinance,

711
01:05:37,340 --> 01:05:41,380
the second paragraph in the Precordory Language Paras,

712
01:05:41,920 --> 01:05:44,480
there's a scrivener's error that says one parcel

713
01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:47,440
and then in parentheses, three, the number three parcels

714
01:05:47,440 --> 01:05:50,380
afterwards that needs to be corrected

715
01:05:50,380 --> 01:05:55,740
so that the language agrees and there are three parcels

716
01:05:55,740 --> 01:05:58,800
So I should say three parentheses, numeral three.

717
01:05:59,720 --> 01:05:59,840
Okay.

718
01:06:01,280 --> 01:06:01,680
Okay.

719
01:06:01,860 --> 01:06:02,940
And this is a public hearing.

720
01:06:02,940 --> 01:06:06,100
Is there anyone in the audience who would like to speak for or against this?

721
01:06:09,580 --> 01:06:09,860
Okay.

722
01:06:10,020 --> 01:06:11,160
I'm going to call you as a public portion.

723
01:06:11,340 --> 01:06:12,320
Turn it back to the commissioners.

724
01:06:12,940 --> 01:06:19,440
I'm going to make a motion to approve 2026-10 with the corrections recommended by Attorney Lent.

725
01:06:21,060 --> 01:06:21,460
It's a second.

726
01:06:22,800 --> 01:06:23,080
Okay.

727
01:06:23,100 --> 01:06:23,540
We have a motion.

728
01:06:23,700 --> 01:06:23,980
The second.

729
01:06:24,200 --> 01:06:25,060
Is there any further discussion?

730
01:06:25,060 --> 01:06:25,380
Yes.

731
01:06:25,780 --> 01:06:27,100
John, a quick question.

732
01:06:27,520 --> 01:06:28,320
Refreshable memory.

733
01:06:28,520 --> 01:06:28,700
Exactly.

734
01:06:28,880 --> 01:06:29,580
Where is this?

735
01:06:30,860 --> 01:06:32,460
This is on 441.

736
01:06:32,840 --> 01:06:38,600
It's right next to Bellevue propane that we recently annexed in.

737
01:06:38,600 --> 01:06:38,660
Oh.

738
01:06:38,800 --> 01:06:41,360
annexed in these parcels prior to this meeting.

739
01:06:41,760 --> 01:06:42,040
Okay.

740
01:06:42,900 --> 01:06:43,680
Thank you.

741
01:06:44,520 --> 01:06:45,040
Okay.

742
01:06:45,340 --> 01:06:45,900
Any other questions?

743
01:06:48,260 --> 01:06:48,460
Okay.

744
01:06:48,680 --> 01:06:49,420
Leslie, call for the way.

745
01:06:49,520 --> 01:06:49,700
Please.

746
01:06:49,820 --> 01:06:50,320
Mr. Smith.

747
01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:50,680
Yes.

748
01:06:50,940 --> 01:06:51,540
Commissioner Dwyer.

749
01:06:51,720 --> 01:06:51,900
Yes.

750
01:06:54,240 --> 01:07:23,320
The next item in our agenda is the final reading of ordinance 2026-17 which is the figure arrow comprehensive plan amendment ordinance 2026-17 and ordinance of the city of Bellevue Florida relating to an amendment of 5.20 plus minus

751
01:07:23,320 --> 01:07:26,740
as Acres of Land to the City of Bellevue's Comprehensive Plan,

752
01:07:27,300 --> 01:07:28,880
amending the future land use map

753
01:07:28,880 --> 01:07:30,980
of the City of Bellevue Comprehensive Plan

754
01:07:30,980 --> 01:07:32,980
and the official zoning district's map,

755
01:07:33,460 --> 01:07:39,860
pursuing to application SSC25-003 by the City of Bellevue

756
01:07:39,860 --> 01:07:44,520
for Rocio Perez figure arrow under the small-scale amendment

757
01:07:44,520 --> 01:07:48,580
procedures established in sections 163.3161,

758
01:07:48,580 --> 01:07:56,100
Due 163.3215 Florida statutes, changing the future land use classification on parcel

759
01:07:56,100 --> 01:08:05,820
number 38526-0000-0000 from medium residential Marion County to medium density residential

760
01:08:05,820 --> 01:08:11,980
city of Bellevue and by changing the zoning classification from A1 Marion County to Ag city

761
01:08:11,980 --> 01:08:17,080
of Bellevue on certain lands within the corporate limits of the city of Bellevue, Florida providing

762
01:08:17,080 --> 01:08:21,820
Planning severability, repealing all ordinances and conflict and providing an effective date.

763
01:08:22,040 --> 01:08:22,240
Shanna?

764
01:08:23,280 --> 01:08:30,220
This subject property is owned by Rossi O'Rourke Perez figure arrow and was annexed into the city in March of 2026.

765
01:08:30,900 --> 01:08:36,860
It is being developed by, as a single family home, Marion County required the home to be connected to city water.

766
01:08:37,500 --> 01:08:43,220
Sewer lines are not available, therefore Marion County has permitted them to use a nitrogen-reducing septic tank.

767
01:08:43,220 --> 01:08:51,880
This application amends the future land use map and zoning map to include the property and assign future land use and zoning designations as in chart one.

768
01:08:52,660 --> 01:09:05,140
Applicant is requesting rezoning from Marion County General Agricultural A1 to city agricultural AG and the land use from Marion County medium residential to city of Bellevue medium residential.

769
01:09:05,140 --> 01:09:13,480
The proposed future land use and axoning categories are appropriate to the proposed use incompatible with the adjacent areas.

770
01:09:13,900 --> 01:09:18,600
This item was approved on first reading on August 18th, 2026 at the commission meeting.

771
01:09:19,080 --> 01:09:22,120
Staff recommends approval of ordinance 2026-17.

772
01:09:23,000 --> 01:09:27,680
Okay, this is a public hearing. Is there anyone in the audience who would like to speak for or against this ordinance?

773
01:09:30,470 --> 01:09:33,790
Okay, I'm going to close the public question and turn it back to the commission commissioners.

774
01:09:35,050 --> 01:09:36,350
Motion to approve, Mayor.

775
01:09:37,370 --> 01:09:37,770
Second.

776
01:09:38,410 --> 01:09:40,530
The motion in the second is ready for the discussion.

777
01:09:42,870 --> 01:09:44,230
Okay, and as we call for the vote, please.

778
01:09:44,610 --> 01:09:45,110
Commissioner Smith?

779
01:09:45,410 --> 01:09:45,530
Yes.

780
01:09:45,730 --> 01:09:46,410
Commissioner Dwyer?

781
01:09:46,690 --> 01:09:46,850
Yes.

782
01:09:47,150 --> 01:09:47,770
Commissioner Livsey?

783
01:09:47,890 --> 01:09:48,030
Yes.

784
01:09:48,270 --> 01:09:48,970
Mayor DiPalski.

785
01:09:49,350 --> 01:09:49,490
Yes.

786
01:09:49,990 --> 01:09:56,290
The next item in our agenda is Resolution 26-07, Fund Balance Policy.

787
01:09:59,230 --> 01:09:59,710
Okay.

788
01:09:59,710 --> 01:09:59,930
Thank you very much.

789
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:26,820
Resolution 26-07, a resolution of the City Commission of the City of Bellevue, Florida, establishing a fund balance policy, providing for purpose and definitions, establishing requirements for committed, assigned, and unassigned fund balances, establishing a minimum, unassigned, general fund balance, establishing an order of expenditure of funds, providing for implementation, providing for conflicts, and providing an effective day. Julie?

790
01:10:27,520 --> 01:10:31,040
John Gary spearheaded this policy, so I'm going to let him.

791
01:10:34,900 --> 01:10:38,860
Commissioner, is this policy was drafted and presented to you tonight.

792
01:10:40,840 --> 01:10:46,760
Just in conjunction with the way we're presenting the new budget to you, it does provide for

793
01:10:46,760 --> 01:10:50,860
guidelines as far as the classification of the different types of fun balances.

794
01:10:52,700 --> 01:10:59,660
Mainly it's giving your direction to the finance staff in the future as to

795
01:10:59,660 --> 01:11:05,460
how to establish reserves within the operating budget and the timeline and time frame.

796
01:11:05,700 --> 01:11:09,120
So it codifies your direction to finance.

797
01:11:09,640 --> 01:11:12,920
So we know exactly how to set the reserves in the future.

798
01:11:18,600 --> 01:11:19,100
Thank you.

799
01:11:20,140 --> 01:11:23,880
And this is a public hearing on this resolution.

800
01:11:24,120 --> 01:11:27,480
Is there anyone in the audience who would like to speak for or against this resolution?

801
01:11:30,230 --> 01:11:32,990
Okay, I'm going to close the public portion and turn it back to the commission.

802
01:11:39,630 --> 01:11:45,290
Motion to approve resolution 26-07 fund balance policy.

803
01:11:45,510 --> 01:11:46,330
Set it.

804
01:11:47,230 --> 01:11:47,670
Okay.

805
01:11:47,770 --> 01:11:48,850
We have a motion and a second.

806
01:11:49,010 --> 01:11:49,810
Is there any further discussion?

807
01:11:53,290 --> 01:11:53,490
Okay.

808
01:11:53,650 --> 01:11:54,610
Leslie Call for the vote, please.

809
01:11:54,790 --> 01:11:55,010
Thank you.

810
01:11:55,030 --> 01:11:55,590
Commissioner Smith.

811
01:11:55,850 --> 01:11:56,010
Yes.

812
01:11:56,250 --> 01:11:56,930
Commissioner Dwyer.

813
01:11:57,170 --> 01:11:57,410
Yes.

814
01:11:57,670 --> 01:11:58,350
Commissioner Livesy.

815
01:11:58,430 --> 01:11:58,630
Yes.

816
01:11:58,870 --> 01:11:59,450
Mayor Dukowski.

817
01:11:59,870 --> 01:11:59,990
Yes.

818
01:12:00,450 --> 01:12:00,610
Okay.

819
01:12:00,670 --> 01:12:02,970
The next item in our agenda is unscheduled audience.

820
01:12:03,230 --> 01:12:07,370
Is there anyone in the audience who wants to speak before the commission this evening on any topic?

821
01:12:13,660 --> 01:12:14,100
Okay.

822
01:12:14,100 --> 01:12:15,300
Any name and address for the record?

823
01:12:20,520 --> 01:12:23,260
Ronnie Woods, 5, 6, 3, 5, 1, 27, place.

824
01:12:24,600 --> 01:12:26,540
Belby, Florida, 3, 4, 4, 2, 1.

825
01:12:27,340 --> 01:12:28,080
I'm just an update.

826
01:12:28,640 --> 01:12:30,460
The sign I was working on, I'm waiting on permitting.

827
01:12:31,340 --> 01:12:33,760
The memorial we're waiting on the electrical to get the lights fixed

828
01:12:33,760 --> 01:12:35,600
and the VVA is probably going to take that over.

829
01:12:37,420 --> 01:12:39,740
You did very, very well at the last month's meeting.

830
01:12:39,860 --> 01:12:40,480
It was pretty rough.

831
01:12:40,980 --> 01:12:42,720
You handled it excellently.

832
01:12:43,200 --> 01:12:44,260
I thought that was pretty impressive.

833
01:12:45,200 --> 01:12:47,540
One quick question I want to know if it's worth pursuing.

834
01:12:47,540 --> 01:12:52,740
It's for the kids. My girlfriend was mentioning it. We have a 15-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son.

835
01:12:53,520 --> 01:13:00,780
A Friday or Saturday night, between say 630 and 930, where the kids could gather at Lake Lillian or

836
01:13:00,780 --> 01:13:06,700
at the community center and have a kids, a teen's night. No adults, while the parents would, of course,

837
01:13:06,800 --> 01:13:13,240
be somewhere and we definitely need the police. But is that an avenue that the city and the mayor and

838
01:13:13,240 --> 01:13:18,520
Council would even be interested in, we'd look into it to see what the possibilities were.

839
01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:24,500
I think initially some kind of reports from the police would come up first to see what

840
01:13:24,500 --> 01:13:29,000
is viable and because there's going to be, there's going to be 15 and 16-year-old stuff

841
01:13:29,000 --> 01:13:29,480
will happen.

842
01:13:30,840 --> 01:13:31,400
All right.

843
01:13:31,540 --> 01:13:34,960
What does our communities that it look like on the weekends do we have?

844
01:13:35,860 --> 01:13:38,600
It's pretty booked for like in the next year.

845
01:13:38,780 --> 01:13:42,320
I don't know about Friday evenings, but we can check on that.

846
01:13:42,320 --> 01:13:47,380
I'd have to read our policies because we do have guidelines on who can rent it for

847
01:13:47,380 --> 01:13:53,080
what kind of things on the weekends, but it's something that we could talk about with

848
01:13:53,080 --> 01:13:55,520
the community event liaison.

849
01:13:55,640 --> 01:13:55,840
Yeah.

850
01:13:56,040 --> 01:13:57,140
Is he out of town today?

851
01:13:57,200 --> 01:13:57,920
He is this week.

852
01:13:58,040 --> 01:13:58,600
He'll be back.

853
01:13:58,960 --> 01:14:00,220
We have a Friday foodie fest.

854
01:14:00,380 --> 01:14:04,220
This Friday he'll be back for that so I can get with him and we can touch base with you

855
01:14:04,220 --> 01:14:08,280
and talk about some more ideas and there's some applications and things you'd have to fill

856
01:14:08,280 --> 01:14:11,560
out, but it's something that we could work on.

857
01:14:11,560 --> 01:14:12,820
Okay, I died.

858
01:14:12,880 --> 01:14:15,220
It's not in my girlfriend, it's just something for the kids to have something to do.

859
01:14:15,220 --> 01:14:20,680
I think if there's somebody like yourself who's willing to spearhead it and run it.

860
01:14:23,040 --> 01:14:30,280
I think that's a really nice idea.

861
01:14:31,220 --> 01:14:31,740
Yeah.

862
01:14:31,780 --> 01:14:31,960
Cool.

863
01:14:32,320 --> 01:14:32,580
Yeah.

864
01:14:33,360 --> 01:14:35,780
To the feedback from a police officer seriously.

865
01:14:36,880 --> 01:14:38,520
We have nice kids in our community.

866
01:14:39,140 --> 01:14:40,220
Thank you very much for your time.

867
01:14:40,660 --> 01:14:40,980
Thank you.

868
01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:46,840
Is there anyone else? Yes, sir. If you could please approach the podium and just state your name and address for the record.

869
01:14:47,140 --> 01:14:53,660
Hi, my name is Kenneth Thompson. I'm 4941 Southeast 115 Street Bellevue.

870
01:14:55,420 --> 01:14:59,960
Jason, to me, they're putting in, I understand several figures on A-

871
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:08,780
Eight acres, 85 and 64 and different. My fence line is on that property. If you come into

872
01:15:08,780 --> 01:15:15,960
my side, I'm in the county going that side, you're in the city. I can't see that many

873
01:15:15,960 --> 01:15:23,980
homes on eight acres. You can't even maintain 50 fifth street or avenue. Right now, I have

874
01:15:23,980 --> 01:15:29,620
to drive left to center to keep from tearing the truck apart because of the chuckles. You're

875
01:15:29,620 --> 01:15:35,840
going to put that much more on that road and the rest of the highways, you drive from

876
01:15:35,840 --> 01:15:42,420
here to the villages or to Ocala. You should be able to do it in 10 minutes. Now it takes

877
01:15:42,420 --> 01:15:49,160
you a half an hour, 45 minutes. You're going to add to that. They're building 380 homes

878
01:15:49,160 --> 01:15:55,520
there on the baseline right now. That hadn't started, but when they get that one done, what

879
01:15:55,520 --> 01:16:01,860
What are we going to do with all that kind of traffic on our environment?

880
01:16:02,520 --> 01:16:04,260
It's going to make a big difference.

881
01:16:04,720 --> 01:16:06,940
Our big problem in Florida is water.

882
01:16:07,960 --> 01:16:09,160
That's what worries us.

883
01:16:09,320 --> 01:16:11,480
Our wells are drying or dropping now.

884
01:16:11,920 --> 01:16:15,200
Been here 40 years on two and a half acres.

885
01:16:15,720 --> 01:16:17,960
Are they going to let me put 40 homes on that?

886
01:16:18,340 --> 01:16:21,460
If I want to build, I won't be around to see it.

887
01:16:22,080 --> 01:16:25,440
Most of us in this room won't be around to see the consequences.

888
01:16:25,440 --> 01:16:36,420
of this activity hope you consider all of that when you if you approve that property development because it's going to hurt us.

889
01:16:37,640 --> 01:16:50,020
Okay I appreciate your comments and we voted on several meetings ago the request came before us to allow 80 something homes and we denied that request.

890
01:16:50,020 --> 01:17:02,440
However, we can't stop them from developing it with the 64 homes approximately, because it was approved back in the night.

891
01:17:02,700 --> 01:17:05,160
They stipulated that on their plot plan.

892
01:17:05,440 --> 01:17:08,860
Shana, is there a requirement between residential and residential?

893
01:17:09,260 --> 01:17:09,840
Yes, there is.

894
01:17:09,920 --> 01:17:10,080
Okay.

895
01:17:10,360 --> 01:17:19,020
It will depend on what type of residential it is, but they do have to have a buffer in that area.

896
01:17:19,020 --> 01:17:23,340
in that area. Okay, so there is going to be a buffer with, I don't know if we know

897
01:17:23,340 --> 01:17:26,140
exactly what kind jet but there will be a buffer between your properties.

898
01:17:26,140 --> 01:17:29,060
I'm sure it will that be available that I can look at it.

899
01:17:29,180 --> 01:17:35,560
Donna, can you have not submitted a plan yet? Okay, well actually approved back in the 80s.

900
01:17:35,680 --> 01:17:41,100
Mm hmm. I knew it was going to be developed. I've been there 30 some odd years. I knew we weren't

901
01:17:41,100 --> 01:17:44,920
going to stay country forever. But the commission voted to,

902
01:17:48,500 --> 01:17:48,660
so.

903
01:17:57,020 --> 01:17:58,900
All right, thank you very much.

904
01:17:58,900 --> 01:18:04,160
Thank you for sharing today. We appreciate it. Is there anyone else in the audience who would like to speak?

905
01:18:04,920 --> 01:18:06,500
This evening on any topic.

906
01:18:09,080 --> 01:18:11,040
Okay, we're going to move forward with their other

907
01:18:12,200 --> 01:18:18,420
other city department other business and department updates and we're going to start with Leslie.

908
01:18:20,060 --> 01:18:25,980
Okay, so at the September 1st meeting there was the utility billing write-off for fiscal years

909
01:18:25,980 --> 01:18:32,920
years, 2024, 2025. At the time, a formal analysis was not available, but it has been completed

910
01:18:32,920 --> 01:18:38,700
now, so that is in your agenda packet for your review. We did find really the main causes

911
01:18:38,700 --> 01:18:43,660
going through all of those accounts. Main causes of those write-offs were, you know, accounts

912
01:18:43,660 --> 01:18:50,100
with refunded deposits. We found that there were 33% of the accounts that were written off

913
01:18:50,100 --> 01:18:58,140
had a refunded deposit, so if I did some math on there and if there had been, those accounts

914
01:18:58,140 --> 01:19:04,340
had deposits, it would have been $10,000 less, but it must be said that current active accounts

915
01:19:04,340 --> 01:19:11,160
with no deposit is about 1,800. Those are long-term customers. Many of you are also people without

916
01:19:11,160 --> 01:19:16,440
deposits if they've already been refunded for good standing, but that is something to take note of.

917
01:19:16,440 --> 01:19:18,900
We also had delayed disconnections.

918
01:19:19,100 --> 01:19:23,300
There were 24 accounts in that list that did have delays in disconnections.

919
01:19:23,800 --> 01:19:27,220
Some of them as many as five months without a disconnection.

920
01:19:28,040 --> 01:19:33,960
So with our new policy, of course, we are going to be implementing disconnections on the actual

921
01:19:33,960 --> 01:19:35,260
schedule that it needs to follow.

922
01:19:36,280 --> 01:19:40,100
With the other ones that we said, there were ones that had active accounts.

923
01:19:40,360 --> 01:19:44,580
So we did initiate 17 accounts to do a balanced transfer.

924
01:19:44,580 --> 01:19:52,300
So we did take about $3,200 out of that right off amount and then there were some others where you know

925
01:19:52,300 --> 01:19:59,820
We had those really large amounts of the how did this person get a $3,000 water bill so we were looking at that there were some accounts that had

926
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:29,920
Major leaks or they were billing issues and that we have analyzed and we're looking at that. But since March of 2026, we're no longer refunding the deposits. Consistent disconnection dates are set. Additional deposits are being collected every month if somebody is disconnected. And then of course deposit restoration is also occurring. And then we have collections that are going to actually consistent rather than

927
01:20:29,920 --> 01:20:34,440
waiting a year, we now are actually allowing 90 days for the collections period.

928
01:20:35,060 --> 01:20:38,500
And then of course, old balances are being transferred if the customer has an active account.

929
01:20:39,440 --> 01:20:44,400
So of course we're looking at that, all of the steps we're taking will hopefully, when

930
01:20:44,400 --> 01:20:48,440
we come back in future years, that will be a lot less.

931
01:20:49,280 --> 01:20:51,080
Thank you for putting them together.

932
01:20:51,500 --> 01:20:55,840
And the transfer, that was not being done previously.

933
01:20:55,840 --> 01:21:00,520
And so, what we found after last meeting, which is one of the reasons Leslie brought this forward was,

934
01:21:01,220 --> 01:21:08,580
Leslie had previously been looking at things like Highland Homes, like Mike was upset because they were businesses that had it transferred.

935
01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:15,840
But what we found was, again, in the previous processes and procedures that were being done before the leadership change,

936
01:21:16,540 --> 01:21:21,140
when accounts were being, if Highland Homes built a house and then somebody bought the house,

937
01:21:21,840 --> 01:21:27,300
It's our responsibility to contact Thailand homes and tell them that they have a balance, but we were not.

938
01:21:27,720 --> 01:21:29,600
So those balances were just being carried over.

939
01:21:30,300 --> 01:21:32,940
And then we looked at, we're starting to look at all accounts.

940
01:21:33,100 --> 01:21:38,560
So if somebody comes in to open a water account, we are checking now to see if they had a previous account with a balance.

941
01:21:38,920 --> 01:21:44,580
We will immediately transfer that balance over so that those things will not be missed any longer, any further either.

942
01:21:44,760 --> 01:21:49,260
So that's a new thing that we've discovered when we're working through all these processes and

943
01:21:49,260 --> 01:21:52,400
procedures that was not being done that we've now initiated a process.

944
01:21:53,000 --> 01:21:56,860
So we wanted a report to you that from what we discussed at the last meeting,

945
01:21:57,100 --> 01:22:01,800
we further looked at our processes and are now including the transfer process properly.

946
01:22:02,260 --> 01:22:02,380
Okay.

947
01:22:02,820 --> 01:22:03,740
Great, thank you.

948
01:22:04,520 --> 01:22:05,560
Did you have anything else, Lucy?

949
01:22:05,880 --> 01:22:06,140
No, ma'am.

950
01:22:06,360 --> 01:22:07,140
Shana, did you have anything?

951
01:22:07,720 --> 01:22:16,460
Since it is Florida redevelopment week, I just wanted to let you all know that I'll be attending the Florida redevelopment association conference the week of October 19th.

952
01:22:16,460 --> 01:22:18,640
Okay, I also don't have some good information to bring back.

953
01:22:19,240 --> 01:22:20,160
Great, Julie, did you have anything?

954
01:22:20,540 --> 01:22:20,760
Nothing.

955
01:22:21,040 --> 01:22:21,780
Okay, thank you.

956
01:22:22,440 --> 01:22:22,580
Bob?

957
01:22:22,980 --> 01:22:23,180
Nothing.

958
01:22:23,480 --> 01:22:23,640
Chief?

959
01:22:23,980 --> 01:22:24,380
Nothing, ma'am.

960
01:22:24,640 --> 01:22:24,840
Kevin?

961
01:22:25,240 --> 01:22:25,960
I have nothing, ma'am.

962
01:22:26,440 --> 01:22:26,560
Nothing.

963
01:22:27,940 --> 01:22:28,300
Mariah.

964
01:22:28,720 --> 01:22:28,860
I think.

965
01:22:29,960 --> 01:22:30,320
No.

966
01:22:31,220 --> 01:22:31,800
Emission anything?

967
01:22:32,800 --> 01:22:33,460
Emission is done.

968
01:22:33,720 --> 01:22:34,260
I have nothing.

969
01:22:34,560 --> 01:22:36,380
Okay, and I don't have any.

970
01:22:36,740 --> 01:22:37,440
I do have something.

971
01:22:37,780 --> 01:22:41,160
You didn't make me a note, but were we going to talk about the first meeting in December?

972
01:22:42,220 --> 01:22:44,020
I didn't make you a note, but yes.

973
01:22:44,880 --> 01:22:46,080
I can't believe I remembered.

974
01:22:46,080 --> 01:22:52,580
So, the first meeting in December falls right after Thanksgiving and we've discovered that

975
01:22:52,580 --> 01:22:58,060
most of our staff, I mean because we're going to be closed Thursday, Friday, Saturday

976
01:22:58,060 --> 01:23:03,040
and Sunday and then a lot of our staff is going to be on vacation, that we're leading up

977
01:23:03,040 --> 01:23:08,860
to the meeting which makes it very difficult to prepare the agenda and so what we were

978
01:23:08,860 --> 01:23:14,160
suggesting is that perhaps we not have the first meeting in December and just have one meeting

979
01:23:14,160 --> 01:23:16,880
which would be the second meeting.

980
01:23:17,400 --> 01:23:18,920
Yeah, which would be the 15th, the 15th.

981
01:23:19,060 --> 01:23:20,280
Is everybody okay with that?

982
01:23:20,560 --> 01:23:26,040
I don't know the date, but the first meeting of December

983
01:23:26,040 --> 01:23:26,880
would be canceled.

984
01:23:26,960 --> 01:23:28,440
December 1st, yeah.

985
01:23:29,000 --> 01:23:31,540
It just falls the week right after Thanksgiving week,

986
01:23:31,540 --> 01:23:33,440
which makes it really hard for us to put together

987
01:23:33,440 --> 01:23:34,440
any sort of an agenda.

988
01:23:35,340 --> 01:23:35,460
Okay.

989
01:23:36,640 --> 01:23:39,200
Okay, Mary, so we're going to go ahead and do that.

990
01:23:39,320 --> 01:23:42,160
And I didn't have anything else, so our meeting is adjourned.