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We will call this meeting to order. This is the final public hearing for fiscal year 2526 budget.
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It is Thursday, September 18th, 2025. It is 5:01 PM.
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If you understand with me, Commissioner Pelletier, if you will do the invocation, Commissioner Ayers, lead us in the pledge,
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please.
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Lord, we thank you for allowing us to gather today and we pray for you guys in making decisions.
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For our citizens in our city.
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We thank you for our first responders and we ask.
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That you bless them and their families. Please keep them safe and let them go home at the end of their shift.
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We thank you for all of our citizens and our employees that make Callaway a great place to be.
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And we pray you bless them with peace and success.
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In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen.
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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And to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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To killing the bear town over here.
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City Clerk, please do a roll call.
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Commissioner Griggs.
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Trust Share. Pelletier, Mayor Henderson.
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OK Google, on to our.
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First Item Public Announcement City Clerk Pursuant detection 200.0652 E Florida Statutes Notice of tentative property taxes for
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the City of Calvary, Florida Term Notice The proposed ad valorem rate for this fiscal year 20/25/26.
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Was advertised to be a maximum of 2.7500 mills.
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This mileage rate would be greater than the current year's rollback rate of 2.6981 mills.
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After reviewing revenue projections and proposed expenditure levels for the 202526 fiscal year, the general fund budget is
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balanced at a tentative rate of 2.7000 mills.
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Which is more than the current year's rollback rate by 0.0019 and an.
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Increase of 0.0704%.
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This means 2.7000 mills is to be levied.
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To find the fiscal Year 202526 budget.
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OK.
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And then we will go on.
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To the final.
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Fiscal Year 202526 Budget and City Managers Budget message Do you have a budget message for us or not? Mr. Schultz? Is there
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anything that needs to be added?
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Change this temperature. Yeah, nothing has changed.
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OK. And then we will go to.
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Public participation.
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So this is your first opportunity to speak. So if there's anybody that would like to speak, I think everybody that's been here
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knows the process. So is there anybody that wants to speak on the budget at this point?
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Not seeing it. We'll have a couple other items that you'll have the opportunity to speak as well. So we will.
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Go on to resolution #25-21 Fiscal year 202526 final and the long tax rate.
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I'm sorry, city Clerk.
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A resolution of the City Commission of the City of Callaway of Bay County, Florida, adopting the final levying of Agrawal on taxes
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for fiscal year 20/25/26 and providing for an effective date.
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KN City Manager, do you have anything to say on this item?
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I think we're the only one in the county that lowered on. Sure we are. There may be some that kept the same, but I don't think
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anybody else lowered.
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So is anybody up here have anything to say? Did anybody in the audience want to speak about the ad valorem tax rate?
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Which yes, we lowered it, so nothing to complain about.
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OK. Well, if nobody wants to speak, would somebody like to make a motion on this item? Motion to approve Resolution 2521, Fiscal
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year 2526.
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Thank you. Yes.
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No, he's melting.
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OK, so we do have a motion and a second. So if there's no other discussion, City Clerk, please do a roll call. Commissioner
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Grange, Commissioner Pelletier, Commissioner Ayers, Mayor Henderson. Yes.
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OK, we will go on to the next item resolution #25-22.
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Fiscal Year 202526 final budget.
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Settings for our guess there's nothing to lose on this one is the clerk.
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A resolution of the City of Powell Way of Bay County, Florida, adopting the final budget for fiscal year 20/25/26 and providing
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for an effective date.
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OK, so this is just.
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Approving the budget that we have.
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No changes talked about at land.
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Yep, no changes as presented.
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Anybody up here have any?
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Comment on.
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You've said all we're gonna say. I move. Like said, we've had several meetings and talked, have workshops and talked about it.
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Thanks Mr. Schultz and City Manager and staff.
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Yes, yes.
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Sort of balanced budget and putting up with.
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You know, at first we had you working at 2.75 and then we lowered it to 2.7 and you still managed to come up with it. Everything
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is in there that we need to do. So yes we do. Appreciate y'all.
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OK, so did anybody out there want to speak about this item?
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Note about the final budget. If not, would somebody like to make a motion on this one?
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I'd like to make a motion to adopt resolution #2522 FY20 2526 final Budget. Second. OK, you've got a motion and a second.
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There is no discussion. City Clerk.
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Commissioner. Volunteer. Commissioner Ayers. Commissioner Graves.
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And that brings us to the end.
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Of our meeting.
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So.
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If no one has objection, we will adjourn. We will adjourn this meeting and then we have to go into, we have to call to order the
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CRA budget hearing.
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For the City of Callaway Community Redevelopment Agency.
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It's Thursday, September 18th, 2025 and it is currently 509.
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So we've already had a an invocation of prayer and a roll call.
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Do we need to do another roll call since we are now instead of the mayor with the go ahead and do a roll call.
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All right, board members.
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Here for number Ayers, Vice Chair Griggs and Chairman Henderson here.
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OK. And we have the minutes.
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From our last budget hearing of September 19th, 2024, did everybody have a chance to look those over? I know they were quite
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lengthy.
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Is the date.
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A day off.
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It says September 19th. That's tomorrow. No, this last year's minutes.
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Now it's just 2024. This was the minutes from last year's final budget hearing. So, and while we're off on that.
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I wanna wish the Air Force a happy 78th birthday today.
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So, but if nobody had any changes, we need a motion to approve these minutes.
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Motion to approve missions minutes from September 19th.
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2024 CRA budget period.
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Second, OK, we've got a motion and a second.
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So all in favor of approving the minutes say aye aye. Any opposed?
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OK, then we will go on to the regular agenda.
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We have CRA resolution #25-01 adopting the fiscal year 20/25/26.
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CRA Budget.
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City clerk, please.
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A resolution adopting the annual budget over the City of Powley Community Redevelopment Agency for the 2020.
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5/20/26 Fiscal year beginning October 21st, 2025.
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And ending September.
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30th, 2026.
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Providing for cyber ability and providing an effective date.
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OK. Was there any discussion on?
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The CRA budget.
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Nobody. Did anybody in the audience want to comment on the CRA budget?
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Not seeing anybody OK, gentlemen.
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We just need a.
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Motion.
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Motion to approve.
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Resolution #2025-01 adopting the fiscal year 202526-C RA but.
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So OK.
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So.
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We've got a motion and a second.
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Is there any discussion?
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And, umm.
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If not, city clerk.
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Board member Pelletier? Yes. Board member Ayers.
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Yes, Chairman, I understand. Yes.
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And that concludes, I know it says public participation, but.
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Huh. I don't know if that we can do no, I'm saying we kind of covered that with the individual items. So I think this was just.
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Put on here.
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Just carry it over. Would you check that with Kevin?
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Massive lending, public participation in the CRA budget meeting. I can. Well, I think we did it, you know, I'm just saying I'm not
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trying to prevent no, but that's I'm thinking.
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We don't typically do just.
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Non agenda on at this. I think that was probably just just for the item kind of the carryover.
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So that completes our CRA budget hearing. So we will adjourn this meeting.