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at six o'clock

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yes sir i got my fair phone i'm gonna

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put on me

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okay okay all right

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core

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i was there

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well

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so i gave it a number

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spend all my time

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we're actually going to have one at the

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farmers market this year

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school stuff

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all right

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shirt

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anthony says tell everyone i said hello

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and they look good on camera

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thank you anthony that's your big smile

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um

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uh this is the city council budget

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workshop thursday may 6

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2021. y'all please buy red and join me

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in our invitation

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my dear heavenly father we thank you for

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this beautiful day and this beautiful

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weekend this beautiful city

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please bless us as we look at the city's

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finances and do what's best for

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our employees our residents uh and our

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businesses

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and uh please use us to

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service your will uh

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the united states of america as to the

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republic for which it stands

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one nation under god indivisible

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budget workshop our first one was a few

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weeks back when we had our

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annual presentation from our financial

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advisors first tryon

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tonight we're going to get a little bit

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deeper into what

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staff is presenting to you all for our

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fiscal year 2021

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2022 annual budget

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including all of our funds um

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yes naomi reid our assistant city

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administrator and finance director is

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going to

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provide you a presentation it's going to

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be pretty high level

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um but she is happy to go into

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details and answer questions and without

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further ado

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you have it

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thank you sean thank you mayor and

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council and our department heads

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sandra our city clerk um

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i do want to start off by apologizing

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for not getting this information sooner

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you will have the budget in full the

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budget transmittal letter

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the fee schedule the budget ordinance

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and

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all the detail for every line item

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before you well before our first reading

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so hope to get that to you by monday

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just in case you have questions

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um sean and i'll be happy to answer them

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get what the apartment heads and get any

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clarifying items before we head the

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first reading

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i also did notice that i stapled two of

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the same pages to your packet so we'll

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just skip right through that when i get

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like sean said this is our second budget

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workshop um the first one we discussed

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are capital items for every fund

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left that workshop with some some

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lingering questions

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and i got together and we developed the

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budget

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as presented for your consideration our

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first reading

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this workshop i would like to get

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feedback and direction

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from city council um to finalize the fy

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22 budget

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um i would like you all to review and go with us through the assumptions

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that sean and i made while developing

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the budget

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and then understand our methodology for

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priorities we place on service

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enhancements and our capital improvement

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projects

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in the presentation

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so a couple months ago city council got

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together

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and met at a budget retreat where

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you all discussed in length your budget

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priorities and goals

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and i left from that workshop and i

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remember mayor mcglier making

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a statement and it was um after a long

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discussion of

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what city council's goals and and for

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fountain in and what his founding means

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to city council

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it got a little quiet and then the mayor

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said to providing to preserve a sense of

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community through shared experiences

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and so i took that that quote and um

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framed it around how we were going to

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present the budget to you all

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and have the department heads keep that

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in mind while they were developing their

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budgets

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so we pulled from the strategic plan

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document that kevin bronson prepared for

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um a few key items and it's delivering

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on city council's

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strategic planning goals we want to make

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sure that that's at the top of our for our brains while we're

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developing the budget

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um you all discussed in length

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addressing the aging infrastructure

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throughout the departments

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um specifically in our sewer department

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and our public works

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facilities you know we have needs there

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and we are presenting to you a plan to fund the public works facility

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in the natural gas facility you all

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wanting to continue equitable and

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inclusive events to enhance community

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relations

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uh provide quality service to our

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community um and that's going to be

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through

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some customer service initiatives that

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we partner with our hr director on to

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train our our employees on

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good customer service um our

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while the citizens are coming in to to get those city services from us

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um we also want to adapt to the growth

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sean does not like the word

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um uh managed growth because it

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what does that mean and so he he came up

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with the word adapting to the growth

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by balancing economic development and

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preservation of fountain in his

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traditional hometown field

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we also have funding to improve our city

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facilities and parks

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and to increase personnel and

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professional development

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um and you'll see that reflected here if

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you have any questions

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i'm going to put that and grab some

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i guess for the record

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people ask questions

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begin to reiterate our budget priorities

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was to address the critical

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infrastructure

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um have a heavy emphasis on our

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commitment to beautification

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employee benefits um as well as employee

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streamline our development review

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process and our new business processes

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focus on parts and economic development

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initiatives

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how we did that um we

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framed our our budget around the the

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term provide and preserve and so as we

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go through this you'll see that we are either providing

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new services or preserving the services

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by improving the maintenance on some of

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the facilities or

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um even in putting dollars into our

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employees

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um so the fountain and sewer system

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improvements will be reflected in the

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budget

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found in natural gas system improvements

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and road improvement

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a commitment to beautification um our

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new public works director russell

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slatten

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um he came in at the tail end of our of

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our budget development process

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and took a look at what laurie and roger

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put together and had some

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new ideas uh with the focus on grounds

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maintenance and so we split out a

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division of grounds maintenance

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in the public works department in this

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budget you'll also see

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uh funding for um

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a code enforcement officer and also

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funding to

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start the process on our jones to 14

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streetscape project

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should we hold our questions feel free

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russell what does that look like from

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the perspective of ground maintenance

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i didn't we didn't add any personnel we

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shipped it we were already

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doing a ground maintenance through

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sanitation and

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all we did was it was basically make

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sanitation dedicated

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only sanitation and pull uh three people

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because we didn't have a supervisor and

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in sanitation so those crew lead came

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supervisor for streets and grounds and i

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took two workers

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and we modified the way we were running

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our routes and we pulled those over to

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streets

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around so really we only have three

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focusing on just uh just a couple hours

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to begin with and then

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we'll grow as needed or as

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we would have dictated by sean or city

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so which is going to require additional

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equipment

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initially no uh it will be very minor if

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consume a lot of them such as blowers

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and weed eaters there will be some

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eventually some

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lawn mowers uh possibly tractors but

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they're not on the high end they won't

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be

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anything like sanitation trucks or

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anything like that well with under six

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figures that's all

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you thank you um public works department

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has already started that process

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with the funding that we did have in the

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budget for city hall grounds maintenance

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um you'll notice that the sidewalks were

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finally pressure washed and the building

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pressure washed as well some new

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planters

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the light poles painted and our hanging

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baskets are up now

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and so i think forming that division of

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the public works department you'll see

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that

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really beneficial to the city residents

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and just beautifying our grounds and standing out like the great city of

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mountain we are

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i saw as you walked in the entrance way

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uh just you know what having some

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dedicated

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employees just to that type of thing

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what that little bit of difference can

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make

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on a regular basis exactly

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i was curious about the planters and

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when their

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water because when i was downtown a few

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weeks

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ago a couple of them looked really bad

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they were water today

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i mean they looked bad they're supposed

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to be water daily

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we have a dedicated individual that goes

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around in the morning and hits every

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platter it's supposed to hit every

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plattered hanging basket to keep them uh

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fresh and rejuvenated okay because when

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actually it was eaten at

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jay peters um for my birthday so late

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when you were doing that that may not

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have been the schedule but it is the

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schedule

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okay i was just curious and i meant to

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ask about it but i just when i saw the

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picture i went

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oh i think they've been replanted yes

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they've been rescuing the flowers

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just a couple days ago they were

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replaced with

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and we do have the replenishment um by

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season in our budget as well

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next up is investing in our employees

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and i may spend a good bit of time here

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on this slide as well as sean

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um over the past few fiscal years

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we have put a lot of dollars into our

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employees

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whether it be salary increases even just

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paying for the common class survey

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um increasing our employer portion to

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our family coverage

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but it has been uh very nice sitting

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down to the table

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with rebecca going through our state

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health plan options and seeing how those

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dollars

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are going to come right back into

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families in the city of fountain inn so

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the cost of the city um it's 288 000

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and that's an estimate we're still

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getting those numbers coming in as open

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enrollment

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um it's going on um an estimated

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increase of 30

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to our health insurance costs and some

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years we've we've done this dollar

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amount and salary increases so to be

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able to do this

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um in this fiscal year it it does come

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in great time for our city employees but

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we did rip the band-aid off this year

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and then you'll see those personnel

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expenditures increasing overall about 15

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plus or minus in some lines so it comes

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in about 15.94

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um increase in those lines and that's a 50 dollar amount i've never

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seen it since i've been here but um

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yeah i think i just want to reiterate

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that

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and uh i think in the first year that i

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got here

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i i think we just arcola

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councilmember can you meet councilmember

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can you meet your vote

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thank you um that i believe

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um around 300 000 yeah

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it is what we had increased for salary raises colas and things so to

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do

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we are still having a two percent cost

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of living increase

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plus almost 300 000 increase just for

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the state health plan plus all the other

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things that we're going to

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be able to tackle this budget here so it

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is

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it's a it's a very healthy budget

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um but you know obviously our finances

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are in good shape but

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uh but that is like naomi said that is a

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huge band-aid to rip off in one year

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gotta take care of you

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that's right um

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so yes the cost of living increase um in

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our personnel

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budget and also rebecca

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coming in as an in-house hr we did split

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her out of department

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and so you'll see it in your budget

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transmittal letter i'll explain it more

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in depth

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but she is apartment 417 now split from

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department 411 where sean

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and sandra and myself are um and that

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way we can really see the dollars that

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we're committing to

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congressional development employee

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screenings

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all the hr expenditures that that come

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with an in-house hr department

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and so some of those items um in her

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special projects and retention budget

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um 50 of that she's allocated to

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sensitivity and diversity

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training customer service leadership and

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some health and wellness initiatives

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and this is just a chart um showing the

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percentages

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of our total personnel budget that fy 22

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personnel budget

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including all benefits and salaries um

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eight million six hundred fifty two

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thousand

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six hundred ninety two dollars um and

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then that's

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across our governmental funds

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make sure i'm telling you right and our

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natural gas and our sewer i mean i had

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three different slides before i decided

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on this one

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um and so you'll see the the 40

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just under 50 percent of the public

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safety budget which it's always like

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that for us

411
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and for most municipalities

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anyone have any questions to try one

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this is the right slide until um the

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next of our budget priorities is our

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fountain in parks

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and channel chime in on this one as well

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um

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the master plan for our pd terry city

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park

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we're estimating that at about twenty

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three twenty thousand dollars but we do

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eventually want to get a citywide master

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plan

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um study done and it will exceed twenty

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thousand dollars

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um our next item is our sanctify hill

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park and that's our priority for fy22

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we want to partner with lawrence county

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as they just recently passed the

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lawrence county capital project sales

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tax and earmarked 53 approximately 53

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000

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of that to sanctify hill uh park

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improvements

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so we know just from renovating emanuel

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sullivan

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park that that's just really scratching

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the surface so

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after some community meetings and the

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master plan that we will have at the end

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of

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this fiscal year we'll be able to put a

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plan together for council's consideration and see how

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we can partner

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and get the park renovated that'll be

446
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more of a budget amendment for that one

447
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possibly we do have security partners um

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there's some grant funding available

449
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part grant cdbg funding

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um and we may come in

451
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that's right to kind of give council

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background on that so we did have funds

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available this budget year

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uh to do the sanctified hill park

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thanks did you stream that now

456
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yes i have sir question yes sir

457
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okay now because 55 year part

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is part of lawrence county okay and it's

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53 000

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so because we're in greenville county is

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it our responsibility to give to that

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part or to reuse our foreign for the

463
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uh the business part

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here let me let me get back to that here

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in just a second okay so okay all right so we did have we

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had money available this year in our

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budget

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to uh to do a sanctified hill

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uh park master plan we hired a

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consultant to do that

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real good price uh very reputable

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consultants

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we've had our steering committee

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meeting already uh councilman dearberry

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is part of that

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and we have set a date uh for later in

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may

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we're actually going to have a kind of a

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block party

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out there and the consultant is going to

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have three

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renderings of uh of what the park could

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be

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and we're gonna invite the community out

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there and they're gonna all kind of vote

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on which

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uh which of those three they like best

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uh lead the week leading up to that date

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uh they're gonna be he's the

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consultant's gonna be holding a series

491
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of stakeholder meetings with uh people

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like uh representative mark willis for

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funding possibilities

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uh other stakeholders in the community

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to get their feedback and talk about

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what they want

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00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,200
for the park but we're not going to have

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a real good idea

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about what that part is going to cost

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until we get that so it'd be it would be

501
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really a shot in the dark for us to

502
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budget for it at this at this time

503
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but once we get that master plan back

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and it's cost estimates we can start

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moving forward

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already talked to mark willis about you

507
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know we've never received any lawrence

508
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county part money

509
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,799
um so that that's an avenue this would

510
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be eligible for cdbg funds

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third there could be a host of other

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opportunities of funding

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plus city funding as well so that could

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be a budget amendment or what happened

515
00:25:05,679 --> 00:25:07,120
we just won't see the final number in

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this budget that's

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correct

518
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that's right it's not going to fall on

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lawrence county to do it um fortunately they were able

520
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,559
to include it in their lawrence county

521
00:25:24,559 --> 00:25:26,720
uh penny sales tax so that so we did

522
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,120
have some funds towards that part there

523
00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:33,760
but we want to leverage those dollars

524
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just because that is the only uh

525
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improvements that are made to that park

526
00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,840
uh but to say that those funds are you

527
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,159
know if we could do a three or four or

528
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five to one

529
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matching of that i think would be

530
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wonderful

531
00:25:49,679 --> 00:25:52,640
i was very excited about the our first

532
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,000
steering committee

533
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,880
it was a hard experience and wonderful

534
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:57,919
ideas

535
00:25:57,919 --> 00:25:59,679
i'm looking forward in the next couple

536
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weeks with him

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um simply but meeting with the

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stakeholders and then

539
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,400
presenting some plans i mean just in the

540
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few minutes

541
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that we were here once an hour i mean he

542
00:26:12,159 --> 00:26:13,039
had some

543
00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:16,320
fabulous ideas so and so the plan

544
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,120
would be uh what we are budgeting though

545
00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:20,720
is to do a similar process

546
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,200
but for pd terry city park and that's

547
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,960
what that twenty thousand dollars is for

548
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,400
okay during the first workshop you may

549
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:29,679
have seen a number

550
00:26:29,679 --> 00:26:33,279
um listed in fy23 but after sean and i

551
00:26:33,279 --> 00:26:33,840
talked that

552
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,159
you know to hold that kind of money up

553
00:26:36,159 --> 00:26:37,120
not knowing

554
00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:39,440
when it's going to be uh sufficient just

555
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,120
didn't seem like the the best use at

556
00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:41,919
this time

557
00:26:41,919 --> 00:26:44,640
um and not being able to leverage or

558
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,240
know what type of leverages we can have

559
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,919
for additional grant funding

560
00:26:47,919 --> 00:26:50,559
that's the decision but that is

561
00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:52,559
definitely still a huge priority

562
00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:56,870
yes

563
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,440
okay so we did touch on a few of these

564
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:00,080
things

565
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,320
um already but the overall budget

566
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:04,000
highlights that that um

567
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,880
affect all the funds is that there is no

568
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:08,720
operating millage increase or debt

569
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:10,400
service knowledge increase

570
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,480
um there is a two percent cost of living

571
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:13,679
adjustment

572
00:27:13,679 --> 00:27:15,600
the 30 increase in employer health

573
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:16,880
insurance costs

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00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,279
and an addition of eight positions and i

575
00:27:19,279 --> 00:27:21,039
don't have those listed but

576
00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:23,360
the physicians are in the finance

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00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:24,960
department for

578
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,559
an accounting manager and the police

579
00:27:26,559 --> 00:27:28,080
department two sro

580
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,880
officers one patrol officer and one code

581
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:32,480
enforcement officer

582
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:33,840
in our planning and development

583
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:35,919
department um an additional planning and

584
00:27:35,919 --> 00:27:37,679
development specialist

585
00:27:37,679 --> 00:27:40,640
and in department 424 which is our

586
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:41,840
public works department

587
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:45,039
two cdl drivers so code enforcement's

588
00:27:45,039 --> 00:27:46,000
going to report to

589
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:51,350
police versus public works yes

590
00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:53,919
and kind of your question earlier public

591
00:27:53,919 --> 00:27:55,520
works is getting a head count

592
00:27:55,520 --> 00:28:08,630
edition of two with this budget

593
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,399
conversation for later but i know we've

594
00:28:10,399 --> 00:28:14,830
had issues recruiting cell

595
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:28,470
drivers

596
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,720
so what we've had success with right now

597
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:31,760
as a matter of fact

598
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,120
um officially uh we had

599
00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:36,640
a couple of cdl drivers that were

600
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,200
working attempt to from capacity

601
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,679
and they just were hired on as of what

602
00:28:41,679 --> 00:28:42,559
day was

603
00:28:42,559 --> 00:28:52,950
last monday

604
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,200
the agencies that we're working with are

605
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:56,640
specifically targeting

606
00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,640
the type of folks that are looking for

607
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,320
this kind of shift because again

608
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,360
yes it's difficult with so much industry

609
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,520
around us and some of the different

610
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,640
um types of situations that we have

611
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,200
um it makes it challenging but so far

612
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:12,320
we've done

613
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,279
well um and they're continuing to work

614
00:29:15,279 --> 00:29:16,640
with us that's been the better

615
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,600
um avenue for us as opposed to direct

616
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,039
tire just simply because again

617
00:29:21,039 --> 00:29:23,360
um it's it's the nature of the beast

618
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:24,799
some folks just don't like it after

619
00:29:24,799 --> 00:29:25,120
they're

620
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:26,799
there so they get to try it out and we

621
00:29:26,799 --> 00:29:28,640
get to try them out so that's been

622
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:29,679
successful for

623
00:29:29,679 --> 00:29:32,880
us also too in the budget um

624
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,760
is some concessions made for staying

625
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,840
competitive

626
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,960
so the hourly rate is also has a small

627
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:41,760
increase but it

628
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,760
allows us to maintain a certain level of

629
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:45,039
competitive support

630
00:29:45,039 --> 00:29:48,320
but when we advertise for direct hires

631
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:49,919
for cdl positions

632
00:29:49,919 --> 00:29:52,640
i think it oftentimes gets lumped in

633
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,399
with those people that have cdls

634
00:29:54,399 --> 00:29:56,799
that are looking for jobs that are

635
00:29:56,799 --> 00:29:58,240
driving semi trucks

636
00:29:58,240 --> 00:29:59,919
and i think they're all we're often

637
00:29:59,919 --> 00:30:01,840
overlooked because we can't

638
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,200
uh pay those kind of hourly wages

639
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,200
so this uh working with these staffing

640
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:08,960
agencies on this attempt to perms

641
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:18,870
is working out great for that

642
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,480
the next slide you have here i thought

643
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:22,159
it would be very important for our

644
00:30:22,159 --> 00:30:26,000
council to know that staff has been watching and

645
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,000
monitoring the impacts of

646
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,960
the pandemic on our finances and

647
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,120
specifically our hospitality tax revenue

648
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,279
and our business license tax revenue

649
00:30:35,279 --> 00:30:37,440
um when i put this slide together and i

650
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,039
know i'm a super nerd but

651
00:30:39,039 --> 00:30:42,799
um the the april line here this dip

652
00:30:42,799 --> 00:30:45,279
this is when the pandemic started and so

653
00:30:45,279 --> 00:30:46,720
we knew that we solved it but just

654
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,840
seeing it on this this graph here

655
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:52,399
um it it it just makes me excited i

656
00:30:52,399 --> 00:30:53,840
don't know i like lion grass

657
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:57,440
um but you see this this is steady going

658
00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,039
along and we really didn't see that big

659
00:30:59,039 --> 00:30:59,600
of a

660
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,240
dip even um i've seen some other

661
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:03,679
municipalities the line

662
00:31:03,679 --> 00:31:05,120
dropped all the way down and some of our

663
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,279
restaurants were able to stay open

664
00:31:07,279 --> 00:31:09,679
and continue to to maintain their

665
00:31:09,679 --> 00:31:11,200
employment levels but also keep the

666
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,159
hospitality tax dollars coming in

667
00:31:14,159 --> 00:31:17,840
another item here is december 20.

668
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,080
this is our christmas festival time and

669
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:22,320
we see a huge jump in our

670
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:26,080
hospitality tax revenue in december

671
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:27,840
even higher than in our normal years

672
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,679
december 18 is pretty flat

673
00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:32,159
compared to our december 19 a little

674
00:31:32,159 --> 00:31:35,440
bump but that's impressive um and so i think that

675
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,120
speaks to several departments

676
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:38,640
it speaks for our restaurants staying

677
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:43,360
open um and maintaining a fun place for our

678
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:44,720
residents to be and

679
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,640
eat and keep those dollars in town and

680
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,880
keeping our christmas festivities

681
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,399
oh yeah i think if we were to really

682
00:31:52,399 --> 00:31:55,039
want to nerd out maybe naomi could look

683
00:31:55,039 --> 00:31:55,440
at that

684
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:58,880
i think if you were to draw a line um

685
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:03,120
from point a to point b there you you could see

686
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,919
you can see the how it's gradually

687
00:32:05,919 --> 00:32:07,279
increasing and then you could even

688
00:32:07,279 --> 00:32:07,840
project

689
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,000
out um and i think what really excites

690
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,320
me here is that i mean you look at

691
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:19,039
this april 21 here i mean that is much higher than july of 18.

692
00:32:19,039 --> 00:32:22,159
i mean our rh tax is gradually

693
00:32:22,159 --> 00:32:26,559
uh increasing so i mean substantially

694
00:32:26,559 --> 00:32:29,120
exactly um and so we are on pace in the

695
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:30,480
next couple years to just

696
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,840
continue to continue absolutely

697
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,480
but but i mean if you look even the

698
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:37,519
restaurants

699
00:32:37,519 --> 00:32:40,080
their gross income same restaurants that

700
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:41,760
were here in july 18

701
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,720
their gross revenue is increasing as

702
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:45,279
well

703
00:32:45,279 --> 00:32:48,720
so the volume is of the restaurants is

704
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,559
doing great yes we are getting more and

705
00:32:50,559 --> 00:32:51,440
that helps

706
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,919
but uh just seeing those restaurants do

707
00:32:53,919 --> 00:32:58,470
better themselves is also encouraging

708
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,720
and i'll detail a little bit more of the

709
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,039
dollar amounts and how

710
00:33:03,039 --> 00:33:05,440
it increases your beer and i'll add that

711
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,919
trendline

712
00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:09,919
our next chart is our business license

713
00:33:09,919 --> 00:33:11,679
tax revenue by month

714
00:33:11,679 --> 00:33:15,120
um also started this one in 2018 um all

715
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,600
the way forward to 2021.

716
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,000
um this is when sean came on board he

717
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,600
moved the business license and

718
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:22,640
permitting function

719
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,840
from public works over to finance um and

720
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:27,200
we were able to

721
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,279
do some auditing and and clean up that

722
00:33:29,279 --> 00:33:30,799
process just a little bit

723
00:33:30,799 --> 00:33:32,880
and we had the staff to to commit to

724
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,039
that and you can see the the result

725
00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:37,519
of making that switch and so our

726
00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:39,760
business license tax revenue has

727
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,880
been consistently um maintaining high

728
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:44,480
levels which you will see

729
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,760
um in the latter part of 20 that there

730
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,279
is a dip compared to some of the other

731
00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:51,039
years we did have passed an emergency

732
00:33:51,039 --> 00:33:53,039
ordinance that deferred our tax revenues

733
00:33:53,039 --> 00:33:55,519
coming in so it's a little skewed um but

734
00:33:55,519 --> 00:33:56,240
overall

735
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,600
what's what keeps us um on track

736
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,240
there's it goes all the way out um

737
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:03,840
projecting some more

738
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,480
but you'll see our licensed collections

739
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,079
that we've collected to date

740
00:34:08,079 --> 00:34:09,919
have come in and we've already exceeded

741
00:34:09,919 --> 00:34:12,240
our budget like we budgeted just over

742
00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:13,119
700

743
00:34:13,119 --> 00:34:15,359
2 000 in our current budget we are we

744
00:34:15,359 --> 00:34:16,440
collected

745
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,679
723 000 and so we've exceeded budget and

746
00:34:19,679 --> 00:34:20,240
we

747
00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:22,480
anticipate more receipts to be posted in

748
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:23,599
the next few weeks of the

749
00:34:23,599 --> 00:34:25,440
those ones that post date their business

750
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,280
licenses on april 30th and so

751
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:28,480
they'll be an updated number and their

752
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,639
budget transmitter looked better

753
00:34:30,639 --> 00:34:32,879
so we did not uh feel the decline that

754
00:34:32,879 --> 00:34:34,079
some of our

755
00:34:34,079 --> 00:34:36,000
other municipalities felt in business

756
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,669
license revenue

757
00:34:39,679 --> 00:34:42,320
and that's why we're able to continue um

758
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:46,720
with some of our personnel increases and

759
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:49,280
may increase our infrastructure improve

760
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,119
our infrastructure excuse me

761
00:34:51,119 --> 00:34:54,159
next slide chart

762
00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:58,000
um this is just a graphic of our

763
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,920
uh total revenue um in our general fund

764
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:02,720
and you'll see

765
00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:04,560
that um sean pointed out a little bit

766
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:07,359
earlier that we do have a healthy mix of

767
00:35:07,359 --> 00:35:09,599
revenue sources in our general fund

768
00:35:09,599 --> 00:35:12,480
um you'll see 18 of our revenues and

769
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,160
general funds made up of our licensing

770
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:15,119
permitting

771
00:35:15,119 --> 00:35:17,440
um and as sean was saying some other

772
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,040
municipalities rely

773
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:22,320
uh close to 50 on license fees and so

774
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,599
we are very healthy by

775
00:35:25,599 --> 00:35:28,320
our taxes supporting our services and

776
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,560
then our fees and licenses

777
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,599
um supporting our other services

778
00:35:33,599 --> 00:35:35,119
very healthy i mean it's just straight

779
00:35:35,119 --> 00:35:36,880
down the center there

780
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,040
um taxes revenues we can keep those

781
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:40,320
taxes um

782
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,960
our millage rates low um if we can

783
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:44,480
continue to keep a healthy healthy

784
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,400
revenues coming in

785
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,640
the general assembly um fixed the

786
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,000
business license issue

787
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,280
for for the time being um but i i don't

788
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:54,960
think that's gonna ever be off the

789
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,280
chopping block uh north carolina did

790
00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,040
away with their business license

791
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:03,119
tax altogether um actually

792
00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:04,640
south carolina is one of the few states

793
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,320
that actually still has the business

794
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:07,760
license tax

795
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,200
um and but the fact that ours

796
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,480
is only making up 18 i think is is good

797
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:15,280
for us

798
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:18,800
um if that ever um came to be

799
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:22,480
while it would be a huge hit um

800
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:23,920
there are some cities where it would

801
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:25,920
absolutely be devastating i mean

802
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,400
they would have to lay off half their

803
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:29,359
employees

804
00:36:29,359 --> 00:36:31,599
right off the bat where i think we would

805
00:36:31,599 --> 00:36:33,359
be able to to manage

806
00:36:33,359 --> 00:36:36,400
for a little while and that 18

807
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,119
includes our permit fees as well and so

808
00:36:39,119 --> 00:36:40,400
the total

809
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,640
amount of that is 1800 1

810
00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:47,200
322 and so 800

811
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,200
000 of that is our business license

812
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:50,640
revenue um

813
00:36:50,640 --> 00:37:04,310
local tax

814
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,640
we recently went to greenville county

815
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,079
submitted our application in greenville

816
00:37:08,079 --> 00:37:08,800
county and we

817
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:10,960
will be having our presentation

818
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:12,240
scheduled for monday at

819
00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:14,960
4 o'clock um and so i had a really good

820
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:16,079
call with

821
00:37:16,079 --> 00:37:19,359
mr john hanson administrator

822
00:37:19,359 --> 00:37:20,480
and he's looking forward to our

823
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,720
presentation and so i

824
00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:26,320
we went ahead and put those village

825
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,400
dollars in this budget and that's the

826
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:34,870
increase

827
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,680
again another another chart um it's our

828
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:38,480
general fund

829
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,839
expenditures um and you'll see our

830
00:37:41,839 --> 00:37:43,680
police and fire public safety making up

831
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,040
about 50

832
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:49,920
of that 9 million 186 dollar

833
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:54,790
expenditures across our general fund

834
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,960
i don't really have all my charts here i

835
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:58,240
just didn't have time to give you all

836
00:37:58,240 --> 00:37:59,359
more information

837
00:37:59,359 --> 00:38:01,599
um on that to break it down but you will

838
00:38:01,599 --> 00:38:03,359
have it in your budget transmittal

839
00:38:03,359 --> 00:38:06,160
um with how the increase in our

840
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:07,760
departments were operating you kind of

841
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:08,560
kept them

842
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:12,960
flat because even personnel was going to jump up there so our normal operating

843
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:14,160
we kept them

844
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:19,760
flat as much as we could

845
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:22,320
so next we'll talk about um our capital

846
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:22,960
and um

847
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,760
if you recall when i can't remember his

848
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:27,119
name right off now

849
00:38:27,119 --> 00:38:28,720
first trying representative came and did

850
00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:30,720
his presentation um there were a few

851
00:38:30,720 --> 00:38:33,200
items that um staff had to to make a

852
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,520
decision on based on council's feedback

853
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:38,480
and um it was how to fund some of these

854
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:39,359
larger

855
00:38:39,359 --> 00:38:42,400
debt funded items through the iprb um

856
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,320
and that was to increase our debt

857
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,400
service millage of the

858
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,839
we was presented at that time five meals

859
00:38:49,839 --> 00:38:52,400
four point six meals um so sean and i

860
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,000
went back to the drawing board and

861
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,200
uh looked at our our new

862
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,599
models and and we saw that we had an

863
00:38:59,599 --> 00:39:00,240
opportunity

864
00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:02,480
to to decrease that and actually just

865
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:03,920
wipe it out completely by using

866
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:05,359
hospitality tax

867
00:39:05,359 --> 00:39:08,560
um dollars and using that fund to pay a

868
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,040
million dollars towards the jones 418

869
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,839
streetscape project

870
00:39:13,839 --> 00:39:15,440
and so some of the other assumptions for

871
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:16,880
our capital um

872
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:18,560
is that all transfers except for the

873
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:20,480
reduction and certain transfers made in

874
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,000
the previous iterations of the model

875
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,599
were tied to the issues of our current

876
00:39:23,599 --> 00:39:24,720
2019

877
00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:27,440
installment purchase revenue bond um

878
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:29,280
they are projected to remain flat

879
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:30,720
some of our transfers and so you won't

880
00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:32,480
see many fluctuations in our transfers

881
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,240
from our natural gas onto our general

882
00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:35,680
fund

883
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,440
we just moved the lines that they were

884
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:38,720
going to transfer into

885
00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:42,240
um it's wordy

886
00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:44,480
i don't want to read it all um but i do

887
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:45,599
anticipate

888
00:39:45,599 --> 00:39:48,000
in the future a millage increase um if

889
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,680
we want to continue funding our capital

890
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,839
projects at this level

891
00:39:51,839 --> 00:39:53,839
or we will diminish our fund balance to

892
00:39:53,839 --> 00:39:55,119
a detrimental

893
00:39:55,119 --> 00:39:58,800
level we do not or our revenues will

894
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,640
have to continue to go up so there's

895
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:02,400
lots of balance and things to go on but

896
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,880
i think um

897
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,000
we do have a village bank and we can use

898
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,920
it and it does help with some operating

899
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:11,359
and i'll include that as well

900
00:40:11,359 --> 00:40:13,760
um just for your consideration but this

901
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:15,200
month this budget does not include a

902
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:16,160
village experience

903
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:17,599
how many years since there's been a

904
00:40:17,599 --> 00:40:22,240
village increase forever a long time long time ago and while our

905
00:40:22,240 --> 00:40:24,240
revenues are great and they're doing

906
00:40:24,240 --> 00:40:25,839
well and and

907
00:40:25,839 --> 00:40:28,960
naomi can attest founded finances have

908
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,520
never been in its greatest shape

909
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:34,160
but we found ends also probably never

910
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:35,440
tackled

911
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:36,960
the level of projects that were

912
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:38,960
attempting to tackle right now

913
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:42,079
with the emanuel sullivan sports complex

914
00:40:42,079 --> 00:40:42,800
a new

915
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:47,670
public works facility a streetscape

916
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,680
you know we we're going to need a new

917
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:51,520
city hall

918
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,520
we've got some big ticket items plus we

919
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,000
have to continue adding personnel

920
00:40:56,000 --> 00:41:00,240
um we are we're going to have to

921
00:41:00,240 --> 00:41:04,480
raise raise millage um at some point

922
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,040
and naomi and i agree that it's best to

923
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:08,800
do it incrementally

924
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,040
um rather than you know a few years back

925
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:13,040
when we when we raised that

926
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,520
public works fee it was a shock to the

927
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:16,319
system there

928
00:41:16,319 --> 00:41:19,359
because it hadn't been done in forever i

929
00:41:19,359 --> 00:41:20,000
think if we were

930
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,160
to gradually do it it's not such a shock

931
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:31,349
to the system

932
00:41:31,359 --> 00:41:33,440
next slide just break down our financing

933
00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:36,240
plan our funding plan for some of the

934
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:40,560
debt funded projects in our general fund

935
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:43,040
we identified 11.7 million dollars of

936
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:44,880
near-term capital projects

937
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:46,960
that can be funded with debt they break

938
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:48,560
down it's five million dollars for our

939
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:50,720
public works and natural gas facilities

940
00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:52,400
with one million dollars of that being

941
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,160
funded by the general fund a million

942
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,079
dollars being funded by the sewer fund

943
00:41:56,079 --> 00:41:57,680
and two and a half million dollars

944
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,920
funded by the natural gas fund

945
00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:01,599
uh the next project is a 2 million

946
00:42:01,599 --> 00:42:03,520
dollar 418 street skate improvement

947
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:04,560
project

948
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:05,839
again with a million dollars being

949
00:42:05,839 --> 00:42:07,599
funded by hospitality and a million

950
00:42:07,599 --> 00:42:09,520
dollars funded out of general fund

951
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:11,359
where will the other half a million come

952
00:42:11,359 --> 00:42:16,319
from from the public

953
00:42:16,319 --> 00:42:33,750
that's 4.5 i think it was supposed to be

954
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,400
um again in our sewer department super

955
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,240
funds excuse me rehab replacement of our

956
00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:39,440
sewer line

957
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,400
um of two million dollars and our fire

958
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,280
related expenses which is the

959
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:48,000
substation three it's not reflected in

960
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:48,560
our

961
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:50,560
operating budget because it's contingent

962
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,079
on the fire service village

963
00:42:52,079 --> 00:42:53,599
increase being collected by greenville

964
00:42:53,599 --> 00:42:56,079
county and those funds uh

965
00:42:56,079 --> 00:42:59,359
do not touch our i want to highlight

966
00:42:59,359 --> 00:43:00,400
just a couple of things

967
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:03,200
um one i don't want to underscore the

968
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:03,920
importance

969
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:05,680
of the streetscape improvement if you've

970
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:07,599
been looking at greenville news in the

971
00:43:07,599 --> 00:43:10,240
post and career greenville lately

972
00:43:10,240 --> 00:43:13,440
while we cannot always be

973
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:15,200
looking at our peer communities to see

974
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:16,640
what they're doing

975
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:18,720
but if you'll read cities cities of

976
00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:20,240
simpsonville and malden

977
00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:22,000
are about to undergo two huge

978
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,319
streetscape improvement projects

979
00:43:24,319 --> 00:43:26,800
um and i think in order for us to stay

980
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:27,440
competitive

981
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:30,560
in the golden strip um i think this is

982
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:32,240
something that that we really need to do

983
00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:33,920
i think they're trying to emulate

984
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,880
what we've already done in our downtown

985
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:37,359
um

986
00:43:37,359 --> 00:43:39,520
and and i really think that the the

987
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:41,520
amount of private investment

988
00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:43,599
that will flow into that south main

989
00:43:43,599 --> 00:43:45,680
street there once that streetscape is

990
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:46,480
done

991
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,960
uh we'll more than pay back that two

992
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,960
million dollars over time

993
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,280
and then as far as the the sewer line

994
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,280
improvement

995
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:58,560
our our sewer engineers have estimated

996
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:00,960
approximately four million dollars

997
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:04,480
left to rehab our entire

998
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:07,440
uh sewer system all of our remaining

999
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:08,240
clay pipe

1000
00:44:08,240 --> 00:44:11,760
all of our remaining uh manholes

1001
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:15,680
we have a current ria project right now

1002
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:17,119
that is undergoing

1003
00:44:17,119 --> 00:44:19,760
and what we've done is applied for a

1004
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:20,800
state revolving

1005
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,880
loan uh fund for that two million

1006
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:23,920
dollars which is

1007
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,240
virtually interest-free it is like one

1008
00:44:26,240 --> 00:44:27,599
percent interest

1009
00:44:27,599 --> 00:44:29,280
uh we've not been approved for that yet

1010
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,200
but if we if we are

1011
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:34,319
um that is a wonderful wonderful way

1012
00:44:34,319 --> 00:44:38,319
to uh to pay for that um

1013
00:44:38,319 --> 00:44:40,480
if we can get that 2 million plus that

1014
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:42,319
raa done

1015
00:44:42,319 --> 00:44:45,520
we will be have one of probably the best

1016
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:48,640
sewer systems in the whole upstate we

1017
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:50,560
will have almost a virtually

1018
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:53,760
uh rehab sewer system

1019
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:55,680
we could have the whole sewer system

1020
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:58,800
rehabbed within the next five years

1021
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:03,589
which is pretty incredible

1022
00:45:03,599 --> 00:45:06,800
we're watching this will be another

1023
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:08,240
conversation for another day

1024
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:12,960
but um the eligible uses of the arp

1025
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:13,920
money we're getting

1026
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,400
for silver infrastructure that could

1027
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:17,839
lessen

1028
00:45:17,839 --> 00:45:21,200
this burden yep um

1029
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:24,560
so what let's say srf

1030
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:26,319
decides we they don't want to fund us

1031
00:45:26,319 --> 00:45:27,760
that or

1032
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:31,200
if we want to uh to add

1033
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:34,480
to just finish out the rehab or

1034
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:37,440
use that money to pay the debt uh

1035
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:38,400
payments on it

1036
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:42,480
but yes the arp funds specifically said

1037
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:45,040
water sewer and broadband infrastructure

1038
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:47,040
so those stimulus dollars can definitely

1039
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:52,230
be used for sewer rehab

1040
00:45:52,240 --> 00:45:54,480
we do commit could continue to monitor

1041
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:55,599
um

1042
00:45:55,599 --> 00:45:57,440
every outlet we can to get as much

1043
00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:59,040
guidance as we can

1044
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:01,680
to make sure we are being as creative as

1045
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:03,280
we can with those dollars

1046
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:06,480
for development we also have two hundred

1047
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:09,599
thousand dollars in our solid waste fund

1048
00:46:09,599 --> 00:46:12,400
and that is two vehicles and a piece of

1049
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:13,200
equipment

1050
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:15,920
um initial budget was 562 thousand

1051
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:16,960
dollars before

1052
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:21,040
uh russ took a look at it and um removed

1053
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:25,839
one arm bandit um and so he

1054
00:46:25,839 --> 00:46:27,119
the system that you're going to use you

1055
00:46:27,119 --> 00:46:28,720
might explain in the back the pickup

1056
00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:29,680
truck and that

1057
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:32,160
additional piece that will go into that

1058
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:33,280
truck to pick up

1059
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:35,680
um be able to cull the stacks we talked

1060
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:36,560
about

1061
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:39,760
oh yes it's called a uh and basically

1062
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:40,240
it's very

1063
00:46:40,240 --> 00:46:43,680
a smaller unit it's an f1 they have 250

1064
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:45,520
with basically a dump body on it

1065
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:47,760
and what it does is it's got multiple

1066
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:49,040
uses one

1067
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:51,119
usually if somebody calls and uh says

1068
00:46:51,119 --> 00:46:52,560
that you didn't pick up my garbage we

1069
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,319
sent a garbage truck out to pick this up

1070
00:46:54,319 --> 00:46:55,040
which is how

1071
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:56,960
incredibly inefficient now we have an

1072
00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:58,400
f-250 we can send out

1073
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:00,240
it doesn't we don't have to have a cdl

1074
00:47:00,240 --> 00:47:01,599
driver to pick them up

1075
00:47:01,599 --> 00:47:04,240
also allows us to get into the uh narrow

1076
00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:04,800
streets

1077
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:06,319
and service them we can actually use it

1078
00:47:06,319 --> 00:47:08,160
as another garbage truck because it does

1079
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:08,640
dump

1080
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:10,160
in the back of our current garbage

1081
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,720
trucks and uh it also can be used in

1082
00:47:12,720 --> 00:47:14,640
special events and with parks direct on

1083
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:16,400
uh they have big events

1084
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:17,839
anybody can use it because anybody can

1085
00:47:17,839 --> 00:47:23,349
drive it so it's a multi-faceted machine

1086
00:47:23,359 --> 00:47:25,680
so that will replace our 2017 master

1087
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:26,720
lease that paid off

1088
00:47:26,720 --> 00:47:29,359
this april as well as well as our geo

1089
00:47:29,359 --> 00:47:30,880
bond debt 2015

1090
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:37,750
issues paid off in april 2021 as well

1091
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:39,920
some of the cash funded items um that

1092
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,079
we've included in this budget

1093
00:47:42,079 --> 00:47:44,800
and our police department is our watch

1094
00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:45,359
card

1095
00:47:45,359 --> 00:47:48,400
camera system um

1096
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:51,599
that's eight cameras i believe yes eight

1097
00:47:51,599 --> 00:47:52,319
cameras

1098
00:47:52,319 --> 00:47:54,000
um a lighting and equipment package for

1099
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:56,319
four vehicles a striping package for

1100
00:47:56,319 --> 00:47:57,200
four vehicles

1101
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:00,800
and ndt scanner printers as well

1102
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:03,760
we are funding using our same mechanism

1103
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:04,960
of the enterprise

1104
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,599
fleet management program and and that's

1105
00:48:07,599 --> 00:48:08,559
why it's not shown

1106
00:48:08,559 --> 00:48:10,240
on our capital so it's actually a

1107
00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:12,079
monthly lease payment and we're going to

1108
00:48:12,079 --> 00:48:13,280
be replacing

1109
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:18,150
um four police vehicles

1110
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:21,200
we're replacing four and adding four

1111
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:27,349
we're adding four okay just add it

1112
00:48:27,359 --> 00:48:30,240
in our special events department um they

1113
00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:31,920
continue to improve our christmas

1114
00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:32,800
festival

1115
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:36,480
um and we're going to um

1116
00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:38,319
add to our in-circle entryway there

1117
00:48:38,319 --> 00:48:40,319
needs to be a lighted feature because

1118
00:48:40,319 --> 00:48:41,680
it's kind of dark it's going down that

1119
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:42,480
way

1120
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:44,480
and that's at six and a half six

1121
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,319
thousand five hundred dollars

1122
00:48:46,319 --> 00:48:48,800
and then eighty thousand dollars uh for

1123
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:50,800
our commerce park stage pavilion we're

1124
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:51,520
still

1125
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:52,880
uh getting some quotes but they're

1126
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:55,119
coming in either with sixty thousand

1127
00:48:55,119 --> 00:48:57,440
or a hundred thousand for a cover over

1128
00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:59,359
the stage a billion each year we rent

1129
00:48:59,359 --> 00:49:02,559
from professional party rentals and

1130
00:49:02,559 --> 00:49:05,040
the the amount of events that we have

1131
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:05,760
for our

1132
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:07,599
sounds of summer we're spending about

1133
00:49:07,599 --> 00:49:09,040
twenty thousand dollars a year in ten

1134
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:10,520
rentals

1135
00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:13,280
um yeah

1136
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:28,549
they give it a much more professional

1137
00:49:28,559 --> 00:49:39,270
this time in addition to the fireworks

1138
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:42,630
it was awesome

1139
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:46,000
it is included in the budget um

1140
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:49,200
in our natural gas fund the

1141
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:52,000
cash funded project um it's a mix

1142
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:53,599
between his cip

1143
00:49:53,599 --> 00:49:56,960
um this is eduardo's plan

1144
00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:59,280
for a new meter replacement a vacuum

1145
00:49:59,280 --> 00:50:00,880
machine you know the clayton newberry

1146
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:04,319
interconnect um install high pressure

1147
00:50:04,319 --> 00:50:06,240
steel

1148
00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:08,319
that's a that's a high dollar project

1149
00:50:08,319 --> 00:50:09,440
and he

1150
00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:11,280
we've just met recently and they come in

1151
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:12,640
a little bit higher

1152
00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:14,960
um but he said he'll give me a number as

1153
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:16,800
soon as he can

1154
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:20,150
lots of subdivisions

1155
00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:24,000
the total cost is 2 million 763 000

1156
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:26,800
dollars in cash funded capital projects

1157
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:28,559
for the natural gas fund

1158
00:50:28,559 --> 00:50:31,839
um we do maintain our days on hand we do

1159
00:50:31,839 --> 00:50:33,520
maintain our

1160
00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:36,720
debt service debt ratio coverage

1161
00:50:36,720 --> 00:50:39,440
um and so the fund is still healthy and

1162
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:40,720
should there be an emergency would be

1163
00:50:40,720 --> 00:50:44,800
able to maintain 212 days

1164
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:48,079
of service to include these projects and

1165
00:50:48,079 --> 00:50:50,640
all the other allocations to the fund

1166
00:50:50,640 --> 00:50:53,760
it was not many years ago that we would

1167
00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:56,400
have not been able to cash funds

1168
00:50:56,400 --> 00:51:00,710
all of these projects

1169
00:51:00,720 --> 00:51:02,559
and still have that kind of cash on hand

1170
00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:05,680
and may i say that i can really confess

1171
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:20,829
is one word

1172
00:51:20,839 --> 00:51:28,549
um

1173
00:51:28,559 --> 00:51:30,480
budgeting 2.7 million dollars in our

1174
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:32,160
current fiscal year we budgeted

1175
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,400
around the same dollar amount

1176
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:35,359
year-to-date

1177
00:51:35,359 --> 00:51:37,280
um for our subdivisions just because it

1178
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:38,559
depends on

1179
00:51:38,559 --> 00:51:40,559
when construction is gonna start um

1180
00:51:40,559 --> 00:51:42,240
we've only not only

1181
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:44,480
but we've spent seven hundred and ninety

1182
00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:46,000
three thousand dollars of the two lane

1183
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:47,200
that we created so

1184
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:50,720
the fund um can handle this but it also

1185
00:51:50,720 --> 00:51:52,400
can still handle if the projects were to

1186
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:55,119
somehow miraculously come online

1187
00:51:55,119 --> 00:51:56,480
the push line would still be able to

1188
00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:58,400
handle it these are estimates that we

1189
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:00,319
requested for each subdivision

1190
00:52:00,319 --> 00:52:01,760
so that we have them and this assumes

1191
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:05,190
these subdivisions going

1192
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:08,480
and so what we do if we phase them um

1193
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:10,480
and then they'll push out many some

1194
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:12,400
three to five years for some projects

1195
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:14,800
um in some projects for nearing the last

1196
00:52:14,800 --> 00:52:15,440
four

1197
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:19,520
to fourth or fifth days

1198
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:23,200
our sewer fund um there's there's one

1199
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:24,160
item that was

1200
00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:26,079
previously budgeted for in our current

1201
00:52:26,079 --> 00:52:27,839
fy 21 budget

1202
00:52:27,839 --> 00:52:31,760
but we deferred it to f122

1203
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:35,200
just to give time for um for us to get

1204
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:36,880
in and

1205
00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:39,680
use the the funds um already available

1206
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:41,760
on some other smaller cash funded items

1207
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:43,599
and so we met and just gonna defer right

1208
00:52:43,599 --> 00:52:45,200
to the next fiscal year in a couple

1209
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:46,079
months

1210
00:52:46,079 --> 00:52:52,470
but that is an item that's still needed

1211
00:52:52,480 --> 00:53:06,309
a lot of words you have any questions

1212
00:53:06,319 --> 00:53:08,160
this is just more about the methodology

1213
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:10,319
that we that we used

1214
00:53:10,319 --> 00:53:12,319
to fund these projects and just wanted

1215
00:53:12,319 --> 00:53:14,319
to make sure council was aware of what

1216
00:53:14,319 --> 00:53:16,880
um the plan we select the scenario to to

1217
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:17,520
leave the

1218
00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:18,960
debt service village at its current

1219
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:20,559
level 11.6

1220
00:53:20,559 --> 00:53:22,319
and have the general fund operating

1221
00:53:22,319 --> 00:53:26,960
revenues fund balance cover the difference um and so this is

1222
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:28,960
what it does to our general fund

1223
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:32,559
um you see our net earnings drop in 2022

1224
00:53:32,559 --> 00:53:34,559
in 2023 and start to pick back up in

1225
00:53:34,559 --> 00:53:35,920
2024

1226
00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:38,880
um but we felt that we were okay uh the

1227
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:40,240
fund can handle this

1228
00:53:40,240 --> 00:53:41,599
still because our unassigned fund

1229
00:53:41,599 --> 00:53:43,920
balance continues to stay

1230
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:46,960
um at appropriate levels this

1231
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:48,559
goes back to our conversation about the

1232
00:53:48,559 --> 00:53:51,200
village increase

1233
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:54,240
if there's a huge expense our veterans

1234
00:53:54,240 --> 00:53:54,720
can

1235
00:53:54,720 --> 00:53:56,319
continue to drop and our unassigned

1236
00:53:56,319 --> 00:54:00,880
undecided fund balance will continue to lower as well but we do feel that

1237
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:02,319
this is the best way to go for this

1238
00:54:02,319 --> 00:54:03,040
fiscal year

1239
00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:05,680
by not letting the additional debt

1240
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:08,240
service village

1241
00:54:08,240 --> 00:54:11,119
i anticipate you know in the next year

1242
00:54:11,119 --> 00:54:11,680
to

1243
00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:14,800
some some even higher revenues as as

1244
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:17,280
fox hill business park comes online some

1245
00:54:17,280 --> 00:54:17,920
additional

1246
00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:20,000
subdivisions come online some additional

1247
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:21,839
commercial comes online

1248
00:54:21,839 --> 00:54:23,839
some of those business license taxes and

1249
00:54:23,839 --> 00:54:25,040
things but

1250
00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:28,079
we also know that we've also got a lot

1251
00:54:28,079 --> 00:54:30,640
of big ticket uh projects that we need

1252
00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:35,030
to start tackling as well

1253
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:36,640
which is again there's a very high level

1254
00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:38,079
overview of our

1255
00:54:38,079 --> 00:54:41,040
proposed budget that you will get um and

1256
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:42,640
consider for first reading on next

1257
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:43,599
thursday

1258
00:54:43,599 --> 00:54:45,839
um this is the end of my presentation

1259
00:54:45,839 --> 00:54:47,599
but if you have any questions

1260
00:54:47,599 --> 00:54:49,440
for me i'll be happy to answer any if i

1261
00:54:49,440 --> 00:55:04,829
don't want to answer it off i'll get

1262
00:55:04,839 --> 00:55:12,910
um

1263
00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:17,270
[Music]

1264
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:20,559
it was quite laid out very um supports

1265
00:55:20,559 --> 00:55:22,640
away with childhood understanding

1266
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:24,559
so i i've communicated all along that

1267
00:55:24,559 --> 00:55:26,960
there was a lot of work put into that

1268
00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:29,920
um their layout plan so i've been

1269
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:31,200
appreciated

1270
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:34,000
and by y'all taking the time to it step

1271
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:34,880
by step

1272
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:37,440
i'm able now the questions i did have

1273
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:39,599
you can answer them to the point where

1274
00:55:39,599 --> 00:55:43,440
i'm very well pleased thank you

1275
00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:49,680
sir um before you ask on it one of the kind of the

1276
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:51,760
hot button issue that it seems comes up

1277
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:54,160
every year although it's not

1278
00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:56,319
um the grand scheme of our over 20

1279
00:55:56,319 --> 00:55:58,480
million dollar budget every year

1280
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:01,839
is is the amount of funds that

1281
00:56:01,839 --> 00:56:04,559
our three organizations apply for with

1282
00:56:04,559 --> 00:56:07,280
hospitality tax

1283
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:10,400
what staff is proposing this year is

1284
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:13,680
uh is to not fund any of those out of

1285
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:16,160
our hospitality tax

1286
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:19,440
this year and instead use our federal

1287
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:21,599
stimulus dollars

1288
00:56:21,599 --> 00:56:23,920
to fund those at whatever level council

1289
00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:25,920
wishes

1290
00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:29,359
one of the the

1291
00:56:29,359 --> 00:56:32,640
one of the items of guidance from the

1292
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:35,200
federal government on the on the 3.9

1293
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:36,880
million that we are to receive and we're

1294
00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:38,559
supposed to receive half of that

1295
00:56:38,559 --> 00:56:41,599
here in some kind of may or june

1296
00:56:41,599 --> 00:56:44,789
is that you can

1297
00:56:44,799 --> 00:56:48,240
give those funds to two non-profits in

1298
00:56:48,240 --> 00:56:49,280
your community

1299
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:51,359
especially ones that were affected by

1300
00:56:51,359 --> 00:56:52,480
coded

1301
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:54,160
and we know that beyond center was

1302
00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:56,880
tremendously affected by koben

1303
00:56:56,880 --> 00:56:59,920
the museum and the chamber were as well

1304
00:56:59,920 --> 00:57:02,079
and so we felt like this was a good

1305
00:57:02,079 --> 00:57:04,160
opportunity for us to use

1306
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:06,799
those precious hospitality tax dollars

1307
00:57:06,799 --> 00:57:08,079
in our budget this year

1308
00:57:08,079 --> 00:57:10,079
for projects personnel and other things

1309
00:57:10,079 --> 00:57:11,440
and use those dollars

1310
00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:12,799
that are coming to us from the federal

1311
00:57:12,799 --> 00:57:14,640
stimulus money

1312
00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:17,359
um um that we you know this could be a

1313
00:57:17,359 --> 00:57:19,119
once-in-a-lifetime thing use those

1314
00:57:19,119 --> 00:57:23,200
for for that um without

1315
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:26,000
got those partners requested yet they

1316
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:26,480
did

1317
00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:29,839
they made their requests um i we

1318
00:57:29,839 --> 00:57:33,280
told uh the chamber and in the art

1319
00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:35,040
center that that was our plan

1320
00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:37,359
and the museum and they were good with

1321
00:57:37,359 --> 00:57:39,359
that but they are going to be kind of

1322
00:57:39,359 --> 00:57:42,720
waiting for that next conversation on uh

1323
00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:44,960
at what level does this council want to

1324
00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:48,799
fund them with that 3.9 billion that's coming that they asked for an

1325
00:57:48,799 --> 00:57:50,400
increase

1326
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:58,309
we got we've got 300.

1327
00:57:58,319 --> 00:58:00,319
that we would have been able to find

1328
00:58:00,319 --> 00:58:01,760
those three organizations

1329
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:03,359
at the level that they requested i'm

1330
00:58:03,359 --> 00:58:05,200
sure no way

1331
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:09,359
i think

1332
00:58:09,359 --> 00:58:12,480
i'd like to see us so one of this money

1333
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:13,359
is for

1334
00:58:13,359 --> 00:58:17,040
intended uses um and if we don't use it

1335
00:58:17,040 --> 00:58:18,319
we send it back and it gets

1336
00:58:18,319 --> 00:58:21,599
somewhere else and uh

1337
00:58:21,599 --> 00:58:23,119
one of them is for businesses and

1338
00:58:23,119 --> 00:58:25,680
non-profits affected by the pandemic to

1339
00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:27,040
the lesson of the burden

1340
00:58:27,040 --> 00:58:30,160
so in my view this is a conversation for

1341
00:58:30,160 --> 00:58:31,359
another day because i think it might be

1342
00:58:31,359 --> 00:58:32,880
best practice for us to actually adopt a

1343
00:58:32,880 --> 00:58:34,880
resolution on how we plan to spend so

1344
00:58:34,880 --> 00:58:39,589
with

1345
00:58:39,599 --> 00:58:41,920
but the idea is it will also be

1346
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:43,359
opportunities for businesses

1347
00:58:43,359 --> 00:58:48,230
and non-profits

1348
00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:51,440
to be able to kind of lessen the

1349
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:54,000
really about recovering and you know

1350
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:55,599
relaunching or what have you

1351
00:58:55,599 --> 00:58:58,480
um what we are waiting on the u.s

1352
00:58:58,480 --> 00:59:00,079
treasury department will issue guidance

1353
00:59:00,079 --> 00:59:00,880
we think

1354
00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:03,119
next week give or take and that will

1355
00:59:03,119 --> 00:59:04,319
give us really

1356
00:59:04,319 --> 00:59:06,720
exactly how and what we can do well i

1357
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:08,240
know we've talked about this before but

1358
00:59:08,240 --> 00:59:09,520
i would actually want to see some kind

1359
00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:10,079
of plan

1360
00:59:10,079 --> 00:59:13,440
as to how they begin to use it because

1361
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:15,599
there's been no good solid checker

1362
00:59:15,599 --> 00:59:31,030
balance over the past few

1363
00:59:31,040 --> 00:59:39,270
i don't include their packets um

1364
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:45,030
what's

1365
00:59:45,040 --> 00:59:47,760
i would like to up i would like to say

1366
00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:49,839
that

1367
00:59:49,839 --> 00:59:52,640
wait a minute let me get straight okay i

1368
00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:54,319
would like to say that now

1369
00:59:54,319 --> 00:59:56,400
i don't agree with it i was going to be

1370
00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:59,200
uh revealing

1371
00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:03,920
this is what affected also by copenhagen

1372
01:00:03,920 --> 01:00:07,280
now um and with the reveal

1373
01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:10,480
it keep going up one year down one year

1374
01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:13,040
so they were not the only one that was

1375
01:00:13,040 --> 01:00:14,160
affected by

1376
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:17,680
the coca-19 so if it's not gonna be used

1377
01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:19,440
for the grand purpose that the

1378
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:20,960
government is giving the kill

1379
01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:22,880
i'll say send it back because i don't

1380
01:00:22,880 --> 01:00:24,799
think we should give it to one

1381
01:00:24,799 --> 01:00:28,079
particular business that's my thoughts

1382
01:00:28,079 --> 01:00:30,079
and i won't speak with that one all

1383
01:00:30,079 --> 01:00:31,200
right no dude

1384
01:00:31,200 --> 01:00:34,160
thank you sir um what i would say in the

1385
01:00:34,160 --> 01:00:34,799
grand scheme

1386
01:00:34,799 --> 01:00:37,920
so let's say council was to to

1387
01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:40,960
out of that 3.9 million to fund those

1388
01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:44,720
three entities at the request that they asked for this

1389
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:47,680
year i think that that totaled around

1390
01:00:47,680 --> 01:00:50,720
500 000. that's in the grand scheme of

1391
01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:51,359
things

1392
01:00:51,359 --> 01:00:54,480
500 thousand out of 3.9 million

1393
01:00:54,480 --> 01:00:57,680
is still relatively low um

1394
01:00:57,680 --> 01:01:00,960
and that 500 000 um

1395
01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:03,200
would have been a lot more than we could

1396
01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:04,319
have funded

1397
01:01:04,319 --> 01:01:06,240
in one fiscal year out of our

1398
01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:08,319
hospitality tax funds

1399
01:01:08,319 --> 01:01:11,520
um so i just i say that so

1400
01:01:11,520 --> 01:01:13,839
that it's possible you guys could even

1401
01:01:13,839 --> 01:01:15,680
be more generous

1402
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:18,160
with the chamber the museum and the

1403
01:01:18,160 --> 01:01:19,359
yacht center with these

1404
01:01:19,359 --> 01:01:21,680
stimulus dollars than we could have been

1405
01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:22,720
in our annual

1406
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:24,960
appropriation of our hospitality tax

1407
01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:25,920
dollars

1408
01:01:25,920 --> 01:01:30,000
that's right i just want the employment

1409
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:33,599
for just giving money you know

1410
01:01:33,599 --> 01:01:36,000
years because this is you know that's

1411
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:37,839
like the stimulus

1412
01:01:37,839 --> 01:01:41,119
it's just one time thing how are they

1413
01:01:41,119 --> 01:01:42,880
going to maintain

1414
01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:46,559
their operations um what is their plan

1415
01:01:46,559 --> 01:01:47,200
because they're

1416
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:49,920
all you know if they all have boards

1417
01:01:49,920 --> 01:01:50,240
they

1418
01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:52,400
need working on their own fundraising

1419
01:01:52,400 --> 01:01:54,240
their own funding streams

1420
01:01:54,240 --> 01:01:57,599
and not solely rely on the city

1421
01:01:57,599 --> 01:02:00,880
or all of that i mean i want i'm for

1422
01:02:00,880 --> 01:02:04,839
helping them but there needs to be a

1423
01:02:04,839 --> 01:02:17,349
more

1424
01:02:17,359 --> 01:02:19,520
this particular use of funds arp in

1425
01:02:19,520 --> 01:02:20,799
particular

1426
01:02:20,799 --> 01:02:22,480
we've also got food banks that have had

1427
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:24,720
increased we've had

1428
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:28,400
uh education entities so this is not

1429
01:02:28,400 --> 01:02:31,039
think about i'm thinking about it as how

1430
01:02:31,039 --> 01:02:31,520
do you

1431
01:02:31,520 --> 01:02:34,960
get everyone to re-emerge and then

1432
01:02:34,960 --> 01:02:37,359
using it again this is all dependent on

1433
01:02:37,359 --> 01:02:38,240
what world

1434
01:02:38,240 --> 01:02:40,160
the treasury department the fine print

1435
01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:41,440
on all this is

1436
01:02:41,440 --> 01:02:44,079
but we had talked in recent months about

1437
01:02:44,079 --> 01:02:45,760
reinvestment incentives for local

1438
01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:46,960
businesses

1439
01:02:46,960 --> 01:02:49,359
and a lot of it potentially having this

1440
01:02:49,359 --> 01:02:54,000
be a way to contest that out as a pilot um so anyway

1441
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:55,839
there we'll see what we can do but yeah

1442
01:02:55,839 --> 01:03:00,829
i do have to be

1443
01:03:00,839 --> 01:03:14,829
yes

1444
01:03:14,839 --> 01:03:22,069
um i'm kidding i feel i'm with you 100

1445
01:03:22,079 --> 01:03:24,880
thanks anthony you're welcome hey thank

1446
01:03:24,880 --> 01:03:25,440
you

1447
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:29,200
he said that we're nodding and smiling

1448
01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:33,039
um um if you don't mind we'll go

1449
01:03:33,039 --> 01:03:37,440
to uh any other questions number six

1450
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:40,319
and i just wanted to thank um naomi for

1451
01:03:40,319 --> 01:03:40,640
her

1452
01:03:40,640 --> 01:03:44,480
hard work on this um

1453
01:03:44,480 --> 01:03:46,960
another interesting budget here last

1454
01:03:46,960 --> 01:03:48,799
year was interesting with kovid

1455
01:03:48,799 --> 01:03:51,599
this was also a copic year i don't want

1456
01:03:51,599 --> 01:03:52,480
to get too far

1457
01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:55,359
into the hipaa stuff on that but we've

1458
01:03:55,359 --> 01:03:58,000
had a lot of staff issues health issues

1459
01:03:58,000 --> 01:03:59,839
and things like that so it's been it's

1460
01:03:59,839 --> 01:04:02,079
been tough i i do think we would like a

1461
01:04:02,079 --> 01:04:03,200
little bit of guidance

1462
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:06,319
on uh process going forward

1463
01:04:06,319 --> 01:04:08,799
do you guys feel like you have enough

1464
01:04:08,799 --> 01:04:10,079
going forward to

1465
01:04:10,079 --> 01:04:12,319
have first reading on our budget for

1466
01:04:12,319 --> 01:04:16,390
next week next thursday

1467
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:18,720
okay yeah i'd like to see it you know

1468
01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:19,440
that'd be good

1469
01:04:19,440 --> 01:04:22,079
um just to make sure and i would

1470
01:04:22,079 --> 01:04:22,640
recommend

1471
01:04:22,640 --> 01:04:36,150
folks ask questions

1472
01:04:36,160 --> 01:04:37,359
especially there's two readings of the

1473
01:04:37,359 --> 01:04:48,470
budget so if there's time to

1474
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:49,760
do you want a minute or do you want me

1475
01:04:49,760 --> 01:04:51,599
to go with mine first do you want a

1476
01:04:51,599 --> 01:04:52,160
minute

1477
01:04:52,160 --> 01:05:06,390
please okay

1478
01:05:06,400 --> 01:05:14,789
all right back in

1479
01:05:14,799 --> 01:05:18,160
december of 2018 you all uh

1480
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:20,240
passed on second reading an ordinance to

1481
01:05:20,240 --> 01:05:22,240
grant a sanitary sewer easement to

1482
01:05:22,240 --> 01:05:24,319
valley the adventures incorporated

1483
01:05:24,319 --> 01:05:26,400
over real property owned by the city it

1484
01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:27,680
found in

1485
01:05:27,680 --> 01:05:30,799
what we're talking about here is this uh

1486
01:05:30,799 --> 01:05:31,839
piece of property

1487
01:05:31,839 --> 01:05:34,480
right here on valley view road um it's

1488
01:05:34,480 --> 01:05:37,039
for a townhome subdivision

1489
01:05:37,039 --> 01:05:39,520
at the time of the developer i believe

1490
01:05:39,520 --> 01:05:41,039
was randy brewer

1491
01:05:41,039 --> 01:05:44,240
um he is uh

1492
01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:47,039
my what i've heard kind of overextended

1493
01:05:47,039 --> 01:05:47,760
himself he got

1494
01:05:47,760 --> 01:05:49,760
involved in too many subdivisions all at

1495
01:05:49,760 --> 01:05:50,880
once

1496
01:05:50,880 --> 01:05:53,440
he is he is since he's out of the

1497
01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:55,440
project he's sold that property another

1498
01:05:55,440 --> 01:05:57,760
developer has come in

1499
01:05:57,760 --> 01:06:01,599
um for this project

1500
01:06:01,599 --> 01:06:05,039
to work they needed two sewer easements

1501
01:06:05,039 --> 01:06:09,430
from the city of fountain inn

1502
01:06:09,440 --> 01:06:12,480
and they are exhibited um

1503
01:06:12,480 --> 01:06:15,599
here these were the two sewer easements

1504
01:06:15,599 --> 01:06:21,440
that the city gave this developer for this project to happen anytime the

1505
01:06:21,440 --> 01:06:22,640
city gives

1506
01:06:22,640 --> 01:06:26,160
uh sewer easements where we

1507
01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:28,400
normally get something in exchange in

1508
01:06:28,400 --> 01:06:29,760
contract terms that's called

1509
01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:33,520
consideration what uh what the deal that

1510
01:06:33,520 --> 01:06:35,359
i worked out with the developer at that

1511
01:06:35,359 --> 01:06:36,079
time

1512
01:06:36,079 --> 01:06:38,319
was instead of paying money for for

1513
01:06:38,319 --> 01:06:40,880
those two reasons

1514
01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:43,920
what we did was if

1515
01:06:43,920 --> 01:06:47,440
you recall this is city-owned property

1516
01:06:47,440 --> 01:06:50,720
right here and

1517
01:06:50,720 --> 01:06:54,000
this goes back to the

1518
01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:57,280
uh the whole woodside village

1519
01:06:57,280 --> 01:07:00,400
thing that happened before i got here

1520
01:07:00,400 --> 01:07:03,359
where we started to develop the the

1521
01:07:03,359 --> 01:07:05,359
property along diamond tip and fairview

1522
01:07:05,359 --> 01:07:06,240
streets

1523
01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:07,920
found out we couldn't because it was

1524
01:07:07,920 --> 01:07:10,000
encumbered by the federal government

1525
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:13,119
and so they had to do a land swap we

1526
01:07:13,119 --> 01:07:15,680
and i i took that over the finish line

1527
01:07:15,680 --> 01:07:17,760
but what we did is we had to take some

1528
01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:19,280
other city-owned property

1529
01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:22,000
in the city that we had and they

1530
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:24,400
identified this portion here

1531
01:07:24,400 --> 01:07:27,200
and uh said this is going to be used for

1532
01:07:27,200 --> 01:07:28,960
recreational purposes

1533
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:30,880
and instead that's not going to be

1534
01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:33,680
recreational so you can develop that

1535
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:36,880
so we had this property here

1536
01:07:36,880 --> 01:07:39,440
and it has a humongous duke power line

1537
01:07:39,440 --> 01:07:41,039
easement through it

1538
01:07:41,039 --> 01:07:44,160
um it's got wetlands it's it's kind of a

1539
01:07:44,160 --> 01:07:45,920
hot mess of a piece of property

1540
01:07:45,920 --> 01:07:52,559
can't do a whole lot with it um former mayor sam lee we were talking

1541
01:07:52,559 --> 01:07:52,880
about

1542
01:07:52,880 --> 01:07:55,039
what can we do with it he said well

1543
01:07:55,039 --> 01:07:56,000
since you can't really

1544
01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:58,400
build on it build any structures why

1545
01:07:58,400 --> 01:08:01,119
don't we try to make it into a dog park

1546
01:08:01,119 --> 01:08:03,520
and so when they needed the two sewer

1547
01:08:03,520 --> 01:08:04,400
easements

1548
01:08:04,400 --> 01:08:07,839
from the city um i said well that's fine

1549
01:08:07,839 --> 01:08:12,910
why don't in the ordinance

1550
01:08:12,920 --> 01:08:14,880
[Music]

1551
01:08:14,880 --> 01:08:17,440
um it's not important uh we'll give

1552
01:08:17,440 --> 01:08:18,319
we'll have the

1553
01:08:18,319 --> 01:08:22,799
ordinance says that

1554
01:08:22,799 --> 01:08:26,080
in exchange for the grantees

1555
01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:27,920
agreement to perform grading and

1556
01:08:27,920 --> 01:08:29,759
clearing on the site

1557
01:08:29,759 --> 01:08:34,560
of the uh proposed dog park and that was it that was the vague language

1558
01:08:34,560 --> 01:08:35,679
that we gave them that

1559
01:08:35,679 --> 01:08:38,319
said instead of payment for the sewer

1560
01:08:38,319 --> 01:08:39,199
easements

1561
01:08:39,199 --> 01:08:42,080
is that you they would clear and grade

1562
01:08:42,080 --> 01:08:43,199
um

1563
01:08:43,199 --> 01:08:46,319
for for the dog park well obviously

1564
01:08:46,319 --> 01:08:48,159
things got kind of weird when

1565
01:08:48,159 --> 01:08:50,799
that developer that agreed to it is not

1566
01:08:50,799 --> 01:08:53,920
out of the picture new people come in

1567
01:08:53,920 --> 01:08:57,520
and we had this

1568
01:08:57,520 --> 01:09:00,560
preliminary uh site plan developed

1569
01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:03,759
for for this dog park one of the big

1570
01:09:03,759 --> 01:09:07,759
problems with this dog park is access issues

1571
01:09:07,759 --> 01:09:10,960
um we tried to get access here uh

1572
01:09:10,960 --> 01:09:14,319
bilo would not let us have um

1573
01:09:14,319 --> 01:09:17,359
uh parking through there um

1574
01:09:17,359 --> 01:09:19,920
it's county own road you got the duke

1575
01:09:19,920 --> 01:09:20,400
there

1576
01:09:20,400 --> 01:09:23,199
couldn't get curb cuts so the only way

1577
01:09:23,199 --> 01:09:23,839
to get

1578
01:09:23,839 --> 01:09:26,080
access to it was actually going to be

1579
01:09:26,080 --> 01:09:28,640
through the development

1580
01:09:28,640 --> 01:09:32,400
so the parking had to be here

1581
01:09:32,400 --> 01:09:34,319
and so if we were going to have a dog

1582
01:09:34,319 --> 01:09:36,080
park we had to get

1583
01:09:36,080 --> 01:09:38,719
we have to get an easement an access

1584
01:09:38,719 --> 01:09:42,229
easement from the developer

1585
01:09:42,239 --> 01:09:44,319
so this is what we proposed to the

1586
01:09:44,319 --> 01:09:46,080
developer so this is their their

1587
01:09:46,080 --> 01:09:48,159
townhome subdivision here and so we said

1588
01:09:48,159 --> 01:09:48,880
well

1589
01:09:48,880 --> 01:09:52,480
will you grant us uh an access easement

1590
01:09:52,480 --> 01:09:53,520
so we can get

1591
01:09:53,520 --> 01:09:57,280
to the dog park and they said well

1592
01:09:57,280 --> 01:10:01,270
they didn't really like that idea

1593
01:10:01,280 --> 01:10:03,280
given they didn't really want public

1594
01:10:03,280 --> 01:10:04,320
traffic

1595
01:10:04,320 --> 01:10:08,320
going through their subdivision to get to the dog park they like the

1596
01:10:08,320 --> 01:10:11,280
idea of having a publicly owned amenity

1597
01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:14,000
right there that their their residents

1598
01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:14,800
can use

1599
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:18,080
but they didn't love the idea of having

1600
01:10:18,080 --> 01:10:19,520
just anybody going through their

1601
01:10:19,520 --> 01:10:21,280
subdivision but they said you know what

1602
01:10:21,280 --> 01:10:23,840
so this was a private town home uh this

1603
01:10:23,840 --> 01:10:25,520
is a town-home subdivision

1604
01:10:25,520 --> 01:10:28,320
which can have private roads private

1605
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:30,480
roads means that this hla is going to

1606
01:10:30,480 --> 01:10:31,840
have to pay for the maintenance

1607
01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:34,239
of those roads so they said well we will

1608
01:10:34,239 --> 01:10:35,120
give you

1609
01:10:35,120 --> 01:10:38,159
that access easement if you

1610
01:10:38,159 --> 01:10:41,840
allow us to have public roads

1611
01:10:41,840 --> 01:10:44,880
and so we we said well maybe

1612
01:10:44,880 --> 01:10:47,920
okay well now we're back to the point

1613
01:10:47,920 --> 01:10:49,280
where you know they've cleared

1614
01:10:49,280 --> 01:10:52,000
and graded and all that kind of stuff

1615
01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:52,560
well they

1616
01:10:52,560 --> 01:10:54,640
budgeted when they bought this this

1617
01:10:54,640 --> 01:10:57,120
property ten thousand dollars

1618
01:10:57,120 --> 01:11:00,080
to do the clearing and grading and all

1619
01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:02,480
we have ever provided them

1620
01:11:02,480 --> 01:11:05,760
was this site plan

1621
01:11:05,760 --> 01:11:09,040
we have we city has never invested

1622
01:11:09,040 --> 01:11:12,080
in getting uh grading

1623
01:11:12,080 --> 01:11:15,360
plans or any civil site work

1624
01:11:15,360 --> 01:11:17,920
done anything like that all we said is

1625
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:19,280
while you guys are out there clearing

1626
01:11:19,280 --> 01:11:20,080
grading

1627
01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:22,800
go ahead and clear and grade for us too

1628
01:11:22,800 --> 01:11:24,159
and

1629
01:11:24,159 --> 01:11:25,760
the developer needs a little bit more

1630
01:11:25,760 --> 01:11:27,520
than that for for uh

1631
01:11:27,520 --> 01:11:30,400
to go out there and and grade uh

1632
01:11:30,400 --> 01:11:31,280
appropriately

1633
01:11:31,280 --> 01:11:33,199
there's permitting there's wetlands

1634
01:11:33,199 --> 01:11:34,719
there's there's quite a bit that's

1635
01:11:34,719 --> 01:11:36,400
necessary

1636
01:11:36,400 --> 01:11:38,719
developers come back and said do you

1637
01:11:38,719 --> 01:11:39,520
mind

1638
01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:41,360
we budgeted the ten thousand do you mind

1639
01:11:41,360 --> 01:11:43,760
just uh we'll just stroke the city a

1640
01:11:43,760 --> 01:11:45,199
check for the ten thousand dollars so

1641
01:11:45,199 --> 01:11:48,880
basically five thousand for each eastman

1642
01:11:48,880 --> 01:11:51,920
so that's the first question tonight

1643
01:11:51,920 --> 01:11:53,679
is whether or not you guys are willing

1644
01:11:53,679 --> 01:11:56,000
to accept ten thousand dollars for those

1645
01:11:56,000 --> 01:11:56,880
easements

1646
01:11:56,880 --> 01:12:00,560
rather than them clearing and grading

1647
01:12:00,560 --> 01:12:04,239
and if that's if that's the case

1648
01:12:04,239 --> 01:12:07,679
then we also need to make a decision

1649
01:12:07,679 --> 01:12:10,159
about what is the future do we want a

1650
01:12:10,159 --> 01:12:12,000
dog park there or not

1651
01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:15,040
um because if

1652
01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:18,239
um if we just take the 10 000

1653
01:12:18,239 --> 01:12:21,280
that means they won't clear and grade it

1654
01:12:21,280 --> 01:12:24,800
that means that we're going to

1655
01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:26,800
have to budget funds at some point to

1656
01:12:26,800 --> 01:12:29,520
actually get this project to completion

1657
01:12:29,520 --> 01:12:33,679
um i had an opinion a probable cost

1658
01:12:33,679 --> 01:12:37,440
that took out clearing and grubbing

1659
01:12:37,440 --> 01:12:40,480
erosion control rough grading all those

1660
01:12:40,480 --> 01:12:41,520
kind of things because we

1661
01:12:41,520 --> 01:12:43,360
told them that they were going to do all

1662
01:12:43,360 --> 01:12:44,800
of that

1663
01:12:44,800 --> 01:12:48,159
and the total uh that the engineers gave

1664
01:12:48,159 --> 01:12:48,560
me

1665
01:12:48,560 --> 01:12:51,280
this was a couple years eight 2018 was

1666
01:12:51,280 --> 01:12:52,000
93

1667
01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:55,600
000. more than that now and then if you

1668
01:12:55,600 --> 01:12:56,400
add

1669
01:12:56,400 --> 01:12:57,600
all of that on there you're probably

1670
01:12:57,600 --> 01:12:59,840
looking at 200 grand to get this dog

1671
01:12:59,840 --> 01:13:02,000
park there

1672
01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:07,590
if we are not going to do the dog park

1673
01:13:07,600 --> 01:13:14,390
yes sir

1674
01:13:14,400 --> 01:13:31,510
yes councilmember why not give

1675
01:13:31,520 --> 01:13:33,920
it is appraised but it also it now has

1676
01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:36,000
to be for recreational purposes

1677
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:38,080
the city has to own the property and it

1678
01:13:38,080 --> 01:13:40,320
has to be for recreational purposes

1679
01:13:40,320 --> 01:13:42,239
according to our land swap deal we

1680
01:13:42,239 --> 01:13:43,840
cannot develop it

1681
01:13:43,840 --> 01:13:45,679
we can't do anything other than

1682
01:13:45,679 --> 01:13:48,709
recreation

1683
01:13:48,719 --> 01:13:51,830
so

1684
01:13:51,840 --> 01:13:54,320
the question then is if we do not want a

1685
01:13:54,320 --> 01:13:56,159
dog park there if we don't feel like we

1686
01:13:56,159 --> 01:13:57,760
want to invest 200 000

1687
01:13:57,760 --> 01:14:00,960
at some point then that means we don't

1688
01:14:00,960 --> 01:14:01,760
need

1689
01:14:01,760 --> 01:14:04,960
this access easement

1690
01:14:04,960 --> 01:14:08,400
which means we don't have to own those

1691
01:14:08,400 --> 01:14:09,440
roads

1692
01:14:09,440 --> 01:14:11,120
so that's kind of that's kind of the

1693
01:14:11,120 --> 01:14:12,800
decision we need to make and they're

1694
01:14:12,800 --> 01:14:14,640
okay with either one they of course

1695
01:14:14,640 --> 01:14:15,760
would love to have

1696
01:14:15,760 --> 01:14:19,600
public roads but that's the trade-off

1697
01:14:19,600 --> 01:14:20,320
here is

1698
01:14:20,320 --> 01:14:23,360
do we want access to that because if we

1699
01:14:23,360 --> 01:14:25,600
don't get this access easement

1700
01:14:25,600 --> 01:14:27,440
that property is probably deadlocked

1701
01:14:27,440 --> 01:14:29,360
forever it probably

1702
01:14:29,360 --> 01:14:31,360
i mean it's possible something in the

1703
01:14:31,360 --> 01:14:33,840
future can happen by the food lion

1704
01:14:33,840 --> 01:14:35,760
it's possible we can work out something

1705
01:14:35,760 --> 01:14:38,719
with duke but those are long shots

1706
01:14:38,719 --> 01:14:42,159
right um but then

1707
01:14:42,159 --> 01:14:44,159
the these are going to be private roads

1708
01:14:44,159 --> 01:14:45,360
and then we'll never have to own and

1709
01:14:45,360 --> 01:14:48,000
maintain them which is a good thing

1710
01:14:48,000 --> 01:14:53,440
um so those those are kind of the two the main two decisions is do we

1711
01:14:53,440 --> 01:14:56,159
want to take the 10 grand

1712
01:14:56,159 --> 01:14:58,159
and that is just going to require a

1713
01:14:58,159 --> 01:15:00,000
resolution of counsel

1714
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:02,640
to change that that original ordinance

1715
01:15:02,640 --> 01:15:04,080
um and then the other can just be a

1716
01:15:04,080 --> 01:15:05,040
staff decision

1717
01:15:05,040 --> 01:15:06,719
because we have not accepted the plaid

1718
01:15:06,719 --> 01:15:08,239
or anything like that is

1719
01:15:08,239 --> 01:15:11,280
do do we want to

1720
01:15:11,280 --> 01:15:14,159
say we don't want the access easement we

1721
01:15:14,159 --> 01:15:15,760
want these to continue to be private

1722
01:15:15,760 --> 01:15:17,520
roads like we was initially

1723
01:15:17,520 --> 01:15:20,800
done or do we want to keep this axis

1724
01:15:20,800 --> 01:15:23,600
easement and have it be public roads and

1725
01:15:23,600 --> 01:15:25,040
that's kind of that's kind of a question

1726
01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:25,679
for you guys

1727
01:15:25,679 --> 01:15:27,679
tonight doesn't necessarily have to be a

1728
01:15:27,679 --> 01:15:29,600
vote but we kind of need some feedback

1729
01:15:29,600 --> 01:15:30,480
here

1730
01:15:30,480 --> 01:15:35,030
well i kind of get his point

1731
01:15:35,040 --> 01:15:38,960
i wouldn't want cars coming through

1732
01:15:38,960 --> 01:15:42,080
my street uh that's

1733
01:15:42,080 --> 01:15:44,159
people that don't you know we still get

1734
01:15:44,159 --> 01:15:45,600
some cut through but

1735
01:15:45,600 --> 01:15:47,120
i don't know how much traffic that would

1736
01:15:47,120 --> 01:15:48,960
actually get but

1737
01:15:48,960 --> 01:15:50,480
i don't particularly care for the fact

1738
01:15:50,480 --> 01:16:04,550
that we'd on

1739
01:16:04,560 --> 01:16:09,270
may not

1740
01:16:09,280 --> 01:16:10,239
you could still use this for

1741
01:16:10,239 --> 01:16:12,239
recreational purposes we lack passive

1742
01:16:12,239 --> 01:16:13,360
parks

1743
01:16:13,360 --> 01:16:15,520
in the city really where you can just

1744
01:16:15,520 --> 01:16:16,719
meander around we've got

1745
01:16:16,719 --> 01:16:19,040
pretty much one side of the trail it's

1746
01:16:19,040 --> 01:16:20,239
about probably about

1747
01:16:20,239 --> 01:16:23,360
it so there's a i think a good use

1748
01:16:23,360 --> 01:16:26,480
at some point for that but i think and

1749
01:16:26,480 --> 01:16:30,719
maybe you know they were against having

1750
01:16:30,719 --> 01:16:31,920
a road

1751
01:16:31,920 --> 01:16:35,520
access here but maybe pedestrian access

1752
01:16:35,520 --> 01:16:38,159
to it at some point they would be open

1753
01:16:38,159 --> 01:16:39,040
to but

1754
01:16:39,040 --> 01:16:41,360
i would agree with you that russell and

1755
01:16:41,360 --> 01:16:42,320
i

1756
01:16:42,320 --> 01:16:43,760
kind of feel the same way that maybe

1757
01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:45,679
we're kind of sticking a square peg in a

1758
01:16:45,679 --> 01:16:46,719
round hole here

1759
01:16:46,719 --> 01:16:49,360
they were kind of forcing a dog park

1760
01:16:49,360 --> 01:16:51,040
where we all like the idea of dog park

1761
01:16:51,040 --> 01:16:52,320
but maybe this is not

1762
01:16:52,320 --> 01:16:54,640
the appropriate parcel for us we would

1763
01:16:54,640 --> 01:16:56,400
essentially be committing to it

1764
01:16:56,400 --> 01:16:59,360
and we got a lot of other needs in the

1765
01:16:59,360 --> 01:17:00,239
other parks

1766
01:17:00,239 --> 01:17:02,800
so i mean i know that the intention was

1767
01:17:02,800 --> 01:17:04,400
that we would be able to do this at some

1768
01:17:04,400 --> 01:17:05,840
point with the original developers it

1769
01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:07,679
was okay to kind of park it a little bit

1770
01:17:07,679 --> 01:17:11,520
yeah but i think given the new developer

1771
01:17:11,520 --> 01:17:13,600
and they're moving on quick they're

1772
01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:15,199
we're actually to hold up

1773
01:17:15,199 --> 01:17:17,040
at the moment they don't want to move

1774
01:17:17,040 --> 01:17:19,920
everything if they still

1775
01:17:19,920 --> 01:17:21,920
they well they still need to try to

1776
01:17:21,920 --> 01:17:23,040
clear and grade

1777
01:17:23,040 --> 01:17:27,440
yeah that's all right

1778
01:17:27,440 --> 01:17:30,800
okay give you some feedback i think so

1779
01:17:30,800 --> 01:17:32,640
i guess it would be i'd rather have the

1780
01:17:32,640 --> 01:17:36,709
money too so

1781
01:17:36,719 --> 01:17:38,000
for the resolution right that's what

1782
01:17:38,000 --> 01:17:39,840
we'd have to do that's actually the vote

1783
01:17:39,840 --> 01:17:41,280
you guys you would have to change the

1784
01:17:41,280 --> 01:17:43,760
order so we would instead of clearing it

1785
01:17:43,760 --> 01:17:44,960
gray and we would say

1786
01:17:44,960 --> 01:17:48,159
it's five thousand parties that's

1787
01:17:48,159 --> 01:17:50,000
correct

1788
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:59,120
all right naomi's back to you

1789
01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:02,560
uh sean was approached by a company

1790
01:18:02,560 --> 01:18:04,400
and we often are approached by companies

1791
01:18:04,400 --> 01:18:06,719
that want to come in and do

1792
01:18:06,719 --> 01:18:09,920
revenue recovery um we

1793
01:18:09,920 --> 01:18:12,320
partnered with new strat at analytics a

1794
01:18:12,320 --> 01:18:14,159
couple of years ago

1795
01:18:14,159 --> 01:18:15,840
where we asked the company to come in

1796
01:18:15,840 --> 01:18:17,600
and identify businesses who

1797
01:18:17,600 --> 01:18:19,120
are operating in our city limits without

1798
01:18:19,120 --> 01:18:20,960
a business license

1799
01:18:20,960 --> 01:18:22,960
a couple years have passed we have grown

1800
01:18:22,960 --> 01:18:24,159
and we feel

1801
01:18:24,159 --> 01:18:25,760
we do not have sufficient staff

1802
01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:28,480
currently to take on that undertaking

1803
01:18:28,480 --> 01:18:31,840
strat was able to um be able to get

1804
01:18:31,840 --> 01:18:34,960
to earn 80 000 from that partnership um

1805
01:18:34,960 --> 01:18:35,600
and that was

1806
01:18:35,600 --> 01:18:38,159
after the cost that we paid to new strat

1807
01:18:38,159 --> 01:18:40,560
at 30 percent

1808
01:18:40,560 --> 01:18:42,880
data max is another company just just

1809
01:18:42,880 --> 01:18:44,080
like new strat

1810
01:18:44,080 --> 01:18:46,320
um we would have went back to new strat

1811
01:18:46,320 --> 01:18:47,360
but

1812
01:18:47,360 --> 01:18:49,360
they were not operating at the same

1813
01:18:49,360 --> 01:18:50,800
level that they did in the past when

1814
01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:52,239
they helped us before

1815
01:18:52,239 --> 01:18:54,080
uh data max's terms are a little bit

1816
01:18:54,080 --> 01:18:55,600
different than new stress they request

1817
01:18:55,600 --> 01:18:56,640
50

1818
01:18:56,640 --> 01:18:58,960
of the revenue that they find um for a

1819
01:18:58,960 --> 01:18:59,840
certain

1820
01:18:59,840 --> 01:19:02,400
term but we feel that we would not see

1821
01:19:02,400 --> 01:19:03,600
the revenue

1822
01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:06,320
anyway so i would like for you all to

1823
01:19:06,320 --> 01:19:07,600
read through the agreement

1824
01:19:07,600 --> 01:19:10,640
um and on thursday consider it for

1825
01:19:10,640 --> 01:19:13,760
approval um so that we can go ahead and

1826
01:19:13,760 --> 01:19:15,360
engage their services

1827
01:19:15,360 --> 01:19:17,040
and then start seeing that revenue if we

1828
01:19:17,040 --> 01:19:18,560
sign the contract within

1829
01:19:18,560 --> 01:19:21,440
the next few days they can they

1830
01:19:21,440 --> 01:19:22,480
guarantee

1831
01:19:22,480 --> 01:19:26,630
funds to come in by july by june

1832
01:19:26,640 --> 01:19:30,560
so a lot of cities in south carolina are using them

1833
01:19:30,560 --> 01:19:33,360
and kind of what they they have a magic

1834
01:19:33,360 --> 01:19:35,280
formula kind of like new strat did

1835
01:19:35,280 --> 01:19:37,360
and what they'll do is they'll provide

1836
01:19:37,360 --> 01:19:38,480
our city staff

1837
01:19:38,480 --> 01:19:41,520
with about 20 to 30 businesses

1838
01:19:41,520 --> 01:19:44,400
every month that they've identified and

1839
01:19:44,400 --> 01:19:46,719
they let us know first

1840
01:19:46,719 --> 01:19:49,600
who those businesses are and we can tell

1841
01:19:49,600 --> 01:19:51,920
no they're not actually operating in the

1842
01:19:51,920 --> 01:19:53,120
city or

1843
01:19:53,120 --> 01:19:55,040
you know let's not let's not tackle that

1844
01:19:55,040 --> 01:19:56,320
one um

1845
01:19:56,320 --> 01:20:00,000
and then then we circle the ones that we

1846
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:02,159
say yep no they are operating in the

1847
01:20:02,159 --> 01:20:04,080
city they don't have a business

1848
01:20:04,080 --> 01:20:07,120
license and then they they almost act as

1849
01:20:07,120 --> 01:20:11,199
a collection agent and there's a 60

1850
01:20:11,199 --> 01:20:15,120
day out on this if we're not satisfied

1851
01:20:15,120 --> 01:20:17,280
and it's just for the 12 months or not

1852
01:20:17,280 --> 01:20:18,239
right correct

1853
01:20:18,239 --> 01:20:21,830
see what we can get

1854
01:20:21,840 --> 01:20:24,639
and these are not typically your mom and

1855
01:20:24,639 --> 01:20:25,199
top

1856
01:20:25,199 --> 01:20:28,080
mom and pop type of businesses the you

1857
01:20:28,080 --> 01:20:28,400
know

1858
01:20:28,400 --> 01:20:30,480
we know those those are the ones that we

1859
01:20:30,480 --> 01:20:32,639
find anyway the ones that

1860
01:20:32,639 --> 01:20:35,520
have a brick and mortar here but a lot

1861
01:20:35,520 --> 01:20:37,280
of times people don't realize that

1862
01:20:37,280 --> 01:20:40,480
the business license tax is

1863
01:20:40,480 --> 01:20:42,719
on for it's for anybody that's doing

1864
01:20:42,719 --> 01:20:43,520
commerce

1865
01:20:43,520 --> 01:20:45,920
in your community and so the business

1866
01:20:45,920 --> 01:20:47,040
license

1867
01:20:47,040 --> 01:20:49,840
actually applies to a lot more than what

1868
01:20:49,840 --> 01:20:50,880
people realize

1869
01:20:50,880 --> 01:20:53,600
so what they're finding are vending

1870
01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:54,880
machines and

1871
01:20:54,880 --> 01:20:57,120
people that are doing deliveries and

1872
01:20:57,120 --> 01:20:58,400
things a lot of

1873
01:20:58,400 --> 01:21:00,159
big corporations that are doing

1874
01:21:00,159 --> 01:21:02,480
businesses doing business in

1875
01:21:02,480 --> 01:21:05,360
municipalities all over the state and so

1876
01:21:05,360 --> 01:21:06,159
they've got a good

1877
01:21:06,159 --> 01:21:09,520
list of who those those corporations are

1878
01:21:09,520 --> 01:21:11,600
that are doing business in other cities

1879
01:21:11,600 --> 01:21:13,520
that don't have a business license

1880
01:21:13,520 --> 01:21:15,040
and so they'll check and see if well are

1881
01:21:15,040 --> 01:21:16,560
they doing business and found in

1882
01:21:16,560 --> 01:21:19,280
yep and so then they can get are they

1883
01:21:19,280 --> 01:21:21,520
all familiar with them

1884
01:21:21,520 --> 01:21:24,400
other cities are using them successfully

1885
01:21:24,400 --> 01:21:26,159
we found a lot of revenue with them in

1886
01:21:26,159 --> 01:21:31,830
lake city

1887
01:21:31,840 --> 01:21:48,470
thank you

1888
01:21:48,480 --> 01:21:51,679
very nice very helpful is there a motion

1889
01:21:51,679 --> 01:21:53,280
to adjourn absolutely thank you mr

1890
01:21:53,280 --> 01:21:54,400
clemente

1891
01:21:54,400 --> 01:22:12,229
thank you

1892
01:22:12,239 --> 01:22:14,480
no