Agenda
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Budget, a military camp find my, my, my, my, my, my strip, budget, September,
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uh,
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I suppose at this point we should say the pledge.
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Is Matt here, or didn't? No, Matt is in Colorado. I'll take us through this mayor.
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All right, I was looking at the wrong.
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It's already gone.
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Yeah, he's gone. He's a mile high right now.
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So we open the public hearing of the budget meeting.
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Thank you, Mayor, and before we actually do get into the public hearing for the budget,
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there's one agenda item I wanted to cover, and the reason is because it impacts the budget
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and it has to do with the collective bargaining agreement.
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So just by way of background, there's two collective bargaining units of public safety.
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And one is the officers, the corporals, and the communications personnel.
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The other one is separate unit as the sergeants, both recognized by the Perk, the Public
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Employee Relations Commission.
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So their current collective bargaining agreement is a three-year contract ratified October
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1, 2025, but there's a provision in it that they can open for negotiation the wages article
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every year which they have.
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So we've been negotiating this wages article for a while now, and we've met an executive
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session from following the direction from the commission in that session, and I met in the
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final negotiation with our labor attorney, and we reached an agreement.
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The agreement is memorialized in a memorandum of understanding has been ratified by the union.
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and it's in front of you today for your ratification.
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So what we're looking for is a approval of the memorandum of understanding,
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and we'll need a motion for this.
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MOU number 08142026,
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and authorization and the town manager to execute same.
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So that's the motion if the commission would approve that.
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How do you feel about this?
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How do you feel about it?
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I think it was exactly the direction I received from the commission.
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And I think that the negotiations weren't well,
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and I think it is worthy of ratification.
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Okay.
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Are we dealing with a resolution or approval of an MOU?
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Just approval to authorize me to execute the MOU.
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All right, and that's MOU 08142026.
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Yes.
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I'll make the motion.
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The discussion.
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All in favor.
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Hi.
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Opposed?
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All right.
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Thank you for that.
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And by the way, I had point out that we talked about the fire and medical and their local
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agreement with Martin County Fire Rescue.
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That was in fact approved by the County Commission.
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Great.
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We're good there.
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So we'll go ahead and open the the
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As required by the trim process, the first issue is to discuss the percent increase over the rollback rates.
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The Town of Jupiter Island aggregate final millage rate of 3.7825 mills is greater than the rollback rate of 3.4419 mills by 9.90%.
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The town of Jupiter island general fund millage rate of 2.8259 mills is greater than the
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rollback rate of 2.5716 mills by 9.89%.
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The town of Jupiter island beach protection district 5 millage rate of 0.95393 mills is greater
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than the rollback rate of 0.8728 mills by 9.91 percent, and the town of Jupiterau on electric
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debt service fund, final millage rate is 0.1880.
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And obviously, this increase is a result of the increase in property values on the island,
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as we know.
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And the reason for the increase revenues are increasing to cover the cost of personnel operating
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and capital costs for the town.
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It needs to be said.
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And by the way, Mayor, I'll point out I do have a monitor now.
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At the appropriate time, when we seek public comment,
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if I have any, I'll let you know.
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Thank you.
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The second issue to discuss is the town of Jupiter Island final annual budgets
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for fiscal year, 2026, 2027 as follows.
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The general fund budget, $14,851,460, the beach protection district, $4,310,877, the electric
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debt service fund, $82,511, the Christmas fund, $212,000, beautification fund, $100,000, and
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the conservation fund, $50,000.
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So at this point it's appropriate to open it up for public questions or comments.
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I see no one here, we know I've no one listening in.
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If there is someone listening in who would like to comment,
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please email the town manager as soon as you can.
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So he will be aware of you wanting to speak.
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And I am looking for a motion,
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you have your recommendations, we need two motions.
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So let's not talk to you.
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Which one is the first resolution, number 9555, and I can read that by title if you'd like
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Mayor.
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Please?
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That's, uh, this resolution is adopting the town of Jupiter Island final, final,
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millage rate resolution 955 resolution of the town commission of the town of Jupiter
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Island Martin County, Florida adopting the final millage rates for the town of Jupiter
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Island Martin County, Florida for fiscal year 2026-2027 providing for an effective
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date.
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We have a motion to move a provolk.
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I'm making a move in a motion.
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Resolution 955.
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255.
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Further discussion?
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If I could just include in that motion, the adoption of the resolution is the aggregate
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military rate of 3.7825, the general fund-military rate of 2.8259, the beach protection district
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10th of milliderate of 0.959.
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And electric debt service fund, millage rate of 0.1888, which is a part of the resolution. Thank you for that.
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Yes.
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The motion for that?
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It's incorporated in the resolution.
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Thank you.
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All right. All in favor?
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Aye.
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Opposed?
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Now we need a motion for resolution to a resolution 956, which is final.
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budget, would you like that motion to include these amounts?
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Yes, if I can read it by title, if that's a
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agreeable resolution 956 adopting the town of Jupiter-Iron final annual budgets.
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A resolution of the town of Jupiter-Iron, Martin County, Florida adopting the final
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budgets necessary to fund the town of Jupiter-Iron for the fiscal year 2026-2027
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providing for an effective date.
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The request of the motion includes general fund budget of 14,851,460.
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The beach protection district, 4,310,807.
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The electric debt service, 802,511.
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Christmas fund, 212,000.
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beautification fund, 100,000.
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Conservation fund, 50,000.
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So we're looking for adoption of the resolution.
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have a motion to approve Resolution 956.
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A lot of motion.
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Wait a second.
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All right.
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Motion.
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And second.
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Any further discussion?
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All in favor?
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Aye.
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Post.
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That concludes.