Agenda
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I
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suppose at this point we should say the pledge.
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Is Matt here? No, Matt is in Colorado. I'll take us through this mayor. All right, I was looking at the wrong.
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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.
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And before we actually do get into the public hearing for the budget, there's one agenda
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item I wanted to cover.
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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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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 Employee Relations Commission.
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So their current collective bargaining agreement is a three year contract ratified October 1, 2025.
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But there's a provision in it that they can open for negotiation the wages article every year, which they have.
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So we've been negotiating this Wages article for a while now, and we met an executive session
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from following the direction from the commission in that session. I met with the final
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negotiation with our labor attorney and we reached an agreement. The agreement is memorialized
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in a memorandum of understanding has been ratified by the union and it's in front of you today
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for your ratification, so what we're looking for is approval of the memorandum of
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understanding, and we'll need a motion for this, MOU number 0-814-2026, an
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authorization of the town manager to execute same, so that's the motion if the
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commission would approve that.
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How do you feel about this?
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Sir?
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How do you feel about that?
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I think it was exactly the direction I received from the commission and I think that the negotiations went well and I think it is worthy of ratification.
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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 MOU08142026.
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Yes.
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I'll make that motion.
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Second.
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The discussion.
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All in favor.
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All right.
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All right.
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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'd point out that we talked about the fire and medical and their local
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agreement with Martin County Fire Eski.
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That was in fact approved by the County Commission, so we're good there.
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So we'll go ahead and open the, the township at Arion final, millage rate, and annual budgets
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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 Jupyter-Island general fund millage rate of 2.8259 mills is greater than the rollback rate of 2.5716 mills by 9.89%.
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The town of Jupyter-Island beach protection district final millage rate of 0.9593.
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mills is greater than the rollback rate of 0.8728 mills by 9.91 percent, and the Town of
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Jupiter Island Electric Death 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. And the reason for the increased revenues are increasing to cover the cost of
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personal operating and capital costs for the town needs to be said.
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And by the way mayor I'll point out I do have a monitor now at the appropriate time
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when we seek public comment 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 for fiscal
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year 2026, 2027 as follows.
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The general fund budget, $14,851,460, the beach protection district, $4,310,807,
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the electric debt service fund, $802,511, the Christmas fund, $212,000,
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beautification fund, $100,000, and 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.
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We know of no one listening in.
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If there is someone listening in who would like to comment, please email the town manager
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as soon as you can, so he will be aware of you wanting to speak.
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And I am looking for a motion, you have your recommendations, we need two motions.
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So, Mr. Tatio, which one is the first resolution number 955 and I can read that by title if
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you'd like, Mayor.
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Please.
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That's 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
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Jupiter Island Martin County Florida adopting the final millage rates for the
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town of Jupiter Island Martin County Florida for fiscal year 2026 2027
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providing for an effective date.
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We
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have a motion to move approval.
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We can move it.
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Resolution 955.
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Further discussion?
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If I could just include in that motion,
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the adoption of the resolution is the aggregate millage rate of 3.7825.
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The general fund millage rate at 2.8259.
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The beach protection district tentative millage rate of 0.9593.
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five, nine, three, an electric debt service fund milled rate of 0.1888, which is a part of the resolution.
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Thank you for that.
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One, eight, eight, four.
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Yes.
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The motion for that?
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It's incorporated into 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 approve resolution 956, which is final budgets.
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would you like that motion to include these amounts?
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Yes, if I can read it by title, if that's agreeable.
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Resolution 956 adopting the town of Jupyter Island final annual budgets.
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A resolution of the town of Jupyter Island, Martin County, Florida adopting the final budgets necessary to fund the town of Jupyter Island for the fiscal year 2026, 2027 providing for an effective date.
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The request that the motion includes general fund budget of $14,851,460, the beach protection district, $4,310,807, the electric debt service, $802,511, Christmas fund, $212,000, beautification fund, $100,000, conservation fund, $50,000, so we're looking for adoption of the resolution.
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We have a motion to approve resolution 956.
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So moved.
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A lot of motion.
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Yes.
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We have a second.
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Second.
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All right.
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Motion 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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Opposed?
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That concludes.