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>> Good afternoon everyone.

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Welcome all of you back to the Orange County Board of County

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Commission budget work session of July the 15th 2026.

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We are now in the afternoon portion,

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and we'll be hearing from several departments who

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will be presenting momentarily.

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This morning I do want to also recognize Nanette Mello did

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the invocation.

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And I'm going to invite her to --

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we're going to take a quick photograph.

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Whenever we have persons who come

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from provide the invocation, we give them a little certificate

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of our appreciation.

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We're not going to slight her at all.

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I'm going to come down from the dais and make this presentation.

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Then we will start our meeting.

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[ambient conversation]

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>> Thank you all for indulging us for just a moment.

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We are going to move forward now to our health Services

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department.

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We have the privilege of having the famed, The renowned Dr. Raul

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Pino, director of our Health Services Department

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who is going to be coming and will be leading off

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this of the presentation.

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Doctor Peeno, you are recognized.

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>> Thank you, mayor, commissioners, the controller.

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Thank you very much for the opportunity

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to present our budget.

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As you know, we'll go through our operating budget,

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the proposed capital plans, potential programs and services

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at risk, as well as offer you a summary at the end.

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In our organizational charge, we have not seen changes.

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But I want to thank our executive team for the work

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that they do every day.

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Diane Summers from Animal Services.

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Probably doesn't go a day or a week without they

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call the cardiologist.

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Increasing quality of the services

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that we provide at corrections.

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The district nine medical examiner

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who has been with us for over ten years now,

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doctor Joshua Stephanie, doctor Hall, very integral.

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Doctor Zuver from the office of the medical director for EMS

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services, increasing quality and county services

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through EMS, our medical planning with Jessica Rodriguez,

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and the whole program we offer to our community

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for early detection and treatment and prevention

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for individuals who don't have the ability to pay

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or don't have insurance.

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Our mosquito control program with Steve Harrison,

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they just moved to a new facility.

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Thank you for your support with that.

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Also the provision of disease borne, mosquito disease borne

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diseases, and Claudia, are fiscal and operational support

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who oversees our right hand.

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And John Goodrich.

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The mayor said he has the best county administrator.

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I have the best deputy director in the county.

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For the proposed budget, we have seen changes in our budget.

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I'm going to explain to you where the changes are.

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In general we have seen a 4% increase.

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For personal services, our changes are about 3.8 million.

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We have salaries and benefits and other elements.

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It's going to come up to a $58.5 million.

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Our operating budget has increased by 1.3 million

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to 72.7.

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And our total budget is increasing by $5.1 million

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to 131.2.

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We have seen a significant increase

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in our grants, which is about 24% increase.

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I'll explain that to you in details.

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But that's also a big portion of that 4%

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that we see in our general budget.

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Our staffing remains very flat.

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Only three positions that are required by law since we

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did the changes to the Animal Services Ordinance.

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We are adding some staff.

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On the grants, I just want to give you an overview.

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Opioid Settlement funds has a balance now --

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this is cumulative -- of $21 million.

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You'll see that's a lot of money paramedic

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but the Opioid Trust Fund is very unstable.

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We don't know how much we're going to get

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or we're going to get at.

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And we always like to have operations

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funded for the next five years.

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This is about five years of funding,

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what we keep in reserve there in case anything changed.

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Some of those funds are still in litigation at the federal level.

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So changes could happen earlier.

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Our HIV grants are $12.2 million annually.

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Our general fund, this is what we

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provide support for the PCAN network and the Health

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Department.

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That's about $4.9 million.

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And Animal Services Trust Fund is about $300,000.

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This is what we use to support nonprofit organizations that

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provide services and care for pets around the county.

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Another important driver in our budget every year

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is the Medicare and Medicaid expenses

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the county is mandated by the state

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and the state decides what that amount is.

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That amount for this year is $28.6 million.

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It has been a 40% increase in the last five years

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on the amount that we have to provide.

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Just to give you an idea, in 2021, we provided $20 million.

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Six years out or almost $9 million over.

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So it's a fund that keeps increasing.

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It's a regulation that has mandated funding.

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On the three positions as I explained to you,

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we really needed four, but we were

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able to reclassify position within our 16 positions

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so that we have to come for one less.

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And we came to you and the proposal

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took a veterinarian and two vet technicians.

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This is to deal with increased services

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that we foresee coming with the new shelter

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that thankfully we will have in a year.

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In operating highlights, as I mentioned to you,

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we keep a straightforward approach

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as indicated by the administration.

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But we also have identified opportunities

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where we can provide support.

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Three secure three year grants of $700,000 to provide long

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acting injectables of the jail.

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We also apply for a three year 1.2 million grant

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to bridge medication injectables for opioid use disorders.

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These are the medications that have

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been very successful in offering recovery for individuals.

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But they are very costly.

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But we are offering for free to many of our residents.

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We also continue to renegotiate our contract

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with the hospital in the way that we provide services

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for correctional facilities.

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And in corrections we also have transitions from services

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that were provided by contractors.

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And now we have the capacity to provide ourselves.

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Because we are seeing an increase and stabilization

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in our workforce.

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The mosquito control program is also

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another area where we are using new technologies

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to offer a service.

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Is a software that was developed by our GIS providers

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inside the county collaboration with Mosquito Control.

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It gives us the ability to see in real time

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where we apply products what products are getting applied,

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which vehicles are out, and also give us the ability

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to coordinate with the population that may be placed

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at risk by the products that we use

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and in coordination with them.

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The drug office also has seen an increase in the opioid response

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that we provide.

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We're expanding the medications the use

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that we provide to residents.

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And we have a partnership different providers

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around the country.

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Those are receiving funds from the Opioid Trust Fund.

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And we are offering case management

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for individuals connected through the jail

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system and local emergency departments.

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We also are in the process of creating a new service

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at the East Side Clinic.

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The project is called the General Column

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but it will probably be something else more completely.

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It's basically what it's going to do

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it's going to be a 23 hour observation bay for individuals

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you may come out of the hospital and want to initiate treatment

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immediately for individuals who may have refused to be

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transported to the hospital after an overdose,

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but are okay by EMS to receive these services.

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This means no one needs to wait anymore

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to receive treatment for opioid assistance, drug use treatment

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if they decide to do that.

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We will start immediately in this facility.

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We will be with you when the time comes.

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I will give you a tour.

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But we're making renovations to make this successful

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for our residents.

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And correctional Health, we are also always improving.

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We have simplified our formulary to offer more straight line

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services from the medications, but also

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for inventory purposes and expenses.

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We have removed some drugs that we

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have multiple presentations of the drug to be more efficient.

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It's resulting in about a 32% reduction in the formulary

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without compromising care.

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It makes it more streamlined.

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And these help us to decrease the Number of weekly

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prescriptions by 6% from about 41,000 to about 39,000.

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Believe it or not every week we give about 39,000 medications

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in the jail.

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Also we have made some medications

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that are generic available to our inmates

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through commissary so they don't have to use the providers.

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We foresee some risk coming to our grants,

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especially as you heard in the news a few weeks back,

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there was an issue with the program

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in the state that has been reinstated, at least for a year.

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We don't k what the future of it is --

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without compromising the most essential services to the people

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that are HIV infected in our community.

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As I mentioned to you, our medication costs,

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Medicaid costs continue to increase.

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Will continue to increase.

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That continue to affect our budget.

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In the capital improvement plan, you

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are very familiar with two projects that were involved.

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The medical Examiner's office as well as the new shelter,

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the new animal shelter.

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For this year we are asking for $31 million in our NCIP.

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With the animal services facility,

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we have been keeping you updated as much as we can.

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They are moving a lot around.

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It looks like nothing is happening.

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But this is preparing all the essential services, sewage,

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water, electricity.

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It'll be done by the fall in 2027,

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and new facility will be about 123,000 square footage.

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And right now the allocation is about $85 million.

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After some consideration, $7 million

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we're back to the capital fund because they were not necessary

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as the process comes below was initially calculated.

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And it will have capacity for 265 dogs, about 200 cats.

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The medical examiner approximates

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the total of about $28 million.

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This is going to duplicate the capacity

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that the medical examiner has.

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We are prepared for the future as the population

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grows in our county.

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Remember that we also service Osceola County, which

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already provided 21% of the cost to Orange County.

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That has been fully paid and it's with Orange County

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right now.

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As you know, there are potential issues coming along,

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not for this year, for the year after.

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With initially in the November 3rd, 2020,

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ballot for the constitutional amendment on the homestead

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issue.

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And if approved by taxpayers, you

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could see some challenges to our budget in 2028.

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It's estimated by county government that will

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affect about 10% of our budget.

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These are the areas more likely could

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be affected as they are not in code, meaning

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these areas are not either in county, federal, or state law.

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It's basically the primary care access network.

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These include services that we provide

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to our client, secondary services,

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any support of the county office to all the community health

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centers.

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And secondary care, this is an important area.

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This is the work that we do when people do not

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have health insurance.

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To give you an example, negotiating

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with the hospital at cost, we were

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able to provide chemotherapy for a female last year that

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did not have the funding.

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That was a safe measure that would provide these services

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at no increased cost, just the medication costs

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in the negotiation with AdventHealth.

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That was something that we were able to do as a great service

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to our community paramedic and public health,

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we support the Department of Health with about $1.3 million

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a year.

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That goes to essential services that

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are provided to our community from STDs

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to other infectious diseases.

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And also our mosquito control program is not in code,

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not for no reason this county was called Mosquito County

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before it was called Orange County.

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This is an essential service to our community.

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Not only for the prevention of disease,

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mosquito borne diseases, which are many,

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increasing as the temperature changes.

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We've seen an increase in the number

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of species that are living in our area,

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but also the business of this county, which is tourism.

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For summary, the art department has implemented a number

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of measures to try to control costs and reduce the expenses,

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or at least limiting the rising health care costs,

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reducing hospitalization and enhancing

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on site care for promotion health services.

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We have expanded services at our correctional facility

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while lowering the cost per inmate.

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And the potential state and federal

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impacts that we could see in the future,

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those are some of the challenges and the opportunities

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that we have ahead of us.

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Thank you.

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>> All right, Dr. Pino.

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I have one question.

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I'm one of the earlier slides comment

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you talked about the Medicaid expenditures

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that the county is paying.

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They seem to be going up and up and up.

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Let me ask you a question.

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If the state of Florida participated

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in the federal Medicaid expansion programs, expanded it

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here in the state, would that have any impact

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on closing the gap in what we're spending

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and on Medicaid expenditures?

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>> Yes.

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>> I thought so.

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>> More people will be covered.

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Less would be needed for those who are not.

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>> I'm going to open it up for questions and comments from

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members of the board.

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Commissioner Wilson.

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>> I can't tell if I'm hitting my button or not.

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Just assume I am.

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They're going to replace the data soon

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comment which is good because I think we're all

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operating on one power up here.

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Sometimes it works.

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Sometimes it doesn't.

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Sometimes we talk about critical municipal services

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common local services, for little people, your team.

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I say this -- you're talking about health services,

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our mosquito control column which is a tremendous health

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protector, taking care of the least among us and the most

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fragile medically among us.

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And then you combine that with things

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that are mandated by the state.

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And so what that means is should we meet a budget shortfall,

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the state mandated things presumably

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would require us to satisfy those first.

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It begs the question --

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I saw the programs at risk.

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I want to make sure people understand--

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I had a conversation over the with somebody

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about mosquito control because they thought

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it was about convenience.

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And they were like, just buy your own Off.

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You don't understand.

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Mosquito borne illness has killed more people

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in the history of mankind than almost anything else.

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Understanding that that is an investment

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in keeping people alive.

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You said this is also for people who visit here.

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We have more people who visit this area than anywhere

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else in the world.

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Are there any revenue possibilities for you

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all to use that come from that revenue stream

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come a tourist revenue stream, versus the things that we know

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are at risk right now because of this proposed legislation?

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>> So there are ways that we could qualify the mosquito

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in County code.

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That could protect the program.

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Because it would allow you as the amendment

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goes as it is to invest with the revenue that you may generate.

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That's a possibility.

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To your point, mosquito control program

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is not just about mosquito biting you and having

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less nuisance in that sense.

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Every time there is a disease coming from any of the tropics,

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we get a referral from the health department.

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They deal with an segment of the area.

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They develop a radius around the house

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where the individual lives in that area

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is treated specifically intensively

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to monitor the mosquitoes in the area that

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could transmit that disease.

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Recently we have seen -- we heard about Zika five years ago.

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Oda was here last year.

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Those are new tropical diseases that are coming up

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as the temperatures elevate.

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>> Climate, yeah.

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And I think to the extent of some of these health issues

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that we feel like, having served here during COVID

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and trying to make sure that we are planning for the worst

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and hoping for the best, I cringe to think about any cuts

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at all, understanding the impacts that those may have.

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I think I asked about the tourist revenue stream

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just because we understand that we have tourist development tax

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dollars that come in.

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Is always how they discussed here

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within these really tight boundaries based on legislation.

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But we don't often articulate well

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how many benefits our visitors get by all the other investments

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that we make that do not come from those revenue streams.

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And they think every single person here from all your team

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here are included.

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I think about the fact that we have

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Narcan at the airport in case somebody overdoses

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and that if you happen to let your dog out of your hotel room

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then they get lost and ended up in Orange County Animal

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Services, we the most incredible team take care of them there.

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Those are benefits that go rarely described

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and not funded by the dollars that

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are channeled into the efforts to promote tourism.

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I'm trying so hard to make these connections because we are going

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to have to get creative and we're

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going to have to be able to also explain our current investments

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and the importance of those in keeping people alive

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and keeping people safe.

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I think the other part that Medicaid expansion question,

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was there any appetite any time over these last couple of years

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for the state to pick up that tab?

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I know the answer to this question.

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The mayor is laughing because we struggle with this every year.

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I just want to make sure that for this year,

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I think there's an opportunity for us to talk about again,

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this is an unfunded mandate.

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We all agree that health care is necessary.

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But if we don't have state assistance with state mandates

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and they take away the one revenue source that is stable,

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I am not sure how --

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and there was no plan.

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They didn't study it.

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They had no idea how to take care

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of folks who energy assistance.

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I believe government were here for that health safety welfare

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piece.

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That is our primary duty is to make sure that we are keeping

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people healthy and safe.

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You do a fantastic job of it.

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So thank you.

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I don't have any other questions other

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than I think I want to do a hard hat

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tour when we are at that place for the animal services.

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And I would love to see--

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I think you said that 24 hour program.

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I would love to hear more about that also.

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It is brilliant.

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As somebody who has looked at some

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of that research about that first 24 hours out,

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it's the most dangerous time.

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Thank you for always continuing to look for those opportunities

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to save people.

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I appreciate it.

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>> Thank you.

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>> Thank you for the presentation.

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You are one department that I will always

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advocate for to get more money for because you're

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in the business of you are taking care of the people who

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without the care can end up without a life peer am I

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I have some specific questions very quickly.

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I know that district nine of the medical examiner

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includes Osceola.

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Does Osceola cover 100% of their costs, so none of those costs

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are picked up by Orange County >> That's correct.

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The percentage of the total budget, which we see 21%

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of our case volume come from Osceola.

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They cover 21% of our budget.

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If it goes up, it goes down, it moves with it.

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>> Thank you.

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There were some concerning legislation

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that was in Tallahassee this year regarding the state taking

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over animal services.

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So that was concerning the legislation.

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I think it may come back if we start talking about the property

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tax reform passing.

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And I wanted to make sure because one thing that tourists

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don't like seeing one of those streets

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is stray dogs and stray cats.

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We have an organization that was receiving

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TNR, which is the spaying and neutering of stray cats.

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They are called Cata-ppaloosa .

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They reduce our street population

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in Orange County by thousands of cats

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because they trap feral cats.

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They get them neutered.

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They get them spayed.

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Animals that run the streets can spread the disease

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to other healthy animals as well as to people.

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They impact tourism.

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I know their funding is about $2,500 a month that they were

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receiving through Pet Alliance.

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But I wanted to put it on your radar

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because they are providing an important service.

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And their service is for free to us.

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They are just trying to recoup the funds

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for getting those stray cats spayed and neutered

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so that they don't contribute to the continued increase

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in stray cat population.

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>> More than willing to talk today about the possibility

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of including it in the future if we have the resources.

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We do have a TNR program.

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We have one animal services.

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We have done this year about four of those.

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And we also work with another organization care aligned to.

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We brought about $5,700 a month, and that covered just about

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another 95 spay neuter operations at the East Side

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clinic that has operated.

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>> And that is the one that they were using was the East Side

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Clinic through Pet Alliance when Pet Alliance was rent out

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the facility?

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>> They don't rent.

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They get it for free.

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>> Thank you for doing that.

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I think that group is spaying and neutering

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ten cats a week so 40 cats a month.

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It's a significant population when

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you talk about having cages for the 200 in your new facility.

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That will fill up very fast if we are losing our TNR funding.

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We will send some more information to you

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on >> Willing to support the activity if we

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have the resources and we can do something about it.

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>> Thank you.

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And then I just wanted to bring up --

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when we talk about on slide 23 when it talks about the impact

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to people, just so that we have factual narrative that can be

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used to comment if you could go to slide 23,

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those were the potential programs that would be at risk

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with a reduction in services.

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What I just wanted to -- when you see these,

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what is that primary care access network,

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are you providing life saving services to people that access

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that care?

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>> Yes, we provide preventative services for people who have no

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other sources of health insurance.

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>> If we lose that program, are we talking about increasing --

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families seeing an increase in the loss of family members

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to death because they are untreated?

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>> For sure, not only us, also supports,

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all the community centers.

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It's also a coordinated approach to services where we cannot

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provide somebody else can provide a.

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So it's a whole network of services

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that we provide to people who don't have insurance.

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>> Thank you.

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And then of course, that secondary one

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with providing access to care for people who are experiencing

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diseases like cancer

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>> Surgeries, cancer, you name it.

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>> That third one regarding public's health,

529
04:23:36,978 --> 04:23:41,238
talking about some vaccinations, is tuberculosis still active

530
04:23:41,238 --> 04:23:43,238
in our society?

531
04:23:43,318 --> 04:23:45,318
>> Very much so.

532
04:23:46,211 --> 04:23:49,704
>> I have seen that in the news, that tuberculosis rates are

533
04:23:49,704 --> 04:23:50,211
increasing.

534
04:23:50,211 --> 04:23:53,811
Is tuberculosis a lethal >> Untreated, yes.

535
04:23:55,394 --> 04:23:59,600
>> And then with mosquito borne, I have had chikungunya when I

536
04:23:59,600 --> 04:24:00,398
was in the Caribbean.

537
04:24:00,398 --> 04:24:02,910
It was one of the most painful life experiences

538
04:24:02,910 --> 04:24:05,470
I've had in your joints.

539
04:24:05,470 --> 04:24:08,211
But are there diseases that can be

540
04:24:08,211 --> 04:24:12,598
spread by mosquitoes that could result in the death of humans?

541
04:24:12,598 --> 04:24:16,238
>> Yes, just one that is always here, dengue.

542
04:24:16,238 --> 04:24:20,404
>> So 100% of the potential programs and services that could

543
04:24:20,404 --> 04:24:25,438
be at risk for reduction in revenue or program cuts are

544
04:24:25,438 --> 04:24:29,850
actually life saving programs in our community.

545
04:24:29,850 --> 04:24:29,668
>> Absolutely.

546
04:24:29,668 --> 04:24:32,680
That's why they're funded.

547
04:24:32,598 --> 04:24:34,998
>> Thank you, Dr. Pino.

548
04:24:36,890 --> 04:24:41,653
>> On the animal services side, I saw a story --

549
04:24:41,653 --> 04:24:44,158
I think it was yesterday somewhere

550
04:24:44,158 --> 04:24:47,158
in the news about coyote.

551
04:24:47,238 --> 04:24:51,398
Do we have another coyote in our shelters?

552
04:24:51,398 --> 04:24:56,671
>> We do-- it is normally for the Florida Department

553
04:24:56,671 --> 04:24:57,678
of Wildlife.

554
04:24:57,678 --> 04:25:00,678
But yes, there are coyotes.

555
04:25:03,198 --> 04:25:07,160
>> In Orange County Animal Services does a great coyote

556
04:25:07,160 --> 04:25:07,558
presentation.

557
04:25:07,558 --> 04:25:10,538
Water Park does have a lot of coyotes.

558
04:25:10,538 --> 04:25:12,678
They come out and do services and presentations

559
04:25:12,678 --> 04:25:17,918
to help keep residents safe from human animal conflicts.

560
04:25:17,918 --> 04:25:19,918
>> Very good.

561
04:25:22,238 --> 04:25:24,238
Commissioner.

562
04:25:32,703 --> 04:25:35,398
>> Thank you for the presentation and thank you

563
04:25:35,398 --> 04:25:38,368
for always being accessible to us into my office.

564
04:25:38,368 --> 04:25:42,488
I just wanted to follow up with what Commissioner Semrad

565
04:25:42,488 --> 04:25:45,974
waw was looking into in the secondary care.

566
04:25:45,974 --> 04:25:49,894
You said here that all of these services

567
04:25:49,894 --> 04:25:52,198
are critical services, right?

568
04:25:52,198 --> 04:25:54,198
Oncology, cardio.

569
04:25:57,518 --> 04:26:00,878
So where are these services provided?

570
04:26:00,878 --> 04:26:03,678
>> The services are provided as part of the pika network,

571
04:26:03,678 --> 04:26:05,345
depending on who has the specialization.

572
04:26:05,345 --> 04:26:07,828
It could be AdventHealth, Orlando Health.

573
04:26:07,828 --> 04:26:10,258
It could be whatever the person may decide or whatever

574
04:26:10,258 --> 04:26:11,148
the services.

575
04:26:11,148 --> 04:26:14,518
We also coordinate with the providers.

576
04:26:14,518 --> 04:26:17,398
Whatever we can get are the cheapest, we also go there.

577
04:26:17,398 --> 04:26:20,191
But yeah, normally the negotiated approach,

578
04:26:20,191 --> 04:26:22,118
whatever the client may want.

579
04:26:22,118 --> 04:26:25,794
>> So that means if they have no insurance,

580
04:26:25,794 --> 04:26:30,594
they could still participate in the medical services,

581
04:26:31,630 --> 04:26:37,532
and then from there, they would receive the basic --

582
04:26:37,532 --> 04:26:40,308
>> The pika is more about primary care,

583
04:26:40,308 --> 04:26:42,346
general approach to health.

584
04:26:42,346 --> 04:26:44,224
And then the secondary care is more

585
04:26:44,224 --> 04:26:47,198
if they need hospitalization, if they need surgery,

586
04:26:47,198 --> 04:26:52,384
if they need physical therapy, whatever the necessity may be.

587
04:26:52,384 --> 04:26:54,384
>> That's good.

588
04:26:54,805 --> 04:26:58,405
Thank you, Dr. Pino, for everything.

589
04:27:00,362 --> 04:27:01,900
>> All right.

590
04:27:01,900 --> 04:27:04,898
Dr. Pino, thank you, sir.

591
04:27:04,898 --> 04:27:06,898
Great job.

592
04:27:07,110 --> 04:27:08,178
>> Can I just say one thing?

593
04:27:08,178 --> 04:27:09,636
I've already looked at your report.

594
04:27:09,636 --> 04:27:11,600
Thank you for all you do.

595
04:27:11,600 --> 04:27:14,656
Thank you for what you do with the project

596
04:27:14,656 --> 04:27:17,975
opioid, Dr. Tie, everybody because it's

597
04:27:17,975 --> 04:27:19,591
really make an impact.

598
04:27:19,591 --> 04:27:22,998
And I know every dollar you do is going to the fullest amount.

599
04:27:22,998 --> 04:27:26,358
Your team treats people with medical services

600
04:27:26,358 --> 04:27:29,534
with such dignity that they just absolutely love it.

601
04:27:29,534 --> 04:27:31,698
I hear nothing but great things from people who

602
04:27:31,698 --> 04:27:33,718
need health services from you.

603
04:27:33,718 --> 04:27:34,658
>> Thank you.

604
04:27:34,658 --> 04:27:37,464
Mayor, if you'd allow me a minute,

605
04:27:37,464 --> 04:27:39,271
I would like to thank the commissioners

606
04:27:39,271 --> 04:27:40,646
for all the support that you have

607
04:27:40,646 --> 04:27:42,182
provided to Health services.

608
04:27:42,182 --> 04:27:43,849
This may be the last time that we

609
04:27:43,849 --> 04:27:47,278
see each other in this kind of environment for some,

610
04:27:47,278 --> 04:27:53,878
and also, to Byron and Danny for their support and guidance,

611
04:27:56,878 --> 04:27:58,744
and, for your trust.

612
04:27:58,744 --> 04:28:01,758
It's been great to work with you and for you.

613
04:28:01,758 --> 04:28:02,934
>> Thank you.

614
04:28:02,934 --> 04:28:07,686
We are going to move forward to the one and only

615
04:28:07,686 --> 04:28:11,286
Joseph Kunkel from our public works.

616
04:28:11,598 --> 04:28:13,598
>> Thank you, mayor.

617
04:28:16,780 --> 04:28:17,510
Good afternoon.

618
04:28:17,510 --> 04:28:19,382
I'm here to present the Public Works

619
04:28:19,382 --> 04:28:21,782
budget for fiscal year 26, 27.

620
04:28:21,992 --> 04:28:25,118
I have a large part of my public works team

621
04:28:25,118 --> 04:28:28,118
here with me for support.

622
04:28:36,638 --> 04:28:40,280
Our presentation will follow the standard outline

623
04:28:40,280 --> 04:28:43,931
starting with the organizational chart moving to the pros 26, 27

624
04:28:43,931 --> 04:28:44,963
budget, some highlights.

625
04:28:44,963 --> 04:28:47,880
Moving on to the Capital Improvement Program column

626
04:28:47,880 --> 04:28:48,758
and looking at some services at risk,

627
04:28:48,758 --> 04:28:51,814
then finishing up with our summary.

628
04:28:51,814 --> 04:28:54,814
Moving into our organizational chart,

629
04:28:55,578 --> 04:29:00,302
I heard Doctor Pino say he has the best Deputy Director.

630
04:29:00,302 --> 04:29:02,744
He may have one of the best deputy directors,

631
04:29:02,744 --> 04:29:05,488
but I have two of the best deputy

632
04:29:05,488 --> 04:29:07,888
directors in our organization.

633
04:29:09,510 --> 04:29:17,310
The first of those on the chart as you see is Brett Blackadar.

634
04:29:19,789 --> 04:29:24,398
Working on that side is our roads and drainage division,

635
04:29:24,398 --> 04:29:27,349
stormwater management division, Michael Drazek is their manager.

636
04:29:27,349 --> 04:29:30,411
Traffic engineering Division, the well-known Humberto

637
04:29:30,411 --> 04:29:36,820
Castillero as well as our newest member to our leadership team

638
04:29:36,820 --> 04:29:40,882
at Orange County Public Works is Taneya Simpson,

639
04:29:41,798 --> 04:29:47,198
recently replacing Ralph Acre as our support division manager.

640
04:29:47,258 --> 04:29:50,590
The second half of our duo, our top duo

641
04:29:50,590 --> 04:29:54,622
includes our county engineer and Deputy Director Susan Ussach.

642
04:29:54,622 --> 04:29:57,214
Included in her side of the house

643
04:29:57,214 --> 04:29:59,438
is production and permitting.

644
04:29:59,438 --> 04:30:02,838
That has Raymond Williams as manager of our engineering

645
04:30:02,838 --> 04:30:04,811
division, helping our capital projects.

646
04:30:04,811 --> 04:30:08,158
Highway Construction Division is led by Ken Leming.

647
04:30:08,158 --> 04:30:11,348
They do administration for us for those construction projects.

648
04:30:11,348 --> 04:30:14,518
We have developed engineering division which

649
04:30:14,518 --> 04:30:17,814
reviews all the DRC and a lot of permits as well headed

650
04:30:17,814 --> 04:30:19,814
by Dale Mudrak.

651
04:30:20,504 --> 04:30:22,765
Transportation Division who initiates a lot of studies

652
04:30:22,765 --> 04:30:24,182
and does a lot of other activities

653
04:30:24,182 --> 04:30:26,898
is led by Brian Sanders.

654
04:30:26,898 --> 04:30:30,498
At Public Works, we work together

655
04:30:31,262 --> 04:30:34,862
to pursue and complete plan common,

656
04:30:35,171 --> 04:30:38,691
construct, operate, and maintain safe transportation

657
04:30:38,691 --> 04:30:41,509
and stormwater infrastructure framework we are pretty

658
04:30:41,509 --> 04:30:44,918
proud of being able to do all those things on an annual basis

659
04:30:44,918 --> 04:30:47,708
for the Orange County residents.

660
04:30:47,708 --> 04:30:53,108
I think it goes without saying that we work 24/7, 365,

661
04:30:54,858 --> 04:30:58,283
all year, all day, all weekend, and nighttime.

662
04:30:58,283 --> 04:31:00,891
That could be something as simple as attending community

663
04:31:00,891 --> 04:31:04,894
meetings and public get togethers as well as inspection

664
04:31:04,894 --> 04:31:07,575
of projects that go into the night time

665
04:31:07,575 --> 04:31:09,406
or required to do nighttime inspections,

666
04:31:09,406 --> 04:31:12,238
as well as things such as the sinkhole that

667
04:31:12,238 --> 04:31:16,369
occurred in Maitland somewhere around 2 a.m.

668
04:31:16,369 --> 04:31:20,390
Our staff got a call about the sinkhole occurring in Maitland

669
04:31:20,390 --> 04:31:21,798
at a county owned facility.

670
04:31:21,798 --> 04:31:24,146
We responded and went out in the middle of the night

671
04:31:24,146 --> 04:31:26,258
to work on that issue.

672
04:31:26,258 --> 04:31:32,858
Also, one of the other items that is a 24/7 activity is

673
04:31:34,749 --> 04:31:36,362
our traffic signal operations.

674
04:31:36,362 --> 04:31:39,342
Regardless the time of day, or traffic signal technicians

675
04:31:39,342 --> 04:31:44,790
will respond to a downed signal, day or night, after storm.

676
04:31:44,790 --> 04:31:45,611
Will respond.

677
04:31:45,611 --> 04:31:47,111
Any time of the day they will go out

678
04:31:47,111 --> 04:31:49,310
and work on signals and signal operations.

679
04:31:49,310 --> 04:31:52,501
You may not be as aware of that we collaborate

680
04:31:52,501 --> 04:31:54,668
with a number of different divisions and departments

681
04:31:54,668 --> 04:31:55,898
across the county.

682
04:31:55,898 --> 04:32:00,366
For example, Fire Rescue has an optical system

683
04:32:00,366 --> 04:32:02,398
attached to our Signalization.

684
04:32:02,398 --> 04:32:04,538
One there's maintenance and activities required

685
04:32:04,538 --> 04:32:07,118
for that optical system, our traffic

686
04:32:07,118 --> 04:32:10,780
signal ops folks go out and work on those repairs.

687
04:32:10,780 --> 04:32:15,478
Likewise, we have a number of design contract administration

688
04:32:16,816 --> 04:32:18,358
construction administration contracts

689
04:32:18,358 --> 04:32:20,998
that we do for the departments as well, including

690
04:32:20,998 --> 04:32:26,331
parks and recs for their trails, EPT for water quality projects,

691
04:32:26,331 --> 04:32:29,430
and community development block grant projects.

692
04:32:29,430 --> 04:32:32,430
Public works and appliance, amazingly

693
04:32:32,258 --> 04:32:37,658
enough over 27000 311 inquiries coming to public works a year.

694
04:32:40,278 --> 04:32:43,878
That's over 500 per week, 100 is a.

695
04:32:45,805 --> 04:32:48,118
Most of those go to roads and drainage

696
04:32:48,118 --> 04:32:50,780
and also go to traffic and engineering.

697
04:32:50,780 --> 04:32:54,414
But then they get responded to by other divisions.

698
04:32:54,414 --> 04:32:58,366
We still have almost 6000 miles of pavement

699
04:32:58,366 --> 04:33:01,158
that we need to maintain, over 2000 retention ponds,

700
04:33:01,158 --> 04:33:03,638
and we are approaching 700 signals

701
04:33:03,638 --> 04:33:05,938
that are our responsibility.

702
04:33:05,938 --> 04:33:07,798
Our development engineering group

703
04:33:07,798 --> 04:33:10,193
reviews a number of permits as I mentioned.

704
04:33:10,193 --> 04:33:14,158
As the first part of June, they have reviewed 4500 permits.

705
04:33:14,158 --> 04:33:18,358
They're on pace for 6000 this fiscal year.

706
04:33:20,318 --> 04:33:25,398
Moving on to our proposed budget for fiscal year 26, 27,

707
04:33:25,398 --> 04:33:27,998
our funding sources have remained pretty much the same.

708
04:33:27,998 --> 04:33:31,150
We still get a good share of our operations,

709
04:33:31,150 --> 04:33:35,266
almost all our operations monies come from the state sales tax.

710
04:33:35,266 --> 04:33:38,317
You can see that on the right, $186 million.

711
04:33:38,317 --> 04:33:42,984
Our capital program CIP, we use gas tax,

712
04:33:42,984 --> 04:33:45,368
impact fees, miscellaneous construction funds.

713
04:33:45,368 --> 04:33:46,984
And then some CRA funding as well

714
04:33:46,984 --> 04:33:49,984
goes into our capital program.

715
04:33:50,170 --> 04:33:53,568
As for our proposed budget, we're

716
04:33:53,568 --> 04:33:56,182
seeing a slight increase for our personal services

717
04:33:56,182 --> 04:33:59,498
in line with the direction that we are provided.

718
04:33:59,498 --> 04:34:02,990
And we are making up for that additional cost

719
04:34:02,990 --> 04:34:05,526
in the personal services through our operating budget

720
04:34:05,526 --> 04:34:08,698
so that we are resulting in a one

721
04:34:08,698 --> 04:34:11,958
tenth of 1% change for our budget this year

722
04:34:11,958 --> 04:34:15,838
and our staffing will remain the same at 577.

723
04:34:15,838 --> 04:34:20,380
I'm at the distribution of our budget,

724
04:34:21,970 --> 04:34:24,678
it's clear that roads and drainage

725
04:34:24,678 --> 04:34:27,418
is the largest division, has the largest number of staff,

726
04:34:27,418 --> 04:34:29,278
and has the widest range of responsibilities

727
04:34:29,278 --> 04:34:31,139
in the operating side.

728
04:34:31,139 --> 04:34:34,694
They have the largest amount of funding inside of public works.

729
04:34:34,694 --> 04:34:37,780
There are things that they handle

730
04:34:37,780 --> 04:34:42,948
that include paying the street light bills for all the street

731
04:34:42,948 --> 04:34:44,198
lighting across Orange County.

732
04:34:44,198 --> 04:34:45,740
They also have more traditional types

733
04:34:45,740 --> 04:34:48,718
of activities including sidewalk repair, street repair,

734
04:34:48,718 --> 04:34:53,128
maintenance of pipes and culverts comet inlets, cleaning

735
04:34:53,128 --> 04:34:54,808
channels, and small canals.

736
04:34:54,808 --> 04:34:58,534
Also in the higher end of our budget

737
04:34:58,534 --> 04:35:01,188
is stormwater management, traffic engineering,

738
04:35:01,188 --> 04:35:03,578
are the two operations groups.

739
04:35:03,578 --> 04:35:05,978
They have varied responsibilities

740
04:35:06,318 --> 04:35:09,628
outside for the operations and maintenance of all

741
04:35:09,628 --> 04:35:13,295
the infrastructure that we have, as well as

742
04:35:13,295 --> 04:35:15,158
our fiscal and operational support.

743
04:35:15,158 --> 04:35:20,558
They provide funding for all of our intergovernmental indirect

744
04:35:24,391 --> 04:35:28,438
costs as well as the facilities and maintenance

745
04:35:28,438 --> 04:35:32,608
costs for all the locations that we have either our main campus

746
04:35:32,608 --> 04:35:33,988
or our satellite campuses.

747
04:35:33,988 --> 04:35:38,188
The other divisions have a similar responsibility

748
04:35:38,278 --> 04:35:41,878
with personnel services costs as well.

749
04:35:45,758 --> 04:35:48,198
Moving on to some highlights, you

750
04:35:48,198 --> 04:35:50,566
may ask how do we reduce our budget.

751
04:35:50,566 --> 04:35:53,121
There's a couple things we did.

752
04:35:53,121 --> 04:35:54,538
We sharpened our pencil and looked

753
04:35:54,538 --> 04:35:56,380
across a number of different lines,

754
04:35:56,380 --> 04:35:57,622
making smaller changes here and there

755
04:35:57,622 --> 04:35:59,798
to reduce the impacts of our budget.

756
04:35:59,798 --> 04:36:02,791
We look specifically at the rolling stock

757
04:36:02,791 --> 04:36:04,958
and heavy equipment needs that we have for this year

758
04:36:04,958 --> 04:36:07,392
and looked at what we can defer and be able to move

759
04:36:07,392 --> 04:36:08,686
into future budget years.

760
04:36:08,686 --> 04:36:11,478
We looked really closely at the historical expenditures

761
04:36:11,478 --> 04:36:13,206
on our overtime.

762
04:36:13,206 --> 04:36:16,991
In some scenarios we were able to the budgeted over time.

763
04:36:16,991 --> 04:36:19,742
We also looked at travel and training

764
04:36:19,742 --> 04:36:21,758
and reduced some of those costs.

765
04:36:21,758 --> 04:36:24,998
We are focusing on certain leadership training program

766
04:36:24,998 --> 04:36:25,798
this year.

767
04:36:25,798 --> 04:36:29,460
We have an internal public works leadership

768
04:36:29,460 --> 04:36:31,830
program that we are providing to our staff.

769
04:36:31,830 --> 04:36:35,112
That is being done through insight internal

770
04:36:35,112 --> 04:36:36,560
to public works.

771
04:36:36,560 --> 04:36:42,656
A bit of a good news perspective is our in-service contract

772
04:36:42,668 --> 04:36:43,658
pricing.

773
04:36:43,658 --> 04:36:46,658
Last year's budget we anticipated

774
04:36:46,694 --> 04:36:51,140
some of the term construction contracts coming in much higher.

775
04:36:51,140 --> 04:36:53,651
It's hard to predict sometimes what's

776
04:36:53,651 --> 04:36:55,526
going to happen in the construction industry.

777
04:36:55,526 --> 04:36:57,931
We have had a handful of contracts come in

778
04:36:57,931 --> 04:37:00,331
lower than expected, particularly

779
04:37:00,705 --> 04:37:01,981
on the stormwater side.

780
04:37:01,981 --> 04:37:06,118
So as we move forward through those multi-year bids,

781
04:37:06,118 --> 04:37:10,860
we are seeing some reduction in the contract pricing for some

782
04:37:10,860 --> 04:37:14,107
of those term contract activities paramedic also

783
04:37:14,107 --> 04:37:19,507
we were able to utilize our in-house paving operations.

784
04:37:22,918 --> 04:37:23,958
This is a plus.

785
04:37:23,958 --> 04:37:26,558
It's a partnership between our operating side and our capital

786
04:37:26,558 --> 04:37:27,580
side.

787
04:37:27,580 --> 04:37:29,368
We use in-house paving to do some

788
04:37:29,368 --> 04:37:31,958
of the smaller paving projects last year that

789
04:37:31,958 --> 04:37:34,366
received some funding from our capital program.

790
04:37:34,366 --> 04:37:37,966
It saved us about $2.5 million being

791
04:37:39,490 --> 04:37:42,762
able to use our crew as opposed to going out under the contract

792
04:37:42,762 --> 04:37:43,262
price.

793
04:37:43,262 --> 04:37:44,904
A second bonus this year is that we're

794
04:37:44,904 --> 04:37:46,446
going to be using our in-house paving

795
04:37:46,446 --> 04:37:50,700
crew to pay for the parking lot in our main complex.

796
04:37:50,700 --> 04:37:52,251
That should result in some savings

797
04:37:52,251 --> 04:37:57,380
to that capital expense on the facility side.

798
04:37:57,380 --> 04:38:01,348
You may also have heard about this modular roundabout

799
04:38:01,348 --> 04:38:07,348
that we installed recently in Wyndham Lakes at Rodrick Circle.

800
04:38:07,678 --> 04:38:10,958
It's the largest in Florida and the second

801
04:38:10,958 --> 04:38:12,198
in the state of Florida.

802
04:38:12,198 --> 04:38:17,310
It went in in about three weeks as opposed

803
04:38:17,310 --> 04:38:20,310
to multiple months for installation.

804
04:38:20,331 --> 04:38:23,974
So the installation time was much shorter.

805
04:38:23,974 --> 04:38:27,422
The total costs were about half compared

806
04:38:27,422 --> 04:38:29,814
to a regular construction of a roundabout.

807
04:38:29,814 --> 04:38:32,294
There is some time for fabrication.

808
04:38:32,294 --> 04:38:35,414
But once it's installed, it gets installed very quickly.

809
04:38:35,414 --> 04:38:38,518
And that quick installation reduces disruption

810
04:38:38,518 --> 04:38:43,318
for the neighborhood when the roundabout is installed.

811
04:38:44,404 --> 04:38:48,718
So we were proud of this approach and innovative idea.

812
04:38:48,718 --> 04:38:51,508
Something else that we've done recently

813
04:38:51,508 --> 04:38:54,730
is that we have combined projects

814
04:38:54,730 --> 04:38:59,893
as part of a road resurfacing program, we went in last year

815
04:38:59,893 --> 04:39:04,693
and did a road diet design and installed

816
04:39:05,998 --> 04:39:09,838
some of the other items associated with road diet,

817
04:39:09,838 --> 04:39:12,798
including access control and pedestrian crossings,

818
04:39:12,798 --> 04:39:15,662
then use the resurfacing to finish off the project.

819
04:39:15,662 --> 04:39:17,966
We combined two projects into one

820
04:39:17,966 --> 04:39:20,366
for some significant efficiencies

821
04:39:20,664 --> 04:39:23,380
with that Rio Grande project.

822
04:39:23,380 --> 04:39:25,766
And we continue to look at those types of activities

823
04:39:25,766 --> 04:39:28,766
in our division and department.

824
04:39:29,718 --> 04:39:32,686
Lastly, we also want to highlight

825
04:39:32,686 --> 04:39:35,518
if you will the funding challenges that are still there.

826
04:39:35,518 --> 04:39:38,238
We recently got a FEMA grant.

827
04:39:38,238 --> 04:39:42,109
We weren't notified -- it was over a year ago that we were

828
04:39:42,109 --> 04:39:44,878
going to get some funding for the Bonnybrook subdivision pump

829
04:39:44,878 --> 04:39:45,378
station.

830
04:39:45,378 --> 04:39:48,358
It took quite a while for that funding to come forward.

831
04:39:48,358 --> 04:39:51,358
FEMA funding is still unpredictable,

832
04:39:51,678 --> 04:39:56,168
but we will continue to look for opportunities to apply

833
04:39:56,168 --> 04:39:58,518
for those types of grants.

834
04:39:58,518 --> 04:40:00,811
Additionally we have applied for some safe streets

835
04:40:00,811 --> 04:40:03,762
for all and some other transportation and safety

836
04:40:03,762 --> 04:40:04,414
grants.

837
04:40:04,414 --> 04:40:07,414
Those have become extremely competitive.

838
04:40:07,678 --> 04:40:14,718
We thought we had a very good request last year for our safety

839
04:40:14,718 --> 04:40:18,918
program for our high injury network projects.

840
04:40:19,971 --> 04:40:23,966
At the end of the day, we were told that the grant request

841
04:40:23,966 --> 04:40:25,158
was just too much.

842
04:40:25,158 --> 04:40:27,726
There's too many requests going around.

843
04:40:27,726 --> 04:40:31,574
We need to look at applying for smaller grants, which

844
04:40:31,574 --> 04:40:32,731
we did this year.

845
04:40:32,731 --> 04:40:34,424
We'll see how that turns out.

846
04:40:34,424 --> 04:40:38,510
I don't think it needs to be said that we have been looking

847
04:40:38,510 --> 04:40:40,211
for dedicated funding sources for transit

848
04:40:40,211 --> 04:40:45,800
for a number of years now, as well as looking for funding

849
04:40:45,800 --> 04:40:49,958
to meet the funding gaps that we have in our transportation

850
04:40:49,958 --> 04:40:50,614
program.

851
04:40:50,614 --> 04:40:55,651
Moving on to that transportation program, our capital improvement

852
04:40:55,651 --> 04:40:59,251
projects, we're requesting $264.4 million this year.

853
04:40:59,438 --> 04:41:02,931
And here is the split of the projects

854
04:41:02,931 --> 04:41:04,558
into different categories.

855
04:41:04,558 --> 04:41:09,158
Once again be in roadway major projects are the big projects.

856
04:41:09,158 --> 04:41:14,258
The insanity of the funding inside our proposed program.

857
04:41:14,258 --> 04:41:19,658
We also include 44-ish million dollars for our resurfacing

858
04:41:19,918 --> 04:41:23,152
program, about $1 million more than last year,

859
04:41:23,152 --> 04:41:27,952
as well as the drainage improvements in ATSP.

860
04:41:30,426 --> 04:41:32,460
Program fundings are about the same.

861
04:41:32,460 --> 04:41:37,446
Note that our traffic calming, traffic signals, bike program,

862
04:41:38,886 --> 04:41:41,918
as well as sidewalks program is higher this year.

863
04:41:41,918 --> 04:41:44,898
Those two groupings of projects are

864
04:41:44,898 --> 04:41:48,602
receiving about $19 million more than we did last year.

865
04:41:48,602 --> 04:41:53,700
Over the course of all of our interactions for any

866
04:41:53,700 --> 04:41:55,648
of the infrastructure for sales tax initiatives,

867
04:41:55,648 --> 04:42:00,448
we consistently heard the need for sidewalk, ADA,

868
04:42:01,400 --> 04:42:04,400
and bike and ped safety.

869
04:42:04,677 --> 04:42:06,802
We responded with some additional funding for those

870
04:42:06,802 --> 04:42:07,302
this year.

871
04:42:07,302 --> 04:42:11,502
A new mandatory part of our budget

872
04:42:12,238 --> 04:42:13,778
process going to the transportation

873
04:42:13,778 --> 04:42:16,178
Mobility Advisory Commission, Transmac.

874
04:42:16,678 --> 04:42:19,208
We refer to them this year and they did a recommendation

875
04:42:19,208 --> 04:42:24,748
on March 12th to recommend approval of the capital program

876
04:42:24,748 --> 04:42:26,748
that we presented.

877
04:42:27,241 --> 04:42:29,574
That came over to the BCC sometime in March.

878
04:42:29,574 --> 04:42:31,958
They also followed up with a submittal

879
04:42:31,958 --> 04:42:34,701
for some recommendations to BCC.

880
04:42:34,701 --> 04:42:37,888
One of the things that has been discussed consistently

881
04:42:37,888 --> 04:42:42,880
with Transmac has been prioritization and project

882
04:42:42,211 --> 04:42:45,244
phasing, project scheduling for the capital program.

883
04:42:45,244 --> 04:42:50,358
So we are looking at coming back sometime this year

884
04:42:50,358 --> 04:42:53,358
with a presentation in BCC.

885
04:42:53,991 --> 04:42:56,708
We are scheduling a meeting with Transmac

886
04:42:56,708 --> 04:43:01,508
in August to go over the prioritization proposal

887
04:43:02,134 --> 04:43:05,734
that we are putting in place.

888
04:43:06,798 --> 04:43:10,152
Requested and we are looking at a matrix that

889
04:43:10,152 --> 04:43:16,152
is going to utilize current data to address the necessity

890
04:43:16,818 --> 04:43:20,342
and prioritization of not only our major projects

891
04:43:20,342 --> 04:43:24,531
but also our programs, bridge program, sidewalk

892
04:43:24,531 --> 04:43:28,694
program, traffic safety program, and Vision zero

893
04:43:28,694 --> 04:43:30,678
as well as traffic calming.

894
04:43:30,678 --> 04:43:32,845
We're going to be looking at all those programs

895
04:43:32,845 --> 04:43:34,678
and coming up with some prioritization based

896
04:43:34,678 --> 04:43:37,864
on current actual data, then utilizing that

897
04:43:37,864 --> 04:43:39,833
as part of our future planning program

898
04:43:39,833 --> 04:43:44,318
as well as to come up with a more accurate projection

899
04:43:44,318 --> 04:43:46,318
of project's schedule.

900
04:43:48,877 --> 04:43:52,578
Moving into the remainder of the capital program,

901
04:43:52,578 --> 04:43:55,134
I want to start off with some of our outside partners

902
04:43:55,134 --> 04:43:57,573
before I get into the projects that we have internally.

903
04:43:57,573 --> 04:44:00,782
We have a number of partnership projects with dot,

904
04:44:00,782 --> 04:44:03,531
the first being State Road 50.

905
04:44:03,531 --> 04:44:07,622
This is an agreement that we entered into,

906
04:44:07,622 --> 04:44:10,417
a reimbursement agreement we entered into with Dot that

907
04:44:10,417 --> 04:44:13,613
will advance portions of State Road 52 years,

908
04:44:13,613 --> 04:44:17,997
and then consolidate that time frame for the construction

909
04:44:17,997 --> 04:44:20,358
of those improvements out on State Road 50,

910
04:44:20,358 --> 04:44:23,287
and it will result in a reimbursement

911
04:44:23,287 --> 04:44:24,531
back to Orange County.

912
04:44:24,531 --> 04:44:27,550
We also have a number of projects.

913
04:44:27,550 --> 04:44:31,718
Those are local agency program projects with the Dot.

914
04:44:31,718 --> 04:44:35,138
Lab projects generally consist of trails and intersection

915
04:44:35,138 --> 04:44:38,138
projects that we work on.

916
04:44:38,377 --> 04:44:41,902
The majority of the funding is in the trails program.

917
04:44:41,902 --> 04:44:43,957
You may recall we recently double

918
04:44:43,957 --> 04:44:46,478
dashed there was recently finished

919
04:44:46,478 --> 04:44:51,438
the Apopka, Lake Apopka Extension Trail in West Orange

920
04:44:51,438 --> 04:44:53,558
County as well as the last segment

921
04:44:53,558 --> 04:44:57,630
of the Shingle Creek Trail coming forward with Lap funding.

922
04:44:57,630 --> 04:45:01,930
We have some vertical projects with private development,

923
04:45:01,930 --> 04:45:03,493
new independence is underway.

924
04:45:03,858 --> 04:45:06,358
It's fairly far along and we'll be

925
04:45:06,358 --> 04:45:08,264
I'm sure completed either way this year,

926
04:45:08,264 --> 04:45:12,384
first part of next year, as well as a very desperately

927
04:45:12,384 --> 04:45:15,134
needed Fleming through an extension and connection

928
04:45:15,134 --> 04:45:19,790
to Orange County to support a part of Orange County and Lake

929
04:45:19,790 --> 04:45:20,294
County.

930
04:45:20,294 --> 04:45:22,266
Moving on to our resurfacing program Palma

931
04:45:22,266 --> 04:45:24,864
I will start off the CIP there.

932
04:45:24,864 --> 04:45:27,624
You may remember last year I went into a long discussion

933
04:45:27,624 --> 04:45:30,511
about resurfacing and compared it to the roof of your house

934
04:45:30,511 --> 04:45:32,441
and a whole bunch of other things,

935
04:45:32,441 --> 04:45:36,230
but need to just say that all those things still apply.

936
04:45:36,230 --> 04:45:38,711
If you remember that, kudos to you.

937
04:45:38,711 --> 04:45:41,280
I wanted to identify one thing particularly.

938
04:45:41,280 --> 04:45:46,428
That is milling and resurfacing is around $250,000 per lane

939
04:45:47,880 --> 04:45:49,880
mile.

940
04:45:49,118 --> 04:45:50,584
Recycling is a step up.

941
04:45:50,584 --> 04:45:53,691
That comes up to about 400,000 per lane mile.

942
04:45:53,691 --> 04:45:58,318
If we get to degradation that you see in that left corner,

943
04:45:58,318 --> 04:46:02,640
upper right left picture, a lot of times

944
04:46:02,640 --> 04:46:04,390
you are going into full depth replacement.

945
04:46:04,390 --> 04:46:07,998
That comes out to be about three times the cost.

946
04:46:07,998 --> 04:46:10,286
The whole vision of the resurfacing program

947
04:46:10,286 --> 04:46:13,534
is not to get to that level of degradation,

948
04:46:13,534 --> 04:46:18,246
to try to address these resurfacing as it comes forward.

949
04:46:18,246 --> 04:46:24,246
This year we are planning 175 lane miles for fiscal year 27.

950
04:46:24,364 --> 04:46:28,331
We are still not getting close to reaching that almost 400 lane

951
04:46:28,331 --> 04:46:31,380
miles to hit that 15 year cycle, which

952
04:46:31,380 --> 04:46:33,438
is desired industry standard.

953
04:46:34,677 --> 04:46:37,898
Right now we're looking at about a 34 year cycle

954
04:46:37,898 --> 04:46:40,718
to resurface all our roadways.

955
04:46:40,718 --> 04:46:42,814
However with this upcoming fiscal year,

956
04:46:42,814 --> 04:46:45,858
will be looking into other preservation treatments as well

957
04:46:45,858 --> 04:46:50,582
to see if we can possibly extend and expand the budget

958
04:46:50,582 --> 04:46:54,782
for the resurfacing program here in --

959
04:46:55,174 --> 04:46:59,374
talking about costs with resurfacing and construction

960
04:46:59,478 --> 04:47:03,898
in general, this slide shows the cost increases

961
04:47:03,898 --> 04:47:09,158
over the last 5 or 6 years or so for our road program.

962
04:47:09,158 --> 04:47:14,308
This is a standard two lane improvement or modification

963
04:47:14,308 --> 04:47:17,908
with design, study, right of way,

964
04:47:18,558 --> 04:47:20,195
mitigation, and construction.

965
04:47:20,195 --> 04:47:21,862
You see over the last five years there's

966
04:47:21,862 --> 04:47:26,620
about a 72% increase in the total costs.

967
04:47:26,678 --> 04:47:29,214
Not too surprised that the last two years,

968
04:47:29,214 --> 04:47:32,814
you're looking at about a 30% increase.

969
04:47:34,703 --> 04:47:36,701
However if you look at resurfacing and this

970
04:47:36,701 --> 04:47:38,838
is where you can see the big jump that occurs.

971
04:47:38,838 --> 04:47:42,860
One of the big challenges that we have with resurfacing.

972
04:47:42,860 --> 04:47:45,173
That is over the last 3 or 4 years,

973
04:47:45,173 --> 04:47:47,548
there's been a tremendous increase in the cost associated

974
04:47:47,548 --> 04:47:49,548
with resurfacing.

975
04:47:50,478 --> 04:47:55,278
It's one and a half times the cost

976
04:47:55,624 --> 04:47:59,824
from 2019 and over double the cost from 2021.

977
04:48:02,910 --> 04:48:06,358
There has been a tremendous rise in the resurfacing program cost

978
04:48:06,358 --> 04:48:08,358
associated with resurfacing.

979
04:48:09,558 --> 04:48:13,152
With resurfacing behind us, now I'm

980
04:48:13,152 --> 04:48:16,280
going to look at the major roadway program.

981
04:48:16,280 --> 04:48:19,982
I'm going to start off with identifying the projects that we

982
04:48:19,982 --> 04:48:21,608
have funding available and projects

983
04:48:21,608 --> 04:48:24,408
that are either moving forward or currently in construction.

984
04:48:24,408 --> 04:48:28,891
E trail is coming to a close and should

985
04:48:28,891 --> 04:48:30,437
be coming up this fiscal year.

986
04:48:30,437 --> 04:48:32,270
All American Boulevard and Kennedy Boulevard

987
04:48:32,270 --> 04:48:35,318
is a joint project on the west side.

988
04:48:35,318 --> 04:48:37,638
That has received notice to proceed

989
04:48:37,638 --> 04:48:40,400
and has started some work.

990
04:48:40,400 --> 04:48:44,204
As well as Ficquette Road in Western

991
04:48:46,439 --> 04:48:48,640
Orange County has started construction.

992
04:48:48,640 --> 04:48:51,800
Later this year we expect Reims Road is going out

993
04:48:51,800 --> 04:48:53,575
to bid, had gone out to bid.

994
04:48:53,575 --> 04:48:54,984
We expect it to start this year.

995
04:48:54,984 --> 04:48:56,798
And then the Taft Vineland Road project

996
04:48:56,798 --> 04:48:58,678
which we are collaborating with dot on

997
04:48:58,678 --> 04:49:01,748
will also start this fiscal year.

998
04:49:01,748 --> 04:49:06,505
We're looking at projects that are in the design phase,

999
04:49:06,505 --> 04:49:10,105
we have orange Avenue, Vineland Road,

1000
04:49:10,838 --> 04:49:13,966
and Innovation Way are all in their design phase

1001
04:49:13,966 --> 04:49:16,978
and we'll continue to get funding for the design phase.

1002
04:49:16,978 --> 04:49:20,518
Lake Underhill is a project that we are bringing back

1003
04:49:20,518 --> 04:49:21,982
and initiating this year.

1004
04:49:21,982 --> 04:49:28,582
And then en oda road, we have our phase one contract

1005
04:49:29,540 --> 04:49:33,198
for design to occur this fiscal year.

1006
04:49:33,198 --> 04:49:35,163
Projects that have moved along and are either

1007
04:49:35,163 --> 04:49:37,798
in right of way phase or going into the right of way phase

1008
04:49:37,798 --> 04:49:42,158
this year include Avalon Road, Woodbury Road, Kennedy Boulevard

1009
04:49:42,158 --> 04:49:47,558
East, and Tradeshow Boulevard down by the Convention Center.

1010
04:50:10,173 --> 04:50:12,173
[audio out]

1011
04:51:33,278 --> 04:51:36,408
We have I know what's going on between stormwater drainage.

1012
04:51:36,408 --> 04:51:40,474
I listed a few that are going on this year that are newer.

1013
04:51:40,474 --> 04:51:42,182
Cottondale drive is in East Orange County

1014
04:51:42,182 --> 04:51:45,180
and we are looking to have that be under construction shortly

1015
04:51:45,180 --> 04:51:48,131
after the start of the fiscal year.

1016
04:51:48,131 --> 04:51:50,471
Orlo Vista drainage, we have some associated

1017
04:51:50,471 --> 04:51:52,172
secondary drainage in that area that

1018
04:51:52,172 --> 04:51:54,718
is going to be a project this next fiscal year

1019
04:51:54,718 --> 04:51:58,663
as well as replacing Oakland Terrace in the Doctor Phillips

1020
04:51:58,663 --> 04:51:59,163
area.

1021
04:51:59,163 --> 04:52:01,523
We have seen some drainage in the past.

1022
04:52:01,523 --> 04:52:02,948
We have a number of other projects

1023
04:52:02,948 --> 04:52:06,658
across the county that are still in play that I did not list.

1024
04:52:06,658 --> 04:52:10,264
We have our major watershed plan updates moving forward

1025
04:52:10,264 --> 04:52:11,406
and coming to a close.

1026
04:52:11,406 --> 04:52:14,278
And then we have stormwater pump station

1027
04:52:14,278 --> 04:52:17,171
upgrade that I mentioned earlier in the Bonnybrook subdivision.

1028
04:52:17,171 --> 04:52:19,571
Overall there's about $20 million

1029
04:52:19,614 --> 04:52:25,140
in those drainage improvements we have and master study.

1030
04:52:25,626 --> 04:52:27,838
Looking at another portion of our safety

1031
04:52:27,838 --> 04:52:30,846
program, the intersection sidewalk and Ada.

1032
04:52:30,846 --> 04:52:33,702
Including in this one, we have a couple of bridges.

1033
04:52:33,702 --> 04:52:36,862
The one in note coming forward is designed for the I drive

1034
04:52:36,862 --> 04:52:37,798
pedestrian bridge.

1035
04:52:37,798 --> 04:52:42,798
That we have the Rock Springs Road complete Street project,

1036
04:52:42,798 --> 04:52:44,598
which is slightly different.

1037
04:52:44,598 --> 04:52:46,980
It came through the MPO.

1038
04:52:46,980 --> 04:52:47,830
There was some grant funding for that.

1039
04:52:47,830 --> 04:52:49,718
It's a lap project.

1040
04:52:49,718 --> 04:52:51,328
That's something in the Apopka area

1041
04:52:51,328 --> 04:52:53,411
we're looking at some intersection improvements as

1042
04:52:53,411 --> 04:52:54,703
well as some access management.

1043
04:52:54,703 --> 04:52:57,698
That was a through a study by Metro Plan Network moving

1044
04:52:57,698 --> 04:52:58,698
forward to construction.

1045
04:52:58,698 --> 04:53:02,742
We have our county wide programs with sidewalk Ada

1046
04:53:02,742 --> 04:53:05,238
and the median tree program.

1047
04:53:05,238 --> 04:53:09,358
Certainly last but not least is our accelerated Transportation

1048
04:53:09,358 --> 04:53:11,178
Safety program.

1049
04:53:11,178 --> 04:53:15,766
They'll be getting an update a little bit later in August.

1050
04:53:15,766 --> 04:53:19,860
We are calling it mid-term, but it's a little bit more

1051
04:53:19,860 --> 04:53:20,461
than midterm that'll be providing

1052
04:53:20,461 --> 04:53:22,158
an update on the activities associated

1053
04:53:22,158 --> 04:53:26,218
with our accelerated safety transportation safety program.

1054
04:53:26,218 --> 04:53:31,172
For next year we are looking at providing some lighting sidewalk

1055
04:53:31,172 --> 04:53:31,672
projects.

1056
04:53:31,672 --> 04:53:34,815
And then we are including funding

1057
04:53:34,815 --> 04:53:37,215
for the Seidel roundabout.

1058
04:53:37,617 --> 04:53:40,818
It is finished and going through construction right now,

1059
04:53:40,818 --> 04:53:44,418
that will be funded next year.

1060
04:53:45,324 --> 04:53:49,584
And then some traffic calming up in the tangerine area.

1061
04:53:49,584 --> 04:53:52,518
That is what we have.

1062
04:53:52,518 --> 04:53:56,443
This slide tells what we don't have.

1063
04:53:56,443 --> 04:54:00,478
This is a fiscal year CIP shortfall.

1064
04:54:00,478 --> 04:54:02,375
There is a lot of information on here.

1065
04:54:02,375 --> 04:54:05,550
We try to squeeze the next five years onto one slide.

1066
04:54:05,550 --> 04:54:09,986
I think the big takeaway from here is that there is some gray

1067
04:54:09,986 --> 04:54:13,695
-- and it's supposed to be blue, but it turned out to be gray

1068
04:54:13,695 --> 04:54:14,338
on the slide.

1069
04:54:14,338 --> 04:54:18,780
Funding that we have in place for anticipated budget

1070
04:54:18,780 --> 04:54:23,502
as well as the shortfalls when we look at the projected needs.

1071
04:54:23,502 --> 04:54:26,542
There's a lot of numbers and items there

1072
04:54:26,542 --> 04:54:29,758
but you've seen a lot of this information previously either

1073
04:54:29,758 --> 04:54:35,758
in our stormwater utility fee or the infrastructure Sales Tax

1074
04:54:36,114 --> 04:54:36,614
initiative.

1075
04:54:36,614 --> 04:54:38,752
Moving on to the next slide, this

1076
04:54:38,752 --> 04:54:41,958
may be a little more easy to follow.

1077
04:54:41,958 --> 04:54:46,550
This is the total budget shortfall by fiscal year.

1078
04:54:46,550 --> 04:54:51,910
You can see that the total budgets of available monies

1079
04:54:51,910 --> 04:54:56,118
are going down as we progress into fiscal year 31.

1080
04:54:56,118 --> 04:54:58,918
And then you can see that the total project

1081
04:54:58,918 --> 04:55:04,918
funding is going slightly down over the five year process.

1082
04:55:05,279 --> 04:55:10,679
But most scary is that the red shortfall increases

1083
04:55:14,278 --> 04:55:16,678
every year year over year.

1084
04:55:16,678 --> 04:55:20,224
As we move forward with our CIP, we

1085
04:55:20,224 --> 04:55:22,491
are seeing our funding go down.

1086
04:55:22,491 --> 04:55:24,110
We are seeing the shortfalls increase.

1087
04:55:24,110 --> 04:55:28,570
And we are seeing the construction costs for projects

1088
04:55:28,570 --> 04:55:30,570
go up.

1089
04:55:31,958 --> 04:55:34,335
This is looking again at the same data

1090
04:55:34,335 --> 04:55:36,753
but looking at it by the categories.

1091
04:55:36,753 --> 04:55:41,228
What I did was I combined roadway safety with Vision Zero.

1092
04:55:41,228 --> 04:55:44,291
Those two categories together to help things out.

1093
04:55:44,291 --> 04:55:46,666
You can see that over the next few years

1094
04:55:46,666 --> 04:55:48,958
we are looking at making roadway safety

1095
04:55:48,958 --> 04:55:51,838
and the Vision Zero projects a priority by providing

1096
04:55:51,838 --> 04:55:52,838
some additional funding.

1097
04:55:52,838 --> 04:55:55,702
However, you can look at the stormwater capital

1098
04:55:55,702 --> 04:55:58,240
and see that there is a huge shortfall.

1099
04:55:58,240 --> 04:56:01,624
That is one of the reasons why we were looking at pursuing

1100
04:56:01,624 --> 04:56:03,180
that stormwater utility fee.

1101
04:56:03,180 --> 04:56:06,218
You can look at these shortfalls on the roadway

1102
04:56:06,218 --> 04:56:07,706
and the rehabilitation projects.

1103
04:56:07,706 --> 04:56:10,766
That was the reason we were looking

1104
04:56:10,766 --> 04:56:13,368
to pursue separate funding or dedicated funding

1105
04:56:13,368 --> 04:56:15,768
for the transportation program.

1106
04:56:16,958 --> 04:56:19,736
With those funding shortfalls, here

1107
04:56:19,736 --> 04:56:22,380
are some of the projects that are not moving forward

1108
04:56:22,380 --> 04:56:24,380
and will be on hold.

1109
04:56:24,380 --> 04:56:29,780
The first one, projects that have started or completed

1110
04:56:33,918 --> 04:56:37,342
study, but there is no funding for moving forward

1111
04:56:37,342 --> 04:56:39,658
and the design right of way or construction.

1112
04:56:39,658 --> 04:56:41,158
That includes the Western portion

1113
04:56:41,158 --> 04:56:47,158
of Lake Underhill, Chickasaw to icon trail, Hancock, icon trail,

1114
04:56:52,558 --> 04:56:56,243
the tiny road, Edgewater drive study, and the Valencia College

1115
04:56:56,243 --> 04:56:56,998
Lane project.

1116
04:56:56,998 --> 04:56:59,918
Our Hiawassee road pedestrian safety study currently

1117
04:56:59,918 --> 04:57:03,480
is not funded in our program.

1118
04:57:03,480 --> 04:57:07,848
Looking at projects that design has been complete

1119
04:57:08,518 --> 04:57:11,581
or is underway, but does not have

1120
04:57:11,581 --> 04:57:14,928
funding for right of way or construction,

1121
04:57:14,928 --> 04:57:17,168
that includes those eastern portions

1122
04:57:17,168 --> 04:57:21,968
of Richard Crotty Parkway, and then Schofield Road.

1123
04:57:25,622 --> 04:57:28,673
We have funding for design but we have not

1124
04:57:28,673 --> 04:57:34,958
put funding for right of way or construction as at this point.

1125
04:57:34,958 --> 04:57:38,771
We have not been directed to do such.

1126
04:57:38,771 --> 04:57:40,740
We were stuck with that.

1127
04:57:40,740 --> 04:57:42,658
And then those projects that there's

1128
04:57:42,658 --> 04:57:44,202
either right of way in place or right

1129
04:57:44,202 --> 04:57:46,619
of way being acquired in the city and designs are complete

1130
04:57:46,619 --> 04:57:50,109
but there is no funding for construction

1131
04:57:50,109 --> 04:57:53,501
is, again, that first part of Richard Crotty Parkway.

1132
04:57:53,501 --> 04:57:55,918
We've only funded up through that right of way acquisition

1133
04:57:55,918 --> 04:57:56,651
process.

1134
04:57:56,651 --> 04:57:59,818
Kennedy Boulevard East is in a similar scenario

1135
04:57:59,818 --> 04:58:02,131
where there is funding for future right of way

1136
04:58:02,131 --> 04:58:04,278
but no funding for construction.

1137
04:58:04,278 --> 04:58:06,438
And Texas Avenue and Woodbury Road

1138
04:58:06,438 --> 04:58:09,368
both are in that same funding situation.

1139
04:58:09,368 --> 04:58:14,168
Looking at the potential program services at risk,

1140
04:58:15,912 --> 04:58:17,592
I don't think this is a new slide.

1141
04:58:17,592 --> 04:58:20,478
I know I've seen it a number of times today.

1142
04:58:20,478 --> 04:58:24,558
I don't need to do a deep explanation other than these are

1143
04:58:24,558 --> 04:58:26,691
not necessarily my recommendations

1144
04:58:26,691 --> 04:58:31,728
but just potential items that can be problematic or create

1145
04:58:31,728 --> 04:58:37,998
some issues or areas that may be possible for some funding

1146
04:58:37,998 --> 04:58:38,690
reductions.

1147
04:58:38,690 --> 04:58:44,690
We looked at some very specific items inside public works

1148
04:58:44,806 --> 04:58:47,740
and our mowing schedule over the years.

1149
04:58:47,740 --> 04:58:49,198
We've increased our mowing schedule

1150
04:58:49,198 --> 04:58:53,242
on landscape activities and our medians and canals

1151
04:58:53,242 --> 04:58:56,538
to where we are on about a two week schedule.

1152
04:58:56,538 --> 04:59:01,338
We can certainly look at modifying that schedule

1153
04:59:01,702 --> 04:59:06,484
to reduce the costs but extend the mowing periods

1154
04:59:06,484 --> 04:59:10,838
so then you would have higher grass in the summertime

1155
04:59:10,838 --> 04:59:16,238
when you get into those 2020 or 2024 business days cycles

1156
04:59:19,398 --> 04:59:20,980
for mowing.

1157
04:59:20,980 --> 04:59:22,498
Our road resurfacing program is not something

1158
04:59:22,498 --> 04:59:24,678
that I certainly want to move forward,

1159
04:59:24,678 --> 04:59:28,818
but it is something that we would look at if we had to.

1160
04:59:28,818 --> 04:59:31,222
And that would go into that paving cycle

1161
04:59:31,222 --> 04:59:32,798
that we've talked about.

1162
04:59:32,798 --> 04:59:38,463
One item that we provide some -- some funding comes through some

1163
04:59:38,463 --> 04:59:44,180
of our programs is for LYNX, mainly in the I-drive area.

1164
04:59:44,180 --> 04:59:45,958
But something that could be certainly impacted

1165
04:59:45,958 --> 04:59:52,158
would be the County Ride transit services, reduced and or impact

1166
04:59:52,158 --> 04:59:54,158
their service schedules.

1167
04:59:54,784 --> 04:59:58,984
Capital drainage, that's one of the areas

1168
04:59:59,311 --> 05:00:02,348
that we've identified a fairly large program using

1169
05:00:02,348 --> 05:00:04,748
the stormwater utility fee.

1170
05:00:05,668 --> 05:00:08,538
If there is funding issues associated

1171
05:00:08,538 --> 05:00:10,878
with that, that could extend some

1172
05:00:10,878 --> 05:00:13,408
of those timelines for those capital drainage

1173
05:00:13,408 --> 05:00:15,188
projects to move forward.

1174
05:00:15,188 --> 05:00:18,574
Vision Zero and sidewalks I would hate to touch,

1175
05:00:18,574 --> 05:00:25,494
but those are items that are out there that funding is areas

1176
05:00:25,494 --> 05:00:28,504
that could be impacted as well.

1177
05:00:28,504 --> 05:00:32,180
Those would be based on future evaluations.

1178
05:00:32,180 --> 05:00:35,711
And then if we get into a directed scenario

1179
05:00:35,711 --> 05:00:41,180
that we had to do personnel cuts and make some modifications

1180
05:00:41,180 --> 05:00:45,220
to our Manning tables, we would look

1181
05:00:45,220 --> 05:00:47,580
to evaluate those vacant positions

1182
05:00:47,580 --> 05:00:48,310
that we have available.

1183
05:00:48,310 --> 05:00:51,311
Most of our vacant positions have

1184
05:00:51,311 --> 05:00:54,798
to be in roads and drainage and stormwater.

1185
05:00:54,798 --> 05:00:56,960
As we cut those positions, we may

1186
05:00:56,960 --> 05:00:59,392
need to consolidate some of our maintenance units

1187
05:00:59,392 --> 05:01:03,432
to provide services and full crews to be

1188
05:01:03,432 --> 05:01:05,924
able to find at least an acceptable level of services

1189
05:01:05,924 --> 05:01:08,310
as best we can.

1190
05:01:08,310 --> 05:01:12,831
That would impact the timing associated with those 27,000 311

1191
05:01:16,788 --> 05:01:19,284
requests that come into public works every year.

1192
05:01:19,284 --> 05:01:21,784
There are a couple of things that we have identified that we

1193
05:01:21,784 --> 05:01:25,469
didn't think really cannot be reduced or totally reduced.

1194
05:01:25,469 --> 05:01:28,200
That would be our Ada improvements.

1195
05:01:28,200 --> 05:01:31,552
We typically have to identify that we have an Ada

1196
05:01:31,552 --> 05:01:34,822
program in place to be eligible for the federal funding

1197
05:01:34,822 --> 05:01:37,780
that we get through LAP.

1198
05:01:37,780 --> 05:01:39,558
Our bridge maintenance program, we

1199
05:01:39,558 --> 05:01:41,933
are not going to compromise bridge maintenance and public

1200
05:01:41,933 --> 05:01:43,112
safety in any regards.

1201
05:01:43,112 --> 05:01:45,678
If we do have contractual obligations

1202
05:01:45,678 --> 05:01:50,548
particularly for construction, I suppose they could be canceled.

1203
05:01:50,548 --> 05:01:52,478
That would be disastrous to stop a project

1204
05:01:52,478 --> 05:01:54,780
in the middle of construction.

1205
05:01:54,780 --> 05:01:56,793
So we would say that those need to occur as well.

1206
05:01:56,793 --> 05:02:00,118
And then one other item that came up to my mind

1207
05:02:00,118 --> 05:02:03,798
is that we would not compromise our response

1208
05:02:03,798 --> 05:02:06,198
time for signal issues.

1209
05:02:06,518 --> 05:02:09,118
If there's a signal that is out and it

1210
05:02:09,118 --> 05:02:13,318
gets routed to our traffic operations team,

1211
05:02:14,158 --> 05:02:17,733
then they would respond any time of day or out

1212
05:02:17,733 --> 05:02:18,566
of time or whatever.

1213
05:02:18,566 --> 05:02:22,268
That would be an area that we would not want to reduce.

1214
05:02:22,268 --> 05:02:26,468
In summary, our operating budget is 191 million.

1215
05:02:26,668 --> 05:02:30,238
Our capital project budget is 264 million.

1216
05:02:30,238 --> 05:02:32,638
No new positions requested.

1217
05:02:32,691 --> 05:02:36,291
Budget growth is one tenth of 1%.

1218
05:02:37,631 --> 05:02:39,600
We're going to continue to invest

1219
05:02:39,600 --> 05:02:41,118
in resurfacing as best we can.

1220
05:02:41,118 --> 05:02:43,632
Safety, mobility, drainage are priorities for us.

1221
05:02:43,632 --> 05:02:45,504
We'll also look at maximizing efficiency

1222
05:02:45,504 --> 05:02:47,578
through either innovative technology

1223
05:02:47,578 --> 05:02:51,888
such as the module roundabouts, or looking at some

1224
05:02:51,888 --> 05:02:53,518
of the collaborative projects.

1225
05:02:53,518 --> 05:02:57,118
That is my presentation for today.

1226
05:03:01,759 --> 05:03:04,159
>> With that, let's see.

1227
05:03:06,374 --> 05:03:08,774
They all lit up.

1228
05:03:15,281 --> 05:03:17,198
>> Everybody likes to talk about public works.

1229
05:03:17,198 --> 05:03:19,798
>> Usually I look to my right first because Commissioner

1230
05:03:19,798 --> 05:03:21,980
Wilson is district one.

1231
05:03:21,980 --> 05:03:24,259
But I'm going to look to my left first.

1232
05:03:24,259 --> 05:03:26,259
Commissioner Semrad.

1233
05:03:28,610 --> 05:03:29,432
>> Thank you, mayor.

1234
05:03:29,432 --> 05:03:30,644
That was fun.

1235
05:03:30,644 --> 05:03:34,244
Thank you, Joe, for the presentation.

1236
05:03:34,382 --> 05:03:39,782
On slide 12, I noted how to reduce the budget.

1237
05:03:40,318 --> 05:03:41,806
Congratulations on achieving that.

1238
05:03:41,806 --> 05:03:44,560
What I was a little concerned about

1239
05:03:44,560 --> 05:03:46,198
is I saw some of those budget reductions

1240
05:03:46,198 --> 05:03:50,774
seemed like it was taking away from programs that were offered

1241
05:03:50,774 --> 05:03:53,502
to help staff continues to develop over

1242
05:03:53,502 --> 05:03:55,638
the years of their career.

1243
05:03:55,638 --> 05:03:58,854
Education and certificates and training and such.

1244
05:03:58,854 --> 05:04:04,578
I just wondered, what is the consequence if in your industry

1245
05:04:04,578 --> 05:04:09,378
people don't stay current of trends in such

1246
05:04:10,144 --> 05:04:13,918
that you see happening in public works?

1247
05:04:13,918 --> 05:04:16,609
>> There's a couple of things.

1248
05:04:16,609 --> 05:04:21,598
We looked at historical usage of the travel and training

1249
05:04:21,598 --> 05:04:23,598
budgets combined.

1250
05:04:23,658 --> 05:04:28,458
But there are some things that we absolutely

1251
05:04:30,998 --> 05:04:32,544
continues to maintain.

1252
05:04:32,544 --> 05:04:34,278
We maintenance traffic certifications

1253
05:04:34,278 --> 05:04:36,460
that our field staff have.

1254
05:04:36,460 --> 05:04:37,918
There are some other certifications

1255
05:04:37,918 --> 05:04:39,585
associated with construction inspections

1256
05:04:39,585 --> 05:04:41,984
that we will continue to do those.

1257
05:04:41,984 --> 05:04:44,308
There is our professional engineering requirements

1258
05:04:44,308 --> 05:04:46,464
that we will continue to do those.

1259
05:04:46,464 --> 05:04:52,142
We will also look at continuing to offer CDL license

1260
05:04:52,142 --> 05:04:54,142
string to staff.

1261
05:04:54,220 --> 05:04:56,715
It may not be as many as the past,

1262
05:04:56,715 --> 05:04:59,101
but it will still be some available for staff

1263
05:04:59,101 --> 05:05:00,551
to be able to get that CDL license

1264
05:05:00,551 --> 05:05:02,343
so they can move from an equipment operator

1265
05:05:02,343 --> 05:05:05,984
one to a two, three, or possibly four.

1266
05:05:05,984 --> 05:05:07,348
Some are still staying in place.

1267
05:05:07,348 --> 05:05:13,171
What we are looking at was some of the other generalized

1268
05:05:13,171 --> 05:05:17,971
training with either conference or subject specific training

1269
05:05:21,458 --> 05:05:28,580
or things like stormwater design or some of our other inspection

1270
05:05:28,958 --> 05:05:32,800
activities that we have internal staff that

1271
05:05:32,800 --> 05:05:35,418
are experienced and can share some of those things.

1272
05:05:35,418 --> 05:05:36,886
So we're not looking to compromise

1273
05:05:36,886 --> 05:05:39,364
any of the certifications that our staff have.

1274
05:05:39,364 --> 05:05:42,380
But we are looking at trying to bring in and do

1275
05:05:42,380 --> 05:05:44,380
some internal training.

1276
05:05:44,714 --> 05:05:46,230
>> Thank you for the explanation.

1277
05:05:46,230 --> 05:05:51,630
And then I just had another question regarding, again,

1278
05:05:52,349 --> 05:05:56,702
the slide where it talks about what other programs at risk.

1279
05:05:56,702 --> 05:05:58,862
Could you just put that one up and could you

1280
05:05:58,862 --> 05:06:04,858
provide an example to us of what you mean by a public safety

1281
05:06:04,858 --> 05:06:05,908
risk?

1282
05:06:05,908 --> 05:06:09,508
It's number two on that slide.

1283
05:06:10,310 --> 05:06:14,231
>> I guess I need to do that.

1284
05:06:14,478 --> 05:06:16,478
>> So right --

1285
05:06:18,464 --> 05:06:20,464
>> This one?

1286
05:06:21,638 --> 05:06:24,638
>> No, it was the other one with the bullet points.

1287
05:06:24,638 --> 05:06:26,638
>> This one?

1288
05:06:27,780 --> 05:06:27,615
>> No.

1289
05:06:27,615 --> 05:06:29,100
I should have written it down.

1290
05:06:29,100 --> 05:06:29,933
This one right here.

1291
05:06:29,933 --> 05:06:31,767
When you see something like it says programs

1292
05:06:31,767 --> 05:06:33,718
that could be reduced or would be at risk

1293
05:06:33,718 --> 05:06:38,518
and it says bridge maintenance, parentheses public safety,

1294
05:06:39,857 --> 05:06:41,440
could you give us an example something

1295
05:06:41,440 --> 05:06:43,482
that would happen with a bridge that could result

1296
05:06:43,482 --> 05:06:46,482
in a public safety issue?

1297
05:06:46,838 --> 05:06:52,238
>> We have biennial reports, reports that we get from

1298
05:06:54,630 --> 05:06:54,829
the DOT.

1299
05:06:54,829 --> 05:06:57,718
They look at a number of different things associated

1300
05:06:57,718 --> 05:06:58,458
with the bridge.

1301
05:06:58,458 --> 05:07:02,531
Some of them are truly esthetic, things

1302
05:07:02,531 --> 05:07:06,944
that you can see that just don't look well, but still

1303
05:07:06,944 --> 05:07:07,988
may approached.

1304
05:07:07,988 --> 05:07:11,168
And then there's some things that

1305
05:07:11,168 --> 05:07:14,694
are operations and maintenance repairs and upkeep.

1306
05:07:14,694 --> 05:07:18,660
That may be some small squall line

1307
05:07:18,660 --> 05:07:20,358
where there's little patches or pieces of concrete that

1308
05:07:20,358 --> 05:07:20,883
come out.

1309
05:07:20,883 --> 05:07:24,938
Or there may be some scaling on the piles, which happens

1310
05:07:24,938 --> 05:07:26,918
over the course of time.

1311
05:07:26,918 --> 05:07:29,598
>> Could that result in safety issues for cars using those

1312
05:07:29,598 --> 05:07:30,798
bridges?

1313
05:07:30,798 --> 05:07:31,598
>> It can.

1314
05:07:31,598 --> 05:07:34,510
We get these reports every two years.

1315
05:07:34,510 --> 05:07:37,150
You address those things more immediately so

1316
05:07:37,150 --> 05:07:39,478
that scaling on that pile doesn't

1317
05:07:39,478 --> 05:07:43,462
get so bad that the reinforcement bars are exposed

1318
05:07:43,462 --> 05:07:45,398
and can collapse.

1319
05:07:45,398 --> 05:07:46,720
So yes.

1320
05:07:46,720 --> 05:07:49,486
And one thing we are not willing to compromise

1321
05:07:49,486 --> 05:07:51,375
and we're not going to produce in our budget

1322
05:07:51,375 --> 05:07:55,798
is how we are looking at our bridge maintenance and safety

1323
05:07:55,798 --> 05:07:56,298
programs.

1324
05:07:56,298 --> 05:07:59,944
We're making sure that we get some of the things settle down

1325
05:07:59,944 --> 05:08:02,384
or may be some things that we can say,

1326
05:08:02,384 --> 05:08:04,604
that it's more maintenance related items

1327
05:08:04,604 --> 05:08:07,695
and we can push those out for a fiscal year.

1328
05:08:07,695 --> 05:08:09,398
But if there is something that comes

1329
05:08:09,398 --> 05:08:14,198
in that is more of a structural component,

1330
05:08:14,718 --> 05:08:16,984
that would either get an immediate response

1331
05:08:16,984 --> 05:08:19,518
or we would close the bridge or would

1332
05:08:19,518 --> 05:08:23,798
look at doing those repairs and modifications as quickly as we

1333
05:08:23,798 --> 05:08:24,298
can.

1334
05:08:24,298 --> 05:08:29,698
It depends a little bit on the force receive.

1335
05:08:31,958 --> 05:08:34,148
There's no coming back from the Comptroller

1336
05:08:34,148 --> 05:08:36,718
that's going to discuss some of that.

1337
05:08:36,718 --> 05:08:39,238
>> It sounds as though some of the things that you are

1338
05:08:39,238 --> 05:08:42,851
describing, that could happen if these things aren't maintained

1339
05:08:42,851 --> 05:08:44,851
are catastrophic.

1340
05:08:45,135 --> 05:08:45,718
>> Absolutely.

1341
05:08:45,718 --> 05:08:48,398
That's the intention of getting these reports every two years,

1342
05:08:48,398 --> 05:08:50,628
making sure we are addressing those accordingly,

1343
05:08:50,628 --> 05:08:54,606
looking at the items that are most important to get done,

1344
05:08:54,606 --> 05:08:56,598
and making those decisions.

1345
05:08:56,598 --> 05:08:58,700
Is this an item that we have to do today

1346
05:08:58,700 --> 05:09:01,432
or is this an item that we can schedule with some other work?

1347
05:09:01,432 --> 05:09:05,163
Or is this an item that we can postpone for a year or so

1348
05:09:05,163 --> 05:09:09,931
and bring it back based on budget availability?

1349
05:09:09,931 --> 05:09:11,931
>> Thank you, Joe.

1350
05:09:12,702 --> 05:09:14,702
>> Commissioner Gomez Cordero.

1351
05:09:16,910 --> 05:09:18,860
>> Okay.

1352
05:09:18,860 --> 05:09:22,286
Thank you for your presentation and always

1353
05:09:22,418 --> 05:09:25,286
being accessible on your team.

1354
05:09:25,286 --> 05:09:26,991
Your engineers are so amazing.

1355
05:09:26,991 --> 05:09:27,491
Thank you.

1356
05:09:27,491 --> 05:09:31,942
I wanted to say thank you also because you did put here

1357
05:09:31,942 --> 05:09:33,672
the critical programs that --

1358
05:09:33,672 --> 05:09:35,430
I like it.

1359
05:09:35,430 --> 05:09:36,816
Thank you so much for doing that.

1360
05:09:36,816 --> 05:09:37,608
That was excellent.

1361
05:09:37,608 --> 05:09:40,760
I probably signal issues, we call you

1362
05:09:40,760 --> 05:09:44,615
and then you take care of it.

1363
05:09:44,615 --> 05:09:47,150
Thank you so much.

1364
05:09:47,718 --> 05:09:50,340
What I wanted to say?

1365
05:09:50,340 --> 05:09:53,718
The mowing schedule that you said it couldn't be reduced

1366
05:09:53,718 --> 05:09:58,590
and you know that we received so many calls because the ordinance

1367
05:09:58,590 --> 05:09:59,738
is 18in.

1368
05:09:59,738 --> 05:10:03,285
But the county is the one that had the --

1369
05:10:03,285 --> 05:10:06,518
that would be a problem, right?

1370
05:10:06,518 --> 05:10:07,278
>> Yes.

1371
05:10:07,278 --> 05:10:11,634
That's one of the reasons we identified that.

1372
05:10:11,634 --> 05:10:13,864
If there are budget constraints and there

1373
05:10:13,864 --> 05:10:15,950
is a decision or determination that we

1374
05:10:15,950 --> 05:10:19,150
need to look at what things can we

1375
05:10:19,150 --> 05:10:22,450
do to reduce certain areas of our budget,

1376
05:10:22,450 --> 05:10:25,744
the mowing cycle can be impacted.

1377
05:10:25,744 --> 05:10:31,671
We can look at that and say we are going to go from 12 or 1824

1378
05:10:31,671 --> 05:10:32,926
business day.

1379
05:10:32,926 --> 05:10:36,758
And that would reduce your cost by however much

1380
05:10:36,758 --> 05:10:38,991
depending on how you go.

1381
05:10:38,991 --> 05:10:40,991
We wouldn't reduce it and eliminate it.

1382
05:10:40,991 --> 05:10:44,218
We do need to come out and maintain the rights of way

1383
05:10:44,218 --> 05:10:47,134
and mow the medians and those other common grass areas.

1384
05:10:47,134 --> 05:10:49,270
But there is certainly the chance

1385
05:10:49,270 --> 05:10:52,603
that that could be something that we would look at and have

1386
05:10:52,603 --> 05:10:55,763
to make a determination that these are the things

1387
05:10:55,763 --> 05:10:58,763
that we need to do.

1388
05:11:03,976 --> 05:11:07,384
>> But anyway, thank you for the presentation.

1389
05:11:07,384 --> 05:11:08,958
>> Thank you, Commissioner.

1390
05:11:08,958 --> 05:11:10,958
>> Commissioner Uribe.

1391
05:11:12,922 --> 05:11:14,359
>> How are you?

1392
05:11:14,359 --> 05:11:15,309
Party over here.

1393
05:11:15,309 --> 05:11:17,214
Mayor likes to go to the right because that's

1394
05:11:17,214 --> 05:11:18,318
where we party the.

1395
05:11:18,318 --> 05:11:20,704
Anyway, I did have a question.

1396
05:11:20,704 --> 05:11:26,704
One that stood out to me very quickly was econ ,

1397
05:11:29,782 --> 05:11:33,352
Chickasaw to Lake Underhill that you said was unfunded that was

1398
05:11:33,352 --> 05:11:34,860
on the slide --

1399
05:11:34,860 --> 05:11:39,660
I have it right here -- slide number 35.

1400
05:11:39,811 --> 05:11:43,930
What price tag is that having nowadays?

1401
05:11:43,930 --> 05:11:47,321
When I was elected in 2018, it had a number of.

1402
05:11:47,321 --> 05:11:49,404
I was just curious to see if that number has grown

1403
05:11:49,404 --> 05:11:50,758
or if it's still the same.

1404
05:11:50,758 --> 05:11:54,638
>> I'll have to get back to you on what the price tag is.

1405
05:11:54,638 --> 05:12:00,378
I know the big challenge with that piece from Chickasaw over

1406
05:12:00,378 --> 05:12:00,878
--

1407
05:12:00,878 --> 05:12:02,556
>> Right away.

1408
05:12:02,556 --> 05:12:04,931
>> Right away is one but then the canal on the other side

1409
05:12:04,931 --> 05:12:07,395
and the impacts that creates is the other.

1410
05:12:07,395 --> 05:12:10,157
Closing that open air canal, do you know

1411
05:12:10,157 --> 05:12:12,518
we have issues with drainage.

1412
05:12:12,518 --> 05:12:16,390
>> We'd have to almost eminent domain a little too.

1413
05:12:16,390 --> 05:12:18,214
>> I'm sure.

1414
05:12:18,214 --> 05:12:22,295
We typically try not to go into yards

1415
05:12:22,295 --> 05:12:27,926
and do take down walls and replace walls and impact rear

1416
05:12:27,926 --> 05:12:29,926
lots.

1417
05:12:30,998 --> 05:12:34,598
But that particular project may require

1418
05:12:35,110 --> 05:12:39,700
some right of way acquisition along the southern side as well.

1419
05:12:39,700 --> 05:12:41,810
The bigger challenge is how are you

1420
05:12:41,810 --> 05:12:45,580
going to move from the open area east and then close that canal?

1421
05:12:45,580 --> 05:12:49,838
That and the long term maintenance of the boxed canal

1422
05:12:49,838 --> 05:12:53,290
creates a number of different challenges.

1423
05:12:53,290 --> 05:12:55,748
>> Sorry for going for that question first because actually

1424
05:12:55,748 --> 05:12:57,391
I want to thank your staff.

1425
05:12:57,391 --> 05:13:01,696
Brett, even when a 91 year old man threatened

1426
05:13:01,696 --> 05:13:04,238
to bring his gun out when they were going to tear down an oak

1427
05:13:04,238 --> 05:13:05,494
tree and he smiled because he remembers,

1428
05:13:05,494 --> 05:13:07,744
we all rushed out and had to call the Sheriff's office

1429
05:13:07,744 --> 05:13:13,144
because you guys were laying out sidewalks just Felipe.

1430
05:13:18,747 --> 05:13:19,497
>> (indiscernible)

1431
05:13:19,497 --> 05:13:20,289
>> Not in that way.

1432
05:13:20,289 --> 05:13:22,789
Not when we have to have the Sheriff's office and everything

1433
05:13:22,789 --> 05:13:24,486
come out because Brant was serious.

1434
05:13:24,486 --> 05:13:25,768
You can't do guns.

1435
05:13:25,768 --> 05:13:27,164
We don't do guns.

1436
05:13:27,164 --> 05:13:29,904
But what I'm saying is the reason

1437
05:13:29,904 --> 05:13:32,838
why I was so impressed was communication

1438
05:13:32,838 --> 05:13:35,654
and how quickly your team and even the contractor

1439
05:13:35,654 --> 05:13:39,738
all came together and actually found a beautiful solution being

1440
05:13:39,738 --> 05:13:43,486
able to pivot around this huge beautiful oak tree

1441
05:13:43,486 --> 05:13:48,504
and give still some nice landscaping to my very

1442
05:13:48,504 --> 05:13:49,684
older Gatlin area.

1443
05:13:49,684 --> 05:13:53,780
And at the same time still successfully do the sidewalk.

1444
05:13:53,780 --> 05:13:55,118
I want to give kudos to Brett.

1445
05:13:55,118 --> 05:14:00,180
I would also like to give kudos to Susan because whenever we

1446
05:14:00,180 --> 05:14:04,974
talk sidewalks -- and I have an Enfield district.

1447
05:14:04,974 --> 05:14:07,338
Some people don't have a lot of yards.

1448
05:14:07,338 --> 05:14:08,838
They argue and don't want sidewalks.

1449
05:14:08,838 --> 05:14:13,238
But then when I took a sidewalk issue that was literally

1450
05:14:13,238 --> 05:14:15,526
where kids were waiting for the bus on the road

1451
05:14:15,526 --> 05:14:17,718
because there was no sidewalk, they

1452
05:14:17,718 --> 05:14:20,798
came in and had probably one of the safest

1453
05:14:20,798 --> 05:14:25,854
areas in our community because it stopped the cars from parking

1454
05:14:25,854 --> 05:14:28,622
on the side because once you've used car lots and mechanics

1455
05:14:28,622 --> 05:14:31,540
and actually made a safe place for kids.

1456
05:14:31,540 --> 05:14:34,971
I've actually gotten phone calls personally thanking me for that.

1457
05:14:34,971 --> 05:14:37,718
That is when this works.

1458
05:14:37,718 --> 05:14:41,918
And then lastly, Ed, who is here,

1459
05:14:42,284 --> 05:14:46,758
him being the shield to go into Rio when that was a tough

1460
05:14:46,758 --> 05:14:49,758
conversation, but knowledge is --

1461
05:14:52,134 --> 05:14:56,334
truth and knowledge has validity in communities.

1462
05:14:57,680 --> 05:15:00,266
You give that community although we can't solve anything,

1463
05:15:00,266 --> 05:15:01,150
you are honest.

1464
05:15:01,150 --> 05:15:02,723
We are honest with them and let them know

1465
05:15:02,723 --> 05:15:04,769
and we are responsive and continue to be.

1466
05:15:04,769 --> 05:15:08,166
And so those are the great things

1467
05:15:08,166 --> 05:15:10,393
that happen in our community that many people don't

1468
05:15:10,393 --> 05:15:11,518
get to hear the stories of.

1469
05:15:11,518 --> 05:15:12,982
I want to thank your staff.

1470
05:15:12,982 --> 05:15:15,678
Where is that angel Jeff Charles?

1471
05:15:15,678 --> 05:15:16,938
Is he here?

1472
05:15:16,938 --> 05:15:18,278
He is an angel.

1473
05:15:18,278 --> 05:15:21,150
He's like an angel that goes around

1474
05:15:21,150 --> 05:15:24,464
because he has the most calming personality that

1475
05:15:24,464 --> 05:15:29,166
has been able to deal with anybody irate.

1476
05:15:29,166 --> 05:15:31,651
And not only gets them from here but they end up

1477
05:15:31,651 --> 05:15:32,734
hugging when they're done.

1478
05:15:32,734 --> 05:15:34,395
That's why I call him an angel.

1479
05:15:34,395 --> 05:15:35,688
That is super important.

1480
05:15:35,688 --> 05:15:39,511
My question is, as I've been doing all the research

1481
05:15:39,511 --> 05:15:42,758
on our budget, when I found out that the communication utility

1482
05:15:42,758 --> 05:15:45,751
fee that got put into general fund,

1483
05:15:45,751 --> 05:15:47,418
I know you've been here for a long time

1484
05:15:47,418 --> 05:15:49,602
and you left and came back.

1485
05:15:49,602 --> 05:15:53,546
I don't know, Byron, since that predates you

1486
05:15:53,546 --> 05:15:54,838
how long that's been happening.

1487
05:15:54,838 --> 05:16:00,238
I understood that was Mayor Jacobs that is --

1488
05:16:01,218 --> 05:16:03,218
switch to that.

1489
05:16:03,718 --> 05:16:06,718
>> It's been a while, Commissioner.

1490
05:16:07,758 --> 05:16:11,688
Really just to allocate it to something,

1491
05:16:11,688 --> 05:16:13,811
we could allocate it to public works,

1492
05:16:13,811 --> 05:16:17,408
but then we could allocate -- >> I know it was originally

1493
05:16:17,408 --> 05:16:18,278
established.

1494
05:16:18,278 --> 05:16:20,888
I've been talking to a lot of people in communications.

1495
05:16:20,888 --> 05:16:24,214
What hurts me is your deficit financially.

1496
05:16:24,214 --> 05:16:29,654
Even if we talk ten years of let's just say 10 million

1497
05:16:29,654 --> 05:16:31,462
a year, that would have been $100 million

1498
05:16:31,462 --> 05:16:36,924
that could have gone against that 276 million in the whole.

1499
05:16:36,924 --> 05:16:40,958
And so as much as we prioritize and know how important you all

1500
05:16:40,958 --> 05:16:46,254
are to not have even those little resources to assist

1501
05:16:46,254 --> 05:16:47,539
is very frustrated.

1502
05:16:47,539 --> 05:16:49,860
I've got one last thing.

1503
05:16:49,860 --> 05:16:53,200
When it comes to the grass thing is

1504
05:16:53,200 --> 05:16:54,624
something we hear all the time.

1505
05:16:54,624 --> 05:16:57,950
Are we responsible for that on dot roads also?

1506
05:16:57,950 --> 05:17:00,350
How does that work?

1507
05:17:01,370 --> 05:17:03,662
>> There are three double dashes that what you were saying, Ed?

1508
05:17:03,662 --> 05:17:06,980
There are three locations that we have in the dot

1509
05:17:06,980 --> 05:17:09,821
and they pay us similar to grass.

1510
05:17:09,821 --> 05:17:11,821
Otherwise, no.

1511
05:17:12,347 --> 05:17:17,147
Generally we have gotten away from those responsibilities,

1512
05:17:18,158 --> 05:17:20,621
accepting any of those responsibilities for landscaping

1513
05:17:20,621 --> 05:17:23,678
and maintenance of any of the dot rights of way.

1514
05:17:23,678 --> 05:17:26,224
There is just a couple that we did

1515
05:17:26,224 --> 05:17:29,870
agree to do because of their location and relationship

1516
05:17:29,870 --> 05:17:32,158
to stuff we were already doing.

1517
05:17:32,158 --> 05:17:35,598
But generally the answer is no.

1518
05:17:35,598 --> 05:17:40,887
>> Because that's to me, I gotta tell you financial,

1519
05:17:40,887 --> 05:17:44,558
it seems like one of the worst financial situations to be in.

1520
05:17:44,558 --> 05:17:48,790
Because you cut it and it rains and it grows.

1521
05:17:48,790 --> 05:17:51,451
Everyone calls us and says, when are they

1522
05:17:51,451 --> 05:17:53,270
going to come cut on Conway Road?

1523
05:17:53,270 --> 05:17:56,138
When are they going to come cut on retention pond?

1524
05:17:56,138 --> 05:18:01,731
Every day that it rains it just-- so even when they cut,

1525
05:18:01,731 --> 05:18:03,278
a week later it's up again.

1526
05:18:03,278 --> 05:18:06,338
And then how do we work with municipalities?

1527
05:18:06,338 --> 05:18:10,400
Do we also maintain theirs on the county right of way?

1528
05:18:10,400 --> 05:18:12,460
Or do we actually give them that funding for them

1529
05:18:12,460 --> 05:18:14,380
to maintain it themselves?

1530
05:18:14,380 --> 05:18:18,838
>> So there's two types of functionally classified roadways

1531
05:18:21,338 --> 05:18:22,814
in the county.

1532
05:18:22,814 --> 05:18:25,718
There are those that are orange County maintains

1533
05:18:25,718 --> 05:18:29,430
the full right of way, right of way line to right of way line.

1534
05:18:29,430 --> 05:18:33,611
For those roadways, we cut the grass.

1535
05:18:33,611 --> 05:18:39,968
Byron may know this one, but line more road is a road that we

1536
05:18:39,968 --> 05:18:44,314
have -- we mow the grass all along both sides of Whitemoor

1537
05:18:44,314 --> 05:18:44,814
Road.

1538
05:18:44,814 --> 05:18:46,488
It's functionally classified as road

1539
05:18:46,488 --> 05:18:49,338
that Orange County maintains, but it's actually

1540
05:18:49,338 --> 05:18:50,258
two municipalities.

1541
05:18:50,258 --> 05:18:52,302
It's partly in Winter Park.

1542
05:18:52,302 --> 05:18:54,180
Those are ours to maintain.

1543
05:18:54,180 --> 05:18:57,238
I know there's other roads that are functionally classified that

1544
05:18:57,238 --> 05:18:59,191
were functionally classified later.

1545
05:18:59,191 --> 05:19:03,418
I was around, but this is not something

1546
05:19:03,418 --> 05:19:04,790
that I'm as familiar with.

1547
05:19:04,790 --> 05:19:06,878
We maintain the road infrastructure

1548
05:19:06,878 --> 05:19:09,878
and the associated drainage only,

1549
05:19:10,448 --> 05:19:13,998
and the municipalities are responsible for maintaining

1550
05:19:13,998 --> 05:19:18,798
the sidewalk or the signage or the grass.

1551
05:19:19,334 --> 05:19:22,478
George and our roads and drainage division

1552
05:19:22,478 --> 05:19:25,429
is familiar with all those tweaks and ins and outs

1553
05:19:25,429 --> 05:19:27,246
as to who maintains what.

1554
05:19:27,246 --> 05:19:29,958
We have a pretty good working relationship

1555
05:19:29,958 --> 05:19:32,958
with municipalities, at least clarifying

1556
05:19:33,638 --> 05:19:36,542
that this is ours to maintain or this is the cities or towns

1557
05:19:36,542 --> 05:19:37,678
to maintain.

1558
05:19:37,678 --> 05:19:41,629
So if you have a specific example-- >>

1559
05:19:41,629 --> 05:19:45,454
I could give you a whole bunch of specific examples.

1560
05:19:45,454 --> 05:19:48,164
I think it's a difficult task.

1561
05:19:48,164 --> 05:19:51,751
It's probably the only good time is winter when it freezes.

1562
05:19:51,751 --> 05:19:55,649
But I was going to ask, Byron, our CR

1563
05:19:55,649 --> 05:19:58,766
is allowed to use funding to maintain those roads when

1564
05:19:58,766 --> 05:20:01,446
we look at Winter Park has gathered?

1565
05:20:01,446 --> 05:20:06,580
Because I feel bad because it seems like we always looked at.

1566
05:20:06,580 --> 05:20:09,489
It's constantly our fault. That is the trend I see.

1567
05:20:09,489 --> 05:20:13,449
How long is the county going to do this?

1568
05:20:13,449 --> 05:20:15,868
I honestly don't even see as a landscaper

1569
05:20:15,868 --> 05:20:19,782
how that even financially makes sense because you are just

1570
05:20:19,782 --> 05:20:20,684
doing strips.

1571
05:20:20,684 --> 05:20:24,884
I'll have to have a deeper conversation.

1572
05:20:25,758 --> 05:20:29,210
>> There's larger zones across the county.

1573
05:20:29,210 --> 05:20:32,710
You get into multiple acres that you are maintaining.

1574
05:20:32,710 --> 05:20:36,418
That is where the profitability is is that you have the larger

1575
05:20:36,418 --> 05:20:40,633
areas and you can -- >> You see them on the turnpike when

1576
05:20:40,633 --> 05:20:41,758
they're doing big sections.

1577
05:20:41,758 --> 05:20:46,918
When I look at the medians and the islands and stuff like that.

1578
05:20:46,918 --> 05:20:49,904
And we are not really doing that as much.

1579
05:20:49,904 --> 05:20:54,558
When we do create them, are we doing more of a tree?

1580
05:20:54,558 --> 05:20:57,544
I know in OBT it's palm trees.

1581
05:20:57,544 --> 05:20:59,180
It's not really grass.

1582
05:20:59,180 --> 05:21:02,958
It just seems like a futile financial hole

1583
05:21:02,958 --> 05:21:06,998
that you can never ever get right.

1584
05:21:06,998 --> 05:21:09,891
>> There's a number of challenges with the landscaping

1585
05:21:09,891 --> 05:21:11,891
and mowing contracts.

1586
05:21:13,258 --> 05:21:16,300
That is something that Ed and his team

1587
05:21:16,300 --> 05:21:21,403
have been working through ever since I came back

1588
05:21:21,998 --> 05:21:24,830
on the cost associated with those.

1589
05:21:24,830 --> 05:21:27,830
It's like you said, Commissioner.

1590
05:21:30,224 --> 05:21:35,624
>> So yes, if that activity, Department vacation is included

1591
05:21:37,179 --> 05:21:41,379
in that CRA's play -- plan --

1592
05:21:43,836 --> 05:21:46,291
>> Winter Park has grown their CRA.

1593
05:21:46,291 --> 05:21:49,718
>> They'd have to be included -- you only do CRA expenditure

1594
05:21:49,718 --> 05:21:51,860
on what's in the plan.

1595
05:21:51,860 --> 05:21:54,190
But if they have some beautification effort

1596
05:21:54,190 --> 05:21:58,758
included then they can tie it to improve the area,

1597
05:21:58,758 --> 05:22:02,260
yes, it could be eligible for CRA funds.

1598
05:22:02,260 --> 05:22:03,568
>> I'm just trying to find solutions.

1599
05:22:03,568 --> 05:22:09,568
It's almost better to have the HOA going >> Commissioner, six

1600
05:22:10,230 --> 05:22:11,231
minutes.

1601
05:22:11,231 --> 05:22:12,230
>> That's not fair.

1602
05:22:12,230 --> 05:22:12,830
I have a solution.

1603
05:22:12,830 --> 05:22:16,600
Let's go to Florida native plantings and all of these areas

1604
05:22:16,600 --> 05:22:18,214
so we don't have to worry about expending water.

1605
05:22:18,214 --> 05:22:20,714
We don't have to worry about the type of mowing maintenance.

1606
05:22:20,714 --> 05:22:23,678
We don't have the type of pesticides and runoff.

1607
05:22:23,678 --> 05:22:26,814
It makes no sense to me why we use things that are not

1608
05:22:26,814 --> 05:22:28,518
native to Florida and then we wonder

1609
05:22:28,518 --> 05:22:31,782
why we are spending so much money maintaining it.

1610
05:22:31,782 --> 05:22:34,700
So that Florida Pernicious Peanut

1611
05:22:34,700 --> 05:22:39,118
is a ground cover used in areas that can use sandy soil.

1612
05:22:39,118 --> 05:22:41,586
There's 3 or 4 other kinds that makes no sense to me why we

1613
05:22:41,586 --> 05:22:43,918
continue to use the same --

1614
05:22:43,918 --> 05:22:44,686
it's two minutes.

1615
05:22:44,686 --> 05:22:45,618
Wait a minute.

1616
05:22:45,618 --> 05:22:46,678
Stop.

1617
05:22:46,678 --> 05:22:48,678
>> I agree.

1618
05:22:49,998 --> 05:22:52,860
>> I'll get her to talk to you.

1619
05:22:52,860 --> 05:22:55,318
>> Part of the problem we have with our medians and to some

1620
05:22:55,318 --> 05:23:01,318
extent even some of the roadsides is our giganto fat

1621
05:23:01,678 --> 05:23:04,398
oversize road plants all over the county.

1622
05:23:04,398 --> 05:23:06,798
You look at this.

1623
05:23:07,158 --> 05:23:08,478
The CIP budget.

1624
05:23:08,478 --> 05:23:10,691
Public works, I don't know how you do it.

1625
05:23:10,691 --> 05:23:12,678
You do more with less every single year.

1626
05:23:12,678 --> 05:23:14,923
They're exactly right as far as looking at this

1627
05:23:14,923 --> 05:23:18,510
and giving me anxiety about the amount of revenue sources.

1628
05:23:18,510 --> 05:23:20,332
I apologize on behalf of my board

1629
05:23:20,332 --> 05:23:23,678
for not being able to carry the stormwater fee

1630
05:23:23,678 --> 05:23:25,388
conversation any further.

1631
05:23:25,388 --> 05:23:27,918
I'm sorry we didn't get our impact fees caught up

1632
05:23:27,918 --> 05:23:28,880
like we should have.

1633
05:23:28,880 --> 05:23:31,898
I am sorry that we haven't been able to do better for you.

1634
05:23:31,898 --> 05:23:34,176
We've got to get better with the design.

1635
05:23:34,176 --> 05:23:36,718
What we know is if you look at the capital improvement amount

1636
05:23:36,718 --> 05:23:40,774
of money, the biggest chunk of it -- it suppresses transit.

1637
05:23:40,774 --> 05:23:42,878
It suppresses pedestrian safety.

1638
05:23:42,878 --> 05:23:44,438
All of that.

1639
05:23:44,438 --> 05:23:48,798
It is that specific mile of road lane.

1640
05:23:48,798 --> 05:23:49,486
It's expensive.

1641
05:23:49,486 --> 05:23:52,510
From what we put out there, even if the developer pays

1642
05:23:52,510 --> 05:23:54,614
for it in the beginning, it's ours forever after.

1643
05:23:54,614 --> 05:23:58,238
I think the approach to design has

1644
05:23:58,238 --> 05:24:02,840
to be show me exactly why right now you

1645
05:24:02,840 --> 05:24:04,990
need a big fat road in all this land.

1646
05:24:04,990 --> 05:24:09,140
Because I think the problem is we have been very land rich

1647
05:24:09,140 --> 05:24:13,742
but we have less and less to work with as time goes on.

1648
05:24:13,742 --> 05:24:15,359
I quite frankly what we have learned

1649
05:24:15,359 --> 05:24:18,326
is if we are not getting any more funds or grants or monies

1650
05:24:18,326 --> 05:24:20,934
for safety, one way we know for sure

1651
05:24:20,934 --> 05:24:23,870
if we're keeping pedestrians, cyclists,

1652
05:24:23,870 --> 05:24:27,295
and drivers safe is to make sure they are going slow.

1653
05:24:27,295 --> 05:24:30,544
And the only way we can really make sure they're going slow

1654
05:24:30,544 --> 05:24:34,638
is to not give them gigantic fat fast roads.

1655
05:24:34,638 --> 05:24:39,178
I see a lot of benefit in approaching design automatically

1656
05:24:39,178 --> 05:24:41,358
a different way than Orange County has done it

1657
05:24:41,358 --> 05:24:44,598
for that long term maintenance piece, for the short term,

1658
05:24:44,598 --> 05:24:46,531
and then understanding that we are not getting

1659
05:24:46,531 --> 05:24:47,902
what we need from impact fees.

1660
05:24:47,902 --> 05:24:51,138
I would say especially look at Schofield Road.

1661
05:24:51,138 --> 05:24:52,478
We don't have any money.

1662
05:24:52,478 --> 05:24:55,238
We don't have any development that's actually partnering

1663
05:24:55,238 --> 05:24:56,536
with us to do that right now.

1664
05:24:56,536 --> 05:24:58,780
And stop giving out building permits.

1665
05:24:58,780 --> 05:25:00,478
We're not going to be able to get people in and out of there.

1666
05:25:00,478 --> 05:25:02,603
Until we're able to get people in and out of there,

1667
05:25:02,603 --> 05:25:04,558
I don't understand how we could be considered

1668
05:25:04,558 --> 05:25:06,958
burdensome to the developer.

1669
05:25:07,838 --> 05:25:12,280
There needs to be like a walk out from the building department

1670
05:25:12,280 --> 05:25:15,935
because there's no cohesion between the resources that we

1671
05:25:15,935 --> 05:25:19,438
need that you have to have to provide access into and out

1672
05:25:19,438 --> 05:25:22,614
of a new development and what we are actually getting from that

1673
05:25:22,614 --> 05:25:23,904
developer in order --

1674
05:25:23,904 --> 05:25:25,878
Schofield Road is a perfect example.

1675
05:25:25,878 --> 05:25:29,298
How many years has it taken to get Flemmings Road done?

1676
05:25:29,298 --> 05:25:31,821
That's not your fault because we were

1677
05:25:31,821 --> 05:25:33,488
relying on private development interests

1678
05:25:33,488 --> 05:25:36,304
under the current regulatory scheme, which is insufficient.

1679
05:25:36,304 --> 05:25:37,611
It is insufficient.

1680
05:25:37,611 --> 05:25:40,640
Has put you in a horrible place and I'm sorry for that.

1681
05:25:40,640 --> 05:25:42,180
I'm going to keep fighting for it,

1682
05:25:42,180 --> 05:25:43,733
but just know any place that we can

1683
05:25:43,733 --> 05:25:46,494
say we've got to tighten it up, put a native grasses,

1684
05:25:46,494 --> 05:25:51,294
slow people down, it's going to look better,

1685
05:25:51,318 --> 05:25:54,818
we can make that decision purely based on the fact

1686
05:25:54,818 --> 05:25:56,318
that we've been completely defunded.

1687
05:25:56,318 --> 05:26:02,830
Even if they don't believe us on the rest of those issues.

1688
05:26:02,830 --> 05:26:05,830
>> We will take your considerations

1689
05:26:06,378 --> 05:26:08,378
into consideration.

1690
05:26:08,838 --> 05:26:10,838
>> Thank you.

1691
05:26:19,644 --> 05:26:20,352
>> That was good.

1692
05:26:20,352 --> 05:26:20,935
That was good.

1693
05:26:20,935 --> 05:26:22,958
You have one minute.

1694
05:26:22,958 --> 05:26:28,958
>> One question, it's because it came to my mind, Commissioner.

1695
05:26:33,380 --> 05:26:36,380
What about the econ 2D?

1696
05:26:36,163 --> 05:26:38,678
Are you going to finish that because it is still there?

1697
05:26:38,678 --> 05:26:44,678
>> Lake Underhill to econ 2D, that design is moving forward

1698
05:26:46,278 --> 05:26:51,550
and we are looking to bring that project and fund it at least

1699
05:26:51,550 --> 05:26:54,638
through design, which is the next stage.

1700
05:26:54,638 --> 05:26:56,638
>> Thank you.

1701
05:26:56,718 --> 05:26:59,118
>> Excellent, 3:15, thank you, Joe.

1702
05:27:00,831 --> 05:27:02,638
We finished up on time.

1703
05:27:02,638 --> 05:27:06,488
We are going to move now to--

1704
05:27:06,488 --> 05:27:07,238
>> (indiscernible)

1705
05:27:07,238 --> 05:27:13,238
>> We are going to go to Community and Family Services.

1706
05:27:14,266 --> 05:27:22,666
Ms Thomas is going to come and at least to lead off with that.

1707
05:27:25,674 --> 05:27:27,674
>> Good afternoon, commissioners.

1708
05:27:28,833 --> 05:27:32,358
It is a pleasure to be here before you

1709
05:27:32,358 --> 05:27:36,758
to present the budget for the community and Family Services

1710
05:27:36,758 --> 05:27:38,620
Department.

1711
05:27:38,620 --> 05:27:42,262
I am Van Thomas, the department director

1712
05:27:44,137 --> 05:27:45,518
for just over three years now.

1713
05:27:45,518 --> 05:27:47,902
Very excited to have made it that far.

1714
05:27:47,902 --> 05:27:50,838
This is our presentation outline.

1715
05:27:50,838 --> 05:27:53,368
Will be covering all these topics today,

1716
05:27:53,368 --> 05:27:56,368
starting with our organization chart .

1717
05:28:01,180 --> 05:28:04,318
I would like to invite my dream team managers who

1718
05:28:04,318 --> 05:28:08,148
comprise the Senior leadership of community and Family Services

1719
05:28:08,148 --> 05:28:10,148
Department to stand.

1720
05:28:10,578 --> 05:28:13,578
They are all present today.

1721
05:28:14,861 --> 05:28:19,661
We have doctor Traci Salem as well as

1722
05:28:20,180 --> 05:28:23,180
LaVonne Williams, Esquire, who are

1723
05:28:23,248 --> 05:28:27,448
the department deputy directors reporting through Traci,

1724
05:28:29,158 --> 05:28:33,358
Chastain with the Citizens Commission for children,

1725
05:28:33,918 --> 05:28:36,918
cooperative extension manager Kevin Kam,

1726
05:28:37,980 --> 05:28:42,498
recently promoted to an extension for the highest level

1727
05:28:42,966 --> 05:28:47,166
that there can be for our extension.

1728
05:28:48,126 --> 05:28:50,358
We're very proud of them.

1729
05:28:50,358 --> 05:28:54,823
The fiscal and operational support manager, Yolanda Brown.

1730
05:28:54,823 --> 05:28:58,423
Our Head Start manager, Sonja Hill.

1731
05:28:58,670 --> 05:29:01,998
Our mental health and homelessness manager,

1732
05:29:01,998 --> 05:29:05,598
Isabel Klier-Graham, otherwise known as Lisa.

1733
05:29:07,971 --> 05:29:09,968
And our Youth and Family Services manager

1734
05:29:09,968 --> 05:29:12,368
is Barbara Williams, PhD.

1735
05:29:14,631 --> 05:29:18,331
Reporting through Lavon Williams are Yvette Reyes of our Citizens

1736
05:29:18,331 --> 05:29:22,198
Research and Outreach Division, our community action manager,

1737
05:29:22,198 --> 05:29:27,598
Jonathan Kohn, our parks and recreation manager Kyle Kent,

1738
05:29:28,358 --> 05:29:31,371
and last but not least, our regional history

1739
05:29:31,371 --> 05:29:34,371
center manager, Ms. Aela Santana.

1740
05:29:37,373 --> 05:29:43,373
These are the folks who work with our 1100 almost community

1741
05:29:44,138 --> 05:29:47,214
and Family Services team members to provide

1742
05:29:47,214 --> 05:29:50,738
a human and social services and community

1743
05:29:50,738 --> 05:29:53,738
services here in Orange County.

1744
05:29:56,118 --> 05:30:02,254
Next, we are going to go over some highlights of the proposed

1745
05:30:02,254 --> 05:30:04,904
budget for the coming fiscal year.

1746
05:30:04,904 --> 05:30:09,910
As you can see from the pie chart,

1747
05:30:09,910 --> 05:30:12,248
we receive a little over half of our resources

1748
05:30:12,248 --> 05:30:15,248
through the General Fund, $124.8 million,

1749
05:30:18,461 --> 05:30:20,861
54% of our total revenues.

1750
05:30:22,979 --> 05:30:28,158
Second would come the Parks Fund and impact fees, $68.7 million

1751
05:30:28,158 --> 05:30:30,558
or 30% of our resources.

1752
05:30:33,518 --> 05:30:37,824
The federal and state grants that we get, some of them

1753
05:30:37,824 --> 05:30:41,798
are listed there, the largest being the Head start grant,

1754
05:30:41,798 --> 05:30:46,942
but also we receive USDA Community Services block grant,

1755
05:30:46,942 --> 05:30:51,742
low income heating and emergency assistance energy program,

1756
05:30:52,338 --> 05:30:57,458
the emergency shelter programs that we operate through Great

1757
05:30:57,458 --> 05:31:01,658
Oaks Village, and the family and children's

1758
05:31:03,958 --> 05:31:06,358
counseling programs that we operate all

1759
05:31:06,358 --> 05:31:12,358
receive a proportion of great from the, all of which

1760
05:31:12,622 --> 05:31:15,838
is supplemented by general fund revenues.

1761
05:31:15,838 --> 05:31:18,458
I'll talk a little bit more about that later.

1762
05:31:18,458 --> 05:31:22,658
We also receive some gift funds primarily

1763
05:31:25,354 --> 05:31:30,154
for trees in the parks and recreation Division,

1764
05:31:31,738 --> 05:31:34,982
as well as for great Oaks village.

1765
05:31:34,982 --> 05:31:39,358
We have listed some of the general fund programs.

1766
05:31:39,358 --> 05:31:43,778
You'll recognize many of them listed here for your reference

1767
05:31:43,778 --> 05:31:45,778
as well.

1768
05:31:50,198 --> 05:31:53,564
Looking at this another way, we can break down

1769
05:31:53,564 --> 05:31:58,208
what our personal services budget is as compared

1770
05:31:58,208 --> 05:32:00,380
to the operating budget.

1771
05:32:00,380 --> 05:32:06,638
And you see that dollar change is 1.9 million for our staff

1772
05:32:06,960 --> 05:32:12,134
and salary related costs, while the operating budget went down

1773
05:32:12,134 --> 05:32:17,534
by 1.1 million, which netted an $800,000 change in our budget.

1774
05:32:24,833 --> 05:32:27,208
Of course we received the award from the mayor and county

1775
05:32:27,208 --> 05:32:31,840
administrator that we were striving toward a status quo

1776
05:32:31,840 --> 05:32:31,584
budget.

1777
05:32:31,584 --> 05:32:36,180
We did our level best to try to keep it that way.

1778
05:32:36,180 --> 05:32:40,218
We did make some internal efficiencies changes

1779
05:32:41,158 --> 05:32:43,700
and noted some things we might be

1780
05:32:43,700 --> 05:32:45,158
able to do a little bit differently

1781
05:32:45,158 --> 05:32:48,158
in order to conserve funds.

1782
05:32:51,658 --> 05:32:54,721
We feel like we've presented to you a great budget that

1783
05:32:54,721 --> 05:32:58,662
allows us to continue those very important services that

1784
05:32:58,662 --> 05:33:01,620
are within our purview.

1785
05:33:01,778 --> 05:33:09,578
On the staffing front, we have increased I a mere three new --

1786
05:33:10,564 --> 05:33:13,518
increased by a mere three new positions.

1787
05:33:13,518 --> 05:33:16,110
Those are on our parks and recreation team.

1788
05:33:16,110 --> 05:33:18,868
We end up with 998 proposed positions

1789
05:33:18,868 --> 05:33:25,211
total for our department in terms of full time and some part

1790
05:33:25,211 --> 05:33:27,611
time roles as well.

1791
05:33:30,638 --> 05:33:32,838
Those three positions that are new

1792
05:33:32,838 --> 05:33:39,438
and proposed in the budget, as I mentioned, are featured here.

1793
05:33:40,127 --> 05:33:43,374
They are all three in Parks and Recreation Division.

1794
05:33:43,374 --> 05:33:48,774
We are looking to add two additional parks services

1795
05:33:50,718 --> 05:33:53,718
specialists for Tangelo Park which

1796
05:33:54,278 --> 05:33:58,478
will be opening our new Park gymnasium

1797
05:33:58,638 --> 05:34:02,940
and also Community Action Center there a little

1798
05:34:02,940 --> 05:34:04,428
bit later this year.

1799
05:34:04,428 --> 05:34:09,498
We also feel a strong need to add a warehouse supervisor.

1800
05:34:09,498 --> 05:34:13,980
This is our largest department warehouse

1801
05:34:14,414 --> 05:34:17,928
with many tools and equipment, chemicals

1802
05:34:17,928 --> 05:34:21,784
and the like that are necessary for the stores

1803
05:34:21,784 --> 05:34:25,984
to operate our very large park system.

1804
05:34:29,318 --> 05:34:33,214
Additionally by way of a staffing update,

1805
05:34:33,214 --> 05:34:37,391
we have made great progress in terms of our hiring.

1806
05:34:37,391 --> 05:34:43,380
We have a mere 92 vacancies when we last took stock of this

1807
05:34:43,380 --> 05:34:45,380
on June 24th.

1808
05:34:46,590 --> 05:34:49,590
That represents only a 9% vacancy

1809
05:34:50,531 --> 05:34:53,698
rate, which is very good by almost any measure.

1810
05:34:53,698 --> 05:34:58,846
We've worked very hard to attain this rate of vacancy.

1811
05:34:58,846 --> 05:35:01,718
And we have many positions that are

1812
05:35:01,718 --> 05:35:06,126
in the process of being hired even now.

1813
05:35:06,126 --> 05:35:09,614
So hopefully we'll be taking this even lower

1814
05:35:09,614 --> 05:35:12,340
within the next month or so.

1815
05:35:12,340 --> 05:35:16,546
We have used a lot of new tools to help improve our ability

1816
05:35:16,546 --> 05:35:20,274
not only to attract talent and staff

1817
05:35:20,274 --> 05:35:23,874
but to retain them as well.

1818
05:35:25,838 --> 05:35:33,638
Now we will go over to our -- a few operating budget highlights,

1819
05:35:34,614 --> 05:35:37,462
one of which I would like to reiterate for your recollection

1820
05:35:37,462 --> 05:35:43,198
is that last year I outlined for you in my proposal to make

1821
05:35:43,198 --> 05:35:48,286
a significant addition to our ability to provide very much

1822
05:35:48,286 --> 05:35:53,860
a quality customer service approach to both serving

1823
05:35:54,265 --> 05:35:58,883
our customers but also the collection of data,

1824
05:35:58,883 --> 05:36:02,648
and being able to connect their eligibility for various programs

1825
05:36:02,648 --> 05:36:06,806
through a much simplified process that is easier

1826
05:36:06,806 --> 05:36:08,806
for our customers.

1827
05:36:09,230 --> 05:36:13,380
We nicknamed this project the Magellan Project.

1828
05:36:13,380 --> 05:36:15,978
We proposed a pilot that would enable

1829
05:36:15,978 --> 05:36:23,175
us to test this new system out on a few of our divisions

1830
05:36:23,175 --> 05:36:27,446
and to be able to make connections for customers

1831
05:36:27,446 --> 05:36:30,542
through all the programs that they might

1832
05:36:30,542 --> 05:36:35,342
be eligible for through one simple application process,

1833
05:36:35,478 --> 05:36:39,780
making a streamlined approach for them,

1834
05:36:39,374 --> 05:36:44,464
for us, and being able to collect more data regarding

1835
05:36:44,464 --> 05:36:48,640
their outcomes and the different places

1836
05:36:49,380 --> 05:36:52,638
that they touch within our system.

1837
05:36:53,430 --> 05:36:55,550
And I'm just happy to be able to report

1838
05:36:55,550 --> 05:36:57,838
that we have made significant progress on moving

1839
05:36:57,838 --> 05:36:59,573
this project forward.

1840
05:36:59,573 --> 05:37:06,158
We are in the process now of selecting the builder software

1841
05:37:06,158 --> 05:37:10,358
builder we'll design this system for us.

1842
05:37:12,855 --> 05:37:17,751
We hope to have it in operation within the next 12 to 18 months

1843
05:37:17,751 --> 05:37:19,751
if not sooner.

1844
05:37:21,780 --> 05:37:25,878
We created some efficiencies by reallocating some dollars

1845
05:37:27,380 --> 05:37:30,295
from several different programs to be

1846
05:37:30,295 --> 05:37:35,198
able to use for the acquisition of this system and the work

1847
05:37:35,198 --> 05:37:37,300
that it will take to build it.

1848
05:37:37,300 --> 05:37:42,126
And we are very excited that we anticipate piloting it

1849
05:37:42,126 --> 05:37:46,878
with the Citizens Commission for Children Division of Health

1850
05:37:46,878 --> 05:37:50,126
and Homelessness, and we are finding

1851
05:37:50,126 --> 05:37:52,758
that our builders may be proposing ways

1852
05:37:52,758 --> 05:37:57,470
that we can add other divisions as well sooner than we

1853
05:37:57,470 --> 05:37:58,803
had otherwise anticipated.

1854
05:37:58,803 --> 05:38:06,603
We will be keeping you posted on our progress as we develop this.

1855
05:38:06,798 --> 05:38:11,598
Also in our citizen Resource and Outreach division,

1856
05:38:11,670 --> 05:38:14,788
we have reassigned some dollars that we

1857
05:38:14,788 --> 05:38:18,958
had set aside prior to COVID to develop a new housing

1858
05:38:18,958 --> 05:38:22,558
program in order to recruit Empire

1859
05:38:24,654 --> 05:38:27,538
to new veteran services officers.

1860
05:38:27,538 --> 05:38:31,738
This would not require additional new dollars.

1861
05:38:31,838 --> 05:38:37,238
However, the program that we had intended to create

1862
05:38:37,358 --> 05:38:41,558
got delayed because of the COVID-related work

1863
05:38:45,703 --> 05:38:50,411
that we needed to do to distribute housing assistance

1864
05:38:50,411 --> 05:38:51,978
dollars.

1865
05:38:51,978 --> 05:38:55,644
That team was overwhelmed by those tasks, did not get

1866
05:38:55,644 --> 05:38:58,318
to develop this shared housing.

1867
05:38:58,318 --> 05:39:00,974
And since then, we have come up with other ways

1868
05:39:00,974 --> 05:39:03,831
of achieving the same goal that we

1869
05:39:03,831 --> 05:39:06,858
had planned to through that particular program.

1870
05:39:06,858 --> 05:39:10,118
So these dollars we now propose to use

1871
05:39:10,118 --> 05:39:15,566
to bring the additional veteran services officers that there is

1872
05:39:15,566 --> 05:39:17,611
a clear community demand for.

1873
05:39:17,611 --> 05:39:22,158
It enables us to locate them in other areas

1874
05:39:22,158 --> 05:39:28,758
with more depth, such as Lake Baldwin and Lake Nona areas.

1875
05:39:31,358 --> 05:39:35,558
Also in our Citizens and Outreach division,

1876
05:39:35,942 --> 05:39:38,818
we have had the pleasure of being

1877
05:39:38,818 --> 05:39:42,198
able to add the Office of Tenant Services.

1878
05:39:42,198 --> 05:39:46,398
They continue to do their excellent work

1879
05:39:46,698 --> 05:39:48,702
and are very well connected.

1880
05:39:48,702 --> 05:39:52,598
It's a very good fit with the outreach and other programs

1881
05:39:52,598 --> 05:39:56,195
that we run within community and family Services Department.

1882
05:39:56,195 --> 05:39:59,108
You can see some of the statistics

1883
05:39:59,108 --> 05:40:02,976
here for work that they have done in the past year.

1884
05:40:02,976 --> 05:40:07,928
They look forward to some upcoming partnerships that we

1885
05:40:07,928 --> 05:40:11,528
will solidify with memorandums of understanding,

1886
05:40:14,878 --> 05:40:19,238
such as the Orange County Library system and also with

1887
05:40:19,238 --> 05:40:23,878
Community Legal Services, both of which have proven to be

1888
05:40:23,878 --> 05:40:29,803
amazing resources for the team in the way that they do

1889
05:40:29,803 --> 05:40:35,524
their outreach to citizens, as well as the way they're able

1890
05:40:35,524 --> 05:40:41,278
to connect citizens with the legal services that they need

1891
05:40:41,278 --> 05:40:47,278
in order to hopefully sustain their housing and resolve other

1892
05:40:47,948 --> 05:40:52,148
legal housing land -- housing related issues.

1893
05:40:54,678 --> 05:40:57,558
Citizens Commission for children has continued its dynamism

1894
05:40:57,558 --> 05:41:02,114
in terms of all the things that small but mighty team

1895
05:41:02,114 --> 05:41:05,555
accomplished over the course of the year.

1896
05:41:05,555 --> 05:41:07,718
You can see here some of their outcomes

1897
05:41:07,718 --> 05:41:09,446
that we are highlighting.

1898
05:41:09,446 --> 05:41:13,646
Almost a thousand youth completed paid internships.

1899
05:41:15,131 --> 05:41:18,278
There were 1.2 million meals at least served

1900
05:41:18,278 --> 05:41:20,374
to children and their families.

1901
05:41:20,374 --> 05:41:25,174
2500 were more ready for school through the supplies

1902
05:41:26,658 --> 05:41:28,658
and clothing.

1903
05:41:28,778 --> 05:41:32,968
They got immunization and their sports physicals for free.

1904
05:41:32,968 --> 05:41:38,968
And more than 11,000 youth were served through our after school

1905
05:41:39,208 --> 05:41:44,608
zone programing, job rates, all the Oak Middle --

1906
05:41:49,438 --> 05:41:51,438
OCPS middle schools.

1907
05:41:51,678 --> 05:41:53,544
Through our children's services funding,

1908
05:41:53,544 --> 05:41:55,384
our programing continues to grow.

1909
05:41:55,384 --> 05:41:57,542
We are looking at adding to that that

1910
05:41:57,542 --> 05:41:59,408
is provided the innovation programing that

1911
05:41:59,408 --> 05:42:02,408
is provided for young people.

1912
05:42:02,711 --> 05:42:05,918
Life skills training and of course we

1913
05:42:05,918 --> 05:42:08,978
must accommodate the new commission districts

1914
05:42:08,978 --> 05:42:11,978
that will soon be established.

1915
05:42:13,380 --> 05:42:15,671
We don't do this alone.

1916
05:42:15,671 --> 05:42:20,523
In fact we primarily do this work through the partnerships

1917
05:42:20,523 --> 05:42:24,123
that we have with community organizations.

1918
05:42:24,538 --> 05:42:28,138
Specifically there's a total of $37 million

1919
05:42:29,158 --> 05:42:32,758
that is invested through nonprofit partnerships

1920
05:42:34,424 --> 05:42:39,224
with contracts over 139 of them, and over 340 programs

1921
05:42:45,620 --> 05:42:48,620
that result from that 139 contracts.

1922
05:42:48,408 --> 05:42:51,548
You can see some of them listed here.

1923
05:42:51,548 --> 05:42:55,686
I'm going to flip through just to demonstrate the number

1924
05:42:55,686 --> 05:42:58,966
that we are looking at here.

1925
05:42:58,966 --> 05:43:01,718
Those that are highlighted in the orange

1926
05:43:01,718 --> 05:43:05,254
are new ones from this last fiscal year

1927
05:43:05,254 --> 05:43:07,398
that have been established.

1928
05:43:07,398 --> 05:43:09,284
We have small.

1929
05:43:09,284 --> 05:43:10,384
We have large.

1930
05:43:10,384 --> 05:43:11,584
We have grassroots.

1931
05:43:11,584 --> 05:43:15,184
We have institutions such as OCPS.

1932
05:43:16,220 --> 05:43:18,422
You can see foundations.

1933
05:43:19,574 --> 05:43:24,974
There's a wide range of programs that are available.

1934
05:43:24,990 --> 05:43:28,383
And some of these programs actually

1935
05:43:28,383 --> 05:43:33,183
help to support the operations of other divisions

1936
05:43:33,718 --> 05:43:39,118
within our department but also serve children and families.

1937
05:43:39,582 --> 05:43:43,774
We must talk a little bit about these Citizen Safety Task

1938
05:43:43,774 --> 05:43:46,702
force that has been in operation for some years

1939
05:43:46,702 --> 05:43:52,102
now under the leadership of Mayor Demings, of course.

1940
05:43:54,720 --> 05:43:56,613
We received $2 million annually to supplement

1941
05:43:56,613 --> 05:44:00,998
these programs that are geared towards violence prevention

1942
05:44:00,998 --> 05:44:03,881
and focus on young people.

1943
05:44:03,881 --> 05:44:08,131
We are proposing a couple of new things for this year.

1944
05:44:08,131 --> 05:44:11,698
One of them is adding to a successful new program

1945
05:44:11,698 --> 05:44:16,498
that we established through Citizen Safety Task Force

1946
05:44:16,918 --> 05:44:19,918
funding, the credible Messengers program.

1947
05:44:20,158 --> 05:44:24,858
We intend to add two new ones that will likely be part time.

1948
05:44:24,858 --> 05:44:29,138
We hope to focus on the east side, where

1949
05:44:29,138 --> 05:44:31,803
we know we need to add some capacity,

1950
05:44:31,803 --> 05:44:35,768
and of course we do have our new commission districts

1951
05:44:35,768 --> 05:44:37,718
the as well.

1952
05:44:37,718 --> 05:44:43,118
Also we will be implementing youth violence prevention mini

1953
05:44:43,838 --> 05:44:44,718
grants.

1954
05:44:44,718 --> 05:44:49,108
We do expect to serve at least 3500 youth

1955
05:44:49,108 --> 05:44:51,108
through these programs.

1956
05:44:52,518 --> 05:44:57,138
And then there is our mental health and homelessness team.

1957
05:44:57,138 --> 05:44:59,780
Talk about small but mighty.

1958
05:44:59,780 --> 05:45:03,278
They are in charge of about 59 --

1959
05:45:06,893 --> 05:45:08,893
39 and 1/2 million dollars.

1960
05:45:10,611 --> 05:45:13,438
They operate primarily out of contracts for their services

1961
05:45:13,438 --> 05:45:15,438
that we provide.

1962
05:45:16,370 --> 05:45:19,182
The service providers are nonprofits.

1963
05:45:19,182 --> 05:45:21,455
Many of them are listed here.

1964
05:45:21,455 --> 05:45:25,458
One new one that is depicted is the Hope center.

1965
05:45:25,458 --> 05:45:30,218
There is much that is going on right now in the mental health

1966
05:45:30,218 --> 05:45:31,478
and homelessness arena.

1967
05:45:31,478 --> 05:45:33,308
We have been innovative.

1968
05:45:33,308 --> 05:45:37,238
We have expanded our ability and capacity

1969
05:45:37,238 --> 05:45:42,738
to serve the unhoused population as well as those who

1970
05:45:42,738 --> 05:45:45,138
have serious mental illnesses.

1971
05:45:45,208 --> 05:45:48,898
And there is a briefing that will be scheduled

1972
05:45:48,898 --> 05:45:51,898
for the commission in October.

1973
05:45:51,898 --> 05:45:56,698
One of your October meetings, Ms. Lisa Graham

1974
05:45:58,572 --> 05:46:03,380
will be going and a fair amount of detail

1975
05:46:03,380 --> 05:46:04,948
in the assortment of things her her team

1976
05:46:04,948 --> 05:46:08,238
were responsible for coordinating and planning.

1977
05:46:08,238 --> 05:46:11,838
However, in the meantime, I will let

1978
05:46:11,838 --> 05:46:15,371
you know that in terms of mental health related accomplishments,

1979
05:46:15,371 --> 05:46:19,403
the Hope center, the new contract that you

1980
05:46:19,403 --> 05:46:22,388
saw on the prior list, a modular approach

1981
05:46:22,388 --> 05:46:27,188
to therapy for children, served 166 youth this year.

1982
05:46:29,158 --> 05:46:31,558
Devereux implemented Multisystemic treatment,

1983
05:46:32,270 --> 05:46:37,670
which resulted in a 66% reduction in youth Baker acts.

1984
05:46:40,744 --> 05:46:45,544
That's involuntary commitments for mental health treatment --

1985
05:46:48,582 --> 05:46:52,758
since the program began enrolling young people.

1986
05:46:52,758 --> 05:46:57,675
Those are quite successful early results for those two programs.

1987
05:46:57,675 --> 05:47:02,198
In addition, we have our behavioral health outreach

1988
05:47:02,198 --> 05:47:05,198
services for individuals and education

1989
05:47:06,904 --> 05:47:10,531
that we do and provide for law enforcement relating

1990
05:47:10,531 --> 05:47:12,531
to crisis intervention.

1991
05:47:12,694 --> 05:47:19,894
We are proud to say that there was an 8.7% reduction in Baker

1992
05:47:20,750 --> 05:47:23,108
Act and Marchmont Act commitments

1993
05:47:23,108 --> 05:47:28,508
from the previous fiscal year, and the 213 first responders

1994
05:47:29,950 --> 05:47:32,950
were trained in crisis intervention.

1995
05:47:34,878 --> 05:47:40,878
Access to care for high risk pregnant mothers, healthy start

1996
05:47:42,700 --> 05:47:45,454
coalition in partnership with the Nurse Family Partnership

1997
05:47:45,454 --> 05:47:52,654
Group was able to help at least 23 mothers who were in care.

1998
05:47:58,598 --> 05:48:02,198
In the homelessness arena, some accomplishments.

1999
05:48:03,110 --> 05:48:06,000
Our outreach services expansion which

2000
05:48:06,000 --> 05:48:07,958
connected individuals experiencing homelessness

2001
05:48:07,958 --> 05:48:11,558
with shelter, benefits, and supportive services,

2002
05:48:12,158 --> 05:48:17,118
was augmented by our contract with Grand Avenue Economic

2003
05:48:17,118 --> 05:48:19,118
Developments outreach team.

2004
05:48:19,323 --> 05:48:23,523
We were able to respond to 61 encampments.

2005
05:48:24,398 --> 05:48:28,598
Access to permanent housing through our engagement

2006
05:48:28,738 --> 05:48:33,534
of landlords, our affordable housing, and new housing

2007
05:48:33,534 --> 05:48:36,774
navigation efforts it was very successful.

2008
05:48:36,774 --> 05:48:41,518
An example being the new housing Connector program

2009
05:48:41,518 --> 05:48:47,518
that has housed 236 individuals in this last year, just amazing.

2010
05:48:49,582 --> 05:48:52,128
You know how difficult that is to do

2011
05:48:52,128 --> 05:48:56,490
to provide affordable options for people who need them.

2012
05:48:56,490 --> 05:48:59,624
So we are very proud of that tool

2013
05:48:59,624 --> 05:49:05,780
and are making great use of it in our citizens

2014
05:49:05,780 --> 05:49:07,780
resource and outreach.

2015
05:49:07,388 --> 05:49:11,588
And Anderson also our housing development team

2016
05:49:13,538 --> 05:49:18,338
in the PEDS Department are also now contracting

2017
05:49:18,598 --> 05:49:22,198
with Housing Connector for their services.

2018
05:49:23,198 --> 05:49:27,982
In addition, we are developing and have developed

2019
05:49:27,982 --> 05:49:31,758
some bridge housing options both for individuals and families who

2020
05:49:31,758 --> 05:49:33,758
are experiencing homelessness.

2021
05:49:33,798 --> 05:49:38,430
And Samaritan Resources efforts are an example of that.

2022
05:49:38,430 --> 05:49:43,830
They were able to transition 43 families from bridge housing

2023
05:49:43,838 --> 05:49:45,838
to permanent housing.

2024
05:49:46,783 --> 05:49:50,983
Also our access to employment and education

2025
05:49:51,200 --> 05:49:57,971
was improved by the addition of first step staffing to the tools

2026
05:49:57,971 --> 05:50:00,886
that we use for that purpose.

2027
05:50:00,886 --> 05:50:06,286
Total number of clients who are currently employed is 16.

2028
05:50:07,958 --> 05:50:11,558
They came from the 32808 zip code

2029
05:50:12,198 --> 05:50:19,384
and are starting out at pay rates of $17 an hour on average.

2030
05:50:19,384 --> 05:50:24,318
So what are we looking at that is new for mental health

2031
05:50:24,318 --> 05:50:25,158
and homelessness?

2032
05:50:25,158 --> 05:50:28,220
Here are a few examples.

2033
05:50:28,220 --> 05:50:31,438
We have got Golden Rod Village.

2034
05:50:31,438 --> 05:50:35,758
We're very excited about this brand new facility that

2035
05:50:35,758 --> 05:50:38,758
is planned in district three.

2036
05:50:39,727 --> 05:50:44,527
We are looking at a 150 bed housing navigation

2037
05:50:45,924 --> 05:50:50,724
center, beautifully designed and hopefully in place by 2029.

2038
05:50:54,853 --> 05:50:57,761
We're also pursuing the purchase of a hotel that

2039
05:50:57,761 --> 05:51:02,718
could be a mixed use facility for supportive and market rate

2040
05:51:02,718 --> 05:51:03,244
housing.

2041
05:51:03,244 --> 05:51:08,308
And we are going to experiment with an overnight shelter

2042
05:51:08,308 --> 05:51:11,308
bus for chronically unhoused persons.

2043
05:51:13,642 --> 05:51:19,642
I mentioned that we have a pretty decent reliance double

2044
05:51:23,798 --> 05:51:26,998
I believe it's 15% reliance in terms of our total resources

2045
05:51:26,998 --> 05:51:28,998
on grant funds.

2046
05:51:29,958 --> 05:51:33,911
These are the major ones that we receive.

2047
05:51:33,911 --> 05:51:38,711
This particular slide highlights the general fund resources

2048
05:51:39,218 --> 05:51:44,222
that are utilized to supplement the salary and expenses related

2049
05:51:44,222 --> 05:51:45,838
to those grants.

2050
05:51:45,838 --> 05:51:50,270
Just to reinforce for you that although we

2051
05:51:50,270 --> 05:51:53,870
do receive federal and state funds,

2052
05:51:54,106 --> 05:51:57,798
we do as a county also make investments

2053
05:51:57,798 --> 05:52:00,198
in these particular programs.

2054
05:52:00,698 --> 05:52:04,723
The largest one of which is our dynamic Head Start program.

2055
05:52:04,723 --> 05:52:09,523
We receive over $16 million annually for that program.

2056
05:52:09,902 --> 05:52:15,302
And the county more than matches, more than some

2057
05:52:15,397 --> 05:52:20,797
of those funds to the tune currently of 5.6 million.

2058
05:52:23,203 --> 05:52:27,182
CINS FINS, children services call for families in need

2059
05:52:27,182 --> 05:52:29,182
of services, $1.1 million.

2060
05:52:29,428 --> 05:52:32,734
That's a counseling program for youth and families.

2061
05:52:32,734 --> 05:52:36,858
Our Great Oaks Village and Emergency shelters,

2062
05:52:36,858 --> 05:52:41,580
for million dollar investment there well worth

2063
05:52:42,438 --> 05:52:48,162
that investment for children who need a safe place to live.

2064
05:52:48,162 --> 05:52:52,118
Juvenile assessment center for the work that they do to help

2065
05:52:52,118 --> 05:52:56,318
kids get and stay out of trouble,

2066
05:52:57,370 --> 05:53:01,147
120,000 is what the General Fund contributes to that operation.

2067
05:53:01,147 --> 05:53:07,147
And the Oaks program also housed at Juvenile Assessment Center

2068
05:53:07,758 --> 05:53:11,358
location, $150,000 is our general fund contribution.

2069
05:53:14,758 --> 05:53:20,158
Next we will move on to capital improvement program.

2070
05:53:21,198 --> 05:53:24,878
The bulk of which will be presented by our dynamic Parks

2071
05:53:24,878 --> 05:53:26,878
and Recreation Manager.

2072
05:53:27,230 --> 05:53:32,178
But we do have just a few programs outside of that

2073
05:53:32,178 --> 05:53:35,178
that we will cover first.

2074
05:53:35,178 --> 05:53:39,978
The overall capital improvement budget for our department

2075
05:53:40,118 --> 05:53:42,118
is 28.8 million.

2076
05:53:42,334 --> 05:53:47,734
Is what is proposed for the coming fiscal year.

2077
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There are very few projects that we'll focus on outside of parks

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05:53:52,764 --> 05:53:53,737
are next.

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05:53:53,737 --> 05:53:59,397
The first is building E at the John Bridges Community Center

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05:53:59,397 --> 05:54:00,298
campus.

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05:54:00,298 --> 05:54:05,980
This was I understand a collection of portables

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05:54:05,740 --> 05:54:06,751
previously.

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05:54:06,751 --> 05:54:09,338
We have gotten rid of those that are constructing

2084
05:54:09,338 --> 05:54:12,424
an actual building that will house some

2085
05:54:12,424 --> 05:54:16,198
of the operations for Community Action Division,

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05:54:16,198 --> 05:54:19,378
as well as the head Start program.

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05:54:19,378 --> 05:54:23,317
So we look forward to getting this building completed

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05:54:23,317 --> 05:54:26,317
next year hopefully by October.

2089
05:54:26,886 --> 05:54:30,193
That whole project cost is 2.9 million.

2090
05:54:30,193 --> 05:54:35,678
But for the coming fiscal year, we anticipate spending about 500

2091
05:54:35,678 --> 05:54:37,678
000.

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05:54:40,380 --> 05:54:42,817
Also we've talked a bit about Goldenrod Village.

2093
05:54:42,817 --> 05:54:47,654
You see there that we are in the design phase.

2094
05:54:47,654 --> 05:54:50,941
We actually have some decent designs

2095
05:54:50,941 --> 05:54:55,304
that give us a clear sense of what we are going for there.

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05:54:55,304 --> 05:54:57,304
That cost us 200,000.

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05:54:57,878 --> 05:55:01,478
Total project cost anticipated is 26 million.

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05:55:02,490 --> 05:55:07,290
We have applied for 5 million through Congressman Frost's

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05:55:07,317 --> 05:55:09,206
office in federal funds.

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05:55:09,206 --> 05:55:14,606
And we expect to complete that project in 2030 according

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05:55:15,750 --> 05:55:18,150
to this slide --

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05:55:20,129 --> 05:55:22,529
the 29 to 30 time period.

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05:55:25,373 --> 05:55:27,674
Lastly is Great Oaks Village.

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05:55:27,674 --> 05:55:31,274
Thanks to the generosity and discretion

2105
05:55:31,673 --> 05:55:36,580
of the Children's Services Board of which Commissioner Wilson is

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05:55:36,580 --> 05:55:39,958
part -- thank you very much -- we are looking at a total

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05:55:39,958 --> 05:55:46,558
redesign of the dining hall and other portions of the facility

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05:55:47,398 --> 05:55:52,798
that serves meals and the ability for some camaraderie

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05:55:53,638 --> 05:55:56,638
there at Great Oaks Village.

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05:55:56,691 --> 05:56:02,910
We are in the design phase, which is 5000 anticipated.

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05:56:03,858 --> 05:56:10,482
And the total project cost for that project which will come out

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05:56:10,482 --> 05:56:13,482
of GOV donation funds is 150,000.

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05:56:13,683 --> 05:56:17,301
We hope to complete that project later this year.

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05:56:17,301 --> 05:56:24,501
And so now we shall move on to the parks presentation portion

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05:56:24,598 --> 05:56:26,780
of our budget presentation.

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05:56:26,780 --> 05:56:29,183
I will then come back and talk with you

2117
05:56:29,183 --> 05:56:33,983
about the impacts potentially of any reductions that

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05:56:35,244 --> 05:56:39,298
were required to make our Community and Family services.

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05:56:39,298 --> 05:56:41,298
Thank you.

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05:56:46,840 --> 05:56:47,668
>> Thank you comment director Thomas.

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05:56:47,668 --> 05:56:51,268
Good afternoon Mayor Demings, commissioners, controller,

2122
05:56:52,318 --> 05:56:53,244
administrator Brooks.

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05:56:53,244 --> 05:56:55,580
The presentation that I will proceed through,

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05:56:55,580 --> 05:56:59,780
I will cover first a brief --

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05:57:44,718 --> 05:57:48,166
The parks system has nearly 15000 acres maintained

2126
05:57:48,166 --> 05:57:53,566
for the public to access, 13,000 acres for passive recreation

2127
05:57:54,838 --> 05:57:57,838
sparks, picnicking, and ritual activities.

2128
05:57:59,880 --> 05:58:02,976
Some of these highlights include 130 acres of athletic fields --

2129
05:58:02,976 --> 05:58:07,126
that's 88 plus athletic fields, 11 public boat ramps,

2130
05:58:07,126 --> 05:58:08,431
six splash pads.

2131
05:58:08,431 --> 05:58:11,973
We will soon have two pools, one at Fort Gatlin and one

2132
05:58:11,973 --> 05:58:16,773
at tangelo, 13 dog parks, and equestrian venue, Stadium,

2133
05:58:16,838 --> 05:58:21,382
five family campgrounds, which see nearly 35,000 camping nights

2134
05:58:21,382 --> 05:58:23,382
reserved each year.

2135
05:58:23,614 --> 05:58:27,880
We also maintain 57 miles of main trails.

2136
05:58:27,880 --> 05:58:30,110
These are paved pedestrian trails.

2137
05:58:30,110 --> 05:58:32,718
These trails make connections throughout Orange County

2138
05:58:32,718 --> 05:58:34,758
and into three surrounding counties, offering

2139
05:58:34,758 --> 05:58:38,358
a very popular multi-modal recreation transportation

2140
05:58:38,563 --> 05:58:39,528
system.

2141
05:58:39,528 --> 05:58:43,998
As you are aware we also have 12 recreation centers

2142
05:58:43,998 --> 05:58:45,318
in our system.

2143
05:58:45,318 --> 05:58:48,531
Six of those are gymnasiums with collegiate courts,

2144
05:58:48,531 --> 05:58:50,531
NBA sized courts.

2145
05:58:50,610 --> 05:58:53,838
Six of these gymnasiums are prepared each year

2146
05:58:53,838 --> 05:58:57,709
to serve in case there is an emergency need for shelters.

2147
05:58:57,709 --> 05:59:00,454
We also serve the community to access relief

2148
05:59:00,454 --> 05:59:02,750
from heat or extreme cold.

2149
05:59:02,750 --> 05:59:05,750
With over 50 unique interior spaces,

2150
05:59:06,318 --> 05:59:08,660
our partnerships and recreation centers

2151
05:59:08,660 --> 05:59:11,178
make it possible for over 120 local nonprofit clubs

2152
05:59:11,178 --> 05:59:14,458
and organizations to host gatherings and serve

2153
05:59:14,458 --> 05:59:15,628
the community.

2154
05:59:15,628 --> 05:59:19,538
All these wonderful spaces are the perfect setting

2155
05:59:19,538 --> 05:59:22,728
for creating lasting memories and building community

2156
05:59:22,728 --> 05:59:25,280
through activities and gatherings.

2157
05:59:25,280 --> 05:59:27,411
I will review some of those.

2158
05:59:27,411 --> 05:59:29,331
A favorite program of kids and parents

2159
05:59:29,331 --> 05:59:32,618
alike for the fun and affordability are summer camps.

2160
05:59:32,618 --> 05:59:35,302
We are currently operating 12 summer camps at present.

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05:59:35,302 --> 05:59:37,918
We have after school programs that will pick up

2162
05:59:37,918 --> 05:59:40,318
at 13 locations here shortly.

2163
05:59:41,758 --> 05:59:45,248
A sense of achievement is a goal with all of our recreation

2164
05:59:45,248 --> 05:59:48,478
programs and those offered by our sports partners.

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05:59:48,478 --> 05:59:51,471
The division prepares nearly 90 athletic fields

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05:59:51,471 --> 05:59:53,364
on a daily basis.

2167
05:59:53,364 --> 05:59:56,150
These fields host over 7000 of our local kids

2168
05:59:56,150 --> 05:59:59,518
who play soccer, baseball, football, lacrosse,

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05:59:59,518 --> 06:00:03,624
and softball in leagues offered with our youth sports partners.

2170
06:00:03,624 --> 06:00:06,578
The county officially partners with 13 youth partners

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06:00:06,578 --> 06:00:09,174
to provide recreational and instructional support

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06:00:09,174 --> 06:00:11,298
to school aged youth.

2173
06:00:11,298 --> 06:00:14,534
There is 225 private sport clubs and travel

2174
06:00:14,534 --> 06:00:18,478
teams that routinely rent our facilities to train and play.

2175
06:00:18,478 --> 06:00:22,608
Kids grow up and they keep on playing.

2176
06:00:22,608 --> 06:00:26,206
Adult athletics in Orange County is robust.

2177
06:00:26,206 --> 06:00:28,664
We host a variety of adult sport activities.

2178
06:00:28,664 --> 06:00:33,291
Among these favorites are softball, inline hockey, tennis,

2179
06:00:33,291 --> 06:00:35,998
pickleball, disc golf, and basketball

2180
06:00:35,998 --> 06:00:37,998
throughout the county.

2181
06:00:38,638 --> 06:00:40,638
Nothing slows down.

2182
06:00:40,828 --> 06:00:43,318
Our maturing active adults in Orange County

2183
06:00:43,318 --> 06:00:47,812
paramedic the Renaissance Senior Center and Marsh Street Senior

2184
06:00:47,812 --> 06:00:50,104
Recreation Complex continue to be favorite destinations

2185
06:00:50,104 --> 06:00:52,718
for recreation and fitness with Oliver 1900

2186
06:00:52,718 --> 06:00:56,112
Senior Adult fitness memberships between these two centers

2187
06:00:56,112 --> 06:00:58,958
and 1900 hours of senior volunteers.

2188
06:00:58,958 --> 06:01:01,178
It is evident that our mature adults

2189
06:01:01,178 --> 06:01:02,822
are living life to the full.

2190
06:01:02,822 --> 06:01:05,898
Many senior adults also invest their time

2191
06:01:05,898 --> 06:01:10,510
back into the community through our Adopt a Park programs

2192
06:01:10,510 --> 06:01:13,228
and two nonprofit friends of corporations that

2193
06:01:13,228 --> 06:01:15,628
assist their favorite park.

2194
06:01:16,410 --> 06:01:20,218
Special events in the parks are one of our favorite ways

2195
06:01:20,218 --> 06:01:21,898
to give back to the community.

2196
06:01:21,898 --> 06:01:24,398
Music festivals like the Mayor's Jazz

2197
06:01:24,398 --> 06:01:27,504
Festival at Cypress Grove Park, the Bluegrass Festival

2198
06:01:27,504 --> 06:01:31,294
its Christmas Park line up right alongside our family fun events.

2199
06:01:31,294 --> 06:01:34,608
Some of those are award winning movies in the parks,

2200
06:01:34,608 --> 06:01:39,542
Pine Castle pioneer Days, and our crazy cardboard Canoe

2201
06:01:39,542 --> 06:01:41,878
Regatta at Kelly Park.

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06:01:41,878 --> 06:01:44,828
Lastly holiday events are a favorite for everyone.

2203
06:01:44,828 --> 06:01:49,878
We don't want you to miss our 48th Annual Cracker Christmas

2204
06:01:49,878 --> 06:01:52,678
at Fort Christmas Historical Park this December.

2205
06:01:52,678 --> 06:01:55,678
Our sixth gymnasium recreation centers

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06:01:56,458 --> 06:01:58,380
and two senior recreation centers

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06:01:58,380 --> 06:02:00,398
all feature a personal fitness facility

2208
06:02:00,398 --> 06:02:04,488
with treadmills, free weights, and resistance machines.

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06:02:04,488 --> 06:02:06,534
There are actually nine across the county where

2210
06:02:06,534 --> 06:02:10,582
you can achieve fitness or with the same membership pass.

2211
06:02:10,582 --> 06:02:12,596
It's easy to stay fit.

2212
06:02:12,596 --> 06:02:15,540
You don't have an excuse if you live in a far reaching area

2213
06:02:15,540 --> 06:02:15,998
of the county.

2214
06:02:15,998 --> 06:02:16,778
Colored.

2215
06:02:16,778 --> 06:02:21,674
School aged children is eligible for a free youth membership

2216
06:02:21,674 --> 06:02:25,102
so they can gather right after school and on weekends

2217
06:02:25,102 --> 06:02:28,990
with time set aside specifically for their age group.

2218
06:02:28,990 --> 06:02:30,431
There are nearly 6900 youth enjoying

2219
06:02:30,431 --> 06:02:32,431
this special membership.

2220
06:02:33,838 --> 06:02:35,630
Now I'd like to celebrate with you

2221
06:02:35,630 --> 06:02:38,880
some of your recently completed parks capital projects.

2222
06:02:38,880 --> 06:02:42,944
Barbara Park now features a new state park designed

2223
06:02:42,944 --> 06:02:44,998
by and for skaters of all ages.

2224
06:02:44,998 --> 06:02:47,942
The Mayor and Commissioner Uribe opened this too much fairy

2225
06:02:47,942 --> 06:02:52,142
affair in == to much fanfare in February.

2226
06:02:53,891 --> 06:02:58,691
A new parking lot and a traffic roundabout.

2227
06:03:00,780 --> 06:03:03,662
Little econ Greenway trail gap has been completed.

2228
06:03:03,662 --> 06:03:05,963
This short section of the little Econ Greenway

2229
06:03:05,963 --> 06:03:08,630
is a step towards completing the connection between Forsyth Road

2230
06:03:08,630 --> 06:03:15,830
and a future crossing of State Road 436 to the Katy Way Trail.

2231
06:03:16,278 --> 06:03:18,382
Horizon West Regional Park was popular

2232
06:03:18,382 --> 06:03:22,658
before we could even get the gates open and more so

2233
06:03:22,658 --> 06:03:25,380
since the ribbon cutting officially

2234
06:03:25,380 --> 06:03:29,138
conducted by the Mayor and Commissioner Wilson in February.

2235
06:03:29,138 --> 06:03:30,878
This playground is out of this world.

2236
06:03:30,878 --> 06:03:32,898
It is the highest elements we have.

2237
06:03:32,898 --> 06:03:34,538
And there is more to come.

2238
06:03:34,538 --> 06:03:37,678
We'll talk about that in a moment.

2239
06:03:37,678 --> 06:03:40,248
Lake Apopka loop Connector trail one

2240
06:03:40,248 --> 06:03:43,224
of the most beautiful sections of our mainline trails.

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06:03:43,224 --> 06:03:44,891
This was opened in February of this year

2242
06:03:44,891 --> 06:03:48,718
thanks in large part to the wonderful collaboration

2243
06:03:48,718 --> 06:03:52,278
from Orange County Utilities and Public Works.

2244
06:03:52,278 --> 06:03:54,334
With the completion of this loop connector trail

2245
06:03:54,334 --> 06:03:56,158
it is now possible to circumnavigate

2246
06:03:56,158 --> 06:04:00,542
the entirety of Lake Apopka on a network of trails that

2247
06:04:00,542 --> 06:04:03,140
goes from Orange County into Lake County and returns

2248
06:04:03,140 --> 06:04:05,140
to our trailheads.

2249
06:04:06,358 --> 06:04:10,918
Now let's highlight several of your current and ongoing CIP

2250
06:04:10,918 --> 06:04:12,918
projects.

2251
06:04:13,918 --> 06:04:17,750
Watermark Park Project is a new project

2252
06:04:17,750 --> 06:04:19,278
for Horizon West Community.

2253
06:04:19,278 --> 06:04:23,326
Features a playground, shade trees, open play areas,

2254
06:04:23,326 --> 06:04:25,751
and a picnic pavilion all with direct access

2255
06:04:25,751 --> 06:04:27,782
for the kids at Panther Lake Elementary School.

2256
06:04:27,782 --> 06:04:29,798
We are finalizing progress on that

2257
06:04:29,798 --> 06:04:32,574
and it should be open before the year's end.

2258
06:04:32,574 --> 06:04:36,191
Our ongoing efforts to increase safety for players on our fields

2259
06:04:36,191 --> 06:04:38,108
and improve our power consumption efficiencies

2260
06:04:38,108 --> 06:04:41,838
was played out this year at Downey Park.

2261
06:04:41,838 --> 06:04:43,583
Youth and adults on five diamond fields

2262
06:04:43,583 --> 06:04:48,780
will be playing on a new LED support lighting.

2263
06:04:48,780 --> 06:04:51,218
Barbara Park is on track for a new recreation

2264
06:04:51,218 --> 06:04:52,238
center and gymnasium.

2265
06:04:52,238 --> 06:04:55,476
The seventh such center serving the county.

2266
06:04:55,476 --> 06:04:57,180
Design of this new facility continues

2267
06:04:57,180 --> 06:05:02,418
and we are anticipating an opening date sometime in 2028.

2268
06:05:03,238 --> 06:05:06,238
Silverleaf neighborhood Park, master planning

2269
06:05:07,820 --> 06:05:08,778
was recently completed.

2270
06:05:08,778 --> 06:05:11,158
Now the project will be moving towards design.

2271
06:05:11,158 --> 06:05:12,768
This is a community driven plan.

2272
06:05:12,768 --> 06:05:18,768
With top amenities designed to mimic those of Watermark Park.

2273
06:05:20,118 --> 06:05:22,691
Downey Park new skate facility is

2274
06:05:22,691 --> 06:05:24,448
close to being awarded for construction.

2275
06:05:24,448 --> 06:05:27,818
We anticipate an opening in the fall of 27.

2276
06:05:27,818 --> 06:05:31,138
This will feature some of the favorite streetscape elements

2277
06:05:31,138 --> 06:05:34,138
that our community frequently request.

2278
06:05:35,998 --> 06:05:38,982
Mary Demings and Commissioner Wilson

2279
06:05:38,982 --> 06:05:41,478
broke ground on the next phase of construction

2280
06:05:41,478 --> 06:05:43,942
for Horizon West Regional Park.

2281
06:05:43,942 --> 06:05:47,798
On June 18th phase one B was launched and includes a splash

2282
06:05:47,798 --> 06:05:50,480
pad, additional parking capacity,

2283
06:05:50,480 --> 06:05:52,471
and a watercraft launch and Julie Hartley.

2284
06:05:52,471 --> 06:05:53,846
We're looking forward to a ribbon

2285
06:05:53,846 --> 06:05:56,846
cutting in late summer of 27.

2286
06:05:57,380 --> 06:06:00,638
The Magnolia Park Solar Panel project

2287
06:06:01,598 --> 06:06:04,694
for the Magnolia Eco Tourism Center

2288
06:06:04,694 --> 06:06:07,694
is being bid for construction.

2289
06:06:10,878 --> 06:06:16,243
And Horizon West Trail phase one A is being bid.

2290
06:06:16,243 --> 06:06:19,378
This will connect eventually horizon West Trail systems

2291
06:06:19,378 --> 06:06:22,378
to the West orange Trail.

2292
06:06:23,158 --> 06:06:26,158
Timber Bridge Preserve is currently

2293
06:06:27,280 --> 06:06:28,246
in the permitting phase.

2294
06:06:28,246 --> 06:06:30,742
We are working through the recent comments

2295
06:06:30,742 --> 06:06:33,142
in 20 resolution early in 2027.

2296
06:06:35,358 --> 06:06:39,513
Lake Eleanor Community Park is in final design

2297
06:06:39,513 --> 06:06:42,513
and anticipated for construction in 2029.

2298
06:06:45,438 --> 06:06:50,789
Work is ongoing to restore much of the previously built out area

2299
06:06:50,789 --> 06:06:53,238
on the east side of Blanchard Park com

2300
06:06:53,238 --> 06:06:55,523
where we'll be adding the new passive recreation

2301
06:06:55,523 --> 06:06:58,523
areas for families to gather.

2302
06:06:59,118 --> 06:07:03,264
A hundred years of parks and recreation

2303
06:07:03,264 --> 06:07:05,784
means there's facilities that are just outdated.

2304
06:07:05,784 --> 06:07:09,790
Replacing some of these outdated and inoperable and under

2305
06:07:09,790 --> 06:07:13,246
restrooms are an existing priority for us.

2306
06:07:13,246 --> 06:07:15,780
New universally accessible designs

2307
06:07:15,780 --> 06:07:18,318
are underway for both campgrounds at Trimble Park

2308
06:07:18,318 --> 06:07:24,718
and Camp Joy and for the day use restroom at Moss Park.

2309
06:07:24,718 --> 06:07:27,254
The Parks and Recreation Master Plan update

2310
06:07:27,254 --> 06:07:29,713
applies to the entire park system countywide.

2311
06:07:29,713 --> 06:07:33,778
We anticipate an award for that contract before the year's end.

2312
06:07:33,778 --> 06:07:36,598
Then we will begin community and stakeholder outreach

2313
06:07:36,598 --> 06:07:38,998
to gauge overall needs.

2314
06:07:40,198 --> 06:07:44,102
Orange county's portion of the Shingle Creek Trail

2315
06:07:44,102 --> 06:07:48,342
is in district six and district one, starting at Sand Lake

2316
06:07:48,342 --> 06:07:51,408
and running to the orange, Osceola County line.

2317
06:07:51,408 --> 06:07:54,780
Phase one segments two and three have been awarded

2318
06:07:54,780 --> 06:07:56,222
and construction will begin this year.

2319
06:07:56,222 --> 06:07:59,148
This section is largely comprised of elevated boardwalk

2320
06:07:59,148 --> 06:08:01,610
along beautiful sections of Shingle Creek

2321
06:08:01,610 --> 06:08:02,786
and as always with our trail projects

2322
06:08:02,786 --> 06:08:05,533
this work is coordinated through Orange County Public Works.

2323
06:08:05,533 --> 06:08:08,533
We appreciate that very much.

2324
06:08:09,318 --> 06:08:12,198
Waterloo Park North is in the bidding phase,

2325
06:08:12,198 --> 06:08:14,344
still on track with that top ranked amenities

2326
06:08:14,344 --> 06:08:16,544
for the community our playground,

2327
06:08:16,544 --> 06:08:20,388
basketball court, walking paths, and a multi-purpose open space

2328
06:08:20,388 --> 06:08:22,388
area.

2329
06:08:22,998 --> 06:08:27,198
Waterloo Park South also the neighborhood park,

2330
06:08:27,638 --> 06:08:30,638
similar amenities including top amenities

2331
06:08:30,898 --> 06:08:34,998
such as the playground, picnic pavilions, multipurpose court,

2332
06:08:34,998 --> 06:08:36,998
and walking loop.

2333
06:08:38,158 --> 06:08:42,358
For fiscal year 26, 27, our proposed capital projects

2334
06:08:43,248 --> 06:08:45,454
are conservative and focus on our goal

2335
06:08:45,454 --> 06:08:49,344
now of maintaining safe, clean, and fun parks

2336
06:08:49,344 --> 06:08:51,694
where our community can create lasting memories.

2337
06:08:51,694 --> 06:08:55,350
As our parks system is turning the corner from its 100 year

2338
06:08:55,350 --> 06:08:57,166
birthday, it's an ongoing effort of ours

2339
06:08:57,166 --> 06:09:01,980
to maintain safe play structures, buildings, fields,

2340
06:09:01,980 --> 06:09:02,718
and parks.

2341
06:09:02,718 --> 06:09:05,780
Our budget reflects these recurring capital needs.

2342
06:09:05,780 --> 06:09:09,118
Some of those reflected here are trails and asphalt repairs

2343
06:09:09,118 --> 06:09:11,380
throughout the county.

2344
06:09:11,380 --> 06:09:13,338
Our work with the National Pollutant discharge areas

2345
06:09:13,338 --> 06:09:15,462
that are scattered throughout our parks,

2346
06:09:15,462 --> 06:09:19,398
but ongoing work and repairs and rebuilds

2347
06:09:19,398 --> 06:09:23,238
of boardwalks and bridges, and our public boat ramps.

2348
06:09:23,238 --> 06:09:25,558
Constant use of pools, splash pads,

2349
06:09:25,558 --> 06:09:28,438
and in and out of the public areas and surfaces

2350
06:09:28,438 --> 06:09:32,142
is a constant demand, which we need to address,

2351
06:09:32,142 --> 06:09:36,342
as is gymnasiums, athletic surfacing, roofs, lightning

2352
06:09:36,748 --> 06:09:40,510
protection, and then with the constant demand on playing

2353
06:09:40,510 --> 06:09:42,814
fields and playgrounds, there is work

2354
06:09:42,814 --> 06:09:45,342
to be done each year on those as well.

2355
06:09:45,342 --> 06:09:47,618
These might not be glamorous projects,

2356
06:09:47,618 --> 06:09:50,230
but they are necessary to meet the level of service

2357
06:09:50,230 --> 06:09:51,988
that our community has come to appreciate

2358
06:09:51,988 --> 06:09:53,886
and for Orange County.

2359
06:09:53,886 --> 06:09:57,180
Our plant safety and efficiency work

2360
06:09:57,180 --> 06:09:58,618
continues with a lighting upgrade

2361
06:09:58,618 --> 06:10:01,728
proposal for another of our popular youth baseball

2362
06:10:01,728 --> 06:10:02,313
complexes.

2363
06:10:02,313 --> 06:10:05,913
This year at George Bailey Park.

2364
06:10:06,774 --> 06:10:10,974
Lastly as mentioned earlier in the presentation,

2365
06:10:11,224 --> 06:10:14,830
construction on phase one B of Horizon West Regional Park

2366
06:10:14,830 --> 06:10:16,830
began in June.

2367
06:10:16,878 --> 06:10:18,558
Where requesting additional funding

2368
06:10:18,558 --> 06:10:22,702
to construct a combined services building near the Pavilion

2369
06:10:22,702 --> 06:10:25,178
and event area on the east side of Park.

2370
06:10:25,178 --> 06:10:27,178
This partnered approach to serving the community

2371
06:10:27,178 --> 06:10:31,278
will feature a mini station for sector two of the Orange County

2372
06:10:31,278 --> 06:10:34,408
Sheriff's Office, alongside a public restroom and parks

2373
06:10:34,408 --> 06:10:36,408
Maintenance office.

2374
06:10:37,318 --> 06:10:40,634
Thank you for your time and I will

2375
06:10:40,634 --> 06:10:46,634
let this time turn it back over to Director Thomas.

2376
06:10:50,945 --> 06:10:54,438
>> It's always amazing to consider all the our parks

2377
06:10:54,438 --> 06:10:58,854
and Recreation Division does and the broad scope

2378
06:10:58,854 --> 06:11:04,854
of the facilities and trails and fields that they manage,

2379
06:11:07,902 --> 06:11:12,618
very spectacular asset for our county and a long held

2380
06:11:12,618 --> 06:11:16,218
for the -- long held investment.

2381
06:11:18,902 --> 06:11:21,158
We return to our assignment of also

2382
06:11:21,158 --> 06:11:24,780
imagining a world where we unfortunately

2383
06:11:24,780 --> 06:11:26,478
have to implement reductions.

2384
06:11:27,718 --> 06:11:32,518
In our considering this, we feel that it

2385
06:11:35,490 --> 06:11:40,220
is going to hit us perhaps most heavily in some

2386
06:11:40,220 --> 06:11:43,798
of the costs associated with our programing.

2387
06:11:43,798 --> 06:11:48,502
As I have mentioned, more than half of our budget

2388
06:11:48,502 --> 06:11:51,390
pertains to general revenue funds.

2389
06:11:51,390 --> 06:11:57,718
We are looking at not being able to hire additional staff,

2390
06:11:57,718 --> 06:12:01,246
and probably hiring freezes if we

2391
06:12:01,246 --> 06:12:03,918
are required to make a significant reduction.

2392
06:12:03,918 --> 06:12:08,718
This would have an impact throughout our department.

2393
06:12:09,608 --> 06:12:11,630
I have already described how hard

2394
06:12:11,630 --> 06:12:17,228
we have worked to hire, retain, and train our staff.

2395
06:12:17,228 --> 06:12:21,198
When it comes to programing, we can pretty much

2396
06:12:21,198 --> 06:12:24,858
go down the list of nearly all the programs that

2397
06:12:24,858 --> 06:12:27,102
were on that first pie chart where

2398
06:12:27,102 --> 06:12:31,302
we listed the general revenue funded programs,

2399
06:12:31,468 --> 06:12:33,778
and even some of our grant programs

2400
06:12:33,778 --> 06:12:36,240
could potentially be affected.

2401
06:12:36,240 --> 06:12:40,224
The eviction prevention programs in the community,

2402
06:12:41,428 --> 06:12:45,742
which we lovingly refer to as epic, is an example.

2403
06:12:45,742 --> 06:12:49,128
This is a crisis funding for households

2404
06:12:49,128 --> 06:12:53,328
that are having trouble sustaining their rent.

2405
06:12:53,978 --> 06:12:56,978
Our veterans services, our family

2406
06:12:58,538 --> 06:13:00,938
and children's counseling programs

2407
06:13:01,638 --> 06:13:04,380
would likely be impacted.

2408
06:13:04,726 --> 06:13:07,718
Some more of those are listed here.

2409
06:13:07,718 --> 06:13:10,998
Great Oaks Village, Children's services programs

2410
06:13:10,998 --> 06:13:14,358
that are funded through the Citizens

2411
06:13:14,358 --> 06:13:18,558
Commission for children, funding levels of over 30

2412
06:13:19,131 --> 06:13:23,931
million their in total. $2 million citizens Safety Task

2413
06:13:24,758 --> 06:13:27,980
Force paramedic these are programs

2414
06:13:27,980 --> 06:13:30,494
that I don't necessarily anticipate we will be proposing

2415
06:13:30,494 --> 06:13:37,458
to eliminate, but we would have to consider a level of funding

2416
06:13:37,458 --> 06:13:39,894
that could go to the programs.

2417
06:13:39,894 --> 06:13:44,438
We have family preservation and stabilization as well as

2418
06:13:44,438 --> 06:13:48,380
our pregnant and parenting teen program,

2419
06:13:49,251 --> 06:13:52,251
the parenting supports another example

2420
06:13:52,646 --> 06:13:55,460
of a potential reduction.

2421
06:13:55,758 --> 06:14:00,940
We have made strides in our planning and efforts related

2422
06:14:00,940 --> 06:14:02,286
to human trafficking that would have

2423
06:14:02,286 --> 06:14:05,718
to be rethought to some extent.

2424
06:14:05,718 --> 06:14:11,118
And the work that our citizens review panel funds,

2425
06:14:11,598 --> 06:14:16,398
including child care slots and food insecurity initiatives,

2426
06:14:16,571 --> 06:14:19,571
would have to be rethought.

2427
06:14:19,782 --> 06:14:21,838
Our neighborhood centers for children

2428
06:14:21,838 --> 06:14:26,380
are very well utilized programs and spread

2429
06:14:26,598 --> 06:14:28,598
throughout the county.

2430
06:14:29,238 --> 06:14:31,870
We would perhaps have some difficulty

2431
06:14:31,870 --> 06:14:35,774
in the levels of investment that we

2432
06:14:35,774 --> 06:14:41,918
could make in their programs, not to mention the after school

2433
06:14:41,918 --> 06:14:48,518
zone that currently operates out of all of the middle schools.

2434
06:14:48,584 --> 06:14:51,651
We would have to look hard at that.

2435
06:14:51,651 --> 06:14:55,851
Those programs contribute to preventing juvenile delinquency

2436
06:14:55,851 --> 06:14:58,502
because if they give children something

2437
06:14:58,502 --> 06:15:01,838
to do during that downtime between school

2438
06:15:01,838 --> 06:15:05,438
and when working parents return home.

2439
06:15:06,380 --> 06:15:09,638
And the cooperative extension, regrettably there

2440
06:15:11,538 --> 06:15:13,984
are counties in the state that are rethinking

2441
06:15:13,984 --> 06:15:18,184
their partnerships with IFIS because of concerns

2442
06:15:20,134 --> 06:15:21,350
about funding.

2443
06:15:21,350 --> 06:15:25,613
I would hope that that would not be the case for us,

2444
06:15:25,613 --> 06:15:31,613
but it is a program that does receive some support

2445
06:15:32,300 --> 06:15:34,430
from our general revenues.

2446
06:15:35,590 --> 06:15:39,894
We just need to think about the relative priorities of all

2447
06:15:39,894 --> 06:15:43,126
of these things that we do.

2448
06:15:43,126 --> 06:15:45,638
Climate efficiency program, we are

2449
06:15:45,638 --> 06:15:47,880
very proud that we helped seniors

2450
06:15:47,880 --> 06:15:49,934
stay comfortable in their homes by helping

2451
06:15:49,934 --> 06:15:53,910
them replace their Hvac systems and make other life saving

2452
06:15:53,910 --> 06:15:55,651
home improvements.

2453
06:15:55,651 --> 06:15:59,251
Our community centers are these jewels

2454
06:15:59,870 --> 06:16:05,270
that are well utilized within many of our communities.

2455
06:16:05,525 --> 06:16:08,624
Well used by the county and well used

2456
06:16:08,624 --> 06:16:12,863
by citizens for their own activities and events.

2457
06:16:12,863 --> 06:16:18,270
We would really have to look at the hours perhaps,

2458
06:16:18,270 --> 06:16:21,718
maybe the level of security that we

2459
06:16:21,718 --> 06:16:27,118
are able to supply, again, rethinking our operations there.

2460
06:16:29,198 --> 06:16:32,838
And we make a large investment in mental health

2461
06:16:32,838 --> 06:16:36,766
and homelessness, some of which I described to you earlier.

2462
06:16:36,766 --> 06:16:40,851
Again, we would need to perhaps do less

2463
06:16:40,851 --> 06:16:45,398
than we plan to do going forward if we have

2464
06:16:45,398 --> 06:16:48,192
less funding available to us and perhaps

2465
06:16:48,192 --> 06:16:53,306
one or more new initiatives will have to be delayed.

2466
06:16:53,306 --> 06:16:58,569
The Head Start program, which we know and love

2467
06:16:58,569 --> 06:17:01,238
and I should say award winning, we

2468
06:17:01,238 --> 06:17:04,838
were notified of five more awards

2469
06:17:05,598 --> 06:17:07,728
just this week for that program.

2470
06:17:07,728 --> 06:17:10,950
They're making a presentation to you

2471
06:17:10,950 --> 06:17:14,550
also in October, their annual report.

2472
06:17:16,518 --> 06:17:19,651
You will certainly hear about it then if not beforehand.

2473
06:17:19,651 --> 06:17:26,683
In any event, this is largely federal funded, what I showed --

2474
06:17:26,683 --> 06:17:30,971
but I showed you that $5 million of federal revenue helped

2475
06:17:30,971 --> 06:17:34,870
supplement the operations of that amazing program.

2476
06:17:34,870 --> 06:17:39,670
And then of course, our manager Kyle Kent

2477
06:17:39,824 --> 06:17:43,678
has just outlined for you the vast amount of work

2478
06:17:43,678 --> 06:17:49,678
that goes into operation of our parks and Recreation division.

2479
06:17:50,238 --> 06:17:54,438
That's a very dynamic and will utilize

2480
06:17:55,780 --> 06:18:00,478
team that has a very diverse set of responsibilities

2481
06:18:01,378 --> 06:18:05,578
for the vast property management facility management

2482
06:18:07,240 --> 06:18:13,240
and programing that is managed their paramedic there would be

2483
06:18:13,578 --> 06:18:15,474
a collection of things we would have

2484
06:18:15,474 --> 06:18:20,363
to consider related to the parks and Recreation operation.

2485
06:18:20,363 --> 06:18:26,363
From deferring some things that we currently have planned to

2486
06:18:27,418 --> 06:18:31,180
reductions in hiring and the like

2487
06:18:32,240 --> 06:18:35,240
would need to be considered.

2488
06:18:41,539 --> 06:18:46,638
And on top of all that, like other parts

2489
06:18:46,638 --> 06:18:49,398
of the county's operation, we have some unfunded mandates

2490
06:18:49,398 --> 06:18:51,151
that are things that we would have

2491
06:18:51,151 --> 06:18:55,662
to pay for regardless of any other kinds of reductions

2492
06:18:55,662 --> 06:18:59,262
that we would have to consider.

2493
06:18:59,630 --> 06:19:02,758
One are the health mandated costs

2494
06:19:02,758 --> 06:19:06,358
for the medical examinations we are

2495
06:19:08,744 --> 06:19:12,673
responsible for paying for for abused, abandoned, and neglected

2496
06:19:12,673 --> 06:19:13,228
children.

2497
06:19:13,228 --> 06:19:18,395
We bear the total cost for those at the state's behest.

2498
06:19:18,395 --> 06:19:23,195
Similarly the juvenile detention center, we invest $4.2 million.

2499
06:19:26,597 --> 06:19:29,406
We in other counties are required

2500
06:19:29,406 --> 06:19:32,858
to share the cost of juvenile secure detention

2501
06:19:32,858 --> 06:19:35,858
with the state of Florida.

2502
06:19:35,941 --> 06:19:39,541
That comes out of our budget.

2503
06:19:41,598 --> 06:19:49,398
In summary, I would say that even though this has been and is

2504
06:19:49,461 --> 06:19:54,558
a status quo year, we in community and family services

2505
06:19:54,558 --> 06:19:58,891
are very excited about all that we have initiated.

2506
06:19:58,891 --> 06:20:01,654
And we look forward to continuing

2507
06:20:01,654 --> 06:20:06,454
the implementation of our brand new Magellan concept.

2508
06:20:06,878 --> 06:20:11,526
We will continue to work on our strategic plan.

2509
06:20:11,526 --> 06:20:15,126
We have made great progress there.

2510
06:20:15,153 --> 06:20:19,353
We've already achieved seven of the 60 goals

2511
06:20:19,418 --> 06:20:22,418
that we've established for ourselves,

2512
06:20:23,400 --> 06:20:27,190
or I should say 60 strategies that we're pursuing.

2513
06:20:27,190 --> 06:20:31,158
And we have got almost 40 more that

2514
06:20:31,158 --> 06:20:33,340
are in very active development.

2515
06:20:33,340 --> 06:20:37,238
We are excited about what our teams are doing their.

2516
06:20:37,238 --> 06:20:42,980
And we are making strides in our ability to measure and monitor

2517
06:20:42,980 --> 06:20:47,498
our service delivery and the outcomes related to them.

2518
06:20:47,566 --> 06:20:50,678
We have a very committed and dedicated staff.

2519
06:20:50,678 --> 06:20:54,294
And I hope that you can recognize

2520
06:20:54,294 --> 06:20:59,940
the diversity of the visions, operations, and programs,

2521
06:20:59,717 --> 06:21:06,638
that we are responsible for that we do embody our slogan of where

2522
06:21:06,638 --> 06:21:12,638
joy lives, hope grows, and health happens for the Orange

2523
06:21:12,958 --> 06:21:14,138
County community.

2524
06:21:14,138 --> 06:21:21,338
With that, Kyle and I invite any questions that you may have.

2525
06:21:22,518 --> 06:21:25,758
Hopefully we can address those at this time.

2526
06:21:25,758 --> 06:21:27,758
Thank you.

2527
06:21:28,918 --> 06:21:30,742
>> All right.

2528
06:21:30,742 --> 06:21:32,558
It's working.

2529
06:21:32,558 --> 06:21:35,558
Commissioner Scott, you're up first.

2530
06:21:36,838 --> 06:21:38,232
>> Never a first.

2531
06:21:38,232 --> 06:21:41,158
I won the lottery today.

2532
06:21:41,158 --> 06:21:42,744
>> Good afternoon.

2533
06:21:42,744 --> 06:21:43,900
>> Thank you, everyone.

2534
06:21:43,900 --> 06:21:44,891
I have no questions.

2535
06:21:44,891 --> 06:21:47,620
I just want to say thank you.

2536
06:21:47,620 --> 06:21:49,335
I probably thought about half of you about once a week

2537
06:21:49,335 --> 06:21:50,710
depending on what the request is.

2538
06:21:50,710 --> 06:21:53,182
And so I just wanted to publicly say thank you

2539
06:21:53,182 --> 06:21:54,808
for what you've done.

2540
06:21:54,808 --> 06:21:56,558
Veteran services, head start.

2541
06:21:56,558 --> 06:21:59,910
Event and her team, thank you.

2542
06:21:59,910 --> 06:22:00,578
You guys have been phenomenal.

2543
06:22:00,578 --> 06:22:04,254
You've had some complex math problems across the district.

2544
06:22:04,254 --> 06:22:07,552
You guys always find a way to make sure

2545
06:22:07,552 --> 06:22:10,110
that the folks are informed and taken care of.

2546
06:22:10,110 --> 06:22:13,110
I sincerely appreciate you guys.

2547
06:22:13,918 --> 06:22:17,764
>> We are very happy and proud to be so relevant

2548
06:22:17,764 --> 06:22:21,511
to the priorities that you and the other commissioners have

2549
06:22:21,511 --> 06:22:26,518
when it comes to serving members of the community.

2550
06:22:26,518 --> 06:22:28,518
>> Commissioner Semrad.

2551
06:22:30,210 --> 06:22:32,210
>> Thank you, Mayor.

2552
06:22:33,425 --> 06:22:34,630
Thank you.

2553
06:22:34,630 --> 06:22:38,566
I want to ask a comment when you talk about the reduction --

2554
06:22:38,566 --> 06:22:39,654
I'm sorry.

2555
06:22:39,654 --> 06:22:41,518
I didn't mean to not say thank you

2556
06:22:41,518 --> 06:22:46,948
because you guys do so much with not always a lot of resources.

2557
06:22:46,948 --> 06:22:51,414
The parks program, I am so impressed with how much you

2558
06:22:51,414 --> 06:22:54,142
contribute to the quality of life of our community

2559
06:22:54,142 --> 06:22:56,142
and of people.

2560
06:22:56,254 --> 06:23:01,678
At the Senior Center I go to, I am so impressed by seeing people

2561
06:23:01,678 --> 06:23:06,230
doing Tai Chi and swimming lessons and prevention --

2562
06:23:06,230 --> 06:23:08,230
there's so much.

2563
06:23:08,318 --> 06:23:10,878
Thank you to all of your team.

2564
06:23:10,878 --> 06:23:15,775
I have a question, Kyle, for you in a minute

2565
06:23:15,775 --> 06:23:17,971
for something I saw on the news pertaining to savor.

2566
06:23:17,971 --> 06:23:19,846
Can you tell us what are the veteran services

2567
06:23:19,846 --> 06:23:20,886
that you provide?

2568
06:23:20,886 --> 06:23:23,580
What are services when you say we

2569
06:23:23,580 --> 06:23:25,902
could see a reduction in them?

2570
06:23:25,902 --> 06:23:29,618
What types of services are those that we are helping veterans

2571
06:23:29,618 --> 06:23:30,942
with?

2572
06:23:30,942 --> 06:23:33,644
>> One of the ones that is most popular is helping veterans

2573
06:23:33,644 --> 06:23:38,508
learn what it is they qualify for and literally hand-holding

2574
06:23:38,508 --> 06:23:43,128
them through the system of acquiring those services.

2575
06:23:43,128 --> 06:23:47,624
Not only veterans themselves but their family members

2576
06:23:47,624 --> 06:23:51,291
and dependents paramedic it is a system

2577
06:23:51,291 --> 06:23:55,478
that can be very difficult to understand and navigate.

2578
06:23:55,478 --> 06:24:00,334
And sometimes your first try is not very successful.

2579
06:24:00,334 --> 06:24:03,375
You have to keep coming back to it

2580
06:24:03,375 --> 06:24:07,575
and be very persistent in following up.

2581
06:24:07,858 --> 06:24:10,858
That's probably the single largest.

2582
06:24:11,534 --> 06:24:17,534
But there are other kinds of ways that we help

2583
06:24:17,598 --> 06:24:19,998
build connection for veterans.

2584
06:24:20,280 --> 06:24:26,280
In terms of counseling type services that they may need,

2585
06:24:27,222 --> 06:24:31,422
mental health services, connection with other veterans.

2586
06:24:34,460 --> 06:24:37,646
We have events of different sorts.

2587
06:24:38,318 --> 06:24:44,318
We are well resourced and have connections with other veteran

2588
06:24:44,798 --> 06:24:46,782
focused resources.

2589
06:24:46,782 --> 06:24:50,982
There is a pretty wide range actually.

2590
06:24:51,838 --> 06:24:55,691
We have an excellent reputation as well,

2591
06:24:55,691 --> 06:25:00,622
which serves as a real benefit to Orange County residents.

2592
06:25:00,622 --> 06:25:04,380
But we do have residents from other counties

2593
06:25:04,380 --> 06:25:08,966
that seek out our services because of how thorough

2594
06:25:08,966 --> 06:25:13,220
and relatable the work that our staff does.

2595
06:25:13,220 --> 06:25:16,574
People know that we care and we know what we were doing.

2596
06:25:16,574 --> 06:25:22,214
And we are successful at helping them navigate to a greater

2597
06:25:22,214 --> 06:25:26,128
extent than some other existing veteran services programs

2598
06:25:26,128 --> 06:25:27,718
that are out there.

2599
06:25:27,718 --> 06:25:30,978
>> I'd like to say in district five office hours,

2600
06:25:30,978 --> 06:25:33,270
sometimes when we hear from veterans who are struggling

2601
06:25:33,270 --> 06:25:36,708
to find housing or are unhoused, a lot of times

2602
06:25:36,708 --> 06:25:39,709
it's because it's because they couldn't figure out how

2603
06:25:39,709 --> 06:25:42,167
to access services and how to access the programs that they

2604
06:25:42,167 --> 06:25:42,667
need.

2605
06:25:42,667 --> 06:25:44,318
And I think it's important to reference

2606
06:25:44,318 --> 06:25:46,678
that when we talk about the tax reform

2607
06:25:46,678 --> 06:25:49,901
and if it passes that we begin to look at not being

2608
06:25:49,901 --> 06:25:53,486
able to care for people who went and fought for our country when

2609
06:25:53,486 --> 06:25:57,380
they come back damaged from the service.

2610
06:25:57,380 --> 06:26:00,100
So I think that is important to share.

2611
06:26:00,100 --> 06:26:04,798
I saw in the news that Sanford was

2612
06:26:04,798 --> 06:26:07,686
going to have to consider selling some of their parks

2613
06:26:07,686 --> 06:26:11,358
or charging admission in order to keep the parks open

2614
06:26:11,358 --> 06:26:13,974
if the property tax reform passes.

2615
06:26:13,974 --> 06:26:18,878
That is something that might have to happen in Orange County.

2616
06:26:18,878 --> 06:26:20,878
>> Selling parks?

2617
06:26:20,878 --> 06:26:23,673
>> Selling or charging admission to keep all the parks open

2618
06:26:23,673 --> 06:26:26,338
and sustain the way that they need to be common

2619
06:26:26,338 --> 06:26:29,478
if the property tax reform passes I'm saying.

2620
06:26:29,478 --> 06:26:30,380
>> Sure.

2621
06:26:30,380 --> 06:26:32,846
I think our first focus would be to facilitate the community's

2622
06:26:32,846 --> 06:26:34,313
access to the parks.

2623
06:26:34,313 --> 06:26:38,780
And then facilitate communities access to programs.

2624
06:26:38,780 --> 06:26:42,780
Certainly depending on how drastic things turn,

2625
06:26:42,780 --> 06:26:44,344
there might be an enterprise style approach

2626
06:26:44,344 --> 06:26:47,134
to some of the services aspects of it.

2627
06:26:47,134 --> 06:26:50,598
But the county right now only charges entry at two facilities.

2628
06:26:50,598 --> 06:26:53,880
That's Kelly Park and Moss Park.

2629
06:26:53,880 --> 06:26:56,688
Not anticipating changing those or charging

2630
06:26:57,222 --> 06:26:58,703
entry for other facilities.

2631
06:26:58,703 --> 06:27:02,571
Along with our master plan we have a fee study underway.

2632
06:27:02,571 --> 06:27:06,122
The last time we conducted a fee study for how much it costs

2633
06:27:06,122 --> 06:27:09,584
to provide services and provide a field turnover or a room

2634
06:27:09,584 --> 06:27:11,584
rental was in 2006.

2635
06:27:11,860 --> 06:27:15,778
With that coming back to us, that

2636
06:27:15,778 --> 06:27:17,974
might give us some direction to bring back and ask

2637
06:27:17,974 --> 06:27:19,182
for direction from the board.

2638
06:27:19,182 --> 06:27:22,380
Right now we are not anticipating changing fees

2639
06:27:22,380 --> 06:27:22,988
or access.

2640
06:27:22,988 --> 06:27:25,478
We're certainly not selling any properties.

2641
06:27:25,478 --> 06:27:30,820
>> But that is a consideration, to your point, Commissioner.

2642
06:27:30,820 --> 06:27:31,831
It very much is a possibility.

2643
06:27:31,831 --> 06:27:34,838
As we look at those fees and those costs.

2644
06:27:34,838 --> 06:27:39,380
Not selling, the second part of your request.

2645
06:27:39,380 --> 06:27:41,478
>> To the programs and services.

2646
06:27:41,478 --> 06:27:43,904
>> And more will be revealed once we have a fee study that

2647
06:27:43,904 --> 06:27:45,798
says what it costs to provide that.

2648
06:27:45,798 --> 06:27:46,422
>> Thank you.

2649
06:27:46,422 --> 06:27:47,885
One last question from us.

2650
06:27:47,885 --> 06:27:51,318
When you talk about the programs for youth that you provide

2651
06:27:51,318 --> 06:27:56,718
and that is to help reduce child delinquency behaviors,

2652
06:27:57,904 --> 06:28:01,878
how does that impact -- if those programs go away,

2653
06:28:01,878 --> 06:28:04,590
is there anything that you know in your industry that leads

2654
06:28:04,590 --> 06:28:08,878
to an increase in crime in our communities?

2655
06:28:08,878 --> 06:28:12,678
>> This is anecdotal for me at the moment,

2656
06:28:12,678 --> 06:28:18,430
although I bet we could stir up some studies that would make

2657
06:28:18,430 --> 06:28:20,830
a more credentialed view.

2658
06:28:23,180 --> 06:28:28,364
But I believe that we would see an increase if we were not

2659
06:28:28,364 --> 06:28:32,894
able to offer after school and other programs

2660
06:28:32,894 --> 06:28:36,838
such as what parks is able to make available.

2661
06:28:36,838 --> 06:28:41,380
What do kids have to do otherwise?

2662
06:28:41,918 --> 06:28:45,558
They are more likely to divert themselves

2663
06:28:45,558 --> 06:28:51,558
to activities that would not be as healthy for them,

2664
06:28:51,638 --> 06:28:55,238
some of which might be crime.

2665
06:28:55,238 --> 06:28:56,198
>> Thank you.

2666
06:28:56,198 --> 06:28:59,406
Of course everybody understands that an increase in crime

2667
06:28:59,406 --> 06:29:01,758
impacts the tourism economy significantly

2668
06:29:01,758 --> 06:29:04,378
where you begin to then see people opting out

2669
06:29:04,378 --> 06:29:09,390
of coming to Orlando for fear of public safety while they visit.

2670
06:29:09,390 --> 06:29:11,390
Thank you.

2671
06:29:16,864 --> 06:29:20,778
>> I see Alameda from the Veteran Services Office.

2672
06:29:20,778 --> 06:29:25,578
Come to the mic for just a moment.

2673
06:29:27,950 --> 06:29:31,550
>> Talk about some of our superstars.

2674
06:29:31,678 --> 06:29:34,678
We are loaded with them.

2675
06:29:35,998 --> 06:29:38,398
>> She's a veteran herself.

2676
06:29:39,278 --> 06:29:41,498
How many veterans are we currently serving

2677
06:29:41,498 --> 06:29:43,878
through our Veterans Service office?

2678
06:29:43,878 --> 06:29:48,780
>> We serve approximately about 24,000 out of about 71,000.

2679
06:29:58,417 --> 06:29:59,167
>> (indiscernible)

2680
06:29:59,167 --> 06:30:00,242
>> Yes, sir.

2681
06:30:00,242 --> 06:30:02,318
>> Does he have all his benefits?

2682
06:30:02,318 --> 06:30:03,638
>> Not yet.

2683
06:30:03,638 --> 06:30:04,308
>> Not yet.

2684
06:30:04,308 --> 06:30:05,638
I'm working on them.

2685
06:30:05,638 --> 06:30:09,331
>> Some you've got to work hard on.

2686
06:30:09,331 --> 06:30:10,424
I understand.

2687
06:30:10,424 --> 06:30:15,224
How are things going there with the office?

2688
06:30:16,678 --> 06:30:19,910
>> Right now we are doing good.

2689
06:30:19,910 --> 06:30:24,294
I would say that staffing is a little challenging because we

2690
06:30:24,294 --> 06:30:27,510
lost a few due to retirement.

2691
06:30:27,510 --> 06:30:31,219
So we are trying to make up and really

2692
06:30:31,219 --> 06:30:34,219
provide enough DSOs to manage.

2693
06:30:35,278 --> 06:30:37,910
We have three locations, the main office

2694
06:30:37,910 --> 06:30:40,910
and Lake Nona and Baldwin.

2695
06:30:41,878 --> 06:30:44,878
Having the staffing to do that would allow us to help more

2696
06:30:44,878 --> 06:30:48,264
beverages and get out into the --

2697
06:30:48,264 --> 06:30:50,504
help more veterans and get out into the community.

2698
06:30:50,504 --> 06:30:52,462
We're always hearing I didn't know you existed.

2699
06:30:52,462 --> 06:30:55,150
We are trying to --

2700
06:30:55,150 --> 06:31:00,340
>> I hear that sometimes and we encounter people who are

2701
06:31:00,340 --> 06:31:01,658
on the street.

2702
06:31:01,658 --> 06:31:06,648
Sometimes they are homeless and they say their veteran.

2703
06:31:06,648 --> 06:31:08,742
Sometimes they don't know whether --

2704
06:31:08,742 --> 06:31:10,454
>> And sometimes they are not.

2705
06:31:10,454 --> 06:31:12,251
I'll be honest with you.

2706
06:31:12,251 --> 06:31:15,478
With that we do have veterans that are on the street,

2707
06:31:15,478 --> 06:31:19,131
but that is by choice because a lot of those veterans

2708
06:31:19,131 --> 06:31:21,998
are receiving benefits and we help them all the time.

2709
06:31:21,998 --> 06:31:25,998
When they don't get their check, you will see them in the office.

2710
06:31:25,998 --> 06:31:29,104
But as long as things are going and they field reps

2711
06:31:29,104 --> 06:31:31,878
are able to reach them wherever they are living

2712
06:31:31,878 --> 06:31:34,291
in the community, it is just by choice

2713
06:31:34,291 --> 06:31:37,238
and it's not that they don't have funding or money.

2714
06:31:37,238 --> 06:31:38,998
They have the money.

2715
06:31:38,998 --> 06:31:40,638
It is just choice.

2716
06:31:40,638 --> 06:31:44,964
>> Sometimes I don't know if they have other issues but they

2717
06:31:44,964 --> 06:31:46,240
are dealing with.

2718
06:31:46,240 --> 06:31:47,778
Thank you.

2719
06:31:47,778 --> 06:31:49,118
>> Thank you.

2720
06:31:49,118 --> 06:31:52,642
>> I just wanted to ask if there are services that you all

2721
06:31:52,642 --> 06:31:56,558
provide that I didn't think of in response to commissioners

2722
06:31:56,558 --> 06:31:58,158
question?

2723
06:31:58,158 --> 06:32:03,611
>> Those services, we do have veterans that are in need

2724
06:32:03,611 --> 06:32:05,110
of dental services.

2725
06:32:05,110 --> 06:32:08,138
Let's say a veteran that is 100% service connected

2726
06:32:08,138 --> 06:32:10,649
gets dental service from the VA.

2727
06:32:10,649 --> 06:32:14,878
Those who are not from the state as

2728
06:32:14,878 --> 06:32:18,774
given multiple programs a lot of money.

2729
06:32:18,774 --> 06:32:23,780
And we can submit referrals to those programs

2730
06:32:23,780 --> 06:32:25,468
for those veterans to get them into service.

2731
06:32:25,468 --> 06:32:27,851
Because nothing beats a great smile.

2732
06:32:27,851 --> 06:32:35,510
It makes you feel like a person when your teeth are great.

2733
06:32:35,278 --> 06:32:40,678
Other programs that SSPF, you work closely with them.

2734
06:32:42,430 --> 06:32:45,918
We have veterans who may have substance and mental health

2735
06:32:45,918 --> 06:32:49,448
issues they may need request for assistance through

2736
06:32:49,448 --> 06:32:55,448
our domiciliary programs at both Lake Nona and Lake Baldwin ,

2737
06:32:56,304 --> 06:33:00,380
as well as Careersource and other agencies that we provide

2738
06:33:00,380 --> 06:33:02,438
referrals to for employment.

2739
06:33:03,358 --> 06:33:05,358
>> Thank you.

2740
06:33:06,358 --> 06:33:07,758
>> Thank you.

2741
06:33:07,758 --> 06:33:08,758
>> All right.

2742
06:33:08,758 --> 06:33:10,758
Commissioner Gomez Cordero.

2743
06:33:13,291 --> 06:33:14,816
>> Thank you, mayor.

2744
06:33:14,816 --> 06:33:15,824
Good afternoon, team.

2745
06:33:15,824 --> 06:33:18,950
I have to say that I have been part of this team more

2746
06:33:18,950 --> 06:33:20,238
than ten years.

2747
06:33:20,238 --> 06:33:22,358
Before it became a commissioner I was already

2748
06:33:22,358 --> 06:33:24,758
part of community action.

2749
06:33:24,854 --> 06:33:29,654
And also the panel advisory, Angela down there,

2750
06:33:30,838 --> 06:33:31,918
and I love it.

2751
06:33:31,918 --> 06:33:36,411
Thank you for everything you all do because I think you all

2752
06:33:36,411 --> 06:33:39,838
are one of the main services that we

2753
06:33:39,838 --> 06:33:42,489
need for what is going on in.

2754
06:33:42,489 --> 06:33:45,489
Let's put it that way.

2755
06:33:49,380 --> 06:33:54,158
Can you give me like very short, what does the pilot

2756
06:33:54,158 --> 06:33:57,158
Magellan going to be about?

2757
06:34:00,254 --> 06:34:03,438
>> One of the newer movements in our human services world

2758
06:34:03,438 --> 06:34:08,614
and really beyond that is the use of technology to help avoid

2759
06:34:08,614 --> 06:34:11,614
access to services from residents.

2760
06:34:12,482 --> 06:34:16,798
Also we could use that to make connections

2761
06:34:16,798 --> 06:34:19,798
between different kinds of services

2762
06:34:19,798 --> 06:34:23,998
easier so that perhaps one application process,

2763
06:34:25,505 --> 06:34:29,105
you can determine a person's eligibility

2764
06:34:30,662 --> 06:34:34,886
for any of the programs that we provide.

2765
06:34:34,886 --> 06:34:40,518
And that is our goal is to get to where that will be the case.

2766
06:34:40,518 --> 06:34:43,830
We also will be able to collect data

2767
06:34:43,830 --> 06:34:48,510
that helps to tell us how we are doing in that regard

2768
06:34:48,510 --> 06:34:52,110
and how resources are being utilized.

2769
06:34:54,238 --> 06:34:59,228
We expect that this is going to break down

2770
06:34:59,228 --> 06:35:02,374
the silos that currently exist not only

2771
06:35:02,374 --> 06:35:06,574
in how our customers access our services,

2772
06:35:07,218 --> 06:35:10,218
but also between ourselves internally

2773
06:35:11,158 --> 06:35:15,211
and it will make it easier and more streamlined

2774
06:35:15,211 --> 06:35:21,478
for us to serve a person without having to shuttle them so often

2775
06:35:21,478 --> 06:35:23,878
among our different programs.

2776
06:35:26,278 --> 06:35:30,718
We think it's going to be a game changer for us.

2777
06:35:30,718 --> 06:35:32,780
>> Thank you.

2778
06:35:32,780 --> 06:35:35,678
I have a question for Kyle.

2779
06:35:36,138 --> 06:35:40,938
I see that in your presentation and slide 65,

2780
06:35:43,262 --> 06:35:46,862
you said about the restroom replacement.

2781
06:35:48,518 --> 06:35:51,518
And I remember in 2020, 21, there

2782
06:35:54,251 --> 06:35:57,251
was a replacement already remodeling.

2783
06:35:57,478 --> 06:36:02,728
Was that the >> Moss Park is a large park.

2784
06:36:02,728 --> 06:36:04,310
We have a group campground.

2785
06:36:04,310 --> 06:36:05,628
We have regular campground.

2786
06:36:05,628 --> 06:36:07,862
And then we have a day use area. use The area.

2787
06:36:07,862 --> 06:36:09,404
restaurant we Yes are speaking Ma'am.

2788
06:36:09,404 --> 06:36:10,754
of here is the day use area.

2789
06:36:10,754 --> 06:36:12,870
>> That's what I wanted to know.

2790
06:36:12,870 --> 06:36:18,156
And then I wanted to ask you also, like for example,

2791
06:36:18,156 --> 06:36:21,409
the service at risk, I know you also,

2792
06:36:21,409 --> 06:36:26,209
for the park and recreation requested to supervisors.

2793
06:36:26,236 --> 06:36:28,636
And a warehouse specialist.

2794
06:36:29,276 --> 06:36:31,676
On the parks supervisor.

2795
06:36:31,756 --> 06:36:36,462
Do you think maybe because of all of this

2796
06:36:36,462 --> 06:36:39,460
you're going to put one supervisor to supervise

2797
06:36:39,460 --> 06:36:43,136
more than one park instead of one for each?

2798
06:36:43,136 --> 06:36:45,656
Or you don't get into that?

2799
06:36:45,656 --> 06:36:48,324
>> For the 114 parks that already exist,

2800
06:36:48,324 --> 06:36:53,376
we have roughly 32 man sites and then those serve to operate

2801
06:36:53,376 --> 06:36:55,612
the others as satellite parks.

2802
06:36:55,612 --> 06:36:59,973
We have a support section that oversees a lot of our pocket

2803
06:36:59,973 --> 06:37:02,973
parks but there's 32 man sites.

2804
06:37:03,520 --> 06:37:05,436
They spread themselves out and they service

2805
06:37:05,436 --> 06:37:07,196
multiple other parks as well.

2806
06:37:07,196 --> 06:37:09,256
They have a hub they work from.

2807
06:37:09,256 --> 06:37:11,256
That already exists.

2808
06:37:15,396 --> 06:37:16,188
>> Okay, thank you.

2809
06:37:16,188 --> 06:37:17,493
Thank you for all you do.

2810
06:37:17,493 --> 06:37:22,727
Thank you >> We'll go to commissioner Wilson and then

2811
06:37:22,727 --> 06:37:23,602
commissioner summary.

2812
06:37:23,602 --> 06:37:26,900
And the Sheriff is on deck outside.

2813
06:37:26,900 --> 06:37:30,557
We are running probably about ten minutes behind.

2814
06:37:30,557 --> 06:37:34,262
So we're going to try to catch up if we can.

2815
06:37:34,262 --> 06:37:35,218
>> Thank you mayor.

2816
06:37:35,218 --> 06:37:37,320
I have the same question.

2817
06:37:37,320 --> 06:37:41,232
I am concerned about the spread thin.

2818
06:37:41,252 --> 06:37:44,868
First of all, I should just say, this group,

2819
06:37:44,868 --> 06:37:47,316
it is an incredible --

2820
06:37:47,316 --> 06:37:51,681
I mean the heart, the, it is an incredible group.

2821
06:37:51,681 --> 06:37:53,700
I just want to let you know the leadership,

2822
06:37:53,700 --> 06:37:57,182
from the top down, and then your teams.

2823
06:37:57,182 --> 06:37:59,556
Thank you so much for everything you do.

2824
06:37:59,556 --> 06:38:03,948
It is the heartbeat I would say, for the county.

2825
06:38:03,948 --> 06:38:04,748
Thank you.

2826
06:38:04,748 --> 06:38:05,652
Thank you.

2827
06:38:05,652 --> 06:38:08,136
Got the Magellan question out of the way.

2828
06:38:08,136 --> 06:38:11,412
But I think we could maybe get some information now,

2829
06:38:11,412 --> 06:38:12,540
whenever it's possible.

2830
06:38:12,540 --> 06:38:15,449
I understand there's been ongoing development of what's

2831
06:38:15,449 --> 06:38:16,424
going to come next.

2832
06:38:16,424 --> 06:38:21,572
So we can let people know about the four phasing piece of that.

2833
06:38:21,572 --> 06:38:24,926
We don't often think of our residents as customers.

2834
06:38:24,926 --> 06:38:28,324
But that customer service aspect is critical especially

2835
06:38:28,324 --> 06:38:32,796
when we think of case management or family services.

2836
06:38:32,796 --> 06:38:34,796
All the things.

2837
06:38:35,449 --> 06:38:39,160
Keep us in the loop and we can help advocate

2838
06:38:39,160 --> 06:38:41,444
and continue to pursue what you're looking for.

2839
06:38:41,444 --> 06:38:43,729
Which is a streamlined experience.

2840
06:38:43,729 --> 06:38:47,199
My question comes the next one is a Parks and Rec question

2841
06:38:47,199 --> 06:38:52,599
but it may also require some administrative advice here.

2842
06:38:53,196 --> 06:38:54,996
I've been asking this all day.

2843
06:38:54,996 --> 06:38:58,996
In our parks, we were just talking about Moss Park

2844
06:38:58,996 --> 06:39:00,129
and the camping.

2845
06:39:00,129 --> 06:39:03,324
I know they have a visitor log.

2846
06:39:03,324 --> 06:39:06,682
They are international visitors that come in

2847
06:39:06,682 --> 06:39:11,928
and they said every state in the country and most of the nations

2848
06:39:11,928 --> 06:39:14,516
that travel here have signed in to visit

2849
06:39:14,516 --> 06:39:16,548
some of these locations.

2850
06:39:16,548 --> 06:39:20,960
Which by definition then under Florida

2851
06:39:20,960 --> 06:39:23,960
Legislative qualifications makes our parks

2852
06:39:25,356 --> 06:39:28,516
eligible for tax funding, should they

2853
06:39:28,516 --> 06:39:30,826
be able to evidence the visitation.

2854
06:39:30,826 --> 06:39:33,308
I understand we have dedicated funding right now.

2855
06:39:33,308 --> 06:39:35,926
I would like to know about the possibility

2856
06:39:35,926 --> 06:39:39,526
or thought in dedicated funding, especially

2857
06:39:40,396 --> 06:39:45,196
in these areas we know there's been preservation.

2858
06:39:45,716 --> 06:39:46,716
Very unique.

2859
06:39:46,716 --> 06:39:49,868
I think Moss Park is one of those.

2860
06:39:49,868 --> 06:39:51,409
Magnolia Park, definitely.

2861
06:39:51,409 --> 06:39:52,636
Christmas.

2862
06:39:52,636 --> 06:39:54,386
There's many of these that we know

2863
06:39:54,386 --> 06:39:58,496
should be evaluated for a revenue source.

2864
06:39:58,496 --> 06:40:01,996
We are struggling right now thinking about what could be

2865
06:40:01,996 --> 06:40:05,596
and the idea of losing services.

2866
06:40:05,924 --> 06:40:09,556
I realize those services may not be able to fall

2867
06:40:09,556 --> 06:40:12,317
but if we can pull some of those funds

2868
06:40:12,317 --> 06:40:16,729
from what I would say are the things that do fall into the TDC

2869
06:40:16,729 --> 06:40:19,729
definition legislatively, people are literally

2870
06:40:21,111 --> 06:40:23,936
coming and including them in their vacations.

2871
06:40:23,936 --> 06:40:27,670
If we can do that so that we know

2872
06:40:27,670 --> 06:40:30,501
that we use the services piece.

2873
06:40:30,501 --> 06:40:32,501
Any thoughts?

2874
06:40:33,476 --> 06:40:35,782
>> It's a wonderful idea.

2875
06:40:35,782 --> 06:40:38,629
>> We probably need to do a better job of documenting that.

2876
06:40:38,629 --> 06:40:42,229
Do you all have good records?

2877
06:40:44,756 --> 06:40:47,260
>> I will say I've talked to them at Butler.

2878
06:40:47,260 --> 06:40:49,349
It was a couple of years ago.

2879
06:40:49,349 --> 06:40:51,682
We just kind of do it casually.

2880
06:40:51,682 --> 06:40:53,946
Can you just make sure it's someplace that it's

2881
06:40:53,946 --> 06:40:55,356
pretty centrally located.

2882
06:40:55,356 --> 06:40:57,684
They do guided hikes.

2883
06:40:57,684 --> 06:41:00,684
People come in with groups.

2884
06:41:01,116 --> 06:41:06,772
>> You know the other thing, I have been tracking that.

2885
06:41:06,772 --> 06:41:13,372
They don't go through because you don't have to sign in

2886
06:41:14,976 --> 06:41:15,576
or whatever.

2887
06:41:15,576 --> 06:41:16,436
And

2888
06:41:16,436 --> 06:41:19,590
>> We are looking at technology that will do things that we

2889
06:41:19,590 --> 06:41:20,696
didn't think were possible before.

2890
06:41:20,696 --> 06:41:22,641
Without a sign in log.

2891
06:41:22,641 --> 06:41:25,796
And still be able to capture that kind of data

2892
06:41:25,796 --> 06:41:27,302
to support that.

2893
06:41:27,302 --> 06:41:30,956
We think we have a way to do that.

2894
06:41:30,956 --> 06:41:33,756
>> You're pursuing it on behalf of your incredible work

2895
06:41:33,756 --> 06:41:36,982
and the effort to try to make sure that we're holding

2896
06:41:36,982 --> 06:41:41,176
on to the quality that we know are the important pieces.

2897
06:41:41,176 --> 06:41:42,956
Thank you.

2898
06:41:42,956 --> 06:41:44,956
>> Thank you.

2899
06:41:45,876 --> 06:41:49,476
>> Commissioner Uribe and then Commissioner Simrad.

2900
06:41:51,900 --> 06:41:54,796
>> I wanted to ask, I'm looking at all of these groups

2901
06:41:54,796 --> 06:41:58,396
and things that we fund, 237.1 million.

2902
06:41:58,780 --> 06:42:02,326
I'm a little disheartened because there

2903
06:42:02,326 --> 06:42:04,948
are plenty of times when our office needs resources

2904
06:42:04,948 --> 06:42:07,760
and I didn't know we were funding

2905
06:42:07,760 --> 06:42:11,116
all of these organizations and to what extent

2906
06:42:11,116 --> 06:42:15,380
and what they can offer our residents.

2907
06:42:15,380 --> 06:42:20,696
Is that all we give or do we give more than --

2908
06:42:20,696 --> 06:42:23,960
I've seen numbers higher.

2909
06:42:23,689 --> 06:42:28,176
>> I would say that when you look at the county overall,

2910
06:42:28,176 --> 06:42:31,636
there is certainly the prospect that there is more.

2911
06:42:31,636 --> 06:42:35,836
I know for instance in yesterday's agenda,

2912
06:42:36,116 --> 06:42:39,116
the planning and Development Department

2913
06:42:40,356 --> 06:42:43,956
presented some grants for some nonprofits.

2914
06:42:45,364 --> 06:42:47,364
As one example.

2915
06:42:47,572 --> 06:42:53,572
And other parts of our department give grants as well.

2916
06:42:54,696 --> 06:42:58,886
That particular section pertains to what the children's

2917
06:42:58,886 --> 06:43:02,236
services funding or the C.c.c.

2918
06:43:02,236 --> 06:43:04,360
Division oversees.

2919
06:43:04,360 --> 06:43:09,436
And Commissioner, with your help and inspiration in fact,

2920
06:43:10,476 --> 06:43:14,972
we were able to design a system specifically

2921
06:43:14,972 --> 06:43:19,559
for use of a commissioners that your aides

2922
06:43:19,559 --> 06:43:24,959
could use to look up resources that we fund.

2923
06:43:25,516 --> 06:43:27,516
>> I appreciate that.

2924
06:43:29,276 --> 06:43:32,788
What I'm trying to do is come up maybe

2925
06:43:32,788 --> 06:43:35,800
with somebody from your team, I'm

2926
06:43:35,800 --> 06:43:37,776
looking at these organizations that I know we're

2927
06:43:37,776 --> 06:43:38,876
getting requests for help.

2928
06:43:38,876 --> 06:43:41,820
And there have been some that have been a little critical, who

2929
06:43:41,820 --> 06:43:43,366
have not helped us.

2930
06:43:43,366 --> 06:43:47,189
We've brought it up to them, that organization itself.

2931
06:43:47,189 --> 06:43:51,796
I just feel like when we're using tax dollars to fund

2932
06:43:51,796 --> 06:43:54,156
programs to help residents, we've

2933
06:43:54,156 --> 06:43:57,496
got to make sure it's a bit more seamless.

2934
06:43:57,496 --> 06:43:58,588
I appreciate that.

2935
06:43:58,588 --> 06:44:02,620
I'm going to brag on Kyle for a moment.

2936
06:44:02,620 --> 06:44:04,620
I've got to tell you Kyle, when Matt

2937
06:44:04,620 --> 06:44:07,202
left I had a little bit of anxiety

2938
06:44:07,202 --> 06:44:09,929
because he's really created a little clutch with us.

2939
06:44:09,929 --> 06:44:13,196
We were so dependent on him and how he did things

2940
06:44:13,196 --> 06:44:14,552
and how he took care of things.

2941
06:44:14,552 --> 06:44:18,340
I want to commend you for your hard work and dedication.

2942
06:44:18,340 --> 06:44:23,475
To go beyond the scope when it comes to that.

2943
06:44:23,475 --> 06:44:25,916
I also wanted to address Commissioner Wilson.

2944
06:44:25,916 --> 06:44:28,276
On the parks and TT.

2945
06:44:28,276 --> 06:44:32,516
We actually got Congressman Soto and Senator Smith.

2946
06:44:32,516 --> 06:44:36,716
Writing letters of support for Lake Conway.

2947
06:44:36,748 --> 06:44:38,588
For TT funding.

2948
06:44:38,588 --> 06:44:39,820
To requested.

2949
06:44:39,820 --> 06:44:41,400
It is happening.

2950
06:44:41,400 --> 06:44:42,386
It's happened to other places.

2951
06:44:42,386 --> 06:44:43,876
And you're absolutely right, when

2952
06:44:43,876 --> 06:44:47,996
we do pioneer day is, we meet so many people that

2953
06:44:47,996 --> 06:44:51,456
come from out of town who love to go to festivals and things

2954
06:44:51,456 --> 06:44:52,322
like that.

2955
06:44:52,322 --> 06:44:56,410
I'm excited to see us quantify that because I believe

2956
06:44:56,410 --> 06:45:00,504
we are a town with so much culture

2957
06:45:00,504 --> 06:45:04,716
that people want to do more than just the norm.

2958
06:45:04,716 --> 06:45:08,436
They want to visit the local spots and things like that.

2959
06:45:08,436 --> 06:45:12,822
But I've got to tell you, as a parent who

2960
06:45:12,822 --> 06:45:16,396
put her child in your summer camp for the first time ever,

2961
06:45:16,396 --> 06:45:18,340
and I did have anxiety.

2962
06:45:18,340 --> 06:45:20,196
I'm a helicopter mom.

2963
06:45:20,196 --> 06:45:21,224
I'm going to admit it.

2964
06:45:21,224 --> 06:45:23,469
I love to watch what's going on.

2965
06:45:23,469 --> 06:45:27,100
My child is absolutely so happy and gets

2966
06:45:27,100 --> 06:45:29,900
excited to go to camp every day.

2967
06:45:29,900 --> 06:45:32,296
And your staff at Meadow Woods, and I'm sure

2968
06:45:32,296 --> 06:45:37,360
all the Orange County, are phenomenal, great supporters.

2969
06:45:37,360 --> 06:45:38,893
That is a big plus.

2970
06:45:38,893 --> 06:45:45,493
And Josh, over at barber, and his team in Cypress Grove,

2971
06:45:45,676 --> 06:45:47,436
top notch.

2972
06:45:47,436 --> 06:45:53,409
We honestly have some of the best dedicated, and Renaissance

2973
06:45:53,409 --> 06:45:54,102
center.

2974
06:45:54,102 --> 06:45:58,902
The employees, you could ever ask for a.

2975
06:45:59,329 --> 06:46:02,436
I've never had anybody -- they are there to serve.

2976
06:46:02,436 --> 06:46:04,136
How can we help, what can we do.

2977
06:46:04,136 --> 06:46:05,996
They come in, they get involved.

2978
06:46:05,996 --> 06:46:10,156
That just shows your leadership with your team

2979
06:46:10,156 --> 06:46:13,540
and of course Mandy, is Mandy around here?

2980
06:46:13,540 --> 06:46:15,676
She's a selfie queen.

2981
06:46:15,676 --> 06:46:18,760
It's just so impressive.

2982
06:46:18,512 --> 06:46:20,482
And I just don't think you guys get

2983
06:46:20,482 --> 06:46:24,268
to hear that enough and just know that we really appreciate

2984
06:46:24,268 --> 06:46:27,767
you all because you give us a place

2985
06:46:27,767 --> 06:46:31,156
to celebrate our communities and I know I have an event coming

2986
06:46:31,156 --> 06:46:32,840
this weekend.

2987
06:46:32,840 --> 06:46:35,256
Back to school and food drives and Halloween and Christmas

2988
06:46:35,256 --> 06:46:36,702
and everything we do.

2989
06:46:36,702 --> 06:46:39,876
It's just been a pleasure to work with the best

2990
06:46:39,876 --> 06:46:41,902
team in the state.

2991
06:46:41,902 --> 06:46:43,902
Thank you.

2992
06:46:45,476 --> 06:46:47,676
>> Thank you so much.

2993
06:46:47,676 --> 06:46:48,662
>> Thank you mayor.

2994
06:46:48,662 --> 06:46:49,532
I'm very quick.

2995
06:46:49,532 --> 06:46:54,942
Kyle, I forgot to reference the TT for the Christmas..

2996
06:46:54,942 --> 06:46:56,289
The Fort.

2997
06:46:56,289 --> 06:46:59,276
And the Christmas Historical Society

2998
06:46:59,276 --> 06:47:02,896
is more than willing to try to do the process.

2999
06:47:02,896 --> 06:47:06,360
They just need a little bit of assistance.

3000
06:47:06,360 --> 06:47:08,436
They're ready and willing.

3001
06:47:09,140 --> 06:47:13,340
It has a great tourism draw there.

3002
06:47:15,898 --> 06:47:19,498
>> We recently took a trip together.

3003
06:47:20,210 --> 06:47:21,293
>> That's amazing to hear.

3004
06:47:21,293 --> 06:47:22,912
Thank you for doing that.

3005
06:47:22,912 --> 06:47:27,932
I also wanted to say that, pertaining to just the team you

3006
06:47:27,932 --> 06:47:31,844
work with, every single time that district five does a food

3007
06:47:31,844 --> 06:47:35,729
distribution at a park, they open the park

3008
06:47:35,729 --> 06:47:38,600
and they're there to greet us but they also

3009
06:47:38,600 --> 06:47:41,276
roll up their sleeves and they help distribute the food.

3010
06:47:41,276 --> 06:47:45,576
And then there's a citizen group that created the district five

3011
06:47:45,576 --> 06:47:49,316
park protectors and they've removed several tons of debris

3012
06:47:49,316 --> 06:47:51,402
from parks in district five.

3013
06:47:51,402 --> 06:47:53,701
And 100% of the time your employees

3014
06:47:53,701 --> 06:47:55,276
have rolled up their sleeves to help.

3015
06:47:55,276 --> 06:47:59,576
Not just help do the process but to actually participate

3016
06:47:59,576 --> 06:48:03,316
and in every single one that they weren't working,

3017
06:48:03,316 --> 06:48:05,876
we still always have two people that

3018
06:48:05,876 --> 06:48:09,222
come from Parks and Rec that are just purely volunteering

3019
06:48:09,222 --> 06:48:12,276
their Saturday morning to do that.

3020
06:48:12,276 --> 06:48:15,276
I just think it's great.

3021
06:48:16,556 --> 06:48:18,556
Thank you.

3022
06:48:19,756 --> 06:48:23,253
>> They had a all staff meeting this morning and I know some

3023
06:48:23,253 --> 06:48:26,252
of our staff will be here, are watching,

3024
06:48:26,252 --> 06:48:29,156
because I invited them to do so.

3025
06:48:29,156 --> 06:48:33,369
So hopefully they can hear all of the accolades that you all

3026
06:48:33,369 --> 06:48:37,476
are -- we appreciate them very much.

3027
06:48:37,476 --> 06:48:39,569
>> All right, thank you all very much.

3028
06:48:39,569 --> 06:48:42,492
We are going to move forward.

3029
06:48:42,492 --> 06:48:48,492
I know the Sheriff and his team are out there.

3030
06:48:48,596 --> 06:48:50,596
>> They're next door.

3031
06:48:50,676 --> 06:48:53,760
>> A presentation of today.

3032
06:49:01,876 --> 06:49:06,676
You all can stay if you want. (laughs)

3033
06:49:11,956 --> 06:49:14,956
they're rushing out of here.

3034
06:49:19,516 --> 06:49:21,836
Sheriff, come on up.

3035
06:49:21,836 --> 06:49:23,736
Come on down.

3036
06:49:23,736 --> 06:49:25,736
You're up, sir.

3037
06:49:35,356 --> 06:49:38,956
Sheriff, we're running a little behind.

3038
06:49:39,444 --> 06:49:43,260
I know we talked about the children,

3039
06:49:43,260 --> 06:49:46,116
it runs a little long it seems.

3040
06:49:46,116 --> 06:49:48,569
I said whenever we talk about the children it always

3041
06:49:48,569 --> 06:49:50,969
runs a little long.

3042
06:49:54,371 --> 06:49:55,996
>> I reviewed last year's presentation.

3043
06:49:55,996 --> 06:50:00,360
I was standing at this podium for two hours.

3044
06:50:00,360 --> 06:50:04,236
Even though my presentation was only 20 minutes.

3045
06:50:11,800 --> 06:50:12,997
>> Let's hope you won't be here for two hours.

3046
06:50:12,997 --> 06:50:14,997
Welcome, Sheriff.

3047
06:50:15,249 --> 06:50:19,860
>> Good afternoon Commissioner, mayor, happy to be here again.

3048
06:50:19,860 --> 06:50:21,626
I'll dispense with the pleasantries

3049
06:50:21,626 --> 06:50:23,708
because I know I've been watching you guys,

3050
06:50:23,708 --> 06:50:25,169
you've been sitting here all day.

3051
06:50:25,169 --> 06:50:26,756
Thank you for what you do.

3052
06:50:26,756 --> 06:50:29,836
Thank you for your strong support of the public safety.

3053
06:50:29,836 --> 06:50:31,308
We really appreciate you.

3054
06:50:31,308 --> 06:50:33,316
So, I'll get started.

3055
06:50:33,316 --> 06:50:34,500
This is the overview.

3056
06:50:34,500 --> 06:50:35,929
We're going to do some highlights.

3057
06:50:35,929 --> 06:50:37,995
I always like to brief you guys and show you

3058
06:50:37,995 --> 06:50:40,412
a little highlight video of the great work we're doing out

3059
06:50:40,412 --> 06:50:41,116
there.

3060
06:50:41,116 --> 06:50:44,956
Talk about our citizen feedback survey that we recently did.

3061
06:50:44,956 --> 06:50:47,356
Of course crime statistics.

3062
06:50:47,456 --> 06:50:48,616
The budget.

3063
06:50:48,616 --> 06:50:50,616
And our priorities.

3064
06:50:52,236 --> 06:50:55,836
>> 911 what's the location of your emergency?

3065
06:51:02,849 --> 06:51:07,490
[video playing] Things like nine years old .

3066
06:51:37,908 --> 06:51:43,308
[video playing] Bam so, could it be more prouder.

3067
06:52:43,801 --> 06:52:47,375
I know you are as well.

3068
06:52:47,375 --> 06:52:50,975
Before we put together our budget,

3069
06:52:51,128 --> 06:52:55,769
we go to hundreds of meetings every single year

3070
06:52:55,769 --> 06:52:58,675
and one of the things that people

3071
06:52:58,675 --> 06:53:03,357
tell us is, you guys do a great job, we love you.

3072
06:53:03,357 --> 06:53:05,323
But we need more of you.

3073
06:53:05,323 --> 06:53:06,985
We don't see enough of you.

3074
06:53:06,985 --> 06:53:08,766
So we decided to ask the residents.

3075
06:53:08,766 --> 06:53:10,175
We did a survey.

3076
06:53:10,175 --> 06:53:12,175
75% were 35 and older.

3077
06:53:13,335 --> 06:53:15,735
This was Geocoded for unincorporated Orange County

3078
06:53:15,735 --> 06:53:16,268
only.

3079
06:53:16,268 --> 06:53:20,306
Each survey user, we are only allowed to do it once.

3080
06:53:20,306 --> 06:53:23,363
I tried myself to do it a couple of times and I could not.

3081
06:53:23,363 --> 06:53:24,435
It locked me out.

3082
06:53:24,435 --> 06:53:26,955
This is what the people said.

3083
06:53:26,955 --> 06:53:29,927
At 98.1%, the residents say the Sheriff's office

3084
06:53:29,927 --> 06:53:32,655
plays an important role keeping families safe.

3085
06:53:32,655 --> 06:53:34,655
No surprise there.

3086
06:53:35,175 --> 06:53:39,950
96.9% residents say deputy visibility and active presence

3087
06:53:39,950 --> 06:53:40,455
are important.

3088
06:53:40,455 --> 06:53:44,355
Again, this is the theme we hear over and over again

3089
06:53:44,355 --> 06:53:45,695
around our communities.

3090
06:53:45,695 --> 06:53:49,647
And 91.5% of residents support growing the Sheriff's office

3091
06:53:49,647 --> 06:53:52,239
to keep pace with Orange County.

3092
06:53:52,239 --> 06:53:55,239
Nine out of ten people.

3093
06:53:55,471 --> 06:53:57,111
That's pretty telling.

3094
06:53:57,111 --> 06:54:00,541
When we put together our budget we based a lot of this on,

3095
06:54:00,541 --> 06:54:04,135
do our residents want from the Sheriff's office.

3096
06:54:04,135 --> 06:54:05,770
They want to see us.

3097
06:54:05,770 --> 06:54:06,346
They want us out there.

3098
06:54:06,346 --> 06:54:09,711
Just want to go over our staffing levels.

3099
06:54:09,711 --> 06:54:12,711
We are at 1939 sworn positions.

3100
06:54:13,535 --> 06:54:15,535
We're requesting 27 sworn.

3101
06:54:16,287 --> 06:54:19,630
We aren't requesting any civilian personnel

3102
06:54:19,630 --> 06:54:20,287
in this budget.

3103
06:54:20,287 --> 06:54:23,287
For a total positions of 2753.

3104
06:54:23,395 --> 06:54:26,920
And I no vacancy rates always come up.

3105
06:54:26,920 --> 06:54:31,120
Right now, out of the 1939 authorized positions ,

3106
06:54:35,917 --> 06:54:37,449
we had 70 vacancies.

3107
06:54:37,449 --> 06:54:39,449
That is 3.67%.

3108
06:54:41,855 --> 06:54:46,655
And with the conditional hires, we are --

3109
06:54:48,175 --> 06:54:53,760
all those people I offered a job to over the last several months,

3110
06:54:53,760 --> 06:54:58,476
make it through that process, we will be (indiscernible).

3111
06:54:59,295 --> 06:55:01,708
Here is our recruitment retention

3112
06:55:01,708 --> 06:55:03,615
over the last four years.

3113
06:55:03,615 --> 06:55:05,615
We've hired 826.

3114
06:55:05,715 --> 06:55:09,315
This is just sworn deputy sheriffs.

3115
06:55:11,375 --> 06:55:13,375
And retired, 596.

3116
06:55:13,755 --> 06:55:18,555
And we added 148 new positions over that time.

3117
06:55:18,596 --> 06:55:21,223
Over these past four years we are easily

3118
06:55:21,223 --> 06:55:22,959
keeping up with retirements.

3119
06:55:22,959 --> 06:55:26,559
We are keeping up with attrition.

3120
06:55:27,275 --> 06:55:29,199
And new positions.

3121
06:55:29,199 --> 06:55:31,599
You see the trend.

3122
06:55:31,895 --> 06:55:37,535
We really started beefing up our recruiting efforts to catch up.

3123
06:55:37,535 --> 06:55:40,729
Remember, several years ago I came to you,

3124
06:55:40,729 --> 06:55:42,905
we were at like 200 vacancies.

3125
06:55:42,905 --> 06:55:46,383
So we had closed that gap, as you can see.

3126
06:55:46,383 --> 06:55:47,841
There are plenty of people who want

3127
06:55:47,841 --> 06:55:50,391
to become a part of the Orange County Sheriff's Office

3128
06:55:50,391 --> 06:55:54,623
and we don't see that stopping anytime soon.

3129
06:55:54,623 --> 06:55:57,965
And the retirements have flattened out.

3130
06:55:57,965 --> 06:56:02,165
That 2022 number, that was right after COVID.

3131
06:56:02,445 --> 06:56:05,445
Right after George Floyd incident.

3132
06:56:05,881 --> 06:56:11,335
A lot of things were going on in our nation and a lot of deputies

3133
06:56:11,335 --> 06:56:13,590
were up for retirement.

3134
06:56:13,590 --> 06:56:16,695
As you see in 23 and 24, the state of Florida

3135
06:56:16,695 --> 06:56:21,385
allowed sworn deputy sheriffs to extend their drop three years.

3136
06:56:21,385 --> 06:56:22,735
To eight years.

3137
06:56:22,735 --> 06:56:25,535
So that really slowed down retirements.

3138
06:56:25,535 --> 06:56:30,351
And with the solid efforts of our recruiting units

3139
06:56:30,351 --> 06:56:32,260
we were able to catch up.

3140
06:56:32,260 --> 06:56:34,635
I know you're all interested in this.

3141
06:56:34,635 --> 06:56:36,755
I came to you in 2023.

3142
06:56:36,755 --> 06:56:40,835
We had 91 vacancies and 200 and something positions.

3143
06:56:40,835 --> 06:56:43,125
And we only have two current vacancies

3144
06:56:43,125 --> 06:56:45,945
and that's basically with conditional offers

3145
06:56:45,945 --> 06:56:48,900
that we have out there.

3146
06:56:48,900 --> 06:56:51,550
I know the county, you haven't received

3147
06:56:51,550 --> 06:56:55,555
any of those nasty grams about 911 calls not being answered.

3148
06:56:55,555 --> 06:56:57,175
That's because they're full.

3149
06:56:57,175 --> 06:57:00,175
Now, busy, they're very busy.

3150
06:57:00,455 --> 06:57:03,443
You'll see here in a minute, the calls for service

3151
06:57:03,443 --> 06:57:04,672
continue to arise.

3152
06:57:04,672 --> 06:57:08,620
So we are very proud of that number as well.

3153
06:57:08,620 --> 06:57:11,455
Want to go over our crime stats.

3154
06:57:11,455 --> 06:57:13,855
This is the first 25.

3155
06:57:14,555 --> 06:57:15,959
Couldn't be happier.

3156
06:57:15,959 --> 06:57:20,680
Crime is going down 15% over that year.

3157
06:57:20,680 --> 06:57:22,500
In all categories really.

3158
06:57:22,500 --> 06:57:25,175
And year to date this year, down again.

3159
06:57:25,175 --> 06:57:26,815
Slightly up in homicides.

3160
06:57:26,815 --> 06:57:30,655
We have a very small number of homicides.

3161
06:57:30,655 --> 06:57:32,452
Last year at this time we had 14.

3162
06:57:32,452 --> 06:57:35,759
This year at this time we are at 15.

3163
06:57:35,759 --> 06:57:42,359
But my estimation is that's one too many, in my philosophy.

3164
06:57:42,537 --> 06:57:45,375
We don't want any violent crime.

3165
06:57:45,375 --> 06:57:49,641
And I may have said this last year but,

3166
06:57:49,641 --> 06:57:52,568
what does drive down crime?

3167
06:57:52,568 --> 06:57:56,641
The great work of the men and women at the County Sheriff's

3168
06:57:56,641 --> 06:57:59,655
office, all the work we do in our community.

3169
06:57:59,655 --> 06:58:01,281
Engaging with our nonprofits.

3170
06:58:01,281 --> 06:58:02,735
Talking to all of our kids.

3171
06:58:02,735 --> 06:58:03,768
All of that adds up.

3172
06:58:03,768 --> 06:58:05,630
And finally technology.

3173
06:58:05,630 --> 06:58:10,463
All in my opinion causes these great crime reductions.

3174
06:58:10,615 --> 06:58:15,311
And our homicide unit, couldn't be more proud of them.

3175
06:58:15,311 --> 06:58:19,739
The national clearance rate for murder is 61% and we were at 85%

3176
06:58:19,739 --> 06:58:20,788
last year.

3177
06:58:20,788 --> 06:58:23,865
I'm going to give you a snapshot of how many people

3178
06:58:23,865 --> 06:58:25,401
we actually arrested in a year.

3179
06:58:25,401 --> 06:58:26,519
It's a lot.

3180
06:58:26,519 --> 06:58:28,919
1.6 million people live here.

3181
06:58:29,585 --> 06:58:31,585
76 million residents.

3182
06:58:31,995 --> 06:58:36,655
The vast majority are good, law abiding citizens.

3183
06:58:36,655 --> 06:58:38,255
Residents and visitors that love,

3184
06:58:38,255 --> 06:58:39,983
trust, and respect law enforcement

3185
06:58:39,983 --> 06:58:41,448
and abide by the law.

3186
06:58:41,448 --> 06:58:44,781
We have people out here who want to commit crimes

3187
06:58:44,781 --> 06:58:46,912
in our neighborhood and want to do harm

3188
06:58:46,912 --> 06:58:50,512
to the people in our community.

3189
06:58:52,375 --> 06:58:54,375
Here's another snapshot.

3190
06:58:56,275 --> 06:58:58,275
Again in 2021.

3191
06:58:58,615 --> 06:59:01,150
It kind of dipped.

3192
06:59:01,295 --> 06:59:05,855
Comparing it to other years because of COVID.

3193
06:59:05,855 --> 06:59:07,855
Everyone was inside.

3194
06:59:08,295 --> 06:59:11,895
Universal and Disney was shut down.

3195
06:59:15,950 --> 06:59:19,665
Crime began to spike and by adding positions

3196
06:59:19,665 --> 06:59:23,521
every single year, by all of the efforts of the men

3197
06:59:23,521 --> 06:59:25,868
and women in the Sheriff's office,

3198
06:59:25,868 --> 06:59:28,445
utilizing technology and engaging with community.

3199
06:59:28,445 --> 06:59:30,355
Arresting bad guys.

3200
06:59:30,355 --> 06:59:32,431
We continue to drive the crime down.

3201
06:59:32,431 --> 06:59:35,439
This is interesting and you probably have already

3202
06:59:35,439 --> 06:59:37,439
seen similar trends.

3203
06:59:38,680 --> 06:59:44,680
Overdose deaths, we, we down period continue to go down.

3204
06:59:44,468 --> 06:59:47,290
That's a combination of things.

3205
06:59:47,290 --> 06:59:49,545
That's a combination of the prevention programs

3206
06:59:49,545 --> 06:59:51,897
that we're all a part of.

3207
06:59:51,897 --> 06:59:53,915
Start with the DEA.

3208
06:59:53,915 --> 06:59:58,342
The -- I think when people heard that,

3209
06:59:58,342 --> 07:00:01,766
they were like wait a minute, I can use it one time and die?

3210
07:00:01,766 --> 07:00:05,366
I think that resonated with people.

3211
07:00:05,855 --> 07:00:11,175
As well as the local prevention programs here and the fact

3212
07:00:11,175 --> 07:00:16,575
that all of our deputies, firefighters, they carry Narcan.

3213
07:00:16,668 --> 07:00:19,175
You can buy it at Walgreens.

3214
07:00:19,175 --> 07:00:21,275
Honestly, the users know that.

3215
07:00:21,275 --> 07:00:23,475
They have it readily available.

3216
07:00:23,475 --> 07:00:27,935
All that continues to drive fentanyl overdoses down.

3217
07:00:27,935 --> 07:00:32,135
Now is that stopping the drugs coming into our community

3218
07:00:32,135 --> 07:00:34,135
from other areas?

3219
07:00:34,155 --> 07:00:39,308
No, absolutely not we are still seeing massive cocaine seizures

3220
07:00:39,308 --> 07:00:41,575
all throughout the United States.

3221
07:00:41,575 --> 07:00:45,775
So this is what I talked about.

3222
07:00:46,450 --> 07:00:49,183
As our population continues to increase,

3223
07:00:49,183 --> 07:00:52,535
as our visitors continue to increase,

3224
07:00:52,535 --> 07:00:56,649
so will our calls for service and that will --

3225
07:00:56,649 --> 07:00:58,525
I have no doubt.

3226
07:00:58,525 --> 07:01:01,870
With the development and growth, that number

3227
07:01:01,870 --> 07:01:02,515
will continue to rise.

3228
07:01:02,515 --> 07:01:06,550
We want to keep up with that growth.

3229
07:01:06,550 --> 07:01:08,950
Because of the calls for service.

3230
07:01:08,950 --> 07:01:10,495
We are very busy.

3231
07:01:11,295 --> 07:01:15,495
Our deputies are answering 41 calls per hour.

3232
07:01:16,590 --> 07:01:18,950
Extremely busy.

3233
07:01:18,950 --> 07:01:21,890
And they're doing a great job.

3234
07:01:21,890 --> 07:01:24,775
But it just goes to show you that we're not

3235
07:01:24,775 --> 07:01:26,601
just parked in our cars.

3236
07:01:26,601 --> 07:01:29,601
We are actually doing stuff.

3237
07:01:29,687 --> 07:01:32,788
So the program we started several years ago,

3238
07:01:32,788 --> 07:01:36,511
as some of you know, we were one of the only Sheriff's offices

3239
07:01:36,511 --> 07:01:39,999
in the state who were not responding to traffic crashes.

3240
07:01:39,999 --> 07:01:43,235
We used to get this complaint over and over again.

3241
07:01:43,235 --> 07:01:46,135
Our residents waiting hours and hours for FHP

3242
07:01:46,135 --> 07:01:48,919
to come and right the crash report.

3243
07:01:48,919 --> 07:01:52,255
We started doing it ourselves and you see the number of crash

3244
07:01:52,255 --> 07:01:53,655
reports we have done.

3245
07:01:53,655 --> 07:01:55,630
Since we've started.

3246
07:01:55,630 --> 07:01:56,390
Over 200.

3247
07:01:56,390 --> 07:01:57,255
That helps.

3248
07:01:57,255 --> 07:02:00,550
That's a service to our residents that they deserve.

3249
07:02:00,550 --> 07:02:02,770
They shouldn't have to wait for a state agency

3250
07:02:02,770 --> 07:02:05,485
to come to Orange County and do a crash report.

3251
07:02:05,485 --> 07:02:09,755
Here's that tourist impact I told you about.

3252
07:02:09,755 --> 07:02:11,105
76 million visitors.

3253
07:02:11,105 --> 07:02:14,960
That equates to a 200 -- and you all know this.

3254
07:02:14,960 --> 07:02:17,360
210,000 average daily population increase.

3255
07:02:18,475 --> 07:02:24,135
If you count our residents only, we are two deputies per 1000.

3256
07:02:24,135 --> 07:02:26,351
That is the standard throughout the country.

3257
07:02:26,351 --> 07:02:32,351
But if you add in our visitors, it's 1.67 deputies per 1000.

3258
07:02:33,895 --> 07:02:37,205
The city of Orlando has about three officers

3259
07:02:37,205 --> 07:02:39,205
per 1000 residents.

3260
07:02:40,655 --> 07:02:46,241
So, this is the budget that I submitted to you guys on May

3261
07:02:46,241 --> 07:02:46,814
1st.

3262
07:02:46,814 --> 07:02:51,955
It reflects our operational needs based on service demands.

3263
07:02:51,955 --> 07:02:56,150
And the growth and the calls for service.

3264
07:02:56,150 --> 07:03:02,150
We know that there is an amendment freeze out there.

3265
07:03:05,245 --> 07:03:10,450
So to be available to us is 470 million.

3266
07:03:12,100 --> 07:03:15,100
And 439 million for law enforcement.

3267
07:03:16,615 --> 07:03:18,615
30 million for court.

3268
07:03:19,480 --> 07:03:21,448
And that's a 11% increase.

3269
07:03:22,800 --> 07:03:26,400
Really that only covers salary increases.

3270
07:03:28,215 --> 07:03:30,615
Mandatory increases for FRS.

3271
07:03:31,775 --> 07:03:34,175
Anticipated health insurance cost.

3272
07:03:35,550 --> 07:03:40,220
And this is the second year in a row we are not receiving

3273
07:03:40,220 --> 07:03:43,220
any capital funding as well.

3274
07:03:43,655 --> 07:03:49,550
That available budget, that was basically given to us.

3275
07:03:50,441 --> 07:03:52,441
It represents 3.51% increase.

3276
07:03:54,245 --> 07:03:59,450
As for fleet operations and support, software system

3277
07:03:59,495 --> 07:04:02,435
renewals, and insurance and risk management.

3278
07:04:02,435 --> 07:04:06,635
But again, based on what we believe,

3279
07:04:08,101 --> 07:04:10,111
we believe we need more than that.

3280
07:04:10,111 --> 07:04:13,100
And that's why that budget was originally submitted.

3281
07:04:13,100 --> 07:04:15,135
Based on operational needs.

3282
07:04:15,135 --> 07:04:16,295
Based on growth.

3283
07:04:16,295 --> 07:04:17,775
Based on calls for service.

3284
07:04:17,775 --> 07:04:20,195
In this budget we are only requesting

3285
07:04:20,195 --> 07:04:23,904
the two behavioral response unit deputies per program.

3286
07:04:23,904 --> 07:04:26,158
It's been very successful.

3287
07:04:26,158 --> 07:04:29,575
Deputies responding to people who are in crisis.

3288
07:04:29,575 --> 07:04:31,795
We want to expand that unit.

3289
07:04:31,795 --> 07:04:38,395
And then the 25 patrol deputies, which is unfunded at this point.

3290
07:04:38,567 --> 07:04:42,687
I'll talk about our priorities and our priorities drive,

3291
07:04:42,687 --> 07:04:47,415
as well as the increase in services and the calls

3292
07:04:47,415 --> 07:04:50,750
for service and our operational needs.

3293
07:04:50,750 --> 07:04:54,750
This priority drive, we want to reduce violent crime.

3294
07:04:54,750 --> 07:04:58,415
We want to reduce burglary and theft.

3295
07:04:58,415 --> 07:05:02,775
After those nightclubs have been a source of frustration

3296
07:05:02,775 --> 07:05:04,775
for our residents.

3297
07:05:04,791 --> 07:05:08,159
They have been a source of violent crimes.

3298
07:05:08,159 --> 07:05:11,855
We've seen some real success in that and of course

3299
07:05:11,855 --> 07:05:14,575
our super speeder law update.

3300
07:05:14,575 --> 07:05:16,725
And we talk about our community engagement.

3301
07:05:16,725 --> 07:05:18,555
Over the last four years we've been

3302
07:05:18,555 --> 07:05:20,355
able to reduce homicide by 43%.

3303
07:05:20,355 --> 07:05:22,355
Violent crime by 29%.

3304
07:05:22,835 --> 07:05:25,150
We are hitting those priorities.

3305
07:05:25,150 --> 07:05:27,510
This is what we're striving for.

3306
07:05:27,510 --> 07:05:31,183
We want those numbers to continue to decrease.

3307
07:05:31,183 --> 07:05:33,948
We don't want them to stay stagnant

3308
07:05:33,948 --> 07:05:35,743
and we certainly don't want them to rise.

3309
07:05:35,743 --> 07:05:38,535
And again our property crimes.

3310
07:05:38,535 --> 07:05:40,535
Auto theft decreased.

3311
07:05:41,361 --> 07:05:44,961
Residential, auto, all seeing large decreases.

3312
07:05:47,855 --> 07:05:52,487
We are hitting that mark and those are our priorities.

3313
07:05:52,487 --> 07:05:54,785
I talked about the after Hours club.

3314
07:05:54,785 --> 07:05:58,175
After our successful legislation that was passed.

3315
07:05:58,175 --> 07:06:01,175
Making selling alcohol a felony.

3316
07:06:01,185 --> 07:06:04,289
A lot of people think it's not really that big a deal

3317
07:06:04,289 --> 07:06:07,357
it is a big deal when people are at these clubs drinking

3318
07:06:07,357 --> 07:06:09,143
until 4 or 5 in the morning.

3319
07:06:09,143 --> 07:06:11,991
All kinds of crime happens there.

3320
07:06:11,991 --> 07:06:14,375
It attracts a criminal element.

3321
07:06:14,375 --> 07:06:17,375
And they commit crimes and shootings.

3322
07:06:17,375 --> 07:06:20,355
And so this has really helped us.

3323
07:06:20,355 --> 07:06:25,735
We've made over 60 felony arrests we're hoping these bar

3324
07:06:25,735 --> 07:06:29,550
owners come a -- holding them accountable.

3325
07:06:29,550 --> 07:06:33,255
And the property owners, most of them live out of state

3326
07:06:33,255 --> 07:06:35,775
and they see that and they're evicting these folks.

3327
07:06:35,775 --> 07:06:38,751
As soon as we shut down one, another one opens right back up.

3328
07:06:38,751 --> 07:06:43,880
And the super speeder law, it's just people speeding, well,

3329
07:06:43,880 --> 07:06:46,680
this is the number one complaint in Orange County Sheriff's

3330
07:06:46,680 --> 07:06:46,681
Office.

3331
07:06:46,681 --> 07:06:47,775
Speeding.

3332
07:06:47,775 --> 07:06:50,215
This is the complaint that people care about the most.

3333
07:06:50,215 --> 07:06:52,143
Traffic congestion and speeding.

3334
07:06:52,143 --> 07:06:55,441
It's what we hear the most.

3335
07:06:55,441 --> 07:07:00,997
And so, there were people in the legislature who fought us.

3336
07:07:00,997 --> 07:07:02,650
Who said no.

3337
07:07:02,650 --> 07:07:06,480
They want to drive 100 miles an hour

3338
07:07:06,480 --> 07:07:07,393
on I-10 to get to Tallahassee.

3339
07:07:07,393 --> 07:07:08,529
We said no.

3340
07:07:08,529 --> 07:07:12,385
2500 people a year die in Florida because of traffic

3341
07:07:12,385 --> 07:07:13,695
crashes related to speed.

3342
07:07:13,695 --> 07:07:15,623
And so what has happened?

3343
07:07:15,623 --> 07:07:19,615
Over the past -- ever since we've started.

3344
07:07:19,615 --> 07:07:21,615
We've arrested 328 drivers.

3345
07:07:22,495 --> 07:07:27,348
But, more than five going over 120 miles an hour.

3346
07:07:27,348 --> 07:07:32,671
But what we're seeing issue here is a decrease people are not

3347
07:07:32,671 --> 07:07:35,338
going that fast deputies are finding --

3348
07:07:35,338 --> 07:07:36,755
there is still speeders out there.

3349
07:07:36,755 --> 07:07:40,847
But they're not reaching the speeds over 100 miles.

3350
07:07:40,847 --> 07:07:42,815
Why is that important?

3351
07:07:42,815 --> 07:07:44,447
We want everyone to go the speed limit

3352
07:07:44,447 --> 07:07:46,847
but when they're going 100, 120, 150,

3353
07:07:47,401 --> 07:07:50,295
no one's going to survive that crash.

3354
07:07:50,295 --> 07:07:52,695
We've all seen that.

3355
07:07:53,455 --> 07:07:58,268
And so of course, as many of you know,

3356
07:07:58,268 --> 07:08:01,735
community engagement is a hallmark of this agency.

3357
07:08:01,735 --> 07:08:04,735
We believe this community engagement

3358
07:08:05,327 --> 07:08:07,348
has helped us drive down crime.

3359
07:08:07,348 --> 07:08:09,563
People see us out there.

3360
07:08:09,563 --> 07:08:10,959
We engage with them.

3361
07:08:10,959 --> 07:08:13,245
We have different activities that we do.

3362
07:08:13,245 --> 07:08:15,275
You see them all.

3363
07:08:15,275 --> 07:08:16,453
There's so many programs.

3364
07:08:16,453 --> 07:08:18,437
It's hard to remember them all.

3365
07:08:18,437 --> 07:08:23,115
I really do think that helps us build trust within the community

3366
07:08:23,115 --> 07:08:27,315
and certainly we cannot stop doing that.

3367
07:08:28,415 --> 07:08:33,150
If you're thinking that, that would be a huge problem.

3368
07:08:33,150 --> 07:08:35,495
Especially in our more challenging communities.

3369
07:08:35,495 --> 07:08:38,595
It's something we are very very proud of.

3370
07:08:38,595 --> 07:08:41,999
And we receive a lot of accolades and credit for things

3371
07:08:41,999 --> 07:08:43,271
that we're doing.

3372
07:08:43,271 --> 07:08:46,908
And with all those arrests we made we see a lot of drug money

3373
07:08:46,908 --> 07:08:49,750
and we are putting it right back into the community.

3374
07:08:49,750 --> 07:08:52,750
As you see since 2020, 2.6 million.

3375
07:08:53,535 --> 07:08:56,255
Back into nonprofits that we all love.

3376
07:08:56,255 --> 07:08:57,815
Human trafficking.

3377
07:08:57,815 --> 07:08:59,308
Mentoring programs.

3378
07:08:59,308 --> 07:09:02,607
Domestic violence and drug prevention programs.

3379
07:09:02,607 --> 07:09:05,607
We believe this is working.

3380
07:09:06,645 --> 07:09:10,245
We believe it's having an impact.

3381
07:09:10,395 --> 07:09:14,243
I know you guys have many questions for me

3382
07:09:14,243 --> 07:09:20,677
so I'm going to end right there and go back to this slide

3383
07:09:20,677 --> 07:09:24,877
so you all can look at it.

3384
07:09:40,760 --> 07:09:41,576
>> We will open it up for questions.

3385
07:09:41,576 --> 07:09:43,285
Members of the board.

3386
07:09:43,285 --> 07:09:46,885
We'll start with Commissioner Michael Scott.

3387
07:09:47,655 --> 07:09:52,295
>> Twice in a row got to go first Sheriff I have four

3388
07:09:52,295 --> 07:09:53,783
questions for you.

3389
07:09:53,783 --> 07:09:56,608
The first question is, I think it

3390
07:09:56,608 --> 07:10:00,668
was last year we gave you guys some funding for enhanced 911.

3391
07:10:00,668 --> 07:10:03,472
I think that's why you were able to send a link.

3392
07:10:03,472 --> 07:10:06,695
Can you tell us how that's working?

3393
07:10:06,695 --> 07:10:07,277
>> Yes.

3394
07:10:07,277 --> 07:10:08,443
It was live 911.

3395
07:10:08,443 --> 07:10:10,311
We tested it and it wasn't as effective

3396
07:10:10,311 --> 07:10:13,615
as we thought it would be.

3397
07:10:13,615 --> 07:10:14,895
>> Okay.

3398
07:10:14,895 --> 07:10:17,295
>> Okay so we ended that program.

3399
07:10:17,295 --> 07:10:20,695
>> And then the Florida Police Department,

3400
07:10:20,695 --> 07:10:24,295
are you guys still evaluating that?

3401
07:10:25,332 --> 07:10:25,915
>> Absolutely.

3402
07:10:25,915 --> 07:10:28,255
We met with a drone company recently.

3403
07:10:28,255 --> 07:10:31,135
They're going to do a pilot program with us.

3404
07:10:31,135 --> 07:10:34,235
And at around your convention area.

3405
07:10:34,235 --> 07:10:37,971
That happens to coincide with the big huge law enforcement

3406
07:10:37,971 --> 07:10:39,471
conference that's going to be there.

3407
07:10:39,471 --> 07:10:42,535
But they're going to leave it there for several months.

3408
07:10:42,535 --> 07:10:46,108
And so we're in talks with them about that.

3409
07:10:46,108 --> 07:10:49,965
I will say that we are very interested in that.

3410
07:10:49,965 --> 07:10:52,659
We're looking at that closely.

3411
07:10:52,659 --> 07:10:58,647
To be able to get eyes on a call very quickly.

3412
07:10:58,647 --> 07:11:02,695
With a drone operator watching that video.

3413
07:11:02,695 --> 07:11:04,575
It could be a game changer.

3414
07:11:04,575 --> 07:11:11,255
And so I do say that and I will also say that a drone,

3415
07:11:11,255 --> 07:11:12,945
and those other pieces of technology,

3416
07:11:12,945 --> 07:11:18,223
it will never replace a deputy out on the street because AI

3417
07:11:18,223 --> 07:11:21,230
and drone, they can't tell right from wrong.

3418
07:11:21,230 --> 07:11:24,623
They don't have that human brain.

3419
07:11:24,855 --> 07:11:29,655
Law enforcement is being very cautious regarding AI,

3420
07:11:30,111 --> 07:11:32,111
and rightly so.

3421
07:11:32,135 --> 07:11:33,735
It's done a lot of good things.

3422
07:11:33,735 --> 07:11:35,759
But we have to tread lightly.

3423
07:11:35,759 --> 07:11:37,455
We do have a committee specifically

3424
07:11:37,455 --> 07:11:38,883
looking at AI stuff.

3425
07:11:38,883 --> 07:11:41,320
But back to the drone, yes we are

3426
07:11:41,320 --> 07:11:45,807
going to do a pilot program and commissioners, it's just money,

3427
07:11:45,807 --> 07:11:47,615
it all costs money.

3428
07:11:47,615 --> 07:11:51,781
These tech companies, they provide some very good products.

3429
07:11:51,781 --> 07:11:55,111
But it comes at a huge cost.

3430
07:11:55,111 --> 07:11:59,311
The challenge for us is, we're always

3431
07:11:59,575 --> 07:12:02,519
going to need a deputy Sheriff.

3432
07:12:02,519 --> 07:12:04,679
We've got that drone program.

3433
07:12:04,679 --> 07:12:07,848
But can we get rid of a deputy because we have a drone

3434
07:12:07,848 --> 07:12:08,530
up there?

3435
07:12:08,530 --> 07:12:11,355
No, the deputy is still going to have to go

3436
07:12:11,355 --> 07:12:14,628
to that call in most cases.

3437
07:12:14,628 --> 07:12:18,828
>> And then I recently learned about --

3438
07:12:19,681 --> 07:12:24,481
I wasn't aware that the body camera Taser,

3439
07:12:27,950 --> 07:12:30,680
I ended up with one company.

3440
07:12:30,680 --> 07:12:32,415
I guess if you could give me a ballpark

3441
07:12:32,415 --> 07:12:33,961
number of what that costs.

3442
07:12:33,961 --> 07:12:37,759
I know it's almost like a monopoly.

3443
07:12:37,759 --> 07:12:39,759
How does that?

3444
07:12:40,468 --> 07:12:42,819
>> With our tasers, body cameras,

3445
07:12:42,819 --> 07:12:45,219
it's $9.5 million a year.

3446
07:12:46,710 --> 07:12:49,668
All of our deputies who wear uniform out there

3447
07:12:49,668 --> 07:12:54,225
on the street, who are affecting an arrest,

3448
07:12:54,225 --> 07:12:58,425
in units that typically don't wear uniforms,

3449
07:12:59,150 --> 07:13:02,415
they all have body worn cameras.

3450
07:13:02,415 --> 07:13:06,535
That's why when you see a critical incidence, when

3451
07:13:06,535 --> 07:13:09,831
you see those things, we're able to see

3452
07:13:09,831 --> 07:13:11,831
it's incredibly expensive.

3453
07:13:12,550 --> 07:13:16,695
It's huge for trust building with our community.

3454
07:13:16,695 --> 07:13:17,919
As you know.

3455
07:13:17,919 --> 07:13:20,919
Having a less than (indiscernible).

3456
07:13:24,160 --> 07:13:29,375
And of course that all goes into the evidence.com.

3457
07:13:29,375 --> 07:13:31,375
It's incredibly expensive.

3458
07:13:31,467 --> 07:13:35,440
But it's needed and I can't ever see going back.

3459
07:13:35,440 --> 07:13:37,148
Because if we got rid of our body cameras

3460
07:13:37,148 --> 07:13:40,941
and we had an incident, wait a minute, we had body cameras now

3461
07:13:40,941 --> 07:13:42,239
we don't have body cameras.

3462
07:13:42,239 --> 07:13:44,115
Now we don't know what the deputy did.

3463
07:13:44,115 --> 07:13:50,115
It's one of those costs that we can't live without.

3464
07:13:50,375 --> 07:13:53,535
>> This wasn't one of my original questions do you have

3465
07:13:53,535 --> 07:13:55,935
one of the (indiscernible).

3466
07:13:58,628 --> 07:13:59,128
>> Yeah.

3467
07:13:59,128 --> 07:14:00,379
We had one before them.

3468
07:14:00,379 --> 07:14:03,735
Which was bought with grant money.

3469
07:14:03,735 --> 07:14:06,415
>> I have one more question.

3470
07:14:06,415 --> 07:14:08,375
This is maybe the hardest.

3471
07:14:08,375 --> 07:14:11,695
Obviously you've had folks come today and talk about ice.

3472
07:14:11,695 --> 07:14:16,311
Can you summarize what the money received is

3473
07:14:16,311 --> 07:14:19,823
and maybe there's some misunderstanding of what it is.

3474
07:14:19,823 --> 07:14:24,935
But kind of clarifying what those dogs will do.

3475
07:14:24,935 --> 07:14:29,895
>> I heard all the comments this morning and I assume some of you

3476
07:14:29,895 --> 07:14:30,815
have questions.

3477
07:14:30,815 --> 07:14:32,661
And there might be more.

3478
07:14:32,661 --> 07:14:34,195
But I'll try and answer it.

3479
07:14:34,195 --> 07:14:37,150
First I have to start with this, as you know,

3480
07:14:37,150 --> 07:14:42,415
Florida State's that law enforcement shall use its best

3481
07:14:45,775 --> 07:14:49,975
efforts to assist in immigration enforcement period

3482
07:14:50,280 --> 07:14:51,217
so I'll start with that.

3483
07:14:51,217 --> 07:14:53,875
I will also say that the enforcement of immigration

3484
07:14:53,875 --> 07:14:55,455
is not our top priority.

3485
07:14:55,455 --> 07:14:58,480
I have the data to prove that.

3486
07:14:58,480 --> 07:15:02,248
You looked at that 15,000 arrests last year.

3487
07:15:02,521 --> 07:15:06,687
We have only, since the program started,

3488
07:15:06,687 --> 07:15:11,487
we have only made 101 arrests related to immigration.

3489
07:15:12,715 --> 07:15:15,868
And those people also had local charges.

3490
07:15:15,868 --> 07:15:18,895
If you look at your own jail stats.

3491
07:15:18,895 --> 07:15:20,975
People in jail this morning.

3492
07:15:20,975 --> 07:15:23,967
Their et there that have a detainer on them.

3493
07:15:23,967 --> 07:15:27,341
That have nothing to do with us.

3494
07:15:27,341 --> 07:15:30,495
There are 184 in your jail right now

3495
07:15:30,495 --> 07:15:35,361
that have a local charges and a hold from ice.

3496
07:15:35,361 --> 07:15:38,815
In other words, all of those people

3497
07:15:38,815 --> 07:15:41,575
committed some type of crime in Orange County.

3498
07:15:41,575 --> 07:15:42,935
Whether it's domestic violence.

3499
07:15:42,935 --> 07:15:45,440
It could be a super speeder.

3500
07:15:45,440 --> 07:15:46,711
They committed a crime in Orange County.

3501
07:15:46,711 --> 07:15:48,735
They were brought to your jail.

3502
07:15:48,735 --> 07:15:50,855
Where their fingerprints were ran.

3503
07:15:50,855 --> 07:15:54,615
Their fingerprints were sent to the through the system.

3504
07:15:54,615 --> 07:15:59,527
And Vermont ice facility up there says hold those people.

3505
07:15:59,527 --> 07:16:02,975
None of that has anything to do with the Orange County Sheriff's

3506
07:16:02,975 --> 07:16:03,735
Department.

3507
07:16:03,735 --> 07:16:07,125
Now since we are by law using our best efforts

3508
07:16:07,125 --> 07:16:09,810
to support immigration enforcement,

3509
07:16:09,810 --> 07:16:11,875
we are part of the 287 program.

3510
07:16:11,875 --> 07:16:14,275
What does that mean?

3511
07:16:14,515 --> 07:16:18,715
The law also states we will assist.

3512
07:16:19,685 --> 07:16:23,146
So Ice folks, they have contacted us.

3513
07:16:23,146 --> 07:16:25,175
But we don't go on any raids.

3514
07:16:25,175 --> 07:16:29,975
We don't initiate any type of self-initiated immigration

3515
07:16:31,361 --> 07:16:32,348
enforcement.

3516
07:16:32,348 --> 07:16:35,535
The people who are here illegally,

3517
07:16:35,535 --> 07:16:39,183
who happened to come into our contact, they committed a crime.

3518
07:16:39,183 --> 07:16:41,550
They were pulled over.

3519
07:16:41,550 --> 07:16:42,911
We responded to a domestic violence call.

3520
07:16:42,911 --> 07:16:46,835
Ice has called us to transport a handful of times.

3521
07:16:46,835 --> 07:16:51,685
Ice has called us to assist with protests on their property.

3522
07:16:51,685 --> 07:16:53,391
Which we have assisted them.

3523
07:16:53,391 --> 07:16:57,875
They asked for us to assist them with crowd control training.

3524
07:16:57,875 --> 07:17:00,327
Which they desperately need, as you

3525
07:17:00,327 --> 07:17:01,835
can see throughout the country.

3526
07:17:01,835 --> 07:17:04,737
And we're experts at it so we have assisted them.

3527
07:17:04,737 --> 07:17:08,287
They don't call us that much for that assistance period

3528
07:17:08,287 --> 07:17:11,815
but, as the Sheriff here in Orange County,

3529
07:17:11,815 --> 07:17:14,235
the Sheriff of Florida, I will follow the law.

3530
07:17:14,235 --> 07:17:15,655
I won't break the law.

3531
07:17:15,655 --> 07:17:19,743
I will use my best efforts to assist immigration enforcement.

3532
07:17:19,743 --> 07:17:22,965
So the money that you're talking about,

3533
07:17:22,965 --> 07:17:25,798
yeah, there's $250 million grants available

3534
07:17:25,798 --> 07:17:29,799
for agencies that are in the 287 G program.

3535
07:17:29,799 --> 07:17:35,199
And so, we are receiving 10 million from the state.

3536
07:17:46,848 --> 07:17:50,374
For one year of Parigramme program.

3537
07:17:50,374 --> 07:17:53,835
Which I will explain that in a minute license plate readers.

3538
07:17:53,835 --> 07:17:55,835
And radios. $10 million.

3539
07:17:56,480 --> 07:18:00,935
First with the radios, each radio that they carry costs

3540
07:18:00,935 --> 07:18:02,935
$12,555.

3541
07:18:07,255 --> 07:18:10,165
That's the bulk of that 10 million.

3542
07:18:10,165 --> 07:18:14,463
We originally asked for 25 million and they cut it in half.

3543
07:18:14,463 --> 07:18:18,586
If you want to give me $10 million or $9 million

3544
07:18:18,586 --> 07:18:22,585
to buy radios today, I'll give that grant back.

3545
07:18:22,585 --> 07:18:25,565
Obviously we're not using those for immigration.

3546
07:18:25,565 --> 07:18:28,115
We use those every single day.

3547
07:18:28,115 --> 07:18:32,620
It's not a top priority program is basically --

3548
07:18:32,620 --> 07:18:37,388
all of us at the Sheriff's office, all of our systems,

3549
07:18:37,388 --> 07:18:41,588
computer aided dispatch, our records management system,

3550
07:18:42,815 --> 07:18:43,735
evidence.com.

3551
07:18:43,735 --> 07:18:45,735
Body worn cameras.

3552
07:18:45,895 --> 07:18:48,575
All of our systems are siloed.

3553
07:18:48,575 --> 07:18:52,591
For a deputy or detective or crime analyst

3554
07:18:52,591 --> 07:18:55,176
to do an investigation, he or she

3555
07:18:55,176 --> 07:18:57,759
is looking for someone who has committed a crime in our county

3556
07:18:57,759 --> 07:18:59,221
or in another county in.

3557
07:18:59,221 --> 07:19:00,668
Trying to find a phone number.

3558
07:19:00,668 --> 07:19:03,535
We have to go through all these different systems.

3559
07:19:03,535 --> 07:19:08,495
What does, it puts it all in one system.

3560
07:19:08,495 --> 07:19:10,495
At the fingertips.

3561
07:19:10,823 --> 07:19:13,775
It marries all that information that we have.

3562
07:19:13,775 --> 07:19:16,521
Are we using it for immigration enforcement?

3563
07:19:16,521 --> 07:19:17,508
No.

3564
07:19:17,508 --> 07:19:18,731
Could it be used?

3565
07:19:18,731 --> 07:19:19,231
Yes.

3566
07:19:19,231 --> 07:19:21,383
But as you see by the numbers on the data,

3567
07:19:21,383 --> 07:19:24,108
that's not our priority here in Orange County.

3568
07:19:24,108 --> 07:19:25,908
But we will follow the law.

3569
07:19:25,908 --> 07:19:28,441
I hope that answers your question.

3570
07:19:28,441 --> 07:19:29,755
>> No, that was very thorough.

3571
07:19:29,755 --> 07:19:30,505
I appreciate it.

3572
07:19:30,505 --> 07:19:31,967
Now to my request.

3573
07:19:31,967 --> 07:19:36,175
I noticed, and I'm not jealous, I promise,

3574
07:19:36,175 --> 07:19:40,775
but I noticed you do annual spaghetti dinner with

3575
07:19:40,775 --> 07:19:44,975
Commissioner -- just something to think about.

3576
07:19:49,215 --> 07:19:50,600
Not a request now.

3577
07:19:50,600 --> 07:19:53,401
But I was wondering as we bring new commissioners on,

3578
07:19:53,401 --> 07:19:55,735
obviously we'll have four commissioners here.

3579
07:19:55,735 --> 07:19:58,231
There will be time for them to learn.

3580
07:19:58,231 --> 07:20:00,255
Would you consider doing something,

3581
07:20:00,255 --> 07:20:02,641
it may not be spaghetti.

3582
07:20:02,641 --> 07:20:05,268
For me it might be a fish fry.

3583
07:20:05,268 --> 07:20:06,935
>> I like fish.

3584
07:20:06,935 --> 07:20:09,935
>> Doing something for the districts.

3585
07:20:10,295 --> 07:20:12,295
>> Absolutely.

3586
07:20:12,495 --> 07:20:15,595
>> I know the chief goes around and does district meetings.

3587
07:20:15,595 --> 07:20:16,454
And

3588
07:20:16,454 --> 07:20:17,871
>> We attend hundreds of meetings.

3589
07:20:17,871 --> 07:20:23,535
I attended one for Commissioner Cordero just a few weeks ago.

3590
07:20:23,535 --> 07:20:24,855
Absolutely.

3591
07:20:24,855 --> 07:20:27,255
Orange County, it's 1000mi².

3592
07:20:29,655 --> 07:20:33,721
And so, again I get a lot of help from my staff.

3593
07:20:33,721 --> 07:20:37,515
If someone requests me personally to go to a meeting,

3594
07:20:37,515 --> 07:20:40,361
I rarely turn them down.

3595
07:20:40,361 --> 07:20:41,517
>> I appreciate that.

3596
07:20:41,517 --> 07:20:44,515
My final request, I've got to work on my resume,

3597
07:20:44,515 --> 07:20:48,115
but I'm looking for a job.

3598
07:20:48,215 --> 07:20:52,477
Since you have released the ice cream shop a.

3599
07:20:52,477 --> 07:20:56,215
I get so many calls about the ice cream truck and the gaming

3600
07:20:56,215 --> 07:20:56,715
truck.

3601
07:20:56,715 --> 07:20:59,415
I feel like I may call center seasonal employee for you guys

3602
07:20:59,415 --> 07:21:01,359
because I tell them how to request it.

3603
07:21:01,359 --> 07:21:04,375
Is there any thoughts to be able to expand

3604
07:21:04,375 --> 07:21:06,358
either one of those items.

3605
07:21:06,358 --> 07:21:10,558
I do get quite a few calls.

3606
07:21:10,855 --> 07:21:15,550
>> That comes with the expansion and personnel.

3607
07:21:15,735 --> 07:21:17,681
>> Right.

3608
07:21:17,681 --> 07:21:19,468
>> It takes personnel.

3609
07:21:19,468 --> 07:21:20,705
Thank you for that.

3610
07:21:20,705 --> 07:21:23,135
The ice cream truck and the gaming truck.

3611
07:21:23,135 --> 07:21:26,543
We've got agencies all over the country asking us how we did it.

3612
07:21:26,543 --> 07:21:30,159
My friend in Polk County copied us.

3613
07:21:30,159 --> 07:21:33,855
Sheriff Judd has ice cream trucks too.

3614
07:21:33,855 --> 07:21:38,655
People realize the importance of engaging with kids.

3615
07:21:39,710 --> 07:21:41,567
When you're giving a kid an ice cream,

3616
07:21:41,567 --> 07:21:44,435
it doesn't get any better than that.

3617
07:21:44,435 --> 07:21:47,575
They get to see us in a different light.

3618
07:21:47,575 --> 07:21:50,115
We are not in the neighborhood arresting someone.

3619
07:21:50,115 --> 07:21:52,375
We're not giving someone a ticket.

3620
07:21:52,375 --> 07:21:53,671
Nothing bad is happening.

3621
07:21:53,671 --> 07:21:56,685
The cops are smiling at us and giving us ice cream.

3622
07:21:56,685 --> 07:21:59,950
It's been a home run.

3623
07:21:59,950 --> 07:22:00,325
>> Kudos, Sheriff.

3624
07:22:00,325 --> 07:22:02,325
Appreciate you guys.

3625
07:22:03,415 --> 07:22:04,255
>> All right.

3626
07:22:04,255 --> 07:22:06,255
Commissioner Wilson?

3627
07:22:06,935 --> 07:22:08,255
>> Thank you.

3628
07:22:08,255 --> 07:22:10,717
Thank you all for the work you do.

3629
07:22:10,717 --> 07:22:15,815
Thank you for coming and talking to me ahead of time.

3630
07:22:15,815 --> 07:22:17,763
I appreciate that.

3631
07:22:17,763 --> 07:22:22,750
One of the things we did talk about, obviously

3632
07:22:22,750 --> 07:22:23,935
these various revenue sources.

3633
07:22:23,935 --> 07:22:25,935
I think there's a general understanding that you

3634
07:22:25,935 --> 07:22:27,875
can't leave money on the table.

3635
07:22:27,875 --> 07:22:29,988
I don't want you to misinterpret the questions

3636
07:22:29,988 --> 07:22:32,735
but I also think we are trying really hard

3637
07:22:32,735 --> 07:22:36,355
to make every little minute of this budget

3638
07:22:36,355 --> 07:22:39,647
hearing as transparent and publicly facing as possible.

3639
07:22:39,647 --> 07:22:43,135
And the public has come here every two weeks

3640
07:22:43,135 --> 07:22:44,895
for over a year now.

3641
07:22:44,895 --> 07:22:51,495
Begging us to help get between them and aggressive ice tactics.

3642
07:22:51,755 --> 07:22:54,175
One of the things I'm worried about when

3643
07:22:54,175 --> 07:22:57,879
I'm looking at the statistics, about the crime numbers going

3644
07:22:57,879 --> 07:22:59,935
down, is how many of those are just

3645
07:22:59,935 --> 07:23:02,335
unreported because domestic violence

3646
07:23:02,479 --> 07:23:04,179
victims are afraid to call.

3647
07:23:04,179 --> 07:23:09,680
Because they know Orange County Sheriff's do enforce with ice.

3648
07:23:09,680 --> 07:23:13,255
Has there been any analysis of that?

3649
07:23:13,255 --> 07:23:14,935
>> That's almost impossible to capture.

3650
07:23:14,935 --> 07:23:17,935
Underreported crime is an issue.

3651
07:23:18,645 --> 07:23:19,855
Regarding everything.

3652
07:23:19,855 --> 07:23:23,887
I would say regarding people who are here illegally.

3653
07:23:23,887 --> 07:23:29,265
Women and men, they don't call for a variety of reasons.

3654
07:23:29,265 --> 07:23:33,700
Immigration status is probably just one small reason.

3655
07:23:33,700 --> 07:23:37,270
It's almost impossible to capture a number.

3656
07:23:37,888 --> 07:23:39,475
We're not sure.

3657
07:23:39,475 --> 07:23:40,305
And

3658
07:23:40,305 --> 07:23:41,430
>> I fully understand that.

3659
07:23:41,430 --> 07:23:43,930
I just want to make sure when we're talking about statistics

3660
07:23:43,930 --> 07:23:46,587
in a time when we've seen over the last two days

3661
07:23:46,587 --> 07:23:48,545
that this wouldn't happen here in Orange County

3662
07:23:48,545 --> 07:23:50,399
because you do have the body cams.

3663
07:23:50,399 --> 07:23:54,983
But then someone was shot, they were not the target

3664
07:23:54,983 --> 07:23:57,383
of the ice operation.

3665
07:23:59,150 --> 07:24:01,415
These are tragic stories.

3666
07:24:01,639 --> 07:24:03,725
Once again I'm grateful for the training

3667
07:24:03,725 --> 07:24:05,615
that your team undergoes.

3668
07:24:05,615 --> 07:24:09,815
We do have the transparency for activities.

3669
07:24:10,505 --> 07:24:14,252
I think what I want to try to do is make sure we talk

3670
07:24:14,252 --> 07:24:15,603
about that trust relationship.

3671
07:24:15,603 --> 07:24:18,103
There is a community of people who are very frightened right

3672
07:24:18,103 --> 07:24:19,371
now of engaging.

3673
07:24:19,371 --> 07:24:21,305
We do food drives.

3674
07:24:21,305 --> 07:24:26,105
We noticed almost immediately after the DHS activity.

3675
07:24:26,850 --> 07:24:31,280
The families that used to show up didn't show up at.

3676
07:24:31,280 --> 07:24:33,801
And even some of the volunteers didn't show up.

3677
07:24:33,801 --> 07:24:36,555
And I need to figure out how to bridge some of that trust.

3678
07:24:36,555 --> 07:24:41,135
We've done as much as we feel like we can do.

3679
07:24:41,135 --> 07:24:44,635
But you're our other link in that trust.

3680
07:24:44,635 --> 07:24:48,375
Being able to understand why Orange County

3681
07:24:48,375 --> 07:24:50,431
Sheriff was the highest requester

3682
07:24:50,431 --> 07:24:53,431
in the state under that 287.

3683
07:24:55,521 --> 07:24:56,720
>> No.

3684
07:24:56,720 --> 07:24:59,720
We're not the highest requester.

3685
07:24:59,135 --> 07:25:00,383
>> That was reported.

3686
07:25:00,383 --> 07:25:03,135
That's why we're having this conversation.

3687
07:25:03,135 --> 07:25:05,535
>> There's $250 million out there.

3688
07:25:07,735 --> 07:25:11,959
All of their deputies -- go ahead come and finish

3689
07:25:11,959 --> 07:25:13,959
your question.

3690
07:25:14,215 --> 07:25:17,591
>> Know you're doing what I want to talk through this.

3691
07:25:17,591 --> 07:25:21,310
I want to make sure there's no family out there that

3692
07:25:21,310 --> 07:25:24,501
would hesitate to call you all in the case of an emergency.

3693
07:25:24,501 --> 07:25:25,401
That is the priority.

3694
07:25:25,401 --> 07:25:28,550
I want to make sure that our tax dollars are

3695
07:25:28,550 --> 07:25:31,639
going in our criminal justice system to criminal justice.

3696
07:25:31,639 --> 07:25:33,955
Not to civil federal enforcement.

3697
07:25:33,955 --> 07:25:37,735
These are the things I need to hear from you.

3698
07:25:37,735 --> 07:25:42,715
>> Going back to the crime piece, when I started in 2018,

3699
07:25:42,715 --> 07:25:45,647
as compared to now, crime is down 43%.

3700
07:25:45,647 --> 07:25:51,415
That's way before the 287 G. Way before the new state law.

3701
07:25:51,415 --> 07:25:53,153
So crime has been trending down.

3702
07:25:53,153 --> 07:25:55,775
And that goes back to the reasons I stated.

3703
07:25:55,775 --> 07:26:03,950
All of you have been great at Orange County -- as it grows,

3704
07:26:03,950 --> 07:26:06,950
adding personnel, and then all the different programs we had

3705
07:26:06,950 --> 07:26:09,575
in the Sheriff's office has continued to drive crime down

3706
07:26:09,575 --> 07:26:12,271
and when we talk about designated immigration officers

3707
07:26:12,271 --> 07:26:17,710
in the 287 program, out of 1939 deputies, we have 160.

3708
07:26:18,239 --> 07:26:20,639
That's 8% of our personnel.

3709
07:26:22,455 --> 07:26:24,528
That have that training.

3710
07:26:24,528 --> 07:26:28,350
And if you look at surrounding counties all of their deputies

3711
07:26:28,350 --> 07:26:29,575
have that training.

3712
07:26:29,575 --> 07:26:33,961
That may go to show you it's a different priority for them.

3713
07:26:33,961 --> 07:26:35,636
It's just not our top priority.

3714
07:26:35,636 --> 07:26:38,550
And here's the last thing I will say on that.

3715
07:26:38,550 --> 07:26:42,143
Anyone I invite any one of you to come ride with our deputies.

3716
07:26:42,143 --> 07:26:47,543
You can pick the deputy, the shift, the area,

3717
07:26:47,935 --> 07:26:49,557
and you ask them.

3718
07:26:49,557 --> 07:26:53,801
Are you out here looking for people who are illegal?

3719
07:26:53,801 --> 07:26:58,207
Ask them and you will see the truth.

3720
07:26:58,207 --> 07:27:00,895
Their priority is violent crime.

3721
07:27:00,895 --> 07:27:03,695
Their priority are people who are selling drugs and killing

3722
07:27:03,695 --> 07:27:04,615
our residents.

3723
07:27:04,615 --> 07:27:08,488
Their priority is to drive property crime down

3724
07:27:08,488 --> 07:27:11,823
and their priority is to engage with the community.

3725
07:27:11,823 --> 07:27:14,115
We do that with every one.

3726
07:27:14,115 --> 07:27:16,738
We don't pick a specific area.

3727
07:27:16,738 --> 07:27:18,923
If you watch what we do on social media,

3728
07:27:18,923 --> 07:27:21,837
it's 1000mi² as you know.

3729
07:27:21,837 --> 07:27:25,159
But we hit all areas of the county in an effort to engage.

3730
07:27:25,159 --> 07:27:29,135
I'm telling all of you, we will do

3731
07:27:29,135 --> 07:27:32,375
what we can to continue to build that trust.

3732
07:27:32,375 --> 07:27:34,775
Making people follow us.

3733
07:27:35,847 --> 07:27:39,447
We've met with very nice people.

3734
07:27:39,695 --> 07:27:44,495
>> I would love for you to facilitate --

3735
07:27:47,600 --> 07:27:47,130
>> We've met with them several times.

3736
07:27:47,130 --> 07:27:48,805
I watched the public comments specifically.

3737
07:27:48,805 --> 07:27:51,495
I want to know what people are saying about the Orange County

3738
07:27:51,495 --> 07:27:52,695
Sheriff's Office.

3739
07:27:52,695 --> 07:27:55,303
About what's happening in our county.

3740
07:27:55,303 --> 07:27:57,703
Very nice, passionate people.

3741
07:27:58,220 --> 07:28:03,595
It seems more of that passion is directed towards Maine

3742
07:28:03,595 --> 07:28:05,995
and other parts of our country.

3743
07:28:05,995 --> 07:28:08,535
We are just not seeing those interactions here

3744
07:28:08,535 --> 07:28:12,279
and I can tell you, the Orange County Sheriff's Office

3745
07:28:12,279 --> 07:28:14,255
is not going to be involved in any of that

3746
07:28:14,255 --> 07:28:18,803
and I certainly can't control what Ice or DHS does.

3747
07:28:18,803 --> 07:28:22,583
But, our deputies know what their priorities are.

3748
07:28:22,583 --> 07:28:29,428
And I'll end again, but I am the Sheriff, I will follow the law,

3749
07:28:29,428 --> 07:28:31,410
I'm not going to break the law.

3750
07:28:31,410 --> 07:28:32,855
We will follow the state law.

3751
07:28:32,855 --> 07:28:36,735
It's just not a top priority for us.

3752
07:28:36,735 --> 07:28:38,895
>> I appreciate you talking through that.

3753
07:28:38,895 --> 07:28:42,635
I look forward to facilitating a meeting with some

3754
07:28:42,635 --> 07:28:43,835
of the advocacy folks.

3755
07:28:43,835 --> 07:28:45,808
It is purely a public safety point

3756
07:28:45,808 --> 07:28:48,615
that I'm making as far as what I think

3757
07:28:48,615 --> 07:28:52,224
can be a blind spot for a lot of us

3758
07:28:52,224 --> 07:28:54,299
who are trying to understand why we don't have

3759
07:28:54,299 --> 07:28:57,175
as many kids in some of our after school programs who

3760
07:28:57,175 --> 07:28:59,925
are potentially children of immigrants.

3761
07:28:59,925 --> 07:29:02,425
Across the board we've seen withdrawal

3762
07:29:02,425 --> 07:29:06,625
from many really beneficial parts of society.

3763
07:29:09,735 --> 07:29:12,870
So thank you for talking me through that.

3764
07:29:12,870 --> 07:29:14,870
I appreciate it.

3765
07:29:14,108 --> 07:29:19,508
I look forward to having more conversations about it.

3766
07:29:21,607 --> 07:29:21,610
>> Commissioner Semerad?

3767
07:29:21,610 --> 07:29:22,333
>> Thank you mayor.

3768
07:29:22,333 --> 07:29:23,830
Thank you Sheriff.

3769
07:29:23,830 --> 07:29:26,830
My neighbor is right there.

3770
07:29:26,575 --> 07:29:31,375
His mother in law Stole our garbage can.

3771
07:29:32,175 --> 07:29:34,135
>> I'm sorry.

3772
07:29:34,135 --> 07:29:38,807
>> Sheriff, in the last presentation we heard from

3773
07:29:38,807 --> 07:29:43,415
the community and family Services department and they

3774
07:29:43,415 --> 07:29:47,455
referenced that if the property tax reform passes that they

3775
07:29:47,455 --> 07:29:51,895
would need to look at potential reduction in sex trafficking

3776
07:29:51,895 --> 07:29:53,783
programs in Orange County.

3777
07:29:53,783 --> 07:29:56,245
As a Sheriff, would you think that if there's

3778
07:29:56,245 --> 07:29:57,703
a reduction in those programs there

3779
07:29:57,703 --> 07:30:02,112
could be an increase in that type of crime in our community?

3780
07:30:02,112 --> 07:30:02,695
>> Absolutely.

3781
07:30:02,695 --> 07:30:08,135
I will tell you I am willing to, and I have helped out

3782
07:30:08,135 --> 07:30:12,520
many organizations, including the human trafficking and sex

3783
07:30:12,520 --> 07:30:13,200
trafficking.

3784
07:30:13,200 --> 07:30:15,691
And will continue to help them financially.

3785
07:30:15,691 --> 07:30:21,950
As you know, we have many people signed up to the Metropolitan

3786
07:30:21,950 --> 07:30:21,961
investigation.

3787
07:30:21,961 --> 07:30:24,961
Our longest standing task force.

3788
07:30:26,785 --> 07:30:30,715
Split half of their task force into human trafficking.

3789
07:30:30,715 --> 07:30:33,391
Again, we are one of those communities that doesn't

3790
07:30:33,391 --> 07:30:35,950
sweep that under the rug.

3791
07:30:35,950 --> 07:30:38,623
I imagine you get funding for any program,

3792
07:30:38,623 --> 07:30:41,221
it's going to have an effect.

3793
07:30:41,221 --> 07:30:43,967
But we'll do what we need to do to continue

3794
07:30:43,967 --> 07:30:46,655
to prevent that and stop that.

3795
07:30:46,655 --> 07:30:50,700
>> To be clear, when we talk about an increase

3796
07:30:50,700 --> 07:30:54,807
in our community, that involves our children, right?

3797
07:30:55,948 --> 07:30:57,588
>> I can get you stats.

3798
07:30:57,588 --> 07:31:01,926
But as far as human trafficking, yeah, we save,

3799
07:31:01,926 --> 07:31:08,526
and I say save, we save about 50 children, juveniles a year.

3800
07:31:11,735 --> 07:31:17,735
And usually that is , either that juvenile or adult was

3801
07:31:19,655 --> 07:31:22,495
involved in sex work prostitution.

3802
07:31:22,495 --> 07:31:26,437
Years ago we would just arrest them and take them to jail.

3803
07:31:26,437 --> 07:31:29,975
But now we find out, hey, wait a minute,

3804
07:31:29,975 --> 07:31:32,295
someone is actually giving them drugs and giving them

3805
07:31:32,295 --> 07:31:33,921
money and a hotel.

3806
07:31:33,921 --> 07:31:36,150
And getting them into that life.

3807
07:31:36,150 --> 07:31:38,397
And using them as a sex worker.

3808
07:31:38,397 --> 07:31:41,666
We are able to grab that kid.

3809
07:31:41,666 --> 07:31:44,615
We are connected with those programs.

3810
07:31:44,615 --> 07:31:50,375
We try to get that kid or adult out of that scene.

3811
07:31:50,375 --> 07:31:54,519
Unfortunately some of them voluntarily go back.

3812
07:31:54,519 --> 07:31:58,950
But we certainly will continue that.

3813
07:31:58,950 --> 07:31:59,439
>> Thank you Sheriff.

3814
07:31:59,439 --> 07:32:01,663
The mayor is going to cut me off soon.

3815
07:32:01,663 --> 07:32:03,335
You have to answer shorter than that.

3816
07:32:03,335 --> 07:32:06,495
In your statistics where you asked residents to come

3817
07:32:06,495 --> 07:32:08,282
you know come with the questions.

3818
07:32:08,282 --> 07:32:10,115
Did you ask them if they were willing to pay

3819
07:32:10,115 --> 07:32:12,515
for a tax increase?

3820
07:32:12,601 --> 07:32:13,611
>> No we did not.

3821
07:32:13,611 --> 07:32:17,514
There were several comments that people wanted to pay.

3822
07:32:17,514 --> 07:32:19,681
>> That's great too know, and that's great to share.

3823
07:32:19,681 --> 07:32:21,615
I want to tell you that generally I'm

3824
07:32:21,615 --> 07:32:24,528
supportive of what you're requesting.

3825
07:32:24,528 --> 07:32:25,801
Generally.

3826
07:32:25,801 --> 07:32:31,170
But when district five met with the Sheriff's department,

3827
07:32:31,170 --> 07:32:34,807
it was about an $86 million dollar budget increase,

3828
07:32:34,807 --> 07:32:36,969
it was like a gasp.

3829
07:32:36,969 --> 07:32:40,919
We got word from the mayor to stay relatively stagnant

3830
07:32:40,919 --> 07:32:42,111
in terms of the budget.

3831
07:32:42,111 --> 07:32:44,975
And because we just endured a really nasty process

3832
07:32:44,975 --> 07:32:50,975
with Doge telling us we had so much wasteful spending.

3833
07:32:51,355 --> 07:32:52,863
Of taxpayer money.

3834
07:32:52,863 --> 07:32:54,935
Which has now played into the state

3835
07:32:54,935 --> 07:32:58,735
narrative of how local government uses and abuses

3836
07:32:58,735 --> 07:33:00,127
taxpayer funds.

3837
07:33:00,127 --> 07:33:03,960
And now we're battling to try to keep our budget.

3838
07:33:03,960 --> 07:33:06,960
Which also impacts your budget.

3839
07:33:08,150 --> 07:33:13,458
So I asked Byron if there was a way for us to --

3840
07:33:13,458 --> 07:33:16,647
because I think generally Tallahassee is very supportive

3841
07:33:16,647 --> 07:33:17,912
of your labor union.

3842
07:33:17,912 --> 07:33:21,581
And I was asking Byron if there was a way because you have not

3843
07:33:21,581 --> 07:33:25,161
only the mstu that you guys get, but also 500 million

3844
07:33:25,161 --> 07:33:27,327
that comes out of the general fund.

3845
07:33:27,327 --> 07:33:29,741
And I was thinking maybe what we can

3846
07:33:29,741 --> 07:33:32,561
do is move you guys out of the general fund,

3847
07:33:32,561 --> 07:33:35,655
put you into a separate line item.

3848
07:33:35,655 --> 07:33:38,655
Reduce the county millage accordingly.

3849
07:33:38,765 --> 07:33:40,335
So you can be funded.

3850
07:33:40,335 --> 07:33:43,620
But there's all these technical aspects that came into it.

3851
07:33:43,620 --> 07:33:44,703
In terms of the funding.

3852
07:33:44,703 --> 07:33:48,428
I do believe you are an essential part

3853
07:33:48,428 --> 07:33:51,295
from a public safety perspective.

3854
07:33:51,295 --> 07:33:52,127
With tourism.

3855
07:33:52,127 --> 07:33:55,521
Because we have 76 million additional people that you

3856
07:33:55,521 --> 07:33:57,321
all are helping to keep safe.

3857
07:33:57,321 --> 07:34:01,849
I do think that when we talk about TT and the use of it,

3858
07:34:01,849 --> 07:34:04,323
I think the public safety should be included in that.

3859
07:34:04,323 --> 07:34:06,815
To help pay for some of these programs.

3860
07:34:06,815 --> 07:34:10,991
Additionally, I just wanted to let you know, if in the future

3861
07:34:10,991 --> 07:34:13,895
if there is any way to use some form of technology

3862
07:34:13,895 --> 07:34:16,350
to increase your revenue sources,

3863
07:34:16,350 --> 07:34:21,535
not to replace officers, but red light cameras and other forms

3864
07:34:21,535 --> 07:34:26,268
to increase your revenue intake so that the Sheriff's office can

3865
07:34:26,268 --> 07:34:27,515
pay for more of this.

3866
07:34:27,515 --> 07:34:29,871
Because quite frankly, the narrative

3867
07:34:29,871 --> 07:34:32,571
of asking people to increase taxes

3868
07:34:32,571 --> 07:34:37,583
when the state is offering to get rid of property tax reform,

3869
07:34:37,583 --> 07:34:39,407
it doesn't align right now.

3870
07:34:39,407 --> 07:34:43,805
The narrative is -- we have to find revenue sources.

3871
07:34:43,805 --> 07:34:46,550
Can technology help with this?

3872
07:34:46,550 --> 07:34:48,875
Can't d t help with this?

3873
07:34:48,875 --> 07:34:51,831
>> I will remind the board that last year I asked this board

3874
07:34:51,831 --> 07:34:53,831
to increase Mstu.

3875
07:34:54,399 --> 07:34:56,439
I think maybe if they had we would

3876
07:34:56,439 --> 07:34:58,783
be a little better off with the impending news

3877
07:34:58,783 --> 07:35:00,847
that might come in November.

3878
07:35:00,847 --> 07:35:01,843
Just my opinion.

3879
07:35:01,843 --> 07:35:04,919
But I did ask for that last year.

3880
07:35:04,919 --> 07:35:07,783
And I'll continue to ask for an increase.

3881
07:35:07,783 --> 07:35:11,455
I saw that slide earlier that Kurt presented.

3882
07:35:11,455 --> 07:35:15,735
That flat line of no increase in Mstu.

3883
07:35:15,735 --> 07:35:20,365
I think this board needs to take a hard look at that.

3884
07:35:20,365 --> 07:35:23,875
I'm here as your Sheriff to tell you what I need.

3885
07:35:23,875 --> 07:35:27,601
And you all have a very difficult job of figuring out

3886
07:35:27,601 --> 07:35:30,188
where that needs to come from.

3887
07:35:30,188 --> 07:35:31,468
I don't envy you.

3888
07:35:31,468 --> 07:35:34,150
I know it's tough and I saw some of the other presentations

3889
07:35:34,150 --> 07:35:36,415
people talking about cuts.

3890
07:35:37,775 --> 07:35:41,929
I can't say no that we're not going to respond to your house.

3891
07:35:41,929 --> 07:35:44,740
I can't do it and I won't do it.

3892
07:35:44,740 --> 07:35:47,327
When we ask for that huge budget,

3893
07:35:47,327 --> 07:35:50,150
that's why we requested all those people.

3894
07:35:50,150 --> 07:35:51,855
That's what we believe we need.

3895
07:35:51,855 --> 07:35:54,220
And that's what the people want to see.

3896
07:35:54,220 --> 07:35:57,405
As far as red light cameras, I'm a huge component

3897
07:35:57,405 --> 07:35:59,727
of red light cameras.

3898
07:35:59,727 --> 07:36:01,215
I believe they work.

3899
07:36:01,215 --> 07:36:03,550
I believe they actually work.

3900
07:36:03,550 --> 07:36:05,615
I know there's data on both sides that differ,

3901
07:36:05,615 --> 07:36:07,868
but I think they work.

3902
07:36:07,868 --> 07:36:09,448
I see people.

3903
07:36:09,448 --> 07:36:10,168
They know.

3904
07:36:10,168 --> 07:36:12,671
They don't want to hit that red light camera.

3905
07:36:12,671 --> 07:36:16,895
You just approve those school zone cameras a few meetings ago.

3906
07:36:16,895 --> 07:36:20,975
And I know the school board is also in partnership with us,

3907
07:36:20,975 --> 07:36:24,310
looking at the cameras for school busses.

3908
07:36:24,310 --> 07:36:27,235
For people who run around the school bus.

3909
07:36:27,235 --> 07:36:29,550
Which I'm very supportive of.

3910
07:36:29,550 --> 07:36:31,550
To help our kids out.

3911
07:36:31,550 --> 07:36:34,655
All of that will generate revenue.

3912
07:36:34,895 --> 07:36:37,695
I am in favor of that.

3913
07:36:37,695 --> 07:36:38,719
>> One last question.

3914
07:36:38,719 --> 07:36:41,895
What would be your narrative when

3915
07:36:41,895 --> 07:36:46,390
he criticizes Orange County for increasing a budget,

3916
07:36:46,390 --> 07:36:48,815
while he's saying all of this is wasteful.

3917
07:36:48,815 --> 07:36:52,559
What would be your response, in the board's defense

3918
07:36:52,559 --> 07:36:55,255
of a decision like that?

3919
07:36:55,255 --> 07:36:58,855
>> I would say he can come to the Sheriff's office and see.

3920
07:36:58,855 --> 07:37:03,157
We are very fiscally responsible at the Sheriff's office.

3921
07:37:03,157 --> 07:37:06,155
We do a lot of things internally that

3922
07:37:06,155 --> 07:37:10,783
probably upset some of our people, as far as spending goes.

3923
07:37:10,783 --> 07:37:14,615
Because -- I always say, if that was your money,

3924
07:37:14,615 --> 07:37:16,295
you wouldn't buy it.

3925
07:37:16,295 --> 07:37:19,230
It's kind of like the philosophy we have.

3926
07:37:19,230 --> 07:37:22,135
Yeah, I know you want it, but do you need it.

3927
07:37:22,135 --> 07:37:23,738
We put this budget together.

3928
07:37:23,738 --> 07:37:25,546
It's not that I want it.

3929
07:37:25,546 --> 07:37:28,503
Gets that I need it.

3930
07:37:28,503 --> 07:37:31,503
I said this last year.

3931
07:37:32,255 --> 07:37:35,855
We are growing every single year.

3932
07:37:36,175 --> 07:37:39,828
The visitors aren't going to slow down.

3933
07:37:39,828 --> 07:37:43,508
I would tell him that the people want

3934
07:37:43,508 --> 07:37:45,535
to see more law enforcement.

3935
07:37:45,535 --> 07:37:47,551
We are being very fiscally responsible

3936
07:37:47,551 --> 07:37:49,390
with the funds we have.

3937
07:37:49,390 --> 07:37:50,735
We always have been.

3938
07:37:50,735 --> 07:37:55,375
They are open to having him look at the budget.

3939
07:37:55,375 --> 07:37:59,151
I think the county as a whole does a very good job of that.

3940
07:37:59,151 --> 07:38:02,775
Some of the reports I've seen on that,

3941
07:38:02,775 --> 07:38:07,175
and without the specifics to back that up,

3942
07:38:07,175 --> 07:38:09,788
I really don't think --

3943
07:38:09,788 --> 07:38:13,388
I think it's money that's needed.

3944
07:38:14,343 --> 07:38:19,143
I know myself, probably the Florida Sheriffs Association

3945
07:38:19,631 --> 07:38:24,431
will be doing some education about amendment three.

3946
07:38:25,541 --> 07:38:28,604
Whether it can have an impact.

3947
07:38:28,604 --> 07:38:32,316
And honestly, one of the reasons the governor

3948
07:38:32,316 --> 07:38:35,767
is not campaigning for it is because he knows.

3949
07:38:35,767 --> 07:38:37,271
Based on polling.

3950
07:38:37,271 --> 07:38:41,471
It may not be popular with everyone.

3951
07:38:42,255 --> 07:38:48,255
>> Lastly Sheriff, when -- if this goes, first of all,

3952
07:38:49,255 --> 07:38:50,503
just the ballot language.

3953
07:38:50,503 --> 07:38:52,406
I said this to the fire chief as well.

3954
07:38:52,406 --> 07:38:55,670
If you read it, it talks about how

3955
07:38:55,670 --> 07:38:58,490
the revenue that when we left from property tax,

3956
07:38:58,490 --> 07:39:02,815
it should be used for an enlist these categories of funding.

3957
07:39:02,815 --> 07:39:04,268
Including public safety.

3958
07:39:04,268 --> 07:39:07,310
I think it sounds very misleading to voters

3959
07:39:07,310 --> 07:39:11,151
because they don't really think it's a defunding of the police.

3960
07:39:11,151 --> 07:39:13,807
They think it's still going to be used for that

3961
07:39:13,807 --> 07:39:16,601
and people support that spending mechanism.

3962
07:39:16,601 --> 07:39:21,241
I think you have an opportunity to educate voters that hey,

3963
07:39:21,241 --> 07:39:23,561
it does impact our budget.

3964
07:39:23,561 --> 07:39:25,561
Your budget.

3965
07:39:25,795 --> 07:39:28,143
>> I know the language is not perfect.

3966
07:39:28,143 --> 07:39:32,635
I know there's some lawsuits out there against the amendment

3967
07:39:32,635 --> 07:39:34,215
and the language.

3968
07:39:34,215 --> 07:39:36,215
Absolutely.

3969
07:39:36,335 --> 07:39:40,950
>> Lastly, just yes or no, but when you pull somebody over,

3970
07:39:40,950 --> 07:39:44,895
do you run them through immigration software >> No

3971
07:39:47,370 --> 07:39:49,780
there's no immigration software database.

3972
07:39:49,780 --> 07:39:50,865
It's the same thing that's been happening

3973
07:39:50,865 --> 07:39:54,715
since I have been in law enforcement, when I started.

3974
07:39:54,715 --> 07:39:57,211
We run it through the NCIC.

3975
07:39:57,211 --> 07:40:01,103
Which is the database that's been around for many years.

3976
07:40:01,103 --> 07:40:04,855
That tells us whether they have a warrant.

3977
07:40:04,855 --> 07:40:10,255
And the thing that changed under this last administration

3978
07:40:10,435 --> 07:40:15,175
is they took a lot of their ice detainers

3979
07:40:15,175 --> 07:40:17,475
and put it into that system.

3980
07:40:17,475 --> 07:40:21,887
So when a deputy or officer runs that person's driver's license,

3981
07:40:21,887 --> 07:40:24,735
it could pop up if they have a detainer.

3982
07:40:24,735 --> 07:40:27,585
That's when we call one of our designated immigration officers

3983
07:40:27,585 --> 07:40:28,881
to come and investigate.

3984
07:40:28,881 --> 07:40:31,850
And to communicate with Ice.

3985
07:40:31,850 --> 07:40:32,708
And check their system..

3986
07:40:32,708 --> 07:40:34,735
We want to make sure you have that.

3987
07:40:34,735 --> 07:40:39,100
But more often than not, because I ask our deputies every day.

3988
07:40:39,100 --> 07:40:41,803
And again I invite you to go ride with one of our deputies.

3989
07:40:41,803 --> 07:40:43,867
You'll see them run people and you'll

3990
07:40:43,867 --> 07:40:45,937
see that doesn't happen a lot.

3991
07:40:45,937 --> 07:40:49,663
A lot of the people that have been --

3992
07:40:49,663 --> 07:40:52,191
a lot of the criminals who are in our country illegally

3993
07:40:52,191 --> 07:40:54,615
and committed some serious crime,

3994
07:40:54,615 --> 07:40:56,908
a lot of those have been picked up and deported.

3995
07:40:56,908 --> 07:40:59,957
And I ask deputies all the time, how often

3996
07:40:59,957 --> 07:41:02,255
do you get one of those ice detainers?

3997
07:41:02,255 --> 07:41:03,655
Almost never.

3998
07:41:03,655 --> 07:41:05,411
More often than not, what happens

3999
07:41:05,411 --> 07:41:07,991
is we arrest that person for a local charge,

4000
07:41:07,991 --> 07:41:10,960
and when they get jail and their fingerprints are run,

4001
07:41:10,960 --> 07:41:12,701
that's when Ice finds out.

4002
07:41:12,701 --> 07:41:15,668
And that's when Ice decides they want to hold them.

4003
07:41:15,668 --> 07:41:16,708
So very rarely.

4004
07:41:16,708 --> 07:41:19,175
The data is in your own jail.

4005
07:41:19,175 --> 07:41:22,305
There was eight people in there this morning on an Ice detainer.

4006
07:41:22,305 --> 07:41:23,845
That's it.

4007
07:41:23,845 --> 07:41:25,460
Eight people.

4008
07:41:25,460 --> 07:41:30,260
Out of the 2500, 3000 people that are in there.

4009
07:41:31,270 --> 07:41:32,855
The data proves it.

4010
07:41:32,855 --> 07:41:34,687
It's not the priority.

4011
07:41:34,687 --> 07:41:37,750
And to answer your question again,

4012
07:41:37,750 --> 07:41:39,468
yes, there's not a special system

4013
07:41:39,468 --> 07:41:42,475
that we run those folks through.

4014
07:41:42,475 --> 07:41:45,577
>> Again I just want to say, generally I am supportive.

4015
07:41:45,577 --> 07:41:47,999
But I am concerned that the narratives

4016
07:41:47,999 --> 07:41:49,863
don't align at this time.

4017
07:41:49,863 --> 07:41:54,950
When we talk about increasing local taxes while the state

4018
07:41:54,950 --> 07:41:57,239
is slamming us for having too much money in taxes.

4019
07:41:57,239 --> 07:42:00,239
So I'm concerned about that.

4020
07:42:01,655 --> 07:42:05,655
>>, not our area, you're talking about this?

4021
07:42:05,655 --> 07:42:07,415
>> Yea, but it's your narrative.

4022
07:42:07,415 --> 07:42:09,815
It's how we respond.

4023
07:42:09,901 --> 07:42:15,301
If we absorb, I think it's like a $46 million

4024
07:42:15,575 --> 07:42:19,551
increase, at the same time we're being actively criticized

4025
07:42:19,551 --> 07:42:24,623
by the state, the governors, that we have too much money.

4026
07:42:24,623 --> 07:42:26,261
And we increase again.

4027
07:42:26,261 --> 07:42:28,119
And I think it drives the narrative

4028
07:42:28,119 --> 07:42:30,375
to justify for taxpayers to choose

4029
07:42:30,375 --> 07:42:32,775
to defund local government.

4030
07:42:33,335 --> 07:42:35,379
>> Again I will just say that I'm happy,

4031
07:42:35,379 --> 07:42:39,295
we have an independent audit every year.

4032
07:42:39,295 --> 07:42:41,695
I'm happy for any audit.

4033
07:42:41,695 --> 07:42:43,607
Law enforcement's in a different position.

4034
07:42:43,607 --> 07:42:46,995
We can't tell people know that we're not going to come.

4035
07:42:46,995 --> 07:42:51,195
And to the point, the growth continues.

4036
07:42:51,975 --> 07:42:54,775
It's not like we're getting smaller.

4037
07:42:54,775 --> 07:42:55,748
And

4038
07:42:55,748 --> 07:42:59,845
>> They didn't play that game with law enforcement.

4039
07:42:59,845 --> 07:43:01,845
For political reasons.

4040
07:43:02,239 --> 07:43:06,575
What I will tell you though, Commissioner Semerad,

4041
07:43:06,575 --> 07:43:11,975
the Sheriff initially submitted a budget request of 508,000 --

4042
07:43:12,943 --> 07:43:14,911
$508 million.

4043
07:43:14,911 --> 07:43:16,215
As indicated.

4044
07:43:16,215 --> 07:43:21,615
But to his credit, he reduced that to $470 million.

4045
07:43:22,324 --> 07:43:25,324
After a conversation with us.

4046
07:43:25,403 --> 07:43:28,815
He lives in the same world we live in.

4047
07:43:28,815 --> 07:43:32,506
The same state that we live in.

4048
07:43:32,506 --> 07:43:35,935
And the only thing we ask was okay,

4049
07:43:35,935 --> 07:43:38,335
Sheriff, take a look at that.

4050
07:43:38,335 --> 07:43:42,348
Because that is not something we can

4051
07:43:42,348 --> 07:43:46,375
make happen and the current environment that we're in.

4052
07:43:46,375 --> 07:43:51,175
So like all divisions of government, all we can do

4053
07:43:51,175 --> 07:43:55,935
is take a tough look at our themselves from time to time.

4054
07:43:55,935 --> 07:43:58,245
To reduce where they can.

4055
07:43:58,245 --> 07:43:59,810
He did that.

4056
07:43:59,810 --> 07:44:01,243
He came and he said this is what I need.

4057
07:44:01,243 --> 07:44:03,379
Out of that $470 million.

4058
07:44:03,379 --> 07:44:08,415
The Sheriff talked about the law enforcement municipal service

4059
07:44:08,415 --> 07:44:08,969
tax.

4060
07:44:08,969 --> 07:44:13,655
We are one of the few counties in Florida

4061
07:44:13,655 --> 07:44:16,839
that has a law enforcement Mstu.

4062
07:44:16,839 --> 07:44:19,495
We have a fire as well.

4063
07:44:19,495 --> 07:44:24,295
Many counties don't have a specific taxing mechanism

4064
07:44:24,527 --> 07:44:27,527
to fund their law enforcement.

4065
07:44:27,641 --> 07:44:29,501
Their Sheriff's office.

4066
07:44:29,501 --> 07:44:31,501
But we do.

4067
07:44:31,561 --> 07:44:36,823
It's been decades since that law enforcement mstu paid

4068
07:44:36,823 --> 07:44:39,223
100% of the Sheriff's budget.

4069
07:44:40,345 --> 07:44:43,848
The Sheriff, as he has indicated to you,

4070
07:44:43,848 --> 07:44:47,863
his job is to come and tell us what he thinks that he needs.

4071
07:44:47,863 --> 07:44:52,700
And as a former Sheriff, that's exactly what I did.

4072
07:44:52,700 --> 07:44:56,201
But it's up to us, the Board of County Commission that

4073
07:44:56,201 --> 07:44:58,725
has to fund the Sheriff, to figure out

4074
07:44:58,725 --> 07:44:59,985
how we're going to fund that.

4075
07:44:59,985 --> 07:45:03,910
And so what we've done for decades now,

4076
07:45:03,910 --> 07:45:08,491
we have supplemented what law enforcement mstu brings in.

4077
07:45:09,295 --> 07:45:12,828
And this budget, we are doing that period this time

4078
07:45:12,828 --> 07:45:14,575
we are looking at our public service

4079
07:45:14,575 --> 07:45:16,975
tax on communication tax.

4080
07:45:17,871 --> 07:45:19,375
136 million.

4081
07:45:19,375 --> 07:45:23,887
And then we're supplementing that from our general fund.

4082
07:45:23,887 --> 07:45:26,881
The non revenues that we bring in.

4083
07:45:26,881 --> 07:45:32,281
And we're providing 93.5 million from that period between the 240

4084
07:45:33,550 --> 07:45:35,231
with law enforcement Mstu.

4085
07:45:35,231 --> 07:45:38,831
The 136 with the public service tax.

4086
07:45:39,343 --> 07:45:43,983
And the 93.5 million that Kurt went over this morning.

4087
07:45:43,983 --> 07:45:46,855
That gets him to 470 million.

4088
07:45:46,855 --> 07:45:49,855
That's what he is requesting.

4089
07:45:50,655 --> 07:45:53,831
And that's what we have put in this budget.

4090
07:45:53,831 --> 07:45:55,575
He is sensitive.

4091
07:45:55,575 --> 07:45:59,521
What he's saying to you, he's sensitive to the era

4092
07:45:59,521 --> 07:46:01,911
in which we're living in.

4093
07:46:01,911 --> 07:46:04,441
Where there's a property tax reform

4094
07:46:04,441 --> 07:46:08,843
going on a ballot at the same time and the Sheriff is correct.

4095
07:46:08,843 --> 07:46:13,903
He came last year and for the last several years

4096
07:46:13,903 --> 07:46:19,279
and he thinks we ought to increase the law enforcement

4097
07:46:19,279 --> 07:46:20,700
Mstu.

4098
07:46:20,700 --> 07:46:23,695
But in the prior year we increased the fire Mstu.

4099
07:46:23,695 --> 07:46:26,775
What we're trying to do is balance that out

4100
07:46:26,775 --> 07:46:28,455
with affordability.

4101
07:46:28,455 --> 07:46:32,310
What can our taxpayers afford in this county.

4102
07:46:32,310 --> 07:46:34,395
And that's the balancing act that we all have to do.

4103
07:46:34,395 --> 07:46:36,585
We have to be sensitive to everything

4104
07:46:36,585 --> 07:46:40,680
that everyone comes in here and needs funding for.

4105
07:46:40,680 --> 07:46:42,590
But we made a commitment.

4106
07:46:42,590 --> 07:46:46,190
The Sheriff has the largest budget.

4107
07:46:46,247 --> 07:46:47,735
First off.

4108
07:46:47,735 --> 07:46:53,135
And we made that a priority Become a Sheriff.

4109
07:46:54,550 --> 07:46:58,255
We have funded positions for the Sheriff.

4110
07:46:58,255 --> 07:47:01,471
We have tried to work with the Sheriff to the best

4111
07:47:01,471 --> 07:47:02,839
that we could.

4112
07:47:02,839 --> 07:47:05,695
Provide him with the revenue that he needs.

4113
07:47:05,695 --> 07:47:10,861
And they've done a good job here crime is down.

4114
07:47:10,861 --> 07:47:11,759
That's indisputable.

4115
07:47:11,759 --> 07:47:16,111
At a time when our population has grown,

4116
07:47:16,111 --> 07:47:20,775
I can tell you looking at the booking numbers every year,

4117
07:47:20,775 --> 07:47:24,975
and 2020, the total bookings in our jail, 28,442.

4118
07:47:31,270 --> 07:47:33,270
2021, (indiscernible).

4119
07:47:38,695 --> 07:47:40,695
2024, 35,000 hundred 13.

4120
07:47:43,335 --> 07:47:45,335
2025 41,876.

4121
07:47:45,495 --> 07:47:49,695
It went up by a little over 600.

4122
07:47:52,935 --> 07:47:56,407
What is that attributed to, a number

4123
07:47:56,407 --> 07:48:01,807
of things but probably some immigration bookings in there

4124
07:48:01,955 --> 07:48:06,155
that caused our numbers to go up.

4125
07:48:06,455 --> 07:48:09,630
But, I've been around a long time.

4126
07:48:09,630 --> 07:48:14,405
I remember when our population was down about 1.6 million.

4127
07:48:14,405 --> 07:48:19,205
When our population was 900,000 and we booked 61,000 people

4128
07:48:20,975 --> 07:48:22,328
through our jail.

4129
07:48:22,328 --> 07:48:27,359
And so just in 2025, even with the numbers going up,

4130
07:48:27,359 --> 07:48:29,548
we are still 20,000 bookings.

4131
07:48:29,548 --> 07:48:33,415
And this is all law enforcement that books into our jail.

4132
07:48:33,415 --> 07:48:41,215
Still 20,000 under where we were a decade and a half or so ago.

4133
07:48:42,950 --> 07:48:44,855
I think there are good reasons why

4134
07:48:44,855 --> 07:48:46,855
those bookings have gone down.

4135
07:48:46,855 --> 07:48:49,358
There's some good law enforcement in there.

4136
07:48:49,358 --> 07:48:52,868
But I don't want us to ever lose sight of what we

4137
07:48:52,868 --> 07:48:55,868
spend on fixing broken people.

4138
07:48:57,515 --> 07:49:00,495
Stopping people from becoming broken.

4139
07:49:00,495 --> 07:49:02,735
All those children's programs that we

4140
07:49:02,735 --> 07:49:07,655
have funded that we've talked about in this budget.

4141
07:49:07,655 --> 07:49:10,655
With the money we're spending.

4142
07:49:11,550 --> 07:49:13,315
People who are mentally ill.

4143
07:49:13,315 --> 07:49:15,635
We increased our budget.

4144
07:49:15,635 --> 07:49:20,559
We are taking care of people who have a substance abuse problem.

4145
07:49:20,559 --> 07:49:25,359
We spend money to make certain that --

4146
07:49:25,583 --> 07:49:28,495
without treatment some of these people will still continue

4147
07:49:28,495 --> 07:49:31,441
to commit those crimes over and over again.

4148
07:49:31,441 --> 07:49:35,991
It is not a silver bullet just to say you can do this.

4149
07:49:35,991 --> 07:49:40,595
You cannot arrest your way out of a crime problem.

4150
07:49:40,595 --> 07:49:42,665
You have to look at it holistically.

4151
07:49:42,665 --> 07:49:46,881
The Sheriff and law enforcement is a big part of this.

4152
07:49:46,881 --> 07:49:50,519
But all these other programs that we have talked about today,

4153
07:49:50,519 --> 07:49:53,775
that you've seen, that you've heard about,

4154
07:49:53,775 --> 07:49:56,452
we have to do those things as well.

4155
07:49:56,452 --> 07:50:01,551
I just want us to have a fair conversation about it.

4156
07:50:01,551 --> 07:50:03,881
To look at the bigger, broader picture

4157
07:50:03,881 --> 07:50:07,121
of how we are keeping these numbers relatively down in terms

4158
07:50:07,121 --> 07:50:10,950
of the bookings in our jail.

4159
07:50:10,950 --> 07:50:14,890
And reducing crime at the same time.

4160
07:50:14,890 --> 07:50:16,415
It has been an effective collaborative

4161
07:50:16,415 --> 07:50:17,935
that we have as a community.

4162
07:50:17,935 --> 07:50:23,431
And I wouldn't put what we're doing in our community

4163
07:50:23,431 --> 07:50:24,855
up against any other community.

4164
07:50:24,855 --> 07:50:26,481
The numbers look good.

4165
07:50:26,481 --> 07:50:30,455
But, as the Sheriff said, when he

4166
07:50:30,455 --> 07:50:32,903
talks to those families with those homicides

4167
07:50:32,903 --> 07:50:37,295
that he talked about, every one of them

4168
07:50:37,295 --> 07:50:41,495
wished that that didn't happen to them.

4169
07:50:42,695 --> 07:50:48,950
And so we are here to support law enforcement.

4170
07:50:48,275 --> 07:50:52,675
I appreciate the Sheriff being sensitive to where we are.

4171
07:50:52,675 --> 07:50:59,615
At the end of the day, we've come to a happy place

4172
07:50:59,615 --> 07:51:04,135
where we're funding the Sheriff, what he says now,

4173
07:51:04,135 --> 07:51:07,615
after looking at the current landscape of what's happening

4174
07:51:07,615 --> 07:51:10,150
in the real world time.

4175
07:51:10,150 --> 07:51:11,748
And he said okay.

4176
07:51:11,748 --> 07:51:14,681
470 million is what I've got to have.

4177
07:51:14,681 --> 07:51:17,810
Is that right, Sheriff?

4178
07:51:17,615 --> 07:51:19,692
>> That's what we're told.

4179
07:51:19,692 --> 07:51:22,705
I want all of the 500 million.

4180
07:51:22,705 --> 07:51:25,105
But like you said.

4181
07:51:25,695 --> 07:51:27,266
>> We can't make money.

4182
07:51:27,266 --> 07:51:29,431
We are not the federal government.

4183
07:51:29,431 --> 07:51:31,950
We cannot run a deficit.

4184
07:51:31,950 --> 07:51:33,630
We cannot run trillion dollar deficit.

4185
07:51:33,630 --> 07:51:36,630
Our budget has to balance.

4186
07:51:37,550 --> 07:51:41,150
And that's a major part of my responsibility.

4187
07:51:41,150 --> 07:51:48,750
It's to present to the board a balanced budget that allows us

4188
07:51:48,750 --> 07:51:49,955
to do everything we need to do.

4189
07:51:49,955 --> 07:51:53,445
Do we all wish we had more money?

4190
07:51:53,445 --> 07:51:53,995
Absolutely.

4191
07:51:53,995 --> 07:51:55,668
But we don't.

4192
07:51:55,668 --> 07:52:00,468
And we may have less money next year.

4193
07:52:00,515 --> 07:52:03,515
So we are preparing now.

4194
07:52:04,315 --> 07:52:09,115
For the prospect that amendment three could pass.

4195
07:52:09,863 --> 07:52:12,607
But we're going to need everybody

4196
07:52:12,607 --> 07:52:15,607
to help with this process.

4197
07:52:16,615 --> 07:52:22,708
And I believe that if we arm the people with factual information

4198
07:52:22,708 --> 07:52:28,108
about the consequences of not providing those services, what

4199
07:52:28,470 --> 07:52:31,275
will happen to this community.

4200
07:52:31,275 --> 07:52:35,475
And listen, I firmly believe that when

4201
07:52:36,615 --> 07:52:42,481
they are armed with information, they'll make the right decision.

4202
07:52:42,481 --> 07:52:44,808
They'll make the right decision.

4203
07:52:44,808 --> 07:52:45,505
Not everybody.

4204
07:52:45,505 --> 07:52:49,550
Because right now this conversation about property tax

4205
07:52:49,550 --> 07:52:54,455
reform is only, the only people that will really see those

4206
07:52:54,455 --> 07:52:59,855
are those who own a home and live in a home.

4207
07:52:59,855 --> 07:53:05,255
If you rent and you don't own that place,

4208
07:53:05,407 --> 07:53:08,763
you're not going to see the reduction.

4209
07:53:08,763 --> 07:53:11,800
If you're a commercial property owner,

4210
07:53:11,800 --> 07:53:14,595
that's not part of this conversation today.

4211
07:53:14,595 --> 07:53:19,695
And so that leaves out a lot of people who are not

4212
07:53:19,695 --> 07:53:22,655
going to see the benefit.

4213
07:53:22,655 --> 07:53:26,525
And so we have to make that up somewhere.

4214
07:53:26,525 --> 07:53:28,925
So Sheriff, thank you.

4215
07:53:36,902 --> 07:53:37,694
>> (indiscernible).

4216
07:53:37,694 --> 07:53:38,609
>> I'm coming to you.

4217
07:53:38,609 --> 07:53:41,575
But I wanted to respond to Commissioner Summers

4218
07:53:41,575 --> 07:53:43,225
questions of the Sheriff.

4219
07:53:43,225 --> 07:53:49,225
And kind of restate where we are with the conversation.

4220
07:53:54,855 --> 07:53:56,397
>> Mayor, I appreciate the narrative.

4221
07:53:56,397 --> 07:53:59,255
I didn't know that you went to him

4222
07:53:59,255 --> 07:54:02,329
and said hey, what's the amount that you can do.

4223
07:54:02,329 --> 07:54:04,300
And I hear the 470.

4224
07:54:04,300 --> 07:54:06,911
Maybe there's an opportunity to get more funding

4225
07:54:06,911 --> 07:54:11,375
through AI or technology or something like that.

4226
07:54:11,375 --> 07:54:15,415
>> So we're going to work with the Sheriff.

4227
07:54:15,415 --> 07:54:17,815
Revenues coming in strong.

4228
07:54:18,710 --> 07:54:22,271
If the Sheriff finds himself, like any

4229
07:54:22,903 --> 07:54:25,199
of the other subdivisions that we fund,

4230
07:54:25,199 --> 07:54:27,470
if they find themselves in trouble,

4231
07:54:27,470 --> 07:54:30,375
we're going to take care of them.

4232
07:54:30,375 --> 07:54:33,350
That's the way it works.

4233
07:54:33,350 --> 07:54:35,350
Commissioner Gomez?

4234
07:54:36,335 --> 07:54:39,935
Then Commissioner and then Commissioner Wilson.

4235
07:54:41,241 --> 07:54:43,241
>> Thank you mayor.

4236
07:54:43,783 --> 07:54:46,755
Thank you Sheriff and all your team.

4237
07:54:46,755 --> 07:54:49,155
The whole 200 and --

4238
07:54:52,527 --> 07:54:54,351
2753 employees.

4239
07:54:54,351 --> 07:54:57,361
We honor you all and respect you.

4240
07:54:57,361 --> 07:54:57,861
Thank you.

4241
07:54:57,861 --> 07:54:59,215
I have a few questions.

4242
07:54:59,215 --> 07:55:01,215
Very easy.

4243
07:55:03,655 --> 07:55:06,655
In May you requested $508 million.

4244
07:55:09,455 --> 07:55:11,455
140 new positions.

4245
07:55:12,710 --> 07:55:17,471
Today with the for 70 million, including the 27 you requested.

4246
07:55:19,985 --> 07:55:21,375
And

4247
07:55:21,375 --> 07:55:22,609
>> 25 are unfunded.

4248
07:55:22,609 --> 07:55:26,803
I will be coming back to this board when I need that funding.

4249
07:55:26,803 --> 07:55:30,550
Because I'm going to close that gap.

4250
07:55:30,550 --> 07:55:32,100
>> That's what I said just a moment ago.

4251
07:55:32,100 --> 07:55:35,100
That's the way we work.

4252
07:55:39,833 --> 07:55:43,815
>> So the 470 does not include those positions that

4253
07:55:43,815 --> 07:55:45,815
you're requesting?

4254
07:55:46,175 --> 07:55:47,205
>> Just the two.

4255
07:55:47,205 --> 07:55:49,735
25 deputies are unfunded at this point.

4256
07:55:49,735 --> 07:55:52,967
Around January, I will be coming back

4257
07:55:52,967 --> 07:55:57,250
before you to request funding for those 25 deputies.

4258
07:55:57,250 --> 07:56:03,850
I anticipate being full by -- >> I wanted clarification on that.

4259
07:56:04,103 --> 07:56:10,103
I know you said you were responding to the commissioners,

4260
07:56:10,718 --> 07:56:13,855
do you know how many of the traffic

4261
07:56:13,855 --> 07:56:18,108
stops that you said had led to Ice arrests,

4262
07:56:18,108 --> 07:56:22,649
do you know how many of them were traffic stops,

4263
07:56:22,649 --> 07:56:25,175
but then it led to ice?

4264
07:56:25,175 --> 07:56:27,575
Does anybody track those?

4265
07:56:27,697 --> 07:56:29,239
>> We don't track those specifically.

4266
07:56:29,239 --> 07:56:32,927
What we track is the number of people we arrest,

4267
07:56:32,927 --> 07:56:37,727
who also happen to have an Ice detainer.

4268
07:56:38,535 --> 07:56:42,135
And that was 106 out of almost 15000.

4269
07:56:45,615 --> 07:56:47,615
>> Okay, thank you.

4270
07:56:47,655 --> 07:56:49,535
>> Commissioner, we have data.

4271
07:56:49,535 --> 07:56:52,495
When they book persons into our jail.

4272
07:56:52,495 --> 07:56:56,950
The jail keeps data on them.

4273
07:56:56,135 --> 07:56:57,895
What the charges are.

4274
07:56:57,895 --> 07:57:02,851
And that's because the Sheriff isn't the only law enforcement.

4275
07:57:02,851 --> 07:57:06,451
They all do, into the jail.

4276
07:57:08,215 --> 07:57:10,215
>> My last question.

4277
07:57:11,495 --> 07:57:13,495
Whose speed 150mph.

4278
07:57:14,219 --> 07:57:17,819
With all this traffic going on.

4279
07:57:23,734 --> 07:57:24,234
>> 528.

4280
07:57:24,234 --> 07:57:26,442
Those are where we catch the ones that are going 150.

4281
07:57:26,442 --> 07:57:27,790
528.

4282
07:57:27,790 --> 07:57:28,497
528.

4283
07:57:28,497 --> 07:57:30,497
408.

4284
07:57:37,177 --> 07:57:41,377
>> I'm going to ask, if they crash,

4285
07:57:43,485 --> 07:57:46,270
>> You will not survive a crash going over 100 miles an hour.

4286
07:57:46,270 --> 07:57:49,270
Most of them stop at.

4287
07:57:52,855 --> 07:57:55,255
The number has decreased.

4288
07:57:55,959 --> 07:57:57,712
The message has got out.

4289
07:57:57,712 --> 07:57:59,411
They see it all over our social media.

4290
07:57:59,411 --> 07:58:01,161
They see it all over the news that they're

4291
07:58:01,161 --> 07:58:04,405
going to go to jail if you're going over 100 miles an hour.

4292
07:58:04,405 --> 07:58:06,565
It's been a pretty successful campaign.

4293
07:58:06,565 --> 07:58:09,823
So what I'm hoping, and what I think we'll see,

4294
07:58:09,823 --> 07:58:12,383
is traffic fatalities as a result

4295
07:58:12,383 --> 07:58:18,550
of speed, decline throughout the state period not just here.

4296
07:58:18,550 --> 07:58:24,550
>> Because we have to protect our -- okay, thank you.

4297
07:58:25,535 --> 07:58:27,535
>> Commissioner Garibay.

4298
07:58:27,735 --> 07:58:28,401
>> Sheriff.

4299
07:58:28,401 --> 07:58:33,115
First of all, I took the women's defense and I give it a two

4300
07:58:33,115 --> 07:58:33,615
thumbs up.

4301
07:58:33,615 --> 07:58:35,175
Your team was great.

4302
07:58:35,175 --> 07:58:36,715
But it was great.

4303
07:58:36,715 --> 07:58:39,575
I even made a video and I was in a room full of women

4304
07:58:39,575 --> 07:58:44,892
and it was fantastic and I can't remember the gentleman as older.

4305
07:58:44,892 --> 07:58:49,920
If you say his name, I'll know.

4306
07:58:49,655 --> 07:58:53,255
>> Wayne -- >> It was really great.

4307
07:58:56,200 --> 07:58:58,527
I also, even though Commissioner Scott was not

4308
07:58:58,527 --> 07:59:01,871
trying to crochet on my spaghetti dinners,

4309
07:59:01,871 --> 07:59:05,850
we have really, they have been incredible.

4310
07:59:05,850 --> 07:59:09,463
First you bring your team and your team is amazing.

4311
07:59:09,463 --> 07:59:14,295
But it's really been nice where it's a welcoming environment.

4312
07:59:14,295 --> 07:59:16,143
Everybody is relaxed.

4313
07:59:16,143 --> 07:59:19,950
It's not a pressure issue.

4314
07:59:19,950 --> 07:59:23,280
I thank you for being a partner.

4315
07:59:23,280 --> 07:59:26,927
I did want to ask you, two questions.

4316
07:59:26,927 --> 07:59:31,335
What is our current response time when somebody

4317
07:59:31,335 --> 07:59:33,511
calls for law enforcement?

4318
07:59:33,511 --> 07:59:36,810
I know we have sectors.

4319
07:59:36,810 --> 07:59:39,561
And I've been unfortunately on the longer side

4320
07:59:39,561 --> 07:59:42,969
but I'm also in sector four which is a high intensity area.

4321
07:59:42,969 --> 07:59:48,595
I don't want to be judgmental but do you have those numbers.

4322
07:59:48,595 --> 07:59:51,375
Pretty much where we are.

4323
07:59:51,375 --> 07:59:52,929
>> I don't have them in front of me.

4324
07:59:52,929 --> 07:59:55,935
But we keep track of all different emergency calls.

4325
07:59:55,935 --> 07:59:57,828
Calls where the suspect has already gone.

4326
07:59:57,828 --> 08:00:00,295
We keep track of all of that.

4327
08:00:00,295 --> 08:00:03,165
We can definitely get you that information based on the area.

4328
08:00:03,165 --> 08:00:05,986
And sometimes it does depend on the area.

4329
08:00:05,986 --> 08:00:07,855
I saw your presentation earlier.

4330
08:00:07,855 --> 08:00:10,855
We have 5932 miles of road.

4331
08:00:11,248 --> 08:00:13,775
It takes a while to get there.

4332
08:00:13,775 --> 08:00:15,775
And again 8000mi².

4333
08:00:16,703 --> 08:00:20,303
As this community continues to grow.

4334
08:00:20,495 --> 08:00:21,588
We need more deputies.

4335
08:00:21,588 --> 08:00:25,921
But we can provide any area response times.

4336
08:00:25,921 --> 08:00:27,559
>> I was just curious.

4337
08:00:27,559 --> 08:00:28,849
We hear that a lot.

4338
08:00:28,849 --> 08:00:30,745
And when we talk to municipalities that's

4339
08:00:30,745 --> 08:00:33,728
the reason for wanting their own city police

4340
08:00:33,728 --> 08:00:38,300
and when I think of the work you guys do,

4341
08:00:38,300 --> 08:00:43,550
I have to give you kudos for the amount of work you've put in,

4342
08:00:43,550 --> 08:00:45,775
and your team, over the last couple of years.

4343
08:00:45,775 --> 08:00:47,241
It's like night and day.

4344
08:00:47,241 --> 08:00:49,441
It's really great to hear residents actually

4345
08:00:49,441 --> 08:00:52,663
acknowledge they've been seeing a difference.

4346
08:00:52,663 --> 08:00:54,751
I wanted to ask another question.

4347
08:00:54,751 --> 08:00:59,875
How much -- I can't help but see in our visitor areas,

4348
08:00:59,875 --> 08:01:03,518
our tourism areas, you guys have a high presence.

4349
08:01:03,518 --> 08:01:05,719
Is that mostly off duty or is that you

4350
08:01:05,719 --> 08:01:10,950
guys patrolling that area pretty intensely, do you know?

4351
08:01:10,950 --> 08:01:10,935
>> It's both.

4352
08:01:10,935 --> 08:01:14,111
Obviously all the theme parks, a higher number

4353
08:01:14,111 --> 08:01:15,775
of off duty deputies.

4354
08:01:15,775 --> 08:01:18,679
Disney funds the on duty deputies there,

4355
08:01:18,679 --> 08:01:22,879
but they also fund well over $1 million

4356
08:01:22,889 --> 08:01:25,992
in off duty deputies every year as well.

4357
08:01:25,992 --> 08:01:30,615
You will always see a high presence in that area.

4358
08:01:30,615 --> 08:01:33,127
>> We hear a lot and we all kind of agree that we would like

4359
08:01:33,127 --> 08:01:36,775
to see some tourism dollars for public safety.

4360
08:01:36,775 --> 08:01:40,500
You guys do do a lot out there.

4361
08:01:40,500 --> 08:01:42,743
If we ever needed to request that information,

4362
08:01:42,743 --> 08:01:46,527
do you have a little more detail about your presence

4363
08:01:46,527 --> 08:01:48,183
or the amount of calls.

4364
08:01:48,183 --> 08:01:51,750
I've been to the luncheons where they recognize officers

4365
08:01:51,750 --> 08:01:52,555
every month.

4366
08:01:52,555 --> 08:01:55,271
For going way beyond the call of duty.

4367
08:01:55,271 --> 08:01:58,899
It would just be interesting to know.

4368
08:01:58,899 --> 08:02:00,389
You know that data.

4369
08:02:00,389 --> 08:02:03,289
We see it come up but we don't know it.

4370
08:02:03,289 --> 08:02:06,143
Would be nice to really understand how much of an impact

4371
08:02:06,143 --> 08:02:09,121
that is in that area.

4372
08:02:09,121 --> 08:02:11,815
>> Yeah how about we keep all that data up here

4373
08:02:11,815 --> 08:02:13,935
>> I just have to tell you.

4374
08:02:13,935 --> 08:02:15,159
Your JAG unit.

4375
08:02:15,159 --> 08:02:16,559
Your community folks.

4376
08:02:16,559 --> 08:02:20,140
Your team has really stepped up.

4377
08:02:20,140 --> 08:02:24,645
I feel to be more inclusive with the community.

4378
08:02:24,645 --> 08:02:26,687
I know that has a lot to do with your leadership.

4379
08:02:26,687 --> 08:02:29,855
But it's really refreshing to see.

4380
08:02:29,855 --> 08:02:31,350
I've even seen --

4381
08:02:31,350 --> 08:02:33,431
I mean I shop at Walmart.

4382
08:02:33,431 --> 08:02:38,308
And I've seen your guys actually engage with the community.

4383
08:02:38,308 --> 08:02:41,875
Really go out of their way to make people feel comfortable.

4384
08:02:41,875 --> 08:02:42,819
Especially children.

4385
08:02:42,819 --> 08:02:46,670
And I think that's really important nowadays.

4386
08:02:46,670 --> 08:02:49,950
I heard you speak at the Nobel lunch.

4387
08:02:49,950 --> 08:02:50,645
And it was very impressive.

4388
08:02:50,645 --> 08:02:54,245
About how you talked to --

4389
08:02:54,407 --> 08:02:57,895
law enforcement is love and anger.

4390
08:02:57,895 --> 08:02:59,655
That trend across the country.

4391
08:02:59,655 --> 08:03:01,915
It's difficult for you all to know.

4392
08:03:01,915 --> 08:03:03,565
Right now you're a hero.

4393
08:03:03,565 --> 08:03:06,350
Next time you'll hear something totally opposite.

4394
08:03:06,350 --> 08:03:08,415
It's really nice to see you guys purposely

4395
08:03:08,415 --> 08:03:10,687
engage with the community.

4396
08:03:10,687 --> 08:03:13,111
And that has a lot to do with your leadership.

4397
08:03:13,111 --> 08:03:15,967
And I'm a little biased.

4398
08:03:15,967 --> 08:03:18,367
Even your water folks.

4399
08:03:19,375 --> 08:03:22,375
The engagement has been phenomenal.

4400
08:03:23,225 --> 08:03:27,575
I'm just talking about what I experienced as a commissioner

4401
08:03:27,575 --> 08:03:28,555
with the team.

4402
08:03:28,555 --> 08:03:31,943
And even when we've seen events go on where normally they

4403
08:03:31,943 --> 08:03:33,851
would be kind of like not right but as long

4404
08:03:33,851 --> 08:03:35,887
as everything is cool, they're cool.

4405
08:03:35,887 --> 08:03:38,831
They don't purposely go and agitate the crowd.

4406
08:03:38,831 --> 08:03:42,807
And I'll just say, recently we had a big soccer game.

4407
08:03:42,807 --> 08:03:45,750
When Columbia was playing somebody.

4408
08:03:45,750 --> 08:03:47,510
Right at the Florida mall.

4409
08:03:47,510 --> 08:03:48,525
At one of the Columbia restaurants.

4410
08:03:48,525 --> 08:03:50,135
We were so excited.

4411
08:03:50,135 --> 08:03:52,488
And everybody was good.

4412
08:03:52,488 --> 08:03:54,615
You guys let it happen.

4413
08:03:54,615 --> 08:03:56,455
They were fine.

4414
08:03:56,455 --> 08:03:58,529
There was no issue.

4415
08:03:58,529 --> 08:04:00,623
And I got to see that firsthand.

4416
08:04:00,623 --> 08:04:04,441
As just a person going out to dinner.

4417
08:04:04,441 --> 08:04:07,280
I just wanted to say that.

4418
08:04:07,280 --> 08:04:09,428
That was very impressive.

4419
08:04:10,241 --> 08:04:11,303
>> We appreciate that.

4420
08:04:11,303 --> 08:04:12,675
And I have a wonderful team.

4421
08:04:12,675 --> 08:04:14,992
A lot of them are here.

4422
08:04:14,992 --> 08:04:18,550
All of our deputies commonly get the philosophy

4423
08:04:18,550 --> 08:04:22,650
and our philosophy, I tell them this all the time, I want --

4424
08:04:22,650 --> 08:04:25,980
I like when the bad guy goes to jail,

4425
08:04:25,980 --> 08:04:29,365
but we also have to take time to engage with our residents.

4426
08:04:29,365 --> 08:04:30,368
Especially our kids.

4427
08:04:30,368 --> 08:04:35,455
And I think we're seeing the results of that.

4428
08:04:35,455 --> 08:04:42,640
>> I think we already beat the bag on the money part of >> I do

4429
08:04:42,640 --> 08:04:43,356
have a question for all of you.

4430
08:04:43,356 --> 08:04:44,935
>> Commissioner Wilson --

4431
08:04:44,935 --> 08:04:47,335
Sheriff, just indulge us.

4432
08:04:47,495 --> 08:04:49,255
Trying to get through this

4433
08:04:49,255 --> 08:04:54,550
>> Quick procedural question, if we were to --

4434
08:04:56,117 --> 08:04:58,921
could we even do that even though we're one short?

4435
08:04:58,921 --> 08:05:02,605
>> The new law that just passed, you can only raise 0.0922.

4436
08:05:02,605 --> 08:05:06,205
Because we're missing a board member.

4437
08:05:07,111 --> 08:05:10,295
That requires unanimous vote of the board.

4438
08:05:10,295 --> 08:05:15,950
And we've confirmed with the state that rule.

4439
08:05:15,415 --> 08:05:18,415
So under the millage calculation,

4440
08:05:22,508 --> 08:05:26,708
under the unanimous amount, it would be 0.0922,

4441
08:05:27,623 --> 08:05:34,921
it's the only amount the board would be able to do this year.

4442
08:05:34,921 --> 08:05:40,591
Next year the board goes to nine and it doesn't require --

4443
08:05:40,591 --> 08:05:45,439
the law requires three fourths vote this year unfortunately

4444
08:05:45,439 --> 08:05:52,777
the way the law is written, it only allows for a very small --

4445
08:05:52,777 --> 08:05:54,675
>> It's $12 million.

4446
08:05:54,675 --> 08:05:58,375
So you could do that and give us $12 million.

4447
08:05:58,375 --> 08:06:01,420
And we could fund more deputies.

4448
08:06:01,420 --> 08:06:02,625
>> I was curious about the procedural.

4449
08:06:02,625 --> 08:06:04,472
I have one more technical question.

4450
08:06:04,472 --> 08:06:05,323
I apologize.

4451
08:06:05,323 --> 08:06:09,350
I forgot this came up at a community meeting.

4452
08:06:09,350 --> 08:06:10,823
Seems to be coming up more often.

4453
08:06:10,823 --> 08:06:16,223
The cameras people are seeing pop up around town,

4454
08:06:16,428 --> 08:06:19,785
are any of those paid for or utilized

4455
08:06:19,785 --> 08:06:24,265
by the Sheriff's department and what kind of data

4456
08:06:24,265 --> 08:06:25,935
are you getting?

4457
08:06:25,935 --> 08:06:27,135
>> Absolutely.

4458
08:06:27,135 --> 08:06:31,295
We utilize flock cameras to reduce and prevent crime.

4459
08:06:31,295 --> 08:06:33,795
I'll invite every single one of you

4460
08:06:33,795 --> 08:06:35,415
to ride with one of our deputies.

4461
08:06:35,415 --> 08:06:39,150
Especially the deputies and our --

4462
08:06:39,361 --> 08:06:41,903
you can watch in real time how they actually use that camera.

4463
08:06:41,903 --> 08:06:43,588
I'll give you an example.

4464
08:06:43,588 --> 08:06:47,901
When I was riding not too long ago they were like hey,

4465
08:06:47,901 --> 08:06:49,852
we know about this guy, he's wanted

4466
08:06:49,852 --> 08:06:52,785
he keeps tearing us up with burglaries in this area.

4467
08:06:52,785 --> 08:06:56,985
And we know between 6 and 7 every Thursday,

4468
08:06:58,559 --> 08:07:00,585
he comes by the intersection.

4469
08:07:00,585 --> 08:07:02,550
This is a criminal now.

4470
08:07:02,550 --> 08:07:03,995
This is a person who's wanted.

4471
08:07:03,995 --> 08:07:05,203
Still committing crimes.

4472
08:07:05,203 --> 08:07:08,167
We know he goes through this intersection between 6 and 7:00

4473
08:07:08,167 --> 08:07:09,241
every Thursday night.

4474
08:07:09,241 --> 08:07:11,207
And I was like okay.

4475
08:07:11,207 --> 08:07:11,991
I'll play.

4476
08:07:11,991 --> 08:07:14,135
Sheriff do you mind sitting here with us?

4477
08:07:14,135 --> 08:07:15,601
It might take an hour.

4478
08:07:15,601 --> 08:07:16,591
He might come through.

4479
08:07:16,591 --> 08:07:17,279
He might not.

4480
08:07:17,279 --> 08:07:18,655
We were there five minutes.

4481
08:07:18,655 --> 08:07:21,661
That flock camera notified the deputy on his computer

4482
08:07:21,661 --> 08:07:25,519
in his car and we went down the road and arrested him.

4483
08:07:25,519 --> 08:07:27,919
That's how they work.

4484
08:07:28,148 --> 08:07:29,230
>> I understand that.

4485
08:07:29,230 --> 08:07:32,895
What if that had just been his car and somebody was driving it.

4486
08:07:32,895 --> 08:07:34,375
>> Then they're free to go.

4487
08:07:34,375 --> 08:07:36,950
All that technology.

4488
08:07:36,950 --> 08:07:38,950
Artificial intelligence.

4489
08:07:38,655 --> 08:07:39,588
Facial recognition.

4490
08:07:39,588 --> 08:07:41,811
That doesn't give us probable cause.

4491
08:07:41,811 --> 08:07:45,327
That just points us in the right direction.

4492
08:07:45,327 --> 08:07:48,750
We pull over that person and it's not them,

4493
08:07:48,750 --> 08:07:51,750
then you're free to go.

4494
08:07:51,855 --> 08:07:57,255
>> Yeah, I mean so we won't continue this now.

4495
08:07:58,480 --> 08:08:00,215
>> Law abiding citizens have nothing to worry about.

4496
08:08:00,215 --> 08:08:02,428
There's facial recognition on cruise ships.

4497
08:08:02,428 --> 08:08:07,375
We are on camera right now in the public.

4498
08:08:07,375 --> 08:08:09,810
>> I realize that.

4499
08:08:09,810 --> 08:08:11,231
I realize cars are different.

4500
08:08:11,231 --> 08:08:15,535
You don't have a right to privacy necessarily in your car.

4501
08:08:15,535 --> 08:08:18,961
>> The flock camera, in the old days before flock cameras,

4502
08:08:18,961 --> 08:08:20,588
what would have happened?

4503
08:08:20,588 --> 08:08:23,148
We would have had to look for that license plate and search

4504
08:08:23,148 --> 08:08:24,236
for that license plate.

4505
08:08:24,236 --> 08:08:26,387
It's the same exact thing as a deputy Sheriff

4506
08:08:26,387 --> 08:08:28,275
going there's a blue car.

4507
08:08:28,275 --> 08:08:30,388
A BC123 that's the tag number.

4508
08:08:30,388 --> 08:08:33,494
Give a human can see it, so can a camera.

4509
08:08:33,494 --> 08:08:34,769
It just speeds it up.

4510
08:08:34,769 --> 08:08:35,859
It's in the public.

4511
08:08:35,859 --> 08:08:38,691
It's not like that person was in the backyard.

4512
08:08:38,691 --> 08:08:40,255
It just speeds up the process.

4513
08:08:40,255 --> 08:08:42,348
And again points us in the right direction.

4514
08:08:42,348 --> 08:08:45,814
It doesn't give us probable cause if we can't arrest someone

4515
08:08:45,814 --> 08:08:47,150
because their tag came up.

4516
08:08:47,150 --> 08:08:49,951
But we can go investigate because that tag does belong

4517
08:08:49,951 --> 08:08:53,950
to someone who's wanted and that person is committing crimes

4518
08:08:53,950 --> 08:08:55,495
continually in our neighborhood.

4519
08:08:56,974 --> 08:08:58,308
>> Okay thank you.

4520
08:08:58,308 --> 08:08:59,789
I'm getting a nod from the mayor.

4521
08:08:59,789 --> 08:09:01,581
Who's going to get the hook out in a second

4522
08:09:01,581 --> 08:09:02,705
and pull me off the mic.

4523
08:09:02,705 --> 08:09:07,895
I would love to maybe have a follow up on this one.

4524
08:09:07,895 --> 08:09:12,950
I think there were legitimate privacy concerns.

4525
08:09:12,654 --> 08:09:13,775
>> Yeah.

4526
08:09:13,775 --> 08:09:16,154
Talk with you individually.

4527
08:09:16,154 --> 08:09:20,175
I'm trying to get the man out of here.

4528
08:09:20,175 --> 08:09:23,775
That's high dollars sitting out here.

4529
08:09:24,814 --> 08:09:25,895
Anyway.

4530
08:09:25,895 --> 08:09:27,895
Commissioner Scott.

4531
08:09:28,974 --> 08:09:30,695
>> I have one quick question.

4532
08:09:30,695 --> 08:09:33,410
Request for an update.

4533
08:09:33,410 --> 08:09:37,841
I had this past year a really challenging ,

4534
08:09:38,340 --> 08:09:40,582
they created different categories.

4535
08:09:40,582 --> 08:09:47,782
We were able to track that and this was Nashville, Rio Grande.

4536
08:09:48,455 --> 08:09:50,961
I want to say thank you.

4537
08:09:50,961 --> 08:09:53,961
Took us about four months.

4538
08:09:54,695 --> 08:09:55,943
Great stuff.

4539
08:09:55,943 --> 08:10:00,280
We still have things to talk about.

4540
08:10:00,280 --> 08:10:03,488
If you could talk about what you guys do and what you don't do

4541
08:10:03,488 --> 08:10:07,880
when it comes to homelessness. >> Okay.

4542
08:10:10,861 --> 08:10:12,569
Again, we've been doing this a long time.

4543
08:10:12,569 --> 08:10:16,319
The law enforcement always seems to be stuck in the middle.

4544
08:10:16,319 --> 08:10:17,152
Homeless.

4545
08:10:17,152 --> 08:10:17,652
Unhoused.

4546
08:10:17,652 --> 08:10:19,738
Whatever you want to call them today.

4547
08:10:19,738 --> 08:10:21,665
But we do not arrest people simply

4548
08:10:21,665 --> 08:10:23,717
because they do not have a home.

4549
08:10:23,717 --> 08:10:26,391
Most of the people that are homeless that we arrest actually

4550
08:10:26,391 --> 08:10:27,999
committed a crime.

4551
08:10:27,999 --> 08:10:30,503
As you know, it's not against the law.

4552
08:10:30,503 --> 08:10:34,335
The Supreme Court law ruled that it is not against the law

4553
08:10:34,335 --> 08:10:35,294
to ask for money.

4554
08:10:35,294 --> 08:10:38,814
If you can ask what the weather is, you can ask for a dollar.

4555
08:10:38,814 --> 08:10:42,135
Where people get into trouble is they step into traffic

4556
08:10:42,135 --> 08:10:43,843
and that's where we can take some action.

4557
08:10:43,843 --> 08:10:47,601
But I will say we have a lot of business owners, residents,

4558
08:10:47,601 --> 08:10:51,801
community members who complain about homeless people.

4559
08:10:51,955 --> 08:10:53,985
Just because they're homeless.

4560
08:10:53,985 --> 08:10:58,185
Honestly it's not fun to look at.

4561
08:10:58,455 --> 08:11:01,575
But that's not against the law.

4562
08:11:01,575 --> 08:11:04,365
In those areas where people are trespassing

4563
08:11:04,365 --> 08:11:10,365
and they're on county property or they are private citizens

4564
08:11:10,855 --> 08:11:15,150
or business owners property and we get direction to remove

4565
08:11:15,150 --> 08:11:18,615
that person, that's what we do.

4566
08:11:19,680 --> 08:11:21,680
>> All right Sheriff.

4567
08:11:21,137 --> 08:11:23,627
Thank you for staying around.

4568
08:11:23,627 --> 08:11:26,151
We're trying to get you out of here before you're here

4569
08:11:26,151 --> 08:11:27,186
for two hours.

4570
08:11:27,186 --> 08:11:33,160
At the end of the day, it's a long day for us.

4571
08:11:33,160 --> 08:11:35,868
The members of the board.

4572
08:11:35,868 --> 08:11:39,849
Just as a reminder, we will start tomorrow morning

4573
08:11:39,849 --> 08:11:42,849
at zero 900 in the morning.

4574
08:11:45,215 --> 08:11:47,615
We have constitutional offices.

4575
08:11:50,294 --> 08:11:52,294
Byron,

4576
08:11:56,880 --> 08:11:58,588
>> They have all indicated that don't need to be here if you

4577
08:11:58,588 --> 08:11:59,375
don't want them.

4578
08:11:59,375 --> 08:12:02,375
>> I was going to go.

4579
08:12:04,140 --> 08:12:06,140
Sheriff we're done.

4580
08:12:06,195 --> 08:12:09,721
Before we conclude, is there anything

4581
08:12:09,721 --> 08:12:14,521
you would like to say at this point?

4582
08:12:14,615 --> 08:12:15,163
>> No.

4583
08:12:15,163 --> 08:12:17,675
I think it's been a very productive day.

4584
08:12:17,675 --> 08:12:20,750
And tomorrow morning --

4585
08:12:28,831 --> 08:12:28,910
>> They might want to hear what you're saying.

4586
08:12:28,910 --> 08:12:32,150
The controller is typically here with us all of the time.

4587
08:12:32,150 --> 08:12:34,159
Thanks for being here.

4588
08:12:34,159 --> 08:12:36,595
If there's nothing further, we're

4589
08:12:36,595 --> 08:12:38,526
going to stand adjourned at this time.

4590
08:12:38,526 --> 08:12:40,526
Thank you all.