1 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:14,320 What? 2 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,400 >> Good evening. Uh, we'll get started. 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,640 I'll call the call to order the village 4 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,520 board of Oregon for Monday, October 5th, 5 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:23,760 2026. I'd ask the clerk to call the 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,119 role, please. 7 00:00:25,119 --> 00:00:25,760 >> Higgins 8 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,039 >> here. 9 00:00:27,039 --> 00:00:28,000 >> Kirk Dorfer 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,720 >> here. Canifer. 11 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:32,719 >> Oh, Le Marks 12 00:00:32,719 --> 00:00:33,120 >> here. 13 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:35,120 >> McDaniel here and Vancampen 14 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,840 >> here. Thank you. Approval of September 15 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,640 21st, 2026 village board meeting 16 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:44,640 minutes. Uh Marks and Kurter. 17 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:50,869 Corre corrections or changes [snorts] 18 00:00:50,879 --> 00:00:52,480 hearing. Now we have a motion by Mark, 19 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:54,000 second by Kurt Stroer. All those in 20 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,079 favor indicate by saying I. I. 21 00:00:56,079 --> 00:00:58,239 >> Those oppos say no. Motion carries. Item 22 00:00:58,239 --> 00:01:00,079 four, public appearances, comments, and 23 00:01:00,079 --> 00:01:02,559 communications. Item for discussion and 24 00:01:02,559 --> 00:01:05,119 or possible action. A presentation from 25 00:01:05,119 --> 00:01:08,159 Oregon Community Access OCA Media 26 00:01:08,159 --> 00:01:10,799 related to the 2027 village budget 27 00:01:10,799 --> 00:01:21,749 request. 28 00:01:21,759 --> 00:01:24,479 » Good afternoon. I'm Paul Zwicker, uh, 29 00:01:24,479 --> 00:01:26,880 director of OCA Media, also a resident 30 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:28,560 here in Oregon. 31 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:32,320 >> Mark Miller, uh, the board of OCA media, 32 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:35,040 uh, 124 Harvest Circle in Oregon. 33 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,439 >> Uh, Josiah Wampler, programming manager 34 00:01:37,439 --> 00:01:44,469 at OCA Media. 35 00:01:44,479 --> 00:01:46,880 » Um, this is my executive summary and 36 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,720 it'll be my last one, too, because I'm 37 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:53,439 retiring. um for OCA media that is uh in 38 00:01:53,439 --> 00:01:56,640 uh 2025. OCA media demonstrated strong 39 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,840 operational stability, 40 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:04,240 we uh we we reached record digital reach 41 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:08,160 and consistent civic coverage like 42 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,479 meetings like this. As we look ahead to 43 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:14,720 27, our 27 funding [snorts] request, 44 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,120 sustained invent investment from the 45 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,599 village board will help ensure OCA meet 46 00:02:19,599 --> 00:02:22,239 remains the primary trusted source for 47 00:02:22,239 --> 00:02:24,640 local transparency, news, civic 48 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:28,319 engagement, and Oregon school district 49 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:30,560 activities. 50 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,560 With traditional local news outlets 51 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,599 declining, OCA media bridges a gap by 52 00:02:35,599 --> 00:02:37,760 delivering live municipal coverage, 53 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,080 short form government meeting recaps and 54 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,360 local cultural programming directly to 55 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,840 Oregon residents on multiple platforms. 56 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,640 Um 57 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:52,800 we have uh some key performance 58 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,440 highlights on slide two from our digital 59 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,599 growth um our digital growth and reach. 60 00:02:57,599 --> 00:03:01,599 We grew by 800 subscribers last year and 61 00:03:01,599 --> 00:03:05,599 by the end of the year we're at 4661 62 00:03:05,599 --> 00:03:08,400 and our viewership had about 110,000 63 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,599 views across all our video um across our 64 00:03:11,599 --> 00:03:14,640 video programming. Um 65 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:17,280 I have some social media statistics that 66 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,200 Frank Kuso was going to present but he's 67 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,159 unable to be here tonight. Um our social 68 00:03:22,159 --> 00:03:25,440 media impact is huge in this town. Um 69 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,840 our monthly Facebook reach peaked at 70 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:32,879 50,000 plus people a month in 19 in 2025 71 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:35,519 and this uh this year our highlights um 72 00:03:35,519 --> 00:03:37,599 from Facebook 73 00:03:37,599 --> 00:03:39,920 analy analytics in Facebook I can't we 74 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,760 can't do annually 75 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:43,760 um so monthly 76 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,400 let me find that 77 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,280 document sorry about that I hope I have 78 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,280 it still 79 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,350 well the September documents 80 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,560 are hiding. 81 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,000 Yeah, I could just read up there if I 82 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,070 could read that far. 83 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:05,920 Yeah, 84 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,360 apologize. Um, Arc has them set up for 85 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,959 me large enough to read. Uh, as you're 86 00:04:12,959 --> 00:04:14,159 >> 90,000. 87 00:04:14,159 --> 00:04:16,160 >> Yes. So, last month alone, we we reached 88 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:20,799 90,000 plus views. um 300% 89 00:04:20,799 --> 00:04:23,120 of the conversations were um had 90 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,587 messaging conversations and um 91 00:04:26,587 --> 00:04:27,120 [clears throat] 92 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,280 that's pretty consistent engagement for 93 00:04:29,280 --> 00:04:31,360 28 days. 94 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,360 Um 95 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,560 as as uh this is Frank writing this, 96 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,160 more than numbers, we're building 97 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,040 connections. Our audience isn't simply 98 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,600 watching, they're engaging. Uh people 99 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:44,800 are reaching out, starting 100 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:46,800 conversations, sharing our content, and 101 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,919 turning to OCA media as a trusted source 102 00:04:49,919 --> 00:04:52,479 for what's happening in their community. 103 00:04:52,479 --> 00:04:54,080 And we're just getting started. Every 104 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:55,840 view represents a person. Every 105 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:58,240 conversation represents a connection and 106 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,199 every story gives our community a voice. 107 00:05:01,199 --> 00:05:03,440 OCI Media is putting Oregon stories in 108 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,440 front of the people who matter most, our 109 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,360 neighbors, families, businesses, 110 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,600 schools, nonprofits, and community 111 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,400 organizations. 112 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,759 Um he writes that uh 113 00:05:17,759 --> 00:05:22,150 we had 90,23 114 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,160 views, thousands of connections in in 115 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,400 one community. That's pretty big impact 116 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,039 just on our social media Facebook post. 117 00:05:29,039 --> 00:05:31,840 Um, [clears throat] I think uh it proves 118 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:34,160 that what we're doing is working in this 119 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,600 town. People are relying on us and uh 120 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,080 it's um it's important that that they 121 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,223 have a source to go to. Um 122 00:05:43,223 --> 00:05:44,639 [clears throat] 123 00:05:44,639 --> 00:05:46,800 on site three, I want to talk about a 124 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,773 little bit about our staffing. 125 00:05:49,773 --> 00:05:51,680 [clears throat] 126 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,400 Hang on a second. We're out of 127 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,360 >> Yeah. Okay. So you can see that last 128 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:02,720 year we did 371 events or videos um more 129 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,639 for the village related stories and 130 00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:10,000 events than we did for the school. Um 131 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,600 you can see how easily uh it it's 132 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,280 displayed nicely so you can decipher the 133 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:19,840 impacts month by month. you can tell 134 00:06:19,840 --> 00:06:23,520 when we uh had more more events in uh 135 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:25,919 school rel uh school related events at 136 00:06:25,919 --> 00:06:27,840 the end of the year and then drops off 137 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:32,240 in summer obviously. Um, in slide four, 138 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:33,919 um, 139 00:06:33,919 --> 00:06:37,600 I want you to note that our requests 140 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:42,479 our request for two 2027 of $100,000 141 00:06:42,479 --> 00:06:44,560 should allow us to produce about 75 142 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,800 municipal meetings and 25 community 143 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,080 events and our use our social media 144 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,880 outreach to push village news and 145 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:54,560 notices. 146 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:56,479 school district does contribute about 147 00:06:56,479 --> 00:06:59,440 25,000 plus in kind through office space 148 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,680 at the high school and which is 149 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,080 extremely convenient for us because many 150 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,680 of the events that happen in our 151 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,160 community uh happen in that in that 152 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:12,800 area. Um we raised about $30,000 this 153 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,319 year, actually over $30,000 in private 154 00:07:16,319 --> 00:07:18,800 donations and civic groups and sports 155 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,120 and corporate underwriting. That's up 156 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,080 quite a bit from last year as we made a 157 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,400 We had a we had some people actually 158 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,720 come forward and want to be part of our 159 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:30,319 organization 160 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:32,000 and that was a really nice thing to not 161 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:37,680 have to cold call new businesses. Um 162 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,440 going to slide five, we're talking about 163 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,720 trans um our franchise fees um which as 164 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:44,479 everybody knows is declining and that's 165 00:07:44,479 --> 00:07:47,759 our core public revenue and our board 166 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:49,599 continues to work to find alternative 167 00:07:49,599 --> 00:07:51,360 long-term 168 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,319 sources of revenue. Um, someone has 169 00:07:54,319 --> 00:07:56,639 joined us recently to help out with uh, 170 00:07:56,639 --> 00:07:59,599 grant writing and we hope to continue 171 00:07:59,599 --> 00:08:02,000 that effort along with working with 172 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,360 local organizations to reach private 173 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:10,080 trusts that people may want to um, 174 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:13,919 donate to uh, our nonprofit that way. 175 00:08:13,919 --> 00:08:16,400 Um, going on to equipment, which I 176 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,960 mentioned in a a recent meeting, our 177 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:20,800 broadcast server is was installed in 178 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,840 2017 and it's well past its life 179 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:25,759 expectancy. 180 00:08:25,759 --> 00:08:28,000 Um, to replace that unit, it's about 15 181 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,960 to $20,000. And, um, now we're thinking 182 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:32,719 that it's going to die. So, we'll just 183 00:08:32,719 --> 00:08:34,240 probably, 184 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,279 uh, at this point, um, continue to work 185 00:08:37,279 --> 00:08:40,640 towards our viewership that's online. 186 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:45,600 um that is where we get our numbers from YouTube and and Facebook and um 187 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,760 we're kind of planning for it to fail 188 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:49,519 and we'll continue to move towards our 189 00:08:49,519 --> 00:08:52,880 online distribution that as we are now. 190 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:54,959 We did purchase two new Sony cameras to 191 00:08:54,959 --> 00:08:57,440 replace 8-year-old cameras that are uh 192 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:00,800 failing. And we need one more unit to uh 193 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,000 complete our pack of three that 194 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,760 occasionally all three are out at the 195 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,920 same time at three different events and 196 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,959 even then we may need a fourth. So we do 197 00:09:10,959 --> 00:09:12,399 have our old cameras that are still 198 00:09:12,399 --> 00:09:14,080 operational. 199 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:15,680 We're hoping to fund raise for that 200 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:17,680 final camera that that new one to match 201 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:20,080 the other two. And every [snorts] uh we 202 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,080 do rotate our editing system and and 203 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:24,320 computers. Uh every few years we upgrade 204 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,880 them so they don't fail because those 205 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:28,720 are our lifeblood as well as our cameras 206 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,920 and and our distributions. 207 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:33,600 Um 208 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,600 as I said, we are talking about grant 209 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,080 funding. Uh we did receive some grants 210 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:39,839 uh a grant from Dan County Arts last 211 00:09:39,839 --> 00:09:42,240 year to get some equipment and we're 212 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,320 going to continue along that uh that 213 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:45,680 way. 214 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:48,949 Um, 215 00:09:48,959 --> 00:09:52,480 moving on. Um, I think it's, uh, 216 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,560 slide six would be good for Josiah to 217 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:56,880 take over, um, and talk about where 218 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,120 we're going for a little bit and where 219 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,279 we hope to go, providing we have, uh, 220 00:10:01,279 --> 00:10:03,839 the funds to do so. 221 00:10:03,839 --> 00:10:07,920 >> Yes. Uh so um [clears throat] 222 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:11,680 given the uh reduction in funding uh we 223 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:14,160 are adapting by doing some restructuring 224 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:17,040 of staff. So currently we have four 225 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:18,640 positions 226 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:20,640 um all part-time executive director, 227 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,120 program manager, social media manager 228 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,160 and production assistant. Um next year 229 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,000 that will be going down to three 230 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,360 positions. Um the executive director 231 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,680 will become full-time 232 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:37,360 um uh and absorb uh some of some of the 233 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:43,920 hours um uh needed. And then the uh um 234 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,800 content manager position uh will be kind 235 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,920 of a reduction of my current uh 236 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,680 programming manager position. Um 237 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:56,959 uh so all in all it's about a thousand 238 00:10:56,959 --> 00:11:00,240 less hours a year uh after restructuring 239 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,000 might be actually a little bit more. I'm 240 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,320 not sure exactly how we calculated that 241 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:08,000 number. Um so yeah we're uh doing what 242 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,680 we need to do to adapt to the uh 243 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:14,880 funding. And if we can go to the next 244 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,710 slide. 245 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,079 So yeah, um yeah, this just basically 246 00:11:22,079 --> 00:11:25,279 shows the um village contribution, the 247 00:11:25,279 --> 00:11:28,399 franchise fees which are going down. Um 248 00:11:28,399 --> 00:11:30,959 and then shows that this year we did a 249 00:11:30,959 --> 00:11:33,600 lot to counteract what we knew was 250 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,320 coming with the uh the funding decrease. 251 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:40,079 Um uh I believe that um underwriting 252 00:11:40,079 --> 00:11:44,320 number was we basically did about 10,000 253 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:48,240 more than last year. So um hoping to uh 254 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:52,320 continue that uh in the coming years to 255 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,200 um to uh yeah improve our uh funding 256 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,160 situation uh even more so. Uh you can go 257 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:01,040 to the next slide. 258 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:02,880 So yeah, the funding request is 259 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:07,279 $100,000. It's about 23 uh% down from 260 00:12:07,279 --> 00:12:11,920 last year. Um what you get is what we 261 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:16,480 currently do. Um, we aren't planning on 262 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,360 uh uh cutting too much in in in the way 263 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,399 of services. We tried to make up uh for 264 00:12:22,399 --> 00:12:26,639 that with the uh staff um changes and 265 00:12:26,639 --> 00:12:31,279 whatnot. Um so the the plan for 2027 is 266 00:12:31,279 --> 00:12:33,120 just to 267 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:37,360 do more uh to search out grants um that 268 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,320 uh that we can get uh both uh state and 269 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:44,000 federal. um try to get more uh private 270 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,839 donations and and underwriting uh 271 00:12:47,839 --> 00:12:50,720 because we have a lot of ambition when 272 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,240 it comes to uh what we want to do for 273 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:57,279 this community. Um you know, we started 274 00:12:57,279 --> 00:12:59,519 doing the the video recaps of the 275 00:12:59,519 --> 00:13:01,440 meetings this year. That's been going 276 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,200 fairly well. We hope to continue that 277 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,200 into next year. I would even like to 278 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,600 start possibly doing them for the 279 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,880 schoolboard meetings if we can. um we 280 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,160 want to be a source for information for 281 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,120 this community because there are so few 282 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:23,839 sources out there. Um so you know the job of the next several years is 283 00:13:23,839 --> 00:13:26,959 just trying to close the gap between our 284 00:13:26,959 --> 00:13:30,079 ambitions and what we can actually fund. 285 00:13:30,079 --> 00:13:40,720 So um but $100,000 next year um we'll be able to uh get by. So, 286 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,399 >> um, yeah. 287 00:13:42,399 --> 00:13:44,800 >> Um, I think, uh, Mark, we're gonna have 288 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:46,560 Mark, our treasurer, go through some, 289 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:50,399 uh, request numbers on our budget. 290 00:13:50,399 --> 00:13:52,480 >> So, presented to you as a budget for 291 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,800 2027. And so, incorporating with the 292 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:56,800 anticipated, uh, support that the 293 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,040 village can provide to us um, with 294 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,360 100,000, we can look at what our income 295 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:02,880 could potentially be. So, really focus 296 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:04,720 on all these lines of spreadsheet. You 297 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,000 guys are really good at seeing a lot of 298 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,560 that. So look at the income line in 299 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:10,480 particular and total income and so 300 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:11,839 that's where we're anticipating our 301 00:14:11,839 --> 00:14:14,480 total income would be if you uh look at 302 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,560 the 100,000 is where the village would 303 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:18,720 be sustained and you can see as you go 304 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:22,720 previous years um back into 2026 and uh 305 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,560 from our budget 2025 2024 23 um you can 306 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,040 see where that m amount has changed and 307 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:31,360 reduced. So what we did is uh with the 308 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,480 focus of staffing how we go about it um 309 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:37,600 is that adjusting to that that income 310 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,920 portion of it. What we did and um and 311 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:41,680 continue to focus on is if we get 312 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,920 quality programming that what we can do 313 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:45,440 is we can actually do about better 314 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,440 outreach and get more reliability. And 315 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:49,040 so that's a large portion of what we've 316 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,040 been doing. Certainly the granting I 317 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:52,959 side of it. But you also notice in the 318 00:14:52,959 --> 00:14:56,000 line item regards to uh donations as 319 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,480 well as underwriting. That's been a lot 320 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,560 more outgoing that we've done. And so 321 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:02,800 some of that is from our social media uh 322 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,040 just putting that message out that uh uh 323 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,720 the funding is changing and so we need 324 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:08,720 some of your financial support and 325 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,720 that's added a lot more to it. And so 326 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:13,040 that's helped us to settle out some of 327 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,440 the the the line items, the costs on it. 328 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,160 overall uh we do have uh done some 329 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:18,880 production [clears throat] 330 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:20,720 that we actually will do for other 331 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,959 organizations and so that's been able to 332 00:15:22,959 --> 00:15:24,720 help out a little bit with some income 333 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,240 but it does take labor [clears throat] 334 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:27,920 it does take people to be able to do 335 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:29,920 that as well but we do have some of the 336 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:31,760 technology and the resources to be able 337 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,240 to go from there. So that's uh a little 338 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:35,839 bit on how that income's changing and 339 00:15:35,839 --> 00:15:38,079 how we're adjusting to make that work 340 00:15:38,079 --> 00:15:40,480 and and underneath that is all our 341 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,399 different expenses. And so as an 342 00:15:42,399 --> 00:15:43,839 organization uh we do have 343 00:15:43,839 --> 00:15:46,160 responsibilities accounting portions of 344 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,279 it um and just technology. There's a lot 345 00:15:49,279 --> 00:15:51,120 of different devices that we do have 346 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,279 with video equipment and when you move 347 00:15:53,279 --> 00:15:54,639 that equipment around you do have 348 00:15:54,639 --> 00:15:56,639 failures and you have things that don't 349 00:15:56,639 --> 00:15:58,320 work. And one of the things in keeping 350 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,399 the quality up we need to make sure that 351 00:16:00,399 --> 00:16:02,720 equipment is sufficient to be able to 352 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,040 function at the time. Um what does 353 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,040 happen is the electronic side of it. So 354 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:08,959 we do need video equipment and so 355 00:16:08,959 --> 00:16:10,560 keeping that video equipment and keeping 356 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,800 that current that's uh that's a portion 357 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,320 of that. So that's where we have a 358 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,800 $1,000 budget in into that line and item 359 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,360 itself. Uh we do insure ourselves as 360 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:20,959 well. So we need to have that. So that's 361 00:16:20,959 --> 00:16:23,040 that insurance. We have a local 362 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,120 supporter that provides our insurance 363 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,839 and it keeps us going um and make sure 364 00:16:27,839 --> 00:16:29,759 that we're satisfied in regards to that. 365 00:16:29,759 --> 00:16:31,519 We've been effective in the sense that 366 00:16:31,519 --> 00:16:34,720 reducing the cost of streaming uh when 367 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,360 we're uh mobile and reducing that cost 368 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:38,959 and we've done a lot better job with 369 00:16:38,959 --> 00:16:41,120 that instead of having cellar cellular 370 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,199 access and paying a lot of fees under 371 00:16:43,199 --> 00:16:44,720 that. We've reduced that and done a 372 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,720 really nice job overall. Some of that's 373 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,560 helped out with having the right kind of 374 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,560 con connections whether it's here uh at 375 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:52,079 the village hall or whether it's been in 376 00:16:52,079 --> 00:16:53,440 the school buildings themselves. So 377 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:54,959 therefore we don't have that same cost 378 00:16:54,959 --> 00:16:57,600 as well. Um, you do see a budget line 379 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,600 item for health benefits. As we move 380 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,079 into a full-time employee, the cost uh 381 00:17:02,079 --> 00:17:03,920 for health benefits and offering that as 382 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,079 well is something that we need to incur 383 00:17:06,079 --> 00:17:08,000 and to be ready to be able to support 384 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,400 that overall. Um, so some of the other 385 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,000 things are just uh from a tax 386 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,959 perspective um like I mentioned Paul, 387 00:17:14,959 --> 00:17:17,600 one of the issues that as we I've gotten 388 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,640 involved into it is that using older 389 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,640 equipment and trying to maintain that 390 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:24,799 and being reliable, it became a large 391 00:17:24,799 --> 00:17:27,039 cost. And so um working with Paul, 392 00:17:27,039 --> 00:17:28,880 working with Josiah, making sure that we 393 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,520 keep having run equipment updated on 394 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:33,840 regular basis and likewise you see we 395 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:35,919 have a lot of cost for software. We 396 00:17:35,919 --> 00:17:38,160 utilize a lot of free versions of what 397 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,559 we can do. So we're entirely in a Google 398 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:42,160 enterprise because we're a nonprofit 399 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,640 organization. We also get some reduced 400 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,960 cost of other software and other devices 401 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,960 because we're a nonprofit organization. 402 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,960 So we are doing what we can to reduce 403 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,760 the cost. So, what we've uh we've looked 404 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:55,360 at, we're going to likely going to run 405 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:57,200 short in that budget. Uh but that just 406 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:58,720 puts an effort. You know, sometimes you 407 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:00,320 have to put a goal out and have to go 408 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:01,520 and reach out how we're going to get 409 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,440 some of that additional uh we've been 410 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,440 very effective financially looking in 411 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,280 the years past in that making sure that 412 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,679 we make our budget. And so, I think that 413 00:18:09,679 --> 00:18:13,039 says some some responsibility overall. 414 00:18:13,039 --> 00:18:14,880 So, just wanted to show you a little bit 415 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,559 about that and how uh what we've been 416 00:18:16,559 --> 00:18:18,799 doing in regards to that overall. Turn 417 00:18:18,799 --> 00:18:19,679 it back to you. 418 00:18:19,679 --> 00:18:21,360 >> Thank you. 419 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:23,440 Uh before I make some closing remarks, 420 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:24,799 do you have any questions on the 421 00:18:24,799 --> 00:18:28,390 presentation 422 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,440 numbers? Rick, 423 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,280 >> well, I just wanted to say first of all, 424 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,200 thank you so much for all the time that 425 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,039 you spent here doing the work that you 426 00:18:37,039 --> 00:18:40,559 do uh in your retirement coming up. And 427 00:18:40,559 --> 00:18:42,480 again, thank you for the smooth 428 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:45,120 transition that's going on uh with 429 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:48,240 Josiah. You can see it here. uh both of 430 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,160 you kind of working to do this 431 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,480 presentation and I appreciate you too 432 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,400 Mark coming in and giving us the numbers 433 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,720 that at least help us understand a 434 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,960 little bit better the position of the of 435 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:00,960 the organization. 436 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:02,880 Um, I can tell you that last year at 437 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:04,799 this time I wasn't as familiar with 438 00:19:04,799 --> 00:19:07,760 these numbers and certainly wasn't uh 439 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:11,039 was more concerned over the fact that 440 00:19:11,039 --> 00:19:13,679 continuing to fund the organization 441 00:19:13,679 --> 00:19:16,960 without uh a real feeling that there was 442 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,280 uh an outlook that we could look forward 443 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,679 to as being something we can build on. 444 00:19:21,679 --> 00:19:24,320 Um, I think that's in seen in this 445 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:25,840 current year. I think that there's been 446 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,559 some some major changes as you brought 447 00:19:28,559 --> 00:19:32,400 up uh the ability to get more donations, 448 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,880 uh start viewing your process in in a 449 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,440 way that's more of a nonprofit model, 450 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,280 making people more aware of that fact 451 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,799 that what a great uh you know uh asset 452 00:19:42,799 --> 00:19:47,200 that we have here in uh the village. um 453 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:48,799 the number of positions and the 454 00:19:48,799 --> 00:19:50,799 restructuring that you've done to 455 00:19:50,799 --> 00:19:56,080 accommodate the fact that yes, you see a reduction in the amount of uh revenue 456 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,000 that you're able to get, but at the same 457 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,160 time being able to find a way to 458 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,960 incorporate more grant writing and 459 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:04,960 fundraising with the folks that you've 460 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:06,720 been able to bring on board, which I 461 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,200 think is just right in line with where 462 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,160 we want to be going. Um, you've also 463 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,400 seen lots of increases because of 464 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,000 changes that you're doing with the 465 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,480 formats. I see you've talked about going 466 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:20,720 into the shortterm formatting that 467 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,880 everybody likes to see whether we like 468 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,000 it or not. Uh, the shortterm videos and 469 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,120 being able to uh uh chop them up in ways 470 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:32,159 that are more uh appetizing for uh folks 471 00:20:32,159 --> 00:20:35,600 to be able to uh um consume and it's 472 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,760 shown in the numbers even already this 473 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:39,679 year. So, I do appreciate all that stuff 474 00:20:39,679 --> 00:20:42,480 and I think the way that the revenue 475 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,640 that you've been getting from uh cable 476 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,679 franchising fees continuing to dwindle 477 00:20:47,679 --> 00:20:52,400 because that just a format that is uh on 478 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,760 its way out. um that there are plenty of 479 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:58,320 other organizations, other villages, 480 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,520 municipalities that have to run these 481 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:05,120 kinds of uh uh programs and use uh 482 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:07,120 village revenue to be able to accomplish 483 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:10,080 these tasks. Um there's clearly a point 484 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,360 at which the village has to support um 485 00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:16,159 this organization or we would be doing 486 00:21:16,159 --> 00:21:18,799 this stuff at probably a substantially 487 00:21:18,799 --> 00:21:21,520 higher cost. And I'm not sure what that 488 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,320 number is, but I do know that I believe 489 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,400 that it's worth investing in after 490 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,280 spending the last year on your board and 491 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,440 for what you've come back to the village 492 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,240 board to present to us tonight. So, 493 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,840 thank you. That's all I have 494 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:39,440 >> else 495 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,240 Tom. 496 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:43,760 >> I don't really want to talk about your 497 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,159 presentation. 498 00:21:46,159 --> 00:21:48,880 Um, what I want to do is extend my 499 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,760 personal thanks to Paul. You know, I 500 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,080 would I've known Paul since he came to 501 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,280 work for OCA. Um, at the time that he 502 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,400 came to OCA, um, we tell the stories 503 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,880 about instances of of being off air for 504 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,960 weeks at a time and nobody noticing and 505 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,120 no emails or no messages or no phone 506 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:13,440 calls. Um, we tell stories about uh 507 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,480 broadcasting events for a year with no 508 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,159 audio because we couldn't figure out why 509 00:22:18,159 --> 00:22:20,159 the system wasn't working and again 510 00:22:20,159 --> 00:22:22,159 nobody complained or nobody had a 511 00:22:22,159 --> 00:22:25,360 problem. Um, that doesn't happen now. 512 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:28,240 Um, if if we drop a live feed, Paul gets 513 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,440 a call and you know there's been a big 514 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:33,039 turnaround in the organization. It's 515 00:22:33,039 --> 00:22:34,640 doing a lot of things and it's doing a 516 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:35,760 lot of things that are really good. And 517 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,159 I think that's from the effort and the 518 00:22:38,159 --> 00:22:39,919 work and the contributions that Paul has 519 00:22:39,919 --> 00:22:41,679 personally made to this. And I think we 520 00:22:41,679 --> 00:22:43,440 owe him a big round of thanks and 521 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,120 appreciate everything he does. I know we 522 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:46,799 have a great future with Josiah. He's 523 00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:48,960 going to do a great job. But we really 524 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:50,320 have to appreciate everything that Paul 525 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,830 has done. 526 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,990 » Yeah. 527 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,840 » Thank you, Tom. 528 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,559 Uh one question I had is if there's been 529 00:23:02,559 --> 00:23:04,720 any consideration of using uh 530 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,880 subscription model. I saw some other uh 531 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,520 similar uh organizations have used that. 532 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:13,039 Have you is that something you've looked 533 00:23:13,039 --> 00:23:15,840 at or 534 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,360 >> Yeah, we we've talked about the 535 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:21,760 possibility. Um it is a some something 536 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,159 we continue to look into and it might be 537 00:23:24,159 --> 00:23:27,440 something we do down the road. Um my 538 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,520 personal philosophy is, you know, we're 539 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,480 public access, so we try as hard as we 540 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,120 can to make everything accessible, free. 541 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:35,520 >> Sure. 542 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,159 >> Um for everybody. So if that's where we 543 00:23:38,159 --> 00:23:41,120 have to go, we have to go there. But um 544 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:43,919 yeah, that's kind of a a last resort. 545 00:23:43,919 --> 00:23:45,440 Okay. [snorts] To a certain extent. 546 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,440 >> Thank you. 547 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:50,640 Any other questions? 548 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:51,520 >> Oh, thank you very much. 549 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,120 >> Thanks. I just quick wrap up on 550 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:55,600 something. Um, since Tom started it, I'm 551 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,799 going to uh and I wanted to thank uh Tom 552 00:23:58,799 --> 00:24:01,200 Kerstofer for his leadership on our 553 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,360 board. Um, 554 00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:05,440 he uh a long time ago wanted to 555 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:06,960 videotape something and didn't have the 556 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,520 equipment. So, he found out I think that 557 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:13,120 OCA had equipment that he could use and 558 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:16,640 there it began. Um, now we uh seem to 559 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,640 record things for him that he purchases 560 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,640 copies of so [laughter] 561 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:25,760 which is a good a good thing. Um I did want to point out I want to 562 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:27,840 read a little something personal for to 563 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,400 you. Um the last time I'll come before 564 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,600 this board to present a budget request 565 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,159 um for OCA Media. I'll be retiring in 566 00:24:36,159 --> 00:24:38,400 December and I think I'm leaving on a 567 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,200 high note. This past January, the Oregon 568 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:42,880 Chamber of Commerce presented our small 569 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:46,080 staff with the community impact award. 570 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,679 And for 10 years, I've had the privilege 571 00:24:47,679 --> 00:24:49,440 of leading OCA Media, and I'm proud of 572 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,919 what we've built together. 573 00:24:51,919 --> 00:24:53,679 We've worked to shine more light on the 574 00:24:53,679 --> 00:24:56,559 issues that matter to our village so re 575 00:24:56,559 --> 00:24:58,720 residents can see how decisions get 576 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,720 made, hear directly from the people 577 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,799 making them, and feel part of their own 578 00:25:02,799 --> 00:25:05,679 community. And I believe this is a this 579 00:25:05,679 --> 00:25:08,400 has made our village stronger. I'm 580 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,400 especially proud of our young team 581 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,880 members. Our paid hands-on program has 582 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,960 given high school students place to 583 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,360 learn, make mistakes, and discover what 584 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:20,400 they're capable of. Many have many come 585 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,520 in and have never had having never held 586 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,400 a camera before and left with real 587 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,559 skills, real confidence, and sometimes a 588 00:25:28,559 --> 00:25:31,039 career path. Watching them grow has been 589 00:25:31,039 --> 00:25:33,440 one of my great joys. 590 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:37,039 Ben Baker, a 26 OS graduate and a OCA 591 00:25:37,039 --> 00:25:40,400 scholarship recipient, OCA scholarship 592 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,120 recipient, directed our broadcast of the 593 00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:45,039 recent homecoming football game, working 594 00:25:45,039 --> 00:25:47,520 on his skills and calling the shots. 595 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,240 After we wrapped up, some of the crew 596 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:51,679 came over to my house and hung out 597 00:25:51,679 --> 00:25:53,520 around the fire and had some pizza. And 598 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,679 Ben talked about his future dreams in 599 00:25:55,679 --> 00:25:58,159 professional broadcasting. 600 00:25:58,159 --> 00:26:00,880 Thought I was going to be a mechanic 601 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,039 to someday own his own production, his 602 00:26:03,039 --> 00:26:05,120 own broadcasting truck, and produce 603 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:07,840 college sports. It's a pretty lofty goal 604 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,600 for a 18-year-old, and I hope it comes 605 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,760 true for him. 606 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,240 None of this happens alone. In 1984, 607 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,400 this organization came into existence to 608 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,400 provide public access to meetings like 609 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:19,919 this. 610 00:26:19,919 --> 00:26:21,919 board has stood behind OCA year 611 00:26:21,919 --> 00:26:24,400 after year, and I'm deeply great, deeply 612 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,960 grateful. I want to especially thank 613 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,120 you, our elected officials, and the OCA 614 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,120 media board of directors, for believing 615 00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:33,520 in our award-winning work and in the 616 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,919 people who do it. 617 00:26:35,919 --> 00:26:38,400 OCA is a little unusual in that we're an 618 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,799 independent nonprofit. uh community 619 00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:43,120 support and community efforts supported 620 00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:45,360 by this village and our ne neighbors 621 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:46,880 organizations 622 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,600 and employees employers who give it give 623 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,559 to it. I hope the leaders who come after 624 00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:55,520 you will keep that partnership strong 625 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,159 and keep OCA a priority because what 626 00:26:58,159 --> 00:27:00,559 happens here in this room in this 627 00:27:00,559 --> 00:27:04,480 village belongs to everyone. 628 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:06,559 And I leave knowing OCA is in great 629 00:27:06,559 --> 00:27:10,400 hands. Josiah brings energy, heart, and 630 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,480 a real commitment to this community. I 631 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,400 couldn't be more confident in where 632 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,039 he'll take it. 633 00:27:17,039 --> 00:27:19,120 So, I'm not saying goodbye with worry. 634 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:21,840 I'm saying it with gratitude and with a 635 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:24,159 great deal of hope for what comes next. 636 00:27:24,159 --> 00:27:25,679 Thank you. It's been the honor of my 637 00:27:25,679 --> 00:27:27,919 career. Thanks. Thank you. 638 00:27:27,919 --> 00:27:29,963 >> Thank you. 639 00:27:29,963 --> 00:27:43,029 [applause] 640 00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:45,440 Okay, we'll continue then with public 641 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,039 comment. This part of the agenda allows 642 00:27:47,039 --> 00:27:48,799 me members of the public to provide 643 00:27:48,799 --> 00:27:50,799 information to the village board, 644 00:27:50,799 --> 00:27:52,480 including items both on and off the 645 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,960 agenda. 15 minutes will provided for 646 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:56,880 this item with a three minute maximum 647 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:58,880 per speaker. Otherwise, the agenda will 648 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,279 proceed as posted. We have one 649 00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:05,039 registered uh uh speaker and and that is 650 00:28:05,039 --> 00:28:18,870 John Blanchard. 651 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,360 Hello, this is John Blanchard. I live at 652 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:24,480 470 Lisa Court in Oregon. I realize that 653 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,480 this is probably not on the agenda 654 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,440 tonight or any discussion. I was at the 655 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,000 uh planning board meeting during their 656 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,200 discussion of this topic. I support the 657 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,320 40 plus members of the Oregon Fox 658 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,279 Boxboro Senior Golf League on the uh 659 00:28:41,279 --> 00:28:47,360 future of Foxboro. Um, first of all, our group supports the request by 660 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,240 several residents to convert the areas 661 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,960 of Foxboro Golf Course currently shown 662 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,240 on the comprehensive plan um from an 663 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,279 amendment in 2023. 664 00:28:59,279 --> 00:29:02,559 It shows up as lowcale neighborhood. Um, 665 00:29:02,559 --> 00:29:05,200 it should go back to parks and open 666 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,320 space. Um, I think that would impact the 667 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,559 future of the golf course or the 668 00:29:10,559 --> 00:29:14,000 development in that area. Um, I myself 669 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,240 learned how to play golf at Foxboro and 670 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:18,399 want to very much continue playing there 671 00:29:18,399 --> 00:29:20,559 for many years. 672 00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:22,559 We would love to see the course remain 673 00:29:22,559 --> 00:29:26,080 as 18 holes. However, it appears the 674 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:30,000 continuation of an 18hole Foxboro is not 675 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,520 a financially viable option. There seems 676 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,159 to be too many large expensive repair 677 00:29:36,159 --> 00:29:39,520 needed. I don't have any answers as to 678 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,320 um the financials on that or anything. 679 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,760 It's just what we have been informed to 680 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:50,399 um from Mike, the uh current manager of 681 00:29:50,399 --> 00:29:52,755 the course. 682 00:29:52,755 --> 00:29:53,360 [clears throat] 683 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,470 Our 684 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,520 um our group also supports the proposed 685 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,720 new plan to convert Foxboro to a 9-hole 686 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:06,480 golf course going forward if the 18-hole 687 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,785 cannot continue. 688 00:30:09,785 --> 00:30:10,399 [clears throat] 689 00:30:10,399 --> 00:30:12,159 The 9-hole course option has been 690 00:30:12,159 --> 00:30:14,960 provided to us by Mike. Seems to be a 691 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:16,960 very reasonable option. The design would 692 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:18,880 provide a very usable course for many 693 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,880 years to come. 694 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,600 It is very important that there continue 695 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,600 to be an affordable golf available in 696 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,679 Oregon, which includes a course for the 697 00:30:27,679 --> 00:30:29,919 high school teams to practice. 698 00:30:29,919 --> 00:30:32,080 Furthermore, we want our league to be 699 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,480 able to continue playing golf on Tuesday 700 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,039 mornings in Oregon and not go outside 701 00:30:37,039 --> 00:30:41,039 looking for a place to play. 702 00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:42,960 Please consider supporting the nine-hole 703 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:47,600 course if we lose the 18-hole option. 704 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,080 It would continue to provide a great, 705 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,960 reasonably priced place to play, learn, 706 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:56,240 and play golf for all ages for many 707 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,720 years to come. 708 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:00,480 Um, that's pretty much all I have to say 709 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,240 about it. I just wanted to go on record. 710 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,480 If anybody has any questions that I can 711 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:08,960 answer, I'm happy. 712 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:13,039 >> Well, really can't comment back to your comments, John. 713 00:31:13,039 --> 00:31:14,399 >> All right. Thank you. 714 00:31:14,399 --> 00:31:15,600 >> Thank you. 715 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:23,136 Uh, anyone else for uh Derek Belo, 716 00:31:23,146 --> 00:31:26,549 [clears throat] 717 00:31:26,559 --> 00:31:29,679 » Derek Bo, Johnson Street in Oregon. I'm 718 00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:31,039 here today to talk about some public 719 00:31:31,039 --> 00:31:33,279 safety issues. I was in in attendance 720 00:31:33,279 --> 00:31:36,159 for the joint fire EMS meeting. As an 721 00:31:36,159 --> 00:31:37,840 outside observer, it seems as though the 722 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:39,519 village is struggling to address a 723 00:31:39,519 --> 00:31:41,919 couple of public safety safety issues on 724 00:31:41,919 --> 00:31:43,840 multiple fronts. Be it the fire EMS 725 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,320 building or the SRO contract. For the 726 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,000 fire EMS building, it seems like the 727 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,440 village has been dragging their feet. 728 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:50,799 From someone who's been watching, it 729 00:31:50,799 --> 00:31:52,080 appears like you would rather just the 730 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,640 issue disappear. First, village 731 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,159 representatives on the fire EMS 732 00:31:56,159 --> 00:31:58,000 commission wanted more data to address 733 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,159 the location. And once the data was 734 00:32:00,159 --> 00:32:02,240 received and was being discussed by the 735 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,320 commission, one of the village reps at 736 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:05,600 the time implied in a meeting that 737 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,360 response time shouldn't factor into the 738 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,600 location. It's an interesting opinion 739 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,039 since response times can make the 740 00:32:11,039 --> 00:32:13,519 difference between life and death. 741 00:32:13,519 --> 00:32:14,960 You've had the data for months and it 742 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,480 all points to the downtown location 743 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,559 being best for public safety and for any 744 00:32:18,559 --> 00:32:20,320 reasonable work to be done, using a 745 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:21,600 portion of old village hall would be 746 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,200 necessary. 747 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:24,880 The district has now been discussing 748 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,399 location and building options for the 749 00:32:26,399 --> 00:32:27,519 last four years. And that's an 750 00:32:27,519 --> 00:32:29,200 incredible injustice to the staff of the 751 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:30,960 fire EMS district who are working from 752 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,760 an environment that doesn't house proper 753 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:35,840 decontamination equipment and allows for 754 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,320 no future growth. 755 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,159 The village objecting to any reasonable 756 00:32:40,159 --> 00:32:41,760 discussion about old village hall is 757 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:43,120 coming across as obstructive and 758 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,120 counterproductive. Which brings me to 759 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:48,000 the lapsed SRO contract. Much like the 760 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,360 fire district, the village board seems 761 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:50,960 to be taking an all or nothing approach 762 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,720 to negotiations with the school district 763 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,039 as well. I'd encourage you to change 764 00:32:55,039 --> 00:32:56,799 your course on negotiation strategies 765 00:32:56,799 --> 00:32:59,039 for both village partners. The tactics 766 00:32:59,039 --> 00:33:02,159 cannot lead to counter or cannot lead to 767 00:33:02,159 --> 00:33:04,080 productive future relationships with the 768 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,080 other government agencies. The board's 769 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:07,919 stances are coming across as combative 770 00:33:07,919 --> 00:33:09,679 which seems to be making these 771 00:33:09,679 --> 00:33:12,000 negotiations unproductive. 772 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,159 The SRO contract has been lapsed now for 773 00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:16,080 over a month and the discussion of with 774 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:17,760 the fire district is in the same spot as 775 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,399 it was four years ago despite having 776 00:33:20,399 --> 00:33:23,360 spent significant amounts amount of 777 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,120 funds to provide the village with the 778 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,760 data it requested. I'll just say that 779 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:29,760 consultant that that you all hired to do 780 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,480 that work that she did a tremendous job 781 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:34,720 and she compiled all sorts of 782 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,760 information. If you're considering 783 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:39,388 options for the down for the 784 00:33:39,388 --> 00:33:40,720 [clears throat] old village hall, I 785 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,679 would question how you're making a uh 786 00:33:43,679 --> 00:33:45,840 informed decision without any numbers 787 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:47,519 regarding what your fire district 788 00:33:47,519 --> 00:33:49,679 currently needs. Thank you. 789 00:33:49,679 --> 00:33:51,760 >> Thank you. 790 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,960 Anyone else for public comments? 791 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,960 No. Okay. Moving on. Uh item five, 792 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,360 approval of vouchers in the amount of 793 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:07,830 $774,99512. 794 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,560 Higgins and 795 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:14,950 Marks [clears throat] 796 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:19,119 questions. Tim had two questions on page 797 00:34:19,119 --> 00:34:20,800 25. 798 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,960 Uh Oregon water and sewer. There were 799 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,760 four charges all less than a dollar. Why 800 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,000 are we processing tiny transactions? 801 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,839 It's got to be more expensive to process 802 00:34:29,839 --> 00:34:34,310 that than it's worth. 803 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:38,240 These are for um services that no longer 804 00:34:38,240 --> 00:34:41,119 exist and the people have moved out and 805 00:34:41,119 --> 00:34:44,480 most of the time they are a finance 806 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,359 charge maybe that was allocated and then 807 00:34:47,359 --> 00:34:50,399 during the process of selling the 808 00:34:50,399 --> 00:34:53,760 property or whatever these small amounts 809 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,639 were not paid. So what this is an annual 810 00:34:56,639 --> 00:34:59,280 thing that we do then the village 811 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,599 just pays off these small amounts. So we 812 00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:04,000 have to transition money to those 813 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:04,640 accounts to 814 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,440 >> Oh, so it's just a credit to clear the 815 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:07,920 Okay. 816 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,839 >> Yeah, it's just a credit to clear these 817 00:35:09,839 --> 00:35:12,560 small um 818 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:12,960 >> Okay. 819 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,520 >> residential accounts that we have. 820 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,280 >> Thank you. Then my second question was 821 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:23,670 on page 28. 822 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:29,200 Um what is a se sewer easement machine? 823 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:30,739 Like you knew I was going to ask. 824 00:35:30,739 --> 00:35:31,280 >> [laughter] 825 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,920 >> I looked at the page and I'm like, I bet 826 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:35,680 I know. 827 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:40,000 It is um essentially a very big, very 828 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,359 expensive um hose extension for our 829 00:35:43,359 --> 00:35:45,680 sewer vac truck. And what it does is 830 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,720 allow our staff to get in and jet out 831 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:52,079 and clean sewer lines that are back away 832 00:35:52,079 --> 00:35:53,920 from the road where they can't safely 833 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:58,240 get the vac truck. Um and a really good 834 00:35:58,240 --> 00:36:01,440 example being um the line that runs from 835 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:05,359 Oak Hill to the village. Um it, you 836 00:36:05,359 --> 00:36:08,320 know, prevents potential damage to uh 837 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,440 equipment um and dangerous to staff and 838 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,760 it just keeps those lines clean such 839 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:15,200 that we don't have a very expensive 840 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:16,960 sewer backup out there. 841 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,440 >> Cool. Thank you. 842 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:20,560 >> Good. 843 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,520 >> Um I have two. One of them was this 844 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,599 sewer easement machine. So, I'm glad to 845 00:36:25,599 --> 00:36:28,320 know that my radar is honed in on Tim's. 846 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,560 My question though with that is just a 847 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:32,800 secondary question. Is this an expense 848 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,040 we anticipated? This isn't like an 849 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,000 emergency. We all of a sudden had to buy 850 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,040 this. We've anticipated this cost. 851 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:42,720 >> Correct. This was in the CIP for the 852 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:43,680 last couple of years. 853 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,240 >> Fantastic. I apologize for overlooking. 854 00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:46,880 >> It's all good. 855 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,280 >> That one line item. Um, my second 856 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,520 question is on that same page. This is 857 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,640 probably for chief 14815. 858 00:36:54,640 --> 00:37:02,150 The PD camera project. 859 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:03,040 » Sorry. What page? 860 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,359 >> Uh it's right. Uh 861 00:37:05,359 --> 00:37:08,880 >> 28 third line down. 862 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:10,960 >> It's with the Associated Technical 863 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:14,000 Services if that you 864 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,640 >> Yes. If I recall correctly, this was 865 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:20,000 part of RCIP as well, but this was to um 866 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,560 redo all of our computers. Many of them 867 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,880 were failing, just old, outdated. 868 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:26,880 >> Got it. Okay. So, it's more technical. 869 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:28,480 This is not the body cam. 870 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:28,880 >> No. 871 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,200 >> Got it. Okay. 872 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:32,800 >> Okay. 873 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,240 Rick. 874 00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:38,480 >> Um uh I guess uh on page 24 uh the you 875 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,560 have the bike pedestrian study and the 876 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,560 bike pedestrian plan. I'm sure that's 877 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,040 part of the CIP. Could you remind me is 878 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:46,960 we're paying for it now. When do we 879 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,560 expect to see like the outcome of that? 880 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:51,359 >> Do we know? 881 00:37:51,359 --> 00:37:53,280 >> Yep. I can explain a little bit. So, 882 00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,160 this is a uh grant funded project. It's 883 00:37:56,160 --> 00:38:01,920 an 8020 split. So, actually quarterly I submit to the DOT for reimbursement 884 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:03,520 for 885 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:07,200 um their 80% that they are basically the 886 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,400 grant is covering. Um this is basically 887 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,320 just started. We're kind of in the 888 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,160 middle of the engagement phase, about to 889 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,480 start working on some focus group 890 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,000 interviews. We've already did a public 891 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,680 kind of kickoff workshop in the middle 892 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,400 of September and have a survey and map 893 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,320 online. So, please fill it out and share 894 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:27,520 with your friends. Um, this will get 895 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,280 ultimately probably spring will be when 896 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,359 we see, you know, adoption, but you'll 897 00:38:31,359 --> 00:38:33,760 start to see drafts probably um this 898 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,720 winter of that plan. 899 00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:39,119 I noticed this specifically because uh 900 00:38:39,119 --> 00:38:41,920 I'm thinking about a week without 901 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,480 vehicle or driving or whatever. Uh and 902 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,359 in in that trying to ride a bike and 903 00:38:47,359 --> 00:38:48,800 trying to get back and forth and 904 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:50,560 thinking about going there and 905 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,960 alternative uh transportation this week 906 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:56,400 has stunk. It's not great. And I would 907 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,320 like to do better in our community and 908 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,119 I'm hopeful that this will help address 909 00:39:01,119 --> 00:39:02,800 some of those issues. It would be nice 910 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,000 to have an ability to get a bus into 911 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,920 Madison or a park and ride or many other 912 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:11,760 ways that we might be able to improve 913 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,320 transportation through our communities. 914 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:16,800 It is definitely we have a community 915 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:20,560 that I find difficult to uh transport 916 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:22,880 across. But with that, I'd also like to 917 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,760 say I am on another committee for the 918 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:28,560 county [snorts] that is the ADRC aging 919 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,960 disability and rehabilitation committee. 920 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,040 And one of the focuses on that, just as 921 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:36,160 a reminder for folks, is that they do 922 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:38,640 try to find ways, one of their goals is 923 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,800 to get you to where you need to go, 924 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,839 especially if you are under some 925 00:39:43,839 --> 00:39:45,680 circumstance that's temporary that 926 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,119 doesn't allow you to be able to get 927 00:39:47,119 --> 00:39:48,880 there under your normal circumstance. 928 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,000 And it's not necessarily age or 929 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,720 financially impacting. We pay a lot of 930 00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:56,720 taxes in Dayne County, and this is a lot 931 00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:58,400 of the programs that we're able to take 932 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:00,240 advantage of. So, just a reminder for 933 00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:03,520 folks especially in our village that do 934 00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:06,640 see significant uh difficulties in being 935 00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:10,320 able to get to uh some a doctor's 936 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,320 appointment while you're recovering from 937 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:16,560 an injury or something. Thank you. 938 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,760 Additional questions? 939 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,160 No. This is a roll call vote. We have a 940 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:25,040 motion by Hagen, second by Marks. 941 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:27,440 >> McDaniel. Yes. Vancampen. 942 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:27,839 >> Yes. 943 00:40:27,839 --> 00:40:28,960 >> Marks. Yes. 944 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:29,599 >> Higgins. 945 00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:30,000 >> Yes. 946 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:30,960 >> Kirk Dorfford. 947 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:32,320 >> Yes. 948 00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:33,040 >> That's it. 949 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,440 >> Thank you. [snorts] 950 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,720 Uh item six, consent agenda, staff, uh 951 00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:42,079 items a 6A through 6F. Staff 952 00:40:42,079 --> 00:40:44,640 recommendation motion to approve. 953 00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:50,150 Christopher Higgins. 954 00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:54,240 Questions? Lynn and then Tim. 955 00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:58,079 I just have a question on 6F, the KL 956 00:40:58,079 --> 00:41:01,359 engineering. I think that's 6F. Yeah. 957 00:41:01,359 --> 00:41:01,920 >> Yep. 958 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,119 >> Thank you. Um, can you give us an update 959 00:41:05,119 --> 00:41:07,920 on this project? 960 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,033 How how are we doing? 961 00:41:10,033 --> 00:41:11,680 [clears throat and laughter] 962 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:14,480 >> Well, it's open, so that's probably an 963 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,319 improvement to the last time we were 964 00:41:16,319 --> 00:41:19,040 talking. Um, 965 00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:22,800 so we are at the moment largely waiting 966 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,400 on the city of Madison traffic 967 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,560 engineering group. So they're the ones 968 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:28,720 that program our traffic signals for us 969 00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:30,079 as they do for a lot of different 970 00:41:30,079 --> 00:41:32,319 municipalities uh as well as their own 971 00:41:32,319 --> 00:41:34,160 city which means of course they have 972 00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,079 quite a backlog. They're very busy. Uh 973 00:41:36,079 --> 00:41:37,599 they're busy because they're the best at 974 00:41:37,599 --> 00:41:43,440 what they do and so um so that's why we work with them. They also are very 975 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:47,440 competitively priced. They did indicate 976 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,680 a couple of weeks ago that this was 977 00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:51,359 about the time frame they'd be looking 978 00:41:51,359 --> 00:41:55,920 at testing the cabinet. Um they are also 979 00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:58,720 kind of at the mercy of Alliant Energy 980 00:41:58,720 --> 00:42:01,839 who is needing to put in an additional 981 00:42:01,839 --> 00:42:04,800 electrical service out here to actually 982 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,880 run all of these lights. So um things 983 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,680 are going well. largely we are just 984 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:13,920 waiting on two outside agencies that 985 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,480 kind of run on their own schedules um 986 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,359 that don't always even match each others 987 00:42:19,359 --> 00:42:22,880 uh not not to say anything about ours to 988 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:27,119 get uh get up and moving. Um 989 00:42:27,119 --> 00:42:30,000 there is a lot less construction 990 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,200 inspection involved in those two items. 991 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,920 Obviously Alliant will do their own. Um, 992 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:37,839 and the city of Madison really doesn't 993 00:42:37,839 --> 00:42:39,359 need somebody hovering over their 994 00:42:39,359 --> 00:42:40,640 shoulder because they're not actually 995 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:45,200 excavating. Um, so really this amendment 996 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,359 is to cover 997 00:42:47,359 --> 00:42:49,839 time that was already kind of incurred 998 00:42:49,839 --> 00:42:53,119 as a cost because of those delays that 999 00:42:53,119 --> 00:42:55,440 we are going to leverage liquidated 1000 00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:59,359 damages for. Okay. Have we wrapped has 1001 00:42:59,359 --> 00:43:01,760 the contractor essentially wrapped their 1002 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:05,920 portion of things or are we still 1003 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:09,760 Um, are they still paying that fee? 1004 00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:12,800 >> They are still paying that fee. Uh, the 1005 00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:16,880 kind of major items yet to be done are 1006 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:21,119 the fencing. So, they're obviously big 1007 00:43:21,119 --> 00:43:24,000 drops on those retaining walls. Um, we 1008 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:25,359 don't want 1009 00:43:25,359 --> 00:43:27,680 >> people of any age getting close to them 1010 00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:29,599 and going off the edge. So, they do have 1011 00:43:29,599 --> 00:43:31,440 to install fencing out there. Okay. 1012 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:33,280 That's kind of the major thing that 1013 00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:36,560 remains as well as just making sure that 1014 00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:38,720 the site looks good at the very end of 1015 00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:40,800 everybody's work. Uh we do have a 1016 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,800 walkthrough with them tomorrow. Okay. 1017 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,040 >> To check in on how things are going and 1018 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:46,480 make sure that they're satisfied and 1019 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,160 that they can give us an update on the 1020 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:48,720 schedule. 1021 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:51,839 >> Okay, great. Thank you. 1022 00:43:51,839 --> 00:43:53,599 >> Okay, Rick. 1023 00:43:53,599 --> 00:43:58,400 >> Um item 6C, um the approval of the wage 1024 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,520 adjustment for the custodian. Um, I 1025 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,520 would like to see if it'd be possible to 1026 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,760 I hope it doesn't need an amendment to 1027 00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:08,800 apply retroactively back to July when 1028 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:11,200 the decision was made to hire somebody 1029 00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:14,000 at a higher pay range if that's 1030 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:17,599 possible. Thank you. 1031 00:44:17,599 --> 00:44:20,560 Okay. 1032 00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,920 Do you need an amendment? 1033 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:24,400 >> Yeah. 1034 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:27,599 Okay. So, we have a motion. Uh so 1035 00:44:27,599 --> 00:44:31,119 that would be an amendment by Rick. 1036 00:44:31,119 --> 00:44:33,599 Um I will second that. So we will now 1037 00:44:33,599 --> 00:44:35,839 vote on the amendment unless there are 1038 00:44:35,839 --> 00:44:37,680 questions. 1039 00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:40,480 >> Okay. So 1040 00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,520 >> let's get to Can we make that amendment 1041 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:46,160 to the beginning of the pay period of 1042 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:48,720 when whenever that date is that we will 1043 00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:49,200 decide? 1044 00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:50,000 >> Yes. Thank you. 1045 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:53,040 >> Yes. Just so we're all clear just for 1046 00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:54,560 administrative 1047 00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:56,880 >> sanity. 1048 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:57,520 Thank you. 1049 00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,200 >> Okay. So, Tim, 1050 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:00,640 >> I had a question just on a different 1051 00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:01,760 issue though on the 1052 00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:03,599 >> Well, you want to do the amendment 1053 00:45:03,599 --> 00:45:03,839 first? 1054 00:45:03,839 --> 00:45:05,359 >> Let's clean this amendment up first. 1055 00:45:05,359 --> 00:45:06,480 Yes. Thank you. 1056 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:10,079 >> So, uh let's vote on the amendment. 1057 00:45:10,079 --> 00:45:13,119 Motion by Marks, second by uh the chair. 1058 00:45:13,119 --> 00:45:15,280 All those in favor indicate by saying I. 1059 00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:15,920 >> I. 1060 00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,480 >> Those polls say no. Motion carries. 1061 00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:19,280 Okay. Timmy, 1062 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,040 >> I just had a question about B. Is there 1063 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:24,480 a cost to this program? 1064 00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:26,000 >> No. Okay. 1065 00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,640 >> Okay. All right. So, returning to the 1066 00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:32,400 main motion. Further discussion hearing 1067 00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:34,319 none. Motion by Kurt Der, second by 1068 00:45:34,319 --> 00:45:36,000 Higgins. All those in favor indicate by 1069 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:36,800 saying I. 1070 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:37,599 >> I. 1071 00:45:37,599 --> 00:45:39,920 >> Those opposed. Motion carries. [snorts] 1072 00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:42,640 Thank you. Item seven, boards of 1073 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:44,800 committees. Items for discussion and our 1074 00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:47,040 possible action. A public works and 1075 00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,359 utilities committee. One, amendment to 1076 00:45:49,359 --> 00:45:53,680 task order number 20 23-03 1077 00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:55,680 with Rukert Mili for additional 1078 00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:57,520 engineering services for the East 1079 00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:00,480 Lincoln reconstruction project 1080 00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,880 increasing 1081 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:06,560 the contract amount by $80,20.50 1082 00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:09,040 to revise not to exceed total of 1083 00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:13,946 $223,330. 1084 00:46:13,956 --> 00:46:14,960 [sighs] 1085 00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:17,040 uh committee and staff recommendation. 1086 00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:22,950 Motion to approve Higgins and Marks 1087 00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:27,270 questions on this. 1088 00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:29,520 Okay. Motion by second by Marks. All 1089 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:32,079 those in favor indicate by saying I. I. 1090 00:46:32,079 --> 00:46:33,599 >> Those oppos say no. 1091 00:46:33,599 --> 00:46:35,599 >> Motion carries. Item eight, unfinished 1092 00:46:35,599 --> 00:46:38,800 business. None. Item nine, new business. 1093 00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:40,960 Items for discussion and or possible 1094 00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:43,839 action. a presentation review of the 1095 00:46:43,839 --> 00:46:50,550 draft 2027 village budget. 1096 00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:53,280 » All right, Rich is going to get me set 1097 00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:54,319 up here. 1098 00:46:54,319 --> 00:46:55,040 >> Okay. 1099 00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:59,680 >> Uh I could probably talk for 1100 00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,680 three or four hours straight on this. So 1101 00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:02,560 I'm I'm gonna 1102 00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:03,520 >> Is that a warning? 1103 00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,599 >> I'm going to contain myself. Um 1104 00:47:05,599 --> 00:47:06,960 >> no breaks. 1105 00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:10,960 >> Yeah. Yeah. Nobody can leave. Um, so I'm 1106 00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:13,280 going to try to contain myself and I'm 1107 00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:16,480 going to try to move briskly. Um, but if 1108 00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:20,640 there's any questions or if there's any 1109 00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:23,359 area where you want me to talk more, 1110 00:47:23,359 --> 00:47:26,400 just interrupt me. I want this to be 1111 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,440 helpful for you. Um, so just guide me 1112 00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:31,200 appropriately. 1113 00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:32,880 Um, 1114 00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:36,240 so let's talk the 2027 budget. So you 1115 00:47:36,240 --> 00:47:38,240 have the full budget in front of you. 1116 00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:42,560 So, it is uh 300 pages of budgets and uh 1117 00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:44,880 supporting information uh that you 1118 00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,040 certainly have time to read through and 1119 00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:49,200 digest and we'll come back and talk some 1120 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:52,560 more in some future meetings. But for 1121 00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:54,240 where we are right now, we've we've 1122 00:47:54,240 --> 00:47:57,599 fully gotten it together. Um there are a 1123 00:47:57,599 --> 00:47:59,200 few remaining items at this point of the 1124 00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,119 year that we're still waiting on. We're 1125 00:48:01,119 --> 00:48:02,880 always waiting on employee benefit open 1126 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,040 enrollment that can have an impact on 1127 00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:07,599 the budget that goes through October. 1128 00:48:07,599 --> 00:48:09,839 We're talking about the SRO agreement 1129 00:48:09,839 --> 00:48:12,079 that is a revenue source uh that right 1130 00:48:12,079 --> 00:48:14,720 now we don't have in the draft budget so 1131 00:48:14,720 --> 00:48:17,040 we're not accounting for that uh to be 1132 00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:20,480 conservative but hopefully we will. Um 1133 00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:22,480 and then we have the police union 1134 00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:24,400 contract negotiation going on which will 1135 00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:26,079 also be a factor again. Hopefully that 1136 00:48:26,079 --> 00:48:27,280 will be something that gets addressed 1137 00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:29,760 before the budget is completed. Right 1138 00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,079 now our draft operating budget has a 1139 00:48:32,079 --> 00:48:35,440 deficit of about $49,000. 1140 00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:37,359 Um, 1141 00:48:37,359 --> 00:48:39,520 in my world that is substantively 1142 00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:42,640 balanced. I think we can we can find an 1143 00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:45,920 amount in a $10 million budget of 1144 00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:49,359 $49,000 to solve. Um, but we have some 1145 00:48:49,359 --> 00:48:51,119 of these other factors that are at play 1146 00:48:51,119 --> 00:48:53,280 right now. Um, but all things 1147 00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:56,880 considered, I have a glass half full 1148 00:48:56,880 --> 00:49:01,280 mentality that we will figure that out. 1149 00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:03,200 Um, other than that, just quality 1150 00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:04,720 control right now and just 1151 00:49:04,720 --> 00:49:06,160 double-checking and triple-checking 1152 00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:08,319 everything. We will have several more 1153 00:49:08,319 --> 00:49:10,240 meetings. The next meeting at the 19th, 1154 00:49:10,240 --> 00:49:12,480 the 2nd, and then the 16th, we have the 1155 00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:15,280 public hearing and village board 1156 00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:18,160 approval. And then we continue on to the 1157 00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:20,240 tax collection process at the end of the 1158 00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:22,000 year. 1159 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:24,960 And that is perfect segue to where I 1160 00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:27,119 like to start with budget presentations, 1161 00:49:27,119 --> 00:49:31,760 which is the property tax. Um it is the 1162 00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:33,440 biggest source of revenue that we have 1163 00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,400 as a local government. It covers uh 1164 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:39,760 typically 60 to 70% of the revenue that 1165 00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:42,800 we use to uh pay for our services. And 1166 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:44,480 that's true of all local governments in 1167 00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:46,400 Wisconsin. In fact, some might be even 1168 00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:49,839 80 or 90% supported by property tax. Uh 1169 00:49:49,839 --> 00:49:51,440 there just really isn't a comparable 1170 00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:54,000 revenue alternative to the property tax 1171 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,400 in Wisconsin. Uh we don't have the 1172 00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:58,559 ability to charge sales tax. we don't 1173 00:49:58,559 --> 00:50:01,200 have the ability to charge income tax. A 1174 00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:03,920 lot of other revenue sources are uh 1175 00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:07,119 restricted by state law uh or they just 1176 00:50:07,119 --> 00:50:10,800 don't provide the sort of reliable 1177 00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:13,119 unrestricted revenue that property tax 1178 00:50:13,119 --> 00:50:17,760 provides at a comparable scale. Uh and 1179 00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:19,440 of course if you've been around local 1180 00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:22,480 government you will know that uh this 1181 00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:24,480 source of revenue is also highly 1182 00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:27,440 restricted uh by state law and it has 1183 00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:29,599 been done so for uh in the current 1184 00:50:29,599 --> 00:50:33,280 dynamic for the last 20 years. Uh so we 1185 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:34,880 have 1186 00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:36,880 uh what's known as property tax levy 1187 00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:39,280 limits in Wisconsin. 1188 00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:42,800 And uh what that does and I'll just read 1189 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:44,880 it from my narrative here. The levy 1190 00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:47,280 limit law restricts how much the village 1191 00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:49,440 may increase its total property tax levy 1192 00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:51,760 from one year to the next. The village 1193 00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:54,000 must follow a statutory calculation when 1194 00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:56,400 establishing its levy. Subject to 1195 00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:58,319 specific adjustments and exceptions, the 1196 00:50:58,319 --> 00:51:00,559 baseline allowable increase in the levy 1197 00:51:00,559 --> 00:51:02,720 is primarily tied to a factor referred 1198 00:51:02,720 --> 00:51:05,920 to as net new construction. 1199 00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:07,839 And when municipal employees and 1200 00:51:07,839 --> 00:51:10,880 municipal consultants use that term kind 1201 00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,440 of drives me crazy because not all 1202 00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:15,839 elected officials in the public have any 1203 00:51:15,839 --> 00:51:17,920 clue what net new construction actually 1204 00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:22,400 means. Um so just to 1205 00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:25,040 expound on that point. So what happens 1206 00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:27,440 with our property taxes is the village 1207 00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:29,680 or any local government in Wisconsin 1208 00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:32,319 generally gains additional ongoing 1209 00:51:32,319 --> 00:51:35,200 property tax levy capacity when new 1210 00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:38,160 taxable value is added to the community 1211 00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:40,400 through construction. 1212 00:51:40,400 --> 00:51:43,520 So we can't tie our property taxes to 1213 00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:46,240 inflation. They are not tied to 1214 00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:48,960 appreciation in the value of existing 1215 00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:52,480 property values. uh we can't raise more 1216 00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:54,880 levy because of those factors. It's all 1217 00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:58,319 tied to the creation of new construction 1218 00:51:58,319 --> 00:51:59,839 value. 1219 00:51:59,839 --> 00:52:03,280 Uh and the net part of that is if you 1220 00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:05,680 happen to have some demolition of value 1221 00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:08,640 in your community. So if you have a 1222 00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:10,400 couple houses demolished or something is 1223 00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:13,040 demolished, you have to remove that from 1224 00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:16,240 your uh calculation of the net new 1225 00:52:16,240 --> 00:52:18,319 construction and then that impacts on 1226 00:52:18,319 --> 00:52:20,800 how much uh property taxes you can 1227 00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:25,599 raise. So absent uh any adjustment or uh 1228 00:52:25,599 --> 00:52:27,680 statutory adjustment or voter approval 1229 00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:30,559 through referendum, the village can't 1230 00:52:30,559 --> 00:52:32,640 increase its base property tax levy 1231 00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:34,400 however you want, however the village 1232 00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:37,200 wants. um it's tied to the statutory 1233 00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:38,960 calculation. And so this table right 1234 00:52:38,960 --> 00:52:42,319 here shows that net new construction 1235 00:52:42,319 --> 00:52:47,520 value. So in 2027 we had $67.7 million 1236 00:52:47,520 --> 00:52:50,640 of net new construction value and then 1237 00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:53,839 you uh divide that by your total value 1238 00:52:53,839 --> 00:52:56,720 of your community which was 2.1 billion 1239 00:52:56,720 --> 00:53:00,400 and then you get that 3.18%. 1240 00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:03,359 And I will show you in a moment how that 1241 00:53:03,359 --> 00:53:06,160 then dovtales and factors into how you 1242 00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:08,640 calculate your property taxes. So 1243 00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:10,480 there's a couple things about property 1244 00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:13,520 taxes that I always like to point out to 1245 00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:16,480 uh policy makers, elect officials. One 1246 00:53:16,480 --> 00:53:19,119 is again the inflation part of this 1247 00:53:19,119 --> 00:53:21,839 which is we can't raise our levy based 1248 00:53:21,839 --> 00:53:25,119 on inflation. Um and that becomes 1249 00:53:25,119 --> 00:53:27,280 important when you are in high inflation 1250 00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:32,079 environment. And so this uh table here 1251 00:53:32,079 --> 00:53:35,200 uh shows how this has impacted on the 1252 00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:36,960 village and of course a lot of local 1253 00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:39,520 governments over the last few years. Uh 1254 00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:41,520 when you have inflation that is running 1255 00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:44,240 7% 6 and a half% 1256 00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:46,319 uh and your net new construction percent 1257 00:53:46,319 --> 00:53:48,240 allows you to raise your primary revenue 1258 00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:51,920 source by threes or twos and in some 1259 00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:55,280 communities less than 1%. 1260 00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:58,000 uh it's really hard to even stand still, 1261 00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,400 right? Your cost for your your services, 1262 00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:03,040 your goods, your employees continues to 1263 00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:04,640 rise and there's pressure on those 1264 00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:07,280 things rising. Uh and if you if your 1265 00:54:07,280 --> 00:54:09,200 primary revenue revenue source is not 1266 00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:11,839 rising with that uh that becomes a 1267 00:54:11,839 --> 00:54:15,109 problem. 1268 00:54:15,119 --> 00:54:20,079 The other thing uh with this is uh 1269 00:54:20,079 --> 00:54:22,880 community growth, right? And so 1270 00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:25,680 obviously with your re with the main 1271 00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:27,680 revenue source being property taxes tied 1272 00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:30,480 to new construction value that creates 1273 00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:32,559 pressure to create growth in your in 1274 00:54:32,559 --> 00:54:35,040 your community. But obviously growth 1275 00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:37,680 also creates some challenges because it 1276 00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:40,720 increases uh the number of people, the 1277 00:54:40,720 --> 00:54:42,160 number of facilities, the number of 1278 00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:44,000 infrastructure that the community must 1279 00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:48,319 serve. Uh so there is sort of uh two 1280 00:54:48,319 --> 00:54:49,839 sides of the coin under this 1281 00:54:49,839 --> 00:54:52,319 environment. One is if you're not 1282 00:54:52,319 --> 00:54:54,640 growing as a community, your primary 1283 00:54:54,640 --> 00:54:56,800 revenue source is not growing at all 1284 00:54:56,800 --> 00:55:00,079 either. But inflation of course creates 1285 00:55:00,079 --> 00:55:03,040 uh costs for fuel and utilities and 1286 00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:05,520 employee compensation and benefits that 1287 00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:08,800 keep going up and there's no way to 1288 00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:11,920 continue to support that uh at least as 1289 00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:13,599 it currently exists when your revenue 1290 00:55:13,599 --> 00:55:16,559 source is not moving at all. On the 1291 00:55:16,559 --> 00:55:18,000 other side of that coin is your 1292 00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:20,240 community is growing and so now you 1293 00:55:20,240 --> 00:55:21,520 actually have some growth in your 1294 00:55:21,520 --> 00:55:24,240 primary revenue source. Uh but then it 1295 00:55:24,240 --> 00:55:27,760 creates additional um liabilities, 1296 00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:29,599 right? You have more infrastructure, 1297 00:55:29,599 --> 00:55:30,960 there's more people going to your 1298 00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:32,559 library. There's more people going to 1299 00:55:32,559 --> 00:55:33,920 your senior center. There's more people 1300 00:55:33,920 --> 00:55:36,160 at elections. And so you in order to 1301 00:55:36,160 --> 00:55:38,000 keep your services going at the same way 1302 00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:40,720 that they were uh you have to sort of 1303 00:55:40,720 --> 00:55:45,440 expand with the community. And so some 1304 00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:47,040 people will answer the question of well 1305 00:55:47,040 --> 00:55:48,799 we need to grow a lot more some people 1306 00:55:48,799 --> 00:55:50,160 will say we don't need to grow at all 1307 00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:52,319 and that will solve it and the answer is 1308 00:55:52,319 --> 00:55:54,559 probably somewhere in the middle in that 1309 00:55:54,559 --> 00:55:56,559 u both sides present problems and 1310 00:55:56,559 --> 00:56:00,000 tradeoffs um and and positives and and 1311 00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:03,463 different uh consequences. 1312 00:56:03,463 --> 00:56:04,960 [clears throat] 1313 00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:07,040 Another thing on property taxes that I 1314 00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:08,960 like to mention every year is this 1315 00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:12,799 concept of taxing to the max. Uh and 1316 00:56:12,799 --> 00:56:15,520 just um 1317 00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:20,079 in a nutshell, uh this value back in 1318 00:56:20,079 --> 00:56:22,480 this table right here, this adjusted 1319 00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:24,559 property tax levy that I call a base 1320 00:56:24,559 --> 00:56:28,160 levy, you get to keep that levy every 1321 00:56:28,160 --> 00:56:30,799 year. So this amount of money carries 1322 00:56:30,799 --> 00:56:32,400 forward every year and it adjusts 1323 00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:35,119 upwards based on new construction value 1324 00:56:35,119 --> 00:56:36,720 and you can keep carrying that forward. 1325 00:56:36,720 --> 00:56:39,520 So, it's called a base levy and you can 1326 00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:43,359 use that for your operating expenses. 1327 00:56:43,359 --> 00:56:46,319 And there might be a scenario where, for 1328 00:56:46,319 --> 00:56:50,880 example, the village board wants to seek 1329 00:56:50,880 --> 00:56:53,920 property tax relief. Uh, and so you 1330 00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:55,920 might want you might think about levying 1331 00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:58,319 less than the full amount allowed in the 1332 00:56:58,319 --> 00:57:01,599 particular year. And so you would reduce 1333 00:57:01,599 --> 00:57:03,839 the le village levy relative to what it 1334 00:57:03,839 --> 00:57:09,119 otherwise could have been otherwise known as taxing to the max. Uh 1335 00:57:09,119 --> 00:57:11,119 but by lowering the village's recurring 1336 00:57:11,119 --> 00:57:14,319 levy base, it constrains the revenues 1337 00:57:14,319 --> 00:57:17,119 available in subsequent budgets. So if 1338 00:57:17,119 --> 00:57:19,280 you take it out of your base, it's 1339 00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:21,040 pretty much gone. You can't come back 1340 00:57:21,040 --> 00:57:23,280 another year in the future and say, 1341 00:57:23,280 --> 00:57:26,480 "Hey, we we actually need that money um 1342 00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:28,880 for something that came up." It's pretty 1343 00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:30,640 much gone. So, it's like a use it or 1344 00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:32,720 lose it system. There's some there's 1345 00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:35,040 some very limited ways that you can 1346 00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:37,440 extract that money back in the couple of 1347 00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:40,240 years after it happened, but it's capped 1348 00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:42,400 and it's limited and it's conditional 1349 00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:44,319 and then eventually it falls completely 1350 00:57:44,319 --> 00:57:47,359 out. So, folks in your position as 1351 00:57:47,359 --> 00:57:49,760 elected officials, once you start to 1352 00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,720 understand that, you realize 1353 00:57:52,720 --> 00:57:55,200 um by lowering your taxes, you are 1354 00:57:55,200 --> 00:57:57,760 constraining your future flexibility. Uh 1355 00:57:57,760 --> 00:58:01,040 and so a lot of uh communities end up 1356 00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:04,880 taking the policy position of we have to 1357 00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:06,319 tax to the max because that's the 1358 00:58:06,319 --> 00:58:09,839 environment that we're in. 1359 00:58:09,839 --> 00:58:11,440 Uh and then the last thing I would say 1360 00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:14,720 on property taxes in general uh from a 1361 00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:17,599 policym perspective is these things have 1362 00:58:17,599 --> 00:58:21,599 been in place for 20 years now. Um 1363 00:58:21,599 --> 00:58:24,079 there's sort of different eras and I've 1364 00:58:24,079 --> 00:58:26,640 worked through almost all of this era of 1365 00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:30,799 levy limits. Um in the first maybe 5 to 1366 00:58:30,799 --> 00:58:32,799 10 years after levy limits went into 1367 00:58:32,799 --> 00:58:34,319 place 1368 00:58:34,319 --> 00:58:37,040 um communities uh sharpened their 1369 00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:39,599 pencils, tightened their belt, got 1370 00:58:39,599 --> 00:58:41,520 honest, took the fluff out. I think 1371 00:58:41,520 --> 00:58:43,040 that's what the levy limit law was 1372 00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:45,119 probably intended to do at the time was 1373 00:58:45,119 --> 00:58:47,680 just to keep local governments honest. 1374 00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:50,240 And so a lot of local governments did 1375 00:58:50,240 --> 00:58:51,839 that and that's when around the time 1376 00:58:51,839 --> 00:58:53,440 that I started working in local 1377 00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:55,760 government and that was sort of the 1378 00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:58,079 mentality of we were still trying to 1379 00:58:58,079 --> 00:59:01,200 find ways in our budgets that we could 1380 00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:03,200 save money and that was done through 1381 00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:06,640 contracting things out um combining 1382 00:59:06,640 --> 00:59:10,160 positions um all sorts of things. And 1383 00:59:10,160 --> 00:59:12,319 then sometime around like 10 years ago, 1384 00:59:12,319 --> 00:59:14,480 like 2015, 1385 00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:17,599 um those things started to run out uh 1386 00:59:17,599 --> 00:59:19,200 for most communities, sort of the 1387 00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:22,319 lowhanging fruit. And so now communities 1388 00:59:22,319 --> 00:59:25,440 started thinking about revenue options. 1389 00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:27,680 And a great example of that is the wheel 1390 00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:30,640 tax, which has been allowed since the 1391 00:59:30,640 --> 00:59:35,040 1970s, but as recently as 15 years ago, 1392 00:59:35,040 --> 00:59:36,960 there was only like single digits of 1393 00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:39,440 communities that were using that thing. 1394 00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:41,680 Now there's over 70 communities and 1395 00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:43,839 counties that are using the wheel tax. 1396 00:59:43,839 --> 00:59:46,640 So that was sort of what happened 10 1397 00:59:46,640 --> 00:59:49,280 years ago was communities had cut things 1398 00:59:49,280 --> 00:59:50,799 and now they were trying to find more 1399 00:59:50,799 --> 00:59:52,960 revenue and there was this cat cat-and- 1400 00:59:52,960 --> 00:59:54,799 mouse game in the 2010s between 1401 00:59:54,799 --> 00:59:57,359 municipal uh governments and state 1402 00:59:57,359 --> 00:59:59,200 legislature where municipal governments 1403 00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:01,359 would find new revenue source and then 1404 01:00:01,359 --> 01:00:03,440 the state legislature would create a law 1405 01:00:03,440 --> 01:00:05,920 that would basically remove it or cap it 1406 01:00:05,920 --> 01:00:09,200 or something to that effect. And then 1407 01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:14,559 about just before the 2020 2018 2019 1408 01:00:14,559 --> 01:00:16,480 communities started moving towards the 1409 01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:19,520 referendum. So they had cut things, they 1410 01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:21,280 had found other revenue sources and 1411 01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:23,359 those things ran out. And so the last 1412 01:00:23,359 --> 01:00:26,240 place to go was either cut your services 1413 01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:28,880 or go to referendum. So right at at 1414 01:00:28,880 --> 01:00:32,319 2018, you started to see referendums 1415 01:00:32,319 --> 01:00:34,720 spike quite a bit. There before that 1416 01:00:34,720 --> 01:00:36,640 time, there was rarely ever a municipal 1417 01:00:36,640 --> 01:00:38,960 referendum. Now they're very common. 1418 01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:40,240 There's do there's been dozens and 1419 01:00:40,240 --> 01:00:41,920 dozens in the last few years including 1420 01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:43,440 ours. 1421 01:00:43,440 --> 01:00:45,599 Um, and so that's where communities have 1422 01:00:45,599 --> 01:00:47,680 gotten to now. And that's been sort of 1423 01:00:47,680 --> 01:00:49,440 the era that we're living in now, which 1424 01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:51,920 is we're going to be in this cycle of 1425 01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:54,480 referendums or we're going to have to 1426 01:00:54,480 --> 01:00:58,960 start reducing our services or trying to 1427 01:00:58,960 --> 01:01:01,760 find those last pieces of other revenue 1428 01:01:01,760 --> 01:01:05,520 sources that um could make up uh some 1429 01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:09,680 substantial amount of revenue for us. 1430 01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:11,839 So [snorts] 1431 01:01:11,839 --> 01:01:14,160 all that aside, so what does it look 1432 01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:16,799 like when we actually have to do the 1433 01:01:16,799 --> 01:01:19,200 worksheet for the levy limit? So this 1434 01:01:19,200 --> 01:01:21,040 worksheet, and I've I've shown this in 1435 01:01:21,040 --> 01:01:23,200 the budget uh presentation for the last 1436 01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:25,440 couple of years. Uh this is the 1437 01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:26,960 worksheet that Department of Revenue 1438 01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:29,280 puts out. Every community and county in 1439 01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:30,880 Wisconsin has to fill out this levy 1440 01:01:30,880 --> 01:01:32,240 limit worksheet and submit it in 1441 01:01:32,240 --> 01:01:34,079 December. 1442 01:01:34,079 --> 01:01:36,160 And this calculates how much property 1443 01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:38,960 taxes you can get as a community. And 1444 01:01:38,960 --> 01:01:41,359 this first section here is entirely 1445 01:01:41,359 --> 01:01:43,680 filled out by the department of revenue. 1446 01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:46,079 Uh or it's a number that gets populated 1447 01:01:46,079 --> 01:01:48,559 by something else later in the 1448 01:01:48,559 --> 01:01:50,240 spreadsheet. 1449 01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:53,839 So in order to calculate your base levy, 1450 01:01:53,839 --> 01:01:55,920 you start with what you levied last 1451 01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:59,359 year. So that's the top number. 1452 01:01:59,359 --> 01:02:01,839 Then you kind of back out of some 1453 01:02:01,839 --> 01:02:04,720 things. So you start to exclude some 1454 01:02:04,720 --> 01:02:06,480 things you can't carry forward into the 1455 01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:09,040 next year. So that would be expenses 1456 01:02:09,040 --> 01:02:12,000 related to emergency, nothing for us. 1457 01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:15,040 Expenses for general obligation debt, 1458 01:02:15,040 --> 01:02:16,559 and we've talked about this where you 1459 01:02:16,559 --> 01:02:18,319 can exclude your debt service payments 1460 01:02:18,319 --> 01:02:20,799 and you can take more levy for that. So 1461 01:02:20,799 --> 01:02:23,680 we levied 3.8 million for debt service 1462 01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:25,520 last year. So you back that out. We 1463 01:02:25,520 --> 01:02:27,119 can't take that forward into the next 1464 01:02:27,119 --> 01:02:29,520 year. So, what you end up with is this 1465 01:02:29,520 --> 01:02:32,880 base levy of 6.3 million. That's your 1466 01:02:32,880 --> 01:02:35,359 operating levy. 1467 01:02:35,359 --> 01:02:37,359 Then you apply your net new 1468 01:02:37,359 --> 01:02:40,160 construction, which is that 3.18% 1469 01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:42,640 that I showed earlier. And that gets 1470 01:02:42,640 --> 01:02:44,400 applied to this number. And then you 1471 01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:47,280 have your number, your base levy for the 1472 01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:49,680 year moving forward. And then they do a 1473 01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:51,359 little thing, some funky stuff with some 1474 01:02:51,359 --> 01:02:53,920 personal property. Um, so they got to 1475 01:02:53,920 --> 01:02:55,280 take a little bit more money away from 1476 01:02:55,280 --> 01:02:59,440 you. Um, and then at the end of it, you 1477 01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:01,200 add your adjustments back in for the 1478 01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:04,240 year. It's 4.2 million we have. I'll 1479 01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:06,799 show that in a second. And there's your 1480 01:03:06,799 --> 01:03:10,400 levy for your property taxes. 1481 01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:13,040 The rest of the worksheet is these two 1482 01:03:13,040 --> 01:03:15,200 sections. Section B and C are these 1483 01:03:15,200 --> 01:03:17,920 carry forwards. So, if you had used some 1484 01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:20,960 unused levy, there is some conditions 1485 01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:23,520 under which you can bring it back. But 1486 01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:26,000 again, those are conditional. they are 1487 01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:27,760 more limited. You can't bring back all 1488 01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:29,680 of what you could have had in the year 1489 01:03:29,680 --> 01:03:33,039 that you could have had it. Um, so 1490 01:03:33,039 --> 01:03:35,440 there's some look backs there. We have 1491 01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:37,920 obviously texted to the max. So there's 1492 01:03:37,920 --> 01:03:40,880 no nothing going on in these sections. 1493 01:03:40,880 --> 01:03:43,200 And then you have your adjustments uh in 1494 01:03:43,200 --> 01:03:45,599 your worksheet. So uh things that you 1495 01:03:45,599 --> 01:03:48,640 can do to modify your otherwise 1496 01:03:48,640 --> 01:03:51,440 allowable levy. 1497 01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:54,400 Most of these we are irrelevant to most 1498 01:03:54,400 --> 01:03:56,640 communities. Um there's some things on 1499 01:03:56,640 --> 01:03:59,760 some debt service prior to 2005. We 1500 01:03:59,760 --> 01:04:01,280 don't have any debt service left from 1501 01:04:01,280 --> 01:04:04,559 that time. The big one here on E is debt 1502 01:04:04,559 --> 01:04:08,319 service for uh our normal debt service 1503 01:04:08,319 --> 01:04:10,880 which is 4.1 million. So we add that 1504 01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:14,480 back in. Um 1505 01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:16,079 increase uh attributable to a 1506 01:04:16,079 --> 01:04:17,680 referendum. 1507 01:04:17,680 --> 01:04:20,319 uh again in uh increase related to an 1508 01:04:20,319 --> 01:04:22,319 emergency there's some increases or 1509 01:04:22,319 --> 01:04:24,319 decreases so there's some adjustments 1510 01:04:24,319 --> 01:04:26,559 that can happen downwards 1511 01:04:26,559 --> 01:04:28,319 um related to some intergovernmental 1512 01:04:28,319 --> 01:04:31,119 things and we have our joint fire and 1513 01:04:31,119 --> 01:04:33,440 EMS district which allows us to take a 1514 01:04:33,440 --> 01:04:36,000 little bit more there 1515 01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:38,960 um there's an adjustment for annexation 1516 01:04:38,960 --> 01:04:41,440 uh we had a very tiny annexation this 1517 01:04:41,440 --> 01:04:45,119 year which would allow us $4 I don't 1518 01:04:45,119 --> 01:04:47,359 know if we'll actually submit that or 1519 01:04:47,359 --> 01:04:51,680 Um there's some more on debt service 1520 01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:55,680 that's not applying to us at all. This 1521 01:04:55,680 --> 01:04:57,920 uh line Q is probably going to be 1522 01:04:57,920 --> 01:05:00,799 important to us next year potentially if 1523 01:05:00,799 --> 01:05:02,480 we end up moving forward with a storm 1524 01:05:02,480 --> 01:05:05,359 water utility. So this is part of that 1525 01:05:05,359 --> 01:05:07,760 cat and mouse game that happened last 1526 01:05:07,760 --> 01:05:09,760 decade with the state legislature and 1527 01:05:09,760 --> 01:05:12,720 municipal governments. uh this is you 1528 01:05:12,720 --> 01:05:14,720 have to take a reduction to your 1529 01:05:14,720 --> 01:05:18,240 property taxes if you adopt a fee or fee 1530 01:05:18,240 --> 01:05:20,400 increase for particular services that 1531 01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:22,880 were partly or wholly funded by levy in 1532 01:05:22,880 --> 01:05:24,720 2013. 1533 01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:27,280 So uh one of those covered services is 1534 01:05:27,280 --> 01:05:29,599 storm water management. So if you create 1535 01:05:29,599 --> 01:05:32,000 a storm water utility and now you use 1536 01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:35,359 fees to pay for that service you have to 1537 01:05:35,359 --> 01:05:38,640 take a reduction on your property taxes. 1538 01:05:38,640 --> 01:05:40,960 So you cannot just sort of automatically 1539 01:05:40,960 --> 01:05:44,400 divvy that up um for having a new source 1540 01:05:44,400 --> 01:05:46,559 of revenue. 1541 01:05:46,559 --> 01:05:50,000 And then there's uh this S1 is an 1542 01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:51,920 increase in levy for occupancy permits 1543 01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:54,400 issued in 2025 for qualifying new single 1544 01:05:54,400 --> 01:05:56,319 family residential dwelling units. 1545 01:05:56,319 --> 01:05:58,799 There's a lot of uh conditions behind 1546 01:05:58,799 --> 01:06:01,359 the scenes on that one. I do think we 1547 01:06:01,359 --> 01:06:04,079 are qualified to get about $5,000 for 1548 01:06:04,079 --> 01:06:06,559 that this year. So there's your total 1549 01:06:06,559 --> 01:06:10,000 adjustments, 4.2 2 million that gets 1550 01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:13,200 plugged back up into here and there's 1551 01:06:13,200 --> 01:06:18,160 your levy. So the base levy is that 6.5 1552 01:06:18,160 --> 01:06:20,960 at four is mostly debt service and some 1553 01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:23,359 things that we can carry forward to 1554 01:06:23,359 --> 01:06:25,280 increase our base for the following 1555 01:06:25,280 --> 01:06:28,400 year. Uh and that's settles out your 1556 01:06:28,400 --> 01:06:31,200 property taxes. That's how that all 1557 01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:34,000 comes together. 1558 01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:38,079 Now, how that all works um in terms of 1559 01:06:38,079 --> 01:06:41,200 the actual uh impact on properties 1560 01:06:41,200 --> 01:06:43,119 themselves. 1561 01:06:43,119 --> 01:06:46,799 So, moving ahead to 1562 01:06:46,799 --> 01:06:49,200 uh what that levy looks like, breaking 1563 01:06:49,200 --> 01:06:51,920 it down a little bit further. Uh so, the 1564 01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:55,760 10.7 million is here compared to last 1565 01:06:55,760 --> 01:06:58,400 year. Uh the general fund, library 1566 01:06:58,400 --> 01:07:00,559 operating fund, that's considered what I 1567 01:07:00,559 --> 01:07:02,079 would consider just the villages 1568 01:07:02,079 --> 01:07:04,079 operating. when we talk about operating 1569 01:07:04,079 --> 01:07:06,240 those are the two funds 1570 01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:08,319 um you can see the increase there you 1571 01:07:08,319 --> 01:07:10,880 can see the increase uh to debt service 1572 01:07:10,880 --> 01:07:12,640 on the general and then the tax 1573 01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:15,520 increment district number three side uh 1574 01:07:15,520 --> 01:07:17,200 and that's how that all shakes out so 1575 01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:20,319 about 3.5% 1576 01:07:20,319 --> 01:07:23,839 increase from last year 1577 01:07:23,839 --> 01:07:26,160 have a couple things in here on sort of 1578 01:07:26,160 --> 01:07:28,720 the makeup of that uh obviously debt 1579 01:07:28,720 --> 01:07:30,640 service is a big factor we've talked 1580 01:07:30,640 --> 01:07:32,720 about that quite a bit debt service has 1581 01:07:32,720 --> 01:07:34,079 gone up quite a bit for the village. 1582 01:07:34,079 --> 01:07:36,319 We've done quite a bit of investment in 1583 01:07:36,319 --> 01:07:38,000 our public facilities and other 1584 01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:40,720 infrastructure over the last 10 years or 1585 01:07:40,720 --> 01:07:43,039 so. And so you can see the rise in levy 1586 01:07:43,039 --> 01:07:46,160 for that. Um it's been it's been pretty 1587 01:07:46,160 --> 01:07:47,839 significant although I think as a 1588 01:07:47,839 --> 01:07:50,400 percentage it's uh starting to sort of 1589 01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:51,920 ease up and that's when we talk about 1590 01:07:51,920 --> 01:07:54,799 sort of those stepped increases to uh 1591 01:07:54,799 --> 01:07:57,839 debt service moving forward. 1592 01:07:57,839 --> 01:07:59,599 The other piece is the joint fire and 1593 01:07:59,599 --> 01:08:01,680 EMS levy limit exception. have an 1594 01:08:01,680 --> 01:08:04,000 explanation there. Um, we saw some 1595 01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:05,599 information on that last week at the 1596 01:08:05,599 --> 01:08:08,480 joint meeting. Uh, in short, we're able 1597 01:08:08,480 --> 01:08:09,920 to get a little bit more levy because 1598 01:08:09,920 --> 01:08:11,760 we're part of a joint district and 1599 01:08:11,760 --> 01:08:13,520 because we met some standards that are 1600 01:08:13,520 --> 01:08:15,599 in state law, we get a little bit more 1601 01:08:15,599 --> 01:08:19,759 levy that we can take for that. Uh, have 1602 01:08:19,759 --> 01:08:22,799 some information on the 1603 01:08:22,799 --> 01:08:24,480 calculation error that occurred with the 1604 01:08:24,480 --> 01:08:26,159 department of revenue two years ago. 1605 01:08:26,159 --> 01:08:29,759 That is now resolved. Um, we had some 1606 01:08:29,759 --> 01:08:32,960 levy that was in our levy that was not 1607 01:08:32,960 --> 01:08:35,120 supposed to be there, but was told that 1608 01:08:35,120 --> 01:08:36,400 it could be there by the Department of 1609 01:08:36,400 --> 01:08:39,199 Revenue. And two years later, we have 1610 01:08:39,199 --> 01:08:41,759 our very own special state legislative 1611 01:08:41,759 --> 01:08:45,040 law that was passed just for us and the 1612 01:08:45,040 --> 01:08:48,080 towns of Oregon and Rutland to fix that. 1613 01:08:48,080 --> 01:08:51,359 So, um, yeah, we're in state law forever 1614 01:08:51,359 --> 01:08:56,239 now, hopefully. Um, so it's interesting. 1615 01:08:56,239 --> 01:08:58,880 We have something that's probably the 1616 01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:00,319 three of our communities probably have 1617 01:09:00,319 --> 01:09:03,040 something that's I would think unique 1618 01:09:03,040 --> 01:09:04,960 almost entirely to our three communities 1619 01:09:04,960 --> 01:09:06,560 in Wisconsin. I'm sure there might be 1620 01:09:06,560 --> 01:09:09,040 some other ones out there, but uh when 1621 01:09:09,040 --> 01:09:10,560 you go back and look at the levy limit 1622 01:09:10,560 --> 01:09:13,279 worksheet because of this error, this 1623 01:09:13,279 --> 01:09:15,520 number is actually smaller than it was 1624 01:09:15,520 --> 01:09:17,987 last year and it normally shouldn't be. 1625 01:09:17,987 --> 01:09:18,560 [snorts] 1626 01:09:18,560 --> 01:09:20,080 But what has happened is they have now 1627 01:09:20,080 --> 01:09:22,080 corrected that error that happened and 1628 01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:24,239 they had to take money out of our levy 1629 01:09:24,239 --> 01:09:27,440 and now that will be made up for a grant 1630 01:09:27,440 --> 01:09:30,560 that the state will provide us. So it's 1631 01:09:30,560 --> 01:09:34,362 making whole of that whole issue. 1632 01:09:34,362 --> 01:09:35,018 [cough] 1633 01:09:35,018 --> 01:09:35,920 [clears throat] 1634 01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:38,319 Have some information on the property 1635 01:09:38,319 --> 01:09:40,319 tax levy contribution to tax increment 1636 01:09:40,319 --> 01:09:43,759 districts. Um the summary here is that 1637 01:09:43,759 --> 01:09:45,440 our levy was supporting our tax 1638 01:09:45,440 --> 01:09:48,560 increment districts quite a bit uh in 1639 01:09:48,560 --> 01:09:50,640 over the years and that has now trailed 1640 01:09:50,640 --> 01:09:53,440 off. Uh there's only a little bit left 1641 01:09:53,440 --> 01:09:55,280 for us to cover in tax increment 1642 01:09:55,280 --> 01:09:57,840 district 3. Uh and that is because those 1643 01:09:57,840 --> 01:10:00,640 districts are performing well uh and 1644 01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:02,320 they're covering their costs better than 1645 01:10:02,320 --> 01:10:07,910 they were in prior years. 1646 01:10:07,920 --> 01:10:10,880 Uh so what does this mean for 1647 01:10:10,880 --> 01:10:19,280 impact on properties? Uh and so in the uh information I have um info about 1648 01:10:19,280 --> 01:10:21,120 village assessed value and where that's 1649 01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:23,920 gone over the last 10 years. Uh village 1650 01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:25,840 equalized value, where that's gone over 1651 01:10:25,840 --> 01:10:27,920 the last 10 years. All of those things 1652 01:10:27,920 --> 01:10:30,400 are important in how property taxes are 1653 01:10:30,400 --> 01:10:33,440 end up being calculated. I won't belabor 1654 01:10:33,440 --> 01:10:36,719 those points right now, but suffice to 1655 01:10:36,719 --> 01:10:39,280 say when it comes to the property tax 1656 01:10:39,280 --> 01:10:42,400 rate itself and we talk about the amount 1657 01:10:42,400 --> 01:10:44,000 that's going to be levied and the amount 1658 01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:45,920 that that can be spread over in terms of 1659 01:10:45,920 --> 01:10:48,480 assessed value, what we have at the end 1660 01:10:48,480 --> 01:10:50,400 of the day is our tax rate is basically 1661 01:10:50,400 --> 01:10:53,520 flat. Uh it's showing just a hair of a 1662 01:10:53,520 --> 01:10:56,719 percentage less right now just based on 1663 01:10:56,719 --> 01:10:59,440 what we have. Um, but I would take that 1664 01:10:59,440 --> 01:11:01,520 to mean that it's either going to be a 1665 01:11:01,520 --> 01:11:04,159 hair better, hair worse, or just about 1666 01:11:04,159 --> 01:11:06,960 the same as it was last year. 1667 01:11:06,960 --> 01:11:10,880 Um, and so because we had a a uh an 1668 01:11:10,880 --> 01:11:14,239 assessment year that was uh just a 1669 01:11:14,239 --> 01:11:15,679 maintenance year, we weren't doing a 1670 01:11:15,679 --> 01:11:18,000 market update, it's a lot easier to 1671 01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:20,400 compare your property taxes from 1672 01:11:20,400 --> 01:11:23,360 year-over-year because most property uh 1673 01:11:23,360 --> 01:11:25,600 most properties won't change in value 1674 01:11:25,600 --> 01:11:29,280 from the prior year. Uh so here's uh a 1675 01:11:29,280 --> 01:11:31,920 table that shows uh you know if you had 1676 01:11:31,920 --> 01:11:34,960 a $500,000 home uh and that was your 1677 01:11:34,960 --> 01:11:37,040 assessed value in 25 and it stayed the 1678 01:11:37,040 --> 01:11:39,520 same because of the maintenance year. Uh 1679 01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:41,360 right now we would be showing just a 1680 01:11:41,360 --> 01:11:43,920 little bit less for village share of 1681 01:11:43,920 --> 01:11:45,440 taxes. And that would be the point that 1682 01:11:45,440 --> 01:11:47,679 I would make is this is just the village 1683 01:11:47,679 --> 01:11:50,800 share of taxes. Your property tax bill 1684 01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:52,640 includes school districts, the counties 1685 01:11:52,640 --> 01:11:54,960 and the tech colleges. That's not 1686 01:11:54,960 --> 01:11:56,880 something that's shown here or factored 1687 01:11:56,880 --> 01:12:01,510 here. This is just the village portion. 1688 01:12:01,520 --> 01:12:03,520 And then as I like to show every year 1689 01:12:03,520 --> 01:12:07,600 too, where are we in comparison to our 1690 01:12:07,600 --> 01:12:09,920 peers cities and villages in Dayne 1691 01:12:09,920 --> 01:12:13,920 County? Um we have over the last couple 1692 01:12:13,920 --> 01:12:17,520 of years hovered around the median to a 1693 01:12:17,520 --> 01:12:20,400 little bit below the median. the the uh 1694 01:12:20,400 --> 01:12:22,400 table on the left shows the net total 1695 01:12:22,400 --> 01:12:25,040 property tax on a $500,000 home. So, 1696 01:12:25,040 --> 01:12:28,000 this is the property tax bill. It's 1697 01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:29,679 inclusive of all of the taxing 1698 01:12:29,679 --> 01:12:32,800 jurisdictions. So, if you uh look there, 1699 01:12:32,800 --> 01:12:34,640 we were a little bit below the median. 1700 01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:36,640 This black line, thicker black line is 1701 01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:39,760 the median. Uh and on average, we had 1702 01:12:39,760 --> 01:12:41,760 about $108 1703 01:12:41,760 --> 01:12:44,560 less than the average for a $500,000 1704 01:12:44,560 --> 01:12:47,280 home. And then when we're on the table 1705 01:12:47,280 --> 01:12:50,000 on the right is just the municipal 1706 01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:52,080 portion. So the village and city portion 1707 01:12:52,080 --> 01:12:55,280 of the tax bill. Uh and that excludes 1708 01:12:55,280 --> 01:12:57,040 the school district, county, and tech 1709 01:12:57,040 --> 01:12:59,120 college. Again, we're sort of hovering 1710 01:12:59,120 --> 01:13:04,950 right there uh below the median. 1711 01:13:04,960 --> 01:13:08,400 Anything I can answer on property taxes 1712 01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:15,030 at all? We'll continue on to the budget. 1713 01:13:15,040 --> 01:13:16,560 Okay, 1714 01:13:16,560 --> 01:13:19,760 so budget. Um, how do we bring the 1715 01:13:19,760 --> 01:13:22,000 budget all together? What are all the 1716 01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:24,159 things that play into it? Is it just 1717 01:13:24,159 --> 01:13:26,400 totally arbitrary about how I feel that 1718 01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:29,199 day or are there some things that we 1719 01:13:29,199 --> 01:13:31,679 actually use to try to help us guide 1720 01:13:31,679 --> 01:13:35,280 what we're doing? The answer is we have 1721 01:13:35,280 --> 01:13:38,640 some things that guide us. Um, so first 1722 01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:42,000 of all, we uh adopted a budget direction 1723 01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:44,800 resolution earlier this year in June. 1724 01:13:44,800 --> 01:13:46,960 The village board adopted that right 1725 01:13:46,960 --> 01:13:50,239 here. Uh, and so that told us a few 1726 01:13:50,239 --> 01:13:51,920 things that we need to be doing when we 1727 01:13:51,920 --> 01:13:54,719 put the budget together. Um, so number 1728 01:13:54,719 --> 01:13:58,400 one, the the goal was we want to try to 1729 01:13:58,400 --> 01:14:00,719 keep doing what we're doing, keep doing 1730 01:14:00,719 --> 01:14:02,159 the services that we're doing, keep 1731 01:14:02,159 --> 01:14:03,360 doing the functions that we're doing, 1732 01:14:03,360 --> 01:14:04,640 and try to keep doing them at the 1733 01:14:04,640 --> 01:14:06,400 current level. 1734 01:14:06,400 --> 01:14:08,159 that's addressed in the budget. So, the 1735 01:14:08,159 --> 01:14:12,239 budget does that. Um, this one here, the 1736 01:14:12,239 --> 01:14:14,719 second one talks about capital. We've 1737 01:14:14,719 --> 01:14:16,480 been progressing again through our 1738 01:14:16,480 --> 01:14:18,239 capital process that we did over the 1739 01:14:18,239 --> 01:14:21,199 last two months. We've continued to do 1740 01:14:21,199 --> 01:14:24,320 that. That's addressed. Uh, we've 1741 01:14:24,320 --> 01:14:26,960 incorporated a one-step compensation on 1742 01:14:26,960 --> 01:14:28,880 our compensation plan, and I'll talk a 1743 01:14:28,880 --> 01:14:31,360 little bit about that uh in a second, 1744 01:14:31,360 --> 01:14:32,960 but we've addressed that. We've put that 1745 01:14:32,960 --> 01:14:34,960 into the draft budget. Police union 1746 01:14:34,960 --> 01:14:36,880 negotiations are ongoing. We've got a 1747 01:14:36,880 --> 01:14:39,360 placeholder in the budget to hopefully 1748 01:14:39,360 --> 01:14:42,640 address what 2027 might look like. There 1749 01:14:42,640 --> 01:14:44,560 were four positions identified in that 1750 01:14:44,560 --> 01:14:47,040 resolution that we wanted to target for 1751 01:14:47,040 --> 01:14:49,520 uh addition to this budget. A full-time 1752 01:14:49,520 --> 01:14:51,520 police officer, a full-time custodian, a 1753 01:14:51,520 --> 01:14:53,920 full-time human resources director, and 1754 01:14:53,920 --> 01:14:57,440 one part-time library position. Uh as it 1755 01:14:57,440 --> 01:14:59,360 relates to the police officer and the HR 1756 01:14:59,360 --> 01:15:01,679 director position, we have fit that in 1757 01:15:01,679 --> 01:15:04,320 the budget with six months of funding. 1758 01:15:04,320 --> 01:15:06,880 Um, so what that means is we can start 1759 01:15:06,880 --> 01:15:08,480 those positions and start paying those 1760 01:15:08,480 --> 01:15:12,080 positions starting July 1. And we had to 1761 01:15:12,080 --> 01:15:14,320 do that uh in order to balance the 1762 01:15:14,320 --> 01:15:16,239 budget and get to it get it to where we 1763 01:15:16,239 --> 01:15:20,000 are right now with the $49,000 deficit 1764 01:15:20,000 --> 01:15:22,800 um we had to make a choice on making 1765 01:15:22,800 --> 01:15:26,640 those halfyear. So in 2028 we will have 1766 01:15:26,640 --> 01:15:29,520 to annualize those costs and try to 1767 01:15:29,520 --> 01:15:31,120 cover them in the full year which I 1768 01:15:31,120 --> 01:15:33,440 think we can do. But I'll talk a little 1769 01:15:33,440 --> 01:15:35,920 bit about that in just a second, too. 1770 01:15:35,920 --> 01:15:37,360 Uh, same thing is true with the 1771 01:15:37,360 --> 01:15:39,520 custodian position. We're gonna we have 1772 01:15:39,520 --> 01:15:41,600 that funded in the budget to start in 1773 01:15:41,600 --> 01:15:44,000 April, which coincides with roughly the 1774 01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:45,840 time frame that the building the new 1775 01:15:45,840 --> 01:15:48,320 building will open. And then we have one 1776 01:15:48,320 --> 01:15:50,320 part-time library position. We have that 1777 01:15:50,320 --> 01:15:53,440 50% covered by library donations. So, 1778 01:15:53,440 --> 01:15:55,920 that position is in there full-time or 1779 01:15:55,920 --> 01:15:58,960 is is in there for the full year. um but 1780 01:15:58,960 --> 01:16:01,040 only half is covered by what we would 1781 01:16:01,040 --> 01:16:04,080 consider ongoing revenue. So we'll have 1782 01:16:04,080 --> 01:16:08,000 to make that up again in 28. 1783 01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:09,760 The rest of the budget resolution 1784 01:16:09,760 --> 01:16:11,840 covered contributions to external 1785 01:16:11,840 --> 01:16:14,080 agencies. One was the fire and EMS 1786 01:16:14,080 --> 01:16:15,760 district. We wanted to try to hit that 1787 01:16:15,760 --> 01:16:18,159 property tax levy limit exception uh 1788 01:16:18,159 --> 01:16:21,120 again this year, which we have done. 1789 01:16:21,120 --> 01:16:23,120 OCA media was here talking about the 1790 01:16:23,120 --> 01:16:25,520 $100,000 contribution. There's some some 1791 01:16:25,520 --> 01:16:26,800 reasons behind that that have been 1792 01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:28,080 discussed. 1793 01:16:28,080 --> 01:16:30,800 um that has been included. The youth 1794 01:16:30,800 --> 01:16:32,640 center contribution has been maintained 1795 01:16:32,640 --> 01:16:36,320 at 17,000. Um that is the same uh again 1796 01:16:36,320 --> 01:16:38,640 and has been included in the budget. And 1797 01:16:38,640 --> 01:16:40,239 then we've asked some asked the 1798 01:16:40,239 --> 01:16:42,480 departments to put together a uh 1799 01:16:42,480 --> 01:16:44,320 assessment and budget worksheet and I'll 1800 01:16:44,320 --> 01:16:46,719 talk about that in a second, but that 1801 01:16:46,719 --> 01:16:49,679 was also done as well. 1802 01:16:49,679 --> 01:16:51,760 Another thing that factors into putting 1803 01:16:51,760 --> 01:16:53,440 the budget together is the board's 1804 01:16:53,440 --> 01:16:55,920 two-year strategic plan that was adopted 1805 01:16:55,920 --> 01:16:58,960 and approved in uh June of this year as 1806 01:16:58,960 --> 01:17:01,679 well. And so there are some things that 1807 01:17:01,679 --> 01:17:03,760 were identified in that that we have 1808 01:17:03,760 --> 01:17:07,040 gotten into the budget. One is the four 1809 01:17:07,040 --> 01:17:09,760 priority positions that we talked about. 1810 01:17:09,760 --> 01:17:12,960 Uh another is funding for work on 1811 01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:15,040 intergovernmental uh discussions with 1812 01:17:15,040 --> 01:17:17,440 the town of Oregon and the capital area 1813 01:17:17,440 --> 01:17:18,880 regional planning commission. So, 1814 01:17:18,880 --> 01:17:21,199 there's funds in there for that. We have 1815 01:17:21,199 --> 01:17:23,440 funds in there to study the storm water 1816 01:17:23,440 --> 01:17:25,520 utility, which we've discussed. There 1817 01:17:25,520 --> 01:17:30,320 are some funds in there to continue uh reviewing the feasibility of 1818 01:17:30,320 --> 01:17:32,719 the solar improvements at Village Hall, 1819 01:17:32,719 --> 01:17:34,960 although we talked about that project 1820 01:17:34,960 --> 01:17:36,719 maybe more years out, but we still have 1821 01:17:36,719 --> 01:17:39,199 some funds to just continue that work, 1822 01:17:39,199 --> 01:17:41,600 continue that planning work. We have 1823 01:17:41,600 --> 01:17:43,840 funds to reconstruct uh County Highway 1824 01:17:43,840 --> 01:17:46,320 MM phase one, County Highway MM Wolf 1825 01:17:46,320 --> 01:17:49,280 Street. uh funds to support continuing 1826 01:17:49,280 --> 01:17:51,360 and completing the storm the wastewater 1827 01:17:51,360 --> 01:17:54,880 treatment plant upgrade. Uh the continue 1828 01:17:54,880 --> 01:17:56,800 the future water system improvements 1829 01:17:56,800 --> 01:17:58,480 including the the elevated storage and 1830 01:17:58,480 --> 01:18:01,360 interzone booster station. Uh obviously 1831 01:18:01,360 --> 01:18:03,679 funds to complete the new senior center 1832 01:18:03,679 --> 01:18:05,679 and then we have funds to do the Bethl 1833 01:18:05,679 --> 01:18:09,920 Green Acre project and uh planning funds 1834 01:18:09,920 --> 01:18:12,080 for phase one of improvements to the 1835 01:18:12,080 --> 01:18:13,679 Oregon Conservation Park. So, those are 1836 01:18:13,679 --> 01:18:15,920 all things that were in your strategic 1837 01:18:15,920 --> 01:18:18,159 plan that you approved in June and 1838 01:18:18,159 --> 01:18:21,679 things that we have now funded uh in the 1839 01:18:21,679 --> 01:18:26,709 budget or at least the draft budget. 1840 01:18:26,719 --> 01:18:28,560 One thing I want to talk about a little 1841 01:18:28,560 --> 01:18:30,960 bit is these department worksheets that 1842 01:18:30,960 --> 01:18:34,159 we had departments fill out. Um, and I 1843 01:18:34,159 --> 01:18:35,440 think this has been a very useful 1844 01:18:35,440 --> 01:18:38,640 exercise in showing uh what we've talked 1845 01:18:38,640 --> 01:18:40,080 about over the last few years and 1846 01:18:40,080 --> 01:18:42,719 obviously what precipitated the uh 1847 01:18:42,719 --> 01:18:46,560 referendum in 2025, which is um you can 1848 01:18:46,560 --> 01:18:49,199 balance your budget, but you and it 1849 01:18:49,199 --> 01:18:51,360 might look good on paper, but you might 1850 01:18:51,360 --> 01:18:53,199 have to do it by holding things back. 1851 01:18:53,199 --> 01:18:55,120 And that might look like holding wages 1852 01:18:55,120 --> 01:18:57,760 back. It might look like holding pos 1853 01:18:57,760 --> 01:18:59,760 needed positions back. Obviously an 1854 01:18:59,760 --> 01:19:01,920 example here is we these are positions 1855 01:19:01,920 --> 01:19:03,440 that have been identified as needs and 1856 01:19:03,440 --> 01:19:05,040 we can only fund them for half the year 1857 01:19:05,040 --> 01:19:08,560 to make them work. Um so uh one thing 1858 01:19:08,560 --> 01:19:11,440 that is uh we started last year was 1859 01:19:11,440 --> 01:19:13,760 having some worksheets that sort of 1860 01:19:13,760 --> 01:19:16,320 capture how departments are feeling um 1861 01:19:16,320 --> 01:19:18,480 and and where they are with what they're 1862 01:19:18,480 --> 01:19:21,760 doing. And so I have some information in 1863 01:19:21,760 --> 01:19:24,080 here about that. I could probably talk a 1864 01:19:24,080 --> 01:19:25,600 long time about this. I'm going to try 1865 01:19:25,600 --> 01:19:29,520 to summarize it as best as possible. Um, 1866 01:19:29,520 --> 01:19:32,239 but probably the best way to capture it 1867 01:19:32,239 --> 01:19:33,920 is just this paragraph right here. So, 1868 01:19:33,920 --> 01:19:37,600 the 2027 assessments describe continuing 1869 01:19:37,600 --> 01:19:39,600 pressure on organizational capacity. 1870 01:19:39,600 --> 01:19:41,440 Many departments identified recurring 1871 01:19:41,440 --> 01:19:43,280 challenges involving limited staffing 1872 01:19:43,280 --> 01:19:45,600 and administrative support, growing 1873 01:19:45,600 --> 01:19:47,360 service demands, employee turnover and 1874 01:19:47,360 --> 01:19:49,280 retention, and technology or facility 1875 01:19:49,280 --> 01:19:51,600 problems. These pressures often pull 1876 01:19:51,600 --> 01:19:52,960 staff away from their primary 1877 01:19:52,960 --> 01:19:54,640 responsibilities and reduce the time 1878 01:19:54,640 --> 01:19:56,159 available for planning or service 1879 01:19:56,159 --> 01:19:58,239 improvements. Several departments also 1880 01:19:58,239 --> 01:20:00,000 describe funding constraints or public 1881 01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:02,560 expectations that exceed available 1882 01:20:02,560 --> 01:20:04,320 resources. 1883 01:20:04,320 --> 01:20:08,960 So in in the the uh materials here I 1884 01:20:08,960 --> 01:20:11,840 have all of the submitted worksheets 1885 01:20:11,840 --> 01:20:13,920 that departments provided. It's three 1886 01:20:13,920 --> 01:20:17,600 pages. Um first page is just a 1887 01:20:17,600 --> 01:20:20,080 describing of the first question which 1888 01:20:20,080 --> 01:20:23,679 the first question is this survey of 1889 01:20:23,679 --> 01:20:28,000 rating how um uh sort of the stress 1890 01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:29,920 within the department. So this first one 1891 01:20:29,920 --> 01:20:33,440 is staff overload and burnout you know a 1892 01:20:33,440 --> 01:20:35,520 rating is given an expected trend is 1893 01:20:35,520 --> 01:20:38,239 given and then an example is given. 1894 01:20:38,239 --> 01:20:40,640 Second question is 1895 01:20:40,640 --> 01:20:42,880 um what sort of challenges are you 1896 01:20:42,880 --> 01:20:44,640 facing that are limiting your service 1897 01:20:44,640 --> 01:20:46,320 delivery? And so there's a narrative 1898 01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:48,000 that answer that each department has 1899 01:20:48,000 --> 01:20:50,400 provided and then the third one is what 1900 01:20:50,400 --> 01:20:52,400 is your biggest priority investment for 1901 01:20:52,400 --> 01:20:55,440 2027 that would help you try to get at 1902 01:20:55,440 --> 01:20:58,159 addressing some of these challenges. 1903 01:20:58,159 --> 01:21:00,480 Uh and so 1904 01:21:00,480 --> 01:21:03,199 looking at the the survey of the 1905 01:21:03,199 --> 01:21:07,840 ratings, um this is a capture of of all 1906 01:21:07,840 --> 01:21:10,960 of those um ratings that departments 1907 01:21:10,960 --> 01:21:15,040 provided. Um so when we look at the 1908 01:21:15,040 --> 01:21:17,440 factor of staff overload and burnout, 1909 01:21:17,440 --> 01:21:19,040 you can see what that has been rated by 1910 01:21:19,040 --> 01:21:22,320 all the departments. 4.5, 1911 01:21:22,320 --> 01:21:24,640 you know, severe is a five, significant 1912 01:21:24,640 --> 01:21:28,640 is a four. The way that's described in 1913 01:21:28,640 --> 01:21:32,080 the worksheet is five severe persistent 1914 01:21:32,080 --> 01:21:33,679 potentially departmentwide and 1915 01:21:33,679 --> 01:21:35,280 critically undermining core operations 1916 01:21:35,280 --> 01:21:37,040 and service delivery for significant 1917 01:21:37,040 --> 01:21:38,719 occurs frequently or is widespread 1918 01:21:38,719 --> 01:21:40,960 clearly disrupting work impacting 1919 01:21:40,960 --> 01:21:42,640 multiple areas or causing notable staff 1920 01:21:42,640 --> 01:21:45,040 strain and then from proceeding down 1921 01:21:45,040 --> 01:21:48,400 from there. So obviously you look at 1922 01:21:48,400 --> 01:21:50,719 these you can see there's quite a bit of 1923 01:21:50,719 --> 01:21:52,719 significant and severe strain that's 1924 01:21:52,719 --> 01:21:54,880 being felt in departments right now. not 1925 01:21:54,880 --> 01:21:56,719 universal. There's certainly some areas 1926 01:21:56,719 --> 01:22:00,719 that um are a little bit less so. Um and 1927 01:22:00,719 --> 01:22:02,560 obviously clerk, community development, 1928 01:22:02,560 --> 01:22:05,040 library um those are some areas that 1929 01:22:05,040 --> 01:22:06,960 we're feeling it. I think if you were to 1930 01:22:06,960 --> 01:22:09,040 ask me anecdotally about what my 1931 01:22:09,040 --> 01:22:12,080 observation is of the the organization, 1932 01:22:12,080 --> 01:22:14,080 I think this captures it pretty darn 1933 01:22:14,080 --> 01:22:16,960 well. 1934 01:22:16,960 --> 01:22:19,360 Um I've attempted to summarize some of 1935 01:22:19,360 --> 01:22:22,239 these assessment summaries um for each 1936 01:22:22,239 --> 01:22:24,639 of the departments. Um so you can read 1937 01:22:24,639 --> 01:22:28,159 those in brief a little bit. Um what is 1938 01:22:28,159 --> 01:22:29,760 very helpful now that we've done this 1939 01:22:29,760 --> 01:22:32,639 two years is we can see what how things 1940 01:22:32,639 --> 01:22:34,960 have changed from the prior year to this 1941 01:22:34,960 --> 01:22:38,239 year. And this little chart little table 1942 01:22:38,239 --> 01:22:41,520 here sort of captures that. Um, so 1943 01:22:41,520 --> 01:22:44,080 anything that's uh orange is showing a 1944 01:22:44,080 --> 01:22:47,520 higher rating from compared to 2026. 1945 01:22:47,520 --> 01:22:50,080 Uh, anything that's unchanged is gray 1946 01:22:50,080 --> 01:22:53,760 and then anything blue is is a decrease. 1947 01:22:53,760 --> 01:22:56,400 Um, and that's not to say, you know, 1948 01:22:56,400 --> 01:22:57,840 this might give the impression that 1949 01:22:57,840 --> 01:22:59,920 things are okay, but a four is still a 1950 01:22:59,920 --> 01:23:01,440 significant strain. It just hasn't 1951 01:23:01,440 --> 01:23:05,360 changed from the prior year. Um, so you 1952 01:23:05,360 --> 01:23:07,760 can see there's increasing pressure. I 1953 01:23:07,760 --> 01:23:09,679 think a police is maybe a great example 1954 01:23:09,679 --> 01:23:12,000 where um there was a lot of focus on 1955 01:23:12,000 --> 01:23:15,280 that in the last year's budget um with 1956 01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:17,120 um trying to get some increases to the 1957 01:23:17,120 --> 01:23:19,840 management staff but then also kind of 1958 01:23:19,840 --> 01:23:21,920 fingers crossed that we didn't have any 1959 01:23:21,920 --> 01:23:24,639 turnover um and that's what happened. 1960 01:23:24,639 --> 01:23:26,239 There wasn't any turnover this year and 1961 01:23:26,239 --> 01:23:28,800 so I think you can see that reflected in 1962 01:23:28,800 --> 01:23:30,880 some of the easing. Now, I would 1963 01:23:30,880 --> 01:23:32,960 probably caveat that with saying, and I 1964 01:23:32,960 --> 01:23:34,320 think the chief would agree, and I think 1965 01:23:34,320 --> 01:23:37,760 her assessment worksheet would uh be in 1966 01:23:37,760 --> 01:23:39,840 line with this, is that it won't take 1967 01:23:39,840 --> 01:23:42,639 much for that to slip away. Um, if we 1968 01:23:42,639 --> 01:23:44,400 have some turnover again, it's probably 1969 01:23:44,400 --> 01:23:47,840 going to go right backwards again. Um, 1970 01:23:47,840 --> 01:23:50,239 so, uh, this particular moment in time, 1971 01:23:50,239 --> 01:23:51,679 things might feel a little bit better, 1972 01:23:51,679 --> 01:23:54,239 but, uh, those worksheets will help, uh, 1973 01:23:54,239 --> 01:23:55,840 give a little bit more context and 1974 01:23:55,840 --> 01:24:00,239 nuance to, uh, that information. So, 1975 01:24:00,239 --> 01:24:02,159 when we looked at question three, which 1976 01:24:02,159 --> 01:24:04,400 was what's that number one thing that if 1977 01:24:04,400 --> 01:24:05,840 you could get it into the budget, what 1978 01:24:05,840 --> 01:24:07,360 that would provide the most help for 1979 01:24:07,360 --> 01:24:11,360 your department? Um, we've added uh and 1980 01:24:11,360 --> 01:24:13,280 addressed quite a few of these things. 1981 01:24:13,280 --> 01:24:14,880 Most of them centered around the 1982 01:24:14,880 --> 01:24:17,440 positions that were already identified. 1983 01:24:17,440 --> 01:24:20,000 Um, and so that was able we were able to 1984 01:24:20,000 --> 01:24:22,080 get those things into the budget and and 1985 01:24:22,080 --> 01:24:24,800 speak to those. Uh, but not everything. 1986 01:24:24,800 --> 01:24:26,639 Um, so community development has a 1987 01:24:26,639 --> 01:24:28,560 position there. public works is 1988 01:24:28,560 --> 01:24:32,000 identifying some software solutions. Um 1989 01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:33,760 those things are not in the budget and 1990 01:24:33,760 --> 01:24:35,600 things that we'll have to continue 1991 01:24:35,600 --> 01:24:42,149 considering uh for future years. 1992 01:24:42,159 --> 01:24:46,550 All right, 1993 01:24:46,560 --> 01:24:50,960 couple more things to speak on uh in 1994 01:24:50,960 --> 01:24:55,280 terms of wider scale sort of impact on 1995 01:24:55,280 --> 01:24:57,600 the budget and 1996 01:24:57,600 --> 01:25:01,199 probably the the place to go for how for 1997 01:25:01,199 --> 01:25:04,159 a significant sort of 30,000 foot view 1998 01:25:04,159 --> 01:25:07,840 of how the budget moves uh is personnel 1999 01:25:07,840 --> 01:25:10,080 costs, cost of labor, 2000 01:25:10,080 --> 01:25:13,760 70% of our operating budget uh is 2001 01:25:13,760 --> 01:25:17,280 employee costs. Uh that's $7.7 million 2002 01:25:17,280 --> 01:25:21,120 of our budget. Um so uh we're obviously 2003 01:25:21,120 --> 01:25:24,880 a a service uh organization and services 2004 01:25:24,880 --> 01:25:28,000 are delivered by employees. Um and 2005 01:25:28,000 --> 01:25:31,199 service quality can eb and flow uh based 2006 01:25:31,199 --> 01:25:32,960 on the amount and the quality of 2007 01:25:32,960 --> 01:25:36,400 employees that we have. Um, we have an 2008 01:25:36,400 --> 01:25:38,560 employee compensation plan that was 2009 01:25:38,560 --> 01:25:41,600 adopted by the board in in 2023. 2010 01:25:41,600 --> 01:25:44,880 Um, and that helps guide how we uh divvy 2011 01:25:44,880 --> 01:25:47,679 up our what funds that we do have for 2012 01:25:47,679 --> 01:25:50,320 compensation. Uh, obviously balancing 2013 01:25:50,320 --> 01:25:52,480 other factors such as the additional 2014 01:25:52,480 --> 01:25:54,080 addition of positions and things like 2015 01:25:54,080 --> 01:25:56,800 that. Uh, but the goal of th that plan 2016 01:25:56,800 --> 01:25:59,520 is really twofold. is to ensure external 2017 01:25:59,520 --> 01:26:01,760 competitiveness with our uh other 2018 01:26:01,760 --> 01:26:04,239 village peers, other cities and villages 2019 01:26:04,239 --> 01:26:05,920 and then just to maintain internal 2020 01:26:05,920 --> 01:26:09,360 consistency within uh our organization 2021 01:26:09,360 --> 01:26:12,320 based on uh employees responsibilities 2022 01:26:12,320 --> 01:26:15,040 and complexity of their job. What this 2023 01:26:15,040 --> 01:26:17,280 looks like takes the form of this. This 2024 01:26:17,280 --> 01:26:19,199 is our employee wage schedule. This was 2025 01:26:19,199 --> 01:26:21,760 adopted in 2026 as part of the 26 2026 01:26:21,760 --> 01:26:24,320 budget. Um, and you can see it 2027 01:26:24,320 --> 01:26:26,639 stratifies the positions based on 2028 01:26:26,639 --> 01:26:28,639 responsibility and complexity and 2029 01:26:28,639 --> 01:26:31,120 organizational impact into different 2030 01:26:31,120 --> 01:26:35,040 grades. And then there's a uh wage scale 2031 01:26:35,040 --> 01:26:37,440 that's been established based on uh the 2032 01:26:37,440 --> 01:26:40,000 compensation study that was done in 22 2033 01:26:40,000 --> 01:26:42,800 and then updated in 2025. 2034 01:26:42,800 --> 01:26:46,000 Uh and so the range essentially means 2035 01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:49,679 this is what a pos this position is 2036 01:26:49,679 --> 01:26:52,320 likely to be found being paid within the 2037 01:26:52,320 --> 01:26:55,679 market and the range of that from a step 2038 01:26:55,679 --> 01:26:58,239 one to all the way up to a step 16. 2039 01:26:58,239 --> 01:27:01,280 We've delineated it by step six is what 2040 01:27:01,280 --> 01:27:03,679 we would consider the market median for 2041 01:27:03,679 --> 01:27:06,560 the position or sort of the market rate. 2042 01:27:06,560 --> 01:27:08,320 and that if you wanted to try to pay 2043 01:27:08,320 --> 01:27:11,679 your employees at a market rate, that 2044 01:27:11,679 --> 01:27:13,600 would be the goal that you want to try 2045 01:27:13,600 --> 01:27:17,760 to get positions and people to. Um, now 2046 01:27:17,760 --> 01:27:20,080 if you don't have, it's not necessarily 2047 01:27:20,080 --> 01:27:22,080 a bad thing that employees might be paid 2048 01:27:22,080 --> 01:27:24,080 below that because they might not have a 2049 01:27:24,080 --> 01:27:25,920 lot of experience and they're just 2050 01:27:25,920 --> 01:27:28,560 learning their position. Uh and so our 2051 01:27:28,560 --> 01:27:30,800 policy brings people in generally 2052 01:27:30,800 --> 01:27:32,880 speaking in those below steps when 2053 01:27:32,880 --> 01:27:34,320 they're getting hired and then they can 2054 01:27:34,320 --> 01:27:37,840 progress up to the market median. Uh and 2055 01:27:37,840 --> 01:27:39,199 it's not necessarily a bad thing if 2056 01:27:39,199 --> 01:27:41,040 employees are over the market median 2057 01:27:41,040 --> 01:27:42,800 either because they might be very well 2058 01:27:42,800 --> 01:27:44,639 experienced employees and we want to 2059 01:27:44,639 --> 01:27:48,320 compensate for that. Um so all of those 2060 01:27:48,320 --> 01:27:53,360 factors uh play into it. 2061 01:27:53,360 --> 01:27:55,920 Um, 2062 01:27:55,920 --> 01:27:57,520 a couple points I would make on employee 2063 01:27:57,520 --> 01:28:00,320 compensation and and just kind of it's 2064 01:28:00,320 --> 01:28:01,760 important kind of to remember a little 2065 01:28:01,760 --> 01:28:04,400 bit of the history of this. So when we 2066 01:28:04,400 --> 01:28:06,960 before the compensation plan, it was 2067 01:28:06,960 --> 01:28:10,000 essentially an ad hoc system and that 2068 01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:11,679 whenever we had to hire somebody, we 2069 01:28:11,679 --> 01:28:13,360 decided what we wanted to pay them and 2070 01:28:13,360 --> 01:28:15,280 went out and looked, you know, at peers 2071 01:28:15,280 --> 01:28:17,280 and things like that. It wasn't a a 2072 01:28:17,280 --> 01:28:19,280 consistent or cohesive system that sort 2073 01:28:19,280 --> 01:28:21,520 of worked within itself. 2074 01:28:21,520 --> 01:28:24,400 Um when we did the compensation study in 2075 01:28:24,400 --> 01:28:29,600 2022, 82% of the employees were earning 2076 01:28:29,600 --> 01:28:31,600 less than the bottom of the market pay 2077 01:28:31,600 --> 01:28:34,480 range and that they were less than step 2078 01:28:34,480 --> 01:28:37,760 one on this scale. So 82% of employees 2079 01:28:37,760 --> 01:28:40,480 were less than the bottom range of their 2080 01:28:40,480 --> 01:28:43,520 market for their position. 2081 01:28:43,520 --> 01:28:47,280 Village did some pretty uh substantial 2082 01:28:47,280 --> 01:28:49,840 policym policy decisions at that time. 2083 01:28:49,840 --> 01:28:52,239 They put the wheel tax into place and 2084 01:28:52,239 --> 01:28:54,719 they put in the street light uh charge 2085 01:28:54,719 --> 01:28:56,400 that is on our utility bills. And 2086 01:28:56,400 --> 01:28:58,400 together that generated about half a 2087 01:28:58,400 --> 01:29:00,320 million dollars in revenue that got 2088 01:29:00,320 --> 01:29:02,880 divided up into sort of the buckets that 2089 01:29:02,880 --> 01:29:05,040 they need to go to and that ended up 2090 01:29:05,040 --> 01:29:07,520 freeing, you know, about a half million 2091 01:29:07,520 --> 01:29:10,960 dollars to be spent on and put towards 2092 01:29:10,960 --> 01:29:13,760 addressing this compensation issue. And 2093 01:29:13,760 --> 01:29:16,800 so this uh chart right here does a 2094 01:29:16,800 --> 01:29:19,679 really good job of capturing this. Um 2095 01:29:19,679 --> 01:29:21,440 when we implemented it for the first 2096 01:29:21,440 --> 01:29:23,440 year, we had this large amount of 2097 01:29:23,440 --> 01:29:25,440 revenue that was new that got 2098 01:29:25,440 --> 01:29:27,520 implemented and that we could use for 2099 01:29:27,520 --> 01:29:29,679 these wage increases. 2100 01:29:29,679 --> 01:29:32,880 And so using that half million dollars, 2101 01:29:32,880 --> 01:29:35,440 we were able to get 2102 01:29:35,440 --> 01:29:37,440 everybody actually onto the scale 2103 01:29:37,440 --> 01:29:39,520 itself. So we were able to every get 2104 01:29:39,520 --> 01:29:42,320 everybody into the the wage ranges that 2105 01:29:42,320 --> 01:29:46,239 were uh found through the wage study. 2106 01:29:46,239 --> 01:29:50,239 We got most of uh the employees up to a 2107 01:29:50,239 --> 01:29:52,560 minimum of step one. And then some of 2108 01:29:52,560 --> 01:29:54,320 the more experienced employees, I think 2109 01:29:54,320 --> 01:29:56,000 we picked five years. If you had five 2110 01:29:56,000 --> 01:29:58,239 years of experience with the village, we 2111 01:29:58,239 --> 01:30:00,159 tried to get everybody of those 2112 01:30:00,159 --> 01:30:03,840 individuals up to a step three. And so 2113 01:30:03,840 --> 01:30:06,239 that first year that's where uh the 2114 01:30:06,239 --> 01:30:09,040 percentage of employees sort of fell. So 2115 01:30:09,040 --> 01:30:12,639 about 90% of employees were now on the 2116 01:30:12,639 --> 01:30:14,239 scale or everybody was on the scale but 2117 01:30:14,239 --> 01:30:17,040 90% were below the market rate. Uh and 2118 01:30:17,040 --> 01:30:19,360 there was just a couple people that um 2119 01:30:19,360 --> 01:30:21,440 happened to have more competitive rates 2120 01:30:21,440 --> 01:30:24,880 already that were a little bit higher. 2121 01:30:24,880 --> 01:30:26,800 done some work over the last few years 2122 01:30:26,800 --> 01:30:29,120 trying to get employees progressed 2123 01:30:29,120 --> 01:30:31,040 through that understanding limitations 2124 01:30:31,040 --> 01:30:34,239 of revenues that we have and that the 2125 01:30:34,239 --> 01:30:37,760 first initial sort of uh jump was 2126 01:30:37,760 --> 01:30:39,600 because we had a new source of revenue 2127 01:30:39,600 --> 01:30:41,360 and that can't really be replicated 2128 01:30:41,360 --> 01:30:46,639 again. Uh but we have now gotten 50 uh 2129 01:30:46,639 --> 01:30:48,880 1% of our employees who are now below 2130 01:30:48,880 --> 01:30:51,360 step six. So we've progressed from 90% 2131 01:30:51,360 --> 01:30:54,320 below step six to 51%. 2132 01:30:54,320 --> 01:30:57,040 And we've gotten 24% of our employees to 2133 01:30:57,040 --> 01:31:00,080 the market median and another 25% who 2134 01:31:00,080 --> 01:31:02,639 are above the market median. So about 2135 01:31:02,639 --> 01:31:05,760 half are below step six, half our step 2136 01:31:05,760 --> 01:31:08,719 six or above. So we've done a a really 2137 01:31:08,719 --> 01:31:12,560 good job of making some interventions 2138 01:31:12,560 --> 01:31:14,960 and making some choices and then getting 2139 01:31:14,960 --> 01:31:19,199 employees up onto a competitive scale 2140 01:31:19,199 --> 01:31:22,159 even if they are not sort of ideally 2141 01:31:22,159 --> 01:31:24,239 located within that scale. I think, you 2142 01:31:24,239 --> 01:31:26,560 know, we would want to see some of our 2143 01:31:26,560 --> 01:31:28,800 more experienced employees being in that 2144 01:31:28,800 --> 01:31:30,719 higher range 2145 01:31:30,719 --> 01:31:33,760 um than where they are currently. But 2146 01:31:33,760 --> 01:31:35,920 again, you have a fixed amount of 2147 01:31:35,920 --> 01:31:38,239 revenue. You have other priorities. You 2148 01:31:38,239 --> 01:31:40,000 have you want to add positions to help 2149 01:31:40,000 --> 01:31:42,639 with capacity. You have other 2150 01:31:42,639 --> 01:31:44,480 inflationary factors that you have to 2151 01:31:44,480 --> 01:31:45,840 address with your limited amount of 2152 01:31:45,840 --> 01:31:48,320 revenue. So you have to balance all of 2153 01:31:48,320 --> 01:31:51,040 those things uh and try to find a happy 2154 01:31:51,040 --> 01:31:53,199 median especially if you don't have a 2155 01:31:53,199 --> 01:31:55,040 new source of revenue and you're not 2156 01:31:55,040 --> 01:31:57,679 willing to sort of reduce uh services 2157 01:31:57,679 --> 01:31:59,440 somewhere else to sort of reassign 2158 01:31:59,440 --> 01:32:01,760 funds. 2159 01:32:01,760 --> 01:32:05,199 So all that to say we have a one-step 2160 01:32:05,199 --> 01:32:09,520 increase on in the budget. So that means 2161 01:32:09,520 --> 01:32:12,480 we are moving everybody wherever they 2162 01:32:12,480 --> 01:32:19,350 are up one more step on the scale. 2163 01:32:19,360 --> 01:32:21,440 And depending on where you are on the 2164 01:32:21,440 --> 01:32:23,360 scale, if you're below step six, it's a 2165 01:32:23,360 --> 01:32:25,760 2.5% increase. And if you're above step 2166 01:32:25,760 --> 01:32:29,120 six, it's a 1.25% increase. And the 2167 01:32:29,120 --> 01:32:30,560 thought being behind that that was 2168 01:32:30,560 --> 01:32:33,040 approved last year is that we want to 2169 01:32:33,040 --> 01:32:35,120 try to get people moved up into the 2170 01:32:35,120 --> 01:32:37,679 market median quickly. If you are at 2171 01:32:37,679 --> 01:32:39,920 five years of experience, you should 2172 01:32:39,920 --> 01:32:42,080 know how to do your job at that point. 2173 01:32:42,080 --> 01:32:43,840 Uh, and we should hopefully be paying 2174 01:32:43,840 --> 01:32:46,239 you at the market rate. And if you're 2175 01:32:46,239 --> 01:32:47,840 above that, it becomes a cost 2176 01:32:47,840 --> 01:32:50,080 containment factor, right? And and a 2177 01:32:50,080 --> 01:32:52,880 perception factor in some ways. If this 2178 01:32:52,880 --> 01:32:54,320 is we're saying this is the market 2179 01:32:54,320 --> 01:32:55,920 median, 2180 01:32:55,920 --> 01:32:58,639 um, do we want to show that a bunch of 2181 01:32:58,639 --> 01:33:00,159 employees are moving really quickly 2182 01:33:00,159 --> 01:33:02,159 above that market median or does that 2183 01:33:02,159 --> 01:33:04,080 make it appear like we're paying above 2184 01:33:04,080 --> 01:33:06,480 the market? And then also because it's a 2185 01:33:06,480 --> 01:33:08,960 higher uh rate and we're applying 2186 01:33:08,960 --> 01:33:11,199 increases, that's going to consume a 2187 01:33:11,199 --> 01:33:13,760 larger amount of cash to continue 2188 01:33:13,760 --> 01:33:16,400 funding that. And that kind of plays out 2189 01:33:16,400 --> 01:33:19,760 this year with this increase because 2190 01:33:19,760 --> 01:33:22,639 um if we were doing an across the board 2191 01:33:22,639 --> 01:33:25,360 increase for example, the limited amount 2192 01:33:25,360 --> 01:33:31,360 of revenue that we have towards putting towards employee increases, 2193 01:33:31,360 --> 01:33:34,239 a greater share of that revenue would be 2194 01:33:34,239 --> 01:33:37,280 being taken and given to what we would 2195 01:33:37,280 --> 01:33:39,040 consider high more highly compensated 2196 01:33:39,040 --> 01:33:41,040 employees who are above the market 2197 01:33:41,040 --> 01:33:43,920 median. And so you would end up what you 2198 01:33:43,920 --> 01:33:45,360 would end up if we did an across the 2199 01:33:45,360 --> 01:33:46,719 board increases it would probably look 2200 01:33:46,719 --> 01:33:50,400 like maybe a 1.5 or 1.75% 2201 01:33:50,400 --> 01:33:53,280 increase. And then what that would look 2202 01:33:53,280 --> 01:33:56,320 like in terms of dollars is uh you would 2203 01:33:56,320 --> 01:33:58,080 have people who are higher on the scale 2204 01:33:58,080 --> 01:34:00,639 getting a lot more dollars and people on 2205 01:34:00,639 --> 01:34:02,560 the lower end of the scale. And then 2206 01:34:02,560 --> 01:34:04,400 when you factor in things like health 2207 01:34:04,400 --> 01:34:06,560 insurance premium contributions and 2208 01:34:06,560 --> 01:34:08,719 retirement insurance contributions, 2209 01:34:08,719 --> 01:34:10,400 health insurance is a regressive 2210 01:34:10,400 --> 01:34:12,080 contribution. And so if you're making 2211 01:34:12,080 --> 01:34:13,840 less, a greater percentage of your 2212 01:34:13,840 --> 01:34:15,840 salary is going to the health insurance 2213 01:34:15,840 --> 01:34:17,440 contribution. And that [clears throat] 2214 01:34:17,440 --> 01:34:19,600 plays out when you look at health 2215 01:34:19,600 --> 01:34:22,719 insurance in this year's budget. It's 2216 01:34:22,719 --> 01:34:25,280 about a 4% increase for the vill's 2217 01:34:25,280 --> 01:34:26,800 contribution, the employer's 2218 01:34:26,800 --> 01:34:29,760 contribution, but it is a 20% 2219 01:34:29,760 --> 01:34:33,600 contribution increase for uh those who 2220 01:34:33,600 --> 01:34:36,719 are selecting GHC or courts UW. And that 2221 01:34:36,719 --> 01:34:41,440 equates to about $700 or $900 more in an 2222 01:34:41,440 --> 01:34:44,159 employee salary from this year, this 2223 01:34:44,159 --> 01:34:46,800 upcoming year to this last year. And so 2224 01:34:46,800 --> 01:34:48,639 what's happening with our percentage 2225 01:34:48,639 --> 01:34:51,920 increases for our steps is that uh 2226 01:34:51,920 --> 01:34:54,159 because we are sort of dividing it 2227 01:34:54,159 --> 01:34:56,080 differently amongst wherever you are in 2228 01:34:56,080 --> 01:35:01,920 the scale, we have about uh 2229 01:35:01,920 --> 01:35:04,400 78% of the employees getting between 2230 01:35:04,400 --> 01:35:07,760 about $1,000 and $2,000 more onto their 2231 01:35:07,760 --> 01:35:10,080 wages. And then we have a couple that 2232 01:35:10,080 --> 01:35:12,480 are getting about $1,000 less and a 2233 01:35:12,480 --> 01:35:14,560 couple who are getting about $2,000 2234 01:35:14,560 --> 01:35:18,239 more. And so what we're do what this has 2235 01:35:18,239 --> 01:35:22,239 done is we are able to give more dollars 2236 01:35:22,239 --> 01:35:24,480 to more people 2237 01:35:24,480 --> 01:35:26,639 and their take-home pay will be less 2238 01:35:26,639 --> 01:35:29,360 affected by changes to health insurance 2239 01:35:29,360 --> 01:35:33,280 and retirement or more equitably 2240 01:35:33,280 --> 01:35:36,960 uh um aortioned. So, if we were doing 2241 01:35:36,960 --> 01:35:39,120 more of an across the board, what you 2242 01:35:39,120 --> 01:35:40,639 would probably see is a greater 2243 01:35:40,639 --> 01:35:44,320 percentage falling below that 1,00 uh 2244 01:35:44,320 --> 01:35:46,560 and a higher percentage going above that 2245 01:35:46,560 --> 01:35:48,400 2,000. So, it would have kind of would 2246 01:35:48,400 --> 01:35:50,960 go in sort of opposite directions. So, 2247 01:35:50,960 --> 01:35:53,120 we're trying to kind of thread that 2248 01:35:53,120 --> 01:35:56,080 needle a little bit of sort of fairness 2249 01:35:56,080 --> 01:35:58,400 um and all sorts of other different 2250 01:35:58,400 --> 01:36:01,910 factors there. 2251 01:36:01,920 --> 01:36:04,480 Uh [clears throat] so to that point, um 2252 01:36:04,480 --> 01:36:07,120 as far as I think I've covered health 2253 01:36:07,120 --> 01:36:09,360 insurance and wages there broadly 2254 01:36:09,360 --> 01:36:12,400 enough, retirement, 2255 01:36:12,400 --> 01:36:14,080 it's going up a little bit. That's set 2256 01:36:14,080 --> 01:36:16,320 by the state. Uh the village has to 2257 01:36:16,320 --> 01:36:17,920 provide a little bit more. The employee 2258 01:36:17,920 --> 01:36:19,760 has to provide a little bit more. All 2259 01:36:19,760 --> 01:36:22,719 that factors into about $25,000 more for 2260 01:36:22,719 --> 01:36:25,760 the village to cover uh in cost for 2261 01:36:25,760 --> 01:36:27,920 pension costs. And you know, when we go 2262 01:36:27,920 --> 01:36:31,199 back to that levy limit um page where 2263 01:36:31,199 --> 01:36:32,880 it's, you know, we're only getting maybe 2264 01:36:32,880 --> 01:36:36,320 a hundred to $200,000 in new levy and 25 2265 01:36:36,320 --> 01:36:38,000 of that thousand of that is already 2266 01:36:38,000 --> 01:36:39,440 being made up in new pension 2267 01:36:39,440 --> 01:36:41,600 contributions. You're already consuming 2268 01:36:41,600 --> 01:36:44,159 a ton of large percentage of your new 2269 01:36:44,159 --> 01:36:47,040 revenue just to maintain your pension 2270 01:36:47,040 --> 01:36:49,440 contributions. 2271 01:36:49,440 --> 01:36:51,760 Uh workers compensation, we've been 2272 01:36:51,760 --> 01:36:54,320 really good in this in LA in the last 2273 01:36:54,320 --> 01:36:56,400 few years. Fortunately, we had an injury 2274 01:36:56,400 --> 01:36:58,560 in late 2025 that was a little bit more 2275 01:36:58,560 --> 01:37:01,360 significant and that has impacted on the 2276 01:37:01,360 --> 01:37:03,920 2027 rates. So, what you're seeing 2277 01:37:03,920 --> 01:37:06,719 across the whole village budget is a 41% 2278 01:37:06,719 --> 01:37:09,040 increase to workers compensation costs 2279 01:37:09,040 --> 01:37:13,360 or about $25,000. Again, um so that went 2280 01:37:13,360 --> 01:37:16,560 from 61,000 to about 86,000 2281 01:37:16,560 --> 01:37:20,239 uh in premiums for work comp. Again, 2282 01:37:20,239 --> 01:37:22,800 you take 25,000 of work comp premiums, 2283 01:37:22,800 --> 01:37:25,679 new new work comp premiums, 25,000 of 2284 01:37:25,679 --> 01:37:28,320 new pension contributions. It's $50,000 2285 01:37:28,320 --> 01:37:31,760 in your budget. We got about $150,000 2286 01:37:31,760 --> 01:37:34,400 in property tax money to play with 2287 01:37:34,400 --> 01:37:36,239 already. You've consumed about a third 2288 01:37:36,239 --> 01:37:37,840 of the new revenue that you get from 2289 01:37:37,840 --> 01:37:40,000 your primary revenue source just to 2290 01:37:40,000 --> 01:37:45,189 figure out these two things. 2291 01:37:45,199 --> 01:37:48,159 Another big uh element of the budget is 2292 01:37:48,159 --> 01:37:51,199 shared revenue and state aids. Um so if 2293 01:37:51,199 --> 01:37:54,880 property tax is you know 60% 60 to 70% 2294 01:37:54,880 --> 01:37:57,280 of your revenue state aids and shared 2295 01:37:57,280 --> 01:37:59,600 revenue make up another good healthy 2296 01:37:59,600 --> 01:38:01,199 chunk of your revenue which is about 2297 01:38:01,199 --> 01:38:03,600 20%. When you take these two things 2298 01:38:03,600 --> 01:38:05,920 together state aid and share uh property 2299 01:38:05,920 --> 01:38:09,119 taxes it's about 80 to 90% of our 2300 01:38:09,119 --> 01:38:11,679 budget. Um so these are this is a big 2301 01:38:11,679 --> 01:38:13,840 factor that comes into play as well and 2302 01:38:13,840 --> 01:38:15,520 it's another factor that we don't really 2303 01:38:15,520 --> 01:38:19,040 have the ability to control for. Um so 2304 01:38:19,040 --> 01:38:21,360 shared revenues make up uh there's a few 2305 01:38:21,360 --> 01:38:23,119 different programs under the umbrella of 2306 01:38:23,119 --> 01:38:25,199 shared revenue um county and municipal 2307 01:38:25,199 --> 01:38:28,800 aid utility aid expenditure restraint uh 2308 01:38:28,800 --> 01:38:30,320 supplemental county and municipal aid. 2309 01:38:30,320 --> 01:38:31,840 That was a new program created a couple 2310 01:38:31,840 --> 01:38:34,159 years ago. See the history of those 2311 01:38:34,159 --> 01:38:37,440 here. It's going up uh marginally for 2312 01:38:37,440 --> 01:38:39,360 2027. 2313 01:38:39,360 --> 01:38:41,040 Um, the one thing that I would just 2314 01:38:41,040 --> 01:38:43,760 point to and and point out is when we 2315 01:38:43,760 --> 01:38:46,880 talk about levy limits over the last 20 2316 01:38:46,880 --> 01:38:50,719 years, those also coincided with uh 2317 01:38:50,719 --> 01:38:53,760 changes to state aids and state shared 2318 01:38:53,760 --> 01:38:56,880 revenues. So, if you go back to 2003, 2319 01:38:56,880 --> 01:38:58,719 the county and municipal aid, which is 2320 01:38:58,719 --> 01:39:00,880 an unrestricted amount of shared revenue 2321 01:39:00,880 --> 01:39:03,520 that the all communities get, is about 2322 01:39:03,520 --> 01:39:06,159 344,000. 2323 01:39:06,159 --> 01:39:08,800 And so today, when you look at county 2324 01:39:08,800 --> 01:39:10,480 and municipal aid, you look at the 2325 01:39:10,480 --> 01:39:11,920 supplemental county and municipal aid 2326 01:39:11,920 --> 01:39:14,480 that was created and you count for 2327 01:39:14,480 --> 01:39:17,199 inflation, we're still behind what the 2328 01:39:17,199 --> 01:39:19,600 purchasing power of those dollars was in 2329 01:39:19,600 --> 01:39:21,520 2003 compared to what we're getting in 2330 01:39:21,520 --> 01:39:24,719 2027. We're about $100,000 2331 01:39:24,719 --> 01:39:28,239 short of what that money meant in 2003 2332 01:39:28,239 --> 01:39:32,800 compared to what it now means in 2027. 2333 01:39:32,800 --> 01:39:36,239 Um so that's another factor to think 2334 01:39:36,239 --> 01:39:40,880 about and again we don't control those are dictated to us and given to 2335 01:39:40,880 --> 01:39:43,199 us. 2336 01:39:43,199 --> 01:39:44,800 Another revenue from the state is 2337 01:39:44,800 --> 01:39:47,119 general general transportation aids. We 2338 01:39:47,119 --> 01:39:49,360 this is an area where we have done been 2339 01:39:49,360 --> 01:39:52,719 able to uh get some decent increases in 2340 01:39:52,719 --> 01:39:55,600 uh and that's a factor of uh this 2341 01:39:55,600 --> 01:39:58,719 program really relies on you need to 2342 01:39:58,719 --> 01:40:01,040 help yourself before we will help you 2343 01:40:01,040 --> 01:40:04,239 sort of thing. Uh and so what has 2344 01:40:04,239 --> 01:40:06,719 happened over the last few years, uh 2345 01:40:06,719 --> 01:40:10,719 certainly since 2019, 2010 or 2020, the 2346 01:40:10,719 --> 01:40:12,320 village has been doing a lot more street 2347 01:40:12,320 --> 01:40:14,480 work, uh a lot more major street work, 2348 01:40:14,480 --> 01:40:16,480 always doing at least one or two major 2349 01:40:16,480 --> 01:40:18,320 street reconstruction projects every 2350 01:40:18,320 --> 01:40:21,119 year. That is a factor that plays into 2351 01:40:21,119 --> 01:40:23,040 how much general transportation aids you 2352 01:40:23,040 --> 01:40:25,199 get. So if your amount of money that 2353 01:40:25,199 --> 01:40:27,119 you're spending on this work is going 2354 01:40:27,119 --> 01:40:29,600 up, you have a good chance of getting 2355 01:40:29,600 --> 01:40:31,119 higher calculation of general 2356 01:40:31,119 --> 01:40:32,480 transportation aids in the following 2357 01:40:32,480 --> 01:40:34,800 year. And if you stop investing in your 2358 01:40:34,800 --> 01:40:36,960 infrastructure, this amount starts to 2359 01:40:36,960 --> 01:40:41,360 slowly creep down. Um so it's a good uh 2360 01:40:41,360 --> 01:40:43,760 suggestion to always do at least one 2361 01:40:43,760 --> 01:40:45,600 major street reconstruction project a 2362 01:40:45,600 --> 01:40:47,840 year. it nets you a little bit of 2363 01:40:47,840 --> 01:40:50,400 operational uh revenue from [snorts] 2364 01:40:50,400 --> 01:40:53,679 this side of things um to the tune of 2365 01:40:53,679 --> 01:40:59,270 about 40,000 more for 2027. 2366 01:40:59,280 --> 01:41:02,480 Uh the last thing um I'll kind of cover 2367 01:41:02,480 --> 01:41:04,880 here from this sort of 30,000 foot view 2368 01:41:04,880 --> 01:41:07,360 is investment income. 2369 01:41:07,360 --> 01:41:11,760 So, uh, this table here shows, uh, what 2370 01:41:11,760 --> 01:41:13,280 we've been able to get from investment 2371 01:41:13,280 --> 01:41:16,800 income over the last, uh, 10 years or 2372 01:41:16,800 --> 01:41:20,639 so, 10, 15 years. And, uh, this 2373 01:41:20,639 --> 01:41:23,600 obviously es and flows by what our 2374 01:41:23,600 --> 01:41:25,760 interest rates are in the greater 2375 01:41:25,760 --> 01:41:29,040 economy. And you can see that uh, about 2376 01:41:29,040 --> 01:41:31,360 a decade ago, there wasn't very good 2377 01:41:31,360 --> 01:41:32,960 interest rates. Uh, there were very low 2378 01:41:32,960 --> 01:41:34,960 interest rates. And you can see that we 2379 01:41:34,960 --> 01:41:36,800 have not we didn't were not making uh 2380 01:41:36,800 --> 01:41:38,800 hard nearly any investment income back 2381 01:41:38,800 --> 01:41:41,360 at that time. Last few years it's been a 2382 01:41:41,360 --> 01:41:42,800 different story. And you can see the 2383 01:41:42,800 --> 01:41:45,199 amount of revenue that's been generated 2384 01:41:45,199 --> 01:41:48,239 uh over those last couple of years. Uh 2385 01:41:48,239 --> 01:41:50,560 this is a little bit of a tricky area 2386 01:41:50,560 --> 01:41:52,960 for you to rely on as a revenue source 2387 01:41:52,960 --> 01:41:55,520 for operating because operating is a 2388 01:41:55,520 --> 01:41:57,760 cost that happens every year and if you 2389 01:41:57,760 --> 01:41:59,920 rely on it and it doesn't happen, you're 2390 01:41:59,920 --> 01:42:04,080 going to have a deficit. Um and so uh 2391 01:42:04,080 --> 01:42:07,040 last year we increased the amount of 2392 01:42:07,040 --> 01:42:09,840 revenue that we rely on for paying for 2393 01:42:09,840 --> 01:42:13,360 operating expenses to 170,000. 2394 01:42:13,360 --> 01:42:15,360 Uh it looks like that's going to be 2395 01:42:15,360 --> 01:42:19,679 okay. We were at 187,000 recently. So 2396 01:42:19,679 --> 01:42:21,760 we're going to come in assuredly above 2397 01:42:21,760 --> 01:42:24,880 that 170 and we have as part [snorts] of 2398 01:42:24,880 --> 01:42:28,080 this proposed budget kept that 170,000 2399 01:42:28,080 --> 01:42:29,679 the same this year. So we did not need 2400 01:42:29,679 --> 01:42:33,040 to rely on any more uh generation of 2401 01:42:33,040 --> 01:42:38,239 investment income but no less either. Um 2402 01:42:38,239 --> 01:42:42,080 and if there's a major economic downturn 2403 01:42:42,080 --> 01:42:44,000 um you can see that that can dry up 2404 01:42:44,000 --> 01:42:46,159 really quickly. Uh and so that is 2405 01:42:46,159 --> 01:42:49,119 something a risk that you need to think 2406 01:42:49,119 --> 01:42:53,830 about and uh consider. 2407 01:42:53,840 --> 01:42:55,760 Um 2408 01:42:55,760 --> 01:42:59,679 last thing uh on just the overall budget 2409 01:42:59,679 --> 01:43:02,000 I have a little bit on a little bit more 2410 01:43:02,000 --> 01:43:04,239 on the sort of organizational capacity 2411 01:43:04,239 --> 01:43:05,920 discussion that we just talked about 2412 01:43:05,920 --> 01:43:08,800 with departments and it's a a 2413 01:43:08,800 --> 01:43:10,719 conversation that's been belabored if 2414 01:43:10,719 --> 01:43:12,719 you've been on the board for the last 2415 01:43:12,719 --> 01:43:15,840 couple of years and obviously why it um 2416 01:43:15,840 --> 01:43:18,880 we went to referendum uh last year only 2417 01:43:18,880 --> 01:43:22,080 18 months ago um 2418 01:43:22,080 --> 01:43:24,000 but uh so I have some conversations on 2419 01:43:24,000 --> 01:43:26,320 that and and and where that is. Um but 2420 01:43:26,320 --> 01:43:28,159 one thing I wanted to just point out was 2421 01:43:28,159 --> 01:43:32,400 the 2028 budget outlook. So with this 2422 01:43:32,400 --> 01:43:35,040 budget, we are funding these position 2423 01:43:35,040 --> 01:43:36,960 these new positions for half the year in 2424 01:43:36,960 --> 01:43:40,159 order to balance the budget. In 2028, 2425 01:43:40,159 --> 01:43:42,480 you can almost do virtually a copy and 2426 01:43:42,480 --> 01:43:44,880 paste of this budget for 2028 because 2427 01:43:44,880 --> 01:43:46,639 we're going to have to annualize those 2428 01:43:46,639 --> 01:43:48,800 decisions. So, if there's only six 2429 01:43:48,800 --> 01:43:50,719 months of funding for the HR director 2430 01:43:50,719 --> 01:43:53,119 position in 27, we're going to need 12 2431 01:43:53,119 --> 01:43:54,800 months in 2028. So, we're going to have 2432 01:43:54,800 --> 01:43:57,840 to come up with that funding in 2028. I 2433 01:43:57,840 --> 01:44:00,320 think that's reasonable. I think we'll 2434 01:44:00,320 --> 01:44:01,840 have 2435 01:44:01,840 --> 01:44:04,639 roughly the same generation of revenue 2436 01:44:04,639 --> 01:44:06,639 that we have this year that we can apply 2437 01:44:06,639 --> 01:44:09,760 to in 2028 as well. 2438 01:44:09,760 --> 01:44:12,400 Um, so I but I just want everybody to be 2439 01:44:12,400 --> 01:44:14,960 with the understanding departments, 2440 01:44:14,960 --> 01:44:18,320 elected officials, public as well that 2441 01:44:18,320 --> 01:44:20,320 if you're thinking that something 2442 01:44:20,320 --> 01:44:22,000 interesting or special is going to 2443 01:44:22,000 --> 01:44:24,719 happen in the 2028 budget, I would say 2444 01:44:24,719 --> 01:44:26,480 you're very wrong. [laughter] 2445 01:44:26,480 --> 01:44:29,280 Um, it is probably going to be the same 2446 01:44:29,280 --> 01:44:32,080 budget that we had this year, but just 2447 01:44:32,080 --> 01:44:33,679 making sure that the priorities we put 2448 01:44:33,679 --> 01:44:37,440 into 2027 can be funded completely in 2449 01:44:37,440 --> 01:44:40,639 2028. The only thing the only suggestion 2450 01:44:40,639 --> 01:44:45,360 that I would have um is that if we do 2451 01:44:45,360 --> 01:44:47,600 have some sufficient capacity and 2452 01:44:47,600 --> 01:44:49,360 there's a few factors that might play 2453 01:44:49,360 --> 01:44:52,400 into that one is the storm water utility 2454 01:44:52,400 --> 01:44:53,840 if that is something that we end up 2455 01:44:53,840 --> 01:44:56,000 moving ahead with that will have some 2456 01:44:56,000 --> 01:44:58,239 additional revenue generation qualities 2457 01:44:58,239 --> 01:45:02,400 about it. Um the other factor is if we 2458 01:45:02,400 --> 01:45:06,880 can keep up with our uh new construction 2459 01:45:06,880 --> 01:45:09,679 um which that is slowing down a little 2460 01:45:09,679 --> 01:45:11,679 bit. Um and I would expect a little bit 2461 01:45:11,679 --> 01:45:15,520 more of a slower year. Um 2462 01:45:15,520 --> 01:45:20,000 so if if there is capacity there um if 2463 01:45:20,000 --> 01:45:22,800 for 2028 I would suggest if we're adding 2464 01:45:22,800 --> 01:45:24,480 a position 2465 01:45:24,480 --> 01:45:26,239 um I would suggest we add it in 2466 01:45:26,239 --> 01:45:30,800 community development. Um it is uh it is 2467 01:45:30,800 --> 01:45:32,880 the most thinly staffed department that 2468 01:45:32,880 --> 01:45:35,119 we have. Uh there's virtually only one 2469 01:45:35,119 --> 01:45:36,560 person who is doing planning and 2470 01:45:36,560 --> 01:45:39,040 economic development. Uh and that person 2471 01:45:39,040 --> 01:45:41,440 is responsible for tens if not hundreds 2472 01:45:41,440 --> 01:45:44,239 of millions of dollars of potential uh 2473 01:45:44,239 --> 01:45:46,320 investment in the community, the face of 2474 01:45:46,320 --> 01:45:49,840 the community. Um and if she decided to 2475 01:45:49,840 --> 01:45:52,320 hang it up, we would be in uh in 2476 01:45:52,320 --> 01:45:53,920 trouble. I would be in trouble because I 2477 01:45:53,920 --> 01:45:55,360 would have to do her job for a little 2478 01:45:55,360 --> 01:45:59,840 while. Um so uh we are to the point 2479 01:45:59,840 --> 01:46:03,840 where um we need some help there. Um we 2480 01:46:03,840 --> 01:46:05,280 desperately need some help there in 2481 01:46:05,280 --> 01:46:07,199 terms of risk management. That is one 2482 01:46:07,199 --> 01:46:10,719 that's starting to to flash red for me 2483 01:46:10,719 --> 01:46:14,080 from at an organizational level. 2484 01:46:14,080 --> 01:46:17,280 Um but that remains to be seen um if we 2485 01:46:17,280 --> 01:46:19,040 even have the ability to even fund 2486 01:46:19,040 --> 01:46:21,840 another position in 2028. 2487 01:46:21,840 --> 01:46:24,000 Um and one thing I want to just note on 2488 01:46:24,000 --> 01:46:26,080 the storm water utility in particular. 2489 01:46:26,080 --> 01:46:28,320 So we talk about that as a source of 2490 01:46:28,320 --> 01:46:30,159 revenue. 2491 01:46:30,159 --> 01:46:32,880 So this year in the budget we have in uh 2492 01:46:32,880 --> 01:46:35,840 in the budget to fund the study of the 2493 01:46:35,840 --> 01:46:39,199 creation of that and to set it up. Uh so 2494 01:46:39,199 --> 01:46:41,440 at some point probably this time next 2495 01:46:41,440 --> 01:46:44,080 year we will come to you with a product 2496 01:46:44,080 --> 01:46:46,080 that says here is what we're talking 2497 01:46:46,080 --> 01:46:47,600 here's what we have. This is a storm 2498 01:46:47,600 --> 01:46:49,840 water utility. Do you want to approve it 2499 01:46:49,840 --> 01:46:52,159 or not approve it? And if you approve 2500 01:46:52,159 --> 01:46:54,159 it, what that will do is it will create 2501 01:46:54,159 --> 01:46:57,440 a new charge on utility bills. So, it's 2502 01:46:57,440 --> 01:47:00,000 going to generate new revenue by adding 2503 01:47:00,000 --> 01:47:03,280 a charge to people's utility bills. So, 2504 01:47:03,280 --> 01:47:05,199 that is a political question that you 2505 01:47:05,199 --> 01:47:07,199 will have to answer. So, when you're 2506 01:47:07,199 --> 01:47:09,520 looking at some of these things, uh 2507 01:47:09,520 --> 01:47:12,239 you're like, you might be thinking, wow, 2508 01:47:12,239 --> 01:47:13,920 we need to do something, right? There's 2509 01:47:13,920 --> 01:47:15,520 a lot of challenges here. We need to 2510 01:47:15,520 --> 01:47:18,159 find some money. here is one of those 2511 01:47:18,159 --> 01:47:20,960 options that might sound good, but then 2512 01:47:20,960 --> 01:47:22,800 when you're faced with having to approve 2513 01:47:22,800 --> 01:47:25,360 a new charge on a utility bill, you 2514 01:47:25,360 --> 01:47:28,000 might hear that people feel differently. 2515 01:47:28,000 --> 01:47:31,040 And so I just want to tee that up as 2516 01:47:31,040 --> 01:47:33,679 your advisor that that is a future that 2517 01:47:33,679 --> 01:47:36,159 could be yours to contend with. 2518 01:47:36,159 --> 01:47:37,840 >> It might also be interesting if we have 2519 01:47:37,840 --> 01:47:40,239 some bad storm water management issues 2520 01:47:40,239 --> 01:47:41,920 as that's being implemented. 2521 01:47:41,920 --> 01:47:44,960 >> Yes. And and that's it's not not just a 2522 01:47:44,960 --> 01:47:47,600 financial choice, but it there's no 2523 01:47:47,600 --> 01:47:49,520 doubt that a storm utility which would 2524 01:47:49,520 --> 01:47:52,719 be better funded would have operational 2525 01:47:52,719 --> 01:47:55,760 consequences that would improve 2526 01:47:55,760 --> 01:47:58,880 >> um that. So there's a whole host of 2527 01:47:58,880 --> 01:48:01,440 policym decisions and trade-offs that 2528 01:48:01,440 --> 01:48:03,600 play into that. But from a purely 2529 01:48:03,600 --> 01:48:06,480 financial perspective, that is will be a 2530 01:48:06,480 --> 01:48:09,040 consequential choice that um will be 2531 01:48:09,040 --> 01:48:12,239 posed to all of you. 2532 01:48:12,239 --> 01:48:14,470 Um, [clears throat] 2533 01:48:14,480 --> 01:48:16,239 capital and debt. We've covered that a 2534 01:48:16,239 --> 01:48:19,440 ton. All that's in the budget right now 2535 01:48:19,440 --> 01:48:23,280 as far as 2027 is taking what was in the 2536 01:48:23,280 --> 01:48:26,400 2027 capital plan and moving that into 2537 01:48:26,400 --> 01:48:29,360 our actual budget. Um, so I know that 2538 01:48:29,360 --> 01:48:32,080 we've seen this list of things uh over 2539 01:48:32,080 --> 01:48:34,480 the last two months. You've obviously 2540 01:48:34,480 --> 01:48:36,560 seen this tiny 2541 01:48:36,560 --> 01:48:40,320 fonted document a ton of times. All 2542 01:48:40,320 --> 01:48:43,119 that's being carried forward into the 2543 01:48:43,119 --> 01:48:45,440 actual budget is this column here of 2544 01:48:45,440 --> 01:48:47,040 2027. 2545 01:48:47,040 --> 01:48:48,560 We have a variety of different funds 2546 01:48:48,560 --> 01:48:51,199 that we account for capital. Um I've 2547 01:48:51,199 --> 01:48:52,880 listed them all here and explained them 2548 01:48:52,880 --> 01:48:55,520 all here. And then you have the actual 2549 01:48:55,520 --> 01:48:59,040 line item budgets that you can look at. 2550 01:48:59,040 --> 01:49:02,159 Um, and I will just say, um, when you're 2551 01:49:02,159 --> 01:49:05,360 looking at these 20 2027 department head 2552 01:49:05,360 --> 01:49:07,920 budget, 2027 admin budget, 2027 fiscal 2553 01:49:07,920 --> 01:49:10,239 year adopt budget, they're all the same. 2554 01:49:10,239 --> 01:49:11,679 They're they just get plugged in and 2555 01:49:11,679 --> 01:49:12,800 they're all the same. So, when you're 2556 01:49:12,800 --> 01:49:15,520 looking at them, um, you know, you can 2557 01:49:15,520 --> 01:49:18,080 see the 2025 prior year actual, that's 2558 01:49:18,080 --> 01:49:20,800 the actual audited 2026 current year 2559 01:49:20,800 --> 01:49:22,159 budget. That was the budget that was 2560 01:49:22,159 --> 01:49:24,080 adopted. Current year actual is what 2561 01:49:24,080 --> 01:49:26,400 we've spent. Projected is our guess at 2562 01:49:26,400 --> 01:49:27,840 where it might end up at the end of the 2563 01:49:27,840 --> 01:49:30,560 year. And then you can just factor that 2564 01:49:30,560 --> 01:49:32,320 any three of these columns is what's 2565 01:49:32,320 --> 01:49:36,275 being proposed as the draft budget 2566 01:49:36,275 --> 01:49:36,800 [clears throat] 2567 01:49:36,800 --> 01:49:40,960 and just for um 2568 01:49:40,960 --> 01:49:44,239 you know just to sort of I guess show 2569 01:49:44,239 --> 01:49:47,199 what uh this sort of looks like from as 2570 01:49:47,199 --> 01:49:49,520 it translates over 2571 01:49:49,520 --> 01:49:53,760 um I'll take an example here. 2572 01:49:53,760 --> 01:49:55,760 We got 2573 01:49:55,760 --> 01:49:58,080 camp civic campus master civic campus 2574 01:49:58,080 --> 01:50:00,880 plan projects capital fund that shows 2575 01:50:00,880 --> 01:50:04,080 where our uh funding for this new senior 2576 01:50:04,080 --> 01:50:06,880 center project is going to be. Um so you 2577 01:50:06,880 --> 01:50:09,280 can see this is obviously very tiny but 2578 01:50:09,280 --> 01:50:11,199 loan proceeds this is what we expect to 2579 01:50:11,199 --> 01:50:13,760 borrow. This is on the revenue side and 2580 01:50:13,760 --> 01:50:17,679 then on the the expenditure side um you 2581 01:50:17,679 --> 01:50:19,600 know we have a dollar amount for what we 2582 01:50:19,600 --> 01:50:21,440 expect to expend for that project. So, 2583 01:50:21,440 --> 01:50:23,199 it's just it's translating all those 2584 01:50:23,199 --> 01:50:24,800 things from the capital plan into an 2585 01:50:24,800 --> 01:50:29,199 actual functional um operational budget, 2586 01:50:29,199 --> 01:50:32,480 so to speak. Debt service, uh we covered 2587 01:50:32,480 --> 01:50:36,880 that. As far as the 2027 budget goes, um 2588 01:50:36,880 --> 01:50:40,080 these are payments that are due in 2027. 2589 01:50:40,080 --> 01:50:42,080 There are they've already happened. We 2590 01:50:42,080 --> 01:50:44,159 have to pay those. We don't really have 2591 01:50:44,159 --> 01:50:46,800 an option not to pay those, but this is 2592 01:50:46,800 --> 01:50:49,920 showing what that looks like. And then I 2593 01:50:49,920 --> 01:50:52,000 also have sort of where we've talked 2594 01:50:52,000 --> 01:50:53,840 about the debt service going over the 2595 01:50:53,840 --> 01:50:56,000 next 10 years. 2596 01:50:56,000 --> 01:50:58,400 And then general fund, this is the main 2597 01:50:58,400 --> 01:51:00,320 fund, the main operating fund of the 2598 01:51:00,320 --> 01:51:03,760 village. I will close it out here and 2599 01:51:03,760 --> 01:51:07,199 just cover uh a couple things. I have 2600 01:51:07,199 --> 01:51:09,199 some narrative about what all the 2601 01:51:09,199 --> 01:51:12,800 different sections are, how they came to 2602 01:51:12,800 --> 01:51:16,080 be, why they are, description of those 2603 01:51:16,080 --> 01:51:17,679 things, 2604 01:51:17,679 --> 01:51:19,440 and then the actual line item budgets 2605 01:51:19,440 --> 01:51:21,199 are in there. And so you can see the 2606 01:51:21,199 --> 01:51:24,320 revenues, taxes, general property taxes 2607 01:51:24,320 --> 01:51:26,480 for the village, there's that general 2608 01:51:26,480 --> 01:51:28,400 property tax number that comes from that 2609 01:51:28,400 --> 01:51:30,480 property tax levy limit worksheet 2610 01:51:30,480 --> 01:51:33,520 translating down into the actual budget. 2611 01:51:33,520 --> 01:51:35,360 your governmental revenues, your shared 2612 01:51:35,360 --> 01:51:36,960 revenues. That's where that's contained 2613 01:51:36,960 --> 01:51:40,159 right there. License permits, fines, 2614 01:51:40,159 --> 01:51:44,080 public charges, and then it segus into 2615 01:51:44,080 --> 01:51:46,800 the actual expenditure side. 2616 01:51:46,800 --> 01:51:48,320 Um, and you can see your general 2617 01:51:48,320 --> 01:51:49,840 government, and that proceeds from 2618 01:51:49,840 --> 01:51:52,719 there. One thing I'll point out, and 2619 01:51:52,719 --> 01:51:54,960 this will be the last thing I will say 2620 01:51:54,960 --> 01:51:56,560 hopefully, 2621 01:51:56,560 --> 01:51:59,360 um, is 2622 01:51:59,360 --> 01:52:02,000 look at the makeup of these budget 2623 01:52:02,000 --> 01:52:04,560 funds. Uh 2624 01:52:04,560 --> 01:52:08,000 so you will either see something that 2625 01:52:08,000 --> 01:52:10,400 looks like 2626 01:52:10,400 --> 01:52:16,790 use a good example here. 2627 01:52:16,800 --> 01:52:18,719 Let's use a smaller one. So village 2628 01:52:18,719 --> 01:52:21,760 hall. This is the budget to pay for the 2629 01:52:21,760 --> 01:52:25,199 cost of operating the village hall. And 2630 01:52:25,199 --> 01:52:28,239 you'll see line items 2631 01:52:28,239 --> 01:52:31,440 right here that are related to salaries 2632 01:52:31,440 --> 01:52:35,199 and employee benefit or fringe costs. So 2633 01:52:35,199 --> 01:52:37,920 that is that 70% of the budget. When you 2634 01:52:37,920 --> 01:52:39,760 look through all of it, 70% of the 2635 01:52:39,760 --> 01:52:41,440 budget is going to be in those line 2636 01:52:41,440 --> 01:52:44,719 items across all the different funds. 2637 01:52:44,719 --> 01:52:47,679 And then the rest of these funds 2638 01:52:47,679 --> 01:52:50,560 are other operating costs, non-personnel 2639 01:52:50,560 --> 01:52:51,920 operating costs. So for the village 2640 01:52:51,920 --> 01:52:53,520 hall, what is that? that is we got to 2641 01:52:53,520 --> 01:52:55,199 pay our electric bill. We got to pay our 2642 01:52:55,199 --> 01:52:56,800 water and sewer bill. There's going to 2643 01:52:56,800 --> 01:52:59,119 be some repair and maintenance costs. 2644 01:52:59,119 --> 01:53:00,880 There's going to be property insurance 2645 01:53:00,880 --> 01:53:02,880 that we have to pay. There's going to be 2646 01:53:02,880 --> 01:53:05,040 supplies that we have to pay. And so 2647 01:53:05,040 --> 01:53:07,599 you'll see a lot of budgets that look 2648 01:53:07,599 --> 01:53:10,800 like that, right? So here's police 2649 01:53:10,800 --> 01:53:13,119 similar thing, right? There's personnel 2650 01:53:13,119 --> 01:53:14,880 line items and then there's the actual 2651 01:53:14,880 --> 01:53:17,119 operating budget. 2652 01:53:17,119 --> 01:53:19,840 And then there is other line item. There 2653 01:53:19,840 --> 01:53:22,800 are other funds. So like the assessor 2654 01:53:22,800 --> 01:53:25,119 for example where it's a contracted 2655 01:53:25,119 --> 01:53:27,119 service. So you don't see those line 2656 01:53:27,119 --> 01:53:28,719 items. You're seeing professional 2657 01:53:28,719 --> 01:53:31,599 services or other contractual services. 2658 01:53:31,599 --> 01:53:33,599 That's the cost to pay for the assessor 2659 01:53:33,599 --> 01:53:35,280 this upcoming year that we have 2660 01:53:35,280 --> 01:53:36,960 contracted. 2661 01:53:36,960 --> 01:53:39,199 So when you put those personnel costs 2662 01:53:39,199 --> 01:53:42,000 and those contracted costs together 2663 01:53:42,000 --> 01:53:45,360 that's like 85% of our entire budget. 85 2664 01:53:45,360 --> 01:53:48,000 high 80% of our budget. And then when it 2665 01:53:48,000 --> 01:53:50,400 comes down to those operating expenses, 2666 01:53:50,400 --> 01:53:53,599 which is paying utility, paying fuel, 2667 01:53:53,599 --> 01:53:56,320 paying property insurance, that is a 2668 01:53:56,320 --> 01:54:00,320 pretty small margin of our budget. And 2669 01:54:00,320 --> 01:54:02,080 so when people ask, well, isn't there 2670 01:54:02,080 --> 01:54:05,679 any way we place we can save money? 2671 01:54:05,679 --> 01:54:07,679 You can't really do that without 2672 01:54:07,679 --> 01:54:10,960 something with employees, right? Or or 2673 01:54:10,960 --> 01:54:14,560 closing a facility for a period of time 2674 01:54:14,560 --> 01:54:17,199 to lower costs somewhere. So if you're 2675 01:54:17,199 --> 01:54:19,520 talking about finding a way to save, 2676 01:54:19,520 --> 01:54:21,040 you're talking about affecting 2677 01:54:21,040 --> 01:54:24,239 employees, which in turns affect what 2678 01:54:24,239 --> 01:54:27,440 services you provide. Um, and so as I 2679 01:54:27,440 --> 01:54:29,520 mentioned before, when we talk about 2680 01:54:29,520 --> 01:54:32,639 these eras of levy limits and shared 2681 01:54:32,639 --> 01:54:35,920 revenue uh being depressed, 2682 01:54:35,920 --> 01:54:40,560 um, we have been through the era of 2683 01:54:40,560 --> 01:54:42,400 controlling costs. We have been through 2684 01:54:42,400 --> 01:54:45,440 the era of trying to find easy sources 2685 01:54:45,440 --> 01:54:48,320 of revenue. We are now in the era of 2686 01:54:48,320 --> 01:54:52,960 referendum harder sources of revenue um 2687 01:54:52,960 --> 01:54:57,520 or uh reducing reducing services and and 2688 01:54:57,520 --> 01:54:59,920 reassigning. Right? So if there's a more 2689 01:54:59,920 --> 01:55:02,239 of a priority for one service, you're 2690 01:55:02,239 --> 01:55:03,760 not necessarily saving money. You're 2691 01:55:03,760 --> 01:55:05,360 basically taking it from one department 2692 01:55:05,360 --> 01:55:06,639 and you're giving it to another 2693 01:55:06,639 --> 01:55:08,480 department depending on whatever your 2694 01:55:08,480 --> 01:55:10,880 priority might be. 2695 01:55:10,880 --> 01:55:13,440 So, that's where I'll leave it. And the 2696 01:55:13,440 --> 01:55:14,960 next meeting, we'll have an updated 2697 01:55:14,960 --> 01:55:16,639 version and then we'll talk about the 2698 01:55:16,639 --> 01:55:20,320 special revenue funds and utilities and 2699 01:55:20,320 --> 01:55:22,880 tax increment districts. 2700 01:55:22,880 --> 01:55:24,480 >> Questions? 2701 01:55:24,480 --> 01:55:25,840 On Tim? 2702 01:55:25,840 --> 01:55:27,599 >> I saw Fitchburg is considering a 2703 01:55:27,599 --> 01:55:29,599 forestry fund as an addition to their 2704 01:55:29,599 --> 01:55:31,040 utility bill. Have we looked at that at 2705 01:55:31,040 --> 01:55:32,560 all? We know anything about it? 2706 01:55:32,560 --> 01:55:35,520 >> Yes. Um we've talked about that a little 2707 01:55:35,520 --> 01:55:38,239 bit and 2708 01:55:38,239 --> 01:55:40,000 I think in the order of thinking at 2709 01:55:40,000 --> 01:55:43,679 least for staff's part um the storm 2710 01:55:43,679 --> 01:55:45,199 water utility would probably be the 2711 01:55:45,199 --> 01:55:48,880 first thing that we would recommend and 2712 01:55:48,880 --> 01:55:52,239 that is because it is a bit easier to 2713 01:55:52,239 --> 01:55:54,239 sort of contemplate in terms of 2714 01:55:54,239 --> 01:55:56,400 charging. It's a more wellestablished 2715 01:55:56,400 --> 01:55:58,719 revenue that a lot of communities have. 2716 01:55:58,719 --> 01:56:00,320 We're one of the few cities and villages 2717 01:56:00,320 --> 01:56:02,320 that don't have a city uh stormware 2718 01:56:02,320 --> 01:56:05,119 utility in Dane County. So that's we're 2719 01:56:05,119 --> 01:56:08,000 kind of pulling on one of those. 2720 01:56:08,000 --> 01:56:10,880 I I understand that and Lauren and I 2721 01:56:10,880 --> 01:56:12,080 have talked about this a little bit. 2722 01:56:12,080 --> 01:56:13,440 There are some communities who have 2723 01:56:13,440 --> 01:56:15,679 pulled sort of their forestry function 2724 01:56:15,679 --> 01:56:18,400 into their storm water utility. Um 2725 01:56:18,400 --> 01:56:21,440 that's a sort of an odd stretch to me. 2726 01:56:21,440 --> 01:56:23,440 Um, but 2727 01:56:23,440 --> 01:56:26,239 apparently it's it's working and maybe 2728 01:56:26,239 --> 01:56:27,920 that's something we want to consider as 2729 01:56:27,920 --> 01:56:29,760 part of exploration of the storm water 2730 01:56:29,760 --> 01:56:32,719 utility. Um, but the forestry might be 2731 01:56:32,719 --> 01:56:35,040 something that we would maybe advise on 2732 01:56:35,040 --> 01:56:37,440 after storm water utility if we don't 2733 01:56:37,440 --> 01:56:40,239 decided to try to put it into our storm 2734 01:56:40,239 --> 01:56:44,400 water utility. So there's u a couple of 2735 01:56:44,400 --> 01:56:48,800 revenue sources that are are left. Store 2736 01:56:48,800 --> 01:56:50,159 utility is probably the lowest hanging 2737 01:56:50,159 --> 01:56:53,119 fruit. Forestry is one I didn't hear as 2738 01:56:53,119 --> 01:56:56,159 much talked about uh in the past, but 2739 01:56:56,159 --> 01:56:58,080 now it's becoming a little bit more 2740 01:56:58,080 --> 01:57:01,280 common. City of Madison has one. Um and 2741 01:57:01,280 --> 01:57:02,800 so now people are starting to really 2742 01:57:02,800 --> 01:57:04,159 look at that one. That one gets a little 2743 01:57:04,159 --> 01:57:07,679 weird because how do you charge it? Um 2744 01:57:07,679 --> 01:57:12,160 and linear footage of frontage um is 2745 01:57:12,160 --> 01:57:13,679 [clears throat] a factor and there's all 2746 01:57:13,679 --> 01:57:15,760 sorts of other factors. And then you 2747 01:57:15,760 --> 01:57:17,679 need to be careful of not making it look 2748 01:57:17,679 --> 01:57:21,760 like a tax uh because the courts don't 2749 01:57:21,760 --> 01:57:22,880 like that. 2750 01:57:22,880 --> 01:57:24,639 >> Yeah. I think what Fitchburg's proposing 2751 01:57:24,639 --> 01:57:26,400 is just a flat number on your utility 2752 01:57:26,400 --> 01:57:27,881 bill based on single family 2753 01:57:27,881 --> 01:57:29,040 [clears throat] or 2754 01:57:29,040 --> 01:57:29,360 >> Yep. 2755 01:57:29,360 --> 01:57:30,639 >> multi family. 2756 01:57:30,639 --> 01:57:32,159 >> It would mirror probably our street 2757 01:57:32,159 --> 01:57:35,520 light charge a little bit. 2758 01:57:35,520 --> 01:57:38,159 >> Anybody else? 2759 01:57:38,159 --> 01:57:39,679 >> Rick, 2760 01:57:39,679 --> 01:57:42,159 >> um I just want to say thanks for uh 2761 01:57:42,159 --> 01:57:45,199 putting together the budget again. uh 2762 01:57:45,199 --> 01:57:48,239 really uh detailed um have a lot of 2763 01:57:48,239 --> 01:57:49,920 information that I'm trying to still 2764 01:57:49,920 --> 01:57:52,320 absorb, but do appreciate the fact that 2765 01:57:52,320 --> 01:57:55,040 you kind of figure uh explain more about 2766 01:57:55,040 --> 01:57:58,400 the 2.5% number versus doing a straight 2767 01:57:58,400 --> 01:58:02,159 up um increase for employees, 2768 01:58:02,159 --> 01:58:06,320 70% of uh the budget, yes, 85% of the 2769 01:58:06,320 --> 01:58:08,719 budget, yes, this is a service budget, 2770 01:58:08,719 --> 01:58:11,520 like you said. I think I want that 2771 01:58:11,520 --> 01:58:13,599 number to be that percentage. It just 2772 01:58:13,599 --> 01:58:16,400 goes to show again how bare bones we are 2773 01:58:16,400 --> 01:58:18,639 with overhead so to speak as an 2774 01:58:18,639 --> 01:58:21,040 organization and I can appreciate that 2775 01:58:21,040 --> 01:58:23,599 and that we're at our limits. I will say 2776 01:58:23,599 --> 01:58:25,280 that with all the discussion you were 2777 01:58:25,280 --> 01:58:28,800 having about uh the HR director position 2778 01:58:28,800 --> 01:58:33,679 and waiting until the uh July, I would 2779 01:58:33,679 --> 01:58:35,280 really like to see if we could find a 2780 01:58:35,280 --> 01:58:38,639 way to um bring that person in sooner if 2781 01:58:38,639 --> 01:58:42,239 possible, April 1 only in that there's a 2782 01:58:42,239 --> 01:58:44,480 lot of evidence that you're bringing up 2783 01:58:44,480 --> 01:58:46,080 that that could be actually cost 2784 01:58:46,080 --> 01:58:50,880 effective in terms of you know some some 2785 01:58:50,880 --> 01:58:52,719 opportunity that we might have for that 2786 01:58:52,719 --> 01:58:56,639 person to be able to uh spend more time 2787 01:58:56,639 --> 01:58:58,239 getting insight with what's going on 2788 01:58:58,239 --> 01:59:00,000 right now. And we were talking about 2789 01:59:00,000 --> 01:59:02,000 doing a an employee survey. You can see 2790 01:59:02,000 --> 01:59:04,400 how valuable these check-in these annual 2791 01:59:04,400 --> 01:59:06,400 check-ins are being able to get that 2792 01:59:06,400 --> 01:59:08,320 started sooner so that it can help 2793 01:59:08,320 --> 01:59:11,040 inform the 28 budget potentially 2794 01:59:11,040 --> 01:59:13,760 especially um also just being able to 2795 01:59:13,760 --> 01:59:15,360 potentially give you more time to think 2796 01:59:15,360 --> 01:59:17,280 about that community development and 2797 01:59:17,280 --> 01:59:19,840 that position coming forward. So that's 2798 01:59:19,840 --> 01:59:21,440 the main thing I wanted to mention is 2799 01:59:21,440 --> 01:59:23,840 just to consider moving that forward. 2800 01:59:23,840 --> 01:59:25,440 Okay, Tom, 2801 01:59:25,440 --> 01:59:27,280 >> I just 2802 01:59:27,280 --> 01:59:31,840 my my general thoughts followed along the lines of what Rick was talking 2803 01:59:31,840 --> 01:59:34,719 about. If we can find a way to pull that 2804 01:59:34,719 --> 01:59:37,119 HR position even forward a couple 2805 01:59:37,119 --> 01:59:39,280 months, it seemed that was one of the 2806 01:59:39,280 --> 01:59:42,480 areas and one of the identifiers for u 2807 01:59:42,480 --> 01:59:46,960 relieving some of the pressure and the difficulties that our staff was fa 2808 01:59:46,960 --> 01:59:49,280 facing. I know I've talked with you even 2809 01:59:49,280 --> 01:59:51,280 in I I noticed that a village 2810 01:59:51,280 --> 01:59:53,040 administrator wasn't one of the lines on 2811 01:59:53,040 --> 01:59:57,280 the the stress levels on there. Um, but 2812 01:59:57,280 --> 01:59:59,360 I guess having worked with on a couple 2813 01:59:59,360 --> 02:00:03,679 of new hires this year and uh watching 2814 02:00:03,679 --> 02:00:05,760 that process and watching what people go 2815 02:00:05,760 --> 02:00:08,400 through in relationship to just 2816 02:00:08,400 --> 02:00:10,320 onboarding somebody and bringing them in 2817 02:00:10,320 --> 02:00:18,400 and all of that. I mean, it's a huge drain on and I think one of your favorite expressions that we have a 2818 02:00:18,400 --> 02:00:19,599 lot of people who are doing that job 2819 02:00:19,599 --> 02:00:21,920 right now, but it's their tertiary job. 2820 02:00:21,920 --> 02:00:23,760 It's the last thing on the list that 2821 02:00:23,760 --> 02:00:26,239 they're going to do today and it 2822 02:00:26,239 --> 02:00:28,800 Can you put it on the last list? Yeah, 2823 02:00:28,800 --> 02:00:30,560 we're getting some of that done, but 2824 02:00:30,560 --> 02:00:33,119 it's probably not being done 2825 02:00:33,119 --> 02:00:35,679 as well as it could be. And I guess I 2826 02:00:35,679 --> 02:00:38,159 would I would lean towards 2827 02:00:38,159 --> 02:00:40,960 even just even if it's just a few months 2828 02:00:40,960 --> 02:00:43,040 seeing how we could and again, this is 2829 02:00:43,040 --> 02:00:44,800 on a wish list kind of basis. I 2830 02:00:44,800 --> 02:00:46,320 understand the realities that we're 2831 02:00:46,320 --> 02:00:49,360 dealing with here, but uh um and I guess 2832 02:00:49,360 --> 02:00:51,199 then then it starts looking forward 2833 02:00:51,199 --> 02:00:53,920 where what are the other stress areas? 2834 02:00:53,920 --> 02:00:56,239 and then you know looking at the next 2835 02:00:56,239 --> 02:00:58,400 year where where and where how can we 2836 02:00:58,400 --> 02:01:01,413 you know time those things in too. So 2837 02:01:01,413 --> 02:01:02,880 [clears throat] those are at least my 2838 02:01:02,880 --> 02:01:06,950 thoughts right now. 2839 02:01:06,960 --> 02:01:09,760 » Um I echo what everyone else is saying. 2840 02:01:09,760 --> 02:01:13,599 I do agree I pushed on the uh worksheets 2841 02:01:13,599 --> 02:01:15,440 before we did this. They are very 2842 02:01:15,440 --> 02:01:18,000 valuable. I'm glad that you um continued 2843 02:01:18,000 --> 02:01:20,880 that. I think that was good insight. Um, 2844 02:01:20,880 --> 02:01:23,760 I also just wanted to touch on some good 2845 02:01:23,760 --> 02:01:26,000 great news in my mind. And part of this 2846 02:01:26,000 --> 02:01:29,840 comes from my um, time on the library 2847 02:01:29,840 --> 02:01:31,679 board. And I don't we don't need to 2848 02:01:31,679 --> 02:01:33,280 belabor this tonight, but I do think 2849 02:01:33,280 --> 02:01:34,800 that maybe we should touch on it in the 2850 02:01:34,800 --> 02:01:36,480 next meeting just so that the board is 2851 02:01:36,480 --> 02:01:39,280 aware that um the libraries budget is 2852 02:01:39,280 --> 02:01:41,840 seeing a large increase in the 2853 02:01:41,840 --> 02:01:45,360 contributions from the counties um 2854 02:01:45,360 --> 02:01:47,599 because of the usage that we're seeing 2855 02:01:47,599 --> 02:01:50,239 and and the growth that we've had in the 2856 02:01:50,239 --> 02:01:54,719 building and the um circulation. And um 2857 02:01:54,719 --> 02:01:58,719 it's a huge testament to um Jennifer and 2858 02:01:58,719 --> 02:02:02,159 how she's managing that budget. Um she's 2859 02:02:02,159 --> 02:02:04,239 um I think using that increase really 2860 02:02:04,239 --> 02:02:08,639 responsively and um also like following 2861 02:02:08,639 --> 02:02:11,040 the guidelines of what the board had set 2862 02:02:11,040 --> 02:02:13,119 um at the beginning of this this budget 2863 02:02:13,119 --> 02:02:15,599 cycle. Um, so again, we don't need to be 2864 02:02:15,599 --> 02:02:16,960 labored and get into it, but I do think 2865 02:02:16,960 --> 02:02:18,320 that the board should know that the 2866 02:02:18,320 --> 02:02:21,040 library is is seeing a great increase 2867 02:02:21,040 --> 02:02:24,639 and um, you know, with growth comes some 2868 02:02:24,639 --> 02:02:28,800 of that benefit. So, we appreciate that 2869 02:02:28,800 --> 02:02:31,040 >> else. 2870 02:02:31,040 --> 02:02:33,520 All right. Thank you, Martin. [sighs] 2871 02:02:33,520 --> 02:02:35,679 Moving on. 2872 02:02:35,679 --> 02:02:38,719 Uh, item 10, reports of village 2873 02:02:38,719 --> 02:02:40,159 officers, department heads, and 2874 02:02:40,159 --> 02:02:41,920 consultants. This is for information 2875 02:02:41,920 --> 02:02:44,639 only. In your packet, village 2876 02:02:44,639 --> 02:02:48,080 administrator report. 2877 02:02:48,080 --> 02:02:50,400 Uh the southern southern dank county 2878 02:02:50,400 --> 02:02:54,639 shared fire EMS study update dated 2879 02:02:54,639 --> 02:02:57,360 September 18th 2880 02:02:57,360 --> 02:03:00,159 and the Oregon Police Department 2025 2881 02:03:00,159 --> 02:03:02,960 annual report. Anything to add, Chief? 2882 02:03:02,960 --> 02:03:03,840 >> Yeah, if you don't mind. 2883 02:03:03,840 --> 02:03:06,239 >> Sure. 2884 02:03:06,239 --> 02:03:08,159 >> I just want to highlight a few things in 2885 02:03:08,159 --> 02:03:11,679 2025. That was uh year of growth is best 2886 02:03:11,679 --> 02:03:15,280 if I could sum it up. Um sorry I know 2887 02:03:15,280 --> 02:03:17,280 report it's long. I I wish it could be 2888 02:03:17,280 --> 02:03:19,760 one to two pages but it serves a couple 2889 02:03:19,760 --> 02:03:22,400 different purposes. Uh number one is to 2890 02:03:22,400 --> 02:03:23,920 keep obviously all of you informed of 2891 02:03:23,920 --> 02:03:26,400 how our year went uh where we were where 2892 02:03:26,400 --> 02:03:29,199 we're headed. Uh but it serves as 2893 02:03:29,199 --> 02:03:31,199 actually a great uh document as part of 2894 02:03:31,199 --> 02:03:33,440 our accreditation status. Our assessors 2895 02:03:33,440 --> 02:03:34,719 come in and they look at this very 2896 02:03:34,719 --> 02:03:37,520 closely. Um, we have found it's actually 2897 02:03:37,520 --> 02:03:39,760 a really strong recruitment tool. Uh, 2898 02:03:39,760 --> 02:03:41,440 we're looking for people who are serious 2899 02:03:41,440 --> 02:03:43,840 about serving in our community and we 2900 02:03:43,840 --> 02:03:45,280 find that the ones that truly are 2901 02:03:45,280 --> 02:03:47,920 serious have read this from cover to 2902 02:03:47,920 --> 02:03:50,639 cover for at least three to five years. 2903 02:03:50,639 --> 02:03:53,280 So, it's been a great recruitment tool. 2904 02:03:53,280 --> 02:03:54,960 Normally, we just get, hey, we watched a 2905 02:03:54,960 --> 02:03:56,800 great recruitment video, but then all of 2906 02:03:56,800 --> 02:03:58,080 a sudden, when you hear, I was looking 2907 02:03:58,080 --> 02:03:59,360 through your annual report, too, and I, 2908 02:03:59,360 --> 02:04:00,800 you know, they'll actually cite certain 2909 02:04:00,800 --> 02:04:02,880 things. That's when we know we have 2910 02:04:02,880 --> 02:04:03,840 somebody that's actually doing their 2911 02:04:03,840 --> 02:04:06,480 homework. Um, 2912 02:04:06,480 --> 02:04:09,119 it also just informs the community. Um, 2913 02:04:09,119 --> 02:04:11,679 we have it on display in our lobby. 2914 02:04:11,679 --> 02:04:12,960 People come in and they'll be waiting 2915 02:04:12,960 --> 02:04:14,719 for an officer. They can read this while 2916 02:04:14,719 --> 02:04:16,320 they're waiting to come learn more about 2917 02:04:16,320 --> 02:04:20,080 us if they want. Um, I'll just quickly 2918 02:04:20,080 --> 02:04:21,760 go over some of these things. Uh, the 2919 02:04:21,760 --> 02:04:24,719 achievements we had in 2025, we did get 2920 02:04:24,719 --> 02:04:28,719 fully accredited uh through WY Egg. Uh, 2921 02:04:28,719 --> 02:04:31,119 that's a like they come in and they came 2922 02:04:31,119 --> 02:04:33,440 in in 2025. They looked at all of our 2923 02:04:33,440 --> 02:04:35,599 policies to make sure they were to a 2924 02:04:35,599 --> 02:04:37,920 standard that um meets WY's 2925 02:04:37,920 --> 02:04:40,239 requirements, but then also for those 2926 02:04:40,239 --> 02:04:43,440 years of 2022 through 2025, we actually 2927 02:04:43,440 --> 02:04:45,840 have to show physical proof that we are 2928 02:04:45,840 --> 02:04:49,520 following those policies each year. Um 2929 02:04:49,520 --> 02:04:51,119 the two officer minimum obviously 2930 02:04:51,119 --> 02:04:52,880 remains a top priority for us. It's 2931 02:04:52,880 --> 02:04:56,320 ongoing. Um we've increased our efforts 2932 02:04:56,320 --> 02:04:57,840 for recruitment. We've made some 2933 02:04:57,840 --> 02:05:00,159 tremendous progress and it's still 2934 02:05:00,159 --> 02:05:02,080 ongoing. 2935 02:05:02,080 --> 02:05:05,440 uh the self-defense program. Um we 2936 02:05:05,440 --> 02:05:08,080 anticipated it would happen in 2026. 2937 02:05:08,080 --> 02:05:10,800 2025 was just a a big development year 2938 02:05:10,800 --> 02:05:15,280 for us. So um you'll see later in uh 2939 02:05:15,280 --> 02:05:17,360 well we were able to accomplish in 26 or 2940 02:05:17,360 --> 02:05:19,280 goal set. We've already had our first 2941 02:05:19,280 --> 02:05:21,199 class. It was received very well. We got 2942 02:05:21,199 --> 02:05:23,440 a lot of compliments. Um and we're 2943 02:05:23,440 --> 02:05:24,800 trying to get one more class on the 2944 02:05:24,800 --> 02:05:27,360 books before the end of the year. 2945 02:05:27,360 --> 02:05:30,800 um the implementation of the UTV program 2946 02:05:30,800 --> 02:05:33,599 that has turned out to be far more 2947 02:05:33,599 --> 02:05:36,000 successful than I thought it would be. 2948 02:05:36,000 --> 02:05:37,760 Uh we're able to get out on the walking 2949 02:05:37,760 --> 02:05:40,080 paths and bike paths more often. People 2950 02:05:40,080 --> 02:05:42,400 are appreciating it, feel a little safer 2951 02:05:42,400 --> 02:05:44,320 every once in a while being an officer 2952 02:05:44,320 --> 02:05:47,040 riding around. Um we want people out on 2953 02:05:47,040 --> 02:05:49,599 those paths feeling safe using them. Uh 2954 02:05:49,599 --> 02:05:51,599 but secondly, and I've even used it 2955 02:05:51,599 --> 02:05:55,119 myself uh for these ebike issues, once 2956 02:05:55,119 --> 02:05:59,280 the kids know we're out there on that uh UTV and we can get into 2957 02:05:59,280 --> 02:06:01,760 different tighter areas, they tend to 2958 02:06:01,760 --> 02:06:03,040 behave a little bit more and we have 2959 02:06:03,040 --> 02:06:04,639 some conversations even with ones that 2960 02:06:04,639 --> 02:06:08,000 are uh behaving well on the ebikes, we 2961 02:06:08,000 --> 02:06:10,639 stop and compliment them. Um but also 2962 02:06:10,639 --> 02:06:12,960 with the UTV program, we use that to 2963 02:06:12,960 --> 02:06:15,360 respond to any sort of wooded area. An 2964 02:06:15,360 --> 02:06:17,520 example would be one of our schools. 2965 02:06:17,520 --> 02:06:19,520 Many of our schools are have some sort 2966 02:06:19,520 --> 02:06:22,159 of wooded area next to them. Uh we can 2967 02:06:22,159 --> 02:06:23,599 get into that and make sure there's no 2968 02:06:23,599 --> 02:06:25,360 threat in those areas in a matter of 2969 02:06:25,360 --> 02:06:27,119 seconds versus a squad and getting out 2970 02:06:27,119 --> 02:06:30,239 on foot. Uh equipping squads with the 2971 02:06:30,239 --> 02:06:33,440 rifle rated ballistic shields. Uh that's 2972 02:06:33,440 --> 02:06:35,599 been successfully completed and we've 2973 02:06:35,599 --> 02:06:38,480 upgraded all of our portable radios. Uh 2974 02:06:38,480 --> 02:06:41,679 the goals for 2026, uh staff retention 2975 02:06:41,679 --> 02:06:44,079 top priority. Uh we've we've done a lot 2976 02:06:44,079 --> 02:06:46,079 of work in 2025 to get fully staffed. We 2977 02:06:46,079 --> 02:06:47,760 want to make sure we stay there. We have 2978 02:06:47,760 --> 02:06:50,480 good people. We want to keep them uh 2979 02:06:50,480 --> 02:06:52,480 workforce development with that younger 2980 02:06:52,480 --> 02:06:55,119 staff. They need to be developed. Uh so 2981 02:06:55,119 --> 02:06:57,280 we've been working really hard to get 2982 02:06:57,280 --> 02:07:00,400 more training and really work more as a 2983 02:07:00,400 --> 02:07:01,840 team through the training. So we've been 2984 02:07:01,840 --> 02:07:04,880 doing a lot of in-house training. 2985 02:07:04,880 --> 02:07:06,400 Um I already talked about the women's 2986 02:07:06,400 --> 02:07:08,560 self-defense and then the school 2987 02:07:08,560 --> 02:07:10,480 resource officer agreement. Uh we're 2988 02:07:10,480 --> 02:07:12,560 still in talks with the school, so 2989 02:07:12,560 --> 02:07:15,360 that's an ongoing project. 2990 02:07:15,360 --> 02:07:17,599 Um, new hires is an area I want to focus 2991 02:07:17,599 --> 02:07:20,320 on quite a bit. Uh, we hired five people 2992 02:07:20,320 --> 02:07:22,320 in 2025. 2993 02:07:22,320 --> 02:07:26,719 Um, that's a lot. Uh, I can't put five 2994 02:07:26,719 --> 02:07:29,040 officers in a squad with one field 2995 02:07:29,040 --> 02:07:30,320 training officer. 2996 02:07:30,320 --> 02:07:31,199 >> So, it's [clears throat] like we got to 2997 02:07:31,199 --> 02:07:33,679 divide and conquer. Um, so just to give 2998 02:07:33,679 --> 02:07:36,239 you an idea, every single one of those 2999 02:07:36,239 --> 02:07:37,840 officers had to go through four and a 3000 02:07:37,840 --> 02:07:41,760 half months of uh the police academy. 3001 02:07:41,760 --> 02:07:44,239 Um, 3002 02:07:44,239 --> 02:07:47,440 with that said, that's five spots that 3003 02:07:47,440 --> 02:07:49,599 we got to wait and cover until we can 3004 02:07:49,599 --> 02:07:52,000 get them ready to go. The same with 3005 02:07:52,000 --> 02:07:54,320 three months for field training. So, it 3006 02:07:54,320 --> 02:07:58,079 really uh drained our instructors, our 3007 02:07:58,079 --> 02:08:01,199 FTO's, and if if that question is still 3008 02:08:01,199 --> 02:08:02,400 out there, why in the world was the 3009 02:08:02,400 --> 02:08:04,239 chief the SRO? That's one of the 3010 02:08:04,239 --> 02:08:07,760 reasons. Um, I freed up all my FTO's, my 3011 02:08:07,760 --> 02:08:10,560 instructors to get directly to these new 3012 02:08:10,560 --> 02:08:11,920 hires so we can get them up and 3013 02:08:11,920 --> 02:08:14,000 onboarded as soon as possible. Um, 3014 02:08:14,000 --> 02:08:17,040 they've all been fantastic. They've 3015 02:08:17,040 --> 02:08:18,320 they're off and running and they're 3016 02:08:18,320 --> 02:08:20,480 doing great. So, really happy to have 3017 02:08:20,480 --> 02:08:23,760 them join the team. Um, as I said, some 3018 02:08:23,760 --> 02:08:25,760 of us had some of the staff really had 3019 02:08:25,760 --> 02:08:28,960 to step up into new roles. So, in 2025, 3020 02:08:28,960 --> 02:08:31,360 we pushed uh a lot of our staff into 3021 02:08:31,360 --> 02:08:35,040 some more added roles. Uh, so Officer 3022 02:08:35,040 --> 02:08:36,560 Joel CR, he was our former school 3023 02:08:36,560 --> 02:08:38,079 resource officer. He was assigned 3024 02:08:38,079 --> 02:08:40,800 detective. He's doing a phenomenal job. 3025 02:08:40,800 --> 02:08:42,560 Uh, Ted Gilbertson, he's one of our main 3026 02:08:42,560 --> 02:08:45,440 instructors in 2025. He's already an 3027 02:08:45,440 --> 02:08:46,960 instructor in I think four or five other 3028 02:08:46,960 --> 02:08:49,840 disciplines, but we added uh taser 3029 02:08:49,840 --> 02:08:51,920 instructor and then a ballistic shield 3030 02:08:51,920 --> 02:08:54,000 instructor. So, the ballistic shield is 3031 02:08:54,000 --> 02:08:56,079 obviously the the large shield that we 3032 02:08:56,079 --> 02:08:59,520 use to keep ourselves safe. Um there's a 3033 02:08:59,520 --> 02:09:01,280 lot of training that goes into how an op 3034 02:09:01,280 --> 02:09:03,040 an officer approaches using that while 3035 02:09:03,040 --> 02:09:04,320 still being able to use force when 3036 02:09:04,320 --> 02:09:07,040 necessary or deescalate. 3037 02:09:07,040 --> 02:09:10,719 Uh officer Anheimer um he is become one 3038 02:09:10,719 --> 02:09:13,440 of our AR-15 armor. So every year we do 3039 02:09:13,440 --> 02:09:15,679 a full inspection of every single uh 3040 02:09:15,679 --> 02:09:18,400 firearm including our AR rifles to make 3041 02:09:18,400 --> 02:09:20,880 sure they're properly functioning and 3042 02:09:20,880 --> 02:09:23,679 well maintained. Um, 3043 02:09:23,679 --> 02:09:27,360 Detective Ty and Officer Anheimer uh 3044 02:09:27,360 --> 02:09:29,360 became drone operators. So, I believe 3045 02:09:29,360 --> 02:09:32,480 now we have six drone operators. Uh, 3046 02:09:32,480 --> 02:09:34,320 Sergeant Shuy took on an assignment 3047 02:09:34,320 --> 02:09:35,840 nobody ever wants, and that's the 3048 02:09:35,840 --> 02:09:38,560 defense and arrest tactics instructor. 3049 02:09:38,560 --> 02:09:41,520 Uh, he has to put on the big padded 3050 02:09:41,520 --> 02:09:43,040 outfit and get beat up by a bunch of 3051 02:09:43,040 --> 02:09:45,040 cops. So, we make sure we're fully 3052 02:09:45,040 --> 02:09:46,800 trained and ready to take on combative 3053 02:09:46,800 --> 02:09:49,840 people. Um, he was willing to do it. He 3054 02:09:49,840 --> 02:09:51,520 was the only one and I'm very grateful 3055 02:09:51,520 --> 02:09:54,400 for it. He also added on to his resume 3056 02:09:54,400 --> 02:09:56,480 here uh field training officer. So he's 3057 02:09:56,480 --> 02:09:59,199 been uh helping out with that as well. 3058 02:09:59,199 --> 02:10:00,639 Uh we needed another firearms 3059 02:10:00,639 --> 02:10:03,360 instructor. Uh so I I signed up for 3060 02:10:03,360 --> 02:10:05,679 that. And then nobody really wants to be 3061 02:10:05,679 --> 02:10:07,360 the law enforcement physical fitness 3062 02:10:07,360 --> 02:10:09,119 assessor. 3063 02:10:09,119 --> 02:10:11,840 So I took that one on. Um that's where 3064 02:10:11,840 --> 02:10:13,599 before anyone can go through the 3065 02:10:13,599 --> 02:10:15,360 academy, they have to pass a physical 3066 02:10:15,360 --> 02:10:18,320 fitness test. And so you have to go 3067 02:10:18,320 --> 02:10:20,000 through a training, learn the system, 3068 02:10:20,000 --> 02:10:21,440 know it inside and out, and then be able 3069 02:10:21,440 --> 02:10:23,920 to certify those that either pass or 3070 02:10:23,920 --> 02:10:28,079 fail the test. So I'm that person now. 3071 02:10:28,079 --> 02:10:31,440 Um, so other things we've added on, uh, 3072 02:10:31,440 --> 02:10:33,119 just real quick, calls for service, we 3073 02:10:33,119 --> 02:10:35,199 had 9,388. 3074 02:10:35,199 --> 02:10:37,119 That's it. Slightly dropped from prior 3075 02:10:37,119 --> 02:10:39,760 years. Reason being, we were five 3076 02:10:39,760 --> 02:10:41,840 officers down trying to climb back up 3077 02:10:41,840 --> 02:10:44,639 the hill. Um that decline is as you 3078 02:10:44,639 --> 02:10:47,119 heard from the operational study, you 3079 02:10:47,119 --> 02:10:48,239 don't have officers out there looking 3080 02:10:48,239 --> 02:10:49,599 for traffic. Those numbers start to 3081 02:10:49,599 --> 02:10:53,920 drop. They've increased now. Um out of 3082 02:10:53,920 --> 02:10:55,520 those calls for service though, we only 3083 02:10:55,520 --> 02:10:58,239 had two citizen complaints received and 3084 02:10:58,239 --> 02:11:00,159 both were exonerated. And we have a 3085 02:11:00,159 --> 02:11:01,840 policy. We take every complaint 3086 02:11:01,840 --> 02:11:04,239 seriously, fully document it, look into 3087 02:11:04,239 --> 02:11:06,560 it, investigate it, and it not only is 3088 02:11:06,560 --> 02:11:08,239 investigated by the lieutenant, but then 3089 02:11:08,239 --> 02:11:10,000 he turns all facts over to me and I do a 3090 02:11:10,000 --> 02:11:12,239 second review of everything. uh the 3091 02:11:12,239 --> 02:11:15,040 definitions of uh how what the outcome 3092 02:11:15,040 --> 02:11:17,679 is for each of these complaints is in 3093 02:11:17,679 --> 02:11:19,280 there, but for exonerated, it's 3094 02:11:19,280 --> 02:11:20,880 investigation indicated the incident 3095 02:11:20,880 --> 02:11:22,880 occurred but was justified, lawful, and 3096 02:11:22,880 --> 02:11:25,440 proper under circumstances. 3097 02:11:25,440 --> 02:11:28,560 Um use of force incidents, again, out of 3098 02:11:28,560 --> 02:11:30,400 those 9,388 3099 02:11:30,400 --> 02:11:33,119 calls for service, we only had 20 use of 3100 02:11:33,119 --> 02:11:34,960 force incidents. 3101 02:11:34,960 --> 02:11:37,040 Um, and then there's a graph on that 3102 02:11:37,040 --> 02:11:42,079 page, but 50% of those were escort 3103 02:11:42,079 --> 02:11:43,360 compliance holds, and that's where we 3104 02:11:43,360 --> 02:11:46,000 have to still while standing mostly. We 3105 02:11:46,000 --> 02:11:47,760 put their hands behind their back to get 3106 02:11:47,760 --> 02:11:49,216 them into handcuffs because they're 3107 02:11:49,216 --> 02:11:53,840 [snorts] not cooperating. Um, there was 3108 02:11:53,840 --> 02:11:56,079 uh obviously no firearms discharged at a 3109 02:11:56,079 --> 02:11:58,960 person. Uh, 3110 02:11:58,960 --> 02:12:03,599 I believe we had one taser deployment. 3111 02:12:03,599 --> 02:12:05,360 Um, 3112 02:12:05,360 --> 02:12:07,760 and that was about it. Uh, pretty 3113 02:12:07,760 --> 02:12:12,639 standard from year to year. Um, in here, 3114 02:12:12,639 --> 02:12:13,920 most people aren't interested in this 3115 02:12:13,920 --> 02:12:17,119 stuff, but we added in, uh, is our 3116 02:12:17,119 --> 02:12:18,800 Wisconsin uniform crime reporting 3117 02:12:18,800 --> 02:12:20,960 numbers, uh, that we're required to 3118 02:12:20,960 --> 02:12:23,679 report. And then, uh, people like to 3119 02:12:23,679 --> 02:12:25,119 know what our training looks like. Uh, 3120 02:12:25,119 --> 02:12:27,520 we take our training very seriously. Uh 3121 02:12:27,520 --> 02:12:29,840 we appreciate the investment the village 3122 02:12:29,840 --> 02:12:32,480 gives in our officers uh sending them to 3123 02:12:32,480 --> 02:12:34,480 great training. So there's just some 3124 02:12:34,480 --> 02:12:37,360 photos in there of that. 3125 02:12:37,360 --> 02:12:39,360 Uh I tried to squeeze it all in one page 3126 02:12:39,360 --> 02:12:43,040 for drone K9 and SRO. Gives you an idea 3127 02:12:43,040 --> 02:12:46,960 of the numbers for the K9 I'm sorry the 3128 02:12:46,960 --> 02:12:48,560 SRO 3129 02:12:48,560 --> 02:12:52,480 assignment. Um the K9 assignment is 3130 02:12:52,480 --> 02:12:54,960 quite active. 61 deployments and then it 3131 02:12:54,960 --> 02:12:56,960 breaks it down with arrests, people 3132 02:12:56,960 --> 02:13:00,320 found. He found Archie found 10 people 3133 02:13:00,320 --> 02:13:01,760 uh whether they were running from law 3134 02:13:01,760 --> 02:13:06,480 enforcement, lost or confused. Um and 3135 02:13:06,480 --> 02:13:10,079 then also our drone unit. Um yeah. 3136 02:13:10,079 --> 02:13:12,639 >> Um our drone unit. Just showing you how 3137 02:13:12,639 --> 02:13:14,960 often we're using that. Again, that's 3138 02:13:14,960 --> 02:13:16,960 another uh investment we're we're 3139 02:13:16,960 --> 02:13:19,840 grateful village um put into this 3140 02:13:19,840 --> 02:13:22,400 because it has been monumental. You 3141 02:13:22,400 --> 02:13:23,760 know, we're a smaller department. 3142 02:13:23,760 --> 02:13:26,239 Resources are limited and being able to 3143 02:13:26,239 --> 02:13:27,760 get a drone up in the air and give us so 3144 02:13:27,760 --> 02:13:29,599 much information so quickly covering 3145 02:13:29,599 --> 02:13:32,239 such a broad area, especially with the 3146 02:13:32,239 --> 02:13:34,719 newest drone. Um number one, it's 3147 02:13:34,719 --> 02:13:37,119 getting used. Number two, it's very 3148 02:13:37,119 --> 02:13:39,679 successful. And number three, it's um 3149 02:13:39,679 --> 02:13:42,639 probably got the most interest interest 3150 02:13:42,639 --> 02:13:44,320 from all of my staff. This is something 3151 02:13:44,320 --> 02:13:46,480 they all want to be a part of. Um they 3152 02:13:46,480 --> 02:13:48,880 see the benefit in it and they want to 3153 02:13:48,880 --> 02:13:51,840 um be a part of the team. 3154 02:13:51,840 --> 02:13:54,560 Um the next one is just awards. If 3155 02:13:54,560 --> 02:13:56,000 you're interested in knowing what awards 3156 02:13:56,000 --> 02:13:59,040 were given out in 2025, 3157 02:13:59,040 --> 02:14:00,880 those are there. And we're always 3158 02:14:00,880 --> 02:14:04,480 grateful Optimus Club um recognizes one 3159 02:14:04,480 --> 02:14:07,040 of our officers for officer of the year. 3160 02:14:07,040 --> 02:14:08,560 Uh, and then just the last page about 3161 02:14:08,560 --> 02:14:11,360 community engagement. Um, even when five 3162 02:14:11,360 --> 02:14:13,679 officers down, it's not going to keep us 3163 02:14:13,679 --> 02:14:15,199 from being engaged with our community in 3164 02:14:15,199 --> 02:14:17,119 these positive ways. That's honestly 3165 02:14:17,119 --> 02:14:18,960 what I think attracts many people to our 3166 02:14:18,960 --> 02:14:21,119 department to want to work for our 3167 02:14:21,119 --> 02:14:23,360 community. But something we're proud of 3168 02:14:23,360 --> 02:14:25,280 in the middle, uh, the Oregon area 3169 02:14:25,280 --> 02:14:27,520 Chamber of Commerce recognized us and 3170 02:14:27,520 --> 02:14:29,679 gave us an award for community impact. 3171 02:14:29,679 --> 02:14:33,360 So, very much appreciate that. Uh, happy 3172 02:14:33,360 --> 02:14:34,639 to take any questions. [clears throat] 3173 02:14:34,639 --> 02:14:36,000 It's hard to follow the budget 3174 02:14:36,000 --> 02:14:37,552 conversation, 3175 02:14:37,552 --> 02:14:38,000 [laughter] 3176 02:14:38,000 --> 02:14:41,679 >> but happy to take any questions. 3177 02:14:41,679 --> 02:14:43,760 >> Anyone? 3178 02:14:43,760 --> 02:14:47,990 Okay, thank you very much, Chief. 3179 02:14:48,000 --> 02:14:51,199 Let's see. Uh item 11, announcements and 3180 02:14:51,199 --> 02:14:53,440 miscellaneous business. A announcements, 3181 02:14:53,440 --> 02:14:55,040 comments, communications, upcoming 3182 02:14:55,040 --> 02:14:58,159 meetings, and events and miscellaneous 3183 02:14:58,159 --> 02:15:03,030 business. Uh department heads [snorts] 3184 02:15:03,040 --> 02:15:05,440 nothing there. Okay, village board 3185 02:15:05,440 --> 02:15:07,199 members. 3186 02:15:07,199 --> 02:15:09,119 Uh, Lynn, 3187 02:15:09,119 --> 02:15:11,119 >> I'm going to do it this one and the next 3188 02:15:11,119 --> 02:15:13,520 one because two announcements is better 3189 02:15:13,520 --> 02:15:16,159 than one. Um, trunk or treat is taking 3190 02:15:16,159 --> 02:15:19,119 place this month on Saturday, October 3191 02:15:19,119 --> 02:15:21,119 31st. It's the same day as actual 3192 02:15:21,119 --> 02:15:22,560 trick-or-treating. But if you don't want 3193 02:15:22,560 --> 02:15:24,000 to take your kids out in the evening, 3194 02:15:24,000 --> 02:15:25,360 take them out in the morning and call it 3195 02:15:25,360 --> 02:15:27,040 done. Right? [laughter] 3196 02:15:27,040 --> 02:15:28,079 >> That's what I'm going with. That's how 3197 02:15:28,079 --> 02:15:28,719 I'm attempting. 3198 02:15:28,719 --> 02:15:30,000 >> I don't think that's going to work. 3199 02:15:30,000 --> 02:15:33,280 >> Um, thank you for the optimism. Um, 3200 02:15:33,280 --> 02:15:35,119 we'll see if I can convince them. There 3201 02:15:35,119 --> 02:15:37,280 will be a uh police department has 3202 02:15:37,280 --> 02:15:38,639 signed up. The fire department has 3203 02:15:38,639 --> 02:15:42,079 signed up. Um, some village uh board 3204 02:15:42,079 --> 02:15:43,760 members have signed up as well as 3205 02:15:43,760 --> 02:15:46,079 departments have signed up. So, um, I 3206 02:15:46,079 --> 02:15:48,079 think the turnout will be good. Um, 3207 02:15:48,079 --> 02:15:49,920 there is still opportunity for people to 3208 02:15:49,920 --> 02:15:53,119 sign up um for spots. Village board or 3209 02:15:53,119 --> 02:15:55,840 area businesses. Um, but to the general 3210 02:15:55,840 --> 02:15:58,079 public, bring your kids 10 to noon on 3211 02:15:58,079 --> 02:15:59,760 the 31st for trunk or treat here at the 3212 02:15:59,760 --> 02:16:01,679 village hall. 3213 02:16:01,679 --> 02:16:05,199 Okay, anybody else? 3214 02:16:05,199 --> 02:16:07,440 Uh, item 3215 02:16:07,440 --> 02:16:11,760 11B, future agenda items. Anyone? 3216 02:16:11,760 --> 02:16:14,560 Okay. [snorts] 3217 02:16:14,560 --> 02:16:16,800 Uh, item 12, discussion, possible action 3218 02:16:16,800 --> 02:16:18,480 regarding the negotiation of the school 3219 02:16:18,480 --> 02:16:21,119 resource officer program agreement with 3220 02:16:21,119 --> 02:16:23,440 the Oregon School District. The village 3221 02:16:23,440 --> 02:16:25,040 board may convene in close session 3222 02:16:25,040 --> 02:16:27,440 pursuant to Wisconsin statutes 19.851E, 3223 02:16:27,440 --> 02:16:31,040 851E. Deliberating or negotiating the 3224 02:16:31,040 --> 02:16:32,639 purchasing of public properties, the 3225 02:16:32,639 --> 02:16:34,719 investment of public funds, or 3226 02:16:34,719 --> 02:16:36,399 conducting other specified public 3227 02:16:36,399 --> 02:16:38,719 business whenever competitive or 3228 02:16:38,719 --> 02:16:40,559 bargaining reasons required a close 3229 02:16:40,559 --> 02:16:43,439 session for the purpose of deliberating 3230 02:16:43,439 --> 02:16:45,279 and developing negoti negotiation 3231 02:16:45,279 --> 02:16:45,840 [clears throat] 3232 02:16:45,840 --> 02:16:49,280 strategy for the school resource officer 3233 02:16:49,280 --> 02:16:51,200 program agreement with the Oregon school 3234 02:16:51,200 --> 02:16:53,519 district. The village board may convene 3235 02:16:53,519 --> 02:16:54,960 an open session for the purpose of 3236 02:16:54,960 --> 02:16:57,200 taking action on any matter discussed in 3237 02:16:57,200 --> 02:17:00,240 close session as necessary appropriate. 3238 02:17:00,240 --> 02:17:02,719 The chair would entertain a motion to 3239 02:17:02,719 --> 02:17:06,960 Ker and Higgins. This is a vocal vote. 3240 02:17:06,960 --> 02:17:07,760 >> Higgins, 3241 02:17:07,760 --> 02:17:08,880 >> yes. 3242 02:17:08,880 --> 02:17:10,080 >> Vanampen, yes. 3243 02:17:10,080 --> 02:17:10,800 >> McDaniel, 3244 02:17:10,800 --> 02:17:11,200 >> yes. 3245 02:17:11,200 --> 02:17:12,000 >> Marks, yes. 3246 02:17:12,000 --> 02:17:12,960 >> And Kirker, 3247 02:17:12,960 --> 02:17:19,110 >> yes. We are in close session. Thank you. 3248 02:17:19,120 --> 02:17:22,439 Feel free.