[0:03] No, it's a
[1:43] » Will you
walk with me
[1:46] on the street?
Turn
[2:46] » Okay, I'll go ahead and call tonight's
R&R budget hearing
[2:49] um meeting
for Tuesday, September 8, 2026 together
[2:54] uh
>> [clears throat]
[2:55] » to order and remind everybody the reason
that we're here, of course, is the R&R
[3:00] hearing and budget hearing for 2027's
budget.
[3:05] Um
With that, I will transition right away
[3:10] to opening the hearing for R&R
uh
[3:15] the revenue neutral rate
[3:19] which currently the revenue neutral rate
is 84.005
[3:23] mills the
uh
[3:28] rate before everybody is 87.284
mills
[3:34] um down from last year's, which was
88.163
[3:38] mills.
So, with that being open, I'll remind
[3:43] everybody if anybody would like to speak
in regarding or to the R&R, you do have,
[3:49] since this This a hearing, 5 minutes to
address the council on anything. I would
[3:54] ask that you if you would like to speak
regarding the revenue neutral rate,
[4:00] please kind of stand and that way I know
who's wanting to do that. And when you
[4:04] come up, please state your name,
address,
[4:07] and then I will start that timer for you
in that. So,
[4:12] R&R hearing is open. Do we have anyone
who wishes to speak regarding the
[4:18] revenue neutral rate?
If you'd like to
[4:24] » Hello.
>> Come to the podium, state your name and
[4:27] address for the record, please.
[4:32] » Um my name is Ashley Mitchell.
And I am here actually, I don't know if
[4:37] it's Can you state your address too,
please? Oh, yeah. Um 206 East 13th here
[4:42] in Pleasanton.
Um I don't really know if I'm against
[4:46] the revenue neutral or for it. All I
know is that I am a citizen and my taxes
[4:52] have tripled in the last 4 years.
And um
[4:57] it's time for it to stop.
We're not seeing any benefits.
[5:03] I just think that it's just time for it
to stop for a while. Give us a break.
[5:07] I know elderly people that can't even be
here to speak for themselves. They can't
[5:13] can't pay their
taxes. They're they're going to lose
[5:17] their homes.
Pleasanton is losing what we were built
[5:21] off of.
Who we know.
[5:25] Because the taxes are getting so high
that people cannot afford to live here.
[5:30] Um I think that's super important for
everybody to remember. I don't just come
[5:34] and talk
anytime. I do voice my opinion often,
[5:38] but I don't come and speak often.
And I think that people have
[5:44] done something with money in the past to
where whether it's on purpose or not on
[5:50] purpose, we don't know. We just are here
and we get the end. It's either the good
[5:56] end or the bad end. And lately we've
been getting a pretty bad end.
[6:00] And it's not fair to us,
the people of Pleasanton that truly do
[6:05] care.
So, I'm just asking you guys to not
[6:10] heighten these taxes because we need to
live here.
[6:15] I thought I was going to live here my
entire life, but if these taxes keep
[6:19] going up like this, I'm going to move.
And I know for a fact I'm not the only
[6:24] one.
I mean, we need people in Pleasanton.
[6:28] You guys want us to pay our taxes, you
want the taxpayers to pay, you have to
[6:32] have people.
You're going to lose people
[6:35] if this keeps happening.
And that's all I really wanted to say
[6:39] today.
So, thank you.
[6:42] » Thank you.
[6:51] » You ready?
[7:01] » Hi.
My name is Robert Woody. I live
[7:06] at um
601 East Park Street. I never really
[7:09] know what to do with my hat, so I'm
going to put it right there.
[7:12] Uh I understand that
this goes out on YouTube and uh whoever
[7:19] cares to listen to it can listen to it.
So, before I get started, there's
[7:22] something that I want to say. Hi, Mom.
[7:28] Like the um
speaker before me, and then I'm coming
[7:31] before you as
citizen of the of Pleasanton, your your
[7:35] constituent,
a taxpayer, uh
[7:40] someone who has always
>> [sighs]
[7:41] » worked on the philosophy that
each one of you who are sitting on this
[7:46] council here because you wanted to be.
Mr. Mayor, you're there where you're at
[7:50] because you wanted to be. Um,
and I'm sure you had a vision of what
[7:54] you would like to accomplish.
Uh, but the issue tonight is property
[7:59] tax
and because of the limited time, I just
[8:02] wanted to come off right off the bat and
say I cannot support
[8:07] an increase in the revenue for it.
Um,
[8:12] the trend
of property taxes
[8:16] uh, here in Linn County
has been
[8:20] upward
upward
[8:24] upward several thousand dollars, um,
that some of us pay,
[8:30] um,
to the county.
[8:32] Um,
and I I I I say this with with some
[8:36] trepidation because
well, I don't really understand
[8:42] uh, the
uh,
[8:44] the the things that you all face when
trying to put together a budget and and
[8:48] running the city and all the things you
have to do with the resources you have
[8:54] to live with.
I acknowledge that that is a serious
[8:58] problem for you.
But, the trend line we see on property
[9:03] taxes in our in our state and in our
county
[9:07] is just going up and up and up and one
of these days, whether it's this year or
[9:11] next year or the year after,
you're going to get to the point where
[9:16] you're just going to be out of other
people's money.
[9:18] People are either not going to be able
to
[9:22] or they just won't do it.
Um,
[9:26] we'll become like what my future
probably holds for me,
[9:31] a future, um, property tax refugee.
Um, if I can live in a state that is
[9:39] going to cost me two or three thousand
dollars less a year, a retired person,
[9:43] my wife is sick,
we're going to go where it's easier to
[9:48] live.
So, um
[9:52] that is an issue. And you know, it's
kind of funny in my I did some research
[9:55] for Mine Creek and [laughter] I ran
across a uh an article in the in the
[10:00] Pleasant Observer in 1968 that said
property taxes in Kansas are too high.
[10:07] That was a long time ago.
And then, you know, so we're still
[10:10] talking about the same thing.
Um
[10:15] I um
understand uh the way that the system
[10:19] works here in Kansas, and I could have
it wrong,
[10:22] that while the state excess established
the the the uh assessment rate,
[10:30] uh it's up to the county to do the
assessment, and then it's up to local
[10:36] governments or anyone who is
going to receive property tax money to
[10:42] get together, work out a budget, and
then try to figure out how much they're
[10:46] going to need the next year.
Citizens
[10:50] in Linn County, myself,
folks in this room, besides being able
[10:55] to stand up in front of you and say
something, have absolutely no control
[11:00] what you all do, what you all vote for.
Now, again, I could be wrong, but I've
[11:04] I've been studying this,
and um
[11:08] it is really at two two a point now
where I believe personally, this is just
[11:12] from my own heart,
this is not and this is not anything,
[11:16] but I I really believe personally that
if we as citizens of our county are
[11:21] going to get any relief from property
taxes, we're going to have to look to
[11:26] the state to get them.
Um
[11:29] you all are faced with problems. I'm
sure you have a shrinking
[11:33] at least a stagnant or maybe even a
shrinking tax base that you have to work
[11:37] with. You need money. It's got to come
from somewhere. I understand that.
[11:42] But, I just want to let you know from my
heart
[11:46] and just to speak for my friends around
me and the people that I know every day
[11:50] and I go to church with and do this and
do that.
[11:53] It's getting to the point where
we are not going to be able to sustain
[11:59] that particular system for very much
longer. Thank you very much. You all
[12:03] have a great day.
Thank you.
[12:09] » [clears throat]
[laughter]
[12:27] » My name is Carolyn Bolton and I live at
1205 Walnut Street.
[12:31] And I'm one of those old people that
live here that really can't afford for
[12:36] my taxes to go up.
I live on social security.
[12:40] Our water just went up because the water
system went down.
[12:45] Uh and now the taxes are going to go up
and I work part-time just to have to pay
[12:48] my taxes.
So, I just hope you guys can figure out
[12:53] something that will rework the system
and the budget so that maybe you won't
[12:57] have to raise our taxes again this year.
Thank you.
[13:18] » Tuesday Stark, 759 Maple.
Um
[13:23] I just want to make sure am I seeing
this correctly that the budget for '26
[13:27] is like 2 and 1/2 million
and you're wanting to spend over 4
[13:31] million next year. Am I seeing that
right?
[13:37] Um and I just want to echo them. This
has got to stop.
[13:41] It's got to stop. I'm looking at
probably writing a $5,000 check at tax
[13:45] time this year.
Anybody want to pay that for me?
[13:50] Uh this week we're here. Next week uh
the school is also holding a hearing as
[13:56] far as I know.
And the county is also.
[14:00] Everybody.
[14:03] It's got to stop.
Um
[14:07] I just I don't know what else to say.
It's It's just You're just
[14:11] running as ragged here trying to pay
property taxes.
[14:15] And it's got to stop.
[14:42] » [cough and clears throat]
[14:54] » Go ahead.
>> Terry Tucker. I live at 1402 Maple
[14:59] Street and I just want to say that I do
agree with everything that's been said
[15:03] tonight that um
you know, it's we can't keep paying what
[15:07] we're going to pay
if it keeps going up and up because
[15:11] myself, I'm on Social Security retired.
And everything goes up, you know, and we
[15:16] just can't do it. And I have
actually spoke to my husband about if it
[15:21] keeps doing it, we're to have to move,
too.
[15:23] We'll just move to a town or a state
that's uh cheaper to live.
[15:29] So, if there's anything you can do to
not raise taxes, we would appreciate it.
[15:34] Thank you.
[16:25] » Anybody else?
[16:32] Okay.
>> Yes, but it would take more than 5
[16:34] minutes.
>> [laughter]
[16:38] » Okay. Uh anybody else want to speak into
the uh revenue neutral rate?
[16:44] Okay, then I will officially
call that hearing closed.
[16:48] Turn to normal meeting.
Um before I open up the budget hearing
[16:54] portion, I do want to kind of for those
that have the budget in front of them,
[17:00] like the notice of hearing that's there.
Uh
[17:04] one of the things there is like in the
third portion where the numbers are,
[17:10] where you get to that um
little bit higher net expenditures and
[17:16] so forth. I want to point out that the
1% street tax street sales tax
[17:21] expenditure is listed in there and
that's raising the overall expenditures
[17:28] as well as the consolidated streets has
more in it than in prior years because
[17:34] of the intent of the council to actually
use those funds
[17:38] within 2027. Those had to be included
within the budget portion. So, that's
[17:44] going to make it seem like
"Oh, wow. We're wanting to spend double
[17:49] what is normal." And that's not
collecting double what is normal. That's
[17:53] spending the funds that have been
gathered so that we can use those for
[17:57] the fixing of the streets
and etc. Cuz it has to be kind of worked
[18:01] into the budget within that
for it to be done
[18:05] correctly.
So, that's why you might notice some of
[18:09] that is a little bit
higher [clears throat]
[18:14] double higher for
totals.
[18:26] And and then with that, I will
officially call the 2027 budget hearing
[18:30] open.
[18:33] Would anyone like to speak into the 2027
budget?
[18:36] » Well,
I I just had a question. Um we're
[18:39] talking about the street budget, but it
doesn't seem like any of our streets
[18:44] ever get fixed. So, I don't know what's
going on with that.
[18:48] » That That would be addressed at the next
council meeting.
[18:51] » Okay.
[18:56] Before we go on, just a matter um
can you tell me if the GAAP waiver has
[19:03] been um the resolution has been passed
for this year?
[19:10] » GAAP
>> Yeah, it's the
[19:13] um generally accepted accounting
principle.
[19:16] It's a resolution that needs to be
passed.
[19:19] » Okay.
>> Has it been passed yet for this year?
[19:26] » The general
Okay.
[19:28] » Generally accepted accounting
principles.
[19:30] » GAAP
Yeah.
[19:33] » Has it been passed?
>> I'm not sure off the top
[19:35] » Well, I'm not I don't I mean it's a
violation if we do not pass it. So, we
[19:41] need to pass it before we even vote on
the uh budget. So, have you Can you go
[19:45] look to see if it's been
uh brought up?
[19:49] Or anything?
Cuz we need to pass it.
[19:53] So.
Because it's I mean it's really
[19:56] important that our we pass it.
>> Morgan
[20:00] Can you look at the resolution that
>> Yeah.
[20:06] » What is it titled?
>> It's the
[20:08] » GAAP waiver
>> Yeah, the waiver.
[20:11] » Mhm.
[20:14] » Cuz it's a it'll be a direct violation
and then it's the
[20:17] uh
[20:21] The state law specifically the Kansas
budget law KSA 79-2925
[20:27] and KSA 75-1120
uh um
[20:32] says it's a violation if we do not pass
it.
[20:35] So, we have to pass it.
>> Okay, so when is it normally passed?
[20:40] » January through uh March the first uh
part of the year.
[20:44] » Okay.
So, is it something that's quarterly?
[20:47] » No, it's yearly.
>> It's yearly?
[20:48] » Mhm. And it was passed in uh '25, but
this has not been passed this year.
[21:00] So.
[21:06] And also the I noticed that the new deal
bond is not fit on the
[21:11] um the budget and the water rate
raises
[21:16] um is not listed either.
[21:28] » Is the assumption your CPAs are using
GAAP?
[21:33] » Is
the what?
[21:35] » Is your assumption that the CPAs you
prepared this are not using GAAP?
[21:40] » If they
we have to hire somebody and it's a lot
[21:44] of money if we
um hire the amounts and so
[21:48] um it's just recommended that
our small a small town there really
[21:53] go to work.
>> I'm not seeing anything.
[22:00] » I don't think it's been passed.
This year.
[22:03] » Has it ever been passed?
[22:06] » Um
[22:08] Could someone call for a recess so we
can
[22:11] » Make a motion for a 10-minute recess.
>> Can I second?
[22:24] » All in favor.
[22:29] We return at 6:31.
[22:40] » [clears throat]
[22:46] » I don't.
[22:58] We need to
Did you get what number wrote.
[23:01] » No, I didn't. I didn't.
[23:08] They usually pass it when they pass
all the other boards.
[23:15] The auditor tells you what accounting
principle
[23:18] they
Everybody usually gets it. It shows
[23:22] Everybody usually gets it.
And it shows if you can pass the
[23:26] resolution that says make the They must
use GAAP.
[23:30] » After I read about this, I stopped
reading.
[23:31] » But they're already using it.
I mean
[23:42] » [laughter]
>> That doesn't take an easy guess.
[23:47] Yeah, we're using GAAP.
[23:54] » Usually they are when they do all the
like newspaper format and same format.
[23:59] » That's all they want you to do.
[24:06] Otherwise, you know, you're
[24:11] It prevents cooking the books, so to
speak. I get that.
[24:15] But
it's purely accounting principle that
[24:19] they use.
>> Well, the county was on cash.
[24:24] » Yeah.
>> 2 years ago when that report was done.
[24:35] » No, maybe it's just cash.
[24:39] No, I didn't hear you.
[24:44] Right?
[24:51] Right?
[24:57] Right?
>> I don't know if it's not GAAP.
[25:10] » That's what I thought, too.
For 100,000 increase.
[25:18] Well,
34.15.
[25:27] Oh, oh, I'm sure.
This is the difference of this.
[25:31] Okay, I hear you.
70% 70% 4.05
[25:37] » Who is this? I got to stay on my phone
out the door.
[26:21] » That's a 40.6%
increase.
[26:26] » With the increase in property valuation
plus the increase in mill rate
[26:32] is a 40% increase in people's taxes.
>> I'm not sure what the one is.
[26:39] Okay, 39.
What's that?
[26:42] » [laughter]
[26:45] » You said 1% didn't you?
>> Yeah, but it
[26:48] it saves every every month for you.
>> Okay, got you.
[26:53] » I'm not sure. How much money is in that
[26:57] » Uh
So, the further
[27:01] I would say 800 is just
>> [laughter]
[27:04] » 807
807,000
[27:11] » Yeah.
That's your crew.
[27:15] What's that?
807,000
[27:19] of crew.
Right.
[27:21] 807,000 is what's in the account right
now. I understand what you're saying.
[27:25] And it takes a million dollars to pay
for mile.
[27:33] Yeah.
Hot asphalt.
[27:36] I mean
[27:39] I vote that we do it right at my
building over here.
[27:43] » [laughter]
>> Unfortunately, no.
[27:50] I I I'd love to give everybody what they
want, but I can't.
[27:55] » I'll get you a personal
[27:59] » Come come next week.
I'll explain it all. I'll be glad to.
[28:03] » Yeah.
[28:13] Yeah, that's in the city too.
[28:22] Yeah.
Well,
[28:24] this is showing me the the resolution
numbers for the last three years.
[28:32] Uh 466, 451, 452,
448 and 449 was what the resolution
[28:39] numbers passed unanimously for the year
[28:43] 25, 24, and 23.
>> [laughter]
[28:47] » 26
No.
[28:50] » so what done last year?
>> Really?
[28:55] » What it sounds like on here it has to be
done.
[28:57] » Hey.
>> Angle of the camera.
[28:59] » Hey, that's what the guy said last time
he was here.
[29:00] » Yeah.
[29:04] » The 75 has 1128 states it has to be
done.
[29:07] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[29:10] If they can't find it at least we should
at least have another one or two.
[29:14] » So how long is it?
>> It's all right.
[29:15] » Yeah.
[29:20] » Hey.
>> After
[29:22] » I think
>> I think I did.
[29:23] » I think it's been a little while.
>> I can't find
[29:28] » I thought it might have been a shot of
there.
[29:31] » They have to
>> I wasn't even asking.
[29:34] » I think that's what I said.
>> She didn't know.
[29:36] » In between them.
[29:40] » It's okay.
Ryan's going to want to kiss you.
[29:43] » Thanks.
>> What's that?
[29:45] » Ryan's going to want to kiss you again.
>> Yeah, yeah, next year.
[29:51] » Yeah.
[29:56] » What's that?
[29:58] Yeah.
[30:02] » You got it.
>> You didn't have to.
[30:05] » You made me feel welcome.
[30:08] » This is my office.
>> Let's switch this.
[30:12] » Oh, really?
>> So you can switch it.
[30:14] » What's the difference?
>> I think I brought my old stuff in here.
[30:18] » Hey, my old stuff is actually looking
good.
[30:20] » We should have
>> I don't know what you're talking about.
[30:22] There's fans on.
>> I know.
[30:23] » I thought it was
>> How long was it?
[30:26] » It was about 45 minutes.
>> Yeah.
[30:32] » I think that little off me.
>> It is like
[30:35] » Unfortunately
>> I think people are now 900 and 20
[30:38] dollars.
[30:41] » What about the
>> What if taste there?
[30:53] » I have to leave.
That's a very short period of time.
[30:58] And like that's like regular retirement.
>> So that's all for
[31:03] » Somewhere
[31:32] I should get some pictures
>> That's a 401K.
[31:36] That's a 401K.
[31:48] » Is there a final for 2017?
>> We'll answer that
[31:50] » Oh, yeah.
>> as soon as we get back in the session.
[31:52] » The assessed value was 19670.
Okay, what do you want to count for
[31:57] » If you found it, I would like to see a
copy before I write it down cuz I don't
[32:00] know if
[32:15] » Can you make a copy of the last one,
please?
[32:18] » One for everybody?
>> Yes, please.
[32:20] » That's good.
[32:43] » [cough and clears throat]
[33:48] » Okay, recess is extended. We're resuming
meeting um
[33:53] in the middle of the budget hearing at
this moment. And the question came up
[33:56] about the GAAP. Um
that waiver is uh we looked at the
[34:01] several the last several several several
that have been done, and it is done in
[34:05] December of each year for that year.
[34:10] » But yours I mean if we don't
if we don't pass it,
[34:15] we cannot pass the budget without me
without it having a resolution,
[34:19] the waiver. And so, it's and we have to
pass it or it sits the budget sits as it
[34:25] is.
>> Okay, the GAAP
[34:28] is passed each year in December
for the current year.
[34:31] » Well, I mean
Cuz it cuz the budget is not complete
[34:37] as right now cuz it does not have the
new Geo bond on it and it doesn't have a
[34:41] water raise on it.
So, the budget is not complete.
[34:45] Cuz we've already done the water raise.
This is
[34:47] » Okay, so the budget itself is separate
from the GAAP.
[34:52] Which is an accounting process.
>> Well, it's
[34:55] » And the GAAP is passed every year for
that year in December.
[34:59] » Uh-huh.
>> Now, the budget itself um
[35:03] grants uh it does not have
those two items that were just added um
[35:09] not even added yet because the loan
hasn't processed fully.
[35:13] The Geo bond has not processed fully yet
for it.
[36:19] » You've reached the cell phone of Jeff
Dean with Longview School. Please leave
[36:23] your name, number, and a brief message
unless this is about a traffic or the
[36:28] prosecution
and this is about one of those matters,
[36:31] please leave your message at my office.
The number there is 816-525-7881,
[36:38] extension 13. Thank you.
[36:43] » At the tone, please record your message.
When you've finished recording, you may
[36:46] hang up or press one for more options.
>> Praise the Lord, this is Matthew Young,
[36:51] mayor of Pleasanton, and we are in the
meeting in the middle of the budget
[36:55] hearing and we have a legal question for
you. If you could please give me a call.
[37:00] 417-846-3674.
[37:03] Thank you.
God bless.
[37:45] » [snorts]
>> Okay, other than the new geo bonds and
[37:48] the water rate increase that is not
showing on this budget that will one
[37:52] will cancel the other out within that.
Uh
[37:56] anybody want to speak into the budget as
far as the hearing portion goes?
[38:10] Seeing that there are no speakers in
regards to the 2027 budget hearing, um I
[38:15] will declare the hearing portion closed.
[38:22] And move towards
um
[38:25] the resolution for the city council to
look at as far as exceeding revenue
[38:31] neutral rates.
[39:57] » So, what do you need us to do?
>> Um what we need a motion to adopt
[40:02] resolution 479 to exceed revenue neutral
rates.
[40:08] » Do we want to do that before we have
clarification?
[40:13] » Um
>> Okay. I can't find anywhere in the
[40:15] Cannabis Statute that states this has to
be done immediately.
[40:19] » The what?
>> The GAAP needs to be done immediately.
[40:21] » The GAAP? The GAAP is is done at the end
of each year.
[40:27] Yeah, it's done annually. Uh it's
typically the It just needs to be done
[40:30] before the
the audit is done.
[40:36] Because the audit will be based on
whether it's done in accordance to GAAP
[40:40] or if the GAAP
regulations have been waived. The city
[40:44] our size typically waives those because
we don't have any assets expenditure
[40:48] balance that's done in an form of
accounting that way. We typically have
[40:53] the audit that is then done and
presented.
[41:02] So, in in respect to I do understand
that in this budget that is before
[41:07] everybody, it does not show the water
rate increase and it does not show the
[41:14] new geo bond that we do not have in in
fullness yet.
[41:19] Um
I'm not sure to what degree that would
[41:22] play on the budget itself
since
[41:26] if we did pass this budget now and got
the geo bond in October or November, it
[41:32] would still apply to the following year
and not be within the scope of the
[41:36] budget itself. Whether that means coming
around and having to present a new
[41:41] budget with those alterations that
really covered their own expenses or not
[41:47] would be something that we would need
clarification on itself. As far as the
[41:50] rest of the budget, I don't know that we
have any issue with continuing forward
[41:54] with it.
[42:05] » [clears throat]
[42:15] » But we don't know if that's going to
make a difference.
[42:17] » It won't raise our mill rate.
>> It won't raise.
[42:19] » It won't change the mill levy because
the water rates change changes the
[42:23] internal water rates and does not affect
the mills at all since none of the mills
[42:27] go towards the water.
>> So our revenue neutral was 84.005.
[42:36] » Yes.
>> Um last year the mill levy was 88.163.
[42:44] And this year it's going to be 87.284.
[42:50] So
it's actually come down from last year.
[42:56] » Yes.
>> No, your values have gone up.
[42:59] » Um and and therein lies the thing itself
because the the mill levy last year was
[43:06] 88. Uh this this for this year 88. And
we're looking at for 2027's
[43:14] um 87, which seems like it goes down.
But if you go back
[43:19] five or six years, the the levy rate was
90 and people were paying less
[43:25] because the problem or the difference is
is people's valuation is going up.
[43:28] » It's almost a 30% increase.
>> Yes.
[43:32] » Just the proposed.
>> And that's been the biggest issue. We
[43:35] talked to the county because the city
does not set the value of your property.
[43:39] Uh people that work for the county do.
The people that work for the county are
[43:43] given uh she's hiding.
>> [laughter]
[43:47] » The people that work for the county
there are given um
[43:51] a list of what they're supposed to look
at, how they're supposed to look at, and
[43:54] how they're supposed to evaluate these
things. And apart from knocking on every
[43:58] door and walking into every house, they
have to assess from the way it looks and
[44:04] seems, the way the the the layout of it
is from the outside, the approximate
[44:08] square footage of it, what buildings you
have, what other structures you have on
[44:13] it, and all those things they mark off
their list, and they put all that
[44:17] together, and they take it back, and put
all that into the computer, and the
[44:20] computer says,
"Estimated value." And it it's just
[44:24] skyrocketing. Um I myself know that from
1985 to 2025,
[44:30] the prices or the valuation of homes has
gone up over 300%.
[44:35] Meanwhile, the the income that people
make is only gone up 53%.
[44:40] Uh that's a terrible thing, and it is
statewide, it is countrywide, and it's
[44:46] terrible.
And it's one of those cases we can't
[44:49] blame the people that are doing the
the valuations because they are hired
[44:54] for a job to say, "How big is it? What
is there?
[44:58] Etc. etc." They do that, and then it
spits out Uh it's it is really on a
[45:03] state level that this is coming all the
way down to us is what those evaluations
[45:07] are.
Uh what we do have control over here as
[45:10] much as possible is the the budget of
the city and what we need to operate,
[45:17] and that is getting even more difficult
because just like you know, everything
[45:22] is going up in cost. And when it costs
more to fix things, more money is needed
[45:27] to fix things, and that becomes just a
big long
[45:32] process. I remember back when they were
saying that they wanted to pay
[45:35] McDonald's workers $15 an hour, and they
could do that by raising the price of a
[45:39] cheeseburger 15 cents.
The problem with raising the price of a
[45:43] cheeseburger 15 cents is everybody
before the cheeseburger wants 15 cents
[45:46] raised also, and that made our
cheeseburger from 67 cents to I think
[45:51] it's $3 now. Um
so just budget-wise, I know that is a
[45:56] very difficult thing within itself,
and we're trying to do our best to cut.
[46:02] I mean, I know this council sat here
toiling over a lot of it to cut as much
[46:07] as possible and trim down and
continuously saying we've got to get it
[46:11] lower. And we're not done because
setting the budget doesn't mean we're
[46:15] going to spend every dime of that,
either. We want to continue to look at
[46:18] every department and cut all the
unnecessary things from those
[46:22] departments as we can. Um even if we
look at prior years, uh the police
[46:27] department for 2020 um five was un- went
under budget, which is good. That's what
[46:33] we want. Each department that comes in
at the end of the year under budget,
[46:37] that's what we want because that was
money that wasn't spent and didn't have
[46:40] to be spent.
Um giving us positions to be able to
[46:44] change some of that a little bit more.
I hope that helps.
[46:48] » Have you looked at
having the sh- SO
[46:52] provide police
for Pleasanton instead of Pleasanton?
[46:59] We do it in Miami County.
>> As far as what?
[47:02] » We the sheriff's office
>> Uh-huh.
[47:05] » takes over the policing
for a city.
[47:09] But the the city pays the sh- SO to do
it and typically it's a lot less than
[47:16] having your own agency.
>> It can be. Um I can tell you that that
[47:21] is one of the things that's um is
currently being looked into to see what
[47:25] the value of that actually would be.
>> Cuz you got to have prior police you
[47:29] want to have citizens or businesses.
>> Yeah.
[47:32] » Right?
>> Yeah.
[47:34] » And so
>> So I know that's um everyone that sits
[47:38] up here on the governing body has been
looking into every potential in every
[47:41] way at trying to come up with a better
way to do a lot of things to in-
[47:46] decrease the taxes because none of us
want to be taxed more than we have to
[47:50] be.
>> Right.
[47:52] » I agree with that. I think the biggest
problem that we all have is that we have
[47:57] the highest taxes in the municipality.
And we are seeing the least.
[48:02] » Yes.
>> That is why everybody is so upset. I
[48:05] mean, my taxes personally went from the
day that I moved in, $530
[48:11] to over $2,400
for a two-bedroom home.
[48:16] » Yeah.
>> How is that okay?
[48:19] » I feel I feel your pain. I've lived here
for 12 years.
[48:22] And I own a house up on 706 Main, right
on Main Street. And my taxes have gone
[48:27] up just like everybody else's. And
believe me,
[48:30] all of us sitting here, we understand
it. I mean, but the county imposes what
[48:36] they impose on all of us. And I mean,
our ain't the highest, too.
[48:39] » But why are ours the highest? Why is
Pleasanton key
[48:43] » That's something we need to take up with
the state because the state handles that
[48:46] stuff down here.
>> That sounds like it would be city if
[48:49] it's the city that's the highest.
So
[48:52] » But the state tax for every city is
equal.
[48:55] » It doesn't change. It needs to be
reviewed.
[48:58] » Right. But they impose it to the county
and the county hands out the
[49:01] » Right.
>> Can I add to that? Mayor, I asked
[49:05] somebody So
>> [clears throat and cough]
[49:09] » So, how it works is like we come to your
house and working as the appraiser's
[49:13] office, we come and we measure your
house, we measure everything you have
[49:16] outside, and then we take it back. Like
he said, we put it in the computer and
[49:19] it does that. And so then it spits out
an evaluation, your assessed value of
[49:24] whatever your house is. So, you have a
$100,000 house, just saying. You know
[49:27] what I mean? Like anybody, okay, you
have a $100,000 house, and then you
[49:30] times that by the mill levy, which the
mill levy isn't just based on what
[49:35] they're doing up here, it also comes
from the school. It also comes from part
[49:39] of the county. And so it's like
The part of that is is like
[49:45] I mean, if you're not asking all the
questions to my office, like it's just
[49:49] overall everybody. Like if you're not
coming in like, why is my property
[49:53] assessed at this value? And I do.
>> Yeah, no, and I know that. You know,
[49:56] like, you can't say that, but like, if
you're not coming and doing that, like,
[50:00] you know, but that's like the next step
of help there, like
[50:04] » Unfortunately, like, we don't know if we
can't go down much lower or we won't
[50:07] have a town. But, like, the assessed
values
[50:12] There's like a thing that
the county does and they
[50:16] my office does.
Like, they'll look over like the whole
[50:19] thing and like, what's going on with the
water right now? Like, does she need to
[50:22] reassess the value of Pleasanton, the
whole town and the
[50:28] big poll to see if the values need to
come down.
[50:31] So, it's definitely something that like
everybody needs to start asking, like,
[50:36] why are our assessed values so high or
when we don't have anything to show for
[50:40] it?
>> Yes, but Pleasanton's city millage is
[50:43] one of the highest
>> It is one of the highest, yes.
[50:46] But, it also comes with
our school.
[50:50] » Yes, I agree.
>> so it's
[50:53] unfortunately, all of that.
>> As I said, I'm going to need a revenue
[50:55] neutral here.
>> No, I agree. No, I agree. 100%.
[50:59] » [clears throat]
>> Everybody is wanting to raise it the
[51:01] revenue neutral that was put in place to
help
[51:05] property taxes not go up, but when
>> Yes.
[51:11] But, assessed values
>> keep raising it, the revenue neutral
[51:14] does no good.
>> Yes, and it's also assessed values what
[51:18] the county does.
[51:21] Help into that.
[51:34] » You guys might not be able to answer the
question. Does Power Great
[51:38] Stop. Wait, wait a minute.
Power Great Lakes Inc. I thought
[51:42] their taxes were split up between the
three for all the counties.
[51:46] » Just waiting for Just waiting to see
what it is.
[51:48] » Just waiting to see what it is.
No, [snorts] it's not true.
[51:52] » No, it's not true.
>> It's not true.
[51:54] » No, I thought it was supposed to go to
each city
[51:57] of the county.
[52:00] » That's not true. That basically what
gets what gets the from the power plant
[52:04] is where it used to go to the county.
And then and then the whole county
[52:08] Lacygne does not get any money from the
power plant.
[52:12] Uh their not even their hospital board
as a dollar comes.
[52:16] Uh but it's all you know, it's Lacygne
power plant does not give any money to
[52:21] Lacygne
or Linn Valley.
[52:23] » Just to the county.
>> Just to the county.
[52:26] » Thank you. Right, with that
so we got that. What about the Casey's
[52:31] here in town and the Ford dealership is
that do they pay Linn County or
[52:35] Pleasanton?
>> Pleasanton.
[52:37] » Are they in Pleasanton?
>> Yes.
[52:40] Yeah.
[52:43] » Yeah, I mean is that revenue
revenue that could be generated us by
[52:48] annexing those properties?
I'm just asking.
[52:53] » I think they're already in the city.
[52:58] » They're in the city?
>> Yeah, they're already inside Pleasanton.
[53:01] » Okay.
>> They're inside city limits.
[53:06] » Okay, good.
Then tell them to sell them to us.
[53:09] » [laughter]
>> And I was going to actually mention that
[53:12] too. One of the things that some of the
other cities around us they have more
[53:16] businesses which means they generate
more tax revenue from sales tax. Without
[53:21] that then we're left needing more mill
levies to equal the same tax rate or
[53:26] amount. So that makes us ask for more
mill levies because we don't have as
[53:30] many businesses generating that sales
tax. I would like to see more
[53:34] businesses. The problem is is a lot of
the businesses that would like to come
[53:38] in they go, oh wow, look at the the mill
levy tax is too high. Well, yes, but if
[53:43] you would come in, we could lower it
because you would generate sales.
[53:47] Uh so, it's kind of a
>> [clears throat]
[53:49] » So, so if you all adopt
>> vicious cross-fixing.
[53:51] » If you all adopt this resolution,
does that mean what we actually pay out
[53:56] of our pocket is going to be more?
[54:01] » What What do you mean?
>> Are we actually going to be paying more
[54:04] money in tax if you all adopt the city
of Pleasant, if you all adopt this
[54:08] resolution?
>> Okay, so right now the current revenue
[54:10] neutral rate is set at 84.05.
Uh we're looking at 87.284,
[54:17] which is really a three
$3 per the thousand, $3.27 or $3.28
[54:23] $3.28
more per the thousand valuation of your
[54:27] home.
>> So, is that a yes we will be paying
[54:29] » That would be more than the revenue
neutral rate, yes, by $3 per the
[54:33] thousand.
>> Combined with the valuation increase,
[54:36] this is going to be about almost 13%.
[54:43] » More than last year, it would be $3.27
more
[54:48] per thousand valuation.
>> thousand
[54:52] » Yes.
>> That is $3.
[54:55] » But your valuations But your valuations
have taken about a 7% increase.
[55:00] » So, the
Do what?
[55:02] » Your valuations have taken with this
increase.
[55:07] » Yes.
>> Property valuations have gone up.
[55:11] And by the time you take that with the
numbers you're talking about, it's it's
[55:15] almost a 13% increase.
>> It It really wouldn't be. So, revenue
[55:20] neutral rate, the 84.005
is equal to last year's valuation at 88
[55:27] mills.
So, where last year the city got 88
[55:32] mills, 88.163,
[55:36] the equal amount of taxes for city taxes
that you would pay
[55:42] um would have paid at 88.163,
the equal amount to that for this coming
[55:48] year would be 84.005 [clears throat]
mill levy rate.
[55:54] » I understand what you're saying, but
you're doing the
[55:58] that's like an apple and an orange.
That's like I have 11 fingers, 10 9 8 7
[56:02] 6 and 5 is 11. It doesn't work that way.
And so by taking this increase over
[56:08] here,
and your mill levy rate changing,
[56:14] » And
>> you're picking up this value plus the
[56:17] mill levy rate. If you If you kept it at
100,000 and did that to the mill levy
[56:22] rate, I'm not screaming.
But this one up
[56:27] » Yeah.
>> almost 9%
[56:30] right?
And cumulatively, when you take the mill
[56:34] levy, it's almost a 13% increase.
>> Net.
[56:38] » It wouldn't be.
Um because the exact
[56:42] Okay, now here's here's
>> [laughter]
[56:44] » Um the way the revenue neutral rate
works is the total valuation for the
[56:50] city
>> Oh, I see what you're saying.
[56:52] » went up. That includes everybody's
house.
[56:56] So to pay the exact same amount
revenue So revenue neutral rate for the
[57:01] total valuation for the city was right
here.
[57:05] So this is the revenue neutral rate.
This is how much money we got last year.
[57:08] If we keep it at that exact at the
revenue neutral rate, we would get the
[57:12] exact same amount of money.
>> Mhm.
[57:15] » Okay? Not everybody will get the same
tax bill because even though the the
[57:21] city went up
a certain percent, each individual house
[57:26] changed in that percentage increase
also.
[57:31] And that's where you're saying that you
have that difference there because your
[57:34] evaluation went up different than
somebody else's valuation.
[57:39] But overall, to go above revenue neutral
rate, really from the amount that was
[57:44] taken in last year
of the at revenue neutral rates,
[57:50] we're talking about a $31,000 increase
to the [clears throat] city budget for
[57:54] next year
from this year.
[57:56] Uh that 30 $31,000 is all the budget's
going up.
[58:00] Uh
[58:03] that's almost frightening
because if you consider uh
[58:07] the cost of living increase, any type of
pay increase, or anything else, $31,000
[58:12] is not really enough to cover it.
Um
[58:16] so, but the council uh
has been working really hard to try to
[58:21] get that down to as low as possible
for that. But I do understand, it is it
[58:26] is your increased property uh then the
mill levy
[58:31] increase, $3 and something more per
uh
[58:34] mill
on that valuation.
[58:39] Which is an interesting
[58:42] math equation in itself because the
total value of your property uh times
[58:49] you would 11% of that is how many mills,
then you divide that by 1,000, and then
[58:54] you take that number, and you multiply
it by the mills, and that's what you pay
[58:57] taxes on.
[59:00] So,
is that
[59:03] » Yes, so everybody's assessed values are
different. Nobody's assessed values are
[59:07] the same. Even if you have a 100,000
square foot house, and you have a
[59:10] 100,000 square foot square foot house,
and you have a 1,500 15,000 square foot
[59:14] house, both of theirs could be lower if
your house is not
[59:18] up to par of what theirs are, and it
just unfortunately has nothing to do
[59:21] with you guys, it has all to do with the
county.
[59:24] » Yeah.
>> Yeah, and do you look at
[59:26] the
ex- the assessed valuation
[59:31] proposed or actual, it's changing by a
lot.
[59:36] » Almost 5%
>> is from 9.26
[59:40] 9,260
to 9,725. [clears throat]
[59:45] On total valuation, you can see it's
Pleasanton.
[59:48] » Yes.
>> Well,
[59:51] so
>> the mayor would have to speak into the
[59:53] sales tax kind of wideness, but the
difference there.
[59:56] » That's fine. We'll just go with the
bosses and
[59:59] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[1:00:00] » Mhm.
>> Yeah, there's a lot of calculations that
[1:00:04] go into this in so many different
fashions on everything.
[1:00:07] » But they didn't have sales tax
in those years.
[1:00:10] » So,
[1:00:13] yeah, the other thing is is the city of
Pleasanton does have the consolidated
[1:00:16] streets
on top of that. A lot of the other
[1:00:19] cities will only have the one, which our
general mill levy is 62.991,
[1:00:26] and then the consolidated streets tax is
the 24.293,
[1:00:30] uh
which I'm still looking to try to find
[1:00:34] exactly when that was introduced.
Uh in in further looking at some of what
[1:00:39] I had understood,
>> I found that. I'll I'll get you a copy
[1:00:43] of that.
>> Okay.
[1:00:44] » And no other city has that. It's uh
Pleasanton's the only one that has it.
[1:00:50] » Yeah, cuz my original understanding of
that being introduced in '95 wasn't the
[1:00:53] case. '95 introduced the first sales
tax,
[1:00:56] 1%.
>> So, consolidated streets.
[1:00:58] » So, consolidated streets was would have
been sometime
[1:01:04] back there.
Uh
[1:01:07] Which is probably Which is probably, you
know, squaring off some time and coming
[1:01:10] and going through all of the ordinances
and
[1:01:13] and and everything for that.
>> What did you say, Michael?
[1:01:16] » It'd be easier to chew a little bit if
the roads in the are some
[1:01:21] Our roads or infrastructure
>> We're trying
[1:01:23] » in very good shape.
[1:01:27] » [cough]
[1:01:29] » As soon as we can see some changes, we
would probably get on the truck.
[1:01:33] » I mean, I know for me looking at that,
it's kind of like, okay, this has been
[1:01:37] on here for how many years now. There's
no reason our roads should have been
[1:01:41] allowed to get to what they are. And
unfortunately, we can't change how we
[1:01:46] got here, but we can change from here
moving forward, which is why we are
[1:01:50] working a plan of action and this is
governing. I mean, this this council has
[1:01:54] already released some funds to start
working on getting the streets fixed and
[1:01:59] so forth. And I'm really looking forward
to seeing that unfold instead of it's
[1:02:03] coming, it's coming, it's coming. The
KDOT grant for for for one has been it's
[1:02:08] coming, it's coming, it's coming, but
there is a lot involved in that KDOT
[1:02:12] grant and everything.
And [music] we're taking bids right now
[1:02:17] for that. So, if anybody's watching or
anything, please get on
[1:02:20] get the bid specs, put in a bid for the
KDOT grant that will do action
[1:02:26] Cedar. I feel that is kind of budget
related because that's money going out
[1:02:30] for
[1:02:34] I'm not sure when it exactly is going to
start off hand.
[1:02:39] But, the bids are open through end of
October.
[1:02:45] So, right now they're looking at
finalizing the bids, then we'll process
[1:02:51] the council the council will vote on
which bid to go with and they're looking
[1:02:55] at a spring start for that for my
understanding.
[1:02:59] So,
the the other ones, the overlay thing
[1:03:03] and some of this extra money that's I
mean, that's been released from the
[1:03:05] council already to start going out for
that. The overlay people, they're
[1:03:09] wanting to start in October.
So, as long as everything goes through
[1:03:14] with that thing.
[1:03:17] Yeah.
The the
[1:03:20] » like to start as soon as possible with
that.
[1:03:24] Yes. So
>> I talked to him today.
[1:03:27] » Yeah.
Last time I told him he talked to him he
[1:03:30] was going, "I want to start by at least
October. You know, what do we need to do
[1:03:33] to make this happen?" I'm like, "Let's
Let's Let's do that." So
[1:03:38] I'm hoping that as we see those things
unfold people will will get excited and
[1:03:41] go, "Okay, yes, I'm seeing results
here." With that
[1:03:46] but budgets are difficult. I mean,
everybody here knows that. You have your
[1:03:50] own budget that you're trying to
juggle.
[1:03:53] » So will they overlay? Do they come
through and actually tear up and put
[1:03:57] overlay on top of it?
>> They'll mill it out and then they'll
[1:03:59] mill it down to a certain level and then
they'll put a
[1:04:02] layer on top.
>> Yeah.
[1:04:05] Um you're talking about businesses like
I don't know if that's something I need
[1:04:08] to come back next week and ask you
about, but can you do something for
[1:04:12] taxes like hey, we can
we do we give a tax break? I was like,
[1:04:16] can we do a tax break to like start
advertising businesses to come cuz I
[1:04:19] know it's a huge part of it. Like
We don't really
[1:04:22] » How are the streets or towns?
>> We
[1:04:25] » business
>> Yeah. We we own the land out by the
[1:04:27] highway and it's like the land out by
the highway sits and
[1:04:32] » There There is a tax incentive program
for new businesses coming into town
[1:04:37] and there's a complete list of how
that's broken out and everything in its
[1:04:40] own special book in the clerk's office
that if anybody is wanting to know how
[1:04:45] that exactly works, we'd be happy to
get it out and sit down with them and
[1:04:49] kind of show them what that tax
incentive is. Now, we do remind people
[1:04:52] that is the city of Pleasanton tax
incentive. It's It's not county and
[1:04:57] everything else, but I knew do
understand that a new business to Linn
[1:05:02] County may be able to have the same
opportunity for tax incentives with the
[1:05:06] county. They just have to file that with
the county and talk to them on it.
[1:05:10] » County has
enterprise zone.
[1:05:14] That should help you right there.
[1:05:19] » So that's
doesn't increase the city budget right
[1:05:22] off the bat, but if it establishes a
good business and they stay, then it
[1:05:27] does eventually produce that revenue
that is needed for the city.
[1:05:34] Anything else from the council wise on
any of that?
[1:05:37] Do we have a motion to adopt the
resolution 479 to exceed revenue neutral
[1:05:43] rates?
[1:06:04] » I'd like to make a motion to adopt
resolution number 479.
[1:06:16] » Motion is made to adopt resolution
number 479 to exceed the revenue neutral
[1:06:21] rate for 2027.
Is there a second?
[1:06:39] » I second.
[1:06:48] » It's been moved and seconded.
[1:07:02] » Um
[1:07:18] » Okay, for all those in favor, we'll do a
roll call vote, please.
[1:07:22] » Michelle?
Um
[1:07:30] Yeah.
John?
[1:07:33] » Yeah.
>> Alex?
[1:07:37] » Yeah.
>> Danny?
[1:07:39] » Yeah.
>> Kenny?
[1:07:42] » Yes.
[1:07:48] » Resolution passes.
[1:07:56] Moving on to the budget for 2027.
[1:08:45] Everything here is in accordance to our
last budget work session.
[1:08:53] Everything is before you all.
Is there a motion to accept the 2027
[1:08:59] budget?
[1:09:02] » Can the budget be amended?
Um it goes to include the geo and the
[1:09:06] and the water rates.
>> Um we can come back later and amend that
[1:09:09] for the the budget in itself. Um I'm not
sure how that would work doing trying to
[1:09:16] do that at this moment.
But we can pass this budget and if need
[1:09:22] be come back and amend the budget
to that. As far as mill levy itself
[1:09:27] portion of this budget, it wouldn't
adjust that or change it at all.
[1:09:44] » And do we have to notify the um
the county and stuff that we're going to
[1:09:49] amend the budget?
>> Um the problem with
[1:09:53] um amending the budget itself is we do
not have
[1:09:58] another geo bond that can go in this
budget right now in front of us because
[1:10:02] the geo bond has not been issued.
>> But when it is issued, that's what I'm
[1:10:07] asking.
>> After it's issued, um we could we would
[1:10:09] be able to amend the budget and that
would be a whole process again. We would
[1:10:13] have to notify the people of the amended
budget, have another hearing regarding
[1:10:17] it and do all of those steps to it. Um
as far as getting this to where it needs
[1:10:24] to be to the county and everything else,
we only have until the 20th of this
[1:10:28] month. Uh since the geo bond wouldn't be
even issued to us until after the 15th
[1:10:34] of this month, we would not have enough
time to be able to present this and get
[1:10:39] it all to the state uh to the county and
to the state before the 20th. So we
[1:10:43] would have to come back after that.
>> I thought it was October 1st.
[1:10:48] » It is the the hearings and everything
have to be done between August 20th and
[1:10:53] September 20th.
[1:10:58] » And then it we when we um
>> Yeah.
[1:11:02] » And when we amend the um
ordinance of the jail we also put on the
[1:11:06] water rates, too.
>> Yeah, we could could do all that at the
[1:11:10] same time.
[1:11:15] Cuz those items wouldn't affect the
millage portion of the budget. It would
[1:11:18] just affect the water portion of the
budget.
[1:11:22] And what our total indebted indebtedness
is.
[1:11:45] » Now this
>> Well, I'm not sure if I'm comfortable
[1:11:49] with passing something when we don't
have all the numbers in there.
[1:11:55] » And this and this number right here the
proposal will change from 4,000 to a
[1:12:00] higher number, right?
>> On what?
[1:12:04] » On page 15.
[1:12:11] Where it says 24,000 budget.
From 24,000 it will change
[1:12:15] because of the jail bond.
Am I being clear?
[1:12:21] With the jail bond revenue.
[1:12:26] » Are you going to put 4 million
>> The what?
[1:12:29] » Are you Are you going to put 4 million
in?
[1:12:33] » It'll
It'll raise it with the the new jail
[1:12:36] bond in there.
[1:12:41] » Yes, expenditures would raise because
the in- income would raise.
[1:13:07] » So what's the energy of one?
How much is that?
[1:13:11] Do you know?
>> 345,000
[1:14:31] And the way the water rate increase was
calculated,
[1:14:34] it was calculated to completely cover
the geo bond and cover a deficit in the
[1:14:41] water department as was expected based
on expenditures this far this year.
[1:14:53] » So, after we get those numbers and they
can be added in here, then we can go
[1:14:57] back and amend
this budget.
[1:15:00] » Yes, which
uh
[1:15:03] » And we've talked to legal counsel
>> And
[1:15:05] » do that.
>> So, we contacted the
[1:15:09] um
[1:15:12] the loan people to ask them how that
works because we don't have the geo bond
[1:15:16] yet, so therefore we cannot include it
in this budget. Uh once it is, then that
[1:15:20] would be an amending of the budget that
would be needed to cover it at that
[1:15:24] point. Uh but as far as uh being able to
do that before our deadline, we would
[1:15:30] not be able to. But as far as going back
and amending it, we could do that.
[1:15:35] Because city budgets aren't impossible
to amend, there are regulations and
[1:15:40] processes to do that with.
Um
[1:15:43] which is what we would have to do in
this case, just on where we are with
[1:15:46] getting that geo bonds and how it falls
time progress.
[1:15:50] » And we won't be in violation?
>> No.
[1:15:53] » Or illegal?
>> No.
[1:16:16] » And you said it won't be installed after
October when we get the geo the new geo
[1:16:19] bond?
>> It's supposed to process sometime at the
[1:16:23] end of this month.
>> So, this is September?
[1:16:26] » Mid mid to end of September, yes.
But once it processes and we're able to
[1:16:31] put the numbers in and activate the
water increase um which would be going
[1:16:35] on for October,
um
[1:16:39] where we'd be past the deadline to be
able to redo the budget, which is why we
[1:16:43] do need to go ahead and pass this budget
and seek for an amendment once we have
[1:16:48] all of that extra
numbers, geo bonds, licenses, and so
[1:16:51] forth.
[1:16:59] » I make a motion to go ahead and adopt
the budget for 2021.
[1:17:06] » I second.
>> It's been moved and seconded to adopt
[1:17:09] the 2017 budget. If we could by roll
call, please.
[1:17:14] » Rochelle
[1:17:30] Yeah. Billy
>> No.
[1:17:34] » Alex
>> Yeah.
[1:17:37] » Sandy
>> Yes.
[1:17:39] » Kenny
>> Yeah.
[1:17:48] » It is adopted.
[1:17:51] And then as soon as we get all that
other information, I will get all of
[1:17:55] that together
and to you all and at the same time get
[1:18:01] the procedure that we would need to go
through to do that which needs done.
[1:18:11] I'll go ahead and pass this.
[1:18:17] Just write your name and then
[1:19:24] » Now, finally, as is all things for
tonight, I would entertain a motion for
[1:19:29] adjournment.
>> I'll make a motion to adjourn.
[1:19:34] » So moved and seconded. All in favor?
We're adjourned.
[1:19:38] Thank you everybody for coming.
>> [clears throat]