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Mhm.
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» Mhm.
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» Let's bring to order. It is the Provo Municipal Council, Provo RDA
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Governing Board, and the Provo Storm
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Water District Governing Board.
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It's May 5th, 2026 at 5:31
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p.m.
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We will do a roll call of the officials.
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We have Marsha Judkins with us.
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And we have Gary Garrett, myself Patrice
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Mackay, Becky Bogden, and Counselor Jeff
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Whitlock. Is anyone on Zoom, Kevin?
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Okay.
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Others are on their way and we do have
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Rachel Whipple and Craig Christiansen
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excused today.
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And we will have a opening prayer by
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Julie Rose.
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My dear Father in Heaven, we are
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grateful for this chance that we have to
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gather as a community. We're grateful
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for the service of
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our city council members and our
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administration and we ask
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the guidance of thy spirit as we
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I know that our leaders seek to make
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decisions in the best interest of
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the residents of Provo.
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We're grateful for this beautiful city
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that we live in.
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We say this in the name of Jesus Christ.
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Amen.
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Thanks, Julie. We'll have the
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Pledge of Allegiance by Counselor
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Whitlock.
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
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United States of America and to the
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republic for which it stands, one nation
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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
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justice for all.
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» [clears throat]
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» All right. Um, first of all, we're going
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to have a presentation of the tentative
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budget for Provo City for the fiscal
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year beginning July 1st, 2026 and ending
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June 30th, 2027.
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And it will be presented by Mayor Marsha
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Judkins and then Kelsey Zarba, our
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budget officer.
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Thank you. Dear members of the Provo
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City Council, I'm happy to provide the
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mayor's proposal for the tentative Provo
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City budget for fiscal year 2027.
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I'm proud to deliver a balanced budget
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that does not include a property tax
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increase. As you know, I began my
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service as mayor in January, and we got
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to work immediately with our finance
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team to review sales tax projections,
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discuss supplemental requests, and hone
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in on the details to ensure we delivered
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on one goal. A balanced budget that
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improves Provo residents' quality of
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life.
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The proposed budget successfully
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achieves this goal by focusing on fiscal
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discipline, operational efficiency, and
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long-term investments.
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I was consistently impressed by the
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dedication of our department directors,
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our outstanding finance team, Dan
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Follett, Kelsey Zabriskie, and Andrew
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Wright, and CAO Scott Henderson.
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I appreciated their willingness to
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explain the process, think creatively,
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and ask important questions. As we spent
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hours together, I appreciated the
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opportunity to find efficiencies and
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employ best employ best practices
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throughout Provo City.
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One important directive we utilized was
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to approach supplemental appropriations
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with greater discipline.
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Rather than simply submitting requests,
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department directors were asked to
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identify potential funding sources for
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every proposed project. This innovation
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saved hundreds of thousands of dollars
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in general fund expenses, and encouraged
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creative problem-solving across
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departments.
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We applied that same discipline to major
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cost centers like our vehicle fleet.
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By establishing a defined annual fleet
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budget for the first time, we're
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ensuring these resources are managed
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with the same accountability and
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prioritization as the rest of the
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general fund.
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We addressed consistent operational
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overtime within the fire department.
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Working closely with Fire Chief Hedman,
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we added positions to improve coverage
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and reduce reliance on overtime.
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These increased positions improve
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quality of service without a cost
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increase to taxpayers.
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We continue to benefit from our general
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fund transfer from our utilities.
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Absorbing the risk of running public
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utilities comes with a 12 and 1/2%
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dividend to Provo residents, making us a
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making up approximately 18% of overall
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general fund expenses.
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These transfers help maintain one of the
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lowest property tax rates in the state,
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while also presenting some of the lowest
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utility fees. It's a key reason we were
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able to avoid a tax increase this year.
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This budget also makes strategic
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investments in areas where we know we
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need to do more. Cybersecurity is one of
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them.
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Provo has only one time one full-time
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cybersecurity professional.
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For a city of our size, that opens us up
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to greater threats, even with excellent
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staffing.
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To prioritize safety more directly, our
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budget funds another full-time position.
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We're also continuing our focus on
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making Provo more business-friendly.
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Improving the building permitting
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process has been a priority since day
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one.
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This budget adds a building inspector at
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no cost to the general fund. We're also
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investing in technology to better
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monitor processes, identify bottlenecks,
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and improve efficiency at a fraction of
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the cost of adding additional staff.
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The hard work in each department to
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identify efficiencies allowed us to
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prioritize our employees who are the
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heartbeat of Provo City.
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We funded a 2% cost of living
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adjustment, providing support for each
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Provo City employee during a time of
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rising costs and global uncertainty.
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We also extended parental leave for new
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parents, showing our commit- commitment
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to being family-friendly and maintaining
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a healthy work-life balance.
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Finally, this budget reflects your
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priorities as members of the City
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Council.
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We worked together to prioritize
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investments in your key priorities:
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increasing home ownership, improving
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Provo's economic development, and
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optimizing investments in code
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enforcement.
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Our team worked tirelessly to deliver
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fast turnaround on each of these council
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priorities, and with your help, secured
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appropriations which allowed us to fund
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some of them this fiscal year,
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generating savings for the FY27 budget.
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By making strategic investments across
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these areas, we are delivering long-term
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savings while improving quality of life
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for those who live, work, and play in
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Provo. I could not be more excited for
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the year ahead and the opportunities we
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have to strengthen Provo. Thank you for
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your partnership and collaboration. I'm
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going to turn the time over to Kelsi.
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Thank you, Mayor. I'm Kelsi Zabriskie,
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the budget officer for Provo City. And
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as the Mayor
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already said, we're pleased to submit
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the proposed budget for the city for
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fiscal year fiscal year beginning July
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1st, 2026 and going through June 30th,
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2027. The budget is a result of many
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hours of contributions from the council.
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Thank you for sitting through so many
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budget presentations during your work
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meetings.
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Also, city staff, we've had department
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directors very involved with budgets.
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Their staff have been integral to
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getting all the numbers put together.
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And then, of course, city leadership in
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the mayor's office with Scott and Mayor
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Jenkinson,
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Deputy Mayor Kyle Frient, helping us
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through the whole process.
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Dan Fola is the administrative services
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director who's integral in leading the
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process and also providing invaluable
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feedback. He's at a conference this
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week, otherwise he would be here, but
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we're very grateful for Dan's support.
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And then, I have to give a major
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shout-out to Andrea Wright, our budget
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analyst. She is
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absolutely invaluable. She is very good
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at digging into details, asking hard
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questions, working with the departments,
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and she put the whole budget book
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together. So, thank you, Andrea.
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I want to just
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Tonight is the delivery of the tentative
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budget to the council. The tentative
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budget is kind of the state code's way
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of saying proposed budget. So, this is
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not the final budget by any means. I
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want to give a timeline of what that's
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going to look like just so the public
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and the council are all aware.
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So, tonight is the delivery of the
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proposed budget. It's available online
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now. I'll go to that in a minute. May
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12th, next council meeting, the council
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will tentatively adopt the tentative
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budget. Again, it's just a fancy
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code state code way of saying the
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council is acknowledging through a
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resolution that they've received the
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mayor's proposed budget. It's still not
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the final budget next week, okay?
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Then we skip ahead to June 9th. There's
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a public hearing for the budget on June
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9th.
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And then there's a second public hearing
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on June 23rd.
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And that June 23rd meeting is most
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likely when the budget would be adopted.
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June 30th is the state deadline for
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actually making sure that budget is
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adopted and ready to go for the July 1st
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start of the fiscal year.
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So, there's still 7 weeks of time to
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review the budget, get public input.
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It's not final, um but we are very proud
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of the work that we've done and it is a
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balanced budget and we're excited for
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everyone to dive in and look at it.
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Now, how do you access the tentative
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budget now that it's available?
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You can go to provo.gov and just
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straight from the home page there's a
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transparency portal link. You click on
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that and there's a financial section.
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It's the second drop down.
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From there you can go to budget and
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financial reporting. It's an icon with a
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bar graph. And then you can
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uh see the annual budget section and
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under there there's a link for the 2027
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tentative budget.
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So, it's there and the mayor's letter
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that she just read is included in that
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document. There's a budget highlight
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section that finance puts together
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starting on page 19 of the tentative
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budget. It's a six-page summary that
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basically captures the bulk of what is
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included in the budget in terms of new
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changes, new requests that were added,
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any fee um updates, and so on.
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And I just kind of want to
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walk through a few of the categories in
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the budget highlights. I'm not going to
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read the whole letter,
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but just thought it would be useful for
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people to know what they can find in
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there as a starting point.
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So, it goes through funding sources. It
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identifies um Oh, thank you, Kevin.
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This is page 19.
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I think actually page 20 is
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where you can like see where the fees uh
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it talks about fees and how you can
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access a summary of fee changes in the
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appendix, the very back of the budget
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sheet. That appendix is on page 41 page
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149. So, feel free to dive into there.
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You don't have to go to that page right
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now, Kevin, but um it just summarizes
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all the changes. So, if you have
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questions about fees after reading that,
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we're happy to answer any questions, but
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we tried to go through and show what the
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impact is and what the reason for fee
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changes were.
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um
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The budget highlights talks about
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utility rate changes. It talks about
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property taxes, which to emphasize what
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the mayor already said, there are no
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recommended property tax increases in
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the budget. That applies to property
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taxes that contribute to general
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operations in the general fund, and it
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also applies to property taxes that
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contribute to the library. So, no
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recommended property tax increases in
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the proposed budget.
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um It talks about personnel elements
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that are funded, and then if you go to
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page
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22,
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there are some tables that start to talk
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about the funded supplemental requests.
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So, the mayor talked about this. Uh any department
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that had a need for increased budget
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needed to submit what we call a
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supplemental request, and that was
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basically saying, "Here's our need,
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here's the cost." And this was a big
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push this year from the mayor's office
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was to make sure that any request
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included proposals for offsetting the
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cost increases. And so, the tables that
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you can you can see on the bottom of
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that page, um there's a few different
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columns. There's a column that shows
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what department or division made the
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request, what the request was, the
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amount, the proposed funding source,
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the benefit, and then if there was a
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full-time equivalent impact in terms of
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personnel. So, hopefully that's a great
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place to start looking and seeing what
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requests were funded. And just know that
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there were a lot of requests that were
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granted because departments were able to
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successfully identify offsets to those
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funding increases, whether that was
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through strategic cuts in their budgets
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that they already had or through some
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identified revenue sources.
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Ultimately, we welcome you and encourage
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you to carefully review the budget
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highlights in the entire budget
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document.
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We welcome the input of Provo residents
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as we proceed through the process of
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adopting the city's annual budget. And
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as always, finance staff is at your
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disposal to respond to questions and
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assist the council
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in any way you'd like over the next
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several weeks. We believe that you'll
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find this budget responsive to your
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concerns and aspirations and
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forward-thinking as we plan for the
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future of the Provo community. And with
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that,
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we give you the FY27 budget. Thank you.
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Kelsey.
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And I know there's a lot of um work that
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goes into this.
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Um is there any council discussion on
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this
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item? [clears throat]
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Just a couple of questions. Councilor
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Garrett.
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Um Kelsey, you reported in our work
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session last uh Tuesday
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that um
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the estimated increase in sales tax and
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other revenue was about 6.2 million, but
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that that estimate had not been was 2
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months old. Mhm.
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And we would anticipate the uh current
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estimate by this week. I see here you're
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showing an increase
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in sales tax revenue of 3.6. Where did
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that figure land overall?
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Did it go from 6.2 to 3.6 or were there
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other revenues included? I think I I'm
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trying to remember the 6.2 number. I
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know
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that sales tax we had originally
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projected higher, but just based on what
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we were seeing, we wanted to make it
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[clears throat] a little bit more
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conservative.
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>> Higher than 3.6 where it landed?
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3.6 is where it did a 3.6 million dollar
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increase compared to the fiscal year 26
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budget.
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>> Yeah. So sales tax did go up quite a
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bit. I I'd have to look back at that
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presentation. It might have been like an
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overall like amount Yeah.
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>> on that slide. I'm trying to remember
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the slide.
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>> Right. But yes, sales tax did definitely
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um go up in the fiscal year 27 budget
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compared to fiscal year 26 budget. And
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we were there are a few reasons for that we discussed in the last work
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meeting.
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Okay.
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>> help answer your question? I don't know
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if I fully got there. Uh yes. Um that's
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a good start. And then can we anticipate
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that uh
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we have here this
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summary of positions that have been
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added. It is it fair to say that most of
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the um increased budget was allocated
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for um
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additional position staffing positions
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or
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um I I would say well, personnel costs
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those those were built in there there in
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the budget highlights, there's a
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personnel elements that kind of goes
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through the personnel cost. We could get
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a breakdown of the exact impact of
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personnel cost increases. In terms of
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like new positions being added,
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yes.
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I I would have to go through and like
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add everything up, but there were some
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full-time positions added.
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There were also
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But again, it's hard cuz there were
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offsets. You know, like the firefighter
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positions were a good example of how we
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added [clears throat] positions,
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but we also reduced overtime.
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>> Okay.
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Yeah, I'm just looking for some helps as
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I look through this to kind of
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anticipate where those additional
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revenues might have been placed. I saw
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in the mayor's letter several references
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to new positions and cost of living
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adjustment. And so just interested to
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anticipate where we can see that
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increased revenue reflected. And I guess
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this might be helpful, but each of the department pages, they have
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tables that show his historical like the
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actuals and then it shows the FY26
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adopted budget numbers.
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Then there's an adjusted budget column
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which accounts for any carryovers or
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mid-year appropriations from the council
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that have been built in. And then it
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shows the FY27 budget, but you can kind
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of see like if revenues have gone up a
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lot between the FY26 numbers and FY27.
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That's a good starting point and we can
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also
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provide a summary if that's helpful,
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too. Okay. Well, I'll let you I'll let
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you know. Okay. Thank you to you, to
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staff who have worked with you on this
[21:52]
budget. Um a special thanks to the
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administration for um highlighting
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council priorities and for presenting a
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balanced budget that will not require
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tax property tax increase, so
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um special bonus.
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Right.
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Thank you.
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Councilor Bogda.
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Kelsey,
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when will we get the consolidated fee
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schedule?
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I have a redlined version that I can
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send to council tonight if you'd like.
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Please. But there is also I mean, the
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consolidated fee schedule is really
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long, so I would definitely start with
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the summary of fee changes at the very
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back of the budget book just to start to
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understand what they would be.
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Great. But we asked for the rec for
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parks and recs 3 weeks ago and we still
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have not received it.
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>> Oh, I have all of that. I'm happy to
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give it to you. And so yeah, they they
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haven't followed up on what they were
[22:47]
supposed what they were asked to bring.
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So yeah, if we could see that, that
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would be great cuz I'm noticing here
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that there's stuff in the rec center,
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but it's not like exact numbers or s-
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Yeah, there were quite a few changes and
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so it just seemed
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better to summarize it in the actual
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budget book, but I did I have the whole
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schedule, so I'm happy to send that to
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you.
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Thanks. I appreciate that. And thank you
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for your time and effort on this.
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Anyone else?
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All right. Thanks, Kelsey. Thanks,
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Mayor.
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All right, there's no objection. We will
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now adjourn the Provo City Council and
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convene as the RDA Governing Board by
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unanimous consent.
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Next, a presentation of Oh, we'd like to
[23:29]
recognize that Travis Hoban has joined
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us.
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Next, a presentation of the tentative
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budget for the Redevelopment Agency of
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Provo City for the fiscal year beginning
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July 1st, 2026 and ending June 30th,
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2027.
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They'll be presented by Kelsey Zaruba
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again.
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Thank you. This is pretty short.
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Basically, the Redevelopment Agency
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budget is listed in the Provo City
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budget document on page 143.
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Again, this is not a final budget. It's
[23:58]
just a proposal. Um I know Melissa
[24:01]
McNally, our Redevelopment Agency
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Director, worked to put this together,
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so we're grateful for her input on that.
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Any questions?
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Does it look like it? Thanks, Kelsey.
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>> Thank you.
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All right. Any discussion on that?
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There's no objection. We will now
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adjourn the RDA Governing Board and
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convene as the Storm Water Service
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District Governing Board by unanimous
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consent.
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Uh presentation of the tentative budget
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for the Provo City Storm Water Service
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District for the fiscal year beginning
[24:37]
July 1st, 2026 and ending June 30th,
[24:40]
2027 will also be presented by Kelsey
[24:43]
Zaruba.
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Okay.
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This is the Storm Water Service District
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budget, which is also at the end of the
[24:51]
Provo City budget on page 142.
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And again, it's just up for council
[24:57]
review at this point or stormwater board
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review and
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wouldn't be adopted until the second
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council meeting in June.
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Thanks Kelsey. Um
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there was a question, why do we still
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have the storm water service district?
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Is that something we're planning on
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keeping indefinitely
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or now that our
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you know, cuz our building that we
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originally
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formed this district for, we've we've
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done that project. So I'm just wondering
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what the plan is. Yeah, I think the
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board and what we're using this for.
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Really it's it's its own entity
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that was created to help pay off some
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bonds that were paid off a year or two
[25:38]
ago and I would leave it up to legal
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honestly to decide when
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this is no longer needed. From my
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perspective, we're not really using it
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except to have a lovely little extra
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item on the council agendas, so.
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what are we running through this?
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Like what is So it's anything for the
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stormwater division in public works.
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It's paying, you know, just for the
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storm drain operations and any
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maintenance on the system. And so it is
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part of
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the public works department, but it's
[26:07]
technically considered its own entity
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just because of the way those bonds were
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structured oh I don't even know 20, 30
[26:13]
years ago. So. Okay.
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Thank you. Any questions for Kelsey?
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Councilor Bogdan.
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Gary.
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Any insight on the storm water service
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district?
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Uh not in particular. I think we would
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have to take a look at
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what would need to be done to wind up a
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special service district and
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consult with public works.
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But once we do that, I think we could
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give some advice on
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whether and when.
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Thank you.
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Good.
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Cuz what I'm hearing is it was created
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for paying
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for getting bonds. Those bonds are paid
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off operationally, it's not different
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and so it's kind of an artifact at this
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point. Is that fair?
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Certainly sounds that way to me.
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I mean, I imagine how the money is used
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is a budgeting question
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which I would throw back to
[27:13]
finance.
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But in terms of what we need to do to
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unwind the district, we would need to
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take a look at that, I think.
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Okay.
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Can you get back with Justin and let him
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know
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about that? Certainly.
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Thank you.
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>> Be happy to do that.
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Anything else on this item?
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All right.
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And I guess for the public's sake, if
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anyone's listening,
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is
[27:46]
we This is our first time seeing this,
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like us
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um
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presenting it and
[27:53]
taking it is is nothing is decided. And
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so we will go through and study this and
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make sure that
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everything aligns with whatever our
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priorities are. And so just the public
[28:04]
knows this is still like the mayor
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mentioned, I think Kelsey mentioned,
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it's still like a 7-week process and
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this is just the beginning.
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But um
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if there's no objection, we will now
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adjourn the Stormwater Service District
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Governing Board by unanimous consent.
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Recording stopped.
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Hey, Kelsey.