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>> IT'S 05:00. I WOULD CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER OR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
[CALL TO ORDER]
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY THE FREE BUDGET WORK SESSION IN MARCH 2ND, 2023. CALL THE ROLL.>> MRS. WAYMAK IS ABSENT THIS EVENING.
>> THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IN TIME.
WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY AND THE WORK SESSIONS IS A GENERAL FUND REVIEW DISCUSSION.
[WORK SESSION]
WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSE SESSION FIRST.WE'RE GOING INTO THE WORK SESSION AND I BELIEVE THAT MR. DRURY IS ON.
GOOD EVENING, MR. HUNTER AND BOARD MEMBERS.
I HAVE A POWERPOINT THAT I'LL BE FOLLOWING.
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THAT TO COME OUT.
THE FIRST ITEM, WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND RESOURCES.
THEN WE WILL REVIEW SOME LARGE TICKET REQUESTS AND EXPENDITURE ITEMS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL FUNDING CALCULATION.
MR. HALTOM WILL TALK ABOUT UTILITY REVENUES.
THEN DR. PENNYCUFF WILL PROVIDE A SCHOOL BUDGET PRESENTATION TO OUTLINE THE LOCAL REQUEST.
THEN COREY AND I WILL BE PROVIDING A CONDENSED POWERPOINT ON THE PAY INCREASE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SALARY STUDY RESULTS.
I'LL GO THROUGH THE SPREADSHEET THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE TO REVIEW RESOURCES AND COMPARE THEM TO REQUESTS WHERE YOU CAN WEIGH IN ON YOUR PRIORITIES.
THEN WE WILL RECAP BY TALKING ABOUT UPCOMING MEETING DATES AND BUDGET MILESTONES.
YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF HANDOUTS AT YOUR DESK.
MR. HALTOM DID NOT PRINT HARD COPIES, BUT WE WILL EMAIL YOU EACH BOARD MEMBER EVERYTHING FOLLOWING THE MEETING TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO START BY REVIEWING OUR AUDITED FUND BALANCE, THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE.
AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR '22, OUR AUDITED FUND BALANCE WAS 37.85 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTED 32.1% OF OUR FY21 TO EXPENSES.
THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS 25.7% OF OUR BUDGETED CURRENT YEAR EXPENSES.
THE FUND BALANCE WAS OVER OUR STATUTORY OR POLICY LIMIT BY 23.1 MILLION AND IT'S OVER 15% WHICH YOU USE AS A TARGET BY 20.1 MILLION.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU HAVE MADE FOR USE OF FUND BALANCE TO DATE.
THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE THIS DURING MY QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTS, BUT THIS PROVIDES AN UP-TO-DATE COMMITMENT LIST.
IF YOU WILL, PURCHASE ORDER CARRYOVERS FOR BOTH THE COUNTY ON SCHOOL ARE GRANTED DONATION CARRYOVER WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND AND ADMIN BOILER REPLACEMENT, AND ON DOWN THE LIST, THE FLUES AND STACKS FOR THAT ITEM.
COURTROOM RENOVATION EXPENDITURES, BOTH CONSTRUCTION AND NON-CONSTRUCTION, THE SCHOOL CARRYOVER REQUEST, WHICH WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE HEALTH FUND, AND THEN $412,000 APPROPRIATION FOR FY22 TO SCHOOL BUS PURCHASES WHERE WE HAD INITIALLY PLANNED TO DO A BORROWING, BUT WE DID NOT DO A BORROWING.
TO DATE, A 3.977 MILLION HAS BEEN COMMITTED FROM YOUR FUND BALANCE.
YOUR UNCOMMITTED FUN BALANCE WITH THOSE IS 11.7 MILLION MORE THAN 15% OF YOUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES.
TO BE DETERMINED IS THE COST OF THE CONVENIENCE STATION.
THAT IS AN ITEM THAT ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING FROM THE FUND BALANCE WHEN THE PLANS ARE FINALIZED AND THE ITEM IS PUT TO [NOISE] REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT.
THE REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY RECEIVED YOURS.
THEY'D BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNTY CITIZENS, REAL PROPERTY TAX PAYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS.
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THOSE TAX RATES APPLY TO YOUR REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUE MOBILE HOMES AND PUBLIC SERVICE TAXES. THAT IS COMPLETE.MR. GORDON HERE AND HIS TEAM DID A GREAT JOB MEETING THE TIMELINES.
WE DISCUSSED WITH YOU IN NOVEMBER NOT EQUALIZING TO FUND PUBLIC SAFETY PAY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED IN NOVEMBER AND TOOK EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST.
STAFF WILL SEEK AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE OUR TAX RATES AND AN EFFECTIVE TAX INCREASE DUE TO INCREASED ASSESSED REAL PROPERTY VALUES ON MARCH 16TH.
THAT'LL WORK SESSION FOLLOWING MR. STOKE'S PRESENTATION OF YOUR INTRODUCED BUDGET ON MARCH 14TH.
THE VALUE OF A PENNY BASED ON THE REASSESSMENT IS INCREASING BY 22,000 FROM $348,000 TO $370,000.
THE EQUALIZED TAX RATE, NET OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, NEW PARCELS AND DISCOVERY, WHICH IS ESTIMATED AT 63.6 MILLION, IS 77 CENTS.
THAT IS 6.5% HIGHER THAN YOUR CURRENT TAX RATE OR AN INCREASE OF 6.5, THAT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, NEW PARCELS AND DISCOVERY.
>> REAL ESTATE TAX COLLECTIONS OR ESTIMATED REVENUES ARE ADOPTED.
CURRENT YEAR BUDGET IS JUST OVER 28.6 MILLION.
WITH THAT GROWTH THAT WE SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE TO REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUES OF 1.929 MILLION.
THIS ESTIMATE DOES KEEP THAT REAL ESTATE TAX RATE AT 82 CENTS AND NOT EQUALIZING TO 77.
EVERY PENNY, IF YOU WERE TO CONSIDER REVISION WOULD BE $370,000 REDUCTION WHICH IS SHARED WITH THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
MS. ROUSEY AND MS. LANE AND THEIR TEAM ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING THE DRAFT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX BOOK.
MOTOR VEHICLE ASSESSMENTS ARE ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE, BUT OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS REMAIN IN DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE USING 22 VALUES FOR OUR FY24 FOR PROJECTIONS.
THEY TARGET TO COMPLETE THEIR DRAFT BOOK IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH, A DAY AFTER MR. STOKE PRESENTS HIS INTRODUCED BUDGET.
FOR FY24, WE ARE BUDGETING LEVEL FUNDING FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX AT $12,052,201.
THERE IS NO RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE THE TAX RATE FROM 394 BILLS THAT ARE DUE JUNE 5TH.
AGAIN, THE TAX RATES YOU SET THE SPRING IMPACT CURRENT YEAR REVENUE FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY ALONE.
IN APRIL OF 2022, YOU DID LOWER THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RATE 425-390 AND ELIMINATED THE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE FEE FOR BILLS THAT WERE DUE LAST JUNE.
>> THIS IS WHAT A PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE LOOKS LIKE.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING A REDUCTION IN OUR DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTIONS BASED ON PRIOR YEAR ACTUALS TAX.
THE THIRD-PARTY COLLECTION AGENT THAT WE PARTNERED WITH, MADE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT STRIDES WITH SOME OLD DELINQUENT TAXES AND I UNDERSTAND FROM MS. VARGO THAT ARE DELINQUENT '22 TAXES WERE TURNED OVER TO THEM IN JANUARY SO WE'RE HOPING THEY'LL START MAKING TRACTION ON THOSE DELINQUENCIES.
THE AMOUNT TO ABOUT 1.4 MILLION.
>> NOW IS THIS JUST PERSONAL PROPERTY DELINQUENT TAX?
>> THE PRIOR SLIDE, I'M RECOMMENDING LEVEL FUNDING FOR THE DELINQUENT REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUES AT 500,000.
THEN OF COURSE, SOME MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE FEE WILL REMAIN AT ZERO.
THE CURRENT YEAR ADOPTED BUDGET IS 740,203 ON THOSE TAX REVENUES, AND THAT REVENUE IS DUE JUNE 5TH.
ASSESSMENTS ARE BASED ON MACHINERY AND TOOLS RETURN THAT IS DUE TO THE COMMISSIONER REVENUE ON FEBRUARY 5TH, THAT SHOWS WHAT IS OWED AS OF JANUARY 1ST.
THEY DO HAVE AN ABILITY TO FILE AN EXTENSION UNTIL MARCH 7TH.
WE DO EXPECT SOME GROWTH IN THIS MACHINERY AND TOOLS TAX
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FOR FY'24 BASED ON INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION.YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS WHAT LARGE MANUFACTURER IS EXPANDING.
BUT WE DO A PROJECT ABOUT $177,000 INCREASE, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN DELINQUENT.
VERY TAX OWNERS OR PROPERTY OWNERS ARE DELINQUENT ON THOSE TAXES.
YOUR CURRENT YEAR ADOPTED BUDGET IS $151,848.
WE RECOMMEND INCREASING THAT SLIGHTLY BY A LITTLE OVER 13,000-165,000 BASED ON PRIOR YEAR ACTUALS.
THOSE TAXES ARE DUE ON JUNE 5TH, LIKE PERSONAL PROPERTY, BUT THE TAX RATE IS BASED ON YOUR REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE 82 CENT.
THE RECENT EXPANSION AT PINE RIDGE AND THREE PARKS THAT WERE PURCHASED BY NEW OWNERS ARE UPGRADING, SO AGAIN THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THOSE INCREASES IN OUR TAX REVENUE FOR MOBILE HOMES.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING A $7,000 DECREASE IN DELINQUENTS.
THERE ARE VERY FEW PROPERTY OWNERS WHO PAY THAT LATE.
PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS, ELECTRIC, GAS, TELECOMMUNICATION, AND WATER COMPANIES, AS WELL AS SOLAR, PAY THESE TAXES.
THE STATE AGENCY, THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICE TAXATION ASSESSES THOSE.
OUR CURRENT YEAR ADOPTED BUDGET IS JUST UNDER 2.3 MILLION, HALF OF THAT TAX IS DUE ON DECEMBER 5TH AND THE SECOND HALF IS DUE ON JUNE 5TH LIKE REAL PROPERTY.
COLLECTIONS TO DATE ARE ABOUT 1.2 MILLION, ABOUT 52.7% OF WHAT WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR.
SECOND HALF AGAIN IS DUE ON JUNE 5TH.
THAT TAX IS BASED ON OUR REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE, AND A COMFORTABLE ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW IS 2.3 MILLION, JUST A SLIGHT INCREASE OF 11,628.
WE MAY ADJUST THAT PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCED BUDGET.
I BELIEVE THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICE TAXATION IS WORKING ON VALUES FOR A LARGE SOLAR COMPANY.
BUT TODAY WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH AN 11,628 INCREASE.
BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE TAX BPOL.
THIS TAX WAS DUE YESTERDAY FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
PRIOR YEAR COLLECTIONS AND TRENDS INDICATE THAT WE CAN INCREASE OVER OUR FY2013 TOTAL BUDGET OF 1,682,900-1,876,900 OR BY $194,000.
WE DID RUN A UPDATED REPORT JUST TODAY, BUT MAIL WILL STILL BE PROCESSED FOR THOSE TAXPAYERS THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THIS.
BUT I HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH MS. ROUSING AND MS. LANE AND THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT ESTIMATE.
>> DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT MANY LATE FEES?
>> WE COLLECTED ABOUT 19 LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BASING OUR RECOMMENDED 19 BUDGET OF ONE.
THERE ARE A FEW BUSINESS OWNERS WHO DO PAY THAT LATE. YES, SIR.
>> CONSUMER UTILITY TAXES, WE SHARE THIS TAX REVENUE WITH THE SCHOOL DIVISION AS WELL.
WE'RE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING BASED ON PRIOR YEAR COLLECTIONS AND TRENDS, A $5,000 REDUCTION FROM 905-900,000, AND THAT IS BOTH FOR UTILITY, TAXES, AND FOR GAS.
WE'RE TRENDING AN INCREASE IN GAS, BUT A DECREASE IN ELECTRIC.
SALES TAX. WE CURRENTLY HAVE BUDGETED AS SALES TAX REVENUE 4.3 MILLION, AND WE ARE TRENDING TO COLLECT THAT THIS YEAR.
WE COLLECTED VIRTUALLY THE SAME THING IN FY'22 AND '21, RIGHT AT 4.3 MILLION, SO THAT IS WHERE WE RECOMMEND STAYING.
WE HAVE EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN THIS REVENUE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS,
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BUT I BELIEVE WE'VE JUST ABOUT PLATEAUED, SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO LEAVE THAT AT 4.3 MILLION.AGAIN THIS IS A VISUAL OF BUDGET TO COLLECTION.
INTEREST ON INVESTMENTS, WE HAVE HAD A VERY BAD LAST TWO YEARS WITH OUR INTEREST REVENUE.
WE HAVE SOME INVESTMENTS IN THE VIP BOND FUND THAT REALLY TANKED DURING FY'22 AND WE ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED A LOSS IN INTEREST REVENUE.
ALL OF OUR INVESTMENTS HAVE RECOVERED AND WE ARE TRENDING TO COLLECT ABOUT 570,000 THIS YEAR, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING A BUDGET OF 450 FOR FY'24.
I HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH MS. VARGO ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE NEEDING TO MOVE INVESTMENTS OUT OF THAT BOND FUND IF WE DON'T EXPERIENCE POSITIVE TREND THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR.
PERMIT AND PLANNING FEES, PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN MADE AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE IN OUR PERMANENT AND PLANNING FEES FOR FY'24 OF $108,400.
THIS IS BASED ON CURRENT YEAR TREND, PRIOR YEAR ACTUALS, AND AVERAGES FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
WE DID WORK WITH MS. WALTON AND HER TEAM ON THESE PROJECTIONS AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING AGAIN AN INCREASE OF 184,000 TO BUDGET A TOTAL OF $745,300 FOR FY'24.
THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX.
IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO MR. RODSOL BUDGET PROPOSAL, HE AT THE REQUEST OF PARENTS, IS RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE IN THE REGISTRATION FEE FOR BOTH FOOTBALL AND CHEER LEADING FROM $30-125 FOR JUST THOSE TWO SPORTS.
THE PARENTS WANTED TO INCLUDE THE COST OF THEIR JERSEYS AND PANTS AND ATTIRE AND BE ALLOWED TO KEEP THOSE MATERIALS INSTEAD OF HAVING TO PURCHASE PANTS SEPARATELY, GET A LOANER JERSEY AND UNIFORM AND RETURN IT AT THE END OF THE SEASON.
YOU WILL SEE IN YOUR LIST OF EXPENSES AND RESOURCES, IT WILL ALMOST BE AN IN AND OUT.
THERE'S A $40,000 INCREASE AND ATHLETIC SUPPLIES, BUT ALSO AN INCREASE IN REGISTRATION FEES THAT OFFSETS THAT.
BUT OVERALL, HIS REVENUES, WHICH INCLUDE REGISTRATION FEES, SPECIAL ACTIVITIES, AND GYM MEMBERSHIPS, ARE TRENDING TO INCREASE BY 49,500, SO 9,500 NET OF THAT 40,000 IMPACT FOR THAT INCREASE IN FEE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ASK MR. RODSOL TO PLAN ON ATTENDING ON THE 7TH OF MARCH.
>> IS HE GOING TO ALLOW THOSE THAT CAN'T AFFORD THAT 125 TO BE ABLE TO STILL STICK WITH THE 30 AND RETURN THE EQUIPMENT? IT'S A QUESTION, YOU'LL HAVE TO ANSWER.
>> WE CAN CERTAINLY RELAY THAT QUESTION TO MR. RODSOL AND GET AN ANSWER.
>> THAT'S A BIG JUMP FOR SOME PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT MAY WANT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT CAN'T AFFORD THAT 125.
>> CORRECT. WE WILL CERTAINLY POSE THAT QUESTION TO HIM AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ASK HIM AGAIN TO PLAN ON ATTENDING.
HE WILL PLAN ON ATTENDING ON MARCH 7TH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
>> OF COURSE, I THINK THERE IS ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES THAT CAN'T AFFORD THE REGISTRATION FEE AS IT STANDS.
I'M PRESUMING THAT THAT WOULD CONTINUE.
YOU'LL RECALL THAT IN JULY, YOU AUTHORIZE MOVING OUR THIRD-PARTY PAYMENT CREDIT CARD PROCESSOR FROM ELAVON TO TYLER PAYMENTS IN JULY, THE FEE WAS SET AT 3% AND WE WERE ACTUALLY REMOVED AS THE MIDDLEMAN.
WITH THE TRANSITION TO TYLER PAYMENTS.
WE NO LONGER RECEIVE THE FEE FROM THE TAXPAYER AND REMIT IT TO THE THIRD PARTY.
THEY COLLECTED DIRECTLY, KEEP THE FEE AND REMIT TO US THE TAXES OR FEES THAT ARE DUE, SO WE'RE OUT AS THE MIDDLEMAN, SO TO SPEAK.
WE ARE REDUCING REVENUE FOR THAT CREDIT CARD CONVENIENCE FEE AND THE CORRESPONDING EXPENDITURE THAT WOULD RELAY IT TO THE THIRD PARTY PROCESSOR.
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BUT THE NET IMPACT ON THE BUDGET WOULD BE ZERO.YOU WILL SEE THAT AS AN IN AND OUT.
>> YES, SIR. THERE IS CURRENTLY A FEE AND THERE WILL REMAIN A FEE.
IT'S JUST THAT TYLER PAYMENTS COLLECTS IT AND KEEPS IT.
>> THEY WON'T RECOGNIZE A DIFFERENCE AT THE TREASURES WINDOW?
>> SURE. A FEW OTHER GENERAL FUND REVENUE SOURCES THATSOURCES1 I'LL COVER ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, WE ARE TRENDING AN INCREASE OF 70,000 LODGING TAX, THE GENERAL FUND COMPONENT.
WE ARE TRENDING AND INCREASE OF ABOUT 63,000.
YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT WITHIN THE TOURISM FUND BUDGET, THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN THE LODGING TAX THAT SUPPORTS THAT FUN.
WE'RE PROJECTING A $10,000 INCREASE.
OUR STATE HOUSE BILL 599 FUNDS THAT COME IN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR FY24 BASED ON OUR '23 ACTUAL AWARD, WHICH CAME AFTER YOU ADOPTED YOUR '23 BUDGET.
AS YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS LATE APPROVING THE FY23 STATE BUDGET, AND YOU DID AMEND 53,000 TO THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET, BUT AGAIN, ADOPTED TO PROPOSE WOULD BE A $53,000 INCREASE.
THEN WE ARE ALSO TRENDING AND INCREASE IN OUR WIRELESS PUBLIC SAFETY ACCESS POINT PAYMENTS OF 35,000.
JUST TO RECAP SOME OF OUR MAJOR GRANT FUNDS, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER GRANT, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE POLICE CHIEF AND HIS TEAM WERE AWARDED A NEW SRO GRANT DURING FY23 TO FUND A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AT HARRISON.
WE DO PLAN TO LEAVE THE EXISTING GRANT FUNDS THAT FUND AN ADDITIONAL THREE SROS AT BEASLEY, WALTON, AND SOUTH, AND HOPES THAT THAT FUNDING WILL BE RENEWED.
TOTAL SRO REVENUE FOR FY24 WOULD GO TO 263,178, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 103,389.
OPERATIONS CEASEFIRE GRANT IS A NEW GRANT THAT THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S SECURED TO FUND AN ASSISTANT COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY THAT WE SHARE WITH HOPEWELL TO TARGET GUN VIOLENCE CASES.
AGAIN, THE FULL FISCAL YEAR IMPACT WILL BE INCLUDED AS A GRANT REVENUE AND THE SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR THAT EMPLOYEE WILL WASH THAT OUT AS AN EXPENSE.
OUR VICTIM WITNESS GRANT, WE WILL BE RECEIVING A CUT IN THE FEDERAL PORTION OF THAT AWARD.
THERE IS A STATEWIDE VODKA FUNDING REDUCTION.
AGAIN, THE IMPACT WILL BE A LOSS OF 12,171.
THE DRUG COURT TREATMENT GRANT, WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE SUPREME COURT AND OUR LEMPG GRANT, WHICH COMES IN FROM VENOM, WILL REMAIN AT THE CURRENT YEAR LEVEL, NO CHANGE.
WE PROBABLY WILL NOT GET ESTIMATES UNTIL MAY 1ST.
IF WE GET THEM, THEN DEPENDS ON WHETHER THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS ABLE TO APPROVE AN FY24 BUDGET.
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN MADE BASED ON WHAT WE ARE SEEING ON THE SENATE AND HOUSE PROPOSALS, WHICH INCLUDE A 7% PAY INCREASE FOR STATE-SUPPORTED COMP BOARD FUNDED POSITIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1.
WE WILL PROJECT AN INCREASE OF 163,480.
THE EXPENSE IMPACT OF PROVIDING THAT MANDATED INCREASE IS JUST UNDER 152,000.
THAT IS LESS THAN THEY WERE TARGETED INCREASE IN REVENUE.
BUT AGAIN, THE STATE WAS LATE APPROVING THE BUDGET, SO WE AMENDED 29,000 AFTER JULY 1.
QUESTIONS ON THAT? SOCIAL SERVICES, THIS IS A COMPLICATED ONE.
THE AMOUNT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, FEDERAL AND STATE REVENUE VARIES WITH THE EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.
AGAIN, THE STATE SUPPORTED POSITIONS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE US 7% INCREASE EFFECTIVE JULY 1.
IT WOULD ALSO DEPEND ON WHETHER OR NOT ANY NEW POSITIONS ARE FUNDED FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.
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THE CURRENT YEAR WELFARE ADMINISTRATION BUDGET IS 1,865,430.AGAIN, THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OUTLINED HERE, THERE COULD BE MORE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BOARD CHOOSES TO DO WITH COMPENSATION.
PROVIDING THE 7%, THE HIGHER OF THE 7% OR STEP INCREASE WITH NO NEW POSITIONS OR MARKET REGRADES WOULD INCREASE REVENUES BY 43,000.
THE EXPENDITURE INCREASE WOULD BE ABOUT 136.
PROVIDING THE HIGHER OF THAT 7% STEP INCREASE WITH NO NEW POSITIONS BUT FUNDING, THE MARKET REGRADES WOULD INCREASE REVENUES BY 535, BUT EXPENSES WOULD INCREASE TO 167 AND SO ON.
AGAIN, ADDING THE POSITIONS ARE LAID OUT IN NUMBER 3 AND NUMBER 4 WITH BOTH THE MARKET RE-CLASS AND WITHOUT FOR YOU TO REVIEW.
AGAIN, THESE THESE REVENUE NUMBERS DO NOT LOOK AS HIGH AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, BUT WE WERE A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE WITH OUR ESTIMATES FOR FY23.
I RECEIVED A DOCUMENT FROM MS. JUDGE IN MAY OF '22 THAT I'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE, THAT LAID OUT THE TIERS OF SOCIAL SERVICES, STATE REVENUE.
WE RECEIVE ONE POOL OF MONEY WITH NO LOCAL MATCH, MUCH LARGER AMOUNT WITH A 15.5% LOCAL MATCH, AND THEN THE REST IS PROVIDED WITH A 68% LOCAL MATCH.
THAT'S WHAT THESE ESTIMATES ARE BASED ON.
AGAIN, THIS PROVIDES AN OUTLINE OF THE COSTS OF THEIR NEW POSITIONS THAT MS. JUDGE HAS REQUESTED.
IF YOU WATCHED HER VIDEO, SHE REQUESTED A MANAGER LEVEL POSITION, A BENEFIT PROGRAM SPECIALIST, AND AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.
SHE EMAILED US THIS WEEK AND ASKED TO MAKE THAT MANAGEMENT POSITION ANOTHER BENEFIT PROGRAM SPECIALIST, SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID AND WE HAVE AMENDED ALL OF OUR COST ESTIMATES ACCORDINGLY.
THESE AGAIN PROVIDE THE COST OF HER POSITIONS WITH NO MARKET REGRADES, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF STATE REVENUE AND LOCAL IMPACT, AS WELL AS ONE RECLASSIFICATION THAT SHE HAS REQUESTED THAT HAS FINANCIAL IMPACT, BOTH WITH MARKET AND WITHOUT MARKET.
THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE LOCAL IMPACT IS FOR THOSE NEW POSSESSIONS AND RE-CLASSIFICATIONS.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES ACT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY 101,000 FROM 2.458 MILLION TO 2.559 MILLION.
THE NON-EDUCATION RELATED EXPENDITURES ARE TRENDING TO DECREASE AND THOSE ARE PREDOMINANTLY FOSTER CARE.
THE EDUCATION-RELATED EXPENDITURES ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY JUST OVER 254,000.
OUR FUNDING STATE INCREASE WILL BE ABOUT 188,000 BASED ON CURRENT REVIEW OF REVENUE ESTIMATES.
THE SCHOOL DIVISION BUDGET CALLED FOR AN INCREASE FROM THEM OF 95,860 FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE THAT THEY TRANSFER BACK TO US.
[NOISE] IF THE BOARD DOESN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE INTO EXPENDITURE REQUESTS AND SOME OF YOUR MORE SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURE ITEMS. EXPENDITURE REQUESTS.
THE SCHOOL DIVISION, DR. PENNYCUFF WILL PRESENT HER PROPOSED BUDGET AND HAS ASKED FOR AN INCREASE IN THE LOCAL TRANSFER OF 1,827,502, WHICH IS JUST UNDER A 10% INCREASE IN LOCAL FUNDING.
A PIECE OF THAT LOCAL TRANSFER GETS SENT TO THE OPERATING FUND AND A SMALLER PIECE TO THE TEXTBOOK FUND.
TOTAL CURRENT YEAR TRANSFER IS $18,553,165.
HER REQUEST REPRESENTS A TOTAL LOCAL TRANSFER OF $20,380,667,
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20.2 MILLION TO THE OPERATING FUND, AND THE SAME AMOUNT OF 189,195 TO THE TEXTBOOK FUN.DR. PENNYCUFF WILL SHARE A PRESENTATION WITH YOU LATER THIS EVENING THAT OUTLINES A LITTLE OVER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AND NEW INITIATIVES, PRIOR COMMITMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES AN INCREASE OR A PAY RAISE FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A FAIRLY SIZABLE LOSS OF ONE-TIME STATE FUNDING THAT IS EARMARKED FOR CAPITAL ITEMS. THEY WILL BE REMOVING THAT STATE REVENUE AND THOSE STATE SUPPORTED EXPENDITURES.
SHE PRESENTED HER PROPOSED BUDGET ON FEBRUARY 16TH.
BASED ON THAT PROPOSED BUDGET ON GOVERNOR YOUNKINS'S FY24, REVENUE ESTIMATES AND PAY RAISE INITIATIVES.
HEALTH INSURANCE RENEWAL WAS PENDING ON FEBRUARY 23RD WHEN THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR MET WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD VICE CHAIR AND CHAIR.
BUT THEY'VE ESTIMATED IT AT 5% OR 310,000 EMPLOYER ABSORBED.
FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, THERE IS A WIDE VARIANCE BETWEEN THE SENATE AND HOUSE VERSIONS OF THE BUDGETED REVENUES.
BUT BOTH OF THOSE VERSIONS DO CALL FOR A 7% PAY INCREASE AND THEY ELIMINATE THE RETENTION BONUS THAT GOVERNOR YOUNKIN INCLUDED.
THEY HELD THEIR PUBLIC HEARING ON THEIR BUDGET EARLIER THIS WEEK AND A LATER SLIDE WE WILL DISCUSS THE CALCULATED LOCAL TRANSFER USING THE REVENUE SHARING CALCULATION THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2007.
NORMALLY YOU SEE THE OPPOSITE OF THIS SLIDE.
BASED ON ESTIMATES FROM RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL AND AN ANALYSIS THAT WE USE INTERNALLY, THERE WILL BE A DECREASE IN OUR CONTRIBUTION TO RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL FROM 2.68 MILLION DOWN TO 2.34 MILLION.
THE CENSUS IN THE JAIL IS DOWN OVERALL, AND OUR CENSUS HAS DROPPED THIS YEAR TO LEVELS WE HAVEN'T SEEN FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
WE ARE USING A SLIGHTLY HIGHER INTERNAL ESTIMATE THAN WHAT WAS COMMUNICATED TO ME FOLLOWING A BOARD MEETING AT THE JAIL ON THE 23RD OF FEBRUARY.
THE PER DIEM IS EXPECTED TO GO UP BY $0.50 CENTS.
THAT THIS IS A LITTLE MORE GRANULAR LOOK AT WHERE OUR CENSUS HAS BEEN MONTHLY SINCE FY 2018.
BUT AGAIN, OUR AVERAGE DAYS PER MONTH ARE DOWN TO 3,407.
AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT LEVEL SINCE FY18.
WE PEAKED IN FY21 AT 4,020 ON AVERAGE.
>> BASED ON OUR CURRENT YEAR TRENDING.
I'D SAY WE COULD AT LEAST FOR THE SHORT TERM.
YES, SIR. WE MIGHT SEE AN INCREASE IN A FUTURE YEAR THOUGH, CERTAINLY.
>> I KNOW YOU'RE ON THE BOARD.
DO WE KNOW IF THE STATE IS PICKING UP BETTER THAN THEY USED TO? THE STATE RESPONSIBLE PRISONERS?
>> THE STATE PRISONERS SIDE HAS BEEN FAIRLY FLAT, QUITE FRANKLY.
BUT AS YOU NOTICE THE 2023 NUMBERS, WERE TURNING AROUND 3,407.
FOR FY24, WE'VE CALCULATED 3,750 AS OUR PROJECTED NUMBER.
>> WE'RE STILL BEING CONSERVATIVE.
>> THAT'S BEING CONSERVATIVE AT A PER DIEM AT $52.
ACTUALLY, RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL HAS PROJECTED A LOWER NUMBER FOR US, BUT WE'RE BEING OUT OF THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE AND FIGURING THERE MIGHT BE SOME MORE PRISONERS HEADING THEIR WAY AS THE COURTS SPRING SEASONS, SPRING, SUMMER SEASON KICKS IN.
>> TO HEAD ON WHAT THE CHAIRMAN SAID, THE STATE IS ACTUALLY PICKING UP THOSE THAT HAVE TO GO INTO A STATE FACILITY AND NOT STAYING ON.
>> WELL, FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES, WHAT THE STATE DOES OR DOESN'T DO REALLY DOESN'T IMPACT US BECAUSE WE ONLY PAY FOR WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE SEND TO THE JAIL.
WE'RE ONLY PAYING FOR OUR PEOPLE.
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY INCARCERATED.
THE JAIL ITSELF ACTUALLY MAKES MONEY OFF OF BOTH STATE IN SOMETIMES EVEN FEDERAL PRISONERS THAT ARE TEMPORARILY BOARDED THERE.
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>> WE DID SEE AN UNUSUAL NUMBER OF RELEASES IN JANUARY OF FOLKS THAT HAD BEEN AT RIVERSIDE FOR A WHILE.
THAT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY IN JANUARY FROM PRIOR MONTHS.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT THESE ARE ALL OF THE VARIOUS COUNTY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE MAKE.
THE FIRST IS TO APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY.
AGAIN, INFLATIONARY INCREASE OF JUST UNDER 26,000 HAS BEEN REQUESTED.
INCREASE FROM CRATER YOUTH CARE COMMISSION OF 9,320.
CRATER CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING ACADEMY, WHICH, PIECES BUDGETED AND THE POLICE AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BUDGETS, THAT IS INCREASING BY 17,680, WHICH IS LIKELY TIED TO THE RECENT CAPITAL EXPANSION.
DISTRICT 19 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD HAS REQUESTED AN INCREASE, BUT MR. STOKE AND I'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION AND HE IS RECOMMENDING LEVEL FUNDING.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT I'VE BEEN WITH DISTRICT 19 FOR AWHILE, RECENTLY RESIGNED AND HE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THE NEW INDIVIDUAL WHEN HIRED.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO FY24 REQUESTS TO DATE.
IN FACT, THEY RECENTLY UNDERWENT A J-LARK STUDY AND WE JUST RECEIVED THE FINALIZED FY23 BUDGET FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE LAST MONTH AND THE FIRST THREE-QUARTERS INVOICES WITH THAT BUDGET REQUEST.
TO DATE, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR FY24.
WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR 225,000.
THE STATE FINALIZED BUDGET WAS JUST UNDER 198 AND OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR FY24 IS BUDGETED AT 197,712.
>> WELL, WE STILL DON'T HAVE A NURSE ASSIGNED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
>> RIGHT. WITHIN THE SOCIAL SERVICES BUDGET, THERE ARE TYPICALLY FOUR CONTRIBUTION REQUESTS.
ONE THAT WAS INITIALLY FUNDED LAST YEAR FOR HOPEWELL PRINCE GEORGE HEALTHY FAMILIES.
WE RECOMMEND LEVEL FUNDING AT 20,000.
SMALL INCREASE FOR THE JAMES HOUSE $300 LEVEL FUNDING REQUEST WAS RECEIVED FROM SENIOR NAVIGATOR FOR 2,500.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REQUEST AT ALL FROM THE CRATER AREA AGENCY ON AGING.
WE RECOMMEND ELIMINATING THAT CONTRIBUTION.
I BELIEVE MS. JUDGE HAS ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE ORGANIZATION LEADER MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO RESPONSE TO TALK ABOUT STATUS AND SERVICES.
AGAIN, SHE RECOMMENDS ELIMINATING THAT AWARD.
SMALL INCREASES HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED FOR CHESTERFIELD MED FLIGHT, CENTRAL VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, JAMES RIVER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT OF 1,000.
THEN COOPERATIVE EXTENSION HAS ASKED FOR $4,330 INCREASE TO SUPPORT STATE SALARY INCREASES.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO ELIMINATE THE RC&D CONTRIBUTION OF 3,000.
WE'VE HAD NO CONTACT FROM THAT AGENCY IN OVER A YEAR.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN FY24 FUNDING REQUEST, NOR DO WE EVEN HAVE A CURRENT POINT OF CONTACT.
WE DID RECEIVE REQUESTS FROM 4H AND SWIFT CREEK, WHICH WE DID NOT FUND LAST YEAR AND DO NOT RECOMMEND FUNDING THIS YEAR.
WE DO SUPPORT A SUMMER CAMP IN TURN THAT HELPS MR. MACLYN AND THE SUMMERS FOR PRINCE GEORGE.
[NOISE] QUESTIONS ON THIS VERY BUSY SLIDE.
AGAIN, WE'VE RECAPPED THIS AND WE'LL SPEND A FEW MINUTES RECAPPING IT AGAIN LATER THIS EVENING.
BUT WE DO NEED TO ADD $988,238 TO OUR BASELINE FY24 BUDGET TO SUPPORT A NUMBER OF ACTIONS THAT THE BOARD TOOK DURING FY23, THE LARGEST OF WHICH WAS A PAY INCREASE FOR
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POLICE AND FIRE TO BRING THEIR RANGES TO MARKET LEVELS.INCREASES TOOK EFFECT ON JANUARY 1.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF OTHER RE-CLASSIFICATIONS AND TRANSITIONS FROM PART-TIME TO FULL-TIME THAT THE BOARD APPROVED AS WELL.
[NOISE] WE ALSO RECOMMEND PROVIDING A PUBLIC SAFETY AND NON-PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEE STEP INCREASE TO BRING FOLKS TO THEIR EXPERIENCE LEVEL AS OF JUNE 30 OF 2023, AND THAT PRICE TAG IS 692,000, NET OF THE STATE REVENUE, IT'S ABOUT 564.
WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO MAKE THOSE MANDATED INCREASES FOR OUR STATE SUPPORTED LOCAL EMPLOYEES AND REVENUES ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED EXPENDITURES.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND MAKING MARKET REGRADE ADJUSTMENTS FOR OUR NON-PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE BELOW MARKET AT AN ADDITIONAL COST OF ABOUT 702,000 GENERAL FUND.
ALL OF THESE ESTIMATES INCLUDE WHAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE PART-TIME AND OVERTIME WAGE ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL.
AGAIN, THE GRAND TOTAL OF THESE IS JUST OVER 2.3 MILLION.
ANY EMPLOYEE WHO WOULD NOT RECEIVE A 2% RAISE WOULD BE ENTITLED TO A ONE-TIME BONUS.
THAT RAISE START IS JULY 1 OF 2022.
OF COURSE, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS WHO GOT AN INCREASED JANUARY 1 WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR A BONUS IF THEIR JULY 1 OF '23 INCREASE WAS LESS THAN 2% BECAUSE THEY RECEIVE LARGER INCREASES ON JANUARY 1.
OUR GROUP LIFE AND VRS RATES WERE LOCKED IN FOR TWO YEARS, SAME RATES FOR FY23 AND THE UPCOMING YEAR.
THEIRS REMAIN AT 16.44 AND 1.34 RESPECTIVELY.
HEALTH INSURANCE NO INCREASES ANTICIPATED OR CLAIMS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD THIS YEAR.
WE PLAN TO HAVE THEIR RENEWAL TO THE BOARD IN LATE MARCH OR EARLY APRIL.
[NOISE] WORKERS COMP, WE ALSO DO NOT EXPECT SIGNIFICANT RATE INCREASES.
WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED A REDUCTION IN OUR EXPERIENCE MODIFICATION FACTOR.
MOVING ON TO NON SALARY ITEMS. WE ANTICIPATE AN INCREASE IN OUR VEHICLE FUEL, PREDOMINANTLY FROM PRICE INCREASES AND UTILIZATION OF 57,500.
ELECTRICAL AND HEATING ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY 53,550.
VEHICLES SUPPLIES ALSO INCREASED, 35,745, AND THAT IS LARGELY IN FIRING EMS TO ADDRESS AGING APPARATUS.
OUR MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS WHICH ARE RENEWED WITH AN ALLOWED INCREASE FROM THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY JUST OVER 21,000.
THOSE LARGEST CONTRACTS ARE FOR JANITORIAL AND LAWN CARE.
POSTAGE INCREASED THIS PAST MONTH AND THE IMPACT IS ABOUT $7,800.
OTHER SMALL SUPPLY AND DATA PROCESSING SUPPLY INCREASES AND OTHER DECREASES THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET ARE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 27,000.
WE HAVE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THAT NEEDS TO BE BUDGETED NEWLY FOR FY24 SWAGIT, THE SYSTEM THAT THE BOARD MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST OVER 38,000.
[NOISE] WE HAVE TO INCREASE OUR AT&T SERVICE AND THE E-911 AND THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER AND THAT COST IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE 52,050.
WE WILL BE LOSING OUR VDEM E-911 DELTA FUNDING, WHICH WAS OFFERED FOR JUST TWO YEARS THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR.
POLICE IS EXPERIENCING SOME INCREASE SINCE SOME OF THEIR CONTRACTED SERVICES THEY USE FOR SOME PLATFORMS THAT THEY USE PREDOMINANTLY LEADS ONLINE ARE ASSESSORS.
SOFTWARE BUDGET NEEDS TO BE INCREASED BY 12,300.
OUR REGISTRAR WILL HAVE SOME INCREASES FOR LEASED EQUIPMENT AND ALSO SOME INCREASE IN SERVICES FOR THE VOTING EQUIPMENT.
[NOISE] SOME THINGS THAT ARE MANDATED BY YOUR CURRENT ORDINANCES WITH OUR PENNY, THE REAL PROPERTY PENNY INCREASING FROM 348-370,
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YOU CURRENTLY DEVOTE THREE PENNIES TO FIRE AN EMS INITIATIVES.YOU DEVOTE TWO CENTS TO THE APPARATUS FUND.
WE DO TRANSFER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE VALUE OF TWO PENNIES AND THE EXPECTED DEBT PAYMENTS FOR APPARATUS TO THE CAPITAL FUND, TO A CAPITAL ACCOUNT FOR APPARATUS.
THAT WILL INCREASE BY 43,400 FOR FY24.
FOR EQUIPMENT, YOU DEVOTE A PENNY.
THAT INCREASE IN TRANSFER WILL BE 21,749.
WE DO HAVE A DEBT SERVICE FOR SCBA THAT THE BOARD APPROVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
WE EXPECT OUR INCREASE TO RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY TO INCREASE BY ABOUT $70,000.
THAT IS DRIVEN BY REDUCING THE RELIANCE ON FUND BALANCE THAT HAD A MASTER OVER THE YEARS FROM PERSONNEL VACANCIES, WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE AS WELL, HOPEWELL AND SURREY.
THEN OF COURSE, TO PROVIDE THE STATE SUPPORTED EMPLOYEE PAY RAISE AND THE MARKET REGRADES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS ESTIMATE.
VEHICLES AND SCHOOL BUSES, WE RECOMMEND CONTINUED CASH FUNDING OF COUNTY VEHICLES AND SCHOOL BUSES FOR FY24, AGAIN, RATHER THAN BORROWING.
THOSE COSTS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE $993,374 COUNTY AND PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES.
WE WILL LEAVE THAT FOR 50, SAME AS FY23.
SCHOOL BUSES ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE 106,283.
YOU'LL RECALL THAT DR. PENNYCUFF REQUESTED THAT THE BUSES THAT ARE BEING PURCHASED HAVE AIR CONDITIONING BECAUSE OF THEIR MOVEMENT TO EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR.
ALSO THE PRICES HAVE INCREASED PRETTY DRAMATICALLY ON SCHOOL BUSES.
TO PURCHASE FOUR BUSES, THEY'RE REQUESTING 543,374, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 106,283 OVER OUR ADOPTED TRANSFER.
CAPITAL REQUESTS OR ONE-TIME LARGER REQUESTS THAT ARE LARGER IN NATURE.
[NOISE] WE ARE RECOMMENDING MOVING TO OFFICE 365.
MR. YOUNG HAS BEEN REQUESTING THIS.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR AND WE NEED TO MOVE TO THAT PLATFORM.
IT IS A SUBSCRIPTION-BASED PLATFORM AND THAT WILL BE AN ANNUAL COST AND IT'S 64,800.
WE ALSO ARE REQUESTING TO MOVE TO A DIGITAL ONLINE TRAINING PLATFORM FROM NEOGOV LEARN FOR 15,000.
BOARDDOCS, WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE TO THAT AGENDA PLATFORM, AND THAT WILL COST 8,225 IN FY24.
ONE-TIME IMPLEMENTATION COST OF 1,000, BUT 7,225 WILL BE THE RECURRING COST.
CAPITAL REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVE ARE LARGER REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVED, THAT MR. STOKE WAS RECOMMENDING AN ALTERNATE PATH OR HOLDING OFF ON, ARE OUTLINED ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THIS SLIDE.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REQUESTED A ONE-TIME FUNDING INCREASE OF 96,000 TO DEAL WITH NETWORK STORAGE, NAS.
WE ARE WORKING TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY FUND THAT THIS YEAR WITH BUDGET SAVINGS AND SOME OTHER AREAS THAT WE HAVE HAD.
GENERAL SERVICES ALSO MADE A REQUEST TO PURCHASE A USED BUCKET TRUCK.
WE WILL CONSIDER OUR ABILITY TO FUND THAT WITHIN THE 450 THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR COUNTY VEHICLES.
GENERAL SERVICES ALSO REQUESTED AN INCREASE WITHIN REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF 42,000 FROM 258 TO 300.
MR. STOKE IS RECOMMENDING ONLY 2,000 OF THAT INCREASE WHILE WE AWAIT A PLAN FOR ANNUAL PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE THAT OUTLINES THE ANNUAL COSTS OF PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND A DETERMINATION OF WHAT OF THAT 258 OR 260 IS AVAILABLE TO ROTATE IN AND OUT ONE-TIME PROJECTS YEAR AFTER YEAR.
WE DON'T RECOMMEND FULLY FUNDING THAT.
RECREATION ALSO REQUESTED ABOUT 17,000 TO REDO THE GYM FLOOR AT THE CENTRAL WELLNESS CENTER.
WE ARE WORKING AND HAVE FOUND FUNDING THIS YEAR TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
WE'RE REMOVING THAT FROM NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET REQUEST.
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OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEBT FUND [NOISE] IN FY24, THE BOARD COMMITTED TO CONTINUING A GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEBT FUND OF 8,033,740, AND THAT COVERS OUR ANNUAL DEBT PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS, AND IT ALSO FUNDS A RESERVE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.THE CURRENT YEAR ADOPTED CONTRIBUTION IS THAT 8,000,330, 7.9 MILLION OF THAT MEETS OUR DEBT OBLIGATIONS, AND 371,000 IS CONTRIBUTED TO RESERVES TO FUND FUTURE PROJECTS.
OUR AUDITED DEBT FUND BALANCE WAS 3,074,000.
WITH THAT, RESERVE CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE EXPECTED TO GROW TO OVER 3.4 MILLION.
DEBT OBLIGATIONS FOR FY24 ARE 7,071,659.
USING THAT $8.3 MILLION COMMITMENT, 615 WOULD BE CONTRIBUTED TO RESERVES FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
THE DAVENPORT CALCULATION THAT WAS USED IN FY21 ASSUMED THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE BORROWING FOR COUNTY VEHICLES AND SCHOOL BUSES AT A LEVEL OF 812,000 PER YEAR.
SINCE WE ARE CASH FUNDING THOSE NOW, WE RECOMMEND REDUCING THE CONTRIBUTION FOR DEBT RESERVE BY 175,000 TO MEET STAFFING AND OPERATIONAL NEEDS.
THAT 175 IS THE ANNUAL DEBT PAYMENT ON 812,000.
AGAIN, WE WOULD CONTRIBUTE OR RECOMMEND CONTRIBUTING 8.155 MILLION TO THE DEBT FUND.
THE AMOUNT FOR RESERVES WOULD GO TO ABOUT 440,000 INSTEAD OF 614.
OUR CONTRACT WITH L3HARRIS, AS YOU KNOW, WE WERE PLANNING TO BUDGET 566,000 FOR OUR FIRST MAINTENANCE CONTRACT PAYMENT TO L3HARRIS.
BUT WITH YOUR RECENT CONTRACT AMENDMENT THAT WAS APPROVED ON THE 28TH, WE ARE ABLE TO REMOVE THAT IMPACT FROM THE FY24 BUDGET.
OUR CURRENT CONTRACT WITH RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OF VIRGINIA WAS JUST OVER 138, SO WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO IMPLEMENT A $428,000 INCREASE TO MEET THAT L3HARRIS MAINTENANCE CONTRACT PAYMENT.
WE DO RECOMMEND THAT WE STILL PUT IN ONE-TIME THINGS AS A PLACEHOLDER SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT, THAT WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR THAT IN FUTURE BUDGET YEARS.
WE RECOMMEND FUNDING THESE ONE-TIME THINGS IN FY24.
IN LIEU OF THAT ANNUAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, WE RECOMMEND MAKING A GENERAL FUND TRANSFER TO THE CIP FUND TO FUND THE FUEL FOCUS SYSTEM, WHICH YOU HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM MR. TALMADGE AT A PRIOR MEETING, AND THE BOARD HAS COMMITTED TO USING $100,000 OF FEDERAL LATCF FUNDING TO FUND THAT INITIATIVE.
SO 314,000 IS THE DIFFERENCE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO PURCHASE THAT SYSTEM.
WE ALSO RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM MS. WALTON FROM PLANNING FOR A $115,000 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AND ORDINANCE REVISION, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE APPROVED COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE ARE REQUIRED OR MANDATED TO UPDATE THAT PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND FUNDING PHASE II OF AN ORGANIZATIONAL REVIEW AND STAFFING LEVELS STUDY FROM MANAGING RESULTS TO HIT THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE NOT PART OF PHASE I, AND THAT COST IS $77,700.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND FUNDING PHASE I OF DOING DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLANS SO THAT WE ARE MORE FOCUSED ON RESULTS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE-DRIVEN DEPARTMENTS AND CHANGING THE SHIFT FROM WHAT CITIZENS ARE RECEIVING INSTEAD OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SPENDING AT 100,000.
WE WOULD NEED TO DO THIS PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS FOLLOWING FY24.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND PURCHASING LAPTOPS FOR THE BOARD SHOULD WE TRANSITION TO BOARDDOCS SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO USE THOSE DURING YOUR MEETINGS.
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ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE?>> THAT RCV CONTRACT, THAT ENDS?
>> WHEN DOES THAT END, JUNE 30? THAT GOES AWAY WITH [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT WILL GO AWAY WITH IMPLEMENTATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF L3HARRIS.
YES, SIR. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE?
THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDS REDUCING OUR GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY TO PRIOR YEAR ADOPTED LEVELS.
YOUR CURRENT YEAR ADOPTED CONTINGENCY WAS 725,000, AND 608,000 OF THAT HAS BEEN USED TO DATE AND IT HAS LARGELY BEEN USED FOR MID-YEAR OPERATING INCREASE REQUESTS, POSITION RE-CLASSIFICATIONS, CONVERSIONS OF PART-TIME STAFF TO FULL-TIME, AND A MID-YEAR PAY INCREASE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THERE ARE A FEW OTHER THINGS IN THERE, FUNDING THE ADDITIONAL INCREASE COST FOR SCHOOL BUSES, AND ALSO TO FUND PHASE I OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL STUDY.
BUT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DROP THE CONTINGENCY TO 150,000 TO MAKE AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS OPERATING NEEDS AND ALSO TO [NOISE] CURTAIL MID-YEAR OPERATING REQUESTS.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU FUND BALANCE FOR TRUE EMERGENCIES OR PURCHASES OF A ONE-TIME OR CAPITAL NATURE.
AS YOU KNOW FROM YOUR PRIOR SLIDE, WE FAR EXCEED OUR POLICY REQUIREMENTS IN FUND BALANCE.
[NOISE] MANY NEW POSITIONS AND SUMMARY CLASSIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED AND THEY WILL BE DISCUSSED IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON MARCH 7TH.
YOU DID RECEIVE A HANDOUT THIS EVENING TO REVIEW IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS IF YOU'D LIKE TO PRIOR TO THE MARCH 7TH MEETING.
JUST TO MENTION TO THE BOARD, MARKET REGRADES WOULD ADDRESS MOST OF THOSE RECLASSIFICATION REQUESTS AND THE THREE CLASSES THAT FIRE AND THE EMS IS ASKING FOR WHAT ACTUALLY RESULT IN A NET SAVINGS OR REDUCTION IN SPENDING.
TWENTY-FOUR GENERAL FUND POSITIONS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS WHICH IS LESS THAN MANAGING RESULTS [LAUGHTER] I PROVIDED YOU EARLIER OR LAST MONTH.
BUT WITH OUR CURRENT GRADE STRUCTURE, THE COST OF FUNDING ALL 24 OF THOSE POSITIONS IS 1.66 MILLION.
IF YOU APPROVE THE MARKET REGRADES, THE COST OF THOSE 24 POSITIONS WOULD BE 1.7 MILLION.
THERE ARE ALSO 11 GENERAL FUND POSITION RECLASSIFICATIONS, REGRADES OR CAREER DEVELOPMENT FROM CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS REQUESTED.
THE GENERAL FUND COST WITH NO, WITH OUR CURRENT GRADE STRUCTURE WOULD BE 20,567 INCLUDING BENEFITS.
BUT IF YOU DID FUND THOSE MARKET REGRADES, THERE WOULD ACTUALLY BE A RESULTING DECREASE BECAUSE MARKET REGRADES DRESS MOST OF THOSE RECLASSIFICATIONS STRUCTURALLY AND THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY OUR COREY'S MARKET SURVEY.
AGAIN, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME COMPARISON MANAGING RESULTS I DID SHOW 28.5 POSITIONS IN FY24, 26.4 OF THOSE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE COST WOULD BE 2.4 MILLION WITH OUR CURRENT GRADE STRUCTURE AND 2.5 MILLION IF MARKET REGRADES, WE'RE APPROVED.
BUT AGAIN, YOU DO HAVE A HANDOUT WITH THE POSITIONS AND RE-CLASSES THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE REQUESTED.
ONE OF THE SHEETS SHOWS YOU THE COST WITH OUR CURRENT GRADE STRUCTURE.
THE OTHER SHOWS YOU THE COST IF THE MARKET REGRADES WERE APPROVED.
THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE RECOMMEND ARE TO NOT EQUALIZE.
THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE REMAINED AT 0.82 TO LEAVE OUR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX AT 390 AND TO CONTINUE WITH NO VEHICLE LICENSE FEES, BALANCE OUR RESOURCES WITH MANDATED AND REQUESTED PAY INCREASES AND POSITIONS THAT WILL ASSIST US IN ATTRACTING AND RETAINING QUALIFIED AND TALENTED EMPLOYEES THAT ADDRESS INFLATION, THAT ADDRESS WORKLOAD STRAIN, AND MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS TO MEET OUR CURRENT AND UPCOMING OPERATIONAL AND CAPITAL NEEDS FOR EXISTING FUNCTIONS AND PROGRAM.
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TO CONTINUE YOUR STRUCTURAL COMMITMENT FOR FIRE AND EMS APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT AND TO MAKE NECESSARY DECK CONTRIBUTIONS, AND ALSO TO PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF YOUR APPROVED STRATEGIC PLAN AND TO CONTINUE FUNDING TO DEBT RESERVES REDUCED BY THE IMPACT OF CASH FUNDING OUR VEHICLES AND BUSES.THE NEXT TOPIC ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION OF THEIR SCHOOL REVENUE SHARING CALCULATION.
[NOISE] IN 2007, THE BASELINE PERCENTAGE WAS 43.07%, AND THAT PERCENT IS ADJUSTED ANNUALLY BY A FIVE-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE OF SCHOOL FALL ENROLLMENT COMPARED TO COUNTY POPULATION AND THAT METHODOLOGY HAS BEEN USED SINCE 2007.
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS BETWEEN 19 AND 23 WHICH IS THE MOST RECENT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, THE COUNTY POPULATION HAS INCREASED BY 16% OR 6,083.
DURING THAT SAME TIME THE SCHOOL FALL ENROLLMENT HAS DROPPED BY 4.62% OR 288 STUDENTS.
THIS GIVES YOU A VIEWPOINT OF THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TRANSFER SINCE 2007 WHEN THE MOU WAS DEVELOPED, BUT AGAIN THE FIVE-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE HAS BEEN USED TO ADJUST THE PERCENTAGE TRANSFER ANNUALLY SINCE 2007 AND THE PERCENTAGE TRANSFER WOULD FALL TO 38.55% USING THE METHODOLOGY THAT'S IN PLACE.
THE LARGE INCREASE IN COUNTY POPULATION DRIVEN LARGELY BY OUR MOST RECENT 2020 CENSUS COMBINED WITH A REDUCTION IN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT LED TO A DROP FROM 40.17 IN FY23 TO 38.55 FOR FY24.
THE PERCENTAGE WAS 41.88 IN FY22.
IF WE WERE NOT SEEING ANY REVENUE GROWTH IN OUR SHARED SOURCES, THE FUNDING TO SCHOOLS WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE DROPPED BY $748,000, LEAVING ALL THE REVENUES LEVEL.
BUT WITH OUR PROJECTED SHARED REVENUES AS ESTIMATED THIS EVENING, ESSENTIALLY THE LOCAL TRANSFER WOULD BE FLAT, ACTUALLY A SMALL REDUCTION OF JUST UNDER $32,000.
THE GAP BETWEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REQUEST IS ABOUT 1.86 MILLION.
THE REQUEST WAS 20 MILLION 380, THE CALCULATION IS 18,521,201.
I BELIEVE MR. HALTOM IS UP NEXT [NOISE] TO TALK ABOUT UTILITY REVENUES.
>> I KNOW BACK WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE THE DEBT WITH THE NEW SCHOOL, I THINK I FORGET THE YEAR WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY ONE OF OUR POLICIES WOULD BE STRESSED.
>> IS THAT STILL ANTICIPATED WITH SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING THEM WITH A LOT OF CASH FUNDING?
>> NO, SIR. WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT ENGAGING IN ANY NEW DEBT.
THAT POLICY IS LIKELY STILL OUT OF COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS FINANCED OVER 30 YEARS.
WE CAN CERTAINLY REQUEST DAVENPORT TO RUN A REFRESHING THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS TO LET US KNOW WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT POLICY REQUIREMENT, BUT IT IS LIKELY STILL OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING TOO RATIONAL, BUT I JUST LIKE TO HAVE AN IDEA IF THAT'S STILL THE PROJECTION AND ARE WE STILL ON TARGET.
I THINK WE LOOKED AT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REALLY TAKE ON ANY NEW DEBT.
>> GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
>> GOOD EVENING. [OVERLAPPING]
>> SO, MR. WHITTEN, BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO THE CONVERSATION,
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I DO WANT TO GO BACK.I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THE VIDEOS YOU HAVE PREPARED EARLIER TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET REQUESTS.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONCE AGAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR'S ADOPTED BUDGET VERSUS THIS YEAR'S REQUEST.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE OVER 4.5 MILLION DECREASE IN REQUESTS.
BUT THIS DOES REFLECT THIS ONE YEAR OF LARGE CAPITAL EXPENSES PRIMARILY FUNDED BY FUNDS OUTSIDE THE UTILITY OPERATION FUNDS, THOSE BEING THE ARPA FUNDS THAT RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS THE UTILITY FUND BALANCE THAT PAID THOSE ONE-TIME EXPENSES.
EVEN THOUGH THAT WE'RE MUCH LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE'RE STILL SIGNIFICANTLY MORE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT JUST THE REVENUES GENERATED BY THE OPERATION FUNDS.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE IT NOTED HERE, IF YOU REMOVE THOSE PROJECTS, WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 1.4 MILLION MORE.
THAT'S EXPECTED FOR EXPENDITURES IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, 1.4 MORE THAN 2023.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES A $1.3 MILLION COST IN OUR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.
THAT COST IS PRIMARILY FOR THE FIRST-YEAR DESIGN OF A WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PER MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW, SHOULD BE COMPLETED AROUND JUNE AND IF SO, THEN WE MOVE IN QUICKLY INTO THE DESIGN.
WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDS TO TRY TO OFFSET THAT COST.
IF WE DON'T RECEIVE GRANT FUNDS OR THE FULL COST OF THIS, THEN WE HAVE TO OFFSET THAT WITH OTHER FUNDS TO INCLUDE THE UTILITY FUND BALANCE, SO IF WE WANT TO PURSUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN OF THAT.
WE EXPECT THAT COST TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE.
WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT THREE MILLION DOLLARS FOR DESIGN.
>> APPROXIMATELY THREE MILLION, A BALLPARK NUMBER FOR RIGHT NOW.
>> OBJECT TO GROW, THAT'S RIGHT [LAUGHTER] WITH INFLATION.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT REAL QUICK THE CHANGES IN THE BUDGET.
AS I MENTIONED, OUR SERVICE CHARGES GENERATE ABOUT 7.5 MILLION OF OUR REVENUES.
OF THAT 7.5, JUST UNDER FIVE MILLION OF THAT GOES TO OUR DAILY OPERATIONS.
THAT'S OUR BILLING DEPARTMENT, OUR OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, ALL OF THE SALARIES FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING IN THE UTILITIES, AS WELL AS THE STORMWATER SECTION AS WELL.
JUST OVER $600,000 IS EXPECTED TO GO TO OUR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS, WHICH IS OUR MAINTENANCE FOR OUR TANKS, OUR NEW AMI SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, THERE'S A MAINTENANCE CHARGES FOR THAT, AS WELL AS ANY CAPITAL OUTLAY ITEMS THAT MAY COME UP SUCH AS, CHANGING OUT ROTATING ASSEMBLIES FOR PUMPS AS WE TRY TO HAVE A LARGE SUM OF MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT MAY COME UP.
THE OTHER, JUST OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS OF THAT 7.5 THAT'S GENERATED BY THOSE SERVICE CHARGES IS A TRANSFER TO OUR CAPITAL RESERVES TO FUND OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT'S JUST OVER TWO MILLION THIS YEAR.
SOME OF THAT IS TO OFFSET ANY REVENUES THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PROJECTS WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE YEAR.
THAT'S JUST TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THOSE CHARGES ARE GOING TO, BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR A 5% INCREASE IN BOTH THE WATER AND SEWER CHARGES THIS YEAR, AND I'LL ROLL THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
BUT EVEN WITH THOSE INCREASES, WE ARE EXPECTING REDUCTION IN OUR REVENUES SIMPLY BECAUSE, NUMBER 1, ROLLS-ROYCE HAS OFFICIALLY CLOSE.
WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT REVENUE COME IN THAT WAS EXPECTED.
I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME WATER CONSERVATION GOING ON BECAUSE OF THE RATES THAT TOOK EFFECT THIS PAST JULY.
PEOPLE ARE BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE IN TRYING TO REDUCE THEIR BILLS EFFECTIVELY AND RIGHTFULLY, SO THAT'S WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY SEE THE INCREASE GOING UP.
BASED ON THAT, WE DO STILL EXPECT TO HAVE UP TO $500,000 THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING OUT OF OUR FUND BALANCE TO FUND THE DAILY OPERATIONS OR THE TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL RESERVES TO MEET ALL THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD?
>> JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CAPITAL, THE REVENUES, WE ARE EXPECTING $360,000 DECREASE IN OUR EXPECTED CONNECTION FEES.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE ARE OUT OF CAPACITY, WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY NEW BUSINESSES COME IN TO PAY THOSE LARGE CONNECTION FEES.
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WE ARE STILL EXPECTING SOME OF THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO PAY SOME, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE UP A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING IN PREVIOUS YEARS.THAT'S A 67% DECREASE IN CONNECTION FEE REVENUES.
I JUST MENTIONED THAT OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS, THAT'S A $300,000 INCREASE FROM OUR PREVIOUS YEARS, AND THAT'S AGAIN TO COVER OUR CAPITAL EXPENSES.
SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE ALREADY DISCUSSED INCLUDING THAT 1.3 MILLION.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS FOR MANHOLE REHABILITATION, PIPE REPAIRS, PUMP STATION REPAIRS, ALL THAT GETS LUMPED INTO OUR CAP RESERVES AND OUR CAPITAL EXPENSES.
WE'VE ADDED NEW REVENUES COMING FROM THE TOURISM FUND AND THAT'S TO PAY FOR THE EXPECTED COSTS FOR THE ROUTE 301 AND EXIT 45 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT'S ALMOST ONE-FOR-ONE COST EXPENDITURE VERSUS REVENUES THAT WE'RE LUCKY TO GET FROM THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT FOR TOURISM FUND FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
BUT THAT'S AGAIN JUST TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE ARE WITH SOME OF THE LARGER CAPITAL REVENUES.
>> BEFORE YOU LEAVE THIS, WHEN DO YOU THINK YOUR CAPACITY WILL GET UP? NO CAPACITY INCREASE BETWEEN JULY 1ST, '23 TO JUNE 30, '24. YOU DON'T SEE ANY?
>> CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION?
>> YOU SAID THE DECREASE IN EXPECTED CONNECTION FEES, BECAUSE OF THE CAPACITY THAT YOU HAVE IS DWINDLED DOWN TO NOTHING.
DO YOU SEE, WITH ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, ANY INCREASES IN OUR CAPACITY BEFORE JUNE 30TH OF '24?
>> BEFORE JUNE 30TH OF '24, WE WILL HAVE SOME INCREASE IN OUR SEWER CAPACITY ONCE THAT FORCE MAIN IS COMPLETE, WHICH WE DO EXPECT TO BE COMPLETED LATER THIS YEAR.
BUT THE WATER CAPACITIES ARE PRIMARILY BASED ON THE COMPLETION OF THE TEMPLE AVENUE TANK AND BOOSTER STATION PROJECT, WHICH IS STILL A TWO YEARS OUT SO WE DO NOT EXPECT ANY NEW WATER CAPACITIES.
NOW, THERE ARE SOME POLICIES THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS INTERNALLY AND WE'LL BE MEETING LATER IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO DISCUSS SOME OTHER POSSIBILITIES.
>> JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE CAUSING SOME OF THE INCREASES FOR THE NEEDS OF REVENUES, WE ARE ASKING FOR THREE MORE POSITIONS AND A RECLASSIFICATION OF ONE POSITION.
WITH THAT, WE ESTIMATED APPROXIMATELY THOUSAND FOR THE INCREASE IN SALARIES FOR THE PEOPLE JUST SO WE CAN HAVE A LINE ITEM IN THERE.
WE ALSO ARE ASKING FOR TWO NEW VEHICLES FOR THOSE THREE NEW POSITIONS.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS, I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT.
IT'S IN THERE FOR A SECOND TIME, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT $100,000 FOR THE REGIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT.
AGAIN, THAT WAS PER OUR STRATEGIC PLAN EFFORTS TO LOOK AT OUR RISKS AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS REGIONALIZATION WITH HOPEWELL AND PETERSBURG AND APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY AND RELY ON OUR PARTNERS TO PROVIDE US SERVICES.
LOOKING AT OUR IMPACTS OF OUR 5% INCREASE IN REVENUE REQUESTS.
IN THIS CASE IT IS A 5% RATE INCREASE AS WELL AS A 5% INCREASE IN REVENUES.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, THESE ARE OUR MINIMUM BIMONTHLY CHARGES PER METER SIZE AND YOU CAN SEE THE METER SIZE THERE ON THE LEFT HAND COLUMN AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE ADDITIONAL COST IS FOR EACH METER SIZE AND THE GRAY COLUMN IS THE CURRENT AND THE BLUE TO THE FAR RIGHT IS OUR PROPOSED.
IT'S JUST A 5% INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EACH METER SIZE?
>> BIMONTHLY YES. I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY POPPED UP SEPARATELY.
AGAIN, THE COMMODITY CHARGE, THIS IS BASED ON YOUR ACTUAL USAGE.
HERE WE'RE SHOWING THE 5% INCREASE IN THE ACTUAL RATE ITSELF.
FOR EACH BLOCK, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A 5% INCREASE FROM 3.86 PER THOUSAND GALLONS GOING TO 4.05, AS WELL AS THE REST OF THEM GOING UP EQUALLY 5%.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S CHANGING HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT RATE BLOCKS AND THE PROPOSED RATE BLOCKS.
WE STARTED DOING THIS LAST YEAR PRIMARILY WITH THE DECREASE IN OUR MINIMUM CHARGES, WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED BY OUR CONSULTANT WHO PERFORMED OUR RATE STUDY.
WE'VE REDUCED OUR MINIMUM CHARGES FOR AN INCH AND A HALF AND LARGER.
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TO OFFSET SOME OF THAT LOSS OF REVENUE, WE ALSO DECREASED THE RATE BLOCKS SO THAT YOU WOULD BE PAYING MORE.FOR INSTANCE, THE ONE-INCH METER USED TO BE 0-$8,000.
NOW YOU'RE GETTING TO THAT SECOND TIER FASTER SO THAT YOU'LL BE PAYING A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF WATER.
THE COST TO PRODUCE WATER IS ABOUT THE SAME AND THAT IS MY BELIEF ANYWAY, IS THAT THE MORE WATER YOU USE IT DOESN'T MAKE IT EVEN CHEAPER.
MY GOAL IS TO EVENTUALLY GET THESE DOWN TO THE SAME RATE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL METER.
A 10-INCH SHOULD BE PAYING THE SAME FOR THE COST OF THEIR WATER AS A FIVE-EIGHTH INCH.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT GAP CLOSING EACH YEAR TO TRY TO BRING THOSE TIERS CLOSER TOGETHER AND EVENTUALLY SOME OF THESE TIERS WOULD JUST DROP OFF, A LOT THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PAGE?
>> HOW ABOUT THIS ONE? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER TONIGHT, BUT JUST I THOUGHT WHAT ALL THE AND IT MAY NOT SHOW UP IN TIME, BUT ALL THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THIS AUTOMATED PROCEDURES AND LESS CONNECTION FEES COMING IN THE NEXT YEAR, THE EXTRA THREE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING.
I WAS JUST THINKING THAT MAYBE WE WARE JUST GOING TO FREE UP SOME MAIN HOURS BY DOING THE AUTOMATED READING OF THE METERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER NIGHT AND FOR ANOTHER SUBJECT OR TOPIC.
>> FINALLY, THE CONNECTION CHARGES.
THESE REVENUES THAT COME IN OR GO IMMEDIATELY INTO OUR CAPITAL RESERVES.
YOU CAN SEE THESE REMAIN UNCHANGED.
WE'RE NOT EXPECTING A WHOLE LOT OF REVENUE FROM THIS ANYWAYS AND TYPICALLY BEFORE I CHANGE ANY CONNECTION CHARGES, I WOULD LIKE TO PERFORM ANOTHER RATE STUDY TO GET THOSE BACK BY OUR CONSULTANT.
WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN AND HAS TO PAY THESE LARGER FEES, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT [NOISE] WELL, AND THERE'S A REASON FOR IT.
THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH.
YOU CAN SEE, EVEN THOUGH OUR RAISING RATES, WE'RE EXPECTING A DECREASE IN OUR OVERALL REVENUES.
I DO EXPECT THIS NUMBER TO CHANGE AS WE WATCH THE TRENDS WITH THE WATER USAGE.
IF PEOPLE START USING MORE WATER AS WE STARTED GETTING INTO SPRING, WE MAY GET CLOSER TO OUR BUDGETED REVENUE NUMBERS VERSUS WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT 10% BEHIND, SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE ABOUT 4-$500,000 LESS THIS YEAR IN REVENUES THAN WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO GET.
AS WE GET TO THE END OF YEAR, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE SPRINGTIME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START USING WHAT THEY TYPICALLY USE AND WE'LL SEE THAT GO BACK UP.
HOPEFULLY THOSE REVENUES THAT COME IN AND WANT TO TRY TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE THE FINAL BUDGET IS APPROVED.
>> THEY WATERED THE GRASS, IS TRUE?
>> YES. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT $451,000 SHORTFALL AND ALL DEPENDS ALSO AS WELL ON THE FINAL SALARY ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
THESE ALL COULD BE ANXIOUS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE FINAL BUDGET IS INTRODUCED AND IMPROVED.
ALREADY MENTIONED, ROLLS-ROYCE IS HAVING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WHEN THEY USE 50,000 GALLONS PER DAY AND THAT'S NOW GONE.
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE, SO THAT'S BELIEVED THERE'S A BIG PORTION OF WHY WE'RE SEEING THAT BIG DECREASE THERE.
BUT AGAIN, CONSERVATION, I BELIEVE GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
REPLACEMENT RESERVES, ALREADY MENTIONED THAT, LESS THAN $606,000.
WE ONLY HAVE A $40,000 INCREASE IN THAT AND THAT'S REALLY JUST TO COVER THE INCREASE IN CHARGES THAT WE EXPECT FOR A MAGNET CHARGE, AN INCREASE IN OUR COST TO MAINTAIN OUR PUMPS STATIONS AND CHANGE OUT MOTORS AND ROTATE AND ASSEMBLIES.
LET'S SEE. I JUST WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO ONE OF THESE BULLETS HERE.
ALTHOUGH FISCAL YEAR 23 CAPITAL FUNDS REVENUE REQUIREMENTS IS LESS, ALTHOUGH OUR CAPITAL IS LESS THAN THE FISCAL YEAR 23 YEARS TEAR NEARLY DOUBLED IN ANY OF OUR OTHER PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS, SO WE ARE SEEING SOME SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN COSTS FOR OUR CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SO AS WE TRY TO CONTINUE TO STAY ON TOP OF IT TO MAINTAIN IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A 4.8 MILLION DOLLAR DECREASE.
BUT IS ACTUALLY, AGAIN, THAT WAS PRIMARILY FOR THOSE ONETIME EXPENDITURES AND NOW THESE OTHERS ARE GOING TO BE SOMETHING MORE OF A REGULAR COST SURROGACY YEAR-TO-YEAR,
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AND THAT'S WHY IT GETS CAPTURED IN OUR RATES.I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION PRIOR TO ANY RATE CHANGE TO TAKEN EFFECT, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING WHICH NEEDS TO OCCUR BEFORE JULY, SO WE WOULDN'T NEED ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR REVISIONS FROM THIS BOARD AND RELATIVITY OR FASHION THE NEXT MONTH OR SO SO WE CAN ADVERTISE AND HALF THE PUBLIC HEARING. QUESTION?
>> THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PUMPS STATIONS WE HAVE NOW, BECAUSE I NOTICED PUMPS ARE PRETTY COSTLY TO REBUILT.
BASED ON THE TOTAL NUMBER WE HAVE, I KNOW WE'VE DONE A FEW COMPLETE REBUILDS.
WHERE DO WE STAND ON THE REBUILDS? ON FRUIT OF PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON THE REMAINDER?
>> GREAT QUESTION, WE HAVE 26 PUMPS STATIONS.
SOME OF THEM ARE RELATIVELY NEW, WITH THE CHAPEL CRAIG BEING THE NEWEST, THE MEADOWS BEING SOMEWHAT NEW.
WE REPLACE PUMP STATION SIX AS I WAS GETTING HERE IN 2018.
WE ARE NOW WORKING TOWARDS PUMP STATION 9 AND 10 ALONG RALPH 460 THOSE PUMPS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED, BUT WE STILL WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THEM INSTALLED AND GETTING THEM CONSTRUCTED.
WE ARE JUST MAKING DENSE RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT 3-4 YEARS, THERE'S PROBABLY FOUR MORE THAT NEED TO BE EITHER REPLACED OR HAVE SOME HEAVY MAINTENANCE.
>> THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF 2-3 PUMPS PER SESSION.
DID YOU'VE GOT A BACKUP ON MOST OF THEM?
>> RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY STATIONS, I HAVE THREE PUMPS.
THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE ROOM FOR A THIRD PUMP AS CAPACITY NEEDS ARE THERE, BUT I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FOUR OTHERS THAT ARE ON MY RADAR THAT NEED TO BE EITHER COMPLETELY REPLACED OR AT LEAST HAVE SOME HEAVY MAINTENANCE DONE.
>> AN ESTIMATED COST FOR FOUR PUMP STATION.
>> FOUR FOR A PUMP STATION. IT REALLY DEPENDS.
AS I'VE BEEN GOING ALONG AND LIKE FOR STATION IS 9 AND 10, WE'RE DOING A PACKAGE STATION, WHICH IS THE TEN CARVER WILL BUILD EVERYTHING INSIDE OF A STRUCTURE AND DELIVER THE STRUCTURE.
THAT'S THE CHEAPEST WAY TO GO.
THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GO.
THE REHAB COSTS FOR EACH OF THOSE STATIONS ARE GOING TO BE ROUGHLY 4-$500,000 EACH.
IF WE DO THE OTHER ROUTE AND MUCH LIKE WITH PUMPS STATION 6 AND WE INCLUDE ALL THE SKATER REQUIREMENTS AND THE GENERATOR WHERE PUMP STATION 9 AND 10 WILL NOT HAVE GENERATORS.
YOU'RE TALKING CLOSER TO A MILLION TO 1.5 MILLION FOR PER STATION.
>> YOU'VE AN ESTIMATE THAT NEED THEM TO HAVE TO COME UP THIS YEAR?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE IN THIS BUDGET.
>> YOU SAID TWO OTHER ONES DON'T HAVE GENERATORS.
>> NOT ALL OF OUR STATIONS HAVE GENERATORS.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE SKATE ON ALL OF OUR PUMP STATIONS YET.
WE HAVE THEM ON OUR TERMINAL STATIONS AND OUR LARGE STATIONS THAT WE NEED TO MONITOR.
ALL THE REST HAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STORAGE CAPACITY IN IT.
IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, WE USUALLY CATCH IT THE NEXT DAY.
IF A PUMP IS STUCK OR HAVE A FLOAT THAT IS STUCK.
THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO VISIT THESE STATIONS EVERY SINGLE DAY SINCE WE DON'T HAVE MONITORING ALL OF OUR STATIONS.
IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE MONITORING THAT WOULD CUT DOWN ON OUR NEED TO VISIT EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE WE'D BE ABLE TO MONITOR REMOTELY.
>> WHEN YOU MENTIONED NOT EFFICIENT FROM A PLATFORM STANDPOINT, DOES BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU GOT TO TAKE THE WHOLE STATION DOWN AND DIVERT WATER FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE WHILE YOU'RE INSTALLING.
YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE ONE PUMP DOWN AT A TIME.
>> BUT NO, TYPICALLY, IF MUCH LIKE WE DID WITH PUMP STATION 7 OVER AT RICHARD BLAND, WE WOULD INSTALL A MANHOLE OVER TOP OF THE GRAVITY LINE COMING IN AND WE WOULD MAKE THAT A LOCATION WHERE WE CAN PUT A BYPASS PUMP IN AND WE WOULD JUST PULL THE WATER OUT OF THAT MANHOLE, SO THAT WOULD BE OUR WORST-CASE SCENARIO, SO WE COULD SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE STATION, SO WE CAN DO SOME REAL IMPROVEMENTS.
WHEN THERE WE DID PUT A GENERATOR, AND THAT'S THE STATION FAR OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
NOBODY IS GOING TO HEAR AN ALARM OUT THERE AND BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SWAMP.
NOBODY IS GOING TO HEAR IT, NOBODY IS GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE DO HAVE SKATE ON THIS, SO WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MONITOR THAT AND THAT REMOTELY.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPERATE ANY OF OUR PUMP STATIONS ONLY JUST TO MONITOR, SO IF SOMETHING DOES GO WRONG, WE SEE IT BUT WE STILL HAVE TO REPORT TO IT.
>> IT JUST TELLS YOU IF IT'S A PROBLEM THERE, THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO WITH VIBRATION DATA OR OVER TEMPORARY, IS ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> CURRENT WHILE WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY ON SOME DECEIT ATTEMPTS, WE CAN'T SEE IT ON ALL OF THEM.
MOST OF THEM WERE JUST LOOKING AT THE LEVELS, AND THAT TELLS US THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG AND THEN SOMETIMES IT IS TO TEMPT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN RUNNING TOO LONG.
WE'LL GET OUT THERE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS.
>> I'M SORRY, I ALWAYS LIKE TO SHOW WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS WAS IN YOUR VIDEO AS WELL,
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BUT YOU CAN SEE WITH THE 5% INCREASE TO WATER AND SEWER, YOUR TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL HOME THAT USES ROUGHLY 10,000 GALLONS EVERY TWO MONTHS WILL SEE ABOUT AN INCREASE OF NINE DOLLARS ON A BILL AND ABOUT $55 FOR THE YEAR WITH THIS RATE INCREASE.WHAT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN QUITE SOME TIME IS THE FLAT RATE SEWER IS ALSO BEEN INCREASED BY THAT SAME AMOUNT.
IN THE PAST, THAT'S BEEN HELD FLAT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL INCREASES, THIS YEAR, WE ARE PROPOSING AN INCREASE FOR THAT AS WELL.
>> WHAT DID YOU SAY THE AVERAGE IS FOR A HOUSEHOLD?
>> THE AVERAGE USE FOR A HOUSEHOLD IS ABOUT 10,000 GALLONS PER MONTH, EXCUSE ME, PER BILLING CYCLE PER EVERY TWO MONTHS.
>> ON THE SEWER IS TRANSFERRED WE GETTING GOOD READINGS FROM THE LOCALITIES WERE TRANSFERRED THE WASTE WATER THROUGH.
>> WELL, WE ACTUALLY READ THE METERS OURSELVES THERE.
OUR METERS ASCENDED IT TO HOPEWELL AND TO PETERSBURG AND WE SEND THOSE READINGS TO THOSE CITIES FOR BILLING PURPOSES. WE MAINTAIN THOSE.
>> GOOD EVENING. GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO COME SHARE THE NEEDS OF SCHOOLS WITH YOU.
WE ARE ONE FAMILY, AND I HEAR THAT WE HAVE ALOT OF NEEDS, AND WE NEED TO SHARE OURS TOO.
THANK YOU CHAIRMAN HUNTER, AS CHAIRMAN WEB, MR. BROWN AND MR. CARMICHAEL, AND MR. STOKE, MR. WITTEN.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.
EVERY YEAR, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION IS ASKED TO PREPARE A BUDGET OF NEED THAT EXPLAINS WHAT WE MUST HAVE TO COMPETE WITH THE OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS AND THE STATE TO STAY COMPETITIVE AND IN A GOOD WAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS TO BE PREPARED AND SHARED WITH OUR BOARD, APPROVED, AND THEN ONTO YOU BY APRIL 1ST, SO TONIGHT, I COME TO YOU TO SHARE THOSE NEEDS WITH YOU.
YOU HAVE SEEN OUR VISION AND MISSION NOW THAT WE ARE PREPARING OUR STUDENTS TO NAVIGATE AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD, AND WE DID NOT KNOW AT THE TIME THAT THAT WOULD BECOME SO RELEVANT EVENT IT IS, THE WORLD IS CHANGING FASTER THAN WE COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED, SO WE WORK TO ENGAGE, ENCOURAGE, AND INSPIRE CHILDREN EVERY DAY.
THESE ARE THE AREAS OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ACADEMIC GROWTH AND ENGAGEMENT, DEDICATED AND CONNECTED STAFF, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND EFFECTIVENESS, AND HAVING A CARING CULTURE AND CLIMATE.
AS MS. DRURY SHARED WITH YOU EARLIER, WE ARE BUILDING OUR BUDGET BASED ON GOVERNOR YOUNG KEN'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE HOUSE VERSION, AND THE SENATE VERSION, SO WE FELT LIKE IT WAS SAFEST TO STAY HERE.
HE INCLUDED A 5% SALARY INCREASE FOR THE ESO QUE FUNDED POSITIONS, AND AS MS. DRURY HAS SHARED WITH YOU, JUST LIKE THE STATE EMPLOYEES, THAT'S ONLY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THE POSITIONS FOR US, SO WE HAVE 962 EMPLOYEES, AND THE NUMBER THAT THEY WILL HELP US FUND IS 578.61, SO THEY FUND ABOUT 7,439 POSITIONS FOR THE INCREASE THAT THEY ASK US TO PROVIDE AND A 1% INCREASE FOR US AS $548,000, SO HE HAS ALSO INCLUDED A RETENTION BONUS OF $271,245, AND THIS WOULD EQUATE TO ABOUT 272, $300 PER PERSON AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE WORKED THIS YEAR AND THEN RETURN NEXT YEAR.
THE REVENUE FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION FOR THE COMING YEAR IS STATE FUNDING IS INCREASING BY 2.6.
THE VPS SAY SECOND YEAR FUNDING.
THAT'S ONE-TIME ONLY TECHNOLOGY MONEY, 232,000.
E BACKPACK IS TECHNOLOGY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL MONEY, SALE OF BUSES, AND EQUIPMENT.
WE'VE ADDED THAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAIL SOME OF THOSE AND BRING IN SOMETHING [NOISE].
THE INCREASE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND JROTC FUNDS BRINGS US TO ABOUT 3.255.
PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS ARE THE HVAC KID HARRISON, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO A LOT WITH OUR STIMULUS FUNDS, AND WE ARE SPENDING THOSE DOWN.
BUT WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD A FAITHFUL AND GOLD STUDY DONE IN ADVANCE OF THE PANDEMIC THAT WE WERE IN A STATE OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND WE HAD A LOT TO BE DONE, SO WE WORKED WITH THEM TO GET A STUDY OF THE WHOLE DIVISION AND TO REALLY RATE OUR ROOFS, OUR HVAC SYSTEMS, AND WINDOWS,
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AND ALL PIECES LIKE THAT.SAY WHAT'S THE WORST OF THE WORST.
THEN THE ENGINEERS TOOK THOSE LISTS AND MADE IT A TOP 10 LIST FOR US IN EACH CATEGORY, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT, SO HARRISON'S HVAC WAS ON THAT LIST, AND YOU SAY WE WILL BE FINALIZING THAT THE ADULT ED INCREASE FOR US IS $6,000.
THE INCREASE IN UTILITIES FOR MIDDLE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR WILL BE 79,700.
PROJECTS SEARCH AS A PARTNERSHIP FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO LEARN WORK SKILLS, AND THAT IS BETWEEN DINWIDDIE, COLONIAL HEIGHTS, FORT LEE, AND US, THE PROPERTY CASUAL AND LIABILITIES INCREASE TO OUR INSURANCE.
AND CSA IS THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES ACT THAT MS. DRURY REFERENCED EARLIER.
WE'RE SEEING OUR CHILDREN COME TO US.
SOME OF THEM ARE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIORS THAT MAKE IT WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO TO PRIVATE DAY PROGRAMS OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEIR BEHAVIORS ARE SO AGGRESSIVE, THEY CANNOT BE WORKED WITH IN THE SCHOOL.
SO AFTER THEY TRY AND TRY AND TRY, THERE COMES A TIME WHEN THEY NEED TO MORE RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
THE BACKPACK LEARNING IS A COST THAT MOSCOW TO THE NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE FOR TECHNOLOGY, SO THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS TO 457.
THIS YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND REALLY THE NATION IS WORKING ON HIS GIVING CHILDREN OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK-BASED LEARNING SO THEY CAN DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND BE BEFORE THEY GET OUT OF SCHOOL, SO THEY WANT US TO START AS YOUNG AS SIXTH GRADE, GIVING THEM THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, AND IT'S ALMOST, IF YOU REMEMBER, THE COOPERATIVE EDUCATION THAT WE USED TO HAVE WHERE KIDS WOULD GO OUT AND WORK OR THEY WOULD WORK WITHIN THE SCHOOL DIVISION TO DO JOBS LIKE HELP MAYBE IN A KINDERGARTEN IF THEY THINK THEY MIGHT WANT TO BE A TEACHER, OR WORK IN THE OFFICE OR WORK WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
THAT PERSON WOULD MANAGE THOSE EXPERIENCES DURING AN EXTRA PERIOD FOR PAY.
WE WOULDN'T BE GETTING A TEACHER, WE WOULD JUST PAY IN PAYING SOMEBODY FOR THEIR PLANNING PERIOD TO DO THAT.
DUAL ENROLLMENT, THIS IS WHERE ACROSS THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, ALL THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND COLLEGES HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER AND SAID, WHAT CAN HIGH SCHOOLS DO TO HELP KIDS HAVE THE EXPERIENCE BEFORE THEY LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL TO TAKE SOME COLLEGE CREDITS AND IT USED TO BE THAT THEY WEREN'T IN AGREEMENT OVER WHAT THOSE COURSES WERE, SO IF YOU TOOK THEM, IT MIGHT COUNT FOR ELECTIVE CREDIT WHEN YOU GO TO JMU OR UVA, BUT IT DIDN'T COUNT COURSE FOR COURSE, SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY HAVE AGREED ON THE FIRST 30 HOURS THAT WOULD COME OFF OF A STUDENTS FOR YOUR PROGRAM, SO THAT YEAR WOULD COUNT YEAR FOR YEAR.
WE, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS AND THE STATE, ARE WORKING TO BUILD THAT FIRST 30 FOR THEM WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
WE HAVE ALSO APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR THE JOHN RANDOLPH FOUNDATION TO HELP OFFSET THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE STILL NEED THE $54,000 TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
THE STAFFING FOR THE TWO DUAL ENROLLMENT TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE WHO CAN TEACH THOSE COURSES WOULD BE $2,500 EACH.
THOSE ARE CURRENTLY DONE WITH AN ASYNCHRONOUS TEACHER AND THEN THE CORE CONTENT TEACHER BEING IN THE ROOM, SO THEY WOULD BE ASSIGNED.
IF I WAS A HISTORY TEACHER, I MAY HAVE A DUAL ENROLLMENT HISTORY TEACHER FROM RICHARD BLAND WHO'S TEACHING ONLINE, AND THEN I'M SUPPORTING CLASS IN THE ROOM AS THEY ARE LEARNING FROM THE PERSON BUT THEY HAVE THE CORE CONTENT.
TEACHER WHO MAY NOT HAVE MASTERS PLUS 18 HOURS TO BE THE DUAL ENROLLMENT TEACHER.
WE'RE WORKING TO GIVE CHILDREN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE EXPERIENCES AND TO KNOW IF THEY WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE OR NOT, TO TAKE A YEAR OFF THEIR PARENTS, THAT COMMITMENT TO OR THEIR OWN DEBT, COMMITMENT TO BE ABLE TO GO THE FIVE ELEMENTARY PAIR AS WE'VE HAD THAT ON OUR LIST FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
THOSE ARE PARAPROFESSIONALS FOR KINDERGARTEN.
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, WE WANT TO BUILD TO HAVE ONE PAIR EDUCATOR IN EACH KINDERGARTEN CLASS.
THAT'S COMMON IN KINDERGARTENS ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE.
BUT FOR SOME REASON, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN PRINCE GEORGE, BUT IN PRINCE GEORGE WE HAVE BEEN IN A LEAN STAFFING SITUATION FOR MANY YEARS.
BUT AS OUR CHILDREN WENT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND MANY OF OUR YOUNGEST ONES DIDN'T HAVE ANY SOCIAL INTERACTIONS BEFORE THEY CAME.
SOME OF OUR BIGGEST BEHAVIORS AND DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING HAVE BEEN IN OUR KINDERGARTEN CLASSES, SO THAT EXTRA SET OF HANDS IS NEEDED THERE?
NO. THE ONLY PEER EDUCATORS WE HAVE IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE THOSE SERVING STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND I THINK THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS ASK US FOR THAT EVERY YEAR, SO IT IS GREATLY NEEDED.
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THE SIX PERCENT SALARY INCREASE, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE'RE GOING ALONG.WE'RE IN AN ALL-OUT FIGHT FOR TEACHERS, JUST LIKE POLICE OFFICERS' ENVIRONMENT.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER TIME WITH WHERE WE ARE WITH TRAINING TEACHERS, TRAINING PEOPLE TO BECOME TEACHERS, AND SEVERAL OF YOU, I HAVE ASKED FOR YOUR WIVES TO RETURN BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING] THE TEACHING SHORTAGE, YEAH, [LAUGHTER] THE OPPORTUNITY OF WHAT WE CAN PAY THEM AND WHAT THEY CAN MAKE IN THE MARKET ECONOMY IS TOUGH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN THEM.
>> I LOVE IT, BUT SHE WOULDN'T.
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE SIX.
THE SUPPORT STAFF ADJUSTMENT IS MOVING THOSE WHO ARE RANKED IN THE BOTTOM THIRD.
EVERY YEAR, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MRS. BARNES, DOES A COMPARISON ACROSS THE REGION VERY MUCH LIKE THE ONE THAT YOU GUYS SAW YOUR FIRST BUDGET WORK SESSION FOR THE COUNTY.
SHE'S ABLE TO DO THAT FOR US AND COMPARE EVERY JOB THAT WE HAVE WITH THE JOBS IN REGION 1, AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE WHO ARE IN THE BOTTOM THIRD BECAUSE IT'S OUR GOAL TO GET EVERYBODY UP OUT OF THE BOTTOM THIRD.
THE BONUS AND RETENTION IS THE 270 TO $300 PER PERSON WHEN THEY COME BACK, THE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM INCREASE IS ESTIMATED AT FIVE PERCENT FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THAT'S THE COST OF THAT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE STAFF ACCOUNTANT, AND THE COST OF THAT IS THERE.
OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS LEAN, AND I THINK AS YOU HEARD THE OTHER NIGHT, EVERYBODY'S WORKING AND PUTTING IN 200 PERCENT, IT'S JUST, SOMETIMES THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE TO GO AROUND, AND I THINK THAT'S TRUE ALL OVER TOWN.
I THINK WE'RE ALL IN A SIMILAR SITUATION.
WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THERE ARE TOP 10 CRITICAL SHORTAGE TEACHING ENDORSEMENT AREAS IN VIRGINIA.
THE ONES THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE IN BOLD, THEY'RE IN GREEN BUT IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE THE COLOR, ALREADY IMPACT US, WHERE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HIRE PEOPLE FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE ARE WE NOW, WE ARE AT THIRD FOR TEACHERS WHO ARE BRAND NEW AND CURRENTLY IN REGION 1.
WE ARE EIGHTH FOR OUR TEACHERS WITH 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE, AND WE ARE TENTH FOR OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE ON STEP 30, WHICH IS 30 YEARS.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT OUR 15 YEAR TEACHERS MAKE, THEY ONLY MAKE $5,000 MORE THAN OUR BRAND NEW TEACHERS.
THOSE ARE PROBLEMS WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT EDUCATION IN GENERAL THROUGH THE YEARS.
THE COMPENSATION FOR TEACHING HASN'T KEPT UP LIKE IT NEEDED TO, SO PEOPLE WILL GET DISCOURAGED ABOUT THAT TIME AND MAKE OTHER CHOICES.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OVER TIME I HOPE HELPS CHANGE THE PATTERN THAT WE'RE SEEING WHERE LESS PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO TEACH AND HOPEFULLY MORE PEOPLE WILL COME, BUT WE'VE GOT TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN OUR MARKET.
CURRENTLY YOU SEE THE 2021 AVERAGE FOR THE STATE WAS 63,123.
PRINCE GEORGE MADE SOME PROGRESS, FROM '22 TO '23, AND WE REMAIN $4,559 LESS THAN THE 21 PHASE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE NUMBERS YET AVAILABLE FOR THE 22, SO WE COULDN'T COMPARE IT THERE.
WE WANTED TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT THIS SHORTAGE LOOKS LIKE IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD TO HIRE FOR 103 TEACHING POSITIONS, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS SOME OF THEM WILL COME AND THEY'LL DECIDE IT'S TOO HARD AND THEY'LL LEAVE.
THEY'LL GIVE YOU TWO WEEKS NOTICE AND LEAVE.
WHEN I STARTED TEACHING, TEACHERS STAYED AND THEY FINISHED THE YEAR AND THEN THEY LEFT, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT.
THEY HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND IF IT'S NOT FOR THEM OR THEY NEED TO MAKE MORE FOR THEIR FAMILY, THEY DO MAKE OTHER CHOICES.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 20 INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS, WE HAVE 11 IN MATH, TWO IN BIOLOGY, TWO IN CHEMISTRY, TWO IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, ONE IN ENGLISH, ONE IN SPANISH, AND ONE IN TECHNOLOGY.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO MAKE UP FOR THE TEACHERS THAT WE DON'T HAVE, BECAUSE THIS YEAR WE WERE NOT ABLE TO HIRE 22, WE HAVE 22 VACANT POSITIONS.
THAT MEANS THAT WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING, AND WE WANTED OUR KIDS TO ALL HAVE A CERTIFIED TEACHER.
WHAT WE DID IS WE MADE THE CLASS SIZES LARGER AND WE PUT THE SUBSTITUTE TO SUPPORT THE GRADE AND HELP WITH READING GROUPS OR WITH MATH GROUPS, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL PERSON SO THAT YOU MEET THE STANDARDS OF QUALITY.
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YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, OKAY, WELL GOOD, WE'LL JUST LEAVE YOU IN THOSE ROOMS AND NOT PUT THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN, BECAUSE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ACTIVELY HIRING, AND THE ONLY WAY THEY'LL LET YOU COUNT THAT PERSON TOWARDS SOQ IS IF YOU GET SPECIAL PERMISSION ONCE YOU REACH 90 DAYS.WE'VE ALSO HAD TO REDUCE SOME OF THE COURSES THAT WE OFFER.
WE USE CONTRACTED ONLINE TEACHERS AND [NOISE] A PARAEDUCATOR OR FACILITATOR IN THE ROOM.
WE USE ESS FOR OUR SUBSTITUTES, AND WE PUT DAILY SUBSTITUTES IN THE SCHOOLS SO THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS IN, BECAUSE IT'S TOUGH.
CURRENTLY USE 27 CONTRACTORS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, THAT INCLUDES SPEECH AND LANGUAGE, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND VISION SERVICES, AS WELL AS LEARNING SPECIALISTS.
LEARNING SPECIALISTS ARE WHAT WE CALL OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, BECAUSE THAT HELPS [NOISE] TELL THE PURPOSE OF WHAT A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER IS, HELPING WITH SPECIALIZED LEARNING.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 42 PROVISIONALLY LICENSED TEACHERS.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY COLLEGE CREDITS AND A COLLEGE DEGREE TO QUALIFY, AND THEN WE CAN HIRE THEM AND HELP THEM PAY FOR PART OF THE COST OF TUITION TO GET THE REST OF THEIR LICENSE, AND THEN THEY COMMIT TO US FOR THREE YEARS [NOISE].
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 20 LONG-TERM SUBS WHO WERE BEING USED EVERY DAY.
WE HAVE SUBS AND POSITIONS THAT GO OVER 90 DAYS WHERE WE HAVE TO REQUIRE WAIVERS, WE'VE HAD SEVEN OF THOSE.
WE HAVE 32 BUILDING-BASED SUBS THAT WE USE ON A DAILY BASIS SO THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS IN SICK OR FOR PLANNED ABSENCES.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 138 WORKING SUBS.
THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
WE USED TO HAVE, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, ABOUT 8,485 NEW TEACHERS COMING INTO THE MARKET.
NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, TEACHERS WHO LEFT THE PROFESSION, WERE AT ABOUT 9,753, AND THEN AFTER THE PANDEMIC, THEY'VE GONE UP TO 10,900.
WHICH MEANS BETWEEN THE LESS ONE'S COMING IN, MORE GOING OUT, THERE ARE 3,700 LESS TEACHERS FOR US TO FIGHT FOR ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE.
HERE IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS THE STATE.
IN 1920, THERE WERE 1,063 UNFILLED TEACHING POSITIONS HERE IN VIRGINIA.
IN AUGUST OF THIS PAST YEAR, WE WERE AT 2,594 UNFILLED TEACHING POSITIONS.
PRINCE GEORGE WAS IMPACTED WITH 22 UNFILLED TEACHING POSITIONS.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENS TO US.
WE'RE RUNNING JOB FAIRS ONCE A MONTH.
WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE THE LETTERS OF INTENT, AND WE'RE SO EXCITED BECAUSE WE THINK WE GOT THIS ONE FILLED, WE'VE GOT THIS ONE FILLED.
BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY COLLECT THE LETTERS OF INTENT FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOL DIVISIONS AND WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE HIGHEST PAY IS, AND THEN THEY CALL BACK AND IF YOU CAN'T MATCH IT, THEN THEY GO TO THE HIGHEST PAY.
EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GOT THEM FILLED, WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GET OUR CONTRACT SIGNED.
THE JLARC STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF THE TEACHING SHORTAGE SHOWED THAT THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT WERE HIGHLY RATED THAT BOTH TEACHERS AND DIVISION SAID MADE A DIFFERENCE.
ONE WAS RAISING SALARIES AND 70% OF THE TEACHER SAID THAT IT HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THEIR MORALE AND JOB SATISFACTION, AND 90% OF THE DIVISION SAID, IT'LL HELP US RECRUIT AND RETAIN ON HAVING MORE TEACHERS.
SEVENTY-TWO PERCENT OF TEACHERS REPORTED THAT THEY NEEDED MORE TEACHERS AND THAT IT WOULD HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT, AND WE SEE THAT TOO, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN WE HAVE TO ASK A TEACHER FOR AN EXTRA PERIOD, FOR EXTRA PAY, MEANING THAT WE NEED TO COVER A CLASS AND WE NEED THEIR HELP.
INSTEAD OF HAVING A PLANNING PERIOD, THEY MAY TEACH ALL CLASSES ALL DAY AND JUST HAVE A LUNCH BREAK AND WE'LL PAY THEM FOR THAT.
BUT IT WEARS THEM DOWN OVER TIME.
SEVENTY-SIX PERCENT OF THE DIVISION SAID, YES, WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE TEACHERS TO REDUCE THE CLASS SIZES AND THE TEACHER WORKLOADS, AND THAT WILL HELP WITH THEIR MORALE AND THEIR ABILITY TO STAY.
WHEN WE MADE THIS, THIS WAS BASED ON FEBRUARY 2ND, BUT ALL SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOLS HOLD BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUT THEIR INFORMATION OUT AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
NOW AT THAT TIME, CHESTERFIELD WENT AHEAD AND SAID WE'RE ASKING FOR 6, 1/2 %, AND ENRICO THIS WEEK RAYS, THERE'S 8.2% FOR AN INCREASE.
THE OTHERS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE FIVE LISTED, WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GOING TO TRY TO DO THE MOST THEY CAN.
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BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO THE DAY WHERE THOSE TEACHERS ARE LOOKING AT THEIR THREE LETTERS OF INTENT AND COLLIN, EACH ONE OF US TO SAY, WE LIKE TO THE MOST, BUT WE'VE GOT TO PAY YOUR STUDENT LOANS.IF YOU CAN MATCH, IT WILL COME TO YOU.
EACH ONE OF THOSE SCHOOL DIVISIONS IS FIGHTING WITH SAME THING WE ARE.
WE JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN A LOCATION THAT'S CONVENIENT TO TRAVEL TO A FEW, WHICH IS GOOD AND BAD BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO STAY WITH US.
HERE IS, IF ALL SCHOOL DIVISIONS GAVE A 5%, WE'RE SHOWING YOU HERE WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE 6%.
EACH SCHOOL DIVISIONS TEACHER SALARY SCALE HAS A DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN EACH ONE OF THE STEPS.
IN PRINCE GEORGE OUR FIRST EARLY STEPS THAT MAYBE UP TO 10 OR 15 ONLY HAVE 0.67 DIFFERENCE IN THE STEP, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A TEACHER WITH 15 YEARS ONLY GET TO $56,000 FROM $51,000 START.
THIS WOULD PUT US IN SECOND FOR OUR REGION IF THAT WAS TRUE.
NOW OF COURSE IN ROCCO WOULD HAVE JUST MOVED UP BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THE EIGHT.
FOR US, WE WOULD THEN BE AT NINTH AND 11TH FOR THE 30-YEAR PEOPLE.
WE WOULD HAVE FALLEN FOR OUR 30-YEAR PEOPLE FROM 10-11, AND FOR OUR 15-YEAR PEOPLE FROM 8-9.
WE WANT TO DO 6% SO THAT WE HOLD OUR PLACE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY THIRD, EIGHTH, AND 10TH, AND THIS WOULD PUT US A SECOND, EIGHTH, AND NINTH.
DEPENDING ON WHAT OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS DO, WE'D BE HOLDING OUR OWN.
>> WILL YOU SEE 15-YEAR TEACHERS.
IT'S BECAUSE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE, WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY'RE STILL UNDER THE VIRGINIA RETIREMENT PLANNING.
THERE'S PLAN 1, PLAN 1, AND THEN WHAT THEY CALL THE HYBRID PLAN.
PLAN 1 IS IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT YEAR IT WAS, BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE A WHILE, THEN THEY TAKE YOUR THREE HEIST YEARS WHEN YOU RETIRE, THEY AVERAGE THOSE AND YOUR RETIREMENT IS BASED ON THAT, THE NUMBER OF YEARS YOU WORK.
IF YOU ARE IN PLAN 2 IT WAS BASED ON YOUR HIGHEST FIVE YEARS AND THE NUMBER OF YEARS YOU WORK.
IF YOU'RE A HYBRID EMPLOYEE IT'S MORE OF A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION THAN A DEFINED BENEFIT, WHICH MAKES IT EASIER FOR OUR TEACHERS TO LEAVE US BECAUSE IT'S MORE EQUIVALENT TO 401K THAT THEY CAN MOVE.
THE TEACHERS WITH 15 YEARS AND MORE ARE IN THOSE PLANS 1 AND PLAN 2S.
BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR SALARIES TO BE AS HIGH AS THEY CAN FOR THEIR RETIREMENT.
WHEN YOU PUT ALL THOSE PIECES TOGETHER, THAT'S WHERE THAT NUMBER OF $5,082,690 COMES TO.
NOW, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HEARD TONIGHT THE MOU AND WHERE THAT PUT US, BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK.
THIS IS A RANKING INCLUDING THE LOCAL, THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, AND THE FEDERAL DOLLARS INCLUDE THE IMPACT AID MONEY.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'RE LAST.
WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU ABOUT THE MOU AND I THINK OUR BOARD WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US.
BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT WHAT THE FUNDING METHODOLOGY THAT WE HAVE GIFTS TO OUR CHILDREN.
IN THE GREEN IN THE LAST POSITION.
MY QUESTION TO YOU WOULD BE, DOES THIS REFLECT THAT THE MOU IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF PRINCE GEORGE, BECAUSE THAT GREEN PART IS THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION.
TONIGHT WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT I COUNTED UP WAS AT LEAST $3.4 MILLION IN REVENUE, AND WHEN WE GOT DOWN TO WHAT WE SHOULD GET, ACCORDING TO THAT MOU WAS TO TAKE $32,000 AWAY FROM US.
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU THINK THAT IS RIGHT.
I ASKED YOU, AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING ALL THIS AND THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOLS, TO RETHINK THAT MOU.
HERE IS WHERE PRINCE GEORGE'S, IF YOU TAKE OUT EVERYTHING ELSE AND YOU JUST LOOK AT THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION.
I WENT THE WRONG WAY. WHOOPS. LET ME SAY, PETERSBURG AND HOPEWELL ARE AHEAD OF US IN THIS ONE BECAUSE THEY GET MORE STATE AND FEDERAL MONEY.
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WHEN YOU GET TO THIS ONE, IT'S JUST THE LOCAL MONEY.FOR US, THE LOCAL MONEY PUTS US THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $307 PER CHILD.
THAT PUTS US ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DINWIDDIE BEFORE DINWIDDIE DOES ANYTHING IN THIS BUDGET.
I KNOW DINWIDDIE IT'S TRYING TO DO BETTER THAN 5%.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO END UP WITH BECAUSE EVERYBODY HOLDS THEIR CARDS CLOSE.
BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS IF WE GET WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, THAT PUTS US THERE WHERE YOU SEE THE GREEN AND GOLD STAR AND THE GOLD ARROW.
I DID HAVE SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING HERE TO BUILD HOMES, LGI SPECIFICALLY THAT'S OUT AT THE MEADOWS.
THEY CAME OUT AND MET WITH OUR TEAM AND THEY MARK IT OUR SCHOOLS.
MS. MORRIS FROM LGI HOMES WROTE TO ME, SHE SAYS, GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. PENNYCUFF.
IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE WE SPOKE.
THINGS THAT THE MEADOWS HAVE TAKEN OFF.
BUSINESS IS BOOMING AND WE ALREADY HAVE A TON OF NEW HOMEOWNERS AND FAMILIES MOVE INTO PRINCE GEORGE.
MANY OF WHICH HAVE TOLD US THAT NEXT TO THE LOCATION, A LOT OF MILITARY FAMILIES NEED CLOSE PROXIMITY FORT LEE.
THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO MOVE HERE BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOLS.
BUSINESS IN FACT HAS BEEN GOING SO WELL THAT WE'RE GROWING OUR TEAM AND HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS THAT WE WANT TO BRING OUT TO MEET YOU.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME ON MARCH 16TH AND GO FOR A TOUR OF OUR SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES IS GOOD.
BUSINESS IS GOOD BECAUSE THE RENT RATES ARE SO HIGH THAT THE HIGH INTEREST RATES ARE LOOKING GOOD COMPARED TO THE HIGH RENT RATES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE EXPLAINED TO US BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO MANY.
I ALSO KNOW THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD 78 SINGLE BUILDING PERMITS.
I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT EVEN WHEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING TO US, A LOT OF FAMILIES WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO BE ABLE TO PAY DOWN DEBT, TO BUY A HOME, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN.
BUT THERE ARE TWOS IN US AND WE WANT THEM TO CHOOSE US.
WE NEED TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR SCHOOLS SAFE AND LEARNING.
OUR KID'S LEARNING AND OUR STREETS SAFE, AND I THINK YOU'RE DOING THAT, AND WE WERE ASKING FOR HELP TOO.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE 1.827, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A LOT TO CONSIDER AND A LOT OF NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT.
BUT PLEASE DON'T FORGET US BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASK IS THAT FOR HELP LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT WE HAD THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE 22 CHILDREN THAT WE HAD OUT, AND IF YOU HAVE 22 CHILDREN PER CLASS AND YOU HAVE ABOUT 10 TEACHERS THAT ARE SUBSTITUTES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ACTUAL TEACHERS, THEN WE'VE IMPACTED 220 KIDS THERE.
REALLY WE IMPACTED MORE BECAUSE WE MADE THE CLASS SIZE IS BIGGER AND WE PUT THE HELP TO THE WHOLE GRADE LEVEL.
THEN WE HAD ABOUT 10 TEACHERS OUT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WHICH THEY SERVE ANYWHERE FROM 120-150 KIDS A SEMESTER.
THAT PUTS US AT 90 KIDS THIS SEMESTER.
HUNDRED-AND-EIGHTY KIDS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
THAT'S HOW MANY KIDS WE HAD AFFECTED.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR BUDGET DOESN'T CHANGE BY THE FIVE MILLION.
IT CHANGES BY A LOT LESS BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING DOWN, OUR CARES DOLLARS ARE GONE.
OUR JROTC AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOLLARS ARE BRINGING IT UP JUST A LITTLE.
YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE SPENT OUT OUR EARLY SR FUNDS, WE'VE SPENT OUT OUR ARPA FUNDS AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SPENDING OUT ON THE FINAL FUND PIECES AT SOUTH AND THAT'LL TAKE CARE OF THOSE DOLLARS.
YOU SEE WHERE OUR OPERATING FUNDS MOSTLY COME FROM.
WE GET ABOUT 68% FROM THE STATE, 25% FROM THE COUNTY, AND 6% FROM THE FEDERAL.
WE HAVE ONLY A DIFFERENCE OF 1.65% TO OUR BUDGET THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
THAT WITH WHAT WE'VE ASKED FOR.
THIS SHOWS THAT MOST OF OUR MONEY GOES TO INSTRUCTION, THAT'S TEACHER SALARIES, THAT'S THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF SALARIES, AND THEN ITS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, TRANSPORTATION, AND ADMINISTRATION ARE OUR TOP CATEGORIES.
TONIGHT WE COME TO YOU WITH OUR BUDGET OF NEED.
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IT'S BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE DIVISION.IT DOES INCLUDE A SIX PERCENT SALARY INCREASE TO HELP US HOLD OUR GROUND.
WE FELT LIKE WE WERE ALREADY HAVING TO ASK FOR A LOT, SO WE KNOW THAT THE GREATEST IMPACT TO A CHILD IS HAVING A TEACHER TO SPEND THEIR DAY WITH.
WE WANT TO KEEP THE ONES WE HAVE AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OTHERS COME TO US.
WE APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING, AND WE THANK YOU FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO SUPPORT AND HELP US.
>> HOW MONEY YOU HAVE LEFT THIS YEAR?
>> AT THIS POINT IT IS FREE OF WHAT HE SAID, THE PROJECTION WILL HAVE OUR BUDGET FINISHED HERE.
>> SHE SAID, WE MANAGE THE BUDGET PRETTY TIGHTLY, AND SO WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT SPENT DOWN TO PRETTY LOW.
>> THAT'S OUR AIM. WE HAVE A ROOF THAT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE AT CLEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIX, AND WE'RE GETTING PRICES NOW, THERE'S TWO PARTS ON THAT ONE, CLEMENTS IS SET OUT IN PART 3 AND PART 7, AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL HAS TWO THAT ARE IN BAD SHAPE AND THE D WING ADDITION, SO WE'RE PRICED IN THOSE OUT TO SEE WHAT THEY EACH COST TO FIX, TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY FUNDS THAT WE COULD START THAT WORK.
>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THIS NEGATIVE ABOUT NUMBERS.
>> HOW DO I ANSWER A QUESTION FROM THE CITIZENS ON WHERE DID YOU GET THE MONEY TO REDO THE FIELD AT THE BALL FIELD?
>> WELL, WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT WE WERE READY WITH OUR STIMULUS FUNDS, SO WE WERE ABLE TO USE FUNDS THAT WERE MADE AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF STIMULUS DOLLARS.
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD, OF COURSE, THE STIMULUS DOLLARS, THEY WERE JUST ONE-TIME FUNDING.
>> I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HEAR IT.
>> WHY DON'T YOU PUT IT BACK INTO SCHOOL?
>> THAT'S WHAT WE DO EVEN WITH YEAR-END.
IF WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH AND WE CAN PROJECT THAT THERE MIGHT BE, THEN WE TRY TO GO AHEAD AND DO SOME PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD NEVER WANT TO COME TO YOU THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T HAD TO ASK FOR CERTAIN THINGS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
>> YEAH. WELL, AND I'LL TELL YOU WE HAVE GOTTEN AS MUCH HFAQ AND ROOFING WORK IS WE COULD GET SCHEDULED AND GET DONE WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAD.
YES, IT WAS THE SILVER LINING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HER?
>> THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA, MR. CHAIR, IS TO TALK ABOUT THE HAY INCREASED DISCUSSION.
YOU HEARD THIS AT YOUR LAST WORK SESSIONS, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE THROUGH THESE SLIDES FAIRLY QUICKLY.
I JUST WANT TO RECAP EVERYTHING AGAIN AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
A REVIEW OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 1 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
AS YOU KNOW, YOU APPROVED A SALARY SCALE ADJUSTMENT OR AN INCREASE IN THE STARTING PAY FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO 53,000, AND TO KEEP THE SCALES STRUCTURAL, THE INTEGRITY OF THE EXISTING SCALE THAT RESULTED IN A 12.17% PAY INCREASE TO ALMOST ALL POLICE OFFICERS IN ALL THE RANKS.
THE FULL-YEAR IMPACT OF THAT ACTION IS $549,160.
FIRE/EMS, THE STARTING PAY FOR A FIRE MEDIC ONE INCREASED TO 50,000, AND AGAIN, WE KEPT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE SCALES THAT RESULTED FROM A RANGE OF AN INCREASE OF 3.86-10.74 AND THE FULL-YEAR BUDGET IMPACT OF THAT IS $173,290.
WE HAVE FAR FEWER FIRE/EMS ACTIVE PERSONNEL THAN POLICE OFFICERS.
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE COMPARISON WAS DONE TO THE MARKET AND DID NOT
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RESULT IN A RECOMMENDED INCREASE FOR THE SHARE FOR THE DEPUTIES IN THAT OFFICE, SO NO ACTION WAS TAKEN ON JANUARY 1.OTHER IMPACTS OR OTHER METEOR OR ACTIONS TAKEN DURING FISCAL YEAR 23 FOLLOWING THE BUDGET ADOPTION, INCLUDE THESE ACTIONS AND YOU'VE SEEN THE SUMMARY BEFORE, THAT $988,238.
THE BULK OF THAT, OF COURSE, WAS PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE NON-PUBLIC SAFETY ITEMS TOTAL JUST UNDER $266,000 THAT WE DID CONVERT TO PART-TIME EMPLOYEES TO FULL-TIME.
THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, AND AN ASSISTANT COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY IN THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE RECLASSIFY THE PLANNING AND ZONING TECHNICIAN OF APPARATUS TECHNICIAN TO A FLEET SUPERVISOR, AND THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE WENT THROUGH QUITE A TRANSITION BETWEEN THE TIME WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET FOR FY23, AND WHEN EMPLOYEES WERE HIRED, THE ASSESSOR THAT'S IN PLACE TODAY HAS A HIGHER SALARY BASED ON HIS EXPERIENCE THAN THE PREDECESSOR.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU DID APPROVE CONVERSION OF AN APPRAISER TO A SENIOR APPRAISER, AND WE HAVE TWO SENIOR APPRAISERS IN THAT OFFICE TODAY WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF EXPERIENCE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, I RECEIVED CERTIFICATION INCREASES AND WE WERE TRANSFERRING SALARIES WITHIN A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE COMPLIANCE TO THE STORMWATER FUND.
WITH THE TRANSITION OF THE STORMWATER FUND TO THE UTILITY FUND THAT GENERAL FUND IMPACT IS $40,000 THAT WE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO TRANSFER TO THE STORMWATER FUND.
OTHER MINIMAL IMPACTS WERE ABOUT $7,000 IN SALARY TURNOVER INCREASES AND OR BENEFIT INCREASES.
MISHEARD GAVE YOU QUITE AN OVERVIEW OF THE NON-PUBLIC SAFETY SALARY STUDY THAT WAS PERFORMED BY HER OFFICE, AND SIMILAR TO THE JANUARY 1 ACTIONS TAKEN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, THERE WAS A NEED TO REVIEW ALL POSITIONS FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES TO BRING PAY RANGES UP-TO-DATE, AND MARKET COMPETITIVE CENSOR OUR STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED FOR FY18, THESE WERE THE LOCALITIES THAT WERE POLLED.
YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE, AND R1 WAS PULLED FOR UTILITY PURPOSES.
EACH PRINCE GEORGE'S JOB TITLE WAS COMPARED AGAINST SIMILAR TITLES AND THOSE LOCALITIES THAT YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
COREY DID MEET WITH MANY DIRECTORS TO TALK ABOUT POSITIONS WITHIN THEIR OFFICES IF TITLES WERE DIFFERENT OR WORK RESPONSIBILITIES WERE DIFFERENT.
SOME OF OUR FOLKS MAY DO A WIDER VARIETY OF TASKS THAN AN EMPLOYEE IN CHESTERFIELD WOULD DO OR ENRICO WOULD DO.
THEY HAVE MANY MORE EMPLOYEES, AND THEY MAY SPECIALIZE IN CERTAIN TASKS WHERE OUR FOLKS DO A BROADER RANGE OF TASKS.
IF ENOUGH COMPARISON DATA EXISTED FOR A POSITION THAT AVERAGE STARTING SALARY WAS COMPARED TO OUR CURRENT PRINCE GEORGE'S STARTING SALARY.
GRADE PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE TO REACH THE AVERAGE.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE NUMBER ONE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK.
WE RECOMMEND GRADE CHANGES BASED ON THAT MARKET COMPARISON, BUT WE ALSO REVIEWED VERY CLOSELY MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR EXISTING SEPARATION OF OUR WORKERS TO OUR COORDINATORS AND OUR MANAGERS, OUR SUPERVISORS, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTORS, DIRECTORS, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS, ETC.
WE WANT ADEQUATE SEPARATION BETWEEN LEADERSHIP AND THE EMPLOYEES THEY SUPERVISE.
INCREASES WERE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR EVERY POSITION THAT WAS BELOW AVERAGE AGAIN, TO MAINTAIN THAT INTEGRITY.
SOME RESULTS LEAD TO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RECLASSIFICATIONS OF CERTAIN POSITIONS THAT EVEN THE DIRECTORS MAY NOT HAVE ASKED FOR.
THERE WERE 109 POSITIONS COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORING LOCALITIES, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT 73 POSITIONS WERE BELOW MARKET BY AN AVERAGE OF 14%.
THIS IS A BIGGER GAP THAN EVEN FOR POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE RECOMMENDED FOR THAT 12.17%.
TWO POSITIONS FOR A WRITE-UP MARKET, NOT MANY, AND 34 POSITIONS WERE DETERMINED TO BE ABOVE MARKET BY ABOUT SIX PERCENT.
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WE DO NOT RECOMMEND DECREASING A GRADE FOR A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE SITTING IN THAT POSITION TODAY, BUT AS WE HAVE VACANCIES, WE CERTAINLY WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER REFRESHING THAT MARKET COMPARISON TO MAYBE DOWNGRADING THAT POSITION BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY.I'VE SUMMARIZED FOUR OR FIVE SLIDES THAT COREY HAD DOWN TO ONE FOR PURPOSES OF TONIGHT, BUT SHE GAVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES AND PROVIDED THAT AVERAGE SALARY FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS THAT WERE BELOW MARKET.
THE ANIMAL SERVICES MANAGER WAS 29% BELOW MARKET, THE APPARATUS TECHNICIAN 23, AND THE UTILITIES DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER DIRECTORS 20% BELOW MARKET.
AT MARKET WERE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS, FINANCIAL REPORTING ACCOUNTING, AND COORDINATOR 1 WITHIN PARKS AND RECREATION.
ABOVE MARKET ACCOUNTING CLERK IN MY OFFICE, 22% ABOVE MARKET.
MANAGER 5, UTILITY OFFICE MANAGEMENT, 19% ABOVE MARKET, AND THAT'S STARTING SALARY, AND AN HR TECHNICIAN 10% ABOVE.
RESULTS ALSO LEAD COREY TO RECOMMEND ELIMINATING OUR LOWEST GRADES, 305-307.
THERE ARE ONLY FOUR FOLKS ON THOSE LOWER GRADES TODAY.
BUT THIS WOULD PUT US IN A VERY GOOD POSITION FOR A MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE IS COMING DOWN THE PIKE, JANUARY 1 OF 25, AND EVEN INTO JANUARY 1 OF 2026, WE WOULD BE IN A VERY GOOD POSITION TO ADDRESS THOSE INCREASES.
AGAIN, TO RECAP, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE PROVIDE ALL EMPLOYEES WITH A STEP INCREASE SO THAT THEIR SERVICE AND STEP IS CURRENT THROUGH JUNE 30 OF 2023 AND 14 POLICE OFFICERS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT INCREASES.
WE ALSO WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES, EMPLOYEES, THOSE MANDATED STATE-SUPPORTED INCREASES AND PROVIDE A BONUS TO EMPLOYEES RECEIVING LESS THAN 2% SINCE JULY 1 OF 2022.
I HAVE LUMPED IN THE PART-TIME WAGE AND OVERTIME IMPACTS SO THAT THAT'S NOT ON A SEPARATE SLIDE TONIGHT.
JUST DOING THE STEP WOULD MEAN ON AVERAGE 3% INCREASE FOR OUR NON-PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT STATE-SUPPORTED EMPLOYEES.
THAT IS NOT ENOUGH AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT EQUITABLE FOR THE ACTIONS TAKEN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO FOR THOSE STATES SUPPORTED EMPLOYEES AND WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE DOING.
THE AVERAGE OF WHAT WE WILL PROVIDE TO THOSE STATE-SUPPORTED POSITIONS AND WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING THE STEP INCREASE THEY WOULD GET ON JULY 1 WOULD BRING THEM UP TO 7.95% AVERAGE INCREASE.
AGAIN, WE RECOMMEND IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO THAT MARKET REGRADE AT A COST OF 809,701 TO THE GENERAL FUND, INCLUDING AGAIN, THOSE PART-TIME WAGE IMPACTS AND OVERTIME RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS WOULD BRING THAT AVERAGE PAY INCREASE TO 9.68%, AND IT MAKES OUR SALARIES COMPETITIVE AND IT IS MORE EQUITABLE TO ACTIONS TAKEN FOR OTHERS.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE THAT STATE-SUPPORTED INCREASE.
WE DID PROVIDE GREAT INCREASES.
PROVIDING GREAT INCREASES TO NON-PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES MAKES IT MORE EQUITABLE.
IT HELPS US COMPETE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR PEERS, WE'LL ASSIST IN RECRUITING VACANCY FOR VACANT POSITIONS WHEN WE HAVE THEM BY OFFERING MORE COMPETITIVE SALARY AND WOULD HELP TO ASSIST RETAIN EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TALENTED, WHO COULD GO ELSEWHERE FOR HIGHER PAY.
IT ALSO CREATES DIFFERENTIATION OR DIFFERENT GRADES WITHIN THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE EMPLOYEES, FOR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE ATTAINED CAREER DEVELOPMENT.
YOU GET THAT REQUESTS FOR 9.3% INCREASE FROM THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS WHOSE OFFICES PARTICIPATE IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT.
THIS WOULD ACTUALLY STRUCTURALLY TAKE CARE OF THAT BY PUTTING THOSE EMPLOYEES ON A HIGHER GRADE.
IT ALSO WOULD ASSIST IN BRINGING COMP BOARD-FUNDED POSITIONS TO THE MINIMUM OF THE COMP BOARD PAY RANGES.
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A COST RECAP.THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION TO WRAP IN SOCIAL SERVICES REVENUES.
JUST TO BRING THAT GRAND TOTAL IS AGAIN 2.6 MILLION TO DO ALL THREE THINGS, INCLUDING THAT BASELINE ADJUSTMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
BUT THIS PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THOSE COSTS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK WITH YOU THIS EVENING AND A CLOSED SESSION IS SCHEDULED FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR ON MYSELF AND BOARD MEMBERS TO DISCUSS THESE REBOARD EMPLOYEES AND WHAT'S BEEN STRUCTURALLY RECOMMENDED FOR THEM.
THAT'S IT FOR THE PAY INCREASE.
BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE SLIDES AND AN EXCEL SHEET TO GET THROUGH, IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME FOR A COUPLE MORE SLIDES.
[LAUGHTER] THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED THIS EVENING A HANDOUT.
IT'S THAT EXCEL SHEET THAT TALKS ABOUT OUR RESOURCES.
SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES ARE NETTED AGAINST OUR REQUIRED EXPENDITURES THAT GO HAND IN HAND WITH THOSE RESOURCES.
[NOISE] THERE'S A SECTION THAT HAS MUST-DOS AND THEN THERE IS ON A SEPARATE TAB OR WORKSHEET, THE CHOICES, THE THINGS THAT WE WANT YOUR INPUT ON.
ON THAT CHOICES HANDOUT, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HAS MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU TO GET THE BALL ROLLING, BUT CERTAINLY WE WANT YOUR WAY IN ON THE PRIORITIES.
I WILL BE EMAILING YOU THAT EXCEL SHEET TONIGHT.
YOU HAVE A HARD COPY IN FRONT OF YOU SO THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT.
THE POWERPOINT THAT OUTLINED THE REVENUE WILL MIRROR CLOSELY THE RESOURCES.
NOT EVERY REVENUE STREAM WAS CAPTURED IN THE POWERPOINT, BUT PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEM ARE CAPTURED IN THE EXCEL.
THEN THE MAJOR EXPENDITURE BUCKETS WERE CAPTURED IN THE POWERPOINT.
A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN THE EXCEL.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO DIG RIGHT INTO THAT ON MARCH 7TH TO GET YOUR DIRECTION ON WHAT TO INCLUDE AND INTRODUCE BUDGET THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
THE LAST THING ON THE AGENDA IS JUST A RECAP OF UPCOMING DATES AND MILESTONES FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS.
MARCH 7TH IS YOUR NEXT WORK SESSION NEXT TUESDAY.
THE INTRODUCED BUDGET WILL BE PRESENTED ON MARCH 14TH, A WEEK FROM NEXT TUESDAY AT A REGULAR MEETING.
THERE ARE FOUR WORK SESSION DATES FOLLOWING THAT PRESENTATION.
THE FIRST IS MARCH 16TH, TWO DAYS LATER.
WE WOULD ASK THAT THAT MEETING TO RECEIVE AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE TAX RATES AND AN EFFECTIVE TAX INCREASE FROM THE GROWTH AND ASSESSED VALUES.
MARCH 30TH IS ANOTHER WORK SESSION DATE, APRIL 19TH IF NEEDED, AND MAY 2ND FOR FINAL ADJUSTMENTS.
THAT MAY BE A BIT OPTIMISTIC DEPENDING ON WHAT THE STATE IS DOING.
BUT WE WOULD PROBABLY KEEP THAT IN PLACE TO MAKE ANY FINAL ADJUSTMENTS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED ADOPTION.
SOME OTHER KEY DATES, MARCH 14TH, AGAIN, IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE INTRODUCED BUDGET, APRIL 25TH, WOULD BE THE TAX RATE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION AND PERHAPS THE ADOPTION OF THE UTILITY RATES.
MAY 9TH WOULD BE OUR BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE WOULD COMMIT TO FINALIZE THE LOCAL TRANSFER TO SCHOOLS SO THAT THEY COULD GET TEACHER CONTRACTS OUT, AND THEN ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET IS SLATED FOR MAY 23RD.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR POINT [NOISE] ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, YOU PUT A LOT OF WORK THERE.
>> ALL THOSE DATES YOU JUST MENTIONED, ARE ALL THOSE INCLUDED IN THE EMAIL THAT MS. WATSON HAD EARLIER?
>> I WAS NOT COPIED ON THAT EMAIL AT ALL.
>> I'M GOOD WITH ALL THE DATES.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT.
>> THEY ARE ON THE BUDGET CALENDAR, BUT THE BUDGET CALENDAR THAT YOU APPROVED, WHEN YOU DID THAT, YES SIR.
>> I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA HERE.
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WE HAVE NOW A CLOSED SESSION TO GO INTO A SECOND. WOULD THAT BE IT?>> THE WAY I SEE IT. YOU GOT TO GOING UP.
>> ONE SAYS SO, WE'LL GO INTO CLOSE. CAN I GET A MOTION?
>> ARE YOU READY, MR. CHAIRMAN?
>> I MOVE THAT THE BOARD GOING TO CLOSE SESSIONS.
[CLOSED SESSION]
PROVISION OF SECTION 2.2-3711 OF VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE, SECTION 2.2-3711 A1, DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE, DEMOTION, SALARIES, DISCIPLINING OF RESIGNATION OF A SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICER, APPOINTEE OR EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLIC BODY.I FURTHER MOVE AS SUCH DISCUSSION SHALL BE LIMITED TO EMPLOYEES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THAT'S THE MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
>> HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. BROWN. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
TAKE. EVERYBODY TO TAKE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.