[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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>> GOOD EVENING. IT'S NOW 6:00 PM.
TODAY'S MEETING, WOULD BE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUDGET WORK SESSION.
AT THIS TIME, MS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> NEXT WOULD BE THE BOARD'S INVOCATION.
I'LL DO THE BOARD'S INVOCATION, AND THAT WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY MR. PUGH DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU THIS EVENING TO SAY, THANK YOU.
THANKING YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO MEET ONE MORE TIME.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER US AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT'S BUDGET WORK SESSION, AND HEAVENLY FATHER, A SPECIAL PRAYER AND BLESSING TO ALL OF THOSE FROM THE DIRECTORS TO REST OF STAFF, TO OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND MORE ESPECIALLY TO MS. DRURY FOR THE TIRELESS EFFORT THAT EACH PERSON HAS PUT INTO PROVIDING US WITH THIS INFORMATION TO HELP US TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER OUR FIRE, OUR EMS, OUR POLICE, AND EVERYONE HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, WRAP YOUR LOVING ARMS OF PROTECTION AROUND EACH AND EVERY ONE AS THEY ALL NEED TO BE PROTECTED IN THIS WORLD TODAY.
WE ASK ALL OF THIS IN YOUR NAME, AMEN.
>> [NOISE] THANK YOU, MR. PUGH, FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADOPTION.
>> MAKE THE MOTION FOR ADOPTION.
>> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. PUGH AND SECOND BY MR. COX THAT WE WOULD ADOPT THE AGENDA AS SO STATED IN BOARDDOCS AND PRINTED FORM.
YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MS. KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> YES. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE ENTERING INTO THE WORK SESSION,
[B. WORK SESSION]
AND TONIGHT WE'LL BE LED BY MRS. BETSY DRURY, WHO WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE VARIOUS PHASES OF OUR WORK SESSION TONIGHT REGARDING THE BUDGET.>> GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND BOARD MEMBERS, MR. STOKE, MR. RARD, AND ALL ASSEMBLED.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH BUDGET UPDATES IN ORDER TO MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS FOR THE FY 2026 BUDGET.
[NOISE] WE'LL START WITH OUR REAL ESTATE REASSESSMENT.
THERE WAS NO REASSESSMENT PERFORMED IN 2024 FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, FY 25.
CITIZENS WITH NO REAL PROPERTY CHANGES PAID THE SAME REAL ESTATE TAX THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT THEY PAID LAST FISCAL YEAR.
REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS ARE NEAR COMPLETION BY THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR THAT THE BOARD ENGAGED VISION ALONG WITH THEIR INTERNAL ASSESSORS OFFICE WITH MR. RANDY HORN LEADING THAT CHARGE.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED US WITH ESTIMATES OF THE REAL PROPERTY VALUES FOR FY 2026 FOR BUDGETING.
OF COURSE, THESE ASSESSED VALUES, THESE NEW VALUES WILL APPLY TO BILLS THAT ARE DUE IN FY 2026.
THOSE BILLS THAT ARE DUE DECEMBER 5TH OF 2025 AND JUNE 5TH OF 2026.
THEY WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE BILLS THAT ARE DUE IN A FEW MONTHS, JUNE 5TH OF 2025.
THAT IS SOMETIMES A POINT OF CONFUSION.
WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE UPCOMING BUDGET, FOLKS GET IT CONFUSED WITH THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR TAX BILLS.
JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT OUR REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT 0.82 PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE APPLIES NOT ONLY TO OUR REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUES, BUT IT APPLIES TO OUR MOBILE HOME TAXES AND OUR PUBLIC SERVICE TAXES FOR THOSE PUBLIC SERVICE ENTITIES.
THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND ALONG WITH OUR THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR VISION, THIS YEAR, WE'LL ASSESS THE VALUES FOR REAL PROPERTY.
THE MOBILE HOME VALUES ARE ASSESSED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE, VERY SIMILAR TO MOTOR VEHICLES, AND OUR PUBLIC SERVICE TAX ENTITIES VALUES ARE ASSESSED BY THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION.
THAT IS WHO HOLDS THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THOSE ASSESSMENTS.
WE WILL BE SEEKING INPUT FROM YOU, OF COURSE, ON MARCH 4TH ON THE TAX RATE TO INCLUDE FOR FY 2026 BUDGETING PURPOSES,
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AS AVAILABLE AS RESOURCES TO MEET BUDGET REQUESTS AND ADDRESS INFLATIONARY AND SERVICE EXPANSION.STAFF WILL SEEK AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE ALL TAX RATES AND ANY EFFECTIVE TAX INCREASE FROM HIGHER ASSESSED VALUES ON MARCH 13TH, AT A WORK SESSION, TWO NIGHTS FOLLOWING MR. STOKE PRESENTING THE INTRODUCED BUDGET TARGETED FOR MARCH 11TH.
JUST TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT THE VALUE OF A PENNY HAS INCREASED FROM $372,000 TODAY TO $420,000, AN INCREASE OF $48,000 PER $0.01.
THESE ARE THE ESTIMATES THAT WERE PROVIDED.
VISION HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US TO GET THE GRANULAR LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT IS NEEDED FOR NOT ONLY THE NEW HIGHER ASSESSED VALUES, BUT WHAT OTHER ITEMS CHANGED ASSESSED VALUES, SUCH AS NEW CONSTRUCTION, SUCH AS PARCEL SPLITS, IMPROVEMENTS IN REAL PROPERTY.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT AFFECT THE 26 VALUE THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY A HIGHER ASSESSMENT.
THE LAND BOOK CHANGE IN FY 2025, THE BOOK WAS VALUED AT 4,060,688,000.
IT HAS GROWN TO 4,582,687,000, WHICH IS A CHANGE OF $522 MILLION, OR THEREABOUTS, ABOUT 12.9%.
ABOUT HALF A PERCENT OF THAT GROWTH IS FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION, NEW PARCELS, AND OTHER CHANGES THAT AMOUNTS TO JUST OVER 19.2 MILLION DOLLAR, NEARLY 19.3.
THE GROWTH FROM HIGHER ASSESSED VALUES IS ABOUT $503 MILLION, 12.5%.
THE EQUALIZATION RATE WOULD BE A $0.09 REDUCTION TO $0.73 FROM YOUR CURRENT TAX RATE OF $0.82.
AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE A 12.3% INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
AGAIN, JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD THE VALUE OF PENNY HAS GROWN TO $420,000.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE IMPACTS AND WHAT THAT MEANS?
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY BOARD MEMBERS? I SEEN THAT AT THIS TIME.
>> VISION, AGAIN, DID HELP US GET TO THE GRANULAR LEVEL TO IDENTIFY THE CHANGES OR TO ISOLATE THOSE CHANGES THAT ARE IN THAT $19.2 MILLION.
THOSE AMOUNTS WERE PROVIDED LATE SATURDAY EVENING.
THEN MR. HORN EMAILED ME THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OR ESTIMATED NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR THE LAST HALF OF THIS FISCAL YEAR AT 11:45 SUNDAY NIGHT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS TO GET THE INFORMATION TO YOU IN ORDER FOR YOU TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS RATHER.
THIS IS THE REAL ESTATE TAX ESTIMATE UPDATED WITH THAT HIGHER BUDGETED REVENUE FIGURE.
WE DO TAKE THAT GROSS FIGURE, AND WE ONLY BUDGET A PERCENTAGE OF THAT.
WE DO HAVE SOME AMOUNTS THAT ARE UNCOLLECTIBLE.
WE ALSO OFFER TAX RELIEF, NOT ONLY TO OUR SENIOR CITIZENS, BUT WE OFFER A HUGE AMOUNT OF TAX RELIEF TO DISABLED VETERANS.
THAT TAX RELIEF HAS GROWN TO OVER $1 MILLION IN THE LAST YEAR.
THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RELIEF THAT IS PROVIDED BY PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY TO DISABLED VETERANS.
WE CAN'T BUDGET AT 100% OF THAT VALUE.
WE DO HAVE TO BUDGET A PERCENTAGE OF THAT AND ALSO BRING DOWN THE VALUE OF THE PENNY FOR THAT RELIEF.
IF THE BOARD WERE TO LEAVE THE TAX RATE AT $0.82, NOT DO ANY LEVEL OF EQUALIZATION, REVENUES WOULD GROW, REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUES WOULD GROW BY $4.2 MILLION.
THEY ARE BUDGETED AT $30,750,000 THIS YEAR.
IT WOULD GROW TO $34,950,000 IN FY 26.
AGAIN, THAT IS A GROWTH OF $4.2 MILLION IF THERE IS NO LEVEL OF EQUALIZATION.
AGAIN, I PRESENTED THIS SLIDE AT YOUR LAST WORK SESSION.
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IT DOES SHOW A COMPARISON ONCE AGAIN, JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC WHAT OUR CURRENT TAX RATES ARE IN COMPARISON TO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING LOCALITIES.AGAIN, THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS LOWER THAN THAT OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
DINWIDDIE COUNTY AND THE CITIES OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS, HOPEWELL, AND PETERSBURG.
OUR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RATES ARE LOWER THAN DINWIDDIE, PETERSBURG, SURRY, AND SUSSEX, AND MACHINERY AND TOOLS TAX RATE IS LOWER THAN ALL LOCALITIES, BUT CHESTERFIELD AND SURRY.
THAT AGAIN, IS AVAILABLE HERE FOR YOUR REVIEW.
EQUALIZING IN PART OR FULLY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IN TERMS OF REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUE, I'VE PROVIDED YOU WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES IN REVENUE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE EQUALIZATION TAX RATE OF $0.73.
AGAIN, IT DECLINES BY $420,000 IN THE REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUE ESTIMATES.
AGAIN, YOU COULD GROW ANYWHERE FROM JUST $420,000 UP TO THE 4.2 MILLION BY DROPPING THE TAX RATE BY $0.09 TO THE EQUALIZATION VALUE.
THIS IS A LOOK AT MOBILE HOMES TAX REVENUES.
AGAIN, WITH $0.82, WE WERE PROJECTING NO GROWTH IN THOSE BUDGETED REVENUES.
ANY DROP TO THE TAX RATE WOULD REDUCE PROJECTED REVENUES FOR MOBILE HOMES FOR FY 2026.
THE VALUE OF THAT PENNY IS FAIRLY SMALL.
THAT IS A FAIRLY SMALL NUMBER.
BUT DROPPING IT DROPS IT BY $1,853 PER PENNY.
PUBLIC SERVICE TAX SAME STORY.
WE WERE PROJECTING LEVEL REVENUES WITH $0.82 YOUR CURRENT TAX RATE.
DROPPING YOUR REAL PROPERTY TAX RATE WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT AND WOULD REDUCE PUBLIC SERVICE TAX REVENUES AS WELL, UNLESS WE CAN GET UPDATED INFORMATION FROM THE SCC.
I MENTIONED TO YOU AT THE LAST WORK SESSION THAT THERE WAS ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE ENTITIES VALUES.
I WON'T PUBLICLY SAY WHO THAT IS, BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON SOME CORRECTIONS IN THOSE ASSESSED VALUES.
AGAIN, WE WERE BUDGETING LEVEL.
WE MAY HAVE UPDATED NEWS LATER OR WHEN THAT CAN BE CORRECTED.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT CORRECTION WILL EVEN OCCUR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
BUT THE VALUE OF EACH PENNY FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TAXES IS JUST UNDER $35,000 PER PENNY.
THAT GIVES YOU A COMPARISON TAX RATE BY TAX RATE PER $0.01 REDUCTION.
TOTAL WITH ALL OF THOSE THREE SOURCES, THESE ARE THE VALUES OF PENNY.
EACH PENNY IS ABOUT $456,609 FOR DROP.
JUST TO MENTION TO YOU, THE REAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IS THE ONLY SOURCE THAT IS SHARED WITH SCHOOLS.
THESE IMPACTS WOULD BE BORNE BY THE COUNTY, OR THIS GROWTH WOULD BE REALIZED BY THE COUNTY.
THAT IS THE TOTAL VALUE OF A PENNY.
NOT ALL OF THAT IS SHARED WITH SCHOOLS.
THIS IS REAL PROPERTY, MOBILE HOME, AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
IT'S JUST ALL THREE OF THOSE SOURCES COMBINED.
THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE DECISION WILL BE IN THE CHOICE PORTION OF MY CRAZY SPREADSHEET THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS EVENING.
IN THE EXCEL FILE AND THE BOARD WOULD SELECT HOW MUCH THEY WOULD LIKE TO DROP THE RATE, AND THAT WOULD ADD TO THE RESOURCES AT THAT ACCORDING LEVEL.
IF YOU WANTED TO DROP IT BY THREE PENNIES, THE INCREASE IN RESOURCES WOULD BE 2.83 MILLION.
YOU CAN SEE THERE. AGAIN, THOSE CHOICES WILL IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOL FUNDING AND FOR COUNTY PRIORITIES, SUCH AS PAY INCREASES, NEW POSITION REQUESTS, POSITION RECLASSIFICATION REQUESTS, AND OTHER NON SALARY ITEMS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE BEFORE WE MOVE INTO SCHOOL FUNDING?
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>> THESE ARE REVIEW SLIDES THAT I PRESENTED AT THE LAST MEETING.
OF COURSE, WE'VE HAD OUR REVENUE SHARING MOU IN PLACE SINCE 2007.
THESE ARE THE FIVE SOURCES THAT HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN SHARED WITH SCHOOLS SINCE 2007, AND THAT BASELINE PERCENTAGE WAS 43%.
THIS MOU CALCULATION WAS ESTABLISHED TO MAKE THAT ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOOLS A LITTLE MORE SCIENTIFIC, A LESS ARBITRARY.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DID MAKE MODIFICATION TO THE DOCUMENT AND THE CALCULATION IN 2019.
THERE WAS NEVER OFFICIAL AGREEMENT FROM THE SCHOOL DIVISION ON THOSE CHANGES.
OVER TIME, A SERIES OF CARVE OUTS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THOSE TAX REVENUE SOURCES.
CERTAIN TAX INCREASES HAD BEEN DEDICATED TO SPECIFIC INITIATIVES, SO WE COULD NOT DEVOTE THOSE TAX RESOURCES TO THOSE INITIATIVES AND PROVIDE A PERCENTAGE TO SCHOOLS ALSO.
THOSE INCLUDED FIRE APPARATUS, WHICH YOU DEVOTE $0.02 OF YOUR REAL PROPERTY TAX DOLLAR TWO FIRE EQUIPMENT, WHICH YOU DEVOTED A PENNY TO NEW MIDDLE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SOME OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES OVER THE YEARS.
SINCE THE MOU HAS BEEN IN PLACE, THAT BASELINE PERCENTAGE HAS BEEN ADJUSTED ANNUALLY BY A FIVE-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE THAT COMPARES SEPTEMBER 30 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT TO JULY 1 COUNTY POPULATION.
WE HAVE TYPICALLY USED WELDON COOPER ESTIMATES FOR OUR COUNTY POPULATION ESTIMATES, AND WE USE THE ENROLLMENT INFORMATION THAT IS REPORTED TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EACH SEPTEMBER OR AFTER EACH SEPTEMBER 30.
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE DRAMATIC INCREASE THAT WAS REPORTED DURING OUR CENSUS, WELDON COOPER HAD BEEN MISSING THE MARK ON OUR COUNTY POPULATION.
THERE WAS A DRAMATIC DROP IN THAT FIVE-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE THAT COMPARES SCHOOL ENROLLMENT TO COUNTY POPULATION, EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTY POPULATION HAD INCREASED, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT HAD REMAINED RELATIVELY FLAT.
WE DO THIS FIVE-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE COMPARISON ANNUALLY, AND THE PERCENTAGE WOULD BE ADJUSTED, YET AGAIN, ANOTHER DROP TO THE SCHOOL DIVISION FOR FY 26 IF THE CURRENT MODELING IS CONTINUED.
>> THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THAT THE BOARD HAS AT TIMES PROVIDED MORE OR LESS FUNDING THAN THE REVENUE-SHARING CALCULATION.
THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE CIRCLED IN RED REPRESENT THE AMOUNT MORE OR LESS THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE MENTION, OUR POPULATION GROWTH COMBINED WITH A REDUCTION OR FLAT ENROLLMENT HAS RESULTED IN A REDUCTION TO THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE FIVE SHARED SOURCES AGAIN FOR FY2026.
TO REMIND THE BOARD, THE COUNTY IS PROVIDING A LOCAL FUNDING TRANSFER TO THE SCHOOL DIVISION OF $18,070,928 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS LESS THAN IT WAS IN FY24.
THE REVENUE-SHARING CALCULATION AMOUNT WAS PROVIDED TO SCHOOLS IN FY2025, IN LIGHT OF COUNTY NEEDS AND THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN STATE RESOURCES THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THE SCHOOL DIVISION AND FOLLOWING THE MOU CALCULATION.
MANY OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH DR. LYLE'S REQUESTED FY26 BUDGET.
IT WAS PRESENTED MONDAY EVENING AND IS AVAILABLE ON THEIR BOARD DOCS, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO WATCH THAT.
BUT HE DID REQUEST AN INCREASE OF THE COUNTY OF $3.37 MILLION IN THE OPERATING FUND.
NO CHANGE TO THE TEXTBOOK FUND, SO THE ALL-IN REQUEST OF LOCAL FUNDING FOR OPERATIONS AND TEXTBOOKS IS 21.44 MILLION, WITH 21.2 MILLION TO THE OPERATING FUND AND 221,000 TO THE TEXTBOOK FUND, SAME AS THIS YEAR.
MR. SORENSON, WHO HAS SERVED AS THE INTERIM CFO FOR SCHOOLS, DID MAKE MENTION THAT THE STATE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED THIS PAST SATURDAY, AND THOSE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ACTIONS AND AMENDMENTS COULD ADD UP TO
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1.8 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL STATE REVENUE ABOVE WHAT DR. LYLE PRESENTED ON MONDAY EVENING.THAT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY COULD BE GETTING MORE MONEY FROM THE STATE AND WOULD NEED LESS FROM THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO MEET ALL THE INITIATIVES OUTLINED IN THE BUDGET.
IF THAT 1.8 IS PROVIDED, I'M SURE SOME OF IT IS COMING PERHAPS WITH ADDITIONAL STRINGS ATTACHED, SO THEY MAY HAVE TO INCREASE OTHER EXPENDITURES WITH SOME OF THAT INCREASED FUNDING.
JUST TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH WHAT WAS IN HIS BUDGET REQUEST.
I'M NOT TRYING TO REDO HIS BUDGET REQUEST, AND CERTAINLY, IF YOU HAVE NOT, SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION.
HE IS REQUESTING A 5% SALARY INCREASE FOR ALL SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS A 2.7% INCREASE IN EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS, WHICH IS A GOOD PERCENTAGE INCREASE, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
THERE WAS A MANDATE TO ADD ENGLISH LEARNER TEACHERS PER THE STANDARDS OF QUALITY, AND THERE WAS SOME STATE FUNDING COMING FOR THOSE THREE ADDED POSITIONS.
THEY ALSO PLANNED ON PERHAPS LOSING THREE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, WHICH I WILL GET TO IN SOME UPCOMING SLIDES.
AS THE BOARD IS AWARE, WHEN WE COVERED REVENUES, WE ARE LOSING DCJS GRANT FUNDING FOR SROS AT BEASLEY SOUTH AND MIDDLE ROAD ELEMENTARY.
THEY ALSO MENTIONED ADDING SOME KINDERGARTEN PARAPROFESSIONALS.
THEY DID NOT OUTLINE HOW MANY.
I BELIEVE THAT WILL BE AN ONGOING INITIATIVES TO ADD X NUMBER PER YEAR, IF POSSIBLE, JUST BECAUSE OF THE BURDEN AND THE STRAIN THAT EXISTS ON KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS WHO ARE BEING INUNDATED WITH STUDENTS THAT ARE LESS AND LESS EQUIPPED TO COME TO SCHOOL.
THEY ALSO MENTIONED NEEDING TO ADD THREE INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THE MIDDLE, JUNIOR HIGH, AND HIGH.
SHIFTING A SCHOOL COUNSELOR FROM GRANT FUNDING TO THE OPERATING FUND.
THEY MENTIONED STOPPING CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR VACANCIES, BUT DIDN'T REALLY PROVIDE A LOT OF SPECIFICS, A BEHAVIOR SUPPORT SPECIALIST ADDITION TO LEARNING SPECIALISTS, TWO SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONALS, AND AN ITINERANT TEACHERS OR TRAVELING EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL ED TEACHER, AND A NEW SECRETARY FROM MIDDLE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS AT THAT SCHOOL.
THESE WERE THE REQUESTS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN DR. LYLE'S BUDGET.
THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE SLIDES THAT HE PRESENTED THAT SHOWS THE GROWTH, ABOUT 5.8% ALL FUNDS, ABOUT 6.2 IN THE OPERATING FUND, WITH SOME REDUCTION IN THE GRANT FUND.
THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT OUTLINES THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE OPERATING FUND WITH THE $3.3 MILLION REQUESTED INCREASE FROM LOCAL FUNDING, AND A $1.94 MILLION INCREASE IN STATE FUNDING.
THIS IS AN OUTLINE OF THE TYPES OF EXPENDITURES IN THEIR OPERATING FUND.
SALARIES AND BENEFITS CERTAINLY REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OF THE OPERATING BUDGET AT $77 MILLION REQUESTED, $10.3 MILLION IN OPERATING COSTS, AND ANOTHER 2.3 MILLION IN CAPITAL COSTS.
THIS CATEGORICAL FUNDING SLIDE WAS PRESENTED.
OF COURSE, THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING IS WITHIN THE INSTRUCTION CATEGORY.
THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES OUTLINED IN THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, AND THE BOARD HAS CHOSEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO APPROPRIATE TWO SCHOOLS BY CATEGORY.
IF THEY NEED TO MAKE TRANSFERS BETWEEN THE MAJOR CATEGORIES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO REQUEST A CHANGE IN APPROPRIATION.
THE MAJORITY OF THE INCREASE THAT IS REQUESTED IS CERTAINLY WITHIN THE INSTRUCTION CATEGORY, THAT IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE EMPLOYEES ARE.
JUST LOOKING AT THE MOU CALCULATION, OF COURSE, I HAVE PUT IN THE GOLD SHADED AS IF THE BOARD CHOSE TO KEEP THE TAX RATE AT $0.82.
I'M NOT MAKING ANY PRESUMPTIONS THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN,
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BUT THAT IS WHERE WE START AND WE BACK DOWN FROM THERE.BUT IF THE BOARD WERE TO KEEP THE TAX RATE AT $0.82, AND REAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES WOULD INCREASE BY 4.2 MILLION.
USING THE CURRENT CALCULATION METHOD, HAVING A LOWER ADJUSTED PERCENTAGE, THE SCHOOLS WOULD SEE AN INCREASE OF JUST UNDER 879,000, THE BOTTOM RIGHT NUMBER IN BLUE.
AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SCHOOL BOARDS JOINT CHAIR VICE CHAIR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 20TH, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER, THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS NATURALLY EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS WITH THE CONTINUED DECLINE IN THE PERCENTAGE USING THE CURRENT FORMULA, WHICH COMPARES SCHOOL ENROLLMENT TO COUNTY POPULATION, AND MAKING THAT ADJUSTMENT ANNUALLY.
DR. MARTIN ARTICULATED THAT ALTHOUGH ENROLLMENT HAS REMAINED ESSENTIALLY FLAT, THE MAKEUP OR THE NATURE OF THE STUDENT POPULATION HAS CHANGED.
THERE ARE MORE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER STUDENTS AND A HIGHER PERCENT OF SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS, WHICH ARE CERTAINLY MORE EXPENSIVE TO EDUCATE.
THEY REQUIRE MORE INTENSIVE SERVICES AND A LOWER PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO.
FOR DISCUSSION THIS EVENING, AND IN THE CRAZY SPREADSHEET I WILL BE GIVING YOU.
THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IF YOU CHOOSE TO CONSIDER THEM TO USE THE CURRENT CALCULATION MODELING TO FREEZE THE PERCENT AT WHERE IT IS THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND NOT REDUCE IT FOR THE POPULATION ADJUSTMENT, OR TO PROVIDE 40% OF THE GROWTH AND REVENUE FOR FY2026.
MR. ELY EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO GET THAT NUMBER UP TO A NICE ROUND 40% DURING OUR JOINT CHAIR VICE CHAIR MEETING.
AGAIN, IN THAT PRIOR SLIDE, REAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES ARE THE ONLY REVENUE SOURCE THAT WE SHARE WITH THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE PROJECTED TO INCREASE.
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX, WE HAVE NOT PROJECTED ANY INCREASE THERE, NOR HAVE WE PROJECTED ANY GROWTH IN OUR LOCAL SALES TAX FIGURE, WHICH WILL STAY AT 4.6 MILLION, OR IN OUR ELECTRIC CONSUMER UTILITY TAXES.
AGAIN, REAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES ARE THE ONLY SHARED SOURCE THAT WE ARE PROJECTING A POTENTIAL GROWTH SHOULD THE BOARD CHOOSE NOT TO EQUALIZE.
OF COURSE, THE TAX RATE THAT YOU ADOPT, THE LEVEL OF EQUALIZATION THAT YOU CHOOSE, WILL IMPACT ANY REVENUE INCREASE THAT IS PROVIDED TO THE SCHOOLS.
JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, I MENTIONED TO YOU, KEEPING THE MODELING AS IT IS TODAY, ADJUSTING THAT PERCENTAGE DOWN TO 36.03% FROM THE CURRENT 37% WOULD RESULT IN AN INCREASE OF REVENUES OF JUST UNDER $879,000, SHOULD THE BOARD CHOOSE NOT TO DROP THE TAX RATE AT ALL.
I SHOW THE DECLINING AMOUNTS AS YOU CONSIDER EQUALIZATION AGAIN USING THE CURRENT MODELING.
THEY WOULD BE UPSIDE DOWN SHOULD THE BOARD CHOOSE TO FULLY EQUALIZE TO $0.73.
THEIR FUNDING TRANSFER WOULD BE 483,000 LESS THAN IT IS TODAY.
EACH DROP AND PENNY FOR THEM WOULD BE $151,326 UNDER THE CURRENT MODELING.
METHOD 2 TO FREEZE THE RATE OR THE PERCENT WHERE IT IS TODAY AT 37.23%.
IF THE BOARD WERE TO ADOPT A TAX RATE OF $0.82, NOT EQUALIZE AT ALL, THAT WOULD MEAN THE SCHOOL DIVISION WOULD RECEIVE AN INCREASE OF 1.5 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY.
EACH PENNY DROP WOULD BE $156,366 LESS.
IF THE BOARD FULLY EQUALIZED, THEY WOULD GET JUST UNDER 103,000 AND THE COUNTY WOULD BE UPSIDE DOWN.
THE THIRD METHOD TO PROVIDE 40% OF THE GROWTH IN REAL PROPERTY TAXES, LESS THE CHANGE IN THE VALUE OF THE PENNY FOR THE $0.03 THAT YOU DO DEVOTE TO APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT, THIS WOULD BE THE LARGEST INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
THEY WOULD SEE IF THE BOARD $0.02 AN INCREASE
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OF 1.6 MILLION ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 110,000, IF THE BOARD WERE TO FULLY EQUALIZE.THIS POWERPOINT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO REVIEW.
IT IS POSTED TO BOARD DOCS, AND THE SPREADSHEET THAT I'M GOING TO PROVIDE ALSO HAS ALL THESE NUMBERS IN IT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE METHODS? AGAIN, THREE ACTIONS.
KEEP IT LIKE IT IS TODAY, ADJUSTING THAT PERCENTAGE OF CALCULATION BY ADM, SCHOOL POPULATION TO COUNTY POPULATION, FREEZE THE PERCENT WHERE IT IS TODAY, OR PROVIDE THEM WITH 40% OF THE REVENUE GROWTH.
IT REALLY COULD BE ANY PERCENT.
BUT I'VE PUT 40% IN AS A POINT OF DISCUSSION.
>> QUESTIONS. I DON'T SEE OR HEAR ANY.
>> MOVING ON TO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
CHIEF ELY IS IN THE AUDIENCE IF I BUTCHER ANY OF THIS.
WE ALSO HAD SOME DISCUSSION AT THE VICE CHAIR MEETING ON THE 20TH REGARDING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND THE LOSS OF GRANT FUNDING.
TODAY, THERE IS CURRENTLY A SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN EACH OF THE EIGHT SCHOOLS.
THESE ARE COUNTY-PAID POLICE OFFICERS.
FIVE ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED BY DCJS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER GRANTS, AND THREE ARE NOT.
THREE ARE TOTALLY LOCALLY FUNDED.
THE THREE THAT ARE GRANT FUNDED TODAY, OR THE FIVE, I'M SORRY, ARE AT BEASLEY, SOUTH MIDDLE ROAD, NORTH, AND HARRISON, ALL OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
THE THREE THAT ARE COMPLETELY LOCALLY FUNDED ARE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND B CLEMENTS, AND THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THE GRANT FOR BEASLEY SOUTH AND MIDDLE ROAD, THAT IS A COMBINED THREE OFFICER GRANT, DOES END OR EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THAT REVENUE LOSS IS JUST OVER 125,000 TO THE COUNTY.
JUST AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THE SCHOOL DIVISION ALSO EMPLOYS SEVEN SECURITY PERSONNEL WHO PERFORM VARIOUS FUNCTIONS, NOT ONLY SECURITY, AND FOUR OF THOSE ARE FUNDED BY A SCHOOL DIVISION, DCJS SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER GRANT.
THREE ARE BEING PAID BY THE SCHOOL DIVISION WITH THEIR FUNDING, AND FOUR ARE GRANT FUNDED.
THERE IS PROBABLY A LOCAL MATCH COMPONENT TO THOSE FOUR THAT ARE GRANT FUNDED.
THOSE SSOS ARE SECURITY PERSONNEL, TWO OF THEM ARE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, TWO OF THEM ARE AT MB CLEMENTS, ONE IS AT THE MIDDLE, ONE IS AT NORTH ELEMENTARY, AND ONE IS AT MIDDLE ROAD.
IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SECURITY PERSONNEL AT THOSE SCHOOLS, SEVEN OF THEM IN TOTAL.
NONE OF THOSE SEVEN EMPLOYEES CARRY A FIREARM.
TWO TODAY, AND I BELIEVE ONE RETIRED PG POLICE OFFICER IS GETTING READY TO BE HIRED OR WAS RECENTLY HIRED, ARE RETIRED SWORN OFFICERS WHO COULD CARRY A FIREARM PER THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
IF A SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER HAS RETIRED FROM ACTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS, THEY CAN CARRY A FIREARM.
AGAIN, THERE ARE THREE THAT ARE IN PLACE TODAY OR IN THE HOPPER THAT COULD CARRY A FIREARM IF NECESSARY.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THE OPTIONS ARE TO DO NOTHING.
WE COULD ALLOW THOSE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS TO REMAIN COPS OR CHIEF ELY COULD.
IF STAFFING IS ADEQUATE WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF ELY COULD CHOOSE TO KEEP THOSE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO BEASLEY SOUTH AND MIDDLE ROAD, AND WE WOULD CONTINUE TO PAY THEM.
AS YOU KNOW, FROM THE BUDGET REQUEST THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU BOTH BY VIDEO AND AT OUR LAST WORK SESSION, CHIEF ELY HAS REQUESTED THREE ADDITIONAL SWORN POLICE OFFICERS FOR PATROL AND OPERATIONS.
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IF RESOURCES ARE NOT ADEQUATE TO ADD THOSE POSITIONS, HE COULD CHOOSE TO ASSIGN THOSE THREE SROS THAT ARE AT BEASLEY SOUTH AND MIDDLE ROAD TO PATROL AND OPERATIONS.THE SCHOOLS WOULD, IN FACT, LOSE THOSE THREE SROS.
THEY COULD CONSIDER ADDING SOME SECURITY PERSONNEL, BUT IT WOULD BECOME A BUDGETED COST FOR THEM.
AS LIKELY PART OF DOCTOR LYLE'S 3.3 MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE.
THAT'S THE IMPRESSION I GOT FROM LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE MENTION, THOSE THREE RECENTLY RETIRED SWORN OFFICERS COULD, IN FACT, CARRY FIREARMS. THIS IS A MORE ECONOMICAL OPTION WITHOUT COMPROMISING THAT SECURITY ELEMENT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT BECOMES A BUDGETED COST FOR THE SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF THE COUNTY.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT A COST PER SECURITY OFFICER IS.
I'VE PUT A BALLPARK OF ABOUT 150,000, 50,000 PER EACH OFFICER.
I BELIEVE THEY ARE 180 DAY EMPLOYEES.
THEY ARE ONLY EMPLOYED FOR TEN MONTHS WHILE SCHOOL IS IN SESSION.
FEEDBACK IS REQUESTED FROM THE BOARD ABOUT WHETHER TO PROVIDE THEM ADDITIONAL LOCAL FUNDING.
BUT AGAIN, I GUESS, ULTIMATELY THE DECISION RESTS WITH CHIEF EARLY ABOUT WHETHER WHERE TO ASSIGN THOSE OFFICERS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THAT?
>> DISCUSSION QUESTION. AT THIS TIME.
>> I HEAR AND NONE AT THIS TIME.
>> WE'LL MOVE ON. SO AGAIN, AND I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING, OH GOSH, HERE SHE COMES WITH A CRAZY SPREADSHEET AGAIN AND I'M HAPPY TO HELP, HONESTLY.
WE DID COVER RESOURCE CHANGES OR REVENUE CHANGES.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THOSE WERE COVERED AT THE WORK SESSION YOU HAD ON 18TH FEBRUARY.
THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT UPDATE TO MACHINERY AND TOOLS TAX AND THE REBATE THAT WE MUST PROVIDE, GOOD NEWS.
I'LL COVER THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE SPREADSHEET.
WE AGAIN HAVE QUANTIFIED ITEMS THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER MUST DOS.
A FEW OF THESE, THE BOARD MAY QUESTION, ARE THESE REAL MUST DOS? AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, LET US KNOW.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS.
AGAIN, THE MUST DOS THAT WE HAVE QUANTIFIED ARE PREDICATED ON OUR REGIONAL OPERATIONS LIKE THE JAIL, CRATER YOUTH CARE COMMISSION, THE APPOMATTOX RIVER LIBRARY, ETC, AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE BY CONTRACT HAVE TO MAKE TO THOSE ENTITIES.
AGAIN, THERE ARE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
THERE ARE HUGE PLATFORMS. FOR OPERATIONS THAT ALL COUNTY DEPARTMENTS UTILIZE, SUCH AS OUR ERP, TYLER MUNIS.
THERE IS THE CAD SOFTWARE UTILIZED BY POLICE AND 911 AND FIRE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLATFORMS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UTILIZES, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL TO TRACK THEIR INVENTORY, TO ISSUE SUMMONSES, THE SHERIFF HAS A PLATFORM TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS.
THAT COMES WITH A PRICE TAG AND THOSE PRICES INCREASE ANNUALLY.
UTILITIES, CHANGES, FUEL, SUPPLIES, COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAGE.
POSTAGE SEEMS TO GO UP REGULARLY AND SERVICES GOES DOWN.
THERE ARE ALSO SOME INFLATIONARY PRICE INCREASES THAT WE HAVE SEEN FOR EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND SERVICES, TRAINING INCREASES.
SOME OF THOSE, YOU MAY QUESTION WHETHER THOSE ARE REALLY MUST DOS, BUT THEY ARE PUT IN PLACE TO MEET CERTAIN STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AT ECC AND FOR FIRE AND EMS AND TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES.
A STEP INCREASE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND THE MANDATED 3% INCREASE FOR STATE SUPPORTED LOCAL EMPLOYEES HAS BEEN INCLUDED AS A MUST DO.
ONCE WE PUT THE STEP PLAN IN PLACE, WE NEED TO AWARD A STEP INCREASE TO ALL EMPLOYEES TO KEEP THEIR SERVICE LEVEL INTACT AND TO AVOID COMPRESSION.
THE GRAD INCREASES FOR THOSE THREE POSITIONS, THAT SHOULD SAY POSITIONS, NOT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE BELOW REGIONAL AVERAGES HAVE ALSO BEEN INCLUDED AS A MUST DO.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME PART TIME WAGE INCREASES THAT ARE BASED ON TREND, SERVICE DEMANDS AND THOSE STEP INCREASES THAT WE MENTIONED.
THERE'S ALSO THE NEED TO INCREASE OVERTIME, PARTICULARLY WITHIN FIRE AND DMS, BASED ON OUR TREND AND OUR REGULATORY REQUIREMENT TO
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PAY OVERTIME DIFFERENTLY THAN WE WERE IN THE PAST AND SERVICE DEMANDS, PARTICULARLY AT THE ANIMAL SERVICE UNIT.THEN THERE ARE A VARIETY OF CHOICES WITH THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE SETTING BEING THE LARGEST.
WHAT TAX RATE TO BALANCE THE BURDEN TO THE TAXPAYER AND TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY AND SCHOOL DIVISION, WHAT BALANCING ACT WILL BE ENGAGED IN, WHETHER TO CONTRIBUTE THE FULL DECREASE IN OUR DEBT PAYMENTS TO DEBT RESERVES, OR WHETHER TO BACK OFF OF DEBT RESERVES, TO MEET OPERATING NEEDS AND REQUESTS.
THE SCHOOL FUNDING OPTION, AGAIN, THAT'S PREDICATED ON THE TAX RATE THAT YOU CHOOSE AND THE OPTION THAT YOU PICK.
ADDITIONAL PAY INCREASES TO PROVIDE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE AT 5% TO KEEP THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK, CERTAINLY NOT AT THE TOP AND CLA INCREASE FOR NON PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE HAVE NOT ADJUSTED NON PUBLIC SAFETY SCALES SINCE JULY OF 2022, AND CPI HAS INCREASED.
THIS MOST RECENT YEAR, I BELIEVE IT WAS AT 3.1.
WE ONLY GAVE A STEP INCREASE TO NON PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT STATE SUPPORTED LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS ABOUT A 1.5% RAISE FOR THEM.
WE ALSO HAVE A VARIETY OF POSITION RECLASSIFICATION REQUESTS FROM YOUR DEPARTMENTS AND A TON OF NEW POSITION REQUESTS.
SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS COME WITH VEHICLES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE UNIFORMS, TURNOUT GEAR, DEVICE MONTHLY COSTS FOR THE DEVICE AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS ASSIGNED TO THAT POSITION.
THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT ADD ON TO THOSE NEW STAFF.
THE BOARD COULD CONSIDER FUNDING THOSE OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING FUND BALANCE TO BUY THOSE VEHICLES SO THAT THEY ARE NOT ADDED TO THE BUDGET IN THE BOTTOM LINE TO BECOME A PERMANENT CHANGE IN THE BUDGET.
THEN THERE ARE A VARIETY OF NON SALARY REQUESTS.
WHILE REQUESTS ARE SIGNIFICANT, THEY ARE NEITHER WASTEFUL IN NATURE, NOR ARE THEY FRIVOLOUS.
I'M GOING TO SHARE SOME COMPARATIVE INFORMATION.
THIS IS OUR COMPARISON TO OUR REGION.
MISS PUDLOW PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR MR. STOKES SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
THANK YOU, MISS PUDLOW. YOU'RE WONDERFUL.
THIS IS OUR POPULATION, THE NUMBER OF GEOGRAPHIC SQUARE MILES, THE NUMBER OF FULL TIME EMPLOYEES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND THE NUMBER OF PART TIME EMPLOYEES.
WE DO NOT HAVE A TON OF POSITIONS IN COMPARISON TO THE REGION, AND EVEN LOCALITIES WHO ARE SMALLER THAN WE ARE.
PETERSBURG HAS A POPULATION OF JUST OVER 33,000, AND THEY HAVE 567 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.
DINWIDDIE IS 28,000 IN POPULATION, AND THEY HAVE 246 EMPLOYEES, BUT A TON OF PART TIME EMPLOYEES.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, HOPEWELL HAS A POPULATION OF 22,000, AND THEY HAVE 82 MORE EMPLOYEES THAN WE DO.
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, HAS A POPULATION OF JUST JUST OVER 18,000, AND THEY HAVE 261 EMPLOYEES.
SUSSEX, WHO IS SMALL IN COMPARISON, ABOUT A QUARTER OF OUR SIZE, HAS 114 EMPLOYEES.
SURREY HAS A POPULATION OF JUST UNDER 6,600, AND THEY HAVE 77 FULL TIME AND 79 PART TIME EMPLOYEES.
AND AGAIN, OUR REQUESTS FOR POSITIONS IS NOT BECAUSE WE OR WANT TO BECOME BIG GOVERNMENT, IT IS BECAUSE SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE STRESSED TO THE MAX.
WE CANNOT MEET THE SERVICE DEMANDS.
AGAIN, THE REQUESTS ARE LARGE.
YES, THEY ARE, BUT THEY ARE NOT WASTEFUL, AND THEY ARE NOT FRIVOLOUS, AND THEY ARE NOT AN ATTEMPT TO BECOME BIG GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS JUST A COMPARISON OF FIRE AND EMS. IN THE SIMILAR REGION WE DO NOT HAVE SUSSEX AND SURREY ON HERE.
WE DO NOT THINK THEY HAVE A TON OF PAID POSITIONS IN SUSSEX OR SURREY.
WE BELIEVE THEY RELY HEAVILY ON OUTSOURCED OR VOLUNTEER FIRE AND EMS WORKERS.
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SO THIS COMPARES AGAIN, PETERSBURG, DINWIDDIE, HOPEWELL, AND COLONIAL HEIGHTS, THE NUMBER OF FIRE AND EMS STAFF.WE ARE THE SMALLEST OF THE COMPARED JURISDICTIONS.
WE HAVE 39 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES TODAY AND WE COVER 265 MILES, AND OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER, BUT WE ARE COMPARABLE TO HOPEWELL AND THEY HAVE NINE MORE EMPLOYEES THAN WE DO TODAY.
YES, THEY ARE, BUT THEY ARE NOT WASTEFUL, THEY ARE NOT FRIVOLOUS.
THEY ARE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SERVICE DELIVERY.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH CHIEF CAIAS' BUDGET PRESENTATION, HE LAID OUT EXACTLY HOW HIS STAFFING LEVELS WITH THE REQUESTED CHANGE WOULD BE IN LINE AND WOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THERE ARE TIMES YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL OVER FACEBOOK, I'M SURE, WHEN FOLKS ARE OUT ON A CALL, THE BACKUP IS OUT ON A CALL, AND THERE IS NOT STAFFING AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO CALLS.
AGAIN, NOT FRIVOLOUS OR WASTEFUL.
THEY ARE BIG, YES, BUT THEY ARE NOT WASTEFUL.
SO I WILL GO OVER THE SPREADSHEET.
I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF THE UPCOMING WORK SESSION ON THE FOURTH, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO ASK IF YOU CAN TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME FEEDBACK HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK SO THAT WE CAN PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER FOR MR. STOKES INTRODUCED BUDGET OR INTRODUCED BUDGET, YOUR INTRODUCED BUDGET ON MARCH 11.
SO I WILL MOVE TO THE SPREADSHEET.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO. I KNOW YOU CAN'T WAIT.
I WILL TOGGLE THROUGH IT AND I WILL EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKS.
BUT FIRST, I AM GOING TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE ITEMS ON THE SPREADSHEET.
A PDF OF THIS WILL BE POSTED TO BOARD DOCS FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S MEETING, AND I WILL ACTUALLY E MAIL YOU THE EXCEL DOCUMENT FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S MEETING.
BUT I HAVE NOT PUT REAL ESTATE TAX CHANGE IN THE MUST DOS BECAUSE THAT IS A CHOICE.
CHANGE IN PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RATE, THERE IS NONE.
THE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE REVENUE WAS ELIMINATED.
THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE STATE SUPPORT, PPTRA, NO CHANGE IN LOCAL SALES TAX, OR CONSUMER UTILITIES TAXES, GAS AND ELECTRIC, NO CHANGE IN DELINQUENT REAL ESTATE TAX COLLECTIONS, NO CHANGE IN PUBLIC SERVICE TAX.
WE ARE REQUESTING TO INCREASE DELINQUENT PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, NO CHANGE IN MOBILE HOME OR DELINQUENT MOBILE HOME.
MACHINERY AND TOOLS TAX REVENUE.
WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE AND HER STAFF LAST WEEK.
MR. STOKES WAS ABLE TO COME IN FOR THE MAJORITY OF THAT MEETING.
WE WILL SEE GROWTH OF ABOUT 223,000 BACK AT THE NAPKIN ESTIMATE TODAY.
HOWEVER, THE REBATE AND OR THE AMOUNT OF TRANSFER NEEDED FOR THAT REBATE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND HAS DECLINED, SO WE WILL NOT BE UPSIDE DOWN ON THAT.
THAT WAS GOOD NEWS THAT WE RECEIVED LAST WEEK.
THAT REBATE IS RELATED TO ONE ENTITY'S RECENT EXPANSION.
>> WILL THE SPREADSHEET GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY IF WE SO CHOSE WANTED TO REDUCE REAL ESTATE, BUT KEEP THE MOBILE HOME AND OTHERS AT THIS CURRENT RATE, OR IS IT THE SPREADSHEET SET UP THAT IF WE CHOOSE ONE, IT'S ALL TIED?
>> ON THE SPREADSHEET, BUT DO WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY?
>> MISS R, DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION? ARE WE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE SAME MOBILE HOME RATE? SOME OTHER ENTITIES, LET'S LOOK AT THAT TAX REVIEW SLIDE.
>> WE ARE. WE CANNOT TREAT THEM SEPARATELY.
>> I CAN SEE THAT CHARLES CITY HAS A DIFFERENT MOBILE HOME THAN REAL PROPERTY, AND THEN HOPEWELL,
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AND SUSSEX DOES AS WELL, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY WITH PUBLIC SERVICE, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY. [OVERLAPPING]>> CAN YOU RESEARCH. I JUST FEEL LIKE WE JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT.
TO ME, IF THERE'S OTHER LOCALITIES THAT HAVE THAT, THAT TELLS ME THAT'S ALLOWED WITHIN THE STATE.
>> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE.
[NOISE] PUBLIC SERVICE WOULD BE THE BIGGER PIECE.
REMEMBER, MOBILE HOMES IS VERY SMALL.
>> UNDERSTOOD. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
>> SURE. BUT IT IS ALL TIED RIGHT NOW.
>> ON THE SPREADSHEET, IT IS ALL TIED TOGETHER.
>> YES, SIR. SURE. PENALTIES [NOISE] ON ALL PROPERTY TAXES BASED ON TREND AND PRIOR YOUR ACTUALS, RECOMMENDING AN INCREASE OF 130, NO CHANGE TO INTEREST AND PENALTY ON PROPERTY TAXES, INCREASE IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST TIED TO DELINQUENT TAXES, AN INCREASE IN BPOL, WHICH WE COVERED AT YOUR LAST WORK SESSION, AN INCREASE IN BANK STOCK TAXES.
AN INCREASE IN PERMIT AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEES IN THE BUILDING OFFICIALS OFFICE, WHICH WE ALSO COVERED.
VERY MINOR INCREASE IN PLAN REVIEW AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION FEES, AN INCREASE IN FINES AND FORFEITURES.
AN INCREASE IN INTEREST ON INVESTMENTS, AND THEN A WHOLE NEW REVENUE SOURCE, INTEREST ON BANK DEPOSITS, [NOISE] SLIGHT DECREASE IN RENT AND SALES REVENUES.
THAT NET CHANGE IS 1436 REDUCTION, A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN FEES OF 875.
SHERIFF VARGO, I HAVE REVIEWED THAT REVENUE SOURCE, AND HE HAS ASKED FOR AN INCREASE IN BUDGETED COURTHOUSE SECURITY EXPENDITURES.
THAT REVENUE SOURCE IS TIED WITH THAT EXPENDITURE LINE, SLIGHT INCREASE IN RECREATION FEES AND GYM MEMBERSHIPS, AND A $30,000 INCREASE IN IN-HOUSE MEDICAL TRANSPORT FEES THAT ARE BILLED BY MISS NIKKI, WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING IN FIRE AND EMS. AN INCREASE IN DMV BLOCK REVENUE, WHICH IS TIED TO THE EXPENDITURE FOR PROCESSING THOSE DMV BLOCKS IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE.
THAT'S A WASH. A SLIGHT REDUCTION, AND THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION GRASS CUTTING FEES.
BUT AGAIN, THAT IS TIED WITH A DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES.
IT'S A WASH. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN RECOVERED COSTS FOR ACCOUNTING SERVICES AND MAGISTRATE RECOVERIES OF $9,900.
FARMERS MARKET REVENUE DROP OF 7,000 BASED ON A CHANGE TO HOW WE ARE ACCOUNTING FOR THOSE MARKET FEES AND DEPOSITS CORRECTION.
A NET CHANGE IN OTHER NON-CATEGORICAL STATE AID TO INCLUDE MOBILE HOMES TITLING TAX, ROLLING STOCK, COMMUNICATIONS OF 25,000, THE LOSS OF THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER GRANT, WHICH WE COVERED, AN INCREASE IN THE TRANSFER FROM THE SCHOOL DIVISION FOR CHILDREN SERVICES ACT, COSTS THAT ARE EDUCATION RELATED.
AN INCREASE [NOISE] IN SOCIAL SERVICES PUBLIC ASSISTANCE REVENUE, BUT THAT IS TIED WITH A SLIGHTLY LARGER INCREASED EXPENDITURES.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT FUNDING COMES FROM STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES.
THERE IS A NET COST TO THE BUDGET OF JUST OVER $1,300.
THE OPERATION CEASEFIRE GRANT.
THE FIRST ONE THAT THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY APPLIED FOR IS FALLING OFF.
IT'S A WASH. A WIRELESS POINT OF SERVICE OR PSAP PAYMENTS INCREASE OF ABOUT 13,000.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN HOUSE BILL 599 FUNDS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE DIDN'T GET NOTIFICATION FROM THE STATE UNTIL JULY.
THOSE HAD TO BE AMENDED, AND THOSE INCREASED FUNDS WERE USED FOR PART-TIME WAGES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT IS ALSO A WASH. THEN A SLIGHTLY HIGHER PILT PAYMENT, PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES FOR SOME FEDERAL FOREST LAND THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDES.
ALL TOLL, A NET OF THOSE THINGS THAT REQUIRE MORE EXPENDITURES,
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REVENUES WITHOUT REAL ESTATE TAXES ARE INCREASING BY JUST OVER $962,000.DON'T GET EXCITED BECAUSE THE MUST DO LIST IS BIGGER THAN THAT.
[LAUGHTER] THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE QUANTIFIED, 1.2 MILLION ARE TRULY REVENUE, BUT THE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE TIED TO THOSE REPRESENT EXPENDITURE INCREASES OF ABOUT 267,000 AND THAT'S WHY THE NET CHANGE IS 962.
THE MUST DOS. AS THE BOARD IS AWARE, I'VE DISCUSSED THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS, WE PREPARE A BASELINE ADJUSTMENT TO PERSONNEL.
WE COMPARE THE PERSONNEL THAT WE HAVE IN THE SEATS TODAY TO THE PERSONNEL THAT WAS IN THE SEATS [NOISE] WHEN WE BUILT THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGET OR ACTUALLY THE FY25 BUDGET.
WE HAD TO INCREASE PERSONNEL COSTS BY ABOUT 173,000, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE BECAUSE OF GRANT-FUNDED POSITIONS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT SIDE UP, ON THOSE POSITION CHANGES BY ABOUT 126,000.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TO INCREASE PERSONNEL COSTS, THE BASELINE ADJUSTMENT FOR SOCIAL SERVICES WAS ACTUALLY A REDUCTION FOR THEM, SO WE'LL LOSE A LITTLE REVENUE FOR THEM.
WE ACTUALLY GOT MORE FUNDING FROM THE COMP BOARD FOR SUSAN FIERRO'S ADDED ASSISTANT COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY, WHICH YOU AMENDED TO THE BUDGET IN JULY.
THE STATE COMP BOARD NOTIFIED US IN JULY THAT SHE'D GOTTEN A NEW POSITION.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET THAT FUNDING.
OPERATION CEASEFIRE GRANT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT APPLIED FOR THAT OFFICER IS IN THE PERSONNEL COSTS, AND THAT REVENUE STREAM WILL CONTINUE FOR FY26.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A TWO YEAR GRANT THAT WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF FY26.
THEN WE GOT A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE FEDERAL AND STATE VICTIM WITNESS GRANT FUNDS, AND THEN ANOTHER OPERATION CEASEFIRE GRANT THAT THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY APPLIED FOR.
WE WILL BUDGET THAT REVENUE FOR FY26.
HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE IS A MUST DO, 355,000, WHICH WE COVERED [NOISE] LAST TIME AS WELL.
WE WILL GET A REVENUE RECOVERY FROM SOCIAL SERVICES TO HELP OFFSET THE COSTS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
WE PROVIDED AS A MUST DO, THE STEP INCREASE AND THE 3% MANDATED INCREASE FOR STATE SUPPORTED LOCAL EMPLOYEES.
WHICH DOES INCLUDE CAREER DEVELOPMENT INCREASES FOR 16 SWORN POLICE OFFICERS, CAREER DEVELOPMENT INCREASES FOR TWO DEPUTY TREASURERS, AND SCALE CHANGES FOR ASSISTANT COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEYS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCALES ARE MEETING THE COMP BOARD MINIMUMS FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
REVENUE RECOVERY FROM SOCIAL SERVICES IS ABOUT 56,000, SO THE NET COST.
THE COMPENSATION BOARD WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN INCREASE FOR THOSE MANDATED PAY INCREASES, AS WELL, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS, FOR THE REGISTRAR AND THE ELECTORAL BOARD.
THE NET COST IS JUST ABOUT $542,000.
THEN THE 10 POSITIONS THAT ARE BELOW MARKET, WE HAVE REQUESTED THOSE AS A MUST DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SALARIES ARE COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET.
I KNOW MR. P, I BELIEVE YOU ARE GOING TO MAYBE CONTACT MISS HURT TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SOME OF THOSE.
OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES MADE VERY MINOR NON-SALARY CHANGES OTHER THAN REQUESTING THEIR DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
THOSE AMOUNTED TO UNDER $2,000 WITH A REVENUE RECOVERY OF 1,200.
WE HAVE INCORPORATED THOSE REQUESTED CHANGES AS A MUST DO.
THEN THERE ARE ALSO A FEW NON-SALARY EXPENSES RELATED TO MISS FIERRO'S OPERATION CEASEFIRE GRANT, WHICH IS A WASH. [NOISE] WE DO NOT HAVE AS MANY ELECTIONS IN FY26 AS WE DID IN FY25.
THE REGISTRAR ACTUALLY REDUCED PART-TIME WAGES.
THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED AS A SAVINGS.
THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE ASKED FOR A SLIGHT INCREASE AS DID THE SHERIFF BASED ON THEIR WORKLOAD NEEDS.
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THE FARMERS MARKET, IF YOU LISTEN TO MISS HURT'S PRESENTATION, FY26 IS HER LAST YEAR, AND THERE IS A NEED TO CONTINUE THE MARKET.WE WILL NEED TO EMPLOY A PART-TIME MARKET MANAGER.
THOSE COSTS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AS A MUST DO.
THE BOARD COULD CERTAINLY DECIDE NOT TO DO THE FARMERS MARKET IN THE FUTURE, AND WE COULD REMOVE THAT.
ANY OF THESE THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS FURTHER, PLEASE LET ME OR MR. STOKE KNOW. WE ARE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THEM.
THIS IS AN INFLATIONARY INCREASE IN PART-TIME WAGES FOR ANIMAL SERVICES, BUT THE THE KENNEL ATTENDANT IS A REGULATORY DEFICIENCY.
THIS 43,000 IS NEEDED TO KEEP THE ANIMAL SERVICES UNIT UP TO CODE.
THERE ARE POTENTIALLY FINANCIAL PENALTIES IF WE DON'T DO THIS.
I WILL SAY IT IS SHADED IN PURPLE.
THERE IS A REQUEST FOR A FULL-TIME KENNEL ATTENDANT, SO THIS MUST DO COULD BE REMOVED IF THE BOARD MAKES THAT A PRIORITY TO FUND THAT FULL-TIME KENNEL ATTENDANT.
[NOISE] THERE IS ALSO A REQUEST, FIRE AND EMS, WHICH WE CONSIDER A MUST DO TO SUPPORT OUR LOGISTICS OFFICER.
HE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO FULFILL THE NEEDS OF MANY COMMODITIES FOR CAREER AND VOLUNTEER.
THAT IS A LOT FOR ONE PERSON TO MANAGE.
THEY ARE VERY ADMINISTRATIVELY STRAINED IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAVE MADE A REQUEST OF 28,000 TO HIRE SOME ADDITIONAL PART-TIME TEMPORARY HELP.
OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL ALSO ASKED FOR SOME PART-TIME ASSISTANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES.
THOSE ARE STATE REGULATORY DEQ MANDATED SERVICES THAT THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET.
MR. HORN ASKED FOR A SECOND PART TIME TEMPORARY PERSON TO HELP MANAGE THEIR FRONT DESK.
THEY DO HAVE VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC AT TIMES, NOT ONLY FOR MANAGING THE FRONT DESK, BUT THAT INDIVIDUAL IS ALSO KEY IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE WITH THE LAND USE PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE MADE A REQUEST FOR A SECOND PART-TIME TEMPORARY PERSON.
OVERTIME WAGES BASED ON TREND AND INFLATION, AND ALL DEPARTMENTS EXCEPT FOR FIRE.
IT'S ABOUT $24,000 AND TO PROVIDE THE STEP INCREASE FOR THE EMPLOYEES.
FIRE AND EMS, THIS AMOUNT IS SIGNIFICANT.
I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT IN MORE DETAIL WITH ANY BOARD MEMBER THAT HAS QUESTIONS.
BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY BASED ON TREND.
THERE WAS A CHANGE IN OUR METHOD, A REGULATION THAT REQUIRED US TO PAY OVERTIME DIFFERENTLY THAN WE WERE IN PAST YEARS.
BASICALLY, EVERY HOUR OF EXTRA WORK HAS TO BE PAID AT TIME AND A HALF.
THE TREND, THE BACK FILLING, THE ADDITIONAL STAFFING THAT IS NEEDED AT TIMES TO COVER VACANCIES, WE DON'T HAVE A DEVOTED TRAINING PERSON, SO FOLKS ARE PULLED BACK IN WHEN THEY ARE OFF SHIFT TO CONDUCT TRAINING.
FOLKS GO OUT ON FMLA AND OUR WORKERS' COMP.
IT IS A BIG DEFICIENCY WITHIN THE FIRE AND EMS BUDGET TODAY.
WE WILL OVERSPEND THAT LINE ITEM WITHIN FIRE AND EMS. WE THINK WE ARE OKAY OVERALL WITHIN FIRE AND EMS, BUT OVER TIME, WE'LL EXCEED THE BUDGETED AMOUNT THIS YEAR BY WAY MORE THAN THAT.
WE MENTIONED THE INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION TO THE RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL OF OVER 44,000, CRATER YOUTHCARE COMMISSION.
THE BASELINE INCREASE TO OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOES NOT CHANGE, BUT THEY HAVE ONCE AGAIN REQUESTED A $50,000 INCREASE TO HIRE ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PERSON FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT WE FUND THAT PORTION OF THAT POSITION THAT IS IN YOUR CHOICES.
DISTRICT 19'S CONTRIBUTION IS INCREASING, AS IS THE APPOMATTOX REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM.
THE CRATER CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING ACADEMY FOR BOTH POLICE AND THE SHERIFF IS INCREASING.
OUR CONTRIBUTION TO JAMES RIVER SOIL AND WATER, A MINOR INCREASE WAS REQUESTED TO 1,500,
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AND WE DO RECOMMEND FUNDING THAT.OUR CONTRIBUTION TO CENTRAL VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY IS DECLINING.
OUR COOPERATIVE EXTENSION BUDGETED INCREASE REQUEST WAS 3,679, AND THAT IS TO COVER A PORTION OF THE EMPLOYEES WITHIN THAT OFFICE THAT IS LOCALLY MANDATED.
>> WE SHARE WITHIN THE SIXTH CIRCUIT THREE POSITIONS.
ONE OF THEM IS A CLERICAL SUPPORT, A SECRETARIAL POSITION, WHICH GREENSVILLE PAYS AND BILLS THE OTHER LOCALITIES FOR.
OUR SHARE IS INCREASING BY $544.
WE ALSO CURRENTLY HAVE A LAW CLERK THAT IS A HOPEWELL EMPLOYEE AND OUR SHARE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY ABOUT $11,000.
I ACTUALLY HAD A TEAMS MEETING WITH THEIR CFO TODAY.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE AMOUNT WE'RE BEING BILLED.
JUDGE TOMKA, IF YOU LISTEN TO HIS REQUEST FROM LAST FRIDAY, HE DID REQUEST THAT THAT POSITION BE RECLASSIFIED FROM A LAW CLERK TO A STAFF ATTORNEY AND THAT WE TAKE OVER THE FISCAL AGENT RESPONSIBILITY.
THAT IS IN YOUR POSITION CHOICES, AND THE IMPACT TO PRINCE GEORGE IS FAIRLY MINOR IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE ARE BUDGETING TO PAY TO HOPEWELL AND WHAT WE COULD BILL THE OTHER LOCALITIES.
HOWEVER, ALL OF THE OTHER LOCALITIES WOULD HAVE TO AGREE, AND SOME OF THEM ARE FAIRLY DEEP INTO THEIR BUDGET PROCESS.
WE ARE NOT ONLY REQUESTING THAT THEY PAY WHAT THEY'RE PAYING TODAY, BUT A CHANGE TO THE BILLING METHOD.
IF WE WERE TO TAKE OVER THAT POSITION WAS ABLE TO BE UPGRADED, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE BILL THE OTHER LOCALITIES LIKE WE ARE BILLING OUR COURT ADMINISTRATOR.
WE BASE THAT BILLING ON THE COMPLETED CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASE LOAD FROM THE PRIOR YEAR FOR ALL OF THE JURISDICTIONS, SO THAT IT IS MORE INDICATIVE OF THE WORK THOSE POSITIONS ARE PERFORMING FOR EACH LOCALITY.
RCJA, THE CONTRIBUTION IS EXPECTED TO DECLINE, NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE THEM, AND NOT BECAUSE THEIR BUDGET ISN'T GROWING A LITTLE BIT, BUT OUR PRO RATA SHARE OF CLIENT DROPPED, AND HOPEWELL IS INCREASED.
IT'S JUST A FLIP FLOP PRETTY MUCH BETWEEN US AND HOPEWELL.
THE JAMES HOUSE HAS ASKED FOR AN INCREASE OF $1,500 FROM $3,500 TO $5,000 THROUGH THE SOCIAL SERVICES, AND THIS MS. JUDGE DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THAT BASED ON THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND THE SERVICES AND THE BENEFITS TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.
PRINCE GEORGE HOPEWELL HEALTHY FAMILIES, MS. JUDGE TYPICALLY RECEIVES A REQUEST TO INCREASE THAT CONTRIBUTION ANNUALLY.
SHE IS RECOMMENDING A $10,000 INCREASE.
I BELIEVE THAT ORGANIZATION HAS HELPED SOME PRINCE GEORGE FAMILIES WITH SOME PRETTY BAD CRISIS SITUATIONS VERY RECENTLY.
THIS NEXT ONE IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED TO EXPLAIN, BUT I WILL DO SO.
YOUR DEVOTION OF TWO PENNIES TO APPARATUS, WE TAKE THE VALUE OF TWO PENNIES, AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT IS FOR THE APPARATUS.
WE BORROW EVERY FIVE YEARS FOR APPARATUS, AND WE TAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE VALUE OF TWO PENNIES AND THAT DEBT PAYMENT, AND WE MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPARATUS ACCOUNT.
BECAUSE OUR DEBT PAYMENT WENT UP, WE HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE LESS TO THE CAPITAL FUND TO COME UP TO THE VALUE OF TWO PENNIES.
WE'RE NOT CUTTING WHAT WE'RE GIVING THEM, BUT OUR DEBT PAYMENT GREW TO NEARLY $700,000 BECAUSE OF THE NEW BORROWING THAT WE JUST DID THIS PAST FALL OR THIS FALL.
THE DEBT PAYMENT GREW SO DID THE VALUE OF TWO PENNIES, BUT OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAPITAL ACCOUNT WOULD DROP.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE GROWTH AND WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAPITAL FIRE/EMS EQUIPMENT LINE ITEM IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET, BECAUSE THE VALUE OF A PENNY GREW, OUR TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL FUND FOR FIRE EQUIPMENT WOULD GROW BY $48,000.
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OUR DEBT PAYMENTS DECLINED, BUT WE ARE PUTTING CONTRIBUTION TO DEBT RESERVES FOR A LIKE AMOUNT.IF THE BOARD CHOOSES NOT TO DO THAT, THAT COULD BE AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE, BUT I THINK SOME SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL REQUESTS ARE COMING. THAT YOU HEARD.
L3HARRIS. THIS WAS WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR BY DOING SOME ONE TIME FUNDING INITIATIVES, BOTH IN FY24 AND IN THE CURRENT YEAR, FY25.
WE KNOW THAT L3HARRIS PAYMENT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL FUND IN FY26.
WE HAD OUTLINED SOME ONE TIME INITIATIVES.
ONE IN PARTICULAR IS NOT A ONE TIME INITIATIVE.
A HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET TO COMPLETE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
THERE ARE SOME WORK SESSIONS THAT YOU WERE JUST REQUESTED TO SCHEDULE LAST EVENING.
THE COMP PLAN UPDATE WILL HOPEFULLY BE COMPLETE, AND THEY ARE ALSO PERFORMING AN ORDINANCE DIAGNOSTIC.
PART 3 WILL BE THE ORDINANCE UPDATES.
THAT 115 REALLY HAS TO STAY IN TO ALLOW THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE BERKELEY GROUP, THEIR THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR TO COMPLETE THAT IMPORTANT WORK.
WE TOOK IT AWAY, BUT WE ADDED IT BACK.
ANOTHER $100,000 HAD BEEN PUT IN TO COMPLETE DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLANS.
THAT WILL BE A CHOICE, WHETHER TO RESTORE THAT AND TO CONTINUE THOSE OR TO TAKE A YEAR BREAK.
MAINTENANCE SERVICE CONTRACTS.
WE ACTUALLY ADDED SOME MONEY TO THE ASSESSOR'S BUDGET, WHICH WE ARE TAKING BACK.
ANY OTHER NEEDS WOULD EITHER BE IN THE MUST DO LIST OR CHOICES FOR THAT OFFICE.
FIRE AND EMS AMBULANCE SUPPLIES WERE INCREASED BY $61,000 TO BUY THOSE FOUR MEDICATION DISPENSING MACHINES.
WE ARE TAKING THAT BACK AND ANY REQUESTS FOR NEW STUFF WILL BE AN ADD BACK.
FIRE AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT, VARIOUS EQUIPMENT, TOTALING $124,000 WAS PROVIDED AS ONE TIME FUNDING TO THEM THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO REDUCE THAT AND CONSIDER ANY REQUESTS FOR INCREASES ABOVE THAT AS ADD BACKS.
SAME IS TRUE FOR FURNITURE AND FIXTURES.
FOR FIRE AND EMS THAT TOTALED $21,000.
SOME INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ITEMS THAT WERE PURCHASED TO UPGRADE THE EOC.
WE TEMPORARILY INCREASED THE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE LINE ITEM WITHIN GENERAL SERVICES TO DO SOME PRESSURE WASHING AND A FEW OTHER THINGS, THAT WAS REDUCED.
SOME PARKS AND REC INITIATIVES WERE FUNDED AS ONE TIME INITIATIVES FOR SCOTT PARK PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT AND TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CENTRAL WELLNESS CENTER WALKING TRAIL.
THOSE WERE JUST UNDER $64,000.
THEN IT TO DO VOICE OVER IP, THIS AMOUNT WAS PLACED IN THERE IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAD TO PURCHASE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN, THOSE WERE ONE TIME REQUESTS.
WE WERE HOPING TO BE RIGHT SIDE UP, BUT WITH HAVING TO RESTORE THIS, WE ARE NOT.
ELECTRICITY. THIS IS A MUCH BETTER NUMBER THAN THE ONE THAT WE PRESENTED LAST YEAR BASED ON TREND AND WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED TODAY.
THE GARAGE WAS THE BIG KICKER LAST YEAR WHERE WE HAD TO MAKE AN INCREASE, $1,800 NET INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY, AND A MINOR INCREASE FOR HEATING SERVICES OF $6,400.
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE WITHIN ALL DEPARTMENTS, SLIGHT REDUCTION.
VEHICLE FUEL REDUCTION, BETTER CONTROLS AND PROBABLY SLIGHTLY LOWER PRICING.
THESE ARE INFLATIONARY INCREASES ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS AND A NEW REQUEST WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS OR ENHANCED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR VARIOUS SERVICE DELIVERY.
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IT HAS REQUESTED AN INCREASE IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LINE ITEM TO DO SOME NETWORK PENETRATION TESTING.THE CURRENT STAFFING CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THAT AND OR MIGHT NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE IN HOUSE TO DO THAT TYPE OF TESTING.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU SAW ON THE NEWS WHAT ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY RECENTLY WENT THROUGH WITH RANSOMWARE.
BUT WE'VE PUT THAT IN AS I MUST DO.
I THINK THE INCIDENCE OF NETWORK COMPROMISING IS ON THE RISE.
THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DISCUSS.
THE GENERAL DISTRICT COURT, IF YOU HEARD MS. FREDERICK'S BUDGET PRESENTATION, THE COURT ACTUALLY INCREASED THE RATE WITH WHICH WE HAVE TO PAY PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICES.
THAT IMPACT IS $30,000, AND WE CAN NOT DO IT.
WE NEED TO ADEQUATELY BUDGET FOR THE PET FOOD AT THE ANIMAL SERVICES UNIT.
WE RELY ON DONATIONS TO THE EXTENT WE CAN, BUT THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS HAS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED.
PART OF THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IS ALSO VETERINARY SERVICES.
SOFTWARE. THE COST GOES UP ANNUALLY.
PROPERTY INSURANCE, A SLIGHT INCREASE OF JUST UNDER $4,000.
LEASE AND RENT FOR EQUIPMENT AND BUILDING UP BY ABOUT $18,000.
THIS IS FOR SOME RECENTLY INSTALLED EQUIPMENT IN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE LARGELY TO REPLACE BROKEN AND NON FUNCTIONING EQUIPMENT AND TO ADD A COPY MACHINE TO THE ANIMAL SERVICES UNIT.
THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ONE AND HAVE TO TRAVEL TO MAKE COPIES.
THAT IS NOT AN EFFICIENT MODE OF OPERATION.
UNIFORMS, A SLIGHT REDUCTION, EXCLUDING FIRE AND EMS, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT SEPARATELY AND IN THE CHOICES.
SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO INCLUDE THE GARAGE AND GENERAL SERVICES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, CHANGED AND NO LONGER RENT AND HAVE UNIFORMS CLEAN.
THEY PURCHASE UNIFORMS, SO THEY REDUCED LAUNDRY SERVICES AND DID ASK FOR A SLIGHT INCREASE WITHIN UNIFORMS, BUT IT RESULTED IN A NET REDUCTION.
VARIOUS SERVICES INCREASE RELATED TO ALL OF THESE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE HERE, ANIMAL DISPOSAL, OUTREACH DETENTION FOR THE COURT SERVICES UNIT, JANITORIAL SERVICES, ATHLETIC FIELD MAINTENANCE, BANKING FEES, SOME ITEMS HAVE INCREASED.
WE ARE SEEING MARKET INCREASES IN OUR JANITORIAL SUPPLIES, IN OUR AMBULANCE MEDICINES, AND IN OUR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES.
THE COST OF SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT OUR GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAVE INCREASED FAIRLY DRAMATICALLY, AND IN ORDER TO BUY THE SAME THINGS, IT COSTS MORE.
TELEPHONE AND DATA, ABOUT $11,000.
ACROSS THE BOARD, OUR MAINTENANCE SERVICE CONTRACTS, NET OF THAT WHOPPING L3HARRIS EDITION.
THIS IS FOR OUR ERP, WHICH WE HAVE WITH TYLER MUNIS.
THIS IS FOR OUR CAD SYSTEM, OUR 911 SYSTEM, A VARIETY OF PLATFORMS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, A VARIETY OF PLATFORMS WITHIN FIRE AND EMS. IT'S ABOUT A 6% INCREASE, BUT IT'S A BIG NUMBER.
IT'S ABOUT $91,000 THAT WE MUST MEET CONTRACTUALLY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE AT THE SAME SERVICE LEVEL.
CHIEF CACERES PRESENTED THE AWARD OF CONTRACT LAST EVENING TO HAVE THOSE ANNUAL PHYSICALS DONE.
BASED ON THE NUMBERS, WE DO NEED TO INCREASE THAT LINE ITEM FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THIS IS NET OF ANY NEW POSITION REQUESTS.
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WE MAY HAVE A LIVELY DEBATE IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO QUESTION THAT.BUT SOME OF THESE TRAINING REQUESTS ARE TIED TO SPECIFIC STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
ONE OF THE LARGE REQUESTS IS FOR OUR ECC.
THEY ARE HOPING TO ATTEND A POLICE CERTIFICATION TO BECOME BETTER DISPATCHERS.
ONE OF THEIR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND AN INCREASE WITHIN FIRE AND EMS OF JUST OVER $24,000 TO RESTORE OR INCREASE NUMBER OF FOLKS BEING ABLE TO ATTEND THE CHIEF'S CONFERENCE AND TO ATTEND FDIC TRAINING.
THOSE WERE CRITICAL REQUESTS FROM FIRE AND EMS. NET INCREASE IN VARIOUS EQUIPMENT ACROSS THE COUNTY, ABOUT $6,500, IT EQUIPMENT, ABOUT $8,600, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FOR TECH, WE GAVE HIM ONE TIME FUNDING TO UPGRADE THE EOC OF $30,000, WE TOOK THAT AWAY, BUT HE NEEDS $8,000 TO REPLACE A NON-FUNCTIONING SATELLITE TELEPHONE.
FIRE AND EMS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.
I'M SORRY, I KNOW THIS IS A LOT, BUT FIRE AND EMS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, INFLATIONARY INCREASES OF ABOUT $6,500, TURNOUT GEAR.
THIS REPRESENTS ONLY THE INFLATIONARY INCREASE, AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT ASK IN THE CHOICES SECTION.
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO CHOICES.
LIEUTENANT COREN IS IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING, BUT THEY HAVE 187 SETS OF TURNOUT GEAR THAT WILL EXPIRE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN INVENTORY TODAY.
THEY WERE INTERESTED IN HOPING TO DO A MODELING TO SMOOTH THAT, SO WE ARE NOT HAVING A ROLLER COASTER OF HAVING, $10,00 ONE YEAR AND $400,000 THE NEXT YEAR.
THEY WERE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN PURCHASING 40 SETS A YEAR TO REPLENISH THE INVENTORY AND SO THAT THERE ARE NOT SPIKES AND VALLEYS.
I BELIEVE THEY ADDED 23 NEW VOLUNTEERS TO THE COMBINED SYSTEM IN THIS PAST YEAR.
WE ARE SCRAPING THE BARREL TO OUTFIT THOSE NEW VOLUNTEERS AND THE TURNOVER WITHIN FIRE AND EMS STAFF.
>> FIRE UNIFORMS, THIS 2,500 IS CONSIDERED INFLATIONARY.
THERE IS A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE CHOICES SECTION, AND THEN WE HAVE TEMPORARILY ELIMINATED THE CONTINGENCY.
WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH 99,000 AND AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR THE LOCAL FUNDING PORTION OF MS. FERRO'S ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY AND THE ADDITIONAL SRO THAT WAS FUNDED AT NORTH.
THAT WILL BE A CHOICE IN THE ADD-BACK, HOW MUCH TO ADD AS A CONTINGENCY.
THEN THERE ARE VARIOUS CHANGES OVERALL THAT I HAVE NOT QUANTIFIED HERE, AND LORD KNOWS I'VE QUANTIFIED A LOT, BUT AGAIN, WHEN WE COMPARE THESE MUST DOS, WE ARE UPSIDE DOWN WITH THE INCREASES IN THE REVENUES THAT ARE NOT REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUES.
AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE TO EXCHANGE COMMENTS TONIGHT, BUT PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE, ABOUT WHY ANY OF THESE ARE MUST DOS, THEY APPEAR TO BE CHOICES, WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THEM.
TRAINING, I KNOW IS A BIG ONE, AND WE HAVE, IN PAST YEARS, ARBITRARILY CUT TRAINING, AND THERE ARE SOME POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE CERTIFICATIONS.
THERE ARE SOME POSITIONS THAT HAVE TO MEET MANDATED CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.
PUBLIC SAFETY, OF COURSE, AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY.
THIS IS TAB OR THIS WORKSHEET GIVES YOU ALL OF THAT TAX INFORMATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT,
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THAT I TALKED ABOUT IN PIECES AND SECTIONS IN THE POWERPOINT.IT HAS THE REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUE, THE MOBILE HOME TAX CHANGE, AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE TAX CHANGE WITH A NEWER HIGHER ASSESSED VALUE FOR REAL PROPERTY, AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF REDUCING THE TAX RATE TO DO ANY TYPE OF EQUALIZATION ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE EQUALIZED TAX RATE OF 73 CENTS.
THIS IS THE CHOICES TAB, AND NOT ONLY WILL I GO THROUGH IT, BUT I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW TO COMPLETE IT.
IF YOU WANT ME TO DO IT FOR YOU, I AM HAPPY TO DO IT FOR YOU.
GIVE ME A CALL, COME BY, WE'LL DO A TEAMS MEETING, I'LL FILL IT OUT WHEN YOU PUT IN WHAT YOU TELL ME TO PUT IN, I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.
LET'S SAY, MRS. WAYMACK, I'M GOING TO PICK ON YOU, MRS. WAYMACK.
LET'S SAY YOU WANT TO DROP THE TAX RATE TO 80 CENTS.
THAT WOULD CHANGE THIS REAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, INCLUDING PUBLIC SURFACE AND MOBILE HOME FROM 4.2 MILLION.
UNTIL YOU PUT SOMETHING IN HERE, IT'S GOING TO BE 4.2 UNDER EACH OF YOUR NAMES.
THAT WOULD GIVE YOU THIS AMOUNT IN RESOURCES.
THEN THIS NEXT SECTION ASKS, DO YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE THE FULL DROP IN DEBT PAYMENT TO DEBT RESERVES? I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO UNFREEZE SOME PANES SO THAT I CAN SEE MORE OF THIS.
THIS NEXT SECTION ASKS, DO YOU WANT TO REDUCE WHAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED TO PUT IN THE DEBT RESERVE? WE HAD PROPOSED TO INCREASE IT BY 147,000, THE AMOUNT YOUR DEBT IS DROPPING, GENERAL FUND SUPPORTED DEBT IS DROPPING, AND YOU WOULD CONTRIBUTE $611,686 TO DEBT RESERVES.
LET'S SAY, MRS. WAYMACK, I'M GOING TO KEEP PICKING ON YOU, YOU WANTED TO SAY, NO, I WANT 200,000 TO FUND A FIREFIGHTER, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
THEN THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMPLICATED COMPONENT.
WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THIS.
THIS IS OPTION 1, KEEPING THE CALCULATION LIKE IT IS TODAY, AND ALL THE VARIOUS CHANGES IN SCHOOL FUNDING.
MRS. WAYMACK, LET'S SAY WITH YOUR TWO PENNIES, YOU WANTED TO GO TO OPTION 2.
YOU WANTED TO GIVE THE SCHOOL DIVISION MORE THAN THIS 576.
THAT'S THE TWO PENNY CUT TO THEM USING THE CALCULATION.
LET'S SAY YOU WANTED TO FREEZE THE PERCENT WHERE IT IS TODAY.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO PUT THAT IN AS THE AMOUNT OF THE INCREASE TO SCHOOLS, OR YOU COULD PUT WHATEVER FLAT DOLLAR AMOUNT YOU WANTED TO PUT IN.
[LAUGHTER] THIS IS MY MAC SAYING OKAY.
LET'S SAY YOU WANTED TO GIVE THEM A MILLION DOLLARS.
WERE NOT 10 MILLION, A MILLION.
[LAUGHTER] OR IS THAT 100? THAT'S STILL 10. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS CUMULATIVELY TELLS YOU WHAT YOU HAVE LEFT EACH DECISION POINT.
MOVING ON DOWN. THEN I'VE DONE THE SCHOOL FUNDING FOR ALL THE OPTIONS, AND IT'S BASED ON THE TAX RATE AND WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO, WHETHER YOU WANTED TO KEEP THINGS AS THEY WERE TODAY, WHETHER YOU WANTED TO FREEZE THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE SHARED SOURCES, WHERE THEY ARE THIS YEAR, OR PROVIDE THEM WITH 40%, YOU CAN HONESTLY RECALCULATE THIS AND PROVIDE THEM ANY PERCENT OF NEW REVENUE GROWTH THAT YOU WANTED TO.
THEN THESE ARE THE REQUEST, THE CHOICES FOR REQUESTS.
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THIS FIRST ONE IS TO, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE STEP MEDICS, TO PROVIDE A 5% MARKET SCALE ADJUSTMENT, MS. HURT, AND THE SALARY STUDY COMPARISON SHOWED YOU THAT FIREFIGHTERS WERE BELOW THE REGIONAL AVERAGE AND THAT 5% WOULD GET THEM TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK.MRS. WAYMACK, OVER HERE, YOU WOULD PUT A ONE, AND I'M ONLY ASKING YOU TO PUT A ONE THIS TIME BECAUSE I THINK WE LEARNED IN THE LAST YEAR THAT NUMBER 2S DON'T GET FUNDED.
WE'RE LUCKY TO GET A CONSENSUS ON THE NUMBER 1S FUNDED.
PUTTING A ONE IN THERE PUTS THAT COST IN YOUR COLUMN.
THIS IS A 5% SCALE ADJUSTMENT FOR POLICE.
AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT GET THEM TO THE TOP OF THE PACK, BUT KEEPS THEM CLOSER TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK, MRS. WAYMACK ALSO WANTS TO DO THAT.
THEN THIS IS THE REST OF US, LOWLY COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO GOT A 1.5% THIS YEAR, AND THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO ADJUST THOSE SCALES, PARTICULARLY TO ATTRACT NEW EMPLOYEES, THOSE BEGINNING STEPS THAT THAT STARTING SALARY HAS NOT INCREASED SINCE JULY 1 OF 2022.
THAT COST WITH REVENUE RECOVERY FROM SOCIAL SERVICES IS ABOUT $473,000, AND MRS. WAYMACK WANTS TO DO THAT TOO.
AFTER ALL OF THOSE DECISIONS, MRS. WAYMACK HAS $910,000 LEFT TO DEAL WITH THE OTHER CHOICES, THE OTHER REQUESTS FOR RECLASSIFICATIONS AND FOR ADDED EMPLOYEES, AND BECAUSE SHE PICKED FUNDING A COST OF LIVING INCREASE, SHE WOULD FILL OUT THE BLUE SHADED ONES WITH THE HIGHER IMPACTS OF A COLA INCREASE.
AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO DO THIS FOR YOU.
LET'S SAY MRS. WAYMACK AGREES WITH THE MAJORITY OF THESE BUT FEELS LIKE WE ONLY HAVE MONEY TO DO A COUPLE, AND SHE PICKS THE TOP PRIORITY IN HER MIND, AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO DELETE ALL OF THIS, MRS. WAYMACK.
YOU'LL HAVE THE CHANCE TO MAKE YOUR CHOICES.
THEN SHE'S GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE NEW POSITION REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE YOU, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT, BUT THEY ARE NEITHER WASTEFUL NOR UNNEEDED.
BECAUSE SHE SUPPORTS AN INCREASE TO THE SCALES, SHE WOULD COME DOWN TO THE BLUE SECTION AND PICK WHICH POSITIONS SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDED, AND THERE ARE 44.5 POSITION REQUESTS, AND GOING BACK, I'LL RECAP THEM.
YOU HEARD THEM LAST TIME, AND YOU SAW THE VARIOUS VIDEO REQUESTS FROM EACH OF YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND CHIEFS.
SHERIFF HAS REQUESTED 2.5 DEPUTIES, TWO FULL TIME, ONE PART TIME REGULAR.
THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY HAS REQUESTED A PART TIME REGULAR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
THE BUILDING OFFICIAL'S OFFICE HAS REQUESTED ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM SPECIALIST TO HELP WITH THAT WORKLOAD.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS REQUESTED A SENIOR PLANNER, BY AND LARGE, TO IMPLEMENT, I BELIEVE IT'S A RURAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
THAT WOULD BE THE BULK OF THAT ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD.
MR. YOUNG HAS REQUESTED TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT MANAGER.
THE GARAGE HAS REQUESTED AN INVENTORY AND SAFETY COORDINATOR.
PARKS AND RECREATION HAS REQUESTED THE SAME POSITIONS THEY'VE BEEN REQUESTING FOR A FEW YEARS, A SENIOR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE WORKER TO DEAL WITH THE FIELD MAINTENANCE, FACILITY MAINTENANCE, AND A PART TIME REGULAR SPECIAL ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR TO PROVIDE
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SOME ENHANCED OFFERINGS TO PARTICULARLY OUR SENIOR POPULATION.THE PD HAS REQUESTED A CAPTAIN, AND I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE A HUGE RETIREMENT GETTING READY TO OCCUR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PUBLIC.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW, BUT BIG SHOES TO FILL, AND THAT DEPARTMENT NEEDS MORE ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES, THREE POLICE OFFICERS, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER.
THEY'VE ALSO REQUESTED A CIVILIAN RECORDS CLERK.
FIRE, HAS REQUESTED A DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF, A FIRE MARSHAL, FIVE FIRE CAPTAINS, ONE DEVOTED TO TRAINING, FOUR DEVOTED TO OPERATIONS, A FIRE LIEUTENANT, AND 15 FIRE MEDICS.
THEY HAVE ALSO REQUESTED AN ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SPECIALIST III.
THE ANIMAL SERVICES UNIT HAS REQUESTED A MANAGER MORE LIKE A BUSINESS MANAGER FOR THAT OFFICE.
THEY DO CURRENTLY NOT HAVE A BUSINESS MANAGER.
THEY HAVE SIMPLY THE ANIMAL SERVICES UNIT MANAGER ALONG WITH A KENNEL ATTENDANT, THREE OFFICERS, AND A ADOPTION COORDINATOR.
THEY HAVE ALSO REQUESTED A FULL TIME KENNEL ATTENDANT, AND IF THAT POSITION IS FUNDED, YOU COULD WIPE OUT THE PART TIME INCREASE, THAT IS A NEGATIVE NUMBER.
SOCIAL SERVICES HAS REQUESTED FOUR POSITIONS, AND THE REVENUE RECOVERY IS LISTED AS A SEPARATE REDUCTION.
THEY HAVE REQUESTED A BENEFIT PROGRAM MANAGER VI, WHICH IS MRS. JUDGE FIRST PRIORITY.
IF YOU LISTEN TO HER REQUEST, A BENEFIT PROGRAM SUPERVISOR AND TWO BENEFIT SPECIALISTS III.
THEN LASTLY, ON THIS NEW POSITION REQUEST, I'M SORRY, JUDGE TOMCOS REQUEST TO CONVERT THAT LAW CLERK TO A STAFF ATTORNEY, HAVE US TAKE OVER AS THE FISCAL AGENT.
THE NET IMPACT WITH A HIGHER COLA TO THE COUNTY IS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $5,400 NET.
I WOULD LIKE TO COVER THE RECLASSIFICATION REQUESTS.
LET'S TALK THROUGH THOSE TWO, I KNOW YOU WANT TO.
THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY HAS ASKED FOR TWO RECLASSIFICATIONS WITHIN HER OFFICE, AND THIS IS THE ONE WITH A MONEY IMPACT, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE WITH NO MONEY IMPACT SO IT IS NOT ON THIS LIST, LEGAL ASSISTANT TO A LEGAL ASSISTANT II.
SHE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECLASSIFY HER OFFICE MANAGER TO A MANAGER I FOR OPERATIONS.
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, MR. BALDWIN HAS ASKED TO RECLASSIFY HIS PLANNER II TO A PRINCIPAL PLANNER.
THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS REQUESTED TO CONVERT HER VACANT PART TIME REGULAR ASSISTANT ATTORNEY.
SHE'S NOT HAD LUCK IN RECRUITING THAT POSITION TO A FULL TIME.
THIS IS THE NET CHANGE, WHAT WE COULD TAKE OUT IN PART TIME WAGES, AND WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD BACK IN FULL TIME SALARY AND BENEFITS IS JUST UNDER 37,000 TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST FROM THE CHIEF TO RECLASSIFY OUR ECC MANAGER TO BECOME A DIRECTOR, AND THAT OFFICE WOULD BECOME MORE OF A STANDALONE DEPARTMENT, AND MR. STORK WOULD GET YET ANOTHER DIRECT REPORT.
THERE'S ALSO A REQUEST FROM FIRE AND EMS TO RECLASSIFY THEIR LOGISTICS OFFICER TO A CAPTAIN FOR SUPPORT SERVICES, AND THE REGISTRAR HAS MADE A REQUEST TO RECLASSIFY HIS DEPUTY REGISTRAR TO A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS.
THAT'S THE PEOPLE, AND THEY COME, OF COURSE, NATURALLY WITH A PRETTY HEFTY PRICE TAG.
THE POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE VEHICLES, I HAVE MADE A RED NOTE HERE, IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO FUND THOSE POSITIONS BUT WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER FUNDING THE VEHICLE OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET, WE CAN REDUCE THAT IMPACT BY THE COST OF THE VEHICLE.
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WE WOULD JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT DIRECTION.BUT THAT PRICE TAG FOR ALL OF THESE POSITION REQUESTS, IF WE HAD ANY PRAYER OF FUNDING THEM ALL, IS OVER FIVE MILLION.
>> THEN THE STUFF, THE NON-SALARY THINGS, TO RESTORE A CONTINGENCY TO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
I HAVE PUT A ROUND 100,000 IN HERE.
OUR ADOPTED CONTINGENCY FOR FY25 WAS JUST OVER 99,000.
THE SCHOOL DIVISION, MR. BARNES, HAD INDICATED THAT TO REPLACE FOUR SCHOOL BUSES FOR FY26, THE COST WOULD INCREASE BY $1,846.
I MENTIONED AT YOUR LAST WORK SESSION THAT THE PRICE OF VEHICLES HAS INCREASED, AND WE WOULD ALSO REQUEST AN INCREASE OF $50,000 TO INCREASE COUNTY VEHICLE, ALL PUBLIC SAFETY THIS PAST FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR FROM 450-500.
VEHICLES AND THE RELATED EQUIPMENT COST AND BUILDING THOSE VEHICLE, THE COSTS HAVE INCREASED.
WE ALSO HAVE ADDED AS A CHOICE, ADDING THAT SECOND CLEAN COMMUNITY DAY THAT MR. SIMMONS TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT, THAT PRICE TAG IS 35,000, AND THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT DIRECTLY BENEFITS THE CITIZENS.
SOCIAL SERVICES WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEIR DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLAN COMPLETED IN FY26.
IF MRS. WAYMARK PUT A ONE IN HERE, THE NET COST WOULD BE POPULATED OF '23.
THEN WE HAVE TO DO COUNTY DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLANS, RESTORING THAT 100,000 THAT WAS ONE-TIME FUNDING.
THIS IS IN HERE TO PROVIDE ANY AMOUNT IN ADDITION TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL TRANSFER, SHOULD THE BOARD CHOOSE TO DO THAT FOR SRO OR SSO FUNDING.
I THINK IT'S ALREADY IN DR. LYLE'S REQUESTS, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
THEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FIRE AND EMS REQUESTS, AND I'VE PUT THEM IN HERE AT THE AMOUNTS REQUESTED BY FIRE AND EMS ABOVE THE INFLATIONARY INCREASES THAT WERE OUTLINED IN THE MUST DOS.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO INSTALL, FIRST ARRIVING DASHBOARDS.
THOSE ARE THE BIG TV SCREENS AT STATIONS 1, 2, 3, AND 4 TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER STATIONS.
THAT COST IS $8,266 TO MAKE THOSE INSTALLATIONS TURNOUT GEAR.
THIS IS TRYING TO DO A SMOOTH 40 SETS A YEAR TO ADDRESS IN A CONSISTENT MANNER REPLACING TURNOUT GEAR THAT HAS EXPIRED.
FIRE AND EMS UNIFORMS. THEY REQUESTED 47,750 ABOVE THE INFLATIONARY IN NEED OF THE NEW POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO REPLENISH INVENTORY AND TO ALSO HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY WITH DRESS UNIFORMS. THE BOARD DID RECEIVE A DETAILED FIRE AND EMS BUDGET WORKSHEET THAT'S PAGES AND PAGES, AND IT OUTLINES THE REQUESTS FROM EACH STATION, THE SUMMARY THAT ADMINISTRATION PULLED TOGETHER AND THE OVERALL SUMMARY FOR FIRE AND EMS. THESE WERE FIRE EQUIPMENT REQUESTS, AND THE PURPLE SHADING TOTALS 68,000 IN NEW REQUESTS.
ONE IS TO ADD AN SCBA COMPRESSOR FOR STATION 8.
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE TO REFILL AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
STATION 5 HAS REQUESTED A HALMATRO RAM WHATEVER THAT IS, FOR QUINT 5.
[LAUGHTER] SORRY. CHIEFS IN THE AUDIENCE.
MR. COX, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
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STATION 4 HAS REQUESTED A QUICKIE FAN AS HAS STATION 3, AND 2.THEN INTAKE VALVES AT STATION 3 HAVE BEEN REQUESTED, TOTALING $6,900.
I KNOW THESE ARE INTO THE NAT SLASH, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S OUT THERE.
THEN THEIR OVERALL REQUESTS, THERE WERE VARIOUS OTHER REQUESTS THAT TOTALED 68,000, AND THAT ADDED AMOUNT IS 5,000.
THEY HAVE ALSO REQUESTED 48,000 TO INSTALL CAMERAS AT EACH STATION LOCATION FOR ADDED AND IMPROVED SECURITY DUE TO SOME RECENT REGIONAL BREAK-INS THAT YOU PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT ON THE NEWS.
WE HAD VARIOUS FURNITURE AND FIXTURES REQUESTS, 10,000 FOR REPLACING CARPET AT EIGHT, FITNESS EQUIPMENT, ICE MACHINE RELOCATION FOR STATION 8.
FITNESS EQUIPMENT RECLINERS AT ONE, SMART TVS AT THREE, GEAR DRYER AT FOUR, FITNESS EQUIPMENT, A DESK AND REFRIGERATOR AT SIX AND FITNESS EQUIPMENT AT TWO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD IS NOT ABLE TO FUND ALL OF THESE INITIATIVES.
PERHAPS THE PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION MIGHT BE ABLE TO FUND A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AT EACH STATION.
THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION THAT IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THESE A PRIORITY, THAT FOUNDATION DOES EXIST TO HELP FILL IN THE GAPS.
MR. YOUNG HAS REQUESTED REDUNDANCY AND MOVING TO RURAL BAND FOR OUR INTERNET SERVICES.
THAT PRICE TAG IS 46,548 FOR COUNTY COMPLEX AND STATION 7 TO PROMOTE SOME IT REDUNDANCY AT AN OFF-SITE LOCATION.
HIS MEMO EXPLAINED A LOT MORE DETAIL WITH THAT, AND THEN TO ADD BROADBAND AT JEJ MOORE'S ATHLETIC FIELDS, THAT ANNUAL RECURRING COST WOULD BE 8,400, AND WE WOULD NEED TO ADD THAT TO THE RECREATION BUDGET.
PARKS AND REC HAS ASKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL SOCCER FIELD AT SCOTT PARK, 32,680.
MISS JUDGE MIGHT GET ANGRY WITH ME FOR PUTTING THESE IN THE CHOICES, BUT I DID.
RESTORING FUNDING AT ALL TO THE CRATER AREA AGENCY ON AGING.
WE HAVE NOT PROVIDED FUNDING TO THEM IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, NUMBER 1, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT SUBMIT A REQUEST TO US.
NUMBER 2, BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING CHALLENGES, GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT WAS IN PLACE AT THE TIME ON PROVIDING DETAILS ON THE SERVICES THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING TO PRINCE GEORGE RESIDENTS.
THEY HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
MISS JUDGE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN NAMED TO THE BOARD OR APPOINTED TO THE BOARD.
THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A FUNDING REQUEST OF 12,000.
MISS JUDGE IS RECOMMENDING 9,000.
COLONIAL HEIGHTS FOOD PANTRY HAS ACTUALLY REQUESTED $2,000, AND THEY DO SERVE SOME PRINCE GEORGE CONSTITUENTS.
THEN THE CRATER HEALTH DISTRICT REQUEST FOR US TO FUND $50,000 OF A STATE POSITION THAT IS RESULTING FROM INCREASED PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY WORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
THOSE REQUESTS TOTAL $1,012,814.
THAT'S NOT CHUMP CHANGE EITHER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER ALL OF THAT? [LAUGHTER] I AM GOING TO SEND THIS CRAZY SPREADSHEET TO YOU.
IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO FILL OUT THE CELLS, JUST CALL ME.
HAPPY TO SCHEDULE A TEAMS MEETING OR AN IN-PERSON MEETING TO WALK THROUGH ANY AND ALL OF THESE.
GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS AND GET ANSWERS FOR YOU.
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>> DIFFERENT STREAMS OF REVENUE, NOT FROM TAXES, IS THAT GOING TO BE LISTED ON HERE? NO. FOR INSTANCE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY GET FIRE PROGRAMS MONEY.
WHERE WOULD WE FIND THOSE FUNDS AT?
>> WE TYPICALLY DO NOT INCLUDE THOSE AMOUNTS IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
WHEN WE GET THAT MONEY, WE COME TO YOU WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING ON THIS LIST THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE PAID FOR WITH PRIOR PROGRAM FUNDS? MAKE A NOTE.
BATTALION CHIEF TAYLOR REMINDED ME, THAT MONEY CANNOT SUPPLANT WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET.
CERTAINLY, THAT REQUEST FOR TURNOUT GEAR IS NOT IN THE BUDGET TODAY.
IT'S NOT SUPPLANTING ANYTHING IF YOU MAKE THE SUGGESTION TO HANDLE SOME OF THAT WITH FIRE PROGRAM FUNDS.
I THINK THAT IS HOW THEY'RE FILLING SOME GAPS TODAY WITH THE INCREASE IN VOLUNTEERS AND IN THE TURNOVER WITHIN FIRE AND EMS.
>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? I THINK WE'RE GOOD SO FAR.
I'M SURE THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS.
YOU'VE ALREADY ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO YOU.
>> WE DO HAVE OUR NEXT WORK SESSION ON MARCH 4TH.
IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE COMPLETED SPREADSHEET BACK TO ME BY THAT TIME, THAT'S OKAY.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO NEED SOME DECISION POINTS FAIRLY QUICKLY TO ADD YOUR PRIORITIES INTO THE INTRODUCED BUDGET.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT. THAT MEETING IS TUESDAY, SIX DAYS FROM NOW.
THAT'S NOT A LOT OF TIME FOR YOU TO CONTEMPLATE AND CONSIDER.
BUT AGAIN, I WILL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR YOU.
I KNOW THAT'S A LOT. AGAIN, I'LL JUST REPEAT WHAT I SAID FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL, THE REQUESTS ARE SIGNIFICANT, BUT THEY ARE NEITHER WASTEFUL NOR ARE THEY FRIVOLOUS.
I DON'T THINK ANYTHING ON THIS LIST COULD BE CONSIDERED EITHER.
>> I WOULD REMIND BOARD MEMBERS WHEN WE GET READY TO ADVERTISE THE TAX RATE, WE CAN ALWAYS ADVERTISE HIGH AND COME DOWN.
BUT IF WE SET IT AT A LOW NUMBER, WE CAN'T INCREASE IT, SO I JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE WE MAY BE BETTER TO ADVERTISE A HIGH BECAUSE OF THINGS COULD BE MOVING AROUND WITH US ALREADY HAVING A DIRECTION THAT WE MAY BE SHOOTING FOR A PARTICULAR NUMBER.
I'M JUST REMINDING EVERYONE OF HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS.
THE FIRE CHIEF CAN TOUCH BASE ON IT REAL QUICK AS WELL.
THE SAFER GRANT I BELIEVE THAT WE PUT IN FOR THAT HAS NOT OPENED FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
>> GOOD EVENING. YOU CAN CONSIDER THE SAFER GRANT AVENUE AS SAID.
GIVEN THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THERE IS NO PATH AT THE MOMENT THAT WE FORESEE.
ATTORNEYS ARE NOW INVOLVED AND LAWSUITS AND LITIGATION WILL BE HAPPENING.
THAT'S NOT A VIABLE OPTION ANYMORE.
>> ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION BECAUSE WE DID MAKE A SIGNIFICANT REQUEST.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS OR WANT TO EXPLORE OPTIONS, AND YOU FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT AND GIVE THOSE, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY ADDRESS THEM DURING WORKSHOPS.
BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME, THEN WE CAN BE BETTER PREPARED.
SINCE I KNOW THAT THE TIMELINE IS A LITTLE BIT SHORTENED UP.
>> I KNOW YOU CAN'T WAIT TO GET THIS YOURSELF.
>> I'M GOING TO SIT UP TONIGHT AND WAIT UNTIL YOU SEND THE MAIL. [LAUGHTER]
>> [LAUGHTER] IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME, MISS.
>> IS THAT THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT?
>> YES, SIR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
JUST DO YOU KNOW, THE NEXT WORK SESSION IS TUESDAY.
I'M HAPPY TO LIKE I SAID, MEET WITH YOU, ANY PLATFORM, FACE TO FACE.
TWO OF YOU WANTED TO COME IN AT ONCE. THAT'S FINE, TOO.
>> HAPPY TO JUST REACH OUT. I'M SURE MR. STOKE IS ALSO WILLING, CHIEF CASERIS, CHIEF EARLY.
I'M SURE THEY'RE MORE THAN GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS ANY OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE.
>> ALL BOARD MEMBERS A LOT HAS BEEN SHARED.
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WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS DRILL LAST YEAR, SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S FOREIGN TO US, BUT AT THIS TIME, WITH NO OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.>> I'LL TAKE MRS. WAYMARK AS THIS.
>> IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MRS. WAYMARK AND SECOND BY MR. COX THAT AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD ADJOURN.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MISS KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> MEETING ADJOURNED. [BACKGROUND]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.