[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING. IT IS NOW 6 P.M.. TODAY IS MAY 21ST.
IT'S TIME FOR OUR BUDGET WORK SESSION. I NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
MISS KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? NEXT, I WILL DO THE BOARD'S INVOCATION, AND THEN MR. WEBB WILL BE DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU JUST TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE AGAIN TO HANDLE THE BUSINESS AND MATTERS OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH US TONIGHT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET WORK SESSION.
LET IT BE IN YOUR WILL THAT WE'RE NOT DISAGREEABLE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
AND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK ALL THIS IN YOUR NAME THIS EVENING.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU, MR. WEBB, FOR DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THE NEXT THING WE'LL MOVE ON TO BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME IS THE ADOPTION OF OUR AGENDA.
SO, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
IF THERE'S NO CHANGES FOR ADOPTION, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT SECOND.
OKAY. IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. PUGH AND SECOND, BY MRS. WAYMACK THAT WE WOULD ADOPT TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS SO PRINTED.
YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MISS KNOTT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MOTION CARRIED. SO NOW WE'RE HERE AT THE POINT OF WHAT OUR MAIN PURPOSE IS HERE FOR TONIGHT.
[B. WORK SESSION]
SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OR THIS SECTION OVER TO MRS. DREWRY FOR HER PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MISTER CHAIRMAN.BOARD MEMBERS, MR. STOKE. MR. ERARD AND ALL ASSEMBLED.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO GO THROUGH HOPEFULLY SOME FINAL REVISIONS TO THE FY 2026 BUDGET.
MISS PUDLOW HAS TURNED ON THE SYSTEM, AND I DO HAVE A VERY BRIEF POWERPOINT TO OPEN.
AND THEN I WILL GO TO THE SPREADSHEET WITH THE BOARD MEMBER BOARD MEMBERS HAVING PROVIDED INPUT ON THE REDUCTIONS THAT WERE NECESSARY TO THE FY 2026 BUDGET AND OTHER CHANGES FROM STATE REVENUES.
SO. THIS. OKAY. FOLLOWING YOUR MAY 6TH WORK SESSION, INPUT FROM THE BOARD WAS REQUESTED TO REVISE OUR FY 2026 BUDGET FOR ADOPTION.
THAT BUDGET DOES START ON JULY 1ST. SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE UPDATES AS THEY SAT LAST ON MAY 6TH.
THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE CHANGES THAT HAD OCCURRED SINCE THE BUDGET WAS INTRODUCED ON MARCH 11TH WAS A REDUCTION OF $673,202. AND THOSE CHANGES WERE SOME REVISIONS TO OUR LOCAL TAX REVENUE SOURCES OF 795,000. THAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT IT WAS LESS THAN WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE INTRODUCED FY 2026 BUDGET.
REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUE ESTIMATES ARE FALLING BY 585,000.
OUR PUBLIC SERVICE TAX REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO BE 350,000 LOWER.
WE DID HAVE SOME CHANGES TO STATE AND GRANT REVENUES.
THE COMP BOARD NET CHANGES WERE JUST UNDER 110,000, AND MOST OF THAT INCREASE OVER WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE INTRODUCED BUDGET WAS RELATED TO AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COMP BOARD FUNDED POSITIONS.
SO, WE DO. THE ONE WAS IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
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WE ALREADY EMPLOY THAT INDIVIDUAL FULL TIME. THERE WAS ALSO A $12,122 INCREASE IN THE VICTIM WITNESS GRANT REVENUE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. SO WE DID ALSO COVER SOME EXPENDITURE CHANGES.SALARY AND BENEFITS. AND THE LOCAL PART OF THAT IS JUST OVER 29,000.
AND WE SHIFTED THAT OUT OF CONTINGENCY AGAIN.
THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY DID MAKE A REQUEST THAT YOU RECONSIDER A PART TIME REGULAR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SPECIALIST THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR INTRODUCED BUDGET. IN LIGHT OF INCREASED REVENUES COMING FOR THAT OFFICE FROM THE COMP BOARD AND THE VICTIM WITNESS GRANT.
THAT POSITION WILL BE SHARED WITH THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY AND THE VICTIM WITNESS UNIT.
A PROJECTED DECREASE IN CRATER YOUTH CARE COMMISSION FROM THEIR INTRODUCED TO ADOPTED BUDGET, AND THEN A SLIGHT INCREASE WITH CRATER CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING AGENCY.
THAT IS LEAVING THE TAX RATE AT $0.82, AS WAS INCLUDED IN THE INTRODUCED BUDGET.
LOWERING THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE EQUATES TO JUST OVER 448,000 FOR EACH PENNY.
DROPPING A PENNY FOR A TYPICAL RESIDENT, LET'S SAY THEY HAD A REAL ESTATE VALUED AT $500,000.
THAT WOULD RESULT IN ABOUT $50 PER YEAR TO LOWER A PENNY.
THAT IS THE TAX AMOUNT ON HALF A MILLION. CERTAINLY, PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE VALUES OF VARYING AMOUNTS.
SO, THE BOARD CONSIDERED AND THE SPREADSHEET THAT WE WILL COVER ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE TAX RATE TO LOWER THAN WHAT WAS ADVERTISED, REDUCING SOME FUNDING TO SCHOOLS. THE INTRODUCED BUDGET CONTAINED A $1.2 MILLION INCREASE TO THE SCHOOL DIVISION AND LOCAL FUNDING, ELIMINATING SOME OF THE 16.5 POSITIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE INTRODUCED BUDGET, ELIMINATING SOME OF THE REQUESTED RECLASSIFICATIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED.
AND THEN REDUCING PERHAPS THE CONTINGENCY. SO, THE BOARD DID PROVIDE INPUT ON REDUCING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET BY THE NEEDED AMOUNT AND ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE.
SO, I WILL MOVE TO THE SPREADSHEET UNLESS ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I THINK WE'RE GOOD, MA'AM.
OKAY. SO, I KNEW THIS MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR THE FOR FOLKS TO SEE.
WE WILL POST A PDF OF THIS FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S WORK SESSION.
BUT THE START WAS A NEEDED REDUCTION, AND EACH BOARD MEMBER WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON HOW TO MAKE THOSE REDUCTIONS AND WHETHER OR NOT TO REVISIT THE TAX RATE FOR ADOPTION.
ALSO, ON THE 27TH, NEXT TUESDAY. SO, THE TAX RATE IS THE FIRST ITEM ON THE SHEET. THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO LEAVE THE TAX RATE AT $0.82.
NO REDUCTION TO WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE INTRODUCED BUDGET.
MR. COX AND MR. PUGH RECOMMENDED A TWO CENT REDUCTION, WHICH DID RESULT IN ANOTHER 897,000, ALMOST IN REVENUES, WHICH MEANT THE AMOUNT THEY WOULD HAVE TO CUT FROM THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET WAS 1.6 MILLION,
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COMPARED TO 736,000. THE REDUCTION TO THE SCHOOL DIVISION BASED ON LEAVING THE TAX RATE AT $0.82. THE INCREASE IN THE REAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES TAKING A PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THAT DECREASE WAS 167,135.THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO REDUCE SCHOOL FUNDING BY ONE.
67. 135 FROM MR. BROWN, MRS. WAYMACK AND MR. WEBB WITH MR. COX AND MR. PUGH VOTING TO REDUCE FUNDING BY 450,000, WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN INCREASE TO THE SCHOOLS OF 750,000 INSTEAD OF THE INTRODUCED 1.2.
BUT AGAIN, THAT LIKELY HAS TO DO WITH THE REAL ESTATE PENNIES.
THE NEXT ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION WERE WHETHER OR NOT TO LEAVE IN THE ASSISTANT PART TIME REGULAR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SPECIALIST TO AND THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO FUND THAT 0.5 FTE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE VICTIM WITNESS FUND.
BOARD MEMBERS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SCALE BACK THE COST OF LIVING AND MARKET INCREASE FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES, AND THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO LEAVE THOSE INCREASES IN FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
THE NEXT ITEM WAS TO CONSIDER THE RECLASSIFICATIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE INTRODUCED BUDGET.
THERE WERE SEVEN RECLASSIFICATIONS INCLUDED IN THE INTRODUCED BUDGET THAT TOTALED JUST OVER 178,000.
THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO LEAVE THOSE RECLASSIFICATIONS IN WITH MR. COX AND MR. PUGH BOTH VOTING TO ELIMINATE THOSE RECLASSIFICATIONS TO MAKE REDUCTIONS NECESSARY TO BALANCE FOR THEM. THE NEXT GROUPING WAS THE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE INTRODUCED REDUCE BUDGET, AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDED CIRCUIT COURT DEPUTY CIRCUIT COURT CLERK THAT IS STATE FUNDED. THESE WERE THE 16.5 THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE INTRODUCED BUDGET.
THERE WAS A CONSENSUS TO ELIMINATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM SPECIALIST WITHIN THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CODE COMPLIANCE. THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO LEAVE IN THE SENIOR PLANNER, WITH MR. COX AND MR. PUGH VOTING TO ELIMINATE THAT POSITION.
THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO ELIMINATE THE DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF.
ALL BOARD MEMBERS VOTING TO ELIMINATE TO BALANCE.
THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO RETAIN THE FIRE. TRAINING.
CAPTAIN WITH MR. COX AND MR. PUGH VOTING TO ELIMINATE, THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO ELIMINATE ONE OF THE EIGHT PROPOSED FIREFIGHTER MEDICS, WHICH WOULD LEAVE SEVEN IN PLACE, WITH MR. COX AND MR. PUGH VOTING TO ELIMINATE TWO TO BALANCE.
THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO ELIMINATE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SPECIALIST TO WITHIN FIRE AND EMS. THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO LEAVE IN PLACE THE KENNEL ATTENDANT WITHIN ANIMAL SERVICES.
THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO LEAVE IN PLACE THE SOCIAL SERVICES BENEFIT PROGRAM MANAGER SIX, WITH MR. COX AND MR. PUGH VOTING TO ELIMINATE THAT POSITION TO BALANCE.
AND THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO LEAVE IN THE STAFF ATTORNEY FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT.
THAT IS A RECLASSIFICATION OF A LAW CLERK. CURRENTLY HOPEWELL IS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR THAT REGIONAL POSITION, AND PRINCE GEORGE WOULD BECOME FISCAL AGENT. AND THE NET IMPACT ON THE BUDGET IS JUST OVER OR JUST UNDER $5,400.
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BUT THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO LEAVE THAT IN. THERE WAS NO ULTIMATE VOTE TO ADD ANY POSITIONS ABOVE THOSE THAT WERE INCLUDED. THERE WAS CONSENSUS TO ELIMINATE THE INCREASE FOR COUNTY VEHICLES.THAT AMOUNT WILL REMAIN AS IT IS THIS YEAR. WE WILL LEAVE IN BY CONSENSUS, THE CLEAN SECOND CLEAN COMMUNITY DAY AND THE COMPLETION OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES STRATEGIC PLAN.
HOWEVER, THERE WERE NOT SUFFICIENT FUNDS REMAINING FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT TO BALANCE, AND THEN THE BALANCING FIGURE FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS WAS A REDUCTION TO THE GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY.
AND THERE IS CONSENSUS TO REDUCE THE GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY BY $53,656.
SO, ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR ANY ITEMS THAT BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT OR DISCUSS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ITEMS ANY BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO KNOW FROM ME? IT'S REALLY NOT A QUESTION, JUST SOME CONCERNS TO KIND OF MAYBE STATE A CASE TO THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF WHAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE FUNDED OR DOESN'T NEED TO BE FUNDED.
YOU WANT TO DO THAT NOW OR WAIT? LIKE THIS? NO.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR. CHAIR. I RESPECT EVERYBODY'S OPINIONS ON FUNDING THIS BUDGET, AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE RESPECTFUL, LIKE YOU ASKED IN YOUR PRAYER. I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, A COUPLE OF THINGS. AND IT'S GOING TO BE FIRE DEPARTMENT RELATED, BECAUSE THAT'S MY WHEELHOUSE I WANT TO PUT OUT THERE. THE RE GRADE OF A CAPTAIN FOR THE LOGISTICS POSITION. THE TRAINING POSITION. THE CURRENT POSITION.
YES, SIR. YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, IS IT NOT DESERVED? I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S NOT DESERVED. BUT AT THIS TIME, IS IT NEEDED? I THINK PARTLY IT'S NEEDED BECAUSE WE'VE OVERWHELMED THAT GENTLEMAN.
WE'VE PUT SO MUCH ON HIS PLATE AND HE HAS WORKED TAXED.
AND THE REASON THAT HAPPENED IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT YOU KNOW, WE JUST WENT TO THIS NEW SYSTEM, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED OPERATIVE IQ, WHERE IT TRACKS ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE HE IS THE ONLY GENTLEMAN THAT CAN IMPORT IN THAT SYSTEM AND ISSUE TURNOUT GEAR OR DO FACE MASK TESTING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. USED TO BE VOLUNTEERS DID THAT AT A STATION LEVEL.
JUST MY $0.02 ON THAT. I SEE THAT WE WANT TO FUND A FIRE TRAINING, CAPTAIN.
MY BELIEF IS IF THE BOARD SEES TO DO THAT, I WOULD RATHER FUND THAT EIGHTH POSITION AND PUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAN FUND A FIRE TRAINING CAPTAIN. AND THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE WITH THAT IS WE'VE GOT VOLUNTEERS.
THERE'S NO REASON THAT WE COULDN'T CREATE A TRAINING DIVISION AMONGST EMPLOYEES ALREADY.
WHETHER WE GIVE THEM A STIPEND TO BE ON A COMMITTEE, WHATEVER, THAT CAN COME UP WITH A TRAINING DIALOG THAT GETS PUSHED OUT TO EVERYBODY, AND THAT IS A COMBINATION OF VOLUNTEERS AND CAREER STAFF.
THAT'S THAT'S MY SENSE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SO FAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S GOT ANYTHING THEY WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT OR NOT.
ANYBODY HAVE? I'LL RESPOND ONCE. IS ANYONE HAVE ANY RESPONSE? I MEAN, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING OR THE STATEMENTS YOU'RE MAKING.
I THINK SOME OF THAT IS A FINE LINE FOR US TO WALK DOWN BECAUSE IN OUR JOB, WE DON'T RUN THE DAY TO DAY OF THE FIRE AND EMS DEPARTMENT. THAT IS THE CHIEF. SO. YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT IF THERE'S ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING TO ME, I WOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, IT'S HIS DECISION ON TO CHOOSE HOW TO SHAPE AND MOLD HIS DEPARTMENT.
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THEN HE FEELS THAT HE CAN, YOU KNOW, DO THAT POSITION DIFFERENTLY, WHERE YOU SAY THE YOUNG MAN IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS QUALIFIED TO DO THE VARIOUS THINGS, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S A VERY FINE LINE FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE FOR US TO DICTATE THAT, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO THE WEEDS OF HOW THAT DEPARTMENT IS BEING RUN, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CAREFUL.NOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE CAP.
I MEAN, THE EIGHTH POSITION. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE EIGHT ON THE STREET.
SO I MEAN, FOR ME, IF THERE WAS ANY WIGGLE ROOM FOR ME, I COULD UNDERSTAND THAT BETWEEN, BETWEEN THE CHOICE OF THE TRAINING CAPTAIN VERSUS THAT EIGHTH FIRE MEDIC PERSON, BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS WITH THE STAFFING THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC THAT'S OUT THERE.
SO, SO JUST TO TOUCH BASE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE GETTING IN THE WEEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IF YOU REMEMBER, I HAD ASKED TO HAVE THAT RETREAT.
AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN GOING AT THAT FOR PROBABLY A YEAR TRYING TO GET A DATE LOCKED DOWN, BUT I BELIEVE IF WE HAD THAT WE COULD CHANGE OR MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FIRE CHIEF TO OPERATE BETTER, BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR ME IF I SEE SOMETHING THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH, NOT TO SAY SOMETHING, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S GETTING IN THE WEEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT AND IT GOES ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY OF DOING SOMETHING, I THINK WE SHOULD SIT DOWN AS A GROUP AND MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND BE ABLE TO GO, HEY, LOOK WHAT CAN WE DO HERE? WHAT? WHAT CAN WE BETTER? BECAUSE I READ AN ARTICLE THE OTHER DAY. RIGHT NOW, THE STAFF AND ENGINE AGAINST THREE SHIFTS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $1 MILLION TO STAFF ONE ENGINE.
AND THIS IS GOING TO KIND OF PLAY INTO THAT $20,000.
I KIND OF WANTED TO SET ASIDE. AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT GETS FUNDED, OR WE LOOK AT MAYBE POSSIBLY SETTING SOME MONEY ASIDE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IF WE DON'T START RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, THEN WE CAN LOOK AT SPENDING MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO STAFF THESE FIRE TRUCKS OVER THREE SHIFTS. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION TO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE BUDGETS.
THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR RIGHT NOW. IS ANYONE ELSE? I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE ON THE SENIOR PLANNER ROLE SO THAT HOPEFULLY THE PUBLIC WILL UNDERSTAND.
I KNOW THERE WAS A SUGGESTION BROUGHT TO BRING SOME EXTRA STAFFING INTO THAT DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF HELP DEAL WITH THE RULE CONSERVATION THING, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF OR SURE IF THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS TO THAT IN THE PLANNING AREA.
PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE STATE REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN WHEN A PERMIT COMES IN, THAT IT HAS TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME FRAME. AND WE'RE PUSHING THAT EDGE.
WE'RE, WE WEREN'T HITTING THOSE NUMBERS UNTIL RECENTLY THAT WE'VE BEEN MR. BALDWIN'S BEEN DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB. BUT AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIS PAST SESSION, THEY'VE REDUCED THAT.
SO NOW IT'S EVEN A BIGGER BURDEN ON THAT DEPARTMENT TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO TURNAROUND THESE PERMITS THAT ARE COMING IN FOR BUILDING AND ALL OTHER TYPE THINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT OR LOOK AT REVIEWING SITE PLANS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
SO I JUST I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD FOR ANYBODY THAT MAY WANT TO KNOW WHY I CHOSE THAT, I CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY THING.
I MEAN, ALL OF US HAVE SPENT SOME CONSIDERABLE TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE RIGHT MIX OF THINGS TO TRY TO DO, TO PULL THE BUDGET IN PLACE AND IN LINE. AND IF WE FIND OUT THAT THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW COME BACK EVEN LOWER WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EVEN IF WE APPROVE A BUDGET AT ANY POINT, WE CAN GO BACK AND AMEND THE BUDGET AND MAKE CHANGES.
AM I CORRECT WITH THAT? MRS. DREWRY. YES, SIR.
THE BOARD CAN CERTAINLY AMEND THE BUDGET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE WE REQUEST AMENDMENTS WHEN ADDITIONAL REVENUES COME IN OR IF SOMETHING CHANGES.
RIGHT. SO IF WE FIND A HUGE CHANGE BETWEEN US ADOPTING THE BUDGET AND AFTER WE'VE ADOPTED IT, THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY GO BACK AND CUT OUT OF IT, WE WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY OR CAN HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
WORKING WITH EVERYONE TO MAKE THOSE CUTS AND PASS AN AMENDED BUDGET.
CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M BEING CLEAR.
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FOR INSTANCE, IF THE IF THERE'S STILL A BUNCH OF CHANGES THAT ARE GOING ON WITH ASSESSMENTS, OKAY, THAT COULD RESULT IN EVEN THE LAST NUMBER THAT MISS DREWRY WAS GIVEN.IT COULD RESULT IN THAT ASSESSMENTS, THOSE VALUES BEING EQUAL.
OKAY. SO LET'S JUST SAY IF IT COMES BACK THAT WE NEED TO CUT ANOTHER $200,000 OUT OF THE BUDGET, WE WOULD HAVE TO MEET AGAIN, FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE CUTS ARE.
BUT ALSO, IF REVENUES, WE GET HIGHER THAN EXPECTED REVENUES FROM THE STATE OR FROM SOME OTHER SOURCE THAT NEED TO GO INTO OUR BUDGET, WE HAVE TO VOTE AND APPROVE THAT SO THAT THEN THE BUDGET CAN BE AMENDED TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE EXTRA MONIES.
SO, IT'S BOTH WAYS. SO, MY QUESTION IS LIKE SAY FOR INSTANCE, THE REGRADES IF THOSE PASSES RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE BOARD CONSENSUS. ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE'D WAIT TO ISSUE THOSE REGRADES OR AS SOON AS THE BUDGET PASSES, WE'D ISSUE THE REGRADES, HIRE THE POSITIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, FROM CITIZENS CONCERNED.
HOW DO YOU I MEAN, HOW DO WE HIRE SOMEBODY AND THEN CUT IT? THAT'S MY ONLY I MEAN, WELL, I'M GOING TO LET MRS. DREWRY ANSWER PART OF THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, THIS BUDGET GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST.
IF THERE'S ANY EXTRA POSITIONS THAT WE WOULD BE HIRING FOR.
SOMETHING TELLS ME ALL OF THOSE DON'T GET HIRED OR POSTED AND FILLED RIGHT OUT THE GATE.
TYPICALLY, THERE TYPICALLY IS SOME LAG AND SOME POSITIONS ARE CERTAINLY MORE DIFFICULT TO FILL THAN OTHERS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE NEVER HAVE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION CHANGE CHANGES WHEN THE, WHEN THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED. THAT IS TYPICALLY A PROCESS THAT OCCURS AFTER BUDGET ADOPTION.
CERTAINLY THERE IS A LOT MORE SWIRLING THAN THERE NORMALLY IS WITH THIS MOST RECENT REASSESSMENT.
AND I BELIEVE THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE HIGHER.
SO WE MAY BE ABLE TO FINE TUNE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES TO PERHAPS OFFSET VALUE REDUCTIONS IF, IF THAT OCCURS. AND WITH THE REASSESSMENT BECAUSE WE WERE AGAIN EXTREMELY.
HE WAS EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE IN PROVIDING THOSE ESTIMATES.
WE MAY ALSO HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY WITH REAL PROPERTY THAT WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING.
I'LL ASK IT. AND THEN WELL I THINK IF THEY ARE BETTER SUITED, I WOULD DEFINITELY.
ALL RIGHT. SO, I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE CITIZENS GET UP HERE AND SPEAK ABOUT THE VISION.
THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE FOUNDATION IS WRONG. OKAY.
WHEN NEW CONSTRUCTION COMES INTO THE TAX ASSESSMENT, HOW DOES THAT GET APPRAISED? DOES IT GET PUT IN? AND IF THEY DON'T AGREE WITH THE VALUE, IT GETS CHANGED.
DOES VISION DO THAT? BECAUSE TECHNICALLY WE DON'T HAVE AN ASSESSOR RIGHT NOW. SO HOW WOULD THAT WORK? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I CAN'T EITHER. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE ROOM FROM THAT DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HAD MEETINGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME OUT OF THOSE MEETINGS, BUT AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM UP, DOWNSIDE TO SIDE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE ASSESSMENTS.
SO LET ME CLARIFY THAT STATEMENT, BECAUSE YOU SAID SOME BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN HAVING MEETINGS.
THERE WAS A MEETING REQUESTED BY A CITIZEN TO MEET WITH MR. STOKE. MR. HORNE AND MYSELF AND MR. WEBB WERE SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO BE IN THAT MEETING.
YES, SIR. THAT MEETING WAS ONLY TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE ASSESSOR SOME OF THE HUGE ANOMALIES IN ASSESSMENT OF PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. AND THAT INFORMATION WAS TURNED OVER TO MR. HORNE TO. AND HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH VISION ON THAT.
THE REASON WHY NOTHING WAS SENT OUT TO THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WAS BECAUSE, AND I REMEMBER TODAY, I LOOKED AT IT, IT WAS MARCH THE 13TH THAT WE HAD THAT MEETING FROM 4 TO 5 ON MARCH THE 14TH, THAT CITIZEN TURNED AROUND AND SENT AN EMAIL TO ALL OF US, ACTUALLY EXPLAINING EVERYTHING THAT HE WENT OVER IN THAT MEETING.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S NOT ANY PRIVATE MEETINGS BEING HELD TO MAKE DECISIONS.
I WOULD TRY, I'M JUST, I'M JUST CLARIFYING IT FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO WALK OUT OF HERE THINKING THAT THERE'S PRIVATE MEETINGS BEING HELD.
I WAS INSINUATING I WAS ASKING BECAUSE MR. HORNE'S LOADED UP.
I'M SURE HE HASN'T ESTABLISHED OR CONFIRMED IF VALUES HAVE CHANGED 100%.
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IF IT WAS MULTIPLE PROPERTIES, HE'S ALREADY ON IT, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YEAH. SO THAT'S ONE REASON ALL THAT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE IS WHAT I WAS.YES, YES THERE ARE THERE'S A BUNCH OF MOVING PIECES AND PARTS THAT ARE STILL HAPPENING TODAY.
BUT I THINK AS MRS. DREWRY WAS TRYING TO STATE THE ESTIMATE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION WAS FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE IN THE PROJECTIONS BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE WHAT YOU KNOW.
SO IF THAT TAKES OFF MORE THAN WHAT WE EXPECT, THAT COULD BE MORE WHICH AND IF WE KNOW IT ENOUGH, SHE WOULD THEN BRING SOMETHING BACK TO US TO POTENTIALLY MAYBE EITHER MAKE A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT OR AT SOME POINT SHE WOULD MENTION THAT WE'RE TAKING IN MORE BECAUSE WE'RE EXCEEDING AS SHE GIVES HER QUARTERLY UPDATES ON THE ON THE FISCAL YEAR.
OKAY. YEAH. GOOD QUESTION. SO FAR SO GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS.
SO, THIS IS THE RESULT OF ALL OF US SITTING HERE.
WE'RE NOT SITTING HERE, BUT ALL OF US WORKING ON OUR SPREADSHEETS AND PUTTING TOGETHER OUR CHOICES.
AND TYPICALLY, THE WAY THIS WORKS IS MRS. DREWRY TAKES THIS SHEET.
SO THAT ONE, BASED ON OUR CHOICES, WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH THE TAX RATE.
AND THAT TAX RATE REALLY SHOULD BE WHAT WE'VE BASED OUR BUDGET ON.
SO IF IT'S THE SAME OR LOWER EITHER WAY. AND THEN SHE WILL ONCE WE SAY WHAT ARE THE CHOICES WE'VE MADE, AND WE WANT TO LOCK IN, THEN THAT WOULD BE THE BUDGET THAT WE WOULD APPROVE OR ADOPT ON THE 27TH.
CORRECT. [INAUDIBLE]. YES, SIR. THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
I WILL TAKE THE CONSENSUS FROM THE SHEET. UNLESS ANY BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CHANGES THIS EVENING AND PREPARE AND COMPILE THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND WITH THE CONSENSUS THAT I HAD ON FRIDAY, WHICH THE CONSENSUS DID NOT CHANGE.
THE GRAND TOTAL AS INTRODUCED WAS $170,749,694.
THE BUDGET THAT WAS ADVERTISED WAS HIGHER DUE TO SCHOOL STATE FUNDING INCREASE.
PROJECTION OF OVER 1.9 MILLION. BUT THE BUDGET FOR ADOPTION WOULD ACTUALLY BE HIGHER GRAND TOTAL THAN WHAT WAS INTRODUCED DUE TO THE INCREASE IN SCHOOL STATE FUNDING.
A SUMMARY IS AT THE BOTTOM THAT SHOWS THE CHANGES, GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS THAT YOU MADE OF 673,000.
CAPITAL FUND CHANGES FOR VEHICLES, APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT FOR FIRE AND EMS AND THEN ENTER FUND CHANGES WOULD RESULT IN A TOTAL BUDGET OF JUST OVER 172 MILLION.
THESE ARE FUNDED BY FUND WHAT THE BUDGET WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR ADOPTION.
AND THE DIFFERENCE AGAIN, IS 9.396 MILLION OR 5.78%.
THIS SHOWS THE CHANGE FROM THE INTRODUCED TO ADOPTED TO THE FAR RIGHT.
BUT AGAIN, THE BUDGET FOR SCHOOL FUNDS WOULD BE GROWING BY JUST OVER 5 MILLION.
THE GENERAL FUND 5.4 MILLION. THE UTILITIES FUND 372,000.
AND NOT EXCLUDING THEIR INTERFUND TRANSFERS, THE DEBT FUND WOULD FALL.
THE CAPITAL FUND WOULD BE LESS, COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS SLIGHTLY HIGHER.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 283,000. MORE. TOURISM FUND REMAINS UNCHANGED.
THE STORMWATER FUND WOULD BE ELIMINATED FOR FY 26 WITH THE ELIMINATION OF THE FEE ONLY.
WHAT IS IN FUND BALANCE WOULD BE EXPENDED IN THE UPCOMING YEAR AND OR ANY DEQ FUNDING THAT COMES IN.
OUR LENGTH OF SERVICE VOLUNTEER ANNUITY PROGRAM WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED.
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JUST TO RECAP, THE GENERAL FUND CHANGES ARE SHOWN HERE IN MORE DETAIL.WITH THE CONSENSUS ELIMINATIONS THAT WERE MADE WITH THE REVENUE CHANGES, REAL PROPERTY, PUBLIC SERVICE MACHINERY AND TOOLS, STATE COMP BOARD FUNDING AND VICTIM WITNESS GRANT FUNDING.
AND THEN THE EXPENDITURE CHANGES THAT WERE ON THE SPREADSHEET ARE RECAPPED HERE.
CRATER YOUTH CARE COMMISSION REDUCTION. CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING ACADEMY.
SLIGHT INCREASE. ADDITION OF A CIRCUIT COURT.
WITH SOME TURNOVER IN THE CIRCUIT COURT. CLERK'S OFFICE.
ADDING A PART TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE TO TO BE SHARED WITH THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY AND VICTIM WITNESS UNIT, ADDING THAT COMP BOARD FUNDED DEPUTY COURT CLERK TO REDUCING THE CONTINGENCY FIRST FOR THE DEPUTY CIRCUIT COURT CLERK FOR OUR LOCAL PORTION, REDUCING THE CAPITAL TRANSFERS BASED ON THE LOWER VALUE THAN INTRODUCED PENNY REDUCTION IN SCHOOL FUNDING, THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER TO SCHOOLS, ELIMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM AND SPECIALIST.
THE DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF ONE FIREFIGHTER, MEDIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT PERSON FOR FIRE AND EMS. REDUCING ANY INCREASE. MAKING NO INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER FOR COUNTY VEHICLES AND THEN REDUCING THE CONTINGENCY AGAIN BY ANOTHER 53,000, WHICH WOULD MEAN THE GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY FOR ADOPTION WOULD BE $113,971. SO THE SCHOOL FUNDING AS INTRODUCED WAS 97 MILLION. MORE WAS ADVERTISED BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN STATE FUNDING, THE REDUCED LOCAL FUNDING.
TRANSFER WOULD RESULT IN A SCHOOL ADOPTED BUDGET OF $99,111,569.
THE CAPITAL FUND WOULD BE 1.456 MILLION FOR ADOPTION, WITH THE CHANGES OUTLINED THERE.
SO THOSE ARE CHANGES. ARE THERE QUESTIONS ON THOSE RECAPS OR SPREADSHEETS? SO SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS AGAIN, THERE WILL BE YET ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE FOR REAL ESTATE AND MANUFACTURED HOMES NEXT TUESDAY EVENING. AND THEN THE BUDGET IS SCHEDULED FOR ADOPTION.
THERE ARE A FEW THINGS FOR FY 2025 FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION.
IN CLOSING, UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS YEAR OR THE UPCOMING BUDGET.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT, THOUGH I KNOW EVERYONE WOULD LOVE FOR US, EVEN IF WE COULD, TO EQUALIZE AT $0.74. BUT THAT IS REALLY HARD TO DO WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT SERVING THE PUBLIC WELL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FIRE MEDICS OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SEES ON FACEBOOK AND EVERYWHERE ELSE WHERE WE HAVE OTHER UNAVAILABLE UNITS, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR STAFFING LEVELS. SO, I JUST WANT TO CALL THAT OUT.
SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT THAT STATEMENT, THAT'S ALL.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD.
SIR. LOOK LIKE YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. I DO, BUT I'M TRYING TO JUST NOT GET IN THE WEEDS.
I'M TRYING NOT TO GET IN THE WEEDS, BUT IT'S.
IRKING ME. WELL, THE WEEDS DISCUSSION AGAIN. I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T GET INTO THE WEEDS, BUT I'M SAYING I KNOW YOU WANTED TO HAVE THE MEETING ON THE WHOLE FIERY MESS. AND THE THING ABOUT IT IS, THAT MAY NOT END UP BEING A CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD.
AND THAT CAN BE IN THE WEEDS. SO I WOULDN'T DEPEND ON THAT TO HAVE TO BE A DISCUSSION WITHIN THE BOARD TO DEVELOP A CONSENSUS THAT THE ENTIRE BOARD. YOU'RE ONE OF THE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS, AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE YOUR CHOICES AND YOUR IDEAS AND YOUR THOUGHTS,
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AND YOU SHOULD FEEL LIKE YOU CAN OPENLY SHARE THAT WITH THE CHIEF OR ANY DEPARTMENT, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU BELIEVE IN.AND I'M NOT TRYING TO SIT HERE. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT TO STIFLE THAT.
SO I AGREE. WELL, I'VE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH MR. HOLCOMB, AND A LOT OF THAT STUFF HE DEALS WITH IS IN MY WHEELHOUSE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE'S THE ONE RESPONSIBLE.
THEIR JOB IS POLICIES AND MAKE SURE HE'S GOT THE FUNDING.
OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S UP TO HIM TO RUN IT. HE'S HE'S THE ONE WE'RE PAYING TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT.
AND I'VE GOT TO REMIND MYSELF OF THAT. AND I GET IT, YOU KNOW.
AND BUT LIKE I SAID, WE ALL KNOW I'M A I'M A VOLUNTEER IN THE COUNTY.
I'M ALSO A PAID FIREMAN. AND I'M PRIVY TO CERTAIN INFORMATION FROM THAT SIDE.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GET CITIZENS, YOU GET PEOPLE THAT CALL YOU AND TELL YOU THINGS.
AND SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
BUT WHEN YOU CONFIRM IT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SAYING WE NEED PEOPLE, THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THE DISCONNECT OF CERTIFIED PEOPLE AND GETTING THEM GEAR OR GETTING THEM A TEST TO GET THEM ON THESE TRUCKS IS DELAYED MONTHS AT A TIME.
IT JUST INFURIATES ME. AND THAT'S THE WAY IT HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY.
IF WE NEED PEOPLE, WE NEED PEOPLE. BUT. AND THAT'S THE CONVERSATION.
THEN YOU CAN HAVE YOU SHOULD HAVE ONE ON ONE WITH THE CHIEF TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT I'M HEARING.
ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME CONCERN WITH THIS.
YOU KNOW, BUT IN THE END, ANY OF US CAN SHARE OUR OPINIONS WITH ANY DEPARTMENT HEAD.
BUT IN THE END, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT'S PAID TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
AND IT MAY NOT BE A DECISION WE AGREE WITH. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING I STILL FEEL LIKE YOU STILL SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHARE YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT AND SHARE THOSE THINGS. I DON'T THINK CHIEF OR ANYONE ELSE WOULD SAY, NO, I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
WELL, I WILL SET UP A MEETING WHEN HE GETS BACK FROM VACATION.
YEAH. WELL, I'M SURE YOU'D RATHER GO TO ARUBA AND SEE HIM.
I WOULD LOVE TO GO TO ARUBA. SO, BUDGET. I THINK WE'RE GOOD NOW.
AS THE BOARD IS AWARE, I'VE MENTIONED THIS AT OUR PREVIOUS WORK SESSION.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DID APPROVE A STATE FUNDED BONUS FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES TO BE PAID THIS JUNE.
SO I DID MEET WITH DR. LYLE, THE NEW CFO, GLORIA SMITH, FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION, AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, DON GARRETT, LAST WEEK TO TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY THINK THEY MAY GET SOME INFORMATION FROM THE STATE RELATED TO THAT BONUS, BUT THERE WILL BE A REQUEST BEING MADE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO APPROPRIATE THAT ADDITIONAL STATE MONEY THAT IS COMING THIS YEAR, NOT IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET, BUT THAT SHOULD BE ON YOUR JUNE 10TH AGENDA.
I WANTED TO MENTION IT WILL NOT NECESSITATE A PUBLIC HEARING.
IT IS NOT AT THAT DOLLAR THRESHOLD. THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING AT MAYBE I KNOW THEY'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MAKING A REQUEST TO TRANSFER SOME ESTIMATED UNDERAGE OR UNDERSPENDING THIS YEAR TO THE CAPITAL FUND, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY RECENT DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
AND CERTAINLY, IT'S GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO FISCAL YEAR END JUNE 30TH.
ALSO, OUR STATE SUPPORTED LOCAL EMPLOYEES WILL ALSO BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A 1.5% BONUS ON THEIR STATE SALARY. THEIR CURRENT SALARY TODAY, BEFORE THE JULY 1ST RAISE GOES INTO EFFECT. AND THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES RIVERSIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY, THE REGISTRAR AND THREE ELECTORAL BOARD MEMBERS.
IF THEY FUND A BONUS FOR THOSE THREE BOARD MEMBERS AND THEN THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND THEIR COMP BOARD FUNDED EMPLOYEES WHEN THAT STATE FUNDED SALARY. WE BELIEVE THAT OUR FUNDING IS COMING IN FY 26, NOT THIS YEAR, AND WE HAVE TO PAY THAT BONUS AFTER JULY 1ST.
SO I HAVE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO REACH OUT TO THE VARIOUS STATE FUNDING AGENCIES TO GET CLARIFICATION AND MISJUDGE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES FOR OUR CJA EMPLOYEES, NOR HAVE WE GOTTEN DETAILED INFORMATION FROM THE COMP BOARD, BUT THAT WILL LIKELY BE AN FY 2026 BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ADD THAT STATE FUNDING TO PROVIDE THAT BONUS TO JUST THOSE STATE FUNDED EMPLOYEES AFTER JULY
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1ST. SO, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT OR ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO BUDGET? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. CHAIRMAN. ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS. THAT ENDS OUR WORK SESSION FOR TONIGHT ON THE BUDGET WORK SESSION.SO, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED BY MR. COX AND SECONDED BY MR. WEBB THAT WE WOULD ADJOURN AT THIS TIME AT 6:45.
MEETING IS ADJOURNED. OH. I'M SORRY. NOPE. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T CARRY IT THROUGH.
DID I MISS KNOTT? WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.