2026-09-24 - Special City Council

00:35WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL

00:36MEETING OF THE CAPE CORAL CITY

00:38COUNCIL.

00:38TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2026.

00:41THIS MEETING NOW COMES TO

00:44ORDER.

00:44PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF

00:45ALLEGIANCE.

00:47I PLEDGE.

00:48ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE

00:51UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO

00:53THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT

00:55STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,

00:59INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND

01:01JUSTICE FOR ALL.

01:06MADAM CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL

01:08THE ROLL.

01:09YES.

01:10>> YOUR HONOR, BEFORE I CALL

01:10THE ROLL I WOULD LIKE TO

01:11ANNOUNCE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER

01:13DONNELL WILL BE ARRIVING AFTER

01:15ROLL CALL.

01:16MAYOR GUNTER HERE.

01:19COUNCIL MEMBERS CADILLAC HERE.

01:20GIL.

01:21RAIN HERE.

01:22LESTER HERE.

01:24LEMON HERE.

01:25LONG HERE.

01:26STANKY HERE.

01:28SEVEN PRESENT ONE EXCUSED.

01:32OKAY.

01:33>> THANK YOU.

01:33NEXT.

01:33UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

01:35UH, IF YOU ANYONE'S HERE TO

01:38SPEAK ON CITIZENS INPUT, PLEASE

01:40MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT A CARD.

01:42UH, ITEM FIVE IS CITIZENS INPUT

01:44TIME.

01:45CITIZENS INPUT IS A MAXIMUM OF

01:4760 MINUTES SET FOR THE INPUT OF

01:48CITIZENS ON MATTERS CONCERNING

01:50CITY GOVERNMENT THREE MINUTES

01:51PER INDIVIDUAL.

01:52PLEASE REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR

01:53NAME WILL BE UTILIZED IN THE

01:55PODIUM TO MY LEFT.

01:57YOU'RE RIGHT, MADAM CITY CLERK.

01:59YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CALL YOUR,

02:00UH, FIRST INDIVIDUAL.

02:02DAVE NEWTON AND WEST OWEN.

02:13THANK YOU.

02:14>> MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

02:16MY NAME IS DAVE NEWTON,

02:17RESIDENT SOUTHEAST CAPE.

02:19TWO WEEKS AGO I CAME BEFORE YOU

02:21AND ASKED THAT YOU GO THROUGH

02:22THIS BUDGET WITH A FINE TOOTH

02:24COMB AT THAT TIME TO COUNCIL

02:26MEMBERS EVEN OFFERED TO LOOK

02:28FOR AREAS WHERE CUTS COULD BE

02:30MADE.

02:30I BELIEVE THAT IS THE PRUDENT

02:33AND RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO

02:34WITH OUR TAXPAYER MONEY.

02:37INSTEAD THE MAJORITY CHOSE TO

02:39ADDRESS THE SHORTFALL BY USING

02:41RESERVES AND ACCRUED INTEREST.

02:43I WANT TO BE CLEAR I'M THANKFUL

02:47THAT THE CHOICE WAS MADE TO USE

02:48THE RESERVES RATHER THAN RAISE

02:50TAXES ON OUR RESIDENTS, BUT I

02:52STILL BELIEVE WE NEED TO TAKE

02:55ANOTHER HARD LOOK AT THE BUDGET

02:57AND IDENTIFY NON-ESSENTIAL

03:00EXPENDITURES THAT COULD BE

03:02REDUCED, DEFERRED OR ELIMINATED

03:04BEFORE WE USE THOSE RESERVES.

03:07OUR RESERVES ARE THERE FOR A

03:08REASON WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF

03:11AMENDMENT THREE BEING PASSED

03:12CONTINUED INFLATION, MORTGAGE

03:15RATES PUTTING PRESSURE ON OUR

03:17RESIDENTS AND INCREASING

03:19UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE WORLD IN

03:21THE ECONOMY.

03:22THOSE RESERVES AND ACCRUED

03:24INTEREST COULD BECOME

03:25CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR TWO K

03:28CORAL FUTURE.

03:30ONCE THOSE FUNDS ARE SPENT, WE

03:32CANNOT SIMPLY ASSUME THEY WILL

03:35ALWAYS BE THERE WHEN WE NEED

03:36THEM.

03:38I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO CUT

03:39ESSENTIAL SERVICES PUBLIC

03:41SAFETY, ROADS, DRAINAGE AND

03:44ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE MUST

03:47REMAIN PRIORITIES.

03:50I'M ASKING YOU.

03:51TO TAKE ONE MORE CAREFUL LOOK

03:53AT EVERYTHING ELSE BEFORE THIS

03:56BUDGET IS FINALIZED.

03:57PLEASE IDENTIFY WHERE WE CAN

03:59SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS WITHOUT

04:02COMPROMISING THE SERVICES OUR

04:03RESIDENTS DEPEND ON.

04:05WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO BE

04:08GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY THAT

04:10IS ENTRUSTED TO US BY THE

04:11PEOPLE OF CAPE CORAL.

04:13SO PLEASE.

04:14TAKE ANOTHER LOOK BEFORE YOU

04:15PASS THIS BUDGET.

04:16THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND

04:19CONSIDERATION.

04:23HELLO.

04:24>> WHAT'S OWEN?

04:25YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE ANNUAL

04:27PERFORMANCE REVIEWS FOR TOP

04:28CITY STAFF.

04:29I EARNED GLOWING REVIEWS

04:31INCLUDING PRAISE FOR ACCURACY

04:32AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

04:34THEN LAST NIGHT I OPENED AN

04:36ORDINANCE NUMBER 4826

04:38ATTACHMENT A THE 27 TENTATIVE

04:40BUDGET INCLUDED WITH THE FINAL

04:42BUDGET HEARING MATERIALS AS IS

04:44BEING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT

04:455 P.M. LAST NIGHT ON THE FINAL

04:47PAGE AND 2027 BUDGET LABELS,

04:50THE THREE 2027 TOTALS ARE

04:52LABELED 2026.

04:54SO MUCH FOR ACCURACY AND LESS

04:57REVENUE AT 1.4 AND 4.2 BILLION

04:59AND EXPENDITURES AT 1.44

05:02BILLION A $2 MILLION DIFFERENCE

05:04.

05:04THEN LESS THE 27 TOTAL IS 1.4.

05:082 BILLION.

05:09WHICH NUMBER IS CORRECT?

05:11AND THIS ISN'T HAPPENING IN

05:13ISOLATION.

05:15THE CITY MANAGER RECENTLY

05:18APOLOGIZED FOR NOT DOING ANY

05:19STAFF WHEN QUESTIONED THERE,

05:21THERE WEREN'T INCLUDING

05:22QUESTIONS ABOUT QUALITY WORK,

05:25MANIPULATION, TRICKERY AND

05:27CHANGING OF NUMBERS.

05:28BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THESE

05:30QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ASKED.

05:32I'VE ALREADY ASKED ABOUT THE

05:35$4.5 MILLION VIA OPERATING LINE

05:36,THE $8 MILLION REMOVED FROM

05:39GOVERNMENT SERVICES PERSONNEL

05:41AND THE FAA FORECAST FOR 28

05:43THAT SIMPLY DROPPED $10 MILLION

05:44.

05:47I'VE ASKED WHY THE FORECASTS

05:48DON'T STRUCTURALLY BALANCE AND

05:49WE'RE SPENDING STABILIZATION

05:51RESERVES WHILE WORRYING ABOUT

05:52FUTURE REVENUE LOSSES.

05:54YOU KNOW, ALL POLICY NUMBER ONE

05:56REQUIRES A STRUCTURALLY

05:58BALANCED BUDGET STATING CURRENT

06:00REVENUES EQUALED CURRENT

06:02EXPENDITURES FOR THE CURRENT

06:03AND FORECASTED YEARS.

06:04THAT'S POLICY NUMBER ONE THE

06:07ONE I'VE REPEATED FROM THIS

06:09PODIUM OVER AND OVER.

06:10WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE

06:12ANSWERS.

06:13THE QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED

06:16AND THE NEWEST QUESTIONS COME

06:17FROM THE BRAND NEW ORDINANCE

06:18POSTED LAST NIGHT AFTER MONTHS

06:21OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS

06:22INCLUDING TWO MEETINGS YOU

06:24CANCELED.

06:25WE'RE STILL FINDING SLOPPY WORK

06:28NUMBERS THAT DON'T RECONCILE

06:29AND CHANGES THAT HAVE YET TO BE

06:30EXPLAINED.

06:32YOUR JOB IS TO ASK DIFFICULT

06:34QUESTIONS BUT IT DOESN'T STOP

06:36WITH ASKING.

06:36YOU MUST DEMAND FLOWING

06:38COMPLETE ANSWERS TO YOUR

06:41QUESTIONS AND THE QUESTIONS

06:42TAXPAYERS BRING TO YOU AND THE

06:44CITY MANAGER.

06:45DON'T APOLOGIZE BECAUSE WE

06:47ASKED ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

06:49GET THE ANSWERS.

06:51FIX THE NUMBERS.

06:53FOLLOW YOUR OWN FINANCIAL

06:55POLICIES.

06:56COUNCIL TONIGHT YOU OWN THIS

06:57TRAIN WRECK OF A BUDGET AND WE

06:59CAN AND DID NOT SPEAK OUT.

07:00IT'S YOURS AS WELL BECAUSE

07:02EVERY TAXPAYER MATTERS.

07:03THANK YOU.

07:06LISA KING.

07:15GOOD EVENING.

07:16MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

07:17MY NAME IS LISA KING.

07:18TONIGHT AS YOU CONSIDER THE

07:19FINAL ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL

07:21YEAR 2027 BUDGET AND AN

07:23OPERATING MILLAGE RATE OF

07:265.1471 MILLS, I DO RECOGNIZE

07:29AND APPLAUD YOU FOR THE WORK

07:30THAT YOU'VE DONE TO COME BACK

07:32BELOW THE ROLLBACK RATE AND THE

07:34WORK THAT WAS REQUIRED TO REACH

07:36THAT RATE WHILE MAINTAINING A

07:38BALANCED BUDGET.

07:39HOWEVER, BALANCING THIS BUDGET

07:41ON PAPER FOR ONE YEAR IS ONLY

07:43PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY

07:44BEFORE US.

07:45WE MUST UNDERSTAND WHETHER THIS

07:47PLAN IS SUSTAINABLE, WHETHER

07:50EVERY REASONABLE EFFICIENCY HAS

07:51BEEN EXPLORED AND WHETHER THE

07:53CITY IS PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL

07:56FUTURE REVENUE REDUCTIONS.

07:58RESIDENTS SHOULD UNDERSTAND

07:59WHICH PART OF TONIGHT'S

08:01BALANCED BUDGET DEPEND ON ONE

08:03TIME RESOURCES AND THE FREEZING

08:06OF VACANT POSITIONS.

08:08I ASKED WHETHER WE'VE COMPLETED

08:11A COMPREHENSIVE EXPENDITURE

08:13REVIEW EXAMINING CONTRACTS, ALL

08:16OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND

08:18NONESSENTIAL SPENDING.

08:20I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CLEAR

08:22CONTINGENCY PLAN THAT PROTECTS

08:23A POLICE FIRE EMERGENCY

08:27RESPONSE ROADS, DRAINAGE,

08:30UTILITIES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL

08:31INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT

08:34SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN TAXES

08:36,ASSESSMENTS, FEES, SUDDEN

08:38SERVICE REDUCTIONS AND DEPLETED

08:40RESERVES.

08:42WE MUST ADDRESS TODAY'S

08:44OBLIGATIONS WHILE PREPARING FOR

08:45TOMORROW'S RISK.

08:46A CLEAR FINANCIAL ROADMAP

08:49SHOULD IDENTIFY THE CITY'S

08:51REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS, PROTECTED

08:53PRIORITIES, AVAILABLE

08:55EFFICIENCIES AND CONTINGENCY

08:56MEASURES FOR YEARS AHEAD.

08:57I THANK YOU FOR YOUR

09:00CONSIDERATION.

09:02THAT'S THE LAST OF THE COMMENT

09:04CARDS.

09:05OKAY THANK YOU.

09:06CITIZENS INPUT IS NOW CLOSED.

09:08IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION

09:10ON CITIZENS INPUT?

09:13I DON'T SEE ANY LIGHTS ON.

09:15I JUST WANTED TO THANK OUR

09:16SPEAKERS FOR COMING TODAY AND

09:18I'M SURE AS WE GET INTO THE, UH

09:20,LATTER PART OF THE AGENDA,

09:23UH, THAT'S WHEN OUR COUNCIL

09:24MEMBERS WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION

09:26ON THE UH ON THE BUDGET AT HAND

09:27.

09:28SO WITH THAT, UH, LET'S MOVE ON

09:30TO THE NEXT UH, ITEM ON THE

09:33AGENDA WHICH IS THE UM.

09:37ITEM SIX AND FIRST OF WHICH IS

09:41ORDINANCE 47 DASH 26.

09:45MADAM CITY CLERK, PLEASE READ

09:46THE TITLE FOR THE SECOND AND

09:47FINAL PUBLIC HEARING.

09:50ORDINANCE 47 DASH 26 AN

09:52ORDINANCE OF THE AND CITY

09:54COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE

09:55CORAL, FLORIDA TO ESTABLISH AND

09:57LEVY AT THE TAXES WITHIN THE

09:59CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF

10:00CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA FOR THE TAX

10:02YEAR 2026 PROVIDING FOR THE

10:05LEVY OF AD VALOREM TAXES IN THE

10:07AMOUNT OF 5.1471 MILLS BASED ON

10:11THE ASSESSED VALUE ON NONEXEMPT

10:13REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

10:15LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS

10:16OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL

10:18PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY OF AD

10:20VALOREM TAXES IN THE AMOUNT OF

10:230.1554 MILLS BASED ON THE

10:25ASSESSED VALUE OF THE

10:26APPROPRIATE REAL AND PERSONAL

10:27PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE

10:29CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CAPE

10:30CORAL FOR FUNDS FOR ANNUAL DEBT

10:32SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF CAPE

10:34CORAL, FLORIDA.

10:34GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND SERIES

10:372019 THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL,

10:39FLORIDA GENERAL OBLIGATION

10:41BONDS SERIES 2021 AND THE CITY

10:43OF CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA GENERAL

10:45OBLIGATION BONDS.

10:46SERIES 2024.

10:48PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF

10:49ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION.

10:50PROVIDING SEVERABILITY

10:52REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN

10:54CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE.

10:55PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

10:58OKAY.

10:59>> THANK YOU.

11:00I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF.

11:01ALL RIGHT.

11:01GOOD EVENING.

11:02MAYOR AND COUNCIL NICOLE RADLER

11:04DEPUTY FINANCIAL SERVICES

11:05DIRECTOR.

11:06BEFORE WE BEGIN TONIGHT'S FINAL

11:07PUBLIC HEARING PRESENTATION,

11:09I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO

11:11RECOGNIZE EVERYONE WHO.

11:12HAS HELPED US REACH THIS POINT

11:14IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 2027.

11:15BUDGET PROCESS.

11:16THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY'S

11:18BUDGET IS TRULY A COLLABORATIVE

11:20EFFORT.

11:20I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR

11:22DEPARTMENTS.

11:23OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND

11:24THEIR STAFF FOR THEIR CONTINUED

11:26INVOLVEMENT, DEDICATION AND

11:28GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THIS

11:29PROCESS.

11:29THEY HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS

11:31EVALUATING THEIR OPERATIONS,

11:34IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES,

11:35RESPONDING TO OUR QUESTIONS AND

11:36WORKING WITH US THROUGH

11:38NUMEROUS CHANGES TO ENSURE THAT

11:39THE BUDGET REFLECTS THE NEEDS

11:41OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND THE

11:42SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR

11:44COMMUNITY.

11:45I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL

11:46THANK YOU TO OUR BUDGET TEAM.

11:47THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT

11:49OF WORK THAT TAKES PLACE BEHIND

11:50THE SCENES TO GET US FROM THE

11:52BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET PROCESS

11:53TO FINAL ADOPTION.

11:55FROM ANALYZING REQUESTS AND

11:57BALANCING FUNDS TO PREPARING

11:59FOR WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS

12:01AND THE BUDGET DOCUMENT ITSELF

12:02,THIS TEAM HAS DEDICATED

12:04COUNTLESS HOURS TO THIS PROCESS

12:06.

12:06THEIR COMMITMENT, ATTENTION TO

12:08DETAIL AND WILLINGNESS TO

12:11CONTINUALLY ADAPT HAVE HELPED

12:12US PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE

12:13BUDGET THAT BALANCES

12:15DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS WITH THE

12:17OVERALL NEEDS AND PRIORITIES OF

12:18THE CITY.

12:19AND FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO

12:21THANK CITY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR

12:22CONTINUED LEADERSHIP SUPPORT

12:24AND GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THIS

12:25PROCESS.

12:26THEIR DIRECTION HAS BEEN

12:28INVALUABLE AS WE HAVE WORKED

12:28THROUGH THE MANY DECISIONS AND

12:30CHANGES NECESSARY TO BRING

12:31FORWARD THE FINAL FISCAL YEAR

12:332027 BUDGET.

12:34TONIGHT REPRESENTS THE

12:36CULMINATION OF MANY MONTHS OF

12:37PLANNING, COLLABORATION,

12:40WORKSHOPS AND PUBLIC DISCUSSION

12:41.

12:41WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH NUMEROUS

12:43CHANGES ALONG THE WAY TO ARRIVE

12:44AT A BUDGET BEFORE YOU THIS

12:45EVENING.

12:46WITH THAT WE WILL WALK THROUGH

12:48THE FINAL OVERVIEW OF THE 2027

12:50BUDGET AND THE ACTIONS NEEDED

12:51TO ADOPT THE FINAL MILLAGE

12:53RATES AND OUR FINAL FISCAL YEAR

12:552027 BUDGET.

12:58TONIGHT IS THE FINAL OF TWO

13:00STATUTORILY REQUIRED PUBLIC

13:01HEARINGS FOR THE CITY'S BUDGET

13:02ADOPTION PROCESS.

13:04THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S

13:05HEARING IS TO ADOPT A FINAL

13:07MILLAGE RATE WITH ORDINANCE 47

13:09DASH 26 AS WELL AS ADOPT A

13:11FINAL BUDGET WITH ORDINANCE 48

13:12DASH 26.

13:15AT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON

13:18SEPTEMBER 10TH.

13:18COUNCIL ESTABLISHED A TENTATIVE

13:20OPERATING MILLAGE RATE OF

13:235.1471 MILLS ALONG WITH OUR

13:25PARKS GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND

13:26DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE RATE OF

13:300.1554 MILLS.

13:31THE TENTATIVE OPERATING MILLAGE

13:32RATE REPRESENTS A 1.35%

13:35DECREASE FROM OUR ROLLBACK RATE

13:37OF 5.2174 MILLS.

13:39THESE TENTATIVE RATES PROVIDED

13:41THE BASIS FOR OUR MILLAGE RATES

13:43BEING CONSIDERED FOR FINAL

13:44ADOPTION THIS EVENING.

13:47THE MILITARY RATES PRESENTED

13:49FOR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING

13:51INCLUDE OUR GENERAL OPERATIONS

13:52MILLAGE RATE AT 5.1471 MILLS

13:55AND OUR PARKS GENERAL

13:57OBLIGATION BOND DEBT SERVICE

13:58MILLAGE RATE AT 0.1554 MILLS.

14:03THIS BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL

14:05STEPS IN OUR 2027 BUDGET

14:07PROCESS.

14:07AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

14:09HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 47 DASH

14:1126, COUNCIL WILL FIRST NEED TO

14:13ADOPT THE FINAL MILITARY

14:15FOLLOWED BY THE ADOPTION OF OUR

14:16FINAL BUDGET.

14:17AS A REMINDER, THE FINAL

14:19MILLAGE RATES CANNOT EXCEED THE

14:20TENTATIVE RATES ESTABLISHED AT

14:22OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON

14:23SEPTEMBER 10TH.

14:27I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME

14:28ON THIS SLIDE BECAUSE IT

14:30PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT OVERVIEW

14:31OF HOW OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET

14:32HAS EVOLVED THROUGHOUT THIS

14:34PROCESS.

14:34IT ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY

14:36TO CLARIFY HOW AND WHY THESE

14:38ADJUSTMENTS HAVE OCCURRED.

14:40MUNICIPAL BUDGETING IS A

14:42COMPLEX AND EVOLVING PROCESS.

14:43THE BUDGET PRESENTED AT THE

14:45BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS IS NOT

14:47EXPECTED TO REMAIN STATIC

14:48THROUGHOUT FINAL ADOPTION.

14:50REVENUES ARE REFINED.

14:51EXPENDITURES CHANGE.

14:52NEW INFORMATION BECOMES

14:54AVAILABLE.

14:55COUNCIL PROVIDES DIRECTION AND

14:56STAFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR

14:58INCORPORATING THE DIRECTION

14:59WHILE ENSURING THAT THE BUDGET

15:01REMAINS BALANCED AND COMPLIES

15:02WITH THE REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING

15:04MUNICIPAL FINANCE.

15:05THIS TIMELINE IS INTENDED TO

15:07SHOW YOU THAT PROGRESSION.

15:09WE BEGAN IN JULY WITH A GENERAL

15:11FUND BUDGET OF APPROXIMATELY

15:14285 MILLION AND A PROPOSED

15:15MILLAGE RATE OF 5.1988 MILLS.

15:18FOLLOWING COUNCIL'S CONSENSUS

15:20FOR CONSENSUS FOR STAFF TO

15:22IDENTIFY OPTIONS TO GET TO A

15:255.1471 MILLAGE RATE, STAFF

15:27IDENTIFIED THE ADJUSTMENTS

15:29NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THAT RATE

15:30AND PRESENTED THAT AT THE

15:31AUGUST 4TH WORKSHOP.

15:33COUNCIL PROVIDED ADDITIONAL

15:35DIRECTION AND THOSE DECISIONS

15:37WERE INCORPORATED INTO OUR

15:38BUDGET.

15:39AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE

15:40SEPTEMBER 10TH PUBLIC HEARING.

15:42ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND

15:43EXPENDITURE ADJUSTMENTS WERE

15:44IDENTIFIED AND PRESENTED ALONG

15:46WITH THE STAFF OPTIONS

15:48NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN A

15:49BALANCED BUDGET.

15:50AT THE END OF THE MEETING,

15:52CONSENSUS WAS PROVIDED BY

15:53COUNCIL TO UTILIZE THE

15:55BUDGETARY STABILIZATION

15:56RESERVES IN LIEU OF THE

15:58PROPOSED EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS

15:59FOR A TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET

16:01OF 284,000,005, 41 AND $13.

16:06I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS

16:07THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPARENCY

16:09IN THIS PROCESS.

16:10STAFF TAKES THAT RESPONSIBILITY

16:12VERY SERIOUSLY.

16:14OUR ROLE IS NOT TO DIRECT

16:16COUNCIL TOWARD A PARTICULAR

16:17POLICY DECISION, BUT TO PROVIDE

16:19COUNCIL WITH THE FINANCIAL

16:20INFORMATION AVAILABLE OPTIONS

16:22AND FISCAL IMPACTS NECESSARY

16:24FOR COUNCIL TO MAKE THOSE

16:25DECISIONS.

16:26WHEN COUNCIL PROVIDES DIRECTION

16:27,OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS THEN TO

16:30DETERMINE HOW THAT DIRECTION

16:31CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE

16:33FINANCIAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK

16:34UNDER WHICH MUNICIPALITIES

16:36OPERATE.

16:37BECAUSE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING

16:39AND MUNICIPAL BUDGETING INVOLVE

16:40MULTIPLE FUNDS RESTRICTED

16:42REVENUES RESERVES, MILLAGE

16:45REQUIREMENTS, STATUTORY

16:46DEADLINES AND BALANCING

16:47REQUIREMENTS.

16:48THE MECHANICS BEHIND A CHANGE

16:50ARE NOT ALWAYS SIMPLE OR

16:51IMMEDIATELY APPARENT.

16:53ONE PLUS ONE DOES NOT ALWAYS

16:55EQUAL TWO.

16:55THAT COMPLEXITY SHOULD NOT BE

16:57CONFUSED WITH A LACK OF

16:59TRANSPARENCY.

17:00OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS STAFF IS

17:02TO EXPLAIN THOSE MECHANICS AS

17:03CLEARLY AS POSSIBLE.

17:05IDENTIFY WHERE CHANGES HAVE

17:06OCCURRED AND BRING THOSE

17:07CHANGES FORWARD TO COUNCIL.

17:09EVERY ADJUSTMENT REFLECTED ON

17:11THIS SLIDE CAN BE TRACED

17:12THROUGH THIS PROCESS FROM THE

17:14ORIGINAL CITY MANAGER'S

17:15PROPOSED BUDGET TO COUNCIL

17:17DIRECTION, TO STAFF

17:18RECOMMENDATIONS AND ULTIMATELY

17:20TO COUNCIL ACTION.

17:22STAFF HAS WORKED THROUGHOUT

17:23THIS PROCESS IN GOOD FAITH TO

17:24BE ACCURATE, FORTHCOMING AND

17:26RESPONSIVE TO COUNCIL WHILE

17:28MAINTAINING A BALANCED AND

17:29FINANCIALLY SOUND BUDGET.

17:31ULTIMATELY THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE

17:33PATH FROM THE ORIGINAL CITY

17:34MANAGER'S PROPOSED GENERAL FUND

17:36BUDGET TO THE BUDGET BEFORE

17:38COUNCIL TONIGHT.

17:39WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS

17:40ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY,

17:42THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ARE PART OF

17:43THE BUDGET PROCESS AND REFLECT

17:44THE CONTINUED REFINEMENT OF THE

17:46BUDGET BASED ON COUNCIL'S

17:48DIRECTION AND THE UPDATED

17:49FINANCIAL INFORMATION WE HAVE

17:50AVAILABLE.

17:53AS WE WRAP UP THE GENERAL FUND

17:55,THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED

17:57BUDGET ACCOMPLISHES THE GOALS

17:58ESTABLISHED BY CITY COUNCIL.

18:00THE BUDGET MAINTAINS THE 5.1471

18:03MILITARY WHILE PRESERVING OUR

18:05CURRENT WORKFORCE AND PROGRAMS

18:07.

18:07THERE IS NO ELIMINATION OF

18:09PERSONNEL OR SERVICES AS WELL

18:11AS NO TRANSITION TO FULL COST

18:13RECOVERY FOR PROGRAM REVENUES.

18:15OVERALL, THE BUDGET MAINTAINS

18:16THE CITY'S CURRENT SERVICE

18:18LEVELS WHILE MEETING COUNCIL'S

18:20DIRECTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.

18:24THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU SUMMARIZES

18:26FISCAL YEAR 27 BY FUND GROUP

18:29WITH A MILLAGE RATE OF 5.1471.

18:31OUR TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET IS

18:351.4 1,000,442,386 480 WHICH

18:39INCLUDES OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS

18:40AND IS LESS THAN A 1% INCREASE

18:42FROM OUR 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET.

18:44OUR GENERAL FUND PROPOSED

18:46BUDGET IS $284,541,013.

18:53THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF

18:55THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS

18:56THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR 2027

18:58BUDGET, FOCUSING ON OUR PUBLIC

19:00SAFETY, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND

19:02MAINTAINING CRITICAL COMMUNITY

19:03ASSETS WITHIN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY

19:06.

19:06THOSE INVESTMENTS SUPPORT BOTH

19:07POLICE AND FIRE OPERATIONS

19:09THROUGH THE REPLACEMENT OF

19:10CRITICAL EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS

19:12THE DESIGN AND FUTURE

19:13DEVELOPMENT OF FIRE STATION 14

19:15AND ITS ASSOCIATED APPARATUS.

19:17THE BUDGET ALSO CONTINUES TO

19:19INVEST IN OUR PARKS AND

19:20RECREATION OF SERVICES

19:22INCLUDING PLAYGROUND AND

19:23FITNESS EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS,

19:25ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING AND

19:27COURT RESURFACING AS WELL AS

19:28IMPROVEMENTS AT OUR LAKE

19:29KENNEDY SENIOR CENTER.

19:32SOME OTHER BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

19:35INCLUDE A FOCUS ON

19:36INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR

19:37ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

19:38ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE, THE

19:40BUDGET CONTINUES SIGNIFICANT

19:42INVESTMENT IN OUR WATER,

19:44WASTEWATER AND OUR UTILITY

19:45SYSTEMS AS WELL AS

19:46TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

19:48INCLUDING BRIDGE MAINTENANCE,

19:49MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND ROAD

19:51RESURFACING.

19:52THESE PROJECTS ARE FOCUSED ON

19:53MAINTAINING OUR EXISTING ASSETS

19:55WHILE ALSO EXPANDING CAPACITY

19:56TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUED GROWTH

19:58OF OUR CITY.

19:58THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES

20:01INVESTMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL

20:02SUSTAINABILITY WITH PROJECTS

20:03ADDRESSING STORMWATER DRAINAGE

20:05,FLOOD PREVENTION, WATER

20:08QUALITY AND AQUATIC VEGETATION

20:09MANAGEMENT.

20:13THIS BRINGS US TO THE

20:15CONCLUSION OF OUR FISCAL YEAR

20:162027 BUDGET PROCESS.

20:18TONIGHT WE ARE SEEKING

20:19COUNCIL'S APPROVAL FOR ADOPTION

20:20OF THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE WITH

20:22ORDINANCE 4726 AND THE FINAL

20:25ADOPTION OF THE 2027 BUDGET

20:27WITH ORDINANCE 48 DASH 26.

20:30WITH THAT I'M HERE FOR

20:31QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.

20:33THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

20:35BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH OUR

20:37DISCUSSIONS, UH, I JUST WANTED

20:38TO BRING SOMETHING UH, TO THE

20:41ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL,

20:42SOMETHING THAT I WAS WORKING ON

20:44TODAY.

20:46AS WE ALL KNOW, WE WERE IN OUR

20:48MEETING YESTERDAY.

20:48UH.

20:49>> TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE

20:52EVALUATIONS UH, OF SOME OF THE

20:55EXECUTIVE TEAM BUT WE ALSO HAD

20:57A DISCUSSION OF A TENTATIVE

20:59AGREEMENT.

20:59UH, THAT IS ON THE TABLE WITH

21:02THE GENERAL UNION AND AS WE ALL

21:05KNOW, THE AVERAGE UH, INCREASE

21:07.

21:09UH, WITH THE TENTATIVE

21:10AGREEMENT WAS UH, A 3.25% STEP

21:16AND A 1.24 MERIT INCREASE FOR A

21:19TOTAL OF A 4.49 INCREASE.

21:24SO I HAD HEARD YESTERDAY AND

21:27I'M SURE YOU GUYS WILL WHEN I

21:29MENTIONED THIS YOU'LL REMEMBER

21:30AS WELL DURING ONE OF THE

21:32DISCUSSIONS WE TALKED ABOUT UM

21:36WELL STAFF BUDGETED 7.25%.

21:41SO ON MY WAY HOME YESTERDAY I

21:44GOT TO THINKING AND I'M GOING

21:47WELL IF WE BUDGETED 7.25% BUT

21:51WE'VE COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT

21:53AGREEMENT.

21:54WHAT DOES THAT SAVINGS.

21:56SO I CALLED MR. MASON TODAY AND

21:59HAD A DISCUSSION AND I ASKED

22:01HIM IF WE APPLIED THOSE NUMBERS

22:02.

22:05THOSE NUMBERS IN COMPARISON TO

22:07THE 7.25% BUDGETED NUMBER.

22:11AND AGAIN THIS BUDGET STARTED

22:13WAY BACK IN JANUARY.

22:14THIS IS A YOU KNOW, A MOVING UM

22:17DOCUMENT ALL THROUGH THESE

22:19MONTHS AS WE KNOW WE EVEN

22:21CHANGED IT IN OUR LAST BUDGET

22:23MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO.

22:26UM I SAID IF WE APPLIED THAT

22:29SAVINGS WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK

22:31LIKE?

22:33AND MR. MASON SAID, WELL, JUST

22:35OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I'LL

22:36HAVE TO GET THE NUMBERS

22:38SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU.

22:40UH, BUT THE NUMBER THAT HE HAD

22:45WAS ABOUT FOR THE UH, THE

22:49GENERAL UNION.

22:51WAS ABOUT $1,077,000.

22:55HE TOLD ME FROM WHAT WAS

22:56BUDGETED FROM WHAT THE

22:59TENTATIVE AGREEMENT IS.

23:01I SAID, ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE

23:03IT ONE STEP FURTHER.

23:05LET'S APPLY THAT TO THE NON

23:07BARGAINING.

23:08AND THE REASON I SAID THAT WE

23:09ALL KNOW THAT TYPICALLY IS NINE

23:13YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE IS WE

23:16ALWAYS FOLLOW SUIT.

23:17WHAT WE GIVE THE GENERALS WE

23:20GIVE THE NON BARGAINING.

23:21I SAID WHAT HAPPENS IF WE TOOK

23:24THAT SAME METHODOLOGY APPLY

23:25THAT SAME SAVINGS.

23:28WHAT WOULD THAT BE.

23:30AND HE SAID WELL THAT'S ABOUT

23:33$580,000 EACH.

23:36SO I'M GOING AH YEAH THOSE TWO

23:38NUMBERS UP WE'RE AT THE

23:42$1,657,000.

23:44AND I SAID WELL I'D LIKE TO

23:45KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE NUMBERS

23:47ARE GOING TO BE BECAUSE WHAT I

23:49WAS LOOKING TO DO AS WE ALL

23:51KNOW IN OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD

23:58$1,642,783 THAT THE CITY

24:00MANAGER HAD RECOMMENDED DOING

24:01SOME CUTS.

24:04AS A COUNCIL WE DECIDED TO USE

24:07THE BUDGET STABILIZATION SO WE

24:09DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE THOSE CUTS.

24:11WHAT I OFFER ALL OF US HERE

24:14TONIGHT THOSE NUMBERS OR THAT

24:17SAVINGS THAT I ASKED MR. MASON

24:18ABOUT IS ACTUALLY ABOUT

24:24$1,789,700.

24:25SO WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION IS IS

24:29LET'S SHOW THAT REFLECTION OF

24:31THOSE NUMBERS THE ACTUAL

24:33NUMBERS NOT THE BUDGETED

24:35NUMBERS AND INFUSE THAT INTO

24:38THE BUDGET.

24:40AND IF WE DO THAT NOT ONLY WILL

24:44WE BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH

24:45THOSE SERVICES, BUT WE WON'T

24:49HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO PAY FOR

24:50IT.

24:51WE WON'T HAVE TO USE OUR BUDGET

24:53STABILIZATION.

24:53WE DON'T HAVE TO CUT ANYTHING.

24:55AND THAT THAT NUMBER CAME BACK

24:58AGAIN ABOUT $1,789,700.

25:03SO IF YOU APPLY THAT TO THE

25:08BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US

25:10BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE

25:12BUDGET WAS GOING TO BE

25:171,440,000,727 34 THEN WE ADDED

25:19THE BUDGET STABILIZATION TO IT

25:21AND ACTUALLY INCREASED THE

25:22BUDGET TO THE 1,000,000,442

25:31$442,386,480.

25:33WHAT MY SUGGESTION IS IS LET'S

25:36USE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS APPLY

25:39THE 1.789 700.

25:42AND THAT'S WHY BEFORE YOU HEAR

25:46THAT FINANCE GAVE US OUR OUR

25:48CHEAT SHEET.

25:49THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER IS

25:561,438,000,935 34.

25:58SO WE ACTUALLY SAVED.

25:59A LITTLE MORE.

26:01YEAH.

26:02SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT IN

26:04THE VERY BEGINNING OF OUR

26:06DISCUSSIONS.

26:07UM, FOR ME I THINK THIS IS THE

26:10IDEAL WAY TO GO BECAUSE ALL WE

26:13ARE DOING IS TRUE AND UP OUR

26:15NUMBERS IN THE BUDGET AND WE'RE

26:17GETTING THE NUMBER THAT WE NEED

26:20TO KEEP THE MILLAGE RATE THE

26:21SAME AND TO PROVIDE THE SAME

26:23SERVICES THAT WE WANTED TO.

26:25UH SO WITH THAT BEING SAID I'LL

26:27OPEN UP THE FLOOR.

26:28COUNCIL MEMBER KILREA.

26:29YEAH.

26:30UH.

26:30>> IT'S A WONDER WHAT THEIR.

26:32EXPERIENCE OF DO, RIGHT?

26:33MAYOR I AM RIGHT.

26:35AND I JUST WANT.

26:36>> OH, I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOU

26:38HAVEN'T OPENED THE PUBLIC

26:40HEARING.

26:41I HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET.

26:43I MEAN, I HAVEN'T DONE THAT.

26:44ALL RIGHT, LET ME DO THAT

26:45BEFORE.

26:46>> YEAH I APOLOGIZE.

26:46YEAH.

26:47>> THAT'S FINE.

26:47I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY DONE

26:48THAT.

26:48I WAS GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF.

26:51OKAY, I'LL NOW OPEN UP THE, UH

26:52,THE SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC

26:53HEARING.

26:54ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON

26:56ORDINANCE 47 DASH 26, PLEASE

26:59COME FORWARD.

27:03SEEING NONE.

27:03PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

27:05WITH THAT I'LL OPEN IT UP TO

27:06THE, UM, COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION

27:09.

27:09COUNCIL MEMBER KILMER YEAH.

27:11UH.

27:11>> AGAIN, OUR EXPERIENCE REALLY

27:13MATTERS AND WHAT THE MAYOR JUST

27:14SHOWED IS IS A GREAT.

27:16UH, EXAMPLE WHAT GOOD

27:19EXPERIENCE DOES.

27:19UM, AND I JUST A COUPLE OF

27:22POINTS UM, FIRST OF ALL, IN OUR

27:25LAST UH, BUDGET DISCUSSION LAST

27:27WEEK, UM, WE WERE LOOKING INTO

27:30ADDING REVENUE THROUGH BUDGET

27:32STABILIZATION WHICH UH, THAT'S

27:34AN END PRODUCT OF THE BUDGET

27:37CALCULATIONS.

27:38YOU TAKE YOUR MILLAGE RATE AND

27:40YOU'RE BASING ASSESSMENTS.

27:41IT'S NOT REALLY DOING CUTS.

27:44IT'S IT'S REALLY CHANGING IN

27:48EXPECTATION PRODUCT.

27:50AND UH, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE

27:53REFERENDUMS COMING ON THIS

27:54UPCOMING ELECTION OR OR THROUGH

27:57REFERENDUMS WE ALL TALK ABOUT

27:58THE THIRD REFERENDUM WHICH IS

28:00THE PROPERTY TAX UH HOMESTEAD

28:04MODIFICATION.

28:04BUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT ON

28:06THAT IS ACTUALLY ALLOWING US TO

28:09RAISE THE BUDGET STABILIZATION

28:11UP TO 25% OF THE GENERAL FUND.

28:14UH, THAT HASN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF

28:16PRESS, WHAT THE I THINK THE

28:18STATE LEGISLATORS RECOGNIZE IS

28:21THAT WE NEED MORE STABILITY

28:24BASED ON THE THE CUTS THAT THE

28:26OTHER IS GOING TO DO TO THE

28:28CITIES OUT THERE.

28:28SO I THINK THAT IN THAT

28:31DIRECTION, UH, AND ECHOING WHAT

28:33ONE OF THE SPEAKERS HAD TALKED

28:35ABOUT IN PRESERVING THAT BUDGET

28:37STABILIZATION, I THINK THAT

28:38THAT'S WHAT THEY INTENDED WITH

28:40THAT SECOND AMENDMENT AND

28:41HOPING THAT THAT MIGHT GET

28:43PASSED, UM, REFLECTIVE OF WHAT

28:46THAT ONE SPEAKER HAD MENTIONED

28:48AND LOOKING FOR REAL CUTS AND

28:50I, I ATTEMPTED TO POINT THIS

28:52OUT IN OUR LAST MEETING THAT WE

28:54NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT REAL

28:56CUTS AND I THINK WHAT THE MAYOR

28:58HAD JUST PROPOSED THERE ARE

29:00REAL HARD CUTS THAT ARE

29:03MEANINGFUL.

29:03THEY'RE REAL AND I JUST THINK

29:06IT'S FANTASTIC TO ADOPT THAT.

29:08AND HAVING SAID THAT, I WOULD

29:11LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION UH TO

29:14ADOPT ORDINANCE 4726 SETTING

29:18THE OPERATING MILLAGE RATE AT

29:225.1471 MILLS, WHICH IS 1.35%

29:26BELOW THE ROLLBACK RATE OF

29:295.2174 AND THE MILLAGE RATE FOR

29:31THE PARKS GENERAL OBLIGATION

29:32BOND AT .1554 MILLS.

29:36UM THANK YOU SIR.

29:40SECOND UM OKAY.

29:43UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DULL NO.

29:45YEAH.

29:46>> I APPRECIATE THE, UM,

29:47EXERCISE I.

29:49UH OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL KNOW I'M

29:51NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UM,

29:53BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE AT

29:54THE 5.2174 SO I WASN'T GOING TO

29:57SPEAK.

29:58BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT

30:00BECAUSE I'M HEARING THE CHEWING

30:03UP OF THE NUMBERS.

30:04BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THE

30:06NUMBERS WERE STILL THERE.

30:08I JUST NEED TO HAVE

30:09CLARIFICATION IF WE WERE NOT TO

30:12CHEW UP THE NUMBERS AND PUT

30:14THEM IN THAT PLACE AND

30:15BASICALLY FOR ME I'M HEARING IT

30:16WOULD BE JUST TO RESOLVE THE

30:20NON UTILIZATION OF THE BUDGET

30:22STABILIZATION FUND.

30:23THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IF WE

30:25WERE NOT TO GO THAT ROUTE THEN

30:26WHERE WOULD THAT MONEY

30:28EVENTUALLY GO.

30:29THERE'S JUST STILL SOMETHING

30:30THAT'S NOT CLICKING FOR ME.

30:31SO I GUESS YOU SAID YOU TALKED

30:32TO MR. MASON I ASKED I ASKED

30:34MR. MASON IF HE COULD COME AND

30:36JUST THE QUESTION IS IF WE WERE

30:39NOT TO DO WHAT THE MAYOR THE

30:45MOTION THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN

30:47TO THOSE KNOW WHERE WERE WE?

30:50WHERE WOULD THOSE FUNDS BE

30:51SHOWN IN THE BUDGET?

30:52IT'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT IT IS

30:55JUST NOT CLICKING FOR ME.

30:58UH UH COUNCIL MEMBER DONNELL UH

31:01UH, MARK MASON ASSISTANT CITY

31:03MANAGER.

31:04UH.

31:04>> THEY WOULD SIMPLY REMAIN IN

31:05THE BUDGET.

31:06UH.

31:06>> IF THEY WERE NOT REMOVED.

31:08SO I MEAN, WHERE THEY'RE

31:10CURRENTLY POSTED OUT IS IN

31:11PERSONAL SERVICES.

31:13UH.

31:13>> THIS IS ALL ABOUT SALARIES,

31:15UH, AND THE ASSOCIATED FRINGE

31:17BENEFITS WITH THEM SO THEY

31:18WOULD STAY IN THE IN THE FUNDS

31:20AND THE BUDGETS FOR EACH

31:22DEPARTMENT, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH

31:24PERSONAL SERVICES.

31:26SO JUST FROM YOUR EXPERTISE,

31:28WHAT IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE FOR

31:30THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE

31:33BECAUSE THIS IS LONG TERM AGAIN

31:34WE'RE TALKING WELL WE'RE WE'RE

31:35GOING COUNCIL YOU KNOW 1

31:38MILLION HERE WHEN WE THEY'RE ON

31:39THE LARGER SCALE OF THINGS IF

31:41IT'S STILL IN THE BUDGET.

31:42UM IT'S NOT WORTH THE GOING YOU

31:46KNOW DIGGING TOO DEEP BUT I'M

31:48JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT IT

31:49.

31:50THAT I HELP ONE CONFUSE IT.

31:52DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?

31:54NEGATIVE.

31:54>> SO THE PERSONNEL YOU SAY

31:58THEY WOULD JUST STAND THERE

31:59WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S CORRECT

32:02MEANING SO IF.

32:03>> I IF I BUDGETED $100 FOR FOR

32:06SERVICES FOR A DEPARTMENT FOR

32:08THE ENTIRE YEAR AND WE NEEDED

32:10TO DECREASE IT BY $2, THEN IT

32:13WOULD BE $98 VERSUS $100.

32:15BUT WE'RE STILL COVERING THE

32:17COST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE

32:19YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT WE HAVE

32:20A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE

32:23WITH.

32:23THE THE UNION IN ORDER TO COVER

32:25THAT COST.

32:27IF YOU LEFT THE $2 IN THERE IT

32:29WOULD JUST BE $2 THAT'S

32:31AVAILABLE THAT MAY BE USED FOR

32:33SOMETHING DURING THE COURSE OF

32:35THE YEAR.

32:36UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE HAD TO

32:38HIRE SOMEBODY NEW COULD COVER

32:39OVERTIME SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

32:41BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT

32:42WOULD OCCUR.

32:43OKAY THAT GETS AGAIN COUNCIL UM

32:46I I'M WITH I UNDERSTAND IT UM I

32:50WON'T BE THE HORSE ON IT SO

32:52YOU.

32:53>> KNOW.

32:53I WILL I'M I'M I'M NOT IN

32:54SUPPORT OF IT NOT BECAUSE OF

32:56THIS JUST AS A WHOLE.

32:57SO THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

32:59THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER

33:00QUIVERING YOU KNOW YOU'RE.

33:01DON'T HERE I'M JUST GOING TO

33:02MENTION UH COUNCILMAN DARNELL I

33:04WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT POINT

33:05THAT WE'RE CAPPING IT SO THAT

33:07IN ORDER TO GO BEYOND THAT NOW

33:10IT REQUIRES ACTION AND IF IT'S

33:12ALREADY AN AGREED TO KIND OF

33:15AGREEMENT WITH THE IU PAT AND

33:17WE FOLLOW THROUGH THAT WAY THAT

33:18THAT'S THE OUTCOME BEFORE US.

33:21UH, BUT THE POINT IS WE'RE

33:23CAPPING IN A LOWER NUMBER SO WE

33:25HAVE TO ABIDE BY THAT NUMBER

33:27AND ANY DEVIATION FROM THAT

33:28WILL HAVE TO REACT TO AND

33:30RESPOND HERE.

33:31SO THANK YOU MAYOR.

33:33COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU.

33:35THANK YOU MAYOR NICOLE I DON'T

33:38HAVE A PAGE NUMBER.

33:41UM IT MIGHT BE PAGE SIX OF YOUR

33:46PRESENTATION.

33:48YEAH THAT'S IT.

33:49SO WITH THE UH, MOTION THAT'S

33:54BEEN MADE THAT I SECONDED.

33:58THE REAL QUESTION IS HOW HOW

34:02DOES THAT REVENUE STREAM THAT'S

34:04CREATED BY THAT MILLAGE RATE

34:07THAT WE WOULD BE APPROVING?

34:09UM.

34:10THAT THAT REVENUE STILL STAYS

34:13THE SAME IN THE BUDGET.

34:14CORRECT THE REVENUE THE REVENUE

34:17ASSOCIATED WITH THE 5.1471 DOES

34:18NOT CHANGE.

34:19RIGHT?

34:20>> SO THE THE REDUCTION AND I

34:23DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY THE

34:25NUMBER I THINK IT WAS 1,000,007

34:2789 700.

34:29YEAH.

34:29>> IS THAT THE NUMBER.

34:31THAT WAS THE NUMBER BETWEEN THE

34:341,000,004 40 THAT WE ORIGINALLY

34:36TALKED THAT 1,000,000,440 AND

34:39THE 1,000,000,004 38 UH, WHICH

34:42WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW THE SAVINGS

34:44THAT.

34:44I TALKED I THOUGHT IT WAS THE

34:45THE THE BARGAINING AND THE NON

34:47BARGAINING.

34:49SO THE IMPACT JUST TO REFINE

34:51YOUR NUMBER THE IMPACT TO THE

34:53NON BARGAINING AND FOR THE IPAD

34:54AGREEMENT IS $1,000,713,112.

34:59IT'S A $70,000 DIFFERENCE FROM

35:02THE 1,642,007 83 VARIANCE THAT

35:06YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.

35:07AND WE'RE UTILIZING BUDGET

35:09STABILIZATION FOR RIGHT.

35:10SO ON THE PAGE THAT WE'RE ON

35:12RIGHT NOW ON THE REVENUE SIDE

35:16THAT UTILIZE BUDGETARY

35:18STABILIZATION RESERVE WILL GO

35:20AWAY.

35:22THAT WILL NO LONGER BE A

35:23REVENUE SOURCE.

35:24RIGHT CORRECT.

35:26AND TO BALANCE THAT OUT THE

35:30EXPENDITURE SIDE IS GOING TO GO

35:33DOWN BY THAT 1,000,007 13 112.

35:37WE CAN EITHER DO THAT OR YOU

35:38CAN BALANCE BY THE 1,642,007 83

35:42WHICH IS WHAT IS IN THE MOTION

35:44BEFORE YOU TODAY.

35:48THE MOTION TO COME?

35:50YES, THE MOTION TO COME I

35:52APOLOGIZE WITH THE TOTAL BUDGET

35:53.

35:53OKAY.

35:53SO JUST AS WE VOTE ON THIS ALL

35:57WE'RE DEALING WITH IS IS THE

35:58REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED BY THE

36:00MILLAGE RATE IN THE NEXT UM

36:06ORDINANCE THAT WE'LL BE

36:08ADDRESSING.

36:08THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE MAKING

36:10THE CHANGE REMOVING THE ONE 642

36:14783 AS A REVENUE SOURCE AND

36:18LEAVING THAT MONEY IN THE

36:20BUDGETARY STABILIZATION RESERVE

36:22CORRECT.

36:24AND SHOWING A DIFFERENT NUMBER

36:25ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE IN THAT

36:28SAME AMOUNT.

36:29YES.

36:29>> THE SECOND.

36:30ORDINANCE WOULD BE APPROVING

36:31YOUR TOTAL BUDGET OVERALL.

36:33WHICH WOULD BE.

36:34REMOVING THAT USE OF BUDGET

36:35STABILIZATION AND REDUCING YOUR

36:37OVERALL EXPENDITURES TO GET TO

36:39A TOTAL NUMBER.

36:40OKAY.

36:40>> SO ASSUMING THAT THAT IS THE

36:43WAY THAT'S HANDLED IN OUR NEXT

36:45ORDINANCE, I, I WILL CONTINUE

36:47TO BE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

36:49THANK YOU.

36:51OKAY.

36:52>> SEE ANY OTHER LIGHTS ON

36:53MADAM CITY CLERK WE HAVE UH,

36:55MOTION AND SECOND ON THE FLOOR

36:56.

36:56PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

36:57DANIEL.

36:58>> NO.

36:59GUNTER.

37:00>> UH, COULD DO I.

37:02FEEL RAIN.

37:03ALL RIGHT.

37:04LAST STRAW.

37:05I LEHMAN.

37:06I LONG, UH.

37:08STANKY UH.

37:10SEVEN EYES, ONE NAME MOTION

37:12CARRIED.

37:14OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO

37:16ORDINANCE 48 DASH 26.

37:18MADAM CITY CLERK, PLEASE READ

37:19TITLE AND SET THE FINAL.

37:22PUBLIC HEARING.

37:22>> SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC

37:24HEARING.

37:25ORDINANCE 48 DASH 26 AN

37:28ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY

37:29COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE

37:30CORAL, FLORIDA ADOPTING THE

37:32CITY OF CAPE CORAL OPERATING

37:33BUDGET REVENUES AND

37:35EXPENDITURES AND CAPITAL BUDGET

37:37FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 FOR

37:40THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA

37:42REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN

37:44CONFLICT WITH THIS ORDINANCE.

37:47PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND

37:47AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

37:49OKAY, UH I KNOW STAFF THAT ARE

37:51PRESENT.

37:52ARE YOU GOING TO DO A

37:52PRESENTATION ON IT OR DID YOU

37:53COMBINE.

37:54IT WAS ALL COMBINED YEAH IT'S.

37:55>> WHAT I THOUGHT.

37:56I JUST WANT TO CHECK TO MAKE

37:57SURE.

37:57THANK YOU.

37:57UM I NOW OPEN UP THE SECOND AND

38:00FINAL PUBLIC HEARING.

38:00ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON

38:02ORDINANCE 48 DASH 26 PLEASE

38:04COME FORWARD.

38:05YEAH.

38:06>> I JUST.

38:06>> WANT TO STATE.

38:07>> OR WAIT I AM ABLE TO

38:08GRADUATE.

38:09CUTTING SPENDING HERE THERE WAS

38:12NO SPENDING CUT.

38:13YOU REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF

38:15INCREASE AND I'M DISAPPOINTED

38:18THAT GUNTER I YOU'RE SMART MAN.

38:19YOU FIGURED IT OUT BUT WISE AS

38:20ARMY AND PEOPLE OVER HERE NOT

38:22FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU

38:23TOLD THEM TO DO IN ORDER TO

38:24BALANCE THIS BUDGET.

38:25THAT'S IT.

38:29ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON

38:30ORDINANCE 48 DASH 26.

38:33SEEING NONE.

38:34PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

38:36UH, AND I WILL, UH, OPEN IT UP,

38:40UH, FOR A MOTION AND THEN WE'LL

38:41HAVE DISCUSSION.

38:42SURE.

38:43>> UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A

38:45MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 4826

38:48ESTABLISHING YOUR OPERATING

38:49CAPITAL BUDGET AT $1,438,930

38:55980 534.

38:56LET'S TRY.

38:57>> THAT ONE MORE TIME.

38:58YEAH.

39:011 MILLION $1,438,930,534 OKAY.

39:06>> IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT

39:08SECOND.

39:09ALL RIGHT.

39:09>> NOW OPEN IT UP FOR UH,

39:12DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER

39:13KIERAN'S HERE.

39:14JUST TO, UH, REACT TO THAT

39:16COMMENT.

39:16THE STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB AND

39:18FOLLOWING UP ON THIS STUFF AND

39:19THEY RECOMMEND A LOT OF STUFF

39:20THAT YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF AND WE

39:23HAVE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ALL

39:25THE TIME TO BE CRITICAL OF THE

39:28STAFF IN THIS AREA RIGHT NOW I

39:30DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE

39:32YOU HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS TO SAY

39:33IT.

39:33I HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS TO REBUKE

39:35IT BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S

39:37APPROPRIATE.

39:38I WILL STAND BY THIS STAFF AND

39:41ALL THE STUFF THAT THEY'VE DONE

39:42SO FAR IN THIS BUDGET AND I

39:44FEEL THAT THEY'VE BEEN

39:45APPROPRIATE, FORTHCOMING AND

39:47BEEN VERY INTERACTIVE WITH US

39:48AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE

39:50AND UH, WE'RE THE ONES WHO

39:52GENERALLY ARE TRYING TO PULL

39:53THE CHAIN IN A DIFFERENT WAY

39:54AND FLIPPING THEM AROUND AND I

39:57THINK THAT THEY'VE BEEN VERY

39:58RESPONSIVE AND ACCOMMODATIVE TO

40:00ALL OUR WISHES AND ALL OUR

40:02REQUESTS AND UH, YOU KNOW, I DO

40:04THAT SUPPORT OF STAFF UH, IN

40:06ADDITION TO THIS, I LIKE THE

40:08IDEA OF UM, HOLDING HOLD A

40:11STABILIZATION RESERVE, UH, AND

40:13ALLOWING THAT TO BE THERE IN

40:15CASE IT'S REQUIRED AS I THINK

40:18IT'S DESIGNED FOR AND I LIKE

40:20THE IDEA OF CUTS, UM, AND VERY

40:22SUPPORTIVE INFLATION WILL BE

40:23ROLLING IN AND POSITIVE FOR.

40:26OKAY, UH, SEEING NO OTHER

40:28LIGHTS ON UH, MADAM CITY CLERK

40:29WE GET A MOTION SECOND ON A

40:31FOLLOW UP.

40:31WAIT A MINUTE.

40:32>> JUST REAL QUICK.

40:33>> WITH THE.

40:33CLARIFICATION AS FAR AS THE

40:34NUMBER EXERCISE THAT COUNCILMAN

40:35STEAK YOU JUST DID WITH THE

40:36BUDGET IS THIS NUMBER THIS 1

40:38BILLION FOR 38?

40:39MR. MAYOR, IS THIS WITH YOUR,

40:42UH, 1.7 AND CHANGE REDUCTION OR

40:44IS THIS WITH THE.

40:45ONE UH MILLION 642 SEVEN AND 83

40:48REDUCTION.

40:49ONE SO YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING

40:50THIS IS THE SAVINGS IF WE APPLY

40:52IT UH, AS FAR AS OUR NUMBERS.

40:56YOU OKAY?

40:57BRINGS US TO THIS NUMBER I.

40:58WANT TO MAKE.

40:59>> SURE BECAUSE SHE HAD

40:59MENTIONED WHICH IS A LEGITIMATE

41:00POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD JUST

41:02LEAVE IT AT THIS.

41:03BUT THEN MY QUESTION WOULD HAVE

41:04BEEN.

41:04TO CLARIFY.

41:05>> THE MOTION BEFORE YOU WERE.

41:06>> THE NUMBER THAT HE READ OFF

41:07INCLUDED THE REDUCTION IN THE

41:08GENERAL FUND OF.

41:111,642,000 UM.

41:13783 IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF

41:1670,003.

41:1629 THAT WE.

41:17LEFT IN PERSONNEL SERVICES FOR

41:18ANY OVERAGES.

41:20I WOULD SUGGEST.

41:22DURING THE TOTALITY OF THE CUTS

41:24I MEAN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY

41:24WE WOULD IDENTIFY THE CUTS IF

41:26WE'RE NOT GOING TO UTILIZE

41:27THEM, BUT THAT'S UP TO THIS

41:28BODY.

41:29UM.

41:30>> TO USE MR. MASON'S WORDS TO

41:31BE USED FOR OTHER THINGS.

41:33BUT THE TRUE INTENT WAS

41:35IDENTIFYING CUT AND THE

41:37ACCURATE FIGURE IS DIFFERENT

41:38THAN THE ONE WE HAD BEFORE US.

41:39UM, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO

41:41SUPPORT THE CURRENT MOTION.

41:41THANK YOU.

41:44TO LOOK.

41:46AND COUNCILMEMBER STINKS.

41:48THANK YOU.

41:51STINKY.

41:52>> THANK YOU.

41:53WHAT'S THIS?

41:53YEAH.

41:54I PROMISE YOU.

41:55>> I THINK IT'S ALL TO FOUL.

41:56BETWEEN FRIENDS.

41:56THAT'S OKAY.

41:57THAT'S A COMPLIMENT.

41:58YEAH, YEAH.

41:58THANK YOU.

41:59SO, UM.

42:01YEAH, ONLY MY CLOSEST FRIENDS

42:02GET AWAY WITH THAT.

42:03SO, UM.

42:05UM.

42:05>> YEAH, I I WAS QUESTIONING

42:07THE NUMBERS TOO.

42:08I WAS QUESTIONING THE MATH TOO

42:09.

42:10THE THE IDEA WASN'T JUST TO TO

42:12PUT THE UH UM.

42:14UH.

42:14>> BUDGETARY STABILIZATION

42:18RESERVE UH, BACK IN BUT INSTEAD

42:19TO UM USE THAT UH AS UH TO

42:26REMAIN REDUCE IT AS A REVENUE

42:30SOURCE, UH, AND TO REDUCE THE

42:34OVERALL BUDGET BY THE AMOUNT

42:35THAT WE JUST THAT WE JUST SPOKE

42:37OF.

42:37OKAY.

42:38>> SO BETWEEN THE UH NON

42:40BARGAINING STAFF.

42:41>> AND THAT NEW PAT POTENTIAL

42:43AGREEMENT ADJUSTMENT.

42:44THAT TOTAL IS $1,713,112 THAT

42:49WOULD REVISE YOUR TOTAL BUDGET

42:52TO.

42:58$1,438,860,205 AGAIN IT'S.

43:07$1,438,860,205.

43:07>> WOULD THE MOTION MAKER, UH,

43:10BE WILLING TO CHANGE HIS NUMBER

43:12TO THE 1,000,000,004 38 EIGHT

43:156205 ABSOLUTELY.

43:18SECOND AGREE.

43:20SECOND INCREASE OKAY.

43:23ALL RIGHT.

43:25SEE NO OTHER LIGHTS ON.

43:26UH, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE

43:29EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WE

43:30CHANGED THAT NUMBER AND WHAT

43:31WE'RE.

43:31>> GOING TO.

43:32DO IS APPLY THE FULL UM SAVINGS

43:34TOWARDS IT AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE

43:36UP AT THAT 1.7.

43:37MAYOR RIGHT?

43:37YES.

43:38THANK YOU.

43:38YEAH I SEE NO OTHER LIGHTS ON.

43:41WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND ON

43:43THE FLOOR.

43:43MADAM CITY CLERK.

43:44PLEASE CALL.

43:44>> THE ROLL.

43:46DANIEL.

43:47>> NO!

43:48>> GUNTER.

43:50>> HI.

43:51>> GOOD DUKE.

43:52I KILL RAIN.

43:53ALL RIGHT, MASTER.

43:54ALL RIGHT.

43:55DEMON EYES LONG.

43:57ALL RIGHT.

43:58THANK YOU.

43:59UH, A.

43:59>> SEVEN EYES ONE EIGHT MOTION

44:02CARRIED.

44:03OKAY, MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN.

44:05TIME AND PLACE A FUTURE

44:06MEETINGS.

44:06WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR

44:07CAPE CORAL CITY COUNCIL IS

44:08SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER

44:1028TH, 2026 BEGINNING AT 4 P.M.

44:13HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS

44:15AND WE HAVE A REGULAR MEETING

44:15OF THE CITY COUNCIL SCHEDULED

44:17FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH,

44:192026 BEGINNING AT 4 P.M. AND

44:22COUNCIL CHAMBERS DO I HAVE A

44:23MOTION TO ADJOURN?

44:24SO MOVE THERE.

44:26>> A SECOND SECOND.

44:27ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

44:29>> AYE.

44:30ANY OPPOSED?

44:30MEETING ADJOURNED.