SNEADS TOWN COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSIOPSPECIAL MEETING SEPTEMBER 5, 2023  The Town Council of the Town of Sneads, Florida, met in a budget workshop/ special session at the  Sneads Town Hall on Tuesday, September: 5, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. Mike Weeks called the meeting to order with the following present: Mike Weeks, Donovan Weeks, George Alexander, Angela Locke and Anthony Money; Council Members  Lee Garner, Town Manager Tyler Weeks, Police Chief Sherri Griffin, City Clerk Danielle Guy, Deputy Clerk And the following were absent: Daniel Cox, Attorney  Sherri Griffin presented Council with an engagement letter from Dale Cavin, Two Seas Consulting Inc The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024. Mr. Garner started out with the utility rate increases. The rates are included in the budget and must be done as stated this time last year and as stated needed by the auditor. Mr. Garner stated that the increase from the liability Mr. Garner presented Council with two budget options. One with the Town doing dispatching and one with the County doing it. Mr. Garner stated that wel have tried every way possible to make it work out for the town to keep dispatching, but that it would not be a financially responsible thing to do SO. He stated that if we did it would put the town in the red by a total ($258,573), whereas without only ($154,577). He stated we would use ARPA funds to cover this but needed to find other revenues. He stated that we could add police protection to the utility bill like the fire one and that would start to bring in monies to cover some things such as the increases in officer salaries to stay competitive with other agencies. After discussion, none of the council were happy with the idea ofl losing all oft the dispatching but understood. Everyone was going to take the budgets, look over them and bring them back to regular  to continue services for the upcoming year. Council all agreed.  insurance ($88,000+) was spread out throughout the budget.  meeting.  Next Budget Hearing/ Special Meetings is scheduled for September 13th at 5:01pm.  Donovan Weeks made a motion to adjourn at 6:35 pm.  Respectfully Submitted, Danulk Gup Danielle Guy, Deputy Clerk  APPROVED:  MIKE WEEKS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT    Two-SeayConalting: Incorporated  5098 OldHickory Ci. Mariannay FL 32446  September 4, 2023 Sherri Griffin, Town Clerk Town of Sneads, FL 32460  Sherri, end reporting. your files.  Enclosed are two copies of an engagement letter for my services for the September 30, 2023 Please have an authorized officer sign and return one copy. (e-mail OK), the other copy is for The letter is the same as last year, except that Ihave changed the appropriate dates. In the event the Town is required tol have al Federal, and/ or State single audit, additional time will be required to draft the report. The amount of additional time will depend on the availability  year  of appropriate grant information provided to me. If you have any questions, give me a call.  Dale Cavin    TwoseayConsalting: Incorporated  5098 Oldtickory Cir. Mariannay FL 32446  September 4, 2023  Town of Sneads Sneads, Florida  This letter is to confirm our agreement for services to be provided by Two Seas Consulting, -updating computerized fixed asset (property and equipment) data, including addition, deletions -compute annual depreciation on fixed assets using the methods and estimated useful lives as -provide the Town management with paper and/ or electronic reports reporting fixed assets by location (cost center), group (land, buildings and improvements, equipment, etc., grant fund -provide consulting services related to bookkeeping and posting problems and issues as requested by the Town management including assisting with year end accrual adjustments and All data belonging to the Town in our possession will be held confidential and not shared with outside entities, unless expressly requested by Town management, or required law. Ifwea are forced to disclose information as a result of legal proceedings, we will notify the by Town  Incorporated (Two Seas) to the Town of Sneads (the Town). and appropriate depreciation as of September 30, 2023.  provided by the Town management.  source, in summary and in detail).  notes to financial statements for the year end September 30, 2023.  management of the situation.    Town of Sneads Page 2  Our fees for services will be based on time required to prepare and maintain the records. Our rate for these services will be $65.00 per hour. In the event we: must incur out of pocket costs, these We will send an initial written request for basic and detailed data necessary to perform the above services prior to October 31, 2023. Additional requests will be submitted as is necessary, Responses to these requests must be received by Two Seas Consulting as soon as possible, but no later than February 1,2024. We expect to complete our services no later than March 31,2024. Ift these services are agreeable, please sign and date in the location indicated below.  may be billed to the Town.  Dale L. Cavin Dale L. Cavin, President Two Seas Consulting, Incorporated  Name Title Date    88 80o  00 00  588  0 f 0 0 0 0 0    Eas  o