It is now 6 p.m. It is now 6 p.m. I call to order the public hearing and special meeting of the Appalachian Colossary Commission. Today is Tuesday, September 10, 2024. It is now 6 p.m. May I have a motion to adopt the agenda as presented? Make an up motion. Have a motion by Commissioner Grove. Man have a second. Second. Second by Commissioner Elliott. Any discussion? Question. Commissioner George. Okay. Our attorney had advised us to that we should omit the insurance for pay-as-all discussion, as he's advised us that we would need to issue an RFP to consider insurance alternatives. So he had recommended that we strike that item from the agenda. So a discussion is that under special meeting that we omit item number three and amend the agenda. Commissioner Grove, what say you? Motion to amend. I'll make that amendment. Have a motion to amend the agenda. Commissioner Elliott may I have a motion to amend the agenda Commissioner Elliott may I have a second? I'll second. I amend my second. I have a motion by Commissioner Grove a second by Commissioner Elliott to amend the aforementioned motion to adopt the agenda. The agenda will now exclude special meeting item number three. Any further discussion? and now exclude special meeting item number three. Any further discussion? Here and now, sorry, Commissioner. I'm sorry, I did not hear Commissioner George when she was saying, I didn't hear the first statement, I couldn't hear her well enough. The, if I may, and I pay for our Commissioner George, pay for our commission of George that per the attorneys recommendation that we the city commission Send out an RFP for the insurance And so we have a motion by commissioner Grove a second by Commissioner Elliott to remove special meeting item number three. Any further discussion? Here and none. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carried. At this time we'll have public comment. Michael and I always miss up your name and I apologize. Right, Victor? I answered some words. But Victor, thank you. Thank you. Great. I'll answer. Yeah. I was heard that I need to put the comment before the amendment. There have been a development. How about that? All right, better. By the time I got have a conversation with Travis Wade today and connected with the attorney. We had a discussion earlier this afternoon. He was going to reach out to City Manager Wade and discuss. I tried to forward over some information to Commissioner George and Travis as well about the update in the communication I had with the city attorney about his opinion on the requirement for an RFP. So I was going to ask to keep that item on the agenda so that we can we can have a discussion. But as promised, I'm sorry, I had also invited a colleague from preferred in a display of commitment to service here for the city to come up and they were, he was already here by the time I was noticed, there might be any change to the agenda. So, you know, for that effort, I would appreciate the opportunity to address this with the board in the meeting. But as promised in my last meeting, I want to deliver this to you. What I'm sharing with you is the update that I committed to last meeting and what in summary that I'm happy to review this in depth on all living and time of the list. The dismal, this will show you that the premium isn been revised based on some of the changes we discussed and you're seeing $86,000 in savings. And then the concern was the process for this and again I did discuss this with the attorney. And his response to me he said and you can say this that we spoke and his recommendation was a soft recommendation to consider the information that I had shared with him and some statutes he was recording to review he said he was going to call Travis Wade as well that this option is available and I said this before we commonly secure business without a fellow RFP and Done so most recently here locally and across the state But there are other provisions mainly of piggyback provision for formal RFPs and are already been conducted that is Allows in statute for cities to avoid the overhead and the administration process involved with an RFP and taking advantage of the savings for the taxpayers of your city. I also say that you know it's sometimes just a confusion about what an RFP in this sector can do for you. You only have three players. You only have three carriers in the state that can respond, provide coverage with FMIT. Their one preferred is the other, the top two as far as size goes in the state. You have a third, smaller, generally not represented well in the panhandles, my experience, or they were not competitive in the RFP locally that was conducted earlier this year. So, going out to RFP for the city is less productive as you would say, an engineering contractor, something that you have this mass market of people they can respond. You know, have, so you're represented by the two here. You've got your renewal. And you've got the coin that we put together provided for you that gives you the savings. So you have the opportunity to take advantage of those savings now and I would submit to you that even if you did an RFP, and next year, for greater savings this year, and you do an RFP next year, and your income that comes in and cuts the rate because of the work that we've done here this year, which Ms. Mathis has done. The work is done. And through all that she was doing, she still worked with me to allow us to put this together. But because we're here, that savings is available and then all of a sudden the partner that you that you want to have says well oh we'll come we'll come down now because because we've been challenged with our rating so I would I would submit to you that because of the work we've done putting our best foot forward to work with you allow us the opportunity to serve in that capacity and set a tone for the city of Applied School. It says, bring your best every time or we will change. That's a great point of leverage to be in. And rather than, oh, you call us now, Willord, and when someone's not looking, it takes the incentive away in my market as well for us to do all this work. There's a lot that goes into this, and that's our business. But it takes us in a way if we're not able to capitalize on the work we do, and it's just simply matched by an incumbent that was called. Because they always know it's public record, you get it. So our numbers are here. I'm happy to stand before you and answer. I have Kurt Heyman, a spin been with the program since an inception, was with FMI T prior. He's a great resource and partner as well. And we just wanted to be here tonight and address this and hopefully have an opportunity to move forward with the City of Appluchcollo. And in my conversation with the attorney again, there was some clarity and he simply said, listen, you know, if you want me to take the safest route, you know, and go RFP, but in conversation, he said, tell them, you know, this was a soft recommendation, but there is these options. And given time, he would have, I did ask if he would be available by phone call. He indicated he might, might would be, wouldn't be on the call for the meeting. So anyway, that's what I want to bring to you this evening and I'm happy answering questions if you have any. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Susan Lamb. I'm going to go to the committee. Hello. My name is Susan Lamb. I'm representing the Appalachia College Community Garden. I know that our coordinator, Sochi Barra, sent all of you, each of you, a letter, outlining how many things we have been able to accomplish in the last couple of years in the garden with the money that we've gotten from you all from the city. And we're just here in support of that and would like to try to understand where our budget has been cut so severely because we have made a lot of plans as a committee to improve the garden even further And we feel like we've been good stewards of the monies that you've given us And we've replaced all the old boxes with brand new ones and we did that all with volunteer labor We replaced the fences all around I mean so she outlined everything that we've done So I don't really need to tell you all of that. But we do have plans to add some additional boxes. We've had a lot of people on the waiting list wanting to join our community garden. And we've tried to be more inclusive. So we're actually offering half boxes to some people if they want it in order to get more people into the gardens. But we won't be able to build more boxes without more money. So that's why we have come here to request that you reconsider our budget for the coming year. Thank you. The commission will have. Clifford Buehl. My name is Clifford Buehl. I'm also the community garden. I'm the trangeror for the garden. And I would just like to expand a little bit. I know that we're late in the budget process and I know that there have been cuts across many, many areas there. I'm sensitive to that. But talking about being good stewards, prior to our reorganization about three years ago, every time work was done in the garden, the city had to pay for the labor for that. And so the fact that volunteers are doing it is something that's new. It's something that we decided that we really wanted to take the most advantage of the monies that were being made available and that allowed us to do that. So it was community garden members and actually some people who used to be members but who came over and helped out as well from the community. The other thing is we have tried very hard to become more part of the community. And so instead of letting excess produce go to waste, we've been donating to EEE to make sure that that produce is being used. And we also developed a share stand that is out in front of the gardens where if people have access they can put that in that stand and we know that a lot of people in the community have been utilizing that when we're peak season right now there's nothing in it this is not a good growing time but later this fall and through the winter, there will be things there. And I think that it's a quality of life issue for people who reside in a city to be able to take part in the garden, to make their own produce and to commune with the rest of us gardeners. And it's a very tight group of people, and we enjoyed it, and I think that that's an enhancement for the community. Thank you. Tom Connelly. Good evening, Tom Connelly with Florida Legasities. I just filled out a card simply for when the topic came up that you've now removed. So I'm here to, I was here for that topic, but now I'm just here to observe and answer questions if needed. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Dennis Wannereager? the service. The service service. I want to comment briefly about the I've changed email messages with a city finance director today, which I appreciate. I got additional information on her plans for the Reforestation Fund and how things would work going forward. At the last budget workshops, I requested that in a month be carried forward specifically for the Reforestation Fund. There was $20,620 that was carried over from the last fiscal year to this fiscal year. Yesterday I went in and reviewed all of the trade permits that have been issued this year and determined that an additional $2,500 in $10 have been collected this fiscal year. So my request to you in a message this morning was to carry over that total, which is $24,103 into this next fiscal year that you're developing a budget for. In response, Lou said that it wasn't necessary to carry over that amount for a project that small if I understood or comment correctly. Okay, I didn't, which I guess she will respond to later. But she also told me that she had created a bank account for the Reforestation Fund where the money is collected on a monthly basis. The money has collected for the Reforestation Fund who will be deposited into that bank account, which I agree with and I support. I'm just worried about that $24,000 plus that it will have been collected through the yesterday to make sure that you also will make its way into the bank account when we sort out all the cash I guess in the city's account. So that's my comment. Thank you. Thank you. There are any other public comments at this time? Any? Miss Webb? I want to speak on the employee insurance. I caution you to look at that all with a king eye. Because my understanding right now is that the employees are going to have to pay a $500 deduct would they go to the emergency room and then the past has been lower. So I'm caution you to look at that on the business interests of the employees. And the next thing is the garden with your budget I understand there is something going on with the budget in the whole nine yards, but if you can see your way of putting that three thousand back into that budget because what that does that garden it closes the gap of food insecurities in our community. Not only does it go to each of it, but it goes to other communities out into the community for those that need food. Like you said, there was a box put there but people come by and ask every day can I have something out of your garden. They never turned away if one of the gardeners out there and people take it up on themselves to come and pick what they need for their garden. First vegetables as you know we only have one local grocery store and first to be able to get the car. We are not going to be able to get the car. We are not going to be able to get the car. We are not going to be able to get the car. We are not going to be able to get the car. We are not going to be able to get the car. We are not going to be able to get the car. any other comments? Before we move on to the public hearing, I'm Commissioner. Commissioners, do you have any comments? Commissioner Grove? Yeah, I got a... In going through the budget, I noticed that the farmers market had a thousand dollar line item in it and we've never Given them money they produce money and they have their own checking account so I I think that that might be an error. I don't think that they have asked for any money And I wonder if we could shift that thousand to the garden Because I've never seen it. I don't think they have a high expenditures. So I don't know that they even ask for it. And my conversation with staff seemed to indicate that's true. So. And just. I feel like I needed to bring it up. I feel like we need to have a workshop as soon as possible to reduce costs on facilities. It's always enlightening to go through this budget and see how much our facilities are costing us. It's unsustainable. So those are my comments. I'm not sure if it's unsustainable. So those are my comments. Commissioner Elliott, do you have any comments? Not at this time now. Commissioner Duncan. The only comments I have right now is I want to thank the community garden. Thank you for the email this afternoon and I too thank you for spotting that Commissioner Grove. That might be one way to be able to move some money back over to the garden. The other thing is, I don't quite understand why we're not jumping on this opportunity. If we do not have to RFP insurance, if we have someone who is courting us per se to provide us with services at a much lower amount, I don't understand if we're not otherwise required to RFP while we're not jumping on that opportunity. I don't understand that because that's a huge change and we're sitting here counting pennies about trying to make it stretch. So I just don't understand why we're removing that and not discussing that insurance issue. That's all. Commissioner George, do you want me to turn it over to Ms. Mathis and let her make comments before you make your comments or do you want to comment prior to Ms. Mathis and let her make comments before you make your comments or do you want to comment prior to Ms. Mathis? I've got one comment. I want to lead us first by doing one comment from the public comments for Mr. Winterringer's request for a carryover. In this budget this year we didn't include any carry overs into the budget because at this point we're unsure of what our carryovers are to be honest. And I mean at this point I think our course will be once our current audit is completed we're going to reconstruct what carryovers we have available to us from various categories and that would be one of them. So there are no carryovers included in this budget, but that doesn't mean that the funds are not available. It just needs to be sorted through. So your point is valid. It's just we haven't identified our curia at first. So before you make your comment, let me just be clear. We're not going to have debates. We're just going to. So we'll let you make your comment and then we're going to move on to. Regarding the carryover from last year this fiscal year for the Reforestation Fund in the final budget for the public's works budget last year there was a note over on the right side of that lander that said that 2010620 was the amount of the carryover to the next fiscal year. So I'm okay. I think gone away. It hasn't gone away. It hasn't gone away. They're just not included in this budget. Thank you. Thank you. Ms. Mathes, there's a couple of questions that has come up before we move forward. Let's talk about the insurance and I know that we have our current carrier and the proposed carrier here. So if there are questions, if we want to tackle the comments, the questions about the insurance. We can do that. Ms. Mathis, I'll let you lead regarding the insurance. Health insurance or property unloved building. Let's go with health insurance first and then we'll go to property insurance. So could you make a comment or Miss Wabs comment regarding the insurance for the employee? So the only change that has been made for the capital health, the maximum out of pocket went. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the and from 5800 out of network to 7000. Previous on the emergency room, it was a hundred dollar copay plus a 25% co insurance on all three plants that we are eligible for that was changed to a flat $500 fee. So was the plan itself changed or was this? We went with the same plan as last year. So it was the CHP? It was CHP change. Change. Yes. And they did it on all three plans that we're eligible for. Okay. Any questions, commissioners regarding employee insurance? All right. So let's talk about the property. So for the property reliability insurance, our current carrier has come in with a tremendous reduction. So he has been able to offer the savings to match what has been offered. So have we had an opportunity to have an independent agent or outside source to review what we currently have with what would be an offer to confirm that they're apples to apples? I have we even had I don't know, I looked at that. So you said the current carrier has agreed to come in. Lore, so what is the savings that we're looking at? 65,000. the sixty five thousand and the proposed is saying eighty I have not compared apples to apples with the proposal. I personally, you know, I don't know if we have time, but we'll like to have an independent eye look at the two and compare and see what the difference is because now we're looking what we're looking at like a 20 some $1,000 difference in savings and it has been stated that there are only three carriers in the state. So I would like to see why there's a difference. I would like to have that, that is my opinion. Anybody disagree with me? Any commissioner disagree with me on having an independent agent review the two? We can check to see what that will go. It shouldn't be that much of a pause to review the two and see what that difference is. Can we work? What do you mean by independent agent? Someone that does not have a stake someone that's in the room. We don't necessarily mean another insurance. No, no, someone that does not have a stake in Insurance agent that is familiar. I can review the two, but I don't know if What I'm looking at. So I would like to have someone that has that eye to look at it. We can check into that. Yes, ma'am. I agree. Thank you. Commissioner George has discussed the tree committee carryover. The other topic is the community garden. Commissioner George has discussed the tree committee carryover The other topic is the community garden It is I'm really not familiar with how the community gardened how or why We the city funds the community garden or has a stake in the community garden. I know it's been around for a long time, but I'm not that familiar with how and I don't think there's been a $3,000 line item. So I don't know where that figure came in. So thank you, Commissioner George. Can you look at last year and? So, and help me to understand it. So, the community gardens, I hear the argument, but there are only 25, 28 beds. So what is being and I hear the argument about is a it assists with gold with other entities and other residents. But what I'm seeing is that the city is using funds to foster a select group, a small group of individuals where the bulk of the community is not benefiting. So that is my view on why should, why help me to understand why we should, when we're cutting in so many different areas, why should we, why should your project be spared versus another project? Mr. Buehl, I think you're the treasure. So if you want to answer that question for me. First of all, as I've been involved with this community garden, there has been a $3,000 budget line item. It's usually under pregnant. Okay, underparks and recreation it's been there and we've been drawn from that so it has been around. There was a long history I think it goes back to 2011 or about then when the garden was started. I think that it's true. It's there are 28 beds we're trying to expand or trying to involve more people in this. We've also been working with the youth in the community. We have brought them over and let them work with the garden, plant seeds, harvest, learn about, so it's become an educational tool for the community as well. And I think that what we show to the public, we've been involved with the Tour of Homes and people come to seeing this with the Tour of Homes. They stopped by all of the time, it was previously stated, walking through our gardens and looking at it, its public relations for the city. It is a way that the city has shown support for the community at large. And while yes, it's only 28 beds now and we're hoping to expand, it's a lot of work that goes into it that we do share. And I understand that it's not every single person in this city gets it like they get their water and their sewer and those kinds of things. But this is an added benefit and people have come from other cities. I've had people from Pininol City, Port St. Joe, Carewell asking questions about how they can do something similar. But as far as I know, there has been a line item for many, many years. Thank you, sir. So you've heard my comments and you've heard Mr. Bueller's response. Does anyone else have a comment just to note that we did cut from parks and wreck the Dixie youth donation as well and I do have one more question before I turn this over. I noticed that we have it revenue of $300 from the community gardens. How does that come? What is the purpose of that revenue? That revenue comes in sporadically, is it? I mean it. What is that? That revenue does not flow in through City Hall. Each month when a bank statement is balanced, if there's a deposit that shows money has been deposited, that's the only track that I have. And that's the same for the farmer's market, yes. Yeah. So is there a fee for the beds? A monthly fee? Is this an annual fee? What's the annual fee? One of the things that we did in order to encourage more people to participate, there was a standard $50 a month annual fee. We have, I'm sorry, here. We have created a sliding scale so that people will pay what they feel that they can afford. And we've had some people pay significantly less so that they can participate. And we've had people that could afford it pay more. That money currently goes into a bank account at Centennial Bank. The fees. And the sliding it varies from $40 to $80. Okay. The applicant makes a decision based on what they feel they can pay. Thank you. Those are my questions regarding the community gardens and the Farmers Market, Commissioner George. I would like to give the community gardens more money. I do like Commissioner Graves' idea. I don't think the farmer's market will be taking the thousand dollars that we could move that over to the community gardens. But I mean, we have cut everything from this budget. I mean, we've cut all of the capital improvements that were slated for the city. So there's no upgrade to our operating equipment for the city. We've cut library supplies. We've cut part maintenance and general by two-thirds. So when we mistripped everything and eliminated everything we can. So I mean, proportionally, that's not a draft. stripped everything and eliminated everything we can. So I mean, proportionally, that's not a draft, I mean, just a drastic cut, but there's drastic cuts throughout the budget. And that's just the situation. Unfortunately, that we find ourselves in this year. As we get into the fiscal year, I mean, there can be, we can reprioritize things within the budget. I mean, there can be changes made during the year. So, I mean, I'm sorry that we can't do more this year. That's my opinion. Great, thank you, Commissioner Grove. Do you have a comment? I was a part of it from the very, very beginning. There was no allotment. It was on its own. I think they were given some money one year and it kind of got stuck in the budget. It was supposed to be self-funding. We gave you the land, the initial beds, the initial dirt, the water. We know it, know around it. So I think that's a big city contribution. And I don't think we're not giving you nothing. I mean, and I explained to some other board members how much we've had to cut back that we're not filling positions, that we cut the library way back on their subscriptions, which really do serve the entire community. I mean subscriptions that they get for people who, you know, need books and all sorts of things. So I think you need to understand that we stretch pretty far. So, and I would like to see a little bit more turnover in the garden and having new people come in. It seems like, quickly, and it has in the past become a club, and I worry about that, so I think it's probably on a good footing now, but it's something I think we need to think about is how do we get people in there who really do need the bed and versus people who live in East Point and other places. Commissioner Duncan. Do you have any comments? No, ma'am. Commissioner Elliott. I think that it's a crying shame that we have to stop funding community endeavors like this, especially like the Dixie League Dordation that we give this community throughout my life. I've watched you less and less for the kids that live here. So that's very disappointing. And I look forward to starting to us tightening our belts this year and getting this fix next year because I'm not going to comment any further. Thank you. So at this point I have a comment or suggestion and from Commissioner Grove to allocate a thousand dollars. What was your amount from from the farmers to Community to the garden so is that to make it 1300 or 1000 even Let's say you I hear a 1300 from Commissioner Duncan. So we've allotted 300 which we cut it substantially. So if we transfer the 1000 line item then it would be 1300 over to them. That's that's would be what I would propose. So there's a reduction, there's an increase. We're taking from farmers market, and we are allotting that to the community gardens. Mayor, I have a question regarding the parks and regarding a different item on the parks and recreation budget. Okay, so I'm list. I'll come to you. We'll tie this. Yes. Okay. Go on. I don't know if this question was resolved a moment ago. I couldn't quite clearly hear the discussion. the $10,000 that is allocated here for the Lafayette Park Man, Lafayette Park Grant match. I was under the impression that money was coming out of the tree before a station fund. All right. So it's, even though it's the center of the parks and wreck budget, that $10,000 is coming from the Reforestation. the report. The report is coming from the report station. I was not aware that it was coming from the report station. If it is, then we will put $10,000 as a revenue for the report station, for the pre-specific purpose. So it will offset the expense. May I ask for clarification on that grant what the official says the matches and where it's coming from because the city did approve that grant. So I'd like some confirmation on that because if that's $10,000 that we're not having to spend out of pocket. We just need to finish the carry forwards and can see that funding there and take the $10,000 from there. It seems like that would open up all the funding we the community. The commissioner George do you want to answer that question? We had kind of stuck that 10,000 and they are thinking that everything else is an estimate and they are thinking that they are thinking that everything else is an estimate. Now we're parsing little line items. from the report station. But. So. I'm kind of getting ahead at this point, but I know that Lee has some addition. She'll get into this later. She has some other budget items that estimates that she'll be revising before the budget hearing that she'll discuss tonight but not have the dollar amounts. So I think items like this, like the $10,000 it really be in there, should be included in that final review of what other savings she can scrape up and then we come up with a proposal for how those additional funds will be used whether they'll be used to reallocate to other line item expenses or if we have enough if we could use those to have a modest decrease in the Millage rate. So I think that's a decision we'll have to make once we have all the final estimates That's a good point Was your question answered commissioner Elliott I I'm going to ask the question. I'm going to ask the question. What was your question answered commissioner Elliott? I completely answered my question was we have to have more discussion and make the decision at the next workshop when we have all of the final numbers. Or the discussion in the I'm sorry. There's some more changes that that we will be proposing when she she's still doing some analysis of various items so she'll be probably coming up with additional budget funds and in total and I think we should just add that if this is coming from Reforestation if we're taking if I already told Mr. Winner-Ringer that we're not including the Curie over in there. So if we take that out and it would be included in those remaining funds, that makes sense. At the time that the trick I came to this meeting and requested that the city make this application for this grant. I suggested that it means for the total cost of planting trees in a lovely park, be 20,000, which we require a $10,000 grant by a $10,000 match by the city. And I suggested at the time that that money would come from the Reforestation Fund because I thought there was a amount of money in there. I have more than that amount of money in there. Whether the city commission may actually need the decision to draw the money from the Reforestation Fund, I don't know. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Are there any other comments regarding? I think I've gotten ahead of myself as we just win it public comment. So we're going into, are there any other comments from the Commissioner and Commissioner and Growth? Yeah, I just wanted to caution this from me going to the savings because we have several positions that are unfunded right now, a lot on sewer. I think the grant writer position is coming up and we've got positions that we're not going to be able to find so we don't want to spend any extra right away until we figure out the need. Thank you. I just want to comment on Commissioner Groves' comment. The employee, employees that were, I'm showing the grant writing position, not grant writing, the grant administration position, which is now open, is, but it's included in the budget. So, Michael, that's also included in the budget because that was a new, you didn't eliminate that position did you? That one did. We eliminated the water and sewer position, yes. In the second round. Okay, so that's, so the grant position is included in the budget, even though it's not filled at this point. And the water and sewer position has been taken out. So you're correct. That would need to be evaluated in the final crunching of the numbers to see if that position should be refilled. So, I have a question for you. There sounds like there are some changes that need to be made, and this is a public hearing. So, are we to proceed with what we have for this public hearing as presented and then the next public hearing the changes will be implemented or is there a need to have a workshop. What what is our go forward process. So right now an ad has to be put into the paper by Thursday. Okay. Right now we have met trim compliance with what we have. Okay. We are to the good. So right now what we have presented in the agenda packet is what I would suggest that we advertise for in the newspaper. We've already determined our military is going to be 8.3457. That is the most important thing that citizens are going to see is the notice of the tax increase. A moment, just for the record, we are now into public hearing. You may proceed. So, now I would suggest that because we've got our insurance savings that have to be incorporated into our budget, it's yet to be determined about the grants position, whether that we're going to fill that or try to assume those duties in house with what staff we have. So we have just got various, all of that will be incorporated into the budget that we have on the 24th. On the 24th, our final budget hearing commission can make anything all the way up to a change in milledrate before they adopt that budget. Any change can be made up to final adoption of the budget. So this is just your first step just so you can advertise so you can get on to the next hearing. to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the opportunity to have the our George. So we will have Commissioner George read ordinance number 2024-06 fiscal year 24-25. I believe that Lee wants me to read this required statement for trim compliance before we get into the public hearing. So we're having the budget read first. So and then we'll go to the special meeting. We'll open up with that statement. Commission George. Okay. This is the public hearing announcement. The city of Appalachia College of Budget Information. Total budget revenues for general fund. Forming the budget. We're going to be able to open up with that statement. Commission George. Okay. the City of Appalachia Cola, budget information, a total budget of revenues for general fund, 4,355,084, enterprise fund, 3,158,750, total budget, 7,513,834. Millage rate to be levied, 8.3457,000, the bill. The bill is $8.3753. The bill is $8.3753. The bill is $8.3753. The bill is $8.3753. The bill is $8.3753. The bill is $8.3753. five four o two. The final public hearing to adopt the 24 25 millage rate in current budget will be held on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 6 p.m. at the commission meeting room located at 74 six street. Appalachia College of Resolution 2020-07, a resolution of the City of Appalachia College, Florida, living the Avallorum property tax millage rate for municipal purposes on all taxable property within the city for the fiscal year beginning October 1st, 2024 and ending September 30th, 2025 stating the percentage by which the millage rate to be levied exceeds the rollback rate and providing an effective date. So we're just required to read the title. If there are no further comments in the public hearing, we will close public hearing and go on to the special meeting. Again, we will resolution 2020-07 tentatively adopting the mileage rate for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. And in the special meeting, Commissioner George, you will need to read the resolution in itsalachia. So if you have a question for the city of Apalachia, you will need to read the resolution and its entirety. Please. It's entirety. Okay. Resolution of city Apalachia, Florida, the living the the city for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2024 and ending September 30, 2025, stating the percentage by which the millage rate to be levied exceeds the rollback rate and providing an effective date. Whereas Florida law requires the city commission of the city of Apple Watch co-florta to pass an ordinance or resolution, the millage rate for ever-born property taxes for municipal purposes on all tax property within the city limits of the city of Appalachia, Florida for the 2024 through 2025 fiscal year and whereas Florida law requires said ordinance or resolution to state the millage rate to be levied and to state the percentage by which the millage rate to be levied exceeds the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city of the city has adopted a tentative budget for the fiscal year, 24 through 2025, and is acted in accordance with the terms, provisions, and procedures contained in section 200, 065 Florida statute. Now therefore be it resolved by the city commission of the city of Appalachia in Special Session, assembled that the Evalorn Property Tax Millage Rate for municipal purposes to be levied on the taxable property within the city limits of the City of Appalachia during the 2024 through 2025, fiscal year is hereby set at a rate of 8.3457 mills. The percentage by which this millage rate to be levied is a 10.68% increase of the roll bat rate of 7.5402. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage and adopted by the City Commission of the City of Appwatch, cold floor them. So you've heard the reading of Resolution 2020 4-07 may have a motion to adopt Resolution 2020 4-07. motion. in your pose motion carry. Ordinance 2024-06 tentatively adopt fiscal year 2024- 2025 budget. Commissioner George. In ordinance by the city commission of the city of Appwatch Co. adopting the 2024-3 2025 fiscal year budget. Being enacted by the people of the City of Appalachia, the following department expenses and revenue amounts are hereby appropriated in the general fund for the operation and activities of the City of Appalachia for the fiscal year beginning out, 1, 2024 and ending September 30, 2025. the year before the year of the year. 2020, 2021, and ending September 30, 2025. Governing body, 341, 564, administration, 654, 867, building, 99, 441, police, 146, 037, fire, 135, 416, public works, 1,560, 270, 3 library, 187, 117, parks and recreation, 85, 817, facilities 319, 298 reserve 15-4 54 total revenue some reserve 4,355 084 it is estimated that the following revenues will be available to the general fund for the fiscal year beginning out and ending September 30, 2025. EVLORM taxes, $2,191.899, half-sense sales tax, 273.805, Mableheim license tax, 250 alcoholic beverage tax, 3500 utility franchise, 250,000 community, local communications tax, 74,000 utility tax, 213,000 state revenue sharing, 116,000 business license tax, 45,000 building signed fill permits, 80,000 golf cart permits, 20,000 tree application fees, 2000 to 50 reforestation fund, 5,000 sidewalk and mural permits, 3500 MSVU, 36,000, BINES and 4 FITURES, 6500. The material lots, 4800, Missilanias, 25,000, property rental, 64,000, traffic light reimbursement, 5400, farmers market reserve 1800 sanitation collections 6655,000 firing range user fees 6,000 community garden revenues 300 library revenues 7,500 local option gas tax 84,080 credit card fees 1500 planning revenue 13,000 stormwater utility 19,000 administration battery part 22,000 administration waters 17,500 administration sewer 17,500 general fund revenues total 4,355 the . The following department expenses and reserve accounts are appropriated and enterprise fund for the operation and activities of the city of app watch year beginning October 1, 2024 and ending 166,000, 715, total expenses and reserve, 3 million, 158, 750. It is estimated the following revenues will be available to the enterprise fund for the fiscal year, beginning October 1, 2024, and ending Septemberth, 2025, water revenue 1,140,000, sewer revenue 1,838,000, CBO Creek500 total enterprise fund revenue, 3,158,750. The City of Appalachia Call of Theskajal for fiscal year, 2024 through 2025, as attached, is hereby incorporated into the annual budget ordinance. And such fees shall become effective on October 1, 2024. Issue of the Appalachical Times and the first public hearing by the City Commission for the first reading of this ordinance was held on October 10, 2024 at 6 p.m. and a second public hearing was held on September 24, 2024 at 6 p.m. at the commission meeting, Brehmel, located at 76, 74 or 6 street, Apple, Chicago, Florida. The estimate upon which the budget for the 2024 through 2025 fiscal year is based on file for inspection by the public at the office of the city clerk. The mill is being set at 8.3457 mills, which is a 10.68% increase in the rollback rate of 7.5402. This ordinance shall take fact immediately upon its becoming ordinance as provided by the city charter of the city map watch call. This ordinance was read and adopted on September 24, 2024. You have heard the reading of ordinance number 24-06. May I have a motion to adopt ordinance 204-06, tentatively adopt in fiscal year 2024-2025 budget and advertising for the September 24, 2024 second hearing. What say you, may I have a motion? Make that motion. Have a motion by commission and grove, may may have a motion make that motion have a motion by commission to grow may have a second Second by commission of Duncan discussion Here and none all in favor. Hi any opposed motion carried That is the final business before this commission. Ms. Mathis, I do ask that you again ask that you find an unaffiliated agent to review both of our policies, the policies that have been presented before this body and make a recommendation to us on that. And I think there was a request to move $1,000 into community gardens, making that 1,300, removing the Lafayette Park taking it from the reforestation. Carry forward and I. And if. $2,000 for the Dixie usually is asked to be. Put back as well if funds. Allow if we have. the commission. If we have commissioners are you in agreement with the said summary. If there is no other business before this body may have a motion to adjourn. I have a motion by commissioner Elliott may have a second. adjourn. I send a move. I have a motion by Commissioner Elliott. May I have a second? Second by Commissioner George. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carried. This meeting is adjourned. Thank you.