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IT'S SIX O'CLOCK.I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THIS SPECIAL SESSION OF THE BEDFORD CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2021.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR COMING TONIGHT.
[1. Public hearing on the annual budget for the City of Bedford, Texas for the fiscal period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022; levying taxes for 2021 tax year.]
ONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BEDFORD, TEXAS FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2021 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022, LETTING TAXES FOR THE 2021 TAX YEAR.AND I GIVE YOU STRATEGIC SERVICES MANAGER, MEG JACOBI, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, SO I DO HAVE A POWERPOINT, BUT IT IS PRETTY MUCH A REHASH OF THE BUDGET WORK SESSION, POWERPOINT.
UM, SO IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN GO THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY JUST FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING ONLINE, BUT I WILL BE EFFICIENTLY.
UM, SO THIS WILL LOOK VERY FAMILIAR.
UM, BUT AS A REMINDER, WE ARE TO PROCESS, UM, THIS IS JUST THE LEGAL PART OF THE PROCESS, OF COURSE, UH, AS WE EVALUATE, GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITIZENS PROVIDE US FEEDBACK.
UM, AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT BEFORE WE ADOPT, UH, NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT AS SO TAX RATE HISTORY, UH, AGAIN, THE FIRST COLUMN SHOWING OUR APPROVED TAX RATE, AS OPPOSED, UM, AND COUNTER POINTED TO WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, FIRMLY, THE ROLL BACK, UM, AND THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OR FORMERLY THE EFFECTIVE RATE.
UM, SO WE DO LIKE TO LOOK AT OUR TRENDS FOR OUR GENERAL FUND.
UM, SO GIVEN THE PAST DECISIONS OF THE PAST SEVERAL COUNCILS, UM, WE HAVE PUT THE CITY ON A GOOD SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL FUTURE, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.
UM, AND SO STAFF JUST LIKES TO LOOK AND TOUCH POINT ON THIS TO MAKE SURE THE DECISIONS WE'RE MAKING AND THE ACTUALS THAT COME TO PLAY.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AS OF LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, NONE OF US PREDICTED THE PANDEMIC.
UM, AS WE LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THINGS, LOOKING AT THE TRENDS OF HOW OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE GOING.
SO THE CITY'S ON A GOOD POINT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, DUE VERY MUCH TO THE DECISIONS OF PREVIOUS COUNCILS TO MAKE SURE TO PUT US STRATEGICALLY INTO A PLACE WHERE WE ARE SUSTAINABLE.
UH, SO THE FIVE-YEAR FORECAST, YOU SAW THIS IN CHART FORM IN THE LAST ONE.
SO JUST GIVING YOU A QUICK GRAPH SNAPSHOT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING GOOD.
OUR FUND BALANCE IS STAYING ABOVE OUR REQUIRED 20%, UM, AND REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, UM, ARE LOOKING TO BE AS REASONABLY BALANCED AS WE CAN FORECAST FIVE YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
SO AGAIN, JUST OUR PER CAPITA COMPARISONS ON OUR SPENDING WITH OUR, OUR, UM, LOCAL CITIZENS AND ALSO OUR EMPLOYEES PER 1000.
NOW THIS IS ALL EMPLOYEES, NOT JUST GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEES.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE OPERATIONS IN DIFFERENT CITIES THAT IMPACT WHY THEY MAY HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES PER 1000 THAN WE MIGHT.
UM, AND VICE VERSA SALES TAX HISTORY.
UH, THE JUNE NUMBERS ARE IN HERE.
I'VE NEVER ASKED THIS QUESTION.
THAT'S WHY THERE IS THAT GENERAL FUND, OR IS THAT ALL SOURCES OF REVENUE? UH, THE BUDGET PER CAPITA IS GENERAL FUND IS, IS EACH CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
UH, BUT AGAIN, YOU, YOU HAVE AND OPERATIONS IN EACH CITY, YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF OUR STREET MAINTENANCE MONEY IS IN OUR FOUR B FUND AND WOULDN'T COME INTO GENERAL FUND.
WHEREAS OTHER CITIES WOULD CHOOSE TO USE A DIFFERENT, UM, FOR THE PORTION OF THEIR SALES TAX, WHETHER IT BE CRIME PATROL OR PARKS, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, WE DO NOT HAVE REVENUE FROM THE AIRPORT, RIGHT? MY UNDERSTANDING DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT WHEN I'VE LOOKED AT IT IN A SEPARATE FUND, IT'S NOT GOING INTO GENERAL FUNDS, THEY WERE HOLDING IT SEPARATELY, BUT LOOKING AT THE G NUMBER, IT'S NOT THAT THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN COMPARE TO SOME OF THE CHANGES IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET NUMBERS.
WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD TO THE GENERAL FUND.
NEXT BIGGEST IS THE WATER AND SEWER FUND.
AND THEN ALL OF OUR VARIOUS SMALLER FUNDS MAINTENANCE FUND THAT WE SET ASIDE OR FUND ACCORDING TO SECURITY THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO HOLD SEPARATELY, FINISHERS 41% PERSONNEL.
WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, PUBLIC WORKS IS A LARGE PIECE OF THE PIE.
AGAIN, BUDGET ACROSS THE CITY INTO THE GENERAL FUND COMES FROM PROPERTY SETS.
THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST PORTIONS, AND THEN ALL THE OTHER REVENUE STREAMS THAT WE HAVE THE BALANCE THERE.
AND THEN THE GENERAL FUND TO PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSE,
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ALMOST 76% OF THE BUDGET, GENERAL FUNDS PERSONNEL LOOKING OVER TO THE DEBT SERVICE.BUT OF COURSE IT'S FUNDED BY THE SURFACE PORTION OF OUR TAX RATE.
SINCE WE HAVE OUR MINDS LOOKING HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD DOWNWARD SLOPE, UM, AND OF COURSE OPPORTUNITIES JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR ABLE TO REFUND THE 2011.
AND SO WE HAD SAVINGS ON THE INTEREST COSTS.
SO WE CAN ALWAYS AFFORD THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL, WHERE WE CAN SAVE SOME MONEY WITH THOSE EXPENSES.
WE'VE SOLD THE BIGGEST PORTION OF THE EXPENSES.
HERE ARE THE PAYMENTS FOR THE TRIP FOR BOTH OUR WATER PURCHASE AND OUR WASTE WATER TREATMENT DOES MAKE UP THE BULK OF THE REVENUE HERE UNUSUALLY FOR US, OUR PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR ON OUR COSTS, 1000 GALLONS OF WATER PURCHASED FOR 1000 GALLONS OF WASTE WATER TREATED HAS ACTUALLY DECREASED BASED ON THAT, THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD BE INCREASED TO COVER THE INCREASES IT'S COMING.
UM, WE ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PULL THE RATES TO THIS YEAR.
UM, SO THERE'S NO INCREASING RECOMMENDED ON THE WATER SIDE THAT STILL ENABLES US TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE DECREASING.
SOME OF THE DEBT WE HAD PLANNED A STYLE HAS BEEN DELAYED.
WE GET HOLD OF IT, OUR CURRENT RATES, OFFICIAL REVENUE, JUST THIS SLIDE PRETTY MUCH 99% OF ITS REVENUE.
WE HAVE THE EXPENSE SIDE, WHICH INCLUDES THE ENGINEERING TO THE WATER FUND.
AND THEN THE FEW PERSONNEL THAT ARE BASED ON THAT, LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO NECESSARILY BE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AFTER DEMON ANIMALS, THAT THIS WEEK WE'LL BE BURNING, YOU MUST INCREASE THE RATES BY 50 CENTS PER MONTH.
SO THAT WILL BE COMING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
AND LOOKING INTO THE TAX RATE, THE CURRENT YEAR TAX RATE IS 0.5, 6.9 PER $100.
UH, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE IS 0.5 49, 9 PER $100.
THE BOOK OR APPROVAL RATE IS 0.5 ON 2 6 9 1.
UM, THE RATE THAT'S IN THE PROPOSED TAX RATE HAS BEEN SET AS THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE TO BE CONSIDERED IS 0.5, FIVE, TWO PER $100 ABOUT A 3% DECREASE FROM THE CURRENT RATE, LOOKING AT THE COMPARISON.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED, AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR THAT RATE IS MADE UP OF TWO COMPONENTS, OUR OPERATING COMPONENT AND OUR DEBT COMPONENT.
UM, WE ARE SEEING A PRETTY DECENT DECREASE ON THE DEBT SIDE, UM, AND A MARGINALLY INCREASES ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE.
SO LOOKING AT THE AVERAGE HOME SET, UM, SO THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE LAST YEAR IN BEDFORD WAS $227,410, UM, THAT HAS INCREASED THIS YEAR BASED ON THE APPRAISALS TO $243,452.
UM, SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS A LITTLE OVER $30 PER MONTH OR PER YEAR, EXCUSE ME, UM, INCREASE FOR AN AVERAGE HOME THAT INCREASED THE SAME AMOUNT.
OF COURSE, WE JUST SHOWING YOU THE SUDDEN YOUR AVERAGE, YOUR ACTUAL TAX BILL IS DEPENDENT ON WHAT APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAS VALUED THE HOUSE AT.
AND OF COURSE WE DO HAVE A $50,000 EXEMPTION FOR OVER 65 AND A SENIOR TAX FREEZE.
SO THE EXAMPLE HERE WOULD BE A PROPERTY THAT JUST BECAME ELIGIBLE FOR THE FREEZE.
AND THAT WOULD BE THEN THE HIGHEST, UM, TAX BILL THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE CITY COMPONENT UNTIL THE PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS.
SO LOOKING AT ON A MONTHLY BASIS, WE'RE LOOKING AT $110 PER MONTH, PRETTY MUCH HALF OF THAT'S GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL AND OPERATIONS SO THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE 24 7 HOLIDAYS INCLUDED, UM, TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS AS NEEDED.
UM, BUT THEN FROM THERE YOU HAVE ALL OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO RUNNING GOVERNMENT, THE FINANCE AREA, MAKING SURE WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR EVERYTHING PROPERLY.
UM, OUR LIBRARY, FANTASTIC LIBRARY FOR A STEAL AT 3 81 A MONTH.
UM, AND SO ALL OF THIS WORKS TOGETHER TO KEEP THE CITY OPERATING.
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TAX DOLLARS ARE HELPING TO GET YOU THE BETTER.SO THAT IS THE QUICK AND DIRTY OVERVIEW OF BUDGET.
UM, WE, THE PLAN, UM, IS TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET AND THE TAX RATE, UH, NEXT TUESDAY.
UM, I DO WANT TO, WE, WE SENT YOU AN UPDATED, UM, SUMMARY OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES BY FUND.
UM, I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY GO OVER WHAT CHANGES ARE INCORPORATED IN THERE, SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE, UM, THE GENERAL FUND, UM, AS WE HAD INDICATED, WHEN WE MET ON THE 12TH, WE DID FIND $31,000 IN EXPENSES TO REDUCE OUT OF WHERE WE STARTED THE BUDGET FROM, UM, SO THAT WE WERE BACK TO NET, EVEN ON REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
UH, THOSE SAVINGS WERE FOUND, UM, BECAUSE WE HAD SOME CONTRACT NUMBERS THAT CAME IN LOWER AFTER WE HAD SET OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
UM, SO THOSE THAT CHANGES IS NOT IMPACTING ANY OF OUR OPERATIONS.
IT'S NOT HURTING ANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.
WE WERE ABLE TO FIND AND RECAPTURE BACK AGAINST THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, SO FROM THERE, WE LOOKED AT, UM, THE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL HAD REQUESTED DURING THE BUDGET WORK SESSION.
UH, SO WE HAVE ADDED 10,000 BACK TO, OR IN ADDITION TO THE FIREWORKS LINE ITEM FOR A TOTAL OF 40,000, SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THE HIGHER FLYING SHELLS, UH, FOR THE NEXT FOURTH BEST.
AND THEN, UM, YOU HAD ALSO ASKED US TO LOOK AT THE STAFF TIME FOR OUR SPECIAL EVENTS PERSONNEL.
UM, IT'S DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW TO HAVE A TRULY VALID ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THE SPLIT IS BECAUSE OPERATIONS AREN'T NORMAL.
UM, SO WE'RE STARTING RIGHT NOW.
WE DID A 50 50 SPLIT WITH THE THREE EVENTS PERSONNEL, UM, SINCE THEY ARE AT THE MOMENT GIVING SO MUCH TIME TO RECREATION, UM, WHILE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THAT DIVISION IS SHORT-STAFFED.
UM, SO THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED OR THE SALARY DOLLARS, UH, FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER AND THE TWO SPECIAL EVENTS ASSISTANCE ARE BEING PAID HALF FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND HALF FROM THE TOURISM FUND.
UM, AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS IT LEAVES US WITH THE SAME REVENUE NUMBER YOU HAD, UH, THE EXPENDITURE NUMBER CHANGES TO 39,826,243.
UM, SO YOU'RE EFFECTIVELY USING 118,000 GIVE OR TAKE OF FUND BALANCE TO HELP WITH THOSE ONE-TIME ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
SO YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT IN THE PAST A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR SALARIES WAS COVERED THEY'RE OUT OF TOURISM.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE 118 AS ACCOUNT FOR THAT PLUS, OR MINUS 10 OR 108, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE 10,000 ADDITIONAL FOR THE FIREWORKS, RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE THE GENERAL FUND CHANGES, UM, VETERAN THE NUMBERS BEFORE YOU, UM, SO TOURISM, OF COURSE, THE 108,000 THAT TRANSFERRED OVER TO GENERAL FUND.
UM, SINCE WE KNOW, AT LEAST FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, OBS IS NOT FUNCTIONING HISTORICALLY THE WAY IT HAD BEEN THAT A DIVISION IS ZEROED OUT.
UM, IF I, CAUSE ISN'T THERE ONE, UH, OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT UNDER THE TOURISM FUND THAT MARIA HAD IDENTIFIED WAS REALLY WORKING FOR HER NOW, IS THAT PERSON INCLUDED IN SO 50, 50 SPLIT OR, WELL, IT'S TWO SEPARATE ISSUES BECAUSE CHARLENE IS CHARLEENA COMING OVER TO, UM, FINANCE TO HELP US OUT WAS ACTUALLY USING HER AND UTILIZE IN LIEU OF FURLOUGH DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC.
UM, AND SO IT REALLY IS TWO SEPARATE ISSUES.
UM, SHE, HER CHARLENE HIS ROLE WOULD GO BACK TO MEG.
YOU GOT IT COVERED, RIGHT? YES.
WELL, I CAN GIVE YOU THE EXPLANATION.
SO THAT POSITIONS COVERED FOR HOWEVER IT GOES, BUT HER USE IN FINANCE WAS NOT A NORMAL, IT WASN'T, IT WAS A TEMPORARY YES.
SO FOR B FUND, WE DID GO AHEAD.
THE DEBT YOU APPROVED AT THE LAST MEETING, WE PUT THE EXPENSE IN SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO FOUR B BOARD.
AND THEN BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL STILL HAS FINAL DETERMINATION ON THAT BUDGET.
SO WE MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT, SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN AMENDMENT PROCESS.
AND THEN, UM, ONE OF THE CONTRACT SAVINGS THAT WE HAD IN THE GENERAL FUND ALSO IMPACTED THE WATER FUND.
SO THERE WAS A MINOR CHANGE THERE.
UM, SO THAT'S THE CHANGES THAT ARE IN WHAT'S NOW PRESENTED TO YOU FROM WHAT HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, UH, LEAVES US WITH A REVENUE BUDGET OF $81,684,349 AND A TOTAL EXPENSE BUDGET OF 80 MILLION, $994,668.
UM, I COULD CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
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AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAD THE, SO NEXT WEEK WHEN WE GO THROUGH THIS, WE WILL HAVE KIND OF A NET ACCOUNTING OF WHAT'S REMAINING.CAUSE WE HAD 300 PLUS THOUSAND THAT WE COULD DETERMINE IF WE WANTED TO SPEND IT, OR IF WE WANTED TO JUST BANK THAT MONEY, WE'LL HAVE AN ACCURATE ACCOUNTING OF THAT NEXT WEEK.
AND WE CAN, WE CAN STILL DISCUSS THAT AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION AS WELL.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING COUNCIL HAS KNOWS NOW, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE IDEAS WITH SOME OF THAT MONEY, BUT YOU KNOW, COUNCIL NEEDS SIDE, SO, ALL RIGHT.
SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, CORRECT? UH, THIS COUNTS, I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE ENGAGE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE I CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TONIGHT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS OR ANYTHING.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO LISTEN TO THEM.
I NORMALLY LIKE TO SEE THE CLOCK TICK ONE NUMBER, BUT I'M GOING TO BREAK THAT RULE TONIGHT.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT SIX 16.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS LIKE I WAS TALKING TO COUNCIL MEMBER GAGLIARDI.
I, UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS STARTING AT PAGE SEVEN.
IF EVERYONE WILL OPEN UP THEIR BOOK TO PAGE SEVEN AND LET'S START GOING THROUGH THIS, OR IF YOU WANT AS A MERCY KILLING, I'LL JUST PUT THE BOOK AWAY.
THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION TONIGHT ON ITEM ONE.
[2. Public hearing to consider the proposed 2021 tax rate.]
TO ITEM TWO.WE GOT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED 2021 TAX RATES.
AND THE ONCE AGAIN, MEG JACOBI, THIS ONE, THIS IS THE ONLY SLIDE.
SO YES, UH, BECAUSE THE NOT TO EXCEED TAX RATE, UH, DOES IS MORE THAN THE NO NEW NET REVENUE RATE, WHICH IS THE RATE THAT CALCULATES BASED ON THE VALUES THAT BRINGS IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE.
UH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, WHICH HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND AVAILABLE AND ON OUR PEG CHANNEL, UM, TO AFFORD CITIZENS THE RIGHT AND OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND VOICE THEIR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS.
UM, SO THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE WE'LL PROPOSE, OR WE CAN CONSIDER AS 0.5, FIVE, TWO PER 100, UH, WHICH IS BELOW THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE.
SO WE ARE JUST REQUIRED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN YOU WILL SET THE OFFICIAL RATE AGAIN AT THE SEPTEMBER 14TH, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
LET'S OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS IT'S SIX 18, MS. JACOBI WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANYONE'S OPINIONS OR THOUGHTS ON THIS TAX RATE AND COUNCIL WOULD TOO.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT SIX 18.
UH, COUNSEL, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS AGAIN.
UM, MEG, IN A MATTER OF MINUTES YOU SUMMARIZE, WHICH WAS PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF HOURS WORTH OF WORK.
ONCE AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO REALLY PUT IN A LOT OF TIME ON THIS, UH, CLEAR AND CLEARLY YOU'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB ON THIS AS WELL.
UM, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS A BUDGET THAT COUNCIL REALLY WANTED TO SEE.
SO I JUST THINK STAFF DID A FANTASTIC JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, SO THAT'S GREAT.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM EITHER.
WE ARE NOT, UM, AND JUST TARRANT TAX INFO.COM IS THE WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY OR BY THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
UM, FOR PEOPLE ALSO TO SUBMIT FEEDBACK THROUGH THAT, WE DID HAVE FOUR RESPONSES.
IT WAS SPLIT 50 50, UH, WITH NO COMMENTS, BUT 50 50 IN FAVOR AND AGAINST THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.
SO NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT ON THERE, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE WERE CHECKING THE FEEDBACK, UM, THROUGH THAT WEBSITE.
SO THAT REALLY DOESN'T DO US ANY GOOD TO KNOW THAT IT'S A 50 50 CALL THERE.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, TO THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS WHO GAVE US THEIR INPUT.
I MEAN, I WOULD, UH, UH, A MOTION TO ADJOURN FOR COUNCIL MEMBER.
GAGLARDI DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER? ALMENDARES EVERYONE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.