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          LAST MINUTE, WE 
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GOT THAT 97% SALES RATIO. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAD TO TURN AROUND AND REMOVE $422,000 BECAUSE THAT SALES RATIO WAS NOT 100%. 
          JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. 
          UM, SO WHAT HAPPENED, UM, JUST TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, CONTEXT, UM, WHEN WE GOT THROUGH THE BUDGET DELIBERATIONS AND YOU ALL DECIDED AT THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT TEACHERS WERE SUPPORTED, UM, YOU, YOU DID DECIDE TO GIVE $340,000 ADDITION TO THE SCHOOLS. 
          UM, AND THAT I'M SAYING THAT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT IF THAT RATIO WAS AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN USE OF THE FUND BALANCE TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT. 
          THAT'S THE POINT OF SHARING THAT WITH YOU TONIGHT. 
          AND THEN IN 2025, WE DID GET SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT THE SALES ASSESSMENT RATIO WAS TRENDING AT 88%. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE IT AT 97% WHERE YOU ARE LOSING 422,000 IN REVENUE, IF THAT SALES RATIO WOULD HAVE BEEN REMAINED AT 88% WITHOUT YOU PERFORMING THE REASSESSMENT, THAT IS OVER $2 MILLION, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPACTFUL TO THE COUNTY'S BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO WITH THAT STATED, UM, ANOTHER DISCUSSION. 
          I WANT TO THANK MR. JENKINS PROVIDING THIS TO, UM, YOU ALL AS A BOARD, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE YOU JUST A LOOK AT WHAT YOUR REAL ESTATE TAX RATE IS AND HOW IT COMPARES TO SOME OF OUR OTHER COMMUNITIES. 
          ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT SUR COUNTY, IT BEING 71 CENTS, YOU ARE, WE ARE GONNA COMPARE IT TO THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, AT THE BOTTOM HERE, YOU SEE THAT, UM, PRINCE GEORGE AND DENWITTY AND SUSSEX, YOU SEE THEIR RATES. 
          THESE LOCALITIES IN ADDITION TO ALL WHITE AND JAMES CITY COUNTY ARE UH, COUNTIES AND THEY ARE NEXT DOOR TO US. 
          IN ADDITION TO, UM, THE ONES THAT YOU SEE BELOW, I DO WANNA SHARE, UM, BOARD MEMBERS, UM, THAT DURING THE WORK SESSION, THIS IS JUST A REMINDER, IF YOU RECALL, I SHARED SEVERAL EXAMPLES WITH YOU REGARDING HOW COMMUNITIES ADVERTISE AND HOW THEY HANDLE THEIR BUDGETS WHEN THEY GO THROUGH A REAL ESTATE REASSESSMENT. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO SRA COUNTY, AND I SHARED ALL THOSE EXAMPLES BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT YOU MAY HAVE A LOCALITY WHERE THEIR, UM, EFFECTIVE TAX RATE MAY BE 65 CENTS, BUT THEIR CURRENT TAX RATE IS 71 CENTS AND THEY ARE GOING TO ADVERTISE THAT TAX RATE AT 71 CENTS. 
          SO I SHARED THOSE EXAMPLES WITH YOU DURING THE WORK SESSION BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT, UH, JURISDICTIONS HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SHOW, UM, THAT THERE IS, UH, NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES. 
          UM, NOT TO MENTION, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THIS AS WE GO THROUGH OUR PUBLIC HEARING. 
          UM, NEXT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE, UM, WITH THE WAY THAT WORKS, YOU CANNOT LOWER THE RATE ONCE IT'S ADVERTISED. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          YOU CANNOT RAISE THE RATE ONCE IT'S ADVERTISED. 
          YOU CAN ONLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LOWERING THE RATE. 
          SO IT MAKES PRACTICAL SENSE IN ALL MEANS TO ADVERTISE A RATE THAT IS YOUR CURRENT RATE. 
          OKAY. 
          IF NOT ABOVE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WITH THE, WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE, THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSIONER. 
          IT DOES SHOW YOU A TAX RATE AND ASSESSMENT HISTORY GOING BACK TO 2005. 
          UM, BACK THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT THE COUNTY'S RATE WAS 77, UM, SINCE AND, UM, 2025, YOUR TAX RATE IS 71 CENTS. 
          OBVIOUSLY THERE HAVE BEEN THINGS THAT INFLUENCE THAT RATE OVER THE TIME, BUT JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT SHOWS THE REASSESSMENTS DURING THAT TIMEFRAME IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE SALES ASSESSMENT RATIOS WERE DURING THAT PERIOD. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS GOOD INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO SHARE FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND FOR, UH, YOU ALL TO SEE WHEN THOSE PARTIAL REA ASSESSMENTS HAD TO TAKE PLACE BECAUSE OF THE LOWER SALES ASSESSMENT RATIOS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THE COMMISSIONER ALSO SHARED WITH US, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE OF, IS OUR TAX RELIEF FOR THE ELDERLY AND THE VETERAN DISCOUNTS. 
          UM, FOR 2025, WE EXPECT THIS NUMBER COMBINED TO BE ABOUT $225,000. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS NUMBER HAS INCREASED FROM 2021, UM, FROM $121,225,000. 
          UM, IT'S NEARLY DOUBLED SINCE 2021. 
          UM, THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 58% OF A PENNY. 
          UM, THAT'S NO LONGER PART OF YOUR TAX BASE. 
          UM, SO WE ARE GIVING THAT RELIEF TO OUR ELDERLY. 
          UM, WITH THE CHANGES YOU'LL HAVE MADE, THE NUMBER OF DISABLED VETERANS 61, THE NUMBER OF, UH, DISCOUNTS THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S PROCESSING FOR THE, UM, 
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RELIEF OF THE ELDERLY, UM, HERE IS SHOWN AT 78. 
          OKAY? SO YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES IN THOSE NUMBERS. 
          OKAY? SO WITH THE CHANGES THAT YOU'VE MADE, WE ARE, UM, INCREASING THAT AMOUNT OF RELIEF. 
          SO WITH THAT STATED, UM, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, $384,000 ROUGHLY IS 1 CENT ON YOUR TAX RATE. 
          WHERE DOES THAT 1 CENT COMES FROM? IT COMES FROM THE RESIDENTS WHO PAY 34% OF THAT $132,000 AND FROM PUBLIC SERVICE PAYS THE REST TWO THIRDS AT $251,600. 
          THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATES THAT THE BUDGET IS BASED ON TONIGHT ARE LISTED HERE FOR YOUR INFORMATION. 
          I WON'T GO OVER THEM. 
          THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT RATES. 
          SO GETTING INTO SOME OF THE MEAT OF THE BUDGET IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE MAJOR REVENUE DRIVERS. 
          OKAY, SO SOME OF THE MAJOR REVENUE DRIVERS, I'M SHOWING THEM THE HERE ALL HERE FOR YOUR INFORMATION. 
          YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE HAVE PUBLIC SERVICE AT 2.0 MILLION. 
          THAT IS BASED ON THE LIMITED SCOPE REASSESSMENT IMPACT AND SOME OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT THE COUNTY DID EXPERIENCE ABOUT $35 MILLION IN NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THEIR SALES ASSESSMENT RATIO. 
          THE ESTIMATED IMPACT TO PUBLIC SERVICE IS A LOW OVER 2 MILLION PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES. 
          I WANT TO EXPLAIN HERE, THIS IS BASED ON A ONE-TIME INFLUX FOR THE BILLING CHANGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. 
          THAT IS THE POLL DECISION THAT YOU ALL MADE TO HAVE OUR PERSONAL PROPERTY DUE NOT IN DECEMBER, BUT IN JUNE. 
          AND CITIZENS WILL BE PAYING THAT IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, UM, WITH THE EXTENSION TO SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, BUT THAT IS A ONE TIME INFLUX OF 1.1 MILLION. 
          UM, A NOTE TO SHARE HERE, THERE IS GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL, BUT THAT IS GONNA BE IN YOUR ENSUING YEAR BECAUSE OF YOUR DECISION TO GIVE THEM MORE TIME AND TO PAY IN IN SEPTEMBER. 
          OKAY? BUT THAT IS A ONE TIME INFLUX. 
          AND IF YOU REMEMBER ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WHAT YOU WANNA DO IS TAKE ANY ONE TIME INFLUX OF MONEY AND USE IT FOR ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES, REAL ESTATE TAXES, 972,000 BASED ON A LIMITED SCOPE REASSESSMENT. 
          LOCAL SALES TAXES, WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE THIS THIS YEAR. 
          I WAS A LITTLE HESITANT TO DO SO BECAUSE WE OFTEN DO NOT KNOW THE IMPACTS OF THINGS THAT'S GOING ON WITH, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE WERE BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE IN OUR PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT BASED ON SOME HISTORICAL PROJECTIONS, UM, WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND INCREASE THAT BY $400,000. 
          UM, THE COMPENSATION BOARD $85,000 INCREASE THERE. 
          UM, AND THAT IS LARGELY BASED ON THE STATE SUPPORT OF THAT 3% AND THE, AND THE 9.3% FOR THE, UH, COMMUNICATION OFFICERS I SPOKE OF EARLIER, THE AMBULANCE BILLING BASED ON THE POLICY DECISION THAT YOU ALL MADE, IN ADDITION TO THE HISTORICAL PROJECTIONS OF THE FEE OF THE FEES GONNA INCREASE THAT ABOUT 75,000, UM, SHARED SERVICES FOR INSPECTIONS. 
          UM, THAT IS GOING TO, BASED ON A PROPOSED REALIGNMENT OF A POSITION THAT WE CAN GET REIMBURSED FROM THE, UH, COUNTY OF SUSSEX, IF THE BOARD WAS TO, UM, IMPROVE, UH, APPROVE THAT. 
          SO THAT 60,000 FROM SHARED SERVICES BUSINESS LICENSES, MR. JENKINS PROVIDED, UM, A DETAILED LIST OF THE BUSINESS LICENSE. 
          SO BASED ON OUR CURRENT PROJECTIONS, WE ARE GONNA INCREASE THAT ABOUT 15,000, UH, PERMIT FEES AND FINES. 
          THAT IS BASED ON THE INCREASE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT OUR PLANNING FEES ARE IN LINE WITH NEIGHBORING LOCALITIES. 
          AND MR. WADE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN PROVIDING THAT DATA. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA INCREASE THAT SLIGHTLY BY ABOUT $11,000. 
          UM, AND SOME OF THE DEDUCTIONS, UM, WE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE RECEIVING RENT, UH, FROM THE, UM, DISTRICT 19 COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, UM, BECAUSE OF THEIR, UH, RELOCATING, UH, FROM THE CURRENT FACILITY, UM, MARINA FUEL CELLS BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA THAT WAS A LITTLE TOO HIGH. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA LOWER THAT. 
          UM, SOME CATEGORICAL GRANTS THERE AND A SOLAR PERMIT ONE TIME FEE. 
          UM, I WAS, UH, WE WERE JUMPING FROM JOY LAST YEAR WHEN WE, WE, WE GOT THAT ONE TIME, BUT THAT IS NO LONGER GONNA BE RECEIVING THIS YEAR. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE USE OF FUND BALANCES, THAT'S GONNA GO DOWN AS WELL. 
          SO ALL IN ALL, WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT A $4.1 MILLION INCREASE IN REVENUE FROM THE VARIOUS SOURCES THAT I HAVE JUST OUTLINED. 
          OKAY, NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK REAL QUICK AT THE REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX COMPONENTS. 
          THESE ARE THE VARIOUS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES. 
          UM, OVERALL FROM THAT. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, PUBLIC SERVICE OF THIS AMOUNT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 57% OF THE BUDGET. 
          PERSONAL PROPERTY, 12%, AND REAL ESTATE TAXES ABOUT 31% LOCAL REVENUE BY COMPARISON OF 
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ALL, UH, REVENUE SOURCES YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, AGAIN, ABOUT $4.4 MILLION INCREASE THERE. 
          OVERALL, YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS SOURCES ARE LISTED HERE, UM, IN A LITTLE BIT GREATER DETAIL. 
          UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, OVERALL, A 14.9% INCREASE, UM, IS SHOWING THERE FOR ALL THE REVENUE WHEN YOU COMPARE, UM, THE LOCAL REVENUE FROM 25 TO THE 26 BUDGET. 
          OKAY? ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, UM, ALSO REMEMBER IN ONE OF THE WE WORK SESSIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE COUNTY IS RECEIVING FROM SOLAR FARM OPERATIONS. 
          UM, UH, MR. JENKINS PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION AGAIN, SO FROM 2019 TO 2025 CUMULATIVE, UM, ABOUT $1.9 MILLION HAS BEEN REALIZED, UM, IN THE CURRENT BUDGET. 
          HOWEVER, UM, OF THE 9.6 MILLION THAT I SHARED EARLIER, THAT'S COME FROM OUR REAL ESTATE TAXES FROM OUR TWO SOLAR FARM OPERATIONS. 
          UH, IT'S ABOUT $552,000. 
          THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE IN THOSE NUMBERS. 
          THAT'S ABOUT 5.9% OF THE TOTAL. 
          OKAY. 
          OTHER LOCAL TAX COMPONENTS. 
          UM, JUST WANTED TO KINDA SHOW THESE HERE. 
          UH, THESE ARE TAX, UH, TAXES THAT WE RECEIVE THAT CAN GO UP AND DOWN. 
          IT DEPENDS ON THE ECONOMY. 
          UH, SO THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO KIND OF PROJECT. 
          AND THAT'S AT 400,000 THAT I SPOKE OF EARLIER. 
          UM, THAT WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE OUR LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX BY THE BUSINESS LICENSE. 
          AND THAT IS YOUR INCREASE THAT I SPOKE OF EARLY, ABOUT $415,000 COLLECTIVELY FOR THOSE SOURCES. 
          STATE REVENUE, UM, THE COUNTY RECEIVES ABOUT $2.4 MILLION, UH, FROM THE STATE. 
          UH, THE MAJORITY OF THIS DOES COME FROM THE PERSONAL PROPERTY, UH, TAX RELIEF THAT HAS BEEN CAPPED AT $677,000 ANNUALLY. 
          AND THE REST OF IT COMES FROM THE SHARED SERVICES THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR STATE COMP BOARD AND CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES AND REGISTRAR. 
          UH, VERY LITTLE COMES FROM STATE GRANTS. 
          OKAY? AND THAT IS THE RADIOLOGICAL, UH, PREP GRANT. 
          UM, THE VICTIM WITNESS GRANT, UM, IF I'M COMM REMEMBERING CORRECTLY FROM THE CATEGORICAL AID, UH, GENERAL FUND REVENUE, ALL IN ALL, $36.7 MILLION WHEN YOU ADD IN ALL YOUR LOCAL SOURCES AND YOUR STATE REVENUE, 4.2 MILLION OVER 12.9% INCREASE. 
          AND THE NEXT SLIDES I WILL OUTLINE HOW THIS, UH, 4.2 MILLION WILL BE SPENT. 
          THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE, SO THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES, THEY ARE LISTED HERE FROM GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION TO JUDICIAL, PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC SAFETY PARKS AND RECREATION, COMMUNITY ECONOMIC PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, AND SOME OF YOUR NON-DEPARTMENTAL, LIKE YOUR DEBT SERVICE. 
          THESE ARE YOUR CATEGORICAL EXPENDITURES. 
          UH, THE REVENUE SAVINGS, UM, AND I APOLOGIZE, THIS SLIDE IS A LITTLE OUTTA ORDER, BUT I WILL JUST SHARE HERE THAT THIS IS, UM, THE REVENUE SAVINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, YOUR REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND, UM, AND ALSO THE ONE TIME, UH, REVENUE FOR FUTURE CIP ABOUT THE ONE POINT MILLION THAT WAS GENERATED FROM YOUR JUNE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX BILLING. 
          OKAY, THAT'S THE 2.18 MILLION. 
          UH, I THINK THE REASON WHY THIS IS SHOWN HERE, AND THEN I THINK ABOUT IT IS BECAUSE I WANT TO SHARE WHERE YOU GET TO EXPENDITURES THAT WE ARE NOT SPENDING THIS MONEY ON ANY OF THE ITEMS IS ACTUALLY CREATING THESE SAVINGS. 
          UM, HERE. 
          OKAY, SO THIS SLIDE IS A LITTLE SMALL, BUT I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO SHARE. 
          THESE ARE YOUR MAJOR REVENUE DRIVERS, EXCUSE ME, EXPENDITURE DRIVERS. 
          SO FOR, UH, EACH VARIOUS EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES THAT I JUST MENTIONED, THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT CAUSES THE INCREASES. 
          THE 4.2 MILLION THAT I MENTIONED. 
          UM, THESE ARE THE, UM, EXPENDITURE DRIVERS. 
          THE TOP TWO THAT YOU SEE THERE IS YOUR REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND AND YOUR ONE TIME, UM, REVENUE FOR FUTURE CIP. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THAT COUNTS FOR ABOUT $2.2 MILLION. 
          UM, RIGHT THERE, THERE'S THAT KIND OF SET ASIDES, I MEAN, ALL OF YOUR OTHER, UM, EXPENDITURE DRIVERS ARE HERE. 
          ABOUT 448,000 HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR, UM, OKAY. 
          UH, 400 YES FOR EDUCATION TO SCHOOLS. 
          OKAY, THIS IS A LITTLE OFF. 
          I CAN GO BACK AND FIX THAT. 
          BUT FOR THE CON CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION, THE TRANSFERS TO SCHOOLS, I'M RECOMMENDING AT THIS TIME A 1 CENT ON YOUR TAX RATE PLUS FUNDING FOR ONE MAINTENANCE POSITION AT $448,000. 
          UM, THE TRANSFER TO THE CIP $206,000, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. 
          UM, THE 3% COST OF LIVING AND THE 9.18% MANDATE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE DISPATCHERS THAT COST, UM, THERE IS $204,000, UH, FULL FUNDING OF OUR 
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HR POSITION, 150,000. 
          UM, THAT POSITION WAS, UH, WAS MIDYEAR THIS YEAR. 
          SO THAT REPRESENTS FULL FUNDING, BUT THAT IS OFFSET AT THE BOTTOM IN SOME REDUCTIONS, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT USING CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR THAT. 
          SO IT'S NOT THE FULL COST. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE HEALTH INSURANCE THAT I TALKED ABOUT. 
          THERE'S ONE POSITION FOR, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS, UM, TO BE FURTHER CONSIDERED, BUT THAT'S SHOWING HERE, UM, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, UM, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. 
          I'M JUST KIND OF OUTLINING BOARD MEMBERS AND ALL THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT DO IMPACT THE BUDGET. 
          UM, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES IS A BIG THING. 
          AS YOU ALL KNOW, CONTRACTS DO GO UP ANNUALLY. 
          UM, THE CONTRACT THAT WE PAY TO, UH, FUND OUR 24 HOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS IS ABOUT $1.1 MILLION. 
          OKAY? UM, IN ADDITION, YOU HAVE SEVERAL OTHER, OTHER CONTRACTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION, IT'S BEFORE YOU, THIS IS A PART OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM FOR TIME'S SAKE, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE BUDGET HAS BEEN CAREFULLY LOOKED AT AND JUST WANTED TO OUTLINE ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          UM, I WILL POINT OUT MAYBE SOME OF THE NEW THINGS FOR YOUR INFORMATION. 
          UM, $14,000, UH, IS INCLUDED IN HERE FOR, UM, UH, TO RIGHT SIZE THE PROJECTED NUMBER OF COSTS THAT WE HAVE FOR, UM, OUR MUTUAL AID. 
          UM, WE DO EXPECT THAT THOSE THAT COSTS WILL DECREASE ONCE WE GET OUR NEW MEDIC WHEN THAT COMES IN SERVICE. 
          UM, WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE THAT BY THE END OF JUNE OF THIS YEAR. 
          UM, THERE ALSO IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR DOCUMENTED CALLS, UM, THAT IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT, UH, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, TO IMPLEMENT A $175 STIPEND FOR CALLS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES. 
          AND THAT REPRESENTS THE, UH, VOLUNTEERS TO BE ABLE TO, TO COME OUT AND SERVE SOME OF THE AMBULATORY CALLS THAT ARE NOT CRITICAL IN NATURE. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEW. 
          SO THAT'S A $32,000 COST THERE. 
          AND, UM, THERE, THOSE ARE THE MAJOR THINGS THAT I KINDA WANTED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, UNTIL YOU, UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER COSTS THERE. 
          OKAY, ON THIS SLIDE THERE, UH, MORE CONTINUE HERE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OTHER COST INCREASES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUDGET, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM, WE ARE SHOWING THE VARIOUS COST DECREASES. 
          UM, THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUDGET AS WELL. 
          UM, TO GIVE ABOUT THE FOUR POINT SO THAT I MENTIONED HERE, UM, IN THE, UM, RECOMMENDED INCREASES IN THE BUDGET WITH THE MAJORITY OF IT BEING THOSE, UH, TWO TOP SOURCES, WHICH WERE THE REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND AND THE ONE TIME, UH, INFLUX OF FROM THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. 
          OKAY? THE EXPENDITURES BY THE CATEGORIES THAT I MENTIONED, YOU CAN SEE THOSE HERE. 
          UM, THE VARIOUS INCREASES FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TRANSFERS TO THE OTHER FUNDS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION, UM, DOES SHOW A 17.5% INCREASE. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT I SHOWED ON THE PREVIOUS, PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHY THOSE COST INCREASES HAVE OCCURRED. 
          ALSO, I WANT TO SHARE THAT A LARGER, THIS IS ATTRIBUTED TO, UM, JUST RE UH, REALIGNMENTS AND REORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. 
          AND ALSO I WANT TO SHARE THAT THIS IS BASED ON THE ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REVISIONS THAT YOU ALL APPROVED MID-YEAR AND THOSE REVISIONS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IN, HAVE INCREASED YOUR FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET. 
          SO IF YOU DO AN ACTUAL COMPARISON TO YOUR REVISED BUDGET VERSUS WHAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO, EXCUSE ME OR WHAT I'M PROPOSING FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY LESS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT FOR CLARITY. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE, BASED ON ADOPTED BUDGET, THESE ARE THE VARIOUS INCREASES. 
          OKAY? AND, BUT YOU DO HAVE THE EXPLANATION ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AS TO WHERE THESE INCREASES AND DECREASES ARE COMING FROM. 
          OKAY? UM, AND THESE ARE ALL THE OTHER FUNDS. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, YOU HAVE YOUR OTHER FUNDS, YOUR CIP, WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON THE SOCIAL SERVICES FUND. 
          UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES ACT FUND SHOWING A DECREASE THERE. 
          THESE ARE SOME SMALLER FUNDS HERE. 
          ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT ONE OF YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE FUNDED OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, UM, TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, OPERATE AND TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO THAT'S A $47,000 INCREASE THAT'S RECOMMENDED FOR THEM, THAT THAT SERVICE IS PRETTY CONSISTENT, UH, PAYMENT FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, OUR WATER AND SEWER, WHICH IS LARGELY THE CONTRACT THAT WE PAY TO THE SUS SERVICE AUTHORITY, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A COST INCREASE AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN OUR SCHOOL OPERATING FUND, UM, INCREASE FROM 17 FIVE TO 18.3. 
          NOW ALL OF THAT IS 
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THE COUNTY'S RECOMMENDATION. 
          AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE RECOMMENDED INCREASE FOR THEM IS ABOUT $483,000. 
          AND THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA FUND, UM, TOTAL OTHER FUNDS REPRESENT A DECREASE OF 11.9, AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND THAT YOU SEE HERE. 
          AND THEN TOTAL ALL FUNDS IS 62.4 MILLION OR $7.7 MILLION DECREASE TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS. 
          UM, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW WHAT THOSE ARE SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT THOSE TRANSFERS OUTS. 
          OUTS ARE. 
          UM, ABOUT 19.5 MILLION THAT WE TRANSFERRED TO THE OTHER FUNDS THAT WERE ENUMERATED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          THERE YOU CAN SEE THE, UM, THE ONE TIME, UH, PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. 
          WE ARE PUTTING THAT IN THAT RESERVE FUND THERE. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER CHANGES THERE. 
          SO GENERAL FUND OPERATING EXPENDITURES. 
          WHY I WANTED TO SHARE THIS SLIDE WITH YOUR BOARD MEMBERS IS ALL BET THAT YOU HAVE SAW THAT THE JOURNAL FUND WAS ABOUT $36 MILLION. 
          WHAT IT TAKES TO OPERATE THE ACTUAL JOURNAL FUND IS NOT, IT IS ACTUALLY 16.18 MILLION BECAUSE I'M EXCLUDING THOSE TRANSFERS TO THE OTHER FUNDS. 
          SO IN TERMS OF THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS SLIDE, IT COSTS ABOUT $16.8 MILLION TO DO THAT. 
          ABOUT 55% OF THAT CONSTITUTES YOUR, UM, YOUR TEAM MEMBERS, YOUR STAFF, AND YOUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DOING THE DAILY WORK OF THE COUNTY. 
          UM, INCLUDING ALL THE BENEFITS, UM, FROM VRS TO HEALTH INSURANCE, THAT COST IS ABOUT 55% OF THAT. 
          OKAY, ABOUT 8.8 MILLION IF MY MATH IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY, SO THAT IS THE JOURNAL FUND OPERATING COST. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SHARED IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE POLICY DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE MADE, UM, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE MORE RECENT DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LOOKING AT THE 26TH BUDGET AND BEYOND, UM, JUST WANNA KIND OF BRING TO LIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT. 
          UM, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNTY NEEDS TO FUTURISTICALLY, UM, LOOK AT WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE PAID IN ADDITION TO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES. 
          UM, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE TIMING OF ANY FACILITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT. 
          UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT IN THE BUDGET MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF JUST THE TIMING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING JUST NOT GOING TO BE A SHELF STUDY, SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD IS SERIOUSLY GONNA LOOK AT, YOU WANNA THINK ABOUT AT WHAT POINT YOU WANNA CONSIDER DOING THAT. 
          UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CIP NEEDS IN YOUR WORK SESSIONS. 
          SO FUTURISTICALLY, THERE IS CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAD AS FAR AS YOUR CIP. 
          UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT REQUESTS TO THE SCHOOLS WAS 736,000, UM, AND THE COST FOR GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CORRELATION TO THE CIPI THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT AND YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE CORRELATION IN SOME, UM, SOME LATER SLIDES AS TO WHAT THAT PARTICULAR LINE ITEM MEANS. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT AND THINK ABOUT FUTURISTICALLY. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO JOURNAL FUND, EMPLOYEE BY DEPARTMENT. 
          THIS SHOWS THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WE DO HAVE WORKING. 
          THIS IS JUST A JOURNAL FUND. 
          THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SCHOOLS. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S ABOUT 100 EMPLOYEES. 
          THAT IS A 1.5 PERC, 1.5, UM, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEE COUNT, UH, FROM FISCAL YEAR 25. 
          UM, BOARD MEMBERS, I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT OVER THE LAST PAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN REALLY STRATEGIC, UM, ABOUT OUR POSITIONS. 
          UM, ANYTIME THERE IS A VACANT POSITION, UM, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY AUTOMATICALLY FILLED. 
          UM, THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVE MENTIONED TO YOU EARLIER IS THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AND SEE WHERE WE CAN ALIGN RESOURCES AND IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, WE, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY FEEL A POSITION, BUT PLACE IT IN THE AREA WHERE THERE ARE CRITICAL NEEDS. 
          SO WE ARE ACTUALLY REDUCING OUR COUNT BY ABOUT 1.5, AND THAT'S JUST FROM 25 TO 26 PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          I CAN GUARANTEE THAT THIS NUMBER WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 106 106 EMPLOYEES. 
          OKAY? OUTSIDE AGENCY SUPPORT WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THIS IS ALL THE AGENCIES THAT YOU SUPPORT. 
          UM, THE ONES THAT HAVE THE ASTERISK THERE ARE VOLUNTEER IN NATURE. 
          UM, THAT, UH, A LOT OF THESE ARE YOUR REGIONAL, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT WE DO REQUIRE TO PARTICIPATE IN. 
          BUT THE ONES WITH ASTERISK ARE THE ONES THAT VOLUNTEER IN NATURE, LIKE THE SOUTHEAST FO EAST EDUCATIONAL CENTER OR THE, UH, CONTRIBUTION THAT YOU MAY BE PAYING TO, UH, ONE OF THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
          BUT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO YOUR AGENCIES, WHICH INCLUDES OUR VOLUNTEER FIRE, UM, DEPARTMENTS, THE, UH, THE COST THAT WE PAY FOR FUNDING OF OUR CARE, OF OUR, UH, ADULT AND YOUTH, UM, UH, PRISONERS. 
          ALL OF THAT IS A PART OF THE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, THE LIBRARY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, THE HISTORICAL 
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SOCIETIES, UM, YOUR REGIONAL, UM, ALLIANCES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THOSE COSTS ARE ABOUT $1.1 MILLION IS WHAT'S RECOMMENDED. 
          THAT'S A $46,000, UH, INCREASE OVER LAST FISCAL YEAR. 
          UH, YOU SEE ALL THE AGENCIES THAT ARE LISTED HERE. 
          OKAY? UM, I DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO DECREASE, UH, WHAT SOME OF THE REQUESTS WERE FOR ABOUT, UH, $61,000. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE DO HAVE THOSE INCREASES THAT ARE LARGELY DUE TO THE CARE OF, UH, PRISONERS. 
          IT'S THE MAJORITY OF THAT INCREASE. 
          SO DEBT SERVICE PROFILE IS THE NEXT SLIDE I DO WANNA SHARE. 
          UM, I BACK UP. 
          THAT IS ONE SLIDE OUT OF PLACE. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT I JUST WANNA ALSO SHARE THAT OFTEN WE ASK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING. 
          UM, AS YOU ALL HAVE HEARD IN YOUR WORK SESSIONS AND YOU HAVE HEARD TONIGHT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR COMMISSIONER AND OUR CLERK OF COURT HAVE ASKED FOR INCREASES BEYOND, UM, THE 3%. 
          UM, THOSE AT THIS TIME, UH, AT THIS PARTICULAR JUNCTURE HAVE NOT BEEN, UH, RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE A NEW POSITION THAT THE SHERIFF REQUESTED A FULL-TIME SECURITY OFFICER, UM, THAT CURRENTLY HAS NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING, AND THERE WAS ALSO A NEW POSITION OF THE TREASURER AND THE CLERK THAT HAS NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR, FOR FUNDING. 
          I WILL GO BACK AND SAY THAT I DO UNDERSTAND FROM THE COMMISSIONER AND THE TREASURER STANDPOINT, UM, THAT THE POLICY DECISIONS THAT THE BOARD HAVE MADE IN TERMS OF PERHAPS AN ADDITIONAL, UH, DUTIES THAT I'VE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. 
          UM, WE DID INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL, UM, I WANNA SAY $10,000 EACH FOR SOME CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. 
          UM, BUT THIS CAN REQUIRE SOME FURTHER ANALYSIS, UM, BASED ON, UM, SUBSEQUENT BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, NO CERTAIN AMOUNT HAS BEEN, UM, APPROPRIATED IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR THESE ITEMS HERE. 
          OKAY, NOW, THE DEBT SERVICE PROFILE, I APOLOGIZE, THAT SLIDE WAS OUTTA ORDER. 
          UM, SO THIS SHOWS YOUR DEBT SERVICE PROFILE, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, UH, THIS IS 2025 AND BEYOND. 
          UM, HERE I CAN SAY THAT, UM, WHEN, UH, WE LOOK AT OUR DEBT SERVICE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ABNORMAL. 
          UM, SOMETIMES YOU MAY HEAR BOARD MEMBERS THAT SOMEBODY MAY SAY THE COUNTY IS IN DEBT, $23 MILLION. 
          WELL, GUESS WHAT? ALL COMMUNITIES ARE IN DEBT. 
          IF THIS IS HOW YOU FUND YOUR COURTHOUSES, YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FACILITIES, UM, THOSE TICKET ITEMS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PART OF DOING BUSINESS AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE DEBT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I CAN SAY THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, POLICIES. 
          UM, YOU HAVE, UH, TWO DEBT SERVICE POLICIES. 
          THIS IS FROM OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS. 
          UM, INFORMATION SRA COUNTY IS WELL WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED DEBT POLICIES. 
          UM, WHEN WE UPDATE OUR 26 VALUES, BECAUSE THIS IS BASED ON 20, UM, FOUR NUMBERS, WE WILL STILL BE WELL WITHIN OUR, UM, POLICIES. 
          SO IN TERMS OF DEBT SERVICE TO REVENUE AND DEBT SERVICE TO ASSESS VALUE, WE ARE WELL WITHIN, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE BASED ON OUR COMPARES WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE RED LINES. 
          THIS IS WHERE OUR POLICY LIMITS ARE. 
          WE ARE FAR TO THE LEFT OF THOSE POLICY LIMITS, SO WE HAVE CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO BORROW IF YOU NEED TO BORROW. 
          OKAY, NOW, SO CIP DEPARTMENT REQUEST, UM, YOU SEE THESE THINGS ON HERE. 
          THESE THINGS ARE TANGIBLE IN NATURE. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE SHINY, SOME OF THEM ARE NEW. 
          AND THESE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT I KNOW BOARD MEMBERS AND CITIZENS THAT YOU LIKE TO SEE AS FAR AS WHERE SOME OF THE TAX MONEY IS GOING. 
          UM, ALL THINGS THAT CIP, HOWEVER ARE NOT SHINY AND NEW. 
          UM, SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN WE HAVE TO REPLACE OUR WARD AND SEWER LINES AND, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT WE CAN'T SEE, BUT THEY ARE PART OF WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN, UM, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
          SO WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN GREATER DETAIL AS WELL. 
          BOARD MEMBERS, I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SLIDES, AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE IT KIND OF SHOWS WHAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING WITH SOME, IT IS CASH FUNDED PROJECTS. 
          THIS IS A HISTORY GOING BACK ALL THE WAY TO 2020 UP UNTIL 2025 FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          THESE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE CASH FUNDED. 
          SO IT'S ABOUT $8.9 MILLION IN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD THAT YOU HAVE FUNDED USING TAX DOLLARS, USING CASH, NOT SUBJECT TO DEBT SERVICE. 
          SO I THINK YOU SHOULD BE APPLAUDED FOR THAT. 
          UM, THE COUNTY HAS DEDICATED 3 CENTS ON ITS TAX RATE, UM, TO FUND ONGOING CIP. 
          THERE WAS A POLICY THAT WAS PUT IN, IT HAS WORKED FOR US, ESPECIALLY THE LAST PAST TWO YEARS. 
          HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE HAD A GOOD TRACK RECORD OF UTILIZING RESERVES TO FUND ONE TIME CIP NEEDS. 
          THE MOST RECENT DEBT ISSUE IT SAID YOU HAVE HAD IS TO $5.3 MILLION TO FUND THE RADIO 
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COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. 
          OKAY? THE CIP, THE TOTAL REQUEST IS 10.28 MILLION. 
          YOU ALL HAVE SEEN ALL OF THIS IN YOUR WORK SESSIONS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. 
          UM, JOURNAL FUND, 7.7 SCHOOL FUND, ABOUT 2.58 MILLION. 
          THESE ARE THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENT REQUESTS. 
          THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE FUNDED OR PARTIALLY FUNDED IN THE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, CIP BUDGET. 
          OKAY? AND, AND I WANTED TO LIST ALL OF THEM HERE SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT AGAIN, HAS BEEN REQUESTED, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE, AS I GET INTO WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR RECOMMENDING, OKAY? THESE ARE ALL PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S SOME HIGH DOLLAR VALUES HERE THAT, AGAIN, UNTIL YOU HAVE FUTURE DISCUSSIONS AS TO HOW WE ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THESE THINGS, WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO WHERE WE ARE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURISTICALLY DEVELOPMENT OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAY BE DOWN THE PIKE, THESE THINGS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING, BUT THEY ARE LISTED HERE BECAUSE THESE ARE REQUESTS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, THIS IS A COPY OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, CIP AND I WANT TO SAY THIS YEAR, UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE ASSISTANCE FROM, UH, MS. SWINDELL WHO HAS BEEN ASSISTING. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF ONE OF THE APPROACHES THIS YEAR, I THINK THAT I'M GOING TO REC, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE BOARD, IS TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE CIP FROM A ONE YEAR APPROACH. 
          OKAY? YOU ALL SAW ALL OF THE CIP ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED THERE BEFORE. 
          AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS. 
          IT MAKES SENSE FOR MR. WADE AND WORKING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE FURTHER DIALOGUES AS TO WHAT A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE COUNTY. 
          SO THIS YEAR, THIS IS JUST SOME COMMENTARY AND YOU HAVE THE FULL SCOPE OF THIS IN YOUR BUDGET BOOK, BUT THIS IS WHY I AM RECOMMENDING A ONE YEAR APPROACH FOR OUR CIP. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE FISCAL YEAR 27 INCLUDED IN HERE BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY OBLIGATED TO CONTRACTUALLY. 
          UM, SO THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. 
          BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE WANNA FOCUS ON A ONE YEAR CIP INSTEAD OF A FIVE YEAR FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THAT IS A CONTINUATION ON OF WHAT I SAID BEFORE AS TO WHY WE WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK FURTHER IN OUR CIP AND RECOMMEND JUST A, UH, FISCAL YEAR 26 CIP. 
          SO THESE ARE THE PROJECTS BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE INCLUDED FOR RECOMMENDATION. 
          THERE ARE REPAIRS TO THE CERTIFI FIRE STATION. 
          UM, THIS INCLUDES PAINTING BOTH THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, REMOVING AND REMEDIATING SOME OLD FLOOR TILES, UM, AND OF COURSE, INSTALLING NEW, UM, FLOOR TILES, MAKE SURE THAT BEST IS CONTAINED AND REMEDIATED. 
          UM, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR A REFRIGERATED FOOD TRUCK, UH, FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. 
          THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR 140,000 FOR TWO. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT RESOURCES ARE LIMITED. 
          UM, HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY MAYBE THROUGH SOME GRANTS OR SOME OTHER ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, BUT THERE'S ONLY ROOM TO RECOMMEND ONE AT THIS JUNCTURE AT ABOUT 77,000. 
          AND THIS IS NEEDED FOR THE TRANSPORT OF OUR HOT MEAL DELIVERY, UM, TO OUR SENIORS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY. 
          OKAY? UM, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE DISTRICT COURT TO REPLACE THE, UH, FILING SYSTEM, 58,175. 
          THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION, UM, FROM THE CLERK OF CIRCLE COURT TO UPGRADE THE VAULT, UM, AND TO REPLACE THE OBSOLETE, UH, WINDOWS. 
          UM, I PUT A NOTE RIGHT HERE THAT THAT COULD BE, UM, CONTINGENT UPON HISTORICAL REVIEW. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OUR COURTHOUSE IS A HISTORICAL BUILDING THAT'S AT $114,000. 
          OKAY? AND ALSO THAT IS, UH, ENGINEERING AND REPLACING THE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM AS WELL FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, THESE ARE SOME ONGOING ITEMS. UM, INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIR, JUST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          UM, THIS IS THE MONEY THAT IS SET ASIDE TO DO THOSE THINGS THAT, UM, MAY HAPPEN WHEN A HVAC, UM, UNIT MAY GO DOWN OR THERE'S MINOR IMPROVEMENTS, SOME SIGNAGE UPGRADES, ANY, UH, SPECIAL REQUESTS THAT ARE RECEIVED. 
          UM, THERE'S THE REQUEST IN HERE FROM THE COMMISSIONER AND FROM SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE SOFTWARE SOLUTION. 
          UM, FOR, AND YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS BEFORE, UM, IN MANY WORK SESSIONS. 
          UM, THE AMENITY SOFTWARE SOLUTION TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF THE NEWLY, UM, ADOPTED PROCESSES FOR OUR, UH, COMMISSIONER REVENUE SOFTWARE SYSTEM, UM, ONGOING TELE SUPPORT AND THE SECURITY ASSETS CONTROL. 
          THAT IS THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CONTRACT THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED 
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BY THE BOARD. 
          UM, SHERIFF VEHICLES, THAT WAS THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. 
          UM, IT WAS PICKED UP FROM 2324. 
          WE DID NOT FUND ANY OF THESE VEHICLES LAST YEAR. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS SOME, UM, UH, DELAYS WITH, UH, WITH DISTRIBUTE, UH, WITH, UH, WITH VEHICLES, I'M SORRY, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. 
          SO WE DID NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THAT IN 24 25, AND I APOLOGIZE, THAT SAYS 34, THAT SHOULD BE 2324. 
          AND OF COURSE, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO REPLACE THE BODY WOR CAMERAS, AND THAT IS INCLUDED IN HERE, UH, FOR A THREE YEAR IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL. 
          FROM THE 2017 CAMERAS THAT THE OFFICERS ARE CURRENTLY WEARING, UH, WATER SEWER MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, THERE IS A REQUEST TO FUND $69,000, UM, FOR THAT, UM, BOARD MEMBERS. 
          UM, AND ALSO THERE IS A REQUEST FOR A SUB REGION WARDEN SEWER MASTER PLAN FOR SIRIUS, SUSSEX, SOUTH HAMPTON, AND FRANKLIN, IT'LL COST ABOUT $15,000. 
          UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROPERTY THAT THE COUNTY OWNS ALONG THE FOUR 60 CORRIDOR AND SO FORTH, THAT IS A NEED TO HAVE A REGIONAL APPROACH TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THAT UNS SHINY INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, INTO THAT AREA. 
          AND THIS IS A SUMMATION BOARD MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET FOR, UM, CIP BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, THIS IS, UH, THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES, THE TOTAL BUDGET, 1.4 MILLION FOR CIP FOR THOSE VARIOUS PROJECTS. 
          AND HOW IS IT GONNA BE FUNDED? IT IS WITH THAT 3 CENTS ON THE TAX RATE. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, WE NEEDED A LITTLE BIT FROM THAT REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND TO BALANCE OUT THE TOTAL REQUEST. 
          SO THAT'S YOUR 1.4 MILLION FOR YOUR CIP. 
          THESE ARE THE FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          UM, WE HAVE TO THINK FU UH, FUTURISTICALLY BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT YOUR WATER SYSTEMS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, THERE HAS BEEN A CRY ALL OVER FOR HOUSING. 
          YOU CANNOT GET HOUSING IN YOUR COMMUNITIES WITHOUT HAVING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IT'S JUST A MUST. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO ENTERTAIN AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW IT'S DONE. 
          THAT'S THOSE UNS SHINY THINGS THAT I SPOKE OF EARLIER. 
          WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT FUTURISTICALLY, HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO IT. 
          UM, FACILITY EXPANSIONS AND RELOCATIONS. 
          UM, OPERATIONAL WISE, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS. 
          THE, UH, EXPANSION THAT'S NEEDED IN SOCIAL SERVICE IN TERMS OF SPACE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL, WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE TO RELOCATE OUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO THE EOC, UM, FOR BETTER SYNERGY AND CREATING THAT SPACE IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE CURRENT OPERATIONS THERE. 
          UM, WE TALKED ABOUT GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. 
          IF THE COUNTY DOES A, A SATELLITE DMV OFFICE AND THE OTHER, UH, AGING FACILITIES, UM, THE SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION DISCUSSION THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN THEIR AGING FACILITIES AS WELL. 
          THESE ARE FACILITIES THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. 
          FUTURISTICALLY, I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE NEXT LINE ITEM. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE EQUIPMENT NEEDS ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU SAW FROM PUBLIC SAFETY THAT MAY IMPACT FUTURE PROJECTS. 
          GETTING DOWN TO THE LAST THINGS BOARD MEMBERS, AND I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A LONG PRESENTATION, BUT AGAIN, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I PROVIDED ALL THE INFORMATION AHEAD OF THE HEARING. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE BEEN ENGAGING. 
          UH, WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING, WE'VE BEEN LEARNING, WE'VE BEEN IMPROVING, AND WE HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING. 
          AND WITH THAT STATED, THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE THAT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT OUR BUDGET CALENDAR THAT WE CAN GO OVER AFTER BUDGET AFTER THE, UM, THE HEARING. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALSO VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE BUDGET. 
          I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS WE MAY HAVE FURTHER DELIBERATE ON. 
          UM, THE LAST THING I'M GOING TO SHARE, YOU SEE A LARGE PRESENCE TONIGHT OF THE, UH, SHERIFF AND HIS, UH, OFFICERS THAT ARE HERE. 
          AND I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I THANK YOU CHEF TURNER FOR COMING TO ME, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY TODAY. 
          UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, BOARD MEMBERS AND ALL, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, OFFICERS IN OTHER POSITIONS ARE BECOMING DIFFICULT TO FILL. 
          AND, UM, MY COUNTERPARTS AND OTHER LOCALITIES TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME IN TERMS OF THE PAY FOR, UM, FOR DEPUTIES AND OFFICERS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW. 
          UM, AND IT WAS SPOKE OF AT A RECENT MEETING THAT I WAS IN. 
          IT IS BUDGET TIME AND A LOT OF THE ADMINISTRATORS AND THE CITY MANAGERS ARE DEALING WITH THE FACT THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT OFFICERS. 
          AND THERE'S PAY INVOLVED WITH THAT. 
          AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE NEIGHBORING LOCALITIES ARE INCREASING THEIR SALARIES FOR DEPUTIES. 
          UM, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RETAINING AND THEY'RE RETRACTING, UH, UH, ATTRACTING DEPUTIES. 
          SO I TOLD CHEF TURNER THAT I REP WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE PRESENT, YOU ALL ARE PRESENT HERE TONIGHT, AND I DID SHARE WITH, UH, CHAIRMAN ELLIOT BEFORE THIS MEETING, THE REASON WHY, AND TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT, UH, CHEF TURNER, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SHARING. 
          UM, WHILE THERE IS, UH, NOTHING RECOMMENDED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET BEYOND THE 3%, UM, THAT HAS BEEN 
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INCLUDED, UM, WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT ALL JURISDICTIONS AT THIS VERY JUNCTURE AS WE SPEAKING WITH, WITH SHERIFF TURNER AND MYSELF, GETTING CALLS AS TO WHAT'S YOUR STARTING PAY? AND THIS LOCALITY IS ED BY X NUMBER OF DOLLARS, AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AS WE FURTHER DELIBERATE THE BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          THANK YOU MR. ROLLINS, FOR THE THOROUGH AND EXHAUSTIVE , UH, PRESENTATION TO US ON THE BUDGET. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK YOU DO TO BRING THIS TO US EACH YEAR. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL 
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MOVE TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING. 
          AND THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT IS FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE. 
          TAX RATE. 
          NOTICE INCREASE AND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE AS WELL AS SETTING THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RATE. 
          AND, UH, WE WILL HAVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT, OUR STATEMENT FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE, UH, ANYONE COMES UP. 
          UH, ONCE, UH, THE STATEMENT IS GIVEN, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO COME TO THE ROS AND YOU WILL HAVE, UH, TO STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR JURISDICTION. 
          AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          RULES FOR CITIZEN COMMENT, PERIOD. 
          TO ENSURE THAT THE AFFAIRS OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES MAY BE CONDUCTED IN AN ORDERLY MANNER TO ENSURE THAT ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON MATTERS PERTINENT TO IT ARE AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. 
          TO PERMIT PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE, TO OBSERVE AND HEAR THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD WITHOUT DISTRACTION, AND TO PERMIT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THE BOARD TO CONDUCT COUNTY BUSINESS WITH MINIMAL DIS DISRUPTION. 
          THE FOLLOWING RULES ARE ESTABLISHED. 
          EACH PERSON DESIRING TO SPEAK MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE OF THE OPENING OF THE CITIZENS COMMENT PERIOD ON THE AGENDA. 
          EACH SPEAKER SHALL BE LIMITED TO A PERIOD OF THREE MINUTES PER COMMENT PERIOD. 
          WHEN TWO MINUTES HAVE PASSED, THE SPEAKER WILL BE REMINDED THAT THERE IS ONE MINUTE REMAINING. 
          SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP MAY USE THEIR ALLOTTED TIME ONLY FOR THEMSELVES AND MAY NOT DONATE THEIR TIME TO OTHER SPEAKERS. 
          SPEAKERS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO USE AUDIO, VISUAL MATERIALS OR OTHER VISUAL DISPLAYS, BUT MAY PRESENT WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. 
          COMMENTS MUST BE CONFINED TO MATTERS, GERMANE TO THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AND SHALL NOT BE CUMULATIVE OR REPETITIVE. 
          THE BOARD MAY PREVENT OR DISCONTINUE COMMENTS FROM ANY SPEAKER THAT ARE IRRELEVANT. 
          SPEAKERS SHOULD ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH DECORUM, LOUD, BOISTEROUS, AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR. 
          OBSCENITY AND VULGARITY SHOULD BE AVOIDED, AS WELL AS OTHER WORDS OR ACTS TENDING TO EVOKE VIOLENCE OR DEEMED TO BE A BREACH OF ABUSE. 
          INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT ABIDE BY THIS POLICY AFTER A WARNING WILL FORFEIT ANY REMAINING SPEAKER TIME AND BE ASKED TO RETURN TO THEIR SEAT OR LEAVE THE MEETING. 
          THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT PERIOD IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD OR A TIME FOR DIALOGUE WITH COUNTY OFFICIALS. 
          QUESTIONS WHICH ARE RAISED DURING A COMMENT PERIOD MAY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD BE RESPONDED TO BY COUNTY OFFICIALS. 
          AFTER SUFFICIENT TIME FOR APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION, SPEAKERS SHALL REMAIN AT THE PODIUM WHILE ADDRESSING THE BOARD, EXCEPT WHERE AN ACCOMMODATION HAS BEEN GRANTED IN ADVANCE. 
          SPEAKERS SHALL NOT BE INTERRUPTED BY AUDIENCE, COMMENTS, CALLS, WHISTLES, LAUGHTER, OR OTHER GESTURES. 
          INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO DO NOT ABIDE BY THIS POLICY AFTER A WARNING WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING. 
          MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE PROHIBITED FROM CAMPAIGNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE OR OTHERWISE ENGAGING IN ELECTION RELATED SPEECH IN THE MEETING ROOM WHEN NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ISSUE BEFORE THE BOARD. 
          THESE RULES DO NOT PRECLUDE PERSONS FROM DELIVERING TO THE BOARD OR ITS CLERK WRITTEN MATERIALS, INCLUDING REPORTS, STATEMENTS, EXHIBITS, LETTERS, OR SIGNED PETITIONS, OR TO PROHIBIT PERSONS FROM PRESENTING ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS ON ANY SUBJECT GERMANE TO THE BUSINESS, TO OF THE BOARD, TO INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, OR TO THE BOARD THROUGH ITS CLERK OUTSIDE THE CONTEXT OF THE PUBLIC MEETING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. THANK YOU, MS. PERKINS. 
          UH, AT THIS TIME WE DO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU MAY COME TO THE ROSTER, MAN AND ADDRESS, ADDRESS THE BOARD ON REGARDS TO OUR PROPOSED TAX RATES. 
          HELLO, SUSAN VEO CLAREMONT DISTRICT. 
          SINCE THE PERSONAL PROPERTY PAYMENTS WE ALL MADE IN DECEMBER, SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED THE COUNTY MONIES TILL DECEMBER OF 25, I'M SUGGESTING THE COUNTY GIVE SOME REPRIEVE TO THE CITIZENS AND REDUCE THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY THIS YEAR. 
          POSSIBLY IN HALF. 
          WE'LL BE MAKING THREE PERSONAL PROPERTY PAYMENTS WITHIN 18 MONTHS. 
          WHICH TAX YEAR WAS THIS FALLING IN? 24 25. 
          25, 26. 
          EITHER WAY, WE'VE NOW KNOWN THAT WE'VE GOT AN EXCESS ONE TIME FEE WITH THE MANY THAT SPOKE UP AGAINST THIS SPLIT TAXING. 
          I WOULD 
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HOPE THAT THE COUNTY WOULD TAKE THE MORE THAN 150 FARMERS AND CITIZENS THAT WERE AGAINST THIS AND MAYBE HELP THIS ONE TIME. 
          ANOTHER SUGGESTION FOR THIS IN EXCESS FEE, UM, WOULD TAKE THIS EXTRA MONEY AND PUT IT TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF A ROAD REPAIR FUND. 
          THE COUNTY'S WANTING SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT TO COME HERE. 
          HOWEVER, OUR BACK ROADS ARE TERRIBLE. 
          WE'VE DONE A POLL INVOLVING SURREY COUNTY RESIDENTS AND ROAD CONDITIONS WHERE ONE OF THE BIGGEST REQUESTS ON HOW OUR MONEY GETS USED. 
          WE COULD START A 50 50 FUND WITH THIS MONEY. 
          IT WOULD BE A NICE START TO IT. 
          UM, IT WOULD BE A FAIR COMPROMISE WITH JUST NOW SEEING THIS BUDGET. 
          UM, NO CIP INFORMATION, UM, NO AUDIT INFORMATION. 
          THERE'S NO REASON FOR ME TO AGREE TO ANYTHING HIGHER THAN THE 65 THAT WAS ADDRESSED AS A LEVEL. 
          UM, THE LOWER RATE. 
          HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO AS LAST YEAR AND UP THE RATE 3 CENTS, THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT GOING ANY HIGHER THAN 68 CENTS. 
          I'M MORE CONCERNED FOR THE CITIZENS THAT ARE ON FIXED INCOMES, ONE THAT I KNOW THEIR ASSESSMENT WENT UP 135,000, WHICH WOULD MAKE THEIR MONTHLY PAYMENTS GO UP ANYWHERE BETWEEN 73 AND $80, DEPENDING ON THE FINAL RATE THAT YOU DECIDE. 
          I COULD NOT IMAGINE HAVING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, I'M GOING TO CUT ONE MINUTE OF MY BUDGET BY THIS MUCH. 
          AND IT SADDENS ME THAT THE MOST AFFECTED WITH THIS ASSESSMENT WERE THE ELDERLY. 
          UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND PLEASE NOT VOTING ON THE REAL ESTATE TAX TONIGHT UNTIL EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION. 
          LOOK AT THE BUDGET, LOOK AT YOUR AUDIT, LOOK AT YOUR CIP INFORMATION. 
          UM, AND IF YOU'RE GONNA RAISE IT TO 71, THEN YOU'RE INCREASING OUR TAX RATE BY 6 CENTS TECHNICALLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OFFICE. 
          BRIAN AQUIRE. 
          SORRY, DISTRICT. 
          I WANT TO COMMEND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WAS DONE AS BUDGET. 
          I USED TO DO THIS, UM, TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY MY CONCERN IS WITH THE ASSESSMENT THAT CAME THROUGH, THAT'S TWO YEARS AFTER A PRIOR ASSESSMENT, WHICH HAD BEEN SIX YEARS BEHIND, SO THERE WAS A HUGE INCREASE. 
          THEN PERSONALLY, IT WAS LOT. 
          AND THIS ONE ALSO WENT UP QUITE A BIT. 
          SO I'M LOOKING AT A 60% INCREASE BETWEEN THE LAST SIX, EIGHT YEARS. 
          UM, BY KEEPING THE RATE SA THE SAME, THAT'S A LOT FOR US TO COME UP WITH AND I WOULD HOPE THAT I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE THE SUGGESTION OF POSTPONING THIS. 
          SO DECISION HAS A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND HAVE QUESTIONS ON IT. 
          UM, I WOULD, IN THE PAST, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE IT BEFORE THE MEETING. 
          SO IF WE HAD SOME PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE COULD LOOK AT IT AND MAKE, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND BABY STEP IT INSTEAD OF GOING, KEEPING THE 71 CENTS TO 65 CENTS IS A PAR UNDERSTANDING. 
          THERE ARE INCREASES COME WITH SOMETHING IN BETWEEN SO THAT IT'S NOT SUCH A BURDEN RIGHT AFTER INCREASE. 
          THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. 
          THAT WOULD BE MY HOPE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          ANYONE ELSE? IF THERE BE NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL HAVE, UH, IF SEE IF THERE ARE ANY MORE PRESENTATIONS FROM STAFF. 
          NO FURTHER PRESENTATIONS. 
          NO FURTHER PRESENTATIONS. 
          MR. CHAIRMAN. 
          UM, THE ACTION THAT WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO DO TONIGHT, UM, I GUESS IT WAS A STATEMENT, I APOLOGIZE, UM, IS TO CONSIDER THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RATE, UM, AS IT WILL PERMIT THE TREASURER AND COMMISSIONER TO PROCEED, UH, WITH THE REQUIRED RATE FOR THE JUNE BILLING OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES. 
          THANK YOU, MR. ROLLINS. 
          ARE THERE ANY 
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COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING? MR. CHAIR? MR. CALHOUN, IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER ACTION OTHER THAN THE, UH, PROPERTY TAX RATE BEING, UH, REVIEWED AND APPROVED, I WOULD A ASK TO MAKE A, UH, MOTION TO POSTPONE IF WE'RE, IF THIS ISSUE'S GONNA BE BROUGHT UP REGARDING THE REAL ESTATE PROPERTY TAX RATE. 
          UNTIL A FURTHER, UH, UNTIL, AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE A CALENDAR. 
          UM, UNTIL, BEAR WITH ME PLEASE, SIR. 
          SORRY. 
          UNTIL, UM, AT LEAST MAY 8TH, THURSDAY, MAY 8TH, HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING. 
          THIS IS AGAIN, UM, JUST REQUESTED YOU'VE HEARD TWO, TWO, UH, OUR, OUR ONLY TWO SPEAKERS REQUESTING IT, AND PLUS GIVES, UM, AT LEAST MYSELF, UH, ADDITIONAL TIME TO REVIEW THE BUDGETING AND TAKING CONSIDERATIONS OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN OUR WORK SESSION. 
          PLEASE, DID YOU PUT THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION, MR. CO, IF THAT'S YOUR REQUEST? UM, I THOUGHT, OKAY, MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, IF WE ADDRESS THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE THIS EVENING, MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THAT MEETING UNTIL UNTIL MAY 8TH. 
          HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON MAY THE EIGHTH. 
          AND, UM, TO GIVE, UM, ME SPECIFICALLY AND, AND ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TIME TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION THAT WAS JUST PROVIDED TO US. 
          YOU HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THERE'S NO SECOND. 
          AND THE MOTION WOULD DIE ON THE FLOOR. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD BEFORE WE ASK FOR ACTION? ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, MR. CHAIR? MR. PIERCE? JUST WANNA COMMEND, UM, UH, MR. RONS ON HER PRESENTATION, UH, TODAY ON THE, UH, ON THE HER PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PIERCE. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF THERE MEET, BE NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS? UH, THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY ACTION ON OUR PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT ON THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RATE AS WELL AS THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE CHAIR. 
          MR. HARDY, I HAVE A POINT OF INQUIRY, UM, REFERENCE TO THE MOTION. 
          IT IS MY INTENTION TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE, UM, MOVE ON BOTH, UH, TAX RATES THIS EVENING. 
          UH, COULD THAT BE DONE IN ONE MOTION OR REQUIRE SEPARATE MOTIONS AS, AS, UH, UH, LEGAL MS. MS. PERKINS, MR. CHAIRMAN, IT CAN BE DONE AS ONE MOTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLARITY. 
          WITH THAT SAID, UH, CHAIR, I MOVE TO SET THIS YEAR'S, UM, UM, I MAKE THE MOTION SAID THIS YEAR'S PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RATE AT $3 AND 75 CENTS AND OUR REAL ESTATE TAX RATE UNCHANGED AT 71 CENTS. 
          YOU HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          IT'S BEEN PROPERTY MOVED. 
          AND SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, ALL IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? NO, THE MOTION IS CARRIED. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A, WHAT'S THE NEXT DATE? UM, THE NEXT DATE IS APRIL THE, I'M SORRY. 
          MAY 1ST ENTERTAIN, UM, YES. 
          ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MAY THE FIRST FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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