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BUDGET AND TAX RATE FROM OUR, UH, MAY 1ST MEETING.
SO AT THIS TIME WE DO CALL THE MEETING OFFICIALLY, ORDER TO TO BUS BUSINESS ORDER, UH, TO ORDER, UH, BOARD MEMBERS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, UH, OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE A TO RECEIVE A MOTION TO ADOPT OUR AGENDA.
I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
OPPOSED? THAT, UH, AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
[1.A. Board of Supervisors Considers Action on the FY 2025-26 Budget: Budget Adoption, Set Remaining Tax Rates and Planning Related Fees. Budget Transmittal and Draft Resolutions]
TWO, WE HAVE TWO, UH, ORDERS OF BUSINESS BEFORE US TONIGHT.IT IS FIRST THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONSIDERATION ACTION FOR OUR 20 25, 26 BUDGET, BUDGET ADOPTION AND TO SET THE REMAINING TAX RATE AND PLANNING RELATED FEES.
UH, WE WILL DO THIS BY RESOLUTION.
SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL GIVE WAY TO OUR STAFF FOR, UH, THE RESOLUTION ON THESE MATTERS.
UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND ALL WHO ARE ASSEMBLED.
UM, AS MENTIONED, WE HAVE COME TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THE FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 BUDGET FOR ADOPTION.
UM, WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU, UM, WAS THE, UH, RESOLUTIONS AS YOU JUST ENUMERATED, UM, BASED ON THE POLICY DECISIONS BY THE BOARD.
UM, WHAT HAS CHANGED IN TERMS OF, UM, THE PRESENTATION VERSUS THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN OUTLINED IN THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU? UM, IT IS INCLUDED IN THE REVISED BUDGET TRANSMITTAL THAT WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA.
UM, THOSE CHANGES ARE ENUMERATED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
UM, AT THE SAME TOKEN, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE BUDGET AS AMENDED, INCLUDING ALL FUNDS, WOULD BE $62,140,087.
AND THAT IS THE BUDGET FOR ALL FUNDS, INCLUDING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
THE RESOLUTIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ARE 2020 5 0 7, UH, OH SIX, AND 2020 5 0 7.
UM, THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, UM, THAT'S DRAFT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
I DO WANNA MAKE A NOTE, UM, FOR CORRECTION.
AND, UM, MS. PERKINS, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT'S SUGGESTED, BUT THE ONE THAT WAS POSTED, UM, IN THE AGENDA, THIS ONE HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY AMENDED.
IF YOU WOULD JUST LOOK AT THE ITEMS IN RED, UM, VERY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS ON PAGE THREE.
UM, SECTION FIVE, UM, THERE IS A SECTION THAT ADDS, UH, ADDING ADDITIONAL REVENUE, REVENUE TO THE BUDGET.
UM, IN EVENT IS RE UH, THE STATE MAKES THE CHANGES TO THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE WILL RECEIVE.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING, UH, MS. PERKINS, UH, UH, PICKED UP ON AND, AND I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH THAT, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE STATE OFTEN HAS, UH, GONE IN AND MAKE A LOT OF MID-YEAR CHANGES AND A LOT OF LOCALITIES HAVE GONE IN AND ADDED THAT TO THEIR BUDGET RESOLUTIONS TO SAY, RATHER THAN GOING BACK TO THE BOARD AND SAY, WE ARE GOING TO ADD THIS EXTRA REVENUE IS KIND OF A DONE DEAL.
UM, NO, NO DIFFERENT THAN THEM ADOPTING SOME OF THE, THE STATE REVENUE LATE.
AND WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AFTERWARDS.
SO THAT IS WHY THAT SECTION FIVE WAS ADDED AND JUST BASICALLY STATES THAT IF THE STATE DECIDES TO GIVE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, THEN THAT AMOUNT CAN BE ADDED TO THE BUDGET NOT TO EXCEED $25,000.
AND ON PAGE NUMBER FOUR OF IT, THERE WAS JUST A LITTLE MINOR SECTION THERE IN TERMS OF ADOPTING THE FEES, UM, TO STATE THAT ALL OTHER FEES, UM, THAT THESE FEES SUPER SUPERSEDES ANY OTHER, UH, FEES THAT THE BOARD HAD IN PLACE.
SO THAT'S THE CHANGE TO THAT RESOLUTION.
UM, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING.
BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, MR. ROLLINS IN REFERENCE TO THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO US TONIGHT? MR. CHAIR? MR. COHO, UH, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF.
MS. RONS, THIS WAS, UH, THE HANDOUT YOU GAVE US, UH, IS AS OF APRIL THE 10TH, 2025? YES.
UHHUH
ON THERE, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, AN UPDATE DONE THUS FAR.
IT WAS POSTED TO THE AGENDA, UM, AND I DID EMAIL IT TO Y'ALL AS WELL.
IT HAS A NEW DATE AT THE BOTTOM THAT SAYS MAY 8TH.
AND WHAT THAT DOES INCLUDE IS THE, UM, THE CHANGES THAT, UM, WERE ENUMERATED.
SO I JUST KIND OF REITERATING, IF I WERE STATING, SO THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS THAT ARE ON SECTION TWO, UH, THAT WAS BASED ON I THINK $4
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PER 100 FOR PROPERTY PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX MM-HMMSO IS THAT GONNA BE REFLECTED IN THIS? YES.
ON THE, UM, THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS EMAILED TO YOU, THAT'S BEEN REVISED TO SAY MAY THE EIGHTH, IT DOES INCLUDE STATEMENTS TO THAT EFFECT, SIR.
BUT WHAT, MAYBE A BETTER ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, THE ANSWER IS YES, BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE BOARD ADOPTS THE PROPOSED BUDGET, RIGHT? THERE HAS TO BE A TIME LAG IN WHICH EVERYTHING HAS TO GO BACK IN AND SAY, ACTUALLY ADOPTED.
AND TYPICALLY WE LIKE TO HAVE THAT DONE BEFORE JULY ONE.
SO AT SOME POINT WE WILL GO IN AND, AND MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS.
SO NOT ONLY THE REVENUES, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE, UM, UH, MAYBE EXPENSES AS WELL.
I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE, HAVE THEY RIGHT? THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE, I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT, THAT WE, THAT I PER SPECIFICALLY GET, YOU KNOW, A COMPLETED, UPDATED DOCUMENT.
UM, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES TO THE EMPLOYEES OF ANYONE, ANYONE, ANY OF THESE, UH, SECTIONS ONE THROUGH SIX.
I'M JUST, IS IS THAT ONE? OKAY, THANKS.
THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION, PLEASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS, THERE'LL BE ANY, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
UH, ASK FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CONSIDER TAKING ACTION ON THE FFY 20 25 26 BUDGET, UH, ADOPTION AND TO SET THE TAX RATES AND PLANNING RELATED FEES.
SO THE FIRST RESOLUTION IS 2025 DASH OH SIX.
UM, MS. PERKINS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO OVER THAT RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD, MR. CHAIRMAN? CERTAINLY I'D BE HAPPY TO.
SO THIS IS THE RES RESOLUTION THAT IS ADOPTING THE TAX RATES FOR SURREY COUNTY FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025.
AS YOU WILL RECALL, YOU UH, ADOPTED THE RATES FOR REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY BACK ON APRIL THE 10TH OF 2025.
THE RESOLUTION DOES INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO THAT.
UM, HOWEVER, THERE WERE ADDITIONAL TAX RATES THAT WERE NOT ADOPTED AT THAT TIME, UM, ALTHOUGH PROPERLY ADVERTISED AND WENT BEFORE A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, AND THOSE INCLUDE REAL ESTATE, INCLUDING, UM, OH, I'M SORRY, LET ME SKIP.
PASSENGER BUSES, PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, MACHINERY AND TOOLS, CONTRACT CARRIERS, MERCHANTS CAPITAL, FARM MACHINERY, AND TOOLS.
AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. PERKINS IN REGARDS TO THE RESOLUTION? UH, MS. PERKINS, I JUST WANNA CONFIRM THAT THE REAL ESTATE, INCLUDING MOBILE HOMES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY, UH, AND BUSINESS PROPERTY RATES, AGAIN, HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON.
SO WE'RE JUST VOTING TODAY ON PASSENGER BUSES DOWN TO FARM MACHINERY AND TOOLS LISTED ON YOUR SHEET ON THE RESOLUTION.
UM, THOSE TWO WERE PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON ON APRIL 10TH.
UM, BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE HAVE ONE RESOLUTION THAT COVERS EVERYTHING.
RIGHT? YOU WILL SEE THAT NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED DOES INCLUDE THE REAL ESTATE, UM, AND DOES INCLUDE THE PERSONAL PROPERTY AND BUSINESS PROPERTY.
BUT AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE THIRD, WHEREAS PARAGRAPH, THAT'S WHERE WE TRY TO EXPLAIN WHY, RIGHT? WE DID IT A LITTLE, LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR, BUT YOU ARE CORRECT.
THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON, BUT THERE WAS NO RESOLUTION AT THAT TIME.
WHICH IS, IS STILL A LEGALLY BINDING ACTION EVEN WITHOUT A RESOLUTION.
BUT FOR, UH, RECORD KEEPING PURPOSES AND FOR THE HISTORICAL RECORD, IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT COVERS EVERYTHING.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION,
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE RESOLUTION ON, ON OUR TAX RATES? MR. CHAIR? MR. PIERCE? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME OUT PUBLICLY AGAIN TO THINK THE STAFF AND, UM, ALL INVOLVED ON SETTING, UM, GETTING THE BUDGET PREPARED FOR US TO LOOK AT.
UM, YEAH, JUST AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE, MR. PIERCE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION OF, UH, MS. PERKINS, ARE WE ABLE TO ADOPT BOTH OF THESE MATTERS AT THE SAME TIME? DO WE NEED SEPARATE MOTIONS? UH, I BELIEVE SEPARATE MOTIONS WOULD BE CLEARER FOR THE RECORD.
BOARD, YOU HAVE BEFORE US THE, THE BUDGET FOR, UH, THE UPCOMING YEAR 25, 26.
WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? DO WE HAVE A, A MOTION ON THE BUDGET? MAYOR, MR. HARDY? UH,
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I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO BE APPROVED, UH, RESOLUTION 20 25 0 6.ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? THERE? THERE BE NO QUESTIONS.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SIGN OF AYE.
WE HAVE BEFORE US, UH, RESOLUTION 20 25 0 7.
WHAT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE ON THE BOARD AND THE RESOLUTION, UH, FOR ADOPTING OUR ADDITIONAL TAX RATES? MR. CHAIRMAN? MR. PIERCE? WE DID THE BUDGET.
THAT WAS THE TAX RATE? YES SIR.
UM, MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? THERE? THERE BE NONE.
ALL IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE VOTING SOUND OF AYE.
UH, THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TONIGHT.
SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL ADJOURN UNTIL MAY THE 19TH FOR A SPECIAL WORK SESSION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? SO MOVED.