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From YouTube: City Council Budget Hearing 9-13-2022
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City Council Budget Hearing 9-13-2022
A
A
C
Good
evening
kristen
simeone
finance
director,
so
the
first
is
just
our.
The
first
portion
is
just
of
the
powerpoint
I'll
go
through
kind
of
goes
through
all
the
items
that
we
will
be
going
through
and
then,
when
we
get
to
those
items,
I'll
go
back
to
those
pages
as
well.
But
this
way,
if
there's
any
questions
that
you
have,
we
can
kind
of
address
them
now,
so
all
funds
have
been
updated.
Since
the
july
meetings,
administrative
charges
and
computer
overhead
were
updated
based
on
all
funds
proposed
budgets,
the
state
of
florida
revenue
projections
were
updated.
C
As
discussed
at
the
july
13th
city
council
meeting.
There
were
some
that
were
also
updated
because
the
state
had
made
some
additional
changes
in
august,
so
those
were
also
included,
as
updates
estimated
funding
for
pending
pay
plan.
Adjustments
were
added
to
all
funds
with
personnel
and
all
the
performance
have
been
updated.
C
We
do
like
to
give
an
explanation
of
the
increase
in
ad
valorem
tax
revenue
and
why
there
was
a
need
for
it.
So
again,
we're
city
is
still
trying
to
better
match
our
programmed
expenditures.
With
current
revenues,
we
did
have
some
service
level
changes
this
year.
There's
an
increase
of
16
employees
in
public
safety,
public
works,
human
resources,
city,
clerk's
office
procurement
and
urban
design.
C
C
We're
also
trying
to
ensure
revenue
sufficiency
for
the
five-year
recommended
planning
for
service
level
enhancements,
as
well
as
continued
funding
for
the
city's
paving
program
and
drainage
improvement
program.
We
also
continue
to
provide
funding
for
emergency
vehicles
and
fleet
equipment
replacements
and
to
improve
the
general
fund
operating
reserve.
C
C
C
A
D
A
E
A
A
E
A
And
when
the
motion
gets
made
for
this,
that's
what
you
have
to
read
is
what's
in
the
summary
on
the
cover
sheet
of
this
agenda
item
the
city
of
punta
gorda's,
calculated
rollback,
millage
rate
for
fiscal
year.
2022
2023
is
3.5455
mills,
while
the
proposed
millage
rate
to
be
levied
is
3.9500.
Mills
which
is
11.41
percent
higher
than
the
world
bank
millage
rate.
C
A
A
A
D
F
F
A
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
adopt
the
tentative
millage
rate
of
3.9500
mills.
The
rollback
forward
rate
three
point:
five,
four:
five:
five
mills
and
the
public
second
public
hearing
for
final
adoption
will
be
september,
21
2022
at
501
pm
in
this
room,
any
further
discussion,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye.
D
G
D
Any
questions
can
I
just
make
a
comment.
Yes,
I
just
want
to
say
that
this
particular
resolution
is
the
result
of
nine
months
of
hard
deliberations
and
very
careful
planning
by
this
council,
and
I
appreciate
the
support
from
the
community
for
allowing
us
to
bring
our
budget
in
to
a
position
where
we
don't
have
to
borrow
from
our
reserves
every
year.
D
A
F
F
A
E
C
This
resolution
adopts
a
community
redevelopment
agency
budget
for
fiscal
year,
2022
2023,
which
constitutes
appropriations
and
revenue
estimate
in
the
amount
of
seven
million
five
hundred
ninety
seven
thousand
nine
hundred
and
seventy
two
dollars
net
of
interfund
eliminations.
It's
an
amount
of
six
million
four
hundred
twenty
one
thousand
four
hundred
and
thirty
seven
dollars.
A
A
F
F
F
A
Okay,
I
think
we
have
it
right
now.
Do
we
have
a
second?
Second,
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
approve
the
community
redevelopment
agency
budget
for
fiscal
year,
2022
2023,
which
constitutes
appropriations
and
revenue
estimate
in
the
amount
of
seven
million
five
hundred.
Ninety
seven
thousand
nine
hundred
seventy
two
dollars
net
of
inner
fund
eliminations
an
amount
of
six
million,
four
hundred
twenty
one
thousand
four
hundred
thirty
seven
dollars
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye.
B
Yes
and
item
3a
is
a
resolution
which
I'll
read
by
title.
Only
a
resolution
of
the
city
council
of
the
city
of
puente
gorda
florida
as
the
governing
body
of
the
burnt
store
isles
canal
maintenance
assessment,
district
establishing
fiscal
year,
2022-2023
assessments
for
canal
maintenance
and
repairs.
Finding
a
special
benefit
to
the
owners
of
lots
assessed.
Providing
for
car
for
collection
of
such
assessments
by
the
tax
collects
collector
is
not
ad
valorem
assessments
and
providing
an
effective
date.
C
This
resolution
sets
the
bsi
canal
maintenance
district
fee
at
eight
hundred
and
sixty
dollars
per
single
family
lot
or
zoned
multi-family,
with
single-family
residences
and
nine
cents
per
square
foot
for
other
than
single
family
lots,
except
for
lots.
Zoned
multi-family,
with
single-family
residences.
A
D
A
H
I'll
move
that
we
adopt
the
resolution,
the
city
of
punta
gorda
florida
as
a
governing
body
of
the
burnt
store
house
canal
maintenance,
district
establishing
the
fiscal
year,
2020
to
23
assessments
at
860
dollars
per
single
family
lot
zone,
multi-family
with
single-family
residences
and
90
cents
per
square
foot
for
other
than
single
family
lots,
except
for
lot
zone.
Multi-Family,
we're
single
family
residences.
H
A
C
H
D
D
A
Okay,
do
we
have
a
second
second?
Okay?
We
have
a
motion
and
a
second
to
approve
the
resolution
for
the
bsi
canal,
maintenance
assessment
district
fee
at
eight
hundred
and
sixty
dollars
per
single
family
lot
or
zone
multifamily
with
single
family
residences
and
nine
cents
per
square
foot
for
other
than
single
family
lots,
except
for
lots,
zoned
multi-family,
with
single-family
residences,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed
the
motion
carries
unanimously.
B
Yes
and
item
4a
on
the
agenda
is
a
resolution
which
I'll
read
by
title.
Only
a
resolution
of
the
city
council
of
the
city
of
punta
gorda
florida
as
the
governing
body
of
the
punta
gorda
isles
canal,
maintenance
assessment,
district
establishing
fiscal
year,
2022
2023
assessments
for
canal
maintenance
and
repairs.
C
Thank
you.
This
resolution
sets
the
puna
gorda
isles
canal
maintenance
assessment
district
fee
at
950
per
single
family
lot
or
zoned
multi-family,
with
single-family
residences
and
9.9
cents
per
square
foot
for
other
than
single
family
lots,
excluding
zoned
for
multifamily,
with
single-family
residences.
A
Do
we
have
questions
for
staff?
Okay?
This
is
a
public
hearing.
If
anyone
would
like
to
address
counsel
on
the
excuse,
me
punta
gorda,
isles,
canal,
maintenance,
assessment,
district,
please
come
forward
and
stay
and
come
to
the
podium
state,
your
name
for
the
record,
and
you
will
have
three
minutes.
I
My
husband
and
I
live
on
tohi
court
and
owen
lot
number
10,
which
has
40
feet
of
sea
wall.
We
object
to
the
amount
of
our
canal
maintenance
fee
and
further
contest
that
the
amount
of
the
assessment
for
our
lot
exceeds
the
value
of
the
special
benefit
to
our
lot.
Our
lot
has
40
feet
at
sea
wall.
We
are
assessed
the
same
fee
as
lot
owners
with
250
feet
of
seawall.
The
benefits
received
are
significantly
different.
They
receive
a
far
greater
benefit
for
the
same
fee.
I
I
Your
resolution
says
that
your
assessment,
your
benefits,
exceed
the
amount
of
assessment.
This
is
false.
According
to
charlotte
county
seawalls,
the
amount
for
us
to
privately
replace
completely
replace
our
seawall
of
40
feet
would
be
five
hundred
dollars
per
foot.
An
appropriate
fee.
Considering
a
sea
wall
life
of
sixty
years
would
be
three
hundred
thirty
four
dollars
a
year
for
a
forty
foot
lot
seawall
the
required
fee
for
a
250
foot
seawall
over
60
years
would
be
2083
dollars
a
year.
I
Florida
law
requires
that
non-valorum
assessments
be
fairly
and
reasonably
apportioned
among
the
properties
that
receive
the
special
benefit.
Your
own
ordinance
indicates
that
fees
should
be
fair,
should
be
proportional,
and
it
should
reflect
the
value
of
the
benefit
received.
I
have
two
documents
here
that
I
would
like
to
submit
for
the
public
record
of
this
meeting.
I
also
have
copies
for
each
of
you.
I
D
A
G
A
C
C
G
C
Costs
have
gone
up
plus
the
amount
of
seawall
that
needs
to
be
replaced
per
year
has
to
increase
otherwise
there's
much
higher
risk
for
seawall
failures
and
the
seawall
failure
would
cause
more
damage
to
property.
Instead
of
replacing
it
as
it's
aging
to
the
point
where
it
really
needs
to
be
replaced.
D
A
G
David
manilakis,
in
continuation
of
the
justification
for
this.
How
come
this
came
to
such
a
surprise,
I
mean
it's
a
46
increase
on
our
on
the
assessment.
This
wasn't
foreseen.
This
wasn't
I
mean
how
did
it
come
like
this?
This
is
ridiculous.
We
should
have
better
planning
than
that,
and
is
this
only
one
consultant
is
no
other
secondary
type
of
thing
or
what's
it's
I'm
really
confused
about
how
come
it
hits
it
so
hard
and
so
fast,
but
I
think.
C
Because
we
had
a
program
for
a
certain
amount
per
year
and
every
year
we've
been
increasing
the
cost
increase
at
the
same
time,
so
we
were
looking
at
alternatives.
We
also
went
to
the
consultant
to
see
if
there
were
materials
that
could
be
less
costly
and
they
did
review
other
alternatives,
such
as
the
was
it
pvc
type
of
sea
wall,
and
it
was
chosen
not
to
go
that
route.
G
J
J
C
C
Are
different
years
and
in
certain
years,
even
though
there
were
recommended
increases
to
the
program,
previous
councils
chose
not
to
increase,
especially
like
during
the
economic
downturn,
and
things
like
that,
so
there
have
been
recommended
increases
over
the
years
that
have
not
been
put
into
place.
So.
G
This
has
to
be
done
now.
It
can't
be
done
in
increments.
I
mean
you
just
got
to
blast
it
right
out
of
the
thing
now
and
I
thought
we
had
a
great
reserve
for
such
a
long
time,
a
real
law
a
big
long
time.
We
had
a
reserve.
That
was
amazing,
and
there
was
no
issues
like
this.
I've
been
here
40
years.
I've
seen
a
lot
happen.
C
G
E
Well,
there
are
a
couple
other
things,
as
kristen
said
this
has
been
proposed
before
this
is
not
something
that
is
brand
new
and
it
has
been
proposed
in
prior
years,
incrementally
increasing
those
increments
actually
catch
up,
and
now
we're
at
this
point
where
this
is
an
increment.
So
we're
not
just
saying
we
need
this
amount
of
money
this
year
to
do
100
of
what
needs
done,
because
there's
going
to
be
future
increases.
Also,
as
you
said,
you've
been
here
for
40
years.
E
You
know,
prices
are
going
up,
cost
of
projects
is
going
up
by
20
to
40
percent
and
the
amount
of
seawall
needing
replaced
as
it
ages.
We
have
a
definitive
date
when
we
hit
a
target
that
we
know
most
sea
walls
will
fail
and
they
need
replaced
by
that
date.
If
we
put
it
off
another
five
years,
it'll
go
up
even
higher,
because
that
date
doesn't
change
so.
G
G
E
H
K
K
I
cringed
it
to
650
but
realized
that
there
was
hurricane
irma
in
there
going
through
my
trim
statement
here
why
I
was
pleasantly
surprised,
a
lot
of
the
increases
from
last
year
to
this
year,
three
and
a
half
percent.
Some
of
them
even
went
down
a
little
bit.
Then
I
turned
this
over
and
saw
the
canal
assessment
and
galt
as
a
gentleman
pointed
out.
It's
46
percent.
K
I
feel
that
that
is
a
huge
bite
and,
of
course,
now
you're
telling
me
that,
oh
that's
just
a
one
bite
and
then
I'm
gonna
get
bit
again
next
year.
I
guess
I
was
intrigued,
though,
in
summation.
I
was
intrigued
by
the
first
statements
that
we
listened
to
tonight,
where
the
city
council
was
working
to
match.
Expenditures
with
current
revenues
doesn't
seem
to
apply
with
a
canal
assessment
where
they
want
to
spend
whatever
they
think
they
need
to
and
then
pull
the
and
needed
revenues
out
of
our
pockets.
A
J
A
J
So
the
people
that
have
less
have
to
pay
more
than
the
people
that
have
more
and
they
only
have
to
pay
with
the
person
with
40
lineal
steel
seawall.
You
got
people
out
there
with
over
200
feet
and
they're,
paying
the
same
as
her
with
40
lineal
feet.
I
personally
with
more
seawall.
I
would
prefer
to
pay
more
because
to
me
it's
fair
than
charging
her
the
same.
B
The
thing
to
bear
in
mind,
and
as
it
was
as
it
was
considered
when
the
assessment
was
a
the
methodology
was
originally
determined
was
while
we
talk
about
seawall
repair
it
it's
more
than
just
sea
wall,
repair
maintenance,
it's
also
the
canal
itself,
as
it
relates
to
this
this
district
and
the
funding.
So
the
asset,
the
assessment
deals
with
not
only
seawall
repairs
and
maintenance,
but
canal
repairs
and
maintenance
and
determination
was
made
back
at
that
time
that
it
was.
J
A
B
E
E
D
A
E
I'll
finish,
the
comment
I
was
making
to
the
gentleman
likewise
with
streets
that
we
maintain.
We
maintain
the
mangroves,
we
maintain
the
canal,
we
dredge
the
canal.
We
maintain
the
sea
wall,
it
is
not
the
sea
wall
that
we're
maintaining
for
the
property
and
or
the
property
owner
builds
on
that
lot,
that
they've
bought,
but
we
maintain
the
city
sea
wall,
the
city's
canal,
the
city's
mangroves,
and
we
take
that
cost
and
we
split
it
per
lot
just
like
if
we
maintain
the
roads
just
like.
E
If
we
maintain
our
parks,
we
split
that
add
valorem
tax
and
that's
based
on
the
tax
base,
the
accessible
base
that
pays
that.
So
it's
not
whether
you
have
40
feet
or
300
feet.
You
are
part
of
the
canal
district
that
the
city
owns
and
maintains,
and
we
split
that,
based
on
the
number
of
lots
that
are
on
that
canal
that
use
that
to
access
whether
it's
buckley's
pass
or
ponce
inlet.
E
You
know
I
reiterate,
while
she's
coming
down,
that
we
did
have
many
meetings
that
were
for
the
purpose
of
question
and
answers
were,
for
the
purpose
of
the
citizens
being
able
to
discuss
this
with
staff
and
get
answers
before
we
got
to
this
meeting.
This
meeting
is
our
final
meeting
so
that
we
can
adopt
a
rate
and
the
other
meetings
prior
to
this
had
a
lot
of
opportunity
for
these
questions
and
answers.
So
tonight
is
mainly
comment
and
questions
that,
certainly
the
council
can
consider
for
a
future
time.
L
L
I
forgot
the
question
you
already
remember
now
it's
terrible
for
different
things.
If
you
own
two
lots,
are
you
charged
1900
dollars
because
we
have
a
number
of
neighbors
that
have
double
lots
in
the
end
of
our
they're
charged
twice.
It's
per
lot,
yes
per
lot,
so
they're
charged
twice
per
lot:
okay,
because
sometimes
the
sea
wall
assessments
you
know
down
at
the
corner,
no,
not
at
the
tip
lot.
At
the
other
hand,
we
have
some
neighbors
that
have
very
clear
you.
A
L
I'm
bob
and
weave
we
have
some
neighbors
down
at
the
street
end
where
they
have
a
very
narrow
lot.
They
charge
the
same
amount
as
us,
even
although
they
have
just
you
know,
inches
of
land
versus.
I
think
we've
got
80
feet
or
something
I
don't
know
a
lot.
Are
they
charged
the
same?
That
doesn't
seem
equitable.
B
B
L
I
guess
it
is
what
it
is.
My
other
question
is
the
burn
store
people.
The
assessment
is
was
at
8.50.
I'd
have
to
look
at
my
phone
850
and
punta
gorda
950.
Is
that
because
our
canals
are
older,
it's
more
expensive
for
food
to
put
the
canal
to
replace
the
canal
versus?
Oh,
I
did
it
again
850
versus
950.
L
D
A
B
A
Yeah
dollars
per
square
foot
for
other
than
single
family
lots,
excluding
zoned
for
multi-family,
with
single-family
residences.
All
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
opposed
motion
carries
unanimously.
We
are
now
adjourned
as
the
punta
gorda
isles
canal
maintenance
district,
and
we
will
reconvene
as
the
lot
mowing
assessment
district.
B
Yes-
and
this
is
item
5a,
a
resolution
which
I'll
read
by
title-
only
a
resolution
of
the
city
council
of
the
city
of
puente
gorda
florida
establishing
fiscal
year.
2022
2023
assessments
for
program
services
within
the
pentagorda
lot
mowing
assessment
district,
finding
a
special
benefit
to
the
owners
of
lots,
assessed,
providing
for
the
collection
of
such
assessments
by
the
tax
collector
as
non-ad
valorem
assessments
and
providing
an
effective
date.
C
A
A
I
A
F
A
A
Okay,
thank
you.
We
thank
staff
for
all
your
hard
work
and
we
thank
the
audience
for
being
with
us
today.
I'm
sorry
it
isn't
everybody's
most
favorite
subject
to
discuss.
We
never
want
to
see
our
taxes
raised,
but
we
it's
something
we
felt
very,
very
necessary
to
keep
the
city
moving
forward.
So
we
appreciate
your
cooperation
and
with
that
we
are
adjourned.