[1) Call to Order - Roll Call]
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          ALTMAN WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. BUSINESS ITEMS. FIRST. FIRST. 
          [3.a) First Public Hearing - FY2026 -2027 Proposed Operating Budget & Capital Improvement Program]
PUBLIC HEARING. 2026 2027. PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE CITY OF NEWPORT RITCHIE'S ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE 2627 FISCAL YEAR. THIS BUDGET, LIKE PRECEDING YEARS, WAS DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CHARTER. THE ANNUAL BUDGET CALENDAR. THE STATED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND GUIDELINES OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PLAN AND PRIORITIES. THE CITY'S BUDGETING APPROACH HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRUDENT AND DELIBERATE AS WE MAKE STRATEGIC, WELL-INFORMED DECISIONS ROOTED IN A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF GOVERNMENTAL AND GLOBAL FACTORS WHICH MAY INFLUENCE OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. SOME OF THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THAT HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AND RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPERATING BUDGET INCLUDE A REDUCTION IN HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS, HEIGHTENED USE OF CONSUMER CREDIT AND ELEVATED INFLATION. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE IMPACT FROM CURRENT GEOPOLITICAL EVENTS, TARIFFS AND POTENTIAL FUTURE ACTIONS BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD. WHILE THE CITY'S BUDGET IS BASED ON THE MOST CURRENT ESTIMATES AND DATA AVAILABLE, THERE ARE RISKS THAT HAVE POTENTIAL OF ALTERING KEY ASSUMPTIONS BOTH POSITIVELY AND NEGATIVELY. WERE THEY TO COME TO PASS. SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE RISKS ARE AS FOLLOWS. 
          HURRICANES, LITIGATION, FEDERAL AND STATE ACTIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. THIS BUDGET, THEN, LIKE PRECEDING YEARS, CONTINUES TO RECOGNIZE THE EXTERNAL ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT DEMAND CONSERVATIVE APPROACHES TO MANAGING EXPENSES WHILE CONTINUING TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY SERVICES TO RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. FURTHERMORE, THE BUDGET REFLECTS THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF THE CITY AS OUTLINED IN ITS STRATEGIC PLAN. THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS A DOCUMENT THAT OUTLINES A SPECIFIC PROCESS FOR MOVING A VISION FOR THE CITY FORWARD. EACH YEAR YOU. AS THE CITY COUNCIL REVIEW THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO DETERMINE ITS CURRENT RELEVANCE NEEDS FOR ADAPTATION AND A REVIEW OF THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GOALS. BY DOING SO, YOU ENSURE THE RESULTING BUDGET COMMITMENTS ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF THE CITY'S RESOURCES. BY FOCUSING ON ORGANIZATIONAL PRIORITIES. THE TOTAL BUDGETED EXPENDITURES FROM ALL BUDGETED FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627 ARE APPROXIMATELY $106,790,950. OVERALL, THE FISCAL YEAR 2627 OPERATING BUDGET PRESENTS A SPENDING PLAN THAT REFLECTS THE PRIORITIES, POLICIES, AND GOALS OF THE COUNCIL AND CITIZENS THAT IT REPRESENTS. THE PROPOSED PLAN CONTINUES TO MOVE THE CITY TOWARDS ACHIEVING MANY OF THE PRIORITIES OF YOU AS CITY COUNCIL AND THE AREAS OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, PRESERVATION OF THE. MY PAGES ARE STUCK TOGETHER. INFRASTRUCTURE, ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND CONSERVATION, ADVANCING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND ONGOING PROMOTION OF THE CITY. IN CLOSING, I AM HUMBLED BY THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE DEDICATED AND PASSIONATE STAFF OF THE CITY. I FIND THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO SERVING THE CITY TO BE NOTHING SHORT OF INSPIRATIONAL TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE TEAM. I DO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT THANKS FOR THEIR STEADFAST SUPPORT AND BELIEF IN THE VISION AND MISSION OF THE CITY. A DISTINCT THANK YOU GOES TO MISS CRYSTAL DAWN, FINANCE DIRECTOR AND HER BUDGET 
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DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AND THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, WHOSE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SHAPING OUR FINANCIAL ROADMAP FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. I ALSO WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR DIRECTION AND ESTABLISHING THE CITY STRATEGIC PLAN, AND IN PARTICULAR, THEIR PERSEVERANCE AND THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THIS BUDGET DOCUMENT AND THEIR AND FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT. I WILL NOW CALL ON MISS DAWN TO PRESENT THE BUDGET AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF HER PRESENTATION, WE WILL ASK YOU TO ADOPT THE TENTATIVE BUDGET AND THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 8.1000 MILLS. MISS DUNN. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. AS YOU ALL RECALL, WE HAVE MET THROUGH SIX WORK SESSIONS TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THOSE WORK SESSIONS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE IN THE OPEN DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED MEASURES AND THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES. THE FISCAL YEAR 2627 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET INCLUDES THE CITY'S OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. THE PRESENTATION WILL HIGHLIGHT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING CHANGES IN STAFFING, OPERATING EXPENDITURES, REVENUES AND PLANNED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. AS A CITY MANAGER STATED, THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627 IS 8.1000 MILLS, WHICH IS 0.40% LOWER THAN THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 8.1323 MILLS. THIS REPRESENTS THE FIRST OF TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET AND MILLAGE RATE. FOLLOWING THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, ANY CHANGES THAT ARE DIRECTED THIS EVENING BY CITY COUNCIL WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET AS APPROPRIATE, AND THE FINAL BUDGET AND MILLAGE RATE WILL BE PRESENTED FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2026. AND I HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU THIS EVENING. 
          THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE CITYWIDE BUDGET BY FUND. THE GENERAL FUND REPRESENTS $37,440,000 OF THE TOTAL BUDGET THAT'S PRESENTED THIS EVENING. TOTAL BUDGET, AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, IS 106,709 THREE, $106,790,950. WE HAVE SEVERAL FUNDS HERE LISTED. 
          THE STORMWATER UTILITY FUND MAKES UP 3,908,000. STREET LIGHTING $533,710. THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE CONSISTS OF ALL DEBT THAT'S ROLLED INTO THE GENERAL FUND, PAID OUT BY THE GENERAL FUND AND THROUGH THE CRA. THAT'S TOTALS $4,107,790 IN DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS. 
          CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN MAKES UP $7,399,790. THE WATER AND SEWER FUNDS, WHICH ARE COMBINED FIVE FUNDS THAT MAKE UP THE $26,953,510. THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES FUND IS $1,794,230. THE CENTRAL GARAGE IS AN INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, AND THE TOTAL FOR THAT FUND PROPOSED THIS EVENING IS 1,000,102 $112,090. AND THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF 20,220,000 $22,910. STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND $3,318,330. THE MILLAGE PRESENTED THIS EVENING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS 8.1000. AGAIN, THAT'S 0.40% BELOW THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 8.1323. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, SINCE 2020, WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY LOWERED THE MILLAGE RATE. AS WE'VE SEEN PROPERTY TAXES. PROPERTY VALUES RISE. THE SLIDE REPRESENTS THE MAKEUP OF THE BUDGET. JUST A VISUAL ASPECT. YOU CAN SEE HERE. THE GENERAL FUND IS 35% OF THE BUDGET. WATER AND SEWER MAKES UP 25% OF THE BUDGET, AND THE SMALLER FUNDS DOWN TO THE CRA OF 19% AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OF 7%. GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. OUR DEPARTMENTS CONSIST OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S DEPARTMENT, CITY MANAGER, HUMAN RESOURCES, CITY CLERK, 
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TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, LIBRARY, POLICE, FIRE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, RECREATION, AQUATICS AND PUBLIC WORKS. THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES $36,300,230. THIS SLIDE GIVES YOU A BETTER IDEA OF HOW THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE LAID OUT WITHIN THE BUDGET BOOK. THE TOTAL EXPECTED REVENUES, AGAIN, ARE $33,692,120. AND OF THAT, TAXES $13,371,070. LICENSE AND PERMITS $3,498,000. INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES MAKE UP $2.7 MILLION. CHARGES FOR SERVICES $1.283 MILLION. FINES AND FORFEITURES, $2.3 MILLION. 
          GRANTS, MISCELLANEOUS INCOME AND TRANSFERS IN AND CONTRIBUTIONS. THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS TOTAL 31 $31,026,250. WE HAVE RESERVES THAT MAKE UP $879,320 WITHIN THAT RESERVE ACCOUNT. ACCOUNTS FOR THE SALARY MARKET, WAGE ADJUSTMENTS AND THE ALLOCATION FROM THE PUBLIC TO THE PUBLIC ART FUND AND THE CITY BUYBACK THAT THE THE CITY OFFERS ITS EMPLOYEES. 
          TRANSFERS OUT. TOTAL $5,535,020. AND YOU'LL SEE A COMMENT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. THE TRANSFERS OUT IS THE CRA, TIFF, THE TIFF INCREMENT. THAT'S THE TRANSFER TO THE CRA. TRANSFERS FROM OTHER FUNDS COVER ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES WHICH ARE PROVIDED TO THE GENERAL FUND ARE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL FUND AND THOSE TRANSFERS FROM THOSE OTHER FUNDS. TOTAL $6,157,000. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE USING PRIOR YEAR RESERVES, A CARRYOVER OF 3,748,000 CURRENTLY WITHIN THE BUDGET. WE ARE STILL CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE BUDGET, AND WE MAY PROPOSE A FEW CHANGES AT THE FINAL BUDGET HEARING. TO HIGHLIGHT. 
          THE THE THE ITEMS THAT MAKE UP OUR BUDGET ARE PROPERTY TAXABLE VALUES. THIS YEAR CAME IN AT 1,205,237,903. THIS IS UP 5.5% FROM 2025. THE POPULATION ESTIMATE IS 16,977. IT'S A DECREASE OF 1.7%. NOW YOU ARE LOOKING AT 2024 TO 2025. AND THAT DOES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE STORMS THAT WE THAT OCCURRED AT THE END OF 24. OVERALL, DECREASES IN STATE REVENUES TOTALED 1%. AND SOME OF THE IMPACTS TO THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING COSTS, INCREASED FUEL EXPENSES. WE'RE STILL SEEING ALSO AN INCREASE IN CHEMICAL COSTS. THEY'RE STILL ESCALATED COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. AND YOU WILL SEE AN ADJUSTMENT WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE OTHER FUNDS FOR SALARY MARKET, WAGE ADJUSTMENTS FOR CITY PERSONNEL. 
          ORGANIZATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES WITHIN THE BUDGET. WE DID BREAK OUT TWO DEPARTMENTS INTO TWO ADDITIONAL DIVISIONS OR TWO DIVISIONS. OUR DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE BUILDING DIVISION AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION. THE BUILDING DIVISION IS FUNDED BY REVENUES GENERATED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. PLANNING AND ZONING IS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES. THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. WE'VE ADDED SPECIAL EVENTS FOR TRACKING THOSE EVENTS, AND THE LIBRARY DIVISION STAYS THE SAME. 
          RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR S REGULAR EMPLOYEES. THERE WAS A DECREASE OF 0.44% FROM 2025. 
          THE CITY CONTRIBUTES 13.59% FOR REGULAR EMPLOYEES. THE POLICE PENSION CONTRIBUTION BY THE CITY IS 13.1%, AND THE FIRE PENSION IS 20.23%. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WITHIN THE BUDGET, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU REVIEW THESE THOSE LINE ITEMS SPECIFIC FOR THE THE FIRE AND THE POLICE, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE DID UTILIZE A CREDIT FOR BOTH PENSION FUNDS IN 2025, THAT THAT CREDIT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. SO WE ARE FUNDING IN ORDER TO FULLY FUND, WE HAVE TO FUND AT THE PERCENTAGE THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE ACTUARY. SEVERAL STAFFING CHANGES ARE PRESENTED WITHIN THE BUDGET, MORE OF AN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE CHANGE. OVERALL. 2.39 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEE 
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GENERAL FUND ADDITIONS AND 2.73 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT GENERAL FUND ELIMINATIONS. THE KEY ADDITIONS WITHIN THE. WITHIN THE BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE A DIVISION. A BUILDING DIVISION MANAGER WITHIN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET OR BUILDING DIVISION'S BUDGET. UNDERNEATH THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. ALSO AN ADDITION OF A SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HAS REQUESTED A SEASONAL INTERN. 
          THE. THE BOOKMOBILE OPERATOR WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM 0.5 TO 0.75 FULL TIME, EQUIVALENT TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE SERVICES. WE DID ELIMINATE A VACANT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS POSITION AND A DEVELOPMENT CLERK POSITION, AND ALSO A PART TIME DEVELOPMENT TECHNICIAN POSITION. SO THE OVERALL INCREASES AND DECREASE. YOU SEE ALMOST NET. IT'S JUST MORE OF AN ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT THAT YOU'RE SEEING WITHIN THE BUDGET. WE DID SHIFT 0.5 OF THE ASSISTANT MANAGER SALARY TO THE UTILITY FUND FOR HIS SUPPORT IN THAT AREA. WE ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL EVENT DIVISION WITHIN THE LIBRARY. THE. THE COORDINATOR FOR WITHIN THE LIBRARY IS NOW IS NOW BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE SPECIAL EVENT DIVISION. BUT AGAIN, IT'S STILL MANAGED BY THE LIBRARY. WE DID RESERVE. WE WE DID REDUCE THE RESERVE FIREFIGHTERS FROM 5 TO 3. HOWEVER, WE DID INCREASE THEIR HOURS. THE SHIFT. WE SHIFTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STAFFING COSTS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CRA. AND WE DID RECLASSIFY. NO SENIOR PLANNER, A SENIOR PLANNER TO A PLANNER. THIS FINAL SLIDE MAKES UP THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          BREAKDOWN OF THE PENNY FOR PASCO FUNDS. 350,000 IS TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. STORMWATER REVENUES WILL SUPPORT THE $2,385,000 IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, THE 301 FUND. WE HAVE THREE CATEGORIES AND PARKS AND RECREATION, WHICH IS $3 MILLION IN PROJECTS. THOSE ARE PRIMARILY SUPPORTED BY PENNY FOR PASCO AND SOME GRANT FUNDING. THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC FACILITIES TOTAL $610,000 AND WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION, $2,042,000. 
          WATER AND SEWER THAT SAYS 401. IT ACTUALLY SHOULD SAY 405. BUT THE WATER AND SEWER CONSTRUCTION FUND TOTALS 2,081,000. IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE. THE WATER AND SEWER FUND OF 401 DOES HAVE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IMPROVEMENT REQUESTS WITHIN THOSE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS, AND THE CRA IS REQUESTING 9,115,000 IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. AND THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND THAT'S FUNDED PRIMARILY THROUGH LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX AND PAVING ASSESSMENTS, MAKES UP 2,565,000 OF THE PROJECTS PRESENTED. SO THE TOTAL PROGRAM IS 22,250,000. I KNOW I JUST RAMBLED OFF A LOT OF NUMBERS TO YOU, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE BUDGET, I'M PREPARED TO ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU. ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION BEFORE YOU DO THAT, MR. MAYOR, THIS IS BROKEN UP INTO TWO VOTES, ONE FOR THE MILLAGE AND ONE FOR THE BUDGET. I NEED TO READ THE FIRST RESOLUTION WHICH RELATES TO THE MILLAGE. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-16, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA. ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE LEVYING OF AD VALOREM TAXES FOR ALL NONEXEMPT REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN NEW PORT RICHEY, PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN THE BODY OF THE RESOLUTION INDICATES THAT THIS IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027. OPERATING MILLAGE RATE IS 8.1000 MILLS, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 8.1323 MILLS BY 0.4%. DISCUSSION HERE ON THIS. YEAH. 
          YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD FIRST. JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS OR I'LL START WITH QUESTIONS. THE SOLID WASTE. TWO THINGS ON THAT. THE FIRST ONE IS THE AMOUNT THAT YOU SHOWED AROUND THE 3 MILLION 
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MARK. IS THAT. THOSE ARE EXPECTED REVENUES. IT DOES INCLUDE THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT THAT'S PRESENTED SHORTLY. THE TOTAL IS ALSO INCLUDED WITHIN THE EXPECTED REVENUES FOR NEXT YEAR. AND WHAT WE OBLIGATE TO THE WASTE PRO IS ONLY THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE, NOT THE. 
          WE DON'T PAY OUT UNTIL THE END OF WORLD WAR RESULT ONCE THEY'RE RECEIVED. ONCE. YEAH. 
          WE PAY. CORRECT. RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN WHERE IS THE. I THINK IT'S 410. SO IT'S IT'S YEAH, IT'S THE FINAL FUND IN THE FOUR HUNDREDS. OKAY. PERFECT. THE 3,748,000 AND AND HUNDREDS AND CHANGE FOR THE ROLLOVER. THE CITY MANAGER HAD REPORTED EITHER AT ONE OF OUR WORKSHOPS OR PERHAPS IT WAS A CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT SOME FUNDS WOULD BE USED TO WOULD BE COMING BEFORE US FOR CONSIDERATION DUE TO CHANGES TO THE SKATE PARK. IS THAT AMOUNT THERE REFLECT THOSE CHANGES, OR IS THAT GOING TO BE AMENDMENT, AN AMENDMENT IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET? SKATE PARK IS FUNDED BY PENNY FOR PASCO. PASCO. YEAH. SO THAT'S IN FUND 301. AND THAT IS IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET. AND THERE WAS TALK. BUT IT IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY STAFF FOR THE JAMES GRAY PRESERVE. WAS THAT THE PENNY FOR PASCO. IT'S ALSO PENNY FOR PASCO. 
          PASCO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO SAY THAT I KNOW IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR CITY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY LOWER THE MILLAGE RATE YEAR BY YEAR. IT IS NOT I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY WHATSOEVER. AND SO I APPRECIATE STAFF CONTINUING TO THAT COMMITMENT THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS PUT BEFORE THEM AND THAT WE ARE WE ARE MAKING AN EFFORT TO NOT ONLY LOWER THE MILLAGE RATE, BUT TO DO IT IN A WAY WHERE IT'S BELOW THE ROLLBACK. SO IT REPRESENTS A GENUINE REDUCTION IN TAXES. AND THEN TO SAY STAFF, I APPRECIATE THE INCLUSION OF THE SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON FOR THE CHANGES IN THE BUILDING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT. IN MY MIND, THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE. THAT AND PROVIDING SOME TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC. AND I THINK COUNCILMAN ALTMAN, OR PERHAPS IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE UP HERE HAD SAID, OR MAYBE IT WAS YOU, MAYOR. THEY HAD SAID THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT SIDE BY SIDE. SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING IT IN THE ACTUAL BUDGET SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT AS WELL. I HAVE ONE MORE ON SOLID DELINQUENCY, BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP THAT FOR THE VOTE ON ON SOLID WASTE. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. I JUST WANT TO KNOW YOU HAVE THAT STREET FUND. WE GET THE I THINK IT'S $85 FROM THE FROM THE CITIZENS AND WE PRETTY MUCH RUNNING MONEY WE COLLECT AND THE MONEY WE SPEND AND THE PENNY FOR PASCO THAT IT'S PRETTY EVEN THAT FUND. BUT THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND IS FUNDED PRIMARILY FROM LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX AND THE PAVING ASSESSMENTS. RIGHT. SO BUT IT IS I MEAN, IS IT A IS A PUBLIC WINNING. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY GETTING WHAT THEY PAID FOR? I MEAN IS TOTALLY SUPPORTS COMPLETELY SUPPORTS ITSELF. OKAY. THE YEAH. THE PAVING THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. 
          THANK YOU. SO NOW WHERE DO WE GO? I NEED A MOTION. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE MILLAGE RATE. YOU NEED SPECIFICS OR IS THAT. NO THAT'S FINE. I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I, I I, I JUST READ NOTHING MOVE TO APPROVE THE 20 2620 THE RESOLUTION FIRST IF YOU DON'T MIND THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-17, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA. ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW YOU CAN MOVE. SHE'S ALREADY OPENED IT. THAT'S COVERS BOTH. OH, DID IT COVER BOTH? OKAY, MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I I I I THAT'S 
          [3.b) Public Hearing - Resolution No. 2026-18: Approval of Annual Assessment for Stormwater Management Services]
THREE NOTHING. SO NOW WE GO TO THE SECOND ITEM PUBLIC HEARING ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-18. 
          APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SERVICES. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-18, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027. NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SERVICES. DIRECTING CERTIFICATION OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLE TO THE PASCO COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AS INDICATED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. THIS 
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RESOLUTION RELATES TO STORMWATER UTILITY ASSESSMENTS. THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE LEVIED AGAINST ALL DEVELOPED PROPERTY IN THE CITY, AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE ASSESSMENT FOR CERTIFICATION OF PASCO COUNTY, AND MISS DON IS PREPARED TO FURTHER REPRESENT THE AGENDA ITEM TO YOU THIS EVENING. AS MOST OF YOU MAY NOT RECALL, IN SEPTEMBER 2001, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A STORMWATER UTILITY ASSESSMENT FOR THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY. THIS ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZES THE MUNICIPALITY TO ESTABLISH STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AS A MUNICIPAL UTILITY FUNCTION FOR WHICH UTILITY FEES MAY BE LEVIED. THE ORDINANCE CREATED A METHOD OF GENERATING THOSE REVENUES FROM STORMWATER UTILITY BY ASSESSMENT. THE ASSESSMENT FEES ARE COLLECTED EACH YEAR AS A NON AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS UNDER THE PROVISION OF CHAPTER 197. THESE FEES ARE CHARGEABLE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER REGARDLESS OF WHETHER. 
          THE PROPERTY IS TENANT OR OWNER OCCUPIED. THE CITY HAS FOUND THAT THE USE OF A NON AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT IS THE MOST EQUITABLE METHOD OF PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FUNDING FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS OF THE CITY STORMWATER UTILITY SYSTEM. EACH YEAR, THE CITY MUST CERTIFY ITS STORMWATER NON AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLE. AND AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, PARCEL OWNERS WHO WERE NOT ASSESSED AS STORMWATER NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR ARE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING STORMWATER NON ASSESSMENT. THE BILLING OF THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT FEE IS ADMINISTERED BY PASCO COUNTY AND CAN BE SEEN AS A LINE ITEM ON THE NON AD VALOREM PORTION OF THE COUNTY TAX BILL. ALL PROPERTY OWNERS RECEIVE THEIR NOTICE OF NON ASSESSMENT ON THEIR NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH THE TRIM NOTICE. THE STORMWATER UTILITY UTILITY FEE IS ESTABLISHED BY CITY ORDINANCE. THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE STORMWATER UTILITY FEE HAS NOT CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR AND IS STILL PRESENTED AS $80 PER EACH RESIDENTIAL UNIT OR SORRY, EACH EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT. NOTICES WERE SENT OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS RECEIVING THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME. IF THE PROPERTY WAS UNDEVELOPED LAST YEAR AT THE TIME. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THEM FOR YOU. PUBLIC COMMENT SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS THAT IF THERE WERE A CHANGE FROM THE REFERENDUM, HOW PROPERTY TAXES AND THIS WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING. I'M GOOD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR 
          [3.c) Public Hearing - Resolution No. 2026-19: Approving Annual Assessment for Street Lighting Services]
SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THAT'S THREE. NOTHING GOING ON. PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-19. APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR STREET LIGHTING. THIS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2620 2619. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 NON ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR STREET LIGHTING SERVICES. DIRECTING CERTIFICATION OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLE TO THE PASCO COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS AGENDA ITEM, MUCH LIKE THE STORMWATER. AGENDA ITEM, IS BEING PRESENTED TO YOU THIS EVENING SO THAT WE CAN APPROVE AN ASSESSMENT ROLE AND PASS IT ALONG TO PASCO COUNTY FOR CERTIFICATION ON THE TAX ROLL. AND IT OF COURSE RELATES TO STREET LIGHTING SERVICES. AND MISS DUNN WILL FURTHER REPRESENT THE AGENDA ITEM TO YOU. I WON'T READ THIS AGENDA ITEM. IT'S SIMILAR TO THE OTHER NON VALOREM ASSESSMENTS. I WILL REMIND YOU THAT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2003, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE STREET LIGHTING ASSESSMENT FOR THE CITY, AND THE ORDINANCE CREATED A MEANS OF RECOVERING COSTS INCURRED BY THE CITY AND PROVIDING STREET LIGHTING SERVICES TO THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY. THESE FEES ARE COLLECTED EACH YEAR AS A NON AD VALOREM TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          EACH PROPERTY IS ASSESSED $37.81, WHICH HAS NOT CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR. PER EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT. THE STREET LIGHT. THE TOTAL FOR THOSE ASSESSMENTS REPRESENT $441,216.69 AND IS PRESENTED IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT AMOUNT. AGAIN, THOSE PROPERTIES THAT 
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WERE NOT THAT WERE NOT ASSESSED LAST YEAR DID RECEIVE A NOTICE BY MAIL NOTIFYING THEM OF THIS MEETING AND OF THE ASSESSMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY PRIOR TO THEM RECEIVING THE NOTICE. PUBLIC COMMENT SEE NO, COME FORWARD. WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MAKER. SECOND. YOU HAD SAID THAT THE STORMWATER WAS DONE IN 2001 ORIGINALLY, AND THIS WAS DONE IN SEPTEMBER 2003. I WAS ALSO A MONTH SHORT FROM BEING BORN FOR RECALLING THIS ITEM AS WELL. HOPEFULLY THE NEXT ONE. I WAS ALIVE FOR THE. THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT WITH THE REFERENDUM WOULD NOT BE IMPACTED BY ANY CHANGES. YES OR NO, YES OR NO. 
          ON THAT VOTE. THIS WOULD STILL EXIST REGARDLESS OF THAT REFERENDUM. THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THIS IS A NON AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT. AND SO THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS THAT THESE THESE ITEMS HERE ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF YOU GET YOU YOU GET WHAT YOU YOU YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO THE, THE SERVICE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED TO THE MAYOR'S POINT TO, TO, TO THE MAYOR'S POINT ABOUT THE STREET ASSESSMENTS, THAT MONEY GOES TO THAT SERVICE. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I, I, I THREE 
          [3.d) Public Hearing - Resolution No. 2026-20: Approving Annual Assessment for Paving Services]
NOTHING PUBLIC HEARING OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 2620 APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FOR PAVING SERVICES. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-20, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027. NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR STREET AND ROAD PAVING SERVICES, DIRECTING CERTIFICATION OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLE TO THE PASCO COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS TWO IS A NON AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT COVERING ROAD AND STREET PAVING ASSESSMENTS, AND IT IS LEVIED TO ALL DEVELOP PROPERTY IN THE CITY, AND WE ARE ASKING PERMISSION TO APPROVE THE ASSESSMENT THROUGH CERTIFICATION TO PASCO COUNTY. AND MISS DUNN WILL PRESENT THE AGENDA ITEM FURTHER. THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED IN 2017 OR ADOPTED IN 2017, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE ROAD AND STREET PAVING ASSESSMENT FOR THE CITY. THE ORDINANCE CREATE A MEANS OF RECOVERING THOSE COSTS INCURRED BY THE CITY TO PROVIDE PAID SERVICES. THESE FEES ARE COLLECTED EACH YEAR AS A NON AD VALOREM TO PROPERTY OWNERS UNDER CHAPTER 197. THE TOTAL OF THESE FEES THAT ARE ASSESSED TO PROPERTIES WITHIN CITY LIMITS IS $833,135.71. MOST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ARE ASSESSED IN $85 PER DWELLING UNIT COST, BUT THEY COULD VARY IT. THIS IS NOT JUST A STRAIGHT THROUGH LIKE THE STORMWATER AND STREET LIGHT ASSESSMENT. IT'S BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND SIZE OF THE PROPERTY. PUBLIC COMMENT. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD. BRING IT BACK. BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION OR VOTE. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND MAKER NOT IMPACTED BY THE REFERENDUM. THAT'S CORRECT. I'M GOOD. I THINK IT'S JUST ONE OF THE BEST SERVICES I WAS AROUND WHEN WE DID THIS. AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE FINANCIALLY BURDENED BY PAVING THEIR ROADS AND THEIR HOUSE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAD A CORNER LOT AND THEY WERE PAVING DOWN ONE ROAD AND DOWN THE OTHER, AND THEN IT WAS JUST FINANCIALLY STRAPPING. SO IT'S REALLY SPREAD IT OUT THROUGH THAT WHOLE CITY. IT'S BEEN A GREAT PROGRAM. ALL THOSE IN 
          [3.e) Public Hearing - Resolution No. 2026-21: Approving Special Assessment for Code Enforcement Liens]
FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I, I, I THAT'S THREE NOTHING. PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 621 APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 621, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 NON VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR MUNICIPAL LIENS. DIRECTING CERTIFICATION OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLE TO THE PASCO COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS AGENDA ITEM RELATES TO US OUTSTANDING CODE ENFORCEMENT FINES AND. AND LIENS THAT HAVE BEEN UNCOLLECTIBLE IN THE CITY WHICH WE ARE, I'M SORRY, CODE ENFORCEMENT FINES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO COLLECT IN THE CITY FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS. AND WE ARE ASKING TO CERTIFY THOSE WITH PASCO COUNTY AND THE. UNPAID FINES IMPOSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY ARE IN THE AMOUNT OF. JUST OVER 500 $0 AND $53,610, AND THEY ARE INDICATED 
          [00:35:09]
IN AN APPENDIX TO THE AGENDA ITEM. AND MISS DON WILL FURTHER REPRESENT THE AGENDA ITEM. THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED IN DECEMBER 2019 AND UNDER RESOLUTION 2020. DASH OH THREE. 
          THIS IS PRESENTED TO YOU ANNUALLY. THESE ARE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED REPEATEDLY BY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ALSO LEADING UP TO. BECAUSE THEY. IT IS A FIRST TIME ASSESSMENT FOR SOME. ALL PROPERTIES ARE NOTICED AND IT'S ALSO ADVERTISED. AND AGAIN, THAT LIST IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON PAGE 34 AND 35 OF THE AGENDA ITEM OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING ASSESSED THROUGH THIS RESOLUTION. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION OR VOTE. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MAKER. GOOD. SECOND, JUST TO SAY, ONE OF THE ITEMS I SAW ON THIS LIST WAS A PARCEL BELONGING TO NEW PORT RICHEY HOSPITAL, INC. WHICH IS THE NORTH BAY HOSPITAL. IT'S FOR A VERY SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND SO I'D IMAGINE WITHOUT TRYING TO GET INTO DETAILS BECAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, I'D IMAGINE THEY WOULD PAY IT, SO I. THAT BEING SAID, I. I WONDER, UNLESS YOUR STAFF HAS SOME SORT OF LARGER THING THEY WANT TO PRESENT, I WONDER IF SOME OF THESE SMALLER DOLLAR AMOUNTS. 1551 30 IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WAS POSTED OR OVERLOOKED OR WHY SOME OF THESE MAY BE ON HERE, IT'S A CONVERSATION PROBABLY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME. SO I'LL KEEP THE COMMENT SHORT. BUT JUST TO SAY, THE NICE PROGRAM THAT THIS CITY HAS DEVELOPED AND THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT, HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON, I DO THINK, BESIDES THESE, THERE ARE PROBABLY RESIDENTS ON THE ON HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES IN THE NICE PROGRAM MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE LEVERAGED TO DO THAT. I HAVE NO COMMENT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I, I ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. PUBLIC 
          [3.f) Public Hearing - Resolution No. 2026-22: Approving Special Assessment for Solid Waste Delinquencies]
HEARING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 622 APPROVAL OF ASSESSMENT. THE SOLID WASTE DELINQUENCIES. THIS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-22. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 NON ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR SOLID WASTE DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS. 
          DIRECTING CERTIFICATION OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLE TO THE PASCO COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE PURPOSE OF THE AGENDA ITEM IS, AS INDICATED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO PROVIDE FOR AN ASSESSMENT RELATED TO DELINQUENT SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FEES AGAINST PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAVE NOT PAID THEIR SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT, AND WE WILL ALLOW. MISS DON TO FURTHER PRESENT THE AGENDA ITEM. THIS RESOLUTION WAS PRESENTED AND ADOPTED ON AUGUST 19TH, 2025, AND ESTABLISHED THE INITIAL PROCESS FOR AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTION OF THE DELINQUENT SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENTS. AT THAT TIME, WE WERE GIVEN THE DIRECTION TO ASSESS. THE DELINQUENCIES AND FOR BALANCES MORE THAN $100. SO THE SAME WAS DONE. IN THIS RESPECT, EACH PROPERTY OWNER ON THE LIST DID RECEIVE A NOTICE BACK IN JULY, LEADING UP TO IT PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL MONTH OF COLLECTIONS BEFORE PLACING THE FINAL LIST WITH THE WITH THE TAX COLLECTOR. SO THIS EVENING WE'RE PRESENTING THAT TO YOU. IT'S MADE UP OF ABOUT 435 ACCOUNTS, AND THE TOTAL IS $89,894.41. AND AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE MEETING, IT IS REPRESENTED IN THE SOLID WASTE FUND BUDGET. WITHIN THOSE REVENUES, THE TOTAL REVENUE. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEE? NO, COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE. FOR APPROVAL. I THINK WE'RE TABLING IT FOR THE SAKE OF NOT DELAYING THE THE PROCESS ON SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ALREADY INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD GO IN FAVOR OF. I'M NOT GOING TO JEOPARDIZE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VOTE IN AN AFFIRMATIVE. IF THERE WAS A MAJORITY HERE. I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS? NO, I'M. GOOD COMMENT. YEAH. JUST TO SAY THAT I WAS ALIVE WHEN THIS RESOLUTION PASSED AND I 
          [00:40:01]
VOTED AGAINST IT AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. TWO THINGS. ONE, PROCEDURAL. WE DID A LIST FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. IS THERE A CAN WE IS THERE A DIFFERENCE WHY WE DON'T HAVE A LIST FOR FOR DELINQUENCIES? WE HAVE IT ON FILE HERE AND WITH THE CITY CLERK. IT'S LENGTHY. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T INCLUDED. IT'S NOT ATTACHED. THANK YOU. THAT BEING SAID, I JUST DON'T FEEL. AND I WON'T REPEAT MYSELF. I'LL KEEP IT SHORT THAT THAT OUR CITY SHOULD BE IN THE TRASH BUSINESS. AND THAT DESPITE WHAT THREE OUT OF FIVE OF US SAY UP HERE, THAT WE SHOULD BE IN THE COLLECTIONS BUSINESS, OR WE SHOULD BE GETTING MR. FASANO INVOLVED IN THE COLLECTIONS BUSINESS? IT'S IT'S IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. AND I, AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN WE'RE AT WHEN WE'RE NEARING THE END OF THIS CONTRACT. SO WE CAN DO A CITYWIDE REFERENDUM AND GET THINGS BACK ON TRACK. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I DID A QUICK FIGURE THAT'S ABOUT $200, NOT JUST 100. YOU DON'T CHARGE TILL IT'S 100. THERE MUST BE PEOPLE THAT WAY UP THERE BECAUSE A QUICK NUMBER, IT'S ROUGHLY $200 PER PER RESIDENT. SOME ARE HIGHER AND SOME ARE LOWER. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT BEFORE WE PASS THIS REFERENDUM, WE WERE WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT PICKING UP, GETTING THEIR NOT DID NOT HAVE TRASH HAULING AT ALL AND JUST DUMPING IT IN COMMERCIAL DUMPSTERS, LEAVING IT ON CORNERS. SO IT CLEANED UP A LOT OF IT THOUGH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I. SO WE GOT TWO OUT OF THOSE OPPOSED? THOSE OPPOSED? IT STILL GOES ON. 
          [4) Communications]
YEAH. COMMUNICATIONS. GO AHEAD. NOTHING FOR ME, SIR. COMMUNICATIONS. WELL THANK THE STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK WORKING ON THIS. I KNOW IT'S NOT QUITE OVER YET, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE. AND I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS A A FUN TIME THIS PART OF THE YEAR. BUT THANK YOU. 
          IT'S GONE FROM PENCIL TO PEN. AND NOW WE JUST HAVE TO FINE TUNE. FINE TUNE THE PEN. SO. 
          NOTHING FROM ME, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.