[1) Call to Order - Roll Call]
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HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR. JONAS. COUNCILMAN MURPHY. COUNCILMAN. ALTMAN. CITY MANAGER. CITY ATTORNEY. DRISCOLL HERE. COUNCILMAN BUTLER WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING. A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 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. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2379. THIS IS
[3.a) Second Reading, Ordinance No. 2026-2379: Conveyance of Surplus City Property]
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026 2379. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS CITY PROPERTY, PROVIDING FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED ON SCHOOL ROAD, AS LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN TO NPR GRAND ONE LLC.PROVIDING AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS IN ACCORDANCE HEREWITH AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AS INDICATED TO YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AT THE FIRST READING, THIS PARCEL OF PROPERTY IS RELATED TO THE VILLA DEL SOL PROJECT. IT WAS. RECENTLY OR RECENTLY CAME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THIS 0.07 ACRE OF LAND WAS OWNED BY PASCO COUNTY, AND IT IS SITUATED ON THE HELIPAD PROPERTY, WHICH IS LOCATED AT.
IN. A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. THAT'S PART OF THE ASSEMBLAGE, WHICH IS ABOUT JUST UNDER 25 ACRES IN SIZE AND IS PART OF THE FORMER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL PROPERTY SITE, WHICH IS TO BE CONVEYED TO NPR. GRAND ONE FOR THE VILLA DEL SOL PROJECT AND WAS SOMEHOW INADVERTENTLY NOT TRANSMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SITE OR THE FORMER. HOSPITAL SITE IN A CONVEYANCE OF LAND. AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE CITY CONTACTED PASCO COUNTY AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO US FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT THE QUICKEST WAY FOR US TO GET OUR HANDS ON THE PROPERTY SO THAT WE COULD, IN TURN, CONVEY IT TO THE. HOSPITAL OR THE DEVELOPER IN THIS CASE SO THAT THEY COULD GO FORWARD WITH THE CLOSINGS ON THE PROPERTY, WAS FOR THE COUNTY TO CONVEY IT TO THE CITY.
THEY AGREED TO DO SO, AND THEY HAVE DONE SO AT THEIR BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING ON AUGUST 25TH, 2026. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM IS FOR YOU TO DECLARE THE 0.7 ACRE PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH IS LOCATED ON SCHOOL ROAD, A SURPLUS PIECE, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY TO NPR GRANT ONE, LLC AS A PART OF THE VILLA DEL SOL PROJECT.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, THE CROWD MOVE FORWARD. WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. I'M GOOD. SECOND. GOOD. PETE, YOU GOT ANYTHING? NO, SIR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I, I THAT'S FOR NOTHING. FINAL PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION
[4.a) Final Public Hearing - Resolution No. 2026-23 Adopting Final Millage Rate & Resolution No. 2026-24 Operating Budget & Capital Improvement Program]
NUMBER 2020 623. ADOPTING MILLAGE RATE. THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-24. OPERATING BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. FLORIDA STATUTE 200.065.[00:05:01]
SECTION TWO. C ONE PRESCRIBES THAT COUNCIL ADOPT THE MILLAGE RATE PRIOR TO ADOPTING THE 2026 2027 BUDGET. A NOTIFICATION REGARDING THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO EVERY PROPERTY OWNER IN THE CITY BY THE PASCO COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. THIS NOTIFICATION, IN THE FORM OF THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE TRIM NOTICE WAS MAILED ON AUGUST 19TH, 2026. ACTION REQUESTED IS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2026-23. THE NAME OF THE TAXING AUTHORITY IS THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY. THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE OF 8.1000 MILLS IS 0.4% LESS THAN THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 8.1323 MILLS. TOTAL AD VALOREM REVENUES THAT WILL BE GENERATED ARE ESTIMATED TO BE $9,762,420. THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 862,180 MORE THAN WHAT WAS GENERATED IN AD VALOREM IN FISCAL YEAR 2526. DUE TO THE INCREASE OF PROPERTY VALUES, THE MILLAGE RATE OF OR IS 8.1000 AND IS 0.1000 MILLS LESS THAN THE PRIOR YEAR'S MILLAGE. ALTHOUGH THE STATUTE REQUIRES DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE AND SPECIFIC PURPOSES FOR WHICH AD VALOREM IS BEING INCREASED. FOR THE RECORD, IN OUR CASE, NEITHER APPLY AT THIS TIME. AN OVERVIEW WILL BE PROVIDED OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE PRESENTATION IS REQUESTED THAT THE MAYOR INVITE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MILLAGE, THEN THE GOVERNING BODY MUST ADOPT THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE BEFORE ADOPTING THE BUDGET, AND I WILL CALL ON MISS DUNN, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, OF WHOM I'M VERY PROUD THIS EVENING TO BE PRESENTING THE FINAL BUDGET. THANK YOU MISS. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I'LL START WITH THE POWERPOINT THAT WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT. A LOT OF THIS IS A REVIEW FROM THE FIRST PRESENTATION, BUT I WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE OR THE CHANGES THAT WE DID MAKE IN THE BUDGET THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO YOU THIS EVENING. IT'S A RECAP. WE HAVE HAD FIVE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS, TWO OF WHICH ARE PRESENTED THE CIP SCHEDULE AND THREE DEPARTMENT BUDGET PRESENTATIONS. AND WE HAVE HAD ONE SPECIAL MEETING PRESENTING THE FIRST PROPOSED BUDGET. AS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE, THE MILLAGE RATE HAS DECREASED OVER THE YEARS. BACK IN 2017, WE'RE AT 8.95. SO OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS WE BROUGHT IT DOWN TO 8.1. BUDGET. BY FUND. THE TOTAL BUDGET IS $106,180,000. THE GENERAL FUND MAKES UP $36.8 MILLION. STORMWATER FUND IS 3.9 MILLION. STREET LIGHTING IS 533,000. THE GENERAL DEBT SERVICE FUND IS 4,107,000. OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND MAKES UP 7.49 MILLION, AND OUR TOTAL WATER AND SEWER FUNDS IS 27 MILLION. OUR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES FUND MAKES UP 1.8 MILLION, AND THE CENTRAL GARAGE IS 1.1 MILLION. THE CRA, WHICH WILL TALK MORE ABOUT LATER ON IN THE NEXT MEETING, MAKES UP 19.98 MILLION IN THE STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND. IT MAKES UP $3.2 MILLION OF THE TOTAL BUDGET THAT'S BEING PRESENTED. AND HERE'S A PIE CHART. SEE HOW EACH PIECE OF THE PIE LIES IN EACH FUND. IT'S THE SAME INFORMATION HERE. THE GENERAL FUND MAKES UP 35%. THE CRA IS 19%. AND OUR WATER AND SEWER FUND IS 25%. AND THE OTHERS FALL INTO PLAY. SLIDE BREAKS OUT EACH DIVISION IN THE GENERAL FUND. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO READ ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND IS 36,855,000. AGAIN, THE PERCENTAGES ARE HERE AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE. HIGHLIGHTING AGAIN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. IT'S BROKEN OUT INTO THE GENERAL STORMWATER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. OUR WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT PROJECTS, OUR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND OUR STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.[00:10:01]
THE TOTAL PROGRAMS 22,250,000. THERE WERE NO CHANGES FROM THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. AND AGAIN, OUR MILLAGE RATE IS 8.1000 MILLS. THIS IS LESS THAN THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 8.1323 BY 43.40%. THE STATE'S REVENUES DID DECREASE THIS YEAR, 1% FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR, AND OUR STATE'S REVENUES ARE MADE UP OF THE REVENUE SHARING, THE HALF CENT SALES TAX, OUR LOCAL DISCRETIONARY SALES TAX, WHICH IS PENNY FOR PASCO, THE LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX. AND WE HAVE TWO CATEGORIES THERE. AND THE COMMUNICATION SERVICE TAX.DEMOGRAPHICS. OUR CITY THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXABLE VALUES THIS YEAR WERE 1,205,237,000.
AND THAT'S UP 5.5% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. OUR POPULATION ESTIMATE DID DECREASE 1.7%. YOU DO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE POPULATION IS BASED ON THE PRIOR YEAR. SO THAT'S 2025. SO THE CHANGE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS 2024 2025. AND WE DID HAVE STORMS AT THE END OF 2024.
PERSONNEL OVERALL CHANGES IS A DECREASE OF 0.1 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT PERSONNEL POSITION TO THE TOTAL BUDGET. THE BUDGET DOES INCREASE OR SORRY DOES INCLUDE A SALARY MARKET WAGE ADJUSTMENT. IT'S PRESENTED IN THE BUDGET AS A RESERVE BALANCE. AND THIS SLIDE HERE I'M SORRY IT'S SMALLER. I DID I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. THE APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. THE ADOPTED BUDGET LAST YEAR WAS 17,197,000 USE. THIS YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING 13,097,000. THAT IS A DECREASE OVERALL. I DON'T HAVE MY NOTE. THAT IS A DECREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. THE TOTAL REVENUES THAT MAKE UP OUR BUDGET ARE 93,142,000. SO AGAIN, THE TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE BUDGET IS $106,180,000. AND IT IS A BALANCED BUDGET. SO OUR PERSONNEL SERVICES MAKE UP 24,990,000. OPERATING EXPENSES IS 23,342,000. CAPITAL OUTLAY AND DEBT IS 33,660,000. THERE IS NO CONTINGENCY TRANSFERS. TOTAL 22,940,000, AND THE RESERVES IS TWO $1,246,300. AND AGAIN, THAT RESERVE BALANCE IS MADE IS A COMBINED BALANCE. IT DOES INCLUDE THE SALARY MARKET ADJUSTMENT ACROSS ALL FUNDS. AND THE A SICK BUYBACK THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT BALANCE AND AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PUBLIC ART FUND. PERSONAL SERVICES DID INCREASE 5% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SALARIES ARE BROKEN OUT HERE BETWEEN EXECUTIVE SALARIES AND REGULAR SALARIES. THE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS DO SHOW A PRETTY LARGE INCREASE OF 29%. BUT IF YOU RECALL, IN 2526 BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU, THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT UTILIZED A CREDIT FOR THE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS. SO THE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE PRESENTED AT A MUCH LOWER AMOUNT LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE DID UTILIZE THAT CREDIT. THAT CREDIT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. SO WE ARE BACK TO THE CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE RATE. LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE DOES MAKE UP 19% OF THOSE TOTAL COSTS, AS WAS PRESENTED TO YOU A FEW WEEKS BACK. THE CITY DID NEGOTIATE A NEW CONTRACT WITH NEW CARRIER TO KEEP THOSE RATES MAINTAINED LOWER THAN WHAT WAS PROJECTED WITH THE STAYING WITH THE SAME CARRIER. SO THE RESOLUTION IS PRESENTED TONIGHT FOR 2020 623, ADOPTS THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE. RESOLUTION 2020 624 ADOPTS THE FINAL BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. I WENT OVER THAT PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT I'M PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE. MR. MAYOR, I NEED TO READ THE FIRST RESOLUTION FIRST. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-23, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY OF PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE FINAL LEVYING OF AD VALOREM TAXES FOR ALL NONEXEMPT REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN NEW PORT RICHEY, PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA FOR FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY PROPOSAL HERE. I'LL MAKE A. I'LL. SECOND.
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NO. I'M GOOD, THANK YOU. THE SECOND MILLAGE RATE IS A ROLLBACK RATE, A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY. SO IT'S GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I I THAT'S FOUR. THE SECOND ONE THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-24. RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY PASCO COUNTY FLORIDA. ADOPTING THE FINAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.COMMENT. SEEING NO ONE COME FORWARD, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I'LL SECOND MAKER. I'M GOOD. A SECOND, JUST WANT TO THANK CRYSTAL AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DILIGENCE. SO THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, NOT TONIGHT, BUT ABOUT THE INTEREST AND THE DEBT AND WHERE WE'RE AT WITH SOME OF THE DEBT SERVICE. NOTICE THAT ONE OF THE ONE OF THE INTERESTS ON NOTE RECEIVABLE HAS DROPPED CONSIDERABLY. SO I'M GUESSING THAT I CAN GET UPDATED. I DON'T NEED THE INFORMATION NOW, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT'S ALL SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ANYWAY, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. SO, YOU KNOW, GOOD BUDGET DOCUMENT YOU PUT TOGETHER. I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE IT. LOOK FORWARD TO READING IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY I, I THAT'S FOR NOTHING. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO HOLD OFF COMMUNICATION UNTIL AFTER THE CRA. OR YOU GOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY NOW THAT'S FINE. NO, WE CAN DO IT ALL AT ONCE. I'M GOOD.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.