May 13, 2024 Fiscal Year 2025 Administrator's Budget Session

[Veteran Services]

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>> THE SAME THING THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FIRST MEETING SO, WERE JUST GOING STRAIGHT INTO THE SERVICES. OKAY? AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET REQUEST FOR 2025. GO RIGHT INTO

THAT. >> I'M JOE MCDERMITT, THE EXECUTIVE OF THE SERVICE OFFICE. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS, JOY, COUNTY STAFF, GLAD TO BE HERE AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT JUST BRIEFLY REAL QUICK OF WHERE WE ARE AT. THIS IS '24 RIGHT NOW.

I WANTED TO MENTION A FEW THINGS. ONE, I DO NOT HAVE HIGHLIGHTED BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, OKAY? LAST YEAR WE WERE GOING TO USE WHAT WE CALLED VETERAN OH SPECT . I HAD TO SERVICE OFFICERS , AGENT MCKENZIE AND TRAVIS AND THEY LOVE THE SYSTEM. I GOT TO BEGIN TO LOOK AT THE SYSTEM IN DEPTH JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND TALK TO THE OTHER VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SO THAT PARTICULAR TIME AFTER I HAD CONSULTED WITH QUITE A FEW VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAVE RIHT NOW WITH OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT THAT IS DESIGNED FOR US I FELT THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT RESPECT. THAT'S WHY I WON'T GO FORWARD WITH IT. THERE'S ONE PROGRAM THAT A LOT OF THE VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS USE AND IT WAS RECENTLY RETURNED FROM RECERTIFICATION TRAINING THAT WE CERTIFY EVERY YEAR FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS. WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH THE INDIVIDUALS FROM THAT. SHE'S A VETERAN HERSELF. THERE OUT OF CALIFORNIA. I'M LOOKING TO IT RIGHT NOW TO SEE WHETHER IT WOULD SERVICE IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, GOING BACK TO SPECT WHEN I STARTED LOOKING AT IT WE USED APPOINTMENTS AND IT WORKED OUT GREAT FOR US. I'LL BE SURPRISED IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT CONSISTENT. I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD GO WITH IT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ONE TO BE BENEFICIAL.

BASICALLY, THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE TO DO IS GO IN AND RESEARCH AND LOOK AT FORMS IN THE SYSTEM. WE DON'T HAVE EVERY FORM IN THE VETERANS SYSTEM. WE HAVE A MAJORITY ON A DAILY BASIS IN THE SYSTEM. IT REQUIRES ME TO GO IN AND CHECK TO SEE IF IT STILL VALID WITH THE VA. ONCE I FIND OUT IT'S NOT VALID I TAKE IT TO DAN AND DAN MAKES CHANGES TO THAT FORM BECAUSE WE UPLOAD EVERYTHING IS WHAT WE DO WE UPLOAD EVERYTHING. SOMETIMES WE HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THAT.

SOMETIMES MAYBE IT DOESN'T CLICK OR CHECK A BOTTLE . THE SAME THING WITH VETRASPEC, PROBABLY HAS AN ENGINEER THAT IS THE SAME THING. I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD GO WITH IT'S GOING TO BE ANY BETTER OR GOOD THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY

HAVE. >> I SYSTEM THAT WE CURRENTLY

USES INK HOUSE. >> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT --

>> AND YOU'RE GETTING HOW SUPPORT ON MIS ?

>> IT'S VERY ACCURATE. WE'VE BEEN USING IT FOR A LONG TIME.

VETRASPEC. >> HOW DID THAT COME TO?

>> WELL, VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS, OKAY? ONE OF THEM HAD USED VETRASPEC BEFORE. I HAD NEVER USED THE SYSTEM BEFORE.

LOOKING AT IT AND GOING IN AND LOOKING AT IT, IT JUST DOESN'T DO THAT MUCH MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DESIGNED. WE HAVE BEEN USING IT, OKAY? THERE'S NO COST TO IT, OKAY? FOR US HERE OTHER THAN THEY SPEND TO KEEP US THERE. IT'S BEEN WORKING. LIKE I SAY, WHEN THEY UPLOAD THE FORM OR UPGRADE IT SOMETIMES WILL HAVE A GLITCH IN THE GLITCH IS AGGRAVATING, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. ON THE FORM IT SAYS THEIR MARRIAGE THEY GET TOGETHER AND THE WHEN THE VA GETS THAT THEY'RE NOT MARRIED.

IT MAKES ME GO BACK IN AND FOLLOW UP ON THAT BUT WE CAN

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>> THERE'S NO IDENTIFIED ON THE CARD OTHER THAN --

>> I'VE GOT TO GO IN. SOMETIMES IT'S ABROGATING WHEN IT DOES NOT CLICK THE BOX. I CLICK IT AND I CAN SEE IT BUT WHEN IT'S UPLOADED TO THE VA, THEY DON'T SEE IT. THEY NEED A BLOCK OR TWO BOXES SOMETHING THAT EFFECT. WE HAVE FORMS IN OUR SYSTEM WE CALL IT VETERANS ELECTRONIC SYSTEM. I'VE GOT 20 THROUGH 24,000 VETERANS IN THAT SYSTEM, OKAY? WE'VE BEEN USING IT QUITE A WHILE, OKAY? AND IT DOES EVERYTHING THE OTHER ONE. WE GET COMMENTS IN THERE, MARRIAGE INFORMATION, IT WORKS WELL FOR US. SO, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND THAT IS WHY THAT IS THERE AND WHEN YOU LOOK, HERE I WILL TALK ABOUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE WHAT INCREASES WE ARE ASKING FOR AND WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR THEM, OKAY? I'M TALKING ABOUT LEASE RENTAL COMPUTER SUPPLIES, OPERATING SUPPLIES AND TRAINING, OKAY? THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE IN THIS TALK. TRAVEL AND PER DIEM TRIP FOR TRAINING. THEY ARE COMBINED IS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. THEY'VE TAKEN THE OFFICE SUPPLIES, OKAY? AND OFFICE SUPPLIES IN THE OPERATING SUPPLIES AND THEY HAVE COMBINED THOSE TWO, OKAY? IS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. SO, I WILL GO TO THE LEASE RENTAL AND TALK ABOUT IT. WHERE ASKING FOR ABOUT $160. THE CONTRACT IS DUE TO EXPIRE ON THE COPYRIGHT, I THINK, IN AUGUST? OKAY? I BELIEVE AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, OKAY? WE ARE THINKING AND I TALKED TO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE HAD THE CONTRACT WITH RIGHT NOW, NOT SEE MUCH OF AN INCREASE, I HOPE, OKAY? WE'RE THINKING MAYBE ADDING 160 TO THAT NUMBER THAT WE ARTY HAVE. THEN, WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE OFFICE SUPPLIES, OKAY? WE HAVE THE OFFICE SUPPLIES, WE HAVE THE OPERATING EXPENSE, OKAY? NOW, LET ME BACK UP. LET ME GO TO TRAVEL AND PER DIEM , OKAY? IT WILL NOW BE CONSOLIDATED. WE ARE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE OF $1900. WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? WHY AM I DOING THAT? AND PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO SIT HERE AND ASKED TO ASK YOU FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE JUST RETURNED FROM TRAINING OKAY? WE WENT TO RESEARCH LOCATION TRAINING. THEY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH SAFETY ROBERT RESORT , OKAY? AND WE GOT A PRETTY GOOD RATE . HUNDRED AND $15 FOR THE ROOM . OKAY? LAST YEAR THEY FORMED A TREND -- COMMITTEE , OKAY? SHE WAS ON THE COMMITTEE AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING FOR NEW LOCATION FOR US TO GO. THE COUNTY SERVICE OFFICERS ABOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA KNOW. WELL, SHE ABRUPTLY LEFT, OKAY? AND I'LL OF THEM HANGING. WE GOT DOWN THERE THIS YEAR WE WERE TOLD WE DON'T HAVE ANY SITE SELECTED YET, OKAY? ALSO, OKAY? THEY HAVE RAISED OUR REGISTRATION FEE TO $250-$350 , OKAY? THEY RAISED IT FROM $40-$60, OKAY? WHEN MYSELF AND JUSTIN WERE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS HERE, HOW MUCH MORE WE GOING TO NEED FOR THAT? WE DID NOT REALIZE THAT UNTIL WE GOT DOWN THERE. PROBABLY LOOKING 1900, SIX TO $700 MORE TO COVER US. NOW, THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE AND I WILL GET TO THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE IN THE NEXT SLIDE DOWN IS THAT THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF ANOTHER VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE, OKAY? OR IN OUR OFFICE. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

THAT'S FIVE SERVICE OFFICERS GOING TO TRAINING AND BEING RECERTIFIED, OKAY? THAT NUMBER RIGHT THERE. NOW, I WILL MOVE ON TO THE SUPPLIES. WE ARE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE THERE.

MOSTLY THAT INCREASES BASED ON HAVING A NEW SERVICE OFFICER, OKAY? IN THE OFFICE, OKAY? FOR COMPUTER LAPTOP EQUIPMENT INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] . DO HER JOB. NEEDS TO DO HER JOB.

THAT'S INCREASE FOR ASKING ON THAT. THAT INCREASE. THE OFFICE SUPPLIES, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE RE-CONSOLIDATING THAT, OKAY? AND WHERE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE OF 2000 570. THIS

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>> WHY GETTING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IS THAT ONE ADDITIONAL

OFFICER? >> THAT IS CORRECT. IS IT --

ASSISTANCE VETERAN SERVICE. >> IT WILL BE A TOTAL OF FIVE?

>> IT WILL BE A TOTAL SERVICE OFFICERS -- ACTUALLY, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WOULD BE FIVE, OKAY? THANK YOU FOR PROMOTING ME TO

THE DIRECTOR'S POSITION. >> WHAT YOU ARE WORKING IN THE OFFICE

>> THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

>> THAT INCLUDES YOU? >> THAT'S CORRECT. I'LL GET

TO THAT JUST A MOMENT. >> GOT YOU. THANK YOU.

>> NOW, THE NUMBERS HERE , OKAY? 2021, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE IN THE GOLDEN STATE HERE. 2022, 2023, , OKAY? WELL, I LOST SERVICE OFFICER LAST YEAR , OKAY, '23, BUDGET, OKAY. I LOST ANGIE IN AUGUST, OKAY? AND I EXPECTED TO LOSE HER BUT I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO LOSE TRAVIS THE NEXT MONTH. I LOST TRAVIS THE NEXT MONTH, OKAY? SO, BASICALLY, I AM DOWN TWO, OKAY? IT'S VERY HARD TO FUNCTION, OKAY? WITH TWO PEOPLE IN A VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE, ESPECIALLY THE NUMBER OF VETERANS THAT WE SERVE. VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. IT WAS ME AND LAUREN, OKAY? FOR THOSE TWO. OKAY? SO, THAT'S WHY IT PROBABLY SHOULD'VE BEEN A LITTLE HIGHER. THEY'VE BEEN THERE IN THAT POSITION. WE CAN ONLY SEE SO MANY PEOPLE. WE SEE 67 CLIENTS A DAY, OKAY? ON A DAILY BASIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING, OKAY? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S APPOINTMENTS.

WE DO HAVE WALK-INS ALSO, OKAY? IF A CLIENT DOES NOT SHOW UP, WE HAVE A WALK AND WE WILL TAKE IN THE WALK-IN IN A HEARTBEAT TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF IT, OKAY? OR DEPENDING ON WHO I HAVE IN THE OFFICE IF I'M FINISHING HIM AND I FINISHED EARLY, 30, 40 MINUTES I'LL BRING THE WALK IN AND TRY TO HELP THEM BEFORE THE NEXT ONE COMES IN, IF I CAN TAKE THAT HAPPEN. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING. I LOST BOTH OF THEM AND I LOST MY OFFICE SPECIALIST AT THE VERY SAME TIME. SO, YES, IT WAS TOUGH GOING THERE FOR A WHILE. I WAS QUITE HAPPY. HE TOLD ME ONE DAY HE DID NOT GET ANY PHONE CALLS AND I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT. I CERTAINLY GOT A LOT OF PHONE CALLS. MOST OF THE VETERANS UNDERSTOOD. I WENT TO A LOT OF THE VETERANS AND I TALKED TO THE PEOPLE TALK TO HER SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT WHAT THE SITUATION WE WERE IN. KIND OF LIKE PUTTING IN TERMS, I'M ON A CARRIER ENEMA ON THE OCEAN, OKAY? I'M AN ARMY GUY BUT I'LL USE NAVY, OKAY? I'M OUT OF THE OCEAN, OKAY? ALL OF A SUDDEN I TAKE TWO DIRECT HITS, OKAY? YEAH, I'M STILL FLOATING, OKAY? THEY SUNK. I'M MOVING FORWARD. I'M WAITING FOR A TOW TO TAKE ME TO PORT AND FIX MY SHIP SO I CAN GET BACK OUT TO SEA AGAIN AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING. WE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT MODE, OKAY? TO MAKE SURE. BUT AGAIN, I GOT A PHONE CALL, MAC, I'VE CALLED YOU FIVE TIMES, YOU CALL ME BACK. WELL, I'M CALLING YOU NOW, HOW CAN I HELP YOU, OKAY? THERE, HE PROBABLY GETS 50 TO 60 PHONE CALLS A DAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT, BUT SHE DOES IT. SHE DOES A GOOD JOB OF DOING IT. VETERAN WANTS A PHONE CALL BACK JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT TIME. WE ARE GOING FROM CLIENT TO CLIENT. I RANGE IT WERE MY LAST APPOINTMENT IS AT 2:00 SO THEREAFTER I AM PICKING UP THAT PHONE TRYING TO CALL THE PEOPLE TO CALL DURING THE DAY. SOMEONE IN THE SERVICE OFFICES , RIGHT? TRYING TO GET THEM THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. SO, THAT IS KIND OF, LIKE, WHERE WE ARE AT NOW. THAT'S 2023, OKAY? YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP IN MIND TOO, BASED ON HUMAN RESOURCES, THEY WERE GREAT, OKAY? IN GETTING ME TO SERVICE OFFICERS, OKAY? THEY CAME IN IN OCTOBER. THE ONLY BAD THING ABOUT THAT WAS THAT THEY COULD SIT WITH US AND THEY COULD SIT WITH ME AND BE TRAINED, OKAY? THEY CANNOT TAKE ANY CLAIMS, OKAY? THAT WAS ANOTHER TWO MONTHS. OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER, OKAY? THEY COULD NOT TAKE CLAIMS. THEY SAT WITH MYSELF AND LAURA, EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND, PLUS, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE OFFICE

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IN MY SCHEDULE OF SIX OR SEVEN CLIENTS WE HAVE A DAY, SIX ON THE BOOKS, TWO OF THOSE SLOTS ARE FOR NEW CLIENTS, IN OTHER WORDS, VETERANS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN IN OR WIDOWS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THEM IN THERE.

THEY HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN. I WORK IT THAT WAY WHERE THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. RIGHT NOW, LOOKING AT SCHEDULING, OKAY, PUTTING SOME TIME ASIDE TO DO THE OTHER THINGS, OKAY? PROBABLY BOOKED TILL THE END OF MAY RIGHT NOW. OF COURSE, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE JUST CAME BACK, OKAY? GOING TO BE BACKED UP SEEING CLIENTS DOWN THERE BUT WE WILL GET GOING. IT'S GONE FAIRLY QUICK.

SO, THAT IS THE REASON TO ASK FOR THAT OTHER SERVICE OFFICER.

I STILL WANT TO SEE CLIENTS. YOU BETTER WANT TO BELIEVE IT I WANT TO SEE IT BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE AS MANY AS I WAS SEEING BECAUSE OF THE OTHER DUTIES, OKAY? THIS WILL GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE I CAN BETTER PLAN FOR THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES THAT I HAVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE VETERANS SERVICES. I THINK IT WILL WORK OUT WELL FOR ME AND IT WILL GIVE ME THE TIME AND MAKE THE SCHEDULE LOT BETTER, OKAY? OF COURSE, THEY WILL BE SEEING AND I'VE A LOT OF OTHERS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING IT OR THAN ANYBODY IN THE OFFICE. ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW. SHAUNA AND ANDY, MY NEW SERVICE OFFICERS, THEY HAVE BEEN SEEING CLIENTS SINCE DECEMBER. THIS BUSINESS , YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME IN AND LEARNED IN SIX MONTHS.

IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU TAKE THE BRIGHTEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, THE COMMON THERE, THEY MIGHT GET A LITTLE QUICKER, NORMALLY I FEEL COMFORTABLE, THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AT LIKE EIGHT, NINE, 10 MONTHS ON EVERYTHING.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING AND THINGS CHANGE WITH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION ON A CONSTANT BASIS AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP UP WITH THAT AS BEST AS WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T PUT THE WRONG FOOT DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY FOLLOW UP WITH US. NOT ONLY ARE WE DOING ON THE PAPERWORK, WHEN THEY GET A DECISION, WE SIT DOWN WITH THE VETERAN AND TALK ABOUT THE DECISION. DID THEY WRITE -- MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION? WE ARE NOT ATTORNEYS, OKAY? WE KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A RAINING DECISION FROM THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, OKAY? SO, AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE THE SOLE PURPOSE OF BEING A FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL. WE DON'T ASKED MUCH AND HAVEN'T OVER THE YEARS. EVEN THE JUSTICE SAID YOU DON'T ASKED MUCH, YOU NEED TO ASK FOR MORE AND I TOLD JUSTIN

I HATE CHANGE. >> SO, WHILE YOU TRANSITION TO THAT, YOU NOW HAVE FOR WORKING OFFICERS.

>> INCLUDING MYSELF RIGHT NOW, THAT'S CORRECT.

>> OH, INCLUDING YOURSELF. YOU'VE ONE THAT'S BEING REQUESTED, IS THAT ONE VACANT?

>> NO, NEW VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER. BECAUSE OF ME DOING WHAT I DO IN CUTTING BACK I WANT TO ASK FOR THIS OTHER VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER. THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT.

>> SO, YOU HAVE THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE

PROJECTING ABOUT 37? >> 37, 38, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE MORE THAN THAT, OKAY? NO?

>> THAT'LL BE THREE .94 CASE FOR EACH OFFICER. IS THAT A

GOOD CASELOAD. >> PROBABLY MORE THAN OKAY WHEN I ASKED YOU TO LOOK AT INCLUDING MY WALK-INS. THE OTHERS HERE, THESE ARE NOT MY WALK-INS. WE ARE SEEING SIX A DAY IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING. SIX A DATE.

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>> IS THAT IMAGINABLE? >> VERY MANAGEABLE, RIGHT? WHEN I LEFT CONFERENCE, I'M LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS OF WHAT WE HAD AND I THINK IT SHOWS WHERE 22,000. AT 22,000, IT'S JUST WHO WE ARE RECEIVING MONEY FROM THE VA, OKAY? WE HAVE MORE THAN 22,000 VETERANS IN THIS COUNTY. WAY MORE THAN 22,000. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER BUT I'LL TRY TO GET IT FOR YOU, OKAY? I THINK I COULD PROBABLY GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE LAST CENSUS , POSSIBLY. IT MIGHT GIVE US AN INDICATION THERE.

>> OKAY. >> AGAIN, I'M BASING THAT ON

SIX CLIENTS A DAY. >> OKAY.

>> GIVE ME MORE TIME. THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SEEING. I'VE BEEN DOING THAT PRIOR TO BEING THE DIRECTOR THE WHOLE TIME.

>> SURE. >> GOT YOU. WELL, YOU HAVE A LOT OF COLLABORATION WITH THE VETERANS COUNCIL.

>> WE DO. >> THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT WHICH I WILL TOUCH JUST A LITTLE BIT BUT I DO LIKE TO INVITE MR. HOWLAND AT SOME POINT TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT.

>> RIGHT. >> I THINK THAT SOMETHING AT

THE SERVICE OFFICE HERE. >> OKAY. GOT YOU.

>> NOW, I WOULD MENTION THE SLIDE RIGHT HERE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THIS, OKAY? AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO, OKAY? SO, RIGHT HERE, THESE ARE THE EXPENDITURES WITH THE VA, OKAY? ALL RIGHT? AND THIS IS KIND OF, LIKE, BREAD-AND-BUTTER , OKAY? IF YOU'LL SEE THAT 2019, 2020, 2021, OKAY? HERE, 90 MILLION, 2020 144 MILLION OR RIGHT NOW AND 2022, I DO NOT HAVE 2023 STATISTICS, OKAY? THE VA PUTS THAT OUT. I STRICTLY TAKE IT FROM VA SLIDES, OKAY? LAST YEAR THIS TIME WE DID GET 2022. I WAS HOPING WOULD HAVE THEM BEFORE HE GOT TO TRAINING BUT THEY SHOULD BE COMING OUT SHORTLY THIS MONTH OF THE JUNE TIMEFRAME ON WHAT WE DID IN 2023. HUNDRED 96 MILLION, THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY , OKAY? FOR VETERANS, TRICKLING IN OUR COUNTY. DOES THAT MONEY COME IN TO THE COUNTY COFFERS? NO.

VETERANS SPEND THEIR MONEY WHERE THEY WANT TO. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. IT DOES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. THERE'S OTHER THINGS ON THAT SIDE BUT I INCLUDE THAT. I'M TALK ABOUT HEALTHCARE, OKAY? IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, OKAY? AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT SPENDING, IF YOU GET VETERAN HEALTHCARE, GET THEM INTO VA HEALTHCARE, IS NOT USING HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, HE'S USING THE VA, OKAY? THERE TO GO IN THERE AND DO THAT. THAT NUMBER, WE'VE ALWAYS PRIDED OURSELVES ON THAT. I DID GO BACK IN AND LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS THIS MORNING AND THE VA SAW THE WHOLE CHART. THERE'S ABOUT SIX COUNTIES IN FLORIDA THAT HAVE ABOUT THE SAME NUMBERS THAT WE DO, OKAY? ONE COUNTY, OKAY? ALL RIGHT? I THINK IT CAME UP WITH 2 MILLION AND I THINK WE ARE STACKING THAT HUNDRED 97

MILLION, OKAY? >> WHILE.

>> THAT'S LOOKING AT THE SAME NUMBER OF CLIENTS. SO MANY OTHER COUNTIES ARE LARGER AND THERE BRING IN A LOT MORE PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH MONEY DOES COME IN FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA. HE WILL DO GET THE IDEA AND UNDERSTAND THAT, OKAY? BUT IT'S A LOT. AND THAT'S HARD WORK. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. IT PAYS OFF IN THE END. I THINK IT IS A NUCLEAR BLAST FOR THE COST OF THE SERVICE OFFICE. I THINK. YOU ASKED ME TO LOOK AT WHAT WE DO, OKAY? AND WHAT DOES IT DO? WHAT COMES OUT? OKAY? FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE, OKAY? AND AS I WILL ALWAYS SAY, THERE IS NEVER A DULL MOMENT IN THE VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE. OKAY? WHAT I SAY ABOUT THAT TOO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO CLAIMS AND SIT THERE AND YOU HAVE THAT PHONE CALL, YOU HAVE A VETERAN ON STATE ROUTE 16, HE'S BLIND, WHAT WE DO? WHAT YOU DO? YOU GO PICK THE VETERAN UP, OKAY? WE DO THOSE THINGS. IT'S NOT INTERRUPTION, OKAY? BUT YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE. YOU GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM, OKAY? SOMETIMES THAT'S ON FRIDAY, OKAY? IN FACT, IT'S ALWAYS ON FRIDAY.

IT'S NOT MONDAY TO DO THAT. BUT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE I SIT. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR AND, HOPEFULLY, I WILL GET YOUR SUPPORT FOR THAT. AND IF NOT, I'LL JUST PUT IT IN BLUNTER TERMS, WE WILL OVERCOME, WE WILL ADAPT , WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR VETERANS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. ANYBODY HAVE ANY

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QUESTIONS? >> I WOULD LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION. ON THIS CHART, YOU DID A GOOD JOB EXPLAINING THAT FOR SOMEONE THAT MIGHT STEP IN LATE . IT'S $197 BILLION WORTH OF SERVICES BROUGHT BACK FOR THE VA.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE DO. YES. >> THOSE ARE ST. JOHNS COUNTY VETERANS SERVICES EXPENDITURES AND YEARS ARE CLOSER TO $580,000. SO, THAT'S AN ROI ON THAT . YOU PUT $580,000 IN, YOU ARE ABLE TO ASSIST VETERANS AND BRINGING IN ALMOST $198

MILLION. >> TO SOMETHING WERE PROUD OF.

YOU DON'T GET THERE THAT EASY. YOU CAN SEE EVERY YEAR IT'S GONE UP. IT DEPENDS, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE GETTING COMING IN? A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW BETTER THAN I DO, A LOT OF VETERANS COME INTO THIS COUNTY AND I JUST SAY AND I TALKED TO MR. BRADLEY ABOUT THIS, I SOMETIMES GET VETERANS FROM OTHER COUNTIE. FOR VARIOUS DIFFERENT REASONS, OKAY? AND I'M NOT THE BSO POLICE AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA. BUT AND I'VE TOLD IT'S HARD. I GET A PHONE CALL, THE GUIDANT TAKE CARE OF ME, UP, HE WAS OBNOXIOUS, HE WAS THIS AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO CRITICIZE MY FELLOW VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS BECAUSE THERE'S TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY, RIGHT? BUT THEN I LISTEN AND I LISTEN AND THEN I'LL MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT I'LL SAY OKAY, COME HERE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

OKAY? FOR ME, THERE'S NO BOUNDARIES FOR VETERANS. I FEEL THAT WAY. BUT I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY'S VETERANS FIRST. SO, YES, THEY WILL CALL APRIL AND I WILL MAKE THAT PHONE CALL TO THEM AND THEN I WILL TALK TO THEM AND THEN I MAKE THAT FINAL DECISION, OKAY? WHETHER I WILL SEE THEM OR NOT. I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE. ONE TIME BEFORE AND, OF COURSE, HE CAUSED US A PROBLEM. THE INDIVIDUAL ACTUALLY WAS NOT GOOD, OKAY? AND, YOU KNOW, THEY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, OKAY, I CAN'T -- THEY BROUGHT A PROBLEM BACK TO OUR COUNTY BUT THEN BLAMING US FOR SOMETHING. ANYWAY. THAT'S WHY SAY THEIR VETERAN AND TO ME THERE'S NO BOUNDARIES BUT I'VE ALWAYS GOT TO KEEP IN MIND MY JOB AND WHAT I'M HERE FOR TO TAKE CARE OF OUR VETERANS HERE AND I CAN'T SAY EXACTLY HOW MANY WE HAVE. I HAVE 94 I HAVE TO CALL BACK RIGHT NOW SINCE WE'VE COME BACK AND I'LL LISTEN TO THEM. I'LL SEE IF I CAN HELP THEM OR IF I CAN'T BECAUSE I KNOW THIS , OKAY? I KNOW THAT IF I'M NOT DOING IT HERE, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM CALLING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM CALLING YOU EITHER AND WE KNOW THAT VERY WELL, OKAY? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE OTHER COUNTIES, OKAY? AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TALK TO THEM BUT I DO CALL THE SERVICE OFFICER AND SAY, THIS PERSON SAID THIS, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON? AND THEN ASK THEM TO CALL THE VETERAN AND TALK TO THEM AND WE TAKE IT FROM THERE, YOU KNOW? JUST ONE HELPING ANOTHER. OKAY? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF ME?

>> I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. YOU ARE UNDERSELLING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU DO WAY MORE THAN JUST BRING CLAIMS FOR THE VETERANS. I KNOW YOU GUYS DO MARRIAGE COUNSELING , IF YOU HAVE TO. YOU DO LIFE-SUPPORT SKILL COUNSELING. I KNOW YOU COLLABORATE WITH THE VETERANS BECAUSE I SEE YOU ALL THE TIME AT THE GRADUATION OVER THERE. YOUR OFFICERS ARE ALWAYS THERE.

>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> AN OFFICER I SAW, ONE OF THEM WAS FIXING AN AIR CONDITIONER AT THE NEW VETERANS

VILLAGE. >> THAT IS ANDY. ANDY WANTED TO VOLUNTEER SOMETIMES. OKAY? HE GOES OVER THERE TO VOLUNTEER SOME TIME. THEY HELP THEM OVER THERE. THEY WERE OUT THERE RUNNING LIKE THAT. WE WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM , OKAY? BY GOING OVER THERE AND TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE SCHEDULED TO GO HELP THEM AND HE WENT PRESSURE WATCHING THAT DAY.

>> OH, HE WAS A SUPER HANDY GUY. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU GUYS ARE DOING WAY MORE THAN JUST SIX CASES.

>> WELL, YES, BUT -- EXACTLY. I'VE ALWAYS TOLD MR. DOUBLY THIS, IT'S HARD AND I WILL SAY THIS BECAUSE I'VE SAID BEFORE, IT'S HARD TO GET A DIVORCE FROM MR. DUDLEY, OKAY? IT IS.

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VETERANS. >> THANK YOU, I DO HAVE A REQUEST FROM THE PRIOR WATCH PROJECT AND THEY HAD ASKED IF THEY COULD COME AND PRESENT THE REQUEST, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT REACHING OUT TO THEM THEY HAVE REQUESTED $30,000 SUPPORT METRO SUICIDE PREVENTION. SO WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS SO IT MIGHT BE A GOOD PRACTICE FOR US TO OPEN JUST ONE SESSION FOR THE PARTNERS REQUEST. I WANTED TO AT LEAST ON THE RECORD TALK ABOUT THE REQUEST. WE WILL DOCUMENT THE REQUEST ON THE REQUEST LEVEL AND SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED BUT I WOULD INVITE THEM WHEN WE HAVE THE SCHEDULE TO DISCUSS THIS REQUEST. FEEL FREE TO DO THAT, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE A FORMAL INVITATION AS WELL SO THANK YOU

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FOR ALL YOU DO. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, APPRECIATE THAT. HAVE A GOOD ONE.

>> HELLO HOW ARE YOU?

>> SHE IS OFF RIGHT NOW. >> SARAH AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER, A TRANSITION SO, HELPFUL AND

>> SO, SARAH TAYLOR CHIEF PERFORMANCE OFC. I BROUGHT TOM AND CAITLIN WITH ME INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.

>>

>> FIRST TIME DOING OUR PRESENTATION. LUCKY US A REMINDER TO EVERYONE THIS IS A NEWLY ESTABLISHED DEPARTMENT FOR THE COUNTY AS PART OF THE FRAMEWORK YOU SET FORTH FOR TRANSPARENCY I GUESS EIGHT MONTHS IN NOW ROUGHLY. SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THREE MAJOR INITIATIVES THROUGH FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD AND FROM YOU AND SOME OF THAT, IT'S THE FIRST T - OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE REQUEST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO UNFORTUNATELY THIS DEPARTMENT IS NOT EXACTLY EASY SO YOU WILL SEE SOME GRAPHICS THAT ARE COMPLEX BUT IT DOES A GOOD JOB REPRESENTING WHAT IT IS WE ARE STRIVING FOR. THIS GRAPHIC SPECIFICALLY KIND OF SHOWS HOW OUR STRATEGIC PLAN PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND THE LOWER HALF BUSINESS OPERATIONS REALLY ALL TIE IN TOGETHER. IT HELPS THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS WE ARE DOING AND INTERNALLY IT IS A HUGE SHIFT, WE HAVE NEVER ALLOCATED RESOURCES WITH THE STRUCTURE AND SUPPORT SO REALLY TYING IN STRATEGY THAT TURNS INTO TRACKING AND THEN TURNS INTO

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AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO NURTURE THE PROGRAM, IT CANNOT BE ONE AND DONE. IF WE DO IT WELL LOOKING TO OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY NURTURE THIS, THIS IS ADOPTION AND A CULTURE SHIFT AND IT IS TRANSFERRING THE MINDSET THAT FEEDS INTO ALLOWING EVERY OPPORTUNITY WHENEVER WE CAN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INVOLVEMENT AND KEEPING THEM IN THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT IT IS WE ARE DOING AND AGAIN I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. IT ALSO SHIFTS HOW WE MANAGE WORK.

STAFF BEYOND THE TRANSPARENCY WILL BE MANAGING AND MONITORING AND TRACKING WHAT PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING AS IT RELATES TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO, THESE THINGS ARE ALIGNED AND I WILL MAKE THE LITTLE CIRCLE OF CONTINUITY IN A MINUTE BUT THE NEXT MAJOR INITIATIVE IS ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SOLUTION. THIS IS SOMETHING I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR FIVE YEARS. IT WILL REVOLUTIONIZE HOW WE DO BUSINESS. IT WILL BE VERY PAINFUL BUT IT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED. I WILL SAY, TOM WOULD BE UPSET IF I DID NOT MENTION, WE HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT I'VE DONE THIS RECENTLY AND THEY HAVE SHARED THE SAME. IT'S VERY PAINFUL, TIME-CONSUMING, IT EATS UP A LOT OF RESOURCES MAKING YOU RETHINK YOU TO BASIC TASKS AND FUNCTIONS WHICH CAUSES PEOPLE FRUSTRATION. WHICH CAUSES THEM STRESS BUT HAVE ALL COME BACK EVEN THOSE WHO SAID THEY WERE DOING IT IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID WITH LIMITED RESOURCES THEY HAVE ALL COME BACK TO SAY IT IS A HUGE SUCCESS AND A VALUE TO THE ORGANIZATION. SO WE WILL CROSS OUR FINGERS AND ALIGN RESOURCES TO ENSURE IT IS SUCCESSFUL. AS MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD BEFORE I WILL REITERATE FOR PEOPLE WATCHING ELSEWHERE AND THOSE IN THE ROOM . OUR

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THAT'S FROM THE COMPANY WE HAD BEEN DOING BUSINESS WITH 20 YEARS. THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT AND CARRIED THE TORCH FOR A LONG TIME BUT WE NEED TO UPGRADE TO THE MODERN PLATFORM WHERE THINGS ARE ALL TIED TOGETHER AND NO LONGER DISCONNECTED SO WE CAN MOVE PROCESSES QUICKLY THROUGH A SYSTEM AND THAT SYSTEM IS STRUCTURED SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, MORE INFORMATION. IT LENDS ITSELF TO MORE EFFICIENCY WHEN IT GETS TO THE FINAL PRODUCT THROUGH ALL PROCESSES. AND I SHOULD MENTION THE CORE SYSTEMS WE ARE LOOKING AT FIRST BECAUSE THIS IS A MASSIVE BEAST OF A PROGRAM.

HUMAN RESOURCES, THE BUDGETING COMPONENT, FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT. YOU ALL HEARD THE REFERENCE ON PREMISE OR IN-HOUSE DEVELOPED APPLICATION FOR MANAGING CLAIMS. THAT HAS BEEN OUR BREAD AND BUTTER, THE I.T. DEPARTMENT HAS CARRIED THE TORCH FOR US NO FEWER THAN 20 YEARS. WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY IF IT WERE NOT FOR THOSE INTERNALLY DEVELOPED APPLICATIONS. SOME NEED TO MOVE INTO A DIFFERENT PLATFORM TO MAKE IT EASIER TO USE WHETHER IT'S FROM THE PHONE, COSTA RICA OR FROM A DISASTER. FOR HURRICANE KATRINA WE CAN'T GET BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO WORK OFF SYSTEMS AND OFF-LINE AND IN THE CLOUD. NOW GOING BACK TO THE STORY , WORKING GREAT FOR HIM IT IS LIKELY AT SOME POINT WILL GROW OUT OF THE SYSTEM. HE MAY STRUGGLE WITH RECRUITING PEOPLE HAVE NOT WORKED IN THE SYSTEM BEFORE WHICH REQUIRES LONGER ON BOARDING OR THEY ARE NOT COMFORTABLE IN THAT OR IT DOES NOT PRODUCE THE INFORMATION AND RESULTS THAT IT WANTS. THE GOAL IS TO NOT JUST IMPLEMENT THE ERP, BUT TO EVALUATE AND CONTINUE TO EVALUATE SYSTEMS BOTH IN-HOUSE AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE. AND/OR WITH A GOAL IF IT WORKS WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE THE CHANGE SO WE ARE EVALUATING FROM ALL DIFFERENT ANGLES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. THERE IS A LOT OF COMPLEX INFORMATION ON THIS SCREEN. WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT THE ERP IS I KIND OF LOOK AT TOM WHO SAYS DON'T YOU KNOW THIS? AND I DO, BUT IT IS REALLY REALLY HARD TO EXPLAIN. IT IS A COMPLEX SYSTEM THAT ULTIMATELY FEEDS IN ALL DIFFERENT BUSINESS PROCESSES INTO A SINGLE SOURCE, IT IS NOT SINGLE SOURCE BECAUSE WE WANT TO HIT THE BUTTON ONCE, BUT THE WORKFLOWS ACROSS BUSINESS OPERATIONS SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO EXTRACT IT EASILY. IT TAKES A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND A LOT OF THESE APPLICATIONS, SOME WE DON'T HAVE , WE DON'T HAVE INTEGRATED HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. WE DON'T HAVE A COMPLEX OR AS COMPLEX AS WE NEED GRANT MANAGEMENT. SOME OF THESE WILL FILL THE VOIDS WHERE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A SOLUTION AT PRESENT. OTHERS WILL MIGRATE TO SOMETHING MORE ENHANCED AND SOPHISTICATED AND OTHERS WE WILL BACK BURNER UNTIL WE ARE READY TO BITE THE APPLE. ULTIMATELY IT WILL GIVE US THE NEXT STEP INTO BUSINESS PROCESSES. IT SHOULD BE STREAMLINED AND IT SHOULD GIVE US ACCURACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WE ARE LACKING TODAY. SO THE THIRD INITIATIVE WHICH IS HALF OF THE NAME TRANSPARENCY. BOTH OF THESE SYSTEMS INHERENTLY BUILT TRANSMISSION AND TRUST.

SO THAT IS THE NEXT STEP THAT WE ARE TRYING TO RUN PARALLEL WITH THESE PROJECTS. SO, ONE BEING THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE, THIS IS REALLY JUST TAKING ALL THE COUNTY INFORMATION WE ARE CURRENTLY THROWING OUT INTO 45 LOCATIONS AND THE ONES THE PUBLIC CARE ABOUT MOST OFTEN FOR THE ONES THAT THEY SHOULD CARE ABOUT MOST OFTEN WE WILL TRY TO LEND THEM ONTO THIS OR PUT THEM ON THE WEBSITE SO THEY CAN EASILY NAVIGATE AND FIND IT. THE OFFICE OF PERFORMANCE AND TRANSPARENCY IS LIVE. ALL WE DID WAS TAKE THE DATA AND PUT IT ON ONE PAGE. THE GOAL IS TO ENHANCE WITH MORE REAL-TIME DATA IN THE SYSTEMS WE HAVE , MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH CITY WORKS AND SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE DASHBOARD, THE PUBLIC

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THE MORE INFORMATION WE CAN PUT OUT AS TO HOW WE ARE DOING AND THE SUCCESSES WE ARE HAVING THE MORE TRUST WE CAN BUILD WHICH WILL THEN DEMONSTRATE HONESTY AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. AS THEY TELL US WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR THE GOAL WOULD BE TO COMMIT TO GET BACK WHAT WE ARE DOING TO REACH THOSE EFFORTS. IT SHOULD INHERENTLY BUILD THE TRUST BUT WE HAVE TO WORK AT IT. OUR TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND FOSTER THAT CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION TO BE CONSIDERATE OF THE TRANSPARENCY. WHAT CAN THEY GET TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES CAN WE PROVIDE TO GET FEEDBACK WHEN POSSIBLE. I KEEP SAYING THE COMMUNITY BUT IT IS THIS SYSTEM LENDS ITSELF TO A CITIZEN CENTRIC APPROACH , SHIFTING THE FOCAL POINT FROM THE BUREAUCRACY WE WORK IN THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY AND PUTS IT BACK INTO THE CITIZENS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT OR THE CENTER OF THAT AND THAT'S THE PRIMARY FOCUS. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THIS IN THESE LIMITATIONS AND ONGOING AS WE EXPAND. SO THAT SUMS UP THE INITIATIVES OF THIS NEWLY CREATED DEPARTMENT, NOW THESE ARE SOME OF THE BASIC REQUESTS WE HAVE. STARTING AT THE BOTTOM AS WE ARE STANDING UP A NEW DEPARTMENT AS BASIC OPERATING EXPENSE THAT COMES ALONG WITH THIS, CREATING OFFICE SPACE, TECHNOLOGY NEEDS ET CETERA I REFERENCE TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE WILL NEED ANALYTICS SOFTWARE TOOLS SO ALL DEPARTMENT CAN OPERATE WITHIN THAT SYSTEM SO IF IT IS A STRATEGIC PLAN AT THE BOARD LEVEL AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL THOSE ARE IN THERE. TRACKING OBJECTIVES, ACTION AND PERFORMANCE AND WE ALSO WANT TO TRACK SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE TRACKED FOR MANAGERIAL. WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT TOOL THAT DOES THAT TODAY FOR EXAMPLE HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE ON THE BEACH ON ANY GIVEN DAY? WE HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW THAT. IT SEEMS LIKE WE DO BUT WE DON'T. WHEN THE BEACHES FOR WE ASK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS AT FULL? THEY SAY YES OR NO AND WE SAY IS FULL. WE DON'T HAVE TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE WHERE WE CAN COLLECT THE DATA AND THEN DO WHAT WITH IT? IF WE KNOW HOW MANY CARS ARE ON THE BETWEEN HOW MANY DEPUTIES WE NEED, HOW MANY STAFF TO PUT AT THE GATES, HOW TO MANAGE TRAFFIC AND WE KNOW WHETHER WE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTING CREDIT CARDS AT THE GATE WHICH COULD LEND ITSELF TO ACCESS. WE CAN ANTICIPATE CHALLENGES COMING BACK WHEN THINGS ARE NOT WORKING WELL. THIS ANALYTICS TOOL WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DEPARTMENTS TO TRACK SOME THINGS THAT THEY NEED FROM A MANAGERIAL DECISION THAT MAYBE HAVE LESS RELEVANCE. FOR THE NEXT YEAR WE WILL HAVE AN ANALYST IN THE POSITION TO SUPPORT THAT SO THERE'S ONE FTE WITH THAT, IT IS EASILY A FULL-TIME JOB. MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SEVERAL BUT I FEEL WE NEED TO CRAWL BEFORE WE RUN AND/OR WALK BEFORE WE RUN. SO I FEEL IT IS APPROPRIATE TO START WITH ONE IN THIS AREA. AND THEN I WILL REFERENCE THE ERP, IT IS CIP WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SINCE THE ARPA MONEY. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WATER THE SEED ON WHERE IT IS COMING TO PASS. WE HAVE SOME RESOURCES ALLOCATED FOR THIS YEAR TO GET THIS STARTED. LIMITATION, WE ARE IN CURRENT NEGOTIATION AND WE HOPE TO GET A CONTRACT BACK BEFORE THE BOARD IN JULY SO THAT WILL GIVE US HARD AND FAST NUMBERS ON IMPLEMENTATIONS AND SYSTEMS. SO WE ARE NEGOTIATING THAT. SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL BE SITTING IN THERE THIS YEAR SO WE CAN ALLOCATE BUT WE HAVE MORE TO THE LIMITATION ITSELF.

>> THIS PORTION OF IT ABOUT 3 MILLION AND RENEW IT WOULD BE THE PARTIAL ON THAT SO I KNEW IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATION IN

25. >> ALLOCATED THROUGH ARPA?

>> ALLOCATED THROUGH THE 24 BUDGET PROCESS.

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>> THIS IS KIND OF GOOD NEWS AND DIFFICULT NEWS. WE WERE SAYING TWO YEARS AGO THIS WOULD BE 3 TO 5 YEARS. WHERE ALMOST 2 YEARS IN NOW. IN REALITY WE ARE ALMOST AT THE THREE YEAR MARK AND WE ARE WITHIN 12 TO 15 MONTHS. WE WENT TO THE PROCESS WE DID LEARN WE CAN GO LIVE WITH SYSTEMS, NOT EVERYTHING IN THE 14 MONTH WINDOW WHICH IS NICE BECAUSE THEN WE START TO SEE DEFICIENCIES RIGHT AWAY AND IMPROVE PROCESSES RIGHT AWAY AND THEN IT ALSO PUTS THE MONEY IN A TIGHTER WINDOW FOR IMPLEMENTATION. WE WERE EXPECTING TO SPREAD THAT OVER TIME, SO WE WILL SEE NEGOTIATIONS, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. WE MAY HAVE SOME APPLICATIONS UP AND RUNNING AS EARLY AS NEXT SPRING AS PART OF THIS. THERE IS ALSO A REQUEST FOR 1.2 ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND THIS IS CONTINUING TO EVALUATE OTHER CRITICAL NEEDS THAT ARE MAYBE NOT PART OF THE CORE SERVICES, BUT THAT WE KNOW ARE LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT HAVE A PRIORITY TO IMPLEMENT. OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO ADD ONTO THE MAJOR SYSTEM THEY WILL BECOME APPARENT QUICKLY AND WE WILL KNOW WHAT WE CAN TACKLE AND WHAT WE NEED TO PUSH OFF FROM A RESOURCE STANDPOINT. WE ARE ASKING FOR MORE , WE HAVE A LIMITATION CONSULTANT, WE ARE LEVERAGING THAT RELATIONSHIP FOR RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE. WE HAVE NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO THIS SCALE AND SIZE SO WE ARE GOING TO LEVERAGE THOSE CONTRACTORS HEAVILY ON HOW WE SHOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN OR APPROACHING THIS. WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AND IN THE PROCESS REVIEW LAST YEAR TO IDENTIFY SOME BUSINESS PROCESS AND IMPROVEMENT AHEAD OF TIME WHICH WILL SET US UP FOR IMPLEMENTATION BETTER THAN A LOT OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHEN THEY TURNED THINGS ON, BUT WITH THIS SYSTEM WE ARE ASKING FOR MORE FTES TO IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM, MANAGE ITS GOVERNANCE BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS AND WE ARE NOT ONE AND DONE WE CHANGE PROCESSES LIKE THIS, THE STATE CHANGES APPROPRIATIONS AND WE ARE TAKING NEW THINGS ON ALL THE TIME. THIS SYSTEM HAS TO BE CONSTANTLY MAINTAINED. SO WE HAVE ASKED FOR GOVERNANCE AND ONGOING SUPPORT FOR MIGRATING OTHER LOCATIONS. SOME OF THOSE WE HAVE THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THIS APPLICATION BECAUSE IT'S MORE EFFICIENT TO HAVE THEM IN A ONE-STOP SHOP. YOU ASKED AND REFERENCED ON FRIDAY. AS FAR AS THE STAFFING COMPONENT. THIS IS THE BULK OF THIS WORK FULL-TIME FTE IS COMING ON AT VARIOUS POINTS IN THE YEAR, THREE OF THEM LATER IN THE YEAR SO THEY ARE NOT AT FULL FTE FISCAL 25, BUT EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS WILL BE CONCENTRATED ON IMPLEMENTATION AND TRANSFERRING DATA AND WE WILL LEVERAGE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS WHICH IS WHY YOU WILL SEE SOME ASKING FOR RESOURCES SO THEY CAN TAKE OFF DAILY WORKLOAD AND THE EXPERTS CAN FOCUS ON THIS.

IF WE CAN DELIVER IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME 14 TO 15 MONTHS THAT IS GREAT FOR DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET IT DONE AND THEY WANT TO GET BACK TO BUSINESS AND HOPEFULLY WE FIND EFFICIENCIES SO THEY CAN REALIGN HOW THINGS WORK. WITH THAT THERE WILL BE THE NEED FOR ONGOING SUPPORT. THE DEPARTMENTS WILL LEND THEMSELVES TO THESE PROJECTS AND IT WILL MOVE BACK TO THE DEPARTMENTS THESE FOUR WILL LIKELY REMAIN ONGOING TO SUPPORT THE SYSTEM BEYOND IMPLEMENTATION. A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING IS HAPPENING IN THE CONSULTANTS. THAT'S HOW WE GENERATE THIS. THAT IS REALLY

IT FOR THE REQUESTS. >> THAT IS A DAUNTING AND HEAVY LIFT. THE SINGULAR ARCHITECT , SYSTEM ARCHITECT TWO YEARS AGO NO ONE KNEW. THAT IS REALLY GOOD TITLE, AND BUT NOW WE STARTED TO HAVE MORE ON WHAT YOU ARE DOING. YOU KNEW ALL ALONG WE JUST DID NOT KNOW WHAT YOU WERE DOING. AND IT GETS TO THE SYSTEM TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE AND THAT WAS HEAVY LIFTING, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE IS MORE TO IT.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS ON THE RESOURCE ASK.

WHAT IS OVERALL INVESTMENT ALTOGETHER? FROM PLANNING BEST PRACTICE . SPLIT INCLUDING SUBSCRIPT AND SERVICES YEAR ONE/ 2 25 OR SIX OR 67 MILLION. ROUGHLY.

>> 6 TO 7 MILLION INCLUDING PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL

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>> FOR ONE YEAR. >> WITH THE ANNUAL

SUBSCRIPTION? >> 1.3 ROUGHLY. SOME OF THAT WILL BE OFFSET BY SYSTEMS THAT WILL SUNSET. WE WILL BE TURNING OFF OTHER SYSTEMS THAT THIS WILL REPLACE SO THERE WILL BE

OFFSET. >> SOME OF THAT IS TAKING DOWN LEGACY SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE DATA MEETS STATE REQUIREMENTS.

>> LEGACY IS A DIFFERENT WAY OF SAYING OBSOLETE SYSTEMS.

>> OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW OF COURSE I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO ASK. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ALTERNATIVE.

WE ARE BEHIND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM, WHAT IS

ALTERNATIVE? >> OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM SUNSETS AT THE END OF 2026. THEY ARE KICKING US OFF AND RIGHTFULLY SO THANKFUL BECAUSE THEY ARE SAYING OUR PRODUCT IS NO LONGER WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE. WE ARE SUNSETTING THE PRODUCT SO IT'S EITHER A MOVE OR ELSE. WE ARE MANAGING A BUDGET ON A SPREADSHEET IF WE DON'T HAVE SOME OTHER SOLUTIONS.

>> WHICH LEADS TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND LIABILITY THAT IS A HUGE FOR THE BOARD TO MANAGE A LARGE FINANCE.

>> THE CLERK'S OFFICE COULD NOT PERFORM AUDITING OF MANY FINANCIAL SYSTEMS OR TRANSACTIONS, WE HAVE TO DUPLICATE THE SYSTEM. SOMETHING ELSE IN PLACE, YOU CANNOT HAVE NOTHING. SO IT'S WANTING TO MANAGE YOUR HOME BUDGET ON THE SPREADSHEET AND DECIDE THROW THE BUDGET OUT THE WINDOW. THIS IS NOT THAT, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND REPORT AND MEET OBLIGATIONS. STATUTORY AND FROM THE OPERATIONS.

>> JUST BECAUSE I HAVE DONE THE BUDGET BOOK YEARS AGO SO I KNOW HOW LABOR INTENSE THAT CAN BE. SO THAT LEADS TO THE QUESTION OF THIS MORE MODERNIZED SYSTEM TO SHARE DATA TO TRANSFER DATA AND MAKE REPORTS TO MEET CUSTOMIZED NEEDS. IS THIS NEW SYSTEM BASED ON PERSONNEL NEEDS FOR THE FTE WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT ON ON A PHASE APPROACH, WILL THAT CREATE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY TO JUSTIFY INVESTMENT AND OF THERE IS A NECESSITY WHICH IS ALMOST MANDATORY TO ME TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND RELIABILITY AND RISK MITIGATION AND CHECKS AND BALANCE REQUIREMENT. ARE WE LOOKING AT STAFF REDUCTION? NOT SAYING REDUCING STAFF, BUT THE NEED FOR STAFF WORKFORCE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE ARE OPERATING MORE EFFICIENTLY AND NOT TO MENTION THE ADDED SERVICE WHICH IS CITIZEN CENTRIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSPARENCY. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?

>> WE KNOW THROUGH THESE BUSINESS PROCESSES IMPROVEMENTS WHEN WE WALKED TO THE PROCESSES AND THERE IS A GREAT THING WORKING HERE LONG ENOUGH THAT YOU KNOW THERE IS 1,000,001 THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO BE DOING AND SOME THINGS WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT WE SIMPLY CANNOT TACKLE. ONE, BECAUSE OF INFRASTRUCTURE DOES NOT ALLOW ITSELF OR LEND ITSELF TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE. OTHERS WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES. WHEN WE IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES AND WE HAVE BEEN TELLING DEPARTMENTS THIS AS WELL, IT'S EITHER GOING TO SHIFT WORK, MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE AND MAYBE EVEN GREATER CAPACITY BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO CREATE STAFF THAT ARE GOING TO BE OBSOLETE WITH NOTHING TO DO. IT IS GOING TO BE A SHIFT IN WORK BEHAVIOR WHICH SHOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND MEET POPULATION EXPECTATIONS AND DEMANDS WITHOUT HAVING TO IDENTIFY NEW RESOURCES TO TACKLE THAT PROBLEM. FOR EXAMPLE WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. WE ARE HIRING PEOPLE COMING IN AND SAYING HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT? IT'S LIKE PUTTING A TYPEWRITER IN FRONT OF A TEENAGER, THEY ARE LIKE WHAT IS THIS WHAT PURPOSE DOES IT SERVE? IT IS HARD TO RECRUIT RATE TALENT AND RETAIN GREAT TALENT WHEN YOU ASKED THEM TO WORK IN A SYSTEM THAT'S 20 PLUS YEARS OLD. IT WILL CREATE EFFICIENCIES AND NEW WORK AND ONCE WE CONNECT THE DOTS ON HOW WE OPERATE

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>> IT IS A SIMILAR CONVERSATION I HAD ABOUT AI AND INCORPORATING AI IN TERMS OF PLAN REVIEWS. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT AI CAN BE TRAINED TO DO WHICH WILL FREE UP WORK TO DO OTHER HIGH-LEVEL THINGS AND OF COURSE LARGER VOLUME OF THINGS. SOLD KIND OF TWO PRONGED. THERE ARE PLANNING SOLUTIONS BECAUSE INVESTMENT, CAPITAL INVESTMENT OVER YEARS IS SO LARGE. ARE WE LOOKING THROUGH INDIRECT ALLOCATION TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS LIKE UTILITY, BUILDING SERVICES, ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS WHO PAY FOR THEIR PORTION OF THIS INVESTMENT AND THEY WILL BENEFIT?

>> THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND WE WOULD LEVERAGE THAT. THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WE WILL HAVE NEW WAYS TO MANAGE AND APPROPRIATE ALLOCATIONS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS WE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE. SOME THINGS WE DON'T DO BECAUSE THE JUICE IS NOT WORTH THE SQUEEZE. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING THIS TO GET THIS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE BUT IT TAKES SO MUCH MANUAL WORK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, IS IT WORTH IT? STICK MANY OVER HERE AND IT MAKES OPERATIONAL SENSE.

IS NOT THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WRONG BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT WORTH ALL THE EFFORT. THESE NEW SYSTEMS WILL PROVIDE GREATER OPPORTUNITIES AND COST THOSE OUT.

>> THE ERRORS, TOO. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> GOOD, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.

>> WE TALKED THE OTHER DAY A COUPLE BIG DEPARTMENTS WITH REVENUE GENERATION. TELLING CUSTOMER SERVICE , MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THOSE DEPARTMENTS SHOULD PUT MONEY INTO IF IT'S NOT NOW, BUT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET OR YOU START THE PROCESS WHEN YOU GET CLOSER TO IMPLEMENT IN THE CORE PROCESS?

>> ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE STAND UP OF THIS TEAM IS THAT, WE WILL START EVALUATING SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY REQUESTS NEW OR UPGRADES AND WE'RE DOING THAT AT PRESENT LOOKING FOR A POINT-OF-SALE. SOME SYSTEMS ARE CRITICAL PROGRAMS , CASHIER COMPONENTS THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE MONEY ALLOCATED TOWARD WHICH WE WOULD HELP TO FUND AND/OR IDENTIFY THE FUNDING. THE OTHERS WE PLAN TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS OF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED OR YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A GAP OR A LAG IN TECHNOLOGY LET'S START PLANNING FOR WITH THE FINANCES

LOOK LIKE. >> YOU THINK YOU CAN PROVIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE SELF-FUNDED , A NUMBER BASED ON TIMING BECAUSE REMEMBER TALKING 18 MONTHS FROM NOW , IF THEY NEED SOME TO GET STARTED IN 25 TO START ADDING THE NEXT LEVEL.

I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE BILLING AGAIN IT'S LIKE THE BIGGER YOU HAVE IT IS A ANTIQUE SYSTEM READY TO BE REPLACED.

>> TO THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION WE WILL HAVE A GREATER HANDLE ON THE TIMELINE AND ON THE FINANCING SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE

TO REPORT THAT BACK. >> CAN WE GET THAT IN THERE

THEN? >> SURE, WE HAVE TIME TO DO

THAT. >> I WANT TO ADD AGAIN IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET REQUEST IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING FROM ZERO $25 MILLION OPERATION WE ARE GROWING.

>> SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

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>> GO TO THAT SESSION THANK YOU.

>> I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT TELL YOU ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT SOME DASHBOARD CURRENT INFORMATION THIS YEAR.

IT WILL BE ACCOMPANYING THE BUDGET PROCESS OF SOME METRICS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES. THEY WILL NOT ALIGN YET BECAUSE WE ARE NOT THERE WITH THE ADOPTION YET, BUT CAITLIN HAS BEEN WORKING HARD AT GENERATING DASHBOARDS SO WE CAN START COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC ON PERFORMANCE, SOME OF THE

METRICS. >> I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THAT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING I WAS GOING TO ASK.

THAT WAS FROM THE EARLY PART OF THE PRESENTATION WHICH I THINK IS REALLY ESSENTIALLY WHY WE CREATED THIS OFFICE AND WHY WE WENT THROUGH WITH WHAT WE ARE STILL GOING TO WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO WE CAN HAVE OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD TO BE DRIVEN BY THE PERFORMANCE OF PROJECTS AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS , IF THEY ARE DOING WELL WE SHOULD DO MORE AND IF THEY ARE NOT WE SHOULD STOP DOING IT AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND ALSO BASED ON COMMUNITY NEEDS. SO, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN KNEE-DEEP IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND I KNOW THERE HELPING WITH PERFORMANCE MATRIX AND SOME OUTPUT THAT INTO SOME SORT OF ALGORITHM WE CAN DRIVE THE BUDGET WITH IT.

HOW DOES IT LOOK LIKE? >> WE WILL CRAWL BEFORE WE WALK BEFORE WE RUN. ONCE WE IDENTIFY THOSE GOALS WE WILL WORK BACKWARDS OF WHAT TELLS THE STORY THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARD A PUBLISHING THOSE GOALS. WE WILL WORK WITH BOTH DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY WITH THE OBJECTIVES ARE AND THEN WE START TRACKING IT. IT'S THE MECHANISM WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH AND HOW DO WE TRACK IT? ARE WE LITERALLY COUNTING HASHMARKS OR DO WE GO EXTRAPOLATE DATA FROM OTHER SYSTEMS AND THEN BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE ARE ENRICHING THOSE OBJECTIVES. IF WE LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES MANY HAVE BEEN DOING THEM 10 PLUS YEARS.

THIS IS THE COUNTY'S FIRST TIME DOING IT SO IT WILL SMART SMALL AND THEN EXPAND QUICKLY BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL REALIZE I COULD BE TRACKING THIS OR SHOWING THIS WHICH FOR US WILL HOPEFULLY PAID A BETTER PICTURE AS TO WHERE WE ARE MEASURING OURSELVES AND HOW WE ARE PERFORMING AND AGAIN ALLOWING OPPORTUNITY TO PIVOT WHEN THINGS ARE NOT WORKING AS INTENDED OR ALLOCATE MORE RESOURCE TO MAKE SURE IT GETS DONE BECAUSE IT WAS A MAJOR PRIORITY OR WE HAVE AN

OUTSTANDING NEED. >> YET TO BE DETERMINED. RIGHT NOW I'VE BEEN PULLING INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE

ALREADY HAD. >> VERY GOOD. WE WENT THROUGH A ONE DAY RETREAT WITH ALL THE MEMBERS. THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD PRIORITY PRESENTED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. I WAS LOOKING AT PRIORITIES. NUMBER ONE THERE ARE PRIORITIES INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS LIKE THAT AND I AM ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THIS PLAN AND CONSULTING CAN HELP US MATERIALIZE THAT BY DRIVING THE

BUDGET PROCESS. >> THAT'S THE NEXT ITERATION.

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO THE BUDGETING PROCESS.

>> I WANTED TO MAKE A POINT THIS IS A $5 MILLION. IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN CONTEXT IT'S LIKE HERE'S ANOTHER DEPARTMENT WE HAVE GROWN FROM ZERO TO $5 MILLION. MONITOR THE FTE , THE BASE THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR IN THIS. WE ARE REPURCHASING AS PART OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND THIS YEAR. SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT ARE IN THERE ARE ALREADY REPURCHASING. DOLLARS THAT HAVE LEFT OTHER DEPARTMENTS. WE MENTIONED INVESTMENTS, SOME OF THAT IS IN HERE. THAT IS ONE-TIME INVESTMENT, THE BIGGEST 2.5 AND WE WILL SEE SOME OTHER DOLLARS AS WE GET INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS. THAT SOFTWARE OF 1.4 MILLION, WE WILL SEE, I AM CONFIDENT WE WILL SEE THE OFFSET IN OTHER DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THEIR SOFTWARE. OMB MANAGES OR THE MIS DEPARTMENT, THE LEGACY ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. WE WILL HOLD ONTO IT FOR A YEAR OR TWO BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR 20 YEARS, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO LET GO AT SOME POINT SO ONCE WE GET INTO THE DATA

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[Economic Development & Incentives]

THE OLD SYSTEMS. >> SOME OF THIS A PROBATION OF RESOURCE IS FROM MIS, WHAT YOU DO KNOW WILL FREE OF THOSE WHO HAVE TO WRITE THE IN-HOUSE APP. SO IT IS A LOGICAL TRANSITION

OF APPROPRIATION OF RESOURCE. >> WE ARE A LITTLE BEHIND.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THERE GOING TO BE REDUNDANCY

GOING THROUGH THIS? >> WE ARE NOT TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME BUT WE HAVE COMMENT CARDS AND WE WILL RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS WE HAVE A LOT OF

PEOPLE WATCHING. >> OKAY. OKAY. SO THE BUDGET HAS THREE POSITIONS ALL THREE ARE VACANT RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, BUT I WILL SAY. WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A BRAND-NEW DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN FUNDED BUT HAS NOT HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE. THE GOOD NEWS, WE HAVE A GOOD LIST OF PROJECT MANAGERS. THAT'S GOING TO BE A FAIRLY QUICK FILL-IN. THE DIRECTOR JOB IS CLOSED WE USED AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO CONVERT I FEEL COMFORTABLE AND WHEN WE GET TO THE DIRECTOR , I DID NOT WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION. GET THE DIRECTOR SO REALLY FOR THE PUBLIC WHAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES, ATTRACTING NEW DEVELOPMENT TO BUILD EXISTING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY REALLY FOR JOBS. WE CAN BRING THE JOBS INTO THE COUNTY, LESS PEOPLE COMMUTING, LESS PEOPLE OUTSIDE AND IT KEEPS MORE FUNDS IN THE COUNTY. WHEN PEOPLE, BUSINESS GENERATE MONEY IT IS GENERATED WITHIN THE COUNTY. AND THEN PROMOTING BUSINESSES WITH INVESTMENTS IN THE COUNTY WHICH RELATE TO ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN THE COUNTY. THE DEPARTMENT DOES WORK WITH PARTNERS WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THEY PARTNER TO DO RECRUITMENT. SO, I PUT THE SCORECARD UP THERE FOR THE PUBLIC. THE BIG SUCCESSES LAST YEAR OF COURSE KD DISTRIBUTORS WAS IN THE COUNTY 350 JOBS AND THESE ARE GOOD JOBS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE PEOPLE AND WE WANT TO GET THEM IN THE COUNTY. IF THE BUSINESSES MOVE PEOPLE WOULD NOT MOVE WITH THE BUSINESS. THEY ARE ALSO ADDING MORE POSITIONS SWEAR IT WITH A FIND A PLACE AND KEEP THEM HERE, THAT WAS PRETTY BIG AND THE OTHER BIG ONE WAS THE PUBLIC SUPERMARKET WHICH WAS THE PRESCRIPTION FULFILLMENT CENTERS WHICH IS HIGH-PAYING FULFILLMENT CENTERS SO BETWEEN THOSE TWO IT IS 500 NEW JOBS IN THE COUNTY WITH A TOTAL OF $230 MILLION INVESTMENT. THE SITTING PROGRAM AS WE KNOW WE DON'T AID THEM. IF THEY PERFORM THEY GET A PORTION OF THEIR TAXES WITH IMPACT FEES AND CONNECTION FEES TO COME TO THE COUNTY IN

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THAT'S WHAT WILL FUND THAT OUT OF THIS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IF THESE HAVE TO BE PAID IT'S A DIFFERENT PART OF THE BUDGET.

WE HAVE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR THE CHAMBER AND THOSE THAT ATTRACT BUSINESSES AND WORK WITH US TO GET THESE BUSINESSES. THE REST OF THE BUDGET IS HALF 1 MILLION PERSONNEL OFFICES. MOST OF THE BUDGET GOES TO THE BUSINESSES THEMSELVES. I WANTED TO SHOW THIS LIST, THIS IS CALCULATING 1.8 MILLION. THESE ARE APPROVED IN 24, YOU CAN SEE THE PUBLIC SUPERMARKET IN THE FULL ORDER AMOUNTS , THEY DON'T START GETTING REBATES UNTIL AFTER THEY PAY SO THEY DO NOT GET THEM UNTIL THEY PAY IT'S NOT THE COUNTY PUTTING ANYTHING OUT IT IS AFTER-THE-FACT. WE HAVE SOME PENDING PRODUCTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE COMING FORWARD. THE PACKAGES THAT MEET SCORING CRITERIA. I WANT TO GET A LIST OF THE ONGOING. THE GREEN COLUMN IS THE ANNUAL AND THERE'S A TIMEFRAME WHEN THEY STARTED WHEN THEY WILL END FOR EXAMPLE PROJECT BACK IN 15 AND THE TOTAL PACKAGE WAS 1.9 MILLION SO THIS YEAR 301,000 GOING BACK TO THEM BUT THAT WILL END. SO THE NEXT YEAR LIKE THESE OTHER COLUMNS AS THEY END THEY WILL ZERO OFF AND THE TAXES KEEP COMING INTO THE COUNTY. THESE ARE LARGE TAX GENERATORS FOR THE COMING WHEN THE REBATE WISHES. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? AND ADDITIONAL SERVICE LEVELS AND TALKING ABOUT, THE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT. WE WANT TO START BEING PROACTIVE.

THERE IS ALGORITHMS AND UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES WHO NEED TO SPEND WHO SAY ST. JOHNS COUNTY WOULD BE GREAT TO EXPAND INTO BUT THEY DON'T KNOW IT YET. SO IT'S US GOING TO RECRUIT AND BEFORE THEY KNOW THEY WANT TO. INSTEAD OF NOW WAITING ON DEVELOPMENT UNTIL SOMEBODY CALLS AND YOU SAY WE WILL WORK WITH YOU SO THIS METHOD IS USING TECHNOLOGY AND SOME KNOWLEDGE GAINED ON HOW TO DEFINE COMPANIES THAT ARE READY TO EXPAND BUT HAVE NOT STARTED THE PROCESS YET. WE WILL TARGET THIS TO THE TYPE OF BUSINESS WE ONE HIGH-TECH AND HIGHER JOB AND HIGHER-PAYING JOBS. AND WHERE WE HAVE SPACE WE MAY HAVE SPACE FOR COMPANIES WE SAY WE WANT TO TARGET TO FILL UP THE SPACE WHICH WILL THEN GENERATE MORE REVENUE AND SPACE TO CREATE MORE JOBS SO WE PUT 100,000 TO START THAT PROCESS PROBABLY WORKING WITH UNIVERSITY. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT , THAT'S THE YEAR TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS FOR. HASTINGS MAIN STREET STARTED THIS YEAR, IT IS GREAT AND WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THE SESSION AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO INVITE THEM BACK IN. THEY COME UP WITH A BUSINESS PLAN. THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT 28,500. WE HAVE 85,000 IN THE BUDGET. WE CAN REDUCE THAT IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THE BUDGET. I AM

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WANT TO SEE IT. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE HAVE THE FIRE WATCH PROJECT THAT WOULD BE ONE OF

THOSE PARTNER PROJECTS. >> I THINK IT IS LEGITIMATE PUBLIC BENEFIT BUT THEY NEED TO COME REPRESENT AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD USE IT FOR. SO, WITH THAT I THINK THAT'S THE

ONLY TWO OR THIS ONE. >> POSITION REQUESTS, RUNNING

THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE >> TRYING TO RECRUIT.

>> I WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU AND USED TO BE PROGRAM MANAGER, WITH TOURISM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. SHE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS IN HELPING US TO GET THROUGH THIS ONE SEEMS LIKE PERPETUALLY LONG RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO COME WORK FOR THE COUNTY. JENNIFER AND SAVANNA FOR BEING OUR ONLY PERSON IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE SCORECARD WHAT IS NOT ON THE REPORT IS THE TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF INQUIRIES YOU GUYS RECEIVE EVERY DAY, THE SIZE SELECTION AND COORDINATION AND THE BACK AND FORTH WITH EACH BUSINESS TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS A GOOD FIT FOR ST.

JOHNS COUNTY AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE QUALITY JOBS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR , SO THANK YOU. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE HERE.

>> WITHOUT THEM WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THEM STEPPING UP EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT IN THE DEPARTMENT. ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHERS WE WORK WITH GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND UTILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS. ALL DEPARTMENTS STEP UP AND HELP AND I AM AMAZED AT HOW MANY CALLS WE GET. NOW THAT I FEEL THEM AND TAKE THEM I'M SURPRISED, WE GET A LOT OF INTEREST AND I THINK THE NEXT STEP IN TARGETING THAT IT'S GETTING EVEN BETTER GENERATING REALLY HIGH-QUALITY JOBS. BY THE WAY WE HAVE TO DRAFT A STRATEGIC PLAN. THE DEVELOPMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CONSULTANTS SO THEY'RE WORKING INTO THE COMMENTS. SO I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESS WE JUST HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

>> WE DO. REALLY BRIEF BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ON THE TEAM, AS WELL. I AM GLAD YOU HAVE A PLACEHOLDER FOR THE BUSINESS RECRUITMENT RESEARCH. SO WE REACHED OUT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA PRESIDENT AND UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. BOTH ARE VERY INTERESTED IN BECOMING STRATEGIC PARTNERS WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS RECRUITMENT USING DATA AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY WE CAN TAP INTO. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL CHARGE US, HOPEFULLY IT WOULD BE PHILANTHROPIC TYPE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING BECAUSE I THINK IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE CLINICALLY INTO THE COMMUNITY.

>> THE BIG DATA IS WHERE IT IS AT AND IT'S AMAZING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH YOU CAN FIND COMPANIES THERE READY , READY TO MOVE AND COME IN, READY TO EXPAND AND THEY JUST HAVE NOT STARTED THE PROCESS. IF WE CAN GET IN FRONT OF THEM QUICKLY TO HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD I THINK IT WILL BE A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. NOT MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING

IT YET. >> I AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THOSE OUTREACH CONVERSATIONS SPARKING NEW IDEAS TO HELP US HOW TO DO BUSINESS BETTER AND ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING UP FOR THE CONVERSATION PURPOSE IT IS NOT REALLY RELATED TO THE BUDGET REQUEST, BUT IT IS MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING IN CONJUNCTION WITH COMPANY HAS A PLAN UPDATES , THAT IS SOMETHING AT THE FOREFRONT OF A LOT OF AND ONE COMPONENT OR THE ELEMENT WE ARE PLANNING ON IS A DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY, THE TYPE, THE TARGET INDUSTRY. IF YOU CAN TOUCH A LITTLE BIT OF HOW OUR NEW YEAR PLANNING WILL BE IN

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>> SO WE HIRE THE CONSULTANT TO DO SURVEYS AND THEY HAVE A DRAFT REPORT FOR STRATEGIC OUTLOOK 20 OR 30 YEARS. WE ARE CHANGING SOME TARGETED INDUSTRIES WHICH MAY SEE BASED ON THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY NEEDS. AGAIN, THOSE WILL BE PRESENTED. THEY HAVE NOT YET, BUT THEY WILL BE. WE ARE LOOKING , ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND AS WE ALWAYS TARGET FULL BUSINESSES LIKE LOVE TO HAVE A HIGH-TECH MANUFACTURER. WHERE TO GO IN THE COUNTY TO BUILD A CHIP FACTORY? THERE IS NO PLACE TO GO, BUT MAYBE BAKER COUNTY HAS A PLACE A SPOT FOR THAT WHICH WOULD WORK, OR A CORPORATE OFFICE WE ARE CHANGING THE TARGET TO SAY WHY DON'T WE GET THE CORPORATE OFFICE BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT WANT TO LIVE ALL THE WAY, SOME OF THEM , THE PROGRAMS WE TARGET CORPORATE OFFICES THAT ARE PART OF THOSE AND PARTNER WITH OTHER COUNTIES. SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO A CHANGE IN THE CURRENT PROGRAM.

LET'S PARTNER AND BRING IN COMPANIES IN AND THE CORPORATE OFFICE WHICH AGAIN NOT A HUGE TRAFFIC GENERATOR, IT IS FUNDS COMING IN TO THE COUNTY AND SPEND IN THE COUNTY. WE ARE THE AIRPORT, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS SO THAT IS ONE THING WE SAW A CHANGE IN AND LOOKING AT AGRIBUSINESS WITH OPPORTUNITIES SO WE ARE SUPPORTING FARMERS, LOOKING AT HOW WE MAXIMIZE THAT TO KEEP THE OPEN SPACE, KEEP THE FARMS, KEEP THAT WORKING AND MAKING IT AN ATTRACTIVE BUSINESS SO THAT'S ANOTHER AREA THE CONSULTANT CAME UP WITH. THOSE ARE JUST A FEW.

THERE PROBABLY TWO DOZEN MORE.

>> SO, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION

DOWN THE ROAD. >> WE HAVE GIVEN THE DRAFT REPORT AND WHAT THE COMPANY? THANK YOU. WE HAVE GIVEN IT TO THEM, THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IT AND TAKING IT AND COMING UP WITH DRAFT LANGUAGE AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO SAY HERE ARE THINGS WE WANT TO IMPROVE. WE HAVE THE PLAN THAT'S DRAFTED THAT EVERYBODY LOOKS AT AND WE'LL TAKE THE PROGRAM ITSELF AND UPDATE THAT WITH INFORMATION. WE WILL INCREASE THE SIZE FOR INSTANCE FOR THE REBATE PROGRAM AND WE ARE ALREADY PLANNING ON DOING THAT. SO WE GET HIGHER QUALITY DOING REBATES FOR HIGHER-QUALITY JOBS . I THINK THE SPACE IS A GOOD AREA TO LOOK WHERE PEOPLE BUILD AND THERE HAS TO BE SPECIFIC SAFE SPACE WE WILL LOOK AT DEFINITIONS AND THE OTHER AREA IS HIGH-TECH MANUFACTURING. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND LOOK LIKE? MAKING COMPUTERS OR SOMETHING, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE MAKING A SHOE BUT USING HIGH-TECH SO THERE'S LITTLE WASTE. A LOT LESS ENERGY. A COMPANY CAN FORWARD THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS AGO AND THE TECHNOLOGY THEY WOULD USE TO MAKE THOSE REDUCES THE WASTE BY 60% OR SO. HIGHLY AUTOMATED SO WE WILL WORK WITH COMPANIES LIKE THAT, DEFINING WHAT IT MEANS. THAT'S THINGS PEOPLE NEED SO IF WE CAN ATTRACT THOSE GOOD PAYING JOBS YOU KNOW AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DO IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. REDEFINE WITH THE MODERN INFORMATION WE HAVE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS SINCE

WE LOOKED AT THOSE. >> AND INCENTIVE PROGRAMS TO

SEE IF THERE IS OPPORTUNITY. >> AND WE DO. FLORIDA IS NOT GREAT ON BUSINESS INCENTIVES SO WE HAVE TO HAVE OTHER THINGS AND OTHER TOOLS ANYTHING THERE THERE SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A

[Public Works & Solid Waste]

WILL LOOK AT ALL THOSE. >> YOU ARE A VERY BUSY MAN.

FIELDING INQUIRIES. ALSO LOOKING FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL

SITES. >> THAT'S RIGHT, BUT NOT FOR LONG. WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE.

>> THE REST OF QUESTIONS? >> PUBLIC WORKS IS NEXT. WE ARE RIGHT ON TIME. SPRING --

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>> SO THE PRESENTATION WE HAVE TODAY SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, CHALLENGES MOVING FORWARD AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE DIVISIONS WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS SO WE SEPARATED EACH DIVISION OUT TO MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR US TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOLID WASTE AND PUBLIC WORKS THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE CONVERSATION. WILL TRY TO GET THEIR TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND DOLLARS. I WILL TAKE A PAUSE AND MOVE INTO THE ENTERPRISE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A GOOD SEPARATION. AND WE PUT TOGETHER SUMMARIES THAT WE CAN OPEN UP A CONVERSATION, DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION.

>> SOUNDS GOOD. >> WE FEEL LIKE WE WILL BE

CAPABLE OF DOING THIS. >> GOT THROUGH ALL 180 CRP'S

YOU HAVE. >> WE ARE EXCITED. WE BROUGHT DINNER. SO, I AM THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ALONGSIDE ME WE HAVE DEPUTY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND THE MONEY HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER WITH A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE. SO HAPPY TO HAVE OUR TEAM AND IN THE GREEN ROOM WE HAVE MANAGERS OF THE DEPUTY TO TAKE VACATION DAYS. THEY ARE NOT WITH THIS BUT WE'RE COMFORTABLE ANSWERING QUESTIONS. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE. WE DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE OUT PEOPLE IN PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE THEY MAKE IT RUN. OUR PEOPLE ARE THE GREATEST RESOURCE , THIS IS NOWHERE NEAR ALL PEOPLE BUT IT IS A NICE FRIDAY OF FOLKS. 270 DEDICATED EMPLOYEES IN PUBLIC WORKS. SO GOING INTO 23 AND 24 SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS WE HAVE LAUNCHED THE COMMITTEE ALONG WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS WE THINK THAT IS A BRILLIANT APP PEOPLE ARE USING DAILY WITH MORE AND MORE INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC AS THEY COMMUNICATE AND WE SEE THAT AS A POSITIVE AND ISSUES COMING UP WORKING WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC WORKS. WE SEE THIS EACH YEAR. I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT WE KEEP A RUNNING TALLY OF ALL THE WORK ORDERS THAT COME THROUGH. THIS IS A SYSTEM WHERE WILL GO THROUGH, SUBMIT A SERVICE REQUEST IT DOES NOT GO THROUGH ME OR BEN, IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE END USER THAT CAN FIX A POTHOLE, PREPARE A STOP SIGN OR ANY OTHER COMPONENT OF COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE. DIRECTLY GOING TO THE END SOURCE TO REPAIR THE WORK. IT CUTS OUT THE MIDDLEMAN SO ONE OF THE MAJOR BENEFITS IS THAT IT REDUCES COST.

ALSO IN FLEET MANAGEMENT THESE ARE THINGS WILL TALK ABOUT IN THE PRESENTATION. WE IMPLEMENTED VEHICLE CONDITION INDEX SOMETHING BENEFICIAL TO HELP BUDGET AS WE COME TO

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SO EVERYBODY CAN TAKE A LOOK WHERE THE COUNTY FUNDS ARE AND HOW THEY ARE USED. LESLIE WE HAVE SOLID WASTE. WE LAUNCHED THE MOBILE APP PEOPLE CAN USE TO UNDERSTAND BETTER HOW TO RECYCLE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. YOU CAN LOOK INTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THROUGHOUT AND EVENTS NOTIFIED AS WELL AS GARBAGE AND COLLECTION DATES. IT IS NICE TO KNOW MONDAY, TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY, THE APP WILL TELL YOU AND INITIATING THE NEW WASTE HAULING CONTRACT. THAT WAS A LONG PROCESS WE WERE ABLE TO DEPLOY IN DECEMBER AND THAT WAS A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT WITH OUR TEAM. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE. THROUGH ADMINISTRATION WE DO A LOT OF BUDGET THAT FALLS UNDER DAWN AND A FALSE UNDER DAWN WITH GRANT MANAGEMENT COMPLIANCE AND OVERSIGHT. THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WILL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB BRINGING MONEY INTO THE COUNTY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE IMPLEMENT CORRECTLY AND WITHIN COMPLIANCE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS THE ERP SYSTEM. I KNOW SARAH WAS TALKING ABOUT HER PROGRAM AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO UPGRADE DATA COLLECTION. THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE DECISIONS BASED ON DATA AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING WE ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT. WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM THAT CONTINUES TO BUILD AND BUILD DATA COLLECTION. WE KNOW HAVE ASSET MANAGEMENT TEAM ABLE TO ANALYZE AND ALLOW THAT DATA. SO THE FRONT END OF THE HOUSE NOW THE BACK END. PROVIDES RESOURCES TO GREAT LOCATION AND HELP US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND HELP REDUCE COST IN THE FUTURE. I HAVE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THAT, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS PEOPLE SEE EVERY DAY, YOU CAN SEE LETTER ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROADS AND IT'S ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WE GET AT PUBLIC WORKS SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. WE HAVE A PLAN TO GO ABOVE CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS. ASSET MANAGEMENT OF SIGNED INVENTORY WITH MORE DATA THAT WE ARE SEEING, TO REVIEW PROCESSES WE SEE THEIR CAP THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED AS WELL AS ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. WE ARE BUILDING MORE AND MORE FACILITIES WE EVER HAVE, WE HAVE MORE MONEY COMING IN WITH STATE APPROPRIATION AND OTHER GRANTS RIGHT NOW REVENUE. WE HAVE A COUNTY ENGINEER WHO WORKS FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY. A COUNTY ARCHITECT IS ANOTHER THING WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TO SEE IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO CAN SEE CONSTRUCTION AND OVERSIGHT OF MAJOR FACILITIES AND PROJECTS , I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. AS WELL AS SOLID WASTE OPERATIONS. WE HAVE TWO TRANSFER STATIONS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. ONE OFF OF , THAT'S ACTUALLY A LANDFILL AND TRANSFER STATION, ON THE NORTH SIDE WE HAVE STRATTON ROAD AND THAT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE IN IT IS COMING UP EVERY DAY TO DROP OFF EVERYTHING. WE RECEIVED A GRANT LAST YEAR TO HELP WITH OPERATIONAL COMPONENTS, BUT WE HAVE SEEN THAT INCREASE SO WE FEEL THERE IS NEED FOR ADDITIONAL MANPOWER IN THAT LOCATION. AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW CONTRACT. SO, TAKING A STEP BACK TO SAY HOW ARE WE FUNDED FOR PUBLIC WORKS. A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES ARE GOING THROUGH AND RIGHT NOW ST. JOHNS COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS MOST COMES FROM TAXES. WE HAVE POINT WE HAVE .844 THAT WE RECEIVED 54% OF THE BUDGET THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WE ALSO SEE 15% OF THE GAS TAXES, WE HAVE REVENUE

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DID I MISS ANYTHING? >> THAT WAS IT.

>> PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION IS THE START OF BREAKING DOWN EACH INDIVIDUAL DIVISION. IN 24 THE BUDGET WAS 2.57 MILLION.

THE ADMINISTRATION ROLE WE LOOK TO REQUEST 4.4 MILLION AND THOSE WERE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE MENTIONED EARLIER. THE FIRST ONE IS THE GRANT FUNDING PORTION. WE FEEL LIKE THIS PERSON WOULD LIVE IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION BECAUSE IT WOULD FALL UNDER THE BUDGET PROCESS AND UNDER THE CONTRACT AREA. SOME OTHER PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THE ENGINEER AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES , THEY FALL UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AREA. THIS WOULD BE THE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE TO HELP WITH GRANT TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE AND OVERSIGHT , BE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A CLEAN TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP IN

MAKING THESE PROJECTS. >>

>> WE CURRENTLY DO NOT. >> IT IS ALL GONE AND IT GOES

BACK TO THE PROJECT MANAGER. >> YOU HAVE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE STUFF, BUT THEY'RE NOT DEDICATED TO JUST PAY NORMAL BILLS AND EVERYTHING. IT'S ANOTHER DUTY ADDED ON TOP OF

THAT. >> I KNOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED A TON OF STATE APPROPRIATION AND HAVE STAGE APPROPRIATION AGREEMENT THAT HAVE TO DO WITH COMPLIANCE TO MENTION THE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT YOU RECEIVED.

>> WE HAVE FEMA, STATE APPROPRIATION, ARPA.

>> WE RELY ON OMB A LOT. WE HAVE BEEN FINDING AFTER THE FACT, AFTER THINGS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED OR CODED THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE WE WILL TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THAT SO YOU'RE NOT CHASING OUR TELL AT THE END OR FINDING OUT WE WILL NOT GET REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE WE DO NOT SPEND PROPERLY. GOING BACK YOU SPEND THE FUNDS ON THE PROJECT. WHO IN THE BUDGET NOW IS MANAGING THE GRANTS PROCESS?

>> WITH TRANSPORTATION IT IS WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

>> SHE IS RELATIVELY NEW. IT IS A COMBINATION OF HOPING FOR THE BEST. AND THEN DO WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE PROJECT MANAGERS.

>> THE PROJECT MANAGER BUILDS PROJECTS. THEY KNOW TO BUILD A REQUIRING ALL THESE GRANTS WITH 11 DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND A LOT OF MONEY. SO WE THINK THIS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.

>> MOST OF THE GRANTS WOULD ALLOW FOR A GRANT COMPLIANT STAFFING, WITH THIS PERSON PAY FOR WITH VARIATION OF GRANTS.

>> WE HAVE TRIED IN THE PAST. TALKED TO LIKE THAT ON WHEN TEMPORARY. THERE WAS A CONCERN THIS IS A GRANT BUT WHEN I SEE OPENING THAT'S FULL-TIME THEY JUMP TOWARD IT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CANNOT HAVE IT TOTALLY GRANT FUNDED , USUALLY WE GET 3 TO 5% WITH ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. I JUST WANT TO BE A FULL-TIME

EMPLOYEE. >> I DON'T MEAN TO SAY THIS POSITON IS CONDITIONAL WITH PARTICULAR FUNDING, BUT BASED OFF THE NEEDS AND THE INFLUX OF REVENUE OF THE GRANTS, THIS PERSON WILL BE 100% FUNDED BY GRANTS THAT THE PERSON IS MANAGING? IT'S FOR REIMBURSEMENT NOT NECESSARILY

THE FUNDING. >> I REMEMBER IN THE PAST IT

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GRANTS. >> THIS PERSON HAS TO LOG 10% ARPA, 10% DRAINAGE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.

>> THE COUNTY HAS SET UP A LOT OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ON GRANTS WE RECEIVED SO THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT UP INTO THE PROCESS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS. WE HAVE SEEN GO AFTER SOME POSITIONS IN PUBLIC WORKS SO I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE THE PROCESS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM 22 WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOARD I'M TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS , THIS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANYBODY ELSE BUDGET. THIS WILL COME THROUGH TPI. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MEDICAL EXAMINER OR FIRE SERVICES OR ANY OF THE FACILITIES OR POTENTIAL PARKS AND REC THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THESE NUMBERS .

>> IT'S GOING TO , WE SEE IT A LOT WITH PROJECT MANAGERS AND OTHER PEOPLE. WE THROW OUT THE DOCUMENTS COMING IN .

INAUDIBLE ] >> MAKING SURE WE DON'T RUN OF THE GRANT ITSELF BECAUSE SOMETIMES THESE TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET EXECUTED AND STAY ON TOP OF THIS.

>> THE SECOND POSITION IN THE MEASURABLE IS THE SENIOR COORDINATOR. WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GIS AND CITY WORK SYSTEM AND DATA COLLECTION AND ASSET MANAGEMENT, BUT HE HAS CREATED A VERY DISTILLED TEAM THAT HELPS PROVIDE SERVICES BACK TO OTHERS WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS. HE IS USED BY ALMOST EVERYBODY AT SOME LEVEL, BUT WE HAVE CREATED ASSET MANAGEMENT AND NOW WE HAVE GIS TEAM SO WE ARE SPREADING ROCKY A LITTLE THIN ESPECIALLY WITH ERP AND I THINK YOU WILL BE A BIG PART OF THAT IS FOR SURE WITH PUBLIC WORKS INTEGRATION INTO THE PROGRAM. THERE ARE POTENTIALS TO BRING IN ANOTHER PERSON WHO CAN HELP ROCKY WITH COORDINATION AND CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON WHAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED. IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND IT IS GETTING USED MORE AND MORE. A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO ROCKY AND HE IS RECEIVING A NATIONAL AWARD THIS WEEK FOR INNOVATION AND EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE. HERE ARE SOME OF THE DASHBOARDS THAT WE ARE PRETTY PROUD OF. WE HAVE CIP DASHBOARD ON THE TOP LEFT. WE ALSO HAVE OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT INVENTORY AND ANYBODY CAN USE IT , ROAD AND BRIDGE STAFF USE THIS EVERY DAY AS THEY GO LOOK FOR DRAINAGE ISSUES, ANYTHING. THIS IS A ROBUST SYSTEM THAT LEADS MANAGEMENT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING IN PLACE ONE TIME IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT TO BE MANAGED AND CONTROLLED. AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS SOMETHING WE USED ON HURRICANE IAN. ROCKY HAS SET UP THE SYSTEM SO AS A HURRICANE COMES UP OR A NAME STORM WE CREATE A NEW PROCESS FOR THIS WORK ASSOCIATED. THIS IS SOMETHING WE USE EVERY DAY TO SUBMIT TO FEMA AT THE END OF THE DAY TO SAY HERE IS THE EFFORT, HERE IS THE EQUIPMENT USED TO RESPOND. THIS IS SOMETHING WE SET UP RIGHT AFTER MATTHEW THE FIRST TIME, NOW EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS ROCKY WILL SEND OUT THESE PROJECTS THROUGH CITY WORKS AND EVERYONE MAKING SUBMISSIONS TO FEMA. THIS IS THREE OF THE MANY THAT WE HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS HAS USED.

>> IT IS THE HIGH LEVEL REPORTS THAT WE HAD TO PROVIDE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS RESEARCHING ALL THE PROJECTS. THAT IS GREAT AND

USER-FRIENDLY. >> ONE GOOD THING IS TRANSPARENCY. RIGHT NOW THE TOP LEFT DASHBOARD IS ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE. THIS IS SOMETHING EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO , GO TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE, TO FUTURE PROJECTS, AND PULLS UP THE DASHBOARD AND THESE ARE THE PROJECTS WE MANAGE IT ONLY DOES

NOT INCLUDE UTILITY. >> THAT IS COMING IN A COUPLE MONTHS. THEY ARE CATCHING UP TO US.

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>> NEXT SLIDE. >> MOVING OVER TO FLEET MANAGEMENT. THE BUDGETS ARE RELATIVELY FLAT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE NO REQUESTS RELATED TO ADDITIONAL LEVELS OF SERVICE, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A WELL-ESTABLISHED SHOT WE ARE DOING GOOD AND YOU WILL NOTICE THE VAST MAJORITY FOR FLEET IS IN OPERATING AREA. BECAUSE OUR FLEET WITH ALL THE FUEL AND GASOLINE DIESEL AND ALL THE PARTS FOR THE COUNTY LAST YEAR, THIS IS THE DASHBOARD SO VEHICLE CONDITION INDEX IS AN OBJECTIVE WAY FOR US TO GRADE AND MANAGE THE COUNTY ROLLING FLEET. VEHICLES AND BUT THIS DOES IS PROVIDES DIRECTION AND ASSOCIATION WITH OMB TO REPLACE THE APPROPRIATE VEHICLES. WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE VALUE OF THOSE VEHICLES MAKE SURE WHEN THEY GET TO END OF LIFE WE SURPLUS THEM AND WE ARE NO LONGER PUTTING MONEY INTO THEM TO KEEP THEM UP AND RUNNING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING A SAFE VEHICLE FOR ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND LESLIE A COMFORTABLE VEHICLE. A LOT OF EMPLOYEES ARE INSPECTORS, THEIR STAFF AND THE OFFICE IS THE VEHICLE. JUST LIKE WE WANT TO HAVE A NICE OFFICE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A NICE DEPENDABLE VEHICLE THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE FOR THEIR JOB.

>> RIGHT NOW DEPARTMENT HEADS NO LONGER HAVE TO GO TO OMB , NOW WE HAVE ACTUAL DATA AND NUMBERS THAT ALLOW OMB TO MAKE THEIR DECISION. NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT WE CAN FORECAST THE FUTURE BASED ON VEHICLES WE HAVE HAD. THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT PLANNING

TOOL FOR US. >> ANOTHER COMPASS SCHMIDT IS AUTOMATED VEHICLE LOCATOR. WE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED A NEW PROGRAM THROUGH VERIZON MOVING FROM PREVIOUS PROGRAM TO VERIZON. THIS WILL HELP US TO LOCATE VEHICLES AND STAFF IN REAL-TIME DURING THE DAY. WE CAN TRACK EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE AT. IF PUBLIC WORKS GETS A CALL CONCERNING A POTHOLE OR SIGNAL OR A DOWNSIDE WE CAN USE THIS TO IDENTIFY THE TEAM CLOSEST TO RESPOND AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH A LOT OF STAFF THAT WORK INDEPENDENTLY.

SO THEY COULD BE OFF AT A REMOTE SITE AND NOTICED THE VEHICLE IS NOT MOVING WHEN WE EXPECTED TO BE THAT COULD BE AN INDICATOR THAT THERE IS A CONCERN AND WE NEED TO CHECK IN WITH THEM. IT DOES HAVE DIAGNOSTIC PORTIONS SO WE CHECKED THE ENGINE LIGHT WE GET A NOTIFICATION, WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE OPERATOR AND SAY WE NOTICED YOU HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BRING IT IN SO WE CAN CHECK THAT OUT AND ALSO FLEET UTILIZATION. WHEN VEHICLES ARE USED OR NOT, WHEN AND WHERE AND WHY. AND ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF WHAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED IS ANOTHER COST DIFFERENCE, THE NEW SYSTEM WE ARE RUNNING PER VEHICLE IS LESS THAN PREVIOUS.

>> WITH HIGHER RETURN. A LOT MORE OPTIONS WE CAN USE TO HELP

WITH DIAGNOSTIC. >> ON THE LEFT IS A IMAGE, A SCREENSHOT FROM THE PROGRAM SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF THE VEHICLES AND STATUS, THE GREEN IS MOVING , THE ORANGE STOPPED AND THE RED IS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF.

SO, MOVING ON ROAD AND BRIDGE. THIS CURRENT YEAR WE ARE FUNDED $12.5 MILLION WITH SOME PERSONAL AND OPERATING COST ALSO, SOME SIGNIFICANT CAPITOL , ROAD AND BRIDGE HAS SIGNIFICANT ROLLING STOCK OF VEHICLE ACCOMPLISHING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO OUT ON THE ROADS EVERY DAY. SO WE HAVE A PROGRAM IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT EQUIPMENT IS REPLACED AS NECESSARY. THIS IS JUST A SCREENSHOT OF ROAD AND BRIDGE TASK FORCE WHICH LAYS OUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN AND WHAT THEY HAD DONE TO MAINTAIN. SO, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE FOR EXAMPLE, 613 MILES OF SIDEWALK AND SO FAR THIS YEAR WE HAVE REPLACED OVER 5600 FT.÷ OF SIDEWALK. SO JUST A LITTLE

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COMMUNITY. >> GOING BACK TO TALKING ABOUT AUTOMATED VEHICLE LOCATOR THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERY ONE IS NOW. WHEN IT IS IN IDLE MODE, WAITING TIME OR ENGAGED SO WE CAN USE THE DATA TO SAY HOW DO WE REDUCE THE WEIGHT AND REACH, WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO THE WAIT TIME AND WHAT'S THE TEAM IN FRONT OF THAT? LITTER IS COLLECTED BEFORE OR DO WE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY? SO, BY GETTING IN FRONT IT HAS REDUCED THE WEIGHT TIME ALLOWING US TO REDUCE RECYCLING TIME. SO THIS ALL WORKS HAND IN HAND AS WE EVALUATE AND MEASURE PROGRAMS WITH OTHER SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

>> TRANSITIONING TO TRAFFIC OPERATIONS SECTION. CURRENT BUDGET 3.7 MILLION AND LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT JUST OVER 4 MILLION FY 25. THOSE INCREASES ARE RELATED TO A FTE REQUEST WE DISCUSSED. WE HAVE SOME , WE HAVE A SCREENSHOT OF OUR TRAFFIC OPERATION DASHBOARD. SO, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS SIGNS, SIGNALS, STRIPING AND STREETLIGHTS. YOU CAN SEE THE WORK THEY HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM. WHAT THEY COMPLETED AND WHAT THEY MANAGE. ADDITIONAL SERVICE REQUEST FY 25 FOR

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YOU CAN SEE WITH THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COUNTY MAINTAINED SIGNS. SOME OF THIS IS DUE TO ADDITIONAL ROADWAYS COMING ONLINE. SOME OF IT IS DUE TO BETTER COLLECTION DATA SO WE IMPROVE THE DATA WE KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE SO WE CAN THEN MAINTAIN. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH FROM 2020 SIGNIFICANT GROWTH FROM 2022 WHERE WE ARE IN 2024. WE WANT TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE MAINTENANCE OF THE SITE FOR SAFETY AND RESIDENCE AND SMOOTH OPERATION. SUCKS SOME TASKS THEY PERFORM, THEY LOOK AT EVERY SITE EACH YEAR TO MAKE IT HAS REFLECTIVITY , RIGHT NOW WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE MEETING THOSE DEMANDS. IT IS NOT STANDARD, BUT IT IS SUGGESTED TO GO LOOK AT EVERY SITE EACH YEAR. WE ARE FALLING SHORT OF THAT CURRENTLY. WE HAVE FOUR SIGN TAX THROUGHOUT ST. JOHNS COUNTY. TWO CREWS OF TWO INDIVIDUALS. WE HAVE NOT INCREASED SINCE 2005. WE HAVE THE DATA, WE CAN LOOK WHERE THEY ARE WORKING, HOW THE ZONES ARE SET UP SO THAT'S WHY WE FEEL THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO INSTALL A NEW SYSTEM.

AND THEN ENGINEERS. RIGHT NOW ENGINEERING , WE ARE AT 2.8 AND THE REQUEST IS 3.2. MOST OF THIS IS TO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM . THAT IS A LOT OF THE CAPITAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL AS SOME FTES APPROVED FROM THE PAST THEY WERE NOT SUPPORTED SO THAT'S EQUIPMENT OR VEHICLES AND THAT'S WHY SOME OF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET IS HIGHER THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST YEAR. AS WELL AS THE ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. THERE ARE 880,000 EVERY YEAR AND WE REQUEST 1.1. THIS IS MOSTLY DUE TO THE NEW REQUEST FOR COUNTY ARCHITECT TYPE OF POSITION THAT WOULD INCREASE A PERSONNEL COST TO HELP SUPPORT THE CIP'S THAT ARE ONGOING ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU CAN SEE SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT CIP DASHBOARD THAT IS WHAT IS APPROVED FOR THE YEAR, THIS IS WHAT THE BOARD HAS APPROVED. THIS DOES NOT SHOW FUTURE OR PAST YEARS. THIS SHOWS EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THE CURRENT BUDGET. WE HAVE 20 PROJECTS THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE FACILITIES CLASSIFICATION WITH $90 MILLION. WE EXPECT THAT TO GROW NEXT YEAR WITH A LOT OF FUNDING SOURCES SECURED THROUGH LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AS WELL AS OTHER MEANS AND METHODS TO BUILD THESE PROJECTS. THIS IS NOT COMING DOWN ANYTIME

SOON. >> IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, THE SHERIFF, ADMIN, OR THE FIRE TRAINING FACILITY IN THE PIPELINE. WE FEEL LIKE THIS POSITION WOULD PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL AS

>> AS WELL AS OUR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. FISCAL YEAR 25 WE IDENTIFIED A TOTAL OF 47 PROJECTS. A LOT OF THESE ARE EXISTING PROGRAMS ANNUALLY. PAYMENT MANAGEMENT WORKS TO REFUND 13 MILLION OF MANAGEMENT FISCAL YEAR 25. WE ALSO HAVE DRAINAGE AND FOR STRICTURE PROGRAMS $4 MILLION ANNUALLY AS WELL AS COUNTYWIDE SIDEWALKS, STRIPING AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WORK THROUGH CONTINUOUSLY. THIS INCLUDES ONE FACILITY PROJECTS WITH A MODIFICATION TO ONE BUILDING IN PUBLIC WORKS. WE HAVE 16 DRAINAGE PROJECTS. WE ALSO HAVE 30 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR NEXT YEAR AND THAT'S THEIR REOCCURRING FUNDS WE RECEIVE THROUGH THE INITIAL TAXES. SO, THIS WILL BE ADDED TO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. SO THIS IS THE PART WHERE WE WILL STOP A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF THE ASKS. THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE LEVELS. THAT , THE REQUEST BESIDES THE CAPITAL AND THE OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT IS OUT OF THE NORMAL PROCESS. WE HAVE SUBMITTED REQUEST FOR TWO NEW EFT'S IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION. WE BROKEN DOWN TO SALARIES AND BENEFITS BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN REOCCURRING AND THEN WE HAVE NONRECURRING EXPENSES THAT ARE COMPUTERS, VEHICLES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT JUST TO SUPPORT THAT POSITION IF APPROVED. THIS GIVES A NICE LITTLE BREAK DOWN, VERY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT ON

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THESE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. >> AND WITH THAT WE WILL TAKE A PAUSE TO SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS OR ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE JUMP INTO SOLID WASTE.

>>

THROUGH THE LINE ITEMS. >> HAVE A COUPLE, USING THE

CALCULATOR. >>

>> THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. ESPECIALLY THE FTE , WHICH ONE IS ADDITIONAL AND WHICH ONE IS NOT. YOU MENTIONED 3% OVERALL?

>> SO I LOOKED AT SALARIES AND OPERATING. SO NOT THE CAPITAL.

>> IMPROVEMENT. LOOKING UP THE DEPARTMENT SERVICE.

>> HERE I WILL VERY QUICKLY KIND OF AND AGAIN, THIS IS ON THE OMB WEBSITE. WHEN YOU GET TO THE HOMEPAGE, YOU ARE ABOUT THREE CLICKS AWAY FROM THE BUDGET BOOK. YOU CAN GO TO THE TABLE OF CONTENTS, WE GO OVER PUBLIC WORKS TODAY AND SO WE KIND OF START HERE, BUT WE GET INTO SOME OFTHE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, GREG AND HIS TEAM DID MORE DISCUSSION.

TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES AS THE TEAM IS MANAGING THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT THE MILLAGE RATE SO WE HAVE CONSIDERATION AND LATER THIS SUMMER WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT MILLAGE RATE AT THE ROLLBACK RATE, ANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS EVER SINCE THE PRIMARY REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE OPERATIONS THAT MR. CALDWELL TALKED ABOUT FROM TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION, FLEET MANAGEMENT, ROAD AND BRIDGE, ENGINEERING SERVICES ET CETERA. THEY DO HAVE SOME OTHER GAS TAX REVENUES. SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE FEE AND WE DO HAVE SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES IN HERE AS WELL AS REVENUE TO STATE REMITTANCE.

AS MENTIONED THEY HAVE A FLEET, THE FLEET MANAGEMENT WITHIN THIS OPERATION AND THEY RECEIVE REVENUES FROM THE OTHER OPERATION SO THERE IS A OFFSET THERE SO IT IS A BUSINESS OPERATION, IF YOU WILL. THERE ARE FUEL AND MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATED COSTS. THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT FEE, IT IS A ONE-TIME , SO CERTAINLY IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUES, THAT OFFSET SOME CIP PROJECTS, WE WILL PUT THEM IN THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST OPERATION. CERTAINLY, THERE ARE INTEREST EARNINGS IN HERE WITH SOME TRANSFERS, WE MAINTAINED THE FUND BALANCE. WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT THE IMPACT FEES, BUT PART OF THE PROCESS IS WE APPROPRIATE IMPACT FEES TO PROJECTS. PUBLIC WORKS WILL WORK WITH OMB TO APPROPRIATE THE FOUR IMPACT FEE FOR ZONES AND WE WILL WORK ON THAT. THE QUESTION WE ARE HAVING IS WHAT IS NOT GETTING APPROPRIATED? CERTAINLY WE CAN PUT IN APPROPRIATIONS, BUT WHAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE? THE OTHER AREA WOULD BE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CONSTRUCTION TEAMS FOR VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION SO WE WILL WORK WITH THEM ON PUBLIC BUILDING IMPACT FEE CONVERSATIONS. SO THOSE REVENUES ARE ALSO IN HERE

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AND TRAFFIC TRANSPORTATION AGAIN WITH I BELIEVE ADDITIONAL STAFF SO THE TWO FTES FOR TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION.

PRIMARILY REFLECTED IN THERE WITH FLAT OPERATING. THE BUDGET OTHERWISE TALKING ABOUT VEHICLES PROBABLY SOME VEHICLES THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THOSE POSITIONS.

>> THAT WAS THE BCI RECOMMENDED.

>> OKAY, THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN ENGINEERING PROGRAM AS WELL. SO THE OVERALL OPERATION ACTUALLY FOR EXPENDITURES IS DOWN BY 6 MILLION AND I THINK THERE IS A LARGER PROJECT THAT IS DISASTER RECOVERY SITE. THAT IS IN THERE. CONTINUING TO SCROLL THROUGH. THIS IS THE CIP PROGRAM TALKING ABOUT PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE ONGOING COUNTYWIDE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE FOR

NEXT YEAR. >> RIGHT THERE WE FUNDED $12 MILLION PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT, NEXT YEAR LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT SO WE WANT TO MAINTAIN SERVICE-LEVEL ON THAT. WE ALSO HAVE OTHER BIG PROJECTS COMING IN. WE HAVE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH WOULD BE A NEW PROJECTFOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEXT YEAR. THERE ARE NUMEROUS DRAINAGE AND TRANSPORTATION

PROJECTS WHICH IS GREAT. >> AS WE GO THROUGH THIS THE THREE THINGS THAT I HEAR THE MOST AND I THINK RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MOST BECAUSE OF DAILY TRAVEL MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, SIDEWALK. CAN YOU GO OVER THE SIDEWALK FUNDS AND HOW TO YOU PRIORITIZE, HOW DO WE CAPTURE ALL THE REQUESTS AND TWO IS DRAINAGE BUT I WILL WAIT FOR

THE SECOND. SIDEWALK. >> WE DID DO A ANALYSIS IN RECENT YEARS THAT IDENTIFIED CERTAIN AREAS WHERE HE COULD INSTALL THE SIDEWALK TO REDUCE ANY GAPS OR CREATE CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT ST. JOHNS COUNTY. WE HAVE 613 MILES OF EXISTING SIDEWALK AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY MEET ADA REQUIREMENTS. WE WILL START A PROJECT THIS YEAR TO REPLACE A LOT OF RAMPS WITHIN BEACH BOULEVARD A COUNTY ROAD TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ADHERING TO THE REQUIREMENTS. BECAUSE OF HIGH PEDESTRIAN USE. WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS , WE HAVE THAT

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THERE IS A LARGE AREA, LAST YEAR THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FELT LIKE IT WOULD TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF THE MANPOWER TO GO OUT AND REPLACE THE BROKEN OF SIDEWALKS OR THE SIDEWALK DISPLACED.

WHERE WE COME IN AND USE THE SIDEWALK , GET A CONTRACTOR OUT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE COST-EFFECTIVE AS WELL AS NOT USE UP ALL THE MATERIAL. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE TAKE A LOT OF CALLS. WE HAVE CAP ANALYSIS IDENTIFYING AREAS TO TARGET AND WORK WITH THEIR COMMUNITY TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER NEEDS.

WE WILL REVIEW AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IF WE CAN.

>> SORRY. >> WE LOOK TO IMPLEMENT NEW TECHNOLOGY, IT ALLOWS US TO GRIND OUT DEFICIENCIES IN THE SIDEWALK. IT BECOMES MUCH MORE COST-EFFECTIVE. ONLY USEFUL IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS IF THERE'S TOO MUCH HEIGHT DIFFERENTIAL AND YOU CANNOT USE AND YOU CAN ONLY DO IT IN THE SAME SPOT SO MANY TIMES UNTIL THE CONCRETE BECOMES TOO THICK AND IT IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED. IT IS A WAY TO TAKE CARE OF TRIP HAZARDS AND ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES. WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS, WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY TO DO THAT IN HOUSE.

>> IT IS INTERESTING WE GO BACK TO TRIP HAZARDS AND MAKING SURE THINGS MEET ADA REQUIREMENTS. WE SEE PEOPLE SEND LETTERS TO ATTORNEYS SOMEBODY TRIPPED ON THE SIDEWALK SO THAT SOMETHING WE ARE AWARE OF AND WE MAINTAIN THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILD ON CONNECTIVITY IN THE FUTURE.

>> WHEN A PRODUCT IS TOO LARGE TO FIT ON THE SIDEWALK FUNDS WE MAKE THAT A SEPARATE CIP REQUEST. WILDWOOD DRIVE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AS A SEPARATE REQUEST BECAUSE IT IS SO LARGE.

>> THAT'S THE ONE I GOT EMAILS ON AS WELL. THE ONE I THINK PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THINKING THERE

ARE SAFETY CONCERNS. >> WE HAVE THAT FOR PLANNING AND DESIGN NEXT YEAR.

>> WE ARE DOING SOME OF THE CROSSWALKS THIS YEAR. RIGHT NOW IT PROVIDES SOME ENHANCED RECREATIONAL USE . ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME BEACONS IN THERE.

>> TO HAVE A MECHANISM WHERE W RECEIVE REQUESTS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTY AND IS THAT A GAP ANALYSIS ? HOW DO YOU

PRIORITIZE THE REQUESTS? >> PRIORITIZATION COMES THROUGH , WE WILL GO OUT AND REVIEW THE SITE AND SAY DO WE SEE PEOPLE USING IT WITH CONNECTIVITY, THE TAFFIC OPS TEAM WILL GO OUT AND CONDUCT THE STUDY , WE SEE THE TRIPS A COUPLE WARRANTS.

AND THEN LOOK AT THE USER END POINTS. WHERE THEY COME FROM WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO? SCHOOLS, MEDICAL CENTERS, LARGE COMMERCIAL CENTERS, THEY HAVE A HIGHER PRIORITY . JUST BECAUSE THE SIDEWALK IS MISSING DOES NOT MEAN IT WILL BE USED, BUT THOSE ARE FACTORS. WE TRY TO LOOK INTO KEEPING IT ON THE IMPACT OF SIDEWALKS.

>> SO WE HAVE AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION REQUEST FOR 1 MILLION ALL SIDEWALKS COUNTYWIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE

GAP AND OTHER STUFF? >> GRINDING DOWN WE WOULD DO AS

A MAINTENANCE FUNCTION. >> THOSE ARE RESERVED FOR THE

NEW SIDEWALKS? >> NEW SIDEWALKS OR REPLACEMENT

OR MAJOR REPAIRS. >> HOW MANY MILES IS THAT?

>> DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF SIDEWALK IT IS MOST OF THE

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WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT ADDITIONAL PROPERTY SO NOW WE HAVE THE SIDEWALK CLOSER TO THE ROADWAY WITH OTHER ENHANCEMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE SAME IMPROVEMENTS.

>> HOW MANY MILES ? >> TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH IT IS LESS AND LESS. WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF HEADWAY AND CONNECTIVITY THROUGH ST. JOHNS COUNTY. MOST ARE ISOLATED AND FOCUSED AREAS.

>> 1 MILLION RIGHT NOW SEEMS ADEQUATE FOR US.

>> SO, 1 MILLION TO THAT AND WHEN YOU HAVE LARGER PROJECTS

THOSE ARE INCLUDED? >> WE WILL SEGREGATE IT .

SEPARATE NOT USING COUNTYWIDE FUNDS. THAT'S ALSO TTS. AND THEN ALSO THERE'S THE SAME STREET WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

>> THEIR COUNTYWIDE SIDEWALK FUND WHERE DEVELOPERS CAN PAY INTO THE COUNTY WHEN IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FOR A DEVELOPER TO CONSTRUCT THE SIDEWALK IMMEDIATELY WITH DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL RIP IT UP AND IT PAYS INTO THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY CAN THEN USE THE FUNDS FOR SIDEWALKS.

>> FOR EXAMPLE IS TOO LARGE TO COME OUT OF THE COUNTY SIDE WALK. IT WOULD DEPLETE THE COUNTYWIDE SIDEWALK FUNDS AND NOT AWARE WE ARE SPENDING THAT MUCH MONEY IN A CERTAIN AREA.

>> THE OTHER ONE IS DRAINAGE. SEEMS LIKE THERE IS MORE REQUEST THAN WHAT IDENTIFIES THE NEEDS. SO WE HAVE FUNDS,

HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE? >> WE HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS. COUNTYWIDE DRAINAGE NFRASTRUCTURE SET UP. IT IS 2.2 AND WE HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE PROJECT IN THERE. SO WE HAVE SEEN WE HAVE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO WE SET ASIDE FUNDS EACH YEAR TO GO OUT AND UNDERSTAND THE AGE, CONDITION AND TYPE OF MATERIAL ON THE ROADWAY AND TRY TO GET OUT IN ADVANCE OF ITS SHAVING.

SO THE FUNDS GO BACK TO REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE IF YOU REMEMBER WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL LAST YEAR WHERE ONE OF THE PIPES FAILED AND WE HAD TO CLOSE THE ROAD.

THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN. WE DO HAVE A TEAM WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS THAT GOES OUT EACH YEAR. THROUGH , WE ARE REDUCING UNDERSTANDING OF INFRASTRUCTURE OF CRITICALITY OF IT. SO WE CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN TO ADDRESS THAT. WE USE CONSULTING CONTRACTORS , SO $4 MILLION IS AMPLE FOR US TO DO THAT ANNUALLY RIGHT NOW AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE FOR SPECIFIC AREAS. WE HAVE A LOT OF LEGACY AREAS , NORTH BEACH, ATLANTIC VIEW, HASTINGS, SOME OF THESE AREAS WHERE THERE IS DRAINAGE ISSUES BECAUSE IT WAS EITHER BUILT WITH NO DRAINAGE OR INADEQUATE CAMINO IT WAS NOT UP TO THE LEVEL IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOW. AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE AGED OUT.

SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT AREAS WE NEED TO ADDRESS WHEN WE LOOK AT CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS OR AREAS. HASTINGS IS ANOTHER AND IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO GET GRANT FUNDING SUPPORT WHICH HASTINGS ALLOWS. SO, A LOT OF THESE AREAS , WE CANNOT LIFT UP EVERY HOUSE OR ELEVATE A LOT OF THINGS SO THE IMPROVEMENT , THEY ARE COSTLY BECAUSE THEY ARE RETROFITTED. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH STRONG PLANS SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF STUDIES THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARD. THEY ARE CRITICAL, ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE BECAUSE OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

USUALLY WETLANDS SO, IT TAKES SOME TIME TO GET THESE

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IMPLEMENTED. >> DO YOU HAVE AN AREA BECAUSE THERE WAS A COUPLE REESTABLISHED IN THE PAST WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FOR DRAINAGE?

>> THE LAST WE HAD WAS FOR RATING OF DIRT ROADS. WE HAVE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT DOING DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE ISOLATED AND IT DOES FIT THE NEED AND THEY ARE RECEIVING THE TOTAL BENEFIT SO IT IS SOMETHING WE TALKED

ABOUT. >> IF THE NEEDS EXCEED THE RESOURCES WE HAVE THEN IT IS ISOLATED. AND THEN THE OTHER IS TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WE GET AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SIMILAR PRIORITIZATION.

>> PART OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE RECENTLY ADDED SIGNAL CREWS SO THAT ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN THE INDIVIDUALS CREWS. SO, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN SIGNALS AND SOME OTHER FEATURES AT A HIGHER LEVEL. OBVIOUSLY THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE TOP-RATED FOR THE GROUP AND AS IT GOES DOWN FEEDBACK SIGNS , SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES, THOSE ARE THE ONES WE CAN MAINTAIN BUT THIS GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAINTAIN. WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING AND THE CORRDOR, WE HAVE MONEY IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO EXPAND CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN SIGNALS SO THAT IS A KEY IN MOVING TRAFFIC EFFICIENTLY ON THE CORRIDOR, TIMING SIGNALS TO MAKE SURE TRAFFIC MOVES IN THE APPROPRIATE MANNER THROUGH A CORRIDOR . ALSO WE LOOK TO DO TIMING ANALYSIS AS OUR COMMUNITY GROSS WE CAN ADD TRAFFIC, WE CAN HAVE IMPACT TO SIGNAL TIMING SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AND DOING SNAPSHOT STUDIES TO SEE THE ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE FOR SIGNAL TIMING THAT CAN IMPROVE THROUGHPUT AND TRAFFIC .

WHAT'S THE TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE INTERSECTION? WHERE

DOESN'T WANT TO GO? >> DID YOU HEAR ABOUT 210 EAST

? >> YES I DROVE ON IT. SUNDAY.

>> TODAY WE WERE ABLE TO SIT IN THE OFFICE BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY. ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY ISSUES ALONG THE WAY AND IT LOOKED AMAZING. WE WERE ALL SHOCKED. SCHOOL IS STILL IN SESSION. SO, WE WERE LIKE IT'S TOO GOOD. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT SO TRAFFIC ENGINEERS AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECH CAN SEE THE SIGNAL WOULD ACT THIS WAY DO WE NEED TO ADJUST IT? THE 18 WHEELER COMING OUT HOW DOES THAT AFFECT EVERYTHING? THAT'S CAUSING SOME OF THE BACKUP, BUT TODAY WITH EASTBOUND LANES HAVING THE CAPACITY THAT CHANGES THE SIGNAL TIME. RIGHT NOW SIGNAL TIME WAS BASED ON CONDITIONS FROM YESTERDAY. NOW SIGNAL TIMING IS CONSTANT ITERATION WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND HOW DO WE ADJUST SIGNAL TIME. IT'S NOT ANYTHING SAYING HERE'S TIMER ON IRRIGATION PUTTING ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES IT NEEDS TO BE ANALYZED. WE NEED TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TO SAY IF YOU MOVE THIS OVER HERE IT COULD IMPACT THE OTHER SIDE. SO WE WILL DO THAT NOW, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT AT HER, BUT I WISH IT WAS ONCE AND DONE, BUT IT IS REVIEW AND ADJUSTMENT AND AS WE GO INTO THE SUMMER WE HAVE A DIFFERENT TIMING FOR THE SUMMER BECAUSE

OF SCHOOL NO LONGER IMPACTING. >> I KNOW GREG, YOU HAVE STARTED A SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM STUDY , HOW IS THAT

GOING? >> IT'S GOING GREAT. SO FAR WE HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE CRITICAL IMPACTFUL INTERSECTIONS, THOSE ARE THE ONES WE HAVE SEEN WITH MORE ACCIDENTS SO LOOKING AT TIMING AND SMART STREETS IS ANOTHER THING WE MENTIONED, THOSE ARE SET UP FOR FUNDING AND IMPROVEMENT AND THE CONNECTIVITY. THERE WERE SOME AREAS THAT WERE NOT AS CONNECTED AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN OR COULD HAVE BEEN SO THE TEAM IS NOW WORKING ON THAT. WE HAVE MONEY NEXT YEAR TO KEEP EXPANDING THAT WITH THE

CONNECTIVITY FUNCTION. >> VERY GOOD. IS IT A PHASE

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SIGNAL. >> NOTHING IS EASY.

>> ALSO FIBERS. >> FIBER IS GREAT WITH CONNECTIVITY, BUT SETTING UP THE CONNECTIVITY SETTING LEGS OR PODS IS SOMETHING THE TEAM IS LOOKING AT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL AND PRIORITIZE.

>> SOME NEW SIGNALS COMING ONLINE WITH PROJECTS AS WELL BOTH AT 210 PROJECTS WITH NEW SIGNALS. PINE ISLAND ROAD IN PROCESS, PRESERVATION TRAIL IN PROCESS .

>> IT IS A BEACON OR SIGNAL? >> A SIGNAL. THE ONE AT CUMBERLAND IT'S NOT EVEN UP NOW, AND WE HAVE TWO LANES WITH A SIGNAL THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT TIMING ALL THE WAY TO 95. SO IT IS GOOD BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPROVEMENT AND ALSO WE LOOK AT IT TO MAKE SURE IT IS EFFICIENT.

>> WE HAVE RESIDENTS WATCHING NATIONWIDE STILLWATER IS THIS

COMING? >> THAT'S PART OF THE TUTEN

PROJECT. >> VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE SIGNAL. I LEARNED THE TERM IS THAT PART OF THE NEW SIGNAL YOU'RE USING? FULLY CURATED SIGNAL? THAT'S THE ONE ON THE CIP. AM I SAYING THIS WRONG? THAT'S THE ONE FOR 16. IS THAT THE NEW MOTTO WE ARE USING? SO FULLY ACTUATED IS JUST A FULLY FUNCTIONING SIGNAL BUT WE WILL HAVE EXTENDED THOSE HAVE NOW BEEN A FUNCTION FOR ALL THE SIGNALS WITH TWO NEW ONES RIGHT NOW. ONCE WE GET THEM WE HAVE THEM CONNECTED AND

WORKING. >> IS A FULL ACTUATED COST?

>> PRESERVATION WE HAVE PINE ISLAND RIGHT NOW WITH APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION. WITH MINIMAL ASSOCIATED.

>> WE DON'T HAVE COUNTYWIDE SIGNAL FUNDS?

>> WE CREATED A COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM THIS YEAR WITH THE IDEA OF MAKING SURE WE GO OUT AND PUBLIC WORKS BE MAINTAINED WITH COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE HAVE OPEN SIGNALS 25 YEARS SO WHAT WE DID IS GO OUT AND INSPECT EVERY SIGNAL AND MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE LIFECYCLE. 25 OR 35 YEARS WITH THOSE ARMS WE NEED TO START PROGRAMMING MONEY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THOSE SIGNALS. SO WE HAVE THAT AND WE ALSO HAVE A SIGNAL WARRANT STUDY THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR FOR THE SPECIFIC

INTERSECTION. >> OKAY GOTCHA.

>> REPLACEMENT LOOKING LIKE? I AM LOOKING , 1% INCREASE?

>> WE ARE FULLY STAFFED AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, THEY ARE BUSY EVERY DAY, WE INTRODUCED FIRE SERVICES THAT HAVE COME BACK TO THE FLEET OPERATION. THAT SHOWS THE TEAM ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF PROVIDING SERVICE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. IN COLLABORATION FIRE SERVICE STARTING THE RELATIONSHIP, THEY BROUGHT IN VEHICLES YOU WOULD SEE ON A CONSUMER CITIZEN LEVEL. THEY WERE PLEASED WITH THE SERVICE, THEY REACHED OUT AND SAID WE WANT TO BRING OTHER HIGH-LEVEL VEHICLES, THEY REQUIRE CERTIFICATIONS. THEY WANT TO PAY FOR TECHNICIANS AND CERTIFICATION. COLLABORATION WITH FIRE SERVICES WITH TWO TECHNICIANS A LEVEL OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE TECHNICIAN TRAININGS. SO WORKING ON AMBULANCES AND THINGS WE NEVER HAD.

>> ALL WITHIN EXISTING STAFF THAT'S GREAT. I WAS LOOKING AT EXPENDITURE FOR FLEET, 1.1 NOT JUST PERSONNEL BUT OPERATIONS.

EVERYTHING ALTOGETHER . THE LOWEST OF THE DIVISIONS.

>> IT IS A SMALL TIGHTKNIT TECHNICIANS, SERVICE WRITER, ASSISTANT MANAGER AND MANAGER.

>> THAT IS GREAT. >> HE IS LISTENING YOU CAN TELL

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HIM. >> RATE JOB YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. A LITTLE INTIMIDATING WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE CAMERA. THOSE ARE THE FOUR AREAS THAT I THINK I WILL HEAR MOST QUESTIONS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CONCERN. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING

ELSE YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH? >> JUST ANOTHER POINT, IF YOU WILL. OUTSIDE OF THE .844 THERE IS NO MAGIC , BUT THE CAPITAL PROGRAM IF YOU THINK OF ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DEMANDS AND THE CONCERNS, I AM THINKING WE HAVE LESS THAN A DEVELOPMENT BUILDING THE ROAD WHICH COMES DOWN TO IMPACT FEES FOR

TRANSPORTATION . >> IMPACT FEES CAN BE USED FOR

CAPACITY. >> THAT'S RIGHT SO WE ARE HANGING OUR HAT ON THE IMPACT FEES WHICH HAVE BEEN STEADY OVER THE YEARS, BUT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN ALWAYS GO TO THAT AND FIND IF DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE PROJECT. THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH FEDERAL AND STATE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS I WOULD SAY THAT HAS BROUGHT IN REVENUES. OUTSIDE OF IT YOU ARE FLOWING BACK TO THIS MILLAGE RATE SO WE WENT OVER THIS ENTIRE OPERATION SO THAT MILLAGE RATE AND GAS TAX IS REALLY FUNDING ALL OF THESE OPERATIONS. AND AT SOME LEVEL SUBSIDIZING THE LARGER CAPITAL PROGRAM. SO THE MILLAGE GOES A LONG WAY. YOU TALK ABOUT SIGNAL COSTING $1 MILLION THAT'S A BIG INVESTMENT FOR THE OVERALL TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND.

>> THAT'S WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAINED EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH RECURRING COST AS IMPACT FEES OR GRANT FUNDS BECOMING AVAILABLE WE CAN UPGRADE AND IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE BRING IN ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS OF

ROADS. >> ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE OBVIOUS THAT NEED TO BE DONE THAT ARE NOT BEING

ADDRESSED ? >> WE MOVE FORWARD EVERY PROJECT THAT WE FEEL NEEDS TO BE MOVING FORWARD IS IN THE BUDGET. 209, 210, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE DESIGN EFFORTS WHICH WILL TAKE LONGER COMPLEXITY AND WE PROGRAM SUFFICIENT FUNDS FOR NEXT YEAR. MAKING SURE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS ARE SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE MORE COMMUNICATION WITH ABOUT HOW DO WE FUND THOSE OUT YEARS BECAUSE THOSE WILL BE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS. U.S. ONE AND 210 GOING AFTER THE STATE WE RECEIVED 6 MILLION NOW GOING TO THE FEDERAL AND IF WE DON'T

RECEIVE THAT. >> WITH THE RAILROAD. YEAH.

>> AS WELL AS 209 AND TUTEN. THAT REALLY IMPACTS THE INTERSECTION SO WE HAVE THEM INVOLVED TO SAY HOW ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS. SO, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THAT ISRAEL PROJECTS IN A PLANNING PHASE. WE CAN CALL THEY ARE NOT IDENTIFIED OR FUNDED WE ARE IN THE PLANNING PHASE WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS SIGNIFICANT AND I KNOW WE ARE PASSING OVER THE RAILROAD AROUND $30 MILLION .

2209, 210 WILL BE SIGNIFICANT WHEN WE COME TO IT. WE HAVE OTHER WIDENING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE CAPACITY AND DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION OF THESE PROJECTS AND YOU ALREADY HAVE TWO LANES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. IT IS A MAJOR LIFT SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE TO PROGRAM THOSE IN THE FUTURE.

>> TO KEEP ON THIS GOOD CONVERSATION. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE , WE MEET MOSTLY EVERY MONTH BECAUSE THEY DO FIRST COAST EXPRESSWAY WHICH WILL COME IN BY 2030 TO IMPACT ST. JOHNS COUNTY. WE WORK WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY THOSE IMPACTS MAKE SURE IT'S PART OF THE PROGRAM AND AT LEAST WE ARE PLANNING FOR IT. AS WELL AS OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE ROAD 16, 207 AND U.S. 1. THEY WORK HAND-IN-HAND AS WE ARE ABLE TO SECURE 2 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT. STRATTON ROAD ON 16 THEY WILL GIVE 1 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT SO THEY ARE GOOD PARTNERS FOR US TO HAVE.

>> OKAY WE CAN GO ON TO SOLID WASTE. I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS .

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>> BIG TRANSITION. JUST TO MAKE SURE WE WERE NOT MISSING IT. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NEW SOLID WASTE PROVIDER. A COUPLE VEHICLES . JUST LIKE WE DID , HOW IS SOLID WASTE FUNDED? IT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE MS BU. 65% OF BUDGET COMES FROM THOSE IDENTIFIED AND WE ALSO HAVE SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE FEES TRANSFER STATION SALES , GENERAL FUND, THE CURRENT YEAR WE GET A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR OPERATIONS AS WELL AS THE SYLVANIA'S REVENUE. THAT MUST BE USED AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF OPERATION. JUST TO GO OVER WE SAY WE HAVE THREE MAJOR CONTRACTS IN SOLID WASTE. WE HAD TWO PER RESIDENTIAL HOUSEHOLD, ONE TO THE NORTH AND ONE TO THE SOUTH AND THAT IS FOR HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE RECYCLING AND YARD WASTE WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES TO THE NORTH AND MANAGEMENT TO THE SOUTH THEY ARE SET TO EXPIRE JULY 31 JULY 31, 2024. WE ARE LESS THAN 100 DAYS OUT WITH 85 DAYS OUT FROM TRANSFERRING TO A NEW SERVICE PROVIDER AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE TRANSITION

PLAN. >> I AM BEING TOLD THEY CANNOT

SEE THE PRESENTATION. >> THERE IS A 30

>> THERE IS A 32ND LAG. >> THEY SAY IT IS GOOD.

>> CAN YOU TELL THEM GOOD JOB AGAIN?

>> THOSE ARE TWO OF THE CONTRACTS FOR RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION. THE THIRD BIG CONTRACT IS THE DISPOSAL CONTRACT WITH OPERATION MAINTENANCE ON BOTH TRANSFER STATIONS. ZONING RIDGE AND STRATTON ROAD WHICH DOES NOT EXPIRE UNTIL 2029. JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE, THIS IS THE EXISTING SERVICE LEVEL WE CURRENTLY HAVE WEEKLY CURBSIDE COLLECTION HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE WHICH IS UNLIMITED. YOU CAN PUT AS MUCH TRASH AS YOU WILL WANT AND WE PICK IT UP. YARD WASTE IS UNLIMITED AND THEN WE HAVE RECYCLING WHICH WE PROVIDED CARDS , IT IS A AUTOMATED SERVICE AND WE HAVE BULK WASTE SERVICE. THE GOOD THING WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE WE HAVE NOT CHANGED ANY SERVICE LEVELS BETWEEN EXISTING AND FUTURE. SO EVEN THOUGH THE COST WILL INCREASE, THE SERVICE LEVEL WILL NOT CHANGE AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS BECAUSE LOOKING AROUND COMMUNITIES THEY HAVE SACRIFICED EXISTING SERVICE LEVELS AND COSTS HAVE STILL GONE UP DRASTICALLY. WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE BOTH SIDES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS SOMETHING BROUGHT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD IN DECEMBER AS PART OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVAL OF THE NEW CONTRACT. THIS IS OUR MSBU . WE CURRENTLY HAVE COLLECTION, DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING MSBU THAT CREATES THE REVENUE FOR THESE SERVICES. IN 2024 THE CURRENT LEVEL IS $130 PER COLLECTION. 62 DISPOSAL AND 62 FOR CYCLING. EVERY RESIDENT IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY OR EVERY RESIDENTIAL EXCLUDING THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH PAYS THE SAME DOLLAR FIGURE. NOT BASED ON , IT'S BASED ON THE BENEFIT YOU ARE RECEIVING. EVERYBODY PAYS $254 ANNUALLY FOR THAT SERVICE. BECAUSE WE ARE PROVIDING A NEW SERVICE PROVIDER WE WANTED TO HOLD STRONG AND NOT RAISE THE RATES IN FISCAL YEAR 25. THAT'S THE

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PRODUCTION. >> SO THIS IS USED TO SUPPORT

THAT? >> YES THAT WOULD BE STRATTON

ROAD. >> TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE OPERATION. THE REQUEST IS FOR SOLID WASTE SUPERVISOR LOCATED AT THE TRANSFER STATION , WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INCREASE AND IT'S THE INCREASE IN CASH SALES SO THIS REPRESENTS EVERYTHING IN STRATTON ROAD.

YOU HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF FOLKS UTILIZING THAT LOCATION IN THE PAST YEARS IN FY 23 JUST UNDER 600,000. TO DATE WE ARE AT 456,000 WITH FIVE MONTHS LEFT. SO WE CAN BE DARN NEAR 800,000 IF THINGS CONTINUE. THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO WE FEEL LIKE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A SUPERVISOR AT THE LOCATION PERMANENTLY. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE TRANSFER STATION SUPERVISOR THAT SUPERVISES BOTH LOCATIONS BUT IT WILL BE INCREASING OPERATIONAL CAPACITY THERE IN ADDITION TO THE SALES THAT WE SEE. WE THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE TO MANAGE THAT WITH

AN ADDITIONAL SUPERVISOR. >> SOLID WASTE IS SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. STANDALONE EXPENSE AND REVENUE THAT IS

SELF-SUSTAINING. >> IT IS A ENTERPRISE FUND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO TRANSITION INTO THIS BECAUSE IT IS STANDALONE LIKE THE UTILITY FUND. BASICALLY USER BASED. WE SET IT UP AND SHOULD BE PAYING. INDEPENDENT BUSINESS. THIS IS RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION. YOU CAN SEE THE OLD CONTRACT WAS $16 MILLION YOU CAN SEE THE OLD CONTRACT WAS $16,000,000.20 24 AND THE EXPECTED BUDGET 2025 IS ALMOST 24 MILLION BASICALLY DUE TO THE INCREASE IN COST OF CONTRACT. WE ARE MAKING UP A LOT OF THAT DELTA WITH RESERVES AND GENERAL FUND. RECYCLING ALSO HAS BEEN PART OF THE NEW CONTRACT GOING FROM 6.8 MILLION 2024 UP TO 7.8 FOR NEXT YEAR. WE ARE STILL ABLE TO KEEP THE SAME SERVICE LEVELS. AND THEN LONG-TERM CARE IS ANOTHER. THE WEIGHT IT IS SET UP THERE'S MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES NOT DIFFERENT DIVISIONS BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE A CLOSED LANDFILL WHICH CLOSED IN THE 90S BUT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE DEP LEVELS . TO MEET THE REGULATORY STANDARDS RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE SEEN NECESSARY REOCCURRING ON THE CLOSED LANDFILL SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE MAJOR INCREASE IN CAPITAL COST RIGHT NOW. WE ARE LOOKING TO REDUCE THAT COST IN THE COMING YEAR ONCE WE WORK WITH DEP AND GO TO THE PROCESS. THAT'S THE GOAL BEFORE THE

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BUT OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE . WE ARE MANDATED AS PART OF THE LANDFILL CLOSURE TO MAINTAIN FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH NECESSARY REPAIRS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE USING AS THE PROJECT TO FUND.

ARE THE FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR THIS EXACT REPAIR AND THIS IS A

REGULATORY ISSUE. >> IS THAT A NEW REQUIREMENT?

>> WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD THIS POLICY. IT IS A DIMINISHING NEED OVERTIME AND TO GET TO THAT LEVEL WHERE YOU NO LONGER NEED TO MAINTAIN YOUR COST SHOULD BE LOWER. AND THEN THIS IS OUR SUMMARY OF THE ACTUAL FTE REQUEST THAT'S THE SUPERVISOR LOCATED. AND THEN NONRECURRING COSTS. ANY

QUESTIONS? >> ANY QUESTIONS?

>> YOU DID A GOOD JOB REFLECTING WHAT WAS IN THE LINE

ITEM BUDGET. >> WE ARE HAPPY TO GET YOU

SEVEN MINUTES. >> I ACTUALLY HAVE A HIGH-LEVEL QUESTION NOT SPECIFIC TO LINE ITEMS I THOUGHT YOU DID A GREAT JOB. ANYBODY ELSE? ROCKY IS ON VACATION AND HE KNOWS WE LOVE HIM. SO, AND WE ARE ALREADY HERE. SO I THINK THAT BUT I THINK THE ONE QUESTION, THE ONE PLANNING IDEA EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT BUT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT WITH GROWTH MANAGEMENT WHICH IS LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING ON TRANSPORTATION AND DRAINAGE AND STORM WATER NEEDS. AND THIS IS ONE THING EARLIER COLIN WAS REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPMENT TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIC WITH THESE UNIVERSITIES TALKING ABOUT LONG-TERM STRATEGIC MODELING HOW DO YOU THINK THAT MIGHT AFFECT WHAT OPERATION AND TO YOUR BUDGET.

>> I LOVE IT AND SUPPORTED, WE CREATED COUNTYWIDE STORMWATER MODEL 10 PLUS YEARS AGO AND THAT IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL TO NOT ONLY WHAT WE DO BUT ALSO WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS IN OTHER AREAS IN THE COUNTY. SO WE ARE NOT CREATING PROBLEMS. BRINGING IT AND HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE NEED RESOURCES BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES SO HELPING TO PLAN AND I WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL TO SUCCESS. WE HAVE STARTED GOING BACK TO SOME BASIC ROADWAY MODELING RIGHT NOW SO WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CRITICALITY OF DEFICIENT ROAD SEGMENTS AND BRINGING IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLAYERS THAT FOCUS ON ST. JOHNS COUNTY BECAUSE IT IS 100,000 NEW ST.

JOHNS COUNTY AND WE WANT TO DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY APPROPRIATELY.

>> ALSO I THINK MIKE YOU HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING TOGETHER, BUT A LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING WHICH WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THE STAFFING EXPERTISE TO DO THOROUGHLY AND THAT'S WITH A HIGH EDUCATION INSTITUTION MAY COME INTO PLAY FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT WHERE MAYBE WE CAN GET LONG-TERM MODELING AND FINANCIAL BENEFIT WHICH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND I AM KIND OF REHASHING THIS SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR IT. WE CAN INVEST WISELY ON ACQUISITIONS FOR BY THE WAY FOR EASEMENT, WHEN THEY ARE NOT ALREADY DEEMED FOR THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE BEFORE IT WAS ANYTHING SO WE CAN PLAN FOR THESE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS BEFORE WE RUN OUT THE RESOURCES

TO DO THOSE THINGS. >> THERE IS A NEW DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND PEOPLE WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE. FOR US TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME TO IMPROVEMENTS AND PROVIDE THE STORM WATER, PROVIDE THE IMPROVEMENTS UP FRONT WHICH IS THE NEW CONVERSATION, IT IS SO BENEFICIAL. WE ARE COMPLETING THE PROJECT ON THE PARKWAY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS THAT PROJECT WAS HANDLED EXTREMELY WELL UP FRONT ALLOWING US TO PLUG-IN EXPAND, THE SUMMER IS

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BENEFIT. >> YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF TESTING OUT THESE MODELS AND YOU KNOW WHICH WORKS AND WHICH DOESN'T SO WE CAN REPLICATE SUCCESSFUL MODELS AND GET RID OF THE BAD ONES. WE WILL NOT SEE THE BEACH WALK ANYTIME SOON. I THINK STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE ROADWAY I WANT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS A SUBJECT THAT IS SENSITIVE IN TERMS OF DO YOU WANT TO BUILD ROADS BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT IS HERE, BUT THERE IS A BALANCE WE HAVE TO STRIKE WHICH THERE IS DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NOT BEEN HERE YET WHICH WE NEED TO BE SENSITIVE TO NOT ENCROACH, BUT THERE ARE AREAS WE KNOW DEVELOPMENT WILL COME BECAUSE THEY ARE APPROVED SO WE CAN BE IN FRONT OF THOSE NEW HOMES.

>> I THINK 2209 IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE. AS WE SAW YOU KNOW THEY HELP TO SECURE THE CORRIDOR. NOT LIKE WE'RE BUILDING IT NOW THAT'S FOR THE FUTURE, BUT THERE IS A PLAN IN PLACE AND IT IS SET UP PROPERLY WITH STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS, MINIMIZING IMPACTS, STREAMLINE SOME OF THE THINGS WHEN NEEDED AND IT IS SO FAR DOWN THE LINE COMPARED TO STARTING FRESH.

>> THE OTHER QUESTION WHICH IS PART OF THIS QUESTION AND I ASKED THE SAME THING , WE LOOK TO ADOPT A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY 2050 AND A BIG COMPONENT IS TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE. HOW IS THAT AFFECTING YOUR PLANNING IN TERMS OF RESOURCING AND

REVENUE? >> WE HAVE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND EVEN MAKING SURE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS IMPLEMENTED. IT IS APPROPRIATE, THE RIGHT LEVEL BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE SO CONTINUOUSLY MOVING FORWARD IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE MODELING. SO WE ARE IDENTIFYING

THOSE AREAS. >> THERE IS A SOPHISTICATED FIELD OF SCIENCE AND THEY ARE EXPENSIVE.

>> IT IS SOPHISTICATED AND THERE IS SOME STUFF TO IT.

CHANGES, TECHNOLOGY ARE PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME THERE ARE

THESE VARIABLES. >> VERY GOOD. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ASK? WE HAVE ONE MINUTE.

>> EVERYONE WHO IS WATCHING FROM PUBLIC WORKS, GREAT JOB.

LOOKING FORWARD. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SO MUCH WORK THAT YOU GUYS

DO. >> WE HAVE THE BEST STAFF, MOTIVATED AND EDUCATED, TALENTED. IT IS AMAZING EVERY DAY EVEN IN THE NEWSLETTER WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND YOU KNOW I'M GLAD TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM WE ARE NOWHERE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.