May 13, 2025 Fiscal Year 2026 Administrator's Budget Session

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MENTION OUR PLAN FOR TODAY'S BUDGET SESSIONS IS SLIGHTLY ADJUSTED. BRAD, JESSE, AND I HAVE TO LEAVE TO GO TO DC TONIGHT. SO, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF THERE IS A WAY WE CAN ADVANCE OUR AFTERNOON SESSIONS A LITTLE EARLIER. OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE MORNING SESSIONS AS WE HAVE SCHEDULED. WE ARE GOING TO ROLL THE AFTERNOON SESSIONS -- AS MUCH AS WE CAN -- TO THE MORNING SESSION, UNTIL 12:30, THEN WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE AT 12:30.WE MAY TAKE A 30 MINUTES OR AN HOUR BREAK, THEN -- VOLUME ] WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE TO SEE IF -- HOW MANY WE HAVE COMPLETED -- SO THAT WE ARE NOT RUSHING OUR AFTERNOON SESSIONS. SO, THAT IS THE PLAN IN THE MORNING. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAYBE PUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WEBSITE REAL QUICK, BUT

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>> GOOD MORNING. >> LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM

FIRST? >> YEAH. I WILL JUST GO DOWN, EVERYBODY CAN INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. I AM DUSTY WILSON. I AM -- MAGEE IS OUT ON MEDICAL LEAVE RIGHT NOW. I WILL BE GIVING THE PRESENTATION. I AM ALONG WITH MY STAFF. JEREMY ROTHSCHILD, ADMIN

SERVICES CHIEF, HERE, NOW . >> LAND, FINANCIAL COORDINATOR.

>> MIKE RESORT, OPERATIONS CHIEF.

>> DEAN -- TRAINING CHIEF --

>> DO WE HAVE TEAM MEMBER? >> I AM SITTING AT THE BACK.

>> NO WORRIES . >> CHRIS -- GOING TOO LONG -- READY TO GO AHEAD AND START?

>> SURE. WEIGHT --

>> I DON'T CARE . >> WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW AND GO OVER SOME OF THE STUFF WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. DIRECTOR, 18 FIRE STATIONS, ACTIVELY BUILDING TWO -- SEASONAL MARINA RESCUE GUARDS, 25 SUPPRESSION APPARATUS, INCLUDING ENGINE, TOWERS, OPERATIONS RESOURCES, AND WE HAVE COMMAND UNITS, CHIEFS, AND THREE OTHER REHAB UNITS. JUST TO GO OVER A FEW THINGS WE DO, WE HELP TWO JUST FIGHT FIRE AND GET SICK PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOUSE.

OUR DEPARTMENT HAS EXPANDED IN A LARGE AREA WHERE WE COVERED , INTERSTATE, TRAUMA, MUTUAL AID TO OUR PARTNERS AROUND SAINT AUGUSTINE , JACKSONVILLE , WITH OUR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAMS , TAKE CARE OF THE COUNTY'S HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND SPECIALTY RESCUES , URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE, FIND PEOPLE IN HOMES WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE ALSO DO ENTRAPMENT , CIVILIZATIONS, AND HURRICANE RESPONSE. ALSO, UNDERNEATH OUR UMBRELLA, WE TAKE CARE OF THE BEACH, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SIDE, WE MAINTAIN WATERWAYS AND THE RIVER. PONDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WE ALSO DO A LOT OF SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OUR MAIN PART OF OUR GROUP IS OUR OPERATIONS TEAM, SUPPORTED BY OUR 911 COMMUNICATIONS, TRAINING STAFF MADE SURE THEY GET ALL OF THEIR TRAINING HOURS OUT FOR THE YEAR.

THAT IS PRETTY RIGOROUS AMOUNT OF TRAINING FIREFIGHTERS MUST RECEIVE TO HOURS A MONTH OF TRAINING, CONSTANTLY, FOR FIRES -- INAUDIBLE ] ALSO, PUBLIC EDUCATION OUT TO THE SCHOOLS, TEACH THEM ABOUT CPR, TEACH THEM ABOUT STOP, DROP, AND ROLL -- INAUDIBLE ] WE ALSO DO FIRE INVESTIGATIONS AND INSPECTIONS AT THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. WE HAVE A PRETTY ESTABLISHED LOGISTICS CREW. I AM ALSO LOGISTICS CHIEF, PROUD OF THAT GROUP. WE MAINTAIN THE FLEET, APPARATUS, ALL THE EQUIPMENT, BACKUP EQUIPMENT , AND FROM THE STATIONS EVERYBODY LIVES IN. WE ALSO DO OUR OWN BUILDING FOR TRANSPORTS. OUR OWN BUILDING

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IT IS ABOUT MEDIC THREE, APPROPRIATE FOR MEDIC ONE, PROGRAM WE STARTED IN THE COUNTY . MONDAY AT 10:00, GOING THROUGH PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR OR SO. WE'LL SEE HOW THE PROGRAM IS WORKING. ONCE WE START TO KNOW WELL, WE FEEL LIKE IT IS A NEED TO PAINT THE NEEDS OF THE BUDGET AS WE TALK IN THE FUTURE -- I WILL OPEN UP MORE ABOUT THAT AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SENT. SO, THAT WAY, WE CAN DISCERN NOT LOSING THE SOUTHERN END. WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE NORTHERN END OUT THERE --

INAUDIBLE ] OUR SERVICES. >> DUSTIN -- ONE OF THOSE THREE OFFICES ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN THE REQUESTED BUDGET?

>> CORRECT. SOMETHING I CAN SPEAK ON. KIND OF, WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING SOME RESEARCH, POSITION INTO THE BEACH WALK STATION. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE SEEING SUCH A VOLATILITY AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT WITH

LIFE-SAVING -- >> WHY WAS THAT?

>> WE WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. FIRST, A VERY NEW THING WE JUST ADDED.OUR THEORY WAS, LIKE, LET'S GET THAT, SEE WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO, SEE IF WE CAN GET IT. OUR RETURN WAS SO

BIG, I 1 TO READDRESS IT . >> OKAY.

>> WE'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT KIND OF STUFF. ALSO, DUE TO THE DEMAND OF OUR OPERATIONS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER, WE ASKED THE REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FROM HEADQUARTERS. RIGHT NOW, ONE LOGISTICS INDICATING, MOBILE MECHANIC HASN'T SERVED ALL OF OUR FLEET, BUT BREAKDOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WITH MORE MECHANICS, WE SPLIT THE COUNTY INTO 1/3'S, MIX STUFF RAPIDLY, GET TRUCKS BACK INTO SERVICE. LOGISTICALLY, THE TECHNICIAN.

CURRENTLY, ONE PERSON MAINTAINS ALL OF THE GEAR, BUNKBED, THE AIR PACKS FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. NOW, PUSHING TOWARDS 700 SETS OF BUNKER YEAR, PROBABLY AROUND , I WOULD IMAGINE, 200 TO 300 S.P.A. THAT HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED. ALL OF THESE EQUIPMENT ARE EXPENSIVE, AND IT IS WILL ONE OF THE BIGGEST PLAYERS IN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. ALSO, FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY, WE ADDED A NEW SECTION TO OUR DEPARTMENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, REALLY FOCUSES ON THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AND INTERNALLY, WE NEED MORE HELP FROM THOSE

REQUESTS FOR THE PROGRAM. >> DUSTY, EVERYBODY HAS A SECOND

SET OF GEAR NOW? >> IN THIS BUDGET WE ARE GOING INTO, WE WILL FINISH THE PROGRAM TO GET EVERYBODY THEIR SECOND

SET. >> OKAY. ONE PERSON , SINGLE SET, DOING IT NOW THAT IT IS A DOUBLE-SET?

>> YES, SIR, WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING IN THE LIGHT DUTY STAFF WE CAN TO UTILIZE TO HELP WHOEVER WE CAN AND TAKE AWAY FROM OTHER LOGISTICS, NEEDS, TO HELP MAINTAIN IT.

>> BASICALLY WORKING DOUBLE. >> YES, SIR, DOUBLE.

>> OKAY. >> SO, THIS IS THE KIND OF TALK

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>> SWITCHED OVER TO EIGHT FOR THE SAME DAY.

>> THEY ARE VERY ACTIVE. THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED IN THE TRAINING AND OUR PARAMEDICS UP TO THE STANDARD THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GO TO TO MAINTAIN THE EXCELLENT STATE OF CARE IN THE FIELD. FOR ECONOMIES IN THE FIELD, STABBING AT THE NEEDLES, LETTING THE AIR PHIL, AND ALSO, IN THE FIELD, THEY CAN DO ULTRASOUND . IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE, WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO. HAVE A COUPLE OF CALLS THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ON THAT I WAS JUST LETTING THEM HIGHLIGHT, MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN ON THAT TRUCK. ONE CALL, MENTIONED, MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION, 32-YEAR-OLD -- INAUDIBLE ] PARAMEDICS ON THE PATIENT WITH SIGNIFICANT BRUISING IN THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN. THIS IS SIGNS OF AN INTERNAL TRAUMA, VITAL SIGNS, BLOOD PRESSURE, 70, HEART RATE, ONLY 20, SHOWING SHE IS IN SOME TYPE OF TO GIVE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS . RED BLOOD CELLS AND PLASMA . WITHIN MINUTES, SHE REBOUNDED , GOT FLOWN TO THE HOSPITAL, NOW, FULL RECOVERY .ALSO, WE HAD ONE ON THE BEACH, PEDIATRIC CARDIAC ARREST -- NOT AS PREVALENT AS CALLS IN HIGH , STRESSFUL SITUATIONS , SENIOR PARAMEDICS , TOO, THEY WILL SHOW UP, TAKE DIRECTION, GET THE TEAM FOCUSED, END UP GETTING -- MADE A POSITIVE OUTCOME -- FOUND THAT THIS IS SUCH A GOOD THING, ACTUALLY BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MAYBE HAVING OUR OLD FTE FOR WHAT WE HAVE, TRY TO GET THIS PROGRAM STARTED , BUT JUST SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP AND KIND OF HIGHLIGHT, VERY POSITIVE THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE WOULD BE TO DO THROUGHOUT THE EXPANSION AND LITTLE CHANGES WE CAN DO TO MAKE OUR COUNTY SAFER. NOW, LET'S GET INTO OUR BUDGET.

SO, THIS IS OUR FIRE BUDGET, BUDGET NUMBER 12.4. WE HAVE BUDGET PROPOSED OF 88,870,000 OF OUR $64 . THIS SHOWS A 2.2, $69 MILLION DEFICIT -- 2026, WE'LL KIND OF TALK ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO THIS DEFICIT, BUT BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS , THE MAIN PART OF THIS BUDGET FOR PERSONNEL STAFFING, 70% . ALSO, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, OUR PPE EXPANSION, EVERYBODY THEIR SECOND SET OF GEAR. IS IN HERE, PLUS THEIR GEAR TO GET THEM

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>> STEVE, REAL QUICK, 2.2 MILLION STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IS

BASED ON WHAT? FLAT RATES ? >> THIS IS FOR JUST THE FLAT RATES. DURING THE EXERCISE, CERTAINLY, WORKING AND CHALLENGE MY TEAM TO STAY AS FLAT AS POSSIBLE. MENTIONED, MANAGED LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AS CLOSE AS WE COULD, AND FOR US, INTERNALLY, THERE IS ALWAYS GROWING, EXPONENTIAL CHANGES.

TRYING TO MAINTAIN INCREMENTAL CHANGES. SO, TO EVEN PULL SOME OF THOSE INCREMENTAL STEPS FURTHER BACK TO KEEP US AS FLAT AS WE POSSIBLY COULD, WE STILL CAME BACK WITH THE 2.2 MILLION

DOLLAR. >> OKAY. TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE A LITTLE BIT. FLAT RATES, THEIR REQUEST EXPENSES FOR RECURRING IN THE SAME CAPITAL, RECURRING EXPENSES ARE MORE THAN 2 MILLION MORE THAN RECURRING REVENUES .

>> OKAY. >> $6 MILLION RESERVE.

BASICALLY, NOT VERY SUSTAINABLE. LONG-TERM, IF YOU ARE DRAWING 2 MILLION DOWN IN YEAR 1, AT THE SAME TIME, TRYING TO ADD STAFFING FOR NEW STATIONS -- AT THE SAME TIME, IN 2027, WITH THE B12 FIRE STATION, WITH THE NEW STAFFING RELATED TO THAT, BASICALLY, THAT RESERVES IS DEPLETED, AND THE FUND IS OUT OF MONEY IN 2027. THAT IS FLAT -- YOU KNOW -- THE STAFFING, JUST RELATED TO THE STAFFING ALONE, RELATED TO THE SILVERLEAF FIRE STATION IS OVER 3 MILLION. BASICALLY, YOU HAVE NOT STAFF THAT NEW STATION, PUT ANOTHER 1 MILLION OUT OF THE BUDGET JUST TO REMAIN FLAT .NOT EVEN BEFORE WE TALK TO ROLL -- SO, JUST TO KIND OF PUT THAT ALL INTO PERSPECTIVE , YOU KNOW, BIGGEST EXPENSES, STAFFING RELATED FIRE STATIONS, ESPECIALLY WE ARE TRYING TO GROW, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T SEE THE MILITARY, EVEN AT FLAT, IT HAS BEEN A SUSTAIN FIRE OPERATIONS.

>> WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS SLIDE, TO LOOK AT YOUR FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION BASED ON THE STAFFING GROWTH, AND SORT OF PLAY WITH A NUMBER AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION? BECAUSE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW , WHAT WOULD BE THE REMEDY FOR THIS DEFICIT, AND WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO COVER IN THE STAFFING, BUT ALSO

THIS PROGRAM? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> WE HAD A CONVERSATION , A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, VERY IDLY -- DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU CALL THAT, LIKE, CUTTING UNIFORMS?

>> YES, SIR WE HAVE IT BACK AND DOWN, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR DOG AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO, PUSHED DEVELOPMENT. OUR WHILE FIREFIGHTER FIGHTING GEAR WE KNOW WE NEED AT THE END OF THE BUDGET. WE KNOW WE WILL NEED SOME OF THE MAKEOVER THINGS WE % HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE FIRE STATIONS . SO, WE'LL KEEP ON GOING AND KEEP DOING THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, GO BACK OUT, AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO -- OUR LEADERSHIP AND TRAINING, TOOK A REALLY BIG HIT FOR THEM. AND LIKE YOU SAID, THE BIGGEST ONE IS GOING TO BE THE AFFECT THE FIREFIGHTERS MOVING FORWARD, KIND OF HOW WE GOT HERE, 2020, HAD TO ROLL BACK OUR RATE TO 1.3 MILLS. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF SUSTAIN THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE, WITH THE PRODUCTION BEING, 2025, UNSUSTAINABLE AS A PERSONNEL -- BUT ADDED PERSONNEL FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS, LIKE TANKERS, FLAGS ADDED IN, THAT WERE KIND OF AN FOUR-SEAM. WE HAD TO HAVE THESE THINGS. THE OLD MILLAGE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN ABLE TO RECOVER. IT COVERS THE FUTURE MAYBE, BUT THE MILLAGE RATE WE HAVE NOW IS TRENDING IN A VERY BAD DIRECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LAST STINTS, 2024, WHEN WE HAD INFLATION TOOK OVER , HAD TO MATCH A LOT OF THAT STUFF, A LOT OF TIMES, 2021 TO '23, A LOT OF PROGRAMS TICKED DOWN THE ROAD A

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>> SO, THAT IS THE REASON I BROUGHT UP THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE PROJECTIONS ON EVERYTHING , AND SEE HOW -- WHAT IT TAKES

-- TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> MY THOUGHT WAS THAT WE NEED TO EXPLORE -- I ACTUALLY ASKED WADE TO RUN THE NUMBER -- WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR A ROLLBACK , RESTORING THE RECOMMENDATION, WHICH REALLY IS TO RESTORE US BACK TO PRE-ROLLBACK, WE HAD THE PREVIOUS TIME. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IS NOT ENOUGH . SO, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER AGAIN. THE OTHER THING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT YOUR LOW LEVEL OF RESERVE, BASED ON THE FREQUENCY OF THE NATURAL DISASTERS, HOW YOU RESPOND, AND FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT, EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN ALPHA BRAVO ACTIVATION , WE ARE RELYING ON THE RESERVES TO PAY THE RESPONSE EFFORT , AND EVERY TIME HE GETS 2 TO 3 MILLION DOLLARS -- THIS YEAR, I DON'T THINK WE EVEN KNOW IF WE ARE GETTING THE REIMBURSEMENTS JUST YET. I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US TO LOOK AT A FINANCIAL POLICY, TO SET ASIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESERVES , AND I'M NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT GENERAL FUNDS, WHICH IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TOO FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT. SO, WE CAN BE FREE TO RESPOND WITHOUT RELYING ON THE FEMA , AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M GOING TO NEED WADE'S RECOMMENDATION, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IN TERMS OF A FISCAL POLICY LIKE THAT, WHAT IS A GOOD, HEALTHY RESERVE THAT IS UNRESTRICTED, BUT SHOULD NOT BE TOUCHED , UNLESS THERE IS EMERGENCY? I THINK, AS A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR OPERATION , HOW MANY DAYS OF YOUR OPERATION, BUT WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT , NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SOONER RATHER THAN

LATER. >> YES, MA'AM. CERTAINLY, FEMA, THAT GOES INTO THE UNCERTAINTY OF ALL OF -- OF RELYING ON THE PAST MODEL, SAFER, YOU KNOW, SAFER, GETTING FIREFIGHTERS OFF THE STREET, GET THEM INTO AREAS THAT WE NEED THEM , WHILE THE AREA BASE IS BUILDING UP TO SELF-SUSTAINING BEFORE. RIGHT NOW, ALL OF OUR STATE FUNDS WE HAD BEFORE HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED, EXCEPT FOR THIS LEVERAGED STATION, BUT THERE IS UNCERTAINTY STILL WITHIN THE SECOND PROGRAM. THE TREND IS THEY WILL COME BACK, WE'RE HOPING THEY WILL COME BACK AND PAY FOR IT , BUT MOVING FORWARD, THERE MAY NOT BE -- THESE FUNDING THINGS WE RELIED ON THE PAST ARE SLOWLY BEING -- INAUDIBLE ] WHERE WE HAVE TWO MORE SELF SUSTAIN OUR OWN

BUDGETS. >> AND I KNOW YOU HAVE LOOKED AT COST OF SAVING MEASURES, SAME THING YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED, THIS , INCREDIBLE AND CONCERNING. I THINK IT TOOK US A LOT OF TIME THERE, IN THE ROOM, TO TALK ABOUT THE SECOND SET HERE, AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES , AND NOT A PLACE TO CUT , SO, WE HAVE TO LOOK.

>> YOU KNOW, SO, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH HOW WE GOT HERE. WE ALSO CAN WORK THROUGH THE ROLLBACK SCENARIO, BUT, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, TO THIS.2 MILLION DEFICIT IS PRETTY -- ITSELF -- THIS IS KIND OF HARD TO TALK ABOUT, $2 MILLION TO AFFECT THIS ROLLBACK, INITIAL IMPACTS . CAN DEFINITELY HELP TO CUT 25 OF THE FIREFIGHTERS FOR SOME RELIEF. NO DOUBT, THEY HAVE TO COME OUT.

THE OTHER 8, EMS BUDGET, THE WHOLE 33, OUR STATION HAS ALREADY BOUGHT IN AND FUNDED. IF WE CAN ENSURE STAFF, OUR FUTURE STAFFING, BUT WE CAN FIND FUNDED, AND OFTEN, OUR INITIATIVES WE TALK ABOUT, INCLUDING THAT, TOO, COULD BE CUT. WE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK INTO HOW WE CAN HAVE THE OUTLET SAFETY SUPPORT, EMT REQUESTS I WILL PUT IN NOW. OUR DEPARTMENT

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THIS NEXT AND LET'S , AS WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING OUT, ME BE THE LAST ONE THAT WE HAVE TO PURCHASE . SO, WHAT WE DO WHEN WE BUY AMBULANCES FROM THEM, THE BOX HAS A LIFETIME WARRANTY, LIFETIME GUARANTEE. THE BOX STAYS THE SAME. ONCE THE TRUCK GOES BAD, THE CHEVY DODGE, THEY ARE NOT BUILT TO REALLY BE DONE TRUCK RACE CARS . YOU KNOW, HAVE TO BE WORK TRUCKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. FIRE TRUCKS ARE BUILT FROM THE GROUND-UP TO BE A FIRE TRUCK USUALLY, TRUCK IS TAKEN BEFORE THE BOX. WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE THE BOX OFF, AND A NICE SAVINGS, USE THE BOX TO MOVE AROUND. AFTER THIS ONE IS BUILT, THAT PROGRAM WILL BE UP AND ROLLING. ALL OF OUR SPARES WILL GET NEW BOXES, INTO NEW TRUCKS,THEN WE ROLL OUT THE SPARES, AND THEN, AFTER THAT, THE ONLY NEW TRUCKS WE HAVE TO ADD OUR NEW TRUCKS -- RESCUE TO ANOTHER STATION, TO SOME OF THE COST MEASURES WE HAVE DONE TO SAVE THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW YEARS, KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE BUDGETARY TROUBLE AS WELL, 2024. ACTUALLY, 2022. CHIEF, I WILL GIVE YOU THE PROBLEMS ON THIS. WE'LL GO BACK TO THE ROLLBACK REDUCTION, $1.0.

CUT THAT, GET THE MONEY OUT, WE WOULD HAVE TO CUT THE 8 FIREFIGHTERS FROM SILVERLEAF STATION. LIKE I SAID, STATION 22 WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED, NOT STAFFED. WE WOULD DEFUND SOME OF OUR SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, ABLE TO PURCHASE THE OPERATIONS, THE ONE WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE, PROBABLY HAVE TO CHANGE OR GO AWAY, TRAINING, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REDUCED THAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU GOT . SOMETHING WE DESPERATELY NEED, GROWING AS FAST AS WE ARE. OUR VEHICLE FIELD, GROWING RAPIDLY . NEUTRAL

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NEED TO START WORKING TOWARDS BUILDING OUR RIVER RESPONSE A LITTLE BIT MORE CITIZENS, MORE DEMAND . SO, GET THE ROLLBACK RATE, SEE WHAT WE HAVE FOR FUTURE GROWTH MEASURED.

>> WANT TO POINT OUT, MARINE RESCUE PART OF THE BEACH FUND, WE DID TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE YESTERDAY WITH PARKS AND RECREATION, THE BEACH FUND, REVENUES IN THE BEACH FUND CANNOT FULLY COVER THE EXPENSES . SO, MARINE OPERATIONS, THERE IS A SUBSIDY FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO SUBSIDIZE THE BEACH FUND

. >> YEAH. THEN, DON'T HAVE ENOUGH GUARDS , WE DO USE FIREFIGHTERS FROM 11 -- 12-24 -- TO MAINTAIN COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE BEACH -- SO, GET ALL THE STUFF UP, MAINTAIN THE SAFETY, AND THAT DOES ADD MORE WORK

GOING FORWARD. >> HOW MANY DOES MARINE RESCUE HAVE FROM THE BEACH , NORTH BEACH, TO THE SOUTHERN BEACH?

>> MIKE, A NUMBER? >> I BELIEVE IT IS 24, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY FROM MY CLERK, BUT A LOT HAVE A WHOLE STRETCH.

WE HAVE --

OR FINANCIAL DECISION? >> STATE PRETTY .

>> IT FALLS WITHIN THE AREA. >> OKAY.

>> BUT AS YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THREE, FOUR, FIVE WORKING LOTS.

ON THE WEEKENDS IN THE SUMMER, COUNTY , THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR SAFETY. WE HAVE PATROLS THAT GO UP AND DOWN, BUT THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS A MANNED FIRE STATION.

>> SIDE-BY-SIDES , GOING TO MOVE ONE UP THERE, SO THEY KIND OF ROPE DOWN. ALSO ONE ON OUR STATION NINE , WHERE THEY CAN GO ACROSS, BUT THAT IS KIND OF THE FIREFIGHTERS THERE FOR THE MARINE AND RESCUE. THEY WILL GO ON THE CALLS , PROBABLY GO BY EVERY NOW AND THEN, SEE HOW EVERYBODY IS DOING, MAKE SURE WE ARE SAFE. THAT IS AN AREA WE NEED TO EXPAND UPON IN THE FUTURE. THROUGHOUT OUR PLANNING. MARINE RESCUE , 70-SUM PERCENT FOR OUR REAR SEASONAL BENEFITS AND PAY. LIKE I SAID, WITH A ONE WE ARE IN WITH PERSONAL WORK REPLACEMENT. WE HAVE A REPLACEMENT LIKE OUR OWN APPARATUS ON THERE TOO .THEY TOOK A BEATING BEYOND THIS . 911 BUDGET, 40. THIS NUMBER REPRESENTS THE CLIENT , IF WE CAN KEEP IT 81% FOR THE NO CALLS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MAJOR CAPS TO ADD THIS YEAR, BUT WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES, RAPIDLY CHANGING AT ALL TIMES, SOMETHING WE HAVE TO MONITOR AND MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND, ALSO, OUR CALL VOLUME IS GOING UP THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS, OUR EVENTS ARE GETTING MORE, POPULATION GETTING MORE, SOMETHING TO KEEP MONITORING, MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE . NOT ASKING FOR ANY MORE FTES AS OF RIGHT NOW. NEXT SLIDE IS OUR LAST BUDGET THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS THE INTEROPERATING RADIO BUDGET, 4.6 MILLION. THIS 10HAS 2 POINTS, PERSON ON CALLS, 6%. DOING GOOD THERE, BUT THE EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE TO USE IS VERY -- TWO BIG ITEMS WE HAVE THIS YEAR -- THE VIRTUAL

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SETTING UP EACH RADIO, OUR TWO PERSONNEL THERE CAN ACTUALLY DROPS INTO YOUR RADIO, YOUR RADIO WILL BE IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIVING, THEN ALSO, COVERS OUR WARRANTY SERVICE AROUND $10,000 PER RADIO AND WITH THE WARRANTY, ONE BREAKS, THIS RADIO, THIS IS A NEW ONE. THAT KEEPS THIS IN GOING. WE'LL GO INTO THE ROLLBACK FOR THE RADIO SYSTEM , AND CHOOSE A DECREASE OF $70,900. THIS MONEY, WE WOULD TAKE OUT OF THE MAINTENANCE LINE , BUT LIKE I SAID, GOING TO TAKE IT OUT THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HOW MANY POWER SITES, 13? YEAH. THAT THEY HAVE TO BE GENERATED , SAYING, THEY'RE A POWER SOURCE IN THIS CONDITION.

YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO ADD TO THESE THINGS, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IF WE KEEP THAT GOING DOWN THE ROAD . COULD RESULT IN A LOT OF UNRELIABLE -- THAT IS ALL THE BUDGET STUFF WE HAVE UNDERNEATH THE FIRE RESCUE UMBRELLA. WITH FIRE BEING HARDEST BIGGEST -- OUR BIGGEST, 30 MILLION -- INCLUDING ALL OF THOSE IS $123,000,000, INCLUDING PERSONAL, CAPITAL, OPERATING, EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, TAKE YOU TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE FOR HELPING US THROUGH THIS BUDGET. ADMIN STAFF, THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS AND EVERYBODY THAT HAS HELPED GET US THROUGH THIS, ESPECIALLY ME BEING THE OUT OF POSITION CHIEF, HAVING FAITH IN ME AND MY TEAM TO CONTINUE. THANKS TO CHIEF MAGEE FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO Y'ALL TODAY IN HIS ABSENCE, AND HAVING FAITH THAT I CAN DELIVER A GOOD BUDGET KIND OF DETAIL EARLY FOR OUR FIRST VISITATION. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY EXECUTIVE STAFF. THIS WAS A HARD PROCESS FOR US TO GO THROUGH. YOU KNOW, THEY WILL -- EXPONENTIAL CHANGES -- WE WERE SCRATCHING FOR INCREMENTAL CHANGES. THEY WANT TO SEE IS BE GREAT, WANT TO GROW. SO, LIKE, A LOT OF HARD CONVERSATION REALLY TOOK THIS TO HEART, AND EVERYTHING WE COULD GET DOWN TO TRY TO GET THIS NUMBER. BE SURE WE ARE STILL MAD AT EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT OVER -- SO, ALSO, OTHER DEPARTMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO THANK. LAST FEW YEARS, WORKED REALLY CLOSE WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON BUILDING OUR NEW STATIONS TO TRY TO KEEP OUR COSTS DOWN. CONSTRUCTION SERVICES HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD.

ALSO, FOR THE COUNTY GARAGE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT ALL OF OUR SMALL THINGS THERE IN SERVICENOW, INCLUDING AMBULANCES. NOW, THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCEPT STUFF ON OUR FIRE TRUCKS THAT CAN ALSO KEEP OUR COSTS DOWN WITH COST SAVINGSWE HAVE THERE. FACILITIES HAVE BEEN GREAT FOR STATION REMODELS. A LOT OF LONG-TERM SAVINGS THERE BY DOING PROJECTS TO FIX THOSE OUT, AND KEEPING OUR STUFF UP TO DATE AND ALL SCHEDULED WHERE IT IS NOT THERE UNTIL IT IS AROUND --

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>> ON THAT NOTE, WANT TO THANK DAVID, AND JOY, HAVING THE RIGHT CONVERSATION AT THE RIGHT TIME . CAN YOU REMIND ME WHO WAS THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT UP AS THE ISSUE?

>> LIEUTENANT ROBBIE DAY. >> WOULD YOU MIND TO LET HIM KNOW THAT I AM APPRECIATIVE OF HIM BRINGING IT UP ?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> THAT IS REALLY THE CONVERSATIONS -- THE SECOND DAY -- THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH NEIL, WHO WAS SO JUST UP INTO IT, HAD A WHOLE PLAN OVER THE WEEKEND, AND WAS READY TO PRESENT MONDAY.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> GREAT COLLABORATION.

>> CERTAINLY, THANK YOU FOR JUMPING IN THERE AS AN ADVOCATE FOR US TO HELP MAKE THAT RELATIONSHIP WORK, AND ALSO, LIKE FOR JA TO COME IN, PRETTY MUCH DO THE SAME THING, WORKING TOWARDS 2027, OR 2026 FOR THE BUSINESS -- THAT IS VERY

POSITIVE FOR OUR. >>>S -- AS A CAPTAIN OF THE BUSINESS STATION, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE, AND WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SUPPORT STAFF, COLUMNS, PEOPLE INVOLVED TO KEEP THIS MOVING, FIRE MARSHAL, TRAINING, HEALTH AND SAFETY, EVERYBODY, OF COURSE, KEEPS THE MEN AND WOMEN ON THE FIELD GOING. I HIGHLIGHT THE THING BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND CITIZENS FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING, SAFETY, ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR US, MAKING SURE WE GET THE STUFF WE NEED, MAKING SURE WE ARE EXPANDING WHEREVER WE NEED TO BE, ALSO, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS BEING THERE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING OUR BEST FOR WHAT WE HAVE. VERY THANKFUL TO THAT.LASTLY, THE FIREFIGHTERS, MEN AND WOMEN ARE THERE BY NOW, ON THE CALLS, DOING THINGS, WE ARE HERE, WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET EVERYTHING INVOLVED, WE ARE SUPER APPRECIATIVE. WE ARE REALLY ADVANCING QUICKLY . EVEN WHEN I WAS WRITING THIS THINGS I 1 TO SAY, WE HAD A STRUCTURE FIRE IN TRAFFIC, AND WE HAD TO FLY OUT A TRAUMA PATIENT WITH ST. JOHN'S -- GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER BY THE MINUTES. THANK YOU TO THEM, KEEP

SERVING THOSE IN NEED. >> GREAT DISCUSSION. I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TALKING TO OUR TEAM -- WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. I THINK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL -- NOT NECESSARILY ISSUE -- BUT IT IS A CRITICAL TOPIC THAT WE HAVE TO TRY TO ADDRESS FOR THIS BUDGET

SEASON. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> WE'LL GET TO WORK. I WAS ASKING WADE IF YOU WANT TO BRING UP THE BUDGET PROJECTION. DO YOU WANT TO?

>> WE CAN. YEAH. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO KIND OF JUST LOOK THROUGH AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SAME NUMBER. I THINK THAT YOU HAVE COVERED ON THAT LEVEL, MAYBE A NARRATIVE -- THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT WHAT IT IS ABOUT TO GET INTO THE WORK TO SEE WHAT IS THE SOLUTION THAT WE MAY HAVE ON THE TABLE, AND WHAT IT TAKES TO GET TO THAT SOLUTION

. >> YES, MA'AM.

>>, THE VARIABLE HAS BEEN TOUCHED ON WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF, WHATEVER THIS COMMUNITY DECIDES DOESN'T WANT TO GROW -- YOU KNOW -- WANTS TO ROLL BACK OR SOMETHING, WE ARE DEFINITELY CHALLENGED BY THE COMMUNITIES AROUND US .THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY GROWING. IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO COMPETE WITH. YOU KNOW, WASN'T THAT LONG AGO, WE HAD TO PUT A BONUS PROGRAM OUT THERE, NEW FIREFIGHTERS. WE HAVE TO STAY COMPETITIVE. NOT ONLY WHEN WE RECRUIT , BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO RETAIN FIREFIGHTERS AT EVERY LEVEL. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN IN CLAY COUNTY THAT COMES OUT STRONG IN RECENT YEARS.

JACKSONVILLE, YOU KNOW -- THOSE ARE JUST OUR TWO LOCAL -- I

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>> HOW ARE WE DOING WITH THE RECRUITMENTS?

>> RECRUITMENTS, GOING PRETTY GOOD. WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW , YOU KNOW, WE WILL SEE , OR, WE GET THIS BUDGET TO STAFF THE 33, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD LOOK TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AT, BUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAFF -- WE HAVE HAD A COMPETITION TO COME IN AND TAKE THE INDIVIDUALS OUT OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS. LIKE JESSE SAID, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THEM --

OF THE AREA. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WADE , DO

YOU WANT TO -- >> SURE. A SYSTEM WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A DRAFT, TRYING TO REFINE IT AS WE GO THROUGH AND GET MORE INFORMATION, BUT THE TIMECARD HERE IS OUR PART OF ALL OF THE PREDICTED REVENUES. HERE IS SOME HISTORICAL WITH THE PROJECTED, '26 REQUESTED AT THIS POINT, THEN IN YELLOW IS OUR PROJECTIONS. THERE ARE SOME ESTIMATES IN THERE FOR THE VALUE GROWTH RATE, REVENUES , AND WHATNOT, BUT WE HAVE BROKEN REVENUES DOWN INTO WHAT WE CONSIDER RECURRING AND NONRECURRING REVENUES, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANT TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE FUND, WHERE RECURRING REVENUES COVER RECURRING EXPENSES. SO, THIS IS AT WHAT A FLAT MILLAGE RATE WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO, MOVING DOWN ONTO THE EXPENSE SIDE , AGAIN, RECURRING AND NONRECURRING. YOUR SALARIES AND BENEFITS ARE YOUR AGAINST EXPENSES, THEN YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN HERE WHERE WE ARE ADDING A STATION, '27, OPENING OF THE STATION, THEN '29 WOULD BE -- '27 WOULD BE A.I.D.S. WALK, '29 WOULD BE RIVER -- INAUDIBLE ] ASSOCIATED BENEFITS, THEN, OPERATING GOES UP , AND CORRESPONDINGLY WITH THAT, DOWN BELOW ARE SOME OF THE NONRECURRING , WHICH WOULD BE CAPITAL, CIP, AND VEHICLES, WHICH DO NEED TO , YOU KNOW, BE ADDRESSED AS EACH YEAR GOES ON.

ALSO , TO NOTE, AS OF YET, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROJECTIONS.

THEREFORE, THE SUPPORT STAFF, AS DESTINY MENTIONED, STATIONS ARE GROWING, SUPPORT STAFF, THE MEDIC ONE FOR THESE GENERALS .

OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED THIS YEAR, NO ADDITIONAL SUPPORT STAFF . IT WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL. SO, KIND OF SCROLLING DOWN, THAT IS KIND OF WHERE THE FUND IS. YOU CAN SEE, RECURRING REVENUE, RECURRING EXPENSES, YOU KNOW, AND HERE IS KIND OF THE DEFICIT.THIS DOESN'T QUITE MATCH WHAT DUSTY SAID IN THE PRESENTATION. AGAIN, I AM TWEAKING IT AND TRYING TO ADJUSTED AS WE GO. THIS IS FLAT RATE. HERE, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE BIG LINE, IF YOU LOOK AT 2027, A FLAT RATE, WE ARE OUT OF MONEY. 2 MILLION IN THE FIREFIGHT. SO, IF I TAKE THIS FOR JOY --

>> LET'S LOOK AT THIS SCENARIO FOR THE ROLLBACK , RESTORING OF THE PRE-ROLLBACK RATE FOR WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?

>> AGAIN, -- >> WE WILL BE RUNNING OUT OF

MONEY? >> A COUPLE OF YEARS. YEAH. ONCE YOU HIT THAT RIVER DOWN THE STATION, YOU ARE BACK INTO A DEFICIT. THE RESTORED RATE DOESN'T QUITE FIX IT LONG-TERM.

WE ARE TRYING , YOU KNOW, TO RESEARCH IT AGAIN, TRY TO APPROVE THESE PREDICTIONS, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH

RECOMMENDATIONS TOO. >> SIX YEARS OUT, RIGHT, FIVE

YEARS OUT? WHAT IS THAT? >> FOUR YEARS.

>> WHAT IS THAT? >> IF WE DON'T STAFF --

>> RIVERTOWN'S --

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2029 . >> THE BEACH WALK .

>> YEAH . >> '29, PROJECTING FOR STAFF TO

START THAT . A YEAR IN FRONT. >> IS RIVERTOWN STATION, JESSE,

IN THE BOND PROGRAM? >> YEAH.

>> OKAY . >> WITHOUT RIVERTOWN, 2029, JOY

. >> OKAY.

>> UNDER THESE CURRENT PROJECTIONS.

>> OKAY . >> THIS IS JUST --

>> JUST THE FIRE PIECE OF IT. YEAH.

>> WILL BRING US TO THE BALANCE , TO SUSTAINABLE MODEL , WITHOUT

RIVERTOWN ? >> WITHOUT RIVERTOWN? LET ME SEE

NOW. >> I THINK, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION -- I KNOW IT IS IN THE MASTER PLAN -- BUT IF WE HAVE ALL THE FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION IN RIVERTOWN, AT LEAST THAT MAY STILL BE A CONVERSATION TO BE HAD. CAN WE AFFORD ANOTHER ONE? THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DECIDE

PRETTY QUICKLY. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> SIMILAR AROUND A 1.55 . >> SO, THAT IS .2 HIGHER THAN

THE RESTORED RATE? >> CURRENT, 1.38.

>> RESTORE WOULD BE 1.47. ANOTHER LESS THAN .1 HIGHER THAN

THE RESTORE RATE. >> OKAY.

>> EVEN AT THAT, STILL IN A RECURRING DEFICIT. YOU HAVE A FUND BALANCE, BUT YOU CAN SEE YOU ARE DRAWING THAT FUND BALANCE DOWN, PARTLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE A RECURRING DEFICIT, THEN YOU ALSO HAVE ALL THE CAPITAL NEEDS, THE CIP , THE ENGINE REPLACEMENTS, THE VEHICLES , AND OTHER CAPITALS .

>> WHAT DOES THAT BRING? 1.55. >> 1.55. IT WOULD BRING 82

MILLION. THAT WOULD BE IN -- >> ANNUALLY, 1.55 .

>> YEAH. THAT IS INCREMENTAL . >> YES.

>> ABOUT 9 MILLION MORE . >> OKAY. WELL, SO, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW. IF IT IS A RESTORE, IT IS STILL NOT ENOUGH. IT MAY ENTAIL SOME SORT OF MILLAGE TRANSFER FROM OTHER FUNDS, WHICH IS NOT THE MOST IDEAL THING EITHER, BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD OTHER DEPARTMENTS TALKING ABOUT THEIR NEEDS . THAT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. THAT IS A GOOD NUMBER TO REMEMBER, 9 MILLION , AND AN ADDITIONAL POINT --

>> YES . >> THIS RESTORE IS WHAT? SEVEN?

WE STILL NEED TWO MORE. >> CORRECT .

>> OKAY. >> YUP .

>> AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

MOSTLY, WORKING WITH THE CHIEFS TO GO THROUGH THE PROJECTIONS .

>> WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION , FOLLOWED PRETTY QUICKLY, PROBABLY BY THE END OF THIS BUDGET SEASON, ON RIVERTOWN.

THAT IS A BIG, IMPORTANT PART OF THIS. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE YOU

BRINGING THAT UP. >> YEAH. FOR RIVERTOWN, THE EXPANSION, BUT ALSO AROUND THIS TIME, INTERSTATE IS SOMETHING WE

NEED TO IMPROVE. >> YEAH.

>> WE CAN ALSO CONSIDER IT. >> YEAH. AND ALSO, FOR THE ISO

RATING FOR THE RESERVOIRS. >> YEAH. A BLANK AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED IN FROM AN ISO STANDPOINT, HOPEFULLY, FOR THE BUDGET. WORKING TOWARDS MAKING THAT ISO . HOPEFULLY, HAVE SOME

GOOD NEWS ON THAT SOON. >> ANYTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS

TODAY? >> THAT IS IT.

>> I SEE. AMY? >> NO, MA'AM.

>> GOOD? DAVID? >> I'M HAPPY TO TALK. YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE ONE OF THE THINGS JEFFREY MENTIONED ABOUT OTHER COMMUNITIES AND WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING.

MENTIONED CLAY IN JACKSONVILLE, WE ARE GETTING READY TO ENTER INTO OUR THREE-YOUR CONTRACT TALKS. CLAY IN JACKSONVILLE

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JACKSONVILLE HAS NOT ONLY GOT A VERY STRONG CONTRACT COMPETITIVELY, BUT THEY ARE ABOUT TO GO FRS. WHEN THEY GO FRS, IT IS GOING TO BE VERY EASY FOR OUR PEOPLE TO TRANSITION AND BRING THAT RETIREMENT WITH THEM. YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE GOING WITH CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS HERE, BUT YOU HAVE GOT OPTIONS, CHASING MONEY, DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE ARE GOING TO COME WITH OPTIONS TO HELP THE DEPARTMENT. WE THINK IT WILL HELP THE DEPARTMENT FOR COST SAVING AND HEALTH AND SAFETY INITIATIVE FOR US. WE ARE KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING INTO THOSE TALKS, BUT IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.

>> YES. >> AND FOR FRS, CURRENTLY, THE COUNTY'S IN THE SYSTEMS, FOR PEOPLE -- CITY OF JACKSONVILLE HAS THEIR OWN RETIREMENT. FOR THE CITY, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE MULTIPLE YEARS, TO START THEIR RETIREMENT. NOW, TO FRS, SOMETIMES, 15 YEARS, THEY CAN NOW TRANSFER TO JACKSONVILLE, TAKE ALL OF THEIR RETIREMENT WITH THEM AND NOT

HAVE TO START. >> YEAH.

>> THAT DETERRENT WE HAVE HAD FOR THE LONGEVITY WOULD THEN BE -- THEY CAN TRANSFER AS A LIEUTENANT?

>> THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO TRANSFER, BUT CAN TAKE THEIR

RETIREMENT. >> YEAH.

>> THE EIGHT YEAR ENGINEER CAN GO TO JACKSONVILLE, IN ONE YEAR, MAKE THE SAME MONEY AT JACKSONVILLE , BUT THEY DON'T

TRANSFER. NOT THE RANK. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

APPRECIATE, ESPECIALLY, YOU. YOU HAVE HAD EACH OTHER TO MAKE SURE WE CAN FIND WAYS TO PROTECT THE WELL-BEING OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

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>> ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS ARE READY ?

>> LOOK VERY NICE -- >> YEAH .

[Human Resources and Risk Management]

>> THAT IS A GOOD ONE. >> WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.

>> WANT TO START? INTRODUCE YOURSELF .

>> DESIREE WARREN, HR , RISK MANAGEMENT . I'M HERE WITH LAURA DON, OUR ASSISTANT , HR, RISK MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY TO PRESENT TODAY, OUR BUDGET. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT OUR ENTIRE TEAM CONTRIBUTED, AND SO, I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT THEIR IDEAS, AND COLLABORATIONS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THE EMPLOYEES AND OUR TEAM, AND ALL OF OUR ASK TODAY IS IN SUPPORT OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND ALSO FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF OUR FOLKS.

WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH -- OUR CAMERA -- WE SHOULD BE GOOD.

>> ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM, ESPECIALLY ASHLEY AND MAGGIE, WHO MET THE TEAM MEETINGS WITH EVERYONE, AND HELPED ME WITH PUTTING IN THE NUMBERS, WHICH WE WILL.

>> CLERK? >> I DON'T THINK THEY ARE HERE

EITHER. I'M LOOKING. >> YOU ARE NOT SEEING IT?

>> TOM SAID, J. T. REALMUTO SHOWING. SHARED SCREEN.

>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I CAN TAKE THESE SLIDES .

>> LET ME TRY TO AND SHARE AND SHARE ONE MORE TIME.

>> OKAY. >> WE CAN TAKE FIVE MINUTES BREAK , BATHROOM BREAK WHILE THEY ARE WORKING ON -- JUST PULL

IT UP. >> SAVANNA, WANT TO --

INAUDIBLE ] >> A LOT OF NUMBERS ON THE

SCREEN. >> TOO MANY NUMBERS.

>> NOTHING AGAINST YOU, LAURA.

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>> WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED, THAT IS WHAT I HAVE HEARD. THE STAFF --

[01:16:15]

>> WHERE WERE WE? OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO BE INTRODUCING THE HR

[01:16:18]

>> IT IS ON NOW . THAT IS GOOD.

>> SO, I THINK THAT IS PRETTY GOOD .I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING A LOT FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. SO, WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM. THE CORE FUNCTIONS FOR HR ARE RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT, COMP, BENEFITS, MANAGEMENT , FINANCE , RETENTION, AND ALSO ANALYTICS AND WE DO A LOT MORE THAN THAT, BUT THAT IS THE HIGHER, OVERARCHING FUNCTIONS. WE START WITH OUR AMAZING EMPLOYEES. THE NUMBER ONE ASSET OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY, VERY DEDICATED, PASSIONATE, RESILIENT TEAM THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE 77% OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE LIVING IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY, WHICH IS GREAT. NOT ONLY ARE THEY WORKING FOR THE COUNTY, THEY ARE ALSO TAXPAYERS. RIGHT? SO, THEY ARE INVESTED IN WHERE THEY LIVE AND WORK. LOOKING AT SOME OF THE HIRING TRENDS, WE DID HAVE SOME RATES HERE. I LOOKED AT THESE TURNOVER RATES -- SOME INFORMATION -- THE NUMBER ONE REASON OUR EMPLOYEES LEAVE IS NOT BECAUSE OF POOR MANAGEMENT, OR THE ENVIRONMENT. IT IS REALLY JUST ABOUT COMPENSATION , GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME STRATEGIES FOR THAT. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 1500 FILLED POSITIONS, AND OF THAT, 1300 OF OUR RANGE IS 13 TO 60 YEARS OF AGE, MILLENNIALS, OUR AVERAGE IS MIDDLE-AGED, 44. THAT REALLY DOES MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE VALUES , BENEFITS, WHAT IS IMPORTANT. SO, KNOWING THAT, IT HELPS US DRIVE OUR SERVICES . OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN HERE, IN MINIMUM, AVERAGE OF 10 YEARS, WHICH TALKS ABOUT OUR AND JEVITY -- LONGEVITY -- AND THAT IS A GOOD PROCESS TO SEE. AND SO, WE HAVE A MULTIGENERATIONAL WORK FORCE. WE LOOK AT HOW DO WE SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT KIND OF GOES ACROSS ALL THE THREAD OF EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS THAT EMPLOYEE IS GOING TO HAVE MEANINGFUL WORK, GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES, CONTINUOUS LEARNING, GAINING SKILLS, AND REWARDING THE EMPLOYEES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THESE AREAS. LOOKING AT GOVERNMENT , IN GENERAL, AND PRIORITIES FOR 2025, OUR POLICE FORCE, WE SURROUND ALL OF OUR SERVICES AROUND THIS, BUT IT IS RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, AND SUCCESSION PLANNING, REALLY WHAT MOST GOVERNMENTS ARE FOCUSING ON RIGHT NOW. THAT IS ALSO IN LINE WITH OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. AND SO, OUR TEAM IS GOING TO BE WORKING TO RECRUIT

[01:20:02]

WE HAVE SOME BEST PRACTICES THAT I HAVE BECOME AWARE OF, WORKING WITH DIFFERENT DIRECTORS. SO, WE ARE TRYING TO HELP STREAMLINE THOSE PRACTICES. AGAIN, ADDRESSING OUR POLICIES , WE WANT TO BUILD UP OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS CAN HELP OUR EMPLOYEES MEET A COMPETITIVE MARKET, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SURROUNDING AREAS THAT I HAVE TALKED TO OUR DIRECTORS ABOUT THAT ARE DRAWING AWAY SOME OF OUR POLICE. AGAIN, OUR COMP AND CLASS STRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR FOCUS IS IN THE FUTURE. THEN, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE CHANGES WITH OUR NEW POLITICAL CHANGES, AND FOCUS ON OVERTIME, THE RIGHT BALANCES, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO, OUR REQUEST IS GOING TO BE FOR THE ORGANIZATIONAL PRIORITIES, AND WE WANT TO DEVELOP AND INCLEMENT AN ON BOARDING PROGRAM FROM DATE ONE TO A FIRST YEAR THAT WOULD SET UP THE KIND OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ON BOARDING TO THE DEPARTMENT, TO THE ORGANIZATION, WITH THEIR TOOLS, AND TO BE READY TO GO WITH THE TRAININGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT, WHICH WE WOULD HAVE IN PLACE PER CLASSIFICATION FOR THE 30, 60, 90, 1 YEAR, AND THEN TO ACTUALLY REACH BACK OUT, SEE HOW THAT IS GOING, AND DO SURVEYS, AND TRY TO HAVE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. RIGHT NOW, WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT TUITION REIMBURSEMENT. AT A ORGANIZATION THAT HAS OVER 1500 EMPLOYEES, WE ACTUALLY ARE ONLY MAKING AVAILABLE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR 22 OF THEM. WE HAVE 22 EMPLOYEES NOW THAT IT IS 45,000, 2000 PER YEAR, PER EMPLOYEE. SO, TRYING TO INCREASE THAT TO AT LEAST 100 EMPLOYEES WITH MY BUDGET ASK , AGAIN, SO WE CAN EXPAND THE KNOWLEDGE AND TALENT THAT WE HAVE HERE. LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, AN AREA WE HAVE NOT EXPLORED OR PROMOTED -- WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT IS OPEN SESAME, HAS OVER 1500 COURSES, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN LAUNCHED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. SO, WE ARE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL LICENSING S FOR THAT, FOUR-YOUR CONTRACT NOW.

REALLY, THINKING THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY EXCEPTIONAL FOR

[01:25:05]

>> MY KIDS HAVE THAT IN SCHOOL, THE TREASURE BOX WORKS

WONDERFULLY. >> GREAT.

>> THEY CAN GET IT IN THEIR OWN TREASURE BOX.

>> YES. THEN, THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. WE HAVE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HIGHLIGHT THE EMPLOYEES IN AN ORGANIZATION THROUGH A PRESENTATION FOR THE BOARD, PERHAPS. SO EXCITED WE HAVE THE EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER, WE ARE ACTUALLY SPOTLIGHTING SOME EMPLOYEES NOW, PUTTING OUT INFORMATION. I THINK WE JUST WANT TO BUILD ON THAT AND REALLY ENCOURAGE THAT ENGAGEMENT FOR THE EMPLOYEES. WE WANT TO ALSO LOOK AT OUR PAY STRUCTURES. WE ARE DOING THAT WITH THE COMP TEAM NOW. WE HAVE AN INTERNAL REVIEW WE LOOK AT WE HAVE THESE SITUATIONS, REACH OUT TO OUR PARTNER, AREAS IN JACKSONVILLE, CLAY COUNTY . SO, WE DO THAT, BUT HAVING A BROAD VIEW WOULD REALLY BENEFIT THE ORGANIZATION . AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE EMPLOYEES FEEL THE LOVE.RIGHT? BECAUSE, EVERYBODY IS SO STRESSED OUT, WORKING SO HARD, SO, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING THE FOUNDATION OF EMPLOYEE SERVICES . THAT INCLUDES SO MANY THINGS, MENTAL HEALTH, WORK/LIFE BALANCE. RIGHT? PROMOTING SCHEDULES AND TIMES. THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. WE ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUING FOCUS ON THAT. THEN, FOR HR TEAM, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE, WE WANT TO REALLY GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THEIR SELVES. ONE OF THE AREAS I WAS TALKING TO THE TEAM ABOUT, HOW TO DO BETTER SERVICES , YOU KNOW, AND HOW DO YOU KNOW A BETTER PREFERENCE? RIGHT? EXPENSIVE THINGS. SO, TO KEEP OUR TEAM, THE CURRENT, RELEVANT, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ATTENDING WORKSHOPS, GOING TO CONFERENCES, KEEPING OUR CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS CURRENT. MY BUDGET DOES THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL. WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT ADDRESSING A LOT OF EMPLOYEE INTERACTIONS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF IT COMES DOWN TO COMMUNICATION, UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCES. SO, WE WANT TO REINFORCE TRAINING TO HELP OUR SUPERVISORS, OUR EMPLOYEES, HAVE THOSE POSITIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER TO BE ABLE TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS. RIGHT? A LOT OF TIMES, IT MAY JUST BE A MISUNDERSTANDING, OR YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE, SO WE WANT TO HELP. AGAIN, THROUGH THE STRENGTH AND OUR PROGRAMMING TO IMPROVE THOSE INTERACTIONS. SO, THE BUDGET REQUEST WE HAVE IS GOING TO FOCUS ON A LOT OF TRAINING DEVELOPMENT, PRIMARILY CONTINUING IT, MEMBERSHIPS . LOOKING AT PREEMPLOYMENT SERVICES , OUR BACKGROUND SCREENINGS, PREPARING FOR A GROWTH OF POPULATION . NORMALLY, YOU HAVE A GROWTH OF EMPLOYEES.

WE WANT TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THOSE TEMPORARY STAFFING, BUDGET INCREASE FOR THAT, LOOKING AT INTERNSHIPS AND BEING ABLE TO PILOT THOSE PROGRAMS . WE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT'S ABOUT THAT. IT IS A GREAT PIPELINE.

RINGING IN NEW TALENT , AND JUST GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG OUTREACH RIGHT NOW FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND THEY HAVE MANY OF THEIR STUDENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PLACE, SOME FIFTH, NO COST, AND SOME WITH COST, AD

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NOT PUTTING FORWARD THE NEW PROGRAM , ALTHOUGH, WE DO FIND THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT VALUE FOR US. TUITION, AGAIN, IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE REDUCING, WHICH WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO, AND THE AVERAGE ONES I 1 TO SUBMIT , A CONNECTION WITH LINKEDIN, NOT ONLY FOR RECRUITMENT, BUT FOR ALSO THE ORGANIZATION, AND SO, WE DID PUT IN A LARGER BUDGET FOR THAT.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAD, WE HAD A FREE PLATFORM WE COULD POST, BUT IT IS NOT REALLY STRONGLY BRANDED OR BEING USED STRATEGICALLY. WE WERE PUTTING IN FUNDING TO, PERHAPS, BOOST THAT UP FOR OUR PRESENCE IN THE ORGANIZATION. AND SO, THAT IS WHAT I HAVE FOR HR. GOING TO BE TURNING IT OVER, UNLESS YOU 1 TO TALK RUSSIANS NOW. WE COULD JUST KEEP MOVING.

>> LET'S KEEP MOVING. >> YEAH. NO. I THINK YOU HIT

THIS ON THE ROLLBACK. YEAH. >> OKAY.

>> GREAT. >> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE PRESENTING -- LOWER TALKED ABOUT ALL THE EXCELLENT THINGS WERE DOING A RISK MANAGEMENT, LAURA HAS REALLY GOOD

INFORMATION TO SHARE. >> WE DO. HOPEFULLY, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MOST GOOD NEWS YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR FOR THE

DAY. >> MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE GOOD

NEWS AS WELL. >> THESE ARE SOME LITTLE

SUPPLEMENTS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TODAY. I AM SO EXCITED , Y'ALL KNOW HOW I LOVE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. THERE IS OUR FIRST OVERVIEW.

LET'S GET INTO IT NOW. I DO HAVE SOME NOTES, BUT I CAN TALK FOR HOURS ON THIS, BUT I WANT TO KEEP YOU FOCUSED, AND I 1 TO KEEP IT LIGHT AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND. SO, NO ONE GETS BORED WITH WHAT WE HAVE GOING IN HERE TODAY. SO, WHAT DO WE DO AT RISK AND BENEFITS? WELL, I DON'T DO IT BY MYSELF. WE DO IT WITH AN AMAZING TEAM. FOR AN EXAMPLE FROM YESTERDAY, WE HAD A EMPLOYEE WHO HURT HIS BACK WHEN WORKING , WE HAD A ALLERGIC REACTION TO A WASP STING, AND THE PERSON HAD A VERY SEVERE REACTION TO IT, COULDN'T EVEN GO TO OUR DAY CARE PLANNING, HAD TO GO TO THE E.R., THEN WE HAD A FENDER BENDER. I HAD TO SAY, NO ONE WAS INJURED, AND THAT WAS JUST YESTERDAY. RIGHT? SO, LET ME TALK ABOUT OUR TEAM. MELISSA AND MONICA , OUR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS -- WE ARE ALL CROSSTRAINED ON EMPLOYEE BENEFITS -- BUT THEY WERE PRIMARY ONES. THAT IS HEALTH INSURANCE, FMLA CLAIMS , DENTAL, VISION, MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, LEAVE MANAGEMENT, SICK, VACATION , BEREAVEMENT . OVERALL, IN EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, THERE ARE 25 DIFFERENT CONTRACTS THAT MAKE UP BENEFITS. SO, A LOT IS GOING ON IN THERE. OF COURSE, THE ERP IMPLEMENTATION OF WORK DAY HAS BEEN A BIG THING. NEXT I WILL TALK ABOUT WOULD BE LOIS, OUR SENIOR SAFETY OFFICER. SHE RUNS OUR SAFETY PROGRAM . SHE WORKS ON POLICIES. SHE DOES DAMAGE PLANS, INVESTIGATION, A MONTHLY DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS SO EVERY NEW EMPLOYEE CAN MAKE SURE THEY DRIVE SAFELY, BECAUSE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. ALSO, TO ADD, WHEN I TALK ABOUT DAMAGE CLAIMS OR CITIZEN CLAIMS, WE JUST LAST WEEK HAD A LADY WHO WAS COMING INTO THE BCC MEETING, AND SHE TRIPPED OVER THE YELLOW CURB . EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL THINGS IN PLACE, ACCIDENTS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. SO, I THINK THAT I EVEN TEXTED YOU AND LET JESSE KNOW, YOU KNOW, OUR DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR UNDER US. HEY, LADY FELL, BUT WE ARE RIGHT HERE WITH THE LINE ENTRY. WE HAVE GOT TO BE POSITIVE. WE HAVE ICE PACKS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD MEDICINE AND EVERYTHING. SO, BEFORE 911 GETS THERE -- THAT IS IMPORTANT TO GET THAT PERSON -- YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THEM -- WE HAVE ALL THOSE EXTRA THINGS AVAILABLE WATER. WE HAVE LIKE IT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN A SITUATION IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WORKERS COMP.

RECENTLY, OUR DEAR COWORKER, WESLEY, HAS DEPARTED, AND MOVED BACK HOME TO ALABAMA. SHE WAS SO GREAT. WE HAD HER FOR TWO YEARS.

SHE REALLY HELPED TO BRING -- I WILL HIGHLIGHT -- HOW GREAT OUR PROGRAM IS -- SHE MOVED BACK, WE MISS HER DEARLY , BUT SHE IS 23

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PROTECTING OUR PEOPLE IS NUMBER ONE, WHAT WE CARE ABOUT. AGAIN, WE HAD AN OLDER GENTLEMAN FALL IN OUR ROTUNDA LAST YEAR, AND FUNNY, TRIPPED OVER HIS FEET, HIS WIFE WAS LIKE, I AM JUST GOING TO TAKE HIM HOME. HE IS FINE. HE IS 80. I SAID, YOU KNOW, MA'AM, LET US CALL ONE-ON-ONE AND GET HIM CHECKED OUT. WOULD MAKE ME FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. SHE GOES, OKAY. SURE ENOUGH, THEY CAME IN, ASSESSED HIM, AND HE WAS AT THE BEGINNING STAGES OF A HEART CONDITION, OR HEART ATTACK. ACTUALLY, BEING TRANSPORTED IN, HE WENT FULL CARDIAC ARREST. COULD YOU IMAGINE IF WE HAD LET HIM GO HOME , HE HADN'T BEEN FULLY ASSESSED, NO TELLING WHAT HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO EXPERIENCE.

WHEN WE SAY, PROTECTING OUR PEOPLE, NOT JUST OUR EMPLOYEES, IT IS THE PUBLIC. THAT IS WHY I LOVE BEING IN THE ROTUNDA AREA, BECAUSE WE CAN BE OUT THERE FOR THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS, AND WE HAVE GUARDS AND OTHER THINGS, BUT GETTING THAT CARE RIGHT AWAY IS SO IMPORTANT. GOING TO SHOW YOU GREAT SAVINGS ON OUR PREMIUMS IN A LITTLE BIT, WHICH GOT US SOME GREAT INDUSTRY -- ALL RIGHT. SO, BUDGETING FOR THE BENEFIT. WE ARE GOING TO BE 7 FTE'S, WHICH IS THRILLING. A SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM. RISK MANAGEMENT IS A LITTLE TINY BUDGET , ONLY 436 -- THOUSAND -- DOLLARS. WE DO HAVE WORKERS COMP BUDGET, MOST OF THE PREMIUM BUILT IN, AND WE HAVE A HEALTH INSURANCE NOW WITH NOBODY'S SALARY ACTUALLY PAID OUT OF THAT . TRAINING. SO, WE DID GO A LITTLE EXTRA IN THE TRAINING, BUT TO ME, THE TRAINING IS STILL IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES THAT , LIKE I TOLD YOU, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE ACCIDENTS IN FRONT OF THEM. I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE THE SKILLS AND THE FORETHOUGHT TO NOT PANIC, TO TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY, AND THAT IS WHAT IS COVERED IN THAT FUNDING. GETTING EMPLOYEES EXPERTISE -- WE IDENTIFIED , THIS YEAR, WE WERE SEEING A LITTLE TREND, MAYBE 3 ACCIDENTS OF BACKING TRAILERS UP. YOU DON'T THINK THAT IS A BIG DEAL , UNTIL YOU SEE THE DAMAGE DONE TO CARS. YOU SURE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE INJURED, MUCH LESS, YOU KNOW, WOMEN. SO, WE ARRANGED FOR A SPECIALIST TO COME IN, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY. A SMALLER DEPARTMENT DIDN'T HAVE IT. WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT EXPERTISE IN TRAINING, WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT COMING TO THE JOB WITH ALL THE SKILLS THAT THEY HAVE.

I'M GLAD IT IS NOT PART OF MY JOB, BUT IT IS NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS. ALSO, THINGS LIKE CHAINSAWS. PEOPLE DON'T JUST COME WITH THAT SKILL SET ANYMORE IN CERTAIN POSITIONS. YOU CAN IMAGINE, IN TREE WITH A CHAINSAW, WHAT THAT CAN PROVIDE.

SO, THAT IS A BIG THING. OKAY. SO, LET ME JUST JUMP NOW TO 560 CLAIMS WORKED FOR THIS. THAT IS A COMBINATION OF FMLA, WORKERS COMP, CITIZENS CLAIMS, LEGALS. YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT LAWSUIT COMES IN, WE HAD INSURANCE THROUGH OUR GENERAL LIABILITY, THROUGH THE LARGEST COUNTY'S TRUST. WE MANAGE THOSE CLAIMS. WE SEND THEM TO OUR INSURANCE PROVIDER, BUT WE OVERSEE THAT. A

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JOHNS COUNTY. YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR ACCRUED LEAVE TO SUPPLEMENT FOR THAT. YOU GET THE PROTECTION OF 12 WEEKS, BUT IT IS -- IF THE PERSON IS VERY LOW ON THEIR TIME, THEN WE WILL HAVE A LEAVE WITHOUT PAY SITUATION. I WILL MENTION, THOUGH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT PARENTAL LEAVE. TWO WEEKS PAID LEAVE FOR THE MOM AND THE DAD, WHETHER THAT IS A LIVE BIRTH OR AN ADOPTION. THAT IS ONE THING THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.

AND I CELEBRATE THAT FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY. 50% OF THE CLAIMS ARE SELF CLAIMS, YOUR CHRONIC ADDITIONS, SURGERIES.

UNFORTUNATELY, CANCER. THE OTHER 25% OF THOSE CLAIMS GO TO FAMILIES. YOU ARE ELIGIBLE IF YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF YOUR SPOUSE, CHILD, OR PARENT. THEN, WORKERS COMP -- I AM GOING TO GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. I WILL SWITCH TO THE NEXT ONE.

OKAY. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.

BENEFITS. SO, I KIND OF WENT THROUGH A LOT OF THIS EARLIER.

RIGHT? BUT, ONE OF THOSE IMPORTANT THINGS I THINK WE CAN HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE -- MADE UP OF ALL OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION, WE VOTED, AND I THINK THAT COMMISSIONER TAYLOR WILL BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT, THE BASIC LIFE INSURANCE POLICY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES IS NOW AT $75,000. SO, IF THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION, THE MINIMUM YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE HIS 55,000, AND THAT IS COMPLETELY EMPLOYER PAID. SO, THAT IS, THE GOOD THING. SUPPLEMENT, MAYBE GO HIGHER, WHICH WOULD COST THE EMPLOYEE, BUT THAT IS A WONDERFUL THING.

THAT IS THE MINIMUM. OTHER THAN THAT, IT MATCHES YOUR SALARY.

LET'S JUST SAY, WING MAKES $100,000. IF YOU PASS WAY, YOUR FAMILY WE GET $100,000 TO MATCH YOUR SALARY. THAT IS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE DO IN HERE IS, FLORIDA FIREFIGHTER CANCER PROTECTION, WHICH IS ANOTHER -- IF FLORIDA STATUTE MANDATED, REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE . SO, WE COULD EITHER PROVIDE IT BY BUDGETING OUR OWN MONEY FOR IT, OR WE CAN SUPPLEMENT IT OUT TO A THIRD PARTY, AND WE CHOOSE TO SUPPLEMENT IT OUT TO A THIRD PARTY. SO, I CAN TALK ABOUT STATUTES A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE HUMAN INTERACTION. SO, WE HAD A FIREFIGHTER THAT CAME TO US THIS YEAR. I WANT TO PROTECT HIS NAME, OF COURSE, AND HE CAME IN WITH HIS WIFE, AND THAT IS THE PART WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE RAMP YOU CAN SIT IN EVERY TRAINING, YOU CAN SIT IN EVERY WEBINAR, YOU CAN TALK TO THE POWERS THAT BE. WHEN THAT COUPLE IS SITTING ACROSS FROM YOU AT THE TABLE, AND THAT FIREFIGHTER HAS, IN HIS EYES, THAT LOOK OF, I HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH, I HAVE SEEN SO MUCH IN MY LIFE, BUT NOW IT IS ONLY, NOW MY WIFE IS CONNECTED BY A VERY SEVERE CANCER , I REMEMBER SITTING ACROSS FROM THE MAN SAYING, MY GOODNESS, I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. I HAD A SPOUSE THAT HAD CANCER, UNFORTUNATELY PAST, AND THAT IS WHERE THE COMPASSION COMES IN. RIGHT? THAT IS THE PART WHERE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THEM, ONE-ON-ONE, AND I WANT TO BE SKILLED, I WANT MY TEAM TO BE SKILLED, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM AT THE VERY BEST THAT WE CAN. THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. THAT IS THE COMMITMENT THAT I LIKE TWO BRING IN OUR TEAM AND WHAT WE LIKE TO BRING. WE CAN HELP THAT EMPLOYEE, IN HIS TIME OF NEED, AND HIS FAMILY, AND HELP HIM, LIKE I REMEMBER HIM SAYING, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LOOKING AT MY 5-YEAR-OLD, I AM IN THE RECLINER, GOING THROUGH SOME TREATMENTS, NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING .WHAT DO I TELL MY 5-YEAR-OLD THAT WANTS ME TO PLAY BALL WITH HIM? I AM LIKE, MY GOODNESS, THIS IS REAL.

THIS IS REALLY REAL. WE HAD THESE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS, UNFORTUNATELY, WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE IT IS A REALITY.

SO, I REALLY WANT US, AT ST. JOHNS COUNTY, TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN THEIR TIME OF NEED. THE THING ABOUT THE CANCER BILL IS THAT THEY GET $25,000 -- 21 CANCERS THAT ARE COVERED, STATUTORILY. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BIGGER CLAIM MODULE, WE KIND OF EXPANDED IT A LITTLE BIT, WE 1 TO OPEN IT UP IT WAS A MINIMAL INVESTMENT, $76,000 ANNUALLY FOR THIS TO COVER. NEXT

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FLOATERS IN THERE. >> YES. LET'S TALK ABOUT IMPACT. SO, RISK MANAGEMENT. HERE WE GO AGAIN, HERE IS AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE DIFFERENT POLICIES THAT WE DO THAT IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE DO. IT IS NOT EVERYTHING, BUT IT IS THE BIG BOYS AND BIG GIRLS. RIGHT? IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. CYBER LIABILITY IS A BIG ONE. WENT TO A BIG CLASS THE OTHER DAY, SARA AND I TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT THAT UP AND COMING. WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF SCARES IN THAT CYBER WORLD. NOTHING THAT HAS HIT TOO, TOO BAD WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO, BUT THAT IS COMING, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. OKAY. HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS. MY TWO FAVORITE THINGS, PROPERTY INSURANCE CAME IN THIS YEAR , WENT TO A REALLY GREAT CONFERENCE. IT WAS ACTUALLY A NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR , YOU KNOW, PROPERTY INSURANCE, AND OUR PROVIDERS , GALLAGHER, TO MEET WITH A REALLY HIGH OFFICIAL IN GALLAGHER AT THAT CONFERENCE, AND WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE GETTING ALL THE NEW APPRAISALS FOR ALL OF OUR HOLDING PROPERTIES , AND THAT TURNED OUT TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE WERE IN THE COASTAL COUNTY WITH THE STATE OF BEING HIT BY HURRICANES, WE WERE ABLE TO COME IN, INCREASE OUR TOTAL VALUE, THEY LOVED OUR PORTFOLIO, AND LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE AT NOW, $693 MILLION IN COVERAGE THAT WE ARE GETTING. WE CAME BACK AND REDUCED PREMIUMS BY 5% WITH HIGHER COVERAGE AND OTHER DEDUCTIBLES. WE WERE THRILLED ABOUT THIS . IN YOUR PACKAGE, YOU WILL SEE A LETTER FROM GALLAGHER THAT OUTLINES EVERYTHING WE DID WITH THAT. SO, MAKES YOU REALLY HAPPY TO GIVE Y'ALL THAT GREAT NEWS. ALSO, BEST IN STATE, NO LIE, WE HAVE THE BEST STATE WORK EXPERIENCE BY A LIFELINE. I WAS SO EXCITED, TALKED TO Y'ALL ABOUT, HOWEVER, WHEN I TALKED TO GALL ABOUT THIS DURING THE HURRICANES, I HAD JUST HEARD THE NEWS. SO, THE LOWEST IT CAN BE -- THIS IS FOR YOUR WORKERS COMP. RIGHT? THIS IS WHERE THEY BASE YOUR PREMIUM OFF OF IT. SO, THE LOWEST IT CAN POSSIBLY BE IS .50, AND I DID A LITTLE FROM OUR BROKER UP THERE , HE HAD NEVER SEEN -- HE WAS ECSTATIC -- HE HAD NEVER SEEN A LOWER WORK EXPERIENCE MODEL, OR THIS SIZE AGENCY WITH A FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT IS JUST PHENOMENAL. I HAVE TO CELEBRATE THAT, AND OUR TEAM -- THAT IS WHERE OUR TEAM WORKS FOR THAT.

WE ARE LOOKING AT A $2 MILLION DISCOUNT FOR THE WORKERS COMP PREMIUM BECAUSE OF THAT, AND THAT IS AMAZING. I MEAN, THAT REALLY MAKES ME AND OUR TEAM -- YOU KNOW -- KNOW, BECAUSE IT IS NOT ALL -- THE BEST PART IS, TOO, FOR ME -- TWO-PARKER. ONE, OUR EMPLOYEES AREN'T GETTING INJURED OR IF THEY ARE GETTING INJURED, WE ARE GETTING THEM BACK TO WORK , BECAUSE WE ARE A LIGHT-DUTY EMPLOYER. IF YOU ARE SICK OR HURT, THEY SAY, COME TO LIGHT DUTY, WE WILL FIND A JOB FOR YOU, PUT YOU TO WORK. SHE HAS TRAINED ME WELL ON THIS. DON'T NEED TO SIT AT HOME LISTENING TO THE WORKER COMP ATTORNEYS ON EVERY OTHER FLOOR, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE IT COMES IN. RIGHT? WE WANT THEM BACK TO WORK, THINK WE CAN SCAN IT, SHRED IT, DO ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL THINGS. THIS IS DRIVEN BY OUR SAFETY PROGRMS, AND THAT THE GREAT CLAIMS MANAGEMENT. WHEN I TELL YOU, WE TREAT YOU LIKE FAMILY, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WOULD WANT OUR FRIENDS, WE REALLY DO. WE HAVE ADJUSTERS.WE DO PAY FOR A $0 AND DEDUCTIBLE ON THAT PLAN, BUT LET ME TELL YOU, PEOPLE HAVE OUR ACCOUNT, BECAUSE WE ARE SO STELLAR, AND SUPER, SUPER PROUD OF THAT. THE OTHER PART IS THE PREMIUM SEGMENTS , WHICH IS PHENOMENAL. MAKES ME REALLY, REALLY HAPPY. SO, RISK MANAGEMENT. YOU KNOW, SO, A LOT OF THINGS I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT RISK MANAGEMENT THAT WE DO. YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SLIDE, BUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DID THIS YEAR -- WE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE, THINGS FROM, LIKE, SCHOOL YEARS , HAVING THE TRINKETS IN THE TREASURE BOX. RIGHT? ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I

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RIGHT? OR THE KIDS ARE LIKE, MOM, WHERE IS MY INSURANCE CARD? IN YOUR ENVELOPE IN YOUR CAR, SAME THING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.

IT IS JUST A SIMPLE LITTLE THINGS WE DO SOMETIMES. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO TO GET A GOOD DISCOUNT IS WE ARE A DRUG-FREE EMPLOYER. WE GET A SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNT ON OUR WORKERS COMP PREMIUM FOR HAVING THOSE DRUG TESTINGS, AND WE KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES. WE ARE WATCHING THAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

WE ARE KEEPING OURSELVES ABREAST TO ALL THAT ALL THE TIME, WHICH IS ANOTHER TRAINING FACTOR THAT IS ALWAYS BEING PLAYED WITH AS A LEGISLATURE FOR THE VOTERS.SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOT OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR HAND ON THAT PULSE. THE OTHER THING I 1 TO TELL Y'ALL, I'M REALLY THRILLED, THERE, THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ACTUALLY HAD THE--INVITED ME TO BE ON A PANEL THIS YEAR AT THE STATE CONFERENCE. SO, I WAS THRILLED, AND THAT WAS IN PARTNERSHIP -- YOU KNOW -- I SAT IN THE MIDDLE -- SOME FELLOW PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTIES WITH ME -- YOU KNOW, BUT I HAVE RAG ON ST. JOHNS COUNTY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I THINK WE WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE IT A BEAUTIFUL -- TO WORK -- AS WELL AS LIVE. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT MORE I CAN SAY, BUT I 1 TO PUT THIS UP FOR THE STRATEGIC APPROACH, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WE ARE WORKING HARD, TRYING TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT. THIS IS JUST A REFLECTION OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, INTO THE COUNTY ASSETS. SO, SIDEWALKS, MAKING SURE THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE MAINTAINED. THOSE TRIPS AND FALLS MIGHT TURN INTO LAWSUITS. WE MAY NEVER EVEN KNOW THAT THE PERSON FELL, WE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT LAWSUIT COME FROM MORGAN MORGAN OR FARAH AND FAIR OR WORSE. SO, TO PROTECT US FLORIDA LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR. WEAK BUSINESS. IF NOT, COMING BACK TO Y'ALL FOR MORE. LIMITED AT $200,000, THE MOST 1 CAN REALLY SUE US FOR AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE GOT SOME RETENTIONS BUILT IN. THEY PLAY WITH IT EVERY YEAR, WANT TO BUMP IT TO 1 OR 2 MILLION. IF THEY DO, THAT IS GOING TO BE A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME FOR MY WORLD. THIS IS JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, FOR OUR TEAM, BUT IT SHOWS A GREAT THING , THAT THIS IS OUR ENGAGEMENT THIS IS, LIKE I SAY, IT STARTS WITH A CONVERSATION. IT IS BRINGING IN THAT PERSON. I DON'T LIKE A COLD EMAIL. ANYBODY CAN READ THAT AND TELL, I WANT TO TALK TO THEM. I WANT TO LOOK AT THEM FACE-TO-FACE. WE HAVE THAT ATTITUDE, THAT LET ME GET YOU TO A YES. IT MAY BE A NO SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE, BUT CAN I GET YOU TO A YES SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE? I THINK THAT IS REALLY, REALLY WANT THOSE THINGS -- INAUDIBLE ] THIS IS BASICALLY LOOKING AHEAD. SO, I WRAP IT UP HERE. DON'T WORRY. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT -- INAUDIBLE ] WE'RE DOING THE ERP. WE KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE FABULOUS ONCE WE GET THERE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT RESPONSIVENESS. WE DON'T WANT TO MISS A CALL. YOU CAN SEE, I'M GOING TO ANSWER THAT CALL. MAYBE NOT 2:00 IN THE MORNING LIKE I USED TO DO, BUT WE WERE GOING TO BE THERE AND RESPOND APPROPRIATELY. THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THAT IS REALLY ALL I HAVE. WELL, I HAVE MORE --

>> YES, THAT IS IT. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> THAT IS A LOT TO DIGEST. THAT IS WONDERFUL. SO PROUD OF YOU.

AND THE TEAM. THE PASSION IS PERMEATING THROUGH THE ROOF .

>> THAT IS WHAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON, REALLY HAVING TO WELCOME DESIREE, HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. AS LONG AS SHE WILL LISTEN TO ME, LIKE, I HAVE GOT TO GO. DON'T WORRY, I WILL TEXT YOU LATER. SO, IT IS A GOOD PARTNERSHIP, BUT IT IS THAT

TEAM. >> YOU CAN SEE BY OUR NUMBERS.

RIGHT? >> YEAH. CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS TO BE IN THE HEART OF THIS MOVING FORWARD. THAT HAS TO BE GENUINE TOO. I DON'T LIKE FAKE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE THAT -- MAKE

IT GENUINE. >> GUYS, CONSIDERATION FOR OUR ASK --

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>> OUR BEST ASSET . >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE ,

. >> WE ARE EXCITED. I KEEP SAYING,

>> EVERYBODY SO IMMERSED IN THE ERP. SO AMAZING. WE LOVE THAT.

ALSO, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN '26 ONCE WE GET THAT LAUNCHED, WE CAN START USING OUR TOOLS AND GO OUT AND START INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING THEM PERSONALIZED --

>> YEAH. EDUCATING EMPLOYEES TO WHAT THEY HAVE, ESPECIALLY THEIR BENEFITS, A BIG BENEFIT OF MINE. IF I CAN CLONE SOME OF US AND GET OUT OF THERE. THERE IS RECORDINGS. REMEMBER, WE WERE AT THE UTILITY, HANDS ON DECK, TRYING TO GET THEM TO EDUCATE WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. BUT DON'T REALIZE WHAT THEY HAVE UNTIL

THEY NEED IT. >> YEAH.

>> UNFORTUNATELY. REALLY, TRYING TO PUSH THAT THIS YEAR.

>> I THINK THESE EMPLOYEES FEEL THAT TOO.THEY KNOW, THEY CARE

ABOUT THAT . >> YEAH.

>> CUSTOMIZED THEIR PERSONAL SUPPORT. CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THEM, TUITION PROGRAM, TRAINING PROGRAM , AND I THINK THESE INDIVIDUALIZED -- WHAT IS IT CALLED -- THE SKILL SET

IDENTIFICATION. >> YEAH .

>> IT IS AMAZING. >> SOME PEOPLE -- YOU HARDLY SELF REFLECTIVE. YOU DON'T KNOW, IS THAT MY STRENGTH OR IS THAT MY STRENGTH? HOW DO OTHER PEOPLE PERCEIVE IT? IT IS VERY ENLIGHTENING, THE EXERCISE. IT REALLY IS.

>> I LOVE THAT IDEA FOR THE MONTH -- OF THE MONTH -- WE CAN EVEN DO FRONT PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE TO HAVE A DESIGNATED AREA , JUST ONGOING HIGHLIGHT OF EMPLOYEE OF INSTEAD OF JUST THE HEADLINES THAT TAKE AWAY WANTING TO FOCUS ON THE BAD. LET'S FOCUS ON THE GOOD.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> LIKE TO HAVE A MOMENT OF

SUNSHINE. >> WE HAVE SO MANY EXCELLENT

ONES. >> YOU ALSO HAVE EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK.

>> THANK YOU.

[Agricultural Extension Services]

>>> A BRIEF INTRODUCTION. SHE'S OUR OFFICE MANAGER.

>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

WE'LL KEEP IT BRIEF. WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES WE WANT TO MAKES SURE WE PROVIDE.

THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IS TO SERVE CLIENTELE.

OUR MISSION AT ST. JOHNS SERVED ST. JOHNS COUNTY SINCE.

AND WE USE THAT FOR ABOUT QUALITY RELEVANT EDUCATION AND RESEARCH-BASED EXPERTISE. OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

WE STAY AHEAD, WE ANTICIPATE CHALLENGES ASK FIND SOLUTIONS.

THE VALUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. IT'S CLOSELY FOR THE FLORIDA EXTENSION SERVICE. WE'RE DICATED TO PROVIDING CITIZENS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY WITH RELEVANT INFORMATION BASED OPT THEIR NEEDS. WE SUPPORT THE POPULATION. WE COVER A VARIETY OF SUBJECT AREAS FROM COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION TO HOMEOWNERS TO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND WELL BEING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES.

WE FOCUS ON ADAPTABLE AND A TIMELY SOLUTION.

WE WANT TO HELP OUR CLIENTELE IN A TIMELY MANNER. AND A VISIONARY, WE SUPPORT FACULTY, STAFF, AND PEOPLE WE SERVE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. NOT JUST AN EXTENSION AGENT, OUR STAFF, OUR VOLUNTEERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.

SO THEY CAN MAKE BETTER FINANCIAL DECISIONS TO HELP IMPROVE AND INCREASE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN WHATEVER THINGS YOU'RE DOING.

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, WE WANT TO DEDICATE THAT WE ONLY WANT TO EXTEND WHAT WE EXTEND.

WE DON'T WANT TO ASK IT.

WE WANT TO SERVE WITH RESPECT AND HONESTY. WE'RE HUMBLE IN THE FACT THAT OUR GROWERS, WE WANT TO DO THAT. WE TAKE THAT KNOWLEDGE AND HELP THEM COME UP WITH THOSE OPERATIONS.

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THERE'S A COUPLE WE CAN TRUST ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.

AGRICULTURE IS OUR SECOND LARGEST INDUSTRY.

. WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE THOSE EVERYDAY ANSWERS.

WHEN SOMEONE CALLS TO ASK US A QUESTION, WE WANT TO RESPOND TO THEM.

WE'LL LOOK AT COMMUNITY WELL BEING.

IT MAYBE A HOMEOWNER AND WE WANT TO HELP THEM IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. LOOKING AT THE DATA, SOME OF THE POINTS I WANT TO POINT OUT, WE LOOK AT OUR GRANTS.

WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GRANTS THIS LAST YEAR.

I DON'T THINK AREAS REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT.

AND ENCOURAGE VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION IN THAT KIND OF STUFF AND BRING THE COUNTY THAT IS INTERESTED IN THAT TYPE OF THING TO HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE.

WHICH IS BASICALLY THE EQUIVALENT OF 7.2 FULL- TIME EMPLOYEES FROM LAST YEAR. WE ADOPT OUR EDUCATIONAL PIECES.

WE REACHED OUT TO CLIENTELE. WE HAD EDUCATION, BUT WE ALSO POPULATE THOSE.

2025 IS KNOWS IT'S THOT IN OUR OFFICE ANYMORE.

WE WENT TO 221, WHICH WAS ABOUT 135. SO WE HAD A TREMENDOUS UPTICK.

PUBLIC SPEAKING, WE HAD A LOT OF OUR IMPROVEMENT THAT IS GROWING AND LEARNING IN THEIR OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT'S A PROJECTPROJECT WE BRING IN EGGS AND PARTICIPANTS IN THOSE SCHOOL CANS SEE THE ENTIRE PROCESS FROM EVERY STAGE.

AND THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, WE HAVE PARTICIPANTS TAKE THE EXAMS AND ASK IF YOU WANT÷÷WANT SPRAY OR PUT A FERTILIZER DOWN ON SOMEONE'S YARD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTIFICATION.

OUR BUDGET REQUESTS, WHAT WE REQUEST IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. THE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE DIFFERENT WOULD BE BASED ON OUR EQUIVALENT.

WE HAVE A FEW COMPLEX AT OUR FACILITY.

WE USE THAT BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE PROPERTY. IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE TRAILER, SAME RECOGNITION IN THOSE POSITIONS. WE USE THAT TO REMOVE MATERIAL THROUGH THE PROPERTY. OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S A VERY SIMILAR REQUEST FROM LAST YEAR.

WITH THAT, I WILL WRAP IT UP.

>> ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

BRAD, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ASK?

>> NOT REALLY. HE DOES A LOT WITH THE GRANT MONEY THAT HE GETS. HE'S VERY RESPONSIVE. I KNOW A LOT GETS DONE. I JUST APPRECIATE HIS WORK.

>> ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP, WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HELP.

>> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

ARE YOU ALSO PRESENTING THE HASTINGS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT OR IS THAT GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY SOMEBODY ELSE?

>> I WOULDN'T HAVE ANYBODY FOR THAT. THE REQUEST IS THE SAME AMOUNT AS IT'S BEEN THE LAST TEN YEARS.

>> HE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER DOCTOR.

>> OKAY.

>> DID YOU FIND A NEW AGENT FOR

COMMERCIAL? >> WE HIRED SOMEONE.

WE ARE EXPECTING THAT TO BE IN CONTACT ON WHATSAPP.

THEY SHOULD BE SHIPPING SOON. THEY GOT THEIR VISAS APPROVED.

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WE INTERVIEWED IN JANUARY. EXTENDED A POSITION, BUT IT'S A MATTER OF GETTING THE PAPERWORK TAKEN CARE OF SO WE HAVE EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY.

>> READY TO GO. >> EXCELLENT.

>> ANYTHING TO ADD? >> DID A GOOD JOB.

>> THANK YOU, GUYS.

[Veterans Services]

>> I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE VETERAN SERVICES OFFICES. THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME HERE TODAY.

I HOPE I DON'T BORE YOU I PROMISE THAT WHEN I DID ST.

JOHNS THAT I WOULD DO ABOUT 30 MINUTES, AND I I APOLOGIZE TO SHAWN AND EVERYBODY BECAUSE I WENT A LITTLE TOO LONG. I'LL TRY NOT TO DO THAT TODAY.

I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO APRIL MANNER.

SHE'S MY ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR.

I THINK SHE DID A GREAT JOB.

WHAT I WANT TO DO IS TALK TO YOU.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET REQUEST HISTORY.

ACTUALLY IN 2024, 2025, I THINK REJECTED.

I HIGHLIGHTED A FEW OF THOSE AREAS THERE, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE OTHER AREAS THAT I HIGHLIGHTED ON THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT WE HAVE MADE IN OUR BUDGET 2026 COMING UP.

WE'RE NOT -- WE'RE A SMALL MENTIONED THAT WE WERE BACK ON THE RADAR SCREEN. BUT YOU'LL SEE AT THE END, THIS DOES A LOT OF GOOD FOR VETERANS. ON MY LAST SLIDE HERE.

CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? BASICALLY, I'M NOT ASKING FOR MUCH. AS YOU CAN SEE, AS I'M ASKING FOR ABOUT $150 MORE BECAUSE OUR NEW CONTRACT, THAT'S A REASON FOR ASKING FOR THAT. THE COMMUNICATIONS, WE'RE GOING DOWN ON COMMUNICATIONS. REDUCING IT TO 350.

SO WHEN I ASK YOU FOR ANY ON THAT, WE'RE REDUCING THAT LINE ITEM THERE. OUR OPERATING SUPPLIES WE'RE ASKING FOR A DECREASE ALSO.

WE'RE CUTTING BACK. IT'S BECAUSE OF FURNITURE THIS LAST SERVICE OFFICER THAT I DID HIRE. WE HAD TO HAVE FURNITURE FOR THAT.

TRAINING, THAT WOULD BE TRAINING FOR FIVE SERVICE OFFICER, INCLUDING MYSELF, FOR RECERTIFICATION TRAINING.

AND AS IF YOU DON'T KNOW, MY SERVICE OFFICERS HAVE TO BE CERTIFIE EVERY YEAR BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. THIS IS A MUST. THEY HAVE TO BE TRAINED. THEY MUST TEST.

THEY MUST PASS THE TEST TO MAINTAIN THEIR CERTIFICATION. I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE JUST COME BACK FROM TRAINING AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ALL OF THEM BECAUSE ALL DID PASS THE CERTIFICATION THIS YEAR. I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT. DOWN HERE, WE WENT FOR A DECREASE IN POST.

WE DO SEND STUFF TO VETERANS THAT WE'LL MAIL TO THEM. VERY SELDOM DO WE DO THAT. WE HAD A VETERAN COME IN THE OTHER DAY. HE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF MONEY WE WENT AHEAD AND SENT THE CPAP MACHINE BACK IN TO WHERE HE FROM THE VA.

THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT WE'RE SENDING OUT THERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT 23 AND 24, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBERS. IT LOOKS LIKE 23 AND 24 WE DECREASED 27% LOSING TWO SERVICE OFFICERS IN OCTOBER OF THAT.

AND 2025, WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF VETERANS. WE DO SIX APPOINTMENTS A DAY. EVERY UB WP IN THAT OFFICE DOES

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THE ONLY TIME WE USE FOR A NEW PERSON.

WE JUST WANT TO GET OUR PEOPLE IN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND TAKE CARE OF THEM.

IF THEY HAVE A DEADLINE, AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE ON THAT IT DEADLINE, BUT WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO SO WE DON'T MISS THE DEADLINE.

BUT GOING TO THIS SLIDE, I'LL BRIEFLY SAY THAT IN AUGUST OF 2023, I LOST TRAVIS. SHE WENT TO WORK FOR AN ATTORNEY. THEN I TRAVIS. HE'S MAKING A LITTLE MORE THAN WE MAKE HERE.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. AND IN JANUARY OF 2024, I HIRED SHAW NA AND ANDY. AGAIN, I HIRED THEM, BUT I HAD TO WAIT THREE MONTHS BEFORE I COULD GET THEM IN TO SCHOOL TO GET TRAINED. SO THEY CAN'T TAKE A CLAIM.

THEY ARE GOING TO SIT WITH US AND TRAIN WITH US, ME AND MYSELF, FOR ONE OF MY SERVICE OFFICERS FOR THAT TIMEFRAME.

AND THEN IN AUGUST OF '24, ANDY WENT ON AND MOVED ON.

AND I THINK SOMETIMES THAT WHEN THEY TAKE THE JOB, WHEN I'M INTERVIEWING FOR THE JOB, THEY ARE NOT SURE.

I DON'T THINK THAT THEY -- IT'S NOT A CAKE WALK, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING IT IS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT. THERE'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK.

AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH A VETERAN OR A WIDOW OR A DEPENDENT CHILD OF A VETERAN.

IT JUST TAKES THAT SPECIAL PERSON TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE LOST HIM.

WE LOST HIM IN THAT TEN- MONTH PERIOD THERE.

THEN I HIRED JONATHAN. BUT I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL DECEMBER TO GET HIM IN CLASS.

SO IN 2024, I WAS DOWN TWO VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS FOR FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS.

IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR OFFICE. AND IN 2025, DOWN ONE VSO FOR FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS. THAT'S THE DECREASE THERE. I THINK WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB MOVING FORWARD.

WHEN I LOST ANGIE, I LOST TRAVIS AND I LOST MY OFFICE SPECIALIST BECAUSE OF HER HUSBAND HAVING A MEDICAL CONDITION. THERE WAS TWO OF US IN THERE.

WE MADE IT HAPPEN. AND THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE VETERAN SERVICE ORGANIZATION, THEY KNEW THAT BECAUSE I BRIEFED THAT. AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT.

THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US DURING THAT TIMEFRAME THERE. THOSE NUMBERS ARE HUGE.

THEY ARE HUGE FOR US. I DO NOT HAVE THAT YET.

I'M WAITING ON THE VA. NORMALLY THOSE NUMBERS I THINK I REPORTED ABOUT JUNE TIMEFRAME. I SHOULD GET THE NUMBERS.

I ONLY USE THOSE NUMBER THERE IS. I DON'T USE ANY OTHER NUMBER.

THAT IS KBEN KPEN SAGS AND CLAIMS THAT WE TAKE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, I DIDN'T SKPPT THAT JUMP.

IN 2023, WIT WENT TO 237. I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.

I DIDN'T KNOW. THAT'S $39 MILLION MORE. I WAS JUST THRILLED WITH THAT.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS THIS YEAR.

I'M HOPING THEY ARE GOING TO BE UP THERE, BUT IT DOES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. THIS MONEY HERE GOING TO THESE VETERANS, TO THE WIDOWS, THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, GETTING THEIR VETERANS IN THE HEALTH CARE ALSO IS HUGE.

WITH OUR VETERANS. LIKE I SAY, WE ARE SMALL.

I THINK WE DO. I HAVE A GOOD TEAM THERE.

THEY WORK HARD. IT SHOWS THAT THEY WORK HARD HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. I THINK WE'RE OKAY WITH WHAT WE HAVE. AND MOVING FORWARD, WE DON'T ASK FOR A LOT, BUT WE USE THAT.

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TIGHT. I TELL THEM I AM.

BUT I'M ONLY GOING TO SPEND IT WHERE I NEED TO SPEND IT.

IS AND THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

IT SHOULD BE SPENT THAT WAY.

>> WHEN WE HAD MIS, I MENTIONED THAT WILEY PROBABLY WAS ONE OF THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE PERSON AND YOU ARE THE OTHER ONE. I STARTED WITH MAC.

AND WE WORRY ABOUT OFFICE SUPPLIES. WE WORRY ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS, AND WE'RE STILL DOING THE SAME THING TODAY.

20 YEARS LATER.

>> YOU'RE STILL THE SAME.

>> STILL SUPPLIES.

[02:15:05]

>> NOTHING HAS CHANGED THAT MUCH. BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN GOOD. THE COUNTY HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOOD. I SAID IT THE OTHER NIGHT. I LOVE WORKING HERE.

I ALWAYS HAVE. IT'S EASY TO WORK HERE. ESPECIALLY IF YOU WORK IN THE VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS YOUR VETERANS, INCLUDING THE STAFF.

THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTED. THAT'S WHY. I LOVE COMING HERE.

IT HAS ITS DAYS. IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.

VETERANS DO HAVE PROBLEMS. AND MY JOB IS TO HELP THEM, NOT TO JUDGE THEM. I WOULD LIKE TO SHAKE THEM SOMETIMES, BUT I CAN'T LET THAT COME OUT.

BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK HERE.

YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. YOU STARTED OFF AND COME A LONG WAYS. I'M HAPPY FOR YOU.

>> I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE WORKED WITH YOU. AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.

>> IS THAT YOUR TRAINING?

>> I THINK BECAUSE WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO.

[Facilities Management]

>> MANY I GUESS IT'S STILL MORNING. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME PRESENT THE BUDGET. AND WE'RE THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES.

>> WE'RE GOINGED TO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF FY 25 HIGHLIGHTS.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT PRESERVATION HIGHLIGHT, ENERGY MANAGEMENT, AND THEN JUSTIN WILL DO THE DEEP DIVE INTO THE FY '26 BUDGET CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. A LITTLE SUMMARY AND THEN QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, OR WE'LL JUMP INTO IT. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR AN OVERALL DECREASE OF 2% IN OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET. NO NEW POSITIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED. NO NEW VEHICLES.

ACCORDING TO THE METHODOLOGY BY FLEET MANAGEMENT, WE ARE DUE FOR TWO REPLACEMENT VEHICLES THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO LISA AND LET YOU TELL YOU ABOUT WHO WE ARE.

>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. SO WHAT IS FACILITIES MANAGEMENT? YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DEFINITION UP THERE. BASICALLY, WE FIX THINGS. WE FIX BUILDINGS. WE MAKE SURE THAT BUILDINGS ARE COMFORTABLE AND SAFE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, FOR RESIDENTS, FOR ANYBODY THAT'S VISITING.

BUT ALSO VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT WE ARE BUILDING VALUE IS INTO OUR ASSETS. AND I DO HAVE TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT WE WORK WITH. WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL TEAM.

IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE EFFORTS THAT ALL THE EMPLOYEES DO THROUGHOUT OUR THREE DIVISIONS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A PHENOMENAL BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR FY '26. SO I HAVE TO FORMALLY THANK THEM. WE TAKE CARE OF OVER 400 BUILDINGS AND OVER 8 ,200 ASSETS COUNTY WIDE. IT'S MADE UP INTO THREE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS. IT'S FACILITIES MAINTENANCE.

THAT HAS THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF TRADES WORKERS. IT'S YOUR HVAC, YOUR ELECTRICAL, YOUR CARPENTRY, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. ALSO IN FACILITIES MAINTENANCE ARE OUR PROPERTY MANAGERS, OUR PROJECT MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT LARGE PROJECTS, CIP PROJECTS MANAGING THOSE PROJECTS, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DOING CONTRACT AMENDMENTS AND CHANGE ORDERS

[02:20:01]

THE SECOND DIVISION THAT WE HAVE IS BUILDING OPERATIONS.

THAT'S REALLY PRIMARILY DEALING WITH THE JUDICIAL CANDIDATES AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.

IT'S ALL THE SERVICE SERVICES. IT'S COURTHOUSES, IT'S THE ANNEXES, IT'S THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, THINGS LIKE THAT. ALSO THE BUILDING OPERATIONS THAT THEY HAVE THE CENTRAL RECEIVING.

THEY DO ALL THE MAIL ROOM OPERATIONS FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE COUNTY. LASTLY BUT NOT LEASTLY, THEY ALSO DO THE SERVICES PROGRAMS FOR BUILDINGS. SO LASTLY, THE COMPLEX, THEY HANDLE EVERYTHING. IT'S THE JAILS, THE TRAINING CENTER ISES, THEIR OFFICE BUILDINGS, EVERYTHING THERE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SUPPORTS THE COUNTY 24/7, SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON CALL, OVERTIME, AND IT'S JUST A GREAT GROUP OF HARD WORKING PEOPLE THAT DO A LOT. SO WHY WE ARE SO SUCCESSFUL, JUST TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF FY '25, IT'S BECAUSE WE STARTED DING RESILIENCIES, SUSTAINABILITY AND INTO OUR TOWN BUDGETS. LARGE PROJECTS THAT WE COMPLETED, THE LIVE, THE NATURE WALK CENTER, ALL OF THAT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITHOUT THE HARD WORK THAT THAT WE HAVE DONE WITH ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO CONTRACTS, IT'S GIVING TOGETHER WITH LAND MANAGEMENT AND EVERYTHING. SO BEING PROACTIVE, WE REALLY WANT TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE AND SECURE FUTURE. SO THIS PAST YEAR, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH BUILDING ACCESS AND SECURITY. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A VERY EFFICIENT ID BADGE PROCESS WE HAVE UPGRADED OUR CAMERA TECHNOLOGY.

WE ADDRESSED MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ISSUES WITH GATES OUR BACK READERS. AND OUR CAMERA SYSTEMS. WE HAVE STANDARDIZED TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT OPERATIONS AND CONTROL US. LIFE IS VERY, VERY CHALLENGING BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND WE LIKE TO CALL UNFORESEEN COSTS OF OPPORTUNITIES. WE DO HAVE A REALLY GOOD TOOLTOOL KIT TO GET THROUGH EVERYTHING.

IT'S PARTNERSHIP, IT'S COLLABORATION, IT'S COMMUNICATION, AND IT'S REALLY I HAVE TO SAY IT'S THE USE OF PRESERVATION FUNDING, WHICH WE IMPLEMENTED IN THE FY '25 BUDGET, AND WHICH DAN AND JUSTIN ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.

ALSO THIS PAST YEAR, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE INCORPORATED TECHNOLOGY, AND THAT'S GREATLY INCREASED OUR RESILIENCE TO MANAGE.

SO DAN IS GOING TO GET INTO A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE BUILDING SYSTEM AND THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT.

THE BIGGEST THING, THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHTS WE HAVE SEEN IN FY '25 BUDGET WAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRESERVATION FUNDING.

AND I CAN'T STRESS HOW WONDERFUL THAT HAS BEEN BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY GIVES EVERYBODY A LOT OF TRANSPARENCY INTO WHAT WE'RE SPENDING WITH PROJECTS, BUT IT ALSO INCREASES OUR FLEXIBILITY.

SO THERE'S A BIG ISSUE, WE COULD PIVOT TO ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS MUCH QUICKER. FOCUSING ON OUR LONG-TERM NEEDS, WE REALLY END UP CONTINUES TRAITING ON DATA- DRIVEN SOLUTIONS. WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH HR, PURCHASING, CONSTRUCTION PURCHASES, WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM TO GET THE PROCESSES. SOS A COUPLE EXAMPLES IS THE BADGE I.D. PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT NEW HIRES AND VENDORS GET THEIR BADGES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FM SECURITY ACCESS TO THAT, BUT HR IS HELPING US OUT WITH TAKING PICTURES. SO THAT WHEN THEY GO FOR ON BOARDING AND HR THEY GET THEIR PICTURE AND THEY ARE READY TO GO.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT A COUPLE DAYS.

THEY HAVE ACCESS. WE HAVE WORKED WITH PURCHASING TO BE REALLY CREATIVE WITH DIFFERENT TO COME UP WITH CONTRACTS THAT ARE EITHER SINGLE SOURCE OR PIGGY BACKING SO

[02:25:02]

NEXT YEAR WITH THE CONSOLIDATION OF TRADES.

GETTING THE TRADE WORKERS OVER TO THE FM BUILDING ON DOBBS ROAD SO THAT WHENEVER THERE'S WORK ORDERS, WE CAN ASSIGN THEM. SO THAT'S PROVED TO BE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS BECAUSE THEY GET OUT QUICKER. WE HAVE ALSO IMPLEMTED SOME WAREHOUSING FOR SUPPLIES, AND THAT'S CUT DOWN ON TRAVEL TIME. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, BEFORE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO HOME DEPOT. NOW IT'S BEING ABLE TO FORECAST THE ITEMS THAT YOU NEED FOR THE DIFFERENT WORK ORDERS.

IT'S ALL ASSEMBLED AND COMPILED TO TAKE IT OUT IN THE TRUCK.

THEY STOCK THEIR TRUCKS WITH IT AND CUTS DOWN ON TRAVEL TIME SO THEN THEY CAN END UP GOING OUT AND FIXING THE PROBLEM.

THAT'S BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL.

IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK AND IT'S A LOT OF COMMITMENT.

WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION, A LOT OF PLANNING TO BE ABLE TOTO A BUDGET FOR FY '26. AND WE JUST LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING WITH EVERYBODY IN THE FUTURE.

>> IF YOU ELABORATE ON THE TRADES, BEFORE IN THESE DIVISIONS, WE HAD CERTAIN TRADES, SKILL TRADES.

ELECTRICIANS, HVAC, PLUMBERS. THERE WASN'T ANYTHING FOR THEM TO DO IN THE SMALLER DIVISIONS LIKE HERE OR OVER AT THE SHERIFFS, EVEN THOUGH THE SHERIFF HAS A COMPLEX, IT WASN'T ANYTHING TO DO.

WHAT WERE THEY DOING? AND SO BY BRINGING THEM INTO OVER OFF DOBBS ROAD, WE'RE ABLE TO SEND THEM OUT COUNTY WIDE. SO NOW ANY TIME THOSE TRADES, HVAC, PLUMBING, AT THOSE OTHER DIVISIONS, WE SEND THOSE FOLKS OUT OF DOBBS TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.

SO WHAT WE REALLY WANT THESE TWO DIVISIONS BOTH HERE AND AT THE SHERIFF MAINTENANCE, GENERAL MAINTENANCE.

IF IT'S A SKILL TRADE, WE'LL DISPERSE THEM OUT OF DOBBS ROAD OVER THERE FOR THAT. SO WHAT WE HAVE FOUND --

>> DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPACE?

>> WE DO, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THEY ARE NOT THERE LONG.

>> OKAY. ABSOLUTELY.

>> IF I COULD ADD ONE THING, I COMPLETELY FORGOT. THE WHOLE THING IS WE'RE REALLY GOOD PUBLIC STEWARDS. THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO TOEX ON THE LAST YEAR AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN FY '26.

WE ARE GOOD PUBLIC STEWARDS OF EVERYBODY'S TAX DOLLARS. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS BASICALLY IT ALIGNS WITH THE CONCEPTS AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN. IT'S THE PRIORITIES. AND EVERYTHING.

SO IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GOOD ECONOMIC STEWARDS.

IT'S THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS WITHIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND FIXING IT AND EVERYTHING. THAT BUILDS A LOT OF COMMUNITY FOR US. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HELP WITH THAT AND BECOME A PART OF THAT AS WELL.

>> THAT'S A GREAT ADDITION.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU TIE YOUR OPERATION TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY OUR RESIDENTS AND YOU HAVE FULL CIRCLE.

>> IT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE OPERATE ON THE SAME PAGE.

>> SO THIS WAS THIS USED TO BE CALLED THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

SO WE DIDDID DO AWAYAWAY THAT PROGRAM. WE JUST BUILT UPON IT. IT WAS A GREAT FOUNDATION. BUT WE DID FIND THAT THERE WERE AREAS WHERE WE COULD MAKE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS.

AND SO WHAT IS PRESERVATION PROJECTS? SO THOSE ARE ASSETS IN BUILT ENVIRONMENTS. SO AS LEE IS IS A MENTIONED, WE HAVE OVER 400 STRUCTURES. SO THAT'S A LOT OF ASSETS.

AND THIS IS REPLACEMENT OF ASSETS, A ROOF, HVAC EQUIPMENT, PAINTING, FLOORING REPLACEMENT, THOSE ARE CONSIDERED ASSETS. THIS PROGRAM IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THOSE ASSETS.

[02:30:02]

SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL. THIS IS THE THE FIRST YEAR OF IT. BUT AGAIN, IT IS BUILT ENVIRONMENTS, AND IT IS STRICTLY REPLACEMENT OF ASSETS THAT HAVE HIT THE END OF THEIR LIFE CYCLE. SO THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE.

THIS AREA ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE WAS ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING.

IT NEEDS THE AIR FLOW TO THE AUDITORIUM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE DURING A BOARD MEETING. AND WE WERE NOTIFIED. SO ON THE LEFT- HAND SIDE IT IS AA DIRECT DRIVE MOTOR AND THAT SHAFT, THAT SHAFT SPINS A BIG SQUIRREL CAGE, PUSHES AIR OUT INTO THE AREA.

THE SQUIRREL CAGE JUST DISINTEGRATED.

IT HIT ITS END OF LIFE AND WAS GOING AWAY. SO WE DID AND WE WERE ABLE TO, OBVIOUSLY, MAKE IT THROUGH THE BOARD MEETING. SO WITH THE HELP OF, AS LISA OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, JENNIFER INTRODUCED ME TO THE OWNER OF CUPAC. AND SO WE HAD THIS INSTANT CONNECTION. I JUST LOVE THIS KIND OF STUFF BECAUSE SELFISHLY, IT MAKES MY LIFE SO MUCH EASIER WITH THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. SO WITH THE HELP OF PROCUREMENTS, WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN DIRECT PRIMTY AND NOW THEY ARE A SINGLE SOURCE VENDOR.

SO WE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT SELLS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WE ARE THE ONLY COUNTY GOVERNMENT THAT PURCHASES THAT. SO WE WERE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THEM.

THIS WAS BASICALLY A TWO-WEEK TURN AROUND.

SO AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT HAS A LONG LEAD TIME. SO INSTEAD OF THIS SINGLE DIRECT DRIVE UNIT ON THE LEFT, WE NOW HAVE FOUR MOTORSEN OPT THE RIGHT. SO IF ANY ONE OF THESE MOTORS GOES OUT, THE OTHER THREE RAMP UP TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT.

SO THE END USER NEVER KNOWS. SO WE HAVE THE MAIN MOTOR AND WE HAVE THREE REDUNDANT MOTORS. SO THIS GOES OUT. WE GET A NOTIFICATION AUTOMATICALLY.

YOU SEE THAT TO DO THE SWITCH. AT LEAST TWO MOTORS.

ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM COULD CHANGE THAT OUT. WE UNPLUG IT, PLUG THE NEW ONE, BOLT IT UP, 20 MINUTES, WE'RE IN AND OUT. NO ONE KNOWS WE'RE EVER THERE.

SO IT IS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE FOLKS.

WE NOW HAVE REPLACING FOUR UNITS OVER AT THE JAIL.

THIS IS BIG FOR US. AND THIS IS PART OF THE PRESERVATION PROGRAM.

THIS IS WHAT IT IS INTENDED TO DO.

>> IT WAS A VERY GOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

IT'S LOCAL BUSINESS THAT ACTUALLY DOES THIS KIND OF STUFF. I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO CONNECT IT AND SUPPORT THEM.

>> ACTUALLY, I MET WITH MATT THE OTHER DAY.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR 40 ACRES. I DID PUT HIM IN TOUCH WITH SARAH.

>> SO THIS IS MORE DIG NA TOIR AS FAR AS THE PRESERVATION PROJECT. SO SOME OF YOU MAY

[02:35:05]

SO THAT IS THE SHERIFFS ADMIN BUILDING.

THAT IS MIS. THAT IS THE ELECTION. SO THAT'S ONE CONTINUOUS BUILDING. SO WE DID AN INFRARED MOISTURE SCAN OF ALL EIGHT SECTIONS OF THAT BUILDING. SO IT CAME BACK SECTIONS ONE, SECTION SIX HAVE MOISTURE INTRUSION. AND THE TOP TWO IN THE CENTER, YOU SEE THE RED.

THAT IS MOISTURE. SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S LESS THAN 1%, IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE OVER TIME.

IT MADE A MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR US TO ADDRESS IT NOW. SO THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS ACTUALLY THE NEW ROOF. SO WE WERE ABLE TO CUT OUT THAT 1%, PUT A TOP BOARD OVER THIS, AND THEN THIS IS CALLED A MOT BIT.

SO THIS ROOF COMES WITH A 20-YEAR WARRANTY. BEFORE THE END OF THE 20 YEARS, WE ARE ABLE TO RECOAT THIS ROOF FOR AN ADDITIONAL 20 YEARS. SO IN ESSENCE, WE ARE ABLE TO BY DOING THESE MOISTURE TESTS, WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT.

SO WE HAVE A ROOF THAT'S ALMOST POTENTIALLY A 40- YEAR WARRANTY.

ROOF NUMBER 6 IS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR TO ADDRESS AS WELL.

SO ONCE WE START DOING SOME WOK OVER AT THIS COMPLEX TO KIND OF REDISTRIBUTE THE DEPARTMENTS IN THERE, THE ROOF SECTION IS NOT ANYTHING WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT. SO THAT TAKES US INTO THE TECHNOLOGY THAT LISA MENTIONED EARLIER.

SO THIS IS SOUR BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM.

SO THIS IS CALLED AUTOMATTED LOGIC.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL MECHANICAL SYSTEM FOR THISMENT ROOM RIGHT HERE. SO WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS REMOTELY MONITOR THESE BUILDINGS, THE INDIVIDUAL AREAS OF THE BUILDING, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. AS LONG AS WE HAVE INTERNET CONNECTION, WE CAN MONITOR ANYWHERE. WE TYPICALLY CENTRALIZE THIS OVER AT DOBBS ROAD, SO NOT EVERYBODY PLAYS AROUND WITH IT. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE CAN MODULATE THE TEMPERATURE.

WE ACTUALLY LOWERED THE TEMPERATURE IN THIS ROOM BY 2 DEGREES BECAUSE THE OCCUPANCY LEVEL FOR THESE MEETINGS. WE WERE ABLE TO TELL AIR FLOW.

WE ARE ABLE TO MONITOR THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY.

WE CAN SEE IF FOR SOME REASON THE TEMPERATURE WENT OUT OF WHACK, WHEN DID IT GO OUT, AND WAS THERE AN EVENT, DID WE LOSE POWER? EVERY MORNING, THE TECHNICIANS GO IN THERE AND CHECK THE AREAS UNDER THEIR PER VIEW, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO MONITOR. WHAT THIS DOES IS INCREASES EFFICIENCY.

THEY ARE ABLE TO TELL IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM BEFORE THE DAY EVER STARTS. TYPICALLY, WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS RIGHT OFF OF HERE. A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN FIX THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN AND FORCE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ON AND OFF, PUT IT IN WHAT WE CALL HAND MODE, AND IT TAKES IT A AWAY FROM AUTOMATION.

SO WHAT THAT DOES IS IT TRIAGES IT.

YOU GUYS WOULD NEVER KNOW THERE'S AN ISSUE, AND IT BUYS US TIME TO GO IN AND FIX IT.

SO AGAIN, ANOTHER WAY OF INCORPORATING TECHNOLOGY, INCREASING EFFICIENCY, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, REDUCING COST.

FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY, FACILITIES IS A COST CENTER.

WE DON'T GENERATE REVENUE. WE'RE A COST CENTER.

OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR THE LOWEST COST POSSIBLE. AND THIS IS THE WAY WE DO IT.

STUFF JUST LIKE THIS. >> WHAT WAS THE TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE FOR THIS?

>> SO IT WAS A SYSTEM CALLED ALLERTON.

IT'S SOMEWHAT OBSOLETE NOW. AND THE OTHER POINT OF THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE ARE TRYING TO STANDARDIZE.

SO WE HAVE CERTAIN TECHNICIANS THAT WANT THE TO USE ALC. THE OTHER TECHNICIANS DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE ALLERTON.

. WE ARE PHASING IT OUT.

IT'S NOW THE BUILDING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE BUILDING AND DESIGN STANDARDS COUNTY WIDE

[02:40:03]

>> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST

PUT IN PLACE. >> ABSOLUTELY.

SO THAT PUSHES US TO THIS. AND I KNOW THIS IS YOUR FEAR,S ESPECIALLY EVERYBODY IN THIS BUILDING. YOU REMEMBER BACK IN 2024, THE BOARD APPROVED THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM. WE PICKED ADMINISTRATIONEN ON PURPOSE.

IF IT DOESN'T WORK HERE, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK ANYWHERE.

BECAUSE PART OF IT IS IT IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR.

IT'S EASY FOR US TO JUST MANIPULATE THE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY WISE. IT'S A LEARNED BEHAVIOR.

IF IT DOESN'T WORK HERE WITH LEADERSHIP, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK ANYWHERE.

>> I SENT A LOT OF TEXT MESSAGES. CAN YOU TELL DAN THIS. I SAID, NO, YOU.

>> THAT'S PROBABLY IT. SO JUST KNOW, HEY, IT'S A PROMISE.

IT'S A POLICY.

>> GO GET A TANK TOP AND A SWEATER AND BE READY FOR ANYTHING.

>> SO AGAIN, A PILOT PROGRAM, I THINK THIS IS REALLY FOR FISCAL YEAR '25 FOR US TO GO, THIS HAS MERIT. OR IT DOESN'T.

AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN WE TREND 24 AND 25, IF YOU REMEMBER JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WERE REALLY UNUSUALLY COLD.

WE TYPICALLY THINK OF FLORIDA AS JUST A SEA.

BUT IT WAS REALLY COLD FOR THAT SNAP OF TIME.

WE DID RUN THE HEAT AFTER MANY PHONE CALLS.

WE DID RUN THE HEAT .

>> I NEVER SAY I'M COLD.

>> SO WE DID EVEN SHOW THAT, BUT BY USING ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND BUILDING AUTOMATION, WE WERE ABLE TO CHANGE SET POINTS.

WE WERE ABLE TO CHANGE SCHEDULING. IF YOU NOTICE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, OR UNDER THE 72, IT SAYS OCCUPIED UNTIL 6:30 P.M.

SO AT 6:30, THIS BUILDING GOES INTO UNOCCUPIED MODE.

THAT MEANS THAT SET POINT THEN GOES UP TO 80 DEGREES.

THAT WAY THIS LARGE EQUIPMENT IS NOT COMING ON, AND WE HAVE REDUNDANT SYSTEMS. SO WE HAVE TWO VERY, VERY LARGE CHILLERS OUT BACK. THOSE GO OFF.

THEN WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED DX UNITS THAT COME ON THAT JUST COOL HIS ROOM. THAT'S THE ONLY ROOM.

PRIOR TO THIS, WE WERE COOLING THE WHOLE BUILDING FOR ONE ROOM 24/7.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS HAS BEEN ABLE TO ALLOW US TO DO IS TO CHANGE SCHEDULES, CHANGE OCCUPANCY LOADS, CHANGE TEMPERATURES, AND YOU CAN SEE WE ARE, OBVIOUSLY, TRENDING IN THE RIGHT÷÷RIGHT AS FAR AS ENERGY SAVINGS. AND I SHOULD QUANTIFY THAT.

MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE OF A COST AVOIDANCE INSTEAD OF A COST SAVINGS. IT'S MORE OF A COST AVOIDANCE.

ONE LAST THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT.

WE ARE USING AN ENERGY CAP SOFTWARE.

IT'S A SCENARIO- BASED SOFTWARE.

SO IN ADDITION TO WATCHING TRENDS, WE MAKE AB ADJUSTMENT, WE GET THE TRENDS. WE GET THAT IMMEDIATE REACTION, GOOD OR BAD, BUT THROUGH ENERGY CAP, WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO PUT IN WEATHER SCENARIOS. IF WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE 95 DEGREES COMING UP NEXT WEEK, WE'RE ABLE TO ENTER THAT INTO ENERGY CAP.

WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO GO, HEY, IF WE RAISE THIS TO 75 DEGREES, WHAT IS OUR KILOWATT HOUR SAVINGS, AND WHAT IS THAT AS FAR AS DOLLAR SIGNS? I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 75, BUT WE HAVE THAT ABILITY. WE CAN DO THAT THE OTHER WAY AS WELL. SO IT'S PREDICTIVE. IT'S NOT, HEY, LET'S GO DO IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

IT'S PREDICTIVE. WE CAN DO IT.

WE CAN SIMULATE IT. AND IF IT DOESN'T SIMULATE IN A

[02:45:02]

SO ENOUGH ON MY SPIEL. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JUSTIN. HE'S GOING TO GET A LITTLE

DEEPER INTO THE BUDGET. >> SO FY '26 WILL HAVE QUITE A FEW CHALLENGES FOR US PHYSICALITILY.

WE HAVE A GOAL TO CREATE A BUDGET THAT'S EFFICIENT AND REALLY FOCUSED ON COST SAVINGS. THE IDEA OF A SET OF A GOAL OF HITTING A CERTAIN NUMBER, WE MOVE BACK AND FORTH TO TRY TO MAKE AS MANY CUTS AS WE COULD TO GET US INTO A MORE LENIENT BUDGET. OUR SECURITY EXPENSE WILL INCREASE BY ABOUT 20%. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. OUR CONTRACT IS UP FOR RENEWAL.

WE WERE GOING OUT TO PIGGYBACK THE STATE CONTRACT. THE STATE CONTRACT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 30% INCREASE. SO PURCHASING ACTUALLY, WE WORKED WITH THEM. WE NEGOTIATED WITH OUR VENDOR AND ABLE TO GET THEM DOWN TO A 20% INCREASE. THERE'S A LOT OF GOING BACK AND FORTH, BUT WE WERE HAPPY WITH WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET.

THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES FROM OUR NEW BUILDINGS. THE NEW PERMIT CENTER.

THAT'S THE HASTINGS COMMUNITY CENTER AND LIBRARY. THE FIRE STATION 21 AND ALSO WILL CONTINUE TO ABSORB THE GOLF HALL OF FAME.

ALL OF THAT HAS EXTRA MAINTENANCE, UTILITIES AND SECURITY, AND A LOT OF OTHER EXPENSES ALONG WITH IT.

THEY ARE REQUESTING TO HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. WE'RE HOPING THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE. IN OUR FIGURES, WE HAVE PUT A CUSHION OF ABOUT 5% INTO OUR NUMBERS.

IT HAS INCREASED.

>> SAY WHAT THEIR POTENTIAL?

>> 15.5% ACROSS THE BOARD, $800,000 IN NEW EWE FILLTY COSTS. THIS IS FOR SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT I DON'T THINK THEY ARE GETTING FUNDING FOR.

>> EFFECTIVE WHEN? >> JANUARY 1ST OF NEXT YEAR.

WE'RE HOPING THE INCREASE IS NO MORE THAN 7 OR 8%.

THAT'S WHAT WE WERE KIND OF DOING.

>> JUST TO ADD TO THAT.

WE DID BRING IN OUR REP IN TO MEET WITH US TO SEE IF WE ARE ON THE MOST EFFICIENT FREIGHT SYSTEM.

AS IN TIME OF USE, DEMAND CHARGE, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE. WE ACTUALLY DID -- I KNOW PARKS AND RECS W■AS THERE. WE DID BRING UP THE OTHER DEPARTMENT.

>> UTILITIES IS THE HIGHEST ENERGY USAGE IN THE COUNTY.

SO WE DID SEND OVER THIER TOP 30 ACCOUNTS FOR THAT.

THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING A RATE ANALYSIS TO SEE IF THEY ARE AT THE RIGHT RATE AND WHAT THEIR INCREASE IS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT WITH ALL THE OTHER ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE.

>> DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF AN EXPECTED DECISION?

>> AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER WAS WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING.

SO MAYBE BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL, BUT WE'LL HAVE A LAST- MINUTE POSITION ACROSS THE BOARD FROM A UTILITY EXPENSE.

>> THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

>> OUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ARE INCREASING BY 36%.

AS WELL AS ADDING IN SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY.

>> BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO ABSORB THESE COSTS? THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO ABSORB AS MUCH ASAS WE WHEN WE'RE DECREASING OUR ASK FOR THIS YEAR.

OUR PRESERVATION DOES LOWER OUR MAINTENANCE EXPENSE.

THIS IS FOR TWO REASONS.

ONE, WE'RE USING DATA. IT REPLACES UNRELIABLE AND INEFFICIENT A ASSETS THAT HAVE A MUCH HIGHER MAINTENANCE COST. AND TWO T ALLOWS US TO DELINEATE BETWEEN ASSET REPLACEMENT COSTS AND THE ACTUAL MAINTENANCE COST.

PREVIOUSLY, THE BUDGET WAS KIND OF CATCH ALL FOR THE PROGRAMS. SO EMERGENCY PROJECTS, WE HAVE NOW BEEN ABLE TO SPLIT THAT.

WE WILL BE CENTRALIZING OUR TRADES. WE'RE INCORPORATING TECHNOLOGY, PLANNING ON UPGRADING OUR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND INTRODUCING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY. THESE WILL BE VERY HELPFUL TO GET US AWAY FROM PAPER WORK ORDERS. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE ALSO HAD A COLLABORATION WITH OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO. I HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THIS.

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THEY CAN'T BE FILLED VERY EASILY. IT'S TERRIBLE. AND WE WERE BASICALLY HAVING -- IT WAS AFFECTING SERVICE LOSS. SO WHAT WE DID IS LOOK AT PURCHASING TO INCLUDE THIS BUILDING PERMIT CENTER AND ALSO THE HHS BUILDING. AND WE WORK WITH HR TO VACATE THE CUSTODIAN POSITIONS. SO WE ARE RELEASING FIVE POSITION THIS IS YEAR.

>> SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING NEXT YEAR.

>> IT'S NOT A SAVINGS.

>> THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE. TO SHOW ALL OF OUR MANY DEPARTMENTS. IF YOU CAN GET YOUR BINOCULARS OUT. THE SHERIFFS AND COUNTY, ANNEX BUILDINGS AND THEN OUR HASTINGS.

THOSE ARE THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE. A COUPLE TUMS IN HERE, OUR SECURITY SERVICES ARE INCREASING BY 20%. THEY ARE GOING UP 36%. THAT DOES INCLUDE THE EXA PANGS OF THE CONTRACT.

AND WE HAVE 13% IS OUR ESTIMATION NOW WITH THE NEW BUILDINGS AND ABOUT 5% FOR UTILITIES.

BUT OUR MAINTENANCE IS GOING DOWN 25% ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND THAT'S OUR BIGGEST DECREASE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S ALLOWING US TO HAVE A NEGATIVE 2. 26% BUDGET.

AND ALSO TO REITERATE, WE ARE RECEIVING NEW VEHICLES, JUST THE TWO REPLACEMENT.

>> WOW. THE NEGATIVE 2%.

>> WITH THE ADDITIONAL INCREASE, WE REALLY SHARPENED OUR PENCIL.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YOU WERE NEGATIVE 2% IS A VERY WEIGHTED NEGATIVE 2% TO BE AGAINST THE INCREASED COSTS EVERYWHERE ELSE.

>> IT WAS OUR GOAL IN CREATING THIS BUDGET.

NOW THIS IS OUR PRESERVATION BUDGET. WE HAVE WORKED A LITTLE BIT WITH ALLOCATION OF PERCENTAGES FOR ANTICIPATION FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT THERE'S NO FUNDING, ADDITIONAL FUNDING INCREASE FOR PRESERVATION. THIS IS DATA DRIVEN.

THIS IS VERY FLEXIBLE. IT'S TRANSPARENT IN EVERY PROJECT.

IT HAS A PROJECT NUMBER. AND A SEPARATE PROJECT BUDGET.

WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK THEM AND RECONCILE THEM VERY EASILY. IT DOES BUILD VALUE IN OUR ASSETS. THAT WAS THE BOARD APPROVED PROGRAM TO RENOVATE EXISTING FIRE STATIONS. WE PUT IT IN THIS FUND.

SO REALLY RESERVATION IS THE QUEST FOR '26.

IT'S WHAT IT IS FOR '25. FIRE RESERVATION, THIS IS YEAR TWO OF THREE. SO JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT'S WHAT THAT 850 IS FOR.

>> WE ARE DROPPING THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE FOR FIRE BY ABOUT $200,000. SO BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT DATA DRIVEN AND MAINTENANCE OF ASSETS, WE'RE ABLE TO LOWER THAT. I ANTICIPATE IT MAY GO DOWN EVEN FURTHER.

>> WE MEET WITH FIRE RESCUE ONCEONCE MONTH TO GO OVER THAT PROGRAM. SO IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

>> THE FIREFIGHTERS ACTUALLY KNOW IT. WHEN I GO AROUND, THEY WILL SAY IT'S OUR TERM.

AND YOU HAVE EVOLVED THE ACTUAL RESIDENCE OF THE FACILITY.

THEY KNOW THEIR INPUT IS BEING SOLICITED.

THAT'S GREAT.

>> SO ALTOGETHER INCLUDING THE PRESERVATION ACCOUNTS, WE'RE STILL 2% DECREASE FOR OUR TOTAL BUDGET.

>> JUST TO SUMMARIZE, WE'RE ASKING FOR AB OVERALL INCREASE OF 2%. WE ARE ASKING FOR LOCAL

FUND ING. >> THE PROGRAM IS BUILT TO REDUCE THAT REQUEST OVER THE

[02:55:03]

>> I THINK WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP, THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME I HAVE A FAIRLY WHOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU DO.

IF I JUST PUT MYSELF IN THE POSITION OF A USER, I AM THE USER. THEY ARE THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT IT BRINGSBRINGS A LOT OF TRUST AND IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

IT'S IMPRESSIVE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING WITH THE MIND SET OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

>> I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

IT'S THE CAPABLES, HANDS DOWN, HE GETS MORE COMPLIMENTARY COMMENTS FROM THE DIRECTORS ON DOWN. IT'S THE COMMUNICATION SKILLS. HIS RESPONSIVENESS, HIS BEDSIDE MANNERS, BUT WHATEVER HE'S DOING, HE'S DOING IT RIGHT.

I TRY TO PASS ALONG TO ALL MEMBERS.

BUT HE DOES. HE GETS IT DONE. >

>>.

>> I GET THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING OUT IN FRONT. IT'S THE WHOLE TO ME.

I GET THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.

IT'S REALLY JUST INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH.

IT REALLY IS THEM. THEY DON'T BUY IN.

JUST LIKE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY TO BUY IN.

IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN. YOU HAVE ASSEMBLED A GREAT TEAM, ALL OF YOU. AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, THE COLLABORATION WITH THESE DEPARTMENTS. IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

>> THIS IS A GREAT INSIGHT INTO WHAT WE HOPE MORE OF OUR PRESENTATIONS AND MORE DECISION WILL BE MADE. IT IMPROVES EFFICIENCIES THAT THEY CAN SHOW THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY AS TO WHERE THE COST SAVINGS ARE HAPPENING.

IT'S DRIVEN BY THE PERCENTAGE.

>> AND ALSO THE NUANCED OF YOU BRING THE TEAM TO TAG TEAM THIS PRESENTATION, THAT SHOWS THE STYLE OF LEADERSIP THAT I THINK WE ALL WANT TO EMBRACE AND FOSTER.

>> THIS IS THE MOST I HAVE HEARD YOU TALKING.

>> I KNOW. I'M QUIET.

DAN LET ME OUT.

>> I HAVE TO SAY, WE HAVE A GRITTY.

>> I HAVE BEEN HERE THREE YEARS. IT'S JUST BEEN WONDERFUL. IT'S BEEN A COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS.

I HAVE BUILT SO MANY WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIPS AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE LEADERSHIP HERE OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

BUT IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO WORK. THANK YOU ALL.

>> GREAT. EXCELLENT.

ANYTHING ELSE?

>> WERE YOU SUPPOSED TO BREAK AT 12:30.

WE'LL BE BACK AT 45 MINUTES FROM 12:30.

1:15.

THANK YOU. >> IS IT GETTING WARMER IN HERE?

[Land Management]

[03:00:08]

>>> ABSOLUTELY. IS GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

I'M MANAGERING DIRECTOR. DONALD AND DAVE, THE COUNTY SURVEYOR, AND OUR REAL ESTATE MANAGER.

>> LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. I'M GOING TO START OUT BY GIVING A LITTLE OVERVIEW FOR THOSE THAT AREN'T AWARE. OUR DEPARTMENT IS AN INTERNAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. SO WE'RE PRIMARILY MANAGE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO LAND OF THE COUNTY.

IN CONJUNCTION WITH FLORIDA STATUTE AND COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. SO THE DEPARTMENT IS MADE OF THREE DIVISIONS, REAL ESTATE, PROPERTY INTEREST, LAND ACQUISITION, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, SURPLUS PROPERTY. AND MY BELOVED DATA MAINTENANCE MAP CREATION AND ANALYSIS APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT. ONE WANT TO JUST TOUCH ON A COUPLE THINGS. BY NO MEANS IT'S KPRE HENCE I-BUT IT WILL SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT EACH DIVISION DOES.

SO REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION AND EASE WANTMENTS, WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE NUMBERS. SO REAL ESTATE, THAT DOES NOT COVER SAY LIKE PHONE CALLS OR BACKGROUND RESEARCH.

THAT'S MOSTLY ACQUISITIONS, EASEMENTS, PERSONAL SALE AGREEMENT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. OUR SURVEY NUMBERS ARE FLAT REVIEW. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT. HIS TEAM IS TO MAKEMAKE THAT THEY ARE SUBMITTED ARE IN THE CORRECT PROJECTION AND IN THETHE RIGHT PLACE. AND THE SURVEYING PROJECTS, WHICH I'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE WORK ON.

GIS, THAT NUMBER IS UNDERWHELMING.

BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ONLY THE WEB HITS AND THE SERVICE WE PROVIDE FOR THE INTERNET MAPPING AND SOME OF THE REQUESTS. THAT DID YOU WANT COUNT SOME OF THE OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE USE, TOOLS ON LOCATER, KNOW YOUR ZONE, SBIETMENTES.

THERE'S OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT DOESN'T KWAUT IF I THAT NUMBER. SO I GET TO BRAG REALLY QUICK ON SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SOME OF THE UNKNOWN THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

SO AS I MENTIONED, COUNTY SURVEYING, DONALD AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE PROJECT MANAGERS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

I'LL GIVE YOU EXAMPLES OF THE PRO K THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THERE WEREN'T FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR THOSE CHANGES, BUT DONALD WAS A ABLE TO PULL HIS TEAMS OFF TO BE ABLE TO HELP FACILITATE BOARD DIRECTION WITH THAT INITIATIVE.

I THINK NORTH BEACH, THAT WAS UTILITY.

PICKED UP NORTH BEACH. THATS GOT PULLED OFF TO DO THE LIFT STATIONS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WASN'T BUDGETED. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT WORK. WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO SAVE THE TAXPAYER MONEY THAT WAY BY ABSORBING SOME WORK THAT WE DON'T HAVEHAVE CONTRACT OUT.

LIKE WISE, REAL ESTATE, OBTAINING PROJECT EASEMENTS.

I'M FORTUNATE TO BE PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY TEAM. SO WORKING WITH GREG AND HIS TEAM IN PUBLIC WORKS AND ALSO NEIL AT UTILITIES, WE TRY THIS APPROACH OF TRYING TO PROVIDE THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS MORE EFFICIENTLY. WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS IN THE BACKGROUND, AND DAVE HAS BEEN DOING A PHENOMENAL TIME IN HIS TIME AT THE COUNTY, WHICH HAS ONLY BYE-BYE A YEAR, WITH ORCHESTRATING WORKING WITH INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THESE CORRIDORS WITH MANAGERS TO GET TS EASEMENTS NEEDED TO KEEP THESE

[03:05:04]

THE REAL ESTATE TEAM DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC, COMMUNICATING TO THEM WHAT THE NEED IS, BEING TRANSPARENT, SHARING PROJECT INFORMATION.

ASK THEN WITH GIS, OPEN DATA, THAT WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT THEY HAD TAKEN ON.

I'M PROUD TO SEE THEY SUCCESSFULLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IN OUR OPEN DATA HUB SITE, IT HAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 80 DATA LAYERS, MAYBE 160 MAPS, APPLICATIONS AND STORY MAPS, SO IT'S DATA ON THE COUNTY AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD. ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROPERTY DAMAGE SURVEY APPLICATION. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE TEAMTEAM TO HELP FACILITATE BETTER SERVICE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL THE TORNADOES THAT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE COUNTY, AND WE HAD SENT TEAMS OUT TO GO TRY TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. WELL, IF YOU'RE JUST DOING A VISUAL, WE WORK WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THAT SOMEONE FROM THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS THIS FROM THEIR MOBILE DEVICE, TAKE A PICTURE, ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS AND BE ABLE TO DOCUMENT ANY DAMAGE THAT WASN'T CAPTURED BY THE TEAM. SO THINGS LIKE THAT HIGHLIGHT. YOU SEE THE TWO MAPS THAT THE GIS DEPARTMENT GOT AWARDS FOR.

TAKING SAFETY TOO LIGHTLY TOOK PLACE AT A CENTRAL FLORIDA CONFERENCE BY THEIR PEERS TO HELP IDENTIFY THE SIGNIFICANCE DURING BEACH SEASON, WHICH WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THEM IN THE DARK.

IT'S LIKE THE PHRASE. SO DO NOT DISORIENT. THEN AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO, WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING POPULATION OF ROOM PATTERNS, WAS RECOGNIZED AND FORMALLY PUBLISHED LAST JULY IN THEIR MAP BOOK. TO PERFORM ANALYSIS, AND GROW PATTERNS.

MOVING ON. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> OUR DIVISIONS WE WORKED QUIETLY IN THE BACKGROUND, SO I WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.

>> I HAVE HEARD YOU PERSONALLY TELLING ME ABOUT THE NATIONAL STAGE RECOGNITION, YOUR STAFF HAS OVER TIME RECEIVED, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE VERY QUIET ABOUT IT.

WE COULD DO A LAND MANAGEMENT SURVEY DAY.

>>. >> SOME THINGS TO SURVEY.

CONGRATULATIONS, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANTED TO JUST POP THIS UP AND QUANTIFY OUR BUDGET REQUESTED ASK, AS YOU SEE, IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. TYPICALLY, OUR REQUESTS FROM BUDGET YEAR TO BUDGET YEAR ARE OPERATIONAL.

THE ONLY THING WE'LL BE REQUESTING IS REPLACEMENT THERE OUR CORES NETWORK, SERVERS AND ANTENNA. I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE DIFFERENCES.

SO PERSONNEL ISN'T SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE CONTROL OF.

YOU MAY HAVE TO ASK WADE THOSE QUESTIONS.

CONTRACTUAL SERVICES WAS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THAT'S A PRETTY HEAVY LIFT. THAT'S ABOUT EVERY FIVE TO SIX YEARS. THAT'S TIED DIRECTLY WITH OUR PROJECT.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIRT THAT'S MOVED IN THE COUNTY FROM YEAR TO YEAR THAT HELPS GET THE ELEVATION POINTS FOR US TO DO THE ANALYSIS AND THE ENGINEERING PROJECTS. TO BE ABLE TO EXTRAPOLATE.

THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES ARE DOWN. THAT HAD THE $5 MILLION MANAGEMENT FOR THE MANAGE RE

[03:10:04]

IF YOU SEE A TOTAL MAINTENANCE IS FLAT, THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING THAT REQUEST FOR THE CORES NETWORK. LAST YEAR, WE WERE GRATEFUL TO HAVE ABLE TO HAVE THE SURVEY TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT REPLACED. THAT HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT REPLACEMENT. IT HAD BEEN ABOUT TEN YEARS.

SO THEY WERE WELL PAST THEIR END OF LIFE.

SO I DO HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE, BUT I CAN STOP NOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> MORE. >> THANKS FOR ASKING.

WHAT IS CORES? CONTINUE OPERATING NETWORK, THIS IS AB ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT THE ORIGINAL CORES, WHERE THE CURRENT CORES NETWORK IS. SO IT BROADCASTS A CORRECTION SIGNAL FOR OUR SURVEYORS.

THIS IS REALLY THE BASE, THE BASE CORRECTION FOR WHICH EVERYTHING IS IN THE COUNTY. IT SETS UP OUR CORE NET SYSTEM.

PREVIOUS SURVEYOR IMPLEMENTED THIS IN 2011.

IT MAKES SURVEYING WORK MORE EFFICIENT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T -- PRIOR TO THIS, THE COUNTY DID NOT HAVE A NETWORK.

IT WAS YOU'RE GRABBING THINGS FROM PUTNAM, SO ESTABLISHING THIS ALLOWS THEM TO SET UP AND RUN FASTER, BUT IT'S LS ALSO TIED DIRECTLYDIRECTLY ENGINEERING PROJECTS, ANYONE DOING WORK IN THE COUNTY, INCLUDING FDOT UTILIZES THIS NETWORK. IT HAS REACHED ITS END OF LIFE, RECOMMENDED END OF LIFE.

WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS TO ADD A FOURTH TO CREATE THE OVERLAP BECAUSE WHEN YOU SPATIALLY CALCULATED POINT, YOU TRY TO DO IT.

YOU NEED THREE POINTS OF REFERENCE. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE OVERLAP.

WHICH UP UNTIL NOW, THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE GROWTH HAS BEEN. IF APPROVED, OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO PLACE THAT FOURTH SIGNAL IN THE HASTINGS AREA TO CREATE A MUCH-NEEDED OVERLAP IN REDUNDANCY, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

>> THAT'S VERY MUCH WHY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOVE MY ABILITY.

I LOVE IT. IT ALLOWS FOR EXPERTISE TO DELVE INTO.

THE PUBLIC CAN LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT YOU DO.

I THINK THEY CAN ONLY LEAD WITH ABERRATION. IT'S A TRY ANGULATION.

>> THAT KIND OF SUMS UP. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> YOU WERE VERY THOROUGH.

IEN WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO ASK.

>> I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT

THEY LOOK LIKE. >> YES, PLEASE.

>> THEY WANT MORE. I'LL PUT IT IN THE SLIDE.

THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.

>> OH, WOW.

>> THAT IS THE SERVER. AND THAT IS THE ANTENNA. IT BROADCASTS 24 HOURS A DAY BASICALLY. AND THE IDEA IS THE LOCATION WOULD BE A COUNTY BUILDING MORE THAN LIKELY SORKS OUR POWER SOURCE AND OUR INTERNET SOURCE WOULD BE ABSORBED.

SO TRY ANXIOUS LATE AND LOCATE IT IN AN AREA WHERE YOU CREATE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN TWO SIGNALS. BUT THIS IS THE CORRECTION DEVICE FOR GPS. SO REALLY UTILITY HAS BEEN USED. ENGINEERING, WE USED IT.

THE LIST GOES ON.

SURVEYORS DOING WORK IN THE COUNTY WILL USE THIS.

WE USE IT.

>> OTHER AGENCIES?

>> D.O.T. BECAUSE THEIR NETWORK SKIRTS US.

THEY UTILIZE THIS AS WELL.

>> THEY IT'S ALSO A REVENUE SOURCE.

[03:15:22]

>> THANK YOU FOR SPENDING TIME EXPLAINING THIS.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

[Emergency Management/ Coastal Management / Disaster Recovery]

>>> I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT.

AND STEVEN ON THE END FOR COAST TALG MANAGER SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THREE OF THESE SEPARATELY.

SO THIS IS A NEW CHANGE FOR US. WE HAVE ANIMAL CONTROL NOW.

ALSO LAST YEAR, WE HAVE RECOVERY WITH SEPARATE.

IT'S NOW INCLUDED IN THETHE IMPROVEMENT. AND IT GOES IN WITH US FOR A COUPLE YEARS.

SO WE'LL START OFF WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

OUR REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR IS RELATIVELY FLAT.

IT HASN'T REALLY CHANGED MUCH. WE WERE FULLY STAFFED.

WE RESPONDED TO THREE MAJOR STORMS LAST YEAR. IT SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION IS THERE'S SOME OPERATING UNCERTAINTY WITH FUNDING FROM THE FEDS AND THE STATE.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE FEDS ARE DOING WITH PREPAREDNESS IN SOME OF THE GRANTS AS WELL AS THE STATE. STATE SEEMS A LITTLE MORE ON A SOLID GROUND, BUT THE FEDS, WE'RE NOT SURE YET.

SO IF THAT HAPPENS, WE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. I WANT TO BRING UP TWO QUICK POINTS ON THE RECOVERY SIDE. LAST YEAR WE GOT ABOUT $9 MILLION BACK FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. WE HAD TEN OPEN STORMS. AND THIS YEAR TO DATE WE GOT ABOUT $5 MILLION BACK AND ANOTHER MILLION TODAY THAT CAME BACK FOR A COUPLE DIFFERENT STORMS. SO WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ABOUT 17,000 TO CUT.

AND SO IT'S NOT DETRIMENTAL FOR US, BECAUSE WE WERE PRETTY FLAT FROM LAST YEAR.

WHERE IT GET MESS NERVOUS IS THE STATE AND THE FED GRANT.

WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE YET.

IF FOR SOME REASON ANY ONE OF THOSE OR A PORTION OF THOSE ARE CUT, IT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT OUR OPERATIONS OR MAYBE EVEN IMPACT OUR PERSONNEL.

THAT'S THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE.

>> WHAT WILL WE NOW? IT'S NOT JUST THIS GRANT.

IT'S ALL FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE PLAY WITH.

WHAT CATEGORIES THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK AT.

SO EVERY DAY IS IN A FLUX. WE MET WITH OUR D.C.

PARTNERS LAST WEEK AND SOME HIGH- RANKING FEMA OFFICIALS.

THEY DON'T HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE FORWARD YET. IT'S HARD TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER. THE STATE SEEMED LIKE IT'S MOVING FORWARD.

THERE'S SOME LEGISLATION THAT'S CUTTING A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE NOT ALL OF IT.

THE STATE BUDGET SIDE WE'LL KNOW THE STATE AMOUNT.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT?

>> WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE TIMING FOR JULY 1ST TIMELINE. IT'S STILL IN TIME FOR A BUNCH OF RECOMMENDATION. WHETHER WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE STATE.

WE'RE GOING TO D.C. AND WE'LL DEFINITELY ADD THAT AS ONE OF

[03:20:05]

SO WE WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT A FISCAL POLICY FOR FIRE TO ESTABLISH ITS OWN RESERVE TO SPOBD. SO IT'S A COMMON THREAD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE FEDS ARE GOING TO BE REWARDING THE STATES THAT CAN HANDLE THEIR OWN INTERNAL DISASTERS, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING A AT THAT TO TRY TO GET THE STATES MORE IN PLAY.

SO ESTABLISHING SOME RECOVER RAY WOULD NOT BE A BAD IDEA.

BECAUSE DEBRIS, WE HAVE A LARGE THING. EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR DEBRIS PICKED UP. IT'S EXPENSIVE.

>> THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK ON IN PREPARING THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THE FITS KL POLICY THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING IN PLACE IS EXACT THAT. THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESERVE IN THE GENERAL FUND, WITHOUT KNOWING WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THAT. BUT THE FIRE RESERVED ITS OWN THING BECAUSE OF COSTS ON PERSONNEL, NOT KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO GET THEM BACK. WE DON'T CARE IF IT'S STATE OR FEDERAL, AS LONG AS THEY PAY US.

>> IT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO.

>> THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK TO OUR LOBBYISTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIRECTION IS. WE MAY NOT HAVE AN ANSWER, BUT WHAT IS GENERAL CONNECTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.

TO BUILD UP ENOUGH FUNDS TO RESPOND TO THIS KIND

OF THING. >> WE TALKED TO OUR LOBBYIST LAST WEEK.

>> COASTAL MANAGEMENT, SO THE BIG THING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS ALL THE PRODUCTS WE COMPLETED THIS YEAR OR GETTING READY TO FINISH UP. A LOT OF THIS MONEY IS GRANT FUNDED.

BUT THIS SHOWS YOU THE SCOPE OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS FLOWING THROUGH COASTAL WHEN WE ARE DOING THESE. IT'S VERY COMPLICATED IN THE SENSE WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT FUND THESE THINGS. IT'S NOT JUST ONE ENTITY THAT COMES THROUGH. I KNOW THEY GET MAD AT US, BUT IT'S A LOT OF MONEY COMING THROUGH AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES.

SO OUR BUDGET THAT WE PUT IN FOR 25 OR '26 WAS HAVING SOME FUNDS IN THERE FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FOLLOWING AN EVENT. SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS TO KIND OF HAVE THAT MONEY IN PLACE, SO IF WE HAVE AN EVENT, IT'S EASIER FOR US TO FULL THE TRIGGER TO GET SURVEYS, TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS OF THAT AREA. SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW OUR BUDGET IS BEING BUILT. THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WE WANT TO ASK FOR IT, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE BULK OF OUR DOLLARS, IF YOU WOULD SAY, DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE DISCRETION WITH BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. BUT IT'S ASSOCIATED TO A PROJECT. EVERYTHING WE DO, WE GO FORWARD WITH A PROJECT. AS YOU KNOW, I GO TO THE BOARD WITH A SPECIFIC PROJECT OF WHAT'S IN THE LIFE CYCLE. AND THAT BUILDS ON OUR BIGGER BUDGET ALONG THE WAY.

IT'S NORTH, WE ALSO HAVE THE ARMY CORP. , THIS IS THE COASTAL RISK STORM REDUCTION NORTH OF THE LINE UP.

WE HAVE THE AREA THERE. THESE ARE ALL BIG DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

IT'S FULLY FUNDED RIGHT NOW.

I WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD IN THE SUMMER TO SHOW THEM THE FINAL STEP IN THAT PROGRESSION FOR THEM TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FEDERAL FUNDING.

WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

WE'RE BEING TOLD IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JEOPARDY BECAUSE IT'S MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS. BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE

[03:25:02]

>> AT WASN'T POINT, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF IT.

>> WE A TALKED TO OUR FEMA GUY. WALKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH HIM. SO I'M NOT OVERLY CONCERNED FOR WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, BUT MAYBE THE FUTURE. AND THAT BRINGS A NORTHBOUND RI.

AS WE'RE DOING ALL THE TABULATIONS NOW, THERE IS POTENTIALLY A PROJECT THAT COULD SIT UP THERE.

WE STILL HAVE TO WORK A LOT OF DETAILS OUT, BUT THE FUNDING IS NOT CLICHE.

THAT'S THE COUNTY MATCHES. THE DP, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT SHAKES OUT THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. ANOTHER ONE WE WENT THROUGH, WE TALKED ABOUT WE WANT TO STABILIZE THIS NORTHERN SECTION OF THE BEACH.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THE PERMITS FOR IT. THERE'S NO FUNDING BEHIND IT. SO THAT'S 15 TO $20 MILLION THAT'S NOT THERE YET.

BUT I GUESS THE PERMITS WILL BE. SO THERE WILL BE FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE FUTURE COMING DOWN THE LINE. FUTURE SOURCING, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT TAKES US ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO FIND SAND THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE BEACH. IT'S NOT JUST FLIP THE BEACH.

IT TAKES AWHILE TO DO THE ASSESSMENTS. SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT IS BUILT INTO THE BUDGET IS TO START DOING THIS, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE FUTURE FIVE YEARSYEARS FROM NOW. SO IF WE LOOK TO THE ROLLBACK FOR THIS YEAR, WE WERE ASKED TO CUT ABOUT $321,000.

THIS IS LOOKING AT WE WERE TRYING TO BUILD UP THOSE FUNDS SO WE COULD DO THINGS FASTER. SO IF WE HAVE TO TAKE THOSE FUNDS OUT, THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE. THAT ACTIVITY. AND SOME OF OUR ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT FOR QUICK, SMALLER PROJECTS. AND THAT WILL GO AWAY. IF WE HAVE SOMETHING, THAT WILL HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE BOARD FOR EVERY DOLLAR TO SPEND. THAT'S THE BIG CHANGE FOR US. BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP WITH SOME OF THOSE IDEAS. THE SOUTH ARMY CORP. , THE BIGGER PROJECT, IT'S THE ARMY CORP.

$1.9 MILLION. THAT MIGHT BE COMING THIS YEAR.

SO THAT COMES, WE'LL NEED SOME MATCHING TUNDS FOR THAT.

BUT I'LL COME TO THE BOARD FOR THOSE.

MORE THAN LIKELY, IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE TO $50 MILLION WITH ABOUT $78 MILLION. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

EVERY TIME WE TALK NUMBERS, I WANT TO BRING THIS UP FOR FUTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING.

AND I ALSO SOME POTENTIAL PROJECT IS SUMMER HAVEN. THERE'S NO BIG PROJECT TLO DOWN THERE. WE USE A LOT OF THESE FUNDS THAT WE HAVEHAVE AT SMALLER PROJECTS AND KINDKIND OF PLAN THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE.

IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE DOLLARS, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE LONG- TERM PLANS.

>> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. ROLLBACK MEANING EVERY DISTRICT.

SO YOU HAVE MSTU THAT WE HAVE TO ROLLBACK AS WELL. THAT'S ONLY WHERE IT'S DEFINED.

SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT SOUTH BEACH'S ABILITY TO

REPAY THE PROJECT? >> THINK IT WILL IMPACT IT. I'M NOT SURE THE NUMBERS.

I DO KNOW IT IMPACTS US. WE HAVE NOT PAID THAT OFF YET.

>> WHICH MEANS WE MAY HAVE TO LEND THEM THE LIFE PACK OF THE MSTU ESSENTIALLY.

>> COLLECTIVELY ON THE MSTUS, IGNORING SUMMER HAVEN, THERE'S NO DEBT ON THAT ONE AT THAT POINT. SOMEHOW 40,000 A YEAR, BUT IT WOULD IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO PAY DOWN THE DEBT.

AND AS WELL, WITH ANOTHER PROJECT, POTENTIALLY COMING FORWARD, THE RESIDENTS HAVE A GOAL OF TRYING TO PAY THE CURRENT PROJECT OFF SO THEY ARE NOT PAYING FOR TWO PROJECTS AT

ONE TIME ESSENTIALLY. >> SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN WE COME BEFORE THE BOARD. THOSE ARE SOME OF THAT.

>> THE ROLLBACK ON THESE PARTICULAR VILLAGES IS COUNTERINTUITIVE TO WHAT THE CONCEPT WAS. SO THE CONCEPT WAS THAT THE RESIDENTS WHO WERE ALONG THAT

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SO THEY WERE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN PAYING BACK THAT DEBT SERVICE. IF WE ROLL BACK, THEY ARE GOING TO BE PAYING LESS FOR WHAT WE PROVIDED. EITHER WE HAVE TO EXTEND THE MSTU, OR THE COUNTY HAS TO PICK UP A LARGER BURDEN OF THAT DEBT SERVICE. THEN THE COST CAN BE MORE FOR THE COUNTY. IT'S DIFFICULT TO GO TO THAT ROLLBACK.

>> THAT'S LONG-TERM.

ANIMAL CONTROL. THE HIGHLIGHT THIS YEAR, ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU WANTED TO COMPARE WHAT WE DO FOR ALL THOSE FOLKS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE OF THOSE LIVES THEY TOUCHED.

SO IT'S A BIG OPERATION TO THE SHELTER PIECE OF IT.

THE FORCING THE PIECE, YOU CAN SEE÷÷ LAST YEAR WAS ALMOST 10,000 CASES.

THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT ARE AFFECTED.

SO I WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW THATTHAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING DONE.

I KNOW I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING UNTIL I REALLY GOT INVOLVED WITH THE OPERATION.

WHEN WE TOOK OVER ANIMAL CONTROL, WE REWORKED HIS APARTMENT AND RIGHT SIZED IT IN THE SENSE THAT WE LOOKED AT OTHER COUNTIES SIMILAR TO US.

TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE EVEN, BUT LOOKED AT SALARIES AND PAY GRADES AND LOOKED AT THE RETENTION BECAUSE WE HAD A PRETTY HIGH RATE OF CONTROL.

AND TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE HERE. WE LOOKED AT INTERNALLY FOR OPERATIONS LIKE UTILITIES. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY STAGGER THEIR PAY GRADES. I WILL SAY THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, WE HAVEN'T HAD PEOPLE LEAVING JOUST TO LEAVE.

SO THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL.

IF WE CAN KEEP SOME OF THESE PEOPLE FOR A YEAR OR TWO LONGER.

IT'S BETTER TO HAVE SOMEONE HERE. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT IS A BIG BUDGET ENCREASE FOR US. RIGHT SIZING THAT DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S WHERE ALL THE MONEY THAT AFFECTS US NOW FOR THE ROLLBACK BECAUSE WE DID THAT LAST YEAR.

LARGELY, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT OPERATION TAKE OUT PEOPLE, WE'RE LESS THAN LAST YEAR. IT'S JUST THE PEOPLE THAT CHANGED THIS FOR US.

>> THERE IS A REQUEST OF A NEWNEW POSITION, AT LEAST THERE WAS INITIALLY.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT?

>> WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS TO RECLASS THIS POSITION. SO WHAT WE'RE HAVING, THE QUICK OF IT IS, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE SERVICE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME TECH OUT THERE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

WE ONLY HAVE TWO. THAT MEANS A WORK IS 13 DAYS STRAIGHT BEFORE OF A DAY OFF. THEN THE NEXT ONE ROTATES IN. SO YOU'RE HAVING TO WORK A BUNCH OF OVERTIME HOURS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO THE ANIMALS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING ORIGINALLY OF THE START OF THE BUDGET PROCESS TO ADD A THIRD OF THE TECH IN THERE, BUT WHEN WE SAT DOWN AND LOOKED AT THIS MORE CLOSELY, WE HAVE A COUPLE LOWER LEVEL POSITIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECLASS THAT UP. SO NOT BODY COUNT, BUT INSTEAD

OF SIX WORKERS, YOU HAD FIVE. >> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

SO IT WAS REALLY BECAUSE OF THE SALARIES. AND I TOOK THESE PICTURES JUST FROM LAST MONTH. SO THESE ARE ADOPTED ANIMALS FROM LAST MONTH. IN ORDER TO MEET THAT ROLLBACK, IT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR US.

IF WE'RE TRYING TO HIT THAT, WE HAVE TO STOP THAT OVER THE COUNT COUNTER COUNTER, IT'S WAY MORE

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SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT OUR VETS DO THAT HAVE TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY CULT TO HIT THAT ROLLBACK, AS WELL AS REDUCING ONE OF VET TECHES. SO WE LOSE THAT.

WE ALSO WOULD HAVE TO SIGNIFICANTLY LOOK AT HOW WE RESPOND AFTER HOURS FOR ENFORCEMENT, AS WELL AS IT'S OVERTIME AND ON CALL.

THAT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR US.

>> WOULD THAT EVEN BE AN OPTION FOR US SINCE IT'S THE ENFORCEMENT PART OF IT? IT REQUIRES YOU TO RESPOND IF IT'S A DANGEROUS DOG SITUATION, I CAN'T IMAGINE IT WOULD WAIT.

>> THERE WOULD BE CERTAIN THINGS WE HAVE TO DO AND CERTAIN THINGS WE HAVE TO WAIT. THERE'S CERTAIN CALLS THAT WE CAN'T RESPOND TO. THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE TO. IT WOULD BE PRETTY LARGE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT .

>> WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT $40,000 OR $50,000 IN OVERTIME FUNDS A YEAR. WE ALWAYS GO WITH THE SERVICES.

WHY THEY ARE OUT RUNNINGRUNNING EMERGENCY CALL. WHICH IS THE PRIORITY LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY CALL OR FIRE MAY CALL FOR A RESPONSE.

THEN IT KEEPS THEM OUT EVEN LONGER. AND THERE'S A MINIMUM TWO- HOUR RESPONSE. NO MATTER IF THEY GO AND THEY ARE 15 MINUTES, IT'S A 2- HOUR RESPONSE AS LONG AS THEY LEAVE THEIR HOME.

THAT'S A COUNTY POLICY. IT ADDS UP

OVER TIME. >> NOTHING HAPPENS 9:00 TO 5:00.

YOU HAD TO LOSE A LOT OF THOSE SERVICES.

IT'S JUST A CASCADING EFFECT.

THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE RELATIVELY CHEAP.

IF YOU ADOPT AN ANIMAL, WE HAD TO DO THAT TO GIVE IT TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, I I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED ALL THOSE TOOLS.

>> AND INCREASE THE COST OF HAVING TO GET SERVICES

ELSEWHERE. >> ABSOLUTELY.

AND THEN THE VET TECH TO REDUCE THAT.

SO THAT'S IT FOR US, ALL THREE SECTIONS. WE'RE ALL HERE FOR QUESTIONS.

>> ANYTHING, KELLY, PAUL, YOU WANT TO ADD? ANYBODY?

>> I WAS THINKING AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS. I THINK THAT MAYBE A AN EASY WAY TO BUILD A RECOMMENDATION. BECAUSE THE PRESENTATION NOT ONLY HAS THE NUMBER, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HAS A NARRATIVE TO THE PROGRAM. SO WHICH ONE NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED. WHICH ONE GOING THROUGH THOSE PRESENTATIONS MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

>> I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE POPULATION GROWTH, ARE YOUR CASES TRIMMING UPWARD?

>> THE CALLS ARE GOING UP 1,500 A YEAR.

OUR LIFE CASES FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 400 TO 600 INVESTIGATIONS A

YEAR. >> SO THAT GOES BACK TO RIGHT SIZE OF THE DEPARTMENT IN THE SENSE OF PUTTING PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT POSITIONS. THE FIRST PERSON THAT YOU SEE WAS HANDLING 10,000 CALLS A YEAR. AND TRYING TO DEAL WITH ALL THE PEOPLE ASK ALL THE STUFF THAT HAPPENS IN THE FRONT OFFICE.

WE HAD TO PUT TWO PEOPLE UP THERE AND HELP MANAGE ALL THAT, SO EVERYTHING IS TRENDING UP.

EVENTUALLY, LONG- TERM, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AMPLE PARKING, BUILDING OUTSIDE ITS CAPACITY, PAUL HAS DOWN A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE SPACE. IF ANYBODY HAS NOT BEEN THERE, IT'S PRETTY EYE OPENING ON WHAT YOU CAN SQUEEZE IN. AND HOW MANY ANIMALS THEY GO THROUGH. BUT IT'S TIGHT.

LONG-TERM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.

PAUL AND I STARTED SOME OF THOSETHOSE FOR THE CIP FOR THE FUTURE.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE 1,500 CALL INCREASE

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>> IT IS. WE KEEP THE OWNERS AT BAY TO SURRENDER ANIMALS TO US. THESE ARE THEIR PETS, OF COURSE WE GET CALLS PROBABLY SIX OR SEVEN A DAY TRYING TO GIVE THEM TO US. WE GET THE MAJORITY THAT ARE NONRESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE TO TURN AWAY.

WE SCHEDULE TWO WEEKS OUT TO GIVE THEM OTHER OGSS.

THAT WAS THE ONLY RESORT.

>> WE SHOULD INCLUDE AN

ANALYSIS. >> PROBABLY TO STILL I OBJECT COLLUDE THAT.

>> WE HAVE A TO BE OF VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE. WE HAVE A TON OF VOLUNTEERS. I DON'T THINK PAUL, YOU CAN'T RUN THAT SHELTER WITHOUT THOSE VOLUNTEERS TAKING CARE OF THOSE ANIMALS. EVERY TIME YOU'RE THERE, THERE'S FOOD BEING DROPPED OFF, ALL KINDS OF THINGS. THE COMMUNITY USES THAT FACILITY. IT'S A GREAT FACILITY.

>> I WOULD SEE IF WE CAN GET WITH DAN, SO THAT WE CAN BE CONNECTED WITH PQH WHILE THEY ARE WORKING ON THOSE ANALYSIS, LET THEM KCH YOUR SPACE TO SEE IF THEY CAN GIVE YOU SOME RECOMMENDATION.

>> YOU GOOD?

>> AND TIMING OF IT, SO WE CAN TIME IT.

I APPRECIATE ALL OF THIS.

. I APPRECIATE YOU, JOE, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I THINK THIS IS THE BEST STRUCTURE WE EVER HAD BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL, WITH DIDN'T HAVE DISASTER RECOVERY. WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE COASTAL MANAGEMENT. WE HAD SOME FUNCTION TO IT, AND NOW YOU HAVE FINALLY FORMALIZED INTO A DEPARTMENT THAT'S SO FUNCTIONAL AND WELL CONNECTED WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, KOORD NAUGHTING THROUGH EACH OTHER, LASTING CHANGE TO HAVE ANIMAL CONTROL BE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS PROBABLY THE BEST STRUCTURAL CHANGE FOR ANIMAL CONTROL.

I THINK IT ENRICHED THE MISSION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT PAUL AND HIS STAFF WAS GETTING THE PROPER ATTENTION FROM LEADERSHIP TO LOOK AT THE RIGHT SIZING, LOOK AT THEIR COMPENSATION, LOOK AT ATTRITION RATE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE DONE. THEY REALLY RUN THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH.

>> CONGRATULATIONS. YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

WE KNOW THOSE HOMEOWNERSEN DON'T PUT SIGNS UP FOR RANDOMLY TO SAY THANK YOU.

>> YOU CAN STILL SEE THAT. >>

>>. >> THANK YOU.

I MADE IT.

>> YOU HAVE A TEMPORARY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> YOU WON'T LAST. BUT GREAT JOB.

SO PROUD OF YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU.

[Tourism and Development]

>>> INTRODUCTION OUR OF YOURSELVES. IF THEY WANTED US TO BE INTRODUCING YOU AS WELL.

>> I'LL START.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND DESTINATION DEVELOPMENTS.

THANK YOU. THAT'S A NEW TITLE FOR ME.

I HAVE BEEN THE DIRECTOR FOR A LONG TIME.

THE BUDGET THAT I WILL BE GOING OVER WITH IS THE BUDGET SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TOURISM ASPECT OF WHAT THE THIS DEPARTMENT WILL DO.

>> DENA MASTERS, AND I AM THE TEC ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATOR. AND I'VE BEEN IN THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND I AM READY TO START THIS NEW BUDGET YEAR.

>> CONGRATULATIONS. WE CANNOT SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR TAKING THAT JOB.

THAT MUST BE A VERY DIFFICULT JOB.

>> THANK YOU.

WE KNOW WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.

HE ALSO PROMISED HE WILL SUPPORT YOU.

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THAT WAS THE PROMISE. >>

>>. >> I'M SUSAN PHILLIPS, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY VISITORS BUREAU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO ON BEHALF OF OUR CITIZENS.

THANK YOU.

>> PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WE ARE CHARGED TO DO SOME WORK FOR YOU ON THE TOURISM AREAS.

>> SPECIFICALLY?

>> FOCUSING ON THAT AREA.

>> AND THAT INITIATIVE.

>> AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET FOR THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TASK.

THIS IS A FUN. IT'S SEPARATE FROM GENERAL REVENUE. THE TOURIST IS GOVERNED BY THE FLORIDA STATUTE AS WELL AS COUNTY ORDINANCE. ST. JOHNS COUNTY IS CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE AND LEVIES.

. THE FULL 5%. AND THE REVENUE MUST BE UTILIZEDUTILIZED QUALIFYING TOURISM FOR ITS EXPENSES.

OUR TOURIST DEVELOPMENT PLAN ESTABLISHES FIVE CATEGORIES OF USE. AND THOSE CATEGORIES ARE DESTINATION MARKETING, HERITAGE, WHICH RECEIVED .6.

ADMIN AND SPECIAL USES, WHICH RECEIVES .8, AND BEACH ASSETS, WHICH RECEIVES 1.4 PENNIES. IF YOU ADD THOSE UP, THEY TOTAL 5 PENNIES. SO TAKING A LOOK BACK.

EVERY YEAR WE TRACK THE TASK COLLECTIONS THROUGH THE TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE BY MONTH. WE ALSO TRACK THEM BY ZIP CODE AND BY ACCOMMODATION TYPE, SO WHETHER IT'S AN AIRBNB OR A MORE TRADITIONAL HOTEL OR MOTEL RESORT.

AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE THAT LOOKING BACK TO FISCAL YEAR '19, WHICH WAS OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR BEFORE COVID CAME TO CHANGE THE FACE OF THE WORLD FOR A LITTLE WHILE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE SAW QUITE A FEW THINGS HAPPEN. SO IN FISCAL YEAR '20, WE INTRODUCED THE COUNTY INTRODUCED CATEGORY 5.

SO BEFORE FISCAL YEAR '20, WE OPERATED WITH FOUR CATEGORIES.

WE INTRODUCED CATEGORY 5 IN '20 AND THEN IN '22, WE LEVIED THE TAX. AND SO AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS BREAKDOWN BY MONTH, WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS IF YOU SCROLL YOUR EYEBALLS DOWN TO THE VERY LAST ROW, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE GOT PER PENNY GROWTH IN JUST ABOUT THAT WE HAVE HOW MUCH EACH PENNY AS COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS.

THIS IS A MORE APPLES TO APPLES WAY OF COMPARING THE REVENUE BECAUSE IF YOU'RE LOOKING ACROSS THE YEARS, WE DID DO A VARIETY OF I DIFFERENT THINGS. IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE WE STARTED ACCUMULATING MORE FUNDS THAN WE ACTUALLY DID. BUT IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BOTTOM, WE HAVE DONE PRETTY WELL OVER THE LAST FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS HERE FOR TAX COLLECTIONS. AND REALLY IF YOU WERE TO GO BACK BEYOND FISCAL YEAR '19, WE HAVE SEEN STEADY GROWTH IN TAX COLLECTIONS FOR A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS. WE AVERAGED AROUND OR 8% UP UNTIL COVID. AND IT YOU LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR '21, WE HAD A 21% GROWTH.

WE SAW 21% GROWTH. THEN IN '22, ANOTHER 23.5% GROWTH. SO THESE WERE REALLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF IN TAX COLLECTIONS. WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD ON TO ALL THAT GROWTH AND CONTINUE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A BUMP UP. AND THEN LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE CAME IN PRETTY MUCH FLAT. WE HAD SOME DIFFERENT MONTHS THAT DID BETTER AND SOME DIFFERENT MONTHS THAT DID WORSE, BUT OVERALL, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A WASH FOR THE YEAR AS FAR AS TAX COLLECTIONS GO.

AND THEN IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND IN COLLECTIONS.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S MAY, THAT'S THE TAX COLLECTOR THE FOLLOWING MONTH AND THE TAX COLLECTOR REPORTS IT AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

WE'RE ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. WE'RE SHOWING YOU MARCH. THAT'S OUR MOST CURRENT UP-TO- DATE TAX COLLECTIONS FOR

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WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD SOME MONTHS THAT HAVE COME IN LOWER THAN THE PRIOR YEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THAT, THE OCTOBER THROUGH MARCH FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE 1% GROWTH ABOVE FISCAL YEAR '24. SO LOOKING FORWARD, OF WHAT WE THINK WE'D LIKE TO DO FOR REVENUES, THERE WAS A SUGGESTION WE MODIFY FOR FISCAL YEAR '25 GROWTH TO 3%. THAT'S A DOWNWARD SHIFT FROM WHAT IT WAS IN THE APPROVEDAPPROVED LAST YEAR.

AND THEN LOOKING FOR FISCALFISCAL '26 WE'RE SUGGESTING A 3% INCREASE FOR THAT YEAR AS WELL. BASED ON WHERE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT, AND THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY A REASONABLE, IT'S A LITTLE OPTIMISTIC, BUT REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC FOR THOSE PROJECTIONS, REVENUE PROJECTIONS. IF WE WERE TO GO WITH THE 3% FOR FISCAL YEAR '25 AND 3% FOR '26, THAT WILL GIVE US A '26 REVENUE OF AROUND $24. 6 MILLION.

THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED BETWEEN ALL FIVE CATEGORIES, AS I JUST WENT TO ON THAT PRIOR SLIDE.

YOU CAN SEE IT HERE ON THIS SLIDE AS WELL. SO THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE IN EACH OF THE CATEGORIES WOULD BE CATEGORY ONE, WHICH IS OUR DESTINATION MARKETING CATEGORY. THAT INCLUDES OUR EXPENDITURE FOR OUR CORE SERVICES CONTRACT. IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR ALLOCATION FOR TOURISM MARKETING CONTRACT, WHICH IS ALSO OVERSEEN. THESE ARE THE FOLK WHO IS OVERSEE THE OPERATION OF THE AMPHITHEATER AND THE CONCERT HALL. AND THEY OVERSEE OUR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. WE HAVE AB ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAM THAT RUNS ON A CATEGORY TWO AND AN ALLOCATION IN THIS CATEGORY AS WELL. AS A NOTE, I HAVE AN ASTERISK NEXT TO THE HERITAGE GRANTS LINE. AND REMIND ME TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE ARTS CULTURE PROGRAM RECEIVED A PRETTY HEFTY ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION TO TRY TO OFFSET THE STATE'S LAST-MINUTE MOVE TO NOT FUND THE ARTS AND CULTURAL GRANTS PROGRAMS AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND SO WE TOOK ALL THE RESERVES OUT OF CATEGORY TWO AND ALLOCATED A LITTLE BIT OF THE RESERVES THAT A CATEGORY FOUR TO BUMP UP THAT ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE LINE. THAT WOULD BE ONE TIME LAST YEAR, AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT LEVEL OF FUNDING INTO THE FUTURE.

IT JUST WASN'T -- IT WAS A AT A FUNDING LEVEL ABOVE WHAT THAT CATEGORY WAS BRINGING IN.

AND SO WE DO EXPECT IN THE COMING BUDGET, WE'LL SEE A FUNDING AMOUNT IN THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE GRANTS LINE THAT IS LESS THAN WHAT'S IN THERE FOR FISCAL YEAR '25.

>> WHAT'S THE UPDATE STATUS ON THE STAY GRANT FOR THOSE PROGRAMS?

>> SO IT'S GOT SOME FUNDING IN IT AT THE MOMENT.

MORE THAN LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR IT

WENT TO ZERO. >> SO MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

>> IT'S NOT AS WELL FUNDED AS A YEAR BEFORE LAST YEAR.

>> I THINK THAT'S TRUE. THERE'S SOME MONEY IN THERE, BUT LESS THAN WHAT WAS IN THERE BEFORE IT GOT VETOED. BUT LAST YEAR ENDED UP BEING ZERO.

>> UNLESS IT'S VETOED AGAIN.

>> I CAN LOOK AND SEE.

>> WE'LL GET THERE LIKE LAST YEAR, GETTING PRETTY STRONG ADVOCACY FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

SO IF A SITUATION DOES NOT GET BETTER, WE CAN EXPECT TO BE BACK AND IT WILL COME AGAIN TO ASK FOR SUSTAINED FUNDING UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT WE'RE.

WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL JULY 1ST. >> THAT'S RIGHT.

BUT YES, I WILL GET YOU THAT NUMBER. I WILL SHARE THAT. NEXT IS CATEGORY 3.

IT'S LEISURE AND RECREATION.

THE ITEMS WITH THESE DOLLARS INCLUDE BALL FIELD MAINTENANCE.

THE WATER ACCESS, WHICH WOULD BE BOAT RAMPS AND ARTIFICIAL REEF MAINTENANCE, SPORTS MARKETING GRANTS. WE HAVE A GRANT PROGRAM THAT OFFERS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 GRANTS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. AND A LITTLE ALLOCATION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT STAFF.

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THERE'S FUNDING IN THIS CATEGORY FOR HOLIDAY LIGHTS, WHICH WILL BE THE NICE LIGHTS AS WELL AS OUR FIREWORKS DISPLAYS. WE WORKED TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE NEW YEAR'S FIREWORKS AND THE FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS. THERE'S SPECIAL EVENTS AND BEACH SHUTTLE FUNDING FOR THIS CATEGORY. AND A LOT OF THOSE SHUTTLES TAKE PLACE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, BUT ALSO WE HAVE A TEMPORARY BEACH. CULTURAL EVENTS ALLOCATION, THIS IS THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONCERT HALL OPERATION. THEN WE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR TBC FUNDING SUPPORT. AND THAT CONTRACT LARGELY IS TO HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THE MARKETING INITIATIVES THAT TPC PURSUES FOR THAT ANNUAL EVENT.

THE TOURTISM DEPARTMENT STAFF IS FUNDED OUT OF CATEGORY FOUR AS WELL.

THIS CATEGORY, WE HAVE ALSO KIND OF SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A REDUCTION IN THE EXPENDITURE FOR THIS CATEGORY BECAUSE LAST YEAR, WE HAD SOME EXFROM THINGS AS WELL.

AND WE SENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT OF THE RESERVE.

AS WE GO FORWARD, CATEGORY FOUR IS ANOTHER CATEGORY THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE IN THE EXPENDITURES. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANYTHING THAT'S AS NOTABLE AS THE REDUCTION GRANT LEVEL FUNDING.

AND CATEGORY FIVE IS OUR BEACH ASSETS CATEGORY.

IT'S FOCUSED ON ALL THINGS BEACH. WE DO FUND BEACH OPERATIONS OUT OF THERE. THAT WOULD BE THINGS LIKE RESTROOM CLEANING, TRASH PICKUP, YOUR REGULAR DAY-TO- DAY KEEPING IT NICE AND CLEAN AND TIDY AS WELL AS OUR BEACH ACCESS MAINTENANCE, AND THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM OUR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OR OUR BOARDWALK MAINTENANCE TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE DUNES AND ON TO THE SAND AND OUR INITIATIVES WE FUND A VARIETY OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OUT OF THIS CATEGORY AT THE MOMENT.

WE SKBEND TO EXPAND IN THE COMING YEARS.

LET'S SEE. SO THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT BUDGET, WE MAKE A PRESENTATION THAT WILL GET THEIR INITIAL REVIEW OF THE TOURISM BUDGET AT OUR UPCOMING MEETING.

AND THEN AGAIN, THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT IN JUNE. AND MAYBE JULY AS WELL. THEY CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON THE BUDGET A AS WELL. WE DO OUR BEST TO TAKE ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND ROLL THAT INTO THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS. THERE YOU GO.

>> ANYTHING ELSE?

>> THE ONLY THING I WOULD NOTE IS WE'LL KEEP TRENDING THE REVENUE DOWN. IF IT CONTINUES ON THAT PATH, WE'LL HAVE TO ADJUST WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET FOR $'26, WHICH COULD IMPACT EACH OF

THOSE BUDGETS. >> YES, SO WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR.

WE TRACK THE REVENUE EVERY YEAR. WE TRY TO BE REASONABLE AT THIS POINT OF THE YEAR, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME NUMBER OF MOBS TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE IT'S APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER.

>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT THE REVENUES FOR NEXT YEAR ARE UNTIL WE GET TO NEXT YEAR.

FOR EXAMPLE, LAST WEEK WAS LOWEST DEMAND FOR HOTEL BOOKINGS IN THE MARKET IN A LONG, LONG TIME.

AND MONDAY WAS THE LONGEST DEMAND WE HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME BECAUSE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE PROBABLY FLIPPED WHEN THE FORECAST OF THE RECESSION ISIS FROM 45% DOWN TO 35% BY I THINK IT WAS GOLDMAN SACHS.

AND THAT ALONE, WE HAVE HAD OUR BEST IN THE MARKET BST TWO BOOKING DAYS SINCE THAT HAPPENED.

AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE DRIVER OF LEISURE BUSINESS.

THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE THE COMMITMENT AND THE CANCELLATION FEES MAYBE TOO GREAT SORKS THEY HAVE THE MEETING.

AND THE LOWER THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE, THE HIGHER THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS, THE BETTER THE REVENUES ARE GOING TO BE.

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SO WE PAUSED AND EVERYONE FEELS GOOD.

SO WE HAVE CREATED INFLATION WHERE EVERYONE THINKS THAT WE HAVE WON AND ABOUT A WEEK PEOPLE WILL REALIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME INDICATORS THAT ARE NOT AS POSITIVE AS THEY THINK AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE MAY GO DOWN. SO YOU HAVE TO WATCH THAT.

AND WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT EVERYONE FEELS CONFIDENT AND TRAVELS.

WHICH YOU WON'T KNOW UNTIL THE WHOLE COUNTRY

KNOWS. >> THAT'S VERY INTERESTING.

>> THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN GOING. >> IS THAT FAIR?

>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FAIR.

>> ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD?

>> NOPE.

>> WE'RE CONCLUDING OUR LAST SESSION.

THANK YOU FOR THE PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.