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          >> THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 2027 ADMINISTRATOR'S BUDGET SESSION. THIS IS NOW I THINK THE THIRD YEAR THAT THESE SESSIONS HAVE BEEN ONLINE, AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND RECORDED. WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE SESSIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC PROBABLY FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES NOW BUT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE ADDED THE ONLINE FUNCTIONALITY TO IT. 
          I WOULD ADD TO THAT RIVAL ANOTHER COUNTY THAT HAS SUCH AN OPEN PROCESS FOR THEIR REQUESTED BUDGET KUDOS TO YOU FOR ADDING THAT ONLINE PART OF IT THESE ARE -- THESE SESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO BE THE DEPARTMENTS ASK, REQUEST FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027. SO NOTHING IS RECOMMENDED OR APPROVED AT THIS TIME. SO CONSIDER THAT AS YOU'RE HEARING THESE REQUESTS. THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET WILL GO TO THE BOARD IN JULY AND THE BOARD WILL ADOPT THAT BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW IS NOT A BALANCED BUDGET RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE CERTAIN FUNDS THAT ARE NOT IN BALANCE AND FUNDS THAT HAVE -- ARE IN BALANCE BUT THEIR RESERVES ARE AT A LEVEL THAT -- LOW LEVEL WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCREASED. WILL TRY TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH AND THEN THE REVENUES ALONG WITH THE BUDGET, IT'S REALLY NOT A RECOMMENDATION ON PROPERTY TAXES AT THIS POINT. 
          JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW THE BIG ONE BEING THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER'S BUDGETS. THEIR BUDGETS ARE DUE TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JUNE 1ST SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THOSE VALUED IN THE BUDGET. AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR BENEFITS ARE NOT QUITE FINALIZED YET. THE FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM HAS NOT YET ESTABLISHED FINALIZED RATES AND ALSO HEALTH INSURANCE RATES. ARE YET TO BE FINALIZED. 
          I GUESS I WILL ADD TO THAT TOO. WHEN WE INITIALLY PUT THE BUDGET GUIDELINES KIND OF WHEN FUEL PRICES INITIALLY STARTED SPIKING WE REALLY DIDN'T PUT ANY GUIDELINES RELATED TO FUEL BECAUSE WE WERE HOPING IT WOULD BE A SHORT TERM BLIP AND NOW IT'S NOT SO MUCH SO THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET PROBABLY WILL HAVE INCREASES TO FUEL. JUST A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING BEFORE WE GET IN TO LAND MANAGEMENT THESE ARE DESIGNED TO BE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, SO THOSE VIEWING IN THE ROOM HERE WE JUST ASK THAT NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. JUST KIND OF LISTEN ALONG. 
          WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. 
          >> GOOD MORNING. I'M THE LAND MANAGEMENT 
          [Land Management]
DIRECTOR. WITH ME I HAVE MY THREE DIVISION MANAGERS. I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE THEM HERE NOT ONLY AS PART OF THE PROCESS BUT ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE WORK FROM THEIR TEAMS. WITHOUT THEM WE'RE NOT AS PRODUCTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL. 
          LAND MANAGEMENT IS AN INTERNAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT SO OUR BUDGET ISN'T GOING TO BE AS ROBUST. WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD. WE'RE NOT THE LARGEST DEPARTMENT BY ANY MEANS BUT WE'RE ALSO NOT THE SMALLEST WITH 25 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES. -- NINE OF THOSE BEING -- NINE BEING IN SURVEY AND FIVE IN REAL ESTATE. 
          PRIMARILY THE ACTIVITIES FOR LAND MANAGEMENT AROUND LAND FOR THE COUNTY YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE THE BREAKDOWN THE REAL ESTATE SURVEY, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES FOR REAL ESTATE INCLUDE LAND ACQUISITION, PROPERTY INTEREST, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. 
          SURVEY, PLANT REVIEW TAKES UP A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES, BOUNDARY. ALL SUPPORTING COUNTY AND GIS 
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RESPONSIBLE WITH COLLECTION EMBEDDING COUNTY OWNED LAND AND INFORMATION. ALSO PERFORM ANALYSIS, APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT. GENERATING -- I'M GOING TO JUMP STRAIGHT INTO HIGHLIGHTING THE EXISTING SERVICES AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS BEFORE WE JUMP INTO OUR BUDGET REQUEST. 
          WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE NOW IS REAL ESTATE -- BY NO MEANS ARE THESE NUMBERS COMPREHENSIVE. THEY'RE JUST NUMBERS WE TRY TO REITERATE -- THOSE NUMBERS REFLECT ACQUISITION AND AGREEMENTS, PURCHASE AND SALE OF AGREEMENTS. 
          IN THIS YEAR 25. WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR ANNUAL SURVEY AGAIN REVIEW AND SURVEYING SURFACES. 
          THAT DOESN'T COVER PHONE CALLS AND INTERNAL QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT, WHAT I CALL RAPID RESPONSE TYPE ACTIVITIES. 
          THOSE THINGS ARE HARD TO QUANTIFY AND A CITIZEN CALLS ON THE PHONE WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING A BOUNDARY OR THEY HAVE AN EASEMENT OR OTHER QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO LAND AND DOES WELL IN MANAGING AND LEVERAGING THAT. 
          GIS THE NUMBER REALLY REFLECTS SOME OF THE GENERAL MAP REQUESTS. I MAP BEING ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR APPLICATIONS USED INTERNALLY BY STAFF AND ALSO EXTERNALLY BY THE PUBLIC. THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT TRACKER, ENTITLEMENT VIEWER, EVACUATION ZONE VIEWER. 
          THERE'S MANY OTHER APPLICATIONS THE TEAM DEVELOPS AND HAS AVAILABLE TO HELP STAFF AND THE PUBLIC MAKE BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE I WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW THINGS OF 25. WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS WE'VE TAKEN A POSTURE WHERE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY AND MEANS TO FIND SAVINGS IN OTHER DEPARTMENT. PROJECT MANAGER'S REQUEST FOR SURVEY RELATED ACTIVITIES HE'S ABLE TO PIVOT THE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SO THAT SAVES THOSE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS MONEY WITH TRYING TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR TO DO THE WORK WE CAN HANDLE INTERNALLY. TALKING WITH THE TEAM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO TRY TO FACILITATE MORE TO EXPAND AND CONTRACT OUR TEAMS BARRING THAT THE PROJECTS AREN'T TOO LARGE TO HANDLE THAT. FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 WE SAW APPROXIMATELY $160,000 SAVINGS FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO REALIZE. NEXT I WANT TO POINT OUT GIS WAS RECOGNIZED FOR DEVELOPING AN APPLICATION WHILE TRACKING VESSELS DASHBOARDS NOT WHITEBOARDS PUBLISHED. 
          OUR MAJOR SOFTWARE VENDOR. REALLY HIGHLIGHTED BETTER COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES FOR HANDLING THE DERELICT VESSELS THAT UNFORTUNATELY END UP IN OUR SURROUNDING WATERS IN SAINT JOHNS COUNTY. 
          ANOTHER WITH COASTAL VIOLATION APPLICATION -- IN THIS INSTANCE THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION TO DEVELOP A STREAMLINED COLLECTION DOCUMENTATION, PROCESS THAT RESULTED IN ALMOST 50% INCREASE IN COMPLIANCE. 
          THAT WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CONSERVATION PLAN AND INTERNAL MONITORING. SO PART OF THAT CONVERSATION PLAN -- VIOLATIONS THAT THE TEAM HAS TO TRACK AND REPORT ON AND 
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WORKING WITH MIKE'S TEAM THEY WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP A PROCESS THAT MADE IT MUCH EASIER TO DOCUMENT. 
          SO NOTICE RESIDENTS OF ANY ISSUES. 
          NEXT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THE SUMMER HAVEN MANAGEMENT -- IN LATE FY25 WE ACTUALLY HAD NOTICED FROM THE STATE FROM THE TIME THAT IT WAS AWARDED AND THE BETTER PART OF FY26 THAT THEY WOULD REPORT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET OUR PROGRESS, WE'VE BEEN DOING VERY WELL WITH THAT. IT WAS A MONUMENTAL TASK FOR STAFF TO GET THAT NOTICE. THE STATE HAD A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS WE NEEDED TO PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THE APPROVAL WITH THAT GRANT. LASTLY I WANTED TO POINT OUT WE HAD -- I. KNOW OUR BOARD IS KEEN ON CONSERVATION, SO WE ADDED THE RIVERFRONT PROPERTIES AND ISLAND WHICH ADDED ABOUT 15 ACRES TO THE COUNTY'S CONSERVATION PORTFOLIO. 
          ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS LAND MANAGEMENT HAS DONE THAT I'M PROUD OF RIGHT INTO OUR BUDGET REQUEST. 
          >> THAT WAS A COOL EFFECT YOU PUT ON YOUR VOICE. 
          [LAUGHTER] >> VERY MODEST PICK WE HAVE RECOMMENDED CAPITAL VEHICLE ONE OF OUR SURVEY AND THAT IS A MATRIX ON THE END OF LIFE FOR VEHICLES SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE PUT IN THAT'S KIND OF BAKED IN. NEXT WE'RE REQUESTING $5000 FUNDING FOR KGIS. A LITTLE OVER TEN YEARS GIS IN PARTICULAR HAS FACILITATED THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY AND WORKED OUT VERY WELL FOR US, FOR STAFF AND FOR THE STUDENT AND THE COLLEGE, BUILDING A GOOD CONNECTION. SOME OF OUR EXIT INTERVIEWS AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED WAS THAT OTHER STUDENTS AND OTHER COMPETITIVE APPLICANTS WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE APPLIED BUT THE CONSTRAINTS OF BEING SAINT JOHN'S COUNTY NOT HAVING A LOT OF UNIVERSITIES AROUND SO REQUESTING $5000 TO BE ABLE TO HELP SUPPLEMENT THE STUDENT IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT. 
          AND LASTLY WE'RE REQUESTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE COSTING $200 BE ADDED TO THE COUNTY FEE SCHEDULE TO OFFSET THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST TO MANAGE THAT FLORIDA'S STATUTE PROVIDES MECHANISM FOR THE BOARD TO DO THIS. 
          ISN'T A PRIMARY FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT. 
          HOWEVER WE HAVE LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR NONPROFITS IN FACILITIES. 
          THAT IN ITSELF ISN'T A PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY SERVE A PUBLIC BENEFIT, BUT THE EFFORT BETWEEN ADMIN, REAL ESTATE RISK, FACILITIES, EVALUATING THESE AND DRAFTING THESE AGREEMENTS SOLELY ON ACCOUNT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND. 
          SO THIS WOULD BE MODELED AFTER THE STATE'S ADMINISTRATIVE FEE THAT THEY LEVY ON US FOR LAND THAT WE LEASE FROM THE STATE WOULD BE TO SLOWLY -- INTERNAL EXPENSE OF. 
          MODESTLY MIGHT I ADD. WITH THAT, THAT IS -- THAT 
          CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND YOUR TEAM. I WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE GET INTO SORT OF THE OVERALL BUDGET, HAVE A LOOK AT THE MANAGEMENT OVERALL BUDGET. WHAT THE TEAM HAS PRESENTED HERE TODAY IS MORE OF AN INCREMENTAL PICTURE OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT TO REQUEST AN ADDITION TO THE CORE SERVICES YOU'RE PROVIDING. I DO WANT TO ADD TO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ACCOMPLISHMENT. I THINK DAVID, MICHAEL ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE CRITICAL NATURE OF THE DEPARTMENT WHICH I DON'T 
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KNOW IS FULLY REFLECTIVE ON WHAT YOU SAY BECAUSE YOU KEPT USING THE WORD MODEST. THAT SORT OF THE DESCRIPTION OF YOUR PRESENTATION AS WELL. LAND MANAGEMENT IS ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONAL DEPARTMENTS IN SAINT JOHNS COUNTY AND THE NATURE OF YOUR SERVICE IS ESSENTIAL, CENTRALIZED AND INTEGRAL TO ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THIS COUNTY AND HOW THEY OPERATE SO I WANT A PERSPECTIVE ON HOW IMPORTANT WHAT YOU DO IS. LAND MANAGEMENT IS AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE TEAM AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS LAUNCHED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. LAND MANAGEMENT WORK WHICH IS NOT MODESTLY FROM YOUR PRESENTATION LISTED ON ANY OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS EVERY SINGLE PROJECT, HUNDREDS OF THEM THAT YOU'RE AIMING TO GROW PART OF THAT WHEN IT COMES TO LAND ACQUISITION RIGHT OF WAY NEGOTIATION, EASEMENT, BILL OF SALE WHEN IT COMES TO UTILITIES. I'M PROBABLY MISSING SOMETHING ELSE BUT I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY WORTH NOTING OF ALL THE WORK YOU DO AND THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU DO BEFORE BECAUSE CIP PROJECTS, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE LAUNCHED IS TRULY TIMELY, STRATEGIC BUT AT THE SAME TIME QUITE A LOT OF WORKLOAD FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT SO I THINK THAT'S WORTH NOTING WHEN WE LOOK AT OVERALL BUDGET IN COMPARISON TO THE AMOUNT OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO, COMPARED TO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING INCREMENTALLY FROM YOUR BUDGET IS ALMOST DISPROPORTIONATE. 
          I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHICH MEANS ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE DOING MORE WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF RESOURCE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NOW YOU NEED A PAID INTERN AND SOME CONTRACT FOR GIS TECHNOLOGY. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR YOU GUYS RECEIVE THESE NATIONAL AWARDS THAT YOU ARE VERY QUIET ABOUT WHICH IS VERY CONSISTENT TO THE PERSONALITY OF THE DEPARTMENT. OFTEN. 
          BUT THE WORK PRODUCT THEY PUT OUT IS NOTHING DARK. 
          IT'S SHINING AND IT'S -- WERE VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU DO. 
          I THINK MOVING FORWARD WHEN IT COMES TO THE COUNTY AS IT'S GROWING NOT ONLY THE NEEDS FOR SERVICES BUT ALSO THE AMOUNT OF ASSETS, WE'RE BUILDING THEM. WE'RE ALSO ACQUIRING MORE BECAUSE THERE'S MORE SERVICES TO BE DELIVERED WHEN IT COMES FROM PARKS AND RECREATION TO COASTAL MANAGEMENT TO PUBLIC WORKS TO UTILITY. WE JUST SIMPLY HAVE MORE ASSETS TO MANAGE, WHICH REQUIRES GIS TAKE ON A MORE CENTRALIZED LEADERSHIP ROLE IN ASSISTING THESE DEPARTMENTS TO MANAGE THEIR ASSETS. ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE IS COREY AMONG OTHER GIS LEADERS IN SAINT JOHNS COUNTY HAS FORMED A GIS COMMITTEE. WE'RE STILL SORT OF TRYING TO MAKE THIS COMMITTEE TO BE MORE MATURE IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING WHAT KIND OF LEADERSHIP ROLE IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO PROVIDE A MORE CENTRALIZED AND LEVERAGED OVERSIGHT FOR ALL THE GIS TECHNOLOGY IN SAINT JOHNS COUNTY BUT THE TECHNOLOGY IS HERE, THE NEED FOR THE TECHNOLOGY IS ABSOLUTELY HERE. 
          SO THEY HAVE THE JOB TO LEAD COMMITTEE IN FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN DEPLOY GIS TECHNOLOGY TO GROWTH MANAGEMENT WHICH HELPS THEM TRACK ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS, DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION, REQUIREMENT BUT ALSO TWO PARKS AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE THESE ASSETS ACROSS THE COUNTY. 
          THAT'S A HUGE TASK AND IT'S VERY COSTLY. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE STORAGE, SERVERS, ALL THE THINGS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          HOW WE CAN HELP THEM TO MANAGE ALL OF THAT WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK, SO TO SPEAK, IS ANOTHER FINANCIAL TASK FOR THE COMMITTEE. I WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND OF COURSE ALL THE PROJECTS YOU'VE MENTIONED EARLIER ARE SORT OF BONUS PROJECTS. SOME ACQUISITION OF OTHER THINGS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 99% OF THINGS YOU DO WHICH IS FOR THE COUNTY OPERATION. SO WITH THAT SAID I HAVE -- DO 
          YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? >> NO I APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS CRITICAL TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE ALL THOSE THINGS THE COUNTY HAS TO OWN IN ORDER TO BUILD ROADS 
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AND BUILDINGS, WE HAVE TO OWN THE LAND FIRST FOR ALL OF THAT. 
          AND YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE SOME OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTED IN NEXT YEAR'S 
          PRESENTATION. >> NOT TO MENTION ON NEGOTIATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO PRIVATE PROPERTY ACQUISITION FOR NOT ONLY RIGHT OF WAY, EASEMENT BUT ALSO SIGNS AS NECESSARY FOR DRAINAGE NEEDS FOR ALL OF OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES AND FACILITIES AND I THINK PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE THE AGGRESSIVENESS WHEN IT COMES TO NEGOTIATING PROTECTION OF SAINT JOHNS COUNTY RESIDENTS SO A -- WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS DO. 
          ANY THOUGHT OR INSIGHT TO SHARE IN TERMS OF TRENDS WHEN IT COMES TO SORT OF THE WORKLOAD ON YOUR DESK? LOOKING AT EASEMENTS. I KNOW EVERY OTHER WEEK WE GO THROUGH OUR AGENDA ITEMS AND IT OCCUPIES ONE-THIRD OF ALL OF OUR CONSENT AGENDAS SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACQUISITIONS AND NEGOTIATION, BILL OF SALE, A LOT OF JUST PURCHASES, SURVEYING FOR THE DIFFERENT THAT YOU GUYS DO. I DON'T MEAN TO ASK THIS QUESTION ON THE SPOT BUT ANY GENERAL IDEA OF HOW IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR? 
          >> THE THINGS WE'VE OBSERVED AND THINGS WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE LAST YEAR WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE. 
          THE BOARD APPROVED -- WE WILL END UP UPGRADING THAT AS THE FOUNDATION OF ACCURACY, CONTINUALLY REFERENCE STATIONS. 
          THAT'S ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. LIKE IN REAL ESTATE LAND IS EXPENSIVE IN THE COUNTY. BY STATUTE WE HAVE TO APPRAISE VALUE. AREAS WHERE THE COUNTY HAS TO REQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY OR SITES OR LAND, THERE'S A TREND OF REPRESENTATION. WHICH FOR THE PUBLIC IF THERE'S A CORRIDOR THAT I'M SURE PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO MENTION THIS WHERE WE HAVE TO -- PERFECT EXAMPLE. 
          EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT WE ARE THERE BUT WE KNOW IT WAS AN 11 YEAR SAGA OF TRYING TO ACQUIRE LAND AND SO WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL PERSON ON THAT CORRIDOR. 
          SOMEONE MAY BE ALL FOR IT AND SOMEONE MAY BE AGAINST IT AND SOMEONE MAY HAVE LEGAL REPRESENTATION. 
          THOSE CHALLENGES WITH US HAVING TO DELIVER IN A TIMELY FASHION TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENT CAN BE A LITTLE STRESSFUL AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME AGGRESSIVE NEGOTIATING TACTICS BUT WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR LEGAL TEAM AND DAVE AND HIS TEAM IN REAL ESTATE, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 
          IT DOESN'T GO WITHOUT SAYING THERE ARE STILL CHALLENGES BECAUSE IT'S A LONG AND DRAWN-OUT PROCESS BUT THAT'S PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE SOME OF THE STRONGEST RIGHTS THEY HAVE. SO WE FIND A WAY TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LAND NEEDED FOR UTILITIES AND 
          PUBLIC WORKS. >> I THINK THIS REMINDS ME OF THE TOPIC WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND MAY IMAGINE PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN KIND OF A MIND SHIFT IN TERMS OF HOW WE NEGOTIATE WITH DEVELOPERS. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THE COST AND VALUE OF RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION IS SO EXPENSIVE AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE AS INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM TALKED ABOUT AND ESTABLISHED A LONG TERM TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COMMITTEE AND ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE COMMITTEE IS TO IDENTIFY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS EARLY ON. SO WE HAVE A MORE ADVANCED POSITION TO TAKE WHEN IT COMES TO NEGOTIATING FOR THE LAND. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, THE LANDS FAR MORE VALUABLE WHEN IT BECOMES ENTITLED AND HAS ALL KINDS OF MAJOR MODS ON IT COMPARED TO WHEN IT WAS JUST OVERRULED. BUT IT'S OUR JOB TO PLAN AHEAD OF TIME AND KNOW WHICH ROAD IS GOING WHERE, JUST LOOKING OUT 1E 
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MANAGEMENT HAS PLAYED IN THAT THOUGHT PROCESS HOW CAN WE IMPROVE OUR EVEN JUST LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES, OUR LANGUAGE TO HELP US TO NEGOTIATE THE LAND ACQUISITION BEFORE IT'S TIME. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S CONTINUED CONVERSATION WITH THE SUPPORT OF LONG TERM TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COMMITTEE AND NOW WE HAVE A PLANNER WHO'S CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THE MODEL OF WHAT TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS AND THIS IS BEYOND TIMELY EXPANSION. 
          JUST LOOKING AT THE COUNTY WIDE RESPONDING TO EXPRESSWAY AND I'M SURE THIS CONVERSATION WILL COME UP AGAIN WITH GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL BE CHALLENGING OURSELVES TO THINK MORE STRATEGICALLY HOW TO NEGOTIATE THOSE EASEMENTS RIGHT OF WAY WHEN WE CAN STILL AFFORD 
          THEM. >> I AGREE. 
          >> LET ME TAKE THIS TO ACTUALLY FOR THOSE VIEWING AT HOME WHO WISH TO VIEW THIS -- TO NAVIGATE FROM THE HOME PAGE. 
          TO THE COUNTY HOME PAGE AND TYPING IN FY27 BUDGET. 
          YOU CAN JUST SEARCH FY27 BUDGET. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE THERE TAKES YOU TO THE BUDGET HOME PAGE FROM THERE THE LAYER THERE YOU CLICK ON FY27 BUDGET INTO THE WORKSHOP SESSION SCHEDULE AND THEN THERE'S A LINK THERE FOR THE WORKBOOK. 
          THIS IS ALL THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT THAT'S LAID OUT CURRENTLY BY FUND. 
          LAND MANAGEMENT IS IN THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND WHICH IS A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF NAVIGATING WHICH DEPARTMENT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR BUT THEY'RE ALL IN THERE. 
          WILL TRY TO ASSIST WITH THAT NAVIGATION. 
          SO HERE'S WHAT A TYPICAL DEPARTMENT PAGE LOOKS LIKE. 
          LAND MANAGEMENT AS A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THEY DO AND AS MENTIONED THERE'S A LOT MORE TO WHAT THEY DO THAN THIS RIGHT HERE. 
          ADDITIONALLY WE IDENTIFY WHERE THE REVENUE FOR THIS DEPARTMENT IS COMING FROM, SO THIS LAND MNAGEMENT WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND AND WHERE THE FUNDING IS FROM AND JUST TO POINT OUT THAT TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND IS A RATE FUND SO PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOING INTO THAT AND SUPPORTING LAND MANAGEMENT. THEN AS WE GET INTO THE EXPENSES, THERE'S A GRAPH SUMMARY OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S PERSONNEL, OPERATING AND CAPITAL. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE'S A BIG DECLINE FROM 26 TO 27 AND WHAT THAT DECLINE IS IS IN 26 BUDGET THAT SUMMER HAVEN MANAGER PROGRAM THAT COREY MENTIONED THE 5 MILLION COMES WITH A $5 MILLION MATCH. 
          THE MATCH WAS NOT IN THIS BUDGET AS IT WAS ADOPTED IT'S BEEN A RESERVE TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THAT MATCH AS THOSE PROPERTIES COME FORWARD. THAT'S REALLY THE EXPLANATION FOR THE DECREASE FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND I WOULD SEE WHERE THAT MATCH IS. THEN YOU GO DOWN BELOW AND SEE SAME CATEGORIES BUT THEN YOU SEE THE LINE -- LINE ITEM DETAIL FOR EACH BUDGET LINE WITHIN LAND MANAGEMENT. 
          THERE'S A SURVEY TRUCK 55,000 AS WELL AS OTHER REQUESTS AND HERE'S AGAIN THAT SUMMER HAVEN MANAGE RETREAT GRANT WITH NOTHING PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR. JUST TO KIND OF POINT OUT GENERAL FOUR -- GRANTS FOR PROJECTS THERE WILL BE CAPITAL CARRY FORWARDS THAT GET ROLLED IN AT THE END OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. AS THE PROJECTS ARE APPROVED THEY'RE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REMAINING BALANCES ARE GOING TO BE UNTIL FURTHER ALONG IN THE YEAR SOME OF THE GRANT MAY BE CARRIED FORWARD BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT ABOUT IT AT THIS POINT. 
          SO THIS IS KIND OF THE OVERVIEW YOU WILL SEE FOR EACH DEPA 
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          DEPARTMENT. >> IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PRETTY MUCH LEVEL EVEN WITH THE COST INCREASE RELATED TO INFLATION AND OTHER VARIABLES IN TERMS OF EXPENDITURES. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SEPARATE SESSION ON CAPITAL AND 
          PROGRAM PROJECT. >> SPENDING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT 
          REQUEST [INDISCERNIBLE] >> ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO BETTER SUPPORT OTHER THAN APPROVING ADDITIONAL REQUESTS? 
          >> GUYS? WE'LL KEEP A NOTEPAD OUT JUST IN 
          CASE. >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? 
          WELL THANK YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> GOOD MORNING. 
          >> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. 
          >> HOW ARE YOU? >> GOOD. 
          >> GOOD MORNING. [INDISCERNIBLE] 
          >> GRAB AN ARM HERE GRAB A LEG [INDISCERNIBLE] 
          >> I'VE GOTTEN TEXTS FOR WHO WAS SITTING BEHIND ME AND WHAT 
          HAPPENED TO THEM. >> CAN YOU SEE? 
          >> YOU READY? >> IT WAS A WORKOUT. 
          >> YOU DO THIS EVERY DAY. >> MULTIPLE TIMES EVERY DAY. 
          [Medical Examiner]
THANK YOU PIERRE GOOD MORNING. FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW ME I'M THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER. I WORK AT THE DISTRICT 23 MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE AND A BUDGET I THOUGHT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO GIVE A LITTLE INFORMATION BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY BE WATCHING. 
          >> THE CAMERA IS THERE SO FEEL FREE TO SIT OVER HERE. 
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          >> I CAN SIT DAN -- I. CAN STAND. 
          IS THAT GOOD? >> YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE LOUD. NICE AND CALM AND YOU CAN RELAX 
          A BIT. >> SO WHAT WE DO IS PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY OF SAINT JOHN'S. 
          KNOWN AS DISTRICT 23 WE DO MEDICAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE THREE COUNTIES AND WE SERVE A COMBINED POPULATION ABOUT 564,000. WE INVESTIGATE DEATHS THAT ARE SUSPICIOUS, NOT NATURAL BUT WE ALSO AND PEOPLE WHO POTENTIALLY DIE FROM NATURAL DISEASES BUT DO NOT HAVE DECISION TO SIGN DEATH CERTIFICATE. BY THE STANDARDS WE PERFORM WITH BEST PRACTICES AND WE HAVE 13 EMPLOYEES IN THE OFFICE. 
          I'M THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER. THERE'S ASSOCIATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS. WE ARE PHYSICIANS, ACTUAL MDS AND WE DO RESIDENCY AND PATHOLOGY WHICH IS A STUDY OF DISEASES AND THEN WE DO A SUBSPECIALTY IN FORENSIC PATHOLOGY. THAT'S WHERE WE LEARNED HOW TO IDENTIFY NON-NATURAL CONDITIONS. WE ALSO HAVE THREE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. I'M GOING TO USE THAT THREE NUMBER MOSTLY BECAUSE YOU WILL SEE AT THE END THEY ARE MORE THAN JUST STAFF -- WE HAVE MEDICAL INVESTIGATORS OF PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE GOING TO THE SCENE WHEN SOMEONE DIES. 
          TALKING TO PHYSICIANS AND FAMILIES AND TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS IF YOU'RE GETTING WHATEVER IT IS WE NEED TO PERFORM OUR DUTIES WE HAVE FORENSIC TECHNICIANS, THE WORKHORSES OF THE OFFICE IN THE BACK COLLECTING EVIDENCE AND MOVING BODIES. 
          THE ONES THAT GET THE BRUNT OF WHAT I'M GOING TO BE REQUESTING TODAY. IN THE OFFICE. 
          SO I HAVE -- WE'VE FINALIZED THE 2025 ANNUAL REPORT, IT'S UPLOADED SO YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND LOOK AT IT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE OFFICE. 
          WE'VE GOT 1076 CASES LAST YEAR OF WHICH 144 CASES WERE VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER DECLINED AS MEDICAL EXAMINER CASES. 
          IT LEFT US WITH 632 CASES IN WHICH WE PERFORM FULL INVESTIGATIONS. OF THE 632 CASES WE ASSUMED JURISDICTION IN 495 CASES. THAT MEANS THAT WE FULLY INVESTIGATED 495 BODIES. SO HOW DO WE GET PAID? FIRST STATUTE THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE ARE PAID BY THE FUNDS UNDER CONTROL OF THE WORK COMMISSIONERS FOR EACH COUNTY. 
          AND THE WAY WE DO THIS IS SAINT JOHNS COUNTY BASICALLY PAYS THE BILL AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSED BY THE OTHER TWO COUNTIES BASED ON THE PERCENTAGES OF CASES THAT WE HAVE. 
          THEY DO THE SAME FROM THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND BUILDING COST. YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT IN -- THIS IS CALENDAR YEAR NOT FISCAL YEAR WE HAVE 43% OF OUR CASES FROM SAINT JOHN'S WHICH IS A DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR. 
          LAST YEAR 50% OF CASES CAME FROM SAINT JOHNS COUNTY. 
          THIS YEAR IT INCREASED BY 7%. AND SO OUR OPERATING BUDGET IS EXPECTED TO BE THIS YEAR 3,266,000. 
          139. WE PROPOSE OPERATING BUDGET IS 4,327,052. THE 1,000,060 DIFFERENCE IS BASED ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, X-RAY EQUIPMENT AND TWO NEW STATIONS. I WANT TO BRING UP THAT WE'RE BUDGET OUTSIDE OF THE INSTRUMENTS FOR OUR FUNCTION HAS NOT REALLY INCREASED FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          IN TERMS OF THE STATIONS THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR CURRENT MORGUE AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THIS HUNK OF METAL YOU SEE ON THE BACK. THIS IS WHERE WE PUT OUR VOICE INTO THE STATION AND WHERE WE PERFORM -- IT ALLOWS US TO CLEAN, CUT THE ORGANS. TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS AND SO FORTH. 
          SO WE'VE HAD OUR OFFICE BUILT 20 YEARS AGO. 
          ONE OF THOSE STATIONS IS FROM THE PREVIOUS OFFICE. 
          AND ONE OF THE STATIONS WAS BOUGHT WHEN THE OFFICE WAS BUILT 20 YEARS AGO AND IT'S BEEN REFURBISHED AND REFURBISHED 
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UNTIL LAST MONTH THEY TOLD US THEY CAN NO LONGER SUPPORT THE STATION SO WE ARE MAKING THEM WORK BUT THEY REALLY NEED TO BE REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OR CHANGE I SHOULD SAY. 
          NOW IN TERMS OF THE REQUEST, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. 
          I'M NOT SAYING THESE ARE THE GRANTS WE NEED TO USE. 
          THESE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING WHICH ARE HIGH SPEED LOW DOSE FULL BODY X-RAY SYSTEMS AND BASICALLY CHANGES COMPLETELY FROM THE ARM THAT YOU SAW THERE IS A MOBILE ARM TO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR WHICH I WILL EXPLAIN LATER HOW IT WORKS. 
          SO OUR CURRENT ARM SYSTEM WAS BOUGHT ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. 
          WHEN WE WENT FROM DIGITAL YOU GET AN X-RAY THE OLD SCHOOL WAY TO DIGITAL. AND INSTEAD OF MOVING THE SYSTEM WE GOT THE ARM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE UP AND DOWN. 
          THAT'S BASICALLY THE ONLY FUNCTION THE INSTRUMENT HAS. 
          THIS IS A TYPE OF LOWER INPUT INSTRUMENT WHICH MEANS THE QUALITY OF INSTRUMENTS IS NOT GREAT. 
          BASICALLY WHAT THEY USE IN THE ER TO SEE IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING GO ON BEFORE THEY TAKE IT. THIS SYSTEM'S ALSO INCREASED RADIATION AS COMPARED TO SYSTEMS LIKE THE ONES WE'RE TRYING TO GET WHICH IS LOWER DOSE. IT'S VERY PEOPLE UNFRIENDLY IN TERMS THAT IT REQUIRES A LOT OF EFFORT FROM OUR FORENSIC TECHNICIANS TO BE ABLE TO DO JUST A SINGLE X-RAY AND BECAUSE IT'S SO HEAVY AND DEPENDENT ON THE PERSONNEL, WE HAVE OPERATIONAL DELAYS MEANING IF I HAVE A CASE AND I HAVE TO DO FIVE X-RAYS THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 20 MINUTES ON A GOOD DAY AND THIS IS WHERE I WROTE THIS HERE TO SHOW YOU A WAY OF MANAGING THE EFFORT WE PUT INTO THE CASE. 
          SO THE BODIES ARE INSIDE A BODY BAG WHEN WE GET THEM. 
          SO WE DON'T TAKE THEM OUT OF THE BODY BAGS. 
          BECAUSE THE BODY -- BODIES TYPICALLY COME UNCLEANED WITH BLOOD ON THEM, EVIDENCE IN THEM AND WE CANNOT EXPOSE THAT EVIDENCE NECESSARILY UNTIL WE'RE READY TO EXPOSE THE EVIDENCE WHILE WE'RE TAKING THE X-RAYS SO WE KEEP THEM IN THE BODY BAG. 
          WE PUT THE BODIES ON THE TABLE THAT HAS A SLOT WHICH IS THE SIZE OF THE DIGITAL PLANE. THAT WE'RE USING CURRENTLY TO TAKE OUR X-RAYS AND WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE AN X-RAY. 
          WE GO OKAY LET'S SEE WHAT THAT IS. 
          COME BACK, LOOK AT THE X-RAY, THAT'S NOT IT, LET'S DO IT AGAIN. MOVE THE PERSON TO THE RIGHT. 
          THE OTHER RIGHT. YOU KNOW? SO NOW THE PLATE IS NOT UP. OKAY LET'S PUT IT ON THE SIDE. 
          OKAY HOLD THE PLATE. TAKE THE X-RAY. 
          THAT'S THE PROCESS WE DO RIGHT NOW IN OUR OFFICE FOR X-RAYS ON EVERY BODY. IT MAY TAKE TWO OR 3 MINUTES FOR DOING EACH X-RAY AND IT'S A CASE I PRESENTED LAST YEAR WHEN YOU GRACIOUSLY DECIDED WE NEED AN EXTENSION TO SHOW WE HAVE 57 IMAGES. TOOK 57 IMAGES -- BUT THERE WERE MULTIPLE LAYERS TO THIS PERSON. SO EVERY TIME WE TOOK A LAYER OFF WE HAD TO TAKE IT BACK AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. MENU. 
          THE 57 THAT YOU SEE HERE -- IT WAS MORE THAN 57 X-RAYS UNTIL WE GOT THE IMAGES WE WANTED. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU -- THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. PULLS THE BODY UP. 
          PUT IT UNDERNEATH. THEN I HAVE TWO TECHNICIANS. 
          AS A TECHNICIAN I CANNOT LIFT THIS MAN. 
          175 POUNDS. YOU CAN SEE THE EFFORT IT TAKES TO PUT THE PLATE UNDERNEATH. LIFT HIM UP, MOVE THE PLATE TO THE SIDE. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THE EFFORT IT TAKES TO DO THIS. AND IT WAS GREAT TEN, 15 YEARS AGO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE CASES THAT WE HAVE BUT ABOUT 50% OF OUR CASES HAVE X-RAYS AND EVERY TIME SOMEBODY COMES IN IT'S FOR A BODY X-RAY. EVERY TIME SOMEBODY DIES IN A CRASH -- WE HAVE TO DO THE FULL BODY X-RAYS ALSO BECAUSE THE BULLETS STAY ALL -- SOMETIMES GO THROUGH VESSELS AND THE CHEST. 
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THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT AND I WILL KEEP HIM HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT IF YOU WANT TO FEEL HIM TO SEE THE EFFORT IT TAKES. 
          >> THE PLATE IS NOT AS WIDE AS THE BODY EITHER SO EVERY TIME YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT AS WELL. WE HAVE FEET, HAND, HEAD. 
          WE TRY AMBULATE. IF YOU HAVE A BULLET IN A PERSON IT'S LIKE A BULLET IN GROUND BEEF. 
          YOU PUT A BULLET IN THE MIDDLE THERE AND FIND IT. 
          SO IF I CAN SEE IT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BODY I CAN LOOK AT THAT AREA. THAT'S WHY WE DO LATERAL AS W WELL. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HIGH SPEED LOW DOSE AND WHAT IT DOES IS YOU PULL THE BODY INTO THE TABLE FROM THE BOTTOM AND IT TAKES 13 SECONDS TO DO A FULL BODY X-RAY. THAT'S IT. 
          YOU NEED TO GO BACK BECAUSE MULTIPLE TIMES JUST TAKING THE BODY BACK, PUT IT IN THE TABLE AND BACK IN. 
          SO A CASE LIKE THAT EVERY SINGLE LAYER WOULD HAVE TAKEN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES TO DO THE X-RAYS. AND THIS IS THE RESULT. 
          WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? IT'S A TECHNOLOGICAL UPGRADE. 
          OUR OFFICE GRACIOUS IN GIVING US AN EXPANSION BUT OUR OFFICE NEEDS MORE THAN THE EXPANSION. WE HAVE TO BRING TO THIS ERA IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY. IT'S THERE FOR WORK AND EFFICIENCY AND MEANS -- MEETS CURRENT AND FUTURE DEMANDS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE WE GET OUT THERE PLANE CRASHES. 
          IF I HAVE TO WAIT EVERY THREE DAYS BEFORE WE CAN DO X-RAYS ON THE BODIES. WITH EQUIPMENT LIKE THIS WE COULD HAVE IT DONE BY THE TIME -- ALL THE INFORMATION COULD BE OUT. IT'S A LOT BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE CERTAIN HARDWARE IN YOUR BODY, SOMEBODY KNOWS THEY WERE IN THE PLANE AND HAD A HIP REPLACEMENT. THEY HAD A BYPASS, WE CAN USE THAT. THE EQUIPMENT WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT END QUICKLY. IMPROVES OUR ACCURACY AS WELL. 
          RIGHT NOW WE DON'T X-RAY EVERYBODY SO I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE MISSING SOME INJURIES. NOT ANYTHING THAT WOULD CREATE CAUSE OF DEATH BUT THERE ARE INJURIES. 
          IF THERE ARE BULLETS IN THERE IN THE LEGS WE'RE LETTING THEM GO BECAUSE WE CAN'T SEE THEM BECAUSE WE CANNOT X-RAY EVERYBODY. WITH THIS EVERYBODY WILL GET X-RAY THAT COMES INTO THE OFFICE. 
          SO THE SAFETY MORE IMPORTANTLY OF THE STAFF BECAUSE IT SCALES DOWN THE PHYSICAL EFFORT TO ACTUALLY DO THE X-RAY AND THE -- MINIMIZES THE RADIATION EXPOSURE. 
          SO THIS WORKS IN PARALLEL WITH THE GOALS OF THE EXPANSION OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE'RE PLANNING A 6000 SQUARE FOOT EXPANSION AND WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS LAST YEAR, WE SHOWED WE'D ADD DEDICATED RADIOGRAPH IN THE MORGUE. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW. WITH THIS WE WILL HAVE. 
          THIS IS SO FAR THE DESIGN WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. 
          IT'S NOT FINAL BY ANY MEANS BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CIRCLE IS THE X-RAY EQUIPMENT, THE X-RAY SUITE AND IT'S ALREADY BEING PREPARED TO ACCOMMODATE THIS TYPE OF X-RAY EQUIPMENT. 
          SO THE REQUEST WOULD INCLUDE THE LOW DOSE HIGH SPEED X-RAY EQUIPMENT, THE PACK SYSTEM WHICH IS AN ARCHIVING SYSTEM FOR THE X-RAY ITSELF BECAUSE THE X-RAY ITSELF DOES NOT ARCHIVE THEM. 
          THE MONITORS BECAUSE THEY HAVE FOUR STATIONS INCLUDING THE INFECTIOUS SUITE SO WE WILL MONITOR FOR EACH STATION AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE X-RAY ITSELF AND FOR EASE OF TRANSFER OF THE BODY. A COMPUTER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE ASSISTANT ITSELF AND MULTIYEAR SERVICE CONTRACT THAT WE WILL NEED AFTER THE ONE YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRES. 
          SO I SAID I WAS ASKING 1,016,000 BUT HERE THIS IS WHAT IT BREAKS DOWN TO BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE THE OTHER TWO COUNTIES REIMBURSED FOR SAINT JOHNS COUNTY. 
          FOR THE STATIONS AND X-RAY WILL BE $470,000. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING. I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO THINK WE DON'T WANT -- GET MONEY BACK FOR THE COUNTY BECAUSE WE DON'T 
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BRING A LOT OF REVENUE. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN OFFER OUTSIDE BUT WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND LOOKING FOR MORE GRANTS. WE HAVE, THE OVERDOSE TWO ACTION WHICH IS A GRANT GIVEN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FROM THAT GRANT WE RECEIVED $21,000 THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE TOXICOLOGY LAB TO OFFSET THE COST OF TOXICOLOGY IN CASES OF OVERDOSES. WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT THAT COMES FROM THE GRANT THAT WE USE DIRECTLY TO BUY EQUIPMENT THAT HELPS US IN INVESTIGATION AND PERFORMANCE IN FORENSICS. 
          WE'VE ELIMINATED A FEW THINGS. WE DON'T HAVE A HECK OF A LOT TO ELIMINATE BUT SOMETHING WE USE TO TRACK PEOPLE SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS IF WE CAN DO IT THE USUAL WAY. 
          WE CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEY TRACE AS WELL AND PROVIDE THAT FOR US. AND THINGS AS SIMPLE AS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THIS BUT WE TAKE TOWELS TO CLEAN THE BODIES AS WE'RE DOING THE AUTOPSIES. WE CHANGE THE TOWEL SERVICES TO SAVE LAST YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST PROUD OF IN OUR OFFICE AND I MENTIONED THIS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EXPANSION IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE CROSS-TRAINED THE OFFICE AN AREA, THERE'S FOR A TECHNICIAN OR AN INVESTIGATOR MY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ACTUALLY FEELS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED. 
          FOR EXAMPLE WENT FROM COORDINATOR TO FORENSIC COORDINATOR FORENSIC TECHNICIAN. SO SHE WAS -- NOW SHE ALSO HELPS IN THE BACK. SHE DOES ALL THIS, THE X-RAY AND THAT'S WHY SHE KNOWS HOW THIS FEELS. 
          AND THEN LEAH WHO'S ALSO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT -- ASSISTANT IS ALSO A MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR AND WILL BE SITTING NEXT YEAR FOR THEIR BOARD WHICH IS AMAZING THAT SHE'S TAKEN TO IT. IT COST US $20,000 TO CHANGE THE POSITION BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE INVESTIGATOR -- SO WE TRIED TO DO OUR BEST TO MINIMIZE COST AS WE GO IN OUR OFFICE. WE ALSO ROTATE OUR VEHICLES SO NOW EVERYBODY THE DOCTORS FOR EXAMPLE HAVE TO TRANSPORT? -- WE ROTATE THE VEHICLES. THE ONLY REVENUE THE OFFICE HAS IS SINGLE DEPOSITIONS THAT ARE FAR AND FEW IN BETWEEN. 
          THE HOUR DEPOSIT -- DEPOSITION WE DO NOT CHARGE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR ALL THESE REASONS BUT WE ALSO DO SOMETHING CALLED CREMATION REVIEWS AND WHAT THAT IS IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY THAT'S GOING TO BE CREMATED, THE FUNERAL HOMES SEND THE CERTIFICATES TO OUR OFFICE AND WE REVIEW THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CASES DO NOT MEET MEDICAL EXAMINERS -- WHEN WE DO SO WE SIGN OFF AND THEY CAN BE CREMATED. 3786 OF THOSE LAST YEAR AND WE CHARGED $50. THE FUNERAL HOME PAYS THE COUNTY. THEN THE FAMILIES PAY THE FUNERAL HOME FOR THAT PORTION. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE? SO WE HAD A REVENUE OF 108,000. CASES AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE -- THOSE CASES WE DON'T CHARGE. 
          SO IN REALITY WE ONLY HAVE 158,000 IN REVENUE LAST YEAR. 
          SO THIS CREMATION HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED IN MANY YEARS. 
          IN A WAY TO INCREASE SOMEHOW REVENUE WE PROPOSE PERHAPS A $10 INCREASE WHICH IN EVERY OTHER OFFICE THERE'S 25 DISTRICTS IN THE STATE. THE FEE WILL GO FROM $0 TO $75. 
          MOST OFFICES IN THE 56 RANGE SO WE THINK $10 INCREASE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK FOR OUR OFFICE AND ALSO EVEN INCLUDE AN INCREMENTAL FEE THEREAFTER SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN IN SO MANY YEARS. 
          AND OF COURSE INVOICING THE ACCOUNT FOR THE SHARE OF THE FULL BUILDING RENOVATION PROJECT COST WHICH IS $6,000,500. 
          THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR. AND BRINGING THE PROP TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE -- WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORT. 
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LIKE I SAID EARLIER WITH THE MANAGEMENT AND I DON'T SAY THEY ARE ESSENTIAL IN A SENSE THAT OTHERS ARE NOT BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME DESCRIPTIVE WAYS OF DESCRIBING DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT THEY DO. MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IS ESSENTIAL AND NOT ONLY ESSENTIAL BUT A PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT AND STATE REQUIRED -- FROM THE STATE FOR THE VERY PURPOSE OF SAFETY. THIS IS AN ENTIRELY FUNDED BY GENERAL FUNDS DEPARTMENT ALONGSIDE SHERIFF'S OFFICE... 
          WITH PROJECTS WE'RE UTILIZING FOR THE EXPANSION. 
          I DO WANT TO NOTE FOR TWO YEARS WE REQUESTED FOR EXPANSION BECAUSE OF THE REGIONAL NATURE OF THE EXPANSION AND LAST REQUEST WAS APPROVED BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE AND BY THE GOVERNOR AT THE END SO WE COULD NOT RECEIVE THE 7.5 MILLION WE REQUESTED. I THINK WE ASKED THE BOARD TO SUPPORT A VERY DECISIVE DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EXPANSION BECAUSE THE NEED HAS BEEN OVERDUE. 
          WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
          WADE AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN VERY INNOVATIVE IN TERMS OF HOW WE FUND THIS PROJECT IMMEDIATELY AND COMMERCIAL PAPER. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AND IT'S A GOOD POINT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE OTHER TWO COUNTIES FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE COST WHEN IT COMES TO REALLY ANYTHING OPERATIONAL RELATED. CAN BE AMORTIZED FOR OPERATIONAL COST. SO THE 5.6 MILLION HAS ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED LAST YEAR AND IS ONGOING. 
          WE HAVE PRELIMINARILY REVIEWED ALL THE PROJECTS SO THE ONE IS DEFINITELY RUNNING -- I. THINK AT THE END OF OUR TWO WEEK SESSION WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL SESSION JUST ON THE CIP BUT WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. HONESTLY I DO THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE THAT ALTERNATIVE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. 
          NOT ONLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EFFORT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF YOUR EMPLOYEES. NOT ONLY THE HAZARD OF MOVING HEAVY OBJECT AROUND BUT ALSO THE EXPOSURE TO RADIATION. 
          AND ALTERNATIVE OF NOT HAVING IT IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER ITEMS MAY BE MORE QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION I THINK -- WHEN SHE GOT HERE SHE TRIED HARD TO RECRUIT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND WE UNDERSTAND HOW TOUGH THAT LABOR MARKET IS. THERE'S NOT THAT MANY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. SO WE ALMOST KIND OF HAVE TO GO AROUND THE COUNTRY TO HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON TO BE IN PLACE PICK I THINK HAVING THE RIGHT TOOL AND RESOURCE TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS A BIG PART OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. 
          SO YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT THE RIGHT SPACE, WORKING OUT OF A CLOSET, HAVING A HANDHELD X-RAY AND ALL OF IT SO THAT'S KUDOS TO YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BACK IT UP WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT FOR YOU TO DO YOUR WORK. SO ABSOLUTELY SERIOUSLY NOTED THE NEED FOR THIS. THAT'S REALLY MY COMMENTS. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. DO YOU WANT TO GET INTO THE 
          DEPARTMENT BUDGET? >> SURE. 
          SO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S BUDGET IS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND AND WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND IT IS UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEN WE CAN GET INTO THEIR OPERATIONAL BUDGET. 
          PROGRAM DESCRIPTION, REVENUE INCLUDING THE TRI COUNTY AGREEMENT WHERE EACH COUNTY IS THEIR PORTION OF THE FUNDING. 
          I WILL SAY ON THIS ONE THE GRAPH LOOKS A LITTLE FUNKY BECAUSE THE REIMBURSEMENT GOING DOWN INTO THE DATA THE REIMBURSEMENTS ARE IN THERE AS NEGATIVE EXPENSES AND THAT'S JUST HOW WE'VE BEEN ACCOUNTING FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE INCREASING FROM PRIOR YEARS PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT HERE. THAT'S THE X-RAY AND AUTOPSY TABLE. SO THE NET SAINT JOHN'S COUNTY FUNDING IS JUST A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION. 
          THAT FUNDING IS FROM THE GENERAL FUND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 
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WHATEVER GRANTS ARE AVAILABLE. JUST TO HIGHLIGHT AND I WON'T GO INTO THAT PAGE, THE BUILDING EXPANSION IS -- AND PUBLIC BUILDING IMPACT FEE IS SIX AND A HALF MILLION THIS YEAR THERE'S A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL 1.8 FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          FOR ADDITIONAL RENOVATION OF CURRENT SPACE. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY BECAUSE WE'RE USING OUR IMPACT FEES WE'VE MET WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE -- THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS FAR AS THE COST OF THAT FACILITY TO ALSO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FROM OTHER COUNTIES FOR THAT FACILITY. BUT THAT REIMBURSEMENT WOULD GO BACK. YOU WILL SEE THAT OVER THERE. 
          >> I DO HAVE TO TOUCH ON THE TOPIC OF THE FEES, THIS IS MORE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE SEEING THIS. 
          AMONG MANY DIRECTORS WE GOT TOGETHER AS A ROUND TABLE AND TALKED ABOUT OUR UPCOMING BUDGET AND EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES AND THE DISCREPANCY AND HOW WE CAN SOLVE THAT. 
          FEES IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE TOPICS CAME UP REPEATED AMONG DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. I DO THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO IMPLEMENT SOME INDEXING IN THE FEES SO THAT OUR COST OF SERVICES, EVEN THOUGH WE CAN NEVER RECUPERATE THE COST OF SERVICES, I THINK IT'S A FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO TO KEEP THE FEE UP LIKE OUR IMPACT FEE AND ANY OTHER FEE. 
          OUR UTILITY CONNECTION FEES AND WATER RATES TO KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE A SERIOUS LOOK AT ACROSS THE BOARD AS WELL. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR RECOMMENDATION OF LOOKING AT IT BI ANNUALLY AND KEEPING UP WITH UPDATES. HONESTLY WE -- IT'S NOT FUNNY BUT I THINK ABOUT THE COST OF CREMATING AND MEDICAL EXAMINING A BODY IN COMPARISON TO THE FEE YOU CHARGE WAS $50 FOR CREMATION IS REALLY MARGINALLY DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT YOU HAVE TO DO. 
          I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I'M SEEING ON YOUR SLIDE OUR DIVIDES AMONGST THREE JURISDICTIONS 2740 3:30. 
          Z INCREASE OR DECREASE IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCES, DO WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR INTERNAL AGREEMENT TO REFLECT 
          THAT PERCENTAGE? >> THE INTER LEVEL AGREEMENT UPDATES EACH YEAR BASED ON THE PRIOR YEARS AND PERCENTAGES -- 
          >> THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S MULTIPLIED BY 
          THE COST. >> IT SEEMS LIKE OUR PERCENTAGE HAS DECREASED OVER THE YEARS AND I THINK -- AND I DON'T WANT TO READ INTO IT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN YOUR ANNUAL REPORT BUT I DO THINK IT'S A REFLECTION OF SAINT JOHN'S COUNTY'S SAFETY MEASURE AND HOW WE'VE SUPPORTED THE SAFETY, THE OVERALL SAFETY RATING HAS GONE UP AND ALSO OUR FIRE RESCUE AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE THE WAY THEY'VE DEPLOYED NARCAN TO SUPPORT DRUG ABUSE HAS REALLY BECOME LESS OF A DOMINATING REASON FOR YOUR SERVICES. SO WITH THAT, JESSE AND BRAD 
          ANYTHING TO ADD? >> I'D LIKE TO SAY WHAT A GREAT JOB SHE'S DONE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND I MEAN YOU'VE DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB AND WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU. MY STAFF IS AMAZING. 
          IT'S EASY TO DO THESE THINGS WHEN YOU HAVE A STAFF LIKE I HAVE. WE'RE ONLY 13 BUT WE'RE MIGHTY. 
          >> THANK YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL TAKE GEORGE. >> ALL RIGHT GEORGE. 
          WHO'S GOING TO BE RETURNED TO THEM. 
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          [INDISCERNIBLE] >> ALL RIGHT SO WE WILL RUN 
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THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION HERE REAL QUICK PICK SOME HIGHLIGHTS BY THE DEPARTMENT A REVIEW FOR YOU AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR BUDGETS. FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT KNOW WE HAVE FIVE BUDGETS IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT WE MANAGE. 
          REAL QUICK FOR THE DEPARTMENTS NOW WE HAVE 18 FIRE STATIONS AND STAFF 247. FOR MORE ON THE WAY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXPANSION. STATION 21 HERE AND BY EARLY SUMMER AND THEN NOT TOO FAR BEHIND THAT BY THE BEGINNING OF EARLY NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE FIRE STATION. 
          CURRENTLY AS WE SIT RIGHT NOW COMBINED CERTIFIED PERSONNEL AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL WERE AT 520 5FTES ACROSS ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUAL AREAS OF THE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE DO HAVE RESCUE PERSONNEL THAT ARE STARTING TO COME IN FOR OUR SUMMER SEASON FOR MEMORIAL DAY AND LABOR DAY. 
          SO THEY ARE TEMPORARY STAFFING FOR US IN ADDITION TO OUR EIGHT FULL TIME PEOPLE THAT ARE YEAR ROUND. 
          I'D LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE WE ARE MULTIFACETED DEPARTMENT AND COVER A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS, NOT JUST FIRE AND EMS WHICH IS WHAT PEOPLE KNOW US FOR BUT EVERYTHING ON THERE IS EVERYTHING WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. 
          FIRE -- WE DO AUTOMATIC AGREEMENT WITH OTHER PARTNERS AND COUNTIES. WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR HAZMAT CALLS, SEARCH AND RESCUE CALLS. MARINE RESCUE CALL IN COASTLINE. 
          I THINK PEOPLE FORGET WE'RE SURROUNDED BY WATER ON BOTH SIDES SO WE HAVE THE BEACH SIDE AND RIVERSIDE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. SOME SPECIAL EVENTS OVER THE YEAR WITH CITY FIRE. WERE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR 911 COMMUNICATIONS, DISPATCHERS, PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          THAT'S OUR SCHOOLS AND FIRE SAFETY STUFF. 
          THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR INVESTIGATIONS SIDE OF THINGS. THE LOGISTICS SECTOR SECTION THAT KEEPS THIS RUNNING FOR US. SUPPORTING THE MEN AND WOMEN OUT THERE DOING THEIR JOB EVERY DAY. WE DO OUR OWN EMS BILLING. 
          THAT BRINGS IN REVENUE TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR COLLECTIONS AND OBVIOUSLY OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT PERSONNEL FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. SO A QUICK BRIEF THE LAST FOUR 
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YEARS, CALL VOLUMES BEEN SLOWLY INCREASING THE PAST FEW YEARS. 
          JUST UNDER 70,000 CALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE CORRESPONDENT WITH THE NEXT SLIDE WHICH IS POPULATION THAT'S BEEN INCREASING SINCE 2021, GETS JUST UNDER 370,000 THERE. WHAT IT DOESN'T SHOW IS DEMAND FOR SERVICE ON OUR DEPARTMENT IS ALL THE TOURISTS THAT COME THROUGH HERE EVERY YEAR. THAT NUMBER IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR THERE. SO WE'RE AN EXPENSIVE OPERATION. 
          THAT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO REAL QUICK IS RETURN ON INVESTMENT. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT I WILL HIGHLIGHT HERE BUT I WILL HIT SOME OF THE BIG ONES RECENTLY WITH THE SUPPORT WE'VE HAD IN PREVIOUS BUDGETS ESPECIALLY WITH OUR MEDIC POSITIONS WHICH IS OUR HIGHEST LEVEL MEDICAL RESPONSE CAPABILITIES WE HAVE ON THE STREET. 240 CARDIAC ARRESTS WITH 44% OF THOSE REGAINING A HEARTBEAT AND 18% OF THAT RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL WITH NEUROACTIVITY -- FULL NEURO INTACT. 
          DEFICITS NEUROLOGICALLY. BUT IT COMES TO PUTTING THIS REFERENCE WE'RE THE BEST IN THE STATE WITH THOSE OUTCOMES. 
          THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR NEURO INTACT RECOVERY IS 8% AND WE'RE AT 18%. A LOT OF THIS IS WITH THE HELP OF OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND HIS AGGRESSIVENESS AND TRAINING AND SUPPORT AND THE COUNTY SUPPORT OF OUR EMS SERVICES ESPECIALLY WITH THE MEDIC TEAM. THE BIG THINGS WITH MEDIC ONE AND MEDIC TWO IS WE HAVE CAPABILITY TO GIVE BLOOD IN THE FIELD NOW WHICH HAS SEEN TREMENDOUS BENEFITS TO PATIENT OUTCOMES WHEN IT COMES TO TRAUMA CALLS. 
          TO DATE WE'VE DONE ABOUT 32 FIELD BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS WITH 90% BEING CRITICAL PATIENTS THAT SURVIVED TRANSPORT AND CARE TO THE HOSPITAL. IT'S BEEN A GREAT ASSET AND HAS WORKED REALLY WELL FOR US AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO AS WE LOOK TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM. -- EXPAND THE PROGRAM. 
          THERE WE GO. IT'S A LITTLE SLOW. 
          JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OTHER AREAS FOLKS ARE PROBABLY UNAWARE OF WITH SOME EARLIER SESSIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OUR FIRE PUBLIC EDUCATION SIDE WE'VE DONE OVER 3000 STUDENTS TRAINED IN CPR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. 
          WE'VE DONE 327 COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGH THE WHOLE COUNTY ENGAGING WITH A LITTLE OVER 46,000 CIVILIAN MEMBERS IN THOSE PROGRAMS. OUR MENTAL HEALTH STUFF HAS REALLY TAKEN OFF. IT'S BEEN A GREAT ASSET FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AS WE ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY THAT CONTINUES TO GROW OVER THE YEARS AND IT'S EXPANDED FROM INITIALLY JUST FIREFIGHTERS NOW WE'VE EXPANDED TO IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS AND RETIREES ARE ALSO COVERED IN THE PROGRAM. 
          WE'VE EXPANDED ON THAT WITH SOME OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND FITNESS BREAK -- IN CONJUNCTION WHICH ARE KIND OF A SEPARATE GROUP. 
          WE DO VIRTUAL REALITY IMMERSION TRAINING WE USE A I AND REALITY FOR. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF FILLING OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS COORDINATOR POSITION ADDED LAST YEAR INTO THIS BUDGET WHICH WILL HELP WITH SLEEP, DIET, COACHING OF OUR PERSONNEL IN THAT REALM. WE'RE CURRENTLY INTERVIEWING FOR THAT POSITION RIGHT NOW. TRAINING AS WE EXPAND WITH THIS PUBLIC EXPANSION PLAN IT'S IMPORTANT WE KEEP UP WITH THE TRAINING OF OUR PERSONNEL. WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY INTO TRAINING. TRAINING FOR HIGH LEVEL SUPERVISORS OUR LIEUTENANT RANKS WE'VE STARTED TO FOCUS ON WHAT'S HIGH LEVEL TRAINING FOR THEM. SOME REAL QUICK NUMBERS, STAFF RIGHT NOW ALMOST 89,000 HOURS OF FIRE TRAINING. 
          OVER THE PAST YEAR WE'VE ADDED A NEW AERIAL TRUCK, AMBULANCES WE'VE COMPLETED THE BUNKER GEAR PROJECT WHICH WAS THE SECOND SET OF BUNKER GEAR FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PUSHED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED SO MOST EVERYONE HAS TWO SETS OF GEAR AT THIS TIME. AS I'VE MENTIONED EARLIER STATIONS 21 AND 22 ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY AND 17 
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AND TEN ARE CURRENTLY IN RENOVATION TO DO -- TO EXPAND THEIR SERVICES. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT OBVIOUSLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS YOU'VE SEEN INCREASES IN OUR BUDGET AS THE YEARS GO BY. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW WHAT'S THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS FOR US. A SIGNIFICANT COST OF DOING BUSINESS FOR US OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, IF YOU LOOK THAT SAYS FISCAL YEAR 23 TO 27. YOU CAN SEE THE COST INCREASES OVER SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS THERE AND PERCENTAGES THERE. 
          THE MENTAL HEALTH EXPANSION AS WE ADD PEOPLE AND EXPAND THOSE SERVICES OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE THERE PLUS THE COST WILL GO UP HERE YOU'LL GET 195% COST TO DO BUSINESS INCREASE WITH THAT ALONE. THE OTHER TWO TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THAT GRAPH WOULD BE THE FIRE ENGINE AND AMBULANCE COST FROM 23 TO 27 AND WHERE THOSE HAVE LANDED. 
          OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. THE OTHER BIG ONE IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIREFIGHTER ON BOARD AND COST HAS GONE UP TO ALMOST $20,000 FROM $7200. WHICH IS 173% INCREASE IN THE COST TO DO BUSINESS FOR US TO ON BOARD A BRAND NEW FIREFIGHTER. 
          I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE THINGS REAL QUICK TO SHOW WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COST BUT THE ONE THAT'S REALLY SURPRISING IS OUR STRUCTURE COST FOR ALL OUR RESCUE UNITS FROM 46,000 TO 66,482 JUST UNDER 50% INCREASE. THAT'S NOT PART OF THE INDIVIDUAL AMBULANCE COST. IT'S PART OF -- [INDISCERNIBLE] 
          STOCKING THE AMBULANCES. >> THE ONBOARDING COST WENT UP 
          -- WHAT'S THE COST INCREASE? >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT UNIFORMS, BUNKER GEAR, DUAL BUNKER GEAR WE'VE SEPARATED OUT SO MEDICAL CLEARANCE FOR PHYSICALS THE ANNUAL PHYSICALS WERE REQUIRED TO DO ON EVERYBODY. ONBOARDING HAS A MEDICAL PHYSICAL PORTION TO IT AS WELL BASICALLY YOU LOOK AT TIME AND TRAINING ON EQUIPMENT, GEARING THEM UP, THAT'S AN INCREASE IN COST IN EQUIPMENT IS WHERE THAT'S COME FROM. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? >> THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL. 
          >> I WILL START WITH MY FTE REQUEST FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. 
          IN TOTAL WE'RE ASKING FOR 35. 30 WILL BE FOR BEACH WALK STATION WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN PHASE RIGHT NOW. 
          -- INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD START CLICK ON THAT. 
          IT TAKES -- WE'RE ASKING FOR 35 FIREFIGHTERS FOR BEACH WALK. 
          IN ADDITION I NEED SOME ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IN THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. WE'RE ASKING FOR A LOGISTICS DEPUTY CHIEF. RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY ONE CHIEF IN LOGISTICS AND LOGISTICS IS KIND OF WHAT SUPPLIES EVERYTHING OUT TO OUR PEOPLE. IF THAT'S NOT WORKING THEN THE STREETS COULD HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME FUNCTIONING. 
          I NEED ANOTHER LEVEL BELOW HIM. CURRENTLY CHIEF OF LOGISTICS MEANS BASED -- NEEDS BASICALLY A HELPER TO HELP HIM IN THERE. 
          TO HELP HIM RUN THAT SECTION. A TRAINING CAPTAIN AND LIEUTENANT TO OUR TRAINING DIVISION AGAIN. 
          EVERYTHING WE'RE ASKING FOR FOR FTE THIS YEAR IS IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY EXPANSION PLAN AND TO SUPPORT THE PLAN TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY TO GO WITH THIS COMPLETED. 
          ALL THE POSITIONS REALLY TIED DIRECTLY TO THE EXPANSION ITSELF. AGAIN THE TRAINING CAPTAIN POSITION, WE NEED MORE TRAINING STAFF AS WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT TO MAINTAIN CURRENT REQUIRED TRAINING IN ADDITION TO THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND TO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SUPERVISION. 
          >> AT THE COMPLETION OF EXPANSION, HOW MANY STATIONS AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FOR THESE NEW REQUESTED 
          POSITIONS TO SUPPORT? >> I BELIEVE TOTAL PUBLIC SAFETY EXPANSION PLAN HAD 105. THERE WAS NO ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COMPONENT WE SET ASIDE FOR THAT. 
          SO WE PROBABLY NEED A FEW POSITIONS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING BY THE COMPLETION OF THE EXPANSION. 
          THESE ARE NEEDED NOW TO HELP KEEP THE EXPANSION MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT GETTING US BEHIND. 
          >> SO YOU HAD EARLIER 500 WITH SOME CHANGE FTES. 
          >> 22 PATIENTS WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE TO THE 18. 
          THEN ALMOST 600 FTES. >> THAT'S A 25% INCREASE? 
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          >> PRETTY CLOSE. >> ADDING A ONE FIFTH WORKFORCE. 
          >> SO THOSE TOP THREE POSITIONS WOULD BE CERTIFIED POSITIONS, CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS. THE LOGISTICS TECHNICIAN -- WOULD BE CIVILIAN POSITIONS. LOGISTICS TECH IS TO HELP OUR CURRENT LOGISTICS STAFF WITH ALL THE DEMANDS COMING IN TO LOGISTICS RIGHT NOW AND EMS AREA OBVIOUSLY THE CALL LINES ARE GOING UP. IT'S GETTING A LITTLE BOGGED DOWN. WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT THE REVENUE THAT COMES IN FROM THE EMS BILLING WHICH IS A PRETTY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING IN. 
          MOVING INTO THE INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS NOW THE FIRE BUDGET FOR 27 BY 86 MILLION FOR FIRE. THAT'S BUDGET 12.4. 
          AGAIN THAT'S SUPPORTED BY THE TAX... 
          THAT'S THE ONLY ONE OF ALL THE BUDGETS. 
          I BELIEVE 23 OF THE 30 ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS BUDGET THE FIREFIGHTERS -- THIS WILL BE PERSONAL STAFFING. 
          I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE PERCENTAGES OF OUR BUDGETS AND GO TO STAFFING AND PERSONNEL. SO THIS IS ALMOST 80% OF THIS BUDGET IS ALMOST CERTAINLY GOING TO STAFFING. 
          BASICALLY 20% TO RUN THE OPERATION. 
          OUR PERSONNEL COSTS ARE HIGH AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          SO AGAIN THAT BUDGET IS GOING PERSONAL STAFFING, HEALTH AND SAFETY INITIATIVES, MENTAL HEALTH, MAINTENANCE, MEDICATION AND APPARATUS REPLACEMENT PROGRAM AS A CONTINUOUS PROJECT THERE. IT'S PRETTY CLOSE FROM BEING LIKE THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. IT'S RELATIVELY FLAT. 
          M'S BUDGET, JUST UNDER 28 MILLION. 
          AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME EFFORTS THAT ARE FUNDED OUT OF THIS BUDGET WHICH COMES OUT OF A GENERAL FUND. 
          SO 83% OF THIS PROJECT IS DEDICATED TO PERSONNEL AND STAFFING. AGAIN, I THINK 7 OUT OF 30 EARNED THIS BUDGET. A LOT OF STUFF WE HAVE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN MAINTAINED. 
          WE HAVE BLOOD PRODUCTS, THAT CAUSE -- WE DO A LOT OF PARAMEDIC SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE THROUGH PARAMEDIC SCHOOL WITHOUT PUTTING THAT BURDEN OF COST ON THEM, WHICH HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT HELP TO US. ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT PROMOTIONS. AGAIN, AMBULANCE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, ALSO PART OF THAT. MARINE RESCUE FOR 2027, ABOUT 2.6 MILLION. A LOT OF THIS IS STAFFING. 
          I THINK 73% OF THIS BUDGET IS STAFFING FOR THEM. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF BEACH, A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE BEACH EVERY YEAR THAT SEEMS TO BE GOING UP AND UP. 
          A COUPLE ITEMS IN THIS BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR IS BEACH RESPONSE VEHICLES AND WE'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER PERMANENT LIFEGUARD TOWER WITH LAST YEAR PERKINS A PERMANENT STRUCTURE THAT WE WOULD PLACE FOR THEM THIS YEAR. AND COMMUNICATIONS BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, ASKING FOR 3.3 MILLION. 
          AGAIN, 81% OF THAT BUDGET IS FOR PERSONNEL AND STAFFING IN THERE. 
          THAT'S OUR BIGGEST COST, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE COUNCIL REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED. 
          IT'S PART OF THE REFRESHING THEIR EQUIPMENT IN THERE. 
          SO IT STAYED PRETTY FLAT FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          SO A LOT OF THEM THIS PERSONAL COST. 
          FINAL BUDGET WE HAVE IS OPERABLE RADIO SYSTEM, ABOUT 3.7 FOR NEXT YEAR. BASICALLY THE PRIMARY MISSION ADDITION IN THIS WHOLE BUDGET, THERE ARE TWO OF THESE AND THEY 
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SUPPORT BASICALLY THE MAINTENANCE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE SYSTEM. THE ONLY THING SIGNIFICANT WE'RE ADDING INTO THIS FROM LAST YEAR -- I TALKED ABOUT THE UPDATE COUNCILS ARE COMING, WHEN THEY NEED GENERATOR REPLACEMENT I WERE ASKING FOR A SYSTEM WE CAN TRANSPORT TO OUR TOWER SITE ON THE EVENT WE LOSE GENERATOR, ESPECIALLY DURING STORMS OR SOME TYPE OF OUTAGE IN ONE OF OUR POWERS WE CAN GET THIS GENERATOR OUT OF A TRAILER AND GET THE POWER BACK TO THE RADIO SYSTEM. 
          WHEN YOU COMBINE ALL THE BUDGETS TOGETHER, LOOKING AT 123 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 PICK THAT'S ALL THOSE COMBINED TOGETHER, WHICH IS RELATIVELY FLAT FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. 
          SO A REALLY BIG ADJUSTMENT ON THAT END HERE ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> I JUST WANT TO NOTE ON YOUR FTE, FOR -- 30 FTES BUT TWO DIVISIONS AND YOU WON'T SEE IN THE FULL ANNUALISED EFFECT OF THOSE EFFORTS IN THIS BUDGET BECAUSE THEY'RE PROPOSING. 
          [INDISTINCT] THERE ARE SOME ANNUAL SAVINGS THIS YEAR AND THE RESULT THEN IS THOSE POSITIONS ARE ON BOARD AND THEN MOVING TO FISCAL YEAR 2028 YOU'LL SEE AN INCREMENTAL INCREASE EVEN IF WE DIDN'T ADD ANY ADDITIONAL THING TO THAT PICK SO THAT WORKS PERFECT FOR US. 
          [INDISTINCT] EMS IS PART OF A GENERAL FUND, PARTLY FUNDED, WHICH DO NOT FULLY SUPPORT THE REMAINING COMES FROM GENERAL FUND PROPERTY TAXES AND OTHER REVENUES. 
          OUTSIDE OF ANY GRANT STUDYING FEDERAL GRANTS THAT COULD PURSUE PICK MENTIONED HEAVY ON THE PERSONNEL SIDE AND MANY OF THESE AREAS AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE VISUALLY HERE, AND ALSO THE LINE OF INFORMATION AS WELL. SO VERY PERSONAL INTENSIVE. 
          STICK WITH THE GENERAL FUND -- THERE WE GO. 
          ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE, IT SAYS 911 DISPATCH -- THIS IS ALSO WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. HOWEVER IT'S NOT SOLELY FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND. THERE'S 50% THIS YEAR OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET. AGAIN, THE PERSONNEL INTENSIVE -- YOU CAN SEE THE LINE THERE AS WELL. 
          IN A PORTABLE RADIO SYSTEM IS PERSONNEL INTENSIVE BUT IT'S VERY HEAVY OPERATING INTENSIVE TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE RADIO SYSTEM THAT MAINTAIN THE HOURS YOU CAN SEE THE BIGGEST EXPENSE RELATES IN THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE TOWERS AND THE EQUIPMENT AND ALL THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. FIRE DISTRICT FUND IS THE LARGEST FUND. AGAIN, THIS HAS VERY CAPITAL INTENSIVE, 23 OF THE 30 NEW POSITION RELATED TO BEACHWALK AS WELL AS OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS. 
          THIS WILL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS A STAND-ALONE FUND. 
          YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT THINGS HERE KIND OF WALKING THROUGH HISTORICAL REVENUES AND EXPENSES AND THEN THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE FUND SUMMARY WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALL THE REVENUES, BREAK DOWN ALONGSIDE ALL THE EXPENSES FOR EACH YEAR. 
          THIS IS KIND OF A NEW FEATURE WE HAVE THIS YEAR. 
          SO HERE ARE THE REVENUES RELATED TO THE FIRE DISTRICT FUND WITH 
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PROPERTY TAXES BEING THE LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE. 
          THERE ARE SOME GRANTS AND POYNTER GOVERNMENTAL FUND REVENUES AVAILABLE BUT PRIMARILY PROPERTY TAXES WHICH FUNDS THE FIRE DISTRICT. THIS IS JUST FY27 REVENUE. 
          >> YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGE HERE, 81% FUNDED THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES. THEN LINE ITEM DETAIL WOULD BE REVENUE SOURCE AND THEN WE GET INTO THE EXPENSES. 
          THIS IS BY DEPARTMENT SO THERE'S REALLY TWO DEPARTMENTS HERE WITHIN. OPERATION SIDE AND THEN THERE'S REALLY TRANSFERS AND RESERVES ON THE OTHER SIDE. 
          AGAIN, LINE ITEM INFORMATION AVAILABLE HERE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE RESERVES ARE INCREASING SOMEWHAT, WHICH IS GOOD. WE MENTIONED STARTING LAST YEAR, WE ADDED THE EMERGENCY RESERVE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE HURRICANES OR EMERGENCY EVENTS, OUR RESCUE IS THE BIGGEST LOGISTICAL OPERATION DURING THOSE EVENTS. 
          WITH THAT COMES HIGH COSTS RELATED TO THE PERSONNEL ON THE 
          GROUND. >> I JUST -- ON THAT TOPIC I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS WHAT'S THE RIGHT AMOUNT AND WHAT IF WE CAN ACHIEVE ONE YEAR WITH A MULTIYEAR APPROACH HOW MANY YEARS WOULD WE LIKE TO CONTINUE TO PUT AWAY EMERGENCY FUNDS SO WE CAN BE PREPARED IN THE ACTIVATION SCENARIO WHERE WE HAVE YOUR STAFF COMPENSATED FOR OPERATION COSTS, THAT SHOULD BE SELF CONTAINED. ONE THING I -- WE JUST POINTED OUT AN INCREASE IN THE RESERVE IN LIGHT OF THE BOARD'S TRANSFER OF GENERAL FUND TO OUR DISTRICT. HOW MUCH DOES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO 
          THE INCREASE IN FIRE RESERVE? >> IT DOES CONTRIBUTE TO THAT INCREASE AND PART OF THAT IS -- THERE'S THE BEACH WALK STATION COMING ON AGAIN, THAT'S NOT -- AS WELL AS THE PLAN THE STATION BEHIND IT. WE HAVE SEEN SOME SAVINGS THIS YEAR ON THE SALARY SIDE SO THAT'S ALL BEEN CONTRIBUTED AS 
          WELL TO SOME OF THAT INCREASE. >> FURTHER STEP PLAN WITHIN THE 
          BUDGET? >> AND THE SYSTEM. 
          >> SO WE'RE REQUESTING 2027 TO PARTIALLY FUND PITCHFORK. 
          IT'S ALREADY FULLY STAFFED? >> SO OUT OF THE FOUR STATIONS, HAVE HAVE BEEN ALREADY ONBOARDED PIXEL WILL HAVE TWO MORE 
          STATIONS. >> AND THEN THE REASON FOR STACKING OF FTES AND ADVANCED TO THE COMPLETION OF PROJECT IS BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. 
          WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE TIME FOR THE STAF TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR 
          TO INCUBATION ... >> SET THE PACE OF THIS EXPANSION IS HAPPENING -- IT'S HARD TO EXPERIENCE A LITTLE BIT. 
          THERE ARE TIMES REQUIREMENTS BEFORE YOU CAN START PROMOTING THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO THE OFFICER RANKS SO TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HIT OUR QUOTAS OF OFFICER THAT WILL BE NEEDED AS STATIONS OPEN AND EXPANSIONS HAPPEN, WE WANT TO ONBOARD THEM AS FAST AS WE CAN, AS EARLY AS WE CAN TO START THE CLOCK FROM THEIR ABILITY TO TEST FOR PROMOTIONS SO WE CAN TRY AND KEEP UP WITH THE PACE OF ALL PROMOTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE BROUGHT 21 PEOPLE ON EARLY. THEORETICALLY IF THEY WERE QUALIFIED BY THE STATION, THEY WOULD BE READY TO TEST. 
          SO I WOULD SAY A YEAR OR LESS, EIGHT MONTHS TO A YEAR TO GET THEM IN THE SYSTEM AND GET THE CLOCK GOING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN 
          HIT THOSE PROMOTIONS. >> I KNOW WE'RE NOT READY TO LOOK AT AT -- WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT BUDGET AND PROJECTION ON THE RESERVE. SO I DON'T WANT TO BE OVERLY OPTIMISTIC ON THE RESERVE SIDE OF IT WITH $17 MILLION AT THE 
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END OF 2027, CONSIDERING WE HAD MORE THAN ONE STATION TO BE STAFFED. THIS IS MY ASSUMPTION, IF WE LOOK AT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, OUR RESERVE IS NOT TO BE SUSTAINED 
          AT THAT LEVEL. >> WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO MODEL THAT OUT. THE OTHER THING THAT'S ADDED TO BRINGING THEM ON EARLY, THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF FIREFIGHTER IN THE STREET AND WE WANT TO GRAB THEM WHEN WE CAN, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF SCHOOLS AND GET THEM IN SYSTEM. 
          ANYONE ELSE CAN GRAB THEM. IT'S A COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO 
          THINGS. >> I UNDERSTAND THE NEED, IT'S A DOMINO EFFECT YOU'RE HIRING ENTRY LEVEL, ALSO HAVE TO PREPARE BOTH THE TIME FOR THE HIGHER LEVEL POSITION, WHICH IS ONLY GOING TO A LITTLE RISK PROMOTIONAL PROCESS THAT IS PRESCRIBED BEING A CONTRACT. THE REASON I BROUGHT UP THIS IS BECAUSE THERE'S POTENTIALLY PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE SCHEDULE THROUGH NEGOTIATION AND ALSO THE CONCEPT OF SETTING ASIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUNDS, I JUST WANT TO BE REMINDED THAT $17 MILLION IS NOT WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, BECAUSE THIS IS ARTIFICIALLY INFLATED WITHOUT LOOKING AT PROJECTED EMPLOYEE 
          NEEDS. >> IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD SET ASIDE -- BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE PAST EACH STORM PROBABLY SPENT $2 MILLION JUST ON THE FIRE ACTIVATION. 
          I'LL SAY WE PROBABLY START WITH SOMEWHERE FOUR TO FIVE WILL BE 
          SOME PLACE TO BE AT. >> WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN DO IT ALL IN ONE YEAR OR A YEAR APPROACH. 
          STILL ON STAFFING AND PERSONNEL COST, WERE PURSUING SAFER GRANTS TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THAT COST ON THE INITIAL ONBOARDING, KNOW 
          THOSE ARE HIT OR MISS. >> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE -- 
          >> WE DIDN'T GET SELECTED, ASSUMING THEY RELEASED THE SAME THING THIS YEAR, ... [INDISTINCT] 
          >> YOU HAVE TO APPLY BEFORE THEY ARE ONBOARDED? 
          >> I THINK WE WOULD APPLY -- Y YES, THEORETICALLY BEFORE HIRING 
          THEM. >> THE SAFER GRANT IS ALSO A TEMPORARY, SO HELPING FUND STAFFING COSTS AND THEN IT GOES AWAY. IT TURNS US STILL BACK ON GENERAL FUNDS AND DISTRICT FUND. ENVISION TO THAT UNDERSTANDING APPLICATION PROCESS -- THE NATURE OF THE COMMUNITY IS WORKING AGAINST OURSELVES IN TERMS OF SEEKING FEDERAL FUNDING BECAUSE THE FUNDING IS NOT BECOMING SCARCE COMPARED TO WHAT 
          IT WAS BEFORE. >> JUST ON THE OPERATING SIDE YOU SEE TOTAL OPERATING ABOVE 13 MILLION AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THERE'S TWO LINES WITHIN HERE THAT REALLY ARE NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH OPERATIONS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN THE FIRE DISTRICT FUND AND THEY HAVE PROPERTY TAXES. 
          THERE'S TWO LINES HERE THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY COMMISSIONS TO THE PROPERTY IN FACT COLLECTOR RELATED TO HAVING THE PICKS SO THAT'S A COUPLE MILLION OF THAT 13 MILLION OPERATIONS. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A CAPITAL COMPONENT HERE AS WELL. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE INITIALLY, A BIG DECREASE PICK AGAIN THIS IS PRIOR TO ANY KIND OF CARRY FORWARD. 
          WHAT MIGHT NOT BE FULLY COMPLETED FROM THE CURRENT 
          BUDGET. >> I THINK SOMETHING WORTH NOTING, CAPITAL INITIATIVES, ONE IS THE PRIMARY TRAINING FACILITY WHICH WERE FUNDED BY LEGISLATURE FOR 7.5. 
          WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING THE LAND AND THE PROCESS OF THE PLANNING AND DESIGN IF YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THAT AND WHAT KIND OF OUTLOOK WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          >> FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING? >> FOR THE FIRE TRAINING FACILITY IN TERMS OF TIME FRAME AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. 
          >> HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT MEETING WHETHER THE ZEN GROUP, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET PROJECTED COST OF THE PHASING FOR DIFFERENT PHASES IN THERE SO REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING AFTER THAT MEETING 
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AND HOW FAR THE 7.5 BILLION IS GOING TO GO TO GET US TOWARDS OUR PHASE ONE DESIRE PICK I BELIEVE WHEN WE FIRST PUT IN, WE PUT IN FOR 15 MILLION SO THAT PROJECT WE SUSPECTED IT WOULD BE -- IT WOULD BE HALF OF THAT SO WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THAT $15 MILLION REQUEST OVERALL TO COMPLETE THE TRAINING FACILITY PICK HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO WE WILL KNOW SO IN A HALF A MILLION IS GOING TO GO AND WE PLAN FROM THERE AND WHAT 
          THE FUTURE COST WILL BE. >> AND THE REASON I WANTED TO MENTION ROBERT OLSON IS THAT ROBERT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN PROJECTED AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN EXTENSION CURRENTLY THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS NOT FUNDED THROUGH A PROGRAM SO WE'RE LOOKING IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS IDENTIFYING ABOUT 15 BASED ON COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY TO ABOUT THAT STATION IN ADDITION TO THE STAFFING. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE FINANCIAL PROPAGATION THAT WE HAVE TO PLAN 
          FOR FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. >> SO IT'S JUST A REPRESENTATION OF ALL THE EXPENSES BY EACH OF THE CATEGORIES HERE ALONG WITH WHAT THIS YEAR LOOKS LIKE. ONE MORE BUDGET IS AND BEACH SERVICES CACTUSES MARINE RESCUE. THIS ONE CUT PRETTY SIMILAR. 
          PERSONNEL INTENSIVE, THERE'S A DECREASE FOR THIS YEAR I'M ASSUMING FIRST CAPITAL REDUCTION IN CAPITAL. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF A DECREASE JUST TO NOTE ON THE REVENUE FOR RESCUE, WITHIN THE BEACH SERVICES FUND. 
          THE BEACH ACCESS FEES DO NOT FULLY FUND ALL THE OPERATIONS WITHIN BEACH SERVICES FUND. THAT FUND IS SUPPORTED BOTH BY DEVELOPMENT AND THE GENERAL FUND TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT STATUTORILY CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES. 
          SO THE MARINE RESCUE PORTION OF THAT SHORTFALL IS FROM A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND. COMPLEX BUDGET WITHIN THREE DIFFERENT FUNDS AND EVEN WITHIN THOSE FUNDS THE FUNDING SOURCE 
          -- FOR MORE COMPLEX. >> I WANTED TO THANK CHIEF AND YOUR TEAM FIRST EFFORTS OF ACCEPTING A CHALLENGE OF EXPANDING A LARGE ORGANISATION. IN SUCH A RAPID RATE AND TIME TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY I KNOW IT'S NOT ONLY A FINANCIAL CHALLENGE THE REAL CHALLENGE FOR YOU IS TO HAVE THE RIGHT STAFFING CAN CREATE A QUALITY AND CREDENTIAL. 
          PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO ALL THESE URGENCIES, PRIOR TO MEDICAL. 
          NOT ONLY -- YOU'RE DOING IT IN A BUNCH OF WAY THAT IS PROVIDING A QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT IS UNPARALLEL TO ANY FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. 
          I KNOW YOU THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS FLORIDA -- WE TALK ABOUT -- YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK LIKE THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE. THE HIGHEST RATE OF SURVIVAL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR. 
          SO I WANTED TO RECOGNISE YOUR VIEW AS A LEADER TO FACE THAT 
          CHALLENGE AND THEN ACCEPT IT. >> WE HAVE TEN MORE MINUTES. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? [INDISTINCT] 
          >> SEAN IS HERE. WE HAVE KNOWN THIS WAS COMING. 
          [Health & Human Services]
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ALL OVER THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE HAVE BEEN PAYING SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER FOR MANY YEARS SO IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. 
          >> THAT'S GOING TO GO UP. >> YES. 
          SO I WILL SAY THEY WANTED TO INSTITUTE THAT NOW BUT THEY WERE WANTING TO WAIT UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE I EXPLAINED WE HADN'T BUDGETED FOR THAT THIS FISCAL YEAR. THEN THE LAST REQUEST WAS TECHNOLOGY RELATED. PART OF OUR INITIATIVES WITH SOCIAL SERVICES IS TRYING TO GET AWAY. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO MIGRATE OFF ANY FORMS THAT ARE ON PAPER INTO ELECTRONIC VERSIONS SO IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU'RE AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND YOU CHECK ON THINGS LIKE THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO MIGRATE THAT WAY WITH OUR CLIENTS THAT ARE THERE, SEEKING 
          SERVICES. >> INDEPENDENT AGENT FUNDING. 
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AS YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF THEIR LOCAL NONPROFITS SEEK FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY EACH YEAR FOR INDEPENDENT AGENCY FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND IT'S DONE THROUGH RFP. 
          WE'RE REQUESTING THE MAINTAIN THE FUNDING LEVEL AT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL RECALL I ASK FOR AN INCREASE LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING LEVELS WERE UNKNOWN AT THAT TIME. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW TODAY. FOUR AGENCIES REPORTED STATE AND/OR FEDERAL FUNDING PROCESS AND ALMOST $900,000. 
          AGAIN, THE STATE BUDGET IS NOT YET FINALISED SO WE DON'T KNOW -- SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE SPECIAL PROJECTS. 
          SO I'M ASKING -- IT IS ANY GRIFFIN, ST. AUGUSTINE NEWS SERVICES, CANCEL AND. [INDISTINCT] SO THAT'S JUST WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND THE ONES THAT ARE SERVING ARE VULNERABLE POPULATION AND WE CAN'T HAVE A THRIVING COMMUNITY WITHOUT THRIVING CITIZENS SO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THEY MAINTAIN WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          >> UNLESS THE FUNDING LEVELS THAT WERE ANTICIPATING PRIMARILY 
          OPERATIONAL? >> OVER THE TOP OF ENTIRE PROGRAMS ESPECIALLY IN SAINT AUGUSTINE SERVICES, MAINLY 
          THEIR PURCHASE PROGRAM. >> MOVING ON TO HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, BEFORE WE GO ON THAT I WASN'T SURE IF WE HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE -- I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ALSO ABOUT THAT IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES. SO I HAVE RECEIVED A REQUEST THE IMPACT TO THE -- CONSIDERING FUNDING SUPPORT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND ALSO THERE'S A REQUEST TO FUND THE CHILDREN'S CARE CONSORTIUM AND IMPACT A GROUP TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IMPACT WHICH IS FOR LEVEL OF 350 ROUGHLY IS WHAT I RECALL. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COME UP AGAIN. 
          >> I DID PROGRAM THEM INTO AND THAT'S WHY IT SAYS IT HAS FALLEN UNDER INDEPENDENT AGENCY JUST ON A SEPARATE ITEM AND IT'S JUST LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR. I ALSO RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL CAPITAL SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS COALITION FOR THEIR PHASE TWO EXPANSION ... SO I THINK THAT'S AT A LEVEL REQUESTED, 150,000 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECEIVED THE SAME 
          REQUEST. >> I DON'T HAVE A -- ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR THE APPLICATIONS FOR AGENCIES WERE JUST RELEASED ON APRIL 27TH THEY'RE NOT DUE UNTIL MAY SO AT THIS POINT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE DOING AN APPLICATION FOR THAT OR NOT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS SO IT'S AN ADDITIONAL BUDGET REQUEST FOR PHASE TWO, HOMELESS CAMP. 
          HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES -- AGAIN, CONTINUED REGULAR RECURRING OPERATIONS AT THIS YEAR'S LEVELS. 
          AM SEEKING RECLASSIFYING AN EXISTING HOUSING SPECIALIST POSITION TO A SENIOR HOUSING SPECIALIST PHYSICIAN TO ALIGN WITH THE OTHER DIVISIONS AT HHS SOCIAL SERVICES AS A SENIOR WHO SERVE AS BACKUP WHEN SHE'S ON VACATION OR AWAY FROM THE OFFICE. THE CBC ALSO HAS A SIMILAR STRUCTURE. HOUSING AS A GROWING. 
          THE PROGRAMS ARE GROWING AND SO THE HOUSING MANAGER DOES GIVE SOME SENIOR SUPPORT. SO AGAIN IT WOULD BE JUST RECLASSIFYING AN EXISTING POSITION FOR THEM WHICH STAFF COULD APPLY. THERE'S A SLIGHT INCREASE OF MAINTENANCE IN FUEL DUE TO TAKING ON THE SURPLUS VEHICLE FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. RIGHT NOW THE ONLY VEHICLE IN HOUSING ARE ASSIGNED TO HOUSING INSPECTORS. 
          SO IT LEAVES THE MANAGER WITHOUT A VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT FILLED A LOT THEN WE ARE REQUESTING AN EMERGENCY REHAB 
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FUND INCREASE BY $50,000. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A LOT OF IMMEDIATE NEEDS, MAINLY FROM SENIOR CITIZENS AND LONG TERM COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT ARE NEEDED IMMEDIATE SERVICES PERKINS, WE HAVE A SHIP PROGRAM BUT IT'S A PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE QUALIFYING IN SOME OF THESE NEEDS OR URGENT AND IMMEDIATE TO PROTECT THEM AND KEEP THEM IN THEIR HOMES. THIS IS THE LAST ONE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND SHIP PROGRAM PEER PROJECTION ALLOCATION. 
          SHIP IS GOING AT 2.4 FOR THE COMING YEAR AND CDDG IS AT 1.2. 
          WE DO HAVE SECTION TEN COMING OUT OF THAT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THINGS IN LIBRARY AND CDBG AS YOU KNOW GENERALLY ALSO HELP SUPPORT EXPLOSIVE PROGRAMS LIKE WEST AUGUSTINE KIDZONE, ALPHA OMEGA IN THE PAST PROGRAMS OF THAT NATURE AND THEN SHIP IS OBVIOUSLY -- THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE WE HAVE FOR REHAB AND THEN WE HAVE THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. SO THOSE ARE STATE AND/OR 
          FEDERAL PROGRAMS. >> ARE YOU WORRIED OF LOSING IN 
          EITHER OF THEM AT THIS POINT? >> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN ALLOCATION THIS YEAR, A SLIGHT INCREASE. 
          AND THEN REMIND ME, THE HASTINGS COMMUNITY CENTRAL LIBRARY OCCUPIES 50% OF NEW CDBG -- THAT'S GOING TO BE FIVE, TEN YEARS HERE SO WE ONLY HAVE TO DISTRIBUTE ... YOU ALWAYS GET MORE APPLICATIONS FROM WHAT YOU HAVE FUNDS FOR. 
          >> CORRECT. >> AND WE TAKE PLANNING OUT OF THAT AS WELL TO HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THE SALARY OF THIS STUFF ON THAT GRANT. WE'LL JUST JUMP IN TO GO THROUGH 
          THE DEPARTMENT. >> THERE ARE DIFFERENT AREAS IN 
          FUNDING FOR EACH OF THE AREA. >> WELL WE'RE GETTING INTO IT CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S A HARD PROCESS PICK THAT CHALLENGE TO THAT FORCES US TO LOOK AT THE OPERATION AGAINST THE BIG PROSTATE -- PRACTICE STANDARDS. 
          >> STARTING WITH SOCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL FUNDS -- BREAKDOWN OF THEIR EXPENSES AND BLANK ITEM EXPENSE, IT'S ALL HERE WITH CLIENT SERVICES PROGRAMS AS W WELL. 
          HHS COMMUNITY SUPPORT THESE ARE THE AGENCIES. 
          THIS IS -- IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED. 
          MIGHT NEED TO REVIEW AND CLEAN UP. 
          I THINK THERE WAS A ONE TIME FUNDING IN THERE LAST YEAR. 
          SO YOU DO SEE THAT DECREASE BUT AS YOU SAID IT'S BEEN REQUESTING FLAT FUNDING RELATED TO IT. ALSO FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AGAIN, THIS IS SUPPORTED BY PROPERTY TAX HERE THIS IS A SMALL ONE, OUT THERE ONE. IT'S FOR REQUIREMENT. 
          PARTICIPATION WITH BUDGETED ABOUT 350,000 EACH YEAR. 
          SO KIND OF HHS RELATED. >> WHAT IS IT THAT MONEY TOWARDS -- ALLOCATED EXPENDITURES? IS IT COST SHARE OF MEDICAID? 
          >> IS THAT THE CARE -- >> TELL US HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO PAY BUT IF THOSE TWO ARE LOCAL HOSPITALS -- 
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          [INDISTINCT] >> HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ALSO WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND CHECK THE EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES AND THEN THE CDBG PROGRAM IS WITHIN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AS WELL. 
          SO YOU WILL SEE THAT IN HERE. AGAIN, PART OF THAT ANNUAL FUNDING CURRENTLY IS GOING TOWARDS A LOAN FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER LIBRARY. THEN MOVING ON TO THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AREAS, WE HAVE A SHIP FUND. 
          THIS IS ALWAYS SUPPORTED BY GRANTS, ONE EACH YEAR AND YOU HAVE THREE YEARS TO PAY IT DOWN. DETAIL REVENUE DETAIL AS YOU CAN SEE GRANTS THAT CARRY FORWARD, JUST AN EXTENDED GRANT FUNDS FROM PRIOR YEARS AND THEN DETAIL OF THE EXPENDITURES. 
          AND THEN COMMUNITY BASED CARE AGAIN COMMUNITY BASED CARE, ALSO 
          FEDERAL GRANT FUNDED. >> SO IF IT'S A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE STATE AND WE JUST RECENTLY RENEWED 2024 HERE SO I THINK IT WILL HAVE THE SAME SITE FUND INCREASE OVER TIME, YES, BUT THAT LEGISLATURE TASKED THE DEPARTMENT WITH FINDING AN ALTERNATIVE FUNDING FORMULA SO THAT -- I. DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S STILL BEING WORKED ON TWO YEARS LATER IT'S NOT FINALISED AND STILL GOING FOR THAT PROCESS, WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOU A MEMBER FOR MONTHS. SO THEY STILL HAVE A LOT OF BUMPS THEY NEED TO WORK OUT ON THAT BECAUSE THE CHILD IS THE SAME IN THE SYSTEM. THEY HAVE OTHER NEEDS AND OTHERS AND THERE'S ALL OTHER COSTS SO THAT IS GOING ON CURRENTLY. 
          >> GRANT REVENUE PRIMARILY, THIS SOMETHING REQUIRED FROM THE GENERAL FUND, A VERY SMALL AMOUNT COMPARED TO WHAT THE GRANTS WE RECEIVED. AND THEN LINE ITEM DETAIL FOR 
          THAT OPERATION -- >> WHAT'S THE MATCH AMOUNT? 
          >> ALMOST 140 THIS YEAR. >> I WANTED TO POINT OUT, OUTSIDE OF THE MATCHING COMPARED TO THE TOTAL CONTRACT, IT'S ENTIRELY PASSED THROUGH SELF-SUSTAINING PROGRAM EVEN THOUGH THE COUNTYS ONLY LOCAL JURISDICTION OFFERING THE SAME SERVICES TO OTHER CITY OF FLORIDA, BUT BECAUSE OF OUR SIZE, AND I THINK FIVE YEARS AGO WE IMPLEMENT THIS COMPARISON FOR THE COUNTY SO THE CONTRACT PAYS FOR CENTRALISED SERVICES AS WELL, WHICH IS MORE THAN THE MAX AMOUNT. 
          >> OKAY, ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. 
          ANYTHING TO ADD TO? OKAY. LITTLE 
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ENCOURAGEMENT. [INDISTINCT] 
          [Office of Public Affairs]
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR DEPARTMENT STORY IN OUR BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCA FISCALR 2027. 
          OUR DEPARTMENT OPERATES FROM FOUR DIVISIONS ACCUSING THE SIX PRIORITIES OF THE COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN AS THE FOUNDATION FOR PROACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC OUTREACH AND AN EFFORT TO BUILD AND FOSTER COMMUNITY TRUST. 
          OUR DEPARTMENT HAS EVOLVED DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS WE BEGAN OPERATING AS A LOCAL NEWS AGENCY AND THEN WE LAUNCHED OUR IMC EFFORT TO CONNECT ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA. TRANSITION INTO WHAT WE CALL IMC 2.0, TELLING THE STORIES OF THE PEOPLE PLACES AND PROGRAMS THAT MAKES UP SAINT JOHNS COUNTY. OUR IMC 2.0 PEOPLE PLACES AND PROGRAMS HAS FEATURED FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES OVER COUNTY, SPECIAL UNIQUE LOCATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE SERVICES AND PARTNERSHIPS OVER ORGANISATION WHILE STILL COMMUNICATING COUNTY INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. HERE'S A RECAP OF OUR DEPARTMENT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE BECOME A SPECIAL EVENT PRODUCER PLANNING A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND WE HAVE A SYSTEM WITH NEW EDUCATION INITIATIVES. THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SPECIAL THINGS WE ORGANISED IN OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS ... WE PARTNERED WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE CITIZENS ACADEMY HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. 
          MEDIA RELATIONS EFFORTS HAVE PRODUCED AN INCREDIBLE STORIES TO CONTENT ... THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE FACT THAT WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT ONE NEW STORY PER DAY EITHER ON OUR WEBSITE AND/OR IN MEDIA. IT'S NOT ABOUT QUALITY AS MUCH IT'S ABOUT QUALITY BUT THE STORIES CONTINUE TO PRODUCE THIS AVERAGE ABOUT ONE STORY PER DAY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. 
          WE HAVE SEEN GROWTH IN OUR NEWSLETTERS GETTING BOTH IN SUBSCRIBER NUMBERS AND IN TACTICS. 
          THE TEAM COLLABORATED ON NEW WAYS TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND KEEP THEM INFORMED. 
          THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED BY OUR NEW LIVE BROADCASTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THIS SERIES OF BUDGET WORKSHOPS. 
          AS AN EXAMPLE, OUR NEW PODCAST PROGRAM CALLED COUNTY CONVERSATIONS. WE HAVE DEPLOYED THESE STRATEGIES AND RESULTED IN UNPRECEDENTED DIGITAL EXPANSION ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE EXPLOSION OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CREATIVE CONTENT AND NEW COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS IT HAS GENERATED. 
          I WILL READ THE VERBATIM, YOU CAN SEE THE PHENOMENAL STATISTICS IN THE NUMBER OF VIEWS, FOLLOWERS AND ENGAGERS ACROSS OUR CORE COUNTY PLATFORMS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          WE HAVE SEEN A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN THE DEMAND FOR OUR STAFF'S TIME AND COUNTY FACILITIES WITH A VARIETY OF MEETINGS AND EVENTS COMING BOTH INSIDE AUDITORIUM AND IN THE ROTUNDA. WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR PRODUCTION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION VIDEOS. THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE TEAM'S PROACTIVE EFFORT OVER THE PAST YEARS DELIVERED FEATURES ON 
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NUMEROUS CIP PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AND THEIR EFFORT TO ASSIST SUPERVISOR ELECTIONS WITH TRAINING VIDEOS FOR ELECTION STAFF AS WELL AS PARTNERSHIPS AND OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES OVER THE PAST YEAR PLUS. WE CONTINUE TO DRIVE TRAFFIC TO OUR WEBSITE, SPENDING INFORMATION COUNTY RESOURCES AND INFORMATION AND WE LAUNCHED OUR NEW INTERNAL INTRANET TO HELP EMPLOYEES STAY INFORMED. OUR STAFF HAS CONTINUED TO ADDRESS THE UNFUNDED FEDERALLY MANDATED TITLE TO COMPLIANCE RULING WITH A CURRENT DEADLINE OF APRIL 2027. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE REACH OF OUR EFFORTS AND WE HAVE SEEN FROM TRADITIONAL TV RADIO AND PRINT MEDIA IN JACKSONVILLE ... 
          TO STATEWIDE PUBLICATIONS TO VARIOUS DIGITAL LOCAL OUTLETS, TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS AND EVEN LOCAL SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS, ALL OF THEM ARE USING RELEASES OUR WEB CONTENT, OUR VIDEOS, OUR PHOTOS AND MORE TO HELP TELL OUR STORY ACROSS THEIR PLATFORMS. FOR THE NEXT FEW SLIDES I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET. AS MENTIONED EARLIER THE FEDERAL MANDATE TO HAVE ALL COUNTY WEB CONTENT RELATED DIGITAL TOOLS ADA COMPLIANT IS A CHALLENGE. THE CURRENT STEP WE HAVE IS DOING THE VERY BEST TO DOING A LARGE VOLUME OF NON-COMPLIANT CONTENT THAT HAS BEEN ACCUMULATING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THERE'S DIGITAL APPLICATIONS. 
          WE'RE SEEKING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO ASSIST TO ADDRESS THIS EDERALLY MANDATED RULING PICK IN TALLAHASSEE AN INTERNAL TASK FORCE HAS BEEN ASSEMBLED PICK OPS PLANNING RESOURCE WITHIN THE BUDGET TO ASSIST WITH THE LEGISLATIVE PR ACTIVITIES AND VARIETY OF EVENTS OPERATIONS AND TACTICS THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK PARTNERSHIPS TO OFFSET THE BUDGET AND THAT EVENT. ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE THAN THE FEDERALLY MANDATED ADA COMPLIANCE RULING AND SGC DE, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR DEPARTMENT TO PARTNER WITH SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS ACADEMY WHO WE'VE SAT ON THEIR BOARD FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THIS PROGRAM WILL AFFORD RISING SENIORS THE OPPORTUNITY AND EXPERIENCE SKILLS TRAINING FOR THEIR NEXT STEPS IN THEIR CAREER OR IN COLLEGE. 
          FINALLY I WANTED TO SHARE THE OTHER INITIATIVES WE PLAN TO LAUNCH 2027 THAT HAVE NO BUDGET IMPACTS. 
          NEW MEDIA RELATIONS STRATEGIES AT THE TOP USING KEY TAKEAWAYS TO MAXIMISE OPTIMISATION SERVICES SEARCHES FOR COUNTY CONTENT THROUGH AYE SYSTEM WEB SEARCHES BRINGING THE COUNTY'S CONTENT TO THE TOP SEARCH RESULTS. 
          NEW CONSERVATION EFFORTS WITHIN PARTNERS AND UTILITIES TO SUPPORT THEM IN ADDRESSING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONSULTATIVE USE THEY HAVE THROUGH THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER WATER DISTRICT EXPANDING OUR SGC 101 PROGRAM TO BEGIN A NEW ALLIANCE EFFORT TO KEEP GRADUATES INFORMED AND ENGAGED COUNTY INFORMATION, PRODUCING A NEW STEWARDSHIP SERIES ON THE CULTURE AND HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY AND A NEW INSIGHT SJC 2.0 SERIES TO KEEP THAT AWARD WINNING PROGRAM AND OF COURSE OUR NEW STUDIO WILL BE DONE SOON AND WE'LL HAVE SOME VARIETY MULTIMEDIA CONTENT FROM THAT PRODUCTION. IN SUMMARY, OUR BUDGET WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL PRIORITIES OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE BUDGET WILL LAUNCH OUR IMC 3.0 EFFORTS WITH NEW COMMUNICATION AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO AND IS A REDUCTION IN THE OVERALL BUDGET THROUGH SAVINGS AND ICAAP REQUESTS OVER THE PAST YEAR. SO SPECIFICALLY WE'RE ASKING FOR RESOURCE TO AID US WITH THE UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDATE OF ADA ACCESSIBILITY WITH AN ENTRY LEVEL COMPLAINT SPECIALIST TO HELP NAVIGATE THESE NEW WATERS AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR WEB CONTENT AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS ARE AS COMPLIANT AS POSSIBLE NOW AND INTO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. OPERATIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE ANNUAL SJC DAY IN TALLAHASSEE AND FUNDING TO PROVIDE RISING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WITH A PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP IN OUR DEPARTMENT. IN CLOSING I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THE AWARD WINNING WORK YOUR COMMUNITIES OFFICE PUBLIC AFFAIRS. IN 2026 WE WERE PRESENTED WITH A CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE COMMUNICATIONS FROM A STATE ASSOCIATION AND THIS IS THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR THE TEAM HAS EARNED THIS AWARD. FOLLOWING TWO NATIONAL AWARDS IN 2020 FOR AN ESTATE PAIR WHERE WE EARNED IN 2025, THIS YEAR WE EARNED A TOP AWARD FOR MARKETING EFFORTS WHEN IT CAME TO MARKETING THE INSIGHT SJC SERIES TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT 
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COUNTY SERVICES AND COUNTY PROGRAMS. FINALLY, DESPITE THE TEAM'S SUCCESSES IN RECOGNITION, WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE TWO CERTIFICATIONS IN PROVINCIALS TO BE THE VERY BEST WE CAN BE FOR THE COUNTY AND COMMUNITY WE SERVE. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH ACHIEVEMENTS WE HAVE RECEIVED. 
          STAFF IS COMPLETING AND THAT WE HAVE PLANNED IN OUR BUDGET FOR 2027. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS OR CONVERSATION AND ON BEHALF OF THE TEAM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          >> THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S REALLY GREAT. 
          I UTILISE -- THANK YOU, I THINK WE HAVE AS A TEAM, WE HAVE GREAT ASPIRATION TO OPEN UP HOW WE OPERATE TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR RESIDENTS, TO OUR NEIGHBORS. I THINK PERSONALLY YOU, YOUR ARRIVAL AND EXPERTISE, YOUR CREDENTIAL, YOUR EXPERIENCES FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE MADE THAT POSSIBLE. 
          ASSEMBLED A TEAM OF EXPERTS A WONDERFUL TEAM, REALLY OPENED UP THE DOOR FOR US AS AN ORGANISATION AS A TEAM TO REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO REACH BACK TO US BE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF YOUR MEDIA OUTLETS CONNECT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, JUST SOMETHING FOR YOUTUBE -- YOU HAVE THE ONE MINUTE SERIES TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW WE OPERATE IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM GO TO THE COMMUNITY, DIFFERENT EVENTS FOR DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO BE CONNECTED AND ENGAGING OUR RESIDENTS I THINK THAT'S FOUNDATIONAL FOR THIS AND I THINK HOPEFULLY OUR RESIDENTS SEE IT AS CLEARLY AS WE SEE IT EVERY DAY PERKINS THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THE TEAM PUT IN IS NOT TO BE UNDERSTATED. 
          SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THE AWARD -- AWARDS, THERE ARE MULTIPLE OF THEM AND WELL DESERVING. ALSO DOING IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IS FINANCIALLY CONSCIENTIOUS AND ACHIEVING SAVINGS, DO ONE MORE OF IT. WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE GETTING TO OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGET, WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT AND WE CAN GET THROUGH THE WINGS OF YOUR OPERATION. 
          >> OFFICE PUBLIC AFFAIRS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, GENERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND GENERAL FUND ... THE EXPENSES AND INCREASE ARE RELATED TO PERSONAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL MFP. SO THAT REALLY GOES THROUGH THAT INCREASE AND THE OPERATIONS ARE FAIRLY FLAT ACROSS THE BOARD EVEN DECREASES IN SOME ACCOUNTS OFFSET INCREASES IN ON. 
          SO NO CAPITAL REQUESTS FOR THAT. LITTLE BUDGET REDUCTION. 
          >> OF THE 1FTEI KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET INTO THE EXPANSION OF ALL FTES. YOU WANT TO EXPAND ON THAT JUST 
          A LITTLE BIT? >> TRUE LEVEL PAY GRADE, 16 OR 17 ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS COMPLIANCE OFFICER. 
          THIS WILL BE A COMPLAINT -- ADDITIONAL COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST IN OUR DIVISION PICK IT'S FOR MITIGATING THE UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT OF NON-COMPLIANT CONTENT. WE'VE ACCUMULATED OVER THE YEARS. SO IT'S JUST A QUANTITY OF PE F'S THAT ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE BY OUR COMMUNITY SO A CURRENT STAFF IS GOING TO WITHDRAW ALL OF THEM THEY'RE COMPLETED ABOUT FIVE OF THE 20 PARTS THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY WITH OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES, INTERNET RESPONSIBILITIES TO ADDRESS SUCH THINGS. AND THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS SO ANY TIME IN DEPARTMENTS THIRD PARTY MAKE A MOBILE PLATFORM OR WEBSITE, OUR TEAM WOULD LIKE THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH THAT DEPARTMENT IN PROCUREMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT MEANS FEDERALLY 
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MANDATED TITLE TO COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE TASKS THIS COMPLIANCE OFFICER WOULD HAVE DAY IN DAY OUT, BE IN THE WEEDS OF WEEDS OF MANAGING COMPLIANCE NEEDS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CURRENTLY THE DEADLINE FOR ALL COUNTIES AND CITIES RELATE TO 15,000 OR MORE HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO APRI APRIL OF 2027. 
          DESPITE THAT DEADLINE EXTENSION, THE DEADLINE THAT WAS ABLE TO -- OUR STAFF FOR WORKING ON THIS FOR MANY YEARS, IT JUST HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE FULL COMPLIANCE JUST BECAUSE OF THE SHEER VOLUME OF -- IT'S JUST ALL TECHNOLOGY, ALL THE WAYS, PUTTING INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE AND THEN TO DO THIS, WE FEEL THAT IF WE HAVE THIS MATERIAL LEVEL POSITION ITS COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST CAN WORK WITH ANY DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE TO HELP HIM MAKE SURE THE INVENTORY IS COMPLIANT NOW AND IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE WITHIN THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS. SO INITIAL LEVEL POSITION -- I. WOULD LIKE TO ADD ALSO THAT WE'VE GOT IN OUR BUDGET A SUBCONTRACTOR WHICH WOULD HELP US MAKE VERY LARGE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE OPES COMPLIANT PICK WOULD REDUCE THAT IN HALF IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS FT GIVE AND TAKE, IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET THIS FTE, WILL BE ABLE TO REDUCE STAFF LINE WHICH IS CURRENTLY REQUESTED $50,000 TO BE ABLE TO CUT THAT IN HALF BY 25 WE'RE ABLE TO GET THIS FTE THE THOUGHT BEING THIS FTE COULD DAY IN DAY OUT, SMALLER PDF, SMALLER DIGITAL APPLICATION WORK OR THE -- THE DEPARTMENT HAD A HUGE PLANNING DOCUMENTS FOR LEGAL DOCUMENTS, COULD STILL USE STAFF TO DO THAT BUT IT WOULD NOT BE THE BEST USE OF RESOURCE SO WE'D OFFER THAT TO THE CONSULTANT AND HAVE THEM HANDLE THOSE VERY LARGE HUNDRED PAGE TYPE DOCUMENTS. SO GETTING THIS FTE WOULD BE REVERSIVE TO OUR OPERATING DOLLARS IN THAT LINE, EACH 25. 
          >> SO YOU MAY HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS, SOUNDS LIKE THIS POSITIONS JOB LOAD IS VERY UPFRONT. THERE'S A LOT OF RECTIFYING THE ERRONEOUS WAY OF DOING THAT. LIKE YOU SAID, IT WASN'T REQUIRED SO IT WAS JUST THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED. 
          NOW WE'RE BEING IMPOSED UPON OURSELVES WITH A TIMELINE CLERK HALEY DEADLINE TO GETTING TO COMPLIANCE AT THE FEDERAL LAWS. 
          WOULD YOU SAY THIS JOB IS MORE TEMPORARY IN NATURE? WOULD YOU SAY IT'S MORE OF A PERMANENT JOB? IF IT IS TEMPORARY IN NATURE -- MAYBE IT COULD BE TEMPORARY FOR TWO YEARS BUT COULD IT BE BETTER TO YOUR THIRD PARTY OR A CONTRACTOR CLASSICAL MY OPINION IS THAT THIS CHALLENGE SAID IS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CURRENT CONTENT AND ONE OF MY SLIDES I IT SHOWS THE STAFF, MORE THAN A THOUSAND ISSUES. 
          ANOTHER KIND OF DOCUMENTATION THAT NEED TO ADDRESS AND THAT'S ONLY ABOUT ONE FOURTH OF THE DEPARTMENT PAGE SO THIS PERSON WOULD BE TASKED WITH HELPING NAVIGATE THE CURRENT CONTENT A MONTH WE HAVE. AND THEN THERE CAN BE MANY LAYERS OF ADDRESSING THIRD PARTY ... AND THERE'S ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES. WE COULD IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE SMALLER STEPS TOWARDS THIS VERSUS APPROVING AN EMPTY, WE COULD HIRE A TEMPORARY PERSON AND SEE HOW IT GOES TO HELP MITIGATE THE STAFF LOAD AND THE RESOURCES AND SEE HOW THAT GOES. 
          I SEE THIS AS BEING A NEVER-ENDING STORY. 
          IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS FOREVER WITH OUR CONTENT AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SORT OF THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS, NEW CONTRACTS, NEW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENTS WANT TO PUT ON THE WEBSITE AND WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S ADA COMPLIANT. I WILL SAY THAT A PART OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUSPENDED THE DEADLINE OF APRIL 2026 AND THE EXTENDED IT FOR ANOTHER YEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT ONLINE ARTICLES, YOU SEE TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THE LACK OF RESOURCES AND LACK OF STAFF TIME FROM THOSE CITIES COUNTIES AYSCUE DEFUNDED MANDATES SO THEY EXTENDED IT TO 2027 TO GIVE THE COUNTY'S 
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POPULATION A 50,000 OR MORE TIME TO GET THOSE RESOURCES UNABLE TO 
          ADDRESS THE ISSUE. >> I DON'T HAVE A CONCLUSION WHATSOEVER, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT OPTIONS AND WHAT COULD BE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY AND OF COURSE MEET THE COMPLIANCE 
          REQUIREMENTS HERE THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 
          >> NO. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW UNIQUE THE ASK ARE OR THE DEADLINES, IT ALWAYS WORKS OUT FOR US. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. 
          >> IT'S A LOT OF WORK. >> GREAT TEAM. 
          [Community & Destination Development]
          >> THANK YOU. >> YOU DIDN'T EXPLAIN THE 
          DESTINATION. >> AYE, HOW ARE YOU? 
          >> SLIDES. >> JUST ARROWS. 
          >> I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY NEW TO THE FARMERS. 
          IT'S A PART OF A TO CONSOLIDATE OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS FOR RESOURCE, ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR LEVERAGING YOUR LEADERSHIP. SO THIS IS OFTEN THE COMMUNITY 
          AND -- >> WE'RE DEVELOPING COMMUNITY AND THAT'S A COMBINATION OF TOURISM AS WELL AS CRAS ANOTHER 
          COMMUNITY. >> YES. 
          >> SO THIS IS COMMUNITY ... JUST MENTIONED IT'S ONE OF THE NEWER DEPARTMENTS. IT'S ACTUALLY THE SECOND BUDGET YEAR WHERE WE HAVE A DESIGNATED COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT BUDGET. 
          WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO CREATE THIS DEPARTMENT IS WE'VE TAKEN SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY. 
          WE'VE PUT THEM TOGETHER AND THE IDEA WAS REALLY THAT THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY SERVICES GO TOGETHER IN HOTEL HELP TO PROVIDE BETTER EFFICIENCY AND BETTER STREAMLINING OF SERVICES, BOTH FOR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS SO WE'RE WORKING WITH FOR PROJECTS AND EXTERNAL AS WELL FOR PARTNERS WE ENGAGE WITH. SO PRIMARILY, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS DEPARTMENT INCLUDE OUR TAX REVENUE FUNDS. WE OVERSEE THE $0.05 THAT ARE READY FOR TAX AND THEN BRINGS ABOUT $24 BILLION IN REVENUE. 
          THAT'S THE BULK OF THE BUDGET OF THIS DEPARTMENT IT'S LARGELY THAT BUDGET. THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT SIT WITHIN THIS DEPARTMENT ARE THE MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY. 
          WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM WHICH IS RELATIVELY NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GETTING UP AND DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH AND THAT'S THIS DEPARTMENT. 
          THEN WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY AREAS SO OUR CRA OBVIOUSLY HAVE THEIR OWN FUNDING AND MAINSTREAM PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED WITH GENERAL FUND REVENUE AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST SO THOSE ARE AREAS WHERE WE'RE COVERED HERE. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 
          TOURIST TAX REVENUE. >> SPEAKER-06: SO TET REVENUE, IT'S THINKING ABOUT SAME THINGS. SO THEIR HIGH LEVEL STATUTES, 125, 104 GIVING US THE OUTLINE OF HOW WE CAN UTILISE IT IT ALSO SAYS THE COUNTY HAS TO HAVE A PLAN PUT IN PLACE IN ORDER TO EXTEND THESE FUNDS. AND THAT IS 2024-42 THAT'S OUR PLAN IN THE TAX ORDINANCE. THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE FOR THAT AND WE DO IN FACT LEVY ALL FIVE INSTANCES OF THE TAX. 
          THE REVENUE THAT IS COLLECTED FROM THE TAX THAT HAVE TO BE 
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SPENT ON QUALIFYING EXPENSES AND THOSE QUALIFYING HAVE TO BE TOURISM ORIENTED. SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THINGS LIKE PAVE ROADS AND MAKE SEPTIC SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE TOURISM FOCUSSED AND REALLY END UP IN BRINGING TOURISTS TO DO A BIG COMMUNITY. SO OUR ESTABLISHES FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF USE AS SHOWN HERE IN THE TABLE, WE HAVE DESTINATION MARKETING CATEGORY ONE, HERITAGE CATEGORY TWO. 
          RECREATION CATEGORY THREE CATEGORY FOUR IS SPECIAL USES AND CATEGORY FIVE IS BEACH ASSETS AND THE NUMBER BETWEEN THESE CATEGORIES REPRESENT THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING OF THOSE THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO EACH OF THEM. SO A NOTE FOR THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX BUDGET LIKE WE DID A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE TC AND SO WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET CREATION PHASE FOR THESE DOLLARS. THE PLAN IS WILL BE TAKING THE INITIAL BUDGET REQUEST AND THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS TO THE TEC. 
          WE HAVE A MEETING ON THE 18TH CENTURY DID GIVE US SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW IT LIKES TO SEE THESE FUNDS UTILISED. 
          STUFF GOES AND LOOKS AT A VARIETY OF THINGS AS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL LOOK AT IS THE REVENUE COLLECTIONS OKAY BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING PREDICTIONS LOOKING FORWARD AND WE DO THAT USUALLY BY IN PART LOOKING BACK. 
          SO THIS TABLE SHOWS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS BACK IT GOES BACK TO THE YEAR 2022 AND THE VERY -- IT SHOWS A REALLY GOOD -- SOME OF THAT IS BECAUSE KANDAHAR INTUITIVE, THINKING WITH COVID WHEN IT WAS A SOCIAL DISTANCING STATE LIKE ALL PROGRAM, IN FLORIDA FOUND MORE SUNSHINE AND WERE REALLY GOOD OUTDOOR DESTINATION. SO OUR ROAD FOR 21 AND THE SPIRIT 22 WERE VERY IMPRESSIVE. AS WE SORT OF NEBULISED OUT, WE KIND OF NORMALISED THAT, FIGURED OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THE POST COVID AND THEN IT KIND OF SETTLED DOWN AS WELL AND BECAME LESS AGGRESSIVE BECAUSE WE KIND OF SAW A DROP IN OUR TAX COLLECTIONS, SOMETHING THAT WAS MORE NORMAL AND THEN THE LAST TWO YEARS 24 AND 25, WE STARTED PRETTY MUCH FLAT NO GROWTH. 
          THE IDEA THERE IS THAT WE SAW A WHOLE BUNCH OF GROWTH IN SHORT PERIODS OF TIME AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING WAS WORKING IN HOLDING ON TO THE GROWTH, WHICH WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE A LOT OF DESTINATIONS SAW A RETRACTION. 
          IT SHUT UP REALLY HIGH AND THEN -- IN SOME CASES 15 OR 20% OF THAT GROWTH. SO WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF HOLDING ON TO IT BUT WE REALLY DIDN'T SEE THAT CONTINUE. 
          IF YOU GO TO FISCAL YEAR '26 OVER HERE ON THE FAR RIGHT-HAND SIDE YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS YEAR WE HAVE COLLECTED THROUGH MARCH -- THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN REPORTED TO US THERE'S A DELAY IN REPORTING BECAUSE IT'S COLLECTED -- ONE MONTH AND THEN THE FOLLOWING MONTH IT GETS TURNED INTO THE TAXPAYERS OFFICE OVER THE COURSE OF THAT MONTH AND THEN THE THIRD MONTH THEY REPORT IT TO US. SO THE MOST RECENT NUMBERS WE GOT ARE MARCH AND WE JUST RECEIVED THOSE. 
          YOU CAN SEE HERE THE LOW PLUS NINE IT WENT UP OR DOWN COMPARED TO PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS SO FOR THIS YEAR OVERALL WE'VE BEEN DOING PRETTY GOOD. JANUARY WAS A BIT OF A ROUGH SPOT FOR US BUT WE'RE DOING THINGS RIGHT THIS YEAR. 
          >> WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE JANUARY VARIATIONS? 
          >> IF YOU LOOK ACROSS IT DIPS DOWN A LITTLE BIT PERKINS WAS A RELATIVELY FINE PLAN! EXCEPT WE HAD INTENSE COLD SNAPS. NIGHTS OF LIGHTS -- MAYBE IT WAS NICE LIGHTS, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PART OF IT BUT WE DID SEE A REDUCTION ACROSS THE COUNTY ALL THE WAY UP, WHICH USUALLY IS LESS IMPACTED BY ITSELF LIGHTS AND THEN LIKE AS I SAID IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBERS ACROSS THE STATE, JANUARY WAS SLOWER MONTH FOR THE STATE. A LITTLE BIT OF NIGHT LIGHT AND A BIT OF WEATHER AND PROBABLY LARGER ECONOMIC INFLUENCES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. PEOPLE GET SCARED, WE WERE ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE, WE HAD BEGINNING SOME INTENSE SITUATIONS. SO STOCK MARKET, ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT COME INTO PLAY. LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS, WHAT WE WERE THINKING AT WHAT STAFF IS THINKING AS THE INITIAL 
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REVENUE INCREASES FOR NEXT YEAR AND THEN LOOKING AT THIS YEAR, WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT BASED ON THESE NUMBERS THAT WE ADJUST THE FISCAL YEAR '26 REVENUE. WE USUALLY ADJUST IT AS WE GO, LOOKING AT PROBABLY ABOUT 1.5% BUT MAKE UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          IN THE ACTUAL APPROVED BUDGET, TDT WAS 3%. 
          SO THE GOAL IS TO GET TO THAT 3% AND JUST KIND OF TRACK THAT AS IT GOES. LOOKING FORWARD TO 27, WHAT WE'VE BEEN -- WE'VE BEEN PLAYING WITH THE IDEA OF THE 1.5% INCREASE OVER TWO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO LOOKING AT THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS CHART, SEEMED TO HAVE NO GROWTH FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS SO WE'VE BEEN A BIT ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE HERE FOR THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS OR THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR. WITH THIS 1.5% INCREASE FOR 26 AND 1.5% FOR 27, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ANTICIPATED TOTAL TDT REVENUE FISCAL YEAR 27 OF $23.8 MILLION. 
          THAT REVENUE WILL BE ALLOCATED BETWEEN THOSE FIVE CATEGORIES AS IS DICTATED BY OUR ORDINANCE. THOSE FIVE CATEGORIES ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE AS WELL. A REMINDER FOR EVERYONE, THE NUMBERS BELOW THEM, EACH OF THOSE VENUES GOES TO WHICH CATEGORY. LOOKING FORWARD AT HOW WE ACTUALLY BUDGET EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES. 
          IT'S PRETTY MUCH ITS OWN FUND. SO WE HAVE EACH CATEGORIES AND THERE IS A DEFINITION THAT IT'S HOW THESE BUCKETS OF MONEY SHOULD BE USED. THERE IS SOME EXISTING REQUIREMENTS OR CONTRACTS THAT ARE IN PLACE AND THOSE INCLUDE OUR CORE SERVICES LIKE MARKETING CONTRACT, CITY CORE SERVICES CONTRACT AND THEY DO PROVIDE MARKETING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR US UNDERNEATH THAT CONTRACT AND THEN WE HAVE A SEPARATE TOURISM MARKETING CONTRACT WHICH IS ALSO AT THE BCB AND IT PROVIDES AN OVERSIGHT OF A SUBCONTRACTOR, OUR MARKETING AGENCY FOR THOSE DOLLARS AND THEN WE ALSO FUND THE CULTURAL EVENTS WHICH IS THE AMPHITHEATER AND CONCERT HALL IN AN EXISTING CONTRACT WITH THEM AND THEIR CONTRACT IS PARTIALLY FUNDED THOSE CATEGORIES AS WELL. 
          FOR CATEGORY TWO WE HAVE THE ARTS AND CULTURE AND HERITAGE BUCKET AND WE HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT WHICH IS FUNDED FOR CATEGORY TWO FOR THE COUNCIL AND THEY PROVIDE US SUPPORT, SERVICES THAT ARE FOCUSSED MORE AT ULTRA PROGRAMMING THAT HAS UNDERLINING TOURISM PURPOSE AND THEY PROVIDE OVERSIGHT TO ARTS AND CULTURE AND HERITAGE GRANTS PROGRAM AND WE DIRECTLY FUND THE GRANTS PROGRAM OUT OF THIS CATEGORY. 
          AND ALSO THE CULTURAL EVENTS, THEY RECEIVE AN ALLOCATION ON CATEGORY TWO AS WELL. CATEGORY THREE IS FOR LEISURE AND RECREATION. THESE FUNDS ARE PREDOMINANTLY SPENT INTERNALLY. WE USE THEM FOR THE SUPPORT AND EXPANSION OF OUR PARKS FACILITIES AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AMENITIES. FOR NEXT YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT INCLUDING EXPENSES FOR REVENUE FOR EXPENSES FOR BALL FIELD MAINTENANCE, WATER ACCESS, MAINTAINING WATER ACCESS AND ARTIFICIAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM PICKED SOME ARTIFICIAL THINGS HERE IN THE COUNTRY AND THEY REQUIRE WE DO THIS EVERY EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE A SPORTS MARKETING GRANT AND SO THIS IS A GRANTS PROGRAM THAT FUNDS A VARIETY OF REALLY ATHLETIC EVENTS, MOSTLY ANY KIND OF BALL PICK EVENT BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THAT ARE A BIT MORE OUTSIDE THE BOX. 
          THEN A BIT OF FUNDING GOES TOWARDS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT STUFF WE'RE WORKING ON THESE FUNCTIONS. 
          AGAIN, TOURISM, SUPPORT OPTIONS. FOR CATEGORY FOUR CACTUSES SPECIAL USES CATEGORY AND I WOULD SAY THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT'S MADE THE KITCHEN SINK GOES INTO THIS CATEGORY. 
          THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF GOING ON THERE. 
          WE FUND OUR INFORMATION BUSINESS CENTERS. 
          FUNDING FOR EACH OF THOSE COMES OUT OF CATEGORY FOUR. 
          WE PROVIDE FUNDING FOR OUR LAGGING PROGRAM AS WELL AS FIREWORKS PROVIDE FUNDING TO BOTH MUNICIPALITIES, ONE FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE FIREWORKS AND ONE FOR FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS. 
          THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE CITY OF SAINT AUGUSTINE'S BEACH SHUTTLES AND THEIR SPECIAL EVENT SHUTTLES IN GENERAL. 
          SO THEY HAVE THEIR CIRCULATOR SHUTTLE AND THERE'S A BIT OF FUNDING SUPPORT FOR THAT AS WELL. 
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THERE'S AN ALLOCATION FOR CULTURAL EVENTS INC, THE AMPHITHEATER FOLKS ARE GETTING THAT MONEY AND THEN WE HAVE TBC SUPPORT AS WELL AS TOURISM PARTS AND STUFF. 
          SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          CATEGORY FIVE IS ONE OF THE CATEGORIES THAT WAS ADDED SHORTLY BEFORE WE ADDED -- WE TWEAKED THIS CATEGORY A FEW TIMES BUT IT'S NOW DEDICATED TOWARDS SPEECH ASSETS AND UNDERNEATH CATEGORY FIVE WE PAY FOR DIFFERENT BEACH OPERATING EXPENSES, BEACH ACCESS MAINTENANCE AND SOME MONEY GOES TOWARDS NOURISHMENT PLANTS. SO THIS GIVES US SOME OF THE CATEGORIES FOR OUR BED TAX. WE'LL BE COMING UP WITH A MORE REFINED BUDGET WEIGHED IN ON BY THE TDC HERE, STARTING AT THE MAIN MENU WHICH WILL BE NEXT MONDAY AND THEN THEY'LL GIVE US A BIT MORE REFINED INSIGHT IN JUNE AS WELL AND USUALLY WE TRY TO GET A RECOMMENDATION ON THEIR APPROVAL LIKE EITHER IN JUNE OR BY JULY. AS I MENTIONED, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT SITS UNDERNEATH THIS DEPARTMENT AS THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY. SAINT JOHNS COUNTY, WE DID RECEIVE THE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT WE RECEIVED IT LAST SUMMER AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING AN GET THE INITIAL START UP PAPERWORK AND ALL THE REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE. 
          WE HAVE DONE THAT THIS YEAR. SO WE ARE WORKING ON THE HOUR RFP NOW AND IT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT CONSULTANT TO COME IN AND PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SERVICES INCLUDING IDENTIFYING MUSEUM SUPPORT AMENITIES THAT WOULD BE IN THE ORIGINAL STATE LANGUAGE, THERE WAS SOME GENERAL GUIDANCE ABOUT HAVING SPACE PERFORMING ARTS STAGE LIKE HAVING STATUE GARDENS. 
          AND THOSE WERE KIND OF THE OVERARCHING SUGGESTION OF WHAT MUSEUM MIGHT INCLUDE. LOOING FOR SOMEBODY THAT LOOKS SPECIFICALLY AT WHAT WE OFFER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND TO AS A PLAN THAT WORKS FOR US SO WE'RE NOT SAYING BRING US A BANK WITH 500 AND THAT DOESN'T REALLY FIT THE AREA OR ... WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO TAILOR THE PLAN TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ONCE THEY DO THAT THEY'LL BE WORKING ON TAKING THAT INFORMATION AND TURNING IT INTO A MUSEUM MASTER PLAN AND ONCE WE HAVE THE MASTER PLAN CAN SOMEBODY WILL COME IN AND MAKE THIS A BEAUTIFUL RENDERING SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THOSE BUILDINGS WILL ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE WE'LL ALSO DO A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS FOR THE PROPERTY WHETHER IT'S WETLANDS OR ANY SORT OF CONTAMINATION OR HISTORICAL ARTEFACTS OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE PICK THEN THERE'S SOME MONEY IN THE GRANTS AS WELL TO COVER THE COUNTY'S ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 
          SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE RFP. 
          WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE RFP READY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AND IT WILL BE UP AND RUNNING AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON WELL THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2027. [INDISTINCT] SOME PUBLIC PLACES, THIS IS ONE OF OUR NEW PROGRAM INITIATIVES. 
          WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART DISPLAYS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE MURAL THAT WAS RECENTLY PAINTED ON SITE ONE OF THE BUILDINGS IN HASTINGS ON THE MAIN STREET. LAST YEAR WE CREATED IN 25, WE CREATED A FUNDING SOURCE FOR ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAMS AND WE ARE WORKING TO CONTINUE THE FUNDING SUPPORT FOR THAT PROJECT INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          >> I WOULD SAY THIS PROGRAM, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO START SOME FUNDING ALLOCATION TO ANTICIPATE THE FUTURE NEEDS OF THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ART PROGRAM. 
          I DON'T WANT TO NARROW THE PROGRAM TO JUST THE VISUAL ARTS. I THINK CONTINUING WILL BE OUR PURPOSE AND GOALS IS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC ART PERIOD, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SINCE ST. JOHNS COUNTY CULTURAL COUNCIL FOR A MASTER PLAN FOR PUBLIC ART, WHICH I THINK HOPEFULLY THE INTENTION WILL NEED A RECOMMENDATION THAT IS PUBLIC ART THAT WOULD INCLUDE VISUAL ARTS IN PUBLIC SPACE BUT ALSO PERFORMANCE ARTS AND MUSIC AND ANY OTHER TYPE OF ART FORM THAT IS PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST. GIST WANT TO MAKE SURE I ADD THAT, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY UNDERSTANDING THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT MURAL OR SCULPTURE IN 
          PUBLIC SPACE. >> NO, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE'VE DONE MOSTLY MURALS. WE'VE DONE MOSTLY MURALS. THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL ART BUT IT'S MOSTLY BEEN MURALS AND THE IDEA WAS THAT STARTING TO PROVIDE 
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FUNDING WOULD ALLOW US TO EXPAND AND DO MORE INTERESTING THINGS. MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN WITH THE FOCUS OF THAT FUNDING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO STEP IT UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND DO MORE INTERESTING THINGS. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS OUR CRAS AND OUR MAIN STREET PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS. SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO FALL WITHIN THIS CATEGORY. 
          SO MANY SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO INVITE THEM TO COME OUT TO OUR MAY 20TH BUDGET SESSION AND LET EVERYBODY GIVE US INPUT AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEIR REQUESTS ARE. 
          JUST AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE THE WEST VALLEY C CRA, THE [INDISCERNIBLE] AND THEN WE HAVE TWO MAIN STREETS IN PLACE AND THAT'S OUR GHANA BEACH MAIN STREET, SO LIKE I SAID WE ARE WORKING ON A BUDGET FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS AS WELL. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THAT AND WE ARE GOING TO INVITE THEM OUT TO SHARE WITH YOU THEIR INFORMATION AND THEIR REQUESTS ON THE MAY 20TH BUDGET SESSION AND I'LL BE BACK FOR THAT ONE AS WELL. 
          >> SO PAUSE ON THAT REAL QUICK. I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONTEXT FOR THE CONTEXT OF OUR PROGRAMS WHICH ORIGINALLY WAS IN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO NOW THE NOWLY FORMED COMMUNITY AND DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. I THINK IT IS REALLY TRULY A REFLECTION OF THE CHANGE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IN THE PAST -- WEST AUGUSTIN AND [INDISCERNIBLE] PRIMARY FOCUS WITH THE CRAS WAS SOCIAL SERVICES AND HUMAN SERVICES AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT DISADVANTAGED POPULATION. 
          I THINK IT'S ALSO KIND OF TESTIMONY TO THE THRIVING SUCCESS OF THESE COMMUNITIES AND THAT IT BECOMES MORE OF A BROADER MISSION OF CONTINUE TO HELP THESE COMMUNITIES THRIVE, OUTSIDE OF JUST SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMING. INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, BEAUTIFICATION AND ARTS DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH ONE OF THEM IS THE MONUMENT WHERE WE'RE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PEACE PARK IN WEST AUGUSTIN SO I THINK OUR FOCUS HAS NOW BROADENED BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF THESE COMMUNITIES. 
          I WANTED TO JUST HAVE A LITTLE EDITORIAL THERE. >> YEAH. 
          YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY MY LAST SLIDE. SO IF YOU WANT TO KEEP EDITORIALING -- 
          CONGRATULATE THEM. >> WELL, THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO KIND OF JUST TOUCH ON THE TVC SO WE KIND OF ARE ON THE SAME PAGE BECAUSE WE HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CIP FROM THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TAX FUNDING SOURCE WITH THE FIVE CATEGORIES. 
          OUR UNDERSTANDING AND REALLY THE GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AND PROMOTE OUR TOURISM ASSETS, AND I INCLUDE EXISTING TOURISM ASSETS AND ALSO CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS CREATING NEW ASSETS, LIKE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY MUSEUM FOR THE BLACK HISTORY AND ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT THE [INDISCERNIBLE] FAMILY PARK WHICH IS A REGIONAL PARK FOR POTENTIALLY ALL RESIDENTS AS WELL AS OUR TOURISTS, YOU KNOW I THINK OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, OUR EXCEPTIONAL ASSETS WE DO HAVE IN ST. AUGUSTIN ARE BEACH, OUR NATURAL RESOURCE, ATTRIBUTES TO THE SUCCESS OF KEEPING [INDISCERNIBLE] AS WE DID SEE A HUGE SPIKE BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS A LOT OF HUMAN ELEMENT THAT HAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON DURING COVID. AND THAT ATTRIBUTES OF COURSE TO [INDISCERNIBLE] I'LL RECOGNIZE SUSAN PHILLIPS WHO IS THE HEAD OF TVC, PROMOTING ST. JOHNS COUNTY AS AN EXCEPTIONAL PLACE IN THE WHOLE NATION. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AS WELL. 
          BUT OUR CHALLENGES IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT A STRATEGIC PLANNING OF MAINTAIN, PROMOTING THESE ASSETS, AT THE SAME TIME CAPTURE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP NEW ONES. I WOULD SAY WE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS IN THE CATEGORY OF BUILDING NEW ASSETS, THE MAIN CHALLENGE FOR US IS THE BEACH. WE HAVE OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF THE BEACH ASSETS, MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS, AND THAT WAS VERY VISIONARY OF THE TDC AND THE BOARD TO ESTABLISH CATEGORY 5, SO WE HAVE A DESIGNATED CATEGORY TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS, EXCEPT 
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THE NEEDS ARE SO VAST, SO WE'LL HAVE TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THESE ESSENTIALLY MANAGEMENT PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF JUST BEACH SERVICES BUT HOW DO WE TACKLE THE [INDISCERNIBLE] PROJECT WHICH IS PARTNERSHIP WITH -- AND WE'RE LOOKING AT $90 MILLION IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PURPOSE POINT, WHICH IS ANOTHER BEACH STABILIZATION PROGRAM WITH THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF $60 MILLION AND TALKING ABOUT SUMMER HAVEN TO STABILIZE AND PROMOTE THE AREA AS AN ECORESOURCE DESTINATION, AND THAT CAN BE VERY COSTLY. SO I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS IN FRONT OF US FOR THE D TVMENT DC BOARD AND ALL OF US AS A TEAM TO PRIORITIZE THE AMOUNT OF THE LIMITED RESOURCE WE DO HAVE FOR THESE ASSET DEVELOPMENTS AND PROTECTION. WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER TYPES OF ASSETS, MUSEUM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THE BOARDS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE JT IN A -- NOT ALL INVESTMENT IS EXPECTED TO COME FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA. OF COURSE THAT IS ALSO VERY UNKNOWN SO WE DON'T KNOW THE OUTLOOK OF THAT PROJECT MAY LOOK LIKE, IT'S GOING TO COST. WE KNOW IN NEIGHBORHOOD 80 TO $100 MILLION. AT THIS POINT WE HAVE A ONE MILLION DOLLAR PLANNING SO NOT EVEN ENOUGH FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN. SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. AND WADRON FAMILY PARK [INDISCERNIBLE] REGIONAL BOW RAMP AND PARK IS OUR NEXT PRIORITY WHEN IT COMES TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT RELATED TO TOURISM AND RECREATION, SO HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE AGAIN COMPETING KIND OF WITH THE VERY SIMILAR -- SIMILAR RESOURCE FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND THOSE ARE THE NEEDS HAVING BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY. SO CHALLENGE -- IT'S PURPOSELY LARGER THAN THE RESOURCE WE DO HAVE. I WOULD SAY THE NEXT FIVE TO TEN YEARS AFTER, IF WE CAN BE STRATEGIC ABOUT TACKLING THE ASSETS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, I WOULD SAY NEXT BIG THING WOULD BE ST. AUGUSTIN PEER PARK MASTER PLANNING AND THAT PLAN HAD BEEN DONE CONCEPTUALLY, TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDING SOURCE AND IT POTENTIALLY HAS AN IMPACT ON CITY OF ST. AUGUSTIN BEACH AND ST. JOHNS COUNTY AS A WHOLE. 
          SO THERE IS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND VARIABLES IN THE PURE PARK AREA THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE CITY'S CIVIC CENTER, I WOULD SAY, WITH THE DANCE STUDIO AND THE ART STUDIO AS WELL AS OUR MARINE RESCUE AND FIRE STATION AT THE CORNER OF THE PARKING LOT, THE DEMAND FOR DEMANDED AND A DEMAND FOR IMPROVING THE USE OF THE PARK I THINK IS UPON US IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS WE KIND OF PLAN THE FUNDING SOURCE. HUGE SUCCESS WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE AND WE'RE SEEING THE SUCCESS AND THE FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING FROM OUR COMMUNITY. 
          NOT ONLY THE MUSIC VENUES OF THE CONCERT HALL WHICH IS NOW I THINK THE TYPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AFTER, OR ANY TYPE OF MUSIC VENUE THAT'S INDOOR THAT IS COMMUNALLY DIRECTED BUT ALSO AMPITHEATER, BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN NOMINATED AND WILL RECEIVE MULTIPLE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AWARDS. AND I THINK WE'RE PLANNING SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL FOR JUNE SO PLAN FOR THAT. BUT WILL ALSO FOR THE MOSAIC MUC FESTIVAL -- A LOT HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE MENU OF THE YEAR TO GO TO WITH SUCH A DEEP AND RICH CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY SO I THINK THAT IS ALSO REALLY OUR PRIORITY FOR CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP AND STRENGTHENING THAT PARTNERSHIP. THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE FINANCIAL EXPECTATION IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THAT AND INCLUDE THAT. 
          SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PRIORITIES SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT, HOW WE CAN DO ALL OF IT. 
          AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR TOURISM DESTINATION. 
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SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE ON THE TABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGE AND ALSO THE GREAT JOB THE TEAM AND THE TEAM IS REALLY THE COMMUNITY, OUR ADVISORS, OUR BOARDS AND TARA, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, DINN A, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TDC ARE DOING TO JUGGLE ALL THE NEEDS AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN NEED THEM NOT ONE AT A TIME BUT MEET THEM ALL AT ONE TIME. 
          AND STILL MAINTAIN AND BALANCE THE BUDGET SO -- THANK YOU. 
          >> ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE? 
          JESSE. >> DO WE WANT TO GO INTO THE 
          GENERAL QUESTIONS -- >> YEAH, IT ACTUALLY IS -- INAUDIBLE ] WE'LL START WITH THE GENERAL FUND PORTION, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PORTION. 
          SO THIS PART INCLUDES THE BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM FUNDING. 
          AS WELL I THINK AS THEY SAID SOME OF THE OTHER MAIN STREET PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH CRAS [INDISCERNIBLE] SO HERE IS THE FUNDING VISUALLY. HERE IS THE LINE ITEM. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THIS JUST WAS INITIATED THIS YEAR. 
          YEAH, FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR IS OVER HERE. WE WANT TO REALLY FOCUS MORE TOWARDS THE -- TAX FUND BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNDS THAT I MENTIONED THIS MORNING WHERE FUNDS ARE NOT COMPLETELY BALANCED. SO THERE IS ONE OF THE CATEGORIES HERE THAT HAS A NEGATIVE -- DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING FOR THE REQUESTED EXPENSES. 
          AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES BUT IT IS -- CATEGORY 3 IS THE ONE THAT IS DEFICIENT AT THE MOMENT SO -- THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING AS WELL AS THE [INDISCERNIBLE] SJCCE, NOT MUCH OTHER EXPENSES. 
          YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE IS BALANCED; HOWEVER, THERE IS A REDUCTION RELATED TO THE LEVEL OF REVENUES THAT ARE COMING IN IN ORDER TO BALANCE. FROM OUR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS HERE -- THE REDUCTION HERE APPEARS TO BE IN THE CULTURAL COUNCIL FUNDING, IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN CATEGORY 3, THIS IS THE ONE CATEGORY -- SO YOU ALMOST HAVE TO LOOK AT IT -- EVERYBODY USES THEIR OWN SEPARATE FUND ALTHOUGH THEY'RE ALL PART OF THE TAX FUND BECAUSE THEY MAINTAIN THEIR OWN REVENUE AND BALANCE OF THAT REVENUE ALONG WITH ANY EXPENSES. RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT REQUESTS ARE AT A NEGATIVE BALANCE, -9S HUNDRED OF $900,00D ACTUALLY RECOMMEND WHEN WE QUESTION GET TO THAT LEVEL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE MIGHT BE OF RESERVE IN HERE BECAUSE THIS CATEGORY DOES TRANSFER 750,000 TO DEBT SERVICE FOR THE MOST RECENT BOND RELATED TO THE PARK SO -- DEBT SERVICE OBVIOUSLY HAS TO BE PAID FIRST, SO I WOULD -- YOU KNOW, I WOULD REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL RESERVE BALANCE IF REVENUES DO NOT PICK UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT WE HAVE THAT RESERVE TO PAY THE FOLLOWING YEAR'S DEBT SERVICE. CATEGORY 4, ADMINISTRATION, THIS IS THE STAFF AND ALL THE OPERATIONAL EXPENSES. 
          SOME OF THE OTHER MISCELLANEOUS KIND OF SUPPORT ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN AS YOU MENTIONED BOY JEAN CHRETIEN ASSETS. THIS BEACH ASSETS. THIS ONE HAS ON PAPER A PRETTY GOOD BALANCE BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF THINGS COMING IN TERMS OF BEACH PROJECTS THAT THAT BALANCE DOES NOT SUPPORT FULLY. SO AGAIN, IT IS A ONCOMING ISSUE THAT WE'LL HAVE TO KIND OF SEE HOW WE MANEUVER THROUGH, I GUESS. SO -- AND THEN THE CRAS ARE ALSO WITHIN THEIR OWN FUND. THERE THEY ARE. 
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SO WE HAVE THREE CRAS, FIVE OTHER STATES, WEST AUGUSTIN AND MILANO. HERE IS THE FUNDING REVENUES -- SO THE REVENUES RELATED TO EACH OF THESE CRAS ARE TAXES, SO IT REALLY IS JUST READING UP -- EDUCATION, THESE ARE FUNDED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL FUND TAXES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO THE GENERAL FUND BUT WITH THE CRA THEY'RE DIVERTED SPECIFICALLY TO THIS AREA, SO THESE PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE, ALONG WITH THE EXPENSES RELATED THERE. AND EACH OF THESE CRAS -- WELL, TWO OF THE THREE.CAS -- TWO OF THE THREE CRAS ARE PAYING -- THAT THE GENERAL FUND HAD TO PICK RELATED TO -- INAUDIBLE ] EACH OF THE THREE CRAS. 
          >> AND DO WE HAVE A SEPARATE SESSION FOR CRAS? 
          WE'LL TALK -- >> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          >> BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE [INDISCERNIBLE] PROJECT BUT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SESSION ABOUT IT. 
          OKAY. AND THERE IS ALSO A SPECTRUM OF THINGS -- 
          >> SO MAY 20, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE THREE CRAS AND THE TWO 
          MAIN STREET BUDGET REQUESTS. >> OKAY, SOUNDS GREAT. 
          WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME FOR THE PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN? 
          DO YOU KNOW? >> THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHING UP BUT -- THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT SO THEY DID AN RP A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, THE CONSULTANT'S DONE A VARIETY OF INTERVIEWS WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND THEY WERE -- THEY REACHED OUT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BUT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE -- 
          TO GIVE TO THE WORLD, SO SOON. >> OKAY. 
          >> DID WE COVER IT ALL? >> YEAH. 
          WE'RE SO COMPREHENSIVE, HE CAN COVER WE CAN 
          COVER IT IN ONE SESSION. >> YOU HAVE FOR MANAGEMENT, THE KIND OF MONEY WE HAVE. 
          >> I HAVE SOME NUMBERS -- WHAT YOU WERE ASKING THIS MORNING. 
          [Emergency Management / Coastal Management / Disaster ]
PRETTY EASY. SAME KIND OF SLIDE WE DID LAST YEARS AGO KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE THREE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 
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AND WHEN YOU WERE KIND OF BRINGING UP [INDISCERNIBLE] 
          >> WHICHEVER YOU PREFER, IF YOU WANT TO STOP AND -- 
          >> MAYBE EACH SLIDE -- WE'LL DO THE THREE SLIDES PRETTY QUICK. 
          SO WE'LL GO THROUGH WHERE WE ARE. 
          SAME KIND OF THINGS. SO THE THREE DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE UMBRELLA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WHICH IS THE COASTAL AND PATROL AND SO WE GET INTO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT -- I HAVE CAN'T SEE THE SCREEN. SO SOME OF THE BIGGER BUDGETARY HIGHLIGHT FOR US, IF YOU CAN RECALL WE HIRED A COMPANY CALLED QUALITY ENGINEERING, HELPING US WITH LIFTING HOMES. 
          IT DIDN'T CAUSE US ANY PAIN TO -- WE ACTUALLY -- A COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE GOT THREE HOMES THAT ACTUALLY QUALIFY, WILL GET PAID FOR BY FEMA FUNDS TO BE LIFTED SO AS THE FIRST ROUND OF THOSE PROJECTS SO IT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS. 
          AND WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE GOING AND WE'RE CONTINUING THAT PROCESS. SO JUST TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR EOC CONTINUALLY WORKS MULTIYEAR PROJECTS AND OUR BUDGETS KIND OF REFLECT THAT. SO NEXT YEAR WILL PROBABLY BE SOME DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF MONEY BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO PASS THROUGH AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. IT'S NOT COUNTY FUND BUD WE'RE THE GOVERNMENT SPONSOR OF IT. WE'RE AS ALWAYS LOOKING AT NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND EFFICIENCIES, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE LAST YEAR HERE IS WENT TO A WEB EOC -- IT'S KIND OF MORE WEB BASED SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR IMPROVEMENTS SO IT'S GOING TO HELP US BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THE STATE AND INTERNALLY, SO ALL OF THE GOOD STUFF. 
          ANOTHER BIG THING THAT WE DID THIS YEAR WAS GAVIN WORKED WITH THE [INDISCERNIBLE] RE-UNIFICATION -- IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD EXERCISE. THEY WENT WITH THE ST. JOHN RIVER, MOVING STUDENTS FROM AFFECTED SCHOOLS TO ANOTHER SCHOOL AND THE FAMILIES OF THE STUDENTS GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS, SO IT WAS -- THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, A FULL DAY EXERCISE. VERY COMPLEX AND -- YEAH, IT WAS REALLY WELL RECEIVED. FROM THE FUNDING PERSPECTIVE, NOT LOOKING AT ANY ADDITIONAL FTES. 
          WE ARE ACTUALLY STAFFED SO THERE'S NOTHING THERE. 
          FROM THE OPERATIONAL COST, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD OUR COSTS AND OUR BUDGETS CHANGE YEAR AFTER YEAR SIGNIFICANTLY ONLY BECAUSE A LOT OF PROJECTS RUN THROUGH US SO SOME YEARS WE'LL HAVE A HUGE LOOKING BUDGET AND SOME YEARS VERY SMALL. AND IT'S BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THOSE PROJECTS CAN MOVE IN AND OUT OF OUR LINES. 
          BUT THERE ARE SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE FEDS AND THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO GRANTS, SO WE ARE NOT EXACTLY SURE EVERY YEAR WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. SO THAT I WOULD SAY HELPS US OPERATE OUR OPERATIONAL COST FROM THOSE TWO GRANTS, YOU KNOW STATE AND THE FED GRANT. AND SO DEPENDING ON HOW THOSE SHAKE OUT EVERY YEAR, WE'VE HAD THEM FOR MANY YEARS BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEES FOR THE FUTURE. SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THAT. WE'RE FUNDED THIS YEAR BUT NEXT YEAR WE DON'T KNOW. THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT IS EVERY YEAR. FROM THE RECOVERY SIDE, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT -- AND I DID IT FROM THE LAST TIME I SAT IN THIS CHAIR UNTIL NOW, INSTEAD OF DOING THE CALENDAR FISCAL YEAR, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. 
          BUT FROM LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WE HAD $8.3 MILLION IN REIMBURSEMENTS THAT'S COME BACK TO THE COUNTY FROM PROJECTS WE'VE HAD SINCE MATTHEW. WE'VE 5.6 MILLION THAT ARE APPROVED, JUST WAITING TO GET THE PAYMENT COME IN. 
          SO I WOULD SAY THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS HERE OR LESS, WE'LL ACTUALLY SEE THAT 5.6 MILLION. WE ALSO HAVE -- AND IT'S NOT SHOWING HERE -- THE LAST NUMBER THERE -- THAT'S FINE. 
          WE HAVE 14 -- ALMOST $15 MILLION THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO THE STATE AND THE FEDS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH SOME APPROVAL SO THAT'S COMING BACK OUT IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, JUST AS TO HOW THEY WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          AND THEN I HEARD THIS MORNING THEY WERE TALKING BY RESCUE ABOUT THE EMERGENCY FUND AND WHAT THAT CUT-OFF LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. SO I JUST WANT TO THROW SOME 
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NUMBERS OUT SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. 
          MATTHEW COST US AROUND 51 MILLION, IN JUST THAT STORM ALONE. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN, IT WAS ABOUT 15 MILLION IN DEBRIS AND BETWEEN THE EOC OPERATIONS AND FIRE RESCUE, JUST FOR PERSONNEL, IT WAS A LITTLE OVER PROBABLY TWO AND A HALF -- OR $2.3 MILLION AND NOW YOU'RE GOING BACK TO [INDISCERNIBLE] THAT KIND OF INFLATION NUMBERS. 
          AND I'VE GOT SOME OTHER ONES, IRMA COST US ALMOST $28 MILLION FOR THE STORM, DEBRIS WAS 13 MILLION AND FIRE RESCUE AND EOC OPERATIONS WAS JUST SHY OF $2 MILLION. 
          SO KIND OF TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH THAT COST. 
          THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BETWEEN BOTH OF THOSE WAS BETWEEN A MILLION AND TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR THEIR OPERATION. 
          MORE RECENTLY, MILTON COST US $28 MILLION IN TOTAL STORM DAMAGES. AND IF YOU KIND OF LOOK AT COSTS WITH JUST THE EOC FOR A STORM, THREE TO FOUR DAYS, FIVE DAYS, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT $2 MILLION BETWEEN FIRE RESCUE AND THE. HE EOC COUNTY 
          STAFF SO -- >> SO YOU LIKE THE IDEA -- BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT EACH STORM, WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO TO THREE, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE IT'S RELATIVELY IN THE BALLPARK COMPARED TO WHAT HAPPENED IN MATTHEW, IRMA AND MILTON. 
          OF COURSE MULTIPLE STORMS OFTEN TIME. 
          DO YOU THINK FOUR IS A GOOD LEVEL TO START WITH? 
          >> FOUR, JUST FOR PERSONNEL? >> YEAH, FOR PERSONNEL. 
          >> I WOULD SAY -- >> FIRE DISTRICTS? 
          >> ARE YOU TALKING FOR FIRE AND COUNTY OR JUST -- 
          >> THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED 20 FOR LAST BUDGET YEAR AND WERE PLANNING FOR ANOTHER 9 TO 10 FOR THIS YEAR, SO THAT WOULD BE IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT FOR FIRE DISTRICT, IT NEEDS TO HAVE ITS OWN DESIGNATED EMERGENCY FUNDS AND NARRATIVATION [INDISCERNIBLE] AS YOU KNOW. 
          SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
          LINE JUST FOR THE FIRE. >> SO I WOULD SAY ON A SMALL KIND OF STORM YOU KNOW THREE TO FOUR DAYS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LARGE PART OF WHAT EVERY ONE IS FIRE RESCUE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVER A MILLION JUST FOR A SMALL STORM AND ONLY REALLY KIND OF GO UP TO THAT [INDISCERNIBLE] MAYBE 24 TO 36 HOURS, ANYTHING LONGER THAN THAT, DOUBLING THAT COST. SO THE TWO TO FOUR IS PROBABLY A MORE SAFE NUMBER. AND IF YOU HAVE TO CASHFLOW IT FOR -- SAY WE GET TWO STORMS OR -- LIKE AN IRMA-MATTHEW SITUATION, BECAUSE WE DON'T GET THE MONEY BACK QUICK, THAT WOULD TAKE US ESPECIALLY TIME AND HAVING TO GO THROUGH EVERYBODY'S STUFF, IT TAKES TWO OR THREE YEARS TO ACTUALLY GET THAT MONEY BACK SO TWO TO FOUR WOULD BE A GOOD NUMBER. 
          >> OKAY. >> AND THEN JUST AN OVERALL -- SINCE MATTHEW, WE'VE HAD HAD ABOUT 15 ABOUT MILLION $153 MILM RELATED PROJECTS AND TO DATE WE'VE BEEN REIMBURSED AROUND 93 MILLION OF THAT. THE BIGGER COST FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF COSTS -- WE TALKED OUT AROUND 40 MILLION, SO THERE THAT 150 NUMBER, THEY JUST ADDED IT. SO THAT'S KIND OF EM IN A 
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NUTSHELL. HEAD INTO ANIMAL CONTROL. 
          SO WE DO HAVE OUR NUMBERS FOR WHAT WE'VE -- OUR OPERATIONAL NUMBERS, SO 25 AND THEN I WANTED TO PUT IT YEAR TO DATE. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR ADOPTION RESCUE AND SPAY AND NEUTER FOR BOTH CATS AND DOGS AND ABOUT 10,000 CALLS, YOU LOOK AT YEAR TO DATE FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ON TRACK IF NOT EXCEEDING SOME OF THOSE LEVELS OF SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO IT IS A VERY BUSY OPERATION. AND THEN ADDING THE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS LAST YEAR IS GOING TO HELP. 
          I THINK ONE MORE IS ON THE WAY OR HIRED -- 
          >> STARTED TODAY. >> STARTED TODAY, SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP. AND THEN WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF AND HOW WE WANTED TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE AFTER HOURS, DIFFERENT TIMES DERBY EXPECT -- I EXPECT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS TO CREEP UP. 
          FOR THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET SIDE, NOW WE'RE FULLY STAFFED SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FTES. 
          THE NEXT TWO BULLETS I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PUT OUT THERE, BECAUSE THIS COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT OUR BUDGET, DEPENDING ON HOW THE PROCUREMENT KIND OF SHAKES OUT. 
          SO WE'RE USING OUR SERVICES CONTRACT SO WE HAVE TO GO BACK OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, PROCUREMENT ON THIS. 
          SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND A SHELTER PRO IS ALSO A TOOL THAT WHEN HE USE TO GATHER INFORMATION AND HAS A LOT OF THINGS FOR US. THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING WE'VE USED FOR A VERY LONG TIME BUT NEW RULES IS KIND OF FORCING US 
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TO GO OUT TO PROCUREMENT AGAIN SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO COST. IT'S NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BUT WE'RE PRETTY PAIRED DOWN, ANY 10,000 CHANGE HERE OR THERE IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FOR US. 
          SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE BUT THAT'S GOING OUT NOW, GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          SO THAT MIGHT CHANGE AS WE COME BACK THROUGH THE YEAR, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WE DO HAVE TWO PROJECTS -- AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE BUDGE HEARING BUT JUST ONE HIGHLIGHT FOR HERE. WE HAVE ONE -- OUR OFFICERS ARE BASICALLY LIVING OUT OF THEIR TRUCKS AND ONE FOR A QUARANTINE AREA FOR OUR ANIMALS. 
          WE LOOK FOR THE SPACE ALLOCATION FOR THE PEOPLE FIRST. 
          WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THA] >> SO LET ME JUST PAUSE REAL QUICK. SO WHEN YOU SAY LATER, ARE YOU 
          TALKING ABOUT A CIP SESSION? >> SO YES, YES. 
          >> YEAH, SO I WANT -- BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, PAUL, ARE YOU GOING TO BE AT THE CIP SESSION? BECAUSE [INDISCERNIBLE] SO THAT WE KIND OF PRELIMINARILY WENT THROUGH SO I WANT YOU TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE TWO PROJECTS, IN CASE YOU'RE NOT THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW WE PLANNED THAT, BUT I DO WANT TO HEAR ABOUT TWO FOLDS OF YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET REQUEST. 
          ONE IS MORE PRESSING [INDISCERNIBLE] SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MORE FOR STAFFING WHO DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A SPACE TO WORK FROM, WHICH SOUNDS MORE URGENT THAN THE OTHER ONE, WHICH IS OVERALL EXPANSION OF THE ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY. 
          >> I MEAN, THE OVERALL EXPANSION IS GOING TO BE NEEDED. 
          YOU KNOW IT'S NEEDED NOW, HONESTLY. 
          THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS SPACE. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LAND TO PUT ANYTHING ON AND THAT WOULD BE -- AND THAT'S SOUNDING US. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP EVERYTHING IN ONE AREA, BUT REALISTICALLY IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE. AND YOU MAY HAVE TWO CENTERS, YOU MAY HAVE AN ADOPTION CENTER AT ONE LOCATION -- A CLAIM OR HOLDING FACILITY AT ANOTHER ONE, WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR MOST COUNTIES. THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS YOU'VE GOT NINE OFFICERS WITH NOWHERE TO GO BUT THEIR VEHICLES, AND IT'S LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE THEY'RE IN THEIR VEHICLES BUT AT LEAST THEY HAVE SUBSTATIONS TO GO TO. 
          THESE GUYS HAVE NO SUB STATION. SO WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO MEET WITH A FAMILY OR MEET WITH ATTORNEYS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN CERTAIN CASES, THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. 
          SO WE'RE BORROWING SPACE TO HAVE [INDISCERNIBLE] 
          >> AND I THINK ANIMAL CONTROL IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE GOOD EXAMPLES OF HOW OTHER LEVEL OF SERVICE HAS EVOLVED OVER TIME. 
          THERE'S A REASON FOR THE NAME ANIMAL CONTROL EVEN SOMETIMES PEOPLE REFER TO YOUR CENTER AS PET CENTER AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AS IT WAS INTENDED TO BE. 
          ANIMAL CONTROL IS MORE OF A HUMAN SAFETY FEATURE RATHER THAN THE ANIMAL -- WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. 
          EVEN THOUGH THE EXPECTATION OR PERCEPTION FROM RESIDENTS ARE SOMETIMES MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO BE, THERE IS A STATE STATUTE DICTATING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING AS A PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY TO PROVIDE ANIMAL CONTROL FOR THE SAFETY OF HUMANS. 
          AND SO OVER YEARS -- PAUL, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A REALLY LONG TIMN OF OUR COMMUNITY HAS EVOLVED TO NOT ONLY WE ARE ELIMINATING ANIMAL NUISANCE TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS BUT ALSO GETTING TO THE ANIMAL SERVICES, WHICH IS MORE OF A PROMOTING ADOPTING OR TINGS LIKE THAT. AND OF COURSE SOME OTHER THINGS. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE SHOW THE EXPECTATION OF YOUR SERVICE IS BEYOND THE SCOPE SCOPE, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE RESOURCES SO MEET ALL THOSE NEEDS. 
          SIDES WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DEFINE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING TODAY IS VERY DIFFERENT, IS WAY BIGGER THAN THE SCOPE THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR YOU AND THEREFORE THE RESOURCE SHORTAGE, THE SPACE SHORTAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES WITH IT. 
          >> 208 YEARS AGO THE FACILITY WAS GREAT FOR WHAT IT WAS -- 20 YEARS AGO THE FACILITY WAS GREAT FOR WHAT IT WAS BUT WE'VE ALL OUTGROWN OUR DEPARTMENT. TWO -- TWO PEOPLE TO 21. 
          >> YEAH. YEAH, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS MAYBE IS A MANIFESTATION OF THAT DISCREPANCY WAS THE RECENT DISCUSSION ABOUT FERAL PETS. 
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THERE WERE DIFFERENT EXPECTATION FROM OUR RESIDENTS, FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE SINCERE A BENEFICIAL 20 DO AND I THINK AS A COUNTY ORGANIZATION WE WOULD LOVE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR THE RESIDENTS, BUT WE ARE CONSTRAINED BY OUR RESOURCES, WHICH IS BACK TO OUR, THE BURDEN ON OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS UNDERSTANDING OF PROTECTION OUR STATUTORY OBLIGATION BEING IN OUR JOB SCOPES, WITH THE CONSIDERATION OF HOW CAN WE LOOK FOR A PRIVATE RESOURCE TO FACILITATE OTHER TYPE OF BENEFICIAL INITIATIVES THAT IS NOT A BURDEN ON OUR RESIDENTS? 
          >> OKAY. >> WITH THAT SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A FERAL CAT OPERATION BUT MAYBE IT WILL 
          FACILITATE SOMETHING. >> YEAH, BECAUSE AGAIN THERE'S 
          TWO SIDES TO EVERY -- >> AND THEN THE LAST BULLET ON THIS FEE-FOR-SERVICE REVIEW, WHICH I THINK IT IS -- IT IS SIGNIFICANT WHEN WE ARE SO CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT HOW WE KEEP OUR MOST REQUESTED REVENUE AS LOW AS WE CAN WHICH IS PROPERTY TAXES AND IN TURN WE HAVE TO FIND ALTERNATIVES THAT IS MORE IN LINE WITH THE CONSUMPTION, WHICH IN THIS CASE ANIMAL CONTROL IS ONE THING BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENHANCED SERVICE LIKE PET SERVICES AND ADOPTION, THEN THE WAY WE CAN SUSTAIN THOSE LEVEL OF SERVICES IS TO IMPLEMENT FEES. 
          SO I DO LIKE THAT REVIEW OPTIONS WHEN YOU COME TO THE FEE 
          SCHEDULE. >> AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR, WE DID IT LAST YEAR TOO, WE WERE LOOKING AT ALL OUR FEES AND THEN TRYING TO BALANCE WHAT -- YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT BOTH SIDES. IF YOU CHARGE TOO MUCH, THEN YOU HAVE A PET CENTER FULL OF PETS THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF OR FEES ARE TOO LITTLE -- SO YOU'VE GOT TO BALANCE THAT. 
          SO WE LOOK AT THEM EVERY YEAR AND KIND OF SEEING THAT WHERE WE'RE AT AND I THINK WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS A GOOD BALANCE OF WHAT WE -- AT LEAST FOR THIS YEAR. 
          >> OKAY. >> COVERING COST OF SERVICES WHICH IS GOOD. THINGS LIKE MICROCHIP WE CAN MAKE DOUBLE AND TRIPLE OFF OF. SO IT'S WORKING. 
          IF WE CAN FLAT LINE IT, THAT'S GOOD BUT -- 
          >> SO THAT KIND OF GOES BACK TO THAT SECOND BULLET, SERVICES, IF WE GET CHARGED SO MUCH, CHARGE THE RESIDENTS SO MUCH FOR THOSE SERVICES, SO YOU KNOW AGAIN WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE A WASH IN SOME OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE BUT WHAT DOES THAT BALANCE LOOK LIKE AND THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IT. 
          >> THAT REMINDS ME OF IN THE PAST THE QUESTION THAT CAME UP WAS THE CENTRALIZED ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY, AND I THINK YOU JUST TOUCHED ON THAT. WE DO HAVE A CENTRALIZED FACILITY, EXCEPT THEY WERE LANDLOCKED SURROUNDED BY WATER DISTRICT'S LAND WHO IS AT THIS TIME -- HAS FOR WHATEVER REASON NO INTEREST IN CONVEYING ANY LAND FOR ANY EXPANSION NEED, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS NOT THEIR NEED, IT'S OUR NEED TO MEET THE INCREASED DEMAND, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE DO HAVE SPACE FOR ADDING MORE OFFICES OR -- AND A CO-WORKING -- FOR OUR ANIMAL CONTROL TECK SO THAT IS ON A CIP LIST. 
          ARE WE LOOKING AT EXPANSION ON OUR CIP AT ALL OR -- 
          >> AND THEN COASTAL. THE MORE COMPLICATED MORE EXPENSIVE ONE. SO WE HAVE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, THE WHITE AFTER THE ACCIDENT SOME. 
          PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP. AGAIN WE TALK [INDISCERNIBLE] THEY'RE MULTIYEAR PROJECTS. WE'RE FULLY FUNDED. 
          THEY SHOULD BE COMPLETING THAT CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR -- OR SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. [INDISCERNIBLE] ALSO IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT SHOULD BE FULLY FUNDED AND WE'RE LOOKING -- THE BEST PART OF THAT 153 MILLION THAT I WAS SAYING EARLIER THAT ARE IN THAT EXPENSE AREA -- THOSE ARE TWO BIG PROJECTS. THE ARMY CORPS CSRM, WHICH IS THE PROJECT THAT 50 YEAR ARMY COPPS PROJECT THAT CORPSE PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 
          WE'VE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BETWEEN 35 AND 50 MILLION OF IT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION IS NOT FUNDED YET 
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AND THAT PROJECT COULD COME TO FRUITION IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS, SO '29-'30 IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO. 
          THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT PROJECT IS IT'S A 50-YEAR PROJECT SO WE MAINTAIN THAT FOR 50 YEARS WITH THE HELP OF THE FEDS AND THE STATE. BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO IDENTIFIED FUNDING, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT ON HOW TO FUND THAT PROJECT. PORPOISE POINT, WE'RE FINALIZINS FINALIZED, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE FINALIZING DEPARTMENTS. 
          THIS IS TO STABILIZE PORPOISE POINT WHICH THEN WOULD STABILIZE [INDISCERNIBLE] SO THAT'S A 20 MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT. 
          IT'S ALSO UNFUNDED AND WE'LL ON THAT ONE. 
          THERE'S NO TIME FRAME ON THIS ONE OTHER THAN THE PERMIT IS GOOD FOR 15 YEARS. AND THEN SUMMER HAVEN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THERE'S THREE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOWN THERE. ALL OF THEM ARE NOT FUNDED FOR CONSTRUCTION. TWO OF THEM ARE FUNDED FOR THE DESIGN WHICH IS THE RIVER WAY AND OPENING OF THE RIVER AND THE SEA WALL TO PROTECT HOMES ON THE WEST SIDE OF OLD A1A, THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN NOW AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THE EASEMENT REQUIREMENTS WITH THEM RIGHT NOW, SO WE'LL BE GOING AND BACK AND BACK AND FOR. 
          >> OKAY, SO THIS IS A GOOD COMPREHENSIVE LIST I THINK. 
          IT'S SORT OF THE GIST OF YOUR LAST -- GOING TO BE FIVE TO TEN YEARS. I DO WANT TO KIND OF -- BECAUSE YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT WE DON'T HAVE IDENTIFIED, WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FUND IT. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY -- OKAY, SO THAT'S VERY MYSTERIOUS FOR A RESIDENT TO LISTEN TO, AS THOUGH WE HAVE A MAGICAL, MYSTERIOUS WAY OF FINDING SOME FUNDING SOURCE. SO I WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK ARGUABLY PAUL WITH CSRM IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE ARMY CORPSE CORPS FS STRETCH OF THE COASTLINE BUT IT COSTS 35 TO $50 MILLION. 
          THE FUNDING MAKEUP IS BASED ON THE PUBLIC ACCESS, HOW MUCH PUBLIC ACCESS YOU'RE PROVIDING, WHICH IN TURN DETERMINES THE FEDERAL INTEREST AND LOCAL INTEREST OF IT. 
          SO I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON PROVIDING MORE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN LOWER OUR [INDISCERNIBLE] JUST NAME A FUNDING SOURCE THAT THE -- [INDISCERNIBLE] SO THERE IS NO ILLUSION THAT THERE IS A MYSTERIOUS FUNDING SOURCE THAT 
          WE'RE TRYING TO FIND. >> SO CURRENTLY, THE FUNDING SOURCE IS JUST -- THERE ARE THINGS ALL EQUAL, THERE'S THREE FUNDING SOURCES TYPICALLY IDENTIFIED. 
          THE FEDS COME UP WITH A COST SHARE, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY. THE STATE COMES IN WITH SOME MONEY BASED ON THE ASSETS AND THEN WHATEVER IS LEFT IS THE COUNTY RESPONSIBLE. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE NORMAL FUNDING SOURCES AS A PROJECT LIKE THIS BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN ADDITION TO IS IF WE CAN ADD MORE ACCESS, IT SHIFTS THOSE PERCENTAGES MORE TO THE FEDS AND THE STATE THAN TO THE COUNTY. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE PUT SOME INVESTMENT INTO ACCESS AND I TALKED ABOUT IN MY OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS HERE IS A TROLLEY SYSTEM OR GETTING PEOPLE TO THE PEACH WITH SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT COST SHARE SHIFTS [INDISCERNIBLE] THEN HAVE CHEAPER OR LESS RESPONSIBILITY. OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE'RE EXPLORING IS AN NSTU. THERE IS AN CURRENT MSTU THERE RIGHT NOW, FOR AN OLDER PROJECT AND WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE OR RECREATE. 
          >> WOULD YOU EXPAND ON WHAT THAT IS -- 
          >> IT'S A SERVICE TAX BASED OCTOBER PROJECT AREA. 
          SO BASICALLY, THE RESIDENTS IN THAT DISTRICT OR THAT PROJECT AREA WITH THE TAX BASE ON A MILLAGE PERCENTAGE SET BY THE BOARD TO HELP RECRUIT THE FUNDS OR TO PAY FOR THOSE FUNDS. 
          SO JUST SOUTH OF THAT AREA AND THE MILANO CORE PROJECTS, WE DO HAVE AN MSTU THAT THEY PAY INTO TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THAT COST JUICE ARE THOSE THE HOMES ON OCEAN FRONT? 
          >> THEY'RE ON THE OCEAN FRONT. SO WE HAVE EXPLORED IN PREVIOUS 
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-- I GUESS LOOKING AT FUNDING FROM WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO FUND NORTH [INDISCERNIBLE] WE LOOKED AT AN MSTU AND WE CREATED ONE UP BUT WE WERE TRYING TO SECURE SOME FUNDS FROM THE STATE THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY MEET THAT BUT WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT MSTU AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BENEFIT THAT EVERYBODY IN THAT WHOLE AREA NOT JUST THE OCEAN PARK RESIDENTS WOULD BENEFIT FROM A PROJECT LIKE THIS. A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED, A LITTLE MORE I WOULD SAY CONTROVERSIAL THAT PEOPLE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF AMA DIDN'T WANT IT SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY ASK THEM TO PAY ON TOP OF THAT. SOME OF THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T GET THIS PROJECT, THERE IS NO OTHER FUTURE PROJECT COMING, SO YOU'RE RIGHT THE MAGIC -- I GUESS IT'S MORE OF AN 
          INSURANCE POLICY. >> SURE. 
          >> ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS STATE APPROPRIATIONS SO WORKING WITH OUR STATE PARTNERS SO SEE IF WE CAN GET THE ACTUAL MONEY, ONE-TIME INFUSION INTO THIS, AT LEAST GET THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION GOING AND THEN ONCE THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION IS THE, TEN, TWELVE YEARS WE'LL HAVE TO DO THE PROJECT AGAIN AND WE'LL HAVE THAT SAME COST SHARE, A LITTLE DIFFERENT0S SHARE. IF THERE'S A STORM IN BETWEEN THERE THE FEDS COME IN AND PAY FOR IT 100% AND THEY'RE DONE SO THAT'S WHERE THE INSURANCE PIECE IS REALLY GOOD. 
          WE PUSH FOR [INDISCERNIBLE] ON PROJECTS. 
          SO OUTSIDE OF THAT, THERE IS NO MAGIC FUNDING SOURCE BESIDES THE THREE ENTITIES AND THEN THE CITY MSTU OR A STATE APPROPRIATION 
          [INDISCERNIBLE] >> OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          SO HEADING BACK TO THE OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS, EMPLOYEE FUNDED ARE FULLY STAFFED, SO KNOB ADDITIONAL NO ADDITIONAL FTES. WE ARE EXTREMELY BUSY AND WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS GOING ON, SO IT'S -- I THINK WE HAVE A RIGHT SIZED DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. 
          WE STARTED OFF WITH TWO AND TRY TO DO ALL THESE PROJECTS, IT JUST WAS NOT FEASIBLE SO I THINK WE'RE RIGHT-SIZED NOW. 
          WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE TROLLEY, TRYING TO GET A SYSTEM TO SHIFT SOME OF THOSE FUNDS -- THE ONE THING WITH THE TROLLEY THAT WE KIND OF TALKED [INDISCERNIBLE] IT DOESN'T ONLY AFFECT --AL AFFECT MILANO SO THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THERE AS WELL SO LOOKING AT TWO PROJECT AREAS. 
          >> I ALSO -- I KNOW SOME RESIDENTS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFICKING AND PARKING SO POTENTIALLY HAS THAT BENEFIT TO 
          BE ADDED. >> YEAH, IT COULD MOVE PEOPLE UP AND DOWN THE COAST. SO THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT -- THEY'RE A WHOLE OTHER AREA THAT BENEFITS FROM THIS. 
          >> YEAH, AND WE TALKED ABOUT A LINE POTENTIALLY CONNECTING ALL THE WAY TO STREET OF ST. AUGUSTIN, SINCE THEY'RE EXPERIENCING THE SAME CHALLENGE FOR TRAFFIC AND AT THE SAME TIME I THINK IN THE SENSE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THE TOURISM, IT IS REALLY A CONTINUATION FROM THE CITY TO THE BEACH, PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR ALL OF IT, SO THERE IS DEFINITELY COMPREHENSIVE BENEFIT TO BE ADDED FOR A SYSTEM LIKE THAT. 
          >> YEAH, WE DID AN ECONOMIC STUDY AND I KNOW THEY DID AS WELL, 48% OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY COMES TO THE BEACH. 
          SO A HUGE ECONOMIC DRAW IS TO HAVE A HEALTHY BEACH. 
          SO YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE [INDISCERNIBLE] FOR US. 
          EASEMENTS, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS -- WE ALWAYS HAVE TOFFEES TO HAVE EASO DO SOMETHING ELSE. 
          ST. AUGUSTIN AREA WE'RE AT 66%. 
          I KNOW IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A DOLLARS AND CENTS THINGS BUT IF WE DON'T GET 100% EASEMENTS DOWN THERE AND THE ARMY CORP PROJECTS GO AWAY, THEN WE'RE ON THE HOOK AS A COMMUNITY TO FUND THAT BEACH AND IF YOU FIGURE IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH USED TO BE ROCKS AND NOW IT'S A NICE HEALTHY BEACH, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE ARMY CORPSE PROJECTS SO IF THAT GOES AWAY THEN THAT AFFECTS THE BEACH AND WE HAVE TO FUND IT AND IT'S -- IT'S SUPER EXPENSIVE TO FUND THE BEACH. 
          AND WE DID -- WE TALKED ABOUT THE COASTAL ECONOMIC PLAN. 
          WE HAVE A COASTAL PLAN TO PUT TOGETHER WHICH REALLY KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS ALL THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT [INDISCERNIBLE] AS A WHOLE. SUMMER HAVEN INLET IS SOMETHING 
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WE'VE PUT IN THERE LAST YEAR, PLANNING FOR THIS YEAR, IS THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE STATE ON FIGURING OUT THE OWNERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY OF SUMMER HAVEN. 
          NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S GOING TO LAND, WHERE THE OWNERSHIP GOES BUT IT COULD BE SOME POTENTIAL COST SHARES TO HELP MANAGE THAT INLET TO STABILIZE BOTH THE NORTH OF SUMMER HAVEN INLET AND SOUTH OF IT. 
          SO DEPENDING ON HOW THAT WORKS OUT AND IT'S A MULTIYEAR STUDY, 
          PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. >> WHO ARE THE POTENTIAL RECEIVERS OF -- IS NO ONE'S TOUCHED IT. ONCE YOU KIND OF TOUCH IT, YOU OWN IT SO NOT -- IF WE WANT TO KEEP THE RIVER OPEN WE HAVE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND -- 
          >> WE ALSO WORK ON THE TAT FUNDS SO WE STARTED TO GET INTO THIS YEAR MORE THAN WE HAD THE PREVIOUS YEARS AND TRYING TO HELP STEER THE CONVERSATION WHERE WE WANT TO PUT SOME OF THOSE MONIES OR THOSE FUNDS. ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT I HAD I THINK WE HAD EXPRESSED IT IS LOOKING AT TRYING TO BUILD SOME FUNDS IN SMALLER PROJECT AREAS AND OVER TIME BUILD SOME STUFF -- SOME FUNDS IN THERE SO THAT IT'S NOT SUCH A BIG HIT [INDISCERNIBLE] ESPECIALLY IF THE ARMY CORP PROJECTS. 
          >> ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THE STATE WE HAD 10, 15 OR WHATEVER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS IN THERE, THEY WERE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THIS PROJECT AND HERE IS THE REST OF 
          IT. >> RIGHT. 
          >> ONE LAST THING HERE IS FUND SOURCING. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          THIS IS DERBY --  I WOULDN'T SAR EXPENSIVE. 
          WE NEED TO FIND A FUTURE STERN SOURCE. 
          [INDISCERNIBLE] SOURCE. IT'S NOT TIED TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT. SO -- WHEN IT'S NOT TIED TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO JUSTIFY WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. BUT IF YOU KIND OF GO BACK IN TIME AND YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE OLDER STORMS AND SOME OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS, IT TAKES US THREE TO FIVE YEARS TO GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS OF FINDING SAND AND THEN IF WE HAD THE SAND ALREADY IDENTIFIED, YOU'RE SHRINKING THAT TO ACTUALLY GET THE SAND BACK ON THE BEACH [INDISCERNIBLE] SO WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO SEE HOW THAT -- WHAT WE CAN DO NOW TO START -- LOOKING FOR THAT 
          LONG-TERM RETURN ON INVESTMENT. >> RIGHT. 
          >> AND THEN -- THAT'S IT. >> ALL RIGHT. 
          ANYTHING ON THAT? 
          >> I'M SORRY, WHAT? >> ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE OPERATION DISCUSSION? 
          >> COUPLE OF ZEROS? LIKE TO COVER THE -- WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND -- IS IT PUBLIC SAFETY? 
          >> WE DIDN'T TELL YOU. >> THAT SEEMS TO HAPPEN. 
          >> I JUST LEARNED THAT THIS MORNING. 
          >> I DO NOT SEE IT SO WE WON'T START WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          ANIMAL CONTROL. THERE WE GO. 
          LARGELY PERSONNEL, AS MENTIONED, OPERATIONS ARE THERE. 
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THE CIP FOR THIS ONE, I BELIEVE, IS ACTUALLY REQUESTED AS PART OF FACILITIES BUDGET. WE WILL GO OVER THAT AS WELL. 
          NO CAPITAL, NO VEHICLES. >> WE WERE APPROVED TO SAY NO 
          FOR A VEHICLE. >> FOR THE CURRENT YEAR? 
          >> WE CHOSE TO WAIT. WAIT FOR THE FOLLOWING BUDGET THERE. THERE'S MORE MILES WE CAN PUT ON 
          THIS VEHICLE. >> THAT WAS RECOMMENDED? 
          >> RECOMMENDED. CORRECT. 
          >> IT'S A DIESEL SO WE COULD GET SOME MORE MILES OUT OF IT. 
          >> WE WILL WAIT ON THAT THEN. >> WE CAN DO THAT WITH COASTAL. 
          AFTER THE HAND ME DOWN AND THEN WE GET IT ON THE BEACH. 
          >> WE WILL HAVE THIS ONE GOOD AND READY FOR YOU. 
          >> COASTAL MANAGEMENT. THIS IS ALL THE STUFF THAT DOES NOT FIT INTO ANY PARTICULAR SPECIFIC PROJECT. 
          A LOT OF THAT IS OVERSIGHT. THE FEMA REQUIRED MONITORING. 
          >> FEMA PROJECTS OR WHATEVER. IT CHANGES OVER TIME. 
          SO YOU START OFF WITH HEAVY MONITORING. 
          TO MAKE SURE WHAT PIPELINES YOU ARE PURCHASING OUT OF COASTAL. 
          >> DID NEAL DO THAT? $5 MILLION WORTH OF PIPELINE. 
          >> AND THEN TO GET TO THE... INTO THE PROJECTS. 
          SAINT AUGUSTINE BEACH. ASIDE FOR -- AND THIS ONE WE ARE BUILDING UP FUNDS FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF RENOURISHMENT. 
          ON THIS ONE, WE ASK THE QUESTION A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THE LAST CONSTRUCTION WAS DONE AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY. 
          SO WHERE WE WERE PLANNING TO HAVE A COUNTY PORTION OF THAT COST, WE ACTUALLY HAD NOTHING. SO THIS IS ONE WE ARE LOOKING AT TRANSFERRING MONEY SO DO WE PAUSE THAT TRANSFER OR DO WE DO A ONE TIME TRANSFER BACK TYPE THING. 
          LOOKING AT THAT. THE COASTAL HIGHWAY, THIS IS THE VILANO ONE. THIS IS THE 50 YEAR ONE. 
          SIMILAR TO THE SAINT AUGUSTINE. WE ARE GOING TO MONITOR AND TRY TO ACCUMULATE DOLLARS FOR THE NEXT CONSTRUCTION CYCLE. 
          THIS ONE IS... JUST THE MONITORING PORTION OF 
          THE CURRENT ONE. >> SO THIS IS WHAT STARTED OUR THINKING ON THAT SAVINGS ACCOUNT BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO THAT LAST PROJECT, ALL THE FUNDS THAT CAME IN, WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE PROJECT UNDER BUDGET SO WE HAD ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP AND REALLOCATE TO THE FUTURE PROJECT. SO THAT HAD US SAY LET'S LOOK AT THIS IN THE FUTURE AND TRY TO SAVE SOME MONEY. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK MONITORING HERE COME OUT THERE AS A REQUIREMENT TO DO MONITORING AS WE GO BUT EVERY TIME WE DO A NEW PROJECT, IT STARTS THE CLOCK OVER AGAIN AND CHANGES THE REQUIREMENTS A LITTLE BIT. SO THIS YEAR WE WILL DO MONITORING AND BUDGET MONITORING BUT NEXT YEAR, THERE WILL BE NO MODERATING BECAUSE IT'S A CONSTRUCTOR YEAR SO THAT'S WHY YOU WILL SEE THE UPS AND DOWNS. AND THIS IS -- YES. 
          >> WITH THAT SAVING BE ENOUGH FOR MAINTENANCE AS WELL? 
          >> WE WERE USING IT FOR MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING. 
          NOT MAINTENANCE, BUT MONITORING. WE WERE DOING MONITORING WITH IT AND NOW WE HAVE A NEW PROJECT COMING IN. 
          BUT THEN YOU GET THE PROJECT FUNDED AND THAT FIRST MONITOR. 
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AFTER THAT COME ON WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD FOR MONITORING. 
          >> AND THAT IS ANOTHER VERY ESSENTIAL BENEFIT OF THE CORE PROJECT. WE TALKED ABOUT THE BEACH PROJECT AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE TRUE FOR SOUTH. 
          THAT THEY BECOME CATEGORICALLY CHEAPER. 
          >> YES. AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT. 
          ALSO THERE IS AN MST SET UP. WE ARE LOOKING AT FINDING SOURCES LATER ON AS WE GET PAST THE PROJECT AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR MONITORING FOR FUTURE SAVINGS. 
          IT'S A GOOD FUNDING SOURCE NEEDED. 
          IT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO FUND THESE. 
          SINCE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THE CORE PROJECT UP THERE, FEMA OR US ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS FOR PROJECTS UP THERE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THEN THIS ONE -- THIS WAS THE ONE TIME PROJECT. 
          THERE'S TWO RELATED TO IT. BOTH ARE FUNDING AND BOTH WILL BE ONGOING MONITORING AS WELL AS THE DEBT SERVICE RELATED TO THAT INITIAL CONSTRUCTION. AND THIS IS THE ARMY CORPS 50 
          YEAR PRICING. >> OKAY. 
          >> THIS IS THE ONE WE STARTED LOOKING AT FUNDING OPTIONS AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE OF THIS PROJECT. 
          I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A LOT OF YEARS LEFT ON THAT PROJECT. 
          I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE TO RECREATE OR ALTER. 
          THAT COULD BE A CONTINUED FUNDING SOURCE. 
          >> AND THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION CALLS IS THE BIGGEST HEAVY LIFTING. BUT BECAUSE OF THE CATEGORY AND THE REPLENISHMENTS, THE OBLIGATION IS PRETTY CONTAINED. 
          COMPARED TO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW. 
          >> IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE KNOWN AND IF WE HAVE A STORM IN THE MIDDLE, THEY COME BACK AROUND THEIR TIME AND IT COULD EXTEND THE INTERVAL. THAT CHANGES AS WE GO. 
          >> AND FINALLY COME ON THIS IS THE PONTE VEDRA. 
          THIS IS THE FEMA. SOUTH PONTE VEDRA. 
          SELF PONTE VEDRA MONITORING. THREE PROJECTS IN THE SAME SIMILAR AREA. SO YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL PROJECT THAT THEY DID. BECAUSE WE HAVE THE INSURANCE FROM FEMA, NOW WE HAVE TO TRY AND GET THE FEDERAL SIDE TO COME IN AND DO THE SAME SIDE. AFTER THAT, 50 YEAR PROJECT. 
          FULLY FUNDED. IT WAS THE SAME CONCEPT. 
          WE HAD SIX DIFFERENT GRANTS. THEY HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT FUNDINGS TO TRY AND FUND THIS PROJECT. 
          GETTING SO FUNDING, HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THE VARIOUS FUNDINGS? AND THEN IF YOU WANT, THE JOYS THAT ARE RECESSED, THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THEIR PORTION OR FOR A PORTION. A 50 YEAR PROJECT. 
          I KNOW THAT THEY BRING IN SOMEBODY. 
          IT WAS PROBABLY UNDER TAXED IN THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. 
          IT IS HIGHER THAN WE LOOK AT THEIR BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PROJECT, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY BRING IN SO MUCH MORE. 
          >> IT'S AN APPLES-TO-APPLES COMPARISON BECAUSE IT COULD BE 
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          DIFFERENT. >> AND THERE'S THIS EXCEPTION TO STORMS AND HOW CRITICAL THEY ARE ERODED. 
          AND THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE TIME, FUNDING CERTAIN THINGS. 
          >> IT'S DIFFICULT. >> AND THERE IS A FEELING OF EQUITY AND WE TRY TO DO IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          >> LOOK AT THIS ONE. THIS IS FOR LESS THAN $50,000 A YEAR AND IT'S A YEAR PROGRAM. VEDRA BRINGS IN 600. 
          AND IT'S A SMALLER AMOUNT. I THINK THAT IS ALL OF THE 
          FUNDING. >> AND SUMMERHAVEN. 
          >> YOU CAN AND CAN'T USE THE FUNDS FOR THAT. 
          >> THE PROJECT THAT THE BOARD HAD WAS IN COASTAL MANAGEMENT. 
          >> CAN YOU REMIND ME WHY THE CITY BEACH DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY THEIR SHARE FOR THE FUNDING OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE PROVIDE 100% OF THE COVERAGE FOR THE CITY AND CITY BEACH? 
          >> IT'S RELATED TO THE GENERAL FUND AND COUNTYWIDE RESIDENCE. 
          PROPERTY TAXES TO THE COUNTY AND ANIMAL CONTROL. 
          >> THEY DO PAY. >> THEY DO PAY. 
          WE HAVE MORE NEEDS. ALL RIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.