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EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WELCOME TO THIS VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN WORKSHOP. SEPTEMBER THE 12TH. RUN A LITTLE BIT BEHIND 6:00. IF WE CAN HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR GIBBS THOMAS HERE. VICE MAYOR PEREZ. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PALMER. HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER. BROWN. HERE DID WE LOSE OUR INVOCATION? GIVER. DID HE LEAVE? HE'D BE. WHO WAS IT? HE. HE DID. WHO WAS IT? YOUR HUSBAND. SOMEBODY. CAN SOMEBODY GO? GO! OKAY. STUMP HIM ON THE HEAD. IT'S OPEN. DID HE LEAVE? NO, HE'S RIGHT HERE, MR. BROWN. RIGHT THERE. OH, YEAH. WELL MR. BROWN. YES, SIR. COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING? WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. WE'RE PUTTING YOUR WIFE TO WORK. NOW. WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU TO WORK. OKAY. IF YOU
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WOULD, IF EVERYBODY WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. YES HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME NOW BEFORE YOUR PRESENCE. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS. AND, FATHER, WE PRAY FOR THE NEW MEMBERS THAT HAVE JUST JOINED THE COUNCIL THAT YOU GIVE THEM GODLY WISDOM AS THEY GO FORTH. OH GOD, WE PRAY THAT THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY. WE PRAY THAT THE VILLAGE WILL EVEN COME TOGETHER, EVEN MORE AND UNITY AS ONE. LORD, WE THANK YOU, LORD, WE PRAISE YOU AND WE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE PRAISE, THE HONOR AND THE GLORY. AND EVEN FOR EACH AND EVERYONE HERE. LORD, LOOK OVER THEM. I PRAY THAT YOU GIVE THEM TRAVELING MERCIES WHEREVER THEY MIGHT BE GOING FROM, EVEN HERE IN THE[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
MARVELOUS, MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AMEN. THANK YOU. OH, HE'S MESSED UP. A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REAL QUICK. IF EVERYBODY COULD MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CELL PHONES ARE ON SILENT OR VIBRATE. ALSO, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK THIS EVENING, THERE ARE SPEAKER FORMS IN THE BACK AT THE TABLE. MAKE SURE YOU FILL ONE OUT. GET IT TO OUR CLERK ON YOUR LEFT OVER HERE YOU HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK. WHEN IT COMES REGULAR TIME, IT WILL BE, THERE WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING THOUGH, ON THE AGENDA ITEM ON THE BUDGET, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE FILL OUT A FORM. YOUR EXITS ARE TO YOUR LEFT AND TO YOUR RIGHT, AND YOUR BATHROOMS ARE TO YOUR[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]
LEFT. THAT BEING SAID, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? MOTION. MOTION. A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULO. SECOND HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER PALMER.ANY COMMENT? PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO OUR
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RESOLUTION NO. XXX-2024: A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA. ADOPTING A TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE FOR THE LEVY OF AD VALOREM TAXATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025: SPECIFYING THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT A FINAL MILLAGE RATE: AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE
]REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. THIS FIRST ITEM IS A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE FOR THE LEVY OF AD VALOREM TAXATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025, SPECIFYING THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT A FINAL MILLAGE, AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA MILLAGE RATE LAWS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2425. THE VILLAGE MANAGER WILL PRESENT THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE, WHICH WAS CERTIFIED TO THE MARTIN COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER ON WHICH THE PROPOSED TAXES ARE BASED, THAT APPEAR ON THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE OR THE TRIM NOTICES RECEIVED BY OWNERS OF PROPERTY IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025. BUDGET PREPARATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTE 200.065 2E1. THE FIRST SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE DISCUSSED SHALL BE THE PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE IN THE MILLAGE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425. THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN IS CONSIDERING A LEVY OF 1.8250 MILLS, WHICH IS A 17.4% INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 1.5543. THIS MILLAGE RATE OF 1.8250 WILL CREATE WILL GENERATE NET AD VALOREM TAX REVENUES OF $4,301,120, WHICH IS 664,165 MORE DOLLARS THAN THE CURRENT TAX YEAR. REVENUES. PROPERTY TAX[00:05:07]
REVENUE MAKES UP APPROXIMATELY 52.7% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGE. THIS WAS ADVERTISED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. MADAM MAYOR. SEEING NONE. IF THERE IS NO MORE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. DO WE HAVE ANY VILLAGE COUNCIL DISCUSSION? NO SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT OUR RESOLUTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT. SECOND. OKAY, SO A MOTION APPROVING THE TENTATIVE PROPERTY MILLAGE TAX MILLAGE RATE OF 1.825. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULO. A SECOND HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER PALMER. SO THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE FOR ALL GENERAL VILLAGE PURPOSES WILL BE 1.825, WHICH REPRESENTS A 17.4 INCREASE IN THE MILLAGE RATE OVER THE ROLLED BACK RATE OF 1.5543 MILLS. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MADAM MAYOR. IS THERE ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION'S BEEN SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.[2.
RESOLUTION NO. XXX-2024: A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE
COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA,
ADOPTING A TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025
SPECIFYING THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE SECOND AND
FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT A FINAL BUDGET; AND
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE ALL FUND TOTAL OF THE PROPOSED FY 2425 BUDGET IS $30,618,122. THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF $21,596,847, OR ACTUALLY A 239.4% INCREASE FROM THE FY 24 ADOPTED BUDGET. THIS SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE BUDGET IS DUE TO THE ADDITION OF A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, WHICH REFLECTS FUNDING THAT'S BEING RECEIVED FROM THE STATE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE GENERAL FUND. THE FY 2425 GENERAL FUND PROPOSED BUDGET IS $8,455,350, WHICH IS SUPPORTED PRIMARILY BY THE OPERATING MILLAGE. THE PROPOSED BUDGET REPRESENTS A 31.2% INCREASE FROM THE FY 24 ADOPTED BUDGET, LARGELY DUE TO GRANT FUNDING FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS AND AN ALLOCATION OF A LINE ITEM TO REFLECT A FUND BALANCE. THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES FUNDING TO SUPPORT CORE FUNCTIONS OF THE VILLAGE. ALSO SUPPORTED IN THIS BUDGET IS A RENEWED SPONSORSHIP OF THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF 15,000, WHICH IS A $5,000 INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. A TAX INCENTIVE GRANT FOR FPL OF $1,018,055.
THAT'S BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT THEY PAY IN THEIR TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. AND FUNDING TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE OF 12,500 AND OTHER ANTICIPATED INFLATION COSTS FOR SALARIES, OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL. THE WATER AND WASTEWATER FUND FOR FY 2425 PROPOSED BUDGET. IT'S AN ENTERPRISE FUND IS $3,156,710, WHICH REPRESENTS A 22.4% INCREASE OVER THE CURRENT YEAR. THE WATER AND WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE FUND IS A BUSINESS TYPE FUND, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY USER FEES CHARGED TO YOUR RATEPAYERS. THE BUDGET IS BASED UPON ANALYSIS OF THE PAST TWO YEARS OF OPERATING HISTORY, PLUS AN ANTICIPATED 40% RATE INCREASE. THIS IS A BLENDED RATE INCREASE. THE PROPOSED BUDGET
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INCLUDES FUNDING FOR TWO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, WHICH ARE WATER, WASTEWATER TECHNICIAN TRAINEES FOR A TOTAL COMPLEMENT IN THAT DEPARTMENT OF 11 EMPLOYEES ARE ALSO AND ALSO IS INCLUDED OPERATING AND CAPITAL COSTS. THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER IN FY 2425 PROPOSED BUDGET, IS $19,066,062. THIS NEW FUND IS ADDED TO THE BUDGET TO REFLECT THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. IN SUMMARY, IN CONCLUSION, THE FY 2425 TENTATIVE BUDGET IS A BALANCED NEEDS BASED BUDGET. THE PROPOSED TENTATIVE BUDGET, AS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL, WILL BE ADVERTISED AS REQUIRED IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2024.THIS BUDGET INCLUDES A STAFFING LEVEL OF 40 FULL TIME EQUIVALENTS OR FTES. WITH THE INCREASE OF THE TWO FTES FROM THE CURRENT YEAR. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. MY PRESENTATION.
MAYOR THIS WAS ADVERTISED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025. TENTATIVE BUDGET. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY. SEEING NONE. SO THERE ARE NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WE OPEN IT FOR VILLAGE COUNCIL DISCUSSION. DOES THE VILLAGE COUNCIL HAVE ANY COMMENTS? CONCERNS I WOULD LIKE TO. I KNOW IN THIS PRESENTATION IT WAS NOTED FOR THE FUNDING OF THE RIDERSHIP FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED OF 12,500. THAT LINE ITEM WAS SINGLED OUT AT OUR, I GUESS, OUR LAST MEETING WHEN WE WERE TALKING BUDGET, AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF REVISIT EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE COORDINATING BOARD, I AM THE CHAIR OF THAT IS A BOARD OF SUB BOARD OF THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. THE MPO AND HISTORICALLY, THE FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM COMES FROM THE COUNTY. THEY DO A REQUIRED MINIMUM AND THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE THAT. THE STATE MATCHING FUNDS REFLECTS THE PARTICIPATION FROM THE COUNTY. THE AND THEN THE FUTURE FORMULA GRANTS ARE DICTATED OFF THAT TOO. SO IT'S AT A MINIMUM, AN INDIAN TOWN IS A HUGE USER OF THAT SERVICE. INDIAN TOWN IS IMPACTED, MOST BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY VULNERABLE AND IN NEED POPULATION FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR DISADVANTAGED. SO THIS COUNCIL LAST YEAR AGREED WHEN I BROUGHT IT FORTH TO PUT FORTH THE $12,500, WHEN WE DID THAT, I WENT TO THE CITY OF STUART AND CHALLENGED THEM BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE A POPULATION THAT UTILIZES IT AND THEY MATCH THAT.
SO OUR 12,500 AT THAT POINT WAS NOW 25,000. THE COUNTY STEPPED UP AND DID MORE THAN THEIR MINIMUM. THEY DID 59,000 OVERMATCHED. THIS YEAR. THEY PLAN ON OVER MATCHING $150,000.
SO IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, INDIAN TOWN'S CONTRIBUTION OF 12,500 LAST YEAR AND 12,500 THIS YEAR HAS MADE AN IMPACT OF OVER A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE WE STEPPED OUT AND COMMITTED $12,500 TO THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED, AND THAT IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW IT KIND OF CAME IN QUESTION, WHY ARE WE SPENDING 12,500? THAT'S WHY THAT'S WHY WE STEPPED UP. AND IT KIND OF ENCOURAGED EVERYBODY ELSE. AND IT HAS MADE A HUGE IMPACT, NOT ONLY IN INDIAN TOWN TO THIS, BUT TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND ALSO IT WILL INCREASE IT WILL INCREASE THE FUTURE FORMULA GRANTS BECAUSE WE OVER MATCH NOW. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE THAT SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT, BUT REALLY IT'S JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET AND IT'S A IT'S JUST THAT ONE LITTLE SNOWFLAKE THAT THAT GETS THAT BALL ROLLING AND IT BECOMES A HUGE THING. SO I WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND GIVING THAT TO THAT, FOR THAT CAUSE. I
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KNOW ALSO IT WAS KIND OF CALLED OUT FIREWORKS, PAYING FOR FIREWORKS. THAT'S IN THE BUDGET.AND I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO REVISIT THAT. A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, INDIAN TOWN, I REMEMBER AS A KID FIREWORKS. AND WE USED TO GO DOWN. YOU USED TO HAVE THEM OVER AT THE, AT THE MARINA. SO INDIAN TOWNS INVESTMENT, THE VILLAGE INVESTMENT IN THAT THIS PAST YEAR WAS $26,000, 930 OUT OF THE COST OF A LITTLE OVER $70,000. THE INVESTMENT WAS PURELY FOR PAYING FOR FIREWORKS. IT IS A IT WAS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHO ASSUMED ALL OTHER LIABILITY AND EFFORT IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT EVENT HAPPEN. IT BEING A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. SO THE CHAMBER INVESTMENT WAS OVER. $43,000. THEIR COSTS INCLUDED INSURANCE PERMITS, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FIRE RESCUE, STATE AND LOCAL PERMITS, THE ENTERTAINMENT, EQUIPMENT RENTAL, PRINTING AND REPRODUCTION AND EVENT SUPPLIES. SO OUR INVESTMENT, COMING ALONGSIDE AND THAT WAS WE ARE RELIEVED OF ANY LIABILITY AND ANY OTHER INVOLVEMENT. NO NO EMPLOYEES, NO PERSONNEL WAS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT. HOWEVER, THE IMPACT THAT IT HAD, THE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE FROM INDIAN TOWN IS 2500 RESIDENTS. THE AVERAGE EVENT TIME IS SIX HOURS, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT BACK FROM THAT EVENT, WAS POSITIVE AND A FAMILY EVENT, AND IT'S JUST IT WAS APPRECIATED. SO I ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR INVESTING IN, THIS EVENT FOR THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN AND EVEN THE THIS REGION, BECAUSE PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER FOR IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO, KIND OF CLEAR UP AND CLARIFY EXACTLY THAT MONEY AND WHAT IT'S USED FOR, BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO BE IN QUESTION THE LAST TIME. SO IF THERE IS NO OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 TENTATIVE BUDGET, SETTING THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SECOND HEARING OF SEPTEMBER THE 26TH, 2024 AT 6 P.M. AT THE VILLAGE HALL CHAMBERS AT 15516 SOUTHWEST OSCEOLA STREET, SUITE C, INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULO. A SECOND HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER PALMER. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? NO, MADAM MAYOR.
OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. AND, MAYOR, IF I MIGHT, TO, SINCE I HAVE MOST OF MY SENIOR STAFF HERE, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT, HELPING US, PARTICULARLY MR. FLORIO, WHO PUT IN NUMEROUS HOURS TRYING TO HELP US GET THIS BUDGET OVER THE FINISH LINE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. ABSOLUTELY. AND I HAVE TO SAY, OUR STAFF IS DOES AN AMAZING JOB. I KNOW THAT OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, HEADED UP BY MR. FLORIO AND HIS SPARSE STAFF, THAT HE HAS DO A. THEY HAVE A HERCULEAN TASK AND THEY RISE TO THE THEY RISE TO THE CHALLENGE EVERY DAY. AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. THANK YOU SIR. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES. AND SO WE STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL WE'RE RE ADJOURN AT 630 FOR OUR REGULAR
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