* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. UH, SPECIAL [00:00:01] BUDGET HEARING. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, LEMME REVIEW THE PROCEDURES FOR THE MEETING. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, COMPLETE A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM LOCATED IN THE ENTRANCE TO COUNCIL CHAMBER, AND SUBMIT THE FORM TO THE SERGEANT AT ARMS. WHEN YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, USE THE MICROPHONE AT THE ELECTRON ON THE AUDIENCE'S RIGHT. EITHER STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOUR NAME IN THE CITY, OR YOUR NAME IN CITY. SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE BODY. DO NOT ADDRESS THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY. BE MINDFUL OF THE TIMER ON THE TER AND WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS FOR YOUR SPEAKING TIME. IN THE TIME LIMITS ARE POSTED ON THE REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM AN APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE, A PERSON OF THE LEGAL STANDING TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE. A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER WILL BE PERMITTED ENOUGH TIME AS REASONABLY DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE A RECORD BEFORE THE COUNCIL. ANY PERSON WHO MAKES A PERSONAL AND PERTINENT OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS AND BECOMES VOICE TRIPS AND DISRESPECTFUL WHILE ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL CHAMBER WILL BE ABLE TO LEAD THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. WE WILL BEGIN WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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 FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. UH, NUMBER, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, ROLL CALL MR. EWEN. COUNCIL MEMBER HANLEY. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KENNEDY. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER BASSETT HERE. VICE MAYOR NEWMAN IS NOT PRESENT. AND MAYOR RE AND I AM HERE AND, UH, VICE MAYOR NEWMAN, UH, UP STAIRS ON A, ON A MEETING, BUT HE'LL BE DOWN SOON. UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, DISCUSSION OF FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26, PROPOSED BUDGET AND MILLAGE RATE. UH, MR. ROSS MCGINN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, THIS IS YOUR SECOND BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING. UH, THIS WILL BE ADOPTING YOUR, UH, 20 25, 20 26 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. UH, IN REVIEWING WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SINCE LAST, UH, MEETING, UH, WE MADE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS, UH, LISTED THERE ABOVE, UH, AS WE SPOKE ABOUT WITH THE INCREASED MILLAGE RATE, UH, THAT COUNCIL HAD AGREED UPON. UH, YOU'LL SEE SOME INCREASES TO THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FUND, THE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FUND, UH, BOTH FUNDED AT THE TARGET LEVELS THAT WERE REQUESTED BY COUNCIL. UH, THE REVISED GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS TO REFLECT THE ADDITIONAL TAX INCREMENT FUNDING THAT HAS TO PASS THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND TO FUNDS, UH, THE DOWNTOWN AND OLD O GALLEY CRA FUNDS AT THAT HIGHER MILLAGE RATE. UH, THERE'S ALSO SOME ROUNDING ADJUSTMENTS THAT AS WE DOT OUR I'S CROSS, OUR T'S, UH, HAVE TO MOVE THINGS UP A A FEW DOLLARS HERE AND THERE. AND IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO FUND THE FDOT DRAINAGE PROJECT A ONE A AND UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS, UH, AT THE THIRD QUARTER. SO THAT WAS REMOVED FROM YOUR, UH, OVERALL FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 BUDGET, UH, AS WE SPOKE ABOUT WITH THE INCREASED MILLAGE. UH, 7.0112 IS THE MILLAGE RATE THAT COUNCIL REQUESTED ON THE 11TH MEETING, WHICH REPRESENTS AT 11.4% INCREASE ABOVE THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 6.2927. UH, AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AND AS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE, UH, THE INCREASES RELATED TO ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION FUNDING, THE EXISTING UNION CONTRACTS AND THE DEDICATION OF ADDITIONAL REVENUES TO YOUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND MACHINERY EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, WHAT YOUR OVERALL CITYWIDE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE. UH, FIRST COLUMN WAS WHERE WE STARTED IN JULY. SECOND COLUMN WAS LAST MEETING WHEN WE STARTED. AND THE THIRD COLUMN THERE IS YOUR SEPTEMBER 24TH, SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AMOUNTS. UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE NOW AT A TOTAL BUDGET OF $315,391,394, UH, AND THE INCREASED DECREASE COLUMN THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE FOUR BULLET POINTS WE JUST PREVIOUSLY SPOKE ABOUT ON THE PRIOR SLIDE. UM, AND WITH THAT, UH, THAT IS THE END OF, UH, THE DISCUSSION ITEM FOR THIS PART OF THE MEETING. SO IF COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY INPUT ON WHAT HAS BEEN ALREADY DISCUSSED OR HAS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE MOVING THROUGH THE STATE REQUIRED RESOLUTIONS, UH, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME. OKAY. OH, AND ANY SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME ON THE BUDGET? YES. OKAY, GOOD. UH, ANY QUESTION FOR MR. MCGINN? I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING. GO AHEAD, MA'AM. AFTER WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, DID THE LAST BUDGET MEETING, I'VE LOOKED AT SOME OTHER CITY BUDGETS OR HEARD ABOUT OTHER CITY BUDGETS, AND RATHER THAN TAKING THE BIG STEP THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN, THAT TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE PAID, A LOT OF 'EM ARE TAKING OUT OF THE RESERVES AT THIS POINT IN TIME, HAVE USED UP ALL THE RESERVES OR TAKING LIKE, UM, STORM WATER PROJECTS OUT OF THE RESERVES RATHER THAN DEALING WITH CORRECT. WITH DOING THE BUDGET. SO I THINK WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STAYING THE COURSE, WE'RE MAKING MELBOURNE A VERY SOLID FINANCIAL [00:05:02] SITUATION, SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE ALL OF US UP HERE FOR MAKING THAT BOLD STEP RATHER THAN, UM, STEPPING BEHIND AND USING OUR RESERVES FOR THE, FOR EVERYDAY PROJECTS. MAYOR, GO AHEAD. UH, TO YOUR POINT, MS. HANLEY, AND I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE ALWAYS, UM, THOUGHT THAT MAYBE DIPPING INTO THE RESERVES WOULD HELP, UH, OUR COMMUNITY HELP WITH THE, UH, PAYMENTS, HELP WITH THE WHATEVER CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE FACED WITH. UM, BUT THEN AGAIN, AS YOU WELL KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW, IT AFFECTS OUR BOND RATING. IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE CITY AND PROVIDING THE RIGHT SERVICE AND THE RIGHT, UH, PROVISION. AND THERE'S TIMES IN PLACE WHERE I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE IN 2004, THIS CITY HAD TO LAY OUT $11 MILLION AFTER JEAN AND FRANCIS, AND WE HAD IT. MOST, UH, MOST CITIES DID NOT. SO I, I APPLAUD YOU AND I APPLAUD WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS WELL TOO. SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. AND I'M SORRY FOR THOSE CITIES. BETTER FISCAL MANAGEMENT. DON'T YOU DARE GO WORK FOR ANY OF THESE OTHER CITIES, . YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME OTHER THINGS DONE THAT THEY'VE TAKEN ALL THE RESERVES AND PAID OFF ALL THEIR DEBTS, SO THERE'S NO RESERVES AND THEY'RE LOSING MONEY ON THE, THEY HAD, THEIR DEBT WAS ONLY AT 2% AND THEIR RESERVES WERE AT 7%. AND I'M THINKING IF WE DID THAT, MR. MCGINNIS WOULD NOT BE WITH US. VERY, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT TORS OF ACTION. NO. YES. SO, UM, WE WOULD LOSE HIM IN, IN A RAPID FASHION. SO , YES, WE WOULD LOSE HIM IN A RAPID FASHION. SO, BUT THIS IS NOT THE TIME. AND THERE IS TIMES, LIKE YOU SAID, MR. LARUSSO, AFTER THE STORMS, THAT THAT'S WHEN YOU USE THE RESERVES. RIGHT. IT TOOK TWO YEARS TO RE REIMBURSE US. SO THERE YOU GO. YEAH. THAT ISSUE, IF YOU'LL ALLOW IT, WE ACTUALLY HAD A VERY, UH, VERY RELEVANT, UH, TOPIC FROM FEMA TODAY. WE WERE GETTING REIMBURSED FOR A 2017 STORM. OH, WOW. THERE YOU GO. SO WE WERE FINALLY GETTING THAT MONEY EIGHT YEARS LATER. BETTER LATE THAN EVER. BETTER LATE THAN EVER. CORRECT. SO I, BUT AT LEAST WE HAD THE MONEY TO PUT OUT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT I THINK THAT WE'VE DONE A, YOU KNOW, UM, SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO SPEND EVERYTHING. THEY, AS AN ACCOUNTANT, I SEE PEOPLE THAT THEY SPEND MORE THAN WHAT THEY GOT OR EVERY DOLLAR PENNY THEY HAVE. AND THEN THEY HAVE THE OTHER ONES THERE TO LIKE, THEY LIVE BELOW, BELOW THEIR MEANS. AND I BELIEVE WE LIVE BELOW OUR MEANS HERE. YOU KNOW, UM, I I WILL SAY ALSO I'M GONNA, UH, COMMEND STAFF FOR MOVING FORWARD ON, ON THE, ON A PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT FUND AND A EQUIPMENT FUND. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF HAS DONE TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THE ROADS DONE EVERY YEAR AND THEY, AND WE, OUR MACHINERY AND, AND EQUIPMENT'S REPLACED. SO THAT'S SOMETHING OUR STAFF DONE. I I REALLY COMMEND EVERYBODY FOR GETTING THAT DONE. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I, I WENT OVER TODAY AND SAW ROADS THAT WERE BEING REPAID 'CAUSE PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP AND IT'S HARD TO DO. SO, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THREE? NO. SO THREE WE'RE, IF WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FOUR. OKAY. SO ITEM FOUR IS THE ADOPTION OF YOUR 20 25, 20 26 FISCAL YEAR MILLAGE RATES. UH, AND AT THIS POINT IN THE, THE PROCESS, I'M GONNA SOUND A LITTLE BIT ROTE BECAUSE THESE ARE, THERE ARE SOME REQUIRED LANGUAGES I NEED TO USE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. UH, SO WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 3 7 2, WHICH WILL ESTABLISH THE OPERATING MILLAGE RATE OF 7.112, WHICH REPRESENTS AN 11.4% INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 6.2927 PER FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 200.065. THE SPECIFIC PURPOSES FOR SUCH AS WE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED ARE TO AFFORD PREVIOUSLY AWARDED UNION CONTRACTS, ADDITIONAL INCREASES IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, AND THE DESIRE TO APPROPRIATELY FUND OUR DEDICATED PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND MACHINERY EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUNDS. UH, ADDITIONALLY THIS RESOLUTION WILL APPROVE THE CITY OF MELBOURNE POLICE HEADQUARTERS DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE AT A RATE OF 0.2977 MILLS. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 3 7 2. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTION FOR MR. MCGINN AGAIN? UH, UH, ANY SIGNUP SHEET? ALL RIGHT. UH, SO I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. WE HAVE A MOTION MAYOR, GO AHEAD MA'AM. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 4 3 7 2 TO ADOPT THE MILITARY RATE OF 7.0112 PER THOUSAND OF ASSESS PROPERTY VALUE FOR THE 20 25 26 FI FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS 11.4 ABOVE THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 6.2927 AND A DATE MIL NATE SERVICE RATE OF 0.2977 MILLS SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. HANLEY, SECOND BY MS. BASSETT. OKAY. AND WE'LL DO A, A ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER HANLEY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KENNEDY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH [00:10:01] AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BASSETT. AYE. MAYOR ALFRE AND I VOTE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FUND, UH, FUND NUMBER FIVE, FOR A FUND, UH, MR. MCIN. SO ITEM NUMBER FIVE AS WE SPOKE ABOUT IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF YOUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FUND. THIS IS GONNA BE YOUR DEDICATED OPERATING MILLAGE THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF FUNDING THIS PROGRAM YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. UH, THE SLIDE ABOVE IS WHAT WE USE TO, UH, BEGIN WITH THE TARGET OF 5.1 MILLION ANNUALLY, WHICH IS WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2014 PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ACTION IS THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 3 7 3, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FUND AND DEDICATING 6.92% OF OPERATING PER PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO THAT PURPOSE. UM, OKAY. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MCGINN? IS THIS A PUBLIC HEARING? DO WE HAVE ANY SIGNUP SHEET? CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. BRING IT BACK TO COUNSEL. MAYOR, GO AHEAD MA'AM. APPROVAL RESOLUTION 4 3 7 4 ESTABLISHING THE MACHINERY EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. SORRY, WE'RE ON ITEM FIVE FOR THAT'S NUMBER FIVE, MA'AM. THREE. OH, SORRY. 3 7 3. YEAH. 4 3 7 3. UH, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FUND. I'M SORRY. APPROVAL RESOLUTION 4 3 7 3 ESTABLISHING THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FUND. IS THAT AND I, OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. BY WHO? MS. BASSETT OR I'M SORRY, KENNEDY. MS. KENNEDY, UH, A ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER HANLEY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KENNEDY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BASSETT? AYE. MAYOR RE OKAY, , WE'RE MOVE. WE'RE MOVING ON. WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX. MR. MCGINN. I WAS DISTRACTED FROM RULE. THIS IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 3 7 4. THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE MACHINE AND EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. UH, THE SLIDE ABOVE AGAIN WAS THE SLIDE, JUST LIKE WITH THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT SHOWED OUR FORECASTED EXPENDITURES IN MACHINERY EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 11 YEARS, UH, PER COUNCIL'S ACTIONS, WE HAVE, UH, DEDICATED 6.10 OF OUR OPERATING PROPERTY TAX REVENUE MOVING FORWARD TO THAT PURPOSE. SO STEPH'S RECOMMENDED ACTION AT THIS POINT IS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 3 7 4, UH, ESTABLISHING THE MACHINERY EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, NO SIGNUP SHEET. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. BRING BACK TO COUNSEL. MA'AM, GO AHEAD MA'AM. UM, APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 4 3 7 4 ESTABLISHING THE MACHINERY EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND. AND I'LL SECOND THAT SO WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND AND WE'LL DO A ROLL FOLLOW VOTE ON IT. COUNCIL MEMBER HANLEY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KENNEDY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BASSETT. AYE. MAYOR ALFRE NOW VOTE. AYE. AND HAVE MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, MR. MCKINNEY. ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS RESOLUTION 4 3 7 5. THIS WILL BE ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26. BUDGET. UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 3 7 5, UH, ADOPTING THAT CITYWIDE ANNUAL BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $315,391,394 FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MCGINN? NO QUESTIONS. PUBLIC HEARING, ANY SIGNUP SHEET? CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. BRING IT BACK. COUNSEL MAYOR MS. HANLEY APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 43 75 ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 20 25, 20 26 BUDGET AND THE AMOUNT OF $315,391,394. AND I'LL, AND THERE'S NO CENTS ON IT. HOW COME? USUALLY, ROSS, YOU WOULD BE THAT MARLA WON'T ALLOW ME TO PUT CENTS IN THE BUDGET. . OKAY. OKAY. NO PENN? NO SENSE. NO. NO PENNIES. IT MAKES, NO. OKAY. WE HAVE, WHO'S OUR SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE SECOND MS. BASSETT. UH, AND ROLL CALL VOTE ON IT. COUNCIL MEMBER HANLEY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KENNEDY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BASSETT. AYE. MAYOR RE AND I VOTE. AYE. AND THAT MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. MOTION BEGIN. ITEM MEMBER NUMBER EIGHT IS RESOLUTION 4 3 7 6. THIS IS ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 BUDGET FOR THE MELBOURNE DOWNTOWN CRA FUND. UH, AS NOTED ON THERE. AND IF, IF THE PUBLIC IS INTERESTED ON PAGES 49 AND 50 OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET BOOK ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND OF THE CRA. UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 3 7 6, ADOPTING THE MELBOURNE DOWNTOWN CRA FUND BUDGET OF FI FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 26 IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,152,861. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THERE'S PUBLIC HEARING, NO SIGNUP SHEET. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. BRING BACK COUNSEL. MAYOR, GO AHEAD MA'AM. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 43 76 ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 BUDGET FOR THE MELBOURNE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,152,861. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY MS. HANLEY, SECOND BY MS. BASSETT ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER HANLEY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KENNEDY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH AYE. [00:15:01] COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BASSETT. AYE. MAYOR ALFRE, NOW VOTE. AYE. THAT MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO NINE. UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE, MR. MCGINN. ITEM NUMBER NINE IS THE OLD ALI RIVERFRONT, CRA BUDGET FOR THE FUND OF OR FOR THE FUND IN FISCAL YEAR 25 26. UH, SIMILARLY TO THE DOWNTOWN CRA, UH, PAGES 52 AND 53 OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET BOOK ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THAT CRA FUND BUDGET. UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 3 7 7, WHICH ADOPTS THE OLD O GALLEY RIVERFRONT, CRA FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26, BUDGET OF $1,194,785. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MCGINN? NO. UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING. ANY SIGNUP SHEET? CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL MAYOR, GO AHEAD SIR. UH, APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 43 77 ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2025. 2026 BUDGET FOR THE OLE GALLEY RIVERFRONT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,194,785. AND I'LL SECOND THAT WHEN WE HAVE MOTION. AND SECOND ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER HANLEY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KENNEDY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO. OH HELL YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER BASSETT. AYE. MAYOR ALFRE. I VOTE. AYE. AND THAT MUST BE YOUR DISTRICT. SO WE'LL MOVE IT ON TO, COUNCIL WILL CONVENE AT THE MELBOURNE REDEVELOPMENT COUNT. UH, COMMITTEE FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEM ITEM NUMBER 10. UH, MR. MCGINN, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS LOVE TO DO THINGS FOR TWO TIMES IN A ROW. , UH, THIS IS THE SAME, UH, AS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, BUT AS THE MELBOURNE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. SO AGAIN, THE DOWNTOWN CRA BUDGET IS ADOPTED AT THE FUND LEVEL. THE PAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND THERE FOR THE ADDITIONAL DETAIL AND STAFF IS CURRENTLY RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 3 7 8, ADOPTING THE MELBOURNE DOWNTOWN CRA FISCAL YEAR 25 26, BUDGET OF $3,152,861. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. ANY, IF THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING, NO SIGNUP SHEET. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL MAYOR. GOOD MA'AM. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 43 78 ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 BUDGET FOR THE MELBOURNE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPED FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,152,861 AND NO CENTS. AND I'LL SECOND THAT WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER HANLEY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KENNEDY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BASSETT. AYE. MAYOR ALFRE. NOW VOTE I IN THAT MOTION PASSES COUNCIL ALKA OF THE OLD, OLD GALLEY RIVERFRONT C COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR ITEM NUMBER 11, MR. MCGINN DEJA VU. UH, THIS IS THE OLD O GALLEY RIVERFRONT, CRA, UH, BUDGET AS THE OLD O GALLEY RIVERFRONT. CRA COMMITTEE. UH, THE OLD ALI, CRA BUDGET IS ADOPTED AT THE FUND LEVEL. ADDITIONAL DETAILS SIMILARLY CAN BE FOUND ON PAGES 52 AND 53 PROPOSED BUDGET BOOK ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ACTION AT THIS TIME IS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 4 3 7 9, ADOPTING THE OLD ALI RIVERFRONT, CRA FISCAL YEAR 25 26 BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,194,785. OKAY. AND NO SENSE? NO . ALL RIGHT. UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MCGINN? NO. OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY SIGNUP SHEETS? CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. MAYOR. GOOD. SIR, YOU'RE AN OLD ALI BOY. WOULD YOU MAKE THE MOTION ON THIS, PLEASE? I'M THE MAYOR. I'M NOT GONNA MAKE THE MOTION. OH, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. OKAY, THEN I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. ? UH, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. UM, ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT OUT LOUD? APPROVAL RESOLUTION NUMBER 43 79. EVEN THE FISCAL YEAR OF 23. 20 25, 26. EVEN THAT'S SUFFICIENT. WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE WERE GETTING A MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ADAM. MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND ROLL CALL. VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER HANLEY AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KENNEDY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER LARUSSO AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BASSETT. AYE. MAYOR RY AND I VOTE. AYE. AND THAT MOTION PASSES WHAT, UH, COUNCIL WHERE? CONVENE FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEM, THE ADJOURNMENT. SO IT IS 5 52. WE WILL START AT 6 0 5 OR, OR OUR REGULAR MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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