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Approved minutesApproved Staff’s recommendation to approve the Proposed Millage Rates for inclusion in Truth in Millage notice that would go out in August and set the first Public Hearing for September 6, 2022 at 5:15 p.m. in Dade City.
Approved minutesApproved the proposed millage rates as 7.607 in the Pasco County Commission Operating, 1.8036 in the Pasco County Municipal Fire Service Unit, and to set the first public hearing on September 8, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in Dade City provided the date did not conflict with the hearing for the Pasco County School Board.
Approved minutesApproved the proposed milage rates, authorize notification to the Property Appraiser and Tax Collector of the proposed milage rates, and schedule the first public hearing at the Historic Pasco County Courthouse 37918 Meridian Avenue Dade City, Florida on September 3, 2024, at 5:15 p.m.
Approved minutesApproved motion number three.
Approved minutesApproved Staff’s recommendation.
Approved minutesApproved the item per Staff’s recommendation by roll call vote.
Approved minutesApproved Staff’s recommendation.
Approved minutesApproved Staff’s recommendation by roll call vote.
Approved minutesApproved Staff’s recommendation.
Approved minutesApproved to set the TRIM notice. (1:32:46)
Approved minutesApproved to adopt the Resolution adopting the tentative budget for Fiscal Year 2025.
Approved minutesApproved to adopt the Resolution adopting the final budget for Fiscal Year 2024 with Commissioner Bradford absent from the vote.
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Mike Carballa to those roads and and makes visible meaningful progress, I think, for our for our citizens. So I guess if if the board I guess what I would like for the board to perhaps have some other discussion is to Give me an idea of where you want to land with that millage rate for the paving MSTU.
Mike Carballa us. We're bonded and we're not going to be able to And and those those were issues that were brought up, everything from debt to public safety expenses were all we're all covered, uh even non ad valorem assessments that are made on properties. And so there's a lot to consider. But I just applaud Representative Baggard for really taking the time to sit down with with all of us uh and to be heard and uh I I believe he's truly working hard for for the citizens of Pasco and and the local governments and constitutionals to make sure that there's fair reform.
Mike Carballa Thank you, Matt. Thank you. So yeah, so as as Amy alluded, today you're voting on the ordinance. This will add the operations portions of the park budget to your MSTU. Currently, as you pointed out, the MSTU is for maintenance only and it is set at zero mills. In June, we will have the discussion, we will need to have the discussion more in depth. We'll have taxable assessed values. It'll be a lot easier to have a more realistic discussion on what you were going to set that millage at, and if you want a reduction in your general operating millage, what that needs to be. It's important we have that conversation because to be you have to unanimously approve. Based on the current interpretation of rules here, that you have to be unanimous in setting that millage. If you are not unanimous, it goes away. So it's very important both for our staff as they push forward in planning the budget. Um and and we we march towards September when we have public input that there is alignment on that. So we will be having that conversation more in depth in probably more detail than you care to have, but
Mike Carballa wait um and and how do we realign this this uh budget to make the challenge uh of of what the public is feeling. So I'm I'm pleased to recommend here a reduction in the general operating millage from seven That reduction um will will result in a savings. And I want to walk you through how we got there. So If we pass a paving MSTU, those are dollars that uh would would go to pave not only local roads, uh doing sidewalk work as well as you know arterials and collectors, because it is it is roads for everyone. Our our paving funds are typically funded, we take it from the uh tax increment financing district that the board has into the Chan Transportation Trust Fund. We knew early on that there were going to be Be reductions in that if we passed a paving MSTU. So I was comfortable early on taking $2 million and pushing that towards public safety to hire additional deputies for the sheriff. And the sheriff reciprocated in return with his his additional dollars to to do another 10 deputies. Overall, of his 60 deputy assets, I think the board could be very, very proud of its investment in public safety with 40 new deputies out of those 60, which is unprecedented. Since I've been here in the county. Um, but I uh we looked even deeper into into
Mike Carballa Back to our budget, yes. Okay. I think that's pretty important, so Well when we last met, uh we were having some riveting discussions. If I can there we go. So just uh I think we it was back under under board discussion. However, just as a reminder, um I had recommended some general fund reductions to about seven and a quarter million, which would result in a reduction in the general operating millage from 7.57 to 7.4292 MILLs. Um and with that We wanted to get um board direction on the paving MSTU primarily just because the budget team can go back now and and actually prepare the actual budget documents um if if the board is you know willing and ready to make that call. Obviously it's non-binding until that uh until the vote actually occurs this evening. But if we could have um you know, uh unanimous consent on where we think we want to land with that, uh barring your taking of public comment, it would be it would be certainly helpful uh to us. So I had I had heard uh Commissioner Mariano had brought up um Um curtailing
Mike Carballa about six million dollars from the Hudson Library project, which Uh which I'm comfortable doing, we we can go ahead and and uh take that from a twelve million dollar project to a six million dollar project. Um in the out years, that would be a one-time capital add, I think is what the commissioner was was trying to go to to whatever millage that we set. So by example, if we were to set the millage at point four zero five two, for example, um you would add on an additional six million dollars to that. So it'd essentially be the equivalent of the point five one eight four original program that uh public works was recommending. uh for a millage of point four zero five two. But that would only be in the first year. But it would be something uh to get started. It certainly would help retire the PVASTET and and allow more paving to go. As I mentioned before Um it's a two billion dollar road network issue we have in the county. The amount of dollars that are put towards it um really will just enhance the the speed at which public works gets
Mike Carballa So, sir, what it is is it's uh there is a capital project in the budget for fiscal year twenty six for the Hudson Library. It is worth it's currently estimated at twelve million dollars. We would reduce the budget for that project by six million. So the six we would we would set aside six million dollars less, attempt to design the project. No, sir. It this does not do anything with the millage. All it does is we would we would just simply pay for the project. Roads with it is what the Commissioner Oakley. It would be a one-time, it would what I'm saying is for year one of the paving tax, it would be equivalent to to the point five one eight four millage in the first year if the board were to adopt that nineteen point four million. Of course the Board can adopt a a lower millage if it likes, and we can add six million to that number as well. The only point being is I I think the Commissioner would like to add more money to to the paving
Mike Carballa On top of that, that was that is what Commissioner Mariano is, I believe, I don't want to put words in the Commissioner's mouth, but I believe that's what what he is suggesting. Similarly, if you adopt uh.39 millage And that's eighteen million. We would add six to that. So I simply would just like to get the board to provide me with some direction on if these millages are okay so we can make the adjustments to the budget.
Mike Carballa that rate is set. So uh and then of course then the board directed uh us to reduce the general fund millage uh as recommended to seven point four two nine two according to the next slide.
Mike Carballa Well my recommendation at this point, given what I've what I've heard and seen, would be to recommend.4052 for the paving MSTU with the addition of the $6 million of one-time capital from the library project, and then set the general operating millage and budget as I have outlined at 7.4292.
Mike Carballa to in this case Uh set the general operating millage and budget as I have outlined here today to 7.4292, and set the paving MST millage and budget at.4052, with the addition of $6 million from the Hudson Library project to be applied to next year, and whatever Jeff thinks I missed.
Mike Carballa not cutting grass anymore. Yeah, so the the pug the park no parks the budget So the Parks M STU of c uh did not uh did not receive the the required number of votes, so that millage was set to zero. Um we did reinstate Parks's original so parks Has been carrying approximately a million dollars for parks maintenance, which is what the MSTU would have paid for, plus an additional $300,000 annually for field maintenance. I have reinstated that in the parks budget. So the parks team is level where they're at today. And then I think during the budget workshop, probably starting in January, I'd look to some board guidance on how we want to adjust. address parks coming up in in future years.