City Council - Special Meeting

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Good evening everyone. Welcome to the special session of the city of Harrisville. Our first public hearing on the House of Representatives for the year 2026-2027 on September 9, 2026 at 5.30 p.m. I open this session for the entry prayer. Please hold a moment of silence. Thank you very much. Please stand up for the oath of loyalty. The praise of loyalty to the flag of the United States of America.

A nation under God, indivisible, with freedom and justice for all.

Thank you very much.

City lawyer, we have a quorum.

Thank you very much, city director.

Good evening, Mr. Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Council Member Nelson. We only have one point on the agenda of the special session, namely the first public hearing on the budget for the business year 27. I have prepared a short presentation and most of our leading employees are present to answer all questions. So we'll continue with the ... The budget for the business year 27 was proposed to the City Council on July 28. Originally, the proposed operating budget was 6.2 million. We held two workshops on the 4th and 20th of August, in which the leverage was taken back to the so-called rollback of 6.082 mills. This is the lowest leverage for 18 years and does not represent an increase in taxes. Today the first public hearing takes place. The second and last public hearing will continue on September 21. The budget for the business year 2027 is based on an operating income of 6.082 mills, which corresponds to the 10% upper limit for pre-year income according to Chapter 74, 430. The laws of Florida. Again, this is the lowest income that the state has raised in 18 years. During the public hearing, the City Council must discuss the percentage increase of the raise over the rollback rate, if one is necessary for financing the general household, as well as the purposes for which the basic tax revenues are increased. As I said, this is the rollback rate. So the percentage increase is zero and there is no discussion about tax increases. Public comments on the proposed adjustments and the raise are rejected. This only serves to refresh. These are the strategic goals for the business year 27, for which the managing staff develops internal performance characteristics, which we will pursue throughout the year. Remember May 30, when we meet at an external meeting, a work list with about 10 points on the managing staff transfer, which should be processed in the next six months. After the six months, we will return with a report on our achievements. Here is the household environment that we are facing. The real estate ratings rose by about 3.4%. The paid income rose by 1.6%. And the entire general household fell from 67 million to 64.5 million. Building and development activities continue to increase nominally. Employment and staff costs have increased by 4.5% due to a changing working environment. As you know, there is a 3.5% inflation rate in this household. In addition, we had success in terminating tariff contracts for police and fire department, which led to further costs. Overall, health costs continue to rise by about 22%. And our OPEC bonds continue their downward trend. We have about $19 million in non-financed business and capital projects. The original budget began at a total of $180 million. Since then, there have been some additions and additions. Then there are fees of up to $417,000. A VOCA grant that was approved just yesterday evening. as well as a reduction in administrative fees. The final balance of the general fund is 64.4 million dollars and the rainwater fee was originally proposed with an increase of 100 percent, but the council decided that with the approval of 13 percent, the revenues from the rainwater disposal fell by about 3.8 million dollars. In addition, we had to withdraw a loan from the general fund to finance the rainwater master plan and we are planning to purchase a shredder so that Sandy Rea and her teams can carry out additional digging work. These are just the revenue sources for the total budget of $177 million of all corporate funds and the general fund. This is a comparison of our Ad Valorem taxes per inhabitant in the city of Titusville. As you can see, we are in the left area at about $420 per person at Valorem Steuern. As far as the leverage of the general fund is concerned, we are exactly in the middle field with 6.08 furmils. Palm Bay, Melbourne, Cocoa and South Beach all have higher leverage. Dies ist das Steuerhaus. Dies stellt lediglich dar, wohin Ihr Steuerdollar fließt. Wenn Sie ein Haus mit einem geschätzten Wert von 267.000 Euro haben, dann geht bei unserem angewandten Satz von 6,081 Mils etwa ein Drittel davon an die Stadt. Etwas mehr als 39% gehen an das Brevard County School Board und der Bezirk erhebt etwa 24%. The total amount would be $3,000, of which the city would receive $1,216. This is just a typical example for a house. As you may remember, we had a presentation earlier, our fee advisor and the water tariffs should increase by 6%. The wastewater fees should increase by 6%, the waste fees by 8%. Therefore, we have to carry out the first reading of five different ordinances this evening. I will now read out the ordinances for the protocol. Ordinance number 2326. An ordinance of the city of Titusville, Florida, to establish the support for the operation of the city of Titusville for the fiscal year 2027 and a date of inauguration. Ordinance number 2426. A regulation of the city of Titusville, Florida, to terminate the general household and the associated budgets of the city of Titusville for the household year 2027 and a termination date. Regulation number 25. A regulation of the city of Titusville, Florida, to change the sections 21-241 and 21-243. Regulation No. 2626 A regulation of the city of Tyson, Florida, to change section 116 of the municipal ordinance by establishing an increase in monthly fees for private waste disposal, recycling and additional garbage tons, as well as to change section 117 of the municipal ordinance by establishing an increase in monthly fees for commercial garbage containers and commercial tons for waste disposal and recycling. Fees and increase of rental fees for commercial garbage containers, as well as change of section 16118 of the municipal order by establishing an increase of the prices for special services, regulations on partiality, lifting of contradictory regulations, taking into account and taking into account the municipal order. Regulation number 2726. A regulation of the city of Tewel, Florida, to terminate the household plans for the corporate fund and the investment program of the city of Tewel for the fiscal year 2022, as well as an expiration date. This must therefore be read out publicly. The city of Titusville, Florida is the tax authority. 6.082 is the budget for the fiscal year 2026, 2027, 2027. The operating leverage to be raised is 6.08. And the proposed preliminary leverage corresponds to the base leverage and thus represents an increase of 0% compared to the base leverage. The recommended measures in this order are the preliminary dismissal of the operating budget of 6.0842 mills, the preliminary dismissal of the general financing-related households, as well as the preliminary dismissal of the company and investment program households. And we have pattern templates for these three measures at each of your workplaces. The next step is then September 21, the final public hearing for this year. Thank you.

City administration, city council, any questions? City editor.

We have a card for all regulations. It's Stan Johnston.

Ich habe fünf Anfragen, eine für jede der Verordnungen mit den Nummern, wie war das, 23 bis 26. Darf ich also sechsmal sprechen? Fünfmal? Oder darf ich nur dreimal sprechen?

Es gibt nur eine öffentliche Anhörung. Drei einmal.

Ich bekomme nur drei Minuten für alle zusammen.

Direkt.

Das ist doch nicht Ihr Ernst.

Die Stimmen über alle dieser Anfragen.

Er hat gerade gesagt, er hat gerade, Herr Bonnier hat gerade drei verschiedene Dinge dort aufgeführt. Und jetzt sollen wir für drei verschiedene Dinge nur eine Karte haben.

Mr. Johnson, Sie verschwenden Ihre Zeit.

Oh, es läuft also alles auch hinaus. Nun, ich lehne all diese Dinge ab, weil die Stadt schon viele Jahre vor diesem Rat extravagant verschwendet hat, weit über 20 Millionen Dollar. Und ich bin einfach erstaunt, dass ich nur eine Karte verwenden darf. Und das war's. But I have to say, I'm disappointed about what happened, for example, in the personnel department. Because they used a rejection process against me and refused to take measures against the fire chief Peggy Bisaka, Bad Bridge Parish League, for false and deceitful sustainability reports. That's not possible. And also because of SNJ Oaks. So that's going to cost the city money. And that concerns the water resources.

It used to be the water resources, now it's the farmer.

And we have, no, the water resources have wasted over 10 million dollars or rather 20 million dollars, which they threw out of the window in Southfield. That's nonsense. And Brad has made a report on sustainability that is dishonest and has not been corrected. Die Feuerwehrchefin und der Brandmeister haben eine Achtfußbreite. The relocation of the Mokka Lane should actually be two-way for six R3 landfills. And that was rejected by the personnel department, who said they wouldn't do that. Uh, what wouldn't they do? As I said, you've seen it. You have seen that this money will be kept back. And I would like to mention, for example, GeoSantec, who accepted this order for over $770,000 for the update. But the thing is, GeoSantec knows that these dams are illegal. Sie wissen, dass Sie illegal sind. Sie werden nicht bestreiten, was ich sage. Warum haben Sie also die Stadt nicht benachrichtigt? Wir sprechen hier von Millionen von Dollar. Wir sprechen von der Haftung für Entwässerung und Überschwemmungen. Und die Stadt reagiert nicht. Die Stadt muss also darauf reagieren, wenn Sie das Budget, den Hebesatz und so weiter vorbereiten.

Danke. Danke, Herr Johnson.

Stadtschreiber.

Eine zusätzliche Karte für Tim Curtis.

Herr Kürtes.

Entschuldigen Sie, dass ich Sie lange warte.

Ich habe versucht herzukommen. Ich wollte das nicht vermasseln. Ich habe mir einige Notizen gemacht, falls ich sprechen darf. Mein Name ist Tim Kürtes. Ich lebe schon mein ganzes Leben in Titusville. Ich hätte da ein paar Dinge, die ich gerne ansprechen würde, wenn möglich. Nummer 1. Guten Abend. Heute Abend sprechen wir über die wichtigste Verantwortung, die einem Stadtratsmitglied anvertraut ist. Den Haushalt der Stadt. Wir alle beschweren uns hin und wieder darüber. Der Haushalt sind nicht nur Zahlen in einer Tabelle. Er bestimmt, ob Polizisten und die Feuerwehr die richtige Ausrüstung und alles Notwendige für ihre Arbeit haben. Nun, die Reparaturen, die Straßen und die Infrastruktur sind ein großes Thema. In the city. I was on the road and showed many problems. Unfortunately, today I showed another problem. A very bad problem. And whether we will have the budget to be able to do these things. That's why I'm here tonight. And I'm looking around. And that makes me nervous. Because I'm running for the city council. That's very important to me. What's wrong with you? Where's my opponent tonight? Isn't she here?

Mr. Curtis, no information on the candidacy changes.

Okay, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'll be fine for a moment. Okay, I'll try. She didn't want to wear this shirt. Man kann bei der Politik unterschiedlicher Meinung sein. Man kann bei Prioritäten uneins sein. Aber das Erscheinen beim Stadthaushalt sollte keine Option sein. Wenn Sie die Wähler bitten, Sie in den Stadtrat zu wählen, bitten Sie sie, Ihnen Millionen von Dollar anzuvertrauen. Ich vertraue mir selbst Millionen an, um ehrlich zu sein. Um... Household meetings and hearings are there to ensure that the city council asks difficult questions, asks for unnecessary expenses, sets priorities and ensures that your government lives within our budget with its means. You don't have to ask yourself if I show up when it's important and when the work has to be done. I think I've shown that in this city for years, for 50 years, how I worked in this city and everything I did was positive for this city, not negative. I will ask questions. I will read the household and treat every dollar as if it came from the personal bank account of my mother and my father or from my own.

Thank you, Mr. Rabe.

I will respect my time. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Rabe, are there any other cards? Mr. Rabe, are there any other questions for the staff? I know we've had several budget workshops and have answered many of our questions, but the one question I have is, after our second budget workshop, did we discuss obtaining a digital PDF file of the updated budget of the city director? I don't think I've already obtained it. Do you have an updated copy of it for us?

We would like to send it to you.

The microphone is not on.

We have it. We would like to send it to you. Thank you very much. All my questions have been answered. I now ask for a request.

I make this request. The request is to accept Regulation No. 23 of 2026 and the preliminary amendment for urban operation on 6.082 in advance. What corresponds to the balance sheet. Second motion.

But a motion by Member of Parliament Nelson and a second motion by Deputy Mayor. Is there any further discussion?

As recommended.

Recommended by the City Council. Since there is no further discussion, I sign.

Member of Parliament Nelson.

Deputy Mayor Connors.

Deputy Mayor Kohl.

Vielen Dank. Der Antrag ist angenommen. Ratsmitglied Nielsen. Ich beantrage die vorläufige Annahme der Verordnung Nummer 24 26 Gex sowie den allgemeinen und zugehörigen Haushalt der Stadt für das Geschäftsjahr 2027 wie empfohlen.

Zweitantrag.

Antrag von Ratsmitglied Nielsen. Zweitantrag von Vizebürgermeister Koh. Gibt es Diskussion? Stadtschreiber.

Bürgermeister Connors. Vizebürgermeister Koh.

Members of Parliament.

The application has been accepted.

Members of Parliament. I apply for the preliminary approval of Regulation No. 2726 as well as the economic plan of the corporate fund and the program for capital investment in the city for the fiscal year 2027. As recommended.

Second application.

Application by Member of Parliament Nelson, second application by Vice-Mayor Koh. Are there any further discussions? If not, no.

Deputy Mayor Kohl. Member of Parliament Ernst. Deputy Mayor Connors.

The application has been accepted. I believe that all three necessary points have been completed. Once again, we will have another public hearing on September 21st to invite the public to give us more feedback. But at the moment I think that we have done good work in this regard. Now we come to the petitions and inquiries from the public. Since this is a special session, the comments must refer directly to the household advice.

I have here at least two pieces of exhibition for you. And you saw last night that I had already sent them to you beforehand. And this here you know very well and it was discussed last night. This has to do with what is happening here with this topic. And that's what happened. And it wasn't clear to me when she came home that what Mr. Cook had said was exactly what it says here. Let me read it to you. And maybe it doesn't say so here. But since something was said, I thought it would be here. Whatever the case may be, what happened is that this pump was placed at the high water discharge of the dam and was put into operation before and during the storm. Do you understand? I thought I had noted it down here, but I didn't. It's a different letter. Before and after. So what it means is that this dam is illegal because it does not meet the requirements of the balance storage. Ich sage noch einmal, was Kevin Ihnen mitgeteilt hat, ist etwas, worüber ich Ihnen auch geschrieben habe, nämlich dass dieser Damm illegal ist, weil er keine Ausgleichsspeicher hat. Er hat, mit anderen Worten, man pumpt, bevor der Sturm zuschlägt. Und dann lässt man sie an, weil es nicht funktioniert. It doesn't work. In other words, this dam is part of it. Mr. Johnson, what does this have to do with the household? Because I reject the household. Because with the capital investments, they have nothing at all to take care of. And besides, they spend $ 770,000 for something that is supposed to take place in about 16 months. Und die Sache ist die, was ich Ihnen sage, ist, dass GeoCentec weiß, dass diese Dämme illegal sind. Fragen Sie sie doch. Holen Sie sie hierher. Sagen Sie ihnen, sagen Sie allen, dass diese Dämme illegal sind. Wissen Sie, ich habe über 100 Dollar hierher gelegt und ich gebe jemandem 100 Dollar, wenn er jemanden von GeoCentec dazu bringen kann, hierher zu kommen und zu sagen, dass diese Dämme legal sind. Das sind sie nicht. Und die Stadt dieses Projekt hat über eine Million Dollar gekostet. Mmm, so bad it cost. Und wir haben über 4 Millionen Dollar an DRMP für diesen Plan gezahlt, der 1985 genehmigt wurde, was ich und viele anderen 1985 abgelehnt haben. Äh, 1985 war das Unsinn und wurde durch Schweigen der verantwortlichen Ingenieure genehmigt. Danke, Mr. Johnson.

Das Thema ist das Budget für das nächste Jahr. Danke. Das hat mit dem nächsten Jahr zu tun. 1985. Bitte setzen Sie sich. Das ist was 1985. Petition und Anträge.

Ähm, zu erster Frage. Waren Sie alle fünf bei den Haushaltsdiskussionen? Ahes. Sie alle fünf? Danke. Ich denke, es muss klar sein, dass Sie alle stundenlang über den Haushalt diskutiert haben. Lassen Sie uns das klarstellen. Sie sagten 19 Millionen an kurzfristigem, nicht finanziertem Kapital. Ich denke, es sind wahrscheinlich fast 20, aber wir werden sehen. I think they all... I've already made it clear once. I think you made a mistake with the 13% at the wastewater. We have a lot of problems. And the good colonel here was talking about maybe laying down a loan next year. Because you'll have to work on it. Whoever is elected should not be afraid, because... Ihr müsst es wirklich hart angehen. Ich hätte 100 genommen. JoLynn weiß, dass ich es sogar 400% gesagt habe. Wir müssen die Ding... regeln. Ich muss sagen, dass ich nur für mich selbst spreche und für sonst niemanden. But we have 120 miles of pipes that are probably older than 50 to 60 years old. And they will fail. Experts say that these pipes should only be 50 to 60 years old. So we showed our rainwater team a bear service. At least that's my opinion, and I'm not standing up there and have to worry about making a comeback. That's the good thing about it right here. I think we need at least 500 million to get our infrastructure in order. Maybe even more, 750 million. We have a lot of work ahead of us, people. A lot of work. Und wir hätten schrittweise etwas tun sollen, damit das nächste Jahr nicht so ein Problem wird. Aber schaut euch diese Anleihe an, Leute. Und vielleicht ziehen wir das Air Force Red Horse hinzu. Danke. Vielen Dank.

Gibt es sonst noch Anträge oder Anfragen? Da keine vorliegen. Hatte ich noch eine andere Frage, die mir gerade in den Kopf kam. Um, I know that there was a new law change in the federal government that sometimes prevents us from asking for higher water tariffs for non-citizens. When will that come into effect? Oh, next year. Next year. Also betrifft es dieses Jahr nicht, denn ich habe es gesehen, wie ihr wisst, wir berechnen nicht Stadtbewohnern 10% mehr, aber das wird offensichtlich angepasst werden müssen und in die gesamte Kalkulation einfließen, wenn wir die Budgets für die kommenden Jahre betrachten. Aber ja, das war nur eine kleine, spontane Frage, die mir einfiel und die ich klären wollte. Hat noch jemand etwas? Da dem nicht so ist, nehme ich einen Antrag auf Vertagung entgegen.

Antrag auf Vertagung?

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