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THANKS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT BEFORE WE GET STUMPED.
BY THE WAY, MY NAME IS KEN PETERSON.
I'M CURRENTLY ELECTED THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.
WE'RE ALL RESIDING IN A DISTRICT.
NUMBER FIVE RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY.
AND THIS IS A JOINT MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEMBER FROM DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT FIVE, DISTRICT FOUR AND FIVE IS THE EASTERN END OF HOOTSUITE COUNTY.
AND WE'RE ALSO A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT FIVE.
SO BOTH BOARDS FOR THE EASTERN MEDEVAC COUNTY JOINT MEETINGS.
WE DO THESE MEETINGS TWICE A YEAR, ONCE IN THE SPRING, ONCE IN THE FALL, THIS IS THE SPRING 2022, UM, TOWN HALL.
THESE ARE NOT REQUIRED BY LAW.
WE'RE OUT HERE TO BRING GOVERNMENT OUT TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, INTERACT WITH YOUR GOVERNMENT.
ASK QUESTIONS DIRECTLY AND HEAR FROM US, UH, AND UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COUNTY.
SO SPRING AND FALL, TOWN HALL, MR. SPRING TOWN HALL, HOW MANY FOLKS HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A GOODSON COUNTY TOWN HALL BEFORE? WOW.
LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
MY NEXT QUESTION, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE TO TUCK ALL PINES FOR THE FIRST TIME? ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
WELL, YOU'VE ALREADY FIGURED OUT THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, AND HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE EVENING, THE FOLKS THAT ARE NEW TO DO IT.
SO WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE GROUPS AND THERE'S A SPECIAL PLACE AS WELL.
THE CITIZENS HERE ARE VERY ENGAGED.
THEY'RE VERY GENEROUS AND VERY KIND, A LOT OF DONATIONS OF VOLUNTEER WORK, UM, AND, AND DONATE TIME AND MONEY TO HELP OUT WITH THE ALTERATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THE RIGHT PEOPLE HERE FOR THE QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD.
THEY'LL TAKE PLACE AFTER THE MEETING.
UM, WE'VE GOT, MAYBE MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS TO THE NEXT ONE.
WE'VE GOT MYSELF FROM DISTRICT FIVE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DOUG SHARP AS A SUPERVISOR FROM DISTRICT FOUR, RAISE YOUR HAND BASE.
WE'VE ALSO GOT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT FOUR WITH MR. MIKE NEWMAN WHO CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE DISTRICT FIVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER JD.
AND, UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT OUR INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HERE TONIGHT, MR. MANNY ALVAREZ, WHO USED TO SERVE ON A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS WELL, WHO WERE BOTH ELECTED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, FIRST TIME, OR, UM, IF THERE'S OTHER BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MEMBERS OR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HERE TO TAKE YOUR HAND, OKAY, KAREN, OREGON IS HERE AS WELL FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
WE WE'VE ALSO GOT A LARGE NUMBER OF COUNTY HERE THIS EVENING AS WELL.
UH, ANYBODY MEMBER, ANY MEMBER OF COUNTY STAFF FACE, RAISE YOUR HAND.
YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT AN AWFUL LOT OF COUNTY STAFF HERE THAT WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
UH, NOW, UH, WE'RE GOING TO COVER AN AWFUL LOT TONIGHT.
WHAT WE GENERALLY DO IN THE SPRING IT'S BUDGET SEASON FOR THE COUNTY, THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED NO LATER THAN JUNE 30TH, CAUSE IT STARTS JULY 1ST WHEN A FISCAL YEAR AND NOT A CALENDAR YEAR.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER PROCESS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WITH THE COUNTY IS WE BRING THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE CITIZENS IN THE TOWN HALL MEETINGS LIKE TONIGHT.
AND THEN YOU TELL US IF THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO SPEND YOUR MONEY.
AND IF NOT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE SOME CHANGES BEFORE THE FINAL ADOPTION.
SO THE BUDGET HERE TONIGHT IS A DRAFT BUDGET, AND IT'S HERE FOR YOUR REVIEW FOR YOU TO TELL US SINCE IT'S YOUR COUNTY AND YOUR TAX DOLLARS, AND YOUR WATCH, YOU TELL US WHAT YOU WANT.
SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT TONIGHT.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO COVER A COUPLE OF OTHER TOPICS THAT ARE ON PEOPLE'S MINDS.
UM, SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT THE INFLATION OUT THERE AND WHAT THAT'S DOING TO THE PRICE OF YOUR HOME, OR THE PRICE OF A GALLON OF MILK OR A PRICE OF A GALLON OF GAS, AND ALSO WHAT IT MIGHT BE DOING TO OUR BUDGET, TO THE WAGES AND THE COST OF DIESEL FUEL FOR THE SCHOOL BUSES AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INFLATION AND THE IMPACTS.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MAYBE ABOUT WHY WE CAN'T MAKE A LEFT TURN COMING OUT OF THIS FACILITY.
WELL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
UM, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ESTEEM, REDISTRICTING.
YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR THAT EVERY 10 YEARS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONDUCTS A CENSUS AND THEY GO AROUND AND COUNT NOSES.
AND THAT HAPPENS ON THE EVEN DECEMBER.
SO 2020 JUST HAPPENED SHORT TIME AGO.
THEY USUALLY FOLLOW THAT BY PUBLISHING THE CENSUS.
AND THEN THERE'S A REDISTRICTING THAT TAKES PLACE TO JUST REBALANCE THE NUMBER OF PHOTOS.
SO IT'S AN EQUAL NUMBER IN EACH DISTRICT.
SOMETIMES THE GROWTH OVER 10 YEARS WILL CREATE
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A BULGE IN ONE AREA.THE OTHER BIT JUST REBALANCING EVERY 10 YEARS, THERE WERE THE FEDERAL GRANT WAS A LITTLE SLOW IN PUBLISHING A NUMBERS.
SO THIS IS 2022, OR WE'RE FINALLY GETTING AROUND TO THE REDISTRICTING.
AND WHAT WE HAVE UP FRONT HERE IS THE DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT FIVE REDISTRICTING MAPS BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE INDUSTRY FOUR OR FIVE BEFORE OR AFTER, YOU CAN EITHER STOP BY AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAPS, FIND YOUR HOUSE ON THERE.
YOU CAN PUT A LITTLE PUSHPIN IN AND SAY, I WAS HERE TONIGHT, OR YOU CAN TALK TO SOME OF THE COUNTY STAFF AND THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
YOU'LL ALSO FIND THERE'S A TOOL ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE THAT THEY'LL GO INTO IN A LITTLE BIT THAT HELPS YOU GO IN THERE AND JUST SAY, THIS IS WHERE I LIVE.
UM, SO THERE'S THAT TOOL AS WELL.
SO FOLKS, UH, REALIZE THAT THE VALUE OF THEIR SINGLE LARGEST INVESTMENT, THEIR HOME IS GOING UP QUITE A BIT.
AND THAT'S TROUBLING TO SOME FOLKS TO MAKE A VERY LARGE INVESTMENT AND HAVE IT GROW UP QUITE A BIT.
SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT, IF YOU FEEL LIKE, WELL, BY THE WAY, LET ME BACK UP FOR JUST A SECOND.
OUR ASSESSMENTS TAKE PLACE EVERY YEAR.
AND THE GOAL WAS TO ASSESS AT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF LIKE A BAY.
AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN AN OVER ASSESSMENT, THERE'S AN APPEAL, THE APPEAL PROCESS, BOTH AN INFORMAL PELLET PROCESS AND A FORMAL ONE WHERE YOU CAN RAISE THE ISSUE AND SAY, I THINK I'VE BEEN OVERCHARGED MY HOUSE ISN'T WORTH NEARLY AS MUCH AS YOU THINK.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
SO THERE'S A FORMAL PROCESS FOR THAT.
THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION BEFORE WE GET STARTED HERE, AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL ALL THIS ON.
THERE IS, UH, THE BOND REFERENDUM LAST NOVEMBER, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW WHEN YOU WENT TO THE POLLS, THERE WAS A REFERENDUM ON THE BALLOT, UM, TO, UH, WE WERE ASKING THE CITIZENS WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD MODERNIZE AND UPGRADE SOME OF THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES INTO PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES.
AND, BUT REFERENDUM PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY BY ABOUT 85%.
IT'S LIKE MY NUMBERS, RIGHT? THIS WAY, 85% VOTED IN FAVOR OF US MODERNIZING AND ISSUING BONDS TO DO THAT, ISSUING DEBT TO DO THAT.
AND WE DID JUST ISSUE ABOUT 50 MILLION WORTH OF BONDS LAST MONTH.
AND THAT WILL GO TOWARD BUILDING A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND A NEW FIREHOUSE, UM, FOR THE COUNTY.
SO WE'LL BE UPGRADING OUR FACILITIES.
UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN THE MIC OVER FOR JUST A SECOND TO OUR, OUR DISTRICT FOUR SUPERVISOR, DON SHARP, TO SEE IF HE HAD ANY COMMENTS HERE TONIGHT AS WELL.
AND THEN FOLLOWING HIM WILL BE OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND WALK US THROUGH THE SLIDES, THE BUDGET.
SO MR. SHARP, I JUST WANT QUICKLY FOUR THAT ARE HERE.
UM, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT TONIGHT, A CANDIDATE, A GREAT JOB OF COVERING MOST EVERYTHING.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO DELAY IT ANY LONGER AND, UM, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMING AND, UH, LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MANNY ALVAREZ AND MANAGEMENT, TO START OFF THE PROGRAM.
I DON'T WANT TO BLOCK THE SCREEN WITH MY BIG HEAD.
SO PRETTY MUCH SAY THE SAME THING.
UH, TWO WEEKS AGO PROPOSED THIS ARTICLE REALLY TAKE AN INPUT SINCE, UH, SINCE I PRESENTED IT TO THEM.
AND SO, UH, AND WE, WE STOPPED SO CHANGES.
UH, SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET CAN MENTION THE BOND REFERENDUM.
I JUST KIND OF A HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT OF A BROADBAND EXPANSION.
YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO PULL, UH, KNOWING THAT, UH, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, WE GOT A COUPLE SLIDES ON REDISTRICTING.
WE HAVE CURRENTLY DOING, UM, A PLAN AROUND OUR VILLAGES, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THEDA HERE, UH, TONIGHT.
AND THEN I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT HOW, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS.
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OKAY.UM, SO, UM, OUR BUDGET MEET, WE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAID, POLICIES, WE SAY CONTINUES A TREND, UH, FOR ALL THE SAFETY AND EDUCATION, WHEREVER IT IS REALLY PUBLIC SAFETY, WHERE WE PUT MOST OF OUR MONEY, UH, WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS THROUGH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND WE'RE DOING IT ALL IN THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE OR SO, UM, AND WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING, BUT REDUCING RACE FOR ALL COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
SO THIS IS OUR, UH, OUR TAX RATE.
IF YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY TO THE NEST, UM, FOR A HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUE, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE MO IS BY, UM, A LOT 19 POINTS, I GUESS NOW THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UM, UH, PROPOSED.
SO IT'S JUST 22, BUT THIS IS REALLY IN, UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING IT TO SAY, AND A COUPLE OF CENTS, A FEW CENTS LAST YEAR, AND TO FEEL, UH, THERE'S MORNING ANALYSIS, A 3% DROP PER HUNDRED.
WE DON'T DO IT ALL WITHIN THE REGION.
AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN AT 53 CENTS FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE.
SO THIS IS OUR REVENUE ALL IN LINE AND OPPOSITE.
THIS IS WHERE IT COMES FROM A MAJORITY IS, UM, UH, A YEAR WE'D SHOW THAT ROSIE A 9.7 MILLION ISSUE THAT WE BORROW TO BUILD A NEW CREEK PARKWAY.
UM, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY ON CHARGES.
WE GET VERY LITTLE, THEY JUST ARREST.
HOW ARE WE SPENDING IT? AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE MAJORITY OF OUR EXPENDITURES ARE RENOVATION.
AND, UM, THE OTHER BIGGER BUCKETS ARE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, SHERIFF AND FIRE RESCUE AND THEN UTILITIES.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY, THEY'RE SHOWING THE TOTAL MONEY WE SPEND.
UM, THIS IS OUR GENERAL OPERATING THERE.
UH, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE COUNTY BUDGET, INCREASED BY ABOUT 12% THIS YEAR.
AND AGAIN, MOST OF THE REVENUE COMES FROM PROPERTY PASSES, AGAIN, LIKELY ALL FUND BUDGET.
WE SPENT MOSTLY ON EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, SO TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES HOURS, MOST OF MY EDUCATION IN ABOUT 19 MINUTES, BUT WOULD SAY THAT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE VERY SMALL, UM, COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING.
SO, UH, AND OF COURSE THE GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT WITH AN EMPHASIS ON.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'VE HEARD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, ESPECIALLY IS NO.
UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR IS WE ARE INCREASING THE FROM $900 TO A THOUSAND.
WHAT THAT MEANS IT'S A FULL, UM, WE'RE ALSO
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DECREASING THE PERSONAL PROPERTY.AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID EARLIER THIS YEAR, LATE LAST YEAR WAS WE SCAN OR ANY PROMPT HERE FOR OUR FOREIGN INVESTOR.
WE DISCOUNT THE TAXES, OR MY CAR IS LIKE POINT ON ONE COST.
UH, THEY, THEY HIT ONE CAR, NO TAXES.
OUR GOAL WAS TO PROTECT THE RURAL COMMUNITY.
THE RURAL, UH, MIXED IN OUR COUNTY ARE ALL SET GOALS.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP THE, WE ARE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE HAVE A MAN, SO ANYBODY WHO HAS A PROPERTY OR FORESTRY BASED ON A FIXED STATE EXTENSION.
AND SO THEY PAY THE HIGHEST IT'S AROUND $800, $800 AN ACRE, UM, WHERE, UH, SO, UH, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS TO THAT INVESTMENT.
IT'S A TOTAL OF SEVEN, $713 IN GOOCHLAND LAND.
AND THAT IS AN INVESTMENT OF ABOUT $3.7 MILLION THAT WE MADE.
UH, WE ALSO SUPPORTED AND THE MOLECULE OF WATER DIRECTOR HERE, UM, AND THEY HELPED FIND WATER SOURCES, CAPITAL.
AND SO WE'RE BUILDING A NEW SCHOOL, TELL YOU ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.
UH, WE'RE BUILDING A NEW POOL IN THE AREA AND, UH, INVESTING IN FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, ANOTHER 20.7 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UM, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
UM, SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WE DID YEARS AGO, WE SET A TARGET OF 25% OF OUR BUDGET TO BE PLACED IN A, IN A, UM, BASICALLY, UH, ON A SITE.
SO, UM, SO WE CAN BASICALLY CALL IT 20 POUNDS FROM THAT ACCOUNT.
IF WE, IF WE NEED TO, THE RULES ARE TIGHT AS TO WHEN WE CAN PULL THAT MONEY OUT.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 20 ACRES, SO WE DO IT BETTER THAN BOSTON.
WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO DO, AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
SO WHENEVER WE FIND A, WE SET ASIDE MONEY FOR THOSE PRODUCTS.
SO WE START CREATING ACCOUNTS, LIKE GO TO SCHOOL.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE, UH, A, UH, IN A YEAR, IT EITHER GOES TO THE ACCOUNT OR WE, WE APPROPRIATED, UH, OR, OR A SPECIFIC PROJECT.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID A FEW YEARS AGO, A REVENUE, AND IT'S EASIER TO PULL FROM THE REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND FROM THE GENERAL, UM, ALMOST THE TIME BOX, THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT, AND THAT'S A CASE WHERE, AND IT'S PREDICTED TO BE BELOW OR, UH, EXPENDITURES ABOVE, BUT WE COULD PULL SOME FROM THERE.
SO WHAT DO ALL THOSE GOOD POLICIES NEED TO AAA RATINGS FROM ALL THREE MAJOR ADRIAN MOODY'S.
AND WE JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED A AAA RATING, WHICH WE HAVE NOT IN THE STATE, BUT IN A DARK COUNTRY WITH A TRIPLE AND A WILL THAT DAY THAT SAID DIRECTLY TO THE MARKET FOR THE LOAN AND GET
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A MUCH BETTER INTEREST RATE.WE'RE ALSO IMPROVING OUR FINANCIAL FLOW, WHERE WE PUT IT IN A NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DRESSER AND COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE TO IDENTIFY THE SYSTEM FOR THEM TO UPGRADE TO.
I MENTIONED THEIR POLICIES AROUND FUND BALANCE.
WE ALSO HAVE POLICY AROUND DEBT.
SO WE ARE, OUR POLICY IS THAT OUR DEBT SHOULD NEVER EXCEED 12% OF OUR EXPENDITURES, BUT WE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY SET A TARGET OF 10% AND WE SAY, WE WANT TO STAY A LITTLE DENSE.
AND EVEN AFTER REACHING THE $50 MILLION OF BOX, WHICH IS, YOU CAN SEE IT 22, WE SHOW THAT WE'RE STILL BELOW THE LOWEST, WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SHAPE.
AND THIS IS, UH, AN INDICATION OF WHERE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO USE A BUDGET, UM, WAY ABOUT HERE WHEN WE FIRST, UH, WHEN, UH, YOUR FOLKS FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, WE GOT A FEW ISSUES THAT WE NEEDED TO FIX, AND WE PRETTY MUCH GET THE BONDED THOUGHT TO INFLATION THERE OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN IMPROVING ON EFFICIENCIES, UH, ELIMINATING THE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T NEED AND SO ON.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS WHITE LIE, THIS IS OUR BUDGET, OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR PLANNING 23, BUT INFLATION.
IF WE HAD FOLLOWED INFLATION, WE WOULD BE UP HERE.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF ASIDE AND BEING MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR, NOT WITH YOURS.
SO A BETTER TO GO INTO THIS A WHOLE LOT IS STRATEGIC GOAL FORUM, WHICH IS HIGH-QUALITY CORE SERVICES, INCLUDING EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY HILL.
AS I MENTIONED, UM, WELL, THIS YEAR WE AGREED TO BUY THEM FROM THE SCHOOL, PROVIDED AN EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS TO WORK WITH.
RAY IS GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE OVERALL FUNDING FOR THE GROUP AND THIS, AND THE AMOUNT IT'S ABOUT UP 2.6 MINUTES, SEVEN, $7 MILLION, 8 25.
WE HAVE TO GO TO MORE SCHOOLS.
THE FIRST SCHOOL WE'RE REPLACING A BUILDING.
SO WE HAVE TO ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE KIND OF IN THE SAME AGE.
AND WE PLAN ON REPLACING THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE MAKING RENOVATIONS TO THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEXES.
THE CRUCIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS FUNDED LAST YEAR.
SO YOU DIDN'T SEE IT IN LESS LAST TODAY.
SO WE INVEST A LOT IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OF INCREASING THEIR ASSISTANT BY DATE.
SO WE, UM, THIS YEAR WE'RE PROPOSING INCREASING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE PERSONNEL ABOUT SEVEN FULL-TIME POSITIONS, TWO PART-TIME POSITIONS OR FIRE AND RESCUE, UH, SIX FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
AND, UH, WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT? SO WHEN YOU NEED THAT, WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR YOU TO GO AROUND AND HAVE SHELTER.
IT WAS BUILT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S A GROUP CALLED .
THEY INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY, INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, I THINK, OVER THE HOLIDAYS AND I CAN GO THERE AND I ENDED UP WITH ANOTHER, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY AND WE'RE IN ANOTHER SHELTER COORDINATOR.
UH, THESE ARE OUR EMPLOYEES AND, UH, ALWAYS, UH, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO WEAR RED FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.
UH, BUT ANYWAY, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THIS YEAR, UM, GROUP, UH, INSURANCE RATES DID NOT INCREASE.
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AND SO OBVIOUSLY, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE PROPOSING A 3% MERIT INCREASE, UH, AND WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING, EVERYBODY'S DOING 5%.SO WE'RE ASSESSING WHATEVER OUR SALARIES ARE, UH, AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INCREASES LATER.
SO TO KINDA WRAP UP, UH, THE, UH, THIS AREA, AS I MENTIONED, SO THERE'S 14, FULL-TIME, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS, THREE PART-TIME PUBLIC SAFETY, TWO NEW FULL-TIME FOLKS IN PUBLIC UTILITIES AND FOUR FULL-TIME, UH, FOLKS IN THE REST OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TREND OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, GENERAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC WORKS, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAVE ALL KNOWING, NOT THAT MUCH INCREASING PERSONNEL, BUT WE'VE TAKEN PUBLIC SAFETY WHEN POPULATION GROWTH FOR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, UH, IS IN THE BACK ON 18 MILLION AND, UM, MINUTE, AND THEY BASICALLY MAINTAIN, WE HAVE TO MESSAGE THE COURTHOUSE AREA AND EASTERN, UH, AND TO THE COUNTY.
WE ARE, UNFORTUNATELY THIS YEAR INCREASING OUR WATER RATE BY 3% AND OUR SEWER RATE OF 4%.
THIS IS BASED ON A STUDY YEARS AGO, AND WE ARE SELF-SUFFICIENT SO THEY DON'T USE OTHER TAXPAYER FUNDS.
UM, THE AVERAGE OF THOSE INCREASES IS $3 AND 80 CENTS OVER FEW MONTHS.
SO IT'S NOT A HUGE INCREASE, BUT WE'RE BASICALLY PASSING ALONG THE INCREASES.
WE GET FROM THEM HOW WE'LL SEE THEIR MONEY BREAK BREAK DOWN.
SO THE USER RATES, SO THEY LOSE, THEY PAY FOR WATER AND SEWER.
IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE OPERATORS.
SO FOR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, WHEREVER THE CONNECTION FEES, BECAUSE ALL THE CONNECTION FEES GO WITH PROJECTS.
SO, UM, ANY NEW FACILITIES THAT NEED TO REBUILD, THAT'S WHERE THAT GOES.
AND THEN THERE'S HOW MANY POSTS .
SO THIS CHERRY ON THE GROUND , AND YOU CAN RUN THE WATER AND STORE THROUGH WEST CREEK AREA.
THEY TALK ABOUT GREEKS, THEY BORROW MONEY AND PAY IT.
THEY CREATED AN ADDITIONAL TASK.
SO THAT 53 CENTS PER HUNDRED ON YEARS AGO, IT WAS MOVING.
UH, WE GRANT EVERYBODY'S, UH, UH, UH, UH, THE TIME WE REFINANCED AND IT ALLOWED US TO KEEP THAT STEADY FOR 32 CENTS PER HOME.
AND SO THIS IS GOING TO WANT EXPLANATION OF THIS IS THE VALUE OF THAT GROWING UP.
SO NOTHING BECAUSE NOTHING WAS FINE OR WHATEVER REASON.
SO SINCE, SINCE WE JOINED THE BOARD IN 2010, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB
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OF PROMOTING OUR AREA.AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE IN VALUE IN THE SERVICE DISTRICT.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THIS TAX RATE AT 32 CENTS FOR QUITE A WHILE THERE ANYWAYS.
SO THIS SHOWS THIS, UH, AND THE BLUE IS THE INCOME WE GET FROM THE US.
ALL OF THOSE WOULD PAY THIS, THAT, AND THEN THE GRAY LINE IS THE, UH, ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR THEM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT STARTS CATCHING UP.
AND WE ALSO DEAL WITH, SO ALL THESE SCHOOLS THIS YEAR, A FULL YEAR, WE WANT TO CALL IT THAT, AND THE ASSESSMENT WERE VERY HIGH.
UM, AND SO WE CAN, UH, THE OR $50, YOU HAVE TO PAY THAT DEBT SERVICE.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION INFLATION.
UM, AND SO FULLER SCHOOLS, SCHOOL BUSES DRIVE OVER BIG ALL THE TIME.
AND SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT OF INFLATION IS GOING TO BE 60% OF OUR EXPENSES, UH, MAYBE ON AVERAGE, UH, MEDIA, 55,000.
SO 60% OF THE EMPLOYMENT, THEN HOW DO WE KEEP THEM WORKING FOR GOSHEN? SO, YOU KNOW, CONSERVE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IT'S ALMOST KIND OF HARD TO FIND MONEY TO MOVE ON ROADS.
SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE GOING FORWARD.
UH, OUR POPULATION IS AGING AND WE HAVE TEARS.
SO WE NEED TO CONTINUALLY INCREASE OUR PAY STYLE, YOU KNOW, OUR FIRE STATIONS, AS WELL AS, UH, POLICE AND ALL YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO KEEP US ALL SAFE.
UM, THE AGENCY SCHOOLS, I MENTIONED THAT WE WERE PLACED IN ONE SCHOOL, THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE ABOUT THE SAME AGE, SO THE MEANTIME CAN, BUT WE NEED TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS AND THEN MAYBE WE'LL NEED ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS, UH, AGAINST ME, UH, IN THE, IN THE, WHERE WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH ECON CLASSES OR SOMETHING.
AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T CONSIDER THE IMPACTS.
UM, AND, AND THEY THOUGHT OUR ANSWER A LITTLE BIT, AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR.
THESE ARE THE THINGS WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.
SO, UM, THE SCHEDULE TOP LINE THERE, UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE GO AROUND 3% AND WE TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK AND WE'D MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IF NECESSARY, UH, THE NEXT DEMO HALL MEETING MEETINGS.
AND, UH, WE ALWAYS ASK, DO YOU THINK YOU'RE VALUABLE? THE, THE END? UM, THE, UH, SO THE NEXT GUY IS ON THE 22ND AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
THEN ON THE 50, WHICH IS NEXT TUESDAY, WE HAVE A SESSION WE'LL GO THROUGH THE THOSE MEETINGS OR BOARD MEETINGS.
YOU CAN GO OUT AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT THE SECOND WORK SESSION OR THE GOVERNMENT POOP FROM HALL ON MARCH 31ST, AND THEN ON APRIL 5TH IS WHEN WE PRESENTED AND
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THERE'S RESEARCH SUPPORT FOR THE BUDGET.UM, AND THAT WILL BE ENOUGH, UH, FOR BUILDING.
UM, SO, UM, CAN, CAN I MENTION THE BOND REFERENDUM MOTORS WERE NOT THE HIGHEST OR THE HIGHEST SUPPORT FOR ANY BOND IN THIS STATE.
AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SHOW PEOPLE SUPPORT FROM THE SCHOOLS SUPPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FOR FIRE AND RESCUE AS WELL.
UM, AND OF COURSE IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT, UM, WE'VE BEEN, UH, WE'VE INVESTED SOME MONEY IN IT, BUT ONLY A PORTION OF WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS GOING THROUGH IS A GOOD INVESTMENT BY 2024 OR 2025, EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY, UH, UH, THIS IS THE, UH, , THIS IS GOSHEN RIGHT HERE.
IT WAS APPEAL OF AT LEAST ONE MEMBER IS IN THE BACK, WAS VERY INVOLVED AS WELL.
SO THREE, AND WHILE WE WERE EXPECTED TO BE AT THE EARLIER STAGE, WE DON'T MAKE THEM OVER THE SET UP AND IT'S NOT TOO BAD.
UM, BUT THE GOAL IS TO KIND OF GET TO THIS, UM, NOT EXACTLY.
AND SO THEN I'LL TAKE IT TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THERE'S A BATTERY WE WANT TO FIND OUT.
IF YOU MESS AROUND HERE, YOU CAN BE IN A FINAL FOUR, AND WE HAVE THIS APPLICATION ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO INTO IT AND YOU CAN CLICK, UM, UH, AND IF YOU .
UM, AND SO WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE, UH, MR. FORESTS HERE, UM, AND SO, UH, THE ONLY THING I MENTIONED WAS, UH, THE, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH IDEAS ON HOW TO READ A OF VILLAGES.
AND WE HIRED A CONSULTANT AND JOANNE DIRECTOR OR DEPUTY MINISTER, BUT SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND HER FOLKS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WE'VE BEEN HOLDING SESSIONS TWO DAYS WHERE WE'RE TAKING INPUT FROM CITIZENS AND DEVELOPERS AND OWNERS TO DRIVE THE FINAL PLAN, MAYBE HOPEFULLY TO CHANGE THE FULL BED.
AND THEN, SO THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, UH, THESE ARE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY.
WE'RE BUILDING IT AROUND ABOUT FAIR ENOUGH TO VOTE.
AND RIGHT NEXT TO THE BUILDING IS GOING TO GET AROUND ABOUT THERE.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY A FAIR AMOUNT OF ROAD WILL COME THROUGH HERE AND THEY'LL CONNECT TO ROUTE SUITS.
THIS PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEEN BID AND COVID STARTED LATER, LATER AROUND THE SUMMER.
THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT GOES INTO THIS SYRIA.
THEY WERE DOING A STUDY ON A 28 YEAR CHANGE, UM, JUST BEFORE WE GET TO THE STREET TO ALLEVIATE 88.
AND THAT'S, UM, WE ALSO PUT IN A COUPLE OF STUDIES.
AND SO ALSO THOSE ARE COMING UP AND THEN AT THE AT 4:00 PM OR BETWEEN FOUR.
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TO FIX THAT INTERSECTION.AND, UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY SO MANY IN A FILM THAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HELP US WITH THAT PROJECT, FOR WHERE PEOPLE WOULD PARK IT SOMEWHERE.
WE HAVE TO MOVE IT BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO REPAIR INTO THIS INTERSECTION, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE, WHERE YOU GET ALL CONGESTED AREA, AND THEN YOU TAKE THAT ACCIDENT.
YOU COME DOWN TO, UH, WE HAVE GLASS AND THIS PLEASANT BEEN IN PLACE FOR AWHILE, UM, TO CONNECT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE STATE GRILL WOULD BE YEARS OF CONNECTING THE RECORD BEHIND IT TO GET TOO HOT, TO GROW.
AND THAT'S ALREADY FULLY FUNDED.
WAS THAT ALL DONE ON A WEBSITE, UH, VIRGINIA, UH, US, UH, WE'RE ALSO FACEBOOK THERE'S COCOA BREAD IS, ARE WE USING SNOW AGAIN EARLY IN THE YEAR NOW FOR ALMOST A WEEK? AND WE SIT IN ONE PLACE, SO THAT'S VERY VALUABLE, 58 PUNCHES LEFT DIRECTION.
UM, SO, SO YOU CAN, YOU WANT TO CALL, UM, AND YOU SPEAK TO US AT THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, THESE ARE, WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
YOU SAID THIS MORNING, THIS WILL BE A THIRD ATTEMPT TO REMIND THE SUIT WHEN IT, WHEN IT WAS, UH, UH, THE RECORDS THAT IT SHOULD NOT REQUIRE TO, BUT WE FIND THAT IS MR. GREASY, UM, UM, ISSUES.
AND BACK THEN IT WAS WARNING US THAT NECESSARILY , UH, IF YOU COULD INVESTIGATE IT, UH, IT WASN'T MELBOURNE WELL, SO THERE'S THIS STRETCH BY THAT'S WHERE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.
AND SO WHAT THIS, THIS IS RE REPLACE IT, OR IT'S AN INTERESTING WAY TO DO IT.
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ALL THE UTILITIES.UH, UH, , UH, HOPEFULLY KICKING OFF LATER THIS YEAR CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UH, THE PROJECTS ARE MADE UNDER DESIGN RIGHT NOW, THE CONSTRUCTABILITY VENDORS WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR PROJECTS OR, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION IN SOME AREAS, UH, BUT IN A LOT OF AREAS WHERE WE CAN DO IT OR LOOKING AT SLIP LINING, UH, WHICH IS, UH, REALLY TAKING A LITTLE BIT SMALLER PIE USING THE OLD IRON SHOW, THE SMALL THROUGH IT.
SO USUALLY I JUST CONDUCT SMALL, I, UH, THE VIDEO SERIES OR LOOKING AT THE NEEDS THAT IT, ESPECIALLY RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UH, IN A LONGER ROAD WHERE WE HAVE A WALL STRAIGHT RUN A PIPE, UH, THERE'S A LOT LESS IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH RESTORATION EFFORTS THAT NEEDED REALLY THEIR CONTRACT OR STRATEGIC LOCATIONS, AND THEN ESSENTIALLY SHOWN A SMALL APPLY THROUGH THE EXISTING FIVE MINUTE TIME BETTER.
SO, UH, UH, THOSE, THE TRAFFIC CONTROL BLADES, UH, WILL BE ON OUR FINAL DESIGN WHEN IT'S, UH, WE WERE AWARDED ALL THAT AT A TIME, UH, HOPEFULLY RESULTS.
UH, IT'S JUST SAY THE LONG-TERM RECLOSERS, UH, AGAIN, I DON'T THINK COORDINATED WITH THE, UH, WHAT'S LOUD, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE USEFUL RAILROAD, UH, WHICH WE, UH, UH, PRELIMINARY ON THE STRICT PIPE RIGHT HERE.
SPOT ALL THAT WAY, OR WOULD IT BE PERMANENT? UM, AND THAT TIME, SO, UH, I WOULD X OR YOUR QUESTION, UM, UH, DOES A SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT THAT TERM IS THAT HAVE TO BE MENTIONED AGAIN, OR IT'S A MESSAGE OUT.
WELL, WE HAVE A, WHEN THIS, AND WHAT ABOUT THE BAR? AND WE'RE ALL SEEING ROB SAGE WHEN DRIVING MOVING WEST IS FINE AND SLOWLY , YOU COULD ONLY DO HER.
AND THAT'S WHERE, UM, I REMEMBER JUST UP THE HILL ACROSS THAT YOU MAY KNOW, DID THEY HAVE ANY MODEL ON THE CROSS AND TURNING? NO, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY KNOW THEY'RE LONG BEFORE THEY WERE APPROVED.
UM, STEPHEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON ACCIDENT? YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN GO DOWN, BUT, UM, IF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ASKED TWO REPRESENTATIVES, THESE IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASS, I COULDN'T REVIEW IN WHY GOOD EVENING, UM, UH, TURN LANE PART OF THE ZONING CASE WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AS A PRE EXAMINED CASE.
AND IT WAS DETERMINED AT THAT TIME BASED ON CITIZEN INPUT, UM, THAT THERE WOULD BE NO, UH, LAP TURNOUT SO THAT IT WOULD NOT BE APPROVED UNLESS THEY CAME BACK AND HIT THE ZONING PACE.
UM, AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE WE HAVE THAT UFC IF IT MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS.
UM, BUT THAT WAS PART OF THE DECISION WHEN THIS FACILITY WAS BUILT, UM, COMMUNITY HERE IN RESERVATION LAYER TO GET ON MY OWN OUT.
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IF THEY COULD DO IT BY, BECAUSE IT WAS CASE.AND THEN THE CONSIDERATION WORKING WHEN THEY APPROVED THIS PROJECT AND TO THIS PROJECT COULD BE GOOD.
SO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS OPPOSE TO MAKE THAT DECISION, WELL, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THIS UP, AS I ASKED THEM, THEY GIVE US IN THERE.
MAYBE THE MANAGEMENT TEAM HERE COULD COME AND REQUEST A CHANGE TO THE ZONING TO ALLOW IT.
UM, IT'S NOT A ZONING ISSUE, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ZONING.
SO, UH, YOU, I DON'T WANT DO TO CHANGE IT.
YOU'RE NOT A REFILL OR A, UM, I TALKED TO FOLKS BEFORE, UM, ABOUT THIS INTERSECTION AND WHAT HE SAID WAS RIGHT ABOUT HOW COULD WE CAN'T TAKE THEM ON A JOURNEY ACROSS THE STREET FROM US CAN TAKE A LECTURE.
I LIVED HERE FOR SEVERAL WORDS, AND I LIKE THE PAPER THAT I AM FAIRLY AGILE THAN DRIVING MY CAR.
WHEN I LEAVE HERE, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE TO TAKE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE RIGHT TURN.
TRAFFIC IS TRAVELING SO FAST ON THE SIXTH LESS CARS COMING THROUGH CANADA, WHERE IT'S 45 MILES AN HOUR, 65 MILES AN HOUR.
THEY STEP ON IT LIKE THEY WERE LATE FOR APPOINTMENTS.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S EVEN VERY HARD TO TAKE HIM, RIGHT.
TURNER, BECAUSE YOU'RE WAITING FOR ALL THESE CARS FOR FLYING LOT.
NOW, WHAT I WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD IS THAT WE CANNOT HAVE A LIGHT THERE.
IF THEY MADE US ABLE TO TAKE THE LEFT TURN, IT WOULD BE SO DANGEROUS THAT WE TO LIKE IT.
BUT THEN I WAS TOLD WE HAD IT ON LIKE THERE, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T JUSTIFY THE NUMBER OF CARS COME OUT OF YOUR DISASTER LIGHTS.
BUT YET I THINK IF YOU HAD A LIGHTS THERE, IT WAS SLOWING DOWN THE TRAFFIC ON ROUTE SIX.
JUST TRYING TO GET OUT OF HERE IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A RIGHT TURN.
BUT ALSO THE OTHER ISSUE IS WE HAVE A BANNER THAT TAKES PEOPLE HERE TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICES.
AND WE TAKE US ON TRIPS AROUND TOWN, THAT VAN BACK UP, WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO TO GO EAST TOWARDS TOWN, TAKE A LIGHT, TURN ON THE RIGHT TO GO DOWN TO THAT NEXT SLIDE.
AND HE, YOU TURN AND COME BACK.
AND I, AND I KIND OF GOING, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED SAFE.
AND WE HAVE A VAN HERE VERSUS VAN.
I CANNOT MAKE THAT THE TRUTH IS TOO BIG.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE, THE DRIVER HAS TO TAKE A RIGHT TURN OR THE WESTERN PART, LIKE THERE'S THE FIRST OPEN IN THE DIVIDED HIGHWAY.
AND YOU TURN AND THEN GO BACK TO THE OFFSETS AND THE JAIL TOWARDS THIS.
THIS IS CRAZY AND IT'S NOT SAFE.
AND THEN SIMILAR MOTHER , THEY CAN PLAY THE CURRENT TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS INTERSECTION WOULD NOT TRACK OR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UM, IS THERE'S SHANNON TRAFFIC.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD CALL IT STILL COMPLY WITH THE NO, UM, UH, PLACE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS FOR THE PUBLIC.
WELL, IT'S SOMEONE IF THEY GAVE GET OUT SO THEY CAN ALWAYS TURN RIGHT AND DO WHATEVER.
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I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A QUESTION ABOUT SOIL JOANNE'S HUSKY PROPERTY AND IT'S ACTUALLY LISTED AS A FEATURE.UH, IT WAS, IT REQUIRED FEELING BECAUSE IT WAS IN A, IN A FOUNDATION WORK AND THEN THERE'S THAT.
AND, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE.
IT WOULD APPEAL TO THE ORDERS, OPEN FACILITIES.
SO THIS SIR, UM, SUPERVISORS WE PURCHASE, AND THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? WELL, WE HAVE BALANCE.
UM, I WAS GOING TO SAY, THAT'S ACTUALLY A SMALL PURCHASE IN BETWEEN THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY TO HAVE THAT EXTRA A PROPERTY, BUT WE'RE PURCHASING FROM THAT SOURCE ALL PAY STATION.
SO IT'S ONLY A SMALL, SMALL LOCK, WHICH EVENTUALLY WILL GIVE YOU ACCESS BECAUSE WE GIVE YOU ACCESS TO THE ETHAN TRAILS THAT WILL RUN RUNNING ALONG ALL THE WAY UP TO ROB STREET.
YOU ACTUALLY RAN INTO SOME CLASSES, EXCUSE ME, SOURCE AND INVOLVING STATION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, OR IN THE BACK, RIGHT.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT MOVES OR NOT, BUT IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR FEDERAL CONSERVATIVES AND ALL OF THOSE FIRMS WAS THE FIRST TIME.
SO YEAH, I'VE HAD A FULL SUMMARY HERE.
ORDER IS BREEDING GROUND FOR MOSQUITOES.
I ASKED, IS IT TREATED THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO? MAYBE THEY, NOTHING CAN BE DONE REALLY AROUND FROM A CEO'S UH, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, AGAIN, HERE TO DEAL WITH.
UM, SO ONE OF THE CREEK, THE CREEK, EITHER IN IT'S GOT A SPLIT.
SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STEREO AROUND HERE, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, IS THERE ANY THING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT A HUNTERS DURING JEFF SEASON? THEY START SHOOTING AT SIX 30 IN THE MORNING AND WE DO OUR RETIREMENT WEEKEND.
SHE, AND SOME OF THE WE WORK HARD TO RETIRE NOW, AND I KNOW THEY'RE PROBABLY SHEEP, LEGALLY.
SOMEBODY GAVE US AN ANSWER ABOUT, I HOPE I'M FACING AWAY AND ONE, AND IT'S SIX 30 MILLION.
THEY START, THEY GO FOR THE LONGEST TIME.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE, LEGALLY, I ASSUME THEY ARE, BUT WHAT ARE THE RULES FOR? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW WHO'S SITTING RIGHT HERE.
WHAT'S YOUR MAIN CREEK IS PROPERTY, PROPERTY, AND FOLKS.
I'M NOT SURE THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING IF WE START AT SEVEN 30.
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YEAH.IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY LAWS REGULATING, SHOOTING NEAR HOLES.
SO LET'S SOMETHING, HELLO, SHARON, REALLY UP PROUD SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OR SONS JOINED BY OUR ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
KAREN WARREN REPRESENTS THE MIDDLE PART OF THE COUNTY.
JOHN RYAN REPRESENTS THIS WAS AS WELL AS OUR CHAIRMAN MINISTER REPRESENTS DISTRICT FOUR.
APPRECIATE A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.
HEY, MY GOAL TONIGHT IS TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO THE INNER WORKINGS OF OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.
ULTIMATELY LETS YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE GOING FOR AS WE INVEST IN OUR YOUTH AND PROVIDE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO BE WELL-TRAINED AND READY FOR THEIR FUTURE.
WELL, AFTER THE TIME THEY LEAVE, UH, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND DIVISION IN CASE YOU, UH, NAN MAY NOT KNOW WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 2,600 STUDENTS PRESCHOOL THROUGH 12.
WE ARE A SMALL RURAL SCHOOL DIVISION, BUT WE'RE EXTREMELY MIGHTY.
I'LL TELL YOU THE OFFERINGS THAT WE PROVIDE TO STUDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE NOT SURPASSED BY ANY OF OUR EDITORS AND REGIONS.
OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO PREMIER CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.
OUR STUDENTS IN THE RANGER DIRECTLY INTO THE WORKFORCE WITH TREMENDOUS CREDENTIALS ROLLOUT POINT.
WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO CAN ATTEND ONE, BUT TWO OF THEIR SCHOOLS.
UH, OUR STUDENTS ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AN ADVANCED COLLEGE ACADEMY WHERE THEY EXIT HIGH SCHOOL AS COLLEGE GRADUATES WITH 60 CREDITS IN THEIR ASSOCIATES DEGREE BEFORE THEY EVER WALK ACROSS THE STAGE TO GET THEIR HOSPITAL.
SO IN A SMALL LITTLE DIVISION, THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND ULTIMATELY THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT ARE INVESTED IN OUR STUDENTS ARE PROVIDING A SIGNIFICANT WEAKER AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF AGREEING TO DO SO.
IF YOU HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU TO SEE AND FEEL ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A SCHOOL DIVISION.
AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF ATTENTION RECENTLY.
AND SO I'LL TELL YOU THAT HOUSTON COUNTY SCHOOLS CONTINUES TO BE A SHINING STAR.
UH, WE'RE A ROLE MODEL, UH, IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL DIVISION AND PROF SHOULD OPERATE.
WE RUN AND WE'RE GETTING TREMENDOUS RESULTS AS, AS, AS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE TONIGHT, UH, WE ARE A ONE-TO-ONE SCHOOL DIVISION OR EACH AND EVERY STUDENT WALSENBURG HORSE HAS ACCESS TO THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE OUR PRESCHOOL THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS HAVE THEIR OWN IPAD.
AND OUR STUDENTS IN GRADES NINE THROUGH 12 HAD AROUND AN ACCURATE AIR.
AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE'RE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS WITH TECHNOLOGY TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE WORKFORCE PROVIDES AN EXTREMELY ENGAGING EXPERIENCE FOR THEM, WHERE THEY'RE EXCITED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND FUSE THE TECHNOLOGY.
BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE A BALANCE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT STUDENTS TO BE ON THE SCREEN ALL THE TIME.
WE USE THAT TO ANSWER THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM AND IT CERTAINLY SUPPLEMENTS OUR INSTRUCTION.
UH, WE HAVE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND OUR SCHOOL VISION AND WE SERVE STUDENTS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MAYBE JUST TWO THROUGH 22.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN IDENTIFIED THIS AS BUILDING OF SERVICES TO SUPPORT YOUR OWN INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS AND FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW RIGHT NOW, OUR SOLAR DIVISION HAS HAD EIGHT BEST MARKS ON COMPLIANCE METRICS AS WELL AS PERFORMANCE METRICS COMPARED SCHOOL TO THIS IS ACROSS THE STATE THREE YEARS IN A ROW.
AND ONLY A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS HAVE EARNED THAT WE'VE DONE IN A YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.
WE SHOWING THEM ABOUT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT YOU RESIDE IN THE BEST SCHOOL DIVISION IN THE RICHMOND VENTURE REASON, AND IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED NOT ONCE OR TWICE.
NOW FOUR YEARS IN A ROW, THE SCHOOL DIVISION HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR OUR EXCELLENCE AND MOST OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS AROUND JUST THE FIELDS, ANYTHING REGULAR DOESN'T HANOVER'S THEY GOT NOTHING, A LOSS WE'RE SELLING.
WE'RE EXCEEDING ALL OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE GOING EXTREMELY GRABS ARE.
AND THIS RECOGNITION I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE BOND REFERENDUM.
UH, ANYTIME YOU GO TO THE VOTERS, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE RESULTS, MAYBE IN MY OPINION, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A REFERENDUM ON THE PROJECTS.
IT WAS REFERENDUM ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT WAS A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AND TRUST
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WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL DIVISION AND A RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THIS NEW COMMUNITY AS WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS FOR THE FUTURE.SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
85% OF OUR VOTERS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT DID THE SAME.
LAST TWO YEARS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION AT AN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING.
EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN STORIES ABOUT HOW THE PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES.
IT CERTAINLY AS INDIFFERENT, ALL OF US DO THAT.
AMAZON IS A LOTS OF CHALLENGES THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND FROM A DISCIPLINE STANDPOINT.
AND I'M PROUD OF HOW WE HAVE MANAGED ALL OF THAT.
WE WERE ONE OF THE VERY FIRST SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN OCTOBER OF 2020.
WE RETURNED STUDENTS TO SCHOOL FIVE DAYS A WEEK IN PERSON.
UH, MANY OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS WERE TEACHING STUDENTS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT.
OUR TEACHERS ROSE TO THE OCCASION, WELCOME STUDENTS BACK INTO THEIR CLASSROOM.
WE PROVIDED HANDS-ON IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION BY BASICALLY SHARING THE GROUND ON THAT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT US TEXTS, BUT ALL THAT HAS A PAST AND MOVE FORWARD AS IMPACT.
AND AS WE CREATED A PATH FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR, EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND IN OUR BUDGET IS RARELY ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE IN AS A SCHOOL VISION.
SO IN ANY ORGANIZATION, YOU'VE HAD A MISSION, YOUR VISION AND YOUR CORE VALUES.
AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US IS OUR VISION WHERE WE WANT TO GO AS A SCHOOL DIVISION IS WE WANT TO INSPIRE STUDENTS TO ALL FOR OUR DOORS, MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE WORLD, AROUND THEM.
BY THE TIME THEY LEAVE US GRADUATE ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL, WE WANT THEM TO BE FULLY PREPARED AND A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
WHETHER IT'S IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN THIS STATE OR THIS NATION ACROSS THE GLOBE, WE WANT HOUSTON GRADUATES TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR EXCELLENCE IN WHAT THEY DO TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
I LOVE SIMPLE MISSION STATEMENTS.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO EVERY DAY? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE, YOUR ORGANIZATION? IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
WE MAXIMIZED THE POTENTIAL OF EVERY OR THE WALTON GORE SIMILAR MISSION STATEMENT.
WE'RE MAXIMIZING EACH KID'S POTENTIAL, MAKE SURE THAT THEY ACCOMPLISH WHAT IS THEIR BEST CORE JEREMIAH CORE VALUES, VERY SIMPLE EXCELLENCE.
WE TOLERATE NOTHING LESS COURAGE, CREATIVITY HONOR, AND OPTIMISM.
AND THEN WE HAVE THREE STRATEGIC GOALS THAT DRIVE EVERY DECISION THAT WERE MADE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THE SCHOOL BOARD, UH, ANNUALLY GOES THROUGH A PROCESS OF LIKE COUNTING.
WE ARE A SUBSET OF THE COUNTY AND WE RELY HEAVILY ON COUNTY OBSERVATIONS TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS.
THE SCHOOL BOARD OR FIVE 11 BOARD MEMBERS GOES THROUGH AS A PROCESS, DECIDES ON A BUDGET, SENDS THAT FORWARD TO THE COUNTY FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD'S REQUEST AND I'M EXCITED AND PROUD EVERY YEAR.
EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE SENT THOSE RECORDS INTO THE CLASSROOM WHERE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF IT, ALL THAT GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE CLASSROOM.
SO THIS IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF WHERE OUR DOLLARS GO AND NEARLY 80 CENTS WHENEVER NOW WITH CORRECTLY NEEDS OR STUDENTS INSIDE THE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION ON TECHNOLOGY, VARIOUS SENSITIVE DOLLAR ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE HEADING ORGANIZATION, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND WORK WITH PEOPLE AND WORK WITH STUDENTS AND TO DO THAT IN ANY HUMAN BEINGS TO DO YOUR WORK.
SO THAT'S, , IT GOES DIRECTLY TO SUPPORTING THE HIGHLY POUNDS AND DEDICATED STAFF THAT WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY.
UH, WE HAD AMAZING PROFESSIONALS.
YOU CREATE MAGIC IN CLASSROOMS AND PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO READ OBVIOUSLY THE AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS AND HOW TO INTERPRET HISTORY.
SO WE WANT TO SERVICE OR EACH AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PACKAGE.
AND THE VAST MAJORITY ALREADY OUR BUDGET GOES TOWARDS SUPPORTING OUR STAFF.
WE ARE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON LOCAL DOLLARS.
UH, WE LIVE IN, UH, WITH THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL TAXPAYERS WHO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT IN US.
AND SO AS A SUBSCRIBER, AS MENTIONED, THE PROPOSED COUNTY BUDGET HAS AN INCREASE IN LOCAL TRANSCRIPTS TO THE SCHOOLS AT $1 MILLION TO THE 225 OH $5 MILLION.
SO SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS ARE IN THE COUNT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IS OVER 60%.
AND SO WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT BY AND LARGE, OUR OPERATIONS ARE FUNDED DIRECTLY BY FUSION COUNTY, TAXPAYERS.
WE DO RECEIVE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS AND A FEW OTHER MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE CATEGORIES.
THIS IS JUST A DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE SOURCES.
SEE IN RED IS THE COUNTY TRANSFER GREEN IS THE STATE OR JUST FEDERAL IN BLUE OR OTHER MISCELLANEOUS
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REVENUES.AND SO THE DISTRIBUTION HAS NOT CHANGED OVER TIME.
I'M PROUD AS A SCHOOL BOARD HAS A BALANCED BUDGET REQUEST.
UH, SOME, SOME DIVISIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, WE'LL GO TO THEIR LOCALITY AND SAY, YOU NEED AN EXTRA $2 MILLION IN THIS ACCOUNT IN ALL POSITIONS, BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES A CONFLICT OF GRASPING FOR THIS.
BUT I ONLY FOUND THAT YOU PUT ME IN A DIFFICULT POSITION.
WELL, HE WORKED HARD WITH OUR COUNTY COLLEAGUES TO UNDERSTAND THAT UNLESS WE HAVE ISSUES THAT THEY FACE, THE ROLE THAT WE LEAD AND SUPPORT THE OVERALL BUDGET.
SO WE PRESENT A BALANCED BUDGET EVERY YEAR, AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR, SLIGHTLY OVER 40 MILLION AS MR. ALFORD SAID THAT OUR PROCESS OF BUILDING A NEW MUTUAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHOOL IS OVER 60 YEARS OLD.
UH, ALL THREE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE AT OR OVER CAPACITY.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING OR MAYBE FUTURE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH WILL BE NEAR OUR CURRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, CURRENTLY EXAMINING THE SITE, LOOKING AT DESIGN, WE HAVE PASSED OUT 25% OF THE DESIGN PROCESS RUNNING INTO A FEW HURDLES AND ROADBLOCKS RIGHT NOW WITH THE SIZE AND TRYING TO MANAGE OUR BUDGET.
QUITE HONESTLY, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT ARE INFLATIONARY FACTORS AND THINGS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL THAT HAVE REALLY NEGATIVELY IMPACTED OUR HUSBAND OR WORKING HARD TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS BOOST THE OVERALL SCOPE AND COST OF THE PROJECT.
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THOUGH, IN THE SCHOOL, WE'RE ALL PROUD OF.
SO MORE WORK DONE ON THAT, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE AND CONSIDERING SOME OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES.
WE TOO ARE GOING THROUGH A BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT PROCESS.
WE HAVE THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND SO THEY HAVE THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES, AND WE ARE BUILDING A NEW TRADITIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO ALLOW US TO HAVE SOME ROOM FOR FUTURE EXPANSION.
AND SO WE WANT TO READ, DISTRIBUTE OUR POPULATION ACROSS OUR, AND SO WE'RE USING OUR NEW AND CURRENT FACILITIES VERY, VERY WELL.
SO WE TOO ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND AS WE RESOLVE THEM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING SOME LONG STANDING DECISIONS BECAUSE IT'S NEVER FUN TO GO THROUGH A BOUNDARY, JUST THE PROCESS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL DO THIS EVERY TIME THAT WE DO THIS KIND OF STAYS WITH US FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND SORT OF THE STUDENTS ARE NOT RIDING ON OUR SCHOOL BUSES TOO FAR ON WE'RE MAKING REALLY GOOD LONG TERM DECISIONS AND, UH, ASSOCIATES.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'RE USING IN THE PROCESS.
UM, THAT IS ONE OPTION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE REALLY FIT OZ OR THE CURRENT ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS OPTION REALLY SHIFTS IN THAT PURPLE PRETTY FAR.
SO WE CAN CAPTURE SOME KIDS FROM OUR CURRENT RANDOLPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON THE EAST END, SEND THOSE STUDENTS TO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE COUNTY, CAPTURING A FEW STUDENTS FROM OUR WESTERN SCHOOL AS WELL.
SO ONE CONSIDERATION, AND HERE'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
SOME ARE GOING THROUGH A TRANSPARENT PROCESS OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
WE HAVE A SURVEY THAT IS NOW HITTING THE STREETS.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE WANT THIS TO REFLECT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SAYING US ABOUT, WHERE THEY WANT THEIR STUDENTS TO GO TO SCHOOL.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE THE YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR AWHILE AND, UH, WE WANT TO CELEBRATE OUR SCHOOL VISION.
LET'S YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, YOU CAN BE PROUD OF HOUSTON COUNTY RESIDENT KNOW THAT YOUR SCHOOL DIVISION IS DOING GREAT THINGS FOR STUDENTS, AND THAT WE'LL WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS WELFARE FOR THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, EVERY PATIENT IS AT WORK AND CHEATING AT HOME.
HAVING TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN HAVE.
IT WAS SAID THAT EARLIER SAID EARLIER THAT THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY IS WRONG.
UM, TEACHING , UH WITHOUT A BAN.
YEAH, IT HAD PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, IT CREATED A FEW ISSUES FOR US.
AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THINGS A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE WHEN WE DID HAVE PERSONAL OFFERINGS, IT WAS TOUGH IN THE CASE OF THE OLD ACCESS TO CURRICULUM.
FOR THE END OF THAT, WE DID A LOT OF LOCAL HOT SPOTS FOR STUDENTS SO THAT THEY COULD ACCESS INTERNET.
UM, SO WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED ON THE DEVICE AND IT HASN'T HAD ACCESS TO INTERNET.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO NARROW THAT AND, UH, MAYBE JUST SUPPORT FAMILIES WITH SOME SMALL MEMPHIS.
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SURE.I LOVE TO HAVE THESE CUSHIONS, THESE COMFORTABLE CHAIRS.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN IT ALONG OR PARTICULAR, VARIOUS HOSPITABLE, BUT THIS IS USUALLY THE POINT WHERE I ASK YOU TO STAND UP.
WE'LL PROBABLY SKIP OVERLAP FOR A SECOND, THE SAME WAY.
SO TONIGHT YOU CAN USE VERY WELL-MANAGED OR FINANCIAL GROUND WITH WHAT BUDGET OUT OF HERE.
YOU HEARD THE WORD GENERALLY POUNDING FROM ALL THREE THERE'S ABOUT 33,500 FAMILIES, AND LESS THAN 100% OF THAT TRIPLE TRIPLE.
SO YOU'RE IN MURDER, FINANCIAL SPHERE, ONE PER CENTERS.
UM, YOU ALSO HEARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TAXES LOW.
IN FACT, WE'RE FINDING THE PROFITS ACTUALLY JUST A BIT.
AND AS I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY HERE, ALTHOUGH THEY RETIRE.
BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO RETIRE, WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP YOUR EXPENSES LOW.
SO ONCE YOU GET TO THAT POINT, KEEPING YOUR EXPENSES AS WELL.
NOW, LAST THING I MENTIONED REAL QUICK HERE IS, UH, THIS IS LAUNCH.
SO YOU HAD MARTIN FACTS, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF BASKETBALL GAMES GOING ON.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
HOWEVER, THE GOOSSEN VOTERS TURNED OUT 72%, WHICH WAS NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE.
SO THIS TIME EVEN EVER POSTED A NEW TO DO IT.
SO WE ARE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS IN LONGER TERM.
SO WE WANT TO SEE EVERYBODY VOTE.
EVERYBODY TURNED OUT, I'M NOT ON A MOUNTAIN.
THIS IS HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN.
AND THE OTHER THING I'LL MENTION WHEN YOU COME TO THESE TOWN HALLS, ARREST, THESE GAMES ARE FREE AND OPEN AND NO CAMPAIGNING LAP.
SO DID THAT THREE FUN QUESTIONS THIS EVENING.
IF THERE'S NOT, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU FOR ONE MORE ROUND OF POSITIVE FOR OUR COUNTY STAFF, BECAUSE THEY GOT UP THIS MORNING, EVERYONE'S AWARE THEY PUT IN A FULL DAY OFF AND THEY CAME BACK OUT TONIGHT AND YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT PUTTING IN A FULL MEETING WITH YOU.
AND I THINK I'M GOING TO TRY AND PROPOSE A BAILOUT AND COME IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER, JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCEIVED PRESENTATIONS FOR THE CD.
I LIKE, I WAS GOING TO SAY, I'M GOING TO TAKE THE ELEVATOR AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.