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COFFEE COUNTY COMMISSION COURT.TODAY'S MONDAY, AUGUST THE 21ST, UH, 2017.
IT'S A LITTLE EXTRA NINE O'CLOCK.
WE'LL, WELCOME ALL OVER HERE TODAY.
JUST A REMINDER, UH, THAT THE FOUR ECLIPSE IS UP THERE ABOUT 1130 TODAY, SO DON'T ANYBODY FREAK OUT ABOUT ONE O'CLOCK WHEN WE START GETTING A LITTLE, LITTLE DARKER.
HOPEFULLY IT'LL OFF A LITTLE BIT.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE PREDICTING YET, BUT, UH, WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND WE'LL, UH, UH, MOVE RIGHT ON THE END TO THE HEARING TODAY.
WE DO HAVE A FORUM PRESENT AND UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EXIT THE SPECIAL MEETING AND ENTER INTO A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THANK YOU, MR. BARBER MAKES THE MOTION.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS SECOND THE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, THOSE, UH, THE NEXT, UH, PART OF OUR MEETING TODAY AND, UH, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT YOU, UH, UH, ARE HERE AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND SO, UH, YOU DON'T, UH, NECESSARILY HAVE TO SIGN UP.
BUT IF YOU ARE HERE TODAY AND WISH TO SPEAK TO THE COURT CONCERNING, UH, THE BUDGET, NOW WOULD BE YOUR TIME TO DO THAT.
I'VE PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION LATELY, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN HANDED OUT HERE IN THE COURT.
UH, YOU DO HAVE A, UH, LOOK AT THE TAX RATES.
UH, WE COVERED THIS LAST WEEK WHEN WE, EARLIER THIS, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, SETTING TAX RATE THIS YEAR.
SO YOU DO HAVE A, UH, COPY OF THE, UH, TAX RATES THAT THE COUNTY'S HAD SINCE ABOUT 2008, WELL SINCE 2008.
NOT ABOUT, BUT THAT WE ALSO HAVE A COPY OF THE, UH, NOTICE THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE, UH, PAPER.
UH, UH, MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE.
AND THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, UH, FOR THIS YEAR IS, UH, 0.58870, UH, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SAME TAX RATE AS LAST YEAR OF 5 8 8 7 OH OH.
THE EFFECTIVE RATE IS, UH, 0.0 5 4 7 5 2 2.
AND THE ROLLBACK RATE IS UH, 5.59108.
SO WE'RE BELOW THE ROLLBACK RATE AND WE'RE ABOVE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.
AND, UH, THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF CALCULATIONS THAT GO INTO PLACE.
THAT'S WHAT, UH, TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, MS SAMPLES AND HER LADIES HAVE WORKED THIS AND WORKED WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND, UH, THE SAFEGUARD, CORRECT.
UH, AND THEN, UH, ALSO PREPARED AN ITEM FOR YOU TODAY, UH, THAT I HAVE LOST THERE.
THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, ITEM THAT I'LL GO OVER.
RANDY, I THINK YOU HANDED THESE OUT.
UH, THIS IS, UH, FOR TODAY'S, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND IT GIVES YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF THE, UH, TAX RATE, WHICH I'VE JUST GOT FOR READING.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN.
AND THEN THIS OTHER ONE, UH, TERRY, LEMME SEE, SEE THAT? THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT SHOULDN'T BE FLOATING, UH, AROUND OUT THERE.
NOT THERE SHOULD BE ONE ON TABLE, RANDY.
I THINK SOMETHING UP LIKE THAT TOO.
UH, THIS IS THE, ALSO FOR HERE TODAY, IT SHOWS THAT THE TAXES IN THE GENERAL FUND IN THE, UH, RATE WILL BE 0.4322, THE PROPOSED RATE, UH, THE ROAD.
AND THAT WILL GENERATE A TOTAL OF THIRTY FOUR MILLION TWO HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTEEN THOUSAND THIRTY FOUR MILLION TWO HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTEEN DOLLARS.
AND, UH, 53 CENTS, I'M NOT SURE THE SEVEN CAME FROM.
UH, THE ROAD BRIDGE IS TAX WILL BE, UH, RAISED FROM THE CURRENT 9.20 CENTS TO AN EVEN 10 CENTS.
AND YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION SHOWING HOW THAT HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS, UH, WHICH ON THE PROPERTY TAX RAISE, THAT WILL, UH, INCREASE THAT AROUND TO, TO $7,915,365 AND 13 CENTS.
AND THIS DEBT DEBT SERVICE BOND ACTUALLY GOES DOWN BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED, UH, PROPERTY, UH, RATES OR PROPERTY VALUES.
AND IT DROPS TO 4 MILLION, UH, 472,221 TO SERVICE ALL THE, UH, THE DEBT SERVICE THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
UH, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT I MENTIONED AT THE LAST HEARING
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WAS IS THAT WE WILL BUDGET AND WE HAVE SET ASIDE MONEY, UH, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, $500,000 TO MAKE AN EXTRA PRINCIPAL PAYMENT ON THE, UH, RADIO BOND AT THE 9 1 1, UH, EOC CENTER.AND THEN THE REGULAR PAYMENT THAT WILL BE, UH, VIEWED THIS NEXT YEAR.
UH, THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THAT IS 285,000.
SO WE'LL SEE A TOTAL, UH, PRINCIPAL REDUCTION THIS NEXT YEAR OF 785,000.
SORRY, I NEED TO CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, THE ACTUAL EXTRA PRINCIPAL PAYMENT IS 715,000 WITH THE 2 85 MAKING A MILLION DOLLARS.
OKAY, SO YOU DO HAVE THE OTHER 200? YES, SIR.
I TRIED TO CLARIFY THAT IN MY OWN MIND AND I DIDN'T DO THAT.
I KNEW AT MILLION DOLLARS, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY.
SO SOMEBODY HELPED ME CORRECT THIS NUMBER BEFORE WE GET OUTTA HERE.
KW, I THOUGHT YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT.
I DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T REGISTER YOU LOOK AT PAGE 78 OF THIS UPDATED ONE.
IT'LL SHOW YOU THE 7, 7 15 AND THE 2 85 MAKING MILLION.
SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.
THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
SO YOU WILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL $215,000 THAT'S BUDGETED OUT OF THIS CURRENT YEAR OR THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT WILL BE A TOTAL PRINCIPLE REDUCTION OF THAT, UH, LOAN, UH, WHICH IS A PRETTY MAJOR REDUCTION, UH, UH, GOING TOWARDS PAYING OFF THE RADIO EQUIPMENT.
AND, UH, THANKS FOR, UH, MENTIONING THAT, UH, EARLIER.
UH, AND THEN ALSO ON THE 20 17 20 18 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS.
AND, UH, THE BUDGET IS POSTED.
THERE'S COPIES, UH, ON THE WEBSITE, UH, THERE RIGHT NOW, THE BUDGET AND WHICH WE WILL, UH, HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND A ANOTHER, UH, ADOPTION OF THIS BUDGET THIS NEXT WEEK OR NOT ON ANOTHER, BUT A ADOPTION OF THE NEW BUDGET NEXT WEEK.
IT DOES INCLUDE A 4% RAISE FOR MOST EMPLOYEES.
I DON'T SAY ALL EMPLOYEES, BUT FOR MOST EMPLOYEES, UH, THERE WILL BE SOME FOLKS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE A, A RAISE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE, UH, INCREASE THAT THEY RECEIVED LAST YEAR.
UH, THERE WILL BE SOME, UH, THAT WILL RECEIVE MORE PARTICULARLY OUR, THE, UH, CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICERS.
AND THAT IS, UH, AN EQUITY PAY INCREASE, WHICH WILL MAKE OUR POLICE, UH, UH, DEPUTIES AND ALL OF OUR CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICERS WILL MAKE THEIR PAYS MORE COMPETITIVE WITH, UH, THE METRO, UH, UH, PEOPLE ROUNDING AREAS.
I'M TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT WORD, ROUNDING AREAS, RIGHT.
IT'LL MAKE US CERTAINLY MORE COMPETITIVE IN THAT REGARD.
IT DOES INCLUDE A NEW ROOF FOR THE MAIN COURTHOUSE.
IT INCLUDES WATERPROOFING AND CLEANING THE BRICK ON THE MAIN COURTHOUSE.
THAT'LL BE KIND OF OUR CONTRIBUTION.
UH, NOT NECESSARILY THE ROOF BUT THE WATERPROOFING, CLEANING THE BRICK ON THE MAIN COURTHOUSE AS THE, UH, AS THE CITY MOVES FORWARD WITH THE DOWNTOWN RENOVATION.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY NEEDS TO, TO HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME OR CAN HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.
WE'LL ALSO PUT A NEW ROOF ON THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, A NEW ROOF AT THE JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICE.
UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND THEN A CONTINUED CLEAN UP AND IMPROVEMENT WILL BE, UH, FOR A POOR FARM, FOR EXAMPLE.
THERE, UH, A BUILDING OUT THERE THAT NEEDS A ROOF ON IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
GO JAIL THAT WE ALL NOTICED OUT THERE.
AND UH, SO NOW, UH, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, STEP FORWARD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
WOULD LOVE TO, UH, READ THE COMMENTS IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK CONCERNING THIS PROPOSED TAX RATE INCREASE.
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK CONCERNING THE, UH, NOT TAX INCREASE, BUT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE.
ALRIGHT, I'LL CALL FOR MOTION THEN TO EXIT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU, MR. PHILLIPS MAKES THE MOTION.
SECOND, SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND MOTION.
A UH, THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE TO ADJOURN THE DISCUSSION MEETING AND ENTER INTO A WORKSHOP.
SO DO I HAVE A, UH, THAT BE A BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT WE'LL, UH, TALK ABOUT HERE? JUST IN A MOMENT.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE, UH, SPECIAL MEETING.
ENTER INTO A WORKSHOP, JUDGE ANGIE,
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I'M SORRY, ADDENDUM, THERE'S AN ADDENDUM SESSION.ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT NOW? UH, YES.
BEFORE YOU, WE PROBABLY SHOULD GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
SO, UH, WE WILL, BEFORE WE VOTE, LET'S RESCIND THOSE MOTIONS.
WE'LL ADJOURN INTO A, A SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT I DO NEED A MOTION TO DO THAT.
AND WE'LL GO INTO FAIRLY, WE DUNNO, BUT, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ISSUE.
ALRIGHT, WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO THE OPENING EXECUTIVE.
WE A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER HUNT AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN TO EXIT THE UH, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OPPOSED? NOW DO I HAVE ANY ACTION RESULTING AS A, UH, FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, MOTION TO CONFER AUTHORITY AND COUNTY JUDGE TO APPEAL THE IRS PENALTY, FAILURE TO DEPOSIT IF NECESSARY.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. HUNT AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
MR. PHILLIPS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND WE HAVE A COPY OF THE, WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET, GET THAT.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION NOW TO WHAT? WE'VE ALREADY EXITED THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NOW WE NEED TO GO BACK TO OUR RECORD, UH, DURING A MEETING.
SO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
A MOTION FROM MR. PHILLIPS? SECOND.
NOW, UH, WE NEED A, UH, MOTION TO GO INTO THE WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL FOR YEAR 20 17 18 BUDGET AND POSSIBLY MEET WITH DEPARTMENT ENTITIES WHO RECEIVE FROM, UH, FUNDING FROM KAUFMAN COUNTY.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT? COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAKES THAT MOTION.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.