* 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. YES, THEY'RE WORKING. [00:00:01] OKAY. I'D [A. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America] LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE THIS EVENING TO THE APRIL 15, 2021, UH, SPECIAL BOARD MEETING FOR, UM, PUBLIC HEARING OF THE PROPOSED WARREN COUNTY BUDGET. AND IF EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND WE'LL SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND WE'LL TURN [B. Public Hearing - Proposed Warren County Budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 and Tax Rates for Calendar Year 2021 - Keith McLiverty/Ed Daley] THIS OVER TO MR. MICK LIBERTY AND DR. DALEY. THANK YOU. MA'AM GOOD EVENING. IS THAT BETTER? OKAY. HERE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE NEW YEAR, AND WE BEGAN WORK ON THIS IN NOVEMBER, IT HAS BEEN ADVERTISED TWICE AND IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. THERE ARE NO TAX INCREASES PROPOSED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A REGIONAL TOBACCO TAX IN THE FUTURE THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED BY THIS BOARD OR PRESENTED HERE. UH, AND THAT IS TO BE SEEN WHETHER OR NOT THAT DEVELOPS, BUT THAT IS NOT A KEY TO THIS BUDGET. THERE IS A PLACE HOLDER THERE OF ONE 10TH OF 1%, JUST TO KEEP IT AS A LINE ITEM. IF IT DEVELOPS, THERE ARE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SANITARY DISTRICTS AS REQUESTED BY THOSE DISTRICTS. THIS INCLUDES THE THIRD PHASE OF IMPLEMENTING THE COMPENSATION PLAN FROM 2019. IT HAS THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF THE DOMINION WATER AGREEMENT, WHICH BEGAN. WE BEGAN PAYING FOR YEARS SIX THROUGH 10, THIS PAST AUGUST. IT HAS ALL OF THE OPERATIONAL DEBT AND LITIGATION COSTS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN ONE PART OF THE BUDGET. SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF IT TOGETHER. IT HAS FUNDING FOR THE FLS, A MANDATED OVERTIME COSTS AND FIRE AND EMS. IT HAD THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS BUDGET INCLUDE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, COST RECOVERY AIRPORT, AND DEBT SERVICE FUNDS. SO THEY ARE SEPARATED BY THEIR SEPARATE ACCOUNTS. THE DEBT SERVICE IS STILL PART OF GENERAL, BUT THEY ARE SEPARATE. THE, UH, THERE IS A SEPARATE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT SEPARATED OUT FROM THE GENERAL LAW ADMIN FUND AND THE RSW REGIONAL JAIL AND THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER. THEY ARE MOVED FROM CAPITAL OUTLAY INTO OPERATIONAL ACCOUNTS. THERE ARE TWO NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POSITIONS, UM, AND WE HAVE TALKED WITH THE COUNTY SCHOOLS AND SINCE THERE WILL BE A VACANCY THERE IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL BE FILLING THREE POSITIONS, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT WILL BE VACANT THAT WE NOW TRAIN AND SLATE TRANSFER TO SCHOOL. SO WE WILL END UP WITH THREE POSITIONS AT THE COUNTY. WE HAVE THE GRANT COORDINATOR POSITION. WE HAVE THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR AND THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY POSITION IN SOCIAL SERVICES. THIS BUDGET TOTAL INCREASES IN TOTAL RATHER IS, GOES FROM 118 MILLION TO $124 MILLION. THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE EDA FUNDING AS INDICATED. IT INCLUDES SCHOOLS FUNDING AT $63,945,000, WHICH IS 27,720 [00:05:03] 27 MILLION, EXCUSE ME, 720,000 IN LOCAL FUNDING. THE BUDGET INCREASES CLUED 1.7 MILLION FOR THE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM, STATE AND LOCAL COMBINED. IT IS 2.25504 SHENANDOAH FARM SANITARY DISTRICT CAPITAL PROJECTS, 646,000 FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. 780,000 FOR FIRE AND RESCUE 670,000 FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND EMS. THIS ISN'T A LITTLE HARD. YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL BUDGET EACH YEAR. THE REVENUES, UH, PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES ARE ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE. THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE RATE, JUST ANTICIPATED THAT OUR COLLECTIONS WILL INCREASE LOCAL SALES TAX, $700,000 STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING. 2.34 TO REGIONAL JAIL CREDIT. THIS IS A REFUND FROM THE CURRENT YEAR OF $830,000 AND 637,000 IS REVENUE FROM SHENANDOAH FARMS FOR THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS. THERE IS $300,000 MENTIONED FOR PHASE TWO OF THE COMPENSATION AND CLASSIC PHASE THREE OF THE COMPENSATION CLASSIFICATION STUDY. THERE'S 2% FOR COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR EMPLOYEES. THERE IS FIVE A PERCENT FROM THE STATE FOR STATE SUPPORTED POSITIONS IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS AND DSS. AND SO THE BOARD WILL NEED TO LOOK AT AFTER THE BUDGET, HOW THEY WANT TO ADDRESS WHEN WE DO THESE RAISES FOR STATE SUPPORTED POSITIONS IN JULY, HOW WE DO THAT, WHAT WE DO WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE THIS WAS ANTICIPATED FOR DECEMBER AS WE DID THIS PAST YEAR, DR. DALEY, UM, THE 5% SALARY INCREASE INCREASED FOR STATE SUPPORTIVE POSITIONS. SO PORTION OF THAT IS BEING FUNDED BY THE STATE. YES. SO THAT WOULD BE A FOOTNOTE. YES. RIGHT? YEAH. AND SO HOW MUCH OF THAT, IS IT 3%? IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? OR IS IT LESS THAN IT'S LESS THAN FIVE? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY EXPECT THE COUNTY TO DO PROVIDE ISSUE PROXIMATELY THAT THERE'S, THEY'RE DIFFERENT IN SOME DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT IT'S APPROXIMATELY 20% LOCAL MONEY. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE CHECK IS THAT I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAD IN SOCIAL SERVICES. AND THAT'S THE LARGEST PIECE OF THEM FOLLOWED THEN BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHICH WOULD BE NEXT, UM, THE ISSUE FOR PARTICULARLY FOR THE, UM, SHERIFF AND THE OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, AS YOU HAVE COUNTY FUNDED FULLY, YOU HAVE STATE FUNDED AND THEN YOU HAVE, THOSE ARE SPLIT. SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, AND WE DON'T, WE WON'T RECEIVE UNTIL MAY ONE, THE ACTUAL ALLOCATION FROM THE COMPENSATION BOARD ON WHAT WE WILL RECEIVE FOR EACH OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH, AND WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. BUT THE QUESTION WILL BE HOW YOU TREAT APPLES AND APPLES THE SAME. I'D ALSO, I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE BUDGET INCREASE FROM ONE 18, SIX TO ONE 24, SIX IS NOT ALL COUNTY MONEY EITHER. THERE'S A LOT OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING THAT IS IN THAT NUMBER. CORRECT. SO I DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO THINK THAT WE'RE RAISING THE BUDGET 5% BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY ARE NOT IT'S CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. WE ARE NOT, AND NOT OF THE LAW, JUST LOCAL FUNDING, UM, SALES TAX. IT IS A STATE TAX, BUT IT HAS THE LOCAL OPTION ON IT. SO IT'S CONSIDERED A LOCAL TAX [00:10:01] THAT COMES BACK FROM THE STATE. THE CLOSEST THING TO AN ACTUAL LOCAL TAX WOULD BE THE PERSONAL PROPERTY. AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH IN THE VALUATION OF ALL THE VEHICLES AND ALL THE NEW VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED. THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE RATE OH, THERE IS A 10TH, $10,000 3.1, 3% INCREASE AT THE HUMANE SOCIETY. AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR ANIMALS. WAIT, AH, THE SCHOOL BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THERE'S THE 1,697,485 INCREASE IN OPERATIONAL OPERATIONAL COSTS. UH, WITH THIS BUDGET, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ANTICIPATES BEING ABLE TO FUND PHASES TWO AND THREE OF THEIR COMPENSATION STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS. THAT INCLUDES A 2% TEACHER INCREASE. AND THE STEP IT INCLUDES ADJUSTMENT THE MAJORITY OF THE SALARY SCALES WITH ZERO TO SIX AND SEVEN TO 12 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THE ADDED POSITIONS INCLUDE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER, GIFTED AND TALENTED TEACHERS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, HISTORY TEACHER, SPECIAL EDUCATION, ASSISTANT SIGN LANGUAGE, AND DUAL ENROLLED ENGLISH TEACHER. YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES IN THE LOCAL SCHOOL BUDGET OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS AND WHAT THE INCREASES HAVE BEEN EACH YEAR. THIS YEAR IS INCREASED AT 3.7. IT SEEMS PRETTY EASY, PRETTY CLOSE TO THE AVERAGE. I HAVE NOT AVERAGED ALL THOSE OUT, BUT OPERATION LOCAL APPROPRIATION THERE, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT RISES TO $27,720,000. AND AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE COUNTIES, TOTAL BUDGET, IT'S BEEN REASONABLY CONSISTENT AT 60%, 61% IN THERE, AND THE ADJACENT COMMUNITIES, YOU CAN SEE THEIR TAX RATE COMPARED TO OURS. UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE FINAL RATE FOR RAPPAHANNOCK. UH, THE OTHERS ARE SHOWN HERE AND OUR RATE COURSES, 60.655 FUND BALANCE POLICY. WE STRIVE TO HAVE AN UN-DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OF AT LEAST 15% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET. AND WE USE FUND BALANCES AS LIMITED TO ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES, SUCH AS IT EXPENDITURES. AND IF THE POLICY FALLS BELOW 15%, THE BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION TO CORRECT THAT IN THE FUTURE YEARS. OKAY. AND THEN CURRENTLY AS OF JUNE 30, 2020, THE BALANCE WAS 12 MILLION, 806 76,000. UH, WE WILL NOT USE ANY OF THAT BALANCE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WILL BAR IN ANY SUDDENLY UNFORESEEN A NEW TYPE OF PANDEMIC OR SOMETHING, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, UH, THAT LEAVES THE BALANCE AT 12,876,000. IT MAY INCREASE A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT DRAMATICALLY, UM, WITH THE ADOPTED BUDGET OF 118 MILLION AND THE 17, THE 15% WOULD BE 17 MILLION, $800,000. SO WE HAVE TO WORK TO MOVE BACK TO THAT FULL 15%. WE WILL BE DOING THAT THIS NEXT YEAR. OKAY. THE SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND HAS $19,500,000 AS OF JUNE 30, TWO 20. IT WAS UP 18 UP FROM 18 MILLION, 482 [00:15:02] ON JUNE 30, 2019. UH, PART OF THAT IS 4,678,000. THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE AS A PERMANENT RESERVE, WHICH CAN BE COUNTED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE WITH THE 12,000,800 TOWARDS THE TOTAL FUND BALANCE. SOME OF THAT FUNDING WILL BE USED AFTER WE FIND OUT WHAT OUR RECOVERIES ARE FROM THE, UH, IT, UH, CRASH. WE KNOW THAT, UH, A GREAT DEAL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE COVERED BY OUR INSURANCE, BUT A GOOD BIT OF IT ALSO PARTICULARLY MOVING TO WINDOWS 10 COMPUTERS WILL NOT BE COVERED, AND WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THAT WHEN WE GET SOME TOTALS, OH, THERE'S A MILLION 1,740 9,000 IN THE DESIGNATED FOR SOLID WASTE PROJECTS. UH, THE BOARD WAS TALKING THE JUST THE OTHER TWO DAYS AGO ABOUT PROJECTS NEEDED AT THE SOLID WASTE IN THAT IS A FUNDING SOURCE. FOR SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS, THERE IS 2 MILLION THAT BELONGS TO THE SANITARY DISTRICTS AND THAT IS RESERVED FOR EACH OF THEM. WE'VE BEEN PLANNING AHEAD FOR PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY THE SHENANDOAH FARMS, COMPACT OR SITE SANITARY DISTRICT ROAD PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THIS PROPOSED BUDGET RATHER, AND THAT SERVICE, WE ANTICIPATE 1.5 MILLION FROM FUND BALANCE TO SPECIAL PROJECTS. THAT IS OUR, UM, FLEXIBILITY. IF YOU WILL, IN THE BUDGET, REMEMBER THIS YEAR, WE HAD 1,000,005, SEVEN, FIVE, AND WE WON'T BE TAKING ANY OF THAT. AND WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE TAKING ANY OF THIS 1,000,005, BUT WE PUT IT IN THERE TO START THE YEAR AS THE BALLOT YOU CAN SEE OUR DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTIONS WERE AT 95, ALMOST 96%. AND THAT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE LEADERS IN THE AREA, ON THEIR COLLECTIONS, THE AVERAGE BEING 91. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE NEXT TIER, THE AVERAGE IS 92 AND OUR AVERAGE IS 97 FOR THIS PATH. THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE STATE, UH, 2019 COMPARATIVE REPORT LISTS US AS RANKING SIX OUT OF THE SEVEN NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS AND EXPENDED SPENDING FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION. AN AVERAGE OF 2,689, $90 PER CAPITA. WE ARE FIRST OUT OF THE SEVEN IN DEBT SERVICE, FOURTH IN HUMANS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, FIFTH IN FIRE AND RESCUE SIX OUT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SEVEN IN AGE EDUCATION. IF YOU LOOK ON THIS NEXT PAGE, MR. MICK LIBERTY HAS BROKEN OUT OUR, UM, DEBT SERVICE FOR COUNTY FACILITIES, AND YOU HAVE THE RIVERMONT FIRE STATION HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUILDING THE COURTHOUSE AND LEACH RUN PARKWAY. THE COUNTY FACILITY DEBT TOTALS FOR PAYMENT NEXT YEAR IS 1,000,219 ON $220,000, WHICH IS $30 PER CAPITA. THESE ARE YOUR SCHOOL PROJECTS AND THEY TOTAL THIS NEXT YEAR. THEY WILL TOTAL 10 MILLION, 626,000 OR $265 PER CAPITA. YOUR SANITARY DISTRICT TAX RATES. THE ONES ON THIS PAGE, HI KNOB, AND, UH, CEDAR VILLE ARE THE TWO THAT CHANGE ON THIS PAGE. THE NEXT PAGE, YOU HAVE SHANNON WOODS, WHICH IS OUR NEW SANITARY DISTRICT. [00:20:02] AND THERE'S THE A 0.025 INCREASE AT SKYLINE TO STATES. AND ON THIS PAGE, YOU CAN SEE THE FOUR THAT CHANGE ANYTHING IN THEIR DISTRICT. AND THESE ARE ALL REQUESTS FROM THE SANITARY DISTRICTS IS WHAT THEY ARE FOR WITH THAT WILL BE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION THE BOARD ON ANY OF THIS? OKAY. MRS. SHIRAKI HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES. MADAM CHAIR. ROBERT, LOOK, I GUESS I NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING PART OF THIS MY FIRST TIME DOING A BUDGET MEETING. SO MY NAME IS ROBERT LOOK, 86, LAURA LANE, FRONT ROYAL. SO GOOD EVENING. FIRST. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE BOARD FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO. I AM THE WARREN COUNTY, GIRL'S LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL PRESIDENT, AND THE LITTLE LEAGUE CONSISTS OF 200 GIRLS RANGE FROM FOUR TO 16 YEARS OLD. THIS SEASON IS THE MOST SIGNUPS THE ORGANIZATION HAS HAD SINCE THE LITTLE LEAGUE HAS STARTED IN 2014. WITH THAT, I STAND BEFORE YOU TO ASK IF THE BOARD CAN REVISIT THE ROCKLAND PARK DEVELOPMENT THAT THE YEAR, THIS YEAR'S BUDGET MEETING CURRENTLY LITTLE LEAGUE IS CAPPED AT LESS THAN 200 PARTICIPANTS DUE TO THE LACK OF SOFTBALL FIELDS IN MOORE COUNTY. AS YOU KNOW, WE USE CHIMNEY PARK TO PLAY OUR GAMES AND WITH 17 TEAMS THIS SEASON, IT'S BEEN A BIG CHALLENGE FOR THE ORGANIZATION FOR SCHEDULING WITH THE HELP OF PARK AND RECS. THE LEAK WAS ABLE TO UTILIZE MASON FIELD TWO NIGHTS A WEEK FOR OUR GAME PLAY. I'M AFRAID THAT THE ORGANIZATION WILL BE FORCED TO TURN AWAY GIRLS IN THE FUTURE FROM PLAYING BALL DUE TO THE LIMITED SPACE AT CHIMNEY PARK. I KNOW AT ONE POINT ROCKLAND PARK WAS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED TO INCLUDE FOUR SOFTBALL FIELDS, BUT WITH THE SETBACK FROM THE EDA, IT WAS NOT COMPLETED. ROCKLAND PARK WOULD HELP OUR ORGANIZATION GROW AND IT WILL ALLOW OUR ORGANIZATION TO HOST TOURNAMENTS FOR ALL-STARS AND HELP TRAVELING ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST TOURNAMENTS, WHICH IN RETURN WOULD GENERATE REVENUE TO OUR COUNTY. MOST TOURNAMENTS ARE TWO TO THREE DAYS LONG. AND WITH OTHER TEAMS TRAVELING FROM NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBORHOOD CITIES, IT STATES MONEY WOULD BE GENERATED FOR NEARBY HOTELS. AND THE RESTAURANTS SOFTBALL HAS GROWN AND HAS GAINED A LOT OF POPULARITY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. THERE'S A LOT OF TALENT IN THE WARREN COUNTY FRONT ROYAL, NOT TO MENTION THE GROWING NUMBER OF TRAVEL TEAMS IN THIS AREA AT A MINIMUM. I WOULD LIKE THAT ASK THE BOARD TO AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT ROCKLAND PARK AND EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS TO OUR ORGANIZATION TO HELP EXPAND AND GIVE THESE GIRLS A PLACE TO PLAY AGAIN. THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. HAS ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK SECOND CALL? WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK THIRD AND FINAL CALL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? AND DO I HAVE A MOTION MOTION TO ADJOURN? WE HAVE TO WAIT SEVEN DAYS. I THINK FOR, WE HAVE TO WAIT BEFORE WE CAN ADOPT THE BUDGET. AND I THINK SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF INPUT OTHER THAN GENTLEMEN FROM, UH, FROM, UH, FROM THE SOFTBALL AND THERE AGAIN, I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS TOO, THAT, UM, WE'VE TRIED TO DEVELOP, UH, ROCKLIN PARK. AND I THINK PART OF THAT CAME INTO PROFFERS OR, UM, CROOKED RUN TOO. I THINK THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PUT IN SOME MONEY. AND AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS WITH GRANTS AND OFF ROCKIN PARK IS, UM, [00:25:02] IT'S PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND AS FAR AS, UH, BATHROOM FACILITIES, ADDITIONAL, UH, UM, BALLPLAYER FACILITIES, WHETHER IT'S, UH, UM, SOFTBALL MADE YOU THROW THE BALL OR WHATEVER THOSE THINGS ARE IN THE WORKS, BUT IT'S A, IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO WHEN THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. AND I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU PLAY OUT THERE. I THINK IT, UH, CHIMNEY FIELDS AND THE WHOLE THING. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS BOARD CAN TAKE UP AS FAR AS WHERE WE WANT TO PUSH THE PRIORITIES. AND AGAIN, THAT COMES INTO, UM, OUR CABIN IMPROVEMENT PLANS, WHICH I THINK YOU HAVE GIVEN MR. DALEY HAS GIVEN US A LIST OF THOSE THINGS, WHICH BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER THINGS GOING ON, WE HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND PRIORITIZE THOSE THINGS AT THIS POINT. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, WITHIN THIS BOARD'S PURVIEW AND WE ARE AWARE WELL AWARE OF THAT. SO AGAIN, I MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN BECAUSE WE WILL DISCUSS THIS, I THINK, IN OUR NEXT MEETING TO ACTUALLY ADOPT THE BUDGET. AND THAT WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BRING UP ADDITIONAL CONCERNS AFTER WHAT WE HEARD FROM, UM, MR. DALEY AND, AND, AND, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, WHICH ALSO, I THINK WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SEVEN DAYS OR SO FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. AND I WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME THAT. SO AGAIN, I WILL REITERATE AND I MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. I BELIEVE THAT THE FINAL MEETING IS APRIL 27TH FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, WHICH IS ACTUALLY TWO WEEKS OR A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. SO THAT WOULD BE A TUESDAY, APRIL 27TH, 2021 AT SEVEN AT 7:00 PM. AND THAT IS A SPECIAL MEETING. SO THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT IN THE REGULAR CYCLE, UM, IF ANYONE WANTS TO PARTICIPATE. SO I'LL SECOND, MR. CARTER'S MOTION AFTER THAT, JUST FOR THE INFANT WARDS IN, FROM REMINDER, UM, MRS. LOGAN IS WORKING ON UPDATING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE A GOOD THING TO TAKE IN THERE IT'S IN THE CURRENT PLAN, BUT WE'RE ALSO UPDATING THAT PLAN. AND SO WE'LL KEEP THAT. SO YOU'RE SAYING THE SOFTBALL FIELDS ARE IN THE CURRENT IEP. THE PARK IS IN THE CURRENT PLAN WITH, UH, THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS TO BE DONE THERE. AND THEN WITH THE UPGRADE TO THE UPDATE OF THE PLAN, WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THOSE. AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOME WORK SLATED FOR THIS COMING YEAR WITH, UH, SPECIAL PROJECTS FUNDS. THERE IS A MASTER PLAN FOR THAT PART, AND I'M NOT SURE YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN AN A, UM, WHAT WAS IT? LAND? I ESCAPE, LAND PLANNING, AND THEY'VE LAID IT ALL OUT FOR THE FUTURE. AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO WHEN THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT PART. UH, WHAT DO YOU WANNA CALL IT? UM, DIFFERENT, UH, ATHLETIC FACILITIES. I THINK IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT BACK IN THE DAY WHEN FISHNET, UH, OPERATED, THEY HAD A, UM, UM, A WEEK LONG, UH, FESTIVAL. THANK YOU. MA'AM AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO HIT A STAGE. THE STAGE IS PRETTY MUCH PUT FOR THAT'S SOMETHING TOO. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT TOO, AS FAR AS MOVING THE, UH, 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION FROM UP AT A 40 CENTER DOWN THERE, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE IN THE WORKS AND IT'S A MOVING LIVING DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE CHANGED AS, AS NEEDED. SO QUESTION'S BEEN CALLED FOR ADJOURNMENT. NOW I WILL CALL FOR THE QUESTION PLEASE. WELL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WITH MRS. ROCKY, CAUSE THERE WAS A PROPOSED MOTION ON HERE TO, UM, SET THE DATE FOR D UH, TUESDAY, APRIL 27. DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? NO, MA'AM NO ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS. SO IS THERE A SECOND THEN ON MOTION TO ADJOURN? MS. OATS MADE THE SECOND MA'AM OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. * 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.