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WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR FALL BUDGET MEETING UNDERWAY.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
JUSTIN, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? [INAUDIBLE] OH, I'M SORRY.ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX MEMBERS PRESENT.
YOU HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY, SIX MEMBERS PRESENT, PRESENT, TWO ABSENT.
AND I BELIEVE SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, AS HE SAID.
[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM AUGUST 9,2022 MEETING]
SO CAN I GET AN APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING?[4. COMPTROLLER & TREASURER'S REPORTS]
MOVING ON TO OUR COMPTROLLER AND OUR TREASURER REPORT.HELLO. THANK YOU. OH, I CAN HEAR THAT.
I COME WITH AWESOME AND WONDERFUL GOOD NEWS.
NICE TO BE HERE. YES, WINDING DOWN THE 22ND YEAR I'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I STARTED WHEN I WAS TEN.
[INAUDIBLE] HUTCH WILL CONFIRM.
RIGHT. I HAVE REALLY GOOD NEWS.
IT MAY BE THE BEST REPORTS I'VE EVER BROUGHT, AND IT FEELS GOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SOME DOOZIE REPORTS THIS TIME OF THE YEAR BEFORE, BUT I'M EXCITED TO TELL YOU GUYS SOME THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, ON THE TREASURY SIDE OF MY SPLIT DUTIES AS OF LAST NIGHT, OUR DEPOSITS ON HAND WERE 274,000,000.7. WE ARE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH EIGHT DIFFERENT BANKS AND IN EVERY SINGLE CASE, WITH THESE RATE HIKES FROM THE FED, WE HAVE RAISED INTEREST RATES FOR EARNINGS ON ALL OF OUR MONEY WITH EVERY YOU CAN THANK THOSE PEOPLE IN THE BACK.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WORK ON THAT.
SO WE ARE WE HAVE SOME ACCOUNTS THAT WE DO.
WE PAY SOME FEES AND THEY PAY US LESS RATES AND THEN SOME THAT WE I'M SORRY THAT WE YES THEY SOME OF THE BANKS, WE PAY FEES AND THEN THEY PAY SOME DIFFERENT RATE.
SOME BANKS WE DON'T PAY ANY FEES AND IT'S A DIFFERENT RATE.
SO WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH THEM.
BUT WE GOT UP TO 2.8, WHICH HAS BEEN UNHEARD OF.
SO THIS IS YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND I'LL SAY IT AS A REMINDER, MY FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, 2001, WE HAD 11 RATE DROPS IN 12 MONTHS.
SO IT HAS BEEN A BEAR IN LAND AND INTEREST EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
SO I'M KIND OF I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, NERDS LIKE ME, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE HAD NEW BANKS COME TO US.
WE'VE RECENTLY APPROVED A NEW BANK THAT HAD SOME STAFF THAT WE USED TO WORK WITH IN ANOTHER BANK.
SO ALL GOOD NEWS ON THE TREASURY SIDE.
FIRST, I NEED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT.
AND WE HAVE I WAS TOLD TODAY THAT ALREADY WE'VE COLLECTED OVER $5 MILLION IN THE DRIVE THRU BRANCH BANKS AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING THAT'S PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE AND TRY TO PARK.
SO THERE ARE NO PARKING DOWN HERE.
I WANTED TO ALSO REMIND YOU YOU'VE ALL GOTTEN THE SEPTEMBER REPORTS.
I IMAGINE WE TURN THOSE IN IMMEDIATELY.
WE STARTED THE YEAR OFF WITH $561 MILLION TO COLLECT, SO THAT'S HALF OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS.
OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS TO COLLECT.
AS OF LAST NIGHT, WE HAD COLLECTED $392.5 MILLION BASED ON PAST TRACK RECORD.
WE WILL COLLECT ABOUT ANOTHER $124 MILLION IN THE NEXT 11 DAYS.
WE EASILY DO 10 TO $15 MILLION A DAY.
PEOPLE GET A COUPLE OF EXTRA DAYS THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT FALLS ON THE WEEKENDS.
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WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.AND IF THE WEATHER'S GOOD, WE'LL BE STANDING OUT THERE, TAKE THEM IN AS THEY DRIVE BY.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT COMPARED TO THIS POINT LAST YEAR, ANOTHER EXCITING THING FOR US MONEY NERDS IS WE ARE $8.7 MILLION IN THE BANK AHEAD OF THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
AND SO MY COMMENT TO THAT IS THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS.
ON TOP OF THAT, LET ME SAY THIS.
WHEN YOU WERE AT FULL EMPLOYMENT, I MEAN, WHERE CAN YOU GO THAT THEY'RE NOT HIRING, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU HAVE ALMOST FULL EMPLOYMENT, PEOPLE WILL PAY.
AND SO WE REALLY ALL THE STARS HAVE ALIGNED FOR US IN COLLECTING THE 2021 TAXES.
SO. THAT IS MY VERY HAPPY REPORT.
AND IF ANYBODY'S GOT A QUESTION, OF COURSE I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
YES. YOU RECOGNIZE [INAUDIBLE]? FORGIVE ME. THANK YOU, MRS. MASSEY. I APPRECIATE IT.
TREASURER COLLECTOR [INAUDIBLE].
THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGH AND GOOD REPORT AS ALWAYS.
EVEN IN THE LEAN YEARS, YOU STILL TRIED TO.
AND WE GOT THROUGH IT. SO THE $8.7 MILLION THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, DID I HEAR THAT YOU SAY THAT THAT WAS ADDITIONAL INTEREST THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE COLLECTED OR DID I MISUNDERSTAND THAT? NO, LET ME JUST CLARIFY IT EVEN FURTHER.
WHEN WE RECEIVE TAX COLLECTIONS, WE BALANCE EVERY DAY, LITERALLY TO THE PENNY.
NO KIDDING. BUT FOR THE TAX COLLECTIONS AS OF OCTOBER 5 LAST NIGHT COMPARED TO OCTOBER 5 OF LAST YEAR. THE CITIZENS HAVE PAID $8.7 MILLION IN TAXES, NOT INTEREST.
WE'VE HAD YEARS WHEN WE WERE WORSE THAN THAT BEHIND.
I MEAN, IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN MOST OF THE TIME DOWN AROUND 0.05.
BUT YOUR WHAT I HEARD THINK I HEARD YOU SAY IS YOU'VE GOT TO A PLACE WHERE THE AGGREGATE AGGREGATE INTEREST WE'RE EARNING ON OUR MONEY IS 2.8 AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S FOR ALL THE FUNDS YOU COLLECT FOR WHAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IN COUNTY FUNDS, PULASKI COUNTY FUNDS AND NOT TONIGHT.
IN OTHER WORDS, GOING FROM WHERE WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, FOR EONS LIKE 0.05 TO THIS 2.8.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE VILLAGES THAT WE COLLECT FOR.
WHAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD AGAIN, CERTAINLY DON'T MIND BEING ABLE TO HAVE A TAKE AWAY, BUT THE THE PROPERTY TAXES AND THE REAL ESTATE TAXES, THE PERSONAL PROPERTY AND THE REAL ESTATE, THEY'RE BASED ON THE SAME COLLECTIVE VILLAGES. RIGHT.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF MY RATE IS 47.7 FOR MY HOME, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME FOR MY PERSONAL PROPERTY.
OKAY. OF THE TAXES THAT ARE COLLECTED FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE, WHAT IS THE BREAKDOWN PERCENTAGE WISE BETWEEN THE TWO? IN OTHER WORDS, IS IT IS IT 80% COLLECTION EXCUSE ME, OR IS 80% OF OUR REVENUE IN THOSE THAT WE TAX ON BEHALF OF REVENUE? DOES IT COME THROUGH THE REAL ESTATE SIDE AND 20% THROUGH THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX SIDE OF THE REVENUE KIND OF WHAT IS THAT BREAKDOWN? I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN CERTAINLY GET TO YOU AND HAPPY TO DO IT.
WE DON'T LOOK AT IT QUITE LIKE THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE AGGREGATE, AGGREGATE COLLECTED, WHEN WE REMIT IT TO THE SCHOOLS OR CITIES OR CHILDREN'S OR WHOEVER IS GETTING THE MONEY IN THE COUNTY, WE GIVE HUTCH MONEY EVERY MONTH TOO, BUT WE DON'T BREAK IT DOWN THAT WAY FROM A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT IT IS.
BECAUSE FOR AN EXAMPLE, ALEXANDER MAY COLLECT MORE IN PERSONAL PROPERTY THAN THEY DO IN REAL ESTATE.
[INAUDIBLE] VILLAGE MAY BE THE OPPOSITE.
DEPENDS ON WHERE THERE'S RENTERS AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND VACANT LANDS.
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I MEAN, IT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING IDEA TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT WOULD BE.BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT AFTER TAX DEADLINE, BUT NOT BEFORE.
SO AT SOME POINT, THOUGH, WOULD JUST KIND OF BE INTERESTED AGAIN, BIG PICTURE WHAT THAT WHAT THAT BREAKDOWN IN THE REVENUE THAT COMES IN FROM FROM PERSONAL AND REAL PROPERTY.
THANK YOU, MRS. MASSEY. THANK YOU.
[INAUDIBLE] LEWIS AND YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. STOWERS, FOR SAYING ALL THAT, SO I DON'T HAVE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO TELL MS. BUCKNER THAT SHE HAS A WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE WORKING WITH HER.
THANK YOU. AND I WENT DOWN THE OTHER DAY TO PAY MY TAXES, AND THERE WAS JUST.
JUST A REALLY NICE PERSON SITTING BEHIND WHATEVER YOU HAVE THEM HIDING BEHIND TO TAKE THE MONEY.
BUT SHE WAS SO PROFESSIONAL AND SHE KEPT SAYING, YES, MA'AM.
AND I'M LOOKING AROUND GOING LIKE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT YOU'VE GOT WORKING FOR FOR YOU.
THANK YOU. I'M VERY BLESSED WITH MY CREW.
AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT BILINGUAL, THEY CAN.
AND THAT'S REALLY HAS BEEN AN ADVANTAGE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EVEN GET THEM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT OVERSTAFFED AT 57 PEOPLE.
I'LL ALWAYS SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.
BUT LIKE MR. STOWER SAID, WE'RE MAKING IT WORK DONNA [INAUDIBLE].
MRS. BUCKNER, GLAD TO SEE YOU.
NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR COMPTROLLER.
HOPEFULLY, HE WILL HAVE SOME WONDERFUL NEWS AS WELL, AND WE CAN GIVE HIM ALL THOSE ACCOLADES.
YOU HAD THE BIGGEST CARRYOVER STARTING THIS YEAR THAT I'VE EVER SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE07.
THE BUDGET, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TONIGHT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE THIS EASY.
YOU'VE GOT. TO PUT IT SIMPLY, YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF MONEY.
AND OUT OF ALL OF THESE BUDGETS, YOU ONLY HAVE 15 DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE.
AND THOSE INCREASES ARE ABOUT $362,000 TOTAL SPLIT BETWEEN 15 BUDGETS.
COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? THAT NUMBER AGAIN? YEAH, YOU SHOULD HAVE IT IN YOUR THING, BUT.
OKAY. $362,000 SPLIT BETWEEN 15 BUDGETS.
NONE OF WHICH YOU'RE HEARING TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S YOUR ONLY INCREASES.
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE ON THESE SHEETS THAT WE DO.
YOU ARE IS AN INCREASE DUE TO THAT RAISE YOU GAVE IN APRIL.
IT'S NOTHING THEY'VE ASKED FOR OR ANYTHING ELSE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HUTCHENS? I'M SORRY, MIKE.
THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE YOU LIKE THAT.
SO WE DON'T. YOU KNOW WHAT? MY FEELINGS PROBABLY HURT, AND I'M NOT MAD AT ALL.
[5. CONSENT PASSAGE FOR DEPARTMENT REQUESTS]
I TAKE THAT BACK. THERE IS ONE [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.THANK YOU MRS. MASSEY. SO UNDERSTANDING.
HUTCH THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEFORE US.
THE GRANTS WITH NO IMPACT ON GENERAL FUND.
THE NON GENERAL FUND BUDGETS AND GENERAL FUND BUDGETS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASES THAT THOSE ARE PRIMARILY DUE TO 22 [INAUDIBLE] 19, WHICH WAS THE RACE WHICH IS WHICH IS YOU'LL SEE THESE FIVE SHEETS IN THE FRONT OF YOUR BUDGET.
EVERYTHING THAT'S IN YELLOW, THAT INCREASE IS DUE TO THAT 22 [INAUDIBLE] 19.
THEY'RE EITHER FLAT OR ACTUALLY WENT DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE TONIGHT.
THEN YOU CAN TAKE UP THOSE OTHER 15 BUDGETS ONCE YOU'VE REVIEWED THEM AT THE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
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DO IT COLLECTIVELY AS WELL AS THE NON GENERAL FUND BUDGETS AND THE GENERAL FUND BUDGETS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER THE 2022 BUDGET TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH THE DO PASS RECOMMENDATION, SECOND.OKAY. SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND, THAT WE HEAR HEAR EVERYTHING TONIGHT OR VOTE ON EVERYTHING TONIGHT AND JUST PASS IT OUR GRANTS AS WELL AS OUR NON GENERAL FUND ITEMS [INAUDIBLE].
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR YOU TO DO SO.
NICE. WAS THERE A OTHER THAN THE RAISE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THAT ORDINANCE NUMBER? WAS THERE A THRESHOLD YOU USED HUTCH AS FAR AS WHAT THE WORD SIGNIFICANT MEANS? YOU CAN TAKE THAT WORD OUT.
THE ONLY BUDGET IN THERE THAT HAD SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE RAISE WAS SOMEBODY HAD A $200 INCREASE.
I WANT TO DISCUSS THAT WHEN YOU DIG IT OUT.
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU WANT. NO, NO.
BUT YOU CAN SEE WHY I ASK THE QUESTION.
BUT YOU CAN REALLY TAKE THAT OUT.
WE'VE HAD THAT IN THERE IN THE PAST AND DIDN'T CHANGE IT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE MOTION THAT IS ON THE FLOOR? IF THERE BE NONE.
JUSTIN, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. YOUR ONE VOTE WILL BE RECORDED FOR ALL THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
THIS WILL GO TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT THE RECOMMENDED DO PASS FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IS IT FOR OUR BUDGET MEETING FOR TONIGHT.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR PUBLIC COMMENT? LOOKS LIKE THERE IS NONE.
SO WE ARE DISMISSED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.