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ROBINSON HERE, MR. PRESIDENT. MISS ELLIOTT.
CAN WE GET APPROVAL ON OUR MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
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SECOND. BEEN MOVED AN PROPERLY SECOND.THOSE IN FAVOR LET IT BE KNOWN BY JUST SAYING AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
WE'RE GOING TO SKIP OVER I 43.
[5. UPDATE ON 2025 BUDGET REQUESTS AND REVENUE PROJECTIONS: Mr. Mike Hutchens, Comptroller ]
WE WILL NOW HEAR UPDATES FROM OUR COMPTROLLER, MIKE HUTCHENS, ON OUR 2025 BUDGET REQUEST AND REVENUE PROJECTIONS.EVERYBODY HAS THEIR BINDER IN FRONT OF THEM.
YES. I DID A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
YOUR MONEY SITUATION FROM WORKING WITH THE ASSESSOR AND THE TREASURER LOOKS GOOD FOR NEXT YEAR.
REVENUE PROJECTIONS LOOK GOOD.
WHAT YOU HAVE IS A SPREADSHEET THAT SHOWS YOU THE 2024 BUDGET, THE 2025 PROPOSED, AND THE DIFFERENCE, JUST LIKE WE DO EVERY YEAR. NOW WHAT I DID DIFFERENT THIS YEAR THOUGH, IS I THINK YOU HAVE 11 DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE INCREASES, AND I HIGHLIGHTED THEM IN YELLOW.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT'S THERE.
THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY MORE M&O.
YOU HAVE THE VERY LAST PAGE, WHICH IS GRANT'S SMALL DIFFERENCE IN GRANT'S COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS BATCH THE GRANTS AND APPROVE THEM TONIGHT.
YOU'VE ALSO BATCHED ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE INCREASES AND APPROVED THOSE.
YOU HAVE A CONTINGENCY FUND THAT WILL COVER SOME OF THAT, AND THAT WILL LOWER YOUR IMPACT ON THE REVENUE STREAM FOR NEXT YEAR. IS THAT CLEAR AS MUD? THANK YOU.
JUSTICE STOWERS YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU HUTCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.
SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND YOUR LAST STATEMENT, WHICH WAS ABOUT THE ONE TIME.
YES. WELL IF YOU GO THROUGH WHAT SOME OF THE REQUESTS ARE LIKE THERE'S AN INCREASE I BELIEVE IN JAIL FOR.
THEY NEED NEW PRISONER UNIFORMS. I BELIEVE I'M WORKING OFF MEMORY.
YOU CAN DO THAT OUT OF ONE TIME MONEY.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN ONGOING EXPENSE.
THERE'S A FEW THINGS LIKE THAT IN THERE THAT YOU CAN SEPARATE OUT, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WHICH WHEN THEY COME UP AND PRESENT THEIR BUDGET THEY MAY NEED IT IN THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR.
THEY MAY HAVE THAT IN THE JUSTIFICATION, BUT THINGS LIKE THAT YOU CAN PULL OUT.
RIGHT. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT BUILDING THAT INTO YOUR BUDGETS.
WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE OF IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ONGOING EXPENSES THAT ARE FUNDED BY MONIES THAT ARE NOT COMING.
RIGHT? NO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT EITHER.
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THANK YOU. ARE YOU FINISHED, JUSTICE STOWERS? YES I YIELD.I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD BATCH THOSE.
AND, LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO, PASS THE GRANTS AS ONE.
AND THEN IF YOU, UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME HEARTBURN OVER IT ON THE OTHER FUNDS AND THE COUNTY GENERAL DEPARTMENTS THAT DIDN'T THAT AREN'T IN THE YELLOW, THAT AREN'T HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY INCREASES OTHER THAN THE RAISE YOU ALL GAVE.
AND YOU USUALLY APPROVE THOSE TWO.
AND THAT'LL PROBABLY LEAVE YOU WITH PROBABLY TWO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.
OKAY. START, YOU KNOW, START GOING THROUGH STUFF.
OKAY. AND I THINK AS WITH, AS ALWAYS YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO PULL OUT FROM THE BATCH YOU KNOW, TAKE A SECOND TO LOOK OVER IT.
AND IF YOU WANT TO VOTE ON IT INDIVIDUALLY, THAT'S FINE.
IF NOT, THEN I WOULD JUST DO IT AS ONE VOTE WOULD STAND FOR ALL THOSE DEPARTMENTS FOR THOSE GRANTS.
THANK YOU. JUSTIN. JUSTIN STOWERS YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THE GRANTS THAT HAVE NO IMPACT ON GENERAL FUND ON TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT WITH A DUE PASS RECOMMENDATION.
SECOND. THE MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION OR DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS MOTION? IF THERE BE NONE JUSTIN, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. SO YOUR ONE VOTE WILL BE RECORDED FOR ALL OF THE GRANT FUND DEPARTMENTS GOING FROM 3048 DOWN TO 3808. SO YOUR ONE VOTE WILL BE FOR ALL OF THOSE FOR APPROVAL.
MR. ELLIOTT? YES. MR. STOWERS? YES.
AYE. MS. GREEN AND MR. KEITH. YES.
ALL RIGHT. GRANTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
OKAY. THEY WILL GO TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
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CAN WE GET A MOTION FROM SOMEONE FOR COUNTY GENERAL FUND? THOSE AND DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE NO NO INCREASE TO LUMP THEM TOGETHER.I'M SORRY. AND GENERAL AND NON GENERAL.
BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND THAT WE MOVE GENERAL AND NON GENERAL FUNDS OR DEPARTMENTS APPROVE THOSE THAT HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND ON TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION OR DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THAT MOTION? IF THERE BE NONE JUSTIN, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. SO ONCE AGAIN, YOUR VOTE WILL BE RECORDED FOR ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED BUDGETS THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INCREASES ABOVE THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PAY RAISES.
SO ONE VOTE COUNTS FOR THEM ALL.
ROBINSON. AYE. MR. STOWERS. YES.
YES. AND MR. ELLIOTT. VERY GOOD.
YOU JUST GOT A VAST MAJORITY OF YOUR BUDGET DONE THERE, GUYS.
I PUT SOME NOTES OUT TO THE SIDE OF SOME OF THEM TO SAVE YOU SOME RESEARCH.
BUT EVERYTHING, JUST LIKE EVERY YEAR, SHOULD BE IN THAT BOOK.
MAYBE INTENTIONALLY, MAYBE NOT.
WE ARE NOW DOWN TO ITEM OR BACK UP TO ITEM I 43.
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YES, MA'AM. 24 I43 AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF PERSONNEL POSITIONS IN PULASKI COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AND TO ESTABLISH AN EVALUATION PROCESS FOR PERSONNEL POSITIONS.AND I BELIEVE YOU DO HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS ON THE TABLE, MADAM CLERK.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, MR. BLAGG. WE FIRST NEED TO GET THIS ITEM ON THE TABLE IN ORDER TO AMEND IT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
SECOND. BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.
SO OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS FIRST INTRODUCED I THINK BACK IN AUGUST.
I KNOW SOME ELECTED OFFICIALS HAD SOME, SOME QUESTIONS AND WANTED TO WORK THROUGH SOME THINGS.
AND FINDING SOME, SOME RESOLUTION AND SOME MIDDLE GROUND THAT, THAT THEY COULD ALL AGREE TO.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT THESE, THESE TWO AMENDMENTS SHALL ACHIEVE.
SO I DON'T I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OPPOSITION TO THESE AMENDMENTS.
SO I MEAN, IF THERE IS, I'M SURE THEY'LL LET THEMSELVES BE KNOWN.
BUT I THINK THAT THEY MAKE A GOOD ORDINANCE BETTER, AND I THAT'S JUST MY $0.02.
I'M SORRY. JUSTICE ELLIOTT YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
I WAS JUST TELLING YOU TO PUNCH THAT.
I'M SORRY I WASN'T COMING HOME.
JUSTICE STOWERS YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
OKAY. I WOULD LIKE THERE ARE TWO AMENDMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
WOULD IT BE INAPPROPRIATE TO CONSIDER BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER? AS FAR AS A MOTION IS CONCERNED, OR SHOULD WE.
SO A MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT ONE AND AMENDMENT TWO.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
YOU KNOW, AS THE LEAD SPONSOR ON THIS ITEM I BELIEVE THAT WHAT AMENDMENT ONE AND AMENDMENT TWO HAVE DONE IS THE ADMINISTRATION HAS LISTENED TO THE CONCERNS OF THEIR COLLEAGUES AND, WITH THE HELP OF OUR ESTEEMED COUNTY ATTORNEY, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THIS A MORE PERFECT DOCUMENT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT BOTH AMENDMENT ONE AND AMENDMENT TWO TO ITEM 24 I 43.
SECOND. MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND.
ANY QUESTION OR DISCUSSION IN REFERENCE TO THE AMENDMENTS? THANK YOU FOR THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE COUNTY ATTORNEY TO EXPLAIN BOTH AMENDMENT ONE AND AMENDMENT TWO.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO ESCAPE THERE FOR A MINUTE.
ARE YOU ON? ADAM FOGLEMAN, PULASKI COUNTY ATTORNEY.
YES. CAN YOU GET A LITTLE BIT LOUDER? WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. I'LL DO MY BEST.
HOW ABOUT THAT? I'LL LEAN INTO THE MIC.
AMENDMENT ONE ADDRESSES ARTICLE ONE TO THE ITEM, AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT PROVIDES A LITTLE LATITUDE FOR SMALLER DEPARTMENTS.
SO IT RECOGNIZES THAT YOU CAN INCREASE A DEPARTMENT SIZE BY.
WAS IT 2%, JUSTIN? 2%? YES. 2%.
OR YOU CAN INCREASE THE WORKFORCE UNDER THAT ELECTED OFFICIAL BY TWO POSITIONS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. AND SO IT PROVIDES SOME ACCOMMODATION FOR SMALLER OFFICES.
AND THAT'S THE BULK OF AMENDMENT ONE, AMENDMENT TWO IN LARGE PART IT STREAMLINES SOME OF THE
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LANGUAGE. THE THERE WAS A PROVISION IN THE PREVIOUS VERSION OR I GUESS IN THE CURRENT VERSION THAT WOULD BE AMENDED.IT CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HR AND THE ELECTED OFFICIAL TO ACTUALLY DISAGREE ON WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A JOB DESCRIPTION, THAT BOTH OF THEM WOULD GET SENT TO THE COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, AND THEN IT WOULD KICK IT BACK TO THE QUORUM COURT TO MAKE THE HARD DECISION. AT THE REQUEST OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, IT ACTUALLY REMOVES THAT KIND OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AND IT JUST REQUIRES THAT BONA FIDE QUALIFICATIONS BE INCLUDED AND GIVES THE THE ELECTED OFFICIAL THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE, SO LONG AS THE QUALIFICATION IS BONA FIDE, WHETHER THE QUALIFICATION SHOULD BE REQUIRED OR PREFERRED.
ULTIMATELY, OF COURSE, THE DECISION STILL REMAINS WITH THE QUORUM COURT ON WHETHER TO ACCEPT THE POSITION AS WRITTEN BECAUSE IT RESULTS IN A BUDGETARY DETERMINATION.
IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS.
YES. I YIELD, AND THANK YOU, MR. FOGLEMAN, AS ALWAYS, FOR YOUR ARTICULATE MANNER OF EXPLAINING TO US EXACTLY WHAT YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS IS.
JUSTICE KEITH, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
AND I ASSUME THIS CAME OUT ON A BUDGET AT A BUDGET MEETING SOMEWHERE THAT PROBABLY THAT I WAS.
AND BECAUSE I WAS NOT AT THAT BUDGET MEETING, CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME JUST A HISTORY? I THINK, PHIL, YOU SAID YOU WERE THE LEAD SPONSOR.
I GUESS I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS.
I MEAN, WHOEVER, SO I COULD TAKE THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S TWO PRONGED, MR. KEITH. I THINK WITH ONE AMENDMENT, ONE REALLY ORIGINATED OUT OF THIS BODY AS FAR AS TRYING TO MAKE A REASONABLE LIMIT UPON THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS AND UPGRADES THAT WERE BEING REQUESTED.
OKAY. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD OVER 100 REQUESTS THIS YEAR.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S A MECHANISM IN THERE THAT IF SOMETHING WAS NEEDED TO BE CREATED, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMITTEE COULD SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THAT BY A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
OKAY. YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANTED TO START A NEW DEPARTMENT OR WHATEVER.
THE SECOND PART OF IT, I'LL DO MY BEST.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A PROCESS FOR THERE'S NO WRITTEN PROCESS FOR HOW JOB DESCRIPTIONS ARE SUBMITTED AND EVALUATED. THE DEADLINES ARE BASICALLY SET VERBALLY.
I THINK HAVING AN ACTUAL PROCESS DRAFTED AND WRITTEN DOWN THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ABLE TO BE READ AND UNDERSTOOD BY EVERYBODY MAKES IT MUCH MORE FAIR AND CLEAR, AND IT ALSO TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF THE ONUS OFF OF THOSE OF US WHO GET STUCK IN THAT POSITION OF HAVING TO CREATE OUT OF THIN AIR DEADLINES AND PROCESSES.
OKAY. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS SOME CONSULTATION WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ARRIVE AT WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US AT THIS POINT.
YES. I MET WITH THE MAJORITY, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN ONE MEETING AND THEN INDIVIDUALLY SAT DOWN WITH THE REMAINDER AND, VISITED AND THEN SENT THIS OUT TO JUSTIN.
ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE COPIED ON THAT.
OKAY. AND SO THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF REVIEW.
AND I'M ASSUMING THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
JUSTIN, THE ROUTE IS THAT IT'LL GO TO THE FULL.
IT'LL GO TO THE FULL QUORUM COURT FOR FINAL VOTE.
SO IF THERE WAS ANY OBJECTION, THEN THE OBJECTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN THESE WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO YOUR BUDGET CONTROLS, MR. KEITH. RIGHT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT I'M SAYING SO WHEN YOU PASS YOUR FINAL BUDGET.
YEAH. THEN YOU CAN DISCUSS THE BUDGET CONTROLS AT THAT TIME.
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BUT THIS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE 2025 BUDGET AND THE BUDGET CONTROLS HERE IN.AND THEY COULD BRING IT UP IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY.
I MEAN AT ANY GIVEN TIME I MEAN YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BUT OKAY.
JUSTICE STOWERS YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
YEAH. I JUST WANT TO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE.
AND WITH WHAT MR. FOGLEMAN SAID. AND THAT IS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK.
I SIT IN A TWO HOUR MEETING MYSELF WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, NOT JP'S AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, AND WE TALK THROUGH AND WE WALK THROUGH MANY OF THE CONSTERNATIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE.
AND I FEEL THAT THE COUNTY, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN VERY FAIR AND HAS LISTENED. WE'VE HAD TWO AMENDMENTS.
THE REASON WE HAVE HAD TWO AMENDMENTS IS BECAUSE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, BROUGHT FORWARD CONCERNS ABOUT THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
AND MR. FOGLEMAN WAS WILLING AND READY TO WORK WITH THEM TO BALANCE OUT SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS.
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE LANGUAGE AS IT WAS WRITTEN THEY BROUGHT IT FORWARD AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE.
THANK YOU. JUSTICE STOWERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUSTICE MCMULLEN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
OKAY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE TALK BACK AND FORTH.
LET HER FINISH, AND THEN I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.
AND SO MY PRIMARY QUESTION AT THIS.
ANYWHERE THAT'S DONE AND TAKEN CARE OF.
SO MY PRIMARY QUESTION WOULD BE IF THIS IS AT ALL RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ORDINANCE, WHAT IS THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE THAT IT IS RELATED TO? IT'S 24 I 43 AND DO YOU HAVE THAT WHERE YOU CAN READ THAT TO US AT THIS TIME? WELL, I MEAN, IT'S LITERALLY ALL RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU BETWEEN THE IF YOU STICK THIS ON TOP OF THIS.
OH, OKAY. THAT'S THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE.
SO IT'S NOT AT ALL REALLY RELATED TO THE SO-CALLED OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE? NO. AT ALL.
THANK YOU MA'AM. JUST A QUICK EXPLANATION.
I DID NOT INVITE MYSELF TO A MEETING.
THERE WERE NO OTHER JP'S PRESENT IN THIS MEETING, AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU, JUSTICE STOWERS.
I BELIEVE MAYBE OTHER JUSTICES WERE INVITED.
I'M ASSUMING I THINK THAT WAS THE CASE.
I MEAN, THAT'S YOU GUYS ARE FREE TO MEET INDEPENDENTLY WITH.
YES, WITH THOSE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REFERENCE TO I 43.
SORRY, BUDDY. IF THERE BE NONE JUSTIN, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. SO THIS IS TO PASS OR TO ADOPT AMENDMENTS ONE AND TWO INTO 20 I 43.
SO YOU'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENTS? OKAY, SO LET'S GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY.
BECAUSE I AM ASSUMING THAT ALTHOUGH THERE, SINCE THERE IS NO OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL HERE TO CONTEST THIS, APPROVED BY POINT OF ORDER, I DON'T.
KEITH. I WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHY, IF I'M ALLOWED.
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NO, WE JUST WANT THE YES.SO THE AMENDMENTS ARE BOTH ADOPTED, AND SO YOU WOULD GO ON TO 24 I 43 A, AS AMENDED.
CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR 24 I 43 AS AMENDED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THERE BEING NONE. JUSTIN, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. MR. ELLIOTT.
YES. AND MS. LEWISON. ALL RIGHT, EIGHT AYES.
WE WILL PUT THIS INTO THE BUDGET CONTROLS FOR THE 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET.
AND I DO HAVE A LETTER WHEN WE GET TO IT.
OR WE'RE NOW DOWN TO OTHER BUSINESS.
WOULD IT FALL THERE OR WOULD THIS BE UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO. I THINK THIS IS FROM MISS BUCKNER.
I THINK SHE JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON TAXES THAT THEY COLLECTED.
OKAY. SO WOULD THIS BE APPROPRIATE, WE'LL READ THIS IN 1015 2024 SUBJECT UPDATE ON TAX COLLECTIONS.
DEAR BUDGET COMMITTEE. I WANTED TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON OUR TAX COLLECTION PROGRESS.
SO FAR, WE'VE COLLECTED 518 MILLION, WITH 882 MILLION STILL OUTSTANDING AS OF 215 TODAY.
THIS IS A 20% INCREASE OVER 2023.
THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO GIVE YOU THE GOOD NEWS AND WE LOOK TO THE UPCOMING 2025 BUDGET.
COMPTROLLER HUTCHENS, HUTCH, AND I ARE IN GOOD COMMUNICATION AND ALL OF OUR ABOVE NUMBERS.
BEST REGARDS, DEBORAH BUCKNER, PULASKI COUNTY TREASURER.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? IF THERE BE NONE, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR PUBLIC COMMENT?
[Announcements ]
WELL, WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT REAL QUICK, PROBABLY WHEN WE WANT TO MEET AGAIN.AND I THINK WITH HUTCH BEING OUT THE QUORUM COURT AND NOT REALLY WILD ABOUT MEETING ON HALLOWEEN.
BETWEEN YOU AND THE COMPTROLLER HOW MANY BUDGET MEETINGS DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS YEAR? HOPEFULLY NO MORE THAN TWO MORE.
AND THE ONLY REASON I ASK THAT IS I KNOW WE LIKE TO TRY TO PASS THE BUDGET IN NOVEMBER.
I MEAN, I WOULD PREFER TO GET THIS DONE PASSED AND GET IT IN AT THE END.
PASS IT TO THE QUORUM COURT IN NOVEMBER.
SO I'D LIKE TO SAY MAYBE THE 7TH AND 14TH.
YOU KNOW YOU DON'T. MADAM CLERK.
I'M SORRY. SO, TRYING TO ESTABLISH OUR NEXT MEETING OR AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. OKAY.
OKAY. SO DOES THE SEVENTH AND 14TH WORK FOR THIS COMMITTEE.
I KNOW YOU'RE A BUSY MAN. DOCTOR.
NOVEMBER. NOVEMBER? YEAH, WE WOULD DO 6:00, NOVEMBER 7TH AND 14TH.
DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU, HUTCH? WHENEVER Y'ALL SAY THE
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OH, THAT'S THE THURSDAY.YEAH. OKAY. THOSE WILL BE THURSDAYS.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF THE NORM, BUT.
OKAY, WE'LL DEFINITELY SET THE SEVENTH.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, I DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THAT IS DONE FOR ME.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE AN IDEA THAT I AM CONCERNED AND WHAT IT IS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
WHEN YOU ASKED TO BE RECOGNIZED AND YOU PUSHED THAT BUTTON I RECOGNIZED YOU.
SO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS.
DONNA DON'T THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS IN REGARDS TO THAT.
AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS, SINCE YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IT IS THAT I WANT TO BRING UP, YOU CAN TELL ME NOW THAT MAYBE I SHOULDN'T BRING IT UP HERE, BUT WE CAN MAYBE DISCUSS IT.
OKAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. I THINK YOU HAVE AN IDEA.
OKAY. WELL, WHAT I DO NOTICE IS THAT AND ACTUALLY, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HOW PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZED, AND I SEE DISPARITIES HERE.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT I'M SIMPLY SAYING IS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE.
WE CAN LEAVE. WE'RE DISMISSED.
I THINK YOU SPOKE OUT OF TURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.