[VIII.a. RESOLUTION 36, 2021 – ADOPTING A TAX LEVY AND MILLAGE RATE. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A TAX LEVY AND MILLAGE RATE FOR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2021, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO FORWARD A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER AND TAX COLLECTOR WITHIN THREE (3) DAYS AFTER ITS ADOPTION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THIRTY SIX RESOLUTION THIRTY SIX 2021 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A TAX LEVY AND MILLAGE RATE FOR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER ONE, 2021 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, TO DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO FORWARD A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE RESOLUTION TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER AND TAX COLLECTOR WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER ITS ADOPTION, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING, AND ALAN IS ALREADY AT THE PODIUM.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS.

ALAN, DO YOU HAVE? GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.

ALAN OWENS, FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR.

AGAIN, THIS IS A SECOND HEARING REQUIRED.

PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS RESOLUTION 36 TWENTY TWENTY ONE, WHICH ADOPTS THE MILLAGE RATE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE FROM THE FIRST HEARING.

AGAIN, AFTER THAT, WE HAVE ORDINANCE EIGHT TWENTY TWENTY ONE, WHICH ACTUALLY ADOPTS THE BUDGET RESOLUTION.

THIRTY SIX PROPOSES THE FINAL RATE OF FIVE POINT FIVE FIVE ZERO ZERO MILLS.

IT ALSO IDENTIFIES THE ROLLBACK RATE OF FIVE POINT FORTY TWO FIVE THREE MILLS AND THE INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK OF TWO POINT THREE PERCENT.

THE BALANCE THE BUDGET PRESENTATION HAS NOT CHANGED.

I'D BE HAPPY TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN, IF NOT, IF COUNCIL WOULD RATHER.

I CAN JUST JUMP TO THE REQUIRED ACTION AFTER YOU RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND HAVE THE DISCUSSION AMONG YOURSELVES IF THAT'S AGREEABLE WITH COUNCIL.

OK, WE GO WITH THAT.

OK. ALL RIGHT, THEN I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD NO COMMENT CARDS. SO CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? OK, MADAME MAYOR, THERE ARE UNDER TREM GUIDELINES.

STATE STATUTES IS VERY SPECIFIC ORDER OF HOW WE HAVE TO PROCEED HERE.

SO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THEY REQUIRE TO PUBLICLY STATE.

WHAT THE NAME OF THE THE MUNICIPALITY, WHAT THE PROPOSED THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE IS, WHAT THE ROLLBACK RATE IS AND WHAT THE INCREASE IS OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE.

SO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IN MOTION THAT THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS ADOPT A FINAL OPERATING AND TOTAL MILLAGE RATE OF FIVE POINT FIVE FIVE ZERO ZERO MILLS, WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE ROLLBACK RATE, THE FIVE POINT FOUR TO FIVE THREE BY TWO POINT THREE PERCENT.

AND AFTER THAT, THEN WE CAN MOVE INTO ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE BUDGET.

OK, SO WE NEED A MOTION, AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FIRST PART, RIGHT, RIGHT.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION.

THIRTY SIX TWENTY. I'M SORRY.

WE ACTUALLY NEED TO READ THE WHOLE THING.

NO, THE FIRST ONE. WE ACTUALLY NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT FOR THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE FINAL MILLAGE FINAL, OPERATING A TOTAL MILLAGE.

OK, THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND A MOTION THAT THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS ADOPT A FINAL OPERATING AND TOTAL MILLAGE RATE OF FIVE POINT FIVE FIVE ZERO ZERO MILLS, WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE ROLLED BACK RATE OF FIVE POINT FOUR TO FIVE THREE BY TWO POINT THREE PERCENT. SECOND, CARL SCOTTISH, A SECOND OK AND ALL IN FAVOR. BUT WE HAVE DISCUSSION NOW.

I BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.

YES, WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS IF THAT'S OK WITH YOU, MADAM.

SO I KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY STANDS.

OF COURSE, BECAUSE CAN YOU HEAR ME OK? MM HMM. IT'S OK.

ALL RIGHT. I KNOW WHERE ALL OF YOU STAND, OBVIOUSLY BASED ON OUR LAST MEETING.

SO I DO WANT TO INCLUDE MY COMMENTS FROM THE LAST MEETING INTO THIS PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS, BUT AS OUR MAYOR.

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STATED VERY ELOQUENTLY.

I WANT TO SAY THAT I STRONGLY FEEL THAT WE SHOULD ALSO GIVE A LITTLE BIT BACK TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND YOU KIND OF GAVE SOME POINTS AS TO WHY.

I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR STAFF, ALAN AND HIS TEAM.

THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, AND I'M PROUD OF THAT AND I TOO AM VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

I'VE SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED A BUSINESS FOR 17 YEARS AND I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU THAT THIS IS ONE OF OUR VERY MOST IMPORTANT JOBS, WHICH IS BALANCING THE BUDGET.

BUT I DO WANT TO COMMENT THAT.

BASED ON THE HISTORY AND AS AN EXAMPLE, IN THE PAST, WE HAVE REDUCED IT, AND I WANT TO KIND OF PAINT A LITTLE BIT OF A PICTURE, BUT IN TWENTY FOURTEEN TWENTY FIFTEEN WE LOWERED THE MILLAGE RATE FROM FIVE POINT SEVENTY FOUR TO FIVE POINT SIXTY SEVEN.

WE GAVE BACK TO THE TAXPAYERS AND AGAIN LOWERED IT IN TWENTY FIFTEEN AND PAYING THE DEBT, WHICH IN 2015, AFTER PAYING THE DEBT SERVICE, IT BECAME FIVE POINT FIFTY FIVE, WHICH IS WHERE IT IS TODAY.

AND BECAUSE OF OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, OUR UNASSIGNED RESERVE SINCE THEN GREW FROM TWENTY THREE MILLION TO WHAT IT IS NOW, WHICH IS TWENTY SIX MILLION.

NOT ONLY DID WE PROSPER FINANCIALLY, WE STARTED AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF TWO MILLION. WE GREW OUR CITY'S BUDGET STABILIZATION IN TWENTY SIXTEEN FROM TWO MILLION TO OVER FIVE MILLION AND TWENTY TWENTY ONE, AND WE RECOVERED FROM A HURRICANE IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN, WHICH WAS HURRICANE WILMA, ALL WHILE GROWING FINANCIALLY AND UNDER GOING A SLEW OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

AND AT THAT TIME, OUR CITY WISELY CHOSE TO PURSUE A REVENUE BOND PAY FOR IT BACK FROM THE ONE CENT SALES TAX.

AND I STRONGLY FEEL IT'S TIME TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT BACK TO OUR TAXPAYERS, AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TRY TO ENCOURAGE THOSE TO DO TO DO IT, BUT I KNOW WHERE WE ALL STAND.

OF COURSE IT CAN BE DONE IF WE WORK AS A TEAM, SO I HOPE NEXT YEAR WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THOSE FEW THINGS.

OK, WELL, LOOK, YOU ALL KNOW WHERE I STAND.

I'VE BEEN SAYING THE SAME THING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND I'M GOING TO BE CONSISTENT IN EVERYTHING YOU SAW. MADAM SAID MATAMUA WAS EXACTLY RIGHT.

THAT'S WHY THIS CITY IS WHAT IT IS.

BUT I'M GOING TO CHALLENGE ALL OF YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE AND WE HAVE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU STATED.

AND WE CAN STILL HAVE THOSE THINGS WITH A MINOR REDUCTION IN TAXES, WHICH NOT ONLY BENEFITS THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES WHO MAY NOT BE PROTECTED BY SAVE OUR HOMES FROM A TAX INCREASE BASED ON MILLAGE.

THAT'S WHAT PROGRESSIVE CITIES WILL DO, AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING.

I KNOW WE ARE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TRY HARDER.

I THINK, GENERALLY SPEAKING, PEOPLE WANT TO SEE A GOVERNMENT THAT IS DOING EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING AND GIVING SOME BACK.

AND I KNOW THERE WAS THE CHALLENGE FROM THE LAST MEETING THAT SUGGESTED, YOU KNOW WHAT? CITY IS DOING IT, AS YOU SAID, MADAM MAYOR, THERE, EVERY CITY IS DIFFERENT.

EVERY CITY HAS A DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

WE ARE HELD TO A VERY HIGH STANDARD AND RIGHTFULLY SO.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE AN EXCUSE OR A REASON TO REMAIN ULTRA CONSERVATIVE IN OUR BUDGETING PROCESSES.

EVERY FINANCE, EVERY EVERY RESERVE ACCOUNT THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY IS FUNDED TO A LEVEL THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WISHFUL THINKING FOR MOST OTHER CITIES, AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE BEFORE. SO I'M GOING TO CHALLENGE YOU GUYS.

I LOVE ALL OF YOU AND I LOVE THIS CITY AND I WILL SUPPORT IT TO THE NTH DEGREE.

WE CAN HAVE A DISAGREEMENT ON WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN TODAY, AND THAT'S OK BECAUSE WE WALK OUT OF HERE, ARM IN ARM SUPPORTING THE CITY AND THE STAFF.

BUT I WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION AND REALLY THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND ASK AGAIN, AND I THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO.

AND I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH OUR BUDGET CONTINUING TO GROW IN TERMS OF RESERVES AND ALLOWING OUR CITIZENS AND OUR RESIDENTS TO HAVE THE SERVICES THAT THEY WANT AND ARE ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL VOTE NO ON RESOLUTION THIRTY SIX, RESOLUTION 36.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE MY COMMENTS.

CARL, YOU HAVE TO GO.

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WELL, I ACTUALLY HAD THE PLEASURE OF TALKING TO OVER 40 RESIDENCES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. LOTS OF CONSTITUENTS AND LOTS CONFUSED FROM SOME MISINFORMATION THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS.

ACTUALLY TURNED OUT GREAT ONCE I TOLD THEM THAT MY POSITION WOULD BE TO STAY ON THE 10 YEAR VISION THAT WE HAVEN'T, I PERSONALLY HAVEN'T VOTED TO RAISE TAXES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE'VE BEEN AT A FIVE POINT FIVE MILLAGE RATE FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.

IF WE STAY ON THE VISION OF THE 10 YEAR PLAN THAT WE SET AS A COUNCIL, THEN IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT TAXES ARE THE MILLAGE RATE WON'T GO UP IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

I DON'T AND I I DON'T AGREE WITH DEFUNDING THE CITY AND HOW IT MIGHT AFFECT ANYTHING BY, YOU KNOW, WITH CLEANUP FOR HURRICANES ON A CATEGORY FOUR, CATEGORY FIVE.

THE ONE THING THAT I DID PUT OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANTED TO REDUCE THE RATE A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S TO THE TUNE OF LESS THAN TWO DOLLARS A MONTH OR TWENTY DOLLARS A YEAR.

AND EVERYBODY FELT THE CONSTITUENTS FELT FOR MY CONSTITUENTS ANYWAY, SAID, BASICALLY, YOU CAN KEEP IT. SO I'M GOING TO STICK WITH THE PLAN THAT WE'VE ALL AGREED ON.

WE'VE ALL SET THE COURSE.

WE ARE VERY EDUCATED.

PEOPLE ARE BOARDS THAT WE LEAN ON WHO DO FORENSIC ACCOUNTING OR WHATEVER THEY DO ALONG WITH OUR OWN STAFF.

THAT HAS DONE THIS FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE RISK OF LOWERING THE TAXES.

AND THEN IN TWO YEARS, WHETHER IF I'M HERE OR NOT HERE, I HAVE TO LOOK AT RAISING THE TAXES. AND SOMETHING BY JUST NOT STAYING STABLE AND STAYING THE COURSE CAN THEN BACKFIRE.

AND THEN WE GOT TO RAISE THE TAXES, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WOULD BLOW THE LID OFF THE COMMUNITY. SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE THAT CALLED ME BECAUSE MOST OF THEM WERE PRETTY COOL ABOUT IT.

THEY WERE LIKE, WOW, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK A COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD CALL ME BACK, AND I JUST SAID, I GO, WHY DO YOU REALLY THINK I GO, I LIVE HERE, TOO.

DO YOU REALLY THINK I'M GOING TO RAISE TAXES? YOU KNOW, I GO, I LIVE RIGHT UP THE STREET AT HOOD AND MILITARY TRAIL.

OF COURSE, I'M GOING TO CALL YOU BACK.

WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER, SO I'M STAYING THE COURSE AS I HAVE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THANK GOODNESS WE DON'T.

WE ARE STABLE ENOUGH.

TO NOT RAISE TAXES, AND I KEEP PUTTING OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE NO HIDDEN FEES WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T PAY EXTRA FOR WATER, WE DON'T PAY EXTRA FOR TRASH, WE DON'T PAY TAX.

IT'S VERY STRAIGHT.

FIVE POINT FIFTY FIVE THAT'S WHAT YOU PAY IN NORTH PALM.

I HAD TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE MILLAGE, I THINK THEY THEY BROUGHT IT BACK TO 7.0.

I COULD BE OFF A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEIR MILLAGE WAS HIGHER THAN 7.0.

TWO WEEKS AGO, AND THEY'RE BRINGING IT BACK TO SEVEN OR SOMETHING.

BUT NOW THEY'RE RAISING A WATER TAX.

SO OR WHATEVER IT IS, THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY BENEFIT.

SO JUST OVER THE CORNER OVER PROSPERITY FARMS ROAD, THERE ARE A LOT HIGHER THAN WE ARE.

SO I THINK WE'RE FISCALLY SOUND AND I AM REALLY HUMBLED AT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT PUT THE WORK IN THIS TO HELP US MAKE OUR CHOICE TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE AND SECURE.

AND REALLY, EVERYBODY I SPOKE WITH TODAY REALLY JUST LIKED THE STABILITY THAT WE JUST WEREN'T RAISING TAXES.

SO I'M STAYING THE COURSE WITH THAT AND I WILL BE APPROVING RESOLUTION.

THIRTY SIX, TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

CARL, CHELSEA. THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR, FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CONVERSATION, I HOPE EVERYONE REALLY LISTENED TO IT.

THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION IN IT.

AND AGAIN, OUR BUDGET IS TRANSPARENT.

IT IS FISCALLY SOUND.

IT PROVIDES A STABLE TAX RATE FOR ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR RESIDENTS AS A BUSINESS OWNER HERE FOR DECADES, AND IT APPEALED TO ME TO KNOW WHAT MY TAX RATE WAS GOING TO BE AND THIS COUNCIL WAY BEFORE I GOT HERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHO MAY HAVE BEEN HERE, SET US UP, SET US UP FOR A TEN YEAR CONSISTENT FIVE POINT FIFTY FIVE MILLION RATE FOR A REASON.

OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SINCE THAT DECISION HAS SKYROCKETED EVEN DURING A PANDEMIC, WHEN WE'RE BEING TOLD RIGHT NOW THAT WE NEED TO GIVE BACK MORE.

WE GAVE A MILLION DOLLARS AND I'M REITERATING WHAT I SAID BEFORE I CAN DRIVE UP AND DOWN PGA CORRIDOR AND SAY THAT THAT RESTAURANT RECEIVED $15000 FROM OUR CITY WITHIN WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC ARRIVING.

THAT RESTAURANT RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, FIVE THOUSAND, THAT YOGA STUDIO GOT TWO THOUSAND, THAT PILATES, WHATEVER.

ALL OF IT WAS INVESTED IN OUR BUSINESSES AT THE TIME, THEY NEED IT.

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THAT MONEY CAME FROM THE CITY WE HAVE GIVEN BACK.

WE'RE GIVING OVER $7000 TO REPAIR AND UPGRADE HOMES.

WE'RE GIVING $400000 IN MORTGAGE RENTAL AND UTILITY SERVICE.

I HAVE SHARED OUR MORTGAGE SUPPORT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMAILS.

NO ONE'S CLICKING ON IT.

IF I SHARE SOMETHING ABOUT A GOLF TOURNAMENT, I GET 70 OR 80 CLICKS.

OK, SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S HOW I LIVE MY LIFE.

I'M NOT A GREAT, I'M A HORRIBLE GOLFER, BUT I UNDERSTAND OUR RESIDENTS WITH ALL THIS, WITH THE PUBLICATIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT RECENTLY REGARDING OUR TAX RATE.

I GOT ONE EMAIL.

IN MY EMAIL IS EVERYWHERE, AND I'M ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALL THE TIME.

AND WHAT ALSO I FOUND INTERESTING IS THAT THERE WAS ALSO AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE TOWN OF LAKE PARK WHERE THEY HELD THEIR MEETING AND.

THEY DECIDED TO MAINTAIN THEIR MILEAGE FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR STRAIGHT.

THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR.

THERE'S A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AND ON THEY GO AND THEY GOT LAUDED FOR IT.

WE'RE HERE. WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR MILEAGE, GIVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO OUR RESIDENCES, TO OUR RESIDENTS, EXCUSE ME, TO OUR BUSINESSES ALL THE TIME.

WE JUST DON'T BRAG ABOUT IT.

WE DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING.

WE PUT OUR HEADS DOWN AND WE GET IT DONE.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, WHEN I WAS HANDING OUT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS PUBLIX GIFT CARDS TO HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS, IF I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THEM, HEY, IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, I MIGHT GET TO, I MIGHT MAYBE GET TO LOWER YOUR TAXES BY ABOUT ALMOST $2 A MONTH.

DO YOU WANT THAT OR DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY, WE CAN SHOW UP AND FEED YOU? AND THAT IS WHAT WE DID, AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO GET TO DO THAT.

IF WE LOWER THE MILITARY, WE ARE GUARANTEED TO START NOT DOING OUR JOB.

OUR JOB ON COUNCIL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN 17 PERCENT OF OUR RESERVES.

SO IT'S TWENTY TWENTY TWO BASED ON OUR FORECASTING IN TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN.

WE'RE GOING TO BUMP UP CLOSE TO THAT, KEEPING IT FLAT.

THAT'S WITHOUT A REDUCTION.

SO DO YOU WANT ME TO IF I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO SIT UP HERE A COUPLE MORE YEARS, THAT MEANS A FEW YEARS FROM NOW I'LL BE RAISING TAXES.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

I WOULD LIKE OUR TAXES TO REMAIN THE SAME SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS.

WE'RE KEEPING IT THE SAME.

WE ARE NOT RAISING TAXES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WELL, AS I'VE SAID LAST TIME, WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.

WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF HURRICANE SEASON.

WE HAD THE ABILITY BECAUSE OF OUR PLANNING TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS WHEN THEY NEEDED IT.

A LOT OF WHAT I SAID, CHELSEA REITERATED, AS DID CARL.

WE HAVE GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT IF WE FOLLOW THE TABLES THAT ALAN AND HIS TEAM HAVE SET BEFORE US, WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THAT IF WE HAVE A DECREASE AND I'M NOT WILLING TO RISK IT.

I MEAN, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL.

BUT RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GOT TO GO WITH THE FIGURES IN THE HISTORY.

AND AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE MOTION THAT THE CITY ADOPT A FINAL OPERATING AND TOTAL MILITARY OF FIVE POINT FIFTY FIVE MILLS, WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE ROLLBACK RATE OF FIVE POINT FOUR TWO FIVE THREE BY TWO POINT THREE PERCENT.

ALL IN FAVOR.

I, I ALL OPPOSED.

NAY, NAY.

MOTION PASSES TWO TO THREE TO TWO.

OK, SO NOW WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 36, WHICH DO WE HAVE TO READ? WE MOVE TOWARD AN INSIDER, DO WE HAVE TO READ THE MIDDLE ONE? THEY NEED TO TAKE UP A MOTION IN A VOTE ON RESOLUTION RESOLUTION.

THIRTY SIX, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

SO PATTY HAS ALREADY REED RESOLUTION.

THIRTY SIX.

SO NOW WHAT WE NEED IS A MOTION TO APPROVE STEPH'S RECOMMENDATION OF A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION. THIRTY SIX SETTING THE FINAL MILITARY DATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.

TWENTY TWENTY TWO AT FIVE POINT FIFTY FIVE 00 M.

SO SOMEBODY HAS TO READ THAT AND MAKE A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION.

THIRTY SIX TWENTY TWENTY ONE SETTING THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY TWO AT FIVE POINT FIFTY FIVE ZERO ZERO MILLS.

AND I HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND. UM, I'M GOING TO BRING THAT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.

I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD MOST OF THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ALREADY.

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SO IF IT'S OK, I AM GOING TO ASK FOR A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

I ALL OPPOSED.

NAY MOTION PASSES THREE TO TWO.

OK. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR ORDINANCE EIGHT, ORDINANCE EIGHT, 20 21, AN

[VIII.b. ORDINANCE 8, 2021 – (2ND READING & ADOPTION) ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021/2022. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2021, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER ONE, 2021 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, TO PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

OK, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING, HAS ANYTHING CHANGED, ALAN ON SINCE FIRST READING ON THE BUDGET? NO, MA'AM.

OK. DOES ANYONE NEED ANY PRESENTATION FROM ALAN ON ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND I NEED A MOTION FOR IT EXACTLY AS IT IS WRITTEN ON THEIR SCREEN.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE EIGHT TWENTY TWENTY ONE, AS PRESENTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

AND I HAVE A SECOND.

I WILL SECOND THAT. OK, I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION PARTICULAR TO THE BUDGET ITSELF? WELL, ONCE WE'VE SET THE MILLAGE, THIS IS KIND OF A FORMALITY.

SO OK, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR I.

MARCIA, I DIDN'T HEAR OK, MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

OK, MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE 10 SECOND READING WITH A CLERK, PLEASE READ THE TITLE

[VIII.c. ORDINANCE 10, 2021 – (2ND READING & ADOPTION) AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REGARDING OUTDOOR SEATING. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 78 – LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AT SECTION 78-191. OUTDOOR SEATING. TO REVISE OUTDOOR SEATING REGULATIONS, CREATE AN OUTDOOR SEATING PARKING RATE, AND PROVIDE CROSS REFERENCES; AMEND SECTION 78- 345. NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED. TO REVISE RESTAURANT PARKING RATES; PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 78 – LAND DEVELOPMENT SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

ORDINANCE 10, 20 21, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 78 LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AT SECTION SEVENTY EIGHT ONE POINT NINETY ONE OUTDOOR SEATING TO REED TO REVISE OUTDOOR SEATING REGULATIONS, CREATE AN OUTDOOR SEATING PARKING RATE AND PROVIDE CROSS-REFERENCES.

AMEND SECTION SEVENTY EIGHT THREE POINT FORTY FIVE NO PARKING SPACES REQUIRED TO REVISE RESTAURANT PARKING RATES, PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER SEVENTY EIGHT LAND DEVELOPMENT SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE IN EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

IS IT GOING TO OPEN? I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING.

HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE FIRST READING? NO, MA'AM. THERE ARE NO CHANGES.

DOES ANYONE NEED ANOTHER PRESENTATION OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? I JUST WANT TO FORMALLY THANK MARTIN FOR ALL THE HARD WORK HE DID.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT.

OK, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING.

CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 10, 20 21 ON SECOND READING.

I'LL SECOND. OK, I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND DISCUSSION ON THE OUTDOOR SEATING. JUST A QUICK QUESTION HAS THERE BEEN ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS OR RESTAURANT OWNERS IN THE TOWN SINCE FIRST READING? OK, THANK YOU. NO COMMENT, SIR.

OK, SO HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.

I MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

SO MOVING ALONG.